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Lake Hood was abuzz with all manner of water craft yesterday.

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Vandalism and littering at Lake Hood has resulted in the installation of gates and security cameras.

The gates to the boat ramp are locked at 10pm and re-opened at 7am daily.

Lake Hood Aquatic Park manager Gilbert Murdoch said vandalism in the toilets, people lighting bonfires at the top end of the lake and general littering had forced the move.

Young trees had also been damaged by vehicles.

A security camera has been mounted on top of the Lake House restaurant in

an effort to control vandalism. It had a surveillance range of up to 500 metres.

Murdoch said only a handful of people were responsible for the problem but others were fed up with cleaning up after that minority.

“Ninety nine per cent of people agreed with the decision to lock the gate to keep some semblance of order.”

The 10pm curfew allows time for boaties and jet skiers to get out the gate after the lake has closed for the night.

“The lake is still accessible to fishermen – they can just walk down there,” Murdoch said.

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Many people took advantage of yesterday’s high temperatures to take to the water at Lake Hood. Patrollers have reported generally good behaviour on the water over the festive season.

“People seem to be wearing life jackets and respecting each other,” Murdoch said.

Boat registration, which was trialed at Lake Hood in 2013, has now been rolled out South Island-wide.

Murdoch said almost all boats were now registered, aiding patrollers in identifying rule breakers.

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■ ROAD TOLL

Provisional 2016 road toll at 326 The provisional road toll rose again in 2016, for the third time in as many years.

Last year 326 people were killed on New Zealand’s roads, prompting Labour to call for an urgent review of the government’s road safety strategies and policies.

Figures for last year show almost one in four fatal crashes involved drivers going too fast for conditions, while drugs and alcohol were responsible for almost 40 per cent of fatalities.

Not wearing seatbelts also contributed to the road toll – 39 per cent of drivers and 42 per cent of passengers killed in accidents were not wearing them.

Associate Transport Minister David Bennett says the reasons for the rising road toll are complex but the government is committed to reducing deaths and injuries.

“Road users also have a responsibility to keep themselves and others safe,” he said.

“It is disappointing that the summer holiday road toll is already higher than the previous year so I encourage people to drive safely, be considerate of other drivers and follow the road rules.”

Last year 12 people died be-

tween Christmas eve and January 5 while already this festive season 17 have died with four days left in the period.

The government is continuing to invest in median barriers, rumble strips and wider shoulders, as well as road safety enforcement, advertising and education campaigns, according to Mr Bennett.

But Labour’s transport spokeswoman Sue Moroney says it’s not enough.

She called it “scandalous” that only $3 million of $15 million in motorcycle safety levies collected in the last six years had been reinvested in safety while rider deaths rise.

Reductions in road policing and increasing freight traffic are also an “obvious threat” to road safety, she said.

“Getting freight off our roads and onto the safer modes of rail and coastal shipping should be a priority for improving safety,” she said.

Road deaths and injuries are estimated to have cost $16.4 billion between 2010 and 2015.

“That pales in comparison to the personal grief and tragic consequences for the families and friends who have lost loved ones through road accidents in 2016.

They deserve better,” Ms Moroney said.

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Lucy the water baby who swam her way to success

BY MADDISON GOURLEY Like many New Zealand parents, Lucy Clough’s parents taught her to swim at a young age but back then they could not have known their water baby would become a swimming star.

Lucy has moved from a sixmonth-old water baby to winning medals at a national level.

Swimming has been her life for as long as she can remember.

She joined the Ashburton PreSquad at age 71/2 and started competitively swimming at 9 years of age.

Between ages 9 and 10 she qualified to attend the New Zealand junior championships and placed sixth in New Zealand in the 200m freestyle.

She placed first regionally and that meant she was the fastest person in the South Island for 200m freestyle for her age group.

“From that moment I wanted to win more,” Lucy said.

Over her time competing in the New Zealand Juniors, Lucy’s top placing was fourth but she was determined to improve on this.

In her first year out of the New Zealand Juniors Lucy was 13 and she competed in the New Zealand short course age group champi-

onship, placing third in her age group in the 800m freestyle.

The next year, at age 14, in the New Zealand long course championships she placed first in New Zealand.

“I won a medal at every national championship every year from then, apart from 2016”, she said.

Over five years she earned five bronze and one gold.

But as well as holding a clutch of medals, Lucy is the current Canterbury record holder for the 15-year-old 1500m freestyle long distance.

“My specialities are the 800m, freestyle and 400m individual medley. I really enjoy long distance swimming and open water swimming,” Lucy said.

The highlight of her swimming career was the presentation of her gold medal when she was 14, by her coach at the time, Carl Gordon, who is a former champion representative record holder .

“That was very special to me” said Lucy.

Another highlight was talking to New Zealand professional swimmer and World Championship and Commonwealth Games medal holder, Lauren Boyle.

“It is good to see a female swim-

mer from New Zealand doing so well on the world stage, being a good role model and someone I could look up to,” she said.

For Lucy, 2016 was the end of an era with the decision to move out of competitive swimming.

The decision was made for many reasons including going through a rough patch in swimming after becoming very sick after her gold medal.

That made it hard to train and even when she trained regularly she was not beating personal bests.

She never gave up.

“I couldn’t imagine my life without swimming,” Lucy said.

Her training regime included 16 hours a week in the pool and three hours gym work plus strength training – minimum.

In 2017 she moves to Otago University and while she could have continued swimming, she said her priorities and desires are changing.

“Music has always been a passion of mine.”

And that’s where her focus will be in the years ahead.

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For one St John volunteer, the staff in Ashburton have become her family.

Veronica Engelbrecht has been a front-line volunteer with St John for over two years and said she was shocked at how supportive the organisation is.

In 2012 Engelbrecht, along with her partner, made the decision to move from South Africa to New Zealand.

When they arrived in Ashburton she found it hard to connect with people.

She said there were South African groups in Ashburton but she never managed to get in touch with them.

It wasn’t until she decided to volunteer for St John’s front line that she found people to connect with.

She went on her first observer shift in 2014 and has now been with the organisation for two and a half years.

An observer shift is when a potential volunteer goes along with the frontline crew to watch what happens and find out what it’s like to be an ambulance officer.

“I didn’t really know anyone and I wanted something to do so I gave St John a go.

“It’s just so good to get to know everyone,” she said.

Engelbrecht found that the other staff and the St John charity took her in and were very supportive of her journey.

The other ambulance staff became like her family away from home.

St John has given Engelbrecht the opportunity to become a fulltime staff member working a four days on – four days off schedule.

Before that she was juggling a weekly 12 hour shift with her job at Terrace View Retirement Home.

Even when she was working volunteer hours she said it was very easy to make other commitments like family arrangements or appointments because St John

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BB guns stolen BB guns were stolen during a burglary at Gun City in Penrose in the early hours of yesterday. Police are investigating the burglary, which was reported by the Fire Service at 12.30am. “Police were notified by the Fire Service at around 12.30am that the store appeared to be ‘wide open’,” a police spokesperson said. “The only items taken in the burglary were BB guns.” A vehicle of interest has since been located, containing stolen BB gun boxes.

The vehicle has been towed for forensic examination.

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Five injured in crash Five people are injured in a crash near Mangateparu in Waikato.

The crash, involving two vehicles, happened about 10.15am yesterday, police say. One person is critically injured and one has serious injuries. The Tahuna to Morrinsville highway is blocked at the intersection with Cameron Road. Motorists travelling in the area are asked to take State Highway 27 as an alternative route.

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Drug bust at festival

Ashburton St John Ambulance Officer Veronica Engelbrecht stands next to one of the vehicles in the station.

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was flexible. Another motivator for volunteering was something she experienced at work.

“I can think back to my first cardiac arrest and I didn’t know what to do.

“It motivated me to make a difference,” Engelbrecht.

For the past year she has been working towards gaining her Diploma in Ambulance to allow her to become an Emergency Medical Technician.

Ambulance officers all have different levels of skill and currently Engelbrecht has the title of Emergency Medical Assistant.

The course is fully funded by St John and they also provide volunteers with an allowance to get

a meal as well as covering transport costs to get to and from each shift.

In fact there were many things that have surprised Engelbrecht while she has been with St John.

She was not prepared for how different the culture would be in New Zealand, compared to South Africa and for the friendliness of people when she was entering their homes.

“There’s a friendlier culture here, it was a bit weird going into homes the first time but they’re so supportive,” she said.

Her fellow staff members were also hugely helpful.

The friendliness of the people around her and the willingness

of St John to help her improve as an ambulance officer has also had an enormous impact on her personal growth.

Before she started with St John Engelbrecht said she would never have been able to walk up to a stranger and start a conversation with them.

However, the faith and trust that has been out in her has helped her to become much more confident.

But the most rewarding part of the work is knowing you’re doing something good and getting to learn about her community and make friends along the way, she said.

A group from Waiheke Island have been arrested for dealing drugs at the Rhythm and Vines music festival in Gisborne. A dozen tents were searched and 34 people were spoken to at the festival’s Treble Camp on Saturday night, leading to eight arrests. Police found MDMA, party pills, cannabis, hash, meth pipes and thousands of dollars in cash during the search.

All those arrested were in their 20s. “There is absolutely no place for this type of illegal activity at these events,” Senior Sergeant Ross Smith said yesterday. “Police and event organisers work closely to ensure that festivalgoers are safe and this just goes to show how seriously this offending is taken and that it is not worth the risk.”

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Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1608 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 6, 8, 11, 16, 21, 34.

Bonus number: 12.

Powerball winning number: 9.

Strike: 6, 11, 8, 34.

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ACROSS 1 Of the kidneys (5) 4 Signs of illness (8) 9 Disconnect (6) 14 Leg bone (5) 15 Person or thing that one is extremely pleased or relieved to see (5,3,4,4) 17 Near (5) 18 Racket (3) 19 Steel beams (7) 20 Pruning clippers (9) 21 Edict (6) 24 Book of synonyms (9) 25 Bits (6) 26 Mental giant (6) 29 Those expecting the worst (10) 31 Cereal crop (3) 32 Motto (6) 33 Predisposition (4) 35 Amazement (3) 37 Begging request (4) 39 Honeymooners (9) 40 Small thin sausage (9) 41 Ooze out (5) 42 Party set (anag)(8) 47 Brow (8) 51 Prison rooms (5) 55 Sentimental remembering (9) 56 Staff (9) 58 Satisfy completely (4) 59 Tree (3) 60 Fashionable (4) 61 Goes rotten (6) 62 Consume (3) 63 Inviolable (10)

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66 Ledger entry (6) 67 Thwart (6) 69 Held in high regard (9) 72 Cricket team (6) 73 Field figure (9) 75 Sweet sauce (7) 77 Metal (3) 80 Volley of shots (5) 81 With startlingly rapid progress (2,5,3,6) 82 Eagle’s nest (5) 83 Highly decorated (6) 84 Newspaper employee (8) 85 Pickpocket (5) DOWN 2 Completely remove or get rid of (9) 3 Greenfly (5) 5 Story (4) 6 Colonist (7) 7 Single direction thoroughfare (3-3,6) 8 Fashion, manner (5) 9 Merit (7) 10 Carpet nail (4) 11 Barrel maker (6) 12 Residence (5) 13 Social conduct (7) 14 Small dog (7) 16 Low-growing plant with small bright blue flowers (6-2-3) 22 Capital of Poland (6) 23 Celebrate (7) 24 Surplus to requirements (2,5) 25 Make glad (6) 27 Ape (7) 28 Gambling house (6)

30 River in Hades (4) 32 Inoculation fluid (5) 34 Broken glass fragment (5) 36 Tree trunk (4) 38 Meadow (3) 42 Pick-me-up (5) 43 Of fish (7) 44 Hitch (4) 45 Sturdily constructed (6) 46 Assumed name (5) 48 Principle for general guidance (4,2,5) 49 Spouse (7) 50 Towards the stern (3) 51 Card game (7) 52 Orb (6) 53 Scribe’s ailment (7,5) 54 Employer (4) 57 Silver-white metal (6) 64 Shotgun shell (9) 65 Varied (7) 66 Talk incessantly, trivially (7) 68 Gruesome (7) 70 Financial backer (7) 71 Insect’s antenna (6) 72 Way in (5) 74 Measuring stick (5) 76 Resilient (5) 78 Unconscious state (4) 79 Long ago (4)

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ACROSS: 1 Renal, 4 Symptoms, 9 Detach, 14 Tibia, 15 Sight for sore eyes, 17 Close, 18 Din, 19 Girders, 20 Secateurs, 21 Decree, 24 Thesaurus, 25 Pieces, 26 Genius, 29 Pessimists, 31 Rye, 32 Slogan, 33 Bias, 35 Awe, 37 Plea, 39 Newlyweds, 40 Chipolata, 41 Exude, 42 Tapestry, 47 Forehead, 51 Cells, 55 Nostalgia, 56 Personnel, 58 Sate, 59 Ash, 60 Chic, 61 Decays, 62 Eat, 63 Sacrosanct, 66 Credit, 67 Stymie, 69 Respected, 72 Eleven, 73 Scarecrow, 75 Custard, 77 Tin, 80 Salvo, 81 By leaps and bounds, 82 Eyrie, 83 Ornate, 84 Reporter, 85 Thief.

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DOWN: 2 Eliminate, 3 Aphid, 5 Yarn, 6 Pioneer, 7 One-way street, 8 Style, 9 Deserve, 10 Tack, 11 Cooper, 12 Abode, 13 Manners, 14 Terrier, 16 Forget-me-not, 22 Warsaw, 23 Rejoice, 24 To spare, 25 Please, 27 Imitate, 28 Casino, 30 Styx, 32 Serum, 34 Shard, 36 Bole, 38 Lea, 42 Tonic, 43 Piscine, 44 Snag, 45 Rugged, 46 Alias, 48 Rule of thumb, 49 Husband, 50 Aft, 51 Canasta, 52 Sphere, 53 Writer’s cramp, 54 Boss, 57 Nickel, 64 Cartridge, 65 Diverse, 66 Chatter, 68 Macabre, 70 Sponsor, 71 Feeler, 72 Entry, 74 Ruler, 76 Tough, 78 Coma, 79 Once.

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■ NEW YEAR’S EVE

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Behaviour pleases police Police are “generally pleased” with behaviour at New Year’s Eve celebrations across the country and say there were no significant issues or incidents reported.

Police presence in the main areas was focused on prevention and ensuring New Year revellers stayed safe and officers largely dealt with minor disorder incidents, liquor ban breaches and intoxication.

Arrests that were made were mostly related to alcohol and disorder incidents.

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Auckland CBD and the wider area celebrations were standard and nothing unusual was reported.

Large crowds at Rhythm and Vines were generally well behaved with eight arrests made for drug related offences.

Christchurch events at Hagley Park and Cathedral Square were described as quiet and well behaved, with two people dealt with for detox.

Police also responded to several minor disorder events across

Christchurch. In Wellington, the concert and fireworks on the waterfront was attended by about 6000 people and while the crowd was well behaved there were several breaches of the liquor ban.

The night was described as a moderately busy Saturday night.

Crowds in Dunedin, Queenstown and Wanaka were also generally well behaved and dispersed quickly after the fireworks due to rain.

There was only one arrest made at Rhythm and Alps.

A Queenstown man was given a pre-charge warning by police after he was caught in the wrong bed.

Residents of a Dublin Street house returned home at 4am to find the man in their house They did not know the man and called police No major problems were reported at celebrations in Whangamata or Mt Maunganui despite large crowds to see in the New Year.

