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Whitebaiter’s valiant bid to save himself

BY ERIN TASKER

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A man swept out to sea while whitebaiting at the Rakaia River mouth in 2012 fought his way back to shore, before being swept away a second time and drowning.

Twenty-one-year-old dairy worker Victor Boraman’s body has never been found and in a report issued yesterday, Coroner Richard McElrea said Mr Boraman drowned despite valiant and sustained attempts to save his own life.

Coroner McElrea recommended erecting warning signs in the area, safety education and the wearing of lifejackets and personal locater beacons.

Mr Boraman and two friends were whitebaiting at about 7pm on October 7, 2012, when Mr Boraman’s dog, Suze, was knocked over by a wave. The dog was retrieved and as his two friends took Suze a short distance away, Mr Boraman was swept into the water.

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter arrived 45 minutes later and found Mr Boraman struggling to stay afloat in rough seas which were constantly buffeting and submerging him.

Several minutes later those on board saw him wash up on to shore at the mouth and appear to stand up, only to

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be hit by another large wave and taken back into the sea.

“The victim stood up in thigh deep water, pulled his shorts back up and attempted to make one to two steps up the shingle onto the beach,” a helicopter crew member said. Mr Boraman appeared exhausted and as he took a second step, a wave approximately 2.5 metres high swept over top of him, dragging him back into the sea.

The helicopter crew saw him twice more, face down in the water, but they lost sight of him again.

Two days of intensive shoreline searches followed from air and land, but Mr Boraman was never found.

Mr Boraman’s friends said he was wearing big waders with clips up by the shoulders.

“I remember saying to Victor that he should have them done up tight but he told me they needed to be loose in case he went into the water and had to take them off,” the friend told police.

Tragically, he did get swept into the water and did manage to take the waders off and came agonisingly close to saving himself as a result.

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Drugs hidden under ‘stomach fat’ A man who weighs about 450 pounds (200kg) faces multiple charges after Florida police say he hid cocaine and 23 grams of marijuana under his “stomach fat”. A Volusia County sheriff ’s deputy stopped a vehicle at the weekend after noticing that the passenger wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. Officials say 42-year-old Christopher Mitchell (left) told the deputy that he’s too big to wear a seatbelt. The deputy says he requested a drug-detecting dog because Mitchell and the driver appeared nervous. The dog detected the presence of drugs in the vehicle. In addition to the drugs on Mitchell, deputies say they also found a handgun and $7,000 in cash in the vehicle.

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Would-be burglar traps himself A would-be burglar was the architect of his own demise yesterday morning when he became wedged in a vent as he broke into a fish and chip shop. A member of the public heard a man shouting for help from inside a fish and chip shop on Langdons Rd, Papanui, about 2.30am, Fire Service shift manager Brent Dunn said. “He had climbed through a vent, trying to get in.” Police called the Fire Service, and they arrived about 10 minutes later. “He was stuck in the air-conditioning vent. We freed the guy, and he was handed over to our colleagues in blue,” Mr Dunn said. “What was he doing there in the first place, you have to ask.”

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Counting down to the Guardian’s 135th birthday we are looking back at papers from the past

Back in time We might well lament the “good old days” but evidently youngsters have long been on the wrong side of the law, and some parents short on responsibility, as evident in the court news published on June 18, 1905.

The adjourned case of Robert Kennington, aged ten, who was charged two weeks ago with breaking and entering was brought up. Sergeant Fouhy said the lad’s father refused to take charge of him, but the lad’s grandfather was willing to look after him in preference to having him sent to an industrial school.

Animals in the zoo in Georgia’s capital are not allowed to be lonely, even if it means they end up with rather unusual companions. A female rhinoceros called Manuela has made friends with donkeys, after failing to hit it off with either zebras or goats, while a lion cub neglected by his mother has bonded with a puppy.

Tbilisi Zoo spokeswoman Mzia Sharashidze said Manuela got depressed after the death of her mate and became aggressive toward her caretakers. They tried putting zebras in her enclosure, but they only returned the aggression. Then they tried goats, which ran away. But the donkeys had an instant calming effect.

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That is complicated for me personally. I am not complaining about Twitter, I am just trying to figure it out.

And to have a relationship with it that I think is honest but also so it doesn’t somehow destroy me.”

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT’S ECONOMY

Growth outstrips rest of NZ

By Sue NewmaN

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Over the past three years the Ashburton District’s economy has grown by an average of 5.3 per cent, outstripping the growth achieved in most parts of New Zealand..

Data released by independent analysts Infometrics puts the district’s growth at 3 per cent for the quarter to March 31, up on the 2.4 per cent growth achieved for the same quarter in 2012. For the same quarter, New Zealand’s GDP grew by 2.5 per cent.

For the year to March 31, 2012 the district had the most rapidly growing economy in the country at 12.2 per cent, and while that was an outstanding result, it would have been impossible to maintain that level, said Grow Mid Canterbury

chief executive Rob Brawley.

“We’re still continuing to grow strongly and at a faster rate than wider New Zealand, so it’s all good news. The latest growth is on top of very strong growth over the past 10 years and we’ve now got sustainable growth,” he said.

In the BERL Regional Ranking series, released in April, the Ashburton District ranked as one of New Zealand’s top three performing economies. For population and employment growth the district ranked fourth for growth. The 2013 census showed the district’s population grew by 13.5 per cent in five years to reach 31,041.

While he was confident the district would maintain its strong growth, Mr Brawley said there were some cool winds blowing. Uncertainty over new

New subdivisions and new homes – a sign that the Ashburton District’s thriving economy, growing on the back of the agricultural and construction sectors, shows no sign of slowing.

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regulations around nutrient management on farms and a potentially lower dairy pay out

could impact, but any negativity was likely to be countered by better returns for sheep and

beef farmers and rising activity in the construction sector, he said. “In spite of those uncertainties we still seem to be doing really well. Stats show our retail sales are up 10 per cent so our economic growth remains healthy.

“We have a few risks now, but we have identified those and I believe the dairy price will recover.”

However the district’s economy diversified, areas such as technology or manufacturing would continue to be linked to the agricultural sector, he said.

Housing affordability remains good in the district but house prices are growing alongside the economy. Over the 12 months to May 31 house prices are rose faster than in many parts of New Zealand - 7.5 per cent to hit an average of $320,961.

■ CORONER’S COURT

Death sends clear message Need for warning signs – coroner By eriN TaSker

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Two deaths in four years at the Rakaia River mouth showed there was a need for signs warning of the potential danger in the area, according to a coroner’s report.

Whitebaiter Victor Boraman was swept to his death on October 7, 2012, from almost the same spot as a salmon fisherman three years prior and in a report released yesterday Coroner Richard McElrea recommended warning signs be installed in the popular fishing area.

He also recommended that Water Safety New Zealand and the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council undertake educational interventions to increase safety around shore based fishing, and promote the wearing of personal floatation devices and personal locater beacons.

Neither Mr Boraman or the fisherman who died while trying to land a salmon in the same area in 2009 were wearing a life jacket or personal floatation device.

Coroner McElrea said warning signs

should be installed in the area, and those signs should include warnings about dangerous currents, unstable footing and a requirement to wear lifejackets when fishing.

Lyttelton regional harbourmaster Jim Dilley said signs informed people of issues in certain locations, but were limited in raising national or regional awareness around shore line fishing. He said signs were also subject to vandalism and were often not seen, or faded into the background, so they should be clear and help people to think of the issues for themselves rather than making a statement.

Mr Dilley said education and awareness of the issues and how to mitigate them, was of greater benefit.

Water Safety New Zealand general manager Alexander Brunt said the organisation supported the recommendation to erect signage and said they had already found educational initiatives to help equip New Zealanders with skills and knowledge at an early stage, which was one of the most effective means of reducing fatalities.

By michelle NelSoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

The parents of a boy who “loved the sea” hope his death will send a clear message about the dangers of river mouths, particularly on the country’s east coast.

Speaking from her home in Oamaru yesterday, Dixie Boraman said the coroner’s report detailing the circumstances of her son Victor’s drowning death at the Rakaia River mouth were difficult to read, but the recommendation were fair.

“He struggled so hard – it was good to hear he’s done everything correctly; but if he’d had his life jacket on it would have been better. It was in his car,” Mrs Boraman said.

“He really tried really hard to make it in that cold water, he must have been exhausted. He was a tough chap, and he was an excellent swimmer, he’d spent a lot of time at sea. Maybe because of that he underestimated the power of the strength of the sea.

“He worked for Sanfords on the offshore fishing boats, and his father is a fisherman too. The sea was his life – he lived for hunting and fishing.”

“If this means one other person puts a life jacket on it will be marvellous – just to stop anyone else having to go through this.

“He was far too young to go. He had too much he wanted to do and we just want to get that message across.”

Mrs Boraman and her husband Ted received the report on Monday, and until then hadn’t known the sea had claimed the life of a fisherman at the same spot four years earlier.

“Obviously this Rakaia (river mouth) is pretty dangerous. Looks are so deceiving, and it changes – all of the mouths do,” she said.

The Boramans both supported the recommendation for more warning signs. “The recommendations were very fair and if some good can come of it, that’s all we can hope for now – that someone else stops and thinks.”

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Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight. A mild winter’s day ended with this spectacular sunset, shot from the Guardian’s East Street balcony. A southerly change was forecast for last night, before another mild day today with a maximum of 12 degrees in the town.

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■ ASHBURTON AIR PLAN

Finding local solutions key

By Sue NewmaN

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Finding local solutions to local air pollution issues will be key in meeting national clean air standards in the Ashburton District’s says Environment Canterbury commissioner David Bedford.

Ashburton’s air plan was signed off in 2011 and with 73 per cent of pollution attributed to home heating, a heavy handed approach was initially taken to encourage home owners to replace log fires that were over 15 years old.

The air plan has been reviewed and that document was up for discussion in Ashburton last night. It looked at what had been achieved as well as the re-

maining issues that needed to be addressed to meet national air quality standards.

“What we have learned is that one solution for all of Canterbury doesn’t work,” Mr Bedford said.

Through log fire upgrades and clean burning education, Ashburton’s high pollution nights fell dramatically, but ECan records show that of the 2550 known wood burners in the urban area 1060 are still older than 15 years.

Ashburton is required to have no more than three high pollution nights by 2016 and no more than one per year by 2020.

A high pollution night is defined as having an emission rate

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in excess of 50 grams of PM10 per litre of air.

Since 2006 high pollution nights have dropped from 28 to just four last year.

While ECan is not backing down on its log burner replacement policy, it is keen to find additional solutions to ensure the air cleanup load is evenly spread.

“We’re conscious Ashburton’s air plan created a fair bit of community interest. You’ve done pretty well and are in a much better position than Timaru and Christchurch.

“This is a community issue, it’s not about ECan putting solutions in place in a draconian way. We know we won’t achieve anything without working with

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the local community,” Mr Bedford said.

Wood merchants are being targeted in the plan review with a Good Wood Merchant programme aimed at ensuring all wood sold meets the seasoned wood standard of less than 25 per cent moisture content.

A Good Wood Merchant programme is planned and will see merchants agree to sell only wood that has a low moisture content.

Stubble burning is also under the spotlight in the review, but there are no plans to ban the practice.

Rather, there is a proposal to introduce tougher regulations for burn-offs near residential areas with possible buffer zones.

The South Canterbury Finance fraud trial will today start hearing the defence for three men facing a total of 17 charges after the collapse of the Timaru-based company in 2010.

Former South Canterbury Finance (SCF) directors Ed Sullivan and Robert White and former chief executive Lachie McLeod have been on trial since March 12 before Justice Paul Heath at the High Court in Timaru in relation to dealings totalling $1.7 billion, of which $1.58 billion relates to money from the Crown Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme.

Their defence was due to start yesterday, but the trial was again held up by legal ar-

guments in closed court relating to a witness. Justice Heath suppressed all details from the closed hearing.

However, he told media it was “a difficulty in relation to one proposed witness for the accused”.

“Legal arguments took place ... and the issues have been resolved,” was all he would allow to be published.

Frequent delays to the trial since March 12, including legal arguments over evidence, witnesses and whether the Justice should recuse himself, means the original estimate of up to four months to complete will be well exceeded.

The trial will miss one week from July 14, when the Timaru court room has been allocated for a murder trial.

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Mid Canterbury youngsters who find themselves the victims of cyberbullying should document it and report it to police, says Think First’s project coordinator.

John Hobbs was commenting following a survey of 350 New Zealand children by internet security company Symantec, which found 43 per cent had been harmed by cyber crime.

As well as cyberbullying, the crimes included having online accounts hacked, and being exposed to malicious links and adult content.

Mr Hobbs said rapidly advancing technology meant more mediums in which cyberbullies could operate. He knew of Mid Cantabrians as young as 11 with Facebook pages, despite the age of eligibility being 13.

Children also used apps such as Snapchat, Kik, and joined websites such as ask.fm. The Guardian is also aware of a new Facebook page called Ashburton Leaked Snapchats, offering a forum for people to upload screen-shot Snapchats with their own personal comments.

Mr Hobbs said laws were in the process of being toughened up. Cyberbullies could be jailed for up to two years for sending messages or posting material that caused harm, following recommendations from a parliamentary committee.

“People do need to take advantage of the fact we do have laws against cyberbullying and that it’s so important to be reporting cases of it.”

He urged victims to document such incidents by taking screen shots and printing out any pages with bullying comments.

Mr Hobbs said the Symantec survey results mirrored results from an earlier Think First consultation, where 176 Mid Canterbury youths had identified cyberbullying as one of the more prevalent forms of bullying they had encountered.

Ashburton Intermediate principal Gavin Cooper said his school had already dealt with a couple of cyberbullying incidents among pupils this year.

Such cases were not common, and often happened outside of school hours.

Sites such as Facebook were blocked from school computers.

“Some” of the school’s 11 and 12-year-olds had their own Facebook pages, although he did not know how many. Many had cellphones, with about 40 handed in at the school office each day in accordance with school policy, but there were “probably just as many hiding in bags”, Mr Cooper said.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Dog registrations go online The Ashburton District could soon become home to more than 7000 illegal residents.

Those residents are of the four-legged variety and if their owners fail to register them by July 1, they’ll be on the Ashburton District Council’s hit list.

Dog registration will start on July 1 and this year the council offers owners the option of reregistering their dog online.

The new online option avoids delays and streamlines the registration process, said animal control officer Andrea McMurray.

“It’s simple and it’s easy.

Just enter your dog number and make your payment. Your dog tags will be sent to you by mail,” she said.

Online registrations can be made by logging on to www. ashburtondc.govt.nz.

The online option, however is not available if owners are registering new dogs or they are changing contact information or other details.

