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ICONIC PUB SAVED FROM FIRE

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

One of Canterbury’s most iconic watering holes had a close escape yesterday after a potentially disastrous fire brought its small rural town to a halt.

Methven’s The Brown Pub suffered a serious fire in the roof at the north-west end of the build-

ing, but what locals are describing as an enormous effort from firefighters, saved the almost 100-year-old building from irreparable damage.

A call to emergency services was received around 9.20am and Methven volunteer fire chief, Brent Anderson was quick to call for back-up.

“I called for the second alarm as soon as we were out the doors.

It was a no-brainer, it was always going to be difficult to get at with it being a two-storey building and with no visible fire through it made it difficult to get at,” he said.

The fire was contained to the roof space of the building, which made it a challenging fight for the

firefighters who had minimal access through man-holes and the roofing iron.

“We had to cut our own manhole so we could access the roof space and we did what we could,” he said.

“No rooms were fire damaged, they were just water damaged.

“The guys did a good job.”

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Firefighters were kept on their toes yesterday fighting a chimney fire in the Methven’s iconic Brown Pub.

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Iconic pub saved from fire From P1 “We sent three trucks up,” Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade chief Alan Burgess said.

“We were here to support with the amount of work to get through wearing breathing apparatus you want to get as many through and as quickly as possible.”

Burgess said it was a surprise to hear it was the Brown Pub after they were called out, and after a long career in the alcohol industry where he visited the pub for business for more than 30 years.

“It is not a good thing to see happen,”he said.

Anderson said there were two people staying in the accommodation section of the pub, who were out of the building by the time firefighters had arrived,

“We will have to get the electrics, the plumbing and the alarms checked out first but we want to re-open as soon as possible.”

The fire has come at an unfortunate time for the pub, with the town at its busiest with the Australian school holidays under way and New Zealand school holidays about to start soon.

“It is terrible timing,” she said.

Fire risk management officer Bevan Findlay who investigated the fire said it was not believed to be suspicious, and that it had appeared to have started from a chimney at the level of the ceiling.

“It was just a simple chimney fire,” he said.

“The other two chimneys had been replaced following the Canterbury Earthquakes and this one

along with cleaners who were the only staff working.

Part-owner Trev Den Baars was in the building at the time but wasn’t made aware of the fire until someone had rung him, Methven Pubs marketing manager, Karyn Robertson said.

“It’s been massive, we have had TV crews here and a lot of people have been down to have a look and there is a real feeling of sadness from people,” she said.

“It is iconic in the town and it has hit people quite hard.

“It could have been far worse though.”

Robertson said due to the fire and water damage mainly being contained to one section of the building, plans were to try and re-open the main bar and fireside bar as soon as possible.

had not.”

The square in between the Blue and Brown Pubs remained full of spectators for most of the morning, discussing nights spent in the pub.

Councillor Liz McMillan was driving through the town after hearing the siren on her way to a meeting, and assumed it must have been another car crash in the centre of the town.

“I came round the corner and I could see all these people and all the smoke and a few flames coming out,” she said.

“A lot of people were just walking around seemingly in shellshock.

“Methven turns 140 this year and the Brown Pub has been here for most of it.

“Everyone has been in there for

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Once firefighters had the fire contained and were able to stop and catch their breath, staff from the Blue Pub, and other members of the public, were quick to bring over hot drinks and food for firefighters.

The crowds that had gathered to watch on as firefighters fought the fire slowly dissipated along with the smoke.

The Brown Pub, also known as the Canterbury Hotel, was first opened in 1883, and was destroyed by fire on June 19, 1922.

The present pub was built on the same site, and is owned under the umbrella of Methven Pubs, which also covers the Blue Pub and is owned by Den Baars and Deb Taylor.

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Hands off our fountain!

By Sue Newman

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A loud, clear message is being delivered to Ashburton’s district councillors – hands off our town centre water feature.

Last week councillors and mayor Donna Favel voted to remove the water feature and relocate it to the Ashburton Domain to clear the way for the redevelopment and redesign of the town centre.

Deputy mayor Neil Brown and councillors Selwyn Price, Russell Ellis and Mark Malcolm voted against the relocation. They believed the water feature should stay because it was an integral part of the town centre and its design encapsulated the key features of the district, its three rivers.

They also had questions over the domain as an alternate site.

The decision to relocate the fountain unleashed an outpouring of anger across the district, with comments flowing on Facebook and an online petition started.

The petition was started by Tina Cox who said it was obvious that no one wanted it moved.

“This is just another case of our council doing things the majority of their town doesn’t want,” she said.

“There were so many comments being made that I thought I’d start the petition because the council seems to be bringing up stupid ideas about what they should be doing without consulting anyone.

“The council could be spending money on a lot more important things.”

People she had spoken to were “totally sick of the council,” she said.

By late yesterday afternoon more than 700 people had added

Brown is questioning not only the need to move the water feature, but also the quoted cost – between $40,000 and $50.000 – to dismantle and reassemble the feature in the Ashburton Domain.

“I want this back on the table because people haven’t been consulted and there’s history around this with our three rivers.”

If he gets the numbers the issue would return to the table at the August 15 council meeting.

Past mayor Angus McKay has put his name on the list of residents unhappy with the council’s decision.

“The three rivers are important to this district, they provide the

their names to the list of disgruntled residents. She intends to let the petition run for a week before sending it to the council.

From the outset Neil Brown was outspoken in his opposition of the water feature’s removal and he is now committed to overturning that decision. He wants to get the issue back on the council table for further debate.

To achieve that he needs to have signatures of support from five councillors (himself and four others) and yesterday he was ready to start chasing up those who voted against the feature’s removal and hoped to persuade one of the supporters to change their mind.

lifeblood for the jobs created,” he said.

McKay said he checked the fountain area and disputed the claim that its removal was needed to make it easier for pedestrian and cycle traffic on the East Street green.

“This represents our two big rivers with conservation orders on them and the smaller one in the middle we’re working to restore. People in the Ashburton District recognise the importance of water and this water feature is a symbol of this.”

The fountain’s designer Ian Trousdell does not believe the water feature could be removed

and reassembled for the amount quoted by council staff.

The measurements were very precise for each component and each of those had been carefully placed. Moulds for the individual components were no longer in New Zealand and that would create significant issues if any parts were damaged, Trousdell said.

“People could do it but they’d need an engineer and they’ll need to rebuild it from the original plan which, hopefully they’ll have in the council archives.”

Rather than removing the water feature, he suggested a bit of a ‘polish up’ and a planting renewal would be all that was needed.

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Driver falls asleep, loses cargo A truck driver who fell asleep at the wheel crashed near Ashburton and spilled export grade mussels worth up to $100,000 on State Highway One, the Ashburton District Court was told yesterday.

Antonius Gerardus Van Duivenboden, 55, a driver for Southland Freight, admitted a charge of careless driving when he appeared before Community Magistrate Sally O’Brien.

The magistrate said she was aware of the pressure on drivers to work long hours and shifts, but that Van Duivenboden had an exemplary driving record over 37 years. She fined him $1000 and did not impose disqualification.

Police sergeant Paul Scott handed up a summary of facts that said the driver began work on April 15 at 3pm. He drove to Palmerston, north of Dunedin and began driving back to Christchurch with a trailer unit of mussels.

He pulled over south of Ashburton and slept for an hour before continuing to drive north.

Just out of the town, at Fairton, he fell asleep. The truck and trailer left the sealed road and crossed onto the grass verge; Van Duivenboden woke and tried to regain control, but could not.

The truck rolled on its side

NZ ups aid and came to rest on the opposite side of the road. The trailer units tipped over, spilling the export grade green-lipped mussels on the highway.

Duty lawyer Roz Burnside said her client had been working seven days a week and up to 70 hours a week, including split shifts.

Since the accident, he had reduced his hours to lead a health-

ier lifestyle.

Burnside said drivers were pushed to work these long hours by their industry. “He was not doing anything that no-one else was doing (on the day of the crash).”

She said a period of disqualification would cause hardship for her client, who had been an exemplary driver until then.

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Magistrate O’Brien said she was familiar with the pressure placed on drivers by freight companies to work hours and shifts that may not leave them in the best position to be behind the wheel.

She said he was extremely lucky not to be hurt or hurt any members of the public on the road.

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Creativity alive and well at Hampstead

By Sue Newman

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Take a dozen of Hampstead School’s brightest maths students, give them a challenging project to complete and expect some extraordinary results.

This week those students are wrapping up a term’s worth of work that has been part of the school’s maths extension programme and will be presenting the results of that work to their fellow students.

While there’s been plenty of hard work involved and it’s meant plenty of juggling with other after-school activities, Osope Maile said he’d enjoyed having the opportunity to be part of the programme.

“I had to fit it in with my other after-school activities, but this is the fun homework,” he said.

Projects ranged across eight topics, all designed to stretch the

students’ imagination and push them to use their maths knowledge in new ways, teacher Karen Hooper said.

Some, such as Otis Scarlett, managed to complete five projects during the term.

He chose to present his technology work where he created a 3D structure.

Kiki Findlay created a board game based on supermarket shopping with challenges that involved careful budgeting, while Harry Tavener’s board game was based on the Jules Verne novel, Around the World in 80 Days. It came complete with a world map, characters from the novel and blocks depicting sites in various locations.

The extension project was designed to help students develop their self management, research, presentation and communication skills.

Right – Hampstead School’s learning extension students with work created to achieve their maths achievement challenge badge. Back (from left): Otis Scarlett, Josie Momberg, Ranui Osthorst, JJ Tupa, Harry Tavener, Aston Hewetson-Finch and Wiremu Keefe-Paul with (front, from left) Osope Maile, Hayden Duffell, Kiki Findlay and Liam Shepherd.

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Bargain hunters brave the chill Myrtle rust a worry for Mid Canty

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Stunned to win local award

By Susan Sandys

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Ashburton mum Debbie McCaw was stunned to have won the coveted $1000 Rosebank Village Local Award.

McCaw said she almost didn’t enter Jazz Night, a painting of a jazz band jamming in a New Orleans bar.

“You don’t think other people will be inspired by what you have done,” she said.

She herself had been infatuated by it however, and had been inspired to paint the acrylic work after seeing a picture of jazz musicians jamming in a New Orleans bar.

Many Points, by Maree Peate, took out the premier award.

“I enjoy a good night out, maybe everybody else does too.”

McCaw had recently been to an acrylics class and learned some techniques, including rubbing back and glazing over.

She was grateful to fellow Ashburton Society of Arts member Ngaio McKee who had been a supporter of herself and other members in developing their artistic skills.

McCaw said she hoped to oneday go to New Orleans and enjoy a night out in the city, just like the subjects of her artwork were doing.

“There’s nothing nicer than listening to a band.”

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ASA’s art awards evening a sell-out

By Susan Sandys

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Ashburton’s art community gathered for their penultimate event of the year at a sell-out exhibition opening night on Monday.

The Ashburton Society of Arts 55th Annual Exhibition awards filled the art gallery with 200 art lovers, eager to get the first look at works over drinks and nibbles, and the first opportunity to buy.

Camp Mother, aka Lynda Topp of the iconic Topp Twins, announced the winners.

She told the crowd it had been on her bucket list to present the awards, and finally in 2019 she had managed to get there. Unfortunately Camp Leader, aka her sister Jools, could not attend but was attending art classes.

Camp Mother joked about pushing out the 10pm scheduled art gallery closing time and hitting the bars afterwards.

“Let’s rebel, let’s be crazy, let’s be artists.”

Camp Mother praised the works, and said that being an art-

ist was about being poor, so it was time for attendees to help out fellow artists.

“If you don’t even like it, just buy it, that’s what it’s all about.”

Nationally-recognised art dealer David Trerise, of City Art Depot in Christchurch, was the judge.

“It was not an easy job to choose winners,” Trerise told the crowd.

He said the exhibition was a large one, reflecting the healthy passion for arts in the community, and the entered works had been created with a high standard of execution. They reflected originality, perceptiveness, and fluency in their chosen mediums.

Fifteen awards were announced with $6000 of prizes. The $2000 Russell, Moon and Fail Premier Award winner was Maree Peate for Many Points.

The Christchurch mum who teaches art from her home studio said she had been entering the exhibition for about 20 years.

“It’s my favourite exhibition to enter,” Peate said.

She liked that there was such

a diverse range of works, and they were on display for almost a whole month.

Peate felt overwhelmed to have won the award, which was the highlight of her artistic career.

Many Points is an abstract water landscape with a series of headlands, in acrylic, and had other artists in awe of the techniques used to create its evocative feel.

“I like to play around with different paint effects,” Peate said.

President Jen Dearborn thanked the event’s many sponsors, drawing applause from the crowd, as well as the artists, committee members and attendees who had come from across Canterbury.

She urged people to remember to vote for their favourite piece for the People’s Choice Award, which will be announced later this month.

Of the more than 340 works on display, about 65 had sold by the end of the night, in line with previous years.

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OUR VIEW

The Brown, it’s more than just a pub A

period of 12 hours might not seem like a long time, but it’s enough time for the world to potentially change around you, that’s for sure.

On Monday night I found myself sitting in the Brown Pub in Methven, enjoying one of their famous chicken burgers and a cold beer while conducting a committee meeting, then, less than 12 hours after I walked out the door I found myself wondering, albeit briefly, if I’d be walking in the door of that same establishment ever again.