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Large scrub fire Two scrub fires on an extinct volcano have kept fire crews busy as Auckland ticked over into the new year. Hundreds of people are believed to have called 111 to report the blazes on Mt Wellington which start just minutes after midnight as fireworks were going off. “One of the callers mentioned fireworks but our guys haven’t mentioned fireworks (as the cause),” Fire Services spokeswoman Karen Larking told NZ Newswire. Both fires were brought quickly under control but crews remained on scene for several hours to dampen down hotspots. No homes were at risk and the fire is not being investigated.

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Truck rolls

■ SKYDIVING GNOME

One person is dead after a truck rolled on Thornton Road in Whakatane about 12.30pm yesterday. The Serious Crash Unit have been notified and will be investigating.

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Hanging with the gnomes

Stranger asleep in bed Queenstown residents returned home from New Year’s celebrations to find a man asleep in their bed. The residents returned to their Dublin Street home yesterday about 4am to find a 27 -year-old Christchurch visitor they didn’t know asleep in their bed.

“He appeared to have no idea how he had gotten there,” a police spokesman says. The man was given a pre-charge warning.

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A globetrotting garden gnome has gone where gnoman has gone before.

Achilles is thought to be the first of his kind to tackle skydiving and it happened right here in Mid Canterbury.

The lightweight plastic gnome jumped from 13,000 feet last week strapped to Tim Hayashi’s front with a specially designed harness.

His guardian, Henry Sunderland, believed it was a world first and the latest conquest on the Achilles’ bucket list.

On his journeys he has met world leaders and famous explorers, among them Sir Ed and the Dalai Lama, and bears their signatures as proof.

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Three people were left clinging to their boat after it capsized about 500m off the Northland Coast yesterday. It is understood the 12 foot boat capsized just after 1pm and police were alerted. The incident happened off Mahanga Road in Pataua South, Whangarei.

The boat “righted” itself and the three people managed to climb back on board. Coastguard and a police search and rescue team are heading to meet the boat as it comes ashore.

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■ AUCKLAND HOUSE FIRE

Family grateful for support after fatal house fire A funeral will be held for an Auckland man’s son, wife and motherin-law this week after a house fire claimed their lives and left him in a medically-induced coma.

Kaileshan Thanabalasingham, 47, suffered burns to 40 per cent of his body in the pre-dawn fire on December 22 at a house on Plantation Avenue in Flat Bush.

Thanabalasingham’s father-inlaw and daughter, 11, were the only other members of their family to escape the fire alive, while his son, 5, wife, 39, and his 66-yearold mother-in-law all perished.

The young girl reportedly escaped to tell firefighters people were still inside the two-storey house, which was well ablaze, with windows exploding and smoke

billowing. Fire crews worked on putting it out and enabling a rescue crew to get inside, but were unable to save everyone.

The funeral will be held for Umadhevi Theiventhiran, Bhamini Theiventhiran and Bareth Kailesh at 1pm on January 5 at Manukau Memorial Gardens followed by private cremation and burial for Bareth, a funeral notice released to the Herald stated.

“Umadhevi is survived by her husband Theiventhiran (Canada) and daughter Abina (Canada). Bhamini is survived by her husband Kailesh and daughter Krishah.

“A loving mother, a wonderful wife and a beautiful little boy.

They will be sadly missed.

“Kailesh and his family would like to extend their gratitude to everyone that have offered their support and assistance at this time.”

Despite having opened his eyes a few times, lawyer and close friend Deborah Manning said Thanabalasingham remained “heavily sedated”.

While she didn’t want to divulge further details of his condition, she believed the prominent refugee advocate was in a “critical, but stable” condition in the intensive care unit.

Extended family members had flown in, mostly from Canada, and were being housed by members of the community.

The injured father-in-law and

his wife, who died in the blaze, were Canadian citizens who had come to New Zealand for a holiday three weeks ago.

Manning said the family was extremely grateful for the “immense support” they’d received.

“This is obviously a traumatic experience for the family and the focus is on being with him at the hospital ... it’s an extremely difficult time.

“It’s not an easy time for anyone who knows Kailesh and his family.”

Donations to a Givealittle page, set up by the refugee community, have so far amassed over $75,000.

It will be used to help with funeral, medical and practical costs for the family.

Thanabalasingham came to New Zealand as a refugee more than 10 years ago and has been described by Manning as someone with “great empathy for others”.

“He didn’t come to New Zealand to look after himself. He made sure he looked after as many people as he could.”

She expressed her thanks to everyone who’d now got behind him in his time of need, on behalf of the family.

“Incredible thanks, from the family for the support; it means a tremendous amount for them in what’s a very difficult time ... it’ll be a very long road to recovery,” she said.

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August 2016 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

Left - Libby Chambers (left) threw a snowball to two-year-old Lachie Chambers during their play in the snow at Mount Somers. 050816-AK-030

Above – Poppy Cooper-Vear (left) and Sharon Watson were excited to begin a new programme, NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training) at the Mid Canterbury YMCA and Youth Hub on Tancred Street.

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Above – Some of the best indoor bowlers in the North Island took time to pass on the basics of the game to students at Wakanui School.

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Above – The Ashburton College Phoenix Chorus performed in the Ashburton Trust Event Centre in a fundraising concert for the group’s trip to Australia.

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Above – Swimmers jumped off the boards at the start of one of the races at the New Zealand Masters Swimming meet.

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Above – Sarah Mattson, 11, and Oscar cleared a jump at a Mill Creek Pony Club’s beginner day.

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August 2016 Left – August saw Ashburton’s endangered blackbilled gulls returning to nest.

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Right – Ashburton College’s Phoenix Chorus performed for the Ashburton Musical Club in their Music in Adversity concert held at the Sinclair Centre.

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Left – Borough School’s award-winning kapa haka group performed for Ashburton’s new New Zealand Citizens.

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Right – Alison Vessey (centre) debated the location of some colourful murals in Mid Canterbury with her team at the annual ANZ Daffodil day Quiz.

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Christmas elderly wishes 2016 Happy to lend a friendly hand

he Christmas spirit is definitely alive in the Ashburton District.

When the Guardian put out a call for people to lend a helping hand to the elderly this festive season, the community responded in large numbers Dozens of people asked for help and dozens of people were keen to give some of their time to make the festive season a little easier for a stranger. While it is impossible to thank every person individually, our reporters have been out and about taking photos as some of those requests for help were granted.

Guardian reporter Jaime Pitt-MacKay talked to the people who were helped and those who did the helping.

Normally able to take care of her outside windows with a long brush, some hot soapy water and a cold hose, Margaret Spicer was happy to hear that the inside of her windows would be getting a wash.

Having heard about the Christmas Wish campaign through Park Street Day Care, Margaret decided to put her name forward to get those windows seen to.

Due to medical reasons Margaret is unable to reach her inside windows.

Long-time friend Karen Bishop was more than happy to help out.

Having seen Margaret’s name in the paper, Karen gave her a ring saying she would be more than happy to give her a hand.

Having met through Age Concern, Karen and Margaret have been good friends for six-to-seven years.

Margaret understands the value of giving, having spent 14 years volunteering at Tuarangi Home.

Margaret Spicer with long-time friend and window-washer extraordinaire Karen Bishop.

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Rod Green gets to work helping to tidy up Margaret Thorpe’s garden.

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Thankful for garden tidy Having moved into a new unit, Margaret Thorpe was delighted to discover a small but beautiful cottage-type garden.

However health issues prevent Margaret from keeping it tidy. This led to Margaret asking through our Christmas Wishes campaign for some help with the garden.

In stepped Rod Green to lend his green-fingered expertise.

Going above and beyond the small tidy up that was asked, Rod put in a full day’s work.

He not only tidied the garden but also mowed the lawns and

even cut back some overgrown trees, leaving no rubbish behind.

Margaret was delighted with Rod’s fantastic work saying it was something that she never would have been able to do on her own.

Having had a tough week previously, Margaret said her spirits had been lifted and her faith in humanity had been restored.

“We are indeed so very fortunate to live in Ashburton, where people still care about their community, and are so generous with their time for others,” Margaret said.

Overwhelmed by generosity After rehoming to Ashburton after the Christchurch Earthquakes, Dot Hansen has been amazed at the generosity and friendliness of Ashburton residents.

She describes it as “people falling head-over-heels to help” as soon as she arrived.

Dot was delighted when she was told that Brad Wallis, Eliza Waszczak and their little helper Lily McConnell would be coming round to wash the windows, inside and out.

With Brad manning the brush and Lily in control of the hose the exterior windows were dealt with swiftly. This work was not without pressure with Dot keeping a close eye, making sure no streaks were present.

While the outside of the windows were being washed, Eliza worked on the inside.

Brad offered to do this work as

Window washers Lily McConnell and Brad Wallis get to work on Dot Hansen’s windows.

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Dot has a disability that limits

her movement and this is help that she is extremely grateful for making her Christmas just that bit better.

Acclaimed coffee a Christmas Wish hit Jean Leadley (right), Aimee Fawcett and baby Norah enjoy their afternoon tea at The Somerset Grocer.

Francis Pagey and Sarah Mccormick enjoy a lovely morning tea with family and friends.

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Enjoying a morning tea Having only lived in Ashburton for 12 months, Francis Pagey has certainly found her favourite spot for a coffee.

Francis is a regular visitor to Robert Harris, labelling it her favourite.

Through Park Street Day Centre, Francis decided that a visit to her favourite spot would be perfect for Christmas.

Helping to make this Christmas Wish happen was Sarah McCormick. Sarah put her name forward to help as she feels that Christmas

is a time best spent with people and that nobody should be lonely over the festive season.

By helping out, Sarah also really hopes to teach her children these values.

Francis was picked up by Sarah from Terrace View Retirement Village and they then made their way to Robert Harris.

Once there they enjoyed a wonderful morning tea provided by Robert Harris, which will surely have made Francis’ Christmas just that little bit merrier.

Park Street Day Centre attendee Jean Leadley decided that for her Christmas Wish she might like to get a little bit spoilt.

Having heard local radio personality Hoops recommending their coffee, Jean decided a trip to The Somerset Grocer would be perfect.

Having never visited The Somerset Grocer, Jean thought the Guardian Christmas Wishes would

giver her the opportunity to have a look around and sample the acclaimed coffee.

Jean had suffered a small stroke which has limited her mobility.

This means she is not able to get out as much as she would like and her husband has to do the groceries and other shopping.

Aimee Fawcett volunteered her time to take Jean and sit and have afternoon tea, bringing her

daughter Norah with her.

Seeing the advert in the paper, Aimee thought it was a fantastic idea and put her name forward to help. Aimee regularly helps with reading the paper to elderly people so understands the value of giving.

Aimee spoke of how Christmas Wish was such a wonderful idea and also how fantastic it would be for things like this to continue in the future.

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Bed headboards are to feature at the Methven Summer School for the first time.

Brendan Patrick’s upholstery classes have proved to be popular additions to the summer school programme over the past four years, but classes have been in covering lounge and dining room furniture.

Patrick said fabric headboards were making a comeback, and his Tinwald business, Tinwald Canvas and Upholstery, had been busy with orders over the past two years.

And enrolments for the upcoming summer school class, in upholstering a bedhead or ottoman, reflected that, as it had sold out.

Patrick said he could see why the trend was taking off.

Many people were inspired by reality television home improvement shows, and bedheads could be whatever size people desired, thus imparting a similar impact as a feature wall.

Buttoned headboards may well hark back to Victorian times, but in new fabrics they could present a contemporary or elegant look.

And without buttons, many people were going for a bold fabric which conveyed a modern look.

As well as the bedhead and ottoman course, Patrick will be tutoring a course at the summer school on covering an old piece of furniture.

This was also turning out to be popular, and he said many people looked to such items to give their lounge room settings a pop of colour, with oranges, reds and greens particularly sought after.

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“The older furniture is definitely a lot more durable,” he said.

Patrick established his Tinwald business in 2003, and prior to that was mainly working at Radford Upholstery in Ashburton. He today operates the business in partnership with canvas fabricator Justin Pickford.

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January 13 – Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School 2017 begins.

January 16 – Big Little Theatre Company Summer Theatre School begins.

January 16 – Ashburton Society of Arts summer art classes begin.

To January 22 – Nigel Brown I am/We are exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

To February 19 - Yours and Ours exhibition, recent additions to the Ashburton Art Gallery collection.

To August 23 - Mark Braunias Assemble, Disassemble, Reassemble exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery January 30 - February 25 James Robinson Strange Attractor exhibition by this Dunedin based painter at the Ashburton Art Gallery February 1, 8, 15, 22 - Woodblock Print Workshop - creative classes for adults. At the Ashburton Art Gallery. Contact the Gallery to secure your place email info@ashburtonartgallery.org.nz or call 03 308-1133.

Top – Ashburton upholsterer Brendan Patrick has been in the business for many years.

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Sydney lights up for 2017 Sydney Harbour has been set ablaze with light, colour and music as another dazzling fireworks display thrilled capacity crowds from around the world and marked the arrival of 2017.

After a year that many were happy to leave behind, an estimated 1.5 million people packed the foreshore on Saturday for a double bill of fireworks climaxing with the world famous midnight pyrotechnics extravaganza.

The two displays comprised an estimated seven tonnes of fireworks, including 12,000 shells, 25,000 shooting comets and 100,000 individual pyrotechnic effects.

Spectators gasped and cheered throughout the $7 million 9pm and midnight shows and embraced each other with exclamations of “whoo!” with each new burst of colour and light.

Tributes to music legends Prince and David Bowie were a highlight of the night’s entertainment, with purple rain showering the harbour and illuminating the bridge and a constellation of space-inspired pyrotechnics.

The loudest applause came at the end when a golden waterfall cascaded from the bridge to the water below.

Chilean student Felipe Ortega said he couldn’t believe he was in Sydney to see a show he usually watched on TV back home.

His friend, Columbian Jenny Ruiz, said coming to the Opera House to celebrate

Sia

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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House. the new year was mandatory while in Australia. “It’s a must-see. It’s an icon.”

NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Nick Fuller said the number of arrests was 15, half that of last year and an “outstanding result” considering the crowds were the biggest in recent years.

The arrests were mainly to do with heavy alcohol consumption and assaults, including some minor assaults on police officers, he said. In Melbourne the skies lit up in the city’s greatest ever fireworks display.

The city skyline was crowned with a golden sparkle as explosives fired from an unprecedented 22 rooftops. Almost half a million revellers crammed into the CBD to view the glittering $500,000 spectacular.

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Among them was Emma Eastick, of Pakenham, who ventured into the CBD for New Year’s Eve for the first time.

“It’s just to see the big fantastic fireworks live, rather than on the TV,” she said.

Police operations were bolstered by a new 24/7 monitoring centre feeding in live CCTV footage and intelligence.

Around 90,000 people packed into South Bank in Brisbane to watch the fireworks.

The display was mirrored at Eagle Street as well as at Hamilton further up the Brisbane River, featuring six tonnes of fireworks and culminating in a spectacular in a 200m high shimmering golden wall marking the transition from one year to the next.

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Grammy-nominated Australian singer Sia has filed for divorce from her husband of two years. The Adelaide-born singer cited irreconcilable differences in her petition to end her marriage to filmmaker Erik Anders Lang, which was filed on December 20 in Los Angeles Superior Court. The former couple has no children together and has a prenuptial agreement.

