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Council to pay for hall quake inspections By Sue Newman Earthquake issues around memorial and rural community halls will cost ratepayers $37,000 next year. When Ashburton District councillors deliberated on submissions made to their annual plan, they looked at the costs some hall committees were faced with in the post-earthquake environment. While the council largely funds

the district’s memorial halls, rural communities are left to foot the bills for their own community hubs and for many, the cost of insurance and earthquake risk inspections have become crippling. Councillors agreed to pay insurance bills for the district’s memorial halls, totalling about $30,000 and have built this into next year’s budget. They also agreed to pay for a bulk deal on initial earthquake inspections for community halls,

but what happens after that will be up to individual rural communities. These inspections are likely to cost ratepayers around $7000. A workshop was held several months ago with hall committees where the council laid out plans for the future. While it would not be making any decisions for those committees, council property manager John Rooney said the council was prepared to spend a small amount of money so each would know the status

of its hall. “They’ll be looking at what their communities may want in respect of a hall facility. This will range from doing nothing to building something new in a different configuration or it may be bringing the existing hall up to 67 per cent of the building code,” he said. Whatever decision was made on the future of community halls that decision would be made by the community, not the council, Mr Rooney said. “There will be a variety of

options. One size does not fit all. Many of these halls that are pretty well used in their communities may be pretty old but they’re primarily of timber construction with an iron roof. They won’t meet 67 per cent of the building code, but where is the risk?” For some, dropping their brick chimney might be all that was needed, particularly if their use was not high, he said. “It’s the quantum of occupancy and the frequency of occupancy that’s important.”

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Fifty per cent of Mid Canty parents fail to vote By Myles Hume More than half of Mid Canterbury parents did not bother to vote in Board of Trustee elections this year, schools spoken to by the Guardian have revealed. Today, new school boards across the district take office after weeks of nominations and voting. Several schools across the district did not hold elections because they had only enough Board of Trustee (BOT) nominees to fill the vacancies on the board, while some will look to bring in outside expertise, also known as co-opt members. But for some of the district’s bigger schools, the votes have been counted – although many would not have needed to bring out the Neil Simons abacas. Mount Hutt College principal secretary Evonne Lumsden said count votes when contacted yesthe school had sent out 720 vot- terday, but after opening the voting forms, but only 252 had been ing box she noticed there were returned by yesterday’s noon fewer votes than in years gone by. deadline, meaning about 37 per “I think maybe people feel cent of parents responded. happy with how things are going, Ms Lumsden said it was about because sometimes if there have on par with previous been issues you do years, however she get more people votsaid the college was ing,” she said. impressed with the Mid Canterbury calibre of candidates P r i n c i p a l s ’ to sit on their board. Association presiI think M e a n w h i l e , dent and Longbeach maybe people School principal Neil Ashburton College sent out 1850 vot- feel happy with Simons had half of his ing papers and only voting slips returned, received a mere 300 how things are and compared the back. number of respondgoing A retired Mid ents to most elecCanterbury principal, tions in New Zealand, who did not want to including local body. be named, said elecHe said his board tions appeared to was looking strong, have lost their novwith three incumelty with parents, which was also bents who would help introduce highlighted in the reducing num- two new members who had young ber of nominees who came forward children at the school. each year. Every three years, schools hold “There may be a bit of apathy Board of Trustee (BOT) elections and maybe people just don’t care, where they vote for parent nomior they may be happy with the nees who they think would be best way those people ran it for the last on the panel to govern the directhree years.” tion of their child’s school – while Tinwald School returning offic- some put forward half their board er Christine Osborne was yet to every 18 months.

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Masterminds at work: Urban designer Craig Pocock and architect Bill Skews looking over the large vacant lot bounded by Cass, Burnett and Tancred streets ahead of a workshop next week involving the land’s multiple owners. By Sue Newman Ashburton has the greatest opportunity since its inception to create an inner town shopping precinct that will bring new life to its central business district, a team of designers say. When the earthquake damaged a raft of elderly buildings along Burnett, Tancred and Cass streets, their owners may have initially been devastated to discover restoration was too expensive and demolition was their only option. But out of that devastation has come a huge opportunity, says urban designer Craig Pocock.

The ex-Ashburtonian is part of a three person team working with nine landowners (including the Ashburton District Council) in the area to come up with a coordinated plan for revitalising the area in a way that will meet the business needs of each. Next week the development team will meet over two days, pooling ideas and looking at ways in which an overarching plan can be developed that will also secure the best outcome for their own site, Mr Pocock said. He’s excited by the options the giant, inner town development offers. “I’m particularly impressed by the willingness of everyone to be

part of this. It’s great and it’s a very positive start. The property owners are very open-minded.” A co-ordinated design and development would take nothing away from individual land owners’ options for their own building, but it would ensure that everyone was able to take advantage of opportunities that were created and that the best possible options for the site were explored, he said. “Here we should be able to have everyone on board and we should be able to put together one, holistic development that would be able to be done pretty quickly.” While Mr Pocock and architect Bill Skews will work with land

owners on design concepts, a third member of the planning team Andrew Mason will be working with them on the economics of the development. “There’s no point in putting up pretty buildings if the development doesn’t work economically.” In terms of the physical build, Mr Pocock said who built what and when would always be up to the individual landowners. “This is not about telling landowners what they should build or how it should look, it’s about having an overarching plan everyone can take advantage of.” The redevelopment site spreads over 20,000 square metres and created a great opportunity for

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By Myles Hume Passing controversial laws that will allow the first charter school to open next year was nothing short of inevitable, says the voice of Mid Canterbury’s principals. Late Tuesday night, Parliament passed its final reading on the muchmaligned charter schools, also known partnership schools, introduced to lift the achievement of disadvantaged children, according to the Government. It is expected the first charter school will be opened for term one next year,

with reports of another four schools to join. Mid Canterbury principals have been vocal in their opposition to the model, which is funded by both the public and private sector, saying it has several flaws that could undermine education. Their spokesman, Neil Simons, said he was not surprised that charter schools would become a part of the education landscape. Inquiries by the Guardian have found there has been no interest in charter schools in Mid Canterbury. However, that is not a certainty after

the Ministry of Education refused an official information request by the Guardian, asking if there were any community organisations interested in establishing the controversial model. Under the legislation charter schools would be able to employ unqualified teachers, set their own curriculum, be privately owned and would not be subject to the Official Information Act. Mr Simons said state schools were concerned charter schools would be “pushed as the model to try and shake up state schools”. He said charter schools would be allowed to narrow

their curriculum, receive more funding and be held to less accountability. “We feel the Government will turn around and say ‘look what they (charter schools) can do’. “But it’s not a level playing field especially if they are narrowing the curriculum, they could have more emphasis on certain areas, and their funding will be far more superior.” He said a charter school could put 25 hours a week into writing, reading and maths if they wanted, combining to establish exceptional marks for national standards. Act leader John Banks, who has

been influential in passing partnership schools, said the model would create flexibility in the way schools operate, allowing them to focus on disadvantaged children. “We have a long tail of underachievement in New Zealand and that failure is institutionalised and intergenerational.” Nationally, about 35 organisations have expressed interest in establishing charter schools. The Ministry of Education will set up a board to interview those interested, who will then provide advice on appropriate candidates.

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A jogger was struck from behind and indecently assaulted in Hamilton. Police said the 26-year-old woman was jogging along Lake Domain Drive, between the hockey ground and yacht club, about 6.15pm on Monday when a man struck her from behind, causing her to lose balance. The man then grabbed and indecently assaulted her, but fled after she screamed. -APNZ

• Coromandel quake A 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Coromandel Peninsula yesterday morning. The 9.50am quake was centred 20km south of Whitianga and measured 5 on the Mercalli scale, said GeoNet. There were no reports on the GeoNet website of the quake being felt or of any damage. - APNZ

AT A GLANCE + One of the men is described as a European, aged around 28 to 30, with short shaved hair, of stocky build and unshaven. + The second is described as a European, aged around 28 to 30, with sandy brown hair styled in spikes, possibly with a thin moustache. He had a protruding light brown mole on his lower left cheek, close to the jaw line. + The third man is described as a Maori, aged around 28 to 30, of darker complexion with straight black hair extending below his ears, and a 1cm beard coming to a point at the chin, but no moustache. He was wearing a black t-shirt with ‘50 cent’ and the image of a chain in faded gold lettering. + Police have been unable to attain a description of the vehicle, understood to be idling outside the house, while the three men were inside. double-barrelled shotgun, which left the woman in shock and in fear. She is being supported by close friends and co-operating with police to track down the culprits. It is understood the former occupant of the Hinds house is living outside of Ashburton. *Anyone who can help identify the persons responsible, or who has any information about the incident, is asked to contact Ashburton Police, (03) 307-8405. Information can also be provided anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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Cass St murder house demolished A house that was the scene of a grisly murder has been demolished. Twenty-two year old Sina Nerisa Solomona was discovered fatally injured in a pool of blood

at the Cass Street address in the early hours of December 15. The young mother had finished a shift at CMP Canterbury, and visited friends before she was dropped off at her home

shortly before 2.30am. The teenager accused of murdering Ms Solomona was 15 years old when he was arrested and charged with her murder five days after her death.

Community House Mid Canterbury is determined to rise again as the district’s social services hub. Facilities supervisor Kathryn Raedt and chairman John Driscoll, questioned the Ashburton District Council last week, asking why they had not been featured on a list of social services supported by the council in its Draft Annual Plan. Statistics revealed Community House serves more than 20,000 clients every year, increasing from 2009’s 22,000 to the tally in 2011, of 26,000. In the Draft Annual Plan, the council has earmarked the organisation as a proposed recipient of the second highest grant given to an agency, but Ms Raedt was looking for further commitment. “What we need in addition to this is a commitment from the Ashburton District Council to be included in the Draft Plan and an indication as to their continued support to secure the future of Community House Mid Canterbury,” Ms Raedt said. “Our organisation is heading

into an exciting era, after having relocated temporarily from our old building, we are now looking to the future with the prospects of a building specifically for Community House and all our tenants; past, current and future.” The organisation has discussed new facilities and recently received funding from the Ministry of Social Development to undertake a feasibility study. The study will help the organisation determine what size building is needed and what services are in demand for the new facility – two major discussion points in Mid Canterbury. “We need to invest in the social services of Ashburton and invest in a new facility the community can be proud of,” she said. “We still have a long way to go, but this is a great opportunity to re-establish ourselves as the hub of social services in Mid Canterbury and also to re-establish ourselves.” Submissions chairman Neil Brown responded positively and said the council will put the organisation in the Long Term Plan. Councillors will meet this week to deliberate on last week’s hearings.

Because of his age he has automatic name suppression. He is currently in custody awaiting trial, which will begin in the High Court in Timaru on November 4.

Speeding skiers targeted Marae to By Sam Morton Police will be out in full force this winter to target over-excited snow lovers racing to the mountain. It’s June and Mid Canterbury’s ski season has arrived again. Snowboarders and skiers alike will be piling in cars bound for Mt Hutt Ski Area, but police have launched their new initiative, Operation Feeder, to ensure a safe season. However, snow means excitement and often high adrenaline levels, driving to the slopes, means carelessness. Senior Sergeant Phil Newton, of Canterbury Highway Patrol, said the operation wasn’t aimed at ruining people’s fun – but insisted it was needed to prevent the

number of accidents near “feeder roads” to the ski areas – which had become too common. “Research has shown that when people are heading up to the mountain, they are buzzing with excitement and can’t wait to get out on to the slopes, but unfortunately that means they speed, and as we know with speed, crashes do occur,” Mr Newton said. “Similarly when people are heading back home on their way down the mountain, they often feel fatigued and quite drowsy, meaning they are not completely alert and again, accidents can and will happen. “We’re not looking to be the fun police, but we are looking to monitor the situation to keep people alert and to ensure they are mindful of their speeds,” he

said. Operation Feeder is being run nationwide and will see police crackdown on all roads and access roads near the ski areas. Mt Hutt Ski Area manager James McKenzie supports the initiative and pointed out the importance of safety on the access road as a vital contributor to a successful ski season in the district. “We’ve had a few nasty accidents in the past on some of the connecting roads, but overall it’s improved a lot and people are driving sensibly. “There are some who don’t and for whatever reason, think it’s okay to push the limits, but as a group we do all we can to monitor it and I think if the police increase their presence, that will be great,” Mr McKenzie said. The Mt Hutt Ski Area looks set to open next Saturday.

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Home invaders still at large Ashburton police are no closer to tracking down the group of men that left a Hinds woman shaken after they held her at gunpoint and ransacked her home. The incident occurred last week, prompting the Ashburton CIB to get involved and head the case. Following the incident, several people came forward with possible identities of the people responsible, but police confirmed all tips proved negative. Detective Sergeant Jennifer Hooke said her team had been busy working through the processes, but admitted the investigation was likely to take weeks, not days. “Unfortunately, that is the nature of what we are dealing with. The occupant didn’t know the offenders and given the remote location and the fact it occurred at night, it will be challenging,” she said. “However, we are making good progress and we are always appealing for more information – big or small, it could be of great assistance to us, so if anybody has seen, heard or knows anything, then we do urge them to call the station.” The woman, who had recently moved into the property, was alone at the time, which saw the men storm through the home on McDougalls Road demanding to see a man – believed to be the former tenant. The woman was unable to help and the men left in a car that was left idling, outside the house. Ms Hooke said a key focus of the investigation had been to track the previous occupant, which investigators had been unable to do so far. Last week, police confirmed one of the three intruders held a

A Whangarei man who was “sick of playing Xbox” while on home detention has been granted his wish to serve the rest of his sentence in jail. Senior Constable Paul Nicholas of Whangarei police said the Hikurangi man rang police on Tuesday to say he was bored serving home detention, was sick of playing Xbox and would rather serve the rest of his sentence behind bars. Mr Nicholas said the 19-year-old had already served 10 months of an 11-month home detention term and with one month to go “had run out of Xbox games to play”. -APNZ

A truck and trailer rolled in Waikato early yesterday morning but the driver was uninjured. Emergency services were called to State Highway 4, between Te Kuiti and Taumarunui, at 4.20am. One lane was blocked and a heavy haulage vehicle was called in to help remove the rolled truck. -APNZ

Nine people have been arrested after police busted an alleged methamphetamine ring. Organised and Financial Crime Agency of New Zealand officers also seized about 130 grams of the drug, some $130,000 cash, and a further 6.6kg of methamphetamine precursor ContacNT valued at around $290,000. Eight people were arrested late last month as part of Operation Gull, while a ninth arrest was made in Tauranga yesterday. Police said the investigation centred on a 20-year-old student living in Auckland who allegedly sourced the drugs. Some of his co-offenders were connected to the Mongrel Mob, Head Hunters, Black Power and Tribesman gangs. Of the nine people arrested and charged, five have been remanded in custody while the man arrested yesterday was to appear in Tauranga District Court. -APNZ

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The Hakatere Marae community will celebrate the Mäori New Year with a Matariki ceremony on Sunday. Matariki is the name of the Pleiades star cluster, whose appearance in the winter skies – usually in late May or early June, signals the beginning of the Mäori New Year. The cluster consists of about 500 stars, but only seven can be seen clearly with the naked eye in Aotearoa New Zealand. Matariki is present until March, when it disappears from the sky for two months during autumn, before rising once again in the dawn sky. In traditional times Matariki was a time to celebrate the harvest and prepare the ground for the coming year, it was also a time to pass on the lore to young people. To learn more about Matariki, be at the Hakatere Marae before 1pm on Sunday. The celebrations will continue until about 4pm, and will include a talk about the history of Matariki. A hängi meal is available at a cost of $10, for the first 100 orders. For more information email hakatere. marae@gmail.com or contact Bryan Te Hurinui Clarke on 021 040 3407

• Swan charges Three men are facing animal cruelty charges after an SPCA investigation into reports of a jetboat running down black swans in Tauranga Harbour. Tauranga SPCA inspector Jason Blair said the charges had been laid against the trio after a joint investigation by SPCA and Fish & Game. The men were expected to appear in Tauranga District Court this month. -APNZ

• Lotto shocker A Rotorua farm worker is still in shock after winning more than $330,000 with Lotto. The winner, who wants to remain anonymous, said he checked his ticket from the results printed in the newspaper and couldn’t believe his good fortune. He was one of three people to win Lotto First Division on May 5 after buying his ticket from Te Ngae Hardware and Lotto in Owhata. The man is considering buying a house for his family. -APNZ

• Dog busted out A dog that has been on death row since ripping the flesh from a Runanga pensioner’s arm last month has been busted out of the Greymouth pound. The bull mastiff, Nui, was stolen from right under the nose of the Grey District Council dog control officer on Tuesday, in a ruse while he was talking to someone inside. - APNZ

• Frosty start The south had a frosty start yesterday morning, with temperatures of -4°C at Dunedin airport and -3°C at Queenstown and Wanaka, WeatherWatch said. Timaru was also below zero, with clear skies and still conditions, said weather analyst Richard Green. -APNZ

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Brian Lester rience and calibre of Mr McCann and he brings skills we were particularly looking for in this pivotal

role.” The service delivery group of council will stretch across the full range of services provided to the community - from rubbish, roads and water to the Public library, parks, the EA Networks Centre and the Art Gallery and Heritage Centre. “This is a big job with the key being delivery of a high standard of customer service to our residents,” Mr Lester said.With the service delivery position being a wider role than the current operations department, Mr McCann’s strong engineering background is seen as very important in this role, Mr Lester said. Mr McCann’s appointment comes at the same time as the council’s current operations manager Rob Rouse resigns to take up a role in the Christchurch rebuild.

Earlier this year Mr Lester also tendered his resignation. Among the projects Mr Rouse has overseen during his time at the council are the upgrading of the Ashburton water supply, construction of the new Ashburton wastewater treatment facility, civil works development of the Ashburton Business Estate and planning the route for the second Ashburton River bridge. “Rob has made a significant contribution to the council and to the Ashburton District community and we wish him and his family all the very best for the future,” said Mr Lester. While the restructuring process had been difficult, Mr Lester said he was confident he was handing over a strong team to his replacement, Andrew Dalziel.

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By Sue Newman An extra $100,000 is about to be poured into upping the quality of unsealed roads around the Ashburton District. When Ashburton District councillors deliberated on submissions made on their annual plan, they decided they could no longer ignore public dissatisfaction over the state of the district’s rural roads. Dissatisfaction was growing and while fixing the problem might need a multi-pronged attack, the council could do its part by putting more money into roading, councillor Robin Kilworth said. Some of the blame lay with the contractor not performing to expectations, but there were also funding issues, she said. “There’s clearly concern around the table and I’m convinced more than ever that this particular contract is not being delivered in the way council intended. There’s a concern, but is there a willingness to put extra money into the budget for this and if we are willing, then how much?” Mrs Kilworth said complaints about rural roads continued to grow and their condition continued to deteriorate each year. Councillor John Leadley said that it was clear from the number of submissions on rural roading problems that ratepayers did not believe they were getting good value for their money. While the failure of the council’s contractor to complete work was one problem, the other issue, council roading services manager Brian Fauth said, was that many rural roads no longer had sufficient shingle on them to allow them to be graded. “We lose about 45,000 cumecs of shingle a year and we need to replace that just to maintain the status quo, but is the status quo enough? I suggest no.” IF the council was serious about improving the quality of unsealed roads, it had no option but to put more money into its budget for

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From Toowoomba to Ashburton The pattern of changing faces at the Ashburton District Council continues as the restructuring of its management team is completed. Neill McCann will join the council next month as its group manager service delivery. He comes to the council from the Toowoomba Regional Council in Queensland and his appointment completes the reorganisation of the council’s top tier management. The new management team is designed to be more customer focused said council chief executive Brian Lester. “We are delighted to have appointed a manager of the expe-

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any parents with young children are trying to figure out how to keep their children safe from the Internet and cyber-bullying. With three children at primary school I know first-hand how hard it is to keep track of when they are online, what they are looking at and who they are communicating with. Last week, experts from an educational performance group visited Ashburton to educate local educators, and pointed out that the children are often more savvy that their parents in the use of modern devices. Including phones, we have

OUR VIEW four devices in our house that get access to the Internet but we desperately try to control and monitor our children using them. Putting passwords on all them has been a good first step to stop them going online while the parents are out of sight, but even when you are in the same room it is virtually impossible to control everything. Like most children ours are expected to have access to the Internet to do their homework and projects.

Some of these are compulsory and key parts of their education, so banning computers is simply not an option. The reality is also that computers and iPads will play a major role in their life and it is important our children stay in the loop. Not that they need any help though. Through a host of sources, at school, through their peers and at home, my young children seem to have accumulated an enormous amount of knowledge.

