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Jackie O’s ﬁrst lover dishes up the ‘dirt’ Jackie O’s first ever boyfriend says she was a sensational lover. The separated father of two surprised the radio presenter ahead of her birthday on the weekend. He said the 39-year-old, whom he dated as a teen, “went off like a frog in a sock”, in bed. But the pair disagreed about where the presenter lost her virginity. The presenter’s ex says it happened in the bedroom of his family home. But Jackie’s sure it was more public than that. “I thought it was in the park?” she said on her Kiis FM breakfast show. “You don’t remember because it wasn’t your first time but it was (at the park).”

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Dippy the dinosaur to be retired Dippy the dinosaur is being retired from London’s Natural History Museum — and his fans aren’t happy. The museum announced yesterday that the 26m plaster skeleton, which has been on display for more than a century, will be replaced in the main hall by the skeleton of a blue whale. Dippy is a plaster replica of a diplodocus, a dinosaur that lived in North America 150 million years ago. The original was unearthed in Wyoming in 1899 and is housed at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie gave Britain the plaster copy in 1905 after a request from King Edward VII. Dippy will remain on display until 2017, when a real 25m whale skeleton will replace it. Natural History Museum director Michael Dixon said the change was part of a 10-year overhaul of the museum, “focusing on the real and authentic”. The news drew protest from Britons who recalled childhood visits to the museum. Some expressed outrage on Twitter using the hashtag #savedippy, and an online petition called for the dinosaur to be spared.

J Law’s Kardashian girl crush Jennifer Lawrence has a bit of a girl crush on Kim Kardashian. The Oscar-winning movie star bumped into the Keeping Up with The Kardashians celebrity in a New York lift and as she left Lawrence screamed: “I love your show!” The Sun reports. Kardashian said the pair then broke out in giggles.

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Justin Bieber reckons he’s a changed man. The 20-year-old says he’s not who he “was pretending to be” and wants people to know he cares about people. The pop star made the comments after appearing on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show, where he said he felt nervous to be back on TV where the public could judge him. “I didn’t want to come off arrogant or conceited (during the interview) or basically how I’ve been acting the past year and a half,” Bieber said in a video posted to Facebook. Bieber has had numerous run-ins with the law in recent years. He says it’s been hard growing up in the industry and he wants to put his past transgressions behind him. “I just want to make the best impression on people and be kind and loving and gentle,” he said. “Although people can call me a softy, It’s how my mum raised me.”

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■ SCHOOL ZONES IMPACT REAL ESTATE

Zones could raise house prices BY DAISY HUDSON

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Real estate agents warn Mid Canterbury house prices could soar if more zoning is put in place for local schools. Schools will meet with Ministry of Education officials in the coming months to discuss possible solutions to the district’s rapidly growing school rolls. One possibility raised repeatedly in earlier ministry discussions was the implementation of school enrolment zones. While several Mid Canterbury schools already have enrolment zones, real estate agents believe further zoning could push up housing prices. Ashburton Property Brokers area manager Hamish McLeod said he “absolutely” believed zoning would have an effect on housing values, which could also impact first home buyers. “I have experience selling real estate in Christchurch, and it’s had a huge effect on values up there,” he said. “You’re probably looking at 15 to 20 per cent more in a neighbouring suburb just because of that school zoning.” Mr McLeod said many people bought investment properties in certain suburbs in Christchurch, because they knew they could get higher rents in those zones. Those entering the property market for the first time could also be facing an uphill battle.

Ashburton Property Brokers area manager Hamish McLeod believes house prices could rise if further school zoning is implemented. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 300115-TM-046

“I think it would mean for first home buyers wanting to buy in areas that have the preferred schools, it’s going to be more challenging,” he said. Real Estate New Zealand owner Trevor Hurley also believed zoning would affect housing prices in Mid Canterbury.

“School zoning in all areas across New Zealand affects real estate, it always has,” he said. While enrolment zones could be on the cards for several schools in the district, the prospect may not be greeted with enthusiasm by all educators.

Mid Canterbury Principals ‘Association president Chris Murphy said some schools already had zones, so for them the situation was normal. “For other schools without zones who are experiencing roll growth, it’s possibly difficult to swallow,” he said.

Overseas investors spend large on our farms Canadian and European farm buyers have been cleared to acquire a suite of Mid Canterbury farms in what could herald a new phase of infrastructural investment and growth. What was paid was under wraps yesterday, but just-confirmed Overseas Investment Office (OIO) decisions show the buyers expect to spend more on their investments. Cumberland Dairy Farm Ltd – which is owned by a Canadian government pension fund – has received consent to buy Klondyke Dairy’s Ltd’s 964 hectare op-

eration on Klondyke Road, Montalto. The OIO withheld the purchase price but confirmed Cumberland wanted to develop the farm to improve production and to generate more exports. Predominantly Swedish-owned Southern Pastures Limited Partnership was cleared to buy Mead Farm (531ha) on Rakaia Terrace Road and Lochan Mor Farm (340ha) on Forks Road, as part of an investment that included farms at Bankside, in Selwyn. Those interests are Longmead Farm (177ha), CPL and Redmond Farms

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(454ha) and Kenburn Farm (393ha). Southern Pastures also got consent to buy half of Darrochs Grazing Ltd, which has a leasehold interest in 406ha at Riverfields Farm, on Darrochs Road. The prices were withheld but OIO documents show Southern Pastures will operate the farms as part of its South Canterbury portfolio. In Selwyn, the company intended to convert dairy support land into a dairy farm, increase cow numbers, build new houses and invest in irrigation. Property Brokers’ Hastings McLeod

director and rural sales consultant Chris Murdoch yesterday said the sales were typical of continued foreign interest in Canterbury dairy land – but not of a surge of interest. OIO applications typically take at least six months to process, and these would have been pitched before low dairy payout forecasts. He expected foreign buyers to be cautious into the new year, particularly where their boards sought immediate returns from what remained very good, safe and globally competitive investments.

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■ MULTI CULTURAL BITE

Cooking up treats from Argentina BY TONI WILLIAMS

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A handful of Argentinian women have started the groundwork for their food stall at the Multi Cultural Bite in Ashburton next week. Mirna Dassano, Alejandra Olmos, Isabel Gilabert, Roxana Conforti and Coty Cuadrado have been busy organising their Argentinian food stall for the festival on Friday. They have a menu set but are dividing the tasks and planning their stall decoration. Collectively, four of the five women have lived in New Zealand for more than 12 years. They agree New Zealand is a good choice for its stability and security, no longer found living in Argentina’s big cities with more corruption and bribery happening. They have been involved in past Multi Cultural Bites and planned to offer different dishes this year. Their savoury dish, called Argentinian Entrée, is cooked beef marinated in garlic, vinegar and herb sauce. It will be served on a slice of homemade bread. Their sweets are Turron de quaker (a popular chocolate/ rolled oat slice) and Panqueques (pancakes with a caramel-type

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■ Alejandra Olmos, Mirna Dassano and Isabel Gilabert make Turron de quaker, a traditional Argentine sweet dish, in preparation for their stall at the Multi Cultural Bite next week in downtown Ashburton. PHOTO TONI WILLIAMS 290115-TW-195

topping sauce). They top off their menu with Mate, (pronounced Mar-tey) a hot green tea-type drink, popular in many South American countries. It is traditionally drunk through a pipe straw and Mirna says it is often shared between friends as a symbol of friendship and trust. Although it is not

drunk by anyone unwell. Mirna says the festival gives people an opportunity to meet people from different cultures and ask questions they might not normally. “People are very curious,” Mirna said. There have been a number of enquiries on the day that have resulted in people

Boat ignites at petrol pump A man suffered serious burns to most of his body after the boat he was in burst into flames while he was filling the tank with petrol. Maketu fire chief Shane Beech said it was only thanks to the quick thinking of the man’s friends that the whole petrol station did not go up in flames. They pulled the man out of the burning boat, towed it across the road to an empty gravel area and unhooked it from the car while emergency services were

on their way. Firefighters arrived to find the 8.25-metre aluminium boat fully engulfed in flames. Mr Beech said the fire had started while a Reporoa man was filling the underfloor tank when the fumes ignited, engulfing him and the boat. The boat’s owner was inside waiting to pay for the petrol when the fire broke out. The owner, from Taupo, raced outside and pulled his friend from the boat so attendants could hose him down.

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travelling to Argentina. Often some know a few Spanish words. “They find out we don’t have traditionally spicy food or they find out where to buy supplies for some of the recipes,” she said. “It’s fun, people come with serious faces and leave with happy faces.”

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Multi Cultural Bite – a cultural food festival - is in its sixth year and celebrates cultural diversity in Mid Canterbury. It gives people a chance to share and taste different food, culture and performance in one location. Last year saw about 13,000 people drawn to the Ashburton central business district to take part in the food tasting and cultural performances. The Multi Cultural Bite has free entry but food samples are paid for by tickets bought at a ticket booth. This year organisers have secured celebrity television chef Richard Till as a guest. There are also expected to be around 20 food stalls with cuisine from around the world including Fijian-Indian, Chilean, Thai, Peruvian, Japanese, Filipino, Brazilian and Chinese. And the day will include performances by cultural groups from Samoan, Indian, Spanish, Cuban and Maori in the community as well as the popular Cakumi Japanese Drummers.

Proposed park sell-off sparks family debate BY ERIN TASKER

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A proposal to sell off part of Argyle Park to fund future development at the EA Networks Centre has been met by strong opposition from members of the Argyle family. Helen Argyle took to the Guardian’s Facebook page this week stating that the land was taken off her family for rock bottom prices after a battle with the then council. According to her, if that land came up for sale again it must be offered back to the Argyle family, by rights. She said the Argyle family was furious at the suggestion made by councillor Darryl Nelson this week some of the land should be sold. Mr Nelson said he believed the cash needed for work to develop green fields around the new sports stadium could be found among assets the council already owned. He suggested Argyle Park was too big and some sections could be sold off at the top end. The park covers 40 acres and is divided into sections. According to the Ashburton District Council, block one was purchased from the Argyle Estate in May 1970, block two (including residence) was purchased from Mr D. Green in October 1974, and block three was

purchased in 1955 from Mr D. Green. A fourth block was land transferred to the Ashburton Domain in exchange for part of a reserve situated at the corner of East and South Streets in August 1951. According to Ms Argyle’s Facebook comments, the family took council to court about the sale at the time, and she wanted to fill people in about the history of the park. She could not be contacted by the Guardian for further comment yesterday. According to a council spokesperson, Ms Argyle’s claims that the Argyle family was to be offered it back to them if it came up for sale again, may be right – council staff were yet to investigate the claim. Council’s open spaces manager David Askin did not support the sell-off suggestion. He said there couldn’t be too much open space, and he saw the top end of the park as an integral part of the overall Middle Road-Farm Road green space. Another stumbling block to the proposal could be the fact the land was rezoned from freehold to open spaces in the council’s last review of its district plan. A district plan change would be needed to rezone part of the park, if it was to be sold.

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■ BIG DRY BITES DEEPER

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Farmers truck in stock water BY MICHELLE NELSON MICHELLE.N@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Stock water supplies on some properties have reportedly run dry, forcing farmers to truck water in. Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury president Willy Leferink said he was aware of problems with stock water, but he did not personally know of any farmers who had been affected. “We have sought an opinion from ECan concerning stock water because animal welfare supersedes everything else,” he said. “It’s becoming really prob-

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lematic, because of the number of farms effected by irrigation restrictions, and stock water comes from their wells – when the wells dry up there’s no water of course.” Farmers using water from irrigation schemes are also suffering. The Ashburton River is on full restrictions, meaning no water can be taken, and the Rangitata Diversion Race is on 30 per cent restrictions. This impacts on the Ashburton Lyndhurst, Mayfield Hinds, and Greenstreet irrigation schemes. Toward the coast, the Eiffelton irrigation scheme, which

depends on a mixture of both ground and surface water, has been impacted with the streams and drains it depends on drying up. So far the Rakaia River has been able to keep up supply to the Barrhill Chertsey scheme, and farmers who “banked” water in Lake Coleridge are also holding drought conditions at bay. “We are all hoping for rain in the backcountry to recharge water supplies this weekend,” Mr Leferink said. “This is impacting everyone but dairy in general is reasonably well protected because the

farmers tend to have the deeper wells. It’s mainly the other sectors which are affected at the moment. “The situation isn’t drastic yet, but we are getting worried – at the moment I’m much more worried about South Canterbury. Mr Leferink urged anyone having difficulties to seek assistance. “If you are having any problems get in touch with the Federated Farmers office, check up on your neighbours – don’t try to solve everything yourself. Get people involved to help try and solve your problems.”

Laura’s epic journey for good cause BY ERIN TASKER

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Laura Thomas is keeping her expectations heading into this year’s Coast to Coast under wraps. That’s because she’s raising money for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation through an organisation called Epic Endeavours, and one of the ways she’s raising that money is asking people to guess her finishing time. The 24-year-old is no stranger to the gruelling event. Last year she took part in the two-day event, and this year she’s taking on the onedayer. She finished the two-day event in just under 15 hours last year – finishing fourth in the open women – but it’s hard to take from that how well she might do this year. She might be preparing to run a completely different race, but there’s been a sense of deja vu in terms of her preparation. Last year she damaged a tendon in her arm during her kayak training, but powered through the pain; this year, she’s battling an ankle injury. Just three weeks ago she ran the Mt Somers Walkway and five minutes

from the end, she sprained her ankle. Still able to train in kayak and bike, Thomas reckons she’s in good form ahead of the February 14 event. An Ashburton girl who works as a nurse in Christchurch doing 12-hour shifts, she’s fitted in up to 20 hours training some weeks in order to be in top form. And even though she’ll be covering the distance over one day instead of two, she reckons she knows what she’s in for. And she has a few goals. “I’d love to do a similar time but it all depends on the river levels, and I’ll be cycling on my own this time rather than in a pack,” she said. She won’t be back for a third year running – she’s heading overseas for a few months – but isn’t ruling out a return to the famous race one day, even though some will say she’s crazy. This year she’s hoping to raise at least what last year’s Epic Endeavour racer did – around $8500. “It’s quite a selfish sport but this year I feel like I’m doing it for myself, but for other people as well,” she said. If you’d like to find out more, or donate go to https://give.everydayhero.com/nz/laura-4.

Plunket toothbrushes In a bid to combat tooth decay, young Canterbury children have received nearly 6000 toothbrushes through their local Plunket. The toothbrushes were donated by Colgate, in the lead-up to the launch of Colgate Plunket Month in February. Another 1175 toothbrushes were given to underprivileged families in Canterbury.

Police call-outs Police are on the hunt for the owner of a baby buggy handed in to the Ashburton Police Station yesterday. It is believed the buggy may have been left on a footpath in the town centre. Police attended a domestic at 5pm on Thursday.

Fire call-outs The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade attended three call-outs overnight on Thursday. They attended a small vegetation fire in the Ashburton Riverbed at 9am, followed by a small vegetation fire on the corner of Longbeach Road and State Highway 1, at 10.10pm. They were also called to a medical assist shortly before 1am yesterday. Yesterday afternoon the Ashburton brigade was called out twice, both to alarm activations. The first at 3.25pm was to Bunnings Warehouse, and the second at 4.25pm was to a cool store at Fairton. The Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to a medical assist at 2am yesterday.

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Laura Thomas is raising money for Breast Cancer when she does the Coast to Coast this year. PHOTO ERIN TASKER 300115-ET-001

Northland MP Mike Sabin has resigned as a member of Parliament, effective immediately. There have been reports Mr Sabin was being investigated by police over assault-related allegations, although neither Mr Sabin, the police nor Prime Minister John Key would confirm that. Mr Sabin announced in a short statement yesterday that he had decided to resign “due to personal issues that were best dealt with outside Parliament.” Mr Key said his office was told Mr Sabin intended to resign yesterday. “Sabin reached that conclusion himself on the back of personal and family reasons he is pursuing.” - NZME

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Principal slams lack of funding BY DAISY HUDSON

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A Mid Canterbury principal has slammed the under-funding of teacher aides in schools, saying some children are falling through the cracks. Education Minister Hekia Parata yesterday announced 1500 students with special education needs would benefit from additional teacher aide hours from term one this year. The students will be eligible for five hours of teacher aide support per week to help them overcome learning difficulties. Ministry of Education head of sector enablement and support Katrina Casey said 21 students from the Mid-Canterbury/Peninsula/Malver n schools cluster would be included in the programme. However, Longbeach School principal Neil Simons said his school had turned to fundraising in order to employ a sufficient number of teacher aides. Mr Simons said he believed

every classroom in the country should have a teacher aide. Longbeach School has five teacher aides for six classrooms, he said. “We provide a lot of teacher aide support, over and above any set funding from the ministry,” he said. “It’s a battle, we’re constantly under-funded.” The lack of funding meant that some children were falling through the cracks, according to Mr Simons. “There are ones who fall through the cracks, who are capable but have a completely different way of learning, and it makes learning a challenge,” he said. Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Chris Murphy also believed special education was under-funded in New Zealand. “While you’d never turn down additional teacher’s aide time, an hour a day sometimes is not enough,” he said.

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Students learn skills to stay alive Red Cross’ Deepa Dassanayake and Mount Hutt College student Coral Hickman demonstrate techniques at the college’s first aid course earlier this week. About 60 Year 12 students took part in the two-day course, which helped them achieve their first aid certificate.

Principal John Schreurs said the course was free for students and could make an important addition to their CVs. “Some of them have part-time jobs, or are working on farms, so it’s a really good thing to have,” he said. The turn-out for this year’s course was the largest ever.

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Hay fever sufferers hit hard this season By Caitlin Porter

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Many Mid Cantabrians are suffering torturous hay fever as pollen is pushed across the province by dry summer winds. The MetService’s pollen forecast was moderate yesterday – but the seasonal allergy was causing many immoderate problems. Ashburton hay fever remedy suppliers said the summer rush for relief was well-and-truly on. Health 2000 retailer Bob McDonald said about 10 to 20 per cent of his customers needed allergy relief products. Staff member Karen Holdem said many people who were new to the area were complaining of hay fever, even though they had never suffered it before. “Usually you find December when the grass starts seeding, and there are a lot of pollens in the air you will get more people come in.” Stacey Fulton is one Mid Canterbury resident who has suffered from hay fever for many years. “I’ve had it all my life and there are some times that I have to be housebound,” she said. To combat the hay fever she takes antihistamines every day and also has eye drops for when it gets particularly bad. Steve Wise of Wises Pharmacy said Mid Canterbury had a windy environment, with pollens, allergens and dust that were

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difficult to avoid. Hay fever can be quite an important matter, he said. “It can make people heavy headed and blocked up … and it

puts a strain on people’s wellbeing and disposition.” Symptoms can include sinus headaches, runny, itchy eyes and

noses and inflammation. It was the same for children, he said, symptoms could be quite severe. “People dismiss hay fever

as trivial, but it can be a very important condition that people have to manage and live with day to day.”

Fish rescued before Cooking with care sees stream dries up tummy bug cases drop By Caitlin Porter

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Fish and Game field officers have rescued more than 100 juvenile fish from a Mid Canterbury stream. Salmon and trout were yesterday taken from parts of Bowyers Stream affected by the sustained big dry. Central South Island field officer Mark Webb said the fish were removed from near the Tramway Road and Thompsons Track intersection and transferred to the Ashburton River. He was not sure how long the area would had been dry. The flow was intermittent in that area and small pools could get cut off, he said. The fish were removed from sections in which water was still flowing but were likely to be cut off as the flow lessened, he said. Fish and Game would take

another look at the area on Monday. Prior to the salvage, Fish and Game field officers had been checking streams in the area every two to five days. “Given the conditions we have got, in terms of weather and river flows, then you could probably say having that river dry out in that section was normal but this isn’t a normal summer in terms of what we have had in previous years,” Mr Webb said. Fish and Game was also monitoring the Hinds and Flemington drains but would investigate areas if people made them aware of any problems. Fish and Game visited the stream after former Mt Somers resident Bryan Guilford spotted fish trapped in a driedup section of the stream. Mr Guilford said he had never seen anything like it in the area.

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Fewer Mid Cantabrians are experiencing headaches, stomach cramps, fever and diarrhoea this summer after a spike in campylobacter cases this time last year. Campylobacteriosis is the most frequently-notified foodborne disease in the country. It often peaks in spring and summer. Symptoms include diarrhoea, vomiting and a fever which can last for up to a week. Last January there were 18 reported cases in Ashburton, the most since 2011. So far this year this year there have been five reported cases, according to the latest figures released from the Canterbury District Health Board. There were 109 cases in 2014, and 106 in 2013. Ashburton District Council environmental monitoring

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manager Rick Catchpowle said it was well known that campylobacter was associated with – but not limited to – things such as barbecues and undercooked chicken. “Any spikes therefore [are] normally attributed to good weather and increased use of

the barbecue,” he said. Food Safety Minister Jo Goodhew said there were always more cases over summer, as it was easy to forget simple food safety practices when outdoors enjoying barbecues and picnics. Environmental Science Group chief scientist Stephen On said eating food products from poultry, cattle, pigs or sheep can be a major source of infection. Major outbreaks can also happen when drinking water is contaminated. There are dangers of having campylobacter for an extended period of time, including Guillain-Barre syndrome or the dysfunction of the nervous system. A conference on campylobacter and other related organisms is being held in New Zealand this year for the first time. It will be held in Rotorua from November 1 to 5.

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■ MEDIUM JEANETTE WILSON

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Medium Jeanette Wilson is exploring the spiritual side of life and bringing her experiences to the masses. She embarked on a tour of New Zealand and held an evening of spiritual communication and healing recently at the Hotel Ashburton. Born in the UK, Ms Wilson was a bank manager who 20 years ago, at the age of 31, found she had the spirit of her deceased grandfather in her body. The spirit had been present

for 25 years, since he passed. “It was seriously scary,” she said. Early on, it nearly got to be too much. “I was scared of being mentally ill,” she said. The former sceptic said she was told by guides it happened because she was courageous. At the time, she had been headhunted by an international credit company and offered a position, “her dream job”, working in New York, Hong Kong, Singapore and London. She spent 12 more months working, before she fully embraced her spiritual side.

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Workshop takes new moves to the masses More than a dozen Mid Canterbury dancers took up the offer of attending a three-day contemporary and lyrical dance workshop this week with second year National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art (NASDA) student Julia Bell this week. Miss Bell, formerly of Ashburton, is studying a Bachelor of Performing Arts Degree at the academy. It is a three-year degree. The Ashburton dancers learned a different contemporary dance routine each day. Miss Bell offered the work-

shops to “pass on my experience and time at NASDA”. She was impressed by the talent of the dancers, some who had never done contemporary dance before. “They were great, there is a huge talent (in town) … it was so cool because some had never tried contemporary dance and they did extremely well,” she said. Due to the popularity, Miss Bell is keen to follow up with more workshops, and even a public performance finale to show the dancers’ skill.