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Germany stronger than terror - Merkel Berlin Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned in her new year’s address of the terrorist threat facing Germany, saying that her government will take whatever steps are necessary to ensure the country’s security.

However, she also once again strongly defended her controversial decision in September 2015 to open Germany’s borders to refugees stranded in Hungary.

The chancellor said the bombing of Aleppo in Syria had shown “how important and correct” it had been to offer protection to those fleeing the horrors of war.

Merkel told Germans that the series of terrorist attacks in Germany in 2016 – culminating in the December lorry attack on a Berlin Christmas market in which 12

people were killed – had been a severe test for the country.

It was without doubt that Islamist terrorists have been targeting Germans for many years, she said, also referring to the July attack on regional train in Bavaria by a 17-year-old Afghan refugee.

The chancellor said it was “particularly bitter and repugnant when terrorist attacks are committed by people who are in our country allegedly seeking protection,” accusing them of taunting those who tried to help them.

But she said her conservative-led government would continue this year to boost security in the country, adding that Berlin “will implement as fast as possible, measures where political or legal changes are

necessary”. “Together we are stronger,” said Merkel, adding that the state was stronger than what she described as “the hate-filled world of terrorism”.

Many have the feeling that in 2016 “the world as a whole world had come apart,” Merkel said, noting the pressure on the European Union as well as claims that parliamentary democratic systems were only acting in their own interests.

She acknowledged some of the criticism facing Europe, saying that Europe as a whole must find the answers to the challenges it faces.

“And we Germans have every interest in playing a leading role in it,” Merkel said.

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35 dead in club attack At least 35 people have been killed in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, the city’s governor Vasip Sahin says.

Sahin said some 40 others were wounded in the assault in the early hours of yesterday.

Sahin said the incident was a “terror attack” without saying who may have carried it out.

The attacker shot a police officer and a civilian as he entered the Reina nightclub in the Ortakoy district of Istanbul before opening fire inside the building, Sahin said.

Footage from the scene showed at least six ambulances with flashing lights and civilians being escorted out. NTV said police had cordoned off the area and an op-

eration to capture the assailant was ongoing. An AP photographer says police cordoned off the area about three kilometres away from the nightclub and reported multiple ambulances passing by.

Security measures had been heightened in major Turkish cities, with police barring traffic leading up to key squares in Istanbul and the capital Ankara.

In Istanbul, 17,000 police officers were put on duty, some camouflaged as Santa Claus and others as street vendors, state news agency Anadolu reported.

Ankara and Istanbul have been targeted by several attacks in 2016 carried out by the Islamic State group or Kurdish rebels, killing more than 180 people.

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In brief Further tests A post-mortem examination into the death of singer George Michael has proved “inconclusive”, with further tests to be carried out, police say. The 53-year-old star was found dead at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, on Christmas Day. Michael’s publicist said his family and friends had been “touched beyond words” by the “incredible outpouring of love” from fans, adding there were no suspicious circumstances around his death.

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Medics and security officials work at the scene after an attack at a popular nightclub in Istanbul.

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A Queensland woman who accidentally ran over her infant son at a funeral south of Brisbane is unlikely to be charged, police say. The seven-month-old was in a pram hit by the woman’s car as she was reversing on St Pauls Drive, Woodridge, just before 2pm on Friday afternoon. He was rushed to hospital in a serious condition but died a short time later.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor’s glamour remembered at mass

A branch of the fast-food chain McDonald’s has opened in Vatican City, the seat of the Catholic Church, despite protests from residents and cardinals. The branch opened in a building belonging to the Holy See that rented out rooms to the US giant just metres from St Peter’s Square. Cardinals also expressed their outrage in comments to Italian media. Pope emeritus Benedict XVI lived just a stone’s throw from where the fastfood outlet is now situated before he was elevated to the papacy.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor has been remembered during a funeral mass for being the epitome of Hollywood glamour, an elegant and attention-seeking actress who paved the way for future generations of celebrities.

Around 100 mourners gathered at the weekend at the picturesque Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills to pay respects to Gabor, who died on December 18 from a heart attack at age 99.

Elaborate floral arrangements flanked the altar, where a painting Gabor made of one of her horses and a photo of the Hungarian-American actress were displayed, emblazoned with the words, “Farewell My Love”.

Gabor’s husband, Frederic von Anhalt, gave a 40-minute eulogy that focused on Gabor’s thirst for the limelight.

“I want to remember the way she walked the red carpet,” von Anhalt said. “She loved it so much. Her life was only red carpet, nothing else.”

He said Gabor would often

Frederic von Anhalt at Zsa Zsa Gabor’s memorial service at the Good Shepherd Church.

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He also recounted his wife’s 1989 arrest and conviction after slapping a Beverly Hills police officer, saying Gabor turned the incident into a publicity device and

a template for future generations of troubled starlets.

He said his wife’s name will live on forever, in part thanks to her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

“She will never be forgotten because she has her Hollywood star,” von Anhalt said. “It will al-

ways be Zsa Zsa Gabor. It will never end.”

During his eulogy, von Anhalt pulled a magazine out of a Louis Vuitton dog bag and spoke about the first cover story featuring them as a couple, and also displayed what he said was her favourite pink pillow from Munich.

At the end of the eulogy, he took a gold box containing Gabor’s ashes and placed it inside the bag to take to a private ceremony at the nearby Westwood Village Park Memorial Cemetery.

Von Anhalt said later Gabor won’t be interred there, but rather with her father in Budapest.

Gabor and her family, including sisters Eva and Magda, emigrated to America around World War Two and she married Conrad Hilton in 1942. They had one child together, Francesca, who died last year.

Gabor married nine times, although one shipboard ceremony was quickly annulled and was of questionable legality. She married von Anhalt in 1986.

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Fireworks kill two Two men have been killed in fireworks explosions during New Year’s celebrations in NSW and Victoria. A 46-year-old Springhurst man died next to the beach when a firework went off at Hollands Landing in Victoria about 9.35pm.

A 52-year-old man also died in NSW after being hit in the head by a firework at Budgewoi on the Central Coast at 3am. Three people were also treated for injuries in Victoria due to fireworks mishaps. A man in his 20s suffered facial burns when he was hit by a firecracker in Drouin, near Warragul.

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Quiet time on the home front Michelle Nelson

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ell the clock has ticked over on another year.

Goodbye 2016!

What is it about New Year which lights us up?

Maybe it brings a brief glimmer of hope – maybe this year will be different in some way.

New Year is a time to make resolutions, a time to make changes.

It is a time to bid each other happiness, even complete strangers wish each other well.

It is a time when half the population flock to a handful of popular holiday spots with hope the weather will oblige.

In Mid Canterbury people head off in droves, many following a time-honoured intergenerational tradition, heading to the high country lakes or to the beachside settlements to celebrate.

The district is home to a number of hidden treasures which locals frequently overlook in their haste to journey further afield.

New Year at the Rangitata Huts is one such destination.

Every year on January 1 the community comes together for a good old fashioned sports day, complete with races involving all age groups and ice blocks aplenty.

And then there are those of us for whom New Year is just another day on the calendar – those manning emergency services, for the majority of farmers and those in newsrooms around the country.

All said it’s been a very quiet week for those of us charged with putting out a daily newspaper.

The old adage “no news is good news” doesn’t hold up in that scenario.

We’ve been blessed with a very peaceful festive season by and large.

There have been very few wailing sirens signalling emergencies.

In Ashburton the fire appliances have remained in the station all weekend.

There have been no reports of violent crime, no serious smashes on our roads and no New Year’s baby as of yesterday afternoon.

But the paper must go out regardless.

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s the dregs of 2016 dribble into the drain of History, New Zealand seems to have scored something of a diplomatic coup at the United Nations.

Well, a coup of sorts, which, at the very least, confirms we don’t simply rely on the All Blacks for international clout.

A matter of weeks ago, Egypt proposed that Israel, “immediately and completely, cease building all settlements in occupied Palestine territory, including East Jerusalem”. Establishment of settlements by Israel has “no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law”.

To put it mildly, a UN resolution couched in such strong and unequivocal terms, has been as rare as the proverbial hens’ teeth, which we would use to describe such an aggressive outburst.

Predictably, the World organisation went into a serious spin, and the US was expected, instantly, to use its veto and put an end to another anti Israeli measure, as it has every time one has come up for the past eight years. But not this time; to Israeli consternation, and then undisguised fury, it abstained.

Both present and pending presidents put pressure on Egypt to rescind its resolution which, obligingly, it did. However, the Security Council, including, as it still does, New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal – and it was they who took over Egypt’s

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resolution – voted, by 14 votes to one, to approve it.

More verbal fireworks from Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, withdrawals of ambassadors, assertions that such a vote from those countries was tantamount to a declaration of war on his, and more high-flown language in that vein. At the very least, we are no longer on Mr Netanyahu’s Christmas card list.

However, for standing firm on this everlastingly contentious issue, and appearing to urge less apparent provocation from Israel towards Palestine, the retiring Foreign Minister Murray McCully and the Government generally has been warmly praised throughout the Middle East and beyond, a considerable achievement in its own right.

So beyond our shores, we end the year on a high, even though the fall-out may yet bring its own problems.

Within the walls of Aotearoa itself, the decision of the breathtakingly popular PM of the past eight years to fall in a non-fatal manner, on his own sword was a shock and an eyebrow raiser.

The political doors, hitherto

seemingly closed and barred to all but National, two tail-wagging Maori MPs and a man with a mop of silvery hair and an endless supply of bow ties, suddenly began to creak open and give politicians of other persuasions at least a look into the long-hidden corridors of power.

Many of them seem now to view it as a done deal; there will, inevitably, they trill, be a change of administration next year, not least Ms ‘Green’ Turia, who has been only too keen to give her predictable take on the changed circumstances.

She sees the MOU (memorandum of understanding) between her party and Labour as the silver bullet which, in turn, will provide the panacea for Lab/ Green government for generations to come.

Personally, I’m not so sure about that.

Bill English may lack the perpetual smile and aw shucks persona of his predecessor, but he is an experienced, practising politician who should be able to keep National together during the vital, lead-up months to Election 2017.

To be sure of doing so he will have to keep a firm foot, as it were, on the erratic, femme fatale, Judith, once Crusher, Collins, now Revenue, Energy and Ethnic Minorities Minister.

Even in those relatively lowly positions, she could still be a liability come election time.

2016 has also been the year

of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), an agreement an age in the making and the cause of multiple diplomatic sleepless nights, yet still it seems, after all that, destined for historical oblivion.

Jane Kelsey, a high-placed opponent of the deal will, I imagine, have been celebrating its demise for some time already, Obama’s commitment to get the bill past Congress before he leaves office is now only a very dead duck.

As President-Elect Trump has guaranteed to squash it on his first day in the White House, its future has only about another three weeks to run, And finally, (almost), in this year of abnormal upheaval and on-going tragedy, there has been the continuing genocide in Aleppo, for which the world at large should be ashamed but, in particular, the evil Assad of Syria and his inevitable comrade Putin, the terrible, of Russia.

One hopes, one day, their maker will ask them some penetrative questions which could lead to their incarceration in very uncomfortable surroundings in perpetuity.

Extraordinarily, Donald “billionaire” Trump has just about made it to the White House, though even now scandal and impropriety could still scupper him.

Each day brings another provocative tweet and a revelation from his murky past.

Hoping for the best may not be enough.

And then there was, to the amazement and distress of many but the unashamed euphoria of others came Brexit, the ramifications of which are still only seen through a glass darkly.

Mr Cameron’s unwise and illconsidered promise of a referendum on membership of the EU, mainly as a vote-gathering exercise, backfired on him spectacularly and ended his political career overnight. No one had given Brexit a serious thought of success so there has been no plan B to fall back on.

Thus, May has inherited one of the most venomously poisoned chalices in the history of that overused expression.

We didn’t do as well in Rio as the pundits had led us to expect.

Similarly, the All Blacks lost to the Irish (in Chicago, of all places) and the Black Caps have recently succumbed badly to their, always friendly, Aussie rivals.

However, we must still keep our heads held high and remember our brave diplomats and their intervention in New York, on the world stage, indeed.

So farewell twenty sixteen, a year of deaths and disappointments but with rays of hope here and there.

I hope the discerning readers of the Guardian feel we have done a reasonable job in keeping you in that famous loop.

A very Happy New Year to all.

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George Orwell’s house in Katha Myanmar (Burma).

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n the 1990s, Nyo Ko Naing noticed that the handful of foreign tourists who made it to his remote hometown of Katha in central Myanmar were carrying their own maps and looked like they were searching for something. Someone, it turns out, by the name of George Orwell.

Katha was Eric Blair’s last posting in the Imperial Police before he sailed back to England in 1927, adopted the nom de plume Orwell and launched a writing career that would produce powerful novels and commentary.

Seven years after leaving the sleepy town on the Irrawaddy River, he immortalised it as the setting of his first novel, the vehemently anti-colonial Burmese Days, though he called it not Katha but Kyauktada.

The British Club, where much of the novel’s scheming, fighting, drinking and sweating takes place, still stands, as do other sites mentioned including a tennis court, a pagoda and a prison.

A house believed to have been Orwell’s home in Katha remains in use.

Nyo Ko Naing, a graphic designer and cartoonist, didn’t know much about Burmese Days at first, but soon grasped how important it was to the future of the town.

He has since become the town’s

preservationist, in-house historian, amateur Orwell scholar and literary tour guide, keen to market Katha as a tourist destination. He’s helping to renovate the 19th-century house of the former British commissioner for use as a museum that is expected to open next year.

“It is not easy to get attention from the world,” the 45-year-old said in a recent interview. “So it’s like Katha won the lottery.”

Orwell-related tourism has grown in Myanmar, also known as Burma, since a half-century of military rule ended in 2011, though numbers remain small.

Nyo Ko Naing estimates that Katha sees 300 to 400 such visitors per month.

In 2012, he founded the Katha Heritage Trust and mounted a campaign through the media to save the commissioner’s house from a local businessman who wanted to turn the property into a skating rink.

The first floor is now full of archival photos, including one of Orwell as a young policeman, and several portraits of the writer painted recently by local artists.

“We’re collecting materials for the museum right now, such as photos, data and other heritage of Katha. And we’re also renovating that house by maintaining its own original style. That’s why

it takes time,” he said. “Now we have spent 4 million kyats ($4300) and some tourists have donated,” he added. “We will renovate more whenever we get money.”

The museum will also focus on Katha’s history, with information about nearby battles during World War Two and other aspects of the area deemed significant.

Nyo Ko Naing hopes Orwell will be a magnet for foreign tourists who will linger for other attractions, such as Katha’s traditional elephant camps, which the government is exploring turning into eco-tourism destinations amid a wide-ranging ban on logging.

A 12-hour train ride from Mandalay, Katha is a small, idyllic town in the Sagaing region. The atmosphere is as tranquil as the flowing Irrawaddy. As the sun sets, visitors and families stroll along the promenade as mountains darken in the distance.

In the past five years, Myanmar has been rapidly modernising, and Katha is no exception. There are shiny new bank branches and new hotels. Mobile phone shops proliferate. Many colonial buildings have been left alone, giving the place a timeless feel, though many structures are dilapidated.

Both the tennis court and the prison are still in use. The British Club is now a local business cooperative.

The Hotel Katha, which opened last year, has seized on the Orwell connection. Built to resemble a red-brick colonial home, it offers brochures at the front desk with maps guiding visitors to key sites from the novel.

Guests can read copies of Burmese Days and Orwell’s essays in the lobby or dine at the Kyauktada Cafe and Restaurant.

