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McLeods unsurprised at

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

The McLeod family is disappointed but not surprised by delays around a Pharmac review.

Lani and James McLeod had never heard of the motor neurone disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 2, at the start of 2020.

That all changed when Lincoln was diagnosed in June, just before his brother Harlan was born, who was also found to have the rare genetic disorder.

People with the condition have healthy muscles, but because they lack the gene that creates the protein necessary for sending the signals to those muscles, the muscles waste.

Untreated, it makes sufferers weaker over time before causing early death.

The medicine Nusinersen (Spinraza) is not a cure, but has been proven to slow or stop the effects of the disease.

Lani said the diagnosis was not an easy thing to hear, but to learn the treatment was not funded in New Zealand was harder.

Spinraza is funded in 50 countries worldwide, but not in New Zealand.

Pharmac, the New Zealand Crown entity that decides which medicines and pharmaceutical products are subsidised for use in the community and public hospitals, have included the drug in its prioritisation process.

But it did not have the budget to fund all the drugs on the priority list – including Spinraza.

With 35 cases of children under 18 with SMA in New Zealand, Lani said it has been estimated to cost around $6 million per year to fund the life-changing drug.

Instead, the McLeods, and the other affected families, need around $1m in the first year of treatment – per child, and then around $600,000 each year after that.

There had been a glimmer of hope during the election campaign when both major parties promised an inquiry into pharmac.

Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins were asked during the lead-up to the election if they would support an investigation into Pharmac’s funding model and both said yes.

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Pharmac review delays

Above – The McLeod family may look just like any other average Kiwi family, but Lani (holding Harlan) and James (standing behind Lincoln), are in a battle for their sons’ lives and quality of life. Sister Thea (left) does not have the condition.

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But when it came to the Health Select Committee, Labour said no.

Health Minister Andrew Little confirmed the Government is planning an independent inquiry into Pharmac and that Labour just didn’t support it being led by politicians on the Health Select Committee.

Little said they were committed to doing a review of Pharmac, but it needed to be independent of politicians.

He said work is under way to establish terms of reference and an appropriate review body.

In the meantime, families like the McLeods are left in limbo, frantically fundraising for life-altering medications while promises have “no timeline and no haste to get it done”, Lani said.

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“No-one in government actually takes the time to understand the need for quick changes.

“They say sorry, not sorry to everyone’s struggles, and go back to doing nothing.

“People in New Zealand are dying while waiting for medication that they could get in most other developed countries.

“The Government choose to quickly push though legislation to test illegal drugs at festivals, yet an independent review of Pharmac is not a priority.

“They are keeping people safe who know the risk of taking illegal drugs instead of meeting world health standards to access drugs for Kiwis who are suffering because of things out of their control.

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land is for those who can afford it or can fundraise enough, McLeod said.

“It shouldn’t be up to Kiwis to self-fund medicines that are standard practice to have available.”

There has been some good news for the McLeods.

Lincoln was able to receive a specialised wheelchair to give him more independence and mobility.

Fundraising efforts continue, but raising the capital required takes time and all the while they wait in hope for support from Pharmac.

In the meantime, the McLeod’s have received some superb news to end a rough year with Lincoln and Harlan in consideration for a compassionate access programme for a new treatment.

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Back at the centre of M. bovis discussions

By Heather Chalmers heather.c@theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury farmers hit by mycoplasma bovis have received $45.2 million in compensation, a figure set to climb further with more farms in the district still to be cleared of the cattle disease.

This represents 24 per cent of the government’s total compensation spend of $187.5m to date, according to Ministry for Primary Industry (MPI) figures.

A spring cluster of cases has again put Mid Canterbury at the centre of the M. bovis eradication programme.

While the cattle disease was first identified on a dairy farm near Glenavy in South Canterbury in 2017 and is believed to have originated from a Southland dairy farm, it is Mid Canterbury that has borne the brunt of the outbreak.

Mid Canterbury has had 42 confirmed cases, more than any other district, out of the 260 cases nationally.

As the district had a greater proportion of dairy herds confirmed with M. bovis compared with beef and grazing properties, and its dairy herds are some of the biggest in New Zealand at an average 880 cows, many individual claims for replacement herds and loss of production have easily stretched into the millions of dollars.

At present, Mid Canterbury has eight of the 10 active cases in New Zealand, with the other two in the Selwyn District.

The Mid Canterbury cases are made up of three dairy farms confirmed infected from August Bulk Tank Milk screening. Another four infected properties, including a dairy farm and its run-off, are connected by animal movements to these dairy farms.

The eighth case is a beef property identified earlier which is not part of the spring cluster.

The numbers fail to convey the stress a positive test puts on individual farming families, with the first dairy farm in the Ashburton spring cluster being confirmed in mid-August in the midst of calving.

Farmers like to be independent and make their own decisions so becoming part of the bureaucratic machine that is the M. bovis eradication programme until a property is again declared clear of the disease is a difficult process.

While the destocking and compensation process has improved and farmers receive more co-or-

Stuart Anderson dinated support than what was in place for earlier cases it is still not an easy thing to go through.

As Eiffelton sharemilker John O’Connell, whose herd was confirmed with M. bovis in March 2019 said: “Once you’ve had MPI and M. bovis in your life for a week you want to get rid of it as soon as you can”.

M. bovis eradication programme director Stuart Anderson said the Mid Canterbury cluster was not evidence of a widespread outbreak.

“No additional farms in Mid Canterbury other than those three dairies originally detected in August were detected in September or October bulk tank milk

screening, giving us confidence this is not widespread, but an isolated cluster.”

Nationally, 250 farms have been cleared of the disease, with 163,685 cattle culled.

Apart from the Mid Canterbury spring cluster, fewer new cases are being identified.

Programme partners MPI, DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb New Zealand said that national surveillance tools, including bulk tank milk screening and beef surveillance, continue to provide confidence that M. bovis is not widespread in the dairy or beef sector.

“Most recently, our November bulk tank milk screening from almost 11,000 dairy farms across New Zealand has not detected any additional farms. This continues to indicate there is no widespread infection associated with the Canterbury cluster.”

A beef surveillance programme also screens beef cattle not connected to known infected properties, alongside TB testing and at meat processors. No infected beef farms have been found from this surveillance, despite the testing of 125,100 beef cattle from more than 6000 farms.

As the programme continues to find fewer cases, the focus was shifting to long-term national surveillance to provide confidence that the disease was absent.

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TINWALD GARDEN

Monster lily towers in Tinwald

By Heather Mackenzie heather.m@theguardian.co.nz

Tinwald’s Allan Shaw admits that it was really his late wife Ruth who had the green thumb, but he must have a slight green twinge of his own when it comes to lilies.

