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‘I relive shooting horror every day’ A tearful survivor of the Ashburton Work and Income shootings has told a High Court jury she relives the horror of the events of September 1, 2014 every day.

Work and Income case worker Kim Elizabeth Adams took the witness stand at the trial of Russell John Tully in Christchurch yesterday afternoon.

Tully is accused of murdering Peggy Noble and Leigh Cleveland in the Cass Street office. He is further charged with attempting to murder Ms Adams and her co-worker Lindy Curtis, who was shot in the leg.

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At 9.51am on the day in question Ms Adams was filing paperwork when she heard a “huge explosion”. Her immediate thought was that receptionist Peg (Noble) had knocked something over.

She choked up when she described the horror of looking toward the reception area and seeing a masked man pointing a shotgun in her direction.

“My body went really heavy, then I realised what was happening. As I moved I felt a ‘swish’ like a gust of wind on my face,” Ms Adams said.

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Ms Adams is 5’2”. The Crown has alleged the bullet aimed at her passed through two walls before lodging in a tree outside the building at a height of 5’4”.

She was aware the gunman was making his way through the office as she attempted to open magnetically-operated doors to flee the building, the court heard.

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■ MARATHON DES SABLES

Ready for ‘toughest footrace on earth’

By JameS Ford

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Most would consider completing one marathon a fine achievement, but Ashburtonian Greg Roadley is hoping to run the equivalent of six, on six consecutive days, in the Sahara Desert.

Roadley will be competing in the Marathon des Sables (MdS), which is widely known as the toughest footrace on earth.

The race is a gruelling multistage adventure in one of the world’s most inhospitable climates, and participants are expected to be self-sufficient throughout – carrying everything to survive, except for water.

In all, Roadley will cover 257km in temperatures that can reach a punishing 48 degrees.

Roadley’s preparation for the 32-year-old race requires him to run between 80 to 100 kilometres weekly while carrying the pack he will need to survive in the Sahara.

“It’s a matter of clocking up a

lot of kilometres, and running with weight, I’m going to have seven or eight kilograms on my back,” he said.

“You have to be completely self-sufficient, you have to take your own food, sleeping bag, rain safety equipment, venom pumps, compass, all sorts of stuff.”

The 42-year-old insisted the weight of his pack will be pivotal, with every extra gram potentially helping, or hindering, him throughout his mammoth journey.

“I’ve freeze-dried food. Everything is ultra-lightweight, I know the weight of everything down to the gram,” he said.

“I’ve worked out how many calories I need. I’m scrimping a little bit, so I’ll be using a bit of body reserve.”

Roadley has a background in multi-sport events, having completed the Coast to Coast three times among others, but now believes he is ready to specialise

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“I’m really confident I can get it

■ RESTRICTED FIRE SEASON

Fire sparks warning

By SuSan SandyS

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Ashburton principal rural fire officer Don Geddes is warning farmers to follow precautions while burning, after a fire escaped into trees at Lauriston yesterday.

The warning comes as the Ashburton District Council announced it is returning to a restricted fire season, as of midnight tonight.

Costs of fighting yesterday’s fire, and resultant damage on a neighbouring property, could be recouped from those responsible for the blaze.

“You light the fire, you own it,

and you are responsible for all of the consequences of that fire,” Mr Geddes said.

The Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade responded at 4.52am to the Lyndhurst Road, Lauriston, blaze, and brigade members were at the scene for two hours.

The brigade sent two appliances and one tanker, and one rural tanker also attended.

Chief fire officer Selwyn Allred said the fire had come up in windy conditions, triggered by embers from a controlled burn of branches across the road, burning about 70 metres of trees.

“It wasn’t going anywhere

because luckily the wind died down at the time, it was between the nor’west turning southwest.”

The Ashburton District Council is re-introducing a restricted fire season tonight, following data calculated from temperature, wind and rainfall measurements throughout the district indicating dry conditions.

A strict set of rules for burning stubble must be followed in a restricted fire season, and fire permits must be obtained for other burning.

A restricted fire season was in place earlier this summer, but it was lifted in late January following rainfall.

done, I’ve done a lot of preparation for it,” he said.

“It’s going in to the unknown,

but I’ve got as good a chance as anybody else.”

The MdS will begin on April 8.

Guilty to firearms charges A stolen firearm found in Andrew Paul Sullivan’s wardrobe when police visited his Winslow property on November 26 was only the beginning, the Ashburton District Court heard yesterday.

Sullivan, 45, a machine operator from Winslow, pleaded guilty to charges of receiving a stolen firearm – a .223 rifle, being in possession of a .22 rifle, possessing ammunition, possessing a taser, and possessing 12g of cannabis plant and utensils.

The court heard Sullivan, who lived in a rural area, had an associate bring the .223 rifle to his property in order to slaughter a cow. But they ended up having drinks in the garage and decided it was too late, and inappropriate, to slaughter the animal then.

The associate left and Sullivan put the firearm in his wardrobe, anticipating it would be used the

following day.

The following day the police arrived and found that firearm, a taser, another firearm – which Sullivan said had been left in a caravan on the property by a tenant – and the cannabis plant material and utensils.

It turned out the .223 firearm had been stolen in an earlier burglary in Fairlie.

Judge Joanna Maze said a presentence report indicated Sullivan was a low risk of reoffending and she convicted him and discharged him on the drugs matters, before sentencing him to 60 hours’ community work and six months’ supervision on the remaining charges.

An order for the destruction of the .22 rifle, the taser and the ammunition was made, and the .223 rifle will be returned to its owner.

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■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE

■ LEAP YEAR BIRTHDAY

Subject axed due to teacher shortage

Cooper, 4, celebrates first birthday

By SuSan SandyS

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The date of Cooper Roberts’ birthday came around for the first time in his life yesterday.

But the Ashburton preschool pupil was not having a bar of anyone thinking he was only one year old.

He was born four years ago, when it was last a leap year, in 2012, on February 29.

Since then he has celebrated his birthday each year on February 28, until yesterday when he could celebrate it on the actual date due

to it being a leap year once again.

“I’m four,” he said when he was asked how old he was turning, smiling and playing with his birthday present, an Iron Man toy.

It was crazy hair day at his Stepping Stones preschool, and he was looking forward to having a barbecue tea with a Mater cartoon character birthday cake when he got home.

His mum Megan Roberts said Cooper’s birthday was special each year whether it was a leap year or not, not least of all because he shared the date with her father

Bruce Kirkman.

“It’s quite cool that he gets to have a special day that no-one else generally has apart from pops,” Mrs Roberts said.

Mr Kirkman told the Guardian four years ago when his grandson was born that he would be advising Cooper’s friends not to be silly when it came to birthday parties, as some of his friends had been over the years.

“Like when you are 24, they give you a birthday card for a six-yearold, that gets very tiring after a while,” Mr Kirkman said.

By RuBy HaRfield

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A national shortage of technology, science and maths teachers has forced Ashburton College to delete digital technology from its curriculum this year.

When a newly appointed digital technology teacher opted not to join the school staff at the last minute, principal Grant McMillan was left with little option but to can the subject. An English teacher also pulled out just before the school year started, but the college was able to cover that shortage, Mr McMillan said.

Because it was so hard to find technology teachers the school had to make the “difficult” decision not to provide digital technology as a class-based NCEA subject, he said.

“Last minute changes like that are really unfortunate.”

The school worked with students and families as much as possible to enable them to continue the subject in another way.

“We want to keep that learning pathway open to students.”

While some students have changed to different subjects others are taking the course via distance learning options.

There will also be a Year 11 class doing it by correspondence while being supported by teachers, he said.

Nearly all secondary schools in Canterbury have had trouble

Grant McMillan finding digital technology teachers and Christchurch Boys’ High School has some of their students taking the course through CPIT Aoraki.

“Whilst it is a local issue it is just part of the big national picture.”

All the schools affected in Canterbury have been in contact and have been working together to find a way around the shortage and have also been in touch with the Ministry of Education, Mr McMillan said.

“Digital technology is a really important subject choice and a really important part of the New Zealand economy.”

There needs to be a way to incentivise more teachers to graduate in the subjects where there are shortages, he said.

Ashburton’s Cooper Roberts turned four yesterday.

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■ FATAL COLLISION

North Canterbury crash claims two lives Police say two people have died in a crash in Canterbury, 5km north of the Conway River.

A car and a truck collided on Hundalee Road around 1.30pm yesterday.

One person was initially reported dead and another has since died of their injuries.

“It is with sadness that police can confirm that this crash is now a double fatality,” police said.

“The male and female occupants of the car involved have died at the scene of the crash.

The driver of the truck has not been injured.”

Police are currently trying to

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“Our thoughts go out to all the families involved and we thank the people that stopped and assisted at the scene.”

The Serious Crash Unit attended the scene.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

In brief

High Lim count puzzling

By Sue NewmaN

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A huge surge in the number of land information memorandum reports (Lim) requested in February has real estate agents wondering whether the Ashburton District is on the verge of a property boom.

The Ashburton District Council issued a record breaking 104 Lim reports in February, up 22 per cent on February 2015. And that’s the biggest month since the start of Lim issue records in 2006, said council district planner Ian Hyde.

February’s Lim numbers were usually between 55 and 67 and

while January was a traditionally quiet month, the record February figures followed a very strong December, Mr Hyde said.

Activity in the property market, however, does not match the record Lim issue, said Property Brokers sales consultant Clark McLeod.

Most months residential sales averaged around 65 so a Lim issue that tallied 104 was well out of whack with sales figures.

The current residential market was a mixed bag, with strong activity in the under $400,000 bracket, but a more conservative level of interest at the top end,

$500,000 plus, he said.

“Below $400,000 is extremely active. It’s pretty competitive and we’re getting multiple offers, but the trend for modern houses now is that they’re larger homes and therefore prices for these are starting to get up there.”

The sales pattern in the market, however, did not explain the big surge in Lim report issues as these were generally obtained by a buyer, rather than a seller, Mr McLeod said.

“A prudent seller, however, would get a Lim. It speeds up the sale process and it could be the difference between a deal going

through or not. Lims are market related.”

It was now more difficult to obtain property files from the council and that meant obtaining a Lim was now a common practice. It was a buyer’s best assurance that all work carried out on a property they were buying had been done to a high standard, he said.

In spite of the record breaking Lim numbers issued last month, all documents were processed by the council well inside the statutory 10 working day timeframe.

A Lim comes with a $248 price tag.

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Methven Oscars party attendees (from left) Denise Dixey, Donna Simpson, Chrissy Milne and Hilary Sheldon talk movies yesterday.

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Glitz, glamour at Methven Oscars party

By SuSaN SaNdyS

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Handsome actors and beautiful gowns were a hot topic of conversation as Methven’s 13th annual Oscars party opened yesterday.

Kicking off around 3pm as the Oscars were under way, the party saw Methven women delve into some glamour themselves, walking down a red carpet at the entrance to the party venue at Southern X Lodge.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s chances of taking out the best actor award was a controversial topic of conversation.

One who had seen The Rev-

enant thought it was too violent, and was not taken by DiCaprio’s baby-faced looks.

Some thought he was handsome, however, and attendee Hilary Sheldon believed the actor was due for an award.

“This is his moment, if he probably doesn’t win it he probably never will,” Mrs Sheldon said.

Attendee Donna Simpson liked the dress worn by The Danish girl best supporting actress Alicia Vikander, while fellow attendee Denise Dixey adored Cate Blanchett’s sea-foam gown with floral embellishments.

Party-goers hoped the movie

Brooklyn would do well, in recognition of its New Zealand producer Finola Dwyer.

Southern X Lodge owneroperator Chrissy Milne said she was more taken by the dresses than the awards themselves.

“I just like all the glamour, I just like their outfits, I don’t care who wins,” she said.

About 30 people were expected to attend the party, and Mrs Dixey said anyone was welcome.

“We have been trying to get new people to come along.

Anyone who wants to hold it in Methven next year we would gladly embrace them,” she said.

Truck driver in fatal crash found dead The driver of a milk tanker involved in a fatal crash in Patea last Thursday has been found dead in his home.

Police have labelled it a “tragic incident” and say the man’s death will be referred to the Coroner. It is not being treated as suspicious.

The northbound motorway was briefly closed in Auckland yesterday after a woman fell from the Esmonde Road on-ramp. The woman was taken to Auckland Hospital with critical injuries shortly after 2.50pm, police said.

The incident is being investigated by police.

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Death ‘not suspicious’ A woman found dead in a bath in a house in Christchurch has been named as Linda Helen Midgley.

The 51-year-old’s body was discovered just before 9am on Thursday. Paramedics were called to the Gleig Place house, but police were soon requested. Officers said her death was not being treated as suspicious.

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Tax status defended Leaders of the Gloriavale Christian Community have opened up to the public after revelations the group has more than $40 million in assets. The controversial group placed an advertisement in the Greymouth Star on Saturday to defend their tax status. A report filed by Charities Services shows the community has $41.2 million in assets, compared to $36.6 million in 2014. The advertisement said the group pays company and personal income tax, and no one in the community takes welfare benefits, ACC payments or student loans. “People are asking about our life, our trust, and if we pay tax,” the advertisement said.

“No one owns anything personally, nor lives to care for themself (sic), but all work and share in love together to provide for everyone equally, including the widows and fatherless, and the aged, sick and infirm. “Leaders receive nothing extra, but if there is any shortage, they gladly go without to provide for others.”

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False alarms could be costly for college A spate of false alarm activations at Ashburton College last year could cost the school $4000.

The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade attended about six activations between November and December, 2015.

Ashburton College executive officer Charlie Kelland said the false alarms were suspected to be caused by heat sensors in a number of skylights getting too hot from direct afternoon sunlight.

After discussions with the lead Ministry of Education installation officer, several heat sensors across the campus were replaced with higher spec units in the hope of rectifying the problem.

The sensors were replaced in December and since then the college has only had one further alarm activation.

If the New Zealand Fire Service charges the college for these activations it could cost the school $4000, he said.

Any business that has alarms persistently activating for no apparent reason is usually charged a callout fee and the college falls under this category, Mr Kelland said.

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said the new sensors seemed to be working.

“I hope there are no more callouts.”

Fall from on-ramp

Chantelle Giles, John Bayne and his sister Cherylene Bayne died and two others were injured in the fiery collision.

A car is believed to have been backing out of an Egmont Street driveway when it collided with the milk tanker, which was heading north on Patea’s main road.

