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’APPY BIRTHDAY! Dear reader and advertiser, I’d like to tell you what we’ve been up to recently. It might sound like a bit of a brag, but hey, I’m very proud of how we’re transforming our business, and you, our reader and advertiser, are a very important part of the journey.

One year ago today we launched Ashburton App. Now that mightn’t sound like much of a big deal, but what’s blown us away has been more than 10,000 have downloaded Ashburton App to their smart phones in just 12 months. There are 23,000 adult smartphone users in the Ashburton District, so 40 per cent have already installed Ashburton App on their smart phones.

These apps are a big part of our future. In May we launched Selwyn App and more than 3700 have so far downloaded it to their smartphones.

In the next few months we’ll launch an app in the South Canterbury District, and maybe a rural app too.

And then there’s The Guardian.

Old faithful. An integral part of the Ashburton District for nearly 140 years. Yes, September 27, 2019 we celebrate another birthday, The Guardian turns 140. (The oldest surviving privately owned business in the Ashburton District).

Oh, and did I mention Guardianonline, our facebook page with over 10,000 users, Guardian Farming, Dairy Focus and You magazine – blah, blah, blah.

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For close to 140 years the Ashburton Guardian has been delivering the news of the region to the people of the community.

Admittedly, for a huge percentage of those years it has come in a printed form through our mainstay, the printed version of the paper, but as Bob Dylan once sang, “time’s they are a changing”.

As a standalone, independent media business we need to be able to deliver our news in a timely fashion and often that

this week Roy Morgan Research told us we have a cross platform audience (those who read or access newspaper content via print or online) of more than 30,000. Yes, 30,000 … Ok, so here’s the sales pitch – “We reach more of the community than any other media outlet in Mid Canterbury!”

Am I bragging. Maybe. But I don’t care. I’m mighty proud of my team of great people and what we’ve achieved together, thanks to the continuing loyal support of you, our reader and advertiser.

Bruce Bell Owner & Publisher

means within the drop of a hat and through the benefits of the Ashburton App we are now able to do that better than we have ever been able to before.

The ability to send news out to more than 10,000 people in one push of a button is quite remarkable and gives further credence to our efforts to keep this community informed of what is important to them – local news, as it happens.

One year on from the launch of the Ashburton App, we’ve learnt a lot about our operations and how we handle breaking news and we’ve also learnt a lot about what stories really get people invested and clicking in. We haven’t always got it right, but we are constantly striving to achieve better and will continue to do so as this is a medium in which you can never afford to

rest on your laurels.

But, in order for it to continue to grow and prosper and become the interactive news medium of Mid Canterbury that you carry in your pocket, we need you – the people of this fine region, to be a part of the journey.

If you haven’t downloaded it yet, make sure you do. If you have, jump back in and have a really good look at what there is to offer within its depths. You are sure to be quite surprised.

So, on the birthday of our little technological news device, here’s to the next year of the Ashburton App bringing the news of the district to you in a more efficient and even more timely manner than ever before.

Matt Markham, Editor.

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Bovis compensation ‘a minefield’

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BY TIM CRONSHAW

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Ashburton farmer Frank Peters hopes he will not be out of pocket from Government compensation for farmers hit by mycoplasma bovis, but so many grey areas have him worried.

The dairy farmer is owed nearly $2 million so far as a result of the cattle disease being found at Levelands Ltd, owned by him and his wife Diane and managed by their son and daughter-in-law.

So far they have received about $820,000 in mid-July for 720 cows from his spring-calving herd which were sent off the farm in May. They also received $380,000 for the meat value of them from meat processing companies among other compensation paid out.

In addition, they are owed about $450,000 for young stock, including 180 calves and 200 rising twoyear-olds.

While that sounds a lot, the new herd of 700 cows they bought cost them $1.75m, plus another $300,000 was spent for another 160 cows to replace the 920 cows which were to be milked this spring.

Furthermore, the Peters have yet to claim for their winter milking herd which won’t be culled until Christmas or their many response costs.

They are also are still waiting to be reimbursed for the $100,000 killing charges of $100-$200 per cow which was removed from their cheque by meat processing companies. Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has indicated that money should arrive next week.

The Government is compensating farmers for their losses on infected properties as part of its plan to eradicate M. bovis.

“They took [the killing charge] out of my money in May and we are in September now so there’s been a long wait,’’ Peters said.

“It’s about understanding the system and we need to improve on the communication so things do change for the better.’’

After eventually learning that he had to send an invoice, it looks like this will be cleared up in a few days.

Peters said he realised delays were the reality of working with a

Frank Peters big disease response which was new for everybody and compensation was complicated as every dairy farm was different.

He said his family appreciated the compensation was from taxpayer money and they only wanted the promised “like-for-like’’ payment, so they were neither worse or better off than before.

“Put it this way, we won’t be over-compensated. We just want what’s fair.’’

There was no value that could be placed on farmers going through the stress of the disease response and they could never be compensated for the emotional strain, he said.

His winter milking herd would be “depopulated’’ at Christmas.

Response costs would include moving feed, transporting cows and the cost of dividing the prop-

erty into two farms, such as putting in new fencing and gates and installing yards at the run-off block they lease.

The winter herd has been enclosed at their 180ha Buckleys Road farm at Pendarves which has a 50-bale rotary milking shed and is still an infected property.

When the herd is culled there will be a 60-day stand-down period and the property will have to be disinfected. Alongside it is the Chertsey-Kyle Road farm which is no longer infected and the Peters have already bought a herd for this property. A run-off block at Hakataramea Huts is leased and should come off a restricted property category in September.

Peters said he would probably end up having one of the lowest response costs for an infected farm.

This was because they had

Only someone who has gone through this knows what it feels like and we are happy to talk to them

avoided compensation for lost milk earnings as they had two milking sheds and could split their operation into two farms. Their spring herd had been dried off before it was culled so there was no loss of earnings and they plan to do the same with their winter milking herd.

He is unlikely to be fully compensated for the loss of his genetics. Other grey areas included having to buy younger cows producing fewer milksolids, delayed GST payments and the breeding value of their former herd not being fully recognised.

Some of the grey areas were unlikely to be resolved until a season had passed, he said.

His father started the springcalving herd in 1964 and began artificial insemination soon afterwards.

The big holstein friesian cows had United States and Dutch bloodlines and the winter milkers averaged 550-600 kilograms of milksolids a year and the spring calving cows 520-540kg/ms under a high input feeding system.

The single herd of 700 young cows aged 3 to 4-years-old which they bought will be pushed to do 450kg. They cost “way more’’ than the value he received for his cows and that will be another conversation with MPI. “There’s about $400 a cow difference, but we saved $100 in transport costs because we did not buy them in the North Island and because they are 3 to 4-year-olds we won’t be culling older cows so that has to be allowed for. It’s a minefield, but we are all open to talking and coming up with a good solution.’’

He did not want to buy small lines of 100 leftover cows and in-

crease the risk of getting the disease again and put a deposit down in April for a large herd, but then ran into more bad luck.

“I tried to buy a like-for-like herd and thought I had done it perfectly, but then that went bovis on me and we found we couldn’t buy it in June. Finding another herd like that is like pulling teeth, so we had to settle for the 700 which were totally different-sized cows.’’

Market changes complicate the compensation process and heifer calf prices have increased to $1100 from the $850 value of his calves in June. Peters will seek compensation for the difference.

They lost 180 calves during the culling and have only bought 100 replacements so far.

“We can never be repaid for the emotional stress this puts us through. It’s great that the community has supported us and dropped off baskets of goodies and we can’t speak more highly of the Rural Support Trust. Only someone who has gone through this knows what it feels like and we are happy to talk to them.’’

Peters is one of about a dozen farmers who travel to Wellington to meet with MPI leaders about the response.

The next update is September 21 and Peters wants farmers to pass their queries on to him.

“They want the feedback. Hopefully by sitting down we can improve it, so the next day the disease comes along the farmer can avoid the sheer hell. It will never take it away but it will make the process more user friendly.’’

MPI has yet to confirm the source of their infection on their farm, even though they have operated a closed herd with no outside bloodlines for the past three years.

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■ MILK PRICE

Fonterra’s price trim no surprise Tim Cronshaw

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Fonterra’s pruning of its milk price forecast for this season to $6.75 a kilogram of milksolids has come as no surprise to Mid Canterbury farmers.

There will be no less disappointment though as the drop by 25c/kg from an expected $7/kg in May will remove about $80,000 from their revenue for the 201819 season.

Nationally, farmers will lose about $40,000, but Mid Canterbury farmers have larger herds and produce more milksolids so on average they will miss out on double that amount.

Economists were picking a lower forecast payout in the lead-up to the cut because of lower milk prices internationally and farmers had braced themselves for a reduction to the promising starting forecast.

Fonterra chairman John Monaghan said the change was in response to stronger milk supply signals coming from some of the world’s key dairy producing regions.

“Over the past quarter, we have seen increased milk supply out of markets including Europe, the United States and Argentina.

These regions have a big influence on the supply and demand balance and therefore global prices.

“For example, the one per cent increase in US milk production represents just under 100 million litres of extra milk.’’

Demand for whole milk powder and dairy fats was also showing signs of slowing in some parts of Asia, Africa and the

Middle East, he said.

Chief executive Miles Hurrell, said the weakening dollar against the United States currency had only partially offset the decline in global dairy prices, and it was important to give farmers a realistic assessment of the market.

“It’s still very early in the season and a lot can change over the coming months. A drop in the new season milk price forecast will be frustrating to our farmers, but it’s important we give them the facts so they can make informed decisions in their farming businesses,” Hurrell said.

The latest cut comes on the back of a 5 cents/kg adjustment announced on August 10 by the co-operative for the soon to be confirmed final milk price for the 2017-18 season.

That cost farmers nationally $8000 and Mid Canterbury farmers about $16,500 and was expected to drain $10 million from the Mid Canterbury economy.

The average milk solid production for Mid Canterbury farms is 329,000kg and herd size is 760 cows.

Fonterra also ruled out paying a dividend for the second half of the year with the full dividend to remain at 10 cents and advised its share earnings would either be at the 25-30 cent range or slightly below.

Fonterra made the tough calls to tighten its 2017-18 balance sheet after earlier this year writing down more than $400m from its $750m investment in Beingmate, and last year paying $183m to infant formula maker Danone for the botulism scare in 2013.

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■ CANCER SOCIETY

Locals support Daffodil Day

By KaTie Todd

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The Ashburton CBD was all decked out in yellow yesterday, in a united show of support for local victims of cancer.

Volunteers for the Cancer Society were out on the streets hanging bunting and balloons from 8am, then setting up stalls to collect money and sell merchandise.

The cold, rainy weather was no deterrent, with some tucking up just inside of businesses like the Somerset Grocer.

Daffodil Day donations were also being taken online and at

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ANZ branches, and Allenton School and St Joseph’s School were among local primaries getting into the spirit with fundraiser mufti days.

A sausage sizzle was also held outside ANZ at lunchtime.

In previous years, the week of Daffodil Day has brought in tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of donations for the Canterbury West Coast Division of the Cancer Society, a large portion of which is used to support those affected locally.

Cancer Society Health Promoter Mandy Casey said anything

the group receive “really makes a difference”.

During 2017 the Cancer Society provided 49,000 bed nights and drove almost 4700 patients to and from their treatment around New Zealand, covering more than one million kilometres.

Since the service began in 2007, the Cancer Society’s free information helpline (0800 CANCER) has had over 95,000 calls, and its staff of cancer nurses have spent over 4540 hours providing support and advice to New Zealanders affected by cancer in 2017.

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26-day Nepal hike whets 78-yea When Bill Hood was a young man he started running to get fit for climbing. Decades later he’s swapped running for race walking and climbing for extreme trekking. The 78-yearold talks to Sue Newman about his latest adventure, a 26-day hike in Nepal.

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f you want a lesson in making the most of life, talk to Bill Hood.

He might be knocking 78, he might have a couple of artificial knees, an artificial hip and a few other bits of his body that don’t work like they used to, but that doesn’t stop him doing what people half his age would never do.

Bill’s not long back from a gruelling 26-day trek in Nepal and already he’s planning his next longhaul hike, probably in Bhutan.

He was a member of a sevenman, five-guide, 27-porter team that hiked through harsh terrain to complete Nepal’s Kachenjunga Circuit, a route that ends at Mt Kachenjunga’s base camp.

This mountain is the second highest in the Himalayas and the third highest in the world, but even

Bill Hood retracing his 26day journey through Nepal’s harsh mountainous terrain.

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though mountaineering has been the Ashburton man’s first love, climbing the peak wasn’t on his agenda. There have to be some concessions to age, he said.

For years Bill has dreamed of travelling to Nepal but it’s been Kachenjunga, not Everest, on the must-do list. The world’s highest peak has now become too busy and too commercial, whereas Kachenjunga attracts only small numbers and that’s more his style, Bill said.

It might not have been Everest, but 26 days of steady climbing was no easy feat.

“Our trip was different to Everest. We took absolutely everything in with us, carried by the porters on their backs with headbands bearing the weight.”

And that included food that Bill rated as some of the worst he’s eaten.

The team eased into the trek, with a couple of shorter days so they didn’t hammer their bodies at the start, but as the days became longer and the altitude higher, there were blood tests for oxygen levels each night along with resting pulse rate checks.

Two camps from completing the trek, Bill ran into trouble.

“I had a bit of a lung issue, so I had to

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Above – Bill Hood on Nepal’s Kachenjunga Circuit.

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Right – Villages and camps along the Kachenjunga Circuit. go back to the next town and wait it out for a couple of days.”

It wasn’t ideal watching the rest of the team move on, but today, Bill counts himself fortunate he was forced to change route just two stops from base camp.

He opted to travel back to Kambachen with a guide to rest. Two days later he was fit and raring to go.

And the next seven days turned out to be some of the best of the trip, Bill said.

“We were amongst the Tibetan people and more than anything they made this trip. I stayed in their villages. They’re wonderful people, they’re very much in harmony with each other and very much part of their ecology.”

In a society that reveres the elderly, Bill said he was looked after very well because they considered he was an older person.

“At night I’d be sitting there, within a metre of campfires with village families.”

Yes, there was disappointment

in not making it all the way to base camp, but the upside was being able to spend time with and interact with locals.

“If that hadn’t happened, I’d never have had that opportunity.”

As trampers and climbers have opened their world up to the west, the locals’ health has improved tremendously, he said, but with that has come a population explosion as infant mortality rates dropped.

“And unfortunately they’re pushing roads in everywhere, tourism is coming,” he said.

Turning back didn’t mean the hard slog was over as Bill and his guide took an arduous route on what turned out to be a religious pilgrimage into a temple before re-joining the trek team on its way home.

“And I have to say I was feeling pretty good at the finish.”

While the trek was 26 days, it wasn’t as hard as some of the climbing he’s done in New Zealand.

“There was bugger all danger in this and only a bit of snow higher up.”

The trek was everything Bill had hoped it would be, but rather than satisfying his desire for challenge, it’s only whet his appetite for more.

Making it on to the trekking team wasn’t automatic and given Bill’s age, he had to provide a wealth of information about his health. Seventy-year-olds were not normally accepted for the trek, but Bill’s high level of fitness meant he was not only accepted, he kept up with the youngsters in the team.

“To me age, I don’t think about, it’s just a number.”

Back home, Bill hasn’t been taking it easy. He may no longer scale New Zealand’s highest peaks and he no longer pounds the roads as a harrier, but he’s a competitive fast walker and cyclist.

“I can’t afford to slacken off, it wouldn’t be in my psyche to do that anyway.”

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Celebrating suffrage

By Katie todd

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Ashburton’s Suffrage 125 Committee are preparing to paint the town purple and white for the upcoming anniversary of women achieving voting parity.