His pride and joy is the large lily plant grown from seed by his late wife Ruth.

The remarkable plant is taller than the boundary fence and sports a hefty amount of cream blooms.

Shaw said his visitors are well impressed with the eight-year-old plant.

One person asked him if it was actually a banana tree, he said.

The stem weight and persistent south-west winds this season has meant Shaw had to secure it to the fence to avoid disaster.

“Last year it grew about two thirds of the way up the fence, but this year it’s over the top and the wind threatened to break it.”

Their lovely Tinwald garden was designed and planted by the couple

from scratch.

“When we first moved in here there wasn’t much in the garden, a few established trees, but that was about it.”

Shaw said he was happy to follow Ruth’s instructions.

“I did all the donkey work, but it was Ruth who had all the knowledge on where to plant stuff.”

Ruth, he said, liked to grow plants from seeds, not a pastime that Shaw was particularly fond of.

“I planted enough seed crops when we were farming and that was enough for me.

“Plus I don’t have fingers designed for picking up small seeds and putting them in the ground.”

In the corner of the garden is a lemon tree. Shaw said Ruth loved lemons and they had a large lemon tree in their Woodbury farm garden, so naturally she wanted one here.

Shaw admits even though his wife passed away a number of years ago life is still tough going without her, but being in the garden among the lilies she grew makes him feel that little bit better.

Allan Shaw standing by the very impressive Lily his late wife grew from seed.

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Bathurst box brightened Ashburton artist Cherie Livingstone has created another colourful Chorus cabinet. Livingstone is the latest to transform the blank canvas of a cabinet into artwork, completing the rainbow mural on Bathurst Street. The main part of the design is a circle letting you see into the cabinet where there are rainbow coloured cogs and gears, looking like the inside of a working machine. The surround remains silver with switches and dials making the whole cabinet look like a working machine of some kind, designed to indicate we are all a vital part of making our community work and without any individual part the whole thing falls apart. In the latest round of Chorus cabinet art it is the fourth of six cabinets to be transformed into artworks. The two remaining cabinets to be painted will be completed early in the New Year.

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The Ashburton District Council reopened the entire track before Christmas.

A section of the track, from Boundary Road to Grove Farm Road, had to be closed this year while the council undertook the $7.7 million Ashburton River Crossing and Pump Station project.

With work to install the new wastewater pipeline and pump station now completed, the track was reopened on December 23.

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Three generatio OF removal

Above – There’s an intricate process when it comes to moving houses.

PHOTO SUPPLIED Right – Health and safety laws these days mean a pink hat is an absolute must for Clancy.

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He’s been moving buildings in and around Mid Canterbury for more than 50 years, so Clancy Jessep is literally a household name in these parts. Guardian journalist Heather Mackenzie caught up with him to talk all things removal.

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hen Robin Jessep, universally known as Clancy, first went into the house removal business, little did he know that over 50 years later he would own a family business that involves three generations of Jesseps.

Jessep cut his house removal teeth working for a Timaru-based company in the 1970s.

During that time he also did a stint at the Ashburton freezing works.

Working the two jobs meant the Jessep was working long hours, seven days a week. Not that that worried this hard working character one bit.

“You just knuckle down and get on with it,” he said.

The Timaru company was eventually taken over and a number of years later was sold

again. When the second sale went through, Jessep said with a smile, that he was sold as part of the company’s assets.

The new owners were based in Rolleston, so after six months of travelling from Ashburton to Rolleston, he decided to go it alone and opened Mid Canterbury Building Removals in 1998.

“I wanted to build a company that my family would maybe one day carry on with.”

His dream came to fruition when sons Timothy and then Brent joined the business and now granddaughter Stacey, Brett’s daughter, has come on board as office administrator and qualified pilot vehicle driver.

Jessep said there really isn’t any official training for building relocation.

“There are no training manuals like there are for an electrician or a plumber for example, it is all

passed-down knowledge.

“Houses are all different, and no relocation is the same. I am still learning after all this time,” he said.

“This is isn’t a five day a week, eight hours a day job, it’s more like seven days a week and 18 hours a day.”

Covering the whole of the South Island, Jessep said there are not many local roads he has not relocated buildings to since he began.

“Some of the places I am on to the second generation of families.”

Over the years the wily removal expert has built up quite a few amusing stories, like the time he chopped the top of his thumb off.

While not amusing in itself, Jessep’s rather cavalier attitude to the injury is.

“The doctors sewed it back on again and I went back to work a couple of days later. But it wouldn’t heal, so I went back and told them to take it off,” he said waving his half thumb in the air as proof.

Then there was the time he got stuck under a classroom at the University of Canterbury. Going to the site 24 hours before the removal date, Jessep decided to have a look under the classroom.

“I knew it was going to be a bit tight and there were lots of leaves etc under there.”

It wasn’t until he went to come back that he found out he was stuck and couldn’t go backwards

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The next generation, Brent Jessep at the site of the new home for the former i-SITE building at the Ashburton Airport.

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or forwards. I’m here until Monday morning, he thought.

However, he was in luck when a friend of his just happened to drive by and notice his truck.

“I saw these legs coming towards me and called out ‘I’m under here’. He asked me what I was doing under there. ‘I’m stuck,’ I said’.”

Thankfully rescue came in the form of a claw hammer pushed in with a stick and Jessep was able to dig himself enough clearance to get out.

Not one to panic, he wasn’t too worried about spending 24 hours under the classroom, but the thought of going without a cigarette did cause concern.

“Being a smoker I didn’t want to go without a cigarette for that

time, so I was trying to work out how I could get my smokes from the truck.”

Thankfully it didn’t come to that, someone was looking after me that day, he said.

One of Jessep’s favourite inventions is the head torch as it made getting under houses so much easier.

Being of slight build, Jessep said he has always been the one to get the job and the head torch meant I no longer had to struggle moving around with only one hand.

“You come across all sorts under houses, dead cats, animal skeletons, thick spider webs, you never know what’s under there.

Being able to see properly is a big help.”

Moving houses is a lot more complicated than people think, Jessep said.

“It’s not just a matter of turn-

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ing up, plonking it on the trailer and then delivering it, there’s a lot more to it.

“The entire route has to be scoped out days beforehand, the building measured to check it will fit over bridges or under powerlines, railway crossings recorded, road signage noted and a bunch of road, rail and other permits applied for.”

The foundations may need to be broken up. Jessep said that when he stopped using the jackhammer he kept going up and down.

Jessep admits he finds all the paperwork requirements of the modern age a bit testing.

