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Ashburton is heading closer towards becoming a smokefree town, with a total of eight cafes asking their patrons not to light up.

Shooting victim played dead A woman who was seriously injured during a shooting rampage at the Ashburton Work and Income office has told a High Court jury she feared for her life as she played dead beneath her desk. Work and Income case worker Lindy Louise Curtis was the first witness to take the stand at the trial of Russell John Tully yesterday morning. Tully is accused of two counts of murder and two of attempted murder following the events of September 1, 2014. Ms Curtis tearfully recounted the events of the fateful day which left two of her co-workers, Peggy Noble and Leigh Cleveland dead. She described hearing a loud blast before turning to see a person wearing a

balaclava and armed with a gun making his way toward her. “At first I thought it was a hoax and someone was coming to take us hostage,” she said. Ms Curtis and her client took cover under the desk and watched the gunman’s feet as he approached them. “I recall him (the gunman) pointing the gun at my head and he fired,” she said. “I thought that I was history and wondered who would look after my family.” As the man glanced at her injured leg she feared he would fire again, and made the decision to play dead. She was adamant she had averted being shot in the head by lifting her leg in a

reflex action as he fired. After the gunman moved away Ms Curtis heard a “very emotional” woman’s voice pleading “I beg you, I beg you – you don’t have to do this” before another gunshot rang out. Although CCTV footage shows the shootings took place in just 61 seconds, Ms Curtis said events seemed to unfold at a much slower pace. As a result of her injury Ms Curtis was hospitalised for four days while between 165 to 170 shotgun pellets were surgically removed from her thigh.

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■ STRAW BUILDING CONFERENCE

Five-day conference to kick off tomorrow Organisers of New Zealand’s firstever International Straw Building Conference are converging on Methven as they prepare to host the event in the town. Clockwise (from left) are assistant Mark Jacobs of Methven, with organising team members Kerry Mulligan, Verena Maeder, Min Hall and Sarah Johnston. About 200 delegates from around the world are expected for the five-day conference, which begins tomorrow.

They will participate in workshops, demonstrations and presentations at the Mount Hutt Memorial Hall. Delegates include many from New Zealand, including some from Ashburton and throughout Canterbury. Organisers have secured 220 bales of straw from a local farm. An open afternoon is to be held at the hall on Sunday, March 6 from 2pm to 5pm. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 010316-TM-0100

Smokefree – it’s a movement By Caitlin Porter

cer manager Nicky Milmine. Her café also declared itself smokefree yesterday, a change that had been coming for a while. Down the road Mr Man’s Bakery and Café will also no longer let people smoke outside its premises. Operator Ampor Mann said she wanted to stop customers smoking not only because it was bad for their own health, but also others around them. “It will be very good for all people,” she said. “And it’s very important for children.” While not yet sure how customers would react, Mrs Mann said she was hopeful they would be understanding. Mid Canterbury Cancer Society health promoter Mandy Casey and Carly McDowell of Smokefree Mid Canterbury were partly behind the smokefree change, having suggested it to café operators

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Ashburton has taken another great leap towards becoming smokefree. As of March 1, three local cafes decided to adopt a smokefree policy, bringing the total number of smokefree cafes in the district to eight. Taste Café, The Somerset Grocer and Mr Man’s Bakery and Café joined Robert Harris, Columbus Coffee, Lushingtons Café, Café Time and Eat in a bid to make Ashburton a healthier, cleaner, greener town. Columbus Coffee was the first café to become entirely smokefree in May of last year and owner Nigel Heney said the move had been well received. “It’s been very positive, the customers are enjoying it,” he said. Kim Jamison’s café, Taste joined the smokefree party yesterday af-

Taste Café has become one of Ashburton’s eight smokefree cafes. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 010316-TM-0040 ter months of planning. ence,” she said. Partly spurred on by complaints Feedback so far had been “pretfrom customers about smoke ty positive” with many patrons drifting inside, Mrs Jamison said saying they knew it would happen she was pleased with the change. eventually. “For us it’s just all about the Also supporting the smokefree food and the coffee and the ambimovement was The Somerset Gro-

WHERE ELSE IS SMOKEFREE? Locally, the Ashburton District Council have deemed all council owned playgrounds, the EA Networks Centre, the Ashburton Skate Park and sports field facilities in the Ashburton Domain, Argyle Park, Robilliard Park and Digby Park smokefree. As well as this all schools and Canterbury District Health Board premises including Ashburton Hospital and Tuarangi Home are also smokefree. throughout Ashburton. Pleased with the uptake so far, the pair are hopeful more cafes and restaurants support the movement. “We really are excited … it’s a positive move,” Mrs Casey said.

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■ ASHBURTON HOSPITAL

Retiring nurses a rising concern By Caitlin Porter

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While the ageing nursing workforce is a growing concern for many areas, Ashburton is ensuring it has plans in place to futureproof staffing. Health Workforce New Zealand’s Health of the Health Workforce 2015 report stated that while the nursing workforce has grown steadily over the past six years a shortage of nurses nationwide could reach critical levels when a number of ageing nurses retire. As of March last year there were 52,729 nurses with annual practising certificates registered with the Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ), up from 45,965 in 2009. However, nursing is an ageing profession and 45.2 per cent of

the workforce is over 50 years of age, up 40 per cent from 2009. In Ashburton the average age of nurses at the hospital is 47. Ashburton Hospital and rural director of nursing Jan McClelland said it was important to be mindful about older, more experienced nurses retiring and continue to develop the workforce. To help keep nursing numbers up, Ashburton Health Services employed two graduates through the Nursing Entry to Practice programme (NetP) last year and this year took on three more graduates based in the Acute Admissions Unit, Ward Six and Tuarangi Home. Additionally there has also been one new graduate placed at Terrace View. As a result there are now no nursing vacancies at Ashburton

Hospital, with 247 nurses employed. “With an ageing workforce we are mindful there will be a number of senior nurses retiring in the next five years, taking with them significant experience and knowledge,” Mrs McClelland said. “It is essential we build our workforce each year with newly qualified nurses joining our established teams.” While Ashburton is being proactive in future-proofing its nursing workforce, so is the wider Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB). Mrs McClelland said directors of nursing across the CDHB were in the process of developing a plan to provide framework for prioritising and focusing the nursing workforce over the next three years.

Ashburton Hospital is undergoing a transformation externally with its rebuild but also internally, with new nursing graduates working within its walls. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 010316-TM-0089

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Calls for fast food regulation By Caitlin Porter

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Fast food restaurants should be regulated in order to protect children from a lifetime of obesity, says Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Dr Alistair Humphrey. Ashburton will soon welcome Domino’s Pizza to its plethora of fast food restaurants. Dr Humphrey said a number of studies had been undertaken on the density and proximity of fast food outlets which essentially said the closer a person was to an outlet the more likely they were to not only be obese, but also have cardiovascular problems. It appeared people living in lower socio-economic areas were more adversely affected by nearby fast food outlets, as were children. Currently, one in nine New Zealand kids are obese and a further two are overweight. New Zealand’s obesity rate is the third highest in the OECD with one in three adults classed as obese and a further 34 per cent deemed overweight. Particularly concerning in children, obesity is associated with a wide range of health conditions and an increased risk of prema-

ture onset illness. To combat obesity and reduce the risk of cardiovascular related illness, fast food outlets needed to be regulated in a way similar to alcohol, Dr Humphrey said. The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act (2012) takes into the account the density of alcohol outlets and can prevent new outlets from opening up. Other countries have already adopted this policy in relation to fast food and the World Health Organisation found it to be beneficial. “My view is that our government does need to look into the ability of communities to decide on how much they want,” Dr Humphreys said. In Ashburton the problem was that not only were fast food outlets targeting locals, but a collection of fast food restaurants on the main thoroughfare also attracts tourists passing through. “As a community it is very important that parents in particular are aware of the negative effects of fast food on kids,” Dr Humphreys said. Intended as a “special treat” Dr Humphreys suggested eating fast food no more than once a week.

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■ FIJIAN CYCLONE

Survivor glad to be home By SuSan SandyS

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Jackson Smith of Rakaia is pleased his girlfriend is home safe and sound after she survived Cyclone Winston in Fiji. Chelsea Turner returned to Timaru yesterday, following a gruelling experience where she saw her home blown away, and then became ill in the disasterzone conditions. The 18-year-old arrived in the village of Uluibau on the island of Motoriki in mid February to undertake voluntary teaching with the organisation Lattitude. She had only done a couple of days teaching when the cyclone struck on Saturday, February 20. “It just kept getting worse and worse and worse,” she said. The village, comprised of about 40 families, was kept updated on the cyclone’s progress with radio reports. As it got worse they decided to leave their homes for an evacuation centre. “The men of the village started to collect all the people, they carried all of the elderly, they carried all of the children,” Chelsea said. She had shared her home on the island with another volunteer, Tash, and the pair moved to a safe house, one made of stone and owned by the couple who ran the school they worked at. She and Tash could see their home’s door and windows disappear, and the lashing winds continued to bear down on the corrugated iron and wooden structure. “Ten minutes later I went back to the window, the house was just completely gone.” “That’s when I was like ‘Oh my gosh, this is crazy’.” The cyclone ramped up between 7pm and 8pm, and started to lift the roof off the stone cottage. The winds died down, but they heard on the radio they would be coming back. Chelsea feared the stone house would not stand up to further battering, and wrote a note to her parents in case she did not make it out alive. But the cyclone never did return, and eventually everyone at

Chelsea Turner surveys damage to the village she was teaching in. the house fell asleep, waking in the morning to a scene resembling that from a disaster movie. The village was flattened, and Chelsea and Tash searched amongst the rubble for their possessions, managing to find only a few, which they mostly gave away to villagers. Chelsea became dehydrated as she survived on the limited bottled water she had, and suffered from bed bug bites after sleeping on the floor. The villagers looked after she and Tash well, prioritising them for food and other supplies. However, they did not want to be a drain on resources, and accepted an evacuation offer from Lattitude, and left the island by boat two days after the cyclone. Messaging Jackson after the event, Chelsea said “I’m alive”. However, Jackson had been busy with study at Otago University as the cyclone unfolded, and thought his girlfriend was making a joke, replying something along the lines of “good to know”. “It was not until after it happened that I realised how bad it was,” Mr Smith said yesterday, adding he was relieved to finally be able to talk to Chelsea prior to

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Local community rallies By Caitlin Porter

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A group from a local Ashburton church are campaigning to raise money and support a cyclone-ravaged Fijian village. Poverty stricken Burenitu, is located 22km from Rakiraki in the province of Ba and was hit hard by Cyclone Winston. Now, a group from the Ashburton Baptist Church have set up a Give a Little page in order to provide villagers with basic necessities such as food, clothing and clean water. Ashburton youth minister Clint Hawkes said the village held a special place in many hearts as last year it was visited by a group of Ashburton youth. A mission organised by Baptist Youth Ministries saw a group of teens sent to Burenitu to help out the local community. For two weeks they worked and lived alongside the villagers and now, want to do their part to help

rebuild the village. Mr Hawkes said the village was facing tough times following Cyclone Winston, crops have been destroyed and homes swept away leaving up to 10 families living under one roof. Even sturdy dwellings were left bare, only the foundation remaining. “It’s absolutely heart wrenching,” Mr Hawkes said “They didn’t have much but they gave everything when we were there.” With no monetary target, Mr Hawkes said the hope was to raise as much money as possible although realistically it would never quite be enough. Any donation was appreciated and already the Ashburton Christian Ministers’ Association have donated money for food parcels, he said. All money raised will be going directly to the village and funds can be donated at www.givealittle. co.nz/cause/helpfijiburenitu

In brief Court news Augustus Ashley Raymond Nouata, a 35-year-old farmer from Ashburton, was convicted of assaulting a man the court heard had been driving past his house and tooting. On Monday the court heard Nouata punched the man both in the street, and at the police station, where he’d followed him to. Nouata pleaded guilty and was convicted and sentenced to six months’ supervision in the Ashburton District Court by Judge Joanna Maze. Joseph Winiata Patu, 38, was convicted on a charge of breaching a sentence of supervision and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within the next six months. Nicole Jane Tait, 26, of Ashburton, was convicted on a charge of possessing cannabis and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within the next three months. Warrants were issued for the arrests of: Mydeah Marama Cook and Damien Lars Gomez.

King Country crash A road crash in Taranaki’s King Country on Saturday, claimed the life of rodeo champion, Leonard Marshall Mackey, 59, who lived at Mt Somers and worked for an Ashburton construction company. Mr Mackey is believed to have been travelling to Warkworth after competing in the Urenui rodeo in Taranaki when he was killed. He was set to represent New Zealand at the Nationals Finals Rodeo this weekend in the national team roping event.

