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Firefighter Sam Cullimore takes his shift on the stair-climbing machine at the EA Networks Centre Gym’s Australian Bushfire Appeal on Saturday.

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Sweating it out for a good cause

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

They might have climbed the number of steps equivalent to the height of Mt Cook, but a group of dedicated firefighters and gym-heads didn’t gain a single metre in height.

Local firefighters and EA Networks Gym staff and members came together

on Saturday to raise funds for the Australian Bushfire Appeal through a Les Mills gym class mash-up that took place alongside a stair climbing challenge between the firefighters and gym staff.

The event raised just over $1400.

EA Networks gym and fitness manager Jenny Soal said staff had been wanting to do something to help support

those in Australia.

“Everyone has been quite shocked at what has been happening to Australia so the staff came to me and said they wanted to do something,” she said.

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Mermaid and other kites dazzle

By Susan Sandys

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A topless mermaid kite which flew at a kite fun fly day at Lake Hood created internet debate yesterday.

Some said the mermaid needed either a bra, bikini top, or two clam shells to preserve her modesty, while others maintained it was just a kite and there was nothing wrong with it.

About 2000 people turned out on Sunday for the fly day, which was the final South Island event in the New Zealand Kite Tour attended by kite flyers from around the world.

Kites of all shapes, colours and sizes dominated the skies at the lake, making for a spectacular display.

Amongst the airborne creatures, which included giant stingrays, a 30-metre long whale and a purple dragon, was a large topless mermaid.

Following the event yesterday morning, radio host Polly Gillespie posted a photo of the mermaid to her Facebook page and asked people to say whether it was appropriate at a family event or not.

Some called for a couple of well-placed starfish or clam shells, while the majority thought it was just fine, believing breasts should not be viewed only in the context of sexuality and that mermaids were naturally topless.

Organisers of the festival also jumped to the mermaid’s defence.

New Zealand Kite Flyers Association committee member Anne Whitehead said mermaids were topless by definition, and they did not wear bras.

“To make a kite like that … all those big kites they take a lot of energy and time, people can get their knickers in a twist,” Whitehead said.

Ashburton Peter Lynn Kites team member Lyndall Chisnall said the Australian couple which owned the kite had a bra for the mermaid. The couple would talk to the organisers of events they attended, and if they deemed at any time the kite would be offensive, they would put the bra on.

This was backed up by one of the Facebook commenters who had attended a fly event in Brisbane where the mermaid was launched topless, then relaunched later with its bra on, after those flying it “realised their mistake for a family day”.

Chisnall was involved with organising the Ashburton fly day, which followed kite tour events at Nelson and New Brighton.

She said she and fellow organising team members conducted a “listen in” with the crowds at Nelson, and found everybody loved the mermaid, and none were offended by it.

“After it came down and then went up again, everyone started clapping and cheering,” Chisnall said.

And at Lake Hood, it had been similarly well-received.

“Everybody looking at that, they just look at it and think it’s a mermaid. If they look beyond that, there’s something wrong with them I’m afraid,” she said.

The couple which own the mermaid are understood to be travelling down south before returning to Australia, and could not be contacted by the Guardian yesterday.

Above – Luka, 14 months, and his grandad, take in the spectacular display at Lake Hood on Sunday.

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Right – Kites fill the sky at Lake Hood on Sunday.

The controversial mermaid kite can be seen in the background.

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Sweating it out on the stairs for a good cause From p1 They decided to run the mashup class, which saw between 30 and 40 people take part at the expense of a donation to the cause, and the stair climbing challenge.

“The class was good because it gave people a chance to do a type of class they might not have done before,” she said.

Two stair climbing machines were also set up in the stadium section of the centre where gym

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staff and members took on a group of local firefighters in a twohour slog on the machines.

“I have a broken arm so wasn’t able to but my staff did and you definitely get a sweat up after five minutes on the machine and it is

fighters who took out the competition, climbing 10,500 steps compared to the gym staff’s 10,291 steps.

The annual Firefighter Sky Tower Stair Challenge sees competitors climb 1103 steps.

Tell the Government to fund a four lane highway from Christchurch to Ashburton Not long after the last election the Government cut more than $5 billion from the state highway network to instead spend on rail and cycle projects in Auckland. It’s left less money available for important upgrades to our local highways. Now the Government have announced plans to borrow $19 billion, with $6.8 billion earmarked for rail and road projects. It represents an opportunity to send a message to the Government that the road to Christchurch, the second most dangerous stretch of highway in New Zealand for fatalities and serious crashes, needs upgrading to four lanes to make it safer.

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hard work for some,” she said.

“One of the staff members tried doing it with the firefighting gear on and he was buggered after five minutes.”

Despite some wearing their full firefighting gear it was the fire-

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Vintage rally a hit once again

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

Organisers of the Ashburton Vintage Car Club’s annual rally are thrilled with another strong turnout as the event pushes on to its next 50 years.

The rally was the club’s 51st and, coincidentally, 51 vehicles from a variety of eras entered the event.

“We had 51 cars take part and a few extras outside of the competitions that took part,” club captain Peter Lambie said.

“We had a good range of vehicles taking part from 1903 through to some present day vehicles.

“You can never be sure how many you are going to get until they start showing up on the day.”

The rally saw vehicles travel to McLennans Bush in the Awa Awa Reserve for lunch where prizes were awarded to winning vehicles.

Lambie said the club caters for everyone with vehicles made up until the 1980, but that it is more difficult to find older vehicles to attend events.

Above – Vintage cars lined up ahead of Saturday’s 51st annual rally.

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Right – Eean Parkes was one of the drivers who took part in the rally.

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Rates good income earner for council

By Sue Newman

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roads. Of those 1510 kilometres are sealed.

During the year 6149 metres of footpaths and 125 lane-kilometres of roads were resurfaced.

An additional 25.2 lane kilometres of sealed rural roads were rehabilitated and road metal was applied to 60,321m3 of unsealed roads.

The next highest area of expenditure was recreation and leisure, 12 per cent.

During the year 109,979 people visited the Ashburton Library, 25,706 people visited the Ashburton Museum and the EA Networks Centre had 454,953 visitors.

The council’s annual report

shows it ended the year with an operating surplus of $7 million before taxation and other comprehensive income. It’s total revenue was $1.2 million above budget, driven largely by an unbudgeted subsidy of $1.6 million for street lighting LED upgrades and gains on forestry and property revaluation.

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For the last financial year the Ashburton District Council earned itself an income of $71.126 million with almost half of this coming from rates.

The $35.244 million it earned in rates made up 49 per cent of its income with subsidies and

grants making up a further 13 per cent.

There are 15,359 rateable properties across the district.

These have a total rateable value of almost $19 billion.

Transport absorbed the greatest share of the council’s costs at 21 per cent. This was spent across its 2613 kilometres of

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■■MOTORHOME SHOW

Event signs vandalised

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

Two signs promoting a Lions Club of Ashburton event have been vandalised leaving organisers disappointed and inconvenienced.

Two signs promoting the South Island Motorhome Show, which is run by the club each year, were damaged in the past week.

Trade and market site convenor Rex Whiting said a sign on Racecourse Road had had a number of bolts removed from supporting wires while a sign on River Terrace was pushed over.

“One of the tethers on one side was loosened and one on the other side was as well so that just left two guide ropes holding it up,” he said.

“If a decent wind had gotten up it could have blown free and caused some damage but luckily it was spotted before that happened.

“We also have a smaller sign on River Terrace that has been pushed to the ground and, in the process, they have smashed the bottom runner that holds the sign up so that is going to have to be repaired.”

Whiting said the group had not had any issues in the past with signs being vandalised around the town.

“In election years you get politicians putting their signs up

Coronavirus support The increasing spread of the novel coronavirus, including the identification of cases in Australia, necessitates a public health presence at Christchurch International Airport. The Canterbury District Health Board, has deployed staff to the airport from yesterday, in order to meet passengers arriving from Mainland China. They will provide information on symptoms, and advice on what to do in the case of becoming unwell. Medical Officer of Health Dr Ramon Pink said there was one direct flight every day from mainland China to Christchurch, although they were not from the most affected areas of Wuhan City and Hubei province. “The current assessment is that the risk of an outbreak in New Zealand is low, while it is possible that cases will be identified in New Zealand,” Pink said. The public could rest assured the health system in the region was prepared in the event of any cases.

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and if someone doesn’t like them they might get vandalised but the community groups are normally okay,” he said.

“It’s just a bit of an inconvenience for us and frustrating as all the profits from the event do go back in to the community.”

The show has been held in Ashburton at the Ashburton Show-

grounds for more than 10 years, and has been organised by the Lions Club of Ashburton since 2018, after it was handed over by original organisers, Murray and Bev Meadows.

Whiting said they had received the most trade site bookings yet, and that it was shaping up to be another great event.

Signs promoting this years South Island Motorhome Show, which is organised by the Lions Club of Ashburton, have been vandalised in the past few weeks.

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An app mapping water fountains and free refill stations across the country has been launched in the latest drive to stop people buying sugary drinks and plastic bottles. Refill NZ is behind the technology after experiencing huge growth since it was first trialled in Wellington little more than a year ago. Bars, restaurants and cafes that sign up to the initiative offer to fill water bottles for free, even if the person is not a paying customer.

There are more than 1200 refill and water fountain sites on the app’s – NZME map.

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Skatepark slope set to challenge

By Susan Sandys

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A new vertical slope taking shape at the Methven skatepark is enough to make the parents of any young skateboarder nervous.

The unique feature crafted by the skatepark’s designers, to present a fun challenge, has a steep downhill gradient.

But parents can rest assured, their children will not be gathering at the top and then plummeting down rollercoaster-style, as the slope is for going upwards, not downwards.

Spokesperson Sam Kircher said the feature had about 1.5 metres of vertical, with a tight radius at its base.

It was to present a challenge for skateboarders as they rode into the curve to carve a turn up on the slope. Having the extra space at the top gave potential for a higher turn, but there would be very few who would be able to get to the top.

“There might be a few pro skaters out there that will give it a go,” Kircher said.

Meanwhile, work on the skatepark’s features is coming along well, with January weather having been favourable following delays due to heavy rain in December.

Kircher said Civil Concrete’s

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A Singaporean tourist has pleaded guilty to three charges in relation to a three-vehicle crash that killed 84-year-old Queenstown resident Noelene Tait earlier this month. Dalbert Tin, 29, appeared before Judge Russell Walker in the Queenstown District Court yesterday. Tin admitted three charges: careless driving causing injury to Glen Cherry, careless driving causing injury to his passenger, a 30-year-old woman, careless driving causing Tait’s death, all on Frankton Road. The maximum penalty on the charges is three months’ imprisonment, or a $4500 – NZME fine.

AA predicts price drop The AA says the cost of 95 and 98 octane petrol will drop ahead of the general election as fuel retailers move to display the price of premium fuel, ahead of any formal regulation. Some service stations are charging up to 40 cents extra per litre for 95 and 98 octane fuel compared to 91 octane, AA regulations adviser Mark Stockdale said. A decade ago, the price difference between 95 and 91 – NZME octane was just 5c.

Going plastic free There will be no rollercoaster-style antics on a unique feature being crafted at the Methven skatepark.

PHOTO SUPPLIED Josh Horn and team had benefited from good conditions this month as they poured and sculpted the concrete.

“They have cranked out so much work in one week last

week, when the weather plays ball and everything goes to plan they get through it pretty quickly,” he said.

The street section was on target to be finished next month,

with the bowl following about one month later.

The colour scheme, which is to feature a palette of dark grey, red and brown, is also emerging as work continues.

Three Countdown supermarkets will go plastic free in a 10-week trial to test what can be done to further reduce plastic in its produce section. From February 10, shoppers at Countdown Orewa, Ponsonby and Manukau will be involved in the new “unwrapped” test in its fruit and vege section, which will see 65 items without plastic.

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NZ coronavirus threat ‘high’ NZME The likelihood of New Zealand getting a case of the coronavirus is “high”, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said.

Bloomfield says he wants to make sure New Zealand is “very ready” to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

It comes as three members of a tour group of 19 have been assessed at Rotorua Hospital out of concern they may have become infected with the deadly novel coronavirus infection.

Bloomfield, in an update at to media yesterday on the virus, said 98 per cent of the cases are in China at this point.

The likelihood of New Zealand getting a case is high, he said.

“The likelihood of a sustained community outbreak remains low.”

Tomorrow [today], a National Health Coordination centre will be up and running, he said.

He said there is a “high level of awareness and concern,” meaning that people are aware of what they should do when they enter the country.

He said the personal hygiene message around this virus is the same with most other viruses – making sure hands are washed and correctly coughing.

The last time NZ had border screening was in 2009 with Swine Flu, he said.

He said it would be “very very unusual” to use quarantine powers.

The likelihood was high, Bloomfield said, because a range of other countries have had cases.

Furthermore, people who have come into the country could be incubating the virus and it wasn’t detected Screening flights from Australia is “under active consideration,” he said.

Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay said if there was a case, it would be expected to see another case from someone close to the person who got it.

However, it would not get to a point where there would be a rapid increase of the number of people that got the virus.

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Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield is already getting prepared, she said.

She said there was no vaccine for the coronavirus.

Although Bloomfield said it was likely that someone in New Zealand will be infected with coronavirus, it’s unlikely that anyone will die because of it.

The fatality rate of coronavirus is roughly 2 or 3 per cent - so it’s unlikely someone in New Zealand will die from it.

He said the Government is working very closely with the Australian Government, where there is a “constant exchange of information”.

Bloomfield said the Ministry of Health has not had direct contact with the Chinese Government.

He said he had “no reason” to question the numbers and the information coming out of China in relation to the virus.