In the old days you could just about write your planned route on the back of a Weetbix packet, hand it over and get a permit, but it’s not like that now.

“I have ruffled a few feathers over the last 12 months.

“To me all these new seemingly unnecessary regulations are like red rag to a bull. I think it is time for me to step back and let the others take over.”

Paperwork is not his only nemesis these days, technology also makes the list.

“I got a new phone the other day, I didn’t have a clue on how to work it, so I asked my fouryear-old great granddaughter to help me. She sorted it out in no time.”

Jessep said in the old days jacking a house up would take all day.

“We used to use small car jacks and do it a little bit at a time, until we finally had it high enough to get on the truck, now it can be done with the press off a button in half an hour.

“I’m not fast enough now to keep up with all this new technology.”

He is looking forward to spending more time with wife Pauline, who has played a huge part in building up the company and supporting him over the years, he said “In the early days she looked after the kids, supplied us with smokos and lunches and took care the house.

“She had lots to do, as quite often I would be away from Monday morning until Sunday lunchtime.”

“I am not sure how I am going to relax entirely.

“I’m pretty sure even when I am old and in a wheelchair I will still be at the gate each morning watching the trucks go out the gate at 7.30am.”

Before that happens a spot of shopping may be in order, presently Jessep said the work clothes in his wardrobe outnumber the good ones three to one.

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September 2020 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

Above – Ashburton tree climber Seth Mischeski gears up in preparation for the South Island Regional Tree Climbing Competition at the Ashburton Domain.

Left – Two young Methven brothers, Lincoln and Harlan McLeod, were diagnosed with a rare motor neurone disease and their parents Lani and James were campaigning for access to the treatment which is currently not funded in New Zealand.

Right – Twenty-seven years after last racing a jetboat and fresh off the back of some positive news relating to his health, Simon Bagrie got back in the boat to race in his father’s memorial race on the Rakaia River, with his son Matthew in the navigator seat.

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Left – Eight-month-old Millie, with mum Charli McBride, were fans of Judith Collins when the new National leader visited the Stork Network in Ashburton.

Right – After a lean winter of snowfall on the Canterbury plains, there was snow on the first day of spring.

Above – World Travellers Ashburton owner Kevin Crequer had been busy getting refunds for clients since March which meant money going out the door and none coming in due to the borders being closed.

Left – Volunteers planted about 350 seedlings, along an area destined to become a wetland at the Harris Scientific Reserve.

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SPCA Ashburton’s Centre has moved!

We are now on 4 Seafield road and the entrance is beside the cemetery.

This move is an exciting one and will help us better care for the animals in our community who need us.

We are still open Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 1pm and we can be contacted on 03 307 1019 or via email ashburton.info@spca.nz

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NEW YEAR’S HONOURS LIST

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The Order of New Zealand ONZ To be Members of the Order of New Zealand: Professor Emeritus Sir Mason Harold Durie, KNZM - For services to New Zealand Distinguished Professor Dame Mary Anne Salmond, DBE - For services to New Zealand

The New Zealand Order of Merit DNZM To be Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Professor Juliet Ann Gerrard For services to science Professor Cynthia Alcyion Kiro For services to child wellbeing and education

HONORARY To be an Honorary Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Ms Suzanne Lee Snively, ONZM - For services to governance

KNZM To be Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit: The Right Honourable David Cunningham Carter - For services as a Member of Parliament and as Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr David Joseph Dobbyn, ONZM - For services to music Mr Ian Lemuel Taylor, CNZM – For services to broadcasting, business and the community Professor William Te Rangiua Temara, CNZM - For services to Maori and education

CNZM To be Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Professor Stephen Thomas Chambers - For services to infectious disease research Ms Suzanne Eleanor Chetwin For services to consumer rights Dr Annabel Kirsten Finucane, ONZM - For services to health, particularly paediatric heart surgery Mr Robert Ian Fyfe - For services to business and tourism Dr Stuart Peter Gowland, QSO - For services to health and education Mr Michael Jon Hamilton - For services to marine engineering and business Ms Deborah Ann Hockley, MNZM - For services to cricket Distinguished Professor Philippa Lynne Howden-Chapman, QSO - For services to public health Mr Albert Archibald Jelley, OBE - For services to athletics and the game of bridge Dr David William Kerr - For services to health and business Dr Gerard David McSweeney, QSO - For services to conservation Professor Emeritus Louise Frances Basford Nicholson - For services to neuroscience and education The Honourable Anthony Penrose Randerson, QC - For services to the judiciary Distinguished Professor Ian Reginald Reid - For services to medicine The Honourable Lynton Laurence Stevens, QC - For services to the judiciary and the community

ONZM To be Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Mr Denis William Aitken, JP For services to the dairy industry and the community Afamasaga Vaafusuaga Telesia McDonald Alipia - For services to

Pacific early childhood education Mrs Lisa Joy Allpress - For services to the racing industry Mr Allan Ward Beck, QSM - For services to agricultural aviation and aviation safety Mr Donovan Paul Bixley - For services to children’s fiction and as an illustrator Professor Jonathan George Boston - For services to public and social policy Mr Alistair Grant Davis - For services to the motor industry, business and sustainability Mr Leo Michael Donnelly - For services to karate Mr Peter Dennis Elliott - For services to the performing arts and baseball Professor Angela Rosina Farrow - For services to the arts, particularly theatre Dr Christine Margaret Foley For services to victims of sexual assault Dr Janette Fay Irvine - For services to women and women’s health Mr Murray Campbell Lynch For services to theatre Dr Timothy Michael Malloy - For services to health Dr Colin Douglas Meurk - For

services to ecological restoration The Right Reverend Te Kitohi Wiremu Pikaahu - For services to the Anglican Church and Maori Ms Brenda Pilott - For services to social and public service sectors Superintendent John Richard Price, OStJ - For services to the New Zealand Police and the community Ms Joanna Ruth Randerson - For services to the performing arts Dr Geoffrey Wayne Rice - For services to historical research and tertiary education Mr Victor John Rodger - For services to theatre and Pacific arts Mr Guy Winston Salmon - For services to the environment Mr Burton Ross Shipley - For services to basketball Mr Roger Wilson Steele - For services to the publishing industry and the arts Dr Gail Tewaru Tipa - For services to Maori and environmental management Adjunct Associate Professor James Alan Tully - For services to journalism and education Ms Colleen Mary Upton - For services to the plumbing and gasfitting industry and women

Mr William Raymond Wallace, JP - For services to local government and the community Mrs Chloe Angela Carol Wright - For services to philanthropy, education and health

