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Housing affordability in the Ashburton District has remained unchanged over the past eight years even as wider Canterbury became increasingly unaffordable. In the gap between the 2006 Census and last year’s Census, wages and house prices rose at almost the same rate, 37 per cent. Census 2006 gave the median household income as $46,000; in last year’s Census this had risen to $63,100. Over the same period, the median house price quoted by the Real Estate Institute rose from $216,000 in December 2006 to $294,000 in December last year. Using the housing affordability formula of household income against house price, the district’s affordability ranking remained at 4.6, below the national average of 5.1. On the Demographia International Housing Affordability scale Ashburton and New Zealand as a whole is in the “seriously unaffordable” bracket, particularly for first-home buyers, but that’s not the sole factor keeping new entrants out of the housing market, says Ray White Ashburton franchisee Jill Quaid. She believes that for many young people looking for

their first home, unrealistic expectations were the biggest stumbling block to home ownership. Tougher rules around bank lending limiting the number of loans made to people with less than 20 per cent deposit, had some impact on potential buyers, but a reluctance to buy cheaper, older homes was creating a big disconnect between what young buyers wanted and what they could afford, Mrs Quaid said. “They don’t want cheaper housing, they want close to the best. We still have plenty of good homes in the $230,000 to $250,000 bracket but they want en-suites. They want good homes, they’re not interested in bungalows or in renovating, they want it all at the start.” While housing affordability might be an indicator of where the market was sitting, Mrs Quaid said the Ashburton market still offered good options for buyers at all levels – providing they were realistic. There were good, three-bedroom homes on the market in Ashburton on decent sized sections that could be bought for $250,000, but young couples wanting to enter the market at the new home end would be paying double that for a new build and a section.

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Thousands sign up for Dry July Some well-known Kiwis joined thousands embarking on a hangover-free month from yesterday. Dry July, where participants are sponsored to abstain from alcohol to raise money for chemotherapy patients, has attracted ambassadors including theatre performers, television actors and radio personalities. Kerre McIvor, Roy Billing and Joe Cotton, as well as Jono Kenyon of Step Dave fame and Jacquie Nairn and Spencer Falls of Shortland Street are among those fronting the campaign, now in its third year. Nairn, who plays Wendy Cooper on Shortland Street, said ditching the drink was a win-win for participants. “It is such a tiny thing to do to help raise money for a really special cause,” she said.

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Star basketballer Steven Adams has pitched in to help another young Kiwi realise his NBA dream. Eleven-year-old Tafara Gapare is auctioning off a pair of Adams’ size 19 shoes, with all money raised going towards a trip for the Wellington youngster to Las Vegas with the New Zealand Basketball Academy Under-13 development team. Tafara has been selected as a member of one of eight Kiwi teams representing the academy in the July tournament. Each player needs to raise $4200 to take part. Tafara got to meet his sporting hero at the academy during Adams’ recent stint home, when the professional basketballer gave the young player his shoes.

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The Duchess of Cambridge’s sister Pippa Middleton has described how she has felt “publicly bullied a little bit” since being propelled into the spotlight following the royal wedding. Pippa, who gave her first ever television interview to American journalist Matt Lauer for NBC’s Today show, spoke of how it was difficult to read things about herself which were untrue. Middleton, who is a columnist for Waitrose’s monthly magazine, gained notoriety for her figurehugging bridesmaid’s dress when Kate married the Duke of Cambridge in 2011. Her party book, Celebrate, was marketed in 2012 as a one-stop guide to entertaining throughout the year. But the publication was mocked by some for its over-simplistic advice and even sparked a parody Twitter account, @PippaTips.

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■ MID CANTERBURY’S GROWING SCHOOL ROLLS

Schools urged to find own solutions By Toni Williams

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Ashburton schools have been tasked with addressing their own rising school rolls with the ministry of education taking a backseat approach. However schools had the rest of the year to find solutions. Hampstead School principal Peter Melrose said it was definitely too early to say how it could be handled. The Board of Trustees were due to meet later in the month. However, Mr Melrose said a common-sense approach was needed and equality used across the district. “If one or two have enrol-

ment zones then we all have enrolment zones or nobody has enrolment zones, if that is the way we are going to be headed.” Eleven schools had already imposed enrolment zones. “We need to do what is common-sense for our communities and for the district as a whole. It’s a difficulty that we obviously have a passion for our individual communities and our schools but we also have to think in the wider scheme as well,” he said. Ministry of Education head of sector enablement and support Katrina Casey said the 23 schools in the wider Ashburton district faced challenges addressing future school rolls.

“There is no easy option for addressing roll growth and there is always a combination of things that can be done,” she said. As reported in the Guardian the ministry had no fixed view about solutions, they would work with schools to get solutions to meet their needs. Ms Casey said some schools in Ashburton had enrolment schemes and managed roll growth by taking fewer out-ofzone enrolments. If these schools experienced in-zone growth, the ministry would provide extra teaching and learning spaces. But other schools that did not

have an enrolment scheme and were experiencing growth may wish to consider implementing one. “This would help the board manage the demand for additional enrolments,” she said. The schools that did not have an enrolment scheme in place and experienced growth from within their local area might get help from the ministry with additional classrooms. “We will work with the boards of the schools to determine if this is the case,” she said. As part of the meeting last week, the ministry shared data about each school’s capacity and encouraged them to share the

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■ NEW METHVEN DEVELOPMENT

Two large commercial buildings being erected in Methven By susan sandys

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Methven is booming as an agricultural centre as two large construction projects get under way totalling over $1 million. A new RD1 store is being built on Main Street; its building consent value is $680,000. The store is due to open in mid September weather permitting, and will provide three full-time and additional part-time jobs. RD1 communications manager Annie Wright said with over 50 dairy herds in the area, representing around 37,000 cows, the company “saw a need for a fourth RD1 store to support the growing needs of dairy farmers in the district”. “There is strong confidence in

the Mid Canterbury rural sector. “This increase in dairying will support and help grow a number of other businesses such as trucking firms, vendor suppliers, bulk feed and seed suppliers. “Methven was the obvious choice. Siting our new store there will take pressure off our RD1 Ashburton store and customers will no longer have to travel those extra miles to get what they need for their business.” Meanwhile, on Line Road, Methven farmer David Wright is constructing a large building, at a cost of approximately $500,000. He said the new building was required after he had to lease

out other building space nearby. One was occupied by Alex McDonald’s potato merchants, the other was to be occupied by Pentair which was overseeing Ashburton Lyndhurst irrigation scheme improvements. Mr Wright would then have to move his storage and seed processing area to the new building, which would also be occupied by Pipeline Construction. “There’s a lot happening in new development, going on to service agriculture,” Mr Wright said. Right - Construction is underway at the new RD1 building on Main Street, Methven. PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 300614-TH-076

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The rolls of schools in the wider Ashburton area had increased by approximately 300 students between 2008 and 2011. This growth was absorbed because schools had spare capacity and the Ministry provided some additional classrooms. Between 2011 and 2013 rolls have risen by approximately 40 students across the district.

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■ ASHBURTON TRUST EVENT CENTRE

Patronage threatens future By SuSan SandyS

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Poor ticket sales for some Ashburton Trust Event Centre shows could ultimately result in cancelled performances and loss of Ashburton District Council funding. Centre general manager Roger Farr was yesterday scratching his head as to why three upcoming productions and one recently-staged production had drawn small audiences. The Christchurch-based Key Note Quartet and their fellow Christchurch City Chorus members are performing

at the centre this Saturday, to be followed by circus theatre group The Dust Palace next weekend, and American-based Tommy Dorsey Orchestra later this month. The chorus performance would involve about 50 female members coming to the town. The centre had paid a deposit and undertaken promotion, so to cancel the show now would not make sense. Cancelling shows of that nature could result in a loss of up to $5000, so it often made more sense to hold out in the expectation of last-minute bookings. “From past performances

of that nature they have been well supported, I just can’t for the life of me understand why these ones aren’t,” Mr Farr said. The recently-staged Cabaret La Vie had attracted only about 35 people, and only one dozen tickets had so far been sold for the Dust Palace performance, while 120 tickets had been sold for the city chorus’ day show and about 50 for its evening show. The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra was also selling slowly. It was a promoter-organised event, and while for such events the promoter took on

the cost of staging it rather than the event centre, to have low numbers for such shows was just as bad in the long run. “If it doesn’t sell, chances of getting the promoter back are very remote,” Mr Farr said. The event centre had never had to cancel any of its own shows. Mr Farr feared that if the current trend of low audience numbers continued, the council could think twice about the level of funding it gave to the centre for its shows. Council records show for the coming year it has set aside $263,743 for the event centre.

■ ASHBURTON MENZ SHED

Family’s donation means Menz Shed well set up By Toni WilliamS

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The Ashburton Menz Shed members are celebrating a gift of thousands of dollars worth of engineering equipment and tools from the family of the late Charles “Chas” Eaden. Mr Eaden was an Ashburton engineer with an extensive array of tools and equipment in his home workshop. “It is virtually a full engineer’s workshop,” Menz Shed member and retired engineer Stewart Dunlop said. Among the gifts were a lathe, welding gear and all metal stocks including bars, shafting and alloys. There were also a number of specialty handmade items such as the three gear 250cc Suzuki engine used for the key cutting machine.

Work starts on mine Work has finally begun at Bathurst Resource’s Denniston Escarpment Mine. Conservation Minister Nick Smith granted Bathurst its final approval for the mine last month after more than 30 hearings. The application for the mine was originally lodged over five years ago. Bathurst corporate relations general manager Sam Aarons said early works at the mine began yesterday. It involved erecting signs and fences and continuing inductions of site staff. So far there were “just a couple of chaps” from Bathurst’s Cascade Mine working at the Denniston site, she said. - APNZ

Plunket book revamp For the first time in more than 25 years the iconic Plunket Book has been given a revamp. The newlook Plunket Book, was officially launched by Health Minister Tony Ryall at the Johnsonville Plunket Centre yesterday. The new edition is 100 pages longer. The revamp was timely given there have been a lot of changes in health services. - APNZ

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Police are investigating the alleged rape of an Ashburton woman in Timaru over the weekend. Detective Sean Millington said yesterday the alleged incident had occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning, and an investigation would be undertaken by the Timaru CIB. No charges had yet been laid, however police had “a good idea of who the suspect might be”, Mr Millington said. He could not comment further, with any other information being confidential to the investigation.

A Fonterra cheese factory in Taranaki was temporarily evacuated yesterday following a small electrical fire. Central fire service communications shift manager Dave Meikle said the fire occurred around noon and was confined to the roof of the Eltham factory. The fire has since been contained and no one was injured. A Fonterra spokeswoman said the fire was small and extinguished with a hand-held fire extinguisher. The factory was evacuated after the fire was discovered. - APNZ

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A lot of the equipment had been inherited from Mr Eaden’s father, F. R. Eaden, known as Ren. He was also an engineer and mostly self-taught. Menz Shed members will celebrate the windfall this weekend with a barbecue to thank the family. They will be joined by Mr Eaden’s sons, John and Greg. Both men live out of town and had not previously visited the Menz Shed. They were expected around midday.

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■ DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY

Diplomat likely to face ‘proper judicial process’ Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has spoken to his Malaysian counterpart to clarify any misunderstanding about the diplomat accused of a sexual assault. He said while New Zealand’s formal request was “unambiguous in seeking the lifting of immunity”, officials were engaged in informal communications in a “manner that would have been ambiguous to the Malaysian Government”. He was unable to say more, but said Malaysian officials had acted “entirely in good

faith”. Mr McCully said Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah was “absolutely committed to the alleged offender facing a proper judicial process”. “The individual concerned is a military person and the Malaysian Chief of Defence Force has established a Board of Inquiry process. Minister Anifah assured me that any material provided by New Zealand Police will be placed before the Board of Inquiry. “The Minister made it clear that he would not allow the actions of one individual to

tarnish the reputations of all Malaysian diplomats. “It is clear to me from my conversation with Minister Anifah that his Government’s decision to decline New Zealand’s request for immunity to be lifted was driven by his Chief of Defence’s desire to put in place a robust judicial process to deal with this matter and his officials’ belief that this would be an outcome acceptable to New Zealand. Mr McCully said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade had provided him with

correspondence between New Zealand Malaysian officials on the matter. “While the formal request is absolutely unambiguous in seeking the lifting of immunity, it is now clear to me that officials engaged in informal communications over what is a complex case, in a manner that would have been ambiguous to the Malaysian Government. “Due to the nature of the proceedings that lie ahead, I am unable to be more forthcoming on the matter at this stage.” - APNZ

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Cost savings drive council purchasing By Sue NewmaN

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By signing up to a Government passenger and light commercial vehicle contract, the Ashburton District Council is set to save a significant amount of money on its vehicle fleet. Signing up to that deal, however, has forced the council to balance its desire to buy locally against the need to secure the best deal possible for ratepayers, council chief executive Andrew Dalziel said. The council has a fleet of 35 vehicles, excluding heavy trucks, and the new contract will deliver significant cost savings well in excess of any discounts local dealers could offer. Local dealers would, however, continue to be able to ser-

vice the council’s fleet, he said. With a range of other Government contracts on offer, the council was taking a long, hard look at its current contracts to see if there were more cost effective options, Mr Dalziel said. That won’t see an end of locals supplying the council, however, as the bulk office consumables contract, for example, uses OfficeMax. The council will continue to do business with local suppliers operating in this area that it already has standing agreements with. The levels of discount offered under the various contracts was confidential, but Mr Dalziel anticipates the council will save about $100,000 a year by joining the Government contract scheme.

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Sheep killings ‘similar‘ The method used to kill 20 sheep near Oamaru on Monday was similar that used in the earlier killing of 195 sheep in the area, police say. It appeared both groups of animals were shot, initial investigations indicated. However, it was not yet known what type of firearm was used, Detective Warren Duncan said. A scene examination was conducted at the Ngapara property yesterday.

Mr Duncan warned farmers to keep a close eye on their stock and be alert to suspicious vehicles or people in the area. “We’re still conducting a large number of inquiries in relation to these incidents but are always very keen to hear from anyone who might have information that could help us.” Anyone with information on either case is asked to contact Mr Duncan on 03 433 1416. - APNZ

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■ BATTALION ANNIVERSARY VISIT

Soldiers call in on RSA members to mark battalion’s formation By ToNi williamS

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The officers yell, the field food is terrible, the mud dirty and it’s cold in the bush. That was how it was in the 1960s and how it was in 2014, according to a serving infantry officer visiting the Ashburton RSA yesterday. Major Hayden Ricketts was one of 20 Burnham-based soldiers to visit the Ashburton RSA. The conditions in today’s army were the same as when RSA members served only the pay had changed – and that was relative to the times.

