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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, August 26, 2021

Celebrating our essential workers on the front line ...

‘Providing relief is what medical people do’ Malcolm Hopwood

PANDEMIC STARS Dr Anibal Martinez vividly remembers the day when a Covid-19 patient vomited all over him.

It was in rural Colorado in March 2020 before vaccines were available.

He was putting a tube into the patient’s trachea to help him breathe when he vomited.

Instead of being able to clean up and return home to his wife and three children, Dr Martinez went directly to a nearby hotel and stayed in isolation for a fortnight.

“I may have been infected and couldn’t go home so I had to isolate,” he said.

On his Colorado property he was used to catching rattle snakes with a loop on the end of a large pole and then transporting them to a wildlife reserve, but this was something more serious.

The patient died and Dr Martinez survived.

Today, as spokesman for Ashburton’s GPs and as one of our Covid Champions for going above and beyond, he reflected on the balancing act between being a frontline worker and staying safe from the virus.

During the Level 4 lockdown, Dr Martinez and other medical staff have been on duty as patients were treated.

He said they ranged from those with colds or sniffles to patients

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Dr Anibal Martinez takes time off at home.

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with emotional, mental or terminally ill conditions.

In between, there were people with injuries, lacerations to treat and stitch and wounds that required fresh bandages.

For patients requiring palliative care, Dr Martinez’s colleagues were required to wear PPE (protective, personal equipment) to go into a private home.

“That’s the risk of being a frontline medical worker,” he said.

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“Now we’re vaccinated, it’s better.

“We feel more at ease but it’s part of what we do. We have a sense of mission, a gratitude of being able to help others during the Covid-19 lockdown.

“Our essential service is to help ensure that Covid-19 is not transferred to local families.”

Dr Martinez has noticed a 30 per cent increase in people with emotional or mental issues.

“I’m encountering people with

a lot more anxieties. We try to help people navigate the uncertainties, the fear of the times,” he said.

“Sometimes depression has overwhelmed them and we work with them to avoid worse scenarios.”

Dr Martinez strongly recommends that people with anxiety, depression or alcohol related problems make contact with health professionals.

He said most counselling could be done through video or phone

calls and trained staff were on hand to receive the calls.

Alternatively, they could be referred to the Mental Health Crisis line.

His advice is self-care, sleep enough hours, exercise, going for walks, have a good, nutritious diet and call a family member to share concerns.

“We try and find things where we can share the positive people and influences in their life.

“Providing relief is part of what medical people do, he said.

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Grave fears if levels don’t drop Adam Burns There are grim concerns for Ashburton traders if lockdown levels do not lift by next week.

Retailers have endured a demanding period recently, highlighted by lockdowns and disruptions caused by a multi-million dollar overhaul of the CBD. Ashburton’s Retail Advisory Group spokesman, Bob McDonald, said it was now a high stakes situation for a lot of local businesses.

“I think you’ll see some businesses fail,” he said.

He urged the Government to begin to open things up in the South Island.

“By Monday, we need to be dropping down to three at the

least, or hopefully even two, so we can open things up and get trading again.

“They can’t keep holding us in full lockdown for 100 people with Covid and nothing in the South Island.

“That’s just ludicrous.”

There were 62 new community cases recorded yesterday, taking the total to 210.

With no confirmed cases in the South Island, McDonald said keeping the country in Level 4 lockdown was harsh.

“It’s pretty heavy-handed be-

cause there’s nothing in the South Island,” he said.

“It would’ve been nicer to be in three then you can open up and do a bit of contactless trading.

“In four, there’s nothing you can really do. People just don’t come into town.”

He also said it was a travesty that contractors could not push on with CBD work during lockdown.

All non-urgent building and construction work must come to a halt in Level 4.

“We can’t go into another Christmas with the roadworks the way they are,” McDonald said.

Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce chief executive Leeann Watson backed McDonald’s sentiments, saying many businesses needed greater certainty.

“I think the Government are being very cautious,” she said.

“But I do think it’s very important that we get a clear pathway as to when we’re likely to a reduced Alert Level and also what Level 3 looks like.

“Hopefully we see more businesses being able to operate in Level 3 based on what we learned in 2020.”

Ashburton wastewater samples sent for testing Adam Burns Testing samples for Covid-19 from Ashburton’s wastewater supply have been sent away for

analysis, but it’s not sure if or when results would be made available.

The Ministry of Health has requested sampling from wastewater treatment plants servicing areas from around the country with more than 10,000 people.

“It is assumed that because council is not paying for the testing, we may not be given the

results unless, of course, a test comes back positive,” Ashburton District Council infrastructure services group manager Neil McCann said.

An initial round of sampling was conducted at the Ashburton treatment plant over two days last week.

The process comprised of taking small portions of the waste-

water every hour for a full 24hour period. Samples were then delivered to The Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) on Friday.

Further sampling was conducted at the Ashburton site earlier this week and sent off to ESR on Tuesday.

Methven’s wastewater was also accessed for testing, but council

staff were unsure if it would be used because its plant is less than the serving population required, McCann said.

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NZTA approves $650k aid, but flood work on hold Adam Burns

More than half-a-million dollars of relief funding from central government for Mid Canterbury’s crippled roading network has been approved.

But major works to the flood-damaged roads have been suspended due to lockdown, with some essential road repairs – including work to a glaring pothole problem and the Ashburton Bridge – continuing on under Level 4.

The Ashburton District Council revealed that about $650,000 had been approved by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) for the May 30-31 flood event which caused an estimated $5 million worth of damage to the region’s roads.

However a further request of about $4 million to bring the roads back to an operative state was yet to be green-lighted.

The initial round of funding was for “immediate response work”.

“Major works have come to a halt since going to Alert Level 4 due to government-mandated restrictions,” infrastructure ser-

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A total of $650,000 has been approved to help fix Mid Canterbury’s flood-damaged roading network by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA).

PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN vices group manager Neil McCann said.

“However, some road works have continued during the lockdown including pothole repairs, grading, channel and intersection sweeping, and monitoring and making safe defects that compromise safety.”

The district’s roading network, which is rife with potholes, has been a major bone of contention among residents.

An Ashburton woman complained to council a fortnight ago after being involved in a car

crash on Beach Road which was alleged to have been caused by a pothole.

Ongoing repairs to the State Highway 1 bridge were also continuing through lockdown following recent overnight closure work to jack and repair the bridge’s pier.

A lift of the pier using hydraulic jacks to provide a level driving surface has been completed.

But further work was required to rebuild the connection to the pier with the bridge superstructure currently maintained on

temporary jacking supports.

“These works are critical and the risk of leaving the bridge in its current state should be avoided,” NZTA network manager Jessica McFarlane said.

“Contractors are following all COVID-19 health and safety protocols.”

Ashburton Police officers assisted in an incident where four vehicles were doing burnouts in Southbridge on Monday night. Police were called at around 11.40pm to a report of the vehicles doing burnouts on Knyvetts Road in Southbridge. An 18-year-old from Christchurch was apprehended after a short foot chase through some paddocks.

Then while being transported in the back of a patrol car to the Christchurch central police station, he allegedly headbutted an officer who was not driving.

Trespass breach Ashburton Police were alerted to a breach of the peace on Monday at 2.45pm on East Street. A report of someone breaching a trespass order in the CBD saw police attend with no further issues apart from the breach of peace.

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COVID-19 ALERT

All of NZ is staying at Alert Level 4 to stop Delta Thank you for doing your bit to help stamp out COVID-19. It’s still too early to know if the latest outbreak is fully contained, but we do know our best chance of beating Delta is to stop it spreading.

That’s why Alert Level 4 is being extended across the country.

We’re all staying at Alert Level 4 until at least 11.59pm Friday 27 August.

Auckland will remain in Alert Level 4 until at least 11.59pm Tuesday 31 August.

Why do we need to stay home?

Which public spaces are okay to visit?

The Delta variant is highly infectious and can spread from people simply walking past each other. We need to keep avoiding interacting with people beyond our bubble. Any movement should only be to exercise or access necessities like groceries and medical care, including testing and vaccinations.

