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For 92 years a solid brick building, home to the Ashburton District’s Baptist congregation has stood four square on the corner of Cass and Havelock streets but by tonight, that church will be just a pile of rubble.

The bulldozer completed a chain of events set in motion by the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes as the church’s board weighed up the cost of strengthening their church, against call-

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At the end of the day, it was a simple decision in dollar terms, but it was a decision that came with huge emotional implications, church property manager Merv Johns said.

“The building’s not damaged, but it’s not up to code and it’s far too expensive to bring it up to code,” he said.

The church, built in 1926, has been assessed at just 12 per cent of the building code. It has not been used for services for about 12 months

“It was a hard decision and a long, drawn-out process. A lot of our older congregation have been baptised there or married there and we’ve had a lot of fun in there,” Johns said.

The church’s interior has been updated over the years but the exterior is largely original.

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■ ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL

Takeaways, gaming banned for Lent

By SuSan SandyS

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Mid Canterbury Catholics are foregoing some of life’s everyday temptations as Easter approaches.

Facebook, fizzy drink and PlayStation are among things that individual students and teachers at St Joseph’s School in Ashburton have banned for themselves.

Lent is a six-week religious observance which begins Ash Wednesday and culminates leading up to Easter Sunday, which will be April 1. It sees Catholics traditionally give up something as they focus on prayer, penance and charity.

Director of religious studies at St Joseph’s, Rachel Brown, said she had chosen to give up takeaways.

“So far, so good, but it’s very challenging especially when you end up working late,” she said.

Some of her pupils had given up junk food and PlayStation games, while some of her fellow staff had given up their daily dose of social media.

“It would be tricky, how do you remember the birthdays?” she said.

Leader of the special character committee Bree O’Malley and deputy leader Patrick Howden, both in Year 8, are relying on their water bottles more than ever after giving up fizzy drink.

Bree has also given up icecream and is finding hot days

particularly tough, although she has stuck to her commitment so far.

St Joseph’s students have been studying the economic development of rural Timorese women throughout Lent and are raising money towards the cause via charity organisation Caritas.

They are writing letters to businesses to obtain prizes for a balloon raffle, where families who have bought balloons will pop them to see what prize they have won.

They also plan on holding a talent quest later this month.

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for Lent offers individuals more time for worthy pursuits such as the Caritas appeal, Brown said.

“It’s not so much giving up, it’s kind of the purpose of giving up.

It’s about having that self-control and discipline, but it’s about more the purpose behind that,” she said.

Above – St Joseph’s School special character committee deputy leader Patrick Howden and leader Bree O’Malley are relying on their water bottles more than ever during Lent.

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Cost of strengthening forces church demolition From P1 Church members salvaged timber from the interior before demolition began.

As part of the demolition, a wall connecting the church to the new building had to be re-clad and there were some issues with asbestos removal.

Another factor in the decision to

demolish was the need for greater space for the church’s growing congregation. It now has a team of three ministers.

Seven years ago the church board decided as part of its planning for the future, to demolish the hall at the rear of the church and create a new building that would become part of the greater church complex. It was designed

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to seat 350 people. The original church was then intended to become a youth church.

The new development came with a $1.5 million price tag. When the church demolition is completed and the site cleared, Johns said decisions would be made on its future use.

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With the congregation growing steadily, there was a need for more space and this could come in the building that was now being used in the form of a mezzanine floor or it could involve extending into the original church site.

Extension or new build would again be driven by economics, he said.

The Baptist Church has a long history in Ashburton with the first gathering of about 30 people held in September 1882. The first church service was held in October that year in the Templar Hall.

In August 1885 church members decided to buy land in Peter Street on which the first church was built. This opened its doors in April 1887.

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■ PARENTING WEEK

Potluck breakfast a hit

By Katie todd

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Ashburton’s inaugural parenting week is in full swing and community groups are jumping on board to celebrate the occasion.

The Mid Canterbury Newcomers Network got behind the cause with a parenting week potluck breakfast at Community House yesterday, one of nine free events scheduled throughout the week.

At the brealfast was Families Without Violence co-ordinator Anna Arrowsmith, who has helped organise the activities alongside Rural Canterbury Primary Health Organisation community connector Brenna Russell.

She said it had been very successful so far, with tickets sold out to a number of the evening events.

“It’s going really well, and we’re really happy,” she said.

“We’ve been trying to connect with a number of different groups around the community and so

Local newcomers Wendy Hewitt (left) and Crystal Huang joined in a potluck breakfast as part of parenting week yesterday.

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this is what the potluck breakfast is all about.”

Inspired by parenting week in Christchurch, the event aims to educate, inform and entertain

families of all ages and stages.

The week kicked off with a parenting expo on Monday and a number of guest speakers have made appearances at the Ashbur-

ton Trust Event Centre. Today, Jim Sole from the Brainwave trust will take the stage to speak about unravelling the adolescent brain.

On Friday, local chef Chantelle

Quinn will host Healthy Meals on a Budget and on Saturday, Hakatere Marae will host a whanau day.

The week will wrap up just in time for Children’s Day on Sunday.

■ EDUCATION

Schools stock up for hungry kids

By Katie todd

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Ashburton schools seeing an increasing number of children turning up without lunch are having to hand out snacks themselves.

National charities KidsCan and the Salvation Army have reported “worrying” growth in demand for food assistance, including more and more families struggling to provide adequate school lunches to children each day.

The issue has certainly been noticeable on a local scale, said Ashburton Intermediate School principal Brent Gray, and while a good lunch should include some

sort of carbohydrate, fruit, nuts and snacks with “plenty of energy to get through the day”, not all students seemed to have access to such supplies.

The Intermediate School office had now stocked up on snack food to hand out to students in need, as has Ashburton Borough School.

At Borough, some parents had also begun making extra lunches for any children who might need it.

Allenton School principal Graham Smith said the local dairy supplied a number of toasted sandwiches, fruit and water for his students who could not bring

whose lunches were a concern.

Principal Phil Wheeler had undertaken a survey of lunchboxes last year to see what children were bringing to school, and the result was “definitely quite a mixed bag”, she said.

After the report from KidsCan, national organisation, the Mother’s United Movement launched a campaign to introduce free school lunches on February 5.

The group are now lobbying the Government “to provide public funds and resources for all children in New Zealand at school and in early childhood education (ECE) to receive a daily fresh, healthy, nu-

tritious and delicious lunch”.

However, local principals were unsure if a government-funded programme was the answer.

Gray said while he backs “anything that supports the children”, it would be a matter of who was handing out the food, where, using what space and facilities.

Smith said he would also be a bit sceptical how a government programme would work and whether it would create the best long-term results for children.

“Call me old-fashioned, but at the end of the day I think it should be the parents who provide the food,” he said.

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“If they’re going to do any work in the afternoon they’re definitely going to need it,” he said.

“But we do keep a record book of the students that we provide lunch and note down if it happens once or twice – and if there’s a third knock, then I follow it up. In cases where it’s ongoing I make contact with the homes and, if needed, get in touch with (the Ministry for Children) Oranga Tamariki.”

At Netherby School, deputy principal Mel Sloane said some students came to her school with “great, healthy lunches”, but there were also a number of children

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■ ASHBURTON RIVER

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‘Body’ found on water mission

BY LINDA CLARKE

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A summer student working for Environment Canterbury discovered 80 new springs near the Ashburton River … as well as the carcasses of three dead cats hung on a gate and a “body” buried in bush.

Caitlin Adlam recorded the latter as strange sightings, though they gave her a fright at the time.

Adlam presented the preliminary findings of her summer’s work to the Ashburton Water Zone committee this week and her formal report will also be sent to landowners who allowed her onto their properties near the Ashburton River to look for springs or streams.

Over the three months, she mapped 56km of streams, climbing over electric fences and fighting her way through dense vegetation to locate the origins of water sources. She was crawling through bush one day when she came across “a body” wrapped in a blanket.

The night before she had watched a television programme where the same sort of blanket had been used to conceal a dead body.

She bolted from the riverbed and called for workmate Donna Field, who kicked the blanket and found, to everyone’s relief, it contained a bag of rubbish.

Aside from that scary moment,

Caitlin Adlam has spent the summer mapping new streams and springs.

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Adlam said her job and interactions with landowners had been positive and farmers had been keen to know more about springs on their properties and how to look after them.

The University of Canterbury science graduate said mapping the streams and springs along the river would help scientists better understand flows in the river. It will link to another study looking

at the interaction of groundwater and river water close to the river margins.

Adlam was working from a 1999 database of springs and streams and she updated or added new locations as she discovered them.

She visited 51 of the 146 points on the database and found 43 still present.

“I have also mapped just under 80 new springs and added them

to the database.”

She also recorded the most common plants in the streams were water cress, forget-me-not and the weed monkey mask.

Adlam said the environment would continue to change, so updating the database should be seen as a work in progress.

“I have learned so much talking with farmers and thank everyone.

I really enjoyed my summer.”

A new programme that aims to change the lives of 12 rural women is about to be launched in Ashburton.

Under the umbrella of Safer Ashburton, a driver’s licence initiative has been developed that will see groups of rural women helped to pass driving tests that will ensure they are able to become part of their wider communities.

The project is funded by the

Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust and will be run by co-ordinator Wendy Hewitt.

She’s now developed the tutoring programme and has opened her books for registrations.

Lessons will start at the Ashburton Learning Centre on March 13 and will run for eight weeks, between 11am and 1pm and Hewitt said she is already fielding enquiries.

For a number of rural women, the lack of a licence means they’re effectively isolated on

farms and have to rely on others to take them to every off-farm activity, including school events, she said.

Attendees may be immigrants or New Zealanders who are new to the district, but to be eligible they will need to live rurally.

Once the first group of 12 have achieved their learners’ status they will begin working towards their restricted licence and a new group of women will be recruited to begin the licence process.

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A precautionary boil water notice on the Mt Somers supply has been lifted. The notice was imposed by the Ashburton District Council after turbidity (cloudiness) levels rose in the supply. These have now reduced and water quality has returned to normal. No contamination has been detected.

Boil water notices remain in place Methven, Montalto and Methven/ Springfield. Turbidity levels are still high in the Montalto and Methven/Springfield supplies, while Methven is still experiencing water discolouration. Residents connected to these supplies are encouraged to continue boiling their water. The remaining notices will be in place until further advised.

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number of community and rural organisations as well as with schools to promote the scheme and there is good early interest, she said.

The project is staged over a number of weeks to accommodate possible language or cultural barriers.

Rural women can register for the driver’s licence course by contacting Safer Ashburton 3081395 or Wendy Hewitt, 0276 113301.

Registrations close on March 9 for the March 13 course.

The Children’s Commissioner says lowering the voting age to 16 is an issue the country needs to genuinely discuss. Judge Andrew Becroft told a parliamentary select committee yesterday one of his biggest concerns is that children’s voices are not heard. “You cannot say children are just another interest group, because they are the only group without a voice.”

Voter turnout in the last election showed young people were the least engaged in New Zealand’s democratic process.

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■ CYCLONE GITA

Tonga relief fund boosted by students

By Katie todd

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The collective contributions of Mid Canterbury schoolchildren and pre-schoolers will boost Tonga relief efforts by more than $2800.

In the wake of destructive cyclone Gita, a number of local schools in the Hakatere Community of Learning (COL) banded together to hold a joint gold coin mufti day and collect gold coins in support of the storm-ravaged island nation.

The COL includes 12 Mid Canterbury schools and two early childhood centres, and yesterday COL lead Hilary Boyce said a total of around $2400 will be sent to the Red Cross, along with $400 directly from Ashburton Christian School to a Tongan school that lost its roof.

Boyce said the total was a “good effort” to pass on.

“It’s the first time that we have all coordinated for a common cause on one

day, including early childhood centres … hopefully the first of many such experiences,” she said.

At St Joseph’s Catholic School, principal Cath Blacklow said some students have family in Tonga who have been affected by the cyclone, and were “delighted” to be able to help them out.

The category four cyclone Gita is thought to be the worst natural disaster to hit the Island Nation in over half a century, and with more than 1000 homes and farms devastated, the clean-up is expected to take months.

Other support efforts from Mid Canterbury include a Tonga Relief Aid stall set up at the Saturday morning Ashburton Farmers’ Market last week, and running again this week.

Ashburton’s Tongan community are selling donated produce, baking and groceries to collect funds to donate to a church or school in need.

Zonta award celebrates work of female artists

By Katie todd

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One up and coming local artist is about to find out that they’ve won their very own, fully curated, professionally-installed solo exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

The winners of the Zonta Ashburton Female Art Award (ZAFAA18) will be announced at the gallery tomorrow night.

Canterbury-based emerging and midcareer artists were invited to enter the competition in August last year, with two top prizes up for grabs.

Twenty-nine finalist artworks are now in the running for the premier award, which includes a cash prize and the opportunity to hold a solo exhibition at the gallery.

Three other artists between the ages of 16 and 20 are contending for the Young Generation Award, which is a cash prize to encourage further pursuits in the arts.

The winners are being selected by a panel of three judges: Cara Fitzgerald, Director at Timaru’s Aigantighe Art Gallery,

Felicity Milburn, Curator at the Christchurch Art Gallery and Johanna Zellmer, practice artist and senior lecturer at the Otago School of Art. “It is wonderful to have such an award in Canterbury for emerging and mid-career artists, linked to such an outstanding gallery,” said Zellmer.

The judges said they were pleased with the high calibre of works submitted this year.

The awards ceremony will kick off at 7pm tomorrow night, and coincide with the launch of an exhibition by last year’s Premier Award winner Fiona Van Oyen.

ZAFAA was established to help raise the status of female visual artists working in the wider Canterbury area and acknowledge excellence in emerging and mid-career female artists, as well as providing a platform for youth.