As officer commanding Bravo Company of 2nd/1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, Major Ricketts and his platoon were in town as part of the 40th anniversary of the formation of the battalion. In the morning they were at Ashburton College doing physical activity tasks with students as part of the soldiers’ leadership training. In the afternoon it was conversation, cards and pool at the RSA over a well-deserved afternoon tea. Ashburton had an important history with its serving soldiers throughout the years and Major

Ricketts said it was important to be remembered. In their new combat uniforms, the soldiers got to hang out with RSA members. Ashburton RSA president Maurice Baker said visits from serving soldiers positively impacted on members. “It’s very, very important for the RSA and members,” he said. “It keeps everybody in touch and reminds us what the RSA is about.” There were six companies in the battalion. Others had gone to different towns as part of their anniversary day.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Cost-effective revamp Rather than splash out on a revamp and rejig of their meeting chamber, Ashburton District councillors have come up with a simple solution that came without a price tag. Fed up with the poor acoustics in the chamber

that meant members of the public often struggled to hear councillors speak, the council decided to look for a solution. While they anticipated a quick fix might cost $1000, a team of consultants thought otherwise. Their answer was to spend

$20,000 – minimum. The plan was scrapped and the council came up with its own solution. It decided to adopt an informal approach for full council meetings. Gone is the raised dais for the mayor and senior staff and gone is the semi-circular

meeting table for councillors. In its place, the council has opted to hold its council meetings in the same format as its less formal committee meetings. It also removed standing orders for councillors to stand when speaking.

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■ RAKAIA GORGE

Natural surroundings add to dance spectacular Electric lights, DJ-led electronic music, huge speakers, two stages, matagouri and the Milky Way combined to create the setting for an amazing winter solstice dance party at the Rakaia Gorge overnight Saturday. Organised by the Christchurch-based Canterbury Outdoor Music Trust, trading as Massive, the event attracted 800 people aged six to 60. Spokesperson Guy Cottrell said he was grateful to Cleardale Station property owners and their neighbours who allowed the event to go ahead, the first in Mid Canterbury. “We make a point of going to beautiful places if we can,” Mr Cottrell said. The organisation held a winter solstice, summer solstice, spring equinox and autumn equinox dance event each year, and had been going for 20 years. The events are alcohol-free and Mr Cotterell is keen to host another dance party in the Methven area in the future.

Bain to be a dad David Bain is about to become a father. Liz Bain, the Christchurch primary school teacher he married earlier this year, is pregnant. Mr Bain confirmed the pregnancy to APNZ last night. “Elizabeth and I are expecting at the end of November or early December and our families and friends are extremely delighted for us and have been very supportive,” Mr Bain said. The pair, who met more than 10 years ago, tied the knot in front of 80 family and friends at Trent’s Vineyard, on the southern outskirts of Christchurch, in January. - APNZ

On Campus July 2014

Vocational Pathways now in Oamaru Secondary School students in Oamaru now have the opportunity to gain NCEA credits while studying at the Aoraki Polytechnic’s Oamaru campus.

Tony Popenhagen, Richie Jacomb, Lou Henderson and Annelise Impelmans all third year students sat the NZOIA (NZ Outdoor Instructors Association) Level 1 Bush Instructors exam (3.5 day exam) this month.

Students attend Aoraki one day per week whilst still studying at their respective High Schools. This allows them to develop their career plan, so they are able to make better choices to meet the future goals. A Mihi was held in June to welcome the students who are studying Carpentry or Hospitality via V Path.

Outdoor Education students excel in 3.5 day exam

V Path Carpentry students being welcomed at a Mihi, Aoraki Po lytechnic Oamar u campus.

Tony Popenhagen, one of the third year students studying Outdoor Education going bush.

This is a benchmark qualification in the Outdoor Recreation Industry, no other polytechnic students in New Zealand sit this exam. All four of the students passed, two of them well above the benchmark standard!! So 100% pass rate! Congratulations guys. Now they just have the NZOIA Rock 1 Exam in September to look forward too!

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Media Comms students live on air! Christchurch Media Communication students got the chance to get behind the microphone when they visited community access radio station Plains FM on Wednesday 18 June. Programme director Lizzie Belcher offered the students the chance to go live on the afternoon show talking about their course and they jumped at the opportunity. Media Communication student Andrew loved his experience of being live on air at Plains FM.

Willy Wonka chocolate theme created for TGHS Ball by hospitality students The Diploma in Professional Cookery students catered for the Timaru Girls High School Ball. The theme was Willy Wonka, the students created decadent sweet treats for the occasion.

It was an early start for the Digital Photography students from our Dunedin campus.

One of their field trips recently was to capture the perfect sunrise over Mt Cargill.

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In brief Fraudster’s car found A classic car connected to convicted fraudster Michael Swann has been found abandoned in a Christchurch street. The red E-Type Jaguar was recovered from an undisclosed street by police last month. Detective Senior Sergeant John Ferguson of Dunedin police confirmed police had previously been looking for the vehicle. Police were not in a position to comment further on the car as a case was before the court. - APNZ

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■ HUGE CLOTHING SWAP

Giving old clothing a new lease on life By Toni Williams

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Julianne (Julz) Edgecombe and a team of helpers are looking to share the gift of abundance and raise funds at the same time. They will host a Huge Clothing Swap on Sunday. The event was a fundraiser for the Mums n Bubs group from the Ashburton New Life Church. Mrs Edgecombe said people with an abundance of clothing, shoes or accessories that did not fit, was the wrong style or

just did not look right on them could benefit from the swap. It cost $5 entry. “Everyone needs and likes to be blessed, it’s about giving abundance from one to another,” Mrs Edgecombe said. The idea was for people to take their preloved – and clean - clothing, shoes, accessories or jewellery to swap. They paid the entry fee and once clothing and items were arranged, shopped for other clothing. There was no additional cost.

Mrs Edgecombe was unsure how many people would take up the offer but it had had good support in the past. A similar event was run by the church’s Women’s Ministry a few years ago and had proved successful. Mrs Edgecombe said it would help if people sorted their clothing into sizes before they arrived. They would then get hangers for items before they got a cuppa and afternoon tea. It was a chance to relax as

clothing was presented before the shopping began. She said people needed to make sure clothes were of a good standard for swap. “We want the items to be a blessing to others,” she said. Clothes and items needed to be clean, no stains, free of holes, with no broken zips or undone stitching. The Huge Clothing Swap will be held at the New Life Church premises, on Melcombe Street, Tinwald. It starts at 2.30pm.

Motorists who exceed their legal limit for demerit points are continuing to drive for several years before having their licences suspended. The long waits are being criticised by motoring advocates who say the suspension needs to be timely and enforced within days of the breach. The longest time the Transport Agency waited before suspending a driver’s licence was 1412 days in Wanganui – nearly four years – followed by 1171 in New Plymouth and 1133 in Manukau City. The shortest time it took to suspend a licence was on the same day the demerit points quota was exceeded. - APNZ

Bullying complaint laid A complaint against a school principal for ignoring bullying concerns has been passed to police to investigate. The adult sister of the 11-year-old boy alleged to have stabbed his classmate in the head with scissors during a school fight complained to the Ministry of Education on Friday. The stabbing occurred last Tuesday in class at Pacific Christian School in Mangere. There was no teacher present at the time. The principal did not return calls again yesterday. The 23-year-old sister alleges her little brother was bullied for months but, because she was in a same-sex relationship, school principal Lisita Paongo ignored her concerns. - APNZ

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Two No. 24 (Ashburton) Squadron Air Training Corp (ATC) cadets under officer Jordan Belpadrome and warrant officer John Tarry had four years of study recognised when they received their NZQA national certificate in cadet forces at a special presentation ceremony this week. The men were the first cadets nationwide to complete the certificate. The presentation was attended by cadet force personnel including Director of Reserve Forces and Youth Development Colonel Paul Curry and NZCF commandant Lt Commander Glen Stokes. Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay

and deputy mayor Darryl Nelson also attended. ATC unit commander Flt Lt Luke Sutton said as warrant officer Tarry was in Canada, his father Mick accepted on his behalf. The New Zealand Cadet Forces introduced the NZQA standard base to training already completed by the cadets. It was an optional qualification for each unit. The cadets completed different sections of training including aviation, first aid, bush craft, navigation and leadership components. It was an extra qualification ATC cadets could use on their curriculum vitae for future employers. It was likely to be next year before other cadets doing the NZQA training was completed.

Director of Reserve Forces and Youth Development Colonel Paul Curry (left), No. 24 (Ashburton) Squadron Air Training Corp under officer Jordan Belpadrome and Commander Glen Stokes RNZ Navy Commandant NZCF at a presentation ceremony at the Ashburton Aviation Museum. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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■ NEW ASHBURTON BAKERY

Sweet European treats By ThomaS heaToN Sweet-toothed locals will be delighted Leny Poienar has transformed a passion into a job. Ashburton got its first specialty European-style bakery, on Alford Forest Road, as Mrs Poienar decided to pursue her vision with encouragement from friends and family. Mrs Poienar starting baking for family and friends with her mother in her native country Romania at just 17 years old. The early mornings do not faze her, she has her mother’s passion; she loves to bake no matter where or when. “No matter how tired I am, I always feel happy when I bake,” she said. She said she enjoyed baking for her father when she was young, and he was “very happy” she has opened her own shop. Baking was always in the house when she was a child, especially her mother’s favourite, the cream filled “savarina”. It has taken eight years for Mrs Poienar to open up shop, formerly a production clerk at Silver Fern Farms. “I’m not doing it for money, I’m doing it for the love of it,” she said.

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Postponement scheme for rates By Sue NewmaN

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Living on a benefit means big bills can result in a budget blow-out, but the Ashburton District Council has come up with an option for cash-strapped pensioner homeowners. Its rates postponement scheme offers an option of postponing rates payment and using future equity in their home to pay these at a later date. To qualify, a ratepayer must be 65 or older, their home must be insured to full value and it must be their principal place of residence. Applicants must have more than 20 per cent forecast equity in their home. If there is a mortgage on the property, the mortgagor must agree to the rates postponement. The cost to council of borrowing to fund postponed rates and any related costs will be added to the postponed rate amount. Under the scheme, rates are paid when the property is sold, however, postponed rates can be paid at any time. Postponed rates will be registered as a statutory land charge on the property’s title and that means the council will have first call on the proceeds of any property sale. When the council signed off the rates postponement policy last week, councillor Donna Favel said it should be widely promoted. “We have a lot of hardship in our older community, a lot of people are finding things quite tough,” she said. Currently the option of rates postponement has been taken up by a very small number of homeowners.

She thought about starting a business for a long time, but now feels she is ready to take on the challenge of owning and running a bakery. Mrs Poienar moved to Ashburton with her family nine

years ago and loves it. Her husband, Emil, was supportive and vital to the starting up of the bakery, she said. Mrs Poienar follows traditional and Romanian recipes and would like to start baking

traditional breads, her father’s favourite, in the future. Right - Leny Poienar turned a dream into reality when she opened the doors to her bakery yesterday. PHOTO THOMAS HEATON 010714-TH-019

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■ METHVEN MALL CRAFTS AND GIFTS

Smaller shop could restrict supplier numbers By SuSan SandyS

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Methven Mall Crafts and Gifts can not offer as many new craftspeople the opportunity to sell their work due to an enforced reduction in floor space. The shop’s landlord has reduced its size by about one-third, by erecting a wall in order to create an additional shop site next door. Spokesperson Martin Nordqvist, whose wife Jenny sells knitted rugby booties in the shop, said volunteers had been disappointed to hear of the development as they did not think they would be able to fit all the stock in. However, besides getting rid of a few display stands, it had been possible to retain most of the stock following the wall going up last week. But the shop would have to evaluate more thoroughly any new ap-

proaches from craftspeople to sell their wares. The shop has about 100 suppliers, mostly from around the South Island and Mid Canterbury. It sells a range of items including knitwear, quilts, clothing, paintings, soaps, jewellery and pottery. It was initially established as a one-week set-up in an empty site in the Methven Mall 17 years ago, in order to provide locally crafted items for women competing in a golf tournament in the town. “And here it is still going,” Mr Nordqvist said. However, casual shoppers in the town had decreased compared to 17 years ago, and the shop did not turn over as much money as it used to. The rent had remained at the same price for those 17 years, and would now continue at the same Methven Mall Crafts and Gifts volunteers Sue Jackson and Martin Nordqvist are learning to cope with a reduced floor space in the store. PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 300614-TH-067 level despite the reduced space.

■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE

Geography contest win a first By ThomaS heaTon

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Three students exceeded their own expectations last week, as they mapped out Ashburton College’s first win at Canterbury’s regional geography competition. Students Scott Kelland, Millar McLauchlan and Harry Fleming (all aged 15) won the Maatangi Whenua Year 11 Geography Competition last week, beating numerous other schools from the region. The competition, at Papanui High School, has been running since 2001 and tests students on all froms of geography. The students had to model tectonic plates, identify cities by unlabelled maps, name countries by their flags and name attractions from around the globe. The students were asked to identify locations solely on the images on postage stamps. The competition was tough but they just managed to sneak past the opposition to win by only one question. The group said they were surprised when they won the competition, as

Year 11 students Millar McLauchlan (left), Harry Fleming and Scott Kelland came out on top at the geography competition last week. PHOTO THOMAS HEATON 010714-TH-167

they had no real expectation when they went up. The boys are well-travelled, between them they have been to Japan, Australia and Europe. Geography come in

handy for Harry, as he would like to pursue a career in tourism. Two teams from Ashburton College entered the competition, the other team came fourth.

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hat Mid Canterbury housing is probably as “affordable” – as in “seriously unaffordable” – as it was a few years ago will mean little to families struggling to get the full benefit of our charging economy. And charging it is. We are in the midst of a building boom in Mid Canterbury with developers dusting-off old consents to get new subdivisions online. A realtor told the Guardian this week that the section market is at an historical high in terms of sales – which, of course, suggests there’s a market ready to buy. Meanwhile, the Ashburton District Council issued 232 consents for new homes in the year to May. That month was also the busiest for all consents in the past year. This is fantastic news for the productive side of our economy. Land is being turned into work, and that work is being turned into homes and incomes. The money-go-round has helped improve median wages even as house prices rise. Those relativities suggest houses are about as affordable now – and that is, according to an international affordability scale, ‘seriously unaffordable’ – as they were at the time of the last census. For some, that will be difficult to accept. The Guardian has already carried many of their stories: They’re families that cannot break into a market where prices are growing. There are low-cost homes out there. Equally, some buyers have expectations that outstrip their budgets. However, there are also stories about people struggling to save the deposits needed in the wake of the loan-to-value ratio change introduced to cool down the Auckland property market. For them, the “value” part of the equation pushes up the required deposit. Wages might be climbing, but that “value” part is still, relatively, a lot of money. The Government has tinkered with demand and developers are doing what they can to meet the local market. But as higher interest rates loom, affordability will remain a concept fixed firmly in the eye of the beholder.