MNZM To be Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Inspector Tamuera Aitama Aberahama - For services to the New Zealand Police and the community Mrs Susan Veronica Anderson, JP - For services to restorative justice Dr Lisa Shelley Argilla - For services to animal welfare and conservation Professor Michael George Baker - For services to public health science Mrs Janet Elsie Barnes, JP - For services to local government and the community Ms Christina Joy Barton - For services to art history and curation Major David Thomas Bennett For services to the Salvation Army and the community Mr Mark Alexander Bowden -

For services to education Ms Sheena Cameron - For services to education Ms Kendra Margaret Cocksedge - For services to rugby Mrs Michelle Anne Crook - For services to the community Ms Vanisa Dhiru, JP - For services to the community and gender rights Mr Edward John Edwards - For services to sustainable business and harness racing Mr Kenneth John Forrest - For services to the electricity industry and business Mrs Prudence Anne Gooch - For services to dance Dr Sally-Ann Harbison - For services to forensic science Professor Bronwyn Mary Hayward - For services to political science, particularly sustainability, climate change and youth Ms Vicki Anne Heikell - For services to heritage preservation and Maori Professor Shaun Cameron Hendy - For services to science Ms Michele Rae Hine - For services to performing arts education Mr Keith Luke Ingram, JP - For services to the fishing and mari-

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time industry Mr Dickson Stewart Jardine For services to philanthropy and conservation Mrs Jillian Frances Jardine - For services to philanthropy and conservation Mrs Helen Susan Johnson - For services to Special Olympics and the community Mr Rodney Whitiora Jones - For services to economics and public health research Mr Samuel Edwin Isaac Judd For services to the environment and sustainability education Dr Glenda Ruth Keam - For services to music and music education Mr James Edward Kebbell - For services to sustainable business and the community Mr James Kelly - For services to the trade union movement Inspector Kieren William Kortegast - For services to the New Zealand Police and the community Mrs Janet Lyn Lane - For services to tertiary education Mrs Josephina Henrica Maria Lelijveld - For services to the Deaf community and education Mr Keith James Locke - For ser-

vices to human rights advocacy Mr Donald William Mackenzie - For services to athletics and the community Mr John McIntosh - For services to people with disabilities Dr Jann Medlicott - For services to philanthropy, the arts and radiology Ms Melissa Potocka Moon - For services to athletics and charitable causes Mr Christopher John Morrison - For services to sustainable business and Fair Trade Ms Janice Mildred Murphy - For services to education and children with intellectual disabilities Mrs Katie Murray, QSM - For services to Maori and the community Dr James Wayne Ngata - For services to Maori and education Mr Paul Gerard Norris - For services to the tourism industry and conservation Ms Denise Alexandra Ritchie For services to the prevention of sexual violence and exploitation Mr Muipu La’avasa Sagaga - For services to boxing Serviceman M - For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

Dr Gagrath Pradeep Singh - For services to health Mrs Pauline Kei Smith - For services to Pacific arts and the community Mr Michael John Sutton - For services to education Mrs Moana Ngawaiata Tamaariki-Pohe - For services to Maori and conservation Dr Tasileta Teevale - For services to Pacific education and public health research Mr William Trubridge - For services to freediving Reverend Tumama Vili - For services to the Pacific community Mr Gary Lynnford Watts - For services to mental health Ms Marion Wood - For services to sustainable business and the community

HONORARY To be Honorary Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Professor Susan Pran Krumdieck - For services to sustainability research and engineering Emeritus Professor Yoshihiro Sakata - For services to New Zealand-Japan relations and rugby

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The Queen’s Service Order QSO

To be Companions of the Queen’s Service Order: Mr Francis Anthony Fanning For services to the community Mr Jeffrey William Sanders - For services to social service governance

The Queen’s Service Medal QSM Mrs Gillian Mary Adshead, JP For services to conservation Mr Kevin John Adshead - For services to conservation Mrs Robin Boldarin, JP - For services to the community and school sports Mr Michael Joseph Bourke - For services to wildlife conservation Mr Daniel John Bowmar - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community Mrs Yvonne Barbara Boyes, JP For services to health, particularly nursing and cancer treatment Mr William Sydney Clement Burdett - For services to the community and local government Mrs Carol Winifred Charman -

For services to youth and people with intellectual disabilities Ms Sau Man Chow - For services to immigrant communities Mr Kerry Patrick Clarkin, JP For services to agriculture and the community Mr Lester Dean - For services to the Pacific community Mr Michael Nevill Drake - For services to education and the community Mr Paul Duffy - For services to the community and local government Dr Anna Thornton Dyzel - For services to the community and health Mrs Kathleen Mae Fenton - For services to the community Mr Rowan Gray Edward Garrett - For services to brass bands Mr Colin Franklin Gibbs - For services to agriculture and the community Mr Peter John Goodbehere - For services to film Mr Joseph Sydney Ronald Robert Hughes - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community Ms Grace Sarina Hutton - For services to Pacific art and the community Mrs Angela Deirdre Keenan For services to sport, particularly netball Ms Arohanui Haumihiata Lawrence - For services to Māori and sustainable food production Reverend Falkland Gary Fereti Liuvaie - For services to the Niue community Dr Judith Roberta Lowes - For services to women and roller sports Mrs Elizabeth Patricia Norton For services to the community Mr Stuart Keith Paterson - For services to the community Mr James George Powdrill - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand Mr Neil Lawrence Pugh - For services to the community Mrs Hokikau Kataraina Purcell For services to seniors and Maori Mr Lasalo Owen Purcell - For services to seniors and Maori Mrs Isobel Ransfield - For services to Maori Mrs Frances Joan Rawling - For services to heritage rose preservation Mr Maxwell Thomas Robins - For services to healthcare and seniors Mr Kevin Stechman - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand Reverend Alison Jean Stewart For services to choral music Ms Marthalina Mii Taru - For services to netball and the Pacific community Mr Bruce Herbert Thompson For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community Mrs Julia Mary Truesdale - For services to netball and education Ms Malia Nive Venning - For services to the Tokelau community and netball Ms Theresia Selina Weir - For services to people with disabilities Ms Janet Mary Wilson - For services to wildlife conservation

The New Zealand Antarctic Medal NZAM Mr Eugene Brian Fitzgerald - For services to Antarctic exploration and heritage

The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration DSD Servicewoman D - For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

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OUR VIEW

It’s all right at our own back door

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

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here’s nothing quite like hopping on a plane and jetting away somewhere for a nice holiday.

Or is there?

As the continuation of travel restrictions has kept New Zealanders grounded on home soil for the past 10 months, and what looks like it will be some time more, there’s been less despair about not being able to get away somewhere and more noise about the wonderful things our own country has to offer.