Yesterday’s fire at the Brown Pub was, thankfully, nowhere near as damaging as it potentially could have been, and even more luckily as nowhere near as

damaging as what first indications suggested when news broke of the fire.

Initially, the news coming through to us here in the newsroom wasn’t really offering up too much promise. Witnesses were talking of huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky and enveloping the Methven township and multiple fire brigades were either

on the scene or en route to attend.

That kind of information naturally leads you to think the worst.

For a moment, I thought that one of the most iconic buildings in my small hometown was a goner.

A place I’d worked as an after school student cutting chips for that night’s dinner service, a place that I stood and had my first beer as an 18-year-old and a venue where I know I can walk into at any given point of the day and there’ll be someone I know sitting at a table, keen to have a chat about all things of life.

Sure, it’s only a pub, but there’s an attachment to places like that when you hail from small areas around New Zealand.

They are venues that you can connect with personally and venues that have been constants in lives for many years.

Thankfully, it appears as though yesterday’s incident was a lucky escape, although it might not seem it right now with a mountain of work to be done to get things back up and running.

However, The Brown Pub will remain and continue to stand proudly in the middle of Methven, just as it has in its current existence for almost 100 years and that’s fantastic news.

All reports coming through from locals, and certainly those at the coal face of the fire, suggest that the efforts of volunteer firefighters who were on the scene

within a matter of minutes played a huge role in saving the building from serious damage.

And again, we are reminded of just how lucky we are to have people like this in our community, men and women who can put emotion aside and just get in and do the best possible job they can in tricky situations.

Yesterday could have been a disaster for the Methven township had such a prominent venue been wiped out during one of the busiest times of the year, but the efforts of those involved with getting things under control and ensuring the safety of the building and those around it will see it live to fight another day.

So, it’s hats off to them.

In 2003, the US put a $25 million bounty on Saddam Hussein, and $15 million apiece for his two sons. (The $30 million reward for Odai and Qusai Hussein went to a tipster whose information led US troops to their hideout, where the brothers were killed in a gunbattle.)

In 2013, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, was overthrown by the military after just one year by the same kind of Arab Spring uprising that had brought the Islamist leader to power.

Ten years ago: In a surprise announcement, Sarah Palin said she would resign as Alaska governor, effective July 26, 2009.

Vice President Joe Biden visited Baghdad, where he pressed

Iraqi leaders to do more to foster national reconciliation and offered US assistance in achieving that goal.

Five years ago: Hurricane Arthur struck North Carolina as a Category 2 storm with winds of 160km/h in the late evening, taking about five hours to move across the far eastern part of the state, but causing far less damage than feared.

One year ago: The Trump administration said it would not encourage schools to use race as a factor in the admissions process, rescinding guidance from the Obama era that was meant to promote diversity.

Today’s birthdays: Playwright Tom Stoppard is 82. Writerproducer Jay Tarses is 80. Actor

Michael Cole is 79. Attorney Gloria Allred is 78. Folk singer Judith Durham is 76. Actor Kurtwood Smith is 76. Country singer Johnny Lee is 73. Humourist Dave Barry is 72. Actress Betty Buckley is 72. Rock singer-musician Paul Barrere is 71. Actress Jan Smithers is 70. Actor Bruce Altman is 64.

Country singer Aaron Tippin is 61. Rock musician Vince Clarke is 59. Actor Tom Cruise is 57. Actor Thomas Gibson is 57. Actress Hunter Tylo is 57. Actress Connie Nielsen is 55. Actress Yeardley Smith is 55. TV chef Sandra Lee is 53. Singer Ishmael Butler is 50. Rock musician Kevin Hearn is 50. Actress-singer Shawnee Smith is 50. Actress-singer Audra McDonald is 49. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is 48.

Actor Patrick Wilson is 46.

Country singer Trent Tomlinson is 44. Actress Andrea Barber is 43.

Singer Shane Lynch is 43. Actor Ian Anthony Dale is 41. Actress/ comedian Jule Klausner is 41.

Actress Elizabeth Hendrickson is 40. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tonia Tash is 40. Country singersongwriter Sarah Buxton is 39.

Actress Olivia Munn is 39. Actress Shoshannah Stern is 39. Rock singer-songwriter Elle King is 30.

Actor Grant Rosenmeyer is 28.

Actress Kelsey Batelaan is 24.

Thought for today: “I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.”

— Robert G. Ingersoll, American lawyer, politician (1833-1899).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, July 3, the 184th day of 2019. There are 181 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On July 3, 1976, Israel launched its daring mission to rescue 106 passengers and Air France crew members being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers; the commandos succeeded in rescuing all but four of the hostages.

On this date: In 1863, the three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops failed to breach Union positions during an assault known as Pickett’s Charge.

IIn 1944, during World War Two, Soviet forces recaptured Minsk from the Germans.

In 1950, the first carrier strikes of the Korean War took place as the USS Valley Forge and the HMS Triumph sent fighter planes against North Korean targets.

In 1963, the crash of a National Airways Corporation DC3, with the loss of all 23 people on board, remains the worst air accident within New Zealand.

In 1971, singer Jim Morrison of The Doors died in Paris at age 27.

In 1979, Dan White, convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, was sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison. (He ended up serving five years.)

In 1987, British millionaire Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand became the first hot-air balloon travellers to cross the Atlantic, parachuting into the sea as their craft went down off the Scottish coast.

In 1988, the USS Vincennes shot down an Iran Air jetliner over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.

In 1996, Russians went to the polls to re-elect Boris Yeltsin president over his Communist challenger, Gennady Zyuganov in a runoff.

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No, I don’t have an alcohol problem, I just don’t drink

By Kate Hawkesby nzme

T

hough I’m a non-drinker, it’s easy to assume everybody else is hitting it hard.

It certainly feels that way when you’re out and you’re the only one ordering a virgin Mojito. It also can feel that way when you have a house full of hungover teenagers.

So imagine my surprise when the latest survey on Kiwis’ drinking habits showed New Zealanders are drinking less often and at less volume.

The Seedlip survey results also suggested people are under less pressure to drink – which is weird, because I find there’s still a big stigma attached to not drinking.

It’s almost like an affront to people. It usually triggers a million questions as to why, for how long, what’s the point, and so on.

It also makes you feel like a closeted alcoholic, as people gingerly ask if there was ‘a problem’ with alcohol which caused you to stop.

It’s always a letdown for people when the reason you don’t drink is because you just don’t.

Boring! Maybe it’s just my age group who struggle with the non-drinking concept, because the results of this latest survey showed the choice to stay sober is these days more likely to be considered a valid option compared to 10 years ago.

This survey comes out just in time for Dry July of course: a month that we’re encouraged to stop drinking for four weeks to raise money for charity.

Does it work? Not really, according to the experts. They liken it to a diet: good while you’re on it, but really unless it’s a long

term lifestyle choice, you’re not going to notice much difference.

Some say a month isn’t long enough to reap the benefits, or it can have the reverse effect of making you feel like you’re punishing yourself so that at the end of July you go nuts and drink to excess just to make up for it.

One nutritionist suggested a better approach would be adding alcohol-free days to your week on a regular basis rather than trying to take one whole month a year off.

The health impacts from one month off the booze may be

minimal but the financial benefits are usually large.

The first thing I noticed was our restaurant bills got cheaper.

The reasons we drink are still the same: it’s a social lubricant, it’s celebratory, but also it’s a stress release – 64 per cent of survey participants said they drink to relax, and that number’s higher than it was 10 years ago.

A decade ago 51 per cent of us drank to relax.

So modern day stress is certainly a large factor.

I don’t judge anyone for drinking or not drinking, it doesn’t bother me in the slightest because it’s your personal choice – but likewise, it’d be good if that approach went both ways.

Maybe the challenge this month should be when the person you’re out with orders a Coke instead of a beer, try not to roll your eyes.

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Banning single use plastic bags is a nonsense

By Mike Hosking NZME

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he single use plastic bag ban is a triumph, to a degree, in clever marketing and brutal idealism.

Marketing in the sense that the name has stuck, if you think about it. “Single use” plastic bags, they’re nothing of the sort, they’re multi use. Most of us use them over and over.

And the idealism? Because this is a comparatively simple way in which governments and corporates can tangibly show they’re doing something. Ultimately, this is a gesture, a nod, a hat tip.

In a world increasingly obsessed with looking like being something, as opposed to actually being something, the plastic bag ban is the ideal contender for faux action of the decade.

It’ll cause no harm other than a spot of inconvenience, and most of us have already gone and got our jute alternatives. The irony being, as we forgot them initially, we bought more and more and more of them.

And now we have a boot full, several boots full, dozens upon

dozens of them never to be used, ultimately to end up in the tip.

Do they decompose? I don’t know, I doubt most of us know because most of us are too busy to be fully engaged. We are just following the new rules as dictated to us by an ever omnipresent Government obsessed with regulation.

The fact we can’t recycle most plastic yet still have it out there, the fact recycling was a massive con with China who took our rubbish and dumped it for cash, the fact recycling bins get filled with whatever you’re tossing out, none of that really seems to

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matter – as long as we can all collectively agree we have banned a bag.

The fact there are hundreds of other plastic bags and plastic products all around us is no longer of critical importance, except for those of us who see this as the fraud it is.

It’s not dissimilar to the fossil fuels debate. Would it be nice to not rely on them? Of course. Will we one day? Maybe, but for right now we need fossil fuels, for right now plastic does, in fact, play its part.

And like so many of these issues, the zealots are out and

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they’re ruining the long term chances of these broader ideas ever becoming part of life.

The harder you bang on about things being a crisis, the more you alarmingly warn the world will end, the more doctored up photos of carnage and chaos you show, the more you turn people off.

From climate change, to coal, to plastic, by getting in people’s grille by being a zealot, and either running a highly charged and often dishonest campaign, or just straight regulating people against their will, you are failing to bring them along for the ride.

And when you do that, the success and efficiency of what you’re trying to do fails to fire, as well as it might.

You might win a battle, but you’re losing the war.

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■■HONG KONG

Violence use condemned Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam has condemned what she called the “extreme use of violence” by protesters who stormed and vandalised the territory’s parliament on Monday night.

Activists occupied the Legislative Council (LegCo) for hours after breaking away from a peaceful protest.

The unrest follows peaceful protests sparked by a divisive extradition bill.

The chief executive held a pre-dawn press conference after police had fired tear gas to clear LegCo. Flanked by Police Commissioner Lo Wai-chung, she said the actions of those who broke into LegCo were “something that we should seriously condemn, because nothing is more important than the rule of law in Hong Kong”.

The government suspended the extradition bill last month and it is now unlikely to pass, but the protesters want it scrapped completely and are calling on Lam to stand down.

Monday was the anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997.

The day is usually marked by an annual pro-democracy march, but this year’s event followed weeks of unrest in the city over a controversial extradition law.

Critics have said the law could be used to send political dissidents from semi-autonomous Hong Kong to mainland China.

There were some scuffles in the early morning, as protest-

Rage-filled meltdown Russell Crowe reportedly flew “into a rage” in a stunning meltdown in which he was “screaming at people” before “storming off”. The Kiwi actor was at a Q&A event in New York, taking part in a panel discussion about his new TV series The Loudest Voice in which he plays the late Fox News chairman Roger Ailes.

According to the New York Post, he lost his cool when the event’s producers wanted the host Ricky Camilleri to introduce Crowe in a way that would cast Ailes – who resigned from Fox News in 2016 following sexual harassment allegations – in a bad light.

Police officers spray pepper spray as protesters use a cart to ram into the glass wall of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong.

PHOTO AP ers blocked streets around the venue where Lam was attending the annual flag-raising ceremony.

At around midday, dozens of demonstrators broke off from the main protest and made their way to LegCo. They effectively besieged the building, as a large crowd of several hundred watched from a distance, before eventually smashing their way through the glass facade.

Inside, they defaced the emblem of Hong Kong in the central chamber, raised the old British colonial flag,

spray-painted messages across the walls and shattered furniture.

At about midnight outside the building, protesters clad in plastic helmets and brandishing umbrellas retreated from a baton charge by riot police, who quickly overcame their makeshift barriers.

Within an hour, the streets around the building were clear of everyone except the media and police Speaking in the early hours outside the police headquarters, Ms Lam said it was a scene that “really saddens...

and shocks a lot of people”.

She contrasted Monday’s tumultuous events with the annual peaceful march on July 1, which she said reflected “the core values we attach to peace and order” in Hong Kong.

Lam showed little emotion as she stressed the importance of maintaining the rule of law in Hong Kong.

“I hope the community at large will agree with us that with these violent acts that we have seen, it is right for us to condemn it, and hope society will return to normal as soon as possible,” she said.

■■AUSTRALIA

Police smash alleged terror plot; three arrests NZME Police have arrested three men following a number of anti-terror raids in Sydney yesterday.

The combined national police operation, which involved the raiding of a number of properties across Sydney, has led to the foiling of an alleged terror plot.

The NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) conducted raids in Sydney on Tuesday overseen by the AFP. Police were targeting a group of people they allege support the Islamic State terrorist group.

Three men, aged 20, 23 and 30 have been arrested and are expected to be charged with terror related offences.