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he annual plan process – like any other community engagement the council carries out – is one that requires a careful balancing act on council’s behalf, listening to what the community needs and expects and balancing this with keeping rates affordable. Councillors and staff have worked hard to make sure the work programme in the final annual plan for the 2014/15 year strikes the right balance for the coming year, prioritising the maintenance of quality, core infrastructure and services as well as delivering rates affordability. I have every confidence that the work programme we have locked into the 2014/15 annual plan is one that will make a lasting contribution to the greater good of the district. We received 74 submissions to the draft annual plan this year which interestingly is very consistent with the number of submissions put forward for

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the previous four annual plans. It is great to see people making the effort with putting forward a submission and I would like to thank those who took the time to do this. Your ideas and suggestions give the council good insights about what you are looking for and expect from us. We are always keen to hear from people when we ask for feedback on issues affecting the whole community. If you did not make a submission to council for this round of public consultation, we will be asking for your feedback on a range of other important topics in the coming months so do take the chance

to have your say. Of the 74 submissions made to this year’s draft annual plan, 24 were presented by residents in person to help support their submissions. I have to say I certainly enjoy this face-to-face stage of community engagement. I appreciate that the thought of presenting in front of councillors might initially seem a bit daunting to some people but we welcome your participation and the chance to talk to you first-hand about your submission. We received submissions on a range of issues and rates affordability and social services agency requests for additional funding were common themes among the 74 submissions. The dominant issue though was around council’s investment in roading, with many submitters looking for council to increase this area of spending. More specifically, people asked that council continue

to look to increase funding the New Zealand Transport Agency provides to council for road maintenance and improvement. Council has again budgeted for an increase in spending on our roads. We are also making changes to the way we undertake work in our roading activity. This month we are bringing the management of contractors in-house – which we believe will help enable council staff to manage day-to-day contract arrangements more effectively and keep a closer eye on what is being done around the district. Once again, thank you to those people who made submissions to the annual plan – your feedback is important and we look forward to receiving your submissions again in the near future. Angus McKay is Mayor of Ashburton

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■ AUSTRALIA

Harris stripped of honours The erasure of Rolf Harris’s legacy has begun. The 84-year-old is being stripped of honours, his artwork pulled from walls and plans are underway to tear up public monuments celebrating the disgraced entertainer. Harris was yesterday found guilty of indecently assaulting four girls - one of whom was as young as seven or eight - in the UK between 1968 and 1986. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he was “gutted and dismayed”, saying it was “sad and tragic” that a person so admired seemed to have been a perpetrator of abuse. Within hours of the unanimous decision, Harris had lost his place in the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame, into which he was inducted in 2008 for his contribution to music. He has also been stripped of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Fellowship he was awarded two years

ago and will likely lose his CBE from the Queen. His fall from grace is being particularly hard felt on his home turf in Perth. The school where “The Boy from Bassendean” was first inspired to pick up a paint brush was swift to decide several of his artworks would be removed from the walls. Perth Modern School, where Harris was a student from 1943 to 1947, doesn’t yet know what it will do with them. The Town of Bassendean, where Harris was born, is considering stripping him of special status as a freeman of the town. It is also considering digging up a footpath plaque outside his childhood home and removing his paintings from council chambers. A photo portrait of Harris was removed from the chambers in May. “These are heinous crimes. All privileges should be stripped from Mr Harris,” Bassendean

New Australian city One of the country’s top economic powerhouses has become Western Australia’s newest city. The City of Karratha, formally the Shire of Roeburne, celebrated its elevated city status yesterday at a plaque unveiling ceremony where it showed off new signage and council uniforms. Karratha has the sixth largest gross domestic product for a local government in Australia, after Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and the Gold Coast. Mayor Peter Long said the Pilbara would soon produce 40 per cent of Australia’s export income. - AAP

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Mayor John Gangell told ABC radio. “My personal view would be to strip all association from the Town of Bassendean to Mr Harris.” City of Perth Mayor Lisa Scaffidi said the council would likely tear up a footpath plaque on St Georges Terrace that commemorates Harris.

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Perth’s Edith Cowan University will discuss at its next council meeting in August whether to rescind an honorary doctorate awarded to Harris in 2000, but has already removed his artworks from display. Harris is likely to be jailed on Friday. - AAP

■ UNITED STATES

‘Broad scope’ for spy agency The US National Security Agency has been authorised to intercept information “concerning” all but four countries worldwide, according to top-secret documents. “The United States has long had broad nospying arrangements with those four countries - Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand,” the Washington Post reports. Yet “a classified 2010 legal certification and other documents indicate the NSA has been given a far more elastic authority than previously known, one that allows it to intercept through US companies not just the communications of its overseas targets but any communications about its targets as well.” The certification - approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and included among a set of documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden - says 193 countries are “of valid interest for US intelligence.” The certification also let the agency gather intelligence about entities such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, European Union and the International Atomic Energy Agency, the report says. “These documents show both the potential scope of the government’s surveillance activities and the exceedingly modest role the court plays in overseeing them,” Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union who had the documents described to him, told the Post. The report stresses the NSA did not necessarily target nearly all countries but had authorisation to do so. - AFP

Israeli naval boats have struck alleged training facilities of Hamas militants in northern Gaza after the bodies of three abducted teenagers were found. The attacks followed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow that “Hamas will pay” for the slayings in the West Bank. The bodies of Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Frankel, 16, were found in a field north of the city of Hebron. The Islamist movement Hamas denies involvement and has accused Israel of using the deaths as a pretext for a planned military escalation against Palestinians. “We reject all Israeli allegations and threats against us,” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said. - DPA

Ceaseﬁre ‘is off’ Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ended a unilateral cease-fire in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists and says Ukrainian forces will go on the offensive against the rebels. A statement from Poroshenko on his website early yesterday said the cease-fire is being halted and that “we will attack and we will free our country.” The fragile ceasefire expired on Monday night. The idea was to give rebels a chance to disarm and to start a broader peace process including an amnesty and new elections. But rebels did not disarm, and the ceasefire was continually violated. - AP

GM safety crisis grows General Motors’ safety crisis has worsened with the automaker adding 8.2 million vehicles to its ballooning list of cars recalled over faulty ignition switches. The latest recalls involve mainly older midsize cars and bring GM’s total this year to 29 million, surpassing the 22 million recalled by all automakers last year. The added recalls also raise questions about the safety of ignition switches in cars made by all manufacturers. GM says the recalls are for “unintended ignition key rotation” and cover seven vehicles, including the Chevrolet Malibu from 1997 to 2005, the Pontiac Grand Prix from 2004 to 2008, and the 2003-2014 Cadillac CTS. The company is aware of three deaths, eight injuries and seven crashes involving the vehicles. - AP

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■ WASTE MANAGEMENT

In brief Metro Glass IPO

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ecutive and deputy chairman of Beijing Capital, said in a statement. Waste Management’s managing director, Tom Nickels, has been appointed to the newlyestablished board. Graham Mulligan, a former Transpacific director, has been

appointed as an independent director. Wang, through an interpreter, said it was Beijing Capital’s biggest overseas investment to date and that the company was bought on the strength of its stable business and good record of operations. Beijing Capital operates major landfills in China and is a recognised leader in China’s solid waste treatment industry. It is also a key investor in major transport infrastructure around Beijing and in one of the largest water companies in China. Waste Management and its closest competitor EnviroWaste, now represent more than half of the sector. Early in 2013, Asia’s richest man, Sir Li Ka-Shing, through his Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong Infrastructure, paid $501 million for EnviroWaste. - APNZ

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Speechley’s tyre, and dismissed him. In his personal grievance, Waite claimed the company had not completed a thorough investigation because they accepted Speechley’s statement that the tyres were in good condition, and had not considered alternative explanations for the damage. The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) concluded it isn’t sufficient for an employer to simply take the word of a complainant, they were also required “to eliminate other possible explanations.” However, KiwiRail’s failures were not enough to “undermine” the whole investigation. Waite also claimed the inves-

tigation was unfair because the damaged tyre was not kept by KiwiRail as evidence, the full security tape was not provided to Waite, and the footage did not actually show him damaging the tyre. The footage was consistent with his explanation that he dropped some money and was picking it up. Again the ERA was critical of the employer saying it would have been better to have kept the damaged tyre, and provided the full video footage, however was not “persuaded that those failings undermined its process nor made the conclusion that it ultimately drew unsafe”. This case once again demonstrates the need for employers to conduct very detailed investigations before deciding to dismiss. Christine Summerville of Chapman Employment Relations is an employment and HR advisor for businesses in Ashburton christine@chapmaner.co.nz

Guilty plea from Auckland businessman After giving evidence at his trial, 41-year-old Mark James Whelan pleaded guilty to 10 Crimes Act charges - three of theft by a person in a special relationship and seven charges of false statement by promoter.

The Serious Fraud Office said the charges related to his involvement with options trading company Derivatek New Zealand Limited and his own company, Global Futures Trading. - APNZ

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An Auckland businessman already jailed for fraud yesterday pleaded guilty during a separate trial to using investor funds to repay other clients, to try get a $US20 million loan and for his own purposes.

More than 100,000 people have taken up online shopping for the first time in the past year, new research has shown. Nielsen’s latest online retail report showed there are now 1.9 million New Zealanders shopping online - representing 56 per cent of the country’s online population. The number of people shopping online has increased by more than 100,000, or 6 per cent, in the last year. Research director Tony Boyte said the country had well and truly embraced internet shopping. “Nearly half a million Kiwis each made 11 or more purchases on the internet last year, an increase of 58 per cent in the last two years.” - APNZ

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Employee’s dismissal justified espite some investigation flaws, the dismissal of a KiwiRail employee for deliberately puncturing a colleague’s tyre was deemed to be justified. Kieran Waite had an “unpleasant exchange” with fellow employee Peter Speechley, telling him to “get the f*** down there and help the boys”. In response Speechley said words to the effect of, “who the f*** are you, you’re not my boss”. When Speechley left work he found one of his car tyres deflated. He called the manager who found a hole in the side of the deflated tyre. KiwiRail viewed security camera footage which showed Waite had earlier crouched down next to Speechley’s car, before leaving in his own vehicle. With this information, a disciplinary process was initiated. KiwiRail ultimately concluded Waite deliberately damaged

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Beijing Capital Group said it would invest $98 million in its new acquisition, Waste Management, in line with its successful application for Overseas Investment Office (OIO) approval to buy the company. The Chinese state-owned enterprise said it had committed to buy new assets, develop landfill capacity and to introduce new anaerobic digestion technology at the Redvale landfill, near Dairy Flat. Beijing Capital said the company would create at least 13 new job opportunities within 12 months. The OIO said Beijing Capital’s commitment to invest and create new jobs was an important part of its decision to approve the purchase of Waste Management, which is New Zealand’s biggest refuse col-

lector and landfill owner. Beijing Capital bought Waste Management from Australia’s Transpacific for $950m in March. The previously NZX-listed Waste Management was highly profitable and popular with investors before it was taken over by Transpacific for $870 million in 2006. The new owners formally took over ownership of Transpacific New Zealand on Monday, renamed the company Waste Management New Zealand, and unveiled a new logo. “We are confident that our investment will deliver significant and mutual technical and commercial benefits for both companies and will open further strong commercial links between the New Zealand and Chinese markets,” Wang Hao, group chief ex-

Shares for an initial public offer for Metro Performance Glass have been pitched in a $1.65 to $1.90 range for an auction style book build set to start today, market sources said. The offer is aimed at raising $237 million to $273 million. Details were sketchy but it is understood the sale by Australian private equity company, Crescent Capital, and others, is aimed at creating a NZX and ASX-listed company with a market capitalisation of around $305m to $352m, one market source said. - APNZ

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inter means comfort food, food that warms both the body and the soul. That usually means food that comes with its own sauce and incorporates, or is accompanied by, a good dose of carbohydrate. Yes, winter food can mean food that plays havoc with weight, but when the weather is cold and grey, the need for warming, welcoming food often overcomes the common-sense option of a salad.

Quick chicken dinner 1T olive oil 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts 200g pack cherry tomatoes 3T pesto 3T crème fraîche fresh basil ■ Heat the oil in a frying pan, preferably non-stick. ■ Add the chicken and fry without moving it until it takes on a bit of colour ■ Turn the chicken and cook on the other side. ■ Continue cooking for 12-15 mins until the chicken is cooked through. ■ Season all over with a little salt and pepper. ■ Halve the tomatoes and throw them into the pan ■ Stir until they start to soften. ■ Reduce the heat and stir in the pesto and crème fraîche until it makes a sauce. ■ Scatter with a few basil leaves. ■ Serve with rice and salad or mash and broccoli.

2 garlic cloves, crushed 6 slices prosciutto, chopped 4 eggs, lightly beaten 300ml thickened cream 3 spring onions, thinly sliced 3/4 C finely grated parmesan cheese ■ Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. ■ Lightly grease a 5cm-deep, 33cm x 19cm (base) ovenproof dish. ■ Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling, salted water, following packet directions, until tender. ■ Drain. Return to pan. ■ Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. ■ Add garlic and prosciutto. ■ Cook, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes or until prosciutto is crisp. ■ Add prosciutto mixture to pasta. ■ Add eggs, cream, onion and 1/2 cup cheese. ■ Season with salt and pepper. Toss to combine. ■ Transfer to prepared dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. ■ Cover with foil. Bake for 10 minutes. ■ Remove foil. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden. ■ Serve with salad.

Lamb shepherds pie 2T olive oil 500g lamb leg, excess fat trimmed, cut into 3cm pieces 4 large carrots, peeled, coarsely chopped 1 large brown onion, coarsely chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1/4 C plain flour 3C beef stock 1/3 C tomato paste 2T Worcestershire sauce 2 dried bay leaves 1kg potatoes, peeled, coarsely chopped Milk to mash 1/2 C shredded parmesan 2T dried breadcrumbs

■ Preheat oven to 180°C. ■ Heat half the oil in a large nonstick frying pan over high heat. ■ Add one-third of the lamb and cook, turning, for 3-4 minutes or until browned. ■ Transfer to a plate. Repeat, in 2 more batches ■ Heat the remaining oil in the pan over medium heat. ■ Add carrot, onion and garlic and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until the onion is soft. ■ Add the flour and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. ■ Add the lamb, beef stock, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce and bay leaves. ■ Season with salt and pepper. ■ Bring to the boil. ■ Transfer to ovenproof dish. Cover and bake for 1 1/2 hours. ■ Uncover and bake for a further 30 minutes or until the sauce thickens slightly. ■ Cook the potato in a large saucepan of boiling water for 10 minutes or until tender. ■ Drain and return to the pan. ■ Mash until smooth. Add the milk and stir until well combined. Season with salt and pepper. ■ Increase oven temperature to 200°C. Use a fork to spread the mash over the lamb mixture. ■ Combine the parmesan and breadcrumbs in a small bowl. ■ Sprinkle evenly over the mash. ■ Bake for 20 minutes or until golden. Serve.

Beef and vegetable curry casserole 500g casserole beef, cut into 2cm pieces 3T olive oil 12cm fresh ginger, peeled and diced 3 cloves garlic, crushed 2 onions, peeled and diced 2 celery stalks, diced 2T curry powder, or to taste

2t coriander powder 1t Asian five spice powder 1t ground turmeric 2 carrots, peeled and sliced 1 parsnip, peeled and sliced 2 potatoes, peeled and cubed 1 zucchini, sliced 2 apples, peeled, cored and diced 1C sultanas 1C cashews 1/2 C water ■ Preheat oven to 180°C. ■ Place the beef into a saucepan with enough water to cover. ■ Bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. ■ Heat the olive oil in a deep saucepan over medium-high heat. ■ Stir in the ginger, garlic, onions and celery then cook until vegetables soften; about 5 minutes. ■ Mix in the curry powder, coriander powder, five spice powder and turmeric. ■ Toss to evenly coat the onion mixture. Cook about 5 minutes. ■ Stir in the carrots, parsnips, potatoes, zucchini and apples. ■ Stir in the beef with its cooking liquid, sultans and cashews then toss to evenly combine. ■ Pour into casserole dish and drizzle water over. ■ Cover and bake about 1 hour.