The group of representatives from Age Concern, Zonta Club of Ashburton, Mid Canterbury Rural Women NZ, County Lions, Inner Wheel, Ashburton Museum and Age Concern gathered on Thursday to plan and prepare for a week of celebrations in September.

Committee member Trish Small said the group are encouraging retailers around the district to display Suffrage 125 signs and decorations from Monday, September 17,

until the end of that week.

On the Tuesday, at 5.30pm, the group have organised a Celebration Ceremony which will be held at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre and open to any members of the public, women and men.

Guests will include Kate Sheppard Memorial Trust Advisory Committee chairwoman Judith Sutherland and a young local storywriter, Freya Jemmett, who won a category of the Ashburton Writers’ Group Short Story Contest with her piece on Kate’s Sheppard’s Dream for the 21st Century.

Spaces are limited and can be reserved by ringing the Ashburton Museum.

The following day, there will be a

memorial walk from the Cenotaph at Baring Square west to the Ashburton Domain, led by four pipers.

It will conclude with the planting of a Kate Sheppard rose, with

help from students from Mount Hutt College and Ashburton College.

People attending are encouraged to dress in purple and white.

Suffrage 125 Committee Members Carolyn Nelson, Trish Small and Sandra Curd getting into the spirit of 1893.

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Town water for country

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Property owners on Beach Road may soon be able to enjoy a steady supply of top quality drinking water from Ashburton’s town supply.

A property owner has ap-

proached the Ashburton District Council, asking it to extend the town supply to include properties on Beach Road that are zoned residential C and D. The developer plans to subdivide his property into three lots and wanted urban

water connections for the new lots but rather than just extending the supply to these properties, council assets manager Andrew Guthrie suggested it should be made available to more properties.

Property owners between Tre-

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The day before she left Ashburton for cutting-edge cancer treatment in Thailand, Nina Arps talked to reporter Sue Newman about the horror of being told she was dying, the hope that came with finding a radical new treatment and the despair that came with realising accessing healthcare came down to your ability to pay.

Reluctantly she and her friends have launched a public fundraising appeal to help bridge the funding gap.

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ne year ago mum of one, Nina Arps was like most other women her age – fit, healthy, loving life and cramming as much as she could into every day.

Today Nina Arps is sick, so sick that she’s been told there is nothing more the medical profession can do for her, that she needs to enjoy whatever time she has left.

Nina has cancer. It’s in her bowel and in her liver. She’s been down every treatment path available in New Zealand and the experts have told her they’ve exhausted her lifesaving options.

Her cancer was diagnosed 10 months ago, but Nina refuses to accept there is nothing that can be done to improve her chances of survival.

She’s discovered a lifeline, but it’s a lifeline that comes with a hefty price tag, around $80,000 and it’s only available off-shore. Its results, however, are startling.

“A friend had a similar cancer to mine and he went to this doctor in Bangkok and he’s now been cancer free for 10 years.

“If I hadn’t known anyone who had had this treatment I wouldn’t even have thought about it, but I want to give this my best shot,” she said.

To access the treatment she must travel to Bangkok and undergo four sessions over eight weeks in a large oncology clinic led by German specialist Florian Schilling.

It’s her one shot at living and while it comes with no guarantees, it has clear successes and it does offer hope, Nina said.

“Here in New Zealand they offer me the end of the line; overseas they offer me a chance, they’ve told me, today is not the time to give up.”

But there’s the money hurdle to overcome.

Nina and her friends have been doing everything they can to raise money for her treatment.

They’re halfway there, but there’s still a huge $40,000 gap they’re not sure how to bridge.

Reluctantly they’ve opted to launch a public appeal.

What’s been given already has humbled Nina. She never wanted to ask and never expected money

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to come.

“My friends have been absolutely amazing and the people of Ashburton have been fantastic in supporting me. I cry every time I think about this,” she said.

Treatment has started. Time is critical and she couldn’t afford to wait. That means she’s committed to finding the money needed.

“I’ll sell my car, I’ll sell things, but I don’t want to sell Damon (partner Damon Molloy) and Rory’s family home. I just hate the fact that this has all come down to money; I hate it that this treatment comes down to who can afford it; I hate having to put a price on my life.”

Staying positive over the past 10 months would have been impossible without the support of friends, she said.

“They’ve had to listen to me cry and cry; it’s been months of hell for them.”

As she’s been through chemo, as she’s hit rock bottom, as she’s struggled to fund her treatment, her friends have always been there, Nina said.

“I am just so lucky.”

She’s been to Bangkok for a biopsy and she’s currently there having blood cells harvested as well as undergoing her first rounds of immunotherapy treatment.

“It’s a targeted treatment. My biopsy’s been tested in Boston and they’ve used this information to create a unique profile treatment for me.”

The first visit to the clinic was reassuring. The clinic is very high tech and it’s a large and very professional set-up with big teams of specialists, she said.

“That put to rest any fears that it was a hoax and they were just asking for money. They make sure the treatments are working and they’re more willing to buy in new drugs and to try things, whereas in New Zealand procedures are so restricted by protocols.”

She knows there are no guarantees, says she’s got nothing to lose if it doesn’t work.

Each trip to Bangkok means a friend has to take time off work, take time away from their family to travel with her. And it’s no holiday, Nina said. Most of the time is spent waiting or sitting in a hotel room while she rests.

“I’m doing this for my nine-yearold son Rory. He’s been amazing through all of this. We don’t keep anything from him, but we don’t dwell on it, we try to keep his life as normal as possible.”

Keeping life normal means Rory has friends at home and it means Nina goes to sporting and school events – when she can.

“It’s good for me when I can be normal, can feel normal and do the normal things.”

Damon has been a rock, but he carries too much inside, Nina said.

She worries how he’s coping, who he talks to. She hopes he too has someone to lean on.

Discovering that cancer had

been lurking in her body, possibly for several years, was devastating and its discovery a total shock.

“I’d been okay but then I started getting a funny tummy. I went to my doctor and she gave me medication and said come back if it didn’t settle,” Nina said.

It didn’t and she returned to her doctor. Bloods were taken, but neither she nor her doctor considered anything serious could be wrong.

“I went back and she said my liver showed some high readings so I had a scan and they found lesions on my liver and then they found the primary cancer was in my bowel and yet I’d had no signs of anything being wrong.”

Nina’s world shattered. Her first six months of chemotherapy shrunk her tumours, but a second round of treatments, designed to buy her time, saw them growing again and growing aggressively.

Treatment stopped.

“They said they’d done as much as they could and that I should go home and just enjoy life.”

How do you do that with an untreatable cancer diagnosis hanging over your head? she said.

The first couple of months were hideous and depression was her constant companion, but now, Nina says she feels she’s taking charge, she’s fighting back.

Fighting back, however, takes money, and it’s money Nina does not have.

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needs the community to help her complete her treatment journey by helping fund the $40,000 that’s needed to give her the best shot at a healthy life.

And if the funds are found, Nina’s making a pledge.

“If I survive this I will be giving back so much to anyone going through something like this. If I can help anyone with anything I will.”

A walk/run fundraiser is planned for September 16 with details still to be decided.

Nina Arps shares a cuddle with son Rory. “I’m doing this (fighting for her life) for my nine-year-old son Rory. He’s been amazing through all of this. We don’t keep anything from him, but we don’t dwell on it, we try to keep his life as normal as possible.”

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Hundreds of Mid Cantabrians put their brains to work for a good cause on Thursday night at the annual ANZ Daffodil Day quiz.

Around 65 teams entered the ever popular event at Hotel Ashburton, which is supported by dozens of sponsors and last year earned a whopping $23,000 for the Cancer Society.

The evening included entertainment, and even yodelling, from Dame Lynda Topp, in char-

acter as Ken, along with a raffle, auction and silent auction.

Topp said she thought it was great that the money raised at the event was used locally.

With the help of dozens of local sponsors the prize pool included items such as a 35 minute helicopter ride with Richie McCaw, a signed All Blacks jersey, luxury accommodation, meat packs, bluetooth speakers and hundreds of other items.

A team called the Gloriavale Rejects were named as the winners.

Right – Tim Johnson and Tina Hayman from Argyle Welsh Finnegan were among those putting their brains to work at the ANZ Daffodil Day quiz.

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Applications open for council funds Community groups with a focus on preserving or enhancing the districts biodiversity or heritage, or who have an arts focus could be in for a funding boost.

Applications are now open for Ashburton District Council grants, for organisations involved in these areas. This is the second round of Biodiversity and Heritage grants for the year, and the

first round of Creative Communities Scheme funding.

Chair of the council’s Grants and Funding Sub-committee Russell Ellis said the grants help to support a range of projects benefiting the district.

“There are many dedicated groups in our community doing outstanding work to improve our natural and built environment, or

that provide cultural opportunities for our people. If your group has a project that aligns with this work, we’d like to hear from you,” he said.

The council introduced a second round of funding for Biodiversity and Heritage in 2016, in recognition of the seasonal nature of these projects.

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Creative Communities Scheme funding to councils across the country to distribute in their local communities. The scheme recognises the unique place of local arts projects and is assessed by a local committee who have an extensive background in the district’s varied arts community.

These grants are to support artistic and cultural projects, in-

cluding theatre, dance, music, literature and performing arts.

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Moroccan lamb shanks Serves 4-5 4 Quality Mark lamb shanks 2 onions, chopped 5 cloves garlic, crushed 1T fresh ginger, finely grated 1T each ground coriander, turmeric and cumin 1t each white pepper and mixed spice 2C Campbell’s Real Stock – Beef 1/2 C tomato paste 1 x 400g can chopped tomatoes 3/4 C unsweetened yoghurt 1 carrot, finely chopped or grated Zest of 1 lemon 1C dried apricots 1 1/2 C couscous 1 1/2 C flaked almonds 1/2 C fresh coriander or parsley, roughly chopped ■ Preheat oven to 140°C conventional bake.

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Saturday, September 1, 2018

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’Appy birthday to the Ashburton app T

here’s always a fear when you try something new, that it might fail.

But it’s the thrill of the unknown, the potential within and the possible windfalls of such decisions that can make life exciting.

Today, one year ago, we – the Ashburton Guardian – took one of those risks.

We jumped into the unknown and hoped like anything that we’d rise our heads above the water once things had settled down.

We launched another subsidiary to our day-to-day business one year ago today, the Ashburton App. The app was a digital platform in which we could stretch our

capabilities further than they have ever been stretched before and we closed our eyes and took a leap not fully knowing what kind of landing there might be below us.

Digital news platforms are the way of the future, there’s no doubt about it.

And, while we might be doing everything in our power to stay true to the core values of the modern form of journalism with

a printed newspaper, the inevitable outcome lurks around every corner where newspapers die.

Our job is to prolong that happening for as long as we can.

And in order to do that, we needed to keep up with the market and the ever-changing world around us – and an app, which not only provides up-to-date news and happenings in the Ashburton District, it also provides essential information which anyone could use as their own information guide to the region, seemed the best way to do it.

Our biggest hurdle was always probably going to be the district’s demographic.

We are, traditionally, an older and rural orientated district – not your usual form for app users.

So, to reach more than 10,000 downloads in the first 12 months and effectively hold a reach of a close to a third of our population is a huge result for us and a justification in our decision to actually go ahead with the idea.

What the addition of the app has given us is a remarkable platform in which we can deliver meaningful and impacting news to people at the push of a button.

With everyone’s strong desire to know what’s going on around them, particularly when it comes to breaking news – the push notification ability within the app means we can let as many people as possible know about what’s happening in a fast and efficient manner with everyone receiving that information at

exactly the same time as everyone else.

It’s pushed us as journalists further than we’ve been pushed for quite some time because it’s meant a completely new mindset around the process of delivering news, but it’s one we’ve enjoyed the thrill of and one we will continue to tweak and master as time progresses.

So, to our little green machine that has, in just its first year, become such a major part of the Ashburton Guardian daily process, Happy Birthday.

Don’t rest easy though, the work is nowhere near being complete and it’s our goal to go even bigger and even better in the next 12 months, to continue to use the app to its full potential.

Ten years ago: Hurricane Gustav slammed into the heart of Louisiana’s fishing and oil industry with 110 mph winds, delivering only a glancing blow to New Orleans. Jerry Lewis raised a record $65 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in his annual Labour Day telethon.

Five years ago: Syria derided President Barack Obama’s decision to hold off on punitive military strikes, while the Obama administration countered that its case for military action against the regime of President Bashar

Assad was getting stronger, saying it had evidence that the nerve agent sarin was used in a deadly attack. Former South African President Nelson Mandela left a hospital after nearly three months of treatment.

One year ago: A line of cars stretched more than a mile at a water distribution centre set up on a high school football field in Texas, which had been left without drinking water by flooding from Hurricane Harvey.

Two trailers of highly unstable compounds blew up at a flooded

Houston-area chemical plant; it was the second fire in two days at the plant.

Today’s birthdays: Actor George Maharis is 90. Conductor Seiji Ozawa is 83. Comedian-actress Lily Tomlin is 79. Actor Don Stroud is 75. Conductor Leonard Slatkin is 74. Singer Archie Bell is 74. Singer Barry Gibb is 72.

Rock musician Greg Errico is 70.

Talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw is 68. Singer Gloria Estefan is 61.

Jazz musician Boney James is 57.

Singer-musician Grant Lee Phillips is 55. Country singer-songwriter

Charlie Robison is 54. Rap DJ Spigg Nice (Lost Boyz) is 48.

Actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira is 47. Actor Maury Sterling is 47.

Rock singer JD Fortune is 45.

Actor Scott Speedman is 43.

Country singer Angaleena Presley is 42. Actor Boyd Holbrook is 37.

Actress Zoe Lister-Jones is 36.

Rock musician Joe Trohman is 34.

Actress Aisling Loftus is 28.

Thought for today: “The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German scientist (1742-1799).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, September 1, the 244th day of 2018. There are 121 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On September 1, 1945, Americans received word of Japan’s formal surrender that ended World War Two. On this date: In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr was found not guilty of treason.

In 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire destroyed Hinckley, Minn., and five other communities, and killed more than 400 people.

In 1923, the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama were devastated by an earthquake that claimed some 140,000 lives.

In 1939, World War Two began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland.

In 1942, US District Court Judge Martin I. Welsh, on a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Fred Korematsu, upheld the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans as well as Japanese nationals.

In 1951, the United States, Australia and New Zealand signed a mutual defence pact, the ANZUS treaty.

In 1969, a coup in Libya brought Moammar Gadhafi to power.

In 1981, Albert Speer, a close associate of Adolf Hitler who ran the Nazi war machine, died at a London hospital at age 76.

In 1983, 269 people were killed when a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the airliner entered Soviet airspace.

In 1985, a US-French expedition located the wreckage of the Titanic on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean roughly 400 miles off Newfoundland.

In 2004, more than 1000 people were taken hostage by heavily armed Chechen militants at a school in southern Russia; more than 330 people, more than half of them children, were killed in the three-day ordeal.

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Jacinda has got it wrong P

rime Minister Jacinda Ardern is barking up the wrong tree.

She wants to be known simply as the leader of Aotearoa, New Zealand, but not – perish the thought – a woman leader.

In the twisted logic of feminism, Jacinda seems to feel it would be demeaning for her to be known as such.

But, Jacinda, please let me tell you – with the utmost respect – it would most definitely not be.

Kiwis worldwide are over the moon to have a young woman, flushed with the aura and self-evident glamour of recent motherhood – and, anyway, rivetingly attractive before any of that experience – at the helm.

Not only that, but also articulate to the nth degree and organised down to the last full stop. She is pure taonga, though she may be too modest either to accept or notice that.

We are therefore proud to have such a woman as our practising figurehead.

