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Housing shortages ‘critical’ the nation report, which looked at housing, child poverty, social issues, crime and punishment, and employment. Although the report noted some success in reducing crime, and increased participation in early childhood education, the Salvation Army found the gap between the “haves” and the “have nots” was widening and attempts to alleviate child poverty had stalled.
By Michelle Nelson Housing shortages are hitting critical levels, according to Ashburton Salvation Army Community Food Bank manager Judith Lilley. And the poorest families in the Ashburton District are hurting the most. Mrs Lilley was commenting on the Salvation Army’s state of
Salvation Army national spokesman Major Campbell Roberts has criticised the Government for not doing enough to reduce child poverty, create jobs or improve access to affordable housing. Mrs Lilley said the local food bank service was coping with increased demands for assistance, thanks to a supportive community. However, she said, there was no reason to be complacent, and
agreed affordable housing needed to be placed high on the agenda. “Ashburton is not Auckland, and we don’t have the same issues, but there are definitely problems with housing, and that has certainly become worse over the past few years,” Mrs Lilley said. “We are seeing at least four or five families looking for housing every week in Ashburton, for some reason people think the
Salvation Army has social housing, which we don’t.” She said the cost of rental properties had skyrocketed and affordable housing was now out of reach of not only benefit-dependent families, but also many of the ‘working poor’, backing the findings of the report. “In the past almost all of our clients were on benefits; now we are seeing more and more people who are not earning enough to
pay the rent and pay the bills,” Mrs Lilley said. “I’ve seen families who only have $50 left after the rent has been paid – and if that’s to buy food and pay bills, there won’t be anything left over for doctor’s visits. It’s not just the children who will suffer.” The report found that overcrowding was also become more prevalent, in particular in Maori and Pacific Island communities,
with families sharing substandard accommodation to make ends meet. But it’s not just families affected by the housing crisis; the service is also dealing an increasing number of homeless youth. “We’ve also got young people on the books. I saw a young man a few days ago who is of no fixed abode – he’s been couch-surfing where he can, and that’s tough long term,” Mrs Lilley said.
Stab victim millimetre away from losing sight By Rebecca Quilliam A Christchurch man was about a millimetre away from losing his sight and five millimetres from being seriously brain damaged when a steak knife was wedged firmly inside his skull, his surgeon says. The 20-year-old was stabbed behind his eye by a 9cm knife, which became embedded 8cm into his head early on Saturday. When the young man arrived at hospital he was conscious, stable and talking, Christchurch Hospital maxillofacial surgeon Les Snape said. The knife was “very strongly” stuck in the bone in the man’s head because it was one of the thicker bones that composed the skull, he said. “It was like being embedded in a piece of wood.” It was stuck so firmly, Mr Snape had to make the wound slightly wider in order to slide the knife out. It would take a “considerable amount of force” for the knife blade to be stabbed in so far, he said. “The blade of the knife went through the skull in the temporal region behind the eyebrow, and then it went into the back part of the eye socket ... within probably less than a millimetre or two of the optic nerve. If it had severed that, he would be blind.” The knife had to be removed along the same tract it went in so as not to create more damage, especially to the man’s eye and base of the brain, Mr Snape said. “If it had been posted half a centimetre further backwards, posteriorly, he could have sustained very serious damage to his brain stem or to his artery up to the brain. “He could have sustained life-threatening injuries.” The victim is stable and is recovering at Christchurch Hospital after delicate surgery to remove the weapon. The incident happened during a party at the man’s St Albans flat about 1am on Saturday. Witnesses had told Mr Snape the man was attempting to break up a fight when the incident happened. Canterbury Police communications manager Stephen Hill said the police officer who was one of the first to arrive at the crime scene had emergency medical experience. Constable Carl Christensen made a decision to leave the knife where it was until the man was at hospital. The man accused of the attack, also aged 20, appeared at the Christchurch District Court on Saturday and was remanded in custody. He is due to reappear today on charges of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. - APNZ
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They came, they saw, they cycled. Women on Wheels had about 200 cyclists take to the start line for the female-only cycling event that had competitors cruise around the scenic foothills area on Saturday on a round trip back to Methven. The serious riders in the 76km race may have missed some of the sights but the 86 social riders would have had ample opportunity to take it all in over the 29km non-competitive ride. The women were lined up in all manner of things from the throngs of lycra clad ladies, some dressed up and one rider was in a frock, high heels and had a packed lunch in her bike basket. It was an event designed to cater to all women – from the serious to
To see more or purchase photos the social. “There were a lot of smiles coming across the finish line,” race organiser Simon Hampton said. “The competitive racing will always attract some people but I think holding a non-competitive ride attracted people that wouldn’t have signed up if it was a 29km race.” The event wasn’t without incident with one crash in each of the competitive races but no serious injury, and a few nervous moments when a farmer ill-timed moving his sheep
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‘Wogistan’ pocketknife to be sold By Kurt Bayer The now infamous pocketknife that inspired Richard Prosser to pen his “Wogistan” rant will be auctioned on TradeMe. The New Zealand First List MP sparked a global outcry over suggestions that all young Muslim men be banned from flying on Western airlines. His inflammatory comments were prompted after he says his beloved pocketknife was confiscated after passing through customs at Christchurch International Airport. Mr Prosser, 45, blamed the heightened security measures on young Muslims, and fired off his anti-Islam column to Investigate magazine. But since the fallout from his comments, he’s been “building bridges” with the local Muslim community. He has apologised for causing offence and told APNZ that he’s turned over a new leaf. “Getting rid of the pocketknife is perhaps symbolic of burying the hatchet,” he said, speaking from his rural North Canterbury property in the Waimakariri electorate where he stood in the last election. The under-fire politician wants to put the knife – still under lock and key at the airport – on TradeMe and give the proceeds to a worthy cause. He wants to canvas opinion from the Muslim community, to see what they think would be appropriate, but he’s already had his own thoughts where the cash could go.
“One that sprung to mind was the Pakistani girl who got shot by the Taliban,” he said. “Her recovery is going to need a bit of help and that might be a good thing to do.” Much to the relief of his fiancee, Mel Francis, who is also mother to his two young daughters, he’s decided to quit writing his Investigate column, after 10 years. He’s tried to keep his views as a columnist separate from those as a politician, but he now accepts that is no longer a compatible fit. “It’s time to let things go,” he said. “It’s time to let Investigate go, let go of the controversial shock-jock approach... the beard’s gone, it’s a new me.” Since last Tuesday, when the article came to light, Mr Prosser has spoken with Dr Anwar Ghani, head of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand, other Muslim leaders, and the Council of Christians and Jews. He’s vowed to visit mosques, meet critics, and begin talks on how to keep New Zealand “free from extremists”. There was a perception, he believed, that moderate Islam doesn’t speak out when radical Islamists “do bad things”. And so he wants to work with the Muslim community to ensure that “the lunatic fringe” can drowned out. “It would be great if something positive can come out of it,” he said. “If we can prevent extremism from taking root here, the way it has in other parts of the world, then perhaps we can create a template that the rest of the world can use for communicating.” - APNZ
111 diary Incidents attended to by the Ashburton Police and Mid Canterbury volunteer fire brigades recently. Check out guardianonline.co.nz, for up-to-theminute updates on every fire callout in the district during the week.
• At 2.45am yesterday, the Ashburton Fire Brigade was called to a structure fire on Cambridge Street, and a vehicle fire sparked a rescue call-out at 3.44am. • The Ashburton brigade attended a medical emergency at Davis Crescent, at about 11.30pm on Saturday, and the Rakaia fire brigade attended a vegetation fire at 6pm at Hardy Road.
• Motorbike crash A man is dead after his motorbike crashed in Canterbury yesterday. Southern police communications spokesman Peter Hegarty said the crash happened on State Highway 1 at Dunsandel, 40km south west of Christchurch, about 9am. It was a single vehicle crash and the man was the only person on the motorbike, he said. Police were investigating the cause of the crash. - APNZ photo supplied
Ashburton third in challenge Mid Canterbury firefighters hosed in to third place at the Canterbury provincial Waterways Challenge, held in Ashburton on Saturday. The Ashburton team of Warren Maslin, Chris Roulston, Andrew Price (pictured) and Craig Wakelin took third place in their category at the regional hose-running competitions, held every two years. Mr Maslin said the event was run for two and
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By Carolyne Meng-Yee Anna Guy has moved into her new home on Auckland’s North Shore as filming gets under way on a three-part TV show about the murder of her brother and jailing of her ex-husband. Ewen Macdonald was acquitted of murdering Scott Guy last year but sentenced to five years in prison for arson, vandalism and killing animals on Feilding farms – leaving Anna Guy without her brother and unable to trust her husband. Anna said she and the couple’s four children were now settling into their new home. “Yes, I have moved – it’s so exciting. [The children] are loving it. We have only just moved up so we are just finding our way around and sorting out
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everything, but it’s all cool.” Anna was still waiting to hear when filmed interviews with her would be screened on TV3’s new current affairs show 3rd Degree. Reports had speculated Anna would be working on the show, but this was scotched by 3rd Degree executive producer Terence Taylor. “Anna will not be hosting 3rd Degree, nor does she have a position on the 3rd Degree reporting team,” Taylor said. “She will be appearing in three stories which will be about herself – talking about how she is dealing with the twin tragedies that have befallen her. “We will be with her as she goes to visit Ewen in jail [and] as she says goodbye to family and friends in Feilding.” - APNZ
• Armed robberies Police are hunting for a man involved in two armed robberies in Auckland last night. The first robbery happened at the Auckland Domain Wintergardens around 4.30pm. Half an hour later there was a robbery at the Mt Eden Summit. A man was seen leaving the area in a bright blue 2012 Holden Commodore. The registration number is GPH784. Police are calling for witnesses to come forward. - APNZ
• Train victim named The woman who was hit by a train in Christchurch early on Saturday was Sheena Louise Wright, aged 41. Ms Wright was struck by a train just north of the Hornby shopping complex about 4.50am, and police released her name yesterday afternoon. Investigators are continuing inquiries into the circumstances of her death and have been speaking to Ms Wright’s friends and associates. - APNZ
• Failed robbery A 56-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a failed armed robbery of a convenience store in Hamilton on Saturday. Police allege the man entered the Five Cross Roads Lotto Shop on Peachgrove Road about 4.20pm and demanded cash while holding a pistol so that the lone store owner could see it. The store owner called police and ran out of the building. A man has now been arrested and charged with assault with intent to rob. He is due to appear in Hamilton District Court today. - APNZ
Search on for district’s hard-working volunteers Spectacular views from the top
A family ride the six-seater chairlift to the top of Mt Hutt at the open day.
While Ashburton was cloaked in cloud yesterday, those who made the trip up Mt Hutt enjoyed clear skies and great company. The Methven Lions Club Mt Hutt Open Day fundraiser attracted another sizable crowd, club president Peter Garde said. The event, held every two years, offers people the chance to visit the mountain
in summer, and ride the six-seater chairlift to enjoy the spectacular views from the top. Families, walkers, and mountain bikers took advantage of the occasion; some opted to catch the lift back to the base, while others hurtled down on bikes or walked. “We had a fabulous day considering the weather on the plains; it was beauti-
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ful above the cloud line,” Mr Garde said. “It was a mountain biker’s paradise, everyone had a lot of fun – it was nice to watch people wandering around with a smile on their face.” Mr Garde was unsure of numbers, but said it had been another successful Methven Lions Club fundraiser, thanks to club member Gary Rackham and his team.
