Ashley Bloomfield, named after the director-general of health, was adopted and named by New Zealand alcohol company, Part Time Rangers, in partnership with Rhinos Without Borders. Supplied Part Time Rangers founders Oliver and William Deane. “The new arrival will be named after one of NZ’s favourite people, Ashley Bloomfield – paying homage to this Kiwi legend,” a spokesperson said. “We ran the quarters, semis, then finals, and after thousands of votes from our community, ‘Ashley Bloomfield’ won. The team had alerted Bloomfield to his namesake in Botswana and will be sharing updates of the animal’s progress.

Source: Stuff July 24, 2020 08:53 UTC