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Dairy owner takes a stand An Auckland dairy owner has taken cigarettes off her shelves to make the shop more family-friendly. Tam Macken says she and husband Jimmy never intended to sell cigarettes at the Devonport store when they bought it late last year. Mrs Macken stopped stocking cigarettes when she took over the Cheltenham Dairy in December and rebranded it as a retro milk bar, offering coffee, gelato, milkshakes and smoothies instead. The mother of two said she did not want children to be negatively influenced by having cigarettes for sale next to lollies. “I never even contemplated putting cigarettes in there. It’s all about young families around here and I just didn’t think for a minute that cigarettes had any place in a dairy where you were going to be attracting lots of kids.” The move had prompted plenty of positive feedback from “all the local mums”. “When people notice there aren’t any cigarettes they’re all really pleased.”

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Heroin involved in Peaches’ death Heroin use is likely to have played a role in the death of Peaches Geldof, the daughter of Live Aid founder Bob Geldof, an inquest in Britain has heard. The 25-yearold model and journalist, who had two young children, was found dead at her home on April 7. Her mother, TV presenter Paula Yates, died of a heroin overdose in 2000. “Recent use of heroin and the levels identified were likely to have played a role in her death,” police detective Paul Fotheringham told the opening of the inquest in Gravesend, southern England. Peaches, who wrote for British magazines and newspapers and presented celebrity-driven television shows, had been looking after her 11-month-old son Phaedra at her home in Wrotham, Kent. Her husband Thomas Cohen, 23, a musician, had spent the previous night apart from his wife and was looking after their eldest son, 23-monthold Astala. He raised the alarm when he could not contact her by phone.

Music mogul Simon Cowell is set to expand his reality TV roster by launching a contest for DJs. The X Factor boss announced the competition in 2012 but it fell through after a deal with Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s company Overbook Entertainment went sour. Cowell’s company Syco confirmed this week that it has signed a new deal to create Ultimate DJ, which will search for the world’s best music mixer. The show will launch online, and wannabe DJs will submit recordings that fans can vote for via social media, according to a report in the New York Post.

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Pup bounces back She’d been chained up so tightly for weeks on end that the chain had embedded in her neck and almost killed her. But wee Anzac hasn’t let that affect her spirit. The mastiff cross was in such a state when she was discovered that bolt cutters were needed to cut her free and a vet had to surgically remove the chain from her neck. While Rotorua SPCA manager Eve Johnson said it was just one of the animal abuse cases the Rotorua centre dealt with on a weekly basis. But she said the good news was that despite her ordeal, the puppy had bounced back and spurred a public outcry after her story was put on the SPCA’s Facebook page. The Facebook page included pictures of Anzac with the chain, which the Rotorua Daily Post decided not to publish because of their graphic nature.

Close shave for Wolverine Hollywood star Hugh Jackman has told how he suffered an intimate injury after trying to cover himself up in a nude scene while wearing his Wolverine blades. The actor had been fitted with the lengthy metal blades on his hands when he tried to hide himself from female workers on set, leaving himself with a wound to the top of his thigh. Jackman – who has played X Men character Wolverine several times – told of his accident as he appeared as a guest on British chat show The Graham Norton Show. The 45-year-old star said: “There was a very intense first scene and I insisted on a closed set. I ran round the corner and all the female members of the crew were gathered there. “I tried to cover myself and cut my inner thigh – it was just the inner thigh thankfully.” Jackman told how he has to spend six months training to get into shape for his role as the mutant superhero.

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■ HINDS COLLISION

Car clips truck and trailer BY ERIN TASKER

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A motorist who clipped a truck and trailer unit while overtaking near Hinds on Wednesday night is lucky to be alive, police say. But no one knows who that motorist is, as they miraculous-

ly kept on driving. Ashburton Police senior sergeant Mark Offen said the southbound car – described as a maroon hatchback – pulled out to pass a southbound truck and trailer unit near the Hinds River bridge on State Highway One, and was faced with a

northbound truck and trailer unit coming at them. “The maroon car has clipped the northbound truck and trailer unit and carried on,” Mr Offen said. The incident occurred about 11.30pm and the occupant, or occupants, of that car were ex-

tremely lucky, Mr Offen said. “It wasn’t serious, but it could have been. It could have been a head on, but they managed to get back in between the two trucks.” One of the truck drivers contacted police. Even just clipping the truck

was likely to have had some kind of impact on the car though and it was possible there was a maroon hatchback out there today sporting some fresh damage. Anyone with any information relating to the incident is asked to contact Ashburton Police on 307-8400.

■ ASHBURTON PLAINS ROTARY CLASSIC CAR RALLY

Old timers to get a day out in the sun BY TONI WILLIAMS

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The Ashburton Plains Rotary will be leading a convoy of classic metallic beauties out on the highway tomorrow for their annual Classic Car Rally. The rally was open to any member of the public; those with or without classic, vintage or veteran cars but who had an interest in them. It was part of the Ashburton Wheels Week Plus programme and cost $20 a vehicle to enter. The proceeds were destined for the Canterbury/Westland Rescue Helicopter Trust. Ashburton Plains Rotary member Ken Leadley has a bundle of joy in his garage – a 1961 Ford Mark II Zephyr; it was his “close to ideal car” and a vehicle he had wanted back in the day. “They were almost unprocurable for the rank and file,” he said, of the time. There was huge demand nationwide to own brand new vehicles; those who wanted them were either forced to wait or literally had to have overseas investments to get one. Mr Leadley finally got his

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hands on the wheel of his own four years ago. He bought it unseen through an intermediary at an auction in Marlborough. He paid $6500 for it. The sky blue and glacier white classic has an inline six cylinder, 2.4 litre engine. Fuel consumption is 25 miles to the gallon, or in modern terms 11.3 litres per 100 kilometres. “It’s not bad,” said Mr Leadley, of its fuel consumption and overall maintenance. He has only tinkered with bits and pieces and it regularly passed a warrant of fitness. The Ashburton Plains Rotary raised around $4000 for the rally last year but hoped to top that tally with this year’s event. Registrations were taken from the Ashburton Showgrounds tomorrow between 8.30am and 10am. People were encouraged to bring a picnic lunch and once they got to the final destination could talk to other car enthusiasts and view vehicles. There were prizes planned for different categories. The final destination was a zig-zag route towards the

Ken Leadley and his 1961 Ford Mark II Zephyr are ready for the Ashburton Plains Rotary Club classic car run tomorrow. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 020514-TM-007

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■ ASHBURTON POLICE

Top role filled in two weeks BY ERIN TASKER

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Ashburton could have a new top cop within a couple of weeks. Mid/South Canterbury area commander Inspector Dave Gaskin said a provisional appointment had been made, but that was not likely to be finalised for another week. Once it is finalised, he’d like

to see the person in place a week later. The senior sergeant role has been vacant since the departure of Grant Russell in March and his seat is being filled by Senior Sergeant Mark Offen from Timaru, until a replacement is in place. Mr Gaskin said he would have liked to have seen more applications for the role, but

was happy with the quality of the applications they received and the appointment they’d made. He said he was pleased with how fast they’d been able to find the right person for the job too. “It’s unusual that we can advertise a vacancy and fill it within two months; it’s a pretty quick turnaround for us,”

Mr Gaskin said. Usually they work on a three month timeframe. The man who had been provisionally appointed was currently working as a senior sergeant in Christchurch and Mr Gaskin said he was confident the man had the necessary management skills and would slot in well at the Ashburton station.

■ ASHBURTON FACEBOOK PAGE

Taking Pay It Forward to a personal next level BY MYLES HUME

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An Ashburton mother wants to add another dimension to the growing phenomenon allowing locals to swap and pass on goods over Facebook. Melissa Gawn has combined with three others to create the Pay It Forward Ashburton page, the latest in a string of community Facebook pages where locals can receive items with the purpose of “paying it forward” or swapping goods. Mrs Gawn recently created the new online forum after running into issues while administrating another page, and now has plans to take it further by holding monthly meetings where people can bring their online gratitude to reality. “We are thinking of doing a monthly meet where everyone can bring down what they might like to swap or pay forward, kind of like a garage sale or a car boot sale,” Mrs Gawn said. Community Facebook pages in Ashburton have taken off during the past two years, some seeing their member base swell to more than 2000 locals. Mrs Gawn said the concept was popular with her new page

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Sina Solomona

Blanket suppression Strict suppression orders prevent the Guardian currently from publishing court details relating to the Sina Solomona murder case. The Ashburton mother of one was found murdered in her Cass Street home on December 15, 2012. A teenager, who was 15 at the time, was arrested over the murder and pleaded guilty last October.

Woman hurt in crash A woman was taken to hospital with minor injuries following a car crash on Allens Road early yesterday morning. A car crashed through a hedge and into a paddock, coming to rest against a gate. Ashburton Police senior sergeant Mark Offen said the owner of the vehicle was spoken to and taken to Ashburton Hospital with minor injuries, where a blood sample was taken to determine whether alcohol was a factor in the crash.

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Ashburton mother Melissa Gawn is looking to take her Pay It Forward Ashburton Facebook page to the next level by also holding car boot sale-like meetings in town. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 010514-TM-004

attracting almost 300 new members in days, but she felt adding another aspect would allow it to reach more people. “People will still be able to put items on the Facebook page, but this allows the whole community to get involved,

including those who may not have internet or a Facebook page.” She had seen some “amazing” stories emerge from Pay It Forward pages, including needy families who have been given groceries and others who

have rallied to support a homeless family. She hopes to have the first meeting in June, and is contacting the Ashburton District Council to seek potential venues which may include the West Street car park or near McDonald’s Ashburton.

Pokie takings dive Pokie takings in the country’s 1330 pubs and clubs dropped 7 per cent in the first three months of this year compared with the last three months of 2013. Figures released by the Department of Internal Affairs show spending dropped from $206.7 million in the fourth quarter of last year to to $192.8 million in the first quarter of this year. The drop was in line with annual trends, with takings for the 12 months to March this year down 2 per cent from $828.7 million to $811.6 million, the department said. Nationwide there were fewer licence-holders, gambling venues and gaming machines at the end of March compared with the same time last year. Licence-holder numbers fell from 353 to 336, venues declined from 1367 to 1330 and the number of gaming machines decreased from 17,542 to 17,182. - APNZ

An elderly couple who died after they were hit by a car while crossing a Taranaki highway yesterday have been named by police. They were Joan, 78, and Robert Murch, 83, of New Plymouth. St John Central Region district operations manager Ian May said the couple were hit at 2pm on Thursday while crossing State Highway 3 near Tongaporutu, a settlement north of New Plymouth. A passing emergency department doctor was almost immediately on scene and the Taranaki Community Rescue Helicopter attended with two St John intensive care paramedics, however Mr and Mrs Murch died at the scene. - APNZ

Sailings to resume Cook Strait ferry Stena Alegra will resume its normal sailing schedule early today, following cancellations due to staff illness. Interislander General Manager Thomas Davis said the ship is scheduled to sail at 3.30am from Wellington to Picton with freight, and return from Picton with passengers. Staff illness forced the cancellation of two sailings on Thursday and two yesterday. - APNZ

Pharmacist sentenced A pharmacist caught selling drugs, including prescription drugs, from a North Shore rental property has been sentenced to home detention. Samer Dabous, 33, was sentenced in Auckland District Court yesterday on charges of possessing to sell Class B drugs. Judge Claire Ryan said Dabous should have known better than to take the drugs then illegally sell them. - APNZ

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■ AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT

Sentence appealed, reduced BY BRENDAN MANNING A man who assaulted schoolboy witnesses to a drunken Auckland robbery committed by Hone Harawira’s nephews has received a community-based sentence for his role in the offending. Wikatana Popata - who once assaulted Prime Minister John Key at Waitangi - was last year found guilty of two charges of aggravated assault and was sentenced to six months’ home detention for his role in the in-

cident. He was acquitted on a count of aggravated robbery. However at the Court of Appeal in Auckland in March, Popata successfully appealed his sentence. Popata’s friends, brothers Tohora Harawira and Enesi Taito, were given prison terms for their role in the offending. The sentences stemmed from an incident in August 2011, when the brothers beat up a man on Great North Rd in Avondale, robbing him of his iPod. Following the robbery, Pop-

ata and Harawira approached a group of people who had witnessed the attack, with Harawira telling them not to “snitch”. Popata then slapped two of then with an open palm across their face to reinforce the message. He was yesterday re-sentenced by Judge Claire Ryan at the Auckland District Court to four months’ community detention and 100 hours’ community work. She said his offending had brought great whakama (shame)

on himself and his family, leading people to think; “there they go again, the Harawiras and the Popatas are nothing but thugs”. It took away from all the good their families had done in the community, Judge Ryan said. At the Court of Appeal in March, Popata’s lawyer Louise Freyer said he was not present during the initial robbery and assault, and arrived on the scene shortly afterwards. Mrs Freyer said at Popata’s sentencing that Judge Nevin Dawson relied on a Crown sum-

mary prepared before the trial, rather than the evidence that came out at the trial. This meant Popata received a harsher sentence than he should have. In 2009 Popata was convicted for assaulting Mr Key outside Te Tii Marae by pulling his jacket, and was sentenced to 100 hours’ community work. A year later he led Ngati Kahu protesters in an occupation of a Far North District Councilowned reserve. - APNZ

■ ASHBURTON MUSEUM, ART GALLERY

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Ashburton museum curator Maryann Cowan (left) and art gallery manager Shirin Khosraviani hang the closed sign on the doors. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 020514-TM-064

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The doors of Ashburton’s museum and art gallery have officially closed. At 4pm yesterday, museum director Michael Hanrahan unscrewed the open hours’ sign, while curator Maryann Cowan and art gallery manager Shirin Khosraviani posted the closed sign. Over the next three months the district’s art and heritage items will be relocated to the new centre on West Street. Mr Hanrahan was not at all sentimental about leaving the building which he has worked out of for many years. “This move is absolutely necessary,” he said. “It’s been exceptionally busy over the last few months and difficult to concentrate on the move.” However Ms Cowan admitted she would probably shed a tear when the time came to leave the building for the last time.

“I’m excited about the move and now we can get on with the job, but the amount of work we’ve got to get through is a bit scary,” she said. Staff have been preparing for the move for the past three years, and many items have already been packed and stored. Display cabinets and items needed for the shift are scheduled to arrive in correct order. There are more than 20,000 entries on the list of items to be moved, but most of these relate to multiple items. The plan is to have everything ready two weeks prior to the planned opening of the new centre to test out all the new systems. The new museum displays will include an audio that combines the sound of the wind with a specially written waiata and will feature a wall of 200 photographs that will have an accompanying book where biographies can be read.

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■ WELLINGTON THEFT

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Mall sculpture vanishes By Teuila FuaTai Brazen thieves who made off with a 120kg bronze sculpture displayed across the road from the Wellington central police station are unlikely to get much more than $500 from a scrap metal dealer, an art gallery says. The two-metre privatelyowned Paul Dibble sculpture, valued at $65,000, was stolen around the middle of March from the Chews Lane Precinct, which links Victoria Street and Chews Lane in central Wellington. At the time, it was being displayed by the Page Blackie Gallery - situated across the road from the Wellington police station. Police released information on the theft yesterday. A spokesman from the gallery said it was “absolutely gutting”. “We have no idea how it happened.” At the time it was stolen, the sculpture was not inside the enclosed gallery space, however two steel roller doors secured the arcade where it was located. “There’s also CCTV [cameras] dotted around the place. “We thought we had the best security system - with the police station across the road.” While the bronze piece was insured, “everyone involved” just wanted it found, he said. “Art works are very precious things to everyone involved. We want it back.” The spokesman also said metal, melted down from the sculpture, was unlikely to be worth much more than $500 at a scrap metal dealer. Detective Constable Bryan Miller said it was possible the sculpture had been taken out of Wellington by the thieves.

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Auckland crash Part of Auckland’s Southern Motorway northbound was down to one lane after a van rolled last evening. Northern Police Communications Shift Inspector Chris Robinson said three people were injured, one in a serious condition. The crash occurred north of the Newmarket Viaduct around 7pm, NZTA reported. The motorway was cleared about 8.30pm. The police serious crash unit attended. - APNZ

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Oct 2007: Five bronze sculptures stolen by thieves who used bolt cutters to break into the Wintergardens Fernery in the Auckland Domain. Jan 2007: Large bronze sculpture of a weta stolen from outside the Epsom library in Auckland Dec 2005: Henry Moore sculpture, valued between $6-$8 million, placed under 24-hour security at the Wellington Botanic Gardens due to fears it could be stolen Oct 2005: Napier’s iconic Pania of the Reef sculpture, weighing 70kg, stolen from Marine Parade Oct 2005: $25,000 Paul Dibble sculpture stolen from outside a cafe in Waikanae on the Kapiti Coast

“Through our own inquiries, through the second hand dealers, the scrap metal dealers, the art dealers, auction houses and things like that, no one’s come forward.” CCTV footage had also failed to turn up anything useful, he said. When asked whether police were concerned the theft occurred only metres from its district headquarters, Mr Miller said: “It’s certainly a brazen theft in that regard. “It could have been taken from anywhere regardless of its proximity to the police station. “We’re not concerned about that at all. We’re just treating it as another theft.” Anyone with any information on the missing bronze sculpture should contact Wellington Police on (04) 381 2000. Information can also be provided anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555

Gassing charges laid WorkSafe New Zealand has laid charges against KiwiRail over a November 2013 incident in which workers and contractors were allegedly exposed to exhaust fumes in the Otira Tunnel. The incident occurred on November 6 last year. WorkSafe NZ was not formally told of the incident, hearing about it from an anonymous informant. The charges under section 49 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act allege that KiwiRail’s failure occurred with knowledge that it was reasonably likely to cause serious harm. The charges carry a maximum fine of $500,000. The charges were laid in the Greymouth District Court yesterday. A hearing date has yet to be set. - APNZ

Two arrests over theft Two people have been charged with theft after cash was stolen from an elderly RSA poppy seller outside a Wanganui supermarket. Police notified the community through their Facebook page this week that support and information from the public had led to the identification of the two people. A local woman will appear in the Whanganui District Court next week on the theft charge, and a male youth has been referred to the Youth Court. - APNZ

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Six synthetic cannabis products will be pulled from shelves before the looming government ban after users reported acute psychotic reactions, nausea and vomiting, insomnia, and prolonged withdrawal. Retailers can no longer sell the Apocalypse, Outbreak, WTF, Blueberry Crush, White Rhino and Lemon Grass products. - APNZ

■ GREYMOUTH DISTRICT COURT

Son follows dad into dock on drugs, theft charges It was a true case of like father, like son when two members of the Johnson family appeared in the Greymouth District Court this week on charges of jointly stealing electricity to power two indoor cannabis plantations. Jeffrey James Johnson, 52, and Joel James Johnson, 23, of Dobson, had each previously been granted registrar’s remands after entering not guilty pleas to joint charges of stealing electricity from TrustPower, at a Taupo Terrace, Dobson, address from March 2011 to March

2014; and stealing from January 2011 to March 2014, at a State Highway 7 address just around the corner. The father and son have also been charged with cultivating cannabis at both addresses, while Jeffrey Johnson faces lone charges of possessing cannabis and a pipe for smoking the drug. On Tuesday, they were granted a variance to their bail conditions, when Judge Noel Walsh lifted a clause that they not touch alcohol before they next appear, on June 17. - APNZ

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■ TV SHOWDOWN

Coasters fed ‘a pack of lies’

Maketu sisters in MasterChef finals

By lee Scanlon The Government has fed West Coasters “a pack of lies” over their new health facilities, says West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O’Connor. Health Minister Tony Ryall announced on Wednesday that the Government would spend more than $60 million on a new Greymouth Hospital, after a leaked report showed services would have to be drastically cut to bring it in on budget. The confidential report, released to the Greymouth Star, revealed that for $60m the hospital would have only 36 beds, not 62. Some surgery would

go, food would be cooked off site and some staff moved into low-cost sheds. Mr Ryall said the Government would not be spending multi-millions on a new hospital to have worse services. He said he would be taking plans for the new hospital to Cabinet for sign off in coming weeks. Mr O’Connor said yesterday that Mr Ryall should front up fast and tell West Coasters what health services they would be getting. The Government’s consultative process, which had involved clinicians on both sides of the alps – had arrived at a price tag of $76m-$78m for

Grey Hospital over two years ago. “It’s the single biggest issue concerning all West Coasters, particularly in the Grey District – what are we going to get for health services in the future?” The Greymouth Hospital debacle also raised concerns about what Westport would get for its proposed $8 million integrated family health centre, Mr O’Connor said. “I think we’ve been fed a pack of lies right through this whole process. “Assurances from the Government prior to the last two elections that they were going

to deliver haven’t been delivered on. “We’re now still talking about concept plans that include levels of services that have yet to be decided.” Instead of first deciding the health services Coasters needed, the Government had set a budget and was trying to tailor the services to fit, he said. “Then telling us lies that they’ve actually got the service needs of the Coast at the core of the consideration.” The National Government had screwed down health spending so it could fund tax cuts to high earners, he said. “It’s not only wrong it’s bordering on immoral.” - APNZ

■ ASHBURTON PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN

Group’s 50th anniversary celebrated By toni WilliamS

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Friendship and companionship were recurring themes from Ashburton members of the Association of Presbyterian Women as they celebrated the national organisation’s 50th anniversary. Around 40 to 50 women and men joined together at St Andrew’s and celebrated the occasion earlier this week. Led by jubilee celebrations co-convenor Gay Lee (of St James’ Church) the celebrations started with a service, before the cutting of an anniversary cake and speeches made by long time APW members Janet Moorren and Helen Coldicott. The association was formed in 1964 from the amalgamation of the Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Union and the Women’s Fellowship of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. At the inaugural meeting of Ashburton members in May 1964, there was reportedly a large congregation in attendance. Although the group has now dwindled in numbers, it has not lost its spirit. Presbyterian Women provide mission both overseas and in New Zealand and also fellowship to those within the parish churches. Over the years they have supported a variety of projects giving time and finances that included school scholarships, Amnesty International, opportunity shops and children’s homes. Guest speaker at the celebration was Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew who spoke of the valuable work the association carried out in the community and her ministerial portfolio roles in Women’s Affairs, Community and Voluntary Sector and Senior Citizens. Part of the celebrations included the planting of a Gold Celebration rose by St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church secretary Alyth Melrose and Presbytery of Ashburton women’s ministry co-ordinator Dellwyn Moylan. They were topped off with an afternoon tea as members strengthened decade-long friendships.

