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High meth level ‘no surprise’

By Sue Newman

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Methamphetamine users could be your next door neighbour or the person sitting next to you at work; says an Ashburton drug service manager.

Chris Clark, manager of Ashburton’s Community Drug and Alcohol Service (Acads) said that while people might have a picture of a meth addict who had hit rock bottom and lived on the streets, the reality was very different.

“It’s not always like that. People can be users and not look like that. It could be anyone - it could be professionals, it’s not just one section of the community,” she said.

While Acads does not have a large client base of meth users, Clark said

it came as no surprise to her that the substance made up 78 per cent of the trace drug residue found in Ashburton’s wastewater supply.

Those figures were part of the latest national release of wastewater drug testing data for New Zealand, with meth consistently emerging as number one in terms of drug residue detected.

Ashburton’s recording was the fourth highest percentage found in the South Island.

People with alcohol related problems made up the bulk of Acads clients, however, the number of people wanting help with meth addiction had been increasing for about five years, she said.

“But we’re only seeing the tip of the iceberg, the people who want help. We

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deal with addiction from a health point of view, we help them to help themselves.”

Like any addictive substance, users generally moved in a circle where the product was available and that meant kicking a drug habit could also mean having to break old associations and old habits, Clark said.

Ashburton’s wastewater system has been part of a national testing programme for illegal drugs since late 2018 when the testing regime was rolled out across 38 sites in 12 policing districts.

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Students pledge to feed their school

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton College’s student executive has partnered with three businesses to ensure their fellow students do not spend their day at school with an empty stomach.

They’ve started a shared morning tea initiative that sees platters of food available at interval to anyone who may have come to school without food for the day in their back pack.

This year’s shared morning tea builds on an initiative started last year by the executive, head girl Mollie Gibson said.

“They fundraised and supplied food in an effort to ensure that no student at Ashcoll would go hungry. As it worked so well, we decided to continue the programme this year, to do our best to keep our students with full bellies,” she said.

“Hopefully this helps students to improve their ability to focus and concentrate on their school work in class.”

Without the support of the community through donations the shared morning tea would not be possible, Gibson said.

“We’re very thankful for the generous donations we receive each week. We held a mufti day earlier in the year to buy any extra food we may need, or days we do not have donations.”

The first shared morning tea

Ashburton College students enjoying a shared morning tea, part of a student executive initiative to make food available for anyone needing a mid morning top-up (from left) canteen and environment committee head Fred Belford with Emma Cochrane, Amelia Harris, Hazel Ryan and Charlotte Clifford.

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of the year was held yesterday and attracted far more students than anticipated, with about 40 turning up.

“We do try to encourage healthy eating, however the muffins were gone within a matter of minutes and we were left with a few bananas and an

apple which will be eaten later on in the week,” she said.

Head of senior school Claire Bubb applauded the student driven initiative and said it grew from concerns that some of the college community were coming to school hungry and wanted to do something

practical about it.

A mufti day had raised $1000 towards the initiative and this has been boosted by three local businesses committing to come on board, Bubb said.

Food is provided by Harvey’s Bakehouse, Nosh and Speights and that leaves just one day each week where students need to source food.

“Our local community has been incredibly generous, they’ve got behind this in a major way and they bake fresh food just for us,” she said.

Each morning they cater for around 25 students.

“We place no judgement on who turns up, we just provide the food and the company. We can’t decide who needs it, we just make it available as a shared morning tea.”

Staff also provide food and Bubb anticipates during the colder months this is likely to include soup and other food that needs to be heated.

The executive is hoping there may be people in the community who are happy to donate an unwanted microwave, crockpot or toasted sandwich press to their project.

Their initiative builds on one already run by the school where hash browns and hot chocolate are available to all students in the canteen during the two winter terms.

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In late 2017 testing data showed that 1.5kg of methamphetamine was estimated to have been consumed on average each week; during the three months from November to January this year, consumption had risen to 16kg.

The numbers concerned, but did not surprise Mayor Donna Favel who said they were the unwanted statistics that came with a changing Ashburton that is now reflecting national and international social issues.

Currently the council does not have a role in community social issues as these are not seen as part of its core business. That, however, could be about to change, Favel said, when the Social Wellbeing Amendment Bill passes through Parliament.

With that in place, Favel anticipates local authorities will be charged with playing a larger part in social issues within their communities.

“I think we’ll play a larger part in things we haven’t been involved in over the last few years.”

Flak flies over 2018 census data

By Susan Sandys

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Incomplete 2018 Census data will impact on areas like Mid Canterbury more than most, says Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon.

Falloon is calling for the government to shelve the incomplete data set and instead order a new census in 2021, two years before the next census is due.

“At census time I received countless complaints in my Ashburton office about the complete absence of census collectors, particularly in smaller and rural

communities. If major centres like Auckland and Wellington are over-represented in the census compared to our district it will mean fewer resources for us,” the MP claimed.

A new 2021 census would have to have “adequate collectors in place to ensure smaller communities are counted”.

Stats NZ’s decision to still use this incomplete and inaccurate data for important decisions like funding for District Health Boards, and redrawing electorate boundaries, was not justified.

He slated Statistics Minister James Shaw for failing to put adequate resources into door-todoor census collectors to reinforce the online-first approach, and countered claims by the minister that the previous National-led government had tried to cut costs.

“That’s just not correct. Census 2018 was allocated $120 million, up from $90 million for Census 2013,” Falloon said.

Shaw said it was the previous National-led Government which decided to shift the census to a

mostly online survey and, at the same time, directed Stats NZ to cut costs over two census cycles.

“Stats NZ has now confirmed it will provide reliable, quality 2018 census data to calculate how many electorates will be needed for next year’s General Election and to revise electorate boundaries where necessary,” Shaw said.

On Monday he threw Stats NZ a lifeline, announcing $5.76 million to complete the delayed work, to be covered in this year’s Budget, and approving $10.36

million to develop the business case and start development work on the 2023 Census.

Liz MacPherson at Stats New Zealand has assured New Zealanders that statisticians have created a robust dataset using both the incomplete census data and additional real data from government records.

The release of the data had been delayed twice due to the resultant complex and careful work required, however Stats NZ would be able to start releasing the data from September 23.

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Balloonists prepare to descend on Hororata Hot air balloonists from all over New Zealand will take to the skies across Canterbury as they prepare for the Hororata Night Glow on May 18. The Hororata Domain will light up with about 13 balloons glowing in unison to music. “Getting all the balloons standing at once and glowing in a choreographed performance is not easy, weather conditions have to be perfect,” said Ballooning Canterbury spokesperson Michael Oakley. Organisers are also hoping for good weather in the week leading up to the event when they enjoy a social week of flying, as pictured above from the 2018 event. Mid Cantabrians will be able to see them in skies to the north if the balloonists are successful in flying from Terrace Downs down the Rakaia Gorge. “Exactly when and where we fly will depend on the weather, but we hope to be in the sky as much as possible,” Oakley said. Ultimately organisers would like to see the event grow and incorporate Mid Canterbury towns.

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Methven Resort has new owners.

Ole and Bruce Wallis have stepped up from running separate restaurant and motel businesses to running a full service hotel.

The change of ownership happened on April 16 and while there have been some challenges, the new owners have confidence and vision for their new venture.

One of the issues they have been dealing with is the liquidation of Menumate, a computer-based cashier, ordering, menu management and accounting system used by hundreds of restaurants and food outlets around the country.

The couple had also been struggling with low staff numbers, but they have recently employed a new head chef, who had moved to the area from South Africa.

They say they hope to connect with locals on social media and have already been warmly welcomed to town.

The team is inviting people to try out the new menu at their Sojourn Restaurant.

The resort’s facilities include 47 guest rooms, bar, restaurant, swimming pool, hot pools, function and conference rooms.

The complex opened as Centrepoint in 1982 and has had many owners over the years, including hotel chains. It hosts the Mount Hutt College ball annually.

■■ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Limited streamed meetings to stay

By Sue Newman

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Live streamed meetings of the Ashburton District Council might be under way but the number of meetings available to view at ratepayers’ convenience will remain limited – for now.

The council is trialling live streaming for six months and initially decided to limit that trial to just council and standing committee meetings.

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When hearings on submissions on its civic centre and library project were held on Tuesday, some councillors suggested they should also be live streamed.

Submitters had not been warned they might be filmed and that meant it would have been inappropriate to record them speaking, Mayor Donna Favel said.

She did suggest that councillors could consider extending

the trial to cover a submissions hearing on May 15 over the closure of East Street.

Ashburton’s retailers, who traditionally hold their Boulevard Day event in September, have applied for the closure and so too has the organiser of a competing event.

That option appealed to several councillors.

“I’m for live streaming as much as possible, the more of the com-

munity that can see what goes on around the meeting table the better,” Selwyn Price said.

Russell Ellis agreed.

“There’s probably more interest in hearings such as we’re having today than in other business as usual council meetings, but I do have some concerns being live streamed might put some people off presenting,” he said.

Councillors were public figures

and that meant what they did should be available to the public, Peter Reveley said.

“We’re not a secret society, we’re public servants.”

Neither Leen Braam nor Neil Brown agreed.

Councillors had committed to a six month trial and that’s what they should stick with, they said.

When it was put to a vote, letting the trial run its course won the day.

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■■ CIVIC CENTRE AND LIBRARY

Council urged to share space

By Sue Newman

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Rather than adding performance space and meeting rooms to its new civic centre and library, the Ashburton District Council should be looking to do a deal with the Baring Square church, says church past property convenor Ken Leadley.

He told district councillors at a submissions hearing on the project on Tuesday that when the church was repaired and restored it would have performance space and meeting rooms that could be used by the community, Leadley said.

This shared use was in line with what he saw as a much-needed long-term overview and interconnecting vision for Ashburton, he said.

“We’ve had ad hoc development that’s not good long term and this venture is much bigger than the library and administration building.”

Leadley also urged the council to consider other facilities around town such as the Ashburton Intermediate and Ashburton College rebuilds that would include libraries and performance

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areas before it committed to including what could be duplicates in the new library space.

There would be scope in the church redevelopment project to create a corridor that linked to the council building and that

would make the church nave available as performance space as well as the suite of meeting rooms, Leadley said.

Councillors were not convinced.

The project was about fu-

ture-proofing the town, Russell Ellis said.

“By having control of our assets it makes us stronger. If we rely on this facility as part of this and in 20 years’ time the parish is at the end of its life, will ratepayers need to be relied on to buy the (church) building?” he said.

The Methodist congregation was fragile, Leadley admitted, with a weekly attendance of around 25. If this continued to decline, and the church was no longer needed, then it would probably be sold.

“If I’d remained property convenor of the church, I’d probaby have come to the council and said ‘here are the keys’. The council needs to be looking far enough out that it looks at this building and says it should be part of its infrastructure,” Leadley said.

While a shared facility worried him because it meant council was not in control of its own destiny, Ellis said the church building would remain on the council’s radar as a facility that could be used in the future rather than included as part of the civic centre and library project today.

Opportunity to be energy efficiency leader

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton has an opportunity to become a national leader as a cutting edge builder of energy efficient public buildings, retired farmer Brian Cameron says.

He was one of eight people who spoke to a panel of Ashburton District councillors on Tuesday during hearings on the district’s new civic centre and library.

Rather than going with its preferred option, a $45 million build, the council should opt for the $53m complex that would future-proof the building for generations to come, Cameron said.

While this option came with enhanced energy and cost ef-

ficiency features, he suggested the council should go one step further and use laminated veneer timber in its construction.

Not only was this cost-effective, it had a very high earthquake rating, it was fast and easy to erect and it was environmentally friendly because it permanently stored large quantities of carbon, he said. If it opted for the $53m build using laminated veneer timber and included the proposed range of energy efficient features, it would be in a unique position to lead by example and show environmental responsibility, Cameron said.

“This would put Ashburton on the map as being responsible,

progressive and innovative.”

In building the new civic centre and library, the council had to look a long way into the future, Cameron said.

“The emphasis needs to be on the younger generation, the type of learning they do. We need to provide plenty of space and that space needs to be flexible.”

The $53m option provided that space and it included the energy efficient features that were part of that future. Using laminated veneer timber was one more step in that direction, he said.

Because it would be a prominent and long-lasting landmark, the building should not only be as ascetically attractive as possi-

ble, it should be energy efficient, distinctive, different and ageless and the use of timber would enhance all of these qualities, Cameron said.

When councillors deliberated on both written and oral submissions they decided to include an investigation into laminated veneer timber in the next stage of the project.

They have now asked council staff to prepare a final proposal for the civic centre and library they describe as a hybrid option – the $45m build with some of the extra features that are part of the $53m option. This proposal will be discussed at the May 9 council meeting.

Call for council to retain, not sell land

By Sue Newman

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The Ashburton District Council needs to turn its civic centre and library building project on its head and look at it from a new angle, says ratepayer Roger Bray.

Rather than opting for a new site and then selling off the existing sites, all sites should be retained and in some cases added to, Bray told councillors at a hearing of public submissions on the project.

He was one of eight people who spoke to councillors at Tuesday’s hearings and said his vision was for the council to retain the existing library site and to buy an adjoining lot to the south. A new library could be built on this land then the existing library could be demolished and the land used for car parking.

In the future when the next new llibrary was needed, it could be built on the car parking space and the building it replaced demolished, Bray said.

The same process could be used with Baring Square’s east and west – build a new civic centre on the eastern land but rather than selling off the existing civic building, the site should be retained against the day the next civic centre was needed, he said.

“I don’t believe any of the options you are looking at are applicable for the future because looking to that future you’ll have to buy more land. I know this is not as perfect as keeping everything together but it gives you options for the future.”

Bray said he accepted the council wanted to sell off spare land to off-set against the cost of the new buildings, but suggested the money realised wouldn’t be significant when measured against the opportunity loss of retaining both sites. Bray’s suggestion did not find its way into the package of ideas that will be discussed by councillors on May 9.

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■■ MOSQUE SHOOTINGS

Media agree to trial protocols NZME

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New Zealand media have agreed on protocols for reporting the trial of the man accused of the Christchurch mosque shootings.

While major news outlets have agreed to “comprehensively and responsibly” report the case, this will include limits on promoting white supremacy ideology.

This would extend to the contents of a manifesto shared on the internet by the accused gunman before the March 15 shootings.

The gunman, 28, faces 50 murder charges and 39 counts of attempted murder.

The following protocols have been agreed to by NZME (publisher of the Herald), RNZ, TVNZ, MediaWorks and Stuff, for the coverage and reportage of the trial: ■■ We shall, to the extent that is compatible with the principles of open justice, limit any coverage of statements, that actively champion white supremacist or terrorist ideology.

■■ For the avoidance of doubt the commitment set out at [above] shall include the accused’s manifesto document The Great Replacement.

■■ We will not broadcast or report on any

message, imagery, symbols or signals (including hand signals) made by the accused or his associates promoting or supporting white supremacist ideology.

■■ Where the inclusion of such signals in any images is unavoidable, the relevant parts of the image shall be pixellated.

■■ To the greatest extent possible, the journalists that are selected by each of the outlets to cover the trial will be experienced personnel.

■■ These guidelines may be varied at any time, subject to a variation signed by all parties.

■■ This protocol shall continue in force indefinitely.

“We are also mindful of our role as the “eyes and ears of the public” in the context of court reporting. In this instance, we acknowledge the particular importance of this function, given the many victims’ friends and families outside New Zealand who may otherwise be unable to engage in the trial process,” the NZ Media Freedom Committee said.

“We are aware that the accused may attempt to use the trial as a platform to amplify white supremacist and/or terrorist views or ideology.”

■■ MENTAL HEALTH

Normalising conversations around mental distress

By Susan Sandys

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You don’t have to have a counselling qualification in order to be able to help someone suffering mental distress, says Matthew Peppercorn.

The Dunedin-based mental health and intellectual disability nurse and TASK mental wellness presenter will be leading free All About Anxiety workshops in Timaru and Ashburton today and in Christchurch tomorrow.

Facilitated by Parent to Parent, the workshops are part of a nationwide programme aimed at giving tools and strategies for parents to recognise and understand feelings of anxiousness in themselves and their children.

They will also help parents plan support for their families, and learn the relationship between depression and anxiety and autism and anxiety.

