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Thousands turned out for last year’s Boulevard Day in Ashburton.

Boulevard Day hangs in balance

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton’s iconic event, Boulevard Day, could be the latest victim of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Co-organiser Bob McDonald said a final decision on whether or not to can this year’s event will be made on Friday, but currently he reckons there’s a 90 per cent chance it will not go ahead.

“We’ve had some pretty frank discussions on this and the problem is we just don’t know what’s coming up and we have the problem of being so tightly packed. Looking at it we’ve got that many crosses and bugger-all ticks,” McDonald said.

September’s Boulevard Day traditionally attracts thousands of visitors who pack a stall-lined East Street looking for bargains. It has been running for more than 40 years and attracts visitors from around Canterbury.

Over the years its organisers have battled through rain and high winds, but the day has always gone ahead. The aftermath of Covid-19 might be the one thing it cannot beat, McDonald said.

Planning for this year’s event was well under way when New Zealand went into lockdown in late March and there were a number of stalls already booked and paid for, he said.

That’s all on hold.

The amount of paperwork required to hold Boulevard Day each year was significant and climbing and holding it in the post-Covid environment was likely to be even more complex, McDonald said.

A final decision on Boulevard Day 2020 will be made when he meets with fellow retailers on Thursday.

Deciding to call the street day off will be a huge decision but when there were still questions on crowd numbers, and unknowns around the future of social distancing and contact tracing, holding the event would be incredibly difficult, he said.

“But if it’s off, we’ll absolutely be back and it will run again next year.”

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Local MPs rewarded for talent, hard work

By Susan Sandys

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Selwyn MP Amy Adams has deferred getting her life back as she takes on a highly-ranked role under new National Party leader Todd Muller.

Adams will now be a List MP at the election, a complete turnaround from her previous plan signalled last year when she said she would be retiring, triggering National to appoint new Selwyn candidate Nicola Grigg.

The former Minister of Justice is now ranked third, just behind deputy leader Nikki Kaye, and was named spokesperson for Covid-19 Recovery in Muller’s Shadow Cabinet reshuffle announced yesterday.

“This is essentially about the very different world we are living in,” Adams told journalists as she denied her plan to retire had been due to Simon Bridges’ leadership.

“It’s my intention to be here for as long as I’m able, to add value on these challenges,” Adams said.

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon has also come out of the reshuffle well, gaining extra responsibilities and new portfolios.

The first-term MP is the new Spokesperson for Biosecurity, a role previously held by Muller himself, as well as Associate Spokesperson for Agriculture (Spokesman is the Honorary David Bennett) and Associate Spokesperson for Transport (Spokesman is Chris Bishop).

He was formerly the Spokesperson for Regional Develop-

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon is looking forward to working alongside Chris Bishop in the transport portfolio. The pair are pictured at the Ashburton A&P Show.

PHOTO SUPPLIED ment (South Island), a role now held by List MP Maureen Pugh.

Falloon said all three of his new roles were important when it came to the Covid-19 recovery, but he was particularly pleased Muller had had the confidence to hand on biosecurity.

He referred to background experience he had working with local farmers hit by mycoplasma bovis.

“I was pleased that early on the Minister agreed to my suggestion that MPI make interim payments

to farmers, rather than wait until a final compensation figure had been agreed. I will continue to work in a constructive way to see the best outcomes for our farmers and communities right across New Zealand,” Falloon said.

He was looking forward to working with Bishop in the transport portfolio, “to ensure the South Island gets our fair share rather than maintaining (Minister of Transport) Phil Twyford’s singular focus on Auckland”.

He and Bishop had yet to work

out his specific delegation, but he had a big interest in provincial roading, coastal shipping and the aviation sector.

And he was looking forward to discussing with Bennett some of the agricultural issues unique to Canterbury.

With less than four months to go to the election, his focus would be on policy development.

“And that’ll include a fair amount of work with farmers and the rest of the sector over the next few weeks.”

Mackenzie goes in to bat for low rate increase

By Sue Newman

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In refusing to support a call for a rate rise of just 2.3 per cent, his fellow councillors have opted to invent ways to spend money rather than support ratepayers in tough times, says Environment Canterbury councillor Ian Mackenzie.

The Mid Canterbury councillor was one of five who voted to keep next year’s rate increase to just 2.3 per cent, a figure council staff budgets showed could clearly be achieved without sacrificing projects or dipping into reserves, he said.

They were outvoted, however, with seven councillors, largely the Labour/Greens faction, who pushed for a 4 per cent increase.

ECan’s initial draft budget put next year’s rate increase at 9.8 per cent but staff did a superb job of carving that back to just 2.3 per cent, Mackenzie said.

It was very clear there would be significant financial impli-

Ian Mackenzie cations from the Covid-19 pandemic, he said, and the revised budget staff had prepared was a positive and workable response to that.

“It meant we could still run all the programmes we’re running and we still wouldn’t need to dip into our reserves. And we have substantial reserves.”

One of the arguments made in support of a 4 per cent increase was that more money needed to be poured into public transport, but given that area was a mess at the moment because it had continued to run during the lockdown with no passengers and was now running with limited passengers, Mackenzie said.

“And surveys show no one wants to use it at the moment because of the close contact thing.”

Rather than pulling back on the rate increase, three new projects were built into the budget, pushing it to 4 per cent, he said.

“They were just inventing ways to spend money and that’s a disappointing result.

They voted based on a desire to spend money rather than assist ratepayers and I find that very disappointing, it’s an insult to ratepayers.”

Money was better left in ratepayers’ pockets rather than in ECan cash reserves in what

would be a pretty challenging year ahead, Mackenzie said.

For ECan, going for a rate increase well above the rate of inflation was not a good look when territorial local authorities around New Zealand were opting for low or zero increases, he said.

The Ashburton District Council has cut its rate increase to 2.2 per cent for next year.

Ashburton District ratepayers will fare better than those in many parts of Canterbury in the ECan rate increase, with urban property owners likely to face a zero increase and rural, depending on property value and location, facing a rise of between 1 to 2 per cent.

Some rural towns in Selwyn and Hurunui, however, will face increases in excess of 10 per cent next year.

In voting for anything other than an inflation level rate increase, ECan councillors were effectively snubbing their noses at ratepayers, he said.

NZ bracing for move to Alert Level 1 NZME The limits on social gatherings will be increased to 100 from midday on Friday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced yesterday.

This means churches can resume services and the 50-person limit on funerals and tangi will be lifted.

However hospitality venues will still need to allow for physical distancing, which meant no dance floors.

Cabinet will look at whether the country was ready to move to Level 1 on June 8, and will mark June 22 – four weeks from now – as the date to be considered to move to Level 1.

Ardern said that on June 8, Cabinet would check Alert Level 2 settings again, and on June 22 Cabinet would look at when the country could move to Alert Level 1.

Ardern said moving to Level 1 should be done as quickly as safely possible.

“It’s about risk mitigation,” Ardern said, and while New Zealand was in a good place, Covid-19 was still showing up in people four weeks later.

Physical distancing obligations would still apply at weddings and funerals, Ardern said.

“We have already opened our bars.

Across the ditch, that isn’t even on the horizon ... we are moving faster than many.”

People planning a Friday night party should keep a list of who was invited.

Yesterday’s announcement was an intention to give people notice of the change, but she was also mindful of religious communities that normally congregate on Fridays.

Ardern said that there were no more new Covid cases due to stepping down to Level 3, which was “very good news”.

That had bucked the trend in other countries, some of which had experienced a second wave of cases.

She said Cabinet had decided to increase gatherings to 100 from noon this Friday, May 29.

Church services, weddings and funerals will all be able to have 100 people.

It would allow community sport to operate more easily, she said “Many more gatherings will be able to occur. These changes are good news for business.”

Director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said the advice to allow gatherings up to 100 people was based on how well the country had been doing battling Covid-19.

Bloomfield said allowing 100-person gatherings was because of the “very low” level of new Covid-19 cases.

“We felt not only should we move to 100, but we should spend two twoweek periods at the full Alert Level 2, and then actively consider moving to Alert Level 1.”

There were no new cases of Covid-19 to report yesterday, and with no new recoveries, the number of active cases remains at 27.