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church secretary Alyth Melrose (left) and Presbytery of Ashburton women’s ministry co-ordinator Dellwyn Moylan plant a Gold Celebration rose this week to mark the Association of Presbyterian Women’s 50th anniversary. Photo tetsuro MitoMo 0105014-tM-197

By Stephanie arthur-WorSop For avid MasterChef New Zealand viewers, it is no surprise a pair of Maketu sisters have used their culinary finesse to secure a spot in tonight’s grand final. Kasey and Karena Bird told the Rotorua Daily Post a sense of relief and excitement washed over them when they found out they had made it to the final hurdle. “It’s been crazy. We were already big fans of the series so to make it to this point has been really exciting for us,” Kasey said. “It’s been a long road to the finals and hasn’t always been easy but we have such a strong relationship and get along so well that we think we’ve got what it takes to win the competition.” Kasey said she stumbled across the MasterChef New Zealand application form on Facebook and decided to fill it out, not expecting to hear back. “I had totally forgotten about applying until a very excited Karena called me saying we had been shortlisted for the show.” “It’s been such a blur but a once in a lifetime experience and one that has taught us so much,” Karena said. The sisters will be vying for the title against Queenstown friends Jaimie Stodler and Bec Stanley. “We don’t know what the challenges will be but in the past they’ve done a big dessert dish in the grand finals which makes us quite nervous,” Karena said. “Jaimie has owned her own bakery so she would be good at doing desserts and presenting them attractively.” Kasey and Karena have been overwhelmed with the amount of support they have received and said it gave them the confidence to push through difficult parts and get to this point. “We have received support and encouragement from all around the country which is really humbling and exciting to see. “Our whole community has been backing us in this competition from day one and we are truly grateful for their unwavering support.” The MasterChef New Zealand grand final airs tonight at 7.30pm on TV One. - APNZ

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■ TAURANGA DISTRICT COURT

Bottle of wine before crash A woman who drank a bottle of wine and whose daughter pleaded with her not to drive has been sentenced to home detention after crashing head-on into an elderly Katikati couple and inflicting life-threatening injuries on the pair. Brenda Ingarangi Gordon, 45, was sentenced to eight months’ home detention, to start on May 7, when she appeared in Tauranga District Court yesterday.

Gordon had earlier pleaded guilty to two charges of causing injury while driving with excess blood alcohol. She was also disqualified from driving for two years and ordered to pay $22,000 reparation. About 5.20pm on November 26 last year, Gordon’s vehicle crossed onto the wrong side of the road and collided headon with Harry and Inez Johns’ vehicle on Turner Rd, Katikati.

The crash nearly cost the life of 80-year-old Mrs Johns, who was driving. She was hospitalised with life-threatening spinal injuries to her lower back and internal injuries. Her 85-year-old husband in the passenger seat was also hospitalised with spinal fractures to his neck and broken ribs. The couple both require long-term rehabilitation.

Gordon, who was also injured in the crash, was found to be driving with an excess blood alcohol of 116 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The adult legal limit is 80 milligrams. The court heard how Gordon drank a bottle of wine and her daughter had pleaded with her not to drive before she got behind the wheel. - APNZ

■ MASTAGARD SOLD

New owners for Ashburton waste collectors By Erin TaskEr

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The company responsible for Ashburton’s waste collection has been sold for an unknown sum. The Christchurch owners of Mastagard Group Ltd have sold the business to EnviroWaste Services Ltd. Mastagard was the brainchild of Sebastian Stapleton when he was a teenager and confirmation of the sale comes just days after he turned 30. Mastagard grew into the largest New Zealand owned and operated waste collection and recycling business, employing more than 70 staff and operating over 30 refuse collection trucks, holding leading contracts with four district councils. “The rapid growth of Mastagard is due to a number of critical factors including strong marketing to its domestic customers, specialised services to the building and construction sectors combined with a determined and steadfast commitment to a premium service and customer satisfaction,”’ Mr Stapleton said. Mr Stapleton and his fellow founder David Diggs were proud of the market position Mastagard had attained. “That is reflected in the high level of client satisfaction; which has been made possible by the hard work of staff and

Just days after turning 30, Mastagard founder Sebastian Stapleton has sold his company to EnviroWaste Services Ltd. Photo suPPlied

contractors with particular credit to the experienced and dedicated management team, all of whom will stay on. ”We were fortunate to have opportunities to grow in a tough, competitive industry that is largely dominated by international players. “These have required creative solutions which, combined with the fast rate of growth, created many flow-on commer-

cial pressures that we overcame “The purchase of the business confirms the respect that Mastagard has with its customers, and its competitors. “It was important to us as the exiting Mastagard owners to entrust the business to an entity that is well respected in the waste industry and that will continue to provide worldclass services to the Mastagard customers and capitalise on the

rock solid foundation we built over the last decade or so.” The settlement of the sale to EnviroWaste Services was completed on April 30. The sale price, which is subject to a confidentiality agreement between the parties, is described by Mr Stapleton as “at market multiples consistent with those achieved in other acquisitions within the sector peer group.”

■ PAROLE BOARD RULING

Murder victim’s mother relieved, pleased By TimoThy Brown Convicted killer Paul David Bailey will spend at least two more years in prison. Dawn Smith, of Owaka, said she was “relieved and pleased” it would be two years before she had to face the potential parole of the man who killed her

teenage daughter more than 22 years ago. On Wednesday night, Mrs Smith was informed Bailey (49), who was jailed for life in 1992 after being found guilty of the 1991 rape and murder of Kylie Smith, had been denied parole. “I waited around all day at

home on Wednesday, clutching telephones and they [the Parole Board] didn’t ring until 9.20 on Wednesday night,” she said. The decision was “such a relief ”. The hearing, held on Monday, came after a one-year postponement. “It gives us a year without

having to worry about it,” she said. She would then spend the next year preparing for Bailey’s parole hearing in 2016 and would “certainly be fronting up again”. Her biggest fear was Bailey would re-offend once released. - APNZ

Antibiotic resistance growing By EilEEn Goodwin More interest in alternative remedies is likely to feature in a post-antibiotic world, a University of Otago infectious diseases authority says. Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases director Prof Kurt Krause said the antibiotic resistance problem had become urgent and decisions had to be made now to develop new antibiotics. A major World Health Organisation report this week using data from 114 countries has concluded that without co-ordinated action, the world faces a post-antibiotic era. It meant common infections and minor injuries that had been treatable could be deadly. Renewed interest would also focus on treatments Western medicine abandoned in the antibiotic age, Prof Krause said. This included topical treatments for infections and “aggressive” wound care management. “I think it means we’ll have to look at everything brand new. In this post-antibiotic era we’ll be ... looking at things before antibiotics were on the scene. “And I think it does suggest that preventive medicines and alternative medicines will all need to be looked at in a fresh way.” It was not too late to develop new antibiotics and improve management of existing ones. “It’s something that as a society we have to come to grips with now and decide what it is we want to do. “If we decide as a society antibiotics are a priority, we can make more antibiotics. “Buried in all these dry figures, there’s a story, and the story is pharmaceutical agencies have pulled back from designing antibiotics, and funding agencies have pulled back from funding research on developing antibiotics,” Prof Krause said. Compounding the paucity of research and development, antibiotics had been poorly managed in clinical practice and overused in agriculture. “Personally, I think the time for using antibiotics in agriculture in a general or widespread sense has passed.” New Zealand’s antibiotic problem was not as severe as in other countries. “While NZ has been fortunate to avoid the high levels of resistance seen in the most affected areas, it is important that ongoing surveillance continues for these organisms and that clear infection control policies and plans are in place.” - APNZ

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■ COLLINS ON THE ROPES AGAIN

MFAT consulted ahead of dinner By AdAm BenneTT Judith Collins’ staff sought a briefing from Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff ahead of the “private” dinner she had with Oravida bosses and an unnamed Chinese border control official in Beijing last year. Ms Collins has faced claims of a conflict of interest over the dinner given Oravida had previously sought Government intervention to overcome problems in getting its products into China, her husband serves on the company’s board, and it has made substantial donations to the National Party. In March Ms Collins acknowledged she was wrong not to tell Prime Minister John Key and the public of the dinner earlier and that in hindsight she should have treated it as part of the official business of the trip, and ensured it was disclosed in a Cabinet report on the trip. More recently in the face of ongoing Opposition attacks, she has refused to answer questions in Parliament over the dinner saying it was private and she had no ministerial responsibility for it. However documents released

Judith Collins

by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade yesterday show that ahead of her October 2013 visit to China Ms Collins’ staff sought a briefing from MFAT staff in the week before the October 20 dinner. “We will require a briefing for the dinner”, an unnamed staffer told two of MFAT’s Northern Asia Division personnel on October 15. An MFAT staff later notes in an email to Beijing that Ms Collins’ office had changed its mind about the briefing, saying: “Nothing from MFAT is re-

quired. The Minister is having a private dinner on the Sunday evening.” Email exchanges between Ms Collins and MFAT staff show she wanted New Zealand Ambassador to Beijing Carl Worker to attend the dinner. Mr Worker is shown asking whether an unnamed person, likely to be the Chinese official would be attending “the private dinner”. He was later told by an MFAT staffer that “your attendance is not expected or required”. Ms Collins has told the Herald Mr Worker asked her on the day of the dinner to inform him of anything of any significance that was discussed. Labour MP Grant Robertson said, “it was clearly a dinner with an official of sufficient standing that she believed it required a ministerial briefing”. “I also note the comment that the official had ‘agreed to meet the minister’. “That clearly implies this was something that was being driven by the minister and Oravida.” “Judith Collins has tried to present this as a casual dinner with the friend of a friend. It was far from that. It was a din-

ner organised well in advance with an official who’d been asked to be there. That is not a private dinner.” NZ First Leader Winston Peters said it was “difficult to conceive of an event that could be less official than one to which the New Zealand ambassador is invited”. “Did Minister Collins want the ambassador at this dinner to impress a senior Chinese border official with how extensive milk company Oravida’s ‘pull’ was with the New Zealand Government?” Mr Peters asked. Ms Collins said her office “routinely asks for briefings for everything, even for Oravida”. “My office asked for the briefing for the dinner. When I found out I told them it was not to bother as it was a private dinner.” The documents also show that Ms Collins’ visit to Oravida’s offices in Shanghai on the same trip which she has previously described as “a cup of tea on the way to the airport” was well planned in advance. Her office asked MFAT to make arrangements for the visit two weeks beforehand and the emails show MFAT staff went

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to some effort to schedule it. “This was supposed to be a taxpayer-funded visit about justice issues, instead the minister used it to conduct multiple engagements to benefit her husband’s company” Mr Robertson said. “John Key has done the right thing in demanding Maurice Williamson’s resignation. It is time for him to ditch the double standards and make Judith Collins go.” But Ms Collins pointed out she had previously released the invitation to visit Oravida’s office she received before she left for China. “This is nothing new.” Labour’s foreign affairs spokesman David Shearer said it was curious that MFAT released the information about Ms Collins’ China trip so quickly. “It looks to me as though (Foreign Minister Murray) McCully is the man who is going to be dispatching Collins and pushing her over the edge. “He’s let the MFAT OIAs go out in a way that is very untypical of Murray McCully who normally hangs on to his OIAs as long as he possibly can.” - APNZ

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Mid Cantabrians looking to insulate their homes to improve health can get help through the curtain bank. The Presbyterian Support initiative offered free fitted curtains to people with a Community Services Card. Last year people in 18 homes took up the offer and co-ordinator Dianne Smith wanted to exceed that total this season. Mrs Smith said quality, recycled curtains in a range of colours and styles were offered. She said the pre-measured curtains from Christchurch would be transported to town via a curtain bank van. Its first trip here would be on June 5. Mrs Smith said the luxury of having the van come to town was people who had been premeasured for curtains could choose the curtains they wanted from the range on board. The only requirement was people needed to have registered with Presbyterian Support to get their curtain needs measured before the van arrived. Curtains were available to anyone, with the card, who

A host of explanations have been offered for the ghostly white objects, photographed above the Hokitika Airport yesterday. An airport staff member photographed the phenomenon - as part of a crimson sunrise - just after the 7am Air New Zealand flight had left for Christchurch. He had not noticed the circular objects until he checked the photographs on his camera. He then took a number of other shots to make sure the discs were not caused by dirt on the camera lens. Asked to comment on what the white discs could be, Hokitika weather observer Mark Crompton initially said they could be a weather phenomenon called perihelion, or phantom suns, which formed around the sun at sunrise and sunset, and were formed as a result of ice crystals in the atmosphere. However, after viewing the images he said they looked more like the reflection of ceiling lights in a window. The airport staff member confirmed the photo was taken outside, away from the windows. - APNZ

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needed curtains, or any deteriorated or ineffective curtains replaced. Mrs Smith said properly fit-

ted curtains were an effective way to keep the warmth in a house. She said Presbyterian Sup-

port also had a selection of home-made draught stoppers for people as another way to insulate their homes.

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Chantal: Horrific smash co You don’t have to be drunk, drugged, texting or speeding to have a car accident. An accident can happen to anyone and in her case, all that was needed was a wet road, says 18-year-old Chantal Steiner-Garner. She talks to reporter Sue Newman about the misconceptions that can surround teenagers and driving.

t’s 6.45am, November 5, 2012. Chantal SteinerGarner is lying on a Mid Canterbury roadside with the crumpled remains of her car split in half, wrapped around a power pole. She’s badly injured, unaware that she came within centimetres of losing her life just minutes away from home. It’s a quiet rural road where she could have lain for hours in the early morning drizzle, unconscious, her life ebbing away. She was lucky. A truckie spotted the wreckage. He thought the car had been cut in half by rescue teams the night before. And then he spotted the headlights. He checked and found Chantal lying on the edge of the road. A nearby farmer had heard the impact and he too raced to the scene. Chantal was unaware of the drama. The hours between sliding off the road and waking up in hospital are still blank. Her last memories are of her car hitting a pothole and an overcorrecting move that was too quick for the wet road. “I remember seeing the pole (coming at me) and thinking ‘I’m so screwed’. It was all happening quite fast until I saw the pole coming and then everything was black until I was in hospital,” she said. The 16-year-old had not been drinking, her cellphone was not in her car and she wasn’t speeding. After attending a fireworks event at Rolleston she’d stayed at a friend’s house in Ashburton overnight. Her restricted licence banned driving after

Chantal Steiner-Garner, 17 months on, talking about her car accident and the long road back to full health.

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I remember seeing the pole (coming at me) and thinking ‘I’m so screwed’ – Chantal

dark. That morning Chantal was on the road early, heading home to change into her school uniform before coming back to Ashburton College, but the wet road and the inexperience of a new, young driver may have been her undoing. The accident left her with a broken wrist, six rib fractures, lung contusions, a lacerated liver and lacerated spleen, two chipped teeth and mild concus-

sion. She was lucky. “If you’d looked at my face you would have thought nothing had happened. It all happened in my mid-section. I certainly didn’t look like an accident victim. Even when I was in hospital I probably looked just ill, not injured.” She spent just 10 days in Christchurch Hospital but her full recovery took much longer. That recovery was aided by huge support from family,

her community and from her school. End-of-year exams were looming, but Chantal knew her chances of sitting these were zero. A good performance in practice exams and strong support from her college teachers, however, meant she was awarded a special pass. “Ashburton College was amazing. Mum called and said I wouldn’t be back and they asked what they could do. They

let me start back last year doing just two classes and then I picked up more. They wanted to help me as much as they could. If I needed a break they let me go to my nana’s and gave me time for physio and doctor’s appointments.” Chantal loved school and wanted to end Year 13 with good grades. The accident meant she was able to tackle fewer subjects, but she still achieved sufficient credits to pass. She believes she suffered from post-traumatic stress syndrome for a time after the accident and used that experience for a Year 13 study and oral presentation. “I did it straight from the heart. I got everyone to close

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could happen to anyone If the impact had been a few centimetres further forward she would have been killed – instantly

Above – The car accident that almost claimed Chantal Steiner-Garner’s life. Below – Finally, a new set of wheels. Chantal Steiner-Garner, back on the road.

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their eyes and I went through the experience from when I was driving, culminating in the accident and when they opened their eyes, there was a photo of the car and the power pole on a power point presentation.” That hammered home the message very clearly that an accident can happen to anyone, she said. “I actually felt better after that. Because I didn’t look like an accident victim, some people didn’t understand what I’d gone through. People at school knew what had happened, but when they saw me it didn’t seem to fit.” While her close friends knew the details surrounding the accident, it was difficult dealing with the gossip and rumours

that suggested she’d been drinking, speeding or texting when she crashed. “Those assumptions were pretty hard to take. I was treated quite differently for a while afterwards and I didn’t like that. It’s easy for people to listen to rumours. I expected that, but it was difficult knowing people I went to school with had their own opinions about what had happened, but things like this can happen so easily.” Chantal knows how close she came to dying. The brake cable was the only thing that still connected the two sections of her car after the smash. If the impact had been a few centimetres further forward she would

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have been killed – instantly. The first her parents knew of the accident was a phone call from Ashburton Hospital. For mum Collette, driving to Ashburton meant driving past the mangled remains of her daughter’s car. “That was one of the most horrific things, one of the things I’ll never forget. When I was just about at the hospital Lee rang, and I could hear the fear in his voice after he’d seen the car,” she said. When she walked into the hospital, Collette was numb. “After what I’d seen with the car I was just hoping she was alive, but I thought she’d be incredibly damaged and have spinal injuries. I walked in and

the nurses came up and gave me a hug and just said ‘she’s alive’.” During the time Chantal was in hospital and the long recovery months, the family coped by being as upbeat as possible, by supporting one another and by understanding how much worse the situation could have been. “There was no ‘could have, should have’. This just happened, now let’s move forward. It was important for us to think like this, not to have felt that someone should have done something else. There was nothing anyone could have done differently,” Collette said. As a mum, however, she said she now realises how important it is for young drivers to under-

take a defensive driving course. Seventeen months on Chantal, bears few physical scars and emotionally she says she’s fine. Yes, there’s still the odd flashback, the odd nightmare but she’s back behind the wheel, working and getting on with living. She’s finished school and works in Methven while she makes decisions about the next stage of her life. While life is good, it will always have a large marker in it for Chantal – before the accident and after the accident. “It’s part of my life and it always will be. I did get quite down for a while but now I feel incredibly lucky; I’ve moved on.”

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■ FORTUNE THEATRE

Local actress to headline Dunedin show By Erin TaskEr

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An Ashburton actress is about to headline a season of a Broadway hit at Dunedin’s Fortune Theatre. Angela Johnson (right) will star in the hit comedy Souvenir, by Stephen Temperley, the third production of Fortune Theatre’s 40th anniversary season. Johnson – who has in the past performed in shows including Cats, A Little Night Music and Chess – plays plays real-life eccentric heiress Florence Foster Jenkins and Michael Lee Porter plays her long-time accompanist Cosme McMoon. Dubbed by her critics as the “Dire Diva of Din,” Florence Foster Jenkins enjoyed a remarkably successful concert career even though she was unburdened by talent and deliriously tone deaf. Her bizarre partnership with pia-

nist Cosme McMoon yielded off-key recitals that earned them standing ovations and cultish fame – culminating in a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall. “I predict Souvenir will be the runaway hit of our season. Aside from the fact that it is based on a true story, it delivers humour, pathos, sheer love of music and unbridled passion,” director Lara Macgregor said. “How wonderful that our season runs right through the time Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is in town. All in one weekend, Dunedin can be touched by a truly great soprano, and a soprano who thought she was truly great. What a comparison. Delicious.” Souvenir is described as a heartfelt, wickedly funny, true story about the limits of self-perception. It will take to the stage at the Fortune Theatre from May 17 until June 7.

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Sex case cop steps down By Jared Savage A high-profile Auckland police officer cleared of a criminal sex complaint has resigned ahead of an employment investigation. No charges were laid against Detective Inspector Mark Gutry (below) following a complaint of sexual violation made by a prostitute last July. The evidence from the ninemonth inquiry was reviewed by the Crown Solicitor of Wellington before a decision was made last month to not pursue a criminal prosecution against Mr Gutry, who is married with children. Mr Gutry, who has headed numerous high-profile investigations, was suspended from his senior role in the Counties Manukau police district in December while detectives from Wellington handled the case. Despite there being insufficient evidence to lay criminal charges, the 48-year-old faced an internal disciplinary inquiry which centred on why he looked at the woman’s file on the police computer system, known as the National Intelli-

gence Application (NIA), up to 20 times over two years. The code of conduct process would also investigate whether the alleged sexual relationship took place in work hours, which would breach police rules. At the time that Mr Gutry was cleared of criminal conduct his lawyer, Todd Simmonds, said his client was pleased with the outcome of the criminal investigation and his intention at “this point in time is to return to police duties as soon as is possible”. Mr Simmonds yesterday confirmed that Mr Gutry had tendered his resignation. The resignation means the internal disciplinary process will not go ahead. Alan Boreham, Assistant Commissioner Upper North, confirmed the resignation but refused to answer specific questions. “This follows an employment investigation into allegations that he breached the Police Code of Conduct. Given Mr Gutry’s resignation, that investigation is now at an end.” - APNZ

■ IT’S IN THE BAG

Bargains galore in pop-up shop Ashburton woman Donece McEwan (above) inspects items on sale at the It’s in the Bag accessory sale run by the Ashburton County Lions. The accessory sale started yesterday in the former Fashion Focus store in the Countdown complex. A range of pre-loved jewellery, scarves, handbags, hats, gloves and belts, along with shoes and boots were for sale. And there was more available in store today. Bargain hunters can expect to grab a good deal or two with a quality range of products needed to clear. It was the first time the Ashburton County Lions had run the project. Proceeds would go to local youth groups. The shop will be open today between 10am and 2pm. Right - Lynne Bridge checks out the jewellery range on sale at the Ashburton County Lions pop up accessory Doorshop Salesyesavailable terday. The shop is open again today for Grumpy its final clearance sale. Doors are Old openWomen between 10am and 2pm. tomorrow, 7.30pm | $71.90 Photo tetsuro MitoMo 020514-tM-060

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A birthday hike of Little Mt Peel Veteran travel writer Esther Paddon relives the delights of Little Mt Peel and an unexpected birthday surprise from Ashburton Intermediate students.

was certain there were just us two; the mountain and myself. I have a special affinity with Little Mt Peel and I am selfish enough to think I hold priority stakes in its ownership. Never-the-less I am equally happy to share it with others. The forecast for the day was brilliant, so with the weather on my side I could not resist the call of the mountain for my yearly calendar flick-over. Climbing Little Mt Peel gets more difficult with each passing year, but it is a challenge I still feel equal to. What does it matter if it takes me longer to reach the top? The extraordinary feeling on standing on top of the world – okay a slight exaggeration – is something words cannot describe. It has to be experienced. It has to be felt. The awesome majesty, the beauty and the colour are overwhelming. When I started my trek it was sunrise with a fresh autumn nip in the air. Deer Spur track starts in the bush, a well-defined path through a dense green forest of trees and ferns. Captivation started the moment I stepped into the shadowy trees delicately draped with soft hanging moss. The trees muffled all outside mechanical whines and motors. Before leaving home I was careful to remember my hearing aids. Yes, it is slightly mortifying to admit I need a small plastic device in each ear, but the difference they make is unbelievable. Without aids I can only hear the odd bird pitching its tune at the lower end of the scale, but with my two magical pieces of plastic I hear a complete morning orchestra of birdsong. I soon found my attention needed to be focused on the track rather than a friendly little fantail which was fluttering along from bough to bough keeping me company. “Now Estaar,” said Gerrard my guide on Machu Picchu a few years ago, “keep your own pace and go as slow as you like but don’t stop. Keep putting one foot after another.” It was good advice which I put into practice as I almost stumbled up some parts of the track. Once above the trees, I was able to look out over the Plains

One of the stunning views from Little Mt Peel hut.

which were shrouded in foggy banks of misty haze and held a faint pinkish glow from the morning sunrise. In the distance the fields of patchwork colour were broken by the twisted threads of the braided Rangatata. I was happy to eventually make the board walks. This felt like progress and the change of walking pace and medium put fresh vigour in my steps. I always count the board steps and invariably come up with a different number on the downward trek. It is hard to explain, but

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the walker called “way markers”, but I have a far better name for them. These tall orange tipped posts are my “motivational markers”. If you stand at one marker you can see the next marker on the track. When climbing they inspire you to keep moving until you reach the next one. We are so privileged with the wonderful DOC rangers we have in New Zealand. They do jobs which would make you and I squirm or object to. Recently they had to dig out the contents of the loo at the top close by

survey his wonderful handiwork. Confirmation of reaching the top one more time, is writing my name and a comment in the visitor’s book. Usually coming down is an anti-climax, but not this time. I was glad to have the mountain to myself, but felt a tad wistful. Did no-one else want to share my birthday on the mountain? Then the silence was broken by the distant murmur and tiny blobs of colour far below on the track. Slowly the blobs came into focus and I met a wonderful group

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understandable as my memory sometimes lacks full credibility. There are four segments of board walks and by my upward reckonings 515 steps. While on statistics DOC tells me the distance of Deer Spur track is 4.6km (yes, that is not far on the flat!) and the height of Little Mt Peel is 1311m. That is not high either when compared with Machu Picchu. DOC does a wonderful job of keeping the track in easy trekking mode. Recently they have added some further helps for

Tristram harper shelter – plain horrible! Thank you DOC I do appreciate all that you do in making it possible for me to enjoy nature at its best. Reaching the top of Little Mt Peel was the climax of my walk. For me it is the moment when I can relax, sit down and bask in my own private moment of glory. I can still climb my mountain. It is no credit to me but to a creator who gives me health and strength to make the top and

of 11- and 12-year-olds with teacher and helpers from the Ashburton Immediate School. It wasn’t difficult for them to prise from me the fact it was my birthday. Certain things are easy to admit to strangers. I almost choked with emotion as their unexpected melodious rendition of “happy birthday” wafted over the peaceful hillside. They made way for me to go down first. “No way,” I said, “upward climbers always have the right of way.”

