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■ MID CANTERBURY SCHOOLS

Male primary teachers a rarity

By Sue NewmaN

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The feminisation of primary school staff rooms in Mid Canterbury is alive and well, with several of the district’s schools now having solely female teaching staff.

Across primary and intermediate schools, around 200 teachers are employed but less than 20 of those are men and that gender imbalance is something school principals would love to see change, says Allenton principal Bruce Tilby.

He’s counting himself lucky to start the new school year fully staffed, but like most principals he said he’s short on male teachers.

“You come to our school and I’m it. It is a concern as it would be valuable if you could have a few really good male teachers,” he said.

The issue was wider than individual schools, it was across the teaching industry, Tilby said.

“It’s a concern we’re not seeing males coming into the profession.

It’s around pay and there are better options open to them.

“Teaching is a challenging profession and more money can be earned without the need to be a teacher.”

When it comes to school principals, males outnumber females more than two to one, but in at least six schools that principal is the only male on the teacher staff, while in three where the principal is a woman, she leads an all female teaching team.

While principals employed the best teacher for the job regardless of gender, for some children a male teacher may be the only male role model in their lives, Tilby said.

He’s started the new school year fully staffed and said he was fortunate he was able to appoint some high quality teachers, but in terms of applicant numbers, these were usually low and that was likely to continue until the recently announced education review was completed and changes were made to salaries and work conditions, he said.

“The teachers I’ve employed for this year, I’m thrilled with. We’re

A male teacher taking a class in a Mid Canterbury school is now a rare event, with female teachers now leading the charge. getting wonderful quality, but how long will this continue? I do have concerns for the future. It’s difficult and it will be difficult on-going unless teaching becomes an attractive option.”

For males who might consider teaching as a career there was also the awareness of issues around child contact and keeping themselves safe, Hampstead principal Peter Melrose said.

“There are so many high profile cases where things have gone wrong and all adults in and around a school now have to take care in

terms of contact with students.

“That’s turning men away and making them think, do they want to get into teaching and be part of that,” he said.

When Melrose trained as a teacher, he said there were plenty of male graduates and financially the job stacked up, but today teachers had to pay to train and then accept pay rates that were lower than they’d get in the private sector.

His school is fully staffed, but he’s about to advertise a permanent position and unexpected roll

growth has meant an additional new entrants class.

Like Tilby he’s managed to fill vacancies but said the number of applicants for each vacancy had been small; males have barely figured.

“That means we’re always trying to think ahead on how we’re going to plug the gaps. We’re making the best of the situation and we can only hope the government is getting the message that something has to happen.

“We’re scraping by but there’s pressure on relievers and if any-

thing tips over, it becomes a dire problem.”

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Tim Kuipers said that while all schools in the district may have started the year fully staffed, his concern was over the lack of high quality teachers in the employment pool.

He’s also concerned about the declining number of relieving teachers available around the district and said that was impacting on a principal’s ability to allow staff to attend professional development courses, he said.

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■ ASHBURTON APP

Same app, but now even better The Ashburton App entered into a new stage in its evolution this week with the transfer to a new platform.

The hugely successful app, which now resides on close to 14,000 digital devices, has become a musthave for many Mid Cantabrians who live in the district – and even those who live further afield – with up-to-the minute updates on things happening around the district as they happen.

Launched in September of 2017, the app has grown and developed naturally and gained itself a niche as a perfect subsidiary to the Ashburton Guardian with daily news and features appearing at a frequent rate.

But the need to provide an even more up-to-date service to those who have downloaded the app brought about the shift to the new platform which offers a whole range of new advancements in the way people can interact both with the app itself and those within their social networks.

Ashburton Guardian Ltd general manager Desme Daniels said the shift to the new platform was a no-brainer.

“We are continually looking at ways to improve the apps, to give not only a better experience for the users, but also a better platform for the advertisers.

“The new app enables us to offer our supporting advertisers the option of animated banners, which is really exciting.

“Moving banners that grab the reader’s attention are so much more effective than the usual static banners.

“It also gives the advertisers way more value – enabling them to promote four or five times the usual content to readers.”

Daniels said some of the new features on the app really enhanced the abilities for anyone who is using it.

“Personally, I love the new search function, so if you want to read Hoops, Peter Mac or Peter Livingstone opinion pieces, just type their name and up they pop.

“Same for a business. If you need a hire company or an electrician, type it in and the search will give you the details.

“The aim for the apps has always been ease of use and simplicity – this has been the key to their success. And with fast approaching 14,000 downloads we know the people of Mid Canterbury love using it too.”

Guardian editor Matt Markham said the change in platform opened up a whole new world of possibilities from a content point of view which would see

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Here’s what’s new

Content updating – Previously, when opening the app, a download bar would scroll across the top of the app indicating content is downloading. This will no longer happen as content will automatically update the moment you interact with the app.

Sharing – All content you find in the app can now be shared with your friends. Simply click the share icon (shown below) when it appears on a page and then select from the channels that appear on your phone.

Global Search – The app is now fully searchable. To search simply click on the search icon at the top right of the home screen and type in what it is you are looking for. It could be a news story, an event, or a service. Your app is now a mini Google for locals.

content coverage reaching whole new levels.

“Breaking news is something people seem to desire and the app’s current ability to push a message to users within seconds gives us a great platform in which to keep people right up to date.

“Now though, we can link that push message to a story – providing even more information all at once and the ability to share news on social media means that we’re going to reach more people than we ever have before.”

The Ashburton App now sits in line with its sister apps, which are also operated by the Ashburton Guardian in both Selwyn and Timaru with both now operating on the new platform with good success.

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Image enhancement – Many users want to click on an image and enlarge it, to get a better look. Now you can. Simply tap on the image and then manipulate it with your fingers.

Notifications click to content – When you are on the notifications page you can now click the notification to be taken directly to the item being notified.

Buttons won’t open? – Some of the sections of the Ashburton App are set to proximity, so that you can see what is the closest to you as the user. However, if you do not have your location settings set to “on” they may not open. You need to go into your settings, select Ashburton and turn location access on.

If your device hasn’t automatically downloaded the new version, you may need to head to the App Store or Google Play Store and hit update on the Ashburton App.

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■ NCEA RESULTS

In brief

AshColl earns big exam tick

Firefighters busy Ashburton firefighters were kept busy responding to a variety of call-outs to end the working week.

On Thursday evening, firefighters responded to reports of hay bales on fire in the Elgin area.

The siren sounded twice within one hour on Friday morning, with firefighters responding to a truck that had caught alight after battery terminals had arced at about 10.30am. Ashburton fire chief Alan Burgess said the truck driver had a fire extinguisher and fortunately was able to extinguish the fire before they arrived. Only half an hour later, firefighters were back in the truck and heading to Countdown to respond to a false alarm.

By Sue NewmaN

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When the numbers were counted and the results analysed, Ashburton College principal Ross Preece said his students and staff had every reason to be proud of their 2018 NCEA achievements.

At level one, the college achieved an 82.5 per cent pass rate, 88 per cent at level two and 67 per cent at level three.

The percentage of students achieving each NCEA level was never an accurate reflection of achievement, however, because achievement was measured against student numbers on a school’s roll rather than students who were actually eligible to pass, Preece said.

Roll numbers included students who were on the roll for only a short period during a year, who were in special learning units or who were enrolled but absent from school for some reason.

“If you took the students who were actually eligible to pass, our rate would be 90 per cent,” he said.

Year 13 pass rates were always impacted by the number of students who did not complete their final year at school because they

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had moved on to employment and last year the college had a significant number who left for good jobs, Preece said.

A review of the way they work NCEA standards to more accurately measure pass is way overdue, he said.

When it came to results for students who were moving on to university, the college scored a 100 per cent pass rate for univer-

sity entrance.

“Overall we’re pretty pleased with those results. They’re certainly up on where they were two or three years ago and they’re slightly improved on last year.”

Some of the improvement in level one was due to an improved tracking system on student achievement. This allowed the college to identify early in the year the students who might

struggle to achieve and the school could then work with parents and the student to improve the likely outcome, Preece said.

One of the biggest inhibitors to student achievement, and one that was more difficult to overcome, was parent-condoned absence, parents who were prepared to let their children miss days of school for no specific reason, he said.

■ ROTORUA

Passengers on a bus watched in horror as a truck drove past engulfed in flames. The truck’s trailers, loaded with milk powder, caught fire shortly after 7.30am on State Highway 1 just south of Timaru yesterday. A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said the truck driver managed to pull the vehicle over to the side of the road while it was on fire. “When he realised it was on fire, he drove it to an area where it was clear of the road so there were no closures,” he said. Video footage caught by a passing bus passenger shows both trailer units engulfed in flames and burnt down to their frames.

At least 16 firefighters battled the blaze, which took almost two hours to extinguish.

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Internal inferno

Man jailed for drugging neighbour’s coffee A man who claims he drugged his neighbour’s coffee with sleeping pills to get back into prison has had his wish granted.

Jason Smith, 46, was sentenced in the Rotorua District Court yesterday to two and a half years’ imprisonment on a charge of disabling.

Judge Tony Snell said Smith and the victim, a 60-year-old woman, had developed a neighbourly friendship in 2017 with Smith visiting her up to four

times a week. By telling another friend he was having trouble sleeping, Smith obtained three tablets of the sleeping pill Quetiapine.

On the evening of June 14, 2017 Smith went to the victim’s house and made coffee for them.

When she was out of the room he placed two sleeping tablets in her coffee.

“When she returned she sat down and took a mouthful. She immediately noticed it did not

taste right, she put it down and commented on the taste.

“She began to feel tired, asked you to leave her house,” Judge Snell said.

Smith went to the bathroom and remained in the house in what the judge believed was a tactic to delay leaving.

When Smith eventually left, the victim locked her doors and emptied the mug noticing a pink paste in the cup.

“She went to bed and fell into a

deep sleep, something she’d never normally do.”

The next morning Smith returned to his neighbour’s house and asked if she had finished her coffee and told her he had put tablets in it.

“You explained: ‘It wasn’t to hurt anyone or for sexual things, she obviously never drank it so I left it at that’.”

Smith had 19 previous convictions which Judge Snell said were “deeply concerning”.

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Hamilton firefighters have used a thermal imaging camera to show the intense heat which builds up inside a car left in the sun. In one case, a car left in the heat for hours with the windows up reached nearly 90C. The test aimed to raise awareness of the dangers of leaving children or pets in a hot car after a string of horrific incidents across the country. On Wednesday, Hamilton firefighter Wade Gubb caught a temperature reading of 86C inside a car. The car had been in the sun for about five or six hours. The Hamilton City Fire Area Facebook page posted online that it was a clear reminder not to leave kids or pets unattended in vehicles.

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Heat plus rain equals summer ice

Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration Megan Woods and Minister of Health David Clark cut the ribbon to open Christchurch’s new outpatients facility.

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■ CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL

Outpatients opens for business It was a red letter day for health services in Christchurch on Thursday when Christchurch’s new outpatients building was opened for business.

The new Christchurch Outpatients facility at 2 Oxford Terrace brings outpatient services back under one roof, after they were spread across the wider hospital campus and the city since the 2011 earthquakes.

The five-storey high building provides more than 10,000 square metres of state-of-the-

art facilities for more than 20 different outpatient services at Canterbury DHB. These will include diabetes, endrocrine, the blood test centre; hospital dental, Canterbury Eye Services (ophthalmology), haematology, general medicine, gastroenterology, general surgery, infectious diseases, dermatology, respiratory, cardiothoracic, cardiology, neurology and urology.

Just over 300 staff work in the building with around 1000 peo-

ple on average coming in for appointments each day.

Outpatients is located opposite Christchurch Hospital and is accessible via a drop-off zone on Oxford Terrace. It is also served by the DHB’s Park & Ride shuttle from the Christchurch City Council’s Lichfield Street car park building, as well as being on major bus routes.

The build took just over three years from start to finish. It has been designed with many flexible shared clinical and admin-

Canterbury might be in the middle of a heatwave but motorists might still find they have to contend with icelike conditions on the roads.

The NZ Transport Agency is warning drivers that over the coming weeks they may have to deal with an unusual phenomenon – summer ice.

This occurs when there is a rainfall after a succession of very hot days, said NZTA journey manager Lee Wright.

“There is some rain forecast across the country, and after an extended run of hot summer days, we may start to experience slippery road surfaces, sometimes known as summer ice,” she said.

“Even a very small amount of light rain can make the roads very slippery. In fact, it can be more hazardous than heavy rain because grime and exhaust particles that have built up on the road take longer to be washed away. The combination of light rain and summer grime creates a slippery film.”

Motorists driving in rain or on damp roads over the next week are being warned to take extreme care, Wright said.

“The slippery film on the surface of the road is invisible, so don’t assume it’s not there just because you can’t see it. We advise you to increase your following distances, reduce your speeds and take extra care.”

Another precaution was to check tread level and air pressure in tyres, she said.

istrative spaces and operates on lean, efficient, carefully planned principles to maximise the building’s usefulness.

It’s also seismically strengthened to Importance Level 3 standards – that is, to 130 per cent of the building code.

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Nikki’s journey to health Life, as it should be, is a life left in waiting for Ashburton ME and Lyme Disease sufferer Nikki Tyrrell. She is counting down the days before flying off to Cyprus for treatment. Susan Sandys reports.

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hree months in Cyprus will hopefully kickstart a journey back to health for Nikki Tyrrell.

For the past 20 years, the former university student has battled Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and Lyme Disease, suffering a flu-like illness on a daily basis. She wakes up with intense sweats, suffers seizures, loss of speech, paralysis episodes, crippling migraines, severe insomnia, excruciating pain and nausea.

“This illness doesn’t let up, there are no days off, it is no

respecter of Christmases or birthdays or any other important day,” she said.

Once a representative netball player, musician and equestrian, with dreams of becoming a vet, today Tyrrell struggles to get out of bed for more than one hour each day.

Not only is she unable to pursue her goals, but she does not have energy for friends or family.

Her long and arduous journey with illness began as a child, when she contracted glandular fever. She never fully recovered,

and in later years inhaled toxic fumes in a laboratory accident and contracted another virus around the same time.

Despite bouts of recurring illness, she went to vet school but was struck down at the age of about 20 with chronic fatigue and illness, forcing her to leave her studies at Massey University.

There is no diagnostic marker for ME, but the symptoms spoke for themselves and doctors gave her a clinical diagnosis of the medical condition. Lyme Disease was added as a diagnosis about

eight years ago after Tyrrell had herself tested for the tick-borne illness, sending blood samples to Australia and America. These came back positive, and she thinks she may have contracted the disease while visiting Australia in her teens.

Lyme Disease is confirmed by the presence of Borellia microbes, spirochete-shaped bacteria which are generally transmitted by nymphal ticks the size of a pinhead. The ticks can also transmit co-infections, making the disease more severe and harder to treat in

some patients.

It can spread to the heart, brain and nervous system and in some cases it can become fatal, while others may suffer a debilitating illness that continues unabated for decades.

Hyperbaric treatment with a specialist in Nelson in recent years temporarily eased symptoms for Tyrrell, and now she needs more specialised help which is only offered overseas.

She hopes that her journey to Cyprus next month will enable her to take back control of her

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life. She plans to attend the YandC MedInstitute Clinic which offers targeted treatment for ME and Lyme Disease sufferers, and Tyrrell will fly there with a carer at the end of this month.

“I’ve been following the progress of other patients who have been there over the last few years and they have done really well,” she said.

She plans to be there about three months, taking advantage of the clinic’s holistic approach with treatments including ten-pass ozone therapy under hyperbaric pressure, which is able to kill Lyme and co-infections, combined with gut repair, nutrition, healing the limbic system and rebuilding the immune system.

Helping her gather the physical strength to get to Cyprus is her parents, who care for her in their Ashburton home.

Tyrrell is profoundly grateful not only to them, but also to her fundraising team members and the many Mid Cantabrians who have supported her cause on givealittle and with donations, and in attending a concert and auction held last year. Altogether about $31,000 has been raised, and her team hopes to ultimately reach $70,000.

“You do feel quite overwhelmed that people care enough and they see there’s a genuine need, they value your life enough to support the cause,” she said.

“My hope is to get well enough to be able to help others and perhaps create a trust for others who have this illness.”

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5-6 medium sized beetroot 1-2 T olive oil 1 t ground cumin 2 cloves garlic, crushed ¾ c Greek style yoghurt 1 T roughly chopped mint 300g Tegel Manuka Smoked Chicken Breast - Original 300g Large handful mesclun or rocket leaves 70g packet pistachio nuts, lightly toasted and roughly chopped Extra mint leaves for garnish ■ Chop the beetroot into 2-3cm chunks and roast in a sealed foil parcel at 160 degrees for 30 minutes.

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Guardian sub-editor Steve Devereux has spent quite some time listening to music.

In fact, if you related it to just the hours spent at work, with Hokonui and their predecessors (remember C93?) playing in the background, there’s 93,000 hours of aural experience right there.

Over that time he’s developed a liking for one or two tunes, and finally put together a list of the best of the best, in his humblest of opinions.

Here it is!

The ones with red asterisks are loosely considered to be the Top Ten. Runaway - Del Shannon She’s Not There - Santana Slipping Away - Max Merritt and The Meteors Smoke on The Water - Deep Purple Space Truckin’ - Deep Purple Stray Cats Strut - Stray Cats Superstition - Stevie Wonder Sweet Transvestite - Rocky Horror Picture Show Take Me In Your Arms - The Doobie Brothers Take Me To The River - Talking Heads The Man Who Sold The World - Lulu The Night They Drove Ol Dixie Down - Joan Baez

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The B52s. Fred Schneider’s unique collection of musical misfits formed in New York in 1976, who still put on an incredible stage show.

The Sound of Silence - Disturbed TimeWarp – Rocky Horror Picture Show Vincent - Don McLean War - Edwin Star Wasn’t Born to Follow - The Byrds Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello What You Need - INXS Whisky in The Jar - Thin Lizzy Who Do You Love - George Thorogood Willie and The Hand Jive - Eric Clapton You’re My Best Friend - Queen Your Song - Elton John

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“I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by.

No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.” – Billy Joel.

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Elton John. Seen him in concert many a time (but not nearly as many as Bruce).

t’s taken more time than he’d probably like to admit.

Hours spent hunched over the computer screen staring into the abyss, listening carelessly to the dulcet tones emanating behind him.

He’s carefully listened, judged every song on its merits and carefully made his selections.

This list has been added to, had songs removed and then put back on – each one with the deliberation of a lion, crouched in the tall grass, waiting to pounce on the gazelle as it grazes in front of him.

And now, Steve Devereux is ready to give his list of songs to the world.

With more than 44 years of experience as a sub-editor at the Ashburton Guardian, Steve is never at work without his music in the back ground.

A quick calculation would suggest that during his working time for the one business he’s amassed somewhere around 93,000 hours of listening to music.

A rare feat in this day and age.

So, who better to judge and compile a list of the greatest songs of all time?

His list is his own musings.

It belongs to no-one else, although many have tried to

offer their input during the years.

Most will resonate with his choices, others will disagree, but that’s the best thing about this compelling list, there are no wrong answers.

Just opinions.

Steve’s list is comprehensive and offers a wide-ranging number of genres and origins of music – often a common denominator in anyone’s favourite song list.

Steve has brought you his – and now we want you to bring us yours.

Over the next few weeks we’re going to put some of the most well-known names in the district under the spotlight and ask them to provide their top ten songs of all time, and we want you to do the same.

Jot your top ten down and send them into us here at the Guardian and in five weeks we’ll announce the definitive top ten as chosen by the Ashburton District.

Send your entries to matt.m@theguardian.co.nz or by mail to Level 3, 161 Burnett Street, PO Box 77, Ashburton, and keep your eye out in the coming weeks as we bring the top ten songs of some of the most influential people from within our community.

Timeless songstress Carole King.

Very few artists can take a true classic and improve on it. Disturbed did.

Who saw The Eagles at QEII a few years ago, in the tropical downpour? An incredible experience.

