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Submitters opt for big build

By Sue Newman

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It might come with a $53 million price tag, but most people who have lodged a submission on the Ashburton District’s new library and civic centre project have chosen the top shelf option.

The Ashburton District Council plans to build the complex in Baring Square east and last year consulted the community on site options for the project.

With the site ticked off it has now prepared four build options ranging from a pared back $39 million complex that would see a new civic centre but retain

and strengthen the old library on Havelock Street, through to the $53 million package that would create a state of the art modern library and a civic centre that would be built for the future.

The council’s first choice option is a $45 million build that has a smaller library with fewer facilities than the $53 million option.

Public meetings have been held and the council is in the process of holding open days where site plans can be viewed and councillors are available to discuss options and ideas.

Submissions opened last month and

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Yesterday 43 had been lodged and the majority, 21 submitters wanted option two, the $53 million build.

They wanted the council to build for the future, to do it once and to get it right.

Some said not going for the best possible option today would be short changing the community for the future.

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■■EMPLOYMENT

Record numbers placed in work in February

By Sue Newman

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Alice Wright can’t stop smiling; after years on a benefit she’s finally found a job.

After 15 years as a solo mum, rejoining the work force had been a huge challenge, and required a big mindshift, Wright said.

“I spent 13 months looking for work before I found this job.”

During those 13 months, Wright said her confidence plummeted and she began doubting her ability to rejoin the working world.

That huge hurdle has been achieved and Wright says that, for people like her who have been receiving a benefit for some time, finding a job is a real challenge.

“Employers just need to give us a chance. It’s so empowering to be working. I get up in the morning and say, I’m doing this, I can now pay my rent,” she said.

“I’ve got so much more confidence now. It’s my time to be able

to pay my bills myself, but my first pay packet, I wanted to go out and spend the lot.”

Many who are looking for work feel there is a stigma to being on a benefit, but case managers were great at helping build your confidence without putting you into a category, Wright said.

She’s one of 33 people who Ashburton’s Work and Income staff placed in work in February, and that’s a huge achievement said centre manager Marie Ward.

“We have amazing people at WINZ and we want to give them more chances. Work’s not just about money, its about the whole you.

There were several programmes WINZ had available to help people into jobs, most providing some form of wage subsidy, ranging from permanent employment to work experience, Ward said.

It’s about giving an unemployed person an opportunity

Manuel Taylor (left) and Alice Wright - job seekers celebrating their success in finding work.

PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 020419-SN-0033 and the government is prepared to provide funding to help get people into long term, sustainable jobs. There were many people

who were willing and ready to work, but employers might not always be aware of the assistance that was available, she said.

Employers could approach WINZ with jobs or an unemployed person could approach them and then details of a subsidy scheme could be worked through, Ward said.

Manuel Taylor is another of the February success stories He completed a Limited Service Volunteers course at Burnham Military Camp and taking part in that course was “the best decision he’s ever made,” he said.

The course boosted his confidence and self-belief and at the course end he was given one of the top awards, for perseverance and determination.

Manuel has now joined the Red Shirts team at the Warehouse but he’s still looking for a permanent job. For several years he was on staff at Silver Fern Farms but was made redundant when the Fairton plant closed.

“I always turn up on time and I’m good with customers and staff,” he said.

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Town centre plan uniquely Ashburton

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton’s East Street fountain, chessboard and vacant information centre could be casualties of a project that will revitalise and breathe new life into the town’s central business district.

A first draft plan of how the redesigned town centre could look was unveiled to district councillors this week and it contained a range of improvements that will create an inner town that is both attractive and functional.

In preparing the design, Jasmax Landscape Architect Rob Lawry said his vision was to create a town centre that would be the best in New Zealand, one that would promote growth and economic prosperity.

The new town centre should have an uncluttered feel and

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that meant some of the existing features such as the East Street water feature, the information centre and the chess board might not make the cut, Lawry said.

The revamp did provide the council with an opportunity to think about the future of the i-SITE building, environmental services group manager Jane Donaldson said.

“This building will look quite dated when the town centre is redone.”

There was a suggestion the fountain could be relocated to the Ashburton Domain, and the chessboard could find a home in Baring Square East, opposite the new civic centre and library.

In developing plans for plantings, pavings and street furniture, the qualities that made Ashburton unique would be taken on board and care would be

taken to preserve features such as mountain views along Moore and Havelock streets and to use plantings that reflected the character of the district, Lawry said.

The design utilised the gradual slope of the west – east streets to create rain gardens that would filter moisture before it drained into the stormwater system.

Based on an arborist’s report on the state of existing trees, the East Street green trees and the Cass Street pin oaks would be retained but other street trees were likely to be removed, he said.

Because the project did not have an unlimited budget, top tier spending would be focused around East Street and the western end of Burnett and Tancred streets.

“We can’t coat it all in gold, we’re prioritising where we put

our spend.”

Street furniture will be chosen that fits the Ashburton story and this will also be used around the district as furniture is replaced.

Councillor Russell Ellis said it was important owners of buildings and businesses in the town centre were kept up to speed with what was planned.

“If we don’t get them on board it’ll be hard to achieve this outcome. No matter how good we make our streetscape, if some of these buildings are left as they are we’ll never have the best town centre in New Zealand,” he said.

Property owners had been involved during the earlier consultation phase of the project, Donaldson said.

“Everyone seemed pretty positive about it, about it kickstarting the town centre. Their only

concern was over a possible loss of car parks,” she said.

The original angle parking design for Burnett and Tancred streets had now been modified from 45 degrees to 65 degrees for safety reasons. This could see the loss of one or two parks.

Ellis was also keen to see a plan for Baring Square East developed alongside the town centre plan to ensure there was a linking theme.

The square wasn’t part of the original town centre brief, Donaldson said, but the council would need to start thinking about what it did with the area now the library and civic centre would be built there, Donaldson said.

Once it is signed off, the town centre redevelopment plan is likely to be implemented over a two year period.

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Fatal corner earmarked for improvements The intersection involved in Monday’s triple fatality had been earmarked for work which would significantly improve visibility at the give way sign.

Thirty-year-old Chante Alissa Harmer and two of her children, 19-month old Te Awanuiarangi Shayelous-Jay Matenga Tapiata-Harmer and eight month-old Wysdom Amara Francis Tony Jane Tapiata-Harmer were killed when their station wagon collided with a ute at the intersection of Mitcham Road and Hepburns Road on the outskirts of Ashburton.

A fourth person was critically injured in the collision and a fifth sustained moderate injuries.

In a statement to the Ashburton Guardian yesterday from Ashburton District Council’s Service Delivery Group manager, Neil McCann said that the concrete barriers on the eastern side of the intersection on Mitcham Road were planned to be removed and fence lines could well be pushed back.

“We already have planned work on this intersection to remove the

concrete barriers as the ditch has dried up and is no longer in use,” McCann said.

“The ditch will be filled in and related fences may be pushed back to the property lines or removed altogether.”

The cause of the accident is yet to be determined, or made public by police, but early indications suggested that it was a high impact crash meaning that the current state of the intersection is unlikely to have had a significant role in the accident.

Harmer’s station wagon was travelling north along Hepburns Road while the ute travelled west down Mitcham Road.

Council roading staff inspect roads and intersections after they become aware of an accident and check to ensure that the intersection controls are set out in accordance with New Zealand standards.

“There are also national databases we independently check, that regularly advise us what intersections and bends have incidents and should be inspected as

The intersection of Hepburns and Mitcham Roads at which three people were killed on Monday.

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to possible improvements,” McCann said.

“Staff provide these updates to these databases every three months and investigate any changes that come up. If an investigation determines that intersection controls should be changed, we then instigate accordingly.”

McCann said there were a number of points around the district which were having work undertaken by council staff with inspections and installations taking place.

Give way and stop ahead signs

Council water restrictions lifted All level one and two water restrictions in place across the Ashburton District have been lifted.

Residents connected to Ashburton District Council owned water supplies in Ashburton, Chertsey, Fairton, Hakatere, Hinds, Lake Hood, Mayfield, Methven, Mt Somers and Rakaia are no longer required to restrict their use of hoses and sprinkler systems. Permanent hosing bans remain in place for the Montalto, Methven Springfield and

Dromore supplies.

Council service delivery group manager Neil McCann said council had been monitoring water use on the schemes.

“With the cooler temperatures and wetter weather beginning to arrive, we feel confident that the water restrictions are no longer necessary. I would, however, encourage people to continue using water-wise practices to avoid wastage.

“Thank you everyone who has been sticking to the restrictions

these last two months. It has really helped to ensure there is enough water pressure for everyone connected to the schemes.”

Council introduced level one and two restrictions for all district water supplies (except those already on a permanent hosing ban) on February 8.

Increased watering over the warmer summer months for gardening and other non-essential purposes saw usage begin to reach council’s consented limits and affect water pressure.

are being put in place 200 metres back from the Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road and once completed, similar work will be undertaken for Thompsons Track.

“Priority is directed around the One Network Road Classification of the roads concerned,” McCann added.

Many members of the public spoke of their concerns around the intersection in the aftermath of Monday’s accident and local residents from the area spoken to by the Guardian also relayed their concerns.

Police could yesterday offer no further updates into their investigations into the crash other than to say investigations were continuing.

A Givealittle page which was set up following the crash by Ashleigh Harmer, a cousin of Chante, had reached close to $3500 in donations.

The page was established to help bring the deceased back to the Hawke’s Bay and to pay for funeral costs while any remaining money would be used to support her four remaining children.

Submitters opt for big build From P1 Another 10 submissions supported the council’s $45 million option while two submitters wanted that option but with some elements of the $53 million build included.

Only two people wanted the $41 million option, which has a very basic library while five sug-

gested the fourth option, retaining the old library and build a new civic centre was supported by five.

Three submitters wanted the council to scrap any plans to build a new library and civic centre. The money, they said, would be better spent elsewhere.

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There are major changes ahead for Ashburton College in the future. school principal the only thing better than this would be opening a brand new school.”

The rest of this year would be taken up with planning the project. This will be followed by site master plan work before up to 18 months of design work commenced. Construction is likely to start in 2022 and take up to three years.

The new school would be built to accommodate a roll of up to 1600 students.

While support space infrastructure would be built for that

number of students, classroom space would initially be for 1300 with the ability to add more classrooms as needed.

The college’s rebuild project team already has a clear idea of the teaching spaces the new school should have – specialist teaching rooms such as science labs and technology workshops, single cell classrooms and flexible spaces with breakout rooms, where three classes can come together.

“We’re now at a stage where we’ll invite staff to visit other

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schools and we’ll talk to colleagues about what has and hasn’t worked in other schools.

We want to make sure we get our design right,” Preece said.

He is also keen to see corridors minimised and for as many classrooms as possible to have an indoor-outdoor flow.

“We’re pretty excited about this. It’ll provide a state-of-theart college for Mid Canterbury.”

The college will be the largest remodel of any Ministry of Education project in the South Island, he said.

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Some of Ashburton’s finest craftwork will be on display in the Ashburton Arcade on Friday when members of the Ashburton Needlework Guild have items of work on display. Guild members will be in the arcade demonstrating needlework during the exhibition, which will run from 10am until 3pm.

Gumboot throw A celebrity gumboot throw will be part of events in Ashburton on Gumboot Friday tomorrow.

Mayor Donna Favel, Ashburton District Council chief executive Hamish Riach and Hokonui’s Phill Hooper will feature in a celebrity gumboot throw at EA Networks Centre at 10am – the event will be commentated by Lynda Topp.

Gumboot Friday encourages people to help raise funds for free counselling for kids affected by depression by wearing their gumboots and giving a gold coin to the organisation I Am Hope.

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Falloon appointed White Ribbon Ambassador Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon has joined more than 100 other New Zealanders in being appointed as a White Ribbon Ambassador – standing up to help reduce family violence within the community.

Falloon will join former police officer and Timaru District councillor Steve Wills as well as a host of other well known identities such as New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush, rugby league legend Ruben Wiki, Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand Peter Boshier and Kiwi singer Stan Walker, to name only a few.

Family violence statistics show New Zealand has the highest rate of reported violence towards women in the developed world, with one family violence related police call-out occurring every five minutes.

The White Ribbon Campaign, which has been in New Zealand since 2006, goes back to 1991 when it was first launched in Canada following the mass shooting of 14 female students in Montreal.

Shortly after his election to Parliament, Falloon contacted the White Ribbon Trust to iden-

Weedy weekend The Staveley Camp committee and Mid Canterbury Timebank are hosting another weed-busting weekend this weekend. The emphasis this time is on clearing invasive sycamore from the native bush – work has been ongoing at the camp to preserve a chunk of native black beech forest by removing invaders like sycamore, ivy and cotoneaster. The forest is on private QE2 covenanted land.

For those not up to helping in the forest this weekend, there will be a few workshops to attend and an open day at the camp for people to relax and enjoy the facilities.

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The new Ashburton College will be built to match the specific needs of its own community rather than being built to a generic secondary school model, said principal Ross Preece.

Three weeks ago Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a $50 million rebuild of the 50-year-old college and this week, the details of that rebuild have been spelled out. And it’s all good news, Preece said.

“The master plan is being composed and, while we don’t know what’s in it, we know we’ll have the opportunity to have significant input.

“The ministry will now consult us about what’s required for our school, it will be about what’s best for us.”

Because the college had vacant land the build could start without disrupting current classrooms. These would gradually be demolished as new blocks were commissioned and in terms of design the new school will only be one storey because the college has a large landholding.

If there was any downside as the college project team moved into the early planning stages, it was that the ministry put the project’s completion date as the start of the 2025 school year, Preece said.

“That’s a bit of a downer but it’ll be worth the wait. For any

In brief

Andrew Falloon has been appointed as a White Ribbon Ambassador.

PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN tify if there was any way he could help.

Fast forward to today and Falloon is now recognised as a national ambassador.

In reflecting on his new status, Falloon says he is looking forward to working with both local and national ambassadors to

collectively help reduce family violence within the community.

“One of the key things I want to focus on in my work as an ambassador is promoting healthy relationships. Too many young people who see violence and other harm in their home go on to become abusers, while others

come to expect it from their partner or spouse as part of a normal relationship. That’s not what love looks like,” he said.

“Every year police respond to more than 100,000 call-outs for family violence in New Zealand, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. It’s estimated that 80 per cent of incidents are never reported to police. They’re horrendous statistics, which unfortunately I see far too often in my role as local MP. “This is not a small problem, or one that exists only within some parts of our society. Family violence and harm exists across every demographic,” Falloon said.

Annually, communities across the world, including New Zealand, celebrate White Ribbon Day on November 25, but throughout the year, there’s plenty of other school and wider community events held to recognise the importance of elimination against family violence.

The White Ribbon campaign aims to encourage men to stand up and challenge violence, particularly violence against women.

A Wellington man who sold steroids illegally through social media and courier posted them to buyers has been sentenced to community work. Donald Paul D’Ewes, 41, pleaded guilty to 17 counts of possessing prescription medications. He appeared in the Wellington District Court yesterday for sentencing, where his lawyer, Mike Antunovic, applied for a discharge without conviction. The Ngaio man kept about 40 per cent of the proceeds from selling the medicines, and gave the rest to the person who provided them to him, Antunovic said. He lost two jobs as a result of being charged, and that was before his guilty plea. – NZME

Health survey One in 10 New Zealanders don’t feel comfortable about asking their doctor whether a treatment or test is necessary. That’s according to a survey, conducted by Consumer NZ and the Council of Medical Colleges, that tested 1069 New Zealanders over the age of 18 years. This is an issue because patients need to understand why their doctor is considering a test so they themself can weigh up the benefits and risks, Consumer NZ chief executive Sue Chetwin said.

“It’s every patient’s right,” she said.

The survey also revealed 21 per cent of participants felt their doctor had recommended a test or treatment that wasn’t necessary. Of those, 24 per cent said they went ahead and had it anyway. Over a third of all participants agreed or strongly agreed some tests or treatments did not benefit the patient. – NZME

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Gathering 100 years of memories

By Linda Clarke

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Smallbones celebrates 100 years in business this year and is looking for old photos and memories from former customers and staff.

The images and recollections will be used throughout the year in the company’s celebrations of the milestone.

Smallbones marketing co-ordinator and celebration organiser Sharnae Naysmith said June 15 was the official day to mark 100 years, but the company was organising a variety of events across the year.

She has already tracked down a few photographs of Smallbones over the years but is hoping people in the Mid Canterbury community might have a few more tucked away in photo albums or shoe boxes that they were willing to share.

“We actually also need help identifying a few in the staff photos, so I’d love to hear from people.”

Naysmith said she was keen to hear from stories about those who had worked in sales, or on the garage floor and offices over

the years and from customers who had fond memories of vehicles they bought there.

Around 40 old photographs have also been sourced from the Ashburton Museum.

“We are trying to gather as much information as possible, photos, stories or testimonials.”

Smallbones began as a small service garage in 1919, next to the local livery stable on Cass Street.

In the following years, as the car outstripped the horse in popularity and efficiency, the garage grew from strength to strength, thanks to the ambition and foresight of its founders Frank and Harold Smallbone.

The business plied its trade from Cass Street until 2013, when it moved to Tinwald – the truck division to the corner of State Highway One and Grahams Road, and the car division to the corner of State Highway One and Fords Road, a kilometre south. In more recent years, the company has expanded into South Canterbury.

Tinwald man John Clarke remembers a 1949 Bedford bought new by his father Bill from Smallbones to cart cans of milk. He and

Smallbones 100-year celebration organiser Sharnae Naysmith looks over a newspaper feature about Smallbones from 1969.

PHOTO LINDA CLARKE 010419-LC-002 Left – Smallbones office staff from by a bygone era, and below – from 1943. Do you know anyone in these photographs? Smallbones would love to hear from you if you do.

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others drove the truck twice a day around dairy farms in the Lowcliffe and Eiffelton area, collecting milk and taking it to Ashburton, where it was distributed by billy can to customers.