I stood at the side of the track and as they climbed past me every child said “happy birthday” and shook my hand. My eyes filled with tears. Those bright smiling children who had almost completed a tough climb greeted me with such courtesy. Ashburton Intermediate I am most impressed with your children. If that class is an example of your school and the methods of education today, we have nothing to fear for the younger generation. Thank you boys and girls you made my day. Later I did a quick research on the school and was not surprised to read part of their school philosophy states: “As a school we believe that values build character which produces behaviours that are beneficial for the individuals, others and the community in general. Our four key values of courtesy, co-operation, responsibility and respect underpin the operation of the school. It is little wonder I made my way down the mountain with a light step and a smile on my face. Today we often hear the negative side of young people’s behaviour, but those children made me feel special. They made me feel I was important, not just a silly old lady who likes to celebrate her birthday on a mountaintop.

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Rainer Irrigation is built on family (back from left) founder Les Briggs, great grandson Curtis Mann, sons Gavin and Rodger, grand-daughter Amanda Kaye and daughter Colleen Briggs. Photo Donna Wylie 220414-DW-065

The Briggs keep it in the family

he Briggs boys Les and Don were well known around the Ashburton District as young men who could turn a hand to just about anything to do with rural contracting. That was around 60 years ago. The pair had left school the minute they were legally able to and joined forces as sheep dippers, ditch cleaners, tree toppers and harvesters. Today Les Briggs looks back at a business career that has not only spanned decades, but one that has spanned three companies and some incredibly tough times. Today his staff numbers 112 at last count, with four generations of his family among those. Les knows what it’s like to start out in business the hard way. He’s the perfect example of a self-made man who got where he is today through sheer hard work, big dreams and with a healthy dose of Kiwi number eight wire ingenuity thrown in. Today he shares the running of his business with sons Gavin and Rodger, while his daughter Colleen and grand-daughter Amanda are part of the team that keeps the paperwork in order. Recently 17-year-old Curtis, Amanda’s son, joined the company. The journey from Briggs Brothers contracting to Rainer Irrigation has been a long and,

When Les and Don Briggs started Briggs Brothers Contracting, which later became Rainer Irrigation, they never dreamt one day they’d be one of four generations on the company’s payroll. Sue Newman reports. at times, tortuous one. In the late 1950s Les and Don were establishing themselves as farmers and contractors. They were young men who were determined to succeed in life. They worked hard, built up their land holding and decided the future lay in irrigating the dry Mid Canterbury soils. “We decided to import an irrigator from Australia. We modified that and rebuilt that first one and then went on to build other models. We made more than 6000 machines, with the majority sold in New Zealand, but we exported to Australia too,” Mr Briggs said. That first irrigator arrived in 1975 and laid the foundations of their company Briggs Irrigation. Their irrigation empire spread with sales networks in England and the United States. Staff numbers grew and so too did their land holdings. The good times weren’t to last, however. Tough farming times in the late 1980s saw the company cash strapped as farmers struggled to pay bills. And in 1987 when the farming industry all but collapsed, like many other rural servicing companies at the time, Briggs

Irrigation went broke. “We were left owed a lot of money and we went one year without selling a single machine. We’d spent a lot of money setting this up and it all fell through,” Les said. Not only did their business fail, the pair also lost their farms. “It was a sign of the times. All we were left with were our joint family homes.” It would have been easy to shut up shop and simply walk away, Les said, but the Briggs boys were made of tougher stuff. They dug their toes in and came back. They might have been victims of the rural downturn, but they knew the product they’d developed, the rainer irrigator, was good and history told them that farming’s time would come again. They mortgaged their homes to the limit and Rainer Irrigation was born. They worked hard and long and eventually clawed their way back. That took its toll on Don, however, and he opted to move out of the business. And as one of the first generation moved out, two of the next, Les’ sons Gavin and

Roger moved in. Later they were joined by their sister Colleen. Time ticked by and the business grew and thrived, giving Les the freedom to loosen the reins of control and start thinking about other ventures; retirement was never going to be an option. At one point he considered selling the company, but commonsense kicked in and he pulled it from the market. With family keen to become part of the business, Les realised he could retain Rainer Irrigation at the same time as he explored new business opportunities. For years the Ashburton businessman had been quietly planning a retirement complex that would offer new lifestyle options for the district’s seniors, but to build what he believed the district needed, he required a large block of land in the right part of town. That opportunity came up in 2009 when the Lochlea subdivision on Racecourse Road came back on the market. Moving into a residential subdivision that also offered lifestyle options for the elderly might seem a quantum leap from building irrigators and

farming, but it’s amazing what you can achieve if you dream big, Les said. Work got under way at Lochlea, Rainer continued to thrive and family involvement continued to grow, with his granddaughter Amanda joining the team, to be joined recently by her son Curtis Mann. The company today employs 112 people and when it comes to family, everyone has their own areas of expertise – Gavin specialises in design and sales, Rodger, an electrician by trade is busy in the workshop and with his nephew Curtis also an electrician, the workshop has become his home too. Colleen and Amanda keep the front of house running smoothly. Les is still the man at the top. And while it is clear Rainer Irrigation is a smoothly-run family operation, Les’ challenge is not just running a successful business, it’s ensuring his family have opportunities and can grow within that business too. But one challenge he says he doesn’t face is retaining a harmonious family working environment. “We never have any rows, never a cross word.”

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isgraced Minister of Customs Maurice Williamson is a fool if he could not see that his phone call to the police regarding a domestic investigation was out of line. Mr Williamson on Thursday fronted the media to explain after he was forced to resign, but his comments only make matters worse. For a man who has been in Parliament for 27 years and has held numerous ministerial posts, his suggested naivety borders on criminal stupidity and is likely to lose the stranglehold on his Pakuranga seat. At first glance, many Kiwis and those in his electorate may brush the incident off as a silly mistake, but each time Mr Williamson opens his mouth, his actions look more deliberate and cynical. Mr Williamson claims he rang the local police chief to find out if they were continuing to investigate a domestic violence charge against Chinese businessman Dongua Liu. It is bizarre how he does not recognise that a phone call from a senior minister puts subtle pressure on the local constabulary. Mr Williamson admitted that he has made many phone calls like this to Government departments to help residents of his local electorate. The fact that Mr Liu is not from his electorate and happens to be a major contributor to the National Party rings major alarm bells. To make matters worse, Mr Williamson revealed that he encouraged Mr Liu to buy a holiday home next to his own and that he ended up doing some work on the neighbouring property. He claims he does not really know the businessman as Mr Liu allegedly does not speak English, so you have to wonder in which language they discussed the bach or the repairs. This comes on the back of Mr Williamson lobbying Internal Affairs to get Mr Liu’s citizenship fast-tracked and then performing the ceremony himself. Much was made over Judith Collins’ dinner at Oravida, but that alleged conflict of interest now pales into insignificance compared to the bungling of the member from Pakuranga.

YOUR VIEW Hospital I would just like to thank the ambulance ladies from Methven for their kindness on the 29th to our grandson and also the jovial team at Ashburton Hospital in A&E. Thank you. Harry’s nana

Liquor outlets Is Mr Livingstone aware that there are actually two liquor outlets close to Allenton School? 4 Square sell liquor and open at 5am. Has anyone complained about that?

Thank you I would like to express my gratitude and personal thanks to all those parents and young people who helped to make our recent production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream such a great

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success. From the moment our patrons entered the Ashburton Trust Event Centre until they left they were transported into the dream-like world of Shakespeare’s enchanting play. Our young people’s repertory company exists to provide opportunities to showcase the talent of a group of extremely committed young actors of our community and to further develop their knowledge and understanding of theatre. I am hugely proud of them and the work they have just done in owning the words of a playwright deemed too difficult for them to study in school. However, particular thanks must go, once again, to Roger Farr and the team at the Event Centre where our young actors are based. Without such an amazing facility, inducting our young people in the joys of theatre and teaching them, through thea-

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tre, creative collaboration, the value of teamwork and community would be almost impossible. More particularly without the expertise and dedication of Roger and his team, who manage this facility so well, we would be unable to achieve a standard of production that acts as a benchmark for young people’s theatre. Roger and James share a passion for theatre and work tirelessly during our production weeks to ensure our young people enjoy the highest standards of production worthy of their endeavour. Theatre builds communities, ours is in very good hands and on behalf of all the parents and young people of The Big Little Theatre Company Inc. we would like to say “thank you” and please continue to support it. Jackie Heffernan

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ne drizzly Thursday night we were at home, curled in front of the fire watching prime time TV, when I had an epiphany: not everything you see on TV is true. While this may seem obvious to the point of obsoleteness, seeing the way my home town is portrayed to the rest of the country really hammered the point home. First up was Police 10-7, featuring the story of a man found wandering on the motorway with a road cone on his head for “safety”. It is important to note that this is not the usual behaviour of the Aucklanders in their native habitat, but one specific to a sub-breed of city dwellers known as “Westies”. A David Attenborough-style comment to this effect would have made this segment much more educationally accurate.

Auckland’s not as bad as the police programmes make out.

Next up was Motorway Patrol, 30 minutes of the most spectacular incidents involving flying cars, motorists giving false details and the epic saga of the dog on the motorway. In Methven a wandering dog is an everyday sight, but not so in Auckland. Motorways typically boast three lanes of traffic in both directions, and in comparison to Canterbury roads they are remarkable for their lack of wandering livestock.

Hence an entire segment was devoted to the Houdini hound, with several squad cars dispatched to herd it to safety. Just to clarify, this is not normal practice. We do have dog control up north, and our boys in blue are usually preoccupied reminding the populous they should “always blow on the pie” to tend to AWOL animals. Just in case such lighthearted stories were starting to give the wrong impression

of Auckland as a relatively safe place where people are concerned with animal welfare and the safety of bogans, these humourous snippets were interspersed with images of hardened criminals on the loose. Assaults, murders and various other criminal acts were outlined to remind the viewer of the dangers of everyday life in the Big Smoke (It’s not that bad, honest). The end result of these shows was that gridlock has never appeared so riveting – I can assure you that the excitement factor quickly dwindles after waiting 45 minutes to reach your off-ramp less than 2km up the road. Just as native city dwellers think of the Southern Isles as a giant diary paddock spotted with the odd Hobbit set, this TV line-up would have viewers believe that Auckland is a dangerous metropolis, bustling with speedsters and potential criminals just waiting for their 15 minutes of fame on Police 10-7. There is definitely more to Auckland than fodder for cop shows like Motorway Patrol, but sometimes it is good to be reminded that pies can be hot.

This is a time and story of choices

think the Easter story is one of choices. In the events of Holy Week, choices were made. Judas Iscariot chose to be an informer, who planned to give information for gain. The elders, teachers of the law, the whole council and the majority of the crowd chose to call for Jesus to be put to death. Peter made the choice not once but three times to deny Jesus. The two criminals on the crosses either side of Jesus made choices, one to insult Jesus by saying “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and save us”. The other chose to say “remember me Jesus, when you are King”. Pilate had a choice and took the easy option, he chose to have Jesus crucified, rather than Barabbas, which could have left him with a riot on his hands. The army officer in charge at Calvary made a choice, he chose

Dellwyn Moylan

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to believe that Jesus was the Son of God. Jesus knew the disciples would choose to run away. Life is a journey, our direction in it, is set by the choices we make. There are crossroads, where we must make a choice about which road to take. The choices we make affect us and shape us to be the people we are. Our choices say a lot about us, how we see ourselves, how we see other people, what gives our lives meaning and purpose, what is important to us, what we value, the qualities we want in our relationships with others. Our choices are not random, they are influenced by what we

believe, the things that shape our lives, things we have learnt along life’s journey, our life experience, influences from our past, especially our parents and those other people in our lives who have been significant, what we value in life moulds our choices as does our heritage. Our choices are partly influenced by internal choices but can be equally formed by external elements like advertising, family expectations, community views, things that we often have no control over. Life won’t always be easy, but when confronted by things we have a choice over whether to be positive or negative in our thinking and how we react to the situations we find ourselves in. We can choose to see the downside of things. We can choose to look for everything that is wrong, continue to put up blocks to exploring life,

knocking every suggestion made, without at least giving them a go. We can choose to sit there and mourn what might have been, look at life with regrets, disengage from our relationships with others and the world around us. The other choice is to see our situation as an opportunity with potential to meet new people or try new things or learn a new skill, to grow and develop. We can choose to say while this has happened and it’s not what I want or would choose, but how can I make the most of this, how can I get the best out of life’s circumstances? And I would suggest the best way to do that is to allow your faith to influence your view on life and the choices you make. Dellwyn Moylan is a ministry assistant at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Ashburton

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With two second placings at nationals under her belt, Jaidyn Busch is shaping up to be a name to look out for in the future. The 12-year-old Ashburton Intermediate student from Hinds recently represented Canterbury at the national interprovincial athletics championships for 12- and 13-year-olds in Hastings, the only athlete from Mid Canterbury to make the 44-strong team. Each athlete had to compete in four events, so Jaidyn took part in her favoured shot put and discus, as well as the long jump and the 100m.

She produced personal bests in the shot put, discus and 100m, with her throws of 10.8 metres in the shot put and 29.82 metres in the discus enough to secure her second place. Her previous personal bests were 9.84 metres in the shot put and 26.9 metres in the discus. The event was based on team performances and Canterbury also finished second overall. This season was Jaidyn’s first proper season of athletics. She gave it a go a couple of years ago, but this year she decided to have a serious shot. She’s a regular at the Ashburton children’s athletic club’s Wednesday meets and attended

some Saturday morning Canterbury events, but it was her efforts at the Canterbury championships – where she cleaned up – that saw her included in the Canterbury team for interprovincials. She’s received coaching this year, but much of her talent is natural. When she throws a shot put and a discus, she does it from a standing start – she’s yet to learn the proper technique which involves spinning around. For Jaidyn at the moment, it’s pure strength. She’d like to go far in athletics, but her athletics career may face some tough opposition. Jaidyn is also a talented

hockey player and basketballer. “I just love sport,” she said. When she has to do a project or a speech at school, you can almost guarantee the subject she’ll pick will be sport-related. She’s been a member of the Mid Canterbury hockey Collier Trophy team for the past couple of years, and is this year playing club hockey in Christchurch, and last weekend she was away at tournament with the Mid Canterbury Under-15 team. If the day comes where she has to pick just one sport to focus on in the future, she’s torn as to which one it would be. “I don’t know, it’s going to be a hard choice,” Jaidyn said.

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Change to V8 Supercars’ penalty system By ed JaCkson It was a costly outburst but maybe Russell Ingall’s “peanuts” claim towards V8 Supercars officials has delivered results. The veteran driver used the term to describe officials after being given a drive-through

penalty during last month’s event at Winton, claiming fans would “kick the s... out” of them over their decision. The comments resulted in a $15,000 fine but yesterday the V8 Supercars commission confirmed a review of the penalty system had resulted in changes.

Under the old system officials had a set table of penalties for any offence but now consideration can be given to the consequences of the breach in determining any penalty. It means Ingall may not have been given an automatic drivethrough penalty at Winton, al-

lowing him to continue to race before facing something like a points sanction post-race. V8 Supercars motorsport general manager Damien White said the new recommended range of penalties give driving standards stewards more flexibility with their penalties. - AAP

Manchester United caretaker boss Ryan Giggs will look to carry on from where he left off when Sunderland visit Old Trafford overnight amid consistent speculation that Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal is closing in on the job of permanent manager. Giggs, 40, guided United to a comprehensive 4-0 win over Norwich last week after David Moyes was sacked as manager of the faltering Premier League champions. Any discussions between United and Van Gaal, the overwhelming favourite with the bookmakers, are sure to involve what role the Dutchman, 62, has in mind for the United veteran, whose contract as a playercoach expires following the end of this season. With Giggs restoring the feel-good factor with United’s impressive win over Norwich, there have been calls for him to be given the Old Trafford post full-time. H o w e v e r, former France striker Louis Saha, who was at United with Giggs between 2004 and 2008, believes that four Ryan Giggs games is not long enough for the Welshman to prove himself as a potential candidate. “It’s a great opportunity for him. He’s definitely got the quality, the character and the charisma,” Saha said. “The experience is maybe the only thing missing but when you play 20 years at United you know how to work and how to behave. “I think Ryan deserves a chance but we haven’t seen him in Champions League or the rotation system because when you’re in the hotseat it’s totally different.” Giggs may be tempted to change a winning team by bringing Robin van Persie back into the side. Van Persie returned to training at the end of last week following a knee injury that has kept the Dutch striker out since March and will be pushing to build his fitness ahead of the World Cup. - AFP

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■ ROWING

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Double whammy BY JONATHAN LEASK

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There is something in the water out Mayfield way that makes them good on the water, with two teenage rowers now in New Zealand squads. This week Renee Olley was selected to represent New Zealand at the World Rowing Junior Championships in Germany in August, following fellow Mayfield and Craighead rower Emma Dyke, who went to the world junior championships last year in the same boat and is now a member of the New Zealand under 23 squad. After a week-long trial at Lake Karapiro, Olley was named in the junior women’s coxless four alongside Nga Tawa Diocesan’s Jackie Gowler and Chilton St James’ Ella Pudney and Beth Ross. “You never really know how you are going in a trial, and they don’t tend to tell you much so it came as quite the surprise at the end of the week. “Making the four was brilliant

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enough, and then they announced the pair.” Further to the New Zealand junior team and a trip to Germany being announced, Olley was also selected to compete at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China where she will form a women’s coxless pair with Gowler. “I’ve only ever been as far as Australia so this is a lot bigger than anything I’ve done before, and definitely the biggest thing in rowing.” In June, Olley will need to relocate to Rowing New Zealand’s High Performance Centre at Lake Karapiro for six weeks before departing for Europe, where she will spend plenty of time with Dyke, who is currently residing in Cambridge after she earned a seat in the New Zealand under 23 women’s coxless pair for the under 23 world championships in Italy in June. “It’s quite funny because Emma is from just up the road. “I caught up with her while I was up there and she’s really loving it,” Olley said.

Hinds’ Lauren Ellis has had to chase Commonwealth Gamesbound team-mate Jamie Nielsen at the Club Road National Championships in Cambridge. In yesterday’s elite women’s 110km road race Hannah van Kampen made the decisive break and held on to take the win by six seconds from the chasing bunch of 10 which was led in by Nielsen. The 28-year-old Nielsen added the club road time trial to the elite road title when she took out the 25km time trial in 35 minutes 35 seconds to finish 12 seconds clear of Sarah Morrison, with a further minute back to Ellis in third.

Adams does his bit The Oklahoma City Thunder have staved off elimination in the first round of the NBA playoffs thanks in part to a handy defensive contribution from Steven Adams. The Thunder were facing a must-win in Memphis, after entering game six in a 3-2 hole, and they responded with a 104-84 victory over the Grizzlies to send the series to a decisive seventh game. Adams played 20 minutes off the bench, many of which with the game virtually decided, and chimed in with three defensive rebounds. The Kiwi rookie also recorded a careerhigh five blocks and, together with starting centre Kendrick Perkins, set the defensive tone as Kevin Durant poured in 36 points. - APNZ

Offence best defence Mayﬁeld’s latest New Zealand rowing representative Renee Olley.

