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By RuBy HaRfield

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Mount Hutt College’s NCEA results were as expected but could be better, principal John Schreurs says.

With NCEA results being made available to students on January 13, the preliminary national results have now been released to schools.

Mr Schreurs said the results for

January rainfall double

Gretchen Ross is one of many five-year-olds around the district getting excited about their first ever day of school.

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■ MID CANTERBURY SCHOOLS

More than twice the average rainfall has fallen in Mid Canterbury this month.

Graham’s Weather Station, at Netherby, had recorded 104mm

by Friday, well above the total of 15.6mm received in January last year, just two weeks ahead of Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy’s drought declaration.

Mid Canterbury’s average January rainfall sits around 50mm. According to Graham’s records, 2016 has delivered the wettest January in more than five years. January 2013 comes in at second place, with 81mm, followed by 2009 when 76mm fell in the first month of the year.

Methven and other foothills districts recorded more than 50mm overnight on Thursday.

While the rain has been welcomed by many farmers in the wake of a dry spring, not everyone is crowing.

Many arable farmers who cut grass seed crops more than a week ago are still waiting to get a run with the harvester. There have also been reports of wheat and peas sprouting in the paddock, and fungus showing up in other crops.

“A low moving down from the north brought the tropical air with it, and a ridge sitting to the south of the country, which blocked the tropical air and prevented it from

First day of school looms for Gretchen By eRin TaskeR

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Come Tuesday morning, Gretchen Ross will be a bundle of excitement.

She turned five on January 6 and, like many other kids who have turned five in the past month-and-a-half, Tuesday will be her first day of school.

Gretchen is the youngest of Jarrod and Sally Ross’ four children, and they’re part of the fourth generation of Ross children to attend Lagmhor School.

It’s a small country school, which comes under the umbrella of Ashburton Borough School, and Gretchen can’t wait for her first day, after a busy school holidays which included visiting her grandparents in Akaroa and losing her first tooth.

She’s had her school visits,

where she said she did lots of playing, and she’s met her teacher – Mrs Campbell – and thinks she’ll be a good teacher.

Her books are covered and ready to go into her bag, and she has a new pencil case full of goodies ready for learning.

“And I’ve got two glue sticks,” Gretchen said.

She’s been practising writing her name and is looking forward to learning how to write more, and do some maths.

She’ll still get to do lots of playing too though, and explore her new school’s playground, and once the weather comes right, she and her school-mates will be able to make the most of the school’s pool.

It will be a big week in the Ross household – and one of mixed emotions for mum and dad -

with Gretchen’s oldest brother Jackson, 11, set to have his first day at Ashburton Intermediate on Monday, while Gretchen will have, Jonty, 9, and Eleanor, 7, joining her on her first day at Lagmhor, where Eleanor has promised she’ll look after her.

Gretchen may be the youngest, but ask her what she wants to be when she grows up, and she knows. She says she wants to be a worker.

But she doesn’t want to work for anyone, she wants to work for herself, maybe as the boss of the family business – Ross Bros Transport.

Jonty and Jackson aren’t so sure about that though. Jonty reckons he and Jackson will take the business over, and Gretchen will be a hairdresser.

Only time will tell.

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moving away. That directed easterlies into Canterbury which delivered the rain, MetServices meteorologist Chelsea Glue said.

“It’s just a change in the weather cycle, nothing too unusual.”

Blue Skies Weather meteorologist Tony Trewinnard agreed January had been wetter than anticipated in Canterbury, but said it was not uncommon for el nino to turn on surprises.

Mr Trewinnard spoke to Mid Canterbury rural professionals in November, when he predicted less rain than usual, but said that was no indication of an early drought in the district.

Yesterday he stood by his word.

“We’ve had a wet month, and most people are pleased about that,” he said.

“These things happen with the day-to-day changes in weather patterns which occur throughout New Zealand,” he said.

“It’s less likely to happen in an el nino event, which is what we are in at the moment, but it can happen sometimes.

“Will it still be wet in six months’ time? I think probably not – one swallow doesn’t make a summer, one month doesn’t make a season.”

Mr Trewinnard stands by his forecast of a “long run of drier than normal months” to come.

“Because we’ve had a wet month doesn’t mean we’ve switched weather patterns,” he said.

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“We could always do a bit better.”

A total of 77 per cent passed Level 1, 81 per cent Level 2 and 90 per cent Level 3.

There were a few people who just missed out on Level 1 but should be able to get it after gaining some Level 2 credits this year, he said.

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lts ‘could be better’ “Level 1 is always a hard one… a bit lower than what we want it.”

University Entrance was also sitting 15 per cent lower than last year at 63 per cent.

Last year they were quite surprised to get 78 per cent for UE because the standards had changed.

The students who achieved Level 1 with merit were 26 per cent and excellence nine per cent. Level 2 was 25 per cent

merit and six per cent excellence and Level 3 was 23 per cent merit and 10 per cent excellence.

Because the results had not been finalised they might still go up in the next few months, he said.

Heads of departments have now started to work with staff to adapt their courses to try to improve the results for this year.

“We try to improve it each year.”

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said he was pleased with the passing rate of each year level but wanted to focus on increasing levels of excellence and merit to the same as national level or above.

So far, 90 per cent had passed Level 1, 89.4 per cent Level 2 and 79.2 per cent Level 3 but this will change once the results are finalised.

For the past three years the re-

A mysterious light beaming into the sky above Rangitoto Island isn’t an alien invasion, as some Aucklanders had suspected, but an installation marking a cultural festival. Several photos of the light, which appeared in the night sky some time after 9pm on Thursday night and lasted about an hour, were sent to the Herald.

The images show what looks like a bright white light reaching high above the island into heavy cloud.

Some brushed it off as a strike of lightning, some joked about an alien invasion. But according to Department of Conservation blog Pai and Piri the light is part of an installation to mark the Tamaki Herenga Waka Festival over Anniversary Weekend. It would be switched on between 10pm to 1am each night for the next two nights.

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sults had been about the same.

Fifty-four per cent of students achieved UE but because the college focused on other qualifications and courses this was not a concern, Mr McMillan said.

Students achieving NCEA with merit was on a par with other schools but excellence was below the national average, he said.

“We’re focusing on increasing levels of excellence and merit to the same as national or above.”

■ ASHBURTON ART GALLERY

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A young boy is in Tauranga Hospital after a car collided with his quad bike and threw him several metres. The 8-year-old had been riding a quad bike on a Te Kaha property driveway, in the Bay of Plenty near Opotiki, when the accident happened just after 1pm yesterday. A Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter spokesman said the quad bike and car collided while the boy was riding out of his driveway. The boy was thrown several metres on to his back. He received abdominal injuries and was flown to Tauranga Hospital in a “moderate” condition. - NZME

The commemoration of Anzac Day starts early this year at the Ashburton Art Gallery with the opening of a major touring exhibition, ANZAC. More than 60 prints by one of New Zealand’s leading photographers, Laurence Aberhart opens today.

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■ MID CANTERBURY DAIRYING

Farms’ breaches ‘disappointing’

By SuSan SandyS

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Two Mid Canterbury dairy farms were identified as breaching minimum employment regulations in a recent audit by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Twenty dairy farms were visited in October 2015 as the ministry continued a dairy industry crackdown. The properties included three in Canterbury, with the re-

mainder in Waikato, Otago and Southland. A 2014 audit resulted in Viewbank Dairy Ltd near Rakaia having to pay $7500 in penalties after breaches, including treating permanent staff as casuals.

In the latest audit, labour inspectors found eight of the 20 farms were breaching minimum employment standards, including the two from the Ashburton District.

Breaches across the properties were in the areas of wage record-

ing, time recording, holiday and leave recording, employment agreements, public holiday entitlements and holiday pay entitlements.

Regional manager labour inspectorate Stuart Lumsden said enforcement action had been undertaken on seven of the eight non-compliant farms, with six improvement notices issued and one enforceable undertaking signed.

An enforceable undertaking is

a commitment by the employer to address the breaches within a certain timeframe, while improvement notices are issued to employers who do not voluntarily agree to comply.

If an employer fails to meet the requirements of the notice, the labour inspector may seek penalties through the Employment Relations Authority (ERA).

Mr Lumsden said it was disappointing that a significant number

of farmers were still not fulfilling basic employment requirements.

The dairy sector was a focus, with an ongoing programme which included targeted audits across New Zealand. “We are also working with the industry to help lift farms’ compliance and undertake a range of education programmes to help raise awareness of employment standards, in terms of employers’ obligations and workers’ entitlements.”

Flasher’s family was concerned

By RoB Kidd The family of a recidivist flasher were so worried about his penchant for young girls they were considering having him GPS monitored.

But their efforts came too late after Laurence Bareham exposed himself on two occasions at the end of last year.

The convictions, entered in the North Shore District Court, came on the back of similar offending in the late 1990s.

And in 2007, Bareham was back in court after masturbating in front of two young girls in public, for which he was sentenced to a year of home detention.

Defence counsel Maria Mortimer said her client’s family home was available to serve another community-based sentence, but the police said there were concerns the house backed on to a park beside a school.

Ms Mortimer said Bareham had strong support from his family and his wife who were in the process of having him GPS monitored before the offending took place.

Judge Greg Davis jailed Bareham for 18 months on the two counts of doing an indecent act.

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Gearing up to take on Mount Hutt College Three of Mount Hutt College’s youngest students, Carina Spengler, Samantha McLean, and Lilly Meikle, all 11, during an amazing race at the Year 7 and 8 orientation day yesterday.

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■ ASHBURTON TRUST

Broker: Trust businesses will be in hot demand

By Sue newman

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When the Ashburton Trust’s hospitality businesses hit the market next month, sales broker Philip Cooper believes they’ll meet a hot demand.

The hospitality market was a constantly changing one, with the Canterbury sector in a unique situation because of the Christchurch earthquakes. In the city new businesses were opening rather than older businesses

changing hands and that meant the trust’s businesses were going into a pretty receptive market, the Colliers broker said.

“There haven’t been too many opportunities in the hospitality industry in this region for some time and this is an opportunity.”

For many trusts, the trading environment shifted when the Sale of Liquor Act was amended in 1989 allowing wine and beer to be sold in supermarkets and for some trusts, such as Ashburton,

that meant that eventually their monopoly on liquor sales would disappear.

The Ashburton Trust lost a competition poll in 2004.

“In the 80s the breweries decided that ownership of hotels was best in the hands of private operators, so they decided they’d sell their busineses and I liken this to what’s happening with the trust,” Mr Cooper said.

In its new role as a landlord only, the trust would have its

income locked in and it would know how much money it would have available to give back to the community, he said.

“I see this as a positive move for the trust, the best outcome. Each unit will have one captain making the decisions.”

The Tinwald Tavern and Motels, The Somerset Grocer and Speight’s Alehouse will be marketed from February 22 over four weeks.

The Hotel Ashburton will not

go to the market until April 4.

The businesses will be marketed through the Colliers business network and while this will give them international exposure, Mr Cooper believes buyers for the first suite of businesses are more likely to come from the South Island market.

“The Alehouse is a strong brand and Tinwald is one of the best complexes around. The whole lot are a credit to the trust,” Mr Cooper said.

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Holiday programmes busier than ever Ruby.h@theguaRdian.co.nz

Caendall Harris, 11, and Amelia Chisholm, 7, competing during a relay race at the Active Kids holiday programme.

PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 270116-TM-0097 number of people going.

The children really enjoy having the swimming pool on site and the large stadium, she said.

“It’s been great shifting to the new facility.”

Ashburton Borough School’s Oscar holiday programme has been running all of January and will run for one more day on Mon-

day due to a teacher only day.

Co-ordinator Janice McGregor said for the past few years they have been fully booked with 30 children and waiting lists.

They can have up to 10 children on the waiting list, but try to cut it off at five because it is not fair to the parents. “We’ve got more demand than ever.”

This is probably because more parents are working fulltime and also because the children really enjoy it, she said.

The children had to do a lot of indoor activities because of the high amount of rain in January but also enjoyed a few days at the Lagmhor and Tinwald pools and a trip to Christchurch.

Rural burglaries cause concern eRin.t@theguaRdian.co.nz

Burglars are causing a headache for Mid/South Canterbury police, but the Ashburton District appears to be escaping the worst of it.

Police in South Canterbury, and in Selwyn, have reported spates of rural burglaries recently and police statistics for December show a sharp rise in burglaries in the year prior for Mid/ South Canterbury, with 71 in December 2015, compared to 53 in December 2014.

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When it comes to new homes, on a per capita basis, Ashburton’s numbers are outstripping those of many much larger centres.

During 2015 Statistics New Zealand figures show that 214 new homes were consented in the Ashburton District; more than in Nelson city, 154, Invercargill, 126, Marlborough, 204 and almost on a par with Timaru, 219. The district fell far short on numbers against neighbouring Selwyn, however, with 1236 consents issued for new homes in that district. In Christchurch city 3969 consents were issued and in Dunedin, 320.

Nationally more than 27,000 new dwellings were consented last year, up about 2400 on 2014.

By RuBy HaRfield

Mid Canterbury’s school holiday programmes have been busier than ever this summer.

Base holiday programme coordinator Rebecca Soper said their programme, which was held for two weeks this month, had 21 people – the most registrations they had ever had.

“It’s really good to see it is growing and more people are coming along.”

Next time they are hoping to have more volunteers to allow the children’s numbers to increase.

The children really enjoyed the programme despite bad weather forcing some activities to change.

One of the most popular events was a scavenger hunt around town, she said.

Sport Canterbury Active Kids programme’s move to the EA Networks Centre late last year has caused a surge in popularity for the sessions.

Sport Canterbury holiday and after school programme manager Anna Sheen said they had a maximum of 37 children at the programme which finished on Friday.

“It was the busiest it’s been for the last few years.”

While their old location at Ashburton College was good, the move to the EA Networks Centre has made a big difference in the

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But in Mid Canterbury, police have not noticed any concerning trends in rural areas, unlike their neighbours to the south and the north.

Methven police senior constable Mike Seque said the most significant rural incidents of late had been stock thefts.

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In Selwyn, the spate of rural burglaries – and thefts from mo-

tor vehicles in rural areas – had police concerned though.

According to Selwyn police, an offender was targeting lifestyle properties and entering unlocked vehicles and insecure sheds, garages and homes, and taking cash and firearms.

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Stage two for school bus signs

By RuBy HaRfield

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Speed limit signs will be installed on small school buses in Mid Canterbury as part of a national trial to help keep children safe.

This is the second stage of the school bus signs trial, more commonly known as Either Way It’s 20k that was launched in Mid Canterbury in 2013.

The first stage, which took a year, involved three parts – monitoring speed without signs, creating an awareness campaign and adding flashing LED 20km/h signs to 30 buses in the district.

Transport Engineering Research NZ (TERNZ) project manager Peter Baas said they were in the process of getting a number of speed signs developed to go on smaller Mid Canterbury school buses before the whole trial is considered by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and Government.

NZTA were happy with the signs for bigger buses but re-

Small school buses in Mid Canterbury will soon be receiving flashing speed limit signs as part of a national safety campaign.

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quested smaller signs be trialled before the initiative can be considered, Mr Baas said.

The signs should be ready by the end of Term 1 and trialled in Term 2.

The larger signs have stayed on the buses in Ashburton fol-

lowing the trial and speeds are still being monitored.

Mid Canterbury was chosen for the tests because it was the right size district and the Mid Canterbury branch of Rural Women wanted to be involved.

The first stage of the trial was

a success with a noticeable decrease in motorists speeding while passing school buses and the second stage would hopefully have the same result, Mr Baas said.

The trial is a partnership between TERNZ, the Ashburton District Council, Pearson’s Coachlines, New Zealand Rural Women and other authorities with funding from the Road Safety Trust.

With most schools returning for the year on Monday, road safety charity Brake NZ director Caroline Perry is urging motorists to remember to slow down to 20km/h when passing a stationary school bus in either direction.

“Children can be unpredictable so drivers need to give the road their full attention and look out for kids,” she said.

“The law says 20km/h is the speed limit around school buses, and drivers must remember that rule and slow down, so that if a child does make a mistake, they don’t pay for it with their life.”

In brief Plumber fined A Christchurch plumber has been fined $1500 after pleading guilty to carrying out restricted work without authorisation.

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Car crashes off building Two people seriously injured after a car drove off a high rise carpark building in Hamilton remained in hospital last evening in a stable condition. Police say the incident happened just before midnight on Thursday when a car crashed off the third floor of a central city Wilson parking building and plummeted to the street below.

Police found the damaged vehicle in Alexandra Street. Two people inside the car, a man and woman, were both taken to Waikato Hospital with serious injuries.

The Waikato Serious Crash Unit is investigating.

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Kiwi has Zika virus By isaac davison

■ ASHBURTON HOSPITAL

Work proceeding despite weather Work on Ashburton Hospital’s Acute Assessment Unit and Theatre is still trudging ahead, despite the less than desirable weather conditions. Work began on the 826sqm site earlier this month when a construction team poured 173 cubic metres of concrete. Now, framing is being installed at a rapid rate. All work on the new building is expected to be completed by the middle of this year.

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Head boy’s cancer in remission The Christchurch schoolboy whose emotional and inspiring speech after he was diagnosed with cancer went global is now in remission.

One week before senior prizegiving, Christchurch Boys’ High School senior monitor

– head boy – Jake Bailey was diagnosed with Burkitt nonHodgkin’s lymphoma and told he might not live to see the day.

But he bravely left his hospital bed to deliver his speech from a wheelchair in early November.

“Here’s the thing, none of us get

out of life alive. So be gallant, be great, be gracious and be grateful for the opportunities that you have,” he told his school.

Yesterday, he released a statement saying chemotherapy had been successful and he was in remission.

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A New Zealander has been admitted to hospital with symptoms linked to the Zika virus, the Ministry of Health says.

The ministry said yesterday it had received nine Zika notifications this year.

All of the travellers had been in the Pacific Islands and eight of them had recovered.

A 47-year-old man was in Waikato Hospital with symptoms of Guillain-Barre, “a condition which can cause paralysis but from which most patients make a full recovery”.

He was in a stable condition.

The condition has previously been linked to the Zika virus.

The virus is “generally regarded as a mild illness”, the ministry said, but has previously had “additional complications” in a small number of cases.

In Brazil, the virus has been linked with an increase in reported cases of microcephaly, in which babies are born with unusually small heads.

Of the nine people who presented with Zika symptoms, four had been in Tonga and four had been in Samoa, the other person’s travel destinations were not known.

Four of the travellers were women. Two were not pregnant and the other two were being tested.

Pregnant woman are now being warned about travel to Tonga after a case of the virus was detected in that country.

The advisory is already in place for Samoa.

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Christchurch man Paul Weeks, who was on missing flight MH370, is officially dead, an Australian court has ruled. The Perth-based father of two was one of the 239 passengers on board the Malaysian Airlines flight which disappeared in March 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. His wife, Danica, has not heard from him since and applied to Western Australia’s Supreme Court for leave to swear to the death of her husband so that she can apply for letters of administration – part of the process where a person has died without leaving a valid will.

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Back with family A Kiwi who spent a year in a Myanmar prison has returned home to his family and says he is not angry about what happened.

Philip Blackwood, 34, was greeted at Auckland Airport yesterday by his father and told media: “Today begins the rest of my life. You go through a cycle of emotions when something like that happens to you ... People say, ‘Prison changes you’ and I didn’t want that to happen to me. I just wanted to stay true to who I was and just make the best of the situation,” he told TVNZ. The Wellington man was found guilty of insulting religion by using an image of Buddha wearing headphones to promote a bar that he managed.