More information about tomorrow night’s awards ceremony is available from the Ashburton Art Gallery website.

Hampstead School’s Room One “Tongan Trio” (from left) Lavinia, Kepueli and Kapiolani were among hundreds of students helping support Tonga last Friday.

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Joao Marcelo Albanez, 39, was sentenced to seven years and two months in prison yesterday after trying to get the drug through Auckland Airport.

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■ YEMEN

Conditions ‘catastrophic’ The UN humanitarian chief warned yesterday that conditions in Yemen are “catastrophic” after three years of war, with a record 22.2 million people needing aid and protection, and the UN envoy for the country accused the Saudi-backed government and Shiite rebels of prolonging the conflict.

The officials painted a dire picture of the Arab world’s most impoverished country plunging into the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and facing massive destruction as a result of what special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed called the parties’ continuing “destructive pattern of zerosum politics”.

“Decision-makers in this conflict perceive concessions as weakness and dissent as a threat,” the envoy said. “Regrettably, they have consistently taken irresponsible and provocative actions, disregarding the daily sufferings generated by this conflict.”

Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock warned the Security Council that conflict in Yemen has escalated since November, leaving more people hungry.

“Famine remains a real threat,” he warned.

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Conditions in Yemen are “catastrophic” after three years of war, with a record 22.2 million people needing aid. erations John Ging, Lowcock said that 8.4 million Yemenis “are severely food insecure” and about 400,000 children under the age of 5 “are so severely malnourished they are 10 times likelier to die without treatment than their healthy peers.”

Cheikh Ahmed said the two sides had been on the verge of a peace agreement during negotiations in 2016, but

the parties refused to sign at the last minute. He told the council it became clear that the Houthi rebels weren’t prepared to make concessions on security arrangements.

“This has been a major stumbling block towards reaching a negotiated solution,” he said.

In his last speech to the council before his contract expires after nearly three

years as special envoy, Cheikh Ahmed called on the parties “to cease hostilities, reactivate negotiations aimed at a peaceful settlement” and “to make the culture of coexistence prevail over the language of war”.

His successor is former British diplomat Martin Griffiths, currently executive director of the European Institute of Peace.

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German court lets cities ban diesel cars Handing environmentalists a landmark victory, a German court ruled that cities can ban diesel cars and trucks to combat air pollution, a decision with far-reaching and costly implications in the country where the diesel engine was invented in the 1890s.

The ruling by the Federal Administrative Court stirred fears from motorists, auto dealers and other businesses worried about the financial impact.

And Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government scrambled to reassure drivers it would seek to prevent such drastic measures by pushing other ways to reduce urban pollution.

Diesel automobiles are a popular alternative to petrolpowered ones in Germany,

An environment activist stands in front of the Federal Administrative Court prior to a trial in Leipzig, Germany. The words read: ‘Diesel emissions kill’. with about 9 million diesel cars and several million trucks, buses and other vehicles affected by the ruling.

Overall, 1 in 3 passenger cars in Germany, home to such automakers as Daimler, Volk-

swagen and BMW, are dieselpowered, though the cleanest, most modern models would probably still be allowed even if cities decided on a ban.

“It’s a great day for clean air in Germany,” said Juergen Resch, head of the group Environmental Action Germany, which had sued dozens of German cities for failing to meet legally binding emissions limits. While diesel cars produce less carbon dioxide and tend to get better mileage than gaspowered vehicles, they emit higher levels of nitrogen oxides, or NOx, contributing to respiratory illnesses and 6000 deaths annually, according to government figures.

Two German states had appealed lower court deci-

sions that suggested bans on particularly dirty diesel cars would be effective. Germany’s highest administrative court rejected that appeal yesterday, effectively instructing two cities at the centre of the case – Stuttgart and Duesseldorf – to consider bans as part of their clean air plans.

What comes next is an open question.

It’s not clear whether cities will actually move to ban diesels. And if they do so, it remains to be seen whether automakers will be forced to upgrade exhaust and software systems or buy back vehicles; if the government will offer consumers incentives; or if owners will be left on their own, forced to bear the costs.

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A British supermarket chain has apologised for incorrectly marketing a Black Panther costume as “dark panther”. A savvy shopper spotted the “dark panther” costume for sale on Tesco’s website under the title Marvel Avengers Dark Panther Fancy Dress Costume. She asked the UK supermarket to “please explain” why the phrase “dark panther” was used when there was no such character in the movie. They wrote: “There is no dark panther in the kingdom of Wikanda ... why have you done this?”

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Probe launched into girls’ school abductions Nigeria’s government said yesterday it has set up a panel to investigate the abduction of 110 girls from their school last week by suspected members of the extremist Boko Haram group.

Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed said a major-general will head the panel of Nigerian secu-

Ryan Seacrest’s former stylist has accused the TV star of sexually harassing her for years, claims which the TV host denies. Suzie Hardy’s allegations are detailed in a letter written in late November by her attorney, in which she claims that her job as a stylist with E! turned into an ordeal because Ryan was sexually aggressive towards her and that she felt she had to endure the situation in order to provide for her young daughter.

More specifically, she claimed that Seacrest groped her vagina, pushed himself up against her body and slapped her buttock.

rity agencies that will examine what security was in place at the school and in its northern town, Dapchi in Yobe State, before the attack.

The military had withdrawn from Dapchi weeks before the February. 19 attack, saying its troops were needed elsewhere and claiming that security was handed over to police.

Police deny that, saying the military never entrusted security to it.

Nigeria said the girls missing from the Government Girls Science and Technical College range from 11 to 19.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for “the immediate and unconditional release of all missing girls and

for their safe return to their families,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

The UN chief urged Nigerian authorities to swiftly bring those responsible for their abduction to justice, Dujarric said, and he reiterated the UN’s support to Nigeria and countries in the region in their fight against terrorism.

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Barbra Streisand has revealed that she has cloned her dog, with two puppies produced from her old dog Samantha.

Samantha, a 14-year-old Coton du Tulear, died in 2017. Before Samantha died, Streisand had cells taken from her mouth and stomach, and her two new dogs, Miss Violet and Miss Scarlett, are the result of the cloning. Their names reflect the colours she dressed them in, to tell them apart. They have different personalities,” Streisand says. “I’m waiting for them to get older so I can see if they have her [Samantha’s] brown eyes and seriousness.”

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And this time it’s the staff here at the Guardian who are giving the thanks.

Thanks to the thousands of you, who are our loyal readers, who buy our paper and read its pages six days of the week.

We’re thanking you because without your loyalty and support we could not have achieved what, in our industry is a major event, having a circulation that’s rising while all around us other newspapers are watching their readerships’ falling numbers.

It’s no secret that newspapers are living in a very difficult space.

Our readership is slowly being eroded by online news sources, where the headlines are constantly revolving, where news is lived

in the now, not yesterday.

We accept that and at the Guardian have carved out our own niche with our Guardian online news site alongside the development of our Ashburton App and a successful Facebook page.

But the celebration right now is that our newspaper readership has risen, up by 3.62 per cent in our readership category – circulation under 25,000.

But that’s not all. Of all the categories within the audit, the Ashburton Guardian is the only

one to have shown growth in the last quarter.

It’s no flash in the pan occurrence either.

For the past three quarters we’ve shown growth in our readership and to put it bluntly and with a taste of Kiwi spin, we’re bloody proud of it.

While we believe absolutely in what we do, and we’re committed to bringing you the best possible newspaper six days of the week, we still have to ask why.

The reasons behind the Guardian’s stability in an unstable market may have everything to do with people’s need to feel they belong to their community.

Where once we were part of a small country called New Zealand that was geographically isolated, today we’re part of the world.

Technology has brought about

that change, but at the same time as the world has become very accessible, the desire to be part of a community remains.

In the global age, we still need our own village.

And that’s what Ashburton is.

In a global age, we still need to feel connected to that village.

And that’s what the Ashburton Guardian does.

We see our role as connecting the people who live here with one another, and with the things that happen, large and small, within our community.

Seeing our readership remaining strong, while others are shrinking, shows that we’re doing something right.

We’ll never be all things to all people, but we try every day to be most things to most people, to provide our readers with the sto-

ries that will strike a chord, with the news items that will inform and engage.

Without your help we couldn’t do this.

Our readers, our community, the people who call this place home are the people who make the news. They’re the faces behind the stories and it is your willingness to share your stories with us that makes our newspaper strong, that helps it survive in a world where print and paper are rapidly giving way to electronic media.

Yes, it’s our job, but without a supportive community our job would be a whole lot tougher.

And yes, it’s time for the Guardian team to stop and say thanks, thanks for continuing to help us do our job so we can help our community be just that, a thriving, caring community.

at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.

In 1968, Johnny Cash married June Carter at the First Methodist Church in Franklin, Kentucky.

In 1981, Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland; he died 65 days later.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush, speaking at his Texas ranch, declined to promise more

US troop withdrawals from Iraq before leaving, underscoring the need for a strong military presence during Iraqi provincial elections.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama, still deadlocked with Republican congressional leaders, formally enacted $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts a few hours before the midnight deadline required by law.

One year ago: Gustav Klimt’s painting Bauerngarten sells for $59.3m in London Today’s birthdays: Actor

Robert Clary is 92. Singer Harry Belafonte is 91. Actor Robert Conrad is 83. Rock singer Mike D’Abo is 74. Rock singer Roger Daltrey is 74. Actor Dirk Benedict is 73. Actor-director Ron Howard is 64. Country singer Janis Gill is 64. Actress Catherine Bach is 63. Actor Tim Daly is 62. Singermusician Jon Carroll is 61. Rock musician Bill Leen is 56. Actor Bryan Batt is 55. Actor Maurice Bernard is 55. Actor Russell Wong is 55. Actor Chris Eigeman is 53.

Actor John David Cullum is 52.

Actor George Eads is 51. Actor

Javier Bardem is 49. Actor Jack Davenport is 45. Rock musician Ryan Peake is 45. Actor MarkPaul Gosselaar is 44. Singer Tate Stevens is 43. Actor Jensen Ackles is 40. Rock musician Sean Woolstenhulme is 37. Actress Lupita Nyong’o is 35. Pop singer Kesha is 31. Pop singer Justin Bieber is 24.

Thought for today: “Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don’t take anything too seriously, it’ll all work out in the end.” — David Niven, British actor (born this date 1910, died 1983).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, March 1, the 60th day of 2018.

There are 305 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On March 1, 1692, Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba were arrested for witchcraft in Salem, Massachussets.

On this date: In 1565, the city of Rio de Janeiro was founded by Portuguese knight Estacio de Sa. In 1587 Puritan English parliamentary leader Sir Peter Wentworth is confined in London Tower In 1591 Pope Gregory XIV threatened to excommunicate French King Henry IV In 1780 Pennsylvania becomes first US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only) In 1811 Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500 In 1815 Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law In 1872 Yellowstone becomes world’s first national park In 1893, inventor Nikola Tesla first publicly demonstrated radio during a meeting of the National Electric Light Association in St. Louis by transmitting electromagnetic energy without wires.

In 1896 Battle of Adwa saw 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians in Ethopia In 1932, Charles A Lindbergh Jr, the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, New Jersey.

In 1940, Native Son by Richard Wright was first published by Harper & Brothers.

In 1954, four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the spectators’ gallery of the US House of Representatives, wounding five members of Congress. The United States detonated a dry-fuel hydrogen bomb, codenamed Castle Bravo,

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Chicago in Vegas “

No, you go,” said Mrs Mac and it was game on.

The solo trip across the world to place another tick on the bucket list.

An international ‘quickie’ transpired, and what a blast !

The driver of the mission was that happy collision of an amazing concert in Las Vegas and a super cheap air fare.

Sometimes when the planets line up so beautifully, you just have to ride with it.

Fiji Airways – I’d never heard of them but I had a degree of recognition under their former guise as Air Pacific.

Their $860 return fare special offer Christchurch to LAX with a short stop en-route in Nadi seemed ridiculously cheap but turned out to be entirely ridgeydidge.

Straight-up, I received no special treatment in return for a favourable review, but I have to say the flights there and back were exceptionally satisfactory.

Christchurch up to Nadi was a 737-800 and the first thing that struck me was the legroom. To a lanky six footer like myself, it felt more comfortable than anything I’d experienced in living memory.

Great start.

The other sectors there and back were just as good. Airbus 330-300 up to LAX. Nice.

Departure was a Tuesday afternoon around 3.30 out of Christchurch and with the dateline thing I arrived feeling quite fresh in LA not long after midday, same day, Tuesday!

Travelling light with carry-on only seemed to simplify things and before I knew it, I was speeding across Los Angeles in a shuttle toward Anaheim and by afternoon tea I had checked in to

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my hotel, and was walking down Main Street, Disneyland.

Too easy.

In all my 60 years I had not made it as far as the Magic Kingdom so even to have around seven hours there seemed incredibly worthwhile.

Here’s the thing, when you are on your own you can become incredibly adaptive and responsive and cram a hell of a lot in.

Company is lovely, but it can also slow you down. It just does.

There I was standing in front of the Disneyland Fire Station looking up at the light burning in the room upstairs from where Walt Disney himself watched visitors enjoy the special world he had created.

Disneyland is a must experience for everyone before they die, I’d love to share it with the entire family one day, with a lot more time.

Following day, alarm set at 5.15am, up early for a transfer back out to LAX and a short flight up to McCarran Airport, Las Vegas.

Interesting displays in that terminal illustrating how back in the day folks from California were offered free flights, free accommodation and all sorts of lures to bring them to the Sin City to ultimately relieve them of their cash.

There were large fleets of old piston-powered aircraft serving just this very market. Fascinating.

