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An Ashburton doctor is concerned the Canterbury District Health Board is proposing changes for Ashburton Hospital without proper consultation.

But the board maintains it is committed to supporting the integration of health services across the Ashburton District.

Dr Charlotte Cox is a general practitioner who also worked at Ashburton Hospital in the late 1980s.

She said yesterday more transparency was needed from the CDHB on the proposed changes to Ashburton Hospital.

“I would say that the people of Mid Canterbury deserve far more honesty and far more detail as to what exactly the Canterbury District Health

Board are proposing for the hospital full stop.”

The CDHB’s Proposal for Change aims to remove Ashburton from the umbrella of rural services. It also intends to increase the number of junior doctors at Ashburton Hospital and replace six current positions with eight new roles.

Dr Cox said she has patients who firmly believe the proposal for Ashburton Hospital along with its new building will see a return of surgical services and think it will once again become a fully functioning hospital.

“Nothing could be further from the truth,” she said.

In regards to the changes to the hospital, Dr Cox said GPs were one of the most stable workforces within the community who were efficient in running businesses and so should

be consulted. Dr Cox queried why CDHB chief executive David Meates didn’t address the GPs directly, instead sending each practitioner a lengthy document to look over. “[And] why are we sent down these management people…giving us second hand woolly ideas, when we are the people who are carrying the can for loss of services?”

She has other concerns and questions around the CDHB’s proposal, including why, when a significant proportion of Mid Canterbury’s population is rural, the CDHB were separating Ashburton out from under the umbrella of rural services.

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Hammond left in the lurch Richard Hammond has been left in the lurch since Top Gear ended, revealing he had cleared the decks to film the next season before his run on the TV show came to a sudden end.

Hammond was left without TV work after his former co-host Jeremy Clarkson was sacked from the hit motoring show as a result of an altercation with one of the show’s producers. It seems the trio (Clarkson, Hammond and cohost James May) didn’t expect the gravy train to end any time soon. “I’d cleared the decks, rather, for Top Gear, I mean I’ve always done,” Hammond said. The trio are rumoured to be in talks to create a spin-off of the popular motoring programme with streaming sites Netflix and Hulu, and British network ITV. “We won’t stop doing what we do until the audience tells us to stop,” he said.

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Teens’ food ads under the spotlight The kind of food Facebook is advertising to teenagers is the subject of a study being done at the University of Auckland. The Food@Facebook Study aims to see if ads for healthy or unhealthy food are popping up in the newsfeeds of Kiwi kids aged 13-17. Researcher Alanna Soupen says advertising can have a huge influence on what people eat.

“Advertising of food and non-alcoholic drinks is an important factor influencing food choices related to obesity and dietrelated chronic diseases,” she said. The study also wants to find out what marketing techniques food companies are using to target teenagers. To take part visit www.foodatfacebook.org.

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It’s not the jersey – it’s what’s inside Their new jersey might be the most high tech and graceful garment to be paraded on a rugby field, but it is the men inside it who will determine New Zealand’s fate at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, says Richie McCaw. The All Blacks captain swapped hitting rucks for a quick jaunt on the catwalk in Auckland yesterday to unveil a jersey that combines the latest in modern technology with a fashionable nod to history in the form of a yoke neck that resembles the 1905 Originals jersey. “We’ve got the right kit, it is about the men who are going to put it on,” McCaw said.

The captain and many of the senior players had been involved in a design process that involved scanning their body movements to see how their skin stretched during a game.

“It’s quite cool doing those sort of things.”

McCaw and his team-mates asked for something that fit well and felt comfy. A quarter of a million Euros and two painstaking years later, their German kit manufacturers adidas unveiled a two-way woven, carbon fibreinfused garment designed to stretch in a way that mimics the players’ skinfolds.

“What we’ve done is worked the fabric so that the stretch is duplicating the skin stretch,” said Francois Tabard, category director for rugby at adidas’ HQ in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

Coin to mark Charlotte’s christening The official commemorative coin marking the christening of Princess Charlotte features two harp-playing cherubs encircled by swags of lilies. The Royal Mint revealed the coin after the Prince William and Kate, along with the Queen and the Chancellor George Osborne, approved the design. Engraver John Bergdahl, who also crafted Prince George’s christening coin, made Charlotte’s coin similar to her brother’s to symbolise the link between the royal siblings. A baroquestyle oval frame, or cartouche, at the centre bears the inscription: “To celebrate the Christening of Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge 2015”.

Both coins were inspired by the lily font that has been traditionally used for the baptism of royal babies since Queen Victoria’s time.

The memorabilia will be available in silver, in keeping with the tradition of crossing a newborn baby’s palm with silver to confer good health and prosperity, and also in gold to mark the royal celebration.

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Selfie too revealing US fashion designer Marc Jacobs has been photo-bombed by his own body during a nude selfie. Jacobs took the selfie of the side of his butt and body and posted it on Instagram for his 194,000 followers with the caption, “It’s yours to try!”. However, it was whipped down soon after because it showed something Jacobs should not have whipped out. The photo has since turned up on Gawker and shows part of his appendage sneaking into the frame.

The Gawker screen grab has been posted or retweeted hundreds of times on Twitter by fans of the fashion designer and dozens of media outlets and gossip websites.

Some people even looked straight past the nudie, to appreciate the 52-yearold’s body. “I didn’t know @marcjacobs had a Bodyodyody like THAT,” wrote MermaidDancin.

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■ SID BENTLEY DEATH

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■ GP VISITS

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Ashburton woman Angela Rouse, at the late Sid Bentley’s South Street home yesterday, wants the ashes of her murdered best friend Kirsty Bentley returned to Kirsty’s mother.

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Stoush brews over ashes By susan sanDys

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A service for Sid Bentley will be held today at the New Life Church, Tinwald, as a legal stoush brews over his murdered daughter’s ashes.

Kirsty Bentley’s ashes were part of a memorial garden at Mr Bentley’s South Street property, buried there in 1999 when the property was owned by himself and Kirsty’s mother Jill.

Mr Bentley told friends he wanted the ashes scattered with his, but Jill, today Jill Peachey and estranged from the late Mr Bentley, is currently seeking legal advice on how to have the ashes returned to her.

One of Kirsty’s childhood best friends, Angela Rouse of Ashburton, said yesterday she had been talking to Jill on Tuesday, and had told her she would have to seek legal ad-

vice regarding getting hold of the ashes.

This was following Miss Rouse wanting to retrieve the ashes herself this week on behalf of Ms Peachey, but police telling her she would be trespassing.

The Guardian has tried unsuccessfully to get hold of Ms Peachey, however she has been reported in other media as saying she had always regretted leaving the urn in the garden.

Miss Rouse said Ms Peachey had only told her this year that the ashes were in the garden. Miss Rouse went to try and see Mr Bentley to talk to him about it in February.

“He didn’t answer the door,” Miss Rouse said.

She was disappointed the ashes may have by now been retrieved from the garden, after neighbours reported see-

ing a digger in the area this week, perhaps by whoever was overseeing Mr Bentley’s estate.

“It’s kind of heartbreaking, because it was a memory garden for a reason. Some of Kirsty’s friends still live here,” Miss Rouse said.

“Her mother loved her so much, now that Sid’s dead, the ashes should be going to the mother in Invercargill.”

Miss Rouse believed that even splitting the ashes in half would be a better solution.

“What kind of mother wouldn’t want to get her daughter back?” she added.

A friend of Mr Bentley’s, who only wanted to be known as Abe, disagreed.

“She (Ms Peachey) moved away, she just should go with what Sid’s decision is and respect that.”

Meanwhile, it is believed

the New Life Church at Tinwald, where Mr Bentley attended services, has inherited his home, according to the news website Stuff.

No-one at the church returned Guardian calls yesterday.

The Guardian understands a service for Mr Bentley will be held at the church at 11am today.

Friends of Mr Bentley planning on attending include Peter Drummond.

“I’m not a religious person but I will go,” Mr Drummond said yesterday.

Despite Mr Bentley having no direct family members close to him, he had a sister in Germany whom he had visited about five years ago.

Mr and Mrs Bentley immigrated to New Zealand from England before having their family here, he said.

Transparency call on hospital plan From P1 However the CDHB said its goal was to strengthen integration across services in Ashburton and enhance people’s access to these services.

Ultimately this would improve quality of care.

Dr Cox also had concerns around the inclusion of jun-

ior doctors to the hospital, and their further rotation through primary health services in the district.

She said as a GP she has not been consulted about having junior doctors at her practice and questioned as to whether this meant the hospital was looking at providing a GP clinic at the hospital.

Contacted yesterday board chief medical officer Dr Nigel Millar said if the proposal was to be implemented the district health board would be looking to work with general practices in the area to create a more integrated training environment for junior doctors.

Dr Millar also said there

were no plans to have a walkin emergency department but the Acute Admission Unit (AAU) will be extended.

However, once the redevelopment and refurbishment of the hospital is complete, the intention was to provide day surgery alongside medical and surgical clinics.

Up to 96 per cent of GP clinics nationwide will offer free check-ups to under-13 year-olds under a Government policy which kicked off yesterday.

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman launched the $30 million scheme yesterday, saying that the sign-up rate had exceeded expectations.

“In terms of uptake, we’ve been stunned by the success,” he said at Karori Medical Centre in Wellington.

Out of 1012 GP practices in New Zealand, 44 had opted not to sign up.

Most of these practices were in Auckland and had decided they could not afford to offer the free appointments. Some had no children on their roll.

The GPs which had opted into the scheme cared for 98 per cent of children aged under 13, Dr Coleman said.

The initial uptake for under-sixes had been 70 per cent, and that had now risen to 98 per cent, he said.

“We expect the number of general practices taking part in free under-13s will rise to a similar level.”

Extending the zero-fees policy to under-13s will cost $90 million over three years, plus another $27.5 million over three years in ACC funding to cover accident-related visits.

This funding was expected to allow an additional 400,000 children to get free check-ups.

Children will be able to make unlimited visits at no charge, though funding for GPs is capped at two visits a year per child.

The funding level would be reviewed after a year to make sure it was covering doctors’ costs.

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■ POPULATION PROJECTIONS

Pensioners on the rise

By Sue NewmaN

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Within 10 years the number of people aged 65 and over in the Ashburton District is predicted to exceed the number of people aged 14 and under.

Population projection data prepared by Statistics New Zealand puts pensioners as the district’s fastest growing age group and suggests that by 2043 the district is likely to be home to almost 10,000 pensioners, an 89 per cent increase on the number recorded in the 2013 Census, 5196.

The most significant growth will be in the 80 to 85 and 85 plus age groups as baby boomers reach old age. In 2013 there were 783 people aged 80–84; by 2043 there will be 1710, an increase of 118 per cent. The growth in people aged 85 plus is tipped to exceed 200 per cent from 654 to 1970.

The number of pensioners in the Ashburton District’s population will be in line with the national figure, 23 per cent.

At the opposite end of the age scale, the growth in zero to 14-year-olds will fail to keep pace with growth in the number of ageing baby boomers. This age bracket will grow in numbers only slowly from 6423 in 2013 to 9830 in 2043, a rate of just 18 per cent.

Population predictions for the district over the next 30 years are measured in three growth brackets – low, medium and high. Ashburton has traditionally hit or exceeded the highest growth indicators.

On the high growth plane the district’s population will move from 32,000 today to just under 50,000 in 2043. And that growth will be steady, year on year. Medium growth would see the population hit about 44,000 by 2043.

All of New Zealand’s regions and 41 of its 67 territorial authorities are predicted to have larger populations in 30 years.

Many, however, will have slow rates of growth, Statistics New Zealand said.

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Department of Conservation rangers are checking and clearing tracks of tree damage after last month’s big snow. Conservation services manager Dave Winterburn said walkers needed to exercise caution when visiting foothills and high country tramping areas.

“They need to build conditions and possible track damage into their trip planning, and make sure they have the skills to deal with winter conditions,” Mr Winterburn said.

“The DOC website has some alerts for various tracks and areas in the whole Canterbury region, and people should check the website before they head into the hills.”

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An ice axe signed by Sir Edmund Hillary was auctioned this week at a fundraiser for the Minds for Minds Trust which supports research into autism spectrum disorder. The axe is one of a limited edition series produced in 2003 as part of the 50th anniversary of the conquest of Everest. A “chuffed” Sheelagh James, who bought the axe for $5000, said it was for her husband who had fallen in love with it. The original ice axe used

by Sir Ed is displayed at Auckland Museum.

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A train and a crude oil tanker have collided in Taranaki. A spokeswoman for the Fire Service said the collision happened in Inglewood and said the driver of the truck was out of the cab and not injured. There was no oil spilled in the collision, the spokeswoman said.

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Prisoner transferred

Special trip back to student’s homeland

A convicted murderer has been transferred out of Whanganui Prison after assaulting two prison officers. Shiloh Dallas Mareikura was jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 15 years last year after stabbing an Opunake man to death. Mareikura appeared in the Whanganui District Court on Tuesday facing new charges of assaulting prison guards. The assaults happened in March.

