New Murder Probe

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Life’s a beach FULL STORY P3 P4 New murder probe

By Matt Markham formation available to them and going Kirsty grew up in. [email protected] that step further as well to ensure they Also, along with Detective Inspec- A new investigation into the unsolved gained as bigger picture as possible for tor, Greg Murton, who was handed the murder of Ashburton teenager Kirsty the investigation. Bentley file in 2014, they walked the Bentley in 1998 has revealed new de- “The problem with the Kirsty Bentley same track Bentley had near the Ash- tails and information around one of case is that it’s been pretty well raked burton River and visited the site in the New Zealand’s most prolific cold case over, so finding that point of difference Rakaia Gorge where her body was dis- murders. was always going to be the key for us,” covered two weeks after she went miss- Released on news website Stuff at the Ensor told the Guardian yesterday. ing. weekend, the investigation, dubbed “We spent a fair amount of time in- “That was really important for us, to Killer Blow, was undertaken by Fairfax itially just going over all the Fairfax be down in Ashburton and seeing such investigative journalists Blair Ensor and news stories on the case and from that significant areas in the case in real life Martin van Beynen and was the result we felt like we had enough information and not trying to do it all from the com- of months of interviews, research and for a really strong story, but we wanted fort of the office in Christchurch. Newcomers’ in depth analysis of a case which has more.” “We needed to be there to get a better perplexed a district, and in so many The pair conducted multiple trips picture of these places.” ways a country for more than two dec- to Ashburton and spent many hours ades. walking the streets and talking to locals Network Beginning late last year, the pair set on properties around South Street and CONTINUED P2 P8 to work scouring over every piece of in- Chalmers Ave, near the house which Local news for local people Mid Canterbury’s only locally-owned daily newspaper

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■■KIRSTY BENTLEY COLD CASE New investigation into cold case

From P1 gation into the then 24-year long murder case Like so many investigations before them, the of pregnant 21-year-old mother Angela Black- pair naturally found their attention gravitating moore. Ensor’s work grew in prominence re- towards Bentley’s father, Sid and her brother cently when Jeremy Powell was arrested for the John who were the subject intense police inves- murder following the investigation which un- tigation. veiled new information and led police to offer a Gaining further information than has been $100,000 reward for further information. made public before on the movements of the A tip-off to detectives led to Powell becoming pair during the early hours of the search for a suspect and then ultimately being arrested 24 Kirsty and further detail on the changes to Sid’s years after Blackmoore’s death. story from what he initially told Police was a key “After the Reynolds and Blackmoore investiga- find in their search for further information. tions, Kirsty Bentley was a natural progression “It was a whole heap of little things, maybe not for us.” really obvious stuff when you first glance over it, So, after months of poring over information but little bits of information that when all pieced and finding and releasing new details to the together make a slightly bigger picture. public, does Ensor believed the murder of Kirsty “Things like the scrunchy on Kirsty’s hand, Bentley back in 1998 will ever be solved? further information about Sid and John’s move- Best answer is that’s he’s keeping his cards ments that night during the search and even im- close to his chest. ages of the dog being tied to the tree. “Kirsty’s case is not as simple as say the Black- “Seeing the dog, as it was found by police is moore or the Reynolds cases, there’s very little hugely important as it really paints the picture.” evidence for a start, especially nothing definitive. The investigation also speaks with a number of “A lot of the police investigation focused on friends of Kirsty and reveals further sightings of Sid and John and if you talk to Greg Williams her in the hours leading up to her disappearance. who was the former head of the case you get the Killer Blow wasn’t a new venture for Ensor and picture that he’s pretty confident they were in- van Beynen either. volved. Van Beynen produced the hugely successful “John’s the only one with the answers to that podcast Black Hands – a 10-part series about possibility now. the Bain family murders while the pair worked “If it’s stranger abduction, then it’s only going collaboratively on Heavy Metal, an investigation to take that one little piece of information to put into the death of Christchurch scrap metal deal- them on the right track. er, John Reynolds. “There’s always hope.” Ensor also produced Dark Secret, an investi- Killer Blow can be found at www.stuff.co.nz Kirsty Bentley

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■■HAPPY BIRTHDAY In brief Man arrested A man who filmed himself coughing and sneezing on Siren celebrates in lockdown supermarket shoppers in Christchurch has been arrested and charged. A police spokesman By Jaime Pitt-MacKay said a 38-year-old man was [email protected] arrested in Christchurch on It is a bonus to have a pet to hang out with Saturday after he was seen on during lockdown, and one special pet cel- video online coughing at people in ebrated an important birthday recently. a supermarket. “The man has been Just over six years ago the Lill family’s charged with endangering life by cat Siren came to them in special circum- criminal nuisance and obstruction stances. of a medical officer of health.” He Firefighters were called to extinguish a is due to appear at Christchurch fire on a late March morning, in a 25-me- District Court today. - NZME tre section of hedge on a Highbank Cairn- brae Road property. The hedge was fully Police in isolation involved in flames, and firefighters had to spend about an hour at the scene. Hundreds of New Zealand’s One of the members, Gavin Lill, said he police – about 5 per cent of noticed a small creature following anoth- the organisation – are in self- er firefighter out of the scene, and initially isolation. The Police Association thought it was a hedgehog. has reported that there are 664 “He was kicking around in the grass, I sworn and non-sworn staff off picked him up. His whiskers were singed work. Of that number 381 are front off,” he said at the time. line staff and 283 are non-sworn. The orphaned kitten was obvious- Association president Chris Cahill ly feral and “pretty hissy”. He also had a said they had managed to move a bit of a “gammy leg” leading to a slow- lot of staff around, so overall it had er-than-usual walk. not affected services. - NZME He tucked him away in the pocket of his jacket and took him home. Lotto results A Facebook poll fittingly named him Siren, although he is now more known as Official Lotto results for draw ‘big cat’ having grown quite a lot from the number 1948 drawn on Saturday. small singed cat that first arrived at their Winning numbers (in ascending home. order): 6, 10, 11, 13, 20, 30. Bonus number: 31. Right - Siren the cat celebrating his Powerball winning number: 2. sixth birthday. Strike: 20, 10, 6, 11. ■■ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL Private Sale Ashburton council staff 25 Hanrahan Street Allenton Ashburton adapt to requirements

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4 Ashburton Guardian Monday, April 6, 2020 www.guardianonline.co.nz Life’s a beach for Murray When you’ve spent more than half a century in one industry, leaving’s always a wrench but Murray Beach tells reporter Sue Newman that he’s not retiring, he’s simply becoming a fulltime fisherman and golfer.