“We wore it out when it had 300,000 miles on the clock. Then he bought another.”

If you have memories you’d like to share with Smallbones, please contact Sharnae Naysmith on 027-6219-878 or email on sharnae.naysmith@smallbones.co.nz

■■COMMUNITY TRUST OF MID & SOUTH CANTERBURY

March grants to aid community groups A number of Mid Canterbury organisations have benefited from the latest round of grants from the Community Trust of Mid & South Canterbury.

The Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club received $9420, which will be used to fund an extension to the current walking/biking tracks along the Ashburton River to allow for safer dual use of a

currently congested track section.

“We are thrilled to receive this grant to further invest in safer and more exciting trails for all of the cyclists, walkers and runners to enjoy,” club president James Reid said.

“The river trail’s popularity has been growing rapidly and we are excited to enhance the community’s asset with this project.”

The Ashburton County Scottish Society Pipe Band have received a grant of $3370 to assist with the cost of internal painting of the pipe band hall.

Mid Canterbury Hockey received $5000 to be put towards the employment of a coaching development officer.

Social initiatives have also been a priority for Ashburton in

this funding round with an operating grant of $8500 going to the Ashburton Youth Café Charitable Trust.

The AYCCT co-ordinators run the BASE Youth Centre, a welcome after school haven for local youngsters where they can connect with others and develop new knowledge and skills through participation in a

range of programmes.

The Ashburton Corps of the Salvation Army also receives $5000 towards the costs of providing a suite of ongoing services to restorative justice and court referred clients and their families during and after times of crisis, with the goal of increasing social cohesion and reducing re-offending.

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First High Court appearance for accused mosque killer Media have been barred from filming and photographing the alleged Christchurch terrorist at his next court appearance.

Brenton Harrison Tarrant’s case is due to be called in the High Court at Christchurch tomorrow after his first appearance in the District Court on March 16.

A day earlier, on March 15, 50 people were killed at the city’s Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre.

Dozens more were wounded.

The High Court received 12 applications from both New Zealand media and foreign organisations to film, take photographs, or make audio recordings at tomorrow’s hearing.

But Justice Cameron Mander declined the applications.

In a minute issued to the media this week, he said factors in making his decision to refuse the requests were to preserve the integrity of the trial process and ensure a fair trial.

Journalists will, however, be permitted to remain in the courtroom and take notes, while newspapers and broadcasters are still able to use images of the accused which were taken at the District

Court hearing.

But those images will remain pixelated after an order by Judge Paul Kellar for the defendant’s face to be blurred in any published images. The order will remain in force until further ruling by a judge.

Will the accused be in court in person on Friday? No. The 28-year-old accused terrorist was remanded in custody at his first appearance and has since been held at New Zealand’s only maximum security prison in Paremoremo, Auckland.

Justice Mander ruled the accused will appear in court on via audio-visual link from prison instead.

This is not an uncommon practice – people appear in courts all across New Zealand everyday by way of a television screen.

What will happen? Will he enter a plea?

The accused will not be required to enter pleas either to the single murder charge he currently faces or to any other charges which are expected to be laid by the Crown.

It is anticipated he will be charged with 49 more counts of murder and dozens of attempted

The 28-year-old accused terrorist, seen here in his first court appearance, is unlikely to be in court in person tomorrow, rather he will appear via video link.

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There is also the possibility the Crown will seek to try him under the seldom-used Terrorism Suppression Act, which was introduced after the September 11 US terrorist attacks.

Section five of the legislation defines what a terrorist act is.

It states that it must be intended to cause death or destruction in one or more countries, be carried out for the purpose of ad-

vancing an ideological, political or religious cause, and intended to induce terror in a civilian population or compel a government to act.

Prosecutors would require the consent of the Solicitor-General to lay terror charges against the accused.

The purpose of the hearing on Friday will be to determine the alleged killer’s legal representation status and to receive information

from the Crown.

It was earlier reported the Australian man will represent himself in court.

Friday’s hearing will also be largely procedural, with timetabling and future dates allocated by the judge.

Will the hearing be open to the public?

Justice Mander has ruled that because the hearing will be primarily procedural and administrative, much of it will take place with the court sitting in chambers.

This will mean members of the public will not be allowed into the courtroom during this time. Only the judge, lawyers, defendant, court security, police officer in charge of the case and media are permitted to stay.

Under the Criminal Procedure Act any New Zealand judge also has the power to clear their court of the public. This most often occurs in cases when a complainant gives evidence in trials of a sexual nature.

The judge has the ability to exclude people when it is necessary to avoid undue disruption to the proceedings.

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■■NIWA

March 2019 second hottest on record New Zealand just sweltered through its second hottest March on record – prompting scientists to highlight the looming hand of climate change.

According to Niwa’s just-issued summary for the month, temperatures during the first month of autumn were at record highs in many places.

The month – which came in at 1.89°C above average – goes down as the second-equal hottest on record, tying with March 1999 and just behind March 1968.

Further, Niwa reported, the first three months of this year had been the fourth warmest start to the year since records began in 1909.

The balmy temperatures were consistent with a warming climate

and, when seen in context with other warm months, a clear trend was evident, Niwa’s principal climate scientist Dr Brett Mullan said.

Niwa climatologists used averages spanning a 30-year period from 1981 to 2010 as the basis of their calculations.

“There were six years before 1930 which did not have a single month in the year warmer than the 1981-2010 average,” Mullan said.

“But in 1998 and 2013 11 out of 12 months were warmer than normal.”

Mullan also said that, of the past 100 months from December 2010 to March 2019, 70 were warmer than average and 30 colder than average.

“If New Zealand had maintained the climate it had from 1981 to 2010, we would have expected a 50:50 split. This is a huge divergence.”

Further, New Zealand hadn’t experienced a nationwide monthly mean temperature that was below average in 26 months – or since January 2017.

“The increasing frequency of warm months versus cold months is clear evidence of a warming climate,” Mullan said.

“We can expect high temperature records to be broken with increasing frequency over the coming years.”

March was also a dry month for many locations, although extremely heavy rainfall occurred in

the western South Island between March 25 and 27.

That was down to an “atmospheric river” extending from Australian cyclones, coupled with extra energy from the Tasman Sea marine heatwave, as well as a strong low-pressure system siphoning moisture toward New Zealand.

New Zealand’s six main centres all recorded well above average March temperatures with Dunedin experiencing its warmest March on record.

The highest temperature of the month was 32.4°C at Waipara on March 5.

Also of note was Ranfurly with a mean maximum temperature during March of 23.4°C, which was

4°C warmer than average and the highest since records began there in 1897.

Warmer than average sea surface temperatures persisted throughout March and marine heatwave conditions continued in the Tasman Sea and in parts of New Zealand’s coastal waters.

Looking ahead, Niwa has picked above-average temperatures that have persisted past summer to hang around over much of the country, and right into the first month of winter.

It also warned of the potential for more big downpours over the next three months around the west and north of the South Island.

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Algerian president resigns Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has resigned, succumbing to a groundswell of pressure after weeks of protests against his 20-year rule.

The ailing 82-year-old leader announced he was standing down in a statement carried by state news agency APS on Tuesday, shortly after the army chief of staff demanded action to remove him from office.

On Monday Bouteflika, in poor health and rarely seen in public since he suffered a stroke in 2013, said he would quit before the end of his term on April 28.

But chief of staff Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed Salah said that statement had been issued by “unconstitutional and unauthorised parties,” APS said.

“There is no more room to waste time,” APS quoted Salah saying.

Hundreds of Algerians took to the streets of capital Algiers after Bouteflika’s resignation, waving Algerian flags or driving in convoys through the city centre, where on February 22 mass protests broke out.

Someone held up a banner saying: “Game over.”

Pressure had been building during the day, with opposition groups demanding Bouteflika

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James Corden has claimed he wasn’t given acting roles because of his size.

The 40-year-old actor felt has slammed the acting industry and said he had to write his own shows like ‘Gavin and Stacey’ because he wasn’t being given the opportunities and roles due to his “chubbiness”.

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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who has stepped down after protests. go immediately while students marched through Algiers to demand the replacement of a system seen as incapable of reform.

“Bouteflika’s decision (to resign by the end of his term) will change nothing,” Mustapha Bouchachi, a lawyer and protest leader, told Reuters on Tuesday.

Bouteflika’s resignation will put Abdelkader Bensalah, chairman of the upper house of parliament, in charge as caretaker president for 90 days until elections.

Bouchachi had suggested

Bouteflika’s nomination of a caretaker government was a move to perpetuate the current political system.

A veteran of Algeria’s war for independence, Bouteflika was first elected president in 1999 and established himself by ending a civil war with Islamist militants that killed an estimated 200,000 people.

But the country remains mired in corruption and, in a sign the end of Bouteflika’s rule was approaching, several oligarchs close to his camp were banned from travelling abroad in the past few days.

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“The gang has made big money illegally taking advantage of its closeness with decision-makers,” Salah said, according to APS. The protests have been driven by the country’s youth and lawyers demanding the removal of a ruling elite seen by many as out of touch with ordinary Algerians and presiding over an economy riven by cronyism.

Bouteflika said he’d take important decisions to ensure “continuity of the state’s institutions” before stepping down in a statement on Monday.

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James Corden has claimed he wasn’t given acting roles because of his size. The 40-year-old actor has slammed the acting industry and said he had to write his own shows like Gavin and Stacey because he wasn’t being given the opportunities and roles due to his chubbiness. He said: “It felt like people were going, ‘We think you’re quite good. It’s just because of what you look like.’ It’s a funny world, entertainment. If an alien came down and they had to take a reading on planet Earth by just watching films or TV, they would imagine that if you are chubby, or fat, or big, you never really fall in love, you never have sex, certainly no one really ever finds you attractive.”

■■UNITED NATIONS

Two billion lack clean hospital water: UN A quarter of the world’s health facilities lack basic water services, impacting two billion people, the United Nations says, warning that unhygienic conditions could fuel the global rise of deadly superbugs.

In the poorest countries, about half of facilities do not have basic water services – water delivered by pipes or boreholes that protect it from faeces.

This put birthing mothers and newborns in particular danger, data showed.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and UN Children’s

Fund (UNICEF) said more than one million deaths a year were associated with unclean births and 15 per cent of all patients attending a health facility developed infections.

Worldwide, nearly 900 million people have no water at all at their local health facility or have to use unprotected wells or springs.

One in five facilities also lack toilets, impacting about 1.5 billion people.

One of the development goals agreed by world leaders in 2015 was for all to have access to safe water and sanita-

tion by 2030.

“A health care facility without water is not really a health care facility,” said UNICEF statistician Tom Slaymaker.

“Sick people shed a lot more pathogens in their faeces, and without toilets, staff, patients – this includes mothers and babies – are at a much greater risk of diseases caused and spread through human waste.”

The agencies said good water and sanitation services were crucial to reducing the spread of antimicrobial resistance, one of the greatest global health threats.

International charity WaterAid said rising rates of superbugs had been linked to poor sanitary conditions in health facilities.

The data showed that West Africa had some of the lowest rates of access to water and sanitation.

WaterAid said this was alarming given a lack of clean water and good hygiene had contributed to the spread of the world’s worst ebola outbreak in the region, which killed more than 11,300 people between 2013 and 2016.

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Lauren Conrad expecting Lauren Conrad and her husband William Tell are expecting their second child together. The former Hills star announced the pregnancy news on Instagram, sharing an image of her cradling her baby bump.

“It’s been hard to keep this one to myself!,” she captioned a photo. “Very excited to share that our family will be getting a little bigger this year.” Lauren and William welcomed son Liam James in the summer of 2017. On her blog last May, she gushed about motherhood, writing, “I never knew I could feel so much love for such a tiny person. (I also never knew I could feel this tired … all worth it, of course.)”

■■BRAZIL

Ex-president indicted for bribery Former Brazil President Michel Temer has been indicted on corruption charges after allegedly taking part in a bribery scheme related to the Angra 3 nuclear power plant complex near Rio de Janeiro.

The case is part of Operation Car Wash, Brazil’s largest corruption investigation, which has put dozens of businessmen and politicians in jail since 2014.

Federal Judge Marcelo Bretas on Tuesday accepted charges of corruption and money laundering against Temer, his former energy minister, Wellington Moreira Franco, and six

Michel Temer other close aides.

Temer, who left the presidency three months ago, was arrested with the other accused on March 21 and released four days later. They all deny wrongdoing.

Prosecutors said the graft at Angra was one action of a

“criminal organisation” that Temer had run during his four decades in public life, allegedly receiving or arranging upward of 1.8 billion reais ($NZ690 million) in bribes.

The investigation into kickbacks on the nuclear plant’s construction contract involves the Brazilian subsidiary of Swedish consulting firm AF Poyry, along with Brazilian engineering firms Engevix and Argeplan.

The Swedish company declined to comment on an ongoing investigation. Engevix and Argeplan did not reply to requests for comment.

Temer, 78, faces charges in another corruption investigation in which prosecutors accuse him of using a middleman to procure a suitcase full of cash from JBS SA, the controlling shareholders of the world’s largest meatpacker.

In 2017, his aide Rodrigo da Rocha Loures was caught on video by security cameras running out of a Sao Paulo restaurant carrying a bag with 500,000 reais ($NZ191,887) in cash that prosecutors said was a bribe.

Temer denies the allegation and Rocha Loures, who has also denied the charges, is awaiting trial.

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Lawsuit filed against J Lo Jennifer Lopez is being sued by a man who alleges she stole the idea for World of Dance. Alvin Gray-El has filed a lawsuit against Jennifer, NBC, and choreographer Debbie Allen, as he claims the American reality competition – which began in 2017 and is executive produced by Jennifer, who is also on the judging panel – is based off of an idea he came up with 10 years ago. According to court documents, Gray-El alleges he came up with an idea for a show called Let’s Start the Dance back in 2009, and claims he faxed a letter to Debbie and her production company in an effort to see if she would be interested in producing the show.

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Name change will be hotly debated W

hat’s in a name? If it’s a sporting team, it would appear quite a lot.

Social media went ballistic yesterday when it was announced that for the remainder of this year, the hugely popular and iconic Crusaders horsemen would no longer be appearing at rugby matches in Christchurch and that an independent agency would now be investigating the future of the name and branding of one of the most successful sporting sides in the world.

It was always going to be a hot debate, although the vocal minority, it would seem, are those who vehemently disagree with any discussion of changing the Crusaders name.

There is an element of sensitivity with the whole situation in that the discussions only publicly

began following the terror attacks in Christchurch because of the centuries-old sensitivity over the history of the Crusades, which were bloody medieval conflicts between Muslims and Christians.

Fair enough, it’s worth a discussion.

But the major frustration point it would seem among supporters of the team is that had March 15 not occurred, would we be having the same conversation?

Logic suggests not and things

would have carried on as normal for many years without much thought.

What the entire situation does highlight is where the world currently stands on matters of such importance. At the end of the day, it is just the name of a rugby team. It’s not meant to offend and it’s not there to incite horrible thoughts or images on those who see the worldwide branding, or witness the horsemen working their way around a stadium.

On the same premise there are a huge number of sporting teams around the world who should be following suit and looking at potential name changes.

There are negative connotations around so many of them, that it would completely change the landscape of sport if all were to be called to account in the

same way the Crusaders have since the shootings.

Think of the Warriors, the Chiefs and, dare it be said, even our beloved All Blacks.

All have some form of negativity or death which sit far back in their history, but at which point do you draw the line?

New Zealand Rugby boss, Steve Tew, waded in on the debate yesterday and stood alongside the Crusaders during the announcement, stating that in their view the current imagery of knights on horseback is no longer tenable.

Is it really though?

Throughout this entire situation there is yet to be much public comment from members of the Muslim community, which is understandable considering other things that have been going on.

Their opinion on the matter is the most important of all and should be a major factor in any final decision that is made. It should be remembered too that one of the most well-known members of the Muslim community in New Zealand, Sonny-Bill Williams, spent a number of seasons playing for the Crusaders and wearing their logo and did so without question or comment on the history behind the Crusades.

At least, it’s not going to be a rash decision. The Crusaders outfit, to its credit, is allowing all avenues to be looked at before reaching a final decision.

Public comment, however, would suggest that a decision which sees a new name and brand might not be the most popular for the powerful franchise.

in of her as New Zealand’s 18th governor-general completed a female clean sweep of the country’s most powerful political and legal positions.

In 2008, Beyonce and Jay-Z were married during a private ceremony in New York.

Ten years ago: Nato leaders appointed Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen the alliance’s new secretarygeneral during a two-day, 60th-anniversary summit in Strasbourg, France.

Five years ago: An Afghan police officer opened fire on two

Associated Press journalists inside a security forces base in eastern Afghanistan, killing prize-winning photographer Anja Niedringhaus and wounding veteran correspondent Kathy Gannon.

One year ago: Saying the situation had reached “a point of crisis”, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation directing the deployment of the National Guard to the US-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration.

Facebook revealed that tens of millions more people might have been exposed in a privacy

scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, a Trump-affiliated data mining firm.

Today’s birthdays: Author Kitty Kelley is 77. Actor Craig T. Nelson is 75. Actor Walter Charles is 74.

Country singer Steve Gatlin (The Gatlin Brothers) is 68. Actress Mary-Margaret Humes is 65.

Writer-producer David E. Kelley is 63. Actor Hugo Weaving is 59. Rock musician Craig Adams (The Cult) is 57. Talk show host/ comic Graham Norton is 56.

Actor David Cross is 55. Actor Robert Downey Jr. is 54. Actress Nancy McKeon is 53. Actor Barry

Pepper is 49. Singer Jill Scott is 47. Rock musician Magnus Sveningsson (The Cardigans) is 47. Magician David Blaine is 46. Singer Kelly Price is 46.