You can visit places to access necessities like groceries and medicine.

Playgrounds are closed. Places where people may linger or struggle to maintain a 2-metre distance should be avoided.

When do I have to wear a face covering?

It’s recommended you wear a face covering whenever you leave home. This includes when exercising if it is difficult to stay at least 2 metres away from others.

If you’re aged 12 or over, you must wear a face covering when: • Accessing necessities at places like supermarkets, pharmacies and petrol stations • On public transport, flights, and at arrival and departure points, for example train stations and bus stops • In taxi or ride-share vehicles (both drivers and passengers).

Remember to respect those who can’t wear a face covering due to a health condition.

Is it okay to exercise?

Unless you’re isolating, you can go for a walk, run or bike ride.

Just remember to: • Stay close to home and go no further than your immediate neighbourhood • Only exercise alone or with people in your bubble • Keep at least 2 metres away from others • Avoid any exercise that could require emergency services if you got in trouble. Do your bit and wait until after lockdown to go surfing, tramping, boating or hiking.

What type of shopping can I do?

You can only shop for necessities like food or medicine. Remember: • Only one person from your household should go shopping • Wear a face covering • The Delta variant is highly infectious. Stay at least 2 metres away from others to slow the spread • If you can’t go shopping, consider delivery or having friends, family or neighbours drop supplies off at your door.

Why do I have to keep checking locations of interest?

Locations of interest are updated regularly, so keep checking back to make sure you have the latest information.

If you were at a location of interest at the time listed, isolate and call Healthline on 0800 358 5453 immediately about getting a test.

Members of your household must also isolate immediately.

No one can leave the house for exercise or necessities until you receive a negative test.

Where can I seek help if I’m feeling overwhelmed?

We know that staying in your bubble can be hard for some people.

If you feel you need help, it is available to you. For support with grief, anxiety, distress or mental wellbeing, you can call or text the ‘Need to talk?’ service on 1737. This is free and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It gives you the chance to talk with a trained counsellor.

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Staff respond to covid needs in community Ashburton District Council lifeguards and other staff have been redeployed during Alert Level 4 to help others in the community.

In this August lockdown, staff have been delivering prescription medicine on behalf of local pharmacies, cleaning at the Ashburton Hospital community-based assessment centre and helping manage traffic queues, doing extra cleaning of public toilets for essential workers on the main freight routes and preparing the EA Networks Centre indoor stadium so it can be used as a vaccination space.

Some staff redeployed are working for Civil Defence, which links with other agencies across Mid Canterbury to make sure people’s health and welfare needs are met in Alert Level 3 and 4.

New Zealand remains in Alert Level 4 until at least 11.59 pm Friday 27 August.

Strategy and Compliance Group Manager Jane Donaldson said Council would also remain part of the Civil Defence response at Alert Level 3, whenever that happened.

“Our team did similar work in last year’s four-week lockdown and we are pleased to be helping the community again.”

Staff from the EA Networks Centre are authorised by Civil Defence to deliver medication for the pharmacies. Patients are often elderly or unable to travel so staff were providing an essential service as well as a friendly face.

Open spaces staff have been on cleaning duty at the covid testing centre, working in full protective equipment to disinfect spaces after people have been assessed by medical staff.

Roading staff have also been helping manage traffic queues on Elizabeth Street as people wait.

Ms Donaldson said the Tinwald Medical Centre had asked to use the indoor stadium space at EA Networks for a large group of booked covid vaccinations and staff had prepared the venue for that work on Wednesday. “It’s an ideal space as it allows for good numbers and recommended social distancing.”

Top image: About to head out on a pharmacy delivery for Civil Defence are (from left) Chinatsu Hunt, Linn McGregor and Nora Alteweeg.

Open spaces’ cleaners had also been busy, making sure public toilets on main freight routes were cleaned more regularly and could be used safely by essential workers like truck drivers delivering goods around the South Island.

Left image: EA Networks Centre was used for a group vaccination on Wednesday.

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Life continues in covid wait-and-see Hang in there is the phrase of the week, as we wait to see if contacts of the Auckland Covid cluster develop into cases in the South Island.

We know that people move around the country a lot so we all need to hunker down and respect the lockdown so it will hopefully be as short as possible.

Thank you to those who have been doing their part.

Alert Level 4 means Council facilities are closed to the public, though we have staff working from home to keep essential services going.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said that all of New Zealand will remain at Alert Level 4 until at least 11.59 pm Friday 27 August and a decision will be made that day if some regions can be downgraded. Auckland will remain at Alert Level 4 until at least next Tuesday.

There are also new rules that require people to wear face masks or face coverings to supermarkets, dairies, and service stations for essential business.

It is also mandatory to sign in or use your covid tracer app when you visit.

Council services at Alert Level 3 and 4 are similar: Our customer service team is working

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from home and is set up to take calls and emails to assist you with your enquiries.

Council’s administration building on Baring Square West is closed, as is EA Networks Centre, Ashburton Public Library, the art gallery and museum, and community halls. All public playgrounds are closed and taped off, though public toilets on main freight routes are open for essential workers.

Council is aware that rates were due on 20 August. Given the office is closed, you are encouraged to pay online (ashburtondc.govt.nz) if possible though Council has decided to delay applying penalties for late rates because of the country’s move to Alert Level 4.

Our drinking water, stormwater, stockwater, and wastewater services are being delivered as normal. Roading maintenance and repairs to keep the roads safe will continue and under Alert Level 3, road rehabilitation and small capital projects can resume.

We will continue to pick up your red rubbish bin and yellow recycling bin from the kerbside as per your normal collection days. Unfortunately, glass recycling is suspended until further notice. We ask that you store your empties at home in the meantime. We will let you know when this changes or

Wastewater being tested for Covid-19

Ashburton District Council has begun collecting regular samples of its wastewater to be tested for Covid-19. when resource recovery parks are open again.

Regulatory services such as building and resource consents remain operational, however there will be no physical inspections.

Council will continue to meet remotely via Zoom, for any regularly scheduled meetings. Public meetings will be live-streamed on the Council’s YouTube Channel and Facebook Page.

The Council will continue to communicate about any potential change to our services or activities.

Follow our Facebook page (@ AshburtonDC), visit the Council website (ashburtondc.govt.nz), and sign up to our free text/SMS alert service (by texting your postcode to 4196) to stay informed.

Councillors said last week they were interested in joining other local authorities to test their wastewater, which would indicate if the virus – especially the highly transmissible Delta variant – was present in the Ashburton network. Samples are collected from the Wilkins Road treatment plant and sent to the Institute of Environmental Science and Research for analysis.

Ashburton District Mayor Neil Brown said the testing would provide some assurance of potential infection in the community.

Although the sensitivity of wastewater testing is not absolutely clear, it provides a tool in the kit to detect Covid-19.

“We expect to have the first results at the end of this week. At this stage, it is just the Ashburton town wastewater scheme, but smaller strategic schemes could be included.”

The Ministry of Health is currently testing wastewater from other councils around the country for covid. ashburtondc.govt.nz/news

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Potholes ... what we're doing about them Council is very conscious of the number of potholes being reported and we know there are definitely valid concerns at the moment.

Although it has been several weeks since the last major wet weather event, and almost two months since the one-in-200 year flooding event, the amount of rainfall during that period caused significant degradation to sections on some of the roads in the District, and now a number of potholes are starting to appear.

Council acknowledges the problem and shares the concerns residents have and are expressing to us.

Council’s commitment to road safety is paramount and high priority has been given to roading repairs in recent weeks, and this safety-focused work is continuing through alert level 4 as an essential service.

The current restrictions have allowed Council’s roading maintenance contractor

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to make good progress on repairs due to light traffic on roads. A downgrade in alert level three will also allow for additional crews to resume major works within government-mandated guidelines and requirements.

Other essential works currently in progress include grading, channel and intersection sweeping, and monitoring and making safe defects that compromise safety.

