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Keep safe on the roads Keep safe on the roads over the long weekend.

Drink driving and seatbelts are the focus of road safety charity Brake’s Waitangi weekend campaign.

Drink-driving remains one of the biggest killers on our roads.

In 2015 alcohol and/or drugs was a factor in 88 fatal and over 1000 injury crashes, killing 90 people and injuring over 1500.

Research shows that drinking any amount of alcohol can af-

fect your driving.

The charity also says it’s disappointed at the increase in road deaths associated with a restraint not being worn, when wearing a seatbelt is one of the easiest things drivers and passengers can do to reduce their risk of death and injury in a crash.

Using a normal three-point seatbelt reduces the chance of dying or being seriously injured in a crash by up to 50 per cent.

Francoise and Alain Belpadrome had a practice run with their sausage-making machine yesterday.

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Gastronomic goodness Fire breaks out at Ashburton River bed Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade firefighters tackled a blaze in the Ashburton River bed yesterday afternoon.

The fire established at the end on William Street and the brigade was alerted by a member of the public at about 3.30pm. Smoke could be seen billowing out of the riverbed, but was quickly under control. No information was available as to what started the fire.

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Gastronomic goodness from many countries will be prepared in kitchens around Mid Canterbury this weekend, ahead of Monday’s Multi Cultural Bite festival.

Alain and Francoise Belpadrome along with son Jordan, will be busy making merguez – a thin spicy sausage ubiquitous throughout France.

Made from scratch, eight kilos of lamb and beef will be minced, seasoned and fed through a recently purchased sausage-mak-

ing machine over the weekend, ready for the barbecue when the festival opens on East Street at 10am.

Originally from New Caledonia, the couple use a family recipe handed down through the generations, inspired by the nose-totail philosophy of using the entire animal.

Alain’s family live on a small farm, producing cattle and pigs and it was here he honed his sausage making skills.

Monday will be the first time the Belpadrome family will offer

merguez at the taste fest, alongside the popular pineapple cake and crepes they have previously sold from their stall.

Festival goers purchase tickets before making their bite-sized selections from the many different cuisines on offer. More than 10,000 people are expected to participate in this year’s Multi Cultural Bite, which runs in conjunction with the Waitangi on East market.

The multi-cultural theme will also be reflected in the entertainers lined up for this year’s festival.

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Bringing the world closer to home

BY LINDA CLARKE

Left – Ashburton Lions Club members Lance Schubert (left) and Ray Swan with one of their international guests John Sungcog, from the Philippines.

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The Ashburton Lions Club went global this week in the lead-up to Monday’s Multicultural Bite, inviting people from around the world to its international night.

Guests from Mauritius, Fiji, Guatemala, Japan, the Philippines, Italy and Brazil joined Lions members for their monthly get-together; it was a chance for both to learn a little more about each other and make new friends.

Mid Canterbury Newcomers Network co-ordinator SophieClaire Violette was among those invited and said the night was a great way for newcomers to connect with the community and share something of their home countries – and learn something in return.

“Moving into Ashburton or any rural area, we focus more on the practical aspects but do not often learn about about the history and how the community has changed.

I think it was really interesting to gain some more perspective.

Violette moved from the tropical island Mauritius, an island off the coast of Madagascar, to Ashburton in 2014 and said she still found Mid Canterbury winters challenging.

Other guests talked about the

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difficulty of making friends initially.

Mercedes Quevedo Walkham is one of only nine Guatemalan people living in New Zealand. Her husband is from Ashburton and she found it hard to make friends when she first arrived in 2014.

“I tried really hard to fit in, but now it is improving. I have made friends and they make it easier to meet new people.”

Other guests were Chiyo Hunt originally from Japan, Maria Fernandez, John Sungcog and Victor Gregorio from the Philippines, Lucia Ghidoli from Italy and Helinton Da Costa-Marques, from Brazil.

Lance Schubert, one of two Lions members who organised the night, said he knew it was a challenge to move to a new country and culture, having emigrated

from the United Kingdom with his young family in the 1970s.

Ashburton mayor Donna Favel said the district was now a varied assortment of cultures, customs and backgrounds and people came here with ambitions, skills and dreams they wanted to share.

She said 15 per cent of Ashburton’s population was born overseas. Of that 15 per cent, 32 per cent was from the UK, 23 per cent

from Oceania and 13 per cent from Asia.

The biggest change over the years had been the number of people coming here from the Philippines. In 2006 just 45 called Ashburton home, by 2013 it was 546.

Now it was even more.

Favel said the district had been recognised by other councils around Canterbury as a leader in welcoming new citizens and in March another 60 would receive their New Zealand citizenship.

“Our community embraces new cultures. One of the greatest pleasures of representing this district is seeing the diversity, the changes taking place and the pride our community takes in celebrating that.”

The Multicultural Bite on Monday, where the district’s different culture offer cuisine from their homelands, was a simple but effective show of respect to that diversity, she said.

Dog owners beware kennel cough Is your building legal?

Dog owners are being warned that there has been an outbreak of the contagious disease kennel cough.

Three cases have recently been diagnosed in animals in the Ashburton dog pound and Ashburton District Council environmental monitoring manager Rick Catchpowle says that should serve as a timely reminder to dog owners to have their pets vaccinated.

“Kennel cough is a contagious respiratory disease.

Dogs that spent time in boarding facilities or shows and are around a large number of other dogs are at a higher risk of contracting the

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disease, so it’s important owners get their dogs vaccinated,” he said.

Kennel cough’s symptoms include a persistent cough, retching and watery nasal discharge. In severe cases, it can include pneumonia, fever and loss of appetite, and can even lead to death.

Vaccination for kennel cough is not usually included in a dog’s regular vaccinations as a puppy, but should be considered by people who bring their dogs into contact with a lot of other dogs, he said.

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Almost 4000 property owners around the Ashburton District could find their buildings are not signed, sealed and legal.

Until 1993, work carried out on a building did not have to be signed off with a code of compliance.

In 2004 the Building Act changed and a code of compliance was required to indicate work done met the required standard.

Over the intervening years 3800 buildings around the Ashburton District had work carried out on them and the council is now in catch-up mode as it tries to tidy up a mountain of out-

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standing final inspections.

Often people were unaware their property did not have a code of compliance until a prospective buyer obtained a LIM and started asking questions, council building services manager Michael Wong said.

The council is working to clear the code of compliance backlog and is contacting owners of the 3854 buildings on the list.

To date 1800 have been contacted, but staff resources meant it would take considerable time to carry out the on-site inspections, Wong said.

“It’s a problem across the country and it’s an issue that’s not making councils popular,” he said.

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Lorna’s the creme de la creme of the cow world

By Linda CLarke

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With her golden skin and blushcoloured udder, Lorna the jersey is a beauty queen in the world of dairy cattle.

The two-year-old, bred by the Gilbert family in Mid Canterbury, took out a major award at the national Dairy Cattle Event in Feilding last week.

The Gilberts – Peter and Anne, with sons Nick, Michael and Luke – milk 700 cows at two dairy farms and run the jersey stud Glenalla, established by Peter’s great grandfather about 100 years ago.

The Feilding event is the biggest dairy cattle show in the country and attracts serious breeders and buyers. It is a big deal in the dairy world ... and apparently Lorna knew it.

Peter Gilbert said she was a natural showoff, in the show ring or the paddock. “It’s like she knows she’s good looking and wants everyone else to know. She is easy to show.”

The win was their biggest ever at the dairy event, and it was also the first time a two-year-old milking cow had won a supreme breed title.

Lorna was the best two-year-old jersey, the best intermediate jersey (for two and three-year-olds), best two-year-old across all breeds and

intermediate champion across all breeds. Her success has already translated into embryo orders from Australia and Canada.

Gilbert said it was rare for a young cow to do so well and the whole family was stoked.

It was no small undertaking to get to the event either. The family hired a large stock truck for the 815km trip and left Mid Canterbury with five milking cows and a heifer.

The journey took 17 hours, with frequent stops to check the cattle.

“They mostly stand when we are moving, but quite often sit when we stop.”

The three-hour ferry crossing of Cook Strait was tough, with threemetre swells but the contingent emerged and hit the road, arriving at Feilding at 4.15am.

Champion Lorna, sired by an American bull to a 10-year-old cow the Gilbert’s bought as a heifer, was one of 25 cattle prepared by Luke and Michael, who provide the important service to other breeders.

The cows were washed, clipped and beautified for the event.

Gilbert said Lorna was hard to fault as a dairy cow: she has correct body proportions, a good udder and milked well.

“And she loves the attention.

She’s a real showoff.”

Jersey breeder Michael Gilbert with Lorna, who was moved back into the milking herd today after three weeks of special treatment.

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Potentially toxic waterways warning If you’re heading out into the great outdoors over Waitangi Weekend, recreational water users are being reminded to avoid contact with some waterways.

Canterbury Medical Officer of Health, Dr Alistair Humphrey, said health warnings remain in place where there’s potentially toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) in a number of areas around the Canterbury and South Canterbury regions.