Rule suppressing teacher complaints investigated By Edward Rooney A Parliamentary select committee is asking the New Zealand Teachers’ Council to explain why it has thrown a blanket suppression order over all complaints against teachers. The Herald on Sunday reported last month on the absolute blackout over the proceedings before the Teachers‘ Council Disciplinary Tribunal, and formally complained to the Teachers’ Council board. Disturbed by what he read in the story, barrister Graeme Edgeler also laid a complaint with Parliament’s Regulations Review Committee. Committee chairman Charles Chauvel said the committee considered the Edgeler complaint this week and ruled it had substance. In the latest case, teacher Andrew Loader admitted paying $240 to twice watch two teenagers have sex, one just
‘This prohibition is one of the heaviest shrouds of secrecy over any statutory disciplinary body in New Zealand’ - Herald on Sunday editor Bryce Johns 16 years old. He fought in court to keep his name suppressed, but failed. Community Magistrate Robyn Paterson ruled the court not only had to take into consideration extreme hardship but the interests of the public, the freedom of the press, and the expectation of open justice. The Teachers’ Council, however, is still suppressing his name – and his actions would never have been revealed if not for the court case. The Herald on Sunday argues suppression should only be granted in cases where it is justified by important considerations like protecting the identity of a child victim. The newspaper has written to the committee, asking
to be heard. Editor Bryce Johns wrote: “This prohibition is one of the heaviest shrouds of secrecy over any statutory disciplinary body in New Zealand. “The protection of our children while under the care and supervision of schools strikes to the heart of every parent. There can be few, if any, matters of greater public concern.” Chauvel said the committee would refer the complaint to the Teachers’ Council for a formal response. “Once we have received that, we can have a hearing and invite the Teachers’ Council.” The committee will then decide and
report to Parliament. If the complaint is upheld, the New Zealand Teachers’ Council (Conduct) Rules 2004 can be annulled by Parliament. Chauvel would give no indication of comments by committee members in reaction to the complaint. “We’re very careful to act fairly to all sides,” he said. “We have simply decided there’s some basis for the complaint and we’re concerned enough that we want to hear from the Teachers’ Council on it.” Teachers’ Council director Peter Lind said the council would co-operate fully. “We are very keen to ensure the information provided to the public is as full as possible, bearing in mind the innocent parties and the children, whose interests must be protected.” Lind said the council had seen the formal complaint from the Herald on Sunday and the organisation’s board had agreed this week to consider it. - APNZ
The search is on to unearth Ashburton’s hard-working voluntary groups, with entries now open for the TrustPower Ashburton District Community Awards. The awards, which are run in partnership with the Ashburton District Council, are open to all voluntary groups and organisations working to make Ashburton a better place to live. Since 2001 more than $61,000 has been given away to deserving voluntary groups and organisations. This year more than $5000 is up for grabs. Anyone can enter a voluntary group or organisation – or those who meet the criteria can nominate themselves. Last year 47 groups were entered but ADCA community relations representative Jess Somerville believes there are still
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many more voluntary groups out there who deserve recognition. She said many activities, events, projects, programmes, sports, and services are provided by the region’s hard working volunteers, but they are often not recognised for the invaluable work they do. “Now you have the chance to say ‘thank you’ to these volunteers who work hard to improve the community – just by filling out an entry form. It takes just a few minutes of your time to enter a voluntary group but it will make a real difference to the volunteers you are recognising,” Miss Somerville said. Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay said volunteers make an immense contribution to the district. “Residents in the community are very proud of our wonderful network of willing volunteers. I urge you to take the opportunity
to nominate a local voluntary organisation of your choice,” Mr McKay said. Entry Forms for the TrustPower Community Awards are available from the council offices or service centres or can be completed online at www.trustpower.co.nz/ communityawards. Entry Forms can also be received by calling Jess Somerville on 0800 87 11 11. The awards cover five categories; heritage and environment, health and wellbeing, arts and culture, sport and leisure, and educational and child/youth development. Category winners receive $500, runners-up receive $250 and the supreme winner will take home $1500 and an all-expenses paid trip to the 2013 TrustPower National Community Awards. Entries close at 5pm on Friday, April 19. by David Fletcher
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Chch schools to learn fate today The fate of Christchurch schools facing closure or being merged will be known today when Education Minister Hekia Parata fronts the media to announce the Government’s decisions. Ministry staff will visit 31 of the 38 schools under the spotlight of the Government’s education renewal plans, to inform teachers and principals in person of the interim decisions. Ms Parata will speak publicly at midday, and her announcement will be broadcast online for parents who want to hear the news. Parents, teachers and principals were angry over the Government’s handling last year of the decision to close and merge schools affected by population movement and earthquake damage in the greater Christchurch region. Ms Parata says she has listened to their feedback. A petition signed by more than 11,000 Canterbury teachers calling for the Government’s plans for the future of education in the region to be stopped was tabled in Parliament in December, with Labour Party MP Megan Woods describing the plan as being “bungled from the beginning”.
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The 31 schools affected by today’s announcement have a total roll of about 5500 students Ms Parata said: “What I can tell you about Monday’s announcement is that I have listened to feedback from parents and schools and made some changes to our proposals.” She said “the face and makeup of greater Christchurch has, and will, change dramatically due to the earthquakes, and schools need to respond to those changes as well”. The 31 schools affected by today’s announcement have a total roll of about 5500 students, the equivalent of 7.6 per cent of the school population in the region. There were about 5000 places available in Christchurch schools before the earthquakes. A further 4300 children have not reenrolled since, meaning there are now 9300 places available. “That’s roughly the same as the entire student population of Gisborne,” Ms Parata said. “The aftermath of the earth-
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quakes gave us a chance to have a look at all the schools across greater Christchurch and see what we could do better.” There will be more consultation after the interim decisions are announced and final decisions are expected to be made in May. Ms Parata’s midday announcement will be broadcast on shapingeducation.govt.nz A letter for parents will be sent home with all the children at the 31 affected schools outlining the decisions and what it means for them. An 0800 number (0800 746 338) has been set up for parents to call with any questions, and a series of community meetings are planned over the coming weeks. “I acknowledge change is difficult and, in making these decisions, I am mindful the people and families of greater Christchurch have been through a lot,” Ms Parata said. - APNZ
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Passwords Paul Holmes’ millions cancelled go to widow and son By Shawn McAvinue Telecom cancelled the passwords of about 60,000 Yahoo! Xtra email accounts on Saturday night to stop spam being sent from customers’ accounts. Telecom head of communications Andrew Pirie said the 60,000 customers were contacted, in addition to the 15,000 customers Telecom had contacted earlier about getting a new password to log into their email account on their computer, mobile devices and tablets after a cyber attack last weekend. “We’ve been educating people over the last week to try and change pass words, and tens of thousands [of customers] have, but out of our 450,000 customer base, we are aware of last night, there were still 60,000 accounts that were having this problem.” If customers did not change their passwords then spam could be sent from their email account, he said. “Anyone who had been sent an email from Telecom must change their password otherwise they will be locked out of the system.” Telecom call centres were being swamped with inbound email queries and Telecom asked customers to be patient. - APNZ
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By Bevan Hurley Sir Paul Holmes has bequeathed most of his multimillion-dollar fortune to his widow Lady Deborah and his only son Reuben. The broadcasting legend, who died aged 62 on February 1, set out his wishes in his will, which was signed in April last year. Wills are public documents that can be obtained from New Zealand courts. Lady Deborah will inherit cars, boats, jewellery, paintings, books and a diamond brooch once owned by pioneering aviator Jean Batten. Lady Deborah can continue to live at his Hawke’s Bay home, Mana Lodge. But Sir Paul said the property should go to his son Reuben, 21. He also will get two Cartier watches. Sir Paul had appointed Lady Deborah and his brother Ken as administrators. His Paul Holmes Family Trust, established in 2000, was granted the rest of his “real and personal property” and his adopted daughter Millie is believed to be a beneficiary. The will had been witnessed by Sir Don McKinnon and his wife,
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Lady Deborah Clare de Lore, over Easter. Sir Paul also left a Cartier watch to Ken and an 1863 painting of Napier to the trustees of the Paul Holmes Family Trust. Sir Paul was the majority shareholder in Mana Lodge Olives, his olive oil business, and had shares in Maude Investments. His will stated Mana Lodge should be retained “for as long a period as possible or practicable in the hope that Mana Lodge will ultimately be distributed to Reuben”. However, the will states the trustees may sell Mana Lodge if they consider it is too expensive. - APNZ
Fancy some feathery fun next weekend – well head along to the Ashburton Fanciers Club’s open day. For the second year running, John and Karen Taylor will be opening the gate to their poultry paradise, where visitors will be guaranteed to have a “fowl” afternoon. The couple has more than 40 breeds of chooks, and their colourful flock varies in size from huge Orpington roosters to tiny bantams, and everything in between. Mr Taylor’s interest in poultry stems back more than 20 years, when he began breeding purebred bantams as a child. Although Mrs Taylor didn’t keep chickens as a child, she was always fond of the birds.
Which is just as well, because these days chooks rule in the Taylor household, and three-year-old Maddison and 15-month-old Joshua are already dab hands at rounding up the flock, some of which stand as tall as Joshua. The Taylor family travel to poultry shows all over the South Island, with up to 80 birds in tow. It takes a lot of hard work to prepare for a show, beginning with breeding the perfect specimen. “Patience and time are your two best friends when it comes to breeding poultry,” Mr Taylor said. “You’ve got to love them to have this many.” Grooming the show birds is
another time-consuming procedure. “The white ones sometimes need washing two or three times to get them clean,” Mrs Taylor said. “The fluffy ones are washed and blow dried when it comes to a big show and there are up to 80 chooks to get ready, we sometimes wonder why we do it,” Mr Taylor said. Members of the fanciers’ club will be demonstrating how to prepare birds for showing on Sunday afternoon. A hot food caravan will offer refreshments, and there will be a variety of hybrid and crossbred birds for sale, by silent auction. The event begins at 1pm, at 923 Boltons Road, Carew, and will be signposted.
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shburton retailers are increasingly becoming the target of thieves and are sick of it. The recent attack on an Allenton dairy was the latest in a series of hits on different shops around the town. The CCTV video of that incident makes you wonder what goes on after dark in this town with youngsters roaming the streets close to 2am, clearly planning to target the Allenton shop. They already held a stone to break the glass and quickly went to the back of the counter, obviously aware what they were looking for. Interestingly, an hour later, an even younger looking man wandered past with a torch and also helped himself to some goodies. Most ordinary people will wonder what these youngsters are up to at 3am on a Thursday morning. You can only guess what family structure these boys live in, but they are unlikey to be at work at 8am. The most worrying point is that they are not alone. Other criminals last week targeted the Coin Save shop on East Street and owner Colin Zhong said the district was not getting any safer and that he had seen a decline in the community over the seven years he had been here. He also predicted that soon Ashburton’s shops could be covered by ugly, menacing metal bars to protect them from the scum roaming the streets at night. Only days after that prediction, Allenton dairy boss Bhupinder Singh said he is left with no choice but to install the window bars to keep his business safe. Another shop, Undercurrent, has also been hit several times
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over the past weeks and could be next to start putting up the metal deterrent. Retailers are pulling their hair out and must be concerned as Undercurrent was affected on four occasions despite having the services of a reputable security firm. Hopefully this cluster of breakins will prove to be glitch, but if not, the police, retailers, security firms and council might have to put their heads together and look at combined measures to deal with these low-lives. Nobody wants to see the shopping areas dominated by metal bars or roller doors as it suggests that the streets are not safe and imply a state of siege. The world is changing and Ashburton with its growing population has an increasing number of delinquents that need to be dealt with. It is a shame this wonderful town would lose some of its innocence, but we do need to keep the latest incidents in perspective. We can still walk the streets safely at night and even most women will feel comfortable walking home after dark. December’s murder was the first in nearly a decade, indecent or serious assaults remain rare and police still investigate burglaries. In many places in New Zealand the police can barely keep up, but according to the Ashburton constabulary, on most days they have nothing to report. As long as that is the case, we can still feel safe and metal bars may prove to be a poor investment.
Injured boatie rescued By Sonya Bateson and Amy McGillivray An injured boatie is recovering in the orthopaedic ward following an accident that sparked a one-and-a-half hour search at sea. A cellphone call to St John, about 8pm on Saturday, reported the 35-year-old was bleeding profusely after falling through a window. The TrustPower TECT Rescue Heli copter was called and the initial plan was to winch a paramedic on to the injured man’s boat. However, pilot Todd Dunham spent 90 minutes searching for the boat, believed to be five kilometres out to sea from the harbour entrance, before it was
‘We searched for about an hour and a half. Just as we were coming back for fuel they found the boat in Pilot Bay’ - pilot Todd Dunham spotted at Pilot Bay. As light faded, emergency services had been unable to contact the man via cellphone or radio, and the decision was made to send a paramedic out on the Coastguard boat while the helicopter tried to locate it from overhead. “We searched for about an hour and a half. Just as we were coming back for fuel they found the boat in Pilot Bay,” Mr Dunham said. A St John spokesperson said
a Te Puke ambulance picked the injured man up from Pilot Bay about 10.45pm. He had a bad cut to his right wrist and was taken to hospital in a serious condition, the spokesman said. Tauranga Coastguard operations manager Simon Barker said the only way emergency services could get hold of the man was by cellphone, which kept going dead. “By the time they found the boat it was already in the har-
bour. We dropped the paramedic off and weren’t needed anymore,” he said. Mr Dunham said he believed the boat was located by a Port of Tauranga pilot boat which had also been helping with the search. He would not reveal the cost of the rescue helicopter’s involvement in the search but said it was “substantial”. “It’s a lot of money. You think of the expense and the time. We were out there until 11.30pm,” he said. It has previously been reported the cost of fuel to keep such a helicopter airborne is almost $600 an hour. Mr Barker said the rescue cost Coastguard about $300 in petrol. - APNZ
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authorities have come across a rickety, people-boat whose captain expressed a wish to sail on to the land of the long white cloud, those same authorities would have willingly “shepherded” such a vessel to an NZ port. He claims to have the intelligence - which he would be happy to show to the incredulous leader of the Labour Party, David, “I’m gaining mana as I go”, Shearer - to prove there was such a vessel coming our way before Christmas, and that is why he felt it wise to make a “preemptive strike” with the Australian PM before another such incident developed. Murky. It’s all a bit murky - and mucky - and hard to see what there really is in it for our National-led Government. To further penalise the “genuine” asylum-seekers for the “take any desperate chance boatpeople” seems unlikely to be seen as either “fair” or “proper” in the great scheme of things. Protests are already falling in shoals from the sky. Yet again, Mr Key is confronting the controversy with his usual “Aw shucks”, shoulder-shrugging technique a practice now wearing thin and losing rather than gaining him votes. Why get so unnecessarily involved in such an explosive issue in the first place? Meanwhile, over Waitangi, the place and the Day, the dust settles: the participants have retired to their lairs for another year and we continue to pretend Waitangi Day is one of celebration and delight, on a
par with heart-felt national days of many other nations. Such wishfulthinking, of course, convinces no one, though it should be quickly said, elsewhere in the nation, genuinely happy events are held when we do seem rather more like the “One Nation” we officially claim to be. Revealingly, this is what the late, and much revered, Sir Paul Holmes had to say on the eve of the last Waitangi Day he lived to see, 2012. “I’m over Waitangi Day. It is repugnant. It’s a ghastly affair. As I lie in bed on Waitangi morning I know that later in the evening the news will show us irrational Maori ghastliness, with spitting, smugness, selfrighteous and the usual neurotic Maori politics, in which some bizarre new wrong we’ve never thought about will be lying on the table. Well, it’s a bullshit day, Waitangi Day. It’s a day of lies… No, if Maori want Waitangi Day for themselves, let them have it.” I doubt whether Sir Paul is alone in his take on this fraught occasion. It remains a source of division and recrimination and, despite the best efforts of a number of committed recent governments, seems likely to stay that way for a year or two yet. Sir Paul’s added comment that the only possible New Zealand National Day has to be Anzac, a day to remind us how united all races were in the fight to defeat the common enemy, would likely meet with, if not universal approval, at least that of the considerable majority.