Country musician Josh McSwain (Parmalee) is 44. Actor James Roday is 43. Actress Natasha Lyonne is 40. Actor Eric Andre is 36. Actress Amanda Righetti is 36. Actress-singer Jamie Lynn Spears is 28. Actress Daniela Bobadilla is 26.

Thought for today: “You can kill a man but you can’t kill an idea.”

— Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (1926-1963). – AP

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, April 4, the 94th day of 2019. There are 271 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, 39, was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee; his slaying was followed by a wave of rioting (Washington, DC, Baltimore and Chicago were among cities particularly hard hit.) Suspected gunman James Earl Ray later pleaded guilty to assassinating King, then spent the rest of his life claiming he’d been the victim of a set-up.

On this date: In 1841, President William Henry Harrison succumbed to pneumonia one month after his inaugural, becoming the first US chief executive to die in office.

In 1850, the city of Los Angeles was incorporated.

In 1917, the US Senate voted 82-6 in favour of declaring war against Germany (the House followed suit two days later by a vote of 373-50).

In 1933, the navy airship USS Akron crashed in severe weather off the New Jersey coast with the loss of 73 lives.

In 1945, during World War Two, US forces liberated the Nazi concentration camp Ohrdruf in Germany. Hungary was liberated as Soviet forces cleared out remaining German troops.

In 1975, Microsoft was founded

by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In 1976, the film All the President’s Men, starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, had its world premiere in Washington, DC. In 1983, the space shuttle Challenger roared into orbit on its maiden voyage. (It was destroyed in the disaster of January 1986.)

In 2001, Silvia Cartwright became governor-general. The swearing-

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■■ OPINION

Ruffling a few feathers I

’ve been seeing a bit of this bird lately.

Sadly it’s not what you might (or probably not) imagine, and it totally has Mrs Mac’s blessing.

And unlike other birds that have passed through my life, this one is held captive in a cage, so unfortunately I have no idea whether it actually likes me or not.

And to complicate matters further, we think this one is a male, which is all completely fine, it’s just not the way I swing.

Perhaps there’s a new TV show in this. A bloke and a budgie.

Married at First Flight.

So the other half and her mum have been away to the North Island on another roadie and I was left in charge of looking after a green budgerigar named Kevin.

Kevin isn’t your stereotypical name for a budgie but then there is nothing stereotypical about us Macs. My youngest son came up with the name. For no apparent reason. He simply thought up the most un-budgie name he could.

Kevin was pressed into service at short notice when the wife’s mum put “Biggles”, the earlier blue budgie in residence out on her deck and a freak strong wind blew the cage over, releasing the door catch and liberating said Biggles to the wild blue yonder, as almost poetically befits his name.

Quite

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PETE’S PERSPECTIVE

beautiful when you think about it. But not if you were Molly the mother-In-law.

We have spent a fair bit of time pondering Biggles’ fate.

Did he, upon realising his new found freedom do “touch and goes” over at the airport across the road? Did he befriend other birds and live happily ever after?

Would he have the nouse to find food and water? Has he been attacked by a stealth hawk? Is he dead? Is he alive? So many questions.

Maybe he was captured by baddies and sold into the black market.

You know, by . . erm, budgie smugglers?

We’ve all seen them.

They’re not nice.

So now it’s Kevin and me. And we are doing OK but I do feel a bit sorry for the little feathered fella.

I’ve spent a fair bit of time trying to put myself in Kev’s position and I gotta tell you, I don’t like it.

Imagine if you will, that for almost every waking hour of your miserable caged existence, all you get to see are hundreds of white plastic coated vertical bars, interrupted intermittently by the occasional horizontal one.

That’s your sorry miserable lot.

Forever. Til you fall off your

perch. Or sit with your eyes closed for extended periods.

Frankly I’m surprised that there aren’t more reported cases of caged birds with mental health problems. I’m sure they are there, but are not reported cos the captured species can’t get to the phone to squawk for help because of those bloody plastic-coated bars.

Not every budgie is presented with that brief open window to freedom like Biggles was.

Sure, he may have only lasted a single day in the wild, but the taste of that wonderful freedom must have been intoxicating. His tiny little bird brain would’ve been in hyper-drive. The pure exhilaration!

To be fair, I do have other concerns which may also not be helping Kev’s mental stability.

For instance the other day I decided to throw together some chicken sandwiches.

And like the heartless thoughtless inconsiderate person I am, I was midway through tearing up the shredded chicken on the bench when I realised how bad and terrifying this must have looked to Kev. It could have been a distant relative.

I verbally apologised and moved by position out of his sight but I fear the damage is done and I just didn’t consider his situation enough.

That’s been a bit of a recurring problem over the years with me and birds.

Broadcaster Peter Mac is Ashburton born and bred and the afternoon host on the Hokonui Radio Network. The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian

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YOUR VIEW Triple fatal To prevent similar tragedies to Monday’s triple fatal, why can’t we put/paint a couple of rumble strips (similar to those on the sides of State Highway 1) on the road ahead of some give way signs and stop signs.

They could be put 50m or 75m before people hit the crossing and serve as a warning that something is about to happen on the road.

The cost of doing that would be much cheaper than flying critically-injured people to hospital by helicopter.

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Mosque victims to get farmer aid

By Tim Cronshaw

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Farmers are dipping into their pockets to support victims of the attack on Christchurch mosques through a charitable trust set up by major meat processing companies.

The trust will collect proceeds from farmers who nominate animals or a sum of money after sending stock to the Alliance Group, Silver Fern Farms, Affco New Zealand and Anzco Foods.

Proceeds collected by the Meat Industry Association Halal Community Response Trust will be distributed to the Our People, Our City Fund, part of The Christchurch Foundation.

Meat Industry Association chief executive Tim Ritchie said the Muslim community played a vital role in the meat industry, allowing exports to be certified as halal.

“A number of the people working in our sector lost friends and family in the attack and this is one way we can show our support.

Many farmers donated generously in the same way as events such as the Canterbury earthquakes and we expect many farmers will want to make a contribution to those affected.”

Alliance Group chief executive David Surveyor said many farmers supplying stock to Alliance had expressed the desire to help victims of the tragedy. “We were deeply shocked and saddened by the attacks that happened in Christchurch. We employ many

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people from the Muslim community and some of our people lost friends or family.’’

Alliance has provided support to its Muslim employees and donated red meat to the Christchurch Muslim community.

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Anzco Group chief executive Peter Conley a meaningful contribution could be made to the Muslim community by the joint fundrais-

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Silver Fern farms (SFF) chief executive Simon Limmer said halal employees were part of the day-today life and culture of SFF plant.

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Global dairy commodity prices have continued their rally with a ninth rise in a row at the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.

Dairy prices rose overall 0.8 per cent at the April 2 event.

Average prices lifted for all commodities except whole milk powder and lactose.

Whole milk powder slipped 1.3 per cent from the last auction two weeks ago after a long run of increases to settle at $US3287 a tonne and lactose dropped 5.3 per cent for an average price of $US948/t.

NZX analyst Robert Gibson said whole milk powder decreased across most contracts.

“Total offer volumes for whole milk powder [were] down 25 per cent on the previous event at 9650t. The decline in overall prices reflects weaker demand across our markets, particularly North Asia and follows eight consecutive increases in average prices since December.’’

Skim milk powder prices lifted to $US2468/t, up 1.8 per cent.

Gibson said skim milk powder increased for most contracts.

“The increase at the latest event possibly reflected a decline in volumes sold, and some clearing through the system of SMP stocks which were sold at EU intervention earlier in the year.’’

Anhydrous milkfat (AMF) increased on average to $US5867/t, up 3.7 per cent from the previous event.

Butter prices increased 5.8 per cent to $US5374/t.

Rennet casein was up 7.5 per cent to $US6703/t from a lift in competition, although traded volumes were small compared with other commodities.

Cheddar inceased 3.2 per cent at $US4248/t.

Commodity prices have been in positive territory since December 4 in a rally that stopped a continuous slump from May. At the auction 166 bidders bought 17,854t compared with 21,713t of product sold at the last event.

The next GDT event is on April 16.

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Anzco rolls out online sales platform

By Tim Cronshaw

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Meat company Anzco Foods has set up a new online trading system to sell meat products digitally around the world.

The company has begun trialling the online sales platform PrimeXConnect with domestic customers who export globally.

Anzco sales and marketing general manager, Rick Walker, said the company’s intention was to use the custom-made platform as a direct sales tool with individual customers, although it did have an open auction platform capability.

A pilot would work initially with existing New Zealand traders exporting world-wide and the company would consider expanding it across export markets, he said.

“The intent is to focus on opportunities for the tool in our domestic business in 2019. We will review its application across export markets once that process is complete and we have quantified the benefits to Anzco and our customers.’’

Walker said the online tool was user friendly and another way of

the company improving its links with customers. The sales platform would work alongside the company’s existing sales team and tools rather than replacing them.

A negotiation process is built into the private web-based system, including bids and counter bids, and discussion on terms and conditions of direct sales.

Walker said person-to-person relationships with customers would always be important to the way Anzco did business.

“PrimeXConnect offers the chance to complement and streamline our traditional communication channels, which more of our customers are indicating is important to them in the digital world in which we live in today,” he said.

PrimeXConnect chief executive Michael Chandler said the technology would deliver Anzco customers a seamless sales process to help teams make better business decisions.

Anzco is one of New Zealand’s largest exporters with an annual turnover of $1.65 billion and nearly 3000 employees globally.

Right – Meat buyers will be able to trade with Anzco at the click of a button.

■■SOUTH ISLAND AGRICULTURAL FIELD DAYS

Dark clouds no problem for SIAFD The odd rain drop and flooding further afield failed to put a dampener on the South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD).

Organisers declared the March 27-29 field days a success, in spite of clouds overhead and outside influences.

The bi-annual event took place at the SIAFD’s permanent site outside of Kirwee, hosting more exhibitors than ever before and more machinery at work during infield demonstrations.

SIAFD spokesman Daniel Schat said carparks at the field days were near capacity and attendance was strong despite the tragic events in Christchurch on March 15 and flooding that prevented some West Coasters from attending the event.

A moment of silence was held at noon on the opening day to honour the memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks at the Christchurch mosques.

“We had 640 exhibitors this year compared with less than 600 at our last event in 2017. Feedback from them has been very positive.

“The introduction of the NZ Tractor pull was another a positive addition with crowds of people gathered there throughout the field days,” he said.

Among politicians to drop in during the three-day event were Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor, Selwyn MP Amy Adams and Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage.

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Moutter resigns, replaced same day Spark boss Simon Moutter resigned on Tuesday evening and the company’s board settled on customer director Jolie Hodson to replace him the same evening, chairwoman Justine Smyth says.

Asked to clarify when Moutter revealed his intention to step aside, Smyth said, “Last evening. the board held a meeting where they resolved to appoint Jolie as the new chief executive, and Jolie accepted the terms of the appointment, subject to us receiving Simon’s resignation, at which point Simon tendered his resignation”.

Asked if any other candidates were considered, Smyth replied, “The board determined that undertaking a potentially lengthy external search was not required and would not be in the best interests of the company.”

The rapid-fire recruitment was possible because the board had already vetted Hodson as a potential replacement for Moutter as part of its contingency planning.

“Spark is proud to have a philosophy of, where appropriate,

Jolie Hodson developing and promoting talent from within,” Smyth said.

“As part of our succession planning process, we asked a global executive search firm with considerable experience assessing chief executive candidates – Egon Zehnder – to undertake an external, objective and rigorous assessment of Jolie’s abilities.

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content strategy is still at a key stage, as Spark Sport launches and goes through some wobbles and faces criticism in some quarters that it is over-ambitious.

Did he walk the plank? No reason for his stepping down was given yesterday, beyond the old chestnut that he wanted to spend “some quality time with my family”.

Moutter’s total remuneration in 2018 was $2.82 million, plus a long-term incentive bonus of $1m outstanding.

“In terms of timing, at the end of the day there’s always something happening in our industry, so there’s never a perfect time to leave. This was Simon’s choice about what was right for him and his family,” Hodson said.

Asked about her priorities, Hodson named her company’s pending 5G mobile upgrade and finishing the “agile” restructure initiated by her predecessor.

She added, “Spark Sport is definitely a big new initiative for us.

We need to make sure that’s really successful so that will be a big focus.”

- NZME

Trade Me shareholders back $2.56 billion takeover offer

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“This included benchmarking Jolie relative to other executives in the Australia/New Zealand market place. The board determined that undertaking a potentially lengthy external search was not required and would not be in the best interests of the company.”

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The telco’s shares fell just over 3 per cent when the NZX opened, and in late trading were down 3.44 per cent to $3.65 – representing around a quarter of a billion dollars wiped from Spark’s market cap.

A number of analysts regarded the announcement as a surprise.

In her first interview, Hodson told the Herald she was committed to Spark Sport and other strategies in place.

“We’re very comfortable where we are with Spark Sport. We had some things with Bahrain [the second 2019 Grand Prix race] over the weekend. But we’re working on getting those resolved so that we’re set up well for the Rugby World Cup.” Moutter has recently driven an “agile” restructure of Spark, plus an aggressive drive into sports content and streaming.

The Spark veteran had given the market no indication he was thinking about leaving – and his departure comes as his sports

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Trade Me Group shareholders overwhelmingly voted in favour of a $2.56 billion takeover by UK private equity firm Apax Partners, locking in an annual total return of almost 18 per cent since its 2011 initial public offering.

The $6.45 a share offer attracted more than 99 per cent support, and 66 per cent of issued stock was cast, hitting both thresholds needed in the deal’s scheme of arrangement structure.

The scheme requires 75 per cent support and at least half the company’s votes cast, as opposed to the 90 per cent threshold of acceptances needed in a formal takeover to trigger compulsory mop-up provisions.

Chair David Kirk presided over a 32-minute special meeting in Wellington, with 20 or so shareholders in attendance and another 30 taking part online. He fielded just one question in the room and one other from the virtual audience. The company has about 9060 shareholders.

Kirk reiterated the board’s unanimous support for the deal, which was north of independent adviser Grant Samuel’s valuation of $5.936.39 a share, saying shareholders had to decide whether they preferred cash now or wanted to keep their shares in the hope or expectation that they’d accrue more value over time.

“Shareholders will be able to realise value for their shares in cash now at a material premium to the market price,” he said.

The stock recently traded at

$6.42, and has jumped from the $5.10 price it traded at before the offer was made public. That’s more than double the $2.70 offer price in the 2011 IPO. Kirk said that, including the $1.33 per share paid out in dividends since then, total shareholder return is 188 per cent.

“A shareholder who invested at the time of the float back in late 2011 has received a return of 17.8 per cent annually for the last seven-and-a-half years – the whole of the company’s listed life. That is an excellent return for a publicly listed company,” he said.

Kirk gave a potted history of how Apax made its unsolicited

offer in October last year, initially at $6.40 a share. He said the board decided to go public on the potential deal when the Australian Financial Review wrote a speculative piece in November.

That shook out a rival bid by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, which prompted Apax to raise its offer to $6.45 a share.

Trade Me now needs High Court approval for the scheme, with a hearing tentatively scheduled for April 16. Provided that goes ahead, Trade Me will de-list from the NZX and ASX around May 5, with shareholders expected to be paid around May 8.

- NZME

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – How far is it from Ashburton to the Rakaia Bridge? a. 20km b. 25km c. 30km 2 – Which of these is sometimes known as a tobacco plant? a. Heuchera b. Foxglove c. Nicotiana 3 – Which animal features in the Peugeot car logo? a. Bird b. Lion c. Horse 4 – What opera was written to commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal? a. Aida b. Carmen c. Madam Butterfly 5 – What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet? a. Beta b. Gamma c. Delta 6 – Which of these words means ‘hot, burning or glowing’? a. Fervent b. Spartan c. Expeditious 7 – Who starred in the 1965 film Cat Ballou? a. Katherine Hepburn b. Jane Russell c. Jane Fonda 8 – When did Geoffrey Palmer become NZ Prime Minister? a. 1984 b. 1989 c. 1992

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Ashburton Bowling Club Last weekend we held our closing day, playing for the Bird Cup in the afternoon which was won by Tony Blain, Doug Kinvig, Kath Muir and Ursula Crack with 3 wins, with a nice afternoon tea being supplied by our President Jo. Following the Bird Cup there was a short happy hour, then there was the presentation of the 2018-19 Trophy winners which were as follows: Women: Jnr Singles Bowman Cup L. Mills. Snr Singles Warniner Cup H. Goodall. Runner up Spargo Tray B. Ewan. Pairs Doak Tray W. Suttie(s) J. Ryk. Runner up Cullimore Trophy D. Gutberlet (s) O. Collins. Triples Shelly Trophy N. Mackenzie (s) L. Spargo, Judy Ryk. Fours Graft Tray D Gutberlet (s) D. King. S. Maw. A. Gibbs.

Runner-up Mackenzie Trophy W. Suttie(s) S Taylor, M. Watson. Most Improved Player Wilson Trophy H. Grey.

Men: Jnr Singles Mangin Trophy B. Donaldson. Jnr Pairs J. and J Ryk Trophy A. Allred (s) B. Donaldson. Singles Bell Cup G. Eder. Singles Runner-up Milner Jacob Trophy W. Lee. Pairs Cockroft Cup G. Eder. W. Lee. Triples Lilley Tray M. Anderson J. Kewish. D. Kinvig.

Fours Withell Cup M. Anderson (s), M. Hill, A. Mackenzie, J. Kewish. Fours Runner-up B. Donaldson(s), T. Blain, R. Anstiss, R. Lowe.

Most Improved Player Michael O’Reilly Trophy P Quinn. Bevan Stroud Memorial Fair Play award Judy Ryk. In House Trophies: - Ingold Tray P. Collins(s), G. Crack, H. Gray. Glassey Pairs M. Anderson. D King. Murray Gray G. Taylor(s), W. Herriott, R. Diamond. Dorothy Cup R. Keeling(s), R. Suttie. M. Wilson.