Police executed six search warrants across suburbs in western Sydney.

The raids took place across a number of suburbs including Greenacre, Green Valley, Canada Bay, Toongabbie, Chester Hill and Ingleburn, according to reports.

AFP Assistant Commissioner Ian McCartney revealed the

Police were targeting a group of people they allege support the Islamic State terrorist group. men were allegedly planning to attack multiple locations.

“We will say that they had a number of targets, including police stations, defence establishments, embassies and councils, courts and churches,” McCartney said.

The 20-year-old Greenacre man is expected to be charged with one count of acting in preparation for a terrorist act and one count of engaging in preparations for incursions into foreign countries for the purpose of engaging in hostile

activities.

McCartney also added that the accused had made a “number of preparations” to travel to Afghanistan and fight for Islamic State.

The Greenacre man and a 23-year-old from Toongabbie are expected to be charged with being a member of a terrorist organisation, namely Islamic State.

It is alleged both men identified as members of Isis to other like-minded people online and the Toongabbie man was

prominent in the global online extremist community.

NSW Police Counter Terrorism and Special Tactics Commander, Assistant Commissioner Mick Willing, said the internet allows individuals to influence others with their extremist ideologies.

“The online environment provides fast and easy access to information and, unfortunately, those benefits are also being exploited by extremists, who use digital technologies to exist ‘virtually’ if their physical existence is under threat,” he said.

An associate of the two men, a 30-year-old Chester Hill man, is expected to be charged with obtaining a financial benefit by deception, namely fraudulently claiming Commonwealth unemployment benefits.

“Today this highlights two issues: There are still those within the community who wish us harm and the community of Australia harm,” Assistant Commissioner McCartney said.

“Their actions are criminal and they represent hatred and terror.”

Swift feud ramps up Taylor Swift’s former record label boss insists she had “every chance in the world” to own all her assets, including her master tapes. The ME! hitmaker signed a contract with Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Records when she was first starting out in the music industry but she recently claimed she was devastated that the label has been sold to Scooter Braun and she was never given the choice to buy her back catalogue and only offered the chance to “earn” it back, one album at a time. However, the executive has now hit back and insisted that wasn’t the case.

Tristan wants Khloe back Tristan Thompson reportedly wants Khloe Kardashian back. The 28-yearold basketball player was dumped by the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star – with whom he has 14-month-old daughter True – earlier this year after he locked lips with her family friend Jordyn Woods at a party in February.

But now, Khloe has reportedly been left “totally confused” as Tristan is said to be “begging her” to take him back. A source said: “Khloé is totally confused – Tristan has been begging her to get back together, and he posted that long gushing birthday message to her too.

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■■WESTLAND DAIRY CO-OPERATIVE

Calls to stall company sale

Westland chairman Pete Morrison. proached for comment.

Williams said holding back money from Kiwi farmers when dairying was going through such a difficult financial time was “a disgrace”.

The Westland scheme booklet said six company executives would receive total cash bonuses of $1.6m if the Yili sale goes

through. The final 25 per cent of the bonuses will be paid six months after the deal is completed.

The farmers in the group going to the OIO are now Fonterra shareholders.

They had to buy shares in Fonterra to supply milk.

Yili is offering Westland farm-

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ANZ group chief executive Shayne Elliott has threatened to review the “size, nature and operations” of the New Zealand business if the Reserve Bank implements its proposed changes to capital ratios, according to his submission released publicly yesterday.

The capital changes would see ANZ Group reduce investment and reallocate resources away from New Zealand to more profitable businesses, Elliott says.

“This may also lead the New Zealand business to reduce operational costs (including employee costs).”

It may also require ANZ Group to “dispose, or cease operation, of the relevant underperforming New Zealand assets or businesses”.

Another possibility was that some customer relationships in New Zealand could be directly managed out of Australia, he says.

The Reserve Bank is proposing a lift in the amount of risk weighted capital retail banks hold, from 8.5 per cent to 16 per cent.

Submissions on the proposal were released publicly yesterday.

In total 161 were received including responses from the major banks, large companies like Fonterra, business and social

■■TRADE ME

New ad agency picked NZME Trade Me has appointed agencies from the Clemenger Group to take over its advertising account.

Auckland-based Colenso BBDO and Wellington-based Clemenger Group will now take over the responsibility of leading the Trade Me brand through a period of significant change.

“Clemenger BBDO and Colenso BBDO are a formidable team and they offer depth and creativity to our marketing teams in both Auckland and Wellington,” said Trade Me acting chief customer officer and marketing director Regan Savage.

This win marked a continuation of a trend, which has seen Clemenger-owned agencies work closer together to win important advertising accounts. Another example was the Farmers account pitch, which saw Colenso BBDO work closely with lead agency 99 to get the pitch across the line.

Viewed as one of the most prestigious e-commerce advertising accounts in New Zealand, the pitch attracted some of the biggest names in New Zealand advertising.

Vying for the account alongside the Clemenger Group were DDB, Saatchi & Saatchi and VMLY&R.

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organisations and numerous individuals. All four major banks – ANZ, Westpac, BNZ and ASB – oppose the proposals in their current form and warn they will mean higher interest rates for borrowers, lower rates for savers and lower levels of GDP growth for the nation.

BNZ said it would need to raise equity if the proposals went ahead and that it may not be able to rely on its parent National Australia Bank (NAB) for ongoing support.

New Zealand’s largest bank, ANZ is currently in the spotlight for the untimely departure of its chief executive and for breaching current capital rules.

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Threat to review NZ operations

By Liam Dann

ers $3.41 each for their shares.

Westland’s own independent advisor Grant Samuel has valued them at 88c to $1.30.

Williams said the group members were owed $1.50 a share by Westland – the cost of a share to supply.

The group was not at all concerned about forfeiting the difference between that return and the Yili offer, he said. They knew Westland was looking for significant capital when they chose to leave the company last year and knew they may forfeit a “windfall”.

“This is absolutely a principle for us. It’s morally wrong for them to still keep our money.

“We want our money in our businesses. The board is using our money to make the deal more attractive to the Chinese.

“Our beef is that they are taking advantage of a technical, legal clause in the old co-operative constitution to continue to hold our money as interest-free loan.

That money needs to go back to New Zealand farming.”

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Farmer-shareholders who say they are owed millions of dollars by the Westland dairy co-operative will ask the Overseas Investment Office to delay or block the sale of the struggling company to China until they’re repaid.

Westland’s farmer-owners are to vote on Thursday whether to accept an offer from China’s state-owned Yili dairy giant for the 75-year-old co-operative. The deal is partly conditional on OIO approval.

Six former milk suppliers to Westland who exited the company last year because of its uneconomic payout and lost confidence in its leaders, say they are owed between $7 million and $8m by Westland in share redemption cash.

Spokesman and shareholder Pete Williams said the group – along with other farmers who have exited – have been advised by the co-operative they will have to wait for their money, in some cases until 2023, regardless of the

proposed buyout by China’s biggest dairy company succeeding.

The total amount owing to former suppliers is $11m according to the buyout scheme document, he said.

“This means the former shareholders become unsecured creditors of a subsidiary of Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group . . . providing what is an interest-free loan to a Chinese state-owned multinational while they are left to struggle financially,” Williams said.

His group, which is working under legal advice, is still owed money despite exiting a year ago because Westland’s constitution allows it to postpone repaying departing shareholders for up to five years.

“Westland appears determined to adhere to the five year standdown, despite the likely change in ownership that has been forced by poor management and governance of the co-op.”

Westland chairman Pete Morrison, a farmer and significant shareholder, has been ap-

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Winter desserts Y

es, they might be a dieter’s nightmare, but when winter rolls around thoughts turn to warming comfort food and when that happens it takes a lot to beat a pudding.

Where once a heavy, hot pudding was the required end to a meal, today’s lighter dining

the ultimate comfort

habits mean many of the old fashioned puds have been all but forgotten.

Bring grandma’s recipe book out of hiding and whip up one and you’ll be a winner with friends and family but like all good things, calorie laden winter puddings are best not eaten every day.

Bread and butter pudding 1 small French bread stick, cut into 8 slices 30g butter 1/2 C sultanas 3/4 C sweetened condensed milk 3 eggs 1 1/2 C cream 2t vanilla ■■ Spread one side bread slices with butter.

■■ Place buttered side up in shallow ovenproof dish, sprinkle with sultanas.

■■ Combine remaining ingredients, whisk well.

■■ Pour custard over bread.

■■ Bake in 180°C oven 40-45 minutes until set.

■■ If desired, dust with sifted icing sugar before serving.

Sticky date pudding with butterscotch sauce 1 1/4 C pitted dates, chopped 1t baking soda 1 1/4 C boiling water 60g butter, cubed, softened 3/4 C soft brown sugar 2 eggs 1C self-raising flour Butterscotch sauce 2C soft brown sugar 250ml cream 50g butter 1t vanilla essence ■■ Preheat oven to 180°C conventional or 160°C fan-forced.

■■ Grease a deep 20cm square cake tin or a loaf tin.

■■ Line base with baking paper.

■■ In a large bowl combine the dates, baking soda and boiling water, stand for 5 minutes.

■■ Add butter and brown sugar and stir until combined.

■■ Add eggs and flour, mix until just combined.

■■ Pour mixture into prepared tin.

■■ Bake 45–50 minutes or until cooked through.

■■ Stand for 10 minutes before turning out of tin.

■■ Slice and serve warm with hot butterscotch sauce poured over the top.

■■ Butterscotch sauce: Combine all ingredients in medium-sized pan.

■■ Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved and butter melted.

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Ginger and syrup pudding

100g butter, softened 3/4 C sugar 1 egg 1t vanilla essence 1 1/4 C flour 2t baking powder 2T cocoa Sauce: 1/2 C brown sugar 4T cocoa 1T cornflour 2C boiling water ■■ Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease an ovenproof dish that will hold about 6C. ■■ Combine the brown sugar, cocoa and cornflour. Set aside.

■■ Cream the butter, sugar, egg and vanilla together.

■■ Sift the dry ingredients together and fold into the creamed mixture.

■■ Scoop the mixture into the dish and sprinkle with the dry sauce mixture.

■■ Pour over the boiling water – hold a spoon upside down over the pudding and pour the water over it to stop splashing.

■■ Bake for 35 minutes or until the pudding springs back when lightly touched.

Batter 1C flour 2t baking powder 1-2t ground ginger 1/4 C soft brown sugar 1/4 C white sugar 50g butter 1T golden syrup 1/2 C milk Sauce 1/2 C soft brown sugar 1/2 C white sugar 1T golden syrup 1-2t ground ginger 2C boiling water

500g rhubarb, topped and tailed, peeled and cut into 5cm pieces 1/2 C brown sugar 50g butter, diced 1T lemon juice 3 granny smith apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced Topping: 1C rolled oats 1/2 C castor sugar 1/3 C plain flour 100g butter, slightly soft

■■ Batter: Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.

■■ Melt butter with golden syrup.

■■ Pour into dry ingredients with milk and mix.

■■ Place in greased oven-proof dish that is quite deep, such as a small lasagne dish.

■■ Sauce: Put sauce ingredients in a bowl ■■ As you add the boiling water, stir until ingredients are mostly dissolved, then pour over the batter mixture.

■■ Bake for 45 minutes at 180°C. Serve with vanilla ice-cream or whipped cream.

■■ Topping: Place all ingredients into a food processor and pulse to combine.

■■ Pour into a medium bowl and scrunch through your fingers to form small clumps.

■■ Preheat oven to 190°C. ■■ Place rhubarb pieces into a baking dish.

■■ Sprinkle over sugar, butter and lemon juice, stir to combine then place in oven and cook for 20 minutes.

■■ Remove from oven and turn up the heat to 210°C. ■■ Add sliced apples to rhubarb mixture, stir well to combine.

■■ Place mixture into six individual ramekins; add a handful of topping to each then bake in the oven for 30 minutes.

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■■ Marinade: Mix the oil, paprika, chilli and oregano together in a bowl. Rub over both sides of the steak and leave for 30 minutes or cover and refrigerate overnight for the flavours to infuse.

■■ Capsicum sauce: Heat 1T of oil in a pan over medium heat.

Add the onion, garlic and cumin and sauté for 5 minutes until the onion is soft. Add the roasted capsicum and cook for a further 5 minutes. Purée the mixture in a food processor or with a stick wand until slightly chunky. Taste and season, as required, set aside and keep warm. Cook the corn cobs in plenty of boiling water until just tender. Drain and

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■■ Beef: Preheat an oiled BBQ grill or a frying pan until very hot.

Season the steaks and cook for a few minutes each side, turning once until medium-rare or cooked to your liking. Set the steaks aside to rest for 7-8 minutes. Wipe the grill or pan clean with paper towels and leave at high heat. Rub the corn with a little oil and fry quickly. Cut the kernels off the cob and mix with the rice and chopped coriander.

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■■ To serve: Place the sliced steaks over a bed of the corn and rice and pour the capsicum sauce over the top. Serve with dollops of sour cream and guacamole, with extra chopped coriander and a seasonal salad.

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■■CRICKET

No substitute for pace

By Andrew Alderson In the high-octane world of fast bowling, Lockie Ferguson has taken strides at the Cricket World Cup that place him in the top echelon of this alpha-male vocation.