Peppercorn said he aimed to keep the presentations reasonably humorous and light-hearted as “nobody wants to have a really depressing talk about depression”.

He said he had himself suffered anxiety and depression, so was able to incorporate his own experiences into his talk.

He felt it was important to normalise conversations around mental health issues.

“It’s very much talking about things and feeling you have been heard,” Peppercorn said.

While a natural response for many would be to advise someone they know suffering mental distress to see their GP, at the same time that person themselves could be a help to the person suffering.

“If someone tells you they are not feeling good, it’s because they trust you to tell you, you don’t have to have a counselling qualification to have a chat to them about it, it’s normalising conversations,” Peppercorn said.

“It’s part of that recovery process … just have time for a cup of coffee or a talk.”

He said there had always been anxiety issues suffered by children, but there was more dia-

logue around the topic these days and conversation around how to talk about the issue rather than taking the “she’ll be right” approach.

Registrations are required for the workshops, and are via Jo Hannah at Parent to Parent, joannah@parent2parent.org.nz While the workshops are free, donations are gratefully received.

The workshops are Southern Trust Events Centre Timaru 12.30pm to 3.30pm today, Ashburton Trust Event Centre 6.30pm to 9.30pm today, Community House 301 Tuam Street Christchurch noon to 3pm tomorrow and then 6.30pm to 9.30pm tomorrow.

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Emperor to pursue peace AP Emperor Naruhito inherited the sacred sword and jewel on Wednesday that signalled his succession as the 126th member of his family to rule Japan, pledging in his first public address to follow his father’s example by devoting himself to peace and sharing the people’s joys and sorrows.

Naruhito, the first Japanese emperor to have studied abroad and the first born after Japan’s defeat in World War Two, formally succeeded to the Chrysanthemum Throne at midnight after his father Akihito abdicated Tuesday. It was the first abdication in more than two centuries.

“When I think about the important responsibility I have assumed, I am filled with a sense of solemnity,” Naruhito said in his address.

While noting his father’s devotion to praying for peace, Naruhito said he’ll “reflect deeply” on the path trodden by Akihito and past emperors. He promised to abide by the constitution that stripped emperors of political power, and to fulfil his responsibility as a national symbol while “always turning my thoughts to the people and standing with them”.

“I sincerely pray for the happiness of the people and the further development of the nation as well as the peace of the world,” he said.

Naruhito is considered a new breed of royal, his outlook forged by the tradition-defying choices of his parents. Akihito devoted his three-decade career to making amends for a war fought in his father’s name while bringing the aloof monarchy closer to the people.

Naruhito was presented with the sacred sword and jewel, each in a box and wrapped in cloth, at a morning ceremony that marked his first official duty as emperor.

His wife and daughter, Empress Masako and 17-year-old Princess Aiko, were barred from the ceremony, which only adult male royals – his brother, now Crown Prince Fumihito, and his uncle Prince Hitachi – were allowed to witness. Their guests included a female Cabinet minister, how-

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The banning of female royals at the ceremony underscored the uncertain future of a paternalistic imperial family that faces declining numbers and fewer male heirs.

Nevertheless, Japan was in a festive mood as it celebrated an imperial succession prompted by retirement rather than death. Many people stood outside the palace to reminisce about Akihito’s era; others joined midnight events when the transition occurred, and more came to celebrate the beginning of Naruhito’s reign.

Dozens of couples lined up at local government offices to submit marriage documents to mark the first day of Naruhito’s era, known as Reiwa, or “beautiful harmony”.

From a car window on his way to and from the palace, Naruhito smiled and waved at the people cheering on the sidewalk. He and his family will still live at

the crown prince’s Togu Palace until they switch places with his parents.

The emperor, under Japan’s constitution, is a symbol without political power.

Naruhito has promised to emulate his father in seeking peace and staying close to the people. He said his father’s work will be his guidepost.

The Imperial House Law confines the succession to male heirs, leaving Naruhito’s daughter, Aiko, now 17, out of the running.

Naruhito’s wife Masako is a Harvard-educated former diplomat who may prove an adept partner in his overseas travels and activities.

Naruhito is the first monarch raised by his own parents, as Akihito and Michiko, who was born a commoner, chose to take care of their children instead of leaving them in the hands of palace staff. They also supported his choice to attend Oxford University, where he researched the history of the Thames River transportation systems.

■■UNITED STATES

Moves to make Muslim Brotherhood terrorists AAP The Trump administration is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organisation, the White House says, which would bring sanctions against Egypt’s oldest Islamist movement.

“The president has consulted with his national security team and leaders in the region who share his concern, and this designation is working its way through the internal process,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in an email.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked President Donald Trump to make the designation, which Egypt has already done, in a private meeting during a visit to Washington on April 9, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.

After the meeting, Trump praised Sisi as a “great president,” as a bipartisan group of US lawmakers raised concerns about Sisi’s record on human rights, efforts to keep him in office for many years and planned Russian arms purchases.

Sisi, who ousted President Mohamed

Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 and was elected president the following year, has overseen a sweeping crackdown on Islamist as well as liberal opposition in Egypt.

The Brotherhood came to power in Egypt’s first modern free election in 2012, a year after long-serving autocrat Hosni Mubarak was toppled in the popular uprising.

But the movement is now banned, and thousands of its supporters and much of its leadership have been jailed.

■■AUSTRALIA

Mother in court after slashing teacher with scissors NZME A mum was in a NSW court yesterday after she allegedly used a pair of scissors to brutally attack a primary school teacher.

Karina Sbaraini, 31, fronted Tweed Heads Local Court charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and entering inclosed lands without

lawful excuse.

She was refused bail with prosecutors telling the court she was “unpredictable and volatile”.

She will next appear via audio visual link on June 27.

Police allege they found Sbaraini hiding in her backyard three hours after the alleged attack, wearing a bloody shirt.

An orange pair of scissors, believed to have been used in the attack, were found nearby.

Emergency services rushed to a school in the north of New South Wales on Tuesday after reports a teacher had been stabbed.

Police allege the 31-year-old mum stabbed Zane Vockler, a 28-year-old teacher who is regarded as one of the school’s best.

Korean popular music, or K-pop, is sweeping the world, and a group with a massive smash hit has a New Zealand member and some strong local connections. Blackpink is one of South Korea’s latest musical exports.

Two of Blackpink’s four members have ties to New Zealand. Rosé, Blackpink’s lead dancer, was born in Auckland and Jennie, the group’s lead vocalist, studied in New Zealand for five years. Min Seok Kim, from Auckland University’s K-pop club, said the music was not just popular in Korea anymore, but had a global audience.

Last episode of Big Bang There were tears, group hugs on the Big Bang Theory set on April 30 as the cast shot the sitcom’s very last episode. For those fans unlucky enough not to be in the studio audience, the cast posted goodbye messages so we could see what was going down – and who had the most tears in their eyes – on the day. Sheldon Cooper actor Jim Parsons shared a picture of the door to his old apartment and paid a touching tribute to the show’s fans. “Knock, knock, knock, thank you …” he began. “Thank you, apartment 4A, for being a home to so many dreams come true, to so many friendships made.

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Kutcher witness at trial Ashton Kutcher could help put away an alleged serial killer accused of slaying three women and possibly responsible for as many as 10 murders – including the actor’s former girlfriend. The trial of accused murderer Michael Gargiulo is set to begin in Los Angeles this week. Kutcher will take the witness stand to recall the night in 2001 when his then girlfriend Ashley Ellerin was brutally stabbed to death in her Hollywood Hills home.

Kutcher was at the height of his Dude Where’s My Car? and That ’70s Show fame when he began dating Ellerin. According to the statement he gave to police, on the night of the murder Kutcher and Ellerin had a plan to meet up late after he went to a party at a friend’s house.

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Live streaming a must for council O

penness and transparency are key prerequisites of a local government especially when it comes to the decision making on what is currently on the table and which might impact on local ratepayers.

So the announcement, a few months back, that the Ashburton District Council would begin to live stream some of their meetings, in order to inform a much wider audience of what is happening, was a welcome decision by all corners.

But there’s still a bit of water to go under the bridge to get the model functioning right.

Tuesday’s meeting on submissions around the proposed civic centre should have been, in hindsight, also streamed to the wider public. Submissions

on the project were plentiful and a large portion of the community were clearly interested in the process that was to come in reaching a final decision on which path to take with the build.

To have been faced with a camera as well as the faces of a large contingent of councillors and key council staff might have been uncomfortable for some of the submitters who fronted up to the meeting to give their views.

But, if their message was important enough to tell councillors, then surely it was important enough to tell the wider community too.

Let’s hope it’s something that can be learnt from going forward and that a disclosure is placed for any similar circumstances going forward so that submitters who wish to speak to the council are aware that they may be filmed for the purposes of the live stream.

It’s important that these messages get shared with as many people as possible.

While the door is often open to the public to attend council meetings, they are almost always at a time which is not suitable to the general population as they sit within the normal working

hours during the day.

So, with the advancement of technology and the streaming process, there is now that availability for the wider community to remain engaged and informed with what’s going on within the council chambers.

In some ways, up until the arrival of the streaming service, it was our role as the district’s daily newspaper to bring forward to the community, news and conversations from within that same space and while we will continue to do that, because of the importance of local news which impacts on members of our community, the opportunity for verification or a greater understanding is a welcome and positive change.

What we don’t want to get to

the point of, however, is seeing our elected members muzzling themselves from speaking up about their opinion on subjects, whether it be for or against, for fear of retribution of those comments.

No one should ever feel that they can’t speak what is on their mind, especially when they are as passionate about things as our current crop of councillors are.

The live stream service is there to provide a service to the community but it will only continue to work if what is being beamed out to the masses is a true reflection of how our mayor and members of her council truly feel – not a watered-down, sanitised version that is spoken instead with the intent of keeping people happy.

dedicated by Governor Ronald Reagan; the 770-foot-tall earthfilled structure, a pet project of Reagan’s predecessor, Pat Brown, remains the tallest dam in the United States.

In 1998, Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski was given four life sentences plus 30 years by a federal judge in Sacramento, California, under a plea agreement that spared him the death penalty.

In 2006, A federal judge sentenced Zacarias Moussaoui to life in prison for his role in the

9/11 attacks.

Ten years ago: Jeff Kepner, of Augusta, Georgia, underwent the nation’s first double-hand transplant at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre.

Five years ago: Eight acrobats were injured, most of them seriously, when a carabiner clip broke during an aerial hair-hanging stunt, sending the women plummeting to the ground during a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus show in Providence, Rhode Island.

One year ago: The Connecticut Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel in the 1975 bludgeoning death of a girl in Greenwich, finding that Skakel’s trial attorney had failed to present evidence of an alibi.

Today’s birthdays: The former president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, is 91. Katherine Jackson, matriarch of the Jackson musical family, is 89.

Jazz musician Ron Carter is 82.

Country singer Stella Parton is 70. Irish musician Darryl Hunt is

69. Singer Jackie Jackson is 68.

Singer-actress Pia Zadora is 67.

Country singer Randy Travis is 60. Actress Mary McDonough is 58. Singer Lance Bass is 40. Actress Ruth Negga is 38.

Rapper/singer Jidenna is 34.

Actor Alexander Gould is 25.

Country singer RaeLynn is 25.

Actress Brooklynn Prince is nine.

Thought for today: “The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.” – Franklin P Jones, American journalisthumorist (1908-1980).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, May 4, the 124th day of 2019. There are 241 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On May 4, 1961, the first group of Freedom Riders left Washington, DC to challenge racial segregation on interstate buses and in bus terminals.

On this date: In 1626, Dutch explorer Peter Minuit landed on present-day Manhattan Island.

In 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, a labour demonstration for an 8-hour work day turned into a deadly riot when a bomb exploded.

In 1893, Richard John Seddon became premier of New Zealand following the death of John Ballance. Seddon dominated the New Zealand political landscape for the next 13 years.

In 1916, responding to a demand from President Woodrow Wilson, Germany agreed to limit its submarine warfare.

In 1925, an international conference opened in Geneva to forge an agreement against the use of chemical and biological weapons in war; the Geneva Protocol was signed on June 17, 1925 and went into force in 1928.

In 1932, mobster Al Capone, convicted of income-tax evasion, entered the federal penitentiary in Atlanta.

In 1942, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began in the Pacific during World War Two. In 1955, Five Vampire aircraft of No. 14 Squadron RNZAF took off from Tengah airfield, Singapore, to conduct a strike mission against guerrillas in the Malayan jungle, their first combat strike since World War Two. In 1959, the first Grammy Awards ceremony was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

In 1968, the Oroville Dam in Northern California was

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t was Thursday heading in to Easter.

On the radio I had been mentioning my usual holiday cautions to all who would be on the roads over the Easter break.

Please take it easy and be careful out there.

Drive like everyone else on the road is an idiot. Because, inevitably, some of them are.

Too many for my liking and to be fair, my only observation about our sad road toll is that it’s a wonder it isn’t exponentially higher when you see what goes on.

I was making my way back south alone on SH1 and as I approached Rolleston I flirted with the notion of stopping off for a burger but Mrs Mac’s voice rang in my head “cook yourself something at home, there’s food in the fridge”.

Yes, I had some leftover mashed potato and a rissole and a pork strip in the fridge, this could be the makings of a Peter Mac signature “small but tasty meal” so I skipped past the enticing Golden Arches of Rolleston and that was to prove my downfall.

Just south of Rolleston traffic flows were quite heavy and I remarked to myself about the big electronic sign reminding us all that it was holiday traffic and to keep safe.

Moments later everything changed.

Suddenly, from seemingly nowhere on a straight stretch of road, there was a vehicle across my path at right angles.

In a nano-second I hit the brakes hard and reduced my speed down to, I don’t know, maybe half at a guess, and in an effort to avoid a collision followed the other vehicle across the road and into the on-coming lane.

But alas I simply ran out of

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PRESS COUNCIL options. BANG! My front left side of the trusty Alphard smacked fair and squarely into the driver’s door of the other vehicle. We both ended up on the grass verge on the opposite side of the road.

To explain, before all this, he had been pulled off the road heading the same direction and wished to go back the other way.

He found a gap in the northbound traffic but failed to check what was right behind him and that turned out to be me.

He pulled a sudden U-turn in dense holiday traffic on SH1 and I was the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Amazingly it all played out quickly, but yet surreally slowly.

I quickly ascertained I was not only still alive, but unhurt, and my first job was to check if he was alright.

His driver’s door was well and truly smacked up and his glass had shattered all over the front of my vehicle.

At that moment a very kind couple from Ashburton heading north stopped to check what was going on and to offer assistance.

The other guy, a young bloke in a “borrowed” uninsured car, seemed a bit vague but that I figured could just be a bit of shock.

I decided to call 111, police and report a two-vehicle non-injury accident and could they please attend.

The operator, using the signal from my phone, deduced I was right across from Rolleston Prison.

I looked across the railway line and sure enough, there it was.

“Put your flashers on if you can and there will be an officer there shortly.”

I checked my lights and incredibly they all still operated.

Within 10 or 15 minutes an officer attended and he was simply brilliant.

He handled everything courteously and professionally but with a friendly demeanour.

We both blew a clean test and while I checked if my vehicle would still start and move, he spoke with the young fellow and decided as he had no previous, he would only receive a warning.

It was interesting though that the “borrowed” uninsured vehicle came back in the driver’s name. He looked genuinely perplexed. God knows what that was all about. Maybe a flatmate.

I don’t know. And I’m not going to over-think it.

So I drove home and on Tuesday reported the incident to my insurance company.

After taking the vehicle to a repairer, once stripped of the front bumper, grille and bonnet which

had taken the hit, it was obvious that yes the frame had taken a fair whack and had crumpled a bit as it was designed to do on impact.

So as I write this, it looks like repairs will be more than the vehicle’s worth and it is looking very much like an insurance write-off. It’s an inconvenience I could really do without but there is only one thing to be thankful for.

No one got seriously hurt, or died and that is a big bonus.

It could have been much much worse.

And there was absolutely nothing I could have done to prevent it, apart from stopping for a burger.

I just hope the other guy takes the lesson on board and becomes way more road aware.

Broadcaster Peter Mac is Ashburton born and bred and the afternoon host on the Hokonui Radio Network.

The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

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Buyer revelation floors farmers

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Deer farmers have a better idea of who is buying their velvet and the results of market research have surprised them.