here’s not much Murray Murray counts himself lucky to what the industry is today, with Beach doesn’t know about have landed a job on the bag- its shifts.” Tlife as a meat worker. ging chain. It was contract work It was the first company to run He’s just wrapped up 54 years and that meant the harder you its chains 24 hours a day. in the industry and reckons he’s worked the more you got paid. It’s The company might eventu- seen it all – the good, the bad and work he stuck with for most of his ally have collapsed, but Murray the most often, enjoyable. career. believes boss Graham Thompson With his 74th birthday done and “There were eight of us baggies was a good man and a good bloke dusted, he’s opted for a retirement on contract doing about 1200 to work for. bookended by golf and fishing. a day each. Over the years it “He just got greedy.” Covid-19, however, has meant changed a bit and for different When the company collapsed, packing up and hitting the road markets you had to put up to Murray became part of the new has had to be put on hold. three bags on – at an increased workforce at CMP and later at Murray’s philosophical. The fish rate of course,” he said. ANZCO. will still be there and so will the Looking back, Murray said, he The workplace was very dif- golf courses. For now he’s happy realises how tough the working ferent under both owners, more to catch up on jobs around home conditions were for baggies. corporate and a different culture, and spending uninterrupted time “We were bagging in minus with “harder men” at the top, he with wife Brenda who has also 20 to 25°C. It was bloody cold. said. called time on the workforce. When you’re in that blast freezer He’s seen strike action at both Murray spent a year after leav- you’re standing on ice, 8-9 inches plants, recalling one at Fairton ing school, as many of his school thick and we’d go in for a while that involved all meat plants na- mates did, working at transport and come out so our hands could tionally, and another at Fortex company Burnetts Motors, but warm up again.” that ran for many days. when an opportunity came up to He looks back at those Fairton “I’ve always been a union man join the Fairton freezing works years and compares meat plants but we’d never have needed un- workforce he grabbed it. today to those of the past, and ions if everyone was fair,” he said. Back then jobs at Fairton were says there’s light years of differ- He reckons the Kiwi workplace jobs for life. The pay was good ence. is going back to where it was be- and while the season was relative- “And the values were different fore the days of unions, when the ly short, the company took on the then too. Then we looked up to a boss got richer and the workers challenge of helping its staff find lot of the people we worked with. stayed the same. off-season jobs. They’d come back from the war. When he looks at the moth- He recalls working on the Those guys were very good to us balled Fairton, Murray said he has removal of the Rakaia to Methven young fellows and we learned a sense of loss. railway line, at the woollen mills a lot from them. I miss a lot of “That plant served the district and on forestry projects when the those people,” he said. for 125 years and a lot of families killing season ended. The years ticked by and the For- went through the Fairton system. “It gave you a wee break away tex Seafield plant opened. Murray When my dad retired, I even got It’s not all about the meat, there’s always vegetables too. because, when you’re fulltime at decided to take a chance on a job him a job out there for five years.” PHOTO SUPPLIED the meat works it becomes a real at the new place. And while he In its hey day Fairton had a grind.” worked in the bagging area there, boarding house for workers and Given that some of the plant as me, gone down the same path, In his early years he did a he also had the opportunity to it had a sports complex. In many is very old, it’s hard to predict its and I was lucky with the people couple of stints on the beef work on a range of different jobs. ways, working at the plant be- future, Murray said, but he antic- who taught me.” chain in Rockhampton, Australia Fortex was a very different came a whole life thing, he said. ipates someone will buy it for its He credits his father for his during the off-season, but never place and, in many ways, was well With the downturn in sheep water consents. work ethic. His parents lived considered crossing the Tasman ahead of its time, Murray said. numbers, change at the plant was Fifty-four years might seem a through two world wars and the permanently. “Fortex set the benchmark, for inevitable, he said. long time to work in one industry, depression and when his mum but Murray’s been happy. He’s died when he was just four, his never considered leaving. father and his grandma took on “I think that a lot of people in the job of raising the three Beach Ashburton have done the same children. After years of working on a job that meant his arms were raised most of the day, Murray said he was starting to get a few niggles in his shoulders and that signalled it was time to retire. “Everyone knows when it’s time to move on and now I’m not answerable to anyone but Brenda. I’m on another of life’s wee journeys. I’d had enough and I wanted to do more fishing. We were just about to hit the road for six months and now we’re not allowed to.” Brenda and Murray had booked a cruise for January, but Murray reckons getting away on that will be a long shot. Looking back, Murray counts himself a lucky man to have had a solid job for 54 years and over those years he said he’s always lived by one motto – “I always say I’m no better than anyone else but I’m just as bloody good.”

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■■COVID-19 ■■COVID-19 Community spirit applauded

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay [email protected] Police have been tasked with enforcing the Covid-19 alert level four lockdown restrictions, and have so far reported people in the Ashburton District have generally been com- plying with the restrictions. One person has been arrested for breach- ing their bail conditions, and police are in- vestigating an alleged assault at a supermarket last week. The public have reported mixed sightings of police, with some saying they have not seen any while carrying out essential travel, while some have seen more than ever when Ashley Bloomfield asked on the Guardian’s Facebook page. The community spirit of police officers was praised last week when one officer made the day for a group of children stuck in lockdown. “One of our local police officers made my Covid-19 children’s week when he reversed out of his driveway onto the road and gave his sirens and lights a quick blast while waving out the window to the kids. You couldn’t wipe the cases climb smiles off the three of them,” one parent said. However, not all feedback was positive and some questioned just how much enforce- ment was actually taking place. past 1000 “I have seen more cops in the last week than I’ve ever seen on the road but not one Ashburton police are maintaining a strong presence around the Ashburton district NZME has been seen pulling people over, camp- during the lockdown. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN ervans and Jucy rental vans driving straight and did not see one police officer but saw geant Leigh Jenkins has consistently urged Two new significant clusters of past, even people towing boats and nothing people using the skatepark and the Ashbur- people to stay at home unless they need to, coronavirus have been announced, happening, but happily sitting in the shade ton Domain. and that police will be carrying out reassur- in Auckland and Christchurch – trying to catch people speeding,” one person Some essential workers said they were yet ance patrols at hot spots like supermarkets, and it’s not clear where the original said. to see any police at all, while one person re- pharmacies and the hospital, and that in the infections came from. One person said they were disgusted when ported seeing six while out walking. early stages of the lockdown police would be The Auckland cluster has 13 they travelled into town to collect medication Ashburton Sub-Area Supervisor Senior Ser- focusing on “education conversations”. cases – four of them confirmed in the past day. Ten people are in the Christchurch cluster. ■■TALES FROM THE BACK SEAT Both are of “unknown origin”, according to the Ministry of Health’s website. Only information about “significant” clusters of 10 or more people Fond memories of motoring in a Skoda is being published. There are 12 such clusters in New Zealand. Guardian motoring correspondent, any readers decided it was time to get They may not be new or recent will remember another car and having seen a cases, but have been linked be- Bernard Egan is well known around cause they have been in the same these parts. Over the next few weeks, MFather Rick Renault advertised in Wai- Loughnan who served mate, he invited a parishioner place. he’s agreed to share with us some locally at Holy Name to accompany him on a trip to The country’s biggest cluster is of his tales of from yesteryear. Some Church. Bernard Egan look at that car. linked to Marist College, an Auck- TALES FROM land girls’ high school. That cluster will be his own telling while others Years before they THE BACK SEAT On the way south they will come directly, or indirectly from became upmarket cars, noticed a lovely newer, very has 66 cases, up six from Saturday. Father Rick knew Skodas smart looking Skoda parked The next-biggest is linked to a others. The whole truth of some, can were good. outside a house in Temuka. wedding in Bluff, and has three be left for public opinion. Readers At one stage at the Father Rick remarked he new cases since Saturday. There are invited to share tales with same time he owned three of them, one would like a model like that. are now 58 cases associated with Bernard by emailing geegeeber@ bought brand new. The Renault was test driven but as nice as it the March 21 wedding, held before gmail.com Before buying the third one, Father Rick was, it wasn’t quite right for Father Rick. large gatherings were banned. So his companion said “if that Skoda is still And 56 cases are associated with parked in Temuka how about I go in and ask a St Patrick’s Day celebration at the about it”. Redoubt Bar in Matamata, Waika- So this is what happened. to. Knocked on the door, asked politely is the Sko- Director-general of health Dr da yours, answer yes, hope you don’t mind being Ashley Bloomfield yesterday an- asked but are you interested in selling it? nounced 89 new cases of Covid-19, Response “yes and in fact I’m just writing out with 48 confirmed and 41 proba- an advertisement for it”. ble. Amazing! That brings New Zealand’s to- Fast forward, no advertisement needed, a deal tal cases to 1039. However 156 of was done and Father Rick acquired his third those people have recovered. iHeart Radio Skoda. Fifteen people are in hospital, Tune on the net and Of course he then had to do something about including three in intensive care, listen to it anytime, anywhere. the other two. and two are in a critical condition. One he gave to his family for a farm hack. He said only about 1 per cent of FOR LOCALS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. The other he offered for sale in this very cases were confirmed as coming newspaper in a brilliant advertisement stating from community transmission but “For sale Skoda one careful owner. Religiously 18 per cent were still being investi- YOU CAN NOW maintained”. gated – many of those may end up SNAP CHAT It sold! Well, with an advert like that, it would being via community transmission WITH HOOPS! wouldn’t it! as well. Father Rick answered a call to the religious life Cases are still not increasing and countless parishioners, fellow clergy and exponentially, which Prime Min- many others are grateful he did. ister Jacinda Ardern yesterday de- But had he not he could well have become an scribed as “a good thing” although advertising guru. she did not want to draw conclu- sions too soon. Opinion