Residents are encouraged to help us fix the District roads by reporting potholes to Council, and other road-related damage, using the Snap Send Solve app. Using this app automatically sends a picture, a GPS location, and other details to Council when reporting an issue. This is extremely helpful in identifying areas of concern and also helps prioritise work.

KERBSIDE COLLECTION Rubbish (red bins) & recycling (yellow bins) will be collected as usual, but please note there will be NO glass recycling (green crate) during Alert Level 4.

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And remember, please take extra care around work in progress on our roads, and always drive to the road conditions.

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Ashburton Library wants to know how lockdown 2.0 is going for you and is running a competition to find the best stories – using words or art.

article, a poem.

Community Services Group Manager Steve Fabish said the Living in Lockdown competition was about finding ways for people to share their experiences.

Or a creative piece: A collage, a stop motion movie, a 3D model, a piece of art that reflects lockdown for you.

Heritage projects that have been funded in past years include the sexton’s cottage at Ashburton Cemetery and Ashford Village’s historic Mill House.

The sexton’s cottage was built in 1895 but fell into disrepair after no longer being used for keeping records. It was restored in 1998 and another recent upgrade by the Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club received $3715 from Council by way of a heritage grant.

A new oversize door was constructed and the whole building was painted and birdproofed.

Earthquake strengthening work and refurbishment at Mill House was another project to receive a heritage grant from Council. Mill House, built in 1912, remains the hub of Ashford Village and in commercial use.

The competition is open to all of the Ashburton District communities and to all ages. It will be judged under the following age groups: • 8 years and under • 9 - 12 years • 13 – 16 years • 17 years + (Adult category)

“It is open to all ages and there will be prizes in each of the four categories.”

Here are the ways you can share your story with us In a piece of writing: A short story, an

All entries will need to be submitted with your full name, title of piece, and a short description if your entry is not a piece of writing.

Submit your entries by email to library@ adc.govt.nz. Entries will be published to the Library's Facebook and Instagram pages.

Entries need to be submitted by 5 pm Friday 10 September 2021. Winners will be announced on Wednesday 15 September 2021.

Council is also accepting grant applications for community events, bio-diversity and Creative Communities projects.

Council administers funds on behalf of Creative New Zealand for a wide range of projects including craft/object art, literature, visual arts, dance, music, film, theatre and Maori and Pacific arts. Projects can also be in the form of an exhibition performance or workshop.

Applications open for all four categories will be accepted until 5pm, Wednesday 1st September 2021.

For further information see our grants and funding page, contact Council on 307 9646 or email grants@adc.govt.nz

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Prizes will be a $25 Whitcoulls gift voucher for the winner of each age category.

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RESOURCE RECOVERY PARKS All Resource Recovery Parks are closed to the public.

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Grants give Living In Lockdown helping hand - apply now Ashburton District Council is looking for heritage projects it can give a financial helping hand and individuals, groups or businesses are invited to submit heritage grant applications by Wednesday 1st September 2021.

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DOGS MUST BE ON A LEASH All dogs must be on a leash at all times when out in public, to prevent them interacting with another person or dog, breaking social distancing rules.

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UPCOMING MEETINGS Meetings are held in the Council Chambers, 137 Havelock Street, (unless otherwise advised).

Council meeting Wednesday 1 September, 1.00pm. (live-streamed) Methven Community Board Monday 6 September, 10.30am, Mt Hutt Memorial Hall Youth Council Wednesday 8 September, 4.00pm.

Council Activity Briefings Wednesday 22 September, 9.30am.

Audit & Risk Committee Wednesday 22 September, 1.30pm. (live-streamed) Ashburton Water Zone Committee Tuesday 28 September, 1.00pm.

Extraordinary Council meeting (Grove St Park disposal submission hearings and deliberations) Wednesday 29 September, 9.00am. (live-streamed) Council Agencies – 6 month reports Wednesday 29 September, 1.30pm.

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Cancer Society calls for double the effort Malcolm Hopwood

New Zealand needs to “double our efforts’’ to try and combat cancer in the country.

That’s the view of Cancer Society of New Zealand president, Ashburton’s Alister Argyle, who is in the first year of a three-year term as national president.

Argyle said statistics from the Government’s cancer control agency showed that cancer registrations in New Zealand had doubled since 1991 and was projected to double again within 20 years.

Argyle said the increase was due to a range of factors, including better diagnostic techniques,

President of the Cancer Society of New Zealand Alister Argyle.

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environmental factors and lifestyle options.

“New Zealand is at, or near the bottom, of comparable countries for many cancer outcomes and

our progress has been slower than others,” Argyle said.

“We need to double our efforts on cancer.’’

Argyle said the Cancer Society needed more funding to support the people in its care throughout the country.

The cancellation of Daffodil Day this Friday will affect fundraising this year as the annual street appeal typically raises about $1 million for those affected by cancer.

Instead, Cancer Society chief executive, Lucy Elwood, is urging supporters to donate and fundraise online. “The tag-line for our Daffodil Day campaign was “Cancer doesn’t stop, so we won’t either” and Elwood said “we are living truly those words right now – cancer doesn’t stop because of Covid.”

A further opportunity for Mid Canterbury people to contribute

financially Argyle said is Relay For Life, scheduled for October 16, at the Ashburton Domain.

“It also provides an opportunity to reflect on those who’ve succumbed to cancer and to celebrate those who’ve survived,” he said.

Cancer Society medical director, Dr Chris Jackson, backed Argyle’s call for more cancer urgency, saying with double the number of people being affected by the disease meant “we must double our fight”.

“We call on the Government to double the number of people eligible for bowel screening, double down on lung cancer screening, double the speed to reach smoke free 2025, double efforts on prevention through regulating alcohol advertising and implementing access restrictions and double the efforts to encourage healthy eating,” Jackson said.

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Performing arts

The Ashburton Society of Performing Arts vocal and instrumental competitions were planned for this weekend, but president, Deanna Watson, said they can only have proceeded if the lockdown is reduced to levels 1 or 2. This is the second year in a row the society’s competitions have been cancelled due to Covid-19.

Combined choirs The Mid Canterbury Choir’s SOUNZ GREAT concert has been delayed until next year. The event involving the Mid Canterbury Choir plus guest choirs and special guest artist, Ali Harper, was planned for September 12. Instead the choir will work towards its Christmas concert on December 9.

SeniorNet The SeniorNet Ashburton forum scheduled for today will be rescheduled. Forums for the following week may also be cancelled.

Geology series Ashburton U3A (University of the Third Age) has cancelled its three geology series on Tuesdays through to September 7. Its first planned event is with opera singer and teacher, Kathi Craig MNZM, later in the month.

Vintage cars The Vintage Car Club Show & Shine for Cancer that was cancelled on Sunday will be rescheduled for a later date.

Bird club The Ashburton Bird Cub’s annual bird and accessory sale on Saturday has now been postponed to September 18.

Swap meet The model train swap meet planned for Sunday in Tinwald has been cancelled.

Jesus Christ Variety Theatre Ashburton has made moves to reassure those who purchased tickets to the now-postponed show of Jesus Christ Superstar are kept well informed. Speaking publicly this week, the directing team of Roger Farr, Jo Castelow, and Julia Bell said it was with regret they had to postpone the show which was set to open next Monday. New dates for the show, if possible, are expected to be announced later this week. Tickets for the original dates will be able to be exchanged for the new dates, or refunds are available.

Snow White Three key people involved in St David’s 50th anniversary (from left) Audrey Edmondston, Rev Henry Mbambo and Peter Yates.

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50th anniversary will go ahead Malcolm Hopwood The 50th anniversary of St David’s Union Church in Allenton will go ahead but only when it’s

safe.

The anniversary was due to be held at the weekend but, with New Zealand going into lockdown, it’s been put on hold.

The minister of St David’s, Rev Henry Mbambo, said the anniversary of the consecration of the church building will definitely be held sometime this year when the country returns to

alert level 1.

Last week’s celebration was due to take the form of a potluck dinner on Saturday night when past ministers and members of the first parish council shared their memories.