The force of the crash brought down power lines, cutting power to the street for several hours.

An Egmont Street resident was walking home and sat down with the tanker driver shortly after the crash.

She said he was from Stratford.

The woman didn’t see the ac-

cident but heard an explosion about 4.15pm. The tanker was on fire but the car was on the other side of the road and not visible, she said at the time.

“He was in huge shock. And he didn’t have a phone and he just wanted to contact Fonterra, his boss”.

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Maori academic dies Maori academic and writer Dr Ranginui Walker has died, aged 83.

The academic passed away at his Auckland home. He would have been 84 today. Dr Walker dedicated much of his life to promoting Te Reo Maori and history, with a particular passion for ensuring historical events significant to Maori were properly documented. He also made his voice heard by writing several books, and columns in The Listener magazine for nearly 20 years.

Fellow academic Dr Paul Moon says he was an extraordinarily productive researcher and writer, who kept giving seminars and publishing books. Dr Walker was married to Deirdre and they had three children.

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Police College death A staff member at the police college near Wellington has died after getting into difficulty in the swimming pool yesterday afternoon. Wellington police district command centre Inspector Mike Coleman said it appeared the man was swimming in a pool during lunchtime at the college, in Porirua. Wellington Free Ambulance attended the scene about 12.40 and fire fighters were also called to help paramedics.

The man was flown to Wellington Hospital.

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■ HIGH COURT CHRISTCHURCH

Gunman adopted ‘military posture’ From P1 While still in the office she observed the gunman adopt what she described as a military posture before taking aim and firing in the direction of Lindy Curtis’ desk, but was unware of where other staff members were at the time.

She said time slowed down and her body felt “like lead” as she exited the building screaming. Prior to making her escape she had heard three or four shots.

“I didn’t know where I was going to run to or where I would be safe,” she said.

After shouting at a couple parked nearby to call the police, Ms Adams took shelter in a medical centre on Moore Street.

She also recalled dealing with Tully about three times during the months of July and August, saying he often arrived at the Work and Income office with a list of demands and was frequently unhappy with the outcomes.

Earlier in yesterday’s proceedings Armourguard security guard Neville Tahere described watching a gun-wielding man shoot Work and Income receptionist Peggy Turuhira Noble at pointblank range. Mr Tahere, who had worked at the Work and Income office for more than two years, was stationed in the reception area at the

time but had not seen the gunman enter the building.

“I saw him lift something which I now know was a gun,” Neville Ngaiterangi Tahere said.

“He shot at Peg.” The gunman walked toward the back of the office, turned and fired a second shot, he said.

Mr Tahere then fled the building with a client he knew as David, returning after the gunman had left the building and decamped on a black bicycle.

He described the scene inside the office.

“I heard Lindy (Curtis) yelling ‘my leg, my leg, my leg’, and another case manager swearing and cursing and asking if anyone had called the police,” he said.

A Work and Income client Lucy Annabel Waller told the court a masked gunman passed within a metre of her before raising what she described as a sawn-off pump action shotgun and shooting the receptionist at her desk in the Cass Street office.

Ms Waller told the court she heard another shot as she fled the building, and possibly two more as she crossed Cass Street to get in her parked vehicle. She then drove off in the direction of the police station.

Tully, who is representing him-

self, was removed from the courtroom three minutes after yesterday’s trial opened for repeatedly interrupting proceedings He claimed to have been denied legal representation, disclosure of evidence and access to medical care. He repeatedly accused presiding judge Justice Cameron Mander of “trial fixing”.

In the presence of the jury Tully said he was now in the second week of a hunger strike.

Crown prosecutor Andrew McRae told the court Tully had refused a medical examination prior to coming to court.

Justice Mander told the jury to ignore Tully’s outburst. Although regrettable it was no reflection of his guilt or innocence, Justice Mander said.

He said there was a background to Tully’s conduct, but it was not relevant to the jury’s task.

East Street Pharmacy store manager Barbara Joy Glassey gave evidence of selling hydrogen peroxide to the man she knew as John Tully shortly before the shootings.

Tully was flagged as a difficult client as soon as he arrived in Ashburton in early July, Work and Income service centre manager Olivia Monk told the court yesterday morning.

Ms Monk oversaw staff at the

Crown prosecutor Andrew McRae agency’s Hornby and Ashburton offices during this time.

She said Work and Income’s Rangiora office regional manager had contacted her to pre-warn staff at the Ashburton office “because he had been so difficult to deal with”.

Police officers involved in the investigation described how they

collected security footage from various businesses in the days following September 1, 2014.

These included New World supermarket, Life Pharmacy (known as Unichem at the time of the shootings), the Ashburton Resource Recovery Park, the Ashburton Library and Couplands Bakery.

■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Judge issues prison warning to burglary accused Richard Sidney Parore broke into a shed on a rural property to get what he felt he was owed, the Ashburton District Court heard yesterday.

The 21-year-old Ashburton man appeared in front of Judge Joanna Maze on a charge of burglary, and breaching community work, and pleaded guilty.

The court heard Parore believed he was owed unpaid wages so broke into the shed to get what he felt was his.

Judge Maze told Parore burglary was a serious offence, carrying a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and once someone had one previous conviction – which Parore did – the outcome was usually imprisonment.

“I say that because after today, you will have two previous convictions for burglary.”

She said Parore caused damage to the building he entered, and she ordered him to pay $1365.32 in reparation as she sentenced him to five months’ community detention and six months’ supervision.

Solicitor Paul Bradford said Parore now had a job which would be good for him, as he was employed among people who could show him there were other ways to live life.

Judge Maze said having a job was the best way forward for him.

“Mr Parore, you are facing a prison sentence if you do not change your ways.”

Two assaults on one night, combined with a breach of community work, landed Logan Glenn Worthington Rule in front of Judge Maze yesterday.

The court heard the two assaults – one on his partner and the other on a bar manager – occurred on November 14. He pleaded guilty.

Judge Maze said Rule struck a man who was trying to intervene in a fight, holding him in a head-lock on the ground, before pushing his partner head-first into a gate then kicking the back of her head while she was on the ground. He also pushed her once police arrived.

Solicitor Roz Burnside said Rule was assessed as a medium risk of reoffending but had made big changes in his life since.

“He tells me now he’s learnt to walk away and not engage in any arguments.”

Those changes helped sway Judge Maze away from a custodial sentence.

“The summary of facts says that he kicked her in the head, which prima facie suggests a starting point of imprisonment,” Judge Maze said.

Instead, she sentenced him to nine months’ intensive supervision and 100 hours’ community work, along with judicial monitoring.

She told Rule that meant for the next nine months she’d be able to get information about how he was performing in his sentence, and if she was not hap-

py, she could ask for a review.

A broken promise landed Sakara Teri Bryant, 22, a sentence of supervision in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Bryant had pleaded guilty and been through restorative justice in relation to a charge of assaulting police, where it was agreed she would make a donation to charity.

But the court heard being made redundant, and bills, meant she’d been unable to pay it.

Judge Joanna Maze said the point of restorative justice was to make amends.

“You made promises, but you didn’t carry it out,” she said.

The court heard the incident which led to the charge, followed Bryant being assaulted herself.

“You were yourself the victim of an assault. The police arrested the offender. You then struck the police officer in the face while he was trying to deal with the offender,” Judge Maze said.

She convicted Bryant and sentenced her to six months’ supervision.

Nathan Priddle’s outlook on life has changed since he became a father, the Ashburton District Court heard yesterday.

Priddle – who became a father in January – pleaded guilty to charges of wilful damage and assault relating to an incident in September last year.

“You argued, you punched and smashed a glass pane in a door, showering glass about, and

slapped the victim to the front of the head and threatened to do further damage,” Judge Joanna Maze told Priddle.

She said the victim was pregnant at the time.

That baby was now here, and fatherhood had changed Priddle, the court heard.

Judge Maze convicted and sentenced him to nine months’ supervision.

As he was arrested for assaulting a woman, Ivan Leslie Jones, 52, spat in a police officer’s face, the Ashburton District Court heard yesterday.

Jones pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting the woman, and a police officer, and was sentenced to six months’ supervision.

Judge Maze said Jones picked the woman up and threw her on the floor, and then into a chair, following an argument.

“When police were called and you were arrested, you spat at the police officer,” Judge Maze said.

She said she took the spitting particularly seriously due to the potential health consequences for the police officer.

Jones was also ordered to make reparation payments of $200 to both a charity, and his female victim.

Nathan Lee Rolton, a 21-yearold kitchen hand from Tinwald, got out of the car, made a rude gesture and ran away, when police pulled him over on February 6.

Rolton was a disqualified driver and Judge Maze yesterday convicted and sentenced him to 80 hours’ community work, and disqualified him from driving for a further 12 months, after he entered a guilty plea to one charge of driving while disqualified.

Police gave chase on foot when Rolton ran, and caught him.

“It’s going to be a very long time Mr Rolton, before you are able to apply for a licence, let along drive lawfully,” Judge Maze said.

Karl Joseph Paget, 26, of Methven, had not long lost his licence for excess demerit points when police caught him driving on January 21.

“He had just started a new job and he wrongly made the choice to drive to this new job,” solicitor Marilyn Gilchrist said.

Paget pleaded guilty and Judge Maze convicted and fined him $200 plus court costs, and disqualified him from driving for six months.

Charles Chukka Steiner was looking for somewhere to sleep when he unlawfully entered a property on June 26.

Yesterday, he was convicted on a charge of unlawfully entering that property and ordered to pay reparation of $69.58, after pleading guilty.

Judge Maze said Steiner may have been looking for somewhere to sleep, but he also damaged a window to get in, hence the reparation payment.

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■ MID CANTERBURY STUBBLE FIRES

Townies cry foul over smoke drift

By Sue NewmaN

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The battlelines between town and country have been drawn again over the late-summer issue of smoke from stubble fires wafting over Ashburton.

Environment Canterbury has received 10 complaints from irate urban residents since Friday and those complaints won’t just be filed and forgotten, said Marty Mortiaux, regional manager Resource Management Act monitoring and compliance.

“Provided we are given accurate information regarding the address of the source, we will investigate each complaint for compliance with the rules,” he said.

While burn-offs were a permitted activity, they were subject to a number of conditions, Mr Mortiaux said.

ECan has reviewed the Ashburton District’s clean-air plan, but a new plan with tougher conditions is still going through the hearing process.

“We are awaiting decisions from an independent hearing panel and the completion of the appeal process on the plan later this year before it can become

A common sight around the Ashburton District as harvest is in full swing, but the downside for some is rural-generated smoke billowing over urban areas.

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For the Ashburton District that new plan could make it much tougher for farmers to burn stub-

ble and remain within the air plan rules.

Included in the tougher rules is a proposal to introduce a 5km

buffer zone around Ashburton and Timaru where farmers will need a consent to burn. Also proposed are tighter regulations on

stubble burning outside the buffer zone where it is now a permitted activity.

The rule changes, however, have to survive the hearing and then the appeal processes before they can be implemented in their original, or amended form.

Until the air plan is fully operative a “permitted regime”, where burning should have no offensive or objectionable effect, is in place, Mr Mortiaux said.

The Guardian has fielded a number of calls from urban residents fed up with rural smoke billowing over their properties and into their homes.

Social media was also busy with people complaining about smoke pollution, with some suggesting it was unfair that people in Ashburton had strict rules in place when it came to logburners while farmers appeared able to pollute at will.

Over the past few days, smoke from stubble fires has pushed Ashburton’s air pollution up several notches, with readings of 29mcg recorded on February 26, 24mcg on February 27 and 23mcg on February 28. The high pollution level is breached if readings exceed 50mcg.

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■ IRAQ

Twin bombings kill 70 A twin suicide bombing claimed

by Islamic State has killed 70 people in a Shi’ite district of Baghdad in the deadliest attack inside the capital this year.

Police sources said the suicide bombers were riding motorcycles and blew themselves up in a crowded mobile phone market in Sadr City, wounding more than 100 people in addition to the dead.

A witness reported seeing pools of blood on the ground with slippers, shoes and mobile phones at the site of the blasts, which was sealed off to prevent further attacks.

In a statement circulated online, Islamic State said it was responsible for the blasts: “Our swords will not cease to cut off the heads of the rejectionist polytheists, wherever they are,” it said, using derogatory terms for Shi’ite Muslims.

Iraqi forces backed by airstrikes from a US-led coalition have driven Islamic State back in the western Anbar province recently and are preparing for an offensive to retake the northern city of Mosul.

But the militants are still able to strike outside territory they control, often targeting members of Iraq’s Shi’ite majority, most recently when two Islamic State suicide bombers killed 15 people at a mosque in the

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Bright lights

Spotlight best picture In an underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession, the newspaper drama Spotlight took best picture at the 88th Academy Awards. Tom McCarthy’s film about the Boston Globe’s investigative reporting on sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests won over the favoured frontier epic The Revenant. But Spotlight took the night’s top honour despite winning only one other Oscar for McCarthy and Josh Singer’s screenplay. After four previous misses, Leonardo DiCaprio won his first Oscar for his grunting, gruff performance in The Revenant. Best actress went to Brie Larson, the 26-year-old breakout of the mother-son captive drama Room.

People gather at the scene of bombing attacks in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq.

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capital. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the attacks were in response to Islamic State’s recent defeats: “This gang targeted civilians after it lost the initiative and its dregs fled the battlefield before our proud fighters,” he said on his official

Facebook page.

Meanwhile, suicide bombers and gunmen attacked Iraqi security forces in Abu Ghraib, seizing positions in a grain silo and a cemetery, and killing at least 17 members of the security forces, officials said.

Security officials blamed Islamic State, and a news agency that supports the group said it had launched a “wide attack” in Abu Ghraib, 25km from the centre of Baghdad and next to the international airport.

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■ UNITED STATES

Slain officer lauded for bravery, intelligence

People carry the body of Indian man Hasnain Warekar.

Warekar, 35 fatally stabbed 14 members of his family, including seven children, before hanging himself, police said.

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■ INDIA

Man fatally stabs 14 A man in western India fatally stabbed 14 members of his family, including seven children, before hanging himself, police said.

Hasnain Warekar, 35, went on his overnight killing spree following a Saturday evening family gathering at his home, said Gajanan Laxman Kabdule, a spokesman for the police in the city of Thane, located outside of Mumbai. He said a motive was not known.