He said the Government is “actively” looking at the use of thermo screening machines.

Public health services were earlier alerted that tour group members in Rotorua may have been exposed to someone with the coronavirus.

The virus, centred in China, has already killed more than 40

people.

The tour group arrived in Auckland on Saturday night from Australia and then travelled to Rotorua. It was feared they had made contact with someone with the virus on a previous flight to Sydney on January 20.

In a media statement following questions from the Rotorua Daily Post, the Lakes District Health Board has confirmed the group were first assessed by St John paramedics on Sunday as part of a coordinated response by health agencies.

“Three people were then taken to Rotorua Hospital’s Emergency Department for further assessment. While they were found to have no symptoms that would indicate infection with the virus, a range of tests were taken for processing,” the statement said The Rotorua Daily Post asked what the nationalities were of those affected but the statement did not answer that question.

There are no confirmed cases of the virus in New Zealand.

The district health board’s statement said expert advice was obtained from the Ministry of Health and Infectious Disease specialists and the three patients

were able to be discharged on Sunday night and re-joined their tour group.

Toi Te Ora Public Health Medical Officer of Health Dr Neil de Wet said that public health services continued to follow up and monitor the group and were currently reviewing whether any further measures were necessary.

Symptoms of the coronavirus include fever, cough and trouble breathing and can appear anywhere from two to 14 days after exposure.

Local public health services had been working closely with the Ministry of Health to ensure appropriate protocols were followed and any risk to the public was managed appropriately, the statement said.

Lakes District Health Board chief executive Nick Saville-Wood said health board staff were aware of the need to be vigilant for signs and symptoms of people who might present to the emergency departments with flu-like symptoms.

He said health board staff were working closely with Toi Te Ora Public Health to keep health professionals across the Lakes district informed of the risk.

Shocking footage has emerged of an adult feeding vodka to a baby.

Police say the footage is “appalling” but it is not possible to confirm if a criminal offence has occurred.

The short video shows a Long White being poured into a baby’s mouth while the infant lies on a couch, propped up by a pillow.

The New Zealand-made RTD contains triple-distilled vodka and sparkling water.

Bottles sold contain 320ml and are 4.8 per cent alcohol.

A man sitting next to the baby is smiling while another person, wearing a One Love festival wristband and brightly coloured nails, holds the bottle.

It is unclear how much alcohol is given to the child.

The video was being circulated on Facebook, but after an inquiry was made by media to learn more about the video’s origin it was removed.

The Ministry of Health’s Deputy Director of Public Health, Dr Harriette Carr, said they were “appalled” to hear of the video.

“The ministry does not recommend babies or children be given alcoholic drinks,” she said.

“Alcohol has been shown to be harmful for the unborn child, babies and children, particularly affecting brain development.”

University of Otago professor of psychiatry and addiction medicine Doug Sellman said the video also showed a deeper problem.

“This is exactly what you would expect in New Zealand at the current time.

“It’s an ignorant approach to alcohol and the normalised heavy-drinking culture that we have in New Zealand.”

In a statement, police said they were not aware of any report or complaint in relation to the video.

“Based on the information available from the video, it is not possible to confirm if a criminal offence has taken place.

“If indeed alcohol has been given to a baby, we would concur with our Ministry of Health colleagues who have described such behaviour as appalling.”

Five die in horror weekend on New Zealand roads Chelsea Boyle NZME

It has been a horror weekend on our country’s roads, as five people have died in four separate crashes, lifting the provisional road toll to 24 this year.

Sunday alone, four people died in crashes that were geographically spread from as far north as Kaitaia to as far south as Gore.

Acting National Manager for Road Policing inspector Gini Welch said sometimes policing required officers to be “superhuman but actually at the end of the day we are just human”.

“Every death and injury on our

roads hurts, it’s hard and distressing.”

While what they saw could not be unseen, she said, it was much harder on friends and family who lived on without their loved ones.

Welch confirmed the unofficial road toll now stands at 24 for the year, the process that follows a fatal crash would take a month before that figure was confirmed.

At the same time last year that number was 23.

Welch urged drivers to wear their seatbelts, drive sober, keep their phones away out of reach, stick to the posted speed limit and not to drive distracted.

Yesterday, many motorists would have been making a return journey to Auckland after enjoying a long weekend away thanks to Anniversary Day. “January is always a high risk time to be driving because the volume of traffic on our roads is at its peak,” Welch said.

The message was to travel safe, she said.

The first fatal crash on Sunday happened in the early morning in the country’s far north.

A male died at the scene after his car left the road and collided with a tree in Kaitaia.

Emergency services were

called to the crash on Bank St just after 6am.

A male then died in a two-vehicle crash near Lake Karapiro in Waikato.

The crash occurred on State Highway 29 shortly after 2pm.

A male and a female died, both rear seat passengers, and two others were injured in a crash in Mataura, Gore.

Police were called to scene about 5pm.

On Saturday, one person was killed and another was seriously injured in a car crash in Waikato.

The crash happened on State Highway 1 near Cambridge,

about 6.20am.

According to the Ministry of Transport, the provisional number of road deaths for 2019 is 353 from 301 crashes.

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The Coyote, the San Antonio Spurs mascot, wears a Los Angeles Lakers jersey to honour former NBA player Kobe Bryant during the second half of an NBA game between the Spurs and the Toronto Raptors yesterday.

A Grammys message

RESPECT

Drama over fairness and inclusion at the Grammy Awards carried over to music’s big night as newcomers and mainstays in the industry supported Sean “Diddy” Combs and his powerful speech putting the Recording Academy on a clock to fix the nomination process when it comes to rap and R&B in major categories. “I think if they smart, they listen to Diddy,” soulful singer Lucky Daye said. British rapper Labrinth added: “Hopefully there’s a conversation to really think about what’s happened.” FKA twigs and Usher performed a Prince tribute (above).

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NBA icon dies in crash AP Kobe Bryant authored some of his most memorable moments at Madison Square Garden and made himself a centerpiece of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry.

Bryant was remembered for that and so much more yesterday after the five-time NBA champion, his teenage daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash.

Tributes poured in from around the basketball, entertainment and political worlds.

Players and teams who competed with and against Bryant struggled their way through the games that were scheduled, unable to summon his intense competitive spirit.

“We laughed and joked about the Mamba mentality.

We’re all going to need it right now,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said through tears before his team played in Orlando.

Madison Square Garden was lit up in the Lakers’ gold and purple colours for the game between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets.

Nets star Kyrie Irving didn’t play, leaving the arena after hearing of Bryant’s death.

The 18-time All-Star made his first All-Star appearance at MSG in 1998, a passing of the torch game in which Michael Jordan played for the final time as a member of the Chicago Bulls.

Bryant later set the scoring record at the current arena when he scored 61 points in 2009, a mark that was later bettered by Carmelo Anthony.

Bryant played twice against Rivers and the Celtics for the championship, with Boston winning in 2008 and the Lakers taking the 2010 title, when Bryant was the MVP. “We always liked to reminisce. We would always laugh at our versions of our losses,” Rivers said.

“You know, when we beat them in 2008, he had his version.

“And when they beat us in 2010, I had my version, and then we would laugh at how different we looked at the games.”

Pau Gasol, a former teammate of Bryant’s during those series, tweeted, “Beyond devastated ... my big brother ... I can’t, I just can’t believe it.”

The Lakers and Celtics already had the NBA’s most famous rivalry, but it had been dormant since the heydays of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird before Bryant helped lead its resumption.

Johnson, just days after giving an emotional speech during a memorial service for former NBA Commissioner David Stern, was devastated again after Bryant, 41, and 13-year-old daughter Gianna were among those killed in

Southern California.

“As I try to write this post, my mind is racing,” Johnson wrote on Twitter.

“I’m in disbelief and have been crying all morning over this devastating news that Kobe and his young daughter, Gigi have passed away in a helicopter crash.

“Cookie and I are heartbroken.”

Bryant also helped the US win Olympic titles in 2008 and 2012, after the Americans had been shut out of gold medals in major international basketball competitions since 2000.

“He was in constant pursuit of doing something special and there will never be a greater warrior in our sport,” said Mike Krzyzewski, who coached Bryant on those teams after trying to recruit him to Duke.

Tiger Woods was told of Kobe Bryant’s passing by his caddie Joey LaCava coming off the 18th green at Torrey Pines on Sunday at the Farmer’s Insurance Open.

“Joey just told me coming off 18th green,” Woods told CBS. “I didn’t understand why the people in the gallery were saying, ‘Do it for Mamba.’ But now I understand.

“It’s a shocker to everyone.

Unbelievably sad and one of the more tragic days.”

Former Lakers star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tweeted that

“Most people will remember Kobe as the magnificent athlete who inspired a whole generation of basketball players.

But I will always remember him as a man who was much more than an athlete.”

Syracuse University men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim previously worked with Bryant with Team USA. “He was not only one of the greatest basketball players ever, he was also the hardest working player I’ve ever been around,” Boeheim tweeted.

“I was so fortunate to have known him and coached him with Team USA. Our thoughts and our prayers are with his wife, Vanessa, and the Bryant family.”

Bryant’s death reverberated beyond sports.

In 2018, he won an Academy Award in the animated short film category.

Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom issued a statement regarding about Bryant that read: “We mourn the tragic and untimely death of a California icon and basketball legend, Kobe Bryant.

“In his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, he made history with raw talent and unparalleled dedication that raised the bar and paved the way for a newer generation of players.”

Shorters couple hitched?

Are long-term lovebirds, former Shortland Street star Grace Palmer and Rawiri Jobe married? According to their Instagrams they were stylishly hitched in Vegas last August. “Hitched by Elvis in the back of a pink Cadillac, I love you I love us,” Palmer wrote. They have been on each other’s arms around town for several years. Palmer, 25, had more than 630,000 fans tune in to see her Shortland Street character Lucy Karim, whom she had played for three years, die after delivering her daughter in the back of the car.

Widow does it for the kids The widow of Kiwi chart-topper Pauly Fuemana has revealed she has handed over her family’s share of royalty rights for her late husband’s global hit How Bizarre. The song, which was released in late 1995, made Pauly – who performed under the name OMC – a worldwide music sensation and for a time a multimillionaire. And several years after his death in January 2010 – by which time the trappings of his earlier success had gone – his wife and six children were still receiving annual royalties of about $50,000. Kirstine Fuemana said she had handed her family’s share of royalties and control of the use of the song to Universal Music to protect their children from the possibility of any family feud.

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Perhaps we’re not as PC as we thought S

ocial media blew up yesterday, for a couple of reasons.

An hour or so before news broke of the tragic death of basketball superstar, Kobe Bryant who was one of nine passengers killed in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles, things were heating up over something thousands of miles away here in New Zealand.

Well-known radio host and commentator, Polly Gillespie had posted a question to her Facebook page featuring a picture of a kite which was seen at Sunday’s family kite day at Lake Hood, near Ashburton.

At first glance the image was seemingly innocuous, but as Gillespie pointed out, the imitation of a mermaid, in gigantic-size,

featured the fact that the mermaid was topless.

And Gillespie wanted to know what people thought of such an attraction featuring at an event advertised as being family friendly.

And, somewhat surprisingly, people didn’t seem to care.

I jumped on to see the comments and reaction from people across New Zealand and in a

pretty comprehensive search of all the comments on her post, there wasn’t much, if any, negativity, which I didn’t expect.

Perhaps we are advancing as a human race after all.

Not that long ago, at least it seems not that long ago, the prospect of such a travesty would have had the nation up in arms with people bemoaning the fact that a mermaid without a top could be seen as a sexual object and that, for children, it was tasteless and immoral.

But most of the comments centred around the issue yesterday proved that children didn’t care with many parents showing their children the image and the fact the mermaid was topless failed to

In 1916, Louis D Brandeis was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to the Supreme Court; Brandeis became the court’s first Jewish member.

In 1956, Elvis Presley made his first national TV appearance on Stage Show, a CBS programme hosted

by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey.

In 1980, six US diplomats who had avoided being taken hostage at their embassy in Tehran flew out of Iran with the help of Canadian diplomats.

In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after lift-off from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.

Ten years ago: Major world powers opened talks in London seeking an end to the conflict in Afghanistan.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama phoned Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to congratulate him on his party’s election victory and told him the US would work closely with Greece to help it pursue longterm prosperity.

One year ago: A US envoy said negotiators for the United States and Taliban insurgents had reached “agreements in principle” on key issues for a peace deal that would end 17 years of war in Afghanistan.

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raise a mention.

Sometimes we can be a little too over the top with things like that.

We tend to worry about the little stuff, which at the end of the day doesn’t really matter all that much. With a little explanation that most mermaids, at least as they are depicted, are in fact topless to any inquisitive young mind would be enough to put them at ease and the issue, or apparent issue, would be forgotten.

So it was pleasing to see that progress is in fact being made when it comes to reducing the fact we’re too PC at times and that, for some reason, we tend to bow down to public pressure when it comes to such matters.

Instead, we should probably be

a little more focused on enjoying the moments, like a family kite day, which stopped in on our district as part of tour, and not worry about who’s going to be offended by something which is, in fact, quite harmless.

It’s also good to push the boundaries a little too. It can be too easy for a society to become bound by ridiculous thought processes that tend to cause an uproar and create a fuss where a fuss isn’t need.

I hope that this could be the start of a positive step, moving forward, where we worry more about the more important things in life and stress less about the stuff that is quite inconsequential in the grand scheme of things.

Nicholas Pryor is 85. Actor Alan Alda is 84. Actress Susan Howard is 78. Actress Marthe Keller is 75. Actress-singer Barbi Benton is 70. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is 65.