Meeting rooms are named Flory, Elizabeth, and Macgregor, after three of the book’s characters.

“I want visitors to feel like they are in the book,” said the owner, Bran Aung, in a phone interview.

“I want to add more about Orwell.

I am still collecting.”

Best known for 1984 and Animal Farm, Orwell is also admired for his condemnation of colonialism in Burmese Days, depicting the British denizens of Kyauktada largely as racist exploiters.

Yet the novel was more read and celebrated abroad than in Burma.

Censorship was lifted in 2012.

A year later, Maung Myint Kywe won the government’s most prestigious literary award for his Burmese translation of Burmese Days.

“He told me that his translation had been sleeping in the hands of the publisher for more than 30 years,” Thurein Win, who has

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Orwell wrote darkly about British and Burmese alike. “Some Burmese don’t like him for his provocative words, but others love his writing,” Thurein Win said.

Nyo Ko Naing’s most impressive Orwellian work may be tracking down the author’s house, which he had previously confused with the commissioner’s. He used a colonial-era map to pinpoint the residence as a two-storey teak home on the main road, not far from the Katha Hotel.

In a twist that might amuse Orwell, it is still occupied by a police officer.

“My colleagues said that the house you are going to stay in belongs to the English writer George Orwell,” said Police Chief Myint Aung, who was recently transferred to Katha.

He didn’t know anything about the writer, but he is embracing the former resident.

Although the home isn’t officially open to tourists, he lets curious visitors poke around, and he has allowed the trust to hang a banner on the porch explaining some basic history.

“The town of George Orwell is lovely as well as interesting,” the sign says.

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■ CRICKET

Selectors get it just right

BY ANDREW ALDERSON The highlight of New Zealand’s 3-0 one-day international defeat of Bangladesh was less about achieving requisite victories and more about replenishing guile and experience within the playing ranks.

Since the World Cup, Brendon and Nathan McCullum, Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills and Grant Elliott have retired from the format.

Regulars of recent seasons – Corey Anderson, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne and Ross Taylor – have also been injured of late.

Senior players needed to pick up the slack to maintain New Zealand’s undefeated home record against Bangladesh.

To bridge the gap between precociousness and wisdom, selectors Mike Hesson and Gavin Larsen brought back 33-year-old Neil Broom and 36-year-old Jeetan Patel.

The result paid dividends.

Defeating the world No.7s is no guarantee that success against Australia and South Africa is a fait accompli later in the season.

However, the way Broom and Patel eased back into the environment was reassuring after respective gaps of more than six and seven years.

“We need guys who are fresh ... alongside performers who know how to get the job done,” coach Hesson said. “We lost a lot of experience post World Cup and we can’t just replace that with promising new guys.”

Broom would be the unanimous choice as man-of-the-series.

Neil Broom has made a highly successful return to the Black Caps.

He made his maiden ODI century, an unbeaten 109, in the second match, a game where Bangladesh’s Imrul Kayes was the only other player to score more than 40.

Broom followed up on New Year’s Eve with 97 off as many balls in a 179-run stand with Kane Williamson, a record for New Zealand’s second wicket against all countries and a best for any partnership against Bangladesh.

Earlier, Broom kept New Zealand in the contest when he executed one of the catches of the summer.

Bangladesh were 102 without loss and Imrul miscued a slog

sweep. Broom sprinted 15m to his right from short third man and threw out an arm. The ball stuck.

“It’s difficult [for Broom] replacing a quality player like Ross [Taylor],” Hesson said.

“You could feel like you were on borrowed time, but we needed an experienced player capable of playing a variety of innings.

“He’s done everything we could have asked and probably more. In two situations we were under the pump losing regular wickets.

“His energy fielding at backward point created opportunities, too.

“He’s 33, but a young, fit man who’s hopefully got plenty of

international cricket ahead.”

“He was relaxed [to bat with],” Williamson added.

“He’s scored a lot of runs domestically around the world and in county cricket, but is a much better player than when he made his debut.

“He stood up to play two mature innings.”

Patel was selected for the final match as New Zealand sought to capitalise on footmarks when turning the ball away from the three left-handers in Bangladesh’s top five.

It followed his recall to the test side in October having played as Warwickshire’s pro for years.

Patel took one for 40 from his allotment and showed a safe pair of hands on the boundary.

“The way Jeetan bowled, when it was hard to play across your front pad, created enough dots and indecision,” Hesson said.

“We’ve been considering using Jeetan as an ODI option since India but he was unavailable against Australia because of the arrival of a baby.

“We’d potentially keep him in mind for the Champions Trophy [in England] where we will take two spinners and play on surfaces Jeetan’s familiar with.”

Hesson said opportunities to play two specialist spinners were rare in New Zealand.

The third ODI offered a chance to get him in the mix and see how he operated.

“He did exactly as we hoped.

“You can put him on autopilot and he goes out and does the job.

“That’s a skill you can’t overlook.”

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Spinners hoping for another SCG turner Recalled spinners Steve O’Keefe and Ashton Agar would love another SCG wicket for the third Test against Pakistan like the one they starred on for opposing sides earlier this season.

Both left arm orthodox spin-

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ners were added to the Australian squad for the final Test starting tomorrow.

The potential extra support for Nathan Lyon came as no surprise, given the SCG has this season looked more like the spinner-

friendly place it was back in the 1980s and 90s.

O’Keefe and Agar both prospered in the opening Shield game of the season when their sides clashed at the SCG. West Australian bowler Agar

‘Don’t pigeonhole Lynn’ There is no doubt master blaster Chris Lynn can play Twenty20 cricket.

But Brisbane Heat coach Dan Vettori says Lynn should be considered for all formats including tests and not pigeonholed as a simple slogger.

Lynn appears set to play in Australia’s three-game T20 series against Sri Lanka in February after more Big Bash League heroics for Brisbane.

Lynn thrashed 84 not out to help the undefeated ladder leaders seal a sevenwicket win over Hobart with 22 balls to spare at a sold out Gabba on Friday night.

Lynn’s 50-ball knock featured four fours and seven sixes, including a 121m wonder-strike that sailed out of the Gabba.

Perhaps the only one not gobsmacked

by Lynn’s towering six was Vettori.

The former Kiwi captain was more interested in Lynn’s less obvious attributes that he believed put his charge in the national frame across all formats.

“You become immune to it because you see his quality of striking all the time,” Vettori said of the mighty six off Shaun Tait’s first ball.

“Where he has excelled over the last couple of years is that he has a really strong gameplan. I don’t think people give him enough credit. His understanding and intelligence about the game is the reason he is doing so well.”

Vettori said it would be selling Lynn short to label him a T20 specialist.

“His record speaks for itself in all formats,” he said.

Lynn is now averaging 198 at a strike rate of 167.80 after back to back matchwinning BBL knocks.

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recorded both his best firstclass innings figures (6-110 ) and match figures (10-141).

Both men were excited to be joining a team coming off the high of an extraordinary win in Melbourne.

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Kane a nineties man Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson has many New Zealand batting records in his sights but most scores in the nineties would have to be one of the most unique.

Williamson finished on 95 not out against Bangladesh on Saturday, the seventh time he has ended an ODI innings in the nineties. He has scored eight one-day centuries putting him fourth on the New Zealand all-time list but he now sits second for scores in the nineties. Nathan Astle holds the record with nine scores of his 41 fifties finishing in the nineties.

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A handy average In five test digs, he uncannily averages precisely double his first-class average over 107 innings, yet Australian batting discovery Peter Handscomb’s appetite for runs remains insatiable. With a ton and two-half centuries to his name, Handscomb will take an average of 83 into the third test against Pakistan starting at the SCG tomorrow. That’s double – to the decimal point – his 41.5 first-class average.

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Team Jolly splitting?

Could the legendary partnership between Olympic gold medallists Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie be at an end? Aleh has said she is taking a year off to freshen up, and would like to re-unite with Powrie to have a tilt at the 2020 Japan Games.

But the 30-year-old also accepted that life’s twists and turns can deliver surprises. Aleh has just sailed the Sydney to Hobart race.

“I’m really keen to have another go and I’d rather sail with Polly than anyone else at this stage,” said Aleh.

“But I’ve got to see where she is, where I am, and see what works.

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James hot on the court LeBron James scored 17 of his 32 points in the first quarter, as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Charlotte Hornets 121-109. Kevin Love added 28 points and 10 rebounds for Cleveland, who played without Kyrie Irving after the point guard had injured his right hamstring during their 124-118 victory over Boston. In Sacramento, Mike Conley had 22 points and eight rebounds, helping the Memphis Grizzlies to a 112-98 NBA win over the Kings.

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In brief

Dream result for All Stars

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Lazarus might be having a cautious look over his shoulder early in the New Year after what transpired on Saturday night at Alexandra Park and he won’t have to look too far.

There standing just a few stalls down at home base will be Dream About Me who went close to equalling his New Zealand Trotting Cup heroics with her demolition job in the Auckland Cup. So good was this incredible mare from such an incredible harness racing family that onlookers were left stunned in the manner in which she jogged away with a Group One victory against the more hardened open class males.

“She never stops surprising me,” Mark Purdon said.

“I know she’s good, but against a good field in her first real go against the open class ones to go out and do that is quite an effort.”

Purdon was quick to put to bed any concerns after the race too when it appeared as though Dream About Me had suffered an injury with blood coming from a knee.

“She got kicked during the week and we had wrapped it up but the hopple must have rubbed on it.

“We have had it checked and at this stage it looks all ok.”

It would have been enough to give Purdon a case of deja vu though as it was the Auckland Cup that ended the career of his other outstanding mare, Adore Me. The champion horseman wouldn’t engage in the battle of minds over who is the better mare, but Dream About Me must be breathing down the neck of her close relation now – even if based on Saturday night’s performance alone.

Away slowly but safely from her inside of the second row draw,

Mark Purdon Purdon allowed Dream About Me to find her feet early and never moved until the winning post with a lap to run.

A very big moment Even with Monbet currently being spelled Greg and Nina Hope can still boast one of New Zealand’s best trotters. That was endorsed at Alexandra Park when the Ricky May driven Quite A Moment won the Group One Campin Bloodstock $80,000 National Trot in New Zealand record time. The 7-yearold brown Quite Easy mare trotted the 2700m stand in 3:19.90 – 3.7 seconds quicker than I Can Doosit’s national record set in the Group Three City of Sails Trot in March 2012.

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While he sat back in the field, stablemate Titan Banner went to war with a determined Christen Me in what unfolded as a staggering 1:58 first mile.

That burn told on both those runners late in the piece.

“I was a bit worried I had gone too soon because when I got up outside Natalie (Rasmussen on Titan Banner) she got quite keen and we had to work quite hard.

“But once we got down to parked she relaxed beautifully and when I asked her to run she really extended.”

Dream About Me stopped the clock in a scarcely believable 3:55 for the two miles – a race, track and mares’ national record – eclipsing the time set by Adore Me when she won the New Zealand Trotting Cup. It was an all Purdon affair with Barry producing Hug The Wind and Arden’s Choice to fill the minor placings.

Coldplay spelling Coldplay, one of the star acts of the summer so far, has headed to the spelling paddock. “We’ve just eased up on her. She had a foot abscess and we’ve put her out. We’ll bring her back for the autumn,” trainer Murray Baker said. Coldplay is unbeaten in three starts this season, progessing from a Rating 75 win at Ellerslie in October to success in the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes at Ellerslie and the Gr.2 Cal Isuzu Stakes at Te Rapa earlier this month.

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Group One sprint Talented Cambridge three-yearold Saracino will shoot for his second Te Rapa weight-for-age sprint feature this season when he tackles February’s Gr.1 NRM Sprint (1400m). Group One-placed at two, Saracino began his threeyear-old season with a win in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa in August before winning the Gr.2 Danehill Stakes at Flemington the following month.

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McKee launching stern title defence Ardmore trainer Stephen McKee isn’t about to let go of his Karaka Million title without a fight.

He will defend the crown he won 12 months ago with Xiong Feng with a pair of impressive last-start winners – Star Treasure and Hasahalo.

The former was successful at Ellerslie on Boxing Day and his stablemate Hasahalo wasn’t to be outdone and stormed to victory in the Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Eclipse Stakes there yesterday.

She wasn’t able to match the early pace of the race and settled last before she powered home to exact revenge on the previously unbeaten Gift Of Power, who had pipped Hasahalo the last time they had met in the Gr.2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes.

“She just got home in time this time,” McKee said.

“Down the back straight I thought she had a flat tyre, but she warmed to

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her work and got over them late.”

Hasahalo was ridden by Sam Spratt, who has been aboard the Savabeel filly in all three of her starts and two trials.

“She’s never showed a huge amount of speed, but she has got an amazing turn of foot,” she said.

“She was pretty much flat the whole way and she’s been able to find a very good finish.

“She hit the line smartly.”

Hasahalo, whose brother (Lot 193) will be offered by Waikato Stud during the Premier Sale at Karaka on January 30, is raced by the Go Racing Fright Night Syndicate managed by Albert Bosma, whose syndication company won the 2013 Karaka Million with Ruud Awakening.

Yesterday’s runner-up Gift Of Power was far from disgraced after racing keenly early outside the leader while Gold Fever took third ahead of Princess Rihanna.

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Filly brings plenty of joy Promising filly She Brings Joy chose an opportune moment to break her maiden status when she underlined her staying potential with an impressive performance to capture the Gr. 2 Stella Artois Royal Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie yesterday.

The three-year-old Sebring filly had hinted a step up in distance would suit when finishing on well for sixth over 1600 metres in the Gr. 2 Eight Carat Classic on Boxing Day. Danielle Johnson was at her vigorous best as she lifted She Brings Joy at the line to snatch victory by a nose from a game Adis with Grand Soleil running on strongly to nab third.

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Sam Spratt and Hasahalo winning at Ellerslie.