Tuna mornay pasta bake 1C uncooked spiral pasta 20g butter or margarine 2T plain flour 1 1/2 C milk 2C grated cheddar cheese 1C frozen green peas 1C frozen corn kernels 425g tin tuna, drained 1 pinch salt 1/2 C breadcrumbs

■ Add the pasta and cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Drain. ■ Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. ■ Stir in the flour until smooth. ■ Gradually mix in milk so that no lumps form. ■ Stir constantly until the mixture boils, then mix in half of the cheese. ■ Add the peas, corn and pasta. ■ Drain the tuna, leaving a small amount of liquid to keep it moist. ■ Flake with a fork and stir into the cheese mixture. ■ Transfer to a casserole dish and top with the remaining cheese. Sprinkle breadcrumbs over the cheese. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until sauce is bubbly and cheese is browned.

Meatloaf roll 500g mince 2t mixed dried herbs 1T Worcestershire sauce 1C soft breadcrumbs 1 onion, chopped 1 egg 2T tomato sauce 1-2T flour 1 1/2 C cold, cooked mashed kumara 2T spring onion, finely chopped 1/2 C grated cheese ■ In a bowl, mix the first seven ingredients together thoroughly. ■ Cut a piece of tinfoil 30 x 40cm and lightly sprinkle with flour. ■ Turn the meat mixture onto this, spread and press the mixture about 1cm thick and over a 20x30cm area. ■ Mix the cold, mashed kumara with spring onion and cheese. ■ Spread over meat to within 1cm of the edge. ■ Roll up like a sponge, using the foil to encase the roll. ■ Place in a shallow baking dish and bake at 180°C for 45 minutes.

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Christchurch-based Key Note Quartet and their fellow Christchurch City Chorus members will perform at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre this weekend. Recently crowned as the New Zealand champions at the 2014 Sweet Adelines competition in Auckland, the quartet will represent the country at the international Sweet Adelines Quartet competition in America later this year. The four members belong to the Christchurch City Chorus which is sixth in the world. Getting together for the four women – Emma Hoadley, Raewyn Tidey, Carolyn Duggan and Virginia Humphrey-Taylor – is a challenge. Ms Hoadley juggles part-time work and four young children, Ms Tidey is a dairy farmer and Ms Duggan is involved in voluntary work and sport as well as being assistant director of the Christchurch City Chorus. Ms Humphrey-Taylor is the director of the chorus and lives a life of music, teaching singing to individuals and groups throughout New Zealand and Australia. They put the success

■ July 2 – Ashburton College production Fame Junior the musical opens at the Ashburton College Holyoake Auditorium, 7pm start. All tickets $15. Stages again July 3 and 4. ■ July 5 – Christchurch City Chorus, Sweet Adelines, at Ashburton Trust Event Centre. ■ July 7 – Ashburton Trust Event Centre big day out, school holiday entertainment. Bring your own cushion for theatre story time in the Bradford Room, followed by magician Josh Grimaldi in the auditorium. More entertainment in the foyer with face painting, balloons, fairies and sing-a-longs. ■ July 11 – Dust Palace Art House Circus presents …with a stranger… at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, staging again on July 12 ■ July 13 – Dust Palace school holiday workshop at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. ■ July 13 – Ashburton Musical Club at 2pm, Sinclair Centre on Park Street. Patchwork, arranged by Carolie Andrew. Visitors welcome, $5 at door. Afternoon tea to follow. ■ July 18 – The Boy from Vegas featuring Tainui Kuru at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, with guest artists Matthew Everingham on piano and Stephanie Ching vocals. ■ July 19 – CSO Kids at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, Luke Di Somma conductor, Juliet Reynolds-Midgley presenter. ■ July 24 – The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. ■ To August 7 – Beyond the Garden exhibition featuring paintings by Amber Emm at Terrace Downs Resort. ■ Ashburton Society of Arts weekly art groups held Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays. ■ Jeff Bradley and the Delta Swing playing at Terrace Downs Resort every Sunday, 11am to 3pm.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

■ GERMANY TO FACE FRANCE

Apology from Suarez Uruguay’s disgraced striker Luis Suarez loomed back into view after being kicked out of the tournament last week for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini. After vehement public denials of wrongdoing, and claiming to FIFA disciplinary chiefs the incident was an accident, Suarez issued a carefully worded statement of apology on Twitter. “I apologise to Giorgio Chiellini and the entire football family,” Suarez said, acknowledging for the first time that there was “a bite.” “I vow to the public there will never again be another incident like” it, he added. - AFP

Neymar ‘will be fit’ Neymar will be fit to play in the World Cup quarter-final against Colombia despite thigh and knee injuries sustained against Chile, Brazil’s football confederation says. The confederation said team doctor Jose Luiz Runco checked Neymar when the squad returned to its training camp and said the player is not a concern for Saturday’s match in Fortaleza. Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari was worried after Saturday’s Chile match, saying it could take days for Neymar to get better and that doctors would have to do their “best to put him on the pitch.” - AP

Match-fixing alleged Cameroon football chiefs said they plan to investigate reports of alleged match-fixing involving the country’s World Cup squad. A statement on the Cameroon Football Federation’s (FECAFOOT) official Facebook page said the body’s Ethics Committee would lead the investigation. It followed a report in Germany which claimed a Singaporean match-fixer had accurately predicted the scoreline before Cameroon’s 4-0 thrashing by Croatia in Group A on June 18. The report said the match-fixer had also predicted that a Cameroon player would be sent off in the first half. Alex Song was dismissed during the opening 45 minutes for a foul on Mario Mandzukic. - AFP

Fined for laser pointing FIFA have fined the Algerian Football Federation 50,000 Swiss francs for a laser beam shone in the face of Russia’s goalkeeper by Algerian fans during their final group game. The federation was also reprimanded over the use of the laser beam, flares and smoke bombs during the June 26 Group H game which ended in a 1-1 draw and saw the Algerians progress to the latter stages of a World Cup for the first time. A FIFA spokeswoman said Algeria had been “held liable for the improper conduct among its own group of spectators.” Keeper Igor Akinfeev was “blinded” by a green laser beam shone in his eyes. - AFP

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Africans exit World Cup Germany posted an extra-time victory over Algeria and France defeated Nigeria to extinguish Africa’s World Cup hopes and set up a titanic quarter-final showdown between the European rivals. A sublime flicked finish by Chelsea’s Andre Schuerrle and a late Mesut Ozil strike gave Germany a 2-1 win over the Algerians in Porto Alegre to put Joachim Loew’s side into the last eight. The Germans will meet European rivals France at the Maracana Stadium in Rio on Saturday after Les Bleus ended Nigeria’s campaign with a 2-0 win in Brasilia. Germany were pushed all the way by a physical but limited Algerian side, playing in the last 16 for the first time. Schuerrle put Germany ahead in the second minute of extra time after Tuesday’s match finished deadlocked at 0-0 after 90 minutes. Thomas Mueller skipped clear down the left and whipped

in a low cross, and Schuerrle steered the ball into the net with a deft flick of his heel. Ozil added a second on 120 minutes to put Germany 2-0 up before Abdelmoumene Djabou snatched a late consolation in the dying seconds of stoppage time. It means Germany now face France for the first time at a World Cup finals since the 1986 semi-final - the last time the French lost in normal time in a World Cup finals knockout match. France had clinched their place in the last eight courtesy of a late Paul Pogba header and a Joseph Yobo own goal to down the Super Eagles. Juventus star Pogba made the key breakthrough for France 11 minutes from time, punishing a rare mistake by Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama. In the closing minutes, a low cross from Mathieu Valbuena was turned in by Yobo as he came under pressure from Antoine Griezmann. The defeat was hard on Ni-

Andre Schuerrle: Scored the first goal for Germany yesterday.

geria keeper Enyeama, who had kept Les Bleus at bay with a series of fine saves. But the win was no less than Didier Deschamps’ France deserved after dominating the contest and enjoying the better of the chances throughout. “Deliverance came late, but all the matches at this World Cup are difficult,” said Deschamps. “We’re among the best eight

teams in the world who remain. We won’t go on about it, but we should savour it and in four days, we’ll go again.” Disappointed Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi lashed the performance of US referee Mark Geiger. “The referee is a human being and is bound to make mistakes, but a lot of mistakes is questionable,” Keshi said. - AFP

Global village shrinking even further F or years I considered the Olympics to be the ultimate gathering of the international community with athletes from all corners of the world gathering to compete. The past few weeks however, I have found that the Fifa World Cup has taken the global village sentiment to a whole new level. People have gathered from Pakistan to Liechtenstein, from metropolises of New York and Tokyo to the backblocks of Romania and Guatamala, and of course, New Zealand. As mentioned in earlier reports, the All Whites may not be here, but Kiwis keep popping up all over Brazil, and so do people with links to New Zealand. Writing this story on the long bus haul to Sao Paulo, Agustin from Ecuador next tells me all about his Maori mate and does a remarkably impressive rendition of Ka Mate.

And on my way to the Maracana Stadium, a few days back, I was stunned to see a genuine Crusaders jersey among all the football strips. It belongs to Ben, a Kiwi expat in Rio who just had enough time to explain that he doesn’t like the current red-and-black design before rushing off to a work meeting. On and off the pitch, the borders are blurring, with many people not necessarily supporting or playing for the country of birth. One Japanese family here epitomised the increasing globalisation, cheering on the Samurai in a bar in Rio de Janeiro but also chatting in a strong, and slightly annoying Californian accent. “Supporting the US? Hell no, we live there but we support Ecuador where we were born.” I didn’t see that one coming. The fans have become increasingly mobile and so have

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the players. In this World Cup, about one third of the 736 selected players have a double nationality, and some even have five countries to choose from. In Wednesday’s match in Sao Paulo, Switzerland have 12 different nationalities in its ranks, while 14 of Argentina’s squad could also play for Italy. Many teams like Algeria rely on their imports, and have successfully lobbied to have the rules relaxed so that players can play youth internationals and friendlies without committing themselves. As a result three-quarters of their squad was born in France. Unlike rugby though, once

you have played one competitive international the player is tied to that country. In one game this World Cup, Ghana star Kevin Prince Boateng played directly opposite his little brother Jerome who represented Germany, the Boatengs’ country of birth. The ultimate example that national allegiances have faded must be Atletico Madrid star Diego Costa. The Brazilianborn striker last year played two friendlies for A Selecao but at the last minute changed his loyalties to Spain. Often these choices are driven by the club, because Atletico can now field another non-European player. Commercial interests aside, you have to wonder how Costa will feel after Spain’s disastrous tournament and especially if Brazil succeed to win their sixth title. - Coen Lammers is a former Ashburton Guardian editor

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In brief

Defeat ‘not due to Ramadan’ By Ryland James Algeria goalkeeper Rais M’Bolhi insists his side’s 2-1 extra-time defeat to Germany was not down to his team-mates’ observance of Ramadan, as the Desert Foxes bowed out of the World Cup. M’Bolhi’s man-of-the-match display between the sticks repeatedly thwarted the Germans in normal time before Andre Schuerrle and Mesut Ozil scored extra-time goals to decide the last 16 clash. Algeria grabbed a deserved

consolation in Porto Alegre right before the final whistle to offer brief hope through replacement Abdelmoumene Djabou. Having counter-attacked the Germans with fierce determination during the goalless 90 minutes, Algeria tired in extratime, but M’Bolhi says Ramadan was not to blame. Most of the team are reported to be observing the Muslim month of fasting, which started on Saturday, and would have only been able to drink water late in the first half. “No, I don’t think (it was a fac-

tor), we were ready to play for as long as we need to, nobody believed we were able to put in a performance like that,” insisted M’Bolhi. “It didn’t come down to physicality, everyone was fit and ready to play, we just conceded two late goals. “This is a personal question, it’s between us and God, I don’t think I have to answer you, Ramadan is a personal thing.” Meanwhile Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic failed to attend the post match press conference amid rumours he will step down after the World Cup. - AFP

Snapshot of the day AT A GLANCE: France beat Nigeria 2-0 and Germany defeated Algeria 2-1 in extra time. PLAYER OF THE DAY: Germany keeper Manuel Neuer. Neuer was forced to act as a sweeper more often than not in the team’s tough 2-1 win. TALKING POINT: Germany’s unimpressive extra time victory. The German media labelled the performance as “sloppy” and described the side’s defensive effort “laughably disorganised”. Deutsche Welle said the victory was “a struggle ...(yet) ultimately the most effective answer was simple attrition.” QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You don’t have to play fantastic every match. You have to win.” - Germany coach Joachim Loew after his side’s 2-1 win. STAT OF THE DAY: 0. The number of African teams left in the 2014 World Cup after Nigeria and Algeria exited yesterday.

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In brief Military Move steps up Military Move will move up to the ultimate flat distance this weekend in a race that will define the future direction of his career. The former New Zealand Derby winner will tackle 3200 metres for the first time in Saturday’s $A150,000 Queensland Cup at Eagle Farm. “My brother Craig won the race with Solid Billing so it would be nice to get another one for the family,” trainer Shaune Ritchie said. “If Military Move is ever going to run out two miles it will be this campaign. Next season will definitely be his last.” - APNZ

Russell out of coma Seriously injured jockey Thomas Russell is now conscious having been brought out of an induced coma on Monday. The Wanganui jockey suffered a serious neck injury in a trackwork accident at Bulls last month and is in the intensive care unit at Christchurch Hospital where he remains in a critical condition. Russell’s parents have returned to Wellington while his partner Pip D’Arcy-Brain is staying in a hospital apartment. - APNZ

Grylls back and raring to go A refreshed Craig Grylls (right) will return to race riding at Avondale today to continue his association with the promising filly Purcentage. Grylls enjoyed a month in Europe after riding at the Macau Derby meeting on May 31 and is looking forward to partnering the Graham Richardson-trained juvenile in the NZB

Insurance Pearl Series 1200. “She’s a classy filly and very, very smart,” he said. “I rode her in her first two trials and then (sister) Bridget kept the saddle warm for me and I’m glad to get back on.” Purcentage has won all three of her trials and beat the subsequent winner and Gr.2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes place-

getter Al Pacino in the first of those at Cambridge. Grylls, 24, has enjoyed a stellar season with 71 wins – his best was 72 in 2009-10 – and highlighted by Group One wins in the NRM Sprint and NZ Thoroughbred Stakes aboard Viadana and the Thorndon Mile with A Touch of Ruby. - APNZ

Veint makes Cadet of the Year national final By Matt MarkhaM

course, Veint was set a number of different tasks to complete in the competition and received strong marks consistently. Veint and Stratford will be joined at the final by the winners of both the southern and northern regions once their finals have been completed during the next week. His success kick-started a good weekend for Mid Canterbury in harness circles with the district providing three winners at Sunday’s Rangiora meeting. Hampstead trainer Leslie Smart picked up his first winner

Alex Veint will fly the Mid Canterbury flag when he competes in the national final of harness racing’s Cadet of the Year competition at the end of the month. Veint, who is from Ashburton but works in Leeston, finished runner-up at the Canterbury regional finals of the inaugural running of the competition last week, headed off only by Dylan Stratford. Using knowledge gained during his time in the four-year

of the season when the capable Hestia Franco won a maiden race during the middle stages of the day. The three-year-old filly capitalised on a dream run in the trail to win in the hands of Robbie Close. An hour earlier, Wendy Stevenson found herself in the winners’ circle when Dexter Dunn and Top Brass put away a good field of C1 pacers to claim victory. Another consistent performer, the speedy pacer had been knocking on the door with some bold recent efforts.