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Quake hits Wellington A 4.1 earthquake has struck near Wellington. GeoNet recorded the quake 30km southwest of the capital at a depth of 50km. There has been some chatter on Twitter from Wellingtonians who felt the shake. Delia Gill wrote, “Just had a little earthquake in Wellington – 4.1 ... wake up call for the afternoon ;).” A central fire communications spokesman said there were no reports of damage or injuries.

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Focusing firmly on membership for 2016 The Hinds Citizens’ Association has just one goal this year, to build its membership so it can spread its network into its wider urban and rural community.

And this week it kicked off that membership campaign at its annual meeting that wrapped up with a pot luck dinner.

The organisation is a newcomer as a residents’ organisation, but its members are enthusiastic and over the past year membership had grown at a steady rate, said vice president Jo Luxton.

“We have pretty good links now with the Ashburton Citizens’ Association and we’re building a good relationship with the council. We usually have council staff and councillors at our meetings,” she said.

The association has established a regular newsletter that is distributed to rural and urban households in the Hinds area and this was growing in popularity with groups wanting to contribute information about activities and with advertisers, Mrs Luxton said.

“It’s a great way of ensuring people in our community know what’s going on, and it’s particularly good for newcomers.”

The association also hopes to work with the Hinds Lions to erect a permanent noticeboard in the Hinds Domain.

Right - Planning for the future, members of the Hinds Citizens’ Association start their year off with an annual meeting and pot luck tea.

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Legal threat sees book pulled An author-on-author scrap has broken out over the Marlborough Sounds murders with Ian Wishart’s new book being pulled from bookshelves under threat of legal action.

Author Keith Hunter, who has also written on the case, told Whitcoulls he would sue Wishart and anyone connected to selling Elementary if it contained criticisms of his professional conduct.

Hunter produced the documentary Murder on the Blade? in 2003 and then published Trial By Trickery in 2007.

He said he had heard Wishart made claims yesterday morning that the book was critical about Hunter’s research on the case.

“I told Whitcoulls that if that is true that he did say that in the book that I would sue him and anyone else who helps him distribute his book. If he has defamed me – lowered my reputation – I will undoubtedly sue him.”

Hunter was in the process of reading Elementary when called by the Herald.

And while only on page 35, he said he had read nothing which impacted on his research into the murders.

Wishart said he had been told Whitcoulls had received a complaint from Hunter about the book.

“It appears to be an attempt by Keith Hunter to gag the book.”

He threatened his own court action.

“Ian Wishart is now considering legal action against Mr Hunter for slander of goods. It will be extraordinarily costly to Mr Hunter for putting a spanner in the works of a major book he hasn’t even read.”

Whitcoulls pulled the book from sale yesterday afternoon, although it has yet to make a statement. The Herald has placed calls with Whitcoulls head office but has yet to hear back.

A staff member at an inner city store said the book had sold out but then checked to see what other stores had available.

He then said: “They’ve been pulled off the shelves for some reason. They won’t be able to sell you one.”

A second Whitcoulls store said there had been an email from head office about 3.40pm saying the book had to be pulled from sale.

“Well, the man’s a nutter,” was Scott Watson’s description of Mr Wishart after being told of the author’s new book about the murders of Olivia Hope and Ben Smart.

That was from a conversation between Watson, in jail and his father, Chris, yesterday after news broke that the book endorsed the conviction against him – and accused him of having an accomplice.

Chris Watson said he rang his son, as he did most days and they discussed the new book. Watson’s reaction “was from what he’s heard about what was in the book”.

Chris Watson confirmed the existence of transcripts in the book taken from a police listening device which recorded family discussion after the focus shifted to Scott Watson.

Among the discussions recorded was one which appeared to show Scott Watson talking with his family about having the head of the police investigation, retired Deputy Commissioner Rob Pope, killed.

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Michael Hanrahan bows out as ke Think Ashburton’s Museum and think Michael Hanrahan.

He’s been the keeper of the Ashburton District’s past for years, but he’s about to sign off for retirement. He talks to reporter Sue Newman about the joy of bringing the past to life through the stories of its people.

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istory is about the people and their stories rather than artifacts and exhibits, says retiring manager of the Ashburton Museum, Michael Hanrahan.

For the past nine years Michael has been the keeper of the Ashburton District’s past, but come the end of March, he’ll be heading into retirement. That doesn’t mean he’ll be leaving the district’s past behind, or that he’ll be walking away from his lifelong passion for things historical.

Michael’s fascination with the past goes deep, his knowledge has been acquired through hard graft and through the quirky paths taken by an inquiring mind.

“I’m not an historian,” he’s quick to say, “but I’ve always been interested in history.”

That interest in history runs back into Michael’s childhood, to the days when the Canterbury Museum became his de facto childminder.

“I used to get dumped there occasionally in the school holidays and given 2/6 to buy lunch.”

At that time the first historic Christchurch street display was being constructed and the young Michael was fascinated.

“It was my introduction into how things can be done rather than what is being displayed. Now when I go to museums I still look at how displays are made and how they’re lit,” he said.

His love of the human side of history goes back to his time as a student at St Kevin’s College in Oamaru.

“Mum said her grandfather had been heavily involved in the development of Oamaru. I used to go into Pioneer Hall there and ask about him and I was shown minute books he’d written in. I was fascinated. That’s possibly why I have such an inclination towards archives today.”

He became involved with the Ashburton Historical Society in the early 1970s, becoming a volunteer later that decade when the museum was housed over a number of cold and dark rooms in what was an elderly Ashburton Technical College building on Cameron Street.

Not content to just do his bit, Michael took on the role of president and during his five years in the hot seat was part of the team that relocated the district’s historical trappings to a new museum in the Baring Square East building.

For many years Rita Wright, for whom Michael admits he has huge respect, was the museum manager, but her retirement created an opportunity for him to turn what had been his hobby into a career.

The farmer-farm machinery retailer-journalist finally became a man who was working in his dream job.

“Giving notice to Frank Veale (his last employer at The Courier newspaper) was one of the worst days of my life. I ran into him in the carpark and said ‘I’ve got the job at the museum’. I’d applied for it thinking I wouldn’t get it, but I did and then I had to tell Frank.”

He might not have had official qualifications in running a museum, but Michael did have two important qualities – a passion for things historical and an immense local knowledge.

“It’s that local knowledge that allows you to make the connections between say a photo, a book, a bike and a person. The anecdotal stuff.”

Ever the strategist, Michael led his museum team through a planning exercise in 2008 that looked to a future that would include a relocation to a new museum on a new site – West Street.

“My strategy was to get into this building and do one year in that new building,” he said.

And he stuck to that plan.

He’s leaving before the next strategic plan is built, but says the time has come for a new direction to be hammered out.

“We’ve really gone from one project to another project recently, now it’s time for a new plan and it’s time for someone with fresh direction.” continued next page

Retiring Ashburton Museum manager Michael Hanrahan, has taken the museum from a makeshift home to one that was built to meet modernday museum standards.

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eeper of Mid Canterbury’s past From P8 Michael says he’s leaving knowing the museum is in good heart and good hands for the future. The new building is now well bedded in and through a recent restructure to become a council department which sees many of its administration functions handled by the Ashburton District Council.

The West Street museum building opened last year, but it had been on the drawing board for most of Michael’s nine years as museum manager.

“I had only been in the job for three months when we were called into a meeting. That was February 27, 2007. We were asked if we would be interested in a new museum on this particular site. All other things aside, we would have been mad to turn down a new building in favour of a rehashed old one.”

Even then, the project had history. There was already a planning model, built in 1964 that showed a museum and art gallery on the West Street site, Michael said.

Today he looks at the new museum and says the result is good, there’s little he’d change. Some might want a larger display area, but because of the complexity of displays, he believes it takes two or three visits to see everything.

He might be retiring, but Michael says he’ll remain a committed supporter of the historical society and the museum. He firmly believes that the past is an integral part of what a community is today.

“You can drive a car without using your rear vision mirror for a while, but you’ll eventually have a crash. It’s the same with life – if you don’t know where you’ve been things will eventually go wrong.”

Time changes many things, but Michael believes there will always be keepers of the past and that museums in whatever form they come will continue because they validate their communities.

Items might make up a museum’s displays, but it was with the people and the communities behind those items that

the real stories lay, Michael said.

“It all comes back to the human factor, to the people. This is why archives are so important.”

Museums might be keepers of the past, but they have to remain relevant to young people, Michael said.

“There’s always a danger of forgetting the past, but there’s also a danger from a kids’ point of view that we’re not explaining the past adequately to them in a way that’s relevant. Museums are there to educate, but to educate in an entertaining way.”

Michael is leaving confident that the museum is finally in its home for life. It’s the fifth building to house the district’s historical collections – the former residence of Dr Fulton on Tancred Street where Briscoes now stands, Pioneer Hall, behind the old museum on Havelock Street, the technical college building on Cameron Street and the Baring Square building.

And he’s confident that in leaving the museum he won’t be leaving his lifelong passion with the past behind.

The stories of the past come from the people of the past, Michael said, and he’s a strong believer in families recording their own stories.

“Don’t gather documents and certificates and leave them in a cupboard. You need to write your story and publish it. Write your family’s story,” he said.

And he’s written many, his own and wife Helen’s family as well as stories for others.

While he’s not committing to more family history assignments in the future, Michael is not counting it out, but once he hands in his museum door key he plans to tackle some of the many projects he’s had on hold for years.

“I have a dozen projects, but for the first couple of years I’ll clean the garage out. There’s a tractor in there and a few engines – and my collections, books and whistles, not quite a thousand of those.”

For years he’s been a St Vincent de Paul supporter, serving time as a local and national president, and retirement will allow more time for some grassroots work within the organisation, Michael said.

Yes, there are things he’ll miss, mostly the people he’s worked with and the team of volunteers that keep the museum ticking over, all day, every day. And he’ll miss his peers in the museum industry. The network is small, but it’s a closeknit one.

He’s officially checking out at the end of March after new manager Tanya Robinson settles into the job.

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Off on a jungle adventure A

t 31-years-old Hollie Woodhouse has a slew of adventurous endeavours under her belt.

From racing through the desert to scaling mountains and running from coast to coast, it could be said the former Mid Cantabrian is a multi-sport fanatic.

And this year, her love of adventure is taking her away once again.

In just a few short months Hollie will set off for the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest where she will run 230km through tough jungle trails, village tracks and mountain roads in an effort to get from Cloud Forest down 10,500ft to the jungle.

The five-stage, six-day Jungle Ultra event will see Hollie face humidity levels of nearly 100 per cent and will push her to her limits.

But she is not doing this for personal gain or pure enjoyment, she – along with 17 others – are racing through the jungle to raise money for a cause close to Hollie’s heart.

They’re running for rangers.

The group, made up of individuals from New Zealand, Kenya and the United Kingdom, have made a name for themselves running marathons and ultramarathons all over the world in an effort to raise money for the rangers who risk their lives to protect elephants and rhinoceris in Africa, under threat due to the rising demand for ivory.

Connections to Kenya run deep, with Hollie, her sister and brother-in-law work with Borana Lodge, a wildlife conservation sanctuary, to protect the animals.

The rangers that protect the animals operate in tough and dangerous conditions and in order to do their job they need good quality clothing suited to their tough terrain, so Running for Rangers raises funds to assist with this. The cost of equipping

Racing through the jungle might be a dream for some, but this year it’s a reality for the adventurous Hollie Woodhouse. The former Mid Cantabrian caught up with the Guardian’s Caitlin Porter earlier this week to talk about her latest multi-sport mission.

Right – Multi-sport extraordinaire Hollie Woodhouse will set off for Peru in a few short months.

PHOTO SUPPLIED and training a frontline ranger is around $6000 and this year the group aims to raise just over $1m from the Jungle Ultra to ensure that 200 rangers can be adequately equipped.

To collect funds the group has set up a website where people can donate and are also launching a charity event in London.

Aside from the fundraising and administration tasks associated with the event, Hollie has had to find time to train.

No stranger to international ultra-marathons, last year she tackled the Marathon des Sables.

That event saw her run 250km across one of the world’s most hostile climates – the Sahara Desert.

This year’s event, however, is completely different climate wise and is structured differently.

Carrying all her belongings, each day Hollie and her fellow runners will have to reach a specific distance before setting up camp for the night.

If they do not make it they have to set up camp where they are and make up the extra distance on the last day.

To ensure she is fighting fit, Hollie is keeping busy.

Just a few short weeks ago Hollie completed the Red Bull Defiance race which combined running, kayaking and mountain climbing in Wanaka.

Designed by former Methven resident and multi-sport athlete Braden Currie the two-person

race saw athletes compete over eight high country stations and was intended to challenge people mentally and physically.

Described by Hollie as the toughest event she had undertaken – she and her team-mate climbed the distance of Mt Cook during the 160km event. It was dubbed a success as they won their category.

She also regularly attends the gym and runs and bikes in the hills surrounding Christchurch whenever she can.

“And on the weekends I am usually doing something anyway, I don’t have a specific training plan.”

As Hollie puts it, she keeps “rolling from one thing to another” but is trying to plan a break soon to work on her other passion – her adventure-based magazine Say Yes to Adventure.

However, right now Peru is at the top of her priority list and Hollie will head off for the jungle in late May to acclimatise before taking on the ultra-marathon on June 3.

To donate Donations to Hollie’s cause can be made via the Running for Rangers website or their Crowdrise page which can be found at www.crowdrise. com/runningforrangersult/ fundraiser/spaceforgiantsusa

Below left – Last year Hollie tackled the momentous Marathon des Sables, this year it’s the Jungle Ultra in Peru.

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Trainee accountant Sam Watt will take on Commonwealth Games gold medallist David Nyika in south Auckland on February 6.

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Ashburton’s Sam Watt will fight Commonwealth Games gold medallist David Nyika next Saturday for the right to compete at the Asia and Oceania Olympic Qualifiers in March.

Watt was given the news that the much-anticipated fight would go ahead while in Queenstown with friends, and has since been preparing for what will be one of the biggest bouts of his career.

The Papanui Boxing Club fighter is considered the underdog, but the Nyika camp will be wary of the hard-hitting accountant, who has two national, six Canterbury and five South Island Golden Glove titles to his name.

Watt also has a history of upsetting Commonwealth Games medallists.

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kato’s Frank Masoe last October.

New Zealand hasn’t had a male boxer qualify for the Olympics since 2004, and a win on Saturday would offer Watt the chance to end the 12-year drought, but the former Christchurch Boys’ student is looking no further ahead than Nyika.

The Celtic rugby player, who is expected to weigh in at 91kg, will be heavier than his opponent, but at 193cm tall, Nyika will have a reach advantage.

“I’m guessing from what they’ve

seen from me in the past, that I mix it up in the trenches, pretty tight and in close, they’re probably expecting that’s what my game plan will be,” Watt said.

Watt will be intent on making his punishing body shots count, while heaping plenty of pressure on the 20-year-old.

“It’s going to be down to me whether I want to fight on the back foot or the front foot and what’s going to win me the fight, but we’ll find out on the night,” he said.

The Ashburton fighter will have his father and two brothers at ringside for the south Auckland showdown, but mum Jo will stay away, supporting her son from her Christchurch living room, and true to form, Watt was stoically understanding.

“My mum has been in the past, but she just watches the floor because she doesn’t want to see her wee boy get hurt,” he said.

“It seems a bit silly to pay for her to go up there to look at the floor.”

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Kelsey’s latest mission

Former Mid Cantabrian Kelsey Ashworth will be representing New Zealand at the World Duathlon Champs in Spain in a few months. She caught up with the Guardian’s Caitlin Porter to talk about her newest sporting venture.

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ompeting in ultra-marathons and half-marathons, training for the Coast to Coast, working fulltime and preparing to head off to race around Spain is all in a day’s work for Kelsey Ashworth.

The 23-year-old former Mid Cantabrian is no stranger to undertaking feats of athleticism – she has played netball and basketball, run marathons and ultra-marathons, and now has a penchant for duathlons.

Ashworth entered the Sovereign Duathlon Series at Orana Park a few weeks ago, without realising it was a secondary selection race for the New Zealand age group category for the World Duathlon Champs in Spain.

Thanks to her athletic prowess, she shot past the qualifying time and as a result decided to put her name forward for selection and a week later was already thinking about Spain.

While the duathlon is only months away, Ashworth’s focus remains on the Coast to Coast.

She is entering the individual two-day category and training has taken up the majority of her time.

“I’ve needed to learn how to kayak and also get into cycling,” she said. “[But] I managed to continue with my running, luckily, and was able to fit in three half-marathons last year.”

With the Coast to Coast at the top of Ashworth’s priority list, she has not yet been able to do any specific training for the duathlon, however she is fighting fit.

“Coast to Coast training is beneficial as it is giving me the base endurance fitness,” she said.

However, the training hasn’t been easy.

The running portion of the Coast to Coast is known for its technical difficulty, and Ashworth is more versed in road and trail running.

When the Coast to Coast is all done and dusted, Ashworth will have a week or two off to recover before getting into shorter training sessions and more speed work.

The Coast to Coast could also potentially be Ashworth’s last multi-sport adventure for a while, as she said she did not particularly enjoy the technical aspects of the run and the dangers that come with it.

Duathlons, though, remain on the cards.

“I would love to continue participating in duathlons where the run isn’t so technical and you have the added challenge of the bike ride and the transitions,” she said.

Last year Ashworth participated in the Ashburton duathlon series, a shorter course than the standard duathlon which encompasses a 10km run, 40km bike and 5km

Left – Kelsey Ashworth in action in the NBS Ashburton Duathlon Series last year.

run. Never having travelled to Spain before, Ashworth will set off on her duathlon journey with boyfriend, Nick.

A self-funded trip, Ashworth has to cover the cost of all accommodation, uniform, travel, an International Race Licence and race fees.

However, to make it work, Ashworth has included the race in with another overseas excursion.

“Nick and I are actually doing our OE over in the United Kingdom so have applied for a two-year working visa and have a couple of trips around Europe booked in between working,” Ashworth said.

The pair leave New Zealand in April so Ashworth will have time to find good training places in and around London before taking part in the duathlon champion-

ships in June.

Ashworth said she was looking forward to representing New Zealand and being around other professional athletes was also a bonus.

“I haven’t been in the sport for long so I know that I will be against some tough opposition but I’m going to give it my best shot and enjoy the amazing opportunity.”

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Black Caps eye up Australia Pakistan end their six-game tour of New Zealand at Eden Park tomorrow, but minds are starting to turn towards Australia’s visit.

The Australian tour group start arriving in Auckland today, with the first of their three ODIs at Eden Park on Wednesday.

It’s the blue riband event of the home summer after – no disrespect – lower key series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. However New Zealand’s players won’t have any difficulty keeping their thoughts on the Pakistanis, according to bowling coach Dimitri Mascarenhas.

As he pointed out, courtesy of the washout at Napier on Thursday, New Zealand are in an unbeatable position, 1-0 up with one to play. But there’s a world of difference between a drawn series and a 2-0 beating.

“In cricket, players and coaches are only thinking about the next game, that’s most important,” Mascarenhas said yesterday.

“We’ve got a big series against Pakistan, then we look ahead to the Australian one-dayers a few days after that.

“Pakistan are a very strong team, and showed glimpses of that at the Basin (last Monday) so we want to be on top of our game on Sunday.”

Mascarenhas yesterday confirmed he is stepping down from the job at the end of the Australian tour to spend more time with his family in Melbourne.

The former England allrounder began working with New Zealand last March and insisted family reasons were the only issue around his decision.

“It’s been really tough being on the road a long time. I think it’s the right thing to go home and spend more time with them.”

His decision had only been made recently, and wasn’t easy as he’d had “an amazing time and it’s been a great job”.

Mascarenhas insisted he had strong relationships with the players and fellow team staff.

New Zealand Cricket are embarking on a search for Mascarenhas’ replacement. New Zealand’s next assignment is to Zimbabwe and South Africa in August.