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13217 Rocky Foxtrot 21.55 ...................... R Maisey 63675 Americano 21.54 ..............................L Ahern 16266 Ear’s Boris 21.91 ...............................M Flipp 27647 Asteria 21.94 G R & ........................ S Voyce 11 7.58pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C3, 457m 1 15868 Cawbourne Matty 26.13 J &................D Bell 2 13363 Bigtime Lady 26.54 ..........................L Ahern 3 44331 Charlie Bo Bo 26.37 ....................B Hodgson 4 53515 Bernie’s Boy 26.24 ........................B Mitchell 5 14576 Bigtime Sweetie 26.81 .....................L Ahern 6 34145 Swiftly Chloe 25.86 .....................B Hodgson 7 31116 Spring Allegro 26.20 ........................L Ahern 8 1122F Carrano nwtd ...................................L Ahern 9 56463 Blackie Chan 25.94 .......................B Mitchell 10 86862 Lady Zeena 26.52 ........................ T Downey 12 8.15pm PRESTON’S MASTER BUTCHERS C4/5 C4/5, 457m 1 11757 Mark’s Boy 25.84 .............................L Ahern 2 18245 Takamori 25.71 ..........................B Goldsack 3 24222 Timma Turtle 25.89 ..........................L Ahern 4 63342 Sheer Miss 25.99 .............................L Ahern 5 34445 Frappucino 25.99 .............................L Ahern 6 77517 Chai Latte 26.27...............................L Ahern 7 21484 Allegro Beaty 26.58..........................L Ahern 8 47145 Thrilling Sabre 26.12 ....................... K Walsh 9 35666 Bigtime Jason 26.00 ........................L Ahern 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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Today at Omakau Raceway

3 1.30 GALLAGHER FAMILY GOLD CUP/CRAIG & MA-

RIE MCNEILL $8000, 3yo c0 mob. pace, 2000m 1 Magicol Delight (1) fr ........................ D Dunn 2 Ourbigwednesday (2) fr........... M Williamson 3 72602 Delishka (3) fr................................B Orange 4 88x80 Ashi Jetsun (4) fr ......................B Williamson 5 062 Maidonthebeach (5) fr ....................H Hunter 6 Supreme Banner (6) fr .......................M Kerr 7 07 Jay FM (7) fr ..................................S Golding 8 7 Galleons Pleasure (8) fr ..................M Jones 9 0 Clockwork Orange (21) fr ........ C D Thornley 10 7x64 Millie Kate (22) fr ............................C Barron 11 26090 Willedu (23) fr.......................M Anderson (J) 12 524x2 Speedy Mach fr ............................ Scratched 13 667x Cindy Bromac (24) fr .......................... R May 4 2.05pm BECKERS TRANSPORT/SAMUEL FENCING JR DVRS MBL PCE $7500, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 2000m 1 28143 Seduce Me (1) fr ...................G Crawford (J) 2 x7842 Compliant (2) fr ............................. K Cox (J) 3 6x682 Ice Crusher (3) fr ..................M Anderson (J) 4 22228 Absolutely Delighted (4) fr....S Tomlinson (J) 5 213x8 Nyree Franco (5) fr ................. J Morrison (J) 6 0x051 Belmont Jet (6) fr .................A Fitzgerald (J) 7 32422 McKenzie Mara (7) fr................. M Purvis (J) 8 07966 Alexy (8) fr .................................M Hurrell (J) 9 30644 She’s A Flyin (21) fr...............R McIlwrick (J) 10 03636 The Persuader (22) fr ................M Parker (J) 11 81365 Richard Le Fort (23) fr................... K Butt (J) 12 77527 Chief Kapai (24) fr .................... J Kennett (J) 13 80205 Porsche Canardly (25) fr ..........C Faithful (J) 5 2.38pm HOUSE OF TRAVEL MOBILE PACE $8000, 4yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 53236 Manuka Valley (1) fr .......................C Barron

2 x5P26 Lorretta Franco (2) fr ............... C D Thornley 3 24800 Take A Gamble (3) fr .....................R Jenkins 4 94960 Canardly Remember (4) fr .............H Hunter 5 29x35 Silver Dale (5) fr ...................... M Williamson 6 803P Nicky Anew (6) fr .................... J Morrison (J) 7 37769 Pegasus Merrily (7) fr .............. N Williamson 8 40045 Eastwood Suzy (8) fr.....................B Orange 9 079 Change It (21) fr .............................. E Swain 10 94926 Lakeisha (22) fr .............................R Holmes 11 8x337 Bullys Princess (23) fr ..............B Williamson 6 3.13pm SKEVINGTON CONTRACTING/SOUTHERN WIDE REAL ESTATE $8500, 4yo+ c1 to c2 spechcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 72594 Denn Nee Nose Best (1) fr.............. E Swain 2 00882 Majestic De Fence (2) fr ......... J Morrison (J) 3 41098 Barham Belle (3) fr ........................B Orange 4 45524 King Kone (4) fr .....................G Crawford (J) 5 31 Geena’s Success (5) fr.............B Williamson 6 00800 Redwood Invasion (6) fr ................R Holmes 7 60089 Lavros Texas (1) 20 ...................... A Lethaby 8 0469x Brads Kenny (2) 20 ................. M Williamson 9 41221 Rydgemont Milly (3) 20 ..................C Barron 7 3.48pm FULTON HOGAN / WEDDERBURN TAVERN PACE $8000, 3yo+ c0 pace, stand, 2600m 1 05 Senorita Margarita (1) fr ................B Orange 2 P25x4 Capital Plan (2) fr .................... M Williamson 3 68554 Hi Delight (3) fr ............................... P Hunter 4 56447 Mini Wee VC (4) fr ..........................H Hunter 5 Like Ya More (5) fr ................... N Williamson 6 42x77 Millwood Charity (6) fr ...................R Holmes 7 80684 Matai Valour (7) fr............................. A Milne 8 08P7x Gracey Lacey (8) fr ..........................J Young 9 Selena Franco (9) fr ................ C D Thornley 10 Days Of Redemption (10) fr .....B Williamson

10 48436 Mossdale Conner (22) fr .................... R May 11 1x7x6 Costa Del Magnifico (23) fr ..... N Williamson 8 4.24 ALEXANDRA SUPER LIQUOR/MACCA LODGE 11 6.13 ALEXANDRA NEWWORLD/MAY CONTRACTING MBL PACE $8500, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, 2000m FFA MBL TROT $9000, ffa mob. trot, 2600m 1 25576 Floreta (1) fr ..................................B Orange 1 16x31 Father Christmas (1) fr ..........R McIlwrick (J) 2 72870 Pat’s Legacy (2) fr ..........................H Hunter 2 525P2 Monty Python (2) fr ................. M Williamson 3 1 Mossdale Rose (3) fr.......................... R May 3 04643 Aile Rouge (3) fr ............................R Holmes 4 00442 El Dinero (4) fr............................C Ferguson 4 x1300 Springbank Eden (4) fr .............B Williamson 5 50218 Mickey Jay (5) fr .......................B Williamson 5 46923 Kowhai Whiz (5) fr .........................B Orange 6 07561 One Direction (6) fr ....................... K Butt (J) 6 0P5P1 Phil’s Gift (6) fr ........................ N Williamson 7 05190 Honey Cullen (7) fr .........................K Larsen 7 412x1 Master Lavros (7) fr .........................M Jones 8 35523 Bold Ruler (8) fr.............................. P Hunter 9 4.59 COCKBURN CONSTRUCTION/SAM BROWN 9 63043 Hunter Bromac (21) fr ...................... D Dunn MBL PACE $9000, 4yo+ c2 to c3 mob. 2600m 10 234x0 Our Quinn (22) fr .............................M Jones 1 00x71 Marat Saf Finn (1) fr .........................J Young 11 38317 Quite Ideal (23) fr .................... M Williamson 2 13046 Gotta Del (2) fr ..............................B Orange 12 65060 Exceptional Man fr ....................... Scratched 3 85715 Spirit Of Chronos (3) fr ..............M Parker (J) 13 85099 Flushing Meadows fr .................... Scratched 4 48276 Ultimate Desire (4) fr ........................ D Dunn SELECTIONS 5 390P3 Torrid Bromac (5) fr .........................M Jones Race 1: Regal Suzy, Whoosh Factor, Eja Patron, Royal Jester 6 6x977 Dissolution (6) fr ...................... M Williamson Race 2: Belmont’s Greatest, One Yankee Ginga, McLovin, Bobbins 7 10112 Flashing On (7) fr .....................B Williamson 8 41133 Bettor Ops (8) fr .............................K Larsen Race 3: Magicol Delight, Delishka, Cindy Bromac, Jay FM Race 4: McKenzie Mara, Absolutely Delighted, Nyree Franco 10 5.35 MCLARENS TRANSPORT/RD PETROLEUM Race 5: Manuka Valley, Silver Dale, Lorretta Franco, Lakeisha TROT CUP MBL PCE $30,000, ffa mob. pace, mobile, Race 6: Majestic De Fence, Redwood Invasion, Brads Kenny 2600m Race 7: Mini Wee VC, Matai Valour, Like Ya More, Captain Mannering 1 x5007 Clive (1) fr................................ C R Thornley Race 8: Master Lavros, Springbank Eden, Father Christmas 2 97830 Scotlynn Mach (2) fr .......................C Barron Race 9: Torrid Bromac, Bettor Ops, Flashing On, Marat Saf Finn 3 30210 Franco Texas (3) fr ...........................J Young Race 10: Mossdale Conner, Clive, Captain Dolmio, Franco Texas 4 23213 Ears Burning (4) fr.......................N McGrath Race 11: Honey Cullen, El Dinero, Mossdale Rose, One Direction 5 x1212 Captain Dolmio (5) fr ........................ D Dunn 6 86186 Robyn’s Bad Boy (6) fr ...............C Ferguson LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Re7 45922 Maverick (7) fr .............................C DeFilippi tired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly 8 79744 Tangos Delight fr .......................... Scratched beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming conces9 52611 Classie Brigade (21) fr ..................B Orange sion driver which allows horse to start one class down 11 12

Kiel (11) fr ............................... L McCormick 3 Captain Mannering (12) fr ................ D Dunn

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Wairarapa gallops Today at Tauherenikau Raceway

Wairarapa RC Venue: Tauherenikau Meeting Date: 02 Jan 2017 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 1.07pm LIFE MEMBERS 150TH JUBILEE SUMMER CUP R85 2050M $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 2050m 1 61x79 Wiggle tm (1) 59.5...........................J Riddell 2 04946 Heavens Keep (4) 56 ..................... J Parkes 3 34906 Rod’s Lincoln m (3) 54 ..................D Bradley 4 13474 Sanjara m (5) 54 ...........................M Tanaka 5 13x70 Cajun t (2) 54 .............................L Hemi (a1) 2 1.42pm POPE & GRAY CONTRACTORS MAIDEN 2050M $7000, MDN, 2050m 1 x7460 Napoleon (4) 58.5 ............................K Smith 2 Go To Man (9) 58.5 ........................H Tinsley 3 568 Guy Fox (5) 58.5 4 Game Percy (3) 58.5 ............ S MacNab (a4) 5 2x767 Lookherepal (6) 58.5 .......................J Riddell 6 469x3 Ruby Woo (2) 56.5 .....................L Hemi (a1) 7 x5858 Em Kay Pops h (10) 56.5 ..... T Johnson (a2) 8 92x99 Presh (1) 56.5 ...............................M Tanaka 9 7367x All In Glamour (11) 56.5 ..................D Turner 10 x3805 Deedee’s Belt (13) 56.5 ................. J Parkes 11 87065 Salvinia (12) 56.5 ..........................D Bradley 12 079 Pinsonella (8) 56.5 ..........................R Myers 13 84344 Pathfinder b (7) 55 ................ N Teeluck (a2) 3 2.17pm WAIRARAPA TIMES AGE R75 1400M $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 43655 Shadows Cast d (4) 60 .................M Tanaka 2 97x00 Charlestown d (3) 58.5...................H Tinsley 3 938x4 On The Hill d (2) 57 .......................D Bradley 4 5x788 Gold Allure d (6) 55 5 683x0 Pass It On tm (1) 54 ............. T Johnson (a2) 6 x3970 Poster Girl d (5) 54 ..........................R Myers 4 2.50 PUKEMANU BAR & EATERY MAIDEN 1000M $7000, MDN, 1000m 1 4300x Arcturus (6) 58.5 .............................D Turner 2 Ascent Fortune (1) 57 .................... J Parkes

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Central Otago harness

Central Otago Trotting Club Inc Venue: Omakau Racecourse Meeting Date: 02 Jan 2017 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 12.25pm BISHOPDALE/BUSHINN TABS/TAVERN HAREWOOD MBL PACE $7000, 4yo+ c1 to c2 2000m 1 x0064 Regal Suzy (1) fr .........................M Stratford 2 79359 Sweet Loress (2) fr.....................P Anderson 3 98013 Royal Jester (3) fr..............................A Edge 4 09x86 Caesar Rocks (4) fr .................. G Sinnamon 5 00090 Live To Tell (5) fr ...............................S Blake 6 53573 Bettor Backim (6) fr ...........................P Cook 7 44400 Whoosh Factor (7) fr ................ T Woodward 8 38860 Redmaro (8) fr.................................. G Cook 9 90370 Loose Cannon (21) fr ........................ W Low 10 72763 Elusive Flight (22) fr ........................N Munro 11 07194 Em Ay (23) fr .................................. C Negus 12 94136 Atom Hanover (24) fr................J McDermott 13 87601 Eja Patron (25) fr ........................ M Maynard 14 00927 Franco Caliph (26) fr .................... R Sissons 2 12.55 DUNCAN AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS/ OMAKAU AUTO CENT $8500, 3yo+ c1 to c2 spechcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 00007 Syndirella (1) fr........................ N Williamson 2 37125 Armori (2) fr.................................... G McLay 3 58606 Dream Big (3) fr ............................... A Milne 4 044x3 One Yankee Ginga (4) fr ................R Holmes 5 17210 McLovin (5) fr ............................... A Lethaby 6 00x04 Gorilla Playboy (6) fr ............... M Williamson 7 82570 Belmont’s Greatest (U1) fr ...... L McCormick 8 9x140 Lucky Pat’s Son (U2) fr ..............C Ferguson 9 000x0 Madam Spur (1) 20 ...............R McIlwrick (J) 10 13947 Bobbins (U1) 20 .......................B Williamson

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Monday, January 2, 2017

3 Saint Croix (5) 57 ............................J Riddell 4 0x Ethnee (4) 56.5 ................................K Smith 5 7x6x6 Jessicova (8) 56.5 ......................L Hemi (a1) 6 80x86 Liana (2) 56.5 ....................R Goldsbury (a2) 7 Refugee (3) 56.5 .................. T Johnson (a2) 8 Drappier (9) 55 ................................R Myers 9 8. Mighty Mouse (7) 55 .....................D Bradley 5 3.27pm POWERSHOP R65 1000M $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1000m 1 40x7x Platinum Dragon td (3) 59 ...............J Riddell 2 18x07 Affinee d (7) 56 ...............................R Myers 3 02210 Toulouse m (6) 56 .........................M Tanaka 4 004x9 Elusive Jane d (1) 54.5 .....R Goldsbury (a2) 5 19x09 Platinum Diva td (2) 54..................D Bradley 6 9979x Hocus Pocus (5) 54.............. T Johnson (a2) 7 6x90x Elucidate (4) 54 ..........................L Hemi (a1) 6 4.01pm MORE FM MAIDEN 1300M $7000, 1300m 1 x8058 Perfect Shock (6) 58.5.....................J Riddell 2 x8x70 Battle Creek (2) 58.5 ......................H Tinsley 3 Follow Suit (3) 57 4 2245x Rusty In Melbourne (9) 56.5 ...........R Myers 5 030x4 Foxy Porotene (7) 56.5................... J Parkes 6 Fetish 56.5 ................................... Scratched 7 33676 Shrimp Cocktail (8) 56.5 ...R Goldsbury (a2) 8 2x070 Sian (10) 56.5 ..................................K Smith 9 0 Candy Belt (1) 55 ............................D Turner 10 8x9 Mocca (5) 55 .................................D Bradley 11 08x8 Zip Zap (4) 55 ...............................M Tanaka 7 4.36pm B & B CONTRACTING MAIDEN 3YO 1400M $7000, MAIDEN 3YO, 1400m 1 640x4 Bluesuede Chouxs (4) 57.5 ............J Riddell 2 8 Battle Tank (9) 57.5 ..........................K Smith 3 6 The Cossack (3) 57.5......................D Turner 4 Colorado Prince (5) 57.5 ................H Tinsley 5 Deployed (10) 57.5......................... J Parkes 6 30 Cog Knish 55.5 ............................ Scratched 7 2700x Belladita (6) 55.5 ........................L Hemi (a1)

15 0 Aikaterine 55.5 ............................. Scratched 16 75x99 Danny Wizz Bang 57.5................. Scratched Emergencies: Aikaterine, Danny Wizz Bang 8 5.09pm THE MARQUIS CARTERTON R65 1600M $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 1480x Ticket Clipper m (10) 59.5 ........R Harris (a4) 2 5155x Bronzegate d (2) 58 ....................... J Parkes 3 06x91 Eva Jensine d (5) 57 .......................J Riddell 4 76052 Davey Crockett m (6) 57 ................H Tinsley 5 19020 Troup Road d (8) 57 ......................D Bradley 6 x4436 Eepa Neema 56 ........................... Scratched 7 570x0 Irish Chat t (7) 55.5 ....................L Hemi (a1) 8 9x930 Judith Kate tdh (1) 55......................D Turner 9 960x6 Da Beast (9) 55 .................R Goldsbury (a2) 10 10480 Falcons Reach (3) 54.5 .................M Tanaka 11 300x8 Freelinks d (4) 54.5 .............. T Johnson (a2) 12 7x80x Casey Marie (11) 54 ............ S MacNab (a4) Blinkers on: Napoleon (R2), Shadows Cast (R3), Ethnee (R4), Bluesuede Chouxs, Battle Tank (R7) Blinkers off: Liana (R4), Elucidate (R5), Sian, Candy Belt (R6), Ticket Clipper (R8) Winkers on: Battle Creek (R6), Thats Amore (R7) Winkers off: Platinum Diva (R5) SELECTIONS

Darryl Bradley is down to ride On The Hill in the Wairarapa Times Age 1400 at Tauherenikau today.