Alert Level 2 has been in place for 12 days, and it usually takes about 10 days for changes in alert level behaviour to be reflected in the number of new Covid-19 cases.

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Conditions favour ducks on opening weekend

By Susan Sandys

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It was not windy enough during the weekend, and the ducks were flying too high, says Ashburton duck shooter Dean Rattray.

“They were probably up about where the satellites are,” he said.

The “terrible” weather conditions contributed to Rattray and wife Karin and their friends bagging only about half what they normally would for opening weekend – 70 mallard and paradise ducks and four Canada Geese.

Nevertheless, it was all worth it, and now they were looking forward to taking their duck meat to the butcher’s to be made into salamis, pies and bier sticks.

They got an early start on opening day, heading out with their curly coated retriever Tiki, leaving home at 4.45am, and basing themselves on an irrigation pond at Westerfield.

The following day they were on an irrigation pond at Mitcham.

Enjoying their hunting just as much were Allan Gillespie and grandsons Harry and Jack, who staked out Ealing Springs on the north bank of the Rangitata River. Their family harvested 21 mallard and paradise ducks over the weekend, and finished off with a roast duck dinner on Sunday night.

Central South Island Fish and Game officer Rhys Adams said the issue of ducks taking refuge on ponds out of shooters’ sights was felt by many in localised areas.

“Many hunters wanted to see more hunters in the area to move the birds around, there are just so many ponds for the birds to use in the Ashburton area,” Adams said.

Nevertheless, overall there had been plenty of birds in the air and populations looked good.

Harvested bird numbers were about on par, with normal or a little below on some ponds.

He added there had been a 13 per cent reduction in licence

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Salvation Army still dealing with the unknown

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

The Gillespie family hunted at Ealing on opening weekend. sales compared to last year’s opening weekend, the reduction likely attributable to disruptions in planning related to Covid-19.

Opening weekend was three weeks later than normal this year.

In terms of compliance, Adams was disappointed that two teams of rangers, focusing on the Timaru area on Saturday, encountered three hunters without a game bird licence.

There was also lead shot in use within 200 metres of water on five ponds.

“The offenders now face prosecution and could attract penalties of criminal convictions, fines, forfeiture of seized guns and ammunition, and the offences may be considered when considering the ‘fit and proper’ person’s test for holding a fire-

Dean Rattray and Tiki. arm licence,” Adams said.

Most hunters had, however, been compliant, and it had been a great opening weekend with some pleasant weather.

He said Central South Island Fish and Game was encourag-

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ing as many hunters as possible to get out over Queen’s Birthday weekend, for “a kind of second opening”.

Day licences would be available from June 1, and the season runs until the last Sunday in July.

Local Salvation Army workers are continuing to brace themselves for the unknown as the economic impact of Covid-19 hits home.

Demand the Ashburton Salvation Army’s services spiked in April by 100 per cent, and while there has been no further increase in demand, Major Michael Allwright said there is a lot of unknowns that they still have to face going forward.

“Things have levelled out at present but we do expect them to get worse, we are living in the unknown at the moment,” he said.

“We anticipate it will get worse we just don’t know when.”

The Salvation Army has also been taking referrals from Civil Defence for assistance which were ongoing, but had began to slow up as the nation moved through alert levels.

“Everything is slowing down a bit as we move through the alert levels compared to when we were at Level 4 to Level 2 as things change,” he said.

Allwright said the district was well served with a lot of organisations trying to assist people, with organisations like the Ministry of Social Development doing what they can to assist people as well.

Last week the Government announced a $32 million boost to foodbanks and similar services.

Allwright said any funding would go directly to the top of the Salvation Army who would distribute funding through the nationwide network.

“I can’t really comment on it as it’s above my pay-grade, but I am sure we will be receiving support from the head office,” he said.

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Taking eating out, online

By Heather Mackenzie

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When food places were given the green light to open under Alert Level 3, finding out who was doing what in the way of takeaways or home deliveries in Methven quickly became a mish-mash of Facebook pages and individual websites.

Knowing Methven could do better, Nor’west Arch website design business owner Karyn Robertson stepped in to sort out the chaos, at her own cost.

“Mum made the comment that she was finding it really hard to find menus and opening hours of food places around town and asked ‘Can’t you do something’?”

Robertson floated the idea with a few others around town, who agreed the idea had merit, so she went back to her Mum and told her she would do something and methveneats.co.nz began to take shape.

“Annie Jacobs from Snowfed gave me some good ideas, like including Mt Somers and the foothills, they are close to Methven and can sometimes get missed off things like this.”

With a plan in her head, Robertson set about securing the domain name, setting up the hosting and gathering relevant information from the operators.

“I wanted to set up something that was simple and easy to use that contained all the information everybody wanted.”

Robertson said she has lost track of the total amount of hours she has spent on the communal project, but she’s not bothered.

Knowing that under lockdown food businesses were hurting and this was a way working together to get the ‘Yes we are open’ word

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out, all listings on the site are free.

“I love Methven and this was a good way for me to give back to the community that has been so good to me over the years.”

Since its launch in May the site has been well received and going forward Robertson can see the site has longevity long past Covid-19’s exploits.

As she points out, when tourists get to any town, it can be difficult to find up-to-date information about all the nearby eating places.

“If you’re lucky there is a half-way decent

compendium in your room, failing that an internet search will bring up some local places but not all of them and we want an all-inclusive site that lists all the little business too.”

Robertson is in the process of looking into different ways of financing the site long-term.

One option she is considering is securing some funding to help take it to the next level.

“Along with regular updates, methveneats will also need promoting, via posters or signage around town, so tourists can find it,” she said.

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Search suspended The search for missing Nelson trampers Dion Reynolds and Jessica O’Connor has been suspended due to poor weather.

Police yesterday said “unfavourable conditions” overnightSunday and yesterday meant both air and land-based searches were not safe. However, planning was under way for a return to the field once conditions have improved. O’Connor and Reynolds, both aged 23, entered the Kahurangi National Park on May 9 and have yet to return.

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In brief

For the team at Mid Canterbury Hospice, the journey back to any kind of normal will be a long one, says manager Christine Wilson.

While some of its services have been able to resume under Covid-19 Alert Level 2, the things that are most valued by its clients, therapy sessions, are still on hold, she said.

When you are working with people who are often quite health compromised, nothing can be left to chance, Wilson said.

“And unfortunately, those therapy sessions are the ones that are the most valued and most looked forward to by our people.”

Some services, such as biography writing have restarted and there is now the option of face-to-face or Zoom sessions for counselling, but in general, hospice was taking a lead from the aged care sector on the way hospice services would move back to the old normal, she said.

Ashburton’s Hospice Shop has reopened, but clothing donations cannot yet be left at the Burnett Street shop. Instead they can be dropped off between 10.30am and 11.30am on Monday and Thursday at the old Caroline Eve building on East Street.

In opting not to have goods left at the Burnett Street shop, Wilson said the Ashburton store was in line with other Hospice shops around New Zealand.

In spite of still offering a pared back service to its clients, volunteers had kept in regular phone contact with clients from the start of the Level 4 lockdown and would continue to do this until the full range of services resumed.

Police were yesterday searching a Hamilton house in relation to a man found dead at a rural property last month. Members of The Armed Offenders Squad attended a Casey Ave address where a forensic examination will take place over the next few days.

The body of Sao Young, 40, was found buried at a rural Horsham Downs property on Monday, April 13. Detective Senior Sergeant Loughrin yesterday confirmed they now believe he was transported there after his death. A number of people connected to Young had been spoken to in order to build a picture of his last movements.

An investigation team of 30 people, including specialist staff, were now working to help provide closure for Young’s family. - NZME

Income payments The newly jobless due to the Covid-19 crisis will be able to get $490 a week tax-free for 12 weeks.

The Government yesterday announced the $570 million scheme for temporary income support payments to New Zealanders out of work because of the pandemic. Fulltime workers will be eligible for $490 a week and part-time workers will get $250, which is also available for students. Both payments are paid tax-free and only available to residents and citizens. Finance Minister Grant Robertson said the payment should help the newly jobless adjust and find new employment or retrain.