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OUR VIEW YOUR VIEW Letters with love

I woke up this morning with a real fright, I thought a strange Matt Markham man had got into bed with me, EDITOR then I realised it was just your father with 10 days’ growth on his face. I’m not sure how much longer this “not shaving, I’m on holi- A new day” routine is going to last. I had to go to the supermarket today – wow, people are certainly getting “experimen- look at old tal” in their attire, people getting round in the weirdest of get ups from disposable rain- ground coats with the hood up, multi layered ensembles combining face mask, gloves, track pants nvestigations into cold case and cut away flouro tops and killings in New Zealand come heavy work boots, and that’s in- and go a bit like the wind. I side the shop too …………….. Every now and then they’ll resurface and someone, or some at least the pyjamas in super- organisation, will claim to have market trend seems to have new information which could died off. lead to the case being solved. Regards, Operative word being, could. Love Mother and Father One case touches this district more than ever though and is has done for more than 20 years. And any time it steps back out into the public sphere, the Ash- Controlling what we can control burton District sits up and takes notice. The murder of Kirsty Bentley here’s a saying among back in 1998 will forever remain, epidemiologists and others until it’s solved, as one of the Tinvolved in epidemic most perplexing and confusing response that everything we do cases and there have been literal- before a pandemic will seem ly hundreds who have done their alarmist, and everything we do best to unravel the case over the after a pandemic will seem in- Andrew Falloon YOUR MP - WORKING FOR YOU past two and a bit decades. adequate. It’s a challenge for any We take extra notice because Government – how far and how the place they are mentioning is quickly to respond – and around to others internationally. But home. the world we’ve seen examples of I’ve often believed in the maxim We walk the same streets Kirsty both. that you can only control what did, we visit the same spots South Korea, one of the first you can control, and it’s a useful where she was both last seen countries to be hit by Covid-19 thing to bear in mind in times like and, sadly found. It’s our place back in January, went on the front these. Despite some of the noise, and so we feel invested in know- foot early with testing. More than particularly online, about what ing what might be unearthed in 400,000 tests have since been car- should or could have been done any new mention of the case. ried out, and they’re well on top more quickly, what’s happened in Killer Blow by Blair Ensor and of the virus compared to other past weeks and months we can’t Martin van Beynen doesn’t por- nations who were impacted early. change. tray itself as being able to solve In the United States the re- That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t the cold case but it does bring sponse has been slower. Pres- ask questions. Of course we can, new things to light and back to ident Donald Trump, who has and we should. But my focus is were being turned away at testing In Auckland a surgeon at relevance which is important compared Covid-19 to the flu, on looking at our current and stations. Middlemore Hospital has been every now and then just to see if on January 22 announced “we future challenges, of which we The Health Minister David reprimanded and told she may it might jog the odd memory. have it totally under control”. He have plenty. Clark has accepted that more be suspended from her job if she I’ve worked with both Ensor followed up on February 26 opti- Parliament, despite being sus- must be done to source Person- continues to wear PPE despite and van Beynen and they are mistically projecting “the 15 cases pended under Level 4 measures, al Protective Equipment (PPE) similar directions. both incredible operators. Thor- within a couple of days is going to is doing the same. Both Prime after reports of dwindling stocks. There’ll be time once this crisis ough, meticulous and they leave be down to close to zero”. Minister Jacinda Ardern and That’s a positive change, as those is over to look back at the things no stone unturned. It might not At the time of writing the Unit- Leader of the Opposition Simon concerns have been expressed that might have been done better. really be our place to spruik an ed States now has 300,000 con- Bridges agreed to the establish- locally too. For now we have many chal- opposition media outlet, but I firmed cases and more than 8200 ment of the Epidemic Response My office is closed but with the lenges still ahead of us to deal recommend jumping online and dead. Just a few days ago in an Committee. Chaired by Bridg- phone line redirected I’ve taken with constructively, things still in having a read of their work. address to the nation President es, it has the power to compel a large number of calls over the our control, but which won’t be It might not lead to anything, Trump soberly delivered new witnesses and hear testimony past week from people employed forever. just like many before it, but con- projections that between 100,000 from ministers, health officials, in aged care, homecare and other sidering that the pair have had and 240,000 Americans will die scientists and others involved in facilities complaining of short- The views, opinions, posi- some form of success with the even if measures like physical the response. ages. tions or strategies expressed by cases of both John Reynolds and distancing and isolation are from It has forced some important The Ministry of Health have the author and those providing Angela Blackmoore, perhaps as now on adhered to. and constructive changes in the published guidelines directing comments are theirs alone, and do Ensor says, there is some hope. New Zealand’s response has first week. hospice and aged care workers to not necessarily reflect the views, Thought of the Day: If money differed from both, and it’s too The criteria for testing have not wear masks, despite regular opinions, positions or strategies of doesn’t grow on trees, why do soon to know how our measures been changed, following confir- close contact with people most the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or banks have branches? to combat the virus will compare mation that referrals from GPs vulnerable to the virus. any employee thereof Bringing it all together Call me today for a no-obligation market appraisal Linda Cuthbertson 0274 087 965 Newcomers’ Network Newsletter

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A pioneer in the world of vaccinations

