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Gary Fahey in the transition stage of the competition. The race kicked off with a 750-metre swim in Caroline Bay, followed by a 20-kilometre cycle to the Church St supermarket and back, and a 5km run along the bay to the finish line in the grass area in the middle of Port Loop Rd. Novice competitors raced in the half-distance Try-a-Tri, which also offered a duathlon option for those who were not swimming. Tri NZ community manager Mel Saltiel said the organisation usually held a national sprint distance triathlon each year, but decided to split it into one for the North Island and one for the South Island because Covid-19 had made it much more difficult to travel.
Brislen said there had definitely been a rise in online shopping. ”I don’t have those [online spending] figures but I’d say there are more people doing online shopping in smaller centres as they can get products that might not be available locally.” South Canterbury Chamber of Commerce chief executive Wendy Smith said spending habits had changed since Covid-19. “We know that people have been purchasing bigger items, Smith said. “The retailers we have spoken to have been confident about pre-Christmas sales and the way things have gone.
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Shoppers make their way along Stafford St on Boxing Day.