Jacinda follows in the pioneering steps of Mesdames Helen Clark and Jenny Shipley, both reliable representatives of their gender and most capable in office but several years older than Jacinda and lacking her rock star appeal.

With her manly fishing partner, Clarke Gayford, in tow and adorable Baby Neve in her arms, what a stir she will cause, and how many eyebrows she will

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raise, when she takes her seat at the United Nations General Assembly next month, to argue the case for our country amongst the biggest fish in the world.

Has there ever been a nursing mother at the UN? I rather think all previous women premiers and presidents were well past their child-bearing years by the time they first appeared at that august gathering.

So I think you’ll agree, Jacinda, in her own right as a woman of the world and a young mother, is of inestimable value to our small but great nation.

We know that had it not been for the nobility and party loyalty of Andrew Little in standing aside from the leadership of the Labour Party, there would have been no change of government last year.

The advent of Jacinda on the scene changed instantly the dynamics of the political pot.

So now we have an admittedly shaky Labour-led – by Ardern – coalition rather than another ageing National leviathan.

National seems to have panicked by electing an excitable

leader whose main concern, currently, is who leaked details of his excessive expenses rather than challenging his opposite number across the parliamentary aisle.

Bridges seems most unlikely to best the PM in head-to-head debate in the House, anytime soon.

Then there is the political mayhem recently occurred across the sea in Canberra where yet another PM has bitten the dust in what the Aussies delicately describe as a Party Spill.

Some spill!

So farewell Malcolm, hello Scott.

Some, as we know, have greatness thrust upon them but, in Australia, not for long. How can Morrison expect to be anything but a passing PM? His only hope would appear to be to consult with Jacinda to find out how it is done so consistently in the land of the long white cloud.

We seem to have been a model of political stability for a long time now.

And after her cheeky chat with Steve Hansen following the Wallabies disastrous performance on Saturday,

Jacinda might be inspired to offer to teach the poor old Aussies how to play rugby!

So, Jacinda, I implore you, don’t hide your womanhood; in a most decorous way, flaunt it.

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Pastor Rob Davison CHRISTIAN COMMENT

by active involvement in many initiatives.

Some of these have been locally generated, and some the result of government department schemes. The district council has been quick to partner with many of these community well-being strategies, providing funding and personnel in support.

Our response to this could be that we are therefore already contributing through the rating and taxation regimes. However, if that’s as far as we go individually, then I think we are missing the point.

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Volunteering to make a difference community projects and services, is great. However, at another level, every community initiative sinks or swims on the participation of willing volunteers. They’re the life-blood of these services to community.

Offering your support in a hands on role is best if you are able. But there’s plenty of other ways to make a difference and encourage service providers to keep going. Appreciative calls, emails and texts can really boost them. You can make a difference!

I’m reminded of a story.

Following a severe storm on the east coast of USA, a grumpy old man and a young boy were walking along the beach.

Millions of small crabs littered the beach, stranded in debris and sand. As he walked, the boy was picking up the helpless crabs and throwing them back into the sea.

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f I want to enjoy the benefits of living in a community like we have here in the Ashburton District, I must come to a key realisation!

And that is, to understand that, although I can continue to enjoy everything this community provides for me to use, I must at some point move from being just a consumer, to being a contributor.

Future use of these services depends on it!

We are served by a plethora of community and welfare groups and amazing help agencies in Ashburton.

Over and above this we have what is provided and expected through government agencies.

We are also blessed by a district council which over the last decade has been very proactive in championing community welfare

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“What difference do you think that will make?” the old man said.

“Well it made a difference to that one!” the boy said, as he continued in his private rescue mission, flicking another one back into the safety of the water.

Why not volunteer your time and support to one of our great community services, and just like the small boy, make a difference to that one! It will benefit you and the receiver.

Happy volunteering!

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Who really owns our banks?

By Liam Dann Shane Jones has taken another swing at the banks – suggesting they should be required to keep rural branches open.

But whatever you think of their obligation to maintain branches there is one mistake that Jones (and almost everyone) else keeps making about the ownership of the big four banks.

While Westpac, ANZ, ASB and BNZ all have parent companies that are domiciled and regulated in Australia, they are actually all majority American owned.

So the notion, which plays on our sense of trans-Tasman rivalry, that big banks’ profits head out of New Zealand and into the pockets of Australians just isn’t right.

According to latest filings on Bloomberg our largest bank ANZ is 61 per cent owned by US shareholders with just 17 per cent of shares held in Australia.

Westpac is 58 per cent US owned with 22 per cent held by Aussie shareholders. CBA and NAB (the parent companies of ASB and BNZ respectively) have similar ownership profiles – all dominated by US shareholders with Australia a

distant second.

That explains in part why the Aussies themselves get so fired up about being ripped off by the banks. They don’t have a sense of ownership either.

The Royal Commission inquiry across the Tasman is a reminder that the public there is more likely to sympathise with the hard-line views of Shane Jones than we are in New Zealand.

What is clear from the ownership stats is that – even with the growth of KiwiSaver funds investing in the Australian market – New Zealand sees precious little of the dividends flowing back our way.

ANZ’s NZ division pulled a $941m profit in the latest half year and is tipped to top $2b for the full year.

But New Zealanders – owning just 0.13 of the company – won’t see much of that.

In fact Norway, Luxembourg, Japan, Ireland, UK, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada, Hong Kong, German, Singapore, the Netherlands and France (in that order) all hold bigger stakes in our largest bank.

So when Jones talks about dividends flowing offshore – he’s definitely not wrong.

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A2 milk goes on sale at Walmart

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A2 Milk said its products had gone on sale in Walmart stores in the US. In a statement, the company said it had secured distribution into Walmart stores across New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, Maryland, and Washington DC. The products became available in stores on July 27, furthering the growth of its brand across the US, it said.

“Achieving distribution with such a powerful and respected retailer like Walmart further validates the a2 Milk brand proposition in the US and marks a critical point in our company’s drive to bring consumers back to dairy

by providing our products to the roughly 75 million Americans who report dairy intolerance,” Blake Waltrip, a2’s Boulder Colorado-based US chief executive said.

“The a2 Milk proposition is unique in the dairy industry and we are looking forward to continuing to spread awareness of the benefits of A1 protein-free milk with the first-to-market brand, a2 Milk,” he said.

A2 Milk’s managing director and chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka said the partnership with Walmart added “opportunity and growth” to the company’s US expansion.

The company had already an-

nounced a major expansion in the US market into the north-east, making products available in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

In addition to Walmart, a2 Milk is available at Wegmans, Stop & Shop, Giant Carlisle, Giant Landover, Whole Foods Market, Market Basket, Sprouts, Safeway, King Soopers, Target, Ralphs, Publix, ShopRite and The Fresh Market.

Dual-listed a2 Milk, which offers an a1 beta protein-free alternative milk, this month reported a 116 per cent lift in net profit to $195.7 million for the June year.

– NZME

Consumer confidence holds up

By ReBecca HowaRD Consumer confidence held up in August as households remained relatively upbeat about current conditions, but are still cautious about the outlook.

The ANZ Roy Morgan consumer confidence index was at 117.6, virtually unchanged from 118.4 in July with disquiet focused on prospects for the broader economy rather than households’ own finances, something ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner said was “likely an echo of weak business confidence survey results”.

The ANZ Business Outlook confidence indicator for August, published this week, dropped to another 10-year low, in the same week as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sought to address the issue by appointing Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon

to chair a new business advisory group to engage at a high level with the government on economic policy issues.

Zollner said that ANZ’s confidence composite gauge (which combines business expectations and intentions with consumer sentiment) has fallen and suggests “a deceleration in GDP growth by year end”.

The economy may “indeed struggle” over the second half of the year as firms defer investment and employment decisions, she said.

The current conditions index in yesterday morning’s consumer survey eased 1 point to 123.5, above the historical average, while the future conditions index was 113.7 versus 114.1 in July and still below the historical average.

“Perceptions of current conditions remain strong, reflecting

a tight labour market. However, there is a degree of caution about the future, more about the economy as a whole than respondents’ own financial situations,” said ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner.

Of the survey’s 1004 respondents, a net 2 per cent expected good times financially in the next 12 months, down from 3 per cent in July.

It was the lowest reading since October 2015. Over the next five years, a net 13 per cent predicted continuous good times, down from a net 14 per cent in July.

Consumers’ perceptions of their current financial situation fell 2 points, with a net 12 per cent of those surveyed reporting they’re feeling financially better off than a year ago. However, a net 26 per cent expect to be better off in 12 months versus a net 25 per cent in July.

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Australian jailed for spying An Australian filmmaker arrested after flying a drone to photograph a Cambodian opposition party rally last year was convicted of spying and sentenced to six years in prison yesterday.

James Ricketson had faced up to 10 years in prison.

Prosecutors have indicated he was suspected of working with the opposition party or had worked directly for a foreign power, though that country was never specified in court.

The charge against him, endangering national security, was tantamount in legal terms to espionage.

As the prison van left after the panel of judges delivered the verdict, Ricketson shouted to reporters the same question he often raised throughout his trial: “Who am I spying for?”

Before hearing the verdict, he told The Associated Press that based on the evidence and facts in the case, he should be set free.

Ricketson, 69, repeatedly insisted he had no political agenda and his work making documentary films was journalistic in nature.

The evidence presented against Ricketson appeared thin, but Cambodia’s courts are considered highly politicised and their rulings often tightly align with the ruling party’s agenda.

“Since he arrived in Cambodia, the accused person has been collecting political, social and economic information about Cambodia and sending

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Australian filmmaker James Ricketson speaks from a prisoner van in Cambodia.

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it to a foreign state,” prosecutor Sieng Sok said in his closing argument.

The prosecutors had indicated Ricketson also was suspected of working with the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party, which for a time had enough popularity among Cambodians to be a viable challenger to Hun Sen’s rule. The party’s dissolution by a court ruling last year assured Hun Sen’s party of its sweeping victory in the July general elections, which returned Hun Sen to office for five more years.

Ricketson testified in his defence that he made contacts with the opposition party strictly for journalistic purposes while making a documentary

film. He recounted a filmmaking career dating to the 1970s, and presented acclaimed Australian movie director Peter Weir to attest to his professionalism in the field.

Ricketson’s other character witnesses were several Cambodians, including his informally adopted daughter, who described how he had provided financial assistance to them and other poor members of Cambodian society.

Throughout his trial, Ricketson shouted brief but defiant remarks to reporters as he was led in and out of the court building for each hearing. He decried the paucity of evidence and repeatedly asked the taunting question of what country

he was supposed to have been spying for.

At one point, however, he took a tried-and-true approach in trying to earn clemency by expressing contrition.

In a July 1 letter addressed to Hun Sen and published in a pro-government newspaper, he wrote: “May I please, respectfully, send my sincerest apologies to yourself and the Cambodian Government. I now realise that my statements I have made in the press and other media are disruptive and ill-informed.

These statements were made from a place of foreign naivety and ignorance about the complexities and difficulties of governing Cambodia,” he wrote.

– AP

Space station air leak temporarily patched Astronauts have scrambled to patch a tiny hole that was allowing air to leak from the Russian side of the International Space Station.

NASA and Russian space officials have stressed the six astronauts were in no danger.

The leak – possibly caused by a micro-meteorite strike – was detected mid-week during the night, resulting in a

small loss of cabin pressure.

It was traced to a hole about 2mm across, located in the most recent Russian Soyuz spacecraft capsule to dock at the space station.

On Thursday morning the crew taped over the hole, slowing the leak.

Flight controllers monitored the cabin pressure while working to come up with a

better long-term solution.

The leaking Soyuz – one of two up in space – arrived at the orbiting lab in June with three astronauts.

It’s their ride home, too, come December, and also serves as a lifeboat in case of an emergency.

A NASA spokesman said it was premature to speculate on whether the three might

have to return to earth early if the leak, even as small as it is, cannot be stopped.

The hole is located in the upper section of the Soyuz, which does not return to earth, according to NASA. The 400km high outpost is home to three Americans, two Russians and one German.

Orbital debris is a constant threat to spacecraft.

– AP

Dutch cartoon contest cancelled A Dutch anti-Islam politician has cancelled a planned Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest following death threats and concerns other people could be put at risk.

“To avoid the risk of victims of Islamic violence, I have decided not to let the cartoon contest go ahead,” far-right opposition politician Geert Wilders said in a written statement.

Wilders, who for years has lived under round-the-clock protection because of death threats sparked by his fierce anti-Islam rhetoric, said he

does not want others endangered by the contest he planned for November.

The planned contest sparked angry protests in Pakistan and a death threat this week from a 26-year-old man, reportedly a Pakistani, who was arrested earlier this week in The Hague.

Physical depictions of the prophet are forbidden in Islam and are deeply offensive to Muslims.

“It’s not just about me,” Wilders said in the statement. Strong opponents of the event “see not only me, but the entire Netherlands

as a target,” he said.

The contest was to have been held at the tightly guarded offices of his Party for Freedom in the Dutch parliament building.

Earlier, a Dutch judge extended by two weeks the detention of the man who allegedly threatened to attack Wilders.

The Dutch government had been at pains to distance itself from the contest.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte last week questioned Wilders’ motive for organising the contest, saying his aim was

to be provocative.

However, Rutte added that people in the Netherlands have far-reaching freedom of speech rights and the government did not intend to seek the contest’s cancellation.

In a clear indication of the anger Wilders had generated, thousands of hard-line Islamists marched toward Pakistan’s capital on Thursday in protest.

Some 10,000 supporters of the Tehreek-i-Labaik group, which helped Imran Khan to become prime minister, called on Khan to cut diplomatic ties with the Netherlands.

– AP

Emmy Rossum is saying goodbye to Shameless after the show’s upcoming ninth season. In an emotional Facebook post, Rossum said playing her complex character was a “gift” and called the past eight years the best of her life. Showtime Networks programming chief Gary Levine said the network was saddened by Rossum’s decision to leave and praised her work as Fiona, daughter to William H. Macy’s dysfunctional patriarch, Frank.

In 2016. Executive producer John Wells said work is under way on a season finale aimed at giving Rossum and her character a worthy send-off.

Baldwin leaves Joker Alec Baldwin has pulled out of playing Bruce Wayne’s father in the Joker movie. The actor told USA Today he has scheduling issues. Baldwin says he’s “sure there are 25 guys who can play that part”. Baldwin was cast to play Thomas Wayne in the film, which features Joaquin Phoenix as the DC Comics villain. Robert De Niro also is part of the cast in the Warner Bros movie, which is due in theatres in October 2019.

Couldn’t be more in love Just as the world expected, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds really are Hollywood’s It Couple. “They have such a solid relationship,” a source said about the pair, who wed in 2012. “They truly couldn’t be happier and more in love.”

As the internet knows, they make for a legendary comedic duo while trolling each other across social media. And even behind closed doors, “we poke fun at each other,” Lively revealed at a recent press day for her upcoming film A Simple Favour. “All day long we joke around with each other because that’s my best friend,” she said. They’re also a great team as mum and dad to daughters James, 3, and Inez, 23 months.

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Methven A centre Anita den Baars claims possession ahead of Celtic A’s Sarah Hewson during Thursday night’s premier one final, which Celtic A won 30-24.

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Walsh breaks league record Kiwi shot putter Tom Walsh has claimed his second overall Diamond League title while breaking a record in the process.

The Kiwi shot putter has beaten the all-time Diamond League record by four centimetres, with a throw of 22.60 metres in his second effort at the season-ending event in Zurich The win sees the reigning world champion clinch the overall title and a purse of $NZ75,000, after also winning in Oslo and

Morocco. Walsh’s throw was just seven centimetres shy of his personal best, set earlier this year in Auckland.