After an early check-in to my digs at Harrahs, I set off through acres of casino to find my way outside and scope out where the venue for the concert was. I had been to Vegas before, but it was 10 years ago and a re-familiarisation was required.

All good, back to the hotel for a freshen-up, and back down to the Venetian Theatre to take my seat early and enjoy all the preshow atmosphere in a stunningly beautiful theatre.

On time, 8pm, lights down and a voice over. “Ladies and gentleman, tonight Chicago will begin by playing their second double album, from 1970 Chicago II cover to cover and in sequence”.

Bang. That sweet sound exploded in the theatre and the moment had arrived.

Chicago, the rock band with horns, live, in the moment, I was there.

The sound I had coveted since first discovering them back in the late 1960s.

Simultaneously, and in an instant, something totally unexpected happened.

I’m a little embarrassed to report, I went to pieces. I sat in that theatre and became a blubbering welled-up mess.

In fact . . . it’s happening again as I recall the moment now.

I knew flying across the world for primarily this one reason was precisely the right thing to have done. The production and sound was incredible. Pure pros. Surreal. Unreal.

The second half of a generous three hour show was a veritable smorgasbord of their greatest hits.

Everyone came away with what they wanted that night from the rock ‘n’ roll hall of famers.

I had a spare date up my sleeve and managed to get another ticket for the Friday show.

I easily managed to keep it together, all the emotion had been dealt to the first night and it was just another three hours of musical joy.

The three originals in the band are now into their seventies, – you’d never know it. For all the hard-living of the early days of their rock lifestyle they are in incredible nick. And their work ethic, their touring schedule is still punishing. Gotta give them massive credit for that.

Saturday morning another early start and after fending off an overly-friendly drunkard whilst waiting for my shuttle, I headed back to McCarran to pick up my rental Corolla which magically morphed in to a beautiful Dodge Charger!

I’d been a bit nervous about driving over there with the obvious challenges but thanks to expert directions being called from my smartphone, along with intense concentration, the whole thing was great fun and uneventful.

A couple of great days spent hanging out at Chino Airport visiting two of the best aviation museums in the world – Planes of Fame and Yanks Air Museum – and then it was time to think of home.

The bucket list just got shorter.

Broadcaster Peter Mac is Ashburton born and bred and the afternoon host on the Hokonui Radio Network.

The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

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M. bovis, traceability tops Feds’ list

By Colin WillisCroft

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Stock traceability and mycoplasma bovis are front of mind at a two-day Federated Farmers meeting in Christchurch that began yesterday and will wind up today.

Federated Farmers’ national dairy/sharemilkers section combined council meeting, being held at the Novotel, features a number of different speakers and agenda items, but two that stand out were an address yesterday morning by National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) chief executive Michelle Edge, and another today

by Colin O’Connor from MPI, who will cover M. bovis and biosecurity.

Both sessions were closed to the media.

Future farms were also given plenty of agenda space yesterday, with the federation’s Michael Woodward, Ryan O’Sullivan and Mat Hocken covering public perception, pasture-based farming in a competitive environment and the innovative farmer, respectively.

They were followed by another trio, Brian McKay from Dairy Pro, Ray McLeod from Landward and Katrinka Good from MPI, who all spoke about farm system change.

Wednesday wound up with addresses from representatives from two of the country’s smaller dairy processors, Westland Milk Products’ Tony Wright and Synlait chief executive and managing director John Penno, who talked through

A Federated Farmers bus tour earlier this week included a look at the Central Plains Water project, the first stage of which is supplying water for its third irrigation season.

PHOTO SUPPLIED where their companies are now and future plans.

Those fortunate enough to be in Christchurch a full day before the meeting kicked off were able to go on a day-long bus trip that in-

cluded a close-up look at the Central Plains Water irrigation scheme and a tour of Synlait’s Dunsandel plant.

The Central Plains Water aspect of the day provided an overview of

the completed stage one and Sheffield parts of the scheme, while the bus drove past sections of stage two, currently under construction and due for completion in September.

Seeing the size of some of the pipes involved, up to 2.5 metres tall in a 40-metre construction corridor, gave a real appreciation of the scale of the latest stage of the project.

Work on bridging the rural/urban divide must continue

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espite the results of a survey released earlier this week, it would be folly to think all is well in the relationship between town and country.

On the face of it the survey, initiated by MPI last year to measure change against a 2008 benchmark survey, shows rural and urban communities are much closer aligned in their thinking than you might have thought during last year’s election campaign, with agreement across key topics in the primary sector, including the importance of water quality.

The results have been hailed

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as positive by both Federated Farmers’ national president Katie Milne and Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor.

I’m not denying it is good news, but it pays to consider that although the survey found 59

per cent of urbanites felt positive about farming today, it was 83 per cent in the 2008 survey.

Unfortunately, the reality is that the number of people who have at least some firsthand experience on a farm these days, is less than it used to be even 20 years ago.

It is one of the reasons that some of the more mischievous groups out there who seek to damage farming’s reputation have been so successful in garnering support. Not only do they understand the growing importance of social media in influencing the younger generation, they can also

capitalise on the fact that a growing number of people have no idea what really happens on farms and how committed most farmers are to both their stock and the environment around them.

I’m not saying the rural/urban divide is as great as some commentators were suggesting last year, but I am saying that there is a disconnect that it is easy to take advantage of.

With that in mind, those who live and work in the rural sector can’t afford to be complacent.

Now is not the time to be shy retiring types when it comes to

letting people know some of the good things happening on-farm.

More of those stories must be told and if you have the opportunity to encourage people who rarely get the opportunity to visit a farm, then do it.

It’s much easier to gain the support of people when they have some understanding of where you’re coming from.

Bridges continually need to be built, as only then will people cross them.

Colin Williscroft is the Ashburton Guardian’s rural reporter

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Third property tests positive for M. bovis

By Colin WillisCroft

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A third Mid Canterbury farm has been confirmed as infected with mycoplasma bovis.

The Ministry for Primary Industries said it was traced through one of the other infected properties near Ashburton.

Another Mid Canterbury property, which has been under suspicion since December, is still “of concern”, MPI said, and testing of samples from it continue.

MPI is especially interested to hear from people who have received cattle or calves from Southland-based Southern Centre Dairies Limited at any time after January 1, 2016 and who have not already been contacted by the Ministry.

In addition, it wants to hear from farmers who have used milk from Southern Centre Dairies

Limited for calf feed since January 2016.

“Owners of Southern Centre Dairies and other infected properties have been supportive of the response activity happening on their farms,” the ministry said.

“This is a really tough time for them and MPI thanks them for their ongoing co-operation and encourages their community to continue to rally around them and give them support.”

None of the Mid Canterbury farms that have tested positive have been publically identified as being infected, in keeping with MPI’s policy of only doing so if the farm owner agrees.

The only other Canterbury property found to be infected, which was near Rangiora, is no longer listed as having the disease present after stock was culled and the farm cleaned.

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A major nationwide release of the virus will be undertaken through March and April and priority areas in Canterbury are the upper Waitaki catchment/ Mackenzie Basin and scattered locations in North Canterbury, said ECan biosecurity regional leader Graham Sullivan.

He said rabbit numbers had increased in some parts of the Mid Canterbury back country, but intensive farming and irrigation had limited rabbit population increases on the plains.

Approval to use the new strain is seen as an important milestone in reducing the significant environmental and agricultural impacts of wild rabbits around the country.

“While not the silver bullet for rabbit control, we anticipate that the new strain will greatly assist the control of wild rabbit populations by supplementing more traditional control methods.”

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release will be monitored at a range of representative sites.

RHDV1 K5 is not a new virus. It is a Korean strain of the existing RHDV1 virus already widespread in New Zealand and only affects the European rabbit. RHDV1 K5 was selected for release because it can better overcome the protective effects of the benign calicivirus (RCA-A1), which occurs naturally in wild rabbit populations in New Zealand.

Pet rabbits can be given a vaccine (Cylap) to protect against the disease.

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from burrowing and compete with livestock by eating grass; it is estimated they cost over $50 million in lost production.

Andrew Simpson, a high country farmer who represents Federated Farmers on the crosssector group co-ordinating the response, said desperate farmers plagued by rabbits would be relieved.

“The timing of this is critical in some areas. If another year goes by without release of this virus, the ecological damage to some properties would be mindnumbing.”

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Sky TV slashes prices to stem exodus

By Paul McBeth Sky Network Television has slashed prices in an effort to slow an exodus of customers quitting its pay-TV service in favour of cheaper on-demand rivals and cut its interim dividend in half in an effort to cope with the rapidly changing environment. First-half profit rose.

The Auckland-based company lost 37,359 customers in the six months ended December 31, including the 10,608 it shed with the closure of the Fatso DVD rental unit, leaving it with 778,776 subscribers at the end of the year.

The reduction in customer numbers trimmed subscriber related costs and Sky spent less on programming, more than offsetting a 5.5 per cent decline in sales to $433.1 million.

First-half net profit rose to $66.6 million, or 17.1 cents per share, from $59.3 million, or 15.24 cents, a year earlier.

Sky has been contending with the rise of online alternatives such as Netflix and Spark New Zealand’s Lightbox, driving up the cost of content and syphoning off customers attracted to cheaper and more convenient offerings.

The pay-TV operator had hoped to counter that by merging with telecommunications carrier Vodafone New Zealand but was rejected by the Commerce Commission over competition fears, and it’s been forced to change tack, yesterday announcing cheaper entry-level services.

From today, Sky’s $49.91-amonth basic package will be replaced by alternative entrylevel packages, Starter or Entertainment, at $25 a month. If cus-

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Free cash flow rose 19 per cent to $81.7 million, while capital spending dropped 87 per cent to $28.2 million. The company had drawn down $190.8 million of bank debt as at December 31 of its $300 million facility.

The board also warned the new pricing structure may prompt an impairment charge on Sky’s $1.4 billion value for goodwill, something auditor PwC acknowledged in an ‘emphasis of matter’ note in its report on the accounts.

“The board believes the impact of these changes will be positive on the value of Sky, but recognise there is uncertainty and any adverse changes in key assumptions around churn, subscriber numbers and ARPU (average revenue per user) could give rise to an impairment of goodwill,” the directors said.

“The board will reassess the carrying value of goodwill at year end when there will be more evidence of the impact of the pricing and packaging changes on the key assumptions.”

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tomers take either Sport or Movies they will get the $9.99-a-month premium TV SoHo channel for free.

“In the last six months our churn, or disconnects, have lowered to an almost all-time low – but our total subscriber count declined because we didn’t attract enough customers who find the new On Demand models appealing,” chief executive John Fellet said in the report. “In order to return to the growth path, we are

planning to launch new price options, new packages and new services than ever before.”

Sky’s shares sank to an 18-year low of $2.43 in December as investors questioned the company’s ability to cope with the new environment and amid speculation global internet giant Amazon may bid for New Zealand Rugby’s broadcasting rights, the Kiwi company’s marquee content.

The stock has recovered a little since then, closing at $2.80 yesterday.

“The Sky board believes that as we continue to operate in rapidly changing and uncertain media environment, the company needs to divert funds from dividends to further debt retirement to ensure we have the flexibility to meet competitive challenges and have the balance sheet strength required to successfully negotiate renewal of key content deals in the future,” Fellet said.

The board declared an interim dividend of 7.5 cents per share, payable on March 23 with a March 15 record date, half the 15 cents it paid a year earlier.

Sky’s board trimmed 2.5 cents per share from last year’s final dividend. First NZ Capital analyst

Trade Me, New Zealand’s largest online auction site, said earnings didn’t budge in the first half as its expenses grew faster than revenue and it expects full-year profit to grow at a slower pace than last year.

Net profit rose was unchanged at $46.1 million, or 11.6 cents per share, in the six months ended December 31, the Wellingtonbased company said in a statement. Total revenue gained 6.8 per cent to $122.7 million, lagging behind a 9.2 per cent rise in total expenses to $43.9 million.

Trade Me’s revenue lift in the latest period was driven by listing fees from its classified businesses, where revenue was up 14 per cent

to $67.9 million, making up 55 per cent of the company’s total revenue. However, its expense growth weighed on profit with cost of sales up 24 per cent to $9 million and employee costs up 12 per cent to $19.6 million as it hired more staff, taking the number of full-term equivalent staff to 564 at December 31, from 514 at June 30.

The company said it expects earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation and its operating net profit after tax to grow in the 2018 financial year, but at a slower pace than in the 2017 year as it ramps up investment.

Total revenue growth for the full year will be similar to 2017, although it said there was uncertainty around revenue from its

property division due to the volatile housing market.

In the 2017 year, Trade Me revenue increased to $234.9 million from $218 million, while after-tax profit lifted to $94.4 million from $74.9 million.

“The first half of the F18 financial year has broadly tracked to our expectations,” said chief executive Jon Macdonald. “We will continue to invest at a rate slightly above revenue growth in F18 and we expect to deliver year-on-year ebitda and operating npat growth in F18, albeit at lower growth rates than F17 due to this higher level of investment.”

Trade Me will pay a 9.1 cents per share dividend on March 20, up from 8.5 cents a year earlier.

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–13.3

–0.99%

q Silver London – $US/ounce

16.61

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q Copper London – $US/tonne

7,028.0

–83.0

–1.17%

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Source: BNZ

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As at 4pm Feb 28, 2018

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

0.943 0.9419 4.8605 0.6062 1.5038 0.5301 79.38 1.8766 8.6116 23.09 0.7382

TT sell

0.9121 0.9076 4.2681 0.5803 1.3867 0.5118 76.08 1.6471 8.2965 21.98 0.7121

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Key picked for parent ANZ board

By Jonathan underhill Former Prime Minister John Key (right) has been named to the board of Australia New Zealand Banking Group, having served as chairman of the lender’s New Zealand unit since January.