Harry Lee Memorial G. Taylor (s), W. Lee, A. Gibson. More Trophy winners next week.

After the presentations GT told a couple of stories with everyone concerned for Harold’s cat before we had a great meal which was served up by Russell and Ollie, this was much appreciated by our members and their partners.

Russell and Ollie were suitably thanked for their effort by President Jo. Thanks to the volunteers who helped clean up afterwards, many hands make light work.

On Sunday the Champion of Champion Fours were played with the Men’s team of Murray Anderson, Min Hill, Alistair Mackenzie and John Kewish, losing in the second round, The Ladies team of Diane Gutberlet, Dianna King, Shirley Taylor and Alison Gibbs losing 15-14 in the first round.

The Jnr men of Brentton Donaldson, Jim Mills, Ray Suttie and Peter Quinn also losing in the first round. On a lighter note from the Ch of Ch was that a high-ranking supporter from the Ashburton Club spent the whole day with his shirt inside out, cuts down on the washing.

And the pressure of the competition must have got at one of the men’s players as he tried to fit all his bowls into his lunch tin!!!.

The greens are closed for the winter after the green staff putting a big effort on them over the last few days. Remember cards start next Monday 1.15pm.

Ashburton Golf Club A good Brandon crowd ventured over the bridge last weekend to play in the Tinwald 3500, and a wonderful weekend was had by all. The girls and boys did the club proud, mum and daughter pairing Bev and Wendy came second on countback in the ladies section.

Young bucks Jordy and Matt along with Tom and James picked up good prizes in the men’s field. Gaby and Paddy were big hitters in the raffle, if there was a handicap for raffles they would both be off scratch!

Hamish won a big pottle of Bluff oysters and Karen was wringing her hands and smiling in glee. I didn’t even know she liked oysters, don’t know what she was smiling for?

Captain Brucey picked up a lovely prize, of a bucket of fertiliser, and I think everyone had an opinion of what he should stick in it, to make grow bigger.

The biggest Ashburton winner though was Paul Greer who managed to get half share in the top Calcutta horse. Finally he can afford those gold plated platform shoes that he always wanted.

It’s always great fun over the bridge, many thanks and well done to Cameron, Bruce and all their helpers, roll on next

Calder. Fours Tony Inwood, Terry Caldwell, Jim Rush, John Moffatt.

Colts Singles Gary Brown.

Junior Singles Linton Muir Junior Pairs Shane Calder, Neil Stuthridge.

Mats for winter bowls will be going down after closing day with play commencing early May. Closing day is programmed for Sunday April 14 with the annual Hec Harper Trophy to be played with disc to be in by 12.45pm, with trophy presentation scheduled for 4.00pm.

Members are asked to bring a plate for afternoon tea.

A big thank you to our greenkeeper Tony Inwood for his huge effort on maintaining our green and providing such an excellent surface to play on throughout the season, and our generous sponsors for their continued support throughout the season.

Tinwald Garden Club

Ashburton Woodworkers Vice President Kevin Challis welcomed 14 members to our March meeting introducing Steve Tallents.

Show & Tell: John Millichamp: elm burr & two yew bowls.

Merv Peck: an outstanding segmented vase, with contrasting coloured wood, well done.

Dave Busby: a natural edged macrocarpa vase, from a difficult section of wood. Just to show what can be achieved.

Adriaan Slooten: a very large macrocarpa wedding bowl.

Dave Strong: red beech bowl.

Steve (above) then demonstrated how the old timers shaped items from wood, preferably green, since it’s much easier to handle, using simple antique tools.

His “horse” was a holding device to grip a section of wood by using his legs, he deftly sliced a green willow stick using year. The stableford round held at Brandon was picked up by Kevin Smith with a superb 42 points on countback from Robbie Bell and Peter Walker, well done to all.

We are putting the finishing touches to this year’s RMF Cup. Hopefully we will have more information this weekend and we can get this great competition kicked off.

This Saturday we have the second qualifying round of the club champs, and with quite a few big hitters missing from the last round for one reason or another, we are expecting a big field this week to play off the blue tees.

Don’t forget it’s your best two rounds out of five qualifying rounds that will get you into the knockout stages, and as I recall all the grades had players miss out last year, so don’t leave it until the mid-winter rounds, get in now and lay down a good marker. Good golfing.

Cavendish Club Arts and Crafts First meeting for 2019 was Arts and Crafts. Our guest speaker was Shirin from the Art Gallery. Such a wonderful speaker who gave us a great insight as to how the Art Gallery was organised and the enormous amount of work involved.

Shirin also gave us some “play dough” to use our imagination to model something – most interesting. Our thanks to Shirin for a lovely afternoon.

Garden Circle Early in March we were fortunate enough to have Mrs Robyn Kilworth speak to our members about Trott’s Garden in Racecourse Road.

Last year Alan Trott passed his beautiful garden into the hands of the Ashburton County and Robyn was elected as first Chairperson of the Trust, formed, to cater for the needs of this world class garden.

There is one permanently paid custodian in charge of the garden and many many volunteers, some work physically with maintenance and others “man” the entrance to the garden. Without these wonderful volunteers Robyn said the gardens would not be able to be kept up to the high standard required for such a garden as this one.

She urged anyone who felt they had a couple of hours to spare to get in touch with her and she would be overjoyed to see you! It would be a very satisfying feeling to know you have a small part to play in preserving this heaven of tranquillity for everyone, local and overseas, to enjoy.

a draw knife. Next tool was a froe.

With its special shaped blade he split a log into even segments, then using the “horse” and the draw knife he demonstrated how roof shingles are made.

It is a slow, tedious, exercise, especially if you’re interested having a shingle roof.

Another item, a strange looking homemade cutting device a sharpened blade, two handles at one end with an arrangement at the other that was bolted to a block of wood.

It acted similar to a hinge to shape green wood.

The final item Steve showed us was a pocket knife for the Gurkhas that he called a “kuri” blade and could be also used to shape wood quickly.

Thanks Steve for an interesting demonstration, with a unique sample of tools.

Robyn was thanked by Sandra and received a small gift.

Library Circle Our first speaker for the year was David Howden, high countryman, tramper, hunter, motivator, Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit and more recently, author.

His book Best Foot Forward was published in 2018. In his book and in his talk to us David spoke of his love for the high country, in particular Mt Somers and of the many people, organisations and events which led to the development of the Mt Somers track.

He told us of the special qualities of the Mt Somers area, its geology, forest, fauna and abundant birdlife and his desire to make its beauty accessible to more people. His enthusiasm and determination have succeeded. The Track is now recognised as one of New Zealand’s best 2-3 days hiking tracks.

We enjoyed hearing David’s poem Mountain High, a sensitive description of climbing in high mountains.

Sandra thanked David for speaking to our club and for all that he has done to promote the beauty of Mid Canterbury.

Music Circle Friday March 15, 9 of the Methven Singers including our President and led by their accomplished pianist Diane Ross entertained the Cavendish Club, singing songs we have known and loved over the years. It was surprising how the words came back and many happily sung along. Ron Greygoose sang a delightful solo, well done Ron, how do you remember all your words?

Janet thanked them for a wonderful afternoon and presented them with a gift.

Most stayed for a cuppa and we all enjoyed a friendly chit chat.

Many thanks to you all.

Travel Club Faye Ruddenklau spoke on cruising the Inside Passage of Alaska and a visit to family in Oregon. After a four hour delay in Auckland which caused hiccups they arrived in Anchorage to board the Sojourn of the Seabourn line with four hundred passengers and three hundred attentive crew. With kayaks, tenders and zodiacs they visited many towns, the highlight was watching whales and wildlife. To Vancouver, Butchart Gardens, Seattle and Oregon. The family farm in the Wilmoth Valley, a huge fertile area growing crops, seeds and fruit. With birthdays to celebrate, giving help on the farm their three week visit ended too soon.

Run and Walk Ashburton

Members have had an active week on the trails and roads around Ashburton and beyond.

With our second to last week of the Summer Series on Tuesday evening we were thrilled with the turnout of just over 60 people. The grass being a little longer than previous weeks provided an added challenge for all.

The Wednesday walkers between the two time slots had eight dedicated members head out on the town circuit. The dark clouds followed them and provided some added motivation to beat the rain, which they did!

Our Saturday morning our early birds enjoyed a nice cool morning, all agreeing it was ideal running weather. Always satisfying with the enthusiasm of our newest members and to see them improving quickly. Congratulations to them for coming along each week as it can be daunting to first run with a group, but quickly they realise the encouragement of others is so important.

Mt Somers turned on perfect weather for Saturday afternoon with sunscreen a must. Eleven members met at the Hall and did an out and back to the Lime Works, with the runners turning into Coxs Road on their return to add on some extra kilometers. Everyone arrived back at the same time to the Hall where a generous afternoon tea was enjoyed.

A regular Sunday run for many is the Geraldine hills, with Joe Ford generously taking his van and gathering as many as are keen.

Just over 17km on the hills and through the forest was the challenge for five members this past weekend.

Back in Ashburton many walkers and runners head out again for extra time on their feet especially important for those preparing for upcoming events.

MSA Bowling Club With the season coming to an end rather rapidly we host our final Skip 2 It Flooring Xtra sponsored Half Day Triples this Friday.

On behalf of our club a big thanks to Skip and his team for their very generous continued sponsorship. This sponsorship ensured these events are successful.

Currently we have 2 teams competing in the Chartered Clubs 2-3s competition.

With 2 rounds left to play we are sitting mid field.

Championship winners for the season were: Singles Tony Inwood; Pairs Linton Muir, Dave Muir.

Triples Linton Muir, Dave Muir, Shane

February 28 The Speaker was Samantha Trott who also judged the Decorative Competition held this month. Samantha is the proprietor of the florist shop called Samantha Rose in Ashburton.

A popular form of presentation of flowers currently is the posy, and Samantha was able to construct one for us, giving us tips on arrangement and colour schemes. Useful advice included to use only three colours in posies. eg yellow/ white/ hint of apricot; to use leaves from hydrangeas or camellias; to take care to keep stalks always going in one direction, not criss-crossed. Surprised to discover that she uses roses from Colombia, which are noticeably larger than NZ roses, very beautiful.

Arrangements were made for the bus trip in March, and a possible three day trip was discussed for the spring. Note that the April meeting will be April 18, not Anzac Day, April 25.

Competition Results Cut Flowers 1 stem floribunda rose M. Robinson; 1 full blown rose M. Robinson, A. Scammell; 1 cactus dahlia any size J. Cuthbertson, M. Robinson; 1 water lily dahlia J. Cuthbertson, M. Robinson Three pompom dahlia in one container (under 50mm) J, Cuthbertson; 1 ball dahlia J. Cuthbertson; 1 decorative dahlia J. Cuthbertson, J. Johnson, M. Robinson; Any other dahlia, J. Cuthbertson Miniature bloom A. Scammell, J. Johnson; Spike A. Scammell; Cluster A. Scammell; Branch flowering shrub A. Truman, P. Tait, A Scammell Flower nos P. Tait, A. Truman, H. Mitchell Decorative - Bright and Beautiful: Beginners P. Tait, K. Sinclair, J. Storrier; Open A. Scammell; O.Keefe /Young Trophy P. Tait; Daphne Cross Trophy A. Scanmell.

U3A “Adjustable Marriages; relationships, divorce and bigamy on the gold fields”.

Such an intriguing title drew a large crowd to the U3a March meeting.

Julia Bradshaw, Curator of Human History at Canterbury Museum confined her topic to the period between 1860-1880 and mainly on the Otago and West Coast gold fields. As Julia said her research had made apparent that many people in the gold fields had a pragmatic approach to marriage!

The life style of movement from Australia to New Zealand; from gold rush to gold rush provided the chance for some men and women to alter their circumstances to suit. Julia began by explaining the background of laws that were relevant at the time, the different types of marriages people had and the options around separation and divorce.

When legal obstacles prevented remarriage (eg a previous spouse somewhere) women simply took the surname of the man they currently lived with. The slow communication systems of the day meant that it was unlikely a couple would be questioned about the circumstances of what was seemingly a normal family.

If necessary one could lie!

Julia had wonderful stories of various relationships which were fascinating and went someway to help us understand the reasoning behind any changes.

Resourcefulness made sure that most family records showed a wedding occurred before children arrived.

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Green: ‘We were embarrassed’ A “brutal” review of their blowout loss to the Manly Sea Eagles has hit home with the Warriors.

Halfback Blake Green admitted the team were “a little bit embarrassed” by what they saw when going through their performance in Christchurch in which they were outmuscled and thoroughly outplayed.

The Warriors have been in free fall since their dominant round one victory over the Bulldogs with back-to-back losses to Wests Tigers and Manly. It’s been deflating, Green said, and it’s something that the side need to find a fix for.

“To be honest we’ve just been out-enthused and we haven’t been in the contest really. Physically we’ve been off the pace, so hopefully we can rectify that this week.

“There’s not much talking that needs to be done, to be honest, it’s all about our actions. We had a nice session (on Tuesday) so

hopefully we can transfer that to the game.

“If we don’t bring it this week we’re in real trouble.”

The Warriors host the Gold Coast Titans at Mt Smart Stadium on Friday night and could be in for a long night if they don’t match the physicality of the visitors. Without a number of their first-choice options, the Titans were a handful for the high flying South Sydney Rabbitohs last time out.

The match against the Titans brings to a close what many fans believed to be one of the easier starting runs in the competition as the Warriors go on to play the South Sydney Rabbitohs, North Queensland Cowboys and Melbourne Storm in their next three.

However, Green said there was no such thing as a soft draw in the NRL, and getting a win against the Titans was no more or less important than any other game.

The visitors come in led by a

formidable pack including State of Origin representatives Jai Arrow and Jarrod Wallace, and welcome back their starting halves Ash Taylor and Tyrone Roberts.

The Warriors will run a new halves combination with Chanel Harris-Tavita given the nod in the No.6 jersey in place of Adam Keighran who looks set to play reserve grade.

Keighran played a starring role in the side’s round one win over the Bulldogs but lost his spot as coach Stephen Kearney looks for a fix to their recent struggles.

Green said it was tough for Keighran, but was a part of the game he could learn from.

“I’ve been there myself. It’s not easy playing in halves at the start of the year at the start of your career, especially if the team is a bit up and down.

“It’s a big learning curve for him and I’m sure he’ll be back in first grade sooner rather than later.”

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Blake Green – “we were a little bit embarrassed”.

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS Prendergast, Mac & Maggie #12 June Bruhns, Outdoor Adventure (2nd Shot) #16 Sue Gutsell.

Euromarque Longest Putt #9: Sue Gutsell, Euromarque Longest Putt #18: Not Struck

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Warriors and Blues offer fans two-for-one deal Warriors and Blues fans will have an opportunity to watch both codes live this weekend for the price of one ticket.

Members and fans of both the Warriors and the Blues will be able to attend each other’s matches this weekend with their single ticket.

The Warriors take on the Gold Coast Titans at Mt Smart Stadium at 8pm on Friday while the Blues host the Waratahs at Eden Park at 7.35pm on Saturday.

Anyone who has a valid ticket to Friday’s game against the Titans, including membership cards and corporate tickets, will be able to gain entry to the Blues game on Saturday night, and likewise ticketholders and members of the Blues can scan their match ticket for entry to Mt Smart Stadium a day earlier.

Seating for fans at the reciprocal venue will be available in specified general admission areas.

“We are hugely excited about this initiative and what it means for our members and sports fans in Auckland,” said Warriors CEO Cameron George.

“We are always searching for new ways to add value for our fans and encourage them to attend games. We don’t see the Blues as our competition.

“We’d prefer to work with them and hopefully this is just the start of things to come. Ultimately, we want fans in Auckland to get along to live sport and get behind both teams.”

The Blues are also right behind what is a unique opportunity in New Zealand sport.

“The two clubs work together and explore opportunities when we can,” said Blues CEO Michael Redman.

“Some of our loyal fans also follow the fortunes of the Warriors and this is a chance to support them.

“Likewise, this is an enormous opportunity for the general sports fan to support the Warriors on Friday and the Blues on Saturday for the price of one ticket.

“It’s a great chance for fans to show their support for the two oval ball teams in this city.”

• A valid match ticket for either Vodafone Warriors v Titans on Friday, April 5 or Blues v Waratahs on Saturday, April 6 is required for entry at the respective venues.

• Seating at the reciprocal venues will be in specified general admission areas regardless of the seating category selected at the original point of purchase. GA capacity is limited, and patrons will be admitted on a first come basis.

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Ladies Division Woodlands 1st Round (match play drawn partners) Jan Clucas/Sue Graham won against Anne Marie Blair/Marilyn Cross 6/5. Jillian Lake/Judy Fielder won against Lal Mulligan/Katrina Mensen 2up.Christine Ross/Alison Vessey won against Helen Rapsey/Sanae Hydes. 5/3 Sims Brakery 5 OR 14 Nearest the pin. Betty Wilson. Marilyn Cross 2nd shot 2 or 11 Grade 0-29 Lal Mulligan Grade30+ Jillian Lake. Twos Betty Wilson Best Nett Scores Christine Ross 83-16-67 Katrina Mensen 104-3767 Judy Fielder107-40-67. Many thanks.

Tinwald Golf Club April 2 - Stroke Diane Lowe 69 c/b, Val Prendergast 69, Barb Cochrane 74, June Bruhns 76 c/b Nearest the Pin: Murray Young Property Broker (2nd Shot) #2 Karen Young, Sims Bakery #6 Val

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club April 6 - Weekend Ladies Aorangi Home Links - Report 8.15am Convenor S Bradford 0211590983, B Fechney 0211305366 April 9 - Mid-Week Ladies Aorangi Home Links - Report 9.00am Starters - D Hinton/M Watson April 11 - Nine Hole Men and Women Own Arrangements Secretary M Morgan 02279645380, Club Captain S Lemon 0274054910

Tinwald Golf Club April 9 Women’s Division Nancy McCormick Foursomes Starters C. Linney M. Smith Cards M. Bennett N. Costin, Kitchen C. Carr 9 hole starter D. Mitchell Draw steward J. Bruhns

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■■MOTOR RACING

Mick quick to pick up family legacy More than 12 years after Formula One great Michael Schumacher drove his last race for Ferrari, his son showed he might be ready to carry on the family legacy.

