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After meeting the information needs of the travelling public for many years, the Ashburton and Methven i-Sites are up for closure.

Declining visitor numbers and income over the past 12 months and a desire to use available funds for a new tourism strategy means the closure of the two iSites is likely, says Experience Mid Canterbury (EMC) general manager Bruce Moffat.

The EMC board is now seeking feedback from its i-Site staff on the potential closure of the centres at Ashburton and Methven, he said.

The closure of the two sites and Expe-

rience Mid Canterbury’s official visitor website were originally recommended in an Ashburton District Council McGredyWinder Section 17A Review of EMC in April 2016.

In his report Peter Winder said ...“ In order to free up the scale of resources that would be required to make a significant progress in attracting, developing and growing events, EMC would need to close both i-Sites and close the Mid Canterbury website.”

“There are two activities that offer greater potential returns than operating i-Sites, or developing and promoting a website that will always have limited traffic. They are: marketing and promotional activity that increases use of

Mt Hutt and attracting, developing and growing events in the district.”

Winder was not alone in suggesting the i-Sites should be closed. On several occasions over the past few years, Ashburton District councillors have pushed for closure, but backed off after Experience Mid Canterbury made a strong case for their retention. “While the board has decided not to close the website because of an increased number of website visits, we do need to consider the closure of the centres and using any available funds for a new tourism strategy,” Moffat said.

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Ardern X-factor to turn around Labour’s fortunes

By SuSan SandyS

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Labour’s new leader Jacinda Ardern and the outgoing leader Andrew Little.

Little resigns; Ardern in Jacinda Ardern is promising that Labour will run the “campaign of our lives” after a whirlwind morning in which she was elected the party’s leader just seven weeks before election day.

And she has begun her leadership with a warning to Prime Minister Bill English: “Don’t be complacent”.

Ardern will reveal a new campaign platform before the end of the week, though wholesale changes are unlikely because of the short time remaining until the general election.

She was selected as leader in a unanimous vote yesterday morning, and Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis was chosen as her deputy unopposed – believed to be the first Maori to hold the position.

Her promotion to the top job came after

former Labour leader Andrew Little announced he would stand down because of a string of poor poll results, saying the party “deserved better” and that it needed a campaign uncluttered by questions about leadership and polls.

Ardern held her first press conference as leader in the Parliament’s stately legislative chamber, a space reserved for big political occasions. By her side was Davis and the party’s front bench – Grant Robertson, Phil Twyford, Megan Woods, Chris Hipkins, Carmel Sepuloni, David Clark, David Parker and Stuart Nash.

“Everyone knows that I have just accepted – with short notice – the worst job in politics,” she said.

“But I also welcome this job.”

Ardern has previously sworn that she

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“The circumstances may not be what Labour had planned for this campaign.

But that has not weakened my resolve or my focus. Or my team’s resolve.

“We are determined and steadfast, and I consider myself incredibly lucky to now call myself leader, and equally fortunate to walk alongside someone as committed and talented as Kelvin and the rest of my team.

“This team is about to run the campaign of our lives.”

Ardern said she stood by Labour’s “broad vision” but she planned to “take stock” for 72 hours before revealing her changes to Labour’s election campaign.

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Labour candidate for Rangitata Jo Luxton believes her party can turn around poor poll results now there are fresh faces at the helm.

She said former leader Andrew Little’s decision to stand down yesterday had been “selfless and courageous”, and she fully supported new leader Jacinda Ardern and her deputy Kelvin Davis.

Internal poll results leaked to the media this week showed the party taking a dive in the popularity stakes, having just 23 per cent support, down six points from a similar poll in June.

Luxton said watching Ardern’s media standup following the announcement, she was confident the party could turn around its poll fortunes.

“People are coming out of the woodwork across New Zealand offering to volunteer since today’s announcement,” she said yesterday afternoon.

“I have every confidence that Jacinda and Kelvin will lead a fantastic campaign going forward, and will work tirelessly over the next seven weeks. I believe we can still get into government,” Luxton said.

Ardern has been billed by political commentators as having the X-factor and her appointment being a potential election game-changer.

However, National’s Rangitata candidate Andrew Falloon does not see her as a threat.

Rather his focus was on working on important Ashburton issues. “I’m not interested in being a commentator on Labour’s inability to govern themselves,” he said.

“My job for the next seven weeks is to explain why it’s important a National-led Government is re-elected, and why it’s important people vote for me as a strong local representative in that Government,” Falloon said.

“I’m proud to represent a stable and united National Party, 100 per cent focused on delivering positive results for New Zealanders, rather than wasting time on internal squabbles.”

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Wheelie bins ready to roll

By Katie todd

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Ashburton’s 19,000 new wheelie bins are about to become acquainted with their new homes and families, as delivery kicks off around the district.

Yellow-lidded recycling bins, red-lidded rubbish bins and green glass recycling crates will be delivered to homes throughout this month, in preparation for the new kerbside collection service beginning September 1.

Ashburton District Council waste recovery manager Craig Goodwin said the team was excited about the process being under way.

Despite the scale of the new service, and the vast number of logistical tasks to complete, he said he was pleased with the current progress.

“It’s worked out really well,” he said.

“We’ve consolidated with all the other services – the resource and recovery parks, the drop-off sites – everything to tee it up so we all complement one another and can work together successfully.”

As of yesterday, the depot was teeming with all but two truck-

loads of the new bins. Delivery would begin as soon as these arrived, and the instructional booklets had been taped to their lids.

The new service is set to roll out in Ashburton, Chertsey, Methven, Mt Somers, Mayfield, Hinds and Rakaia alongside other properties which haven’t previously received council kerbside collection services like Lake Hood, Fairton and Winslow.

Envirowaste manager Dan Redmond said the new rubbish trucks would land in town next month, and the two appointed drivers were in training now.

“They’re going down to Dunedin today, doing a bit of training with Dunedin council down there.”

Once the trucks arrived in Ashburton the drivers would be able to familiarise themselves with driving on Ashburton streets.

Residents are being reminded that although they may spot the vehicles making their way around town, they should stick to their old bag service until September 1.

“We’ve been anticipating this new service for months, and now the launch date is in sight,” Goodwin said.

Envirowaste branch manager Dan Redmond, and Ashburton District Council waste recovery manager Craig Goodwin with their impressive army of wheelie bins. The two say the landscape at the depot will look “very different” once delivery is complete.

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Black cloud hanging over i-Sites’ future From P1 i-Sites were increasingly competing with people who used online resources for tourism information, he said.

“And we’re also receiving very little income from products sold in the centres.”

For some time the board had been looking at ways to rectify the drop in i-Site visitor numbers and income. These included booking

fees; negotiating new terms with domestic suppliers; introducing international products such as JetStar bookings; and raising public awareness of the centres.

“None of these options have been able to be adopted though the i-Site model,” he said. i-Site staff have until Monday August 14 to give their feedback on the proposed closures.

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EMC has been using about 38 per cent of its grant to bridge the gap between the $272,000 it costs to run the centres and the $124,000 they generate in revenue.

With the backing of the Winder report and its recommendation for i-Site closures, the council put the shaping of EMC’s future direction in the hands of its board.

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This amount is set to decrease by $10,000 a year until 2025.

With that money Moffat must promote the district to tourists and he must run the i-Sites, but in spite of performing better than many of their peers around New Zealand, the two centres have been loss makers for years.

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“We have been supporting the i-Site Centres for a long time and value our staff enormously but need to consider what is best for Mid Canterbury tourism in the longer term.”

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Decile system to be dumped

By Katie todd

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Ashburton school principals had mixed reactions to a press release from the Government on Monday morning advising them the decile system would be replaced.

A new risk index will replace the current decile system under changes announced by Education Minister Nikki Kaye, and likely to take effect around 2019/20.

The new system will be anonymous and likely rank students on their estimated risk of not passing NCEA Level 2, based on 16 indicators. The indicators are yet to be confirmed but may include beneficiary status, ethnicity, family income and age of the mother when the child was born.

It is hoped that the new system will remove stigma experienced by lower-decile schools and help the Government to provide “fairer funding”.

Principals have been advised that no school would lose funding under the proposed changes.

Longbeach School principal Neil Simons said that he felt the decile system had resulted in some community issues, such as schools becoming “unfairly labelled”.

“People were rightly or wrongly using the decile system to judge a school rather than going and getting a feel for the school, reading ERO reports, speaking to teachers on the ground.”

He said the decile system was a blunt tool which worked somewhat, but was not an accurate indicator of the school’s teaching.

Though Simons described the replacement proposed as “looking good on paper”, he thought it could be somewhat tricky to manage, particularly regarding confidentiality and what would occur in the instance of a child moving schools.

Methven School principal Chris Murphy also thought the changes would be a beneficial move away from the “blunt tool” of the decile system, though he felt many parents were largely oblivious to school trusts and boards and funding procedures under the old system.

“I presume there will be a level

In brief Water back to normal Ashburton District Council has lifted the remaining precautionary boil water notices that were in place for the Methven-Springfield and Montalto water supplies, after test results yesterday show the water quality has returned to normal. High turbidity, or cloudiness, had been detected in the water supplies since July 21, which triggered council to issue the precautionary notices for the schemes. Tests yesterday show the water in both schemes is now as it should be. Montalto and MethvenSpringfield were the last remaining water supplies on a precautionary boil water notice, after council removed the notices for Methven and Mt Somers.

Another death Police suspect synthetic cannabis caused the death of a middle-aged man in central Auckland last week, bringing the July death toll to 10.

The body of the 47-year-old man was discovered in a central city hostel on July 28. A possible link to synthetic cannabis was being investigated, said Acting Auckland Central Police Area Commander Matthew Srhoj.

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of optimism as the changes take place,” he said.

“While the devil is in the detail, I think schools will continue to work with the ministry to iron it out and make it work for both of us.”

Netherby School principal Phil Wheeler said it was hard to determine whether the new system would be an improvement or not, particularly without knowing the indicators.

“The current decile system is quite useful, in that it gives us a sum of money, gives us autonomy in allocating resources.”

Although he said there was the risk of stigma attatched to the decile system, he had not experi-

enced it in any explicit forms as a decile three ranking school, and said there “could still be stigma” in new forms with the new system.

He also said he had read critical commentary around the funding proposals, and was “not sure” if the promised maintenance of current funding levels would continue further down the track.

And Hampstead School principal Peter Melrose said “in some ways, the new system would be no change at all”.

Despite receiving a relatively low decile ranking of four, he felt that Hampstead had not received any stigma from potential parents.

“I think the community has already moved past any bias caused by deciles,” he said.

Melrose said that all schools in Ashburton were working hard for their pupils and people tended to select their schools in Ashburton not so much by decile but by geographic proximity.

The current decile system ranks schools from one to 10 based on the socio-economic background of their community. Parents of children at higher decile schools are often asked to contribute more by way of fees, time and donations.

Ashburton’s 24 schools currently range from decile 3 to decile 9.

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Grey nomads passing the reins

By Linda CLarke

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Murray and Bev Meadows enjoy being grey nomads. Their motorhome Senior Moments has clocked up 200,000km and is good for a few more road trips.

The Ashburton couple has seen a lot of New Zealand, from Cape Reinga to Stewart Island, from the driving seat and made thousands of friends.

Their motorhome club has around 80,000 members, with the average age dropping from people in their 60s to people in their 50s over the past few years.

Murray Meadows said mobile homes were an increasingly attractive holiday option for Kiwis who wanted to explore the country at their own pace.

Meadows knows Kiwis love their mobile homes – he has organised one of the biggest motorhome extravangzas in New Zealand for the past 14 years.

Ashburton, the third weekend in February, has become a big

date on the calendar of those wanting to sell and buy.

But Meadows and his wife Bev are handing over the running of the 15th show to the Lions Club of Ashburton.

Meadows said his health wasn’t as good as it had been and they had decided the time was right to move on.

“But we’ll miss it.”

He said buyers and vendors came from all over the country hoping to buy a mobile home. Vehicles on offer frequently ranged in value from $200,000 to $1 million.