Mareikura pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting a prison officer. Judge Roberts sentenced him to three months in prison.

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Richard Sooaemalelagi left his home in Samoa at the age of 10 to start a new life in New Zealand.

Now he is preparing to return to his homeland for a very special visit.

Richard is part of 14-strong group of Ashburton College students and staff who are heading to Samoa for a school cultural trip tomorrow.

The group will spend eight days in Samoa learning about the country’s culture and education system.

For Richard and fellow Year 13 student Junior Salelologa, the trip will also serve as a chance to visit family and friends they haven’t seen since childhood.

The pair will also visit their former schools and donate presents funded by the Ashburton County Lions, as well as college sports uniforms and a rugby jersey signed by the college 1st XV .

For teacher Bernadette Thompson, the trip will allow her to learn more about the

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Ashburton College ESOL teacher Bernadette Thompson, student Richard Sooaemalelagi, Ashburton County Lions member Helen Allan, student Junior Salelologa, and Ashburton County Lions member Jan Stonyer show off some of the gifts they are taking to Samoa.

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culture of the school’s Pasifika students.

She said there would be something of a role reversal

between the students and staff, as the students would teach the staff about their homeland.

The group will visit six

schools as part of their trip, as well as going to traditional church services and learning to cook Samoan food.

Fruit fly-infested chillies, dried frogs and a tiger tooth are among the weird goods travellers have been trying to get past New Zealand border staff in the past month. Burgeoning visitor arrivals in May have seen Customs officers intercepting more than 6700 items of “biosecurity interest” from arriving passengers, the Ministry for Primary Industries said. There were 176,700 visitors flocking through New Zealand customs in May. Recent finds included a bunch of undeclared fruit fly-infested chillies seized from a French passenger arriving at Auckland Airport, who received a $400 fine. Another passenger, from Bangkok, had declared dried frogs as “food”. A tiger tooth was seized at Wellington Airport and a haul of mung beans, chillies, eggs and apples were nabbed from another family.

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■ TIMARU DISTRICT COURT

Not guilty on firearms charges A jury has taken less than two hours to find an Ashburton man not guilty of serious firearms charges.

Leroy Lester Grant denied charges of possessing a firearm in a public place, recklessly discharging a firearm and aggravated burglary. He admitted a charge of cultivating cannabis.

The trial, held in the Timaru District Court before Judge Joanna Maze and a jury of five women and seven men, began on Monday.

Judge Maze dismissed the jury for deliberations shortly after 11am and they were back at 12.50pm, to return not guilty verdicts to the firearms charges and aggravated robbery.

Grant was convicted on the cannabis matter, and was sentenced jointly on that and an unrelated charge of receiving stolen property.

As he had been in custodial remand since his arrest on July 29 last year, Grant had already served the equivalent of a 23 month prison sentence. The six month sentence handed down

by Judge Maze yesterday was considered time served leaving Grant free to go.

The Crown’s case rested primarily on the evidence of Daniel Gundry and Cohen MacLeman, who alleged Grant went to their Beach Road home during the early hours of July 27 last year.

When Mr Gundry opened

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the door Grant pointed a gun at his head and demanded he drop his knife and empty his pockets. The court was told Gundry was known to arm himself with knives.

Grant was then said to have walked down a hallway with the gun, where Mr MacLeman was cowering in an alcove.

When Grant walked out the front door, Mr MacLeman hastily locked it behind him and retreated to the alcove in the nick of time. He said Grant turned and fired through the glass window in the door.

Defence counsel Rupert Glover said Grant went to the address unarmed to confront Mr Gundry because he had been

told Mr Gundry had supplied methamphetamine to his nephew.

While both Mr Gundry and Mr MacLeman gave evidence of seeing the gun, two other people in the house did not, although one claimed to have heard a “pop”.

The evidence of expert weapons witness Environmental Science and Research scientist Angus Newton was also reviewed during yesterday morning’s summing up.

Earlier Mr Newton had said a bevelled ring on the outside of the window in the door was typical of exit damage. He had not visited the scene, and there were no photos taken from the inside.

He concluded it was more probable the gun was fired inside the dwelling.

Judge Maze said the jury could accept Grant had gone to Mr Gundry’s home with the intention of confronting him.

Mr Gundry’s knife was found outside the doorway where Grant had allegedly confronted him, the jury could accept Grant had a “superior weapon”, Judge Maze said.

Forcing Mr Gundry to empty his pockets proved intent to steal.

Mr MacLeman was anxious to avoid talking to police. Judge Maze asked the jury to consider whether that was logical, after dodging a bullet.

■ SUPER KIDS TALENT QUEST

Nelson teenager dies The Nelson teenager who was granted special dispensation to use medical cannabis has died.

Alex Renton’s family has posted on a Facebook page dedicated to his journey that he died surrounded by his family, listening to music and tummy full of his mum’s food.

The family said they were very grateful for the support they’ve received.

Alex had been in an induced coma in Wellington hospital

for two months after a seizure, and has been receiving cannabis oil brought in from the US as treatment.

His sister Jessie posted on facebook lastnight “Fly high my darling boy, I know you will be next to me every step of the way. I love you Alex and couldn’t be prouder of everything you have achieved. You are free now my bro.”

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‘Real benefits for Kiwis’ The troubled new car registration scheme will deliver real benefits to Kiwis by making travel safer, says ACC minister Nikki Kaye.

She also says the glitches that have plagued the system since before it launched have the side-benefit of getting Kiwis talking about the safety of their vehicles - and cheaper car registration.

The new system links each car model to a “risk rating”, adding the fee to the cost of car registration. It works out between $68.46 for the safest vehicles and $158.46 for lower ranked models. Previously, all motorists paid $198.65.

The system was hit with errors even before it launched today with cars put into wrong risk categories, or computers failing to read the make of the car successfully. In one case, the error was known about for at least six months but the “fix” put in place was also botched.

The problems continued to-

day when with the crashing of NZ Transport Agency computers carrying the new data to Post Shops across the country, where many motorists pay for and collect their car registration.

Ms Kaye said the problems had been “unfortunate”. “ACC and NZTA are going to need to go back and learn from this.”

But she said the benefits of the system would save lives, reduce serious injury and lessen the cost of accidents on taxpayers. She said the average cost of a serious injury accident was about $2 million while the anticipated lifetime cost of accidents last year was about $450m.

“If we can prevent just a couple of injuries, at a fiscal level it makes it worth it.”

She said the New Zealand car fleet was not as good as that in other countries and effort needed to be made to improve it.

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Ocean Waitokia, 12, is excited to go to Germany to perform on the show Super Kids Talent Quest.

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Ocean bound for German stage

By HannaH CunningHam

AorAki Polytechnic journAlism student

Ashburton Intermediate pupil and talented yodeller Ocean Waitokia won’t have time to relax these school holidays – she has to prepare for a long trip to Germany.

Ocean, 12, is one of 40 performers worldwide selected to appear on the Super Kids Talent Quest television show. Filming starts next month.

The already successful country music performer – and previous New Zealand’s Got Talent contestant – is the only contestant from New Zealand. It was an “honour” to be picked, she

said. The flights are paid for but Ocean will sell raffles, busk and put on a concert to raise between $3000 and $4000 to cover expenses.

It will be her first time overseas and she was “super excited”.

“When I found out I was going to Germany I was jumping around,” Ocean said.

“I was so excited that I couldn’t even finish my dinner.”

Ocean has been yodelling for five years and she already has an impressive array of achievements behind her. She was the overall prize winner at the Gourmet Paradise Country Music Awards in Blenheim in Janu-

ary and won a swag of awards at the Southern Alps Country Music Awards in Timaru last year.

She also won the open yodelling section at the Gold Guitars in Gore last year.

Her mother Natt Taufa said she was proud of her daughter’s achievements and that it was a joy to hear her sing.

“Singing for her was just something that was meant to be.

She has the personality to carry it on too,” Mrs Taufa said.

“She’s not scared to get up in front of people and sing.”

Ocean will travel to Germany with her nan and sister later next month.

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■ EDUCATION

Decline in suspensions

By Daisy HuDson

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Mid Canterbury children are spending more time at school as stand-downs, suspensions and expulsions decline.

However principals say that decrease is likely to be a result of changing discipline methods rather than a surge of good behaviour.

Figures obtained by Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew show exclusions and expulsions at state and state-integrated schools in the Rangitata electorate have dropped by 86 per cent and 53 per cent respectively since 2008.

According to the data stand-downs have also dropped by 51 per cent, while suspensions have fallen 62 per cent.

Ms Goodhew said the results showed more children were staying focused on their education and keeping engaged in the classroom.

For principals the decrease reflected the changing nature of disciplining poor behaviour.

Tinwald School principal Peter Liv-

ingstone said the school had changed the way it dealt with behavioural issues.

While punishments such as standdowns were still used when necessary, Mr Livingstone said there was more of a focus on finding a form of discipline that would be most effective with the individual student.

“A stand-down and suspension impacts on the family, and at times it can impact more on parents than it can on the student themselves,” he said.

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said the figures did not mean schools were not responding to incidents - rather, it meant they were not having to respond using those tools as often.

Both suspensions and stand-downs have dropped significantly at the college since 2009.

In 2009 there were 21 suspensions and 52 stand-downs, dropping to 0 and nine respectively in 2014.

“We’ve got better and better at solving issues early or solving them in ways that stick better,” he said.

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Man found dead in Panmure A young man was found dead in Panmure yesterday.

Police were called to a flat on Jellicoe Road in the east Auckland suburb at about 7am, but say little is known about the circumstances of the death.

At the scene police personnel, some wearing white or blue jumpsuits and face masks, focused on a cordoned off flat at the front of a housing area with about 16 dwellings.

The young man’s identity and connections to the address were unclear, a police spokeswoman said.

Another young man, who lived at one of the flats behind the cordoned property, said he was unaware of this morning’s grisly discovery.

Two other neighbours - a woman and a man, said they had heard nothing, either. The woman said she knew of no violence in the area.

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Lost in the Methven museum Methven Primary School teachers and students shared their ideas to come up with a zany script for the school’s production this year. A Night at the Methven Museum sees pupils become lost in a fictional Methven museum, where the exhibits come to life. Teacher Andrew Straight said the idea extended from class enquiry around the topic of “amazing space”, Methven’s tourism catchphrase. The school performed a production every second year. A Night at the Methven Museum opened at the Mount Hutt Memorial Hall and Heritage Centre last night and will have its second and final performance tonight. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Local schools benefit from funding round Ashburton’s 23 schools were among 68 schools across Mid and South Canterbury to receive a grant from the Community Trust of Mid and South Canterbury in the latest round of donations.

Between them the schools received a total of $169,166 for the benefit of needy children, up $31,300 on last year.

Ashburton’s share of the money that is placed in the principal’s discretionary fund was $60,244 across 5050 students, an average of $11.93 per student..

The funding formula is worked out on a school’s roll and decile rating and ranges between $14,676, for the largest school, and $600 for a number of small schools.

Last year Ashburton schools received

$47,723 and the donations are made to ensure disadvantaged students have full access to the core curriculum.

Three Ashburton-based organisations also received donations. The Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drugs Service has $3000 towards operational costs, the Ashburton Cadet Unit has $1500 towards new equipment and the Ashburton Society of Performing Arts receives $500 towards the costs of the annual competition.

The Community Trust of Mid and South Canterbury uses the returns from investments to fund its philanthropy.

Over the past five years it has donated, on average, about $1m each year to community organisations and their projects.

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In brief Tunnel blocked Protesting French sailors have halted Eurostar trains for several hours by again blocking entry to the Channel Tunnel in Calais, with migrants using the opportunity to try to break into stationary vehicles. Around 30 sailors from the French company MyFerryLink yesterday burned tyres on the tracks around 300 metres from the entry to the undersea tunnel linking France and Britain and tried to dismantle the rails in their third such protest at the Calais port in a week. The workers were protesting plans to sell off their cross-channel ferries to rival Danish firm DFDS, expected to result in hundreds of job losses.

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People walk past coffins prepared for the victims of a military plane that crashed onto a residential area on Tuesday, outside a hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Crash toll rises to 142 The death toll from the crash of an Indonesian air force plane packed with military personnel and their families has risen to 142, as witnesses described people fleeing the disaster zone covered in blood and with their clothes alight.

The Hercules C-130 transport plane crashed into a residential area of Medan on Tuesday, shortly after taking off from an air base in the city on Sumatra island.

Buildings were severely damaged, cars reduced to flaming wrecks and the plane itself was almost completely destroyed, with the mangled tail the only part of the 51-year-old aircraft still recognisable after the disaster.

Many of those on board the flight to an island off Sumatra, which was carrying 122 people, were believed to be servicemen and women and their families.

But the air force has repeat-

edly revised up the number of people on the plane - it initially indicated there were only 12 crew - raising questions about poor management and whether there were paying civilians on board in violation of military rules.