Mick Schumacher drove in his first F1 test for Ferrari on Tuesday and set the second fastest time.

Shortly before the end of the afternoon session in Bahrain, the 20-year-old Schumacher posted a time of 1 minute, 29.976 seconds.

That was briefly the fastest time of the day before it was surpassed

by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who was 0.597 seconds faster.

Schumacher completed 56 laps, with only Verstappen and defending champion Lewis Hamilton doing more.

The performance is likely to generate even more excitement about the prospect of seeing a Schumacher driving in Ferrari’s famed red car again.

Five of his father’s record seven F1 titles were won with Ferrari from 2000-04. His 50-year-old father also holds the record for F1 wins with 91.

Despite the focus, the younger Schumacher appeared calm and was smiling when he arrived at the Ferrari garage and drove onto the track for the first time,

watched by his mother, Corinna.

Schumacher was sixth fastest in the morning session, which was twice interrupted by rain, with a best time of 1.32.552 over 30 laps.

Schumacher, who won the F3 European Championship title last year, is competing in F2 for the Prema Racing team this season and finished eighth and sixth in his first two races at the weekend.

There has been speculation he could be in F1 by 2020 if he shines this season.

Schumacher is part of Ferrari’s driver academy, as was the 21-year-old Charles Leclerc — who is now racing for Ferrari after just one season with Alfa Romeo Sauber in F1 last year.

Michael Schumacher drove his last race for Ferrari on Oct. 22, 2006, at Interlagos in Brazil. He retired but returned to F1 with Mercedes for three more seasons in 2010.

The former driver was skiing with his son in December 2013 when he fell and hit the right side of his head on a rock, splitting open the helmet.

Doctors worked to remove blood clots from his brain, but some were left because they were too deeply embedded. Schu-

Mick Schumacher is making a strong showing following in dad Michael’s footsteps. macher’s condition stabilised after he was placed in a drug-induced coma, from which he lat-

er emerged. But updates on his health have been scarce since he left the hospital in September

2014 to be cared for privately at his Swiss home by Lake Geneva.

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■■UFC

■■CRICKET

‘There will be blood shed’

Black Caps coach hits back at Williamson rumour

Israel Adesanya has evolved.

It’s a simple matter of continually improving his game he climbs through the UFC rankings. Now, with a chance to claim UFC gold, the Kiwi middleweight wasn’t pulling punches when discussing how he felt about his bout against American Kelvin Gastelum in Atlanta next weekend.

“I feel confident – I feel very confident going into this fight.”

Gastelum, a strong striker with a reliable ground game, will be the biggest test Adesanya has faced so far in his mixed martial arts career.

With the interim middleweight title on the line, Adesanya wouldn’t expect anything else.

In preparation for the bout, he’s had the luxury to train with fellow City Kickboxing stars including Dan Hooker and Kai Kara France, as well as Frank Hickman – the head wrestling coach at the renowned Tiger Muay Thai gym in Phuket.

“There’s been ups and downs, smiles and frowns – like any other camp,” Adesanya said.

“To be honest, since it’s a world title fight, a lot of people are projecting more of their own insecurities, like ‘oh are you ready for this?’ – I’ve been ready for all the other fights so I keep that same energy. It’s just another fight – you take the belt away and it’s still me and Kelvin. The belt’s just a nice trophy you get at the end.”

Now in the final stages of his seven-week camp Adesanya, undefeated in 16 professional bouts,

Kelvin Gastelum and Israel Adesanya face off ahead of their interim middleweight title bout. was set for some tough sessions before winding down for fight week.

“The second-to-last week is a pretty hard we for us,” head coach Eugene Bareman said.

“We tend to train pretty hard then taper off toward the end of the week and definitely next week.

“There is going to be some blood spilled and some tears shed before the end of the week, I can tell you that for sure.

“That’s how you’ve got to prepare for these competitions.”

When the bout was announced, Bareman gave Adesanya an extra week off before coming into training camp to give him a bit

more down time after fighting five times in his first year with the UFC. It’s stark contrast to his American counterpart, who has only fought in the octagon four times since the start of 2016 but holds a 15-3 record with six victories by knockout and four by submission.

“Technically we have a lot of respect for Gastelum and what he does,” Bareman said. “This will be the hardest fight of Israel’s MMA career so far because of what Gastelum brings to the table.

“It puts us on the edge but it’s good; it makes us work, it makes us be sharp, it makes us take care of everything.”

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Black Caps coach Gary Stead has denied reports that he was “overruled” by captain Kane Williamson in picking the squad for the Cricket World Cup. Multiple reports suggested that Williamson had pushed strongly for the inclusion of Ish Sodhi in the Cricket World Cup squad, ahead of Todd Astle, who was said to be preferred by Stead, his former coach at Canterbury.

However, Stead poured cold water on that speculation, insisting he has the final say in selection.

“We consult widely with [our selections] and Kane is clearly a person that has input into that, as are New Zealand cricket scouts and the selectors themselves, but at the end of the day that’s my call to make.

“Kane pulls his information back through me as normal processes and from there the selectors come together and have discussion.

“I think it’s great that the captain has input because they’re the guys that are out on the field as well, but ultimately the decision comes back to [selector] Gavin Larsen and myself to make that call.”

Stead explained why Sodhi had gotten the nod over Astle in what he admitted was a tough call to make.

“The composition of the leg spinners was very tough and both had signs at times that they should’ve been the one that was selected,” Stead said.

“We just felt that Ish might have the chance to take more bags of wickets, or bowl at critical times, and I think that was the thing which just got him over the line.”

When speaking yesterdayto Jason Pine on Radio Sport, Stead also noted how Astle and some of the other fringe Black Caps who missed out on the World Cup squad were unlucky.

“If you look at the guys who played this year in our home series, they’re the ones who were probably in the forefront of our minds – the likes of Todd Astle, Tim Seifert and Doug Bracewell – they’re the ones who you would say are the most unlucky.

“Then we’ve got some guys with injuries as well, Adam Milne, Corey Anderson – guys who have been at the previous World Cup who are just unselectable at this stage because of injury.”

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All prepared for hockey season Hockey players have been dusting off their gear in recent weeks, with the winter sporting season looming large. For many of the district’s youngest hockey players, a Sporting Edge hockey camp with former Germany women’s coach Alex Feustel at the weekend was a perfect chance to get rid of some of the cobwebs. Mid Canterbury Hockey’s Small Sticks competitions have been getting under way this week, while Mid/South Canterbury senior competitions will start next weekend.

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In brief

Name, branding ‘untenable’ The Crusaders have announced that they will be considering a change to their name and branding following the Christchurch terrorist attacks on March 15 – insisting the status quo is “no longer tenable”.

The Christchurch-based Super Rugby franchise announced yesterday that they will engage independent research company, Research First, to seek feedback and provide recommendations on the Crusaders team name and brand.

Crusaders CEO Colin Mansbridge said they are committed to taking the process seriously and doing the right thing.

“This is an event that rocked our community and brought some important issues to the fore,” Mansbridge said. “One of the contentious issues that has been brought up in the aftermath of the Christchurch attacks is the name of our rugby team – the Crusaders.

“Because of our desire to be the best we can be and to support our community, we are treating the question around the appropriateness of our brand extremely seriously.

“We are committed to undertaking a thorough process, taking into account all relevant opinions and, most importantly, we are committed to doing the right thing.”

When the first year of Super Rugby kicked off in 1996, the Crusaders title was chosen for the side representing the provincial unions from the top half of the South Island and the brand was built on a stylised version of medieval England, in a nod to the

The Crusaders are in discussions about a possible name change.

English heritage of Christchurch.

The club’s marketing over the past 23 years has incorporated the pageantry of knights and horsemen, and included symbols such as swords and banners.

New Zealand Rugby CEO Steve Tew said it is “apparent” that the symbolism used by the Crusaders is offensive to some.

“In the wake of the Christchurch attacks, it is apparent that the symbolism the club has used, combined with the ‘Crusaders’ name, is offensive to some in the community due to its association with the religious Crusades between Christians and Muslims,” he said.

“One thing that has become very clear in the last two weeks is that there are divided opinions on the best way forward for the brand. We understand and appreciate the passionate feedback

that we are receiving on both sides of the conversation, and at this stage we are committed to keeping an open mind until the independent research has been done.”

Mansbridge said: “Our challenge is that the name Crusader has come to mean something quite different to many of the team’s supporters. This team is proud of the positive contribution it makes to the community.

In recent times the Crusaders region has been through a number of tragic and trying events and the team has played an important role in helping galvanise the community and raise spirits following significant events. Through these events, the Crusaders name has become more reflective of a positive crusade.”

In order to complete an objective process, Research First will

be tasked with engaging relevant stakeholders and will use their expertise to evaluate the feedback and provide recommendations.

Feedback will be collected during the 2019 season, and following that the Crusaders and NZ Rugby boards will consider the recommendations and reach a final decision.

Tew said the current Crusaders name and branding is “no longer tenable”.

“We are asking Research First to look into two possible options moving forward – retaining the ‘Crusaders’ name but changing the branding and associated imagery; or undertaking a complete rebranding, including the name and all imagery.

“Maintaining the status quo in terms of the Crusaders name along with the current imagery of knights on horseback is, in our view, no longer tenable because of the association with the religious crusades that has now been drawn. That is therefore not one of the options that we will be considering.”

Mansbridge added: “We have already stated our commitment to undertaking a thorough process and to do so is going to take time. It will not be possible to arrive at a final decision and respond in our brand, wardrobe and insignia before the end of this season, but the outcome for any decision will be reflected in our marketing material, playing kit and at-game experience for the 2020 season. We will remain the Crusaders for the rest of the 2019 season.”

- NZME

Brits suspended Bulls hooker Schalk Brits has been suspended for four weeks by a SANZAAR judicial hearing for his part in a fight against the Sharks.

Brits has been found guilty over the dust-up, after Sharks opposite Akker van der Merwe was suspended for three weeks the day before. An initial deal offered Brits four weeks, which was rejected by the Bulls as they felt van der Merwe was the instigator. The SANZAAR committee agreed that Brits was not the instigator but due to previous incidents couldn’t provide him with the full discount for good behaviour.

- NZME

Waratahs hitting back A humiliating defeat to the lowly Sunwolves hasn’t dented the NSW Waratahs’ confidence one bit as they vow to bounce back against the high-flying Blues in Auckland.

Lock Tom Staniforth believes a brutal honesty session was just the trick after the Waratahs let slip a handy early lead in capitulating to a 31-29 loss to the doomed Tokyo franchise last Friday night. “It was pretty critical,” Staniforth said of the side’s match review.

- AAP

Foran injury a blow Melbourne playmaker Cameron Munster says the loss of his opposite Kieran Foran is a huge blow for the Bulldogs, who the unbeaten Storm host on Sunday.

Munster says Foran looked back to his best form in the NRL as he steered the Bulldogs to an upset win over Wests Tigers, before suffering an ankle injury that will sideline him for up to to three months. The Storm haven’t seen much of Foran’s likely replacement Jack Cogger, who is set for his club debut after switching from the Knights.

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Monbet facing yet another setback NZME Monbet’s road back to the top of New Zealand trotting just took another detour.

But driver Ricky May is hoping his latest setback doesn’t cost the former Horse of the Year a shot at the Rowe Cup in a few weeks.

The great trotter has only had one start back after a nearly two and a half year layoff during which he has battled a range of leg problems and general unsoundness.

With a race under his belt last month he won at the trials on March 13 and was all set for his return to group one action in the $100,000 NZ Trot Championships at Addington tomorrow.

Except Monbet won’t be there after developing a splint in one of his hind legs.

“It shouldn’t be that big a deal and Greg (Hope, trainer) wasn’t that worried about it when I spoke to him yesterday,” said regular driver Ricky May. “He was about 70 per cent on starting him this week so it wasn’t that bad but he has obviously decided against it.

“It is a real shame because he trialled so well and Greg thought

he was ready to go after giving him a proper workout the other day.

“But obviously it is still annoying him so it looks like he will miss this Friday.”

Hope could not be contacted last night.

Friday’s 2600m mobile was to be the first clash of trotting’s big three in Monbet, Speeding Spur and Marcoola.

The latter two are in the nominations for Friday’s group one and Monbet could theoretically join them still has nominations have been extended until this morning.

But if he doesn’t then May hopes Monbet can be back on track for the Anzac Cup (April 26) and Rowe Cup (May 3) both at Alexandra Park.

The Trotting Champs won’t be without real depth though as rising stars Winterfell, King’s Landing and Sundees Son step up to the open class group one level for the first time.

Friday night’s meeting is one of the strongest of the year with the $200,000 New Zealand Derby for the pacer and the $100,000 equivalent for the trotters as well as the Easter Cup.

Ultimate Sniper retains favouritism for the pacing Derby even after an expensive last-start gallop, rated a $1.70 by the TAB ahead of stablemate Jesse Duke at $4.

Letterkenny Boy, who is third favourite in the futures market for the Derby has not been nominated and is instead entered for a lower grade race on Friday night so is very much a case of punter’s beware.

Enhance Your Calm will be unbackable in the Trotting Derby while the Easter Cup is likely to bring together New Zealand Cup winner Thefixer, Auckland Cup winner Turn It Up and Miracle Mile hero Spankem.

But the shock of that race is the entry of superstar three-year-old filly Princess Tiffany, because her high rating means there are no other races on Friday, outside the Derby, she is eligible for.

But she won’t be starting, it was just trainers Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen making a point about how poorly off the best three-year-olds, especially fillies, can be treated by the rating and programming systems when the country’s best filly can’t find a suitable race.

Ricky May is hoping the latest setback to champion trotter, Monbet isn’t too serious.

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Tim Williams snares Spankem drive The drive on a last-start Miracle Mile winner doesn’t get given away very often so Tim Williams knows he is a lucky man.

But he might still need every ounce of that luck to turn his golden opportunity into something more tangible in the $100,000 Breckon Farms Easter Cup at Addington tomorrow night.

Williams, the third-string driver for trainers Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen, will be given the reins behind Spankem even though after his Miracle Mile victory five weeks ago you could

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make the case he isn’t just the best horse in their stable but as good as any in Australasia.

But a thankful Williams wasn’t surprised his bosses opted to stay with their more regular drives.

“Natalie drove Thefixer to win the New Zealand Cup and Mark has driven Turn It Up all along, including his Auckland Cup win,” says Williams.

“When Turn It Up didn’t go to Aussie it meant Mark could get back on Spankem but I can understand him sticking with Turn It Up now they all back together.

“But I’m in a pretty privileged position to get on a horse like him straight after he wins a Miracle Mile.”

Not that it by any means guarantees victory as the race is now shaping as the strongest of the season in New Zealand, even superior to the New Zealand Cup. Williams admits nobody at the All Stars knows what to expect.

“I think everybody likes to think they might know what will happen in a race but when it is a 3200m standing start handicap it is impossible to tell.

“So I am looking forward to seeing what happens like everybody else.”

Turn It Up will likely start favourite even though he hasn’t raced for three months because he gets a 10m start over Spankem and Thefixer (20m) but those advantages can disappear with the slightest bobble or scrap of bad luck.

While the Easter Cup isn’t easy to predict the $200,000 Diamond Creek Farm NZ Derby got a whole lot clearer after the pre-draw favourite Ultimate Sniper drew barrier four after emergencies.