magine you created a Covid-19 nor by European official medical cines, the Haffkine formulation had vaccine, but no one would use it establishment in France, Germany nasty side effects, and did not pro- Ior give you a chance to prove it and Russia. vide complete protection, though it works. Your only choice is to test this Risking his own life, on July 18, was said to have reduced risk by up vaccine on yourself, inject yourself 1892, Haffkine performed the first to 50 per cent. with weakend viruses, suffer un- human test on himself and reported By the turn of the 20th Century, known side effects and hope for the his findings on July 30 to the Biolog- the number of inoculees in India best. Would you do that? ical Society. alone reached four million and Mordechai Wolff Haffkine has Haffkine considered India, where Haffkine was appointed the Director done exactly that, not once but hundreds of thousands died from of the Plague Laboratory in Mum- twice, and not with Covid-19, but ongoing epidemics, as the best bai. with far deadlier plagues. place to test his vaccine. In 1902, 19 Indian villagers Mordechai Wolff Haffkine was a Through the influence of Marquis (inoculated from a single bottle of bacteriologist from Ukraine, born of Dufferin and Ava, who was in Par- vaccine) died of tetanus. An inquiry on 1860. is as the British Ambassador, he was commission indicted Haffkine, and In 1888 Haffkine was allowed allowed to demonstrate his ideas in he was relieved of his position and to emigrate to Switzerland and England. returned to England. The report began his work at the University of He proceeded to India in 1893 and was unofficially known as the “Little Geneva. established a laboratory at Byculla Dreyfus affair”, as a reminder of In 1889 he joined Mechnikov and in 1896 which moved to Parel and Haffkine’s Jewish background and Louis Pasteur in Paris at the newly was later called the Haffkine Insti- religion. established Pasteur Institute where tute. Haffkine worked on the plague The Lister Institute re-investi- he took up the only available post of and by 1902–3 half a million were gated the claim and over-ruled the a librarian. inoculated. verdict: it was discovered that an At the time, one of the five great In October 1896, an epidemic of assistant used a dirty bottle cap cholera pandemics of the 19th Cen- bubonic plague (the cause of “the without sterilising it. In July 1907, a tury ravaged Asia and Europe. Black Death”) struck Mumbai and letter published in The Times called Deaths in India between 1817 and the government asked Haffkine to the case against Haffkine “distinctly 1860, in the first three pandemics of help. He embarked upon the devel- disproven”. the 19th Century, are estimated to opment of a vaccine in a makeshift Since Haffkine’s post in Mumbai have exceeded 15 million people. laboratory in a corridor of Grant was already occupied, he moved to Another 23 million died between Medical College. Calcutta and worked there until his 1865 and 1917, during the next three In three months of persistent retirement in 1914. pandemics. Cholera deaths in the work (one of his assistants experi- Professor Haffkine returned to Russian Empire during a similar enced a nervous breakdown; two France and later moved to Laus- time period exceeded two million. others quit), a form for human anne, Switzerland, where he spent Haffkine focused his research on trials was ready and on January 10, the last years of his life. Haffkine developing a cholera vaccine and 1897 Haffkine tested it on himself. received numerous honours and produced an attenuated form of the Haffkine’s vaccine used a small awards. Mordechai Wolff Haffkine bacterium. It was not widely accept- amount of the bacteria to produce In 1925, the Plague Laboratory in ed by his senior colleagues, includ- an immune reaction. Mumbai, Maharashtra was renamed ing both Mechnikov and Pasteur, Like others of these early vac- the Haffkine Institute. Jewish people ready to celebrate Passover

hile many of us will be celebrating Easter with the other people in Wour “bubble”, traditional Jews will be celebrating Passover, or Pesach. It is a major Jewish holiday and one of the most widely celebrated Jewish holidays. In the Old Testament Book of Exodus, the Israelites were enslaved in ancient Egypt. God helped the Israelites escape from slavery in ancient Egypt by inflicting 10 plagues upon the Egyptians before the Pharaoh would release the Israelite slaves. The holiday celebrates the release of the Is- raelites (or the Jewish people) from slavery. In Israel, Passover is a seven-day holiday with the first and last days celebrated as legal holidays and as holy days involving holiday meals (especially the first day). The intervening days are known as Chol HaM- oed (“Weekdays [of] the Festival”). The Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan, which typically falls in March or April of the Gregorian calendar. The 15th day begins in the evening, after the 14th day, and the seder meal is eaten that evening. Passover is a spring festival, so the 15th day of Nisan typically begins on the night of a full moon. The Passover holiday (seder dinner at the White House) in the United States. Leaven, in Hebrew chametz, is made from one of five types of grains combined with water and left to stand for more than eighteen minutes. unflavoured crackers). celebration of freedom. Seder, Magid, discusses the answers in the The consumption, keeping, and owning Passover Seder is a ritual feast that marks Since the retelling of the Exodus to one’s form of a historical review. of chametz is forbidden during Passover by the beginning of the holiday. child is the object of the Seder experience, The afikoman (a piece of a Matza), which tradition. The Seder is a ritual performed by a much effort is made to arouse the interest is hidden away for the “dessert” after the As story goes, when the Jews left Egypt, community or by multiple generations and curiosity of the children and keep meal, is another device used to encourage their freedom granted to them hurriedly of an extended family getting together them awake during the meal. children’s participation. by the frightened Egyptians, they had no (although this won’t be happening this To that end, questions and answers are In some families, the leader of the Seder time to leaven their bread (as at the time of year due to Covid-19), involving a shared a central device in the Seder ritual. By en- hides the afikoman and the children must the exodus cultured yeast didn’t exist, and retelling of the story of the liberation of the couraging children to ask questions, they find it, whereupon they receive a prize or sourdough bread took time to rise). Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. will be more open to hearing the answers. reward. Therefore traditional Jews refrain during Seder customs include telling the story The most famous question which the In other homes, the children hide the these seven days from bread, cakes and (the Haggadah), discussing the story, youngest child asks at the Seder is the “Ma afikoman and a parent must look for it; most pastries. drinking four cups of wine, eating matza, Nishtana” – ‘Why is this night different when the parents give up, the children de- One of the traditional holiday foods is a partaking of symbolic foods placed on from all other nights?’ After the asking of mand a prize (often money) for revealing Matza, an unleavened flatbread (similar to the Passover Seder Plate, and reclining in this questions, the main portion of the its location. www.guardianonline.co.nz Monday, April 6, 2020 Ashburton Guardian 9