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In many areas they have already become vastly superior – when your five-year-old can show you how to use some apps on your iPhone you know you are getting behind the 8-ball. Despite working in the multimedia industry, my nine-yearold regularly rolls his eyes when

I mention a bit of technology news, and get told that I must be the last person to find out. ‘That’s been around for weeks’, which apparently is an eternity. The reality is that he already knows a lot more than me, and since saving to buy a secondhand iPod on TradeMe, the gulf is getting bigger. Like a miniature Silicon Valley a group of wee boys or girls with iPods can create a technology feeding frenzy and the sharing of information happens at breakneck speed. And parents have no choice but to be on top of this and come along for the journey.

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other people or how to extract themselves from conversations they are uncomfortable about. Hopefully this will educate them to make the right choices when you are not there to protect them. I believe that the key is trust between parent and child to be able to discuss any issues like cyber bullying before they reach puberty, get on Facebook and possibly are less willing to share information. Schools are doing a great job helping this cause and Netsafe’s new campaign will be another big step to help keep our children safe from online threats.

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Passwords will control the access, but even taking away the iPod, which has become the equivalent of the nuclear bomb threat in our house, is no guarantee they will not be online. The children may end up at play dates and parties with parents who are less concerned about safe access. The only solution is continuous education to teach them to keep safe and what is appropriate and not appropriate to view or to say in an online conversation. We regularly monitor the conversations and try to explain how some comments can affect

YOUR VIEW Shingle roads Our school buses travel approximately 1000kms per day on shingle roads. We ask our drivers to fill in a weekly report on any roading issues they come across in their travels, these issues are collated and forwarded by e-mail to the Ashburton District Council every week. We are extremely pleased with the quick response we receive

with the majority of problems being dealt with within days of the report. Virginia Mangin, Operations Manager

Roads; don’t worry about the roads - we have got a multimillion dollar museum and art gallery. We can put the road graders in

the museum and I can just see the artistic pile of road chip in the gallery Don’t worry the country people can’t get to the gallery, because the roads are just stuffed – they are happy hoeing their land staying home and growing their veggies. Wanting to know how the man’s kumaras went, who was in the paper please? Sandy (Text message)

Hungry kids Not everyone wants to work in dirty dairying! How many people who moan about feeding kids capitalised their family benefits to buy a house, like my parents did in the good old days? And for the record, I’ve never had kids! Sandy (Text message)

Gosnell sentenced to 18 years

Hayden Miles (sic) when I’ve already hurt youse enough. I’m ashamed as a father and as a person.” But the Miles family dismissed Gosnell’s words, saying they wanted to focus on rebuilding their own shattered lives and remembering the popular schoolboy. Gosnell was found guilty of mur-

der after a harrowing trial in April which featured grisly dismemberment evidence. The unemployed drifter admitted killing Hayden after a prolonged assault at a Cashel St flat on August 22, 2011, before cutting him into 12 pieces with a $20 jigsaw and dumping his remains in two city graveyards. Gosnell denied murderous intent, and asked to be convicted of manslaughter. Yesterday, there was a packed public gallery, including Hayden’s family and friends, as well as some of the jurors from the trial. It has been 652 days since grieving mum Jacqui Miles last saw her son, and ever since had been “living a nightmare that I can’t wake up from”. “I’ll never get to see Hayden grow up and become a man. I feel so robbed. My family is forever broken,” she told the court in an emotional victim impact statement. She had been tormented by visions of her son’s “gruesome and

evil murder”, which made her physically ill every day with the thought of how he died, she said. For the last 18 months, Mrs Miles has been seeing a therapist, suffering panic attacks - as does Hayden’s 20-year-old sister Alecia - and battling depression. Alecia told Gosnell that she didn’t want to waste energy on hating him, that he would “always be a nobody, and will be forgotten”. In sentencing, Justice Lester Chisholm said Gosnell was someone who had led a “difficult life”, and racked up 60 previous criminal convictions, spending much of the last 14 years in jail. The judge said the merciless fatal beating amounted to “extreme brutality, repeated over and over”, while the dismemberment was “quite beyond belief”. Outside court, mum Jacqui Miles’ sister Sandy was relieved at the sentence, but added: “We believe that life should mean life in prison.”. - APNZ

yesterday in Timaru, in a police interview video recorded on the day of the accident, Mr Earl said he could remember very little after leaving Oamaru. “I recall a loud noise and tumbling inside (his vehicle). I think it went upside and back on its wheels but I’m not sure.” Mr Earl said he later asked permission from the attending doctor and officers to talk to Mrs Hubbard and said she apologised to him and said it must have been her fault. Mr Earl said he was taking prescription medication for anxiety, something he had suffered for about five years. He said he

was not aware of any side effects other than making people drowsy so he only took them at night. He had taken two tablets the night before the accident but he had never experienced any side effects. “I wish I could tell you what happened but I honestly can’t remember.” Specialist road crash investigator Senior Constable Alistair Crossan told the court he had undertaken a detailed analysis of the crash site and the vehicles involved. He said his investigation show the defendant’s vehicle had crossed the centre line of the road at a shallow angle and had not slowed

before the fatal impact. He said the two vehicles had met “left head light to left head light” sustaining considerable damage, before rotating away from the point of impact. Dr Peter Rodwell said Mrs Hubbard had both pre-incident and post-incident memory loss and Mr Earl had only pre-incident memory loss which was very unusual from a head injury. Dr Rodwell said memory was very complex and that most memories returned. He said lack of incident memory could arise from a head injury or from being asleep. - APNZ

By Kurt Bayer The family of murdered Christchurch teen Hayden Miles are thankful his killer will spend at least 18 years behind bars but say “Life should mean life”. Gavin Gosnell was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 18 years for the brutal murder and dismemberment of 15-year-old Hayden. The 28-year-old sacked his defence counsel in a shock move in the High Court at Christchurch yesterday morning, while pledging his innocence and vowing to appeal against his conviction on the basis he didn’t get a fair trial. “I’m not a murderer and I didn’t murder Hayden Miles,” he said, while apologising to the Miles family for raising the possibility of putting them through a re-trial. “It kills me that Hayden’s dead. I hate that I’m still hurting youse

Prisoners in privately run Mt Eden Corrections Facility were able to access the internet through faulty computer kiosks a security review of public sector computer systems has found. The security breach was one of 12 “weak points” identified in Government Chief Information Officer Colin McDonald’s review of the security of 215 publicly accessible state sector agency IT systems released yesterday. Serco, the company which operates Mt Eden said that on November 26 last year, “an administrative error made it possible to open a web browser session” on kiosks provided to prisoners to allow them to “take responsibility for organising their day-to-day lives and helps to develop literacy and numeracy skills”. Serco’s Director of Operations Scott McNairn said the error “allowed for limited access to the internet, policed by a web filter which blocked access to inappropriate sites”. “No email, social media or adult sites were accessed.” The internet access was “limited” and “at no time was it possible to access any other systems or information”. Serco has not said how long prisoners were able to access the internet for. Mr McNairn said the company had improved security for the kiosks and was confident that the likelihood of further problems was extremely low. The other issues identified in Mr McDonald’s review were at: # Careers NZ # Ministry for Culture and Heritage # Ministry of Education # EQC # Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income # Ministry of Justice # Maritime NZ # MidCentral DHB # Trade and Enterprise # Ministry of Social Development # Tertiary Education Commission “Action has been taken and the systems are now secure”, Mr McDonald said. “There is no evidence any of these weak points led to a breach of privacy or information security.” Mr McDonald’s review was initiated in October last year in response to revelations that private data could be obtained via the Ministry of Social Development’s public computer kiosks. State Services Commissioner Iain Rennie yesterday confirmed the report was completed late last year but departments had been working

Iain Rennie on their response since then. The issue of public trust in Government agencies’ ability to handle private information appropriately was an increasingly important one, Mr Rennie said. The public was now much more aware of the issue and much less tolerant of misuse of their information. “We need to raise our game considerably around how we handle people’s information.” Mr McDonald said there “will always be a level of risk in this area that must be managed”but the review’s key finding was that the management of privacy and information security “is not always meeting best practice and needs to improve”. There was currently too much reliance on work done by IT staff and contractors and not sufficient oversight by senior managers or independent assurance that security standards were being met. Mr Rennie said “a plan of action”was no underway to address issues identified by the review. That include the immediate action taken to strengthen security begun when the review was completed in December. Agencies also had to show by April this year that they had conducted a “detailed risk assessment of their publicly accessible systems”. Agencies will also have to provide security assessments to Mr McDonald by the end of next month and again by the end of March next year, “along with reports about the steps they have taken address privacy and security issues”. “This is an issue about moving the whole system up in terms of the level of performance”, Mr Rennie said. State Services Minister Jonathan Coleman said New Zealanders expected government agencies “will be doing everything they can to ensure the integrity of public sector ICT systems”. “We expect every public service department and agency to comply fully with the agreed plan of action.” -APNZ

Missing student Hubbard crash trial adjourned to July found in Alexandra By Tom O’Connor The trial of a man over the death of Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard in a car crash has been adjourned until July 19. Andy Earl, 42, of Mosgiel has denied one charge of careless driving causing death and one charge of careless driving causing injury over the head-on collision on State Highway 1, 8km north of Oamaru on September 2 2011. Mr Hubbard died shortly after the crash and his wife Jean, who was driving, was injured. On the second day of his trial

An Otago University student who went missing after leaving a friend’s flat on Monday night has been found in Alexandra. Sophie Acklin, 18, was reported missing after she did not return to her home in Halfway Bush after visiting a friend at a central Dunedin flat on Monday about 8pm. Her mother Salu Acklin had said her daughter was normally a funloving person, but was in a “pretty fragile state” due to some personal problems over the weekend. Senior Sergeant Bruce Ross of Dunedin police confirmed Sophie

had been found in Alexandra early yesterday afternoon. He would not comment further, saying the family had not authorised him to do so. She was yet to be reunited with her family, and police in Alexandra were understood to be talking to her. A post on a Facebook page set up by her friends, Find Sophie Acklin, said Sophie had used her bank card in Alexandra. The post urged people in Central Otago to keep an eye out for her car, a light blue 1990 Toyota Corolla. - apnz

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Paedophile dad jailed A man who traded pornographic images of his toddler son in return for indecent photographs involving girls has been sentenced to eight years and 10 months in prison. The 27-year-old sat expressionless in Oamaru District Court yesterday as he was sentenced by Judge Joanna Maze on two charges of sexual violation on a child under 12, one charge of indecent assault, eight charges of doing an indecent act and 15 charges of making, distributing and possession of objectionable publications (five of each). The offending came to light when an international agency alerted police to a file-sharing website where the man was offering to trade images recording his offending against his son for indecent photographs involving girls. The man was arrested as part of a police operation that began last July involving staff across the country including Northland, Auckland City, Eastern, Canterbury and Southern districts. The operation targeted alleged paedophiles in New Zealand and overseas, including Aaron John Ellmers aged 41, who last month was sentenced to 20 years’ preventative detention. Addressing the 27-year-old father in court yesterday, Judge Maze told him: “Police called on you. You gave them access to your email accounts and electronic equipment which was necessary for the enquiry to continue and they found still images and films. Some constituted child exploitation material involving your exploitation involving this small child.” “All of this was filmed and placed on an email account folder, or folders, for sending on to others.” Police uncovered 815 still objectionable images and 84 moving objectionable images. The man was granted final name suppression to protect his son and the boy’s mother. The offences occurred between May and July 2012, but the significant acts occurred over a two-

week period in May. Crown counsel Andrew McRae submitted that there was particular cruelty, that it was degrading conduct and made more so by making and keeping and distributing a record of his actions and abuse. “The crown submits, and I accept, that there is an abuse of trust. This child was entitled to expect protection by you from harm and exploitation. You were the one person that he was entitled to expect to help him,” Judge Maze said. “How does a 13-month-old child protect himself? He can’t. He can’t even form a complaint,” she said. Judge Maze said the child was very vulnerable and the offending was done for exploitation so there was premeditation. “You created a trading commodity so you could get pornographic material back,” she said. “You deliberately filmed this child’s distress, in effect, and you offended so as to exploit the child in your care for trading purposes.” She said it was hard to imagine a wider distribution channel than the internet and harm to the victim was difficult to quantify, she said. The harm will inevitably be profound even without a specific personal memory,” she said. “[But] It will be extremely difficult to keep your position in his life from him as he grows up and there will be inevitable distress at a profound level when he discovers the truth.” Detective Sergeant Dan Keno of Oamaru police said yesterday’s conviction was an opportunity to remind parents and guardians to be aware of the dangers that online activity could create for children. People with concerns about any suspicious online activity that related to children should contact Police or the Child Youth and Family helpline. Parents could also contact their local schools to find out more about programmes that are available to protect children from online predators. -APNZ

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New Zealand’s oldest driver Bob Edwards stands in front of his red Mitsubishi in Ngataki, New Zealand. Edwards, 105 years-old, got his first licence 88 years ago and has no plans to stop driving.

At 105, Bob’s New Zealand’s oldest driver Bob Edwards was born before the first Model T rolled out of Henry Ford’s factory in Detroit. He learned to drive in a French car that had a lever instead of a steering wheel. And he’s still on the road, only now in a red four-wheel-drive Mitsubishi. The oldest licensed driver in New Zealand, and one of the oldest in the world, has been driving for 88 of his 105 years and has no plans to give it up, just as he intends to keep working out every morning in his home gym, and to keep regularly cooking meals for himself and his wife, who’s 91. “In fact, I don’t think I’m old,” Edwards says. “Not really.” He’s been involved in just one crash in his life and has gotten just one speeding ticket, a citation that still gets him riled up years later. When he broke his left hip three

years ago, his doctors said to stop driving for six weeks but he didn’t pay them much mind. After all, he says, he drives an automatic and only needs his right leg for that. Drivers older than 80 must have their health and vision tested every two years to stay on the road. While stories about elderly drivers making mistakes or causing crashes often make headlines, it’s young drivers who tend to cause the most damage. “Older drivers, on a per-kilometre-driven basis, are involved in far fewer crashes than younger drivers,” said Andy Knackstedt, spokesman for the New Zealand Transport Agency. He said that for many elderly people, retaining a licence helps them maintain their independence, mobility and dignity. “Our job is really to balance that with the need to make sure our roads are safe,”

he says. According to the Guinness World Records, the world’s oldest driver was American Fred Hale Sr. who was on the road until his 108th birthday in 1998. Edwards drives three times a week to the store 15 kilometres down the road. He picks up groceries on Sundays and the newspapers on other days. He grew up in England and he learned to drive in his uncle’s car, a De Dion Bouton. He got his first licence in 1925 at age 17. Two years later, he saw a Salvation Army ad seeking young men to work on the farms of England’s colonies. “They told me Canada was very cold, Australia was very hot, but New Zealand, they said, was just right,” Edwards says. “So I picked New Zealand.” He eventually bought a Dodge car, converted it into a truck and

started transporting the fossilised gum of native kauri trees from Snells Beach to Auckland. Soon he was working 16-hour days and transporting butter, groceries and gas; he bought new trucks and employed a couple of drivers. Gas rationing during World War Two effectively ended his business. For much of the rest of his working life, he captained tourist and car ferries, fibbing about his age so he could work beyond what was then the mandatory retirement age of 60. His wife, Lesley, stopped driving about 30 years ago. Her husband always took the wheel, anyway, and he will stay with it as long as he can. “As far as I’m concerned, driving is a part of me,” he says. “I mean, that was me. I was a driver. And I could drive anything. Anything at all.” -AP

A man who allegedly soaked himself in petrol and threatened to kill everyone in a house with the flick of a lighter before he was tackled by police officers could have psychological issues, a court heard yesterday. Police say they were called to a Christchurch house about 8.20pm on Sunday with reports of a man allegedly threatening to set himself and the property on fire. The 23-year-old man’s mother and flatmate barricaded themselves in a garage until the two officers entered the house and allegedly wrestled a lighter from him and arrested him. Constable Gary Prescott, whose bravery has already been commended after he saved an elderly woman from drowning while off duty, and patrol partner Constable Rick Groen were praised by top brass for their brave and quick-thinking actions. The 23-year-old man was charged with attempted arson, burglary, threatening to kill and wilful damage. Yesterday, he appeared from custody at Christchurch District Court where his defence counsel asked Judge David Holderness to order a psychiatric report under the Criminal Procedures (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act. Before that can happen, the man must undergo a screening interview by a forensic psychiatric nurse, who would then decide whether a report is needed. He was remanded in custody until June 7 for that to happen, and Judge Holderness granted him interim name suppression. - apnz

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New PM wants Judge accepts insanity plea no drone strikes Pakistan’s new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has called for an end to US drone strikes in the country’s northwest, after MPs endorsed him for an unprecedented third term in office. About 13 years after he was deposed in a coup and sent into exile, Sharif was formally chosen by a vote in the National Assembly yesterday and will take the oath from President Asif Ali Zardari later in the day. The country faces a daunting array of problems from crippling power cuts to Taliban militancy, and the new prime minister says citizens should be in no doubt about the challenges that lie ahead. Sharif, 63, has advocated peace talks with the Taliban, though the all-powerful military has voiced deep scepticism about the idea of doing deals with the militants. He publicly criticised the drone strike that killed Taliban deputy

Waliur Rehman last week, echoing long-held Pakistani complaints that the US campaign violates national sovereignty. Yesterday Sharif used his first speech as prime minister to reiterate his concerns. “We respect the sovereignty of others and they should also respect our sovereignty and independence. This campaign should come to an end,” he said, calling for a comprehensive strategy to root out extremism. Missile strikes by unmanned US aircraft have been very unpopular in Pakistan, but Washington views them as a vital tool in the fight against Taliban and al-Qaeda militants holed up in Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas. Ties with Washington will be a key part of Sharif’s tenure, particularly as NATO withdraws the bulk of its forces from neighbouring Afghanistan by December after more than 12 years of war. - AFP

Deadly driver freed A Victorian driver jailed after killing six teenage pedestrians will be released from jail next week, a decision that has enraged the families of the youngsters who died. Thomas Graham Towle was jailed for 10 years in 2008 after ploughing into a group of 13 teenagers, killing six of them, as they were leaving a 16th birthday party near Mildura in 2006. The Adult Parole Board of Victoria yesterday decided that Towle will be released from custody on parole on June 14. Under a strict supervision regime Towle will not be allowed to drive or enter Mildura. Towle, then 36, was sentenced to a minimum of seven years after

being found guilty of six counts of dangerous driving causing death and four of dangerous driving causing serious injury. The crash took the lives of Shane Hirst, 16, his 17-year-old sister Abby Hirst, Stevie-Lee Weight, 15, and Cassandra Manners, Cory Dowling and Josephine Calvi - all aged 16. Kerry Prowse, the mother of Shane and Abby Hirst, said the decision was a setback after she was slowly getting her life back together. “It’s been a real kick in the guts today because my daughter’s getting married and we have sort of been able to live life a little bit again,” she said. - AAP

A judge has accepted a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity from the suspect in the deadly Colorado movie theatre shooting, setting the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation. The examination could be a decisive factor in determining whether the suspect James Holmes is convicted and sentenced to die. Holmes, a former graduate neuroscience student, is accused of opening fire in a packed Denver-area movie theatre last summer, killing 12 people and injuring 70. He is charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. The July 20 massacre was one of several mass shootings that jolted the US debate over gun violence, and it helped prompt Colorado to adopt significant statewide gun control laws this year. At yesterday’s hearing, the court clerk placed a written advisory of the ground rules of the plea before Holmes so he could examine it as Judge Carlos Samour Jr. read through all 18 points. When Samour asked if he had any questions, Holmes replied no in a clear, firm voice. Samour then accepted the plea. Samour also determined prosecutors can have access to a notebook that Holmes sent to a psychiatrist before the rampage. Holmes’ lawyers repeatedly have said he is mentally ill, but they delayed the insanity plea while arguing state laws were unconstitutional. They said the laws could hobble the defense if Holmes’ case should ever reach the phase where the jury decides if he should be executed. The judge rejected that argument last week. Samour yesterday ordered Holmes to undergo a mental evaluation at a state hospital, but it could be a while before that happens. Doctors want to review the 40,000 pages of evidence in the case first. Samour set a tentative date of August 2 for Holmes’ evaluation to be completed but indicated he would grant more time if doctors want it. Court officials also released nearly 100 pretrial motions yesterday, most of them from the defense. One signaled that Holmes will seek a change of venue because of pretrial publicity. Others challenged the admissibility of ballistics, handwriting and mountains of other evidence and demanded that prosecutors hand over as many as 2000 pieces of physical evidence.