Police issue info plea Police investigating the alleged murder of a man in Otaki want to speak with a driver who gave a ride to a hitch-hiker on Saturday, May 16. Police earlier charged a 33-year-old with murder following the discovery of another man’s body at a house on Mill Road in the Kapiti town. Emergency services were called to the property about 7.40pm on May 16, where a man in his 50s was reportedly injured. Despite receiving medical treatment, he died at the scene.

Now police say they want to speak to a man driving a red car on that day. Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Sheridan said the driver picked up a male hitch-hiker between 5 and 6pm from State Highway 1 south of Otaki before dropping him off in Paraparaumu.

“We believe the driver may have been visiting family in Levin and was travelling back towards Wellington,” Sheridan said. - NZME

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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OUR VIEW

Matt Markham

EDITOR

Media landscape shifts again

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ew Zealand’s media landscape took another massive turn yesterday with the announcement of redundancies at Mediaworks and a new owner arriving for Stuff continuing a huge few months for the industry.

Covid-19 has played a huge part in what’s unfolded, but the truth is that the media scene in this country has been treading in troubled waters for quite some time – and perhaps, there are still more bombshells to come.

With advertising dollars struggling to come back in the door in the wake of the lockdown and the closure for such an extended period of time of businesses which usually support the news world, no-one seems adverse to the challenges.

Bauer Media were obviously the first to raise the white flag and NZME didn’t wait too long afterwards to announce they too were cutting jobs from the schedule.

But of it all, perhaps it’s the purchase of media giant Stuff from Australian company, Nine which could have the most far-reaching impact of all on this country. The company’s current CEO, Sinead Boucher is the purchaser – her price $1.

Buying a business which most likely holds significant financial liabilities for any amount is a huge risk, but newsrooms around the country rejoiced yesterday with news that someone who had worked at the coal face of journalism previously was now fronting up and taking control of the organisation.

One thing Boucher has shown in her time in control of the business is that she’s a big fan of the online platform and with print and delivery costs rising by the day almost perhaps there is change in the wind for some of the major daily newspapers at some point in the future.

That’s purely speculation, but would see her run true to her previous form and while rejoicing might be the flavour of the day today, fear about what will become of some of New Zealand’s most recognisable mastheads could be the taste tomorrow.

Tax policies deserve close focus A

s the dust settles on the recent Budget, there are still many unanswered questions about the way ahead.

What we know are that there have been and will be huge shocks to this year’s economic indicators, with GDP slumping and unemployment surging. It’s a sudden and huge downturn.

We also know the Budget provides a huge fiscal stimulus to fight the downturn and make it short-lived, with the Government’s operating spending up $27 billion this year to $114 billion and that it will be maintained next year.

The Government’s operating revenue, mainly tax, will fall this year and will also fall next year.

There will be a massive $29 billion fiscal deficit this year and similarly sized deficits over the next two years. We may not see another surplus until 2028.

There will be a gargantuan borrowing programme, with net core Crown debt up a whopping $140 billion over four years to exceed $200 billion, which would be over 53 per cent of GDP. A big question is whether the economic and fiscal forecasts can be relied upon. While the Treasury boffins can be excused for imprecise forecasts at a time of such uncertainty, I think the economic forecasts are very optimistic in how strongly GDP and employ-

Andrew Hoggard FROM THE FARM

ment are forecast to bounce back from next year.

The forecasts suggest GDP will be back above last year’s amount within two years and that unemployment will be back down to 5 per cent within four years. I hope they’re right, but international tourism will take many years to recover, immigration will likely dry up, and the global economy will likely be in recession for a long time.

The very strong forecast bounceback in the economy is carried over to the fiscal forecasts which suggest strong growth in revenue after next year. They also suggest that Government spending will stabilise at its new higher level, implying greater fiscal discipline in the medium-term than has been evident of late.

Turning to tax, the Budget was silent on tax changes but the spectre of higher taxes looms large. It would have been a bad move during a recession to increase taxes or impose new taxes, so it is good the Government refrained from this.

Looking ahead it’s much murkier and much will depend on the Government’s choices.

Unless the economy roars into life and drags in lots of additional tax revenue then the Government will eventually be forced to increase taxes down the track to close the deficit, let alone to start paying back the huge debt being run-up.

The Government is also keen to address other big issues like inequality and sustainability. I think it likely the Labour and Green parties will want to use the tax system to do this. We will have to wait and see what tax policies political parties will run with at the election and then what happens come September.

Turning to farming, probably the best thing to come out of the Budget was the $1.1 billion environmental jobs package. This includes $433 million for regional environmental projects, $315 million for biosecurity, including weed and pest control, $200 million for Department of Conservation Jobs for Nature Fund, and $154 million for jobs enhancing biosecurity on public and private land.

There is detail still needed on how the money will be spent and in what areas.

Also positive is the Budget’s provision for re-training and other support for those New Zealand-

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ers who will be among the newly unemployed.

There was precious little mention of rural infrastructure in the Budget, but we still think there is a strong case for enhanced rural broadband and cellphone coverage, more on-farm and community water storage, and rural and regional road improvement and maintenance. These should be prime candidates for investment as they will help drive primary sector productivity and competitiveness as well as better economic and social outcomes for rural communities. Over the coming weeks and months Federated Farmers will continue pushing for better rural telecommunications, better rural roads, and better rural water storage.

But overall, New Zealand is, like the rest of the world, entering difficult and uncertain times with only a sketchy road map in murky conditions to guide us on the way ahead.

Huge spending decisions are being made in Covid-19’s murky ‘fog of war’. These will have profound implications for years to come but at some point tough decisions will have to be made. I don’t envy the Minister of Finance, whoever he or she is, when that day comes.

Andrew Hoggard is Federated Farmers’ vice-president and trade and commerce spokesperson.

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MARKET REPORT

BY GUY TRAFFORD

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wo sets of recent announcements reflect the impacts of the current pandemic and the uncertainties looking into the future. The grimmest news related to the Napier wool sale held last week.

It was the first sale held for nine weeks and was always going to be viewed with some trepidation.

Most wool categories (merino being the exception) were already in the doldrums prior to the lockdown and cessation of auctions, but one thing the pandemic has taught us is just when you think things are bad they can almost inevitably get worse.

The wool brokers no doubt would have liked to have been able to hold off for another couple of months in the hope that the European mills might start cranking up again but the dive into the pool was going to have to take place at some stage.

Prior to lockdown the average price for coarse wool (what most of the wool sold at Napier is) was around $250.

Today the price was more like $210.

And just to remind readers that is for ‘clean wool’, that is, grease and impurities removed.

The data set I work with goes back as far as 2005 and prior to the latest price the low point was just prior to the lockdown at $250 with the high point in July 2011 at $650.

A price that seems hard to imagine now. I can recall my mother telling me that during the slump (the 1930s one) they received 6 pence for their whole clip after paying the shearers and including the selling costs of getting the wool to Bradford England.

Today, at $210 even the shearers wouldn’t get paid let alone the

brokers, etc.

This amount is also the average of the better wools, so over the whole fleece the average price would be even lower.

As is the case in many areas these days China was the only really active buyer with India, the EU and UK all pretty muted.

If we go back to, say December 2019, before the influence of Covid-19 was starting to be felt, the crossbred average was around $300. Current price is at 70 per cent of what it was then.

So two weeks ago venison hit the trough with a heavy thud, and was quickly followed by wool last week.

The second announcement was for the Fonterra 2019/20 milk price, the price has stayed around Fonterra’s earlier predictions and the range is now $7.10 to $7.30 so with $7.20 the midpoint and expected payout and no change to the share dividend believed to be at between 15 and 25 cents.

Given this season has still been affected by Covid-19 most dairy farmers, I imagine, will be pretty satisfied with the Fonterra result, especially along with most of the other company financial indicators also pointing in the right direction.

I have to admit I, along with plenty of others, felt that Fonterra was at risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater when they went to their “back to basics approach”, but now we are in the Covid-19 paradigm and with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight they did exactly the right thing for the current situation.

Some luck no doubt but as an old advisor I had used to say, “no such thing as good luck, just bad luck and good management”.

Next season, however, is not looking anywhere near as rosy and circumstances may catch them out.

Fonterra chairman John Monaghan said, “For that reason, we are setting the opening 2020/21 forecast Farmgate Milk Price range at $5.40 to $6.90 per kgMS. The wider range reflects the increased uncertainty we face in the coming season.”