“People come because they want to buy and for many it will be the second biggest investment of their lives.”

Lions club president Garth Bateup said the club had noted after the 2017 show that the Meadows wanted to hand over the reins; Lions members have helped at the gates of previous events and were keen to take charge.

“We know a little bit about it.

It is a popular event and quite unique.

“It is one of only a few in New Zealand and the only one in the South Island, where people can bring their own vans along to sell.”

He said there were over 200 private vans for sale at the 2017 show, as well as dealers and trade displays.

Bateup said the trade sites were a possible area of expansion, but the club would be sticking to the tried and proven successful format of the past for the 2018 extravaganza.

The show will be held on February 17 and 18 next year at the Ashburton showgrounds and the Meadows will be there to ensure a smooth transition of the organisation.

Bateup said Lions members would begin planning for the 2018 edition soon and money raised from the venture would be distributed to worthy causes in the community.

Bev and Murray Meadows have plenty of road trips ahead of them still in Senior Moments, a motorhome they have owned since 2005.

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It was over 13 hours before a serious equipment failure was discovered at the Methven water supply last month, an Ashburton District Council report reveals.

Councillors, who received the report at their service delivery committee meeting last week, heard not only about the failure of the equipment and the time it took to be discovered, but also about concern over the timing and quality of a boil water notice following the failure.

The report detailed that an uninterruptable power supply (UPS) unit failed at the treatment plant around 7.15pm on June 29.

This appeared to have resulted in loss of power to the two treatment facilities of an ultraviolet unit and chlorine dosing pump. It also affected control instrumentation, and an actuated valve controlling flow to the reservoir did not close, so partially treated water entered.

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Officers had reviewed events surrounding the incident and taken steps to prevent it happening again.

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They also were consulting with Selwyn District Council on how it issued boil water notices and developing a standard operating procedure.

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Councillor Liz McMillan said an electronic message alert system, similar to that run by a local school, could be valuable. People signed up and would be alerted quickly.

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OUR VIEW

Leadership shuffle a political triumph or a total flop?

Matt Markham

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t will either become regarded as a political masterstroke, a slice of genius that is so farfetched and separated from the normal, or it will go down as one of the greatest ever flops in New Zealand’s political history.

But no matter what the outcome of yesterday’s turmoilturned-jubilation from within the Labour Party, the best part of it all is that we, the general public of New Zealand, get to dictate which direction the story is going to take next.

No one should have been too surprised at what came out of the Labour corner yesterday. They’ve been a bit of sinking ship for quite some time now and their recent run of poor poll results give plenty of credence to that.

Not all of that sits firmly on the shoulders of Andrew Little, but a lot of it does, so while it was admirable to see him fall on his sword yesterday morning, he really had no other choice.

The elevation of Jacinda Ardern could be the one move Labour have made in the past few years that can turn things around.

All of a sudden, the Labour party is now being run by a confident, sophisticated and articulate person who has New Zealand at her heart and has, in the past, shown genuine emotion and meaning when speaking of our country.

The only issue is whether it is too little, too late.

Twelve months ago, this change-of-face would have been enough to potentially turn things around for Labour, but with just over six weeks remaining before the September 23 election – one has to wonder whether the horse has already bolted.

And so, it will be interesting to see how Labour now change tact and what different things they may bring to the table.

They’ll need a new advertising campaign, some new policies – actually, they might as well throw everything out of the window of their beehive offices and start again there’s that much ground to be made up.

But under Ardern, they may just have the chance to pull it all together and make this election campaign at least seem a lot closer than the one-party race we expected just a few days ago.

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Editor, PO Box 77 There may have been a lot of flood water lurking following the deluge on July 21, but generally the district coped rather well.

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t’s been a wet and wild couple of weeks in Ashburton but I’m pleased to say that the district coped well with the recent deluge.

From early morning Friday, July 21, through to the evening of Saturday, July 22, the Ashburton District received about 160 millimetres of rain.

In the first 24 hours, there was 116mm, which almost doubled the previous 24-hour rainfall record.

Many roads were flooded and damaged in the area but Fulton Hogan was quick to begin repairing them.

Because of the storm damage, major work is now required on Ocean View Road

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and the council is looking at what needs to be done.

As a council, we decided not to declare a state of emergency because we were well prepared and had strong infrastructure in place.

The event was also well forecasted and we had a great response team ready. Many council staff and contractors worked around the clock to

manage stormwater issues and blocked drains.

Several boil water notices were also issued and I’m glad residents were able to receive and adhere to these quickly.

My thoughts were with the farming community who were put to the test in extremely difficult conditions. I want to thank our residents for looking out for each other and staying off the roads and away from flooded areas.

It was great to see neighbours helping one another, particularly at properties where floodwaters made their way inside.

Climate change means the number of natural events that afflict our community will con-

tinue to increase.

Like other parts of New Zealand, the Ashburton District is prone to disasters like flooding, so it’s important people are aware of what to do and how to stay prepared.

Whether it’s more flooding, an earthquake or another disaster, you can find out more about how to get ready at getthru.govt.nz.

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Little falls on sword; Ardern steps into breach

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o Andrew Little is now the latest in a lengthening line of Labour leaders who, as it were, have failed to get past “Go” and enter the Beehive as Prime Minister.

Earnest, committed, a Union man through and through, well-meaning and sincere, in the end, the polls beat him.

Twenty-four per cent at this stage in the election process simply doesn’t cut it.

The situation called for immediate change and, in the shape of the telegenic duo Jacinda Ardern and Kelvin Davis, it has come. Not only are they a telegenic couple, certain to raise the Labour poll figures to 30 per cent and beyond in the next few weeks – such is human nature’s response to

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physical attraction – they are also formidable politicians, likely to boost Labour’s fortunes off screen as well as on it.

It seems to me both Messrs English and Peters will have found little to enjoy about yesterday’s major development in the Labour campaign. The New Zealand First roller-coaster seems likely to have lost at least a wheel or two and now not be running as smoothly as it was this time yesterday, while Na-

tional’s stately – some say, complacent – assumed return to the Treasury benches has received at least a jolt. Can Jacinda now become New Zealand’s Labour answer to her British equivalent, Jeremy Corbyn, and a very much more attractive one at that?

“Not out of the question”, would be my reply.

The Greens, too, are likely to feel the downdraft from yesterday’s ructions. Riding high in the polls on the back of a probable exodus of Labour people looking desperately for a political bolt-hole, those Labour escapees may now turn about and return to the fold as abruptly as they left it, to be welcomed with “open arms” (what else?) by the smiling Jacinda and Kelvin.

Then the Green numbers subside, while the Labour climb.

Winston, as well, is likely at this very “moment in time” to be re-doing his sums in terms of to whom best to offer his support should the call for his coalition collaboration become crucial.

What a scenario! Mr Paddy Gower and his team-mates must surely be finding it hard to believe their luck. A political “super-quake” at this late stage in the proceedings must really be “dream come true” for a teevee political pundit. Why, even I am finding it hard to curb my excitement – and I can’t remember when that last happened.

So, don’t forget the date, August 1, 2017, the day the election game was transformed!

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Kelly in; Scaramucci out It didn’t take long for President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff to take charge in an unruly White House: Just hours after he was sworn in, former General John Kelly made sure that Trump’s profanity-spouting new communications director was gone, ignominiously ousted after less than two weeks on the job.

It was the latest head-snapping sequence of events at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, but Trump dismissed any talk of disarray.

He insisted in a morning tweet there was “No WH chaos”, then followed up in the evening with a satisfied “great day at the White House”.

Aiming to instil some discipline in the White House, Kelly showed Anthony Scaramucci the door just days after the new communications director had unleashed an expletivelaced tirade against senior staff members that included vulgar broadsides at then-chief of staff Reince Priebus. In short order, Priebus was pushed aside and replaced by Kelly, whose arrival led in turn to Scaramucci’s departure.

The communication director’s tenure was the stuff of Shakespearian drama – though brief enough to be just a morbid sonnet.

J.K. Rowling apologises J.K. Rowling has taken to Twitter to apologise over her false claims that Donald Trump refused to shake a disabled boy’s hand. In a series of tweets, the author lambasted the President for what she said was “looking deliberately over a disabled child’s head, ignoring his outstretched hand”. However, footage shows that he did shake the child’s hand, and the clip J.K. Rowling tweeted simply showed the boy waving his secret service patch. Yesterday on Twitter, she explained how she was wrong and apologised to the boy and his family.

Earlier, J.K. Rowling was criticised by the mother of the disabled child.

President Donald Trump talks with new White House Chief of Staff John Kelly after he was privately sworn in during a ceremony in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump, yesterday.

PHOTO AP Scaramucci’s exit underscored the challenges that Kelly, the former homeland security chief, faces in bringing order to a West Wing where a wide swath of aides have reported directly to the president, feel-

ing free to walk into Trump’s Oval Office or buttonhole him in the hallway to lobby for conflicting agendas.

Backstabbing among aides has been rife, and rival camps have jockeyed for position.

And then there is the president himself, who uses tweets at all hours to fling out new policy announcements, insult critics and even go after fellow Republicans who don’t toe his line.

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Deadly protests as Venezuela vote held Demonstrations have rocked Venezuela as voters broadly boycotted an election for a constitutional super-body that unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro has vowed will begin a “new era of combat” in the crisis-stricken nation.

Anti-Maduro activists wearing hoods or masks erected barricades on roads, and scuffles broke out with security

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forces who moved in quickly to disperse demonstrators who denounced the election as a naked power grab by the president.

Authorities said seven people were killed in the confrontations. The opposition said the true death toll was around 15, which would make Monday one of the deadliest days since protests started in early April. A bomb exploded in Ca-

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Maduro, widely disliked for overseeing an unravelling of Venezuela’s economy, has promised that the assembly will bring peace by way of a new constitution after four months of opposition protests in which about 120 people have been killed. But opposition parties sat out the election, saying it was rigged to

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Caracas was largely shut down with deserted streets and polling stations mostly empty, dealing a blow to the legitimacy of the vote. Venezuela’s National Electoral Council says the vote was 41.53 per cent, or 8,089,320 people.

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George Clooney’s foundation is planning to open seven public schools for Syrian refugee children. The Clooney Foundation for Justice announced a new partnership with Google, HP and UNICEF to provide education for more than 3000 refugee children in Lebanon. George and Amal Clooney said the foundation’s commitment of more than $2 million toward education for Syrian refugees aims to prevent thousands of young people from becoming “a lost generation”. “They have been victims of geography and circumstance, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t hope,” the couple said. “Our goal is to help provide Syrian refugee children with an education and put them on a path to be the future leaders their generation desperately needs.”

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NZ homes could ‘sell out’ in weeks

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listings nationwide was the lowest number in any July month since its records began in 2007.

The site represented 97 per cent of all properties listed through registered real estate agents.

Taylor said elsewhere in the country the figures were also trending downwards.

“Of the 19 regions in New Zealand, all but one region (Nelson, which remained static), experienced a decline in the number of new listings in July compared to the previous year.”

In the North Island the area that saw the most drop in listings, compared to the same period last

year was the Waikato, a total of 612 new listings down 27 per cent, Bay of Plenty, 565 down 26.3 per cent and Taranaki, 163 down 22.4 per cent.

Meanwhile, further south, the drops were even bigger with only 150 new listings in Central Otago/ Lakes falling 32.4 per cent com-

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By Paul MCBetH Harmoney Corp, the country’s biggest peer-to-peer lending platform, more than halved its annual loss as revenue climbed 63 per cent in its second full year of operation, and has since crossed $500 million lent through the portal.

The Auckland-based company posted a loss of $6.5 million in the 12 months ended March from $14.2 million a year earlier, its financial statements lodged with the Companies Office show.

Revenue climbed to $14 million from $8.6 million a year earlier, while its biggest expenditure item – marketing – dropped 14 per cent to $7 million and staff costs were flat at $6.3 million.

The big revenue gains were from note fees charged to wholesale lenders, which soared to $3.6

million from $491,000 a year earlier, while service and lender fees almost tripled to $2.6 million.