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Homeland pushed back Homeland fans will have to wait longer than expected for the start of the last season. Showtime said that the drama’s planned return in June has been pushed back to fall. The complexity of production is the reason for the seasoneight delay, Showtime entertainment president Gary Levine said. Claire Danes stars in Homeland, which has taken her bipolar, now former CIA agent Carrie through dangerous conflicts that sometimes mirrored real-world events.

Last year, Carrie struggled to uncover an international conspiracy trying to harm America’s democratic institutions.

Midwest in meltdown Ice and water flows over the American Falls, seen from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

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■ UNITED STATES In Illinois, temperatures could rise by 80 degrees within days. In Michigan, melting snow and rain and a 27-km ice jam could lead to flooding. Across the Midwest, the sudden warmth was sure to bring more broken roads and busted water mains.

The polar vortex that brought many cities to a standstill was expected to end with a rapid thaw that experts say could be unprecedented. But the sudden swing from long johns to light jackets and short sleeves could create problems of its own.

“I don’t think there’s ever been a case where we’ve seen (such a big) shift in temperatures,” in the winter, said Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the Weather Underground firm. “Past record-cold waves have not dissipated this quickly. ... Here we are going right into spring-like temperatures.”

Yesterday, the system marched east, spreading arctic conditions over an area from Buffalo to Brooklyn. In western New York, a storm that dumped up to 51cm gave way to subzero temperatures and face-stinging wind chills. In New York City, about 200 firefighters battling a blaze in a commercial building took turns getting warm on buses. The number of deaths

that could be blamed on the cold climbed to at least 15.

For the nation’s midsection, relief was as close as the weekend.

Rockford, Illinois, was at a record-breaking minus 35 Celsius on Thursday morning but should be around 10 Celsius on Monday. Other previously frozen areas could see temperatures of 13 Celsius or higher.

The dramatic warm-up will offer a respite from the bone-chilling cold that cancelled school, closed businesses and halted trains. But potholes will appear on roads and bridges weakened by the freezethaw cycle. The same cycle can crack water mains and homeowners’ pipes. Scores of vehicles will be left with flat tyres and bent rims.

Joe Buck, who manages Schmit Towing in Minneapolis and spent about 20 hours a day outdoors this week responding to stranded vehicle calls, said he’s already taking calls for Monday to deal with a backlog of hundreds of stalled vehicles.

“Sunday is going to be 39 degrees ABOVE zero,” said Buck, who has had 18 trucks running around the clock in wind chills that dropped to minus 50.

In Detroit, where some water mains are almost 150 years old, city workers were dealing with dozens of breaks, said Palencia Mobley, deputy director of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

“We’ll have all hands on deck. Hopefully, we’ll be able to address as many of the issues as possible over the next week,” Mobley said.

The thawing of pipes can sometimes inflict greater damage than the initial freeze.

Bursts can occur when ice inside starts to melt and water rushes through the pipe, or when water in the pipe is pushed to a closed faucet by expanding ice.

Elsewhere, a bridge in the western Michigan community of Newaygo, 64 kilometres north of Grand Rapids was closed as the ice-jammed Muskegon River rose above flood stage. Officials in Buffalo, New York, watched for flooding on the Upper Niagara River because of ice.

In other signs that the worst of the deep freeze was over, Xcel Energy on Thursday lifted a request to its Minnesota natural gas customers to temporarily lower their thermostats to ease concerns about the fuel supply.

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Tears for Virgin The upcoming final season of Jane the Virgin is already drawing tears. The CW show’s creator, Jennie Snyder Urman, said she’s crying in the editing room as she works on the concluding episodes of the show starring Gina Rodriguez. The producer and actress grew emotional discussing the telenovela-style comedydrama recently with TV critics. They were asked how they would look back on Jane the Virgin. “How much representation matters, what it feels like to be seen,” Urman said of the show focused on a Latino family, a rarity on TV.

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Dam releases could flood Townsville homes Water from Townsville’s bulging dam could flood up to 100 homes under a risky plan to save the city from widespread flooding.

Major releases have been ordered from the Ross River Dam but Townsville mayor Jenny Hill says there are no guarantees the plan will work.

Between 90 and 100 homes downstream from the dam are being evacuated, as the city deals with a one-in-100 year flood event.

Water releases will exceed what’s usually allowed under Townsville’s emergency action plan, but Hill said authorities had no choice with more days of torrential rain ahead.

“What we’re trying to do is to get ahead

of the system, so we reduce the risk of any further flooding in the city – but that’s not guaranteed,” she told reporters yesterday.

The dam is currently at 175 per cent of capacity, and the Ross River is dumping a record amount of rain into the sea.

“We haven’t taken this decision lightly,” she said, adding army and SES workers were door-knocking at-risk homes to help people sandbag and get them to move.

The homes to be evacuated are in Cluden, Rosslea, Hermit Park, Oonoonba, Idalia and Railway Estate.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Katarina Carroll said more resources have been brought in to cope with the disaster.

She said there had been 28 rescues in recent days, including people caught in flash flooding and trapped on roof tops.

“We have had 50 houses already impacted in some way through inundation or structurally but I expect that to rise as well,” she told reporters.

Dr Richard Wardle from the Bureau of Meteorology said the Townsville area had been swamped with more than its annual rainfall tally.

“The annual rainfall for Townsville is 1.1 metres. We’re seeing more than that at the moment. We’re going to see places get two or three times their summer average rainfall amounts.”

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Carey shakes off boycott Mariah Carey, one of the world’s most celebrated artists, is performing in Saudi Arabia on Thursday for the first time, but there’s a growing chorus of Saudi women calling on her to cancel the concert to show support for detained women’s rights activists. Carey is the highestprofile star to perform in the kingdom since it began loosening decades of restrictions on entertainment, music and fun as part of a push by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to overhaul the economy and transform society. But activists say her concert is an attempt by the government to polish its image after the October 2 killing of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi.

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■ UNITED STATES

In brief

Biggest-ever fentanyl bust US Customs and Border Protection officials announced yesterday their biggest fentanyl bust ever, saying they captured nearly 114 kilograms of the synthetic drug that is fuelling a national epidemic of fatal opioid overdoses from a secret compartment inside a load of Mexican produce heading into Arizona.

The drug was found hidden in a compartment under the rear floor of a tractor-trailer after a scan during a secondary inspection indicated “some anomalies” in the load, and the agency’s police dog team alerted officers to the presence of drugs, Nogales CBP Port Director Michael Humphries said.

Most of the seized fentanyl with an overall street value of about $3.5 million was in white powder form, but about 1 kilogram was contained in pills.

Agents also seized nearly 179 kilograms of methamphetamine with a street value of $1.18 million, Humphries said.

“The size of a few grains of salt of fentanyl, which is a dangerous opioid, can kill a person very quickly,” Humphries said.

The seizure, he said, had prevented an immeasurable number of doses of the drug “that could have harmed so many families”.

President Donald Trump praised the bust in a tweet, writing: “Our great US Border Patrol Agents made the biggest Fentanyl bust in our Country’s history.

Thanks, as always, for a job well done!”

The Drug Enforcement Administration said the previous largest US seizure of fentanyl had been in August 2017 when it captured 66 kilograms of the drug in a Queens, New York, apartment that was linked to the Sinaloa

Baby business busted Dongyuan Li’s business was called You Win USA, and authorities say she coached pregnant Chinese women on how to get into the United States to deliver babies who would automatically enjoy all the benefits of American citizenship. Over two years, the now-41-year-old raked in millions through her business, where mothers-to-be paid between $40,000 and $80,000 each to come to California, stay in an upscale apartment and give birth, authorities said. Li, who was arrested Thursday, is one of 20 people charged in the first federal crackdown on birth tourism businesses that prosecutors said brought hundreds of pregnant women to the United States. - AP

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A display of the fentanyl and meth seized by US Customs and Border Protection officers recently at the Nogales Port of Entry.

PHOTO AP Cartel. Before that, the largest recorded fentanyl seizure was 40 kilograms nabbed from a pickup truck in Bartow County, Georgia.

Mexican traffickers have been increasingly smuggling the drug into the United States, mostly hidden in passenger vehicles and tractor-trailers trying to head through ports of entry in the Nogales, Arizona, and San Diego areas.

Doug Coleman, the DEA’s special agent in charge for the Phoenix division, expressed admiration for the size of the recent bust, emphasising that it was not the product of any intelligence from his agency but rather “pure, old fashioned police work” by the agent who pulled the truck over.

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“It was totally a cold hit” based on the agent’s hunch, Coleman said.

Fentanyl has caused a surge in fatal overdoses around the US, including the 2016 accidental death of pop music legend Prince, who consumed the opioid in counterfeit pills that looked like the narcotic analgesic Vicodin.

US law enforcement officials say the illicit version of the painkiller is now seen mostly as a white powder that can be mixed with heroin for an extra kick as well as blue pills that are counterfeits of prescription drugs like oxycodone.

The legal prescription form of the drug is used mostly to provide relief to cancer patients suf-

fering unbearable pain at the end of their lives.

DEA officials have said that while 85 per cent of the illicit fentanyl entering the United States from Mexico is seized at San Diego-area border crossings, an increasing amount is being detected on the border with Arizona, a state where the Sinaloa cartel controls the drug trade and fatal fentanyl overdoses are rising.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says in a recent report that fentanyl is now the drug most often involved in fatal overdoses across the country, accounting for more than 18,000, or almost 29 per cent, of the 63,000 overdose fatalities in 2016.

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Lessons learned from Trump talks up Black Saturday fires China trade deal Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires, which cost 173 lives, prompted a drastic shift in Australia’s approach to firefighting.

Close to a decade after the devastation which ravaged numerous communities, injured some 400 people and killed thousands of wildlife, emergency services yesterday paused to remember the nation’s most costly fires.

“We have learnt so much from those fateful fires, and while it is impossible to prevent all fires in our often unpredictable landscape, the community should take comfort in the fact we have some of the best firefighters in the world, ready to protect lives and property,” Country Fire Authority Chief Officer Steve Warrington said.

“We will continue to carry the memories and heroism from

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those fires and we will always strive to be better prepared.”

For many people who remember the wildfires, February 7 will be a tough day, Warrington said.

“It’s time to reflect on the incredible courage, strength and bravery shown by CFA members, their families, the community and our colleagues at other agencies who stood shoulder to shoulder with us on that day,” he said.

“Rarely does a day pass where something about that day doesn’t cross my mind or my colleagues’. For the past 10 years we have channelled our grief into a determination to ensure we keep learning and evolving.”

A royal commission looked at the fires and the response of emergency services and subsequently many changes were made.

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President Donald Trump yesterday talked up China’s commitment to buy more American soybeans. But the tough issues dividing the world’s two biggest economies remained unsettled after two days of meetings between US and Chinese negotiators.

Trump said he expects to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to try to reach a final resolution to the sixmonth trade standoff.

“If we come to an agreement, there is a lot of work that has to be done,” US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told reporters, summarising what he said were two days and an evening of “very intense, detailed and specific discussions”.

“It’s my judgment that we made headway,” he said, declining to outline specific areas

where he thought the two sides had made progress. Lighthizer reiterated that a March 2 deadline stands and said it would be up to Trump to decide how to proceed at that point if a comprehensive trade deal with China remained out of reach.

March 2 is the point at which the US would escalate import taxes on $200 billion in Chinese goods if there was no deal. The penalties are scheduled to jump from 10 per cent to 25 per cent.

“He’ll make that decision when we get there,” Lighthizer said of Trump. He spoke after the talks concluded and Trump met in the Oval Office with the Chinese delegation. “The most important thing now is to continue the work.” Trump spoke glowingly of a Chinese commitment to buy vast quantities of US soybeans.

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Catholic leaders in Texas have identified 286 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children, a number that represents one of the largest collections of names to be released since an explosive grand jury report last year in Pennsylvania. Fourteen dioceses in Texas named those credibly accused of abuse. The only diocese not to provide names, Fort Worth, did so more than a decade ago and then provided an updated accounting in October.

There are only a handful of states where every diocese has released names and most of them have only one or two Catholic districts.

Arkansas, for instance, is covered by the Diocese of Little Rock, which in September provided a preliminary list of 12 former priests, deacons and others.

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Billboards in space?

Some day soon, stargazers searching for answers in the night sky might see the logo of a soft drink company blazing past the Milky Way, or a promotional message from a fast food restaurant. That at least is the hope of StartRocket, a Russian start-up aiming to put billboards in space.

The firm plans to turn hundreds of tiny satellites into a massive display visible from earth – something its CEO, Vlad Sitnikov, said would make him the first man to draw in space since the ancient Greeks grouped stars into constellations. “New ages demand new gods,” the advertising expert told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, adding that the world is no longer ruled by Greek deities but by brands and events. - AAP

Uber driver waits An Uber driver is awaiting sentence for accelerating while his passenger was getting out of the car at an intersection in Sydney’s CBD, and was then fatally run over by a bus. Nazrul Islam, 32, was found guilty by magistrate Mary Ryan in late 2018 of negligent driving occasioning the death of Englishman Samuel Thomas in June 2017. The 30-year-old was “half-in and half-out” of the car when he was caught off balance by the car moving after the light went green. He fell under an adjacent bus. The CCTV shows the car’s indoor light was illuminated for six seconds and aroused Thomas’s two sleeping and intoxicated friends. Ryan said he failed to keep a proper lookout.

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OUR VIEW

Revamped app has fresh features W

e’ve made a lot of noise about our beloved Ashburton App since it was born 17 months ago.

There’s been conversations about it’s everyday use for the modern Mid Cantabrian, it’s abilities to bring you news faster than you’ve ever experienced here, its capabilities of letting you know what’s going on in the community and its wealth of information that gives you a Yellow Pages in your hand.

We’re proud of its growth to this point in a way only a parent can be.

It’s excelled, served its purpose and grown as we’ve gown with it, learning daily about how best to

use its functionalities to give you the best experience.

And now from this week, we’re about to start that entire process all over again.

Close to 14,000 people have downloaded the Ashburton App and if they haven’t already, over the next few days they’ll get the chance to update it in its latest form.

A new-look product which is delivering the same content and information as before, just in a much better fashion with a sleek new look and better capabilities.

One of our biggest frustrations has always been the inability to get information out to as many people as possible, there was a 15-minute lag at times when it came to uploading news and pushing it out to those who have the app on their devices.

With the new platform, the process is instant.

So, literally within seconds of a story breaking, we can be letting you know about it with as much information as possible.

And you’ve now got the ability

to share the information with your friends and family almost as quickly with the capability of sharing to social media.

So, we’re taking a product that has grown exponentially since its inception and allowing it to morph into something even greater in time.

The continued investment in the apps is a signal from us that while we love being able to bring the printed edition of the Guardian to our readers six days a week, we also realise there is a need to keep up with the game as it moves at a frenetic pace.

News gathering and sharing is changing, technology is taking over and the days of printed news

in other parts of the country seem numbered.

Here, we’re confident of that not being the case. Your continued support of the Guardian being delivered to you every day is helping ensure that – but it never hurts to have a contingency plan or two up the sleeve either, does it?

If you haven’t downloaded the Ashburton App yet, I’d suggest you do.

Take the time to have a look around and see what kind of information it holds.

There’s a little bit of something there for everyone and there’s more being added every day to ensure that continues.

In 1974, The men’s 1500m final was run on the last day of the 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games. Tanzanian Filbert Bayi ran the first 800m in 1 minute 52.2 seconds, conserved energy on the third lap, and held off 22-year-old New Zealander John Walker to set a new world record of 3:32.16.

In 2002, inside the World Economic Forum in New York, foreign economic leaders criticised the United States for protectionist policies while outside, thousands of protesters demonstrated against global capitalism.

Ten years ago: Gunmen abducted American UN worker John Solecki in Quetta, Pakistan, killing his driver. (Solecki was

released unharmed two months later.) Moammar Gadhafi of Libya was elected leader of the African Union.

Five years ago: Academy Awardwinning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, was found dead in his New York apartment from a combination of heroin, cocaine and other drugs. The Seattle Seahawks won their first Super Bowl title, crushing the favored Denver Broncos 43-8.

One year ago: At the sentencing hearing in Michigan for former sports doctor Larry Nassar, a distraught father of three girls who’d been sexually abused tried to attack Nassar before being tackled by sheriff’s deputies and hauled out of court. (Randall

Margraves later apologised; the judge said there was “no way” she would fine him or send him to jail for trying to attack Nassar.)

Today’s birthdays: Former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing is 93. Comedian Tom Smothers is 82. Rock singerguitarist Graham Nash is 77.

Actor Bo Hopkins is 75. Country singer Howard Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) is 73. TV chef Ina Garten is 71. Actor Jack McGee is 70. Actor Brent Spiner is 70. Rock musician Ross Valory (Journey) is 70. The former president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye is 67. Model Christie Brinkley is 65. Actor Michael Talbott is 64. Actress Kim Zimmer is 64. Actor Michael T.

Weiss is 57. Actor-comedian Adam Ferrara is 53. Rock musician Robert DeLeo (Army of Anyone; Stone Temple Pilots) is 53. Actress Jennifer Westfeldt is 49. Rock musician Ben Mize is 48. Rapper T-Mo is 47. Actress Marissa Jaret Winokur is 46.

Actress Lori Beth Denberg is 43.

Rock musician Jesse Siebenberg (Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real) is 43. Singer Shakira is 42.

Actor Rich Sommer is 41. Country singer Blaine Larsen is 33.

Actress Zosia Mamet is 31.

Thought for today: “History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.”

— Abba Eban (1915-2002).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, February 2, the 33rd day of 2019. There are 332 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On February 2, 1990, in a dramatic concession to South Africa’s black majority, President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.

On this date: In 1653, New Amsterdam – now New York City – was incorporated.

In 1887, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, held its first Groundhog Day festival.

In 1914, Charles Chaplin made his movie debut as the comedy short Making a Living was released by Keystone Film Co. In 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum Run ended as the last of a series of dog mushers brought a life-saving treatment to Nome, the scene of a diphtheria epidemic, six days after the drug left Nenana.

In 1939, A massive fire destroyed the nearly completed threestorey Social Security building.

Just seven weeks later a replacement building was opened by Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage In 1942, a Los Angeles Times column by W.H. Anderson urged security measures against Japanese-Americans, arguing that a Japanese-American “almost inevitably ... grows up to be a Japanese, not an American”.

In 1943, the remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered in a major victory for the Soviets in World War Two. In 1948, President Harry S. Truman sent a 10-point civil rights programme to Congress, where the proposals ran into fierce opposition from southern lawmakers.

In 1964, Ranger 6, a lunar probe launched by NASA, crashed onto the surface of the moon as planned, but failed to send back any TV images.

In 1971, Idi Amin, having seized power in Uganda, proclaimed himself president.

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he already legendary/notorious, “unruly/unholy” family – not, of course, to be confused with the Holy Family, which has recently been much in the news, if for rather different reasons – lately touring our version of “a green and pleasant land”, having been issued with a deportation order, is now, we are reliably informed, back in the land of all those “dark satanic mills”, from whence it came.

I have to say I’m surprised – in view of the members’ already, extreme, anti-social attitude and their litany of larcenies that they actually have gone without even bringing some far-fetched legal case, to protest their expulsion, which might have involved protracted legal proceedings, thus allowing them to stay here for further destructive weeks.

Only very recently, its young junior leader, whose vivid language would make any sailor worth his salt blush to the roots of his short-cut hair, was still mouthing his eye-watering threats and insults, accompanied by his considerable array of expressive hand signals.

Only when one of his adult companions gave him what used to be called, a good old clip round the ear-hole and told him to shut up did he do so. He seemed genuinely surprised.

Now, we hear, these feisty nomads are threatening to sue the Mayor of Auckland, Phil Goff, for referring to them as “trash” and “pigs”. No doubt, under our generous, tourist legal protection system, they will be granted a hefty sum from the Exchequer with which to pursue their case through the courts, even though the gang is no longer in the country.

The relief felt throughout the land when these hostile wayfarers disappeared – the junior leader still spewing obscenities – into the bowels of a big jet, deputed – having drawn the short straw – to transport the unwelcome visitors back to their homeland, where their colourful way of life will have been sorely missed.