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5 Awesome Al (7) 55.5 .....................D Bradley 5x0. Miri’s Belt (13) 55.5 ............... N Teeluck (a2) Red Red Robin (11) 55.5 Signorina Svelta (1) 55.5 ..............M Tanaka 7x Thats Amore (2) 55.5 ......................R Myers Witch Hazel (12) 55.5 Word Savvy (8) 55.5 ............ T Johnson (a2)

Race 1: Wiggle, Heavens Keep, Sanjara, Rod’s Lincoln, Cajun Race 2: Em Kay Pops, Game Percy, Pathfinder, Ruby Woo, Guy Fox Race 3: Shadows Cast, On The Hill, Gold Allure, Poster Girl Race 4: Refugee, Ethnee, Ascent Fortune, Saint Croix, Arcturus Race 5: Platinum Dragon, Platinum Diva, Elusive Jane, Toulouse Race 6: Battle Creek, Rusty In Melbourne, Zip Zap, Foxy Porotene Race 7: Colorado Prince, Belladita, The Cossack, Word Savvy Race 8: Irish Chat, Davey Crockett, Eva Jensine, Freelinks

LEGEND: Runner Form: b - Beaten favourite at last start c - Won at this distance on this course d - Won at this distance on another course h - Home track m - Won in heavy going t - Won at track X - Spell of three months

Wairarapa Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Tauherenikau Racecourse Meeting Date: 02 Jan 2017 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 2 and 3 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3 1 11.50am OSBORNE ACCOUNTANTS MOBILE PACE $6000, non-winners mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 8439 Jersey Joe Walcott (1) fr ................S Phelan 2 23674 Strawb’s Regal Act (2) fr .............A Poutama 3 06367 Go Paddy (3) fr.................................A Pyers 4 Black Chevron (4) fr ..................S Abernethy 5 7 Midnight Hour (5) fr ................... J Abernethy 6 33098 Trixie Bromac (6) fr............... D Ferguson (J) 7 Strawberry Moose (7) fr ............... D Butcher 8 x7283 Valmara (U1) fr ........................ T Lethaby (J) 9 95655 Cottonwood (U2) fr...........................B Taylor 2 12.15pm STEWART BAYLEYS WAIRARAPA MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ r56 to r69 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 40361 Christanna (1) fr 2 63120 Kiwi Tintin (2) fr ..............................S Phelan 3 57826 P Tomado (3) fr ......................... J Abernethy 4 4604P Janron (4) fr ................................A Poutama 5 71345 Jonah Jones (5) fr ........................ S Dickson 6 11416 Delightful Zen (6) fr ...................... D Butcher 7 15673 Brainstormer (7) fr .....................S Abernethy 8 24865 Major Classic (8) fr ...........................G Small 3 12.42pm LARNOCH STUD MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ r47 to r55 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 7717P Tuherbs Two (1) fr ..................... J Abernethy 2 49043 Bobbie’s Girl (2) fr ........................ S Dickson 3 x7199 Manihiki Pearl (3) fr ..........................G Small 4 0x300 Pure Desire (4) fr .................... T Lethaby (J) 5 35533 Strawb’s Chippie (5) fr .................A Poutama 6 612 Mychristian (6) fr .......................... D Butcher 7 82106 Sundara (7) fr ............................S Abernethy 8 11879 Tennyson Inlet (8) fr ............. D Ferguson (J) 9 55242 Danse Macabre (21) fr ...................S Phelan 10 26120 Nerve Of Steel (22) fr ......................S Doody

Tauranga gallops Today at Tauranga Raceway

Racing Tauranga Venue: Tauranga Meeting Date: 02 Jan 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 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 1.20pm (NZT) GARTSHORE RETAIL FIT OUTS 1400

$15,000, OPEN HANDICAP, 1400m 1 x40x3 Stolen Dance (3) 60 .........S Weatherley (a2) 2 53459 Antonio Lombardo tdm (5) 59.5 S McKay (a) 3 24x01 Chambord (2) 56 ...........................O Bosson 4 4511x Makarska d (4) 55 ....................... D Johnson 5 265x2 Packing Tycoon d (1) 54 .................. C Grylls 2 1.55 THE WEEKEND SUN 1300 $7000, MDN, 1300m 1 63534 Praise Dan (18) 58.5 ................A Jones (a1) 2 4330x Bronny’s Lad (11) 58.5 .................... S Spratt 3 828x8 Motuman h (8) 58.5............ D Prastiyou (a1) 4 6049x Red Sheeran (6) 58.5 ................. E Farr (a2) 5 Tightlign (13) 57 .......................... D Johnson 6 Elusive Empire (15) 57 .................... C Grylls 7 23802 Kittykittybangbang (14) 56.5 .........M McNab 8 62x90 Dare To Dream (3) 56.5 ................J Waddell 9 44x69 Tudee h (7) 56.5 ..............................S Collett 10 3 Aleria (4) 55 ......................................L Innes 11 49 Sharp Proposition (17) 55 ...........C Lammas 12 Monrecour (2) 55 ...........................V Colgan 13 Mumm (16) 55.......................... K McCulloch 14 9 Zabay (9) 55 15 0x Il Rosso 55 ................................... Scratched 16 9. Love The View (1) 55 17 0 Belle Amore 55 ............................ Scratched 18 0x Sailing (12) 56.5 19 5x00 Sacre Coeur h (5) 58.5 ............. M D Plessis 20 7699x La Vamos (10) 58.5 Emergencies: Il Rosso, Love The View, Belle Amore, Sailing, Sacre Coeur, La Vamos 3 2.30pm GREERS GASTRO BAR GREERTON 1300 $7000, MDN, 1300m 1 78226 Solomon 58.5 ............................... Scratched

2 Freeman (5) 58.5 ............................S Collett 3 3. Freddy Mac (4) 57 .........................J Waddell 4 4 Speewah (8) 57 .........................S McKay (a) 5 Shockwave (12) 57 ..................... D Johnson 6 x725x Gardenier 56.5 ............................. Scratched 7 4x6x2 Hush Little Sista (6) 56.5.......... D Danis (a4) 8 x7x58 Sensibility (14) 56.5 ......................M McNab 9 0x537 Striking Kay (16) 56.5 10 La Varra (9) 56.5 .........................T Thornton 11 24x58 Coasting (1) 55 ............................... C Grylls 12 4x7 She’s Flossie h (10) 55 ............A Jones (a1) 13 Diamaint (7) 55 ...........................C Lammas 14 Keraton (2) 55 ...................................L Innes 15 0x Il Rosso (15) 55...............................A Collett 16 9 Love The View 55 ......................... Scratched 17 0 Belle Amore 55 ............................ Scratched 18 0x Sailing (3) 56.5 19 5x00 Sacre Coeur h (11) 58.5 20 7699x La Vamos (13) 58.5 Emergencies: Il Rosso, Love The View, Belle Amore, Sailing, Sacre Coeur, La Vamos 4 3.03pm TASTE OF ASIA MOUNT MAUNGANUI 1300 $8000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1300m 1 3379x Brilliant Magic (2) 59 ........S Weatherley (a2) 2 21. Ambitious Winner (11) 58.5........M Coleman 3 2x839 Bonny Emilia (3) 58 4 07x0x Aim Phar tdm (5) 58 ....................C Lammas 5 83483 Esbeedee (6) 58 ......................... E Farr (a2) 6 97300 Pasabahce tm (10) 57.5 .............R Elliot (a2) 7 0x236 A’Larose (1) 57 ...............................A Collett 8 x4685 Thatsforsure (9) 56............................L Innes 9 83376 Getalonghome Cindy m (12) 55.5A Schwerin (a2) 10 51007 Leica Glory m (8) 55.5 .............. M D Plessis 11 19400 Saint Lucia (7) 55.5 .................. K McCulloch 12 3489x Running Scared h (4) 54 .................S Collett 5 3.38 ROB PINNY RAY WHITE COMMERCIAL 2100 $7000, MAIDEN, 2100m

1 9x932 Markwood (5) 58.5 2 75533 Darci Deniro b (6) 58.5............. K McCulloch 3 05602 Epae Road (3) 58.5........................V Colgan 4 53427 Nombero b (10) 58.5 .......................S Collett 5 x3094 Model Aye (14) 58.5 6 0x Suffice To Say (1) 58.5 ...............R Elliot (a2) 7 0 Shackeltons Edge (7) 57 .............C Lammas 8 85432 Sorrell (13) 56.5 ...............S Weatherley (a2) 9 35359 Jumeirah (15) 56.5 .................... M D Plessis 10 43290 Happiness Is (16) 56.5 .................... R Jones 11 x8973 Itsabird (2) 56.5 ........................... E Farr (a2) 12 3468 Sosecret (11) 56.5 ............. D Prastiyou (a1) 13 00 Boydy (12) 56.5 ...........................T Thornton 14 00 Ziffel (4) 56.5 .....................................L Innes 15 60x70 Yamato Nadeshiko (8) 56.5 ......... D Johnson 16 0x09 Princess Dillon (9) 56.5 .............S McKay (a) 17 69275 Whopper’s 58.5 ............................ Scratched Emergencies: Yamato Nadeshiko, Princess Dillon, Whopper’s 6 4.13pm TAURANGA A & P LIFESTYLE SHOW SUN JAN 15TH 2100 $8000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 1 Soleado (7) 59 ............................T Thornton 2 46x00 Blue Flag d (8) 58 ......................M Coleman 3 91x00 Delegate dm (10) 58 4 04210 Road Trip (11) 58 ..................... K McCulloch 5 70x09 Downton Abbey (13) 57.5 ..............V Colgan 6 60x70 Suggestive Heights tm (6) 57.5 7 4x805 Heeznot (3) 57.5 .............................A Collett 8 40379 Master Poet m (9) 57 9 84231 Irina (2) 56.5.............................. M D Plessis 10 51800 Rodmar (4) 56 ...........................S McKay (a) 11 0x978 Lustrous (5) 55 ............................C Lammas 12 21049 Daniece m (1) 54.5 ....................R Elliot (a2) 13 x7100 Lulu L’Amour 54.5 ........................ Scratched 14 0x877 Mandalay m (12) 54 15 x0364 Two Gee’s 56 ............................... Scratched 16 66984 De Kensington Oval 54 ................ Scratched

17 70796 Crackthegoodstuff 55 ................... Scratched 18 4x007 Ultimate Image 55 ........................ Scratched 19 0x089 Sweet Molly 54............................. Scratched Emergencies: Two Gee’s, De Kensington Oval, Crackthegoodstuff, Ultimate Image, Sweet Molly 7 4.48pm NEW WORLD SUMMER CUP $10,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1300m 1 1108x Martiniz Special tm (5) 59.5 ..........O Bosson 2 x2505 Mighty Me (3) 57 ............................. S Spratt 3 5x088 Temple Tiger m (8) 57 ........................M Hills 4 42157 Sleek Secret td (1) 56.5 .............. D Johnson 5 2313x Keep On Coming t (9) 56 .S Weatherley (a2) 6 0206x Slice Of Cake d (7) 56 .......................L Innes 7 9x951 O’Rachael t (6) 55.5 ......................M McNab 8 10x45 Legnani (10) 55.5 ..................... K McCulloch 9 x6007 Massofdash 55............................. Scratched 10 116x2 Vanilla Moon (4) 54.5 ...................... C Grylls 11 6x175 Divorcee 54 .................................. Scratched 12 3x510 Great Expectations 54 ................. Scratched 13 1x184 Schiaparelli b (2) 54 .................. M D Plessis 8 5.23pm TAURANGA HARDWARE AND PLUMBING 1600 $8000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 28x54 Divine Duke (9) 59.5 ...................C Lammas 2 x0202 Bear b (3) 58.5 ................................ C Grylls 3 500x8 Sororia tdm (1) 58 .......................T Thornton 4 6x1. Mr Selfridge (7) 57.5 ....................... R Jones 5 x3060 Bamurru d (10) 57.5 ................. K McCulloch 6 32431 Cote D’Or (5) 57.......................... D Johnson 7 6145x Twinkles (6) 57 ...............................V Colgan 8 0x933 Link Road (4) 57 ............................. S Spratt 9 x2880 Preetha Varma t (11) 56 .............R Elliot (a2) 10 979x4 Real Savvy d (2) 55.5 ......S Weatherley (a2) 11 84x39 Vitesse db (13) 55.5 ........................A Collett 12 66860 Real Winners m (12) 55 .............. E Farr (a2) 13 4x007 Ultimate Image 55 ........................ Scratched 14 500x3 Eskimo Kiss (8) 54.5 ...........Z N Azman (a3)

9 5.58 FASHION IN THE FIELD JAPAN CUP DAY MARCH 25TH 1600 $7000, MAIDEN, 1600m 1 90x44 Sneakysid 58.5 ............................ Scratched 2 5 Akamon 58.5 ................................ Scratched 3 5650x Te Taika (1) 58.5.................................J Jago 4 22 Charles Road b (8) 57..................... C Grylls 5 7x49x Pierian Spring (11) 57 ................R Elliot (a2) 6 Mental Telepathy (13) 57 ............M Coleman 7 37203 All Razzle Dazzle (6) 56.5.............M McNab 8 3x458 Zuma (4) 56.5 ...............................J Waddell 9 849x0 Thoughtful (12) 56.5..................S McKay (a) 10 Earth Sky (9) 56.5 ....................... D Johnson 11 725 O’Angel (7) 55 ................................. S Spratt 12 0 Dontbeshy 55 ............................... Scratched 13 Lady Fenuala (10) 55 .....................V Colgan 14 Princess El Jay (2) 55 ............... M D Plessis 15 0 Vironvay (14) 55 ................................L Innes 16 0x9 Refined (5) 56.5 17 90x Takeit To Thelimit 58.5 .................. Scratched 18 967. Queenstown (3) 56.5 19 58700 Classique Dance 55 ..................... Scratched Em: Vironvay, Refined, Takeit To Thelimit, Queenstown, Classique Dance Blinkers on: Markwood, Nombero (R5), Temple Tiger (R7), Thoughtful (R9) Blinkers off: Makarska (R1), Happiness Is (R5), Preetha Varma, Vitesse (R8), Te Taika (R9) SELECTIONS Race 1: Stolen Dance, Chambord, Makarska, Packing Tycoon Race 2: Kittykittybangbank, Red Sheeran, Tightlign, Aleria Race 3: Freddy Mac, Hush Little Sista, She’s Flossie Race 4: A’Larose, Aim Phar, Thatsforsure, Bonny Emilia Race 5: Markwood, Model Aye, Darci Deniro, Epae Road, Sorrell Race 6: Blue Flag, Suggestive Heights, Soleado, Master Poet Race 7: Sleek Secret, O’Rachael, Vanilla Moon, Slice Of Cake Race 8: Twinkles, Mr Selfridge, Divine Duke, Vitesse, Bear Race 9: Thoughtful, Pierian Spring, Charles Road, O’Angel

Sport 20 Ashburton Guardian

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Monday, January 2, 2017

■ FOOTBALL

TRADES, SERVICES

Celtic fight back to beat Rangers Runaway leaders Celtic have fought back to beat bitter rivals Rangers 2-1 at Ibrox and extend their advantage at the top of the Scottish Premiership.