With travel to some parts of the world seeming as though it could be months, if not more than a year away, the chance to get out and explore what’s on one’s own back doorstep has never been better.

New Zealand is a truly spectacular place, and sometimes it feels like we don’t actually appreciate just how lucky we are to live in such a majestic and captivating land, where the views and opportunities are almost endless.

But perhaps we are starting to appreciate it.

More and more over the past few months I’ve been privy to conversations with people who have jumped in the car and trekked out to the wide-open plains of the South Island and further yonder, only to be truly enchanted with what they’ve found.

Locations they barely knew existed are set to become permanent fixtures on their excursions, and experiences offered at those places are likewise going to be enjoyed at every opportunity.

And if that’s not good marketing of what New Zealand has to offer, then nothing is.

That true blue Kiwis are raving about their own slice of paradise is the perfect model from which to build a campaign to welcome visitors to our country, when the time comes that they are allowed.

Videos and images of everyday New Zealand citizens out living it up at some of our most beautiful and idyllic locations should be plastered over the world to encourage and to help boost and recover our embattled tourism sector.

We’ve got the blueprint to do it, it’s really just a case of setting the wheels in motion.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s quiz 1. A natatorium is a building that contains what?

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3. Which planet is the sixth planet from the sun? a) Venus b) Saturn c) Jupiter 4. What type of animal is a poorwill? a) Bird b) Mouse c) Butterfly 5. A landau is what type of vehicle? a) Articulated truck b) Three-wheeled bicycle c) Horse-drawn carriage 6. Who was the first human to break the sound barrier? a) Neil Armstrong b) Chuck Yeager c) Pappy Boyington 7. Geel is Dutch for what colour? a) Black b) Purple c) Yellow

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October 2020 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

Above – Political candidates (from left) Megan Hands, Lo Luxton and Hamish Hutton found plenty of time to smile at the Meet the Candidates Evening.

Left – Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown had the pleasure of being able to try out the new toilet block in Rakaia at the official opening ceremony.

Right –Unable to travel to take part in the annual New York Marathon, Winchmore farmer, Johnny Rowe, got inventive and travelled the distance of the great race, running from the foot of Mt Hutt to his home base. He completed the journey in just under four hours.

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Left – The Luxton family had plenty to celebrate when Labour MP Jo Luxton produced a historic victory to win the Rangitata electorate at the general election.

Right – Good crowds flocked to central Ashburton to take part in the now annual Let’s Chalk About It event which focuses on mental health.

Above – The Ashburton A&P Show might have felt the wrath of Covid-19, but that didn’t stop a number of events from being held. Included in the list was the annual showjumping events with big numbers of entrants heading to the Ashburton showgrounds.

Left – After a testing few months with events being cancelled, a huge and well behaved crowd made their way to the Methven Rodeo.

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September 202O At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

Above – Dave Muir sends a bowl up the green on opening day for the Ashburton MSA Bowling Club.

Left – The women’s’ team following its win in the Hockey South Canterbury women’s division one final. Wakanui sealed the title with a 5-2 win over Cambridge.

Above – Mid Canterbury openside flanker Luke Gilbert’s second half try began the Hammers’ late game revival in an enthralling 31-all draw after Nathan McCloy’s sideline conversion right on fulltime.

Above – After more than a decade between, Hampstead again reigned supreme in Mid Canterbury Premier netball after taking down Methven 46-32 to cap a dominant season where the side won all 11 competition games.

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October 2020 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

Above – Alarge crowd of people were treated to a few tales from cricketing legend, Sir Richard Hadlee to kick off the annual Ashburton Lions Charity Golf Tournament.

Left – The Ashburton College 1st XI Hockey side enjoyed a setllar season in the Canterbury Secondary Schools Division One in competition which they went through undefeated.

Former Mid Cantab, Isaac Ross made a surprise return to NZ Rugby joining the Tasman Makos.

The Ashburton Athletics Club kicked things off for the new season underneath bright blue skies with great numbers of atheletes joining in.

Big air was the order of the evening at an open night for the Ashburton Mountainbike Club.

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Cotula champs 10-strong junior rep side selected

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

A golden start to one of the most sought-after bowls tournaments in the district paved the way for Len Luke to lead his side to victory in the annual Cotula Cup earlier this week.

The annual festive season tournament, in which the 16 entry slots fill up fast every year, was held at the Ashburton Bowling Club on December 28, with good weather gracing the 64 players out on the green.

Played in a medley format,

where teams play a game of fours and then split off and play a game of triples and singles in the first two rounds before two games of pairs and then a game of fours to wrap it all up, getting the perfect start in the early rounds is always key to success.

And that’s exactly what Luke, and his fellow team members of Raylene Heads, Faye McKnight and Di Callaghan did.

A tight victory in the first round of fours against Wendy Watson’s side set the wheels in motion before wins in the singles and triples completed the perfect beginning.

Only one other side managed

a start as strong in the morning’s play.

Returning in the afternoon, the Luke quartet picked up a win and a draw from their two pairs matches.

With four-and-a-half wins next to their name, victory in the final fours match of the tournament was all that was required to pick up the silverware, and Luke’s side delivered a strong performance to remain unbeaten and claim top spot.

They finished with five wins and a draw from the six matches, with a points differential of +44.

Second place went to the visit-

ing side of Liz and Terry Rossiter, along with Tony Smith and Grant McLean from the Halswell Bowling Club, who had four wins and a draw.

That was enough to see them claim second placing ahead of Sandra Keith’s side with four wins, while Gavin Eder’s team claimed third with three wins and a draw, just ahead of the Graeme Bishop-skipped side.

Meanwhile, representative selectors have named a 10-strong side to travel to the Hurunui green early in the New Year to compete in the Clark Beveridge Trophy.

An annual fixture, the match is a key assignment in the representative season.

Shane Calder will play the singles with Regan Broker and Jock O’Connor teaming up in the pairs. Scott Hyndman, Logan Ford and Manu Otene make up the triples team, while John Eddington, Wayne Lloyd, Corey O’Connor and Craig Kellett form a very strong fours team.

The side play on January 10.

A number of local sides will be heading down to South Canterbury today for the annual Jolly Potter tournament, which runs over two days.

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BASKETBALL

Taking a back seat

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

After more than 60 years involvement with local basketball, Colleen Lindsay is finally taking a back seat.

Given the mileage she has racked up, she has probably earned a chance to ease off.

The longtime basketball administrator and coach has decided to step down from committee duties with Basketball Mid Canterbury.

Fellow operators Pauline Paterson and Helen Williams have also opted to vacate their posts, in what will leave a massive hole within the organisation.