Speed a factor? Speed may have been a factor in a crash that killed a 32-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman in Canterbury on Monday afternoon. The pair died when the car they were travelling in collided with a truck on Hundalee Road, 5km north of the Conway River at 1.30pm. One of the victims died at the scene while the other victim died shortly after in the ambulance. Acting Senior Sergeant for North Canterbury, Brendon Strieker, said early indications at the scene suggested speed may have been a factor. “Early indications suggest that speed is a possibility in relation to the vehicle and not the truck.” - NZME

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■ HIGH COURT CHRISTCHURCH

Gun blast felt like a ‘slap on the face’ In the midst of a shooting rampage, an Ashburton man put his life at risk to get others out of the Work and Income building and tackle the gunman. David William Cooze gave evidence at the High Court trial of Russell John Tully yesterday afternoon. He said he was talking to Work and Income receptionist Peggy Noble when a “white man” wearing what he described as a “homemade balaclava” appeared beside him, raised a shotgun and fired. The impact of the blast felt like a “slap on the face”, he said. Mr Cooze turned to see Ms Noble fall to the ground. “She was blown out of her chair,” he said. Coated in gunpowder and with his ears ringing, Mr Cooze wasted no time in ushering two people standing nearby out of the building. As he left he heard a second shot. “I knew another person had been shot.” After raising the alarm Mr Cooze saw the gunman leave the Work and Income office and walk toward the intersection of Cass and Moore streets. As he crossed the road to confront him, the gunman indicated he had a gun. “He showed me the butt of a gun to warn me to back off – he was warning me he would shoot me if I didn’t back off.” Mr Cooze moved back but continued to “scream” abuse at the gunman. “He was trying to unlock a black mountain bike locked up to the stop sign. “Once I knew he had his hands full I advanced again – he started freaking out it rattled him enough to make him drop the helmet and bike lock on the ground.”

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3960 gang members 77% Maori, 14% European, 8% Pacific Average age 40 38% Mongrel Mob, 29% Black Power 19% in Bay of Plenty, 17% in East Coast 92% have received welfare, for an average of 8.9 years 27% allegedly guilty of child abuse or neglect

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Justice Cameron Mander At this point Mr Cooze said he was less than a metre away from the gunman. “I tried to grab him but he jumped on his bike and started powering away up Moore Street,” he said. The Crown has alleged DNA evidence from the helmet and the bike lock tie Tully to the scene. Others to give evidence yesterday included Work and Income case managers Jane Diana Hayman and Leigh-Ann Hydes. Ms Hayman described how she fled the building after the first shot was fired to raise the alarm at the Moore Street Medical Centre. Ms Hydes recalled the carnage in the office when she entered after the shooting had ceased. Tristan James Gibson also gave evidence of cowering under the desk with Lindy Curtis when she was shot. Later in the afternoon the court heard from other witnesses outside the Work and Income building at the time the gunman made his escape toward the Ashburton River. Running buddies Bruce Hen-

derson and Merv Gilbert also recounted their experience of meeting an armed man cycling eastward on the river track shortly after 10am on September 1. On the return journey Mr Henderson described noticing a length of wire strung at head height across the trail, which “wasn’t there minutes earlier”. He managed to duck under it then removed it, later alerting police to its position. The Crown alleges Tully set this as a mantrap to facilitate his escape. The trial, presided over before Justice Cameron Mander, will continue today. Tully, who has chosen to represent himself, has only made two brief appearances in the courtroom since the trial began on Wednesday last week. On both occasions Justice Mander ordered his removal following disruptive outbursts. In his absence the case is being managed by amicus lawyers Phil Shammy and James Rapley. Andrew McRae and Mark Zarifeh are prosecuting for the Crown.

The Government has launched two experimental pilot programmes in regions known for gang activity, as a new report shows that the long-term cost of social support for gang members is more than $700 million. That cost mainly came from welfare payments, because nine out of 10 gang members were found to have received a main benefit at some point. But there were also large costs for child protection. The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) collected information about nearly 4000 known gang members as they came into contact with social services. The data was now being used to target gang members and their families dependence on Work and Income and Child, Youth and Family (CYF). The findings show that gang members spent an average of 8.9 years on welfare, mostly the jobseeker benefit, and about 7000 dependent children were in families which relied on income support. More than a quarter of gang members had allegedly abused or neglected their children. The total “lifetime-to-date” costs of welfare and social sup-

port for gang members and their children was estimated to be $714 million. Social Development Minister Anne Tolley said the Government was now aiming to break intergenerational gang involvement and cut related social costs. “Gang life ruins families, and the social cost through domestic violence and child abuse is unacceptable,” she said. Two pilot programmes in the Bay of Plenty and the East Coast will experiment with new forms of social services for gang members’ partners and children. The programmes will offer intensive support, education and job support, and youth mentoring, at a total cost of $1.1. million. The MSD study found that nearly 40 per cent of gang members lived within the two targeted regions. It also provided some details on the make-up of New Zealand gangs. About 86 per cent of members were patched, 77 per cent were Maori. and they had an average age of 40. The Mongrel Mob and Black Power made up twothirds of all gang members. The pilot programmes were part of a broader Government crackdown on gangs announced ahead of the 2014 election. - NZME

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■ ASHBURTON AIRPORT

In brief

Locals pilots excel in competition BY RUBY HARFIELD

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Several Mid Canterbury pilots came out on top at the 2016 Flying NZ Championship Competition in Ashburton last week. The national competition, which was held last Wednesday to Saturday, was hosted by the Mid Canterbury Aero Club for the first time. More than 50 people from all over New Zealand and some from Australia entered the competition, which also included the Wings Trans-Tasman International Competition. Mid Canterbury Aero Club president Ian Begbie said there was quite a bit of success from Mid Canterbury flyers in the four-day event. “I’m quite happy with what happened.” The event was great, despite the weather not being at its best, he said. It was quite windy and kept changing all the time but all the events were able to go ahead. One team had to leave early due to bad weather being forecast up north. Competitions included aerobatics, precision landings, navigation, bombing and life raft competitions. Right - A number of Mid Canterbury pilots performed well at the 2016 Flying NZ Championships Competition in Ashburton last week. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN 240216AK-044

St John was alerted to a man injured after falling from a ladder at Newlands on Monday at 4.20pm. St John sent an ambulance to the scene, a private residence. The man, aged in his 50s, was transported to Ashburton Hospital with moderate injuries.

Woman killed in crash A woman died in a head-on crash in heavy rain near Whangarei yesterday. Two vehicles collided on State Highway 14 near the intersection with Kara Rd about 4.40pm. A police spokesman said a woman driving towards the city died at the scene. The female driver of the other vehicle, which was heading to Dargaville, was taken to Whangarei Hospital in a serious condition. The crash followed a head-on collision on State Highway 10, just south of Kaeo, about 12.30pm in which four persons were seriously injured. - NZME

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Horror start to 2016 road toll It has been a horror start to the year on New Zealand roads with the death toll jumping up 16 per cent compared with 2015. The road toll sits at 64 marking a stark increase on 2015 when there were 55 deaths in the first two months of the year and 41 for the same period in 2014. The past week alone saw 16 people lose their lives on the road.

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Ministry of Transport land transport safety manager Brent Johnston said road deaths had had a devastating impact on the families of the victims. “Every one of these deaths has left families, friends and communities grieving. We must work together to help reduce the number of deaths and injuries on our roads.” He urged drivers to “always

drive within the speed limit and to the conditions, minimise distractions in the car, and make sure that they, and everyone in the car, is appropriately buckled up”. “Road safety is everyone’s responsibility and drivers can make a difference. Make sure that your vehicle is well maintained and that you are fit to drive by not being tired or impaired by alcohol

or drugs.” Statistics released by the Ministry of Transport showed 46 of those who died in the past two months were males while 18 were females. There were 32 drivers killed, 17 passengers and 11 motorcycle riders. Two pedal cyclists died in road incidents, as well as one pedestrian and one unclassified fatality. - NZME

Her Madgesty has touched down in Auckland but where exactly the Queen of Pop is remains something of a mystery. The most likely place the superstar is staying after arriving yesterday is the Pullman hotel, where many rich and famous visitors stay. The upmarket hotel is the number one suspect among Madonna’s superfans but this could not be confirmed as the hotel denied Madonna was staying with them when asked. French traveller Cyrille Xavier, who is staying at the Pullman, said he could “easily make the assumption” the star was there based on the amount of security at the hotel. - NZME

Theatre deemed unsafe Hamilton’s Founders Theatre has urgently closed its doors to all shows because of safety concerns relating to its dangerous flying system. The Hamilton City Council has shut the theatre – which had 25 show bookings, including Mary Poppins – effective immediately after a report showed the system posed a risk to staff, performers and the general public. The flying system holds items such as production lights, drapes, scenery, stage effects and the fire safety curtain. - NZME

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OUR VIEW

Taxes funding gangs – no way Sue Newman

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e have some odd priorities in New Zealand when it comes to ensuring our society is one where access to a decent standard of living is available to all. On one hand we struggle to ensure that our lowest paid workers receive a pay rate that lifts them above the breadline and on the other we paid out more than $382 million over a 20-year period to gang members in benefits. If we think that’s okay we’ve got a pretty skewed view on life. The adult minimum hourly wage is about to rise to $15.25 per week, that’s $610 a week, $31,720 a year. Take tax off and what’s left barely pays rent, power and food. You can have a fair amount of sympathy for businesses that are forced to pay out an extra 50 cents or so each time the minimum wage rate rises and you can understand businesses that say they can’t pay what is deemed a “living wage”. What you can only feel anger towards, however, is a system that rewards some of New Zealand’s most marginalised (by choice) citizens, those who choose to live on the edge of the law, by handing them an unearned pay cheque every two weeks – at the taxpayers’ expense. A recently-compiled report has quantified the cost of gangs and the impact of the gang culture on those living under its umbrella. We have 3960 known adult gang members, who are known to have 5890 children, many of whom have come to the attention of Child, Youth and Family services. Another cost to the taxpayer. Over a 20-year period, $382 million was paid out in benefits, $19 million a year, but even worse, when you add welfare assistance on, the total rises to $525 million, $132,000 per person. On every level this is wrong. There are thousands of lawabiding Kiwis who’d love a good job, even at the minimum wage, but who can’t find one or for various reasons are genuinely unable to work. We don’t mind supporting them, but fit and healthy gang members who have chosen their way of life? No way.

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o be sustainable, every business needs a succession plan. And in Mid Canterbury, as baby boomers look to their retirement, succession planning is going to be a live and confronting issue for many. For small and medium sized businesses this can be even more challenging, thanks to the fact that owners are likely to be managers and employees of that business. The upcoming generation, be they family or otherwise, is also likely to come to the business with different personal circumstances and expectations. Often the retiring generation will have done well over the years, whereas the upcoming generation is likely to be more indebted than their parents ever were. They will also likely be asked to take on more debt as part of the plan. This divergence of circumstances, expectations, and business ideas can present challenges. The failure of relationships around succession planning can also have implications beyond the success or otherwise of the business when family is involved. I am aware of a few sons who no longer speak to their fathers. It is just not worth it and avoidable.

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The retiring owner needs to decide what they want; That intention must be expressed openly and clearly; A timetable should be negotiated and agreed; The objective should be outcomes that are positive for both parties; The retiring owner should then show a keen interest in the success of the incoming owner; and The retiring owner must stick to the plan.

In essence what you end up with is a kind of contract. However, at its heart is not law, but trust. Open-ended arrangements will likely result in tension and possible failure. More critically, not

doing what you said you would do can be fatal to the relationships involved and, as a result, the plan. In my experience, not following through on expressed intentions undermines trust like nothing else. It is at odds with good leadership which has honesty at its heart. However, perhaps because it is so easy to do in a polite society where power balances are hardly ever equal, not doing what you said you would do is also in my experience very common and not seen as something really very bad. However, as much as we try to pretend otherwise, it always comes at a price. That price is the erosion of the leader’s credibility by undermining trust in what the leader says. Whether on a micro day-today level (not getting the coffee machine fixed after you said you would get it done), or on a macro strategic level (deciding to stay on in the business for a few more years), it makes no difference. And it can get worse. If the leader then pretends that what was said was never said (a good reason for getting stuff written down), or worse still, when challenged claims that what was said

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Refugees tear-gassed BY COSTAS KANTOURIS Pressed against coils of razor wire and shouting “Help us!,” refugees and migrants at Greece’s northern border were pushed back by Macedonian police using tear gas and stun grenades, as authorities here raced to build more camps to shield the escalating number of stranded people from winter. A top European Union official prepared to visit the region yesterday to try and ease the crisis that produced more scenes of chaos: Syrian and Iraqi refugees and others forced their way through part of a Macedonian border fence, some clutching infants or struggling to free duffel bags caught in the razor-wire. They were met by Macedonian riot police. Volunteer doctors said at least 22 migrants, including 12 children, were treated for breathing difficulties and cuts. Authorities in Macedonia said one policeman was injured and that dozens of special forces officers were flown in by helicopter to help quell a refugee protest. “Tragically, there seems to be more willingness among European countries to co-

Refugees and migrants run after Macedonian police ﬁred tear gas at a group who tried to push their way into Macedonia. PHOTO AP ordinate blocking borders than to provide refugees and asylum-seekers with protection and basic services,” said Giorgos Kosmopoulos, head of Amnesty International in Greece. Some 7000 migrants, mostly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, are crammed into a tiny camp at the Greek border village of Idomeni, and hundreds more are arriving daily. The Greek army completed more temporary shelters in northern Greece over the

weekend, and at the government’s request, local authorities in central Greece, opened indoor stadiums, conference centres, and hotels that have gone out of business to house migrants, while the Education Ministry called on school children to join the effort with donation drives. “Of course Greece over the next one or two months will do what it can to help these people. “But it must be made clear that the burden of this crisis

must be distributed in Europe,” Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said. The border bottleneck began 10 days ago, when Austria and four ex-Yugoslav countries on the Balkan migrant route north into Western Europe cut border access for migrants to a trickle. The number of migrants stranded in Greece topped 25,000 on Sunday, according to government estimates. Thousands have been sleeping outside in parks and fields and even along highways, as refugee shelters quickly overflowed. Despite receiving the bulk of the refugees seeking the safety of Europe, Germany has opposed unilateral border restrictions and continued to back an EU-wide solution for the migrant crisis. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is resisting calls at home and elsewhere in Europe for limits on refugees like Austria. “We can’t do this in such a way that we simply abandon Greece,” she told public ARD television. “This is exactly what I fear: When one country defines its limit, another must suffer. “That is not my Europe.” - AP

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Trump pandering to the racist element BY JAMES DOWNIE Normally, the question “Do you denounce the Ku Klux Klan?” has one answer: “Yes.” But not in Donald Trump’s world. On CNN’s State of the Union yesterday, host Jake Tapper asked the Republican frontrunner about the support of white supremacist and former KKK grand wizard David Duke. “Voting against Donald Trump at this point is really treason to your heritage,” said Duke. Tapper inquired whether Trump would “unequivocally condemn” Duke’s support. Trump dodged: “Well, just so you understand, I don’t know anything about David Duke,” replied Trump, “Okay? I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists.” As Tapper continued to press Trump, the latter denied any knowledge of Duke and refused multiple chances to disavow the KKK. A few hours later, Trump tweeted that he does “disavow” Duke’s support. For starters, Trump previously did know who David Duke was. He knew Duke was a Klansman in 2000, and he initially renounced Duke’s support only a few days ago. Either Trump was lying to Tapper or he’s lying about having “the world’s greatest memory”. But regardless of what he said about Duke, the GOP frontrunner for president simply refused to denounce the KKK.