A rush-hour fire in Moscow’s subway yesterday injured dozens of people, forced the evacuation of thousands of commuters and closed parts of the network, authorities said. The fire started after a power cable caught fire in a tunnel leading to the Okhotny Ryad station adjacent to Red Square, the Emergencies Ministry said. The ministry said more than 45 people sought medical help and seven were hospitalised. Most of them suffered from smoke inhalation. Thousands were evacuated. - AP

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Aurora theatre shooting suspect James Holmes in court yesterday. Holmes was allowed to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. Holmes’ lawyers appear to be trying to humanise their client, who made his first court appearances with a mop of dyed orange hair. They filed motions asking that he be allowed to appear before jurors in civilian clothes, instead of a jail uniform, and without shackles. They also asked that authorities ratchet back courthouse security, including armed guards on the roof. Marcus Weaver, who was wounded and lost his friend Rebecca Wingo in the shooting, doesn’t believe Holmes is insane but is grateful the case is moving forward. “As we’ve seen evidence and seen the case

unfold, it’s become more evident that Mr. Holmes did what he did, and it had nothing to do with his mental state,” he said. The insanity plea is widely seen as Holmes’ best chance of avoiding execution, and possibly his only chance Hundreds of people were watching a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” at the Aurora theatre when the shooting occurred. The dead included a Navy veteran who threw himself in front of his friends to shield them, an aspiring sports journalist who had survived a mall shooting just two months earlier, and a 6-year-old girl. - AP

Screening for Alzheimer’s disease could one day be as easy as getting your eyes checked, Perth researchers say. A new study will trial an American-developed NeuroVision test aimed at detecting people at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Dr Lance Macaulay from CSIRO said recent research showed Alzheimer’s disease developed slowly. “Clinically, it is only possible to detect the disease late in its development, when significant brain damage has already occurred,” he said. - AAP

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The supermarket price wars are heating up, with Countdown knocking Pak’n Save off the lowest-price pedestal in one Wellington suburb. Consumer NZ surveyed the prices of 40 top-selling items at supermarkets in north and southeast Auckland, Tauranga, Napier/ Hastings, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. It found Pak’n Save was still the country’s cheapest supermarket, with the lowest prices in six of the seven centres. But the survey found Countdown was closing the gap, claiming second place from last year’s second-cheapest supermarket, New World, which is now the most expensive. Countdown managed to beat Pak’n

Save in the Wellington suburb of Kilbirnie, where the total bill was $141 at Countdown and $145 at Pak’n Save. Consumer chief executive Sue Chetwin said the secret to the chain’s rise to second place was the number of discounts and multi-buys on offer at Countdown. “Some of the discounts were huge - you could save $2.49 on a pack of instant coffee.” Ms Chetwin said the lesson was you could get good deals at Countdown so long as you stuck to the specials. But it was also the most expensive supermarket in Wellington when buying online, with the items costing $160 including a $13.25 delivery fee. The cost of shopping online dropped to $5.25 when picking up the grocer-

ies, however, making it cheaper than New World in Wellington. The survey found the cheapest supermarket in the country was the Pak’n Save in Hillside Road, Dunedin, while the most expensive was Chaffers New World in Wellington. New World’s drop to bottom place would come as no surprise to shoppers in Albany. The cost of the 40 items was $153 at the local New World, compared with $132 at the Albany Pak’n Save. Pak’n Save remains the cheapest for basic items like sugar, milk, flour and butter, with the lowest prices for seven out of the 10 basic items surveyed. The 40 items surveyed included food and non-alcoholic drinks, personal care and cleaning items. - APNZ

Air NZ agrees to settle case Waterfront hotel

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By Hamish Fletcher Air New Zealand has backed down in its price-fixing case with the Commerce Commission and agreed to settle the proceedings. The national carrier was the only one still holding out against the commission in the air-cargo case, in which 10 other airlines have admitted their role and paid penalties of $35 million. The commission alleged that the airlines colluded to impose fuel and security surcharges for air cargo shipments to and from New Zealand. While Air New Zealand and the regulator had reached a settlement agreement earlier this year, the airline then made an 11th hour bid to cancel the deal. Now it appears Air New Zealand has had yet another change of heart. According to a joint statement from the parties yesterday afternoon, Air New Zealand has backed down and agreed to settle. “Air New Zealand has withdrawn its proceeding challenging the settlement agreement in the air cargo proceeding and will pay costs to the commission in relation to the settlement of this dispute. The parties have agreed a basis for settling the proceedings. There will now be a penalty hearing and the parties are seeking the earliest available date for that hearing,” the statement said.

In April, the High Court ordered three more airlines to pay a combined total of $9.6 million in penalties for their role in the case. According to the commission, it received penalty judgments against Cathay Pacific Airways for $4.3 million, Thai Airways International for $2.7 million, and MASkargo System Berhad for $2.6 million for price fixing in breach of the Commerce Act. The commission said it had previously received penalties from seven other airlines: British Airways, Cargolux Airlines International, Emirates,

Japan Airlines International Co, Korean Air Lines, Qantas Airways, and Singapore Airlines Cargo. Air New Zealand is still facing action across the Tasman by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which alleges that between 2002 and 2006 it entered into arrangements or understandings with other international air cargo carriers that had the purpose or effect of fixing the price of a fuel surcharge and a security surcharge that were applied to air cargo. - NZH

The company bidding to build a $100 million waterfront hotel in Dunedin is considering its options after the project was rejected by the Dunedin City Council’s hearings committee yesterday. The decision prompted immediate celebrations from opponents of the project, but also disappointment from supporters, after the committee’s ruling was released at a packed media conference yesterday morning. Betterways Advisory Ltd director Steve Rodgers told media he was “very surprised and very disappointed” by the decision, but would not rule out an Environment Court appeal or an alternative development. He and the hotel’s backers - Jing Song, of Queenstown, and husband Ping Cao, of China - would need all of the 15 working days allowed to decide whether to appeal, or how else to proceed, Mr Rodgers said. However, Ms Song was already overseas considering other investment opportunities, and the couple might yet decide to simply move on, Mr Rodgers warned. That prospect worried Otago Chamber of Commerce chief executive John Christie, who said the chamber was already talking to Betterways to

try to rescue the situation. He hoped an alternative site could be identified, if any appeal was not successful, to ensure Dunedin did not lose the $100 million investment. “The risk is they could decide to take that investment elsewhere,” he said. Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull - who had said the council would “run out the red carpet, not red tape” for the hotel - would not be interviewed about the decision while an appeal remained possible. Instead, in a brief statement, he said the council wanted to encourage “quality investment”, but “any proposal must face the rigour and scrutiny of the resource consent process”. “The hotel application could not pass the required thresholds and so resource consent was not granted.” Speaking at the hotel’s project’s announcement in May last year, Mr Cull had said the hotel was “not just ‘nice to have’.” “Four and five-star accommodation has been lacking in the city. It is much needed.” Dunedin heritage building owner Stephen Macknight - whose properties included Consultancy House and the Bing Harris, NMA and Donald Reid buildings - was among those to welcome the decision. - APNZ

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From Raglan to Rakaia New Zealand contemporary artist Miranda Caird is featuring at the Terrace Downs Resort gallery this month. Based at Whale Bay, Raglan, Ms Caird’s work has found its way into private collections around the world. Ex-patriots like her take on New Zealand scenes, as do many visitors to the country. Ms Caird said she was most interested in events that have shaped the landscape from ancient times, when New Zealand broke away from Gondwana Land, through to the recent events of human habitation.

Unique’s Adrian Waddell gives a makeover to an old ring.

She conveys past and present in her work, where pattern and movement are strong elements. A variety of brush strokes are used in both opaque and translucent layers, bringing vibrancy to the work. “Painting is more about narrowing down the infinite, than it is about coming up with an idea,” she said. The exhibition, entitled Southern Slice, opens tomorrow night at 7pm, priced at $45 for a buffet with music from Kris Trousselot on the piano. Bookings are essential. The exhibition will run from June 8 to July 4 during resort opening hours.

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Custom jewellery trade keeps designer busy By Susan Sandys An after-school cleaning job led to a career for Unique’s Adrian Waddell. Originally from Invercargill, Mr Waddell opened Unique on Tancred Street in 2004. At the age of 15 his mum told him about a job at the local jewellery store, which involved sweeping, making coffee and cleaning jewellery. Mr Waddell cleaned and swept, but was also offered a four-year apprenticeship, which he took up with enthusiasm after leaving school in the mid-1980s.

Upon completion he went to Perth and worked as a jeweller there, before travelling further up the Western Australian coast to Broome, where he stayed for four years, working for a jeweller making items from the region’s pearls. He then went to the United Kingdom and worked in Birmingham’s jewellery quarter for seven years. He returned in 2004 and was looking for somewhere to set up in New Zealand. Ashburton seemed like the ideal place, as he had family here and there were no other manufacturing jewelers in the town. Mr Waddell has just got busier and busier since, so much so he rarely finds

time to make pieces he designs himself. However, he is just as happy making jewellery to order for clients. “It’s not like a Michael Hill, everyone has got the same, they want something unique, hence the name Unique,” Mr Waddell said. Mr Waddell’s passion for unique items extends into the many items he orders in, which are for sale in the store’s cabinets. “I sort of hunt around for jewellery reps that sell different things or unique things that I like myself. And I only get one of each style, that’s part of the allure if you come and buy something, chances are you are not going to

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get another one.” And when he did get time, he enjoyed designing and making his own pieces. He had developed his own style of jewellery which he liked. “Whoever trains you, you pick up on their ways of doing things. You are always seeing new things and trying new things.” He enjoys making items which take their inspiration from the surrounding area, or from the shape of the precious stones and semi-precious stones he collects. One piece he has for sale is a large dark pearl which is shaped like a storm cloud, featuring a gold bolt of lightning.

Southern Slice opens at Terrace Downs tomorrow.

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• June 7 – The Colour of Light, exhibition by Jen Dearborn and Susie Millichamp, at the Methven Heritage Centre, opening 5.30pm. • June 7 – Southern Slice exhibition by Miranda Caird at Terrace Downs Resort, opens 7pm with dinner, bookings essential. Exhibition runs from June 8 to July 4 during resort opening hours. • June 9 – Ashburton Musical Club public concert with visiting artists, Tres Cordes, chamber music group. Afternoon tea served. • June 10 – Official opening and presentations for Ashburton Society of Arts 49th annual exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery. • June 11 to June 28 – Public viewing of Ashburton Society of Arts 49th annual exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery. Every day 10am to 4pm and evening viewing 4pm to 7pm. • June 13 – Hypnotist Dave Upfold at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. A fundraiser for the Manio-O-Roto Kea Scouts. World renowned comedy stage hypnotist with one of the biggest crowd pulling reputations. Show 7pm, tickets $25 adults, children

under 12 $15. • June 22 – Ten Years of Song by the Mid Canterbury Choir, concert at 7pm, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, tickets at event centre and on line at ticketdirect. co.nz • June 26 – Ashburton Film Society evening The Reluctant Fundamentalist, 5.45pm at the Regent Cinema. • July 6 - Rising Stars and Dame Malvina Major, 6pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. Tickets $35 for adults and $20 for students. • July 14 – Ashburton Musical Club, 2pm, Song and Dance arranged by Margaret Hawkey and Jennie Pike. Sinclair Centre, visitors welcome $5, afternoon tea served. • Ashburton Society of Arts weekly art and printmaking group Wednesdays 10am to 2pm, life drawing group first Monday of the month 10am to midday, mixed media art group Mondays 10am to 2pm, Saturday painting group 10am to 2pm. If you have an event coming up and you think it might be suited to the Arts Diary, please let us know by contacting Susan Sandys on 307-7961 or susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Each week the Ashburton Guardian gives readers a chance to win DVDs courtesy of Roadshow Entertainment. Winners will be announced in this column the following week, so keep looking! If you see your name in the winner’s box, come into the Guardian and tell our lovely staff at reception you’re a DVD winner. ID may be required. Winners have two months to claim their prize.

cclaimed screenwriter Sir Tom Stoppard and director Susanna White bring Ford Madox Ford’s remarkable story of love and betrayal to life in this landmark production starring Rebecca Hall and Benedict Cumberbatch. As the comfortable certainties of Edwardian England give way to chaos and destruction, English aristocrat Christopher Tietjens finds himself marrying Sylvia, a beautiful but cruel socialite who is pregnant with a child who may or may not be his.

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ARIES (Mar 21st Apr 20th) A restless yearning for a change of scene or some other fun distractions may make it harder to concentrate on all those urgent matters that need attention. Allowing yourself periodic breaks and other diversions may offset boredom and help you to get things done. Your home and career balance may, however, need some attention.

TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) Though you are usually very quick off the mark when it comes to making financial decisions, you may feel torn today. Window or online shopping may tempt you to go on a spending spree and it may be hard to tame this. Of course you can allow your discrimination to kick in and save yourself a bundle of cash, but ‘can’ is the operative word!

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GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) You’re likely to be ‘in the zone’, able to make this day whatever you will. A spirited outlook, plus knowing what you want, can point you in the right direction. You’re in charge and loving the opportunity to share and express ideas, plans and feelings. Your energy level propels you to go after your goals. Try to avoid impulses though Gemini.

LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) The news for you is mostly upbeat. The Sun in Gemini stimulates your need to share thoughts and goals with others. Connect with friends or associates, face issues honestly and be the one who gets in touch. A group effort may succeed because of your input. There is, however, a chance one person’s motivations will seem hard to figure.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) An upbeat focus on your social life suggests that friendships may take on a new meaning. If an offer or invite sounds good, be bold. It’s time to enjoy mixing and mingling with others, as heartfelt connections may bring support when you need it. Careerwise, there’s excellent potential for making a new start in a fresh direction.

LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) Work can go well, which means the money picture could brighten too. Business opportunities might be very interesting as important ideas are exchanged. The Moon in Taurus suggests you may also fancy pampering yourself. Consider a visit to the spa or a relaxing massage to help you wind down. Tonight, look to mellow out.

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CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) The Moon in sensuous Taurus promotes friendships and partnerships. Private conversations can make a difference, especially when original ideas are exchanged. Share a secret with a loved one or a confidence with a friend. You may not care to join in with fun times tonight when privacy, solitude or a quiet time may appeal more.

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SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) You may be embarking on a busy period, one marked by errands, short trips, calls or messages linked to your current finances. This may be an intense and very focused time in which you look to get questions answered and pin down commitments. At the same time you may be keen to explore pastures new, chill or take a holiday.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) You seem particularly dynamic today and able to push ahead with your personal agenda. This may be down to the fact that others are currently very obliging. You could be perceptive, especially about work matters or office politics. What you learn may be beneficial, while also giving you an inside opportunity for improving your situation.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) Tensions may bubble up, causing you to speak your mind no matter what. It helps to be diplomatic though, especially in worldly situations. A partnership may also be spotlighted. Let a loved one take over while you relax. Someone’s optimistic outlook may help you see past limitations and take in the bigger picture. Someone new can inspire.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) You may find it more satisfying to stay near home today and tend to essential tasks. Get on with any work or projects that you may be nagged about. Keeping everything shipshape may be a challenge but well worth the effort. Once the chores are over there’s more than enough opportunity to enjoy a date or have fun.

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PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) Friends may be more than simply supportive. They might want to spend time with you and could offer up suggestions for an outing that may involve cultural delights. This could work out to be a lovely day, certainly not one in which you have a desire to hibernate. Whether you stay in or go out, good company can boost you.

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CPWL signs contract to store water A historic agreement between an irrigation company and an energy generator will increase water reliability to farmers on the Central Plains Water scheme. CPWL has signed an agreement with TrustPower to store water in Lake Coleridge for use by its shareholders when the Rakaia River flow is low. Doug Catherwood, chair of CPWL, in announcing the agreement said he was unaware of any other storage facility offering to release contracted water on demand in New Zealand. “We have to book the volume a year in advance but TrustPower will release it with about a day’s notice,” he said. The agreement follows months of discussion and has been made possible by the Government’s decision to alter the Water Conservation Order covering the river and lake. “This is another big step forward for us. Lake Coleridge is an existing reservoir, and at this early stage the Coleridge storage will support Stage 1 at least of the CPW Scheme, which involves water supply to 20,000 hectares of farming land,” Mr Catherwood said. TrustPower would provide 95 per cent reliability for the scheme for Stage 1, he said. Before the agreement was signed, CPW was able to offer only 70 per cent reliability with the run of river supply. “This is good news for us. Ninety-

five per cent reliability is virtually water every day for farmers. This is a real alternative to our own water storage reservoir.” There is potential for more stored water to be available for future stages of the CPWL Scheme. “Research will need to be conducted before we can be assured on the reliability of the next tranche of water. We now know the reliability will be considerable and well worth pursuing. This will constitute the next phase of our discussions,” he said. “Reliable alpine water was key for the viability of CPWL.” The positive impact meant that current ground water users who are pumping from up to 200m would switch to surface water, releasing the pressure on the over allocated ground water usage, enabling the aquifers to be replenished and increase the environmental flows in the lowland streams. “As our construction proceeds over the next couple of years, we will provide equal reliability for the coming stages of the CPW, without compromising environmental concerns for the river and the lake,” Mr Catherwood said. The first stage of the irrigation scheme will run from near the Rakaia River bridge to near the Hororata River. It will be worth approximately $144 million.

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Gould to step down as PGG leader

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Wet weather keeps lamb buyers away PGG Wrightson livestock manager Greg Cook yards up lambs at the Tinwald saleyards on Tuesday morning. A long weekend and inclement weather resulted in a small yarding of sheep this week. Heavy prime lambs fetched $100 to $113, medium weights $80 to $90, and lighter lambs, $60 to $75. Heavy prime ewes made $80 to $92, mediums $65 to $75, and light sheep, $55 to $45.

PGG Wrightson’s managing director, George Gould, will stand down on August 31. PGG Wrightson chairman, Sir John Anderson, acknowledged the contribution Mr Gould has made to PGG Wrightson since taking up the role in February 2011. “A non-executive director at the time, with a successful track record in rural servicing, particularly as a former managing director of Pyne Gould Guinness Limited, George agreed to be managing director of PGG Wrightson to help stabilise the company as it re-focused on its core business. “George has performed his task admirably and whilst the board will be sorry to see him leave, his tenure was for a fixed and relatively short period and for a particular purpose.” Mr Gould said that he was pleased to have been able to assist PGG Wrightson, particularly with regards to the rural servicing business with which he had a long standing affinity. “It has been a pleasure to serve a great company, and post August 31, I will enjoy watching from the side lines as PGG Wrightson goes from strength to strength”, Mr Gould said. Sir John advised that a selection process is proceeding to determine Mr Gould’s successor.

Reality of earning an export dollar “We have to pay the market rate” – how many times do you find this excuse used to ratchet up the salaries of public sector CEOs? The implication being if you don’t pay them the big salary, and we are talking hundreds of thousands of dollars, they’ll be snapped up. But by whom? In my time here I cannot remember a CEO from the core public service being headhunted into the private sector. I can probably add from a local council too, except that is, into a public service department, a crown entity or a consultancy peddling its trade to councils. That is why Wayne McNee’s jump from the Ministry for Primary Industries to LIC caught Wellington on the hop. The ignorant there and there are plenty of them, took it as some big step backwards for Wayne. The smart saw it as a giant promotion especially the huge jump in salary he’ll be bringing home. Whatever the view, the move is strangely unique, so why is that? There seems to be few private sector executives being recruited into public service unless they have the ‘public service experience ticket’. It makes the public service look like a

Willy Leferink

Guild where entry is controlled by those in the club. Speaking to those in the Wellington beltway, they tell me it is like a career merry go-round. Someone goes from housing to corrections, from corrections to education and from education to airways and so on. Does this insular culture work? No, it does not. We can see that in the almost non-existent numbers of public sector CEOs being pinched by the private sector. We also see it daily in policy divorced from the reality of us trying to earn an export dollar. The most basic tenet of selling is that the customer is always right but New Zealand is knocking back the green Kool-Aid like it’s going out of fashion. We have taken a leaf out of Narcissus

and fallen head over heels in love with our green reflection. Earlier this year, confidence in New Zealand milk was rocked up in China by the nitrification inhibitor DCD. While DCDs are safe and standards are being worked up for it, the discovery was a bolt out of the blue for our Chinese customers; customers no stranger to food scares. DCD came about because of New Zealand officialdoms fixation with nitrates. DCD was extolled by the Green’s Dr Russell Norman as ‘green tech’. Government ministers at the time gave it the big tick them but at no stage were our customers asked if they shared our obsession. If we had bothered to ask them what was important, we would have discovered words like ‘safe,’ ‘wholesome,’ ‘nutritious’ and ‘trustworthy’. Fonterra, after all, has found that 72 per cent of people in Asia see dairy as an important part of a balanced diet. The massive opportunity we have comes from that less than half of the 9000 people surveyed recently over nine countries eat dairy on a daily basis. What is important to them counts. I think DCD could still be a useful tool in the future, but our policymakers view of

how the world ought to be led to its rushing into the field. We didn’t show the same thoroughness on DCD as say dung beetles are being put through right now. Somehow, I don’t think our overseas customers would have the same problem with dung beetles doing their bit for the environment. The reaction to DCD’s discovery should have shattered any arrogance in officialdom but it didn’t. In March, a shipment of New Zealand apples was held up by Russian authorities for similar export certification issues which struck later in China with meat. Someone should have linked the dots here because it had all the shades of Aaron Gilmore; “we are New Zealand; don’t you know who we are?” Why is one section of the community that farmers are being held so publicly to account when those supposedly serving the public hide behind layers of bureaucracy or that golden excuse, ‘systems failure’. Instead of one rule for them and one rule for us we need our officials to be held to account. They need to be accountable. Willy Leferink is Federated Farmers Dairy chairperson

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Hundreds of dairy farmers attend- plenty of farmer interest so we’re ed LIC cow fertility events in the looking forward to kicking off the South Island last month to learn North Island leg next month, to more about how they could make talk with more farmers about the more money from the same sized opportunity which exists for many from improving the herd. The roadshow which ‘We had a great reproductive perforalso presented the latest of their herd.” turnout, with mance findings from a national Mr McNeil said herd fertility study has plenty of farmer more than 300 farmbeen described as a ers and local rural interest’ big hit by Greg McNeil, professionals attended LIC’s reproduction soluevents in Canterbury, tions manager who is co-hosting the Ashburton, West Coast and joint roadshow with Cognosco, the Southland. research arm of Anexa Health Centre They now they plan to visit 11 Ltd, and DairyNZ. North Island farming centres starting “We had a great turnout, with in Whangarei on 10 June.