The third win came courtesy of maiden trotter Jean Sebastien, who broke a 17 year drought for Methven part owner John Maw. Maw hadn’t owned a winner since 1997 when Quick Thinking won at the Greymouth meeting which was held at Methven. Maw owns the Love You Trotter with trainer, Carl Markham, Markham’s daughter Stacey and her partner Trent Yesberg. The four-yearold came with a sustained run from back in the field for junior driver Jeremy Markham.

1 5x422 Mezzaluna b (12) 57.5 ................ D Johnson 2 95202 Midnight Reign (10) 57.5......... P Turner (a1) 3 0x27 Joy Of Life 57.5 ............................ Scratched 4 6x084 Bronze Lass (5) 57.5.................J Wong (a3) 5 28753 Eagle Magic 57.5 ......................... Scratched 6 4 Fiamette (9) 57.5.........................T Thornton 7 556x5 Stage Door (3) 57.5 ............ R Hutchings (a) 8 65 Keepaflight (11) 57.5 9 0x859 Rustana (6) 57.5 .............................S Collett 10 x5x99 Caga Dance (1) 57.5..................M Sweeney 11 99x Little Riley (2) 57.5 ........................O Bosson 12 8. Night Fury (4) 57.5 13 8x908 Riva Ballerina (13) 57.5 .......... R Smyth (a2) 14 30960 So High (7) 57.5 ....................... K Joyce (a4) 15 Very Astute (8) 57.5 ........................ C Grylls 7 3.50pm WYNYARD WOOD 1600 RATING 75 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 x9500 Saved By The Bell tdm (4) 59 ...J Wong (a3) 2 35186 Nothing m (7) 56.5 .................. R Smyth (a2) 3 x1081 Mistaar dm (1) 56 ........................ D Johnson 4 x5210 Nottoobad dm (9) 55.5 ...............M Cameron 5 7x900 Swap For Kash dm (10) 55.5 ......T Thornton 6 90x00 Zah Girl d (8) 55 .................L Magorrian (a3) 7 4x527 Jesshanimo d (5) 54.5 ....................S Collett 8 x0130 Rocket Queen dm (2) 54 ................. M Wenn 9 4x808 Kakahu Nell dm (6) 54 ..............J Oliver (a3) 10 6x300 Artifact tm (3) 54 ..................... P Turner (a1) 8 4.22pm VIVID COMPUTERS LTD 1600 R65 $12,000,

Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1600m 1 388x7 Irene Alice (8) 59................L Magorrian (a3) 2 3x744 Just Ideal mb (12) 58.5 ....... R Hutchings (a) 3 1 Moon Tide m (4) 58.5 .................. D Johnson 4 x3213 Rivertaine Coup (5) 58.5 ................. C Grylls 5 17x38 Anaheim d (11) 57.5 .....................O Bosson 6 410x0 Fairy Story tm (3) 57.5 .................... R Jones 7 7x863 Shades Of Gold td (9) 57.5 ......... C Dell (a1) 8 20075 Heigh Up Keep (1) 56.5 ............J Wong (a3) 9 04072 Kept In Style (10) 56.5 ...............M Cameron 10 x5797 Our Kismet t (7) 55.5..................M Coleman 11 50990 Belinda’s Girl d (6) 54.5................. R Norvall 12 68307 Clio (2) 54.5 ................................T Thornton Blinkers on : Cartridge, Kashika (R5), Just Ideal (R8) Blinkers off : Yeah Bro, Rarooney, Dolores O’Riordan (R2), Grammaticus (R4), Little Riley (R6) Winkers on : Miss Lorde (R1), La Punta, Yeah Bro, Dolores O’Riordan (R2)

Avondale gallops Today at Avondale raceway

Avondale JC Venue: Avondale Meeting Date: 02 Jul 2014 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.20pm (NZT) NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES 2YO 1200 MAIDEN $7000, MDN 2YO, 1200m 1 Eletist 57.5 ................................... Scratched 2 Finns Halo (13) 57.5 ..................M Coleman 3 7x3 Iffitel (6) 55.5 ............................A Jones (a3) 4 Celtic Lass (1) 55.5 ............. R Hutchings (a) 5 5 Eyes Wide Shut (10) 55.5 ...........T Thornton 6 6x Listowel (7) 55.5 .......................... D Johnson 7 0 Miss Lorde (8) 55.5 ............L Magorrian (a3) 8 Purcentage (2) 55.5 ........................ C Grylls 9 Stunner (3) 55.5 ..................A Schwerin (a4) 10 6. Afreen (4) 55.5 ...........................M Sweeney 11 Disclosure (14) 55.5 ................. K Joyce (a4) 12 4 Glamazon 55.5............................. Scratched 13 Miss Drama Queen (9) 55.5......J Wong (a3) 14 Perfect Secret (11) 55.5 ..................S Collett 15 0 Bling It On (12) 55.5 ..........................M Chui 16 670 Got The Snitz (5) 55.5 ................M Cameron Emergencies: Bling It On, Got The Snitz 2 12.55pm TULLOCH CAFE 1200 MAIDEN $7000, MAIDEN, 1200m 1 7x353 Keentorule (6) 58.5 ................. R Smyth (a2) 2 08x83 Bulldozer (5) 58.5...............L Magorrian (a3) 3 830x9 La Punta (9) 58.5 .......................M Sweeney 4 470x Yeah Bro (4) 58.5 ................ R Hutchings (a)

5 All Zedin Done (3) 58.5 ................... M Wenn 6 2900x Caitlyns Boy (1) 58.5 .....................O Bosson 7 9760x Rarooney (8) 58.5 .................... K Joyce (a4) 8 Raymond Park (2) 58.5 ............... D Johnson 9 3526x Dolores O’Riordan (7) 56.5 ......... C Dell (a1) 10 00 Devil Mistress 56.5 ....................... Scratched 3 1.30pm NZ ALL GOLDS COSMOPOLITAN CLUB 1200 F&M MAIDEN $7000, MDN F&M, 1200m 1 22. Pace Setter (8) 57.5 .................... D Johnson 2 3 The Bampot (10) 57.5 .........A Schwerin (a4) 3 3260x Unforgettabelle (13) 57.5 ......... A Taylor (a2) 4 4 Mary Poppins (11) 57.5 ....... R Hutchings (a) 5 0x440 Colour Plus (5) 57.5 ...........L Magorrian (a3) 6 Sierra Beel (1) 57.5 ....................M Cameron 7 00 Devil Mistress h (3) 57.5 ......... R Smyth (a2) 8 7x88 Doucette (7) 57.5 ....................... Z Moki (a4) 9 x8767 Madame Millie (12) 57.5 .............T Thornton 10 99x Moon Eclipse (2) 57.5 ...............J Wong (a3) 11 09x Our Queen Bee (4) 57.5 ....................J Jago 12 79x Redenza (9) 57.5 ............................ R Jones 13 79x0. Upland Girl (6) 57.5..................... C Dell (a1) 4 2.05pm ROSEBANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 1200 MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 54223 Cravenaye b (7) 58.5.....................O Bosson 2 x5x2x Speedski (11) 58.5 ...................... C Dell (a1) 3 8 El Sparky (10) 58.5 ....................M Coleman 4 Adagio h (8) 58.5 ......................J Wong (a3) 5 Fortissimo h (4) 58.5 ....................... M Wenn

6 87x8x Grammaticus (6) 58.5 .....................S Collett 7 Lotta Laughs (9) 58.5 .............. R Smyth (a2) 8 42x84 Crafty Love (2) 56.5 .................... D Johnson 9 0x440 Colour Plus (3) 56.5 ...........L Magorrian (a3) 10 608x5 Gold Vault (1) 56.5 ......................T Thornton 11 70960 Jafa Jill (5) 56.5 ........................ K Joyce (a4) 5 2.40pm BAYLEYS REAL ESTATE 1400 3YO MAIDEN $7000, MDN 3YO, 1400m 1 37237 Zahconi (3) 57.5 .......................A Jones (a3) 2 02 Mihaia (16) 57.5 .......................... D Johnson 3 3727 Look Whos Asking b (2) 57.5 ........O Bosson 4 x8630 Postd’or (1) 57.5...................... R Smyth (a2) 5 0x56 Cartridge (5) 57.5...............L Magorrian (a3) 6 70x59 Chachi Arcola (6) 57.5 ................T Thornton 7 Just The Deal (7) 57.5................M Cameron 8 Lover Boy (12) 57.5 9 8 River Raider (10) 57.5 ................M Coleman 10 79x70 Sardios (15) 57.5 ..................... K Joyce (a4) 11 x8x32 Silk Shot (14) 55.5 ..........................S Collett 12 0x27 Joy Of Life 55.5 ............................ Scratched 13 65 Keepaflight (13) 55.5 ........... R Hutchings (a) 14 Chasing Amy (8) 55.5 ................M Sweeney 15 90x Kashika (9) 55.5 ............................ R Norvall 16 Very Astute (11) 55.5 17 8. Night Fury (4) 55.5 .......................... C Grylls Emergency: Night Fury 6 3.15pm GEORGEWALKERS ‘BETTER THAN NEW OFFICE FURNITURE’ $12,000, MDN F&M, 1400m

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SELECTIONS Race 1: Purcentage, Listowel, Celtic Lass, Iffitel, Stunner Race 2: Keentorule, Dolores O’Riordan, Bulldozer, Rarooney Race 3: Pace Setter, The Bampot, Mary Poppins, Sierra Beel Race 4: Speedski, Crafty Love, El Sparky, Colour Plus Race 5: Look Whos Asking, Silk Shot, Mihaia, Zahconi Race 6: Mezzaluna, Fiamette, Midnight Reign, Keepaflight Race 7: Jesshanimo, Mistaar, Nottoobad, Rocket Queen Race 8: Rivertaine Coup, Just Ideal, Fairy Story, Moon Tide

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Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- C0 HT3 C0q, 305m 83 Buzzy As nwtd .................................. R Hunt way Meeting Date: 02 Jul 2014 NZ Meeting number: 9 1 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 2 53342 Fortis Memories nwtd..........................L Udy 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 3 63548 Pinetree Blue nwtd ....................... M J Lozell 4 537 Botany Richie nwtd ...................J McInerney 11 and 12 6x573 Goodtime Helen nwtd G & .............. J Clarke 1 12.09pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL HT1 C0q, 305m 65 47288 Tasha Rama nwtd ......................... M Gowan 1 58567 Little Prophet nwtd ...........................R Waite 7 45675 Procrastination nwtd R U & ................L Bliek 2 85876 Just Like Moon nwtd ..................R N Maisey 8 7P557 Dark Faerytales nwtd ............... S Gommans 3 7 Vicariously nwtd ...............................L Ahern 9 66768 Cool Gypsy nwtd B & ......................... Steele 4 77655 Wairere Mike nwtd ..........................P Knight 10 88888 Mongo Jerry Rama nwtd ............R N Maisey 5 56 Manu Rama nwtd P & ........................Doody 6 78576 Homebush Minx nwtd ...............J McInerney 4 1.04pm HARRISON HIRE MASTER HT4 C0q, 305m 1 46776 Sniff of Brandy nwtd .........................R Waite 7 564 Goodtime Gayle nwtd..................B Goodwin 2 878 Botany Bazz nwtd .....................J McInerney 8 76 It’s The Dream nwtd B & .................... Steele 3 67F52 Dogged Denis nwtd......................... C Brider 9 778 Fijian Dandy nwtd ............................. R Hunt 4 272 Lenny Mac nwtd F & ......................Turnwald 10 75788 Leroy Jethro nwtd R U & ....................L Bliek 5 33522 Dark Witch nwtd ............................... P Clark 2 12.29pm J P PRINT PETONE C0 HT2 C0q, 305m 6 88746 Working Poppy nwtd ..................... D Donlon 1 5 Vision And Power nwtd ....................L Ahern 7 5746x My Beauty nwtd ........................... M J Lozell 2 68546 Lum Jum nwtd ...........................J McInerney 8 52734 Venga Guapa nwtd..........................M Olden 3 648 Goodtime Mike nwtd ...................B Goodwin 9 66768 Cool Gypsy nwtd B & ......................... Steele 4 33723 Homebush Spike nwtd ..............J McInerney 10 77768 Homebush Lucifer nwtd ............J McInerney 5 Foxiarna nwtd B & .............................. Steele 6 486x5 Homebush Pippi nwtd ................R N Maisey 5 1.22pm WANGANUI SECURITY C0 C0, 520m 1 72331 Homebush Ginger nwtd ............J McInerney 7 36677 Addis Mate nwtd ............................... R Hunt 2 2 Trendy Boy nwtd...............................L Ahern 8 4 Alamein Blonde nwtd K & .................Phillips 3 4264 Alamein Bee Dee nwtd K &...............Phillips 9 x8856 Sheza Hum Dinga nwtd ............. G Holswich 4 22235 Te Maari Style nwtd G & ...................S Ross 10 46778 Portobello Patsy nwtd ......................R Waite 5 43755 Botany Liz nwtd.........................J McInerney 3 12.47pm WWW.WANGANUIGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ 6 54453 Trojan Troy nwtd F &.......................Turnwald