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Boy fractures skull at daycare By Bevan Hurley The parents of a toddler who were not told he had fallen heavily on his first day of childcare discovered he had a 6cm skull fracture 24 hours later. A leading Auckland early education centre is under investigation after the parents of Jaden Young, 13 months, noticed swelling on his head. They asked at the Unitec Early Learning Centre in Mt Albert, Auckland, if anything had happened and sought medical help
• Caught in ride A 4-year-old boy became “entangled” in a ferris wheel at the A&P Show at Murchison near Westport on Saturday. The boy needed to be airlifted to hospital after the accident on the show ride about 3pm. The Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter said the boy suffered “moderate arm injuries”. He was assessed by the onboard intensive care paramedic before being flown with his family to Nelson Hospital for further treatment. - APNZ
immediately on learning he had fallen 24 hours earlier from a wooden bridge and hit his head. Scans revealed the fracture and bleeding to the brain. Worryingly for all parents with children in care, the body that represents more than 1000 early learning centres says many caregivers are confused about what they should report because of the different branches of legislation they have to comply with. Parents Curtis Young and Amy Wang noticed the swelling on January 29 and spoke to caregiver Parbin Kaur the next day, who
admitted Jaden had fallen and hit his head on rubber matting. Wang, a trained nurse, took Jaden to a GP who immediately referred him to Starship Hospital. Scans revealed a 6cm skull fracture and Jaden was admitted to the high dependency unit, where nurses checked his eye movements and motor functions every hour throughout the night. “This was our worst nightmare,” said Jaden’s mother Amy. “We were terrified that he would die.” Father Curtis, who works at Unitec, said: “We watched Jaden every moment, of every day for
his first year, making sure he was safe at all times. Yet the first day we left him under someone else’s supervision, he was gravely injured.” Curtis said there had been a “catastrophic failure” by the caregiver to meet her professional responsibilities and they were meeting lawyers this week to pursue civil litigation. He said the 24-hour delay in getting medical attention for Jaden could have been fatal. “If the bleeding had continued, he could have experienced vomiting, unconsciousness, or even
A man is dead, and others received injuries, following two separate vehicle “rollovers” on rural Otago properties yesterday. Dunedin Police launched a search and rescue operation yesterday morning, after the family of a 61-year-old spraying contractor reported he had failed to return home the previous night. The Mosgiel man was later found dead near a farmtrack on a rural Taieri property, Acting Senior Sergeant Chris MacAulay said. Initial indications were his death may have been caused by his 4WD vehicle rolling over, he said. In another rollover incident, emergency services were called to a rural property on Hillfoot Rd, Waiwera South, just off State Highway 1 near Balclutha. The 4WD vehicle with three occupants was part of a convoy when it rolled just after 3pm. The female driver and male passenger and were flown to Dunedin Hospital with moderate injuries by the Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter. - APNZ
• Lomu lashes out Jonah Lomu has lashed out after being surprised to hear he would be a guest speaker at a $100-a-head dinner at his former school. The All Black great said organisers of the 170th Anniversary bash for Wesley College had “blatantly lied” by naming him as a guest speaker. Lomu said he hadn’t been approached by anyone from the school. On his Facebook page on Saturday Lomu said: “I never was asked. I wasn’t even consulted in any shape or form. I find this rude.” - APNZ
• Beaver fever Stephen Donald’s Rugby World Cup-winning heroics will be immortalised in a new television film about his journey from whitebaiter to world beater. Donald was plucked from a fishing trip to kick the winning penalty goal for the All Blacks in their heartstopping 8-7 final victory over the French on October 23, 2011. The project – awaiting funding from New Zealand On Air- is understood to include veteran playwright and cartoonist Tom Scott. Crucially, it has the blessing of the New Zealand Rugby Union. NZRU spokesman Nick Brown said: “We’ve already given our support in principle for this work as it focuses on a good story within the story of the All Blacks’ victorious Rugby World Cup 2011 campaign. - APNZ
brain damage. Not knowing about this accident put Jaden at grave risk. The psychological and emotional impact of the ordeal has hit us hard as parents.” Police visited the Unitec centre last week, but found no evidence of criminal action. In a letter to the parents, centre manager Marlise Shadbolt said: “It is inconceivable that Parbin forgot to complete an accident form at the time and then compounded this by failing to tell Curtis about the incident on Tuesday night.” The parents have noticed
Jaden’s balance has been affected since the head blow. However, they won’t know whether he has any lasting effects for some time because there is no concussion test for toddlers. The centre’s chairman, Tony Carr, said the centre was investigating and wanted to express their sympathies to Curtis and Amy. “I have children at the centre and it’s our priority to make it a safe place for children.” Meanwhile, the caregiver at the centre of the claims, Parbin Kaur, continues to work on. - APNZ
Fruit and vegetable prices rise By Rebecca Quilliam A doctor battling the country’s obesity epidemic says the “tragically” high fruit and vegetable prices need to be forced down, and junk food prices need to hit consumers in the pocket. Fruit and vegetable costs rose by 3.5 per cent in January from December prices, Statistics NZ reported. For the year to January, fruit and vegetables cost an extra 5.9 per cent. Those figures have prompted Dr Robyn Toomath, the spokeswoman for Fight the Obesity Epidemic, to urge the Government to bring prices of healthy food down. “It seems kind of tragic to me. “This is the time of the year where you expect fruit and vegetables to be at their most affordable, but still they’re powering on up, and what drives this, who knows?” Ministry of Health nutritional studies show fruit and vegetable consumption by New Zealanders was well below what it should be, Dr Toomath said. “What are we doing to increase fruit and vegetable consumption? And the answer would appear to be ‘absolutely nothing’. “I can’t think of a single solitary thing which is being done at a regulatory level to assist in fruit and vegetable consumption.” Unhealthy foods appeared to be getting cheaper, while healthy foods were becoming unaffordable, she said. The Government needed to adjust tax rates, she added.
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Campaigner confident Lundy will be freed By Kieran Campbell The man behind Mark Lundy’s last-ditch bid for freedom says he is confident London’s Privy Council will quash the jailed killer’s murder convictions. Auckland retiree Geoff Levick says he believes Lundy will be freed, more than 10 years after being jailed for the brutal axe murder of his wife Christine and 7-year-old daughter Amber. Lundy, who is serving a 20-year sentence at Rangipo Prison near Turangi, was visited by his sister and was “ecstatic” to hear the development, Mr Levick said. News last week that the Privy Council would hear Lundy’s appeal shocked the victims’ families, who were unprepared for the announcement by the London court. The move to appeal has angered many who want to move on with their lives “and let Christine and Amber rest in peace”, but Mr Levick said he would fight to have Lundy freed. “I have to be an optimist. If I wasn’t an optimist I would have given up years ago,” Mr Levick said. “I’m pretty sure [the Privy Council] will quash his conviction and they will order a retrial and if they order a retrial then it’s up to the Crown to decide, just like in the Bain case, whether they have a retrial or not.” Mr Levick compares the work he has done on the Lundy case over the past decade to the campaigning by former All Black and entrepreneur Joe Karam in the fight to clear David Bain’s name. Most of the public share negative views of Lundy’s claims of innocence which means Mr Levick, like Mr Karam with the Bain case, finds himself on the unpopular side of the divide. “I’m not interested in being popular,” Mr Levick said. “You just look at this case and ... from the beginning to end, the evidence is codswallop.
“So, having decided that 10 years ago, having read all the evidence, I just have to do something about it. It’s pretty simple.” Lundy’s lawyer, David Hislop QC, said the defence case would focus on the science used to identify DNA on Lundy’s shirt as being his wife’s brain tissue, which is considered “the most important piece of evidence” that linked Lundy to the killings. Mr Levick accused people of criticising Lundy as being “99 per cent uninformed”. He claimed most people decided Lundy’s guilt because they thought “he’s fat, he put on a big act at the funeral and he used a prostitute”. “If everyone who was fat, behaved badly and used a prostitute was put in jail we wouldn’t have enough jails,” Mr Levick said. He defended the drawn-out legal bid to appeal Lundy’s conviction, and said he had sympathy for the families of Christine and Amber who have to relive the trauma every time the case is back before a court. “We’re not doing anything to try and annoy them; we have no intention of upsetting them,” Mr Levick said. “But on the other side of the coin ... what about the poor bastard sitting in prison?” Christine’s brother, Glenn Weggery, last week said the appeal was “very tough” for the family. “It’s 12 years later, we’re trying to move on with our life and let Christine and Amber rest in peace and it’s just not being allowed to be done,” Mr Weggery said. “It keeps getting dragged up every few months. “He’s [Lundy] got the right to appeal, fine. But it’s been dragged out for so long, and it took so long for them to lodge their appeal when they’ve been talking about it for years. “Did any of them ever care about Christine and Amber? Because they sure as hell don’t care about their families.” In 2002 Lundy lost an appeal to the Court of Appeal and had his non-parole period increased to 20 years. - APNZ
“That’s not only reconsidering taking GST off fruit and vegetables, which is so blindingly obvious that that’s where we have to start, but it also includes adding a tax to the unhealthy food so that people can compare the costs of buying kids milk as opposed to soft drink, and realise that milk is the better value for money.” Dr Toomath said councils could also be urged to encourage growers’ markets. “Can they provide free space for vegetable growers to sell their stuff at the weekend?” Councils could also set aside public land for people to grow their own vegetables, she said. Big industries controlled what foods were sold and at what prices, and people had a right to demand that the environment was manipulated in a way that was “helpful and not harmful”, Dr Toomath said. Fruit and vege monthly price rises and falls for January made up partly of: • mandarins up 23 per cent; • apples up 7.7 per cent; • lettuce up 20 per cent; and • broccoli up 38 per cent; • apple prices were at their highest level since December 2008; • nectarines down 23 per cent; and • pumpkin down 13 per cent. Fruit and vege yearly price rise and falls to January made up party of: • kumara up 98 per cent; • apples up 21 per cent; • avocados up 86 per cent (Source NZ Statistics) - APNZ
A woman was lucky to escape with her life from an exploding house in Wanganui East early on Saturday morning. The woman, who fire officers and a next-door neighbour say was unhurt but seriously traumatised, was from Waipukurau. Police and Fire Safety officers were investigating the 6am blaze which witnesses said started with a blast and a “fireball” at the front of the house. A neighbour, who didn’t want to be named, said she had woken early and happened to look out the window. “I saw fireballs exploding out of the windows next door. It was terrible ... I called
111.” Minutes later, when the Fire Service arrived, the shocked woman owner of the burning house was brought to her door by another neighbour. “She was in a bad way. I couldn’t believe she was even at the house because it was so early. She said she had come back early to finish painting cupboards in the kitchen, then she was going to Palmerston North to meet her husband. She had been staying in a motel over here.” The fire burned so fiercely it caused smoke damage to an outside wall of her house, the neighbour said. “And I’ve just finished painting it. Now I’ve got to get the water blaster on to it.” Wanganui Senior Station Officer Craig Gardiner said by the time the Fire Service got there the house was engulfed.