On that day, comradely sympathy was felt for the crew of the plane, who then had the dubious task of controlling the rabble, preventing its trend-setters from doing too much internal

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damage to the Boeing 737-400, and in particular, stopping any of them from forcing their way into the cockpit.

No doubt, the crew included a highly-trained commando detachment, experts in close, unarmed-combat and quelling rowdy “customers” – as all the airlines insist on calling their “passengers”.

It has to be said, in its (slight) “favour” that the profane antics of the unruly family provided us with an object of self-righteous loathing on which to focus and on which to work out our frustration with the world in general, as it seems to be at present, and, in particular, with the latest Trump outrage, which put out of work and income,

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United States, but cannot see he is as much to blame for what he wants to believe is going on there while the “emergency”, to which he endlessly refers, is merely a figment of his overblown imagination.

The balloon of dissent and distrust has to burst in the not too distant future before the damage Trump is doing to North America becomes terminal.

Another volume for your anti-Trump book shelf has recently come my way, The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy, by Greg Miller.

Had the Grand Inquisitor, Robert Muller, time to read this book while he continues his exhaustive research into the background of Trump’s winning of the presidency, I doubt whether he would think it worth his while to go on with it, as Mr Miller – from the Washington Post – makes plain that Trump was utterly complicit in the Russians’ determination to get him elected.

That will hardly come as a

The balloon of dissent and distrust has to burst in the not too distant future before the damage Trump is doing to North America becomes terminal.

eight hundred thousand government employees for a record five weeks.

Now, in what he likes to claim as a selfless gesture – to settle a crisis for which he alone was entirely responsible – Trump has agreed to sign the government into life once more – without his demand for $5.7b to build his wall – but only for the next three weeks. Then, he threatens to re-impose the shutdown, unless the Senate accepts his demand for wall money.

Constantly, Trump talks of a “national emergency” on the Mexican border with the

surprise when Dr Muller finally publishes his findings.

As for the wall itself; a senator recently referred to it as “a structure of medieval connotations with no place in a modern democracy”.

It’s possible that comment may have jolted Trump into adding boiling oil to be poured from the battlements of his wall on the heads of starving, would-be Mexican migrants, as a further deterrent to their attempts to enter the United States illegally.

Otherwise, he will probably settle for a twenty-first century version of the Berlin Wall, com-

see the parents’ graves, but were disgusted with the deadly nightshade growing so freely everywhere to the extent it was covering headstones it was so out of control.

We talked to one lady who brought her own things from home to try to help.

Surely the council is supposed to look after the Rakaia Cemetery aren’t they?

plete with armed guards, searchlights and kilometres of specially sharpened barbed wire.

The children would, of course, be separated from their parents on arrival and sent to camps elsewhere.

This, roughly, Trump believes, is the best way to “make America great again”.

Meanwhile, in the snowy wastes of Switzerland, where the hills are almost certainly alive with the sound of music and Dame Julie Andrews is still leading the combined mountain choirs, we saw our very own PM, Jacinda Ardern.

With her impressive presence and winning smile she wowed and won the hearts of the other leaders.

It seems to me Jacinda could ask for any trade deal with any one of them and they would sign on that old “dotted” line.

Then, to cap it all, there was, I believe, the enchanting Neve, The First Daughter of New Zealand, bewitchingly beautiful in her black, all-merino bootees, mitts and beanie, with “Product of New Zealand” delicately woven in white on every one. In Davos, Brand NZ is now simply irresistible!

And, finally, there is talk – optimistic talk, one would have to think – of the possible formation of a Blue/Green political party, mainly as an environmental group acceptable to the National Party and, if all went well, – a big “if” – providing it wth a viable coalition partner in next year’s election.

To me that sounds like serious wishful-thinking but there might just be enough Nats keen to tackle climate change, without the leftish leanings of the present Greens, to make it viable.

To obtain either five per cent of the national vote, or win two or three constituency electorates, in not much over 18 months, would be an order of great hight.

But, in this fragile political environment, one can never know.

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YOUR VIEW Rakaia Cemetery I would like to comment on the condition the council has let the Rakaia Cemetery come to.

We had a family get together to

They should be doing something about the deadly nightshade before the weed really takes over.

V. Greenaway, Rakaia

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■ STATISTICS

Immigration ‘boom’ revised down

arrived at the border.

But it turns out more migrants decide not to stick around than we thought.

That’s particularly true for those in the 20-29 age bracket, which includes a large proportion of international students.

While tracking the actual movements of new arrivals is more complex than intentions, Stats NZ now has a system which gives much more accurate data.

The change is related to tech-

nology which means we no longer have to fill out the arrival and departure cards when we travel.

The lower number has a number of important implications for the economy, says Ranchhod.

“It reinforces our expectations for a cooling in GDP growth and the housing market over the next few years,” he says.

Population figures are due later this month which will be lower than previous estimates.

Ranchhod estimates the rate

of population growth hit two per cent in 2016 and has slowed to 1.5 per cent.

That’s still pretty high by international standards.

In both the UK and US – where immigration has been a political football sparking populist political movements – there has been population growth of between 0.6 and 0.8 per cent.

Regardless, it will change the equations for economists and the outlook for business as well as for

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■ DEADLINE APPROACHING

Landlords adding insulation by law Landlords appear to be upgrading properties ahead of a July deadline for mandatory insulation, but not quickly enough to clear a backlog projected by the government.

Government-funded insulation grants for landlords ended last June. In November the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment estimated that, as of February last year, there could be almost 173,000 private rental properties still needing upgrading.

Smart Energy Solutions, the

country’s biggest home energy efficiency company, says there has been an increase in business from landlords.

But director Paul Thomson said the uptake was nowhere near enough to meet the projected shortfall by the July 1 deadline.

From that date rental properties must meet the 1978 standard for ceiling and underfloor insulation where practicable.

“The uptake has increased but is still not what we had budgeted for,”

said Thomson, himself a landlord.

“We thought there would have been much greater uptake.”

Recent work for landlords was only about 20 per cent of what his firm had expected.

After a decade and more than $450 million of state spending, stories of damp or mouldy rental properties still feature in the media.

But there are no firm numbers on how wide the problem is.

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volume of one million shares and Skellerup gained 0.5 per cent to $2.03 on 277,000 shares.

Among companies FNZC analysts see at risk of missing expectations, Chorus rose 0.6 per cent to $4.93 on a volume of 1.2 million, Comvita decreased 0.2 per cent to $4.56, Fletcher Building fell 0.8 per cent to $4.96, Michael Hill International was unchanged at 60 cents, NZX rose 2 per cent to $1.02, Sky Network Television was up 2.1 percent at $1.93, and Vista Group International increased 0.3 per cent to $4.

Air New Zealand posted the biggest decline for the day, falling 4.6 per cent to close at a three-month low $2.68 on a volume of 1.9 million. The airline lowered its forecast for annual earnings earlier this week.

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“Markets in New Zealand and Australia were pretty much flat on the day, on, with the odd exception, very light volumes and very light news flow,” said Matt Goodson, managing director at Salt Funds Management.

New Zealand’s earnings season really begins the following week, with Contact Energy the first major company to report. It was unchanged at $6.04 yesterday on 3.9 million shares, more than three times its 90-day average.

First NZ Capital analysts predict normalised median earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation growth of 3.5 per cent across the market for the upcoming season. They see the potential for Meridian Energy and Skellerup to beat expectations. Meridian shares rose 2.3 per cent to $3.60 on

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■ SHAREMARKET

New Zealand shares edged higher in relatively quiet trading as investors wait for company earnings season to kick off later this month. Air New Zealand dropped to a three-month low, extending its decline after this week’s profit warning.

The S&P/NZX 50 increased 13.83 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 8999.17.

Within the index, 26 stocks gained, 17 fell, and seven were unchanged.

Turnover was $131.5 million.

New Zealand and Australian equity markets were subdued, despite a stronger lead from Wall Street overnight. Company earnings begin next week in Australia including Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Insurance Australia Group, coming in the wake of Monday’s royal commission report into financial services.

the Government.

“That will be important for many businesses, meaning that an ‘easy’ source of demand growth that they’ve enjoyed in recent years is dissipating even faster than expected,” Ranchhod says.

It should also mean fewer houses are required to be built to deal with the current shortage.

“For some time, we have been highlighting that the rate of dwelling construction was catching up with population growth,” he says.

“It now looks as though residential consent issuance is already at the level required to keep up with population growth.”

The trends will be particularly important for Auckland, which has experienced an especially large population cycle. However, their impact will be felt more widely, he says.

“Many other regions are currently seeing high levels of home building, and the durability of those cycles looks increasingly doubtful, especially given the policy-induced slowdown in the housing market already in train.”

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New Zealand’s immigration boom wasn’t as big as reported at the time, a major revision by Statistics NZ has found.

That means we’ll need to build fewer houses to meet the current shortage, says Westpac senior economist Satish Ranchhod.

The new, more accurate data shows there’s fewer people in New Zealand than we thought and that has major implications for the economic outlook, he says.

Net migration peaked at 64,000 in mid-2016, not 72,500 in 2017, according to revised figures.

It is now tracking at 43,000 – about 20,000 fewer migrants a year than previously thought.

Far from being an arcane revision of methodology, the new migration figures change the outlook for GDP growth, employment and housing, Ranchhod said.

Stats NZ has revised the figures based on new research about how many of our new long-term arrivals actually stay in the country.

The previous data was based on the intended length of stay, as recorded on immigration forms by long-term migrants when they

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HUGE TASK AHEAD

Nick Gilbert will have a big role to play with the bat today for Mid Canterbury in Invercargill.

BY MATT MARKHAM

MATT.M@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

They talked freely about the need for application with the bat and that’s exactly what is going to be required of the Mid Canterbury batsmen if they’re to work their way into contention for the Hawke Cup against Southland in Invercargill.

Yesterday’s opening day at Queens Park Oval in Invercargill was a tough day in the field for the Mid Canterbury lads.

They spent the entirety of the day fielding as the Southland

batsmen showed their guests exactly how you go about putting yourself in the position to hold onto one of New Zealand cricket’s great prizes.

Southland finished the day at 317-9 after some strong individual efforts at the crease made it tough for the Mid Canterbury bowlers to make inroads into their batting line-up.

They toiled hard with the ball though, wickets fell frequently enough but a couple of steady partnerships through the middle order and then a solid wag of the

tail put Southland firmly in the box seat.

The baggy green and golds would have been daring to dream early on though when they claimed their first wicket of the day in the sixth over, through the bowling of Sean Stagg.

It was Stagg and Richard Turpie who were asked for the biggest effort from captain, Matt Winter – churning through more than 40 overs of the close to 90 played on the day.

Turpie was his usually miserly self, finishing the day with figures

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of 2-44 off 20 overs at just a shade over two runs per over.

Stagg finished with two wickets himself, while Alex Hooper did some damage to the middle order on his way taking 2-58 off 17 overs.

Will Southby, Matt Tait and James Southby all chipped in with a wicket each.

Mid Canterbury will rue not being able to claim late wickets with the one wicket still required this morning.

Southland’s last four wickets have cost Mid Canterbury more

than 100 very expensive runs.

And so, the pressure will now go on the Mid Canterbury top order, starting with Will Southby and Nick Gilbert who will walk out into the middle first.

Their challenge will be simple.

Bat time, and bat lots of it, with seeing off the new ball the first challenge of the day.

Then with a good platform set and some valuable contributions, Mid Canterbury may be able to push the match into a third day.

But there’s a wicket to get first.

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■ TENNIS

Advantage Tinwald

By Matt MarkhaM

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

The puzzle of Mid Canterbury tennis A Grade Interclub could become a lot clearer by the end of the day as the final stages of the competition draw closer.

With two rounds remaining at the completion of today’s play it’s still almost anyone’s competition to claim, but Tinwald sit in the hot seat with a fourpoint buffer on their nearest rivals, Allenton.

And their chances of success should be further enhanced by this evening, with even the most conservative of form analysts predicting a comfortable win for the competition leaders today when they take on a struggling Southern side who have won just the one fixture this season.

Anywhere close to maximum points from the match will see the Tinwald side head into next week with the chance to win again and become uncatchable.

They do face round one winners, Allenton next weekend in what will be a mouth-watering clash.

Allenton take on Fairton today in a match which, provided Tinwald beat Southern, will determine who sits a clear second heading into the penultimate round, with both sides locked on 10 competition points.

Fairton won the first match-up of the round and then lost last week, while Allenton lost in the opening match of the round and then got things back on track last weekend.

Today’s other match-up will see Hampstead and Methven lock horns, with the winner of that match giving themselves an outside chance to push for overall glory in the closing stages of the round.

In A Grade reserve action, things are just as close.

Leaders Southern/Wakanui face a potential banana skin match when they take on Hampstead, while the second placed Allenton Kakapos should be able to get another win on the board in their match with Allenton Wekas.

The Methven Diamonds have the bye.

Right – Edwin Dargue will be a player to look out for on the court this weekend in club tennis action.

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■ CRICKET

Stags’ big chance

By Matt MarkhaM

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

A top of the table clash between Tech Stags and Lauriston is the highlight of Mid Canterbury club cricket this weekend, with most eyes firmly fixated on what’s happening at Queen’s Park Oval in Invercargill in the Hawke Cup fixture against Southland.

But while the big guns are away, the club level stuff doesn’t take a break and one of two sides will claim the advantage in the Muirhead Rosebowl by grabbing points today which should see them push for overall glory later in the month.

The form book would suggest it’s going to be an even-looking clash – even if potentially on paper most pundits would back the talented Stags side to come away with the win on their home wicket.

But while the Stags measure up to anyone on paper, their skillset and form as individuals doesn’t

always resonate out into the middle and it’s been one of the real frustrations for the side for the past few years.

But, so far 2019 has been kind to them.

Two wins from their two matches, each as comprehensive

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One day it will all come together but when is the question

as the other although experienced campaigner Jason Morrison said there’s always something to work on.

“We dropped four or five catches against Methven last week, just basic stuff which shouldn’t be happening,” he said.

“It’s there and one day it will all

from a relative unknown or a newcomer to the side.

And they’ll be hoping the element of surprise might work in their favour against Tech today in a match which really could go either way, depending on which version of the two sides shows up at the Ashburton Domain.

Today’s other match sees Methven heading out to Coldstream in what is a must win for them if they are to try and recapture some form at the business end of the season.

They were comprehensively beaten last week by seven wickets by Tech and equally as confidently done the week before by Lauriston, but today come up against a side they might actually be able to compete with.

Coldstream, for all their heavy hitters and notable bowlers, are struggling for form as well with two losses from two matches for 2019 and their smarting demeanour after those defeats might just give Methven the in that they need to take advantage of.

The winner of that match will leave themselves with a slight chance to make it through to the Domain Oval for the final in a few weeks, but it would be a massive turn-around in current form to see either actually make it that far.

In brief Khawaja misses again Usman Khawaja’s summer of woe has continued after being dismissed for a duck against an inexperienced Sri Lankan bowling line-up in Canberra. Australia’s No. 3 was sent packing after three balls as he edged a ball, where he didn’t move his feet, straight to second slip. Khawaja entered the sixth and final test of the Australian summer with only one half-century under his belt.

Meanwhile Joe Burns went on to notch up a century, and Travis Head was eyeing up one of his own as Australia headed for tea in a powerful position.

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England out for 187 Kemar Roach took four wickets as West Indies skittled out England for 187 runs in their first innings on the opening day of the second test in Antigua. In reply, West Indies openers Kraigg Brathwaite (11) and John Campbell (16) survived 21 overs to be 30 without loss at stumps. It was another disappointing performance from the visitors, coming on the back of a 381-run defeat in the first test. An old-fashioned greentop pitch at the Sir Viv Richards Stadium in North Sound was certainly a mitigating factor in England’s performance, suiting the home side’s four-pronged pace attack.

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■ NETBALL

Tactix come to town

BY MATT MARKHAM

MATT.M@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

It’s not something that Ashburton gets to see very often on its own back doorstep, so there’s a strong hope that the arrival of the Mainland Tactix to the district this weekend for two pre-season fixtures will bring about some great support from the community.

The side, along with the Mainland BEKO team, will play games on both Saturday and Sunday at the EA Networks Centre against southern rivals, the Southern Steel and Southern Blast respectively.

And the chance to bring netball out to the smaller centres is one which has Tactix coach, Marianne Delaney-Hoshek is really excited about as she prepares her side for the big season ahead.

“We can’t wait to get down there,” she said this week.

“Just the chance to play at a different venue, in front of a largely different crowd in a smaller town that is part of our side’s area is something really exciting.

“It’s nice to be able to give something back to the regions who support us so well.”

Off the back of a hugely successful season last year where the Tactix went from the easybeats of New Zealand netball to one of the more feared sides in the country, there will be plenty of interest in how they’re shaping up for the new season and Delaney-Hoshek, who took over the coaching role last season, is looking forward to putting all their learnings out onto the court.

“There’s nothing quite like getting out there and actually playing netball,” she said.

“We’ve had a really good build up and are physically in a good place but are now also ready to put everything into action.”

The rise of the Tactix last season saw Delaney-Hoshek become one of the hottest commodities in the sport as she turned around the beleaguered side and drove them towards a spot in last year’s final.

But she’s not letting that get to her.

She just wants her side to be successful again and knows that while the jury was out last year on how the side would perform, the target will be well and truly on their backs during 2019.

“It’s funny how things can change in a year, that’s for sure.

“

“I don’t know what people expected from us last year, but we slowly but surely built up the respect of all the rival teams as the season went on and became a side that was feared by those rivals.

“That’s a nice place to be in, but we don’t want to be one-hit wonders.

“We want to carry that form on again this season and be a powerful force out there on the courts.”

And that process begins today, not just for the players but for the coaching staff as well with the mindset heading into these two pre-season games a world apart from what they were 12 months ago at the same stage.

“In last year’s pre-season I just wanted us to win everything, the scoreboard was really important because we hadn’t been winning a lot.

“This year though, it’s about seeing success in what we’ve been training – the combinations we’ve laid out, the game plans we want to implement.

“What the scoreline says at the end of the game isn’t anywhere near as important to me this time around – although it is always nice to win.”

One player Delaney-Hoshek is keen to see develop and grow over the weekend is a player many here locally will be turning out at the EA Networks Centre to see – Mid Canterbury’s own, Kate Lloyd.

“We are over the moon to have her back here with us after her year up with the Magic last season,” she said.

“And she’s slotted back into the mix beautifully.

“She brings a real presence to the circle with her height and skillset and she combines well with those around her.

“We are looking forward to seeing her continue to grow and watching her implement what we’ve been working on this weekend.”

The Tactix and the Steel will first clash today at 2pm before the BEKO pre-season match and then again on Sunday morning at 10am and 12pm respectively.

A number of coaching sessions for both players and coaches alike have been made available during the course of the weekend and registrations for all have been really strong – adding another big local bonus to the weekend.

We don’t want to be onehit wonders, we want to carry that form on again this season and be a powerful force out there on the courts

When:

Saturday, February 2 2pm - The Good Oil Tactix v Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel 4pm - Hellers Mainland v Southern Blast Sunday, February 3 10am - The Good Oil Tactix v Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel 12pm - Hellers Mainland v Southern Blast

Where:

EA Networks Centre, Ashburton

Admission:

Under 16 free. $5 per day, for both games.

Ashburton’s own, Kate Lloyd is expected to be a prominent figure on the court this weekend at the EA Networks Centre when the Mainland Tactix come to town for two pre-season fixtures.

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■ RUGBY

Big day out for Dallas The rise and rise of Mid Canterbury rugby has never been more evident than in the last couple of days, with some significant announcements and team selections showing that the district is growing in stature on some of the sport’s biggest national stages.

Super Rugby side, the Crusaders, will tackle their first pre-season fixture of the year today in Levin when they take on last year’s semi-finalists the Hurricanes and two Mid Canterbury names feature in the starting team for the match.