This comes after Trump blamed trouble in the lawsuit over his controversial Trump University on a “Hispanic” judge, and after he defended retweeting a Benito Mussolini quote from a Gawker-created parody account with the words, “What difference does it make whether it’s Mussolini or somebody else?” (Answer: When the person you’re quoting is a fascist, it makes a difference.) Every day it is less surprising that Trump does best in the areas of the country with the most racist Google searches. There is no way to look at Trump’s record and not conclude he is perfectly happy to ride nativists and racists as far as they will take him. More explicitly than ever, the Republican Party is at a crossroads. Like any presidential election, there will be tremendous pressure for the GOP to coalesce behind Trump. Some conservatives have said they will never vote for Trump but many others argue that the conservative lean of the Supreme Court must be preserved even at the cost of whatever else a Trump presidency would bring. Others say that regardless of what Trump believes, a Democratic presidency would be worse. Is that worth preventing four more years of a Democrat in the White House? One would hope that Trump’s non-denouncement would lead to more Republicans reconsidering the answer to that question. - WP

The new ‘Shades Of Grey’ “It is astonishing what you can do to women’s bodies on a page,” says author LS Hilton, cutting an imposing figure with her steely blue eyes, thick cream McQueen jumper and tight blonde ponytail. “You can torture them and you can flay them - but you can’t let a woman actually enjoy her own body.” Nobody asks what James Bond feels about things. Why should a female character be any different? Why can’t a woman do what she likes with her body, without having to discuss her emotions?” The woman Hilton is describing is her new creation: Judith Rashleigh, voracious in her appetites, sexually uninhibited, completely unapologetic - and the subject of Maestra, Hilton’s first thriller, which is being hailed as the new Fifty Shades of Grey. Its author has been crowned the new EL James. Indeed, Hilton’s initial draft caused so much excitement in Hollywood last summer that it sparked a seven-figure bidding war, and a script is already in development.

Tearful performance at Oscars Lady Gaga’s performance at the 2016 Oscars was fraught with emotion. Seated at a white grand piano she belted out Til It Happens to You, with tears in her eyes and the odd crack in her voice. Gaga was nominated alongside collaborator Diane Warren for Best Original song category, but lost out to Sam Smith for Writing’s on the Wall. Lady Gaga said she wanted Til It Happens to You to be “empowering”. Having suffered sexual abuse in the past herself Gaga has become a pillar of strength for others going through the same thing. The singer also used social media to show the experience did not break her, adding that she has been able to find new life and love.

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Donald Trump: Lying one way or another over knowing David Duke.

There was a major case of deja vu when Oscar-nominated actress Alicia Vikander arrived on the red carpet in a yellow, strapless dress. Vikander’s voluminous Louis Vuitton number and half up hairstyle was reminiscent of a certain elegant Disney princess. Head to toe she’s channeling Belle from Beauty and the Beast. The star admitted she was “nervous” about the evening. “It feels so surreal. I have butterflies in my tummy,” Vikander said. “I must say I think we all who are here tonight do feel like winners. Being here is pretty extraordinary.” She also opened up to E! host Ryan Seacrest about starring alongside talented actress Eddie Redmayne. “I was very nervous, because I loved the script and the part, and I thought he was an extraordinary actor,” she revealed.

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Online sales at 10% of retail BY HOLLY RYAN Online shopping is showing no signs of slowing, with the latest BNZ monthly update showing total online retail spending up 15 per cent compared to the same month last year, with local sales up 11 per cent. BNZ director of institutional research Gary Baker said growth in online sales hit a peak a few years ago when it was taking off, but there was still a way to go before online spend levelled out. “[Online sales] are now at 10 per cent of retail sales if you take groceries out,” Baker said. “Groceries are a big part of the retail shopping basket, so groceries and fuel aside, all those other goods like books

and toys and games and clothes, 10 per cent of people are now shopping for them online.” Despite strong double-digit growth in local sales, international online sales continued to dominate, up 21 per cent in January compared with the same month a year earlier, although Baker said this was partly due to a drop in the New Zealand dollar. “It’s hard to be too specific [on what is driving the growth] - it’s partly just the ongoing trends towards online but also the fact that the Kiwi dollar has dropped 15 per cent against the US dollar,” Baker said. “It just means that it will cost a bit more for that Amazon book or clothing from ASOS, so people can respond

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Employees with too many eggs

mployee share purchase plans can be a terrific method to attract, retain, motivate and incentivise staff, and to allow them to participate in the growth of a company. Many companies allow staff to purchase shares, pay them off little by little over a period of time and then become the full owner of the shares with the ability to sell the shares, hopefully for a healthy profit. While there are many benefits, there are also a number of risks when investing with the company that may also be your employer. One investment story that caught attention recently was the dramatic fall in the share price of Wynyard Group shares. Wynyard announced in 2014 an incentive scheme to enable employees to purchase shares in the company. Wynyard Group is a market leader in serious crime fighting and security software used by law enforcement agencies, governments, major financial institutions and infrastructure corporations around the world. There are over 240 employees at Wynyard with operations in six key regions: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, United

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Arab Emirates, Australia and New Zealand. For a small New Zealand company, Wynyard is certainly punching above its weight in the international arena. However, companies that grow quickly often require fresh capital to ensure growth plans can be continued. In mid-February, Wynyard planned to raise $30 million through a one-for-four rights issue at a discounted price of 85 cents per share, a price almost half the previous close price of $1.54. With the plan rejected, Wynyard was forced to halt trading in the shares while alternative funding could be arranged. Many of the large institutional shareholders (fund managers, KiwiSaver managers and the like) agreed to commit to an amended rights issue. It’s important to evaluate a share purchase plan just like any

other investment, consider the risks as well as the benefits, and not to let personal knowledge of the company cloud reasonable judgement. Think about the worst case scenario. If the company failed investors could lose both their investment and their job, the unfortunate tale of Dick Smith Group is a very recent case in point. Dick Smith Group even won an award for Best New Employee Share Plan in 2014, yet entered receivership less than two years later. Employee share plans can be very rewarding if the company performs well, but always consider the risks financially, the risk of capital loss as well as employment loss. As with any investment, it’s wise not to have all your eggs in the one basket. Dai Eveleigh is a certified financial planner and investment adviser with First Capital Financial Services. The views in this article are of a general nature only and should not be considered personalised advice. A disclosure statement is available and free of charge.

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band in the policy targets agreement. “Over the past month, we have seen several pieces of data that have convinced us of the need for a lower OCR to ensure that the RBNZ can meet its policy targets over the medium term, these include: significant fall in inflation expectations, waning business confidence, a lower global growth outlook and strong gains in the New Zealand dollar,” Kiwibank senior economist Zoe Wallis said in a note titled Shifting Sands. – NZME

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Kiwibank is betting the Reserve Bank of New Zealand will cut interest rates at its meeting next week, becoming the first local bank to officially put its stake in the ground for a move this month. The state-owned lender, a division of New Zealand Post, yesterday changed its view, predicting the RBNZ will cut interest rates by 25 basis points in March and June to take the benchmark to a record low 2 per cent, compared with its previous view that rates would

remain on hold at 2.5 per cent for the remainder of this year. Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler cut the benchmark four times last year and in his review of the official cash rate in January, he opened the door for further cuts, having indicated he was done doing so in the December monetary policy statement. Last month, he repeated that some further policy easing may be needed over the coming year to nudge future average inflation back to the 2 per cent mid-point of the 1 per cent to 3 per cent

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to that by buying less goods but they don’t seem to be, they just seem to be paying more for them.” Growth in online sales was boosted by the computer and entertainment media category which continued the strong sales it had in December, as well as clothing with sales up 20 per cent on January last year. Baker said goods available overseas that were harder to source locally including clothing brands, were likely to be a factor in the international spend growth. The government is currently looking into lowering the threshold for GST tax on goods which would have an effect on international sales, although how much is unclear. – NZME

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nyone with fruit trees or a vegetable garden will be reaping the benefits of months of hard work in a bountiful harvest. While it’s great to be able to eat what you grow, sometimes you’re left with produce to spare and while friends and family are always happy to share in the surplus, the extra produce can also be turned into chutneys, pickles or sauces. With a handful of good recipes and a bit of ingenuity just about any fruit or vegetable can be stored in a jar in some shape or form, to be enjoyed later in the year.

Peach and chilli chutney 1T vegetable oil 1 onion, sliced 700g (prepared weight) firm peaches, diced 6 thumb-sized red chillis, finely chopped Thumb-sized piece ginger, cut into fine strips 1T cumin seed 200g soft light brown sugar 250ml cider vinegar ■ Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion and cook for a few minutes until starting to soften. ■ Add the remaining ingredients, increase the heat and stir to dissolve the sugar. ■ Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, until most of the liquid has evaporated and the peaches have softened. ■ Sterilise jars. ■ Transfer the chutney to the jars, seal and leave to cool before eating. ■ The chutney can be stored in a cool, dry place for up to one year.

■ Once opened, keep in the fridge.

Apricot chutney 2kg fresh apricots, stoned, halved 1kg sugar 500g onions, chopped 1T salt 1t ground coriander 1/2 t cayenne pepper 500ml brown vinegar 1t ground garlic

1 medium onion 1 red chilli 1/2 C raisins 200g raw sugar 1t each of ground allspice and ground cloves 1/2 t salt Freshly ground black pepper 1t grated fresh ginger 2t turmeric 350ml white vinegar

■ Chop apricots and onions in food processor. ■ Add all ingredients together. ■ Put in heavy bottom saucepan and simmer uncovered for approximately one hour or until thick. ■ Pour into hot sterilised bottles and seal. ■ Let it stand for about two weeks before use.

■ Peel, core and chop the apples. ■ Finely chop the onion. ■ De-seed the chilli and finely chop. ■ Place all ingredients into a large saucepan. ■ Bring to the boil then simmer for 30 minutes or until mixture thickens, stirring regularly. ■ Spoon into hot, sterilised glass jars and seal.

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2kg nectarines, chopped 1 medium green capsicum, chopped 2 1/2 C white vinegar 4C brown sugar, firmly packed 1C chopped dates 2t fresh ginger, grated 1t ground cinnamon 1/4 t ground cloves 1t grated orange rind ■ Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan. ■ Stir over heat to dissolve the sugar without boiling. ■ Bring to the boil, simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally until mixture is thick – about two hours.

1.5kg pears, peeled, cored and diced 500g brown sugar 2C cider vinegar 1 large onion 1C raisins 2t grated fresh ginger 2 cloves minced garlic 1/2 t cayenne pepper 2t salt 1/2 t cinnamon 1/2 t ground cloves 2t mustard seeds ■ Put all ingredients into a large boiler with vinegar and bring to the boil slowly. ■ When pears have softened, add the sugar. ■ Continue to cook on a lower heat, stirring now and again so it does not stick. ■ Will take about an hour until it thickens. ■ Put into sterilised jars and seal.

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March 3 – Ashburton Film Society outing at the Regent Cinema, The Lady in the Van, 1.30pm.

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To March 3 - Selwyn Gallery presenting solo exhibition, Ibis, by 16-year-old art prodigy Henry Turner.

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March 5 – Wellington-based Eb & Sparrow, a five-piece band, to play at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre at 7.30pm, as part of an Arts on Tour New Zealand tour.

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March 13 – Jub Jub Club, two sessions every second Sunday at the Ashburton Art Gallery, 10.30am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 4pm. The focus of this session will be ANZAC by Laurence Aberhart. Members will learn basic drawing techniques which will be applied to exploring the war memorial in Baring Square.

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March 22 - Ashburton Art Gallery outing to Adele Chirnside’s studio in Methven. Seating is limited, contact the gallery.

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To March 26 - Ashburton Society of Arts summer show at the Short Street Studio, open weekends and when sign is out. Guest artist is Karin Werner.

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March 27 – Jub Jub Club at the Ashburton Art Gallery, Practising Photography.

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To March 27 - One of New Zealand’s most highly-regarded contemporary photographers, Laurence Aberhart, features in ANZAC exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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April 21 – Psychic Kelvin Cruickshank (above) at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7pm.

Big Little Theatre Company actor Ethan Green has a knack for scoring lead roles.