Potentially toxic algae has been located at Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere, Te Roto o Wairewa/ Lake Forsyth, Lake Rotorua (Kaikoura), Hurunui River at State Highway 7 (including the swimming hole behind the Bal-

moral campground) and State Highway 1, Waikirikiri/Selwyn River at Glentunnel, Te Nga Wai River at Te Nga Wai Bridge (near Pleasant Point), Opihi River at Saleyards Bridge (near Pleasant Point), near State Highway 1 and near the Waipopo Huts, Pareora River near the Pareora Huts, Hakataramea River near the State Highway Bridge and Cust Main Drain near Skewbridge Road.

Dr Humphrey advised people to check health warnings for toxic algae before going near any waterways this long weekend.

“And if in doubt, keep out,” he said.

Algal blooms can produce toxins harmful to humans and ani-

mals. People should avoid contact with the water where algal blooms are present until further notice. The algae is particularly dangerous for dogs.

“Animals that show signs of illness after coming into contact with toxic algae should be taken to a vet immediately.

“Symptoms of cyanotoxin poisoning in dogs include panting, lethargy, muscle tremors, twitching and convulsions – which usually occur within 30 minutes of exposure.”

Dr Humphrey says people who come into contact with toxic algae can also experience unpleasant symptoms.

“Exposure may cause skin rash-

es, nausea, stomach cramps, tingling and numbness around the mouth and fingertips. If you experience any of these symptoms visit your doctor immediately and please let your doctor know if you have had contact with the water,” he said.

People should never drink water from a waterway where a health warning is in place and they should also avoid eating fish and shellfish taken from areas where warnings are in place.

“Boiling the water does not remove the toxin. If fish are eaten, remove the gut and liver and wash in clean water.”

Environment Canterbury chief scientist Dr Tim Davie said it is

not possible to monitor every reach of every stream and river in Canterbury so they concentrate on sites where they know people swim.

“We monitor 52 popular freshwater swimming sites in Canterbury and similar number of beaches; the results are shown on the Environment Canterbury and the LAWA websites (Land, Air, Water Aotearoa),” he said.

“If you’re swimming at nonmonitored sites, then we encourage you to check the stream bottom for what look like black mats.

If there are significant black mats and particularly if bits are breaking off, then you should not swim or allow dogs to the site.”

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No nerves says English Prime Minister Bill English says he does not have first date nerves in advance of his own first phone call with US President Donald Trump, despite the bruising experience of Australia’s Malcolm Turnbull.

Speaking at Waitangi, English said he is looking forward to speaking to Trump despite Turnbull’s experience.

“Well, yes I am actually. We are yet to see just when that will happen but there is no reason to believe that won’t be a civil and maybe direct conversation,” English said.

Trump had reportedly ending his call with Turnbull early, described it as the “worst call” he had had ..

English said he was not nervous about his own call.

“We’d expect to maintain the very good relationship we have with the US. Talking to the President has always been part of that.

There is a long history of differences of view between the US and New Zealand, going back to Vietnam so I don’t see why that should make much difference to the phone call.”

He said he would raise concerns with Trump, including over “recent issues.”

And while New Zealand and Australia often describe each other as family English was steering well clear of taking sides by going into bat for brother Turnbull over the spat with Trump. Asked if Turnbull was treated badly, English said he’d leave that to Turnbull to answer.

“I’m not going to comment on discussions between two other leaders of countries.”

English was not concerned about the contents of his own conversation with Trump being leaked. “It’s quite possible, but I’m not worried about it.”

Epic paddle trip planned A Tauranga man who has run out of places to paddle to is about to embark on an epic paddleboarding journey from Auckland to Mount Maunganui.

Brent Bourgeois was well aware the gruelling 225km voyage he planned to take next month would be a “killer” but was not put off.

Last year, the 53-year-old circumnavigated Matakana Island on his stand-up paddleboard - a 58 kilometre journey.

Earlier this year he paddled solo from Tauranga to Mayor Island, a two-day, 90 kilometre journey.

“So then I thought `what else can I do?’.”

Bourgeois travelled to Auckland often for work and gravitated to the North Shore and its waterfront. Recently he spotted Coromandel from the shore and the idea for the gruelling four-day water trek was born.

Bourgeois worked out the distance from Takapuna Beach to the Coromandel was about 60 kilometres and “do-able”.

“I thought if I could do that, I could go to Opito Bay on the other side of the peninsula, that’s almost 55 kilometres, then there’s 55 kilometres to Whangamata and another 55 kilometres to Mount Maunganui.”

Bourgeois has always loved the sea since learning to surf as a child.

He has been paddleboarding for 13 years and has no fear of deep water. His passion for paddleboarding was strengthened because his chronic back pain was eased when he paddled.

former PM John Key he believed Trump would be “easier to deal with than people think.”

Key spoke of that conversation to John Roughan for an updated edition of the biography John Key Portrait of a Prime Minister, which is due for release next week.

Key said that shortly after the US election he was called by Turnbull who told him he had spoken to President-elect Donald Trump.

Key asked how it went and Turnbull described Trump as “thoroughly professional and businesslike.”

When Key then asked what Turnbull thought Trump would be like, Turnbull replied: “easier to deal with than people think.”

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Bourgeois would be joined by marine enthusiast Nathan Pettigrew, who will kayak alongside as support. Bourgeois’ wife and daughter will meet them both at designated pit stops to camp for the night before the men head out again at first light.

“The big thing will be making sure the weather’s good. We won’t go unless we can make it in the weather conditions,” Bourgeois said.

The first day across the Hauraki Gulf would be the hardest because the tides were so strong, he said.

“It’s going to be a killer. Getting up to do the successive days after that will be a challenge. I expect to be pretty sore.

It’s just me on a board with a single paddle as my engine.

“Hopefully I can put my order in for a westerly wind,” he joked.

Bourgeois said he regularly set goals and this was a significant one for him. The men planned to begin on February 23, weather permitting.

Pettigrew said Bourgeois’ drive was incredible and seeing him use the ocean for health and fitness – mentally and physically – was an inspiration.

“I had to get behind it and offer support because it’s something I can relate to. But this isn’t about me, this is his story, his idea and his journey, and it’s a privilege for me to be a part of it.”

The men will carry GPS tracking and liaise with Coastguard about their movements during the journey and will carry safety gear in the kayak.

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While Trump has broken with convention through his tweeting and open appraisals of other countries’ leaders, English indicated he would not restrain himself because of that. Nor would he follow suit.

“I don’t think that should change our approach. We have a way of doing things, which is to communicate with our friends and allies on a pretty open basis. If political communication is changing in the US, we are still doing the same thing.”

While English said there was no reason his first call with Trump would not be civil, Turnbull had learned the hard way first impressions were not always right.

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Northland now drought area Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has officially classified drought conditions in Northland as being a “medium-scale adverse event”, triggering low-level Government support.

The region is in the grip of its fifth drought in eight years and Guy said the move was in recognition of the extreme dry conditions that farmers and growers were facing.

“Extra funding will now be available if required to coordinate support through local organisations like the Rural Support Trusts,” Guy said.

In extreme cases there would also be Rural Assistance Payments (RAPs) available to farmers in severe hardship, he said.

The announcement follows a request from local groups, including the Northland Rural Support Trust, and advice from the Ministry for Primary Industries.

“Farmers have been working hard and preparing for these conditions, but things are getting tough and there is little rain

This farm at Takou Bay, in the Far North, illustrates how dry this region. forecast for the next couple of weeks,” Guy said.

There has been significant soil moisture deficits, low pasture covers, low supplementary feed, and maize crops have struggled, he said.

Guy said the Inland Revenue Department would also be exercising its income equalisation discretion to help provide flexibility and relief for drought-affected farmers.

“The Government is also keep-

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ing a very close eye on many parts of the East Coast of the North Island and supporting North Canterbury in their recovery.”

Guy made the announcement today while visiting a dairy farm near Kerikeri.

Police appeal for sightings Police are appealing for any sightings of an Australian man not seen or heard from since arriving in the country early last month.

Justin Richard Cooke, 38, arrived at Auckland International Airport on January 9.

“Since then, he has not made contact with anyone back home,” police said today.

A statement said Cooke was intending to travel around New Zealand with a friend.

Other details about his plans were not clear.

“While police are continuing with enquiries, we would like to hear from anyone who may have seen Mr Cooke in New Zealand.”

Cooke is approximately 167cm (5ft 6) tall.

He has blue eyes and is often seen wearing the hat he is pictured in above.

Anyone who has seen Cooke or has any information about his whereabouts is urged to contact police immediately.

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Drug maker fined

Drone used in river search for missing teen

The maker of four Nurofen painkillers has been fined $1.08 million for misleading the public about their targeted pain relief.

The local arm of drug giant Reckitt Benckiser was sentenced in Auckland District Court yesterday after the Commerce Commission brought 10 charges against it over the packaging and adverts for Nurofen Migraine Pain, Nurofen Tension Headache, Nurofen Period Pain and Nurofen Back Pain.

However, they all contained the same ingredients.

In a statement, the company said it acknowledged the judgment.

“Nurofen takes this judgment very seriously and apologises for any unintentional confusion related to the specific-pain range packaging where NZ consumers could have been misled, this was never our intention.”

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A drone has been used to search for a missing teen who was swept away during a night swim in a river on Thursday night.

Police are searching the mouth of Hutt River, Wellington Harbour and riverbanks for the 19-yearold.

A dive squad has not yet been deployed as the river’s condition is too dangerous at the moment, Sergeant Anthony Harmer said.