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Kiwis put up a fight BY MICHAEL BROWN The Anzac test followed a familiar script in Sydney last night, but it wasn’t quite the narrative most expected. Stephen Kearney’s side, completely written off during the week, gave Australia a scare before the world champions slowly gained ascendancy. The Kiwis led 18-12 at halftime and sniffed a huge upset, but they were held scoreless in the second half. There was respect in defeat, but it was still defeat, and Australia continued their dominance of the Anzac test held since 1999, and registered their 16th consecutive win to equal the record set by the Invincibles side of 1979-83. The relative difference between both sides is stark, as Australia enjoy a golden period with an experienced side and the Kiwis had five debutants. It led many to suggest the test

was a waste of time, with the Kiwis mismatched. It didn’t feel like that for 70 minutes. The forward were excellent, led by Sam Moa, and they played with passion and energy - two things badly missing in last year’s World Cup final. “It’s disappointing the scoreline but it’s a building process,” said Martin Taupau who was making his debut. “Everyone wrote us off from the get-go but we believed in each other and and believed that we could compete. There were a few things we didn’t capitalise on but we can build on this.” It was imperative they started well to maintain confidence and they enjoyed the better of the opening exchanges. It settled the nerves and improved belief. They also played accurate football, completing 15 of their 16 sets in the first half and making only two errors. They found joy with a short passing game,

often turning the ball back inside, and scored tries to Jesse Bromwich, Tohu Harris, who started at five-eighth, and Moa. Australia weren’t exactly rattled - they’re way too experienced and been in tight squeezes before - but it certainly wasn’t following the script. After all, the Kangaroos hadn’t trailed at halftime since the 2005 Tri Nations final, 40 tests ago. “At halftime we got a bit of a serve from our senior players and coach,” centre Greg Inglis said. They had been well short of the slick side who dismantled the Kiwis 34-2 at Old Trafford, even though it was an almost identical 17. Much of that had to do with the Kiwis, and Kearney’s side played the game at the right end of the field. It allowed Shaun Johnson to play a leading hand, as he needed to as New Zealand’s most experienced international in the spine, and he produced a clever

kicking game but could only do that because of his forwards who were excellent. Australia worked themselves into the game as the clock wore down and the Kiwis were forced to produce scrambling defence. When Inglis scored to give Australia a 24-18 lead with 19 minutes remaining it seemed normal service had resumed. All of a sudden the Kangaroos started to make easier metres. The Kiwis had one final shot with about 10 minutes remaining but couldn’t breach Australia’s line. The encouraging thing is the Kiwis can still welcome back the likes of Kieran Foran, Issac Luke, Thomas Leuluai, Elijah Taylor, Jason Taumalolo, Ben Matulino and Jared WaereaHargreaves, if he can convince Kearney of his worth. But it will also be hard for Kearney to loverlook the individuals who played well last night. - APNZ

Pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather has what he considers the ideal strategy when he puts his perfect record on the line tonight against power-puncher Marcos Maidana. “The game plan is to stay in the pocket. Make the guy miss and make the guy pay,” says Mayweather, who is the highest paid athlete in North American sports, earning an estimated $US85 million ($A91.97 million) year according to Forbes Magazine. The 37-year-old undefeated American will be a 12-1 favourite when he defends his WBC welterweight crown against the WBA champ Maidana in a unification bout at the MGM Grand. For tonight’s contest, Mayweather is guaranteed a purse of $US32 million while Maidana will receive $US1.5 million. - AFP

Sterling on way out NBA owners took their first concrete step yesterday towards booting Donald Sterling from their ranks after the disgraced real estate tycoon’s racist remarks. The league’s advisory/finance committee held a meeting about the 80-year-old LA Clippers’ owner to discuss NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s recommendation that he be forced to sell the team he snapped up for $US12 million in 1981. It is now worth at least $US575 million. On Tuesday, Silver banned Sterling for life from all league activities and fined him $US2.5 million over racially charged comments he made to his girlfriend that caused a furore within basketball and beyond after they were aired at the weekend. -AFP

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Savea brings up 50 While people were asking Mark Hammett why Ardie Savea wasn’t starting for the Hurricanes, his older brother Julian was going about having his best season of Super Rugby. The barnstorming wing will bring up his 50th appearance for the franchise tonight against the Waratahs in Sydney and has been in destructive form this year. There’s no coincidence that his recent highlight reel moments have coincided with the Hurricanes’ four-match winning streak, which has seen them move to the top of the New Zealand conference. Such consistency has been rare for the Hurricanes in the Hammett era but Savea said they had played their best rugby under their outgoing coach in the past month. - APNZ

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Win or bust for Tahs It’s win or bust for the NSW Waratahs, whose Super Rugby season goes on the line against the red-hot Hurricanes tonight. The Waratahs face the grim prospect of losing touch with the top six with another defeat as yet another season full of hope and promise threatens to slip away. After a disappointing loss to the Blues last week, the pivotal showdown with the New Zealand conference leaders at Allianz Stadium presents one last chance for the Waratahs to pocket some desperatelyneeded competition points ahead of a bye next round. History shows few teams in the cut-throat Super Rugby championship have bounced back after going three weeks without collecting a point. Such a dreaded scenario would leave the Waratahs languishing as low as 10th on the ladder and chasing their tails in pursuit of a finals berth when they resume their campaign in round 13. - AAP

McCaw ‘absolute warrior’ Absolute warrior. The ultimate competitor. An inspiration. The Crusaders’ heart and soul. If he hadn’t said it so completely earnestly, one might think that the Brumbies’ director of rugby Laurie Fisher was laying it on a bit thick while hyping up All Blacks captain Richie McCaw’s return. “He is the ultimate competitor, just an absolute warrior,” Fisher said yesterday. “You never get a cheap possession, you never get a cheap try. He just never gives in.” He’s played just 147 minutes of Super Rugby since the beginning of 2013, however Fisher scoffed at any suggestions his side could possibly run the 33-year-old off Christchurch’s AMI Stadium this afternoon. “I haven’t ridden a bike for quite a while, but I can guarantee I could get on one this arvo and be pretty handy on it,” Fisher said. - AAP

Club rugby tune-up for Brumbies battle BY JONATHAN LEASK

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With 80 minutes of club rugby from Rakaia under his belt, Tim Perry is up for battling the Brumbies in Super rugby this afternoon. After signing with the Crusaders this season the former Mid Canterbury prop had said he had hoped to have a run for his old club, last playing for Rakaia in 2010.

With a cameo off the bench in the win over the Chiefs his only on-field action in five weeks, he got the opportunity on the Crusaders’ bye week. “I hadn’t had much rugby of late and asked the coaches if I could have a release to have a run to get some match fitness, and they were pretty keen for it,” Perry said. He ended up playing a full game as Rakaia beat Darfield 3114 in the Combined Country Cup.

“I battled through it with a few niggles, but it was all right. It was good fun to run around with a few mates at the old club.” Perry pulled on the familiar blue jersey but was thrown in on the tighthead side of the scrum against an experienced Darfield pack, mentored by former All Black Richard Loe. “I got chucked at tighthead for the first 60 minutes which was something new but wasn’t too bad.”

With some much needed match fitness he’s back with the Crusaders today, on the bench for the crunch clash with the Brumbies. The Crusaders side are on a three game win streak heading into the match and have also won the last three encounters with the Brumbies, who are on their own three game hot streak, also accounting for the Chiefs last week 41-23 in Canberra. “It will be tough but we’ve had

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King notches century for the Highlanders BY JONATHAN LEASK

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Mid Canterbury propping product Chris King will become the third Highlander to notch up a century of games for the franchise against the Stormers in Cape Town on Sunday morning (NZT). King started his Super Rugby career with the Crusaders and brought up 100 super rugby games last year, but follows Highlanders Anton Oliver and Jimmy Cowan to reach the milestone for the southern franchise. In his 10th season as a Highlander the man called Mule doesn’t look like he is slowing down. King is currently third in the 2014 Super Rugby tackle statistics for the Highlanders on 85 tackles (as at round 11) and has a massive work rate around the field. After an exciting win at the shark tank in Durban to hand the Sharks their second loss of the season, the Highlanders will be keen to secure another win on the road in South Africa. The Stormers are struggling this season with just two wins from nine games, something the Highlanders experienced last year, but they do have the wood on the Highlanders, winning their last four encounters. Highlanders’ coach Jamie Joseph has named a largely unchanged side for the clash except

for two forced changes after Patrick Osborne and Craig Millar returned to New Zealand earlier this week after receiving injuries in the game against the Sharks. Tent Renata takes Osborne’s place on the wing in the only change to the backline. Shane Christie and Jarrad Hoeata have moved to the bench, replaced by John Hardie and Josh Bekhuis respectively. Matias Diaz joined the team in South Africa and fills Millar’s front row reserve spot on the bench.

Highlanders V Stormers 1 Kane Hames 2 Liam Coltman 3 Chris King 4 Josh Bekhuis5 Joe Wheeler 6 Elliot Dixon 7 John Hardie 8 Nasi Manu 9 Aaron Smith 10 Lima Sopoaga 11 Trent Renata 12 Shaun Treeby 13 Malakai Fekitoa 14 Richard Buckman 15 Ben Smith. Reserves:16 Brayden Mitchell 17 Matias Diaz 18 Ma’afu Fia 19 Jarrad Hoeata 20 Shane Christie 21 Fumiaki Tanaka 22 Jason Emery 23 Phil Burleigh.

Chris King: Third Highlander to mark up 100 games.

Cruden’s value undeniable BY KRIS SHANNON

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a big week of training and hopefully we can get the result we are after.” The Super 15 takes a three week break for the June international test window, which could see Perry back in Rakaia blue for the Combined Country Cup playoffs which run over the same three week period if he is released. “It’s hard to say but if I get an opportunity I wouldn’t pass up another run around.”

The importance of Aaron Cruden is undeniable but what may surprise about his absence is the exact level of decline experienced by the Chiefs’ attack. The defending champions will play a fourth straight game without their best player when they encounter the Lions in Hamilton tonight and, judging by the numbers, Cruden’s return can’t come soon enough. With a broken thumb likely to keep him from the next two games, the defending champions’ previous three fixtures shorn of their co-captain only re-emphasised his value. With Cruden, the Chiefs are among the most dynamic teams in Super Rugby. Last season’s leading scorers as he started every match, they were averaging 27.8 points and 3.5 tries in six games this campaign before the first five-eighth was injured.

Without Cruden, the Chiefs have struggled for both direction and penetration. Scoring is down seven points and tries have dropped to four across three games, but the scale of the attack’s slump is even clearer the deeper you delve. The champs have looked off colour in possession the last three weeks and the statistics support that assertion. As a team, they are averaging 290 metres fewer without Cruden, while passes (-22), offloads (minus seven) and clean breaks (minus five) are all significantly down on season averages. Although one man hardly makes a backline, the Chiefs are plainly missing Cruden’s guiding hand, his ability to take the ball to the line and slip a teammate into space. Gareth Anscombe has shown his proficiency in the position but the pair’s individual statistics reflect the concrete contributions the regular starter

brings - not to mention the ineffable qualities, the je ne sais quoi, the two-time champion has in his locker. Anscombe has kept the Chiefs competitive courtesy of an accurate boot, kicking at a 81.3 per cent success rate to Cruden’s 71.9, but his numbers around the park elucidate the disparity between players. Cruden holds a clear advantage in carries, metres, offloads and passes. While much of this can be explained by an altered gameplan with Anscombe at pivot, the fact the usually-fluent Chiefs have changed their strategy hints at why the attack has struggled. Despite their poor recent record, the Chiefs will be wellplaced heading into their second bye if they can dispatch the Lions and claim a derby with the Blues the following weekend. Cruden should be in line to return following the brief break. - APNZ

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New format favours players BY GREGOR PAUL Super Rugby’s new format has been endorsed by New Zealand’s players, but commerce teams around the country may take more convincing after seeing their most lucrative income stream cut by 25 per cent. The players have unquestionably been the big winners in the restructure - getting their way with fewer local derbies, a shorter competition and a longer pre-season. The disparate preferences of the players, broadcasters, administrators and sponsors left the New Zealand Rugby Union with a tough balancing act. The players had argued that the double round of local derbies was too demanding - too physically intense, but they were also the games that brought spikes in ticket revenue and broadcast audience. “There’s a lot riding on those local derbies the way the conferences are set up, but it makes for a tough old year when you have to bash each other eight times,” said All Black captain Richie McCaw. “The ideal thing would be to play everyone once, the way it was in the past, but with extra teams and all those things that come with it, there are a few more factors at play.” With 21 weeks in which to fit the competition and New Zealand adamant they wanted meaningful contact with South Africa, there wasn’t enough time to fit in a true round-robin so the compromise was made to cut the local derbies from eight per team to six. How the schedule will be determined - each New Zealand team will play one full round of local derbies plus another two intra conference games - has not been finalised. There will be some anxiety among the New Zealand franchises about how the loss of those two local derbies. Gate revenues can be anything up to 50 per cent higher for those domestic tussles. Respective franchise marketing teams are going to have to hope the new format captures the imagination of the New Zealand public and that the international fixtures grow in popularity. On the evidence of the past three seasons, a 25 per cent cut in local derbies will result in a 25 per cent drop in gate income. “Opinion is divided in New Zealand as to value of local derbies,” said NZRU chief executive Steve Tew. ““If you talk to a coach and some of our top players, then beating ourselves up constantly is not such a good idea either.” - NZH

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In brief Matt in the medals Ashburton swimmer Matthew Harford is bringing home two more medals from the New Zealand Age Group Swimming Championships in Wellington. Harford had already won two gold, a silver and a bronze and added another gold and silver on Thursday. He won gold in the boys’ 13 years 200m freestyle in a new personal best time of 2:04.61. A short time later he was back for the 100m backstroke and won silver. Fellow Jennian Homes Ashburton Swim Team member Aimee Elliott took on her first national final in fine style coming home in eighth place in the girls’ 14 years 200m freestyle with her time a personal best by 2.58s. The other two finalists on the night were Caitlin Johnstone and Lucy Clough. Johnstone was ninth in the girls’ 16 years 200m breaststroke and Clough was 10th in the girls’ 15 years 200m freestyle. The nationals conclude tonight.

Blues smash Reds The first thing Blues coach John Kirwan does when he wakes up this morning might be to check whether last night’s game really happened. Was it a dream or wasn’t it? Once he has established that it wasn’t, that his side really did play with that skill, intelligence, excitement and commitment to completely crush the Reds into the turf of their Eden Park fortress, he must work on how to repeat this sort of form away from home. This was a masterclass from the Blues, a fivetry bonus-point 44-14 victory which rockets them into the top six of the competition and brought back memories of the glory days of old. Among Kirwan’s players, Ma’a Nonu deserves first mention because he was at the heart of just about everything good the Blues did. - APNZ

Cryogenics time? Japan’s Kimiko Date-Krumm has no plans to quit tennis at the ripe old age of 43 but told AFP she would have to be cryogenically frozen to carry on for too much longer. The former world No.4 joked that going into a deep freeze like spoof spy Austin Powers and being defrosted in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics would appeal to her as she battles minor injuries in the run-up to the French Open. “If I’d just have to sleep and then when I wake up it’s like it’s yesterday, that might work,” Date-Krumm said in an interview ahead of a workout at a Tokyo gym. “I’m not getting any younger.” - AFP

Roar eye the glory According to Brisbane veteran Matt McKay, the Roar should be considered the nation’s top sporting franchise if they claim a third A-League title in four seasons tomorrow. But that did not stop McKay from admitting most A-League clubs including themselves were jealous of their grand final opponent, Western Sydney Wanderers. In their debut 2012-13 season, Western Sydney remarkably claimed the minor premiership before being downed 2-0 by Central Coast Mariners in the grand final. But it’s the incredible fan support of the Wanderers’ “Red and Black Bloc” that has made rivals green with envy. In an indication of the Wanderers’ support, about 10,000 red and black fans are expected to fill the 52,500 capacity Suncorp Stadium on Sunday. - AAP

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Skiers score national honours By Jonathan Leask

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Five Mid Canterbury waterskiers have a busy winter ahead after being named in the New Zealand Oceania teams. Ben McFadden, Lana and Rachel Donaldson made the open team with brothers Hugh and George Donaldson in the under 17s to compete in Perth in October. The selection of the four Donaldsons capped a big season for Water Ski Lake Hood as a club. Following on from top results in the Oz-Kiwi Championships they hosted in January, club members then won all Canterbury Regional Champion of Champions places and had 11 club skiers competing at nationals this year. Between them they brought home 31 of the 41 medals they competed for in Auckland, including a near clean sweep in the junior boys’ and girls’ events, and three open class medals. The Lake Hood boys brought home 11 of the 12 NZ Junior Boys’ medals, completing an overall podium hat-trick. Hugh Donaldson won all four gold medals, winning slalom, tricks and jump to be the overall gold medallist beating twin brother George for the first time ever in slalom by one buoy. George won silver in slalom, jump and overall, and although he turned the tables on Hugh by gaining the top event score of 3790 in tricks for the team points, he fell in both passes in the final and just held on to bronze.

Lachlan Woodman gained the tricks silver, and bronze in jump for an overall bronze. After spending the season sidelined with a broken foot, Karl Donaldson was cleared to return to skiing just two weeks prior to the nationals but collected gold in men’s slalom and silver in open men’s slalom. Hannah Wright took gold in girls’ tricks and jump events, with Gabriella Woodman the silver in both. Slalom conditions were far from favourable with cyclone winds over most of the nationals tripping up many top seeds including Wright in her slalom final, however she held on to take bronze and won the overall gold with Woodman the overall bronze. Rachel Donaldson backed up a good season skiing with gold in U21 women’s slalom, her first gold since knee surgery, and took bronze in both the open and U21 women’s tricks with her score of 3580 further extending her Canterbury-South Island U21 record. Lana Donaldson won silver in women’s tricks and bronze in the open women’s slalom. President of Water Ski Lake Hood Neil Donaldson won the senior men’s 3 tricks silver and a slalom bronze. Leighton Hood stepped up to nationals competition for the first time and went straight to the podium with bronze in U21 men’s tricks and jump, and silver overall. His brother Josh also made finals in tricks and jump.

Waterskiers Rachel Donaldson and Leighton Hood were both medallists at the recent New Zealand Water-skiing Championships in Auckland, with Donaldson one of five local skiers selected to compete in the Oceania championships later this year. Photo SuPPlied

■ OPINION

It’s tough, and just getting tougher I s the game of rugby getting tougher, and consequently much more dangerous for the players? Ask anyone who’s worked in any sort of Accident and Emergency service on a Saturday, and they will definitely say yes, which is one end of the spectrum. Watching the first CrusadersChiefs game of this season, I was struck by the thought that this was the game that mothers looked at and said “My little Jimmy is NOT playing rugby”, such was the intensity of that clash. Their second encounter, just a few weeks ago, was in entirely similar vein, and in many parts of the game there were bodies strewn all over the park. Sane observers might ask what the game is coming to, with such levels of violent commitment from two packs of superbly fit, strong and condi-

tioned young men. But, after that match, they interviewed Corey Flynn, and his eyes were fair shining as he said “Man, wasn’t that great? This is what we play the game for”. It reminded me of an interview with the Silver Ferns skipper at the end of one of last year’s brutal encounters with the Aussies. Her eyes shone with that same fervour, and she said “If that’s what the Aussies are going to bring, then bring it”. I could hear exactly the same interview being played on Australian television, except with minor changes in the script. That’s the other end of the spectrum; the players love it. The confrontation, the clash of bodies and wills - that’s exactly what they’re out there for. And the players are getting bigger, better and faster. Prime example is Sir Colin Meads, the great Pinetree,

look at the footage; sure there’s some amazingly good rugby on show, but the error rate is quite phenomenal compared with today, the Crusaders would be Steve Devereux swooping on everything and MY SHOUT scoring before the Boks, Welsh or even the ABs of the day knew what hit them. undoubtedly the player of a Do you hold your breath generation (probably several generations), but he’d be really every time Richie, or Ben Smith struggling to even make the All or Aaron Cruden gets up slowly Black team nowadays. He might from a big tackle? Even with the terrific conmake it as a back-up No. 6; certainly wouldn’t get a look in ditioning every player has, the thought of serious injury must at his old position at lock. be high on the coach’s mind at And people like Bruce Robertson, possessor of a super set the very least, especially with the current crop of first fives of silky rugby skills - would who fearlessly launch themselves those skills be blunted just a at daunting defensive lines. little after two or three meetBut that’s how the game has ings with Ma’a Nonu’s (entirely evolved, and by the looks of the legal of course) shoulder? numbers being tossed around A Crusaders side on song as new contracts for televiwould annihilate any of the sion rights in new forms of the international teams of 30-40 competition are revealed, that’s years ago. what the people want to see. You think not? Go back and

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In brief Money for Chop Chop A strong New Zealand contingent has arrived in Queensland ahead of the Winter Carnival, with trainer Shaune Ritchie set to tackle the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet on Saturday, with Chop Chop while former New Zealand Derby winner Military Move will also represent the stable in the Gr.2 Hollindale Stakes. - APNZ

I Do right on target Versatile New Plymouth-based mare I Do sounded a warning to her rivals in Saturday week’s Listed Rotorua Stakes (1400m) when winning the Cavallo Agistment Handicap (1200m) at Otaki yesterday. Ridden by apprentice Kei Chiong the Allan Sharrock trained grey handled the Slow8 track conditions to post a short neck victory over Taurus. - APNZ

Cox Plate in sights Triple Group 1 winner Sacred Falls will be aimed towards the Cox Plate in the spring, with owners Raffles Racing and Waikato Stud confirming the entire will not retire to stud this year. “We’ve evaluated everything and we’d really like to carry on and his aim will be the Cox Plate this year,” Waikato Stud’s Mark Chittick said.- APNZ

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Ashburton Trotting Club Venue: Ashburton Raceway Meeting Date: 4 May 2014 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11

11.22am ASHBURTON SECURITY TROT $7000, 3yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2400m 1 Little Mo (1) fr .................................... C Ford 2 Later (2) fr ........................................ J Smith 3 4P007 Easy Empress (3) fr ......................... D Dunn 4 08 Always Away (4) fr...................... R Close (J) 5 05700 Overstayer (5) fr .......................... C Harrison 6 909 Poppa Don (6) fr................................. R May 7 Longbeach Lad (7) fr.......................... A Butt 8 00x70 Enthral (U1) fr ........................... M Edmonds 9 90x00 Paradise Spur (U2) fr ..................T McMillan 10 36888 Harley (U3) fr ............................... P Wakelin 2 11.47am THE HITS ASHBURTON 92.5FM PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0 pace, stand, 2400m 1 0x50 Beale Street Boy (1) fr.................. S McNally 2 Real Cool Dude (2) fr ........................J Dunn 3 7 Lord Baltimore (3) fr ................ C D Thornley 4 58855 Lavros Is King (4) fr.................... S Ottley (J) 5 Shakey Loch (5) fr ............................R Keats 6 Marshal Star (6) fr ............................J Curtin 7 49056 Tilly Bromac (7) fr............................... R May 8 85097 Taia’s Kid (8) fr ............................. P Wakelin 9 7500x Rockahula Arden (9) fr ................G R Payne 10 Speechless (10) fr ........................ G O’Reilly 11 9x7 The Ghost (11) fr.............................M Jones 3 12.12pm CHERTSEY TROTTING CLUB TROT $7000, 3yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2400m 1 74546 Henley Park (1) fr ...................... P Borcoskie 2 x3002 Clean Break (2) fr................ J Harrington (J) 3 07060 Petite Royal (3) fr ..........................R Holmes 4 43454 Monkey Luck (4) fr ..................... K Cameron 5 0x00x Strathfield Sun (5) fr ....................C DeFilippi 6 040x0 Sunbloc (6) fr ............................J Smolenski 7 x3538 Glenferrie Sunbird (7) fr ....................J Dunn 8 26462 Mantorp (8) fr ............................... G O’Reilly 9 08443 Innes Boyz (U1) fr ..........................T Chmiel 10 00229 Ming (U2) fr ............................... T Bagrie (J) 11 4P075 Donsmedad (U3) fr .........................M Jones 4 12.37pm SEELITE WINDOWS & DOORS SIRES SERIES MOBILE TROT $8000, 2yo trot, mobile, 1609m 1 697 Soney Beatt (1) fr ......................A Tomlinson 2 Majestic Storm fr .......................... Scratched 3 Starlight Starbright (2) fr................... D Dunn 4 421 Prince Fearless (3) fr ......................... R May