Right - Dancers (from left) Amanda Fleming, Tessa Inwood and Maddie Reed got to sample some contemporary and lyrical dance moves this week during a three-day dance workshop. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 280115-TM-061

“[I wondered] was it a gift, was it going to go away?” As a medium she does not only communicate with the deceased, she heals people too. Ms Wilson evokes the spirit of Dr Augusto who takes over her body and she performs a sort of “psychic surgery”. He attacks energy in people which needs to be released and can manifest itself as pain or injury. Through her, he makes small circles with her hand and omits a high-pitched humming noise. Occasionally she stamps her feet. “It’s for real,” she said. She has even taken her abili-

ties to the silver screen and has appeared on the TV3 series, Dare to Believe. While she said she is happier now than she has ever been, her journey has had it dark moments too. Her scariest memory was when she was in the London underground and she walked into a force field. Everyone around her could walk forward, she said, but she was stuck in her tracks. Luckily, she has her husband Andrew Carter to keep any troublesome spirits away by moving them on if they get too attached

The Guardian is giving away a signed copy of Jeanette’s book, Medium Rare, to one lucky Mid Cantabrian. Email your name, address and phone number to goodies@ theguardian.co.nz Or send your letter to Ashburton Guardian Giveaways, PO Box 77, Ashburton. Please include the name of the competition “Win Medium Rare” somewhere prominent ie in the subject line or on the envelope. One entry per person and per household. Guardian staff and immediate family members are not eligible for entry. All entries must be received by February 8. Drawn: February 9. The winner will be contacted by the Guardian to arrange collection of the book. Prize provided by Jeanette Wilson.

Left - Medium Jeanette Wilson was in Ashburton last week for an evening of spiritual healing and communication.

– which only happens “once or twice a year”. Mr Carter is on his own spiritual journey too, and the Kiwi sought out his wife after having a dream he was going to marry an English woman. He travelled to England and after just five days, met Ms Wilson. That was 17 years ago. Everyone has their own spiritual journey Ms Wilson said and because of this everyone has the ability to talk to those who have passed. “They just need to harness it and bring it into their hearts,” she said.

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Online grocery shoppin Grocery shopping used to be a weekly chore, despised by many. But today, you can do your weekly shop without having to get out of your chair, and Mid Canterbury people have caught on in their droves. Erin Tasker reports.

Ashburton’s Kate Shaw is a mum who works fulltime and says buying her groceries online and getting them delivered to her home saves her both time and money. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 220115-TM-015

he days of battling trolley-jams and checkout queues are over for an increasing number of Mid Canterbury shoppers. That’s because they’re doing their shopping online. Instead of driving to the supermarket, getting a trolley and wandering up and down aisles to find what they need, and comparing prices, while battling other shoppers and screaming children, they’re doing it all from the comfort of home. They’re doing it from their computers, or phones, and either having their purchases delivered to the door, or using the clickand-collect service which sees them arriving at the supermarket to a trolley full of groceries waiting for them. It’s something that 20 or 30 years ago, people may have laughed at, but in an increasingly busy world, its popularity is growing. Online grocery shopping through Countdown Ashburton has been available for 15 months and in that time it’s grown 160 per cent, Countdown Ashburton store manager Jeremy Samuels said. “Each week we get new customers come on board and that’s just mainly through word of mouth and customers singing our praises,” Mr Samuels said.

Online grocery shopping isn’t new; in fact it’s been available in New Zealand for 15 years now. But it was a service not available in Ashburton when Mr Samuels arrived at the Ashburton store three-and-a-half years ago. Countdown Ashburton delivers across the county – from Rakaia to Rangitata, and up to Methven. Customers can have groceries delivered to their door six days a

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Mondays and Fridays tend to be their busiest days. To be a personal shopper, there’s one vital trait a person must have – they must like grocery shopping. “Personal shoppers are trained to treat it as if it’s their own personal shopping,” Mr Samuels said. One of Countdown Ashburton’s personal shoppers is Ami Kaur. She’s always enjoyed

I can do it in my pyjamas … I can look like a truck hit me and it’s fine

week (no Sundays), across three delivery timetables, or they can click and collect. At this stage there’s one delivery truck and a team of 12 personal shoppers at Countdown Ashburton, including a head of the online shopping department and, as the service grows in popularity, those numbers will grow, Mr Samuels said. For the personal shoppers,

grocery shopping, but in the six months she’s done the job, she’s had to learn a lot. Ami is a vegetarian, so picking the right cut of meat for customers threw her completely out of her comfort zone. One of the hardest parts of the job for any personal shopper, is the impact it has on their own shopping bill. Doing someone else’s shopping, you come across

all sorts of different and new products you might not notice doing your own grocery shopping – so next time you go shopping, those items end up in your own trolley. For the online customer though, shopping online can be a cost-saver. Many find they only buy what they need and don’t get distracted by special treats like those that line most check-out conveyors. Mr Samuels said shopping online also meant the bill was added up as you went, rather than getting a surprise when you got to the check-out. For Ashburton mum of one, Kate Shaw, it’s that knowing exactly what you’re spending and the time saved, that got her hooked on online grocery shopping. “I started just after I went back to work. Because I went back fulltime, with a baby at home, I just found that I didn’t have enough time to do groceries. I would try and do it in my lunch-break or would try and squeeze it in on a Saturday morning.” Now, she does it all online with a budget and a meal plan in front of her. “I just find I save money and time because I only buy what’s on the list,” Mrs Shaw said. The only downside is, because

Ami Kaur is one of 12 personal s

she rarely gets to a supermarket anymore, she doesn’t see new products when they come out. But for her, that’s the only negative and today she rarely goes into any shop. “I can do it in my pyjamas … I can look like a truck hit me and it’s fine.” For customers like Kate, if they have a meal idea in mind, they can find recipes on the site which, if wanted, will add the in-

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shoppers at Countdown Ashburton with the job of picking and packing groceries for online customers.

gredients to a list automatically. Groceries are then delivered within a time-frame specified by the customer. They can ask to get a call 15 minutes before they arrive, or ask the groceries be left on the patio or the deliverer use the back door. They can even ask the delivery person to be quiet because their baby might be asleep when they arrive. They can personalise their shopping list to say the type of

bananas they want. They can specify how many they want, whether they want small or big ones, and how green or yellow they want them to be. In fact, they can put a personal message with any item which will pop up when their personal shopper’s map takes them to that item on the shelf. But as with any service, online grocery shopping does come at a cost. There’s a fee for both home

delivery or click and collect, and the more you spend, the smaller the fee. There’s no minimum purchase, but if you only order a packet of biscuits you’ll find the fee will probably be more than the price of the biscuits. The turnaround is quick. Typically, if you order your groceries at night, they’ll be delivered – or ready for collection – the following day. Walk into the store, give them your name and generally

within two or three minutes your trolleyload of groceries will be in front of you. Mr Samuels – a father of three – is an avid online shopper. After a week of working in a supermarket, the last thing he wants to do on his day off is wander the aisles of that supermarket to fill his pantry. And for many people in any job, it’s the last thing they want to do in their spare time and that’s why

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online grocery shopping was proving so popular, Mr Samuels said. It is good for working mums, and those living in rural areas who struggle to get into town and when they do are on limited time. Thirty-six supermarkets in the South Island now offer online grocery shopping and Countdown is the only supermarket offering the service nationwide.

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■ DISTRICT’S HERITAGE BUILDINGS

The Ashburton District Council has updated its list of heritage buildings around the Ashburton District and has had a comprehensive history compiled of each. The Guardian is showcasing one of these properties each week.

In brief ASHBURTON RAILWAY FOOTBRIDGE Location: Between East and West streets, Ashburton Age: Built in 1917

reached Selwyn in 1867 before the provincial government ran out of money. A Government-funded public works scheme kicked in and the line reached Rakaia in 1873 and Ashburton in August 1874. With its large railway reserve and marshalling yards, the line bisected the town. Branch lines were developed running from Rakaia to Methven and from Tinwald to Mt Somers and Springburn. In its early days the rail network carried a great deal of

traffic and by the 1880s Ashburton was ranked eighth in New Zealand for traffic volumes. By 1917 it was decided a safe passage was needed for pedestrians moving from west to east and the footbridge was built about 200 metres south of where the Ashburton Railway station stood (this was demolished in 2013). It is one of the larger footbridges built at that time with its 25.6 metre span and today the only larger example still in

current use is in Dunedin. Ashburton’s footbridge originally had four ramps. Prior to its construction, a smaller wooden footbridge had been used near Cameron Street but it was removed when this intersection from west to east was closed in 1918. It was relocated to Aitken Street. While the railway station it once served has gone the bridge itself is still well used. It is also considered an important historic item. It is owned by KiwiRail.

■ GREAT PLAINS FLY-IN

Ashburton set for biennial plane invasion By Caitlin Porter

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The Great Plains Fly-in is all set to take place at the Ashburton airport over Waitangi weekend. The event includes including aircraft judging, presentations, seminars and a gala dinner. It runs from February 4 to 8 and is organised by the Ash-

burton Aviation Museum in conjunction with the Sport Aircraft Association of New Zealand (SAA). Organising committee chairman and Ashburton Aviation Museum vice president Owen Moore said registrations for the event were going well and so far 80 planes from all over New Zealand had signed up.

The planes were mostly kitset or home built, Mr Moore said. “Because they’re home built planes, the people that fly them are really passionate about them, they’ve spent years building them,” he said. When people arrive will depend on the weather, he said, but Friday and Saturday were usually the most popular days.

The event is held in Ashburton every two years, and in the North Island on alternate years. “Ashburton makes such a good job of hosting it that they seem to come to us all the time,” Mr Moore said. The fly-in is open to the public and food and drinks will be available for purchase. Admission to the airfield is free.

SPCA to benefit from animal cards tion about different species and, with the purchase of an additional speaker, project sounds from each animal. The collectibles include the Snow Leopard, Monkey-eating Eagle and Cuckoo Bee. Four cards are given out for every $20 spent at Countdown. An album is also available for purchase for $9 with $1 from every album going towards the

Sir Owen Glenn wants to transfer his half share of the Warriors to a charitable trust for the benefit of the rugby league community and rugby league at a “grass roots” level. Rather than continue his current legal action to recover the $6 million he invested buying a half-share in the Warriors, the multi-millionaire is opting to transfer his shareholding to a newly formed charitable trust. “As a result of my involvement with the club I am now convinced this iconic New Zealand brand should belong to the NZ public and Vodafone Warriors club members” Sir Owen said.

Serious charges A prominent New Zealander has been charged with serious offences, but a blanket suppression order means details of the case cannot be made public at this stage. The man’s case came before a district court this morning. He was remanded at large to reappear on February 19. - NZME

Norman to stand down Russel Norman will resign as coleader of the Green Party in at the AGM in May but will stay on as an MP. “I concluded that after nearly a decade it is a good time to find a new challenge for myself and to spend more time with my family, and now is also a good time for new leadership for the party,” Dr Norman said. “I’m 47 years old. I need to look at where I want to go and what I want to do,” he said. He and his partner Katyas Paquin have two young boys and they had a baby girl over the summer. Dr Norman said it was his intention at present to stay on as an MP after the leadership change but he would also look at his options. The Greens’ constitution requires a male and female co-leader.

Dog handler’s dream

■ COUNTDOWN COLLECTIBLES

They’re small, come in sets of four and are a proven success with the kids. Countdown is launching its new collection of Super Animals collectable sound cards tomorrow. The initiative is to raise funds for the Royal New Zealand SPCA (RNZSPCA). The 108 large card collection depicts animals from around the globe, providing informa-

Up to 10 adolescent boys have suffered bleeding and infections from circumcisions that have gone wrong. A spokeswoman for Middlemore Hospital in south Auckland said they been sent to the Starship children’s hospital for treatment. The most recent case was on Monday. A Herald source understood the surgeries were performed without anaesthetic in Otara. It is unclear whether the man said to have performed the operations was a registered medical practitioner and it is believed he has left the country. A complaint has been made to the Ministry of Health. - NZME

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Safe passage for pedestrians Providing a rail transport system was one of the early goals of the Canterbury Provincial Government. Following the construction of a link from Christchurch to the port of Lyttelton in 1867, work began on the development of the rail link south to the Waitaki River. Work started in 1865 and the route followed the one that was usually taken by travellers as they headed south. This would take it through the growing town of Ashburton. The link

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Shelter Buddy system - an initiative headed by the RNZSPCA. The Shelter Buddy system is a nationwide advanced animal welfare tracking system, which tracks information about the care of animals, similar to how human patient records are kept at a medical centre or hospital. The system, which is already in use in Australia, promises to lower costs for the RNSPCA

and provide better quality of animal welfare. The $320,000 system will be the first of its kind implemented in the country. RNZSPCA chief executive Ric Odom said the Super Animals collectable cards would help raise awareness about animal welfare and provide funding for the Shelter Buddy system. - NZME

Constable Elyse Lewis joined the police as a teenager with one goal in mind – to become a dog handler. Nearly nine years later the 27-year-old is tracking well to achieve her goal with confirmation last week she has been accepted as a trainee dog handler with the Dunedin police dog unit. Once Ms Lewis becomes fully operational she will be only the fifth female dog handler in the history of New Zealand police. “As soon as I joined the police that was what I aimed for. It’s my dream job,” Ms Lewis said. The former Kamo High School student started on the beat in Whangarei when she was 18.

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■ DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY

A trip overseas to celebrate By toni Williams

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A trip overseas to spend time with family is how Mary and Alan Ashfield celebrated their recent diamond wedding anniversary. They went to Western Australia to see one of their daughters. Alan and Mary were married at Shakespeare’s church (Holy Trinity Church) in Stratfordon-Avon, England, on December 18, 1954. The couple agreed communication was a key ingredient in their marriage’s success. “We’ve worked hard, nothing has come easy but we’ve always talked about it and done it together,” Mary said. They met at a dance evening in the local dance hall when they were in their mid-teens. Unbeknownst to each other they lived on the same street: Mary at number 1, Alan at number 79. “We were together a long time

before we were married,” Mary said. They moved to New Zealand in 1957 and Alan’s brother, Peter, had already set up in Methven. Alan and Mary also moved to Methven, which in the late 1950s was a bit of a culture shock for the couple straight out of England. Alan set up as an independent painter/decorator before eventually working for Bradford’s until he retired. Mary used her people skills to help co-ordinate homestays for the first Japanese tourists to the then newly-established Mt Hutt Skifield. “It was such fun,” Mary said. They have two daughters, Colleen and Avalon, three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. When Alan retired, they sold their Methven property and now live at Rangitata Huts. “We have lived a very happy life,” Mary said.

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Balmy weather set to continue

The Relay for Life organising committee proudly display this year’s tee-shirts (front row, from left): Alison Driscoll, Kate Shearer, Karen McRae, Jan Early and Sharon Robinson. Back row: Brian Leadley, Dave Stewart, Lester McLean and Mark Kennedy. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 280115-TM-003

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Relay for Life on track for March By Caitlin Porter

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Planning for the 2015 Relay for Life is well under way. The organising committee met up earlier this week at the Cancer Society rooms in the Mackenzie Centre to talk through some of the finer details and unveil this year’s tee-

shirts. Organiser Kate Shearer said around 2500 shirts were ordered and every entrant will get one as part of their registration pack. So far 30 teams have registered for the event, set to take place on March 28 and 29. Mrs Shearer said she knew of other teams which were still get-

ting organised, but urged them to register. “We promote it as an event for everyone – you can walk, talk, chat and have fun.” The total number of entrants is around 300, with some teams entering up to 30 people. To register, people can contact Property Brokers Ashburton or the Cancer Society.

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ly lower than normal pressures were likely to the north of New Zealand. “This atmospheric pressure pattern is expected to be associated with weak easterly flow anomalies.” Sea surface temperatures around New Zealand were forecast to be in the above normal range all around the country. New Zealand had a “slightly elevated chance” of having an ex-tropical system coming within 550km of the country during this tropical cyclone season, with the risk highest between February and April. Nationally, rainfall would be near normal in the north of the North Island and the north and west of the South Island, while rainfall totals for the season as a whole were equally likely to be in the near-normal or below normal in the east of the South Island. WeatherWatch forecaster Phillip Duncan said the tropics and Southern Ocean appeared to be “firing up ... but we need a break in the highs coming from south of Australia before we can get a wet day”. - NZME

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The many faces of Kevin Soster, heading for retirement after a working life that’s spanned teaching, radio, real estate and banking. PHOTOS DONNA WYLIE

This time the ‘leave request’ is He’s a man of many faces, a man of many careers, but this week Kevin Soster decided it was time to make a commitment to just one of those – retirement. He talks to reporter Sue Newman about life, work and the challenge of grabbing opportunities and following your dreams.

evin Soster reckons he’s reinvented himself so many times it’s hard to remember where he actually started. The man who has made a career as a teacher, radio announcer, real estate agent, banker, MC for countless public events and who won starring roles in many Ashburton musicals, has discovered the joy of owning a Gold Card. He’s decided using that card will be the next challenge on his job list. He admits he’s had more careers than most and says he’s been lucky; opportunities have come along and he’s grabbed them. “Life is about taking opportunities, but you know with opportunities there are always risks. When I started out it wasn’t common to change jobs. If you had lots of jobs on your CV it showed you were a bit unstable, but today people expect to be more flexible,” he said. He’s a believer in making a decision and committing to it. You can’t look back.

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“The interesting thing in all of the things I’ve done, it’s been about the people I’ve met. I’ve always enjoyed the people and not the paperwork.” And the paperwork was the one downside of his last job as a Heartland Bank employee. “I don’t think men are good at this – oh, maybe that’s a generalisation, but I’m not.” Making the decision to retire was difficult, but once made, Kevin said it became exciting – just another opportunity. “When you’re lucky enough to get to this stage, the important thing in life is time. It feels right to retire now, it’s the right time. I look at a lot of my friends who never made it to this time.” You look at the word time, it’s an odd one, but you know it’s

important when you know it’s running out, Kevin said. One thing he knows for sure is that he won’t be working fulltime again; part-time? Mmm maybe. “I do look back and wonder where time has gone, but life has been good and I know that using the time I have left is important, more important than a big bank

balance. You have to ask how much is enough and that’s different for everyone.” As a young lad he dreamed of being a radio announcer but was told to come back when his voice had matured. That meant a second-choice career and the boy from Greymouth headed to training college in Christchurch.

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permanent for Kevin Soster Living in the world of make believe, Kevin Soster during one of the dozens of Ashburton Variety Theatre shows in which he won starring or supporting roles. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

He spent about 12 years in the teaching industry, most of those at Ashburton’s Allenton and Intermediate schools. Radio was never far from his mind, however and when an opportunity came to host a Saturday morning show at what was then Ashburton’s 3ZE, Kevin grabbed it. “I had my little dream job and

I did that along with teaching until a fulltime position came along.” He swapped radio for teaching and never looked back. “I thought I’d end up spending 40 years teaching and retire with a teacher’s pension. That was a wonderful scheme, but I guess life just got in the way – thank God.” Kevin looks at his time at Ashburton Intermediate and says he was fortunate to be able to specialise in music. Ever the man to grab an opportunity, Kevin moved to Wellington and Masterton as part of the Tonight Show team and while working as part of a national radio team was exciting, ultimately it was far from ideal for a family man.

He returned to Ashburton and teaching - briefly – before making his third career change, into real estate. Radio, however, was still a constant as he worked part-time on air and fulltime selling houses. He reckons he’s had the best years of radio. “In those days everything was live and you played real records.” Twelve years down the track, opportunity reared its head again in the form of a job with the Ashburton Loan Society and Kevin swapped selling houses for marketing and promoting the building society and later for Heartland Bank. Kevin says he’s felt comfortable in every job he’s had and enjoyed each to the maximum – until another opportunity came along. The one constant in his revolving job round has been his unpaid work, as a stage star for Ashburton’s Variety Theatre. His radio-trained voice was put to good use as he won lead roles in show after show over a

40-year span. Music was always present in the Sosters’ home on the Coast. His dad played the violin, there were regular singalongs around the family piano in the front room and attendance at musical productions in Greymouth were must-do events. “I’ve had some wonderful roles when I look back, but I’ve finished with theatre for the big shows. I’ll still do the little shows where there’s no pressure though.” He admits he’s bluffed his way through the odd on-stage disaster. The night when three pages of dialogue were skipped stands out and he still recalls the heartstopping moments when the characters involved had to ad lib their way back on track. For him the magic is in the music and the characters, the escapism and the make-believe. “I loved Oklahoma where I played Curly. I had my hair permed – I had hair in those days. I was still teaching then and the kids gave me heaps,” he said.

Does he still get nervous? “Hell yes. You might not portray it but you have to have a few butterflies to keep you on edge.” Like all good things, even stage time has its end date and for Kevin that time came with a role in Les Miserables. “That was my Everest, nothing can touch that.” The other constant for Kevin has been his family. He and wife Penny recently celebrated 45 years of marriage that’s produced three children and five grandchildren. They’re great milestones, but they’re also a reminder that life is ticking by and that it’s important to spend time with the people you love, he said. “You don’t feel you’re 65 – until you look in the mirror, or until you put your feet up after lunch and wake up one hour later.” With his last paycheck signed off and his Gold Card in his hand Kevin Soster says he’s happy knowing he’ll never have to ask for leave again.

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akaia will be better off with a new, purpose-built sports complex, but it must be prepared for push-back from a district still paying for a bigger complex just down the road. The Rakaia Sports Trust has asked the Ashburton District Council to contribute up to $2 million to the ambitious $5 million project that grew out of the 2009 Rakaia Community Strategic Plan. For that investment, Rakaia – and the district – will get a multi-use sports complex incorporating playing fields, an indoor playing surface, squash courts and modern clubrooms. It will reinvigorate the Rakaia Domain as a hub for community sports and events; a new, attractive focal point for the district’s fastest-growing area. The Rakaia Sports Trust says it will rattle cages to raise most of the money it needs to kickstart a project that appears to have broad and determined local support. Rattling cages will be doubly important now that the council has included the money it might contribute in the draft long-term plan because this will kick-start the debate about civic support. That debate has already started. This week, some councillors expressed concern about committing council funds so readily – and about spending more while they debated paredback budgets. After all, the council and community funders have already invested north of $35 million in a sizable sports complex about 30km south of Rakaia – a complex always pitched as a districtwide asset. The council will also have to come to terms with a hefty, sixfigure annual sum to keep that complex going and will have to keep taking it from the rates it levies across the district, including Rakaia. None of this precludes council support, especially if its contribution includes money from targeted rates, but it will make it difficult to drag the project from under the EA Networks Centre’s shadow. The Rakaia complex is not a mini-EA Networks Centre – it is very much a local level facility – but it will inevitably be caught in the politics of paying for its much bigger brother.

YOUR VIEW Cultural centre The real issue here is that the Ashburton District Council made an agreement (with some neighbours) which enabled the council to build on an unsuitable site in the wrong zone and then renegeded on that agreement. If, as the council is now saying, the agreement contravened rules in the district plan, why did they make it in the first place? They should have known the rules. Breaking deals is becoming as frequent as understating the true cost of this fiasco to the ratepayers as $10 million is still a lot too low. And parking concerns have NOT been the main cause of delays in finishing this monstrosity. Residents’ main concern was that their homes could potentially become part of a business zone and the Environment Court found in their favour.