Wanganui gallops 10 5x505 Eight Mile (10) 66....................... L Douglas (3) 4 2.47pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1350m 1 541x7 Regal Rock (3) 59.............................. S Collett 2 x1663 Eva Dawn t (7) 58.5....................... R Elliot (a1) 3 36157 My Calendar Girl td (4) 58.5........ M Singh (a2) 4 x85x4 Rhiza t (1) 58.5................................... J Riddell 5 9083x Justa Small Ransom t (6) 57....S MacNab (a2) 6 33006 Allure m (2) 56.5....................................L Hemi 7 0x629 Sweet Elvira h (5) 54.5..................... D Bradley 5 3.22pm NIKKI MARSHALL RACING STABLES MDN 3YO 1350 $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1350m 1 8x32 Lincoln Hanover (5) 57.5............... R Elliot (a1) 2 8x25 Ace Royale (4) 57.5.................C O’Beirne (a3) 3 34553 Broadway Brawler (7) 57.5.......... M Singh (a2) 4 007x Rock With Choux (10) 57.5...................L Hemi 5 Flying Grand (2) 57.5 6 Flying Tycoon (8) 57.5........................ J Riddell 7 0x Painless h (3) 57.5............................. S Collett 8 424x2 Dublin Rose (1) 55.5.......................... J Parkes 9 25x Aratoka (11) 55.5............................. L Allpress 10 62857 Glide Queen (9) 55.5.................H Andrew (a2) 11 Fabiola (6) 55.5..............................Z Moki (a2) 6 3.57pm COOKSON RACING MDN 1350 $10,000, MDN, 1350m 1 22049 Rio Star (7) 58.5......................C O’Beirne (a3) 2 265 Take A Gamble (2) 58.5..................... S Collett 3 386x5 Wicklow (13) 58..............................Z Moki (a2) 4 Flying Grand (3) 58............................ J Riddell 5 Flying Tycoon (11) 58 6 O’Ceirinsun (9) 58............................ L Allpress 7 x69x2 Detonate h (5) 56.5...................H Andrew (a2) 8 83520 Fagiolo Majico b (12) 56.5..................S McKay 9 0x372 Miss Sher Nan (8) 56.5.................... D Bradley 10 69x27 Sorry I’m Late h (10) 56.5.....................L Hemi

11 9x4 Affluent (4) 56.5.................................. J Parkes 12 9x6x Chasing The Crown (6) 56.5....S MacNab (a2) 13 97525 Forrest Red (1) 56......................... R Elliot (a1) 7 4.34pm TINA EGAN RACING 1200 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 2313x Zeefa Zed mb (5) 59........................... J Parkes 2 3150x Mr Axle tdmh (3) 58.5....................... L Allpress 3 x241x Secret Squirrel t (1) 58.5....................S McKay 4 3910x Amazing Banker d (6) 58.................... S Collett 5 0058x Star Quality (7) 57....................... M Singh (a2) 6 2479x Cancellara tm (4) 56.5...............H Andrew (a2) 7 9196x Here We Go (10) 56......................... D Bradley 8 7706x Thatz Louie mh (8) 56............................ C Dell 9 5308x Dragon Dancer d (2) 55.5....................J Baillie 10 06444 Confessional d (9) 55.................... R Elliot (a1) 8 5.12pm IG & RJ HACKETT FARRIER AND RACING MDN 1200 $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 Hardly Dawn (8) 58.5......................... J Riddell 2 Seaaprince h (9) 58.5....................... L Allpress 3 Carpe Diem 58.................................Scratched 4 45635 Belle South (11) 56.5................H Andrew (a2) 5 4599x Parka’s Lady (2) 56.5................H Durrant (a4) 6 5 Flautino (5) 56.5............................ R Elliot (a1) 7 7x Love Comes First (3) 56.5..................S McKay 8 8x099 Midnight Countess h (7) 56.5................L Hemi 9 45x Tuigirl (6) 56....................................... S Collett 10 7953 Whoztheboss (4) 56.......................Z Moki (a2) 11 6x Cicciolina b (1) 56.............................. J Parkes 12 Dundeel’s Girl (10) 56 Blinkers on : Love Comes First (R8) Blinkers off : Thatz David (R1), Tell Me More (R3), Mr Axle, Cancellara (R7) Winkers on : Thatz David (R1), Chasing The Crown (R6), Cancellara (R7) LEGEND: Runner Form

Final assignment The Ken and Bev Kelso and Mark Donoghue-trained Princess Kereru will have one final assignment to cap off what has been an outstanding season for the five-year-old sprinter. The daughter of Pins surpassed all expectations of her connections this season, winning the Gr.3 Waikato Stud Plate (1200m) and finishing runner-up in the Listed Lightning Stakes (1200m) and Gr.1 Railway (1200m). She will attempt to close out the season in style at Hastings next Saturday when she lines-up in the Listed NZB Finance Sprint (1200m).

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Wanganui Jockey Club Venue: Wanganui Meeting Date: 04 April 2019 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 1.02pm (NZT) RAY STEVENS & HEATHER TASKER MEMORIAL JMPRS HWT $10,000, JMP HWT, 2050m 1 107x7 Guy Fox mh (2) 71............... K Veenendaal (2) 2 527x8 Zartan tm (5) 69.5.................................. E Farr 3 042x1 Macklemore tm (1) 68.5........................R Elliot 4 8113x Bigredmoon tm (4) 66.5..................B Lammas 5 1LL6x Gagarin tmh (3) 65....................... S Fannin (1) 6 9011x Magic Wonder tmh (6) 65................ S MacNab 7 80x89 Medini m (7) 65...................................... C Dell 8 98Px0 Mr Ink m (9) 65................................... M Cropp 9 4869x Thatz David mh (8) 65................. D Jensen (3) 2 1.37pm KEVIN MYERS STABLES JMPRS HWT 2050 $10,000, JMP HWT, 2050m 1 2313x No Change tm (8) 71.......................... J Riddell 2 2887x Just Ishi tm (5) 69....................... L Douglas (3) 3 6444x It’s A Wonder m (1) 68............... S O’Malley (2) 4 0787x Cheese Maker (3) 67.5................ D Jensen (3) 5 210x0 Class Above mh (9) 65................. S Fannin (1) 6 60x97 Commander m (4) 65............................. C Dell 7 125x0 Straight Furrow m (6) 65.................... M Cropp 8 7Lx00 Suffice To Say tm (2) 65........................R Elliot 9 x03x7 Mr Enthusiastic (7) 65.............. S Karnicnik (2) 3 2.12pm LISA LATTA RACING STABLES MDN HWT 1600 $10,000, MDN HWT, 1600m 1 25428 McHale (1) 68........................... S Karnicnik (2) 2 22447 Thutmosis (4) 68......................... D Jensen (3) 3 33 Military Step (6) 68................................R Elliot 4 x9x27 Albaron h (9) 68........................... S Fannin (1) 5 5P24x Tell Me More (5) 68................................ E Farr 6 6 El Pablo h (8) 68.............................. S MacNab 7 Katwinkle h (7) 68...............................I Lupton 8 Sanchez (3) 68.......................... S O’Malley (2) 9 94374 Black Anasta (2) 66.........................B Lammas

In brief

b - Beaten favourite at last start c - Won at this distance on this course d - Won at this distance on another course h - Home track m - Won in heavy going t - Won at track X - Spell of three months Race Information hcp - handicap mdn - maiden nmw - no metropolitan wins opn - open r80 - rating 3yo - nominated age 3yo & up - nominated age and up 3yo f - nominated age and type 3 & 4yos - combined age groups c&g - colts and geldings cg&e - colts, geldings and entires e&g - entires and geldings f&m - fillies and mares hwt - high weight sw - set weight swp - set weights and penalties spa - set weights, penalties and allowances wfa - weight for age wlt - welter weight wfp - weight for age with penalties and allowances SELECTIONS: Race 1: Macklemore, Zartan, Guy Fox, Magic Wonder, Gagarin Race 2: Just Ishi, No Change, Class Above, Straight Furrow, It’s A Wonder Race 3: Albaron, Military Step, Thutmosis, McHale, El Pablo Race 4: Rhiza, Justa Small Ransom, Eva Dawn, Regal Rock, My Calendar Girl Race 5: Lincoln Hanover, Dublin Rose, Ace Royale, Broadway Brawler, Fabiola Race 6: Affluent, Take A Gamble, Detonate, Miss Sher Nan, Sorry I’m Late Race 7: Secret Squirrel, Zeefa Zed, Mr Axle, Confessional, Amazing Banker Race 8: Flautino, Tuigirl, Hardly Dawn, Seaaprince, Belle South

Leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller has attempted to freshen Group One winner Shillelagh ahead of Saturday’s Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday. The New Zealand-bred and owned galloper was disappointing in her last start unplaced run in the Gr.1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill last month and Waller is hoping she can recapture her earlier form when finishing runner-up in the Gr.1 Australian Cup in the race prior. “We have endeavoured to freshen her up the best we can by backing off the intense galloping and just doing more slow work and maintenance gallops, including a work out on Tuesday morning over 1000m where she was hard held and worked very well,” Waller said. “I am hoping she can begin well and utilise her good gate so that she can come with a good, strong finish over the concluding stages carrying a nice, light weight.”

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M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 04 April 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 4.09pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C3, 295m 1 32836 My Bro Michael 17.29...............M Robinson 2 56777 Botany Alan 17.85................... J McInerney 3 51113 Yi Feng 17.28.......................... J McInerney 4 33432 Sierra Delta 17.34 S &................... B Evans 5 21418 Cornali 17.47 J M...........................McCook 6 56173 Goldstar Jay Jay 17.25 S &........... B Evans 7 85567 Sozin’s Blue 17.31................... J McInerney 8 1x251 Our Dazzel 17.34........................... R Wales 9 76x45 Twizel Storm 17.55.........................M Grant 10 47556 Mulberry Minx 17.34.................... R Adcock 2 4.26pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH SPRINT HEAT 1 C4q, 295m 1 21784 Nippa Martino 17.22................ J McInerney 2 83363 Dyna Kushida 17.00................... C Roberts 3 17367 Saraya Jayde 17.25.....................L Waretini 4 12648 Flower Bomb 17.06................. A Bradshaw 5 31734 Smash Damage 17.24....................M Grant 6 31211 Randy Raccoon 17.08...................... C Weir 7 14526 Reign Of Fire 17.36................. J McInerney 8 82644 Torpedo Tuck 17.21................. A Bradshaw 9 8637x Dissident 17.30........................... C Roberts 10 26547 Fired Up Jed 17.23..........................B Dann 3 4.49pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH SPRINT HEAT 2 C4q, 295m 1 23223 Wildebeest 17.29..................... A Bradshaw 2 43856 Pita Ramos 17.26............................ J Dunn 3 55557 Dizzy Banjo 17.12............................ C Weir

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 4 57752 High Dreamer 17.24.......................M Grant 5 87345 Debbie Baxter 17.11................ J McInerney 6 44821 Disobedience 17.19 S &................ B Evans 7 55674 Jinja Ellie 17.26.............................. A Joyce 8 31156 Dyna Lenny 17.17...................... C Roberts 9 8637x Dissident 17.30........................... C Roberts 10 26547 Fired Up Jed 17.23..........................B Dann 4 5.09pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH SPRINT HEAT 3 C4q, 295m 1 15711 Mitcham Quinn 17.15......................B Dann 2 87343 Go All Lin 17.30....................... A Bradshaw 3 21365 High Return 17.29..........................M Grant 4 11256 Mohican Run 17.13................. A Bradshaw 5 14112 Homebush Tesan 17.28........... J McInerney 6 27555 Custom Paint 17.06.......................... C Weir 7 62728 Kalonga 17.36 S &........................ B Evans 8 85718 Forehand Raid 17.19....................... J Dunn 9 8637x Dissident 17.30........................... C Roberts 10 26547 Fired Up Jed 17.23..........................B Dann 5 5.29pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK SPRINT C5, 295m 1 26223 Mitcham Reado 17.24............. J McInerney 2 2x64x Gregorovitch nwtd...................... C Roberts 3 62661 Nozzno Fear 17.10.................. A Bradshaw 4 21F24 Wheelie Wheels 17.18...................... C Weir 5 21122 Fired Up Jasper 17.04.....................B Dann 6 16518 Billy Frost 17.44..............................M Grant 7 25513 Platinum Marshal 17.00.............. C Roberts 8 88618 It’s That Fresh 17.23 S &............... B Evans 9 37671 Ketchikan Kim 17.25........................ J Dunn 6 5.54pm ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE SPRINT C3, 295m 1 71818 Nicky Baxter 17.34.................. J McInerney 2 51475 Goldstar Power 17.49 S &............. B Evans

3 18712 Goldstar Avalon 17.31 S &............ B Evans 4 55231 Little Krakatoa 17.36................ A Bradshaw 5 56824 Homebush Finn 17.21............. J McInerney 6 33311 Smash Gator 17.39........................M Grant 7 25137 Chanyaka 17.34..............................B Dann 8 43186 Dagny 17.38 J M............................McCook 9 76x45 Twizel Storm 17.55.........................M Grant 10 57448 Smash Bomber 17.23.....................M Grant 7 6.19pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 31318 Snickerdoodle 17.42........................B Dann 2 26216 Goldstar Spotty 17.41 S &............. B Evans 3 17585 It’s A Joke 17.26...................... J McInerney 4 36346 Homebush Comet 17.55.......... J McInerney 5 22345 Barellen Panther 17.44............... C Roberts 6 64547 Sass ‘Em Up 17.31 J M..................McCook 7 54144 Goldstar Dodge 17.32 S &............ B Evans 8 25224 Astrid 17.20..................................... J Dunn 9 76x45 Twizel Storm 17.55.........................M Grant 10 76846 Loco Lola 17.18....................... A Bradshaw 8 6.46pm MY BRO FABIO DISTANCE FEATURE C0d, 645m 1 42123 Jinja Shake nwtd J &..................... D Fahey 2 85482 Midnight Maggie nwtd S &............. B Evans 3 31223 Know Anxiety nwtd.......................G Cleeve 4 64648 Gotcha Rocky nwtd................. J McInerney 5 24455 Know Pudding nwtd......................G Cleeve 6 2x132 It’s A Trick nwtd J &........................ D Fahey 7 28757 Cosmic Stu nwtd..................... J McInerney 8 31437 Ben Vane King nwtd................ J McInerney 9 7.11pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C3, 520m 1 213F2 Gem 30.21 J &.............................. D Fahey 2 31618 Chunk 30.88............................ J McInerney 3 68141 Opawa Hop 30.12.......................... R Wales 4 51571 Little Secret 30.44.......................L Waretini

5 46768 Cosmic Ruben nwtd................ J McInerney 6 x7434 Invincible Sue 30.15.................... R Adcock 7 27235 Go Glow 30.24 J &........................ D Fahey 8 66566 Malaga Molly 30.58................. J McInerney 9 34643 Opawa Abbie Joy 30.25................. R Wales 10 64382 Kia Tere 30.48 S &......................... B Evans 10 7.36pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C5, 520m 1 63615 Manooka 30.21 J &....................... D Fahey 2 11215 Go Brat 30.14 J &.......................... D Fahey 3 12452 Ringside 29.84............................ R Adcock 4 24637 Zefside 30.23........................... J McInerney 5 52231 Avenger Bale 29.82.................... C Roberts 6 23318 Eyrewell Turbo 30.25.....................H Cairns 7 31411 Bertie Allen 30.01....................... C Roberts 8 11111 Dyna Dave 29.73........................ C Roberts 9 23553 Busy Flash 30.41 J &.................... D Fahey 10 61855 David’s Legacy 30.07...............M Robinson 11 8.02pm I PAVE CONCRETE SPRINT C5, 295m 1 38612 Homebush Boden 17.47.......... J McInerney 2 24715 Cash A Roo 17.27 S &.................. B Evans 3 34816 Business Ethics 17.18..................... J Dunn 4 12353 Smash Wild 17.08..........................M Grant 5 81816 Princely Gold 17.15................. J McInerney 6 48117 Fiery Jen 17.19................................B Dann 7 37131 Dove Love 17.13............................... C Weir 8 42334 Cawbourne Britty 17.22.............. C Roberts 9 37671 Ketchikan Kim 17.25........................ J Dunn 12 8.28pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C5, 295m 1 77271 Rocket Raccoon 17.01..................... C Weir 2 31364 Nelso Allen 16.89....................... C Roberts 3 41331 Hankenstein 17.28................... A Bradshaw 4 57174 Smash Attack 17.22.......................M Grant 5 67317 Mitcham Faye 17.22................ J McInerney

6 13364 Inside Affair 17.16............................ J Dunn 7 44714 Hands Of Steel 17.25.................. R Adcock 8 13184 Goldstar Trooper 17.01 S &........... B Evans 9 37671 Ketchikan Kim 17.25........................ J Dunn LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

9 03604 Hot Starff (21) fr...............................J W Cox 10 95417 Square Dealer (22) fr.................E Barron (J) 11 80x01 She’s Outstanding (23) fr......... N Williamson 8 8.18pm DUNEDIN CITY MOTORS HANDICAP TROT $8500, r48-r70 discrhcp, stand, 2700m 1 32514 Imran Khan (1) fr..............................J W Cox 2 41003 Scarlett Lane (2) fr................S Tomlinson (J) 3 x4030 Missalyssa (3) fr....................... M Williamson 4 97647 Gorilla Playboy (U1) fr............. J Morrison (J) 5 35324 Robbie Royale (U2) fr.................... B Barclay 6 28586 Dusky Eyre (1) 15M..................B Williamson 7 015P2 Zeddie Marit (2) 15M......................B Orange 8 29134 Clifden Clowers (1) 25M...................R Close 9 8.43pm YALDHURST HOTEL PACE $8000, r40-r55, stand, 2700m 1 00900 Leading The Way (1) fr............ J Morrison (J) 2 66761 Thaboyz Toy (2) fr......................M Hurrell (J) 3 94252 Red Terror (3) fr........................ N Williamson 4 2060x Dodge Phoenix (4) fr........................J W Cox 5 83957 Hurricane Banner (5) fr.........S Tomlinson (J) 6 6P1P2 Jacks N Jazz (6) fr................... M Williamson 7 48550 Aveross Ferrari (7) fr..................D O’Connell 8 41868 Fiery Ferret (8) fr.........................C Ferguson 9 65671 Goodthingstaketime (9) fr..............B Orange 10 24900 Jimmy Richter (10) fr.................B Williamson 11 17306 Sheeza Sport (U1) fr...................... K Butt (J) 10 9.09pm NEXT RACEMEETING 18TH APRIL MOBILE PACE $8500, 3yo+ r51-r55., mobile, 2200m 1 52231 The Doorman (1) fr..........................J W Cox 2 02x71 Ultimate Sassenach (2) fr..............B Orange 3 41542 Candidasa (3) fr...................... J Morrison (J) 4 42451 Canstar (4) fr...................................T Chmiel

5 52079 First Son (5) fr.......................... M Williamson 6 70927 Kotare Elite (6) fr............................ B Barclay 7 05281 Paul’s Verdict (7) fr............................R Close 8 28232 Gabby’s Star (8) fr.....................B Williamson Pacifiers on : Mickey Jay (R4) Pacifiers off : Tiger Moth (R2) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS: Race 1: Richard The Third, Cosmic Sun, Halfway There, Inessa’s Dream Race 2: Pilch, S P F Three, Tiger Moth, Tartan Roxy Race 3: Mad Dog Maddy, Mighty George, Thisexcusebetterbeit, Mongolian Machete Race 4: Pat The Monkey, Bono Hest, Don’t Look Back, Whatwillbeewillbee Race 5: Jingles Bromac, Kansas City Jim, Allandale, Playboy Prince Race 6: Living Fantasy, Depend On Washie, Top Play, Ale Ale Kai Race 7: Ideologist, No More Change, Bella Veloce, Myrcella Race 8: Missalyssa, Zeddie Marit, Clifden Clowers, Scarlett Lane Race 9: Hurricane Banner, Red Terror, Jacks N Jazz, Jimmy Richter Race 10: The Doorman, Canstar, Paul’s Verdict, Kotare Elite