The visitors, whose win moved them 19 points clear of their second-placed opponents, fell behind in the 12th minute when Josh Windass’ smart through-ball got James Tavernier in on the right of the area and he fired a cross across goal for 37-year-old Kenny Miller to stab home at the back post.

Celtic, who were missing influential Australian midfielder Tom Rogic (ankle), have dropped just two points in the league all season, though, and were level when Moussa Dembele slammed a bouncing ball into the top corner in the 33rd minute.

A high-energy, if not always high-quality, second half provided plenty of chases at both ends, but Scott Sinclair was the only man to find the net, tapping home Stuart Armstrong’s low cross with 20 minutes to go.

It was enough to settle a thrilling Old Firm derby, although Miller should have made it 2-2 in the 80th minute when Andy Halliday’s perfectly-weighted low ball in presented the veteran striker with a simple finish.

He could only scuff his shot against the inside of a post as Celtic wrapped up a deserved win.

- AAP

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PLANTS, PRODUCE

NEW potatoes Nadine $2.00 kg. Digging all New Year.

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

PLANTS, PRODUCE

MUSICAL

Beckley Coachlines Programme

Southberry Open 9am - 6pm daily

Raspberries Freshly Picked and PYO Limited supply of

◊ “LEGALLY BLONDE” COURT THEATRE Thursday, January 12 Ranui and @ 6.30pm Tayberry Great musical. ◊ DANIEL O’DONNELL 56 Tinwald/Westerfield, WITH MARY DUFF Mayfield Rd, Ashburton Sunday, March 5, Phone 308 1338 Horncastle Arena, No eftpos Christchurch @ 7pm For bookings phone MOTORING 308 7646 or WHEEL alignments at great 027 249 1827 prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns FOR SALE Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills OLD newspapers available.

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All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire.

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

Birthday Greetings Dallas Lamont Wishing you a very Happy 1st Birthday. Where has the time gone since your home birth in Tinwald.

Love and kisses Nana Ali and Great Nana Minnie.

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Daily Events MONDAY 10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main St, Methven.

TUESDAY 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allen’s Road.

9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB.

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. Closed until January 9. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

Golf Croquet handicap singles. Waireka.

Philip Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club day, non-members welcome. 115 Racecourse .

Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

PHARMACIES

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open 10am - 1pm and 5pm - 7pm Monday and Tuesday.

DUTY DOCTORS

ASHBURTON REST HOMES

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

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, will be the duty doctor for Monday, January 2 until 8am Tuesday, January 3. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12 noon and from 6pm until 7pm. For an appointment please phone 0800 700 550 from 9.30am.

Gym Company Medical, 39 Tancred Street, will be the duty doctor for Tuesday, January 3 until 8am Wednesday. They will hold surgery from 9am until 1pm and from 5pm until 7pm.

During these hours, appointments can be made by phoning 308 9489.

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA

VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP

24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

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

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous. org.nz for more information.

MENTAL HEALTH - Call free on 0800

222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

For weekend doctor and emergency details please SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual phone Rakaia 303 5002 Monday and Tuesday. For Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791 medical attention during the weekend there are drop in clinics from 11am - 12noon and 5pm - 6pm.

A1 ASIAN new beauty classy, busty DD, good body massage. Phone 021 0828 0654.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

ANGEL, tall, busty, attractive A-JAPANESE, beautiful, 26 fun lady. In/out calls. Private years, slim, sexy model figure. Gorgeous, intelligent, premises. Call anytime on classy. Phone 021 115 3218. phone 021 0869 0409.

Advertising Deadlines NEW YEAR

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINES For ALL display classified advertising Publication Date

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OFFICE HOURS All advertising enquiries should be directed to our third floor office, phone 03 307 7900 or email classifieds@ theguardian.co.nz Thursday Dec 29 Friday Dec 30 Monday Jan 2 Tuesday Jan 3 Wednesday Jan 4

10am - 3.00pm 10am - 3.00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9am - 1pm

RUN OF PAPER To enquire about Run Of Paper advertising deadlines during the Christmas and New Year period, please phone the Ashburton Guardian office to speak to an Advertising Sales Consultant. Phone 03 307 7900.

Merry Christmas FROM THE

GUARDIAN

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE Call us free on (0800 787 797). and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days. unrestricted visiting.

LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 EMERGENCY DENTIST Monday and Tuesday - Ashburton Dental OMMUNITY ERVICES Centre, phone Dr Justin Wall on 027 201 1193 for RESOURCE RECOVERY PARKS an appointment between 10am and 12 noon only.

If Dr Justin Wall is unavailable for an emergency The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery appointment outside these hours contact G&E Parks will be closed on: Monday and Tuesday.

Dental in Hornby phone 0800 433 368.

ART GALLERY Evening - trauma related treatment please 327 West Street, phone 308 1133. contact 03 364 0250.

Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm

HELPLINE SERVICES

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

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ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192.

Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm

ASHBURTON MUSEUM

327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890.

Weekends 1pm - 4pm. Research facilities weekday afternoons.

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm 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

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - John Keeley - 308 4432 or 0274 342 646.

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact - President 021 1356 969.

VETERINARIANS

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies: INFORMATION CENTRES Large: Tammy Wilson. Small: Kasia ChapmanASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until Labecka.

2pm. Phone 308-1050.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Cnr East St & Seafield Rd, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: Holidays 10am until 3pm.

9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies: Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com Large: Hamish Reid, Reon McMurtrie. Small: Ref Vet Ent. BUS DEPARTURES Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm. emergencies: Steve Williams.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, NIMAL ERVICES 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

DOG, STOCK & NOISE

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Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterCONTROL EA NETWORKS CENTRE - POOLS Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24h/sce. hours small animal emergency service. To use

20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

this service please phone your vet as usual.

Puzzles

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Cryptic crossword

Monday, January 2, 2017

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

ACROSS 1. A good job the Romans were without a remedy for it! (8) 4. Fifty would make it a tree: a thousand, a month (4) 8. The spare child-spoiler (3) 9. Is uncertain as to how five got the fever (5) 10. It is by way of those five giving one a finish (3) 11. Having studied S American country, half missed the finish (7) 12. Go to one’s rest or return to nothing on the street (5) 13. Is this a vessel for the co-director? (11) 17. It takes a month and, for the French, eight musicians (5) 18. A person who does an impressive job (7) 20. Pouch one almost gets on dismissal (3) 21. It is due to being in the red (5) 22. Food item frequently bolted (3) 23. How she would shortly appear to be put off (4) 24. Not a feck for the futile! (8) DOWN 1. Cast lines? (6) 2. Lowest point attainable from drain (5) 3. I had to follow the outfit without bending (5) 5. Mix oil, air and touch of vinegar for this dish (7) 6. On this, cricket was novel (6) 7. How her fingers may prove invigorating (10) 9. A divine dispensation it is vain to destroy (10) 14. The thing is, it will appear in the newspaper (7) 15. Gives one a push that to boss is not straightforward (6) 16. Roman brute? Not quite: American! (6) 18. Award that is a highly valued acquisition (5) 19. It gives a touch of colour in satin generally (5)

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WordBuilder

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

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

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TODAY’S GOALS: Good – 7 Excellent – 9 Amazing – 11

Previous solution: ROOMMATE

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Ashburton Guardian

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): About that you-to-you meeting.

Don’t put it off. In a few moments of being honest and realistic with yourself, you’ll uncomplicate a knotty little part of your life.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Your memories colour your world, and the world colours your memories.

There’s a strong optimism flowing today, and the emotional colours will be as spectacular as a sunrise.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): It probably won’t be easy to ward off social intrusion, and it may be futile to try. Chances are that the interruptions will bring something just as good as, if not better than, what you were trying to do originally.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’ve an excellent sense about what people will find value in. The next person may not get the same thing out of it, but if you found usefulness there, chances are the others will, too.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You have some stellar advisers in your life these days, and you’re willing to listen to all they have to say. And as long as this is exactly what you were going to do in the first place, you’ll readily apply it.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): If you chase the dream, it will always be ahead of you. Meet it at the destination. “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” – Wayne Gretzky LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You already know the answer but wish that you didn’t. No one wants to do the hard thing, but when it also happens to be the right thing, there’s really no choice but to psych yourself up and go for it.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): To the young, not going is a tragedy, a source of regret and worried wondering about what might have been if only... To the old, not going is a relief, a delight, a privilege.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Between all the skills you’re building, the layers of meaning you’re sorting out and the difficult day-to-day decisions you’re making with increasingly greater ease – without even realising it, you’re becoming more complex.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You have a big heart, and you’ve opened it to many. Being the excellent host you are, you really can’t help but accommodate those who live inside it.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’ll weigh your words and speak up when you have something insightful or funny to add. As for your friends who have far less of a filter, you’ll be the diplomatic gloss that helps everyone get along anyway.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You have many talents, and sometimes it’s challenging to know which one you should focus on. Choose what you love the most these days. Set a goal, and stick to the path until it’s done.

Previous cryptic solution

Across 1. Columbine 5. Rib 7. Awry 8. Contessa 10. Trestles 11. Silk 13. Regret 15. Blanco 18. Away 19. Credible 22. Sedative 23. Ajar 24. Ten 25. Harlequin Down 1. Clatter 2. Large 3. Ironed 4. Eats 5. Russian 6. Blank 9. Steel 12. Glide 14. Gladden 16. Overrun 17. Driver 18. Asset 20. Bijou 21. Itch

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ACROSS 6. Crying (7) 7. Tennis stroke (5) 9. Climbing plant (3) 10. Exuberant (9) 12. Untrustworthy (11) 15. Reigning, or being in control (7,4) 17. Happening repeatedly (9) 19. Early morning moisture (3) 21. Diced (5) 22. Celebrate (7)

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Sudoku

Previous solution: ego, eon, gem, gen, gnome, gone, men, meno, neg, nog, nome, omen, one.

Across 1. Reasons 5. Decor 8. Miscellaneous 9. Ass 10. Sacrilege 12. Doings 13. Knight 15. Smart alec 16. Aim 18. Olive branches 20. Dined 21. Chevron Down 1. Rumba 2. Assassination 3. Oversight 4. Select 5. Din 6. Choreographer 7. Respect 11. Innocence 12. Discord 14. Cleric 17. Mason 19. End

Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian

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FUNERAL FURNISHERS

EDGAR, Robert James (Bob) – On December 27, 2016 surrounded by his loving family, at Princes Court Rest Home, Ashburton. Aged 86 years. Dearly loved husband of Cherie. Loved dad of Alexia, Becky and Sam, and William. Loved brother of the late Daphne and Bill MacLaren. Messages to 6 Goldrich Grove, Ashburton 7700. Special thanks to Princes Court for their excellent care of Bob over the past 5 years. At Bob’s request a private family service has been held.

In our hearts you will stay Loved and remembered every day

KANE, Peter McKenzie, Peacefully at Radius Millstream, Ashburton on 31 December 2016, after a well fought battle, in his 77th year.

Dearly loved Dad of Gill and MID CANTERBURY David, Jayne and the late FUNERAL SERVICES Steve, and Merilyn. Much loved Grandad of Blake, Galbraith’s provide choice! and Torbin, Mitchell, and We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and Galbraith’s celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, Sam. Dearly loved partner and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering. provide choice! of Lyn, and good friend of We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to reflect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and Kim and David, Leeanne, Call us on your family. and Brent and Debbie, and Call us on 308 3980 special Peter to Alesha,or call in and 308 visit 3980 our new premises at Janelle, Kayden, Rylee, and or 246 callHavelock in andStreet visit Summer. In lieu of flowers donations to the Cancer our new premises at Eion McKinnon Rob Cope-Williams Society Ashburton would be 246 Havelock appreciated and may be left Street at the service. Pete’s Rally to celebrate his life will be held at The Plains Museum,Official Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm Maronan Road, Ashburton on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 2.00pm. Messages to c/- 246 Havelock Street, Ashburton.

TAYLOR, Elizabeth Thomasena (Ena) – In her 95th year. Adored and dearly beloved aunty of Allen and Maree Moore, Katrina and Andy, Carolyn and Grant, Tony and Rachael, Jenna, Simon and Zac. A lovely friend so sadly missed.

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6am Country Calendar When Sydney-based corporate highflier Jacquetta Ward came home to run the family farm after her father died suddenly, many locals thought she would not cope, but she and the farm are both thriving. 0 6:30 Neighbourhood 0 7am Dickinson’s Real Deal 8am Jo Frost Family Matters PGR 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase Australia 0 Noon Emmerdale PGR 0 12:55 Location, Location, Location 3 0 1:55 Kiwi Living 3 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Millionaire Hot Seat 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Pound Pups To Dog Stars 0 7:30 Piha Rescue 0 8pm Life Flight PGR 0 8:30 Sherlock – The Abominable Bride AO 0 10:20 N American Crime AO

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 7:05 Numb Chucks 3 0 7:25 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 7:50 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 8:15 The Lion Guard 0 8:35 Goldie And Bear 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 According To Jim 3 0 11:05 Step By Step 3 0 11:35 Melissa And Joey 0 Noon The Ellen DeGeneres Show PGR 3 0 1pm N I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 2:40 Judge Rinder PGR 3:35 M The Smurfs 2011 Family.

Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris. 0 5:30 The Simpsons Lisa becomes jealous of Maggie when she is accepted into a gifted school. 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0

11:15 Murder In The First AO The truth about Navarro leads Terry and Hildy to Mexico; an angry Suger prepares for war. 0 12:05 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 12:30 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11:25 N The Undateables AO 0 12:20 Desperate Housewives 3 0 1:15 Ten 7 Summer 1:40 Infomercials 2:45 The Vampire Diaries AO 3 0 4:20 Baby Daddy PGR 3 0 5:05 The Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

Water for Elephants 8:10pm on Three

BRAVO 10am Million Dollar Listing NY 3 10:55 Hoarders 3 11:45 Snapped – Killer Couples 3 12:40 Vanderpump Rules 1:35 Dance Moms 3 2:30 Botched 3 3:30 Flipping Out 3 4:30 Dance Moms Abby begins the new dance season by bringing back her winning Select Team to compete against her original Elite Team.

5:30 Hoarders 3 6:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 7:30 Hoarders 3 Small paths in Michelle’s house are the only way she can get to her collection of more than 60 birds.

8:30 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles Josh and Heather take part in a tense negotiation that could keep them from marrying.