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Ethan is a natural Artful Dodger BY SUSAN SANDYS

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Getting a scholarship to train with the Big Little Theatre Company was a turning point in Ethan Green’s life. Hampstead School awarded him the full scholarship in his final year at the school and there has been no looking back since. Today at the age of 12, he already has a reputation for scoring lead parts in local productions. Ethan is to play the Artful Dodger in Variety Theatre Ashburton’s production of Oliver, to stage in May, hot on the heels of filling the supporting role of Sammy in Big Little’s production

of Blood Brothers last year, and Bugsy in Bugsy Malone the year before. Ethan lives in Hampstead with his mum Bianca, dad Brendan, brother Damien, 11, and sister Skylarh, 11 months. Mrs Green said the scholarship was continued by the Big Little Theatre Company itself the following year. For that she was very grateful, as it was tuition the family would not otherwise be able to afford. “Just seeing him where he’s come,” she said proudly. Ethan said he was grateful for the scholarships, believing that those who had granted them had

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recognised the actor within. “I was a bit of a drama queen, always outgoing, always trying to impress people, be real funny. I don’t really get embarrassed, just giving everything a go and trying everything.” And as for acting generally, he said he loved it, and would not want to do anything else. He is even hoping to make a career out of it one day. He also enjoys sports and playing rugby in particular. However, he had recently bowed out of the latter, despite making it into a representative team, wanting to ensure he did not get any injuries as he rehearsed for Oliver.

Ethan said he would always remember being awarded the main role in Bugsy Malone. “I turned up for practice and they were calling out the names, they said ‘Ethan as Bugsy’ which was a big surprise.” The Artful Dodger would be his first singing role. He said he enjoyed singing and was in rep choir at his school, Ashburton Intermediate. He said he identified with the cocky spirit of the Artful Dodger, and was enjoying perfecting a cockney accent. “He’s a real funny character, that’s what I’m like. It would feel natural like I was playing me.”

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An Exhibition of Photography opens at the Selwyn Gallery at Darfield on Friday, and will run to March 31. It will feature three artists, Maja Moritz, Sara-Jane Victoria Ludemann and Bianca van Leeuwen. Moritz’s background is in photojournalism and she has covered events such as the Olympic Games and World Cups. Her theme for this exhibition is humanity’s oneness with nature. Van Leeuwen’s work deals with themes of place, time, perception and repetition with an emphasis on man-made interjections within the natural landscape. Ludemann has led a busy life, raising six children and nursed her father, mother and sister. Now at the age of 72 she has decided to follow her photographic passion, and this will be her first exhibition.

Work by Bianca van Leeuwen.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Loyalty out the window By James macsmith The NRL has enjoyed, some might say endured, an off season of unprecedented player movement. It has kept rugby league on the back page for a chunk of the summer, it has ensured players agents remain gainfully employed and it has once again brought about mourning for the demise of loyalty. But it has ensured the make-up of one of the most competitive seasons in years, with just two or three sides considered little chance of playing finals football. It has turned Parramatta (who boast recruits Kieran Foran, Michael Jennings and Beau Scott), Manly (Dylan Walker, Nate Myles, Martin Taupau) and New Zealand Warriors (Roger TuivasaSheck, Issac Luke) into premiership contenders virtually overnight and given struggles such as Canberra (Aidan Sezer, Elliott Whitehead, Joseph Tapine) fresh hope. However for all the change there is a constant - premiers

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North Queensland Cowboys. For the first time since a side last claimed back-to-back titles - Brisbane in 1992-93 - the Cowboys have retained the same 17 that enjoyed grand final success over the Brisbane last year. It seems the more things change in rugby league, the more they stay the same. The same side that defeated Brisbane in one of the greatest grand finals ever in 2015, was victorious over Leeds in last week’s World Club Challenge. The Cowboys are, Ray Warren believes, in a unique position to claim successive NRL titles. “I think they can do it,” the iconic Channel Nine caller said. “If you look at the side, they have it is still a fantastic side, with class right across the paddock and of course in Johnathan Thurston they have the best player in the world. “So they are in a great position to do what so many sides have been unable to do. “I think they could very well be in the grand final again and the Brisbane side may be as well.

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck “They have lost Justin Hodges and no one is a bigger fan of Justin Hodges than me. But they have a very capable replacement in James Roberts.” The great unknown in season 2016 is how the reduction of interchanges from 10 to eight will affect the game and the introduction of the a shot clock for scrums and dropouts. “It will bring back the fatigue factor and it will bring the little man back into the game and that is a great thing,” Warren said. “The Slaters, the Moylans and the Hunts of this game, they can’t get any better, but it might now

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Breakers, Wildcats both relying on big defence Breakers centre Alex Pledger has shrugged off suggestions their upcoming NBL grand final series against the Perth Wildcats is boring and says they are used to grinding out matches on their way to collecting four previous championships. Sections of Australian NBL fans have reacted negatively to both teams - who have shared the NBL title over each of the past six years (Breakers 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015, Wildcats 2010 and 2014) - again advancing through to the grand final. Ahead of tonight’s opening clash at Perth Arena, Pledger acknowledged both teams rely on their strong defence rather than blistering attack to win games, but makes no apologies for the fact they were both good enough to again advance through to the deciding series. “We’ve been the two best teams in the competition over the last six or seven years with the championship going to one of us over that period. “We might not have the scoring power of teams like Illawarra and Melbourne had but we’re the two best defensive teams in the league,” said Pledger. “We’re the two best rebounding teams in the league and we’re the last two teams standing. “You know that old saying, that defence wins championships, and it’s going to probably be a lower-ish scoring, kind of grind-it-out series, rather than a freeflowing high-scoring one. “But over the years we’ve proven that that’s how we win and we’re just looking forward to getting the series under way.” With the return clash at the North Shore Events Centre following on Friday, Pledger

be more a game for those types of players.” It is up front where the fatigue is set to be greatest. No longer will big men big able to rest up like they once did. However Canterbury captain James Graham isn’t sure what will happen. “I don’t know why they have made those changes, I just don’t know,” he said. “And I don’t know how it will change the game. We will just have to wait and see.” What did change, and what didn’t in 2015 was Queensland status as the undisputed kings of State of Origin, after NSW briefly held the title in 2014, for the only season in the past 10. The Maroons thumped the Blues 52-6 in a record win at Suncorp Stadium and with much of the Queensland side returning Warren fears for more of the same. “I have been mesmerised by the Queensland side over the past 10 year and (if it happens again) we just have to acknowledge that we were beaten by an incredible side,” he said. - AAP

Raiders building fortress Canberra are intent on making GIO Stadium the NRL fortress it was in the 1990s, when they claimed two premierships with then superstar halfback - now coach - Ricky Stuart. The Raiders had a woeful home record last season, winning just three from nine. Their 2016 starts with back-to-back fixtures at home, starting on Saturday against Penrith and then Sydney Roosters next week. And the importance of walking away victors isn’t lost on enforcer Josh Papalii. “Sticky’s (Stuart) talked about back in his days and how they made Canberra a real hard place. Hopefully we can take it back to the olden days.” - AAP

Support for Roberts He is yet to play an official NRL game for Brisbane. But James Roberts has already shown enough to earn retired Broncos great Justin Hodges’ endorsement. Hodges reckoned Brisbane were already fired up enough to break through for a seventh title in 2016 after last season’s heartbreaking grand final loss to North Queensland. However, Hodges admits it will be scary what the Broncos will achieve with Roberts now on deck. “Coming here and being coached by Wayne Bennett is only going to make him better and a better person. And James is a scoring machine.” - AAP

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Alex Pledger: Defence wins. explained the Breakers have arranged to fly home to Auckland as quickly as possible after the game to assist their recovery and preparation for game two. “We’re actually leaving the night of the game,” he said. “We are taking the midnight flight to get home about 3pm Thursday for the game on Friday, rather than landing at midnight and having to go to bed straight away. “We’ve got recovery sessions and massage sessions in place to try and recover as quickly as possible. “It’s probably not an ideal schedule, having to go back and forth to Perth potentially that many times in a five-day span but the Perth guys are going to have to deal with that as well. “It’s not just a one-way thing. “But we’re definitely doing as much as possible to be as fresh as we possibly can for the game.” - NZME

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The Postman keeps delivering BY MATT MARKHAM Take a bow, Blair Nathan Orange. There are good weekends in harness racing. And then there’s the sort of weekend Orange has just enjoyed. Off the back of five winners last

weekend, the man dubbed The Postman backed that up with 10 winners in four days to move himself into a position where he can challenge John Dunn for the position of outright second on the national drivers’ premiership. And he saved the best for last.

After trebles on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Addington, Auckland and Winton, Orange was restricted to just the solitary winner at Sunday’s Cheviot meeting at Addington – but it was a decent winner. He reined home impressive debutant, Delightful

Memphis in the Group 3 $25,000 Sweet Lou Leonard Memorial Stakes for the two-year-old fillies. The win took Orange to 68 winners for the season – just three shy of Dunn who is on 71 with his brother Dexter a further 64 wins ahead of him. - HRNZ

Ready for Melbourne Xtravagant has rounded off his preparation for Saturday’s Gr.1 Australian Guineas at Flemington in good style. Ridden by his race day jockey Matt Cameron at Matamata yesterday morning, the colt was paired with his stablemate Duchess Kate over 1200 metres. Xtravagant travelled sweetly throughout to clock 1:19.2, 1000m in 1:05.3 and he hit the line well to run the closing 600m in 38.2 on a slow course proper. - NZME

M4 Hawkes Bay gallops Today at Hastings Raceway

Hawkes Bay RI Venue: Hastings Meeting Date: 02 Mar 3 75654 Written Command t (2) 60.............M McNab 2016 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 4 23608 Charlestown d (3) 58.5...................H Tinsley and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles : 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 5 13123 Iwannadancelikehim db (6) 58 ...M Coleman 1 3.18pm HOY 1-6 MARCH RATING 75 2100 $22,500, 6 22151 Belle Cadeau (5) 54.5 .....................R Myers 7 x4471 Notionannagins dh (4) 54.......... M D Plessis Rating 75 Benchmark, 2100m 8 x5093 Deo Volente d (1) 54 ..........................M Hills 1 23017 Nymph Monte (3) 60 ................... D Johnson 2 32732 Kairanga Lad (5) 59.5 ....................H Tinsley 4 4.55pm TRINITY HILL RATING 65 1200 $20,000, 3 09030 Centre Attention (1) 57....................D Turner Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 x5101 Swiss Warrior d (4) 60.................... J Parkes 4 53116 Balham td (7) 55.5 ......................... J Parkes 2 1x702 Ina Canta (2) 58.5 ......................M Cameron 5 53773 Quintastics (2) 55 .......................M Coleman 3 40800 Sherpa dm (8) 58.5 ............................M Hills 6 x8004 Bella’s Delight tm (4) 54 .............M Cameron 4 x5602 Clubs Choice d (5) 58 ................. D Johnson 7 09018 Prioritise td (6) 54..........................M Tanaka 2 3.50pm FASTTRACK INSURANCE OPEN HANDI- 5 55361 Maxssistar d (3) 58 .......................M McNab 6 0x10 Bear (1) 58 ...................................... C Grylls CAP 1400 $30,000, OPN HCP, 1400m 7 1x70x Steadfast (6) 58.................................L Innes 1 35111 Overtheriver d (5) 60 .........R Goldsbury (a2) 8 x7777 Courtmaster (9) 57...................... R Hannam 2 4400x Maygrove (4) 55.5 .........................O Bosson 9 13 Tomelilla db (7) 56.5 3 17112 Seize The Moment tdb (2) 55.5... D Johnson 4 90200 Smartly d (3) 54 ....................... D Danis (a4) 5 5.27pm PER INCANTO 3YO 1400 $20,000, 3YO 5 42333 Mae West tdh (1) 54.................... R Hannam SW+P, 1400m 3 4.23pm STELLA ARTOIS RATING 75 1400 $22,500, 1 51416 In Another Life tdh (5) 58.5 ...........M McNab 2 175 Flying Fletch d (2) 57.5 ...................S Collett Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 3 1 Glorious Beijing t (1) 57.5 ........... D Johnson 1 72746 Colonel Carrera 62.5.................... Scratched 4 1 Okanagan (6) 57.5 ........................O Bosson 2 35347 Wills Road td (7) 60 ...................M Cameron

5 315 Ringmaster (8) 57.5 ....................... J Parkes 6 713. Steppenwolf tdh (3) 57.5 .................J Riddell 7 8x414 Why Me d (9) 57.5..................... M D Plessis 8 5110. Deedee Panache d (7) 56.5 ............R Myers 9 74659 Maneo Invictus (4) 55.5 .................. C Grylls 6 6.05pm GREAT THINGS GROW HERE MAIDEN 1300 $10,000, MDN, 1300m 1 52827 Swiss Express (4) 58.5 ............... D Johnson 2 x2823 Bigsie b (2) 58 ...............................O Bosson 3 92322 Music Maestro (6) 58 .................M Coleman 4 8x23x Daponte (10) 58 ..............................J Riddell 5 56 Hunta Pence h (11) 58 ..................M McNab 6 6x Sacred Galaxy (7) 58 ........................L Innes 7 Geronimo (12) 58 ..........................M Tanaka 8 Lecanda (1) 56.5 ...........................D Bradley 9 973 Macario (5) 56 ................................ J Parkes 10 x4260 Oscar’s Shadow h (8) 56.................R Myers 11 4844 Kate The Great (3) 56 ................. R Hannam 12 Boom Boom Didi h (9) 56.......... M D Plessis 7 6.36pm LITTLE AVONDALE LOWLAND STAKES $70,000, 3YOF SW, 2100m 1 12663 Strada Cavallo (3) 56.5 ............... C Johnson 2 10211 Sewreel (4) 56.5 ............................O Bosson