PROFILE - Zeira Khan

awubona! I’m Zeira, a family orientated individual. I’m very Sfocused with any type of task presented before me. Passionate about what I do and a go getter with a ‘can do’ attitude. I am from South Africa, born and raised in Durban. Durban is the third most pop- ulous city in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town. Durban is ethnically diverse, with a cultural richness of mixed beliefs and traditions. While Zulus form the largest single ethnic group, it has a large number of people of British and Indian descent. The influence of Indians in Dur- ban has been significant, bringing with them a variety of cuisine, culture and religion. I came to New Zealand when my husband decided to explore his expertise overseas and felt like he needed a change. Thereafter he se- Driving success cured employment in New Zealand hat a month March was for us here on the Mid Can- and we relocated to Ashburton on terbury Rural Driver Licensing Scheme. We have had August 1, 2019. Wdriving tests, mentor training, new mentor/student South Africa will always have a teams out on the road, a new group of learners starting classes special place in my heart, especial- and Covid-19 lockdown to keep us on our toes. ly when it comes to my relatives Zeira Khan At least lockdown gives us a chance to catch our breath and whom I miss during festivities. focus on what matters, that is keeping everyone healthy and Technical improvements such as beating this bug. Facetime help with better com- It gives us an opportunity to find new ways to support each munication amongst loved ones, our new home. a traditional South African milk other and to connect in a different way. however, as we all know, it is never Thankfully with the help of Adi tart or bunny chows then give us a We are so proud to see the first two of our ladies complete the same as physically being there. (from the Mid Canterbury Migrant call (after the lockdown) and give the whole journey from never having driven to gaining a full I love Ashburton as it is a beau- Centre and Newcomers’ Network) yourself a treat. NZ driver’s licence. tiful small town with a tight knit and the Senior Citizens’ Centre I would love to take part in events Congratulations to Shonal Chand and Ramandeep Kaur community. I overcame this challenge and and markets around Canterbury, who have shown us what you can do with a bit of help from It is a wonderful place to raise a continued with my passion for using this as a platform to intro- your friends. family as there are plenty of fam- cooking. duce my food to people. Surely they Both ladies had never driven before joining our programme. ily-friendly facilities. I have made I have successfully opened up will be hooked until the last bite. Their mentors Mandy Burrows and Freya Ahrendt have done friends easily as I have a bubbly my own food trading business – As a long-term goal I would like an amazing job. personality. I am thankful for meet- MZ Indian Cuisine specialising in to open up my own restaurant and We are so grateful to our mentors for their dedication, gen- ing Gordon and Bianca Manley as Authentic Durban style curries. introduce new flavours to the Ash- erosity, friendship and just for being all-round good sorts. We they have assisted us wholeheart- I am hopeful this venture will be burton community. can’t do it without you. edly from the time we arrived in as successful as it was back home. Whatever hardship you face in Two more wonderful ladies have passed their driving tests Ashburton. MZ Indian Cuisine specializes in life, always fight with a smile. A this month, with another two booked but now cancelled due Moving here I faced the challenge authentic Durban Style curries, quote that I live by: to lockdown. of securing a registered kitchen to bunny chows (curry filled in hollow We look forward to getting their tests completed once lock- conduct my food business. bread), biriyani, butter chicken, “Bad chapters can still create down is over. Having previously owned a samosas and spring rolls. great stories, wrong paths can still We also started another group on their learner licence class- successful food business in South Traditional South African Indian lead to right places, failed dreams es, but they too are on hold for now. At least they can study Africa and having a good hand cuisine at its best, prepared with can still create successful people, from home with the new Road Code books we purchased with when it comes to following my a blend aromatic spices and love sometimes it takes losing yourself to funding from the Lion Foundation. passion, I decided to continue my which gives you taste beyond find yourself.” We are grateful to Advance Ashburton for supporting us for business in New Zealand, which is boundaries, so if you have not tried - Qari Raees another year of the programme. We are so lucky to have such wonderful organisations in our community who see the difference we are making and put their support behind us. Thank you Advance Ashburton. Zeira’s chicken curry recipe March also saw the launch of the Salvation Army Communi- ty Driver Mentoring Programme in Ashburton. Ashburton is so 1kg chicken but into pieces lucky to have these programmes available to the community 2-3 potatoes, peeled and cut into halves and we look forward to working with them to get people on ¼ C frozen peas (optional) the road. 1 small tomato chopped It’s nice that there are two similar but different programmes 1 small onion or half onion sliced on offer. 3 T oil We focus on rural people and cover learners licence right 3 T masala through to full licence. ½ t ground ginger and garlic We aim to prevent isolation, develop social networks and 1 stem curry leaf encourage community integration. And we love what we do, 1 sprig of coriander and we are making a difference. 2 cinnamon sticks Here is what Shonal has to say: some salt, according to your taste “When I came to NZ I didn’t know how to drive or anything about getting my licence. I was feeling very helpless and lonely ■ ■ In a saucer add cut up tomato, curry leaf, on the farm. Now that I have my licence I am like a bird. I can ground ginger and garlic and masala. go wherever I want and I am so excited. My kids are very hap- ■ ■ In a large cooking pot add oil, onions and two py too because when there is a school programme, I can go. cinnamon sticks and fry until onions are light- Thank you very much to Wendy for helping to get my licence. ly brown. And especially thanks to Mandy for teaching me to drive and ■ ■ Next add tomato mixture and then chicken. helping me.” Add enough salt to taste. The Mid Canterbury Rural Driver Licensing Scheme is ■ ■ Let simmer on high for about five minutes. proudly sponsored by The Lotteries Commission, Advance ■ ■ Now add potatoes and peas and a little more Ashburton, COGs, The Lion Foundation, The Four Winds water and allow to cook until potatoes are Foundation, The Ashburton Licensing Trust, Community soft and tender, adding a little more water to Trust Mid & South Canterbury, Ashburton District Road Safety form a thick gravy. Council and The Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust. ■ ■ Lastly sprinkle cut up coriander. Follow us on Facebook to keep up to date with our achieve- ■ ■ Serve with rice or bread or make a bunny ments. chow and any salad - either beetroot, car- Wendy Hewitt rot, French salad or any other salad of your Rural Licensing Co-Ordinator choice. Sport

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■■RUGBY Long-term future for NZ rugby

By Liam Napier

In times of despair, New Zealand Rugby must find hope. Rugby, as with all sport, will even- tually play a positive role in leading the country and communities out of the coronavirus crisis. To do so it must first endure short- term pain to ensure its long-term future, and find a way to come together as the ethos of the game expects from all levels. The chance to resume playing may be three months from now. Whenev- er it arrives, rugby must be ready and united in its approach to maximise opportunities to start the immediate and far-reaching rebuild. Few insiders expect the July tests, when Wales and Scotland are scheduled to play the All Blacks, to proceed as planned. That will necessitate the focus on a domestic resumption. What exact form that takes is already creating tension, however, given the competing vested interests of the provincial unions and Super Rug- by bases. The proposed 10-week Super Rug- by derbies, expected to involve the five franchises starting their seasons again and playing eight games each, is one touted option for a re-start. All Blacks returning to their provincial homes over a prolonged peri- Gray nabs Black Sticks prize od is another enticing prospect. NZR chief executive Mark Robin- An up-and-coming hockey player received a dose of good fortune last week when she won a hockey challenge prize helmed by son confirmed reviving the North a member of the Black Sticks. Anna Gray (pictured above in purple) completed a dribbling challenge on Instagram, organised versus South fixture, potentially in by Black Sticks vice-captain Shea McAlesse. The Ashburton teen was drawn out from the group of challengers, where she won a State of Origin style format that some Black Sticks merchandise including a signed shirt. The Ashburton College pupil was a Mid Canterbury under-15 represent- could double as an All Blacks trial, is ative last year. “Little challenges with people having a go have been quite fun and quite entertaining in the house to take a bit also being seriously considered. of the boredom away,” father and rep coach Brent Gray said. Mid Canterbury Hockey continue to share home training drills on “Those things you’ve mentioned its Facebook page as the Covid-19 lockdown remains in place. are on the table and there’s probably others as well. “Our team is excited about some of the opportunities and we think fans ■■CRICKET could be too,” Robinson said. “If we’re able to play domestic rugby without any international touring then we could play for much longer than a traditional season and that Langer looking for the silver linings opens up all sorts of opportunities for what rugby might look like in New Zealand. Australia coach Justin Langer supports the having time off with his family. “If we have a limited window to idea of playing cricket behind closed doors “I say this with absolute respect and com- play in – from the middle of the year when safe to do so, as it will have “great val- passion for everyone who’s suffering at the or whenever the time is, there’s a ue” to the public. moment, but it’s a bit like nirvana for me,” he whole range of opportunities. Some Langer’s side beat New Zealand at an emp- said. of the options could really capture ty Sydney Cricket Ground on March 13 be- “I’m at home with the family. the imagination of the rugby public, fore the coronavirus pandemic halted the “I get home-cooked dinners, I sleep in my players and our partners.” series and cricket worldwide. own bed, I can go into my own garden, I see The Herald has, however, spoken And he would be happy to play in an empty my kids every single day, and usually in my to several well-placed sources who stadium again. life, I’m away 10 months of the year. suggested forging alignment and “When you started off playing underage “Frankly, I hope it makes a change to our selling the pathway of the greater cricket, there’s no crowds there,” Langer said. whole society. good would not be straightforward. “Maybe your mum and dad came and “We’ve got so busy, haven’t we? We’ve got so Robinson confirmed those chal- watched, or your brother and sister were many incidents of mental health problems in lenges. “We are asking everyone to bored and playing on the swings somewhere Australia now. take a view of what’s best for New else. “We’ve got drug misuse, we’ve got domes- Zealand rugby and that’s hard some- “You played it because you loved playing tic violence, we’ve got all sorts of things that times because depending on where the game, you loved playing with your mates go on. people fit within that ecosystem they and you loved playing the game. Australian cricket coach Justin Langer. “Hopefully this is a time for everyone to might have very strong views in cer- “The Australian cricket team are so fortu- stop and take a breath and find some balance tain directions,” he said. nate to play in front of big crowds every time take for granted how lucky we are, ever again. – not just in the life of a sportsperson, but in “We’re really committed to not we play. “We are so lucky in what we do.” every sector in the world. leave anyone behind in terms of “But for the love of the game, and for still The series against New Zealand was called “So hopefully we’ll all find a bit of bal- their financial positions. We’ve got being able to entertain people through TV off after the first one-day international in ance, and there’ll be some silver linings that to make sure whatever gets played at sets or radio, then there’s value in that. Sydney, and Langer acknowledged that it come out of this terrible crisis that’s affecting the end of the year everyone is in a “Yes it’s different, but we’ll never, ever, ever has been a new experience getting used to everyone in the world at the moment.” position to benefit from that.” Sport

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With no live sport to watch, things are grim. We have decided to undertake a series of sporting won’t hide from that. discussions, which will run for as long as there are But, to create some debate and discussion, topics to list. Today we take a look at the best of members of the Guardian’s sporting nuts club the best, top-of-the-tree Kiwi sportspersons.