Platform fees charged for arranging loans through the platform dropped to $5.4 million from $6.3 million.

Harmoney facilitated $216 million of loans in the 2017 financial year, up from $178 million a year earlier, and crossed the $500 million mark in June.

“Economies of scale in a lowmargin business and improvement in our unit economics have enabled us to drive strong revenue growth in readiness for our third full year of operation,” chief financial officer Simon Ward said in a statement.

“While a net loss has been registered, this has more than halved on last year, a significant outcome for a fintech company still in start-up phase in a new

industry,” he said. Harmoney got a head-start as the first mover in the market, but is facing increased competition from the arrival of other licensed P2P lenders Squirrel Money, LendMe, Lending Crowd and PledgeMe, which also operates a crowdfunding platform.

Its operational cash outflow shrank to $4.5 million in the year from $13 million a year earlier, and $4.7 million of money raised from share issues left it with $8.2 million as at March 31.

The P2P lender said it broke even in the fourth quarter of the financial year, and while joint chief executive and biggest shareholder Neil Roberts said it was important to generate a positive cash flow in 2017, the firm was focused on building “a world-class team” and build “innovative new products”.

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by Winston Peters, to form a government.

Labour, which has an agreement with the Green Party, would also have to rely on Peters if they were able to garner enough votes.

Yesterday the Green Party said it is committed to working with Labour to change the government this September.

“I am really unsure how it will play out from here,” said AMP Capital New Zealand managing director Grant Hassell.

Overall, “it does look a little chaotic this close to an election,” he said.

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Investors will be keeping a close eye on the next opinion polls after news that Jacinda Ardern has replaced Andrew Little as the new leader of the opposition Labour Party.

Earlier yesterday, Little announced he was stepping down after the latest poll results ahead of the September 23 election.

“As leader, I must take responsibility for these results. I do take responsibility and believe that Labour must have an opportunity to perform better under new leadership through to the

election,” he said. The two most influential political polls were published Sunday and Monday and both showed support for the Labour Party falling to 24 per cent, 1 percentage point below its 2014 election party vote.

The Newshub-Reid Research poll broadcast Monday evening, showed National down 2.2 points at 45 per cent, while the TVNZ Colmar-Brunton poll broadcast Sunday evening showed National steady at 47 per cent.

The election is expected to be tight and while National is ahead, it may have to rely on opposition New Zealand First, led

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If no new listings come on to the market – many areas around the country could sell out in a matter of weeks.

The statement has come from one of the country’s largest property websites after July saw a “record fall” in new listings on realestate.co.nz The latest statistics from realestate.co.nz indicated based on historical sales trends, stock in the capital would sell out in a mere six weeks.

Wellington had just 899 properties available for sale and in July saw just 582 new listings, 12.5 per cent less compared to the same period in 2016.

And if no new houses are listed for the country’s largest city, in a mere five months Auckland’s property stock would “sell out” in 23 weeks.

In Auckland new listings this July had dropped 13.9 per cent to 2703, compared to July 2016.

The total number of residential properties available for sale in the city was 8019 in July.

Realestate.co.nz spokeswoman Vanessa Taylor said the 7933 new

pared to July 2016, while Otago listings dropped by 28.8 per cent, with just 237 new ones this month.

Taylor said at the same time New Zealand’s average asking prices for homes fell by only 0.3 per cent from June, to $626,413 in July this year.

“It’s a classic case of supply and demand, we have seen a tightening in supply along with a decrease in demand which means a stable price environment.”

However, despite prices remaining steady overall a few regions did buck the trend with lifts in asking price of more than five per cent.

The largest rise was in the Coromandel, with an 11.2 per cent lift in asking price, to $761,096, compared to the previous month.

Northland followed with a 5.6 per cent rise to $557,564, Marlborough was up 5.4 per cent to $485,460 and the Central North Island up 5.1 per cent to $461,910.

At the other end of the scale, the largest falls in asking price for July compared to June were in Otago, down 7.9 per cent, to $351,729 and the Wairarapa down 7 per cent to $400,208.

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p FTSE 100 index

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p Nikkei 225 index

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p Gold

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p Silver London – $US/ounce

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p Copper London – $US/tonne

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+64.0

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TT sell

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Bringing back the cob loaf dip I

■ Preheat oven to 130°C. ■ Cut a lid off the cob loaf and hollow out the loaf, keeping the bread you remove.

■ Defrost spinach and drain any excess water that may come out.

■ Heat cream cheese slightly in the microwave – 30 seconds should be enough.

■ Chop bacon into pieces and lightly fry in a pan.

■ In a large bowl combine all ingredients and mix well.

■ Pour all of this mixture into the hollowed out loaf and replace the lid.

■ Wrap the entire loaf in foil and place in the oven for 1 hour.

■ Break up the bread you removed in the middle into finger sized pieces.

■ Grill till golden brown and use as scoops for the spinach dip mixture.

Cheese and bacon cob loaf 1 round cob loaf 125g grated tasty cheese 3-4 bacon rashers, chopped 1 chopped red onion 2 or 3 shallots, chopped 1/2 red capsicum, diced 250g sour cream 440g tin creamed corn 310g tin corn kernels 1/2 t cayenne pepper Salt and pepper to taste ■ Fry the bacon and onion in a pan with a little oil or butter until soft. Add the shallots and let them heat through. Remove from heat.

■ Combine remaining ingredients.

■ Slice the top off the cob loaf and pull the bread out of the middle.

■ Fill the hollowed out cob with the dip and bake for about 30mins in a moderate oven.

■ Chop the removed bread and toast in the oven to serve with dip.

■ Bake for 15-20 minutes until bread is golden brown.

3 rashers bacon 1T sweet chilli sauce 500g cream cheese

t might be an old concept and it’s certainly one that’s been around before, but the cob loaf is doing another round as a centrepiece on a nibbles tray.

They’re easy to make – take a cob loaf, remove most of the bread from its centre and fill the space with whatever takes your fancy as a dip.

Serve it hot and stand back and watch it disappear. It’s the ultimate food, one that is useful as a container but it’s one you don’t need to wash, simply break it into bits and eat it.

Mexican cob loaf

1T chopped parsley 1 tomato, diced 1T butter 2T gravy powder 1 1/4 C water 1/3 C tomato sauce 1C grated tasty cheese ■ Cut 2cm in from top of loaf all round, remove top and hollow out loaf, crumb the bread.

■ Melt butter, fry onion till soft.

■ Add mince and fry until meat is browned and cooked.

■ Add gravy powder, water, crumbled stock cube and tomato sauce.

■ Stir over low heat until thickened, turn off heat and stir in

parsley and breadcrumbs.

■ Place layer of cheese in case, then layer of tomato, then fill with the meat mixture. Replace lid.

■ Wrap in foil, place on baking tray.

■ Bake in moderate oven 180°C and bake for 35 minutes. Slice and serve.

Spinach and chilli cob loaf

1 cob loaf 6T tomato salsa 1/2 C cheese, grated 300ml sour cream 1 packet taco seasoning ■ Preheat oven to 180°C. ■ Place sour cream in a bowl and mix in taco seasoning.

■ Cut the top off cob loaf and remove the bread centre.

■ Spoon half of the sour cream mix on the bottom of cob.

■ Spread 2-3T salsa and 1/4 C grated cheese.

■ Spoon remainder of sour cream mix, then salsa, then top with cheese.

■ Place cob on oven tray.

■ Break bread centre into small bite size pieces and place around cob, put cob lid on.

Caramelised onion and spinach loaf 1T olive oil 2 large brown onions, halved, thinly sliced 2T brown sugar 1T balsamic vinegar 1 garlic clove, crushed 2 bunches English spinach, trimmed, roughly chopped 1 large 20cm sourdough cob loaf 250g cream cheese, softened 300g tub sour cream 1/2 C grated cheddar cheese 2T chopped fresh basil leaves ■ Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-low heat.

■ Add onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until softened.

■ Add sugar and vinegar. Cook, stirring, for 3 to 5 minutes or until golden and caramelised.

■ Add garlic and spinach.

■ Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 5 minutes or until spinach is just wilted. Set aside to cool.

■ Preheat oven to 180°C. ■ Cut a 3cm-thick slice off top of loaf.

■ Set aside. Remove bread from centre of loaf to form a bowl. Cut bread into large cubes.

■ Place cream cheese and sour cream in a large bowl.

■ Stir until smooth.

■ Add cooled onion mixture, cheddar cheese and basil.

■ Season with salt and pepper.

■ Spoon into loaf. Replace lid.

■ Place on a large baking tray with bread cubes.

■ Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until filling is warm.

■ Cover loosely with foil if bread is over-browning during cooking Serve warm.

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In brief Super final a sellout Despite poor crowds throughout the playoffs, this weekend’s Super Rugby final between the Lions and Crusaders in Johannesburg is a sellout. A crowd of 61,500 will be on hand at Emirates Airline Park for the title decider. The Lions are aiming to win their maiden title after losing last year’s final to the Hurricanes. The Crusaders are in the final for a record 12th time and are seeking an eighth title. - NZME

Peyper appointed ref

Jackson Donlan managed to pick up a try in his first outing as Mid Canterbury captain in the match against Ellesmere.

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New man at the helm

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Three years after first pulling on the green and gold, Jackson Donlan will be leading the Mid Canterbury Hammers from the front this season as captain for the upcoming Heartland season, including the Ranfurly Shield challenge on Friday.

Donlan made his first appearance for the Hammers in the annual pre-season match against Ellesmere in 2013, but was forced to the sidelines for a year after breaking his leg playing for Rakaia against Southern.

Donlan returned in 2014, making his substitute debut against Thames Valley, before his starting debut the next week against Wanganui.

Donlan has had one crack at the shield in the past when playing against the Hawke’s Bay side in 2015.

“Against the Hawke’s Bay it was really good, taking that step up to the next level,” he said.

“The intensity is a lot greater, but once you settle in to it, it is really enjoyable to play.

“It (the Ranfurly Shield) was always an inspira-

tion when I was growing up so it is pretty cool to be able to play for it.”

Donlan said there is definitely a buzz amongst the Mid Canterbury squad ahead of the clash against holders Canterbury on Friday.

“The guys are pretty rapt to be getting the opportunity to be playing for it,” he said.

“The hit-out against Southland showed us how fast it is at that level and what we are trying to match.”

Donlan said the main goal for the season is to win the Meads Cup, and that winning the Ranfurly Shield on top of that would be a massive bonus.

“It would be pretty epic if we did win.

“For all the old boys it would be massive and would be pretty exciting, though we are not getting ahead of ourselves,” he said.

“By the sounds of it the community is really starting to get excited and get behind the game which is pretty cool.”

Jackson Donlan led out Mid Canterbury against Ellesmere earlier in the season.

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Auckland rugby legend Maurice Trapp could be considered a master of the Ranfurly Shield, having won all of the 38 shield challenges he coached.

His near-invicible side brought the shield on their travels through the South Island, stopping off to play Mid Canterbury.

While Trapp’s memory of the game has not fared well, he was more than happy to tell the Guardian about what the shield challenges meant.

“Shield rugby was big as a play-

er but it was huge as a coach.

“You spent the entire time thinking ‘we dare not lose this’,” he said. “At a lower level it was great to see the anticipation, in the smaller towns it was just about the occasion as much as anything.”

Trapp began coaching Auckland in 1987, and said they decided to take the shield on tour in 1989 to give themselves a better chance at breaking the record of consecutive defences.

“We started off down in the King Country and made our way up,” he said.

“It was really muddy down

Maurice Trapp there and the Auckland cheerleaders slipped over running out on to the field.

“It was an amazing set-up. They

Sanzaar defends call Governing body SANZAAR has defended its decision to appoint South African referee Jaco Peyper to control the Super Rugby final.

The move came despite Kiwi media calls to appoint a “neutral” referee – probably Angus Gardner – to handle the match. Announcing Peyper’s appointment, Sanzaar CEO Andy Marinos addressed the issue, saying he was the best referee and it followed policy of the past two years that such appointments be “merit-based”. “Sanzaar stands behind the policy and believes the best referees should be available to officiate the best matches,” said Marinos.