When we get past June this year the major influence on commodities is going to come from the looming recession rather than the actual pandemic itself.

No doubt the virus will still be raging around the planet but, generally, buyers of our products will be in operation. Whether there is any actual difference remains to be seen.

Governments in many western economies have poured billions (trillions?)to try and protect their citizens from the worst economic effects and to help kickstart world trade.

Unfortunately, all the signals are that this will not be enough, and we will experience recession, like it or not. It just remains to be seen how bad and for how long.

All dairy farmers can hope for is that the predicted midpoint of $6.10 proves to be overly conservative, and with China no doubt underpinning world demand, hope the final price is nearer the $6.90.

The biggest influence that may work in New Zealand dairy farmers’ favour is whether other countries can achieve their predicted

production levels.

It would be a brave person to buy a farm on this premise though.

The USA is predicted (by USDA) to have a small lift in production on 2019 (even after leap day accounted for) of somewhere near 1.5 per cent.

It also occurs to me that with the Covid-19 disruption to meat packing plants there is likely to be a backlog of animals to leave farms and so more may be milked for longer (sound familiar?).

All commentators are predicting a drop in returns to farmers.

In the EU, the coinciding of Covid-19 and peak milk along with disrupted supply channels and markets has meant that more milk than normal has already gone into powder form for better storage.

Overall production is expected to be slightly up, but probably the smallest increase for some time and prices, again, expected to be down.

For both the USA and the EU, labour shortages, due to ill health and more stringent border controls, may also impact on production.

Australia is unlikely to have another season like the last one, what with droughts, fires, floods etc. They, like us, will be watching ahead with some concerns but at least they are starting from a better place than last year.

New Zealand’s own production

has been shown to also to be affected by climatic factors and so nothing guaranteed here either.

So, given all the production factors, some uncertainty around demand and Covid-19 still lurking the low payout forecast has to be expected.

On a brighter note Rabobank are still predicting a bounce back in 2021 after a grim remainder to 2020.

From here, at the start of winter in 2020, 2021 still seems a long way away.

Markets Red Meat Given the damage the Covid-19 influence has inflicted on world economies the lack of damage, so far, to the meat trades (apart from venison) is remarkable, if not welcomed.

Perhaps the biggest influence on store prices, which were back a little on pre-lockdown, appears to be more about stock condition, largely brought about through many farms having to eke out diminishing feed reserves and end up with stock losing condition.

Of late both the cattle and sheep processor schedules have had small lifts and, while back on the same time last year, are still a long way ahead of where they could be.

Lambs are a good $10 behind and prime steers (320kgs) about $130 behind.

Venison and wool, as already mentioned, are in the sad category.

Dairy With the season all but over the $7.20 can almost be locked in now and then we await to see how next season begins.

Given, pandemics, recessions and elections the remainder of the year will be interesting if nothing else.

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By Connor Lysaght

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efore the Covid-19 pandemic brought the town and district to a quiet halt, the team at Ashburton Museum were hard at work with a mixture of hands-on and digital projects.

We had to work from home as best we could, mainly on digital projects, throughout lockdown Alert Levels 4 and 3.

Now we are adjusting to our old work lives, just like everybody else, and, for myself, that includes getting back on track with processing donations and accessioning interesting archives and photographs.

From the start of the year, until lockdown began in March, I had catalogued 320 individual archives items, which include photographs, minutes, financial papers, postcards, as well as many other interesting bits and pieces relating to the history of the Ashburton District.

It is always wonderful to see researchers come in, sit down, and find themselves completely immersed in their past as I guide them through boxes, folders, and digital archives records.

This week’s heritage page focuses on some of my favourite archives donations that I have processed this year – not including the lockdown period of course – and I hope that some of these will prove interesting to somebody other than myself.

Digital and physical My first favourite that I would like to share seems pretty mundane, but it shows the importance of why we document build-

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ings before they disappear.

In January we received three digital photos from Tricroft Properties of the house at 359 West Street before its demolition.

The property was known as Weatherly House, and was built in 1910 by Miles Constable Segers, eventually earning its name in the 1990s as a bed and breakfast.

These digital photos from Tricroft are significant to us as they supplement the information and photographs we already have on the property from years ago, giving us a stark comparison between the house’s prime and the end of its 110-year life.

One of the most significant donations we have received this year came from Tony Rippin, curator of Documentary History at South Canterbury Museum.

Tony brought us a great variety of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union records for Ashburton and Timaru, which includes photographs, minute books, cradle rolls, and scrapbooks relating to this important and historic organisation.

The date range for these WCTU records spans just over a century, with the earliest dated material being a register of members for the Wesleyan-Methodist Temperance Society, Tinwald, beginning in August 1888.

It is thanks to Tony that a gap in our local knowledge has been filled by these records and images, and we are very grateful to him and the team at South Canterbury Museum!

Our growing archives Some donations are significant,

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We were lucky enough to have been donated the records and minutes of the Ashburton Herb Society, from its inception in 1979 all the way to its recent end.

The Herb Society celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2019, and dissolved the same year.

After cataloguing all materials, keeping them all in original order,

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1. The house at 359 West Street, also known as Weatherly, before its demolition in January this year.

2. A recently acquired photograph of members of the NZ Scottish Regiment, 2nd Battalion standing in front of the YMCA. Ashburton Racecourse, 1942.

3. All of these minutes, reports, and documents relating to the Ashburton Herb Society are now a permanent part of our community archives collection.

4. Photograph of Ashburton WCTU members, taken in 1921 in front of the Grigg statue.

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the grand total of catalogued items came to the whopping figure of 115 catalogue records in our PastPerfect catalogue system.

Every loose report, page of minutes, and relevant clipping has been numbered and housed in conservation-grade folders and polypropylene enclosures, and put in an archival box to stay preserved for the decades to come.

We have had many other interesting things come through

our doors this year, including many more photographs, books, minutes, and documents.

If there is one thing you need to know about the team at Ashburton Museum, it’s that we always expect the unexpected when it comes to donations and we welcome many different things into our archives and object collections – if it has significance to Ashburton’s past and people, we are most interested.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - Which NZ city is known as the City of Water and Light? a. Gore b. Invercargill c. Dunedin 2 - What does it mean if you’re a monoglot? a. You know only one language b. You eat only one type of food c. You only have one leg 3 - What type of fruit has a variety called Winter Nelis? a. Apple b. Pear c. Peach 4 - In which part of the body would you find the stapes? a. The ear b. The liver c. The nose 5 - Who wrote the novel Under the Mountain? a. Carl Stead b. Margaret Mahy c. Maurice Gee 6 - What mode of transport would you associate with the company Sikorsky? a. Helicopter b. Ship c. Hot-air balloon 7 - In Mexican food, tortillas are made of? a. Rice b. Wheat c. Corn 8 - In which country would you find the tallest building in the world? a. United Arab Emirates b. China c. Russia

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Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss OBE (1929-2020) Known as Mr Motor Racing, an inductee into Motorsports International Hall Of Fame, from 529 starts he won 212 and was described as “the greatest driver never to win the World Championships”. In the above photograph he is driving a 250F Maserati.

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Bench of memories The Tinwald Golf Club have expressed its delight after it was gifted a memorial bench last week. The seat made from macrocarpa was gifted to the club by the longstanding AshVegas Country Club in memory of its past members. “It will sit in pride of place at our number 2 hole and will give us all a chance to reflect on some of our late fellow club members who were part of AshVegas Country Club,” a Tinwald Golf Club spokesperson said at the weekend. The social club, which functions as a non-profit organisation, has provided support for various young athletes in the district. It was an eventful few days at Tinwald. Club member Sally Lane provided the highlight of the weekend when she aced the 12th hole on Saturday.

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■■MOTOR RACING

Hamilton ‘considered quitting’ during lockdown Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has revealed he considered quitting Formula 1 while stuck in lockdown.

Hamilton’s current contract with Mercedes is in its final year, and the six-time world champion has not announced his intentions for 2021 and beyond.

However, the 35-year-old British driver confessed he has regularly struggled to stay motivated during the coronavirus epidemic, and has pondered whether this should be his last season in Formula 1.