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Maybe newer residents are not aware of this. Our mayor is quoted in a national newspaper [on Wednesday] as saying: “We are just carrying on as if there is an art gallery up and running.” Is the emperor getting more new clothes? Angus Walters The quote to which this letter refers was first published in the Guardian last week. – Editor

Argyle Park On the Guardian’s Facebook page, readers were talking about the prospect of councilowned land being sold from Argyle Park. Still a huge area there and was used by Cabouts for veges. Sell it to offset art gallery blow-out and cut back on rate increases. Won’t affect the playgrounds there. – Dianne Favel

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Homework being done now. By the looks of it the proposal seems doomed as a moneymaking venture. – David Favel Keep all parks and gardens. You will regret it in the future if you sell them off. – Steve MacAskill NO! Why ruin the beauty of Ashburton and all its natural environment for money? Leave the park alone and let the children in the community have a safe place to play. Our rates so our decision. – Elena Tomov Please keep it as it is ... the new EA Network (stadium) will attract more teams, people to the district and the space will be needed as a training ground for many sports! – Toni White Don’t do it. This land is gold, and not because you can sell it for cash. – Lynne McDonald

I think Argyle Park is lovely and should be left as it is. – Nicky Kennedy Dryland The proposal from deputy mayor Darryl Nelson does not include the park’s sports fields. – Editor

Hospice [Re: development of Hospice Mid Canterbury Trust, Your View, January 29] my concern is not the duplication of services but the duplication of trusts. There is, I believe, an Ashburton Community Palliative Care Trust. If it is not the intention to provide a hospice why set up yet another trust. Let us try to solve our doctor shortage first. Mary Bruce Hospice Mid Canterbury Trust explained it aimed to provide complementary services to those already available, in its response to this correspondent this week. – Editor

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Should the Ashburton District Council give the Rakaia community money for a new sports venue? No 76%

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have a close friend who was the first I knew of to join the cellphone community. The first phone I saw him with wasn’t the great big brick that was first on the scene, but an average-looking one about the size of a domestic cordless phone today. The subsequent examples, apparently given to the best customers (read biggest users) got smaller and smaller and prettier and prettier, blue, iridescent, red and so forth. The only commonality really was that they all ring. And ring, and ring ... Going for coffee became a nightmare. No sooner had we sat down, than the blasted thing would ring. He’d answer, hang up and it would ring again. So 20 minutes later my coffee would have gone, his would’ve gone cold, and the damn thing would still be ringing. It got to the point where I sourly suggested if he had the damn thing surgically implanted he would have two hands free to take notes and drink his coffee. My introduction to cellphones was entirely different. I am allergic to stings and because I lived out the back of beyond, my doctor ordered me to get one in case I needed to ring to say I was on my way to the surgery by car or ambulance That introduction has stayed with me and I look at it as something I use to phone out, and the reason has to be serious. So when I am working in the garden, driving, or going to a public occasion, it stays off. As it does when I am at home and perfectly available via landline. Technology has got us all, it seems, one way or another. I am way behind most in the TV stakes. I’ve been in my house for about four years and have no idea how to set up my TV. The boy got it going when he was down last and I forgot to ask how it happened. So I

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have seen it going. Just not recently. We didn’t get TV at home until I was about to start college. Sports and other commitments meant I hardly had time to watch it. Then there were the student flats, no time for a TV if there was also to be a social life. It wasn’t until I started working for TV that I thought I better get one because we were supposed to watch anything we were involved with, so we could critique it seriously the next day. The result of that is that I have alienated almost anyone I might have watched TV with, or gone to the movies. I sit there stuttering and fuming at the stupidity of programme makers. I watch every shot, listen to every word of script and dialogue. My closest friend won’t go with me again, but her late husband, aged 93, did. But then he had hearing aids in both ears and we went to things like an Inconvenient Truth where words weren’t strictly necessary. Technology is creeping further into our lives. Look at the take-over of the microwave. My excuse for getting the first one was because there were two hungry tod-

dlers in the house and they had to eat as soon as they got home from Kohanga Reo. Mind you, I did spend the weekends making sure there were healthy toddler and adult meals to nuke. This week, the young leaders of the future trot off to primary schools, with their iPads and what-not in their bags. What happened to the days of big fat black pencils, followed by lighter thinner ones until you were deemed capable of moving up to the dizzy heights of an inkwell and a dip pen. Maybe we’d get as far as the revered fountain pen, but NEVER a ballpoint. Anyway, to move on to the F word – Facebook. There tends to be quite a bit of derision when I mention Facebook. I like Facebook, so there. Incidentally, none of those I’ve heard bad-mouthing Facebook have actually tested it themselves. Since my main interests are news and current affairs, health and education, social justice and the environment, I have sought out pages that reflect those interests and from there direct to pages where those subjects are being dicussed. And then there’s the contact

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Top ladies battle it out Allenton’s Sandra Keith and Cait Bassett squared off in their club championship singles last night, with Bassett emerging the victor. They will go at it again today in the Canterbury Pairs ﬁnal. The experienced duo of Keith and Dunsandel’s Serena Matthews meet the 19-year-old

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Saturday Senior cricket: Who holds the Pritchard Shield will be determined when Lauriston B host Tech in Lauriston.

Softball Open Mixed Grade matches from 1pm at Argyle Park.

Tennis With the representative team off defending the Browning Shield in Lincoln there is no A grade tennis but A reserve get to take centre court in the afternoon after the Junior Interclub returns to action in the morning.

Aquafest The Waterski Lake Hood’s annual Aquafest Three Event Tournament takes place at Lake Hood from 8am.

Sunday Tinwald Cycling Club The Tinwald Cycling Club will contest a 50km handicap for the John Cleary Memorial Cup for the seniors at 2pm, with the juniors and division two riders covering 25km at 12.45pm.

Cross country Bike Methven goes cross country with the 679XC race. A 7km novice track and a more technical 8km advanced track available, registration at 10am for racing from 11am with proceeds to go towards rebuilding trails damaged by logging.

Bowls title The Mid Canterbury Triples title is up for grabs at the Ashburton bowling club from 9am.

The week that was: Browning Shield defence Mid Canterbury will send a strong senior tennis team to their first Browning Shield defence in 33-years this weekend in Lincoln, taking on Ellesmere, North Canterbury and Malvern.

UNDER 15 SQUAD Alex Wood, Caleb Griffen, Izack Otene, Jayden Collett, Josh Eastwood, Josh Stoliker, Katiti Patea, Tane Sharp, George Chapman, Nathan Johnstone, Connor Lyttle. Coach Pat Patea, assistant coach Mike Griffen, manager Noeline Griffen.

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It has been a long time between innings but Mid Canterbury Softball are sending a team to compete in a New Zealand Softball tournament. A Mid Canterbury under-15 boys’ team are bound for Blenheim at the end of February for the South Island’s championships - the first to attend such a tournament in two decades. “What we have established is

that we think it has been almost 20 years since we sent a team to a national tournament,” Mid Canterbury Softball president Heath Lyttle said. “It fell over about then and it has only been built back up recently. There has been a lot of time, effort and hard work to get these boys to go away and hopefully it is just the start. “Next year we’ll target sending a few more teams and getting more players on board.”

For the pioneering under 15 side they held trials and named a training squad that has been working hard both on the diamond and off the field fundraising ahead of the championships. A majority of the players are in the under-13 little league competition on a Saturday, but that doesn’t resume until next weekend. Some players feature for the Mid Canterbury under-19 side in the Canterbury rookie league

on Monday nights, as well as appearing in the Mid Canterbury Open Mixed grade. The team has just under a month to prepare for the South Island championships where they will pave the way for plenty more green and gold sides to be seen on the diamond. “We have the backing of New Zealand Softball and Canterbury Softball so this could be the beginning of big things for us,” Lyttle said.

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Brian Hawksby became the fifth winner of the Ashburton Golf Club’s Hydraulink Shootout when he bettered Pieter van Vollenhoven on the 18th hole.

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Mostert sinks Mid Canty North Otago’s François Mostert took five wickets and scored 159 as North Otago clinched first innings points in the Hawke Cup clash in Oamaru, sealing the zone challenge for the hosts.

Harford’s big haul Swimmer Matthew Harford collected eight titles at the Canterbury Championships, held in conjunction with the Otago Championships in Dunedin. In all eight Ashburton swimmers attended and of them collected a medal.

BY DARREN WALTON After the party comes the hangover and, for Andy Murray, it’s been a long and painful recovery. But the Great Scot is back, into his first grand slam final since ending Britain’s infamous 77-year wait for a gentlemen’s singles champion at Wimbledon in 2013. And like the tumultuous journey to his maiden major, at the 2012 US Open, it has been quite the journey back. If back surgery that sent Murray plummeting to as low

as 12th in the world last year wasn’t testing enough, Murray had influential mentor Ivan Lendl walk away and his careerlong coach and confidante Dani Vallverdu defect - very publicly - to another courtside box. All this before Murray, the tour’s best-known mummy’s boy, endured the locker-room whispers and widespread questioning of his left-field but now seemingly inspired choice to appoint former women’s world No.1 Amelie Mauresmo as his new coach before Wimbledon last year. Oh how the flak flew after the

dual grand slam champion suffered a humiliating 6-0 6-1 defeat to Roger Federer at the World Tour Finals in November - and all before home fans in London. “Clearly the way things ended last year at the O2 wasn’t the best, but maybe there were reasons for that,” Murray said. Whether or not his resilience is some way borne from his survival of the 1996 Dunblane massacre - when as an eight-year-old Murray hid from a crazed gunman as a primary school class room - there is no denying his courage and fighting spirit.

On Sunday night, the 27-yearold will strive to become the first man to win the Australian Open after suffering three finals defeats at Melbourne Park. Typically, rather than view losses to Federer and Djokovic as setbacks, Murray considers his trophy cabinet half full. “To be in the final four times here, I mean, because I’m surrounded by guys like Roger, Novak and Rafa, doesn’t look like much, but that doesn’t happen that often.” he said. “Yeah, I’m proud of my record here. I’ll try my best on Sunday. - AAP

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In brief NBA roundup Houston beat Dallas 99-94 yesterday to inflict a fourth straight defeat on the Mavericks and widen the gap between the Rockets and their Texan rivals in the NBA Southwest Division. The Rockets closed within 1-1/2 games of Southwest leader Memphis, and also moved 2-1/2 clear of Dallas and another state rival in San Antonio. Elsewhere, Cleveland extended its winning streak to eight even in the absence of LeBron James as they beat Portland, Phoenix held on to beat Washington and Atlanta pushed its winning run out to 17 games by defeating Brooklyn. Phoenix had five players in double figures to beat Washington 106-98, and New York’s Carmelo Anthony had 31 points and 10 rebounds to lead the rejuvenated Knicks to a 100-92 win against Oklahoma City. - PA

Good preparation Sonny Bill Williams says his fight with experienced heavyweight Chauncy Welliver will prepare him physically and mentally for a massive year that could include the Rugby World Cup. The gifted multisport athlete will end a near two-year absence from the ring when he tackles durable Auckland-based American-born veteran Welliver (55-10-5) in the headline bout on tonight’s Footy Show Fight Night at Sydney’s Allphones Arena. NSW and Cronulla captain and Kangaroos forward, Paul Gallen len, Roosters NRL prospect Willis Meehan and Williams’ All Blacks and Chiefs teammate Liam Messam, will also appear on the card. - AAP

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Mid Canterbury croquet exponents, Edmund Fordyce (left) and Logan McCorkindale will compete in the World Under 21 Golf Croquet Championships in Christchurch next week. PHOTO JONATHAN LEASK 300115-JL-011

Up against the world’s best By Jonathan Leask

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Two Ashburton teenagers will take on the world’s best up and coming mallet swingers at the World Under 21 Golf Croquet Championships in Christchurch next week. Waireka Croquet Club’s junior members Edmund Fordyce, 14, and Logan McCorkindale, 15, will represent New Zealand at the singles tournament that gets under way tomorrow. Fordyce was granted a wildcard entry in November while

McCorkindale was awarded a late wildcard entry after a withdrawal. A rising star in the sport after two seasons, Fordyce comes in with some solid form, making the quarter-finals in the New Zealand Open Championships earlier this month, and was hoping to advance to the final eight at this tournament. McCorkindale’s goal was simpler, “don’t come dead last”. Either way the tournament will be a huge experience for them. The pair are also looking for-

ward to a what will be a strange environment of playing with predominantly their own age bracket, but they will still be two of the youngest players in attendance. The tournament is golf croquet which differs from association croquet by “about two and half hours”, so a summer sport comparison would be Twenty20, the shorter format of one day cricket. There are 28 players entered, led the highly rated Egyptians and players from Australia and

England, and plenty of New Zealanders, all spread across four pools. Fordyce is in pool C, headed by Egyptian Karim Ghamri, and McCorkindale in pool D with Englishman John-Paul Mobley and Egypt’s Mahetab Abu El Soud. The top four in each pool advance to the round of 16 while the other players have a consolation plate draw. They have a practice day today before getting into pool play tomorrow.

The last time Karmichael Hunt was in Cairns, he was the feel-good story of Australian sport. The stakes aren’t quite as high this time around, but the interest levels will be about the same as the cross-code superstar plays for the Queensland Reds jersey for the first time. Two years on from his after-thesiren winning goal for the Gold Coast Suns at Cazalys Stadium, Hunt will be around the corner at Barlow Park today in his first Super Rugby pre-season clash with the Melbourne Rebels. - AAP

Burgess in Saxons Barely two months into his rugby union career, former rugby league star Sam Burgess will play his first match at international level today after being selected by England’s second-string Saxons team. Burgess will play at centre for the game against Ireland Wolfhounds in Cork, where he will take the first step in his long-term aim to be selected by England for the Rugby World Cup starting September. Burgess, who switched codes after eight years in rugby league in England and Australia, only made his debut for Bath at the end of November. - PA

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In brief Thurston a no-show Unlike tournament organisers, North Queensland’s Gavin Cooper can see the funny side of Johnathan Thurston’s Auckland Nines no-show. But the stand-in Cowboys skipper is deadly serious when he reckons defending champions North Queensland can again prove they are no one-man show at Eden Park this weekend. “I said to Greeny I didn’t want to co-captain with JT - I just wanted the reins myself,” Cooper laughed. “It would have been great for him to play here but I know we can do it without JT - we have proved that.” - AAP

Debut for Georgia Auckland’s Georgia Hale is set to make her New Zealand debut in a third sport when she takes to Eden Park with the Kiwi Ferns at this weekend’s Auckland Nines. The 19-year-old has previously represented New Zealand in both touch and tag, and played netball and rugby at national level before turning her sights to the 13-a-side code last year. She quickly gained the attention of the Kiwi Ferns selectors and, after training with an extended preliminary squad, found her dedication and hard work rewarded when she was chosen as the 18th squad member for last year’s one-off victory over Australia in Wollongong during the men’s Four Nations tournament. - NZH

Benji wants test spot Former Kiwis captain Benji Marshall has his sights set firmly on working his way back into the New Zealand test side in 2015. The St George-Illawarra Dragons NRL Auckland Nines skipper played his last test in 2012, but is hoping to prove himself worthy of an international recall in his first full season back in the 13man code, following last year’s short-lived code switch to the Blues Super Rugby franchise. “I don’t [feel that Kiwis selection is out of the question],” Marshall said at last night’s historic 2015 NRL season launch on Auckland’s waterfront. “That’s going to be one of my goals this year, is playing consistently every week for the Dragons and trying to hopefully earn a recall in that squad.” - NZH

‘Full responsibility’ Disgraced former Melbourne chief executive Brian Waldron has broken his silence to explain his part in the Storm’s NRL salary cap scandal. Speaking to Melbourne radio station SEN, a remorseful Mr Waldron accepted full responsibility for the salary cap breaches that saw the club stripped of the 2007 and 2009 premierships five years ago. Mr Waldron wasn’t making excuses for the systematic breaches he oversaw, but he was at pains to point out the NRL’s inflexibility with regard to game development payments to players. “Don’t take this as an excuse because there are no excuses, but we ran a business that had a dual charter of trying to grow the game and build the Storm,” Mr Waldron said. - NZH

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■ AUCKLAND NINES

Johnson soaring on BY STEVE DEANE Shaun Johnson has nothing to worry about. With poster-boy looks to go with the rarest of sporting talents and no obvious character flaws, the 24-yearold part-Laotian kid from Whangaparaoa has the rugby league world at his feet. Last year the star halfback guided the Kiwis to consecutive victories over Australia for the first time in over 60 years on the way to winning the Four Nations. He was named man of the match in the final and later picked up a British magazine award (the Golden Boot) that goes to the world’s best player. This weekend he’ll captain the Warriors at the Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines in front of huge crowds at Eden Park. Commercially and socially, he’s the hottest of properties. If he’s not modelling a new Warriors jersey for a catalogue or meeting endless media requests, chances are he’s working through Fashion Week invites. On Thursday night the face of the game in New Zealand became the face of the NRL, hand-picked alongside Greg Inglis to launch the 2015 season at a glitzy function at Shed 10 on Auckland’s waterfront. Johnson described the appointment as a “massive privilege” - but it hasn’t

always worked out like that. In fact, opening ceremony duties have proved somewhat of a curse for some of the game’s biggest names. Former Kiwis captain and Aussie media darling Benji Marshall fell victim to the “curse” in 2011 when he was charged with assault (he was later acquitted) for a late-night confrontation at a McDonald’s restaurant shortly before the first match of the season. Two seasons earlier, Manly fullback Brett Stewart was accused of sexual assault following a team function, resulting in the NRL pulling advertising in which he featured heavily. Stewart was also acquitted but only after a highly public trial. In 2013, champion Bulldogs fullback Ben Barba was to open the show, only for the reigning Dally M Medal-holder to be stood down by his club two days before the launch for behavioural issues. Last year the NRL plumped for squeaky clean veteran Anthony Minichiello. In Johnson they have chosen not only a fresh face but an equally safe pair of hands. “I know what is right

and what is wrong,” he said earlier this week. “Hopefully me saying that doesn’t come back and bite me in the butt down the track - you guys will use that!” He’s right about that. Johnson, though, doesn’t appear to have

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Every Nines club should pick a BY LAINE CLARK Joke or genius? The debate over whether retirees tarnish the Auckland Nines’ credibility is set to heat up again, with South Sydney’s Issac Luke calling for every NRL club to feature at least one former great in future. And Brisbane legend Petero Civoniceva has tempered criticism of Ken Nagas and Matt King’s shock 2015 Nines’ appearances, saying this weekend’s Eden Park tournament is still about unearthing young talent rather than saluting veterans. Organisers breathed easy when a 42-year-old Brad Fittler proved a hit for the Sydney Roosters in last year’s inaugural Nines, while Manly veteran Steve Menzies, 40, was again at his rock-solid best. However, eyebrows have again

been raised this year by Canberra’s selection of 41-year-old Raiders legend Nagas, 13 years after his retirement. But after welcoming ex-Test flyer King back for a one-off Nines tilt with the Rabbitohs, Luke believed the concept should be embraced by every team. Souths’ Nines captain Luke saw the move as a respectful nod to former greats rather than a slap in the face to the tournament. “I think it is about expanding the Nines’ appeal and remembering who your legends are,” he told AAP. “If they get to play one more game, let them play Nines. “I think clubs should put at least one of their legends in their team in future. “It would be good to see the old fellas in there.” Luke even nominated who he

would like to see - Kiwi legend Ruben Wiki. “I thought Ruben was going to play for the Warriors this year - I will probably get in his ear to play next time,” he laughed. But Luke will still get to see one hero run around this weekend Nagas. “I haven’t seen the big man run for a while. “Hopefully, he still doesn’t have those same wheels or he will be running around everyone. “It will be good to see him - my father was a massive fan back in the day.” Civoniceva believed the NRL season opener at Eden Park still remained true to giving youngsters a chance. “Mostly, it’s about having fun and kicking off our season,” he told AAP. “But it’s also good for the young

fellas in the squad - hopefully, can unearth a few new stars ov the weekend.” Melbourne coach Craig Bella appears to have embraced th concept by naming a Will Cha bers-captained squad of larg no names with an average age 22. Among them is 198cm, 112 Junior Kiwi Nelson Asofa-S omona who has already earn comparisons with Sonny Bill W liams. Other youngsters tipped to i press are Jayden Nikorima (Br bane), Tevita Pangai Jnr (Ca berra) and Coen Hess (Nor Queensland). Then there are the famo namesakes - Izzy’s young brother John Folau at Parram ta and Michael Jennings’ sibli George at the Roosters. - AA

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getting stopped a bit more and talked to a bit more. “I enjoy it. “The biggest buzz to me is the kids. “I still get buzzed out when I see a kid that is 5 or 6-years-old recognise me. “I just try to make some time for him and stop and have a chat, even just say hello. “It has been awesome,” Johnson said. “I’m around my family all the time and I have got really close friends. “So far so good.” Johnson picked up the accolade for the being the most valuable player of last year’s nines tournament despite the Warriors being eliminated in the semi-finals. This year there is widespread expectation he can lead the club to glory. “I like that expectation,” he said. “That shows that people believe in you and that you can do something, can be someone. “I get excited by that. “And I’m so stoked that they’ve finally got something like this [the Nines tournament] going [in Auckland]. “To be a part of it and trying to build the profile of it is pretty cool too. “It’s an awesome weekend.”

PUBLICITY CURSE 2009: A TV commercial promoting the forthcoming NRL season featuring Brett Stewart is pulled from the air after the star Manly fullback is charged with sexual assault following the club’s season launch. Stewart was suspended by the NRL for drunkenness, but was later acquitted of the sexual assault charge.

Warriors and Kiwis captain Simon Mannering is confident he will be right to start round one of the NRL despite being ruled out of the Auckland Nines due to a few “little niggles”. “Hopefully, yeah,” Mannering said. “I’m not getting any younger so the body takes a bit longer to get ready for the season and a bit longer to recover from the last one. “We’ve got a great team as it is and they don’t need me slowing them down.”

* * * * 2011: Kiwis captain Benji Marshall was considered a safe pair of hands for the 2011 season launch, however shortly before the first match of the season he was charged with assault for his part in a late night altercation at Sydney McDonald’s. Marshall was found not guilty. * * * * 2013: With his scorching form leading the Bulldogs to an appearance in the 2012 grand final, Dally M Medal-holder Ben Barba was the hottest property in the game heading into 2013. He scored a hat-trick in the All Star game, however just two days before he was to open the season at the NRL launch, Barba was suspended by his club for behavioural issues. - NZH

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Enjoying Kiwi life New Warriors signing Bodene Thompson is loving being back in New Zealand after 10-years across the ditch and enjoying the chance to get back to his hometown of Tauranga. “I’ve been back twice in the last three weeks,” the 26-year-old backrower said. “I’ve had a couple of weekends off training so I shoot down there and just chill out with the family. “We take dad’s boat out to Rabbit Island just off the Mount and dive around there for a few hours.”

Kiwi JT no fan of Maroonz Kiwis lock and one time Queensland State of Origin target, Jason Taumalolo, chuckled when asked his thoughts on the Maroonz membership drive in Auckland this week. “Funny how that works,” he said. “One moment they’re trying to take New Zealand players and the next they’re trying to get members here. “I don’t know how that works but obviously the NRL in general and the State of Origin is all about business and I guess that’s what they’re doing.”

Lonergan’s ‘aura’ Ken Nagas: A rugby league great, turning out for the Raiders at the Nines this year.

rival, Dean Lonergan, has achieved in establishing the NRL Auckland Nines, but insists that his Australian ties proved the making of the Duco Events coowner. “We made him,” joked Meninga. “He played for the Raiders, we were a successful team. “We knocked him out when he was playing for the Kiwis and he got back up again, so we created his aura. “But he loves a feed and he loves a beer so he mixed in with us Aussies pretty well.”

Queensland coach Mal Meninga is full of praise for what his former Canberra team-mate and Kiwis

Brisbane and the Gold Coast will host a blockbuster stand-alone weekend of representative rugby league in May. Suncorp Stadium will host the transTasman test between New Zealand and Australia on Friday May 1, with the Kiwi Ferns to face the Jillaroos in the curtain-raiser. Saturday night (May 2) will see the Junior Kiwis take on the Junior Kangaroos. The PNG Kumuls will then take on Fiji Bati, before Samoa return to the international stage following their successful Four Nations campaign against traditional rivals Tonga.