Warekar’s extended family – three sisters, their children and his parents – were among those who apparently had gotten together for dinner, Kabdule said.

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Warekar’s wife and two young daughters were also in the house and were among those killed.

The only survivor of the attack was a sister who was wounded, the officer said, adding that she was in a hospital and in “a state of shock”.

Kabdule said that it appeared that Warekar began his stabbing spree between 1am and 2am, after everyone had gone to bed.

The Press Trust of India news agency reported that a family dispute over property was behind the attacks.

The bodies were sent for autopsies.

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On her first day on the job, Officer Ashley Guindon responded to a call that could have become routine: a domestic disturbance in a wellkept suburban neighbourhood.

But one woman had already been slain inside the northern Virginia home of a Pentagon worker, and Officer Guindon would be next.

Army Sgt. Ronald Hamilton opened fire as she arrived at his door, killing her and wounding two other officers, police said.

Prince William County Police Chief Stephan Hudson was stone-faced yesterday as he lauded Guindon’s bravery, intelligence and compassion.

The chief offered no details about what might have provoked the gunman, who worked at the Pentagon and, according to neighbours, was about to be transferred to Italy.

Hamilton, 32, and his wife Crystal, 29, had been arguing all day Saturday, but it escalated after she called 911, the chief said. Hamilton fatally shot his wife and then fired at the arriving officers, killing Guindon and seriously wounding the others before

emerging from his front door to surrender. Officers recovered a handgun and a rifle.

The couple’s 11-year-old son was home at the time of the slayings and is being cared for by relatives, Hudson said.

Guindon, 28, was pronounced dead at the hospital where officers Jesse Hempen, 31, and David McKeown, 33, were being treated. Police did not detail their injuries.

Hudson said they face long recoveries.

Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul Ebert said he would likely seek the death penalty against Hamilton, who was held without bond on charges including capital murder, first-degree murder and malicious wounding pending arraignment.

Guindon, a former Marine Corps reservist with a master’s degree in forensic science, had been sworn in on Friday, which the department marked with a celebratory tweet.

“We were struck by her passion to do this job,” Hudson said. “She couldn’t get it out of her blood. She clearly had a passion to serve others in a way that went beyond herself.”

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Rocky ‘not hurt in attack’ Rapper A$AP Rocky says he came away unhurt during a recent attack on him inside a hotel elevator in New Zealand. Rocky told The Associated Press that he was in a “fist exchange” that occurred in Auckland.

He performed the same day at Auckland’s Vector Arena. The 27-year-old US rapper said he was in an elevator with some women and his “security,” when a man tried to ride with them. When they refused to let him on, a scuffle followed. No one in his party was hurt. “The girls were fine,” Rocky said.

“They were OK. No scratches on the ladies.

Everybody is fine.” Other media reports say three men attempted to enter the elevator.

“We didn’t press no charges on nobody.

They didn’t press any charges on us.

Everybody good. I don’t understand why people are making a big deal out of it,” he said.

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And now, the jacket debate A year ago, a heated debate involving a dress and the question, “Black and blue, or white and gold?” broke out on the internet.

Today, people are up in arms over the true shade of an Adidas jacket. And this time, there are even more potential colours to argue over. Posted to Tumblr by “poppunkblogger”, also known as Nina, she asked her followers to weigh in on the colour debate. “I hate to make a new blue/ black, white/gold dress meme, but my friend has this jacket and she says it’s white and blue, but I see black and brown,” she explained. “Please, tell me what you see.”

While some agreed with her friend that the jacket is white and blue, others were certain they could see green and gold, or green and brown. Tumblr user “dammitmichael” commented: “Nina what did you do.” To which the jacket poster replied: “I don’t know. I’m sorry. I’m scared. I’m so scared. I’m crying.”

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Calling time on stubble burn-offs Sue Newman

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or everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven

…

Ancient, from Ecclesiastes 3 in the Bible, but they’re as relevant today as when they were when first written.

And now we’re in the season where we harvest what we have sown, the crops that were planted last spring or autumn.

We might be following the course of nature, but in today’s more enlightened times there’s a part of the sow and reap routine that carries, for some people, a very unpleasant side-effect.

That side-effect is smoke generated by farmers who are following the centuries-old practice of burning crop residue.

For decades it was never questioned, it was simply what was done post harvest to clean up paddocks and in the belief that a good fire would kill soil-borne pests and weeds.

Today, stubble burning, while still practised, generates a huge backlash of anger from environmentalists and town dwellers and its soil purification qualities are also questioned. And yet it continues.

It’s a practice that divides communities and has its positives and negatives. It might be quick, easy and cheap, but it also has big disadvantages, not the least of which is smoke pollution.

In simple terms, because we live in a rural community, the odd waft of smoke from stubble fires perhaps shouldn’t be questioned; it’s just part of the price we pay for living in a rural environment. And in some ways that’s correct.

It’s easy to forget that farms came before towns, that towns developed to support farms and that more than 150 years later, we’re still essentially a rural community with all the sights, sounds, smells and other stuff that goes with a rural community.

Smoke residue, however, is about more than town folk playing the reverse sensitivity card, objecting to normal rural issues that they’ve chosen to live alongside.

Farming continues to be the backbone of our economy and farm practices are part of our way of life, but what has changed is environmental awareness.

Behaviours that were acceptable in the past are no longer acceptable today and that puts the practice of stubble burning on notice; it’s on borrowed time.

YOUR VIEW Stubble burn-off How is it that when we have magical days in our beautiful wee town it all gets ruined by some farmer burning their stubble on a day that has an easterly and it blows into our town causing us to hide indoors, re-wash our clothes and keep the kids inside while we wait for it to blow on through.

Why couldn’t they pick days where it does not blow into our town; it should be compulsory for Mid Canterbury farmer burn-offs to only occur when the wind is not blowing in the direction of town.

I think the rural district needs to show some respect for us townies with burnoffs.

It’s time for all to play fair on this behaviour and show consideration for others.

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Does your house have a code of compliance for building work after 1992?

Yes 75%

No 25%

Today’s online poll question Q: Is Ashburton on the verge of a property boom?

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New Zealand rivers are not ruined

T

he future of our fresh water has been topical of late with the Government releasing a discussion paper on water management for the country’s waterways.

Adding further fuel to the debate is the apparent trait of tourists and trampers taking an avid interest in photographing cattle in lakes.

This has inspired the keyboard warriors to put the boot into farming through social media and other online forums.

They are feeding on this dogged activity with every drop in the Global Dairy Trade auction (GDT) price.

These heroic individuals, hiding behind pseudonyms, express predictable rhetoric saying it serves farmers right for wrecking our rivers.

I have to question whether these people have actually been down to a river lately. We certainly do have some freshwater challenges for sure, but the end is very definitely not nigh.

Yet when you read all these comments these people seem to have convinced themselves that we don’t have a swimmable river left in New Zealand.

If they were to actually take the time and get out and about, instead of sitting in front of a

Andrew Hoggard FROM THE FARM

laptop, they will see this is not the case.

In a recent radio interview, I got questioned on how our kids don’t apparently swim in rivers anymore.

Well, my kids swim in the river beside our dairy farm, and if you follow me on Twitter you will have seen photographic proof this summer.

I had one person respond to those tweets claiming that the river would have been better upstream of me while progressively worse downstream.

I replied back with links to water quality data monitoring sites upstream and downstream of me, which showed the river actually improved in its quality.

In a recent Feds online survey, farmers were asked how they rated our water quality and almost 48 per cent believed it was improving, while over 40 per cent said it was no worse.

Farming definitely has an

impact on water quality and as an industry we need to keep working on improving that.

If farming practices were to emerge upstream of me that put water quality at risk, I would be the first to rally against that.

Still, this debate does get slightly hysterical at times with claims that our rivers are ruined and you can’t swim in any of them. This is plainly not true.

I always recall that classic editorial blunder about the Manawatu River where it was trumpeted as “reportedly the worst in the western world”.

For the record, the article was based on one study where the author himself disputed that infamous headline.

Unfortunately, because it was falsely reported as the worst in the western world, media are to this day not beyond regurgitating that it is “reportedly the worst river”.

Aside from pointing fingers and apportioning blame, we should be moving the debate along with regard to the future of our fresh water and Federated Farmers has shown intent by signing up to Land and Water Forum (LaWF).

We applaud the Government for moving quickly on this issue and elevating the discussion to a

national framework, as farmers want greater certainty towards what is a complex issue.

For those farmers or urbanites not familiar with LaWF this is an important document that involves all stakeholders whether industry, iwi or townies.

It’s important everyone is informed about what’s at stake and I’m sure after farmers have read it they will get involved in the submission process.

There will be workshops and meetings coming up in the provinces to provide more information and advice with freshwater management in your province.

Federated Farmers does have reservations around some aspects, especially stock exclusion and the lack of clarity around iwi interests and whether local governments are already in consultation ahead of Wellington directing negotiations.

It is important that iwi are heard just like any other sector of society, but what this means for council processes needs to be made clear and the outcomes need to be practical for all water users.

Andrew Hoggard is Federated Farmers Dairy Industry Group chairperson

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■ MINIMUM WAGE

In brief

Govt ‘striking right balance’ The minimum wage will be increased by 50 cents in April, the Government announced yesterday.

The new minimum wage as of April 1 will be $15.25 an hour and the starting-out and training hourly minimum wages rates will increase from $11.80 to $12.20 per hour, remaining at 80 per cent of the adult minimum wage.

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse said an increase to $15.25 per hour would directly benefit about 152,700 workers and will increase wages throughout the economy by $75 million per year.

“The Government has once again taken care to ensure the right balance has been struck between protecting our lowest paid workers, and ensuring jobs are not lost,” Mr Woodhouse said.

“With annual inflation currently at 0.1 per cent, an increase to the minimum wage by 3.4 per cent gives our lowest paid workers more money in their pocket, without imposing undue pres-

sure on businesses or hindering job growth.

“The Government has increased the minimum wage every year since coming to office, from $12 to $15.25.

“This is an overall increase of 27 per cent compared to inflation of around 11 per cent.

“Our steady increases to the minimum wage reflect the Government’s commitment to growing the economy, boosting incomes and supporting jobs.”

Meanwhile former Internet Party leader Laila Harre has

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promised to lift staff wages at her Auckland seafood restaurant to almost $20 an hour – matching the new “living wage” rate unveiled yesterday.

The Living Wage campaign announced at 3.30pm that the living wage will increase on July 1 from $19.25 to $19.80 an hour, just over $3 an hour higher than the median wage of $16.63 in the retail and accommodation sector, which includes restaurants.

The rate is calculated by the Anglican Church’s Family Centre research unit in Lower Hutt as

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6,230.87

+5.89

+0.09%

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4,471.99 –16.94 –0.38%

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6,701.16

+6.54

+0.1%

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4,880.9

+0.9

+0.02%

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16,640.0

–57.3

–0.34%

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6,096.0

+83.20

+1.38%

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–95.2

–0.59%

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+26.0

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the hourly rate required to provide the “basic necessities” for a family of two adults and two children, with one adult working 40 hours and one 20 hours a week.

It was originally calculated as $18.40 an hour in February 2013, and has been raised since then in line with the average wage.

The latest increase matches a 2.8 per cent increase in the average hourly ordinary-time wage from $28.23 in June 2014 to $29.01 last June.

The living wage remains about one-third higher than the legal minimum wage, which was raised from $14.25 to $14.75 an hour last April.

Harre, 50, stood down as leader of Kim Dotcom’s Internet Party after the 2014 election and now owns and manages the Ika Seafood Bar and Grill in Mt Eden Rd, which became Auckland’s first living-wage restaurant this month. She said most of her six part-time waiting and kitchenhand staff earned $16 to $17.50 until this month.

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Foreigners making substantial financial donations to New Zealand schools are getting big land purchases approved.

The latest Overseas Investment Office decisions released yester showed two such cases.

Glenorchy Homestead of Malaysia and Singapore got approval for a $2.7 million deal to buy land at 761 Malaghans Road in Arrowtown.

They will make a “$100,000 donation to the Wakatipu High School Foundation which must be used to provide financial assistance or hardship allowances for students at the school” and also consult with the Department of Conservation over the protection or enhancement of significant native vegetation or animals on the property, the OIO said.

In a separate deal, Bernard Jean Sabrier of Switzerland got consent for a $1.4 million deal to buy 47ha of land at Mataka Station in the Bay of Islands from an American Laurent Esquier.

“The applicant will make a donation to the Bay of Islands International Academy which will help address the school’s critical needs - namely the support of priority learners and special needs students, and the preservation of a languages programme in Te Reo Maori and Spanish,” that consent said.

In other deals, a new luxury resort on the fast-growing Jacks Point at the foot of The Remarka-

bles and a polo retreat is being planned.

A new five-star luxury resort over three combined properties is being planned, with a hotel including restaurants, meeting facilities, fitness facilities and lodge, about 33 cabins, 14 twobedroom units and 18 threebedroom residences.

Wild Grass of Australia got consent to buy the land outside Queenstown from New Zealand’s Jacks Point Land Holdings.

In a third deal, consent was given for a big fleet lease motor vehicle deal involving $279.4 million of assets. Germany’s Volkswagen and Friedrich von Metzler are selling assets to global business LP Group B.V. LeasePlan NZ making a longterm investment here, consent says.

Pacific Health Group, owned and/or advised by Australia’s Pacific Equity Partners, got consent for a manuka honey deal involving $110 million of assets.

“Manuka Health New Zealand Limited is a privately owned New Zealand company that develops, manufactures and distributes (both in New Zealand and overseas) Manuka honey and various other Manuka based products.

The investment is an opportunity for the applicant (with the support and expertise of PEP, and additional capital which may be invested) to further broaden and grow Manuka Health New Zealand Limited’s business in New Zealand and in overseas markets,” the decision sheet said.

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Approval required The Commerce Commission will conduct an investigation into the national and regional markets for construction aggregates before it decides whether to clear Fletcher Building’s bid for construction firm Higgins Group Holdings. Fletcher announced on February 2 it will pay $315 million for Higgins, New Zealand’s third largest road construction and maintenance company, subject to approval.

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Malls expanding Australasia’s largest shopping centre owner and manager plans to spend more than $500 million expanding three Auckland malls and bringing in new global retailers.