The typical buyer of New Zealand velvet has been found to be upper-income married women, aged 39, living in the South Korean capital city of Seoul.

Some of the traits would have come as no surprise, particularly their addresses, but their gender and other characteristics might have run contrary to common belief.

The market research funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ) has provided the deer industry with a better grasp of who buys deer velvet and why they select New Zealand product.

DINZ chief executive Dan Coup said velvet marketers had in the past tended to go on experience and feedback from distributors when positioning and promoting velvet.

The latest research provided them with a clear idea of where they were strong in the market and the big opportunities, he said.

The results have been provided to big health food partners in Korea.

DINZ found that the reasons

New research has given deer farmers a better idea of who is buying their velvet. that consumers bought velvet-based health foods were, in order, to strengthen their immunity, recover from tiredness, prevent colds, improve physical strength, promote blood circulation, prevent ageing, improve their memory and relieve stress.

The deer industry body is de-

veloping a new system for tracing tagged velvet as it moves through the supply chain. If the concept is supported, each stick of velvet would be able to be identified from the 2020-21 season through a central database to the farm of origin.

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farmers, veterinarians, buyers, exporters and other people in the velvet industry about the proposed system by May 6.

A new type of tag is needed to replace the existing nylon cable ties that tend to become brittle and break during freezing and this has provided the opportunity

to introduce a more versatile tag system.

The eventual system would provide fast and accurate product tracing for food safety and biosecurity and indicate that the farm of origin complied with velveting welfare and food safety rules.

The proposed tags, likely with a barcode and electronic chip, were also expected to help farmers, vets and other velvet businesses with their inventory management in a virtually paper-less system and would reduce the risk of counterfeit product entering the market.

Meanwhile, farmers are expected to benefit from the growing Chinese venison market. Venison is not traditionally consumed in China, but venison marketers have made some inroads.

China became the seventh largest market last year for New Zealand venison, worth $7.1 million and is also the second largest market for co-products such as bones, pizzles, sinews and tails, worth $8.3m.

Overall, China is the fourth largest market for venison and co-products.

The largest market for venison and co-products is the United States, which buys $53.2m of venison and $19.8m of co-products, followed by Germany and Belgium.

■■ HONORARY DOCTORATE

Synlait founder to receive honorary Lincoln doctorate NZME Synlait founder John Penno will receive an honorary doctorate from Lincoln University tomorrow.

Dr Penno, who was brought up on a Morven farm, co-founded the Synlait Group in 2000 and stood down as Synlait Milk chief executive last year.

He remains on the board as a director.

After completing an agricultural science degree, he began his career in the dairy industry as a consulting officer for the New Zealand Dairy Board before joining Dexcel as a research scientist, where he completed a PhD in animal science.

Penno received an emerging leader’s award from the Sir Peter Blake Trust in 2009, a Prime Minister’s Business Scholarship in 2012, and the Excellence in Leadership award at the 2015 New Zealand International Business Awards.

In 2009, he was named Federated Farmers’ inaugural agribusiness person of the year in recognition of his contribution to the New Zealand dairy industry.

At the time his departure from Synlait was signalled, Dr Penno said he was looking forward to getting back to his entrepreneurial roots and would be looking for opportunities to get involved with start-ups and young companies with his wife Maury Leyland Penno, a former Fonterra executive.

Also to receive honorary doctorates

John Penno from Lincoln are naturalist Hugh Wilson and farm adviser and Mid Canterbury local, John Tavendale.

The graduation ceremonies will also include posthumous awards to two victims of the Christchurch terror attacks, as well as a student who died in an accident last year.

About 570 students will be receiving certificates, diplomas and degrees in two ceremonies at the Lincoln Events Centre.

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Fair weather favours local finalist

By Tim Cronshaw

Left – Share Farmer of the Year finalist Ruwan Wijayasena.

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Hororata contract milker Ruwan Wijayasena believes he has done his best in the nerve wracking build-up to find the New Zealand Share Farmer of the Year.

Dairy Industry Awards judges were at the farms he manages for the Theland Farm Group for two hours on Tuesday and brought out the difficult questions.

The national finalist for Canterbury/North Otago feels like he answered all the questions well in the second-to-last judging session which ends in an interview in Wellington before the 11 finalists line up to find out who is the national winner at an evening function on May 11.

“We did the judging [on Tuesday] and I think it went well. We covered a lot of ground within two hours and had to speak really fast and I hope the judges understood what we wanted to say. We needed 30 seconds more to finish strongly by thanking all the parties which helped us, but overall we are pleased.’’

Sri Lankan-born Wijayasena stands out in dairying for his religious beliefs.

He and his wife, Niranjala, are

followers of the Therawada Buddhism faith and believe that animals and fellow humans should be treated as they would want to be treated.

Wijayasena does not want to own cows or make life and death decisions about culling his own animals.

However, he understands that

there comes a time when ageing and under performing cows must be removed from the herd to make way for better producing animals and is at ease with carrying out the

guidelines of other herd owners.

This has ruled the cow-less farmer out of ever owning a farm or running a sharemilking business.

Instead, he has built up an eight-staff business contract milking 1840 cows for Theland Farm Group, formerly owned by Synlait Farms, on two farms over 537 hectares near Horotata, while Niranjala runs a motel business in Christchurch.

Wijayasena said he was fortunate that the national judges arrived after Monday’s heavy rain.

“It was a great day and our first frost and it couldn’t have gone better. The judges were loving the snow on the mountains they could see from the milking shed.’’

Wijayasena said he knew he was up against the best sharemilkers among the 11 finalists, but they were probably thinking the same thing.

The finalists will spend five days in Wellington before the awards ceremony, in a programme of group activities including sponsor activities.

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Heavy rain over spring created ideal breeding conditions for the slug influx.

Slug number surge threatens crops after deluge

By Tim Cronshaw

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A spike in slug numbers has Mid Canterbury’s arable growers on high alert for the slimy pests.

The wet spring and early summer had some areas recording their second highest rainfall since the 1860s and provided fertile ground for slug breeding.

Autumn is the high risk period for farmers because slower-to-establish crops are vulnerable to slugs.

“The extremely wet spring conditions have set the scene for needing to be on high slug alert this autumn,’’ said Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) environment research manager Abie Horrocks.

She said slugs were always a potential issue, but some years were worse than others.

“Slugs are continuous breeders and, under the right conditions, populations can escalate very quickly. This is largely moisture-driven so weather is a key factor.’’

Slug numbers typically peaked in spring and autumn, but autumn was the higher risk period because crops were slower to establish and were vulnerable for longer, she said Clover, ryegrass seed and brassica crops are particularly susceptible to slug inroads,

but cereals can also suffer serious damage.

Horrocks said the key to managing slugs was for growers to monitor numbers and to be pre-emptive with their monitoring and control.

“Waiting until you see damage in the establishing crop can put you on the back foot and, in the worse cases, can be too late.’’

FAR put out an alert this week to growers that slug numbers were increasing.

As early as spring it was predicted that the conditions would generate perfect slug breeding conditions for the planting season.

Farmer reports have come through of serious damage to emerging crops.

Horrocks said growers would put out plywood tiles or weighted down sacks before crops were sown to gauge trends in slug numbers.

They could then make decisions based on slug pressure and take action early if required, either during or before sowing.

Carabid beetles can also help as they are active slug predators.

Horrocks said it was unlikely that the beetles would provide complete control, but they could make a valuable contribution.

Growers should avoid broad-spectrum insecticides where possible and carbamate-based slug baits.

Rabobank is forecasting a $7.15/kgMS farmgate payout for the 2019/2020 season.

Fonterra makes its official announcement within the next few weeks.

The bank’s dairy analyst Emma Higgins, in her report Fourth time lucky: Back in the black once more, suggested a fourth consecutive season of strong milk pricing could lead to a predicted $7.15/kgMS, along with a $6.65/kgMS for the 2018/2019 season.

Higgins said “stagnant global milk supply and robust global demand for Oceania-origin dairy products was expected to support strong milk prices for New Zealand farmers over the remainder of the current season and into next’’.

“From December 2018 through to early

April 2019, commodity dairy prices have jumped 24 per cent with butter and skim milk powder, the two products to shift the needle most significantly,’’ she said.

“We expect these strong global prices to hold in the short term, underpinning a rise in the current season forecast and a strong opening forecast for the 2019/20 season.’’

Higgins warned farmers to expect price inflation for on farm purchases and expenditure for fixed costs such as electricity, feed and wages.

Higgins said $7.15/kgMS was Rabobank’s forecast farmgate milk price based on the calculations set out in the milk price manual, which applied to Fonterra. ‘’This is a forecast and so this will change over the coming season to reflect the supply and demand dynamics that are ever evolving.’’

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Unemployment down, inflation up

By Rebecca Howard NZME

New Zealand’s unemployment rate nudged lower while annual wage inflation ticked slightly higher, largely on the back of several collective agreements including the nurses’ agreement last August.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.2 per cent in the three months ended March.

31, from 4.3 per cent in the December quarter, Stats NZ said in its household labour force survey.

Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had tipped the unemployment rate to fall to 4.2 per cent. The central bank had also tipped unemployment to be 4.2 per cent in the March quarter.

The New Zealand dollar fell to 66.35 US cents from 67.75 just ahead of the data.

“The unemployment rate has been mostly trending down since the global financial crisis in 2008,” said labour market and household statistics senior manager Jason Attewell. The unemployment rate touched a 10-year low of 4.0 per cent in the September quarter last year.

The unemployment rate for men fell to 3.9 per cent in the March quarter from 4.4 per cent

last quarter. For women, it was 4.5 per cent versus 4.2 per cent.

The employment rate was 67.5 in the March quarter versus 67.8 per cent in the December quarter.

Attewell noted that employment growth tends to lag broader economic growth by about three months. “New Zealand has seen a softening of economic growth as measured by gross domestic product over the last six months, we are now seeing that softening come through the employment rate,” he said.

The number of employed people eased 0.2 per cent in the quarter to 2.658 million and was 1.5 per cent higher than a year earlier.

Wage inflation, meanwhile, remained fairly tepid.

According to Statistics NZ, private sector wage inflation — including overtime — rose 0.3 per cent in the quarter for a 2 per cent annual increase. Economists had expected a 0.5 per cent lift.

Public sector wage inflation was up 0.6 per cent in the quarter for a 2.0 per cent annual gain.

Across both sectors, wage inflation rose a quarterly 0.4 per cent and an annual 2.0 per cent.

The annual rise was higher than the annual 1.5 per cent lift in con-

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imum wage increase of $1.20 to $17.70 an hour on April 1 flows through, said Attewell.

Overall, the ongoing subdued wage inflation picture will likely add to the view that the central bank will continue to indicate that its next move is likely to be a rate cut but, given it was largely as it expected, it may not be enough to spur a cut as early as next week.

New Zealand’s central bank now has the additional goal of

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sumers price index in the March quarter. Stats NZ noted, however, wage inflation has been boosted by several collective agreements signed last year. Along with the nurses’ agreement, other collective agreements were reached with the New Zealand police as well as with welfare and social workers.

There are likely be further increases to wages over the next couple of quarters as ongoing pay disputes are settled and the min-

“supporting maximum levels of sustainable employment within the economy” added to its goal of price stability.

Yesterday’s figures show the participation rate at 70.4 per cent in the March quarter was down 0.5 per cent points versus December and down 0.5 percentage points on the year.

The under-utilisation rate, which measures the country’s potential labour supply and unmet need for work, fell 0.8 percentage points on the quarter to 11.3 per cent. The rate was the lowest since December 2008, Stats NZ said.

Total actual hours worked rose 4.9 per cent in the quarter to 91.8 million and were up 3.4 per cent on the year.

The quarterly employment survey, also released yesterday, showed private sector ordinary time average hourly earnings rose 1.1 per cent to $30.00 in the March quarter and were 3.7 per cent higher than a year earlier. Public sector ordinary time wages rose 2.0 per cent to $40.33 in the March quarter and lifted 2.8 per cent on the year.

The working age population numbered a seasonally adjusted 3.94 million in the March quarter.

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NZME Vodafone has been fined $350,000 for making false representations in invoices sent to customers.

The telco pleaded guilty to 14 charges under the Fair Trading Act and was fined yesterday in the Auckland District Court.

The Fair Trading Act breaches took place between 2012 and 2018 and resulted in Vodafone customers overpaying $285,000.

Vodafone chief executive Jason Paris said: “Every customer deserves an accurate bill every month. We clearly fell well short of that in this instance, and for that I apologise. If you get it wrong, you should put your hand up, acknowledge it, and make it right.”

Vodafone said that, on average, affected customers were overcharged by $9.70 each.

Vodafone says it applied credits to the accounts of all current and former customers affected by the

error and that it has “undertaken an extensive programme to contact and reimburse them”.

The Commerce Commission, which brought the case against Vodafone, said the telco’s terms and conditions said it would stop charging customers on an agreed date or 30 days after they gave notice to end their contracts.

Despite this, Vodafone sent invoices to more than 29,000 customers that included charges beyond the agreed date of termination, the commission said.

“Customers have the right to expect businesses to invoice them accurately and it is vital businesses take care to ensure their billing systems and processes are doing that,” Commission competition and consumer general manager Antonia Horrocks said.

“For a large proportion of the affected invoices in this case, Vodafone relied on staff to manually adjust them but did not take ade-

quate steps to ensure that process was being consistently followed,” she said.

“As a result, tens of thousands of customers were left out of pocket.”

“All businesses need to ensure that their billing systems are robust, and that they are making accurate representations when they invoice their customers,” said Horrocks.

Judge Evangelos Thomas, who sentenced Vodafone, said the company’s representations were highly careless and that a penalty was justified because the market needs to have faith in the conduct of its major players.

“Vodafone breached the trust that all consumers should be entitled to place in suppliers’ representations,” Judge Thomas said.

Last month Spark was fined $675,000 after it admitted to misrepresentations in customer invoices and a welcome credit offer it gave customers.

Bad advice affects Westpac earnings NZME Westpac says its first-half cash earnings will be reduced by $A357 million because of provisions to “remediate” ongoing advice service fees.

However it still doesn’t know the full extent of such costs.

The Sydney-based bank is announcing these provisions in the wake of Australia’s royal commission into financial services that highlighted fees being charged for poor or non-existent advice and even the charging of dead people.

Westpac will need to work out what of its advice falls into these categories, and how much it will cost to compensate customers.

Westpac says its $A510 million pre-tax provision is based on a range of accounting assumptions relating to potential payments of $A297 million before tax, $A138 million before tax in interest costs and $A75 million before tax in “remediation programme costs”.

The bank says its authorised advisors “who maintain direct relationships with their customers for financial planning services” received ongoing advice service fees of about $A966 million between 2008 and 2018.

“That part of the current estimated provision which relates to potential payments represents around 31 per cent of the ongoing advice ser-

vice fees collected over the period which compares to 28 per cent estimated for salaried planners,” Westpac said.

“The final cost of remediation will not be known until all relevant information is available and payments have been made,” it said.

Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer says it is “disappointing that we have needed to make these provisions. I said at the end of last year that our priority was to deal with any outstanding issues and process payments as quickly as possible.

“As part of our ‘get it right, put it right’ initiative, we are fixing issues and are determined to ensure that they don’t reoccur,” Hartzer said.

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Age Concern Ashburton As a fundraiser Age Concern are selling tickets to the movie POMS, Friday May 10 at 6pm at the Ashburton Regent Cinema.

POMS is an uplifting comedy about a woman (played by Diane Keaton) who moves into a retirement community and starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents.

Tickets are $20 and are available from our office, 206 Cameron Street or phone 308 6817.

Age Concern Ashburton’s first Confident Driving Course for Mature Drivers of the year, held in March, was fully subscribed and our second is planned for Friday, May 17. Please note, those names already on the waiting list will be contacted for confirmation of attendance.

We were most humbled to receive the Ashburton Council’s Civic Award recently. This was accepted on behalf of our many volunteers and to have their contribution to our community so publicly acknowledged was very rewarding.

Two of our executive committee attended Age Concern New Zealand’s Annual Conference in early April. Held over two days, in Wellington, a wide range of presenters covered many relevant topics, with social isolation within our communities being one of major focus.