Actress Harley Jane Kozak is 63.

Movie director Frank Darabont is 61. Rock musician Dave Sharp is 61. Rock singer Sam Phillips is 58.

Rock musician Dan Spitz is 57.

Country musician Greg Cook is 55. Gospel singer Marvin Sapp is 53. Singer Sarah McLachlan is 52.

Rapper Rakim is 52. DJ Muggs is 52. Actress Kathryn Morris is 51.

Humorist Mo Rocca is 51. Rock/ soul musician Jeremy Ruzumna is 50. Rhythm-and-blues singer Anthony Hamilton is 49. Singer

Monifah is 48. Actress Gillian Vigman is 48. Rock musician Brandon Bush is 47. Actress Terri Conn is 45. Singer Joey Fatone Jr. is 43. Rapper Rick Ross is 43.

Actress Rosamund Pike is 41.

Actress Angelique Cabral is 41.

Singer Nick Carter is 40. Actor Vinny Chhibber is 40. Actor Elijah Wood is 39. Rapper J. Cole is 35. Actress Alexandra Krosney is 32. Actor Yuri Sardarov is 32.

Actress Ariel Winter is 22.

Thought for today: “It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.” — Robert H. Goddard, American rocket engineer (1882-1945). – AP

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, January 28, the 28th day of 2020.

There are 338 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On January 28, 1973, a cease-fire officially went into effect in the Vietnam War, a day after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords by the United States, North Vietnam and South Vietnam.

On this date: In AD 814, Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne died in Aachen in present-day Germany.

In 1547, England’s King Henry VIII died; he was succeeded by his 9-year-old son, Edward VI. In 1813, the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published anonymously in London.

In 1827, In a feat of navigational daring – and after several attempts – the French explorer Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville sailed the Astrolabe from Tasman Bay through the narrow French Pass into Admiralty Bay in the Marlborough Sounds. His officers named the large island they passed in his honour.

In 1878, the first daily college newspaper, Yale News (now Yale Daily News), began publication in New Haven, Connecticut.

1901, Wellington blacksmith William Hardham won the Victoria Cross while serving in South Africa with the fourth New Zealand contingent. He was the only New Zealander awarded a Victoria Cross during the South African War. In 1911, the notorious Hope Diamond was sold by jeweller Pierre Cartier to socialites Edward and Evalyn McLean of Washington, DC, for $180,000.

In 1915, the American merchant vessel SS William P Frye, enroute to England with a cargo of wheat, became the first US ship to be sunk during World War One by a German cruiser, the SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich, even though the United States was not at war.

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War on wilding pines A

s Finance Minister Grant Robertson ponders what to put in his Budget in May, understandably his mind – and those of his fellow Cabinet ministers - will be on the election later in the year.

It’s not an issue that necessarily captures voters’ attention, but let’s hope they remember to allocate some extra millions to a scourge on the land that has severe environmental and economic impacts – wilding pines.

Wilding pines are trees that have self-seeded from windblown cones from plantation forests and shelter belts.

The NZ Wilding Conifer Group, on which Federated Farmers is represented, estimates that wilding pines affect at least 1.8 million hectares – almost 6 per cent of New Zealand’s land area.

They spread fast; left unmanaged it has been estimated that within 30 years they would cover more than a quarter of our landscape.

Wilding pines take the sunshine, water and nutrients other plants need to grow and then quickly become the dominant species.

Land that is adversely affected by wilding pines includes farmland, recreational land, sites of cultural and historical importance, as well as New Zealand’s

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unique natural environment.

Wilding pines can irreversibly change some of our threatened and rare ecosystems, meaning that once an area is invaded by wilding pines, it can be difficult to return it to its original state.

If you’re not moved by the environmental arguments, consider the fiscal impacts.

Wilding pines can decrease the amount of water that flows into rivers by 30 per cent to 40 per cent.

They use so much water they are a significant threat to irrigation and hydro-electricity generation.

A recent cost-benefit analysis found that if left unmanaged, wilding pines will cost us $739 million by 2050, just in losses in productive land, and another nearly $3 billion from losses in irrigation and hydroelectricity potential.

Fortunately, we are fighting back against this ‘wrong tree in the wrong place’.

A programme led by Biosecuri-

ty New Zealand, working with the Department of Conservation and Land Information New Zealand, spent $16 million between 2016 and 2019 to control wilding pines on 1.5m hectares of some of our most vulnerable iconic landscapes.

The NZ Wilding Conifer Group has warned that if this work is not followed up to remove remaining wildings before they mature to seed production age, the money spent to date may be wasted and the opportunity for wilding extermination missed.

Kudos to the Government. It awarded an extra $10.5m for each of 2019 and 2020 for the national wilding control programme.

As Federated Farmers said at the time of the Budget 2019 announcement – that’s very welcome but it’s not enough. To win the wildings battle, the war chest needs to be more like $25 million a year and not limited to two years.

By some estimates, it’s a $250 million problem growing at 20 per cent per year.

DOC research shows that expenditure on wilding pine control is very cost effective.

This is because wilding pines do not produce cones until they are very visible, allowing detection and removal before further spread is initiated.

Also, wilding pine seed does not last more than a few years in the soil, so there is no long-lasting seed bank which can germinate and cause re-invasion many years after control is undertaken.

Work is underway by forestry companies on planting buffer trees with a low seed spread risk.

There is also debate on the potential use of gene-editing to ensure the plantation trees we plant for wood production are sterile and don’t spread.

Doing the control work on wilding pines now is an investment in the future.

The NZ Wilding Conifer Group has calculated that increasing funding for wilding conifer control to $118 million over four years will result in a net benefit of $6.1 billion. The ratio of benefit to cost for this level of investment is 38:1.

They’re surely some numbers that should make the eyes of a Finance Minister light up.

By Karen Williams is the spokeswoman for Federated Farmers on biosecurity. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof.

Four-laning should be a government priority I mproving state highways needs to be a priority for government I imagine that many of you driving around our region over the holiday break will have encountered roadworks on your journey.

While road cones and temporary speed limits can be an inconvenience, I am sure that most people would agree with me that they are worth it when you know that permanent improvements to the roading network will be the end-result, such as with the construction of Stage II of the Southern Motorway from Christchurch to Rolleston.

Such projects take a lot of planning and time to design, tender for and resource before construction can actually begin which is why the decision by government to fund these projects needs to be signalled clearly in advance so this necessary work can be carried out.

Unfortunately, the current Government has simply dropped the ball in this regard and very little new infrastructure has been confirmed for funding during the

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past two years.

By putting a dozen big roading projects on the back-burner, the Government has lost two years of progress and the Finance Minister is only now waking up to the fact that something needs to be done urgently to avoid plunging New Zealand into an infrastructure crisis.

My colleagues in the National Party will not make the same mistakes and, if elected to government later this year, will establish a long-term pipeline of infrastructure projects to give the construction sector certainty.

This intention is detailed in National’s discussion documents on infrastructure, transport, and housing which were released late last year.

The documents signal our

commitment to invest in the safe, efficient high-quality highways that motorists deserve in return for the fuel taxes they pay.

We are proposing to complete our original Roads of National Significance and we will begin a second generation programme to connect our regions, unlocking their vast social and economic potential.

Extending the Southern Motorway from Christchurch to Ashburton is one of the priority projects suggested under this programme.

As well as making our journeys safer and more efficient, new roading infrastructure will grow our economy and create jobs.

The current Government wants to borrow to pay for the infrastructure we need.

However, racking up billions in debt means you, your children, and your grandchildren will be paying it back. For this reason my colleagues and I support exploring new approaches to infrastructure financing and procurement, including commercial revenue schemes, partnerships with the private sector, and capital injec-

tions from general government spending.

Some other important proposals included in our infrastructure policy discussion document include our commitment not to increase fuel taxes during our first term of office if National is elected to Government.

We believe that we need to move ahead to other models of funding transport infrastructure for the future by introducing congestion charging and road user charges for all vehicles over time.

We also believe there is a need for new transport authorities to be set up for Canterbury and Wellington to ensure the transport networks for these regions meet current and future needs.

Amy Adams is the MP of for the Selwyn electorate. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof.

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Rural recyling a growth industry Rural recycling has seen unprecedented gains, with rates soaring to 43 per cent above 2018 figures, with a Mid Canterbury spraying contracting business recording the biggest collection rate.

Methven-based Molloy Agriculture was a strong supporter of Agrecovery, having run its container collection site for just over a decade – and last year collected more container plastic than any other site in New Zealand.

An Agrecovery partner since its inception, the agriculture spraying company believes that sus-

tainability should be embedded into every farming operation. It offers a collection site for agrichemical, dairy hygiene and animal health containers. Integral to their service is environmental stewardship – not only in educating the farmers that use their site, but also in conducting their contracting service throughout the region.

Molloy Agriculture offers a ground application service for a wide range of arable, vegetable and pastoral crops including wheat, barley, ryegrass, clover

and peas. It sprays about 120,000 hectares each year, with 30 vehicles in its fleet and 25 employees.

Their service means no waste was left on the farm, said Molloy Agriculture dispatch manager David Mangin. “When we spray for clients, we rinse the containers. If we supply the agrichemicals, we bring the containers back for recycling, so it’s a closed circuit solution.”

It means growers won’t be left with a shed full of un-used chemicals at the end of the season.

Even the rinse water isn’t wasted

– it’s put back into the spray mix.

Clients who bring containers back to their site were provided with advice on good practice for triple rinsing, Mangin said.

“When someone first starts recycling, there is an education process on what a clean container needs to looks like. If we have to reject any, we educate them on how to clean them and bring them back. Once, they’ve done that, they’re good after that.”

The company actively promoted the importance of sustainability to its customers and provides

much on-farm advice. “Farmers don’t mind asking us questions, they see us as an exemplar of how to do things,” Mangin said. That service spans from cleaning containers, to disposing of rubbish and minimising spills. “We are part of a whole farming system, not the answer to everything, but part of it,” he said.

Rural people tend to look out for each other and Methven and Mid Canterbury is no different, Mangin said. “Plus it is easy to sleep and breathe farming here without even living on a farm.”

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Synlait lifts milk price again Canterbury-based dairy exporter Synlait has lifted its forecast milk price to farmers, to match a similar rise made by Fonterra last month.

Synlait increased its forecast milk price by 25 cents to $7.25 a kilogram of milksolids for the 2019-20 season.

Many of Synlait’s 200 farmer-suppliers are based in Mid Canterbury.

Synlait chief executive Leon Clement said the decision to increase its forecast base milk price was driven by its view that global dairy prices will remain around current levels for the remainder of the milk season.

“The increase is on the back of higher

than expected commodity prices at the end of 2019, which we believe will hold in the medium term as supply and demand continue to be evenly matched.

“We are grateful for the ongoing support of Synlait’s farmer suppliers and are pleased to be able to offer an improved forecast milk price for the current season,” Clement said.

In December, Fonterra increased the mid point of its forecast milk price by 25 cents to $7.30kg/MS, its fourth highest milk price in history. It was forecasting a milk price of between $7.00 and $7.60kg/MS. Synlait’s next milk price announcement will be in late May.

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By Guy Trafford The announcement last week that Vodafone was allowing its staff to knock off at 2pm on Friday afternoons, if they have finished their work for the week, got me thinking.

Several issues came to mind; the first being if they are so well staffed and profitable, they can pay for 40 hours work (presumably) and only expect 37 hours in return then they are probably charging their consumers too much.

Research was quoted as showing such schemes usually mean staff actually are more productive in the 37-hour period than they would’ve been in the previous 40 hours.

It speaks volumes about us as a community and probably how we really would like to be somewhere else rather than at work.

While I can only be envious of the Vodafone staff, it also occurred to me as someone in a (small) start-up business and also involved in agriculture, that schemes like this are going to force all employers to look at what it is going to take to make working for them a competitive and desirable option for current and potential staff.

Dairying is the industry that has the most distance to move, a good farm may have a six days on, two off roster, while others have 11 on, three off and a few have five and two like our urban brethren. Most farms would also require at least eight hours per day and if only that, likely to be spread over a 12 to 13-hour period.

Most forms of agriculture and horticulture are finding it increasingly difficult to compete.

This conversation has been ongoing for over a decade and much of the trouble is while staffing conditions are improving overall the same, as shown by Vodafone (and others), it is occurring in the non-rural sectors which are more able to pass their costs on to to consumers.

Jealousy aside, I felt vaguely dispirited when thinking about Vodafone, as one of many in the self-employed ranks I regularly clock up 70 hours plus in a week and probably for less than the minimum wage.

I imagine there are plenty of others in a similar situation. However, these are the choices we make in chasing opportunities and for the privilege of being self-employed.

The folk I did feel for are those working as employees for the minimum wage and likely doing several jobs to make ends meet.

It is staffing situations, along with compliance costs, that are driving many family farms away from agriculture, resulting in more corporate-style businesses filling the void.

Bigger farms are better able to employ experts able to specialise in areas such as compliance and provide better pathways for staff to climb the promotions ladder.

It is a situation that is occurring throughout the world and not just in developed na-

tions agricultural sectors.

Any solutions are going to be very difficult to find; automation and modern technologies are going to help where possible.

However, many jobs still require the human element and many firms still work on the labour-before-capital principle simply because the technologies the capital can provide are very expensive and future returns in agriculture are always uncertain.

Reinforcing the views above is the news that dairy farm sales are down and the issues around compliance, labour and uncertainty are given as the major reason for the slump. Most sales that are occurring are limited to the more desirable farms.

Despite this the price of farms sold has also dropped by around 3.8 per cent. In the year ending December, 2019, nearly 42 per cent fewer dairy farms were sold than in the previous 12-month period. This drop is occurring at a time when dairy product prices are lifting.