3 671F1 Sofia Rosa t (7) 56.5 ................... D Johnson 4 94213 All In Vogue (5) 56.5.................... R Hannam 5 11938 Goodsav th (8) 56.5 ......................M McNab 6 16180 Chic th (12) 56.5 .............................J Riddell 7 15719 Cool Tart 56.5............................... Scratched 8 14462 Black Sav b (13) 56.5 ..................... J Parkes 9 2x41 Sacred Siren (15) 56.5 ......................L Innes 10 130. Hot In High Heels (17) 56.5 ........C Lammas 11 1603 Magic Wonder (16) 56.5..................A Collett 12 2166 Queensland (11) 56.5 ................M Cameron 13 00490 Alcaldesa m (1) 56.5 ....................... C Grylls 14 30577 Fanatic (2) 56.5 ...............................R Myers 15 72723 Tessastock (6) 56.5 ................... M D Plessis 16 5222 Touting (9) 56.5 ..........................M Coleman 17 453 Amazing Lady (10) 56.5 ................D Bradley 18 6509 Firebird Flyer b (14) 56.5 Emergencies: Amazing Lady, Firebird Flyer 8 7.11 LITTLE AVONDALE - 75 YEARS PROVEN MILE $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 88782 Powerade dh (8) 60 ................... M D Plessis 2 3223x Private Hero b (2) 60.........................L Innes 3 03325 Cristal td (4) 58.5 .......................M Cameron 4 x5381 Nessun Dorma td (9) 58.5..............H Tinsley

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22821 Skyscraper d (5) 58.5..................C Lammas 00672 Nailed It d (10) 58 .........................O Bosson 32820 Red Sunset (6) 57.5 .................... D Johnson 52639 Not Allowed dh (11) 57.5................ J Parkes 51109 Labels dm (7) 57 ...................... D Danis (a4) 7x090 Bomber Jet (1) 56.5 ........................S Collett 005Px Vitali m (12) 56.5 ......................... C Johnson 31830 Keep Us Happy tdh (3) 56...............R Myers

Blinkers on : Sacred Galaxy, Kate The Great (R6), Tessastock (R7), Private Hero (R8) Blinkers off : Goodsav (R7), Vitali (R8) Blinkers on : Black Sav (R7) Winkers off : Private Hero (R8)

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Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- 8 76284 Alamein Blonde nwtd ...................... J W Bell way Meeting Date: 02 Mar 2016 NZ Meeting number: 3 9 77667 Torero nwtd ....................................R Murray Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 4 12.54pm KEENAN CONCRETE C2 C2, 305m 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 1 12516 Dreamzone 17.72 K &.......................Phillips and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 2 24454 Brilliant Ashlee 17.47 ...................M Roberts 1 12.01pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 3 45216 Worboys 17.74 G R & ..................... S Voyce 1 7 Geez Louise nwtd .................... S Gommans 4 11676 Magic Dandy 17.71 ........................... B Hunt 2 56636 Khal Drago nwtd G & ...................... J Clarke 5 16388 Homebush Dawn 17.71..........J T McInerney 3 42F3 Double Ice nwtd ................................M Flipp 6 11152 Opawa Blair nwtd ............................... N Udy 4 82x28 Sedgebrook Asset nwtd ......................F Kite 7 68371 Spot On Maggie 17.52 .............A Duganzich 5 Thrilling Boris nwtd.......................... K Walsh 8 41835 Kapai Lana 17.82 U & ...........................Bliek 6 38442 Dark Witch nwtd ............................... P Clark 9 78812 Homebush Chaos 17.79 D P & K Gommans 7 63546 Another Jet nwtd ....................J T McInerney 10 46475 Homebush Ginger 17.64 ........J T McInerney 8 43844 Totes nwtd ..............................J T McInerney 5 1.12pm THE CHRONICLE C2 C2, 305m 9 68546 Kay Marting nwtd ...................J T McInerney 1 44116 Ivanhov 17.81 K & .............................Phillips 10 45875 Eva’s Storm nwtd ..................... S Gommans 2 27221 Homebush Naki 18.11 ...........J T McInerney 2 12.18pm LASER PLUMBING C0 C0, 305m 3 36286 Apollo Baxter nwtd .................J T McInerney 1 4F483 Nana’s Girl nwtd ....................... S Gommans 4 31422 Homebush Pippi 17.84 .................. R Maisey 2 3232 Zircon nwtd ............................J T McInerney 5 27433 Downgrade King 17.66 G R & ......... S Voyce 3 7662 Pickering nwtd ....................................J Hunt 6 66121 Serve Ya Purpose 17.81..................... N Udy 4 52774 Candy Crusher nwtd ................A Duganzich 7 64687 Nitro Mary nwtd G R & .................... S Voyce 5 83243 Steffi’s Star nwtd ............................. J W Bell 8 24671 Bigtime Moola 17.71 U & ......................Bliek 6 47455 Killalea Star nwtd .......................... D Donlon Emergencies: 7 8644 Homebush Freddo nwtd .........J T McInerney 9 15572 Indefinite Order nwtd......................... B Hunt 8 83338 Swirling Eddie nwtd...........................M Flipp 10 35473 Another Miss 17.55 D P &........ K Gommans 9 66647 Homebush Inquiry nwtd .......... D T Poutama 6 1.30pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C1 C1, 520m 10 74767 Rally Sarious nwtd .................J T McInerney 1 33548 Opawa Gavin nwtd G &................... J Clarke 3 12.36 ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS FEATURE C0d, 645m 2 44131 Charlie Bo Bo 31.17 ....................B Hodgson 1 47585 You’re So Free nwtd ........................ J W Bell 3 22742 Homebush Bounce nwtd ........J T McInerney 2 77878 Little Prophet nwtd ...........................R Waite 4 85438 Lily Ma’s Smoking 30.62 .................S Maher 3 12523 Thrilling Riot nwtd ........................... K Walsh 5 71847 Mariah 30.72 ....................................P Taylor 4 58556 Alamein Jude nwtd K & .....................Phillips 6 343F4 Cawbourne Josh 31.10 ....................... L Bell 5 55476 Goodtime Mike nwtd ....................... J W Bell 7 41257 Cawbourne Ohio 30.61 ................M Roberts 6 54x74 Lakerville nwtd ................................ K Walsh 8 45F83 Filante nwtd........................................ N Udy 7 65264 Thrilling Carter nwtd U &...................Cottam 9 75777 Opawa Shiloh nwtd .........................B Marsh

10 47687 Lagoon Victory 30.90 ............... S Gommans

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73131 Belfast Smarty 17.92....................... J W Bell 73374 Witch Misty 17.91............................. P Clark 1 46464 Meg’s Me Mum 30.40......................S Maher 62887 Ella Baxter 18.05....................J T McInerney 2 57743 Thrilling Dylan 30.24 ............... T McCracken 46755 Deathstar 17.60 D P & ............. K Gommans 3 62224 Opawa Messini 30.72......................... N Udy 21734 King Hit Mike nwtd ................... S Gommans 4 23555 Lick It Up 31.11 ......................J T McInerney 86827 Another Key nwtd ...................J T McInerney 5 65568 Jelly Gem 31.09 U & .........................Cottam x8x56 Knocka Sloy 18.31 G & .....................M Hunt 6 46556 Alamein Jah 30.26 K & .....................Phillips 65225 Gully Runner 18.21 G & .................. J Clarke 7 3678x Rikki’s Rebel 30.64 ..........................R Waite 85785 Clearly Magic 18.04 L & ..................... Morris 8 47444 Cawbourne Gable 31.02 ................. J W Bell 77755 Miss Bunnythorpe 18.11 U & ............Cottam 9 66775 Cawbourne Bird nwtd............... S Gommans 10 78874 That’s King 30.50 ........................B Hodgson 11 3.06pm FIRST SECURITY C1 HT4 C1q, 305m 8 2.05pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION 1 35364 Mighty Twist nwtd D P &........... K Gommans 2 13262 Ziggy Baxter 17.89 .................J T McInerney C1 HT1 C1q, 305m 3 28647 Mad Music 17.86........................B Goldsack 1 68647 Repeat Visit nwtd ................................ L Bell 4 53258 Blaze’s Corporal 18.02 G R & ......... S Voyce 2 76423 Plaiting Puss 18.45 U & ........................Bliek 5 7868x Homebush Marlow 18.18 .............P Blanche 3 73271 Azure Dreams 17.75 G & ................ J Clarke 6 45386 Peajay Pringles 18.10 G & .............. J Clarke 4 7315 African Princess 18.30 .................... J W Bell 7 52586 Uno Marguerite nwtd.......................... N Udy 5 38355 Sammy Baxter 17.95 .............J T McInerney 8 56757 Homebush Olive 17.71...........J T McInerney 6 77672 Allegro Senor 17.81 ...........................W Kite 7 67Fx8 Allegro Title 18.18 ..................G Fredrickson Emergencies: 9 36866 Pedro’s Carat 18.09 ...................... M Gowan 8 22233 Another Charm nwtd ..............J T McInerney 9 48657 Cawbourne Mark 18.38 D P & . K Gommans 10 87577 Davey Boy Scott 18.14 .................. R Maisey 10 66778 Shane McBell 18.11 ...............J T McInerney 12 3.24pm BOOK YOUR FUNCTION @ HATRICK C1 9 2.23 DOPEY DOG LASER ENGRAVING HT2 C1q, 305m HT5 C1q, 305m 1 31585 Opawa Viv nwtd ................................. N Udy 1 25527 Liz Watto 18.12 ................................... L Bell 2 72547 Joey Baxter 17.96 ..................J T McInerney 2 61166 Dallas Baxter 18.11................J T McInerney 3 F56x4 Sprite On Time 17.92 .................B Goldsack 3 24671 Takeaway 17.70 L & ........................... Morris 4 46466 Gully Yappa 18.09 G & .................... J Clarke 4 56624 Opawa Tommo nwtd........................... N Udy 5 2722F Homebush Lucifer 17.67 ........J T McInerney 5 86866 Captain’s Choice 17.66 D P &.. K Gommans 6 32415 Cawbourne Hint nwtd...................... J W Bell 6 86464 Homebush Limbo 17.64 .........J T McInerney 7 33617 Odd Fellow 17.96 D P &........... K Gommans 7 25222 Gully Crusher 17.89 G & ................. J Clarke 8 74211 Annie Way 18.09 L &.......................... Morris 8 88564 Sedgebrook Charm 18.19 ...................F Kite 9 66775 Cawbourne Bird 17.87 ............. S Gommans 9 78765 Stainless Knocka 17.92 U & .................Bliek 10 88775 Homebush Messi nwtd ...........J T McInerney 10 86778 Bundoran Lass nwtd ..................... D Donlon

13 3.41pm J P PRINT PETONE C1 HT6 C1q, 305m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

77448 Kyla Rose 17.84 ................................M Flipp 53382 Opal Jewel 17.93 ..................... S Gommans 42881 Magic Gina 17.69 D P & .......... K Gommans 54521 Chief Baxter nwtd...................J T McInerney 21 Vee Veery Good 18.29 G & ............. J Clarke 54464 Brilliant Ava 17.80 ........................M Roberts 67782 Winfield Autumn 17.78 ....................L Doody 16268 Pacific Vibe 17.77...................J T McInerney 67477 Homebush Stew 17.77 ...........J T McInerney 68767 Hugglemonster nwtd ..................... M Gowan 14 3.58 MAX REFRIDGERATION C1 HT7 C1q, 305m 1 78x11 High Percentage 17.51 ....................L Ahern 2 35333 Hyde Baxter 18.14 .................J T McInerney 3 41576 Momma Rae 17.69 ...........................M Flipp 4 6186 Vee Veery Lovely 18.49 G & ........... J Clarke 5 76743 Five Kay Leg 17.97 ............................ N Udy 6 24233 So Unbelievable 18.43 ....................M Olden 7 13356 Cool Dexter nwtd..............................S Stone 8 46142 Marlow Marina 18.21 .............J T McInerney 9 64885 Miss Hook 18.34 ....................J T McInerney 10 8x887 Goodtime Alannah 18.04 ................P Knight 15 4.14pm METEOR OPD C1 HT8 C1q, 305m 1 45483 Sasha McBell 17.94 ...............J T McInerney 2 75634 Big Ben 18.06 .......................... S Gommans 3 5613F Princely Money nwtd ..............J T McInerney 4 63156 Cosmoholic nwtd..............................S Stone 5 74418 Lachie Jewel 17.79 ......................M Roberts 6 85466 Opehu Flyer 17.78 ...........................R Waite 7 17565 Smart Dandy 17.80 ........................... B Hunt 8 56571 Teevee Kitty 18.07.............................M Flipp 9 87766 Lin Baxter 18.47 .....................J T McInerney 10 86777 Consumate Ease 17.94 G & ........... J Clarke LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

THINKING BOARDING, THINK MEDBURY You are invited to attend the

MEDBURY SCHOOL OPEN DAY

Wednesday 9 March ~ 9.00am - 11.30am Academic, Boarding & Music Scholarships available for 2017 For more information contact Tanya Moore (Headmaster’s PA) on 03 351 6169

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In brief Black Sticks win again The Black Sticks have won a second consecutive match against world No 2 Argentina to go 2-1 up in their six-match series in Mar del Plata. The world No 4 New Zealanders followed their 3-2 victory 48 hours earlier with a 4-1 win yesterday, to put themselves in the box seat to wrap up the series in game five today. Goals by Stacey Michelsen, with a field goal, Brooke Neal, from a penalty corner and Petrea Webster, also with a field goal, had New Zealand 3-0 going into the final quarter. After Argentina got one goal back, attacker Gemma Flynn got the fourth to decide the match. - NZME

Changes for netball Netball’s trans-Tasman league is headed for a shock split with it looking increasingly likely this year’s ANZ Championship will be the last of its kind. New Zealand and Australian teams will almost certainly compete in separate competitions next year, with netball bosses in the process of finalising a new format. The favoured option would see the top sides meet in a separate Champions League-style series at the end of the season. - NZME PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 010316-TM-0059

Two-year-olds run a merry mile at workouts After several days when big fields and hot weather heralded workout and trial days at Ashburton Raceway, yesterday’s workouts were a low key and chilly affair. The first of the day, a hit-out over a mile for two-year-olds

saw the largest field of the day – seven. The youngsters all made a clean start from behind the mobile and were happy to spread themselves out in Indian file over between seven and nine lengths for most of the distance.