10 8F644 Salvarotti 25.99.................................... B Craik 9 2.20pm GREYHOUNDS NORTH DISTANCE C2d, 650m 1 51214 Dyna Weslyn nwtd...........................C Roberts 2 28711 Don’t Knocka Gee nwtd.........................L Cole 3 47472 Cawbourne Palmer nwtd............... A Turnwald 4 63725 Arden Emgrand 38.09................... A Turnwald 5 81125 Cawbourne Zulu nwtd.................... M Roberts 6 52144 Zipping Monty nwtd............................. B Craik 7 1312x Dusty Gambler 36.98.........................K Walsh 8 42132 Cawbourne Taylor nwtd.................. M Roberts 9 38254 Allen Mack nwtd............................. M Roberts 10 53271 Kamada Park nwtd........................ A Turnwald 10 2.38pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C4, 375m 1 65613 Podium Phobia nwtd........................H Mullane 2 61674 Raging Demon 20.99 R &......................L Udy 3 65841 Powerful Lomar 21.29......................... B Craik 4 24436 Ekali 21.28......................................... G Farrell 5 81386 Sisco Kid 21.22................................ C Henley 6 13353 Retired Mouse 21.34..........................T Green 7 81455 Zipping Vito 21.46................................ B Craik 8 6x481 Zipping Ringo 21.31.............................. D Ray 9 88x78 How Goodesy nwtd............................. S Clark 10 34446 Cawbourne Liz nwtd....................... M Roberts 11 2.57pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD STAKES C4, 457m 1 12885 Sub Eighteen nwtd................................L Cole 2 22411 Bigtime Rocco nwtd...............................L Cole 3 11323 Bigtime Tank nwtd.................................L Cole 4 14232 Thrilling Carly 25.83...........................K Walsh 5 45431 Ask King Jeff nwtd.................................L Cole

6 77318 Jimmy’s Rocket 25.47.......................... S Clark 7 13134 Awesome Quality nwtd..........................L Cole 8 21126 Typical nwtd......................................... S Ross 9 35686 Lochinvar Hugo nwtd........................... B Craik 10 14547 Heart Shaped Box 25.97..................... B Craik LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Gotcha Millie, Little Trilise, It’s A Must, Billy Bullet, Yella Ella Race 2: Clap Back, Mad Jack, Irinka Jacob, Thrilling Uma, Call Me Leo Race 3: Go Angel, Bigtime Levi, Hua Hua, Quistis Bale, Finkle Foot Hero Race 4: Thrilling Massey, Bold Diesel, Sir Kinloch, Shozip Boomer, Tuff’s My Mum Race 5: Botany Wayne, Your Valentine, Out Of Paper, Mila Mila, Cawbourne Cool Race 6: Jay Grim, Decision, Athenais, Opawa Kong, Barossa Race 7: Nexus, Sings Like Elvis, Grouch Pawset, Opawa Loyal, Seven Sharp Race 8: Odnoc Ankie, Tommy The Jett, Smoochie, Frosty Blaze, Lacko Allen Race 9: Don’t Knocka Gee, Dusty Gambler, Dyna Weslyn, Zipping Monty, Cawbourne Taylor Race 10: Retired Mouse, Raging Demon, Zipping Vito, Powerful Lomar, Zipping Ringo Race 11: Bigtime Rocco, Thrilling Carly, Ask King Jeff, Bigtime Tank, Sub Eighteen

SELECTIONS: Race 1: Our Dazzel, Yi Feng, My Bro Michael, Sierra Delta, Goldstar Jay Jay Race 2: Randy Raccoon, Dyna Kushida, Flower Bomb, Torpedo Tuck, Reign Of Fire Race 3: Wildebeest, Dizzy Banjo, Pita Ramos, Dyna Lenny, High Dreamer Race 4: Mitcham Quinn, Mohican Run, Custom Paint, Forehand Raid, Homebush Tesan Race 5: Gregorovitch, Fired Up Jasper, Mitcham Reado, Nozzno Fear, Wheelie Wheels Race 6: Chanyaka, Nicky Baxter, Little Krakatoa, Goldstar Avalon, Smash Gator Race 7: Astrid, It’s A Joke, Goldstar Spotty, Snickerdoodle, Barellen Panther Race 8: It’s A Trick, Jinja Shake, Know Pudding, Know Anxiety, Ben Vane King Race 9: Gem, Opawa Hop, Go Glow, Invincible Sue, Little Secret Race 10: Dyna Dave, Ringside, Go Brat, Avenger Bale, Manooka Race 11: Dove Love, Business Ethics, Cash A Roo, Cawbourne Britty, Ketchikan Kim Race 12: Rocket Raccoon, Nelso Allen, Hankenstein, Hands Of Steel, Inside Affair

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Forbury Park Trotting Club Inc Venue: Forbury Park Meeting Date: 04 April 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 5.19pm (NZT) EQUINOX RESTAURANT AT FORBURY TROT $7500, non-winners 2yo+, stand, 2200m 1 73093 Inessa’s Dream (1) fr..................E Barron (J) 2 0 Majestic Rollon (2) fr.............S Tomlinson (J) 3 66725 Cosmic Sun (3) fr...........................B Orange 4 65 Winning Bones (4) fr.................B Williamson 5 5L907 Dream Of Pat (5) fr......................C Ferguson 6 69 Mainland Pat (6) fr.................. J Campbell (J) 7 Richard The Third (7) fr.................. B Barclay 8 90068 Ken’s Dream (8) fr............................L Dobbs 9 80360 Halfway There (9) fr................... C McDowell 10 00575 Pegasus Hanover (10) fr..................J W Cox 11 3397x Be Bee Lass (11) fr........................C Buchan 12 Georgiana Spencer (12) fr............. K Butt (J) 2 5.44pm NORWOOD FARM MACHINERY CENTRE MOBILE PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+ mr46 to mr50., mobile, 2200m 1 606 President Pat (1) fr..........................N Burton 2 8x620 Pilch (2) fr........................................T Chmiel 3 364x S P F Three (3) fr.................... J Morrison (J) 4 0 Come A Knockin (4) fr....................... A Milne 5 53576 Laydeenwaiting (5) fr.................B Williamson 6 35557 Tartan Roxy (6) fr........................... B Barclay 7 77 Eliza Mach (7) fr....................... M Williamson 8 00 Invisible Girl (8) fr..................... C D Thornley 9 0000 Terra Firma (21) fr.................... N Williamson 10 03P Tiger Moth (U1) fr...........................B Orange 3 6.10pm PRESIDENTS MOBILE PACE $7500,

M3 Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 04 April 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 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 1 12.02pm (NZT) WELCOME TO CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY SPRINT C1, 375m 1 65588 Doug Deep 21.51 R &............................L Udy 2 65554 It’s A Must 21.66 W &.........................T Steele 3 87786 Cawbourne Mack nwtd A &................Williams 4 86765 My Red Hero nwtd................................. D Ray 5 68776 El Hefe 21.67 A &...............................Williams 6 76885 Yella Ella 21.54 R &................................L Udy 7 35775 Little Trilise 21.67.......................... A Lawrence 8 77586 Billy Bullet 21.47.................................. H Scott 9 67472 Gotcha Millie 21.55..........................H Mullane 10 47454 Elouera Mist 21.33........................P Ferguson 2 12.20pm MAYHOUNDS RETIREMENT PROJECT STAKES C0, 457m 1 243 Irinka Jacob nwtd.................................E Potts 2 4434 Call Me Leo nwtd................................T Green 3 Thrilling Uma nwtd..............................K Walsh 4 Sophia Noir nwtd.......................... A Lawrence 5 Mad Jack nwtd....................................T Green 6 22 Clap Back nwtd................................... B Craik 7 Stefano nwtd................................. A Lawrence 8 Zoro nwtd..................................... A Lawrence 9 Looby’s Story nwtd....................... A Lawrence 10 63665 Pukekohe Smurf nwtd......................... H Scott 3 12.37pm GREYHOUNDS NORTH MAIDEN DISTANCE C0d, 650m 1 33241 Bigtime Levi nwtd..................................L Cole 2 78644 Finkle Foot Hero nwtd........................... D Ray

non-winners 3yo+ mr40 to mr45., mobile, 2200m 1 38850 Franco Hatton (1) fr....................M Hurrell (J) 2 0x070 Tactical Change (2) fr............... C D Thornley 3 00x60 Mongolian Machete (3) fr...............B Orange 4 06050 Final Delight (4) fr...................... C McDowell 5 57566 Thisexcusebetterbeit (5) fr.........E Barron (J) 6 x0099 Bombshell (6) fr...............................T Chmiel 7 60778 Szybka Lane (7) fr............................. G Telfer 8 66385 Official Cullen (8) fr..........................J W Cox 9 57057 Dreaminsover (21) fr.................B Williamson 10 82406 Mighty George (22) fr.............. S Walkinshaw 11 23508 Superstar Legend (23) fr.......... M Williamson 12 4636x Jamies Bad Boy (24) fr......................R Close 13 69x90 Mad Dog Maddy (25) fr.................. K Butt (J) 4 6.36pm RICOH TROT $8000, r40-r45, stand, 2700m 1 86509 Topnotch Eagle (1) fr...................... K Butt (J) 2 6x746 Pat The Monkey (2) fr.............. J Morrison (J) 3 43807 Bono Hest (3) fr..........................E Barron (J) 4 0790x Springfield Eyre (4) fr.............. S Walkinshaw 5 x0000 Anothersuperstar (5) fr.......................R Allen 6 43500 Don’t Look Back (6) fr...............B Williamson 7 0xP78 Star Pride (7) fr..............................B Orange 8 70P96 Whatwillbeewillbee (U1) fr....... N Williamson 9 60xP0 Mickey Jay (U2) fr.................... M Williamson 5 7.01pm PICK SIX STARTS NOW MOBILE PACE $8000, r40-r44., mobile, 2200m 1 00887 Alexy (1) fr..................................D O’Connell 2 54x00 Playboy Prince (2) fr....................... B Barclay 3 00009 Shindal (3) fr.....................................R Close 4 60790 Chief Kapai (4) fr.........................C Ferguson 5 54709 My Nikayla (5) fr............................. K Butt (J) 6 99044 Kansas City Jim (6) fr............... M Williamson 7 02006 Allandale (7) fr...........................B Williamson

8 0x770 Jingles Bromac (8) fr................ N Williamson 9 44090 Eja Patron (21) fr..................... J Morrison (J) 10 200x0 Dismara (22) fr.................................. A Milne 11 09040 Vigoroso (U1) fr............................D Simpson 6 7.26pm NZ HORSE TRANSPORT PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2200m 1 68804 It’s A Laugh (1) fr............................... A Milne 2 40 Shotgun Wedding (2) fr.............. C McDowell 3 60832 Rakagem (3) fr...........................E Barron (J) 4 27563 Living Fantasy (4) fr................. M Williamson 5 02665 Phil’s Last Chance (5) fr.............M Hurrell (J) 6 x5204 Depend On Washie (6) fr...............B Orange 7 P0546 Jacks Anne (7) fr..................... J Morrison (J) 8 38850 Franco Hatton fr............................ Scratched 9 Art’s Dash (8) fr........................ C D Thornley 10 070x7 King Eros (9) fr....................... J Campbell (J) 11 03736 Ale Ale Kai (10) fr..................S Tomlinson (J) 12 04799 Sefton Hooligan (11) fr................... K Butt (J) 13 0 Shez Gorgeous (12) fr....................T Chmiel 14 P0809 Out Of The Shadows fr................. Scratched 15 382 Top Play (13) fr.................................J W Cox 16 8 Imperial Trump (14) fr............... N Williamson Emergencies: Franco Hatton, Out Of The Shadows 7 7.52pm RESENE COLORSHOP MOBILE PACE $8000, r45-r50., mobile, 2200m 1 x0008 Bank Raider (1) fr........................... B Barclay 2 10300 Bella Veloce (2) fr............................T Chmiel 3 77944 Aveross Rustler (3) fr............... M Williamson 4 07476 Ripsnorter (4) fr....................... J Morrison (J) 5 20660 Ideologist (5) fr...............................B Orange 6 05625 Myrcella (6) fr.......................................C Lee 7 67042 No More Change (7) fr........... J Campbell (J) 8 59466 Coolhand Easton (8) fr..............B Williamson

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway 3 74187 Quistis Bale nwtd............................ M Roberts 4 64522 Go Angel nwtd................................... G Farrell 5 Box Vacant 6 68652 Hua Hua nwtd................................. R McPhee 7 85457 Home Bound nwtd R &...........................L Udy 8 34756 Shozip Ruby nwtd..............................T Patton 4 12.54pm NZ DERBY HEATS 11TH APRIL STAKES C1, 457m 1 43243 Waiterimu Ripper nwtd R &....................L Udy 2 3135 Thrilling Massey 25.75.......................K Walsh 3 52746 Kapai Tahi nwtd W &...........................T Steele 4 21 Bold Diesel nwtd.................................T Green 5 73624 Secret Babe 26.16..........................J T Pruden 6 18182 Shozip Boomer 26.25.........................T Patton 7 73382 Sir Kinloch 26.03................................. S Clark 8 52331 Tuff’s My Mum nwtd............................. S Ross 9 13642 Vibe nwtd....................................... A Turnwald 10 13554 Thrilling Arnold nwtd.......................... S Codlin 5 1.11pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES SPRINT C3, 375m 1 24261 Botany Wayne 21.24..........................P Green 2 58425 Your Valentine 21.81............................ B Craik 3 28x21 Out Of Paper 21.43....................... G Pomeroy 4 56334 Cawbourne Cool 21.40................. K T Herbert 5 81614 Cry Lonely 21.40..................................E Potts 6 31157 Token Jasper 21.30............................. S Clark 7 12734 Jetsun Bear 21.56.............................G Wilson 8 66522 Mila Mila nwtd................................ A Turnwald 9 36143 C’est L’Amour 21.44............................ B Craik 10 23628 Finkle Foot Fred 21.14.......................... D Ray 6 1.28pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 375m

1 116 Athenais nwtd.............................. R Blackburn 2 67535 Opawa Kong nwtd............................. G Farrell 3 77532 Sly Cath nwtd A &..............................Williams 4 87615 Jay Grim 21.67.................................. G Farrell 5 42337 Tilly’s Silly nwtd R &...............................L Udy 6 26625 Decision nwtd...................................... S Clark 7 43167 Barossa 21.38.............................. A Lawrence 8 65634 Banjo Hope nwtd A &.........................Williams 9 72451 Bigtime Monty nwtd.........................H Mullane 10 38358 Jinja Lad 21.72............................... R McPhee 7 1.46pm GARRARDS HORSE & HOUNDS SPRINT C2, 375m 1 48651 Seven Sharp 21.56........................ W Toomath 2 15226 Sings Like Elvis 21.67......................... S Clark 3 52441 Nexus 21.86...................................... G Farrell 4 61683 Grouch Pawset 21.57.........................P Green 5 67236 Cawbourne Moss nwtd................... M Roberts 6 22717 Cawbourne Cruz nwtd.................... M Roberts 7 32218 Jetsun Jamie 21.29...........................G Wilson 8 52314 Opawa Loyal 21.27.............................. S Clark 9 13674 Millie Prince 21.65.........................P Ferguson 10 17478 Unconscionable 21.45 R &.....................L Udy 8 2.03pm FARMLANDS VIRKON STAKES C1/2, 457m 1 11557 Billy Bright 26.11...........................P Ferguson 2 31261 Smoochie 25.85........................... A Lawrence 3 57555 Bigtime Doug 25.49...............................L Cole 4 54456 Lacko Allen nwtd.............................C Roberts 5 37581 Stay Rich nwtd M &............................. J Smith 6 75877 Frosty Blaze nwtd...............................T Green 7 84681 Odnoc Ankie 25.85........................P Ferguson 8 54331 Tommy The Jett nwtd.................... A Turnwald 9 47787 Opawa Jimbo 25.91 W &....................T Steele

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

9.30am - 11am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Join our friendly group for fun exercise.

Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB DAY TIME SECTION.

FRIDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road.

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Daily Events THURSDAY

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in Concert with Woolston Brass Superstar Tenor Simon O’Neill joins Christchurch’s iconic Woolston Brass to perform Grand Opera and Tenor Classics. This will be a treat for your ears and one not to be missed.

Variety Theatre Ashburton brings you this amazing musical smash hit based on the 1992 Whoopi Goldberg film. Gloriously funny and a sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship.

ashburtondc.govt.nz

Wed, 7.30pm

Simon O’Neil

Sister Act

Tickets: Adult $59* Senior/Student $49*

MAY

* Fees apply

April 4 & 5, 2019 New members very welcome, rackets available. EA Networks Stadium, River Terrace.

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

10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Road.

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

10am - 4pm

HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares.

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

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

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

11am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all

abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Holy Spirit Church. Thomson Street, Tinwald.

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

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

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

A great selection of many aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

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

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIORNET. Bring your Facebook questions. $2.

MSA Lounge, Havelock Street.

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

8.30am - 2.30pm SAVE THE CHILDREN NZ ASHBURTON. Pop Up Shop, we have a selection of children’s knitting, baking, preserves, souvenirs and gift items. Easter raffle.

East Street, outside Denim Den.

9am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Zumba. 48 Allens Road.

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

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

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

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

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

Puzzles www.guardianonline.co.nz Puzzles and horoscopes

Cryptic crossword

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The time to specialise is after you’ve tried a broad range of options. Pursue what you’re attracted to and curious about and you’ll be surprised what interesting luck you turn over.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’re building an inner core of confidence, not wilfully, not through props and affirmations, but quietly as you work on what you’re good at. Mastering your skills causes you to depend less on exterior validation.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You don’t have to put yourself out unnecessarily. No one wants you to struggle or be inconvenienced. So step back and ask, “What is the right thing to give?” It’s something easy! And it’s what’s really needed.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Fear is the only enemy. If someone seems to be the antagonist of your life, consider the person is not really against you and is, in fact, only animating your fear.