“Between the three of us we’ve pretty much covered everything,” Lindsay said.

“There’s lots of young people who have put their hands up.”

Earlier this year, Lindsay was awarded Mid Canterbury’s Robilliard Trophy for services to sport.

Lindsay was part of Mid Canterbury’s original basketball incarnation in the mid-50s, and has continued her involvement in basketball ever since.

She admits her step down had been on the cards for a while.

“I was going to do it last year,” she said.

“I got talked into staying.”

2020 rolled around and Lindsay admitted to having mixed feelings about it all.

“I was undecided right up until the last minute, but I knew I had to do it.

“It’s a funny feeling, and I don’t know if I’ve come to terms with it.”

“But I won’t have to go to meetings in the middle of winter.”

A longtime whiz on the sewing machine, having previously hemmed the rep uniforms, she said she was still going to take care of this responsibility.

Indicative of how basketball has come to hold a significant place in her life, she would plan her holidays around basketball tournaments around the country.

“That went on for years, even after I was married, I always went to tournaments in the winter.”

Lindsay was also part of the representative team who hosted Australia in 1960, which remained a highlight of her involvement.

“We billeted them because there was no such thing as staying in hotels.

“The girl who stayed with me, we’re still in touch.”

There is plenty that will keep her occupied heading into 2021.

Lindsay is an advocate and coach for Special Olympics, and is in negotiations around funding and administration.

Furthermore she has “half put her hand up” to look after the miniball youngsters.

With the sport being so intertwined for most of her life, it is easier said than done for the seasoned campaigner to cut off from the sport.

“If there’s a tournament or anything they can call on me to help control.

“Just because I’ve stepped away from the committee I haven’t fully stepped away from basketball.

“I never will .... I still have a key.”

Between the three of us we’ve pretty much covered everything – Colleen Lindsay

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NETBALL

Karla calls time

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

There were bound to be mixed feelings.

Given how ubiquitous netball has been for outgoing Mid Canterbury Netball (MCN) boss Karla Newlands, stepping away was inevitably going to be a strange sensation.

Whilst stepping into the unknown can bring equal measures of excitement and unease, after 25 years’ service to the game in the district, Newlands believes the time is right.

“Really mixed feelings,” she said.

“It’s been a huge part of my life.

“I’m leaving at a really good time.

“I never wanted to be one of those people who stayed too long, so it’s better to go out on a high while everything is going well.”

What made her decision to pull the pin easier was the state of the organisation where Mid Canterbury Netball was continuing to grow and was financially secure with key people in management positions heading into 2021.

Newlands herself has been one of those key people for a long period, having served on the board for 12 years prior.

Although, as Newlands has already found out, old habits die hard.

“They had a board meeting and I didn’t go, and we had a board dinner afterwards, and I wanted to know what had happened,” she laughed.

“It’s none of my business now.

“I’ll just watch with interest.”

Not before she spends the early part of the new year on holiday, which will force her to tune out entirely, alleviated by the fact that it is usually a quiet period for the organisation.

In terms of the person that she is handing over the reins to, Newlands says there is no better replacement than Angela Mitchell.

“With Ange taking over, she’s just the perfect person.

“It couldn’t be any better to leave it in her hands.”

Mitchell brings ample experience into the role as MCN president, particularly in high performance where she earned five caps for the Silver Ferns in the early-00s.

A strategic shift from netball’s governing body, where there was more considera-

Mid Canterbury’s future netball stars in action on the court.

MCN president Karla Newlands was acknowledged with a life membership this year. tion of the “community needs” of netball, also provided some encouraging signs for Newlands as she makes her exit.

“We’re really lucky in Mid Canterbury, we’ve got really great funders and really great sponsors.

“That doesn’t happen in every other centre.”

There have been challenges along the way which has spurred Newlands into some robust advocacy with local council following the shift indoors five years ago.

“I hope the council make the centre still affordable.

“We’ve had some fights along the way to try and keep the costs down but the council at that time chose to increase the costs.

“You just hope that they see the bigger picture and see it as a community centre rather than something that they have to make financially sustainable.”

Lobbying for the local game was only part – but no less significant – part of Newlands’ pedigree which culminated in a crowning achievement of a MCN life membership in December.

“You don’t expect those things and don’t do it for those rewards, but it is nice to be recognised.”

Although she has forged her way as an on-the-ball and dedicated administrator which has been a continuation of her business experience, a love of the sport has paid dividends over a long tenure.

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Although having some non-netball experience in some quarters was not necessarily a bad thing where a diverse range of personnel was now part of the MCN board.

“The diversity on the board has been something that has been positive – it’s not just all netballers.

“We’ve made some good governance changes.”

Although uncertain of what lies ahead, Newlands departs her post proud in the knowledge she has given back to her sport and region for three decades.

“It’s my passion, I love netball.

“I’ve just wanted to see it the best it can be in Mid Canterbury.”

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OPINION

A polarising presence

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

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e’s been one of the most polarising figures in New Zealand cricket for years, but Tim Southee rightly deserves to sit at the top of the pile when speaking of greats of Kiwi history in the game.

Ask 10 cricket followers on the street their thoughts on the wide-smiled seamer, and more than five will scoff at the mere mention of his name.

Despite his familiarity, impressive record and dedication to the sport, Southee is often the go-to man for criticism.

Yet his figures belittle those claims.

300 test wickets brought up at Bay Oval on Thursday – just the third New Zealand bowlers of all time to achieve it, and one of only about four dozen worldwide.

It’s impressive stuff.

In much a similar ilk to what people gush over the eloquence of a Kane Williamson slice through point, they should equally froth at the mouth over a Tim Southee delivery just outside off stump that moves past the batsmen edge.

When he’s delivering on a dime like that, he’s all-but

unplayable, and many of the game’s greatest to wield the willow have fallen foul to the deceptiveness of the delivery.

Sure, New Zealand’s green wickets and overcast skies lend themselves to that type of bowling, but you’ve still got to deliver on that promise every time you’re thrown to the ball.

Gone are the days where you can walk to your mark, turn around and deliver the ball as fast as you can.

It takes a bit of clever trickery, some forward-thinking and a willingness to allow five balls an over to be off the mark in the hope that the one remaining delivery is the one that lures a batsman into a false shot.

Southee does that well, and deserves his mantle at the top of the world’s seam bowlers.

What hasn’t helped the Southee image – but then on the other side of the coin has also been the perfect foil – is the combination with the left-handed Trent Boult.

Together, they’ve become a feared twosome who have ripped the heart out of some of the best batting line-ups in the world.

Where Boult shines is his ability to get one to move into and away.

That, added with his

left-handed nature, makes him a joy to watch.