“We are progressively intro-

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After a few days of nervously checking the weather forecast, Ashburton College ball committee members are relieved sunny and cloudless skies are predicted for Friday.

That’s the date of one of their most special and fun nights of the year – the school senior ball.

Last year the ball was postponed for three weeks due to snow and flooding forecasts.

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Car stolen On Monday at about 2pm a purple Volkswagen was stolen from a Burnett Street car park, registration TX2061.

Crash investigation Police are continuing to investigate the cause of a crash between a truck and car on Maronan Road on Monday. Three occupants were injured in the crash, one was airlifted to Christchurch, while two were taken to Ashburton Hospital.

Driver was suspended A 20-year-old Methven man was charged with driving while suspended at Chertsey on June 15.

A photo taken at Monday night’s Trustpower Ashburton community awards gave an incorrect name for one of the members of the Friends of Ashburton Hospital, winners of the health and well being category.

The two women accepting the award were Gwenda Ireland and Dorothea Webb.

Alison Doig with Tom and JJ, two of the Ashburton District’s 7000 plus dogs that will soon be asking their owners to pay their registration and make them legal canine citizens for the coming financial year.

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ducing further online services and expect to be providing new dog registration online in the

near future,” Ms McMurray said.

Dog owners will still have

the option to register their dogs at the council’s Baring Square office.

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■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE BALL

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day told the Guardian it would be their last ball while at school, and did not want a single thing to go wrong.

The about 10 girls said they all had their dresses, dates and modes of transport all organised. For the latter, they were sticking with sophistication, class and elegance, and planned to arrive in motor cars. They however admired some of the quirky ways many of their fellow students were planning on arriving at the ball, to be held at Hotel Ashburton.

One couple would be in a tractor, and had already measured the height of the entranceway verandah, to make sure the farm vehicle would fit under it.

Other options used in the past which may well make an appearance on the night include race cars, horse and cart, fire trucks, segways, mobility scooters and shopping trolleys.

“The guys go in it and the girls push, because the girls don’t want to hop out in dresses,” one committee member said of the latter transport method.

“They try and make it more and more bizarre, it’s now abnormal to go in a car,” deputy principal Helen Shore-Taylor added.

But no matter how bizarre the modes of transport may be, dress is likely to be about as classy as it gets with The Great Gatsby being the theme on the night. Many boys will be donning top hats and bow ties, while for girls long dresses and dark colours, with plenty of black, white and gold, will feature.

IPCA to launch inquiry The independent police watchdog has confirmed it will investigate the decision by police not to prosecute former Act MP John Banks over his 2010 mayoral donations return. A spokesman for IPCA said it had received a number of requests to investigate but had told complainants it was keeping a “watching brief” and would review the matter after the court trial.

“We’ve done that and decided to undertake an investigation, but until we’ve gathered some material we are unable to say what form the investigation will take or how long it will take.”

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Liquor store protest A south Auckland community is set to protest against the opening of a liquor store opposite a school this weekend. The protest has been organised by angry Mangere East residents, who oppose the granting of an off-licence to Thirsty Liquor to open the shop, just metres in front of Southern Cross Campus. The protest will take place on Saturday at 9 Wickham Way from 10am.

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■ ASHBURTON’S UNSUNG HEROES

Derek’s 84 and still volunteering

By SuSan SandyS

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At the age of 84, Derek Prebble of Ashburton is officially retired.

However, most weekdays you will find Mr Prebble out and about, helping one of the organisations he belongs to.

“As long as I’m fit and well why not?” he said.

At the Ashburton Cancer Society he is a property co-ordinator, undertaking maintenance and repairs at the society’s buildings and grounds in Mona Square. This week, during National Volunteer Week, he chainsawed up a felled silver birch tree at the grounds and carted it off to woodturners and others in the town.

Driving Mid Canterbury residents to Christchurch for cancer treatment is among his favourite jobs, something he does up to a dozen times per year.

“I don’t know how many thousands of kilometres I have done, trips up and down to Christchurch,” Mr Prebble said.

“I have met all sorts of people. I get as much out of it I think as they do, when they are sick like that they are inclined to

chatter more, and they tell you all about their life.”

His passengers were from all walks of life, from professionals to tradespeople and freezing workers.

It was a job which had been more rewarding in recent years as advances in medical science meant his passengers were in better shape on the trip home after chemotherapy.

Mr Prebble and wife Jeanette live in Ashburton and have four children and nine grandchildren.

“I enjoy doing things for people, if I can help it’s not what you are doing it’s what you get out of it that makes it, you get a lot from other people.”

Mr Prebble is also a Pakeke Lions Club member, and the property co-ordinator for St David’s Church, and a Probus Club member.

He said he was used to fixing things after farming at Coldstream for about 50 years.

“One of the things you learn on a farm is if something goes wrong you fix it,” Mr Prebble said.

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Ashburton District Council stopped fluoridating the town's water in 2002. In Aug/Sep 2006 Dr Martin Lee (Public Dentist, CDHB) and Dr Daniel Williams (Medical Officer of Health) advised council, and claimed in media statements, that this action had caused a 25% increase in child dental decay. That claim was challenged by Dr Hardy Limeback (Prof. of Dentistry and head of preventative dentistry at Univ.

Open Letter by DG Church to Mid-Canterbury Residents: [ADVERTISEMENT] of Toronto) who, in a statement to The Guardian in Sep. 2006, claimed that fluoridation merely causes a delay in tooth eruption so that an initial perception of lowered decay in baby teeth is soon lost as Ashburton District Council stopped fluoridating the town's water in 2002. In Aug/Sep 2006 Dr Martin Lee (Public Dentist, CDHB) and Dr Daniel Williams (Medical Officer of Health) advised council, and the permanent teeth develop. In March '14 Dr Justin Wall (local dentist) claimed in M.C. Herald that removal of fluoride had caused a 30% deterioration in oral health and also stated that fluoridation is of claimed in media statements, that this action had caused a 25% increase in child dental decay. That claim was challenged by Dr Hardy Limeback (Prof. of Dentistry and head of preventative dentistry at Univ. benefit to adults. But evidence capable of independent verification has not been forthcoming to me. To get clarity of evidence I have had to make formal request to CDHB under the Official Information Act. of Toronto) who, in a statement to The Guardian in Sep. 2006, claimed that fluoridation merely causes a delay in tooth eruption so that an initial perception of lowered decay in baby teeth is soon lost as I now present the CDHB's own data in table format below. The factual data leads to the inescapable conclusions that I detail at the bottom of these tables. the permanent teeth develop. In March '14 Dr Justin Wall (local dentist) claimed in M.C. Herald that removal of fluoride had caused a 30% deterioration in oral health and also stated that fluoridation is of benefit to adults. But evidence capable of independent verification has not been forthcoming to me. SCHOOL To get clarity of evidence I have had to make formal request to CDHB under the Official Information Act. DENTAL SERVICES - ORAL HEALTH STATISTICS I now present the CDHB's own data in table format below. The factual data leads to the inescapable conclusions that Itodetail at the and bottom of these tables.

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32

2012

352 278

Year 2002

2.3

51.4%

38 1.2

59.3%1.2

2004 59.3% 2005 - 2010 74.5% 2011

26 1.2

74.5%1.4

68.4%1.3 66.7%

2012 (unavailable) 194 197 2013

237

51.4%

32 1.4 1.3

294 330

2013

70.6%2.3

1.2

68.4% 66.7%

My Extrapolations

Caries 202 Free

470

3 Year Average

19 1.0 32

DMFT

3 Year235 Average 281

55.6%

Data from CDHB My Extrapolations Methven 5 Year Olds No. of Total No. Total No. Average Percentage Data from CDHB My Extrapolations Year Children DMFT Caries Free DMFT Caries Free No. of Total No. Total No. Average Percentage 2002 27 35 14 1.3 51.9% Children DMFT Caries Free DMFT Caries Free 2003 34 35 24 1.0 70.6% 27 35 14 1.3 51.9%

Notes

Children 2003

0.9 89

80 1.6 97

Data from CDHB

No. of Total Average Percentage Ashburton 12 YearNo. Olds Total No. YearData fromChildren DMFT Caries Free DMFT Caries Free CDHB My Extrapolations 2002 Total No. 250 No. 470Average 100 1.9 40.0% No. of Total Percentage 250 2004 202 2005 - 2010

80 297 97

2004 84 34 3537 24 (unavailable) 2005 2010 2004 37 84 19 2011 54 67 (unavailable) 2005 - 2010 2012 61 2011 54 6751 32 2013 52 2012 51 6138 38 3 Year Average38 60 2013 5248 26 3 Year Average

Average

292 160

2003

Ashburton 12 Year Olds

SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICES - ORAL HEALTH STATISTICS

My Extrapolations For Schools connected to Ashburton and Methven urban water supplies

2003

2012

2013 3 Year Average

284

187 194

Caries 294 DMFT 84 Free 1.9 80 40.0% 84 1.5 41.6% (unavailable) 100

330

80

197

235 281 237

1.8

284 110 120 142 124

352 278

1.5

41.6%

1.8

42.8%

110 42.8%

1.0

56.7%

120

1.2

51.1%

1.0

142 56.7% 124 51.1% 1.3 50.5% 1.2

1.3

50.5%

1.2

52.3%

1.2 52.3% Methven 12 Year Olds

Data from CDHB My Extrapolations Methven 12 Year Olds No. of Total No. Total No. Average Percentage Data from CDHB My Extrapolations Year Children DMFT Caries Free DMFT Caries Free No. of Total No. Total No. Average Percentage 2002 36 66 17 1.8 47.2% Children DMFT Caries Free DMFT Caries Free 2003 49 81 21 1.7 42.9% 36 66 17 1.8 47.2% 2004 49 2005 54 - 2010

81

80 2011 (unavailable) 2012 72 106

2013 69 3 Year Average 75 72

96 99 100

54

80 21 (unavailable) 18 72 106

1.5

69

1.5

75 72

28

96

30

99 100

36 31

1.7

1.4 1.3 1.4

18 42.9% 28

33.3%

30 38.9% 36 43.5% 31 48.0%

1.5

33.3%

1.5

38.9%

1.4

43.5%

1.3 1.4

48.0% 43.1%

43.1%

a) CDHB means "Canterbury District Health Board"; DMFT means "decayed, missing, filled teeth"; Caries Free means "no tooth decay". CDHB advises that it does not hold comparable figures for the years 2005 to 2010

a) CDHB means b) "Canterbury District Health Board"; DMFT means "decayed, missing, filled teeth"; Caries Free means "no tooth decay".

CDHB advises that it does not hold comparable figures for was the years 2005bytoreferendum 2010 Fluoridation of Ashburton town's water stopped in 2002 and the stoppage was affirmed by referendum in 2007.

The continuation of fluoridation for Methven town affirmed in 2008. b) Fluoridation of Ashburton town's water stopped in 2002 and the stoppage was affirmed by referendum in 2007. The continuation of fluoridation for Methven town was affirmed by referendum in 2008.

My Conclusions: My Conclusions: 1. Oral health of Ashburton children did not deteriorate after fluoridation ceased in 2002, as claimed by some who were in a position to know better.

1. Oral health Ashburton children did not deteriorate after in fluoridation in 2002, as claimed children by some has whoimproved, were in a position to know better.

2 of Since cessation of fluoridation In Ashburton 2002, theceased oral health of Ashburton and significantly so for 12 year-olds.

2 Since cessation of fluoridation In Ashburton in 2002, the oral health of Ashburton children has improved, and significantly so for 12 year-olds.

3. Because the permanent teeth of Ashburton's 12 year-olds have improved without fluoridation, Dr Justin Wall's claim that fluoridation benefits adults lacks credibility.

3. Because the permanent teeth of Ashburton's 12 year-olds have improved without fluoridation, Dr Justin Wall's claim that fluoridation benefits adults lacks credibility.

4. Compared to Ashburton, a seeming benefit to Methven 5 year-olds is lost by age 12. This backs the claim by dental Prof. Hardy Limeback that fluoridation merely delays tooth eruption.

4. Compared to Ashburton, a seeming benefit to Methven 5 year-olds is lost by age 12. This backs the claim by dental Prof. Hardy Limeback that fluoridation merely delays tooth eruption.

5. The permanent teeth of Ashburton 12 year-olds have never been subject to fluoridation and yet they have better oral health than their peers in fluoridated Methven.

5. The permanent teeth of Ashburton 12 year-olds have never been subject to fluoridation and yet they have better oral health than their peers in fluoridated Methven.

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■ GLENN INQUIRY REPORT

Collins rejects proof change

By ISaac DavISoN Justice Minister Judith Collins has ruled out reversing the burden of proof in domestic violence cases – one of the key recommendations in the first report of the Glenn Inquiry.

Mrs Collins said yesterday she would not consider the proposal, which would replace the adversarial court system with one which would place the burden of proof on alleged perpetrators instead of victims.

The recommendation was one of the $2 million Glenn Report’s “ideas for change”, which stemmed from interviews with 500 people including victims, lawyers and others in the domestic violence and

child abuse sector.

Mrs Collins said: “It’s really important that we don’t change the burden of proof.

We already have … protection orders which are available on a without notice basis right now.

“The last thing I want to do is have our whole domestic violence work called into question by anybody saying it was impossible to prove that someone hasn’t actually assaulted someone.”

She also defended the Family Court after the Glenn Inquiry heard it was dysfunctional.

Mrs Collins said recent reforms were a step in the right direction.

The reforms were implemented in March, and placed

more emphasis on families resolving their conflict outside of court.

Mrs Collins agreed with the inquiry’s finding that victims had felt isolated in the court process, and said further reforms were in the pipeline for improving victims’ rights.

The minister said some of the victims’ comments were very pertinent, but the inquiry had not raised any issues Government was not aware of.

Nevertheless, she anticipated that some Government response was likely once the final recommendations were made and had been fully digested.

She was working with ministers to develop a “full suite” of responses to domestic vio-

lence issues. The inquiry was also highly critical of Child, Youth and Family, saying that case managers were often too judgmental of victims.

Social Development Minister Paula Bennett said she was taking this criticism seriously.

She also said life after domestic violence was often a really emotional time and people could be over-sensitive.

“My experience with frontline case managers is that they do not judge.

“They care passionately about those children … but we do more often than not put children first and that can cause real upset for some of those mums.”

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■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE PRODUCTION

Cast have some real life comparisons

By Sue NewmaN

sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

Take more than 60 students, hundreds of rehearsal hours and a truck-load of talent and you have a student musical that is bound to wow its audiences.

With opening night on July 2 looming, Ashburton College students are in rehearsal three days a week as they fine tune dance and musical numbers for their winter production Fame.

The show is based on the 1980s’ hit film of the same name which starred Irene Cara.