“A drone was deployed earlier to search areas where people are unable to reach.”

Two young men went swimming on Thursday night around 10.30pm near Belmont School.

When one got out of the water he could no longer find his friend.

The area where they were swimming is not typically a popular spot as it is very deep, wide and the currents can be unpredictable, Harmer said.

Greater Wellington Regional Council river ranger Travis Moody said the river was at its peak when the youth entered the water.

“It gets quite ferocious, even in a smaller rain event like that. Any time the river’s up you don’t want to get in the water.

“It’s a raging torrent basically.

You’ll have big boulders under-

neath the water moving along with that flow.”

Moody said the man would have struggled to keep his head above water in those conditions.

“Even if you did get to the side, you’d have to deal with a whole lot of vegetation.

“It’s pretty easy to get pulled under when it’s like that, poor guy.”

The flooded Hutt River, where a teen has gone missing.

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Police established that the two young men spoke to a man and woman in the Belmont Domain area at some stage last night and ask the couple to call the police on 04 381 2000.

If anyone else spoke to two young men in the Belmont Domain area, police also ask for them to come forward.

The search effort is being aided

by Wellington Land Search & Rescue, the Hutt Community Emergency Response Team, Upper Hutt Community Rescue, Wellington Coast Guard, Wellington Harbour Rangers, and New Zealand Fire Service.

Police ask members of the public to avoid the river area at the moment so that staff can concentrate on the search. The river is still very high with a fast-moving current so is not safe for swimming.

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Two-year-old caught in deportation saga A 2-year-old girl has been caught up in a group of Indian students who plan to seek sanctuary in an Auckland church to avoid being deported.

The girl’s mother Asha Rani is one of nine students who received letters on Thursday saying their appeals to Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse had been declined.

The girl’s father, Vikram Salaria, has a valid student visa, but is expected to return to India with their daughter Khwahish if his partner has to leave New Zealand.

Spokeswoman Anu Kaloti of the Migrant Workers Association said the group planned to seek sanctuary in a central Auckland church - a nod to the “sanctuary cities” in the United States that are resisting President Trump’s plans to deport illegal immigrants.

The group’s lawyer Alastair McClymont said seeking sanctuary in a church would not have any legal effect.

“Immigration agents would have power to enter the church,” he said. “It’s about how they feel.”

But Unite Union organiser Joe Carolan, who is negotiating with a church, said the church had a record of supporting immigrants

Indian students protested their deportation outside the office of National list MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi late last year. dating back to the dawn raids on Pacific Island homes in the 1970s.

For added symbolism, he plans a Mori welcome for the group, possibly on Monday (Waitangi Day).

“We are going to have some Maori leaders welcome them as tauiwi [newcomers],” he said.

The students are among almost

400 whose education agents in the Indian city of Hyderabad submitted fraudulent bank loan approval documents to prove that the students could afford to pay their fees.

The loophole they used has now been closed, and the students say they did not know what their agents did. Manoj Narra,

27, said he would have gone to a different agent if he had known that his agent was cheating the system.

“If I know, why should I go to that particular agent, because I have my family ready to pay everything?” he said.

He said his family paid more than $20,000 in fees for his busi-

ness information systems course at UUNZ, a company owned by Remuera couple Jimmy Chen and Catherine Zhang and which offers courses in association with the University of Southern Queensland.

All up, including living costs, he has spent about $35,000 since arriving in Auckland in November 2015.

“I don’t want to waste my father’s money in this way,” he said.

“I need justice. If I go back to India, literally I was not able to do anything about my future. My future is going to be dark if I want to go for any job or to any other country because I’m in the status of deportation.”

Woodhouse’s spokeswoman said the students’ appeals were delegated to Immigration NZ officials because new Associate Immigration Minister David Bennett’s authority to handle appeals is still passing through Cabinet.

Carolan said Catholic Church leaders had written to Prime Minister Bill English in a lastditch appeal for clemency for the students.

“Bill English has a chance to put his hand up, to intervene in it,” Carolan said. “He says he’s a devout Catholic.”

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■ NORTHLAND

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Marae accused of extortion Leading northern identity Shane Jones has accused the leadership at Te Tii Marae at Waitangi of extortion and conducting a “cultural shakedown” in its bid to charge $10,000 for exclusive broadcast coverage by Newshub or 1 News.

Both are refusing to pay.

Jones, of the Aupouri iwi, said it was an outrageous move.

“This is an equivalent of a cultural shakedown.

“The Waitangi marae must never use our national day as an opportunity to shake down the media for putea [funds].”

Te Tii Marae is a traditional working marae at Waitangi, and is sometimes referred to as the lower marae, which dignitaries often visit on February 5 as part of their schedule in the lead-up to Waitangi Day on February 6.

It is not part of the Treaty Grounds, which houses a ceremonial meeting house, where the dawn service is held on Waitangi Day, and which is sometimes called the upper marae.

Prime Minister Bill English will be avoiding the marae because although it invited him, marae chairman Ngati Kawa Taituha

Te Tii marae. would not allow him to speak.

Jones said if this was indicative of what English had to put up with, it was no wonder English had decided to mark Waitangi Day with Ngati Whatua at Bastion Pt. Jones, who is based in Kerikeri, said he may go to Te Tii Marae to

tell them what he thought about the “shakedown”.

He is planning to go on to Te Tii tomorrow officially as part of the diplomats’ delegation – the former Labour MP is now an Ambassador for Pacific Economic Development.

Jones said the chairman of the

marae, Ngati Kawa Taituha, is named after a tribe of the north.

Jones said when you bear the name of your tribe, you bear a huge obligation to uphold the traditions of your tribe.

“I know of no tribe in Tai Tokerau that would regard this as being credible custom.

“This notion that the only way you can report news about Waitangi or via the Waitangi marae is to pay this cultural tribute of $10,000 is a type of cultural extortion.”

Jones said the leadership at Te Tii had once been strong but it was a case of inverse progress – as time had gone by the leadership had weakened.

1 News reported that the marae secretary, Tana Apiata, had asked to talk to someone in the organisation with the chequebook.

A $1200 option would allow media to film powhiri from designated spots.

New Zealand MP Pita Paraone, who is part of the organising group for events on the Upper Treaty Ground, told 1 News it was time to question whether all commemorations at Te Tii be bypassed.

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Fire suspected arson A fire that has badly damaged a Christchurch house is being treated as possible arson. Fire broke out at the Phillipstown property about 1.30am. The house was well alight when fire crews arrived. It’s the third major house fire in Canterbury this week. Fire Service spokesman Darryl Ball said people were initially feared missing in the burning property but everyone was eventually accounted for. A police spokeswoman said the fire was being treated as a suspected arson. Ball said thanks to the quick response of those who spotted the flames only half of the building was damaged.

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Supervisor a happy Under the direction of the Department of Corrections offenders on community work sentences contribute thousands of hours to projects around Mid Canterbury, but few people know what they do. Reporter Michelle Nelson takes a look.

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upervising a community work party can be challenging, but it also has its rewards.

Alan Hornigold has been in the job for 18 months and enjoys helping people move on with their lives.

Based in Christchurch, Alan has been travelling to Ashburton to cover on Saturdays for the past few weeks. He also works three days with work parties in Christchurch.

He says a supervisor needs to be able to relate to people from all walks of life in a nonjudgmental way. “If you respect people they will generally respect you, just like in any job,” he said.

“In a small town like Ashburton you get to know the people – and they get to know they can trust you to talk to if they need to. There are a lot of positives with the job.”

There are seldom any problems with a crew out working on projects in the community.

Alan also finds it satisfying to work alongside offenders on community projects. “I hope they can look back and say ‘I was part of that’.

It also gives people the chance to learn new skills.”

He works a nine-hour day, starting an hour before the community workers arrive at Corrections HQ in Mona Square, to allow time to get his day organised.

Part of his role is to supervise the preparation and cooking of a nutritious lunch out on the job.

Last weekend stir-fry and sausages were on the menu, cooked on a gas fire. Keeping an eye on the safety of his charges is another aspect of the job.

Does your organisation need help with a community project?

In Ashburton community work can be done on Fridays and Saturdays, between the hours of 8am and 4pm.

The supervised offenders work out their sentences on a range of

projects, covering an area from Hororata in the north, to Rangitata in the south, and from the mountains to the seas.

Walkways, churches, schools and groups such as The Plains Museum precinct all benefit from community work, however, the corrections service is always on the hunt for new projects, Ashburton Department of Corrections service manager Wendy Hampton said.

Work which can be carried out under cover in wet weather is also in demand, but more difficult to find.

Could you be a community work

supervisor?

Have you ever considered supervising a community work party?

If you are retired, semi-retired or in part-time employment it could be the job for you.

The Ashburton Department of Corrections service is looking for new supervisors able to work up to two days a week, with the possibility of extra hours available in Christchurch.

Service manager Wendy Hampton said both men and women are welcome to apply to be a supervisor.

The job is well suited to people with a positive and infectious personality, which inspires others.

“Supervisors need to have a

good eye for health and safety, hazard identification and correct practice,” she said.

“They have to be able to communicate clearly with a range of clients. Most of our supervisors are passionate and that rubs off.”

Many supervisors stay with the service for several years, with one racking up close to 20 years.

Hampton said community work has moved away from punitive sentence to focus more on personal development through the recently-introduced work and living skills component.