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RURAL

Demand high for top Kiwi rams Kiwi sheep are jumping the ditch to improve their cousins’ genetics. Red meat genetics company Focus Genetics flew 100 Primera and Highlander rams into Australia, the third shipment in the past 12 months. Focus Genetics’ animal breeding specialist, Daniel Absolom says demand has been high. “The demand for our rams in Australia exceeded all initial expectations. The programme is part of a long term plan to establish New Zealand sheep genetics in the Australian market,” Mr Absolom said. “We have had a lot of inquiry from Australia over the last 15 years but we wanted to find the right partners before we sent any rams. “The Primera and Highlander breeds are now well established both here in NZ and the UK and the time is now right for Australia.” Paringa Livestock is the Australian partner in the venture. Paringa Livestock director, Tom Lawson said higher lamb survival rates in extreme drought conditions was pushing the demand for quality New Zealand sheep genetics. “In the last two years the results from the Primera and Highlanders have been phenomenal. Although we are still in the early stages we are seeing proven results, so there has been a big rush from farmers to buy more,” Mr Lawson said. “This year we have seen one of the worst droughts on record in Australia. During tough times farmers want top genetics. They don’t want to take any risks.”

Ready for action: Tom Lawson (Paringa Livestock), Daniel Absolom and Bayden Wilson (Focus Genetics) help unload rams in Australia. The move into Australia has also attracted interest from Australian meat companies looking for higher yielding Kiwi lamb that has also been taste tested. “New Zealand is 15 years ahead of Australia in research and development. Focus Genetics went through the trial

and error process years ago. Now it’s sheep breeds are tried and true and producing top results,” Mr Absolom said. To further keep up with demand, Focus Genetics has recently exported 1300 embryos to Australia. “This is a more cost effective way

to build a domestic supply. We have partnered a local producer in Murnong Farming to do a two-year embryo programme which will see over 2000 embryos implanted for the supply of rams born and raised in Australia,” Mr Absolom said.

Govt sets ambitious plan for Aussie farmers The Queensland government wants to double the state’s agricultural production by 2040. Growing the beef and grain industries to feed the burgeoning Asian middle class is one key part of the government’s strategy for the next three decades, outlined in a report released on yesterday. Agriculture Minister John McVeigh says it’s only the first step, with action plans and food supply chain analysis for about 60 identified farming industries to follow. “This is the first time the government will work this closely with the industry,” Mr McVeigh told AAP. “The report outlines our vision and gives us a framework based on four key pathways.” He said the focus for each industry will be securing and increasing resource

availability, driving productivity growth across the supply chain, securing and increasing market access and minimising the costs of production. Increasing research into new barley varieties and biofuels is also a key part of the government’s strategy. Queensland’s overseas agricultural exports are worth $8.9 billion a year; 16 per cent of the state’s overseas commodity exports. The agricultural industry generates more than $13.7 billion a year for Queensland’s economy. Meanwhile, farmers have welcomed an animal welfare group’s decision to pull shopping bags from its campaign against factory farming out of Coles stores Animals Australia yesterday said it had decided to withdraw the ‘Make

it Possible’ campaign bags from the supermarket chain to bring to an end to a “vicious” campaign by the National Farmers Federation against Coles and its parent company Wesfarmers. “It is a dark day for animal welfare in this country when a retailer’s support for an animal welfare initiative is vehemently opposed by the farming lobby,” Animals Australia campaign director Lyn White said. “It is one thing for these groups to defend the live export trade, but to actively oppose a public initiative encouraging consumers to use their purchasing power to get laying hens out of cages and a better quality of life for pigs and meat chickens in this country is deplorable.” Ms White - a former police officer who exposed abuse of Australian cattle in

Indonesian abattoirs in 2011, prompting a temporary suspension of the live export trade - said the group could not stand by and watch an act of generosity by Coles be turned against it. But the Farmers Federation of Western Australia (WAFarmers) labelled the group extremists who did not promote “mainstream” animal welfare objectives. President Dale Park said the group’s tie-up with Coles had been a concern to the farming community. “I understand Coles is committed to supporting improved animal welfare outcomes. However, partnering with such an extremist animal activist group would do little to achieve the desired industry outcomes,” Mr Park said. Wesfarmers was being sought for comment. - AAP

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Chertsey-Pendarves President Margaret Watson welcomed a large number of members and invited guests to our meeting, held at the Seniors Centre on April 4 at 11.30am. Jan McArthur made and presented our special member, Nancy Barton with a spray as she had recently celebrated her 90th birthday. Nancy has been a member of our WI for 63 years and has given outstanding service, especially with her musical talents. After singing the Institute song, accompanied by Yvonne Cherry (a past member), we all enjoyed a shared lunch followed by a delightful poem, written for the occasion and read by Gwenda Hansen (also a past member). Sara Clifford an inspiring speaker told us about her life and work with “Can Bead”, something which she has established to help provide an interest for cancer sufferers like herself – she was thanked by Erin Porter and presented with a token of appreciation. A short meeting followed with a report on the recent AGM meeting and Margaret then expressed our sympathy to Janice Allan and Judith Nichols who had recently suffered bereavements. On behalf of our guests, Diana King thanked us for the enjoyable day.

Fairton Our May meeting was held on a very cold afternoon at our President’s home. Motto: Cheery people help weary people forget their woes. Roll call. The household task I most dislike. It was such a nice feeling to be back to a WI meeting amongst very caring friends. Minutes and bank balance were read and confirmed. Correspondence was then read and discussed. The main discussion was the Eisteddfod on 12th July. For a small number of members I think we did well to enter as many as we have. The meeting closed with a cuppa and good catchy chat.

Netherby The May meeting 22 members went to Robbies Restaurant for lunch as it was also Mother’s Day earlier in the month. Members returned to the Seniors Centre for the meeting. Secretary Joan Campbell read the minutes and general business was discussed. Also suggestions for the coming Eisteddfod. A letter from our Loan member Joy Newton was also read. Motto – There’s no love like a mothers love. Roll call – wear a white flower in memory of mother. Raffle was won by Beverley Sclater. Two birthdays were also celebrated in May. Our project for the year is prembaby knitting. Moylan Trophy was won by Cora Petrie. Northchurch Trophy went

to Nellie Burrows. A welcome cup of tea concluded the meeting.

Rakaia For our Annual Meeting we visited and lunched at “Cedar Park”, Mrs Anne Finch’s very beautiful 1½ acre garden at Rolleston. The May meeting was held in St Andrews Lounge with a “Mother’s Day” theme. The roll call was “A novelty tea towel”. Entries for Eisteddfod were discussed. The competitions were for bread savouries and baby’s beanies, to be donated to Plunket, as well as the usual cut flowers. Pam Dolan won the Monica Johnston Trophy for most points for the day. Heather Isle’s gave us a talk on “Christmas in Texas”, highlights being, attending the “Celtic Singers” concert at the University Auditorium and her grandchildren’s Christmas functions.

Tinwald It was pleasing to see a full attendance, but one at our May meeting. President Joy welcomed members and aspirations recited. One apology was accepted. Thanks again to Judy and Colleen C for arranging flowers for the hospital recently. Motto this month “A hug is a great gift – one size fits all”. Members wore a white flower commemorating Mother’s Day, along with soup recipes swap was our roll call for May. Bay and tray was discussed. Eisteddfod entries finalised. Tinwald will cater lunch that day. Raffles were won by Yvonne and Beverly. Good to see plenty of entries in our monthly competitions. Meeting closed at 3.45pm.

Westpark President Mary Simpson welcomed 13 members to the April meeting. Several apologies were received. Aspirations were recited. Roll call – a large bag of biscuits for 206 Club were collected. Mary thanked all members for the catering at the AGM. On Friday 12th Mary presented Doreen Nicholson with her Good Service Badge as she was unable to attend the AGM. Birthday greetings to Colleen Corbett. Raffle was won by Dot Font. Our guest speaker was Christine Sandrey who operates Driving Miss Daisy. Christine will drive people to do their shopping, go to appointments or just go for a drive. Heather Hurst thanked Christine and presented her with a small gift. Fourteen members and one visitor met at Café Central for our May meeting. Correspondence was dealt with. We will meet at Doreen Nicholsons on the 30th to arrange flowers for Ward Six and work on Eisteddfod entries. Birthday greetings to Shirley Bebbington, Yvonne Lister, Linda Voyce and Heather Hurst. Doreen Nicholson said grace and members then enjoyed a lovely lunch.

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BUSINESS 1. To receive the Directors report and Statement of Accounts 2. To appoint the Auditors for the ensuing year and fix their remuneration 3. General Business Copies of the Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Statement of Accounts will be available at the Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nelson, Richmond, Motueka, Murchison, Westport, Greymouth, Takaka and Ashburton offices from Wednesday 19th June 2013.

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ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street Consultancy House. 9.30am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Beginners class, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. 9.30am - 11.30pm. MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime section, new players very welcome. Sports Hall, Tancred Street. 9.30am - 12.30pm. ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open today. Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East. 9.30am - 1.00pm. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time round op shop. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Street. 10.00am. ST DAVIDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S UNI0N CHURCH. Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 10.30am. MID CANTERBURY NEW COMERS NETWORK. New Comers coffee morning group. McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ashburton. 10.45am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Qigong exercises, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. 1.00pm. ASHBURTON SCOTTISH SOCIETY INDOOR BOWLS. Bowls afternoon new and old members welcome. Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street. 1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road. 1.15pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - beginners welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip St. 1.30pm. ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. Question and Answer, Ashburton on line. M.S.A. Lounge. Havelock Street. 7.30pm. GLENYSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe band hall, Creek Road.

TOMORROW FRIDAY JUNE 7 9.00am. ST DAVIDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training the hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 9.00am. ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Drop in centre, St Andrews Anglican Church Hall, cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald. 1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road. 1.30pm. R.S.A. Euchre. R.S.A. Cox Street, Ashburton. 2.00pm. CAVENDISH CLUB. Music circle, 31 Tancred St.

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Taranaki RC fields, form and riders Fields for Taranaki RC meeting at New Plymouth today. NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 RACE 1 12.10pm (NZT) ASCOT BLOODSTOCK MAIDEN $7000, MDN HWT, 2000m 1 4x635 Hold The Dream b (4) 68................ M Cropp 2 8x066 Heard It All (2) 68............................ I Lupton 3 R089. Huckster h (7) 68..............C Studd (3) 4 557x0 Light Handed h (1) 68.......................S Doyle 5 00 Wally h (5) 68.................................. C Singer 6 53733 Bunkered h (9) 66...........................C Perrett 7 00358 Honour Roll (6) 66.......................... J Riddell 8 0x560 Carinya (3) 66....................K Veenendaal (3) 9 09P6x Chantilly Lace h (8) 66............ G Walsh (1.5) RACE 2 12.45pm SPEIGHTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PUNTERS COMPETITION SATURDAY 20/07 R65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2000m 1 166x0 Rangatira (3) 59............................. H Tinsley 2 5P0x5 Goginga m (2) 58.............................R Myers 3 156x0 Jackabean (8) 57.......................... L Allpress 4 69x79 Torrado tdmh (7) 56.5..................R Hannam 5 51x66 Miss Holly th (4) 56...........................S Doyle 6 91048 Astana tdh (5) 55....................... M Cameron 7 0x9x0 Vicki Anne (6) 54.5.......................... K Myers 8 49579 Myback (1) 54............................. M Dee (a3) RACE 3 1.20pm WAIKATO STUD OPUNAKE CUP SATURDAY 20th JULY R85 $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 2000m 1 30x76 King Victor tdm (2) 59............ A Morgan (a3) 2 9966x Brompton tdm (4) 57.5................ M Dee (a3) 3 1x261 High Roller 56............................... Scratched 4 59346 Regal Secret (6) 54.5...............B Grylls (a2)

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MDN HWT, 1600m 1 36x65 Power Trip (3) 68............................. M Cropp 2 67984 Paddy Jo h (2) 68..............K Veenendaal (3) 3 x6568 Border h (7) 68............................... C Singer 4 79x0 Beaudastorm (6) 68......................A Kuru (3) 5 0x0 Golden Duck h (8) 68.......................S Doyle 6 8060x Jachil h (1) 68.................................. I Lupton 7 x24x4 Hostage (5) 66................................C Perrett 8 437x2 Good Risk (4) 66............................ J Riddell RACE 5 2.30pm I DO/ALLAN SHARROCK RACING STABLES R75 1600 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 04908 Mini Pearl d (6) 61................... D Turner (a3) 2 1131x El Patron mh (3) 56.5....... K Kalychurun (a3) 3 66010 Crixus d (7) 56.............................. L Allpress 4 56665 Glaizem th (2) 55.5......................R Hannam 5 178x0 Jacksun tmh (1) 55................ A Morgan (a3) 6 011x Adalia tm (5) 54.5....................... M Dee (a3) 7 99x35 Royal Haze m (4) 54........................R Myers RACE 6 3.05pm STEELFAB LTD R65 1400 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 45x41 Cool Moon d (8) 59........................ H Tinsley 2 63x21 King Nero dmh (1) 59..................R Hannam 3 01x8 Teodora mh (5) 58.5.........................S Doyle 4 87x38 Go Thunder tdmh (7) 57.5.............. J Riddell 5 16 Clos De Tart m (6) 57................ M Cameron 6 70x26 Sneaky Shan (3) 56.................. A Taylor (a3) 7 50547 Saffron d (2) 54.5........................ V Johnston 8 7x555 Classic Rio (4) 54......................... L Allpress RACE 7 3.40pm IIONE KELLY RACING STABLES MAIDEN F&M $12,000, MDN F&M, 1200m 1 x3252 Tinka Tinka (9) 57.5......................... K Myers 2 783x2 Shezastunna h (10) 57.5.............R Hannam 3 4x260 Hi Yo Ko h (13) 57.5..........................K Smith

4 Fashion Guru (6) 57.5...............B Grylls (a2) 5 Wow Whata Princess (1) 57.5....... H Tinsley 6 96 Celeste (8) 57.5.......................... V Johnston 7 585x0 Nightclubs h (12) 57.5.................... J Riddell 8 Crackling Rosie (11) 57.5................R Myers 9 08x Curvaceous (4) 57.5.........................S Doyle 10 00 Gina h (5) 57.5................. K Kalychurun (a3) 11 09x9 Royal Hussy h (3) 57.5................. L Allpress 12 76x07 Russian Haze h (7) 57.5............. M Dee (a3) 13 Bonny Heights (2) 57.5 14 60541 Sugar Plum Fairy 57.5.................. Scratched Emergencies: Bonny Heights, Sugar Plum Fairy RACE 8 4.10pm REGAL LODGE MAIDEN 3YO $7000, MDN 3YO, 1100m 1 El Primo (11) 57.5....................... V Johnston 2 Fast Fiction (4) 57.5................... M Cameron 3 Gerardo h (10) 57.5.....................R Hannam 4 09463 Ali Gator (6) 55.5......................B Grylls (a2) 5 60541 Sugar Plum Fairy 55.5.................. Scratched 6 Bonny Heights (7) 55.5....................R Myers 7 0 By A Whisker h (3) 55.5................... K Myers 8 Done h (1) 55.5........................... M Dee (a3) 9 5590. Electric Fizz h (8) 55.5..... K Kalychurun (a3) 10 0x Fayes One h (9) 55.5........................S Doyle 11 Imapuss (12) 55.5......................... L Allpress 12 008 Mer Noire h (5) 55.5................ D Turner (a3) 13 Wow Whata Princess (2) 55.5 Emergency: Wow Whata Princess Blinkers on : Light Handed (R1), Power Trip, Golden Duck, Good Risk (R4), Teodora, Clos De Tart (R6), Mer Noire (R8) Blinkers off : El Patron (R5) Winkers on : Curvaceous (R7) Winkers off : Good Risk (R4), Teodora (R6)

Auckland greyhound fields, form Fields for Auckland Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Manukau Stadium today. NZ Meeting number: 10 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1, 4.25pm (NZT) REEL-FISHIN.COM SPRINT C1, 318m 1 75432 Wolf Marine 18.91..........................P Cleaver 2 42445 Time To Find nwtd...............................J Udy 3 12454 Cawbourne Banksy 18.74..................C Hore 4 65135 Asia Ostee 18.78............................. M Mann 5 86764 Good Perception 18.70............... G Pomeroy 6 67768 Cool Time 18.97.............................A Cleaver 7 62657 Opawa Charlie nwtd........................... R Udy 8 13811 Cocky Appeal (c2) 0.00...................P Green 9 77678 Madam Norris 18.95........................T Green 10 878x8 Big Lass 18.81...............................A Cleaver RACE 2, 4.45pm TROPHIES PLUS SPRINT C0, 318m 1 72251 Chance On Me (c1) 0.00.................P Green 2 3753 Blairly Alive nwtd......................... R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan 3 2527 Knock Knock Lady nwtd............. G Pomeroy 4 33856 Fly My Pretty nwtd............................ B Craik 5 26244 Gypsy Brad nwtd........................ R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan 6 232 Captain Osti nwtd..............................C Hore 7 56544 Warsteiner nwtd R M &..................... J Smith 8 58446 One Way Paeroa nwtd................ R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan 9 67648 Madam Knocka nwtd R M &............. J Smith 10 7 Miss Paeroa nwtd....................... R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan RACE 3, 5.03pm (NZT) MTA GIFT VOUCHERS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 56478 Clover Appeal nwtd..........................P Green 2 67871 Coleridge Ainsli(c2) 18.88................. S Clark 3 57213 Found Roman nwtd............................ R Udy 4 42252 Utah Bolt 18.84........................... G Pomeroy 5 78654 Kyirrie 19.06.....................................T Green 6 57524 Tessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Boy 18.85................................P Green 7 26476 Bon Vogue 19.20...........................A Cleaver

8 68467 Opawa Crusher nwtd...........................J Udy 9 72778 Judge To Excel nwtd........................... R Udy 10 77678 Madam Norris 18.95........................T Green RACE 4, 5.20pm CAROLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TABS STAKES C1, 527m 1 51183 Feel The Vibe nwtd.....................D Schofield 2 221 Cawbourne Penny nwtd.....................C Hore 3 73114 Hell Fire nwtd.......................................J Udy 4 74817 Positivity 31.08.................................. B Craik 5 43636 Bigtime Whizz nwtd..................... R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan 6 84528 Hair He Is 30.88.................................. R Udy 7 x7887 Delusive nwtd.............................. R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan 8 67577 Sambucca nwtd.......................... R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan 9 36662 Alpinador 31.21................................. S Clark 10 18767 Value Plus nwtd..........................D Schofield RACE 5, 5.47pm (NZT) AGRC.CO.NZ SPRINT C1, 318m 1 82565 Sydilicious nwtd.................................. R Udy 2 21116 South Bay Dream 18.63............. R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan 3 34227 Deb Bale 19.00........................... G Pomeroy 4 17858 Tiger Tess 18.98..............................P Green 5 x1224 Crackles Appeal 18.62.....................P Green 6 28544 Bubble Ostee nwtd.......................... M Mann 7 32557 Redsky nwtd R M &.......................... J Smith 8 14476 All In All 18.83......................................J Udy 9 878x8 Big Lass 18.81...............................A Cleaver 10 72778 Judge To Excel nwtd........................... R Udy RACE 6, 6.15pm (NZT) SELâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TAB MANGERE SERIES HEAT 1 C4q, 318m 1 56856 Harvey Nichols 18.52........................ B Craik 2 24244 Cherry Tree Lane 18.59.................... B Craik 3 64821 Calamity Free (c5) 18.68............D Schofield 4 74716 Run Stacey Run 19.00.........................J Udy 5 62427 Opawa Sacha 18.74................... B Littlejohn 6 61546 Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funds 18.42......................P Green 7 41245 Flying Fabio nwtd...............................C Hore 8 58674 Ima Spice nwtd........................... R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan 9 31586 Big Samâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Girl 18.67......................... B Bond 10 88878 Ellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Girl 18.41........................... R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan RACE 7, 6.40pm SELâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TAB MANGERE SERIES HEAT