Shield squad Nic Maddinson will skipper a NSW squad comprising Test incumbents Nathan Lyon and Peter Nevill for their Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia in Christchurch. For the first time a Shield game will be held across the Tasman, with the match also being used as a warm-up for Test players involved in Australia’s tour of New Zealand. Off-spinner Will Somerville has been selected and is no stranger to New Zealand conditions having played first class cricket for Otago. The Blues will be without left-arm spinner Stephen O’Keefe, who is still recovering from a calf injury sustained during the third Test against West Indies in Sydney, while fast bowler Gurinder Sandhu has been omitted for the match beginning on February 3.

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Off to China

Captain Brendon McCullum should be on the park against Pakistan tomorrow.

As for tomorrow, regular skipper Brendon McCullum is expected to return after being absent since injuring his back colliding with advertising hoardings at Hagley Oval against Sri Lanka on December 28.

Coach Mike Hesson was adamant a few weeks ago, before the injury, that while McCullum might miss the odd game over the home summer, whenever he played, he would lead. There would be no playing under the skipper-inwaiting Kane Williamson, who has been in charge in McCullum’s absence.

Wicketkeeper BJ Watling, who missed out in the Napier rain, will get a rare chance tomorrow replacing regular short form wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi, who is sorely

out of form with the bat – just one score above eight in his last eight ODI innings.

New Zealand’s ODI squad to play Australia is expected to be named this morning, making performances tomorrow irrelevant in that specific context.

Pakistan gave New Zealand’s batsmen a serious hurry up in the opening game in Wellington before the lower order wagged hard, lifting the team from 99 for six to 280.

Lefthander Henry Nicholls announced himself with a fine 80, and Mitchell Santner and seamers Matt Henry and Mitch McClenaghan did what fast bowlers love doing and swung hard and well – until McClenaghan was clunked

a nasty blow above an eye which required surgery yesterday.

New Zealand’s superior familiarity with Eden Park’s geographic peculiarities should stand them in good stead tomorrow.

That said, Pakistan were well worth their 16-run T20 win on the ground a fortnight ago.

The boundaries square of the wicket can be deceiving to batsmen eyeing the crowd, especially considering the substantial difference with the lengths to clear the straight hit boundary.

“We know we don’t want to be pitching it up in the (batsman’s) arc too often. Well look at other ways to get people out,” Mascarenhas said.

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T20 hard format to dominate: Watson Twenty20 is the one format Australia are yet to dominate.

They won the inaugural T20 International against New Zealand in Auckland - made famous for Glenn McGrath’s feigned underarm delivery, the opposition’s beige bucket hats and Hamish Marshall’s afro.

But since the format has become serious business, success has proven elusive.

Australia’s win-loss T20 rate is a tick over 50 per cent, while they’ve failed to lift the trophy at all four World Cups.

Part of that record is explained by the hit-or-miss nature of shortened contests.

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Watson, who has played in all four of the side’s T20 World Cup bids.

Watson, named player of the tournament at the 2012 World Cup, feels scheduling has made it hard to build the same confidence exhibited by the Test and ODI sides.

T20 clashes are usually tacked onto the end of an ODI series and often the first thing to be cut in jam-packed schedules - Australia played a single T20 fixture in 2015.

“There’s not much continuity with the Twenty20 group until really it gets into Twenty20 World Cup mode,” Watson said.

“The make-up of the Twenty20 squad (often changes).

“It makes it very, very challeng-

ing. That’s one of the major reasons why we have been so inconsistent.”

Watson added the contests often boiled down to “pure entertainment value” when the carrot of a World Cup wasn’t there.

“It’s challenging. Apart from a Twenty20 World Cup, there really isn’t that much riding on the series apart from of course national pride,” he said. “There’s no rankings and big things.”

Bowling looms as a major concern in the side’s upcoming World Cup campaign, which starts against New Zealand in the northern Indian town of Dharamsala on March 18.

The national pace battery was

depleted recently by Mitchell Johnson’s retirement, while Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins remain sidelined because of injuries.

Johnson, Starc and Cummins were all part of Australia’s successful ODI World Cup campaign in 2015.

“There’s no doubt some of the injuries we’ve had are big blows.

Especially someone like Mitchell Starc,” Watson said.

“He’s an incredible T20 bowler ... he’s got incredible skill with the brand new ball and at the back end of a game as well.

“But the guys we’ve got coming into the team, they’ve got very good skills and good experience.”

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Socceroo James Troisi has joined the growing ranks of Australian players in China by signing for big-spending Liaoning Whowin. Troisi, who has been a free agent since severing ties with Saudi outfit Al-Ittihad earlier this month, reportedly had offers on the table from four A-League clubs, including hometown side Adelaide United, as well as interest from America’s Major League Soccer and elsewhere in Asia. But instead, the 27-year-old has taken up a lucrative deal with the ambitious Chinese Super League club, who last week signed another Australian, former Perth Glory skipper Michael Thwaite.

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Johnson’s back Halfback Shaun Johnson will make his return from injury to captain the Warriors at next weekend’s Downer NRL Auckland Nines at Eden Park.

Johnson will line up alongside new marquee signing Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and fellow new recruits Jeff Robson, Blake Ayshford and Henare Wells, in his first taste of football since recovering from the broken ankle which ruined his 2015 NRL season. Johnson is pleased to have achieved his goal of being able to play in the tournament and holds no reservations about whether his ankle is ready.

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Perry in demand Dual international Ellyse Perry is a chance to turn out in crucial matches in two codes within 48 hours this weekend.

Perry was involved with the Australian women’s cricket team as they attempted to level their T20 International series with India in game two at the MCG yesterday.

While the T20 series is due to conclude tomorrow afternoon in Sydney, Perry has been named by her football club team Sydney FC to play in the W-League grand final at Melbourne’s AAMI Park at the same time.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

In brief

Panthers set up Chch ‘home’ Penrith Panthers general manager Phil Gould has hailed Christchurch as a rugby league hotbed and the ideal partner-city to become the club’s home away from home in New Zealand.

Gould is visiting Christchurch to inspect the venue for the Panthers NRL match against the New Zealand Warriors on May 14 at AMI Stadium, run coaching clinics for local rugby league coaches and to meet local leaders.

The Panthers general manager says that Penrith wants to create a long-term relationship with the city and its sports fans and intends to play a match at AMI Stadium for the next four seasons.

“We want to build a New Zealand fan base in Christchurch and help to grow the game of rugby league in Canterbury,” says Gould.

“Looking around the NRL teams over the years, it is obvious how much talent this region produces and we hope that one day many of them will line up in Penrith colours.”

The rugby league legend has unrivalled respect and standing in the game after a career as player, NRL coach and State-ofOrigin coach, and these days as administrator, columnist and broadcaster.

Gould announced an extensive community programme for his players and coaching staff during their stay in Christchurch in May, which will include coaching sessions with clubs and schools, clinics for local coaches and a blacktie dinner.

While in Christchurch yesterday, Gould hosted a coaching clinic, filmed some local highlights to promote the game and met Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel to personally thank her for the support of the city.

“I have visited Christchurch several times over the past few years and I have been impressed by

M3 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway tomorrow. NZ Meeting number: 3.

Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12.

1 2.20pm (NZT) MERV FAHEY MEMORIAL C3, 295m 1 14144 Candyboy 17.48 C & .......................... Fagan 2 87788 Punch On Jaime 17.67 ..........J T McInerney 3 67865 Another Fan 17.38 .................J T McInerney 4 66411 Struggle Is Real 17.61 H & .................Taylor 5 86126 Adroit 17.18.................................. L Waretini 6 64221 Know Salute 17.29 .........................G Cleeve 7 2F213 Ohoka Billy 17.32 ......................... L Waretini 8 17537 Botany Zenvo 17.33 ...............J T McInerney 9 51554 Royal Action 17.37 S & ...................B Evans 10 56162 Patchwork Alice 17.30...................... B Dann 2 2.37pm JACKIE MCLAY MEMORIAL C4, 295m 1 27772 Cawbourne Dozer 17.27 ....................C Weir 2 64241 Impersonator 17.27 ...................A Bradshaw 3 14278 Norman Jewel 17.16 ....................C Roberts 4 61134 Good Genes 17.48.......................... M Grant 5 86267 Human Instinct 17.33 .............J T McInerney 6 38734 Showroom 17.38 .............................J Tanner 7 24157 Air Express 17.30...................J T McInerney 8 25644 Know Knowing 17.26 .....................G Cleeve 9 74684 Homebush Rocky 17.17 .........J T McInerney 10 66468 Terra Mondo 17.30 C & ...................... Fagan 3 2.55pm GARY DENOVAN MEMORIAL C3, 520m 1 21486 Nina Baxter 30.53 ..................J T McInerney 2 73735 Know Neglect 30.61 .......................G Cleeve 3 84572 Mystic Action 30.35 J &...................D Fahey 4 6641F Jinja Jaffa 30.32 ........................R Blackburn 5 41443 Lagoon Belle 30.31 ......................C Roberts 6 1437F Opawa Rocky 30.50 L & .................... Wales 7 61185 Thoracic 30.49 .......................J T McInerney 8 82773 Izzey Bale 30.14...........................C Roberts

Pearce apologetic Disgraced Sydney Roosters co-skipper Mitchell Pearce has admitted he has a problem with alcohol which he needs to address. Pearce apologised for his actions when he addressd media briefly in the wake of his lewd behaviour at a boozy Australia Day party in which he simulated a sex act with a dog. “I would like to unreservedly apologise to everyone for my actions over the last three days,” said Pearce, who did not take questions from reporters. “My behaviour was unacceptable, I’m embarrassed and take full responsibility for my actions.

“I acknowledge that I have a problem with alcohol and it’s something I need to address.

Together with the club I’m working on a solution to address these issues and it will come out in the next couple of days.”

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Brumbies’ captains

Phil Gould with junior representatives of the premier rugby league clubs in Canterbury, at AMI Stadium in Christchurch. the progress as it is becomes one of the most exciting cities in Australasia.”

Christchurch has not hosted an NRL match since 2010, but Gould emphasised his club was committed to a long-term partnership instead of the one-off matches in the past.

“We intend to extend that rela-

tionship beyond the match week in May and hope to see Penrith age-group teams visit Christchurch and invite Canterbury teams to come and play in Sydney,” said Gould, adding that this relationship would create an ideal pathway for local rugby league talent into the NRL. As part of that, Gould voiced his

support for a second Kiwi NRL Reserve Grade team to be based in Christchurch.

“It is clear this city has the talent and the fan base to support such a team. It would also enable the best talent to develop in a familiar home environment for longer, before they make the move to Australia, and we hope Penrith.”

Christchurch dogs Tomorrow at Addington raceway 9 85658 Cawbourne Kenny 30.67..............C Roberts 10 27336 Jinja Loch 30.67 .........................H Wanhalla 4 3.12pm DAVE DAVIES & BRENT COULL MEMORIAL C3, 295m 1 25314 Ohoka Coby 17.13 ....................... L Waretini 2 34851 Backchat Harry 17.05 ...............A Bradshaw 3 22774 Token Ace 17.28 ............................... J Rush 4 31463 Bad Week 17.33.....................J T McInerney 5 71187 Homebush Fine 17.62............J T McInerney 6 32272 Miss Fanning 17.36 .......................... B Dann 7 13338 Maudie’s Babe 17.18 C & .................. Fagan 8 66411 Dinero Action 17.30 S &..................B Evans 9 46611 Jinja Pistol 17.38 J &.......................D Fahey 10 65243 Wunzee 17.39 ........................J T McInerney 5 3.30pm COLIN COUNSELL MEMORIAL C4, 520m 1 71278 Solstice 30.48 .................................. B Dann 2 21326 Kava Blu 30.30 J &..........................D Fahey 3 36736 Know Scholar 30.76 .......................G Cleeve 4 24111 Dirk The Jerk nwtd ............................J Dunn 5 51751 Cawbourne Clover nwtd ...............M Roberts 6 28738 Know Mention 30.06 ......................G Cleeve 7 8x245 Lektra Concord nwtd ......................G Cleeve 8 75341 Boston Billy 30.40 H & ........................Taylor 9 78827 Roadworks 30.91 ............................ M Grant 10 67586 Homebush Howard 30.22 ......J T McInerney 6 3.47pm (NZT) GRAHAM BARRON MEMORIAL C4, 295m 1 68172 Tina 17.41 H & ....................................Taylor 2 56723 Know Hero nwtd.............................G Cleeve 3 27242 Wears The Gold 17.28 .................C Roberts 4 41126 Bella Grace 17.33 C & ....................... Fagan 5 64211 About Town 17.27 ...............................A Lee 6 13673 Homebush Paige 17.33..........J T McInerney 7 16357 No Leaf Clover 17.09 .........................C Weir 8 84818 Mary Marlow 17.14 ......................... M Grant

9 74684 Homebush Rocky 17.17 .........J T McInerney 10 8F388 Gorilla On Drums 17.29 ...................A Joyce 7 4.05pm PAT CAGNEY MEMORIAL C1/2d, 645m 1 61752 Goldstar Po 38.35 S & ....................B Evans 2 33772 Trust Issues 37.82 J &.....................D Fahey 3 33641 Can’t Catch Tim 38.09 ..................R Adcock 4 38113 Lagoon Mytye 38.09 ....................C Roberts 5 23127 Vernon Bale nwtd .........................C Roberts 6 86632 Cawbourne War 38.21 .................C Roberts 7 88111 Long Stockings 38.23 ............... A Bradshaw 8 58824 Karen’s Magic 38.62 .....................R Adcock 9 64525 Unova Bale nwtd ..........................C Roberts 10 44267 Cawbourne Miami 38.21 ..............C Roberts 8 4.22pm DAVE BUSCH MEMORIAL C5, 295m 1 17254 Shadow Apache 17.11 J &..............D Fahey 2 11611 Homebush Zippy 17.26 ..........J T McInerney 3 27217 Know Magic 17.14 .........................G Cleeve 4 35515 Opawa Opal 17.20 L & ....................... Wales 5 24146 New Thang 17.32 ...................... A Bradshaw 6 71563 Smash Rumour 17.19 ..................... M Grant 7 42433 Gump’s The Name 17.31 ....................A Lee 8 27158 Collecting Money 17.27 .................. M Grant 9 13562 Keramus 17.09 ...............................G Cleeve 10 13668 Cawbourne Jelly 17.11 ......................C Weir 9 4.40pm GERALD & LINDSAY CLEEVE MEMORIAL C3, 520m 1 688x2 Know Mayhem 30.34 .....................G Cleeve 2 87547 Botany Kevin 30.49 ................J T McInerney 3 18488 In The Boot 30.16 S & .....................B Evans 4 31741 Zipping Sonny 30.43 ..............J T McInerney 5 15465 Jessie Surfs 30.35 .......................C Roberts 6 83627 Jinja Billy 30.56 ............................ L Waretini 7 31444 Benjamin Black 30.29 .............. A Botherway 8 7211F Cawbourne Kristy 30.44...............C Roberts 9 85658 Cawbourne Kenny 30.67..............C Roberts

10 11766 Arcane Sabre nwtd ......................C Roberts

10 4.57pm ETHEL SIBLEY MEMORIAL C5, 295m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11385 Dream Large 17.14 .......................... B Dann 62714 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 41275 Opawa Rocket 17.13 L & ................... Wales 31382 Homebush Ariel 17.30 ...........J T McInerney 78117 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 31155 Mojo Burst 17.03 ............................. M Grant 54135 Dizzy State 17.20 ...............................C Weir 21813 Culvie Godfather 17.20 H & ................Taylor 13562 Keramus 17.09 ...............................G Cleeve 17181 Jewel Action 17.26 J & ....................D Fahey 11 5.15pm ELVIN HIBBS MEMORIAL C4/5, 520m 1 73168 Another Message 30.42 .........J T McInerney 2 23142 Chippa Lata 29.92.....................R Blackburn 3 21332 Robbie 30.20.................................R Adcock 4 53517 Opawa Stretch 30.32 L & ................... Wales 5 17115 Dyna Vikkers 29.94 ......................C Roberts 6 12221 Homebush Kelso 30.31 ..........J T McInerney 7 62141 Southern Lights 30.51 .................R Hamilton 8 24816 Another Liz 30.63 ...................J T McInerney 9 78827 Roadworks 30.91 ............................ M Grant 10 67586 Homebush Howard 30.22 ......J T McInerney 12 5.36pm GORDON KINGSTON MEMORIAL C4, 295m 1 85121 My First Litter 17.27 .....................C Roberts 2 81788 Porky Pig 17.33 ......................... A Bradshaw 3 17734 Opawa Crusade nwtd L & .................. Wales 4 25386 Replay 17.26 M &..............................Jopson 5 F4166 Believe 17.27 ................................... B Dann 6 85333 Rick’s Treasure 17.25 C & .................. Fagan 7 43137 Homebush Chopper 17.21 .....J T McInerney 8 58336 Harkonen Bale 17.08 ...................C Roberts 9 72685 Tell The Boys 17.27 ................J T McInerney 10 74787 Bo’s Business 17.27........................ M Grant

Wallabies Stephen Moore and Christian Lealiifano have been selected as co-captains of the ACT Brumbies for the 2016 Super Rugby season.

Moore, who led Australia to the World Cup final last year, is set to the Brumbies at the end of the 2016 season to return to the Queensland Reds and Leali’ifano is being groomed to take his place.

Lealiifano recently signed a flexible two-year deal which will allow him to play in Japan while staying with the Brumbies at least until 2018. He has played for the Brumbies since making his Super Rugby debut in 2008.

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Tennis returns Senior tennis will return to the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre courts today after the summer break with Hampstead taking on Allenton, Southern facing Methven and Fairton locking horns with Tinwald. Tabletoppers Hampstead kicked off round two in style with a 5-1 mauling of Southern on December 12 and will be favourites against fourth placed Allenton. Not to be outdone, Methven also posted a 5-1 win in their opening tie of the round against Tinwald and will hope to deal fifth placed Southern a second loss today. Fairton is currently in third on the ladder following a 4-2 triumph over Allenton in their last outing, but will be out to up their stock against basement team Tinwald.

No roadkill Angelique Kerber has big ambitions to be more than another piece of roadkill on Serena Williams’ seemingly inevitable journey to sporting immortality. The powerpacked left-hander enters tonight’s Australian Open final standing in the way of Williams equalling Steffi Graf’s record of 22 Open-era grand slam singles titles.

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■ TENNIS

Fed era not over, despite Djokovic Intent on proving the doubters wrong, Roger Federer is convinced more grand slam glory awaits despite his frustrating title drought continuing at Melbourne Park.

Turning 35 in August, Federer has now gone 14 majors and three and a half years since landing his record 17th singles slam at Wimbledon in 2012.

But the Swiss - who is projected to return to world No.2 next week bristled at the suggestion his days of challenging Novak Djokovic on the sport’s biggest stages were over after falling in four sets to the Serb in a scintillating Australian Open semi-final.

“I know you guys (in the media) make it a different case - I get that because you think I’m old and all that - but it’s no problem for me,” Federer said after his 6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3 defeat.

“It doesn’t scare me when I go into a big match against any player who’s in their prime right now.

“It’s disappointing, but at the same time I’m going deep in slams, I’m having great runs.

“Novak right now is a reference for everybody. He’s the only guy that has been able to stop me as of late.”

Djokovic has now beaten Federer in their past four grand slam meetings, including the 2014 and 2015 Wimbledon finals and last year’s US Open decider, and admitted feeling at the peak of his

career on Thursday night.

But Federer’s stirring fightback to take the third set after Djokovic’s stunning domination of the first two is only fuelling the Swiss’s belief.

“I have self-confidence. That doesn’t fade away very quickly,” he said.

