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Art offer declined

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Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay offered to hang the community’s art collection in the district’s art gallery on opening day, but the gallery board said “no”.

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Violent brawls ‘frequent’

BY DAISY HUDSON

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A violent brawl in Ashburton’s CBD that left several people injured in the early hours of Sunday morning was nothing unusual, according to the town’s top cop.

Police say up to 150 people were at the scene of the largescale fight, which broke out in the town’s CBD on East Street at around 3am.

A police constable required stitches to his face after being king hit when he tried to approach an offender.

Two members of the public were also knocked unconscious during the incident, while several other people were treated for minor injuries.

For Ashburton police Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield, the violence was something he’d seen all too often since moving to

Ashburton nine months ago.

“Although it doesn’t happen every weekend, it does happen frequently,” he said.

It took all available Ashburton police staff, plus a police dog and handler from Timaru, at least 45 minutes to defuse the situation, Mr Banfield said.

The injured constable required five stitches to his face, and was also suffering from a concussion and whiplash, he said.

The officer will remain off duty for a few days until he recovers.

Six people have so far been arrested in relation to the incident, and Mr Banfield believed more arrests would be made as the investigation progressed.

The partner of one of the men knocked unconscious shortly before the brawl, who wished only to be identified as Anna, said Ashburton had become a

dangerous place.

She said she had stopped to check on a man who was lying unconscious on East Street in the early hours of Sunday morning and, when she turned around, she saw a group of five men knock her partner to the ground.

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Houston’s daughter offered support Celebrities are offering their support and prayers for Whitney Houston’s daughter, who authorities say was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub over the weekend in a suburban Atlanta home. Twenty-one-year-old Bobbi Kristina Brown was taken to a hospital in the northern Atlanta suburb of Roswell, Georgia, at the weekend, police said. La Toya Jackson is one of several celebrities who used Twitter to express her support this week. “Let’s All Send Love Light & Prayers to Bobbi Kristina Brown!” Jackson tweeted.

“Wishing Her A Healthy & Speedy Recovery!” Singersongwriter Missy Elliott said on Twitter that she’s also throwing her support behind Brown.

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Perry’s Super Bowl tattoo Katy Perry has drawn blood in remembrance of the biggest performance of her career.

The 30-year-old, who wowed this week’s Super Bowl audience with a dizzying halftime show, has hit the tattoo parlour to get roman numerals representing this year’s competition, etched into a finger. “I thought it would be appropriate to draw blood tonight... XLIX” she said on Instagram.

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Artists wouldn’t show work in movie Fifty Shades of Grey may be one of the hottest tickets in cinema this year, but some artists didn’t want their work featured in the film. Director Sam Taylor-Wood was rejected by artists who refused to allow their paintings to feature in her upcoming movie adaptation of the erotic novel. The artistturned-filmmaker approached her industry contacts about using their pieces to decorate Christian Grey’s apartment, but she was rejected by some artists who refused to have their work associated with the kinky movie. Taylor-Wood said: “Snobbery just inhibits you ... I’m sure the snobs will be coming out in full force with Fifty Shades.”

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On hunt for missing bunny Four-year-old Darcey Archer-Page, who was born with a hole in her heart, lost her special friend at McDonald’s in East Auckland on Thursday and is inconsolable. The stuffed rabbit has been her “support person” through her many medical tests and appointments. The family has a rule that “Bunny goes first”, to help Darcey feel less afraid. Darcey’s mother, Mandy Archer-Page, said that the plush bunny was still missing, despite widespread internet attention after a Herald article on Monday.

Offers of help had heartened the family and multiple readers had offered to send replacement bunnies.

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Aussie just over the ditch Heading across the Ditch remains a favourite pastime for Kiwi holidaymakers, while trips to the US are becoming increasingly popular, say travel experts.

Last year nearly 400,000 Kiwis holidayed in Australia, but House of Travel spokesman Brent Thomas said some lucky punters did not view it as international travel, taking a second trip to another destination.

“Australia is pretty affordable and people are going there for short breaks – so they don’t see it as an international holiday, but as a long weekend to take in some sporting or cultural event and seeing some family ...”

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■ ASHBURTON ART GALLERY

Gallery rejects council art offer

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton’s art gallery board has thumbed its nose at an offer by mayor Angus McKay to hang the council’s art collection on the walls of its new gallery for the art and heritage centre’s opening next weekend.

And that means guests at the official opening and MP Attorney-General Chris Findlayson, will tour a museum and family history section that is operational but when they reach the upper level art gallery, they will be greeted by bare walls.

In rejecting the offer, the committee said the council’s art collection was not in good condition and that it did not want to display art on an ‘ad hoc’ basis, Mr McKay said.

“This is a collection that’s stored with the council but that belongs to the people of Ashburton. It is very disappointing that this opportunity has not been taken up by the board.

We’d all be ready to help move the art over and get it ready,” he said.

The failure of one air conditioning unit in the art gallery has meant temperature and humidity could not be maintained at a stable level. The gallery’s art collection cannot be moved

Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay, ticking off the reasons why the Ashburton District Council’s community art collection should be hung in the district’s art gallery for the February 14 opening of the West Street art and heritage centre.

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in until three weeks of consistent temperature data has been recorded.

And while that was the correct approach in terms of preserving art works and maintaining industry standards the same requirements did not apply to the council collection, Mr McKay said.

“What we were asking was for them to consider other options

that don’t require that level of temperature and humidity control, to avoid having blank walls.”

Mr McKay made the offer to the gallery board last week and it was rejected on Monday.

While the council owns the building, the art gallery is a tenant and Mr McKay said he could not demand the board accept his offer.

He stopped short of calling the art gallery board elitist, saying they wanted to maintain high standards. And by doing that they were signalling to New Zealand’s art world that Ashburton’s gallery was an appropriate place to hang collections of significance, he said.

“I’ll be interested to see the reactions over the ensuing days as the people of Ashburton give

money for the running of the gallery. I believe we’ve done our best within our powers to have art on the walls.

With national television and radio crews indicating they will attend the February 14 opening, Mr McKay said he doesn’t believe it will be an embarrassment for the district to have a gallery with bare walls.

“I’ll have to explain to radio and television why and it’s my hope they’ll look at the building, the museum and the family history areas as well as the bare walls.”

When the opening date was set, the council was confident all areas would be operational.

“This was a typical Kiwi ingenuity problem solving exercise that I believed would have worked. When you worked through the options there were just two – do nothing or do something. I tried to do something.”

If the gallery board had accepted the council exhibition, it would have remained until conditions were suitable for the gallery’s own collection to be hung.

A replacement air conditioning unit will arrive from Italy about three days after the official opening.

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Police boss calls for stricter liquor licensing rules

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Ashburton’s top cop is calling for stricter liquor licensing laws following alcohol-fuelled disorder over the weekend.

Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield believes restricting the trading hours of Ashburton bars and clubs would prevent

incidents such as Sunday’s violent brawl in the CBD. Mr Banfield wants bars to close at 1am, in an effort to curb the number of incidents involving “grossly intoxicated” people in the town’s centre.

However, Ashburton Trust chief executive Giles Beal has blasted the proposal, saying

1am is “far too early”.

“It’s not about the time that they shut, there’s a whole lot of other issues,” he said.

Mr Beal also criticised the Ashburton District Council’s Local Alcohol Policy, saying it was “deeply flawed”.

“Some of the proposals just defy logic,” he said.

The policy would see the closing time for bars reduced from 3am to 2am, while a one-way entry policy would be introduced in the Ashburton CBD. Closing bars earlier would not decrease the amount of disorder in the town’s CBD, Mr Beal said. “It will just cause more people to be out wander-

ing around the town looking for something to do, which is when the trouble starts,” he said.

Ashburton District mayor Angus McKay said the council’s alcohol policy will be back before the council at their next full meeting on February 26.

The policy will be subject to appeal following the meeting.

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■ ASHBURTON ART GALLEY

‘We’re not being unreasonable’

BY SUSAN SANDYS

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Ashburton Art Gallery Board members say they are not being unreasonable in declining the offer of art for the gallery’s official opening.

Members this week met with Mayor Angus McKay, who is disappointed at their refusal to display council and community works in an interim exhibition.

Member Jac Sparks said yesterday board members did not want blank walls at the opening any more than the council, but the situation they had been put

in was due to a faulty air conditioning unit so was no-one’s fault.

She added that reasons given by the council in a press release for the gallery’s refusal were not all correct.

The press release said one of the reasons given was that the art gallery board members had stated the council art was not in good condition.

Mrs Sparks said that while there had been some minor damage noted to council art works at a meeting she and fellow board members had attend-

ed with the mayor this week, it was not substantial and not one of the reasons the offer had been turned down.

Other reasons stated by the council that the gallery did not want to display art on an ad hoc basis and a need to consider industry standards and the wider community were more accurate.

“Personally I would love to see the art there, but professionally it has to be that we abide by the rules right from the beginning,” Mrs Sparks said.

Art should not go on the walls until the gallery was function-

ing correctly with its air conditioning working. It was not that the council art collection would be at risk, but there were rules and environmental standards which had to be followed.

“Because otherwise you don’t get anybody else’s art. If you consider yourself a professional building, this is not just a little garage down the street that’s showing art.”

She said the council’s art collection might be an exhibition that the gallery would show once it was open.

“We can’t wait to look af-

Garden centres fielding big dry queries

■ STREET BRAWL

Violence ‘has no place in Ashburton’

BY CAITLIN PORTER

CAITLIN.P@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Green thumbed Mid Cantabrians are heading to nurseries and garden centres to ask for advice on how to ensure their gardens survive this hot weather.

Garden centres spoken to yesterday said a number of customers were asking how to keep their gardens looking healthy in the drier conditions.

Lushingtons Garden, Gift and Cafe retail assistant Nicky Steinmetz advised people to add mulch to prevent the soil drying out and to increase organic matter such as compost, in the soil.

How people water, also has an impact.

“Long, deep watering once or twice a week is more beneficial than light surface watering because it encourages deeper root zone,” she said.

She said she had heard of some people going to great lengths to ensure their plants stay alive and well.

“Some are going ‘I’m not going to let my prized plants die’

Lushingtons Garden, Gift and Café retail assistant Nicky Steinmetz has been busy advising customers on how best to navigate these dry conditions.

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so they are actually staying out really late at night hand watering.”

Lakeway Nursery owner Pam Williams said January was always a difficult month, and because of the exceptionally dry

conditions this year it was a bit harder.

“People adapt though, and garden differently,” she said.

Lawnmowing businesses too are feeling the effects of the dry summer weather.

ter it and display it, certainly that would be an exhibition we would have as soon as we could.”

She said it was not a case of the art gallery board thumbing its nose at the offer, or of being unreasonable.

“I would have nothing to do with that, and neither would anyone else,” Mrs Sparks said.

“The last thing we want is for us to look bad yet again, it should be the most exciting time.

“None of us want this to be happening and it’s nobody’s fault.”

Jim’s Mowing Rod Skelton said his business was busy tending to other outdoor work.

“It’s quiet on the lawn mowing front,” he said.

It’s a busy time for garden clean ups and pruning though.

From P1 “A group of guys knocked out my partner and he cracked the back of his head open on the concrete,” she said.

The attack left her partner with a concussion and requiring stitches to the back of his head.

“Apparently that night they just set out to go around smacking people when they weren’t expecting it,” she said.

According to Mr Banfield, incidents such as the disorder last weekend had “no place in Ashburton”.

“We won’t tolerate the thugs at three in the morning.”

Gender no barrier for new careers Aoraki Polytechnic’s new rural farming and transport programmes are attracting women into the primary industry sector. So far 50 per cent of the enrolments have been from women.

The programmes have been introduced by the Polytechnic to attract and prepare people for a career and to address regional skill shortages.

Alex Cabrera, Chief Executive says Aoraki Polytechnic is committed to recognising the need in our region.

“We are concentrating on the areas where students have the most likelihood of being able to walk into a job at the end of their studies, and that have the greatest impact on, and demand within, our local regions.”

“With very low unemployment rates, the demand is for part-time or flexible delivery programmes of study, so we have designed our programmes to reflect that.”

Interest in the new courses has been strong. One of the women enrolled on the farm cadet programme is Eilish Fowler.

Eilish is among a new generation of females who are swapping traditionally female careers for quad bikes and tractors.

The bubbly Timaru woman finished her hairdressing course last year, but the lure of the farming lifestyle was too strong.

“I have a passion for this. This is something I have always wanted to do.’’

Aoraki Polytechnic primary industries portfolio manager Andrea Leslie said it was great to see more women choosing primary industries as a career.

“Primary Industries is a career that should attract equal numbers of males and females. It is great to see this becoming a reality.’’

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In brief Police briefs A 19-year-old male was arrested for assault on Monday.

Two males were arrested for breach of bail on Monday.

Two sets of keys have been handed in to the Ashburton police station.

The first set includes a Mitsubishi remote key, while the other set includes an Isuzu key.

Both sets of keys can be collected from the station.

Ducky under cover?

Methven’s resident paradise duck is keeping a low profile if it is still in town. Ducky, as the juvenile native duck came to be known, made itself a nuisance at the Methven Resort swimming pool, and would often roost across the road on the front fields of Mount Hutt College. For about two weeks, it was a regular in the town’s CBD and would fly in and walk around the yards of agricultural businesses on the outskirts of town. However, Methven Resort’s manager Karyn Yorston yesterday said she had not seen the duck for a couple of days, while staff at Mount Hutt College said they had not seen it since Monday when school returned in full for the year.

Severe wind warning The MetService has issued a severe weather warning. For Canterbury, northwesterlies were expected to rise to gales overnight last night.

From 3am to 2pm today gusts of 130km/h were expected about the alps and foothills. From 9am to 2pm gusts of 120km/h were expected in exposed parts of the plains and Banks Peninsula.

Fall down The Chasm A woman fell 20m down The Chasm in Fiordland National Park yesterday. Te Anau police, firefighters and a local doctor were brought in to rescue the woman, who was believed to be uninjured.

Senior Sergeant Ben Butterfield said it was thought the woman fell into The Chasm while out walking.

“Due to the difficult terrain members of the Queenstown alpine cliff rescue team had been sent to the area to assist,” Mr Butterfield said.

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■ ASHBURTON POLICE

Arrests in Rakaia burglaries

By Daisy HuDson

daisy.h@Theguardian.co.nz

Ashburton police have arrested two people following a spree of burglaries in Rakaia on Monday.

The burglars allegedly forced their way into the Rakaia Squash Club on Monday afternoon, where they took a small amount of property and caused damage to the

building. Ashburton police Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield said police tracked the two burglars to Methven, where they were then arrested.

Rakaia Squash Club president Jeremy Duckmanton said the break-in was frustrating.

“It’s annoying that we have to pay for repairs, but there’s only so much you can do,” he said.

“It’s just frustrating when you’re a club full of volunteers and you have to deal with things like that.”

He was unsure how much property was taken from the club, but said there had been damage done to doors when the burglars forced their way in.

Mr Duckmanton said it was positive that the alleged bur-

glars were caught quickly.

“At least they won’t be doing it to anyone else,” he said.

Mr Banfield said he believed the two arrested were also responsible for two other burglaries that occurred in Rakaia on Monday, and he expected further charges would be laid.

The pair will appear in the Christchurch District Court on Tuesday.

■ MULTI CULTURAL BITE

Bringing a taste of South Africa to festival

By Toni Williams

Toni.w@Theguardian.co.nz

Preparing South African food delights for others to sample is a treat for chef Theresa Marshall.

The Hinds Tavern manager spends most of her day in the kitchen – it is part of her job.

But to make food from her home country for the thousands who are likely to attend Friday’s Multi Cultural Bite, it’s extra special.

Mrs Marshall and husband, Charles, will offer savoury bites of vetkoek (fried bread) stuffed with curried mince and vegetables, and mielietart – a maize meal with tomato salsa and cheese topping bake.

The mielietart will be topped with boerewors (South African sausage) depending on whether or not the Marshalls get a special open fire dispensation to use their braai (an open wood fire barbecue).

“I must stay true to our country,” Mrs Marshall said of the braai wood fire taste.