Eels lose Hoppa to injury Parramatta star Will Hopoate has withdrawn from the Nines to recover from a groin strain. The Eels said Hopoate suffered some tightness during a midweek training run and will miss the tournament “as a precautionary measure”. Bureta Faraimo will fill his place in the 18-man squad, captained by Chris Sandow. - NZH

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In brief Clarke in club cricket Michael Clarke will take his first step in proving his fitness for the World Cup today when he plays Sydney grade cricket. The 33-year-old will test his hamstring for his club side Western Suburbs against Gordon, just over six weeks since undergoing surgery. It will be a big boost to Clarke if he gets through the two-day match over the weekend given Cricket Australia has insisted the Test and one-day captain be fit it time for Australia’s second pool match of the World Cup against Bangladesh on February 21. - AAP

History for Williams Serena Williams has tennis history at her mercy as she looks to rewrite the record books yet again in tonight’s heavyweight Australian Open final. The oldest women’s finalist of the open era and already the owner of a record five singles titles at Melbourne Park, 33-year-old Williams can take another mighty leap towards sporting immortality with victory over Maria Sharapova. In the first title match in more than a decade featuring the world’s top two players, Williams can surpass legends Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert as America’s most successful grand slam champion with a 19th career major. Such a feat would edge Williams to within three titles of Steffi Graf’s open-era benchmark 22 majors and to just five shy of Australian Margaret Smith Court on the all-time grand slam leaderboard. - AAP

IndyCar cancelled The IndyCar racing league said an apparent decision by a promoter to cancel the season-opening race scheduled for March 8 in Brazil had left it stunned and disappointed. US media reported the race was cancelled because a major financial backer had pulled out of the event. “IndyCar had received every indication that the race was already a success,” IndyCar said in a statement yesterday. The Brazilian channel Band TV released a statement earlier on Thursday saying the Brasilia Indy 300 race was off. - AFP

F1 Honda-power McLaren unveiled their new car, the MP4-30, which will be piloted by former world champions Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button in 2015, in an online presentation yesterday. The British marque will be running Honda engines for the first time since 1992 and they hope that Alonso and Button will help them end two years in the Formula One wilderness. But despite resuming their partnership with Japanese engine manufacturer Honda, the new car retains the predominantly grey livery synonymous with the team’s 20-year partnership with Mercedes. - AFP

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■ CRICKET

Milne provides extra pace BY DANIEL RICHARDSON Adam Milne’s pace will soon rip through the minds of the Black Caps selectors. While having seamers who can swing the ball like Tim Southee and Trent Boult is useful and Kyle Mills provides a steady hand to go alongside the wickettaking Mitchell McClenaghan, Milne adds intrigue. People who can do things faster than others always create a buzz and Milne’s ability to clock 150kph on the speed radar has the Black Caps selectors pumped up. They picked Milne ahead of Canterbury’s Matt Henry for next month’s World Cup, which showed their faith in Milne. Henry had the numbers on the board but you can’t put a price on the extra few yards of pace that Milne can deliver. The Central Districts seamer is only 22 and has finally started to grow in to his lean body, which still poses an injury risk during the World Cup. He has also developed better control and accuracy to go with his rapid pace, which has left New Zealand coach Mike Hesson and Co to believe he could be their x-factor in the global

Adam Milne: Gives New Zealand that extra yard or two of pace. PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON

tournament. Milne hurt his side during a one-day outing against Sri Lanka nearly two weeks ago but he has recovered well and could play against Pakistan in Wellington today. “We are pretty pleased with where he’s at,” Hesson said.

New Zealand meet Pakistan in two matches, the second of which will be played in Napier on Tuesday, as they complete their preparations for the World Cup, which begins on February 14. Hesson has five seamers in his

15-man World Cup squad and on any given day it seems likely only three will play and the coach said that selection would largely be a “horses for courses” operation. “Our job is to get all five firing at the same time so then we’ve actually got options; I think we are getting close,” Hesson said. If Milne gets a run today he should enjoy the fairly-sized Westpac Stadium boundaries over the likes of some of the smaller grounds in New Zealand. Boult may also come in to consideration for selection after he sat out Thursday’s series-ending encounter with Sri Lanka where the Black Caps lost by 34 runs. Hesson wanted more from his bowlers against Pakistan after he felt they weren’t accurate enough during the loss to Sri Lanka two days ago. Opener Martin Guptill struggled in the seven-match series against Sri Lanka but Hesson said the 28-year-old would be given ample opportunity to bat his way in to form and he wasn’t at risk of being dropped on the eve of the World Cup. “Martin hasn’t got a huge amount of runs recently but we’ve got a lot of confidence in his ability,” Hesson said.- NZME

■ OPINION

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t’s been a week chock full of impressive sporting activities all over the show, from carnage in the FA Cup to the Breakers smashing their old rivals Perth in yet another grudge match. In the tennis this week it was a surprise to find oneself cheering for Andy Murray, but seeing him take the latest Aussie brat to school was one of the highlights of the Australian Open. There’s a few young pretenders knocking on the door of the big three-and-a-half, but even though Federer and Nadal have gone in this one, there’s no doubt seven of the next eight majors will still go to to the top guys. The Nines are upon us, and that’s going to be a spectacular occasion to kick off the league season, and hopefully Shaun Johnson’s magic will get the Warriors top spot on the podium. Then there’s cricket. Our Black Caps are trying to convince us they’re living up to the ‘dark horse’ title everyone’s bestowed on them for the World

Cup - but that’s not working out too well really. Seven games against the Sri Lankans was at least two too many; no wonder nobody turned up to the Cake Tin for the last one, despite Brendon McCullum’s novel efforts to get everyone in Wellington the day off. There were thousands of yellow seats remaining empty as our guys played the Sri Lankans yet again (yawn). Still, it heats up from now on, with Pakistan today in Wellington (maybe somebody will turn up to watch) and then Tuesday at McLean Park. But, by a country mile, easily the best on show this week was the Big Bash final on Wednesday night. My glorious Scorchers had to travel to Canberra to defend their title against a side trying to give cricketing superstar Brett Lee a fairytale exit from the game, and the result was a sporting contest that defined why people actually watch (and play) sport. A game where the pendulum

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swung wildly (as it can do in any T20 match, but this was special), supporters of both sides had a heap of heart-inmouth moments. After 35 matches, the competition fittingly came down to the last over, and even more fittingly, a true champion of the game had the opportunity to get his side to a Super Over with the dramatic last ball of that over, and just to add a bit of spice it was a hat-trick ball - no pressure! History will record that Yasir Arafat squeezed that ball out to Michael Lumb, who fired it back to the bowler’s end well before the batsman arrived, but skipper Moises Henriques had the shocking misfortune to fumble it, and the Scorchers were home. So many memorable moments throughout the tournament,

with record crowds at every venue; I can’t imagine how they intend to top it all next year. I saw someone batting so far outside off there was clear daylight between him and the stumps, but the bowler was so caught up in the contest he still tried to get an outside nick. There was The Seagull Incident, which you could not possibly have written a script for. The Big Show’s ‘Big Leave’. England star Andrew Flintoff doing a very fair Elvis impersonation while miked up in the field. Ricky Wessells caught a rocket-ball in his helmet grille - that had to be one scary moment! Bradley Hogg - still a major force ‘in the middle of his career’ (according to him). The Big Bash Fantasy League is involving a whole lot more fans around here, making it all even more ‘real’. And at the end of it all the Scorchers proved one of the basic tenets of sport - it’s better to have a champion team than a team of champions. Brilliant.

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In brief

■ VICTORIA CUP

Sad day at Karaka

Tough draws for Kiwi pacers Trainer Cran Dalgety hasn’t given up on Christen Me overcoming a wide draw in tonight’s A$400,000 Victoria Cup but it won’t be playing on his mind. While it is a busy weekend of domestic harness racing, with Cambridge holding a rare Friday day meeting, much of the focus will be on Melton and the Victoria Cup. It has drawn one of the strongest pacing fields of the past decade and Christen Me has barrier six, second from the outside of the front line but Dalgety says that is not a disaster. “It is better than drawing the second line, for sure,” he said. “It looks like Beautide will lead and I think we can work across the rest of the field to sit parked. “And then I think we and Beautide can control the tempo to suit us up front. “Sitting parked won’t bother

Christen Me has drawn barrier six for tonight’s Victoria Cup.

him because he relaxes great out there, and I think he might

actually have more raw speed than Beautide, who has had

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his problems this summer. “It will be a hard race to win but we sat parked to win the Hunter Cup here last year and I think he can do it again”. That tactical speed probably makes Christen Me the best of the three Kiwi chances in the race, with Terror To Love drawn outside him and Adore Me off the back line. Both could win if there was a lot of pressure up front and they received the perfect three-wide cart into the race, but that requires a lot going right for them and wrong for others. Follow The Stars is the hottest of the favourites in the three Victoria Derby heats, in which he meets fellow NZ-trained pacers Art Union and My Field Marshall, while Kiwi trotter Realmein and Sheemon clash in a heat of the Australasian Trotting Champs. - NZH

A stellar selling performance during the five days of the National Yearling Sales Series was tinged with sadness for Cambridge based Wentwood Grange as the final chapter of their connection with former UAE champion older sprinter and well performed sire Faltaat was closed at Karaka yesterday. Faltaat passed away in 2013 and Wentwood presented his last progeny through the auction ring featuring their brand at Karaka this year as they sold Lot 936, the colt from Danehill mare Entrancement for $30,000. - NZME

Matakana sidelined Talented filly Matakana has been ruled out of the Autumn and will miss the New Zealand Oaks following a back injury. The daughter of Mastercraftsman caught the eye when finishing fourth behind Platinum Witness in the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas for Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman. “Unfortunately she hurt herself working on the plough and is back home spelling,” owner Chris Grace said. - NZME

Today at Wingatui Raceway

Otago RC Venue: Wingatui Meeting Date: 31 Jan 2015 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.13pm DUNEDIN CASINO PREMIER $20,000, SP COND, 1400m 1 4761 Akal h (6) 58...........................C Barnes (a1) 2 52030 Whatwasthat h (7) 57 ..................L Callaway 3 47042 Tedesco h (14) 57 ..................... S Muniandy 4 82834 Tell The World (9) 57 ................D Bothamley 5 23x06 Satin Guru bh (15) 57 ...................... J Bates 6 7x444 Jimmy (1) 57 ............................... R Hannam 7 1 Thought That (5) 56.5 ...................D Bradley 8 46031 Ash (10) 56 ..................................... J Morris 9 7x331 Forever Vital h (2) 56 ................ J Lowry (a3) 10 24216 Kasundi b (16) 56........................ C Johnson 11 35439 No Deal (13) 55.5............................ K Myers 12 54622 Peggy’s Choice (3) 55 ..................T Moseley 13 56032 Bens Lass (12) 55 ................... G Jogoo (a3) 14 64300 Cleo Layne h (8) 55.........................R Myers 15 99x82 Royal Dollar h (4) 55 ............... T Direen (a1) 16 02 Sweet Time (11) 54 .......................L Allpress 2 12.48pm MORNINGTON TAVERN PREMIER STAYERS RATING 65 $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m 1 14043 Fast Profit b (8) 59 ...................D Bothamley 2 32906 Mister Spiderman (4) 58.5 .............R Bishop 3 09651 Jimmytoshoes h (16) 58............ S Muniandy 4 76614 Lukander b (13) 58........................L Allpress 5 62217 Avow h (14) 57 ......................... J Lowry (a3) 6 57183 No Rosettes tm (5) 57 .................L Callaway 7 51022 Tricia’o t (3) 57 ........................S Wynne (a1) 8 03272 Emilio (6) 57 ..................................... J Bates 9 21400 Seeking Redemption td (12) 57 .. C Johnson 10 33518 Fille Du Roi b (10) 56.5 .................D Bradley 11 48154 La Musique (11) 56 .........................R Myers 12 09000 Winchester t (9) 56.......................T Moseley 13 58274 Ekstra Special (15) 54.5........ A Morgan (a2) 14 85343 Missteeflying d (2) 54 ...................... K Myers 15 00630 Squash td (7) 55.5 16 06077 Carniva Boy 55.5.......................... Scratched

17 x0858 Varvara 54.................................... Scratched 18 x0902 Yazoom 54 ................................... Scratched 19 0x085 Puddle Alley tdh (1) 54.5 Emergencies: Squash, Carniva Boy, Varvara, Yazoom, Puddle Alley 3 1.23pm COLIN WALTERS OF METRO REALTY PREMIER STAYERS $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2200m 1 56302 Karaka Jack tm (6) 60.5 ...... C O’Beirne (a3) 2 67025 Additup dm (13) 59.5 .................. R Hannam 3 09656 Ya Dreamin Jonesy td (7) 59 ........... J Morris 4 05766 Saragarhi tdm (3) 58.5 ............. J Lowry (a3) 5 01318 Southern Power tb (8) 58.5 ......... C Johnson 6 x7434 The Bishop t (11) 58.5 ................... J Parkes 7 45543 Alfonze m (9) 58 ..............................R Myers 8 05520 Motorboat Mike (1) 58 ...................D Bradley 9 61146 Southern Sav (10) 58 ....................L Allpress 10 65x05 The Terminator d (2) 57.5........S Wynne (a1) 11 42510 Wild Bill mh (4) 56 ...........................D Walsh 12 82223 Pretty Good Excuse b (12) 54 13 17461 Rosheen tm (5) 54 .................. G Jogoo (a3) 4 1.57pm RICOH DUNEDIN PREMIER RATING 75 $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 184x4 Handsome Dax 59.5 .................... Scratched 2 59601 High Rise (10) 59.5 .........................R Myers 3 675L8 Recording tdh (2) 59.5 ...................R Bishop 4 03252 Norah tdh (6) 58.5 .................... J Lowry (a3) 5 82136 Miss Alice d (9) 58 ...................... C Johnson 6 21514 Gallant Dan dbh (7) 57.5........C Barnes (a1) 7 60663 News Flash th (4) 57.5 ............ T Direen (a1) 8 20734 Five Kings (11) 57 .........................D Bradley 9 91438 Berenice td (3) 56.5 ......................L Allpress 10 16512 Fantamo d (5) 54............................. K Myers 11 0x133 Gallant Ruby tdmbh (8) 54 ........ S Muniandy 12 x4215 Ripple (12) 54 ....................... A Morgan (a2) 13 00x71 Vitesse Rose m (1) 54 ....... D Prastiyou (a2) 5 2.30pm ABC BUSINESS SALES LISTED DUNEDIN GUINEAS $50,000, 3YO SW, 1400m 1 31634 Riding Shotgun d (7) 56.5 ...............R Myers 2 42201 Signify (3) 56.5 ................................D Walsh

3 8x1. Where’s Stevie (12) 56.5 .............L Callaway 4 x1875 Gottagetmywoohoo (6) 56.5...........R Bishop 5 35439 No Deal (9) 56.5........................ S Muniandy 6 1x331 Belle Miraaj t (15) 54.5 ..................... J Bates 7 82115 Madam Bentley td (11) 54.5 ........ C Johnson 8 1612 Miss Seton Sands (14) 54.5........ R Hannam 9 11216 Querer t (2) 54.5 ............................. K Myers 10 81144 Another Coup db (13) 54.5 ...........L Allpress 11 11 Gold Allure (4) 54.5 ...................S Wynne (a) 12 14202 La Veuve b (1) 54.5 ......................T Moseley 13 32934 Dragons Den b (5) 54.5 ................D Bradley 14 x9183 Legnani (10) 54.5 ...................... T Direen (a) 15 01653 Miss Mack (16) 54.5 ................ A Morgan (a) 16 35x22 Maia’s Angel (8) 54.5 ..................... J Parkes 6 3.03pm PETER LYON SHEARING PREMIER SPRINT TROPHY $40,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 1 4230x Anzac Star tdmh (2) 59 ..........C Barnes (a1) 2 x1604 Captain Kirk td (3) 57 ............... T Baker (a3) 3 15514 Coup Darci Be td (1) 56 ..........P Shaikh (a3) 4 14163 Homeland db (9) 55.5 .....................D Walsh 5 23323 Magic Epic d (6) 53.5 ......... D Prastiyou (a2) 6 5x526 Rewa d (7) 53..........................S Wynne (a1) 7 77171 Drumregal tdmh (4) 53 ................ C Johnson 8 358x3 Tacticall dm (10) 53 ......................... K Myers 9 85368 The Knight dm (8) 53 ....................D Bradley 10 47425 Keltic Kitty td (5) 53 .......................L Allpress 7 3.38pm FIRE & MECHANICAL DUNEDIN GOLD CUP (LISTED) $50,000, OPN HCP, 2400m 1 62170 Alpine Heights td (4) 59 .................. K Myers 2 27141 Oor Wullie m (11) 55.5 ..................... J Bates 3 13351 My Chino m (3) 54 ...................... C Johnson 4 22474 King Prawn (16) 54 .......................L Allpress 5 24214 Sureasyouwereborn tm (14) 53 .. R Hannam 6 32885 Deliciano m (5) 53 .........................D Bradley 7 x3439 Rohaise (1) 53 ................................R Myers 8 4x099 Fiorano tm (10) 53 ..........................D Walsh 9 43481 Blue ‘N’ Gold th (6) 53 ............... S Muniandy 10 23263 Eva Keeneva (15) 53.................S Wynne (a) 11 x3831 Mr Nobody tm (2) 53 ....................T Moseley

12 28142 The Hand Of Faith t (12) 53 ........L Callaway 13 45543 Alfonze 53 .................................... Scratched 14 40x07 Unrelenting Lady (9) 53 ........ C O’Beirne (a) 15 x0902 Yazoom th (13) 53 ................ D Prastiyou (a) 16 0x085 Puddle Alley th (8) 53................ G Jogoo (a) 17 02x00 St Bernard th (7) 53 ................... J Lowry (a) Emergency: St Bernard 8 4.13pm WHITE ROBE LODGE HANDICAP (GROUP 3) $70,000, OPN HCP, 1600m 1 88421 El Chico td (3) 59 ..........................L Allpress 2 22211 Valiant th (2) 59 ......................... T Direen (a) 3 x3142 Sucre tdm (15) 57 ............................ J Bates 4 64612 Absolut Excelencia d (13) 55.5 ....T Moseley 5 40400 Ric O’Shea tdm (16) 55.5 6 64x53 The Diamond One tdmbh (14) 55 .. J Parkes 7 81555 Ridley tdh (4) 55..............................R Myers 8 83x69 Chapel Star tdmh (1) 54.5..............R Bishop 9 75193 Our Premonition dm (5) 53.5 ... M Haruki (a) 10 50424 Keepa Tramp dm (7) 53.5..............D Bradley 11 22123 Locket td (9) 53 ........................... C Johnson 12 62325 Ishimine (6) 53 ............................ R Hannam 13 12554 Meursault (10) 53 ............................ K Myers 14 57153 Mikabella tdb (12) 53 ................S Wynne (a) 15 43121 To The Max tdm (8) 53 ................L Callaway 16 51934 Tommy Tucker mh (11) 53 ......... S Muniandy 17 06102 Sir Singo d (17) 53 Emergency: Sir Singo 9 4.48pm THE HITS 89.4FM DUNEDIN PREMIER MILE R65 $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 80745 Assassin td (1) 59 ....................D Bothamley 2 77897 El Bee Dee tdm (8) 59 ..................D Bradley 3 01094 Jakob Gambino td (4) 59.........A McKay (a3) 4 x5054 Swami mh (3) 59 ..................... T Direen (a1) 5 63325 Gallant Boy tmh (17) 58.5 ......... S Muniandy 6 x0847 Ryan John d (10) 58.5 ....................R Myers 7 59876 Hit The Bit tm (18) 57.5 ....... C O’Beirne (a3) 8 91873 Ivanskavinskyskvar th (21) 57.5 .....R Bishop 9 0x010 The Believer (12) 57.5.................... J Parkes 10 35089 Keynote td (22) 57................... G Jogoo (a3)

11 06041 Merci Cherie d (7) 57 ......... D Prastiyou (a2) 12 63612 Saperavious dm (5) 57 ................ R Hannam 13 41447 Joby (20) 56.5 ................................. K Myers 14 6x219 Dalwhinnie tbh (6) 55.5 ............... C Johnson 15 14398 Libetto d (14) 55 ...........................T Moseley 16 4194 It Aint Over d (19) 54 ...............S Wynne (a1) 17 x8342 Zhanim d (16) 54.5.................C Barnes (a1) 18 10033 Maria Santos b (2) 54.5 19 24819 Setarime d (13) 54.5 20 50x75 Ladybird Blue (11) 54.5 21 90100 Tantella d (9) 54 22 38844 Young Jim t (15) 55 Emergencies: Zhanim, Maria Santos, Setarime, Ladybird Blue, Tantella, Young Jim 10 5.23pm WEBSTER PLUMBING/DUNEDIN HOLIDAY PK PREMIER $20,000, R65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 32237 Mitcham d (14) 60.5 ................S Wynne (a1) 2 00906 Coffee dm (10) 59 ...........................D Walsh 3 90718 Killa Question dm (4) 58.5 ............L Allpress 4 878x1 One Direktion d (1) 58.5..................R Myers 5 85423 Peter Parker m (2) 58.5 ....... C O’Beirne (a3) 6 10227 Ravello b (13) 58.5 .......................... K Myers 7 08013 Buckwild dbh (7) 58 ......................... J Bates 8 0x1 Dermott Brown (16) 58..................D Bradley 9 16 Koxinga d (3) 57.5 ........................ D Skerrett 10 6x137 Springwater tdm (5) 57 ............... R Hannam 11 0x643 Hell Raiser h (15) 55.5 ...................R Bishop 12 x8x53 Ask Me (8) 55........................ A Morgan (a2) 13 6x176 Fascinate tdh (12) 55 ................ S Muniandy 14 46x31 Sofia Loren tdh (11) 54.5 ............... J Parkes 15 0x700 Strike Up The Band td (6) 56.5 ...L Callaway 16 04157 Milk It 56....................................... Scratched 17 98x92 Whare Creek th (9) 54 Emergencies: Strike Up The Band, Milk It, Whare Creek Blinkers on: Fast Profit, Puddle Alley (R2), Alfonze (R3), Recording, Five Kings (R4), Miss Seton Sands (R5), Puddle Alley (R7) Blinkers off: No Deal (R1), Ya Dreamin Jonesy (R3), No Deal (R5) Winkers on: Jimmy (R1), Ya Dreamin Jonesy (R3) Winkers off: Puddle Alley (R2), Puddle Alley (R7)

Today at Te Rapa Raceway

Waikato RC Venue: Te Rapa Meeting Date: 31 Jan 2015 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.25pm FIRST WATCH SYSTEMS 1400 MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 4x503 Harry Claassen (7) 58.5 .......... R Smyth (a1) 2 50044 Strong Impact (8) 58.5 .............. M D Plessis 3 88732 Crucial (10) 57 ................................S Collett 4 245 Lucoblu (4) 57 ...............................O Bosson 5 063 Francis Drake (2) 57............ R Hutchings (a) 6 7x674 Dashin (3) 57 ..............................T Thornton 7 50 Bocelli (1) 57 ...................................J Riddell 8 3x6 Marquilla (6) 56.5 ..........................M McNab 9 3 Hussler Heights (5) 55 ...................V Colgan 10 x0846 Reachin’ Out (9) 55 ....................M Coleman 2 1.00pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES 1400 R65 $25,000, R65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1400m 1 34122 Silkysand db (4) 59.5 ................. V Johnston 2 5x872 Zaperb b (7) 59.5 ...................... M D Plessis 3 450x6 Chop Chop b (10) 59 ........................L Innes 4 33x71 Flying Fantasy d (11) 59 .........B Hutton (a2) 5 19545 Muscat Hills d (2) 59 ..................M Coleman 6 x8348 Capistrano Magic (6) 58.5.............M McNab 7 47554 Gisela d (9) 58.5 ........................M Cameron 8 6x221 Poetical (5) 58 ...............................O Bosson