“I’ve been really spending time trying to take time for me, making sure that I appreciate me, acknowledging things that you do well, acknowledging also when you fail and you don’t do it so great.

“It’s okay.

“And not being so hard on yourself, all these different things,” Hamilton said yesterday.

“I have days when I wake up and feel groggy, I don’t feel motivated to work out.

“I feel, ‘Jeez, where are we going? What’s next? Should I continue racing?’

“I think all these different things, and then I’m like, ‘Damn it’, and the next hour, or whatev-

er, it passes, and I’m like, ‘Damn, I love what I do. Why would I ever consider not continuing’?”

Spectators are not expected to be permitted to attend Formula 1 races when the sport returns.

Earlier this month, Hamilton said leaving the sport for a year would be a mistake, even if it would have a positive impact on his physical and mental wellbeing.

“You’re going to have nobody in the crowd … It’s going to be very empty.

“For us, it’s going to be like a test day, probably even worse than a test day,” Hamilton said.

“I don’t think that for an athlete to step away in their prime for a year is ever a good thing.

“To take a sabbatical is not on the cards. But we’ve been handed a part-sabbatical, which I’m enjoying.”

Hamilton is determined not to waste his new-found spare time, and has been focusing on his fitness while in lockdown.

“The British superstar also said he is in “pretty decent shape”, but admitted there is room for improvement.

“If we are not improving and growing during these days, then what are we doing? You’re obvi-

ously just wasting your time sitting on your backside,” Hamilton said.

“Nothing’s going to get handed to any of us. We’ve got to go out there and get whatever it is we want, and you’ve got to want it more than the person you’re fighting against.

“You’ve just got to get off your arse and do it.

“I’m in pretty decent shape, but I can always be in better shape.

“I see things and I’m like, ‘Damn, I’ve got a bit of fat here.

Shoot, I’ve got to work harder, I’ve got to go for a run’.

“In actual reality, I don’t really have much fat.

“But there are people out there that have these things going through their minds.

“You’ve just got to let go, find what it is you love and say I’m going to do it.

“I’m not going to let anything get in my way.

“It might take a long time.

“People forget I started racing when I was eight and I didn’t get to Formula 1 until I was 22, so that was a long time for me to get there, but patience is also very, very important.

“I do hope to come back betLewis Hamilton: Racing with no crowd is going to be like a test day. ter.”

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Top hoop off to Australia

By Michael Guerin New Zealand may have kept one of its superstar jockeys, but it is losing the other.

Just a few days after the king of the Karaka Million, Opie Bosson, announced he will stay in New Zealand as the retained rider for Te Akau, his closest rival Jason Waddell has announced he is moving to Australia.

Waddell has always been a mercurial talent, but was having a career-best season before the lockdown halted New Zealand racing, sitting second in the stakes money premiership.

His rides have earned over $1.8 million this season, second only to Bosson but without the enormous horsepower of Te Akau that Bosson has behind him.

Waddell has also ridden 11 black type winners, again second only to Bosson with 12.

So dominant and decisive was he on some of racing’s biggest days, like in the Railway at Ellerslie and Legends Day at Te Rapa, Waddell would be a near unanimous choice as New Zealand’s second best big-race rider, with plenty rating him even the equal of Bosson on his best days.

He now gets the chance to prove that in Australia, where Bosson had indicated he may base himself after a successful Sydney autumn carnival.

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 26 May 2020 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.11pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1 C1, 295m 1 12881 Homebush Showoff 17.72..........J McInerney 2 42487 Goldstar Liberty 17.32 S &...............B Evans 3 14781 Bold Bidder 17.31 M &.....................P Binnie 4 26318 Impressive Mood 17.59..............J McInerney 5 43275 Cold Affair 17.37........................... L Waretini 6 43383 Lakota Scout nwtd.......................... H Cairns 7 64373 Mulberry Will 17.71....................... K Cassidy 8 65378 Smash Gator 17.39.......................... M Grant 9 47x36 Retallick 17.33 J M........................... McCook 10 44465 Yanira Bale 17.33..........................C Roberts 2 12.31pm CHRISTCHURCHGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ STAKES C1 C1, 520m 1 36634 Yi Feng nwtd..............................J McInerney 2 54446 Born Tasha 30.14.............................R Wales 3 33345 Lakota Micco nwtd.......................... H Cairns 4 68757 Replica Casino 30.37......................B Pringle 5 45625 Goldstar Montana 30.34 S &............B Evans 6 318x2 More Than That nwtd J &.................D Fahey 7 56x37 Haidee Bale 30.44........................D Roberts 8 75753 Ohoka Kate nwtd.......................... L Waretini 9 32786 Jinja Twinkle nwtd.............................A Joyce 10 35558 Father Leo nwtd.........................J McInerney 3 12.51 A2C ASPHALT 2 CONCRETE PH 0800222583 DASH C1 C1, 295m 1 531 Opawa Stubborn 17.46..............J McInerney 2 22616 Culvie Numb Boy 17.86 H &................Taylor

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However, after further consideration Bosson decided to remain based in New Zealand, but will still ride often in Australia as Te Akau increase their presence there.

Meanwhile, not many New Zealand horse trainers can claim any level of success in the last six weeks, but Andrew Campbell hasn’t even had to leave home to keep racking up the wins.

While thoroughbred racing here is not scheduled to resume until July 3, although possibly earlier, Campbell is benefiting from the huge winning performances in Australia of his former NZ Cup winner Gobstopper.

Campbell used to train the gelding and still retains a share in him, and he won his second major hurdle race in a month in the A$100,000 Australian Hurdle at Sandown on Sunday.

Gobstopper was a one-time NZ Derby contender who went on to win the 2017 New Zealand Cup at Riccarton after a daring Sam Spratt ride.

He won his only start here as a jumper before transferring to Victoria where he is now trained by the legendary Eric Musgrove.

His win continued the remarkable story of his dam Bagalollies who not only left the Australasian Oaks winner Toffee Tongue earlier this month but Hong Kong superstar Werther and a Jason Waddell has decided to check out the racing action in Australia.

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 3 56676 Little Lottie 17.47 M &.......................... Smith 4 75x62 Know Tactics 17.61.........................G Cleeve 5 678x5 Precious Payton 17.49 S &..............B Evans 6 67x32 Homebush Carl nwtd.................J McInerney 7 78F58 Epic Rose 17.50 J M........................ McCook 8 74725 Jaubert 17.66.............................R Blackburn 9 44465 Yanira Bale 17.33..........................C Roberts 10 186 Mikil 17.66......................................... B Dann 4 1.11pm STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH 0272719588 SPRINT C1, 295m 1 212 Tabby 17.62..................................S Hindson 2 53412 Mitcham Sam 17.47...................J McInerney 3 66414 Bound Up 17.58.........................J McInerney 4 22166 Ghost Mode 17.51 H &........................Taylor 5 77378 Know Cause 17.29..........................G Cleeve 6 31752 Stylish Stepper 17.32....................... M Grant 7 88344 Goldstar Power 17.49 S &................B Evans 8 386x8 Opawa Hypo 17.27..........................R Wales 9 85636 Don’t Cry Joni 17.62............................A Lee 10 186 Mikil 17.66......................................... B Dann 5 1.31pm POWER FARMING CANTERBURY STAKES C1 C1, 520m 1 5x456 Know Anxiety 30.82........................G Cleeve 2 85624 My Rosie 30.51............................. L Waretini 3 36515 Making News nwtd............................ B Dann 4 85776 Goldstar Chief 30.83 S &.................B Evans 5 46x18 Tom Fox 30.61 J M........................... McCook 6 87483 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 7 1 Great Work 30.46 J &.......................D Fahey 8 81878 Homebush Surgeon nwtd..........J McInerney 9 32786 Jinja Twinkle nwtd.............................A Joyce 10 57684 Ain’t He Lucky 30.82...................N Wanhalla