Some supervisors bring skills such as budgeting, machinery maintenance, carpentry, or first aid, which can be put to good use in a section of the community work sentence which offers the

opportunity for clients to gain unit standards, thereby increasing their employment opportunities.

Supervisors undertake a period of training prior to starting, spend time with an experienced supervisor and are fully supported by office staff while out in the field.

“It is extremely rare to have serious difficulties if people are focused on the job,” Hampton said.

Community work supervisors are paid in line with similar supervisory roles.

To learn more about the position visit the Corrections website.

An application form can be accessed on the site, or call in to the Ashburton Corrections office on Mona Square and speak to Hampton or Colin Eades.

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Left – Community workers under the direction of supervisor Alan Hornigold assist with an environment project to remove ice plant (above) from Wakanui Beach.

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The contribution of community workers M

id Canterbury offenders on community work sentences put in more than 6300 hours of labour into local projects last year.

“This is a significant contribution to the local community,” Corrections’ Southern Regional Commissioner, Ben Clark said.

Community work is a sentence of the court that requires offenders to give back to the community, usually in which they offended, by working for free for local community and non-profit groups.

“Many community organisa-

tions depend on the support of volunteers and are on extremely tight budgets. Community work gives offenders the opportunity to take responsibility for their offending and give back to the community in a meaningful way,” Clark said.

“These hours of free labour have a positive impact on the completion or undertaking of valuable projects in the community. It also means that money that would have been spent on these projects can be directed to address other worthwhile community needs.”

Corrections officers are often told of projects that would have struggled to get underway or to be completed if it hadn’t been for the support from Corrections and the offenders they manage.

Last year there were 86 offenders on community work sentences managed through the Ashburton office.

Around 50 per cent of offenders are unemployed. Through community work, they learn new skills and work habits which can help them secure employment.

Research shows a strong correlation between employment and

offenders maintaining a crime free life.

“Community work also helps teach important life skills for employment and engagement in the community, like getting up in the morning, working hard and the gratification that comes from a job well done,” Clark said. “These are the immeasurable benefits of a sentence like this.”

Through these projects or the more structured Work and Living Skills programme offered

by Corrections, offenders are also gaining important life and employment skills to help them

maintain their commitment to a life without further offending.

Nationally, 21,755 people served 24,548 community work sentences in 2016, completing more than 1.8 million hours of manual work in the community to benefit the local community and support government projects, councils and local communities.

Community work numbers have dropped from 31,600 offenders on a community work sentence in 2015, completing 2.4 million hours of community work.

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YOUR PETS

Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - Which fashion designer launched the ‘space age look’ in the late 1960s? a. Pierre Cardin b. Ralph Lauren c. Mary Quant 2 - Alabaster is a form of which mineral? a. Bismuth b. Gypsum c. Diamond 3 - What are the ingredients of the cocktail known as a horse’s neck? a. Vodka and ginger beer b. Whisky and lime juice c. Brandy and ginger ale 4 - What is the literal meaning of the name of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik? a. Smoky bay b. Ice city c. White sky 5 - In the cartoon series Yogi Bear, what was the name of the Park Ranger? a. George Smith b. John Smith c. Harry Smith 6 - Who played the part of US jazz singer Billie Holiday in the film Lady Sings The Blues? a. Whitney Houston b. Tina Turner c. Diana Ross 7 - Which collective term is given to a group of moles? a. A labour b. A family c. A dopping 8 - What kind of creature is a dik-dik? a. A mouse b. An antelope c. A lizard

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Why you should join a club Make new friends

Joining a club is a great way to make new friends and if you’ve joined the same club you already have something of interest in common.

It’s also great for young children to meet friends outside of their usual school and peer groups which makes the transition to high schools easier when they see familiar faces.

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Getting together with a group of people who share the same interests as you to do is invigorating, a lot of fun and many people find it the highlight of their week!

Join us for a season of opportunities We are looking for new coaches & players Trials will be held at the Ashburton College netball courts on: Tuesday, February 21, 6.30-8.00pm Monday, February 27, 6.30-8.00pm – Social Team players also.

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ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Meet second and fourth Thursday of every month at the Senior Centre, Cameron Street, Ashburton at 7.30pm.

We are a group of people with one common interest - photography. We enjoy field trips, speakers, workshops and internal competitions. Our first meeting for the year is on Wednesday 8 February, we welcome any new members of all ages.

Contact Jude Box 027 432 5882 Cindy Lovett 308 7060

Intermediate Grade All players interested in playing this year we are running precompetition training at Oxford St on Fridays Girls 6pm to 7pm Boys 7pm to 8pm. If you are in a team or not come along. Competition start soon and runs through to June.

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competition will begin in August for year 3 to 6 and runs thru to end of November. Anyone interested contact your school sports coordinator in the third term. Refer to our Facebook page to keep up to date.

Men’s grade details on Facebook soon.

Women’s grade will be played in the last four months of the year keep eye out for details.

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WANT TO PLAY NETBALL? Allenton Netball Club REGISTRATION NIGHT ALL GRADES Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 4.00pm - 6.30pm Allenton Rugby Clubrooms, Melrose Road.

Other Grades will be publicised later.

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Registrations will be taken and subs can be paid by cash/cheque or internet banking (but do not have to be paid on the night).

Senior players to pay a $40(non refundable) registration fee.

Any enquiries to: Kylie Burrowes, Club Secretary allensashburton@farmside.co.nz

For more information contact Chris Burrows 027 532 2899 Mark Boag 027 438 3846

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A variety variety of of activities activities to to suit suit all all interests interests •• A Ages from from six six to to eighteen eighteen for for all all youth youth • • Ages Weekly programmes programmes with with Fun Fun activities activities • • Weekly A great great way way to to meet meet and and make make new new friends friends for for Youth Youth and and Adults Adults •• A Adults are are welcome welcome to to join join as as Leaders Leaders or or Committee Committee Members Members • • Adults All Adult Adult Leaders Leaders are are Trained Trained in in First First Aid Aid and and the the New New Zealand Zealand Outdoors Outdoors • • All

Belonging to the Cadet programme develops leadership and decision-making skills, grows a powerful sense of responsibility, builds selfesteem and encourages a caring attitude to the environment and community. Cadets also receive training in first aid and emergency skills.

The St John Youth Programme is offered in Ashburton and Methven.

Contact SCOUTS mania-o-roto.zoneleader@scoutmail.org.nz Contact0800 03-308 8700 orormania-o-roto.zoneleader@scoutmail.org.nz

For more information email rochelle.spencer@stjohn.org.nz or phone the Ashburton St John office on 03 308 7132.

Every Thursdays starting on Thursday 26th January.

Social and competitive leagues available from 6.00pm.

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Allenton Hockey Club welcomes new and existing members for the 2017 season We are a friendly club.

We have teams in all grades from beginners through to 1st grade.

New players are welcome in any grade.

Uniforms are supplied at no additional cost.

Winter season

Players can access the link via our website and Facebook pages but we will also offer help with registration days on Saturday 11th February 10am at Argyle Park & EA Centre from 4pm Sunday 12th.

We look forward to welcoming you to Allenton Club this season.

Contact: Brendon Adam brendonandsharon@xtra.co.nz 308 2696

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Workshops/Forums are held at the Ashburton Club and MSA Reading room, 231 Burnett Street For more information, phone John on 308 6654

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ASHBURTON PONY CLUB Safety first and a whole lot of fun, Pony Club is for everyone.

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Ashburton Masters Swimming HIGHBANK TENNIS CLUB FITNESS, FUN AND FRIENDSHIP

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Open to swimmers of all abilities aged 20+ Coaching and programs available Only $20 per year We meet at the EA Networks Centre for a swim on: • Saturdays @ 5pm followed by a drink at Robbie’s • Sundays @ 8am followed by a coffee at EAT • + Various fun meets throughout the year

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Mid Canterbury Badminton New members most welcome, no skills required, suitable for all ages and abilities, racquets available.

Games, mostly doubles, are played on Tuesday nights from 7.00pm to 9.00pm and Thursday mornings from 9.30am to 11.30am.

We play at the EA Networks Centre, 20 River Terrace, Ashburton.

Look forward to seeing you all there.

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Ferns shift into top gear

BY DANA JOHANNSEN The Silver Ferns have claimed a comprehensive 24-goal win over England in a strange, see-sawing affair in Liverpool yesterday.

After a 57-50 loss to Australia in last weekend’s Quad Series opener in Durban, yesterday’s result will be a solid confidence boost for Janine Southby’s side.

But despite the impressive scoreline, there were periods of the match where the New Zealand side weren’t entirely convincing, with their connections on attack breaking down under pressure at several stages.

When the ball did get into the circle the Fern were deadly accurate, however, with Maria Tutaia topscoring for the match with 32/36, while Te Paea Selby-Rickit, who was intro-

duced just before halftime, landed 20/21.

The healthy scoreline gave Southby the confidence to make several changes to her line-up, with 11 of her 12-strong side getting a run, including 20-year-old Waikato defender Kelly Jury, who took the court mid-way through the final quarter for her first test cap.

At 1.92m, Jury is the tallest defender to wear the black dress for New Zealand.

The last time the two sides met in the inaugural Quad Series last year, the Silver Ferns were 26-goals better than the Roses.