“I know it’s not easy. I never thought it was easy. But best-ofthree (sets), best-of-five ... I can run for four or five hours - it’s not a problem.”

Federer is targeting Wimbledon - where he’s already captured seven titles and made a mindboggling 10 finals - as his best chance to break his grand slam run of outs.

His focus firmly on the grasscourt season, Federer plans to take advantage of his veteran status to limit his 2016 claycourt campaign to an 18th French Open tilt.

The ATP allows players to skip a number of Masters Series events if they have played 600 matches, been on tour for least 12 seasons and have reached age 31.

The former world No.1 has met all of those requirements and, unless he has a change of heart, won’t play in Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome after contesting upcoming tournaments in Rotterdam, Dubai and Indian Wells.

For any other 35-year-old father of four, the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and US Open in September

Novak Djokovic: At the peak of his game. might be a perfect swansong, but Federer is vowing to return to Melbourne Park in 2017.

Djokovic, the world No.1 will be bidding to join legends Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver with 11 major championship wins in what will be his 19th grand slam final.

“Right now, I feel like I’m at the peak of my career and I’m trying to cherish every moment on court,” Djokovic said.

“Definitely I played an unbelievable first two sets but that’s what is necessary against Roger.

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“He’s been playing a very high level in this tournament. He’s been playing very aggressively. I came up with the right intensity. I executed everything perfectly.

“Obviously with a two-set lead is more comfortable, but it was a battle in the end.”

Djokovic’s tennis in the opening set on Thursday night was as good as it gets.

In the 45th instalment of an epic rivalry locked at 22 wins apiece, Djokovic opened with an ace, held for love and won 12 of the first 14

points to charge to a 3-0 lead.

Hitting with incredible power and precision, the top seed gained a second break and closed out the first set in 22 minutes.

Only once in 16 previous attempts had Federer beaten Djokovic after conceding the opening set. There appeared no way back after Djokovic broke the third seed twice more and barely dropped a point on his own serve in storming to a two-set advantage inside an hour.

Federer saved another break point in the fifth game of the third set before producing his best tennis of the night, including a crazy running crosscourt pass, to break Djokovic for 4-2 and drawing thunderous applause from the sellout crowd.

The ageless champion held firm to clinch the set on his third set point and suddenly the crowd had a match on their hands.

Striving to become the oldest Open champion since Ken Rosewall in 1972, the 34-year-old had Djokovic down love-30 immediately on the resumption of play after the roof was shut.

But Federer couldn’t convert and paid the price as Djokovic, after benefiting from a fortuitous net-cord winner, broke the Swiss for a decisive 5-3 advantage before closing out his 34th win from his past 35 grand slam encounters.

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■ SUPER BOWL

Riverboat Ron hopes to glide into NFL glory Ron Rivera has a chance to become only the fourth man to win a Super Bowl as both a player and head coach, a remarkable feat considering the bleak situation he was in three years ago.

Several media outlets had reported Rivera was going to be fired after the NFL’s 2012 campaign with the Panthers having posted losing records in each of his first two seasons in charge.

The reports proved erroneous, and given his reprieve, Rivera reevaluated his approach. He began spending more off-field time with his players, encouraged them to confide their gripes, and succeeded in getting them to talk about their problems.

But more perhaps more importantly Rivera, who had earned a reputation in his first two NFL seasons with Carolina for making conservative tactical decisions, ultimately reconsidered his game-day philosophy.

In the second game of the 2013 season the Panthers were up 20-17 with under two minutes to play and faced with a fourthand-one at Buffalo’s 21-yard line.

They could have closed out the game with a first down.

Instead, Rivera opted for a field goal and Buffalo then marched down the field for the game-winning touchdown.

Carolina Panthers talk tactics with coach Ron Rivera (centre).

It was a pivotal moment. Rivera decided to be bolder from that point, and the rest is history. He has since earned the nickname “Riverboat Ron” - a reference to the old American pastime of riverboat gambling.

Of course, it hasn’t hurt Rivera to have arguably the best, most athletic quarterback in the league in Cam Newton, who has also been with the team since

2011.

One thing Rivera and Newton, who will be up against the Denver Broncos in the February 7 Super Bowl in Santa Clara, have in common is that both had more than their share of sceptics.

“Carolina Panthers going nowhere with Ron Rivera, Cam Newton,” blared a headline on NFL.com in early 2013.

The result of the Super Bowl

may not be life or death for Rivera, 54, whose real-life experiences last year included a fire that destroyed his home and a brother dying of pancreatic cancer.

Nevertheless, victory would elevate him to an elite club with Mike Ditka, Tom Flores and Tony Dungy as a Super Bowl winner as both player and coach.

Rivera, a linebacker on the Chi-

cago Bears team that won the Super Bowl in the 1985 season, will instruct his team to adopt the same attitude that Ditka instilled in his players three decades ago.

“One of the things coach Ditka emphasised to us was to enjoy the moment,” Rivera said.

“The moment doesn’t come very often. It’s hard. It’s hard to get to where we are right now.”

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Tinwald has it all Locals know that Tinwald is much more than just a place to drive through. In fact there is so much to see and do that you may not fit it all in to one day.

It has a strong business heart and a rapidly growing population, and is full of the multicultural diversity that is part of the common make-up of the rapidly growing Mid Canterbury district.

Many new families are drawn to the area for its promising and abundant lifestyle opportunities.

Tinwald boasts high quality homes, a large retirement village, its own tavern, restaurant, school, motels and a shopping complex.

There are a mix of shopping pleasures in Tinwald including a garden centre, fruit and vegetable shop, café’s, bakery and takeaway shops. There is also a medical centre, golf club, supermarket, petrol station, dairies, freight companies, speciality businesses and vehicle dealerships to name a few.

HISTORY Tinwald was part of the original Lagmhor Run. It was flat, swampy and covered in manuka, matagouri and flax when its first settlers built their modest homes in the late 1870s.

Until 1955 Tinwald was a township in its own right. It was run by its own town board and took great pride in its independence.

As Tinwald grew, however, so too did the expectations of its residents. Across the bridge Ashburton had a piped water supply, sealed

roads and foot paths, and a sewerage system, while Tinwald did not. The town board found itself struggling to meet the costs for these expensive items, and in July 1954 a decision was made to amalgamate with Ashburton.

Amalgamation ultimately laid the foundations for the Tinwald of today.

It has become the place of choice for many people when it comes to living and lifestyles, the facilities available and for its proximity to Lake Hood.

TINWALD DOMAIN The Tinwald Domain is an iconic green space on the edge of the township. With four hectares of open space, there is plenty of room to run around, or find a quiet spot under a tree to read a good book.

The children’s playground will keep the young ones entertained, and if you’re feeling athletic, the domain is host to three tennis courts, which are open to public use.

The Tinwald Pool is solar heated and is open to the public on weekdays from 4pm7pm, and on weekends from noon until 7pm.

TINWALD CYCLING CLUB The Tinwald Cycling Club’s velodrome is located only a two-minute walk from the Tinwald Domain. A 400 metre concrete banked velodrome and cycling academy training rooms are well-maintained by hard-working club members.

The club, which was established in 1923, has

a proud history both on the track and on the road. The track is open for competition on Friday evenings, with emphasis on enjoyment and development.

You’re never too young or too old to join.

Young children on training bikes take part in the ‘wizz-wheeler’ events, and from there the racing is graded on age and ability, including handicapped racing, to ensure everyone has a fun and challenging experience.

VINTAGE CAR CLUB Down the road from the Tinwald Domain the Ashburton branch of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand has its clubrooms, museum and parts shed. With an estimated membership of approximately 250, the car club has an impressive range of vehicles spanning from 1902 to 1977.

The museum was opened in 1979 and usually houses up to 35 vehicles and is available for viewing by individuals and groups by arrangement.

Clubnights are held on the third Thursday of every month, and the club runs a number of fun rally’s for members to showcase their pride and joy to the general public.

PLAINS VINTAGE RAILWAY AND HISTORICAL MUSEUM Located in-between the Tinwald Domain and the Tinwald Cycling Club’s velodrome, is the beautifully kept Plains Vintage Railway and Historical Museum.

It is home to a wide range of exhibits, spanning the history of Mid-Canterbury since European colonisation.

The vintage railway features three operational steam locomotives and the New Zealand rail speed record holding Vulcan Railcar. The Plains Railway received world-wide attention when in 1981 the Rogers Locomotive Works Built ‘K’ Class locomotive, ‘K’88 or “Washington” as she is named, was returned to steam after being buried in the Oreti River for 50 years for use as a stop-bank and rail-

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and a number of waterways meandering throughout the course, providing challenging water hazards for golfers to negotiate.

Located on Frasers Road, the golf club welcomes new membership, and encourages members and visitors to enjoy a beverage at the club house following a round.

LAKE HOOD way protection. What also attracted large amounts of attention was that this restoration was performed largely by one man, the late Bob Anderson. The K88 can be viewed in its glory during the society’s open days, where it takes passengers up and down 3km of railway track, preserved by the railway society.

The Pioneer Village recreates how life was in New Zealand’s earlier days, shortly after European colonization. The old Waterton Anglican Church takes pride of place alongside the former Chertsey Railway Station, and a functioning blacksmiths shop. The church can be hired for events, such as wedding ceremonies.

The rural history section displays an impressive range of vintage tractors, traction engines and other farm machinery.

2016 sees the railway celebrating its 45th year. They will have celebrations throughout the year, however the main event will be held over Labour Weekend (October 22-24), so mark it in your calendar now!

The vintage railway’s next open day is February 7.

LYNN WOODWORK MUSEUM The Lynn Woodwork Museum is part of the historical Plains Vintage Railway and Historical Village.

The Museum was established by Bob Lynn, who spent a lifetime working with wood.

The Lynn Woodwork Museum contains a marvelous collection of ornamental turning lathes, and associated equipment.

The museum also features a major collection of woodworking tools dating from the 1600’s, with the museum holding some 5000 examples of early tools.

TINWALD GOLF CLUB Established in 1967, the Tinwald Golf Club is situated on reserve land adjacent to the Tinwald Domain.

The 18 hole course is predominantly flat and easy walking, with tree-lined fairways

Located only 4km from Tinwald, Lake Hood is part of the Ashburton Aquatic Park. A haven for water-sports, the lake provides areas for kayaking, boating, fishing, sailing, and swimming, as well as an eight-lane international rowing course and a separate international water-skiing course.

The park includes a number of picnic tables, making it a stunning location for a relaxation. The lake also features a restaurant, bar and function facilities, for a fabulous day by the water.

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Tinwald has fanned out and businesses have established themselves all along the main route and branched off its side roads.

Tinwald is now home to some big name companies and is bursting with opportunity.

Its community continues to grow and meet the needs of those both within the district and much further afield.

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Ask anyone from Ashburton where to find Sim’s Bakery and they will tell you “it’s over the bridge on the Main Road in Tinwald.”

Remember walking past the door of a bakery and taking in the distinctive smell of good, old fashioned homemade bread.

That’s just the experience when you pop into Sim’s Bakery. Tasty soft bread inside a yummy crust is what you get. You can also find delicious pies topped to the rim with a yummy filling. Slices, slabs, pizza, quiche and other specialty convenient dishes are also available and just taste sensational!

Need a sandwich? Look no further, they have them too! And for your sweet tooth, indulge with their cakes, biscuits and other tasty slices. Call in to Sim’s Bakery, you won’t regret it!

For over 25 years, Stuart Tarbotton Contractors has delivered on its promises. Their clients know they can rely on them for a wide range of contracting solutions and Stuart Tarbotton Contractors’ team know they will accept only one outcome – the best. That’s what they aim for and that’s what they deliver every time.

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Work involves hot-mixing driveways, clearing stock water races, digging offal holes and also includes subdivisions, dairy conversions, underpass installation, tennis courts, hedge and stump removal, tree lopping, as well as cleaning irrigation races and building water storage ponds.

Stuart Tarbotton Contractors can complete a wide range of work for any requirement you may have - safely and professionally. So give them a call to discuss your next project.

Ray White is celebrating soon their second year in Tinwald, having opened their office there late February 2014. Without the inconvenience of having to travel into the middle of Ashburton, Tinwald locals have had their own real estate hub, with a focus toward servicing the local community.

Ray White agents are passionate about properties and providing local residents the peace of mind that they will take care of their properties like they were theirs. The enthusiastic local team takes pride in giving the best service and results to their clients, to match the best property with the best buyers.

Customised Building Specialists Specialised Structures buildings are the ultimate building solution!

Freestall Cow Barns, Steel, Tilt-Slab & Timber buildings, plus our Simplified Structures range of standard buildings, means Specialised Structures have got you covered. Your building can be any shape, size, design or cladding. From carports, garages, KiwiBarns, rural buildings & farm sheds to Dairy, Industrial, Warehousing, Aircraft Hangars, Retail & Commercial Buildings.

All Specialised Structures branches are independently owned and operated, providing a more personal approach, matched with plenty of local knowledge and expertise.

Specialised Structures NZ Ltd is proudly 100 per cent NZ Owned and Operated.

Smallbone Ltd is locally owned and operated and is very proud to have a dedicated team of trained and qualified staff working at both Smallbone Holden and Smallbone Isuzu dealerships. They pride themselves on performing to the highest level of workmanship and competiveness, whilst guaranteeing all products and services to their

customers.

Whether you are searching for a new Holden or used vehicle in the Mid Canterbury area or are after parts and service for your vehicle, the professional and friendly team at Smallbone Holden are ready and waiting to provide you with all the help you need. This also includes assistance with insurance and financial solutions.

Smallbone Isuzu is proud to be representing New Zealand’s largest selling truck brand. A brand that stands for quality, versatility and reliable performance. The team at Smallbone Isuzu strive to get trucks back on the road as soon as possible by providing quality service and an efficient parts department.

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Dedicated to delivering our community a large selection of delicious fresh fruit and vegetables, the Green Grocer offers them at prices you will love. They support local growers, with much of its fresh fruit and vegetables coming fresh daily, from local paddocks.

The retail store also extended their produce to nice, local meat, bread, lots of dry goods and frozen pies and tarts.

Making the Green Grocer experience special for all of their customers, the team provides an exceptional and friendly service. For crisp, nutritious vegetables, farm fresh free range eggs, sweet, juicy fruit and customer service with a smile, head to the Green Grocer on the Main road in Tinwald.

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Terrace View Retirement Village Terrace View Retirement Village is more than a retirement home, it’s a complete lifestyle community. It offers residents’ affordable luxury living with the benefits of experienced and skilled staff and the comforts of home.

Terrace View on Carters Road in Tinwald takes the title as Ashburton’s first purpose built retirement village.

It is set on five acres of land among peaceful, landscaped grounds and gardens, bordered on one side by the Ashburton River. The village has a variety of lifestyle and care options, including independent or assisted living in villas, apartments or studios, right through to full rest home, hospital or palliative care.

They have studios, or one and two bedroom apartments along with three bedroom villa options which come with either a garage or parking space.

There is also a communal lounge/ theatre space, dining room, laundry facilities and a café / bar facility. All the rooms on site are modern, warm and spacious.

Whether it be Terrace Views quality meals and onsite services, or getting one’s health care needs met, Terrace View’s staff are second to None, and offer residents’ quality care right at their door. It’s just one more on site option that

gives residents’ – and their family members - peace of mind.

Depending on the lifestyle option chosen, residents of the villas can keep their independent living in a secure property offering full kitchen facilities, living rooms and bedrooms for family visitors.

Each villa has been professionally designed and the neutral décor is just ready and waiting for occupation.

The apartment options offer the same security and freedom but in a smaller sized property.

The apartments have also been designed to meet residents’ needs and care packages can be upgraded if those needs change.

The studios also offer the same secure independence with a range of service packages including 11 care suites providing a higher level of care.

The Terrace View rest home and hospital has professional staff working in a modern and purpose-built facility. The large rooms come complete with ensuite and views of the grounds and gardens.

The range of lifestyle options at Terrace View mean couples can remain close to each other in retirement if they have different health care needs. It’s just another bonus that gives some comfort for all concerned.

As if the site and its facilities were not enough to prompt a call to Terrace View, the retirement village has another draw card: at Terrace View, residency means no lawn mowing, maintenance or upkeep of the grounds or the property. That means more time to spend on other interests.

The communal areas are a great way to keep in contact with other people and offer a facility for regular social activities. The lounge/ theatre area, with bar facilities, is also a great place to relax with others while catching up on local news, gathering for national, or sporting, events around the large communal television or to just sit and admire the fabulous garden setting and listen to the birds.

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■ OVERSEAS INVESTMENT OFFICE

Firm cleared to buy dairy farms cows and its portfolio represents around 1825 hectares.

Belcher said they’re currently raising a further $20 million to $25 million for more dairy farm acquisitions as the current downturn provides great buying opportunities.

“Now is a great time to invest in dairy if you take a three-year to five-year view. The investment opportunities are now the best they’ve been in the past five to eight years,” he said.

Belcher said, like with the Auckland housing market, farm prices aren’t likely to drop massively, but with an increase in forced sales as banks tighten up on non-performing loans there will be some good buys to be had.

The company’s cornerstone shareholder is Chicago-based

Dairy Farms NZ Limited has been cleared to buy Otapiri farms, a cluster of five dairy farms (1207 hectares) in Otapiri, central Southland. investor Sam Zell through his EGI-NZ Dairy LLC which lifted its stake to 55 per cent from 49.51 per cent in order to fund the ac-

quisition of the five dairy farms in Otapiri.

Belcher said Zell’s stake will drop back to the 30s with the

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Securing the future for your business

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ransferring the management and ownership of a family business to the next generation is seldom a straightforward process. If handled badly, it can diminish wealth and have an impact on family relationships.

Careful succession planning can help reconcile different family interests and expectations, resolve awkward tax and financial issues and ensure continuity of the business.

Events such as marital breakdown, sudden illness or death can greatly complicate matters if you are not prepared.

When it comes to family run businesses, family members typically play a controlling role in both the management succession as well as the ownership succession.

As such, the effective integration and management of the family component will have a determining effect on the success of the succession process.

At the end of the day, it is important to make sure your business is successful without you, regardless of whether you are planning to sell, retire, gift or take a more passive role.

In small to medium sized businesses, especially the rural

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sector, it is common for a single business owner to retain all the knowledge and relationships.

This leaves their firm highly vulnerable after retirement or events such as marital breakdown, sudden illness or death.

Unfortunately, many business owners deal with issues in a fragmented, ad-hoc or reactive way.

They consult professionals only when the issue or opportunity arises or presents itself.

The process can be accelerated if required, but normally results in a much lower return after sale or limits your exit options.

You need to make sure you have your house in order if you want to protect your family, set yourself up for a comfortable retirement, ensure the ongoing success of your business or demand a high price when selling.

Planning should start early and you should think of it as a process and not an event. Include independent directors or

advisors to oversee the process, focus on personal development and professional feedback, complete a stocktake of your business interests and think about setting target dates for transition.

It’s not just about safeguarding your legacy, it also paves the way for you to take a more passive role in latter years. Careful planning helps reconcile different family interests and expectations, resolves awkward tax and financial issues and ensures continuity of the business.

A trusted professional can help advise business owners and other family members on planning to accumulate and preserve wealth, increase the value of the business, manage change, professionalise the management of the business and resolve conflicts between family members.

Succession planning can be viewed as a prosperous end to a lifetime commitment to your business.

It can also represent a new chapter in your personal life and the life of your business and is also imperative for the long-term survival of any business.

Matt Hannah is a director of KPMG Private Enterprise

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August when the building products and construction company reported its full-year operating earnings of $653 million for the 2015 financial year.

The deal doesn’t affect the ownership of Rocla Pipes & Concrete Products and GBCWinstones which remain a core part of Fletcher’s portfolio.