Fame, the stage musical production, follows the same storyline as the original movie, showcasing the lives of talented students attending the prestigious New York City’s High School of the Performing Arts.

The students embark on a wild ride experiencing the ecstasy of success and the agony of disappointment as they strive to make it big in the performing arts.

They also experience the normal ups and downs of teenage life dealing with the pressures of school, relationships and just trying to fit in.

Ashburton College students Annelise Diamond and Liam Kennedy-Clark leading an all-star cast in the college’s musical production Fame.

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Seasoned performers, Annelise Diamond and Liam Kennedy-Clark lead the large student cast, many of whom share the same dreams as their on-stage alter-egos.

Kennedy-Clark plays the part of Schlomo Metzenbaum,

a classical violinist who rebels by starting up a rock band, while Diamond, plays the fame-obsessed Carmen Diaz.

The show is directed by Ashburton College Head of Drama, Claire Bubb, with Kylie Maddre, as the choreographer

and Angela Cresswell musical director.

The show will be staged at the Ashburton College Auditorium at 7pm on the final three days of this term July 2 to 4.

Tickets are available from the Ashburton College office.

Contractor critically injured in collision A digger driver who was critically injured after being hit by a train yesterday was carrying out work for KiwiRail.

The driver was hit by a north-bound freight train around 9.20am at the southern end of the Raurimu Spiral, on

Kiwi kids ‘worse off’ The poorest Kiwi children are now worse off than many children in the slums of India, a leading author says. Professor Jonathan Boston, co-author of a new book on Child Poverty in New Zealand, said at the book’s launch in Auckland last night that he saw worse poverty in some Kiwi families than he saw when he spent a month late last year in Delhi slums where his wife, Dr Mary Hutchinson, worked as a volunteer doctor for a Christian charity. “The Indian Government feeds every primary school child lunch every day for 130 million children,” he said. “We saw very few seriously malnourished children in the slums of Delhi.

“India has about half of the world’s poorest children, but there are children in New Zealand living in circumstances that are not that much different from those in the slums of Delhi.

- APNZ

Beaten baby dies A man accused of assaulting an 8-month-old baby, who has since died, will reappear in court later this week. The 33-year-old forestry worker, who has interim name suppression, appeared at the Hamilton District Court yesterday.

Police charged the man with assaulting a child, whom a neighbour said was his son, following an incident at their York St house on Sunday. He will appear again before the court for a bail application on Thursday. The baby boy, a twin, who was admitted to Waikato Hospital with head injuries and was later moved to Starship Children’s Hospital died. - APNZ

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■ TRAIN, DIGGER COLLIDE

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He was trapped inside the digger cab for a short period, before being freed by the Fire Service and later airlifted to hospital.

No-one else was injured in the incident.

The digger driver was a contractor working for KiwiRail at

a work site, the company confirmed.

However, a spokeswoman would not say whether he was working on or near the tracks, or why the freight train was travelling on the same tracks while that work was being carried out, saying the circumstances were not yet clear.

“I think it’s too early to

speculate about any of the factors that might have caused [the crash]. You’ve just got to let the investigation run its course.”

KiwiRail will conduct its own internal investigation, while the Transport Accident Investigation Commission and WorkSafe New Zealand are also investigating.

- APNZ

Yesterday’s Herald-DigiPoll survey showing the Internet Mana Party would get two seats in Parliament means the electoral alliance has made it to “first base” but still needs to hit a home run, Internet Party Leader Laila Harré says.

The poll had the combined Internet Mana Party at 1.4 per cent which would take Ms Harré - who is second on the party list behind Mana Leader Hone Harawira - into Parliament, assuming Mr Harawira holds his Te Tai Tokerau seat in September.

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Millionaire a mystery If anyone in Dargaville knows who the town’s newest millionaire is they’re not telling. It’s possible the winner doesn’t even know, because the weekend’s big Lotto prize hasn’t been claimed yet. There’s not much buzz on the streets, after a ticket bought at the Countdown supermarket won the $1 million first division prize on Saturday.

Countdown manager Snow Tane is thrilled his store sold the ticket. It’s the second first division sold under his watch.

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Man falls over cliff A man has been rescued after falling 40 metres down a steep cliff north of Napier yesterday.

The 25-year-old has been airlifted to hospital following the fall, which took place on a farm in Tangoio at 10.15am. He suffered a fractured hip and was winched onto the Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter on a stretcher, before being flown to Hawke’s Bay Regional Hospital.

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Victims feel let down Stu Oldham

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T

he Glenn inquiry into child abuse and domestic violence has exposed dissatisfaction with the court system and lawmakers are right to debate the accompanying call for change.

New Zealand’s unacceptably high familial abuse rate continues to vex our communities despite well-publicised antiviolence campaigns and innumerable intervention programmes.

The truth is, we allow too much to happen behind closed doors. Relatively few incidents of domestic violence are reported to police and, by extension, relatively few make their way to court.

It is therefore troubling to read in the inquiry’s People’s Report, released on Monday, that the victims of domestic abuse feel let down by a system they justifiably expect to protect them.

Perhaps “let down” is an understatement; according to the report, many victims whose cases go to court feel revictimised in a process that exposes them to argument and scrutiny.

The inquiry has offered “ideas for change”.

Among those ideas is that, in “domestic” cases, the burden of proof shifts from the Crown – which prosecutes an alleged offender – to the person alleged to have done the offending.

That means the accused will have to prove they did not commit the offence, rather than the Crown having to prove that they did.

This might have the effect of not forcing the victim to relive their trauma, under cross-examination, as the primary witness to the domestic offending.

However, it turns on its head the basic principle that maintains the integrity of our judicial system, that people are innocent until proven guilty.

Politicians and academics say this will undermine an absolutely fundamental cornerstone of our justice system, let alone basic human rights. The Justice Minister, rightly, rejected it outright.

Some campaigners against domestic violence and sexual violence say the report lacks rigour and clarity.

That may be so – but in suggesting such a significant change, the report also suggests significant frustration from those who believe our justice system can do better.

YOUR VIEW Named letters I applaud your decision encouraging correspondents to be named.

I believe the standard of letters will now improve and will be more likely to be read.

Lynton Laing

Fish and Game I have followed with interest Fish and Game manager Jay Graybill’s efforts to trace the person or persons who allegedly released salmon into Lake Camp.

It has been stated that the person or persons may have breached Biosecurity and Conservation Acts.

I think coming from Mr Graybill this is rather ironic as if my memory serves me correctly, he was part of the Acclimatisation Society (Fish and Game) who agreed to arbitration regarding fishing regulations that limited where a large number of fishermen could fish.

CRUMB

The arbitration was brokered

by Bryce Johnston who was then and still is Fish and Game’s general manager. Sir Peter Tapsell agreed to arbitrate only on the understanding that whatever decision he made would be binding on both parties (Fish and Game and the fishing group).

Sir Peter found in favour of the fishing group and ordered the regulations restricting the group’s fishing activities be revoked.

The regulations were lifted for one fishing season and reinstated the following season.

Many will see the irony here, where Fish and Game have become all indignant and selfrighteous because some person or persons may have bent the rules by releasing a few fish.

At the time Fish and Game reinstated the restrictions, many described their actions as dishonest, lacking in integrity and most unsportsman like.

If Fish and Game spent more time enhancing the fishery at Lake Camp and addressed the

by David Fletcher

issue of the Balmacaan Stream, then the person or persons who allegedly released fish may not have needed to do so.

A. B. Ashburton Mark Webb, acting chief executive, CSI Fish and Game responds: Your correspondent raises the issue of Fish and Game’s involvement in the 80-year controversy around acceptable fishing methods in Mid Canterbury.

The arbitration undertaken by Sir Peter Tapsell between ‘lure’ anglers and the Ashburton Acclimatisation Society took place in 1987.

Shortly afterwards Ashburton, South Canterbury, and Waitaki Valley acclimatisation societies merged to form Central South Island Fish and Game and Mr Graybill was employed as manager. A review of all fishing regulations for the new region removed all restrictions on “lure” angling in the Ashburton, Opihi and Orari rivers in line with the Tapsell decision. Those

relaxed conditions remain to this day.

It is clear that on these rivers anglers have moved on from those confrontational days 27 and more years ago. They appear to have become a bit more tolerant of difference and now go fishing to enjoy it.

The lower Rangitata River retains restrictions. Council believes that where angler participation is compromised by use of incompatible methods then it will endeavour to maintain a balance of opportunity by segregation of methods.

In regard to enhancement of the Lake Camp fishery, we have a stocking policy for the Ashburton Lakes on a rotation basis.

Lake Camp was stocked with hatchery raised juvenile rainbow trout in 2010 and will receive more in 2015.

Lakes Clearwater and Roundabout received brown trout this year. These releases are required to comply with all consenting conditions controlled by DOC and MPI.

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Don’t take risks on the road

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Will we have truely clean air by 2016?

Angus McKay

Yes 60%

FROM YOUR COUNCIL

No 40%

R

oad safety has tragically been in the spotlight recently and has reminded us all of the responsibilities we take on when getting behind the wheel of a vehicle.

Going into winter when driving conditions can be treacherous in Mid Canterbury, I want to take this opportunity to remind people to keep their wits about them when driving, even if you think you know the roads really well.

Ashburton District Council has long had a commitment to promote road safety in our district.

Already this year we have run five different road safety initiatives to reinforce messages about road safety – Know your way around, Be Bright Be Seen, Ride Forever, Is 100K ok? and Road Crash Day. The council is also supporting a pilot programme for learner drivers.

Each campaign has targeted different road users, but at the heart of all of them has been the basic road safety message – pay attention when driving and expect other people to make mistakes.

We want everyone in the community to be aware when they are out and about on the roads and footpaths – whether it is a young child crossing a street as they walk to school, someone riding a bike, teenagers learning to drive or people who have been driving for years.

Do not drop your guard or take anything for granted when it comes to the predictability of others.

There is another dimension

Today’s online poll question Q: Should all river fishermen wear lifejackets?

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to driving in a district like ours.

As a farming area, we often have to drive near stock and heavy farm machinery when travelling on rural roads.

Doing this safely means slowing down, being aware of moving animals and only overtaking when we are 100 per cent sure it is safe to do so.

Likewise, when you are in town, you need to keep an eye out for big trucks travelling along State Highway One, trains moving at high speed and pedestrians crossing roads,

all vying for space and in a rush.

We have several months of winter ahead of us yet which means extra challenging driving conditions such as ice, snow and high winds.

To help get through these safely, I encourage you to also keep your car well maintained and watch and make plans around severe weather forecasts.

I have spent years driving around the district and particularly back and forth between

Methven and Ashburton along State Highway 77. In that time I have witnessed some driving I wish I had never seen.

We know all too well what a significant impact a car crash can have so let’s do our best to keep the community safe.

As mayor, I cannot say enough to emphasise the point of driving safely.

Not driving safely is just not worth the risk.

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■ IRAQ

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US considers air strikes

BY PRASHANT RAO The US is deploying extra troops to protect its embassy in Baghdad and mulling air strikes against militants who have seized key cities, amid warnings that Iraq has been polarised irrevocably.

Militants who seized Mosul - a city of two million people - and then a vast swathe of territory north of Baghdad in a lightning offensive launched eight days ago, were yesterday making further advances, Iraqi officials said.

The police and army officials said the insurgents, led by the powerful Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as ISIS, had seized most the Shi’ite majority town of Tal Afar, in fighting that left dozens dead.

Provincial council chief Nureddin Qabalan said militants controlled most of Tal Afar and the surround-

ing area, but said there were pockets of resistance, and that soldiers, policemen and residents held on to parts of the airport.

The militant advance came as the prime minister of the country’s autonomous Kurdistan region warned it will be “almost impossible” for Iraq to return to how it was before the offensive was launched on June 9.

US President Barack Obama announced that about 275 military personnel were being deployed to Iraq to help protect the embassy in Baghdad and assist US nationals there.

The force has been sent “for the purpose of protecting US citizens and property, if necessary, and is equipped for combat”, Obama said.

Washington has already deployed an aircraft carrier to the Gulf, but Obama has ruled out a return to Iraq for US soldiers, who left the coun-

try at the end of 2011 after a bloody and costly intervention launched in 2003.

The jihadists are said to have killed scores of Iraqi soldiers as they pushed an advance on the capital, including in a “horrifying” massacre that has drawn international condemnation.

As Washington weighed its next move in the crisis, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that drone strikes could be used, after Obama said he was considering “all options” on how to support the Iraqi government.

Drones might not be the “whole answer”, Washington’s top diplomat said, “but they may well be one of the options that are important to be able to stem the tide and stop the movement of people who are moving around in open convoys and trucks and terrorising people”.

- AFP

Unrest in Syria New clashes have erupted in eastern Syria between rebels seeking President Bashar alAssad’s ouster and a jihadist group that has captured swathes of territory in neighbouring Iraq, a monitor says. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday night’s fighting broke out when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) “tried to push an advance” in the village of Basira, located in the east of Deir Ezzor province close to Iraq. Blasts went off as the ISIL militants, also known as ISIS, targeted the rebel brigades and their al-Qaeda-affiliated AlNusra Front allies in the oil-rich province, the Observatory said yesterday.

- AFP

Lucas defends actions

Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans.

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■ OFFENSIVE EDITING

Civil servant fired for Hillsborough post A British civil servant has been sacked for making offensive Wikipedia edits about the Hillsborough disaster, but efforts to find other culprits are being abandoned.

A junior administrator has been identified as being behind posts in 2012 and fired for gross misconduct, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said yesterday.

The 24-year-old, born in London but based in Liverpool, changed the phrase “You’ll never walk alone”, the anthem of Liverpool FC, to read: “You’ll never walk again.”

He was tracked down after the Daily Telegraph and internet group Wikipediocracy cross-referenced his social media history and work records.

Maude said in a statement to MPs: “Extensive further inquiries were taken forward as a Civil Service disciplinary matter, involving potential breaches of the Civil Service Code and of individual departments’ policies on acceptable behaviour.

“An individual was then subject to a formal disciplinary investigation and dismissed for gross misconduct, on the grounds of responsibility for the 2012 edits.”

Describing the individual as a “young, junior administrative officer”, Maude said it was “long-standing established practice that in such cases an individual’s name will not be made public”.

But he said the investigation had been unable to identify the source of other abusive edits - which began on the 20th anniversary of the 1989 tragedy in which 96 Liverpool fans died.

In one instance “Blame Liverpool fans” was anonymously added to the Hillsborough section of the online encyclopedia.

- PA

A senior Catholic official who was found to be protecting the church from legal action by not taking notes in interviews with alleged sex abusers has defended his actions.