His performance, dismissing Australia’s David Warner and Steve Smith in the space of 14 balls, gave New Zealand initial hope in their 86-run loss at Lord’s.

Yes, it proved in vain, but fans can at least take confidence he has the strike power to make a difference against England, and in any potential semi-final.

After his customary stuttering steps, gliding run and pause at the top of his action, Ferguson’s first ball came at the start of the 10th over from the nursery end.

Kapow!

It was short but, at 142km/h, had to be pinpoint to threaten a batsman of Warner’s calibre.

The left-hander swayed back but the delivery was on the rampage, kissing his bat en route to Tom Latham’s gloves – 38 for two.

Enter Steve Smith.

There was no discerning when the boos for Warner faded and those for Smith began in front of a crowd blessed with an elephantine memory regarding their roles as accessories to ball-tampering last year.

Ferguson angled five deliveries into Smith with no sign of weakness. An over from Trent Boult passed uneventfully and Ferguson prepared for another crack once Usman Khawaja worked a single off his pads.

He dropped short and Smith launched an aerial pull shot towards the Warner Stand.

Martin Guptill plucked the catch to his left at leg gully.

The feat was extraordinary, given he was less than a pitch length from the bat and had already dropped two chances in the innings.

However, Ferguson’s pace was the catalyst. Smith could not control the stroke and a chance was created from a calculated tactic – 46 for three.

The folded arms and stony faces told a story on the Australian dressing room balcony.

The countenances suggested this competitor had earned respect. Smiles returned as the match progressed.

Ferguson finished with two wickets for 49 runs from 10 overs, including a concession of 18 from three at the death.

He continued a trend which has seen him remove at least one batsman in every game at the tournament.

The right-armer has 17 wickets at an average of 18.58, economy rate of 4.96 and strike rate of 22.4. He sits second behind Mitchell Starc for the most dismissals – 24 – at the tournament.

Extrapolate that out to this summer.

When New Zealand embark on their three-test tour of Australia, it will be hard to leave out a bowler who can generate accuracy in excess of 150km/h on quick pitches.

The same will apply for four tests – two apiece – against England and India.

Batsmen have less swagger, knowing thunderbolts are imminent.

He could become a Black Caps cast member in all formats.

Black Caps need new mentality

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■■TENNIS

Williams bundled out by 15-year-old AP Coco Gauff (left) grew up admiring the Williams sisters. Picked up a tennis racket as a little girl because of them.

And yesterday at Wimbledon, still just 15, Gauff beat one of them.

Gauff, the youngest competitor to qualify at the All England Club in the professional era, showed the poise and power of a much older, much more experienced player, pulling off a 6-4, 6-4 victory in the first round over Venus Williams, who at 39 was the oldest woman in the field.

When it ended, Gauff dropped her racket and put her hands on her head.

After a handshake and exchange of words at the net with Williams, Gauff knelt by her sideline chair and tears welled in her eyes.

“Honestly, I don’t really know how to feel.

This is the first time I ever cried after a match.

“Or winning, obviously; I’ve cried after a loss before,” said Gauff, based in Florida. “I don’t even know how to explain how I feel.”

This was her third tour-level match; Williams has played more than 1000.

This was Gauff’s first match at Wimbledon, where Williams has played more than 100 and won five titles. By the time Gauff was born in 2004, Williams already had spent time at No. 1 in the rankings and owned four of her seven Grand Slam singles trophies.

It was hardly the only upset. Two-time major champion Naomi Osaka lost 7-6 (4), 6-2 to Yulia Putinseva, joining two young members of the men’s top-10, No. 6 seed Alexander Zverev and No. 7 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, on the way out.

s if the Black Caps’ disappointing batting display against Australia at Lord’s wasn’t distressing enough, the talk from fans and so-called experts following the 86-run defeat – about how our main concern in the final pool match against England should be keeping our net run-rate healthy – should send the alarm bells ringing.

Thanks to winning four of their first five matches at the tournament, and holding a superior net run-rate, the Kiwis are practically assured of a spot in the semi-finals regardless of the result against England tonight.

Yet, relying on the crunching of numbers to get you into the final four should be the furthest thing from anyone’s mind heading into what should instead be viewed as a World Cup quarter-final.

That attitude won’t win us this World Cup and instead, we should be approaching the game as a must-win – as victory would mean invaluable momentum heading into the knockouts.

Having a win at all costs mentality and scrap for a win is what will get us a trophy in our hands.

Make no mistake, despite their recent defeats and obvious fragilities, Eoin Morgan’s side remains dangerous as they showed against India in a must-win game for them.

At the same time, the Black Caps were fragile when put under pressure by the Australian bowlers and after being seemingly untroubled for the first part of the tournament, they now run the very real risk of suffering back-to-back-to-back defeats ahead of the semis – a far from ideal position to be in.

Most concerning for Gary Stead will be the timid batting displays against the Aussies and Pakistan.

Only Williamson and Taylor have put their hands up in our top five, which throws unnecessary pressure on our two most experienced men.

Twice now in the tournament, we’ve had opposition teams on the ropes in their batting innings, and twice now we’ve been unable to land the knockout blow.

With Australia at 92-5 at Lord’s, Trent Boult and Lockie Ferguson should’ve bowled through and buried the Aussies instead of us taking the pressure off Usman Khawaja and Alex Carey and allowing them to rebuild with that 107-run partnership.

On a positive note, the successive defeats have been a much-needed reality check for players and supporters alike.

Perhaps we got carried away after beating four of the weakest teams at the tournament first up – especially as we weren’t really convincing in most of those matches.

Can we come back from the crushing Aussie defeat and win the World Cup? Definitely.

But we’ll have to win three games on the bounce.

Not two.

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Club rugby continues to deliver T

here is a Super Rugby final coming up this week and the first All Black team for this World Cup year was named last night, but neither actually compare at the moment to our own local rugby competition, the Watters Cup. I’ll admit to being a bit of a rugby tragic; to me there is simply no better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than on the sidelines cheering on a local team and enjoying good old-fashioned, no-holds-barred, grassroots footy.

But what makes any sporting competition interesting and exciting is uncertainty.

Going along to watch a match and not knowing who is going to win it before the kick-off makes it that much more enjoyable.

There’s just something about sitting on the edge of your seat and not knowing what’s coming next that endears one to the game.

Saturday afternoon at the Rakaia Domain was just that when Rakaia hosted old foe Methven in near-perfect conditions.

A dry ground and no wind made for a free-flowing and fast-running match, definitely the best kind of rugby.

And with two pretty evenly

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matched line ups, it was always going to be a brutal encounter.

And it didn’t disappoint.

A 26-25 scoreline was a true reflection of the match and if you could have picked any other result perhaps a draw might have been the only other fitting result.

Southern got their campaign back on track with their first win of the competition on Saturday too and all of a sudden the competition looks wide open, with arguably three genuine winning hopes in a five-horse race.

And so all of a sudden no-one is quite prepared to put their neck on the line and state who they think will go on and win Mid Canterbury rugby’s greatest piece of silverware.

That both Methven and Rakaia have beaten Southern would suggest form-wise that the winner should come from that pairing, but Southern were good enough to make the final of the

Competition is starting to heat up in the Watters Cup. Combined competition this season and boast a host of experienced players who know how to do what’s required to get the big results, so only a fool would write their chances off.

Of course, there is the distinct possibility that Celtic could step out this weekend and roll Southern which brings the defending

■■RUGBY

Crotty, Barrett out of final

By Patrick McKendry Key Crusaders and All Blacks Ryan Crotty and Scott Barrett have been ruled out of Saturday’s Super Rugby final against the Jaguares and, in Crotty’s case, the entire Rugby Championship after X-rays on their hands confirmed the worst.

Midfielder Crotty suffered a fractured thumb during the Crusaders’ 30-26 semi-final victory over the Hurricanes and underwent surgery on Sunday.

He is out for up to eight weeks, a time-frame which will rule him out of all rugby until early September, when he will hope to be available for the All Blacks’ World Cup warm-up test against Tonga in Hamilton on September 7.

Lock Barrett suffered a fractured metacarpal at the base of his index finger in the same game and is out for five to six weeks which means he will be touch and go for the All Blacks test against Australia in Perth on August 10.

The All Blacks also face the Wallabies a week later at Eden Park.

Neither Crotty nor Barrett would have been considered for the All Blacks’ first Rugby Championship test against Argentina in Buenos Aires on July 21 due to the Crusaders making the final.

The All Blacks play the Springboks in Wellington a week later.

The news will be extremely disappointing for both men, and in particular Crotty, who won’t get to play in Super Rugby’s showpiece

champions right back into the mix.

Methven should prove too good for Hampstead on Saturday in front of their faithful supporters and gain themselves a week on the sidelines before the Watters Cup final, but those final two spots and that match between Southern and Celtic

before moving overseas next year.

However, on the plus side they are both likely to be available for the World Cup which kicks off for the All Blacks on September 21.

“You can’t just replace worldclass players and they’re a big part of the team,” flanker Matt Todd said yesterday.

“But they’ll still help the team prepare during the week.

“We trust the whole squad.

Everyone’s had opportunities this year and they’ve all performed.”

Assistant coach Brad Mooar, about to coach the Crusaders for

a final time before moving offshore, said: “Absolutely you feel for them, you’re not human if you don’t, and that would apply to an opposition player as well.”

The Crusaders will be big favourites to win title No.10, and their third in succession, despite facing a near Argentina teststrength team.

Veteran Ma’a Nonu, 37, remains on the All Blacks fringes, but probably needs another injury to force his way into the squad despite impressing on his return to the Blues this season.

holds huge permutations for the final two weeks of Mid Canterbury club rugby for the season.

And that’s exactly what you want in a club rugby competition, a bit of healthy rivalry mixed in with some great uncertainty around just who deserves to sit at the top of the pecking order.

‘Street smarts’ won it for Crusaders NZME

Ryan Crotty will be a big loss for the Crusaders’ midfield.

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Former Springboks coach Nick Mallett believes the controversial finish to the Crusaders’ Super Rugby semi-final win was a credit to their ‘street smarts’.

With just two minutes left on the clock, the Hurricanes were in position to launch an attack, but referee Nic Berry called a knock on against TJ Perenara, which put an end to their hopes as the Crusaders took out the match 30-26.

Replays appeared to show Crusaders lock Sam Whitelock had reached over the breakdown and illegally swiped the ball from Perenara’s grasp.

Mallett said the vastly experienced Whitelock was “streetsmart” and the product of good coaching with his act of desperation.

A penalty wouldn’t have allowed the Hurricanes to have kicked a goal to win but they could have set up one final drive at the Crusaders line through a lineout or scrum.

“A ruck is formed and as TJ Perenara picks up the ball, one of Sam Whitelock’s hands goes in there and just knocks the ball out of Perenara’s hands as he’s about to pick it up.

“It’s an instantaneous, and very clever, thing to do,” Mallett said in his analysis role for South African TV.

“I also thought that sort of action is down to brilliant coaching.

“It’s just being street-smart in a vital period of the game because the momentum was 100 per cent with the Hurricanes in those last four minutes.

“You just had that feeling that they were going to get over the line.

“What Whitelock did was up to the referee to spot because the TMO (television match official) can only come in for an act of foul play and that doesn’t justify itself as foul play.

“So it was just something that was missed by the referee and I imagine that the Crusaders are delighted that he did.”

Perenara was left frustrated by the call.

“We know it’s a penalty,” Perenara said after the game.

“The ref can’t see everything that goes on.

“He makes a call, and calls it a knock on.

“Sometimes we expect a penalty, there, for a deliberate knock down; but it is what it is in a game of footy.”

Hurricanes coach John Plumtree agreed with Perenara’s view of proceedings.

“I think something happened in that last ruck that you guys (the media) might want to have a look at, at some point,” Plumtree said.

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Cup spot still on for Rore NZME

Silver Ferns defender Katrina Rore’s return to the international court continues to hang in the balance.

The Silver Ferns management have opted to take both Rore and Michaela Sokolich-Beatson to England with a final decision on the make-up of the 12-strong Vitality Netball World Cup team still to be made.

Rore was ruled out of the recent Cadbury Netball Series due to a calf strain where she was replaced by fellow defender Sokolich-Beatson.

Ferns management wants to ensure that Rore is given every opportunity to recover from the injury in time for the 2019 Vitality Netball World Cup in Liverpool which starts on July 12.

Teams must have their final 12 players to the International Netball Federation (INF) by July 9 and the Silver Ferns management team deemed it prudent to retain Sokolich-Beatson in the squad until this time.

Silver Ferns head coach Noeline Taurua said Rore was continuing to make progress but it would be important that she was able to complete match-play before being confirmed in the final team of 12.

“We are happy with the progression Katrina has made over the past week.

“We want to give her the best possible chance to compete at worlds,” she said.

“The next stage is important as we will need to test her on court before the finalisation of the squad on 9 July.

“We will have 8 games in 10 days therefore it is of vital importance to have 12 fit athletes to manage and balance the load otherwise it will impact on players at the business end if they have to cover others.”

“Katrina has been working with our medical staff and she is tracking well with her rehab plan,” she said.

“But if she fails to pass a fitness test then we feel it is important to have Michaela on immediate stand-by especially as we are going to be on the other side of the world.