2 C4q, 318m 1 42456 Thrilling Abra 18.86............................ L Bliek 2 4F246 Uno Lachlan 18.67......................D Schofield 3 72612 Nathanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Champ 18.70....................... R Udy 4 37528 So Insignificant 18.68......................T Green 5 77824 This Is Swip 18.70............................ S Clark 6 27147 Agent Van Alden 18.64..................... B Craik 7 73633 Crixus 18.87.................................... G Farrell 8 64575 Moving Debree 18.37........................C Hore 9 77767 Corby nwtd.................................. R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan 10 67485 Legend Bee 18.64...............................J Udy RACE 8, 7.05pm RACE A SWIFT FANTASY PUP PROMOTION STAKES C2/3, 527m 1 77435 Opawa Johnny (c2) 31.12....................J Udy 2 76788 Cash Knocka 30.48.........................T Green 3 33176 Shark Bite 30.72............................... S Clark 4 45867 Bublin Gold (c2) 30.93...................... S Clark 5 37457 Hot Pootie 30.61..................................J Udy 6 58523 Only Kate (c2) 31.13................... R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan 7 17243 Cawbourne Jock nwtd.......................C Hore 8 25532 Edward Cullen (c2) 30.67................. B Craik 9 66371 Ostiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pursuit 30.61............................C Hore 10 3257F Munchinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Krunch (c2) 31.59........ R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan RACE 9, 7.35pm THE BROWNZY SPORTS BAR SPRINT C3, 318m 1 662x1 Double Magic (c4) 0.00....................P Green 2 77364 Samson Dash 18.53......................... B Craik 3 17675 Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Cat (c2) 18.56........D Schofield 4 x6112 Rebel Kahn 18.77............................. S Clark 5 56188 Naughty Courty 18.74...................... M Mann 6 22253 Cawbourne Bully 18.50......................C Hore 7 18716 Tiger Karen 18.57............................P Green 8 44264 Lafayette 18.78................................. B Craik 9 17565 Jackson Town 18.40.......................... S Clark 10 17557 Big Bolt 18.41..................................T Green RACE 10, 8.05pm PLASTER BOARD LTD STAKES C4/5, 527m 1 73452 Hauko nwtd..................................... G Farrell

2 13611 Just Jordana (c4) 30.45.................... B Craik 3 25824 Fancy Dasher 30.63....................D Schofield 4 7525 Davidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Osti nwtd...............................C Hore 5 68388 Doomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blown nwtd.........................P Green 6 31215 Gainsford 30.68................................ B Craik 7 22562 Lachlanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cash 30.45.................D Schofield 8 32344 Koko Whiz 30.58.........................D Schofield 9 5773F Lochinvar Sonic (c4) nwtd..........D Schofield 10 11114 Spitfire Osti (c4) 30.84.......................C Hore RACE 11, 8.35pm PLASTER BOARD DUKE OF EDINBURGH ON SUNDAY SPRINT C5, 318m 1 43318 Quick Cat 18.74..........................D Schofield 2 81575 Stellar Force 18.65........................P Cleaver 3 14447 Cosmic Mack (c4) 18.48.............D Schofield 4 21154 Lord Will 18.43...................................C Hore 5 55168 Mahonie 18.55............................ G Pomeroy 6 32721 Cosmic Pearl 0.00......................D Schofield 7 71837 Making Debree 18.39.....................P Henley 8 16686 Bigtime Drifter 18.78................... R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan 9 21884 Thrilling Issues 18.68........................ S Clark 10 12753 Versatility 18.51..................................C Hore RACE 12, 8.53pm ALL SEW EMBROIDERY SERIES FINAL C2f, 318m 1 54713 Mr. Reece 18.77.................................. R Udy 2 26624 Berridale Bullet nwtd................... R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan 3 71113 Cawbourne Henry 18.53....................C Hore 4 64377 Testify 18.64.....................................P Green 5 47x52 Flash That 19.04......................... R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan 6 72835 Hot Lass 18.53...............................A Cleaver 7 F2116 Tarapunga 18.67.........................D Schofield 8 75335 Endorse nwtd..............................D Schofield 9 82385 Bigtime Bender nwtd................... R Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Regan 10 88574 Locklinne 18.77................................. B Bond LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Forbury Park TC fields, form, drivers Fields for Forbury Park Trotting Club Inc meeting at Forbury Park today. NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 RACE 1 5.10pm (NZT) MOSGIEL MOTOR COURT CLAIMERS SERIES HT MBL PACE $5500, claimers mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 40785 Strawbs Fire Chip (1) fr.................A Armour 2 57419 Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shifty (2) fr......................... C Kennett 3 857x9 Bronze Hero (3) fr............................J W Cox 4 78427 Del Sur (4) fr....................... B Williamson (J) 5 31128 Cullenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Finest (5) fr............M Williamson (J) 6 59x53 Hi Gun (6) fr............................. N Williamson 7 86702 Fiery Rascal (7) fr..........................B Barclay 8 92971 Mullingar Mac (U1) fr....................T Williams RACE 2 5.35pm BRYLIN BOYZ TROT $5500, 2yo+ non winners trot, stand, 2200m 1 23753 City Courage (1) fr.............. B Williamson (J) 2 0Px80 Trouble Ado (2) fr..........................M Heenan 3 02000 Last Love fr................................... Scratched 4 52022 Sappyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brite Star (3) fr................ C Buchan 5 82324 Chevy Corvette (4) fr.....................B Barclay 6 8960 Final Effort (5) fr.................................A Beck 7 08 Philâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Folly (6) fr....................... N Williamson 8 0007x Reserve Banks (7) fr.....................T Williams 9 6 Zhenya (8) fr.......................M Williamson (J) 10 00590 Thanksfornothing (U1) fr................A Armour 11 78509 Gunsight Pass (U2) fr.................... K Cox (J) 12 00 Roaming (U3) fr..............................G Shand RACE 3 6.00pm JUST ESSENCE CATERING JNR DRIVERS HANDICAP PACE $5000, 4yo+ 1 to 3 wins discrhcp pace jun.d, stand, 2700m 1 94912 VCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Honour (1) fr.......................... K Cox (J) 2 88873 Graceandtemika (2) fr..................J Young (J) 3 88045 Tango Lady (3) fr................ B Williamson (J) 4 13674 Clifton Venture fr........................... Scratched 5 37586 Rome (4) fr............................. A Poutama (J) 6 16502 Jaccka Opie (5) fr......................... M Kerr (J) 7 43126 Supreme Genes (6) fr............R McIlwrick (J) 8 419x3 Kiwi Mondeo (1) 10.................... J Trainor (J) 9 70146 Hudson Sully (2) 10.............. C Ferguson (J) 10 47631 Rock Of Tara (3) 10............M Williamson (J) RACE 4 6.25pm SOUTHERN GOLDEN GIRLS HEAT MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ mares mob. pace, mobile, 1700m

1 00336 Indian Arrow (1) fr....................... J Patterson 2 51x92 Zara P (2) fr...................................A Armour 3 8x721 Vanilla Rose (3) fr.........................R Todd (J) 4 51667 Hot Toddy (4) fr........................ S Golding (J) 5 24785 Tact Hayleys Delight (5) fr..............B Barclay 6 51112 Bedtime (6) fr....................................D Dunn 7 22821 Shezaball (7) fr.............................T Williams RACE 5 6.50pm WOBBLYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SPORTS BAR MOBILE PACE $5500, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 3 Brazilian Smile (1) fr........................R Swain 2 40x Jackson Jones (2) fr................ N Williamson 3 299P7 Aveross Brachole (3) fr......................A Beck 4 2 Whatamitoyou (4) fr................S Walkinshaw 5 7 The Roman Prince (5) fr..................J W Cox 6 83708 Sammy The Bull (6) fr................. B McLellan 7 34 Tartan Trilogy (7) fr..............M Williamson (J) 8 73335 Roxy Rox (8) fr..................................D Dunn 9 0x0 Burmese Ruby (9) fr........... J MacKinnon (J) 10 40580 Go Da Jag (21) fr..........................A Veint (J) 11 25827 Just A Marvel (22) fr........... B Williamson (J) 12 9x56 Zach Bromac (23) fr........................K Larsen 13 57875 Overezy (24) fr........................... J Trainor (J) 14 87 Ice Maiden fr................................. Scratched RACE 6 7.20pm TIP TOP MEMPHIS MELTDOWN MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ 1 to 2 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 80x83 Between The Lines (1) fr...............A Armour 2 45419 Tuscaloosa (2) fr............................B Barclay 3 5x0x1 Franco Normandy (3) fr.....................A Beck 4 70087 Alexy (4) fr.......................... B Williamson (J) 5 57P41 Veraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Delight (5) fr..................... B McLellan 6 66682 Stradowan (6) fr..................M Williamson (J) 7 81854 Chanelle Bromac (7) fr.....................D Dunn 8 00x56 Sixonenine (8) fr.....................S Walkinshaw 9 06354 Christy Breanna (9) fr.............. N Williamson 10 718 Live Christian (21) fr.....................T Williams 11 15 Highview Anwell (22) fr....................J W Cox 12 99593 Ahorsewithnoname (23) fr......... J Trainor (J) 13 35650 Star Of Courage (24) fr.................M Heenan RACE 7 7.50pm BIDVEST HANDICAP PACE $7500, 3yo+ 2 to 3 wins spechcp pace, stand, 2700m 1 47998 Jerry Fitz (1) fr...................... C Ferguson (J) 2 93183 Stingray (2) fr...................................... B Butt 3 00087 Shinko (3) fr............................. N Williamson 4 16452 Westburn Courage (4) fr.....M Williamson (J) 5 38131 In The Kitty (5) fr.....................S Walkinshaw 6 56505 Major Deed fr................................ Scratched 7 01007 Libby Jaccka (7) fr...........................J W Cox 8 59041 Loose Cannon (U1) fr................. J Patterson

9 18090 Four Needed (1) 10..........................D Dunn 10 08157 Taieri Wings (2) 10.........................A Armour RACE 8 8.16pm MAINLINE ELECTRICAL PACE $5500, 2yo+ non winners pace, stand, 2200m 1 80866 Hezahotdude (1) fr..............M Williamson (J) 2 00666 Franco Synergy (2) fr......................K Larsen 3 The Ghost (3) fr............................T Williams 4 89032 Just A Jak Up (4) fr..................... B McLellan 5 4 Kezzaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lass (5) fr...........................R Swain 6 33246 Tact Charlotte (6) fr........................D Larkins 7 80P39 Strategic Miss (7) fr.................... J Trainor (J) 8 4 Somethinginthewater (8) fr.....S Walkinshaw 9 902x8 Jadaki (9) fr.............................. N Williamson 10 Fellas R Trouble (10) fr.................M Heenan 11 25922 Arising Easton (11) fr........................D Dunn 12 000 Byrd fr........................................... Scratched RACE 9 8.43pm RICOH MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ 1 to 2 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 55795 Bubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hanover (1) fr................S Walkinshaw 2 41 Aveross Rustler (2) fr.............R McIlwrick (J) 3 14333 Memorable (3) fr...............................D Dunn 4 1 On Ice (4) fr............................. N Williamson 5 07287 Thrill (5) fr...........................M Williamson (J) 6 x6Px1 Tic Tac Bromac (6) fr.........................A Beck 7 7x390 Chal Fire (7) fr.................................J W Cox 8 94615 Gotta Go Sassyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jet fr................. Scratched 9 858P3 All For D B (8) fr.............................B Barclay 10 43173 Last Issue (21) fr.............................K Larsen 11 07709 Mackenzie Jacob (22) fr..... B Williamson (J) 12 00x98 Champagne Driller (23) fr.............R Todd (J) RACE 10 9.10pm DUNEDIN CITY FORD MOBILE PACE $8500, 3 to 7 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 77816 Elusive Flight (1) fr..............M Williamson (J) 2 21213 Montecrengle (2) fr..........................J W Cox 3 61355 Ginger Spice (3) fr............................D Dunn 4 0270x Vic N Art (4) fr.......................... N Williamson 5 228x8 River Black (5) fr............................ K Cox (J) 6 13109 Ballindooley (6) fr S Golding (J,................Cl) 7 5556x Motu Speedy Star (7) fr J Trainor (J,........Cl) RACE 11 9.40pm SIGNPRINT HANDICAP TROT $7500, 3yo+ 1 to 6 wins discrhcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 04696 Starlight Invasion fr....................... Scratched 2 61790 Miri (1) fr......................................... A Faulks 3 0P730 Trade Me Now (2) fr......................B Norman 4 17 Alexandra Leaving (3) fr.....M Williamson (J) 5 07099 Earls Buller Girl (4) fr.................... N Buchan 6 8x059 Flyin Courage (5) fr............. B Williamson (J) 7 49088 Goodboy Tiger (6) fr........................ C Negus

8 63018 Joltin Joe Demagio (7) fr..............M Heenan 9 70644 Whendaboysliteup (U1) fr........ N Williamson 10 17x80 Spin Doctor (U2) fr...........................J W Cox 11 34521 John Henry Galleon (1) 10............A Armour 12 24240 Whitney (1) 20..................................D Dunn 13 0x790 Sunnivue Impulse (1) 30................B Barclay 14 0P6x6 Mum Beat Lyall (U1) 30.....................A Beck 15 7x765 Guadeloupe (1) 40........................R Todd (J) Emergency: Starlight Invasion RACE 12 10.10pm SOUTHERN GOLDEN GIRLS HEAT MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ mares mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 5055x Sunny Two Shoes (1) fr....................D Dunn 2 07083 Infrequently (2) fr................ B Williamson (J) 3 32132 Flyin Armalight (3) fr........................J W Cox 4 00483 Ardlussa Eliza (4) fr.............. C Ferguson (J) 5 55x05 Miss Milwaukee (5) fr..........M Williamson (J) 6 01007 Libby Jaccka fr.............................. Scratched 7 74601 Roxy Rocket (7) fr...................S Walkinshaw 8 12312 Highview Macushla (8) fr...................A Beck 9 62621 Arma Courage (21) fr....................T Williams 10 52154 Ideal Tact (22) fr.............................D Larkins RACE 13 10.40pm ACME METAL & DRUM MOBILE PACE $5000, 4yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 4300x De Malmanche (1) fr........................... B Butt 2 Devine Sign (2) fr..............................D Dunn 3 00 Just Another Dream (3) fr...M Williamson (J) 4 6x380 Love In The Dark (4) fr............. N Williamson 5 34273 Juliana Belle (5) fr..........................A Armour 6 0P053 Curve (6) fr.......................................J W Cox 7 04530 Bryleigh Star (7) fr..................... J Trainor (J) 8 0 Tachma (8) fr...................................G McLay 9 73025 Just Kris fr..................................... Scratched 10 40444 Megie May (21) fr.................. C Ferguson (J) 11 62867 Chapel Lane (22) fr.........................K Larsen Pacifiers on : Reserve Banks (R2), Thrill (R9), Earls Buller Girl, Spin Doctor (R11), Sunny Two Shoes (R12), Bryleigh Star (R13) Pacifiers off : Thanksfornothing (R2) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Christchurch greyhound fields and form Fields for Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Addington Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1, 12.02pm (NZT) SUPER PETS MAIDEN HEAT C0q, 520m 1 8637 Scotsome Power nwtd M &................Jopson 2 35243 Cawbourne Polly nwtd..................... M Grant 3 54 Opawa Anne nwtd L &........................ Wales 4 45445 Groovy Leo nwtd........................J McInerney 5 61 Opawa Jean (c1) nwtd L &................. Wales 6 86 Bublin Jed nwtd................................ M Flipp 7 Opawa Lauren nwtd L &..................... Wales 8 61 Voreda (c1) nwtd........................M Robinson 9 86761 Botany Craig (c1) nwtd..............J McInerney 10 75873 Massage Only nwtd.....................D Kingston RACE 2, 12.19pm DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY SPRINT C0, 295m 1 77 Sum Are Fun nwtd............................ M Flipp 2 Explodable nwtd................................ M Flipp 3 33 Conaloo nwtd.............................M Robinson 4 34535 Mamalulu nwtd C &............................ Fagan 5 74488 Go Patch nwtd............................... G Cleeve 6 211 Damarjo (c1) 17.52 H &.......................Taylor 7 Drip Dry Ocean nwtd J &........................May 8 72362 Another Stone nwtd...................J McInerney 9 75567 Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pal nwtd......................J McInerney 10 8821 Gracy Racer (c1) 17.79...................S Fagan RACE 3, 12.37pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C0, 295m 1 735 Iva Cunning Plan nwtd.........................A Lee 2 87 Slingo nwtd................................M Robinson 3 44536 Uno Nosey nwtd J &...............................May 4 74874 Mustang Magz nwtd.......................... M Flipp

5 36672 Okuku Muppet nwtd C &..................... Fagan 6 73 Starburst Benny nwtd...................... M Grant 7 3Px84 Homebush Churro nwtd.............J McInerney 8 65366 Pepâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pot nwtd.................................S Fagan 9 Save Anne Boleyn nwtd J &...................May 10 66 Go Nola nwtd................................. G Cleeve RACE 4, 12.54pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC SPRINT C1, 295m 1 1215 Cawbourne Hurdo 17.51.................. M Grant 2 35867 El Maestro 17.53 H &..........................Taylor 3 83324 Liquorice Whip nwtd..................J McInerney 4 43322 Wellywood 17.82 W &........................ Nissen 5 87131 Botany Jessie nwtd....................J McInerney 6 21243 Opawa Token 17.87 L &...................... Wales 7 58757 Homebush Nos nwtd.................J McInerney 8 F5431 Avec Lamour (c2) 17.69............A Bradshaw 9 x2111 True Classic (c2) 17.40 W &.............. Nissen 10 72512 Wandy Gaylene (c2) 17.30............ G Cleeve RACE 5, 1.12pm SUPER PETS MAIDEN HEAT C0q, 520m 1 Lacey nwtd M &.................................Jopson 2 58346 Another Another nwtd................J McInerney 3 8 Opawa Hally nwtd L &........................ Wales 4 Illya Kuryakin nwtd............................ M Flipp 5 68688 Opawa Jake nwtd L &......................... Wales 6 775 Pat Patty nwtd L &.............................. Wales 7 22 Cognac Diamond nwtd J &..............D Fahey 8 67435 Wagon Wheel nwtd M &....................Jopson 9 86761 Botany Craig (c1) nwtd..............J McInerney 10 75873 Massage Only nwtd.....................D Kingston RACE 6, 1.29pm GARRARDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HORSE & HOUND SPRINT C0, 295m 1 33655 Witch Wood Rose nwtd J &....................May 2 38644 Homebush Sting nwtd................J McInerney 3 43454 Mulberry Macro nwtd....................K Cassidy 4 58 Hot Tea nwtd..............................A Bradshaw 5 33725 Teevee Gidget nwtd.......................... M Flipp 6 27675 Fantas Fiction nwtd..........................S Fagan 7 32253 Know Pity nwtd.............................. G Cleeve