Peter Allen, Sydney-based chief executive of Scentre Group, which owns and manages the 977-shop, $1.3-billion Westfield malls in New Zealand, said he expected the first redevelopment this year. On plans for Newmarket’s 277, St Lukes and Albany, Allen said: “It will be over $500 million.”

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Buffett being bullish One of the world’s wealthiest and most respected investors thinks you’re dead wrong about the future of the United States. In his annual letter to shareholders yesterday, Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett made a forceful argument that Americans should look to the future with optimism, despite the dour messages from the presidential campaign trail.

“For 240 years it’s been a terrible mistake to bet against America, and now is no time to start,” he said in the letter. “America’s golden goose of commerce and innovation will continue to lay more and larger eggs.”

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Building consents down New Zealand building consents fell last month as a drop-off in Canterbury construction intentions offset growth in other regions, although Auckland continued to lag behind the estimated level needed to match growth in housing demand.

Seasonally adjusted consents across all dwellings dropped 8.2 per cent to 2245 in January, while housing consents sank 5.6 per cent to 1646, its steepest decline since August 2014.

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Brierley returns Like Mick Jagger heading back out on tour, corporate raider Ron Brierley rides again. The 78-year-old is unlikely to have any pressing financial need to take over the remains of retailer Kirkcaldie & Stains yet here he goes, offering shareholders a premium on the market price if they are prepared to take a discount on the value the company claims it may eventually return in cash once the wind-down is complete.

Perhaps it is an offer that could deliver shareholders a tidy exit and Sir Ron a tidy profit - and a shell company to play with.

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Blis expecting a loss Blis Technologies, the NZX-listed biotech company, expects to post a loss for the year even as revenue more than doubles after it was hit by costs from having to replace stock that had discoloured. Sales are expected to increase to more than $5.3m from $2.5m for the Dunedin-based company. - NZME

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Farmers urged to self-regulate decision-making process Foundation of Arable Reof timing, quantity and search chairman David placement of our crop inBirkett is urging farmers puts. to self-regulate when it “It’s important that we comes to some cultural relay these facts to the pubpractices such as burning, lic and regulators whento show they are behaving ever we have a chance, to responsibly in the public’s ensure that opinions and eyes. regulations are factually The Leeston farmer said based.” in a recent report that the Using withholding pebiggest threat to the farmriods on agrichemicals as ers’ on-going ability to use an example, Mr Birkett such practices is from the said undesirable residues small percentage of growshowing up in one food ers that break the rules. product could put a black While farmers undermark against the whole instood the effects of getting dustry. things right or wrong on “Even if it occurred their own farms, did they through the actions of a understand the effects David Birkett single grower.” their actions could have Everyone must play their on the whole industry? he part to ensure issues such as development said.

“We don’t have to look very far to see of agrichemical resistance and nutrient use what the actions of a few can have on an were dealt with in a responsible manner.

“It the public see our industry as a conentire industry. The recent coverage of bobby calves was interpreted as normal be- scious and efficient user of inputs and rehaviour in the dairy industry, even though sources to produce safe foods, then the future will be a lot easier.” we know this was not the case.”

Mr Birkett’s warning came just prior to Mr Birkett asked farmers to consider practices occurring on cropping farms that a number of burn-offs happening in Mid were unacceptable to the public, or could Canterbury following harvest – with some suspected of contributing to stubble fire compromise the industry.

“As an industry, we can demonstrate the call-outs in the area.

MARKET REPORT Dairy Another week without rain and coupled with very hot conditions, the region’s dryland crops and pasture are suffering.

March weather conditions will be pivotal for the season’s pasture production to enable the milk flows to be maximised and to grow adequate feed for wintering.

More dairy livestock are being sold down as managers look for cashflow and realign to a low-cost pasture-dominant system.

Nothing to inspire from the milk market this week as very low volumes in the dairy futures trade and more pessimistic talk about the growing dairy debt have only added to the gloomy forecasts.

An Auckland law firm has highlighted the increasing numbers of dairy clients unable to handle this debt and, with a growing number of analysts, are questioning any medium-term optimism with the markets.

Fonterra has launched a $150 million bond issue to fund normal business costs and it opened three new plants at Edendale that will allow it to produce eight different products from this large southern plant.

The CEO of Westland Milk Products announced his resignation last week, disappointing many of their suppliers as they look for experienced leadership to help them navigate through these tough times.

Lamb Schedules bottomed out this week as markets look to the Middle East and the Ramadan festival for direction in what used to be a very influential region for lamb sales.

The mutton market has also stabilised at its present lows, but at least the Chinese markets are showing some signs of recovery.

The local trade lamb schedules are still falling and average prices for prime lambs at the local saleyards are now in the low $90s.

With cropping farmers now well through

their harvest, interest in winter store lambs has increased as the dairy downturn will reduce the livestock options for this period.

Wool Only one sale in the south this week, but the reduced volumes offered re-stimulated the market with both crossbred indicators lifting in price. Lambs wool prices continued to fall off their recent highs with only finer micron offerings making over $7/kg clean, and coarser fibres attracted less interest.

Quality second shear is now being harvested from the two-tooth replacements and steady demand via contracts has underpinned these wool types.

Beef Stable beef schedules rule the week as supply shortages have kept demand strong for processors to meet their regular customer requirements.

South Island values for prime cattle sold at the saleyards have remained strong well ahead of the North and allowed finishers more profit on smaller animals at a time of year prices traditionally bottom.

North Island beef weaner sales have started and sold at very strong prices. Canterbury breeders will be hoping for a similar return to compensate for the poor sheep returns.

Deer All venison exporters are reporting positively about sales and interest in frozen product as the sector is reinvigorated by the present returns.

Managers are now focused on weaning and planning the countdown for the spring yearling chilled harvest, which if managed well, can provide strong returns for animals that reach their target weight early.

Farm gate price watch … for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural current price range Saleyard prices …  LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 67 - 68 Prime 92 - 94  HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 201 - 325  STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 283 - 297 last week Processor prices …  LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 68.47 17.5 kg YX SI 77.23 19.0 kg YX SI 83.93 21.0 kg YX SI 92.20 Local trade (c/kg) SI 490 (16-22kg)  MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 44.95  BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 490 (270-295kg) M Cow SI 335 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 438 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 550 (180-280kg)  VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 358 AP Stag 60kg SI 436 AP Stag 80kg SI 550

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Auction prices …  SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 952 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 600 621 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 579 577 Lamb 678 748

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Local market prices …  GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 350 350 370 Wheat, feed 300 310 310 Barley, feed 290 290 290

557 496 651

Source: Midlands Grain 410 410 350 380 380 300 370 370 290

International market prices …  LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index Feb -16 115.60 110.78 104.15

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Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

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4,692 2,811 3,257 4,594

4,259 2,928 3,461 4,792

2014/15 final $4.40 2014/15 final 0.25c

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Source: PF Olsen 115.60 93.00 5,393 3,941 4,739 5,055

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2015/16 f'cast $4.15 2015/16 f'cast $0.45-$0.55 NZX FGG $5.83

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 EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.6637 Euro 0.6077

Source: WSI 1,061 891 696 537 614 489 748 641

0.6579 0.6191

0.7557 0.6651

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Comprehensive data is available from the supplier www.interest.co.nz/rural

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■ MID CANTERBURY DAIRYING

In-calf rates ‘unusually low’ on some farms

AgriKidsNZ contest pro

By NadiNe Porter

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Vets are seeing some higher than expected empty rates among cows in Mid Canterbury this season.

VetEnt general manager Ian Hodge said while he hadn’t been as “hands on” this year, vets had reported to him some “pretty good” in-calf results but there had also been some unusually low rates as well.

He was unable to comment in depth as to what might be causing the low rates as vets were still scanning at present.

“But the general trends are that farmers may-be didn’t do as much intervention work as they might have done in other seasons and that’s for obvious reasons. Because I haven’t been at the coal face I can’t really comment on cow condition which is obviously a significant contributor to these things.”

Without inductions, farmers have struggled with a shorter mating period of 10 to 11 weeks, he said.

“In some situations we’ve applied to Fonterra for a special dispensation … that’s a really common practice to apply when things go wrong on a dairy farm.

Now farmers really want to have

everything calved by the middle of October or even earlier. That’s quite short and it drives empty rates up.”

Routine inductions are not permitted on New Zealand dairy farms anymore except for circumstances outside a farmer’s control that have a direct impact on reproductive performance.

Farmers may apply to their respective dairy company, via their veterinarian, for approval of a short-term dispensation under strict criteria.

Ultimately, Mr Hodge said the inability to induce as was done in

the past would lead to lower fertility cows being culled – something that hadn’t always happened in the past.

“Because people are trying to make up numbers and get ahead.”

He believed dairy farmers would reach “a whole new level” with lower stocking rates, better cow conditions and a stronger sustainable base.

DairyNZ communications advisor Vanessa Feaver said the industry body didn’t have current statistics on the rate of empties but will have final results at the end of the season.

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oving a winner Brawley: Mid Canty coping well

By NadiNe Porter

By NadiNe Porter

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The AgriKidsNZ and Teen-Ag competitions in the FMG Young Farmer Contest continue to drive interest in the primary sector and lift membership of Young Farmers’ Clubs.

Running for five years AgriKidsNZ aims to promote the fun side of agriculture and is for primary school students aged eight to 13.

East Coast field officer and AgriKidsNZ coordinator Isabelle Hobbs said the Aorangi region, which includes Mid Canterbury, has a “huge number” of entries from interested schools already.

“Normally we get a lot of entries in the last two weeks, but we’ve already taken 11 team registrations.”

Ms Hobbs said the region can take up to 36 teams with the top three teams getting to represent the region at the FMG Young Farmer Contest grand final in Timaru in July.

Competing in teams of three, a typical regional final sees the students complete eight practical and theoretical modules to promote the learning of all the different aspects of our industry.

The seven top-scoring teams from the preliminary round then progress to the raceoff, where competitors must compete in a number of tasks as quickly and as carefully as possible While the challenges are predominantly agriculturally based, children from all backgrounds enjoy the competition. It gets them outside and active with their friends.

Ms Hobbs said AgriKidsNZ and TeenAg competitors were beginning to come through the pipeline with one former TeenAg competitor nearly making the Northland regional final of the FMG Young Farmer contest this year.

It has also increased membership of Young Farmers’ Clubs, she said.

Last year a team of three keen young farmers from Geraldine High School took out second place in the Young Farmers AgriKidsNZ national final in Taupo.

As well as being named runners-up in the main competition, the talented trio of Amelia Houston, Jordan Rae and Patrick FoleySmith won best practical team in New Zealand.

This year Geraldine High School have already entered 11 teams in the regional final to be held in Ashburton on April 16 at the A&P showgrounds.

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Despite challenging times in many sectors of the agricultural industry the Mid Canterbury economy has been coping well, according to Grow Mid Canterbury Chief executive officer Rob Brawley said the district shouldn’t be dramatically affected by the early closure of Silver Fern Farm’s Fairton plant.

“However, it is challenging for the meat workers and their families.”

Drought and tough conditions for farmers has forced Silver Fern Farms to close processing at Fairton this week – nearly two months earlier than the previous season, affecting 250 staff members.

SFF chief operating officer Kevin Winders said el nino conditions meant farmers had

made “sensible” calls around de-stocking and selling store lambs out of the region.

While recent rain had been positive for farmers, it came too late to have an impact on the current season, he said.

Remaining volumes for the season will come predominantly from Southland and Otago, while the remainder of Canterbury lambs will be processed at the cooperative’s Pareora site.

“It’s more central to where the stock is.”

Mr Brawley said the early finish was disappointing for meat workers and their families.

“It happens at times, but it has been some time since it closed this early. We have seen a marked decline in sheep numbers in New Zealand which is hard for meat processors and their staff.”

Mayfield competition calling for entries Back for its third year, the OnFarm Dairy Heifer Competition hosted by the Mayfield A&P Association is calling for entries.

Owners or graziers that have a good line of heifers are invited to enter so they can see how they compare to their neighbours.

Classes include: Owners: Rising 1 year heifers, rising 2 year heifers Graziers: Rising 1 year heifers, rising 2 year heifers Entries close at 5pm on Friday, March 18. To enter email ml.lj.williams@xtra.co.nz.

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – The Ashburton Fire Station is on which street? a. Tancred b. Burnett c. Havelock 2 – What is grown in a paddy field? a. Rice b. Grass c. Camomile 3 – What is the minimum number of musicians needed to form a big band? a. Eight b. Ten c. Twelve 4 – In what year was the first Harry Potter movie released? a. 2001 b. 2003 c. 2005 5 – Dover is the capital of which US state? a. Vermont b. New Hampshire c. Delaware 6 – Leporine describes what sort of animal? a. Foxes b. Wolves c. Rabbits 7 – How long did the 1967 war between Israel and its Arab neighbours last? a. Six days b. Six weeks c. Six months 8 – Which of these ingredients does not appear in a waldorf salad? a. Walnuts b. Grapes c. Tomatoes

1. Day four of Tully trial continues 2. Drought forces early SFF shutdown 3. Stickers link Tully to scene 4. CCTV cameras used to track Tully’s movements 5. Community crime effort gets results

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■ Spread with pesto then arrange capsicum slices on top.

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Tinwald’s late tree planting

BY KATHLEEN STRINGER

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n May 17, 1920, the Prince of Wales visited Ashburton.

Although he was only here for a short time, it was a well-celebrated event.

The Ashburton Guardian went as far as to call it a landmark in the history of Mid Canterbury.

The prince, destined to be everremembered as the king who abdicated, was then the people’s darling.

Glowing references to his popularity included such phrases as “he was borne along on a wave of popular enthusiasm exceeding in vigour and demonstrativeness anything of the kind never witnessed in the town”.

His departure, via train, was marked by “a sheer abandon of enthusiasm”.

At the Ashburton Domain he listened to speeches and made his own, mentioning the war and farming.

He also welcomed on to the platform returned soldiers and nurses, shaking them by the hand.

Special mention was made of Mrs Blackburn of Dromore who wore the military medal and Croix de Guerre won by her son before he was killed in action.

The prince also spoke to Private Thompson, a soldier confined to a wheelchair. Games were played and free lunches consumed. May 17, 1920, was indeed a special day.

But this story is not about that day. This story is about Tinwald’s commemoration of the May event, which happened in August.

While the Ashburton event outshone the Tinwald celebrations in size, we have a lasting memory of the August celebrations in the shape of a small folder of four photographs I discovered recently.