“Following a successful international career in business and politics, Sir John has the ideal credentials to further strengthen ANZ’s board,” the Australian lender’s chair David Gonski said in a statement.

“Our New Zealand business has already benefited from his significant experience and I know he will make a valuable contribution to the ongoing success of the broader group.”

Mr Key’s appointment is effective immediately although he will

stand for election at the bank’s annual meeting on December 19.

He first joined the board of ANZ New Zealand last October before being named chair.

Prior to his career in politics, Mr Key worked in the financial markets including as head of foreign exchange at Merrill Lynch.

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CHERTSEY SCHOOL

Green-fingered students Chertsey School enjoyed the fruits (and vegetables) of their own labour last week, when the time came to harvest produce from their school garden. Green-fingered students set to work picking, washing, peeling, slicing and then sampling, and their cucumbers got the tick of approval.

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HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL

A helping hand for Tonga Hampstead students were among the swathes of Mid Canterbury children dressing up in red and white in support of Tonga last Friday.

Hundreds of students from the Hakatere Community of Learning – a group of 12 Mid Canterbury schools – participated in the gold coin mufti day to support the storm-ravaged island nation.

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Busy Hinds

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The four weeks of February have kept Hinds School students and teachers on their toes.

Years 5 to 8 plunged straight into swimming sports and six talented students were selected to represent the school at County Swimming Sports.

The full school tackled a triathlon at the local rugby grounds and then relished a barbecue lunch and an afternoon of fun as they welcomed new families to their school.

Meanwhile, teachers who undertook professional development of Davis Learning Strategies during the school holidays, have now been working with national facilitator Alma Holden to implement the programme as part of their junior and middle school practice.

The professional development focused on literacy, suggesting different learning strategies designed to support all children, and teachers will soon host a workshop to share suggestions with parents.

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March 1: Ashburton Borough School Year 7/8 Family Picnic

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March 2: Lagmhor School Family Camp (until March 4)

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March 5: Ashburton Intermediate School rooms 8/6 and 8/7 camp to Peel Forest (until March 10)

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March 6: County Swimming Sports, Mid Canterbury Rugby Union School Rippa Rugby Tournament

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March 7: Mid Canterbury School Cricket Tournament, Methven Primary School Cricket Tournament

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March 9: Mayfield School preparation for Mayfield Show, Tinwald School Year 1/2 Duathlon

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March 10: Tinwald School Hutt Duathlon

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March 11: Tinwald School fete

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March 12: Ashburton Borough School Year 5-8 World of Maths Roadshow, Ashburton Intermediate School rooms 8/4 and 8/5 camp to Peel Forest (until March 16)

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March 15: Mid Canterbury Triathlon

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March 16: Our Lady of the Snows Mufti Day, St Pat’s theme

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March 19: Hampstead School Photos, St Joseph’s Catholic School St Joseph’s Day Mass, School Youth Institute Leadership Course for Year 8 students (until March 23)

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March 20: Ashburton Intermediate School Room 8/3 camp to Peel Forest (until March 24)

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March 21: Netherby School Year 5/6 Camp (until March 23)

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March 26: Ashburton Netherby School Year 5 & 6 Sleepover, Fairton School Room 1 camp

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March 28: Fairton School Room 2 Sleepover

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March 29: Longbeach School Easter Disco

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St Jo’s happy to help St Joseph’s was also enthusiastic to join forces with the other schools for a mufti day in the name of supporting Tonga.

Principal Cath Blacklow said some students have family in Tonga who have been affected by the cyclone and were delighted to be able to help them out with a gold coin collection.

St Joseph’s students contributed a generous grand total of $430 to the total pool of funds.

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Allenton Bowling Club Another successful 2 weeks on the greens for the Allenton Club.

Congratulations to the following teams for winning Sub-Centre COC titles.

Men’s Senior 4’s team – A. Crawford, B. White, B. Holdom & R. Kane Men’s Junior 4’s team – T. Grieve, D. Thorne, J. Veint & D McDonald Men’s Senior triples team – A. Crawford, M. Bassett & M. Quinn Ladies Senior triples team – S. Keith, R. Davies & A. Sargisson These wins gave both Alex and Rachel their silver stars – congratulations to you both.

Well done to our Junior Ladies team of M. Foggo, J. Mitchell, L. Osborne & C. McFarlane runner-up in the COC 4’s and J. Mitchell, L. Osborne & A. Henderson runner-up in the COC triples.

Congratulations to J. Mitchell who is our Junior Ladies singles champion for 2017/18.

Ladies drawn 4’s played on Tuesday February 27 – 1st – S. Doig, J. Mitchell, V. Whinham & D. Font – 3 wins & 13 ends, 2nd – W. Watson, A. Reid, B. Anderson & J. Faull – 2 wins & 10 ends.

A reminder to those members who have trophies to return them to the Club House ASAP and Faye would like the raffle sheets returned to her ASAP as well.

Ashburton Citizens Association The Citizens’ Association has held its first meeting for 2018. We are still waiting on information from the Council to address concerns regarding aspects of the recent change to the rubbish collection and the calculation of new charges. A LGOIMA request was lodged, however the Council’s proposed charge for supplying the information was an unpleasant surprise. It is noted that a number of residents didn’t receive their wheelie bins until later in January with the collection having commenced on September 1, further backing our concerns about overcharging.

Other topics discussed were: Town development and beautification – currently much discussion within the Council and the community but little progress or improvement evident.

Plans for the I-site and whether the current or proposed uses of the building complied with the property’s Resource Consent Trees and hedges encroaching on roadways and footpaths The newly appointed Council Emergency Management Officer will be requested to address the Citizens Association in the near future and it is intended to invite the public. Frequent adverse weather events make it increasingly important that people know where to seek assistance or information.

Congratulations to the Council for the event to celebrate lighting of the Christmas tree and the new street decorations. Great to see so many families and other citizens making use of and enjoying themselves in Baring Square. The recent Multi Cultural Bite was also acknowledged and organisers congratulated. The next community event will be Children’s Day on March 4.

Members of the public who are interested in matters affecting our town are invited to join us and have their say, at 7pm on the third Thursday of each month in the MSA meeting room nearest to Burnett Street. Also check out our Facebook page.

Ashburton Dahlia Circle Results of the 2nd Ashburton Dahlia Circle show held on Tuesday February 20.

A very wet night and day prior made it difficult to pick good blooms, but as usual the hardy growers cut flowers early and made the most of the evening with a great display.

The Novice Section top bloom was awarded to Vivian & Russell Pearce with the small cactus ‘Embrace’.

Intermediate Section best vase was awarded to Alison Donald with 3 blooms of the mini ball ‘Cornel’ and the best bloom was presented by John Hoogweg, showing a lovely medium decorative ‘Trengrove Millenium’. The Open Section was a clean sweep for Graham Gunn, the best bloom, a medium cream fimbriated dahlia ‘ Citron du Cap’ and a five bloom vase of ‘Tui Avis’ . The five bloom vase, so perfectly presented also took out the top

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apist in some of the local Rest homes.

Therapy is designed to improve the quality of life for people in care through activities. Therapists work alongside Nurses and Doctors to improve their client’s circumstances. She gave us many examples of how to help people by distracting them. The essence of looking after these people is thinking outside the box and finding out about their lives and working with that information to make them feel better. There are many aids available to help with this. Just one example was Henry a baby doll which was so lifelike many of us thought that he was real. Sharon was thanked and given a fruit tray Members were reminded that our next meeting March 26 is our AGM.

Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club Seventy-four members, partners and visiting Lion’s members attended the February Pakeke Lion’s Meeting. The lively chatter meant many did not hear the gong calling all to the meal resulting in fines from the tail twister.

The circulating clip boards requested names for Meals on Wheels and several community street appeals. Guest speaker for the evening, Dr James Ross from Lincoln University was introduced

by Lion Ron. His topic of his very interesting address centred around the policy of NZ becoming a Predator Free Nation by 2050, is it realistic and how could it be achieved, what are the challenges and what technology is needed to be developed. Some of the very real challenges include a positive public buy-in of programmes that probably would include controversial GM issues, what would be socially accepted, how could reinvasion of certain species be prevented, where will the funding come from?

There are already a number of predator free areas in NZ which are being driven by local communities The Lincoln team believes that for a nationwide programme to be effective, it must firstly be achieved on our outlying Islands, many of which have almost reached the required status. The Lincoln Team has challenged themselves to see how Banks Peninsular can become Predator Free which is estimated could cost $88m over a 7 year time frame. The topic captured the attention Premier Vase. The Judges for the evening were Brian Glassey and Joyce Read.

Plans are well in hand for the annual Combined Show with Canterbury next Sunday March 4 in the Tinwald Hall (President’s Room). The Hall will be open to the public 1.00pm – 3.30pm no door charges, but a Raffle will be on offer. This is a great day to see the best of the Dahlias that are being grown. Members from Ashburton and Christchurch are happy to talk to anyone who has questions re grown these great flowers.

Any queries please phone 3083294 / 02102458001.

Ashburton MSA Petanque Club We had players take part in the Waitangi Day Tournament in Christchurch.

Jan Guilford (Ash) and Tony Wilkinson (Pap) coming in third place. 12 teams took part in this.

The South Island Triples were also played in Christchurch on February 17/18 and 6 of our players competed in this. Neville Bensdorp and Richard Browne and their team mates finished 3rd equal in this event.

Sunday February 25 we held our first Club event of the year. The Presidents drawn Triples. 5 teams took part and after an interesting last round the event was won by Mick Little. Jan Guilford, and Christine Carr. Runners up were Richard Browne, Bev Attewell, and Johnny Wright. Third place were Neville Bensdorp, Irene Herron and Ellen Pithie.

We had 2 of our newer players taking part in this event, both performing very well, and proving that newer player are perfectly capable of participating in such an event. Well done all of you.

During the month we had the ladies from the Innerwheel come along and play, some showing some natural talent.

We catered a meal for them afterwards The next event we are hosting is the Canterbury Doubles which is an open event which means anybody can play.

Mid Canterbury Central Friendship Club Heavy rain last week did not deter a large turnout of members to our first meeting of the year. Three visitors were welcomed

by President Roger Lake and one new member, David Ford, was inducted into the club. After general business our mini speaker was Evan Waters who began by describing his family history, starting with his great Grandparents from, Castletown, in northern Scotland. He then covered his time with ANZ Bank and his numerous postings ranging between Wellington and Gore before finally settling in Ashburton.

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Lion Les Briggs (left) presents James Ross senior lecturer in biometrics and wildlife management – Lincoln University with a recognition for speaking at their meeting. of members and several questions were forthcoming.

Zone Chairman Lion Jan Stonyer presented Lion David Bennett with his 20 year Service pin, and spoke of issues within the District. She highlighted the need for clubs to be vigilant in ensuring they have sufficient details of members that could be required following medical events at functions.

Lion Bob reported that the coach is full for the Kaikoura Trip and all that is needed is fine weather and no closed roads.

Bill Doak introduced our main speaker, Bernard Egan, a regular columnist with the Ashburton Guardian. He was a long admirer of the Jack Ross columns in the Guardian and in 2001, after Jack had retired, Bernard stepped into his role. He has a keen interest in old cars and uses this as a background for his articles, and he gave us many interesting and very funny motoring anecdotes. One in particular concerned a very rare 1905 Rover, now in an English motor museum, but originally imported new into NZ in 1905 by a Mr Sutton of Waitangi Station. More recently Bernard has also completed a study of graffiti art in NZ. Barry Quantock accorded our speaker a vote of thanks and President Roger then closed the meeting.

Mid Canterbury Ladies Friendship Club Valentine’s Day was celebrated at the February meeting of the Mid Canterbury Ladies Friendship Club. President Bernie Tutty welcomed members and two visitors to the meeting, and the 94th birthday of Dot Font was celebrated. Members stood as a mark of respect for two members who had passed away – Dame Elizabeth Harper and Anne Dwan.

McDonald House had sent a thank you letter for the donations of household items.

The Almoner, Val Johnson reported that she had been busy lately. Trips Convenor Avis Kingsland advised members of the trip to the dahlia garden at Hinds, and also of a proposed trip to Kaikoura.

Val Johnson told of the long history of St Valentines Day, February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and St. Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman traditions.

After morning tea the speaker was Toni Sweetman. Toni has been in Ashburton for 14 years and came from Hamilton. For 21 years she was a Police Officer, eight of these years in Ashburton. For the last four years she has been Co-ordinator for Restorative Justice. To be eligible an offender must plead guilty. Toni finds out how the victim feels, listens to them and then the harm is addressed. A genuine agreement is reached, Toni monitors this, then the offender goes back to court for sentencing. Toni writes a report for the Judge who may discharge, convict and discharge or convict and sentence the offender.

Toni works with both the victims and the offenders, and has an office at the back of the Court House, this work is through Safer Ashburton. Offenders must be 17 years or older. The majority of offenders are males, not many recidivists, there are lots of success stories, however it is not

Lion Ron indicated that there had been a very pleasing response from the community with a wide range of items for the garage sale on Saturday March3. The new ideas have been well received particularly by local crafts people with their stalls and the children’s play area. The garage sale is scheduled to start at 9am.

Items can be previewed on Friday March 2 from 1pm.

The meeting concluded with Tail Twister Lion Bob and the singing of the National Anthem. an easy option for offenders.

Safety plans can be worked out for family violence victims. Toni was thanked for her address.

Members were reminded it is the Annual General Meeting In March, new committee members are needed.

President Bernie closed the meeting with the Thought for the Month “Without challenge, there is no achievement”.

Plains Ladies Friendship Club Vera welcomed everyone to the February meeting. There were 7 apologies and 1 visitor. Birthdays and Anniversaries were called for and congratulations given.