Other types of farms, while also showing falls in sales over the 12 month period, did not experience falls to the same degree.

Nationally, 1266 farms were sold in 2019, 15.8 per cent fewer than 2018.

Markets The current downward trend for all products, apart from dairy, continues this week. While not all processors dropped all grades, most grades at most processors did fall, yet again.

Sheep Schedules were trimmed yet again although not to the same extent we have seen in the previous weeks. Saleyards prices have continued to achieve good returns and this is at a time when the threat of drought is looking very real. Perhaps Canterbury is benefiting from a lot of irrigation that has gone in but not into dairying.

Wool Napier’s wool sale was down on the previous sale with the biggest hit being the coarser lamb’s wool which is well back on last year’s prices.

Beef Again, a similar story with beef. Most schedules are down and saleyards have taken a bit of a trim also. On dryland farms quality feed has all but disappeared, however, there is still quite a bit of rough stuff on paddocks which at least gives the illusion of having feed.

Deer Another drop in venison prices as its ride on the slippery slope continues.

Dairying A quiet week for dairy products with no GDT this week. But given the relatively strong prices being achieved lately, “quiet” is good.

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Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 113 17.5 kg YX SI 128 19.0 kg YX SI 139 21.0 kg YX SI 153 Local trade (c/kg) SI 790 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 110 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 497 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 393 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 483 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 560 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 410 AP Stag 60kg SI 498 AP Stag 80kg SI 664

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 416 420 Wheat, feed 414 420 Barley, feed 406 410

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Rental prices will continue to rise

By Dan Brunskill NZME

A persistent rental shortage will see landlords keep passing on the cost of mounting regulation to tenants, according to Infometrics economist Brad Olsen.

That lack of supply is being compounded by landlords passing on the cost of improving their properties to meet new healthy home standards, which Olsen said contributed to the biggest annual increase in rental prices since 2008.

Those prices will keep rising for the next couple of years because of the rental shortage, Olsen said.

“More people will be having to make tough decisions around their cost structures as they spend more of their income on housing, and that is going to start to come at the expense of other areas of consumption,” he said.

Trade Me’s online marketplace found the national median weekly rental price across all properties was $600 in December, or about 41 per cent of national average weekly pre-tax earnings of $1,233 for a full-time worker, based on Stats NZ’s latest figures.

The consumers price index last week showed housing rents rose

3.1 per cent in 2019. Wellington rents were up 4.5 per cent annually, while Auckland rents increased 1.9 per cent and Canterbury rents lifted 1.3 per cent.

Stats NZ prices manager Paul Pascoe said the increase probably reflected the high demand for rental property.

Pascoe said the government’s healthy home standards introduced in July 2019 may have also contributed to the increase as some landlords upgraded properties to meet the new criteria and passed on the costs to their tenants.

However, Olsen said the housing shortage is a bigger factor, with the lack of supply driving up prices, and that more houses are needed to rein in that inflation.

New Zealand Property Investors’ Federation chief executive Andrew King was sceptical the healthy homes standards was responsible for the pace of increase.

“Most of the healthy homes expenditure probably hasn’t happened yet. I imagine it will be some of the reason, but not all of it,” he tsaid.

King said the accumulation of new regulations, including the ringfencing of losses on rental

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“December is traditionally a relatively quiet month for the rental market, with many tenants and landlords choosing to enjoy the summer break. However, we’re now seeing more Kiwis try and secure a rental earlier than before and beat the busy period we see from January through to March,” Trade Me Property spokesman Aaron Clancy said.

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properties and loan-to-valuation restrictions falling more heavily on investors and requiring greater minimum deposits, have aggravated the shortfall by making it harder for landlords to finance new rental properties.

Last week, Trade Me said there was unusually strong demand for rental properties across the country in December, up 17 per cent on the year prior.

als listed on Trade Me in 2019 rose 10 per cent from a year earlier, as tenants in the capital faced record rents and increased competition for accommodation.

Clancy said the increased number of rentals listed in Wellington didn’t appear as though it will meet the region’s growing demand.

“We expect to see rents climb steeply throughout January, February and March of this year,” he said.

A 2019 report into Greater Wellington’s housing capacity estimated the five local councils have available development capacity for almost 40,000 new dwellings, less than the 49,000 to 61,000 needed to meet forecast population growth by 2047.

Olsen said he expects to see even tighter markets in Wellington in coming years, as building in the capital has failed to keep pace with demand. New zoning rules will be key to easing the crisis, he said.

“Increasingly important over the next two years will be the review of district plans across the country by councils, particularly in urban areas, to make sure zoning rules enable greater densification of housing,” Olsen said.

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An airports group says lobbying by airlines threatens the future of regional airports to pay their own way.

Proposed changes to the Civil Aviation Act will change settings for the way airports can set charges.

Chief executive of NZ Airports, Kevin Ward, said changes sought by airlines would threaten the ability of regional airports to pay their own way, and make it more likely costs would be pushed on to ratepayers.

A law change would remove airports’ ability to charge as they see fit but Ward says the smaller regional airports could be the big losers. ‘’It is easy for airline lobbying organisations like the Board of Airline Representatives (Barnz), who represent large international airlines including Air New Zealand, to ignore the community building role of regional airports when lobbying for changes to airports’ ability to set and collect charges,’’ said Ward.

The association has previously identified around a dozen regional airports had been labelled non-commercial.

Those “at risk”, he said, were Kaitaia, Kerikeri, Whangarei, Whakatane, Taupo, Whanganui, Masterton, Westport, Hokitika, Timaru and the Chatham Islands.

Ward said his group did not support the law change which would take away the long-standing power of airports to set charges after consultation with airlines. ‘’We know the destabilising impact it will have on the ability of New Zealand’s regional airports to serve their communities.’’

While airlines may disagree, Ward says the ‘’real story’’ of this proposed change is not what large international airports charge domestic and international airlines for aeronautical services.

‘’Those airports are continuously monitored by the Commerce Commission, and that regime is proven to be working well,’’ said Ward. ‘’Our regional airports from the Bay of Islands to Southland rely on the ability to collect fair charges from airlines. Of course, these are passed on to passengers. But they are modest charges, and they are thoroughly consulted with the airlines in a process that is completely transparent on the airport side.’’

The main airports – Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown – charge between $6.06 and $11.98 for domestic passengers (including regional flights).

Ward said when measured in 2018, the average per passenger charge at regional airports was a ‘’shade over’’ $6 for a flight on a Dash 8 Q300 plane. '’Even though the current charge-setting framework is working well, the Government has proposed changing it in the consultation draft of a new Civil Aviation Bill. They also propose dropping the requirement for airports to operate as commercial enterprises,’’ said Ward.

The association has 37 members running 41 airports.

“Communities need their airports to remain as self-sufficient as possible. A number of New Zealand’s less-

busy airports are already in the situation of needing ratepayer support,’’ he said.

He cited a comment by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern when she opened the new Nelson terminal last year where she said whether they were big or small, airports were a symbol of connection, and formed an important part of New Zealand life.

“It helps us maintain links with other regions, but also with one another – and in a country where half the population lives outside the main centres, it is vital to our wellbeing and prosperity that we are able to maintain those links,” she said.

Ward said the existing well-proven legal framework was shown by the ability of airports like Invercargill, Timaru, Napier, New Plymouth and Tauranga to replace their ageing and outgrown terminals.

The legislation is now moving through Parliament although it is not known whether what has been described as the biggest shakeup of aviation law in a generation will be passed in this term.

When the bill was released for consultation last May, Twyford said the changes touch on every part of the aviation sector – from drones to lost luggage.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – Where is Cape Farewell? a. Poverty Bay b. Bay of Islands c. Golden Bay 2 – Which is the formula for hydrogen sulphide? a. H2S b. H2SO4 c. HSO2 3 – What is Uruguay’s largest city? a. Buenos Aires b. Montevideo c. Asuncion 4 – What is the flight distance between London and Edinburgh? a. 225km b. 535km c. 845km 5 – In which TV show would you find the character of Ken Barlow? a. Coronation Street b. Shortland Street c. Emmerdale 6 – Where would you find the largest sea cave in the world? a. Brazil b. New Guinea c. New Zealand 7 – When was the first postal stamp used? a. 1790 b. 1820 c. 1840 8 – When did Bill English become an MP? a. 1990 b. 1993 c. 1996

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After some meetings around Mayfield recently, National MP Andrew Falloon decided to climb Mt Alford. While he might have lived to regret that decision (he said Mt Alford’s bigger than you think), he got to see and photograph some beautiful scenery. In this one, he’s looking east over the plains.

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By Rosie Twamley and Tanya Zoe Robinson

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Ashburton impressed this man so much he bought the whole town!

his week we are featuring a few summer postcards from the Ashburton Museum collection.

It’s surprising how many different postcards exist in the collection.

Today email and social media have largely replaced the need to buy postcards as a record of travels, or to send a short message to friends and family.

Yet the quantity of postcards in the museum collection shows that these were once not only a quick way to contact someone but also a memento and portable means to send a photo, joke or seasonal greeting.

Some postcards were generic and their greetings could relate A postcard that has to any town, while others capture been sent from Mitch ells. a moment in time or make the most of local scenery. tant For example, it was quite common you or distinctive landscapes, buildings for generic postcards to include a were here’ but sometimes they give a and places. A postcard of the Rakaia phrase or joke edited with the name glimpse of more complex lives, such Railway Bridge with the Christchurch of the town it was purchased in. as the quick message sent to a friend to Dunedin train crossing the longest This was likely the case with the of Mrs Mitchell to let her know that a bridge in New Zealand was both a humorous postcard featured on this family member underwent an operamemento and a record of this engipage that says, “Ashburton is awfully tion but was recuperating well. neering achievement. rippin’. I’ve bought the place”.

Possibly one of many postcards In another postcard, we catch a In other examples, seasonal greetsent by the proprietor of Mitchell’s glimpse of what the railway station ings or wishes to the sender were Federal Coffee Palace, these souveonce looked like as it has been hand printed over images of the town. This nirs of a happy morning or afternoon coloured. In the background the roof is the case with the postcard on this tea at Mr and Mrs Mitchells estabof the house that once stood where page showing an image of Ashburton lishment could just as easily be put the museum is now can be seen. taken from the post office tower. to use for a quick message of imporMany postcards say very little beOther postcards celebrated importance. yond ‘having a great holiday’ or ‘wish

Above – The Rakaia railway bridge featured on a postcard.

Below – The railway brought to life by colour painted on top of the black and white image.

Above – Season’s greetings from Ashburton.

Below – Mitchells Federal Coffee Palace.

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■■KOBE BRYANT

Emotions run high AP Every time Kobe Bryant came to Madison Square Garden, it was an event.

From the 1998 All-Star Game, his first one, to the night of February 2, 2009, when he broke the arena’s scoring record, people just wanted to be in the building.

Not yesterday.

Kyrie Irving couldn’t bring himself to play after his friend’s death.

The ones who took the floor did so with the knowledge that Bryant would have had one expectation.

“Understand that he’d want you to go out there and play – hard,” Knicks veteran Taj Gibson said.

Julius Randle, who began his career as Bryant’s team-mate, had 22 points and 15 rebounds to lead New York to a 110-97 victory over

RESULTS ■■ Bowls MSA Bowling Club January 24 Friday Triples MSA Bowling Club Sponsored by Skip2It Flooring Xtra 1st David Hickman, G Clark, D McEvedy 3 wins 16 ends 27 points; 2nd T Inwood, T Caldwell, J Moffatt 3 wins 16 ends 25 points; 3rd M Anderson J Kewish G Crack 2 wins 17 ends 27 points

■■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers January 22 29 Riders Frazers Rd 1st. Michelle Knight CT.32.28 HT.4m. RT. 28m 28s. 2nd. Rachel Reid CT. 32.28. HT. 4m.

RT. 28m 28s. 3rd Brent Hudson CT. 32.28.

HT.3.15m. CT.29m 13s. 4th Matt Donald CT. 32.54. HT.6m. RT. 26m 54s. 5th. Shons McGrath CT.33.24. HT. 6m. RT. 27m 24s. 6th.

Kerry Clough CT.33.24. HT. 6m. RT. 27m 24s. 7th. Martin Hyde CT.33.56. HT.8m. RT. 25m 56s. 8th Michelle Davidson HT>8m.

RT. 25m 57s. 9th Don Morrison CT.33.57.

HT.8m. RT.25m 57s. 10th Doug Coley CT.33.57. HT.8m. RT.25m 57s. 11th. John Uden CT.34.28. HT.8.40m. RT.25m 48s. 12th. Marty Cuttle CT.34.30. HT.8.40m.RT.25m 50s.

13th Nick Grijns CT.34.40. HT. 8.40m. RT. 25m 50s. 14th Mark Summerfield CT.34.44.

HT.11.20m. RT.23m 24s. 15th Paul Sinclair CT.34.44. HT. 11.20m RT.23m 24s. 16th. Chris Reid CT.34.45. HT.11.20m. RT. 23m 25s. 17th.

Gerard Morrison CT. 34.46. HT.11.30. RT.23m 26s. 18th. Flynn Beeman CT.34.47. HT.10m.

RT.24m 47s. 19th Paul Macfie CT.34.48.