“It was very fast and very intense. The roof was exploding and tiles were flying and falling. It was a very dangerous situation.” It was incredible the woman, who had been painting in the kitchen at the back of the house made it out at all, he said. “She would literally have been chased out by fire ... she was very, very fortunate and lucky to be alive.” The fire could be suspicious, but could also have been the result of paint vapours igniting. The power had been disconnected, so it was definitely not an electrical fault, Mr Gardiner said. Today insurance assessors, police and a fire safety officer will thoroughly inspect the house, he said. - APNZ
Teen dies after train hits vehicle By Rebecca Quilliam A 15-year-old died yesterday when the vehicle she was in collided with a train in Wairarapa. She was Grace Ellen Diedrichs from Carterton, police say. The ute’s 17-year-old driver was taken to Masterton Hospital and was in a serious condition with head injuries. Police said there was “extensive damage to the vehicle from the impact of the train”. The police serious crash unit was investigating the collision at the crossing on Wiltons Road about 8.15am. KiwiRail said the crossing had no lights or barrier arms, but it did have a stop sign to warn vehicles. A company spokeswoman said the train would have been travelling about 80km/h when the crash happened. She said there were “a number of (uncontrolled) level crossings around the country”. “Our criteria for assessing level crossings and whether or not they need more protection than a stop sign, we would take into account the amount of road and rail traffic travelling across those level crossings, the number of rail tracks to be crossed and if the view of the trains would be obstructed.” She did not know if today’s incident would prompt a review into the crossing’s safety. “KiwiRail urges people to be really cautious around rail lines and when they’re crossing lines.” Police said the driver of the south-bound commuter train was “extremely shaken”. The [train] driver was not injured and is being supported by police, Victim Support and KiwiRail. About 40 passengers had to wait an hour and a half on the train before a bus was able to drive them to Wellington. Police have appealed for information from anyone who may have seen or heard anything in the vicinity of the crash to contact them. - APNZ
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Divers look for meteor pieces Divers have scoured the bottom of a Russian lake for fragments of a meteorite that plunged to Earth in a blinding fireball whose shockwave hurt 1200 people and damaged thousands of homes. The 10-tonne meteor streaked over the Ural Mountains on Friday just as the world braced for a close encounter with a large asteroid, leaving some Russian officials calling for the creation of a global system of space object defence. The unpredicted meteor strike ground traffic to a halt in the industrial city of Chelyabinsk as residents poured on to the streets to watch the light show before scrambling for safety when a glass-shattering sonic boom rang out directly overhead. Some 37 adults and three children remained hospitalised with cuts and some more serious injuries on Saturday afternoon. A massive force of 20,000 recovery workers was busy on Saturday patching up windows with plastic sheeting and checking 3000 buildings for cracks amid temperatures near a blisteringly cold -20C overnight. Police, meanwhile, patrolled the streets for marauders who
threatened to take advantage of the broken storefronts that lined Chelyabinsk’s main streets. “We have taken all the facilities under our control,” district police chief Marat Minzagirov told Russian state television as night fell on the city of 1.1 million. A piece of the meteor _ called a meteorite once it hits the ground _ was believed to have plunged into the region’s frozen Lake Chebarkul and possibly a few other locations. But the six divers who searched its waters for three hours on Saturday were able to finding nothing but mud and silt. “They immediately discovered that the water’s visibility was zero and that the bottom was covered with 1.5 metres of sticky mud,” a recovery team member told Russian media. Yet meteor hunters appeared unbowed and several Russian websites carried ads offering as much as 300,000 rubles ($A9,707) for an authentic piece of the latest space rock to hit the planet. A few sites even offered pecular-shaped rocks for sale, but scientists cautioned that none were likely to be the genuine article. - AP
• Heart Attack Grill The Heart Attack Grill, the Las Vegas restaurant whose slogan proudly boasts that its arteryclogging fare is “worth dying for,” appears to have claimed another victim. Less than two years after its unofficial spokesman, 260kg Blair River, died of health-related causes, another loyal customer succumbed to a heart attack while standing at a bus stop in front of the establishment. John Alleman, 52 who like River served as a public face of the restaurant - was taken off life support earlier this week, three days after suffering his heart attack, according to the Las Vegas Sun newspaper.
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Moon church mass Steenkamp leaves haunting TV message wedding in Korea Thousands of Unification Church followers have been married in a mass wedding in South Korea - the first since the death of their “messiah” and controversial church founder Sun Myung Moon. Some 3500 identically-dressed couples - many of mixed nationality who had met just days before - took part in the ceremony at the church’s headquarters in Gapyeong, east of the capital Seoul. Mass weddings, some held in giant sports stadia with tens of thousands of couples, have long
been a signature feature of the church and one that “Moonie” critics have pointed to as evidence of cult underpinnings. The event carried a special resonance, with Moon’s 70-year-old widow Hak Ja Han presiding for the first time without her husband who died five months ago, aged 92, of complications from pneumonia. The church’s mass weddings began in the early 1960s and originally involved just a few dozen couples. Over the years they grew in size and attracted huge media attention. - AP
A celebrity TV show has aired haunting footage of Oscar Pistorius’s slain girlfriend speaking about the need to leave a positive mark on life, words laden with unintended poignancy two days after her shocking death. “Not just your journey in life but the way that you go out and make your exit is so important, you have either made an impact in a positive way or a negative way,” Reeva Steenkamp said in a snippet of a celebrity reality TV show set which aired yesterday. The 29-year-old model and law school graduate was shot four times at Pistorius’s home in the early hours of Valentine’s Day on Thursday in a case that shocked the country and topped news broadcasts around the world.
Pistorius - a national icon who inspired people around the world when he became the first double amputee to compete against ablebodied athletes in the Olympic Games last year - remains in a police cell, charged with murdering his girlfriend in cold blood. Yesterday television offered the world a better glimpse of the less well-known half of the doomed couple. Footage from Tropika Island of Treasure showed Steenkamp appearing contemplative and at ease with herself, sitting beneath a beach-front palm, dressed in a strappy top and a yellow, black and dotted bikini, with her blonde hair tied back. The footage shows Steenkamp swimming in Jamaica with dol-
phins and smiling broadly as she floats down the jungle-flanked Martha Brae River on a punted bamboo raft. At one point, looking deep into the camera, she also offered some advice to the up to three million people who watch the show every week. “Just maintain integrity and maintain class and just always be true to yourself,” she said in what now sounds like a soliloquy on a life cut short. “I’m going to miss you all so much.” The reality show, shot on location, features the slain model as well as several local personalities competing for one million rand ($A110,183) prize money. Producers decided not to shelve the show, instead paint-
ing its broadcast as a tribute to Steenkamp. “She was happy, healthy, beautiful and vibrant and that’s the way she should be remembered,” said executive producer Samantha Moon said. Moon said the decision to broadcast Tropika Island of Treasure 5 was taken after “much deliberation.” It was dedicated to her memory. The show was broadcast on state television channel SABC1 after Steenkamp’s mother had given the showing her blessing. Born in the southern city of Port Elizabeth, Steenkamp moved to Johannesburg six years ago to pursue her modelling career. She had been dating Pistorius since at least November. - AAP
A bomb targeting Shiite Muslims in a busy market in Pakistan’s insurgency-hit southwest killed 79 people including women and children and wounded 180 others, officials said. The powerful bomb in a water tanker ripped through a packed bazaar in Hazara town, an area dominated by Shiites on the outskirts of Quetta - capital of oil and gas rich Baluchistan province - on Saturday. “We have recovered more dead bodies from the debris of a collapsed building. The death toll has now risen to 79,” senior Quetta police official Wazir Khan Nasir said. Quetta city police chief Zubair Mehmood said the water tanker, which officials said was packed with some 800 kilograms of explosives, was placed near a pillar of a two-storey building, which collapsed in the blast.
• Quake hits Italy A 4.8-magnitude quake hit central Italy yesterday, shaking apartment buildings in the centre of Rome and spooking citizens in the region of Abruzzo, struck by a killer quake in 2009. The quake hit Frosinone, between the capital and the southern city of Naples, at a depth of 10.7 kilometres according to Italy’s Geophysics Institute. No injuries or damage to buildings were reported. The tremors sparked panicked calls in the Abruzzo region to the emergency services. The medieval town of L’Aquila was hit in 2009 by a 6.3-magnitude quake which killed 309 people, and ruined buildings still scar the landscape. - AP
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Welcome to another year at Rakaia School. A new classroom has been built because of the school’s population growing and it is positioned beside Room 7. Instead of orange walls, there are green walls and a few but efficient changes. Mr. Fletcher, who is the vice principal for Rakaia will be teaching us this year. Also this year, the house captains have been chosen as house captains are: Holly Beattie for Sheppard, Justice Robinson
Hi, my names Annissa Johnston and I’m going to tell you about my adventure on the Elwing with Josh Bloomfield: “Because we were elected as school leaders for 2013, in our finally year, we were allowed to go on a trip around Stewart Island on the last week of the holidays before school started. Josh and I went down on the 28th of January where we spent four nights on the boat. We did lots of activities such as snorkeling, swimming, kayaking, cooking on an open fire and
lots of walking. When we woke up every morning, we had to go for a swim to freshen up. We also had breakfast and tea cooked on an open fire on Thursday, which was really delicious. Kayaking was really fun especially when we tipped most people over and out of the kayaks. But every moment was the best. We came back on the 1st of February. We enjoyed our trip on the Elwing especially the kayaking and the hot chocolate. I would recommend this trip to anyone, especially the unknown 2014 School Leaders.
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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Monday, February 18, 2013
Issue 02, February 18, 2013
‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’
Message from the Principal
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College Year Planners
Overseas Students – Trip to Lake Tekapo
This year we have introduced Planners for all year groups, one each at Junior Student and Senior Student levels.
ESOL teacher Bernadette Thompson describes this orientation outing held on Thursday 31 January when a group of thirty International, and some Peer Support students, along with eight adults boarded the bus at 7.45am for a fun-filled trip to Lake Tekapo.
Kia ora and Greetings. The last two weeks have been full of activity. Two very well attended evenings have been held for the parents and caregivers of Year 9 students to meet their child’s teachers and to gain an insight into their child’s learning programme. My thanks to all who were able to attend, and also for the positive feedback we have received. Tonight we have an information evening for parents and caregivers about NCEA and how it works. For students there has also been a lot happening. Aside from classes, a raft of activities has occurred that are all part of our College experience and culture. Our Student Executive and House Executives have all been elected, with the focus of each House immediately moving to Athletics Prelims which were held on Friday, in a sea of House colours and student endeavour. The annual Orientation Day was also held last week, where students have the opportunity to learn more about the many clubs and activities available through the College and our Community and to register their interest in those that caught their attention. From experience we know that students who get involved tend to take the same commitment into their learning as into their sport or cultural activity. Please encourage your child to participate in at least one other activity at College. Not only will they gain
new friends, they will also settle into College and their learning more quickly, and be more engaged overall.
Parents/Caregivers please use these Planners to communicate with Family Form Teachers and Class Teachers.
The Church of the Good Shepherd (pictured right), for morning tea and a look around the historical site, provided the first stop.
Students are expected to have them in every lesson and will be expected to use them to organise themselves and their work.
From there, travel further around the Lake offered a wide range of activities beginning with a walk up Mount John, some managing to get right to the top, and others to the tree line on what was a very hot day!
This week I am attending the Education and Science Select Committee to speak to aspects of the Education Amendment Bill that is currently going through Parliament. My main focus is on seeking changes to some of the proposed new legislation that would make it much more difficult for schools and teachers to provide safe and responsive boundaries for student behaviour, and to keep schools a safe place to be. Whilst other groups and individuals are also likely to be making submissions along similar lines we felt it was important that our view was also heard, and that we did as we would ask our students to do if they were ever in a similar situation at College or in our Community: to get involved and contribute.
(Right ) The Junior Planner Cover created by Year 11 student Tyla Levy
Cheers Grant McMillan Principal
Board of Trustees News A warm welcome to all new and returning families to Ashburton College. It is a big step for new students entering secondary school but I know every effort will be made to make new students feel welcome. The Board also welcomes all new and existing staff to Ashburton College. We hope you all had a restful and relaxing break. Congratulations to those students who have been appointed in leadership positions within the College. Ensure you are aware of the responsibilities that these positions entail, and that you are in these positions for the duration of the school year. It is an important year for senior students with NCEA being a focus. For those new to the NCEA system, you are encouraged to attend the Information Evening that the College is running tonight.
things have had to wait or be put aside. Whilst there appears to be no quick fix on the horizon we will have to cope as well as we can. We are collating the hours spent on correcting errors and the College has, and will be continuing to, invoiced those we see as responsible. The College runs on a very tight budget and we cannot afford to absorb the many hundreds of hours spent on Novopay. On a positive, we need to thank our banking partner, the BNZ, who have supported us through these troubled times. Finally now, I want to remind all within the College of our Mission Statement, Vision and Values which are:
The College has selected two pieces of artwork for these Planners and acknowledges the students whose work was chosen.
All boarded the bus again at the end of the day to head back to Ashburton hot, tired, better acquainted with each other and happy to have enjoyed a fun day in stunning surroundings.
Thai Group Visit: 14 March – 14 May Are You Interested In Being A Host Family? Ashburton College will have a visit from nineteen Thai students and their teacher for this nine week period.
• We place an emphasis on Students and Staff achieving quality work, showing pride in themselves and their community, having respect for everyone and everything.
Values
• We promote a range of culturally appropriate quality learning experiences with a curriculum based on meeting the individual needs of students in the context of the wider needs of the College and local community. Let us all keep these in mind, and good luck for 2013…. David Rush Chairperson
Information NCEA INFORMATION EVENING Tonight -Monday 18 February,
7.30pm in the College Auditorium. (for approximately 1-1½ hours) For Parents/Caregivers of Year 11 students and students who wish to attend A number of staff will discuss aspects of NCEA in their subjects, and how NCEA works. Staff will also be available to answer any questions or queries that you may have regarding the implementation of NCEA at our College.
Teacher Only Day – Thursday 28 March Please note the first of Ashburton College’s three Teacher Only Days will be held on the above date (the Thursday preceding the Easter Holiday Weekend). Further information will be distributed closer to the time, as will subsequent dates. The purpose of this day is Course Programme Planning and Professional Development.
(Pictured left): Welcomed were Year 9 students, new students at other year levels and new staff (the manuhiri/ visitors). The welcome was made on behalf of the tangata whenua/hosts - those who have previously been welcomed and who belong to the College.
If you would like to know more about the opportunity of hosting a Thai student: Please contact our International Homestay Co-Ordinator, Mrs Joanne Wakelin, through the College (308 4193) or email: we@ashcoll.school.nz or phone 0274 313 555.
Ash-Dance 2013 Monday 25 March, 7:00pm Ashburton Trust Event Centre
(Pictured left): new students singing a waiata tautoko in support of the speaker, Tipene Philip (Head of Māori), on behalf of the manuhiri. Tautoko translates to support.
(Pictured above right): Boys’ group performing a haka tautoko in support of the Principal’s, Grant McMillan, speech on behalf of tangata whenua.
All Styles of Dance – from Ballet to Hip Hop, Class Groups, Cultural groups, solo performances. Tickets will be available at the College - gold coin donation. Book this in your diary and look in the next newsletter for further details.
Friday 08 March, 7:30pm - 10:30pm, Ashburton Sports Hall, Tancred Street.