Not surprisingly, All Blacks prop Tim Perry will run out onto the paddock and take his place in the side, looking to continue and build on what was a huge 2018 for the prop. But the more surprise selection came at second-five eighth with former Mt Hutt College student Dallas McLeod getting the nod to start outside Mitch Hunt.

Coach Scott Robertson said

that after a long pre-season, the squad was excited to be finally taking to the field.

“The group has prepared really well over a long period of time leading up to this game, and suddenly a fixture that seemed so far away pre-Christmas, is upon is.

“We’ve done a lot of work getting our contact right so the boys are fully prepared to climb into their work on Saturday.

“The Hurricanes are always really physical but this group is ready for the challenge and Levin is a great place to play,” Robertson said.

As well as the selection of McLeod and Perry, Mid Canterbury had even more reasons to smile yesterday when three local players were announced as being selected to take part in the Crusader Knights camp next weekend at Lincoln Universitry.

Joel Leo, Tololima Senetenari and Tyler Blackburn were all given the nod to attend the camp.

Dallas McLeod will start at second-five eighth for the Crusaders in their pre-season clash with the Hurricanes today in Levin.

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Robbie Henshaw will turn out at fullback for Ireland. put their bodies on the line.

Curry, the specialist openside prized for so long by England, started the first match of November against South Africa but severely injured his ankle and missed the rest of the series.

Wilson, a No. 8, started the same match only after Billy Vunipola and Sam Simmonds were injured and Nathan Hughes was suspended.

He was man of the match against the Springboks, kept plugging, and was voted man of the series.

Up against Ireland for the first time, Curry and Wilson start with the fit-again Billy Vunipola, giv-

In brief Snowden makes NZ team Fresh off winning the under-21 world championships with her team, Megan Snowden has been named in the New Zealand under-25 team to shoot tomorrow.

Snowden was called in to the team after another competitor had to pull out, and will shoot the day after she turns 19. John Snowden is in with a shot of becoming the first ever person to defend the Ballinger Belt which is awarded to the winner of the national championships. The reigning champion charged up the rankings on day 2 to finish fifth with one round to go after a slow start to day 1, with the finals being shot today.

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Blockbuster Six Nations clash first-up Coach Joe Schmidt insists there isn’t much of a difference between his Ireland side and England.

Yet there is a difference.

The main one is possession.

The Irish hog the ball and the English wish they could.

Thanks to overwhelming ball control, Ireland has won their last two rugby match-ups, spoiling England’s Six Nations Grand Slam bid in 2017 at Lansdowne Road, and clinching their own Grand Slam in 2018 at Twickenham.

A Grand Slam isn’t on the line tomorrow morning in Dublin, but a grand event is guaranteed by teams who have shared the last five championships.

And when it comes to competing for the ball at the breakdown, England might finally be able to match Ireland thanks to loose forwards Tom Curry and Mark Wilson.

Given a second shot at England in June, Curry and Wilson grabbed it and came to prominence in November with their exceptional workrate.

Now they pose the threat England has longed for at the breakdown that has been bossed by Ireland’s fantastic back-rowers Peter O’Mahony, Sean O’Brien, CJ Stander, Josh van der Flier, and Dan Leavy.

O’Mahony, Van der Flier and Stander start tomorrow with aggressive two-time Lions tourist O’Brien in reserve.

Curry and Wilson were tried and ditched by coach Eddie Jones in June 2017, when Curry became at 18 the youngest player to start for England in 90 years.

They were brought back a year later for the tour of South Africa.

England lost the series but Curry and Wilson both impressed with their willingness to

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ing England a trio which has a voracious desire for contact.

“When we’ve come unstuck, it’s been around that area of the breakdown,” England scrumhalf Ben Youngs says.

“They’ve just been able to deal with it better, make it slow and frustrating for you.

“So there’s no surprise we’ve spent a lot of time focusing on the breakdown.”

While the game is expected to be ferocious where the sun doesn’t shine, it will also be an airborne test of nerves.

Following the global pattern, a lot of kicking is expected by experts in the art; Conor Murray

and Jonathan Sexton for Ireland, and Youngs and Owen Farrell for England.

The fullbacks will bear the brunt of the kick-chase, and both sides are putting their trust in players who are fighting for form.

With the ever-reliable Rob Kearney not quite over a thigh injury, Ireland plumped for Robbie Henshaw, who hasn’t worn the 15 in a test since his debut in 2013.

He also hasn’t had a lot of game-time of late, which Schmidt was more worried about than his ability to play fullback, where the centre started his career.

Mike Brown, solid under the high ball, was in contention to start for England after being deposed in the last seven tests by Elliot Daly.

But Daly was chosen, despite poor club form.

“Elliot gives us a great attacking game,” England coach Eddie Jones says.

“Dropping a couple of balls is not an indication to me that he hasn’t done well because there are so many other factors involved.

“Elliot is a great catcher of the ball. He’s been doing a lot of work with (England high performance manager) Neil Craig, who’s from an Aussie Rules background.

“We’re much better at tracking back now to protect our catchers.”

Jones added the English are “serious with a smile on their face.”

“You want to play the best in the world away from home and Ireland are the best in the world at the moment,” he says.

“Everyone is writing them up and they have got to carry that expectation, so we’re excited about the prospect of playing there.

Praise can make you weak.” - AP

Latrell Mitchell will represent the Indigenous All Stars instead of playing in the Sydney Roosters’ world club championship tilt. The superstar centre headlines the Indigenous side which will take on the Maori All Stars in Melbourne on February 15. The game is played two days before the Roosters take on Wigan in the World Club Challenge in England and Mitchell has been giving the club’s blessing to represent his culture. Fans will also get their first look at Kalyn Ponga in the No.6 jersey when he lines up for the Maoris side. - AAP

Cronulla camp confident With the ink barely dry on his contract, John Morris has wasted no time declaring he’s capable of taking Cronulla to an NRL premiership in his rookie coaching year. Morris was yesterday confirmed as Shane Flanagan’s successor after beating out the likes of Cameron Ciraldo and Justin Holbrook. At 38 and having retired following a 300-game playing career in 2014, Morris’ rise to a head coaching role has been meteoric. With the class of Paul Gallen, Wade Graham, Josh Dugan, Andrew Fifita, Josh Morris, Matt Moylan and Shaun Johnson in their roster, their premiership window is wide open.

- AAP

Adams snubbed Steven Adams has missed out on NBA All-Star selection. Despite having a career-best season with the Thunder, the 25-year-old Kiwi was left out of the Western Conference team’s reserve selections for the annual All-Star game. Adams’ OKC team-mate Russell Westbrook was among the seven players added, alongside Anthony Davis, Nikola Jokic, Damian Lillard, Klay Thompson, LaMarcus Aldridge and KarlAnthony Towns.

- NZME

Holmes follows dream Larry Kirksey guided the greatest wide-receiver in NFL history, Jerry Rice, to a record-breaking 1848 receiving yards and 122 receptions in 1995 for the San Francisco 49ers. The veteran coach has a new project. Kirksey is overseeing Valentine Holmes’s transformation at the IMG Academy in Florida from a Cronulla Sharks, Queensland and Australian rugby league backline star into an NFL widereceiver, running back and returner.

After just two weeks with the raw Holmes , Kirksey likes what he sees. “His hands are smooth,” Kirksey said, after putting Holmes through a two-hour workout. “He’s tough mentally too.”

- AAP

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Saturday, February 2, 2019

■ GERALDINE

Top juvenile back on grass There is something uniquely Kiwi about the return of last season’s champion two-year-old trotter Enhance Your Calm.

Unlike reigning juvenile trotters champions of Australia, North America or Europe, the brilliant square-gaiter will not return on a speedy surface like The Meadowlands or Vincennes.

Enhance Your Calm will instead return to racing among the quiet surrounds of the Orari grass track in Geraldine.

Though, there is nothing quiet about his oppositions in the $12,000 Orari Challenge Stakes.

The Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen-trained trotter meets a field stacked with talent and early season form.

Enhance Your Calm showed he had lost none of his ability and that he is over the niggles that saw him ruled out of the Breeders Crown with a strong second placing against open class trotters in a recent Rangiora trial.

The three-year-old was a length behind open class trotter Belle’s

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Many of ptoday’s field have seriously lifted their games from last season with excellent new season form.

Phoebe Onyx, Jake The Mus and Overzealous have all been in good form in the lower grades.

Matt Markham’s Orari Selections

Champion two-year-old of last season, Enhance Your Calm will return to the racing scene today at Orari.

And that could be a crucial asset among the hustle and bustle of Saturday’s 1980m feature.

“He is trotting really sweet and he is a strong, stock animal.

“He is righty up there; I suppose he the second seed in the race he will be right there.

“He should be fitter, he worked really well this week.”

Race 1: Selena Franco, Shardan Suzie, Queen Of Glory, Paul’s Verdict Race 2: Baxter, Jimmy Carter, Ruby Seddon, Rites Of Zhou Race 3: Jafa Kitten, Bella Veloce, Jims Mama, Lookingforareaction Race 4: Bound To Impress. Fortune Tiller, Rozzano, Sky City King Race 5: Foreigner, Highland Star, Larch, Sunny Glenis Race 6: Katie Daly, Art Banker, Reatorre, Mynanasgotnoteeth Race 7: Enhance Your Calm, Full Noise, Carlton, Get Lucky Race 8: Kotare Yolande, Vinnie Rulz, Mad Lu Li, Feel The Money Race 9: 7 Maurice, Artfilly Crafted, Taumalolo, American Flyer Race 10: One Apollo, Young Stranger, Chief Of Staff, One Over Da Skye Race 11: Di Caprio, Essence Of Easton, Gimmefiveminutesmore, Overarm BEST: Katie Daly (Race 6) VALUE: Bound To Impress (race 4)

Geraldine harness Today at Orari Racecourse

Geraldine Trotting Club Inc Venue: Orari Racecourse Meeting Date: 2 Feb 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 12.03pm TAVERN HAREWOOD AMATEUR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ r40-r55, up-r69., 1850m 1 7004x Shardan Suzie (1) fr ........................N Munro 2 x0080 Russian Express (2) fr ......................A Edge 3 89907 Zulu Courage (3) fr....................... R Sissons 4 97344 Beaudiene Gambler (4) fr ............J Reardon 5 57000 Caesar’s Quest (5) fr ........................W Frost 6 84445 Myboylolliepop (6) fr ..........................P Cook 7 97798 Mr Midnight (7) fr........................... B Wilmott 8 33220 Paul’s Verdict (8) fr ..................... D Paterson 9 21732 Selena Franco (9) fr ............................G Bull 10 01735 Queen Of Glory (21) fr ................... C Negus 11 91089 Pembrook Blue (22) fr .................M Stratford 2 12.33 PGG WRIGHTSON STANDARDBRED/TEAM TEAL TROT $7500, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2500m 1 84089 About Last Night (1) fr .....................S Clarke 2 4L886 Halfway There (2) fr................... C McDowell 3 40807 Fast Wet N Windee (3) fr .............. P Wakelin 4 0 Motu Moondancer (4) fr ......... J Morrison (J) 5 0 Toldyah Frankie (5) fr ....................B Weaver 6 27742 Kash Valley (6) fr ..................... C D Thornley 7 8x57 Ruby Seddon (7) fr..........................J W Cox 8 Baxter (8) fr ........................................ R May 9 Jimmy Carter (U1) fr ............... M Williamson 10 200 Aorangi (U2) fr .................................S Ottley 11 5x598 Rites Of Zhou (U3) fr...........................K Cox 12 000 Majestic Action (U4) fr................. B Crothers 13 3x6 Clyde (U5) fr................................. S McNally 3 1.08 MARQUEE & EVENT HIRE/TEMUKA TRANSPORT MBL PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+., 1850m 1 77907 Lilac Change (1) fr ...........................S Ottley 2 68040 Supreme Lincoln (2) fr .................. K Butt (J)

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Son who was set to race at Addington last night.

Race rival today, Cheerful who is also a stablemate, trailed him home in the trial.

Today’s race will also serve as a rematch for them with their fellow Harness Jewels place-getter, Full Noise.

Full Noise also made his return to three-year-old racing on the grass amongst chaotic scenes at Cromwell earlier this month.

The Brett Gray trained trotter failed to make much of an impact in those horror conditions, but quickly showed his class with an effortless win in a Southland Gold Chip graduation final.

“He went really good, I was really happy with him,” Gray said.

“He really stepped it up that week and he went super.”

Full Noise will strip a fitter horse for his Wyndham win, in which he beat race rival Only One Way. He will also line up a more experienced horse than the onestart juvenile that footed it with Enhance Your Calm in the Jewels.

3 04059 Nadira Franco (3) fr ................... H Clarke (J) 4 040 Lookingforareaction (4) fr .......... C McDowell 5 83904 Jims Mama (5) fr ....................... R Anderson 6 32627 Bella Veloce (6) fr .........................T Williams 7 0x799 Superstar Legend (7) fr ........... M Williamson 8 8 Laydeenwaiting (8) fr.................... S McNally 9 00088 Myth Or Reality (9) fr........................R Close 10 04645 Jafa Kitten (U1) fr .......................C Markham 4 1.43pm MORRISON SADDLERY/TOP 10 HOLIDAY PARK MBL PACE $8000, r40-r49., mobile, 1850m 1 17569 My Patronus (1) fr ........................ S McNally 2 58903 Bound To Impress (2) fr................J Versteeg 3 00000 Top Brass (3) fr .................................J Dunn 4 18370 Rozzano (4) fr ...........................A Tomlinson 5 70783 Sky City King (5) fr ...........................J Curtin 6 60002 Locked Out Of Heaven (6) fr .............. C Butt 7 350x7 Eye Candy (7) fr ..............................B Munro 8 507P0 Jack’s Shadow (8) fr ......................B Orange 9 00600 The Heart Rulz (9) fr .......................J W Cox 10 73102 Fortune Tiller (21) fr ................ A Stewart (J) 11 09661 Den’s Legacy (22) fr ..................M Anderson 12 06005 Clarendon Falcon (23) fr ..................S Ottley 13 43P15 Santanna Lad (24) fr ........................R Close 14 0x000 Dying To See You (25) fr.................. G Smith 5 2.18pm HAZLETTS RURAL TROT $8000, r40-r49, stand, 1950m 1 x6192 Highland Star (1) fr.......................... G Smith 2 x6000 Rarangi Opal (2) fr ........................B Weaver 3 23236 Sunny Glenis (3) fr .................... R Anderson 4 8P838 Shpeedy (4) fr ...................................J Dunn 5 0x50x Fireman (5) fr ................................L O’Reilly 6 31679 Foreigner (6) fr ..................................G Hunt 7 70541 Larch (7) fr .......................................S Ottley 8 29236 Scarlett Lane (8) fr ........................ B Barclay 9 70490 Wandering Star (9) fr........................ A Lowe 10 70098 Muscle Pat (10) fr ...........................M Tapper

11 53857 Stellar Success (11) fr.................. G O’Reilly 12 26643 Rocknpop (12) fr ..................K Tomlinson (J) 13 45365 Imran Khan (13) fr .................B Laughton (J) 14 30040 Rusty I Am (U1) fr ........................ P Wakelin 6 2.53 EQUINE VET SERVICES/BRENT WHITE RACING MBL PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+., 1850m 1 60x46 Reattore (1) fr............................... S McNally 2 6048 Melody Pond (2) fr..................... R Anderson 3 00800 Pacific Chal (3) fr.......................... G O’Reilly 4 0 I Miss Mum (4) fr ..............................J Curtin 5 0x080 Toppatherock (5) fr ...........................R Close 6 9x0P0 Jaffa (6) fr ...................................C Markham 7 36070 Mynanasgotnoteeth (7) fr .................S Ottley 8 02440 Ohoka Matty (8) fr .........................B Orange 9 94330 Katie Daly (9) fr ........................... B Hope (J) 10 8x30x Art Banker (U1) fr ...................... C McDowell 7 3.27pm HANLEY FORMULA ORARI CHALLENGE STAKES MBL TROT $12,000, 3yo., mobile, 1850m 1 0x973 Call Me Trouble (1) fr ............. O Thornley (J) 2 0521P Count Eyre (2) fr ..............................R Close 3 1Dx Carlton (3) fr ....................................... R May 4 3x12 Only One Way (4) fr ................ M Williamson 5 4x214 Get Lucky (5) fr ........................B Williamson 6 43x01 Cheerful (6) fr ................................B Orange 7 12x51 Full Noise (7) fr ............................. B Barclay 8 1111x Enhance Your Calm (8) fr .............T Williams 8 4.02pm PINELEA FARM ‘TERROR TO LOVE’ MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ f&m r40-r60., mobile, 1850m 1 86960 Highland Reign (1) fr ........................J Young 2 02092 Rock N Joy (2) fr ....................... L McKay (J) 3 52740 Sounds Lika Gem (3) fr .................L O’Reilly 4 13297 Spicy Girl Becqui (4) fr ....................... R May 5 17441 Vinnie Rulz (5) fr ......................... B Hope (J) 6 53151 Divinia Bellezza (6) fr ....................B Orange 7 10 Kotare Yolande (7) fr..........................J Dunn 8 90041 Maddisons Desire (8) fr...................J W Cox

9 9x370 Mad Lu Li (9) fr....................................K Cox 10 6x611 Majorca (21) fr..................................J Curtin 11 23925 Feel The Money (22) fr ..............M Anderson 12 1x988 Calendar Girlz (23) fr ...................T Williams 9 4.37pm PLACEMAKERS TIMARU & TWIZEL PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2500m 1 Tiebreaker fr................................. Scratched 2 20 Shadow Dancer (1) fr .............. L McCormick 3 2 Taumalolo (2) fr .............................L O’Reilly 4 4 American Flyer (3) fr ............... C D Thornley 5 Artfilly Crafted (4) fr ..........................S Ottley 6 77900 Franco Hatton (5) fr .....................T McMillan 7 0x0 Maurice (6) fr....................................J Curtin 8 77088 Iron Woman (7) fr ..................B Laughton (J) 9 35947 Smirken (8) fr ......................... J Morrison (J) 10 Fusitua (9) fr..................................... G Ward 11 x0092 Social Media (10) fr .............................K Cox 12 4660x Nans Choice (11) fr ............................ R May 13 x0675 Sheelasinleague (12) fr ........K Tomlinson (J) 14 08935 Raging Thunder (U1) fr .................B Orange 10 5.12pm FOUR PEAKS MOTELS/GO CLIFDEN CLOWERS HCP TROT $8500, 3yo+ r50-r63 discrhcp, stand, 2500m 1 69480 I’ldoitmyway (1) fr .............................R Close 2 62254 BK Dawn (2) fr ............................. P Wakelin 3 1x029 One Apollo (U1) fr ........................ S McNally 4 P9100 Clover Lady (U2) fr ..........................J W Cox 5 09717 Such Fun (U3) fr ..................... C D Thornley 6 06030 One Over Dover (1) 10M.................... R May 7 09155 Break Out (2) 10M ....................... G O’Reilly 8 13751 Young Stranger (3) 10M .......... C R Thornley 9 29122 Clifden Clowers (4) 10M......... J Morrison (J) 10 40179 Don’t Rock The Boat (5) 10M O Thornley (J) 11 02921 Chief Of Staff (6) 10M .......................J Dunn 12 42872 Rebel Kibbybones (U1) 10M ............... J Hay 13 01100 One Over Da Skye (U2) 10M ...... B Hope (J)

14 48350 Gorilla Playboy (U3) 10M ........ M Williamson

11 5.44pm GERALDINE ITM & NELSON PINE HAND-

ICAP PACE $9000, r40-r63 discrhcp, stand, 2500m 1 05869 Gotta Future (1) fr .........................B Orange 2 510 Ruby Tues Bay (2) fr.................. C McDowell 3 20098 Sheez Good (3) fr .........................L O’Reilly 4 05177 Katamach (4) fr .................................J Dunn 5 04x18 Star Paige (5) fr ................................S Ottley 6 60xP4 Sheeza Sport (U1) fr .......................J W Cox 7 45180 Flamboyant (1) 10M ..............B Laughton (J) 8 17265 Gimmefiveminutesmore (2) 10M . B Hope (J) 9 73300 Clive (3) 10M .................................... G Ross 10 82263 Di Caprio (4) 10M................... J Morrison (J) 11 171F1 Essence Of Easton (5) 10M ......... G O’Reilly 12 x9122 Linton Shard (6) 10M ................M Anderson 13 14525 Just N Awe (7) 10M............................ R May 14 31216 Overarm (8) 10M..........................T Williams