Members were advised about a joint bus trip with the Combined Friendship Club to North Canterbury on Tuesday March 15 and asked to sign up if they wanted to go. Names required by March 6. We were advised about the Age Concern Positive Ageing Expo at the Ashburton Racecourse Thursday March 8.

The film for March 7 is Finding Your Feet.

Business was completed.

Our Mini speaker Cara Ashton was introduced to talk about her American Adventures. Cara finished school and did not want to go to University and was not sure what she wanted to do. She went to a careers Fair to see what prospects there were. Finding some pamphlets about American Summer camps she sent in an application and was lucky enough to be accepted. She went to ‘ Easter Seals Stand By Me’ camp in Washington State which is a camp for people with disabilities. The clients had varying disabilities eg Spina Bifida, Cerebral Palsy, Autism and Epilepsy. They were aged from 7 to 50. She enjoyed it so much and did so well that she was invited back the following year. Cara gave us a small insight into what difficulties these clients and their parents have and how little it takes to give them a wonderful experience. This is probably the only time some of these parents have a break from the constant demands of looking after these children and the only time the children get to have an adventure of their own. Cara spoke so enthusiastically and gave us many examples of the friendships she made and how rewarding her adventures had been for her. When the Camps were finished she had a trip to California the first year and Vancouver the second year. We were all very impressed with how well she coped with the difficulties that she encountered.

The Raffles were drawn before a lovely morning tea The main speaker for the morning was Sharon Kelly. She gave a very interesting talk about her work as a Diversional Ther-

President Colleen Hands welcomed members on Thursday February 21. She hoped everyone had had a good Christmas and holiday time. A minutes silence was held for one deceased member. Apologies were received. With Hope McIntosh playing piano the R.S.A. song was sung.

Also happy birthday to several members.

Sympathy was extended to anyone who has sadly lost a loved one. We also remembered the Christchurch earthquake 7 years ago. Sick members were wished a speedy recovery. Bus trip on Wednesday February 7: some shopped at Hub prior to having lunch at the Hornby Working Men’s Club. Then to Orana Park for a great tour around. Feeding giraffes was a highlight. Una Green was congratulated on her 3rd placing in the Garden Competition. Next month Annual General meeting and election of officers. Nomination forms are available. Note: no women’s section on Thursday April 26. Then eyes down for housie. There was the usual fun and plenty of lucky players.

Raffles were won by Colleen Wederell and Marge Binnie.

Competition – Fancy Tea Towel: 1st Colleen Wederell, 2nd Judy Peck, 3rd Marilyn Coley.

Hostesses Elaine and Marge served afternoon tea to end a fun time. Colleen who ‘called’ sure earned her cuppa.

Tinwald Garden Club February 22 President Pam welcomed twenty eight members with a special welcome to three visitors and accepted the nomination of a new member.

Patroness Betty Young will turn 103 soon, a card was passed round to be signed, it will be taken with flowers to her on her birthday.

Bus trip “North” on March 22 one garden and two places of interest, will be held wet or fine. Cost $40 will cover bus, morning tea and two entrances, pay for your own lunch. Bus to leave Tinwald town hall at 8.45, and Hotel at 9.00 am.

President Pam introduced the speaker, Bernadette O’Reilly, who spoke briefly about her life and then delighted us with several floral demonstrations. These were of a different nature from usual, very simple but very attractive, several on the Easter theme featuring egg shells and Easter eggs.

Competitions Cut flowers 1 Stem hybrid tea rose: S. Thomas 1 Stem Floribunda Rose: M. Robinson 1 Full blown Rose: S. Thomas, M. Robinson 1 Med. Dec. Cactus Dahlia: K. Ross, S. Thomas 1 Water Lily Dahlia: M. Robinson 3 Pompom Dahlia: I. Linwood Miniature Dec. Dahlia: J. Johnson, K. Ross Any Other Dahlia: M. Robinson, I. Linwood, S. Thomas Miniature Bloom: A. Truman, A. Scammell, I. Linwood Miniature Rose: S. Thomas, K. Ross, I. Linwood Spike: K. Ross, S. Thomas, M. Robinson Cluster: S. Thomas, A. Truman, A. Scammell Branch Flowering Shrub: P. Tait, A. Truman, S. Thomas Flower N.O.S.: S. Thomas, H. Mitchell, M. Robinson Flowering Climber: S. Thomas O’Keefe / Young Trophy: M. Robinson Decorative “My Favourite Container” Beginners: K. Sinclair, J. Johnson Open: G. Quelch, K. Young Daphne Cross Trophy: G. Quelch Vegetables - 3 Tomatoes: H. Mitchell, M. Robinson, K. Ross Fruit - 3 Strawberries: M. Robinson

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In brief

Just two minutes in it In the closest finish of the 201718 Volvo Ocean Race, winner AkzoNobel narrowly beat second-placed Scallyway across the finish line in Waitemata Harbour early yesterday morning.

Just two minutes and 14 seconds separated them after leg six began 10,209km and nearly 21 days ago in Hong Kong. Even more remarkably, the first five boats home were only separated by 28 minutes.

After rounding North Cape, the leading boats engaged in match racing down the east coast of New Zealand; at one stage any one of the first five boats could have won.

It was a sweet victory for Team AkzoNobel skipper Simeon Tienpont, who had been sacked before the start of the race.

Tienpont was dropped by the team a week out from the beginning of the opening leg over a breach of contract – but was reinstated after the parties came to an agreement just hours before the event began.

Now, the Dutchman has skippered the boat to its first leg win of the series, crossing the line first in Auckland in the early hours of yesterday morning after a sprint to the finish.

“It’s a great win. I’m a sportsman, they only thing you want to do is win. We’ve got a great team, we had a bit of a rocky start but I was always convinced it was a great team and we had a great core of people around us,” Tienpoint said.

“I believed in them and they believed in me. It was a difficult start in Alicante but the belief was always there.

‘Win cup or I’m gone’ Unless the Wallabies come home with the World Cup next year, they’ll return without a coach.

Michael Cheika says everything he has done since taking the reins in 2014 has been with the aim of winning the William Webb Ellis Cup in 2019. “The way I see it is like this: we came second in the last one and you have got to improve,” Cheika told News Corp Australia.

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RESULTS ■ Bowls Hampstead Bowling February 23 Friday Half Day Triples - proudly sponsored by the Devon Tavern 1st Place A. Crawford, B. Holdom, S. Holdom 3 wins, 19 ends 46 points, 2nd Place R. Mitchell, T. Inwood, J. Withall 3 wins, 16 ends 48 points, 3rd Place M. Quinn, S. Doig, J. Drayton 3 wins, 16 ends, 33 points.

■ Golf Mayfield Golf Club AkzoNobel narrowly beat second-placed Scallyway across the finish line in Waitemata Harbour early yesterday morning.

AkzoNobel narrowly fended off Scallywag to claim the leg win in a race to the finish line off North Wharf that could have gone either way.

“Really, really, really happy.

It was one of the bigger battles I think. I thought coming back from 8-1 to 9-8 in the America’s Cup in San Francisco was big,” Tienpont said with a laugh. “It was pretty cool. It was a big match race and it’s really what the race is about.”

AkzoNobel had held the lead intermittently through the last days of the leg, but the result was far from a certainty when they hit

waters in the North of New Zealand. The vessel was slowed by the winds, putting their chances of claiming the win in doubt.

“I was worried about everyone.

It’s so hard ... we’ve been really, really sailing around to find the breeze all the time. It was intense.”

AkzoNobel finished 2min 14sec ahead of Scallywag, with Blair Tuke and Louis Sinclair’s MAPFRE clawing their way into third place about 22 minutes later.

Justin Ferris, one of two Kiwis aboard AkzoNobel along with Brad Farrand, said it was only fair that the boat with two Kiwi

sailors took out the leg into Auckland.

“We’ve been fighting Scallywag off for over a week now, it was an amazing battle.”

Fellow Kiwis Daryl Wislang and Stu Bannatyne were unable to get the better of MAPFRE aboard DongFeng, just missing out on the podium.

Bianca Cook’s Turn the Tide on Plastic finished in fifth, but might have felt like they deserved to finish higher having raced a quality leg only to fall on the home stretch, with Peter Burling’s Team Brunel drawing up the rear.

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Mannering in no rush to re-sign with Warriors Off-contract Warriors icon Simon Mannering is in no rush to finalise his playing future and says his career plans will be determined by his family rather than a personal decision.

With Warriors captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck having re-signed with the club on a new four-year deal on Tuesday, the 31-year-old backrower knows the spotlight will now turn on him as he enters the final season of his current fouryear contract.

Ahead of his 13th season in the NRL, the 280-game veteran is in doubt to play in next week’s round one clash against South Sydney in Perth after suffering a shoulder injury in Saturday’s trial win over the Gold Coast.

Mannering had scans on the injury on Tuesday and was awaiting the results, but told the Herald it was not as bad as he first feared.

But the former Warriors and Kiwis skipper admits he’ll need to weigh up how his body is feeling throughout the year and talk things through with his loved ones before deciding where he

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Simon Mannering says his career plans will be determined by his family rather than a personal decision. will spend the twilight of his career.

“I just said to Roger, it’s awesome that he’s here for four more years – now I’m waiting for my four year deal to come next,” Mannering joked at the Warriors season launch on Tuesday.

Fans will of course be hoping

the club moves swiftly to re-sign him on what would likely be his final contract to ensure he remains a one-club player.

Mannering conceded arriving at a decision would be more difficult than it was earlier in his career, when he only had to worry about himself and his own per-

sonal goals. This time round there are other stakeholders that will have a big say – namely his partner Anna Bensemann and their two young boys Zeke and Jack.

“I’m in a different position now to Rog,” he said. “When you’re young and contract time comes up you’re like ‘let’s get it sorted as soon as possible’.

“But I’m in a position now where I have so many more things to weigh up, family-wise and physically, and it’s more a decision that will be based on conversations with people close to me on what I want to do, rather than ‘I want to keep playing footy and let’s just do it’. It’s not just that decision anymore.

“I’m not saying that’s not my train of thought – 100 per cent I’m still really enjoying footy. And even in the pre-season I’ve enjoyed seeing the young guys develop and the new changes at the club.

“So we’ll see how the season pans out and once we get into the season I’ll make a decision from there.”

- NZME

February 27 - Ladies Division 1st LGU, 1st Handicap; 0-20 Christine Ross 90-14-76, 21-30 Helen Rapsey 103-27-76, 30+ Val Fleming 122-5072. 1st Putting Juliet McLeod 29, Jan Clucas 30. Hastings McLeod Property Brokers Marilyn Cross 2nd Shot 2&11; 0-29 Christine Ross, 30+ Joan Stocker.

Sim’s Bakery Nearest Pin 5 & 14; Betty Wilson. Two’s; Betty Wilson. Player of Day; Christine Ross.

Tinwald Golf Club February 27 - Women’s Division Medal Silver: Marilyn Bennett 88-17-71, Linda McClea 95-19-76, Bronze 1: Trish Clarke 101-27-74, Val Prendergast 105-29-76, Bronze 2: Carol Shanks 110-35-75, Sue Gutsell 105-30-75.

Murray Young Property Broker #2 Marilyn Bennett, Sims Bakery #6 Sue Gutsell, Mac & Maggie #12 Maureen Colville, Outdoor Adventure #16 Diana Wellman.

2’s: Maureen Colville.

9 Hole Competition Stroke & Putting Putting: Lesley Glassey 17 Stroke: Donalda Mitchell 35c/b, Lesley Glassey 35

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 3 - Weekend Ladies Rnd 1 Bonnington Cup, Report 8.15 Starters S. Bradford 0211590983, B. Fechney 0211305366 March 6 - Midweek Ladies, Report at Rakaia Golf Club 9.00am, Leave Ashburton GC at 8.30am P. Bell 0276065194, L. Small 0276319080 March 8 - Nine Hole Men and Women, Report at Tinwald Golf Club 9.15am W. Smith 3089207, E. Langford 3081559 Club Captain Sally Lemon 0274054910

Tinwald Golf Club March 6 - Women’s Division LGU Gnz National teams $3 entry No 1 9.00 M. Kennedy C. Linney J. Bruhns 9.05 T. Clarke V. Prendergast C. Shanks No 10 9.00 M. Smith I Divers S. Vucetich 9.05 D. Wellman B. Jackson B. Cochrane V. Cartney No 13 9.00 D. Lowe K. McAuliffe L. McClea 9 Holes LGU Sue Bunt GNZ $3 entry srixon ball. Off No 1 & 7.

Starters B. Cochrane N. Costin, Cards M. Kennedy K. McAuliffe, Kitchen M. Smith, Draw steward J. Bruhns

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■ MT SOMERS BIKE RACE

Getting down and dirty in Mt Somers Hundreds took to the hills of Mt Somers at the weekend for the Mt Somers Bike Race. Tetsuro Mitomo took his camera along for the ride.