If the boerewors was cooked any other way “it’d be like cheating on our home country,” she said.

Theresa Marshall will offer South African dishes (from left) malva pudding, mielietart topped with boerewors and vetkoek (fried bread) stuffed with curried mince at the annual Multi Cultural Bite festival on Friday.

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If no dispensation was forthcoming, the sausage would be replaced with another South African substitute that could sit on top of the mielietart.

The sweet treats are malva pudding (cake soaked with caramalised sauce) and milk tarts.

The Marshalls came to New Zealand almost nine years ago to provide a better lifestyle for their children.

Mrs Marshall said the annual Multi Cultural Bite was the “best thing that could happen” to bring people together.

They will also have Afri-

kaan music to draw in people, however dancing was optional, Mrs Marshall joked.

This will be the second time the Marshalls have been involved with Multi Cultural Bite and they had one desire – not to run out of food for the thousands attending.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT BUILDING CONSENTS

In brief

Boom mirrored in Methven Ashburton’s building boom has been mirrored in Methven, with last year’s $7.2 million in building consents the town’s highest since 2009.

Figures presented to the Methven Community Board this week showed the figures were boosted by a $2.5 million extension to an existing irrigation pump house for the BCI project at Highbank in August.

Last year’s building consents for the town totalled $6.3 million, and were $4.8 million in 2012, $4.2 million in 2011, $7.1 million in 2010 and $9.8 mil-

lion in 2009.

In Ashburton, a record 1242 building consents worth almost $150 million were issued last year.

A number of those issued by the Ashburton District Council were for big projects with big price tags - $8.35 million for an aged care hospital planned for Lochlea Retirement Village, $2 million for the Westburn Courts redevelopment on West Street, and $1.5 million for a 20 bed extension to Cameron Courts Resthome.

Another $1.2 million worth

of work was consented for additional retirement villas at Rosebank.

Consents worth more than $11 million were issued for work in the retirement village sector.

In 2013, consent values (1198 worth $165 million) were boosted by a $32 million consent issued for the EA Networks Centre.

A total of $76.23 million worth of consents were issued for 233 new homes, about $1 million up on last year.

Ashburton mayor Angus Mc-

Kay said looking ahead, there were clear signals the district’s strong growth in building would continue.

He was expecting 2015 to be at least as busy, with some big ticket consents likely to come forward including Progressive Enterprises’ plans for a new supermarket on the corner of East and South Street, worth $20 million, the staged inner town Eastfield Development with an all-up cost of around $40 million and the Allenton Medical Centre, the cost for which is not yet known.

■ HINDS CRASH

Four hospitalised from multi-vehicle pile-up

By Daisy HuDson

daisy.h@theguardian.co.nz

Four people were taken to hospital after a multi-vehicle crash near Hinds yesterday morning.

The crash occurred just after 11am yesterday on State Highway One, when an articulated truck collided with three vehicles.

According to Canterbury police, the vehicles were travelling south along a section of road where temporary traffic lights had been set up, as contractors were working in the area.

The vehicles were believed to have stopped at the traffic lights when the truck collided with the back of the first vehicle, a Holden ute.

The collision pushed the ute into a Subaru Forester, and then into a third vehicle, a Toyota Highlander.

The male driver of the ute was taken to Ashburton Hospital in a stable condition with moderate injuries.

The female driver and two children in the Subaru Forester were transported to Timaru Hospital with moderate and minor injuries.

Canterbury police’s Serious Crash Unit and Commercial Vehicle Investigation Unit were on site assessing the scene yesterday afternoon.

Hinds Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer Dave Kingsbury said the State Highway was closed for much of the

Decision devasting The mother of a man who died in Otago Corrections Facility is devastated by police’s decision not to lay charges, but is not giving up her fight for justice. Jai Davis, 30, died in a prison cell in February 2011 from a suspected drug overdose in the Milburn facility after arriving with drugs concealed internally. Police yesterday made a decision not to prosecute following a review into evidence given at last year’s Coroner’s inquest into Mr Davis’ death. The Coroner’s inquest, in Dunedin last year, heard of multiple failings by staff, which included not calling a doctor despite Mr Davis appearing unwell.

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Baby’s death tragic The death of a baby girl in Taranaki yesterday may have been been a tragic accident caused by a falling household object. An investigation was launched into the death of the 4-month-old girl after police and ambulance services were called to a house in central Hawera shortly after noon. The infant was found unresponsive and despite paramedics’ attempts to resuscitate her, the girl was pronounced dead at the scene.

An examination of the property was carried out yesterday, and police officers were speaking to the baby’s family.

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Mountaineer missing Missing mountaineer Simon Bell was on a mission to be the first to climb the 100 “great peaks” of New Zealand. Mt Earnslaw was about number 60 on Mr Bell’s list when three weeks ago he told friends he was setting out for the 2819m peak in Mt Aspiring National Park. He has not been heard of since. After his ex-partner reported him missing on Monday, police found Mr Bell’s car at Muddy Creek, near the start of the Mt Earnslaw walking track, about 25km north of Glenorchy. - NZME

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“This crash occurred on a straight section of the State Highway where it is important to have safe following distances for the conditions,” he said.

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afternoon, with diversions put in place while police investigated the crash.

Acting Canterbury Road Policing Manager Acting Inspector Glenn Nalder said the incident was a timely reminder for motorists to drive to the

needed to be aware of changing factors on the roads due to weather, as well as roadworks and temporary speed reductions.

Anyone who witnessed the crash should contact the Ashburton police station.

A suspicious death of an elderly man in a Whangamata home has startled neighbours – including the parents of cricket star Daniel Vettori whose next-door driveway formed part of a forensics probe.

A modest one-storey home in sleepy Achilles Avenue has become the centre of a homicide inquiry after a 76-year-old man was found dead there by emergency services about 1.30am yesterday. Police were yesterday revealing little about the death, but said an occupant of the house was being spoken to. “The investigation is currently in its formative stages and it is too early to comment on the nature of how the victim died or any type of weapon used,” Detective Senior Sergeant Graham Pitkethley said.

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January has been a popular month for Mid Cantabrians to give up smoking.

So far seven people have signed up to the Aukati Kaipaipa (AKP) programme with Community and Public Health in Ashburton, the highest number in the past four years.

Smoking cessation practitioner Carly McDowell said that for the small service, it was a great number.

“That is definitely busier than any normal month,” she said.

She put the increase down to the cost of smoking.

Cost has been a factor that everybody had mentioned, she said.

The AKP programme provides a faceto-face service for people who want to quit smoking.

Through the programme, Mrs McDowell provides gum, lozenges and support for 12 weeks.

At the end of that 12-week period

■ HINDS YOUNG FARMERS

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By Daisy HuDson

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Being single on Valentine’s Day can be daunting for many, but the Hinds Young Farmers’ Club has taken a novel approach to the most romantic day of the year.

The club will take on the role of matchmaker when it holds its second annual speed dating night on February 14th.

The event was a raging success last year, with all 100 tickets selling out before the big night.

While for many the event was a fun way to spend Valentine’s Day, the evening had led to true love for some.

Hinds YFC chairman Heather Clucas said she knew of at least one couple who

were still together after meeting at the event.

“It was really popular last year, and people had a great time,” she said.

“It’s a great chance to meet different people.”

The speed dating night also serves as a fundraiser for the club, with last year’s event raising about $3000.

Ms Clucas said the money raised from the event would go towards club activities and trips, as well as helping them give back to the community.

The speed dating night will be held at the Ashburton Collegiate rugby clubrooms on Smithfield Road on Valentine’s Day. The Hinds YFC will also host an after party after the event.

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“I support their quit attempt by helping them to identify triggers and making a plan that will work for them.”

Mrs McDowell said it has not only been individuals signing up, but work places which have staff that want to give up have also contacted her.

Last year two people signed up to the programme, in 2013 there were no sign ups and in January 2012 there was one.

The New Year quit smoking trend is popular across other services too.

Life Pharmacy Ashburton pharmacist Melissa West said there was an increase in January of people with prescriptions for cessation products.

Allenton pharmacist Sean Reilly said his pharmacy dispensed more quit smoking products in January than any other month, but that was the same “year in, year out”.

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■ U3A ASHBURTON

Learning for Ashburton’s third age

BY SUSAN SANDYS

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Originally conceived as a university for older people, U3A has all the good things about uni, but none of the bad things, such as exams.

That is according to U3A Ashburton publicity officer Marion Perkins, who has herself learned much from the group since its inception one year ago.

U3A is a worldwide movement for learning in the third age, considered 55 and over. Mrs Perkins waxes lyrical about the large range of speakers who have talked at Ashburton’s U3A meetings to date.

“They are fascinating, you just sit there spellbound,” Mrs Perkins said.

There was award winning author and illustrator Gavin Bishop who told of how he constructed his books. He spoke without a projector or slides.

“He had no props whatsoever, you could’ve heard a pin drop.”

Professor Steve Wratten from Lincoln University spoke on biosecurity, retired Carter Observa-

tory astronomer Frank Andrews on the universe, and Wellington physicist Roger Sparks on the Hadron collider.

This year’s programme is still in the making, but each month will feature a new speaker and topic.

Yet to be confirmed are talks on financial advising, Canterbury’s coastal dynamics, New Zealand’s meat export industry, inequality and children, bowel cancer research and Christchurch’s performing arts school of NASDA. Membership of the group is 120, and Mrs Perkins would like to see this increase to 200. Generally 70 to 80 attend each talk.

It was a great group with all the fun things about learning, such as meeting other people and sharing interests, but no associated commitments such as assignments or exams.

“It’s such a fantastic organisation and there’s a lot of lonely older people out there who don’t know how to meet people.”

Anyone interested in finding out more can contact Mrs Perkins on u3a.ashburton@gmail.com or phone 308-9219.

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U3A Ashburton publicity officer Marion Perkins is looking forward to another year of learning.

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■ BE ACTIVE PROGRAMME

Getting active and having some fun at the same time

BY CAITLIN PORTER

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Keeping active this summer in Mid Canterbury should be even easier now the Be Active programme is back in town.

The programme ran in Ashburton last year and due to its success is back for a second time around.

It is operated by Sport Canterbury’s Green Prescription team and targeted at people of any fitness level, to increase their activity and have fun at the same time.

Last year the programme ran from February to April at the Ashburton Seniors Centre and was dubbed a success by Sport Canterbury.

Physical activity manager Jess Wood

said all of the participants last year said the eight week programme was responsible for an increase in their activity levels.

This year’s programme starts on Thursday, and people can have a go at a range of low-impact activities including Tai Chi, aqua jogging, Zumba classes and Swiss ball exercises.

Information sessions will also be given about nutrition, goal setting and motivation.

Mid Canterbury Green Prescription co-ordinator Jules Wilke said spaces are available but are filling up fast.

The cost is $3 per session and they will run from 10.30am until noon every Thursday for eight weeks.

■ TINWALD ENCOUNTER

Hedgehog close to sticky end It seems hedgehogs in Taranaki aren’t the only ones to find themselves caught a sticky trap.

Taranaki police earlier this week came to the rescue of a hedgehog with its head caught in a plastic cup. They set the inquisitive animal free and it scuttled away.

A Tinwald man has had a similar prickly encounter. He was awoken on Monday night by a scratching, scuttling noise outside his bedroom window. Curious, he headed outside to check the source of the ruckus. Initially, he said, he thought

it was a rat, but upon closer, torch-lit inspection he discovered a small hedgehog with its head firmly trapped in a plastic soft drink cup.

In spite of his best efforts he was unable to dislodge the cup from the hedgehog’s head and decided the only way to set the critter free was to cut the offending cup off. He did and the hedgehog scuttled into the bushes, it’s taste for sugary drinks sated and a lesson perhaps learned about poking its nose into small space.

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By Kurt Bayer The wife of a senior insurance manager allegedly caught romping with an office junior learned of the extra-marital activities on Facebook.

The married man, understood to have three children, stayed away from the glass-fronted Christchurch office of insurance firm Marsh Ltd yesterday while bosses conduct an employment investigation.

The amorous Marsh employees left the office lights on last Friday, allowing drinkers at the Carlton Bar and Eatery across Papanui Rd to clap and cheer on their hour-long show.

Photos and footage of their antics soon appeared on social media and have been broadcast in New Zealand and around the world.

Bosses at Marsh Ltd have identified the pair and have launched an investigation.

Sources said yesterday that the man holds a senior management position at the firm.

He was not answering his work mobile yesterday and there was nobody at the family home.

His wife is said to be “distraught” over the incident.

“She had no idea until she came across it on Facebook on Monday night. She’s in pieces and can’t even speak to him,” a source said.

The female employee, understood to be in her 20s and recently engaged, has not responded to messages.

A Marsh employee said that neither worker was at their desks yesterday.

The mood inside the Christchurch branch is said to be “rather tense”.

Senior Marsh officials are believed to have flown in from Auckland to get to the bottom of the antics.

“The other employees are all keeping their heads down and are just trying to get on with things. It’s a pretty surreal situation for them,” an insurance industry insider said.

Employment law experts say the couple could lose their jobs over the incident, while the Privacy Commissioner John Edwards told Radio New Zealand that it was unlikely they would be able to sue for breach of privacy.

Marsh chief executive Grant Milne did not return calls yesterday.

He said on Monday the company was treating the incident “very seriously”.

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■ ASHBURTON MIDWIVES

Little impact from extra mentoring

By Caitlin Porter

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Midwives having to undergo a further year of monitoring by mentors will not have much of an impact at Ashburton Hospital, says a local health professional.

The change was implemented on Sunday, and was announced by Health Minister Jonathan Coleman late last week.

Director of nursing Ashburton Hospital and rural services Jan McClelland said the extra year of teaching would not have a direct impact on Ashburton midwifery services.

“Ashburton Hospital does not employ new graduate midwives.

“Ashburton core midwives are experienced due to the nature of the role.

“Therefore the extra year of mentoring for new graduate midwives will have no operational impact on the Ashburton maternity service in the short term.”

The enhanced mentoring programme was developed by the Midwifery Council, the New Zealand College of Midwives and Health Workforce New Zealand.

“Newly qualified midwives will now benefit from extra clinical support, mentoring and supervision,” Dr Coleman said.

The extra year is compul-

Ashburton Hospital Maternity Centre will not be affected by the need for graduate midwives to undergo a further year of monitoring by mentors.

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sory for all newly registered midwives practising in New Zealand and not only would it help to increase the graduates confidence but it would also reassure families about the quality of care they received,

he said. Ashburton Hospital’s Maternity Centre is currently fully staffed and last month 11 babies were delivered at Ashburton Hospital and 17 delivered in Christchurch Women’s Hospital came back to Ash-

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Wood, who hosts Q+A and is a presenter on NewsTalk ZB, suffered a serious head injury from a fall at her home in Auckland on January 10 and was taken to hospital.

She has since been discharged and is now in rehabilitation.

Wood’s sons, Alex and Matt Beck, said in a statement: “The treatment of our mother has been outstanding. We also appreciate the concern and goodwill shown by others.”

Last evening, Ms Knight, who was seriously injured after stepping in to stop a teenager taking another woman’s bag, tweeted her best wishes to Wood.

She said: “Sorry to hear about Susan Wood’s accident. I hope she does get some privacy to recover in. Head injuries can take some time.”

In a statement released earlier yesterday, TVNZ said: “We were saddened to hear of Susan’s accident. Susan is a much

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Community art for a community facility Sue Newman

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he definition of what is art and what is not is impossible to pin down.

Where one person will see a splash of colour without shape or form, another will see an image or a message.

White space to one art collector might speak of freedom to imagine, but to another it might be just that, white space.

Regardless of what an individual defines as having artistic merit, suggesting an art gallery should open with nothing hanging on its walls is to take the definition of open space one step too far.

But that’s exactly what will happen in Ashburton on February 14. When the district’s art and history complex on West Street opens, the upper level will be just unadorned, open space.

No-one can be blamed for the failure of an air-conditioning unit that has meant humidity and temperature controls failed.

And no-one can criticise the art gallery team for refusing to move their valuable artworks into a less-than-ideal environment.