As more bodies were pulled from the rubble and taken to hospital, police put the total death toll at 142, indicating a growing number of fatalities in the neighbourhood where

the plane crashed. New witness accounts emerged of terrifying scenes, with one man describing how the plane flew low and then smashed into a building, producing “flames as high as four storeys”.

People in the area said several buildings were thought to have been destroyed in the crash, with officials saying that the plane hit a massage parlour and a hotel.

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Tunisia Resort gunman trained in Libya

By Ines Bel AIBA The gunman who killed 38 tourists in Tunisia received weapons training from jihadists in Libya, a top official has said, as the president admitted security services were unprepared for the attack.

On Friday, a student identified as 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui pulled a Kalashnikov assault rifle from inside a beach umbrella and went on a bloody rampage at the five-star Riu Imperial Marhaba hotel in Port El Kantaoui near Sousse.

Secretary of state for security Rafik Chelli said yesterday Rezgui had been in Libya at the

same time as the two authors of a March attack at the National Bardo Museum in Tunis that killed 21 tourists and a policeman.

Both attacks were claimed by the Islamic State group, which controls large swathes of Iraq and Syria.

“It is confirmed that he (Rezgui) went to Libya illegally. He was trained in Sabratha (west of Tripoli),” Chelli said.

“They were away at the same time... In Sabratha, there is only one camp that trains young Tunisians,” he said, although he could not confirm whether they had trained together.

The camp was run by the ji-

hadist Ansar al-Sharia group, Chelly added.

His statement came after French radio broadcast an interview with President Beji Caid Essebsi, who said security had been boosted after the museum attack in other areas for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

But authorities had not expected Tunisia’s beaches to be targeted, he said.

“It is true that we were surprised by this incident. Arrangements were made for the month of Ramadan, but they never thought (measures) had to be taken on the beaches,” Essebsi told Europe 1.

After the Bardo attack, jihadists threatened further violence, with IS sympathisers tweeting under the hashtag #IWillComeToTunisiaThisSummer.

“It’s not a perfect system,” Essebsi said, vowing disciplinary action “if there were failings”.

Tunisia is expected to deploy 1000 armed officers today to reinforce tourism police - who will also be armed - at beaches and attractions.

Tunisian health authorities have now identified 33 of the victims, 25 of them Britons, with British officials warning the number is expected to rise to at least 30.

- AFP

A Melbourne remand centre remains in lockdown after a 15hour riot as the state government maintains it will not lift a smoking ban that sparked the violence.

Three prison guards and a police officer were injured after prisoners overran the Metropolitan Remand Centre at Ravenhall, lighting fires and causing millions of dollars worth of damage. Six prisoners were also hospitalised, including two bitten by dogs and one with a suspected broken jaw. Premier Daniel Andrews says the smoking ban, which has been phased in across all Victorian prisons since February, will not be changed.

Corrections Victoria says the prison suffered substantial damage and will remain locked down, as are all prisons in the state, until it is safe to resume normal operations.

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Trump dumped NBC and Televisa have severed business ties with Donald Trump, joining a chorus of protest over the mogul-turned-US presidential hopeful’s remarks about Mexican immigrants. It means the Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageants - for which Trump owns the broadcast rights - will not be aired on NBC, which is a unit of Comcast. And Trump, 69, will no longer appear in the NBC reality show The Apprentice, on which he had been a star attraction. Just hours later, Mexico’s Televisa - the world’s largest Spanish-language network - also announced its decision to cut business ties with the billionaire property developerturned-TV star. Trump has angered many in America with comments he made last week in announcing his run for the Republican presidential nomination.

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IS link to beheading A French prosecutor has confirmed that the man who beheaded his boss and tried to blow up a gas factory had a “terrorist motive” and links to the Islamic State group in Syria. Yassin Salhi, 35, confessed to the crime but has maintained it was purely for personal reasons and had nothing to do with his religious beliefs, even though it bore all the hallmarks of a jihadist act. Paris chief prosecutor Francois Molins uncovered several facts during his investigation, including links between Salhi and a known French jihadist in Syria, who asked permission from the Islamic State group to publish gruesome photos from the attack.

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Death brings peace – and a new fight

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id Bentley died a broken man.

Cancer may have ravaged his body, but the murder of his teenage daughter 17 years earlier had already broken his spirit.

Kirsty Bentley was just 15 when she disappeared on New Year’s Eve 1998; two weeks later her body was found in the Rakaia Gorge.

The person or people responsible for her death have never been found.

In the years since, Sid Bentley lived a life that was probably as close to hell as it’s possible to get.

He’s lived with the pressure of the murder inquiry and the inevitable suspicion that surrounds a family when one member is missing. And he’s lived with a yawning gap in his life.

Kirsty’s murder shattered his marriage, his wife Jill left town, son John moved away and father and son became estranged.

Sid stayed in the family home with only the ghosts of his past for company. His one consolation was knowing Kirsty was close by, her ashes buried in a memorial garden in his backyard.

In the years since, Sid has lived with the unanswered question – who killed his daughter. He also lived with the knowledge that for some, a question mark also hung over his head.

With no arrest and no real suspects, the public focus – and at times, that of the police – turned to Kirsty’s family.

Sid lived and died with the uncertainty that comes with sudden and unexplained death, but in his final hours let’s hope he found some closure and some kind of peace.

For Kirsty, however, there may be no peace with the ghosts of the past likely to rise again in what could be a public battle for her ashes.

Sid’s dying wish was that they were buried with him, but her mother is prepared to fight so she can finally hold her child close by.

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Has the council done enough to clean up after the big snow?

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ur three-times elected government seems currently to be in a genuinely “carefree” mode.

Latest utterances and actions have shown a marked indifference to likely/inevitable public and political reaction; the bull’s famous red rag has been very much in evidence.

The media pack cannot believe its luck. For TV3’s news’ “terrible trio”, Patrick - Paddy to those politicians who hope he will go easy on them Gower, he of the twisted smile and edgy grin; Tova O’Brien, the lady of many fashions and the ice-cool interview and Brook Sabin, with cutting edge tongue and the spectacles of an owl, must feel not only that all their Christmases have come at once but also six months early.

They have watched almost gobsmacked as Housing Ministers Smith - Dr Nick - and English - Bill, aka Finance Minister - have seemed determined to tread on as many toes as there are out there, and “hang” the consequences.

Thus Dr Nick, in an apparently praiseworthy attempt to bring some relief to the chaotic Auckland housing market has been keen to show off large tracts of green countryside seemingly perfect for building on – at so-called, “affordable prices”, $500,000 + – only to discover, or worse, have it embarrassingly pointed out to him, the Government does not actually own the land and therefore Dr Nick has no right to “make it available” to anybody.

What’s more, and this is really serious, the beleaguered minister – all ministers are “beleaguered” these days, just ask them – has included in some of the real estate he has been so generously offering to eager developers, parcels of land on which Maori claim first right of refusal. That gaffe seems likely to end up in court in expensive litigation for which we shall all pay.

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Brook – and they hunt as a pack on most nights of three news – the howls of shock, horror and anguish at the very idea of any such an undertaking somehow going “off-shore”, and especially to the sledging Aussies, has to be anathema to all concerned Kiwis.

The ripples in that particular pond are still widening as I write so the final verdict must be held over pro tem.

hive, Bill “Budget” English has made his own unique entry into the on-going housing imbroglio by suggesting he is keen to sell as many social housing units as they may desire to an Australian outfit domiciled in Brisbane.

His argument, supported by his boss, PM Key, is that if this organisation, even from its faraway location, can improve the life and lot of the New Zealand tenants more effectively than

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This administration has raised the stakes by purchasing a luxury pad within cooee of the UN building at a knock-down price of a mere $11m.

Meanwhile, this now seemingly cavalier administration has raised the stakes by purchasing a luxury pad within cooee of the United Nations building in New York for the use of our permanent rep on the body of that august assembly and passing New Zealand dignitaries, at a knock-down price of a mere $11m.

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any home-grown operator, then why not?

That certainly has some genuine feeling about it but Mr English, having been in the political game for decades would have been well aware of the cataract of controversy that would follow. And, inevitably, it has.

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tenants, whoever is looking after them, might raise their eyebrows at that. Of course the deal has been justified on the soundest of grounds but I doubt whether many of us are all that impressed or convinced.

And behind all this, continue the ill-attended “flag meetings” at various empty halls throughout the land, where the panel members sit to hear the feelings about the flag from the men and women in the street and receive well-considered suggestions for an alternative to the national standard.

It’s a lonely job as the panellists mostly talk amongst themselves as very few other of their fellow Kiwis show any desire to do so.

It must by now have dawned on them there is virtually no call for a change of our flag.

That it will have cost $26m to come to that conclusion seems one of the most grotesque wastes of money in our history.

And there have been more than one or two..

So there, as they say, “you have it”; just a few examples of extravagance and unpredictable government manoeuvrings which have brought joy to the media and mystification to the rest of us.

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■ GREEK CRISIS

Greece seeks new loans after default Greece has lurched deeper into crisis as European finance ministers prepare to consider a request for new loans in a lastditch effort to keep the country in the eurozone after it defaulted on a key payment and a bailout keeping its economy afloat expired.

Cash-strapped Greece became the first developed country to default on the International Monetary Fund after missing a 1.5 billion euros ($NZ2.46 billion) payment on Tuesday, as efforts to find a compromise with its EU lenders came to naught.

The missed payment underscored the failure of more than five months of wrangling between Greece’s left-wing government and its creditors to reshape the country’s bailout and prevent it dropping out of the eurozone.

But talks were set to resume today after Athens asked for a new two-year aid plan - the third in five years - as ratings agen-

Pensioners line up to wait to be allowed into a bank in Athens.

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cies cut their ratings on Greece’s debt, predicting it will return to recession this year.

Athens is asking for a further 29.1 billion euros from the Eu-

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currency on Tuesday In Asian trade, the euro treaded water, buying $US1.1140 compared to $US1.1139 in New York late on Tuesday.

On the streets of Athens, some 20,000 people turned out to show their support for a bailout deal after banks were closed this week amid the spiralling debt crisis, forcing people to queue for hours for cash.

An IMF spokesman in Washington confirmed the payment due by 2200 GMT on Tuesday had “not been received”, making Greece the first country to default to the Washington-based lender since Zimbabwe in 2001 and the wealthiest ever.

The IMF is now considering extending Greece’s payment deadline - something it has only done twice before in 1982 for Nicaragua and Guyana - giving it the power to ease pressure on Athens as it starts fresh talks with the EU. - AFP

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ropean Stability Mechanism, to “fully cover its financing needs and the simultaneous restructuring of debt”, for the next two years, according to the prime

minister’s office.

Greek officials indicated they would be willing to suspend a referendum planned for Sunday on the reforms demanded by its creditors if today’s eurozone talks in Brussels yield agreement on the new funding request.

“There was a willingness to take a look at the question in the referendum or update the referendum or suspend it,” an EU source said after talks between Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and his eurozone counterparts.

“All that depended on the signal the Eurogroup would give to this new proposal.”

Greece has entered uncharted waters without international aid for the first time in five years, sparking fears of a chaotic eurozone exit which could have untold repercussions for global markets and the EU. The ongoing uncertainty hit European stocks and the single

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BY GRANT BRADLEY New Zealand firm Rocket Lab plans to launch its battery powered rockets from Birdlings Flat in Canterbury.

The company has lodged resource consent applications to build a launch pad about half the size of a tennis court and hopes to launch a test vehicle late this year.

Chief executive Peter Beck said the area met all the firm’s

requirements; a sparse population, a launch path over the ocean and proximity to a city where the 18m tall Electron Rockets can be built.

Rockets have been launched before from Birdlings Flat, about 44km southeast of Christchurch.

In 1963 an imported rocket was launched to about 75km to conduct upper atmospheric research in a joint venture between Canterbury University’s

physics department and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

That spent about 2½ minutes airborne and landed in the sea.

The university continues to monitor space from the area.

Beck said his firm was going through the process of complying with all environmental requirements and consulting affected parties before building what he said was a low-impact operation.

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BY JANETTA MACKAY Faced with a growing global influx of fake make-up, the world’s most counterfeited cosmetics brand is warning customers to beware of buying potentially dangerous products.

Tests have shown traces of urine, arsenic and dangerous heavy metals in eye and lip products made in insanitary conditions, mostly in China.

New Zealand is not immune to what M.A.C describes as a “global epidemic”, with customs having intercepted 30 shipments of fake M.A.C products at the border in the past five years.

Further seizures have been made locally, primarily from online sellers, says its country

general manager, Tanya Jackson. Customer queries asking to confirm the authenticity of products purchased online were also on the rise, she said.

In Asia, the company has partnered with law enforcement agencies and other industry players, leading to raids on counterfeiting workshops and unauthorised distributors.

Millions of items of fake product have been seized and destroyed and large lawsuits are in train.