American Darrell Hill finished in second, 20cm behind Walsh. Olympic champion Ryan Crouser finished third.

“I am so happy, things went well for me. It was a tough competition today and the result is just so great,” Walsh said.

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In brief Vettori dumped Daniel Vettori has been dumped as coach of the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. The former Black Caps captain has been replaced by South African Gary Kirsten. Vettori has been with the side for last eight years – initially as a player and then, since 2014, as a coach.

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Aussie to fill Folau gap In the wake of losing Maria Folau, the Northern Mystics have cast their net across the ditch to recruit their latest shooter. Folau announced that she would be leaving the Mystics earlier this month to permanently relocate to Sydney which inevitably saw a gap in the Mystics’ shooting line-up. But hoping to fill the big shoes left by one of the world’s most renowned goal attacks will be Australian Giants shooter Kristina Brice who was named as part of next year’s ANZ Premiership Mystics roster.

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Burnley knocked out Chris Wood and Burnley’s fairy tale run in Europe has come to a frustrating end. The Kiwi striker and his Burnley side have been knocked out of the Europa League after drawing 1-1 with Greek club Olympiakos in the second leg of their tie at Turf Moor, losing 4-2 on aggregate. After the first leg, Burnley coach Sean Dyche blamed several questionable refereeing decisions in their loss in Athens, but his side will only have themselves to blame this time.

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Fancy giving softball a go?

Fancy having a go at T-ball or softball? Then Argyle Park will be the place to be on Sunday. Softball Mid Canterbury is hosting a fun day for anyone who wants to give softball or T-ball a go. All present players, new players and potential players of all ages are welcome to head along. The open day will be held from 10am until 1pm at Argyle Park, on Middle Road. The season starts on September 22, and Mid Canterbury Softball is also looking at sending a boys’ team to Christchurch on Saturdays this season.

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Building on a dream start

BY ERIN TASKER

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They made a dream start to the 2018 Heartland Championship last weekend, now Mid Canterbury will look to build on that with a win in their first home game of the rugby competition today.

Mid Canterbury are set to take on North Otago this afternoon and while the forward pack that ran out on to the field would be the same one that played a big role in downing last year’s runners-up Horowhenua-Kapiti in round one, changes had been rung in the backline.

Mid Canterbury coach Sean Carter said while one of the changes had been forced by injury, the others were down to simply wanting more.

“When we looked at last Saturday, all the boys played really well, but we think we can squeeze a lot more out of the backline by changing a few things,” Carter said.

Second-five Isireli Masiwini had been carrying a shoulder injury and the decision had been made to rest him today.

“We just need to be really careful that we take care of him just for the fact he’s a really pivotal part of the backline,” Carter said.

“It would be great to play him, we will miss him, but one game could impact and could do more damage and we could lose him for the rest of the season.”

Dan Fransen would move from wing to fullback, where his pace would be an asset, with Timoci Nabakeke moving to one wing and Methven’s Hugh Griffiths set to make his first start on the other wing. Griffiths had been carrying an injury through from the club season, so didn’t feature in last weekend’s win over Horowhenua-Kapiti.

“To me he is an exciting wee player. He’s a pocket rocket with a heart the size of a lion and he just bashes and crashes,” Carter said.

Tom Hanham-Carter would start at centre, as he did in round one, while Andrew Letham moves

Tom Hanham-Carter will again start at centre for Mid Canterbury against North Otago today. off the bench to start at secondfive, and Brian Matoramusha – who started on the wing last weekend – had moved to the bench.

North Otago were also winners in round one, beating Buller, and Carter knew his side would have a battle on their hands today.

“They will be really fierce across the park. They are very capable and very similar to us, they have got a lot of speed out wide and are happy to run the ball from anywhere which makes for an exciting game for the spectators,” Carter said.

Carter was pleased with the first-up win over HorowhenuaKapiti last weekend but said there

had been things to work on after Mid Canterbury let last year’s runners-up back into the game after having a big lead at halftime.

“The biggest thing is our defence around the ruck. We were under a lot of pressure against Horowhenua-Kapiti and they defended really well, but at the end of the day you can only defend so long because you start to fatigue when you’ve got big, hard ball carriers running at you,” Carter said.

So defence was key today, as was speed off the line. But possibly the biggest thing was the mental aspect, Carter said. With the 2018 Heartland Champion-

ship shaping up to be a cracker with some tough battles ahead, Carter said his side could not afford to get complacent and let teams back into games. They needed to shut the gate and ensure they didn’t let teams get bonus points.

“At the end of the day we don’t want to be reliant, at the end of the season, on other teams,” Carter said.

“Any team, regardless of the competition, can win on their day, it’s just a matter of who wants it the most. Many teams have been beaten by going in with a blasé attitude.

“Our goal is just to focus on doing what we need to do really,

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really well and give ourselves the best opportunity to get to the top four. We are not interested in what the other teams are scoring for and against.

“It’s a very, very fierce competition and we have a very hard road.

We’ve got North Otago and they will be formidable, then there’s the likes of Wanganui, South Canterbury and Buller, so it’s a hard old road but we are always of the opinion that you’ve got to play everyone to get there anyway.”

Mid Canterbury will play North Otago at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds today at 2.30pm, with the curtain-raiser being between the two unions’ development sides at 12.50pm.

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14. Timoci Nabakeke 13. Tom Hanham-Carter

11. Hugh Griffiths 12. Andrew Letham 10. Jarred Percival 9. Tyler Blackburn

8. Aron Einnarson 7. Seta Koroitamana

6. Angus Lindsay 5. Eric Duff

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4. Matt Bentley

2. Jackson Donlan

Reserves: 16. Angus McKenzie 17. Penisimani Fakatoka 18. Tom Blyth 19. Shepherd Mhembere 20. Will Mackenzie 21. Brian Matoramusha 22. Nathan McCloy

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When Mid Canterbury and North Otago square off in round two of rugby’s Heartland Championship today, one of New Zealand’s top rugby referees will be in control.

Jamie Nutbrown, one of the New Zealand Rugby Union’s (NZRU’s) full time professional rugby referees, has been put in charge of the game as part of an NZRU directive that will see all of the country’s professional referees adjudicate one Heartland Championship and Farah Palmer Cup (the women’s competition) game each this season, along with their Mitre 10 Cup commitments.

Nutbrown, a former Super Rugby player who turned to refereeing once his playing days came to an end, would control today’s game with the help of Mid Canterbury’s Matt Gallagher and Chris O’Malley as his assistant referees.

Nutbrown was looking forward to the challenge of refereeing what he was certain would be a tough game, with fierce rivalry given it was a kind of local derby.

“I think it’s a really good initiative really, because you can get stuck in just doing Super Rugby and you can just get into the mould of they are all professional players so they should know what they’re doing, and you have got TMOs and video referrals and that sort of stuff. So to do this mix of games and different playing abilities can sometimes challenge you as a referee,” Nutbrown said.

“I think it’s just great for the game. It gives the players a chance to be refereed by some of the guys

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NZRU professional referee Jamie Nutbrown will be the referee for today’s game between Mid Canterbury and North Otago.

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Leading points scorers after one round that are doing it full time and professionally and it’s just good for all three competitions.”

Not having the video referral option for a change meant backing himself, and that was a good thing, Nutbrown said.

“The pressure is probably a little bit off because you don’t have that scrutiny of so many different camera angles and replays, but it does make you work a bit harder as a referee because you need to get into the right spot,” Nutbrown said.

“If there is going to be a tight try situation or if something is going to be quite tight, you need to get off your backside and work a bit harder to get into a position where

you can see and actually make the calls.

“There’s a little bit of pressure in terms of you have to make the decision; you can’t rely on ‘I’m not sure, I was a bit too slow getting there, I’ll just fall back on the TMO and get him to check’. You can get a bit too comfortable when you’re in the Super Rugby and Mitre 10 Cup environment because you do have that backstop to fall back on.”

It would mean backing himself, and Nutbrown was looking forward to the challenge.

Today’s match between Mid Canterbury and North Otago would kick off at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds at 2.30pm.

Evans Reihana (King Country) Josh Buckham (North Otago) Declan Barnett (King Country) Dean Church (King Country) Craig Clare (Wanganui) Jarred Percival (Mid Canterbury) Reece Broughton (Thames Valley)

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Mid Canterbury v North Otago – the history Played: 109, 1928-2017 | Mid Canterbury wins: 37 | North Otago wins: 37 | Draws: 3 Last match: North Otago 31 Mid Canterbury 25 in Oamaru 2.09.2017 (HC) Last Mid Canterbury win: Mid Canterbury 40 North Otago 32 in Ashburton 27.08.2016 (HC) Biggest Mid Canterbury score: 61 in Oamaru 28.05.1994 (NPC) Biggest North Otago score: 57 in Oamaru 6.08.2005 and 57 at Oamaru 4.8.2007 Biggest margin: Mid Canterbury by 54 (54-0) in Ashburton 7.08.1982 (NPC)

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Playing with the big names After a stellar season with the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic, netballer Kate Lloyd was named in the Silver Ferns development squad. She was at home in Ashburton this week and caught up with the Guardian’s Erin Tasker.

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ate Lloyd’s rapid rise through New Zealand netball ranks has caught even the 21-year-old defender off guard.

At times this season, when she took to the court to form a defensive partnership with New Zealand netball legend Casey Kopua in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty side in the ANZ premiership, she had to pinch herself to make sure she wasn’t dreaming.

But she wasn’t and the surprises weren’t done with yet. At the end of the ANZ Premiership, where the Magic finished a disappointing fifth out of six teams, the talented 1.92m-tall defender was named in the Silver Ferns development squad.

Lloyd said she couldn’t believe it.

“I was so shocked. It was only probably a 30-second phone call, but I kept saying, ‘are you sure?’.”

They were sure and come December Lloyd will head off to a week-long Silver Ferns development camp where she’ll get a chance to continue what has been a massive year when it comes to learning.

A year ago, Lloyd was in a sort of netballing limbo. She’d just finished a season as part of the Mainland Tactix side, but with no shortage of talented defenders already within the Tactix ranks, Lloyd was only contracted to the Tactix as a training partner, and she was happy with that.

In her first year out of school Lloyd was studying at Lincoln University and playing for Mainland in the Beko Netball League, and the following year made the Tactix team as an injury replacement. When that season finished, Lloyd wasn’t sure what the future held for her.

Other players were talking about what they were doing the following season, but Lloyd didn’t really know how the whole contracting process worked and so she just focused on getting the job done as part of the New Zealand under-21 side for the world cup. She headed to Botswana with the team, where they did get the job done, and found a surprise waiting for her when she got home.

“I went to the world cup and came back and had a Facebook message from Marg Forsyth, the Magic coach. I didn’t even know who she was so I had to Google her,” Lloyd said.

Forsyth was a former Silver Fern who had been part of the Magic coaching team since 2014 and took on the role of head coach in 2017.

She asked if Lloyd was contracted for the 2018 season.

She had the training partner contract for the Tactix side, but after a few emails back and forth, Lloyd decided to take the plunge and make the move north and become a fully-fledged ANZ premiership player, contracted to the Magic.

“I had to step up. Coming to the Magic I thought I would be a bench player and just sit there and soak it all up,” Lloyd said.

But Kelly Jury’s dislocated shoulder changed things and Lloyd found herself on court

forming a defensive partnership with Kopua, a player she had idolised as a youngster dividing her time between netball and basketball while growing up in Ashburton.

“I had to grow and learn so rapidly, but it was probably the best thing for me in terms of netball.”

Lloyd said Kopua was like royalty in Hamilton and she never dreamed she’d get the opportunity to play alongside her. “I never thought I would see the day.

I thought she would retire before I even got close to her, but she’s still ticking along and giving the younger ones a run for their money,” Lloyd said.

Even in her first year as part of the Tactix squad, lining up to shake the hands of players after games who she had grown up watching on the television didn’t feel real. “I still feel like the young one that’s just at their ankles,” Lloyd said.

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Far left – Kate Lloyd’s first season as a member of the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic netball side has been a memorable one.

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Left and below – Ashburton’s Kate Lloyd had a stellar season with the Waikato/ Bay of Plenty Magic netball team, resulting in her being named in the Silver Ferns development squad.

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Moving to Hamilton was a big move both in terms of netball and in life.

Playing for the Tactix and studying sport and recreation management at Lincoln University, Lloyd had been only an hour’s drive away from home and family. Moving to Hamilton had been a big step and had allowed her to learn a lot about herself.

She was out in the big wide world on her own, but she still had incredible support from her biggest fans – her family.

Her parents took a big crew to one of her games in Wellington and when they played the Tactix in Christchurch they’d take a couple of van-loads of people to watch.

On a sunny Sunday in her Ashburton family home, where she’ll be based for the next while as she catches up on some of the papers she’d missed while living in Hamilton, Lloyd looked up at the framed

New Zealand under-21 netball dress and medal that took pride of place on the wall. It was a bit embarrassing, she said.

But, the support of her family over the years has been huge and she is happy to be home in Ashburton, where she isn’t Kate Lloyd the netballer. She is Kate Lloyd the daughter and friend, who just happened to play netball at a pretty high level. Just how far she could go in netball, Lloyd didn’t know.

“Ever since I was 12 I’ve wanted to be a Silver Fern, but you just need to be realistic,” Lloyd said.

“I know, for me, I’m not ready yet. I would love to be in there but I want to be in there when I feel ready and confident that I can do the job.”

Her next challenge was known though, with Lloyd this week having been named as part of the Tactix squad for the 2019 season.

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■ NETBALL

Celtic dominate competition

By Erin TaskEr

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Celtic A saw off a late challenge from Methven A to win the Mid Canterbury Netball ACL premier one final 30-24 on Thursday night and cap off a stellar season.

The win ensured Celtic A finished the season unbeaten and also put the cherry on top for the wider Celtic sporting family, after the Celtic senior rugby team also took out the biggest prize in Mid Canterbury Rugby – the Watters Cup – a few weeks ago. It was the first time the club’s rugby side had won it outright in 18 years.

But, despite having successfully seen off every other challenge that had come their way so far this season, Celtic’s netballers didn’t have it all their own way in Thursday night’s final at the EA Networks Centre.

Celtic A started the stronger of the two sides and got out to a 9-4 lead at the end of the first quarter and had extended the margin to eight by halftime, ahead 18-10.

But Methven A weren’t going down without a fight. They needed to start a comeback in the third quarter if they were going to stand a chance of coming from behind and win for the second

Celtic A’s Julia McLeod looks to get a pass away in the premier one final.

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By three-quarter time they’d clawed one goal back and then scored the first two goals of the fourth quarter to narrow the gap to five.

With five minutes to go they were only down by four and Methven A goal keep Sally Carr’s experience was shining through,

as she went hunting outside the circle and picked up a couple of late intercepts to give her side a sniff.

But a couple of late errors were also thrown into the mix, and Celtic held on to ensure the silverware was theirs for the second season running Celtic A coach Angela Leadley

was over the moon with the win and the season her side had produced but admitted to having been a little worried at times in the final. She said her side’s second half was a bit flat.

“I was concerned because Methven certainly put the heat on us and I was just pleased the girls responded,” she said.

“It’s lovely being unbeaten, but it really adds that extra bit of pressure and the girls don’t want to let themselves down, or each other down.”

Leadley said it came down to who started the game better.

“In games like that the start is really crucial and we got our confidence going early in the game and basically that’s all that kept us in there, really,” Leadley said.

She was on the edge of her seat as Methven A started clawing their way back into contention in second half.

“That’s what a final is about and I’m pleased for everyone’s sake it was a good game to watch, I just wasn’t happy with my poor old heart rate,” Leadley said.