Pacifiers on: Rites Of Zhou (R2), Art Banker (R6), Kotare Yolande (R8) Pacifiers off: Superstar Legend (R3), Locked Out Of Heaven (R4)

SELECTIONS

Race 1: Selena Franco, Queen Of Glory, Mr Midnight, Myboylolliepop Race 2: Baxter, Jimmy Carter, Kash Valley, Clyde Race 3: Bella Veloce, Jafa Kitten, Laydeenwaiting, Jims Mama Race 4: Den’s Legacy, Fortune Tiller, Sky City King, Rozzano Race 5: Larch, Rocknpop, Sunny Glenis, Shpeedy Race 6: Katie Daly, Mynanasgotnoteeth, Ohoka Matty, I Miss Mum Race 7: Enhance Your Calm, Full Noise, Cheerful, Only One Way Race 8: Kotare Yolande, Vinnie Rulz, Feel The Money, Majorca Race 9: Maurice, Taumalolo, Raging Thunder, American Flyer Race 10: Young Stranger, Such Fun, Chief Of Staff, One Apollo Race 11: Gimmefiveminutesmore, Essence Of Easton, Overarm

LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Taranaki gallops Today at New Plymouth Raceway

Taranaki Rc Venue New Plymouth Meeting Date: 2 Feb 2019 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.25pm (NZT) COCA COLA 1400 $30,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1400m 1 78x42 Henree Winkler d (1) 59 ..................J Riddell 2 15746 Rock My Soul 58 .......................... Scratched 3 85567 Magic Of The Sun d (5) 57.5 ........... S Spratt 4 5x341 La Bella Rosa td (4) 57 .................L Allpress 5 41729 Swisswatch db (3) 56 ....................J Waddell 6 3x852 Malo Bik h (2) 54 ....................... W Pinn (a3) 2 1.00pm THRIFTY CAR RENTAL 1600 $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1600m 1 x3114 Portland Jimmy b (7) 60.5 ........... C Johnson 2 84112 Whenharrymetsaddle tdbh (10) 60J Waddell 3 24482 Stacey Ann d (4) 58 ........................ T Harris 4 38310 Gobuyit tm (6) 57.5 .........................R Myers 5 70526 Neeson td (2) 57.5 ........................L Allpress 6 22313 Saignon m (3) 57 .......................M Coleman 7 2113 Sinarahma tbh (9) 57 ..................... J Parkes 8 32286 Starossa dm (1) 56.5 ................ W Pinn (a3) 9 62x06 Hot Saki d (5) 55.5 .......................... C Grylls 10 55223 Masu (8) 55.5 .............................M Cameron 11 12883 Cleaver h (11) 54.5 .....................C Lammas 3 1.35pm ENERGY VETS TARANAKI 1200 $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1200m

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3118x Vatican News dm (4) 60.5 .......... Z Moki (a2) 56396 Ottavio m (3) 58.5 ......................M Coleman 52137 All In Mana db (5) 58.....................L Allpress 16x97 Island Bay td (6) 57.5 .................M Cameron 416x1 Pownce tdh (7) 55.5 .................. W Pinn (a3) 08321 Sainted Pearl d (2) 55.5 .............. R Hannam 71644 Sco Mo Eagle db (1) 55.5 ..............V Colgan 4 2.10pm WOBURN FARM CLASSIC $70,000, 2YO SW, 1200m 1 1 Scotch t (8) 56.5............................J Waddell 2 4 Upalayer (11) 56.5 3 3118 Miss Federer (6) 54.5 ....................L Allpress 4 125 Last Sight (7) 54.5.......................C Lammas 5 1 Rainbow Dash (9) 54.5 ................... S Spratt 6 2 Chiaretta (10) 54.5 .....................M Cameron 7 33 Hasstobegood (5) 54.5 ..............M Coleman 8 43 Amazing Team (2) 54.5 ...................R Myers 9 536 Tumbleweed (3) 54.5................... C Johnson 10 Folk Dress (4) 54.5.......................... C Grylls 11 Starring Role (1) 54.5 5 2.45pm PLATINUM HOMES TARANAKI SUMMER CHALLENGE $80,000, SP COND, 1400m 1 11 Ofa Orsome tdh (1) 59 .............. W Pinn (a3) 2 4212 Lady Blue d (6) 55.5........................ S Spratt 3 3021 Duck Road d (16) 57.5 ....................J Riddell 4 x3281 River Run t (10) 58 .........................V Colgan

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1 Vigor Winner (12) 57.5 .................... T Harris x2271 Salt Bay (9) 56 ............................C Lammas x7441 Toffee Pop (7) 56 ...........................L Allpress 2210 Vinabeel h (11) 56...........................R Myers 04251 Viva Lilli tdh (8) 56.......................... J Parkes 72322 Bethany (2) 55 ...........................M Cameron 523 Kiwi Ace (5) 57 ..............................J Waddell 334 Raz (4) 55 ..................................M Coleman 22 Rusavy (3) 57.................................. C Grylls 4 Run Like Boo (18) 56.5 .............. L Satherley 56362 Makabar (14) 56.5 39x24 Outthegate (17) 57 68475 Keltic Rockstar h (13) 55 0380x Arapaho Prince h (15) 57 6 3.20pm FASTTRACK INSURANCE OAKS PRELUDE $55,000, 3YOF SW, 1800m 1 17232 Jakkalbomb th (16) 56.5 .................R Myers 2 66627 Elate (9) 56.5 ..............................C Lammas 3 15391 Easy M’Lady (12) 56.5 .................... R Jones 4 211 Not Santa (6) 56.5....................... C Johnson 5 12 Chickaberinda (10) 56.5................. J Parkes 6 58194 Initiative (14) 56.5............................ C Grylls 7 891 Misha’s Star (15) 56.5 ................. W Pinn (a) 8 371 Vee Cece (5) 56.5 ......................M Cameron 9 2321 Wild Seas (2) 56.5 .....................M Coleman 10 4558 Clementina (3) 56.5 ......................J Waddell

11 410 Schist th (13) 56.5 .........................L Allpress 12 x17x0 Sure Bet m (8) 56.5......................... S Spratt 13 79323 Hi I’m Nikkita h (1) 56.5.............. L Satherley 14 923 Southern Queen (4) 56.5 ................ T Harris 15 9534 Flying Meg 56.5 ........................... Scratched 16 935 Kiwianna (7) 56.5 17 66 Uniquebotique (11) 56.5 18 8x6 Natty Pagger h (17) 56.5 Em: Flying Meg, Kiwianna, Uniquebotique, Natty Pagger 7 3.55 PLATINUM HOMES TARANAKI CUP $80,000, OPN-SW&P, 1800m 1 x5016 Saint Emilion td (12) 58...................J Riddell 2 4x90x Vin De Dance m (5) 56.5 ..............J Waddell 3 90350 Dolcetto m (10) 56 ..........................R Myers 4 21829 Beefeater td (2) 56 ........................L Allpress 5 63311 Overtheriver tdm (7) 55 .......... S MacNab (a) 6 45156 Nymph Monte (8) 55 ....................... C Grylls 7 0x842 Shadow Fox t (6) 55 .................... R Hannam 8 21111 True Enough 55............................ Scratched 9 02149 Irish Flame tmh (9) 55 .................C Lammas 10 05104 No Loitering (3) 55 ..................... L Satherley 11 66061 Consensus (11) 54...................... C Johnson 12 390x3 All In Vogue (4) 53.5......................D Bradley 13 x3532 Classic Touch (1) 53........................ S Spratt 8 4.30pm DEVON HOTEL 2000 $22,500, Rating 65 & JMPS Benchmark*, 2000m

1 00422 All In Stitches (4) 59.5 ...................L Allpress 2 21652 Collinstreet th (6) 59.5.................... J Parkes 3 00x76 Narvick d (11) 59.............................J Riddell 4 51245 Original Gangster (5) 59 ............M Coleman 5 x2754 Valentia tmh (8) 59 .................... W Pinn (a3) 6 32210 Nirvana (9) 58.5 .............................. C Grylls 7 40301 Remarx th (10) 58 ...........................R Myers 8 0x573 Hoist h (13) 58 ..............................J Waddell 9 97222 Konstantina b (1) 57.5 ................M Cameron 10 95264 Bugs Moran (7) 57.5 ...................C Lammas 11 59395 Percy’s Gem (3) 57.5 ................. L Satherley 12 75240 Poppy Star (12) 57 .........................V Colgan 13 x1490 Top Actress (14) 55.5 ...................... S Spratt 14 2440 Valmur (2) 54............................... C Johnson Blinkers on: Upalayer, Miss Federer (R4), Schist (R6), Percy’s Gem (R8) Blinkers off: Valmur (R8) Winkers off: Miss Federer (R4) SELECTIONS Race 1: Swisswatch, Magic Of The Sun, Henree Winkler, Malo Bik Race 2: Sinarahma, Portland Jimmy, Starossa, Neeson Race 3: Sco Mo Eagle, Sainted Pearl, Island Bay, Pownce Race 4: Scotch, Hasstobegood, Last Sight, Chiaretta Race 5: Ofa Orsome, Bethany, River Run, Lady Blue Race 6: Jakkalbomb, Chickaberinda, Not Santa, Elate Race 7: Consensus, Overtheriver, Vin De Dance, Dolcetto Race 8: Collinstreet, Nirvana, Konstantina, All In Stitches

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Saturday, February 2, 2019

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Derby winner returns at Taranaki The Cambridge stable of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman will be well represented in oday’s Taranaki Cup meeting, with a host of runners in the feature events.

The Gr.3 Platinum Homes Taranaki Cup (1800m) marks the return of last season’s New Zealand Derby winner Vin De Dance.

The son of Roc De Cambes finished fourth in both the Gr.1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) and Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) and was

plagued by a back injury which thwarted his spring campaign.

After two solid performances at the trials, Vin De Dance is rated a $4.80 chance behind last start Group Three winner Consensus ($2.50), while consistent galloper Overtheriver ($7.50) and Vin De Dance’ stable mate Saint Emilion ($8.50) are other leading contenders.

“He is pretty good and we like to think he is on the way back,”

Baker said of Vin De Dance.

“He looks great and has been working well, he might just require a race or two to get back into it.

“I’d like to think if Vin De Dance could show a bit of form we would take him to Sydney because he is a good stayer at his best.”

Baker said Saint Emilion had bounced back from a disappointing run when a well-beaten sixth behind Danzdanzdance in the Gr.1

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Zabeel Classic (2000m) on Boxing Day and the longer-term plan was to see the hardy seven-yearold return to Ellerslie for the Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m).

“He has freshened up a bit since his run at Ellerslie on Boxing Day,” Baker said.

“At 1800m under the set weights and penalties he is not too badly off and should go a handy race.”

- NZME

Trainer Murray Baker

Tomorrow at Young Quinn Raceway

Wyndham Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Young Quinn Raceway Meeting Date: 03 Feb 2019 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.19pm MARSHALLS GARAGE/SALTHOUSE CURIO BAY MOBILE PACE $8000, 2yo fillies., 1609m 1 Total Diva (1) fr ..............................B Orange 2 Southern Belle (2) fr .......................K Larsen 3 Live Sport (3) fr ................................R Close 4 Lavazza (4) fr ......................... J Morrison (J) 5 2 Gemma Mac (5) fr ........................T Williams 2 12.54pm WILLYS FLOORING LTD/JD SOUNESS LTD TROT $10,000, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2400m 1 750 Inessa’s Dream (1) fr.................... B Wallace 2 3825 Spur To Action (2) fr ................ M Williamson 3 6 Smokin Bandar (3) fr ..................... K Barclay 4 02242 Star Dude (4) fr ....................... N Williamson 5 84283 Lady Zara (5) fr .................................. A Kyle 6 57474 The Power Broker (6) fr ....... K McNaught (J) 7 960 Tommy Tiddler (7) fr ..................E Barron (J) 8 09888 Spur Me On Gently (U1) fr ....... T Robertson 9 00908 Moment Of Glory (U2) fr ................ P Hunter 10 6 Robo Trouble (U3) fr ...................... B Barclay 3 1.29 SHANE MATHESON CRUTCHING & SHEAR-

ING MOBILE PACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo, 2400m 1 Whiskyinthejar (1) fr ................ M Williamson 2 5x4 Tara Bromac (2) fr .........................B Orange 3 000 Rebel With A Grin (3) fr ........... N Williamson 4 0 Tommys Reactor (4) fr............ S Walkinshaw 5 87 Changed My Mind (5) fr ................ K Barclay 6 649 Stingray Tara (6) fr......................... B Barclay 7 Offthebench (7) fr .........................T Williams 8 63 Calico Hill (8) fr .................................A Beck 9 424 The Great Buzz (21) fr ..............E Barron (J) 4 2.04pm RODGERS GARAGE LTD MOBILE PACE $10,000, non-winners 4yo+., mobile, 2400m 1 P0 Ava Classy Gal fr ......................... Scratched 2 82435 With The Stars (1) fr 3 83405 Shuzi (2) fr .............................. N Williamson 4 05072 Thisladyrocks (3) fr...................B Williamson 5 23724 Hans Ideal (4) fr .........................C Ferguson 6 0P0x8 The Little One (5) fr .......................... A Milne 7 42005 Maahes (6) fr........................... M Williamson 8 466 Dublin Street (7) fr .................. J Morrison (J) 9 36435 Delight N Gold (21) fr ......................R Swain 10 49x96 Official Cullen (22) fr .......................J W Cox 11 790x Cantwells Gold (23) fr ................... B Barclay 12 87757 Razcal Alley (24) fr ................. S Walkinshaw

13 5 Gabby’s Magic (25) fr .....................K Larsen 14 5408x Rakagem (26) fr ........................E Barron (J) 5 2.39pm CALDWELL CONTRACTING LTD MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ r40-r51., mobile, 2400m 1 65051 Franco June (1) fr............................R Swain 2 50765 Rock On (2) fr ...............................B Orange 3 29009 Lady’s Lass (3) fr...................... T Robertson 4 74880 El Dinero (4) fr..................... K McNaught (J) 5 0828P Franco Huntington (5) fr ......... S Walkinshaw 6 37849 Clifton Flutter (6) fr ..........................J W Cox 7 58846 Red Terror (7) fr..........................C Ferguson 8 89469 Ardent Lustre (8) fr ................. J Morrison (J) 9 82170 Flogging Molly (21) fr .............. N Williamson 10 80807 Kagee VC (22) fr ......................B Williamson 11 24508 Raffy Roo (23) fr .........................B McLellan 12 30523 Jody Direen (24) fr ....................M Hurrell (J) 6 3.14pm AON INSURANCE PACE $9000, 3yo+, w/c, stand, 2400m 1 1 Flame Lady (1) fr..........................T Williams 2 43295 Triroyale Brigade (2) fr............. N Williamson 3 1 Major Sass (3) fr ...........................B Orange 4 9817 Tartan Robyn (4) fr ....................E Barron (J) 5 37x57 Loma Jaccka (5) fr ........................ B Barclay 6 1086 Blazin Creek (6) fr ......................C Ferguson

7 49808 Rake (7) fr ........................................R Close 8 0xP63 Miss Waikiwi (8) fr .....................M Hurrell (J) 9 816 Thro Me The Buoy (9) fr ......... J Morrison (J) 10 1x304 Wolf West (10) fr ..............................S Ottley 11 x9501 Bobbie’s Medley (U1) fr ................. K Butt (J) 7 3.49pm MLT/PIONEER TAVERN HANDICAP TROT $10,000, r56-r85 spechcp, stand, 2400m 1 42845 Grace O’Malley (1) fr ...................... P Hunter 2 46302 Rydgemont Milly (2) fr .......................A Beck 3 50021 Dipendra (3) fr ..............................R Stevens 4 48616 Our Gracie (4) fr ...................... M Williamson 5 754x2 Majestic Connies (U1) fr ........ J Morrison (J) 6 61150 Super Fast Pat (U2) fr ................... B Barclay 7 54634 Spotlight The Valley (1) 15M .....M Hurrell (J) 8 42818 King Cassidy (U1) 15M ................T Williams 9 7x1x7 Sam Galleon (1) 30M ..................T Dewe (J) 10 29181 War Admiral (1) 40M ........................S Ottley 8 4.24pm AUCKLAND REACTOR AT ALABAR HANDICAP PACE $14,999, r60-r100 spechcp, stand, 2400m 1 06871 Rakarover (1) fr .............................. P Hunter 2 1321x Vintage Cheddar (2) fr .............B Williamson 3 40801 Annie Fitz (3) fr ................... K McNaught (J) 4 64643 Benio Ben (4) fr ............................T Williams 5 01981 Son Of Lana (5) fr ................... N Williamson

6 176x9 Melina Lowe (U1) fr ....................C Ferguson 7 21332 Tact Maggie (1) 15M ..................... B Barclay 8 57017 Sagwitch (2) 15M ......................M Hurrell (J) 9 P3118 Direct Control (3) 15M...................B Orange 10 98016 Especial (1) 25M ..............................S Ottley 9 4.59pm GRANT CHAMBERLAIN BUILDER MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r52-r59., mobile, 2400m 1 80597 Cast A Shadow (1) fr.............. S Walkinshaw 2 04156 Groomsman (2) fr......................E Barron (J) 3 10467 My Georgie Boy (3) fr ..................... P Hunter 4 74322 Mighty Flying Art (4) fr .................. B Barclay 5 35036 Vin Scully (5) fr........................ M Williamson 6 169x3 Donegal Mary Francis (6) fr .........T Williams 7 3xPx1 Ready To Rumble (7) fr .................B Orange 8 55524 B Mac C (8) fr..................................J W Cox 9 50844 Jabali (21) fr ................................B McLellan 10 900x5 London Delight (22) fr ....................K Larsen 11 86170 Kotare Elite (23) fr ................... N Williamson 12 76729 It Ain’t The Money (24) fr...........M Hurrell (J) 13 7428x Omar Sharif (25) fr ...........................R Close LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

8 8 Power Tycoon (7) 58 ...................... A Calder 9 4x344 Secretaria (5) 56.5 .........................V Colgan 10 B452 Tantalising (3) 56.5 .......................J Waddell 11 x7645 Come Dance With Me (8) 56.5....T Thornton 12 05 Suretoshine (2) 56.5 ..................M Coleman 13 750x Magnolia Lane (1) 56.5 ..........J Fawcett (a2) 14 7232 Spring Delight b (6) 56 ...............M Cameron 15 0007 Mr Scallywag (13) 58.5 16 09700 Lowrider (12) 56.5 Emergencies: Mr Scallywag, Lowrider 7 3.44pm COMAG/FASTTRACK $5K ADDED STAKE 1600 $15,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 10240 Musical Blues h (9) 59.5 .......... D Danis (a3) 2 x0316 Guillocharm d (1) 59 ......................V Colgan 3 20497 Surrey td (7) 58.5 ............................ S Spratt 4 05236 Zah Wanted (6) 58 ......................... A Calder 5 x6324 Paint The Town b (4) 57.5 .............J Waddell 6 17532 Terra Firma b (2) 57 ...................M Coleman 7 028x1 Za Za Gabor th (10) 57 ...............C Lammas 8 1 Vis Ta Vie (11) 56.5 ......................... C Grylls 9 40099 Felix Faure h (5) 55.5 ...............N Bakar (a3) 10 00x63 Mistress Porotene dm (8) 54.5 ....T Thornton 11 09700 Lowrider (3) 54 ....................................C Dell 8 4.19 COLCHESTER ENGINEERING 1400 $11,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1400m 1 10263 Comeback d (6) 59.5 .................M Cameron 2 x3211 Firefly t (1) 58 .................................. T Harris 3 47x25 Maltese Ruby db (8) 57.5 ................J Riddell 4 00664 Danger Dee dh (2) 57.5 ...........N Bakar (a3)