Sunday’s service was scheduled to be led by Rev Kerry Enright, a former minister of St David’s, now based in Dunedin.

The planning also included an anniversary cake to be cut by an original parish councillor and one of the youngest members of the church.

Rev Mbambo acknowledged the complexity of bringing as many of the resources back to St David’s but said the milestone is an important event for the church and its people.

Methven Theatre Company’s production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has been postponed and is exploring new dates for the show, which was set to open on September 9. Early October is the proposed new time, but that will need to be confirmed with cast and crew availability, as well as the availability of the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall.

Correction A story in the August 14 weekend edition of the Guardian incorrectly stated the website for Paul Hands, a cancer survivor, who will attempt to walk for 12 hours during Ashburton’s Relay For Life.

His website is midcanterbury. relayforlife.org.nz/sidsaviours.

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Students on task during lockdown

Civil Defence messages sent out to thousands Malcolm Hopwood

Maddison Gourlay Innovative Rakaia School principal Mark Ellis isn’t letting lockdown stop his students from being connected.

Ellis is keeping in touch by taking videos of himself reading children’s books and uploading them to Facebook.

He uploads them to the Rakaia School Facebook page early at night for parents to show their children.

“An important note is that I do them all in one take,” Ellis said.

“I love to read with my grandson and he loves books and the stories we make up, so I wanted to share them with [Rakaia School] children.”

Ellis said he understands lockdown could be a hard time for parents, but the Ministry of Education seemed well set up with online resources, making the process slightly easier the second time round.

Ellis said he does feel like a conductor, checking in on staff and pupils. “And because I do not teach, I wanted to do something for the children.

“I think they are enjoying them,” Ellis said.

Rakaia School principal Mark Ellis while reading the book space walkies by Robert Dunn.

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Civil Defence messages have gone out to about 4400 people throughout Mid Canterbury.

The message, which contains critical information that people need to know in the event of an emergency, has been sent by Neighbourhood Support to people on its database.

The district’s Neighbourhood Support co-ordinator, Sue Abel, started the initiative this week and sent it to all names on a database supplied by her 310 street co-ordinators.

She said that, once she knew level 4 was being extended again, she launched the Get Ready Civil Defence emergency programme.

She’s also asked her street co-ordinators to keep watch in their area, contact people on their list and check anyone they haven’t seen or heard from.

It’s a trickle down programme and residents, in turn, when contacted by their co-ordinator, are asked to check on their neighbours.

Abel said she’s had a positive response so far with more

Neighbourhood Support co-ordinator, Sue Abel than 100 replies from individuals and street co-ordinators.

“To date we’ve had no calls from people in distress or who need welfare support however they may well go direct via the Civil Defence numbers listed,” she said.

Abel said that neighbourhood support is a police initiative and she usually works part of her day at Ashburton Police Station but, since level 4, she’s operating from an office at home.

“It’s taking a chunk of my time but it’s important to stay in touch with people in times of a lockdown such as ours,” she said.

Abel will continue to operate the programme until the government lifts the lockdown.

‘It’s a bit of fun’ – supermarket owner Maddison Gourlay Masks are mandatory when visiting essential services in alert level 4 and the Methven Supervalue are making that rule a bit more fun for its customers.

It all started when Meth-

ven Supervalue owner Kelly McDonald saw a customer wearing a cool mask and thought she should give them a prize for going above and beyond.

From there she started giving a chocolate fish to customers wearing cool masks.

“It’s a bit of fun and it’s a nice way to encourage good behaviour,” McDonald said.

The love your mask competition was a way to thank

Dani Brake won a chocolate fish for her Dr Seuss that reads “I will wear my mask here or there, I will socially distance everywhere.”

customers for following the rules and keeping the community safe she said.

“I want to look after my staff and make sure they are safe, because in turn it keeps the community safe”.

McDonald understands not everyone can wear a mask due to health issues, that is why Methven Supervalue like many other essential services in the district, is providing an online delivery.

Mount Hutt College’s Music Teacher Rhys Kingaby rocked a Thomas the Tank Engine mask.

Methven Resident Ben Lawson wore an interesting mask to Methven Supervalue.

10 YOUR PLACE TESTYOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s quiz 1: Kung Pao chicken is one of the quintessential dishes of what Chinese province and its cuisine? a) Cantonese b) Fujian c) Sichuan 2: Who played Carmela Soprano, Tony’s wife, on the Sopranos? a) Piper Perabo b) Edie Falco c) Drea de Matteo 3: What novel by Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez tells the story of the Buendia family? a) The Master and Margarita b) The Crying of Lot 49 c) One Hundred years of Solitude 4: What strait connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean? a) The Suez b) Strait of Gibraltar c) Strait of Magellan 5: What Kiwi features in Fleetwood Mac’s current lineup? a) Dave Dobbyn b) Tom Finn c) Neil Finn 6: What is the world’s largest currently living land carnivore? a) Black bear b) Polar bear c) Siberian tiger 7: Who is the sky father in Maori mythology? a) Ranginui b) Papatuanuku c) Makeatutara 8: Julie Andrews won her Best Actress Oscar for her role in what movie? a) The Sound of Music b) Victor/Victoria c) Mary Poppins

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Linken Tozer, 11, made a scooter ramp for the back yard at his house to keep himself occupied.

“Linken had the great idea to put it out the front gate so all the kids that walk past can have something to play on, since walking is the only thing we can do to get out of the house currently,” Linken’s mum, Catherine Tozer, said.

Due to Covid Level 4 restrictions, Linken and younger brother Oakley, 5, know they can’t go out and talk to people using their scooter ramp. “(But) we hope it gave a few kids something to smile about,” Tozer said.

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A perspective on life in lockdown

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ockdown. Delta. Vaccinations.

Locations of interest.

Try getting through a conversation on anything at the moment without mentioning one of those words.

It’s probably easier trying to get a straight answer out of the Government as to why our Covid vaccination rollout is one of the worst internationally and, in many ways, why we’re back in lockdown and scrambling to get everyone jabbed.

But seriously, how are we all feeling? What’s stood out for you so far as we park up in lockdown groundhog mode?

Here’s a few Covid thoughts from yours truly: • Life is naturally more important than wealth and economic standing but, in saying that, who else is concerned at the financial cost the lockdowns

Daryl Holden are causing to the country?

ASB’s chief economic, Nick Tuffley, says being in Level 4 lockdown costs the country $290 million a day. A day. So that means the damage, so far, is over two billion dollars. And expect that figure to continue to grow, even when we head to Level 3.

Level 2 is where you need to be, at the very least, and that seems a world away right now, especially for those trapped in Auckland.

• Wasn’t it great to see Dr Ashley Bloomfield finally get a first

vaccination jab the other day?

But who else wondered whether the nurse who gave the director-general of health his

• Will we, or Auckland especially, ever be in Level 1 again?

Remember, getting to Level 1 means everything is normal,

our Covid success, thus far, not really “ Isa result of the Government’s action, but more because of our remote location, being a tiny island in the Pacific?

dose was following best practice by not wearing gloves?

• Was it just me or did National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop look like he was almost salivating over the vaccine scandal story after it emerged some people may have been jabbed with saline – a salt water solution – instead of the actual vaccine?

whatever normal is. Big crowds.

Sport back on. Hospitality industry humming and events on again. All that sort of stuff.

• Is our Covid success, thus far, not really a result of the Government’s action, but more because of our remote location, being a tiny island in the Pacific surrounded by water where it should be easier to keep the

virus at bay?

• Who agrees with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison who likened staying on the elimination path, as New Zealand is, to living in a cave?

“Covid is a new different world. We need to get out there and live in it,’’ he said.

Or do you think it was a bit rich that Scomo, as he’s been dubbed, should be giving any sort of Covid advice, given the state of his country, especially New South Wales?

• And maybe it’s a very big thumb’s up to New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson, who rightly pointed out that the elimination strategy had given New Zealand one of the lowest mortality rates in the world. And, in the end, surely that’s all that matters. Right?

You tell me.