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Shield challenges ‘huge’ for the coaches

BY JAIME PITT-MACKAY

South African Jaco Peyper will take charge of the Lions v Crusaders Super Rugby final, with two of his countrymen getting key roles as his assistants. It’s news that will not comfort Crusaders supporters, who are hoping their side can overturn the odds to win at Ellis Park. Peyper made several key decisions which went the Lions’ way in their semi-final victory over the Hurricanes, and many will see his appointment in officiating the Johannesburgbased team two weeks in a row as odd. New Zealander Glen Jackson is one of Peyper’s assistants, with Marius van der Westerhuizen the other and Marius Jonker the television match official.

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had trucks parked up that people were sitting on to watch the game and I remember it being something similar in Ashburton.”

With firm conditions at the Ashburton Showgrounds, Trapp said his side were able to get running and start moving the ball, eventually able to run over the home side.

“If the Crusaders had the home final I would’ve probably been able to come down and watch the game with it (the Shield challenge) being the day before, but it isn’t so I won’t make it which is a shame,” he said.

Tawera Kerr-Barlow says he wouldn’t change a thing about his life in Kiwi rugby, as he packs his bags for French outfit La Rochelle. The 26-year-old halfback drew a sevenyear Chiefs stint to a close on Saturday, falling 27-13 to the Crusaders in the sides’ Super Rugby semifinal. The 25-Test Kerr-Barlow was visibly emotional after the match, and said he was disappointed to leave the franchise without a third Super Rugby triumph. But, having represented Waikato and the Maori All Blacks, won the 2012 and 2013 Super Rugby titles and lifted the 2015 Rugby World Cup, he felt he’d achieved everything he could in New Zealand.

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Alcock, Cubellie leave Brumbies openside flanker Chris Alcock and Argentine halfback Tomas Cubelli are leaving the Super Rugby side, both heading overseas. Alcock, one the Brumbies’ best forwards this season, has signed with Japanese club Kamaishi Seawaves. Argentina test halfback Cubelli will return to South America to play for the Buenos Aires-based Jaguares in Super Rugby. Cubelli, who played 58 tests for the Pumas, played only 18 games in two seasons in Canberra.

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In brief Wallabies push limits Prop Allan Alaalatoa says he was pushed to new mental limits and learnt plenty about himself during a brutal Wallabies train-on squad camp. Coach Michael Cheika has been driving his charges hard, with the Wallabies needing to rebound from Australia’s disastrous Super Rugby season heading into their Bledisloe Cup clashes with the All Blacks. Because of their Super Rugby quarter-final the previous Friday, the seven Brumbies only joined players from the other four franchises in Newcastle last Thursday. Alaalatoa said the two days they went through were the hardest he’s ever experienced.

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Battle of locks vital

Shield survivor Will Mackenzie is one of a few surviving Mid Canterbury players from the side’s 2013 clash against Counties Manukau in Pukekohe.

A blistering start to the match and 24 unanswered points in the second half allowed the Steelers to cruise to a 46-10 win. Hooker Jon Sharpe, who played in the 2002 shield challenge, scored Mid Canterbury’s only try of the match.

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Australia’s second-rowers have acknowledged the need to assert themselves against New Zealand in the upcoming Bledisloe Cup tests.

The formidable duo of Brodie Retallick and Sam Whitelock has been one of the strengths of the world champions’ forward machine in recent years and are both used to winning against the Wallabies. Whitelock has tasted defeat against just three times and Retallick once. Wallabies’ lock Rory Arnold acknowledged getting an edge over the duo was key for his team. “They’ve been world class locks now for a number of years, so if we want to dominate up front we know we’ve got to go at those blokes,” said Arnold. “We’re going to have to be playing at our absolute best.”

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■ RUGBY

Time for backs to shine

By Liam Napier So much of the focus around the Crusaders naturally falls on their exceptional pack.

This week, their quest for an unprecedented eighth title could well be decided by the performance of the backline, or more specifically their ability to match the Lions attack.

Christchurch to Johannesburg presents many challenges.

Travelling over the Indian Ocean; playing 1800 metres above sea level where fatigue zaps legs and compresses lungs just a few.

After spending the past two weeks in Christchurch, where a state of emergency and icy cold temperatures created conditions tailor-made for their forwards, the Crusaders now face a complete contrast; confronting a team in the Lions who have forged their success on a hard, fast dry track in the afternoon sun.

No doubt Super Rugby’s conference format and draw gave the Lions a serious advantage by allowing them to avoid Kiwi teams until last week’s semifinal against the Hurricanes.

Thus, granting a much easier route to a home final.

Last week, the Lions also appeared to benefit from a couple of dubious calls.

But their recent record against Kiwi teams in playoff matches at Ellis Park tells us two things: the Lions are a formidable side on home soil, even more so in front of a 63,000 sellout crowd,

and the Crusaders may need to score in excess of 40 points to claim the crown.

In their last three home playoff games against New Zealand opposition, the Lions have scored 42 points (Crusaders, quarter-final, 2016), 42 points (Highlanders, semi-final, 2016) and 44 points (Hurricanes, semi-final, last week).

What’s more, Johan Ackermann’s men hammered the Blues 43-5 at Ellis Park last year and averaged 47 points across the board at home this season.

They love to use the ball, love to play at pace, and as the Hurricanes discovered last week, never stop coming.

The Crusaders’ defence laid the foundations for last week’s convincing semifinal victory over the Chiefs.

After making 117 more tackles than the Chiefs, there may be questions about how much they have left in the tank, but the Crusaders will back that same resilience to restrict the Lions ability to quickly clock up scoreboard pressure.

Clearly, though, the Crusaders attack also needs to fire.

From the outside looking in, Leon MacDonald has made a huge difference in this area.

The Crusaders attack has evolved from largely throwing the ball to Nemani Nadolo and hoping he would break the line to being innovative with crossfield kicks and creative with backline moves to exploit space on the outside.

Seven times this season the Crusaders have amassed more than 40 points,

with their biggest victory coming up the highway from Johannesburg, when they put 62 on the Bulls in Pretoria.

Good omen, perhaps.

As always the onus will be put on the experienced All Blacks to lay the platform up-front, to target set-piece supremacy and control the pace before the bench is unleashed to counter altitude.

But the backline will be called upon much more than they were in the past two weeks.

Against the Highlanders in particular, with conditions especially dire in the quarter-final, some of the Crusaders backs barely touched the ball.

This week the spark must come from Richie Mo’unga.

In the biggest match of his budding career, much rests on his shoulders to lead the same clinical finishing that was so evident against the Chiefs.

Outside him the Crusaders possess genuine weapons in Jack Goodhue, Seta Tamanivalu, Israel Dagg and David Havili, with Ryan Crotty holding it all together.

Collectively, this is their time to show just how far the Crusaders have come.

From the bizarre appointment of South African referee Jaco Peyper to the taxing travel, rabid crowd and unfair format, everything appears stacked against the Crusaders.

This is, however, the only team in Super Rugby history to win a final away from home.

All the more reason to attack.- NZME

Richie Mo’unga will have to set his backline alight.

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■ MOTOR RACING

Time against SVG Reigning Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen knows he is fast running out of time to catch fellow Kiwi Scott McLaughlin to defend his crown.

The Red Bull Holden Racing star collected two third-place finishes at the weekend’s round at Queensland Raceway but still finished behind McLaughlin both days.

The 28-year-old van Gisbergen now trails the DJR Team Penske driver by 261 points in the standings.

“We had two awesome races and came third,” van Gisbergen said of his solid weekend.

“Our pace wasn’t quite able to win but we finished on the podium both days so we should be pretty happy with it.”

The reality now is that van Gisbergen is almost relying on McLaughlin to have a bad result at one of the three upcoming endurance rounds, where 300 points are up for grabs for just one race at Sandown and Bathurst.

While there is still time for van Gisbergen to turn it around he would need to be as dominant as McLaughlin has been in the first half of the season and that seems unlikely.

“He finished in front of us both days,” van Gisbergen said.

“His car is fast, his team is good and he’s obviously driving it

Ricciardo moves on Daniel Ricciardo says his anger over Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen’s part in their crash at the Hungarian Grand Prix has been dealt with. Australian Formula One star Ricciardo’s bid for a fourth straight podium finish at Hungaroring was over when Verstappen hit him on the first lap.

Ricciardo blasted the 19-year-old a “f****ng sore loser”, but the pair’s relationship appeared to have been smoothed over by yesterday. - AAP

Losing streak broken Kyle Busch watched the number of laps he’s led this season tick, tick, tick as it crossed 1000, and he only really cared about the lap he hadn’t led: the last one. “We’ve had speed. We’ve been right there,” Busch said. “We’ve been able to do what we should be doing and that’s running up front.” Finally he took the lead with 16 laps left and held on to win the NASCAR Cup race at Pocono Raceway.

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very well. He is going to be hard to beat for sure but I am not giving up until the points are out of reach.

“We have a lot of work to do to be faster and then score the points back.”

The series takes a three-week break before the final sprint

round at Sydney Motorsport Park and then the endurance events.

A return home to New Zealand during that time is on the agenda for van Gisbergen who will spend some time snowboarding alongside fellow Kiwi and DJR Team Penske rival Fabian Coulthard.

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Above – Shane van Gisbergen can still win the Supercars championship, but fellow Kiwi driver Scott McLaughlin has a hefty start and is driving extremely well.

■ CRICKET

Historic hat-trick finishes off Proteas England spinner Moeen Ali bowled a hat-trick yesterday to clean up the South African tail in the third test match.

Ali’s dismissal of South Africa’s last three batsmen in three balls across two overs handed England a 239-run victory and a 2-1 series lead ahead of Friday’s fourth and final test in Manchester.

The England players celebrated after the last decision was confirmed by the umpire.

Ali is the first England spinner to take a hat-trick since 1938.

The off-spinner’s hat-trick started when Dean Elgar’s resistance was finally ended for 136.

Elgar edged the ball to Ben Stokes at slip, and Kagiso Rabada was out to an identical shot on the next delivery.

At the start of his next over, Ali trapped Morne Morkel leg before wicket to complete England’s convincing victory.

Elgar was the only South African holding up England’s victory as he batted despite an injured left hand.

Toby Roland-Jones took two wickets in two balls in the morning session and Ali dismissed Chris Morris with the last ball before lunch, leaving South Af-

In brief

rica on 205-7 chasing an unlikely 492.

Roland-Jones, a seamer making his debut, took five wickets in the first innings to put England in command and claimed three more in the second innings.

South Africa resumed yesterday on 117-4 and Elgar combined with Temba Bavuma in a partnership of 108 before two wickets fell to Roland-Jones in successive deliveries.

Bavuma was dismissed lbw on appeal for 32 and then Vernon Philander was trapped lbw for a duck to leave South Africa in deep trouble on 160-6.

Despite the injury to his left hand, Elgar hit 18 fours in his 189-ball innings, although he appeared set to run out of partners.

After lunch, South Africa could only add 47 runs as Ali skittled through the last batsmen.

England gained the upper hand in the first innings, scoring 353 with a century from Ben Stokes and 88 from opener Alastair Cook.

Roland-Jones took 5-57. England scored 313-8 declared in the second innings, setting South Africa a massive challenge of 492 to win.

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July 25 and 29 Women’s Section LGU Silver: Wendy Parr – 74 on countback from Vicki Moore and Sally Lemon, Bronze I: Chleone Emery – 73, Bronze II: Robin Bennett – 73 on countback from Anne Watson, Jenny Stoddart and Erin Porter, Bronze III: Kathryn Green – 71 July 29 and August 1: Rnd 2 Tucker Salver, Rnd 2 Smallbone Trophy: Wendy Parr – 37, Judy McKeown – 36, Dee Simmons – 36 on countback from Hilary Ward.