But with national radio and television on hand no-one will be happy with a complex turning a half-dressed face to the world.

There was a solution – hanging the Ashburton District Council’s art collection in the gallery so the community could take a good look at the artwork it owned – but that solution was rejected out of hand by the art gallery board.

The decision to refuse the council’s offer defies belief. That art collection may not have been the one the gallery board believed should be on its walls, but in many ways it is the most appropriate collection to have on display in what is a community facility.

Instead, on the most important day of its life, our art gallery will be artless, its walls will be bare.

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: It is one of the mostwatched sporting events worldwide, so did you watch the NFL Super Bowl?

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S

ince early 2000 it has been recognised that space within the council’s main office building at 5 Baring Square West is becoming inadequate.

Despite moves to store records electronically and offsite, and practices like openplan offices and hot-desking, the council’s need for space within its main building has grown.

This is in line with servicing one of the fastest-growing districts in New Zealand; also bringing services in-house and taking on additional functions, many handed down as a result of new legislation.

At the end of July, 2014, the council employed 154 staff.

The Ashburton District had a total population of a little over 31,000 (the 2013 Census measure). By comparison at the same date, Timaru District Council to our south had 284 staff and a population of 46,850. To the north, Selwyn District Council had 267 staff with a population of 44,600.

While not all of our staff need to be based at the main office building (librarians and parks staff for instance), most do.

Due to the lack of space in the main office, our finance and property staff are now housed in an old and somewhat dilapidated villa located behind the main building.

Material and some records are still being stored in garages, which is far from desirable.

Members of the public who attend council meetings complain about not being able to hear debate in the council chamber.

The chamber itself is inconveniently located on the second storey, four flights of stairs up, at the very top end of the building.

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to be looked at when trying to work out what should be done about the problem.

In 2002 a space assessment exercise that took into account growth of the district indicated a gross area of 2447 square metres of space being required.

In 2007 another assessment came up with 2335 sq m.

Another review in 2009 said a gross floor area of between 2668 and 3213 was needed.

More recent draft work has the number sitting at 3368 sq m.

There are other important factors to take into account.

The Ashburton District Council is the building control authority for the district. Our Dangerous, Earthquake Prone and Insanitary Building Policy recommends earthquake prone buildings (those assessed as being below 34 per cent of the new building standard) being strengthened to 67 per cent.

The Government is currently reviewing the country’s earthquake-prone buildings legislation and the council will review its policy once we know the outcome of the Govern-

ment’s work.

Our main administration building does reach the minimum code requirement when assessed for occupation at importance level 3 criteria.

However, the council chamber doubles as an emergency management and Civil Defence response centre for the district.

If a Civil Defence emergency is declared, venues such as this are meant to have a strength that meets important level 4 requirements. Our chamber falls well short at 24 per cent.

Over the road, the district library has been temporarily strengthened to meet the 34 per cent threshold. The code of compliance certificate on that temporary work expires in December 2017.

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Perhaps we should move out there?

We are a 29 per cent shareholder in the Eastfield CBD development. Perhaps we should move into the CBD? We don’t have to own our own building, we could lease premises. We also have the old art gallery and museum building to think about.

There are plenty of options to be looked into. When the council meets on February 26 to approve its draft long-term plan for 2015-2025 for consultation, it plans to include funding within its budgeting to advance both the investigation and any building work.

It needs to have premises that meet both its and the communities current and future needs. It also needs to ensure whatever direction is decided, it’s the most cost-effective for households and businesses.

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■ INDONESIA

Drugs strategy under fire

By GaBrielle Dunlevy Indonesia’s strategy in its war against drugs is under attack, with lawmakers airing concerns over the prison drug culture and experts challenging the deterrent effect of the death penalty.

President Joko Widodo has already sent six death row drug offenders to the firing squad this year, and Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will be among the next.

Mr Joko says the death penalty is needed because Indonesia’s future is under threat from a “drugs emergency”.

His position is based on a study by the National Narcotics Board (BNN) which finds up to 50 Indonesians die from drugrelated causes each day.

Under pressure at a parliamentary hearing in Jakarta on Monday, BNN chief Anang Iskandar reportedly admitted prison guards were involved in distributing drugs behind bars.

He told reporters the BNN was aiming to dismantle up to 50 prison drug networks, as well as rehabilitate 100,000 drug addicts this year.

Mr Anang backed the death penalty as a strong deterrent, as long as executions were carried out regularly.

“If we do it in 2015, the next one should not be in 2016 or once a year, this will not create a deterrent effect,” he said.

“A deterrent effect is only caused by continuous execu-

Fiji will remove the Union Jack from its flag and replace it with a design that symbolises the Pacific nation, not former colonial power Britain, its prime minister says. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said the flag had served the country well since independence in 1970 but was now outdated. “We need to replace the symbols on our existing flag that are out of date and no longer relevant, including some anchored to our colonial past,” he said yesterday.

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Deadly Perth explosion A second man has died after an explosion at a Perth shopping centre. The first man died at the scene while the second man was rushed to hospital with burns to most of his body. Hours later, police said the man had died as a result of his injuries. Two other men who were seriously injured in the blast remain in Royal Perth Hospital in a critical condition. Yesterday’s explosion occurred at the rear of a Woolworths supermarket at Galleria shopping centre in suburban Morley about 9.30am. The cause is unknown but lightning has been ruled out in the wake of a severe electrical storm overnight..

- AAP A girl holds stickers during a campaign to save Australian death-row prisoners Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, in Bali, Indonesia.

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tions and the time interval between should not be too long either.”

Indonesia’s Institute for Criminal Justice Reform, an independent research institute, says the evidence does not support the idea that capital punishment is a deterrent.

“It’s a myth,” institute director Supriyadi W. Eddyono said.

“Many studies have shown it.

“I find the BNN is not consistent either.

“There’s the death penalty for some and on the other hand,

there are domestic drug dealers who receive remission.

“If they want to make tighter laws for drugs offenders, they should also limit the remission given to drug offenders.”

The institute is also preparing a legal challenge to Supreme Court advice to limit the number of judicial reviews, known as PKs, to one per convict.

The courts are now considering an application from Chan, 31, and Sukumaran, 33, for a second judicial review. Their

lawyers argue past errors were made in their case and that the Bali Nine ringleaders are reformed after 10 years’ jail.

Indonesia’s Attorney-General HM Prasetyo says the application does not alter his plans to include the Australians in the next round of executions, on a date to be determined.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has reportedly been advised there is nothing that can be done to save the two Australians from execution.

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■ FRANCE

Pimping charges could bring 10 years jail The pimping trial of ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will reveal the sexual secrets of a man once tipped as a potential challenger to former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

The 65-year-old economist, whose high-flying career imploded when he was accused of sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid in 2011, is back in court over his role at the centre of a prostitution ring.

Once one of the most powerful men in the world, StraussKahn sat in the dock yesterday alongside a colourful cast of characters including luxury hotel managers, a prostitute, police, and a brothel owner nicknamed “Dodo the Pimp”.

Presiding judge Bernard Lemaire read out the charges against Strauss-Kahn, accused

Union Jack removed

of being at the centre of a vice ring which hired prostitutes for sex parties in Brussels, Paris and Washington.

“You are accused of aiding and abetting the prostitution of seven persons between March 29, 2008 and October 4, 2011, and of hiring and encouraging the prostitution of these same persons,” Lemaire said.

Lurid details of group sex and high-end prostitution are likely to emerge in the trial, in which Strauss-Kahn faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to 1.5 million euros if convicted.

France was stunned when they saw Strauss-Kahn paraded handcuffed in front of the world’s cameras after a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault in May 2011 - a

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case that was eventually settled in a civil suit.

Investigators probing the “Carlton Affair” - named after

one of the swish hotels in Lille where local businessmen and police officials organised sex parties in northern France and Belgium - found some of the prostitutes involved had been hired to participate in soirees attended by Strauss-Kahn.

Prostitution is legal in France but procuring - the legal term for pimping which includes encouraging, benefiting from or organising prostitution - is punishable by a hefty jail term.

The crux of the case against DSK is whether he knew the women were prostitutes and whether he played a role in organising their presence.

DSK admits to being a “libertine” who enjoys orgies but has steadfastly denied knowing the women were paid.

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Victim’s peace tweet A poignant tweet by murdered journalist Kenji Goto on the virtue of being calm is spreading rapidly on social media, days after he was beheaded by Islamist militants.

“Close your eyes and remain patient.

It’s over once you get angry or yell.

It is almost like praying. Hating is not the role of humans; judgment is God’s domain,” Goto’s four-yearold tweet read. “It was my Arab brothers who taught me this,” he tweeted on September 7, 2010. By yesterday the message had been retweeted more than 25,000 times in Japanese, with English versions also widely circulated.

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Iranian satellite launch The US has voiced concerns about Iran’s missile programme after Tehran announced the successful launch of a satellite into orbit.

The satellite is now the fourth placed into orbit by Iran, the Defence Ministry in Tehran said.

After the launch two years ago of a monkey into space, Iran plans a human space mission by the year 2020. Tehran has rejected Western concerns that the space launches are furthering a ballistic missile programme. “As we’ve said before, Iran’s missile programme continues to pose a dangerous threat to the region and it is an issue we monitor closely,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.

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Storm buries Boston Another ferocious winter storm has buffeted the US northeast, blanketing Boston in record snowfall and forcing the postponement of a victory parade for Super Bowl winners the New England Patriots and spelling travel misery. A storm warning was in place for dozens of cities and the National Weather Service reported Boston was hit with record snowfall of 40cm. Most flights cancelled, as the snow continued to fall and temperatures plunged to minus 11 degrees Celsius.

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■ HOUSING SHORTAGE

In brief

Value growth accelerates suggestions a possible lowering of the official cash rate this year could make borrowing even more affordable.”

The Reserve Bank last week dropped its bias towards hiking the key rate as consumer inflation remains relatively subdued, and governor Graeme Wheeler indicated the next move could be lower depending on the economic data.

The Auckland property market has been a headache for New Zealand’s Reserve Bank as prices continue to climb with rising net migration driving

demand, and a lack of supply after several years of underinvestment in the wake of the finance company collapse in the latter half of the 2000s when the country’s last property bubble burst.

QV Auckland valuer James Wilson said there was a “severe shortage” of listings in Auckland, with reports that potential sellers were putting off listing properties until they had another house lined up.

Property values in Wellington rose 0.8 per cent on an annual basis.

- NZME

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■ DOLLAR DROPS

Compiled by

RBA Governor Glenn Stevens

Shareef, noting that the RBA gave no hints about the future interest rate track, had therefore introduced the possibility that another cut might follow before the year is out.

RBA Governor Glenn Stevens said commodity prices had continued to decline, in some cases sharply, and lower oil prices would mean lower inflation.

“Financial conditions are very accommodative globally, with long-term borrowing rates for several major sovereigns reaching new all-time lows over recent months.

“In Australia the available information suggests that growth is continuing at a below-trend pace, with domestic demand growth overall quite weak. As a result, the unemployment rate has gradually moved higher

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p FTSE 100 index

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+33.15

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q Nikkei 225 index

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p Silver London – $US/ounce

17.22

+0.3

+1.77%

p Copper London – $US/tonne

5,535.50

+30.5

+0.55%

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over the past year,” he said in a statement.

“Overall, the bank’s assessment is that output growth will probably remain a little below trend for somewhat longer, and the rate of unemployment peak a little higher, than earlier expected,” he said.

“The economy is likely to be operating with a degree of spare capacity for some time yet.”

By cutting rates, Stevens said it would “add some further support to demand, so as to foster sustainable growth and inflation outcomes”.

The rate cut was predicted by just seven of 29 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News, with the remainder forecasting no change. The RBA last reduced rates 18 months ago.

The RBA’s move follows a string of surprise easings by the central banks of India, Canada, Singapore and Denmark, and by the European Central Bank, over the last few weeks.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand last week abandoned its tightening stance and instead raised the possibility it could cut its official cash rate from the current level of 3.5 per cent.

By the close of trade, the market’s attention was turning to a speech Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler is scheduled to give today, which may give some clues as to the bank’s next move.

- NZME

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NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX

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RBA springs a surprise The New Zealand dollar dropped sharply in sympathy with the Aussie dollar after the Reserve Bank of Australia surprised the market by cutting its overnight cash rate, fuelling speculation that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand may follow suit.

The RBA, noting the decline in commodities prices, very low inflation, slow growth and rising unemployment, cut its overnight cash rate by 25 basis points to 2.25 per cent - its lowest ever point.

In the hectic trading that followed, both the Aussie and the Kiwi were sharply sold down.

The Kiwi, trading at US72.91c just before the RBA announcement at 4.30pm, dropped by about US1c to US71.94 before recovering a little.

The Aussie, which sat at US78.01c pre-announcement, dropped by US1.5c to US76.50c - its lowest point since May 2009 - before firming.

The NZ/Australian dollar cross rate improved in New Zealand’s favour, rising to A94.11c from A93.48c.

“The Kiwi tends to follow the Aussie in sympathy, regardless of expectations, but there is today an element of expectation that the Reserve Bank of NZ may follow suit,” Bank of New Zealand currency strategist Raiko Shareef, said.

New Zealand new vehicle sales, which rose to a record last year, have continued the upbeat trend this year, rising to a new high for a January month. New vehicle registrations rose 11 per cent to 11,667 in January from the year earlier month, according to the Lower Hutt-based Motor Industry Association. Sales of passenger vehicles increased 8.6 per cent to 9010 while commercial vehicle sales jumped 19 per cent to 2657, with both categories at records for a January month, the association said. Demand for vehicles has surged, underpinned by a buoyant local economy, record migration and a higher local currency, which reduces the cost of imports. The used car market is also benefiting as lower prices flow through and the country’s ageing fleet comes up for replacement.

- NZME

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New Zealand’s residential property values grew at a faster annual pace in January as a shortage of houses for sale in Auckland continued to fan the flames of a hot property market.

National property values rose 5.7 per cent in the year ended January 31, accelerating from a pace of 4.9 per cent in December, according to state-owned valuer Quotable Value.

Auckland, the country’s biggest city, spurred the national

pace higher, with property values rising an annual 12 per cent, speeding up from the 10 percent pace a month earlier.

“Following a big month of sales in December there remains a shortage of properties listed for sale and this is continuing to put pressure on values and also on buyers, particularly in Auckland and Hamilton where many who are keen to buy cannot find a suitable property,” spokeswoman Andrea Rush said in a statement.

“Interest rates have come down again and there have been

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f you have a peach tree in your garden then you’re likely to have more fresh peaches than you can handle.

While desserts, cakes and muffins spring to mind as the first way to use surplus peaches, they also make great chutneys and sauces too.

Not everyone enjoys fruit with meat, but peaches do make a great accompaniment to pork dishes and bacon as well as doing a turn as a base ingredient in salsas.

Fresh peach sauce 2 fresh peaches, peeled and diced 1/4 C honey 1t curry powder 1 pinch salt and pepper to taste ■ Stir together the peaches, honey and curry powder in a small saucepan over medium heat.

■ Bring to a simmer and cook until the peaches break down and the sauce thickens, about 10 minutes.

■ Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Peach muffins 1 3/4 C flour 3/4 C Chelsea white sugar 1t baking soda 2t cinnamon 2 eggs 125g melted butter 3/4 C milk 1C chopped peaches

ing muffin tins or well-greased or oil-sprayed muffins tins.

■ Bake at 180°C for 15-20 minutes.

Baked chicken with peaches 8 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves 1C brown sugar 4 fresh peaches, peeled, pitted and sliced 1/8 t ground ginger 1/8 t ground cloves 2T fresh lemon juice

■ Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 C brown sugar, ginger, cloves and lemon juice.

■ Bake for about 30 minutes in the preheated oven, basting often with juices, until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear.

frigerate until serving time.

■ The flavours are best if the salsa is refrigerated for four hours or overnight.

■ Serve with grilled or broiled fish, pork, or chicken.

■ Makes 1 1/2 to 2C.

