Support Magic at every Mums step return P4 P7 MIDWEEK Since Sept 27 1879 Wednesday, August 26, 2020 $2.20 LONG-LOST FRIEND RETURNS Mt Hutt Ski Area has celebrated the return of a feathery friend this week. A kea paid a visit to the mountain for the first time in three years. Once the scourge of skifield carparks, kea disappeared from the skifield but an extensive predator control programme and habitat man- agement is being credited with encouraging the native alpine parrot back to the moun- tain. “Seeing a kea back up here hopefully means our work is paying off,” ski area man- ager James McKenzie said. “We’ll be keeping watch through the rest of the winter season to see if it hangs around or brings any friends.” FULL STORY P6 Ph 03 307 7900 to subscribe! 2 NEWS Ashburton Guardian Wednesday, August 26, 2020 MOSQUE SHOOTINGS WEATHER Today: Local Muslims back victims Maximum high 10 Minimum low 2 Sunny day with cool temperatures, warming By Susan Sandys throughout the day. [email protected] Tomorrow: Ashburton Muslims say they feel safe, but Maximum high 10 are grateful for police looking out for them, Minimum low 4 as the sentencing of terrorist Brenton Tar- Mostly sunny with rant is under way. some high cloud. The offender has admitted 51 charges of More weather: P26 murder, 40 of attempted murder and one of terrorism in relation to the March 15, 2019, attacks at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Is- CONTACTS lamic Centre in Christchurch. He also planned to attack the Ashburton Masjid and burn down all three houses of worship. Editor Ashburton Muslim Association president Mohamed Diab said he was pleased to see Matt Markham victims having their say as the four-day 03 307-7969 hearing began this week. More than 60 victims are detailing their There is an additional police presence at the Ashburton Masjid this week as the hearing for accused Journalists experiences in the four-day hearing, where terrorist Brenton Tarrant is under way. PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 250820-HM-1317 Justice Cameron Mander is expected to hand down his sentence sometime tomor- Ashburton senior sergeant Leigh Jenkins “But for me, we feel safe,” he said. Jonathan Leask A police spokesperson said police had row. had visited him prior to the hearing, en- 03 307-7971 “We feel sorry for all these people,” Diab suring the Muslim community felt safe and an increased and highly visible presence said. supported. Additionally, the association in Canterbury during the sentencing of the “Hopefully in New Zealand it will not hap- was keeping in touch with its members at offender convicted of the March 15 terror pen again, because we are a safe country.” this difficult time. attacks. It was good to see the justice process un- There was an additional police presence “For operational reasons we are not in Sue Newman der way, and Diab was also pleased with at the Masjid while the hearing was under- a position to provide further detail. This 03 307-7958 support from police that the association way, and Diab understood that the police is for safety and security of everyone,” the and its many members had received. had their job to do. spokesperson said. Susan Sandys Ashburton the third target for gunman 03 307-7961 summary of facts of how Tar- by two police officers in a patrol The 29-year-old Australian By Matt Markham rant carried out his crimes was car after they rammed his ve- native sat quietly and emotion- Adam Burns [email protected] heard. hicle and arrested him without less throughout the reading of 03 307-7957 The court heard that after resistance. the summary of facts. The Ashburton Masjid was the carrying out significant sur- During his interview with po- Since Monday morning the third target for Brenton Tarrant veillance work including using lice he admitted carrying out court has heard from a number on March 15 2019, it has been the internet to obtain informa- the attacks and said he went of members of the Muslim com- confirmed in the High Court tion about mosques around into both mosques with the in- munity who have read, or had Heather Mackenzie this week. New Zealand including de- tention of killing as many peo- read, victim statements to the 03 307-7956 Tarrant is being sentenced in tailed plans, interior pictures ple as he could. court with the world’s media ze- the High Court at Christchurch and details such as prayer “He stated that he wanted to roing in on proceedings. for the murder of 51 worship- times, Tarrant selected the two have shot more people than he A heavy security presence is pers at Al Noor Mosque and Lin- Christchurch Mosques and the did and was on the way to an- active at the court with armed wood Mosque last year. one in Ashburton – which was other mosque in Ashburton to police, sniffer dogs and snipers Heather Chalmers Monday’s first day of the hear- his intended target after leaving carry out another attack when patrolling outside as the hearing 03 307-7900 ing which is expected to run into the Linwood Islamic Centre. he was stopped,” the summary continues into today with sen- Thursday was the first time the He would instead be stopped said. tencing due to finish tomorrow. 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WORD ON THE STREET The question . Do you have a face mask? HAYDEN BENBOW ARTHUR PAWSEY MARY MARRIS LINDA DIAMOND CLAIRE SULLIVAN with No Yes Yes Yes daughter Elisabeth, 3 “They are a waste of time, to be “I haven’t worn it yet, hopefully I “I have got some at home, I do “I think it’s right, purely because Yes honest. The only ones that are won’t have to, but if they are going wear them sometimes, if it’s going they are letting Auckland go to “I have worn it, at the supermarket, going to work are proper respirator to protect us, why not?” to stop spreading things, I don’t Level 2 and they are going to travel I suppose, to keep myself a bit masks.” see why not.” down, therefore we need to protect safer.” ourselves.” Petition for Huber’s name change change it, citing Huber’s moun- Berg was himself Jewish, and he The Waffen-SS could not claim Ashburton resident Don Church By Susan Sandys taineering legacy and the inap- believed the high level of support they were merely foot soldiers, and was a friend of Huber’s going back [email protected] propriateness of judging him now on the petition showed many New the assertion Huber did not know to the 1970s when they were both when New Zealand immigration Zealanders supported his view. He anything about what was happen- early directors of the Mt Hutt Ski Signatures are climbing on an on- made the decision to allow him was pleased with how quickly the ing was “inconceivable”.