8 46 Car Bootle nwtd.........................M Robinson 9 75567 Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pal nwtd......................J McInerney 10 47752 Chase The Stars nwtd M &.................. Smith RACE 7, 1.47pm SUPER PETS MAIDEN HEAT C0q, 520m 1 11 Opawa Stretch (c1) 30.33 J &.........D Fahey 2 44753 Choose To Love nwtd M &.................Jopson 3 Mr. Jimmy nwtd A &............................Seque 4 7 Opawa Leanne nwtd L &.................... Wales 5 64776 Know Solution nwtd....................... G Cleeve 6 38487 Rose Bow nwtd L &............................ Wales 7 68667 Homebush Julian nwtd..............J McInerney 8 Opawa Natty nwtd L &........................ Wales 9 86761 Botany Craig (c1) nwtd..............J McInerney 10 75873 Massage Only nwtd.....................D Kingston RACE 8, 2.05pm CHRIS & LISA EARL DASH C2, 295m 1 57327 Okuku Lilly 17.51............................ R Casey 2 75345 Wunya nwtd W &............................... Nissen 3 76335 Cawbourne Flippa 17.35................... M Flipp 4 87644 Lindop nwtd...............................J McInerney 5 21111 Trans Tasman (c3) 17.23...........R Blackburn 6 77255 Genista Outlaw 17.48 J &.......................May 7 58277 Nitro Mabel 17.49 H &.........................Taylor 8 13733 Starburst Blanch 17.40.................... M Grant 9 58656 Rule Judge Judy 17.59 J &.....................May 10 48865 Homebush Coco 17.84..............J McInerney RACE 9, 2.22pm CHRISTCHURCHGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ DASH C1, 295m 1 24248 Noisy Leo 17.58.........................J McInerney 2 25252 Gypsy Hunter nwtd W &.................... Nissen 3 55231 Fly Canary Fly (c2) nwtd...........J McInerney 4 33433 Know Lies 17.62............................ G Cleeve 5 41544 Botany Seaton nwtd...................J McInerney 6 76822 Thirsty Kelvin nwtd.....................J McInerney 7 4244x Warrugal Springs nwtd A &................Seque 8 78646 Bigtime Yahoo 17.59 P &....................Doody 9 24137 Batiatus 17.34............................R Blackburn 10 57645 Ohoka Hart 17.71......................... L Waretini

RACE 10, 2.40pm YELLA MUSTARD AT STUD STAKES C2, 520m 1 21221 Cawbourne Kesha (c3) 30.74....J McInerney 2 34126 Jinja Pop 30.47 J &..........................D Fahey 3 21142 Ohoka Frenchi 30.69.................... L Waretini 4 32136 Rocky Baxter nwtd.....................J McInerney 5 54232 Rambunctious 30.63..................A Bradshaw 6 44124 Opawa Wally nwtd L &........................ Wales 7 23113 Tepirita Desire nwtd..........................B Shaw 8 11313 Speedy Kazza nwtd...................J McInerney 9 22345 Mick and Paddy 30.34 W &............... Nissen 10 24245 Another Star nwtd......................J McInerney RACE 11, 2.57pm FLAIR DASH C2, 295m 1 82474 Arkaden nwtd A &...............................Seque 2 13121 Know Pride (c3) 17.26................... G Cleeve 3 54554 Turbo Tundra 17.57.......................... M Grant 4 67652 Cawbourne Reeah 17.44...........J McInerney 5 24782 Two Ways 17.30................................B Shaw 6 58286 Vitalize 17.65 J &....................................May 7 14686 Make Your Point (c1) 17.40 W &........ Nissen 8 35838 Okuku Bobo 17.47.......................... R Casey 9 58656 Rule Judge Judy 17.59 J &.....................May 10 48865 Homebush Coco 17.84..............J McInerney RACE 12, 3.15pm SPEIGHTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SPRINT C2, 295m 1 15112 Swapan 17.47 J &............................D Fahey 2 51127 Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A Jewel 17.35 C &.............D Roberts 3 66416 Waimak Dave (c1) 17.60...........J McInerney 4 5288x Firemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rocket nwtd.................. G Cleeve 5 8x558 Wandy Millah (c1) 17.63..............D Kingston 6 24382 Cawbourne Chief 17.47................... M Grant 7 63318 Homebush Cruden nwtd............J McInerney 8 45463 Aversion 17.66 H &..............................Taylor 9 58656 Rule Judge Judy 17.59 J &.....................May 10 48865 Homebush Coco 17.84..............J McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Thursday, June 6, 2013

SPORT SCOREBOARD Draws Basketball Basketball Intermediate Grade June 7 Any queries please call Tania Rule 307 2461 or Sandra Hurley 308 8438 Stadium – Oxford Street Opening Duty – Asteroids 3.45pm Asteroids v The Saints (Bailey O’Donnell, Emily Hickman); 4.30pm Inter Celts v Longbeach Lakers (William Hollings, Justus Frank); 5.15pm St Joseph’s Storm v Taste The Thunder (Randall Anderson, Nic Thomasson); 6.00pm Borough Bullets v Longbeach Bouncers (Allie Henderson, Jayden Reid); 6.45pm Ball Bashers v St Joseph’s Diamonds (Allie Henderson, Mindy Morrison); 7.30pm St Joseph’s Titans v The Lepricorns (Tania Rule, Liam O’Connor) Closing Duty – St Joseph’s Titans

Sports Hall – Tancred Street Opening Duty – CPT Survivors 3.45pm 7 Up v CPT Survivors (Hayden Adams, Scott Kelland); 4.30pm St Joseph’s Jazz v Robillard Rebels (Hayden Adams, Fletcher Arnold); 5.15pm George & Co v Thunder (Sandra Hurley, Paula Gilbert) Closing Duty – Thunder Bye Girls – Herricanes; Bye Boys – Borough Bulls

Golf Ashburton Golf Club Midweek Women June 11 LGU, Rnd 2 Mildred Doak Draw Steward: Leigh Wackrow 308 3790 Tuesday Starters: B Gregory, M Stoddart Silver players please report 9.30am for 10am start Bronze players report 9.45am Nine Hole Men and Women’s Section June 13 Rnd 3 Marion Marshall Trophy, stroke report 9.45am

Nine Hole convenors – Carolyn King 308-7022 and Carol O’Reilly 308-8758 June 8 LGU, Mildred Doak, Rnd 3 Bonnington Cup report 11am for 11.15am start Club Captain – Alison Grant 302-4635.

Results Shooting

Mayfield June 3 Phillippa Fleming 95.2; Pip McLintock 95.1; John Fleming 98.5; Carl Nordqvist 99.1; Alan Wakelin 96.5; Brent Austin 94.2; Tim Hoban 77.1; Martin Fleming 98.4.

Squash

Altrusa International of Ashburton Several members from Altrusa International of Ashburton recently attended the Annual Conference of Altrusa International District Fifteen (New Zealand), held at Nelson, at which we received the following Awards: Altrusa Fundraising Project Award Certificate for our Christmas Tree of Remembrance (proceeds donated to local palliative care); 1st in the Margaret Maylor —-Newsletter Award; 1st in the June Garth Memorial Governor’s Award for best performing Club; and 1st in the Letha H Brown Literacy Award for our AVAILLL Literacy Programme. The winning entry for the Letha H Brown Award will now go on to compete at International level in the United States. The Ashburton Altrusa Club also recently held their Changeover Dinner, at which the incoming President, Carol Haskett was installed for the next 12 months. Her Board will consist of 1st Vice President Suan Bowler; Recording Secretary Helen Hooper; Correspondence Secretary Pam Champness; Treasurer Joan Lawn; Jeanette Sinclair, Yvonne Letham and Carol Brown (Directors); Immediate past President: Val Prendergast In attendance was District Fifteen Governor Jenette Borrell, who presented Charter Members Nan James and Annette Lane with pins to mark forty years of membership. Our on-going projects Club will continue though the coming year - Magic Mums when we treat mothers of children with a disability to a weekend of pampering; September marks Literacy month when we participate in the Great Read at schools – we also donate & update AVAILLL programmes to schools; we support a child through Save the Children. (annual donation); our Annual Health Sciences Bursary is open to local people; Books on Wheels is run in conjunction with the local Library – we deliver books fortnightly to people who are no longer able to visit Library; at Christmas our Tree of Remembrance is well supported, with the proceeds going to Palliative Care; maintenance of our

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Ashburton Horticultural Society A pleasing number of members attended the final meeting for the season and enjoyed a pot luck tea and time of fellowship. The designated speaker was unable to make the meeting and instead there was an impromptu Q&A session which was very entertaining and informative. There has already been one request for another such session with a different panel of members. Raffles were won by surrey Lamont and Norm McDowell and the Premier Bloom was awarded to Pat Tarbotton for a beautiful gerbera. Table Show Results: Pat Tarbotton 5 firsts, 5 seconds, 3 thirds Ken McLaren 4 firsts, 2 seconds Maureen Randall 3 firsts, 3 seconds, 3 thirds Rosemary Case 2 firsts, 1 second Shona Thomas 2 firsts, 3 thirds Surrey Lamont 1 first, 1 second Maureen McDowell 1 first Norm McDowell 1 second John Hoogweg 2 thirds The society’s next meeting will be the AGM held on August 261. at 7.30pm and visitors and new members will be most welcome.8.

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6.00 Friends. (G, R, T) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, T) 7.00 Shortland Street. (PGR, T) Vinnie and Nicole redefine their relationship. 7.30 Police Ten 7. (T) 8.00 RBT. (G, T) 8.30 Once Upon A Time. (PGR, T) Emma, David and Mr. Gold protect Mary Margaret against Regina, who is out for revenge and has made it her mission to kill Mary. 9.30 20/20. (T) 10.30 Vampire Diaries. (AO, T) Damon takes her to New Elena York City. 11.30 Police Ten 7. (R, T)

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10.50 Tagata Pasifika. 11.50 Infested. (PGR, R, T) 12.55 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.30 Infomercials. 5.05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 5.35 Te Karere. (R, T)

12.00 Final Witness. (AO) 1.00 Crash Course. (G, R, T) 1.30 Infomercials. 2.30 No Ordinary Family. (PGR, R, T) 3.15 The Amazing Race. (PGR, R, T) 4.05 Anderson. (G, R) 5.05 Erin Simpson. (R) 5.30 Infomercials.

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3 News: Firstline. Infomercials. (G) The Shopping Channel. Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R) 3 News. Home And Away. (G, R) Dr Phil. (AO) The Dr Oz Show. (PGR) Top Chef. (G, R) The six remaining contestants check in to create a hotel-themed breakfastin-bed dish. Rachael Ray. (G) Entertainment Tonight. (G) Home And Away. (G) Indi finally lets go of Romeo, April gets a placement at his hospital, and Maddy tries to manipulate Spencer into caring about her.

6.00 3 News. 7.00 Campbell Live. 7.30 Chelsea New Zealand’s Hottest Home Baker. (G) 8.35 Bones. (AO) The murder of a TV producer is investigated, Brennan is shocked by Christine’s behaviour when she’s accused of biting a classmate. 9.35 Bones. (AO, R) Human remains are discovered in the world’s largest chocolate bar, manufactured by an eccentric chocolatier. Guest starring Wayne Knight. 10.35 Nightline. 11.15 ANZ Golf World. 11.45 Saving Grace. (AO) 12.40 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 Infomercials. (G)

4.30 FOUR Live. (G) 6.00 Everybody Hates Chris. (G, R) 6.30 Futurama. (G, R) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PGR, R) 7.30 Family Guy. (PGR, R) 8.00 American Dad. (PGR, R) 8.30 Cleveland Show. (PGR) Donna puts her foot down when Cleveland and his mum, Cookie, are mistaken for husband and wife on a visit to a retirement community.

Nieman Lost to Michael Burton 0-3 (14/16; 8/15; 12/15) 7. Andrew Jopson Lost to Hamish Tait 1-3 8. Jordan Francis Beat Jarod Hopwood By Default A: BNZ v F: PGGW Irrigation 1. Matt Stoddart Lost to Tim Stoddart 1-3 (12/15; 11/15; 15/12; 11/15) 2. Brad Going Lost to Scott Broker 1-3 (15-17; 13/15; 15/7;

7/15) 3. Emma Sloss Beat Armand van der Eik 3-2 (15/9; 14/16; 15/5; 9/15; 15/7) 4. Simon Woolley Beat Julie Smith 3-0 (15/9; 15/7; 16/14) 5. Alastair White Beat Jonothan Simpson 3-0 (15/11; 15/11; 15/13) 6. Tim O’Sullivan Lost to Tony Clarke 0-3 (14/16; 6/15; 14/16) 7. Bradley Johnson Beat Laura Gilmour 3-0 8. Lisa Clarke Lost to Daniel Clarke 1-3.

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Vocal duet – Jim Burgess & Arthur Berry -accompanied by Yvonne Cherry. Instrumental items by the ever popular “Grey Lads”, John DavisAlanMcQuarters-Dowell Peterson-Geordie Robinson, always present a very polished performance. Three numbers by the “Banjo Trio”- Bob Neilson (banjo mandolin)Jim Mitchell(banjo ukelele)-Russell Carter( 5 string banjo). Three songs by the Chorus Group.-Accompanist John Davis. Some rousing electronic organ music by the virtuoso, John Davis. The raffles were drawn – Gt. Chief Bruce thanked all performers. The evening concluded with the singing of “The Queen”, followed by supper.

Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club On May 12 the club held the inaugural six-hour relay based at the Allenton Rugby Club rooms. We were absolutely delighted with the day with fabulous weather, good racing and a great atmosphere. We had 46 teams racing with a mixture of men’s, women’s, corporate, kids, mixed and family. There were also 10 solo riders. We are extremely grateful to our naming sponsor the Ashburton trust, our gold sponsor Paul Wylie Cyclerama and our silver sponsor Health 2000 as well as all our other sponsors. It is our hope this event will become a regular part of the mountain biking calendar and we hope to grow the event in the future. We have tentatively set the date to run again next year on Mother’s day and as part of Ashburton’s Wheels Week celebrations. ACROSS DOWN Funds raised from this event are earmarked for the ongoing Image (4) and maintenance2.of the Section (10) development mountain bike track. We are very fortunate to have a wide range of tracks Approval (10) 3. Whip (4) and rides available to us in the Mid Canterbury area. Soft wool biking (8) is a fun activity 4. Assent (6)with anything from Mountain for all ages Detail (4) to a pleasant ride5. Scatter (6) flat out racing amongst our beautiful countryside. The club Firm (6)always welcomes new 6.members Wisdomand(8)you can check us out on our website at www.midcanterburymtbclub.co.nz

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6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 6.30 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 7.30 Home Shopping. (G) 12.00 The Doctors. (G) 1.00 The Jeff Probst Show. (G) 2.05 America’s Got Talent. (G, R) 3.05 Better Homes And Gardens. (G, R) Ideas and practical guides to improvement projects for your home and garden, plus recipes and entertaining solutions. 4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) Game show hosted by Andrew O’Keefe that gives contestants the opportunity to win up to $200,000 each night. 5.30 Prime News.

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Movies Greats, 6.25pm Elmore Leonard, writer of Get Shorty, lends another of his novels to wunderkind director Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven) with classy results. George Clooney shines as the charismatic bank robber who busts out of jail with the help of his partner (Ving Rhames) and takes a tough-as-nails FBI agent (a surprisingly great Jennifer Lopez) hostage. A flawless action thriller Features with fantastic characters, bolstered by a convincing romantic angle.

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Deal Or No Deal. (G) Millionaire: Hot Seat. The Crowd Goes Wild. Man Vs Wild. (PGR) The Animal Files. (New, PGR) New Zealand reality series series that follows the vets of Massey University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital. 9.00 Storage Wars Texas. (New, PGR) American Reality series in which buyers gamble on the contents of an unpaid storage locker, on the lookout for storage gold. 9.30 Vegas. (PGR) 10.30 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 11.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G) 12.00 Home Shopping. (G) 1.30 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (G)

FOUR 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Sticky TV. (G, R) 7.30 Scaredy Squirrel. (G, R) 7.55 Hey Arnold! (G, R) 8.20 Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Bitty Adventures. (G, R) 8.45 HUMF. (G) 8.50 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.00 Thomas & Friends. (G, R) 9.10 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.15 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.20 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 9.50 Tickety Toc. (G) 10.00 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G)

J: Canterbury Long Run Roofing v B: Quaid Construction 1. Sam Shearer Lost to Steve Leckie 1-3 (16/14;14/16; 15/10; 15/6) 2. Andrew Watt Lost to Justin Quaid 2-3 (15/7;12/15; 12/15; 15/7; 11/15) 3. Niki-Lee Francis Lost to Mark Kennedy 2-3 (15/10; 5/15; 12/15; 15/11; 5/15) 4. Dave McDonnell Lost to Ian Dolden 2-3 5. Adam Marshall Beat Chris Redmond By Default 6. Karen

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McQuarters (trombone)-Dowell Peterson(saxophone)-Geordie is our subscription will remain at $80 cheapest sub in the district. SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE NoArgyle 12,201 Robinson(guitar)-Kevin Crean (piano accordion)-Sam Cullimore Committee for the 2013-14 season John President; Marie (harmonica) and William Lowe(drums), set the tone for the evening Harnett President; Joan Hardy Treasurer; 10 KathLater; Muir Secretary Across: 7 Vice Crowd; 8 Bravery; 9 Obscene; 12 with a series of toe-tapping numbers. Committee Rene Devereux, Sheilagh Blyth, Joyce Cleghorn, Distraught; 15 Interloper; 18 Hoist; 19 Janitor; 21 Vocal solo by Jim Burgess accompanied by Yvonne Cherry. Shirley Taylor, Ronnie Cockburn, Charlie Cleghorn; Greenkeeper Chaotic; 22 Child. Instrumental item by Bill Lowe (lead guitar)-Yvonne Maurice Sunbeam. Down: 1 Accomplish; 2 Moist; 3 Edge; Absent; Winter bowls are now being played in the4 club rooms5on a Cherry(electronic organ) and William Lowe(drums). Palliate; 6 Vertigo; Retrograde; 13 Irritate; Wednesday and11 Saturday afternoons come up14toStoical; Racecourse “A Wise Woman”. A humorous sketch by Koa Congdon and 16 Object; 17 Stain; Road and have a20 go.Nice. Russell Anstiss.

6.00 ONE News. (T) 7.00 Seven Sharp. (T) 7.30 Coronation Street. (T) Kylie causes an all-out war. 8.30 Miranda. (PGR, R, T) Big changes are in store for our heroine as Miranda’s mother forces her to go on a detox. 9.05 Mrs Brown’s Boys. (AO, R, T) Agnes goes on a diet after her family comments about her weight, but soon realises how difficult it will be to lay off the fish and chips. 9.45 The Catherine Tate Show. (AO, R, T) 10.20 ONE News Tonight. (T)

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C: Skip-2-It Flooring Xtra v D: Precision Cutting & Processing 1. Greg Feutz v Josh O’Malley – No result 2. Linton Muir lost to Nick Marshall 0-3 (6/15;7/15; 8/15) 3. Skip Muir lost to Philippa Westwood 1-3 (3/15;12/15; 15/13; 3/15) 4. Nick Swift Lost to Peter Blain 2-3 (15/9; 15/11;8/15; 10/15; 14/16) 5. Vaness Loe lost to Tim Lowe 2-3 (8/15; 15/13;10/15; 15/9; 8/15) 6. Mitchell Dellow Beat Paulette Petelo 3-2 (10/15;15/12; 15/13; 12/15; 15/10) 7. Mitchell Dellow Lost to Campbell Bedward 1-3 8. Catherine Wells Beat Kathryn Gray 3-2 (15/8;15/10; 10/15; 11/15; 15/9)

9. 10. The third korero of the season was held in the Savage Club 12. Hall on Tuesday June 4 commencing at 7.30pm, preceded by 14. Signify (6) 7. Appear (4) a 7pm get-together. This was a special occasion, with the induction by Great Chief 15. Wrote (6) Outdoor 11.Bowling Quench (10) Club MSA Bruce Wear, of a new member, Margaret Taylor. 17. Observing (6) 13. Insolvent (8) The evening was chaired by Gt. Chief Bruce assisted by A successful season has come to an end, with two Sub Centre 18. Asterisk 16. Discuss (6) wall Larry Neal Tohunga Ray Mitchell. Champion(4) of Champions certificates on the clubs After the National Anthem - “March-In” - notices and apologies, retained his(8) Colts title. 19. Bragging 17. Deficient (6) the evening’s entertainment commenced. Dave(10) Muir, Guildford Lane,18. JohnIllArgyle, 21. Rival (4) Larry Neal. Programme:taking out the Fours title well done. 22. Resound 20. (4) The seven piece orchestra comprising John Davis(piano)-Alan Our Annual(4) General Meeting hasRipped been held and the good news

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6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.30 Buzzy Bee And Friends. (G, R, T) 6.35 Tiki Tour. (G, R, T) 7.00 Grizzly Tales. (G, R, T) 7.25 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. (G, R, T) 7.50 Pokemon: Black and White. (G, T) 8.15 Franklin. (G, R, T) 8.40 Mike The Knight. (G, R, T) 8.50 Fireman Sam. (R, T) 9.00 Infomercials. 10.30 Neighbours. (G, R, T) 11.00 Shortland Street. (PGR, R, T) 11.30 Spin City. (R, T) 12.00 Desperate Housewives. (Final, AO, R, T) 1.00 Jeremy Kyle. (Final, AO) 2.00 Jeremy Kyle USA. (AO) 3.00 Mr Men. (G, R, T) 3.10 Doc McStuffins. (T) 3.35 Back At The Barnyard. (G, R, T) 4.05 Good Luck Charlie. (G, R, T) 4.30 The Erin Simpson Show. 5.00 Horace In Slow Motion. (G, R) 5.01 AFHV. (G, R, T) 5.30 Hope And Faith. (G, R, T)

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Stillborn Memorial at Ashburton cemetery; we assist with meals on Wheels; a fortnightly baking roster is in place for the Cancer Society, to be distributed to cancer sufferers’ families. Nine Ashburton Altrusans will attend the Altrusa International Convention in Rotorua 26th to 29th July 2013; this being only the 2nd time it has been held in NZ since 1996.