Fletcher Building shares fell 0.7 per cent to $6.86 and have dropped 6.8 per cent so far this year.

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ted a further $A44 million, taking the total consideration received to $A194 million ($212 million).

Fletcher Building said completion of the sale will result in a profit of about $85 million, reflecting the gain on sale of the Rocla Quarry Assets, offset by transaction costs and adjustments to asset carrying values.

The profit will be booked in the 2016 financial year ending June 30.

The sale was announced in

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Fletcher Building has completed the $A150 million sale of Rocla Quarry Products assets to Hanson Construction Materials following clearance from the Australian Competition Commission and the Foreign Investment Review Board.

The additional sale to other parties of joint venture quarry assets and other Rocla Quarry asset outside of the Hanson deal, has net-

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capital raising and then below 25 per cent in an eventual initial public offering on the New Zealand stock exchange.

He’s not sure what the timing for a listing will be, but said the enterprise value of Dairy Farms NZ would need to double to around $200 million before that occurs.

The company has more than 42 shareholders, most of whom are New Zealand citizens, and the plan is to be predominantly NZowned long-term.

Its business strategy is to buy high-quality dairy land in nondrought prone parts of Canterbury, Otago and Southland where Belcher said its research had shown were the best parts of the country for dairy farming longterm.

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Dairy Farms NZ has cleared Overseas Investment Office approval for the $47 million purchase of five central Southland dairy farms ahead of a further capitalraising and eventual listing on the New Zealand sharemarket.

Dairy Farms NZ chairman David Belcher said despite the current downturn in global dairy milk prices, it was a long-term investor and prepared to wait out the cycle moving up again.

The company was set up in 2014 to provide New Zealand investors the opportunity to directly invest in dairy farming and the latest five farms add to its existing portfolio of two owned and one leased farm in Mid Canterbury.

With the latest additions, it will now milk more than 5500

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For some, closure never comes

Sue Newman

ACTING EDITOR

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or any parent who loses a child, life will never be the same.

Most are able to grieve in private and then find their way back to some kind of normal life again. Not so when your child disappears or is murdered.

For those families lives are torn apart. They become public property and their every move is scrutinised.

The fortunate have a resolution of a kind through an arrest and a trial. Their very public horror at least has some kind of public ending, although the pain and the missing will be lifelong.

The less fortunate never have answers, they never have closure.

For some, their children are never found, for others the person responsible for their death is never identified. No-one is held to account.

Some of those missing children or unsolved cases become high profile events that push families into the spotlight and never let them leave its glare.

Marlborough’s Hope and Smart families are two of those. Their children disappeared on New Year’s Eve 1997. They were presumed murdered, Scott Watson was charged with those murders and found guilty but their bodies have never been found.

These were two relatively high-profile families and their children disappeared in one of New Zealand’s most beautiful playgrounds. The teenagers were attractive, the families picture perfect and as a country we became bound up in the search that quickly became the hunt for a murderer. The HopeSmart story is possibly the best documented and most widely debated of missing children and the subsequent murder investigation in New Zealand’s history.

In the almost two decades since the teenagers disappeared, the Hope and Smart families have never been allowed to quietly get on with their lives, to move on. Private investigations have been mounted, books have been written, television programmes made.

This case is not alone in having either no resolution or having a resolution that has raised more questions than it answered.

So what’s different about the Hope-Smart case? Would there have been the same public intrigue if the two children involved had come from an under-privileged background in a far from affluent part of New Zealand?

YOUR VIEW Councillor absence I was very interested in your article on councillors’ attendance figures and I was shocked to read that Donna Favel and Russell Ellis, the two councillors I voted for, only attended half the council meetings.

I feel I have wasted my vote, and can you tell me, do they still receive the full amount of their payment paid by us ratepayers.

David Jones Acting editor Sue Newman replies: The article you refer to did not state the two councillors attended only half of the meetings of council or council committees.

Both had a 100 per cent attendance of the 14 full council meetings and attended all but six of the 27 council committee meetings.

On one occasion each they were not required to attend a meeting because they were not members of that committee.

Therefore they attended 36 out of the 41 council and council committee meetings, an attendance rate of 90 per cent.

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Do you volunteer your time to a local community organisation?

Yes 63% No 37%

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Today’s online poll question Q: The euthanasia debate has gained a lot of traction recently, do you think Kiwis should have the right to die ‘with dignity’?

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n recent weeks there has been a lot of negative media about economic conditions in China.

In particular the slowing growth, a volatile sharemarket and a decrease in dairy imports.

The potential impact of much of this has been exaggerated.

Given the value of China to Westland, indeed the whole of the New Zealand dairy industry, it is important that we understand what is happening.

The Chinese stock market, for example, has been used as an economic indicator by foreign press.

In the 12 months prior to the downturn in July last year, the Chinese stock market had increased by 147 per cent, largely driven by government policy.

The Chinese stock market is very different from stock markets in the west. It is 85 per cent retail (mum and dad investors) and hence is very “momentum and sentiment driven”. It gets over-bought and over-sold and is generally more volatile.

Western stock markets, on the other hand, are dominated by institutional investors and tend to be more stable, reflecting underlying values more accurately.

Despite being dominated by retail investors, fewer than 6 per cent of Chinese people actually have money in the sharemarket.

Even significant market falls do not impact real consumer purchasing power in any meaningful way.

The bottom line is that, in China, the connection between sharemarket activity and economic fundamentals is much weaker than in the west. What we saw in the China stock market in 2015 was a correction rather than a crisis.

GDP growth in China has been slowing, which appears to be causing some anxiety, especially for trade partners of China. In the past decade GDP growth has slowed from 11 per cent to about 7 per cent.

However, with GDP now around $US11 trillion, the Chinese economy is the second largest in the world. Even at these more modest growth rates of around 7 per cent, the actual

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Editor, PO Box 77 increase in economic value is still huge.

Looking at growth in China through the singular lens of GDP is also somewhat misleading.

As the second largest economy in the world it is now much more complex and diverse than it was a decade ago. Some sectors in China are booming, while others are maturing or even in decline.

The demand for commodities such as iron ore and copper are falling, but the demand for agricultural imports, particularly at the premium end, is rising rapidly.

It is consumer behaviour that is most relevant to Westland and our value-add strategy. At the consumer end most of the growth is now in value rather than volume. The lower middle class has already formed and now we are seeing the development of a much larger middle and upper middle class. This group of consumers will likely double in the next five years. The growth is therefore shifting from staples to

more discretionary spending and higher value products.

Consequently we are seeing a very strong trend toward premium products. Most of the big international players in China are reporting a slow decline in their older more mainstream products, but strong growth in newer and higher value products.

On the dairy commodity side it is true that there has been a fall in the demand for imported powder.

Again, there are a few reasons for this. Firstly there was a buildup of inventory during 2014 that, to some extent, was milk supply driven.

Secondly, changes in consumer demand are reflected in value growing faster than volume.

Lower value dairy beverage products, which use a lot of imported powders, are declining. Demand for premium dairy products, such as UHT milk, UHT cream and infant formula, continue to enjoy growth rates between 10 and 30 per cent.

While dairy farming productiv-

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ity has increased in China, it will never be self-sufficient. Land and water constraints mean China will become increasingly less self-sufficient over time. Food security is a critical political issue for China’s leadership and food safety is critical to the people.

Westland Milk Products has invested in a growth strategy of value-added products that are largely destined for China.

Irrespective of what New Zealand media is telling us about the China economy, we need to focus on what Chinese consumers are telling us.

Right now, consumers want premium products and are willing to pay premium prices for them. This was true when we built the China strategy, it is true today and will be just as true tomorrow.

Gregg Wafelbakker, based in Shanghai, is General Manager – China for Westland Milk Products, New Zealand’s second biggest dairy co-operative

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Saturday, January 30, 2016

■ UNITED STATES

Republicans mock Trump Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has chided frontrunner Donald Trump for skipping their televised debate, thanking his rivals for “showing up” in Iowa and making their case to voters four days before the first nominating contest.

Trump boycotted the debate in a snub to host Fox News, holding a competing event across town in Des Moines in a controversy that widened the rupture between his supporters and the Republican Party establishment.

“I’m a maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly, and Ben, you’re a terrible surgeon,” Cruz said to rival Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, saying that he had now “gotten the Donald Trump portion of the programme out of the way”.

“I want to thank everyone here for showing the men and women of Iowa the respect to show up and make the case to the people of this state and the people of the country why each of us believe we would make the best commander in chief,” said Cruz, the Texas senator who is Trump’s top rival in Iowa.

A representative for Michael Douglas has assured fans the Hollywood veteran is healthy after a report suggested the actor’s cancer has returned and he has only three months to live. Editors at US magazine National Enquirer ran a piece suggesting the Wall Street star’s illness had come back, five years after he was given the all-clear following treatment for tongue cancer.

However, the report, headlined “3 Months to Live!”, was incorrect, according to Douglas’ rep Allen Burry, and the star was simply seen attending a famous cancer treatment centre in New York City for a six-month check-up.

Republican presidential candidates (from left) Senator Rand Paul, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Marco Rubio, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Ohio Governor John Kasich stand for a group photo before a Republican presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa.

PHOTO AP The billionaire front runner for the Republican nomination for the November 8 election withdrew from the encounter in a spat with network anchor Megyn Kelly whom he accuses of treating him unfairly.

“The ‘debate’ tonight will be a total disaster,” Trump said in a Twitter post several hours before the debate. “Low ratings with advertisers and advertising rates dropping like a rock. I hate to see this.”

A Fox News spokesperson rejected Trump’s statement,

saying: “The debate is completely sold out. No rates have changed and there are no advertisers who have backed out.”

Cruz and other rivals had mocked Trump for skipping the debate. Cruz called him a “fragile soul” and offered to debate him one-on-one.

Trump’s move might be a risky gamble ahead of Monday’s Iowa caucuses, which kick off the state-by-state race to pick the nominees in the presidential election.

But his support in the polls,

much of it from blue-collar men, has not wavered for months despite him insulting Mexican immigrants, threatening to deny Muslims entry to the US, and fighting with Republican establishment figures like Senator John McCain.

Trump won backing when two Republican candidates, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee, agreed to attend his alternative event, a fundraiser for veterans at Iowa’s Drake University, during the Fox News debate.

- AP

■ SWEDEN

Mass expulsions ahead for Europe as migrant crisis grows

■ FRANCE

Armed man arrested at Disneyland Paris A man who tried to bring two handguns into a hotel at Disneyland Paris was detained yesterday along with his female partner, authorities said, amid lingering jitters around the French capital following attacks last year.

No one was hurt in the incident, and the park — Europe’s most-visited tourist attraction — remained open after the arrests.

The man, 28, was detained at the New York Hotel, part of the Disneyland complex, according to a police official. He was also found to have a Koran.

The man’s motives for trying to enter the hotel with arms were unclear.

Cancer ‘not back’

“During a routine security screening checkpoint at one of our hotels, weapons were discovered in a guest’s luggage through our X-ray machine.

The police were immediately notified,” Disneyland Paris communications chief Francois Banon said.

“We continue to work closely with the authorities, and the safety and security of our guests and cast members is our utmost priority.”

The man’s partner was detained later at the park, the police official said. The woman didn’t appear to be armed, and no other suspects are currently being pursued, the official said.

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Dazzled by an unprecedented wave of migration, Sweden put into words an uncomfortable reality for Europe: If the continent isn’t going to welcome more than one million people a year, it will have to deport large numbers of them to countries plagued by social unrest and abject poverty.

Interior Minister Anders Ygeman said Sweden could send back 60,000-80,000 asylum seekers in the coming years. Even in a country with a long history of immigration, that would be a scale of expulsions unseen before.

“The first step is to ensure voluntary returns,” Ygeman told Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri. “But if we don’t succeed, we need to have returns by coercion.”

The coercive part is where it gets uncomfortable. Packing unwilling migrants, even entire families, onto chartered airplanes bound for the Balkans, the Middle East or Africa evokes images that clash with Europe’s humanitarian ideals.

But the sharp rise of people seeking asylum in Europe last year almost certainly will also lead to much higher numbers of rejections and deportations.

European Union officials have urged member countries to quickly send back those who don’t qualify for

asylum so that Europe’s welcome can be focused on those who do, such as people fleeing the war in Syria.

“People who do not have a right to stay in the European Union need to be returned home,” said Natasha Bertaud, a spokeswoman for the EU’s executive Commission.

“This is a matter of credibility that we do return these people, because you don’t want to give the impression of course that Europe is an open door,” she said.

Frans Timmermans, the Commission’s vice president, told Dutch TV station NOS this week that the majority of people seeking asylum in Europe are not refugees.

“More than half, 60 per cent, should have to return much more quickly. If we start with doing that, it would already make a huge difference,” he said.

Meanwhile, the stream of migrants making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe continues.

Greece’s coast guard said 25 people died, including 10 children, when a migrant boat sank yesterday off Samos, an island near the Turkish coast.

Romanian rescuers dropped off 119 African migrants in Italy after rescuing them from an inflatable dingy.

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Barbie gets dose of reality Barbie, the iconic plastic toy doll model, is getting three new body types this year.

The US company behind the famous toy, Mattel, is adding “tall, curvy and petite” body shapes to its line-up of the fashion dolls. Several skin tones, eye colours and hair styles will also be added to the collection, the company said. Barbie’s figure has come under fire for years, with critics arguing it set an unrealistic body image for girls. With the new body shapes, the toy makers say they are “offering girls choices that are more reflective of the world they see today”.

Depp, Heard expecting Johnny Depp and wife Amber Heard are expecting their first child together, a year after the pair tied the knot, according to In Touch Weekly. If the rumours are correct, the child will be Heard’s first and Depp’s third; the 52-year-old already has two children, Lily-Rose and Jack, with former partner Vanessa Paradis. The couple are keeping the news under wraps until they are safely out of the first trimester, a source told the magazine.

Basinger in Shades sequel Kim Basinger is set to star in the Fifty Shades of Grey sequel. The actress will play the role of Christian Grey’s former lover, Elena Lincoln, also known as Mrs Robinson, the woman who taught him “everything”, reports Variety.com. The role of who would star as Mrs Robinson had been at the centre of much speculation, with Sharon Stone and Catherine Zeta Jones named as high contenders. Basinger will work alongside Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, who will reprise their roles of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey in Fifty Shades Darker. Luke Grimes, Eloise Mumford and Max Martini are also returning to the cast, with James Foley set to direct the film. Fifty Shade Darker and the final flick, Fifty Shades Freed, will be shot back-to-back with the production of the second film due to start later this year.

Riverside Industrial Park OVER THE NEXT 3 PAGES WE BRING YOU TH E INSIDE SNAPSHOT OF THE BUSINESSES AT THE RIVERSIDE INDUS TRIAL PARK Saturday, January 30, 2015

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rom making sure you can work your farm successfully to ensuring your farm animals are healthy, the Riverside Industrial estate has a large number of light industrial businesses servicing many of the needs of a broad Mid Canterbury clientele base.

Bounded by the Ashburton River to the south, the busy Riverside Industrial estate is easily accessed from either Alford Forest Road or from Dobson Street West. Travelling through the estate makes you realise what a diverse range of business are situated here.

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There are also a large number of large and small vehicle related businesses as well, from agricultural machinery and second hand auto parts to luxury coach, float or caravan refurbishing and building and vehicle panel or glass repairs.

And when it comes to your home (or business), the Riverside Industrial Estate can help you build that from the ground up or make those necessary repairs with builders to oversee your construction or repairs (rural, lifestyle or urban based), iron cladding specialists to help

Travelling through the estate makes you realise what a diverse range of business are situated here.

From the recycling and resource recovery (plenty of good secondhand bargains to be found here), to veterinary services with a large range of stock food, pet food and general farm timber supplies, and even courier services, it is easy to see why this is a popular area of

Ashburton to get things done.

And let’s not forget those businesses whose job is to manufacture your required item from scratch including fertiliser bins and spreaders, silage grabs, wood splitters and spiral welded pipes.

Getting the job done right When it comes to your farm machinery parts, Palmer Agri Parts Direct Ltd has the knowledge, equipment and suppliers to get you the parts you need.

Locally owned and operated, Palmers is a well-established company that have been looking after farmers for over 10 years. They have more than 8,000 different parts in stock and much more available on request to ensure they can offer almost any part required for any earth-engaging machine.

This also increases the chance that customers won’t have to wait to get a replacement part, which is imperative to get machinery back up and running. Palmers stocks many plough parts, shares and points, chisel plough parts, bale forks, Plough mouldboards, plough nuts and bolts and more.

Palmers manufactures a wide range of cultivation and arable parts in house from cultivation points and tines, tine clamps, croplifters, slasher blades and much more as they have the space and the workshop equipment to make up, not only one single part, but thousands if needed.

with your roofing or cladding needs and small engine shops providing quality small machinery aimed at keeping the smallest of gardens and the largest, the tidiest or the overgrown, in shape effortlessly.

Come on down this end of town and take a drive round the Riverside Industrial Estate, it might surprise you what you find here, and how that will help you in the productivity of your farm or business or just help keeping your home, vehicle, machinery or pets the way you want them.

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Quaid Construction Co Quaid Construction Co is a locally owned and operated building business based in Ashburton since 2007. They are a small company with three qualified builders and two apprentices. They are a member of Master Builders NZ and Licensed Building Practitioners. Quaid Construction undertakes all aspects of building work, including new homes and renovations. To add to this, they have owned and operated the Mid Canterbury Specialised Structures Merchant area since early 2014.

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Wonderfully fresh for a true home made taste Margaret and Neill Chapman have been feeding and watering the local workers at Riverside Industrial Park for the past 12 years. The staff, Tina, Rhonda, Marese and Katie have all been with the café since it opened, and are certainly part of the Riverside furniture. And it’s not just the locals who turn up for their coffee and breakfast, or lunch with a fast turnaround, the café has become a favourite spot for a number of out of town truckies.

You always know there is decent food where there are trucks parked! Good basic food at good basic prices is what Margaret and Neill aim for, and with the majority of the food is made on the premises, it is wonderfully fresh and served with a smile.

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Established in 2001, Panelcraft has operated for the last 3½ years at 2 McGregor Lane.

The quickest most convenient way for workers to enjoy breakfast or lunch on the go All prepared fresh on the day for a true home made taste Large Selection of hot and cold drinks • Savouries • Sandwiches • Ready made meals Open 5 days 5.30am-3.30pm

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Gray Engineering Ltd Gray Engineering Ltd is a local business that has been going strong since 1974 with a capable and loyal team. Dave and Karen have owned this business since 2003 and continue to maintain a high business profile. Gray Engineering provide and manufacture for the local area, and commercial and rural businesses in Mid Canterbury and they are happy to cater for anywhere in New Zealand.

Dave has a team of three full-time staff and two very special part timers: his wife, Karen, who helps out where she can and their son, who is following his dads’ footsteps and doing the business proud with his efforts.

Gray Engineering has a wide range of products and services available - no job is too big or too small for this team Specialising in manufacturing pipes for power and irrigation, they also service the rural industry. They manufacture rollers and grain augers as well as spiral welded pipes. This is a great business when it comes to supplying your agricultural needs.

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Panelcraft Auto Restoration Ltd’s auto restoration services come with more than just an assurance of quality. Their staff are highly trained professionals that do fantastic body repair work, but they’re also highly efficient which helps keep costs down; a perfect finish that won’t break the bank is what you can expect from Them. If you find yourself in a traffic accident, or want to restore a classic car, they can help you out.

Panelcraft Auto Restoration Ltd offers complete auto restoration services, including: All rust repairs, Full restorations, General panel and paint (panel beater & spray painter), Handcrafted panels and parts, Caravan and boat repairs and spraying, Private and insurance work welcome. Panelcraft Auto Restoration Ltd in Canterbury is dedicated to keeping the cost of smash repairs to a minimum, so for comprehensive body work that’s premium quality, yet affordable, call Panelcraft today.