206 Club continues to offer a stimulating programme Three days a week and 50+ with Rosa Bennett held the first of six weekly sessions on Friday, April 26.

Steady as You Go, the falls prevention programme, has eight classes held at different locations across the district.

While many referrals from professional entities are received, individual enquiries are always welcomed at the Age Concern Office 3086817.

Hospital visiting, the ladies exercise class, hip hop for seniors, courtesy drivers and total mobility assessment are ongoing services, as are requests for information. All available at Age Concern, phone 308 6817.

Ashburton County Lions The members of the Ashburton County Lions combined with the Methven Lions Club for the April tea meeting held at the Hotel Ashburton on Wednesday April 24. President Nicola Kelly also welcomed some visitors from Pakeke and Ashburton Lions Clubs. After the reading of the apologies Gwenda Andrew introduced the speakers for the night Dianne and Jim Young.

Dianne and Jim worked for 15 years as missionaries in Malawi, a land-locked country in Southeast Africa. As a doctor Dianne worked in a city clinic treating a range of conditions, the most prevalent being malaria, HIV and tuberculosis.

She also travelled to country areas to assist in rural clinics. Jim worked training Sunday school teachers and developing resources to meet the needs of the local community.

Reports were then given by the

reminiscing and remembering times gone by in our Cavendish Club.

The club was founded in 1927 and in 1977 celebrated its 50th Jubilee, Lynne was part of it and was in the fashion parade wearing her grandmother’s gown which was on display at the March meeting.

Joan was on the committee of the 60th jubilee and related her memories. Our longest serving member joined 1970 and our patroness Betty, gave us a great insight to the early days of Cavendish.

June, joined 1972, shared her wonderful memories of the Music Circle.

Jennifer, joined 1971, told us about the big shift from Wills Street to where we are today, what a marathon effort by all members at the time and a hilarious moment with the Drama Circle back in the Havelock Street days involving a live turkey.

Dorothy shared her special memory with us too. A beautiful afternoon tea was then enjoyed by all.

April 5 was husbands and friends afternoon with guest speaker Erol Kingsbury.

A most enjoyable afternoon with a good attendance.

Drama Circle Jean opened our afternoon with a poem

by Ogden Nash and Colin Crump’s poem about his brother Barry. A sketch Bird Song was performed by Yvonne and Betsy with a bit of chirping from Ruth and Lynne!

Janet’s Our World about the Snowman was hilarious. Joan, Rona and Judith’s At The Theatre Box Office was very entertaining.

Janet’s next humorous reading was called The Newly Weds. A meaningful reading by Ruth was Why Wear A Poppy, very appropriate so close to Anzac Day. Our afternoon’s entertainment ended with My Kitchen Drawer read by Yvonne followed by our usual lovely afternoon tea.

Ashburton Woodworkers President Bruce Ferriman welcomed 13 members to our April meeting.

Bruce mentioned next month the club has its AGM, and the Funday May 25 in Oamaru, where a team of six turners are issued with a challenge with the first person creating a bowl with the next two turners try to copy with the following three turners having to turn a lid to fit the bowl.

All this within a certain time frame, no measurements to be used. The results are judged on the turned items that look the closest, so the idea is to keep it simple.

This serious challenge is for the prestigious Tina Turner Trophy.

Show and Tell: John Millichamp: gum burr bowl.

Dave Busby: rimu barometer surround.

Bruce Ferriman: a yew candle stick holder.

Les Mattingley: several examples of pyrography.

Geoff Brown: rimu bowls with inlay.

Club member Merv Peck demonstrated how he created the complicated segmented turning, beginning with a full scale plan on graph paper to determine the angles of each section of wood. The beauty of this system is the intricate pattern you can develop and different types of wood used.

Each segment of wood needs to be accurately cut to ensure a perfect, tight fit.

These are then glued and clamped into a circle, then each circle is built up to form a bowl or a vase. Once the desired height is achieved, the glue properly dry the assembly is turned on a lathe to the required shape.

Merv did well to explain a complex project in simple terms with his illustrations.

He also demonstrated a dovetail jig using a router. In the old days this was all done using a hand saw, but this jig made it so much simpler and accurate.

Thanks for the demonstration Merv. sub-committees of both Lions clubs.

From the County Lions Club donations were approved to support Mid Canterbury Cancer Society, Life Education Mid-South Canterbury and the Ashburton Drug and Alcohol Foundation for setting up their new website.

To end a very sociable evening prizes were drawn in the raffle and then the tail twisters of both clubs joined together to reveal amusing secrets and stories from the past months resulting in fines for many members.

Ashburton Golf Club The Murray Webb trophy, which is also the qualifier for the Watson Cup, was fought out last Saturday and what a battle it was. After the dust had settled and all the wounds treated, we had fourpairs tied on 59. A countback was called for and Bryan Donaldson along with Grant Smith stood proudly on the top of the pile.

A big well done also goes out to Pete Mac and Sam Clarke, Lefty May and Don

Ashburton Bridge Club Dealer, West, could scarcely believe his eyes when this hand was opened up – 26 points!

Most chose to open 2 Clubs, showing 23 plus points, a few opened 3 N.T.. If 3 N.T. is the opening bid, East recognises his hand is useful only in Spades and accordingly bids 4 Spades.

West must have at least 2 of the suit for his opening bid, giving the partnership at least 8 Spades, maybe more. Should the opening bid be 2 Clubs, East’s response is 2 Diamonds, which must be alerted, showing less than 8 points. West’s reply to that will be 3 N.T., which will be taken out to 4 Spades for the same reason as already stated.

The best opening lead from South is a club, and East must note the Club J played from North. East can come to hand with a Heart ruff to finesse for the Spade K – in vain, as the trick is lost to North, whose lead back of a Spade is taken in dummy.

A third Spade from dummy drops the outstanding trump, and now Declarer must turn his attention to the Clubs – leading a top club from dummy shows North only had the J, so, to avoid losing to the Club 10 in South’s hand East must now come across to his hand once more with a Heart ruff, and lead either the Club 8 or 9 towards the Club Q and 2 in dummy.

If South does not cover with the 10, the ard from East holds the trick and the last Club is led. This time the 10 must be played and the Q wins in dummy. Now the Diamond A from dummy, followed by

McQuarters, Eric Parr and John Power.

Not all the entrants could make themselves available for the four weeks of knockout, so when the wheat was separated from the chaff, net 66 got you into the top 16, and some wonderful matchups have eventuated.

Top seeds Eric and John will have their hands full with 16th Hamish and Arkright. Young pups Hero and Braydon will fancy their chances against old dogs Royce and Ian. Gordy and Shane will have a battle for morning supremacy against David and Robert. The Stoddart boys will have a tough scrap versus Brent and Jason, Spud and Davo will have no trouble cruising past Pat and Paddy.

Hoppy and Kenny against Blair and Steve will be a humdinger. Ken tried for many years to get his hands on the Cup with old Lefty but disappointment after disappointment, has seen him dump the club legend and take up with the Hopster and I think anything less than a finals berth is going to be a major let-

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down, no pressure at all.

Buffalo Bill and Allan will have a tough game against Bruce and Tuffy, but it is not Bill’s first rodeo, and I think that pairing have got favourites written all over them. Then the tie of the round, Gaby will lock horns against John Richards, Wilson and Perry, it’s not often you get a three against one game, but Gaby has played with Perry for many moons and knows what to expect.

So that is the first round at a glance, we will have results and a more in-depth look at the quarter finals next week.

Good golfing

Ashburton MSA Petanque Club We had nine players take part in the Autumn Triples at Ascot, with seven of them getting to play-off in the Championship, and eight of our players were placed in the end of day results. Ellen Pithie was in the winning team.

Two of our players were in the Canterbury Senior team that won the Trophy and were 4th overall, and the Open team was third overall.

These teams competed among 44 teams and came home with 12 medals, and finished well ahead of the other South Island teams.

Ashburton players were Jan Guilford, Karen and Neville Bensdorp, and Richard Browne.

Our Club Mixed Drawn Doubles are to be played this coming Sunday.

We are having a good turnout for our club days and have been pleased to see new players coming along and giving the game a go.

We often mention what our competitive players are doing which is as it should be, but over three-quarters of our players are social players and make up a very important part of the club. Several of these players help with fundraising and at working bees.

Our social players also have lots of talent and just come along to enjoy the game and enjoy a cuppa afterwards and chat socially. We wouldn’t be without them.

Our annual meeting is this coming Thursday at 5.30 at the MSA, and we usually have a good attendance.

Cavendish Club Our meeting on March 29 was called Fellowship Day. We had an afternoon

Lynnford Rural Women April Meeting Members stood for a minute’s silence for Amy Jones QSM who passed away during the month. Amy joined WDFF, as it was then known, after her marriage to Eric, before the family moved to South Canterbury. On their retirement Amy and husband, Eric returned to Ashburton.

Members enjoyed their evening fashion parade at the Merino Store in Hinds, which was a fundraiser for Rural Women Canterbury Provincial, with members being among the models.

Members brought their gumboots for Gumboot Friday to wear having their photo taken in support of I am Hope and donations were received for the charity.

Our April speaker, Lee Andrews from Dementia Canterbury, a charity partly funded by Canterbury District Hospital Board and the rest by donations.

Lee was an enthusiastic speaker and mixed her presentation with humour and the seriousness of the condition.

We started with a quiz of twelve questions, with not one member getting all twelve right.

As such, we have much to learn on Dementia, which has many forms, including Alzheimers, vascular dementia and frontotemporal dementia.

Symptoms may include gradual memory loss, disorientation, loss of motivation, social skills and personality change, with each person affected differently.

It is more common for those over 65, but is also being diagnosed for those under this age. With the questionnaire we were given a chart with 10 warning signs to look out for.

Lee also spoke briefly about Greg Kelly known as “Kell” on his Harley-Davidson world tour, to raise awareness of Young Onset Dementia, stopping in Ashburton to talk at an evening arranged by the Lions Club.

The tour ended in New Zealand in October 2018 with Kell passing away on February 21.

After the meeting, Jill showed us around her new home at Lochlea Estate.

Next meeting at 5.30pm at the Regent Cinema to see Red Joan with dessert and coffee to follow. Tickets for the movie are available from Bev.

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What’s keeping Whitelock in NZ? NZME All Blacks lock Samuel Whitelock has admitted he was “probably gone” a few months ago when considering his rugby future before re-signing a four year deal with New Zealand Rugby yesterday.

The two-time Rugby World Cup champion and Crusaders skipper will anchor a core group of All Blacks who have signed with NZR post 2019.

The 30-year-old admits until recently he was likely to be one of the players to leave New Zealand following this year’s World Cup. The new deal includes a break from New Zealand rugby to play a season in Japan later this year and exit clauses which provided some flexibility.

“To tell you the truth, if you asked me a couple of months ago what we’re doing, we were probably gone. Got to give full credit to the NZRU and their staff. They had a sit-down catch-up with me and put it out there what would it take for me to stay and the big one was a bit of flexibility … they’ve come back with that so without going through everything we’ve got some flexibility in there going to Japan next year.

“That’s something my family and I, even though it’s a young family, were quite excited about, going over and experiencing something different.”

Under the terms of the deal, Whitelock will take a break from New Zealand rugby at the end of this year to take up a short-

mana.

“His recommitment, alongside a number of other key players, gives us a strong foundation for the next four years. I know the news will be welcomed by fans here in New Zealand and around the world.

“As well as Sam, I’d like to thank his wife Hannah and his agent Warren Alcock who played a key role in the contract negotiations and were fantastic to deal with.”

Tew said NZR’s Board had also given NZR approval to allow Whitelock to be selected for the All Blacks in 2020, a decision made on the basis of his long-standing and outstanding service to New Zealand Rugby and the fact he had signed a four-year deal.

Whitelock also has exit clauses in his contract.

Whitelock had already been signed through to 2020 but had decided to negotiate a longer contract early.

Whitelock added: “I’m grateful to New Zealand Rugby, the Crusaders and Canterbury Rugby for their support of myself and my family in making this decision, and I’m really proud to commit to these teams for the next four years.

“Ultimately, this decision allows me to take some time with my family to experience a new rugby environment in Japan, before coming back refreshed and ready for the remainder of 2020 and beyond. I’m pleased there is clarity around my playing future, so I can focus on the remainder of this 2019 season with the Crusaders.”

Sam Whitelock . . . re-signed with New Zealand Rugby for another four-year stint. term contract with Japanese club Panasonic. He will miss the 2020 Super Rugby season and return to New Zealand at the end of the Japanese Top 14 season in May 2020.

Whitelock’s older brother George previously played for Panasonic in 2014 while the side is currently coached by former Crusaders coach Robbie Deans.

Current Crusaders teammate Matt Todd also had a stint at the club last season.

“Being involved with a club that we have some family ties with. My brother’s played over there for a season and obviously the connection with Robbie and some other current players that are there at the moment. That was probably one of the big things.”

“I’ve got those options in there and we’re just going to approach that year by year.

NZR CEO Steve Tew said: “This is a major re-signing for us and we’re absolutely delighted that Sam has chosen to sign a fouryear deal. He’s a world-class player, an All Blacks Centurion, the most capped All Blacks lock of all time and he carries immense

CLUB NEWS – continued Run and Walk Ashburton Nine walkers and 10 runners competed in the first cross country race for the season on Saturday.

Held at the Tinwald Domain with the course being altered this year to take it away from the busy camping ground. The race was run as a closed handicap where finishing times are adjusted based on each competitor’s estimated time.

Underground conditions were firm and dry, though the going was quite tough due to the heavy nature of the ground and also a very warm 23°C and a light northwest breeze! Depending on their division, competitors completed from 1 to 4 laps of the 2km course to cover distances from 2 km to 8 km.

Winners in each division were: Runners: U8 girls (2km) Winner on handicap Hazel Rickard 12:50; Fastest time Brooke Edmond 12:43; U6 Boys (2km) Winner on handicap and fastest time Jack Rickard 14:03; U14 girls (4km) Winner on handicap and fastest time – Angel Spooner 17:25; U16 boys (6km) Winner on handicap and fastest time Jack McKenzie 24:25; Vet women (6km) Winner on handicap and fastest time Toresa Hooper 27:46; Vet men (8km) Winner on handicap Ian Broadbelt 37:11; Fastest time Joe Ford 33:25; 65+ Men (6km) Winner on handicap and fastest time Merv Gilbert 31:19.

Walkers: (6km) Winner on handicap Barbara Taylor 51:11; Fastest times: Dave Strong 41:39; Judith Crozier 42:08.

Target Shooting Mid Canterbury Last weekend a number of members travelled to Dunedin to take part in the Combined Otago open championship. Shania Harrison-Lee continued her good form to win the master grade and after the top ten shoot-off hung on to the lead to beat the local champion on inners.

Steve McArthur finished only a couple of points back to finish 3rd in the open.

Also retaining her good form was Charlotte McKenzie who won the D grade and picked up one

of the only three marksman badges awarded for the day.

Shania picked up one as well so two of the three came back with us.

Club night on Monday was interesting as one round was dedicated as a training game round.

In this round the shooters compete against others (and themselves) in games which focus on one particular aspect of the shooter’s performance.

Some of the top shooters did not function well when removed from their comfort zone but Colin Taylor retained his calm to finish with a superb score of 99.7.

These “games” have been devised (dreamed up), some might say (nightmared up), by one of the club coaches and if they do not improve the technique of participants they will at least provide some enjoyment and be a subject for discussion.

The Phoenix club on Tuesday night had some outstanding results, Fiona McFall and Aimee Harris were stand out seniors while Madison Tourle and Amelia Swan continued to improve and will both be valuable additions to the junior ranks.

Newcomer Sarah Du Toit is one who will be watched with great interest after a very strong start.

The first round of the National District Championship will be held this week and the Mid Canterbury Titans will be shooting against Auckland and Hutt Valley. The local team is current B league champions and will be striving to maintain that title.

Congratulations to the executive of the TSMC association on becoming an Incorporated Society.

phers. The senior crew spoke English and were keen to share their knowledge. This made the trip educational and informative.

Because of the weather conditions and safety requirements, lectures were held to educate passengers of the requirements around protective clothing, environmental management, cleaning of equipment and correct procedures for using the zodiacs for shore excursions.