Deal with fear and the antagonist disappears.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Perhaps what should be questioned today isn’t the “strange” actions of a few outliers. Rather, it’s widespread and common practices committed daily by people accepting an unnatural reality as a matter of fact.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): A good idea, meaningful purpose or true principle... these can scale up. It’s better to get behind these things than to put your energy behind a particular type of media, business model, trend or the like.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Money is not your biggest motivator. There are outcomes you would like to see that are about more than a financial bottom line. Experience, not money, will allow you to move beyond current limitations.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You know intellectually that you’re connected to the people who live so far away and have lives very different from your own, though you don’t always feel that connection as powerfully as you will today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): New people gravitate toward you, leaning in to see what you do you with your talent. Your generosity in this regard is a natural instinct for you, easy to follow, with benefits untold.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You really need to remind yourself more often that it’s OK if life is easy. Maybe it’s just your turn. Why is this something to feel guilty about? When ease comes to you, enjoy it.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): People often assume that coming across one’s passion is always an overwhelming experience, but sometimes a passion creeps up on you, as it will now, in small moments of delight.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): To be charming is a talent and a skill that has nothing to do with being good or bad, or right or wrong, though it often feels good and right to be charmed. Resist charm, or at least check its motivation.

ACROSS 2. Bet one’s pay on the first race (5) 5. Movie the Italian made in radio of a sort (4) 7. Get black mark for blue material (4) 8. Teach one to make a crust: tin is available for it (8) 9. Bedspread, etc, lover has laid out (8) 11. The main part shows its fullness of flavour (4) 12. In time order garlic spread on cool hob-top (13) 15. Potter works it back into the royal collection (4) 17. Pottery head chef used to cork rye with (8) 19. Dream who can be so bound when heading back where he started (8) 21. Sudden expansion in business has a hollow sound to it (4) 22. Material join makes me as different as possible (4) 23. It’s a classic bowler (5) DOWN 1. Gigantic, like the tusker that’s no longer with us (7) 2. Humour that will fade away with her (3) 3. Girl turning on appeal finally to interrogate one (5) 4. Its root may be used in preparation of a rice dish (7) 5. Tree is found if turning right (3) 6. I could lose nothing, being clear in my mind (5) 10. Such wood may go hard by one (5) 11. First battalion to chance being promptly active (5) 13. Its trees give one an alternative to white beet (7) 14. Portia may have been about right to land here (7) 16. Slack thus taken up in love five had abandoned (5) 18. Tidiness that comes between family and class (5) 20. Its wood was held up by Hamlet (3) 21. Where vehicle may park a laurel (3)

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DOWN 1. In short supply (6) 2. Swell (5) 3. Chess piece (4) 4. Internal (6) 5. Obscure (8) 6. Even-tempered (7) 7. Layered (6) 12. Frailty (8) 14. Highwayman (7) 16. Reliable (6) 17. Spoken (6) 18. Diamond pattern on knitwear (6) 21. Farewell (5) 22. Goat cheese (4)

Reap the rewards.

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How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

There’s at least one five-letter word.

Good Very Good How 9many words 11 of Excellent three or 14 more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

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2 4 3 Across: 6. Onrush 7. Valued 10. Misdeed 8 11. Thaws 9 12. Nick 13. Delay 16. Taste 17. Poke 20. Enact 21. Scatter 7 4 3 8 22. Tendon 23. Ingest Previous solution: erk, kop, ore, per, Down: 1. Commencement 2. 2 Trisect 3. Askew 5 4. Partial 8 www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz perk, poke, poker, pore, pork, pro, rep, 5. Mural 8. Disintegrate 9. Advertise 14. Faction 1 repo, roe, rope 4/4 15. Jostled 18. Pains 19. Taint 1 9 9 7 2 6 2 9 PREVIOUS SOLUTIONS Sudoku Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

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Every Tuesday and Thursday in your Ashburton Guardian.

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DUNLEA, Donald – It is with great sadness that the Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade members acknowledge the passing of chief Fire Officer, Donald Dunlea.

Donald's long service, character and banter will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with Colleen and family.

DEATHS Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to: deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz

to ensure publication.

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

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

SMITH, Beverley May (Bev) – A year ago you left us, we miss you terribly. Forever in our thoughts and hearts.

Those we love don't go away, They walk beside us every day.

Unseen, unheard but always near, Still loved, still missed, still very dear.

Adored wife of Ian and dearly loved Mum and Grandma of Sharyn, Rachel, Melissa and families.

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Data provided by NIWA

Waimate

NZ Situation

Wind km/h less than 30 fine

30 to 59 fog

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

rain

snow

hail

60 plus

Canterbury Plains

Canterbury High Country

TODAY

TODAY

Fine. In the evening, rain developing south of Banks Peninsula and isolated showers further north. Northeasterlies, changing strong southwesterly in the evening.

TOMORROW

Rain, easing to showers from late morning and afternoon. Strong, cool S, easing.

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

fine

Fine at first, but rain spreading north late afternoon and evening. Snow possibly lowering to 1000m at night. Wind at 1000m: NW 35 km/h, changing SE 40 km/h in the evening. Wind at 2000m: NW 30 km/h, changing SE 30 km/h in the evening.

Hamilton

fine

Napier

fine

Wellington

fine

TOMORROW

Nelson

fine

Blenheim

fine

Greymouth

fine

Christchurch

fine

Timaru

fine

Queenstown

showers

MONDAY

Dunedin

rain later

Fine, evening cloud. Winds mainly light.

Invercargill

rain

FZL: 1100m

Fine apart from areas of cloud or fog in valleys morning and evening. Light winds.

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

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

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

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3

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10:11 4:23 10:30 4:44 10:48 4:59 11:09 5:19 11:26 5:37 11:50 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

Rise 7:52 am Set 7:19 pm Good

Good fishing Rise 6:12 am Set 7:11 pm

New moon 5 Apr

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Rise 7:54 am Set 7:17 pm Good

Good fishing Rise 7:13 am Set 7:35 pm

First quarter 13 Apr 7:07 am www.ofu.co.nz

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River Levels

Rise 7:55 am Set 7:15 pm Good

Good fishing Rise 8:15 am Set 8:00 pm

Full moon 19 Apr 11:13 pm

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 195.6 Nth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

4.19

Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

6.56

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:05 pm, yesterday

109.8

Waitaki Kurow at 2:11 pm, yesterday

314.0

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

Friday 6

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Palmerston North fine

Forecasts for today

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Auckland

FZL: Above 3000m, lowering to 1400m later

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Mainly fine, morning and evening cloud.

Northeasterlies.

Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Delhi Dubai Dublin Edinburgh

NZ Today

Rain, easing to showers from morning then clearing from evening. Snow possible to 900m. Wind at 1000m: SE 40 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: SE 30 km/h.

MONDAY

Thursday, 4 April 2019

A ridge of high pressure covers the North Island while a front crosses the South Island this afternoon. The ridge builds over the South Island while a weakening front moves over the North Island tomorrow and Saturday. The ridge then spreads to the North Island later on Saturday and persists over the country on Sunday and Monday.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

Mainly fine with morning frosts inland, cloudy periods about the coast. NE breezes.

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OVERNIGHT MIN

PROTECTION REQUIRED Even on cloudy days

SUNDAY

CHARGE

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SUN PROTECTION ALERT

Mainly fine, apart from morning cloud, with isolated showers in the north. Wind becoming light.

FREE OF

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OVERNIGHT MIN

SUNDAY: Mainly fine, morning frosts. Northeast breezes.

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Light winds.

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TOMORROW: Rain, easing to a few showers afternoon. Strong, cool S.

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TODAY: Fine. Rain developing evening as NE change strong S.

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Map for today

Ashburton Forecast

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 15.9 16.3 Max to 4pm 4.5 Minimum 2.0 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 1.8 16hr to 4pm April to date 7.2 Avg Apr to date 5 2019 to date 135.6 174 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 15 At 4pm Strongest gust E 30 Time of gust 2:20pm

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4:55 Cup Of Love PG 2016 Romance. Anna Hutchison, Nikolás Rincón.

6:25 3 Generations MLC 2017 Drama. Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts.

8pm Girls Trip 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Four life-long friends rekindle their sisterhood when they reunite for a weekend of hard partying and bad decisions. Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith.

10:05 The Monster 16VLS 2016 Horror. Zoe Kazan, Ella Ballentine.

11:35 Hopeless Romantic MLC 2016 Romantic Comedy. Christa B Allen, Brandon W Jones.

6:05 Scary Movie 16VLS 2000 Comedy Horror. Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Marlon Wayans. 7:35 Out Of Time MV 2003 Thriller.

Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Cain. 9:20 Selma MVL 2015 Drama. David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson. 11:25 A Beautiful Mind M 2001 Drama. Jennifer Connelly, Russell Crowe. 1:40 Scary Movie 16VLS 2000 Comedy Horror. Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Marlon Wayans. 3:10 Bruce Almighty ML 2003 Comedy.

Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston.

4:50 Titanic ML 1997 Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet.

8pm The Dark Knight Rises MV 2012 Action Thriller. Years after the Joker’s reign, the Dark Knight must return to defend Gotham City against Catwoman and mercenary Bane, as the city is on the brink of annihilation. Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway.

10:45 30 Days Of Night 16VL 2007 Horror. Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Ben Foster.

Friday

1am Cup Of Love PG 2016 Romance. Anna Hutchison, Nikolás Rincón.

2:30 3 Generations MLC 2017 Drama. Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts.

4:05 Girls Trip 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Friday

MAORI

12:35 Serena MVS 2014 Drama. Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper. 2:25 Bruce Almighty ML 2003 Comedy.

Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston. 4:05 People Interview – Viola Davis 5am Titanic ML 1997 Drama.

CHOICE

6:30 Takoha 3 6:40 Dora Matatoa 2 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Te Nutube 3 7:30 Haati Paati 3 7:40 Huhu 3 7:50 Smooth 3 8am Pukana 3 2 8:50 Kete Korero 3 9am Te Ao – Maori News 3 9:30 Best Of Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Kai Ora 3 10:30 F The Palace PGR 3 11am Behind The Brush 3 11:30 Te Iti Kahurangi 3 Noon Hoiho 3 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 1pm Finding Aroha PGR 3 1:30 Both Worlds 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 Dora Matatoa 2 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Te Nutube 3 4pm Haati Paati 3 4:10 Huhu 3 4:20 Smooth 3 4:30 Ahorangi Next Generation 3 5pm Swagger 5:30 Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3 6pm Tangaroa With Pio 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

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

11pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 Nga Awa Whangai o Tamaoho.

11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

7am The 1014 Rugby Show 7:30 Motorsport – IMSA (HLS) WeatherTech Sportscar Championship.

8:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Hurricanes v Crusaders.

10:45 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Blues v Stormers.

1pm Sky Sports News 1:30 Rowing – Maadi Cup (HLS) 3pm Netball – ANZ Premiership (RPL) Pulse v Stars.

4:30 Netball Zone 5pm Rowing – Maadi Cup (HLS) From Lake Karapiro.

6:30 Extra Time 7:30 The Breakdown 8:30 Kickoff 9pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Hurricanes v Crusaders.

From Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Blues v Stormers.

From Eden Park, Auckland.

10pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Jaguares v Chiefs.

From Buenos Aires.

10:30 The Breakdown 11:30 Kickoff

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6am Grand Tours Of The Scottish Islands 6:30 Shed And Buried 7am Sold! 7:30 Tiny House Nation 8:30 Heston’s Great British Food 9:30 Burma’s Secret Jungle War 10:30 Doctor In The House 11:30 My Dream Home 12:30 Mysteries At The Monument PGR 1:30 Alone AO 2:30 James May’s Cars Of The People 3:30 Love Nature – Wild Mississippi 4:30 Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail The story of how a young refugee became one of Australia’s most successful chefs.

5:30 Collectors’ Candy From deserted back roads to abandoned car graveyards, a look at the life of collectable pickers Ivan Bruwer and Georgia Zucca.

6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Mine Hunters PGR The mine hunters travel to Madagascar, going to one of the few places in the world where a single mine can produce sapphires of every colour of the rainbow.

8:30 The Day The Rock Star Died AO 9:30 Trust Me I’m A Doctor 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Extreme Wives 12:30 Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail 1am Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 2am Primal Survivor AO 3am Junk Gypsies 3:30 Shed And Buried 4am Martin Clunes – Heavy Horsepower 5am Birds Of Paradise – The Ultimate Quest

SKY SPORT 2 6am NRL 360 A look at the issues affecting rugby league.

7am League Life 7:30 The Greatest 8am Netball – ANZ Premiership (RPL) Pulse v Stars.

9:30 Netball Zone 10am Boxing – WBO Peres v Daniels.

11:30 Golf – PGA Champions Tour (HLS) Rapiscan Systems Classic.

12:30 Golf – LPGA Tour (HLS) Kia Classic – Final Round.

1pm Golf – European Tour (HLS) Indian Open.

1:30 Golf – WGC (HLS) Match Play Championship.

2:30 Sky Sports News 3pm Fight Night Liam Smith v Sam Eggington.

5pm MMA – Bellator 219 (RPL) Awad v Girtz; Straus v Kruchten; Koreshkov v Jasper.

From the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California.

7pm NRL 360 8pm League Life 8:30 The Kiwi League Show 9pm L Rugby League – NRL Roosters v Broncos.

11:45 Late Show With Matty Johns

Friday

1am The Kiwi League Show Friday 1:30 Super League Fulltime Midnight Netball – ANZ 2am League Life Premiership (RPL) Pulse v Stars. 2:30 The Greatest 1:30 Netball Zone 3am Rugby League – NRL 2am Inside Serie A (HLS) Roosters v Broncos.

2:30 Serie A Highlights 3:30 Late Show With Show Matty Johns 3:30 Serie A Full Impact 4:30 InCycle 4am A-League Hour 5am The Darts Show 5:30 SkySpeed 5am Football Shootout

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DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How It’s Made PG 7:30 Deadliest Catch M 450 Mile Storm. 8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Dale Jr’s Sick Nomad. 9:10 Alaskan Bush People M 10am Homestead Rescue PG High and Dry. 10:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:40 Swamp Murders M Rocky Waters. 12:30 Blood Relatives M Home Sweet Homicide. 1:20 The Coroner – I Speak For The Dead M Touch Me and Die. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm Gold Rush PG New Blood. 4:45 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Chopped Cabriolet and ‘vette Rescue.

5:40 Gold Rush – The Dirt PG 6:35 Gold Rush PG Fire and Ice. 8pm Gold Rush – The Dirt PG A look back at the year, with previously unseen behind-the-scenes material.

8:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 9:25 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10:15 Alaskan Bush People M 11:05 Naked And Afraid M Island from Hell.

11:55 The Coroner – I Speak For The Dead M Touch Me and Die.

Friday

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

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On the defensive Trying his best to protect the ball during his Mt Hutt White side’s basketball match against Hazletts Raptors on Monday night is Arlyn Whittaker. The two sides were playing in the weekly Mid Canterbury Basketball intermediate grade competition which sees 20 teams – both boys and girls – battle it out at Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre. Trying to halt Whittaker’s progress is Travis Amos from Hazletts Raptors.

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Black Caps squad revealed

By Niall Anderson After 14 ODIs, 19 players trialled, eight victories and a slew of selection twists this summer, the Black Caps have decided on their 15man squad for the Cricket World Cup. Ish Sodhi and Tom Blundell claimed the final two spots in the squad, which was announced in Christchurch yesterday.

In one of the more debated selections, Sodhi defeated Todd Astle in their competition for the second spinning spot alongside Mitchell Santner, while Blundell came from nowhere to take the back-up wicketkeeping role behind Tom Latham.

The rest of the squad, who will have a new coach joining

them for the Cup, was largely set in stone for some time. While displaced by Henry Nicholls as Martin Guptill’s opening partner, Colin Munro will travel as a backup batsman and part-time medium pace option, while Colin de Grandhomme and Jimmy Neesham join Santner as the all-rounders in the squad.

Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson’s strong summers with the ball will see them join the experienced pair of Tim Southee and Trent Boult as the Black Caps’ premier seam options in the UK, while Guptill, Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor will be relied upon as the Black Caps’ three most senior batsmen.

Black Caps coach Gary Stead said naming the 15 was a tricky

process. “As with any squad named for a major tournament, there’s had to be some tough calls and there will be some disappointed players.

“The key for us was finding the right balance for the squad and making sure we had our bases covered for what is going to be a very competitive World Cup. “As a one-day unit we’ve been pretty consistent over the past few years and possess a very experienced group of core players, proven at the top level.

“We will have three training camps through April which will involve many players who are not in this squad as it’s important they’re ready on stand-by should we lose anybody in the lead up to or at the tournament.”

The selection of Blundell will prove to be the most controversial. The Wellington gloveman has never played an ODI, and doesn’t even have a solid domestic oneday record, averaging just 23.8 at a strike rate of 79. He missed this season’s domestic one-day competition, and has only played one List A game since February 2018, for New Zealand A against Pakistan.

His selection indicates that the Black Caps value having a backup wicketkeeper with sound glovework, but given that Latham will be expected to play in every game he is fit, Blundell seems to have been taken solely in case of emergency.

Comparatively, a player like Tim Seifert could have filled in

anywhere in the batting order in case of injury, tactical changes, or sudden loss of form, and would have added value as either a utility back-up batsman, or simply as back-up keeper.

Seifert could still be on call as an injury replacement if required.

The Black Caps have now made their choices, and unless injury strikes, the 15 players who will step foot in the United Kingdom are now locked in.

The Black Caps World Cup squad: Kane Williamson, Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham, Colin Munro, Tom Blundell, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Jimmy Neesham, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Trent Boult.

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