“Due to their proximity to China, Australia and New Zealand are impacted by counterfeit issues,” said Gregg Mazzarro, senior vice-president and deputy general counsel for the Estee Lauder Companies, corporate

parent of M.A.C. “The most common unauthorised channels specific to the New Zealand market include: social media buy/sell groups, individual websites, cosmetic expos, cosmetic pop-up stores and sellers that operate small retail shops and night market kiosks.”

Action has been taken to shut down several Facebook sellers as part of a campaign to get tough on the illegal trade.

The global head of M.A.C, Karen Buglisi Weiler, said she was horrified by what product tests had revealed.

Her advice to customers with suspect goods was: “Throw it in the garbage today because you don’t know what you have.”

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■ Bake in preheated oven for 2535 minutes or until tender and golden brown.

■ Remove from oven and cool.

■ Serve on a bed of mesclun salad leaves.

■ Suggestion: Served as a salad tossed through leafy greens or

pasta or hot with cooked meats or chicken.

■ Variation: Cook on a medium to hot barbecue plate for about 10-15 minutes or until tender.

Recipe courtesy of www.vegetables.co.nz

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■ LIVE SHEEP EXPORTS

Live export slaughter ban stays

By NadiNe Porter

NadiNe.P@theguardiaN.co.Nz

Despite the success of the large sheep and cattle export to Mexico, the Government is refusing to look at lifting the ban on live animal exports for slaughter.

The Labour Government banned the export of live sheep in 2003 after a shipment went disastrously wrong and 4000 sheep died en route to Saudi Arabia. However breeding consignments have been regularly exported to China and now Mexico.

The latest and one of the largest consignments to leave New Zealand shores contained 45,000 breeding sheep and 3000 cattle and was brokered by Peter Walsh and Associates from Timaru.

Ministry for Primary Industries confirmed just 0.42 per cent (191) of sheep died and 0.03 per cent (1) of the cattle.

MPI’s Director Animal and Animal Products, Matthew Stone, said the statistics compared favourably with the 40 Australian live sheep shipments last year where the average mortality was 0.71 per cent.

Mr Stone said the exact cause of the deaths was not yet known but MPI would know more when a detailed voyage report was completed by the exporter in mid-July.

“It will include information from the veterinarian who travelled with the shipment.”

He said that nothing unexpected happened in terms of animals’ health and welfare during the voyage and confirmed that sheep had a 10 to 12 per cent

Despite the success of the recent live sheep export to Mexico, the Government is refusing to look at lifting the ban on live animals exported for slaughter.

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liveweight gain during the 16day voyage.

Peter Walsh said the South Island economy benefited from the shipment by almost $15 million and he hoped that he could continue to export in the future.

It had helped farmers in a “difficult dry season”, he said.

The success of the shipment was discussed widely on social media yesterday with some farm-

ers suggesting it was time to discuss lifting the ban on live sheep exports for slaughter as long as there were strict regulations on buyers’ welfare treatment of stock in the countries they were going to.

But Minister of Primary Industries Nathan Guy absolutely ruled out his Government even considering lifting the ban particularly with the difficulties and

controversy surrounding the latest export.

Federated Farmers Meat and Fibre Chairman Rick Powdrell said the farming lobbying group had an “open mind” on lifting the ban. “But at the end of the day it’s in Government hands.”

Mr Powdrell said the biggest issue in the past had been getting the stock to the destination with an acceptable death rate.

“And it would appear that we probably can.”

The other main issue was how humanely they would be handled when they arrived.

However, none of those issues were insurmountable, he said.

“It will come down to an agreement between Governments.

“There’s a whole lot of factors that need to be considered and ticked off. “

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Tinwald stock sale report

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■ MAZDA CX-3 LIMITED

Genuine curve appeal MAZDA CX-3 ■

Pricing: GLX from $31,995. As driven, Limited petrol 2WD $38,595, Limited diesel AWD $42,595.

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Engine: 2.0 litre four-cylinder petrol – 109kW/192Nm and 1.5-litre four-cylinder turbo diesel - 77kW/270Nm

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ome technically brilliant models can be rather artless presentations.

They can also be fine sculptures, such as Mazda’s CX-3 with its eye-catching combination of appealing curves and sporty lines.

This small/mid-size SUV or cross-over is based on the latest Mazda2 platform, so as well as inheriting the 2’s abilities and strengths, adds to these.

CX-3s come in three trim levels. Firstly the front drive, petrol only GLX, then the front or all-wheel-drive GSX, which also has the choice of petrol or diesel power. Lastly the top of the range Limited, which comes either as a front-wheel-drive petrol or diesel all-wheel-drive.

The $31,195 entry GLX starts with a good array of gear, including a six-speaker sound system, 7-inch colour infotainment screen, keyless entry, push-button start, 16 inch alloys and a reversing camera.

The GSX adds sat-nav, climate air, heads-up display, rear parking sensors, brighter interior accents, blind spot and traffic alerts and 18-inch alloys.

While the Limited, as driven, adds LED lights, leather seats with suede inserts (not heated though), Bose seven-speaker sound system and more.

As you may expect, given the stylish exterior, the cabin is both well presented and fittingly, thoroughly modern. Of course while it reflects the very good set-up of the Mazda2,

With its stylish roadside presence and sporty performance, Mazda’s CX-3 is genuinely inspired.

the CX-3s, and particularly the Limiteds, have an even more premium feel. And looks, with their high-gloss trim, leatherclad dash, complete with contrasting stitching.

The controls for infotainment selection, which sit below the gear selector, are both easy to learn and use, while the dials and screen are both clear and informative.

Straight away you find sitting behind the wheel is a nice place to be. There’s good space allround and plenty of adjustment for the supportive, comfortable, sports styled, front seats.

Then in the back, there’s sufficient leg and other space as well as comfort for two standard-size adults for medium trips.

Luggage space is 264 li-

tres. This can be increased by removing the false floor, or folding the rear seats down. There’s a proper spare also.

So all in all, the CX-3 deserves, and gets, appropriately enthusiastic engines with “Skyactiv” technology.

They’re either a 2-litre, four-cylinder 109kW/192Nm petrol or a 1.5 litre turbo diesel.

The latter develops 77kW and a driver-friendly 270Nm of torque from 1600 to 2500rpm.

The petrol, which in New Zealand will be the volume seller, has plenty of response, irrespective of whatever sort of driving you’re doing. It’s quiet, smooth and unobtrusive around town.

Then at open road cruise, it’s very relaxed. Yet you know there’s immediate response on

call through maximum torque being on hand at 2800rpm and with the slick six-speed auto ready and waiting to make best possible use of this.

And also knowing, that if the occasion or desire arises, you can snick into Sport mode, where the engine definitely becomes both more responsive and vocal. And willing to reach its 6500rpm limit.

While I enjoyed driving the refined, impressively quiet, slightly more frugal, all-wheeldrive only diesel, I preferred the petrol. Especially as there wasn’t too much difference in their fuel use as the petrol was two-wheel-drive.

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So the electric power steering is nicely weighted, with decent feedback.

Yet in town, the CX-3 has a tight turning circle and is very manoeuvrable.

Although the lighter frontdriven petrol felt just a tiny bit more agile, the all-wheel-drive diesel, responded with even more prodigious grip via its neat, computer-controlled drive system.

While, in keeping with the exterior looks the ride has a sporty firm feel, it’s comfortable and quiet over most surfaces.

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Hats off to the remarkable feats of Dexter Dunn

BY MATT MARKHAM Isn’t it funny how some things are just taken for granted?

You get so used to it happening, that it somehow loses true recognition.

Take Dexter Dunn for example.

For close to a decade now, Dunn has been the shining star of the harness racing industry.

His cool, calm and savvy demeanour has only ever been matched by his talents in the sulky.

Dunn has done things that people presumed impossible.

He’s set records, broken them and then set them again.

Often it’s come without fuss or hoopla either.

He was victorious in the World Drivers’ Championships earlier this year and while it was big news in the racing scene it barely raised a whisper from the more mainstream media.

Then last Thursday night, Dunn once again reached a notable milestone when he drove his 200th winner of the season.

It’s the fourth time he’s done it and on two other occasions he’s registered 199 wins – but this time it went almost without mention.

Some of our more respected South Island racing newspapers found room to mention the achievement seven or eight paragraphs into other harness racing

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stories – some even neglected to mention it at all.

And it seems bizarre that we aren’t pushing the case of Dunn’s incredible talent even further.

As I said earlier, for a decade now he has been peerless.

He wins premierships with almost double the win tally of his nearest rival and claims major races with minimal fuss.

If he was a rugby player achieving relative outcomes he would be showered in praise around the country, nominated for Halberg awards and without doubt be claimed as one of our greatest sportsmen.

But Dunn’s efforts largely go unmentioned in an arena where people love great sporting heroes.

And it’s not through a lack of effort.

I know that the mainstream media are made aware of his exploits.

In fact I often make sure to mention it to them myself.

But for some reason harness racing just isn’t rated in the spectrum of sports worthwhile mentioning – that is unless it is negative of course – controversy sells after all.

So as a harness racing industry we have to take up the responsibility of ensuring that the efforts of people like Dexter are well credited – because if we don’t then it’s certain no one else will.

There’s no-one passing the incredible Dexter Dunn in the driving stakes.

Forbury harness Today at Forbury Park

Forbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting at Forbury Park on July 2. NZ Meeting number: 7. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9.

1 5.16pm (NZT) WASHINGTON VC FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE $5500, 2yo+ f&m c0 mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 Straka (1) fr ............................. M Williamson 2 90x00 Justan’s Sister (2) fr ..............R McIlwrick (J) 3 56436 Real South (3) fr...................... N Williamson 4 770x0 Younoyouwantmee (4) fr ...............B Orange 5 078x7 Bet On Jess (5) fr .......................... A Armour 6 x5700 Gupta’s Cullen (6) fr .................. C McDowell 7 00700 Pure Grit (7) fr ...................... C Ferguson (J) 8 22702 Ringaringarozie (8) fr .......................D White 9 0x0 Smokin Barrels (21) fr ................... B Barclay 10 200Px Comekissmequick (22) fr ................. D Dunn 11 Romancing (23) fr .............. B Williamson (J) 12 9x985 One For The Road (24) fr ........... R Close (J) 13 47040 Red Electric (25) fr .................. S Golding (J) 14 66966 Shards Halo (26) fr...................... G A Payne 15 00x Jessica Sanchez (U1) fr ..............B McLellan Emergencies: Justan’s Sister, Jessica Sanchez 2 5.45pm DUNEDIN CITY MOTORS PACE $5500, 2yo+ c0 pace, stand, 2200m 1 746 Mr Handleman (1) fr ....................B McLellan 2 96770 Beaudiene Gambler (2) fr .............B Orange 3 470x7 Kazzacan (3) fr............................... P Hunter 4 Atom Express (4) fr .......................... D Dunn

M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway on July 2. NZ Meeting number: 9.

Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12.

1 3.57pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C0, 295m 1 8646 Magic Gina nwtd .......................A Bradshaw 2 5 Piece nwtd .........................................C Weir 3 584 Another Belle nwtd .................J T McInerney 4 36524 Theseus nwtd............................R Blackburn 5 2 Jimmy Hammer nwtd .............M K Dempsey 6 48672 Cawbourne Kitt nwtd ..................D Stapleton 7 6 Lick It Up nwtd M & ...........................Jopson 8 67478 Maia Baxter nwtd ...................J T McInerney 9 88 Grayson Blue nwtd ...........................S Stone 10 7657x Pass With Care nwtd ..................H Anderton 2 4.15pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC MAIDEN HEAT 1 C0q, 520m 1 57 Acamas nwtd ............................R Blackburn 2 241 Crystall McBell nwtd...............J T McInerney 3 74 Uno Brent nwtd L & ............................ Wales 4 2 Maudie’s Babe nwtd C & .................... Fagan 5 Candid Angel nwtd ........................... B Dann 6 Arctic Action nwtd J & .....................D Fahey 7 5453 Uno Shay nwtd L & ............................ Wales 8 45x1 Opawa Amber nwtd L & ..................... Wales 9 685 Spine Chilling nwtd .......................... B Dann 10 77P Opawa Bucks Eye nwtd L & ............... Wales

5 36804 Russet Norkotah (5) fr................... A Russell 6 54309 Kilkenny Turk (6) fr ............................M Love 7 25482 Spinyback (7) fr ....................... N Williamson 8 97x03 Takitimu Express (8) fr ........... S Walkinshaw 9 53260 Hezabluechipboy (9) fr ............ M Williamson 10 00x Jessica Sanchez (10) fr ....... C Ferguson (J) 11 30948 Hez Only The Lonely (11) fr ..R McIlwrick (J) 12 Hayton Hanover (12) fr.................. B Barclay 13 00x00 Workinprogress (13) fr ............... R Close (J) 14 65640 Olde Oake Arnie fr ....................... Scratched 3 6.14pm PRYDES EASIFEED MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 431 Highview Illusion (1) fr ...................... D Dunn 2 109x5 Cerato (2) fr...................................B Orange 3 170x2 Jaccka Emberz (3) fr ............... M Williamson 4 740x8 Arizona Pete (4) fr ......................... B Barclay 5 10235 Amounis (5) fr ..................................D White 6 56x32 Odette Jaccka (6) fr...............R McIlwrick (J) 7 6342x Webb Ellis (7) fr....................... S Golding (J) 8 x3150 Rory (8) fr ...................................... A Armour 9 93426 The Tisbury Terror (9) fr ................ K Barclay 10 88880 Flushing Meadows (21) fr ...................G Lee 11 0106 Betta Go Fernco (22) fr ........... N Williamson 12 65744 Pat’s Legacy (23) fr ................ S Walkinshaw 4 6.45pm JUST ESSENCE CATERING MOBILE PACE $5500, 2yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 65023 Eli Lowe (1) fr ................................... D Dunn 2 60944 Eja Patron (2) fr ...........................B McLellan