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Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 01 March 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.00pm (NZT) WELCOME TO CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY SPRINT C0, 375m 1 56676 Phuket Paul nwtd ............................S Codlin 2 57F55 Jetsun Paint nwtd ...........................G Wilson 3 45456 Bigtime Wayno nwtd..................... H Mullane 4 22763 Feed The Need nwtd P & .............. J Cleaver 5 48747 Jetsun Woody nwtd ........................G Wilson 6 32841 Snoopy’s Bro nwtd R & .........................Hunt 7 888x7 Crackling nwtd.................................... J Foot 8 74 Jinja Lad nwtd ..............................R McPhee 9 68x Blitzem Gem nwtd P & .................. J Cleaver 2 12.17pm BOX 1 GOLD SERIES FINAL C1f, 375m 1 77222 Thrilling Riot nwtd U & ......................Cottam 2 78882 Doug Deep 21.67 R & .........................L Udy 3 64421 Electric Dee Eye 21.36 ...................P Green 4 65841 Opawa Velocette 21.81 W &............T Steele 5 74112 Bark De Triomphe 21.31 ...................B Craik 6 84871 Allegro Cody 21.44 R & ........................Hunt 7 44336 Hot Machine 21.91 .......................... T Green 8 75783 Scott The Looks 21.56 U & ...............Cottam 9 15533 Barwon Bandit nwtd ...................D Schofield 10 64447 Agistri 21.37 ................................... G Farrell 3 12.35pm GARRARDS HORSE & HOUND SPRINT C1, 375m

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway

1 66753 Was Just Saying nwtd R & ..................L Udy 2 18654 Shot Gun Harry 21.40 .................. H Mullane 5 88x88 Unileven 21.19 ...........................D Schofield 2 22857 Wairoa Angel nwtd ....................... H Mullane 3 84787 Raging Demon 21.26 R & ...................L Udy 6 74567 Unbeknown nwtd ..............................E Potts 3 25354 Swift Order 21.79 ...........................C Henley 4 12688 Imperial Court 21.16 .......................P Green 7 65764 Mad Harry 21.25 .............................. S Clark 4 34465 Statman Dave nwtd ....................H Laagland 5 23473 I’m A Leo nwtd ............................L Laagland 8 21214 Alyeska 21.40 ...................................B Craik 5 15533 Barwon Bandit nwtd ...................D Schofield 6 1.27pm DOGZONE SPRINT C1, 375m 6 12211 Brotastic 21.39 ..................................B Craik 1 31155 Don Morocco 21.33 P & ................ J Cleaver 6 78642 Unconscionable 21.55 R & .................L Udy 7 36666 Nangar Panther nwtd .................D Schofield 2 23446 Finkle Foot Fred nwtd R & ....................Hunt 7 54381 Scott Tied Up 21.49 U & ...................Cottam 8 11374 Coruba Cate 21.24......................... G Farrell 3 8x466 Girl Queenie 21.77 ..................... W Toomath 8 66874 Zarzuella nwtd.................................S Codlin 9 68F44 Fantastic Zoe 21.37 ...................D Schofield 4 42364 Zimmer Frame nwtd R & .....................L Udy 9 2.20pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT 9 34887 Twelve Gauge nwtd ..........................M Black 5 76452 Katcha Ninja nwtd .............................B Craik C2, 375m 10 35788 Magnetude Eight nwtd .................R McPhee 4 12.52pm HAUTAPU VETERINARY CLINIC SERIES 6 64447 Agistri 21.37 ................................... G Farrell 1 6x187 Strike Lotto 21.61 .......................P Ferguson FINAL C0f, 457m 2 11555 King Shaq 21.22 ............................. T Green 7 15674 Warrior Tony 21.55 U & .....................Cottam 1 34824 Fancy Chap nwtd .......................D Schofield 3 61253 Epic Force nwtd ........................... H Mullane 8 48x57 Lytworx 21.35 .............................D Schofield 2 Jellybean Junkie nwtd ..................R McPhee 4 51872 It’s Electric 21.32 ............................C Henley 9 77477 Jetsun Stampede nwtd ..................G Wilson 3 6343 Thrilling Arnold nwtd ....................... K Walsh 10 56658 Smash Mate 22.00 .......................R McPhee 5 14365 Ali Ali Ali 21.42 ............................... G Farrell 4 25323 Leezrom nwtd ...................................B Craik 7 1.45pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD SPRINT 6 52783 Hey Khali nwtd U & ...........................Cottam 5 76258 Jetsun Bear nwtd ...........................G Wilson C4, 375m 7 62241 Noah Who 21.35 .......................... H Mullane 1 41443 Ekali 21.28 ..................................... G Farrell 6 5F426 Jetsun Swan nwtd ..........................G Wilson 8 34346 Umaga Rama 21.34 .........................M Black 2 11F42 Kiwi Boy nwtd U & .............................Cottam 7 42375 Fancy Fox nwtd ..........................D Schofield 9 17653 Untouchable nwtd ...........................P Green 3 66432 Thrilling Billy 20.96 .....................P Ferguson 10 24582 Stranger Things 21.49.......................B Craik 8 76421 Kaeshius nwtd.................................. S Clark 4 65175 Good Job 21.05 ..............................P Green 10 2.37pm FARMLANDS HAUTAPU STAKES C2/3, 9 48747 Jetsun Woody nwtd ........................G Wilson 5 85781 One Cool Chap 21.21 W &..............T Steele 457m 10 45456 Bigtime Wayno nwtd..................... H Mullane 5 1.10pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT 6 42288 Bruce Banner 21.12 ..................... H Mullane 1 65225 Jimmy’s Rocket 25.47 ...................... S Clark C4/5, 375m 2 41321 Thrilling Major 25.80 ....................... K Walsh 7 15763 Elouera Mist 21.43 .....................P Ferguson 1 31431 Sparta 21.01 ................................... K Walsh 3 77742 Oscar Tron 25.47........................D Schofield 8 45725 Hallo Star 21.08 R & ...........................L Udy 2 13423 Classy Impact 21.19 ....................... T Green 8 2.02pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES 4 78745 Salvarotti 26.11 ..........................D Schofield 3 13385 On Fleek 21.22 .................................B Craik SPRINT C2/3, 375m 5 74x88 Blazing Spirit 25.60 ....................D Schofield 1 72324 Jetsun Jamie nwtd .........................G Wilson 4 34661 Timma Turtle 21.13 ...................... H Mullane 6 16451 Sovereign Jody 25.77 .......................S Ross

7 54523 Jinja Roman 25.85 W & ..................T Steele 8 1x313 Light ‘em Elsa nwtd ......................... K Walsh 9 87884 Little Bit Silly nwtd ......................D Schofield LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

SELECTIONS:

Race 1: Snoopy’s Bro, Feed The Need, Jetsun Paint, Jetsun Woody, Bigtime Wayno Race 2: Electric Dee Eye, Bark De Triomphe, Allegro Cody, Thrilling Riot, Doug Deep Race 3: Scott Tied Up, Barwon Bandit, Swift Order, Wairoa Angel, Unconscionable Race 4: Thrilling Arnold, Leezrom, Fancy Chap, Kaeshius, Fancy Fox Race 5: Sparta, Classy Impact, Timma Turtle, Alyeska, On Fleek Race 6: Katcha Ninja, Don Morocco, Warrior Tony, Finkle Foot Fred, Zimmer Frame Race 7: Kiwi Boy, Thrilling Billy, Bruce Banner, Elouera Mist, Ekali Race 8: Shot Gun Harry, Imperial Court, Brotastic, Raging Demon, Coruba Cate Race 9: Noah Who, King Shaq, Strike Lotto, Epic Force, Umaga Rama Race 10: Thrilling Major, Oscar Tron, Jinja Roman, Jimmy’s Rocket, Sovereign Jody

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Taranaki harness Today at New Plymouth Racecourse

Taranaki Racing Inc Venue: New Plymouth (Grass) Meeting Date: 01 March 2018 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 3.34pm (NZT) PEGASUS SPUR AT WOODLANDS STUD MOBILE TROT $7000, r51 to r80 mob. trot, mobile, 1750m 1 08337 Meander With Pegasus (1) fr S Abernethy 2 77899 Grey Stoke (2) fr.....................P Ferguson 3 PxD48 Franco Nadal (3) fr F Schumacher (J) 4 29837 Harry H (4) fr .................... D Ferguson (J) 5 47113 Blood And Whisky (5) fr .... T Cameron (J) 6 32167 November Guy (6) fr ........... B Butcher (J) 7 35558 Sol Invictus (7) fr ................... J Abernethy 8 P6151 George (8) fr ....................... T Macfarlane 9 06215 Majestic Stride (U1) fr ............. K Marshall 2 4.08pm TARANAKI ASSOCIATED CLEANERS MOBILE PACE $7000, non-winners 2yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 1750m 1 23252 Marrera (1) fr ........................... K Marshall 2 78585 Bye Bye Lucy (2) fr................... C Webber 3 45568 Santanna Legend (3) fr ................A Pyers 4 x0978 Moniaive (4) fr ..................... B Butcher (J) 5 0x634 Red River Dash (5) fr ............S Abernethy 6 Maverick Muchacho (6) fr. D Ferguson (J) 7 5 Smiling Liam (7) fr ......................S Phelan 8 Foxy Sister fr ............................ Scratched 9 45425 Knights Desire (21) fr .............P Ferguson 10 7647 Babyfacenelson (22) fr ..............T Mitchell

M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 01 March 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 4.16pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C3, 295m 1 42442 Smash Attack 17.22 ......................M Grant 2 18374 Homebush Austin 17.46 ......... J McInerney 3 48541 Epic Mango 17.18.................... J M Jopson 4 57841 Tricky Action 17.48 S &................. B Evans 5 56766 Opawa Waihemo 17.33 ................ R Wales 6 82656 Culvie Lass 17.45 H & ...................... Taylor 7 45221 Roadworks 17.16...........................M Grant 8 61276 Lonely Baxter 17.38................ J McInerney 9 6x887 Flaps Down 17.36........................... J Dunn 2 4.31pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER ROSANOWSKI DASH C3/4, 295m 1 1368F Seriously Grand 17.23 ..................... C Weir 2 84634 Junk Mail nwtd J &........................ D Fahey 3 21642 Coco Bango 17.27 .................. J McInerney 4 85634 Inside Affair 17.41................... R Blackburn 5 61112 Opawa Jumper 17.17 ................... R Wales 6 34672 Flower Bomb 17.23 ................ A Bradshaw 7 81753 Magic Mike 17.16 ...................... C Roberts 8 36888 Sozin’s Blue 17.41 .................. J McInerney 9 6x887 Flaps Down 17.36........................... J Dunn 3 4.49pm KOLORFUL KANVAS DASH C3, 295m 1 14465 High Return 17.31 .........................M Grant 2 54332 Odin Slayer 17.41 ................... A Bradshaw 3 38862 Koputara 17.37 ........................ J M Jopson 4 4x425 Smash Lilly 17.34 ..........................M Grant 5 71883 Gotcha Majenta 17.41 ............ J McInerney

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11 7P724 Delia May (23) fr.................... J Abernethy 12 77 Womeninleague (24) fr....... A Harrison (J) 13 Quick As Fire (25) fr ................. D Butcher 3 4.40pm ASURE SADDLE & SULKY MOTEL MOBILE TROT $7000, non-winners & up to r48 with cond. mob. trot, mobile, 1750m 1 Royal Moment (1) fr ..............S Abernethy 2 25455 Awa Cathrine (2) fr ......................D Moore 3 54854 Monarchy Invasion (3) fr ...........B Hackett 4 08389 Angus Fogg (4) fr ........................O Gillies 5 8688x Tanzanite (5) fr .................... T Macfarlane 6 x7747 Zimple (6) fr....................................L Neal 7 00763 Above The Rest (7) fr ....................K More 8 96675 Opawa Speed (8) fr ...................S Lawson 9 40262 Te Kouka Breeze (21) fr ..........M Nicholas 10 2013 Brooks Belle (22) fr ............... J Abernethy 11 4P76x Meyer Lansky (23) fr ..................S Phelan 12 Dx0 Rouen (U1) fr .....................T Mitchell 13 Need Luck (U2) fr ..................... D Butcher 14 71000 Secretofthesea Smile (U3) fr....... D Jones 4 5.16pm DAVE & EDDIE MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ r50 to r68 mob. pace, mobile, 1750m 1 37299 Master Of Escape (1) fr........... K Marshall 2 13480 Waingaro Mara fr ..................... Scratched 3 621 Racketeers Boy fr..................... Scratched 4 69653 Whale Rider (2) fr....................A Donnelly 5 83165 McDaknife (3) fr......................P Ferguson 6 67712 Spare Change (4) fr ..................T Mitchell 7 64416 Stars Delight (5) fr .................... D Butcher 8 26616 Eldolar (6) fr ...............................S Phelan

9 80281 Our Wicklow (21) fr ...............S Abernethy 10 72464 Count Landeck (22) fr ......... B Butcher (J) 11 46410 Razor Brogden (23) fr ...............N Chilcott 5 5.53pm SPORTYS BAR & CAFE MOBILE PACE $7000, r40 to r45 mob. pace, mobile, 1750m 1 08000 Burning Reign (1) fr..................... D Jones 2 64347 Itsokbeingbetter (2) fr .............. K Marshall 3 75943 Marquis Eyre (3) fr .............. B Butcher (J) 4 25790 Megatron (4) fr ......................S Abernethy 5 46879 Pure Desire (5) fr ..................... D Butcher 6 60500 Delightful Art (6) fr................. J Abernethy 7 55736 Toll Gate (7) fr ..............................A Pyers 8 x6870 Lady Santanna (8) fr ................ C Webber 9 30770 Strawberry Moose (21) fr . D Ferguson (J) 10 02269 Jack Bates (22) fr .......................S Phelan 11 50994 Pay Master (23) fr ............... T Macfarlane 12 39888 Arcano (24) fr .........................P Ferguson 13 94929 Gotta Go Jet Away (25) fr..........T Mitchell 14 47565 Rangi Rangdu (26) fr ....................K More 6 6.19pm WOODLANDS STUD MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ r47 to r53 mob. pace, mobile, 1750m 1 13480 Waingaro Mara (1) fr .................N Chilcott 2 75108 Lincoln Moment (2) fr ............ J Abernethy 3 69030 Cerberus (3) fr........................P Ferguson 4 91666 Tahlia Franco (4) fr ............ L Whittaker (J) 5 31754 Doubledelightbrigade (5) fr .......T Mitchell 6 51995 Rock N Roll Patron (6) fr ...........S Lawson 7 91683 Tennyson Inlet (7) fr ......... D Ferguson (J) 8 68582 Hezaluckygrinner (8) fr........ T Macfarlane 9 95867 Lincoln Lovely (21) fr .............S Abernethy