6 1.51 BEACH CAFE & WINE BAR STAKES C1 C1, 520m 1 78587 Goldstar Dawson nwtd S &..............B Evans 2 46657 Mitcham Toddy nwtd..................A Bradshaw 3 13x21 Van Evie 29.93....................................C Weir 4 42225 Go Diego 30.38 J &..........................D Fahey 5 62514 Mighty Muscle 30.20 J &..................D Fahey 6 65x33 Bye Bye Punter 30.96......................R Wales 7 46274 Afridi 30.87.......................................C Steele 8 23866 Homebush Bede nwtd................J McInerney 9 65647 Sydneys Sox nwtd......................... L Waretini 10 45685 Haze Adams 30.90 J M.................... McCook 7 2.10pm MURRAY & HANNAH @ RAY WHITE CASHMERE DASH C1 C1, 295m 1 25862 Dyna Trevor 17.42.......................H Anderton 2 5321 Dorothy Be Good 17.66.................... B Dann 3 46652 Sozin’s Symphony 17.58............J McInerney 4 77484 Paringi Pam 17.39 M &........................ Smith 5 24734 Ohoka Lacey 17.47....................... L Waretini 6 87786 Twizel Storm 17.55........................... M Grant 7 52541 Mulberry Rock 17.37..................... K Cassidy 8 54x63 Mitcham Reado 17.24................J McInerney 9 44465 Yanira Bale 17.33..........................C Roberts 10 47x36 Retallick 17.33 J M........................... McCook 8 2.29pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT C1 C1, 295m 1 72227 Know Crime nwtd............................G Cleeve 2 422F1 Sneaky Snitch 17.51 H &.....................Taylor 3 67685 Platonic Affair 17.47...................... L Waretini 4 85552 Dyna Elliot 17.31...........................C Roberts 5 411 Honey Lantree 17.27..........................C Weir 6 68363 Goldstar Vale nwtd S &....................B Evans 7 23328 Gracie Lee 17.30.......................J McInerney

8 42433 Horse Range Gold 17.71................. M Grant 9 186 Mikil 17.66......................................... B Dann 10 85636 Don’t Cry Joni 17.62............................A Lee 9 2.48pm CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO STAKES C1 C1, 520m 1 62252 Little Secret 30.44......................... L Waretini 2 24148 Mitcham Ryder nwtd..................J McInerney 3 57635 Kia Tere 30.48 S &...........................B Evans 4 41173 Leonard Bale nwtd........................C Roberts 5 8x462 Go Punter Go nwtd..........................R Wales 6 25844 Big Tiny nwtd..............................J McInerney 7 63528 Hustle Ace 30.54.........................N Wanhalla 8 15834 Beret Girl 30.27 J &..........................D Fahey 9 16655 Goldstar Whitey 30.35 S &...............B Evans 10 78766 Boss Cobra 30.28 J &......................D Fahey 10 3.08 HART FAMILY GREYHOUND RACING STAKES C1 C1, 520m 1 F2432 Meatloaf nwtd................................S Hindson 2 1 All Unite 30.51 J &...........................D Fahey 3 63347 Max Volume nwtd.......................A Bradshaw 4 45658 Goldstar Beau nwtd S &...................B Evans 5 25864 Smash Calling 30.56........................ M Grant 6 x1686 Punters Delight 30.82......................R Wales 7 37663 Ohoka Carsen 30.88..................... L Waretini 8 76444 Homebush Fudge nwtd..............J McInerney 9 16655 Goldstar Whitey 30.35 S &...............B Evans 10 57874 Opawa Jane 30.49...........................R Wales 11 3.28pm KAIKANUI TAVERN SPRINT C1 C1, 295m 1 34753 Andrea Said 18.14 J M.................... McCook 2 86327 Mulberry Brit 17.43....................... K Cassidy 3 42113 Fast Angel 17.26.................................C Weir 4 64454 Know Farewell 17.66.......................G Cleeve

5 53221 Mitcham Queen 17.63................J McInerney 6 42568 Homebush Jordie nwtd..............J McInerney 7 48668 Cash A Roo 17.27 S &.....................B Evans 8 77x84 Vik Vikkers 17.47..........................C Roberts 9 85636 Don’t Cry Joni 17.62............................A Lee 10 46428 Tonkawa 17.42 M &.............................. Smith 12 3.48pm PROTEXIN SPRINT C1 C1, 295m 1 3125 Rocco Jewel 17.62........................C Roberts 2 13876 Impressive High 17.88...............J McInerney 3 63426 Jinja Cream Fizz 17.27.....................A Joyce 4 84437 Dapper Danny 17.56.................... J McMillan 5 56535 Homebush Ariana 17.59............J McInerney 6 64863 Goldstar Jay Jay 17.24 S &..............B Evans 7 12232 So Flossy 17.25................................ B Dann 8 26886 Heidi Hates Rap 18.06..................S Hindson 9 46428 Tonkawa 17.42 M &.............................. Smith 10 47x36 Retallick 17.33 J M........................... McCook SELECTIONS

2 14284 Kamada Park 25.93.....................A Turnwald 3 34647 Hot Platter 26.06..........................A Turnwald 4 51535 Big Time Frankie 26.00.......................L Cole 5 42521 Big Time Eden 23.68...........................L Cole 6 38456 Big Time Trae 26.11............................L Cole 7 14577 Eye Kno 26.34...............................W Woods 8 64136 Meandering 26.34........................A Turnwald Emergencies: 9 66564 Gray Bale nwtd..............................W Woods 10 37567 Slam It 26.64..............................J McInerney 9 2.38pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C3, 457m 1 75377 Gazza’s Girl nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 2 36311 Big Time Mac 26.17............................L Cole 3 47433 Electrical Storm 26.30...................M Goodier 4 12124 Novo Ollie 26.15.................................L Cole 5 13245 Woman No Cry 26.43..................A Turnwald 6 13728 Big League Diva 25.95 G &.... S Fredrickson 7 13677 Tuff Knight 26.78............................B Mitchell 8 25788 Bigtime Leads 26.03...........................L Cole 9 56836 Bigtime Tank 25.91..............................L Cole 10 2.57pm STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C4, 457m 1 51557 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 2 33574 Diddilee 25.92..............................A Turnwald 3 15123 Big Time Chad 26.50..........................L Cole 4 14424 Big Time Harley 25.92.........................L Cole 5 24223 Cheeseball 26.11................................L Cole 6 12836 Emgrand Rose 25.93...................A Turnwald 7 66335 Bigtime Bret 26.21..............................L Cole 8 14236 Big Time Anton 26.16..........................L Cole

9 65542 Bigtime Archie 26.26...........................L Cole 10 16888 Fare Dodger 26.01........................M Goodier 11 3.17pm PNGRC SECTIONAL TIMES @ PNGREYHOUNDS.KIWI C4/C5 C4/5, 457m 1 71217 Big Time Kobe 25.89...........................L Cole 2 21183 Big Time Brie nwtd..............................L Cole 3 51525 Big Time Maple 26.45.........................L Cole 4 117x8 All About Space 25.68........................L Cole 5 12448 Irish Rogue 26.05................................L Cole 6 21756 Big Time Vegas nwtd...........................L Cole 7 22111 Big Time Seth 25.76............................L Cole 8 3232x Zipping Sarah nwtd......................A Turnwald Emergencies: 9 73174 Bigtime Rod 26.04..............................L Cole 10 16888 Fare Dodger 26.01........................M Goodier 12 3.38pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C1, 410m 1 65232 Big Time Dusty 23.76..........................L Cole 2 34437 Black Mags nwtd...............................S Stone 3 25723 Paradox Prince nwtd....................B Hodgson 4 11 Big Time Lantao 23.62........................L Cole 5 266x1 Pick A Pascal 23.87 G &......... S Fredrickson 6 76633 Zipping Romeo 23.91 J &....................D Bell 7 315x1 Softy Burgess 23.65............................L Cole 8 62246 Plan Stan nwtd................................ L Pearce Emergencies; 9 47635 Born Fab 23.73................................S Maher 10 58723 Sedgebrook Saint nwtd....................L Doody