3 08408 Jayees Supreme (3) fr...................... G Telfer 4 0x267 Devine Cullect (4) fr ................ S Golding (J) 5 84882 Altar Ego (5) fr......................... N Williamson 6 97845 Nova Time (6) fr ............................B Orange 7 4x5 Fiery Ferret (7) fr ..................... M Williamson 8 55088 Snow Raker (8) fr .......................... B Barclay 9 73776 Shark Ali (9) fr ................................ P Hunter 10 56704 O’Gara (21) fr ....................... C Ferguson (J) 11 0905 Pacific Hilight (22) fr ........... B Williamson (J) 12 90x00 Justan’s Sister (23) fr ............R McIlwrick (J) 13 36933 Northview Hanover (24) fr ...............J W Cox 14 x3232 Jetsdream (25) fr.................... S Walkinshaw 15 00x Jessica Sanchez (U1) fr Emergency: Jessica Sanchez 5 7.14pm DUNEDIN HOLIDAY PARK PACE $6500, 3yo+ c1 pace, stand, 2700m 1 02280 Pennyana (1) fr......................R McIlwrick (J) 2 6480x Private Jones (2) fr........................B Orange 3 7021 Lauras Legacy (3) fr ......................... D Dunn 4 70915 Rock Till You Drop (4) fr................. K Cox (J) 5 22533 The Black fr .................................. Scratched 6 76263 Jerry Fitz (5) fr......................... M Williamson 7 32062 Firebreak (6) fr ........................... R Close (J) 8 47479 Sunnivue Bay Boy (7) fr ...................D White 9 03232 Smiling Armada (8) fr ............. S Walkinshaw 10 78813 Extremo Velocidad (9) fr.......... S Golding (J) 11 05949 Minstrel Boy (10) fr ......................... P Hunter 12 16500 Billy Klondike (U1) fr............. C Ferguson (J)

13 60958 Tisbury Hardlife (U2) fr .................. K Barclay

6 7.39pm KEEP IT CLEAN MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+

c2 mob. pace, mobile, 2700m 1 78922 Hokuri Railrida (1) fr ................... R Close (J) 2 310x6 Scotlynn Mach (2) fr ......................B Orange 3 0x813 Somebeach N Clovelly (3) fr ... N Williamson 4 61352 Rory Mach (4) fr ...................... M Neilson (J) 5 07190 Jaccka Mara (5) fr .................. S Walkinshaw 6 24151 Mordecai (6) fr...................... C Ferguson (J) 7 07816 Hudson Sully (7) fr ........................ K Cox (J) 8 30751 Princess Arts (8) fr .................. S Golding (J) 9 15P83 Courage To Fly (9) fr ........................ D Dunn 10 21199 Boomer Bailey (21) fr ......... B Williamson (J) 11 9x601 Raphoe (U1) fr ................................J W Cox 7 8.07pm RICOH MOBILE PACE $8000, 4yo+ c3 to c6 +claimer mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 42384 Shak’n Cullen (1) fr .............................G Lee 2 1227x Classiebee (2) fr............................ B Barclay 3 30842 Heretic Franco fr .......................... Scratched 4 44512 Acolyte (3) fr........................... S Walkinshaw 5 44963 Devil May Care (4) fr ...................... P Hunter 6 53264 Lionels Meddle (5) fr ............... M Williamson 7 88111 Highview Anwell (6) fr ...................B Orange 8 26331 Onedin Mach (7) fr .................. N Williamson 9 40x90 Bettor’s Brigadier (8) fr ............ S Golding (J) 10 92212 Starsky’s Dream (21) fr .................... D Dunn 11 11732 Machie Mach (22) fr ........................J W Cox 8 8.33pm SPEIGHTS HANDICAP TROT $7000, 4yo+

c1 to c7 discrhcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 6291P Boyz Let Loose (1) fr .......................J W Cox 2 74076 The Earth Moved (2) fr .................. B Barclay 3 79D08 Mum Beat Lyall (3) fr ..............A Malcolmson 4 3510P Sundon Invasion fr ....................... Scratched 5 00600 Lima Lad (4) fr.......................R McIlwrick (J) 6 2P22D Kylie Castleton (5) fr........... B Williamson (J) 7 89x90 Face Value (6) fr ............................B Orange 8 76503 Filigree Sheree (7) fr ........................ D Dunn 9 93343 Blue Don (1) 10 ....................... S Golding (J) 10 686x6 Trick Star (2) 10.......................... R Close (J) 11 50797 Anothersuperstar (3) 10 .......... N Williamson 12 71P20 Zhenya (1) 30 .......................... M Williamson 13 47830 Valmagne (U1) 50 ........................ C Kennett 9 9.01pm THE PARK FUNCTION CENTRE MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 90006 Big Bad John (1) fr ........................ A Armour 2 1x567 Ellnbac fr ...................................... Scratched 3 27132 Tartan Troubles (2) fr ............... M Williamson 4 95160 Laughing Cavalier (3) fr.......... S Walkinshaw 5 6x997 Bay Emerald (4) fr ......................... K Cox (J) 6 10098 Veneto (5) fr .................................. J Kennett 7 30763 Schwartz Denario fr ..................... Scratched 8 69x1P Atom Hanover (6) fr.........................J W Cox 9 97653 Billy The Bus (7) fr................... N Williamson 10 909Px Tilly Brogden fr ............................. Scratched 11 25036 Gyrate (21) fr.............................. R Close (J) 12 96870 Weedon’s Express (22) fr .......... C McDowell 13 0377P One Out Of Four fr ....................... Scratched

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 3 4.32pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C0, 295m

1 47 Gordons My Mate nwtd ............ A Botherway 2 63257 Tepirita Mega nwtd M & ....................Jopson 3 74646 Sacajawea nwtd .........................D Stapleton 4 3 Mandi Mae nwtd C &.......................... Fagan 5 7F7F7 Ohoka Tori nwtd ........................... L Waretini 6 85667 Another Charm nwtd ..............J T McInerney 7 24875 What A Party nwtd ..........................J Tanner 8 5F375 Opawa Maher nwtd L &...................... Wales 9 88 Grayson Blue nwtd ...........................S Stone 10 5875 Lin Baxter nwtd ......................J T McInerney 4 4.50pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC MAIDEN HEAT 2 C0q, 520m 1 46354 Uno Marguerite nwtd L & ................... Wales 2 23733 Nina Baxter nwtd....................J T McInerney 3 4 Opawa Jemaine nwtd L & .................. Wales 4 25625 Private Action nwtd S & ..................B Evans 5 8 Uno James nwtd L & .......................... Wales 6 2 Human Instinct nwtd ..............J T McInerney 7 Mc Lovin’ nwtd..................................S Stone 8 2 Opawa Gumisie nwtd L &................... Wales 9 685 Spine Chilling nwtd .......................... B Dann 10 6x84 Know Value nwtd............................G Cleeve 5 5.08pm BUSINESS TIME AT STUD DASH C0, 295m 1 Yella Lot nwtd M &.............................Jopson 2 75 Harsesis nwtd ...........................R Blackburn 3 7 Wheres Candy nwtd...............M K Dempsey 4 54866 Tatum Baxter nwtd .................J T McInerney

5 46846 Another Way nwtd ..................J T McInerney 6 3 Cawbourne Dozer nwtd .....................C Weir 7 23486 Marty McMoth nwtd M & ..................... Smith 8 5377x Tamaska nwtd ...........................A Bradshaw 9 88 Grayson Blue nwtd ...........................S Stone 10 6775 Opal Jewel nwtd ...........................C Roberts 6 5.26pm THE TURF BAR SPRINT C0, 295m 1 2228 Baduzzi nwtd..........................J T McInerney 2 Chief Baxter nwtd...................J T McInerney 3 3457 Jinja Tilly nwtd ..................................S Stone 4 54 Tepirita Funkita nwtd M &..................Jopson 5 77x37 Another Riddle nwtd................. A Botherway 6 674 Sal’s Babe nwtd C & .......................... Fagan 7 Promises Maid nwtd......................... B Dann 8 47546 Lucas Scott nwtd.......................... L Waretini 9 88 Grayson Blue nwtd ...........................S Stone 10 73887 Wally Baxter nwtd ..................J T McInerney 7 5.56pm AMBER CLEANING SERVICES DISTANCE FEATURE C0d, 645m 1 57167 Bruiser Bale nwtd ...................J T McInerney 2 25531 Infernal Majesty nwtd M &.................Jopson 3 53433 Goldstar Junior nwtd S & ................B Evans 4 67F31 Nicky Noir nwtd ................................ B Dann 5 54242 Cawbourne Witch nwtd ................C Roberts 6 24536 Know Clown nwtd...........................G Cleeve 7 76463 Goldstar Coco nwtd S &..................B Evans 8 44244 Long Stockings nwtd .................A Bradshaw 9 12634 Know Worth nwtd ...........................G Cleeve 10 46415 Susan Jewel nwtd ...........................J Tanner

8 6.22pm HURUNUI HOTEL DASH C2, 295m

1 6F517 Petra Haka 17.45 ......................... L Waretini 2 32651 Tony’s Choice 17.50 ...................D Stapleton 3 16826 Lil Danny Rascal 17.29 M &..............Jopson 4 84855 Cawbourne Rowan 17.41 ............C Roberts 5 74411 Memphis Girl 17.42 S & ..................B Evans 6 16133 Cabarita 17.41 ................................ M Grant 7 14158 New Thang 17.32 ......................A Bradshaw 8 58827 Another Groom 17.38 ............J T McInerney 9 66866 Homebush Flyte 17.39 ...........J T McInerney 10 x8787 Only Got Time 17.12 .................R Blackburn 9 6.38pm GREYHOUND AS PETS SPRINT C2, 295m 1 64251 Goldstar Rosie 17.43 S & ...............B Evans 2 74413 Blonde Tori 17.47 ......................A Bradshaw 3 21135 Hampden On Tap 17.38 .............D Stapleton 4 16837 Know Cheers 17.50 .......................G Cleeve 5 47647 Sheza Gamble 17.33 M & .................Jopson 6 18217 Rick’s Treasure 17.42 C & .................. Fagan 7 68475 Chaimbo 17.21.......................J T McInerney 8 1x188 Starburst Tracey 17.49 .................... M Grant 9 66866 Homebush Flyte 17.39 ...........J T McInerney 10 x8787 Only Got Time 17.12 .................R Blackburn 10 7.00pm DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY STAKES C2, 520m 1 47432 Know Hero 30.32 ...........................G Cleeve 2 63452 Elwood Sensation nwtd.............R Blackburn 3 86313 Boston Billy 30.69 H & ........................Taylor 4 11112 Goldstar Avery 30.24 S &................B Evans

5 6 7 8 9 10

6x55x Pindari 30.25 ............................ A Botherway 73264 Stich Up 30.80 S &..........................B Evans 14273 Miss Valley Inn 30.46 ...................C Roberts 37474 Cawbourne War 30.22 .................C Roberts 75363 Opawa Rob 30.42 L & ........................ Wales 66174 Briseur De Reves 30.47 ............A Bradshaw 11 7.28pm HAMPDEN TAVERN DASH C2, 295m 1 76618 Go Tommo 17.10........................D Stapleton 2 52788 Fair Cruzin 17.38....................J T McInerney 3 36127 Cawbourne Peejay 17.34 ...................C Weir 4 53483 Batiatus 17.34 ............................D Stapleton 5 26132 Stenson 17.31 ................................. M Grant 6 24168 Mamalulu 17.58 C & .......................... Fagan 7 58857 Kyla Rose 17.53 .....................J T McInerney 8 77474 Impersonator 17.27 ...................A Bradshaw 9 66866 Homebush Flyte 17.39 ...........J T McInerney 10 x8787 Only Got Time 17.12 .................R Blackburn 12 7.51pm PROTEXIN SPRINT C2, 295m 1 65488 Dee 17.31 .................................A Bradshaw 2 41552 Magic Arrow 17.32 .....................D Stapleton 3 41252 Showroom 17.38 .............................J Tanner 4 62444 Token Ace 17.36 ............................... J Rush 5 42135 Out Back Bill 17.31 ................M K Dempsey 6 45654 Whitey’s Gone 17.30 ..............J T McInerney 7 85126 Homebush Gru 17.42.............J T McInerney 8 45143 Know Salute 17.49 .........................G Cleeve 9 66866 Homebush Flyte 17.39 ...........J T McInerney 10 x8787 Only Got Time 17.12 .................R Blackburn

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Ashburton Guardian

Thursday, July 2, 2015

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Ashburton Branch of the Ostomy Society On June 24, the Ashburton Branch of the Ostomy Society held a luncheon meeting at the Savage Club Rooms. As it was the coldest day of the year (so far) the variety of delicious soups, buns etc. was most appreciated by the members.