5 579x1 Griffin th (4) 57.5 ....................C Burdan (a4) 6 76x36 Solomon th (9) 57 .................... D Danis (a3) 7 41840 La Mia Stella dh (5) 55 ................T Thornton 8 56832 Endean Express td (7) 54.5Goindasamy (a3) 9 4278x Gabriel (3) 54 ......................................C Dell 9 4.54pm K R BELL ELECTRICAL 2000 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2000m 1 05513 He’s No Saint tdh (11) 59.5 ....J Fawcett (a2) 2 0x001 Next Up m (14) 59 ......................G Cooksley 3 3130x Party At Paroa m (7) 59 ..............J Kam (a4) 4 186 Roll The Dice h (12) 58.5 ..............J Waddell 5 07014 Mighty Connor h (2) 58 ...............T Thornton 6 79177 Amano h (17) 57.5 .......................... C Grylls 7 x6927 Elegant D’Oro h (1) 57 ....................J Riddell 8 05x23 Ascomanni m (4) 57 9 03581 Moiras Town (6) 56.5 .......................R Smyth 10 00571 Delle Quartza h (5) 56.5 ..........N Bakar (a3) 11 74004 Lucky Dreamer td (15) 55.5 ....... L Satherley 12 87047 Shockwave (16) 55.5 ................ P Gallagher 13 09x68 Heavenly Gold tmh (13) 54 ............. A Jones 14 0x786 Itsabird (3) 54 .......................T Newman (a3) 15 70097 Pursued (10) 55 16 97222 Konstantina b (8) 57.5 ................M Cameron 17 95264 Bugs Moran (9) 57.5 Emergencies: Pursued, Konstantina, Bugs Moran Blinkers on: Markle (R2), Upalayer (R5), Maltese Ruby (R8) Blinkers off: Ambitious Showgirl, Germanicus (R2), Kylie Bax (R4) Winkers on: Velocheetah (R2), Killin (R5), Terra Firma (R7), Roll The Dice (R9) Winkers off: Cleverconversation (R4)

Tomorrow at Matamata Raceway

Racing Matamata Venue: Matamata Meeting Date: 3 Feb 2019 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.12pm GARLAND ENGINEERING MAIDEN 1600 $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 00x47 Leonardo (8) 58.5 ........................... T Harris 2 0 Howmuch Toomuch (3) 58.5 ...............C Dell 3 8805x Sylwek (10) 58.5 ........... A Goindasamy (a3) 4 0x Impeccable One h (13) 58.5 .......S Karlsson 5 3x423 Keep The Cash (6) 58 ................M Cameron 6 9250 Bayeux (14) 58 ................................ S Spratt 7 96 Kia Ora Keith h (7) 58 .....................J Riddell 8 44230 Livvy Lass h (5) 56.5 ...................C Lammas 9 x4533 Avoca Willow h (11) 56.5.......... D Danis (a3) 10 9223 Shezathinka bh (1) 56 ..............N Bakar (a3) 11 43437 Let Me Tell Ya (2) 56 ...................M Coleman 12 006 Thousand Stars h (12) 56 13 507 Flomiline (15) 56 14 80 Two Madison h (4) 56...................... C Grylls 15 0007 Mr Scallywag (9) 58.5 16 09700 Lowrider 56.5 ............................... Scratched Emergencies: Mr Scallywag, Lowrider 2 12.47 BROADWAY MOTEL MAIDEN 1400 $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1400m 1 82 Firoden (15) 57.5 ............................J Riddell 2 2 Nordic 57.5................................... Scratched 3 8x634 Marbuzet b (1) 57.5 .....................T Thornton 4 66485 Golden Sun h (9) 57.5..................... C Grylls 5 30309 Paul’s Super Ariki (5) 57.5 ....... D Danis (a3)

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Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Stadium Meeting Date: 03 Feb 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 1.38pm (NZT) SPEEDMAPS @FORMPRO RATINGS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 34874 Hows Your Mum 18.62 ....................S Codlin 2 43127 Go Home Harry 18.77 ...................... S Clark 3 46452 Gotcha Millie 18.65 ...................... H Mullane 4 55165 Just Maddie nwtd .............................M Black 5 66558 Doug Deep 18.65 R & .........................L Udy 6 68886 Bright Boy 18.75 ............................S E Hunt 7 65676 Bigtime Winnie 18.90 A & ...............Williams 8 47561 Unconscionable 18.61 R & .................L Udy 9 85772 Bark De Triomphe nwtd .....................B Craik 10 78757 Agbeze 18.98 ................................A Cleaver 2 1.55pm MAYHOUNDS RACING RETIREMENT PROJECT SPRINT C0, 318m 1 842 Smalltime Johnny nwtd A & ............Williams 2 66778 Magic Eight Ball nwtd R &...........N O’Regan 3 75868 Riccitelli nwtd ................................A Cleaver 4 6x784 Simply Music nwtd .......................... T Green 5 853 Decision nwtd................................... S Clark 6 8 Coober Pedy nwtd R &................N O’Regan 7 44267 Pukekohe Smurf nwtd .......................H Scott 8 78675 Bigtime Claws nwtd A & ..................Williams 9 F878 Original Buddy nwtd .........................M Black 10 White Fire Opal nwtd R & ...........N O’Regan

6 5 Tarwyn (7) 57.5 ............. A Goindasamy (a3) 7 66 Saintly Way (11) 57.5 ...................... T Harris 8 Deels Done (3) 57.5 ......................J Waddell 9 29056 Ambitious Showgirl h (2) 55.5 ....M Coleman 10 23 Kainui Rose bh (4) 55.5 ..............C Lammas 11 63 Dawnlight (6) 55.5 ..........................V Colgan 12 63575 Markle (14) 55.5 .............................. S Spratt 13 6 Oratia 55.5 ................................... Scratched 14 9x Day Dreamer (10) 55.5 .............. L Satherley 15 80 Bingwa (12) 55.5 .............................R Smyth 16 80 Velocheetah (13) 55.5 ............... P Gallagher 17 060 Germanicus h (8) 57.5 18 0 Cleverconversation 57.5............... Scratched Emergencies: Bingwa, Velocheetah, Germanicus, Cleverconversation 3 1.22pm TUSCANY ROAD FASHION IN THE FIELD 23 FEB $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 4120 Show Down (5) 59..........................V Colgan 2 24819 No Finer Pins tdh (3) 58.5 ..........M Coleman 3 x187x Not Usual Current (4) 58.5 .........M Cameron 4 26321 Quality Prevails th (2) 57 ................. C Grylls 5 3210 She’s A Goddess tdh (1) 56.5 .....C Lammas 4 1.59 MATAMATA COMMERCIAL CLEANERS MDN 1200 $10,000, MAIDEN, 1200m 1 33234 Monaco b (7) 58.5 .......................T Thornton 2 2540x Leaf (10) 58.5..................................J Riddell 3 0 Another Craftsman (8) 58.5 ... T Taiaroa (a4) 4 2 Speedy Meady (3) 58..................C Lammas 5 2x84x Willpower bh (11) 58 ....................... C Grylls

6 0 Cleverconversation (1) 58 .......... L Satherley 7 437x2 Choulee (6) 56.5 ...................... D Danis (a3) 8 8x5x4 Arrivo (2) 56.5 ......................T Newman (a3) 9 23 Kylie Bax h (5) 56 .......................M Cameron 10 84 Puddles (4) 56................................. S Spratt 11 0 Bothered (9) 56 .............................. A Calder 5 2.34pm PAPER PLUS MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN 2YO, 1200m 1 2 Killin (5) 57.5 .................................J Waddell 2 4 Upalayer (2) 57.5 ............................J Riddell 3 Enrichment h (9) 57.5 ................M Cameron 4 Moeraki h (12) 57.5 ....................M Coleman 5 7 Caithness Kid (4) 57.5 .. A Goindasamy (a3) 6 33 Hasstobegood (7) 55.5 7 3 Bella Mente (3) 55.5 8 54 In Fashion (11) 55.5 .......................V Colgan 9 Folk Dress h (10) 55.5 10 Starring Role h (1) 55.5..........J Fawcett (a2) 11 6 Rockin Robin h (6) 55.5 .................. C Grylls 12 Rendition (8) 55.5 .......................... A Calder 6 3.09pm WRIGHTWAY BUILDERS MAIDEN 1600 $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 3726 Parliament 58.5 ............................ Scratched 2 4x06 Mav h (11) 58.5 ............................... T Harris 3 885 Vedo Rosso (14) 58.5 ..................... S Spratt 4 0 Ipatch h (4) 58.5 .............................. C Grylls 5 60 Senor Pinyata (9) 58.5 ............... L Satherley 6 022 Yes M’Lady h (15) 58 ...................... R Jones 7 806 Saltire h (10) 58 ....................... D Danis (a3)

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4 65763 Blocker 18.57 R & .......................N O’Regan 10 54557 Wong Way 18.44 U & ........................Cottam 5 33275 Bright Concept 18.80 R & ...................L Udy 8 3.40 CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN STKS C2, 527m C2, 318m 6 63678 Red Dee 18.53 ................................P Green 1 33628 Clover Victoria 18.65 .......................S Codlin 1 43757 Jetsun Swan 30.83 ........................G Wilson 7 31336 Winlock Seana 18.64 ................... H Mullane 2 25441 Nasa 18.78........................................B Craik 2 5x242 Jinja Twist 30.62 W & ......................T Steele 8 11534 Nexus 18.60 ...................................

G Farrell 3 78167 It’s A Must 19.11 W & ......................T Steele 3 52155 My Red Hero 30.87 ............................ D Ray 9 74657 Hitch A Ride 18.69 ..........................

T Green 4 13486 Tres Vite 18.62 ................................T Patton 4 36641 Opawa Velocette 30.86 W &............T Steele 5 53641 Banjo Hope 18.94 A & ....................Williams 10 24587 Scott The Looks 18.76 U & ...............Cottam 5 31836 Bear Claws 30.81 W & ....................T Steele 6 55571 Guru’s Choice 18.80 A &.................Williams 6 3.05pm LAST ONE STANDING 24 FEBRUARY 6 21348 Salvarotti 30.70 .................................B Craik 7 15777 Sonic Attack 18.48 ...........................S Lozell SPRINT C1, 318m 7 64615 Deception Diva 30.81 W & ..............T Steele 8 46431 Disclaimer nwtd...............................P Green 1 13546 Rocky’s To Much 18.73 A & ............Williams 8 32223 Little Moo 30.50 U & .........................Cottam 9 85484 Irinka Stono 18.74 R & ................N O’Regan 2 23674 Agistri 18.68 ...................................S E Hunt 9 11664 Gao Gao 30.81 .............................. G Farrell 10 57477 Hallo Star 18.23 R & ...........................L Udy 3 16577 Tilly’s Silly 18.95 R &...........................L Udy 10 44557 Secret Rory 30.98 .......................... G Farrell 4 2.30 HAPPY BIRTHDAY THAYNE GREEN STAKES 4 14886 Botany Laraine 19.06 ......................P Green 9 3.58pm HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C3, 318m 5 67632 Bigtime Monty nwtd...................... H Mullane C1, 527m 1 647x1 Bigtime Alldone 18.77 .................. H Mullane 6 24535 Waiterimu Ripper 18.80 R & ...............L Udy 1 52657 Bigtime Welldone 30.65 R & .......N O’Regan 2 63312 Bruce Banner 18.71 ..................... H Mullane 7 77x48 Sings Like Elvis nwtd .......................

S Clark 2 44122 Monsoon Malabar nwtd U &..............Cottam 3 52688 Amazing Contact 18.58...................S Codlin 8 38521 Karaoke Prince 18.98 R & ..........N O’Regan 3 F4738 Hua Hua nwtd ................................ G Farrell 4 14357 Stay Rich 18.55 M & ........................ J Smith 9 78757 Agbeze 18.98 ................................A Cleaver 4 77615 Twelve Gauge nwtd ..........................M Black 5 74122 Botany Wayne nwtd ........................P Green 5 561x5 Sir Kinloch nwtd ............................... S Clark 10 35488 Rockin’ Robyn nwtd........................ S O’Neill 6 18642 Audrette 18.45.................................S Codlin 6 35333 Talkabout Sophie 30.95 ...................M Black 7 3.23 $15,000 GUARANTEED PICK6 SPRINT C4, 318m 7 16353 Talkabout Izzy 18.81 .......................... D Ray 7 23486 Jinja Liv 31.08 U & ............................Cottam 1 16777 Podium Phobia nwtd .................... H Mullane 8 22335 Waerenga Star 18.63 U & .................Cottam 8 38653 Platinum Tears 31.36 ....................... S Clark 2 22888 Kapai Lana 18.57 R & .........................L Udy 9 54176 Barwon Bandit 18.68......................S E Hunt 9 78657 Home Bound nwtd R & .......................L Udy 3 61527 Jetsun Paint 18.62 .........................G Wilson 10 12884 Junk Mail 18.59 W & .......................T Steele 10 F4476 Secret Babe 30.94 W &...................T Steele 4 51161 Kuridrani 18.71 ..............................A Cleaver 10 4.15pm MT WELLINGTON TAB STAKES C3, 527m 5 2.48 AUCKLAND CUP & RAILWAY SPRINT HEATS 5 75288 Guru Secret 18.61 A & ....................Williams 1 56365 El Narco 30.69 ................................P Green 6 16354 On Da Quest 18.68 R & ......................L Udy 24 FEB SPRIN C2, 318m 2 65532 Heart Shaped Box 30.90...................B Craik 7 32283 Bombshell Blonde 18.64 .............. H Mullane 1 32156 Opawa Blair 18.88 A & ....................Williams 3 13472 Jetsun Doll 30.97 ...........................G Wilson 8 86655 Alex Attack 18.38 U & .......................Cottam 2 68353 Nardango nwtd..................................E Potts 4 43216 Thrilling Dexter 31.15 .......................S Lozell 9 66464 Retired Mouse 18.65....................... T Green 3 23132 Bigtime Dean 18.75 A &..................Williams 5 22838 Ti Amo 30.73.....................................B Craik

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34211 Idol Ajay 30.90 W &.........................T Steele 24826 Pat Tama 30.60 ................................ S Clark 54644 Go Angel 30.70 .............................. G Farrell 51474 Jinja Bailey 30.36 U & .......................Cottam 71566 Jetsun Singer 30.73 .......................G Wilson 11 4.35 QUALIFIED PET SERVICES SPRINT C5, 318m 1 11471 It’s Pawsible 18.61 ..........................P Green 2 36286 One Cool Chap 18.47 W &..............T Steele 3 53334 Blitz ‘Em Rene 18.35 U &..................Cottam 4 46613 Mad Harry 18.47 .............................S Codlin 5 78175 Beat The Butcher 18.36 R & ...............L Udy 6 13312 Fantastic Amy 18.53 ........................S Lozell 7 42131 Jinja Mongo 18.34 W & ...................T Steele 8 71678 Thrilling Katie 18.40 ..........................E Potts 9 75288 Bigtime Victory nwtd ..........................L Cole 12 4.51pm JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 25336 Bigtime Clyde nwtd ...................... H Mullane 2 37844 Bigtime Champ nwtd A & ................Williams 3 67386 On Demand 18.54............................M Black 4 54744 Tribal Conquest 19.12 R & ..................L Udy 5 68585 Mighty Mezz 18.87 R & ...............N O’Regan 6 64256 Spark ‘Em Up 19.14 ........................S Codlin 7 73221 Jetsun Jamie 18.72 ........................G Wilson 8 86776 Star Secret nwtd A &.......................Williams 9 35488 Rockin’ Robyn nwtd........................ S O’Neill 10 85772 Bark De Triomphe nwtd .....................B Craik 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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SundayMedical 11am -Centre, 2pm Moore Street Moore Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8amwww.sparrows.co.nz Sunday. Consultations will be by appointment only. To make a booking please phone 0800 700 155.

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MEDICAL SERVICES

Ashburton Rest Homes

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and Healthline is a free health advice. It operates 24 hours a PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting. day, seven days a week. The toll-free number to call is 0800 Emergency Dentist 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered nurses who are If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, trained to assess health problems and offer advice over the please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered phone. The service is free and confidential. weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

DUTY DOCTORS For all urgent medical calls phone 0800 700 155 at any ELPLINE ERVICES time. IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please Alcoholics Anonymous Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Three Rivers Health, Allens Road, Ashburton, will be the Ask for the Crisis Team. duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Please phone Safe Care - 24 hr Rape and Sexual 0800 700 155 for an appointment.

Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791 Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, Victims Support Group will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday.

24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) Consultations will be by appointment only. To make a booking Direct dials to a volunteer. please phone 0800 700 155.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm Methven & Rakaia Area outside of these hours leave a message.

For weekend and emergency services please phone 302 Alcohol Drug Help Line 8105 for details on how to access the after-hours service Call us free on (0800 787 797). each weekend.

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

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Pharmacies

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday and from 5pm - 7pm both evenings.

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Lifeline - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353.

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

COMMUNITY SERVICES Art Gallery

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm - Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

Ashburton Museum

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm

Ashburton Public Library

Bus Departures

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ANIMAL SERVICES Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24h service.

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Animal Welfare Centre

EA Networks Centre - Pools

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter -

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: Contact - President 021 1356 969.

Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm. Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

Veterinarians

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

Full emergency service all weekend.

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

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

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, Information Centre Methven - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Maisie Fleming.

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

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ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

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

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Maintenance Apprentice - Ashburton

Property Maintenance Officer

ANZCO Foods Limited is one of New Zealand’s largest exporters employing over 3,000 staff worldwide. A dynamic, multinational group of companies, the company’s core purpose is to procure, process and market New Zealand beef and lamb products to the world.

We have an exciting opportunity for a trainee to join our team and complete a Maintenance Apprenticeship. Reporting to the Engineering Supervisor and working alongside highly skilled Tradesmen, we are seeking a dedicated, reliable, organised and motivated applicant looking for a long term career with ANZCO Foods Canterbury. Adult apprentice or partially trained person looking to complete training would also be considered.

If you are a jack of all trades…

And can master more than one, this varied role you will suit you perfectly. Whether you are performing basic property maintenance duties yourself or using your knowledge to oversee other trades people, it is important that you can effectively and efficiently manage your day.

It’s also essential that you are able to work and communicate with a range of people as you will be the first point of contact for any ad hoc, after hours or scheduled maintenance work for all Council buildings including the Administration Building, Museum, Library and Elderly Persons Housing.

To be successful you will have the following:

With the right attitude, basic computer skills, preferably a speciality trade and general skills in a range of other trades, this position could be yours.

• A minimum L2 NCEA Math and English • Competent computer skills • An interest in Maintenance Engineering services and related technologies • Practical and mechanically minded • A good level of physical fitness

To find out more about these vacancies and what the Ashburton District Council has to offer you - visit our website.

We are offering an experienced engineer an opportunity to join our Ashburton team to support the manufacturing of truck decks, truck modifications and other general engineering.

Our ideal applicants will have the following: • Fabrication and machining experience (a trade qualification is desirable) • Experience in transport engineering • Commitment to maintaining a high standard of health & safety • A high standard of welding and workmanship • Self-motivation with a great attitude • Full class 1 driver’s licence In return, we offer a great working environment, competitive hourly rates and health insurance after six-months of joining us.

How to apply: Apply online at https://www.surveymonkey. com/r/Spraymarks or contact Alisha Murdoch for more information 027 558 8405.

Visit our website to find out more about SprayMarks, www.spraymarks.co.nz

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers

Applications close Thursday, 7 February 2019.

About us: SprayMarks Engineering manufacture, fabricate and provide a wide range of industrial maintenance and engineering services to clients across the South Island and abroad.

SprayMarks prides itself on providing an environment that is friendly with excellent working conditions, top equipment and competitive remuneration.

Applications close Monday, 11 February 2019.

