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Results are now available for the first three months of testing which is estimated to cover 80 per cent of the New Zealand pop-

ulation, including Ashburton.

The drugs that have been tested for are methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, MDMA and fentanyl.

The preliminary results, from November 2018 to January 2019, show methamphetamine is the most commonly detected illicit

drug nationwide, with approximately 16kg estimated to be consumed on average each week.

Testing in Ashburton showed that the proportion of drug use detected was 78 per cent methamphetamine, while MDMA/Ecstasy made up 22 per cent.

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Murney Main takes shape

By Susan Sandys

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Ashburton’s tallest building has been named, just as it reaches the stage of being one year out from completion.

Murney Main is the title of the four-storey construction taking shape at the corner of East and Burnett streets.

“We have played around with quite a few names, and it had quite a good ring to it,” said Kate Murney, who came up with the title, agreed upon by husband Hank and the couple’s three adult children, Jayne, Tara and Willie.

The family members conceptualised the project as they sought a headquarters for their Murney Trust enterprise.

It has grown from its Ashburton origins of Hank and Kate co-founding RX Plastics in the 1970s and owning factories in Ashburton and Hamilton, to today operating a portfolio of commercial and investment properties across New Zealand.

Initially, they planned for just two storeys, and then decided on a third, but demand meant they quickly extended to a fourth.

“As tenants kept ringing, it made it economical to make it four. We probably could have filled it five times,” trust director Willie Murney said.

Murney Trust will occupy the top storey, while the three remaining sites at level two, level one and the ground floor have all been leased.

Staying true to the philosophy they have for their properties, the family wanted to make the building stand out for its high quality materials and workmanship.

“It’s such a good site, we didn’t want to do a half measure and regret it in 10 to 20 years’ time,” Willie said.

As they announced the name

Murney Main developer Willie Murney and site manager Dave Leslie of Bradford’s view a three-dimensional model of the completed project.

PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 300419-SS-0029 yesterday, Willie and fellow director Kate, alongside trust consultant and adviser Julie Inwood, released concept drawings and debuted a three-dimensional model, which is on display at Leech & Partners Limited.

Emanating a modern, yet traditional appeal, the exterior will be copper at its main frontage and side, a feature in common with other Murney buildings and also the Ashburton clock tower.

It will have plantings on the first floor balcony, sills and roof, and a column of concrete with a bluestone finish, topped by the

Murney family crest and flagpole flying the New Zealand flag.

The Murneys had not been aiming to build Ashburton’s tallest building.

They only found out when they applied for their building consent, that it would slightly exceed the height of the four-storey building of Somerset House, currently Ashburton’s tallest building, across the road on Burnett Street.

“I think it’s great to be the tallest in anything,” said Willie of the serendipitous finding.

Construction began late last

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A concrete pad was then poured, and about two months ago the building started taking shape above ground. Yesterday workers began at 2.30am, wanting to beat the traffic at the busy CBD site as they undertook the level one floor concrete pour, a job taking around 12 hours.

Willie and Bradford’s foreman Dave Leslie are pleased with how work is going to date.

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work on it and get behind it,” Willie said. And he applauded the foresight of the Ashburton District Council in its town centre redevelopment project, believing it and neighbouring commercial developments such as Eastfields and the MSA revamp would lift the CBD. The finishing date for Murney Main is May 2020.

“I think people are still excited about the CBD; businesses want to be in here if they can, and if they find a building that suits they are more than happy to come in,” Willie said.

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Jenkins takes charge of policing in Ashburton

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

The uniform is still shiny and still might feel a bit out of place, but for Senior Sergeant Leigh Jenkins, now was the right time to pull it back on and take charge of policing in the Ashburton District.

This week Jenkins has taken over the reins as sub-area supervisor for the Ashburton District, a role previously held in the interim by Senior Sergeant Matt Emery.

Jenkins has been a police officer for 20 years and said he felt it was the right time to step into a mentorship role.

“I see there are a lot of new constables that are coming into the district and that there is not a great deal of experience, so I thought it was the right time to get into the mentor phase of my career,” he said.

“I will be rostering myself on to a few night shifts with them and I look forward to getting out and about with them and adding another layer of service and support for them.

“It has been a bit bizarre being back in uniform, it is going to take a while to get used to. I have had to crack it all open as it

is new, so I will be nice and shiny just like the new guys.”

After spending eight years in Ashburton, including as the leader of the local branch of the CIB as detective sergeant, Jenkins said he was excited about being able to work with the community.

“I really want to tighten the collaboration with schools, other government organisations like Corrections and Oranga Tamariki, other NGOs (non-government organisations) and Safer Ash-

burton through the (Ashburton District) Council,” he said.

“We might not be able to attend everything, but I want us to know about everything.”

Work in the CIB (criminal investigations branch) was tough, Jenkins said, often dealing with the worst of the worst crimes.

“The police is comprised of different branches and the guys in the uniform, like the dog handlers, youth staff and the PST staff, are the ones who respond to things first,” he said.

“If it is a se-

rious crime, that is when the CIB will be called in.”

Jenkins said some of the work can absolutely take its toll personally.

“We put some high-end paedophiles away recently and that was a very challenging policing case, but it was also rewarding at the end of it,” he said.

Stability is another thing Jenkins says he hopes to bring with the role, with three permanent senior sergeants and four temporary having been in charge since Jenkins arrived in 2011.

“I’ve been living here since 2011 and it was one of the reasons I applied for the job as I feel it should be someone that lives and breathes here,” he said.

“Another reason is I feel this role needs to be a stable position, so I won’t be going anywhere anytime soon.”

Only taking over the role on Monday after returning from a two-week holiday, Jenkins said he was not aware of any particular areas of crime that were a concern at the present time, but that burglary was a strong interest of police at the moment and that they are taking all reported cases very seriously.

Left – Senior Sergeant Leigh Jenkins is back in regular uniform and at the helm of police in Mid Canterbury as sub-area supervisor.

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Battle to get the best bang for buck

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton’s district councillors are crossing their fingers they can deliver a Rolls-Royce civic centre and library without the Rolls-Royce price tag.

Yesterday eight people shared their thoughts with district councillors on the complex planned for Baring Square east during a submissions hearing.

Councillors then grappled with how they could meet ratepayer expectations without going for the top-of-the-line $53 million build.

The project attracted 169 submissions, with the majority opting for the most expensive option.

The council’s preference was for a $45 million build and yesterday councillors juggled several features included in the more expensive option to try and include these in the cheaper model.

The difference between the two options comes in the size of the modern library and the facilities it includes.

High-spec energy efficiency features and the construction of the entire complex to the highest earthquake standards rather than just using this standard for the Civil Defence centre are also part of that deal.

Councillors decided the answer lay in spending somewhere between $45 million and $53 million in a ‘hybrid’ version of the project, creating a wish list from which they said a budget would emerge.

“There are a few things to sort out before we say yes, let’s spend $53 million,” Liz McMillan said.

“We should start out at $45 million and see what we want to add.”

After listening to and reading submissions, Selwyn Price said he had moved from supporting the $53 million option to preferring a hybrid of options one and

two. “But we should not scrimp on the size of the library, that’s most important; I’d absolutely stick with option two library size,” he said.

Russell Ellis wasn’t about compromises. He said he’d been surprised at the support from ratepayers for the most expensive option and that’s the way he wanted the council to go.

He wanted to set a higher budget and to list the additional features council wanted.

“I’d hate to say $45 million and let’s see what we can do and then have to come back later.”

Peter Reveley, Neil Brown and

Stuart Wilson didn’t agree. They said $45 million was more than enough to spend on the project.

Others wanted that option but with a bit of tinkering.

Councillors looked at axing a ground floor cafe, but decided to retain this as it would be leased to a private operator and income from that lease would be part of the new building’s income.

A small performance area in the library will also be retained.

When it came to strengthening the building they agreed the Civil Defence area should be strengthened to level four of the building code, but that the rest of

the building would meet 100 per cent of the building code, level three.

This would generate a considerable saving.

Most submitters wanted the energy saving features of the $53 million build and they have been retained – at this stage.

Councillors were divided over the size of the new library. Councillors agreed to increase the library in option one by 220 square metres.

Mayor Donna Favel said she had been humbled by the community’s foresight in saying they wanted the council to spend more money to ensure the project was future proofed.

“I’m favouring a hybrid leaning more towards the top end,” she said.

With several councillors adamant they didn’t want to spend more than $45 million and others wanting a hybrid that included some of the $53 million project, councillors agreed to tick the features they wanted and then see how the budget shaped up.

While decisions on what is included and what is not are yet to be finalised, councillors have asked staff to prepare a report, with recommendations on the shape of the project for a meeting on May 9.

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A package containing what is suspected to be a bomb and ammunition was found at a vacant section in Christchurch yesterday.

Canterbury District Commander Superintendent John Price said the Defence Force bomb squad had now made the package safe.

“Police have located a package containing a suspected explosive device and ammunition at a vacant address on Newcastle Street in Christchurch,” he said.

The police bomb disposal van arrived at the scene on Newcastle St in Phillipstown, Christchurch, and a 33-year-old man has been arrested.

Police, Defence Force, Fire and Emergency and St John swarmed the area after a report of suspicious items at a property.

Residents were earlier evacuated from Newcastle, Glasgow and Harrow streets as a precaution but were later allowed to return home, police said.

Police were focused on a small pile of items in the rear of the cleared lot. Some officers went door-to-door canvassing res-

idents. One local said he was told to evacuate mid-afternoon.

Police officers didn’t tell him what was going on and he only realised something was happening when officers were outside his house.

One resident on nearby Harrow St saying there was a “big” police presence.

The woman walked down the road to try and ask a police officer what was going on and he told her it wasn’t a drill but couldn’t say what it was.

“There’s an empty section which is full of police cars and police, lots of them,” she said.

“A fire engine was parked opposite but that’s all I know – there’s something going on.”

A Christchurch woman who drove past the scene said she counted 23 police cars in the area and said it was “very strange” to have so many in one area.

A St John spokesman said police were the lead agency and it had an ambulance on standby in case it was needed.

Fire and Emergency NZ also had one appliance at the scene.

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From P1 Regional variations in drug use have also been identified with methamphetamine use shown to be most prevalent per capita in Northland, MDMA in Canterbury and cocaine in the wider Auckland region.

Police Commissioner Mike Bush says that while the results prove the benefits of nationwide wastewater testing, it is only a snapshot of the bigger picture that longterm testing will lead to.

“These early results give us an idea of the potential for this type of data and, as testing continues, it will enhance our understanding of the demand and supply of illicit drugs and the associated harm caused in our communities,” he said.

“The long-term results will help police and other agencies make informed decisions around drug treatment services, and initiatives to combat organised crime groups dealing in methamphetamine and other drugs.”

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Bec hits the Comedy Fest big time

By Susan Sandys

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You can take the girl out of Ashburton, but you can’t take Ashburton out of the girl, says comedy producer and performer Bec Sandys.

Growing up in the Mid Canterbury rural town has provided plenty of material for Sandys as she prepares for a career highlight next week, that of performing at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival in Auckland.

Channelling both her bogan and her hippy phases, she will take the stage alongside fellow festival newcomers Audrey Porne and Brooke West, in their show Role Models.

For Sandys, to perform at the festival is the latest in a series of comedy achievements.

She is secretary of the New Zealand Comedy Guild and was last year nominated for the guild’s Most Outstanding Contribution to the New Zealand Comedy Industry award, and has even made a foray into mainstream television, appearing as one of the Whip Around segment presenters on TV3’s The Project.

Nevertheless, Sandys is nervous about performing at the festival, following being “blown away” to have been one of the successful performers accepted from

the many applicants.

“I’ve produced shows for comedy fest before, and always wanted to get my own show in it one day.

I’m nervous, but so excited to be performing our show,” she said.

“When you see the other comedians who have shows in the fest it’s a bit surreal … these comedians are famous and really funny, I don’t want to disappoint anyone by not being funny, or by not doing my best work.”

Those comedians include James Acaster, Urzila Carlson, Rhys Nicolson and Paul Sinha.

Role Models will be showing at Q Theatre at Cellar 10pm May 8 to 11, and competing against eight to 10 other shows in that time-slot for festival audience members.

“It’s a full-on time but it’s going to be a festival I won’t forget,” Sandys said.

The Role Models trio will be among about 15 comedians up for the Best Newcomer award.

Based in Christchurch and Auckland, Sandys will be returning to her local roots this winter and setting up a stand-up scene in Methven and probably Ashburton, where professional comedians will provide tips to those wanting to give comedy a go.

Anyone wanting to know more about this can contact Sandys at popupcomedynz@gmail.com

Bec Sandys harks back to her days of growing up in Ashburton as she prepares for the 2019 New Zealand International Comedy Festival.

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■■ MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE

$10m water project a vital tool

By Linda Clarke

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Farmers are being asked to cover most of a $10 million project to improve groundwater quality and quantity in Mid Canterbury.

It is hoped the wider community, through rates, will also contribute.

If the project does not go ahead, farmers will have to scale back their operations and an estimated $370 million will be stripped from Ashburton’s retail spend.

Details of a district-wide managed aquifer recharge (MAR) scheme were released yesterday to farmers at Hinds and Mayfield, who are the farmers affected. Another meeting will be held in Ashburton tonight to share the information to a wider audience.