Breakfast. Good Morning. Ellen. (G, R) Coach Trip. (G, T) House Guest. (G, R) ONE News. (T) Emmerdale. Jimmy and Carl argue, Ali’s frustrated, and Moira prepares for the inevitable. Come Dine With Me. (G) Four Weddings USA. (G, R) Ellen. (G) Te Karere. (T) MasterChef: The Professionals – Australia. (T) The six losing contestants from yesterday’s skills test arrive for an elimination challenge. Millionaire Hot Seat. (G, T) Six contestants go head-to-head.

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Winter League May 30 G: Geoff Read Builders v I: Cates Grain & Seed 1. Matt Ness Beat Elliot Jones 3-1 2. Grant Smith Lost to Dean Harrison 2-3 3. Mike Redwood Lost to Devin Francis 0-3 4. Allain Smith Lost to Ben Kruger 1-3 (11/15;12/15; 15/10; 8/15)5. Wayne McDowell Lost to Matt Fine 0-3 6. Donna Brown Beat Stefan Maw 3-2 7. Rob Trott Lost to Jeremy McAvoy 0-3 8. Leonie Brown Beat Chanaide Fulton By Default

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The Allenton Senior Bs made the journey to the foothills on Saturday to play Mt Somers. Dan McDonald scored two tries and earned himself Player of the Day, with Byrn Brockhurst also getting over the line for the other try of the match. Nick Wilson, playing one of his best games of the season, added the other 13 points with some accurate goal kicking. A special mention should go to the captain who has asked for cue cards to use for his after-match speech so he can remember all the team sponsors! The Bs will be playing Hampstead at Allenton on Saturday and playing Rakaia at Celtic on Wednesday night. The Allenton/Celtic U16s had another win on Saturday against Malvern Combined. Connor Wilson, Anton Herewini and Benji Barry all scored tries and Ritchie Sooaemalagi kicked two conversions. Players of the Day were Matt Beveridge and Connor Wilson.

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9.00 Bob’s Burgers. (PGR) While accompanying Tina to a ‘Boyz 4 Now’ concert, Louise develops a crush on one of the lead singers. 9.30 South Park. (AO, R) Butters believes he can talk to the dead. 10.00 Cops. (AO) 10.30 American Horror Story. (AO, R) Two of the house’s previous residents give the Harmons decorating advice. 11.20 American Horror Story. (AO, R) Tate comes face-toface with his past. 12.15 Infomercials. (G)

sky sPORt 1 9.30 Rugby Zone. 10.30 Cycling. Criterium Du Dauphine. Stage Four. Replay. 12.30 Deaker On Sport. 1.30 Soccer. UEFA European Under 21 Championship. England v Italy. Replay. 3.30 Rugby League. State Of Origin. Game One. Replay. 5.30 Re: Union. 6.30 Rugby Zone. 7.00 Total Rugby. 7.30 Toyota Grassroots Rugby. 8.30 The Ultimate Fighter 17. 9.30 SKY Sport What’s On. 9.55 Athletics. ITU World Triathlon Series. Madrid Magazine. Highlights. 10.55 Cycling. Criterium Du Dauphine. Stage Five. Live. 12.55 Golf. European PGA Tour. Lyoness Open. Round One. Live. 4.00 Inside The PGA Tour. 4.30 Golf. Wegmans LPGA Championship. Round One. Live.

ACROSS 7. Reflection (13) 8. Entrap (8) 9. Island (4) 10. Supported (6) 12. Whole (6) 14. Ask (6) 16. Harvester (6) 18. Cease (4) 20. Solitary (8) 22. Patient (4-9)

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Balance the key for McClenaghan By Andrew Alderson Mitchell McClenaghan has wrestled patience and aggression in his return to a black uniform during the one-day international cricket series against England. The 26-year-old suffered a side strain during the first ODI in the New Zealand summer which the hosts won by three wickets. He left the field with figures of four for 56, having taken 10 wickets in his first four ODIs. The injury had captain Brendon McCullum “gutted because he’s been a revelation for us ... and allowed us to attack in areas where we haven’t had that luxury in recent times”. After the first two ODIs in England, McClenaghan had increased his tally to 15 wickets at 18.73. The final match of the series is scheduled to finish this morning (NZ time). New Zealand were pushing for a first clean sweep against a side ranked above them in 50-over cricket since beating Australia 3-0 in 2006-07. McClenaghan has been forced to balance the licence McCullum has given him to attack against the wisdom of bowling coach Shane Bond to avoid over-exertion. “Brendon gives me the confidence to take wickets by coming in and hitting the deck hard without stress or pressure,” McClenaghan said. “That’s the kind of feeling most of the players, if not all, have from

Mitchell McClenaghan the way Brendon and Mike [coach Hesson] run the team. “I’ve spoken to Shane briefly about how much work he had to do to get back from his injuries. He’s been helping me get my head around not being at full pace. I still need to put more work into my legs because I’m quite a few clicks down from where I was in New Zealand. Hopefully I’ll be at full speed by the start of the Champions Trophy. “Shane’s been easy to approach. He has a lot of experience but doesn’t force it down your throat. We share ideas and build a plan.” Former New Zealand cricketer and now Nottinghamshire professional Andre Adams popped into

yesterday’s final practice to catch up with a few old teammates and offer Trent Bridge tips. He said McClenaghan’s injury might have been a blessing long term. “I rate him but it’s always interesting after someone has such a successful start to their international career to see when that initial bubble bursts,” Adams said. “Personally, I think it’s a good thing he got injured, in a way. “What happens otherwise is that he has an expectation of himself which is high, the public have the same expectation and they can’t wait for him to be back. Then you get guys waiting for you to fall and people jump on you. He’s come back well and is a good strong kid. I keep saying he’s a weapon.” A host of left-armers have stormed the New Zealand bastille of right-arm dominance over the past 18 months. Trent Boult, Neil Wagner (in tests) and McClenaghan (in limited overs) are bona fide selection options. England batsman Ian Bell said McClenaghan replacing Boult when the sides moved into ODI mode has kept the pressure on him and Alastair Cook as one-day openers. “He’s bowled with good pace and had some success in New Zealand before he got injured in the one-day series. He’s quicker than Boult but Boult swings the ball both ways. McClenaghan hits the deck hard and gets more bounce.” - APNZ

Packer accused of being serial leaker Russell Packer’s leak before Monday night’s 56-18 defeat of Brisbane reportedly isn’t the first time the Warriors’ prop has relieved himself on the field, with a sideline commentator saying he saw Packer do it during a game against the Eels last year. Sydney’s Daily Telegraph quoted a commentator, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, was near Packer when he urinated on the sideline during a game against the Eels at Parramatta Stadium last year. Packer admitted that Monday night’s incident, when he was caught on camera urinating into his shorts before kick-off, was not an isolated incident. The Warriors were fined A$15,000 by the NRL, who said Packer’s actions were “completely unacceptable”. “It is not the first time that has happened and it won’t be the last

time but it is not really the biggest news story in the world,” Packer told Channel Seven. “I was busting just before the kick off and unless the coach wants me to run off the field and play with 12 men for however long it takes me to get to the toilet ... I am sure most players can relate to going to the toilet because of nerves. I am sorry if I have offended anyone. A lot of things happen on the footy field that don’t get captured by a camera.” It seems an action was witnessed last year at Parramatta Stadium when he squatted to the ground in what looked like a stretch alongside teammates who were on the interchange bench. “It was about midway through the half and the guys on the bench were stretching and going through their warm-ups in preparation to go back on to the field,” the com-

mentator is quoted as saying in The Daily Telegraph. “Russell Packer was squatting down and then he started pissing straight down into the ground. “He then got his water bottle and started squirting it onto his groin, in what I assume was an attempt to hide the fact he was taking a leak. But it was too late because I saw him urinate before he poured the water bottle. It was just gross.” Asked if he was certain the offending player was Packer, the commentator replied: “One million per cent certain. “I sat there scratching my head, wondering what he was thinking and I’ve since recounted the story to colleagues and friends. I’ve even consciously looked out for him in Warriors games I’ve covered since, but Monday night was the first time I’ve seen him do it again.” - APNZ

New Zealand athlete critical in Tahiti New Zealand athlete Lesley Cantwell remains in a critical condition in hospital in the Tahitian capital, Papeete. Cantwell, 26, collapsed after winning the 5000m race walking title at the Oceania Area Track & Field Championships on Tuesday

afternoon and was taken to Papeete’s hospital. In a show of support to their team-mate, the other 50 athletes in the New Zealand team have decided to continue in the championships which finish tonight (NZ time).

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flight to Papeete today (NZ time). Lesley’s mother Jude was the New Zealand women’s 1500m champion in 1989, while father Shaun is the deputy principal at Fiordland College and a leading athletics coach. - APNZ

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Spain’s David Ferrer celebrates defeating compatriot Tommy Robredo on his way to the French Open semi-final at Roland Garros stadium in Paris.

Ferrer-Tsonga semi-final showdown By Chris Wright World No. 5 David Ferrer – it seems a faintly underwhelming term which should speak volumes in an era of men’s tennis dominated by four men. But the softly spoken Spaniard says he shouldn’t be underestimated after reaching the semifinals at the French Open for a second straight year, particularly with Roger Federer out, courtesy of next opponent Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, while Andy Murray is injured. Ferrer might not have the cachet of defending champion Rafael

Nadal or top seed Novak Djokovic, the other members of the top four who dominate the game. Yet, he has won all five Paris encounters in straight sets, spending just nine hours on court. The 31-year-old, beaten in last year’s semi-finals by Nadal, stands second only to the seven-time champion on the Spanish all-time list of grand slam match winners – including Tuesday’s thrashing of compatriot Tommy Robredo for the loss of just four games. Sixth seed Tsonga’s 7-5 6-3 6-3 rout of Federer suggests the semi again marks Ferrer’s Roland Garros high watermark.

Warriors eye another Shark The Warriors have already added one Cronulla player to their roster for next year and are on the verge of signing another in halfback Chad Townsend. The 22-year-old is off contract with the Sharks at the end of the year but has had limited playing opportunities behind Jeff Robson and Todd Carney, who recently signed a new five-year deal with the club after knocking back offers from the Warriors and Panthers. Townsend has played in only two

games this year and 16 in total since his debut against the Broncos in 2011. As a youngster he won seven titles with the Yarrawarrah Tigers growing up and he also captained the Junior Kangaroos in 2011 and represented New South Wales under-18s. Townsend looks set to join Sharks teammate Jayson Bukuya at Mt Smart next season after the second-rower recently signed a two-year deal with the Warriors. - APNZ

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he lot of a team psychiatrist (or motivational expert, inspirational guru or whatever they want to call them) must be a tough one at times. Take whoever is currently in that role at the Black Caps. For the past few months Martin Guptill would have been a regular visitor to his office, with one little problem on his mind. He couldn’t hit the ball. Not in a match, anyway. Nets, fine. Practice day, great, seeing it like a basketball. Test match day? Dreadful. Over and over. That nice red ball that was disappearing to the fence when delivered by New Zealand’s best bowlers on on training day was suddenly getting through the defences, or going straight to a fielder, with very few runs on the board. So, how does the head doctor explain events of the last week? Martin Guptill, with about six runs to his name in his last ten innings, strides to the wicket and smacks an unbeaten century to win the first ODI of the series for an underdog New Zealand side. Couple of days later, he’s back for another go, except this time he hits the overdrive button, and eventually walks off, again unbeaten, with 189 runs beside his name. Enough to launch him into the record books, alongside names such as Sir Vivian Richards. Not bad company to be in. So, what changed? Different coloured ball, sure, one that moves around a teensy bit differently, but

Team manager Craig Motley said “The athletes have decided to all wear arm bands and will be competing with Lesley’s number written on their arms.” Cantwell’s family are being supported by Athletics New Zealand and will be on the first available

the same fellas bowling, same pitches. I’d be thinking that little issue would keep a battery of the psyche people in raptures (at very expensive rates) for a week. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that the Warriors, despite residing in the floor just below the cellar, are the team everyone else will be jittery about playing as the business part of the season approaches. Last Monday the Broncos found out exactly what the Warriors are capable of, when their collective head space is in the right area. If you blinked quickly, you could imagine you were seeing a widelygrinning Ali Lauitiiti charging off neat little balls served up by the Little General himself, terrorising the opposition with sublime skills combined with sheer pace and sky-high confidence, a team well on their way to finals territory. Feleti Mateo has always looked the goods; on Monday he was right on top of his game, and Big Manu was constantly right on his shoulder waiting for those offloads to set him off on another rampaging run, and it was all set up by the forwards doing what forwards are supposed to do, all of them thinking they were Steve Price at his monstering best. The club’s front office must be asking questions of their head men; it’s the same players, the same fitness and skill levels, why haven’t they put it together before? Footnote: Last week I was trying to

impart to my faithful eight readers just how fast the F1 guys are going on their nicely-paved, perfectly preSteve Devereux pared racetracks, cocooned in MY SHOUT their super-safety-conscious flying machines; in recent nights (late) on the telly there’s been highlights from the famed Isle of Man motorcycle road races. Most of the action is from cameras mounted on the bikes, front and back, and anybody with the ‘motorbike disease’ can’t help but get the buzz as these lunatics blast around the island’s bumpy roads at insane speeds; especially the guys in the sidecars. Now that has to be the ultimate in the most dangerous place to be in motor racing, flinging yourself from side to side while massive G forces are intent on dragging you into the solid barriers that are a blur beside you, like a centimetre away, and you’re doing 125 miles an hour. And instead of hay bales and Armco railings to slide into when there’s a bad moment, there’s stone and concrete walls, which don’t move on impact. At all. Formula One hasn’t had a fatal since Ayrton Senna in 1994. Riders die on the island, every year. But their mates keep coming back. Kiwis are right up there in the thick of the craziness, no surprise there, and I know there’s a few Ashburtonians regularly make the pilgrimage to get their high-speed fix. Now these boys really do need a few words from their team psycho.

However, Tsonga will be wary. “David is a very good player and he beat me a few times. I expect a tough match but I’m in good shape and I will just do my best and see how it goes,” said Tsonga. Ferrer won seven titles last season to finish in the world top 10 for a fourth time while, earlier this year, he landed his 20th singles title in Buenos Aires for his 10th triumph on clay. “I am really up for this meeting with Tsonga. It’s my second semi-final at Roland Garros and it’s a very important juncture of my career,” Ferrer said. “It’s normal the crowd will be

rooting for Tsonga. But you have to shut out the crowd. I feel in really good form and great shape which is important.” Ferrer beat his French rival in Rome in 2010 and again on hardcourt in Paris last autumn on his way to the title but lost in the round of 16 at 2011 Wimbledon. Three years older than 28-yearold Tsonga, who will be competing in his first Roland Garros semi-final – the Frenchman was Australian Open runner-up five years ago – Ferrer says the veterans are increasingly having their day with 30 no longer seen as their basic use-by date. - AFP

Stanley hoping for improved showing By David Leggat Matthew Stanley hopes he has learned from his mistakes as he prepares for July’s world swimming championships in Barcelona. The tall, lean Matamata freestyler was below par in his 200m and 400m events at the London Olympics, and even though he finished fourth and sixth in the 400m and 200m freestyle at the world shortcourse champs in Istanbul in December – in both cases less than a second off third place – he wasn’t happy with his efforts there either. “I swim because I want to do well and to achieve,” Stanley said yesterday. “It was really about learning from my mistakes,” he said of the London and Istanbul experiences. Events in Istanbul crystallised in his mind what he had to do. The New Zealand team efforts – Lauren Boyle and, to an extent, Glenn Snyders excepted – were slammed in London. Stanley, 21 and in his second year of a business degree at Massey, reckons being harder on himself is a key element in his aspirations as distinct from a specific technical or mental aspect. “I don’t think it is mental or physical issues. Basically I had to become more competitive. Swimming is a tough sport and there’s a lot of people who are extremely competitive. “Those guys who are winning always are the people who’ve put in the most work and want it the most. Just learning those small things are what is going to help me achieve more in my career.” The New Zealand squad of 14 – 10 pool, four open water swimmers – fly to Europe on Saturday. It will be the first assignment for new head coach David Lyles. The Englishman

Matthew Stanley has been with the squad less than four weeks, but after a period of upheaval, with coaches coming and going, Stanley likes the stability he will bring. “There’s been a lot of changes since the start of the year, lots of different coaches with different input. It’s great to have David here, so we have a concrete structure and leadership around the team. I’ve really enjoyed his training and I think I’ve already made some nice gains.” The seven-week overseas buildup should give a solid foundation. The pool swimmers will compete in the Mare Nostrum meets in Barcelona on June 12-13 and Canet, France, on June 16-17. The squad will split for a period, the endurance swimmers heading for high altitude at Sierra Nevada, Spain, the others at a sea level camp under former backstroke champion Gary Hurring. The open water group have a trial on the world champs course on June 16-17. - APNZ

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NSW down Queensland First-half tries to star backs Jarryd Hayne and Michael Jennings gave the Blues a 14-0 lead at the break

By Joe Barton NSW are one step closer to ending Queensland’s seven-year State of Origin dominance, claiming game one 14-6 last night. Skipper Paul Gallen faces a nervous wait however after being placed on report for a swinging arm in the first half – while his role in a wild brawl before halftime is also sure to come under scrutiny. First-half tries to star backs Jarryd Hayne and Michael Jennings gave the Blues a 14-0 lead at the break. And it proved enough as a stoic defensive effort withheld a Maroons’ comeback, earning the win at ANZ Stadium. Queensland threatened to produce one of their trademark Origin

comebacks when winger Darius Boyd crossed with 19 minutes remaining. But the Blues were inspired by a monster performance from second-rower Luke Lewis, who finished the match with 172 metres – second only to Gallen (187) for forwards. Maroons five-eighth Johnathan Thurston, in doubt for the clash after picking up a virus in camp, struggled to make an impact as he also battled with an adductor injury.

The champion No.7 left the ingame kicking to halfback Cooper Cronk, and his presence in attack was sorely missed by the Maroons. Gallen was lucky to return to the field in the second half, after he sparked a brawl right on halftime. After hitting Myles with a swinging arm, Gallen then squared up and threw a series of punches at the Maroons’ enforcer. Gallen made an on-field complaint to referee Ashley Klein about Myles’ tactics in the ruck. The Blues objected to Myles

leading with the head when making a tackle on Hayne, who had captured a bomb. It followed similar complaints during last year’s series when Robbie Farah was knocked out from a head clash with Myles. “He’s been doing it series after series. Head-butting and twisting,” Gallen told Klein. The Blues, under rookie coach Laurie Daley, couldn’t have asked for a better start to the series with fullback Hayne crossing after just five minutes. Hayne burst onto a sharp inside pass from Luke Lewis and broke tackles from Justin Hodges and Billy Slater to reach out and slam the ball down. His effort was shaded by Jennings, who produced a wonderful solo try shortly before half-

time in which he beat five hapless Queensland defenders. The Sydney Roosters centre regathered a loose ball which had rebounded off a Maroons defender, and scooted 15 metres to dot down next to the posts. The Maroons had their chances, with Boyd and centre Justin Hodges both going close in the first half - only denied by last ditch NSW tackles. Queensland skipper Cameron Smith looked to have put his side on the board when he crossed five minutes after halftime, but he was denied by the video referees for a double movement. Smith was tireless all match making 48 tackles, just shy of Blues rake Robbie Farah (50), as he tried to inspire his teammates. - AAP

• Warm-up with England The New Zealand women’s hockey side have drawn the first of three practice matches with England 4-4 ahead of the World League 3 tournament in Rotterdam this month. The game, which doesn’t count as a full international, was played in hot, sunny conditions at England’s national sports centre in Bisham Abbey, Berkshire. New Zealand’s goals came from an own goal, Kayla Sharland, Charlotte Harrison and Krystal Forgesson. At the end of the warm-up game, the teams had a penalty shootout, which New Zealand won. The second game of the three will being played today (NZ time). - APNZ

• Malan takes over South African Heinrich Malan has been appointed Central Districts cricket coach for the next two seasons. Malan is currently head coach of the Easterns Cricket first-class team based in Benoni, Gauteng, and takes over from Alan Hunt who stood down at the end of last season after three years in the job. In that time, Hunt took CD to the Champions League in South Africa and guided them to the Plunket Shield in 2012/13, Ford Trophy in 2011/12 and HRV Cup final in 2010/11. “The Stags are an exciting team that have performed well over recent seasons and I am really looking forward to meeting the players and working with them to continue the side’s success,” Malan said. The 32-year-old will start work at the beginning of August. - APNZ

• Japan in World Cup Keisuke Honda was elevated to national hero yesterday with banner front pages hailing his last gasp equaliser against Australia that secured Japan’s berth to the World Cup. The CSKA Moscow midfielder banged home a stoppage time penalty at Saitama Stadium near Tokyo to give the Asian champions the draw they needed to propel them to Brazil as the first team to qualify. “Japan qualifies for World Cup,” screamed the mass-selling Yomiuri Shimbun, in a headline echoed by most newspapers. The 1-1 result left the Asian champions seven points clear and uncatchable in Group B, putting them through to their fifth straight World Cup. It was the first time they have sealed qualification on home soil. - AFP

British and Irish Lions’ Conor Murray (right) passes a ball during a training session in Perth, Australia this week.