Southee, on the other hand, is more of an honest toiler.

It doesn’t look as pretty – but it’s equally as effective.

It’s with the bat where Southee has probably seen his stocks plummet in the eyes of most.

Talented – good enough to have a first-class century, in fact – but underwhelming at the elite level due to his natural attitude, which is to attack.

At times it’s proved the winning of a match.

The bold approach to stand and deliver, often to cow corner, has provided the Black Caps with the 20-30 extra runs they’ve needed.

But because he began with an excellent innings on debut, he was automatically lauded as the next great all-rounder, and when he didn’t continue that vein of form there were many who were quick to write him off.

This week though, irrelevant of opinions – Southee deserves to be placed at the top of the heap.

New Zealand cricket has been blessed to have a player of his talent and stature and perhaps it won’t be until he’s retired that his efforts while wearing the silver fern will become truly appreciated by all.

CRICKET

SPORTS DRAWS

High praise for wounded Wagner

■■ Bowls

Rival captains Kane Williamson and Mohammad Rizwan have paid rich tribute to New Zealand quick Neil Wagner, who bowled with two broken toes to help the hosts take the honours in the tense opening cricket test against Pakistan.

Wagner played the last three days of the match with the broken toes, after being hit by a Shaheen Afridi yorker in New Zealand’s first innings at the Bay Oval.

The left-arm quick played through pain and went on to claim two second innings wickets, including of centurion Fawad Alam, as New Zealand prevailed with 4.3 overs remaining in the test.

“I just told Kane Williamson he’s mad,” Rizwan told reporters after their 101-run defeat at Mount Maunganui.

“I know New Zealand are very proud of him, he bowled so well with that attitude and aggression.”

Home captain Williamson also praised the “special effort from” team man Wagner.

“He was going off and having injections and numbing his foot and we were trying to use him when the injection was taking effect.

“It was kind of unique for all of us,” Williamson said.

“His appetite and motivation to be out there and try and make a difference for the team is huge and we haven’t seen it any bigger than the effort he’s put in across this test match.”

“It was a very, very special effort from Wags, one that the team appreciated.

“We needed him out there and he delivered.”

The win fetched New Zealand 60 points and they are third in the World Test Cham-

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With grateful thanks to our sponsors, Milestone Financial.

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SPORTS RESULTS

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pionship (WTC) standings – behind Australia (76.6) and India (72.2) – having earned 66.7 percentage points from their completed matches.

They will be seeking a second successive victory in the final test at Christchurch from January 3 to boost their chances of reaching the WTC final at Lord’s in June.

Neil Wagner celebrates capturing the vital wicket of Fawad Alam in the final afternoon of the first test against Pakistan.

December 27, Scores at 500 yards, TR, John Snowden 50.8, 50.5, 100.13, John Fleming 47.3, 45.4, 92.7, Brian Hawksby 46.3, 46.1, 92.4, Martin Fleming 42.2, 49.7, 91.9.

FTR, Brian Graystone 56.4, 54.2, 110.6, Coby Snowden 58.4, 51.1, 109.3.

FPR, Bob McDonald 55.1, 57.3, 112.4.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 2, 2021

OMAKAU

Historic race for Ricky Ricky May will return to Omakau to chase down a win like no other in harness racing history today.

The champion reinsman will be back at the same track he lay lifeless on a year ago to compete in the same race that came so close to being his last.

May has been desperate to get back to Omakau since his return to driving, after making a full recovery from the heart problem which saw him collapse during the running of last year’s Central Otago Cup. With the help of trainer Mark Jones the reinsman will not only get to fulfil that ambition.

When he drives Stylish Memphis in the 2021 running of the feature event he has a massive chance of completing a fairytale comeback never seen before in harness racing.

“I was desperate to come back,” May said.

“After last year, I didn’t want to leave things like that.”

“If we are able to win it, it would be pretty special.”

A capacity crowd was left stunned as they watched May’s nearly fatal medical event unfold last year.

Fellow drivers Ellie Barron and Lawrence McCormick rushed to May’s side, with Barron performing lifesaving CPR on the reinsman.

Today, May and Barron will drive against each other in races

across the Omakau card.

Off-duty nurses, doctors and paramedics who leapt the track’s outside fence were quickly at May’s side before emergency services arrived.

The reinsman’s wife Judy eventually met the star reinsman at Dunedin Hospital, where she waited for him to regain consciousness.

On May’s return to Omakau this year, she will be right at his side.

“We are actually going to make a bit of a trip out of it,” May said.

“I said to Judy bugger it, we will take the horses and stay down there.”

“We are going to stay at Cromwell and hopefully it will be a bit of fun.”

Those horses are Fraud and The Terrified, who will line up in maiden events on Saturday.

Mark Jones has the pressure on him to have Stylish Memphis cherry ripe for May’s incredible return to the Central Otago Cup. Like the hundreds of racegoers that will return to the track after last year, the trainer will be willing his driver on.

“It is good that Rick wants to come back,” Jones said.

“It is good for him, good for racing and good for everyone.”

what is set to be a momentous occasion.

“It has been pleasing she has been getting nice runs and hitting the line well at the finish,” Jones said.

“That is all that you can ask for and this race has been the aim and hopefully we will have her right on the day.”

Drawing inside both Henry Hubert, Classie Brigade and Vintage Cheddar also gives Jones additional confidence.

“She is probably as tough and fast as anything.”

“She is drawn handy and she has got gate speed so Ricky can do what he wants.”

“She is going to be pretty competitive.”

With a historic win to chase down, May will not be leaving anything to chance.

The reinsman who is known for his patience and brilliant timing plans to take the Central Otago Cup by the scruff of the neck.

“She has had good runs lately and now she is fit enough that she can have a hard run.”

“She has got great gate speed, so I will be able to fire her up and they can chase us.”

Stylish Memphis will need to be good to beat a small but select Central Otago Cup field.

And May will need to show the kind of skill that has won him seven New Zealand Cups.

Henry Hubert, Classie Brigade and Vintage Cheddar will put up stiff competition for his four-year-old.

With two runs under her belt after being freshened after New Zealand Cup Week, Jones thinks he has Stylish Memphis at her peak

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Ricky May

NEW YEAR HONOURS

Allpress honoured for services to racing Racing has been a great joy of star jockey Lisa Allpress’ life, so recognition in the New Year’s honour’s list, she says, is especially humbling.

Allpress has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the racing industry, an accolade she is immensely proud of.

“I’m really humbled by it,” the 45-year-old said.

“I’ve just had a long conversation with Mum and she’s so proud of me.