I am unsure as to why Tinwald decided to commemorate the occasion and some time after it happened.

Perhaps it was due to the chairman of the Tinwald Domain Board – Charles Doherty – being involved in the planting of Royal Oaks to mark the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall in 1901.

Like the speeches that took place at the May event, Mr Doherty’s address was full of British pride; telling the assembled crowd “that they should be proud of their Prince and the King and Queen who rule over the greatest, most just and freest empire the world has ever known”.

While the speeches were delivered by men, it fell to a woman to plant the tree.

Mrs Teppett, the wife of the chairman of the Tinwald Town Board, performed her duties well, even though one of the photographs depict her in a less than ladylike pose – head down and shovelling dirt!

After the work was done the group retired for “refreshments tastefully laid out in the commodious refreshment room”.

Well fed, the children were then invited to compete in races, sponsored by James Heseltine, the oldest member of the domain

board.

These photos are an important record of an event that occurred in our area.

However, to me they are interesting due to the crowd scenes, just look at the faces of the children!

Imagining how such an event as a royal visit would be greeted today, it is easy to see the newspaper accounts talking of sheer abandon of enthusiasm as flowery hyperbole, but to me those children are truly enthusiastic and excited.

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1 – Mrs Teppett commences work watched by enthusiastic children.

2 – A Fooks, James Hampton, Alfred Millichamp, Charles Doherty, Thomas Tarbotton and the generous James Heseltine. Note how the shorter of the men are perched on a plank.

3 – What was left of the large crowd on what must have been a cold day.

4 – The plaque has also survived for almost a century.

5 – Ninety-six years on, the tree is now proud and tall.

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■ Bowls

Dixon 69, K Read 72, J Low 72, I Hopping 73 Nearest Pins: Aon Insurance not struck, Jon McAlliffe No 11 G Smith, Marilyn Cross Property Brokers No 5 S King, No 14, ANZ Bank G Duthie, A T S 9-18 I Hopping Nett Eagle No 5 not struck. Twos S King, G Smith Ashvegas Player of day G Smith 78-12-66

Allenton Bowling Club

Methven Golf Club

February 23 Final night of McIntosh Evening Pairs sponsored by Mainland Coachworks & Tinwald Tavern.

1st P. Whinham & B. Harper – 3 wins, 18 ends & 40 points; 2nd M. Eder & D. Bruce – 3 wins, 15 ends & 29 points; 3rd M. Smallridge & B. Mayson – 3 wins, 14 ends & 36 points; 4th B. Saussey & D. Hickman – 2 wins, 1 draw. 15 ends & 28 points.

Overall Winner of the McIntosh Trophy: P. Whinham & B. Harper – (overall prize sponsored by Placemakers) February 25 Rickard Cup - drawn club triples sponsored by Grieve Construction 1st G. Beckley, S. Doig & J. Van Der Heide – 3 wins, 16 ends & 36 points; 2nd B. Harrison, G. Sparks & M. Wallace – 2 wins, 16 ends & 23 points; 3 A. McIntosh, F. Frewen & B. Anderson – 2 wins, 13 ends & 25 points.

February 24 Ladies Division: LGU & 1st Tuis Trophy Silver: Gayle O’Duffy 86-12-74 Sara Gallagher 92-15-77Bronze A Jane Helmore 92-22-69 Sally Jones 96-25-71 Ruth Smith 97-25-72.

Bronze B: Naomi Fairfull 111-38-73 on C/B Bev Isherwood 102-29-73 Tuis Trophy: Jane Helmore 40 stb Sally Jones 38 stb Ruth Smith 37 stb Naomi Fairfull 37 stb Cinema Paradiso Best Nett Jan Helmore 69 Nearest The Pin Silver #4 Methven Supervalue Lyn Schott Bronze A #6 Methven Foursquare Sonja Allen Bronze B #17 Methven Travel Barbara Duffy Open #13 Methven Pharmacy Jane Helmore Saturday #4 Arabica Sally Jones 2’s & Nett Eagles: Jenny Senior, Lyn Schott, Heather Santy, Wendy Wareing, Pam Watson, Jane Helmore, & Ruth Smith February 26 9 Hole: 1st Mary Fahey & Stableford: Trish Pedofsky 61-29-32 / 20 stablefords, Hiromi Ikehata 45-9-36 / 20, Annette Maw 55-20-35 / 17, Mike Markillie 54-16-38 / 15, Karen Currie 60-20-40 / 14, Satoshi 61-2239 / 14, Jodie Monk 61-20-41 / 14.

PGG Wrightsons best player - Trish Pedofsky: Methven Travel 2nd shot Trish Pedofsky February 27, Men’s Division Second round Rodger Harris Memorial.

Stableford Aggregate.

Senior: Graham Gunn 39; Intermediate: James Anderson 43; Junior A: Bruce Dickson 40; Junior B: James Rooney 46. Other Good Scores: 40 Mick Hodgson, Barry Wackwitz, Bob Collins. 39 Bob Fairfull, Rod Carson, Athol Mcalpine, Ross Breach, Allan Smith, Allan Smith. 38 Alister Maxwell, Dave Puckett. 37 Ian Sawers, Peter Kemp, Michael Marr, Grant Hargreaves, John Robinson, Two’s Allan Lock, Phil Elliott, Mick Hodgson, Graham Gunn, DavePuckett, Matt Mason, Dayle Lucas, James Anderson, Grant Harhreaves.

Dubliner Best Nett: James Rooney 61. Topnotch Foursquare 2nd Best Nett: James Anderson 64. Methven Travel Best Gross: Graham Gunn 74.

Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: James Anderson; Hunters Wine No 6: Piers Rolton; Ski Time No 13: Mark Scrivenor; Green Parrot No 17: Mark Scrivenor; Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: James Anderson.

Mcgettigan Trophy winner- Alister Maxwell. Kemp Trophy winner- Mark Gorman Next Week- Medal Round, 1st Round Callaghan Trophy.

RESULTS

Ashburton Bowling Club February 25 Murray Gray Trophy - Sponsored by Pearsons Coachlines 1st Alastair MacKenzie, Gladys Body and Bruce Ching 3 wins 13 ends 26 points 10 against; 2nd Jo Ryk, Wallace Porter and Wendy Herriott 2 wins 12 ends 26 points 16 against; 3rd Gavin Eder, Robin Ford and Judie Ryk 2 wins 9 ends 28 points 20 against.

February 27, Sat rollovers 1st Alison Gibbs, Bruce Ching and Wally Porter 2 wins 1 draw 11 ends 17 points; 2nd Lois Connell and Ted Connell 2 wins 1 draw 9 ends 16 points

Hampstead Bowling Club February 26 Friday Half Day Triples results - Proudly Sponsored by the Devon Tavern 1st Place J. Drayton, R. Tonks, A. Henderson 3 Wins, 15 Ends, 31 Points; 2nd Place A. Crawford, Missing, Missing 2 Wins, 15 Ends, 28 Points; 3rd Place C. Dennis, A. McKenzie, J. Smart 2 Wins, 15 Ends, 29 Points

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club February 26 Midlands Seed Friday night teams Top Team: Wait N C 93.5 – Dave Hewitt, Kath Read, Allison Hunt, Fairlie Matsinger Men: Franks Pride 92.5, Trying 92, Concrete Blockheads 89, Four Putters 89 Women: Mayfield Magic 91.5, Mrs B’s Girls 90.5, Periwinkles 90 Mixed: Country Classics 91, Vintage Wine Top lady: Fairlie Matsinger 35.5 Top man: Don McLeod, N McFarlane 32.5 Nearest the Pins: Templeton Motors – Kelvin Woods; Paul May Motors - Clarrie Galway; Mac & Maggies – not struck; BP Ashburton – not struck. Gabites Lucky Player – Judith Kingsbury, BP Lucky Player – Sue Graham. Twos: Dallas Paterson, Clarrie Galway, Lal Mulligan February 27 Stableford Winner Mike Holmes 86-23 = 63 nett and 45pts. Other good scores: Ken Clucas, Ian Rive, Paddy Bradford and Clarrie Galway all 42pts; Paul Greer, Jamie Stone and Terry O’Reilly 41 pts; Dave Hewitt 40pts.

Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Gordon Crawford; Rothbury Insurance: Brent MacGregor, Netherby Meats: Noel Sutton, Robbies Bar: Kevin Smith, Charming Thai (longest putt) Beavan Wilson.

Twos: Don Houghton, Bruce Leighton, Kevin Smith, Paul May, Noel Sutton, Gordon Crawford, Greig Sparrow and Eric Parr. Nett Eagles: # 1; Birdy Jackpot: #18

Mayfield Golf Club February 25 9 Hole division, Stroke and Stableford Ladies 1st J Schmack 59:29:30, 24 stbf Men 1st J Greenslade 52:17:35, 19 stbf Nearest the Pin: Greg Sim Excavators and Builders 2nd Shot No. 2 – J Greenslade, Mayfield Transport Ltd No. 5 – not struck

Mayfield Golf Club February 27 Men’s Division, Skibo Winner G Smith 78-12-66 S Cross nett 68, A

Rakaia Golf Club February 24 Ladies Division: 3 Clubs and Putter Kathleen Lawler Trophy M Wederell 78 Nett, L. O Hanlon 78 Nett, J Evans 79 Nett Railway Tavern 2nd shot no 3: M Wederell, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot no 6: J Burrowes, V Bell Nearest Pin no 8: Not struck, Chertsey Spraying 2nd shot no 15: T Booker, S. Quinn 2nd shot no 17: M Wederell

Tinwald Golf Club February 25, Twilight Stroke – Alternate tees Men: 0-6: Gordon Rennie 30, Brent Smith 31, Snow Pierce 32, Owen Miller 33, Bill Mason 33 b/l. 7-10: Ray Wards 29, Richie Watson 30, Steve McCloy 30, Brent Green 31, Mitch VanderKrogt 31. 11 plus: Ben Hobson 28, Greg Prendergast 31, Gordon Carter 31, Craig Davies 31. Women 0-14: Pam McAndrew 29, June Bruhns 30, Cynthia Bonnington 31 b/l. 15 plus: Madeline Smith 31, Marg Reddecliffe 31, Bernie Cameron 33 b/l. Bayley’s nearest the pin: # 6 John Schofield. # 16 Alton Fletcher. Radio Hokonui lucky card; Ben Hobson. Two’s; Pam McAndrew, John Smitheram, Wayne Lloyd, Shane Webster, Kerry Venmore, Gordon Rennie, Ben Hobson, Brent Smith, John Schofield.

February 27, Stroke Leading scores in the 1st round of the Smitheram and Grant Trophies played on Saturday were; Senior - 12: Pete Marshall 65, Rod Harris 66, Steve Kennedy 66. Intermediate 13-18: Wayne Mellish 69 c/b Trevor Taylor 69, Ray Wards 69. Junior

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Kiwis in Europe First round leads are not an encouraging tournament omen for Sergio Garcia. He began with a sharp 65 at the Honda Classic but closed with a one over 71 as Adam Scott held his nerve to win by a shot. Garcia has held 11 first round leads on the PGA tour and converted just one - at the 2008 Players Championship - into a wire-to-wire victory.

PHOTO AP 19 plus: Doug Osborn 59, Wayne Ross 63, Eddie Tulip 65. Women: Bronwyn Flannery 66, Jo Peacock 67, Carol Brown 69.

Nearest pin: Tinwald Liquorland #2; Snow Pierce. Gluyas Ford #6; Dave Horrell.

Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill #12; Richard Thompson. Ace Auto Electrical #16; Wayne Smith. G & R Seeds 2nd shot #11; Des Green.

Two’s: Bronwyn Flannery, Snow Pierce, Arthur Pawsey, Steve Kennedy, Mark Banks, Brent Smith, Elizabeth Collins, Ryan Ford, Wayne Smith. Net Eagle; # 10 Not struck.

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis February27 Mixed Masters Gold beat Red 4 matches to 2: H. Woodhouse & S. Spittal beat M. Morrow & M. Allan 9-3; A. Hodson & S. Smith lost to G. Allan & G. Donaldson 8-9, H. Woodhouse & S. Smith beat M. Morrow & G. Donaldson 9-3, S. Spittal & A. Hodson beat M. Allan & B. Allan 9-6, H. Woodhouse & A. Hodson lost to M. Morrow & G. Allan 8-9, S. Spittal & S. Smith beat M. Allan & G. Donaldson 9-6.

Orange lost to Green 5 matches to 1: P. Yates & B. Sivier lost to C. Ross & D. Young 4-9, S. Letham & G. Esker beat A. Kermode & S. Clemens 9-6, P. Yates & G. Esker lost to C. Ross & S. Clemens 8-9, B. Siviver & S. Letham lost to D. Young & A Kermode 5-9, P. Yates & S. Letham lost to C. Ross & A. Kermode 6-9, B. Sivier & G. Esker lost to D. Young & S. Clemens 5-9.

A Grade Methven beat Fairton 5 matches to 1: F. Ness & K. Kawamana beat S. Bubb & P. Crozier 6-2, 6-4, T. Leonard & Q. Ritchie lost to M. Martin & M. Thyne 6-3, 3-6, 0-1 (6-10), F. Ness beat S. Bubb 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7), K. Kawamana beat P. Crozier 6-2, 6-1, T. Leonard beat M. Martin 6-3, 7-5, M. Thyne beat Q. Ritchie by default Allenton beat Southern 6 matches to 0: R. Cromie & B. Looij beat T. Brosnahan & N. Thomassen 6-4, 6-2, H. Dargue & M. Ness beat O. McKeown & C. Stock 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8), R. Cromie beat T. Brosnahan 6-1, 6-1, B. Looij beat N. Thomassen 6-0, 7-6 (7-1), H. Dargue beat O. McKeown 6-0, 6-2, M. Ness beat C. Stock 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-5).

Hampstead lost to Tinwald 4 matches to 2: A. Mitchell & Connor Brosnahan beat N. Mccann & T. McCann 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (12-11), Christal Brosnahan & E. Connelly-Whyte lost to M. Bubb & M. Lucas 4-6, 4-6, Connor Brosnahan lost to N. Mccann 1-6, 1-6, A. Mitchell lost to T. Mccann 2-6, 1-6, Christal Brosnahan lost to M. Bubb 2-6, 3-6, E. Connelly-Whyte beat M. Lucas 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6).