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We are a family owned and operated engineering company in Ashburton, and we service the agricultural and transport sector. We specialise in truck to trailer conversions, turning old trucks into new and usable farm trailers. We have a fully equipped mobile work truck for on farm repairs.

We cater to the transport industry helping with truck and trailer repairs, deck modifications, grain bins and what ever else is required.

We design and manufacture new products including grain buckets, feed out troughs, hydraulic folding covers, grain drying floors for trailers and cattle yard gates.

All staff are highly experienced and come from either an agricultural background or are trade qualified. We have a qualified and experienced design engineer and with the use of CAD software one off jobs are our speciality.

Superior building workmanship Local housing and building specialists, JKF Homes, have a welcoming office in the Riverside industrial park. JKF Homes like to make the building process easy and stress free. From start to finish they can handle every step, ensuring when they hand over the house, your home is ready for you to move into immediately.

They offer the complete package from the initial design of the plans, taking care of all consents, inspections and code of compliance, to ensuring all structural and finishing details are completed to a high standard. When they quote your new home, everything is included so there are no surprises on completion. What you are quoted is what you will pay, unless you make specific changes during the building process. They will work with you on every detail, offering cost effective solutions, or sourcing the highest quality fittings.

JKF Homes personally guarantee all their work and as members of Certified Builders New Zealand they are able to offer a 10 year guarantee. As well as building new houses, they do alterations and renovations. If you are considering building a new home then drop in to see the friendly team in our offices at Watson Street for a truly personalised service allowing your new home to be as unique as you.

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NEW HOMES AND RENOVATIONS Engineering Repairs (2012) Ltd is a family business situated at 14 Watson Street

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We specialise in manufacturing and repairs: • Heavy machinery, hardox truck decks, excavator clamps, root rakes, buckets, tree shears • Forestry certified cab protection • Fertiliser bins and spreaders • Transport and earthmoving equipment • Line boring • On site welding & repairs • CNC profile cutting & HD plasma cutting • Experienced machining shop personnel – fitting, turning & machining • Stainless steel and aluminium tig, mig and certified welding

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Ashburton Powdercoating & Sandblasting The millennium was the start for a lot of things, and for Max and Kathy it was the Launch of their business Ashburton Powdercoating and Sandblasting. The two work in partnership - and get along most of the time! Whilst the business started with only Powdercoating they saw the demand for Sandblasting and took it on! They are the only Powdercoaters in town. Powdercoating works by electrostatically spraying powder onto the intended surface it is then cured in their 6m long oven and is ready instantly, this is much faster then paint especially in the winter.

They can do pretty much powdercoat anything from Agricultural machinery right through to your knobs and knockers!

So if, like many, you haven’t got time to spare, come down and visit Max, Kathy and the team if you want a fast, good quality job from their very friendly team.

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“we clean to a standard, not a price”

• regular full house cleans • one off spring cleans • farm houses • builders cleans • floor buffing

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Trust Us There’s No Drips Here

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Give your old stuff a great new look The Finishing Company 03 307 8870 or 0274 444 856 Lacquer finishes for doors, joinery, existing kitchens, furniture, appliances.

A new look for your old stuff!

fireguards

Doaky’s Plumbing Ltd • Plumbing • Drainlaying • Blocked Drains

Designed especially for your home Phone to arrange a free measure and quote today

WROUGHT IRON

NOW RURALCO SUPPLIERS

We stock and replace fire door glass - same day service

Lindsay 027 555 5575

PHONE 308-2966 51 Robinson Street, Ashburton www.lysaghtltd.co.nz

150 Smithfield Rd, Ashburton doakys@xtra.co.nz - 03 308 1248

Scaffold and Safety Nets Truck and trailer of dry firewood delivered.

Temporary Fencing Ecoply Bricklaying Plaster Foundation

Bluegum, Oregon and Old Man Pine... that’s the good stuff!

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Health & Safety Co-ordinator

Receptionist

Ashburton Contracting Ltd is committed to providing a safe working environment for our staff and the public we encounter. We are seeking a Health and Safety Co-ordinator to support our Health & Safety Systems.

Part time / Job share

Reporting to the HR & Compliance Manager, your role will be 30 – 40 hours per week and key tasks will include:

We are looking for a bubbly, enthusiastic, receptionist to join the Ashburton Guardian team.

We help save lives every day through the research and development of improved diagnosis, be er prediction and treatment of heart disease in our hospital and community.

If you think you have what it takes to be a great receptionist and want to be part of a passionate and dynamic team in the media industry, then we would like to hear from you. Please send your CV and cover letter to:

Desme Daniels General Manager PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740 Or email desme@theguardian.co.nz

Best under pressure

Hydraulink Mid Canterbury is one of the busiest hose and fittings service suppliers in the South Island. Our quality and customer service is second to none and we pride ourselves on our workmanship and product knowledge.

We are currently recruiting a motivated team member to join our committed bunch at our Ashburton based workshop.

We’ve built a reputation

of being solid and reliable, just like the buildings we construct.

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

We are seeking an individual with a passion for H&S. We will give you the opportunity to grow your Health & Safety knowledge and career in a supportive environment, while having the chance to be part of a great company with great people.

Utilities Service Person If you are a methodical problem solver with a can do attitude then this could be the position for you. This role is focused around maintenance repair work to the water reticulation. Previous experience would be an advantage but not a pre-requisite as training will be available to the right person. Opportunities exist for on-going education and training programs The right person should have: •

Nat Cert in Water Reticulation an advantage Minimum Class 2 license Physically fit and be willing to manually dig in conjunction with machine operation/plumbing and drain laying activities High level of focus on safety and delivering high quality work Able to show initiative and an ability to follow instructions Prepared to be rostered on-call • • • • •

Successful applicants will be required to complete a pre-employment drug test.

Applications close February 5, 2016 Please send current CV or details to: ‘Job Title’ Ashburton Contracting Ltd PO Box 264 Ashburton 7740 Email: janee@ashcon.co.nz

Chef/Cook

Do all things technical or mechanical get your blood moving? Do hydraulic hoses and fittings spin your wheels? Does delivering awesome customer service drive your thinking? This is the job for you!

A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

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Applications close Monday, February 8, 2016

Find out how you can help by visiting: www.otago.ac.nz/chchheart

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Responsibilities include: • To ensure that all customer payments (sales and account payments) are entered into the accounting system in a timely and accurate manner.

• That the ‘POS Audit Trail’ report reconciles daily to the cash register with no fundamental errors or omissions.

• That the bank deposit listing report is free from errors.

• To provide support for the booking and billing of classified advertising when required • Organise and prioritise workload so as to allow for regular workflow within acceptable time frames.

• Proactive in resolving problems • Maintain positive working relationships with all staff and customers • Maintain up-to-date, tidy and accurate filing systems

• Great computer skills

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You will be responsible for ensuring that all reception related financial transactions are processed and that all customer enquiries are dealt with in a positive and friendly manner.

We Help Save Lives

Promoting Health & Safety compliance Site auditing Hazard identification and review Accident/incident investigation Creation and maintenance of JSA’s / SOP’s

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This is a full time, permanent position with some on call and weekend work required.

You need to be mechanically minded and interested in: • Rebuilding rams, motors and pumps, • Welding, • Machining, • Inventory Control, • Customer Service

As of March 1, 2016, Kelly’s Café & Bar Ashburton will be under new management, so we are looking for an enthusiastic chef/cook to join our team.

The successful applicant must be passionate about food and have the ability to produce restaurant quality meals in a timely manner.

D&E

YOUR LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP

Applicants would preferably have experience in a busy kitchen but not essential.

You will be required to be flexible over a seven day roster to meet the needs of the business.

If you have the above attributes, a friendly, outgoing personality and a good sense of humour we would love you to apply.

Applicants for this position should have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work visa.

Please email CV and cover letter to: Boomer123@xtra.co.nz before February 7, 2016

And check out our quality used vehicles at:

www.dne.co.nz AUTOMOTIVE & MARINE 153 Moore St 03 3077620

Full training will be provided to the right candidate.

If you think you’ve got what it takes to be The Best Under Pressure send your covering letter and CV to: claire@hydraulinkmc.co.nz Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

Applications close 19/02/2016.

Needing a new staff member?

Call the Guardian today for your situation vacant advertising requirements.

307 7900

Looking for flexible work hours?

See the Ashburton Guardian Admin and Accounts roles in today’s Situations Vacant section. . .

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Are you looking for a change and interested in a variety of work?

Do Tractors, Harvesters, Telehandlers, Balers and Cultivation gear spin your wheels?

We are seeking an exceptional mechanic for our Tinwald workshop.

This is an opportunity for you to work for a leading company in the agricultural contracting business, where we set the standard and deliver quality service to our clients.

Accounts Administrator (maternity leave cover)

• Flexible role to suit full-time or part-time • 12 months maternity cover • Fantastic opportunity to gain varied accounting experience.

This varied role will stretch your organisation skills as you will be managing internal and external queries, alongside daily and monthly accounting tasks, so your ability to organise and prioritise your workload is essential! This role is key to ensure the routine departmental accounting functions are solid and, sits within a small team, so you’ll be asked to roll your sleeves up and take on a variety of tasks.

Specific aspects of the role will include: • Payroll • Accounts Payable • Accounts Receivable • GST/FBT We are looking for a flexible and adaptable accounts-all-rounder that stands out from the crowd! Preferably you will have a relevant qualification or you are currently studying accounting. However, consideration will be given to candidates with relevant experience, who can demonstrate themselves to be quick learners, with the right attitude and a positive approach.

In this role you will play a key part ensuring the on-going maintenance, servicing and repair of a wide range of agricultural equipment in the workshop and out in the field. Quigley Contracting Ltd is focused on family values providing our staff with a humble down to earth culture and an opportunity to develop your skills and build a career.

To be successful in this role, we would require you to have the following skills: • Ability to work to a high standard with minimal supervision • Carry out servicing, inspection and repairs on hydraulic equipment and auto-electrical equipment • General maintenance and servicing of vehicles Key Attributes • Strong organisation and communication skills • Excellent troubleshooting and service skills • Meet high standards on all service and maintenance duties • Ability to work rostered weekends during our busy season • Safety and quality focused • Current valid driving licence (Class 4 or 5 would be advantageous, but not a necessity) The company has a fun and rewarding culture where you will feel part of the team and enjoy excellent working conditions. In additions to this, the role offers the following: • Competitive remuneration package • Ongoing training to develop your skills • A supportive and friendly work environment • The potential for career development

Applications close February 5, 2016, please email your C.V. along with a covering letter to: josh@quigleycontracting.co.nz

Your accounting experience will include: • payroll experience • demonstrable accounts knowledge • minimum two years relevant work experience and familiarity with accounting packages • confident user of Microsoft Office including solid Excel skills • be self-managing with analytical and logical problem solving skills • must have excellent oral and written communication skills

To apply, please email your CV, cover letter and relevant work references to: kirstin.c@theguardian.co.nz Applications close Monday, February 8, 2016

Customer Service / Admin Vacancy Are you outgoing and enthusiastic?

Do you have great communication and time management skills?

Then we are looking for you! We need an enthusiastic, bright and bubbly person who understands the need for attention to detail to help with customer service and office admin duties.

Customer Service / Admin Position Smith & Church Appliances + Beds PO Box 434, Ashburton 7740 Email: fay@smithandchurch.co.nz

Sales Consultant Are you ambitious, driven, and looking to succeed in a sales role?

You are?

Then we have the perfect role for you!

For over 135 years, the Ashburton Guardian has been market leaders in the specialist field of delivering news to Mid Canterbury.

We require a motivated, results driven sales professional who will achieve sales, whilst securing new business opportunities.

You will be selling into our daily newspaper, farming publications, exciting monthly lifestyle magazine YOU and also digital platform.

We are looking for a team player with a competitive spirit, driven by achieving results and targets. This role will be based between Christchurch and Ashburton.

The key skills for this position include: • Sales experience and drive is vital, along with a high degree of professionalism • Confident in making outbound sales calls and closing a sale • Hunting, building and maintaining valuable customer relationships • Experienced in building new relationship channels.

• Enjoy a career opportunity and lifestyle that is flexible and allows you to work around your customers’ needs • Good planning and organising abilities • Professional phone manner and a high level of professional presentation • Focused on meeting and exceeding targets • Have an excellent command of the English language • Great computer skills In return we will provide: • Full time position • Attractive base salary + OTES’s (circa $60k - $80k pa) • Great and enthusiastic business culture • Social Club You will be reaching for the stars in this role.

Maintenance Manager

If you think you have what it takes to excel, join us on this exciting adventure!

The Canterbury District Health Board is on the lookout for an experienced Maintenance Manager to take on the responsibility of managing the engineering and building activities at the Ashburton and Rural Hospital sites across Canterbury.

Please send your CV and cover letter to:

You will be responsible for the day to day management of all matters concerning the systems and infrastructure relating to engineering and building services owned or leased across all the CDHB’s Ashburton and Rural Hospital sites. This will include planning, budgeting, implementation and continual improvement of these buildings and developing cost effective solutions for upkeep. You will need to have working knowledge of building statutory requirements, risk management, resource allocation as well as hold a qualification in engineering, a trades background or a Trade/ occupation-related certificate.

Desme Daniels General Manager PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740 Or Email desme@theguardian.co.nz Applications close Saturday, January 30, 2016

To apply or to view a job description please go to our careers website https://cdhb.careercentre.net.nz/

drummond & etheridge To find out more contact Kylie Brocket, Recruitment Specialist on kylie.brocket@cdhb.health.nz

You will need to be a team player, able to multi-task, stay calm, cheerful and focused while under pressure and appreciate the importance of exceeding customer expectations.

This is a full-time position with occasional Saturdays. If this sounds like the job for you, please apply in writing (and include a copy of your CV) by 15th February to:

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Mechanic - Experienced

Are you an Accounts Administrator that stands out?

Ashburton Guardian

FURNITURE & BEDS Lounge and bedroom Lounge suites, occasional furniture, dining suites and Sleepyhead beds See us today

East to Burnett St, Ashburton Phone 03 308 5269

ATTENTION SCHOOL LEAVERS

PARTS APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITY We are looking for a motivated school leaver to work at our Ashburton John Deere branch in the Parts Department.

This is an awesome career opportunity for someone who enjoys the agricutural sector, has good communication skills and can find their way round computers easily. Please contact me if you are interested for more details. Must have at least restricted drivers license.

Full time - permanent role.

To find out more about this opportunity please apply, with an up to date CV and application, to: Drummond & Etheridge, Courtney Hyde - HR Manager e: courtney@dne.co.nz Or post to: PO Box 340, Ashburton, 7740 Ph: 027 486 7773 for further details

Truck and Trailer driver Mid Canterbury Growers are looking for a temporary operator for their truck and trailer unit for the upcoming potato harvest.

Full Class 5 required.

The position is full time (6 days/week) from Mid-February to early May and is based out of Rakaia.

Small friendly team and good rates of pay.

Contact Tim Pike 027 455 5747 Guardian Classifieds 307 7900

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WANTED - Flatmate $110 per week, plus expenses.

Phone 308 9122.

TRAVEL

FLIGHTS TO GOLD COAST. Two adult return fares flying Jetstar from Christchurch.

March 26 - April 2. Price negotiable on day of purchase. Package also available. Phone 027 6024 881.

TRADES, SERVICES

COMPUTER PROBLEMS??

For prompt, reliable service Contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place Ph 308 8989. 30 years local service. Same day service if possible. SUPERGOLD discount card welcomed.

HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

SITUATIONS WANTED

EXPERIENCED dairy worker looking for a job, with a house, in Mid Canterbury.

Phone 027 355 1355.

RURAL TRADING POST

CAMBRIDGE roller for sale, 12 Ft. Phone 0211 302 015.

CONVENTIONAL hay and baleage bales, good quality different lines available. Can deliver in Ashburton area.

Phone Tom: 027 390 0002.

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TRADES, SERVICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

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

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

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

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline 0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

Rubbish and Recycling – Waitangi Day collection

Resource Recovery Parks The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks will be closed on: •

Scholarship application forms and further details may be obtained by contacting Rural Women Branches or Scholarship Co-ordinator Pauline Hewson, phone (03) 303-6397, email hopelands407@gmail.com

There are no changes to any other collections.

Please ensure all rubbish and recycling is placed at kerbside by 7.30am on collection day.

Indoor Bowls MEETINGS, EVENTS Section MID CANTERBURY RUGBY Ashburton M S A SUPPORTER CLUB Annual Meeting

Neil McCann Group Manager Service Delivery www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

Tuesday, February 9 7.30pm Card Room New members most welcome Further details phone Maurice 307 1100

Saturday morning Spray free: Moorpark apricots, peaches, cauliflower and cabbages.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Showgrounds Lounge 7.00pm Monday, February 8 Full attendance, please.

AUTO TRIM, CANVAS & SHADE SERVICES: Hay covers, farm truck seat covers, upholstery repairs, shade sails and blinds, marquee and event hire.

Call Toni & Peter May on 03 308 8893 to find out more!

151 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton Visit us at www.petermay.co.nz

Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

Applications for the Scholarship close on April 1, 2016 with previous applicants welcome to apply again. A committee will consider the applications with the recipients being announced in April.

Collections normally scheduled for Monday 8 February 2016 will be collected on Tuesday 9 February 2016.

Farmers Market

307 7900

The $2,500 scholarship will be allocated through two grants to the value of $1,000 and a Research Grant of $500.

Rubbish and Recycling - Kerbside Collection If your collection day is a Monday there will be a change for Waitangi Day.

Terrace Gardens

Guardian Classifieds

Mid Canterbury Rural Women New Zealand is calling for applications for their 2016 Scholarship.

Monday 8 February 2016

PLANTS, PRODUCE

All freshly picked.

MID CANTERBURY PROVINCIAL SCHOLARSHIP

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800

have a general practitioners note of referral.

PHARMACIES

Guardian Real Esate

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous. org.nz for more information.

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East MENTAL HEALTH 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis from 10am - 1pm Sunday and from 6pm - 8pm Team.

DUTY DOCTORS both evenings.

FOR ALL URGENT MEDICAL CALLS PHONE SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual 0800 700 155 AT ANY TIME. IN EVENT OF AN HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791 EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

ASHBURTON HOSPITAL VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP This service is for emergency medical care WARD 1 - DAILY, 10 - 11.30am & 2 - 7.30pm.

24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 only. Please bring your Community Services Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Card. All non-New Zealanders should bring WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment & 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am their passports with them.

Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message.

MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm.

Tinwald Medical Practice, Archibald Street -Husbands and patient’s own children may visit will be the duty doctor for Saturday until 8am ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE Sunday. They will hold surgery from 10am until the patient from: 7am - 10pm.

Call us free on (0800 787 797).

12noon and from 6pm until 7pm. Appointments TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

-unrestricted visiting. can be made. Surgery phone 308 6565.

LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 Sealy Street Medical Practrice, will be the ASHBURTON REST HOMES duty doctor for Sunday until 8am Monday. They COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS OMMUNITY ERVICES will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary. and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, ART GALLERY unrestricted visiting.

Surgery phone 308 1212.

327 West Street, phone 308 1133.

EMERGENCY DENTIST Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA If you do not have or cannot contact your Saturday and Sunday doctor and emergency ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY details, please telephone the Methven Medical regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Centre, ph 302 8105 Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT Sundays and Public Holidays.

ASHBURTON MUSEUM provide an accident and emergency service.