Similarly, students in all of the other years need to be aware of the importance of starting the year off in a positive manner in order to achieve well. For Year 12 students it is especially important that you all realise how much this year influences Year 13.
This important annual event in the culture of the College took place on Friday 01 February, week one of the new College year.
We are looking for host families for the students. Some will be placed in pairs and others on their own. Some remuneration is paid to our host families.
Vision Ashburton College provides a learning environment built on three Pillars of Excellence incorporating Exceptional Learning, Exemplary Citizenship and Exciting Opportunities.
Pōwhiri – Manuhiri Welcome
This is a wonderful opportunity for not only the Thai students to learn about our culture and to speak English, but also for our students to interact with students from another culture.
Ashburton College Japan Tour Group Fundraiser Disco for College Year 9 and 10 Students
Mission Statement
Some of the group followed this exercise with a half hour cruise out onto the Lake, enjoying the cool breeze and spectacular scenery. Others split into groups and rotated around the activities of swimming in the hot pools or the Lake, in-line skating and the tube park.
(Left) The Senior Planner Cover created by Year 13 student Amy Blair
“Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment”
Years 12 and 13 especially will have its distractions with House events, the Ball and many other activities. I am sure you will all see the importance of achieving a balance in your life so that you are successful in all your undertakings.
Everyone will be aware of the Novopay debacle all schools have been experiencing, and unfortunately this looks like it will be an on-going problem for some time to come. The amount of time being expended by College staff in attempting to minimise the impact on teachers has been immense and those people deserve a medal for their efforts. Unfortunately the time spent on this has meant that other
The Planners have useful information in them for both parents/caregivers and students.
Whilst many of us adults are now struggling to remember the recent summer break we may have had, one or two of our students appear to be holding onto theirs for as long as possible! Symptoms appear to include taking as long as possible to walk to College in the morning, or even not quite getting there. Thank you to those local businesses and agencies who contact the College when they find one or two of our students on their premises during the day. We are more than happy to come and collect them, and then work with the student and their family to ensure that the young person stops putting their own learning at risk.
Year 9 Ropes Courses Annually Year 9 students travel to Geraldine High School with their Family Form Teacher, Student Peer Support leaders and parent/caregiver helpers to experience, class by class, a day on the course, under the watchful eye of experienced instructors. From the challenges of the day team work, team building, trust and confidence grow, strengthening and building class relationships.
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On the first of these days for this year, Liz Pollock’s 9RK Family Form went through the progression of arrival, confidence and team building steps (pictured) at the venue.
Tickets will be on sale at College, on the Chessboard, at lunchtime Friday 01 March and Tuesday 05 March. Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase at the event.
Year 9 students are strongly encouraged to participate in these days and we look forward to the remaining Year 9 Family Forms enjoying their days (as per the dates listed in the Calendar).
Ashburton College Netball Club Annual General Meeting - Monday 25 February 2013, 7:30pm. At Menorlue (College Campus, near the Community Pool).
NEW MEMBERS MOST WELCOME. Any enquiries/apologies to Helen Harnett, 307 1515
Events Leadership Camp 2013 Ron Carlson, Year 13 Tutor and key organiser of the Camp tells us that on Wednesday 30 January sixty of our budding senior students headed off for the annual Leadership Camp, held at Living Springs, Banks Peninsula. During the two and a half days students undertook a variety of activities that challenged their group work, communication skills and leadership styles. The variety of challenges gave opportunity to also observe their peers’ performance. Given the leadership positions available for senior students at the College, and the responsibility they hold, it was stressed that students needed to look for the attributes in their peers that would make good leaders and to consider who best suited the different roles to be filled.
Congratulations NZQA Scholarship Recipients Ashburton College is delighted to report on five scholarships gained by four 2012 Year 13 students. The students are commended and congratulated on their significantly high level of achievement as are the teaching staff who supported their development. Annually approximately 3% of Year 13 students gain a scholarship.
Scholarship Recipients were: Heather Holdaway Two Scholarships: Art History; Photography
By the end of the camp students had voted for the two Co-Captains of each House and students had put names forward for the Student Executive for which speeches were to be given to Senior School students back at College. A full list of student leaders will be included in our next newsletter.
Jackson Hood
As a group the students were considerate, efficient and (Pictured above, left to right) The grass worked very effectively together. A good sign for the ski group of Sarah Tait, Kaitlyn Nepe, Joe Brown and Georgia Clarke. 2013 year.
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(Pictured right, left side of the web) Working on the Spider’s Web are Abbey Marshall, Nick Ralston, Hannah Waters and Courtney Van Der Eik (obscured). Being passed through the web is Jess Pelayo. (Right side of the web, left to right) Shaun Stagg (back to the camera) and Jackie Tait.
Clara Watson Classical Studies
Attendance at College - NCEA Results
New Zealand Elite and Under 19 Track Cycling Championships
Attendance is extremely important towards passing NCEA Levels. Statistics show that NCEA achievement is unlikely if a student’s attendance is below 80%.
Please note the following requirements of Year 13 Students
Attendance is required at College throughout the College day – this includes study time. Year 13 Students are not permitted to be off-site during study periods. They are to be involved in study in either the Library or the Study Room (above the Cafeteria). This year the study room is being equipped with new computers to enable research and assignments to be undertaken. Year 13 students do however have the privilege of being able to be off-site during lunchtimes, without a lunch pass, but students must wear their Year 13 Badge. Andrea Pearce Deputy Principal, Senior Student Responsibility
(Pictured above, left to right): Instructions to the blind-folded. Josh Heney, Laura Forbes, Hannah Waters ‘barking instructions’ and Jess Bensdorp ‘praying for forgiveness’.
Ashburton College students Frances Smith, Julia Tarbotton, Josh Connor and Brendan Whalley were in Invercargill from 31 January – 3 February competing at the above Championships.
New Zealand Champion title reclaimed Pictured right, at the Medal Ceremony is Frances Smith, winner of the 7.5km scratch race and New Zealand Champion once again!
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Issue 02, February 18, 2013
Congratulations Equestrian
Forthcoming Events
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New Zealand Horse and Pony Grand Prix - ‘Ride the Rhythm’ Equestrian Extravaganza Ride the Rhythm was a world first event combining a night of equestrian and music entertainment and was the first equestrian competition to be held in the new multipurpose indoor Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin. The event was masterminded by Hawkes Bay businessman, Graeme Hansen, organiser of the annual Horse of the Year Show, as he initiated the Equestrian Extravaganza alongside the popular 70’s group “The Hollies�. The crowd of approximately 7000 were treated to some exceptional jumping. Horse and Pony Grand Prix riders were invited to compete in this prestigious event, and included two of Ashburton College’s students, who competed against New Zealand’s best on a course set at 1.20m which is equivalent to a 2 Star Event. Both riders performed very well. Emma Waite (pictured left) riding Spring Brooke finished 5th overall.
Ashburton College entered three teams in the Aoraki Secondary Schools’ Tennis Championships held in Timaru on Tuesday 12 February, with very good results.
Qualification for the South Island Secondary Schools’ Tennis Championships
1st place was gained by the mixed team of (pictured right, left to right) Ryan Hampton, Stacey Hopwood (Team Captain), Aidan Mitchell and Ashleigh Leonard, who were convincing in their victories, securing entry into the South Island Secondary Schools’ Tennis Championships to be held in Timaru, 1-3 March. Boys’ Division 3rd place overall was gained by (pictured below, left to right) Connor Brosnahan, German exchange student, Leander Kolb, Bradley Chisnall and Nic Jansen who teamed up in the Boys’ Division and placed third overall.
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Kimberley Bird (pictured right) riding Brenwood Stevie James finished 6th overall.
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March National Show Jumping Championships Held at McLeans Island Equestrian Centre in Christchurch the competition was run over 3 days (8 – 10 February). Australian and North Island riders who competed in the Ride the Rhythm Extravaganza stayed on for these Championships which boosted rider numbers and provided competition equivalent to the Horse of the Year, which happens in Hastings in March. All riders start on zero points. Any rails dropped or stops at fences incur faults or penalties. The rider with the least number of penalties after the three days of competition is declared the winner. Twenty young pony riders were competing for the National Pony 1.10 Championship. Ashburton College riders Emma Waite and Alisha Bota collected minor placings in the Show Jumping and Show Hunter classes respectively.
Girls’ Competition A 3rd place result was also gained by Christal Brosnahan, Larissa Allan, Beth Muir and Shannon Crequer after narrowly missing out on second place, going down to eventual winners, Mt. Hutt College.
Ashburton College Cricket Played in the Ashburton Domain on Saturday 9 February Ashburton College was delighted to come away with a win against St Bede’s 1st Xl. Ashburton College lost the toss and were asked to field by St Bede’s College’s opening bowlers were able to make early inroads and get into St Bede’s middle order earlier than St Bede’s would have expected.
1st and 2nd placings were gained by Year 9 student Jaimee Bird (pictured right). Jaimee had two ponies in this competition and she finished 1st with Bucc A Boo and 2nd with Showtym Image.
Jack Dudley led the way and ended with the excellent figures of 3 - 22 off 10 overs. A Kieran Hunt prize wicket came at just the right time to allow College to pick up regular wickets and end St Bede’s innings well short of the stipulated 50 overs.
Older sister Kimberley Bird riding Brenwood Stevie James finished 5th in the 1.20 Pony Championship.
Batting, College got underway quickly with Jordan Scott-Wells and Tom Dudley taking 15 off St Bede’s 2nd over and, despite losing a couple of quick wickets, College was always well ahead of the required run-rate. Kieran Hunt gained a well compiled 34 and with two of our most experienced players at the wicket, Jack Dudley and Shaun Stagg, College always felt they had the game in hand. Dudley and Stagg saw us through without any further losses to register our first win of the season.
Bates New Zealand Dressage Championships 2013 Katie Read - 2nd placed nationally in both the Level 1 and Level 3 Under 17 Competition (classed as a High Points placing).
After three comprehensive losses, this was just what the team needed – (pictured left, back row, left to right). Mark Mably, Edze Bierema, Kieran Hunt, Josh Gill, Jack Meyrick (Captain), Shaun Stagg (Vice-Captain), Jack Dudley, Tom Dudley, Scott Punselie, Mike O’Callaghan (Coach)
Katie rode Level 1 on Fairview Free Spirit and Pepee in the Level 3 Competition. Within the competition Katie was riding against adult riders with her results placing her in the top third of the adult riders.
South Island Rowing Championships, Lake Ruataniwha Ashburton College Rowing crews had a strong showing at these Championships with rowers qualifying for ten A Finals and four B Finals. Medal Results were – Gold:
Kate Hayman
Girls’ Under 17 Single
Silver:
Kate Hayman and Georgia Lysaght Matt Beveridge
Girls’ Under 17 Double Boys’ Under 16 Single
Bronze: Kate Hayman and Georgia Lysaght
Girls’ Under 17 Pair
At the time of publishing this newsletter the Rowing Team was preparing for the Canterbury Mazda Regatta at Lake Hood over the weekend just past.
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Air Pistol Shooting Mainland Summer Graded Competition Braden Kell 1st Junior Air Pistol match. 2nd Men’s Air Pistol match.
(Front Row, left to right): Jordan ScottWells, Kirk Chettleburgh, Sam Whiting. Absent: Michael Burton and Deon Biggs. The College team members are proudly wearing their new vests kindly donated by a generous benefactor, a gesture which is greatly appreciated.
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APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF AUCTIONEER'S LICENCE I, Paul M Brown of South Island Dairy Farmers 2012 Ltd, hereby give notice that I have applied to the District Court at Ashburton for a renewal of a licence under the Auctioneers Act 1928 to carry on business as an Auctioneer from 114 Victoria Street, Ashburton. The application for renewal will be heard at the above Court after one month from the 11th day of February 2013, the date of the first publication of this notice. Any person who is entitled to object to the grant of this renewal application may, within one month of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in the prescribed form of his objection and of the grounds thereof at the District Court, Baring Square West, Ashburton Dated this 18th day of February 2013. Signed Paul M Brown. This is the second publication of this notice.