A Reserve Allenton/Wakanui lost to Tinwald 5 matches to 1: S. Wallis & C. Paul lost to D. Scott & J. Leslie 3-6, 4-6, J. Settle & W. Wallis beat J. Millar & S. Millar 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (12-10), M. Looij lost to D. Scott 4-6, 6-7 (27), C. Paul lost to J. Leslie 0-6, 1-6, J. Settle lost to J. Millar 1-6, 0-6, W. Wallis lost to S. Millar 7-5, 0-6, 0-1 (7-10).

Methven lost to Hampstead 6 matches to 0: I. Talbot & S. Innes lost to Q. Ritchie & J. Brosnahan 1-6, 1-6, N. Alombro & V. Talbot lost to L. Schikker & J. Aschen 1-6, 0-6, I. Talbot lost to Q. Ritchie 5-7, 3-6, S. Innes lost to J. Brosnahan 5-7, 3-6, N. Alombro lost to L. Schikker 4-6, 3-6, V. Talbot lost to J. Aschen 1-6, 3-6.

B Grade Rakaia Blue beat Hampstead 4 matches to 2: J. Helem & S. Moore beat T. Lee & L. Prendergast 9-3, H. Helem & T. Bassett beat Z. Aschen & E. Trumper 9-4, J. Helem

lost to T. Lee 3-6, 6-0 0-1 (6-10), H. Helem lost to L. Prendergast 4-6, 2-6, S. Moore beat Z. Aschen 6-1, 6-3, T. Bassett lost to E. Trumper 6-4, 6-1.

Dorie beat Allenton 4 matches to 2: L. Pye & J. Jackways beat M. Dargue & C. Collins 9-6, C. Sloper & F. Pye lost to H. Preston & L. Moore 4-9, L. Pye beat M. Dargue 6-1, 6-1, J. Jackways beat C. Collins 6-4, 7-5, C. Sloper beat H. Preston 6-3, 6-2, F. Pye lost to L. Moore 6-7 (2-7), 2-6.

Tinwald Orange beat Hinds Southern Warriors 4 matches to 2: H. Tawatao & L. Scott beat A. Watt & A. McKeown 9-6, C. Thomson & C. Donaldson lost to R. Watt & L. Adams 7-9, H. Tawatao beat A. Watt 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8), L. Scott beat R. Watt 6-3, 6-0 (retired injured), C. Thomson beat A. McKeown 6-1, 6-4, C. Donaldson beat L. Adams 6-4, 6-2.

Junior A Southern/Allenton beat Hampstead/Tinwald 4 matches to 2: M. Furrer & G. Preston beat D. Williams & T. Feutz 6-2, R. Furrer & M. Armstrong lost to J. Hunter & R. Breen 4-6, M. Furrer beat D. Williams 9-3, G. Preston beat T. Feutz 9-5, R. Furrer beat J. Hunter 9-1, M. Armstrong lost to R. Breen 1-9.

Junior C Dorie C lost to Methven Black 4 matches to 2: B. Sloper & S. Pye lost to J. King & J. Irwin 1-6, B. Surridge & S. Kingsbury beat A. Cavanagh & B. Giera 6-1, B. Sloper lost to J. King 1-6, B. Surridge beat J. Irwin 6-3, S. Pye lost to A. Cavanagh 3-6, S. Kingsbury lost to B. Giere 4-6.

DRAWS ■ Bowls Allenton Bowling Club March 4 Friday Triples - The following skips have teams entered.

B. Holdom, M. Reid, N. Atkinson, B. Harper, N. Sharplin, J. Ryk, B. White, T. Johnson, W. Watts, A. McIntosh, R. Anstiss, C. Leech, T. Blain, G. Crack, B. Brasell, E. Maw, G. Taylor, B. Williams, J. Argyle, H. Boag, J. Martin, B. Harrison, M. Smallridge, B. Molloy, D. Duff, A. MacKenzie, A. Waddell, W. Watson, B. Saussey, G. Clarke.

If unavailable please ring A. Reid 3086007.

Ashburton Bowling Club March 5 Liquorland Sponsored Mixed Triples 12.30 Start The following skips have entered teams M Anderson, P Collins, G Eder, R Gutberlet, R Keeling, J Lattimore, C Leech, A MacKenzie, B Mayson, D Prendergast, J Ryk, B Saussey, G Taylor, P Whinham, B White, B Williams.

Inquiries to J Ryk Phone 3087907.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 5: A Mixed Stableford Round will be played Starting Times: Morning 8.00am, Afternoon report to the Pro Shop at 12.00 for a 12.30 start.

6 March 6 A mixed competition will be held in conjunction with the second round of the White Trophy matchplay. Report at 12.00 for a 12.30 start.

Isaia Toeava seems to have found a new home at French Top 14 club Clermont.

The former All Blacks utility back, now 30, scored a try as Clermont hammered Oyonnax 44-16.

His team-mate, No 8 Fritz Lee, is showing him the ropes.

Oyonnax, who last month terminated the contract of Piri Weepu, now popping up at sixth tier club Saint Sulpice, fielded Roimata Hansell-Pune at No 12, lock Leon Power and prop Soane Tonga’uiha.

Dan Carter’s Racing-Metro came unstuck, with a 13-9 reverse at home to David Smith’s Castres.

Carter kicked three penalty goals, while Ben Tameifuna and Chris Masoe also started.

Smith may have wished he was playing for France in Cardiff, were it not for the small matter of his 2008 appearance for the New Zealand Sevens side.

Someone should have told the French federation of the Steve Devine case, who was granted a dispensation to change his eligibility to New Zealand at the start of the millennium.

Luke McAlister was at fullback and scored a try but Toulouse fell 31-29 at home to Montpellier.

A late try to former Waikato No 8 Rory Grice saw Grenoble to an upset 33-18 win at Stade Francais, who fielded Paul Williams at second five.

Colin Slade kicked a penalty for Pau, but they are far from clear of the relegation zone after a 3-15 home loss to Bordeaux-Begles.

Conrad Smith started at centre for Pau, while Hugh Chalmers wore the No 7 jersey for the visitors, with Peter Saili and Luke Braid off the bench.

Tom Taylor, who kept Quade Cooper on the pine, scored a try as Toulon smashed Brive 44-15.

George Tilsley scored a vital brace from the wing as Agen, battling hard to avoid the drop again, beat Romana Graham’s La Rochelle 31-27.

In the Guinness PRO12, an early try to centre Bundee Aki set Connacht on the way to beating Ospreys 30-22. Starting in the Connacht pack were Tom McCartney (2), Jake Heenan (7), and George Naoupu (8).

Francis Saili’s try was decisive as his Munster edged Treviso 16-13, for whom fullback Jayden Hayward kicked three goals.

Leinster’s Isa Nacewa kicked three goals in a 27-10 victory at Mils Muliaina’s Zebre.

Cardiff Blues, featuring Rey LeeLo and Jarrad Hoeata, upset Nick Williams’ Ulster 23-12, while a try to No 10 Phil Burleigh proved vital as Edinburgh saw off Scarlets 23-22, despite a try to Hadleigh Parkes.

Tries to Johnny Leota and TJ Ioane helped Sale Sharks to a 36-all draw with Saracens.

Willi Heinz, John Afoa and Jeremy Thrush started in Gloucester’s 32-6 win over Newcastle. - NZME

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In brief Snow hinders players With the start of the Asia/Oceania round one Davis Cup tie between New Zealand and South Korea, outdoors in Seoul at the Olympic Tennis courts in just three days’ time, there’s going to have to be a big change in the weather. A couple of snapshots from the team captain Alistair Hunt and team physio Michael Heenan show that playing tennis in Seoul outdoors at present is not possible. The matches are scheduled to start on Friday and be completed Sunday with no indoor alternative. The temperature in the South Korean capital at 7am yesterday morning was -4 degrees with a potential low of -10 this evening.

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City grabs League Cup Manchester City guaranteed manager Manuel Pellegrini some silverware in his last season in charge with a penalty shootout defeat of Liverpool in the League Cup final after yesterday’s match at Wembley ended 1-1. City keeper Willy Caballero saved spot kicks from Lucas Leiva, Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana while Yaya Toure slotted home the winning effort as Pellegrini’s side triumphed 3-1 on penalties.

City clinched the season’s first trophy in dramatic fashion to give Pellegrini his second League Cup, having also lifted it two years ago as well as the League title. - Reuters Donald Sutton in action during Tinwald Cycling Club’s 48km handicap event.

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Ward keeps it in the family Back marker Tony Ward and his fellow scratch men charged through the field to set up a sprint finish in Tinwald Cycling Club’s 48km handicap event around the Grahams Road block on Sunday.

Ward had the final say, and in doing so, had the honour of lifting the trophy in his father’s name – the Eddie Ward Shield.

His ride also earned him the fastest time ribbon, covering the course in 67.41.

Brad Hudson secured the sec-

ond place spoils, and Michael Templeton claimed the final podium position.

Myles O’Donnell and Rachel Thow put their recent Calder Stewart elite race series form to good use to secure fourth and fifth places, while Kristine Marriott backed up from victory in the Mt Somers mountain bike race on Saturday to take sixth spot.

Good fields were the order of the day in the junior and division two events, which were contested over 16km.

Emma Begg, who is competing in her first season of racing, had a day to remember, holding out the chasers to secure the victory.

Suzie Leech chased hard and was rewarded for a solid day’s work, taking second place with Jenna Borthwick riding in to good form leading up to the NZ Track Cycling Championships securing the third place spoils.

Ethan Titheridge, Maddy Trusler-Clark, and Luke Skinner rounded out the top six.

Oliver Davidson hit a vein of

top end-of-season form to take fastest time honours, riding the course in 27.15.

Hilary Singlewood saw off all challengers to take the win in division two while Debbie Skinner claimed second place with Beth Begg making it an all-women’s trifecta riding in third place.

Dean Rattray took fastest time honours completing the distance in 27.52.

Next week the club will contest a 60km handicap event around the Blackbridge block.

■ FOOTBALL

Dream EPL debut for United’s Rashford Teenager Marcus Rashford followed up two goals on his Manchester United debut in midweek with another double plus an assist as Louis van Gaal’s team dented Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes with a 3-2 win yesterday.

The result left third-placed Arsenal five points behind leaders Leicester City while United returned to fifth place above West Ham. The 18-year-old Rashford struck twice in three minutes in the first half on his full EPL de-

but, before former United striker Danny Welbeck pulled one goal back for Arsenal.

Rashford then set up Ander Herrera for United’s third before Mesut Ozil reduced the deficit.

With a dozen senior players unavailable, including captain Wayne Rooney, the under-pressure Van Gaal gave a first league appearance to Rashford, who responded brilliantly.

After 28 minutes he was in the right place to capitalise as Arsenal defender Gabriel could only half-clear a cross.

Three minutes later he headed United’s second as Jesse Lingard was given too much space to cross from the same area.

Arsenal, needing a win to keep pace with local rivals Tottenham as challengers to Leicester, were given some hope before half-time when Welbeck – who once played for the same Manchester boys club that produced Rashford – glanced in Ozil’s free-kick.

It was the German’s 18th assist of the season and he added a goal of his own in the second

half but not until Rashford kept possession and his head before passing square to Herrera, whose 20-metre shot was deflected in off Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny.

Meanwhile Van Gaal delighted the home crowd at one point by throwing himself to the ground to illustrate a foul on Herrera.

The win was Manchester United’s third in seven days after beating Shrewsbury Town 3-0 in the FA Cup and Denmark’s Midtjylland 5-1 in the Europa League.

- Reuters

Vital win for Spurs Tottenham Hotspur came from behind to achieve a crucial 2-1 home win over lowly Swansea City in the Premier League at White Hart Lane yesterday. Italian striker Alberto Paloschi, signed from Chievo in the January transfer window, scored his first goal for the Welsh club to give them a half-time lead. Substitute Nacer Chadli equalised with 20 minutes left and full-back Danny Rose scored the winner seven minutes later. Seeking a first league title since 1961, second-placed Spurs are now two points behind surprise leaders Leicester City with 11 games to play.

- Reuters

Infantino starts work Gianni Infantino opened FIFA’s new museum in his first official act as president of soccer’s governing body yesterday. The 45-yearold Swiss, previously general secretary of European soccer’s governing body UEFA, was elected on Friday to become only the ninth president in the FIFA’s 112-year history. He inherited an organisation in crisis after several dozen soccer officials, some holding high ranks in FIFA, were indicted in the United States while former president Sepp Blatter was banned for six years by FIFA’s ethics committee.

- Reuters

Jets on a mission Newcastle refuse to go quietly, and coach Scott Miller holds belief his squad can challenge for a top-six A-League spot - if they win every last game. The eighth-placed Jets remain in finals contention thanks to Steven Ugarkovic’s 1-0 winner against Central Coast on Sunday.

Having picked themselves up after a lengthy mid-season slump, they’re now just four points adrift of fifth-placed Melbourne Victory and sixth-placed Sydney FC with six rounds to go.

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In brief Taylor finding form Ross Taylor made an encouraging return to the crease in his preworld T20 workout as the North thumped the South in the Origin clash at the Basin Reserve on Sunday. New Zealand’s senior batsman was having his first hitout since sidelined by a left side strain during a T20 international against Pakistan in Wellington in midJanuary. Taylor made an unbeaten 26 off 16 balls as the North cruised to a six-wicket win over the South. ‘’I was pretty nervous leading into today,” Taylor said. ‘’It was good to stretch it out and I’m sure in a couple of weeks hopefully it’ll be 100 per cent.”

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Scott takes Classic

Harry Jones (2 for 46 off 9.3 overs) celebrates the dismissal of John Percasky (4) at Ashburton Domain Oval on Sunday.

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■ CRICKET

Disappointing end to season

By James Ford

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Mid Canterbury fell to a 68 run loss to Christchurch Metro at the Ashburton Domain Oval in their last outing of the season on Sunday.

Metro won the toss and elected to bat in fine conditions.

Opener Matt House (1) went cheaply after being caught by stand-in skipper Jeff Naish off the bowling of Deon Biggs, but

the loss of House did not deter the visitors.

The rest of the upper order produced a solid foundation with Jessie Ruwhiu posting 28, Stewart Van Zanten recording 43 and James Carr 45 to top-score before being both removed by spinner Scott Punselie.

The middlemen made fine contributions – all making it to double figures – but there was no wagging tail as Metro were all

out for 222 in 44.3 overs.

Matt Tait had a superb day with the ball, taking three for five off his two overs.