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Pothole pandemic spreads District’s roads labelled ‘terrible’ The Guardian’s story on Tuesday about Ashburton mother Olivia Reeves and her young son, who were lucky to escape injury after a crashing their car while avoiding a massive pothole, has resonated with the public.

The story reached just under 17,000 people and attracted more than 100 comments on the Guardian’s Facebook page, with many saying potholes were a major and dangerous issue in the district.

Here’s a selection of those comments, some of which are abridged.

Greg Copland: The roads in the Ashburton district are terrible. I travel these roads daily and have noticed a deterioration of these roads in the last 10 years. I’m surprised there has not been a serious accident or even a death!

Garry McEwen: Here in the UK we sue the council for the damage they cause to the car.

Pip McClintock: I damaged two rims and tyres a few years ago and one in Chch recently hitting potholes. Very hard to see on wet rainy back roads. Councils hold no responsibility as I have tried to make them pay for at least my excess.

Tony Cameron: The road between the Rangitata bridge and Mayfield, Scenic Route SH 72, is very bad, with many large potholes and sections of tar breaking up. You spend a lot of time ducking around them. Would hate to be on a motorbike up there!

Mike Tobin: My son-in-law is the roading engineer for the Ashburton council.

He gets flooded with complaints on a regular basis by people complaining about the road conditions in the area.

He has stated numerous times that he has to work within a limited budget, which means that he’s limited to what gets repaired and what doesn’t. And because there’s not a lot of money, the quality of repair is substandard as well. He gets very frustrated with the whole situation.

Darryl Healy: Seems it will take an accident with a death to fix a road like that unfortunately.

Rachelle McBain: So many dangerous roads around Ashburton. You have to use both sides of the roads to drive.

Kaye Tavendale: This (Olivia Reeves) is my daughter. She is a safe driver as I have been in a car many times with her. She is responsible as she has three young boys to think of. Unless you have been down Beach Road where this happened, then don’t be so quick to judge her. My daughter and grandson are very lucky it wasn’t a lot worse.

Steve Waters: We are told to have cars up to Warrant of Fitness standard, yet our roads are well below any standard for safe driving. The roads are the worst I’ve ever seen them. It’s like the people responsible have been in “lockdown” for ever really. Something needs to be done ASAP before there’s a fatality.

A nasty pothole on Beach Road led to a mother crashing her car.

Weight inclusive health care

Why you should be treated the same regardless of size

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he number of women who have been told by their practitioner that they need to lose weight first, as being overweight is the epicentre of their problems, is alarming.

Weight is only one out of about 50 markers determining your health, alongside genetics, the environment you live in, stress, movement, habits and so on.

The truth is that there is no evidence supporting that weight loss has a positive effect on our health, but there are many studies proving that intentional weight loss causes weight cycling that is far more dangerous to our body than extra pounds and negatively affects our mental health.

Vera Prazak HOLISTICALLY SPEAKING The question is if a person in a “normal” size body would be diagnosed with high blood pressure or diabetes would the first “advice” be to lose weight?

Yes, there is evidence that a bigger weight MAY in some cases have a harmful effect on our body, but there are other things to focus on to improve our health than going on a diet.

I personally know many women whose health is compromised

despite being in a smaller body.

What can you do to improve your health instead of focusing on intentional weight loss?

See how you can improve your diet by adding more nutritious food rather than restriction.

Move your body for enjoyment not to burn calories.

Focus on practising good selfcare: enough sleep and supporting your body through stress are equally important for good health.

And remember, you are entitled to receive weight inclusive health care and be treated the same way as people in smaller bodies.

Because your weight is only

one part of your health and your diet is never about the food, but about your relationship to it.

In my practice, I have met women who would rather not see a doctor when needed because they have been scared of being weighed and told they need to go on a diet.

That they rather suffered the consequences of their illness than face the humiliation of hearing what they have already known. This should never happen.

You deserve to be treated based on all aspects of your health.

And if your diet needs to be changed we need to look at your relationship to food, the trauma

supermarket The lad wiping my trolley when I park it The teachers who put together a pack With activities if the mums are a bit slack What about your own hard working staff Printing and delivering papers, don’t laugh!

I wait for the next issue, wonder who it’ll be?

I hope it’s someone who’ve been good to me In the meantime, I sit back and sip my chardonnay . . . . . . Purchased from the supermarket the other day.

Coby Snowden

Editor responds: Thank you for a lovely piece, which would have made many of our readers smile.

We certainly want to hear about all sorts of Covid Champions from our community, but especially about people going above and beyond and not necessarily because they’re paid to do it.

So if you know of any potential Covid Champion unsung heroes, then please get in touch with their name and contact information, and we’ll share their stories with our appreciative audience.

Email Covid Champions ideas to: editor@theguardian.co.nz

around eating and body image you might have been carrying with you for years rather than how to please others and fearing the moment when you will lose control and all the good you have done would be lost, again.

Vera Prazak is a holistic nutritionist and runs the growing Food Freedom for Women group on Facebook.

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

LETTERS Pothole/dodgems Anyone who wants to try this game only needs to drive either up or down Havelock Street from East Street to Chalmers Avenue.

It can be a very nerve-wracking but not entertaining exercise.

Elizabeth Ann McKay

Covid Champions Covid Champions, there sure are a few People helping people like me and you Working to ensure we’re well supplied With essentials during the Delta fight.

The Guardian highlights them, that’s nice But am I the only one finding the surprise That today’s hero is, shock horror, snigger The delivery lady for Liquorland?

I don’t doubt she is truly hard-working But let’s face it, there’s a sad issue lurking I will surely be shot down when I accuse Some folk cannot survive without booze Can we first thank those at petrol stations Or pharmacists, doctors and their relations The checkout operators at the

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Applecart: upset Steve Devereux

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few years ago, the Pakistanis ruled on the squash courts of the world.

Hashim Khan, Qamar Zaman, Jansher Khan – and the best of them all, Jahangir Khan.

Before they arrived en masse on the scene, Aussie Geoff Hunt was the undisputed king of the court, but after holding them at bay for a couple of years, it was all Pakistan, then narrowed down to all Jahangir.

How good? After he finally topped Hunt in 1981, he went on to win 555 consecutive matches. Not one slip, not one bad day. Ever. On his way to six World Opens, and ten consecutive British Opens.

One of his British Open victims was Kiwi star Ross Norman, who at the very top of his game, on the best day of his life, could only nab a single game off him.

But, every empire eventually crashes.

Just ask the Mayans, the Khmers, those Easter Island guys, the Aztecs, the British Empire, and next-up the USA. Who will follow China?

But we digress.

The Egyptians are now in control of the world’s squash courts, at last count they had six of the top seven spots in the world all wrapped up.

Almost total domination – except for a boy from . . . Greymouth.

Yes, our Greymouth, just over the hill.

Paul Coll is his name, and he does come from a sporting family, but that doesn’t get anywhere near accounting for the dizzy heights he’s got to in the squash world, a sport where a fitness level of ‘utterly superb’ is just a starting point.

Coll – along with compatriot Joelle King

– has been steadily climbing up the international ranks, and they are both firmly established in their top tens, which is a stunning achievement by itself; staying ahead of the competition in that game is a herculean task, in a sporting environment as cut-throat competitive as any on the planet.

But this week, Coll has done the seemingly impossible.

At the British Open, once the personal playground of Dame Susan Devoy (she won it eight times), Coll somehow kept Mohammed ElShorbagy (Egyptian, of course) quiet in the semi-final, a massive coup right there, but he went one step better, winning a desperately-gruelling four-set battle over Ali Farag (also Egyptian, and dual world champ) in the final, to go somewhere no Kiwi male player had ever been.

Coll and Farag happen to be good mates, going through the junior

Paul Coll in action

ranks together, but – until this week – Farag was always just a touch ahead on the court, as the lopsided 14-1 head-to-head count showed.

But, as in every sport, mateship goes out the window on the playing field, and there was no quarter asked for, or given, in the final clash.