9 72230 Whatz Occurring (8) 57.5 ................ S Spratt 8 01561 Polyatomic (8) 54 ............................ N Harris 10 x4202 Soviet Song td (1) 57 .....................V Colgan 9 53273 Dufellforte b (7) 54 .................... M D Plessis 11 21 Massofdash d (3) 56.5 ....................S Collett 5 2.43pm SADDLERY WAREHOUSE CAMBRIDGE 2100 3 1.35pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES 1200 RATING 75 $18,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2100m 1 x7696 Crocodile Canyon m (4) 60.5 ....J Wong (a2) $17,500, 2YO SW+P, 1200m 2 38185 Lucky Feather m (8) 58.5 ..............O Bosson 1 16 Rocanto t (7) 57.5 ..................... M D Plessis 3 x5283 Keepher Close m (5) 58 .................. D Nolan 2 1 Unsurpassed d (4) 57.5 .............M Cameron 4 13021 Tokomutu Judge tm (1) 57 ................L Innes 3 13x Magic Dancer mb (3) 55.5 .........M Coleman 5 06102 Attica m (7) 55..................... R Hutchings (a) 4 1x3 Reminisce (8) 55.5 .............. R Hutchings (a) 6 49411 Hillsborough td (3) 55....................M McNab 5 21 Untamed Diamond (10) 55.5...........S Collett 7 x0309 Roddick td (6) 54....................... M D Plessis 6 3 Girlsarebackintown (6) 54 8 57123 Celebrity Miss t (9) 54 .................T Thornton 7 4 Enshrine (5) 54 9 28576 Businessman (2) 54 .......................V Colgan 8 37 Vegas Fling 54 ............................. Scratched 9 Fame Seeker (1) 54 .......................V Colgan 6 3.18pm ALLIED SECURITY HAMILTON CUP $25,000, 10 Starstripe (9) 54 ............................M McNab OPEN HANDICAP, 2000m 11 Zaburn (2) 54 .................................. S Spratt 1 46878 Survived dm (8) 59.............. R Hutchings (a) 4 2.10pm FAIRVIEW MOTORS 1400 R85 $20,000, Rat- 2 06x88 Blood Brotha dm (7) 58 .....R Goldsbury (a3) ing 85 Benchmark, 1400m 3 84232 Breaking Dawn tb (3) 57 ................. N Harris 1 37143 Elusive Gold dm (1) 59..................O Bosson 4 2x912 Quest td (5) 54 ................................ R Jones 2 9x623 Fiftyshadesofgrey td (4) 56 ........M Coleman 5 66284 Madonna Mia t (6) 54 ..............B Hutton (a2) 3 2x116 Dont Gloat (3) 56 ................ R Hutchings (a) 6 36719 Colonel Carrera tm (2) 54 ......... M D Plessis 4 84037 Frank Whitaker dm (9) 55.5...............L Innes 7 11353 Show The World t (4) 54 ............M Cameron 5 55x01 Irish Heartbeat dm (6) 54 ...................M Hills 8 02079 Boninsky 54 ................................. Scratched 6 51452 So Keep Me m (2) 54 ...............A Jones (a2) 9 33415 Farm Boy t (9) 54 ...........................V Colgan 7 1P368 Casino Park d (5) 54 ...............B Hutton (a2) 10 50739 Guess What d (1) 54 ..................M Coleman

7 41x70 Zaberto td (6) 57.5 .................... M D Plessis 8 910x2 Quintastics d (10) 56.5 ...............M Coleman 9 83051 Waipipi Lad tdm (7) 56.5 ......... D Turner (a1) 2) $100,000, 3YO SW, 2000m 10 3x038 Illuminati (3) 56 ...........................T Thornton 1 25354 Prince Mambo t (7) 56.5 ............M Cameron 2 63771 Gaultier (14) 56.5 .......................M Coleman 11 11367 Twya m (5) 56....................................L Innes 3 1011. Mongolian Khan t (2) 56.5.............O Bosson 12 01042 Chachi Arcola td (2) 55.5 ........B Hutton (a2) 4 15135 Kolonel Kev (5) 56.5 ........................J Riddell 9 5.03pm TE RAPA CARS 1200 RATING 75 $18,500, 5 211 McQueen (13) 56.5 .........................S Collett Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 50x36 Nine Pin (4) 59 ........................ R Smyth (a1) 6 125 Margin Trader (4) 56.5.......................L Innes 2 x1116 Adrenaline Rush td (3) 58 .............O Bosson 7 913 Cuzzie Charlie (10) 56.5 ........... D Turner (a) 3 4x142 Spare The Moment tdb (5) 58 ...J Wong (a2) 8 54721 Satin Ridge (6) 56.5 .........................S Doyle 4 x1153 Persuasive tdb (9) 56 .................M Coleman 9 5165 Giant Turtle (1) 56.5 ...........................M Hills 5 8180x Klitschko (13) 56 ............................. N Harris 10 51856 Victory Champion t (11) 56.5R Hutchings (a) 6 x0230 Lady Royale td (12) 55.5 ............ Z Moki (a3) 11 3633 Beauty Giant b (12) 56.5 ................. N Harris 7 78x0x Golden Downs (7) 55 ...................... S Spratt 12 04 Prima (3) 56.5 ...........................B Hutton (a) 8 33172 Princess Michella b (6) 54.5...... M D Plessis 13 25053 Consensus (8) 54.5........................V Colgan 9 31116 Dramatist h (10) 54 ...........................L Innes 14 32130 Palace Rock (9) 54.5................. M D Plessis 8 4.28pm TASMAN ROOFING 1600 R75 $18,500, Rat- 10 10x13 Stunning Princess dm (8) 54......M Cameron 11 2x35x Shees Flawless (2) 54 ...................V Colgan ing 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 41821 Victor Hugo dm (8) 59 ...................O Bosson 12 48611 Staccato d (11) 54 13 29202 Sherpa dm (1) 54 ............................ R Jones 2 49x00 Ray’s Girl d (11) 58 ......................... S Spratt 3 1x13 Shadow Fox (4) 58 .....................M Cameron Blinkers on: Reminisce (R3), Tonbridge, Quintastics (R8) 4 34x00 Tonbridge dm (1) 58 ..................J Wong (a2) Blinkers off: Magic Dancer (R3), Businessman (R5), Nine 5 4x221 Bhiwani t (12) 57.5 .........................V Colgan Pin, Golden Downs, Princess Michella (R9) Winkers on: 6 811x4 Estelle td (9) 57.5 ................ R Hutchings (a) Zaberto (R8) Pacifiers on: Giant Turtle (R7) 11 42114 All The Way 54 ............................. Scratched

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Macca’s to go upmarket? BY HOLLY RYAN

the burgers is $10.90, but the final cost depends on which of the 20 ingredients – which include jalapenos, guacamole and grilled mushrooms – are chosen. There was mixed reaction from McDonald’s fans yesterday, with some saying it was too expensive for McDonald’s. Others were excited about the chance to create their own burger. But it appears gourmet burgers might just be the start of big changes at the popular fast food chain. McDonald’s New Zealand managing director Patrick Wilson said the new move

Are the days of cheap cheeseburgers and Happy Meals over? It appears McDonald’s is going upmarket – trialling table service and customised gourmet burgers that cost at least $10 – and there’s hints of more dramatic changes to come. A new “create your taste” gourmet burger option started at the Balmoral branch this week, offering customers the chance to customise their own burgers at a digital kiosk before having them delivered to the table. The base cost of

aimed to ensure all customers were able to eat what they wanted, how they wanted it, whether it be the traditional drive through, fast and convenient route or dining in and customising their meal. He also said Kiwis could expect a number of further changes in the coming year including changes to its menu and technology. “We’re going to take one of our restaurants and change it up significantly,” Mr Wilson said. “I’m not going to give out all the details but you’ll see this year what we call proof points. So showing our consumers

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ooking around the world, amongst developed economies the United States remains the poster child for global economic growth. Europe continues to struggle to reignite any substantial growth, with monetary policy measures also resulting in capital outflows. Japan has resorted to a large quantitative easing programme to restart its economy. The combined effect has been a decline in total global growth momentum in recent months, although lower oil prices should benefit developed economies, with a forecast windfall to consumers in excess of $US1 trillion. Oil prices and capital flows should also lower the risks of growth being derailed, by deferring any substantial increases to interest rates in the US.

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q NZX 50 index

5,743.99 –15.82 –0.27%

q NZX 20 index

4,402.04 –20.14 –0.46%

q NZX All index

6,164.02 –17.08 –0.28%

p Rises 45 q Falls 49

WORLD MARKETS

p S&P/ASX 200 index

5,588.3

+18.8

+0.34%

At close of trading on Jan 30, 2015

p Dow Jones Indust.

17,416.8 +225.5 +1.31% At close of trading on Jan 29, 2015

q FTSE 100 index

6,810.6

–15.34

–0.22%

At close of trading on Jan 29, 2015

p Nikkei 225 index

17,674.4 +68.17 +0.39% At close of trading on Jan 30, 2015

METAL PRICES

Australian and NZ equity markets

Source: interest.co.nz

Gold q

1,275.50

London – $US/ounce

–12.5

–0.97%

Silver London – $US/ounce q

17.43

–0.58

Our local New Zealand equity market finished the year strongly, up 6 per cent for the quarter ending December 31, 2014, and 17.5 per cent for the full year. This is an outstanding result which exceeded many expectations at the start of the year. Leading the way were electricity companies, as higher yielding stocks continued to be sought. The beneficiaries of lower oil prices such as Air NZ and other transport companies also performed well.

–3.22%

q Copper London – $US/tonne

5,390.50

–95.0

–1.73%

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Source: BNZ As at 4pm January 30, 2015

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gains after the Japanese Government Pension Fund was directed to increase its asset allocation to local equities.

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that we are changing and it’s all centred around talking to the New Zealand consumer.” His comments come as McDonald’s in Sydney has started trialling a new healthfood shop The Corner, which sells lentils, soups, salads and roast vegetable meals with tofu, instead of the usual burgers and fries. Mr Wilson said the changes represented the future of McDonald’s, aimed at meeting the changing needs and demands of the market, but said the decision had not been made lightly due to the heavy capital investment required. – NZME

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Selwyn Sloan and Michael Coleman MONEY MATTERS

Not faring so well has been the Australian sharemarket which was up 2.2 per cent for the quarter ending December 31, but only 1.1 per cent for the full year. The market has been impacted by declines in commodity prices which in turn fed through to a weaker Australian dollar. Energy, mining and mining service stocks were hardest hit, but the flow-on effect to investment and employment expectations also affected domesticallyorientated companies. Healthcare and telecoms were the only sectors to provide any material advances.

Global equity markets Global equity market returns were generally positive, largely driven by US equities and the stronger US dollar. European markets were mixed, although German equities managed small gains despite a decline in competitiveness as the Euro strengthened against the Japanese yen. The United Kingdom market was held back by its large exposure to mining and energy stocks, while Japanese equities posted good

Fixed interest market Looking at fixed interest markets globally, long-term interest rates continued to hover around their 12-month lows. Subdued inflation and surplus European savings being redirected internationally, also capped the potential for longerterm rates to rise. With European growth expected to remain weak, these capital flows are likely to continue to suppress the potential for any significant change in global interest rates. In New Zealand our shorterterm rates also appear to have minimal upside, with the market now pricing in no increases before late 2015. Interestingly, in one week this month, one major bank dropped fixed deposit rates across the board while another lowered its mortgage rates. Obviously this is a good time for borrowers, but tough for income investors. Several new corporate fixed interest issues are expected to be announced over the coming months. Selwyn Sloan and Michael Coleman are Authorised Financial Advisers with Forsyth Barr in Ashburton. This column is general in nature and should not be regarded as personalised investment advice. Disclosure Statements are available on request and free of charge.

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Hospital blast kills babies BY LETICIA PINEDA Mothers covered their newborns with their bodies as a ceiling collapsed or walked out barefoot cradling their babies after a gas truck exploded, demolishing a maternity hospital in Mexico City. The blast killed two babies and a nurse, and injured dozens. Hundreds of rescuers, some with dogs, scoured the rubble of the Maternity and Children’s Hospital in the Cuajimalpa borough after the huge blast, though officials were hopeful that nobody remained trapped. “I remember the cries of the babies under the rubble and the screams of my colleagues,” said Ivonne Ortega, a nurse who was injured as she helped evacuate the newborns. Mexico City health secretary Armando Ahued said a nurse and a baby died on the spot, and a second baby succumbed from injuries in another hospital.

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He said 73 people were injured and that nine babies were in delicate condition. Around three-quarters of the building collapsed after the blast, after workers were unable to control a pipe leak, Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said.

The truck’s three operators were detained, and two of them were hospitalised, Mancera said. Their employer was identified as Gas Express Nieto, which services 31 city hospitals. Mancera said a bigger tragedy was avoided because fewer

people were in the hospital at that time and they had about 10 minutes to evacuate before the gas leak turned into an explosion. About 100 people were in the building, officials said. By midday yesterday, nobody was reported missing, but Mancera said the search would continue until authorities were “100 per cent” certain no one was trapped under the rubble. Officials gave conflicting death tolls during the day, at one point reporting four babies dead, before retracting. Relatives of survivors recounted how mothers saved their babies. Jose Eduardo Manriquez, 22, came out smiling from the Enrique Cabrera hospital, where his wife and newborn son were taken after the blast. They were both doing well. Neighbours recounted smelling a strong odour of gas and hearing an explosion that shattered house windows and caused - AFP doors to slam open.

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In brief Proof of life Jordan says it will not release an Iraqi female jihadist until it receives proof that a Jordanian pilot held by the Islamic State group is alive. IS had threatened to execute the airman unless Jordan frees Sajida al-Rishawi by sunset yesterday in exchange for Japanese hostage Kenji Goto. “Jordan is willing to exchange Sajida al-Rishawi for the Jordanian pilot. At this point we want to emphasise that we have asked for proof of life from Daesh and we have not received anything yet,” Jordanian government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani said. - AFP

Pimping charges Ex-IMF chief Dominique StraussKahn, whose sexual proclivities cost him his job and a shot at the French presidency, goes on trial next week for pimping over his alleged role in a prostitution ring. The 65-year-old saw his high-flying career at the head of the International Monetary Fund and presidential prospects implode when a chambermaid at a New York hotel accused him of sexual assault in 2011. While those criminal charges were dropped and the case settled in a civil suit, DSK - as he is known in France - faced further humiliation when sordid details emerged of his participation in orgies with prostitutes. - AFP

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KEEPING 32 Ashburton Guardian

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KEEPING COOL OVER SUMMER Keeping cool has been top priority for many over Summer and around the house there are simple tips that can be followed to lower the temperature on those warm Mid Canterbury days.

eep up the amount of fluid you drink, cool off with a dip in a swimming pool, crank up the air conditioning on your heat pump or just sit in a room with the blinds/curtains closed to block out the heat. When outside air temperatures reach uncomfortable levels, its likely to be just as uncomfortable inside, despite any amount of ventilation through the use of conventional fans. With air conditioning equipment installed, you can quickly reduce the temperature in your home to a comfortable level, whilst at the same time reducing the humidity

to eliminate the ‘stickiness’ associated with our summers. New Zealand has one of the most damaging sunlight conditions in the world and soft furnishings will be damaged if left exposed to UV light over time. Not only do blinds on windows keep the interior cool but they also help protect furniture and carpet from direct sun damage, considerably reducing the overall volume of sunlight that comes through the window, reducing its harsh effects. Those with double glazed windows can enjoy not only hot air being kept in on cold days but the glazing keeps the heat out on hot days. However if you want to embrace the heat and head outdoors then get some good shade options by either placing an umbrella over the outdoor table and chairs or position trees, shrubs and bushes around the garden for extra shade.

Whichever way you chose to look after yourself during the summer, try and beat the rising heat by keeping your body temperature down. Health officials say people who are young, elderly or unwell (especially those with heart disease or high blood pressure) may be most vulnerable in hot weather conditions like Mid Canterbury has been experiencing and they advise people to take precautions when having fun in the sun. So if you are struggling with the heat take heed of the following tips to keep cool: Drink plenty of fluids – but avoid alcoholic, caffeinated, hot or sugary drinks. Don’t wait until you are thirsty to drink. Start drinking fluids before going out in the heat. However, if your doctor limits the amount of fluid you drink, ask how much

you should drink while the weather is hot. If you are undertaking strenuous outdoor exercise cut down on the level of exercise you are undertaking and time the exercise for early morning or evening when the temperatures are lower. Wear sun block, hats and light coloured, loose fitting clothing. Check frequently on the elderly and those who are ill or may need help. Never stay or leave anyone in a closed, parked vehicle during hot weather, even for a short time. At first signs of heat illness – dizziness, nausea, headaches, muscle cramps – move to a cooler place well ventilated place, rest a few minutes, then slowly drink a cool drink. If there is no improvement or if severe symptoms such as confusion or collapse are present seek medical assistance.

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BE SAFE AROUND WATER New Zealand. They were mostly men but included eight pre-school aged children. The number was down from 2013’s final total of 107, but that figure could rise as coronial reports were received. Water Safety New Zealand CEO Matt Claridge said while the total numbers had consistently tracked downwards over recent years, New Zealand was still ranked amongst the three worst countries for drowning in the developed world. “Disappointingly, adult men continue their terrible track record making up more than 76% of all drownings.” Rivers were the biggest killer with 20 of the 90 deaths occurring in this environment. Mr Claridge said beach drownings were down 50% on last year and the five-year average, at eleven deaths.

ut a swimming pool, or any body of water, is potentially dangerous especially for young children. With that in mind, pool owners have a responsibility to ensure that children are safe and cannot gain access to a pool without adult supervision. Water Safety New Zealand said the vast majority of children who drown were alone and unsupervised, or in the care of other children at the time. The only safe pool environment was one where young children could not gain access to a pool without adult supervision. Last year 90 people drowned in

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claimed an additional four lives each. Of the eight pre-school deaths Mr Claridge said the ongoing increase in this age group was a huge issue that required more work, more education and more attention. “I’ve said this a thousand times, no pre-schooler should be drowning and we won’t be happy until this is achieved. The one small positive in this area, is that for the first time in six years no under-fives drowned in Northland.” “If New Zealand’s terrible drowning toll is to come down it requires a huge change in culture and behaviour. The water safety sector is working together to drive this change but communities, whanau and individuals all need to step up and say let’s improve on our poor track record and stop the drowning once and for all.”

R O O D T U O 34 Ashburton Guardian

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Forcing open the doors to the great outdoors The chance to get back to nature, enjoying fresh air and wide open spaces is part of the thrill of being in the great outdoors. Whether it be hunting, fishing, biking, hiking, camping or taking to the water, the opportunities both in Mid Canterbury, and within a few short hours’ drive of the district are vast - we are the centre of the South Island after all.

FISHING

Just like whitebaiters flock to the West Coast, fishermen arrive enmasse to Mid Canterbury to take part in fishing at some of the country's best fishing spots in the hope of taking home a catch worthy of the dinner table and the inevitable fishing tales. In the high country, the Ashburton Lakes is made up of a few official lakes dotted down the length of the district. They are Lake Clearwater, Lake Camp, Lake Denny, Lake Emily, Lake Emma, Lake Heron, Lake Roundabout, Lake Spider and the Maori Lakes. They have an open season which runs from the early November until April 30 and there are many sizable freshwater fish on offer. The district's boundary rivers – Rakaia (in the north) and Rangitata (in the south) offer great opportunities to keen fishers wanting to nab an elusive Salmon, which are currently running. However, if it's an interest in other saltwater fish - without a need for a fishing licence. The Mid Canterbury coastal regions offer great catches at such spots like Wakanui or Pendarves beaches where regular catches include Kahawai, red cod, shark and even

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HUNTING Department of Conservation staff

regularly have hunters applying for hunting permits on conservation land with the open area permits completed online. The conservation land in Mid and South Canterbury districts has more than 20 hunting blocks but DOC says there are regularly new conservation lands added to the district as a result of tenure reviews. In the blocks are deer, wallabies, goats, pigs and Tahr. The area is managed from its Geraldine office. The key areas of this office include the conservation areas of the upper Rakaia / Rangitata catchments, reserves on the Hunter Hills and adjacent foothill catchments. People wanting to hunt on conservation land need to get a permit: each hunter needs their own permit. They also need to get the permission of landowners to be on any private land needed to cross to get to the conservation blocks.

HIKING Mt Somers and the surrounding high

country has the complete package for anyone looking for outdoor adventure within minutes of Ashburton. Not only is there tramping, hiking, horse treks, mountain biking, fishing and windsurfing but the district hosts a few wildlife refuges great for bird watching and nature trails. There are also short bush walks or popular two-day hikes either along the Mt Somers Sub-Alpine Walkway or Round the Mountain Mt Somers Track.

BOATING/JETBOATING

If its water sports and fun then Lake Camp is popular destination for boaties, water skiers and fishermen and nearby Lake Clearwater for windsurfing, sailing, rowing and fishing. It is also a sanctuary to the endangered Great Crested Grebe. Closer to Ashburton, Lake Hood attracts those keen for a quick thrill around the lake by boat or Jet Ski. Jet boating is suitable for all ages and levels of fitness and can be done year round. The jet boat was originally developed by

kiwi farmer William Hamilton to navigate the shallow Canterbury rivers. But its potential for thrill was soon picked up by enterprising New Zealanders and now many Mid Cantabrians have their own boats – or a micro version the Jet Ski. Boats get used for water skiing, water biscuits, wake boarding, foot ski, or knee skiing. They are even used for fishing. Lake Hood also accommodates unpowered boats like inflatable dinghie’s and kayaks plus plain swimming.

BIKING

If floating on the water is not your thing, Lake Hood can be accessed by a river trail from Ashburton, so you can bike/walk out to the lake. The Braided Waters/Lake Hood trail starts on the southern side of the Ashburton River. The 7.4km distance to the lake takes about two hours for the average family to walk. There is also the Ashburton/Hakatere River trail starting on the northern side of the Ashburton River. It heads to Hakatere and is 19km long. However, if you want to get out of the district and have a bit of time on your hands head south to Aoraki/Mt Cook.

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• Powerline clearing • Stumpgrinding • Dismantling

All your tree services!

www.4seasonstreecare.co.nz Find Us on Facebook!

0800 559 255 Four Seasons for a free quote

Treecare Ltd

PAINTING & DECORATING CONTRACTORS If you are renovating or building a new home you need someone to trust in all your PAINTING and DECORATING NEEDS – Commercial or Residential. • Interior decorating • Exterior decorating • Wallpapering • Waterblasting • Roof painting

For any enquiries call us today on Ph/Fax 308-8432 Mob 0274 332 259 Email: trudgeon@vodafone.co.nz

How do you put a dollar value on keeping your property protected? Protect your biggest asset with a home security camera package from Masterguard Call me today for a free, no obligation quote

Hartley Curd phone 0800 788 393 or 021 328 301 57 Dobson Street, Ashburton.

Phone 0800 48 48 49 www.oasisclearwater.co.nz

Trades & Services

Ivan McColl Masonry Bricklayer, Plasterer, Tiler, Block layer

Restoration Work Over 40 years’ experience

Ph: 027 3326 716

To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

Call today for a free Quote

Your windscreen gotten stoned lately? Any glass, any vehicle

Smith&Smith® can fit the glass your vehicle needs.

Ashburton’s Largest Property Management • 4 property managers • tenants waiting • 15 security checks

“It’s why more people are choosing RENZ”

308 6173

PH 308 2966 51 Robinson St, Ashburton www.lysaghtltd.co.nz

• low vacancy rate • 3 fee options • emailed reports

Trevor Hurley Real Estate Limited REAA EAA 2008 MREINZ

www.realestatenewzealand.net.nz/propertymanagement/

HEAT PUMPS

Factory Spray Lacquer

Sad, unloved things in your life get a second chance from us. • PV Solar • Alarms Systems • Heat Pumps • House Wiring • Lighting and Plugs • Switchboards

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!