For more information or to apply for this role, visit our website at www.careers.anzcofoods.com

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Part-time, Experienced Home Care Support Worker Healthvision is a leading provider of home-based healthcare solutions for people living in their own homes. We provide care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to support and help make a positive change in people’s lives.

A support worker is required for a female client with Spinal Cord Injury and a Traumatic Brain Injury client both living in Ashburton to help out with housework, meal prep, shopping, community access and companionship.

Support is needed Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm; or some days until 4.30pm.

Due to client’s specific request only female applicants will be considered.

To be successful in this role ideally you will need the following: • Experience in dealing with brain injury • Communicate with one of the client’s autistic son • Has a NZ full driver’s licence • Sound verbal and written skills • NZ residency We offer: • Competitive rates • On the job training, up-skilling and on-going support • A friendly team environment Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

If you are interested, please email CV and cover letter to: liezel.efondo@healthvision.co.nz

Real Estate

We have a position available selling to the Selwyn District. This role involves selling media adverting into our news and community App, which delivers great local content and news to local residents.

This exciting new advertising platform, enables local clients to promote their businesses effectively, through animated banners and business listings The skills required for this position include: •

Great knowledge and passion for all things sales and customer service

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A great personality and enjoy dealing with people

In return, we will provide you with an attractive base salary and uncapped commission structure.

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and a current New Zealand driver licence.

If this is you, please send your CV and cover letter to: Desme Daniels, General Manager PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740 Or email desme@theguardian.co.nz Applications close Saturday, February 16, 2019.

Painter Paperhanger required to join our busy firm.

Contact Richard 027 626 0784 or email mccreapaintersashburton@gmail.com

Situations Vacant

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

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

A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

Today’s construction is tomorrow’s legacy  Housing  Commercial  Farm  Renovations Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote on 03 308 9936 or 027 432 3258

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CHURCH SERVICES

WISHING to lease or rent approx. 20 acres in the Wakanui/Elgin area.

Contact 027 434 5638.

Church Services GUARDIAN

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village. Phone Brian 307 8000 or 308 6180.

HIRE GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East Street. Open Monday-Friday 7am - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am COMPUTER PROBLEMS?? - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am For professional computer 12.30pm. Phone 308 8061. servicing and laser engraving, www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz see Kelvin at KJB Systems, 4 Ascot Place. Phone 308 GRAZING 8989. Locally owned and serving Ashburton for 30 GRAZING required within years. Same day service the Wakanui/Elgin area if possible.

Supergold for small lamb flock. discount card welcomed. Contact 027 434 5638.

RURAL TRADING POST GARDENING C L AY S O N - H E A D E R HARVESTER - as new tyres, drum bars, concaves, etc.. Call Gordon on 022 459 8336 or 027 558 2217.

MOTORING WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308 6737.

LIVESTOCK, PETS BUYER of unwanted animals.

Cattle, bobby calves, horses and all farm animals. We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

LIME chip for sale - Westside Hire, 171 Alford Forest Road. $38 per scoop. Call now on 308 0006. Compost and bark too.

Pick-up and delivery options.

You can even hire a trailer!

GARAGE SALES CHARITY market and garage sale. Pakeke Lions raising funds for Ashburton community. Cash or Eftpos on sale day. From 9am Saturday, March 2, 2019, Ashburton Racecourse.

Enquiries call Dave 307 4349.

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SCOUTING MUDSLIDE When: Sunday, February 10 10am-1pm Where: Mania-O-Roto Scout Park, Chalmers Avenue Free entry for all Scouts (wearing Scout scarf), $5 entry for all public (includes a sausage), free for under 5 years.

63 Princes Street All welcome Rev. David Bayne Ph 307 7355

CARAVANS, TRAILERS ACCOMMODATION, CARAVAN wanted. RENTAL Anything considered,

ACCOMMODATION offered in Christchurch. Monday Friday, bed/breakfast, dinner by arrangement. selfOld clothes and Semi closed shoes contained, own bedroom and Contact – Vicki 020-605 1048 Nicci 027-816 1813 bathroom. Separate entrance Lori 021-252 8660 for details and off street parking. On bus route to hospital, Ara and University. $50 a night or $160 for 4 nights. Please phone 027 232 7571.

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9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FARMERS’ MARKET. Lots of produce, products, hot and cold drinks and much more. See you there!

West Street Car Park.

SUNDAY 8am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Washpen Falls, all welcome. Phone Jenny 308 6862. Meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West.

8.30am FOREST AND BIRD. Wilding day at Spider Lakes. Any scouts and friends keen to help? Bring own lunch, water etc, radioT’s if you have, gloves, saw, loppers, etc. Leaving Courthouse, Baring Square West at 8.30am or Mt Somers Domain at 9am.

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

MONDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in the hall.

48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am (10am start) ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Round one of Heartland Championship.

Ashburton Golf Club.

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Call David Rush today on 03 307 1990 for expert advice and a free no obligation risk assessment.

TWO beautiful Asian ladies, $200 for 30 minutes, $300 for one hour. Full service.

Special Chinese massage.

Contact – Vicki 020-605 1048 Nicci 027-816 1813 Phone 021 046 4314.

Old clothes and closed shoes for all your

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Lori 021-252 8660 for details 73 Burnett St, 307 7900 Ashburton

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Old clothes and closed shoes.

thanks. Phone/text 027 FOR SALE SCOOTERS - new and 204 9709 or 03 308 5193. secondhand three and four wheel-electric scooters ADULT and wheel-chairs.

Call Fred Reddecliffe at ENTERTAINMENT Electric Mobility Ashburton ASHLEY - Attractive, busty, today. Phone 308 3602. sweet for fun and action. Old timers welcome. No texting.

Phone 021 0275 9055.

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

10.30am Worship Every Sunday

Feb 02, 0363.5mm & 04,x 63.5mm 2019 9am - 12.30pm CRAFT MARKET. Children’s clothing, jewellery, Rawleighs, toys and more. West Street Car Park.

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

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

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP.

Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

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

10am - 4pm TROTTS GARDEN. Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts.co.nz or phone 027-640-4094. Racecourse Road.

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

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service with communion led

by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH. Commissioning service. Rev Heather Kennedy. Followed by pot luck lunch.

Baring Square Church lounge, Baring Square East.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Service led by Rev Gene Lawrence, all

welcome. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

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

10am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

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

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

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

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

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

11am - 4pm THE PLAINS RAILWAY OPEN DAY. Vintage railcar rides operating, museum open, and much more. Check www. plainsrailway.co.nz/ for details. Maronan Road, Tinwald.

11am - 4pm.

RAILWAY AND PRESERVATION SOCIETY PLAINS MUSEUM COMBINED CRAFT DAYS. A warm welcome to all crafts people to spend an enjoyable day with us. Plains Railway, Maronan Road. Tinwald.

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

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

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

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

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

Senior-Centre, Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm

TROTTS GARDEN. Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts.co.nz or phone 027-640-4094. Racecourse Road.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares.

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

12pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH.

Weekly lunch, available at Baptist Church, foyer entrance off Cass Street.

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

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIORNET.GUARDIAN - Colum Apple I-phone and I-Pad users only.

Remember your email address and PLEASE CHECK ALL DETAILS CAREFUL password. $2. MSA Reading room.

AND ANY OTHER CHANGES REQUIRED. Havelock Street.FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES AND 6pm 03 308 2353 / 027 337 5384 / ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in the hall.

48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Pet Medics 0 7am People On Bikes 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Whanau Living 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 10am Tipping Point 11am The Naked Choir 0 Noon 800 Words PGR 3 0 1pm The Hotel Inspector 3 0 2pm George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3 0 3pm Flipping Profit! 0 4pm Gino’s Italian Escape Gino D’Acampo ends his Sicilian adventure on the eastern side of the island in the shadow of Mount Etna.

4:25 Rachel’s Tour Of Beauty – The Collection Rachel Hunter travels the world to find out how to be healthy and stay looking young. 0 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm What Would Your Kid Do? 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 Following Twain With Oscar Kightley 0 8:35 M The Bucket List AO 2007 Comedy. 0 10:25 M Now Add Honey PGR 2015 Comedy. 0

12:20 Rizzoli And Isles AO 3 The murder of a notorious thief sends Jane and Maura into the world of art thefts and forgery. 0 1:10 Coronation Street Catch-Up PGR 3 0 3:05 Infomercials

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6am PJ Masks 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Ducktales 3 0 6:55 Ben 10 Reboot 3 0 7:05 Thunderbirds Are Go! 3 0 7:30 Future-Worm! 3 0 7:50 Transformers – Robots In Disguise 3 0 8:15 Lego Ninjago – Masters Of Spinjitzu 0 8:40 Pickle And Peanut 3 0 9am Clarence 3 0 9:10 Marvel’s Spider-Man 3 0 9:35 Dragon Ball Super 3 0 10am The Cul De Sac 3 0 10:25 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 3 0 11am Suburgatory AO 3 0 11:25 Alone Together AO 11:55 Take Me Out PGR 0 1pm F This Is Us PGR 0 2pm Siren 0 3pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 4pm The Amazing Race 0 5pm Travel Guides 0 6pm The Middle 0 6:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 The Project 3 7:25 Infomercials 9:30 Michael McIntyre’s Big Show PGR 3 0 10:30 The Bachelor NZ PGR 3 0 11:40 Restaurant Revolution PGR 3 12:50 Australian Ninja Warrior 3 0 2:30 Fresh Off The Boat PGR 3pm The Goldbergs PGR 0 3:30 Drop The Mic PGR 4pm All Star Family Feud – Dancing With The Stars 3 0 5pm The Elements – Cosentino Growing in confidence after being well received by the people of Asia, Cosentino sets out to conquer the element of wind. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm M The Spongebob Movie – Sponge Out Of Water PGR 2015 Animated Adventure. 0 8:45 M Easy A AO 2010 Comedy. 0 10:40 M Good Luck Chuck AO 2007 Romantic Comedy. 0

7pm N America’s Got Talent – The Champions Stars include Bianca Ryan, first winner of America’s Got Talent, Justice Crew, winners of Australia’s Got Talent, and Susan Boyle, runner-up of Britain’s Got Talent. 0 8:55 M Cloverfield AO 2008 Action. 0 10:35 M To Have And To Kill PGR 3 2017 Thriller. 0

12:50 M Grudge Match AO 12:25 Infomercials 2013 Comedy. Thirty years after 5am Hillsong their last title fight, two retired 5:30 Charles Stanley Pittsburgh boxers step into the ring to settle an old score. Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone. 2:45 Love Island UK AO 3 3:35 The Simpsons PGR 3 0 4am Scandal AO 3 4:45 Young And Hungry 3 5:30 Infomercials

America’s Got Talent – The WhichCar Champions, 7pm on Three 7pm on Prime 10am Sweet Home Oklahoma PGR 3 10:28 The Dish PGR 10:30 Dance Moms 3 11:30 Dance Moms 3 12:28 The Dish PGR 3 12:30 Top Chef – Just Desserts PGR 3 1:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 2pm Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 2:28 The Dish PGR 3 2:30 Get A Room With Carson And Thom 3 3:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 4:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:30 I’m Having Their Baby 3 7:30 Botched PGR 3 8:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians AO 9:30 Shahs Of Sunset AO 10:28 The Dish PGR 3 10:30 Summer House AO 11:30 Catfish AO

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SKY 5 6am Nightwatch M 6:55 The Simpsons PG 9:55 Pawn Stars – UK PG 10:20 Helicopter ER M 11:15 Supernatural MVS 12:05 Grimm MV 1pm The Flash MVS 1:50 Supergirl MVS 2:45 Arrow MVS 3:35 Marvel’s Runaways M 4:30 The Simpsons PG 7:30 Helicopter ER M 8:30 Ice Road Truckers PG As the winter season comes to an end, Lisa must decide whether to help a competitor or go back to Polar headquarters with her teammates.

9:30 Appalachian Outlaws M Mike Ross fights off poachers who want the remaining ginseng; Tony Coffman takes on a large order from Mr Lee. 10:30 Nightwatch M 11:30 The Simpsons PG SUNDAY Midnight The Simpsons PG 2:30 The Flash MVS 3:25 Supergirl MVS 4:20 Arrow MVS 5:10 Marvel’s Runaways M

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6:30 Te Kaea 3 2 7am Waiata Mai 3 7:10 Pukoro 2 7:40 Pipi Ma 3 7:50 Te Mana Kuratahi – Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Smooth 3 8:30 Playlist 9am Te Kaea 3 2 9:30 Whanau Bakeoff 3 10am F Hangi Pit Masters 3 11am Marae Kai Masters 3 Noon Both Worlds 3 12:30 Paki Vault 3 1pm The Pits TV 2pm Basketball – College Nationals 3 3pm Rugby League – ARL Finals 4:30 My Reggae Song 3 5pm My Country Song 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia 3 6:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu He Maunga He Rangatira, He Rangatira He Korero.

7pm M Once Upon A Forest 7pm WhichCar 1993 Animated. When a The presenters test drive a badger almost dies from toxic Mustang before flying to fumes, her animal friends set Japan to check out the Mazda out to find a cure.

MX-5. 0 8:20 Someday Stories 3 Bloom.

7:30 Midsomer Murders PGR 0 8:30 M A Late Quartet AO 9:30 Guiltology AO 3 0 2012 Romance Music.

10:30 Deadliest Lovers AO 3 0 10:30 #whiuatepatai AO 3

6am Ben Fogle – The Great Migration 7am Millau Viaduct – The Bridge In The Sky 8am My Floating Home 8:30 A Cook Abroad 9:30 Saving Lives At Sea 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Location, Location, Location 12:30 Restoration Man 1:30 Ozzy And Jack’s World Detour 2:30 Gardeners’ World 3:30 Deadline Design 4:30 James Martin’s French Adventure James visits Lyon, the gastronomic capital of France, and experiences fine dining, a pork dish with Lyonnaise potatoes, and crème brûlée.

5:30 American Restoration 6pm 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammies

11:30 Nightwatch AO 3 Firefighters race to the scene when a wild police chase ends in a major crash. 0 12:30 Closedown

11pm American Restoration 11:30 James Martin’s French Adventure 12:30 Tiny House Hunting 1am 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammies 2am Robson Green Extreme Fisherman 3am M Dark Places AO 2015 Thriller. Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult. 5am Weird Wonders Of The World

6am Endangered Species 3 6:25 Codename – Kids Next Door 3 6:50 Batman – Brave And The Bold 3 0 7:15 Danny Phantom 7:40 Ben 10 Alien Force 3 8:05 The Legend Of Korra 3 8:30 100 Things To Do Before High School 9am Justice League PGR 10am RAW PGR 3 11am SmackDown PGR 3 Noon Football – English Premier League (HLS) 1pm The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus PGR 2pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 3pm IRT Deadliest Roads PGR 4pm Flog It! 3 5pm Addicted To Fishing 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm A Place In The Sun – Winter Sun

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6am Ingrid Goes West 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen. 7:35 Finding Your Feet MLSC 2017 Comedy. Joanna Lumley, Imelda Staunton. 9:25 Good After Bad MLSC 2017 Drama.

Maddie Hasson, Billy Burke.

11:05 Close Up – Bradley Cooper PG 11:35 Justice League MV 2017 Action.

Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot.

1:35 Ingrid Goes West 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen. 3:10 The House 16VLSC 2017 Comedy.

Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler.

4:40 47 Metres Down 16VLC 2017 Horror. Mandy Moore, Claire Holt. 6:10 Ready Player One MVL 2018 Action.

Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke.

8:30 Midnight Sun PGL 2018 Drama. Facing a rare genetic condition that limits her exposure to sunlight, a woman’s world opens up when she enters a romance with a long-time crush. Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger.

10:05 The Avengers – Infinity War MV 2018 Action. Robert Downey jr, Chris Hemsworth.

SUNDAY 12:30 Second Chances PG 2013 Thriller. Melissa George, Ryan Scott Greene. 2am The House 16VLSC 2017 Comedy.

3:30 47 Metres Down 16VLC 2017 Horror. 5am The Avengers – Infinity War MV 2018 Action.

7:05 Alan Partridge – Alpha Papa MVL 2013 Comedy.

Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Tim Key. 8:35 Out Of The Furnace 16VLC 2013 Thriller.

Christian Bale, Casey Affleck.

10:30 Underworld – Evolution 16VLS 2006 Action. Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman.

12:20 Boogeyman MC 2005 Horror. Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless. 1:50 The Good Shepherd MVLS 2006 Drama. Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie. 4:35 Darling Companion M 2012 Comedy Drama. Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Dianne Wiest.

6:20 Battleship MVL 2012 Action Adventure.

Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker. 8:30 The Mexican MVL 2001 Action.

A man must transport an old gun, believed to carry a curse, across the border, while his girlfriend pressures him to give up crime. Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt.

10:35 Premonition ML 2007 Drama. Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon.

SUNDAY 12:10 American Psycho 2 16VLS 2002 Horror.

Mila Kunis, William Shatner.

1:40 The Good Shepherd MVLS 2006 Drama.

Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie.

4:25 Battleship MVL 2012 Action Adventure.

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

SKY SPORT 1 8am Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka (HLS) Second Test – Day One. 8:30 The Cricket Show 8:50 L Rugby – Six Nations France v Wales.

From the Stade de France in Paris.

11am Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Heat v Scorchers.

11:30 Rugby – Women’s Six Nations (RPL) Ireland v England.

1:40 Rugby – Women’s Six Nations (RPL) Scotland v Italy.

4pm L Cricket – Super Smash Aces v Knights.

From the Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland.

7:30 The Cricket Show 8pm Rugby – Six Nations (RPL) France v Wales.

From the Stade de France in Paris.

10:30 Cricket – Blackcaps v India (HLS) Fourth ODI. From Seddon Park, Hamilton.

11pm Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka (HLS) Second Test – Day Two. 11:30 Cycling – Vuelta A San Juan (RPL) Stage Five.

SUNDAY

1:30 Inside Serie A 2am Cricket – Blackcaps v India (HLS) Fourth ODI. 2:35 The Cricket Show 3:05 L Rugby – Six Nations Scotland v Italy.

From Murrayfield, Edinburgh.

5:35 L Rugby – Six Nations Ireland v England.

From Aviva Stadium, Dublin.

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

7pm M Rugrats Go Wild 2003 Animated. After being marooned on a desert island, the Rugrats need the help of the Wild Thornberrys.

8:30 M Dark Places AO 2015 Thriller. A traumatised woman must confront her past, where her actions led to her brother being charged with the massacre of their family.

SKY SPORT 2 6am Basketball – NBL (RPL) Breakers v Melbourne United.

From Spark Arena, Auckland.

8am L Rugby League – Super League Hull Kingston v Hull FC. From KCOM Craven Park, Hull.

11:30 L Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka Second Test – Day Two. Morning session from Manuka Oval, Canberra.

2:35 The Big Break Discussion show about the biggest matches of the Australian cricket season.

3:05 L Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka Second Test – Day Two. Afternoon session from Manuka Oval, Canberra.

8pm ICC Cricket 360 The latest cricket news and recent cricket action.

8:55 L Cricket – Big Bash Sixers v Thunder.

From the SCG, Sydney.

SUNDAY

12:30 The Cricket Show Analysis and highlights of recent games, with features and player profiles from all levels of cricket.

1am Cricket – Super Smash (HLS) Aces v Knights.

1:30 Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka (HLS) Second Test – Day Two. 2am Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Sydney – Day Two. 3:30 Cycling – Vuelta A San Juan (RPL) Stage Six. 5:30 The Cricket Show 2Feb19

DISCOVERY 6:35 Treehouse Masters PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 9:10 The 1980s – The Deadliest Decade M The Preppy Murder.

10am The Perfect Murder M The Green Eyed Monster.

10:50 Murder Calls M Torched Heart. 11:40 Air Rescue PG 12:05 Air Rescue PG 12:30 Expedition Unknown PG Secrets of the Nazca. 1:20 Misfit Garage PG Fast and Fierce Fairlane 1/2. 2:10 Misfit Garage PG Fairlane Gets Fired Up. 3pm Outback Opal Hunters PG 3:50 Expedition Unknown PG World’s 8th Wonder. 4:45 Expedition Unknown PG Amelia Earhart.