A pilot MAR site at Lagmhor has been running for three years and those driving the project say it has raised groundwater levels in surrounding wells and reduced nitrate concentrations.

Nitrate in Canterbury drinking water is a big concern and farmers, through their farm environment plans, are now applying less fertiliser and irrigating more efficiently.

But Hinds farmer Peter Lowe says changing to more environ-

Managed Aquifer Recharge leaders Peter Lowe (left) and Bob Bower work through details of a wider MAR network with Mayfield farmers yesterday.

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Without MAR, there would need to be a 30 per cent reduction

in the dairy platform, a 30 per cent reduction in dairy support and a 30 per cent reduction in small seed production. On-farm profitability would reduce and, with that, land values would fall by $20,000 a hectare.

With MAR, no land use changes would be needed, though farmers would have to continue to improve their practices. Net profit would likely fall by $91,000 for a 250ha property.

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ing yesterday approved the project. They had little choice, their farm consents and “social licence” means they must meet Environment Canterbury limits, which mean reducing on-farm nitrogen losses by up to 36 per cent by 2035.

Lowe said MAR would help them reduce groundwater concentrations of nitrate-nitrogen to a target of less than 6.9.

MAR would also raise groundwater levels in community drinking water wells, including the one at Mayfield which went dry in 2015, he said. It would help keep farmers, and therefore the district, economically viable.

A community trust has been set up to run the wider MAR project and 12 new sites are likely to be developed on the Hinds Plains. At each site, clean water is run into a leaky pit and eventually filtered into groundwater aquifers.

The pilot site has shown that wells in the surrounding area rose by up to 18m in the past two years. Nitrates fell from 6.9 to below 2.

Around 125 million cubic metres of water will be needed to run the network of MAR sites and work is progressing on access to that water and its delivery.

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Tamaki’s tweet ‘offensive’ NZME Destiny Church leader Bishop Brian Tamaki’s tweet that he was the victim of an attempted “political gang rape” by senior Government ministers is offensive, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis called it “disgusting”.

Tamaki yesterday ramped up his war of words with the Government, tweeting that it looked like Ardern, Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Davis had tried a “political gang rape” on him.

I think the Minister of Finance has breached “NZ Bill of Rights” in his Personal Rant and Criticism of me ... looks like PM Jacinda Ardern, MP Grant Robertson nd MP Kelvin Davis tried a Political “Gang Rape” on me Yesterday?

Bishop Brian Tamaki (@BishopTamaki) April 29, 2019.

The tweet was his latest response in a battle over Destiny Church’s Man Up programme, which Tamaki wants to introduce into the country’s prisons.

Tamakai told the Herald yesterday his reference to gang rape was nothing to do with the experience of people who had been raped but referred instead to a “planned assault by Labour’s top MPs on his character”.

He said that to liken his use of the phrase to the act of gang

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In brief Boil water notice lifted The Ashburton District Council has removed the precautionary boil water notice in place for the Methven-Springfield water supply.

Residents connected to this scheme can now resume using their drinking water as normal, after monitoring equipment detected that turbidity levels in the water have decreased and the quality of the water has returned to normal. The council detected high levels of turbidity in the water on Tuesday, April 23 and issued the precautionary boil water notice.

Although the treatment equipment has been working correctly, it is less effective during periods of high turbidity and the notice was issued as a precaution. It’s believed the rainfall experienced in the district at the time caused the turbidity levels to rise.

Kayak capsizes Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki has upset Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and several MPs with his ‘gang rape’ tweet. rape was to “pervert what my real meaning is there because that’s nothing to do with that at all”.

“The term is about three senior Cabinet Ministers … ranting about a prison reform programme, a successful one at that – Man Up – ranting on social media and one of them criticising me. Don’t you think that’s a bit more than coincidence?

“Our prison system is in a serious condition and Kelvin’s got no answers to it.”

Ardern told reporters yesterday she had not seen Tamaki’s latest tweet but said the use of the phrase “gang rape” to describe his treatment by the Government was offensive.

“If he wants his programme in prisons, if he wants to do good,

then he should engage with us, not send offensive tweets.

“He’s certainly not helping himself,” Ardern said of Tamaki’s attempts to get the Man Up programme in prisons.

Davis called the tweet “disgusting. It’s offensive on every level.

If that’s his form of Christianity I don’t think many people want that”.

A man is in a serious condition in Waitakere Hospital after his kayak capsized near French Bay yesterday. Police were called at about 1pm to reports of a kayak capsized in the water about 200m offshore from French Bay in Titirangi. The Police Eagle helicopter helped police locate the kayaker and bring him safely back to shore, a police spokesperson said. A St John spokesperson said an ambulance treated a patient in Titirangi at 1.51pm and transported him to Waitakere Hospital in a serious condition.

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‘Scout mum’s passion for life filled the room’ NZME “Jenny’s bright smile, loud laugh and passion for life would fill the room wherever she was.”

That is how the Scouts Lower North Island general manager Jenny Rodgers is being remembered after she was killed in a crash near Taupo which also claimed seven other lives.

In a statement, Scouts New Zealand said her death was a loss to the movement on many levels.

“Her dedication to family and passion for Scouting was deep,” they said.

“Jenny’s caring and selfless nature meant that she was fondly known as ‘Scout Mum’ to many.

Her ability to take people under her wing and to go out of her way to help others no matter the task was something that will be sorely missed.

“Jenny lived by the scout values and role-modelled them every day.”

The mother-of-three joined one of the first mixed-gender scouts units in the country when she was 14 and achieved her Queen’s Scout Award in 1984.

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She was an ardent supporter of Gang Shows, particularly in the Hutt Valley, and would spend hours perfecting costumes that the young people could wear with

pride. Rodgers was a volunteer warden at Brookfield Scout Camp for nearly 25 years.

She is survived by her husband, Andrew, also a dedicated scout volunteer, her three daughters, granddaughter, mother, siblings and wider family.

Waterloo School Parents’ Association said it was “deeply shocked and saddened” by Rodgers’ death.

“Jenny volunteered her skills, time and considerable energy to the PA for many years.

She served as chairperson for two years, and was instrumental in establishing the annual Big

Sunday Lunch community fundraising event, which she co-ordinated three times,” the association said.

Scouts New Zealand is setting up an online memorial page as well as a Givealittle page.

A family, including both parents and five of their children, also died in the other vehicle in the collision on State Highway 1 at Atiamuri around 10.30am on Sunday.

The couple’s 9-year-old boy was the sole survivor of the crash and he remains in a stable condition after being flown to Waikato Hospital.

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ast night I had the pleasure of sitting on the judging panel for the annual Mid Canterbury Sports Awards, a privilege I have enjoyed for the past three years since returning to the Guardian.

It’s always amazed me that for such a small region we manage to year-on-year produce some quite remarkable results at the highest levels, especially from a district with a population which isn’t that large compared to others around us.

The awards are held each year to give proper recognition to those who have excelled in their chosen field during the previous 12 month period, with the ultimate desire to find the most deserving winner in each of the categories on offer.

But, without being disrespectful to any of those who were on the nomination sheets which were pored over last night to find a winner, I was pretty disappointed looking at the nominations received and wondered what those in charge of the event are doing so wrong that it creates some sporting bodies to completely snub the event.

Here’s the perfect opportunity for organisations and sporting codes to champion their stars

– to put them up in lights and let them shine while gaining the recognition that they so richly deserve.

Yet so many are missing from the nomination forms – and it’s really disappointing.

As is the case in our business, we cop a bit of flak for an apparent disregard for some minority sports who are quite happy to yell down the phone or offer up abuse on the street about a lack of coverage of their sport – yet not one of those sports who in the past 12 months has offered up that kind of criticism have submitted nominations for this year’s awards.

As I began to look over the nominations, once they were received, I came up with a list of more than 20 stars that should

have been included in the nominations. Some, in my opinion only, were contenders to actually win their respective category which is even more frustrating – and I really only scratched the surface.

A couple of years ago we wrote of the fact the community needed to get behind this event and ensure that the numbers stayed strong and there was good representation.

That goes from the popular sports like rugby, netball and football – right down to the smaller sports like lawn bowls, croquet and badminton.

One particular award that always amazes is the volunteer award, a category for which there is no judging – everyone nominated gets their moment on the

stage and the deserved recognition for their dedication.

Here’s the perfect opportunity for sporting organisations to say thank you to some of their wonderful volunteers, but again they only number a very small handful this year.

Aside from the frustrating and disappointing, there were some incredible profiles to work through this year with some very closely fought and keenly contested categories.

This district continues to punch well above its weight on the national and international stages and at next week’s awards evening it will be great to see some of those responsible for that getting the rewards they deserve.

Angeles riots, a visibly shaken Rodney King appeared in public to appeal for calm, pleading, “Can we all get along?”

In 2011, President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden during a US commando operation (because of the time difference, it was early May 2 in Pakistan, where the al-Qaida leader met his end).

Ten years ago: Supreme Court Justice David Souter announced his retirement effective at the end of the court’s term in late June.

(President Barack Obama chose federal judge Sonia Sotomayor to

succeed him.)

Five years ago: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called a 50-per cent jump in reports by members of the military of sexual assaults the previous year a “clear threat” to both male and female service members’ lives and well-being, and said he’d ordered Pentagon officials to increase efforts to get male victims to report abuse.

One year ago: Entering the State Department headquarters for the first time as America’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed to reinvigorate American diplomacy and help

the United States get “back our swagger.”

Today’s birthdays: Singer Judy Collins is 80. Actor Stephen Macht is 77. Singer Rita Coolidge is 74. Pop singer Nick Fortuna (The Buckinghams) is 73.

Actor-director Douglas Barr is 70. Actor Dann Florek is 68.

Singer-songwriter Ray Parker Jr. is 65. Actor Byron Stewart is 63. Actress Maia Morgenstern is 57. Actor Scott Coffey is 55.

Country singer Wayne Hancock is 54. Actor Charlie Schlatter is 53. Country singer Tim McGraw is 52. Rock musician Johnny

Colt is 51. Rock musician D’Arcy is 51. Actress Julie Benz is 47.

Actor Bailey Chase is 47. Country singer Cory Morrow is 47. Actor Darius McCrary is 43. Actor Jamie Dornan is 37. Actress Kerry Bishe is 35. Actress Lizzy Greene is 16.

Thought for today: “Any man who has the brains to think and the nerve to act for the benefit of the people of the country is considered a radical by those who are content with stagnation and willing to endure disaster.”

— William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper publisher (1863-1951).

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Matt Markham

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, May 1, the 121st day of 2019. There are 244 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On May 1, 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain was created as a treaty merging England and Scotland took effect.

On this date: In 1786, Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro premiered in Vienna.

In 1893, Richard John Seddon became premier following the death of John Ballance.

Immortalised as ‘King Dick’, Seddon dominated the New Zealand political landscape for the next 13 years. He remains this country’s longest-serving prime minister.

In 1931, New York’s 102-storey Empire State Building was dedicated. Singer Kate Smith made her debut on CBS Radio on her 24th birthday.

In 1941, the Orson Welles motion picture Citizen Kane premiered in New York.

In 1945, a day after Adolf Hitler took his own life, Admiral Karl Doenitz effectively became sole leader of the Third Reich with the suicide of Hitler’s propaganda minister, Josef Goebbels.

In 1955, Five Vampire aircraft of No. 14 Squadron carried out the RNZAF’s first combat strike since the Second World War against guerrillas in the Malayan jungle.

In 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane over Sverdlovsk and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

In 1967, Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. (They divorced in 1973.) Anastasio Somoza Debayle became president of Nicaragua.

In 1971, the intercity passenger rail service Amtrak went into operation.

In 1982, the World’s Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, was opened by President Ronald Reagan.

In 1992, on the third day of the Los

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Keeping our district moving is a big and often challenging job.

At more than 2600 kilometres, our roading network is far longer than the entire length of New Zealand, and since 2005 our population has grown by more than 22 per cent.

So what does that mean for our roads? It means working hard to invest as much as we can into maintaining and improving our network.

In the past few years, for example, we’ve topped up our roading budget with surplus funds to the tune of between $750,000 and $1 million each year. All of this additional work has been unsubsidised.

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2018-28, we approached NZ Transport Agency to approve a subsidised work programme of $14 million – an additional $3 million than we’d secured in the previous three years.

It’s all about maintaining our current levels of service and making sure that the quality of our roads doesn’t deteriorate.

Looking after our network also helps to keep people safe on our roads, so in addition to improvements, we also make sure to review road safety, such as speed limits, signage and shelter belts shading roads. We also support road safety messages to influ-

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The past four weeks on New Zealand’s roads have been nothing short of devastating, with a horrific number of people killed.

Efforts to ensure roads are as safe as they can be are therefore as crucial as ever, and capital projects under way in our district are helping to see that happen.

A final 5.15 kilometre section of Poplar Road outside Hinds is being upgraded from shingle to seal so that drivers will no longer have to travel between the two different surfaces. This $1 million project, which also includes widening of the road, is set to finish in June.

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Abdication rituals begin AP Emperor Akihito began his abdication rituals at a Shinto shrine yesterday as Japan embraces the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era.

Television images showed Akihito in a traditional robe entering the main Shrine of Kashikodokoro to report his retirement to the gods. The shine is where the goddess Amaterasu, said to be the direct ancestress of the imperial family, is enshrined.

Only part of Akihito’s shrine ritual was released to the public.