HT. 10m. RT.24m 48s. 20th. Jake Beeman CT.34.48. HT.10m. RT.24m 48s.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club January 23 Ashburton 9 Hole Golf For our Opening Day we played a Greensome for the Daphne Smallbone Trophy. The winners were: Bev Blair and Paul Baird with a score of 28.5 January 24 Midlands Seed Social Teams Top Team: Puff Caddies 95 Leslie Meager, Greg Chalmers, Gareth Evans, Renata Hoskins; Men: Hunter’s & Collectors 92.5, Pakeke Pros 89.5, Cunning Studs 89.5; Women: Mayfield Magic 89, Mayfield Allsorts 88; Mixed: Gabites Swingers 93, Stroke n Poke 89; Top lady: Megan Ness; Top man: Eric Parr Nearest the Pins: Colombus Coffee Paul Stoddart, Mac & Maggies (now working from 7 Westcott Place) Vicki Moore, Paul May Motor Bev Turton, Gabites Ltd Ryan Stoddart Twos: Alistair Bayly, Barry Jury January 25 Jim McKenzie Memorial Trophy and Radius Care Players of the day

the Brooklyn Nets.

The Nets were already at the arena when they learned that Bryant and his daughter were among those who had died in a helicopter crash. Irving left after warming up, and at least some people on both sides hoped the game wouldn’t be played.

“It was an emotional locker room. It was a quiet locker room.

“No one spoke for whatever, three hours before we tipped off,” Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said.

“No one really spoke. Sometimes there are no words and I didn’t have any words to console them.”

Randle played with the Lakers during Bryant’s final two seasons.

In his first season with the Knicks, he starred at Madison Square Garden on a night the arena was lit up in the colours of his old team.

Winners: Paul and Peter Morrison with a nett score of 58 in the 4BBB competition. Other winning scores: Ron Carlson and Eric Parr, Derek Prebble and Steve McCloy 59; Brian Nuttall and Greig Sparrow 60; Paddy Bradford and Perry Hunt, James McFarlane and Vince Carr, Tom Blacklow and Brendon Davidson, Gordon Crawford and Shane Beavan 61 on c/b from Ross Chatterton and Paul Greer.

Twos: Paul Mcfie, Paul Greer, David Fisher, Greig Sparrow, Brent Clarke, Grant Hastie, Tom Blacklow and Brendon Davidson.

Nearest the Pins: Braided Rivers: Brendon Davidson; Rothbury Insurance: Paul Morrison; Value Plus Processing: Greig Sparrow; South Island Seeds: Fiona Williamson: Property Brokers #6: Peter Morrison: Ton’s Thai Longest Putt: Greig Sparrow; Tinwald Tavern Lucky Draw: George Brown.

Birdie Jackpot: #14, Net Eagles: #16 January 26 Property Brokers Shootout Winner: Dave Hewitt in a Chip off from Bev Chinn. Third place went to Brent MacGregor with Tom Blacklow fourth.

Mayfield Golf Club January 25 Par round winners Ian Beach 3 up; Nigel Devie 1 up; Gordon Duthie, Paul Garder, Jerry Muff, Jeff McNeilly, Bill Allan -1 Nearest Pins: No 2 Aon Insurance: Nigel Devie; No 11 Jon McAuliffe Bayleys: John Sim; No 5 Campbell Contracting Wayne Blair; No 14 ANZ Bank: Nigel Devie; 9&18 A.T.S second shot: Charlie Rapsey Twos: Kallara Texels Player of the Day: Ian Beach 92.21.71

Tinwald Golf Club January 23 Twilight Stroke Leading scores in the twilight stroke round: -6; John Smitheram, Robin Simms 32, Brock Peddie 33. 7-10: Kevin Bishop 31, Pete Trembath, Kerry Whiting 33, Cawte Whiting, Chris Hart, Mitch VanderKrogt 34 b/l.

11 plus: Ryan Jamison 28, Phil Prendergast 31, Vic Hylands, Mark Williams, Darryl McKibbon 33.

Women: 0-14: Barb Harris 32, Christine Ross 33. 15 plus: Val Prendergast 35, Madeline Smith 37. Non-Handicap; Callum Smith 34.

Nearest the pin: # 2 Sally Lane. # 16 David Quigley. Two’s; Myson, Kevin Chamberlain, Sally Lane. Radio Hokonui hacker; John Schofield with net 46, January 25 4BBB Best scores in the winter season opening day 4BBB. Men; Graham & Lawrence McCormick 53, Jason Mactier & Chris Bell 60, Gary Lee & Steve Kircher 61 b/l. Mixed; Doug Osborn & Emily Wilson 54, Ray & Belinda Kirdy 61 b/l. Nearest the pin; Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Brent Holmes. Gluyas Ford # 6; Belinda KIrdy. House of Travel # 12; Kevin Bishop. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Tetua Tuakeu.

Two’s; Brent Holmes, Jason Mactier, Andrew Barrie, Graham McCormick. Net Eagle; # 4 Roger Bruce.

The winners of the opening trophies were Graham & Lawrence McCormick in the men

He left without speaking to reporters.

Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie did talk, tearing up while doing so.

“I was born in ’93. He was drafted in ’96. Grew up in South Central Los Angeles.

“He was everything to my generation,” Dinwiddie said.

“There’s a whole generation of kids, LA kids. That was our childhood.”

Madison Square Garden was the site of some of Bryant’s biggest highlights and his picture was on the marquis outside.

Inside, there was little of the energy that MSG contained whenever Bryant played here, save for a “Kobe! Kobe!” chant after a moment of silence before the game.

“Just the air was out of the whole arena,” Gibson said. and Ray Belinda Kirdy in the mixed.

The highlight of the day being a hole-in-one to Belinda Kirdy on the par 3 6th. This being the 3rd hole-in-one since January 1.

■■ Petanque Ashburton MSA Petanque Club Alan Pickard Tournament held at Ascot Championship winners: Nicky Foden (Ashburton), Bruno Falco (Christchurch); Runners up: Colin Jones (Ashburton), Alice Maguigan (Ascot) Plate winners: Shirley Can (Ashburton), Art Vernon (Ascot); Runners up: Bernice Laird (Ashburton), Nicolas Xavier (Christchurch) Bowl winners: Adair Jones (Ashburton), Ron Paterson (Ascot); Runners up: Ellen Pithie (Ashburton), John Van Petergen (Ascot) Consolation winners: Karilyn Murray (Timaru), Russell Grieve (Christchurch); Runners up: Shirley Petschick (Ascot), Bruce Cameron (Papanui) Section 5 Winners: Gary Hogg (Ashburton), Michelle Saban (Christchurch); Runners up: Wendy Barrett (Ascot), Gladys Norrie (Ascot)

■■ Shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club January 26 500 yards at The Butts TR, John Snowden 50.3, 50.8, 100.11, Martin Fleming 49.4, 50.5, 99.9, Charlie Ledbrook 49.4, 47.4, 96.8, Mike Chui 47.4, 44.0, 91.4, John Fleming 44.1, 46.4, 90.5, Brian Hawksby 35.1, 45.2, 80.2.

FTR, Mark Alexander 58.5, 55.2, 113.7, Murray Cook 55.1, 54.2, 109.3, Brian Graystone 50.0, 55.2, 105.2, Coby Snowden 53.1, 52.1, 105.2.

■■ Slow Pitch Hampstead Slow Pitch January 24 Devon Tavern Hampstead Slow Pitch Competition: Reigning Champs 14-14 More Beer Than Gear; S & Giggles 12-7 Demolition; Demolition 30-4 Marines & Angels; Reigning Champs 16-5 Laser Attack; As Good As It Gets 15-10 Lion Brown Club; S & Giggles 19-11 Hawkies Hawks

■■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis January 22 Twilight Tridents 15 v Famous Grouse 18, Let’s Play 13 v We Are Stihl Suzuki 20, Out of Service 17 v What’s the Score 16, Hackers 18 v Council Crew 15, Grand Slammers 18 v The Raqueteers 0, Courtiers 15 v Family Affair 18, Mighty Meerkats 14 v The Aces 19.

January 23 Sunset Doubles Division 1: Heineken Openers 3 v AFC 3, Coasters 3½ v Croziers Turkeys 2½, Cates Grain & Seed 4½ v Lakers 1½.

Kobe Bryant with daughter Gianna at an NBA game.

Division 2: Geraldine 9 v Ball Wackers 3, Double Faults 5½ v Court Nite ½, Carrfields 3 v Ruapuna 3.

Division 2A: Cream of the Crop 6 v Winchmore 0, Agitated Panda 5 v Faultless 1, B Team 2½ v New Boys 3½ Division 3: Backspin 10 v I’d Hit Thhat – PB 2, Miss Hits 6 v The Young & the Rest of Us 0, Willies Wonkers 3 v Read Revellers 3, Rough Enough 4½ v Farm & Kitchen 1½, Wanna Bees 0 v RMF Silva – Great Sets 12, The Ladies 2 v In with a Shot 4.

January 25 Open Grade Methven beat Hampstead 7 matches to 2 C. McCracken & T. Leonard beat P. Leonard & P. Kirwan 6-1, 7-6 (7-2), A. Watt & R. Watt beat J. Jones & B. Looij 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 1-0 (10-5), M. Liu and J. Gilbert lost to N. Maarka & M. Hopkins 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 0-1 (15-17), C. McCracken beat P. Leonard 6-2, 6-0, T. Leonard beat P. Kirwan 6-2, 6-2, A. Watt beat B. Looij 6-3, 6-2, R. Watt beat J. Jones 6-1, 6-2, J. Gilbert lost to N. Maarka 2-6, 1-6, M. Liu beat M. Hopkins 6-1, 6-1.

Allenton lost to Dorie 7 matches to 2 J. Feutz & L. Gilbert lost to R. Cromie & J. Cromie 3-6, 4-6, M. Lucas & L. Adam lost to R. Breen & H. Dargue 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 0-1 (8-10), H. Feutz & S. Holland lost to J. Brosnahan & J. Adam 0-6, 0-6, J. Feutz beat R. Cromie 7-5, 6-3, L. Gilbert beat J. Cromie 6-4, 6-0, M. Lucas lost to R. Breen 1-6, 2-6, L. Adam lost to H. Dargue 3-6, 4-6, H. Feutz lost to J. Brosnahan 3-6, 0-6, S. Holland lost to J. Adam 2-6, 0-6.

Southern beat Fairton 5 matches to 4 S. Bubb & O. Bubb lost to D. Quispe-Kim & C. Brosnahan 2-6, 4-6, G. Evans & H. Ross beat M. Kerr & J. Brosnahan 6-0, 6-0, H. Tawatao & B. Adam beat D. Scott & A. McGrath 6-2 6-1, S. Bubb lost to D. Quispe-Kim 2-6, 1-6, O. Bubb lost to C. Brosnahan 0-6, 0-6, G. Evans beat M. Kerr 6-4, 6-2, H. Ross lost to J. Brosnahan 4-6, 4-6, H. Tawatao beat D. Scott 6-4, 6-2, B. Adam beat A. McGrath 6-0, 6-0.

Junior A Dorie A lost to Methven Silver 4 matches to 2 E. Bessai & D. McBain beat A. Cavanagh & J. Campbell 6-4, S. Pye & S. Williams lost to G. Oates & E. Watson 1-6, E Bessai lost to A. Cavanagh 5-9, D. McBain beat J. Campbell 9-6, S. Pye lost to G. Oates 3-9, S. Williams lost to E. Watson 1-9.

Allenton Tigers beat Methven Bronze 35 games to 31 Drew Gilbert & S. van Rooyen lost to J. King & C. Wareing 2-6, L. Taylor & A. Ciora beat A. Armour & H. Redfern 6-4, D. Gilbert lost to J. King 5-9, S. van Rooyen beat C. Wareing 9-3, L. Taylor lost to A. Armour 4-9, A. Ciora beat H. Redfern 9-0.

Junior B Methven Black beat Southern Sharks 5 matches to 1 N. Cavanagh & C. Robinson beat F. Ellis & I. Carr 6-1, P. Humm & O. Glass beat G. Carr & M. Carr 6-4, N. Cavanagh beat F. Ellis 6-5, C. Robinson lost to I. Carr 3-6, P. Humm beat G. Carr 6-0, O. Glass beat M. Carr 6-2.

Dorie/Hampstead lost to Allenton Bears 4 matches to 2 C. Heneghan & T. Easton beat J. Kilworth

& J. Reed 6-3, E. Galbraith & M. Keller lost to T. Thompson-Hart & O. Prince 2-6, C. Heneghan lost to J. Kilworth 2-6, M. Keller lost to T. Thompson-Hart 0-6, E. Galbraith lost to O. Prince 5-6, T. Easton beat J. Reed 6-0.

Allenton Panthers beat Methven White 6 matches to 0 Junior C Allenton Falcons beat Southern Skyrockets 5 matches to 1 P. Williams & A. Brook beat S. Thomson-Hart & M. Doyle 6-0, A. Mitchell & E. Mitchell beat C. Ward & H. Phillips 6-5, P. Williams lost to S. Thomson-Hart 1-6, A. Brook beat M. Doyle 6-0, A. Mitchell beat C. Ward 6-0, E. Mitchell beat H. Phillips 6-2.

Dorie Methven lost to Southern Stormers 5 matches to 1: F. Wood & I. Turney lost to L. Kilworth & H. O’Connell 3-6, I. Heneghan & M. Bedford lost to I. Adams & K. Oates 5-6, F. Wood lost to L. Kilworth 0-6, I. Turney lost to H. O’Connell 3-6, I. Heneghan beat I. Adams 6-2, M. Bedford lost to K. Oates 0-6.

DRAWS ■■ Bowls Hampstead All Sport Club February 2 Bowling Section Anstiss Cup - proudly sponsored by Russell Anstiss Start: 9:00am - Location: Hampstead Bowling Green - whites or club colours Skips\s: M. Anderson, M. Skilling, W. Clarke, R. Bennett, G. Eddington, D. Gutberlet Hampstead 1, C. Tubb, B. White, M. Smallridge, G. Blackwell, B. Mayson, G. Eder, R., O’Kane, M. Reid, N. Atkinson.