5 32364 Wanna Play (4) fr ...................N Rasmussen 6 231 Arya (5) fr ....................................C DeFilippi 7 978 Sunstar (U1) fr ........................ C D Thornley 5 1.02pm ROBILLIARDS SHOWCASE JEWELLERS MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0 pace, mobile, 2400m 1 x8452 Rise And Shine (1) fr........................ D Dunn 2 66535 Abbey Cullen (2) fr ....................... S McNally 3 80 Boomer Bailey (3) fr ......................... G Telfer 4 9 This Ain’t Tennessee fr ................. Scratched 5 x2946 Zena Mac (4) fr ............................... G Smith 6 645x5 Explosive Art (5) fr ............................. R May 7 82090 Towie Zoe (6) fr .............................L O’Reilly 8 957 Missdebonair fr ............................ Scratched 9 23438 Franco Sanchez (7) fr .................T McMillan 10 x5904 Can’t Get Enough (21) fr .............C DeFilippi 11 P4696 Snowden (22) fr .........................C Markham 12 Tempest Cullen (23) fr.................N McGrath 13 Maximum Power (24) fr ............. M Purvis (J) 14 Can’t Explain It (25) fr .................... K Barron 15 637 No Way Else (26) fr ........................T Chmiel 16 0 Burn Off (27) fr ........................ C D Thornley Emergencies: Rise And Shine, Missdebonair 6 1.27pm HOTEL ASHBURTON PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0 pace, stand, 2400m 1 40 Buzkil (1) fr ....................................J Geddes 2 429x8 Smooth Lynda (2) fr ............ J Harrington (J) 3 20748 Gotta Grunter (3) fr ................. C D Thornley 4 26287 Macy Blue Chip (4) fr ..................N McGrath 5 08023 Agnes de Gerolstein (5) fr ......... C McDowell 6 2 Banora Boy (6) fr .......................... S McNally 7 674 Taranto (7) fr ....................................J Curtin 8 09x30 Valmara (8) fr .................................T Chmiel 9 40435 Lifestyler (9) fr .......................... T Woodward 10 34420 Tom Bola (10) fr ............................L O’Reilly 11 90x48 Hestia Franco (11) fr .................. R Close (J) 12 42840 Coyote (U1) fr..................................R Curtin 7 1.52pm ASHBURTON GUARDIAN MOBILE PACE $8000, 2yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2400m 1 34044 Franco Salisbury (1) fr........................ R May 2 90603 Halston Bromac (2) fr ................. K Cameron 3 77203 Flyin Heather (3) fr .......................... G Smith 4 6409x Arancia (4) fr .................................R Holmes 5 84400 Juicy Odds (5) fr........................... S McNally 6 01700 Mr Meddle (6) fr ................................J Dunn 7 14209 Artistic Lover (7) fr............... J Harrington (J) 8 17 Franco Neeson (8) fr ...................N McGrath 9 45009 Crimson Glory (9) fr ....................T McMillan 10 64160 Scotlynn Justis (21) fr ................... K Cox (J)

■ RICCARTON TODAY

Walker happy to travel for Scapolo David Walker will head to Christchurch for just two rides today but one of them he’d be happy to travel anywhere to ride. The Manawatu jockey has become the regular big-race rider for exciting Whanganui galloper Scapolo, whom TAB bookmakers have posted as a $1.85 favourite for the Listed $50,000 Reynolds Electrical Great Easter Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton. Walker has ridden the Kevin Myerstrained Scapolo in five of his 17 starts for three of his eight wins, including the Gr. 2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile at Riccarton last November. “Scapolo is my leading light at the moment,” Walker said. “This will be the first time I’ve ridden him since the weight-for-age [NRM Sprint] at Te Rapa. “That day he didn’t feel quite 100 per cent and he ran accordingly. But Kevin has got him right now.” Scapolo proved his fitness for the Great Easter with a soft kill at Blenheim in Rating 85 company last week under 4kg-claiming apprentice Brett Murray. Walker was impressed with the effort. “It looked a good improver’s run and I’m sure he will be improved for Saturday too,” Walker said.

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Samantha Ottley drives Smoken Roman in the Morgan Fencing Pace at Ashburton tomorrow. 11 1530x Magic Oats (22) fr ..........................T Chmiel 12 96858 Tuscaloosa (23) fr ................... C D Thornley 13 113 Art Union (24) fr ............................... D Dunn 8 2.20pm MORGAN FENCING LTD MBL PACE $8000, 4yo+ c2, c3 with cond. pace jun.d, mobile, 2400m 1 507x8 Tomsincharge (1) fr ................S Hickman (J) 2 199x5 McCracken (2) fr ..................... S Golding (J) 3 77377 Fair Dinkum Bromac (3) fr ............. K Butt (J) 4 8x141 Scotlynn Jiggs (4) fr ...................... K Cox (J) 5 13114 Destined For Glory (5) fr ............ R Close (J) 6 19454 Belmont Fire (6) fr .......................J Young (J) 7 46809 The Empire’s Sister (7) fr .......... T Bagrie (J) 8 00005 Smoken Roman (8) fr ................. S Ottley (J) 9 20601 Comenche (9) fr ........................ M Purvis (J) 10 49331 Franco Revel (21) fr .....................A Veint (J) 9 2.56pm MURRAY SMITH ALUMINIUM MARES MOBILE PACE $8500, 4yo+ mares c1 to c3 mob. pace, mobile, 1609m 1 788x6 Steal A Grin (1) fr ....................... R Close (J) 2 36000 Marilyn Golightly (2) fr ...................L O’Reilly 3 18046 Crackapaca (3) fr ............................... R May 4 0x305 Timely Loch (4) fr .............................J Curtin 5 10588 Fortunately (5) fr .......................A Tomlinson 6 14008 All Delight (6) fr ....................... C D Thornley 7 19255 Tyron’s Falcon Ella (7) fr............... G O’Reilly

8 84102 Clarisa (8) fr ............................... S Ottley (J) 9 80069 Maiden Rome (9) fr ................. S Golding (J) 10 36036 Little Tess (21) fr.............................T Chmiel 10 3.32pm JP MCGILLEN AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING HANDICAP TROT $8500, 4yo+ c1 to c4 discrhcp trot, stand, 3200m 1 09060 Filigree Sheree (1) fr .................A Tomlinson 2 1600x Boylanova (2) fr ............................ J Wheeler 3 004x0 Diggerboy (3) fr ..........................C Markham 4 560x3 Tyron Lochie (4) fr ........................ G O’Reilly 5 35505 Spell (5) fr .................................. S Ottley (J) 6 40244 Valmagne (U1) fr .........................C DeFilippi 7 5x400 Idle Bones (U2) fr .................................B Hill 8 53675 Juneamy Castleton (1) 10 ...............M Jones 9 72707 Foreverman (U1) 10 ......................R Holmes 10 02690 Given (1) 20 ............................ C D Thornley 11 60963 Pammys Boy (2) 20 ...................... S McNally 12 10992 Sundons Comet (1) 30 ....................... R May 13 18000 Sarah Lindenny (U1) 30 .............. C Harrison 11 4.08pm CRT/FARMLANDS PACE $8000, 3yo+ c1 pace, stand, 2400m 1 7x704 Billy Jack (1) fr.................................... B Butt 2 09020 Classiegent (2) fr................................ R May 3 09800 Riverboat Princess (3) fr ............ R Close (J) 4 00890 Greshees Angel (4) fr....................... G Telfer 5 56289 Revell Yell (5) fr .......................... S Ottley (J) 6 33434 The Flying Scotsman (6) fr..........N McGrath 7 38683 Special Bella (7) fr......................C Markham 8 74000 Firebreak (8) fr ........................ C D Thornley 9 261x0 Just Ned (9) fr .............................. G O’Reilly 10 55604 Midfrew Tarpediem (10) fr ..............T Chmiel 11 27480 Shadow Rider (11) fr ...................C DeFilippi 12 57878 Roofcraft (12) fr ................................... J Hay 13 00899 Top Brass (13) fr .............................. D Dunn Pacifiers on : Always Away (R1), Given (R10) Pacifiers off : Soney Beatt (R4) SELECTIONS Race 1: Little Mo, Harley, Later, Poppa Don Race 2: Lavros Is King, Lord Baltimore, Rockahula Arden Race 3: Clean Break, Monkey Luck, Glenferrie Sunbird Race 4: Prince Fearless, Arya, Wanna Play, Sunstar Race 5: Explosive Art, Rise And Shine, Can’t Get Enough Race 6: Banora Boy, Agnes de Gerolstein, Smooth Lynda Race 7: Art Union, Flyin Heather, Franco Salisbury Race 8: Scotlynn Jiggs, Destined For Glory, McCracken Race 9: Timely Loch, Clarisa, Crackapaca, Tyron’s Falcon Ella Race 10: Tyron Lochie, Juneamy Castleton, Sundons Comet Race 11: The Flying Scotsman, Classiegent, Special Bella

HAD A DOSE OF THE TROTS LATELY? Ashburton Trotting Club May Meeting Tomorrow, May 4

First race 11.22am FREE ENTRY AND FREE BOOK

David Walker aboard Scapolo.

“It’s hard to read the form for the race with a few South Islanders that go pretty good in there, and with the heavy track it won’t be a walk in the park. “It’s hard to know just how tough the track will be but he’s won on wet tracks before. “He’s never really had a problem on wet tracks before but it can make it hard.” Walker’s other ride at Riccarton is also for Myers, Mr Nifty, a last-start winner at Blenheim. “He won nicely at Marlborough and he seems to handle a wet track too, so he should be a nice ride,” Walker said. - APNZ

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In brief Subway trains crash A subway train ploughed into the back of another train at a station in South Korea’s capital yesterday, injuring about 200 people, including about 150 who were hospitalised with bruises and other mostly minor injuries, officials said. A preliminary investigation suggested the train’s automatic distance control system may have malfunctioned, officials said. The driver of the moving train told officials that he applied the emergency brake after noticing a stop signal but wasn’t able to halt in time, Seoul Metro official Jeong Su-young told a briefing. Fire officer Kim Kyung-su said about 200 people received relatively minor injuries except for two who suffered fractures and serious bruises. He said about 150 people remained hospitalised. - AP

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Ukrainian government troops guard a checkpoint just outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine.

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Offensive near Slovyansk Ukraine launched what appeared to be its first major assault against pro-Russian forces who have seized government buildings in the country’s east, with fighting breaking out in the early hours on Friday around a city that has become the focus of the insurgency. Three deaths were reported in early fighting. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said the offensive “effectively destroyed the last hope for the implementation of the Geneva agree-

ments” which were intended to defuse the crisis. Two Ukrainian helicopters were shot down and two of their crewmembers killed, both sides said. The Ukrainian Security Service said one of the helicopters was shot down with a surfaceto-air missile, which it said undercut Russia’s claims that the city is under control of civilians who took up arms. Stella Khorosheva, a spokeswoman for the pro-Russian militants, said one of their men

was killed and another injured. She offered no further details. The centre of Slovyansk appeared quiet but empty and tense while fighting outside the city seemed to be over when an Associated Press crew got into town. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the Kremlin had sent an envoy to Ukraine’s southeast to negotiate the release of foreign military observers who were captured by pro-Russian militia in Slovyansk.

In comments to Russian news agencies, Peskov said the Kremlin has not been able to get in touch with the envoy, Vladimir Lukin, since Ukraine launched the offensive. However, Russia’s Interfax and RIA Novosti quoted Lukin’s aides as saying he was in touch and safe. The action came a day after Putin said that Ukraine should withdraw its military from the eastern and southern regions of the country. - AP

■ NIGERIA

Toll up to 19 dead in capital car bomb The death toll from a car bomb that exploded on a busy road in Nigeria’s capital rose to at least 19, police said from the city that within days hosts an international conference. The bomb was driven near a checkpoint where traffic built up, located across the road from a busy bus station where a massive explosion on April 14 killed at least 75 people. That blast was claimed by the Islamic extremist Boko Haram terrorist network in a video April 19 that threatened further assaults. The government is deploying 6000 police to protect the May 7-9 World Economic Forum on Africa, with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang as an honoured guest, in Abuja, and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan last week assured delegates they would be safe. It attracts world

A car burns following a bomb explosion in Abuja, Nigeria. photo Ap

leaders, policymakers, philanthropists and business leaders to discuss Africa’s economic growth prospects. The explosion occurred in a working class suburb just a 15-minute drive from the presi-

dential villa and the hotel venue of the conference. Police Superintendent Frank Mba said the toll is up to 19 dead with as many wounded being treated in the hospitals. Six cars were burned up in the

blast, he said. Witnesses said a car laden with explosives drove close to the checkpoint and a man jumped out and ran as it blew up. A deafening explosion was followed by smaller ones as other cars caught fire and fuel tanks exploded, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of fears for their safety. The attacks are a major embarrassment that undermine government and military assurances that the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram had been contained in a northeastern corner of the country. Two unexploded IEDs were found at the scene, according to a security official. Islamic militants in Nigeria often time secondary explosions to target rescuers and others drawn to a bombing. - AP

The United Nations human rights office says US death row inmate Clayton Lockett’s suffering during his botched Oklahoma execution this week may amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international human rights law. A spokesman for the office, Rupert Colville, says Lockett’s prolonged death on Tuesday is “the second case of apparent extreme suffering caused by malfunctioning lethal injections” reported in the United States this year. - AP

‘No’ to restitution The Czech Republic’s highest court has upheld previous rulings that dismissed a restitution claim by the Jewish descendants of a man who owned a snap button factory that was taken over by the Nazis and then nationalised. The Constitutional Court has confirmed its 2010 verdict, which overturned a 2009 Supreme Court ruling and all previous rulings of lower courts that found in favour of three relatives of Zikmund Waldes, who owned the Koh-i-noor factory in Prague. The latest verdict by the court on yesterday is final. - AP

Girls still missing The number of kidnapped schoolgirls missing in Nigeria has risen to 276, up by more than 30 from a previous estimate, police said, adding that the actual number abducted by Islamic extremists on April 14 was more than 300. Police Commissioner Tanko Lawan said the number of girls and young women who have escaped also has risen, to 53. Hundreds of women protested in at least three cities this week to express their outrage that the girls have not been found. - AP

Meeting on MH370 Senior officials from Malaysia, Australia and China will meet early next week to decide on the next step in the search for the Malaysia Airlines jet, while expressing confidence the hunt was on the right track despite no wreckage being found so far. Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the challenges were huge but said, “I believe we will find MH370 sooner or later.” Hishammuddin said he will travel to Canberra for the meeting on Monday. - AP

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Stage one of the intensive housing Springpark estate of 420 dwellings in Mt Wellington has already been sold.

in central Auckland.” Arbuckle indicated yesterday that cash concerns resulted in receivers Kevin Gillespie of Meranti and Stephen Tietjens of Accru Smith Chilcott being appointed. “We’re in the business of finance and we have been in it for many, many years,” Arbuckle said. “If you put money in, you have a responsibility to ensure that the project goes well. There’s got to be a reporting regime in place and I make no apologies for the fact that we took action. If Mr Gapes is able and willing to pay us back, that will be a very good result for him. “We’ve got to protect our interests.” He refused to discuss the loan but Gapes said he only owed Crown $2 million and the receivers were unnecessary. “Crown knows that we were

not going to repay them until the titles for the new lots had issued which we are expecting to happen today [Friday] so putting the company in receivership was an overly dramatic reaction. Ironically it was them who have held up the titles.” Gapes said. “We began this project with a joint-venture partner, Crown Finance, who are a finance company. For various reasons we decided not to proceed with Crown but mainly because they tried to change the terms of the [joint venture] on us which was hugely detrimental to us ... Crown are owed around $2 million and I imagine they have put [the company] into receivership, which they are entitled to do as a secured creditor, to put us under pressure to get them repaid as soon as possible,” he said. - APNZ

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A clash between the boss of finance company Crown AGP and high-profile property developer Tony Gapes appears to have triggered the calling in of receivers to one of his companies behind New Zealand’s biggest new affordable housing estate project. Chris Arbuckle, chief executive of Takapuna-based Crown, is making no apologies for the move and is demanding Gapes repay money he owes the company on the Mt Wellington project. Arbuckle indicated his firm’s decision to call in the receivers to Gapes’ Panama Road Developments was taken as a defensive, prudent stance. Crown, founded by John Copson who is on the NBR Richlist with a $300 million fortune, was funding Springpark’s first stage, converting a 10.5ha former Zealandia Horticulture nursery into an intensive housing estate. Via a high-profile marketing campaign spearheaded by Charles Cooper of Colliers International, Gapes pre-sold all of stage one of the development in the house-starved Auckland market, and earthworks are underway. Colliers is advertising Springpark as innovative: “Springpark looks set to become a blueprint for the future of attractive, affordable, modern living

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NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

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A basket of New Zealand export commodity prices fell 4 per cent last month to be 2.8 per cent below its level a year ago. Dairy products, which comprise 47 per cent of the ANZ commodity price index, accounted for three of the four largest falls - butter fell 14 per cent, skim milk powder 12 per cent and whole milk powder 10 per cent. Pelt prices fell 14 per cent, cheese prices 4 per cent and beef prices 1 per cent. “It was not all one-way traffic, however, with six commodities posting a lift in prices,” said ANZ economist Steve Edwards. “Aluminium prices recorded the largest increase, lifting 6 per cent followed by sheepmeat prices which rose 3 per cent. The prices of wood pulp,

seafood and wool all increased 1 per cent, and lumber prices nudged up a quarter of 1 per cent.” Logs, kiwifruit, apples and venison were unchanged. The kiwi strengthened against the currencies of all New Zealand’s major trading partners, apart from Australia. So in New Zealand dollar terms the ANZ index fell 5 per cent to a 13-month low. Westpac economist Anne Boniface said strong growth in milk supply domestically and to some extent globally had been putting downward pressure on dairy prices, and this had been reflected in Fonterra’s recent GlobalDairyTrade auctions. “While we have passed the peak in commodity prices for now, we expect to see dairy prices broadly stabilise around current levels.” - APNZ

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 NZX 50 index

5,232.91

+23.7

+0.45%

 NZX 20 index

4,091.75 +22.95 +0.56%

 NZX All index

5,585.15 +28.77 +0.52%

 Rises 53

 Falls 39

WORLD MARKETS

 S&P/ASX 200 index

5,458.1

+9.3

+0.17%

At close of trading on May 2, 2014

 Dow Jones Indust.

16,558.87 –21.97 –0.13%

At close of trading on May 1, 2014

 FTSE 100 index

6,808.87 +28.84 +0.43% At close of trading on May 1, 2014

 Nikkei 225 index

14,457.51 –27.62 –0.19%

At close of trading on May 2, 2014

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

 Gold

1,278.5

London – $US/ounce

–10.0

 Silver

19.06

–0.78%

London – $US/ounce

–0.22

–1.14%

 Copper London – $US/tonne

6,670.5

–53.5

–0.8%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm May 2, 2014

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

0.9413 0.9598 5.7426 0.6341 1.6305 0.5189 90.05 2.011 9.2293 28.31 0.8764

TT sell

0.9151 0.9294 5.05 0.6108 1.5116 0.5028 86.60 1.7439 8.9003 27.01 0.8503

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Property Manager Veronica Property Urban Monaghan Manager Consultant 027 697 Veronica Kim 6948 Miller Monaghan 027 236 8627 027 697 6948

Property Manager PA to Annie Dwyer Property Kim Miller 027 287 3388 Manager Fay Merry Annie Dwyer 021 182 1502 027 287 3388

Phone (03) 307 8317 Phone (03) 307 8317

Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds theguardian.co.nz

EXECUTIVE HOME CLEANING & GARDENING LIMITED Sandra & John

03 307 8184 or 027 292 0180 Professional service and a friendly team for a job well done, experienced gardener.

Rooﬁng Specialists We specialise in:

•New roofs and re-roofs •Five Rib roofing •Corrugated roofing •Fascia, spouting and downpipes •Qualified fixers.

Free Measure & Quote

03 307 0593 or 0508-453-696 42 J.B. Cullen Drive

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HEAT PUMPS

sales@canterburylongrun.co.nz

PAINTING & DECORATING CONTRACTORS If you are renovating or building a new home you need someone to trust in all your PAINTING and DECORATING NEEDS – Commercial or Residential. • Interior decorating • Exterior decorating • Wallpapering • Waterblasting • Roof painting

KEEP YOUR HOME THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE

HEAT PUMPS Perfect all year round

• Wall or floor mounted available • Most models will continue to heat even with outside temperatures of minus 15°C

electriCOOL Ltd

Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems phone 0274 362 362 or 308 4573.

HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVER LICENCING Certified Assessor for licencing from Learner to Full • Licence classer 2 - 5 • Wheels, tracks & roller endorsements • NZTA Certified • Tranzqual Assessor Drive Rite - But Keep Left

For any enquiries call us today on Ph/Fax 308-8432 Mob 0274 332 259 Email: trudgeon@vodafone.co.nz

MOBILE MOWER SERVICING • Rotary Mowers • Ride-on Mowers • Water Blasters • Small Motor Repairs

Contact Paul McCormick

Phone 03 307 7402 Mob 027 433 5766

Stan Keeley, Owner

Ph 307 0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36

TV AERIAL SPECIALIST YOUR LOCAL TV RECEPTION SPECIALIST

GARDEN MAINTENANCE

ATTENTION: PROPERTY OWNERS For your rural, residential and commercial property maintenance, contact us. • Landscape and garden renovations • Ride-on lawn mowing • Gardening • Hedge trimming • Clean-ups

Don, Sue & Chris Cooper 027 339 6350 or a/h 03 308 9257

• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

• Your local authorised Freeview installer • Improved TV 1 Guaranteed • Extra Phone Points • TV and Video Tuning • Future Proof Pre-wire of New Homes • Authorised Sky Installer • Surround Sound Installation

ASHBURTON TV & AUDIO LTD Ph 308-7332 or 027-277-1062

John Sharman

Phone 0800 48 48 49 www.oasisclearwater.co.nz

Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

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air conditioning | heat pumps repairs | additions | audio visual Hartley Curd phone 0800 788 393 or 021 328 301 57 Dobson Street, Ashburton.