Nearest the Pins: No 4 Gabites: Pam Feutz, No 8 House of Travel: Dee Simmons, No 12 Lynn’s small Salon: Wendy Parr, No 14 Todds of Ashburton: Mary Lou Watson, No 4 Somerset Grocer 2nd shot: Bev Watkins, No 18 2nd Shot to Green: Judy McKeown Twos: Dee Simmons, Kath Read – No. 8

■ Shooting Target shooting July 29 Fifteen open teams of ten and six junior teams of five, competed for the Andrew and Faulkner Shield on the East Otago Assn range in Dunedin Won by East Otago 2921.133, from Ashley 2898.110, Marlborough 2896.121, Nelson 2893.109, Ellesmere 2890.85, Central Otago 2888.96, Southland 2885.111, Ashburton 2881.98, Southern Southland 2877.104, North Canterbury 2876.108, Christchurch 2875.108, South Otago 2856.85, Geraldine 2833.76, Timaru 2811.80, North Otago 2805.82.

Ashburton Association scores for ninth place, Greg Menzies 193.9, 97.2, 290.11, Martin Fleming 196.9, 97.4, 293.13, Carl Nordqvist 191.7, 96.3, 287.10, Phillippa Fleming 196.7, 96.4, 292.11, Robbie Hewitt 191.6, 97.4, 288.10, Stephen Millichamp 191.4, 94.2, 285.6, Andrew Donaldson 192.6, 99.5, 291.11, Brent Frame 195.7, 95.1, 290.8, David Millichamp 186.3, 93.1, 279.4, Murray Cook 190.9, 96.5, 286.14, total 2881.98, emergency Wayne Tubb 187.1, 95.4, 282.5.

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Club scores

Ashburton Rifle Club

Bruce Dellow 94, 92.1, Greg Menzies 99.6, 197.13, Paul Fletcher 95.3, 89.2, 90.1, Allan Mitchell 95.3, K Lauren H 71.1, James Storey 83, Garth Wright 87, L Storey 66, Abby Calder 82.1, Grant Glassey 96.3.

Mt Somers Rifle Club

Jess Heaven 85.2, Lachlan Rooney 68, 74.2, Archie Rooney 66, 65, Harry Redman 83, 89.2, Mark Smith 88.1, 91, Jakob Smith 80, Brent Frame 93.3, 95.1, Sid Stewart 98.3, Andy Oram 95.3, 97.1, Josh Jones 65, Jeremy Jones 88.1, Craig Glass 76, 70, Stephen Millichamp 95.5, Julian Evans 83, 88, David Millichamp 96.2, 95.4.

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England’s Moeen Ali celebrates scoring a hat-trick with the wicket of South Africa’s Morne Morkel yesterday.

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Daniel Gould 81.1, Ben Nordqvist 92.1, Annett Schneider 91, 97.2, David Guzman 75, 70, Robert Spencer Jnr 79.1, Fernando Torres 92.1, Carl Nordqvist 97.4, Martin Fleming 97.2, Andrew Donaldson 97.2, Alan Wakelin 96.3.

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■ TAURANGA

Staying mare in good form Brian McKeagg enjoys a good strike rate on his home track and further success could be in store for his stable today.

The Tauranga trainer will be represented by the in-form mare Brookbars, who will bid for consecutive wins when she lines up in the Capital Tractors 2100.

The four-year-old gained an overdue maiden victory at Matamata last week and her progress since has convinced McKeagg to strike while the iron is hot. Champion apprentice Sam Weatherley has been booked.

“She should have won before then and I expected her to a few times, but it didn’t work out,” he said.

“I think she can make the next step. I don’t normally back them up a week later, but it’s her home track and she’s just thrived.

“I’m really pleased with her and she’s still quite immature-looking so she will continue to develop with more time.”

McKeagg, who has won 16 races at Tauranga, contents himself with a smallish team and sent out a career best nine winners in the 2016-17 season. Three of those came from the lightly-raced Per Incanto five-yearold Cantare.

“He’s had a little chip taken off his knee,” he said. “He was never lame, but sometimes when he went right-handed he wouldn’t hit out as well as he did left-handed.

“There was a slight fracture on one of the smaller knee bones so that’s been tidied up and he’ll be back in work in another month.”

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Perfect return from mare Perfect Fit kicked off another Group One preparation in style at the Te Teko trials yesterday when she won her 820m heat. “She’s pulled up well and had a good blow out and she’s going to improve,” said Ken Kelso, who trains with his wife Bev. “She’ll go to the Foxbridge Plate and then on to the Tarzino Trophy. She’s in good order and very forward, more so than she has been.”

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Summer Passage pleases Melbourne-bound colt Summer Passage pleased his connections with his effort at yesterday’s Te Teko trials. The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained Gr.1 Sistema Stakes winner and Gr.1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes runnerup finished midfield in his 1000m heat under champion apprentice Sam Weatherley.

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Clean bill of health

Brookbars demonstrates winning form at Matamata last week.

Group One winner Rangipo is free of the back issues that hindered his last campaign. “He kept going sore in his back and we couldn’t work out what it was,” trainer Tony Pike said.“We checked his stifles and hocks and the usual places and couldn’t come up with anything. In the end, we found some arthritic changes in his spine so that was the reason. We’ve treated him and it’s made a huge difference.”

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3 6x0x First Nephew (2) 58.5 .....................A Collett 4 Red John h (4) 58.5 ....................C Lammas 5 9758x Rocking Good Time (3) 58.5 ........... T Harris 6 x3375 Leica Lady (5) 56.5 ...........................L Innes 7 2x409 Florence Ivy (9) 56.5 ................. M D Plessis 8 6744 La Achiever (6) 56.5 ........................ A Jones 9 9665 Don’t Lie To Me (8) 56.5 ................M McNab 10 899 Ala Carte 56.5 .............................. Scratched 5 2.44pm ULTIMATE MOTOR GROUP MAIDEN 1400 $10,000, MAIDEN, 1400m 1 79255 Happy Tiger (8) 58.5 ........S Weatherley (a1) 2 37 Above All (3) 58.5................A Schwerin (a2) 3 94x30 Dudewithattitude h (11) 58.5 ...........A Collett 4 9x649 The Bumper (5) 58.5 ................. M D Plessis 5 5 Country Bumpkin (10) 58.5 .............J Riddell 6 Jaques (1) 58.5 ........................J Nason (a2) 7 0 Alamosee (12) 58.5...............H Marzuki (a3) 8 8 Grand Duke (2) 58.5 ....................... T Harris 9 90x Grandiscoccymelums (4) 58.5 ....C Lammas 10 82624 Kool Connection (7) 56.5 ..............M McNab 11 07362 Moet Molly (9) 56.5 ....................M Cameron

12 0043 Raspberry Sweet (6) 56.5 ..............V Colgan 3.24pm TILEMAX 1400 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 16866 Cameahotfriday tdm (2) 59 ............V Colgan 2 x0180 Bonny Emilia dm (3) 58.................M McNab 3 0x510 Leica Warrior m (6) 58 ..........H Marzuki (a3) 4 93376 No Need dmb (8) 58 ....................... T Harris 5 9x657 Acrylic m (10) 57 .............................J Riddell 6 72154 I’ma Shygirl dmh (11) 56.5 ....... D Danis (a3) 7 39312 Shellez Ace 56.5 .......................... Scratched 8 970x0 Clapathunda dm (5) 56 ............J Nason (a2) 9 5879x Beyond Reach dmh (4) 55.5Weatherley (a1) 10 x1074 Collay (7) 55.5 ............................M Cameron 11 00x98 Call Me Bob tdm (1) 55.5 ................ S Spratt 12 390x0 Lupelani (9) 54 ................................A Collett 7 4.04pm CAPITAL TRACTORS 2100 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 8x606 Kingsgrave m (11) 60 ...................... T Harris 2 x9936 Notabadrooster 58 ....................... Scratched 3 5x467 So Keep Em m (4) 58......................J Riddell 4 21552 Eskimo Kiss tdm (1) 57.5 ................A Collett

5 36425 The Arabian Duke 57.5 ................ Scratched 6 03371 Brookbars mh (3) 56.5 .....S Weatherley (a1) 7 5x405 She’s All Clang m (6) 56.5 8 7x088 Doucette tdm (5) 56 ........................ S Spratt 9 5x838 Delegate dm (8) 56 ...............H Marzuki (a3) 10 01670 Chambon m (9) 55.5 ..................M Cameron 11 86030 Remind Me Again tmh (7) 55 ......C Lammas 12 30056 Rub It In m (10) 55 ..................... L Satherley 13 x6750 Sheez The Boss tdm (2) 54 ............ A Jones Blinkers on: Utwo Time (R1), Smoochy (R2), Dudewithattitude, Grand Duke, Kool Connection (R5), Cameahotfriday (R6), Delegate (R7) Blinkers off: Kittykittybangbang (R3), Florence Ivy (R4), Above All (R5) SELECTIONS

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2 64535 Bigtime Champ 17.93 ........................L Cole 3 4326x Sunset Marjen 17.81 .........................M Flipp 4 33653 Mahala Bay 18.24 ............................. I Howe 5 54254 Jack’s Up 18.06 ..........................B Goldsack 6 31464 Kiwi Baxter 17.74 ...................J T McInerney 7 71757 Bigtime Runnings 17.57 J &................D Bell 8 33376 Ebony Haze 17.93............................S Stone Emergencies: 9 68455 Cawbourne Danial 17.71 ......... K Gommans 10 78627 Idol Billie nwtd .......................... S Gommans 14 4.12 MAX REFRIDGERATION C1 HT7 C1q, 305m 1 52471 PikoPiko Connor 18.28 ................... C Brider 2 61764 Goldstar Gizmo 18.13 .....................L Doody 3 43277 Sioux Baxter 17.90.................J T McInerney 4 88827 Miss Universe 17.58.......................... I Howe 5 45442 Bigtime Boy 17.79 ........................M Goodier 6 76718 Buzzy Gem 17.96 ..............................J Hunt 7 8878x Cawbourne Jazzy nwtd J &.................D Bell 8 47126 Cala D’Or nwtd..................................M Flipp 9 86882 Agent Anna nwtd..............................S Stone 10 35387 Two Hungwid 17.93.................. K Gommans 15 4.31pm LASER PLUMBING C1 HT8 C1q, 305m 1 85673 Jandel Man 17.81 .................... K Gommans 2 34542 Wetchester 17.88 ................................ L Bell 3 88148 Five Starlass 17.97 ...................... P Denbee 4 45166 Rosie 17.86 .................................J McArthur 5 36F86 Thunder Storm 17.72 .............J T McInerney 6 87218 Goldstar Beckham 18.35 ................L Doody 7 43122 Devil’s Tongue 18.01 ........................S Stone 8 x8x6x Goodtime Alannah 18.04 ................P Knight 9 55882 Cawbourne Spree 17.66 J & ...............D Bell 10 37863 Roketto 17.90....................................D Edlin

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Race 1: Flying Master, Silver Cloud, Sally Lunn, Barbara’s Choice Race 2: Az Given, Thistledonicely, Rich Billie Marsh, Tranky Doo Race 3: Silver Cloud, Mar Tene, Sally Lunn, Kittykittybangbang Race 4: Royal Rebel, La Achiever, Florence Ivy, Red John Race 5: Kool Connection, Moet Molly, Happy Tiger, Above All Race 6: Cameahotfriday, I’ma Shygirl, Collay, Bonny Emilia Race 7: Eskimo Kiss, Brookbars, Kingsgrave, Remind Me Again