In a palace ceremony later in the day, Akihito was expected to announce his retirement before other members of the royal family and top government officials.

His reign was to run through until midnight when his son Crown Prince Naruhito was to become the new emperor and his era begins.

Naruhito will ascend the Chrysanthemum throne today. In a separate ceremony, he will inherit the Imperial regalia of sword and jewel, as well as Imperial seals as proof of his succession as the nation’s 126th emperor in

Endgame just too much The dramatic conclusion to Avengers: Endgame proved too much for one Marvel fan in China, who was reportedly hospitalised with “uncontrollable sobbing”.

According to a report on Chinanews.com, a 21-year-old woman was left short of breath and suffering numbness in her hands and feet after the sitting through the film’s tense climax. She received treatment from doctors and was diagnosed as having hyperventilated but her condition improved after she was given oxygen.

The final chapter in the Avengers movie franchise continues to smash box office records around the world.

Japan’s Emperor Akihito (right), leaves after a ritual to report his abdication to the throne, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

PHOTO AP the world’s oldest hereditary monarchy from the 5th century.

Hours before the abdication ceremony, many people were gathering outside the palace compound despite unseason-

ably wet and cold weather, and even though they are not allowed to look inside.

“We came because today is the last day of (the emperor’s era of ) Heisei, and we feel nostalgic,” said Akemi Yamauchi,

55, standing outside the palace with her husband.

“We like the current emperor. He has worked hard for the people, he is very thoughtful, and kind to everyone,” said her husband, Kaname.

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Isis leader appears in video after 5 year break AP The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group claimed to appear for the first time in five years in a video released by the extremist group’s propaganda arm, acknowledging defeat in the group’s last stronghold in Syria but vowing a “long battle” ahead.

The man said to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the video also claimed the Easter Day bombings in Sri Lanka which killed over 250 people were “part of the revenge” that awaits the West.

Despite numerous claims about his death in the past few years, al-Baghdadi’s whereabouts remain a mystery. Many of his top aides have been killed, mostly by US-led coalition airstrikes.

He is among the few senior Isis commanders still at large after two years of steady battlefield losses that saw the selfstyled “caliphate” shrink from an area the size of Britain to a tiny speck in the Euphrates River valley.

The video, released by a media outlet run by the extremists, Al-Furqan, shows al-Baghdadi with a bushy grey and red beard, wearing a black robe with a beige vest and seated on the floor with what appears to be an AK-74 rifle

Islamic State group leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. propped up next to him. He is speaking with three men seated opposite him whose faces were covered and blotted out.

It is his first video appearance since he delivered a sermon at the al-Nuri mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014.

In that video, he appeared as a black-robed figure with a trimmed black beard to deliver a sermon from the pulpit of the mosque in which he urged Muslims around the world to swear allegiance to the caliphate and obey him as its leader.

Since then, he has only released audio messages

through the group’s media outlets.

In the recently released video, al-Baghdadi acknowledged that Isis lost the war in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz, the group’s last sliver of territory, which was captured last month by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

The fall of Baghouz marked the militants’ territorial defeat and the end of their self-declared Islamic caliphate over parts of Syria and Iraq.

Al-Baghdadi said that the battle for Baghouz demonstrated the “barbarism and

brutality” of the West and the “courage, steadfastness and resilience of the nation of Islam”.

“This steadfastness shocked the hearts of the Crusaders in what increased their rage,” he added.

Referring to the setbacks in battle, he said the “brothers” of the many fallen fighters “will avenge that, as they will not forget as long as they have blood in their veins, and there will be a battle after this one”.

Al-Baghdadi called specifically on his followers to intensify attacks on France.

He made repeated references to current events, including Benjamin Netanyahu winning the elections in Israel and the fall of longtime dictators Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Omar al-Bashir in Algeria and Sudan.

Most significantly, he praised the recent attacks in Sri Lanka which he said have “pleased the hearts of Muslims,” and said it is “part of the revenge that awaits the Crusaders and their followers”.

The group has claimed responsibility for the suicide attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, and investigators are looking into the extent of the extremist group’s involvement with the local radicalised Muslims who carried out the suicide bombings.

Grammy-award winning band Fleetwood Mac announced their return to New Zealand earlier this year now they have added one more show in September. The band will perform three Auckland Spark Arena shows on September 12, 16 and 19 and one show in Dunedin at Forsyth Barr Stadium on September 21. Due to demand for tickets, a fourth and final Auckland show at Spark Arena on Saturday, September 14 has just been announced.

The tour will feature the new line-up of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Christine McVie along with newcomers Mike Campbell and Neil Finn.

Mike has moved on He might have declared himself heartbroken after splitting from his Married At First Sight wife Heidi Latcham, but Mike Gunner appears to have well and truly moved on. Mike, 43, was caught getting cosy with Jessica Williamson, 30, at a Gold Coast beach last week.

According to Woman’s Day magazine Jessica works as a fly-in, fly-out truck driver. The new couple were snapped kissing and hugging on the beach and holding hands as they went for a swim. Mike has also praised his new love on social media, describing her as “gorgeous” when commenting on a series of modelling shots of Jessica.

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Jobless rate predicted to go up

By Simon Hartley NZME

First-quarter labour data is expected to show some rebound from weakness seen in the previous quarter and reflect a historically low unemployment rate.

The low unemployment rate does not bode well for sectors in Otago and Southland, both in manufacturing and the service provider sector, which have been plagued by shortages of unskilled and skilled staff for more than two years.

The StatsNZ household labour force survey is due out today.

ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley was picking the unemployment rate would ease back slightly to 4.2 per cent of the labour force; the same expectation of the Reserve Bank.

“Our expectation is that the labour market will remain tight over 2019, but that wage growth will fail to fire sufficiently to push medium-term inflation higher,’’ he said in a statement.

“We expect the labour market to remain tight given slower growth in the labour supply,’’ he said.

He expects the unemployment rate to “hover’’ around 4 per cent

by late 2019.

Economists don’t expect much change in the employment picture for the March quarter, with rising wages doing little to push up consumer prices, keeping the prospect of official cash rate (OCR) cuts alive, BusinessDesk reported.

The March quarter unemployment rate was 4.2 per cent versus 4.3 per cent in the December period, according to the median of economists polled by Bloomberg.

Private sector wage inflation,

including overtime, is forecast to be 0.5 per cent in the three months through March versus 0.5 per cent growth in the prior quarter.

The central bank has a dual mandate to support maximum sustainable employment and keep annual consumer price index (CPI) inflation between 1 per cent and 3 per cent over the medium term, with a focus on the midpoint of 2 per cent.

Annual inflation was 1.5 per cent in the March quarter.

members.

Westpac Bank senior economist Michael Gordon expects the unemployment rate will have lifted to 4.4 per cent.

“That would still leave it close to the RBNZ’s estimates of the maximum sustainable rate of employment, but the RBNZ would be concerned if it were heading in the wrong direction,’’ he said.

ANZ Bank New Zealand economist Michael Callaghan expected the unemployment rate to be 4.3 per cent in the March quarter and said “improvement in the near term seems unlikely with GDP growth subdued”.

He tipped private sector wage inflation to be about 2.1 per cent year on year, not including overtime, reflecting previous tightening in the market and minimum wage increases.

“A stable or slightly lower unemployment rate should set the scene for the RBNZ to deliver a downward-sloping OCR track at the May MPS, in line with our expectation for an August rate cut.

“A higher unemployment rate and subdued wage inflation would add to the risk of a rate cut as soon as May,’’ Callaghan said.

Meanwhile, the labour cost index is expected to have increased an annual 2 per cent in the March quarter, an unchanged annual pace from the December quarter.

Average private sector wages rose an annual 3.7 per cent to $29.66 an hour in the December quarter.

Business confidence surveys show firms have bemoaned the rising cost of wages and difficulty of finding skilled staff for several years.

More recently, they’ve complained about an inability to pass on those costs to consumers, and are bracing for profit margins to get squeezed.

Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr cited a slowing local economy and weaker global outlook when he surprised investors at the March review, shifting the central bank from a neutral stance to saying the next likely move was a rate cut.

While some economists expect a cut as early as next week, others say August is more likely, in particular given the May 8 monetary policy decision and statement is the first that will be published by a new committee, which includes three external and four internal

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Your insurance may go up NZME Insurance Australia Group – New Zealand’s largest general insurer – says its customers who live in areas prone to natural disasters and severe weather may have to pay more for insurance.

From July 1 the insurer will take more account of risk in its premiums and roll out changes to all its brands as well as the insurance it sells through banks ASB, BNZ, The Co-Operative Bank and Westpac.

Last year it changed the premiums for its AMI and State Insurance customers to take into account risk from earthquakes and floods, with some areas seeing an average premium increase of $91 and others an average cut of $54.

But now the insurer plans to roll out its risk-based pricing across the board for all its home and contents policies. This follows a similar move by Tower Insurance in April 2018.

Kevin Hughes, executive general manager customers and consumer at IAG, said the change was being made because it needed to “reflect the level of risk and costs associated with providing insurance cover, including reinsurance costs”.

“Every customer and every property is different and so every policy will be affected differently, whether that be a price increase or decrease.”

Hughes said New Zealand’s environmental risks had evolved over the past few years. “We need to take more account of those risks, so we can continue to be there for our customers across New Zealand when misfortune strikes.”

Hughes said it realised the changes would be a challenge for some customers.

“We will work through this with them.

“There are a range of options available to customers to make this easier, including taking a higher excess or adjusting the frequency of payments to suit them.

“We will continue to provide solutions and work to make insurance as affordable as possible.”

The insurance giant came under fire last month over its moves in Wellington, with some claiming it had pulled out of the market.

IAG said it was still operating in Wellington but had changed its focus to servicing existing customers rather than new customers.

Hughes said last month it had

taken a prudent approach to insurance in Wellington in the wake of the Kaikoura quakes, but as part of an ongoing review process, IAG had decided to review its position regarding both new and existing customers.

“The feedback from our existing customers is they want us to be there for them,” he said.

“As such our focus has been to broaden our support and to protect existing customers. This includes making sure insurance is available as the circumstances of our customers change. For example, when an existing customer buys a new home, we want to ensure we are able to provide insurance coverage for their new property and that we’re there for them if they need to make a claim,” he added.

IAG has around 46 per cent of the New Zealand general insurance market.

The IAG changes come at the same time as the Earthquake Commission is changing its cover.

From July 1, EQC will pay up to $150,000 plus GST per residential home but will no longer provide cover for contents. Contents insurance cover will fall entirely to private insurers.

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6,376.0

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Great dinner options for fish N

ew Zealand has an amazing range of fish available in supermarkets and fish shops, but unfortunately, price is often the deterrent when it comes to using fish as the main ingredient in a family meal.

There are some species, however, that are reasonably priced. These are often the more dense fleshed species that are great for baking or turning into a curry. Warehou and monkfish are two of those.

And don’t overlook red cod. It might not have the glamour of its blue cousin but it’s a good dinner option.

Fish curry

Mediterranean fish 4T olive oil 1 large red onion, sliced 3 cloves garlic, sliced 2 cans diced tomatoes 1/4 C black, sliced olives 2T capers 1t brown sugar 1T soy sauce 600g firm fish 50g feta, crumbled 1/2 C parsley, roughly chopped 300g potatoes 1T butter 1 brown onion, chopped 1/2 t dried thyme ■■ Preheat an oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced).

■■ Heat 2T of oil in a frying pan.

■■ Add the red onion and garlic and cook for 3 or 4 minutes until softened.

■■ Add the tomatoes, olives, capers, brown sugar and soy sauce.

■■ Simmer for 8-10 minutes until it starts to thicken.

■■ Pour half of the tomatoes into an oven-proof baking dish.

■■ Layer the fish on top of the tomatoes, top with the remaining tomato mix.

■■ Crumble over the feta and bake for 25 minutes until the feta is golden.

■■ Serve with green beans and crispy potatoes.

Sweet and sour fish 1/4 C sugar 1T soy sauce 1T oyster sauce 2T white vinegar 1/2 t salt 2t cornflour, and extra to dust 1/2 C stock 2T oil 500g white fish, cut into 2cm chunks 2 cloves garlic, sliced 1t grated ginger Carrot, sliced into fine sticks Spring onion, sliced ■■ In a small jug combine sugar, soy, oyster sauce, vinegar, salt, cornflour and stock.

■■ Heat oil in a large frying pan (or cook in two batches in a smaller one).

■■ Toss fish generously in flour and fry for 4 minutes each side or until cooked, remove from pan.

■■ Add sauce to pan, stirring carefully until thickened.

■■ Return fish and serve straight on to a serving plate.

■■ Toss garlic, ginger, carrot and spring onion in a little oil in a small frying pan for 2 minutes until slightly softened.

■■ Place on top of the fish.

■■ Serve with rice.

400g skinned and boned monkfish, cut into small even cubes 1T good quality vegetable oil 1 onion, finely chopped Thumb-sized piece ginger, finely grated 3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed 1t shrimp paste 1 small red chilli, shredded 1T green curry paste 1T brown sugar 1/2 C coriander, stems finely chopped 1/4 fennel bulb, diced 1 capsicum, diced 2C coconut cream 2T water 1 lime, 1/2 juiced, 1/2 for garnish 1/4 C coriander leaf, to garnish 2C cooked rice ■■ Heat the oil in a large pot/pan with a lid, add shallots and soften for 5 minutes.