A highlight was being able to follow Earnest Shackleton’s journey for survival and his efforts to save his crew, then to visit his grave and salute his bravery and leadership.

Impressions for Donn were many and the travel ex-

perience personal, however being in 24hr daylight, not seeing anything green for five days, the ability of the penguins to climb, of the vast areas that were penguins and nothing else, smells of the seals, people being able to swim in a hot water spring in such cold conditions.

Members are reminded that subs are due by April 30. There will be a brief AGM before the May meeting.

A library of donated books will now be available at each meeting.

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In brief Ko drops coach Kiwi golfer Lydia Ko has made another major change to her game, dropping coach Ted Oh. Ko announced the decision on the eve of the Mediheal Championship where she attempts to defend her title this weekend. Last year’s victory at the Mediheal Championship was Ko’s 15th of her career but the only one since Oh took on the role in February 2018.

“We just mutually decided that it was time,” Ko told the Golf Channel. “We ended on good terms ... I have a lot to thank Ted for. He gave me a really solid blueprint simplifying my swing.”

According to the Golf Channel, the 22-year-old is in no hurry to find a new coach.

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Pip Johnston was a key figure for Mid Canterbury in their return to top level basketball in Christchurch on Sunday.

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Mid Canterbury officially has a men’s basketball team playing in a top Christchurch grade for the first time in 20 years.

As part of Basketball Mid Canterbury’s development programme for its senior men’s players, the Mid Canterbury side has entered the Christchurch men’s division one competition and on Sunday they played their first game against the side which finished third last season.

They took on Gators Red, an older and more experienced side than the relatively young Mid Canterbury team, and found the going tough as Gators dictated

play, slowing the game down and running their offence.

They executed their fast break well when opportunities arose, and while there were stages of the game where Mid Canterbury were good especially when they upped the tempo of the game, they were just unable to get any real momentum for long periods of time.

For Mid Canterbury, Pip Johnston led the team well around the court, top scoring with 28 points (1 – 3 pointer). His fourth quarter efforts kept Mid Canterbury close, while Logan McCorkindale also found range from the arc with 14 points (4 – 3 pointers).

The difference was more with offensive structures. Gators are an established team, while Mid Canterbury is still in the phase of sorting out combinations and understanding their structures.

Their defence was a little lacklustre at times, but the more intensity increased, the better they looked.

The side’s coach, Brian Kerr, said one of the key areas of concern was a lack of boxing out on the defensive boards which allowed Gators offensive rebounds and extra opportunities to score.

Mid Canterbury also shot 14 from 33 from the free throw line for a 42 per cent strike rate, compared to a 75 per cent hit rate (12

from 16) by Gators.

“The positive to this is Mid Canterbury were getting to the line showing intent on the drive and a willingness to take on taller opposition,” Kerr said.

“Overall, it was a pretty good effort first-up. The fixes are pretty minor and more time together as a team will improve the team dynamic and in turn iron out aspects of our game that didn’t quite work on Sunday.”

While Mid Canterbury has had players playing in various grades in Christchurch over the years, the last time a Mid Canterbury men’s team played in Christchurch was in the city’s premier league in 1999.

Heartbreak for Jonelle Price two days from the Badminton Horse Trials. The defending champion’s been forced to pull out due to her mare Classic Moet’s foot trouble.

Price won her maiden title last year, nine months after giving birth to her son Otis. She says things don’t always go to plan when dealing with a horse. ”It’s never an easy decision but it’s a unique thing with our sport. We’re dealing with a live animal and it doesn’t always go to plan. We’ve just been struggling a little bit with her feet.

She would like the ground a little softer than we’ve seen.”

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DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club May 4 – Weekend ladies LGU - Report 8.15am Convenors - S Bradford - 021 159 0983, B Fechney - 021 130 5366 May 7 – Mid-Week Ladies LGU, Rnd 2 Mildred Doak (Silver qual) Report - 9am Starters - D Hinton, M Watson Nine Hole Men and Women May 9 – Rnd 2 Eclectic – stroke - Report 9.15am Secretary M Morgan – 027 964 5380; Club Captain S Lemon - 027 405 4910

Tinwald Golf Club May 7 – Women’s Division Medal 9 holes 3rd Sue Bunt (srixon ball) 3rd Bell Trophy Stroke Starters M. Kennedy M. Colville Cards B. Cochrane C. Linney, Kitchen I. Divers, Draw steward J. Bruhns.

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS RESULTS ■■ Golf Ashburton County Vets Golf April 26 Stroke round played at Ashburton Winner of June Withell Trophy Lynn Bird 69, Colleen Linney 70, Ellenor Sullivan 71 on c/b, Sally Lane 71, Daphne McDonnell 72 on c/b.

Nearest the pins #4 Shirley Young second shot, #8 Ellenor Sullivan, #12 Judy Webb, #14 Judy Webb.

Twos: Sally Lane #4, Judy Webb #12, Jenny Stoddart #14.

9 holes Carol Shanks 36 on c/b, Fairlie Matsinger

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April 30 – Ladies Division Bermaline Cup Rnd 1 Stableford Barbara Williams 39, Sharon Bradford 36, Sally Lemon 35 on c/b, Hilary Ward 35 on c/b Nearest the Pins: No 4 Gabites: Marilyn Walker, No 8 House of Travel: Heather Robertson, No 12 Lynn’s small Salon: Wendy Parr, No 14 Todds of Ashburton: Sue Hastie, No 4 Somerset Grocer 2nd shot: Madeleine Stoddart No 18 2nd Shot to Green: Margaret Bean Two’s: Heather Robertson No 8, MaryLou Watson No 8, Wendy Parr No 12 Mayfield Golf Club April 30 – Ladies Division 4th Stableford Lal Mulligan 36, Alison Vessey 32, Val Fleming 32, Christine Ross 29 Marilyn Cross 2nd Shot 2 & 11 Grade 0-29 Christine Ross, 30+ Alison Vessey, Sims Bakery Nearest the Pin No 5 Christine Ross, Mr Mans Bakery & Café No 14 Nearest the Pin Christine Ross.

Anzac Tournament Winner Red Cross Cup Ladies Sue Graham 33 Stablefords, Mandy Hurst 31, Jan Clucas 31; Men’s R S A Jug Andrew Lake 42. Chris Bell 40. Andrew Peck 39, Roger Lake 39, Symon Restieaux 39, Bill Allan 38, Gordon Duthie 38, Paul Gardner 38 Twos: James McCormick, John Low, Chris Bell, Paul Gardner, Ian Beach, Wayne Vessey, Jan Clucas, Symon Restieaux Hole In One: Sue Graham No 5

Tinwald Golf Club April 30 - Ladies Division LGU Silver: Phylis Smith 85-16-69, Bronze 1: Colleen Linney 99-23-76, Bronze 2: Marion Oakley 110-38-72 Nearest the Pin: Murray Young Property Broker (2nd Shot) #2 Marion Oakley, Sims Bakery #6 Barb Cochrane, Mac & Maggie #12 Not Struck, Outdoor Adven-

ture (2nd Shot) #16 Barb Harris.

Euromarque Longest Putt #9 Helen Rennie, Euromarque Longest Putt #18 Val Prendergast 9 Hole Competition Stroke & Putting Maureen Colville 37, Val Cartney 39, Putting Helen Rennie 16, Carol Shanks 16

son-Lee 200.12, T.J. Stewart 96.3. Steve McArthur 100.5, In the Training Game: Colin Taylor 99.7, Nina McKenzie 95.3, Charlotte McKenzie 95.4, Michaela Smith 90.1, Sarah Du Toit 89.1, Logan McCorkindale 87.1,Shania Harrison-Lee 97.5, Nick Stewart 95.4, Keith Bonnington 96.2, T.J. Stewart 93.2.

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Phoenix:

Target Shooting Mid Canterbury Coronation T.S.C: Charlotte McKenzie 96.4, Nina McKenzie 99.7, Jack Jones 87.0, 88.1, Colin Taylor 96.3, 94.3, Sandy Bennett 97.4,97.4, Michaela Smith 91.1, 96.2, Emma Smith 96.5, Kevin Hooper 94.4, 93.2, Jacob Kilworth 85.0, Samuel Smith 94.2, 94.3, Nick Stewart 97.4,95.3, 98.5, Keith Bonnington 95.1, 95.5 Bill Rankin 94.3, Sarah Du Toit 92.1, Logan McCorkindale 92.2, Shania Harri-

Madison Tourle 83.1, 90.3, Logan McCorkindale 90.0, 88.2, 85.3, 182.1, Kate McIntosh 69.0, Brontson Cudmore 79.0, Amelia Swan 89.3,93.3, Jack McIntosh 89.0, Josiah Harris 74.0, 79.0 Tane Moore 59.0, 75.0, Sean 81.0, 86.2, Gene Moore 88.1, 87.0, Max Lambert-Lane 85.0, 87.1, Fiona McFall 96.5, 93.3, Katie Ellis 89.1, 183.5, Aimee Harris 95.4, 183.5, Michael Harris 90.3, 170.1, Byron 70.0, Izayih 83.0, Sandy Bennett 194.7, Bill Rankin 194.6, Keith Bonnington 192.7, Michaela Smith 186.3, T.J. Stewart 194.9.

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away with world title Ashburton’s Matthew Clough has added a world title to his already bulging list of successes in the multisport field with victory in Spain yesterday.

Competing in the ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships at Pontevedra, Clough produced a solid and consistent performance to claim the gold in the 18 to 19-year-old male division – heading off his five rivals with a time of two hours, 10 minutes and 10 seconds, almost a full two minutes ahead of his nearest rival.

The race consisted of a one kilometre swim, a 20-30 kilometre mountain bike and a 6-10 kilometre run to finish off.

Clough made the best possible start to the event which was held early yesterday morning New Zealand time, exiting the water first narrowly over local hope, Martin Casal Mourelos.

A slick transition saw him on the bike quickly and a solid pedal

put him less than a second down on his closest rival by the time they reached their next transition ahead of the run to the finish line.

Clough, showing his real strength on foot was too quick for his rivals during the run leg as he cleared out to win the title from Jules Damas of France by one minute and 41 seconds.

Second in the same event last year, Clough managed to go one better this year – his final year in the 18 to 19-year-old age group.

In a social media post before heading off to get some “good food and a sleep” Clough said he couldn’t have been happier with his performance and was stoked to get the win.

Clough’s Spain adventure isn’t over yet either with the Aquathlon next up on Friday (NZ time) where he will line up in a field of 29 competitors and he will be the only New Zealand representative.

Ashburton’s Matthew Clough was victorious at the ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships in Spain yesterday.

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‘You may as well sack me’ – Tupou on beliefs NZME

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Tournament winners sorted The Tinwald Golf Club held its annual Anzac Day tournament last week. Taking out the Anzac Trophy as the men’s winners were Brock Peddie and Richard Hewson with a nett of 58.5, while Maxine Whiting and Andrew Barrie won the mixed section’s Anzac Salver with a nett of 64.5.

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Rugby Australia is facing a potential Polynesian player mutiny.

Taniela Tupou has claimed all Pacific Islanders “might as well just be sacked” because of their religious beliefs after Wallabies centre Samu Kerevi felt he needed to apologise for ‘offending’ fans after saying ‘I love Jesus’ in an Instagram post on Easter.

In an explosive development days from Israel Folau’s attempt to save his multi-million-dollar career at a Rugby Australia code of conduct hearing, Tupou took to Facebook in a now deleted post.

Tupou says he will never apologise for his faith.

“Seriously,” his post began.

“Might as well sack me and all the other Pacific Islands rugby players around the world because we have the same Christian beliefs.

“I will never apologise for my faith and what I believe in, religion had [sic] got nothing to do with rugby anyways #TYJ “.

On Tuesday Kerevi, the Queensland Reds captain and Folau’s Wallabies teammate, felt

obliged to apologise for sharing his religious beliefs.

Kerevi posted a photo of him playing for the Reds with a bible verse: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

The 25-year-old added: “Thank You Jesus for dying on the cross for me. I love you Jesus.”

While Kerevi received support from most fans, some questioned his post and asked if it meant he supported Folau’s stance on homosexuality.

“I know a lot of gay kids and adults in our sport would love to hear a rugby leader like you say you love and respect them for who they are – are you willing to endorse that message?” wrote one fan.

“I hope you don’t support Israel’s comments Samu,” added another.

Kerevi didn’t appear to support Folau’s homophobic message at all and even replied to a fan who suggested that “God is a completely homosexual man” by saying: “I’m sorry you believe that but he is a loving God. God bless mate”.

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Speeding Spur America bound NZME One of New Zealand’s most loved racehorses is set to make a shock departure after contesting the $150,000 Rowe Cup on Friday night.

Because while nine-time Group one winner Speeding Spur might have been expected to retire this weekend, he is instead heading to North America for a rich campaign.

Managing owner Andrew Grierson says the reigning Trotter of the Year has not been sold and will definitely be returning to New Zealand to stand at stud next season.

Speeding Spur faces a second line draw as he tries to defend the Rowe Cup title he won last season and victory in the great trot will almost certainly guarantee him Trotter of the Year again as he is the only trotter to win two Group ones already this season.

Raced by a partnership put together by Woodlands Stud, Speeding Spur was expected to retire to stud there but Grierson says the opportunity to race in North America and further embellish that stud career was too good to miss.

“Eventually we want to stand him at stud in either New Zealand or Australia,” says Grierson, one of the principals of Woodlands Stud.

“But getting good mares and a decent book is our greatest challenge with a colonial-bred stallion, even one with his record.

“So we will give him his chance up there and he has been staked for some of the major races.”

His targets include the $US1 million International Trot at Yonkers on October 12 for which Speeding Spur is likely to be the Down Under invite while he has been paid up for a host of other major rac-

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Champion trotter Speeding Spur is destined for America.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Dick Tayler, Speeding Spur’s ownership will be restructured for the next phase of his career.

“He is not being sold,” says Grierson.

“He is 100 per cent owned by Woodlands. He will be leased from Woodlands Stud and raced under a new Woodlands NZ Racing Syndicate.

“The membership of that new

es, victory in any of which would greatly add to his worth at stud.

Even if he can’t be the best in the States, which would be a huge ask at his age, Speeding Spur could easily trot a 1:53 mile on one of the faster tracks, all of which would help secure more mares when he makes his way back home.