Mid Canterbury’s reply got off to an unconvincing start as James Southby walked for nought after being caught by House off the bowling of Tom Gooday and fellow opener Nick Gilbert could only muster three runs.

Bo Houston looked to steady

the ship and posted 19 runs, but was dismissed lbw by John Percasky, while Callum Gallagher (2) and Matt Tait (19) were both caught by Michael NewtonVesty off the bowling of Ben Cochrane.

William Southby posted an elegant 35 but Ryan Cockburn (43) offered the most resistance.

There was little more of note, however, as the home side were all out for 154 in the 42nd over.

■ BASKETBALL

Breakers get in early for game one

By Kris shannon The identity of their opponent was still to be confirmed when the Breakers began plotting exactly how they could collect a fifth Australian NBL title.

While on-court plans to defeat Perth had to wait for the Wildcats’ semi-final victory over Illawarra on Friday night, the defending champions had already investigated what was required off the court to claim yet another championship.

They knew a trip to Perth was likely and they knew the threegame grand final series would be squeezed into five days, so the club contacted sports scientists to formulate the best strategy.

The information received

means the Breakers are already in Perth for Wednesday’s opener, their trip being the earliest they’ve left for any of their playoff battles with the Wildcats.

They will also leave straight after Wednesday’s game and travel overnight ahead of Friday’s second game.

Neither side will be particularly keen to head back west for a decider on Sunday, putting a huge onus on game one at Perth Arena.

Having dropped both of their visits to that venue earlier in the season, the Breakers will focus on foul shooting ahead of the competition showpiece.

The Kiwi club lost those games by a combined nine points despite rebounding well, often a

harbinger of success when playing the Wildcats.

They were undone in a facet that became something of a bugbear throughout the campaign, shooting 61 per cent from the free throw line in their first visit and 55 per cent on their second trip.

Ahead of what’s shaping as a classically physical encounter against their old foes, coach Dean Vickerman knows his side must be better from the charity stripe, having finished last in the league in that statistic this season.

The Breakers’ big men do match up well with their opponents but that will count for little if they fail to make the most of their advantage from the line.

“I think our bigs have been really good against their bigs so far,” Vickerman said.

“We’ve won the rebound battle and our bigs have scored at a really high rate.

If they can continue to do that and we make some free throws, that’s been the difference against them.”

Vickerman did express his hope the players would be allowed to bang bodies under the rim, praising a refereeing crew that had allowed physicality in recent weeks.

But, if the whistles do blow, no amount of off-court preparation will matter when the grand final glare is applied and a free throw must be made in a pivotal moment.

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Adam Scott is back and golf’s young guns had better watch out. Scott buried any lingering concerns he could struggle with the short putter with a statement one-shot victory from Spanish star Sergio Garcia at the US PGA Tour’s Honda Classic yesterday. The 37-year-old Australian wasted no time declaring that that triumph at PGA National had the feel of a major and augured well for his pursuit of a second green jacket at the Masters in April.

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Lydia pacing herself Lydia Ko is mindful of taking regular breaks in her golfing year to give her the best chance of Olympic success. The world number one is currently taking a week off before she returns to the circuit in Singapore. Her coach David Leadbetter says with Rio gold her main goal for the year, she’s going to have weeks off like this regularly.

Leadbetter says pacing herself is going to be a key and she’s getting quite smart about it all.

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Crowe, Packer pay debt South Sydney owners Russell Crowe and James Packer have given the NRL club a massive financial boost, waiving a AU$7 million debt. The announcement that the two glamour owners had forgiven the investor loan was made at the South Sydney Members Rugby League Football Club annual general meeting on Sunday. The decision by Hollywood heavyweight Crowe and business mogul Packer removed a massive strain on Souths’ finances, with chairman Nick Pappas saying the cardinal and myrtle were now in their best ever position. - AAP

Stewart in doubt Brett Stewart continues to be hampered by hamstring trouble with the superstar fullback in significant doubt for Manly’s NRL season-opener against Canterbury.

Stewart didn’t train with the Sea Eagles yesterday morning, instead opting for treatment with the team physiotherapist. The 31-year-old was injured in Manly’s trial win over Ipswich two weeks ago. - AAP

Morris to miss a month Canterbury could be without star fullback Brett Morris for the first month of the new season, opening the door for young flyer Brad Abbey. Morris had knee surgery yesterday after being plagued by problems in the NRL pre-season and will have to watch from the sideline when the Bulldogs play Manly on Friday.

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■ ALL STARS THE STARS

Faith runs miraculous mile

By Michael Guerin Miracle Mile hero Have Faith In Me can go faster than this 1:47.5 Australasian mile record but he won’t be attempting it any time soon.

Because pacing’s new wonder horse is finished for the season as his trainers look to the future.

Have Faith In Me overcame nearly galloping in the home straight to grab Lennytheshark in the last stride of a A$750,000 Miracle Mile for the ages at Menangle on Sunday night.

His victory capped a remarkable day for trainers Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen, who won four of the five group one races they contested, finishing second in the other.

But as magnificent as the rest of their team was, Have Faith In Me has the stamp of an all-time great about him.

Still only a four-year-old and a gawky one at that, he comes from a family that improves with age and he could develop into an even more special horse.

Which is why his season is over.

“I think a break now is the best thing for him and he will come back better,” said Purdon.

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Natalie Rasmussen and Have Faith In Me. “That means missing the Jewels and the big four-year-old races at Alexandra Park but he has done more than we thought he could have at this age and he needs time to strengthen up.

“So I am sure he can get better.”

Remarkably the record Have Faith In Me lowered was set last year by his sister Adore Me, who paced 1:47.7.

To have the two fastest winners in Australasian history as brother and sister is scarcely believable.

Adore Me set a world record for

3200m winning a New Zealand Cup and that will be the first big aim for Have Faith In Me next season, meaning he will need plenty of work on his hit and miss standing start manners.

But if he improves as much as his big sister did between four and five, Have Faith In Me won’t just be favourite for the New Zealand Cup but every other major race he contests.

The Purdon-Rasmussen day of domination started in the NSW Oaks when Our Dream About Me remained unbeaten at her 12th

Ready for Melbourne Star colt Xtravagant will be put through his final paces this morning ahead of the Gr.1 Australian Guineas at Flemington on Saturday.

“He’ll do a strong piece of work and he will be on the plane on Wednesday,” co-trainer Jamie Richards said. “He looks great and at this stage everything has gone to plan.”

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start by thrashing Australia’s best fillies.

The stable had a setback in the Ladyship Mile when Willow finished second but their heavilybacked favourite Fight For Glory broke down and was retired.

Smolda put them back on track winning the A$100,000 free-forall, smashing another Australasian record in the process.

His 2:48 clocking for the 2400m mobile is an incredible 6.3 seconds inside the fastest time ever paced for the distance in New Zealand, showing just how fast Menangle has become.

Then it was Waikiki Beach’s turn in the NSW Derby, as he wrested control of the race after 800m and made it 16 wins on end. He comes to Alexandra Park next for the Northern Derby on March 11 and a first meeting with his stablemate Lazarus, who heads to a Derby prelude there this Friday.

Our Dream About Me is also nominated for the Derby but won’t start.

“If we didn’t have so many good colts she would probably have a go but we don’t have to worry about that,” said Purdon matter-of-factly.

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Ideal scene for Risque David Hayes believes Flemington will be the perfect stage for his New Zealand-bred Group One contender Risque. He is expecting the big track and the step up to 1600 metres in Saturday’s Gr.1 Australian Guineas to be ideal for the Kevin Hayes Stakes winner. Hayes, who trains with Tom Dabernig, also welcomed the presence of the in-form Mahuta in this weekend’s event. “That’s what I wanted,” he said. “He will provide a bit of speed with the New Zealand horse Xtravagant.”

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No plans for Dukedom Group One winner Dukedom returned to light duties at Steven Cole’s Byerley Park stables yesterday. “He’s back on the walker and we’ve got no set plans for him,” he said. ”He may even go out for a spell.” Cole’s Gr.1 BMW NZ Derby hopes for Dukedom were dashed after the Gr.1 Levin Classic winner suffered hind leg injuries in the Gr.2 Avondale Guineas. - NZME

Manawatu harness Today at Manawatu Raceway

Manawatu HRC Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting 7 86408 Little Bro (U3) fr Date: 01 Mar 2016 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 2 8 0x957 The Scruff (U1) 10 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 3 3.24 SPEIGHTS ALE HOUSE MOBILE PACE $6000, and 6; 7, 8 and 9 3yo+ f&m c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 2.15pm SYLVESTER CLARKE HANDICAP TROT 1 00350 Mystic Potion (1) fr $6000, 3yo+ c0 to c1 spechcp trot, stand, 2500m 2 78445 Valmara (2) fr 1 52035 Chiltons Vocation (1) fr 3 54664 Myeyesadoreya (3) fr 2 2x759 Malabar Spur (U1) fr 4 03333 Jackalack Sue (4) fr 3 00066 Lady J (1) 30 5 09960 Vanishing (5) fr 4 14749 Eli (2) 30 6 85580 Gotta Go Wild Spirit (6) fr 5 53870 Bim Bom Bay (3) 30 7 767 Keepers Art (7) fr 6 43100 Pippa Middleton (4) 30 4 3.51 ACCOMMODATION GATEWAY MOTEL MOBILE 7 29688 Itsnowornever (5) 30 PACE $6000, 3yo+ c,g&e c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 8 6P083 Torpedo Run (U1) 30 1 96770 Cerberus (1) fr 2 2.50 THE WRIGHT DECORATORS HANDICAP TROT 2 66888 Glendene (2) fr $6000, 4yo+ c2 & faster discrhcp trot, stand, 2500m 3 26527 Local Yokel (3) fr 1 31320 Moment Of Love (1) fr 4 97895 Tenacious Bromac (4) fr 2 35428 Master Monarchy (2) fr 5 0 Burning Reign (5) fr 3 55376 Clifden Clowers (3) fr 6 6 Razor Brogden (6) fr 4 35403 Burt Munro (4) fr 7 65606 Acton Town (7) fr 5 74146 Loki Brogden (U1) fr 5 4.16pm SPEEDY SIGNS MOBILE PACE $6000, 4yo+ 6 26P07 Notre Dame (U2) fr c2 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m

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MOBILE PACE $6000, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace, 2500m 1 57800 Sheza Springfield (1) fr 2 54643 Honey Smith (2) fr 3 60333 Kilkeel Lady (3) fr 4 52209 P Tomado (4) fr 5 93833 Alta Surreal (5) fr 6 21307 Sifty Tuesday (6) fr 7 80770 Our Wicklow (7) fr 8 90008 Golden Billion (21) fr 9 63576 Starry Delight (22) fr 10 226P0 Chevrons Easy (23) fr Pacifiers on : Chevrons Easy (R9) SELECTIONS Race 1: Torpedo Run, Malabar Spur, Chiltons Vocation Race 2: Master Monarchy, Moment Of Love, Burt Munro Race 3: Keepers Art, Jackalack Sue, Mystic Potion, Valmara Race 4: Razor Brogden, Local Yokel, Cerberus, Acton Town Race 5: Sikora, Paul’s Verdict, River Emperor, Kia Kaha Race 6: Stunin Banner, Saharazona, On The Razzle, Stand Sure Race 7: Ralph Elliott, Jack Bates, Wynberg Courage, Balius Race 8: Prime Lustre, Franco Lennox, Here Comes Helen Race 9: Kilkeel Lady, Alta Surreal, Honey Smith, Starry Delight

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington 2 83664 Giganaire 17.41 S &........................B Evans Raceway Meeting Date: 01 Mar 2016 NZ Meeting num- 3 23754 Homebush Justine nwtd .........J T McInerney ber: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 4 74656 High On Vee 17.94 .......................A Williams 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 5 77253 Cawbourne Shadow nwtd ...............J Tanner 10, 11 and 12 6 23788 Idol Georgie 17.64 ............................ J Rush 7 1313 Chippy Jordy 17.47 ............................C Weir 1 12.12pm (NZT) SUPER PETS DASH C1, 295m 8 22627 Know Energy 17.50........................G Cleeve 1 14363 Alex Rumble 17.43 .................J T McInerney 9 67577 Definite 17.43 ................................R Adcock 2 16568 First Officer 17.65 ........................S Hindson 3 4584F Archies Dijon 17.56 M & ...................Jopson 10 x8787 Another Cruise nwtd ..............J T McInerney 4 67425 Ohoka Faith 17.44........................ L Waretini 4 1.06pm I PAVE CONCRETE DASH C1, 295m 5 31547 Mighty Mac 17.48...............................C Weir 1 35273 Jack’s A Jewel 17.35 ....................C Roberts 6 75567 Glory Hog 17.55 .....................J T McInerney 2 77874 Max Brainstrain 17.39 M & .................. Smith 7 82472 Tip The Babe 17.56 C &..................... Fagan 3 46215 God Particle 17.63 ..............................A Lee 8 24713 Ultra Action 17.46 S &.....................B Evans 4 33416 Sal’s Babe 17.81 C & ......................... Fagan Emergencies: 5 77863 Another Vespa nwtd ...............J T McInerney 9 x6758 Know Luck nwtd .............................G Cleeve 6 58211 Ekali 17.43 J & ................................D Fahey 10 x8787 Another Cruise nwtd ..............J T McInerney 7 82512 Johnnybruce 17.43 ................J T McInerney 2 12.30pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER ROSANOWSKI 8 86752 Go Tommo 17.10 S & ......................B Evans Emergencies: STAKES C1, 520m 9 x6758 Know Luck nwtd .............................G Cleeve 1 11313 Yahbini Bale nwtd .........................C Roberts 2 63552 Skillz Taylor nwtd .......................... L Waretini 10 x8787 Another Cruise nwtd ..............J T McInerney 3 46623 Homebush Buck 30.60 ...........J T McInerney 5 1.26 CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO SPRINT C1, 295m 4 5176x Opawa Peaches 30.47 J & ..............D Fahey 1 55524 Goldstar Rosie 17.43 S & ...............B Evans 5 73642 Opawa Minstrel 30.63 L & .................. Wales 2 25635 Lexie Rae 17.53 ...........................C Roberts 6 58656 Rich Action 30.91 S & .....................B Evans 3 64616 Southern Blue 17.37 ..........................C Weir 7 45457 Ester Action nwtd S & .....................B Evans 4 41767 Private Agenda 17.63 ................... I Fensom 8 54336 Opawa Bucks Eye nwtd L & ............... Wales 5 74333 Lucas Scott 17.77 ........................ L Waretini 9 27877 Opawa Smoke 31.38 L & ................... Wales 6 54875 Another Zircon 17.45 .............J T McInerney 10 85784 Private Action 31.14 S & .................B Evans 7 34785 Paddy The Baker 17.30..........J T McInerney 3 12.48pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC SPRINT C1, 295m 8 45533 Eug The Scrooge 17.69 M & .............Jopson 1 62747 Another Spin 17.39 ................J T McInerney 9 67577 Definite 17.43 ................................R Adcock