“Michaela has shown she is ready to step up if called upon and has been working hard with our defensive unit and the systems we are putting in place.”

Sokolich-Beatson was part of the Silver Ferns side which completed a demanding Cadbury Netball Series, finishing second to the New Zealand Men’s Invitational side.

The Netball World Cup runs from July 12-21 in Liverpool with the Silver Ferns set to meet Malawi in their opening match.

The 13 New Zealand players along with management depart for Colchester in Essex, England, on July 3 where they will complete their final preparations.

Katrina Rore may yet be on the plane to Liverpool.

Putting their best feet forward Just who will take to the court this season as part of the Mid Canterbury senior representative netball team should be known by the end of this week. Trials were held on Sunday at Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre, where Mid Canterbury coach Claire Tappin said a good range of clubs were represented. Among those trying out was Brooke Coad from Southern. The team would this season take part in a Selwyn Field Days event in Lincoln on July 28, and the annual Hanan Shield tournament in Waimate on August 4.

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■■SPEED SHEAR

Fagan starts the right way Te Kuiti shearer Jack Fagan has won his been invited to MC the prizegiving ceremosecond consecutive World Shearing and nies.

Woolhandling Championships’ All-Nations Dedicating the speedshear win event to Speedshear on an opening night in Central grandfather David Hawkins, who died in France.

England last week, Fagan shore his final Winner of the open-entry Speedshear sheep in 19.69sec, winning by the comfortat the 2017 championships in Invercargill, able speedshear margin of just under three Fagan shore the two-man final alongside seconds.

Frenchman Thimoleon Resneau in front Fagan, 26, was just as dominant in the of about 1000 people in the semi-finals, shearing his Limoges city square, about sheep in 20.7sec, as he and 50km from where the chamResneau sent-off the last two pionships-proper start on other triers, Cook Islands Thursday in Le Dorat. representative and New Zea“It couldn’t have been a land-based shearer Aaron better way to have a final,” Bell and England representsaid 26-year-old Fagan soon ative Adam Berry. after delivering his victory New Zealand championspeech in fluent French. ships hopes Cam Ferguson “Thimo is one of my best and Rowland Smith, both of friends here in France, we get Hawke’s Bay, were each elimon really well.” inated in the heats.

Unlike most speedshear The championships-propevents, money wasn’t the er start on Thursday, with Jack Fagan aim, with no cash at stake. about 300 people competFagan won a plate from ing in the open-entry, mulunique Limoges porcelain, which he says ti-grade All-Nations shearing and woolwill be shown proudly on the mantlepiece handling All Nations events preceding the or wall back home in New Zealand.

World title events.

Each finalist also won a Lister Scorpion An official opening ceremony will take shearing handpiece. place late on Thursday, featuring French “Over here it’s the honour that counts.

Minister of Agriculture Didier Guilliaume.

“It’s not the money that counts here,” he With Ferguson and Smith in the AllFlex said.

New Zealand Shearing and Woolhandling Further recognition of his now several team are Canterbury blade shearers Tony trips to France is that while not a member of Dobbs and Allan Oldfield, and woolhandthe New Zealand team Fagan will still play lers Sheree Alabaster, of Taihape, and Paa big part in the championships, and had gan Karauria, of Alexandra.

RESULTS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club June 29 and July 2 Truman Trophy – Putting Erin Porter 27, Kay Fox 28, Sharon Bradford 30 on c/b, Vicki Moore 30 on c/b, Bev Chinn 30 on c/b Nearest the Pins: No 4 Gabites Anne Watson, No 8 House of Travel Pam Feutz, No 12 Lynn’s small Salon Catherine Trott, No 14 Todds of Ashburton Marilyn Walker, No 4 Somerset Grocer 2nd shot Judy McKeown, No 18 2nd Shot to Green Erin Porter

Ashburton Vets Golf July 1 At Rakaia 1st Kevin Sisson +10, 2nd Norm McFarlane + 7, 3rd= P. McKay and M Moorhead +6, 4th = G Brown, I Beach, G Lane and D Tilson +5 Two’s: T Sa, P Walker (2) and K Sisson Next Game July 15 at Mayfield - Copland Trophy Annual Trip - November 4 - 8

DRAWS ■■ Bowls Ashburton Indoor Bowls Representative Team announced to play Triangular July 13 Ashburton indoor bowls stadium - 10.30am start – all players a plate for afternoon tea please G Wilson, M Sunbeam, G Smith, C Cleghorn R Ellis, D Bell, J Cleghorn, T Palatchie M Markham, W Lee, L Mackenzie, N Chapman, C Talbot, R Mackenzie, M Eaden, J Gilbert M Sheard, C Gilbert, J Gibbs, H Rennie K Smith, M Gilbert, B Laird, C Tubb If you are unavailable to play please contact Mat Bassett 027 3926155.

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Dominant home win for MC The Mid Canterbury United FC senior side have extended their lead at the top of the Mainland Division One competition after a dominant victory on the weekend.

A depleted Cashmere Technical Turtles made the trip south to the Ashburton Domain and never made it out of their shells, heading back home to Christchurch after losing 8-0.

The home side always controlled the game, consistently keeping the scoreboard ticking over, assisted by some ill-discipline from the visiting side.

Cash Tech gave away three penalties, two for handballs in the box and one for a clumsy challenge on winger Millar McLauchlan, who got goal side of his man and was clipped on the edge of the box.

All three penalties were converted by Mid Canterbury captain Edward Kettle.

The dominant victory leaves the Mid Canterbury side with 11 wins from their 12 games this season, drawing the other one.

They currently sit one point clear of the second placed Halswell United 1964s, who currently have a superior goal difference of 47 to Mid Canterbury’s 38.

In Division 5 the Mid Canterbury United FC second team were able to put their feet up for the weekend after their opponents, the FC Twenty 11 Memes defaulted, handing Mid Canterbury the automatic 3-0 victory.

Mid Canterbury United FC player Gareth Tolley sends a volley towards the goal in his side’s rout of the Cashmere Technical Turtles on Saturday.

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Methven seniors’ roll Warrior for life continues unabated AP

A strong second half led the Methven Football Club senior side to another comprehensive victory in the Mainland Football competition on Saturday.

Playing on a hot and sunny afternoon, Methven assumed control early in their match against Halswell.

However, Halswell’s players were well aware of the attacking threat posed and sat back in two banks of four, camping in their own half, in the attempt to stifle and frustrate the Mountaineers.

Twenty minutes in and the deadlock was finally broken by Gareth Saltmer, with a cool bottom corner finish to put his side in front.

Despite being in complete control of the game, Methven often let themselves down when it came to the final ball with a mix of rushed, and no offered passing.

Saltmer eventually broke through before half-time to give his team a handy 2-0 lead at the break.

The restart saw Methven come flying out of the box and a beautiful one-two exchange with Liam Hett, flicking the ball back into the path of Saltmer, who applied a half volley into the top corner to grab his hat-trick and put Methven up 3-0.

That goal opened the flood gates and possession was converted into goals.

A superb build-up started with John Peneycad leaping highest and powering his header

towards Hett, he squared it to Saltmer who continued the one touch onslaught to find Wes Torres, who finished the movement confidently.

On came Juan Stimolo for the final moments and he too got in on the festivities, albeit in fortunate circumstances.

With the Halswell defence out on their feet, Stimolo was put through by Hett and by hook or by crook he found a way after being tackled and then the ball ricocheting back into his line to apply the easy finish from a one on one situation.

Lightning then struck twice as the exact same situation unfolded again and it was 7-0 at the final whistle.

Methven play Coastal Spirit at 2.30pm at the Methven Domain this Saturday.

The Methven Reserves joined in with a win of their own, claiming a 6-2 win at home against FC Twenty Army.

They did get a stroke of luck when the visitors turned up with only eight eligible players, but in the words of skipper OJ Dodson “a win is a win”.

Methven 14th grade were left isappointed to lose 2-3 to Coastal Spirit 14A, unable to hold onto a 2-1 lead with just five minutes left to play.

To rub salt in the wound the visitors were awarded a late and contentious penalty for which there was no time to recover from.

All-Star guard Klay Thompson is staying put with the Golden State Warriors.

Thompson announced his decision on his Instagram account yetserday, using a clip of Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie The Wolf of Wall Street with the line I’m not leavin! Thompson’s agent, Greg Lawrence, said later his client will sign a five-year max contract for $190 million when the NBA free agent moratorium period ends.

Thompson had always wanted to stay with Golden State, saying last year: “I’ve said it many times before: I would like to be a Warrior for life.”

He was scheduled for surgery last week for a torn ACL in his left knee after he was injured during a Game 6 loss to the Toronto Raptors in the NBA Finals.

Neither the Warriors nor Lawrence have said whether it has been done.

Along with Splash Brother Stephen Curry, Thompson is part of one of the most dangerous backcourts in the NBA, given their accuracy from 3-point range that extends well beyond the line.

He has been durable, too, never missing a postseason game before sitting out Game 3 of this year’s finals because of a strained left hamstring.

Warriors general manager Bob Myers said last week he planned to sit down with Thompson before the start of free agency

Sunday, when Golden State saw Kevin Durant depart for the Brooklyn Nets. The two-time Finals MVP is recovering from surgery for a torn Achilles tendon that he injured in Game 5 of the finals.

Being part of the Warriors’ dynasty – five straight NBA Finals berths and three championships in four years from 201518 – appeals to Thompson.

He has cherished his role alongside more notable superstars like Curry and Durant, content staying under the radar.

“It’s hard to walk away from something, you were here when it started and yeah, you just want to stay on the train as long as you can,” Thompson said last year.

Golden State now will have Thompson and Curry locked up for the long haul, which will mean so much for the franchise as it moves into new Chase Center in San Francisco next season.

Curry received a $201 million, fiveyear contract last July.

Meanwhile the Brooklyn Nets are the story of the league. They agreed to deals with superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving as part of a sensational start to free agency, giving the longtime No. 2 team in New York top billing in the Big Apple.

The mere hype around Durant and Irving should help the Brooklyn team generate an extra $29 to $43.5 million through increased ticket sales, corporate sponsorships and merchandising deals.

Racing 18 Ashburton Guardian

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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

■■ASHBURTON

■■CAMBRIDGE

Laking eyes home turf wins Faith in Local hoop Jason Laking will be out to make hay while the sun shines on his home turf today when thoroughbred racing action comes to Mid Canterbury.

The Ashburton Racing Club holds its mid-week winter meeting today at the Ashburton racecourse with a nine-race card of full fields and intriguing contests and while not quite holding a full book of rides, Ashburton’s Laking does look to have a couple of strong chances during the day.

He should particularly be to the fore during the early stages of the meeting, with all of his first four rides holding at least an each way chance in their respective line-ups.

The John and Karen Parsons-trained Rainman in the first of the day looks Laking’s best chance on paper.

In good form and running strongly in good fields, the fouryear-old son of Pins has been placed in four of his last five starts.

Both Dutch Courage for Sefton trainer Malcolm Prince and Windsor for strike-rate trainer, Terri Rae also look good chanc-

Excalibur NZME

Jason Laking es in the second and third races while Painted Angel in the fourth holds some strong hope too despite being the top-weight in a good field.

Later in the day, Laking teams up with the father and son training partnership of Les and Richard Didham and rides the very fast, and in-form, Jin Lu. A winner at Blenheim four starts back the five-year-old was very good last time out when

running fourth in strong company at Riccarton and should appreciate the turning nature of the Ashburton track.

Laking will round out his day with a couple of rough chances in Supagili and Valentia in the final two races on the programme.

Another local highlight of the day will be the return to Ashburton of the locally trained sprinter, Signify.

The Alex Cowan-trained for-

M6 Ashburton gallops

mer Group One winner holds a strong record on the Ashburton track with his six starts netting two wins, a third and three fourths and the step up in distance to 1400 metres from his more traditional sprinting trips shouldn’t be a concern with a previous win at the distance on this track previously.

Apprentice jockey, Kavish Chowdhoory will take the ride on the seven-year-old.

Shaune Ritchie hasn’t given up faith in Excalibur’s ability to win a feature staying race despite being off the winner’s list for 16 months.

“I thought he had an off-season last campaign,” the Cambridge trainer said.

“He wasn’t rounding his races off like he can, but he had a tough year before that and horses sometimes have an off-year.

“Actually he looked to be coming up huge early on, but he had a stone bruise and it took a long time to get over it and he just wasn’t right.

“If he comes up well he could win some good races.

“He’s got the ability.”

Excalibur won five races within six starts during the summer of 2018, including three on end, culminating with victory in the New Zealand St Leger Trial (2100m) at Hastings before finishing seventh in the Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3200m).