Owned by a Woodlands syndicate as well as All Blacks Kieran Read and Andy Ellis and former

Manawatu harness Today at Manawatu Raceway

Manawatu Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 02 May 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 5.05pm (NZT) JIM HURRING MEMORIAL HANDICAP TROT $9000, 3yo+ r40-r78 discrhcp, stand, 2500m 1 45749 Danke (1) fr...................................G Martin 2 61687 Capelli (2) fr...........................B Butcher (J) 3 30096 Lundqvist (3) fr.................... D Ferguson (J) 4 85789 Commando One (4) fr.................... J Curtin 5 00965 Superfast Ninja (5) fr................ P Ferguson 6 46635 Shona Mary (U1) fr..................... Z Butcher 7 58723 Belmont’s Greatest (1) 10M.........B Orange 8 68472 Caitlin’s Surprise (2) 10M...........B Mangos 9 01121 Such Fun (U1) 40M....................D Butcher 10 48634 Majestic One (1) 50M............. S Abernethy 2 5.30pm PGG WRIGHTSON STANDARDBRED MOBILE PACE $9000, r49., mobile, 2000m 1 04252 Jackhammer Joe (1) fr.................B Orange 2 58P86 T C Business (2) fr...................H Clarke (J) 3 38006 Vanhalem (3) fr........................... Z Butcher 4 94802 Waingaro Mara (4) fr............... S Abernethy 5 05800 Arcano (5) fr...........................B Butcher (J) 6 96230 Itsokbeingbetter (6) fr..............J Abernethy 7 24256 Betstars Blue Jean (7) fr.......... P Ferguson 8 70306 Jingles Bromac (21) fr................D Butcher 9 000x5 Turkish Trousers (22) fr.................. J Curtin 10 39713 Our Wicklow (23) fr.....................B Mangos 3 5.56pm MEDIA WORK’S MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ r46-r52., mobile, 2500m 1 x0004 Ohoka Johnny (1) fr.....................B Orange 2 25261 Red Terror (2) fr..........................D Butcher 3 71350 Uncle Drew (3) fr................. D Ferguson (J) 4 23653 Art Courage (4) fr..................... P Ferguson 5 42715 Honour The Bet fr.......................Scratched 6 067x0 Madiba (5) fr............................. D Morrison 7 5953P Errol Finn (6) fr....................... S Abernethy 8 22129 The Kapiti Express (21) fr........J Abernethy 9 21008 Tia Dalma (22) fr............................ J Curtin 10 91976 Bettor Lady (23) fr....................... Z Butcher 11 34517 Beaudiene Emerald (24) fr....B Butcher (J) 12 80701 Kacie Cullen (U1) fr....................B Mangos

4 6.21pm OUTBACK TRADING MOBILE PACE $9000, r51-r57., mobile, 2500m 1 16177 Brooke’s Image (1) fr.............B Butcher (J) 2 80155 My Mate Ben (2) fr................... P Ferguson 3 62726 Mister Harris (3) fr........................... K More 4 34082 Sheikh Yabooty (4) fr........... D Ferguson (J) 5 36994 Jetenara (5) fr................................ J Curtin 6 77431 Scelta Uno (6) fr......................J Abernethy 7 42715 Honour The Bet (7) fr...................B Orange 8 34038 Go Getta (21) fr..........................B Mangos 9 65136 Dana Dawn (22) fr.................. S Abernethy 10 72182 J Bee (23) fr................................D Butcher 11 12641 Notorious (24) fr.......................... Z Butcher 5 6.46pm FOCUS PLANNING MOBILE PACE $9000, r80., mobile, 2500m 1 65136 Dana Dawn (1) fr.....................J Abernethy 2 62726 Mister Harris (2) fr........................... K More 3 39313 Ideal Tiger (3) fr...................... S Abernethy 4 48764 Westar Sam (4) fr....................... Z Butcher 5 05602 Mogul (5) fr..................................B Orange 6 55345 Ruebe Star (6) fr.........................B Mangos 7 56501 Big Mach (7) fr.......................B Butcher (J) 8 74657 Stars Delight (21) fr....................D Butcher 9 87253 Anna Barclay (22) fr............ D Ferguson (J) 10 93687 Sociable (23) fr.............................. J Curtin 6 7.11pm SCOTT & LYDIA DICKSON STABLES MOBILE PACE $9000, r40-r45., mobile, 2500m 1 36350 Amaro (1) fr............................. P Ferguson 2 21004 Ain’t Nothing Bettor (2) fr............ Z Butcher 3 56969 Red River Dash (3) fr...............J Abernethy 4 67558 Pure Desire (4) fr........................D Butcher 5 98669 Jack Bates (5) fr...................... S Abernethy 6 05448 Lincoln Lovely (6) fr.................H Clarke (J) 7 89325 Geoff’s Legacy (7) fr..............B Butcher (J) 8 15000 Ohoka Matty (21) fr........................ J Curtin 9 95630 Contractual Issues (22) fr... D Ferguson (J) 10 24804 Express Play (23) fr....................B Mangos 11 50720 A Better Dancer (24) fr.....................L Neal 12 85083 Rake (25) fr..................................B Orange 7 7.36pm MANELINE FARRIER SUPPLIES MOBILE PACE $9000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2500m 1 8x546 Prop Rock (1) fr.......................... Z Butcher

2 234P2 Shot In The Dark (2) fr.................B Orange 3 0x8 Dr Ton (3) fr.................................B Mangos 4 8x633 Midnight Murray (4) fr............B Butcher (J) 5 34737 Lady Ameera (5) fr...................J Abernethy 6 84 He’s Gratis (6) fr............................ B Taylor 7 66766 Downtown Babe (7) fr......... D Ferguson (J) 8 8.01pm LAST SEASON MEETINGS MAY 21ST & 23RD MOBILE PACE $9000, non-winners 2yo+., mobile, 2000m 1 00224 Final Delight (1) fr........................B Orange 2 9836 Two Fiftyeight (2) fr.................. P Ferguson 3 03245 Gladamare fr...............................Scratched 4 4P33 Kayla Maguire (3) fr....................... J Curtin 5 44872 Zip Code (4) fr............................ Z Butcher 6 5 Claytons Bettor (5) fr...................B Mangos 7 4265 Louie The Horse (6) fr.................D Butcher Pacifiers off : Commando One (R1) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS: Race 1: Such Fun, Majestic One, Caitlin’s Surprise, Belmont’s Greatest Race 2: Turkish Trousers, Jackhammer Joe, Jingles Bromac, Our Wicklow Race 3: Ohoka Johnny, Bettor Lady, The Kapiti Express, Art Courage Race 4: Mister Harris, Brooke’s Image, My Mate Ben, Notorious Race 5: Big Mach, Mogul, Anna Barclay, Westar Sam Race 6: Rake, Ain’t Nothing Bettor, A Better Dancer, Express Play Race 7: Shot In The Dark, Midnight Murray, Prop Rock, Lady Ameera Race 8: Louie The Horse, Kayla Maguire, Final Delight, Two Fiftyeight

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syndicate includes some who race him now.”

Speeding Spur has been a true racing warrior, winning every season from two to seven-years old.

He won three Derbys, the Great Southern Star when it was two sprints races in one night at Melton and also over the short trips of a NZ Trot Free-For-All to the 3200m of the Rowe Cup. In between he has overcome

two career-threatening injuries and other issues so has little left to prove in Australasia, already warning his way into the elite trotting millionaires club.

Speeding Spur faces a tricky second line in his final New Zealand start on Friday night meaning he could need some early luck to get handy, the position from where he has been most potent during his career.

Derby focus for Baker-Forsman duo NZ Racing Desk Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman are likely to have a small, but select team of two target the Queensland carnival, with progressive three-year-olds Lord Arthur and Bobby Dee on a path towards the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm on June 8.

The pair were last seen in the Gr.2 Championship Stakes (2100m) at Ellerslie a fortnight ago, where Lord Arthur stormed home from the rear of the field to land the spoils, while Bobby Dee finished a game third.

A son of Camelot, Lord Arthur is the fifth stakes winner out of the Zabeel mare Imposingly and is a half-brother to triple Group One winner Bonneval.

Raced by his breeders Peter Newsom, Mac Whitehouse, and Tony Wales after the horse was passed in for $110,000 as a yearling, Lord Arthur looks a stayer of immense potential as he furnishes into his leggy frame.

“He was a horse that was always going to take a bit of time,” Baker said.

“After his first start he looked promising but then he was disappointing a wee bit. It was just immaturity.

“There are not too many similarities with Bonneval. He is a taller individual and he is strengthening up all the time, but he looks to have inherited some of the family ability. She (Imposingly) has been a great broodmare, I think she has left five Group winners and there aren’t many that can do that.”

Baker said Lord Arthur will run in the Gr.3 Grand Prix Stakes (2200m) on May 25 at Eagle Farm, the traditional lead-up to the Queensland Derby.

Travelling companion Bobby Dee is another three-year-old that Baker has a good opinion of and he will have one more hit-out before joining Lord Arthur on the flight to Queensland on May 12.

“He will be on the same path but he his running at Te Rapa this weekend,” Baker said.

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M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 02 May 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 3.54pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT HEAT 1 C3q, 295m 1 F8163 King Kali 17.30 J M.......................... McCook 2 75828 Debbie Baxter 17.11..................J McInerney 3 46411 Loco Lola 17.18.........................A Bradshaw 4 31827 Call Me Flo 17.24...................... A Botherway 5 32354 Smash Gator 17.39.......................... M Grant 6 32477 Miss Dupre 17.33..........................D Roberts 7 38454 Ohoka Clare 17.17........................ L Waretini 8 72572 Goldstar Major 17.26 S &.................B Evans 9 28368 My Bro Michael 17.29................ M Robinson 10 47288 Nippa Martino 17.22..................J McInerney 2 4.19pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT HEAT 2 C3q, 295m 1 73455 Smash Damage 17.24..................... M Grant 2 61425 Cosmic Jase 17.42....................J McInerney 3 14676 Homebush Finn 17.21................J McInerney 4 26316 Aroha 17.19....................................B Pringle 5 46773 Epic Rose 17.50 J M........................ McCook 6 11455 Know Charisma 17.27.....................G Cleeve 7 16177 Cathy Maree 17.17.......................... M Grant 8 15666 Dyna Lenny 17.17.........................C Roberts 9 28368 My Bro Michael 17.29................ M Robinson 10 47288 Nippa Martino 17.22..................J McInerney 3 4.39pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT HEAT 3 C3q, 295m 1 6854x Go Marsha Go 17.32.........................J Dunn 2 76333 Botany Alan 17.85......................J McInerney 3 67455 Jinja Ellie 17.26.................................A Joyce 4 1P516 Dyna Diode 17.55.........................C Roberts

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 5 45522 Twizel Storm 17.55........................... M Grant 6 11753 Kiwi Gunn 17.22.............................R Adcock 7 13116 Ma Chere 17.31......................... A Bradshaw 8 22725 Goldstar Avalon 17.31 S &...............B Evans 9 28368 My Bro Michael 17.29................ M Robinson 10 76747 Homebush Tesan 17.28.............J McInerney 4 4.56pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT HEAT 4 C3q, 295m 1 76551 Come A Guster 17.30...................... M Grant 2 74162 Dahteste 17.24.....................................A Lee 3 21262 Culvie Lass 17.33 H &.........................Taylor 4 21142 Know Logic 17.21...........................G Cleeve 5 35541 Go All Lin 17.30.........................A Bradshaw 6 36118 Goldstar Liberty 17.32 J M............... McCook 7 37x67 Dissident 17.30.............................C Roberts 8 32633 Yi Feng 17.28.............................J McInerney 9 28368 My Bro Michael 17.29................ M Robinson 10 76747 Homebush Tesan 17.28.............J McInerney 5 5.21pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT HEAT 5 C3q, 295m 1 12442 Raptor Attack 17.18................... A Bradshaw 2 21115 Digger Ace 17.76...........................R Adcock 3 17171 Busy Rocca 17.33............................ M Grant 4 41326 Jinja Cream Fizz 17.27.....................A Joyce 5 11487 Mitcham Quinn 17.15........................ B Dann 6 23628 Sierra Delta 17.34 S &.....................B Evans 7 16348 Nikko Baxter 17.32.....................J McInerney 8 51678 Nippa Eel 17.33.........................J McInerney 9 28368 My Bro Michael 17.29................ M Robinson 10 76747 Homebush Tesan 17.28.............J McInerney 6 5.46pm I PAVE CONCRETE SPRINT C4, 295m 1 24551 High Return 17.28............................ M Grant 2 434F8 Princely Gold 17.15....................J McInerney 3 11456 Nozzno Fear 17.10....................A Bradshaw 4 637x2 Neelix 17.34...............................R Blackburn

5 43157 Astrid 17.20........................................J Dunn 6 81166 Lisa’s Boy 17.24...............................R Casey 7 17581 Man Of Letters 17.41...........................A Lee 8 48423 Mitcham Reado 17.24................J McInerney 9 85817 It’s A Joke 17.26.........................J McInerney 10 84722 Goldstar Trooper 17.01 S &..............B Evans 7 6.11pm KAISA EARTHWORKS PH 0272073323 DASH C4, 295m 1 33662 Sarcasm 17.02................................G Cleeve 2 16115 Homebush Boots 17.41.............J McInerney 3 43152 Goldstar Jay Jay 17.25 S &..............B Evans 4 24F52 Wheelie Wheels 17.18........................C Weir 5 81776 Dunk It 17.24..................................... B Dann 6 26631 Reign Of Fire 17.36....................J McInerney 7 35517 Opawa Waihemo 17.33....................R Wales 8 55137 Black Tori 17.35..........................A Bradshaw 9 85817 It’s A Joke 17.26.........................J McInerney 10 64838 Inside Affair 17.16..............................J Dunn 8 6.36pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSEMARY BLACKBURN SPRINT C5, 295m 1 62157 Pita Ramos 17.25..............................J Dunn 2 36324 Platinum Marshal 17.00................C Roberts 3 15164 Wildebeest 17.20....................... A Bradshaw 4 237x3 Treville 17.27..............................R Blackburn 5 21122 Fired Up Jasper 17.04...................... B Dann 6 11171 Our Dazzel 17.16.............................R Wales 7 22173 Goldstar Dodge 17.26 S &...............B Evans 8 13186 Dove Love 17.13.................................C Weir 9 71437 Ketchikan Kim 17.25..........................J Dunn 10 56136 Mohican Run 17.13.................... A Bradshaw 9 7.01pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C3, 520m 1 41173 Know Refusal 30.35........................G Cleeve 2 75345 Hard Questions 30.01.....................G Cleeve 3 68236 Know Shame 30.04.........................G Cleeve 4 36432 Know Conclusion 30.31..................G Cleeve

5 46742 Viktoria Vikkers 30.19...................C Roberts 6 51155 Raylene 30.38................................R Adcock 7 85834 Cosmic Ruben nwtd...................J McInerney 8 12888 Know Equal 30.45...........................G Cleeve 10 7.26pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C4/5, 520m 1 74227 Bahama Queen 30.96........................J Dunn 2 16351 Avenger Bale 29.82.......................C Roberts 3 17455 Goldstar Ashton 30.35 S &..............B Evans 4 11237 Bertie Allen 30.01.........................C Roberts 5 18556 David’s Legacy 30.07................. M Robinson 6 18736 Eyrewell Turbo 30.25....................... H Cairns 7 11514 Dyna Dave 29.73..........................C Roberts 8 27735 Zefside 30.23.............................J McInerney 9 65368 Joe Bonanza 30.39....................J McInerney 10 11668 Know Betrayal 30.27.......................G Cleeve 11 7.51pm SPECTATOR’S BAR & BISTRO DASH C5, 295m 1 22422 Hankenstein 17.19.....................A Bradshaw 2 82146 Disobedience 17.19 S &..................B Evans 3 31723 Smash Wild 17.08............................ M Grant 4 62336 Business Ethics 17.18........................J Dunn 5 83156 Little Krakatoa 17.36..................A Bradshaw 6 11211 Randy Raccoon 17.08........................C Weir 7 22814 Flora Dora 17.16............................R Adcock 8 43144 Nelso Allen 16.89..........................C Roberts 9 71437 Ketchikan Kim 17.25..........................J Dunn 10 18F18 Forehand Raid 17.19.........................J Dunn 12 8.15pm PROTEXIN DASH C4, 295m 1 75614 Ring Clown 17.19............................. M Grant 2 55626 Mitcham Faye 17.22...................J McInerney 3 34817 Invincible Sue 17.52.......................R Adcock 4 36726 Saraya Jayde 17.25...................... L Waretini 5 37434 Torpedo Tuck 17.21.................... A Bradshaw 6 86334 Shanly Star 17.15......................J McInerney

M3 Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 02 May, 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.01pm (NZT) FARMLANDS COPRICE SPRINT C0, 375m 1 32 Wedgwood Warrior nwtd M &............ J Smith 2 4488x Hot Chilli nwtd...................................S Lozell 3 54 Fancy nwtd.................................... H Mullane 4 72 Pour It Up nwtd..................................B Craik 5 3 Looking Snatched nwtd......................B Craik 6 Looby’s Story nwtd..................... A Lawrence 7 65744 Bigtime Claws nwtd A &...................Williams 8 32 Thrilling Uma nwtd........................... K Walsh 9 86764 Firecracker nwtd A &........................Williams 10 5 Stefano nwtd.............................. A Lawrence 2 12.18pm GARRARDS HORSE & HOUND SPRINT C1, 375m 1 15666 Jay Grim 21.67................................ G Farrell 2 53754 Tilly’s Silly nwtd R &.............................L Udy 3 11 Paddy’s Passion 21.49..................... T Green 4 45386 Just Maddie 21.72.............................M Black 5 268x7 Snoopy’s Bro nwtd.............................. D Ray 6 32487 Extroverted nwtd............................. S O’Neill 7 11286 Burning Rain nwtd...........................T Patton 8 67785 Go Show nwtd A &...........................Williams 9 35867 Pam Arising nwtd............................ S O’Neill 10 34658 Smash Rock nwtd........................... L A Hunt 3 12.36pm MAYHOUNDS RACING RETIREMENT PROJECT SERIES FINAL C1f, 375m 1 F8834 Our Simba nwtd.............................. G Farrell 2 65554 Kai Nan nwtd................................... G Farrell 3 53773 Jinja Jake nwtd W &.........................T Steele 4 31122 Kelly’s Girl nwtd........................... G Pomeroy 5 77551 Little Trilise 21.57....................... A Lawrence 6 11622 Athenais nwtd....................................S Ross 7 414 Artic Miss nwtd............................ G Pomeroy 8 11115 Buddy Boom 21.14 U &.....................Cottam 9 53754 Tilly’s Silly nwtd R &.............................L Udy 10 15666 Jay Grim 21.67................................ G Farrell 4 12.53pm GREYHOUNDS NORTH DISTANCE C2d, 650m