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

1 56477 She’s Mustard 30.61 ........................R Waite Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- 8 23787 Mojito Rama nwtd ...........................L Doody 2 54434 Take Action 30.84.........................M Goodier way Meeting Date: 02 Aug 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 9 45877 African Violet nwtd .................J T McInerney 3 33762 Wong Full Arrest 30.75 P &.............C Morris Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 10 87778 Hossiffa nwtd............................ S Gommans 4 58815 Sedgebrook Angel nwtd ......................F Kite 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 4 1.04pm ADEPT ACCOUNTS WANGANUI C1, 520m 5 68686 Opawa Judy nwtd..............................M Flipp and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 18688 Banshee Reel 30.84 ........................R Waite 1 12.11pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 2 43151 Thrilling Stan 30.40 ...........................D Edlin 6 32557 Bigtime Talker 30.28...........................L Cole 7 46243 Fast Rigby 30.12 ............................ T Pilcher 1 6435 Kylie’s Stiletto nwtd P &...................C Morris 3 84857 Bonus Lotto nwtd ............................L Doody 8 65727 Opawa Shiloh 30.41 ........................B Marsh 2 Avedon Film nwtd..............................M Flipp 4 65135 Twelve Gauge nwtd ..........................M Black 3 6655 Ahuroa Panther nwtd .....................R Murray 5 32553 Goldstar Holly 30.58 .........................M Flipp 8 2.14pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION 4 26557 Cawbourne Jeff nwtd J & ....................D Bell 6 14364 Wood He 30.82 ...........................A Turnwald C1 HT1 C1q, 305m 1 75313 Bigtime Rapid 17.69...............G Fredrickson 5 2833 Bigtime Liam nwtd..............................L Cole 7 63376 Run Zola nwtd J &...............................D Bell 2 52547 Orangey Yellow 17.80...............E Duganzich 6 74337 Mini Mansion nwtd ...........................M Black 8 13 Bigtime Mia 30.61 ..............................L Cole 3 33746 Uno Again 17.74 ................................ N Udy 7 883 Star Secret nwtd ..........................K Williams 5 1.21pm J P PRINT PETONE C1 C1, 520m 4 77726 Gully Crusher 17.77 G & ................. J Clarke 8 54434 Ziggy Attack nwtd...............................L Hunt 1 88436 Bigtime Michelle 30.65 .......................L Cole 5 53377 Rapper Tilly 17.76 ...............................S Kite 9 46788 Cawbourne Broady nwtd.................L Doody 2 56423 Hezaman 30.33 ................................

P Clark 6 47482 Thrilling Forest 18.13 U & .................Cottam 10 27688 Homebush Gracie nwtd............ K Gommans 3 86658 Whata Shemozzel nwtd .................R Murray 7 54773 Cawbourne Dora 17.76 J &.................D Bell 2 12.29pm WANGANUI CHRONICLE C0 C0, 520m 4 55254 Steel The Gold 30.53 P & ...............C Morris 8 61F41 Homebush Minnie 17.81 ........J T McInerney 1 64365 Cawbourne Gibbo nwtd J & ................D Bell 5 75567 Scodelario 30.93 .............................L Doody 9 67474 Culvie Lad 18.01 J & ...........................D Bell 2 7548 Sapphire Club nwtd.....................A Turnwald 6 77577 Rosco Action 31.00 ......................M Goodier 10 34874 Bouncie Al nwtd ...............................M Black 3 64226 Waterloo Blue nwtd ............................W Kite 7 1321 Yella Ella nwtd .............................A Turnwald 4 85626 Howlin’ Ace nwtd .............................S Codlin 8 58875 Opawa Bucks nwtd ..........................R Waite 9 2.34pm FIRST SECURITY C1 HT2 C1q, 305m 1 76262 Bigtime Spirit 17.55 ................G Fredrickson 5 3863 Mischief Viking nwtd........................... N Udy 6 1.37pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C0 C0, 305m 2 71264 Set The Limit 17.72 .........................S Maher 6 73246 Idol Patches nwtd ..............................M Flipp 1 86667 Sedgebrook Freda nwtd ......................F Kite 3 42572 Cawbourne Mack nwtd J & .................D Bell 7 22 Bigtime Eve nwtd ...............................L Cole 2 Bigtime Mark nwtd .............................L Cole 4 22424 Second Time 17.65 G & .................. J Clarke 8 Bigtime Levi nwtd ...............................L Cole 3 67882 Lace nwtd......................................M Gowan 5 85456 Homebush Myra nwtd ............J T McInerney 9 87778 Hossiffa nwtd............................ S Gommans 4 67543 Carefree Highway nwtd ................K Williams 3 12.46pm METEOR OPD WANGANUI C0 C0, 305m 5 44246 Kinetic Shadow nwtd........................... L Bell 6 71323 Celtic Rover 17.93.........................M Gowan 7 87387 Zarzuella nwtd.................................S Codlin 1 36872 Jet Pack nwtd U & .............................Cottam 6 36857 Stole Me Keys nwtd ................. K Gommans 8 27354 Opawa Janet nwtd ............................M Flipp 2 x2326 Miss Muffet nwtd .........................J McArthur 7 48762 Paris Global nwtd ...................J T McInerney 9 86884 Sky Delight 18.00 U & .......................Cottam 3 7354 Al’s Apprentice nwtd...........................W Kite 8 58456 Yoko Rama nwtd .............................L Doody 10 57637 Barn Door Billy 17.88 ............... K Gommans 4 35856 Pickering nwtd ....................................J Hunt 9 68864 Loco Amigo nwtd S & ................C Blackburn 10 2.54pm WANGANUI TOYOTA C1 HT3 C1q, 305m 5 88F84 Carrick nwtd I C & ..........................J Lenden 1 56727 Sweet Lovin’ nwtd ..................G Fredrickson 6 Bigtime Buster nwtd ...........................L Cole 10 77488 Warrior Tony nwtd U & ......................Cottam 2 34158 Guru’s Choice 17.95 ....................K Williams 7 2372 Just Like Ma nwtd J & .........................D Bell 7 1.52pm AON CPF C1 C1, 520m

55743 Stainless Knocka 17.92 .................. C Brider 74215 Eamon 17.71................................P Blanche 56533 Cawbourne Merl 17.64 J & .................D Bell 13335 Sozin’s Galaxy 18.18 .............J T McInerney 16675 Opawa Smoke 17.59.........................M Flipp 541F6 King Cormack 18.10 P &.................C Morris 57555 Amy Baxter nwtd ....................J T McInerney 67687 Gully Yappa 18.09 G & .................... J Clarke 11 3.13 LIQUORLAND WANGANUI HT4 C1q, 305m 1 1 Luke Skywalker 18.64 ........................L Hunt 2 47156 Niamh’s Way 17.91 ......................P Blanche 3 83426 On Demand 17.89 R &........................L Udy 4 83635 Homebush Freda 17.89 .........J T McInerney 5 12625 Making It Up 17.79 P & ...................C Morris 6 68625 To Much Andre 18.04 ...................K Williams 7 36811 Pat Patterson 17.88 ..........................M Flipp 8 83713 Cawbourne Spook 17.87 J & ..............D Bell Emergencies: 9 74765 Bigtime Tomac nwtd ...............G Fredrickson 10 66854 Minnie Sprite nwtd ...........................S Stone 12 3.33pm BOOK YOUR FUNCTION@HATRICK C1 HT5 C1q, 305m 1 72588 On Da Quest 17.72 ........................ L Pearce 2 34724 Homebush Lucifer 17.53 ........J T McInerney 3 54563 Slick Star 17.74 ...........................B Hodgson 4 6558x Banshee Boy 17.86 ....................B Goldsack 5 11562 Judge’s Call 17.88 J & ........................D Bell 6 55752 Unconscionable nwtd R & ...................L Udy 7 55277 Rocky’s To Much 18.15 ................K Williams 8 34782 Uno Nathan 17.77 .............................M Flipp 9 71787 Bigtime Sneaky 17.79 ........................L Cole 10 74666 Pacific Vibe 17.77...................J T McInerney 13 3.52pm HATRICK DASH C1 HT6 C1q, 305m 1 31746 Was Just Saying nwtd R & ..................L Udy

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

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In brief Superstar in Open In her maiden voyage to the Shaky Isles, the New Zealand Badminton Open’s marquee recruit hopes a star turn in this week’s on-court action can propel her back to the top of the world. Thai shuttler Ratchanok Intanon, a former world champion currently ranked ninth by the Badminton World Federation, headlines this week’s Open in Auckland. The 22-year-old broke into the pro ranks aged just 12, and had become the first Thai and youngest female in history to win a world championship by 18. - NZME

Focused on Storm Despite signing with North Queensland for 2018, the only players Jordan McLean will be out to impress in Friday night’s clash are his Storm teammates. The 25-year-old prop will head north on a threeyear deal but says he isn’t thinking about anything past this season just yet. Returning last round from a long stint on the sidelines with first a fractured cheekbone suffered in round 14 and then hamstring trouble, McLean said he still has plenty to prove to Melbourne before his departure.

- AAP Aleisha Stoddart in action on her way to second place at the Ashburton Squash Open.

Beau Scott eyes finals PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 290717-RH-001

■ SQUASH

Juniors dominate Open

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

The Ashburton Squash Club has wrapped up another successful Ashburton Open over the weekend.

A strong field of 64 took part,

made up of 48 men and 16 women.

Tournament director Alastair White said it was a really good turnout, and one of the strongest ever men’s draws in terms of quality.

Both of the top draws were

taken out by juniors who had made the trip to Ashburton from Oamaru.

17-year-old Keidah Bungard took down Ashburton’s Lee Barker in the men’s final, while Lily Rae came from 2-0 down to defeat Aleisha Stoddart 3-2.

“It was good to see all the juniors coming through and taking part,” said White.

“People from Oamaru, Timaru and a few from Christchurch took part, as well as some returning players who have moved away.”

Parramatta’s shock NRL premiership push has received an enormous boost with injured duo Beau Scott and Kaysa Pritchard a chance of returning for the finals. Scott ditched the arm sling yesterday and could be just a month away from coming back from a ruptured biceps, while Pritchard has yet to undergo surgery on a major knee injury.

“Out of the sling today, saw the surgeon and he’s quite happy. I go back and see him in a month’s time and have a look at it from there.

All hope’s not lost for the rest of this year, which is good,” Scott said yesterday.

- AAP

■ SWIMMING

Boyle retires from the pool as one of our greats

By DaviD Leggat Lauren Boyle has chosen a smart time to walk away from swimming.

Her place at New Zealand swimming’s top table is secure.

Indeed, should seating arrangements be needed, Boyle would be at the right hand side of the greatest, double Olympic gold medallist Danyon Loader, in terms of achievement.

Sure there was no Olympic medal – Jean Stewart remains the only New Zealand woman to achieve that, with her backstroke bronze in Helsinki in 1952 – but even so numbers talk when assessing the Auckland freestyler’s time at the top.

Fourteen medals at the major meets; five world championship medals – the most by a New Zealander – a Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow three years ago, a world short course record; all speak of an athlete fit to sit among the best of her time around the globe.

An abiding personal memory of Boyle, though, comes not from the pool but beside it, at the London Olympics in 2012.

Boyle had already made the 400m freestyle final, finishing in eighth spot.

Four days later she lined up in the 800m final and flew through for fourth, in an Oceania record time of 8min 22.72s.

More significantly in one of the most gruelling disciplines she was just 2.4s off bronze.

Coming through the mixed zone afterwards, she was alone.

New Zealand’s Olympic media team should have given themselves an uppercut.

At a time of high emotion, they hadn’t bothered to send one of their staff to shepherd her through the throng and back to the changing rooms.

All around the crush of media were gathered in front of the three medallists.

Translation: they hadn’t expected her to shake the medal territory.

Boyle found two New Zealand journalists further down the concourse.

The standard ‘how did that feel’ opening question produce a mumbled few words before Boyle dissolved in tears.

She talked about the struggles to get that far and the emotions took over.

Imagine if she had gone just a tick or two faster.

How would she have coped before a jostling throng of international journalists?

Lauren Boyle The Rio Olympics last year were shaping as Boyle’s time.

American teenager Katie Ledecky remains the undisputed women’s champion of the pool, but Boyle would have been a big chance to medal.

A lingering hip injury in the lead-up did for her, she was well below her best.

A highly intelligent woman, with a degree in business from the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley, at 29, the time is right to move on with the rest of her life.

At Berkeley, Boyle came under the guidance of noted American coach Terri McKeever.

From her, she admitted she learnt plenty about personal growth, became “a more confident person, in a way where (you learn that) you don’t have to be good at only one thing”.