Matt Markham rugby league and sevens and carved out a decent Jonathan Leask enough boxing career too. He deserves a spot. Versatility was the key here for me, finding five Sophie Devine will be forever regarded as one of Picking New Zealand’s top people who excelled in multiple sports and were also our greatest female cricketers, but it shouldn’t be sports people is like comparing good enough to wear the Silver Fern in at least two underplayed just how good she was on a hockey the best apples, oranges and different arenas. So, not necessarily the greatest in turf as well. A White Fern and a Black Sticks Women bananas. their chosen sport, but perhaps the greatest in terms representative, she’s a deserved placeholder in this Snell won three Olympic gold of being good enough to represent New Zealand in top five. medals during his glittering different variations of sport. Same for Donna Wilkins, or Loffhagen, a brilliant career, first winning the 800m at Jeff Wilson is an easy include. Perhaps his selec- netballer she transferred that ability onto the the 1960 games in Rome, before tion is largely spawned by the fact I watched a basketball court where she represented her defending his title in Tokyo four video the other day of his cricketing heroics country in both fields and did so with very years later and also adding the when smashing an unbeaten 44 against Aus- good success. 1500m crown. He also had Com- tralia in 1993 to lead New Zealand to an ODI monwealth Games glory winning Mahe The last spot has a local connection in Drysdale victory against the old foe, but then further Hamish Bond – one half of the greatest row- two gold medals at the 1962 enhanced by a 10 minutes of his best stuff on Games in Perth. ing combination potentially ever seen in his the single sculls and winning a rugby field in the very next clip. Add to that combo with Eric Murray, Bond has taken that McCaw put his body on the his skill on the basketball court and his line for 148 test matches to be Olympic gold twice in London drive and applied it to the bike where he has and Rio. potential on the athletics field and become an excellent cyclist with multiple the most capped player of all he is, in my humble opinion, time, leading New Zealand to Number five on the list proved national successes and a bronze medal quite the conundrum, with plen- our greatest ever sportsperson. at the Oceania Championships. two World Cup victories during Sonny Bill Williams, I can his 110 tests as captain. ty of names pencilled in before I hear the groans now. Think 1. Jeff Wilson Adams was so dominant for went with Dixon. what you like, but here’s a 2. Sonny Bill Williams so long. As well as two Olympic The Kiwi driver cracked the guy who’s won multiple 3. Sophie Devine golds, in which her main rival be- big time of American Indycars, World Cups, played for 4. Donna Wilkins (Loffhagen) came drugs cheat to best her, she winning the championship five his country in rugby, 5. Hamish Bond is a four-time world champion, times and his 46 wins make him four-time world indoor champi- the third highest winner. on, two-time Olympic, three- Jaime Pitt-MacKay winning four major titles in a top flight European 1: Peter Snell time Commonwealth Games 2: Richie McCaw football league champion. Some list. Comparing athletes across sports is always going Wynton 3: Valerie Adams and even top Drysdale was an equally to be a challenge, but there are few that have had scoring in the Rufer 4: Mahe Drysdale such as big an impact on New Zealand as our best dominant force on the water as champions a five-time world champion in 5: Scott Dixon ever player of the nation’s favourite sport, Richie league is an McCaw. outrageous Adam Burns and 2012. While batsmen will always be more glamourous achievement than bowlers and Kane Williamson or Martin Crowe The All Blacks are one of our that is unlikely to Sheesh where do you start. biggest global brands and Richie could easily take Hadlee’s spot in my team, but I be matched by don’t think there has been a New Zealand cricketer So deep and broad the notion McCaw is synonymous with that another Kiwi for of comparing sportspeople and brand for a reason. Led us to two who at the peak of their powers was as unstoppable a long time, and as that famous moustache. how significant their respective consecutive Rugby World Cup he was rightly achievements are and reducing wins (including one on a broken The same applies for Valerie Adams who at her named Oceania incredibly long peak was just about untouchable it down to a mere five? foot), is the most capped player footballer of the Ian Ferguson needs to be there of all time and across a 14-year without the assistance of performance-enhancing century. drugs. as our most successful Olympi- career set the standard for open- Peter Snell will remain our best Olympian for a 1. Richie McCaw an. His gold medal haul at the side play. while yet and was another who was untouchable at 2. Richard Hadlee 1984 Olympics across the K1, Not only did Yvette Williams his peak. 3. Valerie Adams K2 and K4 was immense and lay the foundation for the su- My football fan rose-tinted glasses come through 4. Peter Snell backed it up with a further gold perb Kiwi sportswomen which with the fifth selection of Wynton Rufer. However, 5. Wynton Rufer in silver in Seoul. It’s an impos- followed but was doing deeds ing benchmark. never before seen in long jump. Probably the greatest of the She was the first Kiwi woman to Steve Devereux in between. His captaincy was more a lot is Peter Snell. In a four-year win an Olympic gold at the 1952 blast than a breath of fresh air, and in- period, Snell dominated his Helsinki games, setting a new In our little country that continues fluenced almost every other national sport on the biggest stage in a Olympic record. Broke a world to punch way above its weight in so team on the planet. way never seen before in this record two years later, leaping many sporting spheres, it’s still im- Bruce McLaren’s name lives on with country. His exploits at the Tokyo 6.28 metres – inspirational. possible to go past Richie as the best his all-conquering team, and it all Games which followed his first 1. Ian Ferguson of the best. In the toughest position started with him; before his untimely Olympic gold in Rome four years 2. Peter Snell longevity-wise in a tough game, he death he won a mass of races behind prior still stands as a staggering 3. Valerie Adams also skippered the best team in the the wheel, including the Le Mans 24 touchstone in middle distance 4. Richie McCaw world in 110 test matches, and won Hours and the 12 Hours of Sebring. running as the last athlete to win 5. Yvette Williams two Rugby World Cups – in fact the Jonah was Jonah. both the 800 and 1500m events feats, accolades and awards are near- Lydia Ko seems to have disappeared at the same games – a feat only ly endless. No contest. off the face of the earth, but in her day achieved in 1920. If there was someone to get any- Bruce she was supreme. Youngest woman to Valerie Adams has command- where near Richie it would of course McLaren win a major. Youngest of either gender ed her sport for many years and be Baz. Remembered by many for to be No. 1. More than $10m in prize has built a glittering resume one ball he faced among tens of thousands (in a money. A zillion other stunning stats. Yeah, she’s on of achievements including a loss that should have been far more embarrassing the list. mind-boggling 15 shot put titles for all his team-mates – could they really, really not for New Zealand including gold muster just a little something between the whole 1. Richie McCaw medals at Beijing and Lon- lot of them??) Brendon McCullum did it all on the 2. Brendon McCullum don. She has also won the New cricket pitch. Scored the most triple centuries in 3. Bruce McLaren Zealand sportswoman of the tests (oh, that’s right, nobody else has got one), first 4. Jonah Lomu Year award at the Halbergs seven Val batsman to score two tons in T20Is, and everything 5. Lydia Ko consecutive times between 2006 Adams Sport Classifieds