Ross Payne and Raising Hope moved quickly to the front and the rest of the field were happy to let them make the race their own. And the Elsu-Lady Of the Dawn gelding trained by Grant Payne did just that, running the

mile in 2.04.1, 800m 57.7, 400m, 28.4. Ken Barron tidied up with second and third runners, Reaza Grunter with junior driver Katie Cox in the sulky while Better B Chevron and Stephen McNally came home third.

■ RUGBY

Hard work brings results Blake Gibson’s achievement of the near impossible when running over the top of World Cupwinning fullback Ben Smith for a try was a defining moment of the Blues’ victory over the Highlanders, but the flanker believes the key to his team’s opening night success was something much less tangible - a willingness to work hard for each other that perhaps wasn’t there last year. “I think our standards and worth ethic have increased,” he said. “Maybe we used to fade off but now we’re probably a bit mentally stronger and we just keep working for each other and I think that showed on Friday.” Asked whether the new attitude under coach Tana Umaga was applicable during the match at Eden Park, a comefrom-behind 33-31 victory over the defending champions, or in preparation, Gibson said: “It has started at training. “Our whole worth ethic has changed from last year, I believe, and we’re willing to go the extra mile for our team-mates.” The sentiments from Gibson,

who will turn 21 next month, are significant, because last year, one of the worst in Blues’ history, there were rumours of poor attitudes among some of the younger players in the squad. One well-placed source said there was a feeling among some of the newer members of the squad that working hard – especially on skills outside of the main training sessions – was considered “uncool”, a stance which clearly has no place in professional sport and which probably contributed to the fact that the team won only three games last season. It is early days, as the Blues players have constantly told themselves after their early success, but Umaga’s no-nonsense message appears to be getting through, just as Gibson did in a remarkable show of pace and strength when evading the clutches of All Black No15 Smith. Receiving the ball 25m out from the Highlanders’ line, Gibson first evaded No10 Lima Sopoaga and then ran straight at Smith, who went too high on the

Coach Tana Umaga rampaging No7. Gibson bounced him off and then went over for the converted try that handed his side a 14-10 lead, revealing later that some frustration might have played a part in a score which has been repeated in countless highlights packages ever since. “Whenever I get the ball like that I try to run as hard as I can,” Gibson said. “I sort of just popped up and maybe he wasn’t expecting me to get to him as quickly as I did. “I was just lucky to get one over him, I think. I got penalised for jumping early and I think that was against Ben so maybe I was a little bit angry.” There is also the not insignifi-

cant fact that Gibson played only once for Auckland last season, a knee injury ruling him out for the rest of a year which included the highlights of a New Zealand Under-20s world championship victory in Italy, and a try for the Barbarians against the New Zealand Maori on Eden Park on his return. Paul Feeney, who was Gibson’s coach at Auckland last year and is now an assistant under Umaga at the Blues, said: “He hasn’t played a lot of rugby for the past nine to 12 months but everyone knows Blake is earmarked for things to come if he keeps on working hard. “The kid can play. I don’t like to put names on people but for me he’s a young Sam Cane in the making.” Gibson’s next opportunity is likely to come against the Crusaders in Christchurch on Friday. He played in the fixture last year, coming off the bench in a defeat for the Blues, but counts playing against the now retired Richie McCaw as one of the highlights of his career. - NZME

Kante out injured Leicester City midfielder N’Golo Kante has been ruled out for at least two games with a hamstring injury, manager Claudio Ranieri said yesterday. Kante has been a revelation for Leicester this season, making 30 appearances in all competitions for the leaders, who are aiming to win their first top-flight league title. - Reuters

Injury aggravated Highlanders wing Waisake Naholo has re-injured the leg which almost cost him his World Cup dream and for which he sought traditional healing in his native Fiji. Naholo sustained a new fracture late in the game against the Blues at Eden Park last Friday. Naholo made headlines around the world when he made a quick recovery from a leg fracture suffered while playing on debut for the All Blacks against Argentina. - NZME

RESULTS ■ Bowls Allenton Bowling Club Allenton J10 Pairs – 1 Player 5 years & under – Sponsored by Skyline Buildings - (Julie & Denis Trudgeon) 1st D. Vanderweg & D. Kerslake – 4 wins, 25 ends & 52 points, 2nd J. May & R. Johnston – 4 wins, 22 ends & 52 points, 3rd J. Ryk & B. Ewan – 4 wins, 20 ends & 37 points.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 1, Women’s Section LGU and Round 2 Longbeach Cup Silver: Daphne Hinton – 66; Bronze 1: Hilary Ward – 66; Bronze 11: Kath Read – 69 on countback from Robin Bennett and Dee Simmons; Bronze 111: Win Carter - 63 Nearest the Pins: No. 4 Gabites: Chris van Buuren, No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Shirley Elliott, No 12 Lynn’s small Salon: Bev Turton, No 14 Todds of Ashburton: Hilary Ward, No 18 2nd shot to Green: Allison Hunt. Twos: No 12 - Pauline Bell, No 12 – Heather Robertson.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

PLANTS, PRODUCE

Agricultural Position

Estimator / Trade Sales Support PlaceMakers Ashburton has a vacancy for an Estimator / Trade Sales Support person. This hands-on position is an integral part of the Ashburton team, responsible for key aspects of our business in the Mid Canterbury region including: • Estimations and quotations • Customer service • Problem solving • Trade sales support Training and personal development will be supplied to enable the successful applicant to be capable in their new role. The ideal applicant will have the ability to read and understand plans, be accurate and organised with strong attention to detail. Good communication skills with a friendly and positive “can do” attitude is essential. Building industry experience and computer skills are preferable. Please apply in writing with a copy of your C.V. to: John Cockburn JV Operator PO Box 4, Ashburton 7740 Email: john.cockburn@placemakers.co.nz Applications close on March 8, 2016.

Cleaner

A full time position is available on our mixed cropping farm situated near Ashburton. Experience with Grimme potato harvesting machinery is essential with the ability to undertake mechanical repairs and maintenance as and when needed. This person will be in charge of a small team of staff supported by management, so must have the ability to work unsupervised and part of a team. Other duties will include land cultivation, crop planting, stock work (sheep and beef cattle) and fencing as required. A competitive remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant according to experience Please contact: KM & VA Wild LTD with your C.V. to: keithmwild@gmail.com or phone 027 455 0246

AGRICULTURAL SPRAYER OPERATOR We are a broad acre spraying business servicing clients in Mid-Canterbury. We operate 3 trucks and 1 self-propelled 24 metre sprayer and are looking for a reliable and competent operator to join our team. Experience is not a necessity but applicants will ideally: • Have minimum class 2 licence • Be able to work unsupervised • Have good attention to detail • Be mechanically minded • Be able to follow instructions accurately A competitive remuneration package will be offered. Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa. Contact Ian Howden for more information on 03 308 7662 or 027 444 5429

Guardian Real Esate

307 7900

No one reads print anymore, right? Wrong! 9 out of 10 Kiwis in Ashburton read the newspaper every week.* If you’re going to believe everything you read, make sure you’re reading a newspaper.

$6.00 per bale conventional bale Pick up from 15 Bryant Street, Tinwald between 9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday.

Please park on the street and come to the office No EFTPOS - CASH ONLY

TRADES, SERVICES

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

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

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Professional window tinting for cars, homes and offices. Quality films for privacy, UV (fading), heat, safety and security. Phone Craig Rogers your ONLY local applicator 307 6347 or 0800 TINTER. Member of Master Tinters NZ.

RURAL TRADING POST

AMSOIL SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS - All oils, greases, fuel additives, filters, antifreeze, car polish, V & L cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust bust, rain clear, engine cleaner and more. Call local distributor. Veehof phone 302 2911.

PERSONAL MAKE LOVE HAPPEN There is no need to be alone when there are so many others who also seek one safe, special partner. Whether you live in town or on the land, our experienced matchmakers can put you in touch with someone wonderful as soon as today. Ph 0800 856 640 till 8pm All areas. All ages. Seniors welcome. www.lovesuccess.co.nz

Guardian newsworksnz.co.nz *Source: Nielsen CMI Q4 14 – Q3 15, All people aged 15+ in the Ashburton District TLA

PUBLIC NOTICES

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

TRADES, SERVICES

APR31441

We are looking for physically fit and agile person for the cleaning of our office block area. Part time position Monday to Friday 2-3 hours per day (start time negotiable). • Complete all general cleaning tasks in an effective and efficient manner • Knowledge of basic cleaning equipment and materials • High standards • Physically fit to perform cleaning duties including bending, pushing, lifting and handling equipment • Possess good communication skills including understanding/accepting instruction • Be reliable, punctual and not afraid of hard work. Please contact Kara on 021 829 707 or kara@metalcorp.co.nz

Peastraw for Sale

Specialist Machinery Operator

Motoring 307 7900

Serving the needs of older people

Age Concern, Ashburton Phone 308 6817

POSITIVE AGEING EXPO Thursday, March 3, 2016 10.00am - 3.00pm Ashburton Racecourse Racecourse Road, Ashburton

Exhibits, displays and free parking

Gold coin entry Light refreshments available on site Knife sharpening service will be operating - bring along those knives to be sharpened for a small fee

PUBLIC NOTICES A Special Public meeting Ashburton Water Society to be held at Robbies Bar Friday, March 11, 2016 7pm. Contact Julie 021 308 574 The Ashburton Target Shooting Association (ATSA) Notice of AGM Wednesday, March 30, 2016, EA Networks Centre 7pm Please circulate with your Club Members All welcome Agenda to follow.

We design, we build, we innovate.

211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton (03) 307 6130 www.calderstewart.co.nz

MUSICAL

LIVESTOCK, PETS

LADY BANK LEARNING. Enrol for drums, lead guitar, piano, rhythm guitar. Adults and Children. Contact Barbara on 027 474 2003.

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

MOTORING

HIRE

1997 HYUNDAI Accent. 5 speed. $1500 ono. Phone 0272 777 123 or 0212 655 186. WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / contracting work, Call and see U-Hire Ashburton. 588 East Street. Open Mon-Fri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8am - 5.00pm. – Ph: 308 8061 www.ashburtonuhire.co. nz

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307 7900

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

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

REAL ESTATE

ASHBURTON BUSINESSES FOR SALE

To be sold by Deadline Private Treaty closing Tuesday 4pm 22 March 2016 (unless sold prior)

Seldom do hospitality businesses of this quality become available. These 3 premium units have never before been offered for sale.

Appointment to view

The Somerset Grocer - 161 Burnett Street • • •

Tinwald Tavern & Motel - 103 Archibald Street • •

Nine (9) year lease plus R.O.R Award winning Licensed Cafe, Gourmet Grocer and Boutique Wines Such an opportunity rarely available colliers.co.nz/54348

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Thursday Open Homes W G NE TIN S LI

3/114 Walker Street

$249,000

Spacious townhouse Private courtyard Within the Avenues Single garage with autodoor

View at www.ashburton.harcourts.co.nz AS030316

Cath Henderson 021-137-9931

Helena Ratten 0274-577-998

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Nine (9) year lease plus R.O.R Most successful national food and beverage brand A must to inspect by experienced Food & Beverage operators colliers.co.nz/54347

Philip Cooper M: +64 21 326 245 E: philip.cooper@colliers.com

Leo Ratten

PA to Helena Ratten

03 308-6497

Lynne Bridge 0274-106-216

South Island Commercial Limited Licensed under the REAA 2008

LET OR LEASE

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Be part of the Ashford Village

Phillip Kenny Real Estate Ltd, Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Thursday 5.30pm - 6.15pm

Shop/Consulting Rooms For lease

99 Racecourse Road, Allenton

Set Sale: 2.00pm on Wednesday 23rd March 2016 • Exclusive residence • Spacious living • Four bedrooms, two bathrooms • Superb views. Many beneﬁts

Jill Leonard Roberta Rutledge 0274-982-500 027-228-7843

Lisa Kenny Dave Thomson 027-642-8200 027-6011-426

RENTAL MANAGER RENTAL MANAGER

Karyn Cox 027-77-66-497

Lyn Doig 0274-736-825

Phone 03 308-6497

SERVICES:

Opportunity to work in an established retail facility on busy State Highway 1. 78.5m2 (includes small kitchen). Available in April 2016. Reasonable rental. Contact David Lester Ashford Handicrafts Ltd 415 West Street Ashburton Ph. 308 9087

View at www.ashburton.harcourts.co.nz AS020316

112 - 114 Tancred Street, Ashburton Hay covers, farm truck seat covers, upholstery repairs, shade sails and blinds, marquee and event hire.