Speaker for the day was Darryl Nelson, Ashburton District Councillor who spoke mainly about refuse collection and recycling and the changes that are on the way.

He gave us all a greater insight into how rubbish and also sewage is dealt with in our district. Unrecyclable rubbish is trucked to Cape Valley, Waipara and to quote Mr Nelson ‘“You can be assured rubbish is being disposed of in the best landfill in the world”‘. Members had many questions for Mr.Nelson who gave full and comprehensive answers.

The speaker was thanked by Jill Newton and presented with a gift tray of fruit and vegetables. The General Meeting followed.

World Ostomy Day is on the 3rd October. We will be commemorating it with a sausage sizzle as a fund raiser. Venue will be Mitre 10 carpark. Afternoon tea followed which closed off an interesting and informative afternoon.

Our next meeting will be held at the Savage Club Rooms on August 26 at 2pm.

All osteomates and their partners are warmly invited to join us.

Ashburton Indoor Bowls Good luck this weekend to the Ashburton Mixed Fours team who head to Oamaru for the regional playoff on Saturday.

The team consists of Grant Wilson, Michael Lawson, Chris Talbot and Hazel Mitchell – I’m sure you will do Ashburton proud as you strive to make the national final held later in the season.

It’s a relatively quiet week on the mats this week with a Triples tournament tonight in which players must be all from one club – good luck to those competing and on Saturday the Doak Mixed Pairs will be held.

Interclub standings are out after last week’s round and Willowby have been able to continue their lead with another good win last week while Rakaia, who were nipping at their heels copped a hiding from MSA 1, who now sit in second place. It’s a lot more congested in division two however with Willowby 2 relegated out of the top two spots after a defeat last week and MSA 2 assuming control from Wakanui 2.

The next round of competition is to be held on July 16 with some interesting match ups including Willowby v Rakaia in Division 1 and the two Division 2 leaders squaring off as well.

The Patterson squad has been finalised with Grant Wilson, Michael Lawson, Graeme Chapman, Russell Ellis, Chris Talbot, Matt Markham, Mat Bassett and Ken Mackenzie selected with Mark Sheard the reserve and John Cuthbertson the manager.

Ashburton Ladies Probus Ashburton Ladies Probus meeting held in the RSA Doris Linton Lounge on Wednesday June 22. 40 Ladies and a visitor, were welcomed by Margaret Taylor and the national anthem was sung.

Apologies were received from 10 lady members and birthday wishes were extended to Iris Officer-Holmes. Everyone was informed of the Mystery Trip/ Luncheon on Wednesday July 8, meet Hotel carpark 11.15 am.

Precis of last committee meeting read as was the Almoners and Treasurers reports. K Lawler and A Bell winners of the raffle.

The Mini speaker, V Fleming did a book review on “The Lost Wife” by Alison Richmone, a true story of her interesting life just before, during and after the war.

President thanked her for a very good review, a recommended good read. Stephen Prescott, Manager of the EA Network gave a very good report on his life before and during the whole set up of the Centre which he described remarkably well and which is proving to be a huge success due to him and his staff.

Sheila Hare thanked him and presented him with a gift from the club. Meeting closed at 11.30am and ten ladies went to Robbies Bar for lunch.

Mayfield winning team members (from left) Jan Clucas, Betty Wilson, Johnny Wright and Trish Corbett.

Aorangi SC Women’s Golf Vets Pennants Final: The final was played at Tinwald Golf Club between Mayfield and Ashburton.

The matches were all very close and the result was

Ashburton Photographic Society A group of enthusiastic photographers headed for Moeraki last weekend for a sleepover field trip, first stop was Oamaru where many interesting images were captured, finally arriving at Moeraki to settle in then off to the Lighthouse to await the arrival of the penguins but alas only two chose to make land by dusk.

Next morning saw a repeat of penguins, many friendly seals and of course the most photographed boulders in New Zealand. A great weekend Our judge for 2nd Open Competition was Ron Willems from Christchurch who has gained many accolades for his photography including worldwide recognition but still he found a positive comment for every one of the images in our competition. Following his comments and results he took us to an amazing trip through America using his images to illustrate the finer points of photography.

His results were: Prints – A Grade – acceptances – Gaynor Hurst - ‘Deep in Thought’ & ‘Goodenia heterophyylla’, Carol Efford - ‘Just Chatting’ & ‘Wharf’, Chris Howe - ‘Kara’ & ‘Up, Up & Away’, Cindy Lovett - ‘Pollen Courier’ Honours - Emmily Harmer - ‘Edible Spoons’, Megan Ellis - ‘Working Hands’ B Grade- acceptances – Raymond Logan - ‘Busy Swallow’ & ‘Dirty Racing’, Haley Fisher - ‘Ready to Pounce’ & ‘Sunset Clover Standing Tall’ Honours – Raymond Logan - ‘Lucy’ Digital Images - A Grade – acceptancesCindy Lovett - ‘Assisting with Takeoff’, Jorg Nittmann - ‘Black Powder makes a lot of Smoke’ & ‘Speeding Up’, Chris Howe - ‘Highland Dancing’ & ‘Tackled’, Carol Efford - ‘Cygnet’ Honours - Gaynor Hurst - ‘Waxeye’ B Grade – Acceptances – Rod McKimmie - ‘Restaurant at Paikia’, Nick Taylor ‘Open 24-7’, Bailey Chambers - ‘Spider’, David Oakley - ‘Waiting at the Station’ Honours – David Oakley - ‘The Gallery’

only finalised on the 17th hole. Mayfield won the final 5 games to 1.

Results were (Mayfield names first): Jan Clucas beat Alison Grant 2/1, Betty Wilson beat Jenny Williams 1 up.

Ashburton Wahine Club The second Hui for the year was held on June 4. After the opening ceremony and welcome the curtains opened. Chief Judith presided for the night of entertainment. The theme was Anniversaries and was organised by Robyn, Janice, Bev and Marilyn. The Choir sang two songs “Birds and the bees: and “rainbow”. Isobel and Bev did a sketch about buying “New knees” at a Pharmacy. A poem was read by Marilyn called “I just forgot”. The Choir sang “Can I have this dance”, “Get me to the church on time” and “She wears my Ring”.

Marie and Lorraine did a sketch about rugby and Natalie said a reading about the “swimming pool man”. Joyce sang the song “Just married”. A sketch abut measles was played out by Winsome and Wendy. Robin and Bella sang two songs, “With this ring” and “Look at us”.

Two sketches, “Medical emergency” by Natalie and Coyla and “Court case” by Rosalie and Janice. Sue and Betsy and Lorraine and Robyn danced to the tune “Anniversary Waltz”.

Phyllis read out the meanings of the 1st, 10th, 25th and 50th Anniversaries, which were played out as a sketch and the history of Wedding Anniversaries. The last song was “Love and Marriage”. It was a great night of entertainment with a wonderful variety of items. Beautifully presented by everyone who took part and the audience had many laughs. The night finished with a lovely supper.

Ashburton Woodworkers In the absence of Bryan Ching, past president Geoff Brown welcomed 23 members to our June meeting. Bruce Ferriman reported on the fantastic progress on our clubrooms and that the lining of the walls almost completed, then a coat of paint to finish. He also commented that the work bees have been well attended and thanked the members.

Show and Tell David Ford a nicely finished walnut bowl.

John Millichamp a large beech, burr

4Ball: Clucas and Wilson lost to Grant and Williams 2 dn, Trish Corbett beat Jeanette Montgomery 2/1, Johnny Wright beat Janice Ackerley 2/1.

4 Ball: Corbett and Wright beat Montgomery and Ackerley 3/2.

bowl.

Dave Busby a small beech burr bowl.

Geoff Brown a laburnum bowl.

Ian Harding a small pierced bowl of orange tree wood.

Chris Thompson a device for converting rotary motion into reciprocating motion- very ingenious as it had to be extremely accurate.

Bruce Ferriman demonstrating the marbling technic of turned items. A bucket, large enough to handle the object, filled with lukewarm water a few drops of Isopropyl alcohol, from a chemist, into which he sprinkled a few drops of marbling paint, in this example two different colours used. The mixture stirred then the object immersed into the mixture, rotating while withdrawing it. No two items could ever appear the same.

A beautiful effect resulted from this experiment.

Thanks to Bruce for this interesting yet simple demonstration.

A Time of fellowship and a fine supper.

Coronation Target Shooting Club On Monday the Coronation members hosted a visit from the Mount Somers team. The effort of making the trek through snow and ice was rewarded when their team, led by a 97.5 from D grader Brent Frame, recorded a win over the home team. The big news of the week comes from the results of the weekend double of Ashburton and Ellesmere open championships, shooters from our club accounted for seven of the nine 100’s shot at Ellesmere and eight of the fifteen shot over the whole weekend.

Club results, Nina McKenzie topped the scores this week but T.J. Stewart, Sandy Collett, Nick Stewart and Savanna McArthur kept her honest.

Individual scores: Jayden Collett 91.1, Hailey Beevor 96.3, Heather Ross 90.1, Savanna McArthur 98.3, Steve McArthur 95.2, Nick Squires 90.2, 93.3 and 91.1, Michaela Smith 81.1 and 87.1, Dean Smith 88.0, Shirley Herridge 92.1 and 92.2,

Lanelle McArthur 97.5, Murray Cook 95.3, 95.3 and 92.0, Nick Stewart 96.2, 96.5 and 98.6, Bill Rankin 96.5, Brook Maslin 88.1, Nina McKenzie 98.6 and 99.5, Mark Stewart 97.6, 98.4, Sandy Collett 98.4, Brian Hawksby 93.1, 95.1, Bryan Hunter 96.2, T.J. Stewart 98.5, 99.4.

The Tuesday night ungraded shooters were dominated by Michaela Smith 95.3, Stu Ross 95.3 and Annie McDonald 95.1.

Harrison Boulton 92.0, Evan Miller 91.3, Dusty Hurst 91.1 and Andrew McKenzie 91.1 were all well in the mix. In all nearly fifty shooters for the week makes for keen competition and a club in good health.

RSA Women’s Section President Colleen Hands welcomed a reasonable number of members on Thursday June 25. Apologies were received. The RSA song was sung and happy birthday to one member, accompanied on piano by Hope McIntosh.

Sympathy was given to those who have sadly lost a loved one. Sick members were wished a speedy recovery. One member and her husband are celebrating ten years married. Games of housie were played before and after performances by Netherby School pupils.

Housie is always fun. Colleen introduced the school’s principal, who explained what the two groups would do.

The Kapa Haka group performed Waiata, poi and haka items. They have confidence and performed haka with gusto.

The Pasifika group presented Samoan cultural dances – just lovely to see. The girls have very gracious hand movements. Patroness, Ella Ferris expressed her pleasure to the pupils. The Principal, pupils, staff and parents were thanked for coming. Everyone enjoyed the items and appreciate the amount of practice involved. Raffles were won by Betty Breakwell and Judy Peck. Competitions: Indoor pot plant: 1st Marilyn Coley; Small cream jug: 1st Marilyn Coley, 2nd Margaret Morgan, 3rd Judith Davis. A lovely afternoon ended with the hostesses serving afternoon tea.

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SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS

■■ Golf

■■ Golf

Early, J. Dunlop.

July 9 Nine Hole Men & Women. Rnd 4 Marion Marshall Trophy-stroke. Please report 9.45 am. Convenors: Ann Fleming 3084005 & Joy Nicholas 3086464. Club Captain Jenny Williams 3082081.

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June 30 - Women’s Division Competition Stroke Round Anne Dwan 100 25 75 c/b Dianna Wellman 104 29 75 c/b Di Bell 95 20 75 Joan Undy 99 22 77 c/b Maureen Colville 99 22 77 c/b Maree Moore 106 29 77 c/b Judith Smith 95 18 77 Nearest the Pins Dairy Business Centre No 2 Joan Undy Stables Restaurant No 6 Phylis Smith Mac & Maggies No 12 Pam McAndrew Outdoor Adventure No 16 Shona Vucetich Two’s Phylis Smith 9 Hole Competition Pauline Boon net 40 Gwen Whipp net 44

July 4 Weekend Ladies. LGU. Rnd 3 Sunmeade Trophy. Report 8.45 am.

July 7 Mid-Week Ladies. LGU, Rnd 3 Sunmeade Trophy. Draw Steward: Kathryn Green 3085393. Starters: B. Watkins & K. Green. Multiple start, please report by 9.45 am for a 10.00 am start. No. 1 Tee. W. Carter, B. Cameron, J. Leferink. 2nd off. K. Green, J. McArthur, J. Sheppard.