The Kiwi No. 1 dug very deep into his legendary pit of supreme fitness (he’s not known as Superman for nothing), and even after dropping the first game, he came roaring back to take the next three, and cement forever his spot as one of this country’s greats on the squash court.

And that situation is something the game in this country needs so badly.

Like every other sport, the competition is intense to grab, and keep, the attention of the younger members of the sporting community.

Having a highly visible champion, especially one who is so media- and camera-friendly, is vitally important to raise the sport’s profile further in a sports-mad country, where anyone can do anything they want, and if they have the physical and mental fortitude, the road to international fame is right there in front of them.

Sure, they might have to spend a few years sleeping on mates’ couches anywhere in the world (sorta like, say, Paul Coll did) to do the hard graft necessary to climb the ladder, but the opportunity is there.

When squash had its big resurgence 40-odd years ago, and clubs sprang up everywhere, much of it was on the back of Devoy’s exploits at the top of the world squash tree.

The sport, nationally, must now grab the moment, run with it and use it to best advantage.

Paul Coll, the boy from Greymouth, has provided the touchpaper.

YOUR COMMENT

When did the colour of a uniform become so important?

Kayla W

All Whites, All Blacks, Black Sticks or even Black Ferns – you name it.

New Zealand sporting sides have long been associated with the colours black and white and carried monikers to attest to that association.

But news this week of New Zealand Football’s decision to contemplate a change in nickname for the men’s national side has created debate across the country.

On the Ashburton Guardian Facebook page, the discussion was almost unanimous that it’s a step too far.

Here are some of the abridged comments.

I can see how people get confused.

I mean they’re all out there in white shirts and yet the name is definitely based off their skin tone.

Randall A You’re pretty small minded if the first thing that comes to mind is it’s a race-based team when the team wears white.

Sure, New Zealand sport was not always a champion of diversity (I’m thinking of our attitude to the gleneagles agreement), but I’d like to think we’re well past that now.

Brian T Let’s just change the names of all sports teams, NZ Men’s Soccer Team, NZ Men’s Rugby Team, NZ Women’s Rugby Team, The Maori All Blacks NZ Indigenous Team sort all our problems out.

Catherine J Good, let’s change the name of our national soccer team, whose name has been picked specifically to be complementary with our national rugby team (who will also need a new name). So, the new team soccer team name will be “The All what-you-get-if-you-mix-allthe-colours-of-the-spectrum-exactlyequally” and the new rugby team name will be “The All the-absence-of-anycolours-at-all”. Personally, I think those names are not as catchy, and it’s gonna be annoying asking for paints at the

Doug M Aren’t they all whites because they wear white? Just like All Blacks wear black? Queensland reds wear...? NSW Blues wear...? Anymore? hardware store in future. But hey “PC” and “cultural inclusivity” are the words of the day, eh?

Joanne L Crazy, surely people can work out for

themselves that it’s a reference to the shirt colour, not a racist format.

Raymond W High time for the public to say “enough” to all this woke nonsense.

David S Well, if they do maybe New Zealand Sport needs to drop the name All Blacks. That is how ridiculous all this rubbish is.

Foster’s toughest hurdles

By Gregor Paul

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t has been hard not to admire and respect the quiet dignity with which All Blacks coach Ian Foster has gone about his business since being appointed after the last World Cup. He has faced extraordinary circumstances since coming into the role – the sort of intensely difficult challenges that would have broken a less resilient character. But Foster has found a way to keep himself and the All Blacks on an even keel and cope with the almost preposterous events.

The arrival of Covid was the veritable storm which changed everything. Their world was tipped upside down and shaken a few times last season, but expectations remained at normal levels, leaving Foster to face fierce and unjustified criticism for posting three wins, a draw and two defeats. In normal circumstances such a return would, unquestionably open the coaching team for scrutiny, but circumstances were not normal.

New Zealand Rugby’s board saw no reason to view the season through a Covid-impacted lens and rejected the rugby committee’s recommendation to extend Foster’s contract earlier this year. That left Foster in yet more uncharted territory, but he continued to put one foot after the other, unrelenting in his belief that by saying nothing and focusing everything he had on the team, he’d eventually get his just rewards.

What arguably tested Foster’s patience the most, was not Covid or his employer’s reticence to support him, but their eagerness to reward the man he had beaten to the All Blacks job, Scott Robertson.

On the Friday before New Zealand played Fiji, Robertson was leading the sports news, announcing that he had been given a three-year contract extension with the Crusaders, which came with a break clause should he land the All Blacks job. His extension was absolutely earned, but it was galling for Foster to be in the dark about his own future while NZR had provided certainty for Robertson. Who, if they had found themselves in the same position, would have felt they had the support of their employer at that point?

But Foster has channelled his energy into preparing his team and not once has he got caught up in the politics of his situation. His dignity has been a factor in winning the loyalty of his players. But really, what has brought Foster his contract extension and undeniable support from his players, is the trust and confidence he has generated with his coaching ability and rugby vision.

The players like how he wants them to play. They believe he’s got the right strategy, style and people around him to reach the summit of the world game and they know the onus is on them to show the same sort of resilience and control as their coach has since March last year.

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Racing codes prepare for a return to the track Ashburton to host first meeting back Matt Markham Mid Canterbury is potentially set to play a part in a return to racing across the country on Saturday.

In preparing for the likelihood of New Zealand, with the exception of Auckland, stepping into Alert Level 3 on Friday night, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing have scheduled a meeting at Ashburton for this weekend.

The Ashburton Racing Club was set to host its first meeting of the new racing season today, but as no horse racing can be conducted in Alert Level 4, it’s been shifted to Saturday, with a bumper 11 races programmed for the meeting.

More than 140 nominations were received for the meeting when they were released publicly yesterday morning – showing that despite the lockdown there’s a real thirst from trainers to get their horses back out on the track and racing.

It’s a repeat for the Ashburton Racing Club, who hosted one of the first meetings back from last year’s lockdown as well, and should prove a real coup for the club if the meeting does in fact go ahead.

Based on last year’s numbers, betting turnover from many of the initial race meetings post a lockdown were significantly higher than what they normally would have been in other circumstances, and with the likelihood of big fields being carded

The Ashburton Racing Club will host the first meeting in the South Island since lockdown on Saturday if Alert Levels drop to at least Alert Level 3.

PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN even more money is set to be invested.

Racing in Alert Level 3 comes with many restrictions, including a limit on who is allowed to attend the meeting and procedures that must be followed by those who do.

Yesterday it was announced, following on from a formal request by the New Zealand Jockeys’ Association, that all weights for jockeys will be raised by 1kg in flat races from the resumption

of racing until early in September.

Meanwhile, the harness racing code is also readying for a return this weekend, with three meetings scheduled in the South Island from Saturday through to Monday.

Winton are tentatively set to race on Saturday afternoon, dependent on alert levels, while a double-header will be held at Addington on Sunday and Monday.

Addington will run their Maurice Holmes Vase meeting – the first real step out of open class pacers for the season on Sunday afternoon, before the Rangiora Harness Racing Club runs their winter meeting, including the Rangiora Winter Cup, on Monday.

Good nominations have been received for both meetings, with a large number of Mid Canterbury-trained horses set to be engaged at both meetings.

Back on track What: Ashburton Racing

Club meeting When: Saturday, August 28 First meeting in the South Island since lockdown and racing was halted.

Only goes ahead if the South Island moves to Alert Level 3 on Friday.

CLUB NEWS Ashburton Electronic And Keyboard Club

Welcome to our visitors and Suzie’s family.

Our August club night was organised by the talented Suzie Early and her dad Brian Early.

Play in was Bev Lister on the keyboard.

Bev played lots of lovely tunes which we all enjoyed. Suzie’s programme was popular music through all ages (18802021). Also, she told us all about things that happened in each era.

Most interesting and a lot of preparation and time she put into the evening.

First up was our lovely Audrey and the Boys. Decade 1880-1899.

They told us they weren’t around in this era that they sang in! That caused a bit of a giggle.

They played “Sweet Violets”, “I’ve been working on the Railway”, “After the ball is over” and “Daisy”.