Race 1: Bold Bidder, Goldstar Liberty, Mulberry Will, Retallick Race 2: More Than That, Replica Casino, Goldstar Montana Race 3: Opawa Stubborn, Jaubert, Know Tactics, Precious Payton Race 4: Mitcham Sam, Tabby, Ghost Mode, Opawa Hypo Race 5: Great Work, My Rosie, Tom Fox, Homebush Surgeon Race 6: Van Evie, Mighty Muscle, Bye Bye Punter, Afridi Race 7: Dorothy Be Good, Sozin’s Symphony, Mulberry Rock Race 8: Honey Lantree, Horse Range Gold, Dyna Elliot Race 9: Leonard Bale, Beret Girl, Go Punter Go, Hustle Ace Race 10: All Unite, Meatloaf, Ohoka Carsen, Max Volume Race 11: Fast Angel, Cash A Roo, Mulberry Brit, Know Farewell Race 12: So Flossy, Tonkawa, Goldstar Jay Jay, Retallick LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway C1/2, 410m 1 32821 Mother’s Touch 23.41 J &.....................D Bell 2 85182 Opal Nora 24.08.........................J McInerney 3 16757 Allegro Kyle nwtd................................L Cole 4 16352 Belmonts 23.45...................................L Cole 5 56555 Bigtime Diesel 23.76 G &........ S Fredrickson 6 86288 Homebush Yuri nwtd..................J McInerney 7 24644 Zipping Luther 23.46 J &......................D Bell 8 76788 Bigtime Benji nwtd..............................L Cole 9 78888 Mitcham Doug 24.23..................J McInerney 10 66455 Nuclear Jewel 24.34........................L Doody 4 1.01pm CREATIVE CATERING C3 C3, 410m 1 11832 Tuff Temptress 23.72......................B Mitchell 2 26232 Big Time Lebron 23.38........................L Cole 3 12535 Double What 23.65 J &........................D Bell 4 11114 Big Time Angel 23.18..........................L Cole 5 46587 Big Time Spot 23.43............................L Cole 6 81112 Big Time Vince 23.19..........................L Cole 7 21656 Bigtime Banjo 23.10............................L Cole 8 F4376 Bigtime Daisy 23.61............................L Cole 9 2686F Bigtime Sheer nwtd.............................L Cole 10 75368 Big Time Dynasty 23.19......................L Cole 5 1.19 RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH C4 C4, 410m 1 32112 Allegro Lanie 23.00.............................L Cole 2 34354 Bees And Birds 23.64.........................L Cole 3 53441 Big Time Kevin 23.34..........................L Cole 4 27877 Bigtime Ziggy 23.44............................L Cole 5 22532 Harpoon Harry 23.91.....................M Gowan

6 75516 Bigtime Bee 23.51...............................L Cole 7 74233 Toca Madera nwtd........................A Turnwald 8 33788 Big Time Frosty 23.33.........................L Cole 9 15574 Giraffe Club 23.65...............................L Cole 10 57582 Bigtime Stella 23.51............................L Cole 6 1.37 PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C4/5, 410m 1 1138x Bigtime Brody 23.40............................L Cole 2 21352 Funky Facts 23.27 G &........... S Fredrickson 3 1117x Bigtime Cooper 23.27.........................L Cole 4 22124 Cheese And Chalk 23.44....................L Cole 5 11166 Allegro Curtis 23.27............................L Cole 6 32533 Big Time Pluto 23.28...........................L Cole 7 44112 Big Time Gwyn 23.22..........................L Cole 8 41111 Big Time Fairy 23.13...........................L Cole 9 45286 Allegro Lexxi nwtd...............................L Cole 10 46278 Bigtime Cutie 23.66.............................L Cole 7 2.00pm DOUG BRADLEY PAINTERS C1 C1, 457m 1 56233 Bigtime Alfie 26.25..............................L Cole 2 72312 Grunty Mama 26.80 S &............C Blackburn 3 57871 Big Time Gina 26.11...........................L Cole 4 66426 Waitohi 26.05...............................A Turnwald 5 24321 Webber Come nwtd...................J McInerney 6 57344 Bill’s Barker 26.58............................S Maher 7 67622 Here’s Hemi 26.33.....................J McInerney 8 32441 Bigtime Bailey nwtd.............................L Cole 9 647x5 Race Me Home 26.59..................B Hodgson 10 56447 Thomas William 25.97................... D Denbee 8 2.19pm KERNOW CONSTRUCTION C1/2, 457m 1 23272 Double That 26.35 G &........... S Fredrickson

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

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Brady outshines the big guns Tom Brady delivered the shot of the match but Tiger Woods didn’t miss a fairway to earn a measure of revenge against Phil Mickelson as he teamed with Peyton Manning to win The Match: Champions for Charity yesterday.

The PGA Tour is set to return in just over two weeks and it has a tough act to follow after Woods lagged a long birdie putt on the 18th close enough to secure a 1-up victory for his pairing.

NFL star Tom Brady holed out with an incredible shot during The Match to make birdie and win the hole.

The goal was to raise at least $US10 million ($15.3m) for Covid-19 relief funds and online donations sent money climbing with a final figure of $20m.

This made-for-TV exhibition surpassed 2018’s The Match in which Mickelson defeated Woods in a play-off under lights.

With two NFL greats along for the ride this time, the spectacle at Medalist Golf Club included world

No.4 golfer Justin Thomas pitched in as an on-course reporter, bringing a mixture of humour and insight.

Woods and Manning took the lead on the third hole and never trailed, building a 3-up lead in fourballs on the front nine.

It was a closer battle coming home played in modified alternate shot format.

Brady struggled for most of the day, particularly early, and took a beating on social media and in the broadcast booth from NBA legend Charles Barkley, while Brooks Koepka offered $100,000 if the six-time Super Bowl champion could just make a par.

One shot shut everyone up.

With his fourth shot on the par5 seventh from the fairway, with Barkley needling him relentlessly, Brady’s shot landed beyond the pin and spun back into the cup.

“Shut your mouth, Chuck,” Brady said.

“That’s why you’re the GOAT,” Barkley responded.

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At close of trading on Monday, May 25, 2020

Daily Volume move ’000s

1900 1923 1900 +18 139.0 125.5 126.5 125.5 +1 1.6m 1648 1662 1654 +14 64.53 111 113 112 –1 123.2 139 140 140 –1 185.8 596 598 598 +18 2.0m 722 732 732 +13.5 363.0 618 622 618 –1 562.4 2190 2210 2210 +10 87.74 2991 3015 3015 +95 238.8 321 324 322 – 1.4m 360 364 361 – 121.2 690 692 691 +9 83.09 287 289 287 +2 89.38 142 147 147 +2 101.8 225 227 227 +3 500.9 112 113 113 +1 208.0 476 477 477 +6 346.1 170 172 170 –1 193.2 98 99 99 +2 1.4m 95.5 97 96 +2 1.3m 3586 3615 3590 +35 17.93 477 484.5 478 +4 310.9 480 487.5 482 – 472.1 430 432 431 – 610.5 72 73 72 +1 400.5 137 138 138 –1 251.8 83 84 83 +3 2.0m 735 737 737 +5 65.84 150 154 153 –3 665.8 242 243 242.5 +0.5 92.09 710 714 714 –22 397.1 1252 1267 1259 +4 22.18 1250 1254 1250 +12 106.8 688 696 696 +6 12.21 491 497 497 +2 24.27 196 200 196 –2 80.01 17.1 19 17.1 –0.4 16m 245 248 248 –1 296.5 448 450 448 –4 976.1 150 152 152 +2 152.6 598 608 599 +3 77.79 706 722 715 +9 36.51 137 141 140 – 605.9 718 722 720 +12 11.52 375 380 380 +1 105.9 139 145 140 +1 634.6 246 247 246.5 – 84.40 1628 1635 1628 +10 23.25 289 292 290 +10 628.5

p Rises 86

q Falls 40

Top 10 NZX gainers Company

daily % rise

Augusta Capital Mercer Gr Steel & Tube Oceania Healthcare Z Energy CDL Investments F&P Healthcare Auckland Intl Airpt Carbon Fund Emerging Mkts

+6.06% +5.88% +4.84% +3.75% +3.57% +3.33% +3.25% +3.10% +3.03% +2.93%

Top 10 NZX decliners Company

daily % fall

Comvita –6.58% QEX Logistics –5.48% Allied Farmers –3.33% Abano Healthcare Gr –3.18% Pushpay Holdings –2.99% NZ ME –2.33% Burger Fuel Gr –2.22% Smartpay Holdings –2.04% Precinct Properties –1.92% Emerging Mkts Eq –1.52%

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

q Gold

1,724.90

London – $US/ounce

p Silver

17.20

–2.6

–0.15%

London – $US/ounce

+0.1

+0.56%

q Copper London – $US/tonne

5,242.50

–144.5

–2.68%

NZ DoLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm May 25, 2020

TT buy

TT sell

Australia 0.9511 0.9153 Canada 0.8698 0.8371 China 4.4484 4.2489 Euro 0.5705 0.549 Fiji 1.4045 1.3273 Great Britain 0.5103 0.4911 Japan 66.92 64.40 Samoa 1.7493 1.5847 South Africa 10.9402 10.5005 Thailand 19.86 19.10 United States 0.6214 0.5982

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Ashburton Golf Club Ashburton 9 holers were back in action on Thursday 21st May. 23 players dusted off their clubs and played in groups of four, following all the rules under Covid Level 2.