Father Brian Lucas, the general secretary of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference told the child abuse royal commission he could not remember a meeting in 1993 with child sex abuser John Chute and the Australian provincial of the Marist Brothers, Alexis Turton. Fr Lucas, a lawyer, said he accepted the meeting had taken place but, as was his practice, he had not taken notes. The commission is looking at how the Marist Brothers handled accusations against two men later jailed for multiple child sex abuse offences.

- AAP

200km/h in the suburbs A senior member of the Bandidos bikie gang has been charged after he allegedly reached speeds of 200km/h in his car while being chased by police in Perth’s suburbs.

The incident occurred in Munster last week after officers tried to stop the car on Stock Road. After the driver sped off, police gave chase at a slower speed while a helicopter monitored the car from the air. The car then appeared to have engine problems and slowly came to a halt where police arrested the offender.

The 40-year-old man was charged with a string of offences including possessing a prohibited drug with intent to sell or supply and wilfully destroying evidence in relation to items he allegedly threw from the vehicle.

- AAP

Search ‘not in hotspot’ The search for Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 is yet to target the most likely crash site after being distracted by what are now believed to be bogus signals, British company Inmarsat claims.

Inmarsat’s scientists told the BBC’s Horizon program they had calculated the plane’s most likely flight path and a “hotspot” in the southern Indian Ocean in which it most likely came down. Hourly pings sent by the plane were received by Inmarsat’s spacecraft, leading scientists to calculate its likely path. Two months were spent searching 850 square kilometres of sea bed northwest of Perth. “It was by no means an unrealistic location, but it was further to the northeast than our area of highest probability,” Chris Ashton at Inmarsat told Horizon yesterday.

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■ RABOBANK UPDATE

Hirepool $1.10-$1.50

Beef still strong earner

Profit/loss for Pulse

and average export returns increasing 14 per cent.

Wool prices by the end of the first week in June were at their highest levels for 2014.

The coarse wool crossbred in-

dicator was at 532c a kg, up 106c a kg, year-on-year. Rabobank said the seasonal supply of wool continued to be restricted, with limited volumes available .

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Inland Revenue should accept a payment deal rather than bankrupt a 79-year-old accountant being chased over a $367 million debt, says an Auckland tax adviser.

The IRD won summary judgment in the High Court at Auckland against John George Russell last week for $367 million of unpaid tax, interest and penalties.

Russell is now going to court in a bid to stop the IRD bringing bankruptcy proceedings against him.

IRD officials would not say yesterday if the department would pursue bankruptcy, but

Russell’s lawyer said in court last month that this was the purpose of the action against his client.

The Auckland accountant who developed a template that the Court of Appeal called a “blatant tax-avoidance scheme” has filed for a judicial review of IRD’s rejection of his proposal to pay $1000 a week for the rest of his life against his tax debt.

While the IRD won’t reveal whether or not it will be serving bankruptcy notices against Russell, Auckland tax adviser Daniel Hunt says the Inland Revenue should accept the instalment proposal rather than pursuing the 79-year-old to bankruptcy.

“I believe this is a case about principle, not money,” Hunt said.

“The principle has been won

by Inland Revenue.

“I guarantee you Russell will fight against bankruptcy, so seriously, is there really any public benefit to be gained in pursuing Russell to bankruptcy and spending yet more and more taxpayers’ money?”

Between the late 1970s and 2000, Russell established what the Court of Appeal has said was an “elaborate, maze-like structure of companies, partnerships and trusts”, and gave advice on how others could avoid tax through their participation in the Russell template.

- NZH

■ NEW SERVICE FROM VIRGIN

‘Chic’ first class onesie debuts

By Grant Bradley Virgin Atlantic is offering first class passengers on long-haul night flights what it says is the ultimate in bedtime glamour the onesie.

The British airline has collaborated with Norwegian firm OnePiece - which proclaims itself as a brand built around the art of slacking - to design a bespoke onesie.

The new onesie is “simple and chic in an ever fashionable black colour” and Virgin says it is the first time an airline has offered a onesie.

A spokeswoman said the airline’s design team had been working tirelessly to create the perfect onesie.

OnePiece sells garments similar to those on the Sir Richard Branson-founded airline for around $175.

The limited edition unisex onesie will be available for Virgin Atlantic “Upper Class” passengers on selected flights from the middle of this month.

There’s hot competition to lay it on thick in first class for passengers who pay up to $10,000 for a long-haul leg and other airlines with first-class cabins offer more traditional two-piece sleepwear.

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Don’t bankrupt debtor, IRD told

By HamisH FletcHer

Buller Electricity Ltd subsidiary, Auckland-based Pulse Utilities, has reported an unaudited profit of $3.9 million for the year to March 31, compared to a loss of $9.3 million the previous year.

However, the profit includes $8.7m for fair value movements on electricity price derivatives. In fact, Pulse made a loss of $2.8m before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and fair value movements, compared to a profit of $828,500 the previous year. - WPN

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New Zealand beef prices continued to rise in May and into June as supplies tightened and international demand remained strong, Rabobank said in its monthly agribusiness update.

The North Island bull prices in the second week of June averaged $4.15 a kg (carcass weight) - up 5 per cent on same week last year and the highest average price since the start of 2012, the bank said.

The total beef slaughter during April increased slightly, rising 2 per cent, year-on-year, to 240,392 head.

The rise was underpinned by an increase in both cow and heifer slaughter, rising 4 per cent and 3 per cent, respectively.

Beef exports in April improved 1 per cent, year-on-year,

offset by a 26 per cent fall in exports to China.

Rabobank said the “stubbornly high” exchange rate continued to provide a stiff headwind for beef exporters.

Lamb prices improved each week throughout May and June, with the South Island lamb price in the second week of June increasing 20 per cent, year-onyear, and averaging $5.46 kg carcass weight.

As supplies tightened going into winter, Rabobank said average prices were likely to move beyond $6.00 a kg.

Average lamb export prices in April improved 15 per cent, year-on-year, to $7.16 kg, with improved returns across all major export markets, Rabobank said.

Demand from China continued to be strong, with monthly lamb imports rising 9 per cent

Rental company Hirepool said its shares would be priced in a $1.10 to $1.50 range for next month’s initial public offer and share market float.

The company said in a statement its offer was aimed at raising between $175 million and $262m.

Hirepool, which registered its prospectus yesterday, expects to list on the NZX and ASX on July 11. Hirepool said the offer would comprise up to 120.1 new ordinary shares to raise about $135m of new capital, and would involve the sale of up to 83.5 million existing shares. Capital raised through the issue of new shares will be used to pay down Hirepool’s existing debt and to buy more shares in a majority owned subsidiary. - APNZ

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■ OPINION

Give nutritious lentils a go Respect, not abuse

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ention lentils and many people will turn their noses up at the very idea of eating these as part of a meal.

They may have been put off by being dished up a tasteless, colourless meal that has masqueraded as a vegetarian meal.

Those people have been badly served and should give the tasty, nutritious lentil another go.

Lentils lend themselves to a raft of different cooking styles and they happily absorb flavours that elevate them out of the bland bracket.

Give lentils a go – you’ll be surprised.

Mixed vegetable dahl 1 onion, chopped 2 large garlic cloves, crushed 1 green chilli, deseeded chopped 1 carrot, peeled and grated 1 eggplant, chopped 1T vegetable oil 2T water 1t ground cumin 1t mild curry powder 2t black mustard seeds 3/4 C split red lentils 800ml vegetable stock, hot 1 zucchini, halved and sliced 1 large tomato, chopped 2T chopped fresh coriander

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■ Put the onion, garlic, chilli, carrot and eggplant into a flameproof casserole dish or large saucepan and stir in the oil and water.

■ Heat until it starts to sizzle, then cover and cook gently for about 5 minutes until softened.

■ Uncover and stir in the spices.

■ Cook for 1 minute, then stir in the lentils and stock.

■ Bring to the boil, then add the zucchini and tomato.

■ Cover and simmer gently for 15 minutes, then uncover for a further 5 minutes ■ Serve garnished with roughly chopped fresh coriander.

Speedy beef and lentils 500g beef mince 1 large onion, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1/2 C red wine (optional) 400g can diced tomatoes 2T tomato paste 400g can lentils, rinsed and drained 1T dried oregano 1T dried basil 1/4 t nutmeg fresh parsley or basil, finely chopped ■ Heat olive or vegetable oil in a frying-pan and cook onion and garlic together until soft and transparent.

■ Add beef mince and brown well, breaking up any large pieces.

■ Add wine, let it simmer.

■ Add tomatoes, tomato paste, lentils, dried herbs and nutmeg.

■ Combine well and let simmer for at least 15–20 minutes.

■ Season to taste with salt and pepper.

■ Toss through hot pasta and garnish with basil.

Spinach and lentil curry 50g butter 2 onions, finely sliced 4t turmeric 1T finely grated ginger 2t cumin seeds 4 cloves garlic, crushed 3t ground coriander 2t garam masala 1 red chilli, seeds removed and finely chopped 250g brown lentils 400g can crushed tomatoes 2C, chopped

■ Melt butter in a large saucepan and cook onions for 5 minutes.

■ Add turmeric, grated ginger, cumin seeds, garlic, coriander, garam masala and chilli.

■ Cook for 5 minutes over a gentle heat, stirring carefully so that the spices do not burn.

■ Add lentils, tomatoes and 3 cups of cold water.

■ Bring to the boil, then simmer for 30 minutes until lentils are tender.

■ Ten minutes prior to the end of cooking time, add the chopped spinach.

Sweet potato and lentil curry 100ml olive oil 2 red onions, finely sliced 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced 1T fresh ginger, finely chopped or grated Salt and pepper 1T curry powder 1t chilli flakes 1 small eggplant, peeled, cut into small cubes 1C red lentils 1 kumara, peeled and cut into small cubes 1 litre water 1 head broccoli, cut into small florets 2 handfuls baby spinach 1 handful coriander leaves ■ Heat olive oil in a saucepan and cook seasoned onions, garlic and ginger until soft - about 15 minutes.

■ Add spices and cook for two minutes.

■ Add eggplant to onions and cook for five minutes.

■ Add lentils, kumara and water and simmer gently until cooked - about 20 minutes.

■ Add broccoli and simmer for five minutes. Stir through baby spinach.

■ Serve with coriander, natural yoghurt and your favourite chutney.

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his week Age Concern nationally has been focusing on elder abuse through the media and local displays with an emphasis on respect.

The question has to be asked, why is it happening so much in our so-called caring society?

I know it has been around for generations, but in today’s world it is unacceptable especially where a person’s happiness is at stake.

The United Nations has declared that everyone has the right to dignity, care, independence, selffulfilment and participation.

Lack of respect can lead to elder abuse and neglect.

Our children come through an education system that encourages them to be respectful for not only others but also for themselves.

It saddens me that a very small majority seem to forget all those good principles once they become teenagers and move into the workforce.

They have no respect for their work environment, their elders or the community around them.

If this tendency is not curbed early in life, how will they behave in the future?

I must point out that this description is not

Jeanette Tarbotton SERVING THE AGEING

about the teenager who for example slams the bedroom door and shuts out parents, because the love within the family will eventually win out in most cases.

Statistics have proved that much of elder abuse comes from within families or from someone known to the victim.

Often it is over personal property, has financial implications or even a lifestyle is at stake.

Why does this happen?

Is it a case of greed?

Where has respect gone wrong?

Age Concern research shows that as many as one-in-10 older people face threats, abuse or neglect problems.

It is okay to speak up if you are a victim in the way you are being treated, how you are being talked to or how your money is spent.

If you are a victim or a witness to abuse please talk to someone about your concerns.

Age Concern will listen and offers a confidential service.

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Cheese and mushroom stuffed beef schnitzels

■ Cut the large schnitzels in half and place them on a board. Cover them with plastic wrap and beat them out to an even thickness (use a smooth meat mallet, rolling pin or flat side of a large cleaver). Remove the plastic.

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Cook in a little hot oil and butter in a frying pan, for about 1 minute then turn to brown the other side. Remove and drain on paper towels. Serve promptly.

Cook’s tips: If you allow the schnitzels to stand for 15 minutes once crumbed, you will find the crumbs have time to ‘glue’ together, making them easier to cook.

If you are not a lover of blue cheese, try crumbled marinated feta, grated cheddar or diced camembert.

Seasoned flour is a plain flour, well seasoned with salt and pepper. If wished, a little dry mustard may be added.

Recipe courtesy of NZ Beef + Lamb www.recipes.co.nz

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The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra will play at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre next month.

TICKETS TO GIVE AWAY

The Guardian is running a ticket giveaway for anyone wanting to see the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.

We have two double passes to give away, so if you are interested write to Lisa Fenwick, Ashburton Guardian, PO Box 77, Ashburton 7700,

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All American The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra will play at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre as part of a nationwide tour next month.

Featuring special guests from the US, the orchestra will take audience members on a trip down memory lane.

It will feature original arrangements of Tommy Dorsey hits such as I’m Getting Sentimental Over You, Opus No.1, Bugle Call Rag and Song of India.

The all-American orchestra show is billed as a concert spectacular. The Swing Sisters complement the show performing the greatest hits of The Andrews Sisters, while Bryan Anthony, one of America’s finest singers of the Frank Sinatra Songbook, will turn out Sinatra classics such as This Love of Mine, I’ll Never Smile Again and Blue Skies will feature.

An added attraction will be the swing dance group The Hollywood Jive Dancers.

Tommy Dorsey was affectionately known as the sentimental gentleman of swing. He became one of the greatest big band leaders of the 1940s swing era and was honoured with Grammy Awards for I’ll Never Smile Again and his famous theme song I’m Getting Sentimental Over You. The orchestra will also pay tribute to Kings of Swing – Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Woody Herman and Frank Sinatra.

The show will stage at the event centre on July 24.

Frank Sinatra songbook singer Bryan Anthony will perform alongside the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.

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June 24, 25 and 26 – Heartland Music Festival, annual Mid Canterbury Primary Schools’ Choral Music Festival.

To June 26 – Artist Vjekoslav Nemesh’s exhibition Mother Of All Illusions exhibition at Terrace Downs.

June 26 – Beyond the Garden exhibition featuring paintings

by Amber Emm opens at Terrace Downs Resort.

July 5 – Christchurch City Chorus, Sweet Adelines, at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

July 13 – Ashburton Musical Club, public concert – brass ensemble from Christchurch, 2pm at the Sinclair Centre. Afternoon tea served.

Ashburton Society of Arts’ weekly art groups held Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays.

Jeff Bradley and the Delta Swing playing at Terrace Downs Resort every Sunday, 11am to 3pm.

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■ RUGBY

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In brief Midfield conundrum Deliberations over the All Blacks’ midfield selections for the third test will focus as much on combinations as on individuals.