■■ Increase the heat a little, stir in the ginger, garlic, chilli and cook for 2 minutes.

■■ Add the curry paste and sugar, and keep stirring.

■■ When the sugar starts to melt and everything starts to clump together, add 3/4 of the coriander stems, capsicum, fennel, coconut cream and 2T of water, then bring to a simmer.

■■ Add the fish to the sauce and squeeze over half the lime.

■■ Place on the lid and simmer for another 5 minutes or until the fish is just cooked and flaking.

■■ Scatter coriander leaves.

■■ Mix remaining coriander stalk through the rice and serve.

Spanish fish casserole 2T olive oil 2 baby fennel bulbs, cut into thin wedges 1 onion, thinly sliced 250g baby potatoes, cut into 5mm slices 1 red capsicum, seeded, sliced 1/2 C dry sherry 400g canned crushed tomatoes 1C real fish stock 1 orange, zest peeled into strips, juiced 4 x 125g pieces firm white boneless fish 3/4 C pitted green olives Parsley leaves, to serve Char-grilled crusty bread to serve ■■ Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C. ■■ In a large frying pan heat oil on medium.

■■ Saute fennel and onion 4-5 minutes until tender.

■■ Add potato and capsicum and cook 4-5 minutes, until onion is tender and vegetables are lightly coloured.

■■ Add sherry to pan to de-glaze.

Simmer 1-2 minutes, until almost completely evaporated.

■■ Stir in tomatoes, stock, orange zest and juice.

■■ Bring to boil. Nestle fish pieces in pan and scatter with olives.

■■ Bake 12-15 minutes, until fish is cooked through.

■■ Sprinkle with parsley and serve with char-grilled bread.

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Potato and fish bake 500g fish fillets 2 potatoes, peeled and sliced round 1 medium onion, sliced 1/2 capsicum, sliced (green/red/ yellow) 1 clove of garlic, crushed 500ml cream Salt and pepper, to taste ■■ Arrange sliced potato on the bottom of an oven-proof dish.

■■ Layer onion, capsicum and garlic over potato then place fish on top.

■■ End with a layer of potatoes and season with salt and pepper.

■■ Pour cream over and bake at 180°C for 45 minutes or until potatoes are soft.

Creamy cheesy baked fish 1kg boneless white fish fillets, cut in cubes 3T margarine 6T plain flour 2C (500ml) milk 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper, to taste 1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese ■■ Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease 20x30cm baking dish.

■■ Poach fish in milk for 5 minutes.

Drain and reserve milk.

■■ Melt margarine in a medium saucepan.

■■ Remove from heat, then mix in the flour and milk (make up to 2C if needed) ■■ Return to stove over medium heat and stir until thickened.

Season with salt and pepper.

■■ Put fish in dish alternating layers with sauce.

■■ Sprinkle top with grated cheese.

■■ Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until cheese is browned.

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■■ Gradually pour in the wine and chicken stock and cook for 5 mins or until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce has thickened. Stir the creme fraiche into the chicken mixture and season well. Transfer the mixture into the prepared baking dish.

■■ Meanwhile, make the mashed potato. Peel and cut the potatoes into small pieces. Cook in

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Best feet forward

RESULTS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club April 27 The Radius Care Players of the Day and winners of the Murray Webb Trophy: Bryan Donaldson & Grant Smith nett 59 on c/b from Sam Clarke & Peter MacAuley, Don McQuarters & Paul May and John Power & Eric Parr all nett 59. Other winning scores: Wilson Hii & John Richards 60; Ken Clucas & Adrian Hopwood, Dylan & Ryan Stoddart and Robert Pawsey & David Fisher all 61. Twos: Steve Vivian, Brian Mee, Bill Hetrick and Royce Jamieson. Nearest Pins: Braided Rivers: Beavan Rickerby; Rothbury Insurance: Bill Hetrick; Allenton Meat Centre: Hamish Niles; SI Seeds: Sean Strange: Property Brokers #6: Peter Walker; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Neil MacDonald; Tinwald Tavern Spot Prize: Paddy Bradford.

Birdy Jackpot: #1, Net Eagles Jackpot: #18 Nine Hole: Harvey Bakehouse winner of the day: Sam Prince with 22pts. Other winning scores: Oliver Prince 20, Antony White 20, Kevin Hurley 20 and Gavin Johnston 19 on c/b

■■ Shooting Fullbore Target Shooting

Making their way around the arena at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds on Sunday were Christchurch’s Charlotte Knowler and Payback. The duo were competing in the Ashburton Dressage Group’s Autumn Dressage Series. The second event in the series will take place on May 19.

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April 27 and 28 Marlborough Autumn Championship, and Tui Black teams Match, at Kaituna, Blenheim Ten shots at 300 and 500, and 15 at 900 yards.

A grade, won by John Snowden 169.11, from Malcolm Dodson, Kaituna, 168.13, Vic McMurdo, Petone, 167.12, Chris Kershaw, Malvern, 166.9, Allan White, Malvern, 164.10, Graeme Boland, Masterton, 164.10, Kevin Win, Trentham, 164.9, Jared McMurdo Petone, 163.7, Andre Doyle, Petone, 155.16.

B grade, Anita Benbrook, Petone, 167.15, Clinton White, Kaituna, 163.10, David Dick, Kaituna, 159.9, J Jansen van Vuuren, Kaituna, 156.4, H Jansen van Vuuren, Kaituna, 156.4, Brian Hawksby, Ashburton, 155.6, John Fleming, Ashburton, 147.6.

C grade, Coby Snowden, Ashburton, 131.4.

FTR, Geof Smith, Malvern, 185.10, Peter Carter, Malvern, 175.4, Urin Cohen, Kaituna, 168.1.

FO, Ian Hughes, Cheltenham, 195.13.

Tui Black Teams Match, won by Wellington.

Wellington: Vic McMurdo, 145.8, Andre Doyle, 145.10, Kevin Win, 135.8, Grame Boland 143.15, Jared McMurdo 147.13, Anita Benbrook 141.11, total 856.65. Marlborough: David Dick 139.11, Clinton White 149.17, J van Vuuren 147.7, H van Vuuren 136.7, Malcolm Dodson 142.7, extra score, 136.5, total 846.54. Canterbury, coached by John Snowden and Allan White: John Snowden 149.6, Coby Snowden 110.1, Chris Kershaw 143.13, Brian Hawksby 143.8, John Fleming 130.5, Allan White 143.17, total 815.53.

■■ Indoor Target Shooting Mt Somers Rifle Club

■■MOTOR RACING

Hamilton taunts Ferrari NZME World champion Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari need to get their act together to prevent the Formula One championship becoming even more of a private Mercedes battle.

The sport’s oldest, most successful and glamorous team flattered to deceive again in Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, while Mercedes celebrated their fourth successive one-two finish.

No season has ever started with such a run.

“We thought it would be a lot closer ... but we are delivering on a very, very high percentage,” said five-times world champion Lewis Hamilton, who finished second to Finnish team-mate Valtteri Bottas.

“Both Valtteri and I are delivering on the laps and the team are really pumping on all cylinders and they (Ferrari) are not,” he added.

“When, if, they start pumping on all cylinders and start delivering, then we’ll have much more of a fight.”

Ferrari are 74 points adrift of

Mercedes in the constructors’ standings while Sebastian Vettel, third in the championship, is 35 behind Bottas.

Up until the second phase of Saturday qualifying, it seemed Ferrari were on it.

Charles Leclerc led every practice session and seemed destined for his second pole position in four races.

And then, switching from soft to medium tyres, the Monegasque hit the wall and it all went wrong.

Bottas seized pole instead and led Hamilton to the flag in a race short on drama, with Vettel third and Leclerc fifth, taking the fastest lap as a consolation.

That continued a trend.

At the Australia season-opener, Ferrari arrived as favourites after lighting up the timing screens in testing.

Neither driver ended up on the podium.

In Bahrain, there was more disappointment for Ferrari when Leclerc led from pole before his engine lost power and he finished third, with fastest lap, and Vettel fifth.

Lewis Hamilton China, where Ferrari had looked sure to be able to use their straight-line speed advantage to telling effect, proved a similar letdown.

Hamilton, with two wins and two second places but a point behind Bottas because of the Finn’s fastest lap in Australia, suggested

his performance had been below his best.

“I just struggle here,” said the Briton.

“This is not our strongest race of the season.

“This has always been a bit of a difficult race for me.

“If both (their) cars delivered as we delivered, and their drivers delivered as we delivered, I think it would have been a lot closer.”

Vettel, despite having won four titles in a row with a dominant Red Bull between 2010-13, said it had all become a bit boring.

“So boring.

It’s not just four races.

“It has been four years, more or less,” the German told reporters.

“We are pushing as hard as we can.

“But you need to respect that they are doing phenomenally well and getting their cars most of the time in the right place.

“But I’m confident.

“I believe in this team and I know we can improve.

“I think that we have a good car.

“We just haven’t managed yet to put it always where it belongs.”

Jess Heaven 89.1, 93, Bree Greer 82.1, 86.3, Caleb Greer 80, 83.1, Nick Ewart 88, Stephen Millichamp 94.3, 97.3, Andrew Oram 100.5, 93.1, Dave Millichamp 95.3, 92.1, Kevin Fews 92, 87.1, Eddie Millichamp 88.1, Wayne Tubb 93.2.

Mayfield Rifle Club Robert Spencer 94.3, 94.1, Sarah Gould 77, Daniel Gould 86, Ella McDowell 67, Lloyd Herbert 70, Fernando Torres 92.3, Andrew Donaldson 99.4, Ben Nordqvist 96.5, Martin Fleming 97.4, 96.3, 96.4, Alan Wakelin 95.4, Carl Nordqvist 97.5, 98.3, John Fleming 98.5.

Seafield Rifle Club 1, 8 and 15 April: Robbie Hewitt 94.3, 94.1, 94.5, Neville Martin 96.3, 91.2, 90, Ross Duncan 93.1, 92.3, 93.1, Peter Wilson 93.1, 93.2, 93.1.

DRAWS ■■ Bowls Ashburton Indoor Bowls May 9 Representative Team announced to play Ellesmere, Lincoln Event Centre - 7.30pm start Travel to be arranged Mat Bassett, C Talbot, C Gilbert, J Stewart K Mackenzie, M Sunbeam, D Bell, G Hurst G Chapman, Murray Bassett, L Mackenzie, T Palatchie M Sheard, R Ellis, K Smith, J Nowell R Mackenzie, B Laird, J Cleghorn, G Smith J Cuthbertson, C Tubb, N Atkinson, G Anderson If you are unavailable please contact Mat Bassett 027 3926155.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club May 4 The Watson Cup matchplay will begin, for those not involved a stroke round will be played.

The draw for the matchplay will be posted in the Pro shop and on the Golf Club website.

Starting Times: Morning players at 8am; Afternoon report at 11.30 for a 12.00pm start, Nine hole golfers report 12.30 for 1.00pm start.

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■■OPINION

Drivers, start your engines . . .

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’ve never really been in to motorsport.

The noise, the dirt and the smell of burning rubber has never really floated my boat.

But, as with anything in life, there’s the odd exception.

For example, once a year when the petrolheads make their annual pilgrimage to watch drivers chase each other around Mount Panorama in Australia, I make sure my television is tuned in to that channel for a few hours.

Bathurst has always been on my annual sporting must-watch list, and I actually have no idea why.

I don’t watch any other car racing on the television and I generally only recognise a handful of the drivers’ names, but when the Bathurst 1000 is on I happily sit back and cheer on anyone at the wheel of a Holden, for no other reason than when I was younger I thought that Commodores looked nicer than Falcons.

The other big exception is much closer to home, though, and that’s Wheels Week.

This weekend, Wheels Week

rolls around again and it’s set to be a full-on couple of weeks – because although it’s Wheels Week, in actual fact as the years have gone on it’s grown way too big for everything to fit into just one week, and it actually takes in three weekends these days.

I’ve heard the odd person make fun of Ashburton the past, for the fact it has a week – or more than a week – dedicated to the humble wheel.

But, it’s one of the biggest events on the Mid Canterbury events calendar every year, and it’s actually pretty cool.

It has something for everyone, with everything from wheelchairs, mountain bikes, motorbikes and cars, to trains, planes and even boats featuring in this year’s programme.

Among the feature events are a couple of massive motorsport competitions, and every year they attract big crowds.

This weekend, Ashburton Speedway will kick things off with an action-packed two days.

It’s New Zealand title weekend and as usual, it’s going to be big.

Also featuring in weekend one is the Mid Canterbury Mountain

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Bike Club’s annual six-hour endurance race which takes riders around a loop down at the river track, between Melrose Road and State Highway One. There’s also an Ashburton Car Club motorkhana down on the road at Silver Ferns Farms on Sunday, so if you want to see some drivers really test their skills against the clock on a tight wee course, check that out.

But the Ashburton Car Club’s big event of Wheels Week will take place next weekend, and that’s the annual Street Sprints down at the Riverside Industrial Park, and it’s always a cracker event whether you’re into car racing, or not.

The sound of the cars hitting ridiculous speeds on that tricky track can be heard echoing right around the town, and when I

was growing up we lived just down the road, so we’d usually head down for a look most years, back in the days when you could just wander across the grass off River Terrace.

It’s a big event that always attracts some of the region’s top drivers, and generally when entries open they fill up in no time and there’s a waiting list of drivers who missed out, hoping a space might open up.