Peach and lime salsa

Roasted golden queen peach chutney

4 small peaches, peeled and diced Juice of 2 limes, about 1/4 C juice 2t honey 2-3T diced red pepper 1T finely chopped chilli 1 heaped T chopped coriander 1 small clove garlic, finely minced 2T finely chopped red onion

500g roasted queen peaches and juice 1 large onion, roughly chopped 3 gloves garlic (1t crushed) 1 red chilli, finely sliced 1/2 C soft brown sugar 1/2 C cider vinegar grated rind and juice of 1 lemon 100g dates 100g sultanas

100g glacé ginger 1/2 t ground cinnamon 1/2 t ground cardamom ■ Mix all the ingredients except the cinnamon and cardamom.

■ Leave overnight in a covered glass or china bowl. Add the cinnamon and cardamom, mixing well.

■ Bake for 1 1/2–2 hours at 180°C, stirring regularly.

■ Try not to break up the peach segments too much.

■ Remove when thick, glossy and starting to caramelise (watch carefully).

■ Spoon into sterilised jars and seal. Leave at least one week before eating.

■ Store in fridge when opened.

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■ METHVEN ARTIST

Sculptor’s busy year ahead

ARTS DIARY ■

February 14 – Official opening of the new Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre, invitation only.

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February 19 – Into the East, Southland duo Graeme Woller and Liv McBride perform at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

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February 22 – Scottish music duo Saltire, charity concert at the Ashburton RSA, 7pm.

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February 24 – Ashburton Society of Arts social meeting at Ruth Hall’s music farm at Winchmore, 10am.

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To February 28 – Methven Cash and Carry at the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall and Heritage Centre.

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March 19 – Answers From the Other Side, medium Sue Nicholson, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7pm.

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March 21 – Fresh-Up Comedy Tour comes to the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 8pm.

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Coils of clay turn into shapely artforms under the care of Methven potter Deanna Griffiths.

The 37-year-old has been sculpting clay for eight years and currently has work at the Methven Cash and Carry at the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall and Heritage Centre.

Her first exhibition was late last year at Darfield Art Week, where she won second prize overall for her clay work of a female torso.

Mrs Griffiths lives in Methven with husband Anton and nine-year-old son Toby, after moving from Christchurch around two years ago.

She fits her sculpting around working part-time and expects to find herself busier than ever this year as she throws herself into her art. Prior to the Darfield show she had only ever sold a small amount of work at a gallery in Sumner.

“I’m just stumbling along at the moment. I’m trying to be more confident in going for it, I have decided I need to push a bit harder and promote myself.”

She is gearing up for the Christchurch Art Show in June after her application to attend was accepted. The annual show was held for the first time last year and is based around the high-profile Wellington Art Show.

“I thought ‘why not’? Go for it,” Mrs Griffiths said.

She is also planning to exhibit at the Selwyn Gallery in April.

Above left – Earthy browns are complemented with a blue-beaded handle in this work.

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Far left – Methven sculptor Deanna Griffiths is exhibiting at Methven’s Cash and Carry.

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Mrs Griffiths receives tuition from Ferrymead potter Liz Hansen and appreciates the encouragement she gets from fellow Methven Pottery Society members.

Her technique involves coiling rolls of clay, then shaping

and sculpting the resultant shapes. She uses a variety of pottery tools to smooth the works, including soft silicone wedges. She does an initial bisque firing of the work before glazing and re-firing.

She said she begins with a

concept in her mind of what the sculpture will look like, but the work evolves along the way.

The Cash and Carry exhibition was originally scheduled to run until the end of January, but has recently been extended until the end of this month.

Let us know what’s happening in the world of art and we’ll make sure your information goes into our Arts Diary Send your information to:

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■ MUSICIANS HEAD NORTH

Talented duo heading Ashburton’s way Invercargill-based duo Into the East will play in Ashburton this month in the Arts on Tour New Zealand 2015 programme.

They will play at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on February 19.

Their music features gently finger-picked guitar one minute, bouncing percussion the next, traversing between country and folk while detouring through alternative and soul.

Into the East musicians (right) Liv McBride and Graeme Woller were crowned 2014 National Country Music Duo of the Year.

They were also nominated for the 2014 Taite Music Prize, as well as 2014 Best NZ Folk Album (for Fight from the Inside).

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■ CRICKET

Black Caps crush Pakistan

By Andrew Alderson New Zealand cricketing great Martin Crowe selflessly described Kane Williamson’s form this summer as the “dawn of probably our greatest ever batsman”.

The way Williamson created 112 off 88 balls in the second one-day international against Pakistan yesterday made it feel like his development clock might have ticked towards brunch.

If Williamson was the architect of New Zealand’s 369 for five at McLean Park, Ross Taylor delivered the final landscaping with 102 from 70 balls.

He brought up his 12th ODI century and the 100th by a New Zealander from the final ball in his 150th ODI. New Zealand beat Pakistan by 119 runs.

In essence the performance was another blueprint of what is required for World Cup success.

Big runs equate to big pressure.

New Zealand’s total was the second highest at the venue, justifying the decision to bat.

It’s hard for any team to cope when the required run rate looks like an inflation graph from the 1970s.

The bowlers had initial difficulty controlling the Pakistani openers Ahmed Shehzad (55 off 62 balls) and Mohammad Hafeez (86 off 89) but patience won the day.

The slide began at 111 and, by the time Daniel Vettori’s had Shahid Afridi caught at deep cover for 11 to make it 187 for four in the 33rd over, the result seemed a fait accompli.

Vettori’s Uncle Scrooge contribution of one for 41, includ-

Adam Milne: Showed excellent control at McLean Park.

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ing 31 dot balls, was the vital bowling performance.

He was the most economical bowler with Trent Boult the only other to go under five-anover.

Complementing Vettori’s parsimony, Nathan McCullum teased out a couple of deep mid-wicket catches and Adam Milne’s control on a small ground, including his yorker, got a decent workout.

Earlier, Williamson was Michelangelo with a bat rather than a brush.

His sixth ODI century added further brushstrokes to a Sistine Chapel summer.

Children in the stands aped the strokes to their parents.

Even when Williamson advanced down the wicket he held the shape of his shots rather than taking the easier route of clearing the front leg and blasting towards the Hawke Bay horizon.

Like the best sub-continental batsmen he seldom overhits; it’s more about the timing.

The beautiful thing from a

New Zealand perspective is the next generation familiarising themselves with the game think this is situation normal.

Their Mums and Dads know better.

Williamson is now ranked the sixth best ODI batsman behind AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla, Virat Kohli, Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan but it’s understandable why captain Brendon McCullum stated he wouldn’t swap him for anyone.

A vociferous crowd rose in unison as Williamson departed just as they did for Taylor at innings’ end.

They knew they’d witnessed quality.

Williamson received valuable support from Guptill with 76 from 88 balls in a confidenceboosting innings ahead of the World Cup. Their second-wicket partnership was worth 128.

Grant Elliott also played another valuable cameo with 28 from 21 balls, helping add 72 for the fourth wicket in 46 balls with Taylor.

Pakistan were faced with formidable bowling conditions but tended to drop too short.

They were punished through the short square boundaries.

Only Shahid Afridi with one for 57 and Mohammad Irfan two for 52 conceded less than a run a ball.

Bilawal Bhatti went for 93.

Afridi’s effort was diluted by Sarfraz Ahmed missing a couple of stumpings. Sharper work on Taylor’s bails would have saved 77 runs.

New Zealand’s win is their fourth series win in the last five, the only blemish being against South Africa earlier in the summer without Williamson or Taylor.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Warriors reveal ‘no name’ NRL trial squad Only two members of the Warriors’ ill-fated Auckland Nines squad have been included in a no name squad for Saturday night’s NRL trial against the Gold Coast in Toowoomba.

Just six players with NRL experience feature in Warriors coach Andrew McFadden’s 23-strong squad.

Ex-Raider Matt Allwood and utility Nathaniel Roache are the only players backing up from the Nines where hot favourites the Warriors crashed out in the quarter-finals at Eden Park.

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Allwood scored against his old club Canberra in Auckland but 18-year-old Roache wasn’t used in any of the side’s four Nines games.

Besides Allwood, others with first grade experience are Dominique Peyroux, ex-Eels utility Api Pewhairangi, props Charlie Gubb and Upu Poching and John Palavi.

The squad includes seven members of the Junior Warriors’ 2014 NYC premiershipwinning squad and regulars in the club’s NSW Cup side.

“After needing to consider the Nines as well, we can now concentrate solely on our preparation for the season proper,” said McFadden.

“This first trial is really important in terms of looking at all the options, testing our depth and finding out what players have to offer whether it be for the NRL or NSW Cup sides.

“It’s also a valuable opportunity for some of our younger players to have a taste of NRL trial football.”

The squad flies to Australia on Friday.

Warriors trial squad: Matthew Allwood, James Bell, Sam Cook, Ray Faitala-Mariner, Charlie Gubb, Ata Hingano, Viliami Kaveinga, Stedman Lefau, Matiu Love-Henry, Marata Niukore, John Palavi, Willie Peace, Nathaniel Peteru, Api Pewhairangi, Dominque Peyroux, Upu Poching, Nathaniel Roache, Toafofoa Sipley, Saula Solomona, Zac Tippens, Jarrod Tua, Paul Ulberg, Albert Vete.

- AAP

Puzzle for the Poms Paceman Josh Hazlewood reckons England are scratching their heads trying to find a way to break the one-day stranglehold Australia have over them heading into both teams’ opening match of this month’s Cricket World Cup. Sunday’s Tri-Series final win in Perth was Australia’s fourth in a row over their oldest rival and eighth in their past nine contests against England in 16 months. The two teams clash at the MCG on February 14 in one of the mostattractive early matches of the World Cup. “I don’t think they quite know how to beat us yet, especially in Australia,” Hazlewood said yesterday at the SCG. - AAP

Faulkner in doubt James Faulkner’s World Cup hopes remain in limbo after scans confirmed the all-rounder has a moderate grade abdominal strain, an injury that can require up to six weeks of rehabilitation. Faulkner broke down during Australia’s 112-run Tri-Series final win against England in Perth on Sunday. But he is still little the wiser about whether he’ll be able to return to play in the World Cup campaign starting against England at the MCG on February 14.

- AAP

Cowboys missing a title The elephant in the room has already been addressed by new North Queensland assistant NRL coach John Cartwright - all that is missing for the 20-year-old club is a premiership. But the former Gold Coast mentor believes everything is in place for the Cowboys to break their title drought in what would be an ideal anniversary present. Cartwright said the Cowboys’ premiership potential was what lured him back to the NRL just months after becoming disillusioned with the game. He hinted there were no more excuses for an outfit boasting Test props Matt Scott and James Tamou plus Golden Boot winner Johnathan Thurston.

- AAP

Genia joining exodus?

Wallabies halfback Will Genia will reportedly join the exodus of Australian players following the Rugby World Cup. The 58-Test No.9 is believed to have signed a three-year deal with French club Stade Francais and will leave Australia after the 2015 tournament. The Queenslander was thought to have signed a precontract with English club Bath but that fell through due to salary cap restrictions. According to French newspaper Midi Olympique Genia has now signed a three-year deal with the powerful Paris club. - AAP

Button in the dark Britain’s 2009 Formula One world champion Jenson Button admits he has no idea what to expect from the new McLaren-Honda MP4-30 this season after a difficult start to the campaign at the first preseason test in Jerez. McLaren has joined forces with the Japanese manufacturer once more after a 22year absence, but the incorporation of a new power unit has proved troublesome as Button and teammate Fernando Alonso have logged just six laps each on the opening two days of testing. - AFP

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

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Rarely is a champion trainer like Mark Purdon thrilled after being beaten twice. However, that is how New Zealand’s perennial premiership winner is feeling as he assesses Adore Me and Follow The Stars’ defeats on Saturday. Purdon spent plenty of time wide on the track piloting both the pacing superstars into placings, Adore Me an enormous third in the Victoria Cup and Follow The Stars surprisingly beaten for only the second time in his career when runner-up to Art Union.

While Adore Me was on a hiding to nothing from her draw, she was timed over her last 800m in 53.4 seconds when making up lengths on Christen Me and looks the one to beat in this Saturday’s A$400,000 Hunter Cup. - NZH

New job for Kneebone New Zealand Bloodstock is expanding its presence in Australia with the appointment of Mike Kneebone to a new role as Director of Business Development based in Sydney.

NZB’s Co-Managing Director Petrea Vela said this was a step toward further enhancing the company’s ties with its biggest export partner. “Australia is an enormously important market to New Zealand, not just from a sales perspective but also in the critical interdependency both nations share across their racing and breeding endeavours.”

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Perfect dress rehearsal In-form apprentice Lee Magorrian enjoyed a faultless test ride aboard the crack mare Rising Romance at Avondale. The 20-year-old has been booked to partner the Group One star when she resumes later this month and he became acquainted with the ATC Oaks winner and Caulfield Cup placegetter in yesterday’s effortless trial win over 1200 metres. “It was a lovely trial and it was good for Lee to get a feel for the mare – he will ride her and claim when she runs at Ellerslie on the 14th in an open race over 1500 metres,” co-trainer Donna Logan said.

- NZME

Colt a crowd-puller Leading New Zealand Derby hope Mongolian Khan will have support from afar later this month when he runs for Group One glory.

The Gr.1 TV3-sponsored feature race contender is owned by the China-based Inner Mongolia Rider Horse Industry and they will have a large cast in attendance at Ellerslie on February 28. “The Rider Horse Group has invited a team of influential people from racing circles in China to visit New Zealand in late February to early March,” Group general manager Simon Poon said.

- NZME

Turning back the clock John Bateman promises to have a better chance than most trainers of coaxing the best out of Al Dhafra, an ageing stakes-winning galloper which returns to city racing today. As foreman for Guy Walter when the late Warwick Farm trainer operated a satellite stable at Goulburn, Bateman had a lot to do with Al Dhafra’s racing education, and was integral in Al Dhafra winning four of his first six starts.

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Stablemates battle it out down the straight The two fillies might have been stablemates, but when they lined up at yesterday’s Ashburton Trotting Club trials, the Geoff Dunn trained Flyingretna (left) and Gina Grace were both chasing a win and a qualifying time. Just a neck separated the pair with the Bettors Delight-Linda Grace filly Gina Grace with Matt Anderson in the sulky coming home in 2.05.7.

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■ WHO SHOT THEBARMAN

Brothers eye ‘fantastic’ money The further injection of prizemoney for this year’s Gr.1 Sydney Cup has been welcomed by a band of Kiwi brothers.

The 3200 metre feature at Randwick on April 11 will be run for $A1.6 million, up $A600,000, and will offer the New Zealand-bred Who Shot Thebarman an ideal opportunity to further his two mile record.

Raced by siblings Dan, Humphrey, Michael and Shaun O’Leary, the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup placegetter is making good progress for champion trainer Chris Waller in his pursuit of the feature autumn staying prizes at The Championships.

“He had a jump-out at Warwick Farm last week and went quite well and he’ll be having another one next week,” Dan O’Leary said.

“He’ll have his first start over a mile and then he’s supposed to go on to the Ranvet over 2000 metres and all going well to the BMW and the Sydney Cup. “He’ll probably be topweight for the cup, but the money

Who Shot Thebarman in winning form with Matt Cameron aboard.

they’ve put up is fantastic.”

Previously trained by Mark Oulaghan at Awapuni, Who Shot Thebarman joined Waller’s team last winter and won the Gr.3 Bart Cummings Quality at Flemington in October to force his way into the Melbourne Cup field.

The son of Yamanin Vital

finished a courageous third at Flemington behind the German-bred Protectionist and the cup warrior Red Cadeaux.

Who Shot Thebarman earned $A450,000 for his efforts.

On the domestic front, O’Leary will be represented by Mako and Miss Ana at Tauherenikau on Friday and by Red

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King at Awapuni the following day. Mako won three of his first four starts before a lengthy injury-forced break and returned for two appearances prior to Christmas.

“He hasn’t had much luck lately so we’re hoping he can turn it around,” O’Leary said.

- NZME

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■ STEVE ANDERTON

Top trainer passes away The racing community is reeling following the passing in Dunedin Hospital of the respected and popular Wingatui trainer Steve Anderton.