Phone 308-2621 | info@directelectrical.co.nz | www.directelectrical.co.nz

NEED A NEW DRIVEWAY, PATIO OR PATH FOR YOUR HOME?

RV parts and accessories 201 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton - (03) 307 8353 mainlandcoachwork@gmail.com - www.mainlandcoachwork.co.nz

NEED SCAFFOLDING?

Contact Tony Worsfold today on 307 6466 or 0274 508 191 for high quality exterior concrete

• 13 Robinson Street, Riverside Industrial Estate, Ashburton • Phone 03 307 6466 • www.paveco.co.nz

CALL ASHBURTON SCAFFOLD SYSTEMS NOW.

Truck and trailer of dry ﬁrewood delivered.

Innovative Aluminium Scaffolding Residential and commercial safety nets

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

Temporary Perimeter Fencing

CALL ROGER TODAY ON 027 528 8948

Unit 2, 192 Wills Street Ashburton Phone 307 7427

Minimum 4 m3 RINI Contracting Ltd

Eftpos available. Hurry and order now!

Call or text me 027 451 7300

CALL ME OR TEXT ME.

TV AERIAL SPECIALIST YOUR LOCAL TV RECEPTION SPECIALIST • Your local authorised Freeview installer • Commercial TV Systems • Extra Phone Points • TV Wall Mounting • Future Proof Pre-wire of New Homes • Authorised Sky Installer • Home Theatre Installation

ASHBURTON TV & AUDIO LTD Ph 308-7332 or 027-277-1062

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CONNECTIONS

To advertise here contact Jenni on 021 272 2399 or 307 7927 HEALTH 2000 ASHBURTON The Arcade P. (03) 308 1815

www.health2000.co.nz Like us on facebook.

Offer ends 31/07/2014 or while stocks last.

Jenni Sparks

Call Jonny to tend to all your rural electrical needs . . ElectraServe, for everything electrical

HEALTH 2000 ASHBURTON www.health2000.co.nz

24/7 Breakdown Service The Arcade Like us on facebook. Industrial Dairy Offer ends 31/07/2014 or while stocks last. P. (03) 308 1815 Effluent Irrigation Generators

Commercial Residential

the ElectraServe guarantee

Blair Watson, General Manager personally guarantees ElectraServe’s tradesmen’s workmanship. If you are not 100% satisfied with the quality of the work, ElectraServe will put it right . . . every time, or your money back.

a 166 moore street ashburton p 03 308 9008 e service@electraserve.co.nz w www.electraserve.co.nz

Weekend Services M S H S EDICAL ERVICES

PHARMACIES

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

ELPLINE ERVICES

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice. Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday and from Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics6pm - 8pm both evenings. DUTY DOCTORS anonymous.org.nz for more information. This service is for emergency medical HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS care only. Please remember your MENTAL HEALTH Call free on 0800 ASHBURTON HOSPITAL Community Services Card. WARD 1 - DAILY, 10am - 11.30am and 2pm 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team. Gym Company Medical, Cass Street, - 7.30pm. Children must be accompanied by SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Ashburton is the duty practice for Saturday an adult. until 8am Sunday. The surgery will be open WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791 from 10am - 12 noon and from 6pm - 7pm. & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP No appointment necessary. Surgery phone MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm. 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 308 9489. -Husbands and patient’s own children may 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer. Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm. Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am Ashburton is the duty practice for Saturday TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message. until 8am Monday. The surgery will be open -unrestricted visiting. from 10am - 12 noon and from 6pm - 7pm. ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE No appointment necessary. Surgery phone ASHBURTON REST HOMES Call us free on (0800 787 797). COLDSTREAM HOUSE - DAILY, unrestricted Lines open 10am - 10pm Seven days. 308 3066. visiting. LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA CAMERON COURTS - DAILY, unrestricted Saturday and Sunday doctor and emergency visiting. details - please telephone the Methven OMMUNITY ERVICES PRINCES COURT - DAILY, unrestricted Medical Centre, ph 302 8105. ART GALLERY visiting. Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT Due to relocation, the Art Gallery is closed provide an accident and emergency service. EMERGENCY DENTIST until further notice. If you do not have or cannot contact your Except in cases of emergency persons regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY requiring medical attention must consult for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. their own or the duty general practitioner. in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Saturday: 10:00am - 1:00pm Persons subsequently requiring treatment Sundays and Public Holidays. Sunday 1:00pm - 4:00pm at Ashburton Hospital must have a general practitioners note of referral. ASHBURTON MUSEUM

Due to relocation, the Ashburton Museum is closed until further notice.

COMMUNITY POOL

WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 9am - 5pm. TINWALD POOL: Open 12noon - 7pm.

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

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

INFORMATION CENTRES

ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm. Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. Phone 308-1050. METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org

BUS DEPARTURES

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service. Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802. BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm. Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ANIMAL SERVICES

DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 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

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, Main Rd, Methven. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams. ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 999, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Katie Kent. Full emergency service all weekend. VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Kate Foxcroft. Small: Juan Gray. VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton. Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Erin Caswell Small: Ref Vet Ent. Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterhours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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Ashburton Guardian

SITUATIONS VACANT

Motor Vehicle Salesperson Needed

Here’s a story of success bringing YOU the benefits

Are you looking for a role where you can use your talents in Vehicle sales? Are you committed to consistently delivering exceptional customer service? Are you target driven to succeed? If you have answered yes to the above then we want to hear from you. Our Vision is ‘Developing Exceptional People’ We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Salesperson to work within our Sales team at Ashburton Toyota. We are also keen to hear from you if you are a Senior Sales Consultant with experience in some of the responsibilities listed below and are looking for the next step in your career, as full training will be provided. So if you are passionate about sales, driven to exceed targets and have had some experience in sales then we want to hear from you. The successful applicant will have the following attributes: • Passionate about delivering excellent customer service • Driven to exceed targets • Strong work ethic, target oriented and a great sales closer • Good communication skills, both written and verbal • Strong negotiation skills, innovative and persuasive • Confident networking skills • Outgoing, energetic and confident • Self motivated • Love a challenge • Ability to learn quickly We offer: • Real training and development to help you succeed in your role • Excellent work environment • Competitive packages If you believe you have the attributes we need and are keen to join our successful team we invite you to apply, please send your application and CV to Ray Girvan by email, rgirvan@ashburton.toyota.co.nz or post to Ray Girvan, Ashburton, PO Box 174, Ashburton 7740

synlait.com Dryer Operators If you’re hard working, if you enjoy work that’s mentally stimulating, and if you want to join an organisation that is going places, this is a success story that you need to know about.

the right people to join us in our Dryer and Cannery, and to share our journey. We’re looking for people with: Vision

So good are our skim and whole milk powders, adult and infant formulations and nutraceutical products that over 50 countries are buying what it is we have to offer. What’s more, our success is starting to be talked about here at home recently Synlait was listed on the NZSX, and picked up two very prestigious business awards.

If you can look into the future and see how far we can go, then we want you. Talent we need people who naturally do things well, and who enjoy success. Drive the work can be hard, so we want people with the drive to see the job through. Ambition We want you to reach your potential with us. We can put your career on the fast track. Integrity We need people who are open, honest and trustworthy. We operate a strict no drug policy, with all staff required to undergo random testing. If you enjoy shift work, if you like working alongside likeminded people, and if you don’t mind an easy commute to a job where you’re challenged both mentally and physically, then we would like you to share in our story of success.

With $135m invested in our continued expansion, we need

To apply for these positions please go to www.synlait.com

You might know the name Synlait, an innovative dairy processing company in Canterbury. What you might not know about Synlait, is that we’re different to other Milk companies, because we are committed to harnessing the full power of milk to deliver the best in human health and nutrition.

Customer Services Oﬃcer with Cashering Duties (9 month ﬁxed term)

CARPENTER

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To do this well you’ll need to be a people person, able to multi-task, to listen, to advertising proof think and to action. Your naturally enquiring mind and inquisitive nature mean 2015 you display a level of empathy- people have probably given you a lifetime of feedback on how understanding you are!

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If this sounds like the next step in your career journey, please apply online applications close Thursday, February 5. To apply please send your CV and Cover letter directly to: Emily Hermon Recruitment Consultant at Emily.hermon@iag.co.nz or for a conﬁdential call contact Emily on 09 969 6184.

proud of our people. progressive setting a new standard. partnership working hard together.

PROCESS WORKERS NEEDED • Ashburton Location • Mid Canterbury

Silver Fern Farms is looking for seasonal staff for the 2015 processing season at our Fairton Plant, Ashburton. We offer a great team environment, the money’s good, and you’ll be working with a proud team of people in a progressive food processing company. So if you enjoy working as part of a team, have a ‘can do’ attitude, keen to learn, not afraid of a bit of hard work, and are a New Zealand Citizen/ Resident, or hold an open valid work permit, then we want to hear from you. Just remember that Silver Fern Farms is working hard to maintain a drug and alcohol free workplace. Pre-employment drug testing is mandatory. To apply call into the Fairton Plant Main Office, Office Rd Fairton, RD 2 Ashburton to complete an application form or email francis.renner@silverfernfarms.co.nz Alternatively apply online at careers.silverfernfarms.co.nz

www.silverfernfarms.com

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SENIOR STYLIST

A part time position has become available to work in our busy salon.

D&E MARINE

Applicant must have • Great work ethic • Be outgoing and friendly

FOR FUN ON THE WATER

• Work well in a team All applications will be treated in strict confidence. Please apply by writing to

209 Walnut Avenue Ashburton

Your local Spark Store, East Street, Ashburton (03) 308 0308

SUNDAY IS FAMILY DAY AT SPEIGHT’S! FREE kids meal with each full paying adult! CONDITIONS: Sundays only. Each child must be 10 years or under, order from the childrens menu and be accompanied by one paying adult who orders a meal from the regular menu.

245 Burnett Street, Ashburton GIVE US A SHOUT ON (03) 308 5980

OPEN 7 DAYS FROM 11AM TILL LATE

AUTOMOTIVE & MARINE 153 Moore St 03 3077620

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Parts Sales Person

management accountant – agriculture • • •

RURAL REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITY The greatest opportunity for a Rural Real Estate career available in the North, Central, Mid, South Canterbury and West Coast regions.

Opportunity to grow & thrive Christchurch based with ability to work remotely Standard kit - gumboots, calculator & a desire to make a difference

Southern Wide currently has the strongest market share in Rural Real Estate in Otago/ Southland operating offices in Invercargill, Winton, Gore, Alexandra, Ranfurly, Dunedin, Oamaru and now Christchurch. Selling $700 million in property during the financial 2013/2014 year.

Align Farm Partners are a passionate and rapidly growing farm business that creates farms families love to own for the next generation to thrive on. They have developed an industry leading pathway to farm ownership for its Farm Managers in a collaborative and performance based environment.

We are setting up a Canterbury Team and want quality sales people either experienced or new to the industry. Key Attributes of Southern Wide to enhance these new roles: • Quality Support from existing structures. • A defined area of scale, so you are not competing with sales people from your own company. • Strong referral sources from existing Otago and Southland sales people. • Rural Livestock agents in the area use you as their person for all referrals. • Ethical and professional reputation in the Industry • A privately New Zealand owned company that fosters team work, personal growth and family. • Opportunities for a shareholding will arise for the right employees.

Align is searching for a practical and experienced Management Accountant who preferably understands the farming lingo to run the day to day financial management systems to support the Groups vision and growth plans. You will be able to build and nurture relationships with Aligns “on farm” teams, suppliers and professionals to provide timely and accurate reporting that assists the Groups performance. You will take ownership of the financial function of the Group including running the Xero based system from accounts processing through to monthly management reporting. We need an ambitious person who can hit the ground running, will thrive in a performance based environment and can roll up their sleeves and do what needs to be done. You will have a relevant accounting qualification along with proven experience in management reporting and business analysis.

If you are looking for a career with a huge opportunity, want to work in a team that has proven results and love a challenge, call us now in strict confidence or send a CV to:

Closing Date: Friday 6th February 2015. Initial enquiries can be made by contacting Kerri Jennings on 03 335 3273 or Patrick Methven on 03 335 3271 or by emailing kerri.jennings@echelongroup.co.nz or patrick.methven@echelongroup.co.nz. Please apply online at www.echelongroup.co.nz

Rural Real Estate Sales Position, Southern Wide Canterbury Ltd, PO Box 8669, Riccarton, Christchurch. Enquiries to: John Faulks - Managing Director - Dunedin 0274 525800 Edwin Lewis - Licensee - Christchurch 0275 963912 John Hay - Director/Sales Person-Invercargill 0274 350138

www.echelongroup.co.nz

Boiler Operator Training Opportunity

Ashburton Guardian

We are seeking to employ a Boiler Operator for our 14mW Coal Fired Boiler. Ideally we are seeking applicants that hold a 'Level 2 National Certificate - Boiler Operation', but we would consider a suitable candidate with past boiler operation experience, who is prepared to study towards and attain this qualification.

The Fresh Name in the Freezer

Other duties of the position include daily preventative maintenance tasks for other items of the services plant. Relevant training will be provided. The position will involve shift work on our rotating 12 hour shift pattern (3 days, 3 nights, 3 days off). If this position is of interest to you, please forward your CV to: The Services Manager, PO Box 244, Ashburton, or email recruitment@ash.talleys.co.nz

SOUTHERNWIDE REAL ESTATE, LICENSED AGENT REAA 2008

Part-time Shop Assistant

Birthday Greetings Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

A part-time position is available in our busy retail shop. Your working week would include alternate Saturdays 10am - 1pm and school holidays. We are looking for a flexible, organised, reliable, and honest person who enjoys helping our customers and offering quality service. Please post handwritten letter or email, with references, to: Tots to Teens The Arcade, Ashburton tots2teensannette@gmail.com

2015

Phone 03 308 6805

To apply for this position, please email a copy of a current CV with a letter of application to: stewart@johnsongluyas.co.nz Or alternatively post a copy to: Johnson Gluyas Tractors Attention: Stewart McAtamney PO Box 6053, Allenton, Ashburton 7740

Johnson Gluyas Tractors www.johnsongluyas.co.nz

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Happy 12th Birthday for tomorrow. Lots of love Mum, Dad and Savanna. xxx

Happy 7th Birthday for tomorrow. Lots of love Mum, Brandi, Nana, Grandad, Uncle Tom and Uncle Gregory.

Happy 4th Birthday. Lots of love Daddy, Nana, Grandad, Courtney and all the family.

To our darling grandaughter. Happy 2nd Birthday tomorrow. Love Nana, Grandad and Aunty Isabella. xxx

Welcome to the World

Give us a ring

cost (excl gst) $552.00 $474.48 $free $192.96 $192.96

Quality Preschool TLC for your VIP

Closing date checked:

Monday - Friday 7.30am - 5.30pm Ph 308 2959, Main South Rd, Tinwald www.childsplaypreschool.ac.nz

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$25 $50 $75

PLEASE NOTE: that we have prepared this advertisement proof based on our understanding of the instructions received. In approving the advertisement, it is client’s responsibility to check the accuracy of both the advertisement, the media and the position nominated. Cancellation of adverts booked with media will incur a media cancellation fee of $50.

Guardian Situations Vacant 307 7900 Trades & Services

Applications for this position close 5pm, Friday, February 20, 2015.

Savanna McCormick

If you are a school leaver, handyman or someone looking for a change, drivers licence required

0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

position sort Trades & Services

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work Visa.

Payson Marie Shilo

Glazier

ormat: b&w run date Sat 31 Jan Wed 4 Feb Sat 7 Feb Sat 31 Jan Wed 4 Feb

The following skills would be considered advantageous for this role: • Previous experience in either the agricultural or retail sales industry • Excellent customer relations • The ability to work well within a team and independently • Have a pleasant disposition with excellent written and verbal communication skills • Have efficient time management skills and be able to prioritize work flow in a high volume environment • Be efficient in basic computing systems and operations

Jasmine Lynch

Auto and House glass

Guardian Classifieds

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The successful applicant will be directly involved in all aspects of the daily parts operation, including customer enquiries, stock ordering and receipting, freight distribution and maintenance of the warehouse stocking levels.

The Arcade Phone 307 7340

For all subscriber Greg Lysaght Cleaners 0274 356 357 enquiries, missed Cleaners wanted for delivery, new Ashburton Holiday subscriptions, URL Park. With: _______________________________ Date:_______________________________ temporary stops, tested: x Approx two hours call our subscriber a day. hotline Includes weekend

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We have an excellent opportunity available for a highly motivated person to join our busy parts team in Ashburton.

Isabella Brown

Full training and apprenticeship available in this position.

www.talleys.co.nz

Johnson Gluyas Tractors - Ashburton is a proud locally owned and award winning New Holland / Kubota dealer directly servicing the Mid Canterbury area with associates in the South Canterbury and North Otago districts.

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TRADES, SERVICES

Macrocarpa LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES Shelter Belts • Bark • Oamaru stone Wanted • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available

For firewood or saw logs. Ph Kent 021-325-661

TENDERS BUILDING LTD

Ashburton Hospital Redevelopment

31ST JANUARY 11AM TILL 5PM

Closing Friday, February 13 at 12noon Subcontractors & Suppliers pricing the above are invited to submit their quotations to: Phone: (03) 308 9039 Fax: (03) 308 1191 email: clark@bradfords.co.nz

WANTED

WANTED to buy - Ashburton College School Blazer, size 100 (boys). Phone 0273 786 314.

TRADES, SERVICES KITE WORKSHOPS l ROKKAKU BATTLES l MUSIC l PRIZES BUGGY RIDES l FACE PAINTING GIANT KITES (30M)

COMPUTER Tuneup and Repairs, New Computer Sales & Setup, Internet setup, Onsite Day Or Evenings and Weekends, LOW FEES, call Robin Johnstone at Networks Firewalls & PCS 308 1440 or 027-768 4058.

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

SITUATIONS WANTED

Tractor work

Ashburton Guardian

RURAL TRADING POST

Feed for Sale Barley and wheat straw Call Stuart for more information

DONALDSON CONTRACTING ‘Focused on Quality Feeds’

027 BALE HAY SPORTING NOTICES

TWILIGHT BUSINESS HOUSE BOWLS

required by experience operator.

ALLENTON BOWLING CLUB

Please, phone Todd 027 693 8185.

Players can change week to week.

Cavendish St. Team entry of 3 non-bowlers. No experience required

RURAL TRADING POST

HAY COVER’S 25 m x 4 m, Polytarp $499 + GST. Order now, phone John 03 307 7307 - 027 362 8231, 120 Moore St (behind Mastagard) Ashburton Canvas Shade HOME handyman available. Motor Trimming. Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952. WANTED - Pea straw to bale, royalty paid. Phone 027 390 Guardian Classifieds 0002. 307 7900

Local “experts” on hand to help out. 4 nights of bowls each Wednesday starting February 11. Entries in by 5pm Friday, February 6 to Craig Fowles on 027 633 4220. Limited to first 16 teams entered.

6pm start $18 per team per night Great overall prizes BBQ available and bar open each night Proudly sponsored by Phillip Kenny Harcourts Ashburton

We Help Save Lives 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.

Allenton Netball Club

Melrose Road Courts, Ashburton

Senior Netball 2015 Registration Night Tuesday 10 February 2015, 6.00 - 6.30pm at the Allenton Courts, Melrose Road. Non refundable sub deposit of $40 must be paid at registration before able to trial

Trials for Senior Players

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

We are still seeking new coaches for Senior and Junior Teams for 2015 and new players are always welcome

A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

Please contact Marg Verrall (President) Phone 03 302 4717

Tuesday 10 February 6.30pm - 8.00pm Thursday 12 February 6.30pm - 8.00pm There will be a third trial if needed.

The Cancer Society's Relay for Life Mid Canterbury

Enter Your Team Now

or at Property Brokers (217 West St.)

Ashburton Showgrounds March 28 - 29, 2015

RELAY RELAY FOR LIFE

Celebrate, Remember,

Cancer Society

Whakanui, Maumaharatia,

New Zealand

Fight Back! Tu Atu!

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WANTED!

Straw for Baling

All types considered. Good royalties paid. Phone Jacob Holdaway today. Our new state-of-the-art straw stacker ensures fast efficient bale handling.

Jacob Holdaway Contracting Ltd

0274 225 464

www.jholdawaycontracting.com

REAL ESTATE

Hastings McLeod Ltd Licensed REAA 2008

217 West Street Telephone 03 307 9176

TENDER

CENTRAL COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY

WEB ID AC41167 EASTSIDE 308 Havelock Street Available now, a spacious commercial premise formally utilised by the Red Cross situated within Ashburton CBD. The building is approximately 270m2 in size and incorporates a large meeting room with attached modern and kitchen, plus additional kitchen and staff room along with spacious retail area, various storage rooms, amenities and office. Suitable for one or more tenants with multiple entry points. Excellent on site car parking available. View By Appointment TENDER closes Friday 20th February, 2015 at 4.00pm, (unless sold prior)

www.propertybrokers.co.nz PUBLIC NOTICES

Rubbish and Recycling – Waitangi Day Collection

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

Friday 6 February 2015

The Methven Inorganic Materials Drop-off Facility will be closed on: •

Friday 6 February 2015

PUBLIC NOTICES

LEARN TO LINE DANCE with THE MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS

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

A FUN WAY TO EXERCISE!

Collections normally scheduled for Friday 6 February 2015 will be collected on Thursday 5 February 2015.

BEGINNER LESSONS START FOR 2015

There are no changes to any other collections. Please ensure all rubbish and recycling is placed at kerbside by 7.30am on collection day. Neil McCann Group Manager Service Delivery www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

Guardian Situations Vacant

PERSONAL

The Trustees of the Estate of Gysbert Mous late of Chertsey (1761 Rakaia Highway RD2 - Ashburton 7772) Fitter and Turner who died on February 18, 2014 requires all creditors and other claimants to send care of their solicitor named below, within one month of the publication of the notice, particulars of their claim to which section 35 Trustees Act 1956 relates. At the expiration of that time or at any time thereafter, the Trustees may transfer or distribute the Estate and Trust or any part thereof to or among the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which the Trustees have notice. Claims due and owing at date of death should be so certified. The address for service of Notices: Ashburton Law ( HPP Ragg) 228 Wills St, Asburton - www.ashburtonlaw.com

Instructor Annette Fyfe

WEDNESDAYS from FEB 11

7pm start followed by Upper Beginner/Int Level 8-9pm

At the Memorial Hall, Grahams Rd, Tinwald

Enquiries ph Annette: A.H. 307 7138

307 7900

Due to bereavement McMullan Enterprises will be closed Monday February 2 from 8am – 1pm. Thank you for your understanding.

SAY YES TO HAPPINESS Say yes to intimacy, companionship, knowing there is someone special who is thinking of you alone. Whether you are in town or on the land, there is someone wonderful who wants to say yes to love and happiness also. Ph 0800 856 640 www.lovesuccess.co.nz Real people, real matchmaking since 1989

Guardian Classifieds 307 7900

71C Wills Street Offers in the vicinity of

$495,000

Brand new modern house in top location three bedrooms, two bathrooms, double garage and off street parking.

Enquiries: 027 448 3405

Looking for a builder with a little more experience?  Housing  Commercial  Farm Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote.

Guardian Motoring 307 7900

Ph 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258

Classifieds www.guardianonline.co.nz PLANTS, PRODUCE

FOR SALE House For Sale 790 East Street.