8 46277 Kinloch Action nwtd S & ..................B Evans 9 67577 Definite 17.43 ................................R Adcock 10 x8787 Another Cruise nwtd ..............J T McInerney 1 F4523 Hip Hop Sofia 30.78 .................. A Bradshaw 2 2123 Goldstar Jagger nwtd S & ...............B Evans 9 2.41pm GARDEN CITY CHEM-DRY STKS C1, 520m 1 85262 Plutonium 30.37 H & ...........................Taylor 3 87431 Opawa Stella 30.33 L & ..................... Wales 2 71765 Magic Dozer nwtd ..................... G T Bennett 4 67646 Rio Action nwtd S & ........................B Evans 3 47578 Opawa Tracy 30.29 L & ...................... Wales 5 33454 Majestic Action 30.24 J &................D Fahey 4 64747 In The Boot 30.16 S & .....................B Evans 6 62845 Steel The Gold nwtd.....................M Roberts 5 41762 Jon Snow Lives nwtd ...................C Roberts 7 67418 Punch On Jaime 30.69 ..........J T McInerney 6 86527 Red Hot Action 31.11 S & ...............B Evans 8 8x574 Opawa Grunter 30.38 L & .................. Wales 7 124 Opawa Alex 30.79 L & ....................... Wales 9 27877 Opawa Smoke 31.38 L & ................... Wales 8 37324 Jewel Eagle 30.42 S & ....................B Evans 10 76787 Cawbourne Miami 30.18 ..............C Roberts 7 2.06pm EMERSON CONSULTANCY DASH C1, 295m 9 27877 Opawa Smoke 31.38 L & ................... Wales 10 x5767 Susan Jewel 31.02 ..........................J Tanner 1 85678 Jewel Apache 17.57 S & .................B Evans 2 561 Cupcake 17.73 ....................................A Lee 10 2.58pm GLENBYRE TAVERN DASH C1, 295m 1 87542 Cawbourne Eden 17.64 ...............C Roberts 3 33485 Brooke Davis 17.25 ...................... L Waretini 2 88672 Midnight Action nwtd S & ................B Evans 4 43465 Cawbourne Kin nwtd ....................C Roberts 3 85462 Sketchy Steve 17.35 ....................... M Grant 5 2F674 Blazing Hot 17.58...................J T McInerney 4 75656 Crystall McBell nwtd...............J T McInerney 6 26378 Sprinkles 17.23 ......................J T McInerney 5 78756 Dream Academy nwtd............... G T Bennett 7 43828 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M &..................... Smith 6 32786 Peyton Sawyer 17.56 ................... L Waretini 8 67855 Tracey nwtd .....................................J Tanner 7 65345 Zippora Blaze 17.43 M &...................Jopson 9 x6758 Know Luck nwtd .............................G Cleeve 8 11222 Royal Bash 17.35 ............................. B Dann 10 x8787 Another Cruise nwtd ..............J T McInerney 9 x6758 Know Luck nwtd .............................G Cleeve 8 2.23pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 54478 Foxy Babe 17.87 ..............................A Joyce 10 x8787 Another Cruise nwtd ..............J T McInerney 2 11857 Chair Up 17.58 .......................J T McInerney 11 3.16 ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C1, 295m 1 23766 Noble Fantasy 17.30 S & ................B Evans 3 6F683 Val Baxter 17.62.....................J T McInerney 2 16284 Hayley James 17.53..................... L Waretini 4 35815 Morning Gypsy 17.56 C & .................. Fagan 3 2F643 Uno James nwtd L & .......................... Wales 5 57685 Petra Haka 17.45 ......................... L Waretini 4 52844 Bigtime Tip 17.55 M & ......................... Smith 6 713 You’re The Best 17.58 ........................C Weir 5 83186 Sea Spray Elsa 17.71 .................B Freeman 7 65558 Our John 17.60 ............................S Hindson 10 x8787 Another Cruise nwtd ..............J T McInerney

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56542 Devilskin nwtd ........................J T McInerney 72547 Harden Faster 17.38 M & ..................Jopson 64151 Krista Barista 17.40.......................... B Dann 67577 Definite 17.43 ................................R Adcock x8787 Another Cruise nwtd ..............J T McInerney 12 3.36pm PROTEXIN DASH C1, 295m 1 32145 Cawbourne Craig 17.69 ...............C Roberts 2 61228 Star Apache 17.42 S & ...................B Evans 3 68734 Ilabb 17.32 M & .................................Jopson 4 34456 Ohoka Hope 17.38 ....................... L Waretini 5 4F663 Jinno Gino 17.65 ......................... J McMillan 6 48882 Doosh nwtd ............................J T McInerney 7 63334 Bhuja 17.47 ...............................R Blackburn 8 44422 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith 9 x6758 Know Luck nwtd .............................G Cleeve 10 x8787 Another Cruise nwtd ..............J T McInerney SELECTIONS Race 1: Alex Rumble, Ultra Action, Tip The Babe, Glory Hog Race 2: Opawa Peaches, Opawa Minstrel, Opawa Bucks Eye Race 3: Chippy Jordy, Another Spin, Giganaire, Idol Georgie Race 4: Ekali, Go Tommo, Max Brainstrain, Jack’s A Jewel Race 5: Southern Blue, Lexie Rae, Lucas Scott, Another Zircon Race 6: Goldstar Jagger, Hip Hop Sofia, Opawa Grunter Race 7: Cupcake, Sprinkles, Cawbourne Kin, Coleridge Jim Race 8: You’re The Best, Val Baxter, Chair Up, Kinloch Action Race 9: Opawa Alex, Jewel Eagle, In The Boot, Opawa Tracy Race 10: Midnight Action, Sketchy Steve, Zippora Blaze Race 11: Krista Barista, Uno James, Noble Fantasy, Definite Race 12: Time Slayer, Cawbourne Craig, Ilabb, Doosh LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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V8s may quit F1 GP V8 Supercars is reportedly threatening to quit the Australian Formula One Grand Prix if its support races aren’t upgraded to championship status.

According to Fairfax Media, when V8’s existing Melbourne deal ends in 2018, it won’t renew its annual appearance on the F1 undercard unless the races are part of the title series.

“I can’t see us there in 2019 unless it’s a championship round,” V8 Supercars chief executive James Warburton said.

“Obviously, we’ll fulfil our contract which runs through to 2018 but, beyond that, I can’t see us racing there unless it’s a championship round.”

The Australian Grand Prix Corporation (AGPC) maintains there are ongoing efforts to gain F1 approval for the V8s to compete for championship points at Albert Park.

“It’s a continuing effort,” AGPC chief executive Andrew Westacott said.

“Once again, contractual complexities got in the way, so we weren’t able to achieve it for this year, but we’re continually open and optimistic for the future.”

The V8s have been the main supporting act at the Melbourne GP for all but one year since the F1 event moved from Adelaide in 1996, but the races have never counted towards the V8 championship because of conflicting broadcasting deals and logistical impediments.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS SANDFORD, Patricia Dawn, (Pat) – On February 28, 2016 peacefully at Hospice South Canterbury, Timaru surrounded by family and friends. Dearly loved wife of the late Les. Loved mother and mother in law of Carolyn and Dennis Mulholland (Christchurch), Andy and Carolyn (Matamata), Doug Gilmour (Christchurch), and Lisa and Ray (Rakaia). Loved nana of Nicky, and Jared; Natasha and great nana of Amber, and Mitchell. Loved sister and sister in law of Lois, Alecia, Tony and Faye, Alma, Lyn, Geoff, Kathy and Dave, Eric and Kathy, George and Gaye and the late Rosie.

Special friend of Larry and Sandy. Messages to P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service in memory of Pat will be held at our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on THURSDAY, March 3, 2016 commencing at 2.00pm. Followed by private Cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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SINCLAIR, David Neil (Neil) QSM – On February 27, 2016.

Peacefully and surrounded by loved ones, aged 75. Dearly loved husband, and soulmate of Jeanette for 58 years.

Much loved and respected father and father-in-law of Nikki and Mike Crosbie, Garth and Julie Sinclair and Craig and Ali Sinclair. Greatly adored grandfather of Sam, Ben, and Briar Crosbie; Emma, Matt, and Adam Sinclair; and Grace, Jack, and Ella Sinclair. Loved brother and brother in law of the late Ross and Isabell, Graham and Helen, Lynn, and Anne. Messages to Sinclair Family P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Grateful thanks for the care and support of the Oncology and Palliative staff at Ashburton Hospital. In lieu of flowers, donations to Ashburton Palliative Care would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A celebration of Neil’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, 48 Allens Road, Ashburton, on WEDNESDAY, March 2, 2016 commencing at 2.00 pm, followed by a private interment.

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6am Breakfast 9am Whanau Living Horticulturalist Nicola Kawana is in the kitchen making a healthy meal using things from her garden; Meg Kane plants edible flowers.

9:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 With special guest Rebel Wilson. 0 10:30 The Chase 3 0 11:30 Brendan’s Magical Mystery Tour 3 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm Our First Home PGR 3 0 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Our First Home AO 0 8:30 Secret Life Of Four Year Olds 0 9:30 How The Rich Get Hitched 0 10:35 One News 0

11:05 Stalker AO 3 0 Midnight Karli Thomas And The Raiders Of The Last Tuna AO 0 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 32

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Wild Shepherdess With Kate Humble 7:30 Dear Genevieve 8am World’s Wildest City 8:30 Secret Shark Pits 9:30 Jamie At Home 10am Poh’s Kitchen 10:30 Selling LA 11am Home By Novogratz 11:30 Beverly Hills Pawn Noon Wild Shepherdess With Kate Humble 1pm Mekong River With Sue Perkins 2pm Billy Connolly’s Route 66 PGR 3pm Dear Genevieve 3:30 World’s Wildest City 4pm Oceans Of Contrast 5pm Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 5:30 Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 6pm Decks, Docks And Gazebos 6:30 Buying The Bayou 7pm Auction Hunters PG 7:30 Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea 8:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 9:30 Project – Restoration 10pm Kitchen Crashers 10:30 Auction Hunters PG 11pm Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 11:30 Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen

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6am Paul Henry 9am The Queen Latifah Show 3 Queen interviews Toni Braxton; entrepreneur Mark Cuban shares the five secrets to his success.

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11pmCougarTownPGR3 0 11:55N RizzoliAndIslesAO 0 12:50Shortland StreetPGR3 0 1:20Infomercials 2:20The RealPGR3 3:10PrivatePractice–TheFinal SeasonPGR3 0 3:55HappyEndingsPGR 3 0 4:15ANTFarm3 0 4:40TheAdam AndEveShow3 0 5:05Neighbours3 0 5:30Infomercials

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11:10 Burn Notice AO 3 (Part 1) Sam and Jesse are caught in the crossfire when the gang is ambushed while attempting to escape.

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Two very different women, short of the funds to live in New York, agree to room together and start working as phone-sex operators. Justin Long, Mark Webber, Nia Vardalos.

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12:30 Survivor – Nicaragua PG 1:20 Modern Family PGL 1:45 CSI MV 2:35 Criminal Intent MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 The Interceptor MVLS 4:45 Da Vinci’s Demons 18VLS 5:35 Shipping Wars PG

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2pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 3pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 0 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country British couples or families search for the perfect country home while exploring the surroundings of each location.

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Zoo PGR The team goes to Paris to find a group of bears whose trackers have gone offline.

8:30 M I, Frankenstein AO 2014 Action Fantasy. Adam Eckhart, Bill Nighy. 0 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6am Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity Series (Highlights) Heads Up Georgia 250. 7am Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Car Series (Highlights) Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500. 8am Basketball – NBL (Highlights) Semi-final One, Game Two – NZ Breakers v Melbourne United.

8:30 The Cricket Show 8:45 L Bowls – Trans-Tasman Competition Day One, Session One. 11:30 Rugby Nation 12:30 L Bowls – TransTasman Competition Day One, Session Two. 3:15 L Bowls – Trans-Tasman Competition Day One, Session Three. 6pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Crusaders v Chiefs.

6:30 Cricket – Women’s T20 International (Highlights) 7:30 UFC Now Experts discuss the most important fights and controversial topics in the UFC. 8:30 Boxing – The Big Bash (Replay) From ABA Stadium, Auckland.

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11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

Midnight Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

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Reese Witherspoon, Sofía Vergara.

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Jenna Dewan-Tatum. 4:35 The Lazarus Effect MVC 2014 Horror.

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9:30 Cricket – Island Of Origin T20 (Replay) North Island v South Island. From the Basin Reserve in Wellington.

1pm Football – A-League Highlights Show (Highlights) 1:30 NZ Football Weekly Secret Life of Four Year Olds 2pm Football League Show 8:30pm on TV One 2:30 Football – Chelsea TV Southampton v Chelsea. From St MOVIES GREATS Mary’s Stadium in Southampton.

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Netball World Cup Player of the Tournament Mwai Kumwenda was one of three Mainland Tactix at the EA Network Centre for the Mid Canterbury player development programme.

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Mid Canterbury’s under-15 and under-17 netballers were put through their paces at the EA Networks Centre stadium on Saturday and Sunday.

Seventeen young players made the most of fitness, nutrition and physiotherapy sessions, as well as ball skills,

attack and defensive drills, during the Mid Canterbury player development programme.

They were under the watchful eyes of Mainland Tactix players Anna Thompson, Mwai Kumwenda and Charlotte Elley.

Mid Canterbury Netball development officer Brooke Morshuis said

the girls improved rapidly over the weekend.

“The improvement of skills and techniques was huge.

“Everyone who came improved,” she said.

“I’m sure there will be some sore bodies at school today, it was pretty intense.”

The improvement of skills and techniques was huge

Man U finds new Lydia pacing wunderkind herself for Rio P17

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