The life support system he was on following an accident at his property on Monday morning was turned off yesterday afternoon.

The 44-year-old was found unconscious by staff after it is believed a hydraulic fault resulted in him being struck by the door of his horse float.

First licensed in the 1992-93 season, Anderton began his career in a partnership with his father Hec and together they prepared the outstanding racemare The Jewel.

She was the dual Group One winner of the New Zealand 1000 Guineas at Riccarton and the International Stakes at Te Rapa.

The O’Reilly mare’s stellar

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three-year-old season also included second placings in the NZ 2000 Guineas and the NZ Oaks.

She later went to Brisbane where she won the Gr.3 Doomben Roses and finished in the money in both the Queensland Oaks and the Derby.

The Jewel was bred and raced by the Dennis brothers and Steve Anderton’s association with the Woodlands identities continued through Group performers The Solitaire, The Glizty One and The Diamond One. Anderton’s tragic passing will cast a shadow over the Otago Racing Club’s Champions’ Day meeting run at Wingatui on Friday.

His stakes-winning mare The Diamond One has been nominated for one of the feature events, the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge Handicap.

- NZME

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In brief Chasing bragging rights Sean Bellew has had plenty to shout about since Bragging Rights joined his stable and their prospects of further home town success at the Southland meeting today are again looking good. The Ascot Park trainer is confident of another bold showing from the gelding in the Invercargill Licensing Trust Handicap, providing the weather plays its part. “There were 27 mms of rain on Monday night, but the ground could take it,” he said. “If we don’t get any more then he’ll be competitive.”

Bragging Rights was a maiden winner for the now Sydney-based trainer John Sargent in the north before he transferred to Bellew’s team 14 months ago.

- NZME

On the right path

Popular trainer Steve Anderton died after apparently being struck by the door of his horse float.

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Protectionist is likely to chase a prestige race double this preparation that a fellow Melbourne Cup winner followed with such success last year. The Gai Waterhouseprepared Fiorente claimed both the Gr.2 Peter Young Stakes at Caulfield and the Gr.1 Australian Cup at Flemington and Newcastle trainer Kris Lees has both races on Protectionist’s programme.

- NZME

Southland gallops Today at Ascot Park Raceway

Southland RC Venue: Ascot Park Meeting Date: 04 Feb 2015 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 1.28pm (NZT) COMCAT PLANT ENHANCER MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 2200m 1 35x45 Loose Goose h (2) 58.5 ...............T Moseley 2 4x304 Voussoir (3) 58.5 ......................... C Johnson 3 59366 Masterzed (4) 58.5 .......................... J Morris 4 05x46 Morgan Bet (1) 58.5 ..................R Black (a1) 5 7x567 Otautahi Boy h (8) 58.5 ...........S Wynne (a1) 6 0859 Ultrasonic (5) 58.5................... T Direen (a1) 7 04059 Added (7) 56.5 .......................C Barnes (a1) 8 000 Hold The Note h (6) 56.5..........J Chong (a3) 2 2.03pm GALLOP SOUTH MAIDEN $7000, MDN 2YO&UP, 1200m 1 06x33 All Things Nice (6) 58.5 ...........S Wynne (a1) 2 03030 Owe The Ransom 58.5 ................ Scratched 3 60588 Rub It In (9) 58.5 ......................... C Johnson 4 66x54 Single Spice (11) 58...............C Barnes (a1) 5 Court Jester (3) 58 ...................D Bothamley 6 2 Koffee ‘N Kream (1) 56.5.... D Prastiyou (a2) 7 2. The Theme (8) 56.5 ............ C O’Beirne (a3) 8 9 Miss Dolly (5) 56.5 ................ A Morgan (a2) 9 Sally Getcha Gun h (13) 56.5 ......T Moseley 10 5625 Coulee b (7) 56 ........................ J Lowry (a3) 11 Letthethunderroll h (10) 56..........L Callaway 12 The Music Guru (4) 56 ..............R Black (a1) 13 98x7D Carmody (14) 58.5 .................. T Direen (a1) 14 5088x Tiger Bay (2) 58.5 15 480x7 Kilmarnoch (12) 58.5 Emergencies: Carmody, Tiger Bay, Kilmarnoch

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85 HANDICAP $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1400m 1 04502 Fiatt d (5) 59...................................R Bishop 2 42626 Hermione th (4) 57.5 3 x3326 Bragging Rights dh (2) 57.5 C O’Beirne (a3) 4 11114 Thyme Zone tdmh (6) 54..............T Moseley 5 6000x Beacons dm (3) 54...................... C Johnson 6 1x505 Kevildo 54 .................................... Scratched 7 74274 Ima Geegee tdmh (1) 54 ......... T Direen (a1) 4 3.13pm ANNEDON RACING MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 36249 He Ain’t Heavy (1) 58.5 ...............L Callaway 2 00x04 Gold Nugget (15) 58.5 .............J Chong (a3) 3 57x Tai Ho (5) 58.5 .................... C O’Beirne (a3) 4 480x7 Kilmarnoch (10) 58.5.................R Black (a1) 5 87x67 Kototama (9) 58.5 .............. D Prastiyou (a2) 6 77 West Arm (14) 58.5 ................C Barnes (a1) 7 x7203 Taniwha h (12) 58 ........................... J Morris 8 365x0 Gallant Satin (2) 56.5 ............... J Lowry (a3) 9 998 Dun Eden 56.5 ............................. Scratched 10 056x0 Oriental Bronze (11) 56.5...............R Bishop 11 56x76 The Weddings Off (13) 56.5 ....S Wynne (a1) 12 0 Gunna Begood h (6) 56 ...............T Moseley 13 77x80 The Fascinator (8) 56.5 ............... C Johnson 14 7089x By Golly (7) 58.5 15 90x60 Rotar (3) 58.5 16 6x00 Young Issy (4) 56 Emergencies: The Fascinator, By Golly, Rotar, Young Issy 5 3.48pm RAVELSTON STUD RATING 75 HANDICAP $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 59601 High Rise 59.5 ............................. Scratched

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90473 Timy Tyler d (3) 55.5 .................R Black (a1) 29x32 The Gallant Girl (5) 54 ............S Wynne (a1) 13341 Matoaka d (1) 54 ............................R Bishop x7161 Princess Brook 54 ........................ Scratched 92050 Ruby’s Rose d (4) 54 .............C Barnes (a1) 33007 Indy Ruler 54................................ Scratched 96176 Shirley Brook d (2) 54 ............. T Direen (a1) 6 4.23pm McCALLUMS GROUP STAYERS RATING 65 HANDICAP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2600m 1 21204 Keep Her Secret (5) 59 .............R Black (a1) 2 02202 Thegreatpickpocket (7) 58.5D Prastiyou (a2) 3 02578 Sir Amron m (10) 58.5.............. J Lowry (a3) 4 09177 Skeen (8) 58.5 .........................D Bothamley 5 02740 Sky Jazz h (1) 58.5 .....................L Callaway 6 00630 Squash 58.5 ................................. Scratched 7 77468 Point Proven (9) 57 ......................T Moseley 8 00954 Curtain Call m (2) 55.5................ C Johnson 9 7x390 Falena h (6) 55 ...............................R Bishop 10 47996 She’z A Prima Donna t (3) 55 . G Jogoo (a3) 11 0x807 Tilly (11) 55 ......................... C O’Beirne (a3) 12 x0858 Varvara (4) 55 ......................... T Direen (a1) 7 4.58pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE F&M MAIDEN $12,000, MDN F&M, 1400m 1 x3323 Clareville Flight b (11) 57.5 .......R Black (a1) 2 42827 Final Wave h (8) 57.5 .............. G Jogoo (a3) 3 247. Quartet (3) 57.5 ...................... T Direen (a1) 4 247. Queenofthestoneage h (7) 57.5 ...T Moseley 5 04 Courante 57.5 .............................. Scratched 6 8048x Wee Missy (12) 57.5 .......... D Prastiyou (a2) 7 58865 Iona Castle (6) 57.5 ...............C Barnes (a1) 8 x0705 Savamont (9) 57.5....................... C Johnson 9 6555. Take Fire bh (4) 57.5 ...............S Wynne (a1)

5 66473 Tinka Tinka mh (10) 56.5 ............L Callaway 6 81077 Doctor Eden h (4) 56.5................ C Johnson 7 50900 Madam Lincoln h (13) 55.5 .....S Wynne (a1) 8 66287 Google Me td (6) 55.5 .............. J Lowry (a3) 9 0x000 Readywhenyouare h (14) 55 ........... J Morris 10 22570 Four Gees tdh (15) 55 ..................T Moseley 11 00x46 Romney (11) 54.5 ..........................R Bishop 12 98x92 Whare Creek d (1) 54.5 .......... T Direen (a1) 13 15706 Sir Jack Remington tdm (7) 55.5 Prastiyou (a2) 14 9x506 Optimistic (16) 54 ......................R Black (a1) 15 5607x Drumreims (2) 55 16 78x06 Sparks Fly (3) 54 17 700x0 Ubetcha (8) 55 18 90x19 The Barmaid b (17) 57 Emergencies: Sir Jack Remington, Optimistic, Drumreims, Sparks Fly, Ubetcha, The Barmaid Charlotte O’Beirne is down to ride Blinkers on: Ultrasonic (R1), Kilmarnoch (R2), KilmarOh So Smart in the $12,000 NZB In- noch, The Weddings Off, The Fascinator (R4), Oh So surance Maiden at Ascot Park today. Smart, The Weddings Off (R7) Blinkers off: Taniwha (R4), Readywhenyouare (R8) Winkers on: Taniwha (R4), Doc10 78x Oh So Smart (1) 57............. C O’Beirne (a3) tor Eden (R8) Winkers off: The Weddings Off (R4), The 11 The Cover Girl (10) 57 ................L Callaway Weddings Off (R7) 12 567x6 Wild Wings h (5) 57 ......................... J Morris SELECTIONS 13 77687 McGluskeysdaughter h (2) 57.5 .....R Bishop Race 1: Voussoir, Morgan Bet, Loose Goose, Masterzed 14 56x76 The Weddings Off (13) 57.5 Emergencies: McGluskeysdaughter, The Weddings Off Race 2: The Theme, Koffee ‘N Kream, Coulee, The Music Guru 3: Bragging Rights, Thyme Zone, Ima Geegee 8 5.34pm “CUP DAY” 14TH FEBRUARY RATING 65 Race Race 4: Taniwha, He Ain’t Heavy, Gold Nugget, Tai Ho HANDICAP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 12574 Back In The Day mh (9) 59 ..... G Jogoo (a3) Race 5: Timy Tyler, Matoaka, The Gallant Girl Race 6: Keep Her Secret, Curtain Call, Thegreatpickpocket 2 9x91 Flagrante Delicto (12) 59 3 5659x Radinka m (5) 57.5 ..................J Chong (a3) Race 7: Clareville Flight, Take Fire, The Cover Girl 4 52438 Life’s In A Spin (18) 57 .......... A Morgan (a2) Race 8: Back In The Day, Flagrante Delicto, Tinka Tinka

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- 1 4 Cawbourne Sarah nwtd ...............M Roberts way Meeting Date: 04 Feb 2015 NZ Meeting number: 9 2 11 Cawbourne Gracie 30.62 .............M Roberts Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 3 37827 Homebush Magic nwtd K & ............ J Maisey 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 4 52233 Goodtime Mike nwtd ............... T McCracken 11 and 12 5 46531 Carolina Moon nwtd .........................T Agent 1 12.01pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 6 64333 Meg’s Me Mum nwtd .......................S Maher 7 Plenty Of Time nwtd .........................L Ahern 1 825 Dazzling Di nwtd G & ........................S Ross 8 4 Sweet As Bro nwtd...........................L Ahern 2 657x7 Homebush Rocco nwtd .............J McInerney 9 7354 Mighty Ba Ba nwtd G & .....................S Ross 3 5563 Cawbourne Bird nwtd...................M Roberts 4 6758x Archie’s Plan nwtd.......................... I George 10 74562 Susan Jewel nwtd ........................M Roberts 5 76548 Botany Chris nwtd .....................J McInerney 4 12.58pm J P PRINT (PETONE) C0 C0, 305m 1 213 Stand Up Girl 17.83 .....................M Roberts 6 77551 Glad’s Apopping 17.79 ....................S Maher 2 84478 Kilimanjaro nwtd G & ...................... J Clarke 7 878 Goodtime Texan nwtd............... S Gommans 3 48426 Dark Witch nwtd ............................... P Clark 8 25 Chinese Star nwtd L & ....................... Morris 4 7676 What A Party nwtd ..........................J Tanner 9 787 Princess Novak nwtd..................... D Donlon 5 63 Fangirl nwtd L & ................................. Morris 10 37878 Denali nwtd G & .............................. J Clarke Key Eye nwtd ........................... S Gommans 2 12.20pm HARRISON HIRE MASTER C0 C0, 305m 67 65535 47485 Sniff of Brandy nwtd .........................R Waite 1 666 Cawbourne Wally nwtd ................M Roberts 8 66867 Princely Count nwtd ..................J McInerney 2 86 Clearly Magic nwtd L & ...................... Morris 9 88 Goodtime Moni nwtd ................ S Gommans 3 88524 Wicked Tycoon nwtd.........................T Agent 10 37878 Denali nwtd G & .............................. J Clarke 4 85852 Portobello Patsy nwtd ......................R Waite 5 43576 Cherie Cherie nwtd ...................J McInerney 5 1.17pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C1 C1, 520m 1 22221 Lagoon Mac nwtd.........................M Roberts 6 5 Roger Red nwtd G & ....................... J Clarke 2 32267 Buster Boy 30.54.........................J McArthur 7 4853 Davey Boy Scott nwtd K & ............. J Maisey 3 67144 Mega Jet nwtd.................................S Maher 8 8x Ranger’s Waltz nwtd .......................S Maher 4 35374 Homebush Spook nwtd .............J McInerney 9 88 Goodtime Moni nwtd ................ S Gommans 5 23265 Sheza Hum Dinga 30.88 ............ G Holswich 10 86883 Truckin’ Boy nwtd ........................... I George 6 51333 Wall Age 30.92 ................................L Doody 3 12.39pm WWW.RACINGTIPS.CO.NZ C0 C0, 520m 7 76777 Botany Bazz nwtd .....................J McInerney

3 72648 Black Magic Rock 17.88 G & .............Denby 8 62214 Opawa Lachlan 30.75 ........................ N Udy 4 746x1 Venga Guapa 17.88 ........................M Olden 9 77887 Filling The Void 31.57 .......................R Waite 5 624F8 Miss Sara 17.86 ............................ R Maisey 10 78788 Into The Fray 30.69 ..........................R Waite 6 51318 Pixie Dust 17.80 ..................................L Udy 6 1.36pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 C1, 305m 7 36324 Nikka Century 17.82 ....................M Roberts 1 73225 Scott My Money 18.25 ....................... N Udy 8 52842 Homebush Dodger 18.25 ..........J McInerney 2 x8668 Otewa Bella 18.20 ....................S M Gardner 9 56556 Five Kay Leg 18.08 ............................ N Udy 3 35618 She Said Maybe 17.99 .....................T Agent 4 57286 Homebush Dawn 18.10.............J McInerney 10 8358F Thrilling Indy 17.90................... S Gommans 5 48634 Aconagua nwtd G & ........................ J Clarke 9 2.30pm WANGANUI SECURITY C1 C1, 305m 6 16 No Time Yet 17.87 ............................L Ahern 1 77464 Homebush Ted 18.20 ................J McInerney 7 38272 Another Plane nwtd...................J McInerney 2 63187 Dogged Denis 17.83 ....................... C Brider 8 56723 Flirt With Me 18.02 .................. T McCracken 3 34883 Tasha Rama 18.11 ...............J Woolston-Bell 9 54676 Belfast Jane nwtd U & ...........................Bliek 4 24445 Tai Baxter nwtd .........................J McInerney 10 64577 Little Arthur 18.16 ............................ A Clark 5 67257 Gem’s Conquest 17.73 U & ..................Bliek 6 427F3 Blaze’s Corporal 18.02 G &...............S Ross 7 1.55pm WANGANUI CHRONICLE C1 C1, 305m 7 42133 Serve Ya Purpose 17.87..................... N Udy 1 35235 Mighty Magic 17.89 ..........................L Ahern 8 63437 Joey’s Secret nwtd ..........................J Tanner 2 5F634 Fortis Memories 17.89 ........................L Udy 9 68x74 Silver Tokaam nwtd ................. T McCracken 3 55427 Another Rule nwtd ....................J McInerney 10 34847 Goodtime Helen 17.92 G & ............. J Clarke 4 65157 So Unbelievable 18.43 ....................M Olden 5 61876 Elbrus nwtd G & .............................. J Clarke 10 2.53pm THE DOGZONE C1 C1, 520m 6 24447 Nasty Bizo Boi 18.46...................... I George 1 37388 Paddy Baxter 30.26...................J McInerney 7 75855 Queen Cobra 17.86 ................ D T Poutama 2 62755 Madam Ice 30.65 ........................J McArthur 8 16661 Homebush Dobby 17.93 ...........J McInerney 3 12211 Winsome Jenny 30.32 .....................L Ahern 9 28587 Poppa Conquest 18.14 U & ..................Bliek 4 67178 Botany Sel 30.50.......................J McInerney 10 85576 No More Laughter 17.72 ..................T Agent 5 43753 Opawa Hally nwtd .............................. N Udy 8 2.13pm CROMBIE LOCKWOOD (NZ) LTD C1, 305m 6 66616 Scott The Best 30.86 K & ............... J Maisey 7 77486 Amy Wineglass 30.68 ..............A Duganzich 1 82723 Lola Baxter 17.86 ......................J McInerney 8 64722 Zamaddis Lass 30.64................... T Downey 2 675x5 Boomerang Man 18.12 .................. I George