It looked as though New Zealand were headed for another romp early in the opening spell, as the visitors raced out to a 8-1 lead after five minutes.

The Ferns were able to take advantage of a flurry of early turnovers from the English as the new-look attack line of Chelsea Locke, Helen Housby and Kadeen Corbin struggled to find their connection.

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their confident start, the Ferns lost their way as the quarter wore on with their own connections on attack began to fray.

The service into Bailey Mes and Maria Tutaia in the circle looked slow and laboured, while their through-court transition lacked fluidity.

The sudden swing in confidence resulted in a swing in the scoring as well as England closed the gap to 16-13 at the first break.

Any momentum the Roses’ gleaned over the latter stages of the first quarter came to a screaming halt in the second as the Ferns opened the spell with a devastating 11-0 run.

After a fairly quiet start defensively, the New Zealand side noticeably ramped up the pressure in the second period, Katrina Grant particularly influential.

The skipper used her speed off the mark and footwork to come up with some impressive clean ball, collecting three clean intercepts in the quarter.

The Ferns’ attack looked more comfortable under South African umpire Theresa Prince, who was a lot tougher on the defensive players than her Australian counterpart.

While she copped more penalties in the

second spell, English star Geva Mentor was still able to trouble Mes, who left the court five minutes before halftime.

Mes, who may also have

been struggling with a back complaint, was replaced by Southern Steel shooter Te Paea Selby-Rickit.

When the inevitable fightback came from England, this time the Ferns did a much better job of maintaining their composure, ensuring they held on to their significant advantage at halftime.

The change of ends brought a much closer third quarter, as the England defence made a much bigger impact down the Australian umpire’s end.

But the Ferns were still able to match the scoring rate of England to maintain their 12-goal lead heading into the game’s final spell.

The New Zealand side put the foot down in the fourth quarter, as wing attack Gina Crampton, who was introduced at halftime, began to find her feet in the attack end.

Crampton’s speed through the court and quick interplay with Shannon Francois, Tutaia and Selby-Rickit forced the English defence into chase mode and they struggled to disrupt the Ferns rhythm.

With the scoreline blowing out, New Zealand coach Janine Southby saw the opportunity to introduce Jury for her first cap.

New Zealand will round out their Quad Series campaign against South Africa in London on Monday, while England will take on Australia at the same venue.

The Ferns will then go on to play two tests against Wales.

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Barrett making debut in the Super Rugby arena Jordie Barrett will be eased into his first Super Rugby pre-season playing duties today.

That will mean coming off the bench to slot into fullback for the Hurricanes against the Blues at Auckland’s Alexandra Park rather than in midfield, where his longterm future may lie, and he impressed in 2016 for the New Zealand Under 20s and Canterbury.

That is the word from Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd, who has named a starting XV and 17 reserves for the match.

“He’s been great.

“He’s just a young guy, so he’s getting used to the loads that are going through him and being in a fulltime professional environment. It would be remiss of us to put too much pressure on him

and expect too much too early.

“He will get some game time this week and will go to Duco (Brisbane) next week to have a run-around in the 10s,” says Boyd.

“We’ve got certainly a longterm approach with Jordie, and he’s not going to play every minute of every game this year, that’s for sure.”

As for his long-term position?

“I’m not sure in the end, but I think there is a good chance that we’ll float him into that fullback position rather than midfield.

“He himself probably prefers the midfield,” Boyd says.

Barrett himself is keen to slot into wherever he can contribute, and as expected, he learned a heap as apprentice on the All Blacks tour.

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Dixon out injured New Highlanders co-captain Ash Dixon’s Super Rugby preparations have been set back by at least a month after he injured his back last week. Coach Tony Brown said Dixon, who was injured in a training drill and taken to hospital on Thursday, is waiting to see a specialist. Brown said 28-year-old Dixon had lost feeling in his legs for five minutes, but was back walking. Luke Whitelock will captain the Highlanders in their opening preseason game against the Crusaders in Darfield today.

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Support for Sevens The Black Ferns Sevens are acutely aware that defending Women’s World Series and Olympic champions Australia will be thirsting for revenge after their Dubai defeat and buoyed by their home advantage in Sydney this weekend.

“It’s a big deal (for them),” says Portia Woodman. “We’d love to have one at home, so they are really lucky playing in front of their home crowd, but we are going to bring it no matter what. We’ll (still) have a wave of black there.”

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Milner Skudder a starter Nehe Milner-Skudder and Jordie Barrett will share fullback duties when the Super Rugby champion Hurricanes begin their pre-season campaign in Auckland. MilnerSkudder will start at the back in his return from serious injury when the Hurricanes face the Blues today.

It will be the first game for the All Blacks winger since his 2016 season was ruined by a shoulder injury suffered in the opening weeks of Super Rugby.

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Accuracy paramount More clinical finishing and renewed accuracy at the breakdown are uppermost on the mind of the All Blacks Sevens as they look to move up the World Series standings in Sydney this weekend.

In Wellington, New Zealand were a mixture, placing sixth, sterling displays against Samoa and England offset by being outclassed by Fiji and a tired finish against Argentina. It leaves them in fifth position but needing a boost, so going deep into the Cup tournament will be imperative.

“The work-ons have been finishing off line breaks. We created a lot of opportunities in Wellington, especially in the Fiji game, but also securing the ball in the contact area, where we lost a bit of ball,” says captain Scott Curry. Coach Scott Waldrom has introduced two new caps, Trael Joass and Joe Tauiwi Memorial Trophy winner Andrew Knewstubb.

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In brief Winning streak over The unbeaten run of team We Are Stihl Suzuki came to an abrupt halt in Mid Canterbury Twilight tennis this week. After a 12-round winning streak, the competition leaders were beaten in a nail-biter by team Get A Grip 16-17 on Wednesday – giving a small glimmer of hope to those trying to chase them down in section one with eight rounds of play remaining. They still have a two-win buffer over their closest rivals, Tridents, who also suffered a defeat at the hands of team Famous Grouse 16-17. Third place in section one is being held down by two teams on eight wins each, the Hackers and the High Raters. In Section Two, Hit 4 Brains extended their unbeaten streak to eight games in a row when they beat Triple Threat 18-15 – giving them a three-win buffer over closest rivals, The Unknowns.

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Flynn Ness will be one of a number of rising young tennis stars in action at the Junior Age Group championships on the weekend.

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Juniors take centre court

By Matt MarkhaM

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The future of Mid Canterbury tennis will be on show this weekend at the junior age group championships.

Held at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre, the tournament will see 54 of Mid Canterbury’s rising tennis stars in action over two days of play with age groups ranging from eight and nineyear-olds through to the 18-yearold and over category.

Mid Canterbury tennis head coach and centre manager, An-

dre van Rooyen said that number of entries were pleasing – but there was always room for improvement.

“We’ve got the exact same number of entries as we did 12 months ago,” van Rooyen said.

“So, from my perspective in the role I am now in, it is very pleasing.

“But I know that we can do a whole lot better and I’m excited to try and push for bigger numbers again next year.”

The quality of play over the weekend’s action is expected to

be of an extremely high standard as many of those competing, especially those in the older age groups, are regular players in both A grade and A grade reserve tennis on any given Saturday.

“The 16 and 18-year-old boys age groups are going to be some really interesting contests.

“There are players like Flynn Ness, Connor Brosnahan and Sam Bubb all in there who are going really well at the moment so it will be interesting to see how things play out there.”

Van Rooyen said that the tournament was open to spectators and anyone else who might wish to enjoy some quality tennis from the younger stars of the game.

The majority of play in the tournament would be undertaken today before finals are held tomorrow morning.

“It’s going to be a really good couple of days.

“The weather looks perfect and we welcome anyone who wants to come down and take in the action.”

The French Tennis Federation has finally been given the go-ahead to redevelop Roland Garros. The FFT announced plans in 2013 to expand the site of the French Open but has been mired in a long-running legal battle with opponents. The controversy centres on a new court to be built in the neighbouring botanic gardens, where there are a number of historic greenhouses.

But the FFT announced yesterday that final appeals by environmental groups and local opponents had been rejected. The work, which includes a retractable roof over the main court is expected to be completed by 2020.

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Williams crashes out Australian Open finalist Venus Williams fell at the first hurdle in the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy as Kristina Mladenovic cruised past her in straight sets at the Sibur Arena. Williams, beaten by her younger sister Serena in Melbourne last week, entered the St Petersburg tournament at the second-round stage but had no answer to France’s Mladenovic, ranked 51 in the world, who stormed through 6-3 6-1. The 23-year-old will face reigning champion Roberta Vinci in the last eight, with the Italian securing a 6-4 6-4 victory over Germany’s Andrea Petkovic.

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Sodhi gets a call-up By andrew alderson

Allenton’s Mitchell Stoddart will give the Coldstream batting line up plenty to think about this afternoon.

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■ CRICKET

Allenton face confident foe

By Matt MarkhaM

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Fans of Mid Canterbury club cricket won’t have to stretch their Saturday afternoon too far today with both senior matches being played next to each other.

The second round of the Muirhead Rosebowl will see Pritchard Shield holders, Allenton, return following a bye to take on Coldstream on the Allenton wicket, while a bit further east the Tech Stags will host Lauriston.

Allenton will join the competition with fresh legs after their rest week, but come up against Coldstream who will be riding high after their victory over Tech last weekend.