In a straight skills comparison, Malakai Fekitoa comes out ahead of Ryan Crotty. Fekitoa has fast feet, acceleration, a supreme fend and explosive defence - all the skills required to play centre at the top level. He is viewed as the most likely and certainly the most exciting heir to Conrad Smith. But there are other questions for the selectors to ask this week when they come to pick their No 13.

Starting a test is another mental challenge again and the selectors don’t want to push Fekitoa too hard too soon, especially as they suspect England will return the destructive Manu Tuilagi to the midfield.

- APNZ

Size does matter

Mid Canterbury’s Tim Perry contemplates the action from the bench after doing his stint against England at AMI Stadium last night.

England overruns Crusaders

By Wynne Gray

Comeback five-eighths Danny Cipriani started the scoring onslaught when he danced through a gap and unloaded to his hooker before Ben Foden’s balancing act down the touchline produced another touchdown.

Before the end of the first quarter, the Crusaders lost captain George Whitelock to concussion but their response was impressive.

Pressure on the England lineout caused them to mess up the process and from the turnover, replacement flanker Matt Todd blasted over from close range.

When they held possession the Crusaders were making progress however England were

dominant at the breakdowns.

Their superior strength and technique allowed them to dispossess the Crusaders regularly and was very beneficial when they wanted to turn the forward power against the hosts.

By halftime they had claimed double the Crusaders’ turnovers. It was a punishing lesson about ball security.

England were breathing hard when they had to defend but their forward flurries took the legs away from the Crusaders.

It was impressive stuff and laid the groundwork for four tries by halftime.

England’s patterns were similar to their test squad as they delivered route one progress

until they sensed the defenders had jammed into the middle of the ground.

The style varied little from England’s test work and should have been similar because 11 of last night’s starting side had been involved in the opening test at Eden Park.

Controversial TMO George Ayoub rejected a Crusaders’ claim for a try when long time injured prop Joe Moody rumbled across and then they lost possession on the next play.

The almanacs will record an English victory by some margin on a night when both sides helped celebrate Christchurch’s earthquake recovery plans with this historic encounter. - NZH

N/S 1 M Buckland and T Downward, 2= P Jowers and R McLaughlin, and I Taylor and M Moore E/W 1 R Kyle and K Robb, 2 B Macaulay and J Irwin, 3 J Browne and E Segers Thursday Evening – Smith Trophy N/S 1 B Smith and K Robb, 2 M Buckland and M Stowell, 3 B Turton and V Ashburton Bridge Club Ferrier June 13 E/W 1 T and M Small, 2 J Fechney and Monday Evening – Irwin Trophy M Holdaway, 3 M de Jong and W KolkN/S 1 B Leighton and A Gray, 2 A Clelman. land and M Hoar, 3 H Briggs and A van On Sunday 8th June, the club held its Dyk midwinter members only Conlands TroE/W 1= L Adams and G Black and Joyce phy Tournament with a good turnout of Johnson and E Jones, 3 J Lovett and C 24 pairs.

Gillies Prizes were awarded to: Tuesday Evening – A Ladder Junior Pair 1 Sheila Lyons and Ruth LoN/S 1 T and P Downward, 2 D Warring gan, 2 Raewyn Copland and Marjory and L Baker, 3 M Stowell and J de Jong Hoar E/W 1 M Moore and A Maude, 2 S RoIntermediate Pair 1 Beth McIlraith and sevear and J Fechney, 3 K Robb and R John Irwin, 2 Edna Segers and Trevor McLaughlin Coulter Wednesday Afternoon – 2 round DupliSenior Pair 2 Linda Baker and Kay Robb cate

3 J Fechney and S Rosevear, Winners of the Conlands Trophy were the senior pair of Maree Moore and Iris Taylor.

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England finally have some rugby reward in New Zealand.

After two narrow test defeats, on a night when they also shed injured five-eighths Owen Farrell from the tour, the midweek men pumped the Crusaders 38-7 in Christchurch.

They had spent three weeks training for this chance to show off their skills and began without any signs of nerves or rust as they blazed away with two tries inside the opening eight minutes. Their power and blazing accuracy looked ominous as they marched downfield from set-piece, rolling mauls and strike runners.

RESULTS

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■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club Women’s Section June 17 Results of Round 2 Bermaline Cup, rd 2 Smallbone Trophy Mary-Lou Watson 36, Nicole-Hamilton Cross, Sally Lemon, Vicki Moore 31, Shirley Elliott 30 Nearest Pins: No 4 Gabites Vicki Moore, No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Alison Hewson, No 12 Lynn’s Small Salon: Sally Lemon, No14 Todds of Ashburton: not struck, 2nd Shot No 18: Mary-Lou Watson Two’s: Sally Lemon on no.12 9 hole section: 5th June 2014 Rd 3 Marion Marshall trophy: Sue Lamb

■■ Petanque Winter Drawn Triples June 14 Plate: Winner Rewa Kyle and partners; runner-up Rosemary McLauchin and partners Bowl Trevor Nish and partners runnerup.

■■ Volleyball Robbies Bar & Bistro Volleyball June 16 Panic Slowly v S & Giggles 2-1, Wonders v Clirco 0-3, Social Quads v Serves You Right 2-1, Set Play v USO 0-3, Atomics v Misfits 2-1, 4 Play (the Chokers) v Team Havoc 3-0..

Robbie’s player of the day goes to Sonya from Set play.

Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie admits the selection of super-sized lock Will Skelton for his Test debut on Saturday is more about breaking the All Blacks’ Bledisloe Cup stranglehold than intimidating the French. At 203cm, 140kg, Skelton is believed to be the largest Wallaby in history, with ARU officials unable to name anyone bigger to have worn the gold jumper. The New Zealand-born second-rower will bring obvious strength and power to the Wallabies pack, but McKenzie says he picked Skelton for his brain not brawn. He replaces World Cup captain James Horwill as the Wallabies target a clean sweep of France in the final match of their three-Test series at Allianz Stadium.

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Praise for Ricciardo Red Bull’s Formula One tech guru Adrian Newey has hailed Daniel Ricciardo’s “remarkable” composure behind the wheel in what’s been a tough early season.

The Australian broke through for his first grand prix victory in Canada barely a week ago, and is aiming for a repeat at his team’s home race in Austria this weekend. Ricciardo sits third on the championship standings behind Mercedes’ dominant duo Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton - two places (19 points) ahead of his four-time world champion teammate Sebastian Vettel. “What I find amazing about him is how calm he is in the car. When he’s on the radio it’s like he’s sitting down with a cup of tea and driving onehanded,” said Newey.

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AFL clubs face probes Nine AFL clubs apart from Essendon could be investigated by WorkCover over their use of sports science. The AFL has acted swiftly in a bid to hose down the prospect, stating yesterday that rival clubs had been cleared of wrongdoing.

Essendon are already under investigation by the Victorian WorkCover Authority. It’s not known who has laid the complaint against the clubs. Premiers Hawthorn are among the nine clubs named, alongside Carlton, Collingwood, Geelong, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Richmond, St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs.

The AFL says it has already cleared other clubs of major issues relating to their sports-science programs.

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In brief Bans for Palacios, Pereira Honduras midfielder Wilson Palacios and Uruguay’s Maxi Pereira have been hit with one game suspensions after their World Cup first round red cards, FIFA confirmed. Palacios, sent off collecting a second yellow card for an ugly barge on France’s Paul Pogba, will miss his country’s next match against Ecuador on Saturday (AEST). Pereira, dismissed for a stamp in Uruguay’s shock 3-1 defeat to Costa Rica, is now suspended for the do-ordie duel with England on Friday (AEST).

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First draw of Cup Nigeria and Iran became the first sides to draw at the 2014 World Cup as they played out a turgid 0-0 draw in Curitiba yesterday. In stark contrast to the attacking nature of the tournament so far, neither side showed much creativity and the final whistle was met by a cacophony of boos from the mainly Brazilian crowd. However, their disenchantment didn’t cut much ice with Iran coach Carlos Queiroz. “I must praise my players, they more than deserved this draw,” said the 61-year-old, who guided his native Portugal to the 2010 World Cup finals. “The most important thing is that everything is now open to us.”

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Modifying technology World Cup chiefs said yesterday they will modify the way decisions made by goal-line technology are communicated to fans after confusion during France’s 3-0 victory against Honduras. Sunday’s Group E game in Porto Alegre made history after the system awarded a goal for the first time ever in international football.

The drama erupted three minutes after half-time when France striker Karim Benzema thumped a volley against the inside of a post. Brazilian referee Sandro Ricci awarded the goal, classed as an own-goal, after receiving an instant signal that the ball had crossed the line.

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Bring your own couch Germany fans sat down, got comfy and put their feet up, on their own couch, at a Berlin football stadium to watch their team’s opening World Cup match against Portugal.

In balmy evening temperatures, around 850 couches of all types and colours lined the green pitch at second-division FC Union, one of the capital’s two professional football clubs. Fans enthusiastically got behind the unusual initiative, hauling their sofas from home to the An der Alten Foersterei stadium where a giant 130-squaremetre TV screen beamed Schweinsteiger, Mueller, Lahm and the rest of the team taking to the pitch in Salvador, Brazil.

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Mueller outguns Ronaldo Thomas Mueller hit a hat-trick in Germany’s 4-0 thrashing of Portugal to shatter Cristiano Ronaldo’s dreams of dominating the World Cup. Bayern Munich star Mueller bagged the first treble of his international career as Germany, playing their 100th World Cup game, shrugged off a troubled build-up to make a flying start to the tournament.

The United States shocked Ghana 2-1 in yesterday’s other Group G game, with American captain Clint Dempsey scoring after just 32 seconds. Iran and Nigeria fought a goalless draw in Group F, the first with no winner at these World Cup finals.

But it was a disastrous afternoon at Salvador’s Fonte Nova Arena for Ronaldo and Portugal, who had defender Pepe sent off for a first-half headbutt on Mueller.

Mueller opened the score from the penalty spot after 12 minutes. Defender Mats Hummels doubled Germany’s advantage on the half-hour mark.

Mueller struck again at the end of the first half before tap-

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo protests to referee Milorad Mazic from Serbia during the group G World Cup match between Germany and Portugal at the Arena Fonte Nova.

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ping home a close range effort on 78 minutes.

“It’s glorious to score three goals in a game like that,” said Mueller.

“That doesn’t happen every day, but I have had a good run at World Cups and I wanted to pick up where I left off.”

The biggest concern for Portugal coach Paulo Bento will be the form of Ronaldo, who had hoped to sparkle at the World Cup after helping Real Madrid win the Champions League this season.

The 29-year-old winger, who was battling injuries before the

tournament, declared himself 100 per cent fit on the eve of the match.

However the former Manchester United star looked way below his best, and a poorly scuffed free-kick summed up his afternoon of heartbreak.

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he Latino flavour of the 2014 World Cup is simply intoxicating.

The smells, the sounds and the backdrop of the Copacabana provide plenty of South American ambiance, but the real Latin flair has been provided by the travelling fans.

Thanks to its central location - Brazil borders just about every nation on the continent - Portuguese and Spanish speaking supporters dominate the streets from Porto Alegre to Fortaleza.

Previous World Cups in Germany and South Africa have seen large groups of noisy Argentinians, Mexicans and Chileans join the party, but Brazil’s attraction has triggered an unstoppable invasion of dancing and singing Latinos.

Of the 32 competing nations, 12 nations have Latino roots when you include Portugal, Spain and Italy. When these

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people get ready to party, it is impossible not to get swept up in the tidal wave of friendly football fever.

Brazilians of course are quite partial to a wee shindig themselves, so the mix of the local samba gang with the excited visitors creates a terrific cocktail.

The trains nearly bounced off the tracks on Monday night as 50,000 chanting and jumping Argentinians rolled into the Maracana Stadium station in Rio de Janeiro to see their heroes take on BosniaHerzogovina.

The blue and white surge included tiny toddlers, wrinkly old men and a surprisingly high number of female fans and turned every passing metro station into mini-stadiums and made the train ride almost more exciting than the subsequent match itself.

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itself all over Brazil, as thousands of crazy Columbians were rocking Belo Horizonte, the Mexicans took over Natal, the Chileans drowned out the Australians in Cuiaba and Costa Ricans went toe-to-toe with Uruguayans in Fortaleza.

Bumping into a mob of English fans on Sunday was almost a let-down after experiencing so much Latino style.

English club supporters are famous around the world for their passion and witty songs, but suddenly the EN-GELAND, EN-GE-LAND chants seemed a bit tiring after a staple diet of salsa and samba.

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The traditional, repetitive ‘’Deutschland, Deutschland’’, “Allez Les Bleus’’ or “Hup Holland’’ all seem in dire need of a tune-up. Maybe some Europeans will get inspired by their new surroundings.

Until then, the first World Cup in a Latino country since Mexico’s turn in 1986 is a delight for all senses.

Just walking down the street, you can spot fans and locals dancing in shops while trying on a new outfit, or a wannabe Pope hanging out the open roof of a car blessing all the Argentinian fans. Not something you would spot too often on Queen Street.

The most enchanting part of this Latino entertainment is that it all happens without any of them getting plastered, which may surprise certain European fans.

- Coen Lammers is a former editor of the Ashburton Guardian.

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Dutch keeping wary eye on Cahill

By Steve Larkin The Netherlands have a bounty on Tim Cahill’s head as Australia pledge to keep their onetrick tactic in their World Cup mismatch.

Cahill’s head has been identified by the white-hot Dutch as the chief threat in their Porto Alegre fixture tomorrow.

As Australia forecast no change to their primary scoring plan - kick it to Cahill - Dutch midfielder Nigel de Jong says they’re wise.

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“We have to be careful because the timing to the ball with his headers is one of the best.

“He is one of the best timers I have seen from all the players around the world.

“So we have to take care of that very well. We have to take this game very serious.”

Cahill, Australia’s leading goalscorer, is one of just eight players to score in three or more World Cups.

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The 34-year-old nodded Australia’s sole goal in their 3-1 loss to Chile in their tournament opener in Cuiaba last Friday.

And while the reliance on him is obvious, fellow stalwart Mark Bresciano said the Socceroos wouldn’t alter their main tactic of pinging crosses to Cahill.

“Looking towards the final third of the park, not much is going to change,” Bresciano said yesterday.

“Because we do have a player like Tim, where if we give him the right service, he will be dangerous.

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The Netherlands torched Spain 5-1 in their tournament opener but star striker Robin van Persie cautioned against a let-down against the Australians, the lowest-ranked of the 32 nations competing in Brazil.

Megastar van Persie, likely to be marked by novice defenders Jason Davidson or Alex Wilkinson, was wary of heightened Dutch expectations after their stunning triumph over Spain.