2 x8502 Tilly Dunnage tdmh (5) 54............L Callaway 3 04012 Mac Murdoch (1) 54.............. R Mudhoo (a3) 4 88426 Beaufighter m (6) 54........................ J Morris 5 56630 Nomen Ludi m (2) 54....................T Moseley 6 00603 Sweet Time h (7) 54.................T Jonker (a2) 7 x0000 Dowry Duty m (4) 54.................... C Johnson 8 726x0 Regalo Reaal m (9) 54 9 68x94 Sir Ed th (3) 54............... K Chowdhoory (a3) 5 3.28pm N.CLEAVER BUILDING & RED DOOR & HOWLEY JOINERY $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 51x95 Our Boy Scotty tdh (2) 59............K Kwo (a3) 2 5x507 Epic Dreamer tdmh (3) 58.5.......B Hong (a3) 3 538x8 Sun Genes mh (1) 58..... K Chowdhoory (a3) 4 00091 Stirling Lady t (5) 57............ C Campbell (a2) 5 7506x Regent Street dm (8) 56.............. C Johnson 6 96460 Cotes De Bourg dm (6) 55.5.........T Moseley 7 6Px00 Doctor Eden dm (4) 55.5 8 49064 Kate The Great dh (7) 54.5..........L Callaway 9 80090 Tapilize d (9) 54..................... R Mudhoo (a3) 6 3.59pm TRAVELLERS REST TAVERN & AYTO’S DAIRY $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 66x32 Buster Bolt (4) 58.5.......................T Moseley 2 730x0 By Magic (6) 58.5............................. J Morris 3 4 Full Fury h (2) 58.5........ K Chowdhoory (a3) 4 74845 Peshawar (8) 58.5.....................D Bothamley 5 657x7 Maks Legend (7) 58.5.................... C Barnes 6 Mount Hercules h (1) 58.5.........B Hong (a3) 7 8x8 Tobilicious h (3) 58.5....................K Kwo (a3) 8 70x68 Trizac h (11) 58.5.........................L Callaway

9 03240 Haka Star (5) 56.5........................ C Johnson 10 4 Chookie’s Girl (10) 56.5...... C Campbell (a2) 11 457x Tachibana (9) 56.5................ R Mudhoo (a3) 7 4.33pm ADVANCE AGRI., RIVERSIDE RENTALS, RYDER PLUMBING $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 03682 The Bumper mh (3) 60.............T Jonker (a2) 2 716x0 Bullitt m (8) 59 3 23518 Our Boy Baz dh (1) 58.................K Kwo (a3) 4 210x6 Midnite Kaos mh (7) 57.5..........D Bothamley 5 x6332 The Style tdm (9) 57.....................T Moseley 6 00871 Abbey Kay t (2) 56.5............. R Mudhoo (a3) 7 65221 Eager Beaver th (12) 56.5......K Chowdhoory (a3) 8 70223 Montserrat m (4) 56.5......... C Campbell (a2) 9 98002 Karm ‘N’ Easy dmh (13) 56..........L Callaway 10 899x9 Squizzy dm (6) 56......................B Hong (a3) 11 10000 Choice du Jeu (5) 55........................ J Morris 12 6Px00 Doctor Eden 55............................. Scratched 13 726x0 Regalo Reaal dm (10) 55 14 400x8 Higher Authority tdm (11) 54.......... C Barnes Blinkers off : Sun Genes, Cotes De Bourg (R5) Winkers on : Tobilicious (R6) LEGEND: Runner Form b - Beaten favourite at last start c - Won at this distance on this course d - Won at this distance on another course h - Home track m - Won in heavy going t - Won at track X - Spell of three months

Race Information hcp - handicap mdn - maiden nmw - no metropolitan wins opn - open r80 - rating 3yo - nominated age 3yo & up - nominated age and up 3yo f - nominated age and type 3 & 4yos - combined age groups c&g - colts and geldings cg&e - colts, geldings and entires e&g - entires and geldings f&m - fillies and mares hwt - high weight sw - set weight swp - set weights and penalties spa - set weights, penalties and allowances wfa - weight for age wlt - welter weight wfp - weight for age with penalties and allowances SELECTIONS: Race 1: Banbury Lad, The Energizer, Cashel, Boysway, Rich Habit Race 3: Pableau, Power Punch, Salient, Odysseus, Molly Polly Race 4: Tilly Dunnage, Mac Murdoch, Ablaze, Beaufighter, Nomen Ludi Race 5: Our Boy Scotty, Kate The Great, Sun Genes, Stirling Lady, Regent Street Race 6: Buster Bolt, Full Fury, Peshawar, Chookie’s Girl, Trizac Race 7: Our Boy Baz, The Bumper, Montserrat, The Style, Eager Beaver

Today at Cambridge Raceway

KEITH SUTCH-JONES C2, 375m 1 14437 Always Dreaming 21.62.................. G Farrell 2 F74x6 Spare Some Time 21.42............... H Mullane 3 52516 Nasa 21.34.........................................B Craik 4 32562 Talkabout Izzy 21.33........................... D Ray 5 41165 Elouera Mist 21.33......................P Ferguson 6 68382 Grouch Pawset 21.57.......................P Green 7 52314 Opawa Loyal 21.27........................... S Clark 8 75861 Billy Bright 21.75.........................P Ferguson 9 65176 Seven Sharp 21.56..................... W Toomath 10 3377x Wairoa Lenny nwtd..................... M Prangley 9 2.21pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C4/5, 375m 1 17441 See Eye Be 21.04......................... H Mullane 2 31223 Fancy Fox 21.21..............................C Henley 3 22551 Suspicious Minds 20.94.....................B Craik 4 88315 Jimmy’s Rocket 21.00....................... S Clark 5 38x48 Noah Who 21.03......................... M Prangley 6 13112 Sparta 20.81.................................... K Walsh 7 55317 Zipping Vito 21.30..............................B Craik 8 61634 Ekali 21.28...................................... G Farrell 9 57754 One Cool Chap 21.21 W &...............T Steele 10 74886 Kiwi Gal 21.27 U &.............................Cottam 10 2.38pm FARMLANDS VIRKON STAKES C1, 457m 1 37234 Sir Kinloch 26.03............................... S Clark 2 25x12 O’Neill Monelli 25.84..................... H Mullane 3 17522 Bold Diesel 25.85............................. T Green 4 74686 Kapai Tahi nwtd R &.............................L Udy 5 11313 Clap Back 26.20.................................B Craik 6 52224 Our Rick nwtd....................................E Potts 7 13522 Thrilling Massey 25.75..................... K Walsh 8 5221 Valve Bouncing nwtd..................... H Mullane 9 33146 Tuff’s My Mum nwtd...........................S Ross 10 57365 Cosmic Barwon 25.67.....................C Henley 11 2.58pm VETORA CAMBRIDGE SPRINT C3, 375m 1 18732 Secret Lily 21.56..............................S Codlin 2 15733 Token Jasper 21.30........................... S Clark 3 12665 Typical 21.46......................................S Ross 4 78885 Lunch Special nwtd....................... H Mullane 5 71444 Mobility Scooter 21.33......................M Black 6 57345 Jetsun Woody 21.52.......................G Wilson 7 16711 Barossa 21.38............................ A Lawrence 8 xF482 Asserting Power nwtd..................... S O’Neill

Race 1: Loco Lola, King Kali, Debbie Baxter, Ohoka Clare, Goldstar Major Race 2: Smash Damage, Know Charisma, Dyna Lenny, Cosmic Jase, Homebush Finn Race 3: Kiwi Gunn, Ma Chere, Go Marsha Go, Jinja Ellie, Botany Alan Race 4: Yi Feng, Come A Guster, Dahteste, Know Logic, Culvie Lass Race 5: Raptor Attack, Mitcham Quinn, Busy Rocca, Digger Ace, Jinja Cream Fizz Race 6: Astrid, Mitcham Reado, High Return, Nozzno Fear, Neelix Race 7: Wheelie Wheels, Homebush Boots, Sarcasm, Dunk It, Black Tori Race 8: Our Dazzel, Fired Up Jasper, Platinum Marshal, Pita Ramos, Wildebeest Race 9: Know Shame, Know Refusal, Viktoria Vikkers, Know Conclusion, Hard Questions Race 10: Dyna Dave, Avenger Bale, Bertie Allen, Bahama Queen, Know Betrayal Race 11: Randy Raccoon, Nelso Allen, Hankenstein, Flora Dora, Smash Wild Race 12: Opawa Jumper, Ring Clown, Mitcham Faye, Shanly Star, Invincible Sue

Group One winner Brutal has secured his stud career in Australia after Newgate Farm recently purchased 50 per cent of the New Zealand-bred threeyear-old. The O’Reilly colt will still be seen on the race track next season, with his current owners wanting to press on with their horse into the spring after his spring ambitions were cut short last year through injury.

“We have sold 50 per cent, on the agreement that Brutal will race on next season,” part-owner Rupert Legh said. The threeyear-old confirmed his potential in winning the $A3 million Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick last month. Brutal is trained by the Hawkes Racing team and the two-state stable is looking forward to the entire racing on next season.

Carnival assault

Waikato dogs 1 2x422 Dusty Gambler 36.98....................... K Walsh 2 51511 Shooters Hill 38.04............................S Lozell 3 Box Vacant 4 26127 Smoochie 38.24......................... A Lawrence 5 72753 Cawbourne Palmer nwtd U &.............Cottam 6 Box Vacant 7 85162 Amy Amy 38.12............................... G Farrell 8 36737 Deception Diva nwtd W &................T Steele 5 1.11pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES SPRINT C4, 375m 1 18111 Waiterimu Ripper 21.37 R &................L Udy 2 43556 Disclaimer 21.32..............................P Green 3 58418 Powerful Lomar 21.29........................B Craik 4 36315 Botany Wayne 21.24........................P Green 5 42633 Raging Demon 20.99 R &....................L Udy 6 14222 Zipping Ringo 21.31............................ D Ray 7 23616 Bigtime Jacob 21.24..................... H Mullane 8 21428 Luke Skywalker nwtd...................... L A Hunt 9 24637 Podium Phobia nwtd..................... H Mullane 10 22768 Too The Nail nwtd..............................E Potts 6 1.28pm GREYHOUNDS NORTH MAIDEN DISTANCE C0d, 650m 1 64454 Finkle Foot Hero nwtd......................... D Ray 2 17123 Gao Gao nwtd................................. G Farrell 3 Box Vacant 4 72453 Peekay Shout nwtd U &.....................Cottam 5 23483 Hua Hua nwtd...............................R McPhee 6 Box Vacant 7 52226 Go Angel nwtd................................ G Farrell 8 23456 Tianyu nwtd..................................... G Farrell 7 1.46pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 375m 1 73668 Token Pick nwtd W &.......................T Steele 2 28453 Dig Dig Dig nwtd............................. S O’Neill 3 35887 Jinja Lad 21.72..............................R McPhee 4 75754 Vince Fawn nwtd..............................S Codlin 5 85433 Yella Ella 21.54 R &.............................L Udy 6 65835 Snoopy’s Hero 21.52........................... D Ray 7 54457 Agistri 21.37....................................S E Hunt 8 18666 Jetsun Jamie 21.29.........................G Wilson 9 76857 El Hefe 21.67 A &............................Williams 10 44448 Platinum Tears nwtd.......................... S Clark 8 2.02pm HAPPY 20TH WEDDING ANN PENNY &

SELECTIONS:

Stud deal for Brutal

Today at Riverton

7 44735 Opawa Jumper 17.15.......................R Wales 8 13536 Elodea 17.39..............................R Blackburn 9 85817 It’s A Joke 17.26.........................J McInerney 10 27284 Kalonga 17.36 S &...........................B Evans LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

In brief

Riverton gallops

Riverton Racing Club Venue: Riverton Meeting Date: 02 May 2019 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 1 1.02pm (NZT) FISHER ALUMINIUM,PGG WRIGHTSON,TRENZ HOME HURDLE $20,000, RST OPN HDL SWP, 2500m 1 x0002 The Energizer tmh (2) 69.5.. J Seivwright (3) 2 93091 Banbury Lad tdm (5) 68.................S Higgins 3 Px984 Cashel (1) 65............................H McNeill (1) 4 Px497 Boysway mh (3) 65...................... S Karnicnik 5 8Px00 Rich Habit m (4) 65..........................G Walsh 2 1.37pm BAY RD SERVICE & RIVERTON PLUMBING STEEPLECHASE $20,000, RST OPN STP SWP, 3400m 1 12x05 Tai Ho tdm (1) 71...........................S Higgins 2 3x575 Delacroix tmb (2) 66.5.......... J Seivwright (3) 3 x0893 Adequacy mh (3) 65.................... S Karnicnik 4 00x00 Go Go Gonzo tm (4) 65............H McNeill (1) 3 2.12pm OTAUTAU FARMLANDS & MCMILLAN EQUINE FEED MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 2147m 1 x7872 Power Punch (2) 58.5................B Hong (a3) 2 653 Pableau h (1) 58.5........................K Kwo (a3) 3 07455 Colour Me Red h (4) 58.5.........D Bothamley 4 0x54 Odysseus h (3) 58.5......................T Moseley 5 x5073 Salient (5) 56.5............................. C Johnson 6 x3836 Molly Polly h (6) 56.5...... K Chowdhoory (a3) 4 2.49pm STEVEN SHEARING CONTRACTING & R’TON ELECTRICAL $11,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 2147m 1 72597 Ablaze m (8) 59................... C Campbell (a2)

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9 77x76 Classy Impact 21.19........................ T Green 10 16686 Out Of Paper 21.43..................... G Pomeroy 12 3.14pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD STAKES C3/4, 457m 1 76771 Thrilling Billy 25.48......................P Ferguson 2 15674 Over Indulgence 25.69....................P Henley 3 14355 Born Quick nwtd W &.......................T Steele 4 17374 Thrilling Jo 25.69.............................. K Walsh 5 14138 Odnoc Ankie 25.85.....................P Ferguson 6 32652 Zou Star nwtd................................ H Mullane 7 11118 Isn’t She Sassy 25.73.....................P Henley 8 17351 Opawa Pink nwtd W &.....................T Steele 9 64358 Jetsun Swan 26.30.........................G Wilson 10 15575 Bigtime Dean nwtd A &....................Williams LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Wedgwood Warrior, Pour It Up, Thrilling Uma, Fancy, Looking Snatched Race 2: Paddy’s Passion, Burning Rain, Just Maddie, Tilly’s Silly, Jay Grim Race 3: Buddy Boom, Kelly’s Girl, Athenais, Little Trilise, Our Simba Race 4: Dusty Gambler, Shooters Hill, Amy Amy, Smoochie, Cawbourne Palmer Race 5: Zipping Ringo, Waiterimu Ripper, Disclaimer, Raging Demon, Powerful Lomar Race 6: Hua Hua, Go Angel, Tianyu, Gao Gao, Peekay Shout Race 7: Yella Ella, Token Pick, Jetsun Jamie, Vince Fawn, Snoopy’s Hero Race 8: Talkabout Izzy, Spare Some Time, Elouera Mist, Grouch Pawset, Always Dreaming Race 9: Sparta, Suspicious Minds, Fancy Fox, See Eye Be, Zipping Vito Race 10: Thrilling Massey, O’Neill Monelli, Bold Diesel, Clap Back, Sir Kinloch Race 11: Secret Lily, Token Jasper, Mobility Scooter, Typical, Asserting Power Race 12: Isn’t She Sassy, Thrilling Jo, Over Indulgence, Thrilling Billy, Zou Star

Expat New Zealand trainer Chris Waller has set his attention towards Queensland in the coming months and will have a six-strong contingent in the Gr.2 Hollindale Stakes (1800m) at Gold Coast on Saturday. They include New Zealand-bred and owned Group One winners Shillelagh and Savvy Coup. Waller has had tremendous success in Queensland, having trained 43 Group winners in the Sunshine State. He has experienced a lot of success out of his Gold Coast satellite barn with 97 winners and $9.6 million in prize money in the 22 months since it opened.