Today at Ashburton Raceway

Ashburton CRC Venue: Ashburton Meeting Date: 3 Jul 2019 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 11.25am (NZT) PALAMOUNTAINS ANIMAL NUTRITION MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 25323 Rainman b (2) 58.5..........................J Laking 2 99903 Diplomat (18) 58.5........................T Moseley 3 00300 Aristotle (11) 58.5................ C Campbell (a2) 4 8022x Mah Girl 56.5................................ Scratched 5 00x72 Decision Kept h (14) 56.5............. C Johnson 6 0x2 Ruby Noir (13) 56.5.......................K Mudhoo 7 447x8 Secretaria 56.5.............................. Scratched 8 730x0 Altamente (9) 56.5.......................L Callaway 9 4x05 True Elegance (8) 56.5.....T Comignaghi (a1) 10 6 Pure Class (1) 56.5..............R Beeharry (a3) 11 69x59 Vows You Made h (3) 56.5 Chowdhoory (a2) 12 6 Wynmoore (12) 56.5................T Jonker (a2) 13 Lilmini (5) 56.5....................G Saejorhor (a4) 14 Star Wars Princess (7) 56.5.... B Murray (a2) 15 Mistress Quickly (17) 56.5...........K Kwo (a3) 16 0 Bruce Banner (6) 58.5 17 0767x Jepezz George h (15) 58.5 18 26x07 Smart Garden (4) 56.5 19 0x096 Heartoheart (16) 56.5 20 0x80 Disco Deejay (10) 58.5 Emergencies: Mistress Quickly, Bruce Banner, Jepezz George, Smart Garden, Heartoheart, Disco Deejay 2 11.55am MOUNT SOMERS HONEY $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 x3363 Lord Beaver dm (2) 60........ C Campbell (a2) 2 66031 Swiss Eire d (14) 59....... K Chowdhoory (a2) 3 150x4 Campo 58.5.................................. Scratched 4 0210 Malawi (7) 58.5................T Comignaghi (a1) 5 09214 Visconti d (1) 58.5..........................L Allpress

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Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway Meeting Date: 03 Jul 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 3.22pm (NZT) THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 C1, 305m 1 57622 Articulator 17.88...........................B Hodgson 2 75451 Big Time Lebron 17.88........................L Cole 3 78443 Yee Coo Coo 18.01....................J McInerney 4 45176 Two Percenta 18.23 J &.......................D Bell 5 73356 Jay Wendy 18.04................................. N Udy 6 22312 Choice Sister 18.21..........................C Morris 7 4156F Bigtime Luna 17.98......................S J Phillips 8 35388 Sedgebrook Pride 17.95......................F Kite 9 67876 Big Time Rusty nwtd...........................L Cole 10 46688 Sly Cath nwtd A &............................Williams 2 3.39pm J P PRINT PETONE C1 C1, 305m 1 88786 Princess Pea 17.94.............................. L Bell 2 72x65 Andrea’s Magic nwtd........................... N Udy 3 4214 So Severe 18.09..............................C Morris 4 45165 Big Time Eilish 18.21..........................L Cole 5 37864 Rockoneva nwtd...........................B Hodgson 6 4x477 Miss Wiggle 18.39 K &.......................Phillips 7 46263 Opehu Express 18.03.......................R Waite 8 86734 Prettiest Eyes 18.02.........................M Olden

6 90044 Why Me t (10) 58.5......................L Callaway 7 0x076 Take Me There dm (6) 58..............T Moseley 8 65509 Hot Saki (5) 57............................. C Johnson 9 06256 Dutch Courage d (3) 57...................J Laking 10 x3961 Indulgent d (12) 56.5................T Jonker (a2) 11 42679 Little Flick d (4) 56.........................K Mudhoo 12 09562 Miroslava (9) 55...................R Beeharry (a3) 13 94094 Devine Love (13) 54......................K Williams 14 9x076 Mimimac d (11) 54.................. B Murray (a2) 15 8x809 Whitney m (8) 54.........................D Prastiyou 3 12.30pm MAJESTIC HORSE FLOATS LTD $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1200m 1 x2245 Tabard 62.5................................... Scratched 2 44632 Celtic Cross dm (7) 59............. K Asano (a4) 3 0x130 Turncoat tdm (4) 59......................L Callaway 4 01x11 Black Label d (10) 58.5.................K Williams 5 00111 Exemplar dm (1) 58.5....................L Allpress 6 42750 Windsor d (3) 58.5...........................J Laking 7 x2524 Miss Brahmos dmb (5) 58............K Kwo (a3) 8 04245 Vice Marshall dm (9) 58...T Comignaghi (a1) 9 50812 Suggestive Loox d (8) 56.... C Campbell (a2) 10 30413 Happy Hitter d (2) 55.5................. C Johnson 11 66x21 Vasiliki d (6) 55.5...........................T Moseley 4 1.05 MAINLAND COACHWORK LTD $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m 1 71 Ripcord 59..................................... Scratched 2 x5601 Painted Angel (6) 58.5.....................J Laking 3 09208 Bullitt tm (17) 58 4 27210 King Of The Dance (1) 58...........D Prastiyou 5 68184 Nathan Detroit td (2) 58..........B Morgenrood 6 81569 Slammer (5) 58.................................J Lowry 7 41378 Grant b (14) 57.5...........................T Moseley 8 18673 Roc The Cradle d (9) 57.5.............K Mudhoo 9 75703 Villeret m (4) 57.5.........................L Callaway

10 43416 Chookie’s Girl dm (15) 56.5.C Campbell (a2) 11 06813 It’s Pandemonium dm (8) 56.5Saejorhor (a4) 12 92421 Wanderin Over (11) 56.5..............K Kwo (a3) 13 9x158 Kanumiss t (3) 56......................... C Johnson 14 55x90 Metasequoia d (13) 55.....T Comignaghi (a1) 15 88x09 Ticky Tu 55.................................... Scratched 16 92604 Baby Menaka tm (12) 54.5.............L Allpress 17 5x405 Ballet Choux (10) 54.5............ B Murray (a2) 18 55502 Barzellar (16) 54 19 1x665 Fantasy Flight 56........................... Scratched 20 05978 Valentia m (7) 57 Emergencies: Ticky Tu, Baby Menaka, Ballet Choux, Barzellar, Fantasy Flight, Valentia 5 1.40 JJ LTD HANDICAP $35,000, OPEN HCP, 2200m 1 4x415 Zentangle 60................................. Scratched 2 15500 Shakti dm (5) 57............................K Mudhoo 3 30239 The Gordonian m (6) 57.......... B Murray (a2) 4 03151 Londonderry Air tdm (9) 54.5.C Campbell (a2) 5 07405 Shantav dm (1) 54........................T Moseley 6 54442 Lady Bealey tdm (8) 54.................K Williams 7 45426 Smiling Assassin m (4) 54.............L Allpress 8 02132 Sitarist d (7) 54.................T Comignaghi (a1) 9 60283 Princess El Jay d (2) 54............... C Johnson 10 79444 Friday Knight (3) 54..............R Beeharry (a3) 6 2.15pm HINDS RIDGE FARM WINTER CUP TRIAL $35,000, OPEN HCP, 1400m 1 20165 Signify tdmh (6) 61.5...... K Chowdhoory (a2) 2 03846 Elfee tm (7) 56...............................L Allpress 3 79409 Flying Sardine tdm (1) 54.............K Kwo (a3) 4 x0864 Raise You Ten d (9) 54........ C Campbell (a2) 5 17653 Dynamic tdm (3) 54.......................T Moseley 6 2x143 Moyrabella dm (5) 54 7 06141 Trudeau td (8) 54.......................... C Johnson 8 x6847 Ishinktaatledo tdm (11) 54...... B Murray (a2)

9 12x43 Waimate Bill dm (10) 54........A Bohorun (a3) 10 06276 Nowhere Man tdm (2) 54.........T Jonker (a2) 11 90463 Amour La Vie td (4) 54.....T Comignaghi (a1) 7 2.54pm WRIGHTSON’S PGG SEEDS $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1600m 1 68055 Forged tdm (10) 60.5.............. B Murray (a2) 2 13193 Jin Lu td (1) 59.................................J Laking 3 682x7 Nesta dm (12) 59.........................L Callaway 4 03001 Red Rose Warrior d (7) 58.5..........L Allpress 5 6211x So Brazen m (4) 57........ K Chowdhoory (a2) 6 17x21 Gifted tm (2) 56........................T Jonker (a2) 7 x7033 Monza Circuito tdb (3) 56..............K Mudhoo 8 68213 Abbey Kay d (9) 55.5..........G Saejorhor (a4) 9 88x96 Milk It m (8) 55............................. C Johnson 10 x2229 Queen Jetsun (11) 54...................K Williams 11 90x07 Olaf (5) 54.....................................T Moseley 12 70x04 Golden Valkyrie d (6) 54........... K Asano (a4) 8 3.29 SIMS BAKERY $25,000, 3&4YO Set Weight 1600m 1 x6221 Albut Me dm (4) 58.5.......... C Campbell (a2) 2 11929 Vee Twelve (3) 58.5..................T Jonker (a2) 3 0x317 Strad dbh (1) 58.5.............................J Lowry 4 x0000 Supagili (6) 58.5...............................J Laking 5 41267 Frankie The Fox (7) 57.5...............K Mudhoo 6 30755 Beneficial t (10) 56.5.....................T Moseley 7 11045 Valetina Vittoria d (9) 56.5..............L Allpress 8 1x665 Fantasy Flight 56.5........................ Scratched 9 34137 Reliable Glow d (5) 56.5.K Chowdhoory (a2) 10 21837 Eager Beaver b (11) 56.5.............K Kwo (a3) 11 66x05 Stella Daze (2) 56.5..................... C Johnson 12 00x00 Xanthia h (8) 56.5................... B Murray (a2) 9 4.04pm NEW HEMISPHERE HEMP FOODS $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 08212 Billabong Billy dh (3) 59...T Comignaghi (a1) 2 67944 Shanzino (11) 59...........................T Moseley

3 785x1 Lincoln Zephyr h (13) 58.5........... C Johnson 4 2x856 Merlot mb (1) 58.5............... C Campbell (a2) 5 30515 Raff d (19) 58.5............................K Kwo (a3) 6 05978 Valentia m (20) 57............................J Laking 7 x5532 Ahyum dmb (5) 56.5...........G Saejorhor (a4) 8 04521 Fine And Dandee d (18) 56.5........K Mudhoo 9 22045 Gloss db (16) 56.5.........................L Allpress 10 69x10 Just Another Day (6) 56.5............L Callaway 11 7x841 To Love You (10) 56.5.............. B Murray (a2) 12 60086 Elana Rose (17) 55.5....................K Williams 13 99353 Mowenna (7) 55.5................R Beeharry (a3) 14 0x033 Heaven Knows m (4) 54.5........T Jonker (a2) 15 91980 Stirling Lady (9) 54.5 16 49x79 Bridget Town dm (2) 54 17 88x96 Milk It m (15) 58.5 18 75703 Villeret dm (8) 57.5 19 90x07 Olaf (12) 56 20 70x04 Golden Valkyrie d (14) 55.5 Emergencies: Stirling Lady, Bridget Town, Milk It, Villeret, Olaf, Golden Valkyrie Blinkers on: Miroslava (R2), Slammer (R4), Raise You Ten (R6) Blinkers off: Aristotle, Jepezz George (R1), Queen Jetsun (R7), Supagili, Xanthia (R8) Winkers on: Ruby Noir (R1), Malawi (R2), Elfee (R6) Winkers off: Miroslava (R2) SELECTIONS

7 5.08pm HATRICK DASH C1 C1, 305m 1 76527 Dottie Bell 18.39 J &............................D Bell 2 78463 Bigtime Cutie 17.88.............................L Cole 3 67378 Bigtime Panther 18.03....................M Gowan 4 67847 Van Jack 18.18.............................. D Denbee 5 45631 Black Mags nwtd....................... K Gommans 6 74835 I’ll Be Loyal nwtd..........................B Hodgson 7 16487 Goldstar Dayton nwtd.......................S Stone 8 81243 Light Cruiser 18.07.........................G Atwood 9 67876 Big Time Rusty nwtd...........................L Cole 10 76878 Bigtime Kaea 18.01............................ B Hunt 8 5.23pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C2 C2, 305m 1 77725 Ngakawau 17.82........................J McInerney 2 81766 Bigtime Hannah 17.80................ D P Symes 3 65514 Bigtime On Track 17.77........................F Kite 4 57841 Hurricane Al 17.85...........................C Morris 5 42416 Leger’s Magic 18.05...........................M Flipp 6 3F684 Alamein Lady 17.79 K &....................Phillips 7 63762 Breed Apart 17.75............................M Olden 8 22411 Big Time Frosty 17.82.........................L Cole 9 66548 Tazia nwtd..................................... D Denbee 10 87784 Hard Merch 17.47 G &............ S Fredrickson 9 5.43pm WHANGANUI CHRONICLE C1 C2, 305m 1 56312 Cawbourne Cruz 17.56.................M Roberts

2 84358 Sozin’s Angel 18.01...................J McInerney 3 71837 Not Shackley 17.86............................. N Udy 4 64433 Barbarossa Boy 17.74................B Goldsack 5 87156 No Mug 17.90..................................C Morris 6 72324 Dream On Dreamer 17.91...............M Olden 7 68132 Stormy Jay 17.62................................W Kite 8 31558 Alamein Tane 17.86 K &.....................Phillips Emergencies: 9 66548 Tazia nwtd..................................... D Denbee 10 66778 Bigtime Marley 17.65..........................L Cole 10 6.02pm BOOK YOUR FUNCTION @ HATRICK C2 C2, 305m 1 51886 Alamein Dip 17.95 K &.......................Phillips 2 86141 Bigtime Leo 17.88............................. P Clark 3 74724 Mr. Postman 17.85.............................. N Udy 4 21475 Zara Cheebee 17.81..........................M Flipp 5 62636 Bigtime Boy 17.76........................ P B Briggs 6 74641 Three Amigos 17.55 J &......................D Bell 7 64815 Thrilling Ivy 18.10...................... K Gommans 8 13432 Homebush Rieko 17.89.............J McInerney 9 66548 Tazia nwtd..................................... D Denbee 10 87784 Hard Merch 17.47 G &............ S Fredrickson