Speight’s Ale House - 239 Burnett Street

W G NE TIN S LI

Thursday 12.30pm - 1.15pm • • • •

Nine (9) year lease plus R.O.R Multi-income streams: motel, tavern, off-license, restaurant & gaming Future additional income possible Unrepeatable business opportunity for an experienced operator colliers.co.nz/54346

FOR SALE

WEDDING accessories horse shoes, garters, handkerchiefs, tiaras, hair CONTAINERS for sale or combs and more! Come into hire, ex shipping: general and The China Shop in The insulated. Sidelifter available Arcade. for delivery. Wilson Bulk Transport, Phone 308-7772.

Real Estate

AUTO TRIM, CANVAS & SHADE

Call Toni & Peter May on 03 308 8893 to ﬁnd out more! 151 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton www.petermay.co.nz

DRY cracked hands? Linden leaves herbalist hand and nail treatment 30ml $8.50. Call in to The China Shop in The Arcade.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

SAVANNAH, bubbly mature lady would suit mature gentleman. Genuine calls only, no texting, please. Available 24/7. Phone 021 044 0698.

World Day Of Prayer Service Friday, March 4, 2016 at 10am Interdenominational service to be held St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Oxford Street. All welcome Prepared by People of Cuba

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24/7 Appraisals 308 6173

RENTAL

TWO bedroom house, country location, five minutes from town. $300 per week, phone 027 299 7984.

0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

Daily Events Wednesday 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allen’s Road. 9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around used clothing. Cnr Havelock and Cass Streets. 10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street. 10.30am NEWCOMERS COFFEE MORNINGS.

Thursday

New to Mid Canterbury, come for a coffee and chat, meet new people, all welcome. Refections Cafe, 198 East Street. 10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social Hall. Havelock Street. 11am MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Movie: lady in the Van. Regent Cinema, Wills Street. 11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH.

New players welcome. Enquiries to Clark Gillies 021-146-3619. EA Networks Centre, 9.30am Kermode Street. M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners, refresher and learning of Tai Chi 9.30am - 12.30pm for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open for toy hire Thursday and Saturday, Street. Methodist Baring Square Church hall. 9.30am - 11.30am 9.30am - 12.30pm BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Fun exercise during term time. Balmoral ASHBURTON METHODIST GOODWILL SHOP. Hall, Cameron Street. Sell preloved second hand clothing. 9.30am - 11.30am Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. and Jane Street, Tinwald.

Mid-week service and lunch. 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 1pm - 3.30pm ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. Cnr Thomson and Jane Streets. 1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Heritage Centre, West Street. 1.15am GOLF CROQUET WAIREKA. Golf croquet doubles. Waireka, Philip Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and golf croquet, new members welcome. Allenton Sports club, Cavendish Street, Allenton. 1.30pm ASHBURTON HERB SOCIETY. Herb awareness, plant stall planning. 51 Peter Street, Ashburton.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. OP shop second time around used clothing. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Havelock and Cass Street, entry Havelock Street. 10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven. 10am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH.

Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street. 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road. 1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB.

7pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to Line dance (7pm), beginner/ intermediate (8pm-9pm). Instructor Annetter phone 307-7138a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street. 7.30pm R.S.A. POOL SECTION. Social pool nights weekly in main bar. Cox Street. 7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness and fun. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street. Social day, come and try it yourself. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton. 6pm GOLF CROQUET WAIREKA. Final twilight golf croquet, cuppa to follow. Waireka, Philip Street. 7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

Noticeboard

2 MARCH 2016

CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION POLICY - HAVE YOUR SAY

Council’s draft closed circuit television (CCTV) policy is now available for community feedback.

The draft policy details how Council will operate CCTV in the district with reference to recording, storing and releasing CCTV footage. The aim of the policy is to increase public safety, discourage crime, protect Council assets and infrastructure and support the Police in evidence gathering. Council wants to hear what you think of the draft policy. The policy and submission form can be found on Council’s website ashburtondc.govt.nz Feedback closes 5.00pm Friday 4 March 2016.

RESTRICTED FIRE SEASON

CRE ATIVE COMMUNITIES

A restricted fire season has been declared for Ashburton District from midnight Tuesday 1 March 2016 and will remain in place until further notice.

If you have an arts or cultural project that you think will benefit the Ashburton community, Ashburton District Council wants to hear from you.

Under this restriction, fires may only be lit without a permit for the following purposes and must meet strict conditions:

Applications are currently open for the Creative Communities New Zealand Ashburton District Scheme for projects with an arts or cultural focus, which take place within Ashburton District and benefit the local community.

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Gas fired barbeques Hangi, and other ethnic cooking fires Fires in fully enclosed drums Burning of agricultural crop residues

Before lighting a fire for any of the above purposes you must obtain full details of the required conditions and comply with them at all times. If you are considering lighting a fire for any purpose other than those listed above you must first apply and pay for a fire permit from Ashburton District Council. Permit applications can be made by phoning Council on 307 7700. Information on the restricted fire season and on conditions required for exempted purpose fires is available from ashburtondc.govt.nz or from the Council offices at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton. Lighting a fire without complying with the required permit and conditions may result in prosecution. This notice is made under section 22 of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977.

BUILDING NOTICEBOARD Keeping up to date with information from Council’s building department is now at your fingertips. We have created a Building Noticeboard page on our website to keep the building and construction sector in the district up- to-date with latest information.

Up & Coming

Application forms and more information are available on the Council’s website ashburtondc.govt.nz or by calling Council on 307 7700. Applications close 5.00pm on Thursday 31 March 2016.

Meetings To be held in the Council Chamber, 2 Baring Square East, Ashburton. Service Delivery Committee Meeting Thursday 10 March 2016, 10.30am Finance & Business Support Committee Meeting Thursday 10 March 2016, 12.00pm (approx)

TRUSTPOWER AWARDS

Budget Workshop Thursday 17 March 2016, 9.30am

Volunteers are at the heart of every community - dedicating hours of time and energy every year to make their community a better place to live.

Council Meeting Thursday 31 March 2016, 1.30pm

Trustpower and Ashburton District Council join together to recognise volunteers in our community. If you are part of, or know of a group of hardworking volunteers, no matter how big or small, enter them in the 2016 Ashburton District Trustpower Community Awards. Entry forms are available at the Council reception or the Library, or available online at www.trustpower.co.nz/communityawards. Entries close Friday 8 April 2016.

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It will be regularly updated and we encourage you to check it out weekly.

Bookmyne is available on iOS and Android. Contact the Library on 308 7192 for more information.

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 1. Cuddle 4. Violin 9. Obviate 10. Phlox 11. Song 12. Four 13. Set 15. Reed 16. Stag 19. Bob 21. Tots 22. Fret 24. Orion 25. Timpani 26. Sudden 27. Top dog Down 1. Cooks the books 2. Diviner 3. Leap 5. Impurity 6. Lilts 7. Next to nothing 8. Melon 14. Sentence 17. Garland 18. State 20. Blind 23. Ambo QUICK Across 1. Lopped 5. Scared 9. Veneer 10. Trades 11. Dice 12. Hesitate 14. Pester 16. Tureen 19. Selfless 21. Nets 22. Evaded 23. Eloped 24. Seethe 25. Kernel Down 2. One-time 3. Precept 4. Dark horse 6. Corgi 7. Red tape 8. Discern 13. So to speak 14. Possess 15. Salvage 17. Rancour 18. Extreme 20. Leech

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): It’s important to believe, but if you believe too firmly, you’ll miss something crucial that comes with doubt. That would be bad for everyone. “Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.” – Eric Hoffer TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Don’t let anyone tell you that without the current set of problems, happiness would prevail. Wrong. The current problems are part of the happiness, as long as you have the ability to overcome them – which you do! GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Your work is subtle and classy today, but you are changing things. It’s all different because of you! Every person you talk to is an opportunity to make your mark on the world. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Give yourself more time to play around with ideas and try things on for size. This is especially true in relationship matters, which are best taken at a leisurely pace right now. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): There’s a right way and a wrong way to ask for things. The only way to tell which is which is to try them all. What is effective – is not what you would have predicted. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): If you succeed at something that doesn’t matter to you, is it really a success after all? And if so, whose? Tonight will bring an opportunity to invest your attention and money in the welfare of others. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Are you really in debt to someone? You feel like you are, but you’re forgetting all you’ve contributed to this person and discounting the currency of your quality attention and talents. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Those who travel in a pack, keeping their crew close at all times, will be an intimidating presence on the scene. You’re more likely to interact with the lone wolf. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Using your creativity will be key to your happiness. Tonight every question you ask will lead to a better one. If you don’t get an answer, that tells you something! CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You could be wellbehaved, but you may choose not to be. You can wake them up, make them laugh and stimulate an appetite in them they didn’t even know they had. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Not everyone in the group is wonderful, but with enough people working toward a noble goal you’ll still get a powerful result. Ignore pettiness, and help the others do so as well. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Because you’re strong and you have more to give, you’ll be asked to give more. Be careful not to fall into the trap of resenting this. It’s an honour bestowed on a select few.

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MAX 25 OVERNIGHT MIN 13 17 SINCLAIR, David Neil (Neil) SA URDAY: Fine with high cloud. SAT ASHBU BURT BU RTO ON Ra QSM – ka On February 27, 2016. ia 19 Northerly winds. Peacefully and surrounded by MAX 30 OVERNIGHT MIN 14 loved ones, aged 75. Dearly Ash bur to loved husband, and soulMID CANTERBURY Geraldine n FUNERAL SERVICES Midnight Tonight mate of Jeanette for 58 years. Much loved and respected Ra n Galbraith’s provide choice! father and father-in-law of gitata We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and Galbraith’s Nikki and Mike Crosbie, Garth celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering. and Julie Sinclair and Craig provide choice! We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to and Ali Sinclair. Greatly TIMARU reflect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and Call us on adored grandfather of Sam, your family. 19 Call us on 308 3980 SUN PROTECTION ALERT Ben, and Briar Crosbie; 308 and visit 3980 our new premises at Emma, Matt, and Adamor call in 246 Havelock Street or call in and visit Sinclair; and Grace, Jack, :20 :10 AM PM and Ella Sinclair. Loved our new premises at PROTECTION REQUIRED brother and brother in law Rob ofCope-Williams Eion McKinnon Even on cloudy days Data provided by NIWA the late Ross and Isabell, 246 Havelock Graham and Helen, Lynn, Waimate Street and Anne. Messages to Wind km/h Wednesday, 2 March 2016 NZ Situation Sinclair Family P O Box 472,Official Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm less than 30 A ridge remains over the country but a cold front is Ashburton 7740. Grateful FUNERAL fine mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers thanks for the care and expected to affect the lower South Island tomorrow fine showers clearing showers support of the Oncology and FURNISHERS 30 to 59 and become slow moving. The front is expected to Palliative staff at Ashburton move north over the South Island on Sunday. On Hospital. In lieu of flowers, fog isolated snow sleet thunder rain snow hail 60 plus Friday and through the weekend a warm front slowly donations to Ashburton thunder flurries Palliative Care would be sinks south over the upper North Island. appreciated and may be left overnight at the service. A celebration Canterbury Plains NZ Today Canterbury High Country max low of Neil’s life will be held at St Auckland fine 24 15 TODAY TODAY FZL: Rising above 3000m David’s Union Church, 48 Morning cloud, then fine. Allens Road, Ashburton, on Cloudy with patchy drizzle in southern Hamilton fine 24 11 WEDNESDAY, March 2, Wind at 1000m: Light winds. Canterbury at first. Becoming mainly fine by 2016 commencing at 2.00 Wind at 2000m: SW 30 km/h dying out. Napier clearing 20 12 pm, followed by a private the afternoon. Light winds. interment. TOMORROW FZL: Above 3000m Palmerston North fine 22 9 Ashburton, Geraldine, Temuka & Surrounding Districts since 1905

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DEATHS

ORAM, Hilary Amelie – On February 27, 2016, at Ashburton. Dearly loved and devoted wife of the late Charles. Dearly loved sister and sister-in-law of Myra and Dick Townsend (Devon, UK), Bill and Eileen Poppelwell and Colin and Jan Poppelwell (Mt Maunganui). Loved aunt of her nieces and nephews. “At peace with her beloved Charles”. The family are most grateful to Jan McAllister and to the staff of Tuarangi Home and Methven House for their loving care of Hilary. Donations to the Neurological Foundation of NZ for research for Parkinson’s disease would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. The funeral service for Hilary will be held at Our Chapel, Cnr East & Cox Streets, Ashburton, on FRIDAY, March 4, commencing at 10.00a.m. Followed by a private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

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TOMORROW

Mainly fine. Wind at 1000m: NW rising to 30 km/h south of Mt Cook Wind at 2000m: NW 30 km/h but rising to 50 km/h south of Mt Cook

Fine with northeasterlies.

FRIDAY Fine with northeasterlies.

FRIDAY

Mainly fine with high cloud. Northwesterlies, strong in exposed places.

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Cloud increasing with showers developing about the Divide. NW, rising to gale in places.

SUNDAY High cloud thickening with northerlies. Brief afternoon or evening showers with a southwest change.