Lions suffer big injury in Force clash Healy also has plenty to sweat about on the injury front after badly rolling his ankle in the 35th minute. The 25-year-old was clearly distressed after his left ankle got caught under the body of Force flanker Angus Cottrell. Healy’s ankle twisted awkwardly in the incident, and he lay on the ground for more than five minutes while he received treatment before being stretchered off. With the first test against the Wallabies just 16 days away, Healy has little time to recover and push his case for selection. The Lions suffered another injury scare late in the match when flanker Tom Croft was

By Justin Chadwick Irish prop Cian Healy was involved in an alleged biting controversy as the British and Irish Lions recorded a predictable 69-17 thumping of the Western Force in Perth last night. Healy was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons in the 17th minute when Force scrumhalf Brett Sheehan claimed he was bitten on the arm by the 112kg prop. Replays proved inconclusive, but Healy is sure to face further scrutiny over the incident. “I don’t know if it was an accident or on purpose, so we’ll move on,” Sheehan said.

• Zidane for coach? Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says Zinedine Zidane has all the right coaching qualifications needed to replace Jose Mourinho in the dugout at the Santiago Bernabeu. But the Spanish giants believe he needs more experience before being considered for the position. “Zidane could do it. He has the qualifications and fulfils all the requirements but we have not thought about it yet,” Perez told Spanish television station Telecinco yesterday. “It is something we have to consider, but as a first step it is a bit... I don’t want to say risky but he needs to become hardened,” Perez said of the Frenchman, who passed his coaching exams this year but has no experience in the job. Perez, who was formally re-elected as president for a new four-year term on Sunday, recently confirmed that the former Madrid playmaker would have a central role to play at the club in the coming years. - AFP

knocked out after a sickening head clash with Force No.8 Richard Brown. Croft, who broke his neck last year, was able to walk off the field. Just four days after beating the Barbarians 59-8 in Hong Kong, the Lions ran in nine tries to two against the Force in front of a crowd of 35,103. The second half was particularly brutal as the Lions’ backline weaved their magic. But it wasn’t the case early on, with the Force trailing by just seven points at the 32-minute mark before the visitors unleashed a flurry of tries. The Lions led 27-3 at halftime, with five-eighth Jonathan Sexton, centre Brian O’Driscoll

and flanker Tom Croft all crossing for tries. And although the Force were given reason to celebrate when Brown and Lachlan McCaffrey barged over for second-half tries, the Lions added another six of their own to run out convincing winners. Lions fullback Leigh Halfpenny gave his selection chances a major boost, nailing all 11 of his shots on goal, with four of those coming from the sideline. After easy wins over the Barbarians and Force, the Lions will be hoping to take on a stronger outfit when they face the Queensland Reds at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night. - APNZ

Higginbotham out for Wallabies By Melissa Woods

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The Wallabies have lost some much-needed aggression ahead of their series for the British and Irish Lions with combative backrower Scott Higginbotham to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery. The Melbourne Rebels captain had been in career-best form before dislocating his shoulder in the Super Rugby clash with the Queensland Reds last Saturday. He was initially hopeful he could play a role in at least one of the

three Tests against the touring Lions but further scans have revealed extensive ligament damage requiring a full reconstruction. The loss of No.8 or blindside flanker Higginbotham, 26, leaves the Wallabies pack more vulnerable and short on hard men against a big and physical Lions pack. It was already depleted by the loss of experienced openside flankers David Pocock (knee) and George Smith (knee), who was looking to play in his second Lions series, as well as giant lock Sitaleki Timani (thumb). Melbourne coach Damien Hill

said his captain would not be easily replaced. “I think he will be missed because I’d be hard-pressed to think of another backrower in the Australian team that matches him in all the areas like performance, leadership, enthusiasm and physicality,” said Hill. Higginbotham’s presence has helped transform the Rebels into a competitive outfit this season, almost adding Queensland to their growing list of scalps before a late fade-out following his second-half injury. “What Scott does very well is

lead by example,” Hill said. “He’s exceptionally competitive and that’s what really comes through in his playing style.” While powerful Wycliff Palu is expected to wear the No.8 jersey provided he overcomes a niggling knee problem, NSW captain Dave Dennis, uncapped Brumbies skipper Ben Mowen and the Force’s Ben McCalman will be in the running to be blindside flanker. Called into the squad to replace Higginbotham, McCalman hasn’t played a test since December 2011 due to serious shoulder and wrist injuries. - AAP

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Michalak hoping to improve on last visit to NZ By Patrick McKendry French rugby player Freddie Michalak has unhappy memories of his last time in New Zealand. Less than 12 months ago, Michalak was here playing for the Sharks in the Super Rugby final against the Chiefs, a match in which he scored his side’s only points – two penalties – in the 37-6 hammering in Hamilton. It was the final chapter to a remarkable season for Michalak and the Sharks, who struck form very late in the competition and spent the play-offs on the road – beating the Reds in Brisbane and Stormers in Cape Town before getting on yet another long-haul fight for what turned out to be an unsuccessful visit to Waikato Stadium. After his season with the Sharks – his second stint in Durban – he went back home to France and was an important member of the Toulon side which beat Castres recently to win the Heineken Cup. With Jonny Wilkinson in the team, 30-year-old Michalak has been playing halfback, rather than first-five, which is where Philippe Saint-Andre, the France coach, prefers him. “I would like to play more at 10 for my club. But that’s life,” a philosophical Michalak said yesterday. Whether he plays there against the All Blacks at Eden Park on Saturday remains to be seen. The French team will be announced this morning and there is a feeling Saint-Andre will give limited roles to the eight players who took part in the recent final in Paris and who arrived in Auckland only on Tuesday. Saint-Andre has said the tour is a developmental one so he and France would probably be overjoyed to take a single test off the All Blacks. If so, next weekend’s test in Christchurch could be a more realistic goal and Saint Andre would do well to study Ireland’s tactics of last year when the visitors went extremely close to causing a huge upset at AMI Stadium, the second of three tests, but for Dan Carter’s late drop goal. Having endured a 24-hour trip with his teammates Mathieu Bastereaud and Maxime Mermoz, along with Castres colleagues Remi Tales, Brice Dulin, Marc Andreu, Christophe

Freddie Michalak Samson and Antonie Claassen, Michalak, who spent some extra time training at North Harbour Stadium yesterday working on his goalkicking, looks like he could do with getting used to the local time zone. For Michalak, the prospect of Aaron Cruden playing ahead of the injured Carter wasn’t a comforting thought given his experience of last year when the Chiefs first-five finished off his excellent domestic season in style. “I know him well,” Michalak said. “He’s a very good player, one of the best fly-halves in the world with Dan. I can’t see a difference with him there.” Hulking midfielder Bastereaud, who has returned to New Zealand for the first time since his controversial visit with France in 2009 – which culminated in him reporting a false complaint of assault in Wellington with a resulting fall-out from the highest level – had similar feelings about Cruden’s capabilities. “He has very good skills and is very clever,” he said. Like Michalak, who wasn’t wanted under former France coach Marc Lievremont, 24-year-old Bastereaud is back in favour under Saint-Andre, and has undergone a transformation since that fateful night in the capital. Again, like Michalak, Bastereaud is hoping things turn out differently in New Zealand this time. “I would like to apologise to all the people and the city of Wellington,” he said. “I have grown up a lot.” - APNZ

Melbourne Heart sign Harry Kewell By Greg Buckle Socceroos great Harry Kewell signed with A-League club Melbourne Heart yesterday in a major boost for his hopes of 2014 World Cup selection. The 34-year-old striker will wear the No.10 shirt for the Heart whose latest recruiting move will add further intrigue to their rivalry with Melbourne Victory, where Kewell played in 2011/12. Victory host Heart in round one of the new season on October 12 at Etihad Stadium. Kewell will have the benefit of more than three months of preseason before taking on his old side, according to Heart chief executive Scott Munn. The former Liverpool, Leeds United and Galatasaray star left the Victory after the 2011/12 season for family reasons and has been rarely sighted in club football since. He was released by Qatari club Al-Gharafa last month after playing three matches as cover for injured Socceroo Mark Bresciano. Kewell missed selection for Australia’s decisive World Cup qualifiers this month. His dearth of recent club football was a factor, although coach Holger Osieck said

the door was not closed. “It’s always been my intention to come back and play in the A-League,” Kewell said in a statement. “(Heart coach) John Aloisi and I have known each other a long time and we have played together, so I’m thrilled to be part of Melbourne Heart at an exciting time.” Kewell’s eight-goal season for Victory in 2011/12 suggested he had plenty of good football left in him. A solid summer campaign with the Heart will not only prove a point to Australian fans, it will also boost Kewell’s World Cup selection hopes, should Australia qualify. “I have been in regular contact with Harry over the past few months and have been so struck and impressed by his hunger,” Aloisi said. “It’s impossible to argue against the football quality and international experience that Harry will bring to our team and to the A-League. “I watched Harry’s progress in the Middle East very closely and it’s clear that, physically, he is in great condition so we are confident that, with a big pre-season, he will be flying by round one.” Munn confirmed Kewell was not signed as a marquee player and will fit under the salary cap. - AAP

Cricket scandals cloud Champions Trophy finale By Julian Guyer

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The world’s leading cricketers are gathered in the UK for the last Champions Trophy tournament against the backdrop of a growing fixing scandal emerging from the Indian Premier League, which has already claimed several high-profile casualties. Such is the extent of the crisis, Narayanaswamy Srinivasan, the seemingly all-powerful president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), temporarily stood down from his post on Sunday. He stepped aside, but did not resign, while police investigations into his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, arrested on May 24

for allegedly taking part in illegal betting on the lucrative IPL, remained ongoing. Meiyappan is a business executive for the most successful IPL franchise, the Chennai Super Kings, which is owned by the 68-year-old Srinivasan. The arrest of Srinivasan’s sonin-law came after three players including India paceman Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two teammates in the IPL’s Rajasthan Royals – Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila – were taken into custody. All the accused deny any wrongdoing. Meanwhile leading Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf was stood down from officiating in the Champions Trophy after fixing

allegations against him, which he too denies, were published in the Indian media. It was just the sort of build-up the International Cricket Council (ICC) did not want ahead of a tournament which sees Pakistan returning to England for the first time since 2010. On that occasion, three players including test captain Salman Butt and paceman Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif were banned and jailed after being caught up in a newspaper sting operation to expose match-fixing. Officials had wanted to scrap what is now the seventh and final edition of the ‘mini World Cup’ with an inaugural World Test Championship, in a bid to

boost flagging global interest in the five-day game. However, the ICC was compelled to press ahead with this Champions Trophy when they realised they risked contravening lucrative commercial agreements with rights-holders if they did not stage a one-day tournament in 2013. Yet, in pure cricket terms, this Champions Trophy promises to be a fascinating event. Featuring just the sport’s top eight teams, with 15 matches to be played over 18 days from June 6-23, the Champions Trophy – once dubbed cricket’s “unwanted child” by former ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed – is now a leaner version of the World Cup.

Given the 2011 World Cup in the Indian sub-continent lasted more than six weeks, there are many observers who believe the ICC’s flagship event is now dangerously bloated. By contrast, the format of this Champions Trophy is a throwback to the inaugural World Cup in 1975. Then, as now, eight teams gathered during the English season, and produced some marvellous cricket culminating in a brilliant final that saw the West Indies beat Australia at Lord’s. The world’s 10 top-ranked batsmen are all taking part and nine of the 10 top-ranked bowlers are present. - AFP

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All Blacks hooker Dane Coles will start a test for the first time at Eden Park on Saturday, the All Blacks selectors springing a minor surprise by choosing the 26-yearold over Andrew Hore and Keven Mealamu for the World Cup final replay against France. The other selections were signposted during the week – Aaron Cruden starting at first-half ahead of Dan Carter, who has a fractured bone in his right hand, and Ben Smith starting on the right wing. Israel Dagg starts at fullback, with loosehead prop Wyatt Crockett starting in the absence of Tony Woodcock, who has a hamstring strain and abscess. Owen Franks has claimed the tighthead prop spot after missing the past two weeks for the Crusaders due to a hamstring problem. Hurricanes player Coles has played four tests for the All Blacks, all as a replacement on last year’s tour of Europe. It seems Steve Hansen and his All Blacks selectors believe the time is right to test him further. Hooker is one area of concern for the national side, with Hore and Mealamu nearing the end of their careers. While Hore came back into form with a bang for the Highlanders in their victory over the Blues in Dunedin, he hasn’t made the bench for Saturday, Mealamu getting the nod instead. It has been a challenging week for Hansen and Co, with several props and Carter under injury clouds, something the coach admitted. “Though the week has been disrupted with injury and illness, we have still been able to have a good week’s preparation and there is no doubting that our two [training]

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Give us your caption ... Ashburton cyclist Jason Christie has signed with the OCBC Singapore Pro Cycling Team and will have his first race for the team on Sunday, in the Tour de Korea.

Christie signs with Singapore team By Myles Hume Ashburton cyclist Jason Christie can now reveal the highly-anticipated announcement he teased his fans with last month. The 22-year-old has signed with the OCBC Singapore Pro Cycling Team midway during the squad’s UCI Asia Tour, after recently proving his worth in training camps in Spain and Belgium. It’s the news many have been waiting for, after promising last month there was a “new experience and great opportunity that I will take with both hands”. The emerging road cyclist could not be contacted by the Guardian yesterday, but he took to his Twitter account to announce his excitement after keeping his cards close to his chest in recent weeks.

“Thanks for the support. Looking forward to making my debut with @ocbccyclingteam on Sunday! #excited,” he posted. Coming off the back a training block in Belgium, Christie hoped to return home before embarking on his next journey, however the time-trial specialist altered his itinerary to join Singapore’s only professional cycling team for the Tour de Korea scheduled for Sunday. It is a quick turnaround for the former New Zealand track representative, whose start date was brought forward after the team was a late inclusion for the Korean race. And there is no shortage of weight on his shoulders. “We fully expect him to hit the ground running; a couple of stage wins and the odd top five on GC in the 2.2 races are

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some goals set for him,” his team’s principle Daniel Loy said in a press release. Christie said it was a prime opportunity to grow as a rider against high calibre cyclists in a highly regarded tour. With a stage win at the 2013 New Zealand Cycle Classic and a sixth placing in the 2011 under 23 Individual Time Trial World Championship already etched on his CV, along with some strong form built during his European stint, Christie should have no problem fitting into the professional squad. Christie’s new team is among the frontrunners of the UCI Asia Tour, recently claiming several stage wins and coloured jerseys, most recently at the Tour de Kumano in Japan. His first race for the team will be on Sunday.

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camps have been invaluable in assisting with this,” Hansen said. “To their credit, everyone has worked hard off the field and we couldn’t be happier. The young guys have provided that unbridled enthusiasm that comes with being a new All Black, while the more experienced guys have provided the calm focus that’s needed to allow a busy week to be dealt with in the right manner and to prepare well.” New caps Ben Afeaki and Jeremy Thrush look set to make their debuts from the eight-man reserves bench. Piri Weepu misses out, presumably due to his concussion at the weekend, with Tawera Kerr-Barlow on the bench as halfback cover. Blues back Rene Ranger comes back into the fold for the first time since 2010 and is on the bench. The starting XV is markedly different to the All Blacks’ last test, a dispiriting 38-21 defeat by England at Twickenham in December. Six players are missing for this test, the first of three against France – Richie McCaw, Woodcock, Mealamu, Sam Whitelock, Carter and Cory Jane. After that match Hansen said the defeat would make for an uncomfortable summer. Time will tell whether the lessons have been learned against an unpredictable, if weakened, team. All Blacks team to play France at Eden Park on Saturday, kickoff 7.35pm is: Israel Dagg, Ben Smith, Conrad Smith, Ma’a Nonu, Julian Savea, Aaron Cruden, Aaron Smith, Kieran Read (c), Sam Cane, Liam Messam, Brodie Retallick, Luke Romano, Owen Franks, Dane Coles, Wyatt Crockett. Reserves: Keven Mealamu, Ben Franks, Ben Afeaki, Jeremy Thrush, Victor Vito, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Beauden Barrett, Rene Ranger. - APNZ

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TODAY

TODAYFZL: 1400m, rising to 2400m for a time

Morning cloud, with a few showers from Banks Peninsula northward, then fine. Northeasterlies developing in the afternoon.

Fine with frosts in sheltered valleys. Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: NW 30 km/h developing in the evening.

MAX

10 OVERNIGHT MIN -1

MAX

11 OVERNIGHT MIN 4

MAX

15 OVERNIGHT MIN 6

TOMORROW: Fine, morning frost. Northeasterlies.

SATURDAY: Morning frost, then high cloud increasing. Light winds.

SUNDAY: Cloudy periods. Light winds.

10 OVERNIGHT MIN 2

Midnight Tonight 30 to 59

Auckland Hamilton Napier Palmerston North Wellington Nelson Blenheim Greymouth Christchurch Timaru Queenstown Dunedin Invercargill

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fine 9 15 fine 6 15 showers 8 15 fine 6 13 showers 8 12 fine 2 14 fine 3 13 NZ Situation fine 4 13 A high over the Tasman Sea extends a strong fine 3 11 ridge onto the lower South Island and should fine -1 9 cover all of the country by this afternoon. The fine -4 7 fine 5 11 ridge drifts slowly northward tomorrow, ahead fine 4 9 of a trough approaching Fiordland at night.

High pollution days in Ashburton so far this year

TOMORROW

TOMORROW Fine, with morning frosts. Northeasterlies.

FZL: 2000m

Fine, with morning frosts. Wind at 1000m: NW developing. Wind at 2000m: NW rising to 35 km/h.

SATURDAY

morning min max

PM10 Alert

Canterbury Plains

TODAY: Fine, some morning cloud. Northeasterlies developing.

MAX

Wind less than km/h 30

Ashburton Forecast

Fine with morning frosts, followed by increasing high cloud. Light winds.

High cloud increasing; rain developing about the divide during the day, falling as snow above 1800 metres. Northwesterlies, strong about the tops.

SUNDAY

Cloudy periods. Light winds.

Rain about the divide, with snow above 1800 metres clearing. Mainly fine elsewhere. Northwesterlies about the tops, light winds at low levels.

MONDAY

Cloudy periods. Light winds.

In winter, tiny particles called PM10 hang in our air and are harmful to our health. Most of winter PM10 in Canterbury is due to smoke from home heating. A daily PM10 reading over the national standard is considered a high pollution day.

Mainly fine. Northwesterlies.

“ We never thought to check our chimney for excessive smoke. We check all the time now.”

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River Levels

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Canterbury Readings

Temperatures °C

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Wind km/h

max gust

9.4 -1.3 -6.7

0.2

37.2 369.0

NW 17

Christchurch Airport 10.0 -1.7 -3.2

0.0

15.6 222.6

W 20

Timaru Airport

0.0

21.4 215.6

NW 20

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1.2

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1.0

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11.3

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9 pm am 3

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8:03 2:23 8:34 2:41 8:45 3:06 9:16 3:21 9:26 3:48 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 8:01 am Set 5:02 pm

Good

Good fishing Rise 5:22 am Set 3:26 pm

New moon

9 Jun

3:58 am

Rise 8:01 am Set 5:02 pm

Good

Good fishing Rise 6:20 am Set 4:05 pm

First quarter

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5:25 am

9:57

Rise 8:02 am Set 5:01 pm

Good

Good fishing Rise 7:15 am Set 4:48 pm

Full moon

23 Jun 11:34 pm

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