Race 1: Rainman, Decision Kept, Wynmoore, Aristotle Race 2: Visconti, Take Me There, Dutch Courage, Swiss Eire Race 3: Exemplar, Happy Hitter, Windsor, Celtic Cross, Vasiliki Race 4: Kanumiss, Chookie’s Girl, Wanderin Over, Grant Race 5: Lady Bealey, Princess El Jay, Londonderry Air, Shantav Race 6: Moyrabella, Dynamic, Signify, Trudeau, Nowhere Man Race 7: Jin Lu, Forged, Queen Jetsun, Red Rose Warrior Race 8: Albut Me, Strad, Frankie The Fox, Beneficial, Vee Twelve Race 9: Ahyum, Billabong Billy, Gloss, Merlot, Raff

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

9 67876 Big Time Rusty nwtd...........................L Cole 10 35887 Sefton Brew 18.07 J &.........................D Bell 3 3.57pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C1 C1, 305m 1 68575 Ahuroa Flyer 18.13.........................R Murray 2 66886 Uno Again 17.71.................................. L Bell 3 67784 Cool Wolf 17.86.............................. D Donlon 4 82727 Paradox Prince 18.43...................B Hodgson 5 16822 Big Time Chance 18.06.......................L Cole 6 45427 Cawbourne Chezzy 17.74................... N Udy 7 75853 Wong Full Arrest 18.19....................C Morris 8 66724 Blackjack Man 17.90...................B Goldsack 9 67876 Big Time Rusty nwtd...........................L Cole 10 35887 Sefton Brew 18.07 J &.........................D Bell 4 4.14pm WANGANUI TOYOTA C1 C1, 305m 1 14663 Final Straw 18.10................................ N Udy 2 77866 Sly John 17.99 J &...............................D Bell 3 3647x Bigtime Baxter 17.67...........................L Cole 4 43887 Alamein Panda 17.90 K &..................Phillips 5 34443 Idol Patches 17.71.............................M Flipp 6 66764 De Blonde 17.78................................ B Hunt 7 46435 Blitzem Gem 18.03................... S Gommans 8 6x786 Lucha 17.82.......................................D Edlin 9 67876 Big Time Rusty nwtd...........................L Cole

10 58887 Chop Shop nwtd........................J McInerney 5 4.32pm LASER PLUMBING C1 C1, 305m 1 53375 Zara Daiken 17.98.............................. N Udy 2 53676 Homebush Shea 17.91............. S Gommans 3 64647 Always Dizzy nwtd.....................J McInerney 4 8F575 Rocky Top 18.08 J &............................D Bell 5 67366 Bigtime Wayno nwtd A &..................Williams 6 72767 Goldstar Power nwtd................. K Gommans 7 18472 Bigtime Coco 17.99.............................L Cole 8 58624 Raining Sixes 18.32....................B Goldsack Emergencies: 9 67876 Big Time Rusty nwtd...........................L Cole 10 76878 Bigtime Kaea 18.01............................ B Hunt 6 4.51pm RIVERCITY GAS C1 C1, 305m 1 42585 Judge Me Jackie 17.91................... L Pearce 2 87842 Cawbourne Symsy 17.78 J &...............D Bell 3 26883 Empty Pocket 18.08............................ N Udy 4 26211 Frizzled 17.81...............................M Roberts 5 63667 Bigtime Gal 17.87...............................L Cole 6 45585 Bigtime Toby 18.47............................ P Clark 7 42353 Subway Kay 18.28......................B Goldsack 8 76665 Magnetude Eight 18.11............. S Gommans 9 67876 Big Time Rusty nwtd...........................L Cole 10 58887 Chop Shop nwtd........................J McInerney

LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Ashburton Guardian 19

■■RUGBY LEAGUE

TRADES, SERVICES

Luke back in the frame Veteran hooker Issac Luke and middle forward Lachlan Burr return to the bench for the Vodafone Warriors’ 16th-round NRL clash against the in-form Newcastle Knights at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday (kick-off 9.35pm NZT).

The 32-year-old Luke comes in for Nate Roache, whose season has been tragically ended by an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his left knee suffered in Sunday’s 18-19 golden point loss to Penrith.

Luke turned out for the Vodafone Warriors in the Canterbury Cup on Sunday, helping the side to a commanding 32-10 win over the North Sydney Bears, the Sydney Roosters’ feeder club.

In his 75 minutes on the field he scored one of the team’s five tries, made 117 metres from 14 runs (99 from 12 dummy half runs), scored a try and had two line breaks, a try assist and eight tackle breaks as well as making 17 tackles.

After featuring in the first 13 matches of the season, first-year Vodafone Warrior Lachlan Burr was left out for the Penrith match to allow him to fully recover from a niggling hip complaint.

He comes back into the 1-17 mix this week replacing Leivaha Pulu.

Prop Leeson Ah Mau, centre Peta Hiku and wing Ken Maumalo are now the only players who have appeared in every match this year.

The starting line-up is unchanged with Jazz Tevaga – playing his 48th match – having his second consecutive run at loose forward after being an interchange specialist for so long.

In his 73 minutes against Penrith he carried the ball 21 times for 184 metres (including 65 post contact metres), made five tackle breaks, two off loads and 50 tackles.

After Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Blake Green both achieved their 150-game milestones last week, several other players are within reach of landmarks.

Ah Mau plays his 194th career match this week, Kodi Nikorima and David Fusitu’a make their 93rd appearances and Agnatius Paasi his 92nd.

The Vodafone Warriors go into the match in 12th spot on 12 points, six points behind the fifth-placed Knights, who have won three of their last four, beating Brisbane 26-12, losing to the Storm 4-34 and winning 20-12 over South Sydney and 38-12 against the Roosters.

This will be the 41st encounter between the two sides since 1995, the Vodafone Warriors holding a 20-19 edge with one match drawn.

The Knights are 10-7 ahead in 17 clashes in Newcastle and have won three of the last four contests on their home ground against the Vodafone Warriors.

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THURSDAY 9.30am AGE CONCERN EXERCISE CLASS. Weekly classes. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Join our friendly group for fun exercise during term time. Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB DAY TIME SECTION. New members very welcome, rackets available. EA Networks Stadium, River Terrace.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings for toy hire. Victoria Street, The Triangle.

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

July 3 & 4, 2019 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main St, Methven.

10am ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL OF ASHBURTON. Fabric and craft pop up shop on Burnett Street, next to Flight Centre.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817.

Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

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

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10am MID CANTERBURY LADIES

FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Morning tea at Eat Cafe, EA Network Centre, River Terrace.

10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox St. 10.30am - 12pm ASHBURTON OPEN COFFEE MORNINGS. Every Wednesday, come for a coffee and chat, child friendly location, all welcome. Phone Adi 027 220 8791 or Sue-ann 021 679 348.

10.30am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Rd. 10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people

with limited mobility. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street. (not school holidays).

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Mid-week service, Communion and lunch. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Ashburton Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre $4. Newcomers welcome we are friendly. Waireka Croquet Club, the domain, Philip Street.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox St. 5pm (sharp) RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Wednesday walks, 5km town circuit

for all walking abilities and fitness levels. Meet on Philip Street beside the Croquet lawn.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Corner Queens Drive and Creek Road.

7pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to dance (7pm), Beginner/ Intermediate (8pm-9pm). Instructor Annette Fyfe. Phone 307 7138 a/h, Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Weekly fitness, fun and friendship.

Contact Elizabeth 308 5437. Buffalo Hall, 20 Cox Street.

7.30pm ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLS. All welcome to come and play indoor bowls at the Indoor Bowls Stadium, McNally Street, in the Riverside industrial area.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join fellow sheddies for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street.

10am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz for pre-schoolers and caregivers, 48 Allens Road.

10am ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL OF ASHBURTON. Fabric and craft pop up shop. Burnett Street, next to Flight Centre.

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

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP

SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares.

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10.15am MSA TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for arthritis. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (not school holidays).

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (not school holidays).

11am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Holy Spirit Church. Thomson Street, Tinwald.

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

1pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong. Newcomers welcome. $4.

Tuition available for new players.

Waireka Croquet Club. The domain, Philip Street.

1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display.

Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Social play, newcomers welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIORNET. Questions and Answers, guest accounts. Bring notepad and pen or write your own notes. Cost $2. MSA lounge. Havelock Street.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. Learn to dance. everyone welcome. Allenton Scout Den, Melrose Road.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Qualified Service Technicians / Mechanics

We’re looking for...

Research Technicians VetEnt Research are looking for reliable, hard working team members for a trial for the month of August.

Shift work hours for 4-6 weeks Based in the Ashburton region Flexibility and reliability essential Excellent attention to detail required To enquire or apply email viana.fallaver@vetent.co.nz

Guardian Real Esate

An exciting opportunity has become available for a part time Property Manager to join our busy rental team. This position is part-time, consisting of 25+ hours per week on Monday to Friday, with set daily hours to be discussed with the successful applicant.

Due to expansion, we are requiring another full time Office Administrator to join our busy Ashburton office. This position is full-time, between the hours of 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.

Due to expansion, we are seeking Licensed Sales Consultants to join our busy sales team.

You will have unlimited earning potential, and access to our industry leading technology and systems. Full training and ongoing professional development provided. Your own private office, car park and other incentives may be offered to successful candidates. Call Tammy McDougall for a chat in complete confidence, on 0274 727 535.

307 7900

We are currently looking for qualified Service Technicians / Mechanics to work out of our busy workshop located in Ashburton.

JJ’s sell and service leading brands including Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Challenger, Lely, Welger, Moreni, Farmet, and Slurryquip. Established in 1958 JJ Ltd is one of the leading agricultural machinery dealers, with six branches covering the majority of the South Island. The Southland family-owned business moved into Canterbury in 2009 and has not looked back since.

We are seeking motivated people who wish to advance their career and have pride in their workmanship.

Previous experience with tractors and machinery is essential and referees are required. Experience on Massey Ferguson and Fendt tractors would be an advantage although we offer factory-run service schools and provide on-going in-house training.

A very competitive remuneration package including health insurance, will be negotiated with the successful applicants.

If you are interested in joining a successful team serving the farmer and contractor please contact by calling, emailing, or writing, in the strictest confidence, to: Andy Ruck, Branch Manager 135 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton 7700 03 307 6031 – andy.ruck@jj.co.nz

Rural Reporter The Ashburton Guardian is based in New Zealand’s primary production heartland, and our independently-owned daily newspaper is looking for a new team member.

The person we’re seeking will have a strong affinity with, and knowledge of, the rural sector. We are looking for a journalist with a solid media background, who is excited by the opportunity to write for our two monthly publications as well as for our weekly rural pages.

Our monthly publications are distributed across Canterbury and North Otago.

The rural reporter’s position offers the successful candidate an opportunity to write for a wide audience across the entire spectrum of the rural sector because of the district’s diverse agricultural economy.

We are open to employment options that could include working as an independent contractor or as a Guardian employee, full or part-time.

The Ashburton District offers an opportunity to enjoy the best the outdoors has to offer but is within an easy hour’s drive of Christchurch City. We have Mt Hutt Skifield on our doorstep and offer a wide range of aquatic sports on Lake Hood.

Visit our website for full details:

PUBLIC NOTICES Animal Welfare Regulations

If you have a solid portfolio of work, a full driver’s licence and the right to work in New Zealand, don’t hesitate, please apply by email, with CV attached, to: matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

on significant surgical procedures on animals.

Tell us what you think about proposed regulations for significant surgical procedures on animals under the Animal Welfare Act 1999.

Make a submission.

Go to a public meeting.

Find out more.

Go to: www.mpi.govt.nz/animal-consult Phone: 0800 00 83 33

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Submissions close on Wednesday 24 July 2019.

Applications close 5pm, Wednesday, July 3.

MOTORING

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

LIVESTOCK, PETS

BUYER of unwanted animals.

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

HIRE

GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East Street. Open Monday-Friday 7am - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm. Phone 308 8061. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

Call David Rush today 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & NZBrokers Level Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. 03 307 1990| for expert Level 2,on 73 Burnett St, Ashburton Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. advice and a free no obligation assessment.

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BARK for sale Westside Hire, 171 Alford Forest Road. $36 per scoop. Call now on 308 0006. Compost and chip too.

Pick-up and delivery options.

You can even hire a trailer!

BUSINESS NOTICES EQUITY PARTNER WANTED for local dairy farm.

Genuine long term investor required.

We would consider one or maybe, two investors.

For further information please email braecairn. milk@gmail.com

Genuine enquiries only please.

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Be your own boss with UNCAPPED EARNING POTENTIAL! We are looking for an experienced sales person or someone with exceptional drive and connections to sell our award winning Timaru app.

The Timaru app delivers great local content and news to local residents and tourists while showcasing everything Timaru has to offer.

This fantastic app enables users to promote their businesses effectively, through animated banners, adverts and listings.