1st overall, with a Net Score of 32 was Bev Blair.

Bev won a Netherby Pharmacy Voucher for her efforts.

Runner-up, with a Score of 33, was Mary Buckland, winning a club voucher.

Top Net Score for the men was 35 by Peter Greening, who also won a club voucher.

One Smith and Church gobbler - Muriel Morgan.

We will play again on the 28th, and the club rooms will be open with catering for lunch.

We will play stableford, Heather Smith Trophy Round 2.

The new computerised scorecard system makes it so easy to score stablefords now.

Tinwald Ladies Golf May 19, LGU Silver: Di Lowe 75, Bronze 1: Sue Gutsell 70, Bronze 2: Madeleine Smith 76 Stroke: Sue Gutsell 70, June Steensen 73, Di Bell 75 c/b, Di Lowe 75, Colleen Linney 76 c/b 9 Hole LGU Denise Morgan 35, Nancy Costin 38, Maureen Colville 39 Nearest the Pin: Murray Young Property Broker (2nd Shot) #2 Madeleine Smith, Sims Bakery 2nd Shot) #6 Maree Moore, #12 Joan Undy, Outdoor Adventure (2nd Shot) #16 Di Lowe.

Longest Putt: Memory Funerals – Joan Undy

Tinwald Golf Club Saturday May 23rd Stroke Leading scores in the stoke round played on Saturday.

-12; Lindsay Kearns 71 c/b Steve Cowie, Gordon Rennie 71, Jeff Naish 72, .13-18; Neil Rayner 67, Kieron Gray 69, Chris Hart 70, Gary Lee 71.19 Plus; Dave Allan 68, Keith Bonnington 70, Steve Kircher 70.

Women; Sally Lane 70 c/b Christine Kinita70, Leanne Kearns 71.

Nearest the pin; Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Leen Bell. Gluyas Ford # 6; Bronwyn Flannery. House of Travel # 12; Sally Lane. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Mark Argyle. G & R Seeds 2nd shot #11; Steve Kircher. Two’s; Simon Ross, Nigel Heney, Keith Bonnington, Bruce Collins, Mark Argyle (2), Jo Peacock, Linda McClea.

Net Eagle; # 16 Mark Argyle.

A highlight for the day was the perfect shot by Sally Lane for a hole-in-one on the 112 metre par 3 12th hole.

Methven Golf Club Mens Results 23rd May 1st Round of the Duff trophy.

Senior: Simon Wareing 81-12-69.

Intermediate: John McGettigan 82-1369.

Junior A: Geoff Kelk 91-22-69 . Junior B: Gary Kermode 100-25-75.

Other Good Scores: 70 Mark Lock, Ben Rutter, Dayle Lucas. 72 James Anderson, Keith Middleton, Frank Sandys, Athol McAlpine. 73 Mike Gray, Ian Lucas Gavin Santy. Matt Mason, Michael Kemp, Craig Middleton, Alister Maxwell Twos: Geoff Rhodes, Ross Breach.

Dubliner Best Nett: Simon Wareing 69 by lot.

Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Geoff Kelk 69.

Methven Travel Best Gross: Dayle Lucas 73.

Closest to the Pins-Bar Voucher No 4: Mike Gray.

Terrace Downs No 6: Graham Gunn.

Ski Time No 13: Frekie Greybie. Green Parrot No 17: Bruce Dickson.

Hunters Wines No 14: Jeremy Johnson.

Next Week: 30th May: Stroke Round, 1st Round Middleton Trophy & 2nd Round Duff Trophy.

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VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): In math, there is only one right answer. In love, there are dozens or even hundreds of right answers, and the more deeply in love you are, the more you’ll be willing to try.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You have a healthy respect for the natural order of things and appreciate stages from birth to blossom, thriving and even decay. Your appreciation of beauty will lead to an encounter.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): A smile, a call from out of the blue, a home-cooked meal... these are the gestures that mean so much. You’ll pay forward the warmth that has been given to you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You need something new to do today. Novelty is a necessity, and without it you’re apt to feel lethargic. New people are the best for this. Second best are new activities. In a pinch, media fills the void.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): This endeavour you’re participating in is actually much more intricate and elaborate than you would have guessed. Take yourself out of the game a minute and you’ll see it for the first time.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’re active, multifaceted and eager to connect with people who can keep up with you. When this happens, you know it immediately and get swept up in the fascinating conversation that ensues.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Friendships get into ruts just like every other kind of relationship – that is unless you make the effort to keep things interesting. You’ll sprinkle some excitement into the mix.

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Across: 2. Burst 5. Pith 7. Gold 8. Dreading 9. Quarrels 11. Bees 12. Decimal system 15. Odes 17. Minister 19. Reef knot 21. Lead 22. Smut 23. Sided Down: 1. Produce 2. Bad 3. Ridge 4. Tresses 5. Pad 6. Tinge 10. Ruins 11. Basks 4 13. Almonds614.9 Eyeball 5 16. Dream 18. Noted 20. Fat 21. Lad

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Previous solution: ads, and, any, dan, dans, day, days, nay, nays, sad, san, sand, sandy, say

Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

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HEWSON, Valerie Marguerite (nee Ranson) – Sadly and unexpectedly passed away at Ashburton Hospital on May 24, 2020, aged 85 years. Dearly loved wife of the late Alan Hewson, loved mother and mother-inlaw of Sharon and Gary, Gene and Melanie, Wayne, and the late Phillip. Nana to Craig, Mitchell and his wife Ana, Courtenay, and Ethan, and a very much beloved sister. Messages to the Hewson family, c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A special thanks to Coldstream Lifecare who cared for Val over the past months. Your support has been greatly appreciated. A private family service for Val will be held.

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FZL: Around 2500m

Mainly fine, areas of morning and evening cloud. Light winds.

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 3:05 pm, yesterday

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Sth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 10.5 11.0 Max to 4pm 9.0 Minimum 8.8 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 8.0 16hr to 4pm May to date 19.0 Avg May to date 50 2020 to date 151.0 270 Avg year to date Wind km/h SW 9 At 4pm Strongest gust S 22 Time of gust 11:43am

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Bench mark for Tinwald

Waddell heads to Australia

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Local cricket clubs can apply for financial aid through an ANZ grant worth $1 million.

Cricket eyes new funding

By Adam Burns

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Local cricket clubs are being urged to take up further financial aid courtesy of a grant worth $1 million.

A grant through ANZ New Zealand has been made available to both cricket and netball clubs who have been hampered by Covid-19.

Mid Canterbury Cricket Asso-

ciation (MCCA) manager Mark Medlicott said the $500,000 allocation for cricket would be made available directly for the community game.

He said most clubs were reliant on grants to purchase essential gear and equipment.

Medlicott hoped clubs would take up the offer as many outfits did not meet the criteria for Sport

New Zealand’s community resilience fund.

One of the precedents for eligibility includes if an organisation cannot pay bills for fixed administration costs, excluding wages, in the period between April 1 and June 30.

“Most clubs don’t own their buildings,” he said. “They either rent them in the season or hire

them from the rugby club.”

“For most of the clubs is wasn’t that helpful.”

ANZ said club applications could include anything from uniforms and equipment to funding to help with ground maintenance.

“We want to help remove the financial barrier to help ensure as many Kiwi kids get back to playing netball and cricket safely, and

as soon as possible,” ANZ New Zealand chief executive Antonia Watson said.

A MCCA spokesperson said it was important to present a well-argued proposal for support in the applications.

“We have been told that gear that you might normally need a grant for – balls and essentials are more likely to be successful.”

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