Methven A went into the game planning on throwing everything they had Celtic’s way, and they did that, claiming more than their

fair share of turnovers in the first half, but too often they turned the ball over themselves before they could get it back down the other end.

Methven A coach Maree Firth said you couldn’t afford to give away ball against a class side like Celtic A, because they made you pay, and they showed that on Thursday night.

“You have to convert those turnovers and with Celtic you have to take every opportunity that you can and unfortunately we didn’t probably in the first half, and I think in the second half we relaxed because we had nothing to lose,” Firth said.

“I don’t think we necessarily believed in the first half but we then realised we had a chance and realised we could actually win it.

“But it’s hard to play catch-up netball and we proved the week before we could do it, and we did it again, but Celtic were just a well rounded side.”

Meanwhile Ashburton College finished third with a 35-23 win over Mt Somers in the play-off for third, while United A claimed the premier two title with a 41-31 win over Southern A.

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Olivia McLennan lines up a shot during her United A side’s win over Southern A in the premier two final.

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One of Celtic’s youngest and cutest supporters on finals night was Arlo Hurley.

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Waiting patiently during the netball finals night prizegiving were Noah and Charlie Holland.

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Race 1: Majestic De Fence, Superfast Ninja, Dora Explorer Race 2: Jamies Bad Boy, Tom Rule, Better Galleon, Bicton Race 3: Tuherbs Two, Motu Speedy Star, Essence Of Easton Race 4: Bella Veloce, Mynanasgotnoteeth, Itz Major Look Race 5: Pyramid Magic, Dusky Eyre, Give Me Strength Race 6: Gotta Be Downtown, Ellnbac, Chief Kapai Race 7: Bettor Sensation, Hurricane Banner, Vera’s Delight Race 8: Jacks N Jazz, Fun In The Dark, Ideal Draw, B Mac C Race 9: Missie Castleton, Takenoprisoners, Rydgemont Son Race 10: Possente Cavallo, Melina Lowe, Selena Franco LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Cambridge trainer Shaune Ritchie is eyeing a tilt at the Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m) in January with Excalibur who will begin his cup campaign in the MWIS Lawyers (1400m) at Ruakaka today.

The Tavistock gelding is the winner of six races, including three in a row before his unplaced last-start run in the Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3200m), but his trainer isn’t expecting too much from the gelding fresh-up.

“He’s going to be in need of the run,” Ritchie said. “He hasn’t raced since the Auckland Cup and he’s a five-year-old now, so I would expect the 1400m to be too sharp for him.

“We’re just looking to work our way up. I don’t think he was competitive last year as a four-yearold until he got to 2000m-plus, so I wouldn’t think being a year older he would be any different this preparation. We thought we would take advantage of a decent track at Ruakaka and get his spring and summer cups campaign underway.”

Ritchie said he thinks Excalibur is better suited to handicap conditions and is planning the gelding’s spring and summer

campaign accordingly.

“He probably was inconvenienced by the set weights and penalties conditions of the Auckland Cup,” he said.

“We’ll probably head for the Wellington Cup this season instead of an Auckland Cup. He’s probably going to take a couple of runs to get to his peak fitness and up to the trip we are looking for.

“I think races like the Waikato Cup, Counties Cup or the Avondale Cup would be within his range because he is probably in a nice position in the weights.

Meanwhile, later in the day Ritchie will line-up Swisswatch in the Harcourts Bream Bay (1200m), but he holds concerns about drawing the outside barrier. “If there was another option we would certainly be scratching on Saturday from gate 17,” he said. “It’s a horror draw for a horse who races forward and on the pace, so we can envisage him having a tough run.

“But with Eilish’s (McCall, jockey) four kilo claim we are hoping that he can sneak in somewhere and run a cheeky race.”

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M9 Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Stadium Meeting Date: 02 Sep 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 1 1.18pm HAPPY FATHER’S DAY SPRINT C1/2, 318m 1 72587 Bigtime Sophie 18.62 ........................E Potts 2 18668 Forever And Ever nwtd A & .............Williams 3 11577 Rocky’s To Much 18.73 A & ............Williams 4 77877 Ima Lucky Zarr 18.60 U & .................Cottam 5 26441 Barwon Bandit 18.68 S & ..................G Hunt 6 44262 Jetsun Jamie 18.72 ........................G Wilson 7 21114 Thrilling Katie 18.62 ........................ K Walsh 8 27686 Bright Boy 18.75 ...............................B Bond 9 676F8 Mega Munchies 18.61 U &................Cottam 10 18677 Bigtime Moola 18.60 R & ....................L Udy 2 1.36 SPEEDMAPS ON TAB MOBILE APP SPRINT C0, 318m 1 1 Thrilling Watch nwtd ........................ K Walsh 2 66337 Riccitelli nwtd ................................A Cleaver 3 23844 Spark ‘Em Up nwtd .........................S Codlin 4 23654 Banjo Hope nwtd A & ......................Williams 5 352 Always Dreaming nwtd................... G Farrell 6 25565 Pukekohe Smurf nwtd .......................H Scott 7 63F86 Hua Hua nwtd ................................ G Farrell 8 x6358 Jetsun Angel nwtd..........................G Wilson 9 45777 Tribal Conquest nwtd R & ...................L Udy 10 8 Botany Laraine nwtd .......................P Green 3 1.53pm PUMP & ENGINEERING SERVICES STAKES C1, 527m 1 28324 Jetsun Stampede 31.39 .................G Wilson 2 78646 Secret Lily 30.79 W &......................T Steele 3 4322F Bigtime Donny nwtd ..................... H Mullane 4 11111 Thrilling Talk 30.81 .......................... K Walsh 5 55435 Billy Bright nwtd .........................P Ferguson

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Auckland dogs Tomorrow at Manukau Stadium 6 55x27 Granny Magnet nwtd .................... H Mullane 7 65753 Bigtime Welldone 30.65 R & .......N O’Regan 8 57634 Opawa Anthony nwtd ........................J Black 9 16882 Jack No Lag 30.89 ......................... Y Castro 10 42445 Electric Dee Eye 30.71 ...................P Green 4 2.11 DELI’S SPORTS BAR CLENDON INN SPRINT C1/2, 318m 1 8x7x3 Pyro Polly nwtd ............................ H Mullane 2 38888 Elouera Mist 18.53 .....................P Ferguson 3 38786 Jinja Roman 18.95 W & ..................T Steele 4 61118 It’s Pawsible 18.85 ..........................P Green 5 23221 Drury 18.41 ...................................A Cleaver 6 61747 Pepper’s Choice 18.82 A & .............Williams 7 86436 Clover Victoria nwtd ........................S Codlin 8 77854 Opawa Blair nwtd A & .....................Williams 9 676F8 Mega Munchies 18.61 U &................Cottam 10 68578 Spider Phil 18.75 R &..................N O’Regan 5 2.27pm SUNLINE TROPHY STAKES SPECA, 527m 1 21631 Jinja Bailey 30.65 U & .......................Cottam 2 11653 Ramblin’ On 30.86 W & ...................T Steele 3 86814 Deception Diva 30.81 W & ..............T Steele 4 74244 Salvarotti 30.70 .................................B Craik 5 Box Vacant 6 23161 Jinja Twist 30.62 W & ......................T Steele 7 33566 Draxler 30.83 ................................. G Farrell 8 F7123 Jinja Might 30.62 U & ........................Cottam 6 2.46pm TROPHIES PLUS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 26338 Just A Matthew 18.73.......................M Black 2 33222 King Shaq 18.45 ............................. T Green 3 53585 Cawbourne Gonski nwtd ................ I George 4 44714 Botany Esmay 18.72 .......................P Green 5 2111 Sassy Lil Lassy 18.58 ...........M E Schneider 6 57421 Bigtime Ollie nwtd ........................ H Mullane 7 84731 Bigtime Winnie 18.90 A & ...............Williams

8 48557 Tilly’s Silly nwtd R & ............................L Udy 9 87354 Blocker 18.81 R & .......................N O’Regan 10 32673 Jetsun Bear 18.66 ..........................G Wilson 7 3.02pm QUALIFIED PET SERVICES SPRINT C3, 318m 1 66544 Wairoa Angel 19.22...................... H Mullane 2 35335 Nangar Panther 18.53 ....................C Henley 3 13266 Ekali 18.42 ..................................... G Farrell 4 34367 Waerenga Star 18.63 U & .................Cottam 5 1321x Majik Mikado 18.64 ...........................B Craik 6 51384 On Da Quest 18.79 R & ......................L Udy 7 64268 Bruce Banner 18.71 ..................... H Mullane 8 62463 Mad Harry 18.47 .............................S Codlin Emergencies: 9 7x651 Tumbalaioo 18.45.......................P Ferguson 10 41457 Guru’s Choice 18.80 A &.................Williams 8 3.19pm $20,000 GUARANTEED PICK6 STKS C1/2, 527m 1 64757 Pretty and Pink 30.74................... H Mullane 2 46462 Talkabout Izzy 30.56 .......................... D Ray 3 48447 Idol Ajay 30.90 W &.........................T Steele 4 57364 Tullabung Googar 30.64 .............P Ferguson 5 36851 Good Job 30.66 ..............................P Green 6 56718 Oscar Tron 30.50 S & ........................G Hunt 7 22461 Botany Wayne nwtd ........................P Green 8 11317 Thrilling Jo nwtd .............................. K Walsh 9 24657 Talkabout Ziggy 30.95 ........................ D Ray 10 5F567 Jin Jin nwtd .................................... G Farrell 9 3.37pm HEWLETT ELECTRICAL FINAL C2f, 318m 1 82548 Nangar Magic nwtd ...........................B Craik 2 88613 Secret Babe nwtd W & ....................T Steele 3 43481 Bigtime Speedy 18.89 .................. H Mullane 4 15224 Yella Ella 18.79 R &.............................L Udy 5 11333 C’est L’Amour 18.77 ..........................B Craik 6 53662 Statman Dave 18.76 ..................H Laagland

Melbourne Cup nominations released The race that stops two nations has attracted 183 nominations for this year’s running, including 11 New Zealand-trained horses.

Nominations for the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) were released on Thursday and Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman led the New Zealand charge

with five entries for the two-mile feature.

They include dual New Zealand Horse of the Year Bonneval, Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) winner Jon Snow, Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Vin de Dance, Group Three winner Highlad, and Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m) runner-up Zacada.

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87371 Scott The Looks 18.76 U & ...............Cottam 46245 Epic Force 18.63 .......................... H Mullane 12775 Fancy Chap 18.65 ..........................C Henley 71755 Luke Skywalker 19.07 .................... L A Hunt 10 3.54pm MT WELLINGTON TAB STKS C3/4, 527m 1 35423 Kiwi Gal 30.59 U & ............................Cottam 2 11x21 Reality Check nwtd ......................... K Walsh 3 67357 El Narco 30.69 ................................P Green 4 11764 Soaring Hawke 30.57 .................P Ferguson 5 65741 Global Conquest 30.27 W &............T Steele 6 12311 Looking Sassy nwtd ........................ K Walsh 7 77146 Opawa Jimbo 30.47 W & ................T Steele 8 75266 Damaging Lomar nwtd ......................B Craik Emergencies: 9 33222 Yooldome 30.59 ............................. G Farrell 10 54462 Amy Amy 30.47 .............................. G Farrell 11 4.12 CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT C4, 318m 1 21777 Blitz ‘Em Rene 18.41 U &..................Cottam 2 34785 Bushman’s Idol 18.70.................P Ferguson 3 82321 Finkle Foot Fred 18.62 ....................... D Ray 4 37274 Zipping Gabby 18.38 ..................P Ferguson 5 21812 Dyna Ulysses 18.79 ........................R Roper 6 76732 Fantastic Lucy 18.22 ......................C Henley 7 13758 On Demand 18.54............................M Black 8 16536 Mobility Scooter 18.81 .....................M Black 9 86688 Audrette 18.45...................................B Bond 10 21888 Amazing Contact 18.67.....................B Bond 12 4.32 LAST ONE STANDING 23 SEPTEMBER SPRINT C3, 318m 1 11265 Gotcha Millie 18.65 ...................... H Mullane 2 41826 Ken Wilde 18.53 ........................... H Mullane 3 74268 Kapai Lana 18.57 R & .........................L Udy 4 14556 Guru Secret 18.65 A & ....................Williams 5 63428 Out Of Paper 18.81 ......................... T Green

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56757 Wong Way 18.44 U & ........................Cottam 85268 Vee Marina 18.78 U & .......................Cottam 12145 Hows Your Mum 18.62 ....................S Codlin 48654 Powerful Lomar nwtd ........................B Craik 45578 Bodyguard 18.66...............................B Craik 13 4.57pm JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 422F3 Bigtime Dean nwtd A & ...................Williams 2 52666 Jinja Liv nwtd U & .............................Cottam 3 52623 Stay Rich 18.75 M & ........................ J Smith 4 x35x3 Tuipuloto 19.02..............................A Cleaver 5 24566 Snippy Pippi nwtd R &.........................L Udy 6 21155 Jetsun Woody 18.79 ......................G Wilson 7 21 Irinka Stono 18.80 R & ................N O’Regan 8 84274 Cawbourne Mack nwtd A &.............Williams 9 62848 Billy Bullet 18.68 ...............................H Scott 10 57776 Unconscionable 18.61 R & .................L Udy SELECTIONS

Race 1: Thrilling Katie, Jetsun Jamie, Ima Lucky Zarr, Bigtime Sophie Race 2: Thrilling Watch, Riccitelli, Hua Hua, Spark ‘Em Up Race 3: Thrilling Talk, Opawa Anthony, Jetsun Stampede Race 4: Drury, It’s Pawsible, Pyro Polly, Clover Victoria Race 5: Ramblin’ On, Jinja Bailey, Salvarotti, Deception Diva Race 6: Sassy Lil Lassy, King Shaq, Just A Matthew, Bigtime Ollie Race 7: Nangar Panther, Ekali, Waerenga Star, Mad Harry Race 8: Thrilling Jo, Good Job, Oscar Tron, Tullabung Googar Race 9: C’est L’Amour, Scott The Looks, Nangar Magic, Yella Ella Race 10: Soaring Hawke, Looking Sassy, El Narco, Kiwi Gal Race 11: Blitz ‘Em Rene, Dyna Ulysses, Bushman’s Idol Race 12: Gotcha Millie, Kapai Lana, Wong Way, Hows Your Mum Race 13: Stay Rich, Tuipuloto, Jetsun Woody, Bigtime Dean

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‘Reform or die’ New Zealand is set to lose up to 20 racetracks and the TAB could be outsourced to an overseas operator after the most comprehensive review in the racing industry’s history.

The report suggesting the radical changes, commissioned by Minister for Racing Winston Peters and overseen by top Australian racing administrator and breeder John Messara, was released at a public meeting in Hamilton on Thursday night.

Messara made 17 recommendations on how to fix the ailing New Zealand racing industry, concentrating particularly on the thoroughbred code.

The two hottest topics will be the closure of 20 thoroughbred racetracks around the country, including Avondale in Auckland, and the likelihood the licence to bet on racing and sport in New Zealand would be outsourced to an overseas, likely Australian operator, effectively ending the New Zealand TAB’s control of such gambling in this country.

Messara suggests track closures as a way to cut costs and his idea was not rebuffed by thoroughbred bosses, who have struggled to keep many tracks up to industry standard in recent years.

That has resulted in too many race meetings being cancelled because of poor or even dangerous racing surfaces, costing

the industry tens of millions of dollars.

Peters had already promised the racing industry three synthetic, or all-weather, tracks to help, with one certain to be built in Waikato and the other two touted for Manawatu and Christchurch.

They could cost between $30-40 million for the three, with half that cost to potentially come from the Regional Development Fund and the other half to be met by the racing industry.