10 37299 Master Of Escape (22) fr 11 43467 Lynton Creek (23) fr ............ B Butcher (J) 12 17137 Lis Rulz (24) fr..............F Schumacher (J) 13 96342 Hold All Bets (25) fr ................. K Marshall 14 x0254 Charlie Harper (26) fr ........ T Cameron (J) 15 00170 Manihiki Pearl (27) fr ..................S Phelan Emergency: Master Of Escape 7 6.46pm REVITAL FERTILISERS TARANAKI CUP (MOBILE PACE) $12,000, up to & including r95 mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 67712 Spare Change fr....................... Scratched 2 52212 Mister Harris (1) fr .....................S Lawson 3 12212 Classie American (2) fr .... D Ferguson (J) 4 P1644 Marshal Star (3) fr .................... S Dickson 5 30910 Delightful Zen (4) fr ............. B Butcher (J) 6 31321 Black Chevron (5) fr .............. J Abernethy 7 71455 Ideal Roman (6) fr .................... D Butcher 8 60531 Brydon Ideal (7) fr .................S Abernethy 9 16865 Fleeting Grin (21) fr ................P Ferguson 8 7.11pm TELFER YOUNG MOBILE PACE $7000, non-winners 3yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 1750m 1 9x657 Lite Giovani (1) fr.....................M Nicholas 2 02223 Toro Delago (2) fr ...................P Ferguson 3 Roberta Slack (3) fr ...................S Lawson 4 The Urban Spaceman (4) fr .......S Phelan 5 2 Lady Liberty (5) fr............. D Ferguson (J) 6 537 Phillydotcom (6) fr .................... D Butcher 7 25846 Go Paddy (7) fr.............................A Pyers 8 0067 Ashley Tisdale (8) fr .............. J Abernethy 9 77637 Rosa Belle (21) fr ..................S Abernethy

10 90P69 Elmagination (22) fr.....................D Moore 11 Annaliese Lincoln (23) fr ..... B Butcher (J) 12 90373 Hunter Red (24) fr .....................T Mitchell 13 00434 Wicklow Star (U1) fr ................ K Marshall LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

8 86881 Mina Allen 30.08 ........................ C Roberts 9 27677 Must Be Rusty 30.24 .............. J McInerney 10 7.22pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO FEATURE R/A, 520m 1 11656 Viktoria Vikkers 30.46 ................ C Roberts 2 64431 Martha Magic 30.42 H &................... Taylor 3 11215 Egomaniacal 30.17 J &................. D Fahey 4 21164 Full Speed 30.03 ............................B Dann 5 13757 Princely Gold nwtd ................. J McInerney 6 22182 Goldstar Ashton 30.45 S & ........... B Evans 7 31838 Hilton Forabet 30.46 ............... A Bradshaw 8 12121 Opawa Rooster 29.99 J & ............ D Fahey 9 27677 Must Be Rusty 30.24 .............. J McInerney 10 13111 Opawa Purdie 30.19 J &............... D Fahey 11 7.48pm FOX & FERRET @ THE PALMS DASH C5, 295m 1 36522 Opawa Sheldon 17.07 .................. R Wales 2 14166 Cosmic Richie 17.30............... J McInerney 3 14237 Platinum Marshal 17.15 ............. C Roberts 4 61824 Homebush Rufus 17.34 .......... J McInerney 5 33181 Timely Affair 17.22.......................... J Dunn 6 12213 Smash Wild 17.08 .........................M Grant 7 66335 Fliberty Jiberty 17.25 ........................ A Lee 8 45231 Ohoka Clare 17.21 .....................L Waretini 9 25166 Amino Trouble 17.25 ............... A Bradshaw 10 55257 Nozzno Fear 17.38 ................. A Bradshaw 12 8.06pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C3/4, 295m 1 x5758 Know Respect 17.28 ...................G Cleeve 2 48275 Super Bad 17.20........................ D Roberts 3 73523 Technic 17.21 H & ............................ Taylor 4 76545 Sergess 17.28 ........................ J McInerney 5 57773 Talk Talk 17.19 .................................. A Lee 6 38321 Midnight Bolt 17.36 .......................... C Weir

7 21418 Aussie Hoon 17.21 S & ................ B Evans 8 23856 Star Bucking 17.34 ................. J McInerney 9 6x887 Flaps Down 17.36........................... J Dunn LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

1 055x1 Challenge (3) 59 ..........................R Myers 2 37421 Mongolian Marshal d (9) 58.5 ... O Bosson 3 0x1x4 Valour (13) 58.5 ................. H Andrew (a1) 4 02806 Dramatist d (8) 58 5 210x5 Brilliant Action tm (6) 58......... M Cameron 6 100x5 Luen Yat Miracle d (4) 58 .............A Collett 7 9415 Kaipawe th (10) 57 ...................... J Riddell 8 34621 Makamojito d (1) 57 .....................S Collett 9 5x356 Beautiful Man (12) 57 ....................T Allan 10 3x295 Just You (11) 57 .........................M Tanaka 11 74449 Chouxperb h (7) 56.5 ...............C Johnson 12 319. Chill (15) 56 ............................M Coleman 13 5x6x5 Desano (5) 56 .............................. S Spratt 14 0x563 Rosetta d (2) 56 .......................... J Parkes 15 038x8 Listowel (14) 54 Emergency: Listowel Blinkers on : Abrahams (R1), High Distinction (R3), High Distinction, Hugo The Boss (R6), Rosetta (R8) Blinkers off : Beautiful Man (R8) Winkers on : Chapoutier (R1), Absolute Gold (R6), Beautiful Man (R8) LEGEND: Runner Form b - Beaten favourite at last start c - Won at this distance on this course d - Won at this distance on another course h - Home track m - Won in heavy going t - Won at track X - Spell of three months Race Information hcp - handicap mdn - maiden nmw - no metropolitan wins opn - open r80 - rating

3yo - nominated age 3yo & up - nominated age and up 3yo f - nominated age and type 3 & 4yos - combined age groups c&g - colts and geldings cg&e - colts, geldings and entires e&g - entires and geldings f&m - fillies and mares hwt - high weight sw - set weight swp - set weights and penalties spa - set weights, penalties and allowances wfa - weight for age wlt - welter weight wfp - weight for age with penalties and allowances

SELECTIONS: Race 1: George, November Guy, Blood And Whisky, Sol Invictus Race 2: Marrera, Delia May, Womeninleague, Knights Desire Race 3: Brooks Belle, Need Luck, Monarchy Invasion, Rouen Race 4: Spare Change, Eldolar, Whale Rider, Razor Brogden Race 5: Toll Gate, Pay Master, Jack Bates, Marquis Eyre Race 6: Lis Rulz, Hold All Bets, Doubledelightbrigade, Hezaluckygrinner Race 7: Black Chevron, Classie American, Brydon Ideal, Ideal Roman Race 8: Toro Delago, Lady Liberty, The Urban Spaceman, Hunter Red

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24781 Oskitz 17.29............................... C Roberts 5 82268 Homebush Banker 17.36 ........ J McInerney 64381 Macey Baxter 17.22................ J McInerney 6 22414 Captain Chilly 17.20 ........................ C Weir 32781 Dusky Brew 17.35 S &.................. B Evans 7 32281 Think Tank 17.51 .................... J McInerney 6x887 Flaps Down 17.36........................... J Dunn 8 x8146 Miss Harper 17.34 ..........................B Dann 4 5.07pm KAISA EARTHWORKS PH 0272073323 9 6x887 Flaps Down 17.36........................... J Dunn 7 6.10pm MY BRO FABIO DISTANCE FEATURE SPRINT C3, 295m 1 48358 Opawa Norris nwtd ....................... R Wales C2d, 645m 1 37888 Opawa Sophie nwtd ..................... R Wales 2 73233 Genetic Marlow 17.42....................M Grant 2 52544 Peekay Shout nwtd J &................. D Fahey 3 47885 Chop Shop 17.32.................... J McInerney 3 33235 Opawa Plum 38.46 ....................... R Wales 4 11145 Gotcha Penny 17.37 ............... J McInerney 4 15423 Goldstar Marvely 38.65 S &.......... B Evans 5 32778 Ice Princess 17.39 .................. A Bradshaw 5 74444 He’s All Power nwtd J & ................ D Fahey 6 35257 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37..................... A Joyce 6 45621 Southern Lights 38.24 ..............R Hamilton 7 83253 Justin Ryan 17.27 S & .................. B Evans 7 22387 Opawa Racer 38.14...................... R Wales 8 81338 Fabre’s Lass 17.32 ................. R Blackburn 8 51451 Translator 37.82 J &...................... D Fahey 9 6x887 Flaps Down 17.36........................... J Dunn 5 5.24pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK SPRINT C5, 8 6.38pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C4/5, 295m 520m 1 58413 Botany Cold 17.22 .................. J McInerney 1 57652 Cactus Jack 30.06 J & .................. D Fahey 2 34671 Fired Up Jasper 17.21 ....................B Dann 2 35561 David’s Legacy 30.15 ..............M Robinson 3 14814 Nicey Spicey 17.11 ................. A Bradshaw 3 34648 Opawa Cheviot 30.20 S & ............ B Evans 4 81343 Danziger 17.10 ....................... R Blackburn 4 67137 Ride Ain’t Over 29.95 ................ C Roberts 5 83361 Sarcasm 17.02 ............................G Cleeve 5 Box Vacant 6 26217 Wow Madonna 17.02 M & ............ P Binnie 6 42187 Helski Bale 30.18....................... C Roberts 7 15124 Swimming Goat 16.79 ..................... C Weir 7 71331 Swirling Pearls 30.34 ....................... C Weir 8 78134 American Warrior 29.91 J &.......... D Fahey 8 47312 High Dreamer 17.24 ......................M Grant 9 25166 Amino Trouble 17.25 ............... A Bradshaw 9 6.57pm I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C3, 520m 1 21286 Opawa Brad 30.19 J & ................. D Fahey 10 45771 Smash Bomber 17.23 ....................M Grant 6 5.41pm (NZT) A2C ASPHALT 2 CONCRETE PH 2 22467 Hard Questions 30.01..................G Cleeve 0800222583 DASH C3/4, 295m 3 78134 Valyrian Steel nwtd ................. J McInerney 1 83658 Oppie Bale 17.36 ....................... C Roberts 4 51615 Mazu 29.97 J &............................. D Fahey 2 27565 Hey Jude nwtd ........................ J McInerney 5 61672 Spring Sam 30.74................... J McInerney 3 7x882 Smash That 17.21 .........................M Grant 6 56233 Boston Billy 30.40 H & ...................... Taylor 4 8F8x7 Sopoaga 17.32 ....................... A Bradshaw 7 37616 Tamara May 30.26 .........................M Grant

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Hawkes Bay Racing Incorporated Venue: Hastings Meeting Date: 01 Mar 2018 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles : 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 2.12pm (NZT) STELLA ARTOIS 1300 MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1300m 1 2 Abrahams (10) 58 ...................M Coleman 2 Obsessive (9) 58 ......................T Thornton 3 x8542 Midsummer Magic (1) 56.5 .......... S Spratt 4 x3425 Our Showgirl b (6) 56.5............... J Bayliss 5 89x38 Strut h (8) 56.5 ...............................T Allan 6 6 Happy Hitter h (3) 56.5.................S Collett 7 770x6 Henley Road (4) 56.5 ................. R Norvall 8 0x Caramia (5) 56.5 .....................J Grob (a2) 9 064. Chapoutier (11) 56 10 Passing Glance (2) 56 ...............M Tanaka 11 00x Raspberry Beret (7) 56 ............. O Bosson 2 2.47pm PER INCANTO $25,000, 3YO SW+P, 1400m 1 12 Slow Hands b (2) 57.5 ...............J Waddell 2 34107 All In Mana d (3) 57.5 ....... C Waddell (a4) 3 2169. Swisswatch db (1) 57.5 ............. O Bosson 4 688x1 Lubaya (4) 55.5 ............................R Myers 5 82 Detonate (7) 54 .................. H Andrew (a1) 6 Duellicious (6) 54 ...................... D Bradley 7 Starry Shiraz (5) 54..................C Johnson 3 3.22pm TRINITY HILL 1200 $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 62233 High Distinction (8) 60 2 2x221 Malo Bik 58.5 ............................Scratched 3 9x222 Morweka db (2) 58 ..............J Fawcett (a2) 4 96235 Pakapunch tdh (6) 58.....................T Allan