Well done team.

Next the Skiffle Group Decade 19901929. This is such a large talented group, playing all sorts of musical instruments.

They looked amazing in their outfits. Ian, your trousers were a real eye-catcher!

They played and sang nine tunes - “Until we meet Again” and “Cuddle up a little Closer” just to name a couple.

Bev Stevens shares quite a few jokes in between items. Don’t know where she got them, but they were so funny.

Next the Accordion Band Group Decade 1930-1949. We had nine playing the Accordion and Bernard on the Keyboard.

They played six tunes and they were great. Suzie dedicated the “Blue Skirts Waltz” and the “Kentucky Waltz” to her dad, Brian.

Nice one Suzie.

Next the Extended Keyboard Group Decade 1950-1969. The Rock n Roll era.

The keyboard is always a winner when the Ashburton club gets together.

There were five on the keyboard. Iris, Janet, Rose, Barbara and Michael played a solo. “I want to be your Teddy Bear” was just fabulous.

They were all playing on Yamaha Keyboard which must be the best!

Raffles were drawn, the winners were: Rose Stead, Helen Mills, Ann Allott, Iain Tuanui, Shirley Millar, Lynette Crone, Peter Thomas, Ian Smith, Lyn Peterson and Bev Stevens.

Congratulations to you all.

Next up were the Ukestars Band Group Decade 1970-1989. Easy listening and country music. It consisted of five gals and two guys in their fancy hats and dresses. They played some well known songs, “Beautiful Sunday”, “Rock a Billy like me” and more.

Suzie introduced her last item. A beautiful Samoan girl with an amazing voice, Revival Tuvale.

She writes her own songs as well.

First song she sang was “Some day I will be with you”, a gospel song “I want to know how it feels”. The words were amazing in this one.

The last song “Look at us”. This was my favourite.

The words were just beautiful.

Suzie wanted special thanks to go to Iris and Irene for supporting her.

Suzie has a paper fan as she was hot and uptight, but truly Suzie you had such a fantastic programme.

It was enjoyed by our members and her family.

Our next club night is September 20 at

7pm at the Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

All are welcome.

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President Ken welcomed 68 members and two visitors to the meeting and received 10 apologies.

The club then stood for a moments silence in respect for the deaths of two members (Owen Everest and Jim Small) and also the youths killed in the tragic car accident in Washdyke recently.

Two new members were inducted by President Ken, Ron Winchester, introduced by Derick Prebble, and Kevin Walker, introduced by Graeme Neale.

Our mini speaker was Merv Green, who

spoke about his childhood and working life. After leaving school at 15 he worked between three jobs. Potato harvesting, freezing works and brown top harvesting round the foothills.

In 1970 he and a couple of friends went pineapple picking and working in a sugar mill in Australia, but came back to his job at the freezing works. He did this again the next year, but took up fencing the following years in the off season until demand led him to go fencing full time. With farmers turning to deer farming then dairying and irrigation, Merv had continuous work, and never had a bad debt.

His wife and he took in two AFS students from Thailand and Brazil and travelled to their countries when the graduated.

Merv is a Past Master of the Masonic Lodge, and is still an active member.

Our main speaker, introduced by Carl Ruddenklau, was features editor, Malcolm Hopwood whose topic was “People I’ve Met Who Don’t Remember Me”.

At the age of 10 Malcolm remembered Walter Nash, who said “Hello” to him.

Others included The Archbishop of Canterbury, Cliff Richard, Sir Peter Blake, Sir Brian Elwood, The infamous Ron Jorgenson, Dame Patsy Reedy, Sir Michael Jones and Prince Andrew.

Some politicians included Sir Keith Holyoake, Norman Kirk, Sir Robert Muldoon, David Lange, Jenny Shipley, Jim Bolger, Helen Clark, John Key (who remembered him) and just lately Jacinda Ardern. To close he spoke about an interview (that was published) with chess player Roy Keeling. Roy said it had taken him 86 years to become the centrefold of the Ashburton Guardian.

Malcolm was presented with a fruit tray and thanked by Clayton Howard.

The meeting was closed with the singing of the National Anthem.

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Rep fixtures remain top rugby priority Matt Markham Work is being undertaken to ensure that when rugby does return to the paddocks, a full season of representative rugby will be played.

New Zealand Rugby announced yesterday that for the second week running all national and community rugby would be halted this coming weekend, with the major local impact of that decision again the Mid Canterbury Heartland side who were set to play Poverty Bay at the Ashburton Showgrounds.

In a statement, NZR general manager of Community Rugby, Steve Lancaster, said that cancelling rugby for the weekend again was the only reasonable option, given the circumstances.

“It’s disappointing once again to have to keep our participants on the sidelines, but it’s the right thing to do under the circumstances,” he said.

“Although some parts of the country may be in a position to play on Saturday, teams would not have been able to train for two weeks, which potentially creates player welfare issues.

“Clubs and schools would

Rugby confirms move to All national and community Q’land rugby halted for another week

Rugby bosses are working hard behind the scenes to ensure that the majority of representative fixtures scheduled for this season are played post the Covid lockdown. not have adequate time from midnight Friday to prepare to host games within government guidelines, so we will wait another week and hopefully rugby play its part in helping the country stamp out this outbreak.”

From a Mid Canterbury perspective, MCRFU boss, Ian Pat-

terson said the union was in a bit of a holding pattern, but plenty of work was being done in the background to try and ensure that some form of representative rugby is played this year.

“It’s one of those things, you can’t really do a lot until you get a bit more certainty around

alert levels,” Patterson said.

“We can only take on the advice of New Zealand Rugby, but there are a lot of factors at play here that make up the overall picture too.

“NZR has signed up to be a part of Sport New Zealand’s new scheme in ensuring that all sports get their moment in the sun and the longer we go on the longer we cut into the summer sports schedule.

“So, there’s all that to think about when making decisions.”

After the initial lockdown last week, noises were made about shifting matches of the Heartland Championship that were lost to Covid to the other end of the season – but the more weeks that stacked up, the harder that would become.

Mid Canterbury’s next scheduled match at this stage would be on Saturday, September 4 against South Canterbury in Timaru.

Initially the match was to be played at Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch as part of a festival of rugby, but a decision was made last week to release those games back to the unions.

NETBALL

Playing the waiting game Matt Markham There’s a real concerted effort to get the remainder of the local season completed, but Mid Canterbury Netball have also acknowledged they are in a race against time to make it happen.

With no netball allowed on the courts until Alert Level 2, there’s been some serious conversations being held behind closed doors this week, and on Monday night an email was sent to all clubs to outline an exit plan to get the current season completed, should the situation allow.

As it stands, the best-case scenario will see the Premier competition – which involves 17 teams across three divisions on Thursday nights – hold semi-final nights on Thursday, September 2 and then finals on September 9 – but that comes with a caution, according to Mid Canterbury Netball’s centre manager, Erin Tasker.

“The September 9 date, that’s about as late as we can go,” she said.

Dates have been tentatively set for the completion of the Mid Canterbury Netball premier competitions, but they are subject to alert levels.

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“Anything after that and it’s unlikely we will be able to complete the season.

“But for now, we have a plan in place and it’s now just a case of hoping that we get down in the alert levels to make it happen.”

A number of factors are in play and ultimately working against Mid Canterbury Netball through this process, and player welfare is right at the top of their importance list.

“You can’t really expect these players to just get straight back onto the court and play netball to the level of a semi-final; there needs to be an element of preparation done before you play a game.

“Our Netball Development Officer, Natalie Corbett, is preparing some videos which will be shared through all our channels, based on the Netball Smart programme, to help players get back up to speed, and we’ll be

releasing them as soon as we can.”

Tasker said no firm decisions would be made until all the information around alert levels were announced later this week, but there was hope that the plan that had been put in place would be able to happen.

It is believed there hasn’t been a season in Mid Canterbury Netball where finals have been unable to be played.

While the Premier season hangs in the balance, it’s full steam ahead, at this stage, for the popular Fast 5 competition, which is due to begin in September.