No. 2 Tee. W. Parr, V. Moore, C. Trott.

2nd off. J. Williams, H. Ward, H. Robertson. No. 7 Tee. K. Read, R. Bennett, A. Hunt. No. 9 Tee. H. Trott, D. Simmons, M. Bean. No. 10 Tee. L. Wackrow, A. Grant, R. Fail. 2nd off B. Watkins, E. Langford, F. Matsinger. No. 11 Tee. D. Hinton, J. Welch, S. Elliott. No. 16 Tee S. Lemon, A. Hewson, F. Williamson. No. 18 Tee. J.

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DRAWS

■■ Shooting Rifle shooting June 25 - Round three of National District Championship Ashburton’s ‘The Plainsmen’ gained 7 points, vs Hutt Valley Hawks, 6.

Ashburton scores, Open Squad, Greg Menzies 197.10, 98.6, 295.16, Rex Gardiner 195.11, 99.5, 294.16, Martin Fleming 196.12, 98.4, 294.16, Nina McKenzie 196.13, 96.5, 292.18, Steve McArthur 192.6, 99.4, 291.10, Nick Stewart 193.8, 98.2, 291.10, Carl Nordqvist 194.11, 96.4, 290.15, TJ Stewart 192.6, 98.5, 290.11, Mark Stewart 194.6, 96.3, 290.9, John Fleming 194.9, 95.3, 289.12, total 2916.133, Hutt Valley 2940.146.

Composite Squad, Bryan Hunter 197.10, 95.5, 292.15, Dave Millichamp 194.9, 95.4, 289.13, Coby Snowden 192.6, 97.4, 289.10, Andrew Donaldson 189.5, 99.8, 288.13, Robbie Hewitt 192.6, 95.3, 287.9, total 1445.60, Hutt Valley 1442.52.

Junior Squad, Hailey Beevor 99.7, 98.3, 197.10, Phillippa Fleming 99.5, 98.5, 197.10, Lanelle McArthur 99.6, 94.2, 193.8, total 587.28, Hutt Valley 579.20.

RESULTS

July 4 2nd round of the RSA Trophy and Cup and Alan Teale Memorial. Morning players will have a clubhouse draw for an 8am start. Players are asked to report 15 minutes prior to tee off times.

No 1 Tee. 12.30, W Eddington,v D Osborn, J Smitheram, v A Pierce. 12.36, D Busch, v S Kennedy, W Smith, v U Makaro. 12.42, S Kircher,v L Jackson, T Reynolds,v D Gill.

12.48, T Clarke,v P Marshall, B Peddie,v S Munro. No 10 Tee 12.30, R Harris, K Bishop, D Allan, R Bruce. 12.36,S Lane, J VanderHeide, M Moore, J Beardsley.

12.42, B Collins, R Wards, No 13 Tee 12.30, A Lilley, D Green, A Millar, C Whiting. No 7 Tee 12.36, S Anderson, O Everest, D Allan, A Lilley Starters: am B Collins pm B Collins, R

Thompson. Cards: S Anderson Women’s Division July 7 Ruth Cornwall Salver Report 9.15 for Clubhouse draw and meeting.

9 holes 4th Bell Trophy Starters V. Prendergast, D. Wellman; Cards M. Kennedy, P. Ellis; Tea duty R. Kinvig, M. Colville; Draw steward J. Bruhns.

■■ Rugby Samoa test team Samoa’s 27-man squad for next week’s historic one-off rugby test against New Zealand at Apia is heavy with overseasbased players. The Samoa players have been in camp for some time preparing for the test next Wednesday.

The squad is: Wayne Ole Avei, Ma’atulimanu Leiataua, Viliamu Afatia, Census Johnston, Anthony Perenise, Sakaria Taulafo, Kane Thompson, Teofilo Paulo, Iosefa Tekori, Fa’atiga Lemalu, Alafoti Faosiliva, Jack Lam, Ofisa Treviranus (captain), Maurie Fa’asavalu,

T.J. Ioane, Kahn Fotuali’i, Peleifofoga Cowley, Tusi Pisi, Michael Stanley, Alofa Alofa, Ken Pisi, Alesana Tuilagi, Faialaga Afamasaga, Johnny Leota, Paul Perez, Tim Nanai-Williams, Ah See Tuala.

■■ Indoor bowls Representative Triangular representative tournament in Timaru.

The following players have been selected: G Wilson, R Mackenzie, Mrs G Smith, M Bensdorp. G Chapman, J Cuthbertson, K Taylor, N Atkinson. M Bassett, D Hawkins, G Anderson, H Rennie. M Markham, J Stewart, L Mackenzie, C Cleghorn. M Sheard, D Turner, L Hurst, J Cleghorn. R Ellis, C Tubb, H Mitchell, T Mackenzie. M Nordqvist, G Hurst, K Smith, N Chapman.

C Talbot, B Laird, J Hardy, S Guilford.

Travel arrangements are to be made by car with players notified and meal prices are to be confirmed. Anyone who is unable to play should contact Michael Lawson via text or phone call on 0272788166.

Mayfield Rifle Club Daniel Gould 56, Ben Williams 93.2, Martin Williams 88.1, Nicholas McDowell 59, Adrian Holden 86, Thomas Corbett 82.1, Will Boyd 46, Ben Nordqvist 91, Melissa Verney 91.1, 93.2, Hamish Kirk 71, Sophie Holden 51, Oakley Murphy 81, Kyle Hansen 89.2, Fernando Torres 89.2, 89.2, John Fleming 99.6, Andrew Donaldson 94.2, 96.3, Martin Fleming 97.4, Carl Nordqvist 100.2.

Ashburton Club At Mayfield: James Storey 86, Laura MacKenzie 87.2, Garth Wright 87.1, Allan Mitchell 91.1, Grant Glassey 90.3, Courtney Menzies 92.1, Rod McDowell 95.3, Greg Menzies 97.2.

Kate Donald slips the ball past a Timaru Girls’ High School defender during Hampstead/Collegians senior women’s hockey game last weekend.

WOMEN’S INSTITUTE REPORTS Fairton Our June meeting was an outing to see the film A Royal Night Out which was enjoyed by our members who later met at Val’s home for the meeting.

Motto: “Ideas won’t work unless you do.” The Roll Call was for goods for the Food Bank.

After the minutes, correspondence and finance was dealt with, the remits were fully discussed followed by the programme for Eisteddfod. After a very good cuppa and social time we headed home.

Hinds Our June meeting was held in the Davison Room and took the form of a Mini Show, which was judged by Mavis Wilkins and Pauline Palmer.

There were 66 entries comprising such items as a packet cake, fruit and nut loaf, berry jam, best single blooms, green arrangements, scene photos, hand-made cards, pencil sketches, oven cloths, peggy squares, knitted poppies and various garden vegetables.

While the judging took place, the meeting was held, 15 members stood to sing

the Ode and recite the Aspirations.

Some business was dealt with, then discussion took place on the planned lunch and afternoon tea for our visitors from the Ashburton Blind Foundation. As well, there is catering for the Lions tea meeting on July 21.

Our 84th birthday is in July and it was suggested that we have a pot luck lunch with committee members providing the dessert. Betty Wilson has kindly offered her home for this.

The thought for the day was read by Janice Bota; “you bring me flowers but your smile will outlast the flowers.”

Birthday honours were accorded to Betty Wilson. The Roll Call was food for the Food Bank.

The meeting closed with a delicious lunch with soup, savouries, sandwiches, pikelets, scones and some of Val Goodridge’s daughter’s wedding cake.

This was served by the hostesses Nessie Farrell and Val.

Threads were read by Rosie O’Brien who chose some moving and inspiring items from past copies of our Home and Country magazine.

Netherby will enter four teams in the Quizco and we will also be providing lunch for the Eisteddfod in July, so lots of planning to be done. Birthdays were celebrated by three members and in the competitions, the Moylan Trophy was won by Cora Petrie and the Northchurch Trophy by Joan Campbell.

Our speaker was Mrs Christine Hopwood from the Red Cross shop who spoke of how the shop is set up and managed.

Members had been asked to donate any good saleable items for the shop and once again they responded generously with a good selection of items. The roll call was also well supported with a number of fruit loaves being donated to the 206 Club. The afternoon concluded with a cuppa and social time.

Netherby

Our June meeting was a celebration of our 84th birthday and we met together at Salmon Tales.

We held a short business meeting be-

President Pauline welcomed 28 members to our June meeting and together we recited our Aspirations. Our Golden

Rakaia

fore enjoying a meal. Although rain was bucketing down and the sky dark with snow clouds the atmosphere round our table as very cheerful.

We chose our team and the fancy dress for the big Quizco , which was unfortunately cancelled due to the snow. We also discussed our input into the July eisteddfod.

The roll call for this meeting was: “a grocery item for a charity group” and a good basketful was put together.

Tinwald Colleen Cockburn kindly opened her warm and sunny home for our June meeting. President Joy welcomed ten members. Aspirations were recited then the motto was read; “the quickest way to get a job finished, is to make a start.”

The Roll Call: “Say or Pay” was well responded to, with most members offering to tell some quite amusing stories.

Competitions ere pleasing considering flowers were scarce for this time of the year. Next month, being our eightyfourth birthday, a meal at the “Stables” was called for.

Our raffles were won by Audrey Ritchie

and Colleen Van-der-Eik. Afternoon tea ended a pleasant meeting.

Westpark Despite the cold weather, we had a good turn-out for our June meeting.

President Margaret Thorpe welcomed the members. After the Aspirations were recited, the motto: “Strangers are friends we haven’t met” was said by June Thomas. Two of our members celebrated their birthday this month, June Thomas and Mary Simpson.

Once again we had two roll calls: biscuits for 206 Club resulted in a good amount to be donated, and, “What I hoard” brought forward items from greeting cards to items cut out of papers and magazines. We spent some time discussing entries for Eisteddfod.

Our speaker for the day was one of our own members, Rona Hayward who read us short items that she had saved over the years. These excerpts ranged from the serious and thought-provoking, to items which had members crying with laughter. Just what we all need from time to time!

Our next meeting will be held on July 21.

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■ NETBALL

Premier rivals meet again

By Caitlin Porter

Caitlin.p@theguardian.Co.nz

In a potential premier final preview, Ashburton College A take on rivals Methven in the first week of Mid Canterbury Netball’s Trophy Round tonight.

The two teams have faced off twice before, once in the early stages of round one when College clinched a 29-26 win, and then again in a nail-biting match last week. That game was tied 26-all, so both teams will be gunning to take home a win tonight.

That’s not the only match to watch tonight as Rakaia A make their premier netball debut for the first time since 2011, facing off against Hampstead.

After a narrow win over College B earlier this week in the promotion-relegation match, Rakaia have been bumped up to premier for the fifth and final round.

Also in premier, United will

Methven’s Pip Brooks keeps Ashburton College’s Emily Hickman at bay during last week’s nailbiting premier netball clash.

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face off against Celtic again, after beating them last week in another nail-biter 31-30.

College B, dropped back to senior A, face off against Al-

lenton A who were promoted from senior B after winning their promotion-relegation match.

Also in senior A, Collegiate

come up against College Y9A again, after trouncing them 4812 last week, and Hampstead B face Celtic B after losing to them by nine last week.

■ GOLF

Hole-in-one

Corletto to retire Diamonds defender Julie Corletto is seeking a rare sporting fairytale finish after announcing she will retire from elite netball after next month’s World Cup. NSW Swifts player Corletto, 28, who made her senior debut in 2003, has been part of World Cup winning teams in 2007 and 2011 and last year’s Commonwealth Games gold medalwinning squad. She has amassed 47 caps since making her international debut in 2007 and could bring up her 50th against New Zealand in Australia’s third match at the World Cup in Sydney.

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World Cup winner Brad Haddin has questioned the hype over England’s recent one-day form.

In comments that will put the noses of local pundits and players properly out of joint, Haddin expressed bemusement over the so-called rebirth of English cricket.

Australia recently arrived in London at the same time England completed a thrilling 3-2 ODI series win over New Zealand.

The cricket was congenial, competitive and close. Some local media outlets wondered if it was the greatest one-day series - ever.

“I don’t understand what the excitement is about .. I’m a bit puzzled by it,” said Haddin.

“We played them in the first game of the World Cup when it counted and the pressure was on.”

England were crushed by 111 runs in that tournament opener against Australia, who went on to defeat New Zealand in the final on March 29.

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A Rakaia woman could not believe her luck when she scored a hole-inone last week at the Rakaia Golf Club.

Lillian O’Hanlon has been playing golf in Rakaia for three years and finally landed a hole-in-one.

“I couldn’t believe it, I was shocked,” O’Hanlon said.

“It was beautiful. It landed on the green and then rolled on in.”

The hole-in-one was the highlight of a cold round with frosty greens.