Those three tracks would enable racing bosses to close struggling regional tracks and transfer their racing dates even though that will meet with some resistance and even outrage in some areas.

“We will ensure that every region retains at least one track so there is racing there,” said Peters. “And we will consult with the industry on these tracks that are to be closed. But we have to change, even if it is unpopular.”

While track closures will mean minimal loss of fulltime jobs, the outsourcing of the NZRB’s gaming licence will effectively mean the closure of much of the New Zealand TAB and that could mean significant job losses.

But Peters says that will be balanced by the economic benefits and jobs retained or created by a more profitable racing industry.

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Butchery 2IC New World Ashburton Permanent Full Time We currently have a position available for a passionate and motivated team member who has extensive experience in the butchery industry. You may already be a 2IC or you may be wanting to take that next step up the career ladder.

You will be working in a fast paced and supportive environment alongside others with the same motivation. Our aim is to provide our customers with an outstanding shopping experience and a diverse range of product of the highest quality.

The position, reporting directly to the department Manager is accountable for: • Ensuring that the in-store butchery provides an enhanced customer service experience and excellent product • Maintaining high presentation standards and ensuring adherence to Food Safety and Health and Safety processes • Ensuring the efficient use and management of all Butchery resources • Developing staff to reach their potential The successful candidate will have: • Trade qualifications OR significant proven experience • A strong customer service orientation • Positivity, initiative and self-motivation • Organisational skills and planning ability • The ability to develop relationships and communicate effectively • Integrity and innovative thinking This position is full-time from Sunday – Thursday.

If you believe you have the right attitude, experience and attributes for this role, please apply in writing including a cover letter and a full CV to: Human Resources Manager New World Ashburton PO Box 444, Ashburton 7740 Or email: donalda.hartley@newworld-si.co.nz

TRAINEE STOCK TRUCK DRIVER Rural Transport is a locally owned transport business with its head office located in Ashburton and with branches operating in Kurow, Fairlie and Waimate.

An opportunity has arisen within the stock cartage team based in our Ashburton branch for the following position.

Trainee Driver - This role involves operating a small 4 x 2 Stock Truck . A sound knowledge of the local area would be an advantage.

Stock experience would be desirable but not essential as full training could be given to the right applicant. This position would suit a young driver looking to advance a career in the transport industry.

Apply in writing or email your application to:

Rhys Young rhys@ruraltransport.co.nz (03) 308 4079 or 027 593 2142 Locally owned Locally owned and operated and operated

Civil Engineer / Estimator

GDC is a mid-sized diverse contracting company established in the Ashburton District for over 20 years. The type of work we do includes: • Underground electrical conversions • Land development • A variety of Rural work • Demolition • General Contracting • Horizontal Directional Drilling (subsidiary company DDC) • UDS – Utility Detection Service, using ground penetrating radar Greg Donaldson is the “hands on” Managing Director being supported by a management team of 7 and workforce of approximately 30 staff.

For further information on the company, please see our website – www.gdc.net.nz The person we are looking for to join our diverse management team will have the following skills and attributes: • Be a team player who can communicate effectively and relate to a wide variety of staff and clients.

• Have a positive attitude, able to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.

• Have a strong emphasis on Health & Safety, compliance, be able to operate electronic systems such as Microsoft Project and be able to review and enhance existing systems.

• Project management of various projects to ensure they come in on budget and on time.

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Fitter/Welder Career Opportunity We are seeking an enthusiastic fitter/welder to join our team and take the next step in their engineering career.

We are a locally owned and operated engineering business, servicing the agricultural and transport industries.

To be successful in this position you will have: ◊ Welding experience (MIG/TIG) ◊ Welding tickets or the ability to obtain tickets ◊ The ability to read and interpret CAD drawings ◊ A current forklift license or be willing to obtain license And have the following attributes ◊ Physically fit ◊ Ability to work well in a team environment ◊ Have consistently high standard and pride in workmanship ◊ Ability to work to deadlines If this sounds like you please send your CV along with two referees to pageng@xtra.co.nz or PO Box 183, Ashburton, 7740

Minimum qualifications required are: 1. NZCE or Diploma in Engineering (Civil) 2. 10+ years’ experience 3. STMS or willingness to obtain A pre-employment drug and alcohol test will be required.

All applicants must be NZ Citizens or prove that you are able to work in NZ. If you wish to receive a full job description, please email your request to: office@gdcgroup.nz Please send your cover letter and CV to: office@gdcgroup.nz Applications close Friday, September 14, 2018.

Inwards Goods Full time

Grain & Seed Machinist / Storeman Position Rakaia Cates Grain & Seed is a specialist grain and seed production and marketing company based in Ashburton, Canterbury.

Due to company growth a fulltime seed cleaning machinist / storeman position has become available in our Rakaia processing facility.

Reporting to the site manager duties will include overseeing (in conjunction with the site manager) the production and operation of a modern seed cleaning plant, serving farmer clients, forklift operation and general store duties.

The successful applicant will have customer contact so a friendly and efficient manner is essential.

Applicants will need to be physically fit with a positive attitude and be able to work well in a small friendly team environment.

Previous experience and knowledge of the grain and seed industry along with any MPI seed sampler qualifications would be an advantage but not necessary as full training and access to MPI courses will be provided.

Applications, including a current CV, close on Friday, September 21, 2018 with:

Phone 308 4079 www.ruraltransport.co.nz

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Greg Donaldson Contracting Ltd (GDC) are looking to employ a person to fill the role of Civil Engineer / Estimator based in Tinwald, Ashburton. This position is becoming available due to the impending retirement of our current Engineer.

A vehicle and phone will be supplied and Health Insurance offered after 90 days.

Position closes on September 4, 2018.

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The Manager Cates Grain & Seed Ltd P O Box 337, Ashburton 7740 Email – rakaia@cates.co.nz All applications will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

Mitre 10 MEGA Ashburton has a vacancy for a person in their Inwards Goods department.

This position is full time and will include an occasional rostered Saturday as part of the 40 hour week.

The role will include computerised entry of stock and other Inwards Goods duties.

The successful applicant will need the following skills: • Be physically fit • Forklift licence would be an advantage • Be motivated and work at a fast pace • Able to use a computer • Attention to detail • Reliable • Ability to work in a team.

If you think you are the person we are looking for, please email your CV and covering letter to: HR.ashburton@mitre10.co.nz Applications close on Monday, September 3, 2018.

Registered Nurse

We are looking to recruit an experienced Registered Nurse with NZ experience and a current APC, who is passionate about providing excellent quality care to our residents here at Terrace View Retirement Village.

Reporting to the Nurse Manager this role works with our caregivers to deliver clinical care in a warm and caring manner to our residents.

The person we are looking for will have demonstrated their empathy and experience in working with older people, have excellent communication skills, good documentation skills, InterRai trained, sense of humour and enjoy working as part of multi-disciplinary team focused on excellent delivery of care.

Applicants for this position must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work permit.

For a job description email: nursemanager@terraceview.co.nz Applications close 20th of September 20, 2018.

To apply email your CV and covering letter to: nursemanager@terraceview.co.nz

PART TIME OFFICE ADMINISTRATION

Approximately 12hrs/wk We are a small family owned business producing timber products mainly for the rural sector of Mid Canterbury. The above position has become vacant due to our long serving office administrator moving onto new ventures.

We are looking for someone with at least 5 years experience in a similar sole charge position. There is some flexibility in the hours of work and can be fitted around school hours / holidays.

You will be responsible for all debtors / creditors, wages, GST, paye, bank reconciliations, royalties and timber sales when required. Experience using MYOB and Acepayroll is preferred Please apply in writing to: Wayne Farr Adams Sawmilling Co Limited Malcolm Mcdowell Road, PO Box 506, Ashburton Phone (03) 308 3595 Email: adamssawmill@xtra.co.nz

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GDC is a mid-sized diverse contracting company established in the Ashburton District for over 20 years. The type of work we do includes: • Underground electrical conversions • Land development • A variety of Rural work • Demolition • General Contracting • Horizontal Directional Drilling (subsidiary company DDC) • UDS – Utility Detection Service, using ground penetrating radar

Seed Production Agronomist Mid Canterbury Smith Seeds focus on seed multiplication for their international customers.

Due to continued business expansion, we wish to appoint a further seed production agronomist based in Mid Canterbury. In this role you will arrange contracts with growers, supervise their seed crops as well as many other varied tasks.

You will be mentored where necessary by the existing agronomists and report to the crop production manager.

Greg Donaldson is the “hands on” Managing Director being supported by a management team of 7 and workforce of approximately 30 staff.

You will develop strong relationships with growers and customers.

For further information on the company, please see our website – www.gdc.net.nz

A company vehicle, tools of trade, and after six months medical insurance will be provided.

The person we are looking for to join our diverse management team will have the following skills and attributes: • Be a team player who can communicate effectively and relate to a wide variety of staff and clients.

• Have a positive attitude, able to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.

• Have a strong emphasis on Health & Safety and compliance, utilising existing systems to ensure projects are managed safely and within GDC policies.

• Have a strong understanding of operational aspects within the civil construction industry including reading plans, quantifying and project management.

• Be able to relate well to staff, clients and suppliers.

• Have good time management skills and the sense of urgency required to achieve time frames.

Good agronomy skills would be an advantage, but an interest in plant science or having a relevant tertiary qualification would put you in consideration for this role.

This position may suit a person with a trade background in construction who wants to “step up” into a management role.

The following experience is required: • General civil contracting work • Tendering jobs • STMS or willingness to obtain • Have some experience of Health & Safety Systems

The successful person will be required to learn and perform a wide range of tasks therefore you must: • Have good computer skills.

• Be able to perform physical tasks.

• Have a full drivers license.

• Have the ability to work as and when required to complete all tasks.

• Have good relationship and time management skills.

Applications along with CV should be forwarded to: The Manager Smith Seeds Ltd PO Box 358, Ashburton 7740 or email grant@smithseeds.co.nz

A pre-employment drug and alcohol test will be required.

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Contract and Compliance Manager

Greg Donaldson Contracting Ltd (GDC) are looking to employ a person to fill the role of Contract and Compliance Manager based in Tinwald, Ashburton.

This position is becoming available as one of our staff are re-locating outside the District. A vehicle and phone will be supplied and Health Insurance offered after 90 days.

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Greg Donaldson Contracting Ltd (GDC) are looking to employ a person to fill the role of Digger Operator based in Tinwald, Ashburton. A phone will be supplied and Health Insurance offered after 90 days.

GDC is a mid-sized diverse contracting company established in the Ashburton District for over 20 years. The type of work we do includes: • Underground electrical conversions • Land development • A variety of Rural work • Demolition • General Contracting • Horizontal Directional Drilling (subsidiary company DDC) • UDS – Utility Detection Service, using ground penetrating radar Greg Donaldson is the “hands on” Managing Director being supported by a management team of 7 and workforce of approximately 30 staff.

For further information on the company, please see our website – www.gdc.net.nz The person we are looking for to join our diverse team will: • Be a team player who can communicate effectively and relate to a wide variety of staff and clients.

• Have a positive attitude, able to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.

• Have a strong emphasis on Health & Safety.

• Be able to relate well to staff and clients.

• Have good time management and communication skills.

• Complete time sheets and other documentation in a timely manner.

The following experience is required: • 4-6 ton excavators / trucks • WTR • Class 2-4 minimum heavy truck licence • Trenching • Services • General civil contracting work • Have some experience of Health & Safety Systems A pre-employment drug and alcohol test will be required.

All applicants must be NZ Citizens or prove that you are able to work in NZ Please send your cover letter and CV to: office@gdcgroup.nz Applications close Friday, September 14, 2018.

All applicants must be NZ Citizens or prove that you are able to work in NZ If you wish to receive a full job description, please email your request to: office@gdcgroup.nz Please send your cover letter and CV to: office@gdcgroup.nz Applications close Friday, September 14, 2018.

Night Care Giver We are looking for a Care Giver to join our team working Night Shift.

This is a unique role which encompasses caregiving and cooking.

You will be working alone so experience in caregiving is preferential.

3-5 night shifts per week.

Methven House takes great pride in providing a high level of care to our residents whilst maintaining a home-like environment. The rest home is licensed for 14 residents and we have 4 rental flats on site.

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PART TIME BAR STEWARD ASHBURTON RSA We are seeking to appoint a suitable applicant for the above position.

Must be able to work nights and weekends as required and holding a Bar Managers Licence would be an advantage, and also have a current clean NZ Drivers licence.

Apply to RSA office or by e-mail to: rsaoffice@xtra.co.nz with contact details and CVs.

Arable Farm Worker Full time position available on an irrigated 565ha crop and store lamb operation near Methven.

Must have some past cropping experience, a clean driver’s licence and your own transport. A good level of English is essential and you must be in NZ and have a valid work visa.

References are required.

Accommodation is available. Pay rates are negotiable according to relevant experience.

Phone 022 304 5116 for further information.

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Backed by a boundless energy, informed intellect and determined hard-work, Mike and his team’s rise to the top of Ashburton’s rural property sector is no means by accident.

Experience the results that Team Preston bring to the table today.

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Closing date: Friday, September 14 for applications (including a cover letter and your CV) to Methven House.

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

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Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Consultations will be by appointment only. To make a booking please phone 0800 700 155.

Weekend Services

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

Lifeline - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353.

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will Healthline is a free health advice. It operates 24 hours a be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday OMMUNITY ERVICES day, seven days a week. The toll-free number to call is 0800 and from 5pm - 7pm both days.

Art Gallery 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered nurses who are Ashburton Rest Homes 327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133. trained to assess health problems and offer advice over the COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and Open daily: 10am – 4pm - Wednesday: 10am – 7pm phone. The service is free and confidential.

PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

Ashburton Museum 327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

DUTY DOCTORS Emergency Dentist Open daily: 10am – 4pm For all urgent medical calls phone 0800 700 155 at any If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, time. IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111. please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered Ashburton Public Library Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm. bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New EA Networks Centre - Pools ELPLINE ERVICES Zealanders should bring some form of ID. 20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: Alcoholics Anonymous Ashburton Health First, Havelock Street, Ashburton, Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm. Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday.

Mail Closing Times or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Consultations will be by appointment only. To make an ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE appointment, please phone 0800 700 155.

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, Ask for the Crisis Team.

POST DELIVERY CENTRES will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday.

Safe Care - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Consultations will be by appointment only. To make a booking Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791 Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm please phone 0800 700 155.

ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Victims Support Group Methven & Rakaia Area Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) For weekend and emergency services please phone 302 Direct dials to a volunteer.

Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm 8105 for details on how to access the after-hours service Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm Information Centres each weekend. outside of these hours leave a message.

Methven - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until

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Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

3pm. Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com

Daily Events

Bus Departures

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ANIMAL SERVICES Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24h service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter Contact - President 021 1356 969.

Veterinarians

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

September 1, 2 & 3, 2018

SATURDAY

INC. Open for toy exchange, 106 Victoria Street in the Triangle.

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

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

10.30am ASHBURTON EMBROIDERS GUILD. Stitch and chat. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

1pm MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. 1pm registration, 1.30pm sharp start.

Fords Road, Tinwald.

1.30pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Afternoon Meet - Runners and Walkers.

Ashburton Business Park, Ashford Avenue. Club Championships 6 and 8km. Must be financial member to compete, Afternoon tea and prize giving at Fairton Hall. Go to our Facebook page for more details.

SUNDAY

Baring Square East.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship and Communion led by Rev Henry Mbambo, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship in St Paul’s Church hall led by Rev Helen Wallis, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

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

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH. Morning worship, celebrating Spring flower Sunday and Father’s Day, all welcome. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. All age and Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning service, all welcome. 67 Cass Street.

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH.

Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

11am - 4pm THE PLAINS RAILWAY AND HISTORICAL MUSEUM. (FATHERS DAY).

Train rides, (Dads ride free with Fare paying child!), machinery displays and more. www.plainsrailway.co.nz Maronan Road, Tinwald.

11am - 4pm RAILWAY AND PRESERATION SOCIETY PLAINS MUSEUM COMBINED CRAFT DAY.

A warm welcome to all crafts people, bring your craft, friend and your lunch and $2. Plains Museum, Maronan Road, Tinwald.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

5pm ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Taize service. Park Street.

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

MONDAY

Main Street, Methven.

10am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will play in Hidden Paris.

Rakaia Golf Club.

10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB. Fun fill days for 60 years and older, for more information ring 308-6817.

Cameron Street. (excludes public holidays).

12pm - 1pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. A Free lunch. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Seafield Road.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

6pm BOOTCAMP. Catering for all levels of fitness. Walnut Avenue Pavilion. Contact Georgia 0276888686 or Aleisha 0278489309.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road.

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre evening, new players welcome.

Holy Name Pastoral Centre, Cnr Winter Street and Burnett Street. (every Monday, excludes public holidays).

7.30am RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Rise and Shine Saturday runners meet at Frontrunner, 7.30am sharp. 28 Moore Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm THE ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY

8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Halswell Quarry/Kennedy’s Bush, Phone Jenny 308-6862, all welcome.

Meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship with Tevita Taufalele.

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road.

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

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Top quality 4 x 3 squares and rounds – tube wrapped Lines of lucerne, oats, grass, clover, cocksfoot and fescue baleage from $80.00 + GST Ryegrass straw – round bales 200 tonne dry matter maize silage Tested 11.7 M.E.

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ASHBURTON RSA BISTRO/ CATERING LEASE

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

The Ashburton RSA are seeking a caterer to take over the running of the Bistro and Catering for the Club.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 352 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012, that the trustees of ASHBURTON LICENSING TRUST have passed a resolution to convert ASHBURTON LICENSING TRUST to a Community Trust. Electors of ASHBURTON LICENSING TRUST are entitled to request a meeting to be called under section 353 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 (provided 50 or more Electors make such a request) and to request a poll to be held under section 355 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 (provided 15% or more of Electors make such a request within forty working days after the date of this notice). Any such request must be made by giving notice in writing to ASHBURTON LICENSING TRUST at Level 2, Somerset House, cnr East and Burnett Streets, Ashburton 7700.

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The Bistro is open Wednesday lunch, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, weekly catering for several groups and numerous private functions throughout the year.

The kitchen is well equipped and ready to go for the successful applicant to take over.

Applications close on Friday, September 14.

For further details please contact the:

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10.30am Worship Every Sunday RURAL TRADING POST GRAZING

WANTED

FISHING - Collector of old/vintage rods, reels, tackle, etc. Top prices paid. Cash paid. Phone Steve 03 324 2064.

WANTED at Lake Hood Looking for modern home with jetty, north/north west aspect. Phone 022 356 2306.

TRADES, SERVICES

QUALITY Bayley straw. LAMB grazing required.

Grass preferred, other feeds Phone 027 634 7745. considered. Phone Ian 0272 302 188.

MOTORING WHEEL alignments at great LAMB grazing wanted, prefer prices. Maximise the life grass or clover. Phone Mitch of your tyres with an 027 3131 320. alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills FOR SALE Street. Phone 308-6737.

FOR SALE electric golf cart $450. Two ladies golf clubs LIVESTOCK, PETS (pings) 5-7 (look like new) BUYER of unwanted $95 each. Phone 308 9571. animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals. JOHN Deere - Ride on We also sell pet food. Call mower 22HP, 4 feet cut with Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 grass catcher, $3500 ono.

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6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 A New Dawn. 0 7am Taste Of A Traveller 3 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Code 1 PGR 0 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 10am Tipping Point 11am Spellbound 0 Noon 800 Words PGR 3 0 12:55 Sun, Sea, And Brides To Be 1:55 F The Job Interview 3 0 2:55 Winter Games (HLS) 3:55 Karena And Kasey’s Kitchen Diplomacy 3 0 4:25 Rachel Hunter’s Tour Of Beauty Dubai is famous for luxury and extravagance but, in the next stop on her Tour of Beauty, Rachel is surprised to find a more traditional side of life there. 0 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm MasterChef Australia PGR 0 8pm L Lotto The Lotto draw.

8:05 The Hotel Inspector PGR 0 9:05 Deep State AO Anna and her brother Noah must protect her daughters in France; Max and Leyla find some information that could help them. 0 10:10 Victoria 3 0 12:05 The Astronaut Wives’ Club PGR Trudy fights for the cause of women in space; John Glenn considers running for public office. 0 1am Coronation Street Catch-Up AO 3 0 3:05 Infomercials

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6am Paw Patrol 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Darwin And Newts 0 6:45 Best Of Chuggington Collection 0 6:55 Jamie’s Got Tentacles 3 0 7:05 The Amazing World Of Gumball 3 0 7:30 Blazing Team 3 7:55 Adventure Time 3 0 8:15 Pokemon Sun And Moon 3 0 8:40 We Bare Bears 3 0 9:05 Regular Show 0 9:15 Walk The Prank 3 0 9:40 Bizaardvark 3 0 10am Fresh 10:30 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 3 0 11:30 Kevin From Work PGR 3 0 Noon Love Connection 3 0 12:55 Tricked PGR 1:55 The 100 PGR 0 2:50 You’re Back In The Room Australia 0 4pm Powerless 0 4:30 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5pm The Crystal Maze 3 0 6pm N The Middle 0 6:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 7pm M Toy Story 1995 Animated. 0 8:30 M The Duff PGR 2015 Romantic Comedy. A highschool senior instigates a social pecking-order revolution. 0 10:30 M While You Were Sleeping PGR 1995 Romantic Comedy. 0

THREE

12:25 M Getaway AO 2013 1:30 Infomercials Action. Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez. 5am Hillsong 2am Once Upon A Time PGR 3 0 5:30 Charles Stanley 3:30 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 3 0 4:20 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 4:45 Baby Daddy PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE

Deep State

9:05pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 6am Infomercial 3 10am Beverly Hills Pawn 3 10:28 The Dish PGR 3 10:30 Dress To Impress 3 11:30 Dress To Impress 3 12:28 The Dish PGR 3 12:30 Glam Masters PGR 3 1:30 Clean House 3 2:28 The Dish PGR 3 2:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 3 3:30 Catfish 3 4:30 Catfish 3 5:30 Catfish 3 6:30 Tori & Dean – Storibook Weddings 7:30 Below Deck PGR 8:30 My Crazy Ex AO 9:30 Growing Up Supermodel PGR 10:28 The Dish PGR 3 10:30 In Defence Of Ted Bundy 3 11:25 Clean House 3

SUNDAY

12:20 Infomercials 3 5am Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3

PRIME

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 The Project 3 News and entertainment show.

7:25 Infomercials 9:30 NewsHub Nation An in-depth weekly current affairs show hosted by Lisa Owen. 0 10:30 F Zumbo’s Just Desserts PGR 3 0 11:30 Australia’s Cheapest Weddings PGR 3 0 12:30 Marae DIY 1:25 The Block NZ PGR 3 0 2:55 The Block NZ PGR 3 0 3:55 The Block NZ PGR 3 0 5pm The Block NZ PGR 3 The garage and storage rooms are put on the back burner as Chlo and Em put all their energy into their Block Stars performance; the Block Stars winning team is announced. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm America’s Got Talent PGR Auditions continue, with performances from a contortionist, a rope jumper, singers, and a violinist who is losing feeling in his hands due to a nerve disease. 0 8:50 M Beverly Hills Cop AO 3 1984 Action. 0 10:55 M Savages AO 3 2012 Crime. 0

6:40 Goodbye Christopher Robin PGL 2017 Drama.

Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie. 8:25 Hard Sell MLS 2016 Comedy.

Katrina Bowden, Skyler Gisondo. 10am The Midwife’s Deception MC The Duff 2018 Thriller. Katie Savoy, 8:30pm on TVNZ 2 Penelope Mitchell.

11:25 Jackie MVLC 2016 SKY 5 Drama. Natalie Portman, 6am Raw MVC Peter Sarsgaard. 1:05 Why 8:30 Smackdown MVC Him? 16VLS 2016 Comedy.

Bryan Cranston, James Franco.

10:15 Main Event MVC 2:55 Goodbye Christopher 11:10 Container Wars PG 12:05 Storage Wars – Texas Robin PGL 2017 Drama.

PG 12:30 Meet The Hockers Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie. 4:40 Close PG 12:55 Deep Undercover MVLC 1:25 The Amazing Race Up – Tom Hardy PG 5:10 Amanda And Jack Go PG 2:20 Salvation MV Glamping MLS 2017 Comedy.

3:10 American Grit PG David Arquette, Amy Acker.

4pm Container Wars PG 6:40 Moonlight MVLSC 2016 5pm The Amazing Race PG Drama. Mahershala Ali, 6pm The Simpsons PG Trevante Rhodes.

7pm Last Man Standing PG 8:30 Suburbicon MVLC 2017 7:30 Modern Family PG Comedy. When a family moves to Suburbicon, a utopia 8:30 American Grit PG of manicured lawns and 9:30 Meet The Hockers PG 10pm Storage Wars – Texas friendly locals, they begin to PG 10:30 Container Wars PG discover the neighbourhood’s 11:30 The Amazing Race PG disturbing reality. Matt Damon, Julianne Moore.

SUNDAY 12:30 Timecop 10:20 The Edge Of MV 1:25 Modern Family PG Seventeen MLS 2016 Comedy.

1:50 Modern Family PG SUNDAY 12:05 Con 2:15 American Grit PG Man MVC 2018 Drama.

3:05 Storage Wars – Texas 1:45 Amanda And Jack Go PG 3:30 Meet The Hockers Glamping MLS 2017 Comedy.

PG 3:55 Last Man Standing 3:15 Moonlight MVLSC 2016 PG 4:20 Container Wars PG Drama. 5:05 Suburbicon MVLC 2017 Comedy.

5:10 The Simpsons PG

MAORI

6am Codename – Kids Next Door 3 6:25 Duck Dodgers 3 6:50 Kid v Kat 3 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 Danger Mouse 3 8:05 Sanjay And Craig 3 8:30 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky And Dawn 3 9am Victorious PGR 3 10am Robot Wars PGR 11am The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 Noon Football – English Premier League (HLS) 1pm NRL Try Time 2pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 3pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) 5pm Addicted To Fishing Mackenzie is a Taranaki girl who loves fishing, so Nicky takes her out to stray-line big baits for Taranaki snapper.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Antiques Roadshow 0 7pm Container Wars PGR 3 7:30 Secret Life Of Dogs 0 8:30 M Richie McCaw – Chasing Great 2016 Documentary. A look at the private life of rugby great Richie McCaw. 0 10:45 The People v OJ Simpson – American Crime Story AO 3

11:45 F Game Of Thrones AO 3 Cersei faces a day of reckoning; Daenerys finally sets sail towards Westeros. 0 1:05 Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 6:30 Big Miracle PGL 2012 Biography Drama. John Krasinski, Drew Barrymore. 8:15 The Making Of Battleship MV 8:40 Battleship MVL 2012 Action Adventure.

Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker.

10:50 Spider-Man 2 MV 2004 Action. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst. 1:05 Rock Of Ages MLS 2012 Comedy Musical. Julianne Hough, Tom Cruise. 3:05 The Other Guys MVLS 2010 Comedy.

Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg.

4:50 Unbreakable MV 2000 Thriller. Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson.

6:35 Looper 16VL 2012 Scifi. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis. 8:30 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel PGLS 2011 Comedy Drama. British retirees travel to India to live in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways. Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton.

10:35 Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter 16V 2012 Horror.

SUNDAY 12:20 The Ring 16C 2002 Horror. 2:15 Looper 16VL 2012 Sci-fi. 4:10 The Making Of Battleship MV 4:25 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel PGLS 2011 Comedy Drama.

CHOICE

6:30 Takaro Tribe 3 6:40 Pukoro 2 7:10 Pipi Ma 3 7:20 Nia’s Extraordinary Life 7:25 Te Mana Kuratahi – Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka 3 7:50 Smooth 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 Project Whenua 3 9am Both Worlds 3 9:30 Kitchen Kura 3 10am KaweKorero 3 12:30 Get Your Fish On 3 1pm Basketball – Secondary Schools’ National Championships 3 2pm The Pits TV 3pm M Loch Ness AO 1995 Drama. Ted Danson, Joely Richardson.

5pm F School Of Training 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu Te Hokinga Maumahara Ki Te Urewera.

6:30 Whaikorero 3 7pm Ahorangi Next Generation 3 7:30 Raw PGR 8:30 M The Broken Circle Breakdown PGR 2012 Romantic Drama. It was love at first sight for a couple, in spite of their many differences, but their love is tested when their daughter becomes seriously ill.

10:30 #whiuatepatai AO 3

6am Down East Dickering 7am American Pickers 8am Walking With The Great Apes 8:30 Love Nature – Wild Britain With Ray Mears 9:30 The Home Show 10:30 American Restoration 11am Backroad Gold 11:30 Down East Dickering 12:30 Flying Across Britain With Arthur Williams 1:30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction 2:30 A Great British Adventure With Griff Rhys Jones 3pm Better Homes And Gardens 4pm Shed And Buried 4:30 James Martin’s American Adventure James visits Louisiana, cooks in the historic Houmas House, and samples local speciality gumbo, courtesy of the resident cook. 5:30 Money For Nothing 6:30 Guy Martin – Fastest Man On Two Wheels?

7:30 American Pickers 8:30 M The Angriest Man In Brooklyn AO 2014 Comedy Drama. After learning a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man must come to terms with his fate and make amends to everyone he has hurt.

10:30 Iron Chef America

11pm Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:30 Closedown

11:30 Money For Nothing 12:30 Auction Hunters 1am Guy Martin – Fastest Man On Two Wheels? 2am M The Angriest Man In Brooklyn AO 2014 Comedy Drama. Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage. 4am Iron Chef America 5am American Pickers

SKY SPORT 1 6am Golf – LPGA Tour (HLS) Cambia Portland Classic – Round One. 6:30 L Golf – PGA Tour Dell Technologies Championship – Round One. 10:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Auckland v Waikato.

11am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Wellington v Southland.

11:30 L Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup Bay of Plenty v Canterbury.

1:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) Dell Technologies Championship – Round One. 2pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Wellington v Southland.

2:30 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Bay of Plenty v Canterbury.

4:45 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Manawatu v Otago.

From Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North.

7pm L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup North Harbour v Tasman.

From the QBE Stadium.

9:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Bay of Plenty v Canterbury.

From Tauranga Domain.

11:30 Cricket – CPL (HLS) Tridents v Amazon Warriors.

SKY SPORT 2 6am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Raiders.

From Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland.

6:30 L Rugby League – Super League Super 8s – St Helens v Wigan Warriors.

9:30 L Golf – LPGA Tour Cambia Portland Classic – Round Two. From the Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland.

12:30 Golf – European Tour (HLS) Made in Denmark – Round Two. 1pm The Professor’s Farewell Tour 1:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Storm v Panthers.

2pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Rabbitohs v Tigers.

2:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Warriors v Raiders.

4:30 L Rugby League – NRL Knights v Dragons.

From McDonald Jones Stadium, NSW. 7pm L Rugby League – NRL Titans v Cowboys.

From Cbus Super Stadium, Queensland.

9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Eels v Roosters.

SUNDAY

Midnight Rugby League – SUNDAY Super League (RPL) Super 8s – 12:30 ICC Cricket 360 St Helens v Wigan Warriors.