CALL Bo Houston on 022 414 9449

Sparkle ‘n‛ Shine

Want Something Built? Need Something Repaired?

are the go-to team for a range of cleaning services, including:

Locally owned & operated since 2010 • 40+ years experience in general engineering, specialising in plant maintenance and repair. • Custom fabrication - one off custom builds: fire guards, braziers, trailers etc • Certified welding: NZS 2980 • On site maintenance and repair as well as specialised workshop. • Farm machinery repair and maintenance • Pipeline and general construction www.pipelineconstruction.co.nz • Fitter/Machinist • CAD design P: 021 857 737 40 Methven-Chertsey Road

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House hand-overs After building cleans Commercial/ofﬁce cleaning Spouting Floors and carpets

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Windows and walls Ceilings Ovens Bathrooms And more!

At Sparkle ‘n‛ Shine we do it once and we do it properly!

Call us on (03) 308 1056 today.

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Do you feel secure in your home?

Repair: televisions, amplifiers, CD players, audio units, plus any other electronic servicing

Security doors made for your house.

Warrant agency for a wide range of manufacturers.

For a free measure and quote phone 308 2966 Custom made for your home

Ph: 307 8329 Fax: 307 6146 Mob: 027 4422 465 74 Cass Street, Ashburton

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The best and most cost efficient When we looked at getting our message across to as many of Mid-Canterbury’s population as we could, we found the best and most cost efficient way for us was the Ashburton Guardian.

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Our news, online, all the time.

The way they help get our profile across each week helps us with the key messages we want to communicate to our customers. Our consultant is friendly and efficient and when we are unsure she is quick to step in with the designers and create us something perfect. Thanks Ashleigh and the team at Ashburton Guardian.

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Mid Ca nterbury Sports Awards 2014 To be held Friday, May 16, 2014 at the Hotel Ashburton

Tickets sale! ON

• Sorry NO EFTPOS available • Adults $55 • Students $40

They can purchased at Sport Canterbury, Mid Canterbury Oﬃce in the Rural Transport Building Corner of East and South Street. • Monday – Friday 11.30 am to 5.00 pm • Or phone 307 0475 to order and arrange a pick up time

There are Senior and Junior sections in all categories and all nominations will be recognised on the night of the awards.

Proudly brought to you by - Ashburton Guardian, Ashburton Trust and Sport Canterbury MID CANTERBURY

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Mobil Ashburton Retail Sales Associates We are seeking friendly, confident and helpful people to join our team. You must love working with customers and must have a positive attitude together with great personal presentation. We have two positions available for Graveyard (Night Shift). Hours are 10pm to 8am 4 days on, 4 days off. You will be responsible for serving and assisting customers and for keeping the service station clean, tidy and fully stocked. You will be in a position of responsibility and must be able to take charge. Full training on systems will be given but previous Retail experience would be an advantage. For further Details please contact: Tyrone Burrowes Ph 03 3077140 tyrone@mobilashburton.co.nz Email CV’s or drop them into store

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Headstart Early Learning Centre is a small rural centre situated in Hinds, 15 minutes south of Ashburton. We are seeking a qualified Early Childhood Teacher or Teacher in their third year of study to work in our infants and toddler room. The person we are seeking must be mature, passionate and enthusiastic about early childhood. You must be a team player, have a high level of professionalism, motivation and organisational skills. Hours are 9.30am - 2pm, Monday to Friday, there may be times when you will be needed to work additional hours, and there is also an expectation to attend staff meetings and professional development courses as required. All applications need to be in by May 15, 2014. The start date will be May 26, 2014. For more information please contact: Jo Luxton on 303 7805 or email applications to headstartelc@gmail.com or post to Headstart Early Learning Centre RD5 - Ashburton 7775

HANDYMAN/ ROOFER Full time. Forward C.V. to:

apisl2008@ slingshot.co.nz or phone 03-347-2635 or text 027-349-4014

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Aluminium Joinery

Fabricator/Glazier We have a position for an experienced person to join our staff. A variety of work is available in our busy factory. Contact Dougal Moore Ph 308 8493 or 027 438 2301 Email: rylock.ash@xtra.co.nz

Guardian Motoring

Rural Post We are looking for a person who is honest, reliable and keen to join our Rural Post business. This will involve sorting and delivering of mail, parcels, papers and circulars. Phone

027 683 7654

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

Truck Driver Needed! Due to increased work load we require another driver Successful applicant must be physically fit, enthusiastic and hold a Class 5 truck license.

To apply call 021 327 318

Needing a new staff member?

307 7900

Call the Guardian today for your situation vacant advertising requirements. 307 7900

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Media Sales Consultant

your contact:

Cancellation of adverts booked with media will incur a media cancellation fee of $50.

44 Ashburton Guardian

Business is booming and sales are soaring.

Wanted

Want to be part of our success?

Contract Builder

Are you the type of person who loves a challenge, has to win, can juggle ten things at once, enjoys socialising and networking. If you are, you need to be working with us!

Looking for a change in 2014?

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Due to increasing workload we require the services of a contract builder to erect our range of Skyline Buildings. Opportunity for a carpenter wishing to become self employed or established builder looking for extra work. Good contract rates apply. Needs to be reliable, honest and have excellent customer relation skills. Contact Denis Trudgeon on 027 441 1659 or A/H 03 308 8159.

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Glass Fitter/Repair Person Person required for busy windscreen replacement and repair business to train in the fitting and replacement of all types of glass in automotive and machinery. Also other workshop duties. Must be reliable and hold a current driver license.

We have vacancy for a professional rural advertising sales consultant to join our newspaper and web sales team.

2014 Election – Trainers The Electoral Commission conducts New Zealand’s general elections, byelections and referenda and is currently preparing for the 2014 General Election to be held on Saturday, 20 September 2014. Returning Officers for each electorate are looking for experienced Trainers to assist them deliver the 2014 General Election. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of the democratic process. The Trainers’ role is fixed term. It involves periods of intensive work in the week leading up to election day and will include evening and weekend work. The ideal applicant will have a relevant tertiary qualification or experience to the equivalent level. Impartiality and integrity are essential. Flexibility and an ability to travel to training are required.

Please contact 03 308 8485, 03 308 8134, 027 434 5636

The role requires the applicant to have an awareness of and sensitivity to different cultural needs.

publication Ash

For an appointment for an interview.

Trainers deliver nationally-produced training to advance voting and election day staff in the four weeks before election day. An ability to engage adult audiences and accurately deliver prescribed material to them within a strict timeframe is essential. The successful applicant will have a strong customer focus, confident communication skills and the willingness to muck in to set up and dismantle training sites for each session.

job: WN16117

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To apply for this role please go to www.elections.org.nz Alternatively a job description and application form is available by emailing recruitment@elections.govt.nz or by phoning 04 806 3520.

307 7900

For weekend doctor and emergency details - please telephone the Methven Medical Centre, ph 302 8105. Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT provide an accident and emergency service. Except in cases of emergency persons requiring medical attention must consult their own or the duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must have a general practitioners note of referral.

A high level of professionalism, personal integrity, drive and motivation to succeed is expected as is a commitment to providing the best possible outcome for the client. We will provide you with the training and support to offer your clients a superior professional service, to bring them the results they expect and more. The Ashburton Guardian offers an excellent remuneration package and is a great place to work. If you are an experienced sales professional with a proven history of delivering the highest levels of client service to achieve your personal and professional goals, then you should apply in writing, with confidence to:

Desme Daniels General Manager Ashburton Guardian 03 307 7974 Closing date for applications is Friday, May 9, 2014.

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PHARMACIES

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring East Street, Ashburton, will be open from 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice. 9.30am - 12 noon Saturday, from 10am - 12 noon Sunday, and from 6pm - 7pm both DUTY DOCTORS evenings. This service is for emergency medical care only. Please remember your HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS Community Services Card. ASHBURTON HOSPITAL Tinwald Medical Centre, will be the duty GENERAL WARDS - (Medical and Surgical): doctor for Saturday until 8am Sunday. They DAILY, 2pm - 4pm and 6pm - 7.30pm will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon Children must be accompanied by an adult. and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment CHALMERS WARD - (including Assessment, necessary. Surgery phone 308 6565. Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN Sealy Street Medical Practice, will be VISITING. the duty doctor for Sunday until 8am MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm. Monday. They will hold surgery from 10am -Husbands and patient’s own children may until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm. appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, 1212. -unrestricted visiting.

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA

The ideal candidate will have previous experience selling within the rural sector, be sales focused and target orientated, bright, energetic, with an exceptional customer service ethic and a proven rural sales track record.

Applications close Monday, 26 May 2014.

Weekend Services MEDICAL SERVICES

This position will provide you with great opportunities to be innovative and creative in an exciting team environment. You will have the opportunity to work closely with rural business owners/managers to develop their own individual advertising strategy and will be responsible for advising, creating and implementing their advertising in Ashburton’s leading media.

ASHBURTON REST HOMES

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

HELPLINE SERVICES ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholicsanonymous.org.nz for more information.

MENTAL HEALTH Call free on 0800

222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP

24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer. Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message.

ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE Call us free on (0800 787 797). Lines open 10am - 10pm Seven days. LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353

COLDSTREAM HOUSE — DAILY, unrestricted visiting. OMMUNITY ERVICES CAMERON COURTS — DAILY, unrestricted visiting. ART GALLERY PRINCES COURT — DAILY, unrestricted Phone 308 1133. Baring Square East, visiting. Ashburton. Sat & Sun: 10.00am - 4.00pm Closed Public Holidays. EMERGENCY DENTIST If you do not have or cannot contact your ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Saturday: 10:00am - 1:00pm in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Sunday 1:00pm - 4:00pm Sundays and Public Holidays.

ASHBURTON MUSEUM

ANIMAL SERVICES

COMMUNITY POOL

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

Baring Square East, Ashburton. Ph 308 3167 DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Saturday-Sunday 1.00pm - 4.00pm Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 Closed Statutory Holidays. hour service Group Bookings by arrangement WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 9am - 5pm.

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton: Mon - Fri 5pm Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

INFORMATION CENTRES

ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm. Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. Phone 308-1050. METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org

BUS DEPARTURES

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service. Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802. BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm. Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021

1356 969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton. Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Toni Johnston. Small: Alex Avery.

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint after hours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 027 683 8000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend. CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, Main Rd, Methven. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Katherine Lewis. VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Lorna Humm. Small: Refer VetLife.

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Office Receptionist We are looking for an office receptionist that can demonstrate; • Excellent customer service and communication skills. • Accuracy and attention to detail. • The ability to work well within a team and individually. • Can do attitude.

If you enjoy working with people who are open minded, friendly and fun, appreciate an honest, supportive working environment… Look no further.

The Electoral Commission conducts New Zealand’s general elections, byelections and referenda and is currently preparing for the 2014 General Election to be held on Saturday, 20 September 2014. The Returning Officer for the Rangitata electorate is looking for an experienced Human Resources Manager to assist with the delivery of the 2014 General Election. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of the democratic process. This role is fixed term and requires commitment to full time work, which will include evening and weekend work, in the eight weeks before and four weeks after election day. Intermittent work is required before and after the full time period. Ideally you will have a relevant tertiary qualification or experience to the equivalent level. Impartiality and integrity are essential. Flexibility and an ability to travel to training and regional meetings are required. Your primary role is to assist the Returning Officer to lead the recruitment and payroll for the electorate headquarters and election day staff needed to deliver the election (up to 350). You will also assist with the management of operational processes and staff throughout the election period. The successful applicant will have operational management and administration experience. Experience in the Human Resources field would be an advantage but is not essential. Applications for secondments from within the public sector are welcome. To apply for this role please go to www.elections.org.nz Alternatively a job description and application form is available by emailing recruitment@elections.govt.nz or by phoning 04 806 3520.

SITUATIONS VACANT

N IO S S E R P IM D O O G A E K A M

2014 Election – Rangitata Electorate Human Resources Manager

Ashburton Guardian

This is a permanent part time position, hours of work 9am to 3pm.

Here you will find more than just a day job. You will be empowered to make a difference for the good of your community, while personally benefitting from the results of your work.

Please send a current CV to The Manager AshburtonRv P O Box 5012, Ashburton

LABOURER/OPERATOR

Beach Road Dairy

ASHBURTON Do you love the outdoors and want to be involved in the maintenance of flood protection works based at our Ashburton depot?

We have a position available in our busy store. • We are looking for an honest, reliable and customer friendly employee • A current Liquor license is required • Experience would be an advantage however full training will be provided. • You will be required to do shift work, up to 25 hours per week, our open hours are 7am - 8pm, 7 days a week • You must be able to work unsupervised and also in a busy team environment • We offer the successful applicant an attractive hourly rate. If this sounds like you, please deliver your CV with a cover letter to Beach Road Dairy, 30 Beach Road, Ashburton.

The role is varied and involves working in local rivers and surrounding areas to establish and maintain river protection, tree plantings and structures, noxious weed control, tree felling and clearance. You will use 4wd vehicles, tractors, chainsaws, spray equipment and other light machinery so experience is desirable. You will be required to be available for work during emergency events. To be suited to this role you will have a good knowledge of health and safety, planning and organisational ability. You will be able to work independently and unsupervised whilst producing a high standard of work within a team environment. For further details on the skills we are seeking for this role and to apply online please visit our website or call 0800 324 636 to get an application posted out to you (you must submit a CV with the application form).

VACANCY 3651 CLOSES 18 MAY 2014

Sound like a great opportunity? Then join us! APPLY AT: CAREERS.ECAN.GOVT.NZ OR PHONE 0800 324 636

Initiative, drive, can-do attitude?

Mon-Fri 8am – 5.30pm Sat 10am – 1pm

0800 LASER 4 U (0800 527 374) www.laserelectrical.co.nz

Applications close Friday, 16 May 2014.

www.elections.org.nz We’re currently looking for great people to join our team. If you think you’ve got what it takes, we’d like to hear from you.

Birthday Greetings

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Kara McGoon Happy 4th Birthday miss Kara. Love from Mum, Dad, Nyomi and Sekali. xxx

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Nyomi McGoon Happy 4th Birthday Omi. Lots of love Mum, Dad, Sekali and Kara. xxx

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Initiative, drive, can-do attitude?

YOUR LOCAL

Kara and Nyomi McGoon Happy 4th Birthday girls. Lots of love Nana and Grandad.

PAINTING

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our ground floor office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

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PROFESSIONALS

We’re currently looking for great people to join our team. If you think you’ve got what it takes, we’d like to hear from you. Malvern News

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

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

WANTED

$ CASH PAID $ $ $ $ FOR SCRAP $

(Off McNally Street)

Phone 308-8959 or 027-228-1467 anytime

SOLAR-SHADE-WINDOWTINTING. Controlling the Sun. Best Product, best installation, best price. Lifetime warranties. Ph 0800 473 242, www.hpwf.co.nz

$1.79 kg

Tomatoes 500gm Kiwifruit 1kg Red Kumara 1kg Pears 1kg

$1.99 $1.99 $2.99 $1.99

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Specials available from 29/04 - 06/05

Licensed Buyer Dealer

10A McGregor Lane Riverside Estate

COMPUTER PROBLEMS? For prompt, reliable service, contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton, ph 308 8989, 30 years local experience. SUPERGOLD discount card accepted.

HOME handyman available. Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

Bananas

Mid-Canterbury Metal Recycling

COLLECTOR - pays top price for old bottles, old metal advertising signs, or any petrol or oil company items. Phone or text 021 034 9001.

CARPET-2-U sales and installation of carpet, vinyl and tiles. Phone Mike Gill on 027 491 4210.

PLANTS, PRODUCE

Copper, Brass, Aluminium etc.

TRADES, SERVICES

4 TINT-A-WINDOW solar protective films, UV block, fade, heat and glare control, privacy and safety films for glass. FREE quotes - 20 years local service, Bill Breukelaar - phone 0800 368 468. www.tintawindow.co.nz

RURAL TRADING POST

BUYERS OF ALL METALS

WANTED

TRADES, SERVICES

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Saturday, May 3, 2014

OPEN 7 DAYS

Need help with autumn drilling?

Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

Great after maize stubble.

Fresh Fruit & Vege

6 metre Simba Horsch plus roller minimum till, full cultivation, direct drill, broadcast seeding.

RURAL TRADING POST PERSONAL

Prices start at $60/ha Owner/operator with 25 years experience

For quotes phone 021 720 369

J&A Jones Contracting

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Professional No job to big or to small window tinting for cars, homes and offices. Quality films for privacy, UV (fading), RURAL TRADING POST RURAL TRADING POST PLANTS, PRODUCE heat, safety and security. Phone Craig Rogers your 12HA KALE, straw also 6 V BOTTOM kuyf silos, CONVENTIONAL pea straw ONLY local applicator available, close to Winchmore $1700 + GST o.n.o. Phone bales for sale. Weed free. $5 307 6347 or 0800TINTER. Hall. Phone 027 222 5360. 302 5866 or 027 259 4644. per bale delivered. Phone Member of Master Tinters 303 7680 / 027 390 0002. NZ.

APRIL/MAY CALF SHED BEDDING SPECIAL. 10% REAL PEOPLE discount on bulk orders for REAL LOVE our premium woodmulch delivered in April/May. No more lonely Guaranteed 100% untreated weekends or internet wood/bark. NO DEMOLITION MATERIALS USED HERE. dating disasters. Sawdust also available. Your personal Adams Sawmilling, Malcolm McDowell Road. Ph 308- matchmaker will handpick 3595. your ideal partner.

PLANTS, PRODUCE MEADOW hay wanted. Small bales suitable for horses. Please phone 308 3422.

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308-1095

MOTORCYCLES

SCOOTER, 2009, Piaggo, 49cc. 4 stroke, mint condition, jet black. Phone 308 2440.

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.

Someone wonderful is waiting to meet you right now, so call today and get in touch as soon as tonight.

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Ph 0800 856 640

307 7900

www.lovesuccess.co.nz

Daily Events Saturday 9.00am - 12noon ASHBURTON DISTRICT FARMERS MARKET. Weekly farm fresh produce, plants, coffee, food and more. North end of the West Street car park. 9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Large variety of toys for hire. Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

Sunday 8.00am ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street. 8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Wonderful views. Lake Heron + see the Salmon. Harrison Bight/Mellish Stream. Meet at Ashburton Courthouse. All welcome. Ph Jenny 308 6862. 8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Thomson Street, Tinwald. 9.00am ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Harrison Street. 9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele. Church lounge, Baring Sq East.

Monday 9.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road 9.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 12noon ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, all welcome. Upstairs 254 Cameron Street.

10.00am - 12noon ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10.00am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET. Saturday’s in the West Street Car park.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service with communion led by Rev Rodney Routledge. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Radio controlled aeroplane flying, weather permitting. Lovett’s Road, Maronan Road.

9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship - Pastoral Day led by Mary Harrison & Valmai McKenzie, all welcome, 65 Oxford Street.

10.00am ASHBURTON M.S.A. QUOITS. All welcome to have a throw. Racecourse Road M.S.A. Sports ground.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Service for Wheels Week Plus with Rev David Brown, Cnr Havelock and Park Street. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will play a Hidden Pairs. Drawn pairs. Rakaia Golf Course. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street. 10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion followed by Parish A.G.M. Park Street. 10.00am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10.00am - 2.00pm ASHBURTON COUNTY LIONS. “It’s in the Bag” accessory sale. Pre-loved jewellery, scarves, handbags etc for sale. Former Fashion Focus Store, Countdown Complex, East St. 10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

10.30am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD. Workday with Jo Dixey - black work/ silk shading. Ashburton Senior Centre, Cameron Street. 11.00am - 4.00pm THE PLAINS RAILWAY. Open Day - Railcar rides operating. Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10.00am - 3.00pm NATIONAL ALPACA DAY (NZAA). Open day farm visit. All welcome. 1319 Grahams Road, Ashton.

12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome. Racecourse Road.

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

10.30am EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping god and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

5.00pm ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Evensong. Park Street.

10.30am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD. Workday with Jo Dixey - black work/ silk shading. Ashburton Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Seafield Road.

6.00pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. eal women circuit training in the hall, St Andrews Church, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong counting. All welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, The Domain, Philip Street.

6.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road.

7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall). 7.00pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown in the Sinclair Centre, cnr Havelock and Park Streets.

7.30pm TINWALD INDOOR BOWLS CLUB. All welcome to come and have a bowl. Tinwald Hall, entry off McMurdo Street.

Classifieds www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, May 3, 2014

GRAZING

EDUCATION

Fodderbeet and Sugarbeet also available. We have standing Grass and Lucerne available at very good prices. Lock in feed now to prolong milking this season or to hit the ground running come spring time. Take advantage of the recent good growth which has seen pricing ease on standing silage feed.

Call one of our salesmen now for more details James 027 436 9989 Ricky 027 436 9317

CLOSING DOWN SALE 40% OFF everything! SALE ON NOW!

115 Racecourse Road Ph/Fax 308 9902 Annual general meeting Sunday, May 18, 2014 Card room M.S.A, Burnett St. 10.00am All members and intending members Urged to attend Kath Muir secretary

Trail Ride Geraldine

www.countrymanor.co.nz

HANMER SPRINGS. Modern, fully furnished three bedroom home. Sleeps eight, all mod cons, pellet fire and heat-pump, Sky TV, two bathrooms, Portacot and high-chair. Short walk to village. $130 per night. Phone 027 223 0761.

HIRE

GENERAL hire. LawnSuzuki Trials mowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. Sunday, May 4 All your DIY / contracting The Spurs, Beautiful Valley work, Call and see U-Hire Signposted Geraldine/Fairlie Ashburton. 588 East Street. Highway. Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm; Sign on 9.30am Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8am - 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 High country farmland 8061 A/h: 308 7460 and forestry. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz Spark arrestor/muffler compulsory. Enquiries Grenville 027 291 1239.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

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

LET OR LEASE

OFFICE SPACES AVAILABLE. Parking, fibre optic hub, 24 hour access, security monitored. Clean and tidy. Lease options. $PBN. Phone 021 554 570.

Guardian Classifieds 307 7900

GRAZING GRAZ4U LIMITED. May to May grazing available for large numbers of 1 yo dairy heifers. Winter Grazing for R2's and Cows available. 5 Hectares of fodder beet to be bought harvested and taken off farm. A Contractor is available. Please contact: Sarah: 027 206 6760 or Matthew Bird: 027 608 3226. GRAZIERS required to accommodate increased demand for dairy heifer grazing and winter cow grazing, immediate, or May 1, 2014. For all grazing requirements. Contact Phone: Matt cellphone no: 027 608 3226.