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■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club February 1 The Hydraulink Ashburton Open will be played over 36 holes. A stroke round will be played for all players.

Starting Times: Morning start at 7.45 for 36 hole players and 8.00am for 18 hole players; Afternoon players report at 12noon for a 12.30pm start, Nine hole golfers report at 1.00 for a 1.30pm start.

■■ Slow Pitch Hampstead Slow Pitch January 31 6.00pm: Devon Tavern D1: Lion Brown Club v As Good As It Gets; 7.10pm: Devon Tavern D1: Lion Brown Club v Marines & Angels; 6.30pm: Laser Electrical D2: Reigning Champs v Laser Attack; 6.00pm: First National Real Estate D3: S & Giggles v Demolition; 7.10pm: First National Real Estate D3: S & Giggles v As Good As It Gets; 6.30pm: Dell Phillips Landscaping D4: Hawkies Hawks v More Beer Than Gear

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FITS LIKE A GLOVE

Kaweau Patea in action for Fairfield during senior mixed softball action over the weekend. Down by three in the last innings of their encounter with Renegades, Fairfield’s Nathan Johnstone hit a home run to help his side salvage a 12-all draw. Earlier in the day, Hampstead Heat dispatched Rebels 11-1. Fairfield top the standings followed by the Renegades, with the Heat and Rebels both level in third spot.

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■■NETBALL

Ferns survive ‘test of character’

By Liam Napier Resilience and composure the Silver Ferns displayed in spades en route to claiming the inaugural Netball Nations Cup title.

The 67-56 victory at London’s Copper Box Arena yesterday proved much tougher than many might have expected.

In stark contrast to their three previous matches at this tournament, Jamaica dragged the Ferns into deep waters at times in the tournament final.

Only in the second half, after Noeline Taurua injected rookie centre Kimiora Poi and wing attack Whitney Souness, did the Ferns regain the march on the combative Jamaicans.

The scoreline says otherwise but this youthful Ferns squad, missing Laura Langman, Katrina Rore and adjusting to life without the retired Maria Folau and Casey Kopua, survived their greatest test of character to date.

And on this evidence, the future looks bright for the world champions.

Where New Zealand enjoyed complete dominance in comfort-

able victories over England, South Africa and Jamaica, who they beat by 26 goals in Birmingham last Thursday, this time the pressure gauge told a very different story.

This is exactly the sort of battle that revealed everything about the temperament of Taurua’s emerging squad.

Once again, as she has throughout the tournament, Maia Wilson impressed at the shooting end with her poise proving pivotal on her way to nailing 44 from 47.

So, too, will this be a huge confidence boost for Poi, the 22-yearold Tactix centre proving she can thrive on the big stage.

Just two days ago she played her first full international against South Africa.

Overall, having completed an unbeaten tournament, Taurua’s squad have well exceeded expectations. In many ways this was a development tour for all involved but with Langman and Rore to comeback, there now promises to be intense internal competition.

Taurua reverted to her favoured starting line-up and they initially repaid faith by starting with purpose.

Ameliaranne Ekenasio in action for the Silver Ferns.

Capitalising on Phoenix Karaka’s early intercept, New Zealand shot out to a 7-1 lead.

Their zone defence, harnessing Karaka, Watson and Karin Burger, regularly forced Jamaica back by smothering Jhaniele Fowler’s presence under the hoop.

It didn’t last, however.

The Ferns lost accuracy in their attacking connections with several loose passes missing their targets and, suddenly, Jamaica

drew level. Ameliaranne Ekenasio stepped up to nail the final shot that gave her side a 16-15 first quarter advantage but the nerves then began to set in.

Jamaica continued their rhythm in the second quarter as long bombs into Fowler dropped which pushed the Sunshine Girls out to a two-goal lead.

Down on troops, with shooter Bailey Mes nursing her injured knee and defender Michaela Soko-

lich-Beatson returning home for surgery, Taurua turned to her depleted squad to spark a comeback.

Speed through the midcourt was the favoured approach.

First Souness replaced Gina Crampton at wing attack and Taurua then showed immense faith in Poi by thrusting her to centre and pushing Shannon Saunders to wing defence with Burger moving to the bench.

Those changes worked, with the Ferns levelling the contest at 3030 by halftime.

After the break Souness and Poi’s speed through transition began to pay dividends as the Ferns pushed out to lead 49-41 by the end of the third quarter.

Taurua rotated regularly throughout this series but only when the Ferns established a 10goal lead in the final period did she again ring the changes.

Crampton returned at wing attack, Burger to wing defence and Te Paea Selby-Rickit replaced captain Ekenasio to close out the fourth straight victory.

England, meanwhile, finished third after narrowly sneaking past South Africa 65-63.

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■■TENNIS

Federer edging closer to glory Roger Federer needed some time to get going in the Australian Open’s fourth round, a match after a draining and difficult escape in which he was two points from defeat.

To be precise, he required a full set to get sorted.

After seeming sluggish while dropping the opener, Federer quickly righted himself and pushed through the next three sets without a hitch, reaching the 57th Grand Slam quarter-final of his career by coming back to beat Marton Fucsovics 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.

In the first set, Fucsovics noted, “Roger was missing a lot.”

But Federer, as he himself put it, “Finally found a way. Had a good start to the second set and eventually it became easier.”

When he takes on Tennys Sandgren, a 28-year-old from Tennessee, tonight, it’ll be the 38-year-old Federer’s record 15th quarter-final at the Australian Open.

He has won the title at Melbourne Park a half-dozen times, part of his men’s-record 20 major championships.

Federer kidded around about Sandgren’s sport-appropriate first name; he is named after his great-grandfather.

“He was not going to be a baseball player, that’s for sure,” Federer told the Rod Laver Arena crowd through a wide smile during his post-match interview.

Then, doubling down, Federer went on: “I’ve never played against Tennys.

“Played a lot of tennis in my life, but never against Tennys.”

The other quarter-final on that side of the bracket is defending champion Novak Djokovic against No. 32 Milos Raonic of Canada.

Federer’s slow start against Fucsovics might have been a result of all of the energy he expended while getting past John Millman in a fifth-set super tiebreaker on Friday.

That match lasted more than four hours.

“The morning after ... and this morning, (I was) lying in bed for an hour,” Federer said, “and I was like, ‘When are we going to stand up?’ ... I’m sure I’m going to feel better every day that goes by.”

Roger Federer signs autographs for the fans after his four-set victory over Marton Fucsovics. He faces Tennys Sandgren tonight, in his record 15th quarter-final in the Australian Open.

PHOTO AP Millman was two points from victory at 8-4 in the tiebreaker, before Federer reeled off the last six consecutive points.

“Guy gave me a beatdown from the baseline,” Federer said about Australia’s Millman, “so maybe it took some of my confidence away.”

Things never got quite so dire against Fucsovics, a 27-year-old from Hungary who is ranked 67th and was seeking his first major quarter-final appearance.

After failing to accumulate a single break point in the first set, Federer won seven of Fucsovics’ service games the rest of the way.

He ended up with a 44-15 edge in winners on an evening with the temperature in the mid-60s Fahrenheit (below 20 Celsius).

“Frosty,” Federer joked.

“I mean, it’s not that cold, after all. It’s fresh.

“It’s true, for Australia this time of year, we know it can be very different.”

He could kid around. He won.

But Fucsovics did think the cool nighttime setting was a factor.

His previous matches in Melbourne were during the day, when the warmer temperatures and thinner air allowed him to wallop winners with more ease.

“The conditions surprised me a little bit,” Fucsovics said, then gave Federer some credit for using that to his advantage in the last three sets.

“Roger was changing the

rhythm, hitting slices, drop shots, topspins,” Fucsovics said.

“He did it right. And I think I couldn’t handle this.”

Federer has yet to face a seeded player in the tournament and that won’t change against Sandgren, who is ranked 100th but eliminated No. 12 Fabio Fognini in four sets.

The lowest-ranked player that has ever defeated Federer in his 21 Australian Open appearances was No. 54 Arnaud Clement in 2000.

Halep charges into Australian Open quarter-finals Wimbledon champion Simona Halep has reached the quarter-finals at the Australian Open with a straight-sets win over Elise Mertens yesterday.

Halep appeared to be cruising after winning the first set and going up a service break in the second, but Mertens broke back to level the second set at 4-4.

Halep responded by converting her fifth breakpoint chance in the next game and served out at love to clinch the match.

Halep will next play either Anett Kontaveit or Iga Swiatek.

No. 4-seeded Halep reached the Australian

Open final in 2018 and won her first major title at the French Open that year.

Meanwhile two-time French Open runner-up Dominic Thiem has beaten Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 to book a quarter-final spot at the Australian Open for the first time.

It was Thiem’s sixth consecutive victory over the French player, and made him the first player from Austria to make it to the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park since Stefan Koubek in 2002.

Thiem will play either top-ranked Rafael Nadal or Nick Kyrgios in the quarter-finals tomorrow.

Thiem has lost the last two French Open finals to Nadal and is 4-13 in their career meetings.

Right – Simona Halep was happy to leave the court a winner yesterday.

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■■EQUESTRIAN

Trans-Tasman test goes the Kiwis’ way

Gordon Sparks sends down a bowl during post section play in the Ashburton Sub Centre pairs playoffs on Saturday.

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■■BOWLS

Clarke, Buchanan the victors Graeme Clarke and Mick Buchanan have been crowned Ashburton’s sub centre pairs champions for this season after they saw off all challenges in Saturday’s post section play of the annual competition.

After an intense day of qualifying seven days earlier, where the field of 16 was whittled down to just six, players returned to the

greens on Saturday morning at the Ashburton Bowling Club for the sudden death section of the competition.

Clarke and Buchanan, along with Bruce White and Noeline Woods, gained a free ride through to the semi-final stage of the competition courtesy of a bye, while four other pairings played for the right to compete

in the other semi.

Rob Fensom and Brent Mayson took on Murray Anderson and Min Hill in one match and were victorious, while Pete Collins and Gordon Sparks beat the husband-and-wife pairing of Bob and Sandra Holdom in the other clash.

In the semi-finals, Clarke/Buchanan beat White/Woods 18-7,

while Fensom and Mayson defeated the Collins/Sparks combo 17-9.

In the final, Clarke and Buchanan were strong from the outset but up against a strong pairing in Fensom and Mayson were never comfortably in front, but did enough to hold them out and win the match 20-13 to claim the title.

■■GOLF

Sagstrom picks up her first LPGA Tour title Madelene Sagstrom won the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio yesterday for her first LPGA Tour title, birdieing the par-3 17th to tie for the lead and winning with a par when Nasa Hataoka missed

a 3-footer on the last.

Sagstrom finished with a 2-under 70 for a 17-under 271 total at rain-softened Boca Rio Golf Club.

“I put something on the Ins-

tagram in the beginning of the week, saying I’m determined that 2020 is going to be the best season yet. I didn’t know it was going to be this good right away,” Sagstrom said.

“But no, I have worked really hard over many years now, and I think that the biggest change or the biggest journey I have had is within myself and my mental game.”

The Kiwis ruled in the Trans-Tasman Young Rider Test and Hawke’s Bay riders dominated Grand Prix classes at the Larsen Sawmilling Jumping and Show Hunter Championships in Gisborne on Sunday.

The New Zealanders ended up with 17 points from the three days of competition against their Australian counterparts, with the visitors on nine after finishing second each time.

Captain Ally Carson (Putaruru) led from the front collecting just eight faults over the six rounds aboard three different horses, making her the cleanest rider in the event.

She congratulated the visitors and said she was going home “as one happy kid”.

Competitors all rode borrowed horses for the annual competition with the equines switched between riders each day.

Olivia Dalton’s Cheyenne was the best-performed horse with a clean slate throughout, earning a special prize from Matthews Hanoverians.

Double clears came only from New Zealanders Emelia Forsyth (Clevedon) and Oliver Croucher (Cambridge).

Kiwi chef d’equipe John Cottle was extremely proud of his team.

“The Australians put up a great show,” he said.

John is passionate about the continuation of trans-Tasman team events and was hopeful it would continue.

“As riders, we all go around the country riding as individuals, it is nice to be in a team environment which brings with it a whole different situation.”

Australian chef d’equipe Todd Hinde extended a huge thanks to their hosts and the show.

“It has been tremendous,” he said, adding he was now on a mission to ensure a reciprocal event across the Tasman later in the year.

“I felt all the riders were outstanding, and the Kiwis deserved the win.

“Each of my riders represented our country so well and have been outstanding ambassadors. Cheyenne is an amazing mare to jump double clear all three days.”

Waipukurau rider Brooke Edgecombe finally got her wish when she scooped up a garden seat and cash as the winner of the Equissage Horse Grand Prix.

“I have been waiting for 25 years for this chair,” she said.

Edgecombe and her well-performed mare LT Holst Andrea were the only combination clear in the opening round of the Grand Prix and added a rather uncharacteristic rail in the second but still held on for the win.

It was the third Grand Prix win of the season for the 11-year-old mare, who earlier in January won the FEI World Cup (NZ) final and placed second in the series.

“It was tough enough out there,” she said of the Heather Macdonald-designed course.

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■■KARAKA

Lucrative session for Trelawney Brent and Cherry Taylor of Trelawney Stud experienced a thrilling morning at Karaka yesterday where they sold three yearlings for nearly $1.6 million.

Lot 241, the Tivaci colt out of Ruqqaya, was the first yearling on day two of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale to hit the $500,000 mark when knocked down to the bid of bloodstock agent Bruce Perry.

A half-brother to dual Group One winner Grunt, the colt was the pick of the sale for Perry who admitted he was surprised he was able to secure him for $500,000.