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Parramatta talisman Jarryd Hayne has revealed he’ll enter the 2013 NRL campaign in the best physical shape since he was a teenager. The NSW star sat out the Eels’ 44-4 trial defeat by the Wests Tigers on Saturday, underlining once again his importance to the team who’ve won just three times in his absence in four seasons. The Eels finished bottom of the ladder in 2012 and claimed a first wooden spoon in 37 years with Hayne featuring on just 12 occasions. A knee injury sustained in a trial against Penrith last year hindered the fullback for much of the year, but he still managed to score eight tries and help his side to four of their six victories. The 25-year-old looked sharp in the NRL All Stars clash in Brisbane, scoring a long-range try, and said his decision to miss the Tigers game is not something he would’ve done in the past. “I didn’t play last night as so I could have two weeks to recover from the All Stars game,” Hayne said on Sunday. “It’s one of those things, I like to be on the field, I don’t really like training. When I actually did my knee it was during a game. “It’s something I’ve had to learn. It’s one thing good that did come out of last year, I now know when to hold back and when to push my body.” New Eels coach Ricky Stuart told Hayne he needed to be the fittest
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he’s ever been if he wanted to stay at fullback. Stuart has previously said he felt Hayne’s best long-term position was five-eighth. And the former NSW coach has been true to his word, subjecting the representative star to his toughest ever pre-season. “It’s been tough, some of the sessions are right up there with the hardest things I have ever done,” he said. “I’ve pushed my body to the point that I haven’t been able to in preseasons in the past. “It’s my first full pre-season since I was 17 and that has been the most pleasing thing about it, I feel really strong. “There’s another trial next week against Penrith. I’ll play in that and then head into round one in great shape.” Eels halfback Chris Sandow has told fans not to take too much notice of Saturday’s heavy defeat. “We’ll be alright, it’s a trial game,” Sandow said. “We’ve got a bit to work on, but getting things right for round one is more important than the trials.” Sandow struggled to live up to expectations last year following his big-money move from South Sydney, but said he feels a lot more comfortable 12 months on. “There was a lot of expectation on me and I found it a bit hard,” Sandow said. “But I am a lot happier now and feel like I did when I had a strong year at Souths in 2011 going into the new season.” - AAP
Swim team beats odds The club without their own pool, QEII have again won the top club prize at the State New Zealand Junior Swimming Championships yesterday. The QEII Swim Club dominated the two-day competition held jointly at Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre at Kilbirnie and the Westwave Aquatic Centre in Waitakere, Auckland. The club lost the use of their pool in the earthquakes, and currently use the facilities at Jellie Park. They were top club last year and repeated
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that effort in a strong performance with 1028 points ahead of the powerful North Shore club with 688, United (Auckland) 546, Stratford 508, Coast (Whangaparaoa) 501, King’s (Auckland) 429, Otumoetai (Tauranga) 370, Howick Pakuranga 341, SwimZone (Hutt Valley) 324 and Wharenui (Christchurch) 321. The championships attracted a record 92 clubs. “We are delighted with the development of this meet,” said Swimming New Zealand Events Manager Kent Stead. - APNZ
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Winter Olympics a point of national pride for Russia One year before Russia hosts its first Winter Olympics, the Black Sea resort of Sochi is a vast construction site sprawling for nearly 40 kilometres along the coast and 50 kilometres up into the mountains. After arriving at Sochi’s new airport, there’s no escape from the clang and clatter of the drilling, jackhammering and mixing of cement that drowns out the hum of the sea and the birdsong. For Russia and its leadership, the 2014 Sochi Games is not just a major sports event but a point of national pride. President Vladimir Putin has made the Olympics his personal project and, determined to use them to showcase a powerful and prosperous Russia, has spared no expense to make sure the games are a success. Putin was in Sochi recently to preside over a lavish celebration marking the one-year countdown to the opening ceremony on February 7, 2014. “The project is under his permanent control and we enjoy the full government support,” Sochi organising committee head Dmitry Chernyshenko said. “This really is his games because he recognises the power of these games, the greatest ever catalyst to accelerate positive change.” The current overall price tag for the games is $51 billion, more than four times as much as Russia estimated when it was awarded the Olympics in 2007. This would make Sochi the most expensive Olympics in history, surpassing the $40 billion that China is believed to have splashed out for the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing. For Sochi, at least half the money is coming from state coffers, with most of the rest being put forward by state-controlled companies and Russian tycoons. The costs are high because they include extensive infrastructure development in addition to construction of the Olympic venues, almost all of which had to be built from scratch. Most of the sports venues have already been completed or will be in the next few months, while
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An aerial view of the Olympic Park as construction works continue in the lead up to the upcoming winter games in Sochi, Russia. With just one year till the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic 2014 Sochi Games, the Black Sea resort of Sochi is a vast construction site.
The Black Sea resort of Sochi, the host of the 2014 Winter Olympics, may currently be a vast construction site, but just under one year out from the games Nataliya Vasilyeva found that a lot of the venues and competitor villages are already completed and being put to the test.
armies of workers are busy building hotels and additional Olympic facilities, including two of the three athletes’ villages and the media centre. Almost every major street and highway is affected by road works, further snarling the traffic that can make a 25-kilometre ride into town from the airport take more than two hours. The sheer scale of the construction is staggering, but the head of the local organising committee is confident that everything will be ready for the games. “We’re building all the infrastructure right on schedule and within the budget,” Chernyshenko said. The 2014 Games, which run through until February 23, will feature more than 3000 athletes competing in seven sports and 15 disciplines for a total of 98 medal events. The sports programme includes 12 new events, including women’s ski jumping and slopestyle snowboarding and skiing. This city in southern Russia once seemed an unusual choice for the Winter Games. With its lush
sub-tropical climate, Sochi was previously known only as a summer sea resort where hotels with rude Soviet-style service catered to undemanding tourists from provincial Russia. The snow-capped peaks to the north-east saw little downhill skiing, an elitist and unpopular sport in Soviet times. But in recent years, the mountains above the city have been transformed into a modern ski resort, with cable cars, cozy chalets and new hotels. Free wi-fi is ubiquitous, even at 2300 metres. Russia hopes the games will put Sochi on the map as a year-round international resort. “It’s (a) once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the country and for the entire region,” Chernyshenko said. “Preparations for the games are like a magic wand. Once you’ve waved with it, you can really accelerate the changes and speed up all the processes.” All of the indoors sports, including figure skating, speed skating, ice hockey and curling, will be held down on the Black Sea coast in five new arenas which have already
The inside view of the Adler-arena speed skating venue at the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi
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TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) Mercury and Mars are not quite totally in sync this week, but enough to help you to really start to think about your future hopes. This is boosted by the arrival of the Sun in this area too. Strangely, for a day or two, your recent clarity may get mired in selfdoubts or uncertainty. The trick is not to listen to negative voices coming from outside. Trust your judgement.
GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) Do you ever wonder how people see or perceive you? If you do, the next few weeks can be a time when you can do much to raise your profile and to interact with life’s movers and shakers. If you are an ambitious Twin, this may see you pushing for a new job or a promotion. At home, you may find yourself becoming more assertive, perhaps with the kids.
CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) You may have thought about getting away from it all recently and now you can find the wherewithal to do exactly that. But any new interest or hobby can be just as cathartic as a change of scene. So if you are more constrained by work or family life, don’t feel that variety and options are the domains only of others. Be bold and be progressive.
been completed. The only remaining arena to be commissioned is the Olympic Stadium, where the opening and closing ceremonies will be held. This winter and spring, Sochi is hosting 22 test events at the same venues where the Olympic athletes will compete next year. Cross-country skiers who took part in a recent test event praised the courses but said they were taken aback by the high level of security. “I’ve never been in a place where there’s this much security, this many security officers, this many checkpoints,” said Noah Hoffman, a member of the US cross-country ski team. “It’s two-fold: It makes you feel very safe, but at the same time it’s a little bit of a hassle. I don’t know if there’s a big security threat here, but they certainly have everything under control.” From the entrance to the cable car at the foot of the mountain to the slopes at the top, security guards and volunteers checked credentials every step of the way. Athletes, journalists and the few spectators who attended the test events were stopped when getting onto a shuttle bus or snowmobile, and again when they arrived at their destination. During a single journey, it wasn’t unusual for a badge to be meticulously scrutinised at least a dozen times. Guards with assault rifles and German shepherds patrolled the sports venues in groups, although they did not approach visitors and seemed to try to keep a low profile. Chernyshenko said the security measures would be exactly the same during the games and insisted that they were no different from those taken at past Olympics held elsewhere in the world. Russia is wary of an Islamic insurgency that has long trou-
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LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) You might find yourself developing a rather more determined mindset this week. Suddenly you can get the urge to make some dramatic changes. This could see you relying on your instincts more, and if you generally tend to be a risk-adverse Lion it could be quite a thrill. Yet don’t be too gung-ho for the next day or so. Neptune can still confuse.
VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) The Sun moves into your opposite sign tomorrow, joining Mercury and Mars. In time this collection of energy can see you more assertive. However, with the dreamy energies of Neptune lying in wait, it’s possible that you will encounter doubts or uncertainties about a relationship issue. Soon enough your mind will clear, as will the way forwards.
Part of the ski resort constructions in Krasnaya Polyana near the Black Sea resort of Sochi. bled a patchwork of predominant- tect our tourists from any danger,” competing in alpine skiing is still ly Muslim republics located on Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov under construction, as is the one the other side of the mountain said. “I’m confident that our for skaters and other athletes who range. The insurgency began in Olympics are going to be the safest will be based on the coast. The Chechnya during separatist wars ones ever.” third Olympic village, however, is with Moscow in the 1990s and Another concern for Sochi is close to completion and housed spread throughout the region. the weather. The snowfall this the cross-country skiers during In Dagestan, the current epi- winter has been abundant, but the recent test events. Hoffman was impressed by the center of the violence, bombings the Russians have made continand shootings targeting police and gency plans in light of the warm spaciousness of the rooms in the other officials occur almost daily. weather and rain that disrupted chalet where he stayed, but his In recent years, however, the terror some of the freestyle skiing and first shower sent water streaming attacks have largely been confined snowboarding events at the 2010 into the room below. Even though workmen arrived to fix the plumbto the North Caucasus region, Vancouver Games. rarely spilling out into the rest of The Rosa Khutor resort, which ing, he decided not to use the Russia. will host the Alpine skiing and shower for fear it might leak again. His American teammate, Jessie To the south of Sochi along the other events, has one of the biggest Black Sea coast lies Abkhazia, a snow-making systems in Europe, Diggins, whose room was directly breakaway part of Georgia allied according to its managing direc- under Hoffman’s, said such glitchwith Russia, which has troops tor, Alexander Belokobylsky. The es are nothing to worry about. “Everywhere you go there’s going stationed there. Georgia lost its resort has two water reservoirs last remaining bit of territory in and 400 snow generators installed to be one or two little kinks, nothAbkhazia during a brief war with along the slopes. Rosa Khutor also ing is going to be perfect, but Russia in 2008. Relations between stores snow through the summer, I think they’ll be done,” Diggins Russia and Georgia are only now keeping it packed and under a said. “It’s really impressive how beginning to thaw. tight insulated cover, and plans fast they were able to put together “I can assure you that law to store 150,000 cubic metres of all this infrastructure. I think with one year to go we’ll have even enforcement agencies are taking snow for the games. - AP unprecedented measures to proThe Olympic village for athletes more.”
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LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) Your obligations to others are emphasized this week. However, in some ways this could put you in a bit of a quandary. You can be a people-pleaser bar none but if you feel that someone is pulling at your heartstrings and putting a guilt trip on you, you may find yourself withdrawing co-operation. Yet if you sense a deserving cause you will be unstinting.
SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) With the Sun entering your sector of energy this week, usually at this time of year your drive increases. Yet with Saturn in your sign starting a five and a half month reversal today, the trick is to ensure you use what you do have in a really focused way. Trying to take on more and more tasks could prove counterproductive. Less is more.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) There is a tendency with many Archers to focus very much on the here and now or the future. The exception to this is when you are talking about ancient history or philosophies. However typical of this you are, you may find that other people increasingly focus on past events or sensitive subjects that you prefer not to look at.
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CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) Be clear in what you think and say this week. A more direct, even impatient, side of your personality can take hold, which may not be a bad thing. What will be less helpful, however, is if your facts are not quite correct. Then you could be accused of trying to bluster. Yet if you are set to attend a course, seminar or training scheme, this can be an excellent time to do so.
AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) You can improve your lot in life Aquarius. We all like to think that some random piece of luck will help us to do this, and with Jupiter sparkling in a great sector for the next four or so months you can be hopeful. But a greater guarantee of success will come from unstinting application. Be totally earthy in your approach and see where it leads.
PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) Ready for blast-off Pisces? Okay, that may sound dramatic, but with the Sun about to give you a major jolt of rejuvenating energy, the next month can be very interesting indeed. The only catch is that today through to the weekend, your extraordinary ruler Neptune can see you highly sensitive to the point of losing sight of your goals.
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Vukona latest Breaker to steal show By Kris Shannon It’s one of the hallmarks of the Breakers’ 12-game winning streak and it’s what makes beating the defending champions akin to “getting your powerball number in Lotto”. Just when an opposition side thinks they have the league leaders figured out, just when a clever coach has come up with the perfect gameplan, someone in the New Zealand side will surprise. It happened in Friday night’s
win over Wollongong, when one American import (Will Hudson) was missing and the other (Cedric Jackson) was subdued. Mika Vukona decided it would be his night and poured in a career-high 24 points to set the tone early and seal the victory late. The previous week, it was Jackson’s crunch-time heroics against Sydney all but etching his name on the MVP trophy. A fortnight before that, it was Daryl Corletto scoring the first 14 points before returning to kill of the Kings. With every avenue of attack
an Australian club cuts off, the Breakers figure out a varying route towards victory. For every star who is restrained, a supporting player steps in and steals the show. “It’s good to see the guys stepping up at various times,” said coach Andrej Lemanis. “That’s our strength - we’ve got different people who can step in and help, different people who can step in and take over a game at different times and make critical plays.” Lemanis constantly preaches his club is 10-deep and, although the likes of Leon Henry and Corey
Webster are rarely seen late in a close contest, just how easily the Breakers coped without Hudson does support his argument. The back-up centre has been one of their best during the record winning run but, with an MCL tear in his left knee keeping him on the sidelines for at least a month, the Breakers will have to come up with new ways to find a now-familiar result. That started on Friday night, with Vukona indicating the advice from one the side’s leaders left him in attack mode and determined to
account for Hudson’s absence in the key. “CJ said to come out aggressive and, I think for the first time, I really listened to him,” he joked. “I just took it upon myself and things were just falling for me. Everyone encouraged me to shoot it so that’s what I did. “I just felt it, really.” He was still feeling in late in the fourth, when the Breakers’ lead had been trimmed from 15 to just three with 90 seconds left. His offensive board from a Tom Abercrombie miss and subsequent
three-point play sealed the game and illustrated, even when they’re on the ropes, just how hard it is to knock out the champs. “[It] would have been a great game to steal,” said Wollongong coach Gordie McLeod. “It would’ve been like getting your powerball number in Lotto. “[Vukona] is relentless. The amount of possession he gets and the energy he brings - at both ends of the floor. You want those guys on your team because they make everything happen.” - APNZ
Toomua takes baby steps in rugby comeback Brumbies playmaker Matt Toomua is applying some reverse psychology to his eagerly awaited Super Rugby comeback. Coach Jake White and former Wallabies mentor Eddie Jones have been among those to predict a breakout year for the 22-year-old, who missed all but three matches last year due to a knee reconstruction. The Australian No.10 jersey has been worn by many in recent years and an opportunity is there for both Toomua and fellow Brumby Christian Lealiifano - who have both been on the cusp in the past - to stake their claim ahead of the Lions tour and the Rugby Championship. But Toomua is treating his selection at five-eighth over Lealiifano to start the year with modest caution and is deliberately avoiding dreams about a Wallaby debut. “In the past it’s very easy to look at stuff like that but I played three games last year and the year before not many more,” Toomua told AAP. “I’m going to concentrate on playing more games and I think this will season will be better if I can get at least in double figures in terms of games. I know it’s a cliche, but that’s all I’m worried about.” Toomua started at five-eighth in the Brumbies’ opening round 24-6 win over Queensland in Canberra on Saturday night - pushing fellow comeback kid Lealiifano to inside centre. However, Toomua refuses to get ahead of himself despite a promising start against the Reds.