9 77887 Filling The Void 31.57 .......................R Waite 10 78788 Into The Fray 30.69 ..........................R Waite 11 3.23pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C1 C1, 305m 1 25654 Lagoon Fame 18.11 .....................M Roberts 2 12663 Ayra Stark 17.89 .............................. A Clark 3 23757 Do More 18.26 .................................... L Bell 4 61584 Riba Lorda 17.73 G & ..................... J Clarke 5 26866 Coyote Caught Ya nwtd ............E Duganzich 6 32411 Scott No Mates 17.66 ........................ N Udy 7 85542 Homebush Misha 18.08 ............J McInerney 8 38676 Found My Berries 18.10...................T Agent 9 5F756 Homebush Olive nwtd ...............J McInerney 10 86647 Indefinite Order nwtd............... T McCracken 12 3.41pm BOOK YOUR FUNCTION @ HATRICK C2 C2, 305m 1 51341 Manu Rama 17.65 ..........................L Doody 2 22832 Azure Dreams 17.75 G & ................ J Clarke 3 32837 Waldo Baxter 17.77...................J McInerney 4 85136 Miss Jolt 18.01 .................................T Agent 5 26222 Runs For Gas 17.97 ................. S Gommans 6 23355 Wellywood nwtd ...................... T McCracken 7 34171 Fear Marina 17.71.....................J McInerney 8 46488 Embee Dee 17.53 .....................J McInerney 9 27567 Kiribati Girl 17.90 ..................... S Gommans 10 26526 Witch Misty 17.91............................. P Clark LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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SUNDAY 8TH FEBRUARY 7 Elizabeth Ave, Rakaia 116 Bowen St, Rakaia 95 Elizabeth Ave, Rakaia 23 Elizabeth Ave, Rakaia 20 Robinson St, Rakaia

CANCELLED 12:30 - 1:00pm 1:15 - 1:45pm 2:00 - 2:30pm 2:30 - 3:00pm

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VIEW OUR LISTINGS ONLINE AT: rwashburton.co.nz

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A Shrewd Move - Spend the New Year here * 3 Double bedrooms with inbuilt wardrobes * Open plan kitchen, living and dining * Separate laundry, toilet and bathroom * Fully concreted driveway, Double garaging, plus single garage with parking area THE BONUS: Self Contained Studio

For Sale: $349,000 View: Sun 8 Feb 1:15 - 1:45pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20689 Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

Ashburton 16 Falcon Drive

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Opportunity is ripe * 3 Bedroomed, 2 storey family home * Open plan kitchen, dining - 2 living areas * Heatpumps & solar hot water * 2 Bathrooms, 2 WC, sep laundry * Internal access double garage PLUS standalone single garage * Private sheltered courtyard

Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

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Manager Jill Quaid 027 437 6755

Urban Consultant Kim Miller 027 236 8627

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For Sale: $489,000 View: Thur 5 Feb 12:45 - 1:15pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20686

Tinwald 79 Harland Street Time to Down Size & Up-spec?

3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms Open plan kitchen/din/living Solar heating option Fantastic Summit umbrella outdoors area

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Sun, Security and Style Open plan kitchen/living/dining 2 Bedroom, Sep laundry Single internal access garage - auto door Private courtyard & garden to enjoy New carpet - option to purchase chattels Popular secure location

For Sale: $390,000 View: Thur 5 Feb 5:30 - 6:00pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20656

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For Sale: Enquiries over $276,000 View: Thur 5 Feb 4:45 - 5:15pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20662 Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

Ashburton 174 South Street

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Ashburton Office 03 307 8317

Ashburton Office 03 307 8317

Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

Urban Consultant Cindy Hayward 027 389 7955

Urban Consultant Mike Grant 021 272 0202

Urban Consultant Chrissy Milne 027 290 6606

Urban Consultant Sue Cooper 027 331 3733

Urban Consultant Armand van-der-Eik 021 597 527

Urban Consultant Carrie-Ann Summers 021 165 3091

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

In brief

■ RUGBY

Keeping on his toes

BY CAMPBELL BURNES Twelve months is a long time in professional rugby.

Just a year ago, Malakai Fekitoa was a shy 21-year-old heading out of his comfort zone to Dunedin to try to prove a few points, to himself as much as to the man who didn’t seem to want him, Blues coach John Kirwan.

Having to hold hit shields at the Blues, and show his worth for his Pakuranga club, for whom he was electric in the Gallaher Shield final and Auckland, were his lot for 2013.

But Jamie Joseph and the Highlanders made an astute buy and the rest is history.

After scorching the Blues for a try on his debut, Fekitoa uncorked the try of the season against the Sharks and found his way into the All Blacks, making no less than eight appearances, and scoring the winning try in the Brisbane Bledisloe.

His mistake rate was low - barring the odd overshooting in the defensive line - and he soaked up information very swiftly.

The natural centre also showed he can play second five, adding a string to his bow in an area now overflowing with depth.

A very thoughtful Fekitoa was looking refreshed, relaxed and fit speaking to the New Zealand Herald

RESULTS ■ Basketball NBA results Collated NBA results yesterday (home team in CAPS): CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 97 Philadelphia 76ers 84, WASHINGTON WIZARDS 88 Charlotte Hornets 92, NEW ORLEANS PELICANS 115 Atlanta Hawks 100, OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 104 Orlando Magic 97, PHOENIX SUNS 101 Memphis Grizzlies 102, BROOKLYN NETS 102 L.A. Clippers 100, TORONTO RAPTORS 75 Milwaukee Bucks 82, DALLAS MAVERICKS 100 Minnesota Timberwolves 94

■ Bowls Mid Canterbury Bowls Sub Centre Triples February 1 First: Brent Mayson; Craig Carter, Ivan Syme: 4 wins, 28 ends Second: Gavin Eder; Margaret Eder, Winston Lee: 4 wins 26 ends Third; Bruce White; Wendy Watson, Noeline Woods: 3 wins and a draw; 32ends

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at the Super Rugby season launch.

He had featured in the TV advertisement chasing sheep, and while not exactly his forte, he said that he had enjoyed himself.

“I am really grateful that I’ve come through and achieved those goals in the last 12 months.

“It’s different now and I know that it’s going to be

harder coming into my second year,” he said.

The pressure is good pressure, says Fekitoa.

“That’s what I learned going into the All Blacks: how to deal with pressure, and how to deal with mistakes on and off the field.

“It keeps me on my toes, to go harder.”

Speaking of harder, he knows the Highlanders will not be creeping up on the competition and into the playoffs in 2015, as they did in 2014.

“Everyone knows how we play now and how we scored all those tries last year.

“But I think there are 13 new guys and they will bring

stuff that no one has seen.”

All things being equal, Jason Emery and Shaun Treeby will jostle for the No 12 jersey inside Fekitoa.

With Lima Sopoaga at No 10, that appeals as a more than useful combination, with the two Smiths providing X-factor at either end of the backline.

Disappointed to play just the Scotland test on the November tour, Fekitoa took it on the chin and refocused for a big 2015.

“The first few weeks of my break I thought about Rugby World Cup. “It was tough knowing that guys like Sonny Bill (Williams) were back.

“Last year I kind of wanted it bad, and didn’t always focus on what I needed to do first.

“But all my friends, family and coaches helped me realise that if I didn’t do the little things right, then I won’t get it.

“It’s a massive goal but I just want to put it to the back of my mind for now.”

That’s why he is doing his work-ons assiduously, looking closely at his tackle ball work and talking more, becoming more of a leader rather than a follower.

Strangely, though Fekitoa has an Auckland ITM Cup contract until 2016, he is yet to cement a Super Rugby deal post-2015.

Surely the Highlanders are working overtime to nail this down.

- NZME

Malakai Fekitoa: Ready for a bruising second season.

■ Croquet

■ Football

Waireka Croquet Club

A-League

February 3 Pat Burgess Tray Golf Croquet Handicap Singles Competition Round 1 Bev Blair 0 v Jackie Rollinson 7; Dulcie Pierre 7 v Jeanette Early 3; Barbara Barnes 2 v Heather Kaye 7; Barbara Inglis 4 v Annette King 7; Sue Lamb 6 v Audrey Leath 7; Eva Kircher 4 v Jill Wilce 7; Logan McCorkindale 0 v Barbara McIntosh 7; Janice Murta 4 v Phyllis Reith 7; Round 2 Janice Murta 7 v Barbara McIntosh 4; Logan McCorkindale 0 v Phyllis Reith 7; Eva Kircher 6 v Audrey Leath 7; Sue Lamb 7 v Jill Wilce 6; Bev Blair 0 v Jeanette Early 7; Dulcie Pierre 6 v Jackie Rollinson 7; Barbara Barnes 3 v Annette King 7; Barbara Inglis 3 v Heather Kaye 7; Round 3 Barbara Inglis 4 v Barbara Barnes 7; Heather Kaye 7 v Annette King 0; Dulcie Pierre 7 v Bev Blair 0; Jackie Rollinson 7 v Jeanette Early 3; Logan McCorkindale 0 v Janice Murta 7; Phyllis Reith 7 v Barbara McIntosh 2; Eva Kircher 3 v Sue Lamb 7; Audrey Leath 5 v Jill Wilce 7; Winner of the Pat Burgess Tray, Phyllis Reith, Runner-up Audrey Leath;

Results standings after Rd 15 ADELAIDE UNITED 7 (Bruce Djite 2m, 54m, Marcelo Carrusca 23m, 28m pen, Nigel Boogaard 35m, Sergio Cirio 70m pen, Isaias Sanchez 90+4m) bt NEWCASTLE JETS 0 at Coopers Stadium. Crowd: 10,960. Referee: Matthew Conger.

SYDNEY FC 5 (Marc Janko 16m, 48m, Christopher Naumoff 18m, Bernie Ibini 44m, Alex Brosque 72m) bt CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 1 (Travis Major 66m) at Central Coast Stadium. Crowd: 12,102. Referee: Jarred Gillett.

PERTH GLORY 3 (Andy Keogh 22m pen, Rostyn Griffiths 78m, Jamie Maclaren 89m) drew MELBOURNE VICTORY 3 (Ben Khalfallah 18m, Besart Berisha 42m, Kosta Barbarouses 57m) at nib Stadium. Crowd: 12,271. Referee: Peter Green.

MELBOURNE CITY 2 (Jacob Melling 24m, Aaron Mooy 73m) bt WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 1 (Yojiro Takahagi 5m) at AAMI Park. Crowd: 7,561. Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones.

BRISBANE ROAR 3 (James Donachie 60m, Brandon Borrello 76m, Jean Carlos Solorzano 90+2m) bt WELLINGTON PHOENIX 2 (Roy Krishna 50m, Kenny Cunningham 81m) at Suncorp Stadium. Crowd: 9,263.

Referee: Alan Milliner.

Standings P W D L GF GA GD Pts Perth Glory 15 10 3 2 28 18 10 33 Adelaide United 15 9 2 4 29 14 15 29 Melbourne Victory 15 8 5 2 31 18 13 29 Wellington Phoenix 15 9 1 5 30 17 13 28 Sydney FC 15 5 7 3 20 16 4 22 Melbourne City 14 5 4 5 22 25 -3 19 Brisbane Roar 14 4 3 7 17 21 -4 15 Central C. Mariners 15 2 6 7 13 26 -13 12 Newcastle Jets 15 1 5 9 12 35 -23 8 West Syd Wanderers 13 0 4 9 8 20 -12 4

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club Women’s Section January 31 and February 3 Rd 1 Mackay Trophy, Rd1 Tucker Trophy, Rd1 HE Cook Trophy.

Leigh Wackrow 65, Ruth Fail 68, Sharon Bradford 69, Robynne Nicoll 69, Maryanne Urquhart 69, Heather Robertson 70, Mary Lou Watson 70 on c/b from Erin Porter.

Nearest The Pins: No 4 Gabites: Jeannette Montgomery No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Pauline Bell, No 12 Lynn Small’s Salon: Maryanne Urquhart: No 14 Todds of Ashburton: Ruth Fail, 2nd Shot No 18: Janice Dunlop 9 hole section Greensome, January 29 Allie Glossop, Lesly Crum 30.5, Carol O’Reilly, Colleen Ness 32.

Tough place to visit Brisbane remains a location where the Wellington Phoenix cannot find a way to win. The Phoenix have coughed up a 1-0 lead to eventually go down 3-2 to the Brisbane Roar at Suncorp Stadium on Monday night. Goals to James Donachie, Brandon Borrello and Jean Carlos Solorzano sealed the deal for the home side after Roy Krishna and Kenny Cunningham scored for the Phoenix. The game seemed destined for a 2-2 draw but Solorzano helped the Roar grab all three points as he scored in stoppage time, which was a cruel blow to a valiant Phoenix side. Wellington have now played Brisbane away from home 12 times and have lost 10 with two draws.

- NZME

City ‘frustrated’ The Melbourne Victory are spoiling for a fight after a disappointing draw at their last start and Saturday’s derby clash offers the perfect opportunity to vent their frustrations. The Victory led the Glory 3-1 in Perth with 15 minutes to play on January 25, but had to settle for a point against the ladder leaders after conceding two late goals. Nearly two weeks will have elapsed when the third-placed Victory host Melbourne City at Etihad Stadium and striker Besart Berisha says his side are determined to take all three points against their crosstown rivals. “We are No.1 in this town and we have to prove it,” Berisha said.

- AAP

Deadline day quiet Chelsea made the biggest splash on yesterday’s low-key transfer deadline day as the English Premier League leaders signed Colombian international winger Juan Cuadrado from Fiorentina. Blues boss Jose Mourinho finally landed his target after making room by selling German World Cup-winning winger Andre Schuerrle to Bundesliga title challengers Wolfsburg just hours earlier. Cuadrado, 26 and who signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with the west London club, told Chelsea’s website he was very thankful for the opportunity.

“This is a great club and, honestly, it is like a dream to join the Chelsea family and to know that the manager believes in me. I’m happy.” Cuadrado’s move was the most eye-catching deal on a day when most EPL clubs opted out of the usual last-ditch spending spree.

- AFP

Rodgers mulls changes Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has hinted he will make changes for tonight’s FA Cup fourth-round replay at second-tier Bolton Wanderers, but still expects his side to progress. Neil Lennon’s Bolton earned a replay at the Macron Stadium after battling to a 0-0 draw at Anfield on January 24. Liverpool have lost only once in their past 12 matches - an extra-time defeat by Chelsea in the League Cup semi-finals last week. With the Merseyside derby against Everton on the horizon on Saturday, as well as Europa League fixtures with Besiktas later in the month, Rodgers is keen to protect his players from an intense workload. But he remains focused on reaching the fifth round of the FA Cup, where Crystal Palace lie in wait.