“I didn’t think I would get him, I was tapped out,” Perry said.

“He’s for a colts syndicate. Each David Ellis paid $625,000 for the I Am Invincible colt out of Sancerre. year we come and buy two or three

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 28 Jan 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 3.03pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 295m 1 32352 Tremonti 17.78.................................. B Dann 2 1 Bold Bidder 17.35 M &.....................P Binnie 3 28777 Sozin’s Blue 17.26.....................J McInerney 4 733x3 Jealous Affair 18.13...................... L Waretini 5 x8846 Smash Achiever 17.16..................... M Grant 6 55558 Cawbourne Cruz 17.57........ B J Middlewood 7 22583 Goldstar Montana 17.47 S &............B Evans 8 72724 Dagny 17.38 J M.............................. McCook 9 85786 Homebush Fudge 17.44............J McInerney 10 75887 Paringi Pam 17.39 M &........................ Smith 2 3.20pm KOLORFUL KANVAS DASH C1, 295m 1 57652 Heidi Hates Rap 18.06..................S Hindson 2 86828 Smash Dragon 17.63....................... M Grant 3 44235 Jinja Twinkle 17.55............................A Joyce 4 15478 Frosty Kate 17.71....................... M Dempsey 5 37834 Homebush Flynn 17.30..............J McInerney 6 86636 Little Lottie 17.47 M &.......................... Smith 7 61766 Know Farewell 17.66.......................G Cleeve 8 65866 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 9 48875 Miss Honey 17.35............................R Wales 10 35787 Archie’s Ranger nwtd J M................ McCook 3 3.37pm AMBER CLEANING SERVICES SPRINT C1, 295m 1 88437 Goldstar Rebel 17.81 S &................B Evans 2 34585 High Violet 17.40........................R Blackburn 3 26858 Just William 17.68 M &.....................P Binnie

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Otago Greyhound Racing Club Meeting Date 28 Jan 2020 NZ Meeting number: 3 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 12.12pm FORBURY PARK FIRST 4 SPRINT C0, 310m 1 7 Mitcham Sam nwtd....................J McInerney 2 5662 Homebush Bede nwtd................J McInerney 3 8 Mitcham Nikorima nwtd..............J McInerney 4 67631 Homebush Surgeon nwtd..........J McInerney 5 67538 Three Gold Stars nwtd....................C Healey 6 4 Homebush Gambler nwtd..........J McInerney 7 55431 Goldstar Beau nwtd S &...................B Evans 8 47775 Impressive Gift nwtd..................J McInerney 9 58 Mitcham Boult nwtd....................J McInerney 10 64 Knocka Know How nwtd.................G Cleeve 2 12.30pm OGRC EARLY QUADDIE SPRINT C0, 310m 1 837 Homebush Jozie nwtd................J McInerney 2 47832 Impressive Mood nwtd...............J McInerney 3 77523 Homebush Showoff nwtd...........J McInerney 4 7 Mitcham Magic nwtd..................J McInerney 5 x8446 Go Kiki nwtd.....................................R Wales 6 75x22 Homebush Fonzie nwtd.............J McInerney 7 253 Mitcham Toddy nwtd.................. A Bradshaw 8 83767 Homebush Marissa nwtd...........J McInerney 9 75753 King Theoden nwtd..........................C Steele 10 65 Mitcham Queen nwtd.................J McInerney 3 12.47pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C0, 545m

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yearlings. He was just the horse we wanted. He was the pick of the sale on type and he is what I look for, I love the horse.”

Perry was pleased to secure a son of first season sire Tivaci and said the colt’s future lies across the Tasman.

Brent Taylor was thrilled with the result, particularly with Trelawney’s strong links on both sides of the pedigree.

Two lots later Taylor was celebrating the sale of lot 243, the Ocean Park filly out of dual Group Two winner Ruud van Slaats, who was knocked down to the $450,000 bid of Peter Moody.

Trelawney’s morning was about to get better with Te Akau principal David Ellis going to $625,000 to se-

cure lot 247, the I Am Invincible colt out of Sancerre.

“He is a beautiful colt and Mark Pilkington was the underbidder, who I regard as one of the best judges in the world, so it was great that such a great eye saw the same as what we did,” Ellis said.

“He is a really precocious colt, a lot of class, a lot of strength and beautifully balanced.

“We just loved him the moment we saw him and he just ticks all the boxes.”

Ellis was full of praise for Trelawney Stud after the sale.

“He was bred by one of our great nurseries of all time and some of the best horses New Zealand has ever produced have come off that farm,” he said.

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 4 56368 Sass ‘Em Up 17.31 J M.................... McCook 5 82127 Maffra Daisy 17.48.....................J McInerney 6 77654 Fernando Bill 17.90.................... M Dempsey 7 46742 Punters Kirsty 17.39.........................R Wales 8 64652 Jay Spencer 17.57........................ L Waretini 9 85786 Homebush Fudge 17.44............J McInerney 10 87867 Smash Surprise 17.49..................... M Grant 4 3.56pm SPECTATOR’S BAR & BISTRO DASH C1, 295m 1 61667 Shoelace Jack 17.65.................. M Dempsey 2 34553 Ohoka Lacey 17.47....................... L Waretini 3 84225 Jinja Sneak 17.36.............................A Joyce 4 23255 Know Dollars 17.51.........................G Cleeve 5 77882 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans 6 411 Vegan Express 17.39..........................C Weir 7 84x12 Pontiac Pat 17.40.......................J McInerney 8 65576 Opa’s Joy 17.33...............................R Casey 9 48875 Miss Honey 17.35............................R Wales 10 87867 Smash Surprise 17.49..................... M Grant 5 4.16 CULVIE BOY’S SYNDICATE STAKES C1, 520m 1 27837 Opawa Dan 30.65............................R Wales 2 877x6 Opala Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 3 86675 Goldstar Chief 30.83 S &.................B Evans 4 6126 Beret Girl 30.27 J &..........................D Fahey 5 33x16 Bye Bye Punter 30.96...................... R Wales 6 55554 Billy Ray 30.93............................N Wanhalla 7 2x866 Opawa Queen 30.67........................ R Wales 8 12158 Viking Mafia 30.66 J &.....................D Fahey 9 74687 Our Nala 30.70.................................R Wales 10 47848 Goldstar Vale 31.08 S &...................B Evans 6 4.36pm ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE STAKES C1, 520m

1 F1745 Ain’t He Lucky 30.82...................N Wanhalla 2 14553 Holy Grail 30.58 J &.........................D Fahey 3 62568 Go Belle 30.96.................................R Wales 4 x2232 Opawa Slick nwtd.............................R Wales 5 26574 Ohoka Carsen 30.88..................... L Waretini 6 75543 Goldstar Yankee 30.54 S &..............B Evans 7 48758 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 8 53247 Shermo Bale 30.57.......................C Roberts Emergencies: 9 34886 Opawa Lola 30.82............................R Wales 10 47848 Goldstar Vale 31.08 S &...................B Evans 7 4.56pm BEACH CAFE & WINE BAR SPRINT C1, 295m 1 12562 Meatloaf 17.85..............................S Hindson 2 68734 Goldstar Shiloah 17.40 S &..............B Evans 3 65857 Go Great nwtd..................................R Wales 4 62743 Horse Range Gold 17.71................. M Grant 5 14553 Macey Baxter 17.22...................J McInerney 6 37215 Opa’s Dream 17.58..........................R Casey 7 77342 Dream Runner 17.34 J M................. McCook 8 47777 Know Cause 17.29..........................G Cleeve 9 85786 Homebush Fudge 17.44............J McInerney 10 75887 Mulberry Will 17.71....................... K Cassidy 8 5.11pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C1, 295m 1 74865 Elite Blueblood 17.69.................J McInerney 2 75255 Goldstar Liberty 17.32 J M............... McCook 3 36714 Goldstar Hurley 17.47................... L Waretini 4 13663 Grey Wind nwtd...........................N Wanhalla 5 22278 Calm Inferno 17.60........................... B Dann 6 78574 Smash Gator 17.39.......................... M Grant 7 68635 Call Me Joe 17.31..................... A Botherway

8 77752 Curly Bill 17.59........................... M Dempsey 9 48875 Miss Honey 17.35............................R Wales 10 75887 Mulberry Will 17.71....................... K Cassidy 9 5.31pm SUCK IT UP LTD STAKES FINAL C1f, 520m 1 86761 Kia Tere 30.48 S &........................... B Evans 2 16432 Goldstar Truman 30.54 S &..............B Evans 3 53743 Dream Kay 30.29.............................R Wales 4 58533 Born Tasha 30.65.............................R Wales 5 64742 Goldstar Scooby 30.65 S &..............B Evans 6 x4641 Dyna Wink 30.45...........................C Roberts 7 22521 Tucker 30.61.......................................D Lane 8 33225 Goldstar Whitey 30.35 S &...............B Evans 9 17483 Opawa Gonzo 31.00........................ R Wales 10 75543 Goldstar Yankee 30.54 S &..............B Evans 10 5.48pm GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND DASH C1, 295m 1 57746 Billy Budd 17.51........................ A Botherway 2 36534 Sydneys Sox 17.30....................... L Waretini 3 38431 Mulberry Brit 17.60....................... K Cassidy 4 8x824 Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey 5 55533 Andrea Said 18.14 J M.................... McCook 6 67535 Goldstar Clover 18.20 S &...............B Evans 7 68746 Know Approval 17.28......................G Cleeve 8 31457 Mick The Mouse 17.79...............J McInerney 9 48875 Miss Honey 17.35............................R Wales 10 87867 Smash Surprise 17.49..................... M Grant 11 6.08pm SPRINGSTON HOTEL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 82686 Mulberry Sox 17.87....................... K Cassidy 2 8x765 Stumpy Bill nwtd........................ M Dempsey 3 86477 Absent nwtd....................................G Cleeve 4 48376 Impressive Flash 17.53..............J McInerney 5 88764 Ohoka Kate 17.37......................... L Waretini

6 22261 Punters Choice nwtd........................R Wales 7 65321 Goldstar Spook 17.67 S &...............B Evans 8 11757 Carl Spackler 17.53.......................R Adcock 9 85786 Homebush Fudge 17.44............J McInerney 10 35787 Archie’s Ranger nwtd J M................ McCook 12 6.26pm RE-ENERGISE DASH C1, 295m 1 63475 Know Tactics 17.61.........................G Cleeve 2 24263 Mulberry Rock 17.48..................... K Cassidy 3 52438 Goldstar Perrie 17.44 S &................B Evans 4 442x5 Epic Boom 17.47 J M....................... McCook 5 64627 Yanira Bale 17.33..........................C Roberts 6 54654 Cold Affair 17.37........................... L Waretini 7 73588 Aroha 17.19.............................. A Botherway 8 65251 Homebush Boden 17.44............J McInerney Emergencies: 9 48875 Miss Honey 17.35............................R Wales 10 75887 Paringi Pam 17.39 M &........................ Smith SELECTIONS

8 86788 Magic Jean Lass 18.98...................C Healey 9 78388 Homebush Erin 19.03................J McInerney 10 74663 My Girl Sofia 18.62.........................B Healey 8 2.17pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE (C0-C1) FINAL NZRSf, 545m 1 33421 Black Stockings nwtd................. A Bradshaw 2 12341 Mr Blackjack 33.00 J &....................D Fahey 3 22311 Punters A Hero 32.98 J &................D Fahey 4 34132 Macadoodle 33.08 J &.....................D Fahey 5 65611 Chunk 32.86...............................J McInerney 6 67511 Silouette Jet 33.21..............................J Allen 7 13611 Opawa Cutie 33.00 J &....................D Fahey 8 71112 Pepper Chimes nwtd...........................J Allen Emergencies: 9 22521 Tucker nwtd........................................D Lane 10 45225 Know Talent 33.52...........................G Cleeve 9 2.37pm ST KILDA SPRINT C2, 310m 1 63515 Blazing Banjo 18.72...................J McInerney 2 62311 Know Majority 19.02.......................G Cleeve 3 43122 Goldstar Wynter nwtd S &................B Evans 4 27121 Homebush Monkey 18.64..........J McInerney 5 15722 Mitcham Pru 18.51..................... A Bradshaw 6 16815 Goldstar Flora nwtd S &...................B Evans 7 54413 Jinja Liv nwtd J M............................. McCook 8 55371 Goldstar Power 18.83 S &................B Evans Emergencies: 9 6x537 Opawa Waihemo 18.63....................R Wales

10 31142 Homebush George 19.04...........J McInerney 10 2.56pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C2, 310m 1 57561 Goldstar Halsey nwtd S &................B Evans 2 6x781 It’s A Joke 18.42.........................J McInerney 3 44771 Gotcha Pixie nwtd...........................J M Lane 4 82537 Goldstar Jay Jay 18.59 S &..............B Evans 5 87381 Black Tori 18.86.......................... A Bradshaw 6 35313 Sozin’s Assassin 18.55..............J McInerney 7 77731 Punch On Jessie 18.51..............J McInerney 8 42624 Homebush Velma 18.52.............J McInerney Emergencies: 9 44536 Homebush Caesar 18.37...........J McInerney 10 65733 Mitcham Reado 18.52................J McInerney SELECTIONS

5 275F3 Little Krakatoa 18.64.................. A Bradshaw 6 78526 Bender Truth 18.91..................... A Bradshaw 7 25728 Homebush Tesan 18.69.............J McInerney 8 38337 Jax Jewel nwtd..............................D Roberts 9 25751 Pita Ramos 18.56..............................J Dunn 10 28572 Disobedience 18.63 S &..................B Evans 5 4.27pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 11TH FEBRUARY C5, 310m 1 62126 Wildebeest 18.35....................... A Bradshaw 2 73168 Amuri George 19.08...................J McInerney 3 52261 Tee An’ Cee 18.39.......................... B Conner 4 75717 Thrilling Watch 18.99....................D Roberts 5 23321 Opawa Oscar 18.62.........................R Wales