Australia midfielder Pat McCabe is due back from a neck injury within a month and Toomua says he’s on borrowed time in the starting line-up unless he can seize his chance. “I’m definitely under no illusions. Having Patty out probably helps my situation,” he said. “It’s good having Christian there because I know he’s every bit as good as any other No.10 in Australia and he keeps me honest.” Jones believes Toomua and Lealiifano can become the best midfield playmaking combination in Australian Super Rugby. They are certainly tight enough, having come through rehabilitation together last year when Lealiifano missed the back half of 2013 with a broken ankle. Both ran the ball strongly to the line against the Reds and in the second half gave the ball a bit of width - something that wasn’t always a part of Brumbies last year when they fell agonisingly short of the finals. “Hopefully we can keep doing that (spreading wide). As players we always want to do that, but it’s a case of making sure you win the game,” he said. “It’s our second year in terms of the team getting together and hopefully that will allow us to play a bit more footy. I know how good Christian is at 10 let alone at 12.” Captain Ben Mowen said Toomua and Lealiifano’s efforts against the Reds after such serious injuries, showed the pair were “mentally tough”. - AAP
Kim Marshall (left) leads the way in the Women on Wheels 76km race on her way to a win on Saturday. Photo Tetsuro Mitomo 160213-TM_087
Women on Wheels soak up sunshine By Jonathan Leask Ashburton’s Kim Marshall took out the Women on Wheels 75km feature on Saturday. The women-only bike event in Methven had over 200 women take to the road across three courses - 75km and 46km competitive races and a 29km social ride. Marshall came home first in the 67-strong field in 2 hours 12.13 minutes, with four seconds on runner-up Lisa Kristiansen of Christchurch and third placed Jessica
Kikstra, also of Christchurch. Reefton’s Corina Wilson was a further second back in fourth with Sara Harnett fifth. Amberley teenager Gabrielle Gray took out the 46km race with eight seconds on runner-up Kate Colbran in 1hr 23.35mins. Ashburton’s Sherre Bowles came in third in the 74-srtong field. The biggest event of the day was the noncompetitive 29km event with 86 ladies lining up for the fun pedal around the outskirts of Methven. Women on Wheels organiser Simon Hampton was impressed with the calibre of
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World No5-ranked mountain biker Brook McDonald claimed his first national title in the BikeNZ downhill championships in Rotorua yesterday. McDonald will be able to wear the national colours in Europe this year for his new Trek World Racing team after recovering from a near-crash on the famed national downhill track in the Whakarewarewa Forest. Christchurch lawyer Amy Laird was most surprised when she took out the women’s title, with the championships bringing down the curtain on the successful inaugural Rotorua Bike Festival. McDonald, 21, from Hawkes Bay, topped the qualifiers in the seeding run, with Lapierre International professional Sam Blenkinsop of Wanganui puncturing in his run. Blenkinsop, who won the BikeNZ Mountain Bike Cup round in Auckland last weekend, set the standard with a superb 2:49.90 effort to grab the top spot. He remained in pole position until the final run from McDonald who blitzed the course in 2:47.22. “It’s my first ever national champs title so I am pretty stoked. “I made one pretty big mistake up the top. I was pretty sure I was going down. I don’t know how I rode out. I was pretty lucky and I knew from there I had to make up time. “For the amount of training I’ve been able to do with a back issue and a lot of travelling, I still have my fitness so it is super-cool and great to be back on the top step.” Blenkinsop finished second, with Frenchman Bruni Luc the third fastest in 2:51.05, but Kawerau’s Matt Walker claimed the national championship bronze medal with the international rider ineligible for New Zealand honours. Two-time world champion Emmeline Ragot of France, ranked No 2 in the world, was in a class of her own in the women’s race with a superb 3:14.21 effort with England’s Jess Stone second fastest. But the title fell to Christchurchbased Laird, her first national downhill title, after deciding to limit her riding to domestic competition after several years on the international circuit. She clocked an outstanding 3:31.70 to be half a second faster than favoured Alanna Columb.
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competition in the competitive grades and the turnout in the social ride. “It was good to see some close racing but great to see some people get on the bike that would not have if it was a race,” Hampton said. “Hopefully we can get a few more of them to give the 46km a go next time, if there is a next time.” Women on Wheels future is dependent on whether or not Girls on Bikes plans to return next year with Hampton’s event was devised as a “gap-filler” while Girls on Bikes went to the North Island this year.
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Allenton and Fairton remain locked on top of the table in the second round of Open A Grade tennis. Three teams went into the fourth round tied on 17 points but Allenton and Fairton claimed 5-1 wins while Hampstead suffered their second defeat in the round to slip to third after taking out the first round. Dorie caused the upset 4-2 win over a new-look Hampstead, with Tom Deeley the only regular in the line-up. Dorie’s Rhys Cromie and Don Lake combined for a 6-3, 6-3 win over Deeley and Murray Amyes but Hampstead’s Matt Bubb and A grade debutant Mary-Anne Thyne were too good for Todd Boag and Jess McCloy 6-1, 6-1. In the singles Cromie kept his unbeaten streak going but had to work hard for a convincing 6-3, 6-2 win over the tireless Deeley. Lake dealt with Amyes 6-1, 6-3, while Boag showed great fight in a come-from-behind win over Bubb 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8) to make the tie safe for Dorie. Thyne marked her A Grade debut with wins in both matches taking a 6-1, 6-2 win over McCloy but Dorie took it out 4-2 overall. Fairton handed Tinwald their fifth straight loss
5-1. The doubles went to Fairton as Peter Leonard and Dave Hampton held off Simon Jordan and Luke Glendining 6-3, 6-3 while Phil Crozier and Brad Chisnall overpowered Aidan Mitchell and Isaac Langley 6-3, 6-1. Leonard had a comfortable 6-2, 6-3 win over Jordan while the evergreen Crozier hit his straps to take down Glendining 6-1, 6-3 and Chisnall edged out Langley 6-3, 7-5. Mid Canterbury 14s number one Mitchell took the only win for Tinwald at number three with a tight 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 win over Hampton. Allenton were equally as impressive in beating Methven 5-1. Tony Brosnahan and Ashleigh Leonard combined for a 6-1, 4-6 win over Jayden Cromie and Ben Wright while Brentton Donaldson and James Wild held of a second set rally from James Watt and Jack Edgington for 6-1, 7-5 win. In the singles Cromie squandered a 6-1 3-0 lead to go down to Brosnahan 6-1, 6-7, 1-0. Leonard had a tough win over Wright 7-5, 6-3 and After winning his doubles Mid Canterbury 14s representative Wild made a notable debut taking out his singles match 6-0, 6-0 over Edgington. Watt, Mid Canterbury’s top 12s boy, also had good win 6-1, 6-4 over Donaldson for Methven’s only point.
Phoenix slump to another A-League loss Westpac Stadium has never looked so good for the Wellington Phoenix. After suffering another listless 2-0 loss to the Brisbane Roar at Suncorp Stadium last night, they have two home games in quick succession to look forward to before they play a “home” game in Dunedin on Sunday, March 3. After being thumped 5-0 by the Central Coast Mariners in the last round, the Phoenix will be keen to get back to the Cake Tin where they seem to find a new gear. They will meet Adelaide United at home next Sunday before hosting Newcastle in a mid-week fixture on February 27. Last night’s loss left the Phoenix at the bottom of the A-League ladder after 22 rounds and something needs to click for them in the coming weeks otherwise heads will have to roll. Wellington again looked off the pace against a Brisbane side who came into the game in ninth place. New recruit Corey Gameiro nearly made a dream start to his Wellington Phoenix career in the eighth
minute when he headed the ball into the back of the net but the linesman ruled out the goal for an earlier infringement by Gameiro on Brisbane defender Jade North. Replays proved the linesman was correct to make the call but an early goal would have done the Phoenix the world of good. Gameiro didn’t lack in confidence though, and the man who became the 71st player to don the Phoenix colours looked lively in the opening spell and wasn’t afraid to fire a shot on goal if the opportunity arose. The Phoenix probably looked the better of the two teams in the first 30 minutes but were caught out just after the half-hour mark when Brisbane midfielder Steven Lustica found himself unmarked at the top of the box and he latched on to a Shane Stefanutto cross to score. As the Phoenix looked to muster something in the second spell they gave the ball away at the back and Brisbane striker Besart Berisha wasted no time in doubling the lead for the home side as he buried his shot past goalkeeper Glen Moss.
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Guptill’s heroics clinch win for Black Caps ‘It was even stevens until the last seven overs and he (McCullum) took the game away from us’
By David Leggat Martin Guptill should have been resting a strained hamstring last night. Instead, with the opening ODI against England on the line, he limped out at the fall of the seventh New Zealand wicket to resume an innings cut short by the injury in the fifth over. Fittingly he hit the winning run with seven balls unbowled. The three-wicket win - 259 for seven chasing England’s 258 - gave a significant confidence boost to New Zealand for the rest of the ANZ international series. Guptill returned to an emotional roar from the Seddon Park crowd with 41 needed off 25 balls. The odds favoured England. However McCullum was in the mood for a carve up, Guptill’s situation and attitude to what was needed, provided the emotional lift, and in the end it was done with some comfort. So well did Guptill strike the ball, that he hit 24 runs off just 10 deliveries en route to 27 not out, including the winning run, followed by a hobbling leap and air punch. His captain Brendon McCullum, with an unbeaten 69 off 61 balls had his second consecutive personal triumph on Seddon Park, after last Tuesday’s T20 win, on the back of his 74 off 38 balls that night. Guptill, taking a short single,
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pulled up clutching the back of his left leg. He battled on a short time before limping off. That seemed to be the end of his night. “He was incredibly disappointed to pull up lame, but his striking ability at the end certainly helped us. I was very pleased he was able to hit the winning runs,” McCullum said of Guptill’s effort, and courage. England captain Alastair Cook lamented his team throwing away a strong start to their innings. That said, he still rated 258 a defendable target. “It was even stevens until the last seven overs and he (McCullum) took the game away from us,” Cook said. There was other grim news on the injury front for New Zealand, with left arm quick Mitchell McClenaghan ruled out for the rest of the series. He will have an MRI scan today to assess the full extent of his injury. He strained his side halfway through his 10th and final over, having taken four English wickets to carry on a remarkable start to his international career. His dejected trudge back to the pavil-
ion told a sad tale. Guptill’s heroics notwithstanding, his injury might potentially have longer term connotations. He is expected to open the batting in the first test at Dunedin, starting on March 6. He will miss the game in Napier on Wednesday and is being assessed today. The win was set up initially by the cool-headed Kane Williamson, with a compact 74, before being sent back by McCullum and run out. McCullum had some help from brother Nathan and Andrew Ellis on the push to the line, before Guptill’s memorable cameo. England had been in good shape when they reached 190 for three over 40 overs. However England fluffed their lines, and New Zealand stuck to the job and were rewarded in picking up the last six wickets in 37 balls for only 38 runs. Kyle Mills was the pick of the attack, demanding in an opening six-over spell and tidy later on, while another seasoned operator James Franklin picked up three wickets.
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Outright loss sinks cup campaign By Jonathan Leask Mid Canterbury suffered a third straight outright defeat in the Hawke Cup cricket competition losing to South Canterbury by eight wickets. Mid Canterbury went into the match looking to address the batting woes that hampered their first two Hawke Cup turnouts but they again paid the price of a poor first innings effort. South Canterbury was able to dismiss Mid Canterbury cheaply and produce a handy first innings lead to set up the outright win. Mid Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat but were in trouble by lunch at 106/6 and
were eventually all out for a 133. Captain Matt Winter made 53 batting at five and Matt Tait 21 at eight as only three batsmen made double figures while South Canterbury’s Matt Woods took 6/19 from 14 overs. South Canterbury then made steady progress toward a first innings win, surpassing Mid Canterbury’s total five down, and then set about building a lead. Rhys Phillips finished with figures of 6/86 from 28 overs with Tom Meyrick and Paul Warren taking two wickets each as Mid Canterbury managed to dismiss South Canterbury for 225, a lead of 92, before Mid Canterbury were 6/0 at stumps. Mid Canterbury lost Robbie Polson on the
Ko finishes third in Aussie Open College XI World No 1 amateur Lydia Ko has carded a three-over par 76 in the final round of the Australian Open today (Sun) to finish in third place in the ALPG event that was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour. The 15-year-old from the Gulf Harbour Country Club, who began tied for the lead with Jiyai Shin on 17 under par, finished four Lydia shots back from the South Korean professional as she tried to win two national opens in consecutive weeks. The New Zealand Open champion was overtaken by World No 1 Yani Tseng in the final round when the Taiwanese pro
shot a seven-under par 66 to climb into second place. Ko, who shot a course record 10 under par 63 and her career best score on day one, got off to a nervous start in the final round. She began with a double bogey at the opening par five and then followed that with a bogey on the second to allow Shin, who opened with birdie then par, to Ko establish a four shot lead. The Pinehurst School student bounced back with consecutive bogeys on the fourth and fifth to get back into the contest. She went onto make the turn in one over par.