1 36472 On The House nwtd B & .................... Steele 7 Why Oh Why nwtd............................L Ahern 2 88644 Another Fantasy 30.26 ..............J McInerney 8 34526 Botany Sel nwtd ........................J McInerney 3 75656 Cawbourne Logan nwtd R U & ..........L Bliek 9 6 Bigtime Kaz nwtd .............................L Ahern 4 54432 Cawbourne Crazy nwtd................M Roberts 10 82588 Mystik Nite nwtd ........................... M J Lozell 5 64444 Loo Loo Blue 30.40 ..........................L Ahern 6 1.39pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 C1, 305m 6 51455 Auckland Vending nwtd F & ...........Turnwald 1 33122 Charlie’s Pal 17.93 ....................J McInerney 7 876x8 Opawa Chris 30.77 ....................R N Maisey 2 3747 Lochinvar Maui nwtd F &................Turnwald 8 72452 Come On Mickey nwtd G & ............. J Clarke 3 74535 Dodgy Pockets 18.22 .................... M Gowan 9 78488 Homebush Coral 30.56 .............J McInerney 4 52758 Fanta’s Fever nwtd ................... S Gommans 5 43127 Opalescent 17.94 G &.......................S Ross 9 2.33pm CROMBIE LOCKWOOD LTD C1 C1, 305m 1 34625 Applause 18.04 ...........................B Goodwin 6 144 Legerdemain 17.86 ..........................L Ahern 2 22131 Miss Softy 17.86 ..............................L Ahern 7 65557 Hair He Is nwtd R U & ........................L Bliek 3 54174 Calamity Sue 17.90............................W Kite 8 38166 Kiribati Girl 17.90 ..................... S Gommans 4 78171 Rock On Sprite 17.72 G & .................Denby 9 43786 Chelsea’s Beauty 17.84 ............... T Downey 5 86751 Hill of Grace 18.08 ................... S Gommans 10 15687 Hermione Baxter 17.94 .............J McInerney 6 77525 Opehu Flyer 18.17 ...........................R Waite 7 1.57pm WANGANUI PUNTER OF THE YEAR 15TH 7 78374 Belle Cadeau 18.07 ............................S Kite AUGUST C1 C1, 305m 8 52475 Groovy Leo 17.84 .....................J McInerney 1 54752 Working Working 17.54 ................. D Donlon 9 28773 Working Midnight 18.34 ................ D Donlon 2 43785 Raveon 17.91 ................................ M Gowan 10 38882 Lemon Fish 18.07 .....................J McInerney 3 F7774 Cosmic Sally 17.99 ...................J McInerney 4 68283 Uno Charm nwtd .........................B Goodwin 10 2.50pm KEENAN CONCRETE C1 C1, 520m 1 65374 Taikorea Lass nwtd ...................... T Downey 5 54521 Freedom Flyer 17.65 K & ..................Phillips 2 57735 Gucci Rush 30.81 L & ........................ Morris 6 127 Miss Allegro 17.91 ...........................L Ahern 3 35518 Cawbourne Pumper nwtd ............M Roberts 7 85167 Google It 18.10 ........................ S Gommans 4 1255 Lochinvar Rossi nwtd F & ..............Turnwald 8 36348 Black Magic Rock 17.88 G & .............Denby 5 85664 Distasteful 30.61 B & ......................... Steele 9 7358 Super Zip Zip nwtd F & ..................Turnwald 6 75858 Opawa Jen 30.36 ............................S Maher 10 38882 Lemon Fish 18.07 .....................J McInerney 7 26114 Allegro Max 30.64 ............................L Ahern 8 2.15pm WANGANUI CHRONICLE C1 C1, 520m 8 75786 Sarah Campbell 30.93 ................B Hodgson

9 78488 Homebush Coral 30.56 .............J McInerney 3.08pm CHRISTMAS AT THE RACES 5TH, 12TH, 19TH DECEMBER C1 C1, 305m 1 64552 Crystal Ghost nwtd......................B Hodgson 2 31421 Runs For Gas 17.98 ................. S Gommans 3 84746 Sub Silentio 18.00 .......................B Goodwin 4 21327 Five Kay Leg 18.08 ............................ N Udy 5 38842 Opawa Romeo nwtd..................J McInerney 6 8x738 Maddie Brand 18.14 G & ...................Denby 7 1 War On Terror 17.88.........................L Ahern 8 57264 Madam Ice 18.05 ........................J McArthur Emergencies: 9 25886 Excessive Speed 17.88...................M Olden 10 27874 Boot The Cash 17.98 .............. T McCracken 12 3.25pm RACES @ WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB 3RD JULY C1 C1, 305m 1 73453 Witch Misty 17.91............................. P Clark 2 87172 Cawbourne Beau 17.68 ........... S Gommans 3 57674 Vinnie Baxter 18.25...................J McInerney 4 62647 Working Jewel 18.01 ..................... D Donlon 5 45824 Goman Ninnie 18.20 ....................... C Brider 6 42555 Sydenham Opal 17.89 G & ............. J Clarke 7 73146 Ameliorate 18.07 ..................... T McCracken 8 27353 Carly Rae Rama 18.15 P &................Doody 9 48744 Aokautere 17.91........................J McInerney 10 66867 Where’s Rican 17.94 ................ S Gommans

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In brief Life ban for Vincent

IN THE RUNS Top runscorers in the series Kane Williamson 413 Tom Latham 288 Jimmy Neesham 278 Kraigg Braithwaite 217 Chris Gayle 208

Lou Vincent has entered the sporting hall of infamy, becoming the first New Zealand professional sportsman to receive a life ban. The punishment was meted out by the England and Wales Cricket Board, after Vincent admitted to 14 counts of match-fixing while playing for Lancashire and Sussex during county cricket’s limited overs competitions. Vincent has also confessed to fixing across in the Indian Cricket League, the 2012 T20 Champions League and was recently banned for three years by Bangladesh cricket for not reporting an approach while playing for the Dhaka Gladiators. Vincent, 35, has released a lengthy statement in which he takes full responsibility for his actions. - NZH

Bauer a Tour starter

Kane Williamson is a picture of concentration as he lines up another shot in the third test against the West Indies. Williamson was named man of the match, and man of the series. AP PHOTO

Black Caps wrap up a thriller BY DAVID LEGGAT Now it’s three. New Zealand’s thrilling 53run win over the West Indies in Barbados yesterday made it three successive test series victories over top eight nations. Beating the Windies and India at home was a fine achievement; following that with the first victory over a major nation away from home for 12 years adds to the belief this New Zealand side is becoming a significant player in the world game. It is the third time New Zealand have won three series on the bounce. It happened in 1985-86, when the Richard Hadlee-inspired

RESULTS ■ Golf Aorangi South Canterbury Golf Women’s Open Pennant June 30 Zone 1 (Geraldine) Geraldine 1 8 Methven 4, Mayfield 1 10 Ashburton 1 2, Tinwald 1 8.5 Rakaia 1 3.5 Zone 2 (Geraldine) Geraldine 2 10 Tinwald 2 2, Ashburton 2 8 Temuka 1 4, Mayfield 2 12 Rakaia 2 0, Pleasant Point 1 bye Zone 3 (Rakaia) Rakaia 3 10 Timaru 2, Mayfield 3 10 Pleasant Point 2 2, Temuka 2 9 Tinwald 3 3, Gleniti 1 bye Zone 4 (Lower Waitaki) Lower Waitaki 1 9 Pleasant Point 3 3, Maungati 8 Fairlie 4, North Otago 3 6 Gleniti 2 6, North Otago 1 bye Zone 5 (Lower Waitaki) Lower Waitaki 2 9.5, Kurow 2.5, North Otago 2 9.5 Waim-

New Zealanders beat Australia away, then home, then headed to England and won a rubber at the home of the game for the first time. In the 2005-06 season, New Zealand beat Sri Lanka at home, Zimbabwe away and the West Indies at home. Having walloped the West Indies by 186 runs at Jamaica, they were then themselves turned over by 10 wickets in Trinidad. Considerable fight was required to get back on the bike against a team you would have imagined felt it had whatever momentum was on offer. Instead, New Zealand, having surrendered a 24-run first innings lead, had to work them-

selves back into a dominant position. Thank batsman of the series Kane Williamson for that. His unbeaten 161, his second ton of the rubber, allowed an overnight declaration and the bowlers chipped away through a fascinating final day at Kensington Oval, clinching the win with 13.4 overs left. All the bowlers did their bit. Left armer Trent Boult knocked the top off with two wickets inside the first seven overs then completed the job, having last man Jerome Taylor lbw. Tim Southee skittled the key attacking threat, the mercurial Chris Gayle, albeit off an inside edge, then eased out two

more wickets in seven balls. Offspinner Mark Craig’s three wickets gave him 12 in his debut series. When he drew veteran lefthander Shiv Chanderpaul down the pitch to have him stumpd it was the first time in 266 innings the stubborn Guyanese had been dismissed in that manner. Bowlers Jason Holder and Shane Shillingford battled for 22 overs to induce a hefty dose of tension in the final session. However when Craig bowled Holder to have the West Indies eight down, it opened a door and the job was done in the next 10 overs. There are two T20s in Dominica at the weekend to round off the tour. - NZH

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Atomics 1-2. Robbie’s player of the day goes to Ali from Panic Slowly.

Bolelli (ITA) 3-6 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4. Round 4 1-Novak Djokovic (SRB) bt 14-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6-3 6-4 7-6(5). 11-Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) bt Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 6-4 7-6(6) 6-2. 3-Andy Murray (GBR) bt 20-Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-4 6-3 7-6(6). 26-Marin Cilic (CRO) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 7-6(8) 6-4 6-4. Women, Round 3 19-Sabine Lisicki (GER) bt 11-Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 6-4 3-6 6-1. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) bt Madison Keys (USA) 7-6(7) 6-6 ret. Round 4 22-Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) bt 4-Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6-3 6-0. 6-Petra Kvitova (CZE) bt Peng Shuai (CHN) 6-3 6-2. 13-Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) bt 25-Alize Cornet (FRA) 7-6(5) 7-5. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) bt 16-Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-2 7-5. 23-Lucie Safarova (CZE) bt Q-Tereza Smitkova (CZE) 6-0 6-2.

Ashburton Golf Club Women’s Section July 1 Results of Rnd 2 Truman Trophy - Putting Wendy Parr – 27, Heather Robertson – 29, Maryanne Urquhart, Pauline Bell, Nicky Gill – 30. Nearest Pins: No 4 Gabites Leigh Wackrow, No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Pauline Bell, No 12 Lynn’s Small Salon: Daphne Hinton, No14 Todds of Ashburton: Leigh Wackrow, 2nd Shot No 18: Heather Trott Two’s: Pauline Bell – No 8 and 12, Wendy Parr – No 4.

■ Volleyball Robbies Bar & Bistro Volleyball June 30 S & Giggles v Serves You Right 3-0, 4 Play (the Chokers) v Panic Slowly 3-0, Team Havoc v Clirco 0-3, Wonders v Set Play 1-2, USO v Misfits 2-1, Social Quads v

■ Rugby league NRL Round 16 ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 24 (J Dugan J Nightingale M Rein C Runciman G Widdop tries G Widdop 2 goals) beat MELBOURNE 12 (K Mann Billy Slater tries C Smith 2 goals) at WIN Stadium. Referee: Alan Shortall, Ashley Klein. Crowd: 10,117.

■ Tennis Results from Wimbledon Collated results from Wimbledon yesterday (prefix denotes seeding). Men, Round 3 19-Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt 9-John Isner (USA) 6-7(8) 7-6(6) 7-6(3) 7-5. 5-Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-3 6-3 6-4. 10-Kei Nishikori (JPN) bt LL-Simone

New Zealand cyclist Jack Bauer will have the ideal build-up for the Commonwealth Games road race, when he was confirmed as a starter in his second Tour de France. Bauer was named in the nine-strong Garmin-Sharp line-up for the Tour de France that starts this Saturday in Leeds, England. The Tour finishes in Paris on 27 July, a week before the road race in Glasgow, set for the final day of the Commonwealth Games. He completed his first Tour last year. - HOL

Ko moves up rankings Lydia Ko has returned to her career-high spot of No.2 in the women’s golf rankings. Following her tie for second place at the Arkansas Championship the 17year-old has leapfrogged Inbee Park in the standings, while American Stacy Lewis, who won the Arkansas event by one stroke, has retained her place at the top of the rankings. Ko’s strong finish in Arkansas helped her move from sixth to third on the LPGA’s Race to the CME Globe standings, behind US Women’s Open champion Michelle Wie and Lewis. - APNZ

Lampard in Melbourne Melbourne City are reportedly about to announce that a second giant of world football is heading to AAMI Park - Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard. UK newspaper the Daily Mirror says Lampard will join the A-League club on similar terms to the signing of David Villa for a 10-week stint before he takes up with US Major League Soccer outfit New York City. The clubs are linked by their shared owner - Manchester City supremo Sheikh Mansour - who has made clear his determination to lead a global football brand. - AAP

Murray into last eight Top seed Novak Djokovic and defending champion Andy Murray have closed in on a mouth-watering Wimbledon semi-final duel after easing into the last eight at a wet and wild All England Club. Djokovic reached the quarter-finals for the sixth successive year with a 6-3 6-4 7-6 win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The 2011 champion will be playing in his 21st successive Grand Slam last-eight when he faces Croatia’s Marin Cilic for a place in the semifinals. Third-Seeded Murray reached his seventh successive Wimbledon quarter-final with a 6-4 6-3 7-6 win over South Africa’s Kevin Anderson, hitting 11 aces and 49 winners.- AFP

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You must have a friendly and helpful attitude to our customers and other staff and be part of a friendly team environment. Healthy and Safety is a strong focus for Bridgestone Tyres Ashburton and you will be required to maintain high standards at all times. While experience is an advantage, full training will be given to the right person. > Good remuneration > Full uniform > Opportunities for advancement > On the job training You must be prepared to work in excess of a 40 hour week which includes rostered Saturdays, and you must possess a full, clean driver's licence. Applicants for this position should have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work permit. Please apply in person, with CV, by July 14, to:

Jeff Roddick, Owner Operator Bridgestone Tyre Centre Cnr Cox & East Streets Ashburton

Telephonist/ Receptionist Permanent, Part-Time Vacancy 138858

Expressions of interest are being sought for a part-time Telephonist/ Receptionist at Ashburton Hospital to provide a courteous and efficient service to visitors, patients and their family, and staff members and also provide clerical support. Ideally, you will have worked in a health or similar environment. You will have strong computer skills with the ability to quickly master new software programs, be competent in Microsoft Office Suite especially Word and Excel and be able to copy type. Previous medical records experience would be advantageous in this role, though not essential as full training will be provided to the right candidate. This role will work approximately 26 hours a week on a four week revolving roster, working either 2:30pm to 9:00pm weeknights or 2:30pm to midnight, Fri and Sat with a mixture of weeknights and weekends. This can be discussed in further detail with the successful candidate. Enquiries should be directed to Heather Ewing, Recruitment Specialist, phone (03) 364 0599, email heather.ewing@cdhb.health.nz Applications are only accepted online, so please visit our website at www.careers.cdhb.govt.nz to complete an application and download a full, detailed position description.

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Would you enjoy the thought of working for a fashion store leading the way in Women’s fashion, menswear, Lingerie, fashion accessories and shoes. Todd’s have a full time and part time sales position now available. If you enjoy the buzz of the fashion industry, enjoy oﬀering quality service, then we should talk. Your working week rostered Saturdays.

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Greg Donaldson Contracting “Do it Once, Do it Right”

Fleet Mechanic – Diesel Mechanic • Must be able to work on all types of vehicles and machinery, petrol and diesel, for an excavation company. • Must have sound knowledge and experience of truck and trailers, exceptional understanding of CoF and ORS. • Must have class 5 licence with W, T, R an advantage. • Must be able to work unsupervised and be a good decision maker. • Must have knowledge of hydraulics and servicing of excavation equipment, be a self-starter and have good work habits and ethics. • Sound diagnostic abilities Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa. In return we offer a good employment package. Please apply in our own handwriting with references/ referees to: The Workshop Manager - Bob O’Brien Greg Donaldson Contracting Ltd P O Box 439, Ashburton

Assistant Calf rearer needed.

August 1, start. Rearing 300 calves in the Hinds area. Contact Krista if interested on 03 303 7820.

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TRADES, SERVICES

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

TRADES, SERVICES

MOTORING

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

MEETINGS, EVENTS CHERTSEY HALL COMMITTEE Annual Meeting to be held at the Chertsey Hall Monday, July 7 at 7.30 pm Everyone welcome Sec: 302 2766.