- AFP

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT proud of our people. progressive setting a new standard. partnership working hard together.

• Exciting Trades positions • Mid Canterbury location We have two excellent opportunities at our Fairton plant, located on the outskirts of Ashburton, for highly motivated and skilled Tradespeople.

These positions have a high focus on reliability engineering services supporting a sophisticated food production process.

MAINTENANCE FITTER The Maintenance Fitter will play a key role in planned mechanical maintenance, installation of new plant equipment and a wide range of mechanical engineering applications across the site.

To be successful you will need the following attributes: • Relevant Mechanical Trades Certification.

• Excellent knowledge of sound engineering principals and repairs and maintenance procedures on a large industrial processing site.

• Ability to analyse problems and implement effective solutions on a timely basis.

• Self-motivated and capable of working both independently and within a tight knit team of engineering support tradespeople.

MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN The Maintenance Electrician is critical in providing electrical services to the plant, including the installation and maintenance of industrial equipment such as PLC’s, variable speed drives, lighting and low voltage power distribution systems.

The successful applicant will have the following skills and attributes: • Current NZ electrical registration and practising license.

• Excellent general knowledge of industrial electrical repair and maintenance.

• Ability to analyse problems and implement effective solutions on a timely basis.

• Organised, with the ability to plan and prioritise workload in a challenging environment.

• Computer literacy and PLC experience would be an advantage.

SITUATIONS VACANT

Lifestyle Motorhomes - Build Refurb Repair Trade qualified or trade experience In joinery or engineering We are growing and need your help Lifestyle Motorhomes Ltd has been in business for over 13 years; we build refurb and repair all RV’s (motorhomes, campers, caravans, fifth wheelers and trailers). We have a small team offering in-house engineering, joinery, plumbing, electrical, gas, vehicle trimming and upholstery from our modern facility in Ashburton.

We have an enviable reputation for our quality workmanship and our ability to provide the customer what they want. Our desire to fulfill customer’s wishes is balanced with our ability to understand their needs and wants and then make a recommendation for a solution based on our extensive experience in the industry.

Lifestyle Motorhomes offers a friendly team environment, well equipped custom built workshops and the opportunity to grow with the business.

Due to an increase in demand for our services we are looking for two people to join our busy team.

If you are qualified or have some experience and a passion to learn and wish to join our supportive team then we want to hear from you.

The successful applicants will be offered a competitive package reflective of what you bring to the position. On the job training will be offered.

If you wish to discuss these positions further please contact: Murray McPherson, Phone 0274 430 757 Or send your letter of application and CV to: murray@life-style.co.nz Or mail to: Murray McPherson PO Box 579, Ashburton

» Workshop Mechanic » Field Service Mechanic Rooney Earthmoving is one of New Zealand’s leading privately owned civil contractors specialising in major earthworks and civil projects. The organisation employs over 220 staff and operates a significant fleet of heavy machinery in the South Island.

The Ashburton branch is planning to appoint a Mechanical Technician to assist the existing competent workshop team.

The individual will have attributes that include: • Skills and previous experience working with heavy earthmoving plant • Motivated self-starters who can demonstrate initiative • Willing and enthusiastic to mentor younger staff • Can provide complimenting skills including electrical, air-con or engineering.

This is a permanent position and will be based in Ashburton, but will regularly work in a field environment. Wages and conditions will be negotiated with the successful applicant.

Applicants should apply in writing to: The Workshop Manager, PO Box 403, Ashburton 7740 or email- brian.lowe@rooneygroup. co.nz or call Brian on 027 433 3175 Applicants must have NZ residency or hold a valid work permit.

Boiler Operator Training Opportunity

If you are interested in using your mechanical or electrical skills on a large industrial food processing site, and like the idea of working for one of New Zealand’s largest food exporters, we look forward to hearing from you.

Applications close: 12th February 2015.

Apply to The Engineering Manager, Silver Fern Farms Limited Fairton, PO Box 30 Ashburton 7740. Or apply online at careers.silverfernfarms.co.nz

We are seeking to employ a Boiler Operator for our 14mW Coal Fired Boiler.

Ideally we are seeking applicants that hold a 'Level 2 National Certificate - Boiler Operation', but we would consider a suitable candidate with past boiler operation experience, who is prepared to study towards and attain this qualification.

www.silverfernfarms.com

Other duties of the position include daily preventative maintenance tasks for other items of the services plant. Relevant training will be provided.

The Fresh Name in the Freezer

proud of our people. progressive setting a new standard. partnership working hard together.

PROCESS WORKERS NEEDED • Ashburton Location • Mid Canterbury

Silver Fern Farms is looking for seasonal staff for the 2015 processing season at our Fairton Plant, Ashburton.

We offer a great team environment, the money’s good, and you’ll be working with a proud team of people in a progressive food processing company.

So if you enjoy working as part of a team, have a ‘can do’ attitude, keen to learn, not afraid of a bit of hard work, and are a New Zealand Citizen/ Resident, or hold an open valid work permit, then we want to hear from you.

Concrete Pump Operator

Just remember that Silver Fern Farms is working hard to maintain a drug and alcohol free workplace. Pre-employment drug testing is mandatory.

To apply call into the Fairton Plant Main Office, Office Rd Fairton, RD 2 Ashburton to complete an application form or email francis.renner@silverfernfarms.co.nz Alternatively apply online at careers.silverfernfarms.co.nz

www.silverfernfarms.com

FLOORING Call today for an obligation free quote East to Burnett St, Ashburton • Phone 03 308 5269

The position will involve shift work on our rotating 12 hour shift pattern (3 days, 3 nights, 3 days off).

If this position is of interest to you, please forward your CV to: The Services Manager, PO Box 244, Ashburton, or email recruitment@ash.talleys.co.nz

www.talleys.co.nz

SENIOR STYLIST

required Class 4 Licence A part time position has become available We are looking for an enthusiastic self motivated needed. to work in our busy salon. person to join our team as a Dental Assistant .

Experience with Rachel Proof read by:_______________________________ With: _______________________________ Applicant must have Date:______________________________ The position requires flexibility, excellent concrete and organisation and communication skills and the hydraulic machinery • Great work ethic ability to work under pressure. Experience is a bonus, but • Be outgoing and friendly helpful, however training will be given where training will be required. given.

• Work well in a team Applications close Wednesday 11th February 2015.

Call Chris Barnes All applications will be treated in strict Please apply in writing or email: on 027 933 1872 confidence. job: C51102

DENTAL ASSISTANT

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SPORTING NOTICES

Parts Sales Person Johnson Gluyas Tractors - Ashburton is a proud locally owned and award winning New Holland / Kubota dealer directly servicing the Mid Canterbury area with associates in the South Canterbury and North Otago districts.

Our team is working for justice …

Will you join us?

Court Registry Officer (Part-Time 30 hours per week) District Court, Ashburton

District Courts is moving to a new way of working. This is a great chance for you to be part of supporting the work of the court.

If varied work, a great team environment and the chance to make a positive impact on people’s lives appeals, then this is the job for you.

Calling on your previous customer service experience and talent for multi tasking, you’ll play a key role in the day-to-day operations of the District Court – responsible for quality customer services and the scheduling of court cases. You’ll enjoy the diversity of duties ranging from liaising with relevant parties to undertaking judicial support requirements, both in and out of the courtroom.

You’re an excellent communicator with good English and computer skills and have the ability to interact well with a wide range of people. You’re flexible, calm, resilient, and in no way daunted by the court environment.

For more information, please visit our website careers.justice.govt.nz Vacancy No. 26239. Applications close Friday 13 February 2015.

careers.justice.govt.nz

CARPENTER Due to growth in the business, we have vacancies available for experienced carpenters.

If you are keen to work on a variety of exciting building challenges, we want to hear from you.

As well as experience on varied building projects, you will also receive: • Excellent working conditions • Be part of a friendly team • Receive excellent remuneration relative to your experience If you are ready for an exciting change to your career, please feel free to give me a call.

All inquiries will be received in confidence.

Call Des on: 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258

des.millar.construction@xtra.co.nz For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline 0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

Guardian Motoring 307 7900

We have an excellent opportunity available for a highly motivated person to join our busy parts team in Ashburton.

The successful applicant will be directly involved in all aspects of the daily parts operation, including customer enquiries, stock ordering and receipting, freight distribution and maintenance of the warehouse stocking levels.

The following skills would be considered advantageous for this role: • Previous experience in either the agricultural or retail sales industry • Excellent customer relations • The ability to work well within a team and independently • Have a pleasant disposition with excellent written and verbal communication skills • Have efficient time management skills and be able to prioritize work flow in a high volume environment • Be efficient in basic computing systems and operations Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work Visa.

Applications for this position close 5pm, Friday, February 20, 2015.

To apply for this position, please email a copy of a current CV with a letter of application to: stewart@johnsongluyas.co.nz Or alternatively post a copy to: Johnson Gluyas Tractors Attention: Stewart McAtamney PO Box 6053, Allenton, Ashburton 7740

Allenton Netball Club

Melrose Road Courts, Ashburton

Senior Netball 2015 Registration Night Tuesday 10 February 2015, 6.00 - 6.30pm at the Allenton Courts, Melrose Road. Non refundable sub deposit of $40 must be paid at registration before able to trial

Trials for Senior Players Tuesday 10 February 6.30pm - 8.00pm Thursday 12 February 6.30pm - 8.00pm There will be a third trial if needed.

We are still seeking new coaches for Senior and Junior Teams for 2015 and new players are always welcome Please contact Marg Verrall (President) Phone 03 302 4717

TRADES, SERVICES

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

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

Johnson Gluyas Tractors www.johnsongluyas.co.nz

We Help Save Lives We help save lives every day through the research and development of improved diagnosis, be er prediction and treatment of heart disease in our hospital and community.

Find out how you can help by visiting: www.otago.ac.nz/chchheart

A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

Wednesday

TENDERS BUILDING LTD

Ashburton Hospital Redevelopment Closing Friday, February 13 at 12noon Subcontractors & Suppliers pricing the above are invited to submit their quotations to: Phone: (03) 308 9039 Fax: (03) 308 1191 email: clark@bradfords.co.nz

SITUATIONS WANTED DAIRY FARMING. I am looking for work as a dairy Honest and assistant. reliable, I can start ASAP or next season. Phone 022 158 7987.

RURAL TRADING POST PEASTRAW for sale. $3 pickup from paddock. $4 delivered. Per small bale.

Wakanui area. Phone 302 SUN CONTROL WINDOW 3857.

TINTING. Professional window tinting for cars, PUBLIC NOTICES homes and offices. Quality films for privacy, UV (fading), A.S.A. Summer show/sale, heat, safety and security. Short St Studio. Guest Phone Craig Rogers, your Mehrdad Tahan, and 15 ONLY local applicator 307 others. Open Saturdays and 6347 or 0800 TINTER. Sundays 10am - 3pm. Other Member of Master Tinters times if sign is out, or by appointment. Ph 308 4533.

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TRADES, SERVICES

Daily Events 9.00am - 11.00am HAKATERE MARAE HEALTH CLINIC. Closed, reopening February 25.

10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. Social hall, Havelock Street.

11.00am MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Movie, The Imitation Game. Regent Cinema,

Wills Street.

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Mid-week service led by Frank Tasker. 48 Allen Street, Allenton.

1.15pm “GOLF CROQUET” WAIREKA. Doubles, drawn partners. Waireka, Philip Street.

1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and Golf Croquet.

Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON HERB SOCIETY. Monthly meeting with visit to Trotts Garden, 371 Racecourse Road.

1.30pm M.S.A. GARDEN SECTION. Domain walk with David Askin.

Meet Hotel Ashburton car park. Please note change from programme.

6.00pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Welcomes regular and new players.

M.S.A. Sports grounds, Racecourse Rd. 7.00pm ASHBURTON UKUKELE GROUP. Beginners and new members welcome. St Paul’s Church hall, Oxford Street.

7.00pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

Sale of Pre loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, cnr Archibald and Jane Street, Tinwald.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE.

New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am ST DAVID’S CHURCH. Fit kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.30am RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, 1st time free. St Andrews Church, Bridge Street Rakaia.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities.

Social Hall, Havelock Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

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

1.00pm - 7.00pm TINWALD OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL. Open daily in the Tinwald Domain, Maronan Road.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Welcomes regular and new players.

M.S.A. Sports Grounds, Racecourse Road.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time /Sequence dancing. Learn to dance, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

Building – it’s what we Thursday 9.30am know and it’s M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning what we do next 9 moves. Social hall, Havelock best. That’s Street.

9.30am why clients BALMORAL HALL LINEDANCERS. class of 2015. Balmoral hall, have chosen First Cameron Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm us, again ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH and again.

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

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BUSINESS WANTED/SELL

Business For Sale Established hairdressing business employing 4 staff situated in a busy urban shopping centre.

Regular cliental with a proven track record of profitability.

POA. Expressions of interest to enquires@ brophyknight.co.nz

PERSONAL SAY YES TO HAPPINESS Say yes to intimacy, companionship, knowing there is someone special who is thinking of you alone. Whether you are in town or on the land, there is someone wonderful who wants to say yes to love and happiness also.

Ph 0800 856 640 www.lovesuccess.co.nz Real people, real matchmaking since 1989

FOR SALE

LAST CHANCE! To purchase Aynsley Orchard Gold. We have limited stocks of this now discontinued range. Call and view at The China Shop in The Arcade.

NEW BAKEWARE in at Kitchen Kapers. NEW instore at Kitchen Kapers in The Arcade Fat Daddio's Professional Series Bakeware. Anodized for safety and performance.

Heats faster, cools quicker.

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4 FEBRUARY 2015

SPORT NEW ZEALAND - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN Applications to the Sport New Zealand Rural Travel Fund are now open.

Sport New Zealand provides funding to the Ashburton District Council for the Rural Travel Fund. This year just over $13,000 is available to distribute.

The purpose of the Rural Travel Fund is to assist with travel expenses of junior sports teams in rural communities to participate in regular, local sporting competition. It is open to rural sports clubs and rural school teams with young people aged between 5-19 years.

Application forms and criteria are available from the Council website www.ashburtondc.govt.nz and from the Council office. Applications close Friday 27 February 2015.

PUBLIC NOTICE

RUBBISH AND RECYCLING

Road Closure Proposal

Waitangi Day

Ashburton District Council gives public notice of a proposal to temporarily close roads to ordinary vehicle traffic to enable the holding of a community event - Ride the Rakaia.

Resource Recovery Parks The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks will be closed on: • Friday 6 February 2015

Meetings

The Methven Inorganic Materials Drop-off Facility will be closed on: • Friday 6 February 2015

Service Delivery Committee Meeting Thursday 5 February 2015, to follow Environmental Services meeting

Roads to be closed: Railway Terrace East, between Rolleston Street and State Highway 1 Rakaia Barrhill Methven Road, between Baker Road and Rakaia Domain Period of closure: Railway Terrace East, from 6.00am until 8.15am on Saturday, 28 February 2015.

Rubbish and Recycling - Kerbside Collection If your collection day is a Friday there will a change for Waitangi Day.

Rakaia Barrhill Methven Road, from 9.00am until 3.00pm on Saturday, 28 February 2015.

Collections normally scheduled for Friday 6 February 2015 will be collected on Thursday 5 February 2015.

Detours will be available on adjacent roads and these will be signposted.

There are no changes to any other collections.

This proposed closure is made under the Local Government Act 1974 - Schedule 10 (11 (e)) and will be considered at the Finance and Business Support Committee meeting on 12 February 2015.

Any person objecting to the proposal should lodge notice of their objection in writing by post or email to the Ashburton District Council, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton by 4.pm, 9 February 2015.

PUBLIC NOTICE Road Closure Proposal

Please ensure all rubbish and recycling is placed at kerbside by 7.30am on collection day.