Registrations are still being taken for the competition, but like everything else it will be subject to the region being in the correct alert level for it to take place.

“We’re still all go there hopefully, but again it’s a bit of a sit and wait situation, where we need to see what unfolds before we confirm things 100 per cent.”

What happens to the Year 1-2 Future Ferns programme, which began just before lockdown and involves around 70 young aspiring netball players around the region, is also in a holding pattern for now.

The Rugby Championship competition involving the All Blacks, Wallabies, Springbok and Pumas will be played in Queensland although the Bledisloe Cup test in Perth will still be played there, but probably a week later than scheduled.

Competition organisers Sanzaar have confirmed the schedule changes which have been brought about by the ongoing impact of the pandemic.

Eight matches of the tournament will now be played in Queensland after Sanzaar and the national unions were able to agree to suitable travel, accommodation and quarantine arrangements.

The outstanding second-round match, between the All Blacks and the Wallabies which was due to be played in Perth this weekend will still be played in WA – but Sanzaar is yet to confirm the date.

This means there will be no matches played in Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra, Auckland and Dunedin as previously scheduled.

“We thought last year was tough when we had to implement a Tri-nations tournament in Australia with South Africa absent due to the pandemic, but the current disruption caused by the ‘delta variant’ of Covid-19 has seen government authorities tighten up border bio-security measures substantially,” Sanzaar chief executive Brendan Morris said.

He confirmed they had looked at several options, including moving the tournament to South Africa and Europe.

The matches played in Queensland will be double headers and quarantine costs will be met by Sanzaar.

Queensland Sport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said that the games “will take place under non-negotiable Covid-safe conditions for the safety of all players and spectators.”

The games will be played in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Townsville.

Match Schedule Round 2

TBC: Australia v New Zealand: Optus Stadium, Perth.

Round 3

Sunday 12 September: New Zealand v Argentina: CBUS Super Stadium, Gold Coast Sunday 12 September: South Africa v Australia: CBUS Super Stadium, Gold Coast

Round 4

Saturday 18 September: Argentina v New Zealand: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Saturday 18 September: Australia v South Africa: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Round 5

Sat 25 September: New Zealand v South Africa: QLD Country Bank Stadium, Townsville Sat 25 September: Australia v Argentina: QLD Country Bank Stadium, Townsville

Round 6

Sat 2 October: South Africa v New Zealand: CBUS Super Stadium, Gold Coast Sat 2 October: Argentina v Australia: CBUS Super Stadium, Gold Coast * All kick-off times and match order to be confirmed ** Also Third Bledisloe Cup match – Date to be confirmed

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How many words of three or more Good 12 Very Good 15 Excellent 19 letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

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Down 1. Small compartments in a larger structure (5) 2. Clear of blame (7) 3. Move along slowly (4) 4. Series of hills (8,5) 5. Tramps (5) 6. Extreme happiness (7) 7. Numbered or based on ten (7) 12. Assortment (7) 13. Superior skill (7) 14. Obstructs (7) 15. Inebriated (5) 17. Gave way, yielded (5) 19. Partly (4)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Since body language accounts for the majority of all communication, it only makes sense to prioritise physical education and to learn and experiment with movement in the same way you grow and update vocabulary.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You can and will get over a fear. You will prevail because you’re willing to put in the time, make mistakes and ride with the ups and downs of an awkward process.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Resistance takes many forms.

It can come on as tiredness or arrogance, anxiety or apathy. Recognise its basis in fear and decide to be brave and move through it, not letting it stop you from what you want.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You acknowledge the traits of others without judging them, and this makes you an extremely desirable friend to have.

The real progress comes when you point the same nonjudgmental spirit inwardly.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You may start intending to be cool and laissez-faire, but, of course, once you see an opportunity to guide the situation in a direction you deem best for all you can’t help but be very much in the mess of it.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): If you needed permission to be keenly aware of the best within you and even to celebrate it openly, cut out this horoscope, sign it and give it to yourself while boarding the bus of self-appreciation.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Your main contract is with yourself. It plays out with other people, and you wouldn’t be able to learn without them.

But at the end of the day, and for every hour within, you’re the one you get to live.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Small events throughout the day move your mood up and down the scale of 1-10; it’s a crude measurement to be sure, but you need art, not math, to account for the colours and depths.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): There’s a wave of growth in your area of recent concentration. Because a focus is so natural and instinctive for you, you don’t even consider this a learning progress, and it’s free of growing pains.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You favour certain people and relationships. If the value of a relationship were strictly calculated on the improvements reflected in you because you participated, it would be an entirely different list.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You are compelled to expand your horizons but not by singing optimistic songs dancing toward the sun. Go toward the sun, but stay aware and curious about the shadow that walks with you.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’re trying to keep it easy breezy and what happens? Someone comes at you with an intensity that slows the process but also grounds it in some realities that need to be dealt with sooner or later.

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Ashburton Weather

Thursday: Fine, with increasing high cloud.

Northerlies.

Midnight Thursday

Canterbury Plains

MAX

18 MIN 6

Thursday: Fine, with increasing high cloud. A few spots of late rain possible. Northerlies.

Friday: Cloudy, with scattered rain. Southerlies, dying out in the evening.

Saturday: Cloudy, with scattered rain. Northeasterlies developing.

A ridge persists over much of the North Island today, while a slow-moving front lingers near Stewart Island.

An active front, associated with a large low over the Tasman Sea, moves over the country from Friday through to Sunday. A cold front moves up the South Island during Sunday.

Around The Region Thursday

Friday

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Friday: Cloudy, with scattered rain.

Southerlies.

MAX

Canterbury High Country

11 MIN 5

Thursday Mountain weather hazards: Snow, Wind, Wind Chill.

Rain about the divide, falling as snow to 1800m.

Mainly fine elsewhere, with increasing high cloud.

Wind at 1000m: NW gale 75 km/h, easing to N 40 km/h at night.

Wind at 2000m: NW gale 65 km/h.

Freezing level: Rising to 2200m.

Friday Mountain weather hazards: Snow, Wind Chill.

Scattered rain with snow possible to 1400m for a time in the south.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: NW 30 km/h, becoming light by evening.

Freezing level: About 2000m, lowering to 1600m in the south for a time.

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Saturday: Cloudy, with scattered rain.

Northeasterlies developing.

MAX

Readings to 4pm Wednesday Temp °C Maximum Minimum Grass min 24hr Rain mm Month to date Wind km/h Strongest gust Sun hrs on Tue Month to date

Ashburton Airport 20.2 5.7 0.2 0.0 41.2 NW 46 2:14pm 9.4 134.9

Methven 16.8 11.8 – – – – – – –

Christchurch Timaru Airport Airport 20.4 21.4 3.8 2.7 -2.6 – 0.0 0.0 73.0 26.6 W 37 W 33 1:33pm 3:47pm 9.7 – 127.5 –

Tides, Sun and Moon Thursday

10 MIN 4

Friday

Saturday

Ashburton H 6:19am 6:40pm 7:08am 7:28pm 7:59am 8:19pm Mouth L 12:08am 12:29pm 12:54am 1:16pm 1:42am 2:03pm Rakaia Mouth Rangitata Mouth

H 6:25am 6:45pm 7:14am 7:33pm 8:01am L 12:12am 12:32pm 12:59am 1:18pm 1:45am H 6:03am 6:24pm 6:52am 7:12pm 7:43am L 12:13pm 12:38am 1:00pm 1:26am

8:21pm 2:06pm 8:03pm 1:47pm

7:09am 6:01pm 7:08am 6:02pm 7:06am 6:03pm 9:52pm 9:07am 10:55pm 9:28am 11:59pm 9:49am

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, August 26, 2021

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FinalWhistle The Guardian’s sport wrap

calling time on a week of sport

Ashburton gallops first-up meeting

Rugby’s priority P16

Racing return

A waiting game

The Ashburton Racing Club is set to hold the first South Island race meeting since lockdown on Saturday if the rest of New Zealand moves to Alert Level 3 on Friday night.

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