327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890. Open Except in cases of emergency, persons requiring ELPLINE ERVICES weekdays 10am - 4pm, weekends 1pm - 4pm. medical attention must consult their own or the Research facilities weekday afternoons. duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027

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EA NETWORKS CENTRE - POOLS Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

TINWALD POOL

Saturday & Sunday: 12noon - 7pm

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

hour service.

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021 1356

969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: John Achten. Small: Matt Wong.

INFORMATION CENTRES VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Patrick 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

Taylor. Small: Ref Vetlife.

METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, Holidays 10am until 3pm.

Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend BUS DEPARTURES emergencies: Renate Haveman.

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterhours small animal emergency service. To use DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL this service please phone your vet as usual.

ANIMAL SERVICES

Classifieds www.guardianonline.co.nz MOTORCYCLES TRAILRIDE Mt Arrowsmith Suzuki Trails Sunday, February 7 Mt Arrowsmith sign posted Hakatere Heron Rd, Ashburton Gorge Rd. Sign on 9.30am High country farmland course, children and enduro options, spark arrestor, muffler compulsory.

Enquires Grenville 0272 911 239.

Saturday, January 30, 2016

PLANTS, PRODUCE

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

THE FAT CHIHUAHUA Ashburton's new pet minding service. Caring for your precious pets when you can't.

Doggy daycare in my own home as well as overnight stays for dogs. Competitive rates. Call Susan on 027-663 6454 or 308 1565.

LET OR LEASE

OFFICE available for rent.

ParkING, 24 hour access, nightly security. Minutes from CBD. Ph 021 554 570.

STORAGE units available.

Various sizes. Rainbow Storage. Ph 307 0401.

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GRAZING

Nectarines 1kg $2.99 bag Fresh Corn 2 for Sauce Tomatoes 10kg Plums 1kg Cherries

$2 $15 box $2.99 bag $8.99 kg

Specials available from 26/01 - 2/02

OPEN 7 DAYS

MOTORING

TOYOTA COROLLA GL Hatch 4 speed automatic.

1800cc petrol. NZ new/Ex rental, year 2001, colour blue mica metallic. Regularly serviced, new battery, radio.

WOF and registration for 1 year. 164,000 kms. $4,500 or near offer. Phone 308 2918 or 027 617 2650.

Ashburton Guardian

Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

Fresh Fruit & Vege

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

FOR SALE

308-1095

ADULT

DOMESTIC three way fridge (brand new) $1200 and ENTERTAINMENT AKAROA - CHARMING, satellite dish with cable CINDY, kiwi, attractive, long spacious holiday home, 3 600mm (new) offers. Phone hair, size 8, busty. Lots of fun.

Phone calls only, private 027 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all 308 1171 or 0272 033 443.

363 7916. electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village. FIREWOOD green old man Phone Brian 307-8000 or pine $140 per 3 cubic metres. SAVANNAH. 24/7. Genuine Split and delivered. Phone callers please, no texting.

308-6180.

303 6280 Tim Boyd Elite Would suit mature gentlemen.

Ph 021 044 0698.

Firewood Ltd. HIRE FLOAT hire - single, double SCOOTER’S - new and TERRI, sexy, sophisticated and tandem, Reasonable secondhand three and four and fun. Mature, busty rates. Morrison’s Saddlery wheel electric scooters and blonde, in town Friday and & Feed. Phone 308-3422 wheel chairs. Call Fred Saturday. Pre-book now. anytime.

Reddecliffe at Electric Phone 022 065 7059.

Mobility Ashburton today.

TREV, gay guy. Boys who GARAGE SALES Phone 308-3602 would like to come play with GARAGE sale: 9am onwards - Saturday, January 30. TWO twin beds. Clean bases, me. Here all week. Please headboards. phone 0210 860 2249.

Woods Street (sign at gate). mattresses, Many items including Phone 021 214 1936.

ACCOMMODATION, designer clothing, accessories, kids furniture, BOATS, ACCESSORIES miscellaneous household BOAT wanted. Wanted semi RENTAL items. Come and grab a cabin boat, 5 to 7 metres, in THREE bedroom house any condition, for winter available for rent. $320 per bargain. project, must have good week. Log fire, heat pump GARAGE SALE - Fundraising motor. Phone 027 272 4375. and HRV installed. Nonsmokers preferred, pets for Dynamic Gymnastic Sport negotiable.

References to be held Sports Hall, required. Please phone 303 Tancred Street, Saturday, 7614 evenings after 6pm.

January 30, 9am - 1pm. Lots of bargains on offer.

TO LET three bedroom villa in Allenton. Log burner, double garage. $360 per week. Available February 5.

References required. Phone ashburton 027 206 0503.

Guardian Job Vacancies

RENZ Trevor Hurley Real Estate Limited REAA 2008

307 7900

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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Saturday, January 30, 2016 TV ONE

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TV TWO

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6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Mucking In 3 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika Summer Series 9:30 Taste Of A Traveller 3 0 10am Come Dine With Me PGR 3 Noon Saturday Kitchen 1pm F Showtime PGR 3 0 1:30 F There And Back 3 0 2pm Location, Location, Location 30 3pm The Force PGR 3 0 3:30 F Border Patrol PGR 3 0 4pm Miguel’s Feasts 4:30 Renovation King 5pm The Fishing Show – Classic Episodes 0 6pm One News 0

6am Tiki Tour 3 0 6:25 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:35 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:40 Miles From Tomorrowland 0 7:05 The Amazing World Of Gumball 3 0 7:30 Gravity Falls 3 0 7:55 Pokemon XY 0 8:20 Transformers Robots In Disguise 0 8:45 Adventure Time 3 0 9:10 Over The Garden Wall 0 9:35 F Lab Rats 0 10am Jessie 3 0 10:30 Step By Step 3 0 11am Full House 3 0 11:30 Young And Hungry PGR 0 Noon Red Band Society PGR 1pm M Gremlins 2 – The New Batch PGR 1990 Fantasy Comedy.

0 3:05 Black-Ish PGR 0 3:35 The Neighbors 3 0 4:05 The Amazing Race PGR 0 5:05 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:35 My Wife And Kids 3 0 6pm Food Fighters 0

7pm MasterChef Australia AO 0 8pm L Lotto This week’s Lotto draw.

8:05 MasterChef Australia AO Continued. 0 8:50 Coronation Street 0 9:50 The Great Fire AO (Starting Today) 3 (Mini-series) London baker Thomas Farriner returns home to Pudding Lane to find the bakery ablaze and his two daughters asleep upstairs. 0

7pm M Kangaroo Jack PGR 2003 Comedy.

Jerry O’Connell, Anthony Anderson. 0 8:40 M The Inbetweeners Movie AO 2011 Comedy. Four socially troubled 18-year-olds from the south of England go on holiday to Malia. James Buckley, Blake Harrison. 0 10:25 M Anger Management AO 2003 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson. 0

11:40 Call The Midwife PGR 0 12:35 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 2:35 Neighbourhood 3 0 3:05 Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

CHOICE TV 6am Restoration Man 7am Selling New York 7:30 Lost And Sold 8am IFish 8:30 World’s Wildest City 9am The Water Brothers 9:30 Shane Delia’s Moorish Spice Journey 10am The Lazy Chef 10:30 Million Dollar Contractor 11am Yard Crashers 11:30 Auction Kings Noon Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare 1pm Gardeners’ World 1:30 Restoration Man 2:30 Selling New York 3pm Auction 3:30 Sophie In The Souk 4pm LA Frock Stars 5pm Million Dollar Critic With Giles Coren 6pm Grand Tours Of The Scottish Islands 6:30 Baby Animals In The Wild 7:30 Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan Dom’s travelling deep into the wilds of Thailand, searching for one of the most unique and endangered primates on the planet, the Slow Loris.

8:30 The Jonathan Ross Show 9:30 John Bishop’s Australia 10:30 Monkey Thieves 11pm LA Frock Stars

SUNDAY

Midnight The Jonathan Ross Show 1am Grand Tours Of The Scottish Islands 1:30 Monkey Thieves 2am Baby Animals In The Wild 3am John Bishop’s Australia 4am Sophie In The Souk 4:30 Million Dollar Critic With Giles Coren 5:30 Auction

12:30 M Death At A Funeral AO 2010 Comedy. Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence. 2:10 M Leaves Of Grass AO 2009 Comedy Crime Drama. 0 4am Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:55 Posh Nosh 3 0 5:05 Anger Management PGR 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

TV THREE

FOUR

6am Charles Stanley 3 6:30 Gone Fishin’ 3 7am Outdoors With Geoff 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 American Dream Builders 30 10:30 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Home Cooking PGR 3 0 11am Million Dollar Listing – NY PGR 3 Noon The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 3 1pm America’s Next Top Model – Guys And Girls PGR 3 0 2pm Flipping Out 0 2:55 The House That £100k Built 30 4pm Grand Designs 3 0 5pm Outdoors With Geoff 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6pm 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 7:10 Digimon Fusion 3 7:35 Casper Scare School 3 8am Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion 3 8:25 Sidekick 3 8:50 Beyblade – Metal Fury 3 9:15 Power Rangers – Dino Charge 9:40 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Drake And Josh 3 5pm Mr Young 3 5:30 Victorious 3 6pm iCarly 3 6:30 Danger Mouse 7pm M Legally Blonde 2 – 7pm Top Chef Masters PGR 3 Red, White And Blonde The chefs create dishes with PGL 2003 Comedy. a Mexican flair for a wrestling Elle postpones her wedding troupe. to work for a congresswoman 8pm The Biggest Loser Australia so she can get a bill banning 3 At the weigh-in Hayley has animal testing passed. news that will change the Reese Witherspoon, Sally week’s elimination process.

Field, Bob Newhart. 0 9:50 F Super City AO 3 8:55 M The Lovely Bones 10:20 Just Shoot Me! PGR 3 0 AO 3 2009 Drama. Mark 10:45 How I Met Your Mother PGR Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Rose 3 McIver, Susan Sarandon. 0

11:25 Blue Bloods AO 0 12:25 Hannibal AO 0 1:10 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 3 5:30 Charles Stanley 3

11:10 Infomercials

PRIME

9pm The Works PGR 10pm The Hunters Club PGR The heat of summer months in Central Otago is usually enough to keep keen hunters off the hill and in front of the cricket, but the lads are seeking a recently sighted red stag.

10:30 The Hunters Club PGR

11pm Inside Story – Twisted Minds AO 3 Series about some of Australia’s worst serial killers, psychopaths whose crimes both fascinate and repulse people.

Midnight Home Shopping

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Dora Matatoa 3 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 8am Pukana 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Pumanawa – Celebrating Maori In Business 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Toku Reo 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Te Po Mekemeke 3 2:30 F Hoiho 3pm Fitness In The Whare 3 3:30 The Rugby Show 3 5pm The Prophets 3

THE BOX 6am The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 8:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 8:55 Survivor – Samoa PG 11:10 Survivor – Heroes v Villians PG 1:30 RBT MC 2pm Crash Investigation Unit M 2:25 Hardcore Pawn PGL 2:50 Parking Wars PGL 3:40 Law And Order – LA MV 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

7:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

US PG 8pm Pawn Stars PG 8:30 Hardcore Pawn PGL 9pm Duck Commander ML 9:30 The Woodsmen PG 10:30 RBT MC 11pm Crash Investigation Unit M 11:30 Played 16VLSC

SUNDAY

12:25 Raw MC 3:10 Played 16VLSC 4am Whose Line Is It Anyway?

US PG 4:25 Pawn Stars PG 4:50 Survivor – Samoa PG

SKY SPORT 1

6am Home Shopping 11:20 L Rugby – World Sevens Day One. The annual rugby sevens tournament held at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

5:25 Prime News News, sport and weather, with updates through the night.

5:50 L Rugby – World Sevens Day One. From Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

6am Fox Sports News The latest sports news and previews of sporting action still to come.

8am School Of Golf 9am The Golf Fix Michael Breed tackles viewer questions, demonstrates useful drills and takes a look at best shots from the weekend.

10am Golf – PGA European Tour (Highlights) Qatar Masters – Round Three.

10:30 The Cricket Show 10:55 L Cricket – Ford Trophy Final Central Stags v Canterbury.

Coverage of the first innings from Pukekura Park, New Plymouth.

2:35 The Cricket Show 3:05 L Cricket – Ford Trophy Final Central Stags v Canterbury.

Coverage of the second innings from Pukekura Park, New Plymouth.

7pm Cricket – International (Highlights) Australia v India – Second T20.

7:30 The Cricket Show 8pm Cricket – International (Highlights) New Zealand v Pakistan – Second ODI. 8:30 World Rugby 9pm Basketball – NBL (Highlights) 9:30 L Basketball – NBL Adelaide 36ers v Illawarra Hawks.

11:30 Fox Sports News Midnight World Rugby 12:25 Football – A-League (Highlights) 12:55 Basketball – NBL (Highlights) 1:25 Football – ASB Premiership (Replay) 3:30 World Rugby 4am Football – ASB Premiership (Replay)

SKY SPORT 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia 3 6:30 Patapatai 3 7pm The Zoo 7:30 M Babe – Pig In The City 1998 Family. James Cromwell, Mickey Rooney, E Daily.

9:30 M In The Bedroom AO 2001 Drama. Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, Marissa Tomei.

11:50 Te Kaea 3 2 12:20 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Mythbusters PG 7:30 Mythbusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:25 Yukon Men M 10:20 Men, Women, Wild M 11:15 Treehouse Masters PG 12:10 Gold Rush PG 1:05 FBI Takedowns M 2pm Artefact Or Fiction PG 2:25 Artefact Or Fiction PG 2:55 Close Encounters PG 3:20 Close Encounters PG 3:50 Railroad Alaska PG 4:45 Auction Hunters PG 5:15 Auction Hunters PG 5:40 How The Universe Works PG 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Redwood Kings PG 9:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG 10:30 Auction Hunters PG 11pm Pandamonium PG

SUNDAY

Midnight Men, Women, Wild M 12:55 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 1:50 Bering Sea Gold PG 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Dirty Jobs PG 4:10 Survive That! M 5:05 Mythbusters PG

The Inbetweeners Movie 8:40pm on TV2

MOVIES PREMIERE 7:05 The Harvest MVLSC 2015 Horror.

Samantha Morton, Michael Shannon.

8:50 Jupiter Ascending MV 2014 Action. Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum.

11am Need For Speed MC 2014 Action. Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper.

1:10 Life Of Crime 16VLSC 2013 Crime. Tim Robbins, Jennifer Aniston.

2:50 Knife Fight ML 2013 Comedy. Rob Lowe, Julie Bowen.

4:30 Transcendence MV 2014 Sci-fi. Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany.

6:30 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel PGLS 2015 Comedy.

Judi Dench, Maggie Smith.

8:30 The Guest 16VLSC 2014 Thriller.

10:15 Unfinished Business 16LSC 2015 Comedy. 11:50 A Million Ways To Die In The West 16VLSC 2014 Comedy Western.

SUNDAY

1:45 Close Up – Angelina Jolie PG 2012 Documentary. 2:15 Honour 16VLSC 2014 Thriller. 4am The Guest 16VLSC 2014 Thriller. 5:40 The Making Of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2015 5:55 Transcendence MV 2014 Sci-fi.

6am Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Day 12.

7am Basketball – NBL (Replay) New Zealand Breakers v Townsville Crocs. From Vector Arena, Auckland.

9am World Rugby A show reflecting on the best of rugby union around the world.

9:25 Fishing And Adventure 9:55 Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Day 12.

The Hunters Club 10:55 World Rugby 10pm on Prime 11:20 L Rugby Sevens – World Series Day One. MOVIES GREATS From Wellington.

9pm Cricket – Ford Trophy Final 7:35 Anchorman – The Legend Of Ron Burgundy MS 2004 Comedy. (Highlights) Central Stags v Canterbury.

Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate.

9:30 Fox Sports News 9:10 The Taking Of Pelham 123 16VL 2009 Crime. Denzel Washington, 10pm Golf – PGA European Tour (Highlights) Qatar Masters – John Travolta, James Gandolfini.

10:55 Kate And Leopold PGL 2001 Round Three.

Romance. Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman. 10:30 Rugby Sevens – World Series (Highlights) Day One. 12:55 Hannibal 18 2001 Thriller.

From Wellington.

Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman. 3:05 The SUNDAY Wedding Planner PGL 2001 Midnight Cricket – Ford Trophy Romantic Comedy. Jennifer Lopez, Final (Highlights) Matthew McConaughey.

Central Stags v Canterbury.

4:50 Maid In Manhattan PGL 2002 12:30 Cricket – International Romantic Comedy. Jennifer Lopez, (Highlights) New Zealand v Pakistan Ralph Fiennes. 6:35 Crazy Heart ML – Second ODI. From McLean Park, 2009 Drama. 8:30 The Jackal 16VL Napier.

1997 Action Thriller. 10:35 Scary 1am The Cricket Show Movie 16VLS 2000 Comedy Horror.

1:30 Fox Sports News 2am Rugby Sevens – World SUNDAY Series (Highlights) Day One. 12:05 Scary Movie 2 16LS 2001 Comedy Horror. 1:25 Scary Movie From Wellington.

3:30 Basketball – NBL (Replay) 3 MVL 2003 Comedy. 2:50 The Adelaide 36ers v Illawarra Hawks.

Wedding Planner PGL 2001 5:30 Basketball – NBL (Highlights) Romantic Comedy. 4:30 Maid New Zealand Breakers v Townsville In Manhattan PGL 2002 Romantic Crocs. From Vector Arena, Auckland.

Comedy.

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

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Sunday, January 31, 2016 TV ONE

©TVNZ 2016

TV TWO

©TVNZ 2016

TV THREE

FOUR

6am Wonder Dogs 3 0 6:25 The Fishing Show 3 0 7:15 Are We There Yet? 3 0 7:40 Tagata Pasifika Summer Series 3 8:05 Praise Be 3 8:35 Attitude 3 0 9:05 How To Look At A Painting 30 9:30 Going Going Gone 3 0 10am Waka Huia 10:30 Marae PGR 3 2 11am Neighbourhood 3 0 11:30 Unsung Heroes PGR 3 0 11:55 Kangaroo Dundee 3 0 1:05 Undercover Boss 3 0 2pm The Art Of The Architect 3 0 3pm F Dynamo Magician Impossible Specials 3 0 3:55 Gadget Man 3 0 4:25 Keeping Up With The Kaimanawas 3 0 4:55 F The Zoo 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 7:30 David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef David Attenborough continues his exploration of the Great Barrier Reef aboard the research vessel Alucia, examining the annual journeys to the reef made by birds and whales. 0 8:30 Blindspot AO 0 9:25 Cuffs AO 0 10:35 Indian Summers AO 3 0

6am Tiki Tour 3 0 6:25 Art Attack 0 6:45 The Octonauts 3 0 7:10 The Tom And Jerry Show 3 0 7:30 Get Ace 3 0 7:55 M Batman Unlimited – Monster Mayhem PGR 2015 Animated Action Adventure.

Troy Baker, Janell Cox, Brian T Delaney. 9:15 Crash And Bernstein 0 10:05 Jessie 3 0 10:30 Bachelor In Paradise PGR Noon Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 2:35 A To Z PGR 0 3:05 Hot In Cleveland PGR 3 0 4:05 M Cars 3 2006 Animated. Voices of Paul Newman, Owen Wilson. 0 6:30 The Middle 3 After Brick’s teachers tell his parents he is socially challenged, Mike tries to help him make friends; Frankie needs her son’s beloved football jersey. 0 7pm M Hotel Transylvania 2012 Animated Comedy.

Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez.

0 8:45 M Mardi Gras – Spring Break AO 2011 Comedy.

Three college students go on a trip to New Orleans during the Mardi Gras season.