1:30 L Cycling – La 2am L Rugby League Vuelta Vuelta a España – Stage – Super League Super 8s – Eight. 3:30 Fox Sports News Toronto Wolfpack v London 4am Rugby – Gallagher Broncos.

Premiership (RPL) Bristol Bears 4:15 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Warriors v Raiders. v Bath.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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DISCOVERY 6:35 MythBusters PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Deadliest Catch PG Captain Conflict. 9:10 Murder Chose Me M 10am Web Of Lies M Tainted Love.

10:50 People Magazine Investigates PG Killing Field.

11:40 Weather Gone Viral M In a Flash. 12:30 What On Earth? PG Curse of Medusa.

1:20 Garage Rehab – Revisited PG Offset Kustoms Revisited. 2:10 Misfit Garage PG Crushed GTO and Chopped 1941 Ford 1/2. 3pm Cooper’s Treasure PG Treasure and Tragedy. 3:50 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG Ultimate Backyard Paradises.

4:45 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG What’s Up Dock?

5:40 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG Pina PoolAda. 6:35 MythBusters PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG 9:25 Deadliest Catch PG 10:15 Frontier China – Sound Of The Road 11:05 Naked And Afraid XL M 11:55 MythBusters PG SUNDAY 12:45 MythBusters PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How It’s Made PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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6am This Town 0 6:50 Instant Gardener 0 7:40 Tagata Pasifika 8:05 Praise Be 8:35 Topp Country 3 0 9:05 F River Monsters With Jeremy Wade 0 10am Marae PGR 2 10:30 Waka Huia Legacy Piece.

11am Attitude 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 11:55 Sunday 0 12:55 Outback Truckers PGR 0 1:55 The DNA Detectives 3 0 2:55 Winter Games (HLS) 3:55 People On Bikes 0 4:25 Fishing And Adventure Fiordland. The crew sets off to Fiordland with their Surtees boat, and find it alive with crayfish, blue cod, bluefin tuna, and deer.

4:55 The Celebrity Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Country Calendar Prime Retail. 0 7:30 Sunday 0 8:30 The Curious Mind Modern neuroscience has blown apart the myth that human beings are selfish, showing human connection to be an extremely important function of the brain. 0 9:30 Q+A 0 10:45 The Inside Word 0 11:15 The Missing AO After Alice returns to her family home, the Websters must deal with the trauma she has suffered; Gemma’s suspicions about what happened to her daughter begin to grow. 0 12:30 Attitude 3 0 1am Coronation Street Catch-Up PGR 3 0 3:05 Infomercials

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THREE 6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R 9:30 The Hui 0 9:55 NewsHub Nation 3 0 10:55 Both Worlds 0 11:15 Creative Living 3 11:40 Gone Fishin’ 3 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR 1pm Motorsport – 2K Cup (HLS) 2pm Motorsport – NZ Rally Championship (HLS) 3pm Motorsport – Monster Jam (HLS) 4pm Motorsport – IndyCar (HLS) Round 15. From Gateway Motorsport Park.

5pm Big Angry Fish Big kingfish have turned up in Coromandel, so Milan and Nathan go on the annual big-fish hunt. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Block NZ PGR 0 8:30 M Jason Bourne AO 2016 Action Thriller. The former CIA operative is drawn out of hiding to reveal more truths about his past. 0 10:55 N Blue Bloods AO After a terrorist attack in the Middle East, a threat to New York may be next, putting Frank on high alert. 0

11:45 Quantico AO 0 12:35 M The Hand That Rocks The Cradle AO 1992 Thriller.

2:25 Infomercials 2:55 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 3:20 The Lie Detective AO 3 0 4:05 Infomercials 4:35 Full House 3 0 4:55 Regular Show PGR 0 5:05 Step By Step 3 5:30 Infomercials

11:50 Chicago Med AO Manning hits her head while helping the victim of a drive-by shooting; Rhodes learns surprising information about the woman he dated. 0 12:40 Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE

Daddy’s Home 7pm on TVNZ 2

BRAVO 9:10 Clean House 3 9:58 The Dish PGR 3 10am Clean House 3 10:50 Tori & Dean – Storibook Weddings 3 11:40 Catfish 3 12:28 The Dish PGR 3 12:30 In Defence Of Ted Bundy 3 1:30 Dress To Impress 3 2:30 Dress To Impress 3 3:28 The Dish PGR 3 3:30 Clean House 3 4:30 Catfish 3 5:30 Catfish 3 6:30 Catfish 7:30 Glam Masters PGR 8:50 M Grease PGR 3 1978 Musical. The friendships, romances, and adventures of a group of high-school students in 1950s America.

John Travolta, Olivia NewtonJohn, Stockard Channing.

11:08 The Dish PGR 3 11:10 Second Wives’ Club

MONDAY

Midnight Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 3 12:50 Infomercials 3

PRIME

6am Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Darwin And Newts 0 6:45 Best Of Chuggington Collection 0 6:55 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 7am Alvinnn!!!

And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:15 Tangled – The Series 3 0 7:35 Andi Mack 3 0 8am What Now 10am Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 0 Noon Ugly Betty PGR 0 1pm Kevin (Probably) Saves The World PGR 2pm BlackIsh PGR 3 0 2:30 Home And Away Omnibus 0 5pm The Simpsons The Simpsons build a wind turbine in their backyard; Homer and Lisa must help a whale beached by a storm. 0 5:30 American Housewife 3 0 6pm The Middle 0 6:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 7pm M Daddy’s Home AO 2015 Comedy. An affable man must fight for the affections of his step-children after their ‘cooler’ biological father breezes back into their lives. 0 8:50 M Bad Moms AO 2016 Comedy. 0 10:50 F The Exorcist AO 0

6:50 The Edge Of Seventeen MLS 2016 Comedy. Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson.

8:35 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 8:50 Con Man MVC 2018 Drama.

James Caan, Ving Rhames.

Jason Bourne 10:30 Moonlight MVLSC 8:30pm on Three 2016 Drama. Mahershala Ali, Trevante Rhodes.

SKY 5 12:20 Suburbicon MVLC 6am Timecop MV 6:50 The 2017 Comedy. Matt Damon, Amazing Race PG 7:40 The Julianne Moore. 2:05 The Edge Of Seventeen MLS 2016 Simpsons PG 8:10 The Comedy. Hailee Steinfeld, Simpsons PG 8:40 Modern Woody Harrelson. 3:50 Con Family PG 9:05 Modern Man MVC 2018 Drama.

Family PG 9:30 Last Man James Caan, Ving Rhames.

Standing PG 9:55 Storage Wars – Texas PG 10:25 Meet 5:30 Chronically Metropolitan MLSC 2016 The Hockers PG 10:50 Deep Comedy. Mary-Louise Parker, Undercover MVLC 11:15 Main Chris Noth. 6:55 Black Event MVC 12:10 Scorpion Butterfly MVL 2017 MV (Part 2) 1:05 American Thriller. Antonio Banderas, Grit PG 2pm Raw MVC Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

4:45 SmackDown MVL 8:30 Wonder PGL 2017 6:30 Main Event MVC Drama. A boy with a facial deformity enters fifth grade 7:30 Scorpion MV (Part 2) and must overcome the daily The team continues to work with Mark Collins to prevent a challenges of being different. catastrophic event; Cabe makes Jacob Tremblay.

10:25 Jigsaw 18VLC 2017 a last-minute decision that Horror. could end his career.

11:55 Holiday Joy PG 2017 8:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV 9:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV Comedy. MONDAY 1:25 Dora’s Peace 10:30 Longmire 16V 16VL 2016 Thriller.

11:25 Longmire 16V 2:50 Nothing But Trailers MONDAY 12:15 Raw MVLSC 3:05 Chronically MVC 2:45 SmackDown MVL Metropolitan MLSC 2016 4:20 NCIS – New Orleans MV Comedy. 4:30 Jigsaw 18VLC 5:10 NCIS – New Orleans MV 2017 Horror.

MAORI

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

Noon MasterChef Junior USA 3 0 1pm Mainfreight Rugby 2pm Judge Judy PGR 2:30 Flog It! 3:30 Antiques Road Trip 3 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great Escapers At the end of a tricky season, an aerial yoga teacher marries her nextdoor neighbour; a diving instructor looks for a change of career.

CHOICE

10am Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 10:30 Pete And Pio PGR 3 11am Native Affairs 3 11:30 He Kakano 3 Noon F Piri’s Tiki Tour PGR 3 12:30 Tribe 1pm Moving Out 3 1:30 Marae DIY 3 2:30 NBA2K 3:30 ARL Finals 4:30 Waka Ama Sprints 3 5pm Marae PGR 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Te Waipounamu Waipounamu travels to Christchurch to meet Mereana Mokikiwa Hutchen, advocate for Maori women and children, who received the Queen’s Service Medal for her services to Canterbury.

7pm Storage Wars PGR 7pm Nanakia PGR 3 7:30 The Truth About Sleep 7:30 SmackDown PGR Chronic insomniac Dr Michael 8:30 M The Wrestler Mosley sets out to investigate AO 2008 Drama Sport. what happens if people do A faded professional wrestler not have enough sleep, and must retire, but finds his looks at surprising solutions quest for a new life outside to help them have more. 0 the ring difficult and 8:30 Uncharted With Sam Neill dispiriting. Mickey Rourke, PGR 0 Marisa Tomei.

9:35 60 Minutes PGR 10:30 Kairakau PGR 10:35 Fear The Walking Dead AO 11:35 Horror Homes PGR 3 A look at people whose lives have been upset after their properties became living nightmares, both through forces of nature and human fault.

12:35 Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 6:25 Unbreakable MV 2000 Thriller. Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson.

8:10 Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter 16V 2012 Horror. Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper.

9:55 The Ring 16C 2002 Horror. Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox. 11:50 Looper 16VL 2012 Sci-fi. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis. 1:45 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel PGLS 2011 Comedy Drama. Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton.

3:45 Whipped 16LS 2000 Comedy. Amanda Peet, Brian Van Holt. 5:05 The Vow PGLS 2012 Romance.

Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum.

6:50 Zookeeper PGL 2011 Comedy. Kevin James, Rosario Dawson. 8:30 The Dark Knight Rises MV 2012 Action Thriller. Years after the Joker’s reign, the Dark Knight must return to defend Gotham City against Catwoman and mercenary Bane, as the city is on the brink of annihilation.

Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway.

11:15 American Beauty 16VLSC 1999 Drama.

MONDAY 1:15 The Vow PGLS 2012 Romance.

3am Whipped 16LS 2000 Comedy. 4:20 The Dark Knight Rises MV 2012 Action Thriller.

11pm Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Golf – LPGA Cambia Portland Classic – Round Two. 6:30 Golf – PGA Tour Dell Technologies Championship – Round One. 7am L Golf – PGA Tour Dell Technologies Championship – Round Two. 10:30 Cricket – International England v India – Fourth Test, Day Three. 11am Cricket – International Ireland v Afghanistan – Third ODI. 11:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup North Harbour v Tasman.

1:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Saturday. 2pm L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Hawke’s Bay v Counties Manukau.

4:15 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Northland v Taranaki.

6:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Counties Manukau v Taranaki.

7pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Auckland v Waikato.

7:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Wellington v Southland.

8pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Saturday. 8:30 Rugby Nation 9:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Sunday. 10pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Manawatu v Otago. MONDAY Midnight Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Hawke’s Bay v Counties Manukau. 2am Show Jumping – Burghley Horse Trials 4am Golf – LPGA Cambia Portland Classic – Round Three. 4:30 Golf – PGA Tour 5am L Golf – PGA Tour Dell Technologies Championship – Round Three.

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KING – Dave, Dinielle and Charlie are thrilled to announce the arrival of Olivia Mary on 20/08/18. All well.

SOMERVILLE – James and Kate (nee Copland) are delighted to announce the safe arrival of their daughter Ella Charlotte Kate on August 13, 2018 in Christchurch. Many thanks to Ben Sharp and all involved.

WALSH – Dean and Divina (nee Dawson) welcome with love Darcy Harry on August 13, 2018, 5lb 9oz, Perth, Western Australia. All well.

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Dearly loved husband of Adrienne. Loved father and father-in-law of the late Denise, Kelvin and Lisa, and Neroli and Andrew Mitchell.

Loved Grandad of Cody and Hollie; Tom, Charlie and Nicholas. Loved brother and brother-in-law of the late Bernard and Margaret, Beverley and the late Alan Henderson, Alister and Mary, Lynda and Bryan; Lorraine and Robert Keeley and Douglas and Judy Hydes.

Loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank all the staff at Talbot Park for their loving care of ‘Woody’. The funeral service for Warwick will be held at St Thomas’ Church, Woodbury on TUESDAY, September 4, 2018 at 1pm, followed by a burial at Woodbury Cemetery.

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WILSON, Shorty – Pat and family would like to thank everyone for their kindness at this very sad time and for the donations to St John. Special thanks to the Mt Somers Rugby Club and to everyone for the lovely floral tributes and cards.

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GARE, Bruce Fraser – 01.01.1948 – 01.09.2017 This special man left us one year ago We all miss our handyman every day.

He was always there when needed for a chat and a cuppa or to fix something that needed fixing or for a tale or two with the Grandchildren.

He always had fresh vegetables to share with family, friends and neighbours.

He is sadly missed by Cheryl, Phil and Char, Carmen, Fraser and Jing, Craig and Sarah and all his beautiful Grandchildren Olivia, Matthew, Britney, Xavier, Sebastian, Ashton, Kyle, Ryuhei and Darien.

BISHOP, Sondra Mary – Toni, Rochelle, Angela, Izzy, Maxx, Jill and Richard, Colleen, Barbara and our extended families would like to sincerely thank all those who supported us through the sudden and tragic loss of our Mum, Nanny and sister (Sondra). To everyone who attended her funeral, Geraldine Funeral Services especially those who travelled many miles to be there, it was FDANZ truly appreciated. We would also like to take this Please note all late death opportunity to acknowledge notices or notices sent our Dad (Graeme) for being outside ordinary office hours our rock during that time. You must be emailed to: immediately put everything in deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz your life on hold to be with us to ensure publication. and support us throughout this emotional journey.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Friends who don’t agree can be the luckiest relationships you have.

Somewhere between your differing points of view lies the elusive answer to a question of recent importance.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ve a choice of solutions today: Should you go for the common fix that’s worked for many or the idiosyncratic route that’s worked for maybe one person?

Both will work; one will be more fun.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’re involved in a positive and gradual change, which causes you to stretch emotionally. You can expect things to feel a little weird. Being slightly uncomfortable is a good sign, though.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You get to be the favourite.

Special responsibilities come with the territory. Tonight, everyone seems to have advice for you, but the best idea will spring from your own imagination.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You’ll be as effective as your support system. So choose a good team of helpers – people who are more concerned with seeing the big picture come together than they are with their own egos.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Focus on impressing someone and the opposite tends to happen. Anyway, you’re impressive enough without trying.

Your attractiveness will have everything to do with how you make other people feel.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): It’s fun to dream about the future, even as you are fully aware that things happen only in the now. Your superpower today is weaving the unreal with the practical steps that will make it an actuality.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): There are people around you who can contribute to your life, but you won’t know who those people are until you turn on the radiant energy, which will attract them like bees to honey.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Your rebel spirit is even stronger than it was yesterday. Before you go “off script,” make sure that what you have to say is necessary or better than the role you were given.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Life is complicated and filled with interesting contradictions.

However, many of them do not need to be analysed right now. Don’t let too much thinking ruin the fun.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Someone has opened a conversation you’re not sure you should get into. You could tiptoe or confront it. If you choose the latter, tonight will be the best time.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): The more you try to make sense of a love relationship, the more complex it becomes. Do you really need to understand why things are to enjoy them? The answer might be to accept how things are.

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