Nectarines 1kg $3.99 bag Royal Gala (new Season) Tomatoes 500gm Apricots 1kg Avocado

New house without price tag. Three double bedroom, double garage, fully insulated house. Completely renovated, modern interior everything BRAND NEW. $350k with immediate possession available. TradeMe reference #EBK929. Open home Saturday 11:00-12:00 or by appointment. Tim 027 899 4468.

$4.99 kg $1.49 bag $4.99 bag .79c ea

Specials available from 27/01 - 3/02

OPEN 7 DAYS Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

Fresh Fruit & Vege

MUSICAL

LIVESTOCK, PETS

MUSIC teacher required for BUYER of unwanted private tuition. Please phone animals. Cattle, bobby calves, 307 8544. horse and all farm animals. We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 MOTORING WHEEL alignments at great 621, A/H 03 348 9439. prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns LET OR LEASE Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills BARELAND wanted to lease, any size considered. Phone Street. Phone 308-6737. 027 390 0002.

MEETINGS, EVENTS MSA INDOOR BOWLS AGM To be held in the Bowls room February 10, 7.30pm All welcome

Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, January 31 , 2015

308-1095

HIRE

FLOAT hire - single, double and tandem. Reasonable rates. Morrison’s Saddlery & Feed. Phone 308-3422 anytime.

GRAZING

FOR SALE

FIREWOOD Green Old Man pine $130, Semi Dry $160. Semi Dry Bluegum $170 per cord split, delivered in Ashburton. Ph: 0274 33 4740.

ENTERTAINMENT

Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ COURT THEATRE “SHEPHERD” February 26 @ 6.30pm Christchurch ◊ NETBALL - TACTIX v MYSTICS March 2, Horncastle Arena, Christchurch @ 7.40pm ◊ DR HOOK May 7, Theatre Royal, Timaru

For bookings phone

308 7646

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

SCOOTER’S - new and BRUNETTE bombshell, secondhand three and four size 10, DD. New to the wheel electric scooters and area. Phone 021 028 wheel chairs. Call Fred 73038. Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today. CINDY, Kiwi, 38, size 6, Phone 308-3602 attractive, busty, long hair. GFE. Phone calls only. 027 448 7011.

We’ve built a reputation of being solid and reliable, just like the buildings we construct.

GRAZING WANTED for Rising 1 Calves, Jersey Yearling Bulls, Winter Cows and Hold Over Cows. Some stock available now. Contact: OFFICE for lease, off street 0800 GRAZ4U parking. Available now. WINTER GRAZING for 400Phone Paul 021 554 570. 500 cows required, preferably fodder beet, as cows will be mostly transitioned to it when HOLIDAY they arrive. But will consider all crops, needs to be in ACCOMMODATION AKAROA - CHARMING, walking distant of Fairton, spacious holiday home, 3 Please contact Joel Edkins bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all 027 491 5248. electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village. Guardian Classifieds 211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton Phone Brian 307-8000 or (03) 307 6130 307 7900 308-6180. www.calderstewart.co.nz

SERVICES: Hay covers, farm truck seat covers, upholstery repairs, shade sails and blinds, marquee and event hire.

BUSINESS WANTED/SELL

CHURCH SERVICES

Church Services

Business For Sale Established hairdressing business employing 4 staff situated in a busy urban shopping centre. Regular cliental with a proven track record of profitability.

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10am Morning Service and baptisms

POA. Expressions of interest to enquires@ brophyknight.co.nz

Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison Creche available Refreshments to follow 6.00pm House of Prayer

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

EVERYONE WELCOME

CARAVAN to rent, $200 pw includes power, wifi, bathroom/laundry facilities. 5 min south of Tinwald. Ph 027 208 7536. ROOM to let $130pw, plus power. 027 265 4698. THREE bedroom family house for rent, close to town and schools. $350 per week. Non-smokers preferred, pets negotiable. References required. Phone 303 7614 evenings after 6pm.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES (Ashburton) St Andrew’s Havelock St. 10am & 7pm

FIRST time in town. Pretty Asian busty 42D, 25 years, hot body, friendly service and relaxing. Phone Teena 021 084 69109. NZG. LATYNE - in Ashburton, February 2 till February 5. Till late each day. Phone 021 081 86171. LULU - cute and cuddly, attractive and busty. Specials, let all your dreams come true. Phone 021 0233 9259 (no texting).

St James

Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ Sundays @10.00am Including Children’s church Everyone is welcome. See you at Cnr Cass & Cameron St’s Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

Thomson St. 11 am

Looking for a person to join your business?

St Paul’s Oxford St. 9.30am

Call the Guardian for all your classified requirements.

307 7900

Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting 10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

WINDOW FURNISHING

Call Toni & Peter May on 03 308 8893 to find out more! 151 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton Visit us at www.petermay.co.nz

Buying or selling a property? Call the Guardian for all your classified requirements. 307 7900

Fabrics, wallpapers and blinds from leading window furnishing houses. Call and talk to Hayley today

East to Burnett St, Ashburton Phone 03 308 5269

Daily Events Saturday

ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET, West Street. 9.00am - 12.30pm 9.30am ASHBURTON DISTRICT FARMERS ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH MARKET. Local produce by local producers and hot TINWALD. Community garden working bee and food!!. North End West Street car park. fellowship, each Saturday, weather 9.00am - 12.30pm

permitting. Behind the St Andrew’s Anglican Church, 157 Thomson Street, Tinwald. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven. 10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road. 1.15pm

“GOLF CROQUET” WAIREKA. Doubles, drawn partners. Waireka, Philip Street. 1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

Sunday

Square Church Lounge. Baring Sq East. 9.30am 8.00am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Morning worship, all welcome. 65 Holy Communion, Park Street. Oxford Street. 9.00am 10.00am ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. Holy Communion, Harrison Street New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture 9.30am Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Main Street, Methven. Worship and Communion led by 10.00am Rev Laurence Ennor. 48 Allens Road, ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN Allenton. CHURCH. 9.30am Church service with Rev David Brown, ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele. Baring Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

10.00am HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street. 10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street. 10.00am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street, Tinwald. 10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby. 1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road. 1.15pm “GOLF CROQUET” WAIREKA. Social. Waireka, Philip Street. 2.30pm ALLCOMERS DANCE.

Sequence and Old Time Dance, all welcome. Tinwald Hall. 5.00pm ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Evensong, Park Street. 7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall). 7.00pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church Service with Rev David Brown in the Sinclair Centre, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

Monday

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 7.00pm TINWALD SWIMMING POOL. Open, Maronan Road. 1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association croquet. Allenton Sports

Club, Cavendish Street. 6.00pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Circuit training, 1st time free. St Andrews Church Hall, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

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

10.00am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will contest the 1st round of the Heartland Championship, Ashburton Golf Course.

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TV THREE

6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:30 The Fishing Show 3 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 9:30 Come Dine With Me UK PGR 3 Noon F Mexican Food Made Simple 0 12:30 F The Food Truck 3 0 1pm Dishing Up Australia With Al Brown 3 0 1:30 F High Country Rescue 30 2pm RPA PGR 3 0 3pm F Unsung Heroes 0 3:30 F There And Back 0 4pm Fishy Business AO 0 4:30 F Shark Man There has been a spate of shark attacks off the beaches near Perth, and the Government has put down drum lines to catch the sharks responsible. 0 5pm Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge 0 6pm One News 0 7pm MasterChef Australia 0 8:30 Coronation Street PGR Anna and Owen clash over Faye; Roy is stirred into action; Fiz is upset by Tyrone’s decision. 0 9:30 Nashville AO 0 10:30 M Collateral Damage AO 2002 Action. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cliff Curtis, John Leguiziamo, John Turturro. 0

6am Guess How Much I Love You 3 0 6:10 Little Monstar 0 6:15 Fireman Sam 3 0 6:25 The Adventures Of Chuck And Friends 3 0 6:45 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 7:05 Matt Hatter Chronicles 3 0 7:30 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 7:55 Phineas And Ferb 3 0 8:20 Green Lantern – The Animated Series 3 0 8:45 Adventure Time 3 0 9:10 Young Justice – Invasion PGR 3 0 9:35 Zeke And Luther 3 0 10am F 2Kaha PGR 10:30 Baby Daddy 0 11am Gary Unmarried PGR 3 0 11:30 Rodney 3 0 Noon Oh Sit! PGR 0 1pm Total Blackout PGR 0 1:30 Mr T’s World’s Craziest Fools PGR 3 0 2pm F The Vineyard PGR 4:05 Step By Step 0 4:35 Full House 3 0 5:05 M Scooby Doo 2 – Monsters Unleashed PGR 2004 Family. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Gone Fishin’ 3 7am Outdoors With Geoff 3 The team discovers new tricks for catching snapper in the Hauraki Gulf. 7:30 Infomercials 9:25 The Block – Glasshouse PGR 30 10:50 The Block – Glasshouse PGR 3 0 11:50 The Block – Glasshouse PGR 3 0 12:55 The Block – Glasshouse PGR 3 Encore. 0 2pm The Block – Glasshouse PGR 30 3pm Australia’s Next Top Model PGR 3 4pm Grand Designs Revisited 30 5pm Outdoors With Geoff 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6pm 3 News

7pm M So Undercover PGR 2012 Action Comedy. Miley Cyrus. 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 So Undercover PGR 2012 Continued. 0 8:55 M Cop Out AO 2010 Comedy. Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan. 0

7pm M Evan Almighty 3 2007 Comedy. God contacts a self-obsessed congressman and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood. 0 9pm M The Day The Earth Stood Still AO 3 2008 Sci-fi. 0

12:35 Auckland Daze AO 3 0 1:05 The Spa PGR 3 1:30 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:25 Neighbourhood PGR 3 0 3:55 Infomercials 5:20 The Key Of David

11:05 M Lawless AO 2012 Crime Drama. Shia LeBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman. 1:30 M Elephant White AO Adventure. Kevin Bacon. 3:15 M Adventureland AO 2009 Comedy. Jesse Eisenberg. 0 5:05 Anger Management AO 3 0 5:30 It Is Written 3

CHOICE TV 6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 My Dream Home 8:30 Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Trains 9:30 Home Of The Future 10:30 Million Dollar Contractor 11am House Crashers 11:30 American Restoration Noon The Million Pound Property Experiment 1pm Gardeners’ World 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm West End Salvage 3:30 House Crashers 4pm Holiday Home Sweet Home 5pm Great Escapes 5:30 Jimmy’s Forest 6:30 Nigel And Adam’s Farm Kitchen 7:30 Natural World – Chimps Of The Lost Gorge In-depth stories of incredible animals with awardwinning photography. 8:30 Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets PGR Featuring the world’s most luxurious hotels and scandalous stories. 9:30 Kiss Of Death AO A gritty drama which leaps backwards and forwards in time to uncover a crime from the points of view of everyone involved – those investigating, the perpetrator, and the victims. 11:30 Jimmy’s Forest

SUNDAY

12:30 West End Salvage 1am House Crashers 1:30 Great Escapes 2am Kiss Of Death AO 4am Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets PGR 5am Holiday Home Sweet Home

11:15 M Cedar Rapids AO 3 2011 Comedy. 1:05 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

FOUR

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Rugrats 3 7:25 Sidekick 7:50 Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion 3 8:15 Fairly Odd Parents 8:40 Rocket Power 3 9:05 Power Rangers – Super Megaforce 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Fanboy And Chum Chum 3 5pm Big Time Rush 3 5:30 Mr Young 6pm Futurama 3 0 6:30 M Fantastic Mr Fox 3 2009 Animated Adventure. Voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep. 8:15 M Uncle Buck PGR 3 1989 Comedy. A carefree bachelor is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and two nieces. John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Amy Madigan. 0 10:25 90210 PGR (Starting Today) 3 Naomi adjusts to her lower social status at college, while also digesting the news of her pregnancy; Liam feels ready to commit to Annie.

6am Home Shopping 11:25 University Challenge Victoria has proven its strength across a wide range of subjects, but Massey has an eye for the recall of quirky and obscure facts that can often turn a game in its favour. 11:55 University Challenge The closest derby possible in the competition features an improving Auckland v close neighbours AUT, which has a growing crowd on its side. 12:25 Motorsport – Toyota Racing Series (Highlights) 1:30 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Pakistan. From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. 5:35 Storage Wars 3 6:05 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Pakistan. From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. 10pm Never Mind The Buzzcocks AO 3 Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle presides over a musical battle of wits between two teams led by Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding. 10:35 True Blood AO 3 The fate of Bon Temps hangs in the balance as Sookie and co face new threats and realities.

6am Cricket – International TriSeries (Highlights) England v India – Second One-Day International. 6:30 Ice Hockey – NHL (Replay) New York Islanders v Boston Bruins. 8:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash (Highlights) Final – Scorchers v Sixers. 9am Cricket – International (Highlights) 9:30 Tennis – Australian Open 11am Swimming – Ocean Series (Highlights) 11:30 Cricket – International Tri-Series (Highlights) Noon Sky Sport 365 12:30 Cricket – International TriSeries (Highlights) 1pm Cricket – International (Highlights) 1:30 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Pakistan – First One-Day International. 5:35 The Cricket Show 6:05 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Pakistan – First One-Day International. 10pm Golf Central An in-depth analysis and breaking news on everything that is happening in the world of golf.

11:20 The League AO 3 Jenny forgets a special anniversary she shares with Kevin; Taco sets up an offline social network he calls My Face. 11:45 Infomercials

11:50 Home Shopping

11pm Cricket – International (Highlights) England v India – Second One-Day International. 11:30 Ice Hockey – NHL (Replay) All Star Game. From Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. 1:43 L Darts – Masters Day One, Session One.

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Miharo 3 2 7:30 Pukana 3 2 8am Toi Whakaari 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Putahi 3 2:30 Homai Te Pakipaki 3 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield 2014 (Replay) Papakura v Howick.

THE BOX 6am The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 8:30 Last Man Standing PG 8:55 Survivor Marathon PG 12:15 Biker Battleground Phoenix PGL 1:05 Pawn Stars PG 1:30 Shearing Gang PG 1:55 Call Of The Wildman PG 2:20 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 2:50 Elementary MV 3:40 SVU MV 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 7:30 Last Man Standing PG 8pm Call Of The Wildman PG 8:30 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 9pm Hardcore Pawn – Behind The Deal PGL 9:30 Biker Battleground Phoenix PGL 10:30 Pawn Stars PG 11pm Shearing Gang PG 11:30 Da Vinci’s Demons 18VLS

SUNDAY

12:30 Raw MC 3:20 Da Vinci’s Demons 18VLS 4:20 Survivor Marathon PG

SKY SPORT 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Te Irikura 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 M The Secret Of Moonacre PGR 3 2008 Family. Ioan Gruffudd, Dakota Blue Richards, Tim Curry. 9:25 M Doubt AO 3 2008 Drama. Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams. 11:10 Te Kaea 3 2 11:40 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG Samurai Sword; Steamer Trunk. 6:30 MythBusters PG Red Flag to Bull. 7:30 MythBusters PG Myth Evolution. 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Cold River Cash PG 10:30 Deadliest Catch PG 11:30 Abalone Wars M 12:30 What Happened Next? M 1pm What Happened Next? M 1:30 MythBusters PG Mythsion Impossible. 2:30 Monster Hammerhead M 3:30 No Limits PG Fight or Flight. 4pm No Limits PG 4:30 Auction Hunters PG 5pm Auction Hunters PG 5:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 6:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Railroad Alaska PG 9:30 Edge Of Alaska M 10:30 Siberian Cut M 11:30 Naked And Afraid M

SUNDAY

12:30 Secret Lives Of Stepford Wives M 1am Secret Lives Of Stepford Wives M 1:30 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 2am Man v Wild PG 3am Man v Wild PG 4am Man v Wild PG 5am MythBusters PG

Shark Man

4:30pm on TV One

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:55 Lost Treasure Of The Maya MVLS 2009 Action. Michael Madsen. 8:35 Allegiance MVL 2012 Thriller. Bow Wow, Seth Gabel. 10:05 Runner Runner MVLS 2013 Crime. Justin Timberlake, Ben Affleck. 11:35 Riddick 16VLS 2013 Action. Vin Diesel, Karl Urban. 1:35 22 Jump Street MVLSC 2014 Comedy. Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum. 3:25 Grand Piano MVL 2013 Thriller. Elijah Wood, John Cusack. 4:55 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone MVS 2013 Comedy. Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi. 6:35 Ender’s Game MV 2013 Scifi. Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford. 8:30 Homefront 16VL 2013 Action. Jason Statham, James Franco. 10:15 Banshee Chapter MVLS 2013 Horror. Katia Winter, Ted Levine. 11:45 Prosecuting Casey Anthony PGC 2013 Drama. Rob Lowe, Elizabeth Mitchell.

SUNDAY

1:15 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone MVS 2013 Comedy. 2:55 Ender’s Game MV 2013 Sci-fi. 4:50 Homefront 16VL 2013 Action.

Evan Almighty 7pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS 7:40 Legally Blonde PGS 2001 Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson. 9:20 Legally Blonde 2 PGL 2003 Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field. 10:55 The Adjustment Bureau MLS 2010 Thriller. Matt Damon, Emily Blunt. 12:40 Ladies In Lavender ML 2004 Drama. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Brühl. 2:25 Sweet Home Alabama PGL 2002 Romantic Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey. 4:15 There Will Be Blood MV 2007 Drama. Daniel Day-Lewis. 6:50 50 First Dates MS 2004 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider. 8:30 The Marine MV 2006 Action. 10:05 Step Brothers 16LS 2008 Comedy. 11:45 Inside Man MVL 2006 Crime.

SUNDAY

1:50 Ladies In Lavender ML 2004 Drama. 3:35 Sweet Home Alabama PGL 2002 Romantic Comedy. 5:25 The Marine MV 2006 Action.

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

31Jan15

6am The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 6:30 Motorsport – Toyota Racing Series (Highlights) Round Two. From Teretonga Park in Invercargill. 7:30 Motorsport – TR 86 Series (Highlights) Round Four. From Teretonga Park in Invercargill. 8am Cricket – International TriSeries (Highlights) England v India – Second One-Day International. 8:30 Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Day 12. From Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. 9:30 NRL Season Launch (Replay) 10:30 Rugby League – NRL 2014 Auckland Nines (Highlights) Noon L Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines Day One. From Eden Park. 8pm Rugby League – Four Nations (Replay) Final – New Zealand v Australia. From Westpac Stadium in Wellington. 10:30 Sailing – Volvo Ocean Race (Highlights) 11pm Fox Sports News A wrap of the day’s sporting headlines, with extensive highlights, and previews of sporting action still to come. 11:30 The Fishing Show Matt Watson takes us on his epic fishing adventures.

SUNDAY

Midnight Basketball – NBL (Replay) New Zealand Breakers v Perth Wildcats. From Vector Arena, Auckland. 2am Basketball – NBL (Replay) Wollongong Hawks v Melbourne United. From WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong. 4am Fight Night

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6am Wonder Dogs 3 0 6:15 L Football – English Premier League Chelsea v Manchester City. From Stamford Bridge in London. 8:30 Praise Be 9am In Bed With Anika Moa 3 0 9:50 Marae Summer Series 0 10:20 Waka Huia 10:50 Neighbourhood 0 11:20 Location, Location, Location 0 11:45 Animal House 3 0 12:15 Border Security 3 0 12:45 Undercover Boss USA 3 0 1:45 Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare PGR 3 0 2:45 Location, Location, Location 30 3:45 Freaks And Creeps 3 0 4:50 Supersized Earth 3 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 7:30 F Micro Monsters With David Attenborough 0 8:35 Broadchurch AO 0 9:35 N The Missing AO A five-year-old boy goes missing on a family holiday in France, setting off a manhunt that will last for years. 0 10:50 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries AO 3 0

6am Pajanimals 3 0 6:10 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:15 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:25 Dinosaur Train 3 0 6:35 Art Attack 3 0 7am Sofia The First 0 7:20 Wander Over Yonder 3 0 7:45 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 8:10 Randy Cunningham – 9th Grade Ninja 3 0 8:30 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 8:55 Lab Rats 0 9:20 Austin And Ally 0 9:45 Kickin’ It 0 10:05 Mystery Girls 0 10:30 The Bachelorette 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 2:30 Cosentino – The Magic, The Mystery, The Madness PGR 3 0 3:30 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 3 0 4pm Step By Step 0 4:30 Full House 3 0 5pm Wipeout 0 6pm F The Neighbours PGR 0 6:30 The Middle 0 7pm M Gnomeo And Juliet 2011 Animated. Voices of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt. 0 8:40 M New Year’s Eve AO 2011 Comedy Romance. The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year’s Eve. Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher. 0

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 8:30 Turning Point With David Jeremiah 9am Missing Pieces PGR 3 0 9:20 Bondi Vet PGR 3 9:45 Hitched PGR 3 0 10:10 What’s Really In Our Food? PGR 3 0 10:30 Robot Combat League 3 11:20 Entertainment Tonight Weekend Noon Motorsport – NHRA Coverage of round 24 from Pomona. 2pm Motorsport – US Formula Drift Coverage of round four from New Jersey. 2:30 Motorsport – BNT New Zealand SuperTourers Coverage of round four from Hampton Downs Raceway. 5pm Ice Road Truckers 3 0 6pm 3 News 7pm M Kung Fu Panda 2 PGR 2011 Animated. Po and The Furious Five must defeat a villain who plans to use a secret weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. 0 9:05 M This Is 40 AO 2012 Comedy. A married couple have reached an age in life when people start to reconsider some of the choices they have made. 0

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Rugrats 3 7:25 Sidekick 7:50 Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion 3 8:10 Fairly Odd Parents 8:35 Rocket Power 3 9am Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 – Fused 3 9:20 Care Bears 3 9:45 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 9:55 The Moe Show 3 0 10:05 The Wild Thornberrys 3 10:30 Glee PGR 3 11:15 Glee PGR 3 Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Fanboy And Chum Chum 3 5pm Big Time Rush 3 5:30 Mr Young 6pm Futurama 3 0 6:30 Slide Show 7:30 Glee PGR Sue attempts to mend a relationship she mistakenly thinks needs it; Kitty tries to help Rachel find the perfect set list for the invitational. 8:30 M Land Of The Dead AO 3 2005 Horror. Dennis Hopper, Simon Baker, John Leguizamo. 10:25 Friends With Benefits AO 3 10:50 Entertainment Tonight Weekend

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world, highlighting sport for young New Zealand fans. Noon MasterChef USA 3 This week the 13 contestants must cook using the most extreme Mystery Box in the history of MasterChef. 1pm The Paradise PGR 3 3:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3 4:30 Escape To The Country 3 In Cumbria, Aled Jones helps a family find their dream country home, and investigates the Langdale Axe Factory, where over a quarter of stone axes were unearthed in the Mesolithic period. 5:30 Prime News 6pm F King George And Queen Mary 7pm Storage Wars – New York PGR 3 7:30 Antiques Roadshow 8:30 F Weekend Murders – Inspector George Gently AO Suspended from duty, powerless and unprotected, Gently must confront his deepest fears as enemies from his London Met days hunt him down. 10:30 Arthur And The People’s Supermarket

6am Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines (Highlights) Day One. From Eden Park, Auckland. 7:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Pakistan – First One-Day International. From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. 7:58 L Darts – Masters Day One, Session Two. From ArenaMK in Milton Keynes, England. Noon Sky Sport 365 12:30 Sky Sports UK News 1pm Golf Central 2pm Sky Sport 365 2:30 The Fishing Show When Matt comes across kingfish feeding on flying fish, he comes up with a cunning plan. 3pm Sailing – Volvo Ocean Race 3:45 The Cricket Show 4:18 L Cricket – International Tri-Series Final. 7:55 Cricket – Ford Trophy (Highlights) Final – Auckland Aces v Central Stags. 8:25 L Cricket – International Tri-Series Final. Coverage of the second innings from the Waca, Perth.