I, like a few Guardian sports reporters over the years, have had the opportunity to ride in a car in the Street Sprints.

A few years ago I was invited to ride alongside Ross Mackay, and it was an experience which I think made me appreciate the event even more.

It’s not until you’re in one of those cars that you realise just how blisteringly quick they are actually going.

It’s an unreal feeling and while I’m glad I got to experience it, this year I’ll once again be happy simply watching the action from the sideline with my notepad in hand, eagerly waiting to find out just who will take out the title this year.

■■RUGBY LEAGUE

Warriors break the bank Kodi Nikorima has been offered a “monster” deal by the Warriors which could see him join the Auckland club immediately, according to an Australian report.

Nikorima has been rested from the Broncos match against the Rabbitohs tomorrow so he can concentrate on sorting out his future.

The little half is reportedly on $250,000 a season with the famous Brisbane club and Fox Sports Australia says the Warriors will more than double that amount, for a threeand-a-half year contract which it described as a “monster deal”.

Nikorima has had a calf twinge in recent times and coach Anthony Seibold announced via the Broncos website that he will “give Kodi the time and space to think through his decision”. “[He] has some decisions to ponder around his future, decisions that are not easy to sift through, and may affect his family,” said Seibold.

“So considering the tight turnaround between matches, we think it is best he does not play against the Rabbitohs on Thursday.”

The 25-year-old has played over 80 games in Broncos colours, plus 13 tests for the Kiwis.

His future as a starter in Brisbane is not assured, but Nikorima and partner Bree Tobler welcomed their first child in January which complicates the situation.

Nikorima’s livewire game could prove a good fit with Blake Green in the Warriors halves, following the departure of Shaun Johnson to the Sharks.

While Chanel Harris-Tavita has shown some promise in a handful of games, he is still raw. The struggling club has even tried forward Tohu Harris and utility back Peta Hiku in the halves during 2019.

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Kodi Nikorima could well be a Warrior by the end of the week.

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Captaincy talk baffles Arrow NZME He’s heard the speculation he could be a bolter for Queensland’s State of Origin captaincy but even if Maroons coach Kevin Walters was on the phone Jai Arrow would find it hard to believe.

Ex-Queensland star Gorden Tallis has suggested the hard-working forward should be given the nod to lead the Maroons this year and into the future, especially after Daly Cherry-Evans and Jake Friend both suffered injuries last weekend.

Arrow is 23 and has played just three Origin matches but Tallis argues he is a long-term option to lead the Maroons’ next generation, after the retirements of incumbent skipper Greg Inglis and champions Johnathan Thurston, Cameron Smith, Billy Slater and Cooper Cronk.

Arrow admits even if the news was being delivered by Walters himself he’d smell a rat.

“I think the first words that would come to my mind would be, are you geeing me up, or something like that,” Arrow said.

“For him (Tallis) to say something like that, it’s mind-boggling ... to be honest I don’t know what I’d do, or how I’d handle it.”

The raft of departures from Queensland’s set-up in recent years has created a leadership vacuum for the Maroons.

Arrow is just one of several candidates being touted for the captaincy, with Michael Morgan and Cameron Munster among them.

Whoever gets the role, Arrow admits there needs to be a step up in ownership across the squad heading into this year’s series.

“It’s a new era for Queensland ...

I’m sure the boys that come into that side will all sit down and say this is our team,” he said.

“I’m a big believer that actions speak louder than words, so I’m sure that’ll be one of the main things that whoever does become captain will do and lead Queensland to success in the future.”

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Collegiate’s 40-19 win over Celtic on Saturday means they’re one of two unbeaten teams in senior B rugby so far this season.

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Retallick still out

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From NYC to Rakaia Domain

By Erin Tasker

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Scoring a hat-trick in a game is a great feat for any rugby player, and it’s not something that Jackson Donlan has experienced a lot in his career.

But on Saturday he got one playing for the Rakaia senior Bs against Hampstead in the Michael Duff Memorial Trophy competition, and the story that went with it was pretty impressive.

Donlan – who in recent seasons had captained Rakaia’s senior side and the Mid Canterbury Heartland Championship side – missed the start of the 2019

rugby season as he had spent the past few weeks travelling the world on his big OE. He was meant to be back home this week, but ended up flying in on Saturday morning, a few days earlier than expected.

After a long trek from New York, Donlan flew into Christchurch at 9am, and by lunchtime he was down at the Rakaia Domain ready to lace up his boots for his first ever game of senior B rugby.

By half-time, the hooker had three tries under his belt and there was a rumour he might even have got a fourth in the second.

Not a big fan of the limelight,

a modest Donlan couldn’t recall if he did score a fourth, and said there was a bit of luck involved in the ones he did get.

He reckoned he just happened to be in the right place.

“They were good team tries,” Donlan said.

The score was 86-12 in Rakaia’s favour by full-time, although it officially went down as a default.

Hampstead struggled to muster a team to head to Rakaia and started without a full team on the field, which meant it had to be a default, although the teams still played.

The win meant that last year’s

senior B champions Rakaia retained their unbeaten status so far this season, with Collegiate’s 40-19 win over Celtic on Saturday making them the other unbeaten team in the competition.

Meanwhile, Allenton suffered their first loss on Saturday, beaten 32-24 by Methven, and Southern beat Mt Somers 20-12 in the other game of the round.

The next round of senior B will kick off tomorrow night, with Southern and Methven set to play under lights at Hinds at 7pm, while the remaining games – Allenton versus Collegiate, and Hampstead versus Celtic – will be played as usual on Saturday.

Thomson bounces back to big rugby Former All Black, Ashburton-born Adam Thomson, has capped off a remarkable recovery from being hospital bound to signing to a new rugby deal.

The 37-year-old has signed with the Utah Warriors in the Major League Rugby competition.

The club have also signed Fijian sevens star Pat Ravouvou, an Olympic gold medallist.

Utah made the semi-finals in the inaugural season of Major League Rugby but have had a rough start to 2019 with just two wins from 11 games.

Thomson was admitted to Tsukuba Memorial hospital in Tokyo on December 19 2017, with an illness that left him unable to walk for days and initially had doctors baffled.

He posted from his hospital bed during Christmas 2017 saying he

In brief

had a long road to recovery ahead after being rushed to hospital in “excruciating pain”.

He was later diagnosed with lumbar discitis – an infection in the intervertebral disc space.

Thomson left New Zealand at the end of the 2012 Super Rugby season after 68 appearances for the Highlanders to take up a contract with the Canon Eagles in Japan.

He returned to Super Rugby in 2015 and 16, playing for the Reds and Rebels respectively, before going back to Japan, linking back up with the Canon Eagles.

In 2017 he joined the NEC Green Rockets in the Japanese Top League.

As well as taking the field for the All Blacks, Thomson represented New Zealand at secondary schools, under-19, under-21 and Sevens levels.

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The Chiefs will be without Brodie Retallick for at least three more Super Rugby games. The top All Blacks lock has missed the side’s past two games – both ending in defeats – after injuring his wrist in the Chiefs’ win over the Blues on April 13. Chiefs coach Colin Cooper confirmed that Retallick had torn a ligament in his wrist, but said that they are hopeful he will be back for their match against the Reds in three weeks.

“Brodie is probably another three weeks away,” he said. “So we’re looking probably at the Reds game. He’s got a torn ligament in his wrist so he’s about three weeks away.”

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Hansen’s new job?

Steve Hansen’s next job appears to be an open secret. The All Blacks coach, who will step down from the post after this year’s World Cup, has again been linked with a director of rugby role at Japan’s Toyota Verblitz. The Sydney Morning Herald has doubleddown on the speculation, saying Waratahs forwards coach Simon Cron will join him at the club.

It’s the second time this month he’s been linked with the post by separate outlets. All Blacks captain Kieran Read is already signed with Toyota Verblitz from next season.

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Cullen endorses Reece

Adam Thomson

All Blacks superstar Christian Cullen has given Crusaders winger Sevu Reece a huge boost, suggesting he might be on the plane to Japan later this year.

Cullen also rates Hurricane Wes Goosen highly, but after Reece’s superb two-try showing for the Crusaders at AMI Stadium on Friday night it is his name that Cullen likes better in the outside backs. Cullen, who was a massively-successful 60-test All Black, said the All Blacks selectors couldn’t help but notice Reece’s scintillating form, ahead of the Rugby World Cup coming up in Japan later this year.

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Philly 76ers strike back, series level AP Jimmy Butler had 30 points and 11 rebounds, James Ennis scored 13 points and the Philadelphia 76ers held on to beat the Toronto Raptors 94-89 yesterday, evening up their Eastern Conference semi-final series 1-1.

Game 3 is tomorrow in Philadelphia.

Down 19 in the first half, Toronto cut the deficit to one late in the third, then went cold to start the fourth, missing six of their first seven shots.

The Raptors kept coming, however.

Lowry made 3-pointers on both sides of a pair of foul shots

by Butler cutting it to 90-87 with 1:36 to go.

Toronto got the ball back, and Siakam scored on a layup to make it a one-point game, but Joel Embiid answered with a driving shot at the other end, restoring the three-point advantage with 24 seconds left.

After Lowry nearly turned the ball over, Danny Green missed a potential tying 3, and Philadelphia’s Tobias Harris came up with the rebound, his 11th.

Harris was fouled and sealed it by making a pair with 3.9 seconds left.

Embiid scored 12 points in 32 minutes despite missing the morning shootaround because of flu-like symptoms.

Kawhi Leonard scored 35 points, Siakam had 21 and Lowry 20. Toronto shot 10 for 37 from

3-point range and 33 for 91 overall as its franchise-record five game post-season winning streak came to an end.

Toronto missed six of its first eight shots, matching the number of misses it had in the first quarter of Game 1, when the Raptors made 16 of 22.

Toronto shot 7 for 24 in the first and missed its first seven from 3-point range before Norm Powell connected. Butler scored six points for Philadelphia, who led 26-17 after one. Toronto got 17 from both Leoonard and Siakam in the first quarter of Game 1, when they scored 39 points.

Ennis and Butler each scored seven points in the second and Philadelphia led 51-38 at the half.

Meanwhile Nikola Jokic scored 37 points and the Denver Nuggets withstood Damian Lillard’s 39-point effort and Enes Kanter’s strong return to Portland’s lineup in a 121-113 win over the well-rested Trail Blazers in the opener of their second-round playoff series yesterday.

Lillard, who struck 50 points, including a 37-footer at the buzzer to oust Oklahoma City in five games, missed 8 of 12 3-point attempts and Gary Harris blocked his 3 from behind in the closing minute to keep the Trail Blazers from closing in.

Jamal Murray added 23 points for Denver, which was making its first appearance in the second round in a decade, and Paul Millsap scored 19.

Right – May I have this dance? Portland centre Enes Kanter (right) disputes possession with Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray.

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■■NETBALL

Tactix still struggling in ANZ Premiership netball

Kate Lloyd

After a sluggish start, Te WÄ-nanga o Raukawa Pulse have stormed to a 62-44 victory over The Good Oil Tactix in Christchurch, upholding their unbeaten record in the 2019 ANZ Premiership.

It was the 11th straight win for the Pulse, who completely dominated the two middle quarters by finally “kicking into gear”, as captain Katrina Rore succinctly put it after the match.

If there was any consolation for the Tactix, it came from taking the first and last quarters off the mighty Pulse.

The Tactix hung in there for the entire first quarter with some ex-

ceptional defence right through the court, but led from the back by captain Jane Watson and Sophia Fenwick.

Watson restricted the usually prolific Aliyah Dunn to just four shots on goal, but Pulse goal attack Ameliaranne Ekenasio did not mind taking on the lion’s share of the shooting.

Meanwhile Tactix goal shoot Ellie Bird stood strong in the face of some intense attention from the Pulse defenders, and didn’t miss a shot in the first 15 minutes.

The Tactix took a two-goal lead halfway through the quarter, and could have extended that with a

little more patience, but were still in front 12-11 at the first break.

The Pulse took the lead five minutes into the second spell, when they began to tighten up on defence and made fewer mistakes. As Dunn made more space to breathe, the Pulse scored five in a row, and ran away with the second quarter 16-9.

The Pulse looked like their old selves, up 27-21 at halftime, and accelerated away as soon as they returned to the court.

Player of the match Whitney Souness and Claire Kersten took ownership of the midcourt for the Pulse, and put in some superb

quick passes to Dunn (who ended the game with impressive figures of 36 from 38 attempts).

The Tactix brought Ashburton’s Kate Lloyd into the defensive circle with Watson to try to break the Pulse’s stranglehold.

But it was on attack where the Tactix struggled to string a sequence of passes together that would end in goals.

The Tactix salvaged some pride by winning the last quarter by one, and Bird went home with the most goals scored, 39 from 42 (93 per cent). But again, she found no shooting support from her goal attacks.

Racing 18 Ashburton Guardian

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■■THE MESSENGER

In brief

Spankem centre of attention

By Michael Guerin A dream week with barrier draws has gifted Spankem an unlikely shot at harness racing’s Horse of the Year title.

Because he might now start favourite in Friday’s $100,000 Messenger at Alexandra Park and victory there would embellish his claims for a title which looks more open than usual.

Spankem bolted away with last Friday’s Taylor Mile after being able to lead favoured stablemate Turn It Up and has the best draw (three) of the favourites again this Friday.