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Netball New Zealand chief execu- such devastating news for our centres, tive Jennie Wyllie is “gutted” Netball staff and team.” Mainland’s financial woes have led to Wyllie said the liquidation of the the zone being put in liquidation, but Netball Mainland Zone showed just she says the region’s ANZ Premiership what a significant financial impact Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. side, the Tactix, will be looked after by Covid-19 was having on all businesses Level Level2, 73 Burnett2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton St, AshburtonLevel 2, 73 | Burnett Members | Members St, Ashburton of I.B.A.N.Z of |I.B.A.N.Z Members & Brokernet &of NZBrokersI.B.A.N.Z & NZ Brokernet Ltd. NZ Ltd. Call David Rush the national body. in New Zealand. Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. today on 03 307 The Netball Mainland Zone con- “These are challenging times and 1990 for expert firmed on Saturday that the organisa- businesses are having to re-think their advice and a free no tion recommended to its members at structures for both now and the future. obligation risk its 2020 Annual General Meeting that “We know our netball centres are assessment. it be placed in voluntary liquidation. well placed to maintain our commu- The zone’s spokesperson Darren nity game and we will be working with Wright said due to the ongoing effects them to ensure the future of local net- Level Level2, 73 Burnett2, 73 LevelBurnett St, 2, Ashburton73 St, Burnett AshburtonLevel St,2, 73 Ashburton| Burnett Members | Members St, | Ashburton Members of I.B.A.N.Z of |ofI.B.A.N.Z Members I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet &&of NZBrokersBrokernetI.B.A.N.Z & NZ NZBrokernet Ltd.Ltd. NZ Ltd. of Covid-19, Netball Mainland was ball,” she said. Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. placed under unprecedented financial “We would like to take this oppor- 73 Burnett St, pressure. tunity to acknowledge the incredibly Ashburton “It was a very difficult decision for hard work that the board of Netball Netball Mainland but after undertak- Mainland have put in over the past For all subscriber ing a thorough review of its financial 18 months to restructure the Main- enquiries, position and regrettably with there be- land Zone and we are gutted that the missed deliveries, ing no certainty as to when both com- great strides being made in the zone new subscriptions, munity and high performance games will now not have the time to come to temporary stops. will resume, the difficult decision has fruition.” been made to liquidate,” Wright said. Wyllie said Netball New Zealand Please Netball Mainland approached Net- will enter into discussions with stake- Text 021 271 3399 ball New Zealand for help, but Wright holders of Tactix whilst retaining head Phone said it could not help in the current coach Marianne Delaney-Hoshek and environment. the players of that team. 0800 274 287 “Whilst understanding the position A liquidator will be appointed to Email of Netball New Zealand, we are ex- work with all relevant authorities to tremely disappointed to have to make address Netball Mainland’s winding circulation@ this call, particularly with this being up. The Tactix players will be looked after by the national netball body. theguardian.co.nz

Learn a new language: French

Les formes et couleurs (une forme et une couleur) Shapes and colours (shape and colour) un carré blanc un rectangle noir un cercle bleu un ovale rose une étoile jaune a white square a black rectangle a blue circle a pink oval a yellow star

un losange vert un polygone orange un cynlindre violet un cube marron un triangle gris un coeur rouge a green diamond an orange polygone a purple cylinder a brown cube a grey triangle a red heart

Jeu (Game): Retrouvez les couleurs et les formes qui manquent (Find the missing colours and shapes)

1. Le rectangle est ...... 5. Le coeur est ......

2. Le ...... est orange. 6. Le ...... est bleu.

3. Le cylindre est ...... 7. Le carré est ......

4. L’...... est rose. 8. L’...... est jaune.

(answer) : 1. noir - 2. polygone - 3. violet - 4. ovale - 5. rouge - 6. cercle - 7. blanc - 8. étoile 8. - blanc 7. - cercle 6. - rouge 5. - ovale 4. - violet 3. - polygone 2. - noir 1. : Réponse Puzzles Puzzleswww.guardianonline.co.nz and horoscopes Monday, April 6, 2020 Ashburton Guardian 13