Waller’s Queensland manager Paul Shailer said Waller took great interest in the Gold Coast stable and constantly switched horses between it and Sydney.

“Chris has worked out a system of moving the horses between the states. For instance Youngstar and few others have done their final work in Sydney and are due to leave on Wednesday night,” Shailer said. “But we have built up our numbers here in recent weeks. We have had only 25 horses here for most of the season so things have been going well.”

- NZTM

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1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. St Peters Church, Allenton.

1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome, Phone Age Concern 308-6817. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox St. 1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIORNET. Q and A - What to do if you have been scammed. Cost $2.

Bring along your questions. MSA Lounge, 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 MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Social play, newcomers welcome.

115 Racecourse Road.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. Learn to dance. everyone welcome.

Allenton Scout Den, Melrose Road.

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

10am 50+.

An interesting speaker. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

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

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10am - 4pm AOTEAROA QUILTERS NATIONAL TRAVELLING QUILT EXHIBITION. Annual colour challenge, Pink, and bi-annual members challenge, Art Deco. Open Friday - Sunday.

Gold Coin admission. Annie’s Country Quilt store classroom,

167 Archibald Street, Tinwald.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Ashburton Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

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Cryptic crossword

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): What gives others a right to command your time? It’s not a “what;” it’s a “who, and the “who” is you. Your time is yours and among the most precious things you own. Deliberate before giving it away.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Where you want to be is not so different from where you stand, but great courage is still needed to rise up and make the few key changes necessary to get there.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Maybe it’s not fair that people expect more of you than they do of others, but it’s only because you keep doing such a fantastic job, raising that bar to new levels.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Happy relationships seem to come so easily to some. Then again, who really knows? Everyone has a public and private face. The only way to really find out what’s going on in the inside of a relationship is to tend to your own.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Clutter isn’t just a little mess to be cleaned up whenever; it’s a representation of disorder and wonky alignment. Cleaning it up, even a little, will cause seemingly unrelated and magical good fortune.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’re starting to think of things in their broader context. You’re seeing how they relate and affect their environment, what they are connected to. New insights come from this big-picture thinking.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Ask a scientist – the act of observing changes what’s observed. You can’t interact without influencing the situation. But with a neutral approach, you might glimpse the version that was there before you arrived.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): One way to stop worrying is to write things down. Make lists. Make a list of things you can control about the situation and, just to remind yourself, another list of things you can’t.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You made your choice.

Or did you? It felt like a semiautomatic response to your environment motivated by basic human need. Can you really be credited or blamed for that?

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Like an elevator in a high rise, you have many buttons to push. And people who push a lot of buttons are going to have a very slow ride to where they need to go.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Because you’re creative, you can make sense of the illogical, find links between seemingly unrelated things and weave together disparate ideas – all skills that will serve you well in the next three days.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’re not always inclined toward the spiritual advice to meditate, pray or seek enlightenment. There are practical ways to get to the same place. Anything that helps you grow as a person also expands your spirit.

ACROSS 1. In this month, almost the whole of last month was an affront (6) 4. Magic? My wand has lost its end (6) 9. Biscuit that may have a motto in it (7) 10. After a start, one may be due a final word (5) 11. Catch sight of an English secret agent (4) 12. It isn’t enough to show off, as this bird shows (4) 13. Pieces to be made up into a small furry animal (3) 15. Part of an oar that will be useful to a weaver (4) 16. It is a rebuff for such a nose to be blunt (4) 19. With which one may draw fluid from a cuttlefish (3) 21. For an instant at the end it surrounds the castle (4) 22. If no mixture is made, the sherry will be dry (4) 24. QCs’ bar is on-target (5) 25. Drugs that work on one with a blend of teas (7) 26. They may have been farmers, beefeaters or signallers (6) 27. One with a protégé has no part to play (6) DOWN 1. Licit in Derby, one might find it impossible to believe (13) 2. Sell cap in order for it to make cuts (7) 3. A stretch of water coloured red (4) 5. May have a longing for any reign to be overthrown (8) 6. Some cards may be taken by stratagem (5) 7. A rural relative is one unused to the ways of town (7,6) 8. Fellow has somehow worn a look of displeasure (5) 14. Trade to have communication with (8) 17. Bachelor surgeon from the past found it raised on the skin (7) 18. Now arranging to hold silver in the truck (5) 20. Martial art that will finish in a knockout (5) 23. Prima donna who was keen to turn up (4)

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ACROSS 6. Disclose (6) 7. Stay (6) 10. Pangs (7) 11. Very steep (5) 12. Naming word (4) 13. Brush (5) 16. Outing (5) 17. Tepid (4) 20. Stupid and insensitive (5) 21. Made of clay (7) 22. Not often (6) 23. Light, sweet cake (6)

Previous cryptic solution

Across: 1. Rotation 7. Meant 8. Summons 9. Tendril 10. Girl 12. Revised 14. Makings 17. Esse 18. Goddess 21. Trouble 22. Trait 23. Smugness 9 3 8 Down: 1. Resign 2. Tamarisk 3. Troy 4. Oyster 5. Pair 3 9 6. Stolid 7. Miniver 11. Contest 13. Sensible 14. Mighty 5 7 2 15. System 16. Levers 19. Deal 20. Song

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DOWN 1. Easy targets (inf) (7,5) 2. Best (7) 3. Boasts (5) 4. Superannuation (7) 5. Stunned (5) 8. Intolerant (6-6) 9. Alienated (9) 14. Large woodwind instrument (7) 15. Debonair (7) 18. Masculine (5) 19. Holds tight (5)

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Previous solution: hos, how, nosh, now, ons, own, owns, show, shown, snow, soh, son, sow, sown, who, won

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Fine, but cloud and patchy drizzle developing in the evening. Northwesterlies, changing southerly by evening.

FZL: About 3000m

Possible frosts, then fine. Areas of cloud from evening. Wind at 1000m: SW 30 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: SW 40 km/h, rising to 60 km/h for a time in the morning.

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Morning cloud with early drizzle about the foothills. Fine spells in the afternoon, but cloud returning in the evening.

Northeasterlies developing in the afternoon.

FZL: About 3200m

Fine, some morning and evening cloud, chance fog in sheltered valleys.

Wind at 1000m: Light winds.

Wind at 2000m: SW 35 km/h, dying out in the morning.

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Mainly fine, showers about the divide.

Northerlies developing, rising to gale later.

MONDAY

Showers about and W of the divide turning to rain, with heavy falls possible, scattered rain further E. Gale NW changing lighter SW.

SUNDAY

Cloudy periods, a few spots of rain in the south. Northeasterlies developing.

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Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 3:05 pm, yesterday

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A large high over the central Tasman Sea is slow moving and directs a south to southwest flow over the country. A weak front within this flow moves onto the lower South Island this morning, then continues to move up the island during the day to reach Cook Strait late tonight.

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Two men must go on the run together, but neither knows the other is an undercover agent. Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg.

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11:35 Darling Companion M 2012 Comedy Drama.

Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Dianne Wiest. Friday 1:20 J. Edgar MVL 2011 Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer. 3:35 X-Men – First Class MVL 2011 Action. James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence. 5:45 New Year’s Eve ML 2011 Comedy Romance. Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher.

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6:30 Takoha 3 6:40 Dora Matatoa 2 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Te Nutube 3 7:30 Haati Paati 3 7:40 Huhu 3 7:50 Smooth 3 8am Pukana 3 2 8:50 Kete Korero 3 9am Te Ao – Maori News 3 9:30 Best Of Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Native Kitchen 3 10:30 Celebrity Playlist 3 11am F Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 Noon Te Hikoi Mahanga 3 12:30 The Ring Inz PGR 3 1pm Head Start 3 1:30 This Is Piki PGR 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 Dora Matatoa 2 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Te Nutube 3 4pm Haati Paati 3 4:10 Huhu 3 4:20 Smooth 3 4:30 Ahorangi Next Generation 3 5pm Swagger 5:30 Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 3 6pm Waka Huia 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

7pm Whanau Living 3 7:30 Traditional Kai 3 8pm Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 8:30 My Party Song 3 9pm Only In Aotearoa AO 9:30 JC Tha Barber AO 10pm The Hui – Kaupeka Wha 10:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3

11pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 He Pou Tangata.

11:30 Closedown

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6am Guiding Alaska 6:30 Bondi Vet 7:30 Jelly Jamm 8am David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 8:30 Flippin’ RVs 9:30 Storage Hoarders 11:30 Hotel Impossible 12:30 Treasures Decoded 1:30 American Pickers 2:30 Bear Grylls – Mission Survive PGR 3:30 Wild Israel 4:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food The Hairy Bikers cook some of their favourite comfort food, from feasts for friends and family to meals inspired by pub grub.

5:30 Collectors’ Candy Collectible pickers Ivan Bruwer and Georgia Zucca from deserted back roads to abandoned car graveyards to make their discoveries.

6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Mine Hunters PGR 8:30 The Day The Rock Star Died PGR Johnny Cash, known for his deep, calm, bass-baritone voice, is one of the bestselling music artists, known by his signature songs, I Walk the Line, and Ring of Fire.

9:30 Doc Edge Season – Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Guiding Alaska 1am Cash Cowboys 2am Grand Slam Fishing 3am Real Deal 3:30 Before And After Series that looks at houses before, during, and after renovation.

4am Secrets Of Great British Castles 5am The French Collection

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6am The Crowd Goes Wild The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

6:30 SkySpeed 6:50 L Football – UEFA Champions League Barcelona v Liverpool.

From Camp Nou, Barcelona.

9am Football – UEFA Champions League (HLS) 9:30 Serie A Highlights Show (HLS) 10:30 The 1014 Rugby Show 11am The Breakdown Noon Cricket – IPL (RPL) Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Capitals.

4pm A-League Hour 5pm Serie A Highlights Show (HLS) 6pm Football – UEFA Champions League (HLS) 6:30 Football – UEFA Champions League (RPL) Barcelona v Liverpool.

8:30 Rugby – Kick-Off 9pm SkySpeed 9:30 The Darts Show 10pm Fox Sports News 10:30 The Time Of Our Lives Look back at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.

11:30 Football – Champions League (RPL) Barcelona v Liverpool.

6am NRL 360 7am League Life 7:30 The Greatest 8am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Storm v Warriors. 8:30 Super League Fulltime 9am Cricket – IPL (HLS) Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI Punjab. 9:30 Cricket – IPL (HLS) Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals.

10am Cricket – IPL (HLS) Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Capitals.

10:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (RPL) Magic v Steel.

Noon NRL 360 1pm League Life 1:30 The Greatest 2pm Back Page 3pm The Breakdown 4pm Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) 4:30 Netball Zone 5pm The Time Of Our Lives 6pm NRL 360 7pm The Darts Show 7:30 The Greatest 8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 The Kiwi League Show 9pm L Rugby League – NRL Rabbitohs v Broncos.

From Stadium Australia, Sydney.

11:45 Late Show With Matty Johns

1:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (RPL) Magic v Steel.

3am The Time Of Our Lives 4am Football – UEFA Champions League (RPL) Barcelona v Liverpool.

1am Kick-Off 1:30 The 1014 Rugby Show 2am The Breakdown 3am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Rabbitohs v Broncos. 3:30 Late Show With Matty Johns 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 The Darts Show

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6:35 Outback Opal Hunters PG 7:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 8:30 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG 9:25 Master Of Arms PG 10:15 Outback Opal Hunters PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid M 11:55 Strangest Weather On Earth PG

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12:45 The 1980s – The Deadliest Decade M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Treehouse Masters PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 Gold Rush PG

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Spur America bound P18

Premier netball to return

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

The 2018 netball season was a pretty big one for Celtic.

Not only did their A team go through the season unbeaten and claim Mid Canterbury Netball’s premier one title, the club also finished with two teams in that top grade for the first time.

Tonight, when the 2019 season kicks off, those two Celtic sides will be back on the court eyeing up another season of dominance.

The six teams that ended 2018 in premier one will start 2019 back in that same grade, and week one will see Celtic A take on the side they beat in last year’s final – Methven A – while Celtic B will play Hampstead A, and Ashburton College A will take on Mt Somers.

Most of the teams will be hoping to hit the ground running, having had a chance to iron out any early season kinks in the recent Canterbury-wide inter-centre competition, which Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre hosted across two Sundays in April.

Celtic played in the inter-centre competition with just the one combined squad, but from this week on, they’re two teams with two goals.

One will be out to defend their title, while the other will be looking to maintain their spot in the top flight and maybe even give their club-mates a run for their money.

Celtic A will look a little different to what they did in 2018, but the side has retained the services of some key players, including defender Anna Holland who will no doubt again be a thorn in the side of many an attacking line-up this season.

The side will be coached by Ange Leadley, who also led the side through their unbeaten campaign last season.

They took last year’s title out with a win over Methven A in the final, and it’s a loss that is still very much fresh in the mind of Methven A’s coach Maree Firth.

“Second’s not where we want to be, so we are looking forward to a really strong season,” Firth said, before her side embarked on the inter-centre competition.

Firth said despite a couple of key players from 2018 being unavailable this season, her side had strength throughout the court and a key for her during the inter-centre competition was simply building combinations.

Last year’s Mid Canterbury Netball champions, Celtic A. Building combinations early is important for Hampstead A too, with only three players from their 2018 squad returning for another shot in 2019.

Coach Janene McDowell is happy with what she’s got to work with though, and with Hampstead also fielding a B team this year, after being unable to in 2018, so things are looking good in the Hampstead camp.

Things are happy in the Ashburton College A camp too, with the young school side putting in, arguably, Mid Canterbury’s strongest showing in the inter-centre netball competition, finishing unbeaten.

They’ve had a good start to a big season, which will also include fighting for their spot in the Canterbury secondary schools’ inter-centre competition’s top grade.

That’s a fight that starts this weekend, and College A would love to head into that off the back of an opening win in the Mid Canterbury competition.

College A coach Kaye Kennedy said her players have done a lot of work pre-season, with most taking part in a Mid Canterbury Netball player development programme, and she is impressed with how they have looked so far.

Just how the other side in premier one will look this season, is largely unknown to opposing teams though, with Mt Somers – a new team which made its debut last season – the only team not to have taken part in the inter-centre competition.

In premier two, a couple of teams will start the season determined to climb their way out and back into premier one.

Southern A were relegated to

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premier two after the first round of 2018, while United A dropped down after losing to Celtic B in a promotion/relegation match at the end of round two, and both will be aiming to get back to the top flight.

The first games of this season’s premier two competition will see Southern A take on Ashburton College B, while United A will play Hampstead B, and Methven B plays Celtic C. The squads that will take their teams through the first round of Mid Canterbury Netball’s premier one competition are: Celtic A – Anna Holland, Hannah How, Julia McLeod, Millie How, Shannon Stockdale, Carolyne Johnston, Sala Bueta, Caitlin Adlam.

Celtic B – Meg Gilbert, Barine Ross, Lydia Shepherd, Elliotte Strange, Livvie Kennedy, Gemma

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Boon, Rebeka Cornish, Catherine Kuyf.

Methven A – Leanne Clemens, Hayley Duthie, Hannah McDougall, Amelia McKnight, Anita Watson, Sarah Stoddart, Lizzy Bell, Anna Poole, Kelsey Hart, Kate Brady.

Hampstead A – Renae Taylor, Emma Rosevear, Nicole Hands, Sophie Currie, Georgia Burrowes, Maddy Walker, Meg Ashworth, Anna Proudman, Olivia Proudman.

Ashburton College A – Samantha Holden, Grace Adams, Emma Stagg, Danielle McArthur, Hayley Tallentire, Poppy Kilworth, Mia Pearson, Jasmin Strawbridge, Taylah Burrowes, Faith Scott.

Mt Somers – Kate Oliver, Becky Marett, Kate Cairns, Kylie Copland, Pip Dixon, Jane McCulloch, Emma Silva, Sarah Grenside, Sarah Lock.

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