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline 0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

MEETINGS, EVENTS

• Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available! From a shovel load to a trailer load. Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Ashburton Motorcycle Club Established 1915 Annual General Meeting Thursday, July 17 at 7.30 pm upstairs Stocker Dairy Services 490 West Street supper provided, all welcome

LOST, FOUND MISSING from Willow Street, Big, short haired, white male cat, wearing blue collar with his name, Louie, and phone number. Please phone 027 333 4548 if seen. Much loved pet.

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

GRAZING GRAZIERS required to accommodate increased demand for dairy heifer grazing and winter cow grazing, immediate, or May 1, 2014. For all grazing requirements. Contact Phone: Matt cellphone no: 027 608 3226.

Help

Racing Club Meeting

Contact: Paul Annear

Physiotherapist Ph 307-0560

256 Moore Street, Ashburton

First race 11.33am

GRAZING

Feature meeting attracts the best fields available.

HIGH quality supervised grazing available for Rising 1 Heifers, now, or at May 1, 2014. For all grazing requirements. Contact: Matt cellphone no: 027 608 3226.

Exciting programme with two open class events included.

GARAGE SALES

Free entry to course and stands.

GARAGE SALE - Household items, tools, garden tools, power tools, car parts, 9am12.00pm, Saturday, July 5. 39 Saunders Road.

Fine food,coffee and refreshment options available.

A great way to spend Friday afternoon this week.

FOR SALE

DO YOU NEED warming up on them cold days watching sport? The cutest “pocket hotty” simply slip in your pocket or gloves for instant winter warmth. Re-usable again and again only $5.99 from Kitchen Kapers.

Weekend Entertainment

Friday July 4

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

Members bring your loyalty card and support the Club.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

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ANGEL tall busty attractive, in/out calls good rates, phone 022 122 0683.

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CINDY Kiwi, 36, size 6, attractive, busty, long hair. GFE. Phone calls only. Great IF YOU ARE GOING deals this week, 027 448 overseas you need this! 7011. Scanner guard card - don't fall victim to identity theft. The ZOE - Attractive and busty. card protects your credit card Genuine callers only. Please from identity theft. Now in no texting. Available all week. store in our travel section at Phone 021 0233 9259. The China Shop in the Arcade. ACCOMMODATION,

NEW - STEWART / Stand stainless steel wallets and accessories. The ultra-thin designed wallet is flexible, soft to touch and offers unique privacy protection. Come into The China Shop and check out this fantastic new line. We are in The Arcade.

ENTERTAINMENT

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES Injured/Need

PUBLIC NOTICES

FOR ANY MATTERS regarding Total Mobility come in to Community House Mid Canterbury (behind Westpac Bank) and talk to Maxine Hooper or Phone 308 1237 for further information.

SPECIALISED SERVICES

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RENTAL

FOR RENT - Two bedroom flat, Allenton, heat pump, single garage, warm and sunny $290 pw. – Two bedroom flat, Tinwald, heat pump, single garage, warm and sunny $280 pw. Phone Sue 027 322 8422.

AUTOMOTIVE & MARINE 153 Moore St 03 3077620

TWO BEDROOM town house, near Lochlea in Allenton. Warm and sunny with heat pump and all new furnishings. Suit professional couple or retired person. View at www.propertybrokers.co.nz PASSPORT PHOTOS /AU37347. Available mid$18.00. Professional images July. Phone 027 438 2311. taken and processed while you wait by the friendly staff GRAZING wanted for lambs, at The Photo Shop. Find us in Guardian Classifieds numbers to suit. Phone Mitch the Center of the Arcade. Ph: 307 7900 307 7595. 027 313 1320.

PANDORA sale on now! Up to 60% off. Selected charms, bracelets and rings. Limited time only. Robilliards Jewellers, The Arcade.

Guardian Classifieds 307 7900

Daily Events Wednesday 9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time round op shop. Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets. 10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street. 10.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, upstairs. All welcome. 254 Cameron Street.

Thursday 9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners and maintenance class. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. 9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. Great fun, everyone welcome. Racquets can be hired. Sports Hall, Tancred Street. 9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Large variety of toys for hire. Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises, ideal for users of mobility aids. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. 11.00am MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Movie, Sunshine on Leith. Regent Cinema, Wills Street. 11.30am ASHBURTON HERB SOCIETY. Annual meeting and lunch with speaker Robin Burton. 1/51 Peter Street.

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Mid-week service and lunch, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 1.15pm TINWALD “500” CARDS. Come and play cards, all welcome. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street. 1.30am M.S.A. GARDEN SECTION. Annual meeting followed by video of the Ellerslie Flower Show. M.S.A. Lounge, Havelock Street.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre, all welcome. Waireka Croquet club, The Domain, Philip Street. 7.00pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road. 7.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women walking group. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.00pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, beginner/ intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Instructor Annette 307-7138a/h. Tinwald hall, Graham Street. 7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness and fun. Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Goodwill shop, sale of pre-loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church. Cnr Archibald and Jane Streets, Tinwald. 9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time round op shop. Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets. 10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven. 10.30am RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, St Andrews Church, Bridge Street, Rakaia. 1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. Presentation on cameras with Sam from Noel Leeming’s. M.S.A. lounge off Burnett Street.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome. Racecourse Road. 1.00pm SCOTTISH SOCIETY INDOOR BOWLS. Bowls afternoon, all players welcome. Balmoral hall, Cameron Street. 1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - no counting, beginners welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street, the Domain. 7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time / sequence dancing. Learn to dance, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

Noticeboard

2 JULY 2014

RE-REGISTER YOUR DOGS It’s that time of year again when dogs need to be registered and to help make this easier and quicker for dog owners, Council is encouraging re-registrations using its pay it online service. All dogs over 3 months of age are required to be registered with the Council, including all farm dogs. Alternatively, you can register your dogs by filling in and returning the registration form mailed to you at the beginning of July or by going into the Council offices. Please note that if there are changes to your dog’s registration this year e.g. a change of address, you can only pay it in person at the Council offices. To learn more, visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

WINTER DRIVING

KEEPING THINGS HUMMING

Driving on our roads during winter requires extra care. Visibility and stopping distances can be compromised by frost on windscreens, evening fog and ice on roads. Roads sheltered from the sun can be slippery even on sunny days, with low winter suns also making sunstrike more likely.

Council provides a 24 hour call centre service 307 7700.

During the winter months for the past 5 years, there were 257 crashes resulting in 4 fatalities, 16 serious injuries and 61 minor injuries.

You can also request service through our website. Click the green “Request It” tab on our front page. Urgent requests for service are given a priority response. Non-essential requests are normally responded to on the next working day. We are working to keep our district humming.

Drivers are urged to allow more time for travel, keep their windscreens clear, check that tyres have sufficient tread and brakes and lights are working. Drive to the winter conditions and arrive alive.

Biodiversity Grant Applications

BOARD MEMBERS

Funding applications are invited from groups and organisations for financial assistance from the Ashburton District Council’s Biodiversity Grants scheme.

Mt Hutt Memorial Hall and Methven Heritage Centre A new board is being appointed to manage the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall and Methven Heritage Centre, at Methven. As well as providing governance functions the board will be required to develop a management plan for the Heritage Centre, the assets of which are now vested in Council. We are looking for talented and skilled people with a strong interest in the Methven Community and the desire to see the use of the Methven Heritage Centre maximised. For more information on what’s required to be a member of the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall & Heritage Board please go to Council’s website www.ashburtondc.govt.nz Applications close Monday 14 July.

WEBSITE Find out what’s happening at your local council on the Ashburton District Council website. It’s easy to use and has all the information you need about the services that the Council offers you.

GR ANTS

Up & Coming Meetings Environmental Services Committee Meeting Thursday 3 July 2014, 1.30pm Service Delivery Committee Meeting Thursday 3 July 2014, to follow Environmental Services meeting Review of Transportation & Parking Bylaw Hearings Monday 14 July 2014

Council provides for annual grants to protect and/or enhance indigenous biodiversity in the Ashburton District. The maximum individual grant available is $5,000 and can be no more than 50% of the total project cost. The applicants share of the project’s cost can be in kind, or financial. Application forms and full criteria are available from the Council website and from the Council offices. For further enquiries please contact the Council on 307 7700 or email info@adc.govt.nz. Applications close 5.00pm Monday 14 July 2014.

ONLINE BUILDING CONSENTS Getting a building consent is now an easier process for Ashburton District builders and homeowners.

Finance and Business Support Committee Meeting Thursday 24 July, 1.30pm

Career Opportunities Senior Communication Advisor Executive Assistant

Grants Applications are open for the following schemes: Biodiversity Grants Heritage Grants For more information, visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

Building consent applications can now be made online through the Council website. For more information visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

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Puzzles Wednesday, July 2, 2014

www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. Poster, art form that’s flat out (9) 5. Such a hand is expert as fish (3) 7. Some film to look lecherously at if run backwards (4) 8. Cam with thing adapted like for like (8) 10. When at home, inclined to be deliberate (8) 11. Move slowly to one side (4) 13. Deny Academician could be made to have told stories (6) 15. A second sign in extremes of merriment (6) 18. Sat back on end of desk – that was the job (4) 19. Authorise South to engage its opposite in action (8) 22. Writes who one is on the back (8) 23. Sound of merry laughter with a certain ring to it? (4) 24. Owns one takes one on (3) 25. Lover equals ‘Sweet’ – unfeeling! (9)

13 14

DOWN 1. Showing violation of faith, defy rip to change (7) 2. Finished with the end of test that’s not concealed (5) 3. Open eyes to what vessel leaves in an outer part (6) 4. Every one will impart instruction topless (4) 5. Begin to peter out and wind the last ahead, led astray (7) 6. Long black bead may give one a call (5) 9. There’s no going up to collection at the beginning (5)

12. Where entrancing person may encounter something overhead (5) 14. Inheres with a variety of desires (7) 16. Fish in backstreet as one gets involved in argument (7) 17. Box, perhaps, with taking ways (6) 18. Dentition quite ethically revealed (5) 20. Girl shows anger embracing men without leader (5) 21. Part of the foot to get one’s back up? (4)

DILBERT

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 1. Kitten 4. Canvas 9. Torpedo 10. Chaff 11. Heed 12. Sago 13. Sot 15. Swig 16. Weak 19. Arm 21. Part 22. Felt 24. Demon 25. Varnish 26. Nodded 27. Stages Down 1. Kitchen garden 2. Targets 3. Ewer 5. Anchored 6. Vials 7. Safety matches 8. Coral 14. Dispense 17. Keeping 18. Grave 20. Mimed 23. Trot

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QUICK Across 1. Best 3. Truthful 9. Steroid 10. Inert 11. Belligerency 13. Debtor 15. Stasis 17. Hypochondria 20. Aioli 21. Forests 22. Latitude 23. Hymn Down 1. Busybody 2. Shell 4. Redden 5. Tricentenary 6. Fleeces 7. Late 8. Toxicologist 12. Assassin 14. Boycott 16. Chafed 18. Risky 19. Haul

QUICK ACROSS 1. Crevice (7) 5. Sobbed (5) 8. Suffer in a stoical manner (4,3,4,2) 9. Cry of alarm (3) 10. Scaremongers (9) 12. Tithes (6) 13. Allocates (6) 15. Take in water (9) 16. Droop (3) 18. Unspeakable (13) 20. Prevaricate (5) 21. Killers (7)

DOWN 1. Dreamlike state (5) 2. Old fogey (5-2-3-3) 3. Not embarrassed (9) 4. Please, delight (6) 5. Prompt (3) 6. Feckless (13) 7. Strongly dislikes (7) 11. Thousands of years (9) 12. Via (7) 14. Proportions (6) 17. Conjecture (5) 19. Formerly (3)

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) There is a sense of urgency when it comes to ensuring the home fires are burning brightly and the basics of life are running smoothly first. TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) As the tide turns on the income front you’re left with a smart head for money and a lot of hindsight that can turn to future planning. GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) For now it’s all about the ‘what’, trusting that the ‘when, where and how’ will come together at the right time. CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) There is a mix of anticipation and tension as you realise how important it is to take your power back and embrace the future. LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) As the Moon’s visit to your sign wraps up you’re left with the intuitive and imaginative insight needed to start lining up at the right doors before they open. VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) With Mercury turning direct in your career sector this is going to put special emphasis on professional networking, especially where anything has stalled. LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) As lucky Jupiter moves into his final 2 weeks in your career sector you have all the resources you need, where you’re no longer waiting for anything. SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) You’re about to move into your most important professional year in over a decade and once you’re in you’ll be on a ride that will take until October 2017. SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) With life about to get a lot more exciting hold onto the adventurous lunar vibes in play, especially those that inspire your imagination and daydreams. CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) With Jupiter moving into his final 2 weeks in your relationship sector, there is a need to make your relationships a priority. AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) The Moon has stirred emotional responses over the last few days you have a chance to give your heart and unsaid words a voice. PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) It is important to pay attention to today’s important forces that urge you to make matters of the heart and your relationships a priority.

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Family Notices 26 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

BATCHELOR, Frances Helen – On June 25, 2014 at Rosebank Resthome Ashburton. Aged 90 years. Dearly loved sister of George Turton and wife Kath. Cherished aunty of Allan, Paul and Kerry, Anne, John and Beverley, Marie, Patrick and Kay, Margaret and Steve and all the cousins. Farewell and adieu. Thinking of you always. MACCOY, George Baird – On June 30, 2014, at Ashburton. Aged 76 years. Dearly loved husband of the late Nancy, and the late Janette. Loved father of John, George, Tony, Conrad and their families. Messages to P.O. Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Funerals details to follow. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ, Ashburton

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NZ Situation

Wind km/h less than 30 fine

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers 30 to 59

fog

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

rain

snow

hail

60 plus

reﬂect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and your family.

Celebrate and honour your loved ones

Any queries please contact Oﬃcial Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm 0800 Guardian Classifieds ASHBURTON (0800-274-287). 307 7900

Remembering and honouring the one you love • Professional and discreet funeral ﬁlming • Video memorial tribute

• Photo slideshow • Video relay links

Ph 307 7109 Cell 027 275 3441 donna@zoomvisual.co.nz

FRIDAY Mainly fine. Cold southwesterlies turn northerly.

SATURDAY

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Occasional showers, with snow falling to low levels. Winds turn northeast.

World Weather

Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Dubai Dublin Edinburgh Frankfurt

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

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

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m am 3 3

9 noon 3

9 pm am 3

Napier

few showers

Mainly fine, but rain developing about the divide and snow falling to 1600 metres. Winds turn northwest, rising to gale.

Greymouth

hail

Christchurch

hail

SATURDAY

Timaru

hail

Rain, with snow to 1200 metres. Northwesterlies dying out.