9:40 Wahlburgers 10:10 Wahlburgers 10:40 Hoarders 3 11:35 Snapped – Killer Couples 12:25 Infomericals 3

7pm Reno Rumble 0 8pm N Mom PGR Bonnie is angry when Christy’s poor financial decisions threaten the family’s living situation. 0 8:30 M The Lake House PGR 2006 Drama. 0 10:25 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 10:55 Mom PGR 3 0

Trawlermen Tales 7:30pm on Prime

THE BOX 6am CSI – New York MV 6:50 Criminal Intent MV 7:40 Storage Wars – Texas PG 8:05 Storage Wars – New York PG 8:30 Shipping Wars PG 8:55 The Simpsons PG 9:20 Criminal Minds 16VS 10:10 NCIS MV 11am NCIS LA MV 11:55 Driving High MLC 12:50 Container Wars PG 1:15 Criminal Intent MV 2:10 CSI – New York MV 3:05 Branson Taxi PGL 3:35 Shipping Wars PG 4:05 The Glades MV 5pm The Simpsons PG 5:30 Criminal Intent MV 6:30 Branson Taxi PGL 7pm Container Wars PG 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 Shearing Gang PG 9pm Border Security M 9:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 10:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 11:25 NCIS MV

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12:15 Shipping Wars PG 12:40 Container Wars PG 1:05 The Glades MV 1:55 Criminal Minds 16VS 2:45 CSI – New York MV 3:30 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Shearing Gang PG 4:20 Border Security M 4:45 Ice Road Truckers PG 5:35 Branson Taxi PGL

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6am Infomercials 7am Sticky TV 7:05 Kate And Mim 7:35 The Moe Show 0 8am Sticky TV 8:05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 8:30 Sticky TV 9am Rachael Ray 10am Infomercials 11:30 Baggage PGR 3 Noon The Biggest Loser Australia 3 1pm M Stranger At The Door PGR 3 2004 Thriller. Linda Purl, Andrew Kraulis, Perry King.

2:55 Entertainment Tonight 3:20 M The Little Rascals PGR 3 1994 Family Comedy. Travis Tedford, Bug Hall, Brittany Holmes.

5:25 The Best Of Family Feud Hosted by Dai Henwood. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Block Australia PGR 0 8:10 M Water For Elephants PGR 3 2011 Drama.

A veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed, and joins a travelling circus as its vet.

Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson. 0 10:20 Gallipoli AO (Starting Today) 3 (Mini-series) 0

6am The Fairly Odd Parents 6:25 Shimmer And Shine 6:50 The Penguins Of Madagascar 7:15 Bella And The Bulldogs 7:40 Henry Danger 8:05 Endangered Species 8:30 Sanjay And Craig 8:55 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:25 Wheel Of Fortune 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:25 The Doctors PGR 3 11:25 Hot Bench 11:50 The Great British Bake Off – Masterclass 3 1pm Storage Wars – Canada PGR 3 1:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 0 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Prime News 6pm Wheel Of Fortune 6:30 Jeopardy 7pm Modern Family PGR 3 7:30 Trawlermen Tales PGR Series that reveals the characters in the world of Cornish trawlermen. 0 8:30 Dirty Britain PGR 3 9:30 Fear The Walking Dead AO 0 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3

6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7:30 Pukana 2 8am Miharo 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Fresh 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Ako 3 2 3pm Head Start 3:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 4pm Iwi Anthems 3 4:30 Te Hikoi Mahanga 3 5pm Kapa Haka Regionals 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukoro 3 2 6:20 Kete Korero 3 6:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 7pm Hahana 3 7:30 Matau PGR 3 8pm Aotearoa PGR 3 8:30 N Corp And Anam AO 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 10pm Whawhai Fight Night 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammies 7:30 Seven Wonders Of The Commonwealth 8:30 The Frankincense Trail 9:30 Jamie’s Fish Supper 10:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 11:30 Toy Hunter Noon Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge PGR 1pm The Frankincense Trail 2pm 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammies 3pm Poh’s Kitchen 3:30 Baby Animals – In Our World A day in the life of the baby animals encountered in everyday life.

4:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things 5pm Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen 5:30 Tiny House Hunting 6pm Junk Gypsies 6:30 American Pickers

11:40 Infomercials 5am Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11:30 Football – English Premier League Watford v Tottenham Hotspur.

At Vicarage Lane stadium.

1:30 Closedown

11pm Te Kauta 3 Chat show featuring guests who reminisce about their younger days and some of their naughtiest secrets.

11:30 Closedown

11:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things Midnight Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy 2am Baby Animals – In Our World 3am Junk Gypsies 3:30 Tiny House Hunting 4am Secrets Of Great British Castles 5am Walking Through History With Tony Robinson

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6:40 Hail, Caesar! PGL 2016 Comedy. Josh Brolin, George Clooney. 8:25 Tracers MVL 2014 Action. Taylor Lautner, Marie Avgeropoulos.

10am Fatal Secrets 16VLS 2009 Thriller. Dina Meyer, Lea Thompson. 11:30 Ride Along 2 MV 2016 Comedy.

Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Tika Sumpter. 1:15 Woman In Black 2 – The Angel Of Death MC 2014 Horror. Phoebe Fox, Merryn Pearse. 2:55 Hail, Caesar! PGL 2016 Comedy.

Josh Brolin, George Clooney.

4:40 The 5th Wave MVL 2016 Action. Chloe Grace Moretz, Liev Schreiber. 6:30 Everest MC 2015 Drama. Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin. 8:30 The Quiet Ones 16VS 2014 Horror.

A professor and a team of students conduct an experiment on a young girl who harbours unspeakable secrets and extraordinary abilities.

Jared Harris, Sam Claflin.

10:10 Alpha House 18LSC 2014 Comedy. Chris O’Brien, Heather Paige Cohn.

11:40 Pocket Listing MVLSC 2014 Crime. Rob Lowe, Burt Reynolds.

7:55 The Lord Of The Rings – The Return Of The King MV 2003 Fantasy. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler.

11:10 Big Daddy PGL 1999 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Leslie Mann.

12:45 The Notebook PGC 2004 Drama. James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Ryan Gosling.

2:50 Corky Romano MVS 2001 Comedy. Chris Penn, Chris Kattan, Peter Falk.

4:20 Children Of Men 16VL 2006 Drama. Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine.

6:10 Forrest Gump MVL 1994 Comedy Drama. Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Sinise.

8:30 Julie And Julia PGL 2009 Comedy. Julia Child’s story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell’s 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child’s first book.

Meryl Streep, Amy Adams.

10:35 Being John Malkovich MLS 1999 Comedy.

John Malkovich, John Cusack.

TUESDAY

1:10 The 5th Wave MVL 2016 Action. Chloe Grace Moretz, Liev Schreiber. 3am The Quiet Ones 16VS 2014 Horror.

Jared Harris, Sam Claflin.

4:35 Alpha House 18LSC 2014 Comedy. Chris O’Brien, Heather Paige Cohn.

SKY SPORT 1 6am Cricket – Women’s Big Bash League (RPL) Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades. 9:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (HLS) Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades. 10am Fox Sports News 10:30 Motorsport – Dakar Rally (HLS) Prologue.

11am Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (RPL) Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades.

2:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (RPL) Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder. 6pm Darts – World Championships (HLS) Day 14 – Match of the Day. 6:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (HLS) Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder.

7pm Cricket – International (RPL) Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Third ODI. Coverage of the last two hours of play from Saxton Oval, Nelson.

9:05 L Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers.

TUESDAY

12:35 Tennis – ASB Classic (HLS) 1:35 Cricket – International (HLS) Australia TUESDAY v Pakistan – Second Test, Day 12:25 The Final Destination Five. 2:05 Cricket – T20 16VC 2009 Thriller.

Big Bash League (HLS) Perth Bobby Campo. 1:50 Corky Scorchers v Sydney Thunder.

Romano MVS 2001 Comedy.

2:35 Cricket – International Chris Penn, Chris Kattan, Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Third Peter Falk. 3:20 Forrest ODI. 3:05 Cricket – T20 Big Gump MVL 1994 Comedy Bash League (HLS) Hobart Drama. Tom Hanks, Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers.

Robin Wright Penn, Gary Sinise. 3:35 Tennis – ASB Classic 5:40 Children Of Men 16VL Hls (HLS) 4:35 Spartan 2006 Drama. Clive Owen, Race World Championship Julianne Moore, Michael Caine. 5:35 The Cricket Show

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

7:30 Caribbean With Simon Reeve 8:30 Secrets Of Great British Castles 9:30 Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 10:30 American Pickers

SKY SPORT 2 6am Football – A-League (RPL) Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United. 8am L Darts – World Championships Day 14 – Semi-finals. Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Motorsport – Dakar Rally (HLS) Prologue.

1:30 Motorsport – Dakar Rally (HLS) Prologue. 2pm World Sailing – December 2:30 Sky Sports News UK 3pm The Fishing Show 4pm Darts – World Championships Day 12 – Match of the Day. 4:30 Darts – World Championships (HLS) Day 13 – Match of the Day. 5pm Darts – World Championships (RPL) Day 14 – Semi-finals.

8:30 Rugby Documentary – The 1996 All Blacks Tour Of South Africa 9:30 Fox Sports News 10pm World Rugby 10:30 World Sailing – December 11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Ice Hockey – NHL (RPL) Toronto Maple Leafs v Detroit Red Wings.

TUESDAY

1:30 Surfing – WSL Championship Tour (HLS) Billabong Pro Tahiti.

2:30 Surfing – WSL Championship Tour (HLS) Hurley Pro at Trestles.

3:30 Football – A-League (RPL) Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets. 5:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (RPL) Hobart v Adelaide.

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DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG No Mercy. 7:30 How Do They Do It? PG Toilet Paper; Absinthe; Cricket Balls. 8am Auction Hunters 8:30 MythBusters PG Dive to Survive. 9:25 Deadliest Catch – Dungeon Cove PG Lost at Sea. 10:20 Beat The Ancestors PG Byzantine FlameThrowing Boat. 11:15 Deadly Sins M Fatal Possession.

12:10 Disappeared M 1:05 Evil Kin M Monsters On the Block. 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG Salad; Rope; Insulin.

3:20 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG Oregon Gold. 4:45 Abalone Wars M The Final Frontier.

5:40 MythBusters PG Spy Car Escape.

6:35 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M Kate Hudson.

7:30 You Have Been Warned M Like a Boss.

8:30 MythBusters PG Rocketmen.

9:30 What On Earth? PG 10:30 What Happened Next?

M 11pm What Happened Next?

M 11:30 You Have Been Warned M Home Hacks.

TUESDAY

12:30 Evil Kin M 1:25 Disappeared M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG 5:05 Moonshiners M

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End of UFC for Rousey If previous form is anything to go by, we won’t be hearing from Ronda Rousey anytime soon. The former UFC champion went to ground following her shock loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193 in Melbourne in 2015 and didn’t speak to the media until about a month after the fight. After more than a year away from the Octagon the hype surrounding her return at UFC 207 reached fever pitch. Would the Ronda Rousey of old be on show? She wasn’t. Amanda Nunes didn’t allow it, winning the bout just 48 seconds into the first round.

Hi, this is Usain . . .

All Blacks star Julian Savea takes a selfie with Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, and brother Ardie Savea at the ASB Classic Day Out for Kaikoura in Auckland yesterday.

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Manchester United’s win against Middlesbrough on New Year’s Eve was so enthralling, it prompted Olympic legend Usain Bolt to call the club’s post-match radio phone-in on MUTV. United overcame a 0-1 deficit with two goals in two minutes late in the game, but few expected the performance to receive such an endorsement from one of United’s most illustrious supporters.

MUTV presenter Mandy Henry admitted afterwards that they didn’t think the caller was the real deal until Bolt confirmed it on Twitter.

Savea duo ‘starstruck’ Julian and Ardie Savea have combined to make 64 appearances for the All Blacks, but the younger brother said nothing compared to the nerves he felt yesterday.

The Saveas took their talents to the tennis court, facing off with Venus and Serena Williams as part of an all-star charity doubles exhibition match in Auckland.

“It was more nerve-wracking waiting to go out than a test match,” Ardie said.

“We were like little kids. When we walked out we were like, ‘Oh my gosh!’

We were kind of starstruck.

“But once we got out there and got to rub shoulders with the sisters it was quite relaxing and we just enjoyed ourselves.”

In front of a sold out crowd

at the ASB tennis centre – with more than $65,000 raised for the Kaikoura earthquake recovery efforts – the All Black duo acquitted themselves well against sport’s greatest sister act, despite a distinct lack of practise.

“None until about three days ago,” Ardie said of his previous tennis experience.

“And that was for about 30 minutes.

“But [Julian] goes out all the time. He thinks he’s a tennis player.”

The charity event started with the Williams sisters playing alongside Kiwis Marina Erakovic and Jade Lewis in doubles, before the Savea brothers took the court in possibly the greatest mismatch in tennis history.

The rugby players surprised with some decent touches,

though were helped when former world No 1 Caroline Wozniacki made a surprise appearance to join the Savea duo.

Julian also improved when he was given a gigantic Wilson racquet, almost three times the size of a normal racquet.

“It was very different but it was awesome,” Julian said of the experience.

“The fun thing about it was seeing out there in action and in their comfort zone.

“We definitely appreciate the skill that goes into the game.”

That appreciation was mutual and, while not counting herself as a rugby fan, Venus said the showdown with the All Black duo was a “perfect start” to 2017.

“It was a great show – I couldn’t stop laughing after every point,” she said.

“Those guys are really awesome.

“Their athleticism shows up and they’re good sports to come out here.

“I love sport and have a major appreciation of what it takes to be at the top level and to maintain it.”

Unfortunately for the fans who will next week visit Stanley Street, the demands of the top level of tennis meant the sisters would be sticking to singles at the ASB Classic.

“We talked about [playing doubles together] a lot but then thought that perhaps we shouldn’t start the year that fast,” Venus said.

“We just want to ease into it and play some matches then maybe play doubles at the Australian Open.”

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Harden picks up a record NBA triple double James Harden has produced an NBA record 53 points, 17 assists and 16 rebounds as the Houston Rockets beat the short-handed New York Knicks 129-122.

MVP contender Harden became the first player to register more than 50 points, 15 assists

and 15 rebounds in an NBA game, according to the Rockets.

The 27-year-old point guard also set personal career highs for points scored and three-pointers (nine) and matched his career best for assists.

He passed his previous career best of 51 points on a three with 1:16 left, leading to a standing ovation from his home crowd.

The bearded Harden’s phenomenal haul came just one day after he scored 30 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, and five steals

in a win of over the Clippers.

Earlier, Russell Westbrook collected his 16th triple-double of the season to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 114-88 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, while Utah defeated Phoenix 9186.

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Practice makes perfect All Blacks great Dan Carter has spent his New Year’s Eve with his boots on.

The Racing Metro first five-eighth posted a photo on his official Facebook page of kicking practice in icy conditions ahead of their Top 14 clash against Toulon. “My New Year’s eve is a bit different to what I’m used to. Thank you 2016 you’ve been great but can’t wait for 2017. Happy NY everyone, be safe,” the World Cup winner posted.

Nadal up for Brisbane Rafael Nadal has won the Mubadala World Tennis Championship at Abu Dhabi with the next stop Brisbane in his build up to the Australian Open.

Nadal defeated Belgian world No.11 David Goffin 6-4 7-6, winning the exhibition tournament for a fourth time.