While the Messenger is run over 2700 metres compared with last week’s Mile, Spankem still looks the likely leader and then controls his own outcome, whereas stablemates Chase Auckland (barrier four) and Turn It Up

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(five) will need some luck to get to the marker pegs and in front of Spankem.

Last week’s declaration from trainer Mark Purdon that Spankem would lead the Taylor Mile and not hand up to Turn It Up saw the market flipped on its head and Purdon’s pre-race comments this week will again have a crucial impact.

But there is more than just the first place prize up for grabs on Friday as Spankem is making a late, unlikely bid for the Horse of the Year title.

Thefixer would have been the early favourite for that after he won the New Zealand Cup, always the most important race for voters, but while he has won a Ballarat Cup and Miracle Mile prelude since, he has been beaten plenty of times.

Turn It Up has the Auckland

Trainer Mark Purdon and Easter Cups next to his name so a win this Friday and in the Jewels on June 1 would put him in the HOTY box seat.

But if he wins on Friday then Spankem’s credentials get a further boost.

Damian Browne retires Expat New Zealand jockey Damian Browne has announced his retirement after spending months on the sidelines. The 15-time Group One winner has been off the scene since falling ill in January, as a result of long-term wasting, and the veteran rider said his body is telling him to hang up his boots. “It was a couple of days before the Magic Millions when I had a perforated bowel and my kidneys shut down and my body just went into shock from years of wasting and taking anti-inflammatories for my legs”.

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He has already won the Miracle Mile in 1m 47.7s, the prelude a week earlier, the Kaikoura Cup, two Inter Dominion heats and last Friday’s Taylor Mile.

Add the Messenger this week and his claims become hard to deny.

Just 30 minutes earlier the Trotter of the Year title looks certain to be decided in the $150,000 Rowe Cup which hosts the horses who have won all the previous group one trots held in New Zealand this season.

Speeding Spur, who has drawn the second line, is the only trotter to have won two Group 1s this term and is joined by Marcoola (Dominion), Massive Metro (National Trot) and Sundees Son, who won last Friday’s Anzac Cup. Another Group 1 victory for any of that quartet could seal them the trotter’s title.

Ardrossan at Waikato Lightly-tried stakes winning sprinter Ardrossan will offer Kiwi breeders a unique opportunity to tap into a high-class source of speed and class when he begins the second phase of his career this year at Waikato Stud where he will stand at $8000+GST. The precocious son of champion stallion and sire of sires Redoute’s Choice has been retired following a career-ending injury in Sydney.

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Wanganui gallops Today at Wanganui Raceway

Wanganui JC Venue: Wanganui Meeting Date: 1 May 2019 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.25pm KEN DUNCAN RACING MAIDEN HURDLE 3000 $10,000, MDN HDL, 3000m 1 0x011 Class Above tmh (2) 68................... S Fannin 2 2285x Mesmerize tmh (1) 68.....................S Phelan 3 8Px08 Mr Ink m (3) 68............................ S Karnicnik 4 0066x All In Rock (5) 68.....................L Douglas (3) 5 0x975 Commander m (8) 68..............B Lammas (1) 6 F586x Mandalay mh (4) 66...................... T Moki (3) 7 228x3 Ave Maria th (6) 66.............K Veenendaal (1) 8 0x897 Medini m (7) 66 2 1.00pm LOWE SCHOLLUM JONES OPEN HURDLE 3000 $20,000, RST OPN HDL, 3000m 1 44x76 It’s A Wonder dm (3) 68..................S Phelan 2 69x90 Thatz David mh (5) 67.5............. S Karnicnik 3 3984x Zentangle dmh (4) 67 4 7x722 Guy Fox mh (6) 66.5..........K Veenendaal (1) 5 2705x Napoleon h (1) 65........................... S Fannin 6 00316 Suffice To Say tm (2) 65..........B Lammas (1) 3 1.35 CARPET MAINTENANCE & CLEANING OPEN STPL 3800 $20,000, RST OPN STP SWP, 3800m 1 1156x Max tdmbh (2) 72.5.............. J Seivwright (3) 2 3P8x7 I’ve Got This mh (1) 66.5................. S Fannin 3 L6x34 Gagarin tmh (5) 66.5.............M Gillies 4 435x0 Highly Likely mh (4) 66.5...K Veenendaal (1) 5 PF0x8 Who Can Tell mh (3) 65................ T Moki (3)

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Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway Meeting Date: 01 May 2019 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 12.16pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL HT1 C0q, 305m 1 Siran nwtd J &......................................D Bell 2 82553 Ahuroa Whizz nwtd.........................R Murray 3 32274 Bigtime Stella nwtd.............................L Cole 4 72867 Ball Chants nwtd................................M Flipp 5 66x22 Trudy Remarkable nwtd...................C Morris 6 436x5 Sahara Dream nwtd...........................M Flipp 7 42254 Goldstar Wilson nwtd........................S Stone 8 8 Bigtime Layla nwtd.......................S J Phillips 9 75846 Two Percenta nwtd J &.........................D Bell 10 68388 Duke Bruce nwtd................................. N Udy 2 12.34pm WHANGANUI CHRONICLE HT2 C0q, 305m 1 86473 Final Straw nwtd................................. N Udy 2 54 Ahuroa Princess nwtd.....................R Murray 3 5316 Bigtime Toby 18.47..............................L Cole 4 45275 Sahara Pippa nwtd.............................M Flipp 5 Duhart nwtd J &...................................D Bell 6 58366 Piruleta nwtd......................................M Flipp 7 37724 Jamboree nwtd................................C Morris 8 6 Taranaki Brie nwtd........................... C Brider Emergencies:

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Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue Hatrick Raceway Meeting Date: 01 May 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 1 3.17pm (NZT) ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS C1 C1, 305m 1 68515 Bigtime Hunter 17.58..........................L Cole 2 58368 Mini Mansion 17.86............................M Flipp 3 67356 Sedgebrook Saint 17.96......................F Kite 4 62454 Outa Sims 17.95................................. N Udy 5 41748 Blitzem Gem 18.03................... S Gommans 6 42667 Manly Monkey 17.80 J &......................D Bell 7 64325 Bigtime Puma nwtd.............................L Cole

6 P75Px Triumph (6) 65..........................L Douglas (3) 4 2.10pm G BRISTOL & SONS AMATEUR RIDERS MAIDEN 2060 $10,000, MDN, 2060m 1 6x523 Wicklow (6) 68.5...................... S Wenn (am) 2 5573 Billy Mav 68.5................................ Scratched 3 003x Iztamour (1) 68.5..................B Harrison (am) 4 445x Kion bh (9) 68.5.......................E Quinn (am) 5 78504 Our Legacy (4) 68.5..............M Simons (am) 6 0x930 Princeville h (5) 68.5................ L Myers (am) 7 83PPx Coconut (3) 68.5......................L Knight (am) 8 83667 Invigorate (11) 68.5............ M Northcott (am) 9 0 Katwinkle h (12) 68.5..........C Roughan (am) 10 Lucky Frank (8) 68.5 11 Rohan (2) 68.5......................J Sanders (am) 12 2x227 Acacia b (10) 66.5..............B Rogerson (am) 13 300x0 Tintintinnie (7) 66.5............... A Wallace (am) 5 2.49pm MANAWATU SOUND SERVICE MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 King Farouk (9) 58.5....................... S McKay 2 8 Hardly Dawn 58.5......................... Scratched 3 Talenti (8) 58.5 4 524 Divine Wine (14) 56.5................... R Hannam 5 42 Glorious Ocean (7) 56.5.................L Allpress 6 43 Je Suis Tiger 56.5......................... Scratched 7 47536 Keltic Rockstar (5) 56.5.................... A Jones 8 7x4 Love Comes First 56.5.................. Scratched 9 48 Alpha Kilo (3) 56.5...........................R Myers 10 97x50 Super Girl (6) 56.5....................M Singh (a2)

11 Explosive Roc (11) 56.5...................D Turner 12 0 Oh Zone (10) 56.5....................... Z Moki (a2) 13 Rare Breed (4) 56.5............. C O’Beirne (a3) 14 So Sue Me (2) 56.5.................... D Hirini (a1) 15 860x Chalk (1) 58.5..................................S Collett 16 00x6x Swiss D’Meanour (12) 56.5 17 x0999 Midnight Countess h (13) 56.5 Emergencies: Chalk, Swiss D’Meanour, Midnight Countess 6 3.24 COMMDIVES NZ MAIDEN 1360 $10,000, MDN, 1360m 1 2 Seaaprince h (10) 58.5..................L Allpress 2 x6260 Mi Gold Card (11) 58.5 3 640x Manolo bh (9) 58.5...........................S Collett 4 6 Cardinal O’Ceirin (3) 58.5 5 6x22x Miss Freelove b (8) 56.5..................R Myers 6 35208 Fagiolo Majico (1) 56.5.................... S McKay 7 24x8 Hinepara (6) 56.5................. C O’Beirne (a3) 8 67336 Punta Mita (7) 56.5..........................D Turner 9 40 Freccia D’Oro (5) 56.5.................. R Hannam 10 3x50x Mariota 56.5.................................. Scratched 11 0376x In Dreamland (14) 56.5.............. D Hirini (a1) 12 458x8 Kiwi Princess (13) 56.5.............M Singh (a2) 13 09x Malibu Magic 56.5......................... Scratched 14 55 Nubian Smile 56.5......................... Scratched 15 Azmaan’s Girl (2) 56.5................ Z Moki (a2) 16 Podkast 58.5................................. Scratched 17 8x Meila Rei (4) 56.5 -

18 7x8 Jakama Krystal 56.5..................... Scratched 19 85760 Later On (12) 56.5 20 0x97 Painless 58.5................................ Scratched Emergencies: Azmaan’s Girl, Podkast, Meila Rei, Jakama Krystal, Later On, Painless 7 3.59pm JOLT COFFEE HOUSE 1360 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1360m 1 4157x Magic Ivan mh (11) 59.......... S MacNab (a2) 2 6341x Verbalizer 59................................. Scratched 3 570x1 Yes Boy (12) 59........................... Z Moki (a2) 4 3365x Grinner m (13) 58.5.............. C O’Beirne (a3) 5 0670x Dream Dancer (4) 58.......................D Turner 6 150x8 Mr Axle tmh (6) 58.......................... S McKay 7 4204x Tipping Point b (14) 57.5..................R Myers 8 518x9 Bella Padoza (1) 56.5................M Singh (a2) 9 317 Sasanqua (8) 56.5................... E Wright (a4) 10 479x5 Cancellara tm (3) 56.5................. R Hannam 11 5066x Estefania (5) 55.5....................... D Hirini (a1) 12 36178 Hingis (7) 55.5.......................S Johnson (a4) 13 6365x Tipperary Mary (9) 55.5.................L Allpress 14 083x7 Justa Small Ransom t (2) 54............S Collett 15 06x08 Thatz Louie mh (10) 55.................T Johnson Emergency: Thatz Louie 8 4.40pm RIVER CITY CABS MAIDEN 3YO 1600 $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1600m 1 3723 Welcome Back b (14) 57.5.............L Allpress 2 45536 Broadway Brawler (1) 57.5........M Singh (a2) 3 380x Rely On Me h (11) 57.5................... S McKay

4 Off Shaw (9) 57.5.............................R Myers 5 7x6 Lincoln Lane (10) 57.5 6 Brian Boru 57.5............................. Scratched 7 Grenson (4) 57.5 8 Happy Star (13) 57.5................ E Wright (a4) 9 52 Baby Face (12) 55.5.........................S Collett 10 07552 Maipe (7) 55.5..................................D Turner 11 46564 Viva La Platinum (3) 55.5............. R Hannam 12 6 O’Shannon h (2) 55.5............ S MacNab (a2) 13 8 Truly Amazing (8) 55.5..................T Johnson 14 7x8 Jakama Krystal (5) 55.5.............. Z Moki (a2) 15 6606 Uniquebotique (6) 55.5 Blinkers on: Alpha Kilo, Chalk (R5), Later On (R6), Welcome Back (R8) Blinkers off: Kion (R4) Winkers on: Super Girl (R5) Winkers off: Chalk (R5), Estefania (R7) SELECTIONS

8 45425 True Testament 30.59...................B Hodgson 9 48877 Opawa Henry 30.53 J &.......................D Bell 10 77885 Opawa Mine 30.42.............................. N Udy 8 2.17pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI HT2 C1q, 520m 1 26234 Mainline Lil 31.21.........................B Hodgson 2 57524 Replica Rango nwtd............................ N Udy 3 15327 Dyna Frankie nwtd........................M Roberts 4 67888 Brazil Cambara 30.65 G &...... S Fredrickson 5 75748 Rowdy Ruby 30.39...............................S Kite 6 76341 Rockoneva 31.41.........................B Hodgson 7 53566 Idol Alan 30.89...................................M Flipp 8 15563 Bigtime Diesel nwtd............................L Cole Emergencies: 9 48877 Opawa Henry 30.53 J &.......................D Bell 10 77885 Opawa Mine 30.42.............................. N Udy 9 2.39pm FIRST SECURITY C1 HT3 C1q, 520m 1 58751 Lizzy O’Shea 30.87......................B Hodgson 2 34676 Bionic Boy nwtd............................M Goodier 3 18742 Race Me Home 30.68..................B Hodgson 4 878x8 Bigtime Bridget 30.83....................... C Brider 5 43333 Mister Booze nwtd.......................J McArthur 6 53767 Bigtime Lonestar 30.53 G &.... S Fredrickson 7 64462 Bigtime Mike 30.42.............................L Cole 8 12766 Arthur’s Crown 31.02........................R Waite Emergencies:

9 48877 Opawa Henry 30.53 J &.......................D Bell 10 77885 Opawa Mine 30.42.............................. N Udy 10 3.00pm WANGANUI TOYOTA C1 C1, 305m 1 78488 Shamrock Green 17.88...............B Goldsack 2 488x5 Leger’s Magic 18.71...........................M Flipp 3 43681 Little Tornado 18.16..........................R Waite 4 8x787 Homebush Jasper nwtd............ K Gommans 5 33665 Rising Hawke 17.99.........................C Morris 6 131 Lochinvar Flash 17.36.........................L Cole 7 57765 Culvie Den 17.80................................. L Bell 8 42266 Viking Ash 18.16................................. N Udy 9 78885 Judge Me Jackie 17.91................... L Pearce SELECTIONS

4 4.12pm PRESIDENTS DASH C1 C1, 305m

Race 1: Class Above, Ave Maria, Mr Ink, Mandalay, All In Rock Race 2: Zentangle, It’s A Wonder, Napoleon, Suffice To Say Race 3: I’ve Got This, Max, Gagarin, Highly Likely, Who Can Tell Race 4: Acacia, Wicklow, Kion, Invigorate Race 5: Glorious Ocean, King Farouk, Keltic Rockstar Race 6: Seaaprince, Miss Freelove, Hinepara, Freccia D’Oro Race 7: Yes Boy, Sasanqua, Tipping Point, Dream Dancer Race 8: Baby Face, Off Shaw, Viva La Platinum, Grenson

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

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

9 87747 Choice Sister nwtd...........................C Morris 10 65388 Ariana Sunset nwtd.....................B Goldsack 3 12.51pm AOPN CPF C0 C0, 520m 1 63453 Stormin’ Home nwtd S &............C Blackburn 2 2775x Marley Farley nwtd J &.....................D Fahey 3 14 Bigtime Rex nwtd................................L Cole 4 78x23 Paradox Prince nwtd....................B Hodgson 5 1 Magic Flynn nwtd................................L Cole 6 78738 Euphamistic nwtd.........................B Hodgson 7 22542 Opawa Marcie nwtd...........................M Flipp 8 53422 Hopcorn nwtd...................................... N Udy 4 1.09pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C1 C1, 305m 1 22231 Bigtime Otis 18.16...............................L Cole 2 88473 Alamein Panda 17.90 K &..................Phillips 3 26265 Flying Huey 18.09..................... K Gommans 4 38413 Idol Duke 17.94..................................M Flipp 5 17888 Purple Circle 17.95.....................B Goldsack 6 48577 Spark ‘Em Up nwtd................... S Gommans 7 88668 Jericho Warrior 17.83........................R Waite 8 77748 Rocky Top 18.08 H &......................... Woods 9 78885 Judge Me Jackie 17.91................... L Pearce 5 1.26pm RIVER CITY GAS C1 C1, 305m 1 43443 Just Like Harry 18.02.......................... N Udy 2 65774 Opehu Express 18.03.......................R Waite

3 73766 Ahuroa Prince 18.11.......................R Murray 4 3257x Subway Kay 18.28......................B Goldsack 5 16563 Thrilling Ivy nwtd....................... K Gommans 6 77888 Cassia 18.03............................. S Gommans 7 55723 Dream On Dreamer 17.91...............M Olden 8 27174 Bigtime Coco 17.99.............................L Cole 9 78885 Judge Me Jackie 17.91................... L Pearce 6 1.44pm J P PRINT PETONE C1 C1, 305m 1 88887 Alamein Tiger 17.80.................. K Gommans 2 57688 Sedgebrook Pride 17.95......................F Kite 3 86866 Zara Daiken 17.98.............................. N Udy 4 76355 Collect A Dream 17.91.......................M Flipp 5 74282 Hotdog Shannon 17.98....................C Morris 6 28777 Prettiest Eyes 18.08.........................M Olden 7 46116 Bigtime Thor 17.66..............................L Cole 8 76258 Raining Sixes 18.32....................B Goldsack 9 78885 Judge Me Jackie 17.91................... L Pearce 7 2.00pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 HT1 C1q, 520m 1 17473 Sacha Allen nwtd..........................M Roberts 2 55434 Tuff Mr. Tee 30.64...........................B Mitchell 3 34246 Bigtime Ronnie 30.65 G &...... S Fredrickson 4 88546 Bigtime Chloe nwtd.......................M Goodier 5 13643 Zara Jinx 31.00................................... N Udy 6 73673 Flash Barry 30.85........................B Hodgson 7 23111 Bigtime Bruno 30.43...........................L Cole

Race 1: Bigtime Stella, Trudy Remarkable, Bigtime Layla Race 2: Final Straw, Bigtime Toby, Sahara Pippa, Ahuroa Princess Race 3: Magic Flynn, Paradox Prince, Marley Farley, Stormin’ Home Race 4: Bigtime Otis, Idol Duke, Alamein Panda, Flying Huey Race 5: Bigtime Coco, Cassia, Subway Kay, Dream On Dreamer Race 6: Collect A Dream, Sedgebrook Pride, Zara Daiken Race 7: Bigtime Bruno, Sacha Allen, Bigtime Chloe, True Testament Race 8: Dyna Frankie, Bigtime Diesel, Replica Rango Race 9: Bigtime Mike, Bigtime Lonestar, Mister Booze Race 10: Lochinvar Flash, Culvie Den, Rising Hawke, Viking Ash

LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

8 46433 Clansman Douglas 18.16............B Goldsack 9 78885 Judge Me Jackie 17.91................... L Pearce 2 3.35 BOOK YOUR FUNCTION@HATRICK C1, 305m 1 21547 Alamein Tane 17.86 K &.....................Phillips 2 14411 Bigtime Silver 17.99............................L Cole 3 65368 Scoobasi 17.68..................................M Flipp 4 41226 Sefton Brew 18.07 J &.........................D Bell 5 48436 Ahuroa Flyer 18.13.........................R Murray 6 81777 Killer Frost 18.19..........................S J Phillips 7 55263 Empty Pocket 18.08............................ N Udy 8 15646 Leslie Albert 18.06......................B Goldsack

9 78885 Judge Me Jackie 17.91................... L Pearce 3 3.52pm LASER PLUMBING C1 C1, 305m 1 25384 Tuff Temptress 18.28......................B Mitchell 2 77441 Bigtime Gal 17.87...............................L Cole 3 27264 Light Cruiser 18.07.........................G Atwood 4 5F167 Bigtime Luna 17.98......................S J Phillips 5 85623 Cawbourne Symsy 17.78 J &...............D Bell 6 58542 Zara Zara 17.81.................................M Flipp 7 x7888 Blackish 18.24 H &............................. Woods 8 58686 Naharis 17.73.....................................D Edlin 9 78885 Judge Me Jackie 17.91................... L Pearce

1 56887 Homebush Shea 17.91............. K Gommans 2 24254 Tynecastle Flyer 17.79 R &..................Voyce 3 33x51 Bigtime Willow 17.94...........................L Cole 4 45258 Lightning Lu 17.83 S &...............C Blackburn 5 81688 Bigtime Leo 18.04...............................L Cole 6 48687 Captain Kate 18.28..........................C Morris 7 38x86 Kushka nwtd J &..................................D Bell 8 44752 Cawbourne Cruz 17.56.................M Roberts 9 78885 Judge Me Jackie 17.91................... L Pearce 5 4.32pm HATRICK DASH C2 C2, 305m

1 13478 Jay Wendy 18.04................................. N Udy 2 85358 Bigtime Serena nwtd...........................L Cole 3 25367 Dino The Fox 17.75.......................M Roberts 4 21766 Alamein Dip 17.95 K &.......................Phillips 5 16467 Kinetic Shadow 17.84.......................... L Bell 6 53145 Uno Eleven 17.75................................ N Udy 7 41233 Sly John 17.99 J &...............................D Bell 8 84271 Mr. Postman 17.85.............................. N Udy 9 7Fx76 Not Shackley 17.86............................. N Udy

LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

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Soil Testing Fert Spreading

The Bull is back

By Adam Hamilton Just over six month’s since his racing career came crashing down, superstar pacer Chicago Bull is poised for a comeback at Gloucester Park on Friday night.

And that comeback is built around an Auckland Inter Dominion raid at the end of the year.

Now all trainer Gary Hall Sr needs is enough acceptors for Friday night’s race to go-ahead.

“He’s as ready to go as I can have him. He really needs racing now, so I hope they have enough runners to run the race.

I’d like to think they Chicago Bull racing,” he said.

It was October 27 last year, the day after Chicago Bull stormed into NZ Cup favouritism after a sparkling Alexandra Park win, when everything went wrong.

He had a shock reaction to a treatment, flipped and broke six vertebrae in his wither. His future was in complete limbo because the injury was so rare and freakish.

“I did so much reading about it and it was basically between six months and two years for recovery, but the longer stints were for horses who get ridden.

“It’s an injury some gallopers do when they burrow under the starting gates, but they might break two or three verterbrae, not eight,” Hall Sr said.

“He fractured six of them and totally displaced two of them.

He’s got a hole in the where they were.

“All that said, he stayed in NZ for six weeks after the accident, came back here in mid-December and hasn’t had a moment of soreness.

“If there’s an upside to the time out, it’s been the fact he’s grown a bit.

“We’ve let his hopples out an inch, so he’s not quite as tiny as he was.”

Chicago Bull convinced Hall

Chicago Bull

Sr he was ready to race when he easily beat buzz stablemate Ideal Liner in a recent workout and that horse then bolted in first-up at Gloucester Park last week.

“We think Ideal Liner is going places and will be a WA Pacing Cup horse, so he’s a good measuring stick. ‘Bully’ beat him quite easily,” he said.

“He’s still big and will take a couple of runs to be primed, but he needs to come back now otherwise he’ll have too long out. He can have a campaign now, a bit of a let-up, then build to the Inter Dominion.

“I’ve got some convincing to do with the owners on the Inter Dominion as they’re scarred by what happened in Auckland last year, but he’ll be there. It’s a great series for him and he showed how well he handled the track.”

In other stable news, Hall Sr only holds a faint hope of upsetting WA Oaks big gun Dracarys – trained by Justin Prentice and owned by Trevor Casey – in the Group 1 feature with Balcatherine on Friday night.

“She’s fast enough to test the favourite with a perfect trip, but she’ll need it. It’s been a rush to get her ready.

“I think she’ll be better after a spell and when I bring her up my way. Dracarys is very good and has been specifically set for it,” he said.

“I’ll also have King Of Swing in again this week. I was fairly happy with his first-up win last week, but I’d like to have seen him put them away a lot easier. Maybe it was just a first-up thing. Jury’s out for mine until I see him again this week.”

Meanwhile, Ideal Liner has the week off and will continue his march through the grades the week after.

“He’s seriously one to follow.

I think he’ll whiz through the classes and is the real deal,” Hall Sr said.

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MOTORING WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns SUN CONTROL WINDOW Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills TINTING - Vehicles-homes- Street. Phone 308 6737. offices. Phone Craig Rogers 307 6347 - 027 258 0884 LIVESTOCK, PETS or 0800 TINTER. Member BUYER of unwanted animals. of Master Tinters NZ. Cattle, bobby calves, horses Follow us on facebook and all farm animals. We w w w. w i n d o w t i n t e r. c o . n z also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 Guardian Classifieds 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Ashburton Dressage Group AGM Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 7.00pm.

785 Winchmore Dromore Road, Ashburton.

All welcome.

GARDENING MUSHROOM Compost at Westside Hire, 171 Alford Forest Road. $22 per scoop.

Call now on 308 0006, premix and chip too. Pickup and delivery options, You can even hire a trailer!

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Situations Vacant

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PARENT ELECTION NOTICE Ashburton Intermediate School Board of trustees’ election.

Nominations are invited for the election of five parent representatives to the board of trustees.

A nomination form and a notice calling for nominations will be posted to all eligible voters.

You can nominate another person to stand as a candidate, or you can nominate yourself. Both parts of the form must be signed.

Additional nomination forms can be obtained from the school office.

Nominations close at noon on May 24, 2019 and may be accompanied by a signed candidate statement and photograph.

The voting roll is open for inspection at the school and can be viewed during normal school hours.

There will also be a list of candidates’ names, as they come to hand, for inspection at the school.

Voting closes at noon on June 7, 2019.

Sharon Tourle Returning Officer

Daily Events WEDNESDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road.

Allenton.

9.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

Phone Age Concern 308 6817.

St David’s Church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Steady as you go exercise group, 48 Allens Road.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join fellow sheddies for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William St. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN

THURSDAY 9.30am AGE CONCERN EXERCISE CLASS. Weekly classes. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Join our friendly group for fun exercise during term time. Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB DAY TIME SECTION. New members very welcome, rackets available. EA Networks Stadium, River Terrace.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings for toy hire. Victoria Street, The Triangle.

May 1 & 2, 2019

CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817.

Seniors Centre, Cameron St. 10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares. Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

Phone Age Concern 308 6817.

Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox St. 10.30am - 12pm ASHBURTON OPEN COFFEE MORNINGS. Every Wednesday, come for a coffee and chat, child friendly location, all welcome. Phone Adi 027 220 8791 or Sue-ann 021 679 348.

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility.

MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (not school holidays).

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Midweek service and lunch.

48 Allens Road, Allenton.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Ashburton Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

Phone Age Concern 308 6817.

Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox St. 5pm (sharp) RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Wednesday walks, 5km town circuit for all walking abilities and fitness levels. Meet on Philip Street beside the Croquet lawn.

6pm (sharp) RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Wednesday walks, 5km town circuit for all walking abilities and fitness levels. Meet on Philip Street beside the Croquet lawn.

7pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Corner Queens Drive and Creek Road.

7pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to dance (7pm), Beginner/Intermediate (8pm9pm), Instructor Annette Fyfe Phone 307 7138 a/h, Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Weekly fitness, fun and friendship. Contact Elizabeth 308 5437. Buffalo Hall, 20 Cox Street.

7.30pm ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLS. All welcome to come and play indoor bowls at the Indoor Bowls Stadium, McNally Street, in the Riverside industrial area.

7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Results, landscape. Entries, photojournalism. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join fellow sheddies for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street.

10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz for pre-schoolers and caregivers, 48 Allens Road.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares. Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10.15am

MSA TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for arthritis.

MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (not school holidays).

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (not school holidays).

11am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

Phone Age Concern 308 6817.

Holy Spirit Church. Thomson Street, Tinwald.

1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

Phone Age Concern 308 6817.

St Peters Church, Allenton.

1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome, Phone Age Concern 308-6817.

Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox St. 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Social play, newcomers welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing.

Learn to dance. everyone welcome. Allenton Scout Den, Melrose Road.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Sales & Marketing Administrator The New Zealand Sock Company is a dynamic well-established, family owned business, based in Ashburton, and an international leader in the innovation and development of technical, merino based socks.

An opportunity has arisen within our busy Sales Department for a Sales & Marketing Administrator to join our team. This is a pivotal role undertaking a variety of administrative tasks to support the sales team.

Rural Reporter

Our Ideal Candidate will have the following attributes: • A personable and professional demeanour • An enthusiastic, proactive self-starter • Excellent attention to detail • Effective communication skills both verbally and written

The Ashburton Guardian is based in New Zealand’s primary production heartland, and our independently owned daily newspaper is looking for a new team member.

Preferred skills and experience; • Experience in a sales, and or marketing support role • Experience in an office administration role • Proficiency in MS Office; Outlook, Word, Excel and Publisher are required • A high level of efficiency and organisational skills • The ability to multitask and prioritise

The person we’re seeking will have a strong affinity with, and knowledge of the rural sector. We are looking for a journalist with a solid media background, who is excited by the opportunity to write for our two monthly publications as well as for our weekly rural pages.

Desired skills and experience; • ERP integrated software systems for processing orders • Adobe SUITE – Illustrator and or image editing software • Social media creation and posting, website updating

Our monthly publications are distributed across Canterbury and North Otago.

Main duties will include: • Point of contact for sales support enquires by telephone, email and website • Processing Orders - via email, fax, phone, EDI & Web Sales • Sales & Forecast Reporting – creating, editing, analysing information for the sales team • Bill of Material creation, including costings and compositions (full training will be provided) • Quality Control checking of spec sheets & associated documentation • Organise and collating all sales and marketing material including samples • General administration, miscellaneous stock purchasing This is a full time position, working 8.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday.

If you are a team player, love working in a process driven environment, have some experience or skills in the above areas, have a good sense of humour, common sense and willingness to grow and evolve in this position then please apply with your CV, 2 Employment references and a cover letter to:

The rural reporter’s position offers the successful candidate an opportunity to write for a wide audience across the entire spectrum of the rural sector because of the district’s diverse agricultural economy.

We are open to employment options that could include working as an independent contractor or as a Guardian employee, full or part time.

The Ashburton District offers an opportunity to enjoy the best the outdoors has to offer but is within an easy hours drive of Christchurch City. We have Mt Hutt Skifield on our doorstep and offer a wide range of aquatic sports on Lake Hood.

If you have a solid portfolio of work, a full driver’s licence and the right to work in New Zealand, don’t hesitate, please apply by email, with CV attached, to :

Tina Moore General Manager tina@nzsock.co.nz P O Box, 179, Ashburton Please Note: Due to this position being a permanent full time role you must be a NZ Resident to apply for this.

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

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

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz Application close 5pm, Tuesday, May 7.

GARAGE SALES WAIREKA Croquet Club - Philips Street Pavilion, 9am - 12.30pm Saturday, May 4. Fundraiser for the resurfacing and extension of our croquet lawns. Many and varied items. No Eftpos.

FOR SALE

A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

Bakery 2IC – Full Time Position

CONTAINERS for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available for delivery. Wilson Bulk Transport. Phone 308 7772.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and conscientious person to join our Bakery Team.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

Working closely alongside the department manager you will: • Have excellent organisational and communication skills • Enjoy motivating the team and being hands-on in the department • Be able to demonstrate a passion for baking • Show initiative to improve and streamline processes

ASIAN ladies, size 10, Sasa and Cherry, sexy body, 34DD, busty. Chinese prostate massage. In/out calls. Phone 021 046 4314.

SUSAN, available evenings and weekends by appointment. Mature and discreet. Text 0204 0811 195.

For all subscriber enquiries, missed deliveries, new subscriptions, temporary stops – text, call or email:

Text 021 271 3399 Phone 0800 274 287 Email circulation@ theguardian.co.nz

You may already be working in a similar role or perhaps you’re ready to take the next step.

This position is full time – days and hours to be discussed at an interview.

Qualified Baker This full time position has become available within our supermarket and calls for a hardworking Baker to join our team.

You will be experienced in bread making as well as cakes and pastries.

Reporting to the Bakery Manager you will be able to demonstrate: • A “Can-do attitude” • A high degree of quality and attention to detail • The ability to work as part of a team • Proven experience and an excellent work ethic • Product and industry knowledge • A passion for customer service • The ability to communicate effectively • The ability to comply with our Health & Safety and Food Control plan If either of these positions sound like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for - apply now - including a recent CV and covering letter to: Human Resources Manager Ashburton New World PO Box 444, Ashburton 7740 Or email: donalda.hartley@newworld-si.co.nz Overseas applicants must hold New Zealand citizenship, New Zealand Permanent Residency or a valid New Zealand Work Permit.

Applications close on Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

Weighbridge Operator/ Customer Services We now have a vacancy for a Weighbridge Operator/Customer Services person in our team at Dobson Street West. This will be a permanent position, working five days a week from midday to 5.00pm and Saturday mornings.

The person that we seek will have the following: • An outgoing personality and relate to people.

• Have a head for numbers and excellent clerical and administration skills.

• Well organised, calm and able to handle multiple activities at the same time.

If you believe you have the ability and attitude and want to be part of a great team in the construction industry, then we would certainly like to hear from you.

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

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

Please send applications including a current CV or details to: Jane Jolly HR & Compliance Manager Email: janee@ashcon.co.nz

For all your classified requirements.

Phone the Guardian 307 7900

Puzzles www.guardianonline.co.nz Puzzles and horoscopes

Cryptic crossword

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars

ACROSS 1. The turning round of the duty list into this form (8) 7. Average start of temptation is intentional (5) 8. Amid her boys, Mum might get a call to go to court (7) 9. Let rind provide the means by which a plant can climb (7) 10. She has an American private on each hand (4) 12. Around the East various divers went over the work done (7) 14. A future possibility for the manufacture of sulphur (7) 17. Existence may go to and fro (4) 18. She is worshipped by little Desmond in the gallery (7) 21. Sort of blue rot that causes bother (7) 22. A characteristic feature of the rat upset by it (5) 23. Such complacency as guns made mess of (8) DOWN 1. How one might relinquish post to singer (6) 2. Ask a trim shrub be planted out (8) 3. Siege place boy from 18 would ruin… (4) 4. … or initially leave that for the shellfish (6) 5. Two appear in one rap version of it (4) 6. It’s old and somehow impassive (6) 7. One in a kind of vermin that has white fur (7) 11. Study a trial in competition (7) 13. Is aware of something, being reasonable (8) 14. Being powerful, could possibly be before the end of January (6) 15. A way of organising a group of heavenly bodies (6) 16. Bars able to turn out such revels (6) 19. Do some business in timber (4) 20. Make a fuss about this, and dance (4)

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DOWN 2. Find unacceptable (10) 3. Season (4) 4. Sermon (6) 5. Avoids (6) 6. Highest point (8) 7. Poems (4) 11. Fail to make progress (5,5) 13. Reticent (8) 16. Skin art (6) 17. Merchant (6) 18. Inter (4) 20. Foolish (4)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): What people think they deserve is a tricky equation weighted by what they’ve had in the past, and what everyone around is getting. Don’t worry about it. Give equally.

It’s all you can do now.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Cleaning, going through old text, emails and pictures and other ways of clearing the decks are favoured today. You’ll be surprised by the memories that come up and by the feelings attached to them.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You don’t have to develop your uniqueness so much as discover, understand and accept it. That’s why you need other people. Today, they’ll provide the contrast that helps you see yourself better.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’re not one person doing one thing. You’re a bundle. Everyone is a bundle. You’ll look at all your attached “items” and think of ways to make this bundle more enticing to everyone, especially you.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Your answer will not come from digging down into the question at hand. It’s something that has already worked in another area of life or perhaps a different business or discipline. Don’t go deep; go broad.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Maturity has its ups and downs. You’ll walk a fine line between “older and wiser” and “tired and jaded.” Staying in the first category is a matter of good selfcare including and especially sleep.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You can like how a person looks, acts and talks and yet still not hit it off.

Sometimes the opposite is true. You seem to click with someone who doesn’t represent your preferences. This is the power of chemistry.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’ve had the same goal for a while now and not attaining it is getting really old. So, what needs to change? It’s either the goal or the plan. An outsider’s view will help in the matter.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Most of the time unrealistic expectations cause disappointment. But an unrealistic expectation can also change everything. So don’t discount the power of dreaming the impossible dream.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Most people would rather hear praise than criticism, but you understand the intrinsic value in complaint.

You see the opportunity to get better. No one gets better by lavishing in compliments.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): For the longer journeys, it’s important to build in rest and recovery time as well as the introduction of novelty and, of course, adversity. If there’s an enemy to defeat, everyone will work harder.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): It’s natural to move through various interests and projects on the way to finding your thing: For now, be more concerned with filling up your wells of inspiration than with sticking with one interest.

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ASTON, Kevin Arthur Please note all late death (Tex) – notices or notices sent Passed away on Monday, outside ordinary office April 29, 2019. Loved brother and brother-in-law of Pauline hours must be emailed to: (Foxton), Shirley and Gary deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication.

Strachan (Ashburton), Graham and Jeanette To place a notice during (Oamaru), and the late office hours please contact Bonnie, and Raeline, loved us on 03 307 7900 for more Uncle of all his nieces and information. nephews.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 13.8 14.1 Max to 4pm 0.6 Minimum -2.0 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm April total 135.6 Avg for April 52 2019 to date 264.0 220 Avg year to date Wind km/h N4 At 4pm Strongest gust NW 19 Time of gust 1:29pm

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0.2 42.8 34 115.8 168

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Gary Cook lined up for the Ashburton Car Club’s annual Street Sprints in 2018, and is among those back for more in 2019.

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Whatever spins your wheels

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

The wheels will start turning on the first sporting events of Ashburton’s annual Wheels Week this weekend.

It’s the start of a big couple of weeks for Mid Canterbury’s motoring enthusiasts, with a wide range of motorsport options to take in, or have a go at, forming part of the annual extravaganza which is all about the wheel.

It all starts this weekend, with a feature being two big days at the Ashburton Speedway.

New Zealand speedway titles will go on the line at the track on Seafield Road.

There’s the adult ministock title, the production title and six shooter titles, plus the New Zealand modified title.

The speedway action will run on both Saturday and Sunday from 12.30pm until 4pm, with a two-day pass for adults costing $25.

For one day it’s $15 for adults, and under-14s can take in the action for free.

Also getting in on the action

during the opening weekend of Wheels Week is the Ashburton Motorcycle Club, which will host a TT on Wilsons Road, Wakanui, for vintage MX and club TTs on Sunday.

They’re not the only twowheeled forms of transport set to feature this weekend, with the Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club hosting its annual sixhour relay on Sunday, starting at 10am.

The Ashburton Car Club is also hosting a motorkhana at the Silver Fern Farms factory, situated

on Works Road, Fairton, on Sunday.

The sealed motorkhana is open to non-club members to enter, and requires a vehicle up to warrantable standards, with action set to get under way at 10am.

Documentation will take place from 9am, with entry costing $30.

The car club’s biggest event of Wheels Week – the annual Street Sprints – will take place next weekend, on May 11 and 12.

That sees cars race the clock one at a time around a tight course in the Riverside Industrial

Estate, and it will culminate with a two-car run-off to find the winner late on the Sunday afternoon.

A twilight autocross will also be held within the Street Sprints track on the Saturday night.

Weekend two of Wheels Week will also include wheelchair basketball, which will be held at the Oxford Street basketball stadium on the Saturday at 3pm.

Wheels Week runs into a third weekend, which will include everything from the event’s annual parade, to a classic boat display at Lake Hood.

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