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In brief Taylor rips through NZ The last time New Zealand clapped eyes on Jerome Taylor he was belting them about Dunedin’s University Oval en route to a maiden test century. That was in 2008 when his run-a-ball 106 helped pull the West Indies from a dicey situation. Now, after a four and a half year absence, Taylor’s class has added fresh penetration to the West Indies attack. His four for 34 spearheaded their running through New Zealand for 221 on the first day of the second test at Port-of-Spain after Tom Latham scored 82. New Zealand were 221 all out, and had the West Indians 6-1 at stumps.

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Sri Lanka hold on Sri Lanka tail-ender Nuwan Pradeep survived the final five balls of the match as the tourists clung on for a thrilling draw with England in the first Test at Lord’s. England, in their first Test since their 5-0 Ashes drubbing in Australia and with a new-look team including three debutants, thought they’d won when Stuart Broad had Pradeep given out lbw off the penultimate ball of the match.

But Pradeep reviewed Australian umpire Paul Reiffel’s decision and, with technology showing an inside edge, he was reprieved, and Sri Lanka, set 390 to win, finished on 201 for nine.

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Ashburton takes winter honours

Above - Ashburton College’s Ben Sutton powers a ball down field past a Burnside High player during their interschool match yesterday.

College won the match 4-0.

The Melbourne Vixens are preparing for an hour of pain to match the physicality of the Queensland Firebirds in Sunday’s ANZ Championship netball grand final. The Firebirds booked their place in the decider at Melbourne’s Hisense Arena with a rugged 54-50 win over New Zealand’s Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic. The minor premier Vixens say they will have to be at their defensive best against the Firebirds, who showed they were prepared to spill some blood to get the win with goal defence Clare McMeniman a casualty against the Magic. “It’s going to be a slog, no two ways about it,” said veteran Australian goaler Catherine Cox, who is retiring after the match.

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Warriors coach Andrew McFadden has made three changes to his pack for Saturday’s round 15 NRL clash against the Brisbane Broncos at Mt Smart Stadium. With Ben Matulino sidelined after minor knee surgery, captain Simon Mannering will fill the void in the secondrow, while Sebastine Ikahihifo will slot in at loose forward in his 10th consecutive appearance this season. The third change sees prop Sam Rapira reclaim a front-row spot while Suaia Matagi moves to the interchange bench. Utility Ben Henry and prop Charles Gubb have also been recalled to the bench, alongside Matagi and Feleti Mateo, meaning hooker Siliva Havili will again line up for the NSW Cup side. The Broncos are fifth on the NRL ladder on 18 points, while the Warriors are in 11th spot on 14 points, just two points off a top eight berth. The Warriors did the home and away double against Brisbane last year, winning 56-18 at Suncorp Stadium and then 18-16 four weeks later in Auckland. - NZH

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Ashburton College logged a healthy win over Burnside High yesterday when the two schools met for a winter sports tournament. College won the tournament seven matches to four.

College scored wins in chess, 14-10; senior girls’ basketball, 79-56; boys’ football, 4-0; year 9 A netball, 30-21; boys’ rugby under 15, 39-12; senior A netball, 29-14; year 10 A netball, 33/13.

Burnside won boys’ hockey, 7-0; girls’ hockey, 2-0; girls’ football, 6-0 and senior boys’ basketball, 107-48.

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■ OPINION

There’s nothing as constant as change

By Matt MarkhaM

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hange, no matter which way you look at it, always has its negatives but for some reason it seems to have an even more notable impact on the racing industry.

Nobody likes anybody coming in a tweaking with the norm – even if it might just happen to have positive outcomes down the track.

It’s something that seems to have been embedded in racing followers’ psyche.

And it’s hard to see any change in that mindset coming in the near future either.

A recent decision to axe

racing from free-to-air television resulted in an uproar from long-time racing viewers who didn’t have, nor wanted to get, Sky Television.

After decades of watching for free, it was expected this would continue.

They cried that racing would suffer because of it and punters would stop betting – yet weekly betting figures show that turnover on meetings is holding steady – if not increasing.

But it wasn’t so much the decision to axe free-to-air racing that had their hackles up – but more the actual decision to change something itself.

At Harness Racing New

Zealand we too are undergoing some massive changes.

The Harness Racing Weekly – a pillar of the industry – will cease to exist from the beginning of the new season.

In its place will arrive a newlook, fresh and exciting publication which is delivered to both mail and inboxes on a monthly basis.

It will also be complemented by an industry-focused magazine which will be available online every week.

To say the change has drawn criticism would be an understatement. People are not happy, and they are letting us know – which is to be expected.

But it’s not going to stop the changes from happening – they will bring significant savings to the industry financially through reductions in both printing and delivery costs, and they also bring the magazine closer into line with current trends around the world.

I will be sad to see it go as I grew up rushing out to the mailbox every Wednesday to get first hands on it before the rest of my family, and it’s been an integral part of harness racing for such an extended period of time.

But change can be good.

Or at least as good as people are willing to let it be.

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“He’s done well and needs a run and then we’ll head to the Hawke’s Bay Hurdles,” Cullen said.

“His main aim is the Great Northern, but with old horses with injuries it’s day by day although his legs look better than they did when he won the Northern.”

Waitoki Ahi, which missed all of last winter through injury, will be ridden at Te Aroha today by Trudy Thornton.

The emphasis is on the jumping scene at the meeting with the current Grand National Hurdles champion Mahanadi out to redeem himself in the Oulaghan Racing Open Hurdles.

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Cameron Courts Rest Home Night shift

Waitoki Ahi all good Waitoki Ahi took no harm from a recent tumble and he remains on target for future jumping features.

He made his first raceday appearance over the smaller fences at Ellerslie since he won the 2012 Great Northern Hurdles when he came to grief in the KS Browne Hurdles earlier this month.

“He’s come through it unscathed and he was in the wrong place at the wrong time and did the wrong thing,” trainer Sharleen Cullen said.

“The fall probably sharpened him up if anything.”

Waitoki Ahi will step out on the flat in the Rating 65 Oakvue Lodge 2200 at Te Aroha today to further his winter preparation.

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Racing Te Aroha Venue: Te Aroha Meeting Date: 18 Jun 2014 NZ Meeting number : 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 11.15am (NZT) SANDHAVEN STABLES MAIDEN HURDLES $10,000, MDN HDL, 3100m 1 9x234 Brave Buccaneer (10) 68 ...........N Quinn (3) 2 5x034 Goginga m (11) 68 .................. T Harris (2.5) 3 x3373 Noah Jon m (3) 68 ..........................G Walsh 4 7x204 Sunset Pass (5) 68.................D Miller (a2.5) 5 98905 Colombian Prince (2) 68 6 74 Beforunoit (13) 68 ...........................M Gillies 7 0x009 Bold Ransom m (6) 68 ................. M Mitchell 8 x8x42 He’s Infrared (9) 68 .......................... T Ihaka 9 68x0P Maharishi m (12) 68 .......................... A Kuru 10 09887 Straight Furrow m (7) 68 ..............R Cole (3) 11 52377 Thenamesbond (1) 68...............S Fannin (3) 12 x6009 Varnish 68 .................................... Scratched 13 33464 West End m (8) 68 .........................S Phelan 14 027x6 Carinya m (4) 66 ............................. C Studd 15 40x06 Xalted 68 ...................................... Scratched Emergency: Xalted 2 11.50am OULAGHAN RACING RST OPEN HURDLES $20,000, RST OPN HDL, 3100m 1 03186 Mahanadi 70 ................................ Scratched 2 92x64 Comte de Jeu tdm (1) 67.5 ............... A Kuru 3 85765 Arose tm (3) 66.5 ......................... M Mitchell 4 75x94 Moni Nui tm (4) 66 .................. T Harris (2.5) 5 x0571 Real Treasure tm (2) 65.5 ..............S Phelan 6 8x3x8 Dancing Diamond m (5) 65 ........N Quinn (3) 7 6x757 Toby Cee tdm (6) 65........................ C Studd 8 4x440 Tequila At Midnite (7) 65 ........D Miller (a2.5) 3 12.28pm SUPER LIQUOR TE AROHA MAIDEN 2200 $7000, MDN, 2200m 1 6x742 Hold The Dream tmb (12) 68.5 ... L Kennedy (am) 2 2 Crash Bandicoot (15) 68.5 .. S MacNab (am) 3 64335 The Hawk (2) 68.5 ............N Jamieson (am) 4 06304 Roof Of Reckoning (10) 68.5 Roustoby (am) 5 50554 Crimson Prince (14) 68.5 .. M Northcott (am) 6 5 Highly Likely (3) 68.5...........J Richards (am) 7 6Lx Canute (4) 68.5 .......................C Myers (am) 8 0x9 Chesnee (1) 68.5 .......................A Tata (am) 9 3x786 Don Gallardo (13) 68.5 ....... H Cushing (am) 10 Proposition Joe (9) 68.5 .......E Thurlow (am) 11 07x06 Tom’s Myth m (5) 68.5......R Goldsbury (am) 12 73342 Evasive Tracy (7) 66.5 ..........L Wheeler (am) 13 66053 Ina Jam (16) 66.5 ................... J McKay (am) 14 70x85 Chloe Keeper (8) 66.5 ..... M Gibbs-Manssen 15 78x00 Danced All Night 66.5 .................. Scratched 16 x8x09 Tucker Barkley (11) 68.5 ......M Simons (am) 17 98905 Colombian Prince (6) 68.5 18 74 Beforunoit 68.5............................. Scratched Emergencies: Danced All Night, Tucker Barkley, Colombian Prince, Beforunoit 4 1.03pm OAKVUE LODGE RATING 65 2200 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m 1 90988 Lucky Charm dm (1) 59 .... U Holmquist (a4) 2 56231 Firepower dm (12) 58 .................M Cameron 3 34431 Skylla (5) 58 ........................ R Hutchings (a) 4 x2242 Inis Rose mb (4) 56.5.................M Coleman 5 81x06 Iz mh (6) 56.5 .................................. R Jones 6 1x09F Waitoki Ahi tmh (11) 56.5 ............T Thornton 7 04806 Malbec m (13) 55.5 ............L Magorrian (a3) 8 020x0 Solyn tdm (2) 55.5..............................M Hills 9 069x7 Sharakti (17) 55 .................................J Jago 10 89x50 The Energizer m (15) 55 .................S Collett 11 10x94 Ethical m (10) 54.5 ........................ R Norvall 12 00015 Caradonna d (8) 54 ................. R Smyth (a2) 13 812x0 Southern Countess tm (7) 54 ..... L Satherley 14 x0407 Kept In Style h (9) 54 ............... B Grylls (a1) 15 59x35 Riot Act (16) 54.5 ....................S McKay (a4) 16 86289 Keep In Tune m (14) 54 17 0x070 Ima Perfect Guy (3) 54 18 09887 Straight Furrow 54........................ Scratched Emergencies: Riot Act, Keep In Tune, Ima Perfect Guy, Straight Furrow 5 1.38pm LANDMARK VETS LTD MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE $10,000, MDN STP, 3500m 1 224x8 Ima Star (2) 68 ...............................S Phelan 2 Px05P Generous Type tm (1) 68 ..........S Fannin (3) 3 x66L3 Jack Romanov tm (7) 68T Harris (2.5) 4 x54Px Desperado (12) 68 ........................ E Farr (3) 5 55x81 Billy Elliot (11) 68 ............................M Gillies 6 0x0. Lamotta (8) 68 ........................... A Kuru 7 98x0 Redhectare (9) 68 ...........................G Walsh 8 40x06 Xalted (6) 68 ..........................D Miller (a2.5)

Ashburton Guardian

Applications invited for the position of night duty healthcare assistant.

For all your classified requirements.

Phone the Guardian 307 7900

Please apply to Cameron Courts Rest Home Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm Janet or Lynn on 03 308 8534 Applications close June 30, 2014

Having a Garage Sale?

Guardian

Situations Vacant

307 7900

Call the Guardian for all your classified requirements.

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832 East St Phone: 03 307 9911

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Experienced Sewing Machinist Are you an experienced sewing machinist looking for a change?

Or perhaps a competent sewer who would like to sew for a career?

Our client is a world class manufacturer of seating and furniture products for children and adults with medical difficulties and constantly strives for excellence in every aspect of their operation.

To be successful in this role you must have excellent attention to detail, a caring and compassionate nature and take extreme pride in your work.

Previous experience in industrial sewing would be an advantage but a strong sewing background could also be considered.

This position can be quite flexible dependent on the person – full time, part time or on a casual basis.

If you think you have the relevant skills or qualifications that we require and would like to be part of a skilled and dynamic team then we want to hear from you.

Send your application to jo.j@personnelplacements.co.nz or phone 03 308 9675 to discuss.

Applications close Monday 23 June, 2014.

Office Administrator Due to a retirement, we have a vacancy in our office for a person with a sound knowledge of general office procedures, including; sundry debtors, sundry creditors and payroll.

The person we seek should have good computer skills, have a bright outgoing personality and be able to work in a team environment.

We envisage the hours to be 1520 hours per week, at times to be discussed at interview.

Please apply in writing, with references to:

Piers Mingham North End Engineering Ltd P.O. Box 60 Ashburton 7740 Or email: piers@nee.kiwi.nz

HANDYPERSON Casual Due to retirement Mitre 10 MEGA Ashburton have a vacancy for a Handyperson to do general maintenance and assisting of store improvements.

This position is casual and suitable to a retired tradesperson or a person with skills in DIY. In the past the position has equated to on average working 16 hours per week. The work is varied and is not necessarily every week.

If you think you are the person we are looking for please send your c.v. and a letter to: Hr.ashburton@mitre10.co.nz or post to Human Resources, Mitre 10 MEGA Ashburton, P.O. Box 35, Ashburton 7740.

Applications close on Monday, June 23, 2014.

TRADES, SERVICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

SITUATIONS VACANT Due to continual company growth we require additional staff in the following roles.

WAREHOUSE POSITION This position requires somebody physically fit with a can do attitude and good computer skills.

Duties include (but are not limited to): • Pick / Pack / Charge orders • Receipting of Inwards goods and checking off of all documentation • Inventory control / stock taking • Packaging of product • Running our label machine Experience in a warehouse environment would be an advantage, however full training can be provided.

The ideal candidate for this position will also be: • Mechanically minded • Have a current fork lift licence • Good computer skills Applicants must apply with a current CV which includes at least two referees and two written employment references.

QUALITY CONTROLLER This position requires somebody with good attention to detail, good computer skills (some shift work may be required so you will need to be open to working nights.

Duties include (but are not limited to) • Inspection of pre-production samples and sign-off • Sign off on style setups and ensure sample meets specification sheets • Checking of all products to ensure production is constantly meeting strict quality standards • Following all standard operating procedures, including documentation of all spec sheets • Inspecting raw materials and reporting faults or issues within production Experience in a factory or quality position would be an advantage.