Cryptic crossword Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’ll become aware of a desire that you may not have been fully conscious of until now. The part of you that wants will go on in kind until it gets what it longs for. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You are slow to anger, but you are also slow to let anger go. For this reason, you’ll do what you can to turn the heat down on potentially incendiary situations. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Despite your brave face, people know you are sensitive. They can tell in the tiny reactions that flicker across your being and the way you follow up with questions and care. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Like a pearl, you’ll turn irritations into things of beauty. Do this, not through rejecting the problem but embracing it until it becomes smooth and lovely. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Just because you happen to be self-sufficient doesn’t mean you shouldn’t ask for and accept help from others. 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PREVIOUS6 SOLUTIONS59 7 2981835467 71642 29853 1 24 25 138 6 2 3 4 345671879321 8 9 2 1 3 5 6 7 4 8 ACROSS DOWN 9 3 15 64 83425 71596 2 1. Jumped (6) 2. Apparent (7) 4 5. Accumulated knowledge (6) 3. Kneecap (7) 3 79 2 19 5 567948132 9. Views (6) 4. Ignore (9) 687 3 738 9 4 2 1 5 4 10. Distant friend (3,3) 6. Perfect (5) 6 8 2 6 1 15979 6236784 5 11. Actual (4) 7. Partial payment (7) 482513679 12. Shut in (8) 8. Musical (7) 53 86 14. Layers of rock (6) 13. Absolute or definite (9) 384697152 16. Strategy (6) 14. Ostracised (7) 5 7 1 3 7 612435987 19. Weaker party (8) 15. Shining (7) 975812463 21. Trick (4) 17. Corpse (7) 9 1 6 7 7 9 8 4 2 8 5 6 9 3 7 1 22. Close at hand (6) 18. Communicates (7) 796123548 23. Idolise (6) 20. Gowns (5) 2 4 31 98 531748629 24. Hate (6) 2 5 3 9 7 4 8 1 6 25. Stroke (6) 7 43 5 524 867351294 MEDIUM HARD 149286735 217384569 682753914 946521378 159642387 358679421 734819256 7 6 9 8 1 5 2 4 3 8 6 7 4 9 5 1 2 3 123496785 215378649 485237916 943126875 5 9 4 1 6 2 8 3 7 3 7 1 9 8 4 5 6 2 632758194 426531798 871943652 598267431 21 Ashburton Forecast Guardian 19 RANGIORA LAKE COLERIDGE Waimakariri TODAY: Fine with high cloud. Family Notices Weather 20 Northeasterlies. DARFIELD 20 MAX 22 OVERNIGHT MIN 11 Map for today CHRISTCHURCH TOMORROW: Becoming cloudy. 20 20 LYTTELTON Few showers afternoon as NE turn S. 14 Ashburton Guardian METHVEN LINCOLN 17 www.guardianonline.co.nz MAX 20 OVERNIGHT MIN 9 WEDNESDAY: Few early showers, Rakaia then ne breaks. Winds light. DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS AKAROA 17 MAX 15 OVERNIGHT MIN 7 BULLING Mavis Louisa – KEENAN Hazel (nee Watts) – Please note all late death ASHBURTON Ra THURSDAY: Showers developing notices or notices sent ka On April 4, 2020. Passed Passed away peacefully at outside ordinary ofﬁ ce 22 ia with a SW change, clearing later. away peacefully at home, Radius Millstream, Ashburton hours must be emailed to: [email protected] MAX 15 OVERNIGHT MIN 5 Ashburton, aged 86 years. on April 4, 2020, aged 99 to ensure publication. A Beloved wife of the late Ian years. Loved wife of the shb To place a notice during Geraldine urton (Tim) Bulling and the late late James Joseph Keenan. ofﬁ ce hours please contact Midnight Tonight us on 03 307 7900 Ted Bulling. Dearly loved Dearly loved mother of Tony R mother and mother in law of and Gwenda, Leslie and for more information. ang Any queries please itata Christine and Chris Munro, Colleen, Frank and Ainslee, contact 0800 Janice and Syd Taylor, Marion and David Oakley, and ASHBURTON (0800-274-287) Glenda and Graeme Erskine, Heather and George Nimmo. TIMARU and Robert and Maureen Also a treasured Nana of 13 21 Bulling, and a much loved grandchildren and 16 great SUN PROTECTION ALERT Nana, great Nana, and great grandchildren. Messages great Nana. Messages to 14a to 106 Johnstone Street, :30 :40 10 AM– 2 PM Graham Street, Ashburton Ashburton 7774. The family PROTECTION REQUIRED 7700. A special thank you to wish to thank Dr Sparks and Whatever your skin colour the District Nurses and the the Radius Millstream staff Data provided by NIWA Canterbury owned, Palliative Care Team for their for their devoted care of our Waimate help and support. A private mother. “Treasured memories locally operated cremation will be held. always, she will be sadly Wind km/h NZ Situation Monday, 6 April 2020 missed.” Due to Covid-19 a Patersons less than 30 A high to the southeast of the South Island extends n e mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers private burial will take place. Funeral Services n e showers clearing showers a ridge back over northern and central New Zealand. and Ashburton 30 to 59 An active front approaches from the Tasman Sea and moves onto the southwest of the country from Crematorium Ltd fog isolated snow sleet thunder rain snow hail 60 plus thunder urries late this afternoon. The front over the South Island Office and Chapel weakens as it slowly moves northeastwards tomorrow. Corner East & Cox overnight Streets, Ashburton Canterbury Plains Canterbury High Country NZ Today max low Ph 307 7433 TODAY TODAY Auckland ne 21 12 Fine with high cloud. Northeasterlies. A few showers about the divide, but high Hamilton ne 21 8 FUNERAL cloud further east. Northerlies. Birthday Greetings FURNISHERS TOMORROW Napier ne 19 8 MASTER Becoming cloudy. A few showers developing TOMORROW Palmerston North ne 21 7 MONUMENTAL MASON as northeasterlies turn southerly during the Periods of rain about the divide. Mostly AngusMaddix Robins Kilgour afternoon and evening. Wellington ne 18 12 Happy 10th Birthday cloudy with scattered rain further east. Happy 5th birthday. E.B. CARTER LTD Northwest, strong in exposed places at rst, Nelson ne 18 13 Angus. Have the best day. For all your memorial WEDNESDAY easing and turning westerly. LotsLots of loveof love Mum, from Dad, requirements Morning cloud and a few early showers, then Blenheim ne 20 10 Nana, Pop and all the New headstones and designs ne breaks. Winds mainly light. George, Nicholas, Poppy Renovations, WEDNESDAY Greymouth showers 18 13 andfamily all your xxxx family and Additional inscriptions, THURSDAY Cloudy periods. Winds mainly light. friends. xxxxx Cleaning and Concrete work Christchurch ne 20 12 Carried out by qualified Showers developing with a southwest Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and tradesmen. change, strong about the coast, clearing THURSDAY Timaru ne 21 9 under only. Free birthday greetings must be received 620 East Street Ashburton later in the day. Showers spreading north in the morning, Queenstown cloudy 19 9 at least two working days before date of insertion Ph/Fax 308 5369 otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear with a strong SW change for exposed places. or 0274 357 974 FRIDAY Showers possibly sleety to 1600m. Clearing Dunedin ne 20 13 on the day requested. Photos will be available at our [email protected] level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared NZMMMA Member Fine. Winds mainly light. to ne later in the day with easing winds. Invercargill cloudy 20 11 in the paper. World Weather Forecasts for today River Levels cumecs Adelaide showers 20 13 Frankfurt ne 22 5 New York ne 17 8 Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 3:05 pm, yesterday 2.15 Amsterdam ne 19 7 Geneva ne 20 3 Paris rain 16 10 Bangkok showers 35 28 Hobart cloudy 15 7 Perth ne 32 19 Advertise in Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 111.8 Berlin ne 21 4 Hong Kong showers 19 17 Rarotonga showers 27 25 Brisbane ne 28 18 Honolulu rain 28 21 Rome fog 20 8 Cairns showers 31 23 Islamabad rain 22 12 San Francisco rain 14 8 Nth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday 4.69 Cairo ne 28 16 Jakarta drizzle 32 25 Seoul ne 16 3 Guardian Classifieds Calcutta ne 38 25 Johannesburg ne 23 12 Singapore thunder 32 24 Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday 6.42 nc Canberra ne 18 8 Kuala Lumpur thunder 35 25 Stockholm ne 13 2 Colombo thunder 32 25 London showers 18 8 Sydney ne 24 13 Darwin thunder 33 25 Los Angeles rain 17 14 Taipei rain 21 18 Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday 54.8 for only $10 Delhi thunder 34 17 Madrid rain 18 11 Tel Aviv cloudy 21 15 Dubai ne 35 20 Melbourne ne 16 11 Tokyo ne 19 7 Waitaki Kurow at 3:03 pm, yesterday 331.2 Dublin ne 13 2 Moscow ne 6 -3 Washington showers 20 8 Date to be published ...... Edinburgh ne 12 10 Nadi thunder 29 24 Zurich ne 21 4 Source: Environment Canterbury 30 words for $10* (31-50 words – $15) Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing Canterbury Readings to 4pm yesterday Ashburton Methven Christchurch Timaru Monday Tuesday Wednesday m Airport Airport Airport am 369noon 369pm am 369noon 369pm am 369noon 369pm 3 Temperature °C 2 At 4pm 20.3 20.2 17.0 17.4 Max to 4pm 22.0 20.9 19.0 19.5 1 Minimum 11.3 5.8 12.2 9.2 0 Grass minimum 9.1 – 9.8 – 1:47 7:58 2:07 8:20 2:38 8:46 2:59 9:12 3:29 9:37 3:51 10:06 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. 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By Adam Burns lected at random. semi-final stage of the prestigious which was scheduled to begin on “It’s just the matter of having to [email protected] Smith had been in the UK dur- event. June 29, had been cancelled. wait another year and a bit. An Ashburton woman is confi- ing last year’s tournament. “I thought stuff it, I have to go.” It is the first time The Cham- “I thought, what’s the chance of dent her Wimbledon trip of a life- “I registered on the Wimbledon However as the sporting events pionships have been called off your name coming out two years time will occur next year. website. the world over have been can- since World War 2. in a row?” A dream came true for Miranda “You can line up on the day but celled or faced an uncertain foot- Much to her relief, Smith dis- She was hoping she would be Smith when she obtained exclu- the lines are out of control.” ing recently due to the coronavi- covered soon after the cancel- able to be reimbursed for her sive tickets to this year’s Wimble- After she was entered into the rus pandemic, doubts began to lation that ticket holders would flights or be able to transfer them don tournament earlier this year. public ballot, she was notified hang over the 143-year-old tour- be reimbursed with an offer for to the corresponding time next Tickets to the tennis grand slam in January that she was able to nament. equivalent tickets to be made year. are generally made available by secure two centre court tickets Last week the All England Club available next year. “It’s not much you can do about a ballot where applicants are se- around the quarter-final and announced the tournament, “It was a great relief,” she said. it, it’s just one of those things.”

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