5:40 Expedition Unknown PG City of Gold. 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG Shaq Takes It to the Trees!

8:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG 9:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 10:15 How China Works PG 11:05 Expedition Unknown PG 11:55 Expedition Unknown PG SUNDAY 12:45 Deadliest Catch PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How It’s Made PG 5:45 Treehouse Masters PG

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6am Fishy Business 0 6:50 Tiny House Nation 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 3 8am Praise Be 8:30 Topp Country 3 0 9am Super-Small Animals 0 9:55 Moving Out With Tamati 3 0 10:30 Waka Huia Summer Series 11am Attitude 0 11:30 Dream Catchers 0 11:55 Descent From Disaster 3 0 12:55 Tiny House Nation 1:50 F The Curious Mind 3 The Imperfect Brain. 0 2:50 Robson Green – Grand Slam Fishing 0 3:55 Tipping Point Lucky Stars 4:55 The Celebrity Chase With celebrity guests Arlene Phillips, Diarmuid Gavin, Helen Skelton, and Micky Flanagan. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Attenborough’s Dynasties The lioness leader of a once mighty pride must now fight for its survival. 0 8:10 Amazing Hotels – Life Beyond The Lobby 0 9:20 The Job Interview 0 10:20 Broadchurch AO 0

11:25 F Murder Calls AO A man whose hatred for his victim had reached boiling point concocts a near-perfect plan of revenge. 0 12:20 The Inside Word 0 12:45 Attitude 0 1:10 Coronation Street Catch-Up PGR 3 0 3:05 Infomercials

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6am Paw Patrol 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Puppy Dog Pals 3 0 7am Alvinnn!!!

And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:10 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 7:15 Powerpuff Girls 3 0 7:35 KC Undercover 3 0 8am Young Ocean Explorers 0 8:05 Wild Eyes 0 8:10 Legendary Polynesia 0 8:15 M Invisible Sister 2015 Family Comedy. 0 9:30 Powerless 0 10:40 Shortland Street PGR 0 12:15 Ugly Betty 3 0 1:10 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 1:40 The Real O’Neals PGR 3 0 2:10 Life In Pieces 3 0 3:10 M Yes, I Do 2018 Romance. 0 4:55 Monkeys Make You Laugh Out Loud 0 5:55 The Middle 0 6:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 7pm Bride And Prejudice Au PGR 0 8:25 M Life AO 2017 Thriller.

A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidlyevolving life form that caused extinction on Mars and now threatens life on Earth. 0 10:35 M Nightmare On Elm Street AO 2010 Horror. 0 12:20 Love Island UK AO 3 1:10 Balls Of Steel AO 3 0 2:25 Kevin From Work PGR 3 2:45 Mike Tyson Mysteries AO 3 2:55 Infomercials 3:30 Quantico AO 3 0 4:15 Infomercials 4:45 Step By Step 3 5:30 Infomercials

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11:30 NCIS – Los Angeles AO 3 The NCIS team searches Los Angeles for the lead suspect of murdering an Iraqi businessman, a former marine who had been hired by a private security firm to protect him. 0 12:30 Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE

Attenborough’s Dynasties 7pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 6am Flipping Out 3 9:10 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 9:58 The Dish PGR 3 10am Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 10:50 I’m Having Their Baby 3 11:40 Get A Room With Carson And Thom PGR 3 12:28 The Dish PGR 3 12:30 Unspeakable Crime – The Killing Of Jessica Chambers PGR 3 1:30 Dance Moms 3 2:30 Dance Moms 3 3:28 The Dish PGR 3 3:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 4pm Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 4:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:30 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 3 7:30 Sweet Home Oklahoma PGR 8:30 Cocaine Godmother AO 10:38 The Dish PGR 3 10:40 Manzo’d With Children AO 11:05 Manzo’d With Children AO 11:30 Welcome To Waverly PGR 12:20 Infomercials 3

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6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Leading The Way 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R 9:25 Getaway 3 9:50 True Medical PGR (Starting Today) 3 0 10:50 Reality Trip PGR (Starting Today) 3 0 11:35 Gone Fishin’ 3 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend 1pm Motorsport – Toyota 86 Championship 2pm Motorsport – Red Bull Air Race Preview Show 3pm Motorsport – Toyota Racing Series 4pm Motorsport – Formula E Round Three – Santiago.

5pm Road Cops 3 0 5:30 Road Madness 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm N Married At First Sight Australia PGR The first participants in the social experiment. 0 8:50 M The Martian AO 3 2015 Drama. Believed by his fellow crew to be dead, an astronaut is stranded on Mars, and must rely on his ingenuity to survive.

Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain. 0

7:30 Second Chances PG 2013 Thriller. Melissa George, Ryan Scott Greene.

9am Ready Player One MVL 2018 Action.

Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke.

11:20 Midnight Sun PGL 2018 Drama. Bella Thorne, Life Patrick Schwarzenegger.

8:25pm on TVNZ 2 12:50 The Avengers – Infinity War MV 2018 SKY 5 Action. Robert Downey jr, 6am Last Man Standing Chris Hemsworth.

PG 6:25 The Flash 3:20 Killing Hasselhoff 16LSC MVS 7:15 Supergirl 2017 Comedy. Ken Jeong, MVS 8:05 Arrow MVS Jim Jefferies, David Hasselhoff.

9am Marvel’s Runaways 4:40 The Foreigner 16VLSC M 9:50 Supernatural 2017 Action. Jackie Chan, MVS 10:45 Survivor Katie Leung. 6:35 Murder – San Juan Del Sur PG On The Orient Express MC 11:40 Ice Road Truckers 2017 Crime. Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp. 8:30 Jurassic PG 12:35 Appalachian World – Fallen Kingdom Outlaws M 1:30 Raw MVC MV 2018 Action. After the 4:15 SmackDown MVL destruction of Jurassic World, 6pm Main Event MV Owen and Claire return to 7pm Last Man Standing PG 7:30 Survivor – San Juan Del retrieve the last dinosaurs left on the island. Chris Pratt, Sur PG Bryce Dallas Howard.

8:30 CSI – Cyber MV 10:40 A Dog’s Purpose 9:30 CSI – Miami MV PG 2017 Adventure.

10:30 Supernatural MVS Dennis Quaid, Josh Gad. 11:25 The Librarians MV MONDAY MONDAY 12:15 Survivor 12:20 Nightmare – San Juan Del Sur PG Wedding MC 2016 1:05 Last Man Standing Thriller. Nicola Posener, PG 1:30 Main Event MVC Evan Henderson. 1:50 Killing 2:20 The Librarians MV Hasselhoff 16LSC 2017 3:10 Supernatural MVS Comedy. 3:10 Jurassic 4am Last Man Standing World – Fallen Kingdom MV PG 4:25 CSI – Miami MV 2018 Action. 5:15 A Dog’s Purpose PG 2017 Adventure.

5:10 CSI – Cyber MV

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

Noon Top Gear PGR 3 1:05 War News PGR 3 2:05 The Great Indoors PGR 3 2:55 Homes By The Sea 3 0 4pm Hot Bench 3 4:25 The Great British Bake Off 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great Escapers A power cut may lead to dinner in the dark for two restaurant owners in France; newlyweds search for their new Spanish home.

6:30 Te Kaea 3 2 7am Waiata Mai 3 7:10 Pukoro 2 7:40 Pipi Ma 3 7:50 Te Mana Kuratahi – Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Smooth 3 8:30 Fitness In The Whare 3 9am Swagger 9:30 Grid 3 10am Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 10:30 Fresh 3 11am Native Affairs – Summer Series 3 11:30 R&R Noon Basketball – Fiba World Cup Qualifiers 3 2pm M Once Upon A Forest 1993 Animated.

Voices of Michael Crawford, Ben Vereen, Ellen Blain. 3:30 Waka Ama Sprints 3 4:30 IVF World Sprints 5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3

6am Tiny House World 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am James Martin’s French Adventure 8am 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammies 9am M Rugrats Go Wild 2003 Animated. 10:30 Hurricane Harvey Heroes 11:30 Hyper Evolution – Rise Of The Robots 12:30 The Chronicles Of Nadiya 1:30 The Life Swap Adventure 2:30 Celebrity Motor Homes 3pm Sand Masters 3:30 Animal Park 4:30 Gordon’s Great Escape – India 5:30 Gourmet Farmer 6pm The Boat That Guy Built 6:30 Running Wild With Bear Grylls Above the Italian Alps, actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson joins Bear Grylls for a 48-hour adventure.

7pm Storage Wars PGR 7:30 The Cruise PGR The Royal Princess returns to the Mediterranean, where strong winds threaten to stop the ship from docking in Marseilles, and Timothy deals with disgruntled passengers. 0 8:30 Seal Team 0 9:30 NCIS – New Orleans PGR 0 10:30 60 Minutes PGR

7pm Taha Tauiwi 3 7:30 The Great Australian Race Riot PGR 3 8:30 M The Darjeeling Limited AO 2007 Adventure.

10:10 Someday Stories 3 10:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3

7:30 American Pickers 8:30 M Manhattan Nocturne AO 2016 Crime Drama.

The story of a New York City tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. Based on Colin Harrison’s novel.

10:30 M Tickled PGR 2016 Documentary.

11:30 Football – English Premier League 3 Highlights of the week’s English Premier League games.

12:30 Cricket – Blackcaps v India (HLS) Fifth ODI. From Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

1am Closedown

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

12:30 The Boat That Guy Built 1am Celebrity Motor Homes 1:30 Sand Masters 2am American Pickers 3am M Manhattan Nocturne AO 2016 Crime Drama. Adrien Brody, Yvonne Strahovski. 5am Weird Wonders Of The World

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SKY SPORT 1

8am Cricket – Super Smash Aces v Knights. 8:30 The Cricket Show 8:50 L Women’s Rugby – Six Nations France v Wales.

From GGL Stadium, Montpellier, France.

11am Golf – European Tour Saudi International – Third Round. 11:30 Football – A-League Glory v Phoenix.

Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Sky Sports News 1pm Golf – European Tour Saudi International – Third Round. 1:30 Cricket – Super Smash 2pm Cricket – Blackcaps v India 2:30 L Cricket – Blackcaps v India Fifth ODI – First Innings.

From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. 6:35 The Cricket Show 7:05 L Cricket – Blackcaps v India Fifth ODI – Second Innings.

From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. 11pm Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka 11:30 Fox Sports News MONDAY Midnight Football – A-League 12:30 UCL Magazine Show 1am Cricket – White Ferns v India 1:30 Cricket – MONDAY Super Smash 2am Cricket Midnight Gone Baby Gone – Blackcaps v India 16VL 2007 Crime. 1:50 Coyote 2:30 Basketball – NBL Ugly PGS 2000 Romantic 3am UCL Magazine Show Drama. 3:30 The Taking 3:30 Football – A-League Of Pelham 1 2 3 16VL 2009 4am The Cricket Show Thriller. 5:15 Hitchcock M 4:30 Cycling – Vuelta A San Juan 2012 Biography Drama.

6:35 Darling Companion M 2012 Comedy Drama. Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Dianne Wiest.

8:20 Premonition ML 2007 Drama. Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon. 9:55 The Mexican MVL 2001 Action.

Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt.

11:55 American Psycho 2 16VLS 2002 Horror.

Mila Kunis, William Shatner.

1:25 Battleship MVL 2012 Action Adventure.

Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker.

3:35 Underworld – Awakening 16V 2012 Action. Kate Beckinsale, Michael Ealy. 5:05 Coyote Ugly PGS 2000 Romantic Drama. Melanie Lynskey, Tyra Banks, Piper Perabo.

6:45 The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3 16VL 2009 Thriller. Denzel Washington, John Travolta. 8:30 Hitchcock M 2012 Biography Drama.

Love story of Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and partner Alma Reville during the making of Hitchcock’s movie Psycho.

10:10 American Reunion 16LSC 2012 Comedy.

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

SKY SPORT 2 6am L Rugby League – Super League Warrington Wolves v Leeds Rhinos.

From Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington.

8:30 Basketball – NBL (RPL) Taipans v 36ers.

From the Cairns Convention Centre.

10:30 The Cricket Show Analysis and highlights of recent games, with features and player profiles from all levels of cricket.

11am Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka (HLS) Second Test – Day Two. 11:30 L Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka Second Test – Day Three.

Morning session from Manuka Oval, Canberra.

2:35 The Big Break Discussion show about the biggest matches of the Australian cricket season.

3:05 L Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka Second test – Day Three.

Afternoon session from Manuka Oval, Canberra.

8:10 L Cricket – Big Bash Strikers v Heat.

11:10 L Cricket – Big Bash Scorchers v Stars.

MONDAY

3am Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Sydney – Day Three.

4:30 Basketball – NBL (HLS) Melbourne United v Breakers.

5am UCL Magazine Show 5:30 Football – A-League (HLS) Glory v Phoenix.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Treehouse Masters PG International. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 9:10 What On Earth? PG Nazi Stonehenge.

10am Expedition Unknown PG Mayan Apocalypse. 10:50 Gold Rush PG 11:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 12:30 Air Rescue PG 12:55 Air Rescue PG 1:20 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 2:10 What On Earth? PG Curse of Medusa.

3pm What On Earth? PG Nazi Stonehenge. 3:50 What On Earth? PG Hunting the Ark of the Covenant. 4:45 What On Earth? PG Forbidden City of Inca Gold. 5:40 What On Earth? PG Ghost Ship of Hell Island. 6:35 What On Earth?

PG Mayan Armageddon – The New Evidence. 7:30 Blowing Up History PG Sex, Lies, and the Taj Mahal. 8:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 9:25 Expedition Unknown PG 10:15 Expedition Unknown PG 11:05 Gold Rush PG 11:55 Air Rescue PG

MONDAY

12:20 Air Rescue PG 12:45 Deadliest Catch PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How It’s Made PG 5:45 Treehouse Masters PG

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snow

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TODAY

TODAY

TOMORROW

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MONDAY Fine apart from areas of morning low cloud.

Northwesterlies developing, strong in exposed places.

TUESDAY Scattered rain developing from afternoon with a southerly change.

Scattered rain clearing. Southerlies tending easterly.

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Saturday 9 noon 3

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Frankfurt Geneva Hobart Hong Kong Honolulu Islamabad Jakarta Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Moscow Nadi

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Rise 6:32 am Set 9:00 pm

Good fishing Rise 3:48 am Set 7:17 pm

New moon

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Napier

showers

Nelson

fine

Blenheim

fine

MONDAY

Greymouth

fine

Fine apart from areas of morning cloud.

Northwesterlies developing, gale later.

Christchurch

fine

TUESDAY

Timaru

fine

Queenstown

fine

Dunedin

fine

Invercargill

fine

cloudy showers fine drizzle showers fine cloudy thunder rain snow rain snow fine snow thunder

4 3 28 20 28 16 30 29 33 4 16 8 35 0 31

1 1 11 17 19 3 25 16 24 1 13 2 15 -3 24

New York Paris Perth Rarotonga Rome San Francisco Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei Tel Aviv Tokyo Washington Zurich

fine showers fine rain rain showers cloudy thunder rain showers cloudy fine fine fine cloudy

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9 pm am 3

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Rise 6:34 am Set 8:58 pm

Good

Good fishing Rise 4:38 am Set 8:02 pm

First quarter

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Monday 9 noon 3

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9 pm

Rise 6:35 am Set 8:57 pm

Good

Good fishing Rise 5:32 am Set 8:41 pm

Full moon

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River Levels

17 14 16 13 12 11 8 10 12 9 9 12 8

cumecs

0.98 nc

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:00 pm, yesterday 163.0 Nth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

4.16

Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

6.95

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:05 pm, yesterday

70.0

Waitaki Kurow at 2:14 pm, yesterday

383.0

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Canterbury Readings

9:19 3:29 9:31 3:56 10:01 4:10 10:13 4:37 10:40 4:49 10:54 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

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3:12

Hamilton

Wellington

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Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Tending W 30 km/h.

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3

Auckland

Forecasts for today

37 4 32 3 31 31 22 27 28 33 32 20 27 5 3

overnight max low

Palmerston North fine

FZL: Above 3500m

Rain developing about the divide with scattered rain further east from afternoon.

Strong or gale northwesterly, turning strong southwest later.

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FZL: Rising above 3000m

Partly cloudy with isolated showers.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: SW 55 km/h, easing to 30 km/h in the morning.

Fine apart from areas of morning and evening cloud. Light winds.

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Fine apart from areas of morning cloud, and isolated afternoon and evening showers near the foothills. Northeast breezes.

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A high covering the Tasman Sea extends a ridge of high pressure over the South Island today. As a front moves north over central and northern parts of the North Island, the ridge will push in behind. The ridge dominates the country tomorrow and most of Monday.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 13.7 28.8 Max to 4pm 13.6 Minimum 13.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.4 16hr to 4pm February to date 0.4 Avg Feb to date 2 2019 to date 29.6 60 Avg year to date Wind km/h SE 24 At 4pm Strongest gust S 65 Time of gust 1:06pm

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Cryptic crossword

Saturday, February 2, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Hearing a little bit of a story is unsatisfying. You want the rest! You’ve time for it today, too. Your curiosity (rarer than you realise) will pave the way to learning interesting and even magical things.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ll do as you wish. When it coincides with what others wish, great.

When it doesn’t, you won’t worry too much about it. You’re not put on this earth to please all people.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): In deciding what to give your time to, the strongest consideration will be other people involved. If you don’t like the activity but prefer the participants, it’s in.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You don’t have to change your life all at once to change it completely.

It only takes a few minutes a day to create life-enhancing habits. In a year, you could be a different person because of just one habit.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Due to new information, you may lack certainty about your situation, which is smart. It’s time to learn, and you can’t learn if you think you already know. So you’ll toss that, remain open and absorb much.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): What you want to do and what you’re good at will come together at an intersection, and this is where life gets very exciting for you. Proceed carefully now.

Watch out. Intersections can be dangerous.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Your emotional landscape is formed in a dialogue with your environment over time. So it’s crucial that you interact in the right environments for you. You need positive and intelligent feedback.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): There are many items in the new vernacular that older people will despise – something to consider before uttering nonchalantly “no problem” or “let’s grab dinner.” Why use upsetting words when there are other options?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): To enjoy the unsettling, well that’s not as unusual as it may sound.

Tension can be delicious, and it’s certainly more interesting than going through a problem-free day.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): What you need isn’t to comply to others or have others comply to you. What you need is a better idea. Start the dialogue, all as humble equals, and you’ll come up with the answers together.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): It’s weird that sometimes you don’t know you’re having a great time until you look back on the experience. Today will bring such a phenomenon.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): A continuing sense of mystery and wonder is a requirement for you and one that will be met and then some by today’s strange and unpredictable series of events.

ACROSS 1. An account in words of company is printed out (11) 8. Dance in a dotty sort of way (5) 9. Can be seen to vie with Libs’ confusion (7) 10. Cheese list put out by the fashionable world (7) 11. Some menial at Chatsworth used to hold the door (5) 12. Trout swimming round top of burn meets another fish (6) 14. Decisive moment when credit is doubled (6) 18. Be the reason for a legal action (5) 19. Turn it right off the end of a gun (7) 21. It will make one very scared to ferry it about (7) 23. One can track it going from line to hook (5) 24. Getting prepared for marking, a dye is put out (6,5) DOWN 1. This is put down for dope it’s replaced (7) 2. A private, oblong piece of bread or toast (7) 3. Laughing about one in bombast (5) 4. Old dance depicted by Virginia in glass (6) 5. It makes one prejudiced, living with water all round one (7) 6. What was the point of the gallows? (3) 7. Tree one is told one will find at the seaside (5) 13. Old boy likes to construct a pillar of stone (7) 15. Fruit − and a nut − Sal prepared (7) 16. Stage flats show part of the act on the railway (7) 17. Carbon, or any sort of drawing-stick (6) 18. Get one out to get a cold (5) 20. With five Tories, is missing one to make his cross (5) 22. Drink is responsible for half the gossip (3)

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