In the only match the two sides have played this season, in the longer format of the game, Allenton ran away convincing winners after bowling Coldstream out for

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Coldstream will be riding high after their victory over Tech last weekend

less than 60 – incidentally on the Allenton wicket.

Again, it will be up to players like Jeff Naish and Lyall Jemmett to anchor the innings with the bat while the bowling could fall down to the Stoddart brothers, Dylan and Mitchell, to do the damage with the ball.

For Coldstream, their top order will also be put under pressure with Bo Houston and Ben Crequer providing a steady stream of runs at the front of the innings for most of the season while guys

like Richard Print and Andrew Bennett have been able to come in and do the job late in the innings if required.

Coldstream will be cautious in their approach to the match this time round after they gave up easy wickets when the two sides met last time, resulting in a heavy defeat.

In the other match, Tech and Lauriston are both coming off defeats seven days ago so will be keen to get their bids for the Rosebowl back on track.

Lauriston were comfortably beaten by Methven last Saturday after posting what, in terms of the season thus far, should have been a competitive total.

But it was their effort with the ball that saw them struggle, removing just one Methven batsman.

Captain Bevan Ravenscroft will have the task on his shoulders to lead with the ball, but he’ll be looking for support from his young brigade against a talented Tech batting line up.

Tech were beaten in a closefought affair with Coldstream last week – but finally had a bit to smile about with some of their big names hitting runs and snaring wickets.

The Methven boys will have the luxury of watching from afar this weekend as they enjoy the bye.

Ish Sodhi has been called into the New Zealand squad for the third match of the Chappell-Hadlee one-day international series against Australia tomorrow.

Martin Guptill’s availability remains uncertain, so Dean Brownlie will travel with the squad to Hamilton. Tom Blundell returns to Wellington.

Selector Gavin Larsen said conditions played a part in Sodhi’s selection.

“History shows the Seddon Park pitch can be spin friendly,” he said.

“We wanted the option of two specialist spinners for this match and it’s a venue that Ish has had success at in the past.

“Mike [coach Hesson] and Kane [captain Williamson] will now get the opportunity to assess the pitch over the next couple of days and make a decision on the playing XI.” Sodhi has best economy rate (3.37 runs per over) for bowlers delivering more than three overs in the Ford Trophy.

He has taken five wickets at an average of 16.20, striking every 29 balls.

The selection also comes after his sublime T20 form in Australia’s Big Bash, including the figures of six for 11 against the Sydney Thunder.

“In the context of New Zealand conditions, it’s rare to use two frontline spinners in a [ODI] team,” Larsen said.

“Mitchell Santner’s our frontline spinner and we saw his class at Eden Park so it’s hard to squeeze Ish in alongside him, but he’s a massive part of our plans.”

A question mark sat over the fitness of Guptill with his strained hamstring.

“Martin has made progress in the last couple of days, but it’s not clear whether he’ll be available.

At this stage it’s probably 50-50.”

The Black Caps lead the series 1-0.

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■ CRICKET

No excuses at Napier

By Andrew Alderson

T

he farce of the abandoned McLean Park one-day cricket international between Australia and New Zealand produced no winners.

The fans, the players and coaches, the ground staff, the administrators and, perhaps longer term, the ratepayers and businesses of Hawke’s Bay, lost out because of a repeat problem.

Even the farmers, who were presumably dancing in their parched paddocks after welcome precipitation in the morning, must have been craving cricket in the dry afternoon.

The core of the issue was that the ground drainage was not up to a suitable standard for international sport.

The squelching of water under foot, hours after the significant rain had stopped at 1.45pm, was unacceptable.

The Napier City Councilowned ground will need ratepayers to fork out if they want further fixtures.

The irony is the pitch, as noted

by Australian captain Aaron Finch and New Zealand coach Mike Hesson in the post-match press conferences, looked in

Mike Hesson noted that the pitch looked fine to play on. impeccable condition for limited overs cricket.

A number of subsequent problems flowed, so to speak, off the issue.

1. The so-called super-sopper didn’t live up to its billing, and looked like it was massaging water into the turf. As someone noted on Twitter, if Wellington’s has The Cake Tin, Napier has The Sponge.

2. The communication with fans was slack. At a crucial point, from 5.30pm to 6.20pm, after they had waited patiently for al-

most four hours post rain, there was no update. ong requests were played over the public address system instead. Ideally, the umpires should have been miked up to pass on what they observed in the middle.

That way, the paying public could get a better understanding about the delay. The disconnect with fans led to disgruntlement because of the covert decisionmaking.

No beer, hot dog, or pottle of chips could appease that.

3. It’s easy popping on the Hindsight Hat at a rakish angle, but exactly the same issue occurred last year between New Zealand and Pakistan.

The council needs to look at better preventative maintenance if they want New Zealand Cricket to return to the venue, especially with an ODI looming against South Africa on March 1.

4. The hesitancy to make a call saw conspiracy theorists suggest that although NZC stands to get insurance from the lost day, and patrons get a refund, plenty of money still went through tills in the time between the last rain (1.45pm) and the various inspections until the match was called off (6.46pm).

5. It’s not fair to blame the debacle on the players or the umpires. They were working within a flawed process.

It’s not rugby or war, although somehow statements such as “Remember that time Pinetree Meads turned up at Athletic Park and said ‘stuff this for a joke, it’s too wet and windy I’m going home’. I didn’t think so” and “These softies aren’t being asked to dig a trench to escape the Germans” featured in the Herald’s blog.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Wiki out to repeat the glory days

By MichAel Burgess Ruben Wiki will be the latest middle-aged hero at the Auckland NRL Nines this weekend.

Following in the footsteps of Brad Fittler, Steve Menzies, Braith Anasta and Jason Croker, Wiki will compete in the tournament as a returning legend.

Not only that, but the 46-test Kiwi will lead the Warriors team out on to Eden Park, almost a decade after he played his last NRL match.

It’s an unlikely scenario but the presence of the former Warriors cult hero represents much more than a gimmick.

The 44-year-old has remained in terrific shape since his retirement in 2008, and should be able to handle the physical demands.

However, it won’t be easy.

While Nines is seen as a festival weekend, there are still tackles to be made, hit-ups to be hammered and plenty of unrelenting contact.

But Wiki has Nines experience: as one of the key players in a remarkable New Zealand success in the late 1990s.

It tends to be forgotten that New Zealand won consecutive Super League World Nines titles in 1996 and 1997.

They upset star-studded Australian selections on both occasions, thwarting the likes of Allan Langer, Ricky Stuart, Laurie Da-

ley and Gorden Tallis at the peak of their powers.

“It was huge,” remembers Wiki.

“The calibre of players in their team was something else, but we had a good, well-balanced side too.”

Aside from Wiki, Graham Norton’s team in 1996 included Stephen Kearney, Quentin Pongia, Tony Iro, Stacey Jones, Henry Paul and Marc Ellis.

“It was all about second phase offloads from our big boys and letting the speedsters do the work,” said Wiki.

“It had rained continuously so we were in mud up to our ankles and there were frogs on the field.”

The next year was even more of a challenge, on a rock-hard track in Townsville.

“That was tough – they had Langer, [Steve] Renouf, [Andrew] Ettingshausen and the Walters brothers (Kevin and Steve),” said Wiki.

“But we did the job again.”

New Zealand edged Australia in the semi-final, before beating Samoa (featuring Logan Swann, Nigel Vagana and Jerry Seuseu) in the final.

“Some of the principles remain the same,” said Wiki.

“We controlled the ball well and defence was massive. It still applies in this era.

“We watched some footage of when we played to show the boys and some things haven’t

Ruben Wiki is a genuine rugby league legend, on both sides of the Tasman. changed – if you don’t hold on to the ball you don’t have much of a chance.”

Wiki is “excited but nervous” ahead of today.

He’s had one month to prepare, after coach Kearney posed the surprise question last month.

“He asked me if I was keen to play,” said Wiki.

“I thought he was joking but

the last three years I’ve been hinting to the coaches to see if I can get out there.”

Wiki emerged sore but unscathed from his first contact session last week; “Hoffy, Simon [Mannering] and Albert [Vete] were running straight at me and there is only one thing you can do – put them on their butt.”

He is unsure how much game time he will have but he should play more of a role than the likes of Anasta and Menzies in the past.

“We are going there to do something special and if we get the rub of the green anything can happen,” said Wiki. “And I’m going to enjoy the experience.

“My wife and kids will be there – they haven’t seen dad play for a while.”

Meanwhile Raiders and Kiwis veteran Jeff Lima will hang up the boots at the end of the 2017 NRL campaign.

The 34-year-old Aucklander, who played for the Kiwis six times between 2007 and 2009, returned from Catalans Dragons to sign for Canberra at the start of 2016.

But a fractured hand and hip injuries prevented Lima from making a major impact, appearing just six times as the side fell in the semi-finals.

Lima will guide an inexperienced Raiders group into the Auckland Nines.

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In brief IPL auction delayed Cricketers hoping for a lucrative Indian Premier League call-up will have to wait a little longer following the postponement of today’s auction. The annual event, which last year featured a bidding frenzy over Shane Watson that ended with the veteran all-rounder pocketing almost $2 million, always captures a lot of interest from players around the world. The Board of Control for Cricket in India is yet to confirm a new auction date for the Twenty20 league. The Supreme Court of India is in the process of overhauling the BCCI as the fallout of a 2013 IPL corruption scandal continues.