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6am Breakfast 9am Whanau Living Founder of the Be Organics store, Buffy Ellen, is in the kitchen making stuffed kumara and a summer fruit tart; Mahi Makiha has ideas for labelling storage jars. 9:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 With special guest David Duchovny. 0 10:30 The Chase 3 0 11:30 Brendan’s Magical Mystery Tour 3 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm Our First Home 3 0 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 MasterChef Australia The three contestants from yesterday’s invention test will cook off in a pressure test, at the end of which one more contestant will be going home. 0 8:40 Code Black AO 0 9:40 Unforgettable AO 0 10:40 One News 0

11:10 Nothing Trivial AO 3 0 12:10 Football – English Premier League (Highlights) 1:10 Te Karere 3 2 1:35 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Project – Restoration 7am Kitchen Crashers 7:30 Dear Genevieve 8am World’s Wildest City 8:30 Oceans Of Contrast 9:30 Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 10am Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 10:30 Decks, Docks And Gazebos 11am Buying The Bayou 11:30 Auction Hunters PG Noon Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea 1pm Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 2pm Project – Restoration 2:30 Kitchen Crashers 3pm Dear Genevieve 3:30 World’s Wildest City 4pm The Secret Life Of The Circlers 5pm The Cook And The Chef 5:30 Sean’s Kitchen 6pm Best House On The Street 7pm American Restoration 7:30 Britain’s Biggest Adventures With Bear Grylls Adventurer Bear Grylls heads out on an epic journey of discovery across England, Scotland and Wales to experience the British Isles at their most spectacular. 8:30 The Big Catch 9:30 NZ Hunter Adventures PGR 10:30 American Restoration 11pm The Cook And The Chef 11:30 Sean’s Kitchen

THURSDAY

Midnight Gardeners’ World 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Dear Genevieve 1:30 World’s Wildest City 2am The Secret Life Of The Circlers 3am NZ Hunter Adventures PGR 4am The Big Catch 5am Best House On The Street

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TV THREE

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:55 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 7am My Little Pony – Friendship Is Magic 0 7:20 Yo-Kai Watch 0 7:45 Numb Chucks 3 0 8:10 PAW Patrol 3 0 8:35 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 3 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Hope And Faith 3 (Part 2) 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:30 Judge Rinder PGR 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 3:35 Inspector Gadget 4:05 Kickin’ It PGR 0 4:30 The Adam And Eve Show 0 5pm Friends 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Middle 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Dr Ken 0 8pm The Big Bang Theory PGR 3 0 8:30 The Big Bang Theory PGR 0 9pm Mom AO 0 9:30 SAS – Who Dares Wins AO 0 10:35 Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 11pm Hell’s Kitchen AO 3 Midnight One Big Happy PGR

12:30 Undateable PGR 3 0 1am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:30 The Real PGR 3 3:15 Private Practice – The Final Season PGR 3 0 4:05 Regular Show 3 0 4:15 ANT Farm 3 0 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

6am Paul Henry 9am The Queen Latifah Show 3 Queen and Kristen Bell revive 80s Game Show Pyramid; an appearance from Kunal Nayyar. 10am Infomercials 11:30 Family Feud 3 0 Noon NewsHub Midday 12:30 Dr Phil AO 1:30 M Layover PGR 2012 Crime, Mystery Thriller. Lauren Holly, Kaylee DeFer and Joe Lando. 0 3:25 Entertainment Tonight 3:55 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 30 4:25 The X Factor Australia 5:30 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm Story 7:30 N Beach Cops PGR The police look for a man who has used a front yard as a toilet. 0 8pm Gold Coast Cops PGR 3 0 8:30 The Blacklist AO 0 9:30 Chicago PD AO The team acts after Voight is abducted; Ruzek and Atwater find a lead that may break the case. 0 10:25 NewsHub Late 10:55 NCIS – LA AO 3 0 11:55 Infomercials

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Digimon Fusion 3 7:50 Power Rangers – Super Megaforce 3 8:15 Chuggington 3 8:25 Hi-5 House 3 8:50 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 9am Peppa Pig 3 9:05 Fireman Sam 3 0 9:15 Thomas And Friends 3 9:30 Bob The Builder 3 9:40 Barney And Friends 3 10:05 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Strange Hill High 3 5pm Drake And Josh 3 5:30 The Nanny 3 0 6pm It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 Community PGR 3 8pm Fresh Off The Boat PGR 3 8:30 M The Birdcage AO 3 1996 Comedy. Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane. 0 10:55 Crisis AO 3 0

11:45 Entertainment Tonight 12:10 Infomercials

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6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors 1pm Marco Pierre White’s Kitchen Wars 3 As three more couples compete, the diners are Marco’s eyes, ears and taste buds, but he is the one they must impress. 2pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 3pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 0 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict. 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Best Of Top Gear PGR 8:30 Limitless PGR Brian and Agents Harris and Boyle make a surprising discovery while investigating the murder of a retired FBI agent; Brian reconnects with an old flame. 0 9:30 Strike Back PGR 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. Midnight Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 2am Home Shopping

MAORI TV

6am Back Page With hosts Tony Squires and Kelli Underwood. 7am UFC Now 8am The Cricket Show 8:15 Cycling – Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite (Highlights) From Belgium. 8:45 L Bowls – Trans-Tasman Competition Day Two, Session One. From the Burnside Bowling Club, Christchurch. 11:30 Back Page With hosts Tony Squires and Kelli Underwood. 12:30 L Bowls – TransTasman Competition Day Two, Session Two. From the Burnside Bowling Club, Christchurch. 3:15 L Bowls – Trans-Tasman Competition Day Two, Session Three. 6pm Super League Fulltime 6:30 UFC Now 7:30 UFC 196 Countdown 8:30 Rugby – The Breakdown The weekend’s rugby with a discussion panel of former top players and experts. 9:30 #SkySpeed With Greg Murphy and Stephen McIvor. 10pm Athletics – Auckland Track Challenge (Highlights) From The Trusts Arena in Auckland.

11pm Fishing And Adventure 11:30 L Basketball – NBL Perth Wildcats v NZ Breakers. Final Series - Game One. 1:30 Squash – PSA Windy City Open (Replay) Men’s Semi-finals. 4am Rugby – The Breakdown 5am Back Page

SKY SPORT 2

6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Dora Matatoa 3 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 8am Matika 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm City Slickers Rodeo 3 3:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 4pm Whanau Living PGR 4:30 Street Dance Nationals 3

THE BOX

5pm Tribe 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukoro 3 2 6:30 Pukana 3 2 7pm Waiata 7:30 Iwi Anthems 3 8pm Behind The Brush 3 8:30 Marae DIY 3 9:30 My Country Song 3 10pm Whare Taonga AO 3 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2 11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

6am CSI MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Piha Rescue PG 7:40 Modern Family PGL 8:05 Survivor – Nicaragua PG 8:55 CSI – Miami MV 9:45 Criminal Intent MV 10:35 Criminal Minds 16VS 11:25 The Interceptor MVLS 12:15 Fire Scene Investigation M 12:40 Pawnography PG 1:05 Shipping Wars PG 1:30 CSI – Miami MV 2:20 CSI MV 3:10 The Simpsons PG 3:35 Raw MC 6:30 Shipping Wars PG 7pm Piha Rescue PG 7:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 8:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV 9:30 NCIS – LA MV 10:30 Criminal Intent MV 11:30 Criminal Minds 16VS

6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Super Typhoon. Part Two. 7:30 The Pool Master PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:25 Manhunt With Joel Lambert PG 10:20 Naked And Afraid M 11:15 Murder Comes To Town M 12:10 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 12:35 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 1:05 The Perfect Murder M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Kings PG 3:50 The Pool Master PG 4:45 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M 5:40 MythBusters M 6:35 Railroad Alaska PG 7:30 Unearthed PG 8:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 9:30 Alaskan Bush People M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 The Pool Master PG

12:30 The Glades MV 1:20 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 1:45 CSI MV 2:35 Criminal Intent MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 NCIS – New Orleans MV 4:45 NCIS – LA MV 5:35 Shipping Wars PG

12:30 Swamp Murders M 1:25 Your Worst Nightmare M 2:20 Auction Kings PG 2:45 Destroyed In Seconds PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 Flying Wild Alaska PG

THURSDAY

MasterChef Australia 7:30pm on TV One

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MOVIES PREMIERE 6am Million Dollar Arm PGL 2014 Drama. Jon Hamm, Pitobash Tripathy. 8am The Time Being MLC 2012 Thriller. Wes Bentley, Frank Langella. 9:30 In Security 16VLC 2013 Comedy. Ethan Embry, Michael Gladis. 11:05 Mom’s Day Away M 2014 Drama. Bonnie Somerville, James Tupper. 12:25 Million Dollar Arm PGL 2014 Drama. Jon Hamm, Pitobash Tripathy. 2:30 The Lazarus Effect MVC 2014 Horror. Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass. 3:55 Jack M 2012 Drama. Rick Roberts, Sook-Yin Lee. 5:25 A Broken Code MVLSC 2012 Crime. Michael Girgenti, Josh Webber. 6:55 Authors Anonymous PGLS 2014 Comedy. Kaley CuocoSweeting, Chris Klein. 8:30 If I Stay M 2014 Drama. Chloe Grace Moretz, Jamie Blackley. 10:20 Smiley 16VLS 2012 Horror. Caitlin Gerard, Shane Dawson. 11:55 Forever 16 M 2013 Fantasy. Andrea Roth.

THURSDAY

1:25 A Broken Code MVLSC 2012 Crime. 2:55 Smiley 16VLS 2012 Horror. 4:30 Jack M 2012 Drama.

MOVIES GREATS 6:30 Monster-in-Law MS 2005 Romantic Comedy. Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda. 8:10 Directors – Barry Sonnenfeld PG 8:40 Something To Talk About ML 1995 Comedy Drama. Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Robert Duvall. 10:25 Cold Creek Manor MVL 2003 Thriller. Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Juliette Lewis. 12:20 Being John Malkovich MLS 1999 Comedy. John Malkovich, John Cusack. 2:10 Revolutionary Road 16VLS 2008 Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet. 4:10 Black Hawk Down 16V 2001 Action. Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett. 6:30 Insomnia MVL 2002 Crime. Al Pacino, Hilary Swank. 8:30 Fantastic Four PGR 2005 Action. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Julian McMahon. 10:20 Austin Powers – International Man Of Mystery M 1997 Comedy. Michael Myers, Elizabeth Hurley. 11:50 The Constant Gardener MVLS 2005 Drama. THURSDAY 1:55 The Making Of Atonement PG 2:20 Black Hawk Down 16V 2001 Action. 4:40 Insomnia MVL 2002 Crime.

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6am Rowing – New Zealand Championships (Highlights) From Lake Karapiro. 7am The Golf Fix 8am School Of Golf 9am Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Hull FC v Castleford Tigers. 9:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Hull Kingston Rovers v St Helens. 10am Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Catalans Dragons v Leeds Rhinos. 10:30 Football – A-League Highlights Show 11am NZ Football Weekly 11:30 Football League Show (Highlights) Noon L Squash – PSA Windy City Open Women’s Semi-finals. 2pm Super League Fulltime 2:30 L Squash – PSA Windy City Open Men’s Semi-finals. 5pm Red Bull Defiance 5:30 Back Page With hosts Tony Squires and Kelli Underwood. 6:30 Table Tennis – World Championship Of Ping Pong 7:30 Super League Fulltime 8pm Fishing And Adventure 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Sterlo – On The Couch 10:30 NRL Footy Show

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1am Super League Fulltime 1:30 NRL 360 2:30 Sterlo – On The Couch 3:30 #SkySpeed 4am Fishing And Adventure 4:30 Athletics – Auckland Track Challenge (Highlights) 5:30 #SkySpeed

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24 Ashburton Guardian

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Sport Title within reach BY SUE NEWMAN

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Ashburton’s Lewis Dray is just three races and a handful of points away from becoming a national champion on the superbike circuit. The 19-year-old goes into this weekend’s New Zealand Superbike finals at Auckland’s Hampton Downs just 14 points clear of his nearest rival Jacob Stroud. But he knows that taking the title means he needs to be at the top of his game over the three races in the final round. He admits to feeling nervous, but also pretty positive about his chances. It’s been three weeks since the third round in the series and he’s kept himself race-fit, competing last weekend at Christchurch’s Mountain Thunders. He’s chewed up the kilometres on his road bike and pounded the pavements with the family dog, knowing that physical conditioning will be as important as mental toughness during the three-race finals. “Being fit for this is really important, you can’t just go out there and ride, you have to be race fit.” With 14 competitors and points allocated at 25 for a win, 20 for second and 16 for third, he knows his 14-point lead could disappear with just one mistake mid-race. “Jacob and I have had some really good battles and whether I come second or first, it’ll still be great. “It’s been an awesome season,” Dray said. He might be feeling philosophical about the outcome a few days out from the race, but when the flag drops at the start of

race one, Dray will be all focus. “I know it’ll be absolutely down to me, it’s about thinking you’re going to win,” he said. The finals series comes with two eight lap races and one over 12 laps and with 14 riders chasing the title, Dray knows it could well come down to who wants the title most on the day. He’s had the odd on-track spill but said he’s been fortunate to avoid major injury. While avoiding a clash with your fellow competitors is key, he admits he thinks of bike racing as pretty close to a contact sport. His nearest rival Stroud has the benefit of a dad who was nine time national superbike champion and the financial boost of significant sponsorship. While Stroud’s bike is supplied by his sponsors, Dray describes his as a ‘wheelbarrow bike’. “Dad and I built my bike up and it was in the wheelbarrow at one stage and for me, in some ways, it’s more rewarding riding a bike we’ve built from scratch,” he said. Dray lives with his parents and that means all of his wages go into his sport. “But I’m also lucky, I’ve had a lot of kind people help me out along the way.” His parents are his support team, dad his one man pit crew, but when you’re a selffunded racer, the spare parts are pretty slim. Others might travel with several sets of tyres; Dray has just one. He will be chasing the national title in the 250 Production Series at Hampton Downs Raceway in Auckland on Saturday and Sunday.

One step away from taking the title, superbike racer Lewis Dray, preparing for the ﬁnal race in this year’s 250 production series in Auckland this weekend. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 010316-TM-0074

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