“It goes back to all that support, all the hours Mum and Dad put into me and my riding from a young age – and I’m just so grateful for my massive family support.

“These days my husband Karl and my boys Josh and Angus are my biggest supporters, but I’ve had the total support of our friends and so many people in the racing industry as well and that’s been instrumental in my success.”

Allpress is a four-time national premiership winner in New Zealand, riding 1628 winners in New Zealand, six at Group One level, but it has been her international success that has thrust her into the limelight so often.

She has matched up against the world’s premier riders in jurisdictions such as Hong Kong,

England, Japan and Singapore, competing in many international jockeys’ series, but for all her feats abroad, one in Saudi Arabia in 2020 may have topped them all.

In February, she became the first female rider to win a race there, not just against local riders but competing in an international challenge against several of the best riders in the world.

“Competing against Frankie Dettori and Ryan Moore and other world-class jockeys, to do that on that sort of stage was a dream come true,” Allpress said.

“I got my first taste riding internationally when I went to Macau as an apprentice.

“Representing New Zealand on any international stage is very special.

“When you get your name called out at those events saying you are representing New Zealand, every time you get the same chills.”

Allpress has been riding as a jockey since the 1995-96 season after signing on to an apprenticeship with then Waverley trainer Kevin Gray, who she regards as one of the main influences on her career.

She has mentored apprentice jockeys and has an active involvement with Riding for the Disabled.

Top jockey Lisa Allpress has been recognised in the New Year honours.

“I’ve loved doing that for people who don’t have the ability to do what I do.

“It’s not just about making them happy, but also seeing the interaction with the horses and them sharing the love for animals that I do.

“The horses love it too and they are so well cared for. I take great pleasure in that.”

Allpress has no plans to rest on her laurels, and had seven rides at Ellerslie yesterday as she searched for her next winner.

“I reflect on what I’ve done

and I take great pride in what I’ve achieved but I really feel like I’m not finished yet and that I’ve got more to offer.

“As a jockey you are always looking to the next big race or the next winner. I don’t even know if I’ve ridden my best horse yet.”

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing chief executive Bernard Saundry was delighted to see Allpress honoured.

“Lisa has had an outstanding career. She’s had a lifetime in racing and her contribution to racing has been immense,” he said.

“She has won races locally and internationally in the top echelon of competition.

“She’s had nearly 13,500 rides and won more than 1600 races in New Zealand alone. And she’s ridden with success all around the world.

“But for her to become the first female rider to win a race in Saudi in a male-dominated event attended by some of the best jockeys in the world really put her in the spotlight on a global scale.

“We’re just rapt that she’s been duly recognised for what she’s done for our sport.”

Also among those honoured was former Auckland Racing Club chairman Lyn Stevens, a top lawyer who was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Whatever the issue, at its very root, it’s as old as a people is. What’s been written about it? Look it up and you’ll find that the problem has been as well-addressed in the last decade as it was in the last millennium.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You feel like you’re just making up reasons to celebrate, and maybe you are, but if you don’t do this, when exactly will celebrations occur? Not nearly often enough.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Fear is not the enemy; it’s just a message that goes off when triggered, like a car alarm. Also like a car alarm, it often goes off for reasons other than it was designed for.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Your body has a deep, ancient and intuitive intelligence, which is separate from your mind. Your health gets better when you think less, listen to your body and give it what it needs.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The key to amassing friends who truly enrich your life is to be excellent at spotting the stranger or acquaintance who has great potential. First impressions are key.

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VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The way to win the competition will be to not compete. If you sense someone is trying to outdo you, give them the props they are looking for, and then take yourself out of the game.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Is it possible to be always at peace in a world that is not? If anyone can do it, you can. As you accept, bit by bit, the reality you’re living in, you see ways to work with what is in order to create what might be.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): They warn against burning bridges. What about just disappointing the bridge a little? It’s inevitable that a bridge will get a bit worn out by the crossing, and that’s the nature of the journey.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): To enjoy pleasurable moments and then let go makes for a happier experience, though it’s difficult to pull off. It’s only human to try to keep pleasure on the line, even though pleasure will always cut bait.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Reconsider your shopping cart before you buy. As scholar Roger Corless said, “Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body.”

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): As much as you’d like to be sure that committing to an action will bring the intended result, such assurances are not always on offer. Take the next step and see what happens.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Every decision has an obvious price and a payoff, as well as many effects that are not obvious. But you, being astute, will pick up on them and account for them accordingly.

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Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, Lifeline will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Toll-free: 0800 353 353.

Sunday. New Years Day 10am - 1pm Countdown Pharmacy, Ashburton South, 2 East Street, OMMUNITY ERVICES open from 9am - 8pm daily.

Art Gallery DUTY DOCTORS 327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

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Open daily: 10am – 4pm. the duty practice Saturday until 8am Sunday. To make an Emergency Dentist Ashburton Museum appointment call your regular GP. If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, 327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

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ELPLINE ERVICES duty practice for Monday until 8amTuesday. To make an EA Networks Centre - Pools appointment call your regular GP. Alcoholics Anonymous 20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) Please bring your Community Services Card. All non HOURS: Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

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ANIMAL SERVICES Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

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All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Veterinarians

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Jonathan Christian.

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2. Forms MUST be signed by an authorised representative of the organisation concerned.

3. A separate form MUST be submitted for each future event and may be lodged with the Guardian as far in advance as desired. For example: A club which meets monthly may submit, say, 12 separate forms simultaneously – one pertaining to each meeting scheduled over the following 12 months.

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Daily Diary SUNDAY, JANUARY 3 8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH. Combined morning worship at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Combined morning worship, led by Rev Eric Mattock, all welcome, Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

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MONDAY, JANUARY 4 10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 5 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am - 4pm

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6 9am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia

THURSDAY, JANUARY 7 10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY.

2021 ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH. Combined morning worship at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

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

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

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street, Methven.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

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DEATHS THORNLEY, Thomas Eric (Tom) – On December 29, 2020.

Peacefully at Tuarangi Home, Ashburton, aged 82 years. Dearly loved husband of the late Dorothy. Much loved father and father-in-law of Peter and Rolien (Auckland), Owen and Justine, the late Warren, and Hamish and Kathleen (Australia).

Loved and respected Grandad of Blake (China), Todd and Randi (USA), and great Granddad of Rori. Loved brother and brother-in-law of Doug and Jackie, and loved best mate of Judy. Messages to the Thornley family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton. Donations to Ashburton St John would be appreciated and may be left at the service. Special thanks to the staff of Tuarangi Home for their loving care of Tom. A service to celebrate Tom’s life will be held at Our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton on Tuesday January 5, commencing at 1.30pm.

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