6 43563 Versailles 18.40..................................J Dunn 7 15532 Sozin’s Empire 18.45.................J McInerney 8 14342 Shaw Lee 18.25 J M........................ McCook 9 33745 Hankenstein 18.32..................... A Bradshaw 10 22116 Ketchikan Kim 18.35..........................J Dunn SELECTIONS

Race 1: Bold Bidder, Tremonti, Sozin’s Blue, Jealous Affair Race 2: Jinja Twinkle, Heidi Hates Rap, Little Lottie, Miss Honey Race 3: Punters Kirsty, Maffra Daisy, High Violet, Jay Spencer Race 4: Vegan Express, Jinja Sneak, Opa’s Joy, Miss Honey Race 5: Beret Girl, Viking Mafia, Opawa Dan, Bye Bye Punter Race 6: Holy Grail, Opawa Slick, Ain’t He Lucky, Opawa Lola Race 7: Dream Runner, Meatloaf, Horse Range Gold Race 8: Goldstar Liberty, Elite Blueblood, Miss Honey Race 9: Dyna Wink, Tucker, Kia Tere, Goldstar Whitey Race 10: Sydneys Sox, Mulberry Brit, Caramel Rose, Miss Honey Race 11: Carl Spackler, Impressive Flash, Ohoka Kate Race 12: Homebush Boden, Aroha, Yanira Bale, Miss Honey

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Today at Forbury Park Raceway

1 443 Adelphi nwtd J M.............................. McCook 2 44 Opawa Travis nwtd...........................R Wales 3 45645 Opawa Nash nwtd............................R Wales 4 56631 Volcanic Whisper nwtd........................J Allen 5 8463 Tidal Tapestry nwtd.............................J Allen 6 25 Bundy nwtd J M............................... McCook 7 4 Tom Fox nwtd J M............................ McCook 8 22 Miss Malia nwtd...............................R Wales 9 2 Kipjo nwtd...........................................J Allen 4 1.05 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN GUTHRIE C1, 310m 1 55424 Sozin’s Noir 18.42......................J McInerney 2 67227 Bound Up nwtd..........................J McInerney 3 78468 C’Mon Benny Boy 18.63.................J Guthrie 4 66733 Mitcham Trudy 18.81..................J McInerney 5 88128 Homebush Mandy 19.06............J McInerney 6 47717 Denuto nwtd...................................R Adcock 7 22515 Homebush Barclay nwtd............J McInerney 8 12827 ST Andrews nwtd...............................D Lane Emergencies: 9 85348 Brut Magic 19.27.............................C Healey 10 77454 Take A Hint nwtd........................J McInerney 5 1.22 BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS SPRINT C1, 310m 1 55521 Cool Beans 18.95......................J McInerney 2 141 Ever Rested nwtd....................... A Bradshaw 3 41125 Homebush Stasser 19.03..........J McInerney 4 88737 Zefside 18.51.............................J McInerney

5 53435 Homebush Maycee 18.55..........J McInerney 6 46724 Baldrick 19.36............................J McInerney 7 83344 Miss Nina 18.81............................. B Conner 8 65754 Father Leo 19.54........................J McInerney 9 72472 Punch On Scooby 18.91............J McInerney 10 64882 Homebush Jordie 18.89.............J McInerney 6 1.40pm BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING STKS C1, 545m 1 55324 Goldstar Ashton 32.81 S &..............B Evans 2 37855 Shift The Blame 32.60................J McInerney 3 x7211 Our Pat nwtd....................................R Wales 4 74632 Mick The Mower 33.31...............J McInerney 5 45225 Know Talent 33.52...........................G Cleeve 6 78346 Black Dan 32.63.........................J McInerney 7 35263 Big Tiny nwtd..............................J McInerney 8 84841 Prince Rohit nwtd.......................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 655F7 Mitcham Manering 34.30...........J McInerney 10 56765 Smash McDougal nwtd................D Kingston 7 1.57pm LATE QUADDIE SPRINT C1, 310m 1 54747 Homebush Rehaina 18.78.........J McInerney 2 28446 Impressive High nwtd.................J McInerney 3 36534 Pacemaker 18.74....................... A Bradshaw 4 18536 Homebush Bomber nwtd...........J McInerney 5 76711 Sonja nwtd.........................................D Lane 6 6x714 Homebush Fairy nwtd................J McInerney 7 782F2 Crushington nwtd.......................J McInerney

Race 1: Goldstar Beau, Homebush Bede, Homebush Gambler Race 2: Homebush Fonzie, Impressive Mood, Homebush Jozie Race 3: Miss Malia, Adelphi, Opawa Travis, Bundy Race 4: Homebush Mandy, Sozin’s Noir, Mitcham Trudy Race 5: Ever Rested, Cool Beans, Miss Nina, Zefside Race 6: Our Pat, Know Talent, Black Dan, Prince Rohit Race 7: Sonja, Pacemaker, Crushington, Homebush Bomber Race 8: Punters A Hero, Tucker, Opawa Cutie, Black Stockings Race 9: Know Majority, Jinja Liv, Mitcham Pru, Goldstar Wynter Race 10: Punch On Jessie, Sozin’s Assassin, Homebush Velma LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Otago dogs

Today at Forbury Park Raceway

Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway 2 3.29pm JOHN MILLS MEMORIAL STKS C3/4, 545m Meeting Date: 28 Jan 2020 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 1 1 23547 Know Conclusion 32.66..................G Cleeve and 2; 4 and 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 2 12723 Opawa Sweet 33.02......................... R Wales 3 54221 Know Shame 32.45.........................G Cleeve 1 3.13pm (NZT) MEMBERS STAKES C2, 545m 1 52737 Eddie Hemi 32.57............................R Wales 4 64348 Know State 32.49............................G Cleeve

5 31142 Max Dancer 32.66 J &.....................D Fahey 2 8x514 Opawa Pink nwtd.............................R Wales 3 84637 Joe Bonanza 32.36....................J McInerney 6 38x25 Punters Bolt 32.83...........................R Wales 4 58346 Replica Casino nwtd.......................B Pringle 7 74786 Our Jolene nwtd...............................R Wales 5 21473 Replica Rango nwtd........................B Pringle 8 35351 Know Equal 32.82...........................G Cleeve 6 74673 Cosmic Stu 32.65.......................J McInerney 3 3.48pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE SPRINT 7 48165 Punch On Woody nwtd..............J McInerney C3, 310m 8 64233 Goldstar Alaska 33.05 S &...............B Evans 1 56872 Nikko Baxter 18.71.....................J McInerney 9 78667 Nippa Enough nwtd....................J McInerney 2 83126 Reign Of Fire 18.37....................J McInerney

3 54662 Punch On Buzz 19.14................J McInerney 4 21475 Homebush Comet 18.69............J McInerney 5 36244 Machine Gunn 18.53......................R Adcock 6 23364 Homebush Rapper 18.66...........J McInerney 7 13154 M’Lady Sadie nwtd..................... A Bradshaw 8 36715 Cosmic Jase 18.43....................J McInerney 9 33758 Sozin’s Symphony 18.56............J McInerney 10 36663 Homebush Sayer 18.33.............J McInerney 4 4.06 GREEN ISLAND BARBER SPRINT C4, 310m 1 78753 Kiwi Gunn nwtd..............................R Adcock 2 86453 Homebush Finn 18.56................J McInerney 3 67765 Country Gent nwtd..................... A Bradshaw 4 44337 Starr Blueblood 18.72................J McInerney

Race 1: Eddie Hemi, Opawa Pink, Cosmic Stu, Joe Bonanza Race 2: Max Dancer, Know Shame, Opawa Sweet, Punters Bolt Race 3: Reign Of Fire, Homebush Rapper, M’Lady Sadie Race 4: Little Krakatoa, Country Gent, Kiwi Gunn, Pita Ramos Race 5: Shaw Lee, Opawa Oscar, Tee An’ Cee, Wildebeest 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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Lane on Catalyst Top Melbourne jockey Damian Lane has been confirmed as the rider for Catalyst in his upcoming Australian campaign.

The Oaks Stud general manager Rick Williams advised that Lane would replace regular rider Troy Harris when Catalyst takes his place in the Gr.3 CS Hayes (1400m) at Flemington on February 15.

“Damian Lane’s manager emailed and said Damian wouldn’t take another ride until he knew what the riding engagements were going to be,” Williams said.

“We had a discussion last night and decided to go with the local jockey.

“It’s really tough on Troy but he took it extremely well and he will always be riding Catalyst when he is racing in New Zealand, which could include the Triple Crown at Hastings next spring, depending

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The bottom line is important, but it’s rarely what a situation is really about.

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TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ve decided to get good at something. It doesn’t matter how far off you are from the mark right now. Figure out what small part of it you can learn. You only need to get 1% better at a time.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You don’t like to start a thing unless you think you can finish it. The rookie move is to put together the puzzle before you notice how many pieces will be involved.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): What do you have to do to make your heart a zone of peace? And can you do it alone? No. That’s as impossible as harmonising with yourself in real time.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): A ring of fire is an enduring symbol.

Johnny Cash sang about it, circus cats jump through it and it was found illustrated on an ancient Egyptian map. In some way, you’ll be jumping through such a burning loop today.

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LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): In every moment, you have choices. Being too aware of that fact is paralysing, and not being aware enough of it is worse. People get stuck when they mistake sliding doors for walls.

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Knowing what you need is not so easy. Most of the time, people guess, get it wrong, and try again. A person who can accurately assess your needs is an invaluable gift and should be cherished.

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PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’re never really on a straight road. Even the most linear, endless unchanging line of pavement is subtly wrapping around the curvature of a spherical planet. Dips and climbs are inevitable.

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NZ Situation

Wind km/h less than 30 fine

fog

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

Canterbury Plains TODAY

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FZL: Above 3000m

TOMORROW

Partly cloudy. A few spots of morning rain, then isolated showers, mainly about the foothills.

Northerlies turning southerly evening.

FZL: Above 3000m

Cloudy with a few spots of morning rain, then fine spells and isolated showers.

Wind at 1000m: W 55 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: W gale 75 km/h.

THURSDAY

Morning cloud and drizzle, clearing to fine.

Winds turning northeasterly early, then becoming gusty northwest later.

THURSDAY

Morning cloud, then fine. However, rain about the divide later. Northwesterlies rising to severe gale in exposed places.

FRIDAY

Morning cloud, then fine. Winds changing southerly early, then dying out later.

FRIDAY

Rain about the divide clearing, otherwise mainly fine. Gale NW, possibly severe, easing and turning SW.

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Rise 6:28 am Set 9:03 pm

Rise 10:15 am Set 11:26 pm

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Waitaki Kurow at 2:06 pm, yesterday

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HOLMES, Neville Charles – Passed away peacefully at Radius Millstream, Ashburton on Saturday, January 25, 2020. Aged 84 years. Loved husband of Dawn for 59 years, 11 months. Loved father and father-in-law of Ellie Soal (Ashburton), Marg and John Atkin (Auckland), Robyn and Mark Manuel (Melbourne) and Rachel (Melbourne).

Loved grandfather of Melissa Soal and fiancé Brendan, Thomas Soal, Jimmy Atkin, and Laura Atkin. Message to the Holmes family, c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Special thanks to the care from Radius Millstream nurses and carers, also special thanks to the team at Ashburton Hospital who gave such care to Neville in July 2019.

Donations to Dementia Canterbury in memory of Neville would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Neville’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton on THURSDAY, January 30, commencing at 1.30pm.

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6:30 Darwin And Newts 0 6:40 Peppa Pig 0 6:45 Moon And Me 0 7:05 My Little Pony 0 7:30 Star v The Forces Of Evil 3 0 7:55 The Tom And Jerry Show 3 0 8:15 Ducktales 3 0 8:40 Sofia The First 3 0 9am Infomercials 10am Neighbours 3 0 10:30 The Bachelorette NZ 3 0 Noon Mom PGR 3 0 12:30 2 Broke Girls PGR 3 0 1pm Little Big Shots 0 2pm American Housewife (Starting Today) 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Powerpuff Girls 3 0 3:40 The Barefoot Bandits 3 0 4:05 N The Deep 0 4:30 House Rules 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

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Methven golfers Dusty Lock and Graeme Smith clinched a narrow High Country Classic win amid a competitive field over the weekend.

The pair came from behind after the first day of the annual stableford event at Terrace Downs to charge home on the final day at Methven Golf Club.

A total of 34 teams basked in hot conditions across the two day tournament.

Following a consistent showing across the two days, Lock and Smith finished the tournament on a combined 143 points, edging their closest challengers by two.

Greg Overall and Steve Schwass were looking good as they held a seven-point buffer heading into the final day, the former producing the best stableford score at the Terrace Downs’ course.

However, the local pair had to settle for second spot finishing the final round on 141 points.

Charteris Bay’s Brian Boyes and Neville Harrington alongside Tinwald duo Shane Moore and Matt Walker shared third place, unable to be separated on 137 points.

Methven’s Neil Milligan and Pegasus’ Mark Morris led the way at Methven with 42 stableford points a piece.

“With both courses in excellent order players had an opportunity to score high stableford points,” Methven Golf Club spokesman Bruce Dickson said.

“It was Smith and Lock’s consistent play over both days that allowed them to win.”

Left – David Gorman tees off at Methven Golf Club on Sunday.

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