In an interview with the Herald, Boyle talked of her love of swimming.

“Lots of days I love swimming so much and don’t want to stop.

“I get to go to so many amazing places ... and keep really fit for my job.

“I am so lucky to live this life.”

And she described her biggest buzz as the simple business of making improvements – simple when you say it, anyway.

“That’s what I strive for and the best feeling I can get from the sport, that I’ve changed something or grown in some way to improve my performance to a level it’s never been before.”

Boyle’s has undoubtedly been a career of outstanding achievement.

Great? No. That requires victory on the toughest stages.

But as she put it yesterday, with a huge dollop of understatement, her record is ‘’Not too bad for a girl from Auckland”.

Amen to that.

- NZME

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Selectors cast their net

By GreGor Paul

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

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

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. “Second time around” good clean

Thursday 9.30am ASHBURTON AGE CONCERN. Ladies low impact exercise classes held weekly. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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

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

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON

Win for Sharapova Maria Sharapova played her first WTA match in the United States since 2015 and beat Jennifer Brady 6-1 4-6 6-0 in the opening round of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California. “I feel like I just want to hug everyone and say thank you,” Sharapova said in an on-court interview. “It’s my first match in the States in a really long time, and it’s the closest thing to home for me.”

- AP

Thompson out Warriors back rower Bodene Thompson has likely played the last of his NRL football for 2017, with a pectoral injury suffered in last Friday’s loss to the Sharks expected to rule him out for the season. Thompson has not been named in Stephen Kearney’s side to take on the Knights in Newcastle on Saturday, replaced by teenager Isaiah Papali’i.

- NZME

McGregor faces fine

Matt Duffie has had a superb season for the Blues and could be in line for higher honours. tests in 2015, is someone likely to be invited to the Christchurch camp, with his Chiefs teammate, Kane Hames who played a test in Sydney last year also a strong possibility.

Charlie Ngatai, now that he is putting his injury and concussion troubles behind him, is another who may well be brought back into the frame as he was, arguably, the form midfielder in 2016 until he suffered a major head knock that kept him out of action for the better part of a year.

Luke Whitelock may also be rewarded with an invitation as the Highlanders No. 8 has answered many of the questions

that were asked of him in the last 12 months.

He has proven he has the physical will and ability to impose himself and play with the presence the selectors like to see from their loose forwards.

Against the British and Irish Lions this year, Whitelock put in a first class defensive effort that was remarkable not just for the number of tackles he made, but also the quality.

If the selectors do look to pull in a few untried players, top of the list might be Blues wing Matt Duffie, whose kick and chase skills are ideally suited to the current nature of test football.

He had a strong campaign

with the Blues and his maturity and composure are assets the All Blacks know they can make good use of.

Others who may come into contention are Hurricanes halfback Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, who is a former New Zealand under-20 player and built much to the same dimensions as Aaron Smith with a similar fast pass skill-set.

Highlanders lock Jackson Hemopo has had little game time but impressed with his strength and mobility when he has been involved and his performance against the Lions signalled he may be equipped to play at a higher level.

- NZME

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In brief

■ RUGBY

The All Blacks, minus the Crusaders contingent, head into training camp tomorrow and it will be worthwhile keeping an eye on who is invited as previous get-togethers have thrown out big clues about who the selectors are considering for future selection.

This year there is particular relevance as with two games and three tests in November, the All Blacks intend to take 37 players with them to Europe and have a proper look at a handful of emerging players.

Presumably the coaches will take the opportunity to bring some of those players on the far range of their radar into camp so they can start the process of embedding them into the systems and game plans.

Also, given the intense nature of the Rugby Championship, the All Blacks will end up having to call in reinforcements from outside their original squad and it pays to have a wider group having had some kind of exposure rather than be thrown in cold.

There’s also been a couple of departures – and a few more pending – from the squad that was picked to play the Lions, with Charlie Faumuina and Aaron Cruden already in France and Tawera Kerr-Barlow and Malakai Fekitoa making their way after the Mitre 10 Cup. The names, then, that may potentially crop up tomorrow could be a mix of players who have previously had a taste with a few entirely new to the set-up.

Nepo Laulala, who played a few

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St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor is facing a $10,000 fine after being issued with a breach notice for his attack on the NRL referees following Saturday’s loss to Newcastle. McGregor is the first coach this season to face sanction for criticising match officials, having called them “embarrassing and incompentent” after the match.- AAP

High prices no problem First the good news from Las Vegas: Tickets for when the MayweatherMcGregor circus comes to town are still available at face value on the official website. The bad news: Prices range up to £6155.95 for the inner ringside. The breaking news: Despite rumours of thousands of tickets remaining unsold there were only 800 left yesterday, with more than 500 potential buyers queuing. Once those seats have gone prices on the black market are likely to escalate up to, wait for it... £115,000 ($NZ202,000).- NZME

August 2 & 3, 2017 clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

11am MID CANTERBURY LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Movie - Hampstead. Regent Cinema, Wills Street.

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHRUCH. Mid-week service and lunch. 48 Allens Road.

1pm - 3pm ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Drop in and pre loved clothing shop. Cnr Thomson and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

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

1.30pm ASHBURTON HERB SOCIETY. Mega Herbs of the Sub-Antarctic Islands. 51 Peter Street.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre - come and join us. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance (7pm), beginner/ intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Instructor Annette phone 307-7138 a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, Music, Fitness and Fun, Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

CLUB. Daytime session, new players most welcome. E A Network Stadium, River Terrace.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Thursday and Saturday. Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. Good clean Second Time Around clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture

Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10.15am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A, Social hall, Havelock Street.

10.45am M.S.A.TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities.

M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

11am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Fall prevention exercises to strengthen muscles and improve balance. Salvation Army Rooms, Cass Street.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Fall prevention exercises to strengthen muscles and improve balance. St Peters Church, Harrison Street, Allenton.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Fall prevention exercises to strengthen muscles and improve balance. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street.

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

1pm - 4pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mah Jong Social at the Waireka Croquet Club rooms, Philip Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social afternoon, you are welcome to have a go. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

7pm ASHBURTON R.S.A. DARTS SECTION. Club night for all new and returning players, Doris Linton Lounge, Cox Street.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

TRADES, SERVICES

Security Guard Talley's Group Ashburton have a vacancy for a Security Guard within their complex. This position is full-time nightshift working 4 nights on, followed by 4 nights off from 6pm – 6am.

Skilled Excavator Operator for 14ton Wheeled Excavator Full time, Permanent

The role encompasses monitoring traffic in and out of the facility, as well as regular inspections of the exterior surrounds and temperature checks in critical areas.

You will possess excellent communication skills, be of the highest integrity, be prepared to cover leave for the other security guards as required, and able to show an exceptionally high attendance record from your previous employers.

Stuart Tarbotton Contractors Ltd is a locally owned and operated company based in Ashburton. Due to a Staff Member relocating an opportunity has come up for the need to employ an operator for a 14ton Wheeled Excavator.

The successful candidate must be willing to have a background check completed and pass a pre-employment drug test. Only applicants that are eligible to work in NZ will be considered for this position.

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GRAZING wanted for store lambs. Phone Mitch 027 313 1320.

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

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

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You don’t necessarily want to be the leader. You don’t desire more power and influence than you have. And yet, you will still model the attitudes and behaviours you want to see in others. This is leadership.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Agree to deal with people as they are. More importantly, deal with yourself as you are. Personality traits are easier to enhance, shape or highlight than they are to shed.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Greed is boring. Those who are interested only in the sale miss the fun of the game. So while a driven person is more attractive than an idle one, a person who is only driven by self-interest is least attractive.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Making a good impression and helping others feel good about themselves (and you) is serious business. There is nothing casual, hasty or accidental in your approach to this today. It matters a lot to you.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): When you like something, you immerse yourself in it. Because you take on your subjects of interest with gusto, you’ll be able to present a case for them that’s lively, challenging and convincing.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): One of the many positives about social media is that it nudges us to celebrate the minutiae of daily life. The voice inside that asks, “Is this worth sharing?” has us more aware of the merits in a cup of coffee.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Opportunities are gifts. To seize the opportunity and run with it is a living, breathing thank-you note. Such interplay will unfold beautifully today and you’ll show impressive grace in the exchange.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Of course you prefer pleasant emotions. You also have the courage and patience to accept whatever feelings come up. Laughter and joy are as essential to being human as frustration and tears.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Grand gestures are punctuation marks in the sentence of a love story. The small, specific gestures that only the two of you understand bring greater proof of love than the big events.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It is difficult to track your progress when your pursuits are varied.

Focus on one goal. What is the measurement that will prove you’ve made it? Keeping record of this will help you stick to the plan.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You can’t help but be influenced by the people you spend the most time with. You’re either already like them or you’ll become like them. A slight change in your social lineup will make a big difference.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Life is a balance. Part of that balance is being unbalanced from time to time. Today you’ll see quick progress precisely because you focus all of your energy in one direction.

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HISLOP, Colleen Pearl (Pearl) – On July 31, 2017 peacefully at Ashburton Hospital, surrounded by her family. In her 80th year. Dearly loved wife of the late Dave. Loved mum of Henry and Karen, Peter and Penny, Garry and Sarah, Rhonda Breading and Colin and Clare. Loved nana of all her 19 grandchildren and Nana Pearl to her 23 great grandchildren and to many more. Messages to 20 Michael Street, Rakaia 7710.

A service to celebrate Pearl’s life will be held in the Rakaia Community Centre, Elizabeth Avenue, Rakaia on FRIDAY, August 4, commencing at 1.30pm.

Followed by interment at the Rakaia Cemetery.

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information.

9am Dickinson’s Real Deal 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Red Rock PGR 1:55 Instant Gardener 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Four In A Bed The third visit of the week is to Melody House in Great Ryburgh, Norfolk, owned by entrepreneur Audrey Buxton, whose guests take part in a sing-along, some more willingly than others.

4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am Littlest Pet Shop 3 0 7:25 Randy Cunningham – 9th Grade Ninja 3 0 7:50 The Day My Butt Went Psycho 3 0 8:15 Goldie And Bear 3 0 8:35 Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Cupcake Wars Noon Jeremy Kyle PGR 1pm Judge Rinder 2pm Mike And Molly PGR 0 2:30 Home And Away 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Leon 0 3:35 The Adam And Eve Show 0 4:05 Girl Meets World 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 MasterChef Australia In the elimination challenge, three contestants have three hours to recreate a complicated dessert dish from MasterChef alumnus, Kylie Millar. 0 8:40 Offspring AO 0 9:45 One Born Every Minute 0 10:45 1 News Tonight 0

7pm Shortland Street PGR Jack worries when a new drug hits the streets; Drew and Harper feel set up; Kate smells a rat. 0 7:30 Kevin Can Wait 0 8pm Dr Ken 0 8:30 The Big Bang Theory PGR 0 9pm 2 Broke Girls 0 9:30 The Amazing Race 0 10:30 F Two And A Half Men AO 3 0

11:15 Cold Feet PGR Jenny is flattered to have caught the eye of a client at work; Pete beats himself up when a dads’ and lads’ trip to the match does not quite go according to plan. 0 12:15 Nashville PGR 0 1am Te Karere 3 2 1:25 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11pm Cougar Town PGR 3 0 11:30 Undateable AO 0 11:55 Benched PGR 3 0 12:20 iZombie 3 0 1:05 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:30 Infomercials 2:30 Switched At Birth PGR 0 3:15 The Real 3 4:05 Family Matters PGR 3 4:30 Regular Show 3 0 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

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10am Top Chef PGR 10:55 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 11:20 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 11:50 Snapped PGR 3 12:45 Real Housewives Of Orange County AO 1:40 Below Deck – Mediterranean AO 3 2:35 The Real Housewives Of New York City PGR 3 3:35 Hoarders 3 4:30 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 6:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 7pm Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta Small-town bride Lindsay has big, princess dreams for her wedding dress; bride Bailey has simple tastes, but her blingloving mother has other ideas.