Enquires and enrolments Phone Charmaine Quaid 302 4726

charming, inspiring, revolutionary Founder of Save the Children Fundraiser Show Ashburton College Auditorium 6.30pm Saturday 3 May Book at Regent Cinema Tel 03 307 1230 Cash door sales from 5.30pm

MEETINGS, EVENTS

June 1, 2014

Public Concert

presents a recital by TRESOLI Rosemary Stott (piano) Susan Farmer (violin) Jenny Davey (cello)

Saturday October 13, at 7.30pm Sinclaire Centre, Park Street, Ashburton Admission by programme at door. Adults $15. Members $10 and Students FREE. Supper will be served. ASHBURTON MUSICAL CLUB

We currently have funds available to distribute in grants for the following purposes in the Canterbury area: • Research, treatment, provision of equipment in relation to, and the education and training of skilled persons relative to, the disease of cancer. • Research, development, education for, training and expansion of, the science and practice of agriculture. • The needs of young people who suffer physical or mental disabilities or have less chance in life than their peers. Applications close at 5pm, Friday, May 23, 2014. For further information and application forms, please contact: The Secretary Mackenzie Charitable Foundation C/- Croys Ltd Level 2, 161 Burnett Street PO Box 582 Ashburton 7740 Phone 03 308 8353 Email: mcf@croys.co.nz www.mcf.org.nz

GRAZING

Commencing Monday, May 5 5.30pm to 6.15pm

64th Annual Ploughing Match

Somerset House, 284 East Street, Ashburton

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village. Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

• “Hip Hop Street Dance / Jazz Funk” for girls and boys from 7 – 9 years.

Y.F.C Hinds

The perfect time to get your gifts for Mother’s Day!

ASHBURTON CLUB & M.S.A. OUTDOOR BOWLING CLUB GREEN & PAVILION

Announces new dance class for Term 2

EGLANTYNE

PUBLIC NOTICES

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

HORSE grazing urgently required, prefer close to Tinwald, but anything considered. Responsible owner, References available. HIGH quality supervised Ph 027 479 1730. grazing available for Rising 1 Heifers, now, or at May 1, 2014. For all grazing requirements. Contact: Matt cellphone no: 027 608 3226.

CHURCH SERVICES

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 Website

www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10.00am Morning Service Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison LIFE 2 da MAX (Kids Church) Creche Available Refreshments to follow. 6.00pm House of Prayer ALL VERY WELCOME

ENTERTAINMENT

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Church Services

Milking Quality Grass and Lucerne for Sale.

Phone 03 307 7335

Ashburton Guardian

GRAZING

WINTER grazing available, 25 hectare of kale and supplements in the Westerfield area. Please phone 0274 612 285.

Guardian Situations Vacant

Ian and Christine Lowe’s start time 10.30am all classes cated for.

All welcome Entries:

Neil Ross 302 6055 Robger Smith 302 6647

GRAZING WINTER GRAZING. Kale in Mayfield area (numbers to suit). Transition grass, covered barley straw, quality grass balage. Good cattle yards. Experienced grazier. Sold standing or per head per week. Phone Andrew 027 470 1067.

GARAGE SALES

HEALTH & BEAUTY

PAULA MOLINA FitDance Academy New morning classes coming soon: Zumba Dance Zumba Step Offers classes: Zumba Dance-Cardio Zumba Sentao-Toning Pilates for Beginners Information or Registration by Facebook: ZumbaFitness Ashburton

email: paulamolina.zumba @gmail.com or phone 027 856 5143

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL HOUSE Sharer wanted. Mature professional woman seeks person or couple to share her centrally located home. Tastefully fully furnished, including bedroom, if needed. Must be in full time employment. $170p.w. Food extra. Phone 0274 308 848.

5B HUGH Street, Saturday, 8am start. Household effects, washing machine, bedroom and lounge furniture, TV, garden furniture.

FOR rent, one bedroom, spacious and modern, fully self contained flat. Power included for $270pw. 027 281 4303.

FOR SALE

NEW self-contained studio unit to rent. $200 week includes all furniture, Sky tv, power. Bond required, no pets and non-smokers. Suit those looking for short term. 027 267 5403.

1995 TOYOTA HILUX 4WD and detachable 2004 camper plus a 2010 detachable deck and toolbox. Ideal for Farmers and Tradespeople. See TradeMe reserve $29,000. Call 027 2800 889 for more information. OLD man pine logs $45 per tonne. Green old man pine $120. Green blue gum $140. Semi fry old man pine $150 all 3.6 m3. Phone Shane James Firewood 303 7063.

TO LET - Three bedroom permanent material family home. Double garage. Quiet west side location. Logburner & under floor electric heating. $340 per week. Available long term from May 16. No pets. Non smokers only. Telephone 308 8807.

SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four ADULT wheel electric scooters and ENTERTAINMENT wheel chairs. Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric ANGEL - tall, busty, Mobility Ashburton today. attractive. In/out calls. Private premises. Phone 022 122 Phone 308-3602 0683.

131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School Hall) Sunday Morning 10.30am Sunday Evening 7pm Wednesday night Bible Study, 15 Cross Street 7pm

Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ For more info please call Sundays @10.00am Pastor Mike Grove Including 308 4695 Children’s church Everyone is welcome. See you at Cnr Cass & Cameron St’s Assembly Of God Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

We hope to see you this Sunday!

Sunday Meeting 10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton

St David’s Church 48 Allens Road Everyone welcome www.st-davids.org.nz

You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

BORED out of your tree, need some excitement? Give me a call. Xander. Busty and attractive. Phone 021 0233 9259 (no texting) No time wasters. HONEY - Fun energetic. Treat day and night. New to town. Lots fun. 020 4023 2886.

Guardian Real Estate Call the Guardian for all your classified requirements. 307 7900

Looking for a builder with a little more experience?  Housing  Commercial  Farm Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote.

Ph 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258

Building –

it’s what we know and it’s what we do best. That’s why clients have chosen us, again and again.

CARAVANS, TRAILERS

307 7900

CINDY Kiwi, 36, size 6, CARAVAN around 18’ to 25’ attractive, busty, long hair. wanted. British or U.K. type GFE. Phone calls only. New preferred. Don’t mind repairs. location, 027 448 7011. Phone 027 938 5344.

211 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton (03) 307 61 30 www.calderstewart.co.nz

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Saturday, May 3, 2014 TV ONE

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TV THREE

6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Come Dine With Me Omnibus 11:25 Tagata Pasifika Noon Cook Me The Money 3 1pm F Mexican Food Made Simple 0 1:30 How To Cook Like Heston (Starting Today) 3 0 2pm Four Weddings PGR 3pm Keep Calm And Carry On 3 0 3:30 Coastwatch PGR 3 0 3:55 North (Starting Today) 3 0 4:25 Get Fresh With Al Brown 3 0 4:55 N Coasters 0 5:25 N The Fishing Show Perfect weather allows Matt and the team to fish from reefs; they go in search of crayfish; the day ends with big snapper. 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Country Calendar A Sydney-based corporate high-flier returns to run the family farm when her father dies suddenly. 0 7:30 F MasterChef Masterclass 0 8:30 Endeavour AO 0 10:30 Call the Midwife PGR 3 0

6am Pocoyo 3 0 6:05 Poppet Stars 0 6:10 The Adventures Of Chuck And Friends 3 0 6:30 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 6:55 The Amazing World Of Gumball 3 0 7:20 Teen Titans Go! 0 7:45 Phineas And Ferb 3 0 8:10 Green Lantern – The Animated Series 0 8:40 Adventure Time 3 0 9:05 Secret Mountain Fort Awesome PGR 0 9:20 Regular Show PGR 3 0 9:30 Just The Job 3 0 10am Fresh 10:30 Rodney 3 0 11am Wipeout 3 0 Noon The Bachelorette PGR 3 0 1:55 Switched At Birth PGR 0 2:55 The Fosters PGR 3:55 Posh Nosh 0 4:05 Extreme Makeover – Home Edition 3 0 6pm The Amazing Race 0 7pm M The Sorcerer’s Apprentice 2010 Adventure. Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel. 0 8pm L Lotto This week’s Lotto draw. 8:05 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Continued. 9:10 M 50/50 AO 2011 Comedy Drama. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Outdoors With Geoff 3 The hunters’ skills are tested when the stags are roaring in the Canterbury hills. 7am Gone Fishin’ 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation 10:30 F Both Worlds 3 11:05 House Rules PGR 3 12:05 House Rules 3 1:05 House Rules PGR 3 2:05 F House Rules 3 3:25 F The Great Food Race 3 5pm Gone Fishin’ 5:30 Modern Family At a Pritchett family yard sale held by Jay and Gloria to help a fund-raiser at Luke and Manny’s school, Phil cannot decide what to buy or sell. 0 6pm 3 News

11:35 M Vicky Cristina Barcelona AO 2008 Romantic Drama. Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem. 0 1:20 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:20 Neighbourhood 3 0 4:05 Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

11:10 M Warrior AO 2011 Action. Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte. 0 1:50 M Machete AO 2010 Action Thriller. Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Robert De Niro. 0 3:40 The Bachelor Pad PGR 0 5:05 Fresh 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

12:10 M Away We Go AO 3 2009 Comedy Drama. John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Maggie Gyllenhaal. 2:15 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

CHOICE TV 6am What’s Really In Our Food? 6:30 Better Homes And Gardens 8am Selling London 8:30 World’s Greenest Homes 9am Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 9:30 Trish’s Paris Kitchen 10am You Live In What? 11am Auction 11:30 Million Dollar Contractor Noon House Crashers 12:30 Great British Garden Revival 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm Selling London 3:30 World On Wheels 4pm The Apartment Hosted and judged by Jamie Durie. 5pm Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British The bikers explore the nation’s culinary heritage and uncover the stories behind Britain’s favourite dishes. 6pm Carter Can 6:30 Jimmy’s Forest 7:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 8:35 A History Of Scotland 9:45 Outcasts AO In 2045, a fleet of anti-matter transporters departed Earth for a newly-discovered, lifesupporting planet. 11pm The Apartment Hosted and judged by Jamie Durie.

SUNDAY

Midnight Jimmy’s Forest 1am Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 2am Carter Can 2:30 Flatmates AO 3am A History Of Scotland 4am Outcasts 5am Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British

7pm Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Home Cooking PGR 0 7:30 Ice Road Truckers PGR 0 8:30 F CSI – New York AO 0 9:30 M State of Play AO 3 2009 Thriller. A rising congressman and an investigative journalist become embroiled in a case of seemingly unrelated killings. Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels. 0

FOUR

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Sticky TV 3 8:30 Rugrats 3 9am Rocket Power 9:25 Redakai 3 10:10 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm iCarly 5:30 Big Time Rush 3 6pm M Surf’s Up 2007 Animated Comedy. A behind-thescenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, the up-andcoming Cody Maverick. Voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, James Woods. 0 7:50 M Charlie St Cloud PGR 3 2010 Drama. A young man grieving for his younger brother takes a job as caretaker of the cemetery and finds he can be reunited with his brother every night. Zac Efron, Kim Basinger. 9:55 The Simpsons AO 0 10:25 F Friends with Benefits AO 10:55 Excused AO 3

6am Home Shopping 11:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? UK 3 Noon NRL Fulltime (Highlights) Round Eight. 12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 3pm Bondi Rescue PGR 3:30 Our Queen 3 4:30 Addicted To Fishing In Tairua, Nicky meets fisherman Carl Muir, and the pair negotiate kingfish. 5pm Fishing And Adventure Continuing from last week’s huntergatherer trip on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, the boys enjoy some land-based action before tackling kingfish. 5:30 Prime News 6pm Junior MasterChef UK 6:30 MasterChef USA

11:45 Infomercials

11:45 F Torchwood – Miracle Day AO 3 When Torchwood takes its place in a final attempt to discover the truth behind Miracle Day, a sacrifice must be made for the sake of the human race. 12:50 Home Shopping

7:30 New Tricks PGR A woman’s paternity test leads to the reopening of a murder case from the 1980s; feathers are ruffled when a retired police officer joins the team. 8:35 Silent Witness AO (Part 2) 9:45 Rugby – Super Rugby Chiefs v Lions. From Waikato Stadium, Hamilton.

MAORI TV 10am Toku Reo 3 2pm The Big Hit 3 2:30 Kanikani Mai 3 3:30 2014 Waka Ama Sprints 3 4:30 Pumanawa 3 5pm F Pumanawa A visit to Te Puia in Rotorua to discover the history of the tourist attraction. 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Journey To The West 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 M The Swan Princess 1994 Family. An evil sorcerer kills a

THE BOX 6am Gator Boys PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Lie To Me MV 8:10 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes. 10:15 Raw MC 1:10 The Pretender Marathon PG 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes. 7pm The Simpsons PG Three terrifying Halloween tales. 7:30 Modern Family PGL 8pm Combat Pawn PG 8:30 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 9pm We’re The Fugawis PGL 9:30 Gator Boys PG 10:30 Lie To Me MV 11:30 Criminal Intent MV

SUNDAY

12:30 The Pretender Marathon PG 3:50 Criminal Intent MV 4:45 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 5:10 We’re The Fugawis PGL 5:35 The Simpsons PG

6am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Rebels v Sharks. 8am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Blues v Reds. 10am Boxing – Mayweather v Maidana 10:30 Sky Sports News UK 11am Sport 365 11:30 Sterlo 12:30 Rugby League – Anzac Test (Highlights) Kangaroos v Kiwis. 1pm Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) 1:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) 2pm Rugby League – Anzac Test (Replay) 4pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 4:30 L Rugby – Super Rugby Crusaders v Brumbies. 6:35 L Rugby – Super Rugby Chiefs v Lions. 9:35 L Rugby – Super Rugby Waratahs v Hurricanes. From Allianz Stadium in Sydney.

Midnight Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) 12:30 Total Rugby 12:55 L Rugby – Super Rugby Stormers v Highlanders. 3am L Rugby – Super Rugby Bulls v Cheetahs. 5:05 Rugby League – Anzac Test (Highlights) 5:35 Total Rugby

SKY SPORT 2 king, kidnaps the princess and turns her into a swan until she agrees to marry him. John Cleese, Jack Pallance. 9:30 M Balibo AO 3 2009 Thriller. War correspondent Roger East and the young Jose RamosHorta travel to East Timor to investigate the murders of the Balibo Five in 1975. Bea Viegas, Christine Martins, Ana Rosa Mendoça. New Tricks 11:20 Te Kaea 3 2 7:30pm on Prime 11:50 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Call 911 6:30 MythBusters PG 7:30 MythBusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Game Of Pawns PG 10am What Happened Next? PG 10:30 Deadliest Catch PG 12:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 1:30 MythBusters PG 2:30 Auction Hunters PG 3pm Auction Hunters PG 3:30 Gold Rush PG 4:30 Magic Of Science PG 5pm Deadly Dilemmas M 5:30 Mighty Planes PG 6:30 Manhunt M 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Treehouse Masters PG 9:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 10:30 Moonshiners M 11:30 Game Of Pawns PG

SUNDAY

Midnight Auction Hunters PG 12:30 Dixie Mafia M 1:30 What Happened Next? PG 2am Howe And Howe Tech PG 3am Howe And Howe Tech PG 4am Howe And Howe Tech 5am MythBusters PG

MOVIES PREMIERE

State of Play

9:30pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS

7:30 Here Comes The Boom MVL 2012 Comedy. Kevin James, Salma Hayek. 9:15 Company Of Heroes 16VL 2013 War Action. Tom Sizemore, Vinnie Jones. 10:55 The Hunger Games MV 2012 Action. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson. 1:20 Dark Shadows MVL 2012 Comedy. Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer. 3:15 Here Comes The Boom MVL 2012 Comedy. Kevin James, Salma Hayek. 5pm Jack The Giant Slayer MV 2013 Adventure. Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor. 6:55 Save Your Legs ML 2012 Comedy. 8:30 Looper 16VL 2012 Thriller. 10:30 End Of Watch 18VL 2012 Crime.

6:50 Too Young To Marry PG 2007 Drama. Dillion Casey, Nina Dobrev. 8:20 Signs M 2002 Sci-fi Thriller. Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin. 10:05 Harrison’s Flowers R16 2001 Drama. Adrien Brody, Andie MacDowell. 12:05 The Other Side 16C 2011 Scifi. Joe Flanigan, John Rhys-Davies. 1:35 Bring It On MS 2000 Drama. Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku. 3:15 Two For The Money MLS 2005 Drama. Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo. 5:15 Mr Deeds MVL 2002 Comedy. 6:50 Lara Croft – Tomb Raider MV 2001 Action Adventure. 8:30 Lara Croft Tomb Raider – The Cradle Of Life MV 2003 Action. 10:30 Repo Men 18V 2010 Action.

12:20 Whiskey Business PGC 2012 Comedy. 1:45 Save Your Legs ML 2012 Comedy. 3:15 End Of Watch 18VL 2012 Crime. 5am Looper 16VL 2012 Thriller.

12:20 The Making Of Fast And Furious M 2009 12:35 Two For The Money MLS 2005 Drama. 2:35 Mr Deeds MVL 2002 Comedy. 4:10 Repo Men 18V 2010 Action.

SUNDAY

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

3May14

6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Golf – European Tour (Highlights) The Championship – Round Two. 7am L Golf – US PGA Tour Wells Fargo Championship – Round Two. From Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. 11am L Golf Central 11:30 Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) North Texas Shootout – Round Two. Noon Golf – European Tour (Highlights) The Championship – Round Two. 12:30 Grassroots Rugby 1:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Blues v Reds. 2pm Cycling – UCI World Tour (Replay) Tour de Romandie – Day Four. 3:30 Sky Sports News UK 4pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds v West Coast Fever. From Netball SA Stadium in Adelaide. 6pm #SkySpeed 6:30 Darts – Premier League (Replay) 9:30 Fox Sports News 10:30 Fight Night Sergey Kovalev v Cedric Agnew.

SUNDAY

12:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Replay) 2:15 L Cycling – UCI World Tour Tour de Romandie – Day Five. The riders travel 174km around Fribourg. 4am Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) 4:30 Golf – European Tour (Highlights) 5am L Golf – US PGA Tour Wells Fargo Championship – Round Three. From Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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6am Rural Delivery 3 6:25 60 Minute Makeover 3 7:10 Sunday 3 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 10am Marae 2 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Football – English Premier League Everton v Manchester City. From Goodison Park in Liverpool. 1:30 Road To The 2014 Fifa World Cup 2:30 Road To Rio 3:35 Fair Go 3 0 4:05 F Islands On The Edge 0 5:20 Planet Dinosaur 0 6pm One News 0

6am Fireman Sam 3 0 6:10 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:15 Pocoyo 3 0 6:25 Art Attack 3 0 6:50 Henry Hugglemonster 0 7:10 The Looney Tunes Show 3 0 7:35 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 8am What Now? 10am Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 12:05 Pretty Little Liars 3 0 1:05 Twisted PGR 2:05 Scrubs PGR 3 0 2:35 Super Fun Night PGR 0 3:05 Trophy Wife PGR 0 3:35 Home And Away 3 0 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 6:30 M Finding Nemo 2003 Animated. Voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Eric Bana. 0

7pm Sunday 0 7:30 F MasterChef New Zealand The top two duos face three challenges to decide who will win the MasterChef New Zealand title. 0 9:30 Mr Selfridge 0 10:30 Rake AO 0

8:30 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD AO 0 9:30 The Tomorrow People 0 10:30 M Amusement AO 2008 Horror. Three women are stalked by a killer with a grudge that extends back to their childhoods. Katheryn Winnick, Laura Breckenridge, Jessica Lucas. 0

11:40 Q+A 3 12:50 Attitude 3 A surfing accident in 2013 upset Amanda Lowry’s world. One year on, Amanda is adjusting to her new life as a tetraplegic. 0 1:20 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:30 Infomercials

12:10 M The Dirty Teacher AO 2013 Thriller. 1:45 Supernatural – The Animation AO 2:35 Robotomy AO 2:45 Infomercials 3:20 20/20 3 0 4:05 It Is Written 3 4:35 Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am World On Wheels 6:30 Christ Embassy 7am The Apartment 8am Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 8:55 A History Of Scotland Noon Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 1pm Jimmy’s Forest 2pm Carter Can 2:30 Early Edition 3:30 Clodagh McKenna – Irish Food Trails 4pm Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 4:30 Timothy Spall – Somewhere At Sea 5pm Military Driving School PGR 5:30 The World Of Stonehenge 6:30 Sandmasters 6:55 Gourmet Farmer 7:20 Coast 8:30 Better Man AO The true story of 25-year old Vietnamese-Australian Van Nguyen, who was convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore and executed for his crime in 2005. 9:45 Orchid Hunter 11pm Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 11:30 Early Edition

MONDAY

12:30 Sandmasters PGR 1am Gourmet Farmer 1:30 Coast 2:30 Better Man AO 3:30 Orchid Hunter 4:30 What’s Really In Our Food? 5am The World Of Stonehenge

TV THREE

FOUR

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong 7am Charles Stanley 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 8:30 Turning Point With David Jeremiah 9am Re-Think 9:30 Three60 10am The Nation 11am The Best Of Campbell Live 11:35 3rd Degree 3 12:30 ‘Til Death PGR 1pm Entertainment Tonight Weekend 2pm Big Angry Fish PGR 3 2:30 Motorsport – NHRA 3pm Motorsport – V8 SuperTourers (Highlights) Round four action. 4pm Motorsport – MotoGP Coverage from round three from Argentina. 5pm The Block – Sky High The extra apartment is ready for renovation. 6pm 3 News 7pm The Simpsons 0 7:30 Kevin’s Grand Design (Starting Today) 3 Series that follows Kevin McCloud over five years as he sets out to prove people can have beautiful, affordable, eco homes for the same price as low-cost housing. 0 8:30 The Blacklist AO 0 9:25 Hawaii Five-0 AO 0 10:25 House of Cards AO

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion 3 7:25 The Wild Thornberrys 3 0 7:50 The X’s 8:10 Rugrats 3 8:35 Rocket Power 9am Fanboy And Chum Chum 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm iCarly 5:30 Big Time Rush 3 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 0 6:30 Survivor – Brawn v Brains v Beauty

11:35 Ben And Steve – World Famous In… AO (Starting Today) 3 12:35 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

11pm F The League AO The race is on for the Shiva and the Sacko Bowls. 11:30 Entertainment Tonight Weekend The biggest entertainment stories of the last week. 12:25 Infomercials

7:30 Glee PGR 8:30 M Cocoon – The Return AO 3 1988 Sci-fi. Those who left with the aliens are able to revisit Earth, as the Antareans must retrieve the remaining pods, which have been discovered by curious oceanographers. Don Ameche, Courtney Cox, Steve Guttenberg, Jessica Tandy. 0

PRIME

11:45 Colour Of War – American Story PGR 3 Featuring original colour footage, a documentary depicting the lead up to the Second World War, starting in Germany as things deteriorate at the start of the Great Depression. 12:50 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 2pm Ahuwhenua (Starting Today) 3 Featuring Kapenga M Trust. 2:30 Marae DIY 3 Opeke Marae, Opotiki. 3:30 Rugby League – UK Super League Teams TBA. 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Whakatauki 3 Proverbs that refer to warfare. 6:30 Ka Tu Ka Korero PGR Kingi helps Attiya Andrews to speak out as an advocacy lawyer.