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Inquiry launched New Zealand Cricket and local authorities have agreed to an urgent inquiry to determine why the second one-day international between the hosts and Australia was abandoned without a ball being bowled. Morning rain delayed the scheduled start time, but conditions improved enough for the ground staff to prepare McLean Park in Napier for a shortened match. However, the outfield at McLean Park failed to drain properly, leaving thousands of fans frustrated and the players annoyed. - NZME

Nines should move Cowboys superstar Johnathan Thurston has called on the NRL to give Australian communities the chance to host the Nines pre-season competition. Taking part in his first Auckland Nines tournament, the 33-year-old playmaker said the event should be moved elsewhere to grow rugby league in new markets.

The NRL is reportedly keen to piggyback on the success of tennis’s Australian Open by moving the nines to Melbourne in 2019, after Auckland’s contract is complete.

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Victory ‘will bounce back’ Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat has backed his team to bounce back from three-straight A League losses in today’s derby against Melbourne City. Muscat said Victory deserved more from their past two losses to Sydney and Perth, given how they played in those matches. “While that (standard) maintains, I’m relatively comfortable,” Muscat said. - AAP

Phoenix depth the key A new-found attacking depth has the Wellington Phoenix confident of a successful 10-game sprint towards the A-League play-offs. Captain Andrew Durante says the importance of today’s match against Western Sydney Wanderers in New Plymouth can’t be understated, with his team one place and one point outside the top six. The Wanderers are a further point and place behind, turning the first A-League fixture in Taranaki into a pivotal affair after the Phoenix dropped points against Brisbane (1-0 loss) and Adelaide (2-2 draw) in their past two games. “We’re back in a dogfight so it’s a big one for us. It has to be three points,” Durante said. “You get a couple of wins, you’re right up there. Lose a couple and you’re scrambling again.

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Weekend Sports Box A look ahead to the sporting weekend, with a glance back over the shoulder at the week that was.

Out and about …

The heat goes on in summer football Players were working up a sweat in warm conditions at Argyle Park on Thursday night. The games marked the second round of 2017 in the Mid Canterbury Football’s summer league competition.

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■ MULTISPORT

Coast to Coast goes green Organisers of the Kathmandu Coast to Coast race have teamed up with a global environment group to ensure the iconic event leaves no trace upon the spectacular South Island countryside it traverses.

The annual multisport event, held next weekend, has

become the first in the country to join forces with Leave No Trace New Zealand, part of an international movement to protect the outdoors by encouraging people not to leave any waste behind.

The race crosses mountains, rivers and valleys in a dramatic

243km course to its end at New Brighton beach. While the first race in 1983 involved only 79 athletes, the field had since exploded – and to date, more than 18,000 people have completed the course.

“The unique race location is one of the most stunning cours-

es in the world,” Leave No Trace founder Chris North said. “The team behind the event are passionate about educating competitors to make sure it stays just as beautiful post-event.

We encourage other events and promoters to follow in these guys’ footsteps.”

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Warriors fans take yet another deep breath

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t’s that time of year again, when the NRL taster is on in Auckland, with the season proper just around the corner.

And the usual cry goes up – what about the Warriors this year?

Will it be their season?

Who will emerge as the new superstar?

Who will suffer a seasonending injury?

Yes, all the questions that have been raised each and every season since 1995, by long-suffering fans who somehow just keep on coming back for more.

Since that first season in which they showed so much promise, the Warriors have flattered to deceive on a grand scale, even raising the hopes of those self-same fans by making the finals twice in the 22 years they’ve been trying.

But they just can’t seem to do it.

There’s some sort of terrible feng shui about the club, that despite a massive list of topclass players, great captains, very good coaches with plenty of successes behind them, and a near-bottomless war chest to play with, they cannot get over the line, just forever rearranging the

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deckchairs on the good ship Warrior.

This weekend the precurser to the season kicks off in Auckland and the Warriors have pulled one of their bigger suprises out of the box, making Ruben Wiki skipper of their nines team.

For the fans who have been living under a rock, Wiki is an undoubted legend of the game, having forged a fantastic career with the Raiders, before coming home to finish his time with the Warriors; all the while doing incredible things for his country in the black jersey.

It’s not setting a precedent for him to play, Freddy Fittler turned out for his beloved Roosters and survived a carefully-managed weekend, even scoring a try to everyone’s delight.

But being skipper is a different ball game, and it will be interesting to see how the ageing

warrior (excuse the awful pun) manages his playing time.

It will also be fascinating to see how the Nines compare crowd-wise with the muchmaligned Wellington Sevens; one event still a relative newcomer, one in its death throes.

There’s a number of welldocumented reasons for the demise of the sevens, and the fun police (to be fair as demanded by today’s society) have to lump a fair amount of the blame.

As a parallel, it would be wonderful to be back at Lancaster Park when Super Rugby first showed its face back in 1996 (is that really 21 years ago?), pushing your way through the throngs onto the bank as the players did their thing in a majestic Roman amphitheatre-like setting under the big new high-lux lights.

But the bank was also a very dodgy place to be, with any amount of drunken larrikins likely to step over the limit of having a good time into far more anti-social activities, the likes of which have all but shut down the sevens.

But that was all just part and parcel of the brilliant on-theedge atmosphere that always prevailed; not a policeman in sight because they had no

show of locating or apprehending any miscreants; you were on your own.

But those days have gone forever, just like in Wellington.

Another major reason not brought up so much is the lack of big names playing.

Nowadays they’re all sevens specialists, which pleases the purists no end, but won’t bring Joe Bloggs to the stadium.

Who in the current line-up would you expect, when he picks up the ball on his own dead ball line, to be realistically planning a try at the other end of the paddock, no matter what the opposition?

Christian Cullen would, and did, and he had the likes of Jonah Lomu, Eric Rush, Dallas Seymour and Roger Randle to lend a little assistance.

I suspect it would be a challenge for the average rugby fan to name five players in the current squad.

But that’s progress for you.

Returning from that pleasant little digression, it’s a new skipper, new-ish coach and a whole new season for the team from Mt Smart to once again present their wares on the NRL stage.

What do you think will happen this time around?

Go the Warriors!

Pack up the chilly bin and fill up the picnic basket and head out to the Ashburton Racecourse this afternoon for some quality harness racing action. A favourite pastime for the Kiwi battler, going to the races has been a staple part of the diet for many years. And when it’s right on your back doorstep, why not make the most of it. Entry is free and the first race 12.03pm.

On the couch ….

It wasn’t without it’s scary moments, but we managed to win the first game. Then the sunniest part of the country went completely the opposite and washed out game two.

So, it’s win, or draw, for the Black Caps in the Chappell Hadlee Series tomorrow in Hamilton. And let’s face it, no one likes a draw – especially when it’s with the canary folk from across the sea. So it might be worth sitting back and just watching what unfolds.

Sky Sport 1 on Sunday afternoon. It should be a belter.

Worth a punt ….

So, it’s about time this column started delivering a little more on the punting front.

In our own, honest, assessment – we’ve been woeful. This week, we are sticking to what we know best. And that’s horses running around in a circle. Race 11 today at Ashburton sees Ultimate Desire line up. We like her a lot. It helps that there’s this kid called Dexter Dunn sitting in the sulky too, if you’ve never heard of Dexter he’s well worth chucking into Google and having a read. So, our bet of the week, Race 11 – No.9 Ultimate Desire. Don’t put the house on – maybe just the garden shed.

Pic of the week …

It sounds more like a slightly deranged super hero, but the arrival of the Super Sopper at McLean Park on Thursday turned out to be nothing to cheer about. But in all its splendour, this incredibly crafted piece of machinery is a wonder to behold. Never mind what it’s actual task once on the field it. We are used to seeing tractors towing things that rip up the turf beneath them and not towing equipment that treats what’s below it with tender loving care.

Quiz time …

Just to see if you are paying attention to what’s in your Guardian …..Veronica Wall was at it again on the weekend winning some more bling at the South Island Rowing Champs. But how many races in single sculls events has she now won in a row? Answer below.

They said it ….

“No, you probably need to keep it PC these days. I might get in trouble for doing that.”

Black Caps opener, Tom Latham refuses to completely recreate the infamous underarm incident during the week. When questioned as to why he didn’t offer up the two-fingered salute that Bruce Edgar gave when the actual incident took place, Latham decided that political correctness was more important than producing a carbon copy repeat of history.

Quiz Time Answer: 46

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■ ASHBURTON

Ricky eyes up top trot

By Matt MarkhaM

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Frustrated with the current farming life, champion harness racing driver Ricky May might find driving high-priced racehorses today at Ashburton somewhat of a stress relief from the battles he’s facing on the farm.

The Methven horseman is currently juggling harvest work with driving horses, but as the unpredictable weather continues to wreak havoc on his yields, May has the luxury of being able to focus on the job at hand on the racetrack a little more than what he usually does at this time of the year.

“It’s been a bit of a weird old season,” May said of the cropping life.

“We are getting a couple of really good days and then some wet ones, which means the crops aren’t drying and it keeps pushing things back.”

Today though the focus will be solely on the track as he looks forward to two of the Ashburton Trotting Club’s most prestigious juvenile races – the Hambletonian Classic and the Sapling Stakes.