“My luck went a little bit downhill from there,” O’Hanlon said.

The hole-in-one was on the par three No 8. The last time a woman scored a hole-in-one at the Rakaia Golf Club was back in 2006.

Right - Lillian O’Hanlon and her lucky ball.

Ferns selection anxiety runs high run of results against key rivals Australia over the past two years and the recent emergence of some young stars, there were a lot more contestable positions coming into this week’s trials than anyone would have banked on 12 months ago.

Brown, one of six shooters fighting for just four spots, said there has been a noticeable lift in anxiety in the camp ahead of the selection with no place secure.

“Probably in the last four or

A New Zealand weightlifter’s career is likely to be over after receiving an eight-year ban from participating in all sport for his “systematic and ongoing” attempts to evade drug testing.

The Sports Tribunal of New Zealand released its decision in the case of Andrew Ciancio, who was earlier this year sanctioned

by Australian authorities for anti-doping offences. Drug Free Sport NZ brought the case after a series of incidents in 2013 in which Ciancio could not be located for drug testing because he had filed false “whereabouts” information.

Olympic Weightlifting New Zealand authorities had concerns for some time about Ciancio’s behaviour and Executive Officer Garry Marshall believed the ban would effectively end the 36-yearold’s prospects of competing as an open class lifter.

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Aussies amused

By HannaH CunningHam

Veteran Silver Ferns shooter Jodi Brown can’t remember when there has been more tension and uncertainty ahead of a team selection, as several longserving members face missing out on next month’s World Cup. Coach Waimarama Taumaunu will today name her side for the Netball World Cup in Sydney, ending weeks of speculation over the 12 for the tournament. Given the Ferns’ poor

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five years, you’ve been able to rock up to trials and go ‘well A, B and C is in the team and you’re kind of fighting it out with another person for one position’, but this has been the most intense trial period,” said Brown, one of just two players (Leana de Bruin being the other) in the group of 30 trialling this week to have tasted World Cup victory.

Liana Leota, Brown’s teammate at the Central Pulse, has

tried to take a more philosophical approach to this week’s trials. The diminutive midcourter has spent most of the year living on the other side of the world to her UK-based husband Johnny and their three children as she chased her World Cup dream. But after a quiet season with the Pulse, there is a chance Leota may have played her last test for New Zealand, with the wing attack facing stiff competition to retain her position.

Folau sticks with ARU Israel Folau’s three-year recommitment to the Wallabies and NSW Waratahs has the Australian Rugby Union talking tough, declaring a commercial victory over the NRL. Much like Folau does on the field, the ARU have done their fair share of fending off rivals recently, with the star fullback believed to have been in huge demand from French rugby and NRL clubs. The 26-yearold agreed to a flexible contract which allows him to play overseas outside of the Super Rugby season and Wallabies Test commitments, with the deal announced on Wednesday.

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Highlanders stick to plan

By RoBeRt Van Royen It is no secret defence wins championships – which makes the next few days extra important for Highlanders’ assistant coach Scott McLeod.

As the defensive coach, he needs to muster a plan to counter the potent Hurricanes attack in Saturday night’s Super rugby final in Wellington.

While the Highlanders leaked more points (333) than the five other playoff teams during the season, they have only conceded four tries in their past three games.

It was not a surprise to see the Blues manage just one try in the final regular-season game, but the way the Highlanders defended against the Chiefs and Waratahs in the two playoff games was nothing short of outstanding.

The Highlanders limited the Chiefs to a sole Brodie Retallick try in the semi-final qualifier in Dunedin, before restricting the defending champion Waratahs to two tries in a comprehensive semi-final win in Sydney at the weekend.

“We have made a couple of changes this year in terms of our structures,” McLeod said.

“We had to bed that down earlier in the season and had to get some real understanding around that. But it’s pleasing to see that it’s coming to fruition against quality sides towards the end of the competition.”

One thing that has stood out defensively in the two intense playoff wins has been the Highlanders’ line speed.

Whether or not they opt for a different approach against the Hurricanes remains to be seen, but McLeod said the team had a “big day” training and working on strategy on Tuesday.

The Hurricanes, who finished top of the competition ladder with 14 wins and two losses, spanked the Highlanders 56-20 in Napier last month, though the Highlanders were missing All Blacks Ben Smith, Aaron Smith and Malakai Fekitoa.

The Hurricanes also won the first match between the sides, 20-13, in Dunedin in March.

“I think everyone saw the last time we played them, they have got threats across the park,” McLeod said.

“You give them too much space and they will make the most of that with their running, offloading and continuity play.

So we need to be able to shut that all down.”

McLeod, a former All Black, Waikato and Chiefs midfielder, is in his third year with the Highlanders.

After a dreadful 2013 season, in which the Highlanders won just three games and finished second from bottom, there was talk of McLeod being one and done.

However, he was retained and the Highlanders improved drastically last year – making the

Highlanders’ Malakai Fekitoa fends off Chris Feauai-Sautia of the Reds during a Super Rugby match earlier in the season.

playoffs for the first time since 2002. Now, the side is a win away from winning its first Super rugby title.

“It’s been the most enjoyable year,” McLeod said.

“We have made a number of changes post-2013 in our environment, and a lot of that was due to feedback from the players.

We’ve made those changes and put them into place and we’ve just tried to get that better each

week the last two years.

“It’s getting somewhere.

You’ve seen the benefit of that.”

Asked if the team was treating this week like any other week, McLeod said his son asked him the same question.

“That’s exactly what we need to do,” he said. “We’ve been a team that’s focused on preparation and doing that outstanding all week and just getting prepared to play. So we don’t need

to change anything.

“If anything, we just need to keep the emotion in check a little bit. The game is Saturday, it’s not Tuesday or Thursday.”

McLeod said the players, who were given yesterday off, were still a bit sore and tired on Tuesday, but he expected them to return to work “humming” today.

The team leaves for Wellington tomorrow.

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England scare a lesson for Hansen

By PatRick MckendRy The All Blacks’ scare in their first test last year – a narrow win over England at Eden Park – will play a big part in their build-up to next week’s against Samoa in Apia, their first of 2015.

Aaron Cruden’s decision to tap, rather than kick, a penalty in the final minutes, which swept the All Blacks on to a rare attack and allowed them to break a 15all deadlock with a try to Conrad Smith for a 20-15 win, was a piece of clear thinking missing elsewhere because, the coaches believe, the players went into the test with muddled minds.

And, as the All Blacks go into camp with several newcomers making up for the absence of 17 players missing due to the Super Rugby final between the Hurri-

Richie McCaw in the new All Black jersey.

canes and Highlanders, the need for keeping things simple has hardly been greater.

Whoever takes to the Apia

Park pitch next Wednesday afternoon should do so with a clear knowledge of a simple game plan, according to coach Steve Hansen. The fancy stuff can come later.

“We put too much on the menu [last year] and when you do that you overload the mind, and to be able to play high-intensity, high-accuracy rugby you’ve got to have a clear mind – if you’re still trying to learn things come Thursday, Friday, you’re not going to have that,” Hansen said.

The All Blacks coaches had contingency plans around the missing players, but that in itself doesn’t make up for the fact that there will be several new faces on the plane to Apia on Monday. Now that they know what they are dealing with, the coaches will attempt to ease them – as well as the more ex-

perienced players – into the first test of a big year.

How to assimilate the 17 Hurricanes and Highlanders into the environment in the build-up to the Argentina test in Christchurch on Friday, July 17, has also been occupying the coaches’ minds.

“It is disjointed, that’s the big thing we’ve got to deal with,” Hansen added. “And in our planning we’ve had to recognise that. While we’ve got 17 guys away, those guys will turn up in the Argentina week. How do we make sure we don’t clutter them? They’re going to come in a day earlier than everybody else and meet with the coaches and we’ll run them through what we’ve done up to that point. And hopefully with the other guys having had a camp and played it will be second nature to them. It

will speed the process up – you won’t have everybody in that boat.”

Skipper Richie McCaw said it was important the senior players set the standard this week, and while players such as Ben Smith, Ma’a Nonu and Conrad Smith are out of the frame, there remains plenty of experience in McCaw, Kieran Read, Jerome Kaino and Dan Carter.

“There will be a few extra guys who perhaps haven’t played for the All Blacks before so if you try to load them up with everything they’ll freeze from making sure they do the right thing,” McCaw said. “We just want to make sure we get the basics spot on so they can show why they’ve been picked. There’s enough of us ... who have been around for a while who know what’s needed.”

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) With professional and playful forces needing to shout to get your attention, you’re facing the ultimate battle between work and play today.

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GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) With a Full Moon falling in your financial sector and Mars on board in your income sector this is likely to fuel motivation and determination.

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11:45 Casting Couch 16LS 2013 Comedy. Jason Lockhart, Mayra Leal.

1:20 Need For Speed MC 2014 Action. Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper.

3:30 The Nail 16VLS 2009 Drama.

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8:30 Guardians Of The Galaxy MV 2014 Action. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana. 10:35 Back In The Day 16LS 2014 Comedy. Morena Baccarin, Michael Rosenbaum. FRIDAY 12:10 The Nail 16VLS 2009 Drama.

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Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone. 9:55 Legends Of The Fall MVLS 1994 Drama.

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Seth Rogen. 10:20 Bringing Out The Dead 16VLC 1999 Drama.

6am Crash 6:30 #SkySpeed With Greg Murphy and Stephen McIvor.

7am NRL 360 8am Sterlo – On The Couch 9am World Of Freesports Profile Ildiko Wermerscher.

9:30 Deep Water USA Competitors battle it out against each other in Ironman like challenges but with a twist.

10am Sky Sport Select 10:30 Random Rugby TV 10:48 L Football – Fifa Women’s World Cup Semi-final Two – Japan v England. From Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada.

1:30 Red Bull Global Rallycross (Highlights) From Daytona International Speedway.

3:30 Motorsport – Dakar Series (Highlights) Desafio Ruta 40.

4:30 Football – Fifa Women’s World Cup (Replay) Semi-final Two – Japan v England. From Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada.

6:30 Motorsport – AMA Motocross (Highlights) Budds Creek National. From Mechanicsville, Maryland.

7:30 Super League – Boots ’n’ All 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Big Weekend With Matty Johns 10:40 NRL Footy Show

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League T20 (Highlights) St Lucia 2:10 Road Trip 16LSC 2000 Zouks v Barbados Tridents.

Adventure Comedy. 3:45 The Making Of Johnny English Reborn 3:30 Rugby Nation 4:30 Grassroots Rugby PGV 2011 4:10 Bringing Out The 5:30 Super League – Boots ’n’ All Dead 16VLC 1999 Drama.

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Paddon pushes hard in Poland

BY CATHERINE PATTISON Following his historic top result for a New Zealand rally driver, Hayden Paddon heads to Poland for his sixth 2015 World Rally Championship event of 2015 focused on his game plan of a topfive finish.

It is unchanged, despite his and co-driver John Kennard’s second-place achievement after leading for 15 stages at Rally Sardinia last month.

“Yes, our good result in Sardinia gives us more confidence and people maybe expect more from us now, but we won’t get carried away,” Paddon said.

“For John and me, our plan

and approach remains the same, taking each event as it comes.”

Almost 90 per cent of Rally Poland’s route has changed from last year, but the July 2-5 event continues to feature the fast, sandy roads for which it is known. It takes place in the Masurian district north of Warsaw and includes a ceremonial start and a super special stage.

Friday features a long leg of around 150 competitive kilometres with no servicing opportunities until after all eight stages are complete.

Saturday consists of three stages that are driven twice, and there are just two stages on Sunday.

Highlanders stick to plan P19

Tyre selection will once again be a key factor in performance.

Soft compounds are expected to be the primary choice.

Paddon was not bothered by the lack of Friday midday service.

“Generally, the stages are not too hard on the car or tyres.

This is more of a sprint rally, so despite no service on Friday, it is flat out from the first stage.”

His Poland test with Hyundai Motorsport last month was in very soft, sandy conditions and his team can also use data from its Finland test last week, which was on harder roads.

“We have made some small set-up changes but nothing dra-

matic. In general these stages suit me better,” Paddon said.

Their debut WRC podium finish at Sardinia moved Paddon and Kennard into ninth place on the WRC drivers’ and co-drivers’ championship tables respectively.

With the running order for Friday and Saturday’s stages based on championship position, the Kiwis will start ninth of 14 WRC crews on the road on Friday.

“Road sweeping is not such an issue here, as the sandy roads mean as more cars pass, the surface gets softer and slower.

“For sure, this time we don’t have an advantage but we are

not complaining. That’s the beauty of this year’s starting order policy. Sometimes it works for you, sometimes not,” Paddon said.

He and Kennard enjoy events that have a majority of new stages or layouts, he said.

“It makes it more of a challenge for everyone and makes things more interesting for the sport. Our pace note system is detailed, but works well to attack roads on the first pass.”

In a strong season to date, the hard-working Kiwi continues to push himself with every outing.

“Later in the year I think we can aim higher with the extra confidence we are building.”

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