THE BOX 6am The Pretender Marathon PG 9:20 Lie To Me MV 10:15 The Simpsons Marathon PG 12:20 Modern Family PGL 12:45 Gator Boys PG 1:40 Combat Pawn PG 2:05 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 2:30 We’re The Fugawis PGL 2:55 Raw MC 5:45 Main Event MC 6:45 SmackDown! MC 8:30 CSI MV 9:30 CSI MV 10:30 Underbelly – The Golden Mile MC 11:30 Main Event MC

MONDAY

12:30 SmackDown! MC 2:15 CSI MV 3:05 CSI MV 3:55 Underbelly – The Golden Mile MC 4:45 America’s Funniest Home Videos PGL 5:10 Modern Family PGL 5:35 Combat Pawn PG

SKY SPORT 1

6am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Waratahs v Hurricanes. 8am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Stormers v Highlanders. 10am Soccer Saturday Noon Sport 365 12:30 Cycling – UCI World Tour (Replay) Tour de Romandie – Day Five. 2pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens v NSW Swifts. From Hisense Arena in Melbourne. 4pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds v Mainland Tactix. From Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Broadbeach. 6pm Sky Sport – What’s On 6:30 Super Rugby Review A look at the highs and lows of the latest round of the Super Rugby. 7pm L Netball – ANZ 7pm Storage Wars PGR 3 Championship 7:30 Antiques Roadshow Northern Mystics v Southern 8:30 Wild Brazil Steel. 9:40 Ross Kemp – Extreme From The Trusts Arena in World AO Marseille is the Auckland. gateway between Europe and Africa, and a major transit 9pm Road to Glasgow point for drugs, weapons and 9:30 Rugby Nation Hosted by Tony Johnson. people. Ross investigates an 10:30 Football – Spurs TV unprecedented crime wave West Ham United v fuelled by an influx of illegal Tottenham Hotpsur. weapons. From Upton Park, London. 10:40 Secret War PGR 6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box Noon Better Homes And Gardens 3 12:50 Restoration Home 3 2pm Davey Hughes – Untamed PGR Davey is on board the Gunsmoke with Jim Boyce and terrier Speedy. Then on Baranof Island, armed with only a spear, Davey tests himself against a black bear. 2:30 Grassroots Rugby 3:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) 4:30 Rugby Nation (Highlights) 5:30 Prime News 6pm History Under The Hammer 3 6:30 One Man And His Campervan 3

1:30 Fox Sports News 2am Golf – European Tour (Highlights) The Championship – Round Four. 3am Football – A-League (Highlights) 3:30 The Fishing Show 4am Road To Glasgow 4:30 Sky Sport – What’s On 5am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay)

SKY SPORT 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Rugby League – NRL Premiership Manly v Roosters. 9:30 M Mongol AO 2007 Biography History. The early life of Genghis Khan, who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world, including Russia in 1206. Tadanobu Asano, Amadu Mamadakov, Khulan Chuluun.

MONDAY

12:05 Te Kaea 3 2 12:35 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Call 911 M A Cry for Help. 6:30 MythBusters PG Shattering Subwoofer. 7:30 MythBusters PG Hollywood Car-Crash Cliches. 8:30 Magic Of Science PG 9am Deadly Dilemmas M 9:30 Blade Brothers M 10am Auction Hunters PG 10:30 Naked Castaway PG 11:30 Moonshiners M 12:30 Your Body On Drugs PG 1:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 2:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 3:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 4:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 5:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 6:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 7:30 Secrets Of Bin Laden’s Lair PG 8:30 Gold Rush PG 9:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 10:30 Treehouse Masters PG 11:30 Amish Mafia M

MONDAY

12:30 Manhunt M 1:30 Game Of Pawns PG 2am Man v Wild PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Howe And Howe Tech PG 5am Man v Wild PG

MasterChef New Zealand 7:30pm on TV One

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:55 Jack The Giant Slayer MV 2013 Adventure. Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor. 8:50 Whiskey Business PGC 2012 Comedy. Pauly Shore, John Schneider. 10:15 Save Your Legs ML 2012 Comedy. Stephen Curry, Brendan Cowell. 11:45 Looper 16VL 2012 Thriller. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis. 1:40 Jack The Giant Slayer MV 2013 Adventure. 3:35 Parental Guidance PGL 2012 Comedy. 5:20 The Pact 16VL 2012 Horror. 6:50 Wild Bill 16VL 2013 Drama. 8:30 The Internship MLS 2013 Comedy. 10:30 Resident Evil – Retribution 16V 2012 Action.

MONDAY

12:05 The Making Of Fast And Furious 6 PG 12:20 The Pact 16VL 2012 Horror. 1:50 Wild Bill 16VL 2013 Drama. 3:30 Resident Evil – Retribution 16V 2012 Action. 5:05 Parental Guidance PGL 2012 Comedy.

10am Golf Central 10:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Stormers v Highlanders. 11am Sky Sport 365 11:30 Golf – European Tour (Highlights) The Championship – Round Three. Noon Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) North Texas Shootout – Round Three. 12:30 Golf – US PGA Tour Ross Kemp – Extreme World (Highlights) Wells Fargo 9:40pm on Prime Championship – Round Three. 1pm Rugby League – Anzac Test (Highlights) Kangaroos v Kiwis. MOVIES GREATS 1:30 Sunday Footy Show A review 6am The Making Of Fast And and preview of all the weekend NRL Furious M 2009 6:15 Lara Croft league games. – Tomb Raider MV 2001 Action 3:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Adventure. Angelina Jolie, Jon (Highlights) Stormers v Highlanders. Voight. 7:55 Lara Croft Tomb 4pm Cricket – IPL (Highlights) Raider – The Cradle Of Life MV Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab. 2003 Action. Angelina Jolie, Gerard 4:30 Cricket – IPL (Highlights) Delhi Butler. 9:50 Two For The Money Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals. MLS 2005 Drama. 11:50 Mr Deeds 5pm L Rugby League – City v MVL 2002 Comedy. 1:25 Repo Country From Apex Oval in Dubbo, Men 18V 2010 Action. 3:15 The NSW. Rundown MVL 2003 Action. 7pm Rugby League – 40/20 5pm Run, Fat Boy, Run ML 2007 7:30 Golf Central (Replay) Comedy. 8pm Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) 6:40 The Fast And The Furious North Texas Shootout – Round MVL 2001 Action. Three. From Las Colinas Country Club 8:30 Get Him To The Greek 16LS in Irving, Texas. 2010 Comedy. 8:30 The Fishing Show 10:20 Vantage Point MVL 2008 9pm L Red Bull World Run Action. At 1000 UTC on May 4, a global 11:50 The Rundown MVL 2003 community of runners will come Action. together to race and to raise money MONDAY and awareness for spinal cord injury 1:30 Run, Fat Boy, Run ML 2007 research. Comedy. 3:10 Get Him To The 5am L Golf – US PGA Tour Greek 16LS 2010 Comedy. 4:55 The Wells Fargo Championship – Round Four. From Quail Hollow Club in Fast And The Furious MVL 2001 Charlotte, North Carolina. Action.

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7pm Sunday 0 7:30 F MasterChef New Zealand The top two duos face three challenges to decide who will win the MasterChef New Zealand title. 0 9:30 Mr Selfridge 0 10:30 Rake AO 0

11:40 Q+A 3 12:50 Attitude 3 A surfing accident in 2013 upset Amanda Lowry’s world. One year on, Amanda is adjusting to her new life as a tetraplegic. 0 1:20 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:30 Infomercials

MONDAY

12:30 Sandmasters PGR 1am Gourmet Farmer 1:30 Coast 2:30 Better Man AO 3:30 Orchid Hunter 4:30 What’s Really In Our Food? 5am The World Of Stonehenge

TV THREE

FOUR

11:35 Ben And Steve – World Famous In… AO (Starting Today) 3 12:35 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

11pm F The League AO The race is on for the Shiva and the Sacko Bowls. 11:30 Entertainment Tonight Weekend The biggest entertainment stories of the last week. 12:25 Infomercials

PRIME

MONDAY

12:30 SmackDown! MC 2:15 CSI MV 3:05 CSI MV 3:55 Underbelly – The Golden Mile MC 4:45 America’s Funniest Home Videos PGL 5:10 Modern Family PGL 5:35 Combat Pawn PG

SKY SPORT 1

MONDAY

12:05 Te Kaea 3 2 12:35 Closedown

MONDAY

12:30 Manhunt M 1:30 Game Of Pawns PG 2am Man v Wild PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Howe And Howe Tech PG 5am Man v Wild PG

MasterChef New Zealand 7:30pm on TV One

MONDAY

12:05 The Making Of Fast And Furious 6 PG 12:20 The Pact 16VL 2012 Horror. 1:50 Wild Bill 16VL 2013 Drama. 3:30 Resident Evil – Retribution 16V 2012 Action. 5:05 Parental Guidance PGL 2012 Comedy.

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WATSON, Dulcie Olivia (QSM) Reg. Nurse.– On May 1, 2014 at Tuarangi Home, Ashburton. Dearly loved and respected wife of Colin. Mother and mother in law of Lynette and Bruce Nell, and Richard and Pam. Grandmother of James and Kate, Olivia and Christian, Charlotte and Vince; Sarah, Emily, and Henry. Great grandmother of Henry, and Ben. Messages to 60 South Belt Methven 7730. In lieu of flowers donations to Methven House would be greatly accepted and may be left at the service. The funeral service for Dulcie will be held at All Saints Anglican Church, Chapman Street, Methven on MONDAY, May 5, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by private interment. Paterson’ Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton

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or 0274 357 974 Silva, (Ashburton). Dearly ebcarter@xtra.co.nz loved granddad of William, Oﬃcial Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pmNZMMMA Member and Alexia; and Ralph, and Hugo. Loved eldest son of the late George and Ruby Inch. Messages to Inch Family P O ENGAGEMENTS Box 472, Ashburton 7740. WILSON - FITZGERALD – Donations to Malvern St John Jo Fitzgerald and Brent Ambulance would be Canterbury owned, Wilson are delighted to locally operated appreciated and may be left announce their engagement at the service. A service to with the blessing of their Patersons celebrate Bill’s life will be held families. at the Glentunnel Community Funeral Services Hall, Homebush Road, and Ashburton Glentunnel on WEDNESDAY, May 7, commencing at Crematorium Ltd 1.30pm. Followed by private Office and Chapel cremation at Ashburton. Paterson’s Funeral Corner East & Cox Services FDANZ Ashburton Streets, Ashburton

TRUDGEON, Jax David – Adored son of Steven Trudgeon and Toni Cousins, slipped away to heaven on Thursday, May 1, 2014 after ten precious days. “These are my foot prints, so perfect and so small. These tiny foot prints, never touched the ground at all. Not one tiny foot print, for now I have wings, these tiny footprints were meant for other things.” A much loved son, grandson, great grandson, nephew, cousin and brother to AvahGrace. Many thanks to all the nurses at Otago Hospital and the Neonatal Trust. Messages to PO Box 481, Ashburton 7740.

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MAX

OVERNIGHT MIN

MONDAY: Brief rain, then becoming fine. Dying northeasterlies.

AKAROA

MAX

OVERNIGHT MIN

TUESDAY: Mainly fine. Northwesterlies for a time.

9 7

Midnight Tonight

gitata

TIMARU

Waimate

NZ Situation

Wind km/h less than 30 fine

fog

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

Canterbury Plains

snow

hail

60 plus

TODAY

FZL: Rising above 3000m

Mostly fine. Areas of fog in the valleys, and remaining rain near the divide all clearing in the morning. Wind at 1000m: NW 60 km/h easing. Wind at 2000m: NW easing to 25 km/h.

Fine apart from areas of morning fog. Light winds.

TOMORROW

Increasing high cloud. Freshening northeasterlies.

FZL: Above 3000m

High cloud thickening, rain developing about the divide. Wind at 1000m: N rising to 50 km/h, gusting 70 km/h in exposed valleys. Wind at 2000m: N rising to gale 70 km/h.

MONDAY Scattered rain spreading from the west, then becoming fine. Northeasterlies dying away.

MONDAY

Rain, with heavy and possibly thundery falls about the divide, spreading further east for a time. Strong or gale northwesterlies easing.

TUESDAY Mainly fine. Northwesterlies for a time.

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Rain about the divide easing to showers, mainly fine elsewhere. Northwesterlies.

Increasing high cloud. Winds mainly light.

World Weather showers fine showers fine fine showers fine thunder rain rain showers fine cloudy cloudy cloudy

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

17 14 33 15 20 32 36 36 11 31 33 39 14 12 15

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

10 8 23 21 23 25 5 24 5 17 8 10 3 18 24

15 13 27 29 37 33 26 33 14 30 22 14 13 29 42

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

showers fine fine rain rain fine fine thunder rain rain drizzle fine fine showers showers

Saturday 9 noon 3

9 pm am 3

Sunday 9 noon 3

9 pm am 3

9 noon 3

9 pm

12:29 6:39 12:49 7:08 1:20 7:33 1:41 7:59 2:13 8:28 2:33 8:51 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 7:27 am Set 5:32 pm

Good

Good fishing

Rise 10:52 am Set 8:36 pm

First quarter

7 May

mainly fine

Hamilton

mainly fine

Napier

fine

3:17 pm

Rise 7:28 am Set 5:31 pm

Good

Rise 7:29 am Set 5:29 pm

Good fishing

Fair

Fair fishing

Rise 11:37 am Set 9:30 pm

Rise 12:18 pm Set 10:26 pm

15 May 7:17 am

22 May 1:01 am

Full moon

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20 15 22 27 17 17 19 32 10 16 25 32 26 20 10

Last quarter

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

21 13 20 8 22 9 20 10 18 12 19 7 21 4 16 7 18 4 17 1 14 5 16 8 16 4

Palmerston North cloudy Wellington

cloudy

Nelson

mainly fine

Blenheim

fine

Greymouth

clearing

Christchurch

fine

Timaru

fine

Queenstown

fine

Dunedin

fine

Invercargill

mainly fine

River Levels

cumecs

11.3

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 11:00 am, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 10:00 am, yesterday 149.4 Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

11.7

Sth Ashburton at 12:15 pm, yesterday

11.2

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:00 pm, yesterday

68.6

Waitaki Kurow at 1:00 pm, yesterday

319.1

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

Monday

12 7 7 22 11 11 9 25 1 10 22 16 16 7 9

overnight max low

Auckland

Forecasts for today

8 3 26 4 14 22 21 28 3 25 25 27 10 2 7

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3

NZ Today

Canterbury High Country

TODAY

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rain

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A moist northerly flow spreads over the country tomorrow and Monday ahead of an active front, which moves east across the country on Monday and early Tuesday, followed by disturbed westerlies. A trough advancing across the Tasman Sea is expected to reach southern New Zealand late Wednesday.

30 to 59

ANDREW, Bert – In loving memory of a loved husband, dad, and grandad who left us one year ago. Sadly missed by all the family.

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 13.6 14.0 Max to 4pm 2.0 Minimum -1.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm May to date 0.0 Avg May to date 4 2014 to date 380.4 224 Avg year to date Wind km/h N2 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 30 Time of gust 9:17am

to 4pm yesterday

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Timaru Airport

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12.9 13.3 5.0 –

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WATSON, Dulcie Olivia – On May 1, 2014. Dearly loved sister and sister in law of the late Campbell and Thelma, the late Roberta and Cor, Nola and the late Graeme, and loved aunt of the Carlton Guardian Classifieds Zwart and Grant families. 307 7900

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OAKDEN, Oak (Bill) – Our sincere thanks to Oaks medical team for the care given during his illness and to friends, work mates and family for the love and support since our sad loss. Your kindness has been much appreciated. Marion, Heath and Dale.

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TODAY: Fine with light winds.

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WHITCOMBE, Barry Thomas – We loved you yesterday We love you still We always have and always will. GILL – Margaret, Paul, Jolene, Jason and Kylie (nee Frew) Jamie, Laurie, Brody, Jesse, are thrilled to announce the and families would like to safe arrival of Freja Lucy thank everyone for their love, Maree Gill on April 27 weighkindness, support, flowers, ing 7lb 5oz. Doting big sisters baking and cards we received Georgia (2) and Elise (1) are during the tragic loss of our over the moon. A huge dearly loved Barry. To all the thanks to Anna Campbell, staff at Mount Hutt, our Celest at Christchurch heartfelt thanks goes out to Womens and the staff at you all for attending to Barry Ashburton Maternity. on the morning of his tragic accident. To Caroline and Grant Hood, there’s no words that we can say about the compassion you showed our family on that fateful morning, it would not have been easy for the both of you. To the Please note all late death notices or notices sent out- Methven Fire Brigade and Police, we will be forever side ordinary office hours grateful. To our families and must be emailed to: LOWE – deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz friends, thank you for your Lowe, William and Jane (nee love and on-going support. To to ensure publication. McCormick) are delighted to everyone that came to say During office hours notices announce the early but safe goodbye to Barry, including may also be sent to: arrival of our darling wee his workmates for their guard classifieds@theguardian.co.nz daughter, Bethany Jane of honour, thank you. Please Lowe, born March 12, 2014 at accept this as our personal Any queries 3.21pm (3lb 13oz). A huge please contact acknowledgment to you all. thanks to Christchurch We will never be the same as 0800 Womans Maternity, NICU and ASHBURTON before our loss but we are Ronald McDonald House for (0800-274-287). ever so much better for your care and support before having Barry in our lives. and after her arrival. Barry/Dad, and Grandad will be forever in our hearts. MORROW – To Ben and Victoria. Jeremy Ashbolt, born 30/04/2014. A little brother for Archie. Sadly still born.

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ACROSS 1. He takes risks but clears up, to put it another way (10) 6. In which a little lying may help schoolboy translator? (4) 10. Remembering one is meagre as to an idea (7,1,7) 11. Established Church primate used to call down evil on one (9) 12. One hasn’t the power thus to take to the air (5) 13. ‘What – my Shakespeare for his honour’d bones...?‘(Milton) (5) 15. Lack of interest? Yes: it’s way within it (6) 19. ‘Off” as John returns from the hunt (6) 20. Faith gives veracity nothing for a turn (5) 23. Back to the gold, employment of which will be exciting (5) 24. Again counsels one to save, and dries out (9) 26. Impalement thereon soon made him far different about Latin (5,2,1,7) 27. Cheaper tract of pastureland (4) 28. Get across the cape to advanced position in enemy territory (10)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS

CRYPTIC Across 1. Provocative 8. Optional 9. Ease 10. Marsh 13. Lint 16. Load 17. Hone 18. Talc 20. Harpy 24. Olid 25. Monastic 26. Perfunctory Down 2. Rota 3. Viola 4. Class 5. Ideal 6. Correlation 7. Centrepiece 11. Roach 12. Hover 14. Iron 15. Wail 19. Cider 21. Adorn 22. Plant 23. Star

QUICK Across 1. Brandish 7. Beast 8. Millennia 9. Eye 10. Sigh 11. Stalls 13. Proclamations 15. Bowing 16. Star 18. Nil 20. Odourless 21. Named 22. Ask about Down 1. Bombs 2. Allegro 3. Deep 4. Sanctimonious 5. Cares 6. Streams 7. Ballots 12. Plywood 13. Pennant 14. On the go 15. Blame 17. Reset 19. Area.

14 15

DOWN 1. When Parliament’s there, noises upset the Speaker initially (7) 2. For instance, they have plenty to see in sex romp (8) 3. Make one remove the head of the BBC by mistake (5) 4. Silver, at being discovered in tomb, may make it worse (9) 5. Extravagant way nothing might be true (5) 7. In Lear’s child one may get it back (6) 8. Some knockabout from the cell (7) 9. Outside chance of being fired

some way off (4,4) 14. Tense uncertainty of South United States softly seen changing (8) 16. Enthusiastically received by striking hands (9) 17. Study WW1 battlefield as a first course? (8) 18. Being so dry quietly got one’s back up (7) 21. How to conserve a spouse (7) 22. Our British Rail could have gone west to start the Tunnel (6) 24. Turn to the right with free distribution (5) 25. It’s worth having a turn in farewell (5)

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QUICK ACROSS 7. Lucky in how things turn out (13) 8. Dagger (8) 9. Fury (4) 10. Meeting plan (6) 12. Put upon (6) 14. Container (3) 15. Bury (6) 17. Takes hold of (6) 19. Mountain range (4) 21. Turtle (8) 23. Words of affection (5,8)

DOWN 1. Five-sided figure (8) 2. Pull persuasively (4,2) 3. Mine shaft (4) 4. Against (8) 5. Agitate (4,2) 6. Suspended (4) 11. Helping in a crime (8) 13. Young trees (8) 16. Not perceived (6) 18. Slowly (music) (6) 20. Lascivious (4) 22. Religious ceremony (4)

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Just in time for the weekend, the Moon’s monthly visit to your home and family sector is giving you a chance to focus on home and family matters. TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) A balance between personal and relationship needs is becoming more apparent, this is a golden opportunity to make communication a priority. GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Just in time for the weekend, Venus’ return to a social and serendipitous part of your chart is giving you a chance to start making up for lost time. CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) Chances are you’ll be juggling many different balls, yet in stark contrast to where things were a few weeks ago you are spoilt for choice. LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) There is a friendly rivalry between the stars that offers you the choice to keep your professional hat on and embrace a lazy weekend vibe. VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) You’ve reached a point now, where everything is out in the open and you know where things stand, with a need to continue to trust your heart. LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) The final voice when it comes to where to from here on the work front has to go to your heart, standing by what it’s telling you. SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) There is a need to not only find a balance between work and play this weekend, but in a way that allows you to make this part of your reality. SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) Venus’ first full day in a fun, playful and romantically charged part of your chart is all about finding a balance between work and play. CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) Venus left your communication sector yesterday, so keeping the lines open is essential, but it’s got to come from the heart. AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) As work tensions of recent weeks are already creating some real momentum, some lucky hunches and insights are possible this weekend. PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) Venus returns to your income sector where she will not only trigger the laws of attraction but will work to turn recent financial tensions into opportunities.

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