Applicants must apply with a current CV which includes at least two referees and two written employment references.

• Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

WANTED

WORKSHOP / SECURE SHED - with single phase power, 200 - 300m2.

Ashburton/Chertsey/Rakaia, long or short term lease, rural locations will be considered.

Phone Doug 027 282 2245.

SITUATIONS WANTED

FULL time employment required by 31 year old.

Licences 1, 2, 6, F, Osh, W, T, R, DG. Limited experience in contracting industry, very quick learner wanting to enter this industry. Phone Michael 021 147 0599.

WANTED - full time work 25 years old. Experienced in fast food industry, pie making, icing, decorating, packaging of cakes, muffins, biscuits.

Chris 027 773 5035.

We design, we build, we innovate.

BREACHES OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD FOR AIR QUALITY

The National Environmental Standard for Air Quality (NESAQ) threshold for PM10 (particles smaller than 10 micrometers in diameter) has been breached more than once in the Ashburton airshed.

In the Ashburton airshed, the NESAQ allows the PM10 threshold of 50 µg/m³ (24-hour average concentration, reported from midnight to midnight) to be exceeded no more than three times a year from September 2016 and only once from September 2020. There is no limit on permitted exceedances until September 2016.

From the beginning of 2014 to 15 June, there have been three exceedances of the PM10 threshold in Ashburton.

24 hour average PM10 concentrations (µg/m3) Date occurred Ashburton airshed* 4 June 58 5 June 74 14 June 72 * Monitoring site located in: Cambridge Street, Ashburton - dominated by residential emissions Further information is available at: www.ecan.govt.nz/todaysair Bill Bayfield CHIEF EXECUTIVE

D&E MARINE

FOR FUN ON THE WATER

MACHINE OPERATORS – two positions available

This position requires somebody physically fit with a good eye for detail and the ability to thread up machines for pre production.

Duties include (but are not limited to): • Threading up of machines in preparation for production runs • Inspecting socks as production runs off machines to ensure quality is correct • Helping Hosiery Technicians with any tasks and cleaning of machinery • Checking production against specification and sample to ensure quality of product is correct The position would suit a school leaver wanting to start and build a career longer term in the Industry.

These Operator positions will be shift based and applicants must be willing to work nights or weekends as per shift rotations. Additionally somebody mechanically minded would be ideal.

Applicants must apply with a current CV which includes at least two referees and two written references.

Email applications to: tina@nzsock.co.nz or post to P O Box 179, Ashburton 7740

211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton (03) 307 6130 www.calderstewart.co.nz

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline

AUTOMOTIVE & MARINE 153 Moore St 03 3077620

Guardian Classifieds 0800 274 287 307 7900 0800 ASHBURTON

Birthday Greetings Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

Isabella Grieve Happy 5th Birthday Bella.

Happy school days.

Lots of love from Granny and Pa. Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our ground floor office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Pettinice Coloured Fondant

Ready to use.

Available in 11 colours.

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287

PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notice

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 Public notice of application for on-licence, off-licence, or club licence (or application for variation of conditions of onlicence, off-licence, or club licence) Lushingtons Cafe Limited, 5 Archibald Street, Ashburton has made application to the District Licensing Committee at Ashburton for the renewal (or issue or variation of conditions) of an on licence in respect of the premises situated at 5 Archibald Street, Ashburton known as Lushingtons Cafe.

The general nature of the business conducted (or to be conducted) under the licence is: Cafe.

The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is (or is intended to be) sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday 8am 11pm.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Ashburton District Licensing Committee at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wished to object to the grant of the application may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with: The Secretary, Ashburton District Licensing Committee, PO Box 94, Ashburton District Council No objection to the issue of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in Section 105 (1) of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

No objection to the renewal of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in Section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

This is the first publication of this notice.

Guardian Classifieds 307 7900

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

PUBLIC NOTICES

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Tender

Tender

The Ashburton District Council seeks tenders for the construction of a Fire Shed at Alford Forest, 4941 Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road, being part of Alford Forest Reserve, Ashburton.

The Ashburton District Council seeks tenders for the demolition of the old Changing Sheds at 158 Middle Road, Ashburton.

– Building Demolition, Old Argyle Park Changing Sheds

– Building Construction, Alford Forest Fire Shed

The work involves the construction of a single storey timber framed building with steel cladding, comprising two vehicle bays, a meeting room and ablutions. The area is approximately 181sqm. Council will obtain all necessary consents for the construction prior to commencement.

Conditions of tender, contract for service, working drawings and specifications can be obtained from the Receptionist, Ground Floor, Council Administration Building, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton or by phoning Council’s Property Department on either (03) 307 7840 or (03) 307 7863.

Tenders are to be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Alford Forest Fire Shed” and are to be either posted or placed in the Council tender box at the administration building before the closing time of 4:00pm Tuesday 1 July 2014.

Tenders for the property close with the Chief Executive Officer, Ashburton District Council.

The work involves the demolition of a single storey building with iron roof, comprising changing rooms and a meeting room. The area is approximately 130sqm. The demolition has received Building Consent.

Conditions of tender and contract for service, can be obtained from the Receptionist, Ground Floor, Council Administration Building, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton or by phoning Council’s Property Department on (03) 307 7840 or (03) 307 7863.

Tenders are to be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Argyle Park Changing Sheds” and are to be either posted or placed in the Council tender box at the administration building before the closing time of 4.00pm Thursday, 26 June 2014.

Tenders for the property close with the Chief Executive Officer, Ashburton District Council.

Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Officer for enquires, Rees Hunt, Property Advisor

Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

Officer for enquires, Rees Hunt, Property Advisor www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

MOTORING 2006 VX LANDCRUISER, silver 200,000 kms, tidy order, new tyres $47,500.

Phone 0274 302 102, Ashburton.

MEETINGS, EVENTS

FOR SALE

FREE Demonstration! Come and find out why KitchenAid mixers are so fabulous!

Instore at Kitchen Kapers The Arcade on Friday 20th June from 12pm. Carol will making sausages from scratch using the amazing KitchenAid, also demonstrating the unbelievable VITAMIX blender. We look forward to seeing you.

YOUR LOCAL

PAINTING

SERVICES: Hay covers, farm truck seat covers, upholstery repairs, shade sails and blinds, marquee and event hire Call Toni & Peter May on 03 308 8893 to find out more!

PROFESSIONALS

151 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton www.petermay.co.nz

Mid Canterbury Anglers Club AGM and Prize Giving Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 7.00pm EA Networks

FOR SALE PIANO, Bannerman, small modern case, very nice tone. $600 ono. Phone 03 307 8191.

Call the Guardian for all your classified requirements.

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Contact us today on: Richard: 027 279 8952

Office: 308 9039

www.bradfords.co.nz

Your local Telecom store, East Street, Ashburton (03) 308 0308

Guardian Situations Vacant

307 7900

Guardian Real Esate

307 7900

Daily Events Wednesday 8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. A good easy winter stroll, all welcome Phone Jenny 308-6862. Meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time round op shop. Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Thursday 9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners and maintenance class. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. Great fun, everyone welcome. Racquets can be hired. Sports Hall, Tancred Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Large variety of toys for hire. Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.00am MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Coffee morning at Robert Harris, 361 West Street.

10.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, upstairs. All welcome.

254 Cameron Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises, ideal for users of mobility

aids. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

12.00noon CHRISTCHURCH HIGH SCHOOL OLD GIRLS. Lunch then visit to glass studio. Café Macaroon. Hinds.

1.15pm TINWALD “500” CARDS. Come and play cards, all welcome. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre, all welcome. Waireka Croquet club,

The Domain, Philip Street.

7.00pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women walking group. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.00pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, beginner/ intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Instructor

Annette 307-7138a/h. Tinwald hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness and fun. Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TRAVEL CLUB. Patrice Ansell speaking on Egypt and Turkey.

Everyone welcome. St David’s Church Lounge. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Goodwill shop, sale of pre-loved clothing.

Tinwald Methodist Church. Cnr Archibald and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time round op shop. Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.30am RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, St Andrews Church, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

12noon.

ASHBURTON GARDEN CLUB. A.G.M. and lunch, to be seated by 12noon.

Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome.

Racecourse Road.

1.00pm SCOTTISH SOCIETY INDOOR BOWLS. Bowls afternoon, all players 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 - no counting, beginners welcome.

Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street, the Domain.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time / sequence dancing. Learn to dance, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7.30pm – 9.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Own work, stitch and chat. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

Noticeboard

18 June 2014

havE your Say Ashburton District Council’s draft Local Approved Products Policy (LAPP) is now available for community consultation.

The LAPP specifies where in the district retailers of approved psychoactive products (more commonly known as “legal highs”) may be located.

Although the Government has recently revoked all approvals for psychoactive products and licences to sell them, it is likely that some of these products will return to the market in 2015. Council needs to be prepared for when this happens, so has continued with development of its LAPP. Council wants to hear what you think of the proposed policy. To learn more about the policy visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz Submissions will be received until 5.00pm, Monday 30 June 2014.

dog rEgIStr atIoN

JuLy MEEtINgS

Up & Coming

Dog registration fees for the 2014/15 year are as follows:

All meetings are open to the public unless specified and residents are welcome to attend.

Meetings

Thursday 3 July 2014

Council Meeting Thursday 26 June 2014, 1.30pm

Urban Zone

$65.00

Penalty for late registration - Urban

$32.50

Rural Zone

$44.00

Penalty for late registration - Rural

$22.00

Desexed Urban Dogs or Selected Owner

$44.00

Licence to keep 3 or more dogs - Urban

$41.00

Renewal of licence to keep 3 or more dogs - Urban $21.00 Dog registration starts 1 July 2014. Late fees will apply from 1 August 2014.

Save time, re-register your dog online this year. Learn more at www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

ZoNE coMMIttEE MEEtINg Ashburton Water Management A Meeting of the Ashburton Water Management Zone Committee will be held as follows: Date: Tuesday 24 June 2014, 1.00pm Location: Ashburton District Council Chamber, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton The meetings are open to the public. Copies of the agendas are available prior to the meetings and can be obtained by contacting Council on (03) 307 7700. The agenda and more information on the committee can be found at www.canterburywater.org.nz/committees/ashburton.php

wEbSItE Find out what’s happening at your local council on the Ashburton District Council website. It’s easy to use and has all the information you need about the services that the Council offers you.

Visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

Environmental Services Committee

1.30pm

Service Delivery Committee - To follow Environmental Services Committee Thursday 24 July 2014 Finance and Business Support Committee

1.30pm

Council and Committee meetings are held in the Council Chamber, Ashburton District Council offices, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

road SaFEty

Methven Community Board Monday 30 June 2014, 1.30pm Review of Transportation & Parking Bylaw Hearings Monday 14 July 2014

Tenders Building Demolition Old Argyle Park Changing Sheds Building Construction Alford Forest Fire Shed

Country Roads are not Motorways There are obvious differences between motorways and country roads. Country roads are narrower, have more corners, less road markings and have rural activities happening on them.

While both have a 100km speed limit, we need to drive at speeds that reflect our surroundings - is 100k ok on rural roads?

To have your say and for more information visit Canterbury Road Safety’s facebook page facebook.com/ is100kOK

kEEPINg thINgS huMMINg

Watch Out For Road Closure Location: Winderemere Road from Hendersons Road to State Highway 1 Hinds Highway.

Reason: To carry out repairs to the main trunk railway crossing.

Date: 22 June & 30 June 2014.

From 6.00am until 6.00pm.

Grants

Council provides a 24 hour call centre service 307 7700.

Applications are open for the following schemes:

You can also request service through our website. Click the green “Request It” tab on our front page.

Biodiversity Grants Heritage Grants

Urgent requests for service are given a priority response.

Non-essential requests are normally responded to on the next working day. We are working to keep our district humming.

For more information, visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

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Puzzles Wednesday, June 18, 2014

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Family Notices 26 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

CLOSE, Ross Avin (former Mayor of Alexandra 19801986) – On Saturday June 14, 2014 at Dunedin Hospital; in his 86th year. Dearly loved husband of Leslie for 59 years, loved and respected father of Linda and David Greenberg (Cromwell) Greg and Annie Close (Waianiwa, Southland) Rose and Nigel Voice (Ranfurly) Jeremy and Fiona Close (Tokanui, Southland). Loved grandpa of his 16 grandchildren and great grandpa of his 5 great grandchildren. Loved brother of Russell and Mary Close and family (Canberra) and the late Devon Close (Picton).

Loved uncle of his many nieces and nephews, NZ, UK, Australia, Bahrain, and loved NZ dad of Angelika Lederer (Bucyrus, Ohio) and dear friend of Tom and Karen Dotta (Hollister, California). A service for Ross will be held in St. Enochs Church, Centennial Avenue, Alexandra at 1:30pm on FRIDAY, June 20 followed by interment in the Alexandra Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust would be appreciated and may be left at the Church. Messages to Close Family, 74 Caulfeild Street, Ranfurly 9332. Email: crafters@actrix.co.nz Harborow & Co Ltd Central Otago and Lakes District FSCNZ

POOLE, William Mervyn (Bill) – June 10, 2014. Passed away peacefully. Dearly loved husband of Bernice. Loved father and father-in-law of Michael (Ozie) and Sharyn (Ashburton), John and Glenda (Australia), and Narelle and Mark (Australia) and loved granddad and great granddad. Funeral service held yesterday.

Messages to 17 Mitchell Place, Ashburton 7700.

WARD, Elwyn Beverly – On June 15, 2014 at Methven House. Aged 94 years. Loved wife of the late Archie and loved mother of Donald and Trevor. Mother in law of Valerie and Grandma to Emma, Gabrielle, and Mitchell. Messages to Ward Family, P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Many thanks and appreciation to Methven House staff for their exemplary care of Elwyn for the past five years. A service to celebrate Elwyn’s life will be held at the Baring Square Methodist Church lounge, Baring Square, Ashburton on THURSDAY, June 19, commencing at 1.00pm.

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Wind at 2000m: SW 45 km/h rising to W gale 80 km/h.

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TOMORROW Fine or becoming fine during the morning with cold southwesterlies.

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Westerlies, gale about high ground.

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Cloudy periods. Northeasterlies developing.

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Fine or becoming fine during the morning.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 11.5 13.1 Max to 4pm 3.0 Minimum 0.3 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm June to date 45.2 Avg Jun to date 34 2014 to date 462.4 316 Avg year to date Wind km/h N9 At 4pm Strongest gust SW 24 Time of gust 12:42pm

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6am Breakfast 6:45 L Football – Fifa World Cup Group A, Brazil v Mexico, played in Fortaleza, Brazil.