PUBLIC NOTICE Road Closure Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that the Ashburton District Council, for the purpose of allowing Ashburton Multi Cultural Trust Inc. to hold the Multi Cultural Bite and Carol Johns to hold Waitangi on East, the following roads will be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic (with the exception of emergency vehicles) for the period indicated hereunder.

Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that the Ashburton District Council, for the purpose of allowing the Mayfield District Lions Club to hold the Mt Somers Mountain Bike Race, proposes to close the following road/s to ordinary vehicular traffic for the period indicated hereunder.

Roads to be closed: East Street, between Havelock Street and Wills Street

Road to be closed:

From 8.00am until 5.00pm on Friday, 6 February 2015.

Hoods Road, from Pattons Road to Comyns Street Other affected roads: Ashburton Gorge Road, Pattons Road, Buccleugh Street, Peaches Road, Coxs Road, Burnett Road

East Street, between Havelock Street and Moore Street Period of closure: From 7.00am until 6.00pm on Friday, 6 February 2015.

It will be an offence under the above regulations for any person otherwise than under authority of an authorised permit to use the roads for ordinary vehicular traffic during the period of closure.

Period of closure: From 9.30am until 3.00pm on Sunday, 29 March 2015

COMPOSTING DAY

Any person objecting to the proposal is called upon to lodge notice of their objection and grounds thereof in writing or email to Council by 4.00pm on Friday, 13 February 2015.

Join the Mt Somers District Citizens Association for a composting seminar on Saturday 21 February from 10.30am at 31 Comyns Road, Mt Somers.

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740

Up & Coming Environmental Services Committee Meeting Thursday 5 February 2015, 1.30pm

Finance & Business Support Committee Meeting Thursday 12 February 2015, 1.30pm

Tenders • C633 Sealed Road Rehabilitation - Rural

Current Fire Season Status A Prohibited Fire Season is in place across the Ashburton District. All fires in the open air are prohibited. This remains in force until further notice.

Water Conservation Water conservation measures are in place until further notice. Visit the Council website for a full list of all water supplies with water conservation measures.

Methven Community Day Join the Methven Community Board on Sunday 8 February between 11.00am and 3.00pm at the Methven Memorial Hall for the Methven Community Day. For more information, visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

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LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) Today’s Full Moon brings you to the halfway point of your solar year, with just enough pressure to ensure you’re not asleep at the wheel.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) While today’s Full Moon may take the wind out of your sails, it’s a valuable call to put out the ‘do not disturb’ sign to hear yourself think.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) The second Full Moon of 2015 might be sugar coated but the message is just as important, highlighting any imbalance between give and take.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) For the first time in 12 years a Full Moon falls in your career sector with lucky Jupiter on board any pressure comes from a fortuitous direction.

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Family Notices 26 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS CHIN, Chen Chih (known as Juk Kim) – Passed away peacefully at home, on February 2, 2015.

Loved mother of Toy Yung, mother in law of the late Chung Mo Gee. Grandmother, grandmother in law and great grandmother, of June, Peter, Samuel, Olivia, and Timothy Mui; Douglas, Lane, Alan, and Pamela; Desmond, Laura, Gary, and Christine; Peter, Joey, Ashley, and Lily; David, Kelly, Alex, and Leon; Jain Moon, Julie, Aida, and Thomas Chen (Canada); Jian Yi, Amy, Rosanna, and Samantha Chen (Canada). A funeral service for Juk Kim will be held at Lamb and Hayward’s, Westpark Chapel, 467 Wairakei Road, Christchurch on THURSDAY, February 5, commencing at Followed by 10.00am. interment at Memorial Park Cemetery Bromley, Christchurch.

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CONGDON, Koa Daphne – On February 3, 2015 at Terrace view Retirement Village, Ashburton. At peace after a long battle. Dearly loved companion of Russell Anstiss (Ashburton). Friend of Suzanne and George Malouf (Sydney), Tracey McNabbAnstiss (Ashburton), and Phillip and Tracey Anstiss (Auckland). Friend of all Russell’s grandchildren.

“Russell we had such little time but every moment was special.”

Messages to email Russell@ashburton.co.nz or C/- 15a McDonald Street, Methven 7730. No flowers but donations to the Ashburton Branch of the Cancer Society would be appreciated and may be sent to C/- P O Box 296, Ashburton 7740 or may be left at the service. A celebration of Koa’s life will be held at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Oxford Street, Ashburton, on MONDAY, February 9, commencing at 2.00pm.

Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

CONGDON, Koa Daphne – On February 3, 2015. To Ross Roberts (Surgeon), Bridget Robinson (Oncologist), Christchurch and Ashburton Hospital staff, Ashburton Cancer Society, Oncology Nurses, Palliative Care Group, Dr Justine Turnbull, Allenton Medical Centre, and Pharmacy Staff.

Our sincere appreciation and thanks for your wonderful care, expertise and concern in the early days of Koa’s illness. Your support gave her confidence in your decisions.

To Karen Harris (previous manager), Dr Penny Holdaway, Terrace View Retirement Village Residents and Staff, too numerous to mention individually but we know every one of you! We will never forget you and will forever be grateful for all you have done for Koa – the comfort, caring, ingenuity and laughter has made her latter days a time to treasure and your care and support for all of us has been beyond your calling in every way. We wish you to accept this as a personal “Thank you” to each and every one of you from management to maintenance and all in between. Russell, Bruce and Chris, Anne and Tom, Koa Louise and Rob, Pip and Gina, Graeme and Marie, Faye, Leonie, and all our extended families.

MERRITT, William Anthony Rex (Bill) On February 1, age 79 years.

Dearly loved husband of Lorna (nee Hurst). Loved son in law of the late William and Ada Hurst (Barrhill). Loved brother in law of Bill (deceased), and Diane, Eric and Lorna (deceased), Dot and Doug Turton (deceased), Thelma and Eric Brophy, Betty and Cyril Reeves (deceased), Arnie (deceased) and Clare, Ray (deceased), Ollie and the late Heather, Alf, Clarrie and Jan, Keith and Bev, Bev and Allan Dickson, and a much loved uncle to all his nieces and nephews.

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BUTTERICK, Sarah Jayne – 17/03/1985 - 04/02/2004.

Sadly missed along life’s way, quietly remembered every day.

No longer in our lives to share, but in our hearts you are always there.

“Loving you always, forgetting you never.”

Mum, Dad, Craig and your special friend “Chloe”.

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8:30 Extreme Fishing With Robson Green PGR 9:30 Ray Mears’ Wild Food 10:30 Toy Hunter 11pm Candice Tells All 11:30 Carter Can

THURSDAY

Midnight Dear Genevieve 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Grand Tours Of Scotland 1:30 Baggage Battles 2am Sophie In The Home Countries 2:30 The Cook And The Chef 3am Buying Alaska 3:30 Auction 4am Extreme Fishing With Robson Green PGR 5am Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The Block – Glasshouse PGR 0 8:45 M The Break-Up AO 3 2006 Romantic Comedy.

After separating, a couple try to live together in the condominium neither wants to move out of.

Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn. 0

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Fanboy And Chum Chum 3 7:25 The Legend Of Korra 3 7:50 Danny Phantom 8:15 Chuggington 3 8:25 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:35 Peppa Pig 3 8:45 Bob The Builder 3 8:55 Thomas And Friends 3 9:05 Ella The Elephant 3 9:30 Julius Jr 3 9:50 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 3:10 Humf 3 3:20 Lalaloopsy 3 3:40 Max Steel 3 4:10 Beyraiderz – Shogun 3 4:35 Punk’d PGR 5:05 It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3 5:30 The Nanny 3 0 6pm Futurama 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 0 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 The Simpsons PGR 0 8pm How I Met Your Mother PGR 3 8:30 M Bird On A Wire 1990 Action Comedy Romance. Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine. 0 10:45 The Ringer AO 3

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 3 12:50 The Test PGR 3 1:45 Antiques Roadshow 3 A return to RAF Marham in Norfolk, featuring a priest with a statue of the Buddha, and the great-greatgrandson of architect Pugin with objects from his family’s past.

3pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

UK 3 3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

7:30 MythBusters PGR The MythBusters tackle four more gender-based cliches.

8:30 M Rescue Dawn AO 3 2006 War Drama.

A US fighter pilot must survive after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War. Christian Bale.

6am Football League Show 6:30 Yachting – Volvo Ocean Race 7am Football – AFC Asian Cup (Replay) Final – Australia v Korea.

9:30 Football – A-League (Highlights) Brisbane Roar v Wellington Phoenix.

10am Fox Sports News 10:30 Basketball – NBL (Replay) Wollongong Hawks v Melbourne United.

12:30 Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Day 13.

1:30 Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Day 14.

2:30 Football – A-League (Replay) Melbourne City v Western Sydney Wanderers.

4:30 UFC Now 5:30 Fight Night Kevin Mitchell V Daniel Estrada.

7:30 Darts – PDC Awards 8pm Sky Sport Select 8:30 We Captured The Cup – The Captain’s Tales A look at the stories of the true legends of the Cricket World Cup, the captains.

9:30 Cricket – World Cup Tales 10pm The Cricket Show 10:30 L Cycling – Dubai Tour Stage One. Stage one consists of 145km along the Dubai coastline.

11:40 Entertainment Tonight 12:05 Infomercials

11:10 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon A celebrity chat show.

12:10 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:40 Home Shopping 1:40 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 2:10 Home Shopping

1am Feherty – Stacy Lewis 2am Golf – Titleist Performance Institute 2:30 Golf – Big Break Mexico 3:30 Sky Sport Select 4am The Crowd Goes Wild 4:30 Fox Sports News 5am Motorsport – Toyota Racing Series (Highlights) Round Two.

MAORI TV

SKY SPORT 2

6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Miharo 3 2 7:30 Pukana 3 2 8am Toi Whakaari 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Tatai Hono 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Pukana 3 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2

THE BOX

6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #Hakanation PGR 3 8pm Kuia 3 8:30 Taniwha Rau 9:30 Whare Taonga AO 3 10pm Whaikorero PGR 3 10:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Hardcore Pawn PG 7:40 Modern Family PGL 8:05 Ax Men ML 8:55 Criminal Minds 16VS 9:45 SVU MV 10:35 CSI – New York MV 11:25 Elementary MV 12:15 Played 16VLSC 1:05 Criminal Minds 16VS 1:55 Law And Order MV 2:45 Ax Men ML 3:35 Raw 6:35 The Simpsons PG 7pm Hardcore Pawn PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV An 18-wheeler leaving the harbour is not only a target for robbery, but a perfect cover for murder.

8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 10:30 SVU MV 11:30 CSI – New York MV

THURSDAY

12:30 Ax Men ML 1:20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:45 Law And Order MV 2:35 SVU MV 3:25 NCIS MV 4:15 Criminal Minds 16VS 5:05 Lizard Lick Towing MVL 5:35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG

6am Auction Kings PG Napoleon Mirror; First World War Boy Scout Poster. 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Yukon Men M Mother v Nature. 8:30 MythBusters PG Pirates 2. 9:30 Survive That! M 10:30 Commandos M 11:30 True Crime With Aphrodite Jones M Good People, Badlands. 12:30 Redrum M Triangle of Terror. 1pm Redrum M Hide and Seek. 1:30 Tabloid M Dressed for Revenge. 2:30 Yukon Men M Stan’s Gamble. 3:30 Edge Of Alaska M The Road. 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG Confederate Steam Gun. 6:30 Auction Hunters PG 7:30 Railroad Alaska PG Mountain Danger. 8:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Spring Forward. 9:30 Edge Of Alaska M Bear Attack. 10:30 Siberian Cut M Road from Hell. 11:30 Secret Lives Of Stepford Wives M

THURSDAY

Midnight Secret Lives Of Stepford Wives M 12:30 I (Almost) Got Away With It M 1:30 Nightmare Next Door M 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Man v Wild PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

The Break-Up

MythBusters

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Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman.

8:20 The Internship MLS 2013 Comedy. Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson.

10:20 A Common Man MVL 2013 Thriller. Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross.

11:45 Revenge For Jolly 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Brian Petsos, Kristen Wiig.

1:10 Oblivion MVS 2013 Sci-fi.

Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman.

3:15 The Internship MLS 2013 Comedy. Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson.

5:15 The Code MVLS 2008 Crime.

Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas.

7pm Banshee Chapter MVLC 2013 Horror. Katia Winter, Ted Levine.

8:30 Moms’ Night Out PGV 2014 Comedy. Sarah Drew, Sean Astin.

10:10 Homefront 16VL 2013 Action.

Jason Statham, James Franco.

11:50 Pawn Shop Chronicles 18VLC 2013 Comedy. Paul Walker, Elijah Wood.

THURSDAY

1:40 Lost Treasure Of The Maya MVLS 2009 Action. Michael Madsen.

3:20 The Code MVLS 2008 Crime.

Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas.

5:05 Banshee Chapter MVLC 2013 Horror. Katia Winter, Ted Levine.

MOVIES GREATS 7:25 The Legend Of Zorro MV 2005 Action. Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones. 9:35 Mean Machine MVL 2002 Comedy.

Vinnie Jones, David Kelly. 11:15 Underworld – Rise Of The Lycans 16V 2009 Action. Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy. 12:45 You Don’t Mess With The Zohan MLS 2008 Comedy.

Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider.

2:35 Spider-Man 3 MV 2007 Action.

Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst.

4:50 Garden State 16LS 2004 Romantic Comedy. Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm.

6:30 The Exorcism Of Emily Rose MC 2005 Drama. Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott.

8:30 The Four Feathers MVC 2002 Drama. Heath Ledger, Kate Hudson.

10:45 X-Men – The Last Stand MV 2006 Action. Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin.

THURSDAY

12:30 Layer Cake 16VLS 2004 Thriller. Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Michael Gambon.

2:15 Garden State 16LS 2004 Romantic Comedy. 3:55 X-Men – The Last Stand MV 2006 Action.

5:40 Layer Cake 16VLS 2004 Thriller.

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6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Pakistan – Second OneDay International. 7am Feherty – Stacy Lewis 8am Golf – Titleist Performance Institute 8:30 Golf – Big Break Mexico (Highlights) 9:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Pakistan – Second One-Day International.

10am Cricket – Ford Trophy (Highlights) Final – Auckland Aces v Central Stags.

10:30 F Cricket – International Tri-Series (Highlights) 11am Cricket – International (Highlights) Black Caps v Pakistan.

11:30 Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines (Highlights) Day One. 1pm Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines (Highlights) Day Two. 2:30 Tennis – Australian Open (Replay) Day 14 – Mixed Double’s Final.

4pm Tennis – Australian Open (Replay) 6:30 Surfboating – Ocean Thunder Racing (Highlights) 7:30 Surf Life Saving – Eastern Regional Championship (Highlights) Mt Maunganui.

8:30 Ironman Series (Highlights) 10:05 Sky Sport Select 10:30 Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Day 13.

11:30 Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Day 14.

THURSDAY

12:30 Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines (Highlights) Day Two. 2am Sky Sport Select 2:30 Darts – PDC Awards 3am Darts – Masters (Replay) Day Two, Session Two.

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Jennian Homes Ashburton Swim team member Matthew Harford will represent the South Island in the 2015 Zonal Championships this weekend.

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Matthew a new face in the Makos

BY JONATHAN LEASK

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Matthew Harford has been named to swim for the South Island Makos at the New Zealand Zonal Championships this weekend.

The South Island team has high goals, and they are to retain both the senior and junior titles in the exciting one-day competition being held in Auckland.

The format which proved an outstanding success in its debut 15 months ago pits the best of each age group from throughout the country, with the four zone teams.

Each team includes 20 swimmers 15 years and under and 20 swimmers 16 years and over, going head-to head.

Harford is a new face in the junior team, with only three swimmers returning from last year’s inaugural vic-

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tory. His selection comes on the back of a superb showing at the recent Canterbury Championships, which was run in conjunction with the Otago Championships, in Dunedin last month where he won eight titles in the 13-14-year-old boys’ races.

The 2015 zonal championships will take place at Auckland’s Westwave Aquatic Centre starting on February 8.

His selection comes on the back of a superb showing at the recent Canterbury Championships, where he won eight titles

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