7:30 Hoarders 3 8:30 The Real Housewives Of Orange County 9:30 Southern Charm AO 10:30 Snapped PGR 11:30 Hoarders 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

6am Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:25 Jeopardy PG 6:50 Covert Affairs MV 7:40 Heroes MV 8:30 The Simpsons PG 8:55 Criminal Minds 16VS 9:45 Criminal Minds 16VS 10:40 Covert Affairs MV 11:35 Jeopardy PG Noon Smackdown Live MV 2:10 CSI – Miami MV 3:05 Heroes MV 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Wheel Of Fortune PG 5pm Jeopardy PG 5:30 Covert Affairs MV 6:30 Piha Rescue PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 SVU – Special Victims Unit MV 10:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 11:25 CSI – Miami MV

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9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm The Block New Zealand PGR 30 1:55 Minute To Win It 3 2:50 Entertainment Tonight 3:20 Sticky TV 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm Susie Nordqvist presents comprehensive coverage of global and local news.

4:25 Married At First Sight USA Tom and Lillian disagree about having children.

5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 The Block New Zealand PGR 0 8:30 NCIS – LA AO 0 9:30 Hawaii Five-0 AO 0 10:25 NewsHub Late 10:55 NCIS AO 3 0

6am The Legend Of Korra 6:25 Bella And The Bulldogs 3 6:50 Kid v Kat 3 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 League Of Super Evil 3 8:05 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 8:30 Sanjay And Craig 3 8:55 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:25 Wheel Of Fortune 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 12:40 Escape To The Country 3 1:45 Top Gear – The Races PGR 3 3pm Escape To The Country 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 0 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Prime News 6pm Wheel Of Fortune 3 6:30 Jeopardy 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Border Security – America’s Frontline PGR 0 8pm Best Of Piha Rescue PGR 0 8:30 Chicago Justice AO 0 9:30 Back Benches PGR 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6:30 Takoha 6:40 Nga Papara Kapi 7am Penguins Of Madagascar 3 7:30 Pukana (HLS) 2 7:50 Cube 8am Morena 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Ako 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 Nga Papara Kapi 3 3:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 4pm Pukana 3 2 4:20 Cube 3 4:30 F Tangaroa With Pio 3 5pm Marae PGR 2 5:30 Hakanation 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 7:30 F Whanau Kai 3 8pm N On The Ladder 8:30 Marae DIY 9:30 Voices Of Our Future – VOOF 10pm Hakanation 3 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Money For Nothing 7:30 Extreme Animal Babies 8:30 American Pickers 9:30 Paul Hollywood City Bakes 10:30 Salvage Hunters 11:30 Poh’s Kitchen Noon Location, Location, Location 1pm Building The Dream 2pm Money For Nothing 3pm Poh’s Kitchen 3:30 Wild Britain With Ray Mears 4:30 The Paleo Way With Pete Evans Pete explains the Paleo Way with meals including Mum’s bolognese with zucchini ‘pasta’, coconut curry with guest chef Seamus Mullen, and paleo fish and chips.

5pm Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – Melbourne 5:30 The French Collection 6:30 Auction Hunters 7pm American Restoration 7:30 N Operation Gold Rush Dan and his team take on the Alaskan coastal mountains, a wall of snow and rock blocking their way to the Klondike and its gold.

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7:30 Making The Rules MLS 2014 Drama. Jaime Pressly, Robin Thicke. 8:45 Take Down 16VLSC 2016 Action Drama. Jeremy Sumpter, Phoebe Tonkin. 10:35 The Trust 16VLSC 2016 Crime.

Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood, Sky Ferreira. 12:05 The D Train 16LSC 2015 Comedy.

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6:45 Richie McCaw – Chasing Great 2016 Documentary. Stuart Barnes, Tom Benge, Aston Bentham.

8:30 The Hateful Eight 18VLSC 2016 Western. During a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.

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11:20 Burying The Ex MVS 2015 Comedy. Anton Yelchin, Ashley Greene.

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Eddie Griffin, Denise Richards, Dave Chappelle. 9:50 Van Helsing MV 2004 Horror Action. Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale.

Noon Hostel 18VLS 2005 Horror. Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson. 1:30 The Whole Nine Yards MVLS 2000 Crime Comedy. Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry. 3:10 The Guardian ML 2006 Action.

Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher.

5:25 Red Dog PGLS 2011 Family Comedy. Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Rohan Nichol.

6:55 The Banger Sisters MLS 2001 Comedy Drama.

Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn.

8:30 Chocolat MVS 2000 Comedy Drama. In a small French village, a woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.

Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche.

10:35 Original Sin 16VS 2001 Thriller. Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie.

12:50 The Quiet Ones 16VS 2014 Horror. Jared Harris, Sam Claflin. 2:30 The Making Of Spectre – Just Getting Started PG 2:45 The Hateful Eight 18VLSC 2016 Western.

Samuel L Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh.

5:30 Good Kids 16LSC 2016 Comedy.

12:30 The Informant ML 2009 Comedy Drama.

Matt Damon, Tony Hale, Patton Oswalt. 2:15 The Making Of Changeling PG 2:35 The Banger Sisters MLS 2001 Comedy Drama.

Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn.

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SKY SPORT 1 9am The Breakdown 9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Semi-final One – Teams TBC. 10am Rugby – Super Rugby Semi-final – Crusaders v Chiefs. 10:30 First XV Rugby Revision 11am Rugby – First XV Auckland Grammar v St Kentigern College.

12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm ICC Cricket 360 1:30 Cricket – International England v South Africa – Third Test, Day Five. 2pm Cricket – T20 Blast Northamptonshire v Birmingham. 2:30 The World Rugby Show 3pm The Breakdown 3:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Semi-final – Crusaders v Chiefs. 5:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Semi-final – Lions v Hurricanes. 7:30 First XV Rugby Revision 8pm The Breakdown 8:30 Inside Supercars 9:30 #SkySpeed 10pm Motorsport – Formula One World Championship Magyar Nagydij. 10:30 Super Rugby Kick And Chase 11:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Semi-final – Crusaders v Chiefs.

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Midnight Rugby – Super Rugby Semi-final – Lions v Hurricanes. 12:30 First XV Rugby Revision 1am Surfing – WSL Championship Tour Men’s Fiji Pro. 2am UFC Now 3am Fight Night On SKY 5am Cricket – T20 Blast 5:28 L Cricket – T20 Blast Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire.

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6am Back Page 7am The Golf Fix 8am Golf Channel Academy 9am Cricket – International (HLS) England v South Africa – Third Test, Day Five. 9:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 10am Pro Kabaddi League (HLS) 11am Spartan Race World Championship Seattle. Noon AFL Weekly Highlights 12:30 NRL Fulltime 1pm NRL 360 2pm On The Couch With Sterlo 3pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Sharks.

3:30 Golf Central 4:30 Golf Channel Academy 5:30 ICC Cricket 360 6pm Cricket – International (HLS) England v South Africa – Third Test, Day Five.

6:30 Cricket – T20 Blast (HLS) Northamptonshire v Birmingham.

7pm Ironman – Championship Series (HLS) France.

7:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Saturday.

8pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Sunday.

8:30 NRL 360 9:30 League Life 10pm Queenslanders Only 10:30 Fight Night

6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters PG Seesaw Saga. 9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Snow, Cold and Darkness. 10am Dr Karl’s Outrageous Acts Of Science PG 10:50 Shark Tank PG 11:40 Web Of Lies M The Sick Boy. 12:30 Murder Comes To Town M The Night Stalker Attacks. 1:20 Murder Among Friends M The Rabbit Hole. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG 4:45 Shark Tank PG 5:40 MythBusters PG Alaska Special 2.

6:35 Deadliest Catch M Poisoned at Sea. 7:30 Deadliest Catch PG 40-Foot Monsters.

8:30 Yukon Men M The Road.

9:25 Alaskan Bush People M Special – One for All. 10:15 Edge Of Alaska PG The Cave In. 11:05 Murder Among Friends M The Rabbit Hole.

11:55 Murder Comes To Town M The Night Stalker Attacks.

12:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Sunday. 1am NRL 360 2am Fox Sports News 2:30 League Life 3am Queenslanders Only 3:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Melbourne Storm v Manly Sea Eagles. 5:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Saturday.

12:45 Gold Rush PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am Auction Hunters PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How Do They Do It? PG 5:20 Auction Hunters 5:45 Moonshiners M

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Sport New Highlanders coach Former All Black midfielder Aaron Mauger has signed a three-year deal to coach the Highlanders, replacing the Japan-bound Tony Brown. Mauger joins an experienced coaching team alongside Mark Hammett, Clarke Dermody and Jon Preston. Highlanders chief executive Roger Clark described Mauger as a high-calibre appointment. “Aaron has demonstrated to us the passion, commitment and dedication to coaching at the club that we believe are vital at this level,” Clark said.

Imported firepower The Mid Canterbury Hammers have been training hard ahead of the Ranfurly Shield Challenge against Canterbury this Friday.

The squad was joined by their newest member on Monday night, back rower Sam Finau, who has joined as a loan player from Mt Wellington in Auckland for the upcoming season.

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McIlroy dumps caddy Rory McIlroy has turned to his best friend to undertake emergency caddying duties for the final major of the year, after the shock dismissal of JP Fitzgerald.

McIlroy is playing in this week’s WGC Bridgestone Invitational in Akron.

Harry Diamond will take the bag and will also be on the world No. 4’s shoulder at next week’s USPGA Championship.

Quail Hollow will be McIlroy’s last chance to win a major in 2017 and so avoid a third successive majorless campaign in a row.

Even though there have long been calls for McIlroy to split with Fitzgerald – indeed, ever since his infamous Masters meltdown in 2011 – few expected it to occur at this exact juncture.

McIlroy finished in a tie for

fourth at the Open Championship and, during the Royal Birkdale event, he was effusive in his praise of the bagman, with whom he worked for almost a decade, winning four major titles and 18 other tournaments around the world.

McIlroy revealed that his fellow Irishman snapped him out of his first-round mire, telling him: “You’re Rory McIIroy – what the f*** are you doing?”

“JP did a great job,” McIlroy later said, after recovering from five-over to record a one-over round. “He kept me positive out there and that was very much appreciated.”

However, two days later, McIlroy’s charge for a second Claret Jug was derailed, when he took a double bogey on the 10th, courtesy of the wrong club selection off the tee. Again, the

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Rory McIlroy spotlight picked out Fitzgerald.

In the caddyshack, the development was not greeted with too much surprise.

Do not expect an overload of sympathy, either, and not just because Fitzgerald is estimated to have earned more than £8m ($NZ14m) in his employment with McIlroy.

Fitzgerald’s meticulousness has been called into question

by his peers, some of whom believe the mistake at Birkdale was merely the latest error.

Within the game, McIlroy has long been urged to employ a new caddie, but McIlroy remained fiercely loyal to Fitzgerald.

When American Jay Townsend, a former pro who is an analyst for various media outlets, criticised McIlroy’s course management and pointed the finger at Fitzgerald, the golfer vociferously hit back on Twitter.

But, at last, the need to freshen up and, of course, to try to emulate Jordan Spieth’s brilliant strategy skills, which were instrumental in him winning his third Major at Birkdale, look to have persuaded McIlroy that this was the moment for a change.

Whatever and whoever, be sure that there will be no shortage of applicants.

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Injury forces retirement New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle has been forced into retirement by a troublesome hip injury. She leaves the sport as a one of New Zealand’s all-time best, winning two silvers at the 2015 world championships, 2014 Commonwealth Games gold and silver, as well as being a three-time Olympian. She suffered a hip injury in 2016 that eventually led to major surgery in May this year. Although she was selected for last week’s world championships, Boyle didn’t recover as hoped and was forced to withdraw.

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Dangerfield accepts ban Reigning AFL Brownlow Medallist Patrick Dangerfield has accepted his one-match suspension, making him ineligible for this year’s award.

The Geelong star would have risked a two-game ban had he challenged his rough conduct charge at the tribunal and lost. Dangerfield was the favourite to win the medal again and his suspension means Richmond midfielder Dustin Martin heads the betting.

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