9am Good Morning 10am Cowboy Builders 3 0 11am House Gift Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Jai and Ross compete over Charity; Amelia glows; James is angry with Cain. 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 0 1:30 House Guest 3 2pm Come Dine With Me 3 0 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 Football – Fifa World Cup (Highlights) Day six of group play in Brazil.

5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Highway Cops PGR The police travel on gravel roads to find a distress signal; a driver’s stack-up becomes his downfall; a car is literally held together with a piece of string. 0 8pm Fair Go 0 8:30 One Born Every Minute AO 0 9:35 Nashville AO 0 10:30 One News Tonight 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:25 Pocoyo 3 0 6:35 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 3 0 6:57 Angry Birds Specials 0 7am Fish Hooks 3 0 7:25 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:50 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 8:15 Dinosaur Train 3 0 8:30 Fireman Sam 3 0 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 8 Simple Rules 3 0 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Cougar Town PGR 3 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle 2pm Bethenny 3pm According To Jim 3 0 3:29 Horace In Slow Motion 3 3:30 Sanjay And Craig 0 3:59 Horace In Slow Motion 3 4pm Good Luck Charlie 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR Toby is pushed out of the nest; Vasa gives Sam the hard word; Garrett’s charm fails to save him. 0 7:30 My Kitchen Rules PGR The teams enter Kitchen Headquarters for the first time. 0 8:50 The Big Bang Theory PGR 0 9:20 2 Broke Girls PGR 0 9:50 Once Upon a Time PGR 0 10:50 Supernatural AO 0

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:25 The Nanny PGR 3 0 Noon 3 News 12:30 Dr Phil AO (Part 1) Twin siblings, heirs to the Duke tobacco fortune, discuss the abuse and neglect they experienced while growing up.

1:30 The Dr Oz Show PGR Dr Oz deflates diet myths, revealing the truth about why people fail to lose weight.

2:30 Rachael Ray 3:30 The Queen Latifah Show 4:25 Entertainment Tonight 4:55 The Biggest Loser Australia In the elimination aftermath, the trainers pick the three contestants each will train until the final.

6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 House Rules PGR The teams go to Adelaide for the final renovation before the first elimination. 0 8:40 3rd Degree 9:35 N Caught On Camera AO British journalist Nick Wallis finds out how CCTV footage helped to reduce drunken violence in Huntingdon.

10:30 The Paul Henry Show

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Test PGR 2pm Hugh’s Three Good Things 3 2:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

UK PGR 3 3pm Harry’s Practice 3 3:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country In Cumbria, Aled Jones helps a family find their dream country home, and visits the Langdale Axe Factory, where a large number of stone axes were unearthed from the Mesolithic period.

7pm The Simpsons PGR 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild Marge tells the children three 7:30 MythBusters PGR historical tales – the story of 8:35 Elementary AO King Henry the Eighth and his 9:35 N The White Queen quest for a son; Sacagawea’s AO In 1463, the lust between journey with Lewis and Clark; a Lancastrian commoner the rivalry between Mozart and Yorkist king turns into a and Salieri. 0 secret wedding and a new 7:30 The Face Australia PGR Queen of England. But two 8:40 Last Resort AO women vow to get rid of her.

9:35 Burn Notice AO 10:50 Back Benches PGR 10:35 Breakout Kings AO 0

6am Rugby – International (Replay) 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 The Golf Fix 9:30 Golf – Playing Lessons 10:30 Golf – Playing Lessons 11am Athletics – IAAF Diamond League (Highlights) Noon Jetboating – New Zealand Sprint Championships (Highlights) 12:30 Golf – US Open (Highlights) 1:30 Arena Access 2pm Canoeing – Slalom World Cup (Highlights) 2:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) 3pm Football – Fifa World Cup (Highlights) 4pm Canoeing – Slalom World Cup (Highlights) 4:30 Touch Rugby – TransTasman Test Series (Highlights) 5:30 Touch Rugby – TransTasman Test Series (Highlights) 6:30 Touch Rugby – TransTasman Test Series (Highlights) 7:30 Rugby – First XV (Replay) Kings College v Auckland Grammar.

9:30 Golf World A weekly review of golf tournaments around the globe.

10pm Canoeing – Slalom World Cup (Highlights) Lee Valley.

10:30 Rugby – International (Highlights) Crusaders v England. From AMI Stadium in Christchurch.

11pm Criminal Minds AO 3 0 Midnight Damages AO 3 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

11:50 Happily Divorced PGR 3 12:15 Feedback AO 3 12:45 20/20 3 0 1:40 Infomercials 2:40 Detroit 1-8-7 AO 3 3:30 Army Wives PGR 3 0 4:10 Work It PGR 3 4:35 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11pm NCIS AO 3 The team is surprised to find a connection between the murder of a naval lieutenant and McGee’s grandmother. 0 Midnight Infomercials

11:30 Entertainment Tonight 11:55 Infomercials

11pm NRL 360 (Replay) 11:30 UFC Now Midnight Canoeing – Slalom World Cup (Highlights) 12:30 Football – Fifa World Cup 2:30 Football – Fifa World Cup 4:30 Rugby – International 5am Rugby – International 5:30 Rugby – International

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 My Dream Derelict Home 7:30 Belfast Zoo 8am Better Homes And Gardens 9:30 House Crashers 10am My Dream Home 11am Auction Hunters 11:30 Home Of The Future 12:30 Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Feast 1:30 Love The Place You’re In 2:25 My Dream Derelict Home With Simon O’Brien.

3:30 Belfast Zoo 4pm Back To Basics With Nick Nairn 4:30 The Cook And The Chef 5pm Candice Tells All 5:30 Carter Can 6pm A Guide To The Good Life 6:30 Bath Crashers 7pm American Restoration Mike and Frank travel the country looking for antique gold.

7:30 Storm Rider 8:40 IFish 9:15 Fishing Expedition Amazonia 9:40 Bullproof PGR 10:30 Stupid, Stupid Man AO 11pm American Restoration 11:30 Saturday Cookbook

THURSDAY

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Belfast Zoo 1:30 Carter Can 2am The Cook And The Chef 2:30 Back To Basics With Nick Nairn 3am Stupid, Stupid Man AO 3:30 Bullproof PGR 4:30 Bath Crashers 5am Storm Rider

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 All Grown Up 3 7:55 Rugrats 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:45 Peppa Pig 3 8:55 Bob The Builder 3 9:05 Thomas And Friends 3 9:15 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9:25 Barney And Friends 3 9:50 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Four Live 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 0 6:30 Just Shoot Me! 3 0

11:50 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

12:45 Rugby League – State Of Origin New South Wales Blues v Queensland Maroons at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.

2:35 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm F Kai Time On The Road 3:30 Maggie And The Ferocious Beast 3 2 4pm Miharo 2 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm F Toi Whakaari 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga o

THE BOX 6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Parking Wars PGL 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Survivor – Australian Outback PG 8:55 Criminal Intent MV 9:45 SVU MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:20 Transporter MVL 12:10 Da Vinci’s Demons 18VLS 1:05 Criminal Intent MV 1:55 Law And Order MV 2:45 Survivor – Australian Outback PG 3:35 Raw MC 6:35 The Simpsons PG 7pm Parking Wars PGL 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 NCIS PGV 9:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 10:30 SVU MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

THURSDAY

12:30 Survivor – Australian Outback PG 1:20 Law And Order MV 2:10 SVU MV 3am NCIS PGV 3:50 Hawaii Five-0 MV 4:40 Most Shocking M 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

SKY SPORT 2 te Motu 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Iwi Anthems 3 8pm Whare Taonga Manurewa Marae. 2 8:30 Tautohetohe PGR Ngai Tuhoe v Ngati Hine. 2 9:30 Te Tepu 2 10pm Te Kauta 2 10:30 Native Affairs 3 11:30 Te Kaea 3 2 Midnight Closedown

DISCOVERY

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MOVIES PREMIERE

6am One Step Beyond PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Man v Wild PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 Mighty Planes PG 10:30 The Unexplained Files PG 11:30 Redrum M Noon Redrum M 12:30 True Crime With Aphrodite Jones M 1:30 Deadline – Crime With Tamron Hall M 2:30 Super Skyscrapers PG 3:30 Moonshiners M 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG 6:30 Auction Hunters PG 7pm Auction Hunters PG 7:30 Bear Grylls – Extreme Survival M 8pm Bear Grylls – Extreme Survival M 8:30 Sons Of Guns M 9:30 Yukon Men M 10:30 Tickle M 11pm Southern Fried Homicide M

7am Vehicle 19 MVL 2013 Thriller.

Paul Walker.

8:25 Deadliest Sea PGL 2009 Action. Sebastian Pigott, Greg Bryk.

9:50 Movie 43 16VLS 2013 Comedy.

Hugh Jackman, Emma Stone.

11:25 Blood 16VL 2013 Thriller.

Paul Bettany, Mark Strong.

1pm A Very Harold And Kumar Christmas 16VLS 2011 Comedy.

John Cho, Kal Penn.

2:30 Revenge For Jolly 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Brian Petsos, Kristen Wiig.

3:55 Vehicle 19 MVL 2013 Thriller.

Paul Walker.

5:20 Father v Son 16S 2010 Comedy. Eric Stonestreet, Josh Dean.

6:55 The Cabin In The Woods 16VL 2011 Horror.

Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchinson.

8:30 Hummingbird 16VLS 2013 Action. Jason Statham.

10:15 High Life 18V 2009 Comedy.

Timothy Olyphant, Steven Eric.

11:40 Pawn 16VL 2013 Thriller.

Midnight Nightmare Next Door M 1am Deadly Affairs M 2am Flying Wild Alaska PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Sons Of Guns M 5am Flying Wild Alaska PG

1:10 Father v Son 16S 2010 Comedy. 2:45 The Cabin In The Woods 16VL 2011 Horror.

4:20 High Life 18V 2009 Comedy.

5:40 Pawn 16VL 2013 Thriller.

THURSDAY

THURSDAY

The White Queen 9:35pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 7:25 Behind Enemy Lines MV 2001 Action.

Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson.

9:10 Dead Man’s Shoes 18VL 2004 Thriller.

Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch.

10:40 Spy Game MVL 2001 Action.

Robert Redford, Brad Pitt.

12:45 Ali MVL 2001 Drama.

Jon Voigt, Will Smith.

3:20 Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead 16VLS 2007 Crime Drama. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke.

5:15 Sleepy Hollow MC 1999 Horror. Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci.

7pm The Transporter 16V 2002 Action. Jason Statham, Matt Schulze.

8:30 The Insider ML 1999 Drama.

Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Diane Venora, Christopher Plummer.

11:10 Red Eye MVL 2005 Drama.

Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy.

THURSDAY

12:35 The Fugitive MV 1993 Action. Tommy Lee Jones, Harrison Ford. 2:40 Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead 16VLS 2007 Crime Drama. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke.

4:35 Red Eye MVL 2005 Drama.

Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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9:30 Rugby – International Black Ferns v Canada – Game Two. From Rugby Park in Whakatane.

11:30 Rugby – International (Replay) Crusaders v England. From AMI Stadium in Christchurch.

1:30 #SkyRugby – Breakdown 2pm AFL Weekly (Highlights) 3pm Athletics – IAAF Diamond League (Highlights) From New York, USA. 4pm Surfing – ASP Men’s World Championship Tour (Highlights) Billabong Rio Pro. From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

5pm Golf – US Open (Highlights) Round Four.

6pm Sky Sport – What’s On 6:30 Ironman Australia From Port Macquarie.

7:30 Athletics – IAAF Diamond League (Highlights) From New York, USA. 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 L Rugby League – State Of Origin NSW Blues v Queensland Maroons – Game Two. From ANZ Stadium in Sydney.

THURSDAY

12:30 Rugby – International (Highlights) Crusaders v England.

1:15 Cricket – International (Highlights) New Zealand v West Indies – Second Test, Day Two. 1:45 L Cricket – International New Zealand v West Indies – Second Test, Day Three. Coverage of the morning session from Queen’s Park Oval in the Port of Spain.

4:05 Rugby – International (Highlights) Crusaders v England.

4:35 L Cricket – International New Zealand v West Indies – Second Test, Day Three. Coverage of the afternoon session from Queen’s Park Oval in the Port of Spain.

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End of NSW Origin drought?

BY IAN MCCULLOUGH Nine years after their last State of Origin series win, NSW will have no better chance of ending Queensland’s dominance in game two at ANZ Stadium tonight.

Boosted by the 12-8 win in the opening encounter in Brisbane - the Blues’ first victory in a series opener north of the Tweed since 2003 - Laurie Daley’s side now find themselves in the unfamiliar role of favourites.

Unlike the Maroons, NSW have enjoyed a reasonably smooth build-up to the game with no fresh injury concerns despite the presence of two new

faces in Josh Dugan and Will Hopoate to replace Josh and Brett Morris.

In contrast, Queensland had to abandon their elaborate team announcement, featuring the music of Eminem and Cotton Eyed Joe, last Monday with a delayed naming of a 22-man squad due to worries over the fitness of Greg Inglis, Billy Slater and Daly Cherry-Evans.

Experienced Test pair Cooper Cronk and Corey Parker have already been ruled out and Brisbane rookie halfback Ben Hunt has been training all week as back-up for Cherry-Evans, who is nursing a knee injury and only ran out with the team for the

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first time yesterday afternoon.

With home advantage and a crowd of more than 84,000 expectant fans to roar them home the stars appear to be finally aligning for NSW. The return of star back-rower Greg Bird from suspension is also a huge boost as is the form of Jarryd Hayne, who was man of the match in the 12-8 win at Suncorp Stadium.

But despite all of these factors the man who skippered the Blues to series victories in 1993 and ‘94 refuses to concede his side have the upper hand going into a game that could further etch his name in NSW rugby league folklore.

“They’re downplaying everything and want us to think they are carrying all of these injuries,” Daley said.

“But it’s an Origin series and everyone will be ready to go.

“We went into Origin game one as massive underdogs and have plenty of people patting us on the backs telling us how good we are.

“I’d be extremely disappointed if any of our players started to listen to their own publicity and got ahead of themselves, because this is a mighty Queensland team.”

Meninga has already seen off Graham Murray, Craig Bellamy and Ricky Stuart in the

opposite coaching box since taking over as coach from Michael Hagan back in 2006, and admits the fear of losing his 100 per cent series record is the driving force behind his team’s success.

“Fear is good, you have to confront it and make sure you get on top of it,” Meninga said.

“It’s about playing to your potential every time you put a maroon jersey on.”

Given the upheaval in the build-up to the game keeping the series alive, to take it to Brisbane for game three could well be the greatest achievement of Meninga’s brilliant career.

- AAP

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