Ko couldn’t get anything going on the back nine as she made three bogeys and a birdie to finish on 14-under par. She had rounds of 63, 69, 70 and 76 to finish as the leading amateur by eight shots from Australian Su-Hyun Oh. Still it was another remarkable week for the teenage golf sensation. She was once again a star performer in a field that included nine out of the top 20 professionals in the world. The World No 30 continued her remarkable record in professional events. From 13 events Ko has not missed a cut. She has won three titles, finished runner-up twice and third once. Her performance in Canberra once again underlined her status as one of the world’s most exciting young golfers. - APNZ
Tight T20 finish in pipeline By Jonathan Leask Four teams are still in the hunt for the Twenty20 final in Mid Canterbury senior cricket. The four-time defending champions Tech Sharks won both their matches against fellow final contenders Methven and Lauriston to move into the outright lead as Star old Boys also stumbled against Fairfield. With Allenton defaulting for a second week, Methven and Lauriston walked away with wins creating a three-way tie for second as Star still had a win over the Tech Stags to remain in the hunt. However, two-time runners-up Methven and Lauriston will line up in the final round this Saturday with Star up against Allenton, to determine who faces the Sharks in the final, if the Sharks get up against Coldstream. Tech Stags v Star Old Boys A four off the last ball gave the Old Boys a three-wicket win over the Stags. The Stags made 164/4 with Hayden Sinclair making 81 and Joe Peters 29. Armand van der Eik took 2/18 for Star before scoring 44 with the bat to guide Star towards the total. Brian Kerr also added 33 but it was a crucial 21 not out from Guy Gibson that was the difference - needing two runs of the last ball Gibson found the boundary rope to seal the win. Tech Sharks v Lauriston The Sharks claimed the win over Lauriston with two balls to spare. Lauriston made 106 with Jeremy Duckmanton top scoring with 33. Jason Morrison made 28 and Matt Miller finished up 19 not out as the Sharks passed the target seven wickets down with two balls left in the last over. Coldstream v Fairfield Fairfield had no trouble putting away a depleted Coldstream. Coldstream made 89 with Ben Frederickson 23 and Paul Harrison 21 while with the ball
dispatched by slick Christ’s side By Jonathan Leask
A week after claiming their first win of the new season, the Ashburton College 1st XI crashed back down to earth with a heavy defeat to Christ’s College on Saturday. Christ’s College made a big total and it proved well out of reach for an Ashburton College side that produced their top total of 137 to beat St Bedes the previous week. Former Mid Cantabrian James Southby scored 30 at the top of the innings as Christ’s got on top to be 90/2. A double strike from Scott Punselie and a second wicket for Deon Biggs soon had the hosts in trouble at 92/5 in the 23rd over but a 104-run sixth wicket partnership got Christ’s back in control as they compiled an imposing 240/9 in their 50 overs. Punselie finished with 3/17 from his 10 overs with Biggs and Jack Dudley both taking two wickets. Mid Canterbury made a strong start with Jordan Scott-Wells and Tom Dudley almost seeing off the first 10 overs before Scott-Wells fell for 11 on the final ball of the ninth over and Dudley followed for 12 the next over for college to be 30/2. The wickets then fell regularly and partnerships were hard to come by as college was dismissed for 97, with Kieran Hunt making a dogged 20, in a 143-run defeat.
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Star Old Boys’ Bevan Forrest looks to find the boundary against the Tech Stags in the Mid Canterbury senior Twenty20 cricket competition on Saturday. Fairfield’s Brent Ferguson took 4/18 and Ryan Cockburn 3/9. Bo Houston made the 36 and was the only man out as Cockburn led Fairfield home with 36 not out for a nine-wicket win. Star Old Boys v Fairfield Fairfield was only just able to defend 156 as Star was unable to repeat their final over heroics a second time falling four runs short. Rob Coyle made 38 and Dylan Shore 22 in their 156/9, with Star’s Scott Stringer 2/22. Guy Gibson made 45 and Kurt Graham 29 as Star went close but fell four runs short finishing up 152/5, with Ryan Cockburn taking 3/15. Methven v Tech Sharks For the third time this season the
Sharks smashed Methven on their home turf. Methven managed their highest total against the Sharks this season posting 112 but it wasn’t enough. Joe Wise took 3/3 off three overs but the Sharks batsmen made light work of the target chasing it down in in 12 overs after Sam Hurley smashed 79 for a nine wicket win. Tech Stags v Coldstream Joe Peters took to the weakened Coldstream bowling attack smashing an unbeaten 157 in a comprehensive 108-run win. Peters dealt to the wayward bowling attack as he produced a stunning 157 aided by Nick Wilson with 33 in the imposing total of 207/4. Coldstream was only able to muster 99 in reply.
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second ball of the second day and it was all downhill from there to be reeling at 55/4 at lunch. In danger of losing by an innings Mid Canterbury produced some resistance to get through to 119, a lead of 27. Mid Canterbury showed some fight taking two early wickets, with Phillips taking a seventh scalp for the match, to have South Canterbury 14/2 but it was only delaying the inevitable as South Canterbury took the outright win by eight wickets. Woods was the star performer for the visitors with 10 wickets for the match. Mid Canterbury now stare down a winless campaign as they head south to take on defending zone champions Southland in Invercargill this weekend.
Carrington still in medal form Olympic gold medallist Lisa Carrington has shown no signs of ring rust in her first hit-out in a K1 since picking up her medal at the London Olympics. The 23-year-old has been on a six-month sabbatical from the sport although she hasn’t been completely idle taking part in her original passion, surf lifesaving. However, Carrington was back in action on Tikitapu (Blue Lake) at the weekend for the New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships which are also doubling as the International Canoe Federation Oceania sprint champs. The pocket rocket was at her gold medal winning best in both the women’s K1 500 and 200m events. Carrington showed her class in the finals of the women’s 500m race on Saturday, holding off an early challenge from Australian Hannah Davis. However, Carrington moved into a strong position at the front of the field and continued through to win the race by a margin of 1.1
seconds ahead of the Australian. Teneale Hatton produced a strong performance to finish third ahead of another Australian Jo BridgenJones. The Olympian repeated the performance yesterday in her favoured event the women’s K1 200m event. Powering away to win in a time of 39.81 seconds almost 2 seconds ahead of Australians Jo Bridgo-Jones (41.41) and Hannah Davis (41.65). Racing for her club. The next Kiwi paddler home was Rachel Dodwell (42.19) in fourth and Jamie Lovett (43.23) in fifth. Eastern Bay Canoe Racing, Carrington said she was happy to be back out on the water. “I was a little bit sore for the first race but It’s good to be back on home soil so to speak. You couldn’t go anywhere else in the world and it would be like this.” Carrington said being back amongst her club mates was always special. “It’s really cool to have young kids coming through.” - APNZ
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Medals mount for college rowers Steve Beveridge pleased with the medal haul and overall performance of the squad. “The boats that had been performing consistently kept it up and the ones that needed to pick it up a bit came to the party,” Beveridge said. “The progression, from the heats to the finals, was a bit easier due to numbers but there was some
By Jonathan Leask Ashburton College rowers claimed seven medals at the Canterbury Mazda Secondary Schools Regatta at Lake Hood over the weekend. College claimed three gold, two silver and two bronze with Ashburton College rowing coach
good competition and some close racing out there.” Kate Hayman continued her strong season with gold in the women’s under 17 single and Matthew Beveridge came up with a win in the men’s under 16 single. Beveridge added another gold when he teamed up with Adam Hodge in the under 18 lightweight double, and claimed silver with
Matthew Rae in the under 16 double. Hayman also collected a silver teaming up with Georgia Lysaght in the under 17 double and they combined again for bronze in the under 18 pair. The under 18 novice four of Sean McCormack, Mark Tait, Benji Barry and Lachie Davidson with cox Madeline Davidson also claimed bronze.
There was also a fourth place finish for the women’s under 16 four of Jessica Jary, Jemma Rotch, Olivia Fleming and Lysaght. The Canterbury champs were the first secondary school regatta of the season as the schools begin to ramp up before the national rowing champs, the Maadi Cup, at Lake Karapiro with the next step the South Islands at Lake
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Japanese set to welcome Carter The pulling power of Japanese rugby will be felt again, with Daniel Carter likely to become the next star All Black to sign up for a short stint in the Land of the Rising Sun. Carter is understood to have rejected the advances of French giants Toulon and Racing Metro, who were desperate to sign him for six months next year, and he has made it clear that if he takes a sabbatical, it will be in Japan. The Herald on Sunday understands that Carter is exploring the possibility of playing in Japan after the All Blacks’ end-of-season tour. New Zealand will
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TODAY: Fine apart from morning cloud. Light winds. MAX
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play in New Zealand. “I think Carter will perhaps do a short stint in Japan. They’re very generous patrons of world rugby. He won’t come to Europe.” Carter has achieved an incredible amount since he first played for the Crusaders in 2003. He has won three Super Rugby titles, collected almost 100 test caps, never lost the Bledisloe and played at three World Cups. While he has a World Cup winner’s medal, he collected it on crutches having missed the play-offs due to serious injury. His 2007 tournament was a bigger personal disaster, as he limped off in the quarterfinal defeat to France, and in 2003, he was not a first choice selection. - APNZ
Day to day
Ashburton Forecast TOMORROW: Morning cloud, then fine. Northeasterlies.
CHRISTCHURCH
be lured back for a second stint in the first six months of next year. Only Toulon and Racing Metro were actually able to raise the sort of money required to tempt the world’s best player but the latter’s owner, Jacky Lorenzetti, has confirmed that he’s given up. “[The Dan Carter deal] is a disappointment,” Lorenzetti told French media. “I met him a number of times. He was keen and the financial conditions were in place. He would have complemented our current squad very well. “It didn’t happen because he got injured at the World Cup. He is frustrated to not have played [in the knockout stages] and is desperate to feature in the 2015 edition. To do that, he has to
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play only three tests in November, leaving Carter a window to enjoy a season in the Japanese Top League which runs from November to February. The star first-five hasn’t made any decisions yet on whether he will invoke his sabbatical clause but it is believed that if he does, his preference will be to play off-shore rather than follow Richie McCaw’s lead and take time away from all rugby. Carter is a touch and confidence player and tends to be at his best when he plays for sustained periods. Because his first sabbatical to Perpignan in 2009 was cut short by injury, numerous French clubs had hoped Carter would feel he had unfinished business there and that he could
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Early cloud, then fine. Light winds.
TOMORROW
FZL: Above 3000m
FZL: Above 3000m
Fine. Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: Northerlies rising to 30 km/h.
WEDNESDAY Fine with light winds.
THURSDAY
THURSDAY
Becoming cloudy, evening drizzle. Southerlies.
Fine, apart from increasing cloud in the east. Southeasterlies developing.
FRIDAY Cloudy, few drizzle patches. Easterlies.
FRIDAY Cloudy areas, especially in the east. Easterlies.
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fine cloudy fine rain rain showers fine showers fine showers thunder fine fine cloudy fine fine fine rain showers fine rain fine rain fine showers rain fine snow rain fine showers fine fine rain showers cloudy showers rain snow showers fine showers rain fine fine
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River Levels
cumecs
Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 9:45 am, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 9:00 am, yesterday
122.9 5.18 6.93 54.8
Source: Environment Canterbury
Canterbury Readings
to 4pm yesterday
max
Ashburton Airport
Temperatures °C
Rainfall mm
min grass 16 hour Feb 2013 min to date to date
nc
Wind km/h
max gust
15.8 11.8 11.9
0.8
23.4 95.2
SE 20
Christchurch Airport 19.0 13.5 12.2
0.0
20.8 58.0
SW 35
Timaru Airport
2.6
23.4 79.0
E 19
Average Average
22.7
10.9
9.2
22.1
11.6
9.5
20.9
10.1
16.6 13.0
Average
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27
86
23
65
24
70
Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3
6
Monday 9 noon 3
6
9 pm am 3
6
Tuesday 9 noon 3
6
9 pm am 3
Wednesday
6
9 noon 3
6
9 pm
2 1 0
5:05 11:23 5:31 11:50 6:02 12:19 6:23 12:44 6:56 1:09 7:12 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.
Rise 6:56 am Set 8:37 pm
Fair
Fair fishing
Rise 3:02 pm
First quarter
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Rise 6:57 am Set 8:35 pm
Bad
Bad fishing
Set 12:36 am Rise 3:54 pm
Full moon
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Rise 6:58 am Set 8:34 pm
Bad
Bad fishing
Set 1:22 am Rise 4:42 pm
Last quarter
5 Mar 10:54 am
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