Carmen Electra. 0 10:25 M The Conjuring AO 2013 Horror. Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga. 0

6am Life TV 3 6:30 Brian Houston 3 7am Charles Stanley 3 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 3 8:30 Turning Point 3 9am Both Worlds 3 0 9:25 Re-Think 9:55 Safe Crackers PGR 3 0 10:20 Food Glorious Food 3 11:10 Native Kitchen 3 0 11:35 Supersize – Saving Britain’s 70 Stone Man PGR 3 0 12:30 Storage Hunters PGR 3 1pm Motorsport – New Zealand Touring Cars Ruapuna, round four. 2pm Motorsport – TR86 Round four in Invercargill.

3pm Motorsport – World Rally Championship Monte Carlo, round one.

4pm Motorsport – Toyota Racing Series Round two, Teretonga.

5pm Ice Road Truckers 3 0 6pm 3 News 7pm House Rules PGR Judgment day. 0 8:30 M Star Trek AO 3 2009 Sci-fi.

A young James T Kirk and Mr Spock meet for the first time at Starfleet Academy, and undertake their first space mission.

Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, John Cho. 0

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Strawberry Shortcake 3 7:20 Care Bears 3 7:45 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 7:55 Tree Fu Tom 3 8:20 Julius Jr 3 8:45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 8:55 As Told By Ginger 3 9:20 Care Bears – Grizzle-Ly Adventures 10:10 Wonder Pets 3 11am Chuggington 3 11:10 Bob The Builder 3 11:20 Super Healthy Monsters 3 11:30 Pingu 3 11:35 Barney And Friends 3 Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Drake And Josh 3 5pm Entertainment Tonight Weekend 6pm iCarly 3 6:30 Danger Mouse 7pm The Big Adventure 3 8pm Community PGR 3 8:30 M One Day PGR 3 2011 Drama.

After one day together – July 15, 1988, their college graduation – two young people begin a friendship that will last a lifetime.

Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess.

0 10:40 Entertainment Tonight Weekend

11:35 Mr Selfridge PGR 3 Harry is upset; Lady Mae breaks free from Loxley; old faces return. 0 12:30 Attitude 3 0 1am Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3am Infomercials

12:35 The Walking Dead AO 3 0 1:45 Ten 7 Summer PGR 3 2:10 Two And A Half Men AO 3 0 2:30 Infomercials 3:05 Jeremy Kyle AO 3 3:55 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 Secret Life Of The American Teenager PGR 3 5:30 Infomercials

11pm M Somewhere AO 3 2010 Comedy Drama. A bad- boy actor must re-examine his life after his 11-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit. Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Michelle Monaghan.

12:55 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

11:35 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Monkey Thieves 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan 8am Sophie In The Souk 8:30 Grand Tours Of The Scottish Islands 9am Auction 9:30 Million Dollar Critic With Giles Coren 10:30 LA Frock Stars 11:30 Baby Animals In The Wild 12:30 Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan 1:30 The Jonathan Ross Show 2:30 Airport 24/7 3:30 The Tropic Of Cancer 4:30 Made In Italy With Silvia Colloca 5pm The View From River Cottage 5:30 Kylie Kwong – My China 6pm Garage Gold 6:30 The Auction House 7:30 Final Offer Final Offer follows four of the shrewdest antique dealers battle to buy some of the most desired items.

8:30 The Frozen Ground AO An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.

10:30 The Time Of Our Lives AO 11:30 Monkey Thieves

MONDAY

Midnight The Frozen Ground AO 2am Final Offer 3am Airport 24/7 4am The Tropic Of Cancer 5am The View From River Cottage 5:30 Kylie Kwong – My China

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

11:20 L Rugby – World Sevens Coverage of day two from Wellington.

4:50 Prime News News, sport and weather, with updates through the night.

5:20 L Rugby – World Sevens Coverage of day two from Wellington.

6am Fox Sports News The latest sports news and previews of sporting action still to come.

7:30 Football – A-League (Replay) Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast Mariners. From AMI Stadium in Christchurch.

9:30 The Cricket Show 10am Cricket – Ford Trophy Final (Highlights) Central Stags v Canterbury.

10:30 L Cricket – International New Zealand v Pakistan – Third ODI. Coverage of the first innings from Eden Park, Auckland.

2:35 The Cricket Show 3:05 L Cricket – International New Zealand v Pakistan – Third ODI. Coverage of the second innings from Eden Park, Auckland.

9:15 Top Gear – Worst Car In The World PGR Jeremy Clarkson and James May give their opinions on the worst car in the history of the world, travelling to Northern England to name and shame the worst cars ever made.

10:55 Best Of Bones PGR 3

7pm Cricket – Ford Trophy Final (Highlights) Central Stags v Canterbury.

7:30 Fox Sports News 8pm The Cricket Show 8:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) New Zealand v Pakistan – Third ODI. From Eden Park, Auckland.

9:10 L Cricket – International Australia v India – Third T20.

From the SCG, Sydney.

11:50 Best Of Bones PGR 3 12:50 Cricket – International (Highlights) 1:20 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 10am The Journey To Success 3 10:30 Tales From The Trails 3 11:30 Waka Huia 3 12:30 Taniwha Rau 3 1:30 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 2:30 Poitukohu – Nga Kura Tuarua 3:30 Rugby – French Top 14 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Karanga – The First Voice 3 6:30 Poutiriao PGR 3 2 7pm Moko Aotearoa

THE BOX 6:25 Survivor – Samoa PG 7:05 Survivor – Heroes v Villians PG 9:25 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

11:55 Raw MC 2:40 WWE Main Event MC 3:40 SmackDown! MC 5:25 RBT MC 5:55 Crash Investigation Unit M 6:20 Duck Commander ML 6:45 The Woodsmen PG 7:35 Covert Affairs MV Annie and Auggie are brought together for a DPD assignment, sending them to Spain to acquire a computer virus that China also wants to obtain.

8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 NCIS MV 10:30 CSI – Cyber MV 11:30 Covert Affairs MV

MONDAY

12:30 SmackDown! MC 2:10 CSI – Cyber MV 3:05 NCIS MV 3:55 NCIS MV 4:45 Duck Commander ML 5:10 Covert Affairs MV

1am Ice Hockey – NHL (Replay) All Stars Skills Competition.

3am Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Day 13. 4am UFC – Road To The Octagon 5am Cricket – International (Highlights) 5:30 Cricket – International (Highlights)

SKY SPORT 2 7:30 The Big Sing Series showcasing New Zealand’s secondary-school choirs.

8pm Find Me A Maori Bride 3 8:30 M Jules And Jim AO 1962 Romantic Drama.

Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre.

10:40 Te Kaea 3 2 11:10 Karanga – The First Voice 3 11:40 Closedown

DISCOVERY

The Middle

6:30pm on TV2

MOVIES PREMIERE

6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Mythbusters PG 7:30 Secret Space Escapes PG 8:30 Gold Rush PG 9:25 Treehouse Masters PG 10:20 Redwood Kings PG 11:15 Running Wild With Bear Grylls PG 12:10 Alaska – Battle On The Bay PG 1:05 All The President’s Men Revisited PG 2pm Running Wild With Bear Grylls M 2:55 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M 3:50 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M 4:45 Engine Addict With Jimmy De Ville PG 5:40 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG 6:35 Yukon Men M 7:30 All The President’s Men Revisited PG 8:30 Close Encounters PG 9pm Close Encounters PG 9:30 Artefact Or Fiction PG 10:30 Redwood Kings PG 11:30 Wondernesia PG

7:55 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel PGLS 2015 Comedy. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith. 9:55 Honour 16VLSC 2014 Thriller. Aiysha Hart, Paddy Considine. 11:40 The Guest 16VLSC 2014 Thriller. Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe. 1:20 Unfinished Business 16LSC 2015 Comedy.

Vince Vaughn, Dave Franco.

2:50 300 – Rise Of An Empire 16VLS 2014 Action. Eva Green, Sullivan Stapleton. 4:30 Noah MV 2014 Drama. Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly. 6:50 Maggie MV 2014 Thriller. Abigail Breslin, Arnold Schwarzenegger. 8:30 Get Hard 16VLS 2015 Comedy. Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart. 10:15 Guardians Of The Galaxy MV 2014 Action.

Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana.

Midnight Auction Hunters PG 12:30 Secret Space Escapes PG 1:25 Survive That! M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Destroyed In Seconds PG 3:15 Survive That! M 4:10 Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 Mythbusters PG

12:15 Paranormal Movie 16VLSC 2013 Comedy. 1:45 300 – Rise Of An Empire 16VLS 2014 Action.

3:25 Get Hard 16VLS 2015 Comedy.

5:05 Guardians Of The Galaxy MV 2014 Action.

MONDAY

MONDAY

Star Trek

8:30pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS 6:15 Crazy Heart ML 2009 Drama.

Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall. 8:05 Close Up – Matthew McConaughey PG 8:35 The Jackal 16VL 1997 Action Thriller. Bruce Willis, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora. 10:35 Scary Movie 16VLS 2000 Comedy Horror.

Carmen Electra, Jon Abrahams.

12:05 Scary Movie 2 16LS 2001 Comedy Horror. Tori Spelling, Marlon Wayans. 1:25 Scary Movie 3 MVL 2003 Comedy. Anna Faris, Pamela Anderson, Charlie Sheen.

2:50 50 Dead Men Walking MVL 2008 Drama. Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley. 4:45 Baby Mama ML 2008 Comedy. 6:25 Almost Famous MC 2000 Drama. 8:30 The Rocker MS 2008 Comedy.

10:15 The Strangers 16VC 2008 Horror. 11:40 Hannibal Rising 18V 2007 Horror.

MONDAY

1:40 Baby Mama ML 2008 Comedy.

3:15 Almost Famous MC 2000 Drama. 5:15 The Rocker MS 2008 Comedy.

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

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6am Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Day 13.

7am Cricket – Ford Trophy Final (Highlights) Central Stags v Canterbury.

7:30 The Cricket Show Analysis and highlights of the week’s games, with features and player profiles from grassroots to domestic and international cricket.

7:50 Motorsport – Toyota Racing Series (Highlights) From Teretonga.

8:50 Soccer Saturday (Highlights) Expert analysis of the latest UK football scores, results and stories.

10:50 Golf – PGA European Tour (Highlights) Qatar Masters – Round Four.

11:20 L Rugby – World Sevens Wellington – Day Two. 9:15 The Fishing Show Matt Watson takes us on his epic fishing adventures.

10:30 Rugby Sevens – World Series (Highlights) Day Two. From Wellington.

MONDAY

Midnight Fox Sports News The latest sports news and previews of sporting action still to come.

12:30 Basketball – NBL (Highlights) New Zealand Breakers v Townsville Crocs. From Vector Arena, Auckland.

1:10 L Hockey – Indian League Dabang Mumbai v Kalinga Lancers.

3am Rugby Sevens – World Series (Highlights) Day One. From Wellington.

4:30 Rugby Sevens – World Series (Replay) Day Two. From Wellington.

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Family Notices 38 Ashburton Guardian BIRTHS IRWIN – Tom and Rachel (nee Taylor) and Annabelle, are delighted to announce the birth of their son, and brother, Frederick Thomas, on January 22, 2016, in Auckland. All well and happy including grandparents, Bill and Cheryl Irwin, and Ruth and Evan Taylor.

McBAIN – Campbell and Rachelle (nee Johnstone) welcome Cliff George McBain on January 23, 2016 at St George’s Hospital. A little brother for Mark.

WOOD – Jessica and Richard are delighted to announce the arrival of Kate Isabel Wood, born January 14, 2016, weighing 7lb 7oz. Thanks to family, friends and midwife, Anna Campbell, for all your support.

ANNIVERSARIES

Happy 65th Wedding Anniversary Rod and Thelma Cumming Married January 31, 1951.

With love from all the family.

EALAM, Ngarie Margaret (nee Allred) – On Jan 27, 2016 at Rangiora.

Loved wife of the late Ray Ealam, mother of Phillip, David, Brent, Kerry, Tim and partners. Treasured Gran and great Gran of all her grandchildren. Loved sister of the late Roger, Selwyn, Max and Desmond. A service to celebrate Ngarie’s life will be held on WEDNESDAY, February 3, 1.30pm at the Rangiora RSA.

Any queries please contact 0800 ASHBURTON (0800-274-287).

DEATHS

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DOIG, Peter John (Perk) – Born Pendarves- lived in Ashburton, Nelson, Rakaia. It is with much sadness and a 620 East Street Ashburton broken heart that Lyn Doig, Canterbury owned, Ph/Fax 308 5369 along with Peter’s children, locally operated or 0274 357 974 advise the passing of Peter. ebcarter@xtra.co.nz Our best friend and leader of NZMMMA Member Patersons the pack will be missed so Funeral Services much. A very sincere and strong man who fought so and Ashburton hard to stay with us is now pain free. Loved father of Crematorium Ltd Nathan Doig and loved Pop Office and Chapel of Leyland, and Regan, loved father and father in law of Corner East & Cox Michael (Mick) and Jan Streets, Ashburton Andrews, and Kara and Kevin Blom and loved Poppa of Taylor, Charli, Tessa, and Mikah. Loved eldest son of the late Percy and Jessie Doig. Brother to Jean, Frank, and the late Rodger. Loved brother and brother in law of MID CANTERBURY Gordon and Darky Burgess.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

GIBBS, Jean – Dennis, Murray, Shirley, Jenny, Valerie, Alaster and their families wish to thank everybody for their support after the sad loss of a loved mother, mother-in-law, nana, and great nana. Thank you for the many cards, flowers, phone calls and visits and for joining with us to celebrate mum’s life. Jean leaves behind many happy memories and will be truly missed. Special thanks to Bernard Egan for a wonderful WILSON, John Neil service and to Paterson’s Kenneth – Funeral Services. Please On January 28, 2016 at accept this as a personal Taurangi Home, Ashburton. acknowledgement.

Aged 76 years. Cherished soul mate of Ellen. Loved MacGREGOR, Peter – father and father in law of Kay, Anna and Geoff, Mark Rob and Ali, Graeme and and Rachel, Brent and Alison, Amanda and grandad John of Bob and Phil and families Hunter; Connor, Jack, Ruby, wish to express their thanks India-Rose, and Zoe. Loved to all those who gathered at brother and brother in law of Pete’s funeral to celebrate his Margaret and Grant, Barry life. The amazing turnout was and Leonne and brother in a great tribute to a much law of Neil, Karen, and the loved and respected guy.

Also many thanks to those late Ian. who phoned, sent cards, “When tomorrow starts flowers and baking. We would without you, also like to offer a special don’t think we’re far apart, for every time we think of you, thanks to the Palliative Care team in Ashburton for their you’re right here in our support during Pete’s illness. hearts.”

Messages to Wilson Family Please accept this as a PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. personal acknowledgement of A special thank you to the thanks from us all. staff at Tuarangi for their loving care of John. A funeral STEWART, Jennifer service for John will be held Barbara – at our Chapel Cnr East and Errol, John, Clare, Paul and Cox Streets, Ashburton on Kelly wish to express our MONDAY February 1, sincere thanks to all relatives, commencing at 1.30pm. friends and neighbours for the Followed by private interment many cards, flowers, phone at the Ashburton New Lawn calls, baking, visits and letters of sympathy received Cemetery.

Paterson’s Funeral Services following the loss of a loved wife, mother and FDANZ Ashburton grandmother. To all those Ph 307 7433 who attended the memorial service of Jennifer’s life we Please note all late death thank you for being there with notices or notices sent our families. Please accept outside ordinary office hours this as a personal must be emailed to: acknowledgement to all of deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz you. to ensure publication.

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ACROSS 1. Scoundrels, being remiss, can’t change (10) 6. French priest didn’t quite make it to Westminster (4) 10. The Midas touch on one’s retirement? (6,9) 11. Mary is all in a dither about the belladonna lily (9) 12. God of the firmament producing rain around beginning of December (5) 13. An order for some sweet cider to be returned (5) 15. Sweetmeat giving one a gut on being chewed (6) 19. Urges one on in simple fashion (6) 20. The moral behind what Che made of it (5) 23. Will be inflated as a dandy (5) 24. Consisting of holy letters to its police maybe (9) 26. Celebrate how to make a place like Petra? (5,3,4,3) 27. A row with a cat that’s heartless (4) 28. Young fliers just finding their wings (10)

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 1. Wedge 4. Modicum 8. Extravagances 10. Exert 11. Gray 12. Mire 16. Emits 17. Life-preserver 19. Welders 20. Pawns Down 1. Weeping willow 2. Dot 3. Erased 4. Moaned 5. Drafts 6. Cicatrice 7. Misadventures 9. Beautiful 13. People 14. Divers 15. Asleep 18. Vow QUICK Across 6. Eat away 7. Toxic 9. Keg 10. Legislate 12. Magnificent 15. War of nerves 17. Strictest 19. Job 21. Foxed 22. Faraway Down 1. Fated 2. Jam 3. Lane 4. Collected 5. Fitting 8. Pilfer 11. Canonised 13. Nonets 14. Caution 16. Total 18. Scam 20. Dab

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DOWN 1. Maim (7) 2. Artist’s board (7) 3. Envy (5) 4. Cure for all ills (7) 5. Hints (5) 6. Verity (5) 9. Practice session (9) 14. Hearing distance (7) 15. A sharp bend (7) 16. One who accepts the truth (7) 19. Exhausted (5) 20. Throws (5) 21. Divided (5)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): It’s easy for you to take people where they want to go. The trouble is that today they don’t want to go to the places that are good for them to be. Your job is harder than usual, but far from impossible.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ve heard a good pep talk or two. Do you think you can copy it? Not only are you going to need this sort of thing; the people around you are going to need it, too.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You are right not to want to rock the boat, especially when it’s on serene waters and the relaxed people inside are not wearing life jackets. Perhaps some rowdier, hotter time would be better for boat-rocking.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You will have the benefit of an intelligent and attentive audience, ready to hear you. Once you get the feeling you may have made your point, back off and let them mull it over.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Everyone in an environment seems to be playing by certain rules. This will not stop you from seeing and taking note of the reasonableness (or ridiculousness, as the case may be) of those rules.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Does it feel like you’ve said all you have to say to your familiar friend? This is an indication that you really are close! Also, that it’s time to refill your well and have some adventures.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You can do anything for a few hours! Try out the thing you would like to turn into a lifestyle. Your mood will set the groove for easing into situations that would otherwise be difficult.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You may nab the goal in the early afternoon, but this isn’t really the end of the story. As it is in many classic forms of entertainment, there will be a kind of denouement.

Secrets will be revealed, loose ends tied up.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): It wasn’t handled well in the past, and now you have a chance to do it better. Or get it wrong in a new and improved way.

All of this is progress with your sense of humour.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Remember when you so effectively applied yourself to please the powers that be? Well, now the one who happens to be in power is you. You’re worth all the fuss! Enjoy!

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Your goal is simple: Leave it better than you found it. It will be inconvenient to maintain those high standards, but you’ll set a fine example.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Use a new knowledge or skill as soon as possible. Practice. The next 24 hours will be crucial. You could spring forward in leaps and bounds instead of merely scooting along.

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27 Allison Street, Ashburton

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15 Hefford Place, Ashburton

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19 Coniston Drive, Ashbuton

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42 Charlesworth Drive, Ashburton

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54 Davis Cresent, Ashburton

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59 Aitken Street, Ashburton

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19 Wayne Place, Methven

11:45 - 12:15pm

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50 Princes Street, Ashburton

12:00 - 12:30pm

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18 Tuarangi Road, Ashburton

12:15 - 12:45pm

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92 Belt Road, Ashburton

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2 Westpark Close, Ashburton

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2 McMillan Street, Methven

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97 Elizabeth Avenue, Rakaia

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103 Elizabeth Avenue, Rakaia

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4 Carr Street, Methven

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7 Millstream Lane, Ashburton

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30 Dunford Street, Rakaia

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5 Cherry Lane, Ashburton

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