5 13. Vinnie’s Volley h (9) 57 .................S Collett 6 00x12 Tavijazz dh (5) 57 .....................C Johnson 7 0x550 Conjuring d (7) 56.5 ..................... S Spratt 8 221x Imblaze m (4) 56.5 .........................V Gatu 9 32316 Miss Oahu (1) 56 .......................M Tanaka 10 4958x Sophia Magia m (3) 54 ................R Myers 4 3.57pm TREMAINS STARTING GATES 2100 $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2100m 1 81041 Lady Guinness th (4) 59 S Weatherley (a) 2 51214 Soleseifei (6) 58.5 ....................... J Parkes 3 24143 Hunta Pence tdh (3) 58.5 .............. L Innes 4 81211 Porcelain Princess dm (1) 57.5 ....R Myers 5 09583 Captain Lincoln m (10) 57........... J Riddell 6 61174 Daytona Red d (2) 57...................A Collett 7 15843 The Rippa (9) 57 ........................M McNab 8 03313 Royal Ruby t (5) 56 ..................C Johnson 9 37463 Hoist tb (8) 54.5 ...........................S Collett 10 2152 Woodloveto (7) 54.5 .................... J Bayliss 5 4.35pm KARAKA MILLION NOMS CLOSE 6 MARCH 1400 HANDICAP $35,000, OPN HCP, 1400m 1 21101 Heni dm (4) 60 ........................ A Shin (a4) 2 11805 Ocean Emperor dm (7) 60 ......J Grob (a2) 3 11752 Son Of Maher db (1) 60 . S Weatherley (a) 4 33384 Shadow Fox td (8) 58 ..........J Fawcett (a2) 5 71298 Miss Wilson tdh (3) 57.5 ........... O Bosson 6 594x1 Wills Road td (9) 56.5 ............ M Cameron 7 53442 La Fille En Jeu td (11) 54...........M Tanaka 8 x7143 Bronsteel d (6) 54 .............. H Andrew (a1) 9 28164 Montoya Star d (5) 54 ................M McNab 10 x7272 Lewis Caroll (2) 54 ................ S McKay (a) 11 16123 Scandalo th (10) 54 .................C Johnson

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5.12pm LIVAMOL 1300 $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1300m 1 x1807 Ruby Bloom t (2) 59 ............ E McCall (a4) 2 62295 Yemanya (13) 58.5 .......................R Myers 3 52812 Awatane (5) 58.5................ H Andrew (a1) 4 6x812 Memories Only (4) 58.5 ............. R Norvall 5 33844 Absolute Gold t (11) 57.5 .............S Collett 6 x1149 Casaquinman b (10) 57.5 ........C Johnson 7 94431 Trudeau (1) 57.5 .................... M Cameron 8 10203 Euphoria m (12) 56.5 .................. J Parkes 9 x4247 Rose Imperial (6) 56.5 ...............M McNab 10 62233 High Distinction (7) 56.5 11 01562 Hugo The Boss bh (3) 56.5 ........... L Innes 12 91x21 Aileen Grace d (9) 56 13 04710 Lovers Lane (8) 55.5 ...............M Coleman 7 5.47pm LITTLE AVONDALE LOWLAND STAKES $70,000, 3YOF SW, 2100m 1 90189 Hasahalo (13) 56.5 ...................... S Spratt 2 89320 Belle du Nord (11) 56.5.............. V Colgan 3 12133 Savvy Coup (7) 56.5 ................C Johnson 4 133 Milseain t (5) 56.5 ....................... J Riddell 5 5431 Treasure (6) 56.5 .......................M McNab 6 91351 Pinup Coup (8) 56.5 ....... S Weatherley (a) 7 13532 Swing Note b (10) 56.5 ............. O Bosson 8 21718 In The Clear (3) 56.5 ...............M Coleman 9 412 Caricature (4) 56.5 ........................ L Innes 10 x4403 Luxe (1) 56.5 ............................. D Bradley 11 41079 Anevay (2) 56.5 ............................A Collett 12 822 Le Sablier b (9) 56.5 ................... J Parkes 13 5420. Za Za Gabor (12) 56.5 .................S Collett 8 6.27pm LAND ROVER HOY IN HB 13-18 MARCH MILE $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m

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Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.

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ACROSS 1. Make reference to (4) 3. Surprised (8) 9. Sweepstake (7) 10. Allure (5) 11. Dishonourable (12) 14. Fire residue (3) 16. Happen again (5) 17. Imbibe small amounts (3) 18. Unsuitable (12) 21. Confess (5) 22. Beer mug (7) 23. Good-looking (8) 24. Listen to (4)

DOWN 1. Relating to the arts (8) 2. Add (3,2) 4. Trifle (3) 5. Recovering (12) 6. People at the forefront (7) 7. Stupid (4) 8. Does the same (12) 12. Pedal (5) 13. Magnificent (8) 15. Executioner (7) 19. Hold responsible (5) 20. Holiday house (4) 22. Belly (3)

Previous solution: devi, die, dies, dis, dive, dives, ide, ides, ids, sei, side, vide, vie, vied, vies.

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Part of the reason for your tough time back there was that your gifts were not fully appreciated where you were trying to apply them. You will focus your natural abilities differently and net bigger rewards.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Today it will be futile to try to move things at a different pace than is currently happening, and no one cool is doing that anyway. Relax and let things meander.

You may even like where they wind up.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Much will depend on the question you ask. The right question will be like a magic button that opens up the elevator doors and allows you to step inside and go as high or as deep as you like.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): As much as you might like to be fooled by that charismatic pitch person (especially if said pitch has to do with being utterly in love with you), you wisely recognise the large element of drama here for what it is.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): If you can finish it in 10 minutes, don’t take 20. It will never be perfect, but it was probably good enough about five paces back. As they say in business, “Ship it.”

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): If you don’t draw a line between what you’re willing to do and what you’re not, that line will emerge as if from great unseen forces – like hot lava drawn up from the core of the earth, thick and red.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You’ve made compromises, some of them tremendous. It wasn’t such a big deal to you because you sensed that what you were getting out of the deal would develop you in untold ways. Now here you are, about to push “repeat” on that.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’ll fix dysfunction and address what’s not quite right. How? No one will even see it as “dysfunctional” until you point it out. Of course, you would never point it out without a solution to offer.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): If you say only what you mean, some won’t hear you, some won’t understand you, some will take offense. But the ones who hear, understand and accept the message will give you total trust.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It seems the stability model doesn’t offer much stability after all. It’s time to spend more time with the visionaries – creative people who are more excited by what could be than by what has been.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): In poems and parties, a great entry point is when things have already happened. This is true of relationships as well.

You’ll feel you’re hopping on a moving train.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’ll present yourself through a variety of formats. Whether it’s a meeting, an online forum, a telephone conversation or another medium, it’s the listening you do that will make the best impression.

Previous cryptic solution Across 1. Earns 4. Descant 8. Elder 9. Believe 10. Tea 11. Melodrama 12. Iced 13. Trod 18. Celestial 20. Tan 21. Abstain 22. Mania 23. Rosette 24. Smash Down 1. Electric chair 2. Radiate 3. Scrimp 4. Dabble 5 9 2 7 5. Salads 6. Arena 7. The garden path 14. Rotunda 7 6 15. Aslant 16. Fiancé 17. Clamps3 19. Loses Previous quick solution 9 1 Across 7. Hoodoo 8. Valour 10.

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ACROSS 1. Follow the rules and study the racing data (7) 5. Fishy bits include end of the line punishingly imposed (5) 8. Go ahead and find a fabulous bird in deep trouble (7) 9. Pole about to be academically dressed (5) 10. Not keen on cruel reform that means so much to the French (9) 12. Still, as lost in what works for brewers (3) 13. Silver will almost grow into ‘bovver’ (5) 17. Women decide this objective must be held (3) 19. May be directed to piece of furniture holding shower (9) 21. Is it the next best thing to the bull ring? (5) 22. The Open University has great upheaval: it’s scandalous! (7) 24. It may make one guilty of overtaking (5) 25. They make lacy edging for ragged clothing (7) DOWN 1. Prances around both ends of the parade in limousines (6) 2. One sold out as they landed in the soup (7) 3. Seaweed may be something one can get iron from (3) 4. Made one change newspapers, television and the like (5) 5. Oldest of siblings has bits for distribution to the Navy (5-4) 6. Name boy perhaps of about fifty in an aristocratic way (5) 7. See about US prosecutor with time to calm one down (6) 11. Although teeth were knocking, one was gossiping (9) 14. Half of them take a couple with a loving gesture (7) 15. In view of one’s using one’s eyes (6) 16. Time when there’s no sitting for it to step back in wall (6) 18. One of the USA is inside owing to a person being dull (5) 20. A space beneath the roof is up in the air (5) 23. Click one’s tongue either up or down (3)

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Rain developing about the divide, with scattered falls elsewhere from afternoon.

Northerlies, rising to strong or gale in the south in the evening.

MONDAY Cloud increasing. Southerly developing.

fine fine showers fine fine thunder fine fine cloudy thunder thunder fine fine snow snow

FZL: Above 3000m

Periods of rain about the divide, with heavy falls possible there and scattered falls further east. Strong or gale northerly, easing in the afternoon.

Wind at 1000m: NW 40 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: NW 55 km/h, easing to 40 km/h in the afternoon.

High cloud, with light rain developing for a time. Northeasterlies.

World Weather

FZL: Above 3000m

Rain about the divide. Mainly dry with thick high cloud elsewhere.

Wind at 1000m: N rising to 40 km/h in the morning, tending NW afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: NW 40 km/h, rising to 55 km/h south of Arthur’s Pass in the afternoon.

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A few spots of rain developing in the evening. Northeasterlies.

Thursday, 1 March 2018

A moist northerly flow covers New Zealand for the next few days while a trough lies to the west of the country. The trough is expected to move slowly onto the country from tomorrow onwards.

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Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, The Secret Lives of Owls Michelle Monaghan.

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8:30 Meet The Humans 9:30 Trust Me I’m A Doctor 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Gourmet Farmer Midnight Valentine Warner’s Wild Table 12:30 100 Day Bach 1am The Secret Lives Of Owls 2am Love Nature – Elephants In The Room 3am Colin And Justin’s Cabin Pressure 3:30 Gardeners’ World 4am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 5am Meet The Humans

SKY SPORT 2 6am Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v England – Second ODI. 6:30 The Cricket Show 7am Hook Me Up! – Back To Basics 8am Super League Fulltime 8:30 ISPS Handa Premiership Highlight Show 9am Football – A-League Shootout 10am Football – A-League Hour 11am Golf – NZ PGA Championships (HLS) 11:30 Netball – Super League (RPL) Loughborough Lightning v Manchester Thunder. 1pm L Squash – PSA Windy City Open Final. 3:30 Football – A-League (HLS) Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix. 4pm ISPS Handa Premiership Highlight Show 4:30 Surfing – WSL Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour – Best of 2017.

5:30 Cycling – Abu Dhabi Tour (HLS) 6:30 The Cricket Show (RPL) 7pm UFC Countdown 8pm L E-Sports – CS: Global Offensive Alpha Series.

11pm Motorsport – Asian Le Mans Series Year End Review.

FRIDAY Midnight Super League Fulltime 12:30 Sky Rugby – Team Talk 1am Football – A-League Shootout 2am Football – A-League Hour 3am Football – A-League (RPL) Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix.

5am Sky Rugby – Team Talk 5:30 The World Sailing Show 1Mar18

DISCOVERY 6:35 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters PG See-saw Saga. 9:10 Alaskan Bush People M Browntown Boom. 10am Homestead Rescue PG Methane Meltdown.

10:50 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 11:40 A Crime To Remember M Baby Come Home. 12:30 The Perfect Murder M Horror in Harlem.

1:20 Murder Calls M If I Can’t Have You. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 Outback Opal Hunters PG 5:40 MythBusters PG Alaska Special 2. 6:35 Gold Rush PG Gold Bars and Hail Marys.

7:30 Gold Rush PG The Devil’s Finger. 8:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 9:25 Moonshiners M Pass the Juice.

10:15 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 11:05 Naked And Afraid M Punishment in Panama.

11:55 Murder Calls M If I Can’t Have You. FRIDAY 12:45 The Perfect Murder M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 Edge Of Alaska M

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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Sport

Former local Daniel Pearce will line up against a strong field today on the first day of the New Zealand Open in Queenstown.

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Mixing it with big guns The best golfers in New Zealand, including Ashburton’s Daniel Pearce, along with a vast array of international names will tackle the New Zealand Open, which begins in Queenstown today.

Former Ashburton College student Pearce will sit alongside fellow Kiwis Michael Hendry, Ryan Fox and Ben Campbell in the elite event which is played across both Millbrook Resort and The Hills.

It’s a hot field, with strong form and there’s no hiding from that fact and Pearce, who is incidentally playing in the tournament as an Australian, will need to produce his known skill set to keep pace with the high-flyers.

Of the leading Kiwis, Campbell comes off his breakthrough professional win at the NZPGA Championship at the weekend, while Fox has taken time out to refresh and re-focus following his tie for third in his European Tour event in Malaysia.

Hendry, the defending champion, may not have been in his best form this year, but the 2017 winner is pleased that his hard work is starting to pay off.

“My form hasn’t been great but I feel I have played better than my results. I have been working particularly hard,” he said.

“Confidence levels and expectations are always changing but it takes a certain amount of pres-

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sure off. I don’t have to prove anything to anyone that I can win it because I’ve done it.

“That said I would love anything in the world to win it again and I have done pretty well defending golf tournaments.”

Fox said his run of top finishes in three big tournaments in a row in France, Ireland and Scotland last year, has given him belief.

“I believe I can compete out there and after those three weeks. I was competing against the best players in the world and playing with the likes of Jon Rahm and Justin Rose,” Fox said.

“Sometimes belief is hard without the results and thank-

fully I’ve got results to back it up now and I’m starting to believe.

At the start of last year, I was a little bit of an unknown and I probably didn’t believe as much as I should of.

“The best players in the world believe that they are the best players in the world. There are guys that have got that far almost on confidence alone. It’s the mental side of the game, the belief and the confidence which is the big part of it.”

Campbell is full of confidence after his resounding victory in the NZPGA Championship, and has the benefit of returning to his home course; Millbrook Resort.

“It’s always nice I suppose getting the monkey off your back and I played pretty solid last week,” Campbell said.

“I learned quite a bit in the Open and it gave me more confidence and that I felt like I should be here.”

He will be hoping once again that the support from his local Queenstown friends and family will help boost his confidence.

One hundred and forty-four professionals will contest the $1.2 million tournament at Millbrook Resort and The Hills tomorrow. There is a cut to the top60 players plus ties to contest the final two rounds at Millbrook Resort.

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