Queenstown

snow

SUNDAY

Dunedin

hail

Invercargill

hail

Occasional snow showers. Easterlies developing. showers showers showers showers rain fine fine fine fine fog showers fine rain fine thunder

13 7 28 24 24 23 5 25 11 18 16 9 17 18 25

23 14 32 32 31 32 19 35 24 28 26 17 28 28 37

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

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

9 noon 3

Fair fishing

9 pm am 3

Fair fishing

Rise 10:27 am Set 9:56 pm

Rise 10:55 am Set 10:55 pm

6 Jul 12:00 am

12 Jul 11:26 pm

First quarter

Full moon

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Friday

9 noon 3

9 pm

8:59

Rise 8:08 am Set 5:07 pm

Fair

Fair fishing

Rise 11:22 am Set 11:52 pm

Last quarter

19 Jul

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

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River Levels

2:10 pm

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 311.2 Nth Ashburton at 3:00 pm, yesterday

10.5

Sth Ashburton at 3:00 pm, yesterday

15.7

Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

133.7

Waitaki Kurow at 3:00 pm, yesterday

383.0

Source: Environment Canterbury

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 9.3 12.2 Max to 4pm 2.2 Minimum -3.0 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm July to date 0.0 Avg Jul to date 2 2014 to date 473.6 346 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 13 At 4pm Strongest gust E 24 Time of gust 12:58pm

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Methven

Christchurch Airport

Timaru Airport

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Canterbury Readings

Rise 8:08 am Set 5:06 pm

Fair

22 13 13 20 14 13 22 25 8 8 26 22 22 24 15

14 11 13 10 11 10 9 8 8 8 5 6 6

Palmerston North hail

few showers

12:55 7:06 1:12 7:25 1:41 7:52 1:58 8:10 2:29 8:40 2:46 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 8:08 am Set 5:05 pm

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hail

mainly fine

Fair

Hamilton

Blenheim

hail

Nelson

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing Thursday

overnight max low

Auckland

Forecasts for today

8 9 26 11 7 16 24 26 -2 25 17 32 16 12 12

Wednesday

NZ Today

few showers

FRIDAY

Cloud increasing, showers later as winds turn cold southwest.

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Wellington

Wind at 1000m: SW 50 km/h developing. Wind at 2000m: SW rising to gale 65 km/h.

SUNDAY

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A low embedded within a disturbed southwest flow is expected to move across the North Island overnight tomorrow. A trough moves over the South Island during Saturday. Meanwhile, a complex low in the Tasman Sea moves closer to New Zealand.

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6am Breakfast 7:45 L Football – Fifa World Cup Belgium v USA. The final match from the knockout games in Round of 16, from Salvador, Brazil. 0 10am Good Morning 11am House Gift Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Sam frets over the fire; Debbie is unimpressed; Charity makes herself welcome Rachel to the family. 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 0 1:30 House Guest 2pm Come Dine With Me 0 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 Football – Fifa World Cup (Highlights) Knockout Round of 16 from Brazil. 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Highway Cops PGR The police must find a gunshot victim in remote hunting country; drunken teens on the streets of Oamaru; the politest speeder in the country is stopped in Nelson. 0 8pm Fair Go 0 8:30 One Born Every Minute 0 9:30 Nashville AO 0 10:30 One News Tonight 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 0 6:55 Fish Hooks 3 0 7:20 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 7:50 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 8:15 Dinosaur Train 3 0 8:30 Fireman Sam 3 0 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 8 Simple Rules PGR 3 0 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Hot In Cleveland PGR 3 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle PGR 2pm Jeremy Kyle USA 3pm According To Jim 3 0 3:29 Horace In Slow Motion 3 3:30 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 3:59 Horace In Slow Motion 3 4pm Good Luck Charlie 3 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 0 8:45 The Big Bang Theory PGR 0 9:10 2 Broke Girls PGR 0 9:40 Once Upon a Time PGR Storybrooke prepares to celebrate the birth of Emma’s brother, but the time-traveling portal Zelena created before her death comes to life and causes problems. 0 10:40 Supernatural AO 0

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:25 The Nanny PGR 3 0 Noon 3 News 12:30 Dr Phil AO Dr Phil leads a family intervention for a teenaged boy who claims he is part of a gang. 1:30 The Dr Oz Show PGR 2:30 Rachael Ray 3:30 The Queen Latifah Show 4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm The Simpsons When Mr Burns is sent to prison for possessing stolen art, he places Smithers in charge of running the nuclear-power plant. 0 5:25 Million–Dollar Minute A general knowledge contest where every correct answer is a step closer to the ultimate test, and to winning AU$1 million. 6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 House Rules PGR The semifinals begin with the exterior makeovers. The remaining four teams have just three and a half days to transform the front and back yards and the house exterior. 0 8:40 3rd Degree 9:35 Caught On Camera AO 0 10:30 The Paul Henry Show

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 All Grown Up 3 8am Rugrats 3 8:30 Chuggington 3 8:40 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:50 Peppa Pig 3 9am The Moe Show 9:10 Bob The Builder 3 9:20 Thomas And Friends 3 9:30 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9:45 Barney And Friends 3 10:10 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Four Live 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 0 6:30 Just Shoot Me! 3 0

11pm Criminal Minds AO 3 0 11:55 Damages AO 3 1am Te Karere 2 0 1:40 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 2 0

11:35 Happily Divorced PGR 12:05 $#*! My Dad Says PGR 3 0 12:30 20/20 3 0 1:30 Infomercials 2:30 Necessary Roughness PGR 3 0 3:20 Pretty Little Liars 3 0 4:05 Partners PGR 3 4:25 Posh Nosh 3 0 4:35 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11pm NCIS AO 3 The murder investigation of a Coast Guard officer leads to a Lebanese family seeking asylum in the US. 0 Midnight Infomercials

11:30 Entertainment Tonight 11:55 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features 7:30 Classical Destinations 8am Better Homes And Gardens 9:30 House Crashers 10am My Dream Home 11am Auction Hunters 11:30 The Home Show 12:30 Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Feast 1:30 Design A-Z 2pm New British Kitchen – Torode And Hardeep’s Tour 2:25 Nick Knowles’ Original Features 3:30 Classical Destinations 4pm Back To Basics With Nick Nairn 4:30 The Cook And The Chef 5pm Candice Tells All 5:30 Carter Can 6pm Guide To The Good Life 6:30 Bath Crashers 7pm American Restoration 7:30 Storm Rider 8:40 IFish 9:15 Fishing Expedition Amazonia 9:40 Rodeo – Life On The Circuit PGR 10:30 Stupid, Stupid Man AO 11pm American Restoration 11:30 Design A-Z

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Midnight New British Kitchen – Torode And Hardeep’s Tour 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Classical Destinations 1:30 Carter Can 2am The Cook And The Chef 2:30 Back To Basics With Nick Nairn 3am Stupid, Stupid Man AO 3:30 Rodeo – Life On The Circuit PGR 4:30 Bath Crashers 5am Storm Rider

7pm The Simpsons Studio executives panic when actor Mel Gibson asks Homer to help him fix his latest film. 0 7:30 F The Face Australia PGR 8:40 Last Resort AO 9:35 Burn Notice AO 10:35 Breakout Kings AO 0

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6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Test PGR Celebrities and viewers answer moral questions. 1:55 Hugh’s Three Good Things 3 Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and his guest chefs highlight the pear. 2:25 Junior MasterChef UK 3 3pm Harry’s Practice 3 3:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country Each week a British couple or family, fed up with city life, searches for the perfect country home while exploring the surroundings of each location. 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 MythBusters PGR Previously busted myths are tested at a more extreme level. 8:35 Elementary AO 9:35 The White Queen AO A grieving Queen Elizabeth works to get King Edward home, but more danger awaits as her detractors plot to end his reign. 10:50 Back Benches PGR

6am Rugby – International (Highlights) 6:30 Rugby Nation 7:30 The Golf Fix 8:30 Golf – Playing Lessons 9:30 Golf – Playing Lessons 10am Golf Central 10:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) 11:30 Golf – European Tour (Highlights) Noon The Crowd Goes Wild 12:30 Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) 1pm Golf Central 1:30 Golf – Champions Tour (Highlights) 2:30 AFL Weekly (Highlights) 3:30 UFC Now 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:25 Rugby – International (Highlights) 5:55 L Rugby – ITM Cup Counties Manukau v Thames Valley. 8pm #SkyRugby – Breakdown Jeff Wilson discusses the weekend’s rugby with a panel of former top players and experts. 8:30 Rugby Nation 9:30 Golf World 10pm Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Quicken Loans National – Round Four. From the Congressional Country Club in Maryland.

11:50 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show. 12:45 Home Shopping 1:15 The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 1:45 Home Shopping

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Golf World Midnight Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Hurricanes v Crusaders. 2am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Waratahs v Brumbies. 4am Rugby – International (Replay) South Africa v Scotland.

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Korero Mai 3 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Maggie And The Ferocious Beast 3 2 4pm Miharo 2 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga o

THE BOX 6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Parking Wars PGL 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Survivor – Australian Outback PG 8:55 Criminal Intent MV 9:45 SVU MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 Transporter MVL 12:15 Da Vinci’s Demons 18VLS 1:10 Criminal Intent MV 2pm Law And Order MV 2:50 Survivor – Africa PG 3:40 Raw MC 6:35 The Simpsons PG 7pm Parking Wars PGL 7:30 NCIS PGV 8:30 NCIS – LA MV 9:30 Hawaii Five-O MV 10:30 SVU MV 11:30 NCIS PGV

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12:30 Survivor – Africa PG 1:25 Law And Order MV 2:15 SVU MV 3:05 NCIS – LA MV 3:55 Hawaii Five-O MV 4:45 Most Shocking M 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

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SKY SPORT 2 te Motu 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Iwi Anthems 3 8pm Whare Taonga Motatau Marae. 2 8:30 Tautohetohe PGR Te Aupouri v Ngati Hine. 9:30 Te Tepu 2 10pm Te Kauta PGR 10:30 Native Affairs 3 11:30 Te Kaea 3 2 Midnight Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Man v Wild PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 Mighty Planes PG 10:30 The Unexplained Files PG 11:30 Redrum M Noon Redrum M 12:30 True Crime With Aphrodite Jones M 1:30 Deadline Crime With Tamron Hall M 2:30 Moonshiners M 3:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG 6:30 Auction Hunters PG 7pm Auction Hunters PG 7:30 Bear Grylls – Extreme Survival M 8pm Bear Grylls – Extreme Survival M 8:30 Sons Of Guns M 9:30 Rods N’ Wheels PG 10:30 Tickle M 11pm Southern Fried Homicide M

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MOVIES PREMIERE 7:15 The Babymakers 16LS 2012 Comedy. Paul Schneider, Olivia Munn. 8:50 Snitch MV 2013 Thriller. Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon. 10:40 No Clue M 2013 Comedy. Brent Butt, Amy Smart. 12:15 The Frozen Ground 16VL 2012 Thriller. Nicolas Cage. 2pm The Babymakers 16LS 2012 Comedy. Paul Schneider, Olivia Munn. 3:35 Snitch MV 2013 Thriller. Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon. 5:25 Age Of Heroes 16VL 2011 War. Sean Bean, Danny Dyer. 7pm Chernobyl Diaries 16VL 2012 Horror. Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski. 8:30 The Grey 16L 2011 Action. Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney. 10:30 The Guilt Trip MLS 2012 Comedy. Seth Rogen, Barbra Streisand.

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12:05 Manhattan Hustle ML 2011 Drama. 1:45 The Making Of The THURSDAY Midnight Nightmare Next Door M Dark Knight PG 2am Age Of Heroes 16VL 2011 War. 1am Deadly Affairs M 3:35 The Grey 16L 2011 Action. 2am Dirty Jobs PG 5:30 The Making Of The Dark 3am Deadliest Catch PG Knight PG 5:45 The Guilt Trip MLS 4am Yukon Men M 2012 Comedy. 5am Dirty Jobs PG

8am Cricket – International (Highlights) New Zealand v West Indies – Third Test, Day Five. From Providence Stadium, Guyana. 8:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Highlanders v Chiefs. 10:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Force v Blues. 11am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Rebels v Reds. 1pm Super Rugby Review The White Queen 1:30 Cricket – Twenty20 Blast 9:35pm on Prime (Replay) Yorkshire v Leicestershire. From Headingley Cricket Ground in MOVIES GREATS Leeds. 6:45 Entrapment MV 1999 Thriller. 5pm Surfing – ASP World Tour Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones. (Highlights) Billabong Rio Pro. 8:35 Guess Who MS 2005 Romantic 6pm Sky Sport – What’s On Comedy. Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher. 6:30 NRL Fulltime 7pm Golf – US PGA Tour 10:25 Gangs Of New York 16VLS (Highlights) Quicken Loans 2002 Historical Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron National – Round Four. From the Congressional Country Club in Diaz. Maryland. 1:10 Hollow Man 16VS 2000 Horror. 8pm Cricket – International Elisabeth Shue, Kevin Bacon. (Highlights) New Zealand v West 3:05 Entrapment MV 1999 Action. Indies – Third Test, Day Five. Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones. 8:30 Rugby – Trans-Tasman 5pm Red Eye MVL 2005 Drama. Touch Test Series (Highlights) New Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy. Zealand Mixed Team v Australia 6:25 PS I Love You MS 2007 Drama. Mixed Team. Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler. 9:30 NRL 360 8:30 Mr And Mrs Smith MVLS 2005 10:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Action. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie. Counties Manukau v Thames Valley. 10:35 The Sum Of All Fears MVL THURSDAY 2002 Action. Ben Affleck, Morgan 12:30 Surfing – ASP World Tour Freeman. (Highlights) Billabong Rio Pro.

THURSDAY

12:40 Dead Man’s Shoes 18VL 2004 Thriller. Paddy Considine. 2:10 Red Eye MVL 2005 Drama. Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy. 3:35 PS I Love You MS 2007 Drama. Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler. 5:40 Mr And Mrs Smith MVLS 2005 Action. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie.

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

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1:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Sea Eagles v Roosters. 3:30 NRL Fulltime 4am Fox Sports News 4:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 5am Sky Sport – What’s On 5:28 L Cricket – Twenty20 Blast Surrey v Kent. From The Kia Oval in London.

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1st XV aiming for third time lucky BY THOMAS HEATON Ashburton College girls’ 1st XV will not be changing much from their winning formula ahead of the final of the Aoraki Secondary Schools’ girls’ competition today. The undefeated College team are favourites ahead of the 4.30pm final against Craighead at Alpine Energy Stadium in Timaru. Teacher and former Silver Fern Angela Mitchell delivered an inspiring speech when she talked about dealing with pressure, and reiterated how important it was to “stay in the now” when they hit the field. Many of the College girls know finals pressures well, as the team has narrowly lost in the past two finals of the annual competition. Co-coach Geoff Wright noted the team was confident, as College has won on the two previous occasions the two teams met. Wright said the forwards had been providing a consistently good platform for the team and have been preparing well. Forwards and co-coach John Harrison attributed this year’s success to a fitter team who all have a clear understanding of the game plan. He said the team will be playing the same forward-orientated game they have been playing all year. Captain Hannah Wright is not letting her team’s unbeaten status affect their preparation; she is aware of the opposition and their strengths. She said they would have to do a lot of covering work to contain Craighead’s rapid outside backs. “We’ll have to put them under pressure defensively,” Wright said. College have tallied close to 500 points approaching the final, with top try scorer Nicole Purdom collecting 17 tries throughout the season.

Ashburton College’s forwards hold the key to taking out the ﬁnal today.

Grylls back on track at Avondale P20

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