12:05 One Born Every Minute AO 3 Two very differently romantic couples, and two fathers from tough upbringings who want a better life for their sons. 0 1am Rapid Response PGR 3 0 1:30 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:25 Infomercials

11:05 The Walking Dead AO 3 0 12:55 Gotham AO 3 0 2:45 Infomercials 3:20 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 Bunheads PGR 3 5:30 Infomercials

11:50 The Blacklist AO 3 Liz and Red look into the world of wildlife poachers when a mutilated corpse washes ashore; Ressler develops a dangerous habit. 0 12:50 The Block Unlocked PGR 0 1:25 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

11:45 Infomercials

11:30 Prisoners’ Wives AO 3 Francesca’s life is upset when her assets are seized and the bailiffs arrive; Gemma promises to stand by her man, but how far will she go? 12:35 Home Shopping

12:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Pakistan – First One-Day International. From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. 1am Cricket – Ford Trophy (Highlights) Final – Auckland Aces v Central Stags. 1:43 L Darts – Masters Day Two, Session One.

CHOICE TV

MAORI TV

6am Nigel And Adam’s Farm Kitchen 7am Natural World – Chimps Of The Lost Gorge 8am Martin Shaw Aviators 8:30 West End Salvage 9am House Crashers 9:30 Holiday Home Sweet Home 10:30 Great Escapes 11am Jimmy’s Forest Noon Nigel And Adam’s Farm Kitchen 1pm Natural World – Chimps Of The Lost Gorge 2pm Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets PGR 3pm The Garden Pantry 3:30 Get Growing 4pm Hugh’s Fish Fight – Save Our Seas 5pm Luke Nguyen’s France 5:30 Marbella Mansions 6:30 Salvage Hunters 7:30 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy Irish TV presenter Baz Ashmawy takes his mammy Nancy on a journey designed to test her mettle. 8:30 M South Solitary AO 2010 Drama. An unmarried woman moves to a remote lighthouse with her elderly uncle, who becomes the replacement of the previous Head Lighthouse Keeper. Miranda Otto, Marton Csokas. 10:30 M Mo AO 2010 Drama. Julie Walters.

10am Korero Mai 3 2 2pm Tangaroa With Pio 3 2:30 Homai Te Pakipaki 3 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield 2014 (Replay) Mt Albert v Point Chevalier. 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Kai Time On The Road 6:30 N Te Hau Awhiowhio A group of young Maori storytellers document three years of change in the Whangarei suburb of Otangarei. 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Moko Aotearoa 3

12:30 Luke Nguyen’s France 1am M South Solitary AO 2010 Drama. Miranda Otto and Marton Csokas. 3am M Mo AO 2010 Drama. Julie Walters. 5am The Garden Pantry 5:30 Get Growing

MONDAY

THE BOX

SKY SPORT 2 8pm Behind The Brush 3 8:30 M Beginners AO 2011 Comedy Drama Romance. A young man is affected by two announcements from his elderly father, that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover. Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent. 10:30 Both Worlds AO 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

6am Survivor – Vanuatu PG 6:50 Survivor – Vanuatu PG 7:40 Call Of The Wildman PG 8:05 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 8:30 Hardcore Pawn – Behind The Deal PGL 8:55 The Simpsons PG 9:20 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 11:25 Last Man Standing PG 11:50 Raw MC 2:35 WWE Main Event MC 3:40 SmackDown! MC 5:20 Pawn Stars PG 5:45 Hardcore Pawn – Behind The Deal PGL 6:10 Shearing Gang PG 6:40 Biker Battleground Phoenix PGL 7:30 Covert Affairs MV 8:25 Covert Affairs MV 9:25 CSI – Miami MV 10:20 CSI – Miami MV 11:15 Strike Back 18VLS

6am Auction Kings PG Headhunter Axe; Vintage Coke Machine. 6:30 MythBusters PG Exploding Water Heater. 7:30 MythBusters PG 8:30 You Have Been Warned Again M Worst Ideas. 9:30 What Happened Next? M 10am What Happened Next? M 10:30 Railroad Alaska PG 11:30 Nomad Chef PG Faroes. 12:30 Stem Cell Universe With Stephen Hawking PG 1:30 Naked And Afraid M Nicaragua Nightmare. 2:30 World’s Busiest PG 3:30 Dangerous Toys PG 4:30 Siberian Cut M 5:30 Railroad Alaska PG Bear Attack. 6:30 Gold Rush PG Viking Ship. 7:30 The Cave PG 8:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 9:30 Alien Sharks M 10:30 No Limits PG 11pm No Limits PG 11:30 You Have Been Warned Again M

12:10 SmackDown! MC 1:50 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 2:15 Covert Affairs MV 3:05 Covert Affairs MV 3:55 CSI – Miami MV 4:45 CSI – Miami MV 5:35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG

12:30 What Happened Next? M 1am What Happened Next? M 1:30 Tabloid M 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Man v Wild PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

MONDAY

Kung Fu Panda 2 7pm on TV3

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:30 The Making Of Oblivion PG 6:45 Grand Piano MVL 2013 Thriller. Elijah Wood, John Cusack. 8:15 Ender’s Game MV 2013 Sci-fi. Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford. 10:10 Close Up – Leonardo DiCaprio PG 10:40 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone MVS 2013 Comedy. Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi. 12:20 Banshee Chapter MVLC 2013 Horror. Katia Winter, Ted Levine. 1:50 Homefront 16VL 2013 Action. Jason Statham, James Franco. 3:30 Back In The Day 16LS 2014 Comedy. Morena Baccarin, Michael Rosenbaum. 5:05 Freezer 16VL 2013 Thriller. Dylan McDermott, Peter Facinelli. 6:25 42 PGL 2013 Drama. 8:30 Need For Speed MC 2014 Action. 10:45 Anchorman 2 – The Legend Continues MLS 2014 Comedy.

MONDAY

12:45 Good Neighbours 18VL 2010 Thriller. 2:25 Freezer 16VL 2013 Thriller. 3:45 42 PGL 2013 Drama. 5:50 Anchorman 2 – The Legend Continues MLS 2014 Comedy.

Weekend Murders – Inspector George Gently, 8:30pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 6:55 Biography – Jennifer Aniston PG 2010 Documentary. 7:40 50 First Dates MS 2004 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider. 9:20 Inside Man MVL 2006 Crime. Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster. 11:25 Step Brothers 16LS 2008 Comedy. Will Ferrell, John C Reilly. 1pm The Marine MV 2006 Action. John Cena, Robert Patrick. 2:30 Inside Man MVL 2006 Crime. Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster. 4:35 Frequency MV 2000 Thriller. Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel. 6:35 RocknRolla 16VL 2008 Action. Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton. 8:30 The 40-Year-Old Virgin 16LS 2005 Comedy. Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Raul Rudd. 10:25 Traffic MVLC 2000 Crime.

MONDAY

12:50 Frequency MV 2000 Thriller. 2:45 RocknRolla 16VL 2008 Action. 4:35 The 40-Year-Old Virgin 16LS 2005 Comedy.

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6:30 Sailing – Volvo Ocean Race (Highlights) 7am Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Match of the Day – Women’s Final. From Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. 9:30 Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines (Highlights) Day One. From Eden Park, Auckland. 11am L Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines Day Two. From Eden Park, Auckland. 8:30 The Fishing Show Matt Watson takes us on his epic fishing adventures. 9pm Fox Sports News A wrap of the day’s sporting headlines, with extensive highlights, and previews of sporting action still to come. 9:30 Swimming – Ocean Series Capital Classic. From Frank Kitts Park to Freyberg Beach in Wellington. 10pm Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Pakistan – First One-Day International. From Westpac Stadium in Wellington. 10:30 Cricket – Ford Trophy (Highlights) Final – Auckland Aces v Central Stags. 11pm Fox Sports News A wrap of the day’s sporting headlines, with extensive highlights, and previews of sporting action still to come. 11:30 Football – Chelsea TV Chelsea v Manchester City. From Stamford Bridge, London.

MONDAY

2:30 Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines (Highlights) Day Two. From Eden Park, Auckland. 4am Basketball – NBL (Replay) Adelaide 36ers v Townsville Crocodiles. From Adelaide Arena, Adelaide.

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KENNEDY, Robyn (Robbie) – Passed away on January 26, 2015. Much loved mum, mother-in-law and Robbie to Javanna, Richard, Ben and Riley. Love you to the moon and back mum. xxxx “God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be So he put his arms around you And whispered ‘come to me’ With tearful eyes we watched you And saw you pass away And although we love you dearly We could not make you stay A golden heart stopped beating Hard working hands at rest God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes the best”

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NEWTON, Daphne Mary – Daphne was a kind, thoughtful and caring person who touched the lives of many people and was always interested in everyone she met. Peter, Rose, and Daniel and Daph’s wider family would like to thank most sincerely everyone who comforted and supported us with visits, floral tributes, gifts, food, cards, phone calls and messages. A huge thank you to those who took the time to attend Daph’s funeral service. Your presence meant a lot to us. Sincere thanks also to those who donated so generously to Ashburton IHC in Daphne’s memory. Daphne was a loved wife, the most wonderful and treasured mum of Rose, and Peter, an adored and devoted Gran to her “best friend” Daniel, and a much loved sister, sister in SAUNDERS, Terry – Died peacefully on Thursday, law, aunt, great aunt and January 29, 2015, at home friend to many. She is very with his family; aged 55 much missed by us all. years. Dearly loved husband of Mary. Loved father and father-in-law of Justin and June, Teresa and Alan, Bernie and Steve, Jen and Geoff, Liz and Isaac, Rosie and Rob, Michelle, Angela and Mark, Maryanne. Loved SPARROW, Tony (Hoover) grandad of all his No words can describe how everyone’s love, grandchildren. Much loved much only brother of Alistair Ford. support, flowers, cards, food, An amazing man - now at hugs and tears shared have peace with God. A Requiem meant to us all in the last Mass for Terry will be 28 days. We are truly so celebrated in Sacred Heart lucky to have such thoughtful, Catholic Church, North Road, genuine, loyal friends. You Waikiwi at 2.00pm, on really are amazing, each and single one of you. MONDAY, February 2, Call the every Luke Worsfold today for a free quote funeral then leaving for the Thank you. Kiley, Kelsey, Eastern Cemetery. Rosary Cameron, Ella and Aliyah. xox 508 199 or 307 1381 will be recited in the Church 0274 at 7pm Sunday. Flowers respectfully declined, but email: luke@perfectpolish.co.nz donations to Hospice Southland would be appreciated, and may be left at the Church. 190 East St, Ashburton

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31ST JANUARY SATURDAY 24TH 126Hugh Chalmers Ashburton10:00 10:00- -10:30am 10:30am 34 1/5 Street,Ave, Ashburton 18 Mitchell Pl,Ave,Ashburton Ashburton 10:00- -10:30am 10:30am 44 126 Chalmers 10:00 71Elizabeth ElizabethSt, St,Ashburton Ashburton 10:45 10:45- -11:15am 11:15am 44 71 6 Dolma St, Methven 11:00 11:30am 45 15 Nixon St, Tinwald 11:00 - 11:30am 15 Nixon St, Tinwald 11:00 11:30am 44 22 Mitchell Pl, Ashburton 11:00 - 11:30am 60a Elizabeth St, Ashburton 11:00 11:30am 33 174 South St, Ashburton 11:00 - 11:30am 113 Walnut Ave, Ashburton 11:00 11:30am 34 7 Goldrich Gr, Ashburton 11:00 - 11:30am 9 Avalon Grove, Ashburton 11:30 12:00pm 54 6 Dolma St, Methven 11:00 - 11:30am 54 Cross St, Ashburton 11:30 12:15pm 23 23 Brucefield Ave, Ashburton 11:45 - 12:15pm 16 Falcon Dr, Ashburton 12:00 12:30pm 33 96a Creek Rd, Ashburton 12:00 - 12:30pm 22 Mitchell Pl, Ashburton 12:00 12:30pm 33 16 Falcon Dr, Ashburton 12:00 - 12:30pm 96a Creek Rd, Ashburton 12:00 12:30pm 43 8 Primrose Pl, Ashburton 12:00 - 12:30pm 23 Brucefield Ave, Ashburton 12:30 1:00pm 22 7 Albert St, Ashburton 12:30 - 1:00pm 1/5 Hugh St, Ashburton 1:00 1:30pm 23 37 Albert St, Ashburton 1:00 - 1:30pm 7 Goldrich Gr, Ashburton 1:00 1:30pm 3 Rakaia 8 Dunford Street 79 Harland St, Tinwald 1:00 - 1:30pm 3 79 Harland St, Tinwald 1:00 1:30pm 3 A great find! Looking to Methven buy below $220,000. 1:00 - 1:30pm 2 2/78 Forest Dr, 2/78home,looking Forest Dr,forMethven 1:00 - 1:30pm 2 Solid family a new owner. 5 GeoffGeering Dr, Ashburton CANCELLED 3 Dunford Street CouldRakaia that Albert person8be you? 37 St, Ashburton 1:15 - 1:45pm 2 21 Torbay Ave, Lake Hood 1:30 - 2:00pm 5 GreatAgaraging with open baytowood shed.$220,000. great find! Looking buy below 174 South St, Ashburton 2:00 - 2:30pm 3 54 Cross St, 2:00 2:30pm This property is inhome,looking very Ashburton good condition and presents an-ideal first home3 Solid family for a new owner. 3 5 Havelock St, Ashburton 2:00 - 2:30pm of the current shortage opportunity or advantage 5 22 Westpark Cl, Ashburton 2:00 of- available 2:30pmrentals Could thattake person be you? 4 8 Primrose Place 2:00 2:30pm and invest -garaging None better this bay pricewood range. Be quick. with shed. 5Great Havelock St,inopen Ashburton 2:00 - 2:30pm 3 3 5 GeoffGeering Dr, Ashburton 2:45 -an3:15pm This property is in very good condition and presents ideal first home

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Don’t opportunity wait for theor SOLD - Call now of the! current shortage of available rentals Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 take sign advantage For Sale $219,000 and invest - None better in this price range. Be quick. Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

116 BowenAve, St, Rakaia 21 Torbay Lake Hood Don’t Peter wait the SOLD sign - Call now ! 5-11 CoxforSt, 2/44 St,Ashburton Ashburton 95 Ave, Rakaia 116Elizabeth Bowen St, Rakaia 2 Westpark Ashburton 23 ElizabethCl, Ave, Rakaia 27 Ludlow Dr, Lake Hood 13 Allens Rd, Ashburton 95 Blackford Elizabeth Ave, Rakaia 15 St, Methven 23 Robinson Elizabeth Ave, Rakaia 20 St, Rakaia 13Elizabeth Allens Rd, Ashburton 8 Ave, Rakaia 20 Robinson St, Rakaia

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Rakaia 142 Dunford Street

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Charming and Delightfull Three double bedrooms, Master with ensuite and walk-in wardrobe.Large family dining. Good sized lounge Rakaia 142 Dunford Street with heatpump. Bathroom with and bathDelightfull and shower.Three Archgolla - open each end for great Charming double bedrooms, Master with easy indoor-outdoor flow. Landscaping has family been laid outGood to maximise ensuite and walk-in wardrobe.Large dining. sized lounge care with a well manicured lawn and raised vege gardens. Garden shed, with heatpump. power point/lighting, Fully fenced. Double Bathroom with bathworkbench/aluminium and shower. Archgollashelves. - open each end for great garage. indoor-outdoor flow. Landscaping has been laid out to maximise easy care with a well manicured lawn and raised vege gardens. Garden shed, power point/lighting, workbench/aluminium shelves. Fully fenced. Double garage.

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13 174Allens SouthRoad, StreetAshburton

3 Bedrooms with wardrobing * Large kitchen forgenerous family and entertaining Ashburton 11 Galbraith 2 Lounges (or 4th bedroom) * Open plan dining andStreet lounges Sunroom to patio) * Separate toilet (2), shower Get started... A(opens tidy three bedroom homeand on a bathroom pet friendly, family sized Tender: 4pm Fri 13 Feb 2015 For Sale:closing Neg over $495,000 Heatpump & wall panel * 3 Generous Sized Bedrooms PLUS section. With compliant inbuilt log fireheaters in the lounge area. Good sized 3A1F2I For Sale $275,000 View Sun 2:00--2:30pm 2:30pm Sat 2:00 Ashburton 11Room Galbraith Street Double garage - more than 1/4 acre single Office/Guest kitchen opening to the rear of the Section. A spacious garage plus

Ashburton 7 Davis Crescent VIEW OUR LISTINGS VIEW OUR LISTINGS

3A1F2I ONLINE ONLINE AT: AT: rwashburton.co.nz rwashburton.co.nz DOUBLE WHAMMY OPPORTUNITY 7 & 9 Davis Crescent

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Side by side properties, buy one or buy both. These flats have 3 For Sale Offers over $145,000 Ashburton 7 Davis Crescent bedrooms each and great back yard area for kids and pets to roam. This View by appointment DOUBLE WHAMMY OPPORTUNITY 7 & 9 Davis Crescent could be your opportunity you have been waiting for! No7 has a double rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20160 Side by side properties, buy one or buy both. These flats have 3 garage and is rented at $200 per week For Sale Ashburton OfficeOffers 03 307 over 8317$145,000 bedrooms each and great back yard area for kids and pets to roam. This Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008) View by appointment could be your opportunity you have been waiting for! No7 has a double rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20160 garage and is rented at $200 per week Ashburton Office 03 307 8317

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... Easy Circle Living Auction in Golden GoodEasy to GoCare * 3 Bedrooms

For Sale: $340,000onsite @ 6pm, Wed 28 Jan To be Auctioned 4 bedroom character home on a 1626sqm parcel of land. Spacious * Double internal access 3A1F2I Ashburton 22garage Grove Street For View Sale $360,000 : (unless Sat10:00sold - 10:30am 2015 prior) Modern townhouse with 3 bedrooms living areas, master bedroom has ensuite, bedrooms open on to * Private outdoor entertaining Good to Go * 3 Bedrooms rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20610 View By Appointment View : Sat11:00 11:30am Internal access doublelounge garage. verandahs. Separate or office. Great double garage, attached * Good off street parking * Double internal access garage Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20147 rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20694 Lovely sunny for living shed perfect thearea man cave. Close to local schools and a great For Sale $360,000 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008) OfficeOffice 03 307 *Section Private outdoor entertaining Ashburton 03 8317 307 8317 that working peopledomain. can enjoy and manage. outlook over the ashburton Investors, seldom does land of Ashburton View By Appointment LICENSED (REAA 2008) Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited So much on offer and parking will be sold; be quick! *this Good Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008) sizeoffinstreet a prime location come to the market. rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20147

So much on offer and will be sold; be quick!

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Netherby 9 Davis Crescent

79 Harland Street, Tinwald 2/44 Peter Street Time tofor downsize and Upspec? Poised owners Netherby 9new Davis Crescent Side by side properties, buy one or buy both. These flats have 3

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DOUBLE WHAMMY OPPORTUNITY 7 & 9 Davis Crescent

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For Sale Offers over $145,000 each DOUBLE WHAMMY OPPORTUNITY 7 & 9 Davis Crescent bedrooms each and back yard 3 2great Bathrooms * 2Bedrooms, bedrooms, sep laundry, separea WC for kids and pets to roam. No View by appointment For Sale: $390000 $235000 by side properties, buy oneopportunity or buy both.you These flats have 3 been waiting 9 has Side no garaging. This could be the have Open * Openplan plankitchen/din/living kitchen/dining/living For Sale Offers over $145,000 each rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20161 View : Sat - 1:30pm Sun1:00 12:00 - 12:30pm bedrooms each and great back yard area for kids and pets to roam. No for! No 9 is heating currently rented at with $220auto per door week. Solar option * Internal access garage Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 View by appointment rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20656 rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20683 9Fantastic no garaging. This be the opportunity you have been waiting Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008) Summit outdoors area * has Garden front andumbrella backcould rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20161 Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 for! No 9 is currently rented at $220 per week. Ashburton Office 03 307 8317

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View by appointment rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20710 rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20590 Get started... A tidythis three bedroom home on a pet Certainly onefriendly, to viewfamily to be sized rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20121 workshop compliments tidy package. Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 section. With compliant inbuilt log fire in the lounge area. Good sized appreciate. For SaleOffice $275,000 Ashburton 03 307 8317

kitchen opening to the rear of the Section. A spacious single garage plus Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008) Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008) View by appointment workshop compliments this tidy package. Certainly one to view to be rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20121 appreciate. Ashburton Office 03 307 8317

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1/5 Ashburton 113 Hugh Walnut Avenue Ashburton 22Street, Grove Street

Get creative ... First time- to market! Wanting a unique home Many fabulous features

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96a Creek 2/265 Road, Ashburton Road Moore Ashburton Street

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Attention Cantabrians Easy Care Easy Living This tidy...townhouse is just one block from the

Are you looking for a Near New Home but don’t want to spend the CBD. Large living area, two Moore double bedrooms Ashburton 2/265 Street with good storage. Galley Earth ... then this could well be the Jewel you’ve longed for. Situated kitchen with abundance of cupboards and dining isarea. bathroom Easy Care Easy Living This tidy townhouse just Large one block from3the on Ashburtons West Side. Built by Smitheram & Frew Builders, this House is storage. insulated Galley and with shower andliving vanity alsotwo housing the laundry. with CBD. Large area, double bedrooms good Bedroom, 2 Bathroom, Doubled Garage, Double Glazed, Well Heated heated with a heatpump ad nightstore. Single garage and easy care kitchen with abundance of cupboards and dining area. Large bathroom and Private Property is an Executive Home at a FANTASTIC Price. grounds completes the package. is insulated and with shower vanity also housing the laundry. Close to the and Ashburton Domain, Hospital, CollegeHouse and Shops.

heated with a heatpump ad nightstore. Single garage and easy care grounds completes the package.

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For Sale $238,000 For Sale: $439,000 View by appointment View Sat 12:00 - 12:30pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20087 For Sale $238,000 rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20682 Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 View byOffice appointment Ashburton 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008) rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20087 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008) Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

Ashburton Hut 8 Hakatere

20 Street, Rakaia 13 Robinson Allens Road What a Transformation! Get creative - First time to the market Ashburton Hut 8 Hakatere This is a life style that many love in a small caring community. This hut

Down By The Seaside This hut and all its contents could be yours.

Once a cute little and now ....... Total transformation in 2008. 3 Bedrooms with cottage generous wardrobing Down By The Seaside hut andofallaits contents bewith yours. hasMy small kitchen inThis the corner large diningcould lounge an lips are sealed - viewing is mandatory to appreciate the difference 2 aLounges (or 4thtucked bedroom) Thisfire. is aThree life style that manyseparate love in atoilet, small acaring community. This hut bathroom with shower open bedrooms, from then (opens until now. Alright it does have a heat pump, dishwasher and and Sunroom to patio) has alaundry. small &kitchen tucked in the corner ofSituated a large dining loungeone withofan vanity, Theinternal property has batts insulation. 3 bedrooms with entry garaging. in arguably Heatpump wall panel heaters toilet, a bathroom with shower and open fire. Three separate Rakaia’s best streets allacre amenities. Double garage - bedrooms, moreclose than to 1/4 vanity, property has-batts insulation. To find laundry. out moreThe about this gem Call NOW!

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For Sale $80,000 $90,000 For Sale:closing $317,000 Tender - - 4pm Fri 13 Feb 2015 View appointment View by : Sun 2:30 2:00 - 3:00pm 2:30pm For Sale $80,000 - $90,000 rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20212 rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20705 rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20710 Ashburton 03 View byOffice appointment Ashburton Office 03 307 307 8317 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008) rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20212 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008) Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

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