The skills required for this position include: • Great knowledge and passion for all things sales and customer service • Cold calling and office experience • Good level of English, both verbal and written • Organised and confident • A great personality and enjoy dealing with people In return, you will have access to: • Unlimited earning potential • A high percentage of commission on every advertisement you sell • On-going training and support • Great company culture Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and a current New Zealand driver licence.

If this is you, please send your CV and cover letter to: Desme Daniels, General Manager PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740 Or email desme@theguardian.co.nz Applications close Wednesday, July 10, 2019.

FOR SALE

2005 TOYOTA Allex, 29, 250kms, new WOF and registration for six months.

Nice tidy condition, $5500.

Phone Catherine 308 3654 or 027 773 2255.

TIM ARU

Teacher Vacancy New Entrant Start Up Class We are seeking a Scale A teacher to start up a New Entrant class for terms 3 and 4 of this year.

Please email a CV and covering letter to: The Principal, Peter Livingstone principal@tinwald. school.nz Position commences Monday, July 22 or by negotiation.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

NEW to town. Asian ladies, size 8, sexy body, 34DD, busty.

Chinese prostate massage.

Two girls available. In/out calls. Phone 021 046 4314.

AGRICULTURE MULTI-TASKER WANTED Based in Methven, we require a person who can assist across several agriculture operations.

Top Soils which is based at Springfield Estate requires a person to operate JCB loaders, blend, load fertilisers and all other aspects of this busy soil fertility business.

The applicant would also assist in seasonal farm work if required and be able to fill in and help driving aircraft loaders trucks and telehandlers for Skyfarmer Aviation.

Full training will be provided and remuneration, dependant on experience and qualifications.

Apply to: Springfield Estate 2195 Methven-Hwy, No 6 RD, Ashburton, 7776 or email: don@topsoils.co.nz and farm@springfieldest.co.nz Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

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Cryptic crossword

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Pushing all the right buttons may make the thing go, but life is about more than effectiveness. The wins will happen beyond the bounds of the mechanical.

Personality overshadows the rest.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): When you’re used to having a person’s full attention, it’s jarring to have to share it. Of course you understand that others have a life outside of knowing you, but there are times when knowing is more jarring.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Don’t settle for whatever mood befalls the environment. Take charge.

Set the emotional temperature. You know how to do this. Sometimes you just forget to command that talent.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Doing the same thing repeatedly can make you masterful, but it’s a process. Dips happen. In the lows it may seem that the role has lost its lustre. Reinvigorate.

Seek inspiration. Or just take a break.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you’ll be delighted by what falls into your field of vision. This happens more to you than to others because you’re paying such close attention.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): This thing going on in your life right now is really precious, but it’s not announcing itself as such. If it were condensed in a movie scene, it would happen in one beautiful, breathtaking moment.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Though the cosmic backdrop is complicated, so are you, and something felicitous is likely to form out of today’s unique chemistry. You’ll magnetise a friend.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Discomfort is a requirement of growth. When a pursuit is extremely attractive, the discomfort is less noticeable.

You move through it unthinkingly as the goal draws you ever nearer.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Financial debts are the easiest kind to figure out. It’s the emotional and karmic tabulations that can seem like impossible math to solve. It’s about to get a whole lot easier on you, though. A debt will be forgiven.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): When you love someone, you figure out ways to help, support and maybe, once in a while, dazzle that person.

The last effort takes the sort of planning that is favoured for you today.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’ve an interest that could be retired. Were you to decide to go in this direction, a clutter of material possessions would go, too. Paring down will liberate new energy.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Even the simplest action is a multistep process. Instinct kicks in first, uncontrollably so. Next is thought. Some thoughts are also uncontrollable, but most can be managed when you assert yourself.

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DEATHS

GREER, Thomas Hugh (Hughie) – Passed away peacefully surrounded by his family in ICU at Christchurch Hospital on June 29, 2019 aged 78 years. Very dearly loved husband of Diana, father and father-in-law of Michael and Cheryl Greer and Catherine and Sean Flanagan. Devoted grandad of Thomas, Hamish and Riley. Loved brother of Julia, Gordon, Rosie, Ray and Glenys. Messages to the Greer family, c/- 19 London Street, Christchurch 8013. In lieu of flowers, donations in Hughie’s name made to ICU, Christchurch Hospital would be appreciated and can be made online at bit.ly/thgreer2606. A funeral mass will be celebrated at Christ the King Catholic Church , 90 Greers Road, Burnside, Christchurch on FRIDAY, July 5, 2019 at 10.30am.

KAYE, Ian Stanley – On July 1, 2019 at Ashburton.

Dearly loved husband of Heather. Much loved Dad of Lewis and Renee, Nadia and Justin and loved Poppa K of Otis, and Rakaia. Messages to the Kaye family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Donations to St John in memory of Ian would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Ian’s life will be held at the Chertsey Hall, Chertsey Line Road, on FRIDAY July 5, commencing at 1.30pm.

LUDEMANN, Phillip Andrew (Phill) – 18.08.1988 – 29.06.2019 Tragically passed away, peacefully. Deeply loved and special son of Ian and Jill.

Cherished brother and special friend to Gemma and Josh and Cameron and Samira and loved and special uncle of Harper, Sailor, and Matilda. Sadly missed by his cats and dogs and his many relatives and friends.

Message’s to the Ludemann family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Donations to Mayfield St John in memory of Phill, would be appreciated and may be left at the service. Come celebrate Phill’s fulfilled life with his family at the Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road Ashburton, on MONDAY, July 8, commencing at 1.30pm.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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To place a notice during office hours please contact us on 03 307 7900 for more information.

Any queries please contact 0800 ASHBURTON (0800-274-287)

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Showers north of Timaru, cloudy periods elsewhere. Southwesterlies.

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FZL: 1300m lowering to 1100m

Showers north of Timaru, cloudy periods elsewhere. Southwesterlies.

A fine start, then cloud increasing in the afternoon and a few showers developing.

Snow down to about 1000 metres.

Wind at 1000m: Light SW. Wind at 2000m: SW 50 km/h gradually easing to 30 km/h.

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Fine, or becoming fine early. Southwesterlies dying out.

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River Levels

cumecs

Nth Ashburton at 8:05 am, yesterday

5.80

Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

7.76 nc

Rangitata Klondyke at 3:30 pm, yesterday

45.0 328.1

Waitaki Kurow at 3:05 pm, yesterday Source: Environment Canterbury

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 13.1 15.3 Max to 4pm 3.7 Minimum -0.2 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm July to date 0.0 Avg Jul to date 4 2019 to date 365.4 348 Avg year to date Wind km/h N 11 At 4pm Strongest gust N 30 Time of gust 1:34pm

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0.0 0.0 5 252.2 310

0.0 0.0 3 178.6 245

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VINK, Thomas Cornelis – SATURDAY: Cloudy periods, a few ASHBURTON Ra Born - Rotterdam ka i 18 showers.

Southwesterlies. a June 26, 1926 MAX 9 OVERNIGHT MIN 0 Died - Christchurch Ash July 1, 2019 b u r t Geraldine on Aged 93.

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Devoted family man, loved and admired by all. We express our gratitude to the Waimate Bennett family and the staff of Kauri Lodge and Avon Wind km/h Wednesday, 3 July 2019 NZ Situation less than 30 Lifecare village for their love A northerly flow over New Zealand precedes approaching fine mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers and care of Thom. Messages fronts from the Tasman Sea. The fronts move over the fine showers clearing showers to the Vink family, c/- PO Box 30 to 59 country today and tomorrow, followed by a southwest 10345, Christchurch 8145. In change. A complex trough of low pressure over the North lieu of flowers donations to fog isolated snow sleet thunder rain snow hail 60 plus Alzheimers NZ would be Island moves slowly away to the east tomorrow followed thunder flurries appreciated and may be by an unsettled south to southwest flow. made online to overnight bit.ly/tvink0107 or at the Canterbury Plains NZ Today Canterbury High Country max low service.

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Rain about the divide with possibly heavy A service to celebrate Thom’s Morning high cloud, then fine. Northerlies.

Hamilton showers 18 12 falls, easing to a few showers. Falling as life will be held in the Ferry Park Chapel, 297 Ferry Road, TOMORROW snow to about 1500 metres. High cloud Napier cloudy 19 12 Christchurch, on FRIDAY, farther east.

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Cloud increasing from afternoon, Palmerston North showers 18 11 July 5 at 2.00pm. Private Wind at 1000m: Severe NW gale 100 km/h, and a few showers developing north of cremation thereafter. easing to 40 km/h in the evening.

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EADEN, Mabel Alice – On June 29, 2019, peacefully at Radius Millstream, Ashburton, surrounded by her loving family. Aged 88 years.

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‘Urgency lacking’ on the field

Thomas Henderson dots down for a try during Mid Canterbury Combined’s loss to Timaru Boys’ High School on Saturday.

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

Taking on Timaru Boys’ High School (TBHS) in a UC Championship rugby match the day after the Ashburton College ball was always going to be a tough ask for Mid Canterbury Combined.

And that was just how it proved to be, with the Timaru side heading home from the Ashburton College field with a

67-12 win to their names.

It meant that the combined Ashburton College and Mount Hutt College side remained without a win in the Crusaders region secondary schools’ competition after nine rounds this season, but the team’s coaches knew they were always going to be up against it against TBHS. It was the second year in a row that the Mid Canterbury Com-

bined side had struck TBHS on the day after the Ashburton College ball, and Mid Canterbury Combined coach Brent Middleton said they’d have loved to have moved the game, but they’d been unable to.

He said the Mid Canterbury Combined players were tired, and lacked urgency, and as a result found themselves down 38-7 at half time.

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“They were well below the brand of rugby they can play,” Middleton said.

“On the day they just didn’t really front up, to be honest.”

They turned it on in parts, with a strong period in the first half and a good 10 minutes early in the second, but other than that it was all TBHS. Thomas Henderson crossed for Mid Canterbury Combined’s first

half try, and Aidan Bennett scored one in the second, while Brynmor Workman added a conversion.

Saturday’s game was Mid Canterbury Combined’s last home game in the competition, with their next opposition being Shirley Boys’ High School in Christchurch this Saturday, before the competition takes a break for a couple of weeks for school holidays.

Four new faces in All Blacks NZME The All Blacks have named the squad for the first two matches of the Rugby Championship against Argentina and South Africa.

Four new All Blacks have been named in the squad.

They are Chiefs and Waikato loose forward Luke Jacobson, Highlanders and Otago first five-eighth Josh Ioane and Crusaders and Canterbury back Braydon Ennor and Crusaders and Waikato outside back Sevu Reece.

The 39-strong squad is as follows: Hookers Asafo Aumua (22, Hurricanes/Wellington, uncapped)

Dane Coles (32, Hurricanes/Wellington, 60) Liam Coltman (29, Highlanders/Otago, 4) Codie Taylor (28, Crusaders/Canterbury, 41) Props Owen Franks (31, Crusaders/Canterbury, 106) Nepo Laulala (27, Chiefs/Counties Manukau, 17) Joe Moody (30, Crusaders/Canterbury, 37) Atu Moli (24, Chiefs / Tasman, uncapped) Angus Ta’avao (29, Chiefs/Taranaki, 3) Karl Tu’inukuafe (26, Blues/North Harbour, 13) Ofa Tuungafasi (27, Blues/Auckland, 26) Locks Brodie Retallick (28, Chiefs/Hawke’s Bay, 75) Patrick Tuipulotu (26, Blues/Auckland, 21) Samuel Whitelock (30, Crusaders/Canterbury, 108) Utility Forward

Jackson Hemopo (25, Highlanders/Manawatu, 3) Loose Forwards Sam Cane (27, Chiefs/Bay of Plenty, 60) Vaea Fifita (27, Hurricanes/Wellington, 9) Shannon Frizell (25, Highlanders/Tasman, 4) Luke Jacobson (22, Chiefs/Waikato, new cap) Dalton Papalii (21, Blues/Auckland, 2) Kieran Read (33, Crusaders/Counties Manukau, 118) — Captain Ardie Savea (25, Hurricanes/Wellington, 35) Matt Todd (31, Crusaders/Canterbury, 17) Halfbacks TJ Perenara (27, Hurricanes/Wellington, 55) Aaron Smith (30, Highlanders/Manawatu, 82) Brad Weber (28, Chiefs/Hawke’s Bay, 1) First five–eighths Beauden Barrett (28, Hurricanes/Taranaki, 73)

Josh Ioane (23, Highlanders/Otago, new cap) Richie Mo’unga (25, Crusaders/Canterbury, 9) Midfielders Jack Goodhue (24, Crusaders/Northland, 7) Ngani Laumape (26, Hurricanes/Manawatu, 10) Anton Lienert-Brown (24, Chiefs/Waikato, 33) Sonny Bill Williams (33, Blues/Counties Manukau, 51) Utility Backs Braydon Ennor (21, Crusaders/Canterbury, new cap) Jordie Barrett (22, Hurricanes/Taranaki, 9) Outside backs George Bridge (24, Crusaders/Canterbury, 1) Rieko Ioane (22, Blues/Auckland, 24) Sevu Reece (22, Crusaders/Waikato, new cap) Ben Smith (33, Highlanders/Otago, 76)

There’s no substitute for sheer pace on the pitch

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