His Hambletonian drive – Enghien, is a beauty.

The Greg and Nina Hopetrained three-year-old hasn’t been to the races since a stunning fresh-up victory prior to Christmas.

He did trial at Ashburton last

Ricky May will swap the header for the sulky today at Ashburton.

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week, galloping late in the piece when beaten by race-rival today, Habibi Inta.

“It’s always a concern when they do that, but I think we can forgive it, I’m not worried about it.”

“They have made some changes to his shoes since then and knowing Greg and Nina he should be sorted.”

May used the trial as a chance to push Enghien out of the gate and he responded beautifully, looking powerful as he surged forward.

“That’s the best he has felt out

of the gate, I was really happy with it.

“We are going to have to go forward from our draw, so I’m pleased we did it.”

Enghien will start from barrier eight.

His biggest rival, Habibi Inta, will start from the second row for Blair Orange.

Never far from the action at Ashburton, which is just a 20-minute drive from home base, May is closing in on 200 driving wins on the track over his career.

He’s got 182 wins on the grit track – and one sole victory on the

grass track from when he drove Liz Winter to success for David Isherwood in 1979 – the first of his wins at the Ashburton Racecourse.

In the Sapling Stakes, which he won back in 2000 with Thank U John, May will take the reins on Cullenburn for Benny Hill.

The big-figure purchase at last year’s yearling sales is a brother to open class pacing star, Locharburn and has had two public appearances ahead of his debut in the two-year-old feature.

“He’s got all the makings of a really nice horse, he’s going to be pretty tough when it all clicks together.

“I don’t know about this week though, he might just need the experience. I think he’s good enough but we will have to see.”

Gerard O’Reilly will drive the likely favourite in the event, Cole Porter – a son of former top racemare, De Lovely by Bettor’s Delight.

May’s other chances today include Mossdale Rose and Bella Jones for the Hope stable, while he made Diamond Life his best of the day.

“I thought he’d be pretty hard to beat. It’s not a super field.”

Diamond Life is trained by Hill and part-owned by popular rodeo identity, Craig Wiggins along with May’s wife Judy who bred the foal from her broodmare, Ruby Wax.

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In brief Collett pair on track A possible change of tactics is being considered by trainer Richard Collett as he plots the next target for promising three-year-old Swissta. The Swiss Ace gelding raced a little too keenly in front in the NZB Insurance Karaka 3YO Mile at his last run and understandably wilted when the pressure went on late in the contest. “He’s a better horse when he can sit on the outer and do the chasing so hopefully that’s what will happen at his next run.”

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Padraig out for a spell The Brendon Hawtin-trained Padraig has been sent for a break following his fast-finishing sixth placing in the Karaka Million. The two-year-old son of Power will transfer to the Cranbourne stable of Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young following his spell. “He just followed them around last Sunday and ran home the last 600m,” Hawtin lamented. “They just went too slowly up front but the good news is he came through it well.”

An impressive winner at Trentham at his previous start, Padraig will be aimed towards feature races at the back-end of the Sydney Autumn Carnival.

- NZME Matt Markham’s Ashburton selections Race 1: Say Your Pres, Kai Time, Louis Moss, Paradise Spur Race 2: Sky City King, Cleaver Green, Loretta Franco, Locked Out Of Heaven Race 3: Diamond Life, Waimac Attack, Glenferrie Duster, Kotare Mist Race 4: Woosh Factor, Burn Off, Living Legend, Elusive Flight Race 5: Matrika, Tahlia Franco, Supreme Banner, Happy Styx Race 6: Mossdale Rose, Bonnie Joan, Ariadne Lavra, Ask Again Race 7: Mighty American, Cruzy Dude, Gumpowder, Crackamoa Race 8: The Brooklyn Brawler, Cullenburn, Cole Porter, John The Plumber Race 9: Enghien, Habibi Inta, Chevron Express, Firenze Race 10: Habibti Ivy, Arannalea, Sugar Cane, Agatha Tyron Race 11: Ultimate Desire, Glenferrie Classic, Cmeerock, Bella Jones Best Bet: Ultimate Desire (Race 10) Value: Sugar Cane (Race 11)

Local boys clean up at the Karaka sales An intrepid move to buy a $3000 weanling filly, race her and then mate her with a stallion standing for $7000 brought about one of the best feel-good stories at Karaka this week.

A group of Mid Canterbury rugby and harness racing mates agreed to race Pyrus filly Shamrox from the Ashburton stable of Danny Champion, who bought the horse as a weanling out of the paddock from breeders Edwina Morris and Alan Jones.

Shamrox showed immediate ability and the quintet of brothers Neville and Phil Prendergast, Simon Adlam, the harness trainer of Group 1 Noel Taylor Mile winner Second Wind, Willie Murney and Jock Cockburn plunged heavily on her to win her debut at Riccarton.

The massive filly prevailed at better than $9 and then went on to win at each of her next three starts, leading to an audacious start in the Group 2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile at just her fifth start.

Shamrox ran a gallant fifth and while she would go on to place three further times in her career, niggling issues led to an early retirement.

The group decided they’d like to breed from her and sent her first to Captain Rio, then on the advice of Sir Patrick Hogan to Tavistock.

“Simon was reading through

a Cambridge Stud brochure and rang up about Keeper.

Sir Patrick said ‘listen, I think Tavistock is the next big thing’ so we took his advice and bred to him,” Neville Prendergast says.

While they were primarily breeding to race, they decided that when Shamrox produced a Tavistock colt after leaving a filly from her first mating to him, that they might like to have a go at the yearling sales.

As it turned out, their timing couldn’t have been any better and Tavistock, just as Sir Patrick had predicted, had become the next big thing.

The Shamrox colt, consigned to Adrian Stanley and Hannah Kettlely’s Woburn Farm, was selected for the premier session of the New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sales Series.

Having got over the false start of mistakenly booking the flights north in time for the standardbred yearling sales, the group made a weekend of it, heading to Ellerslie for Karaka Million night and then on to the sales, albeit with reservations.

“I was absolutely crapping myself – we all were,” Prendergast said. “We could see that if you had a quality horse, they were selling well but below that it was pretty hard work.

Mid Canterbury lads Willie Murney, Simon Adlam, Phil Prendergast and Neville Prendergast with the Tavistock colt they sold at Karaka this week for $200,000.

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“We knew he wasn’t that strong on pedigree but he was a really good type and he was by Tavistock.”

The colt quickly hit the $120,000 reserve and then kept going up in $10,000 bids as Waikato bloodstock agent Bryce Tankard and Singapore trainer Cliff Brown went head to head, with the gavel finally falling at $200,000 in Tankard’s favour.

“We were pretty much in shock and awe,” Prendergast said.

“At standardbred sales, we’re used to bids going up in $1000 lots, not $10,000.

“It felt real when we got to the reserve but when he reached the level he did ... well, we’re still having a hard time coming to grips with it.

“We’re just pleased he’s gone to a good home and he’ll get his best opportunity.

“It was Danny [Champion] who put us on to Adrian and Hannah and we’re just rapt with

the job that they did for us.”

Prendergast, who between him and his brother Phil played more than 130 games for the Mid Canterbury rugby team, said the experience had whetted their appetite to get more involved in breeding and selling.

“It’s a real buzz and we all said we’d love to do that again.

“We might just be on the lookout now for another filly to race with a view to becoming a broodmare.”

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Ashburton harness Today at Ashburton raceway

Ashburton Trotting Club Inc Venue: Ashburton Raceway Meeting Date: 4 Feb 2017 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 12.03pm WWW.HARNESSJEWELS.CO.NZ TROT $7000, 3yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2400m 1 00 Weebea Star (1) fr..........................M House 2 6 Say Your Pres (2) fr .........................M Jones 3 Cosmic Sun (3) fr ................... J Morrison (J) 4 D Kai Time (4) fr ........................ M Edmonds 5 76000 Don’t Rock The Boat (5) fr ...... C D Thornley 6 8x908 Paradise Spur (6) fr .......................L O’Reilly 7 02567 Spurred By Success (7) fr ............ S McNally 8 85P06 Geena’s Girl (8) fr............................. D Dunn 9 00907 Flying Dan (9) fr ...............................G Laing 10 00 Moment Of Kaos (10) fr .............S Payne (J) 11 3x578 Fira Sunset (11) fr .......................C DeFilippi 12 874 Imran Khan (12) fr .............................. C Butt 13 70779 Geoffrey P (U1) fr .........................M Perriton 14 xP400 Jedi Josh (U2) fr.............................K Adams 15 0 London Grammar (U3) fr..................S Ottley 16 x0000 Roaming (U4) fr ............................. G Shand 17 97x44 Louis Moss (U5) fr.........................B Orange Emergency: Roaming 2 12.28pm ASHBURTON TRUST MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2400m 1 225x6 Regal Grin (1) fr ............................. K Barron 2 5P265 Lorretta Franco (2) fr ............... C D Thornley 3 85 Cleaver Green (3) fr ......................B Orange 4 0x390 Black Art (4) fr .................................... R May 5 7 Tintin Naturally (5) fr ................. M Edmonds 6 Mac Almighty (6) fr ........................... D Dunn 7 34900 Raising Hope (7) fr ......................G R Payne 8 03838 January Jones (8) fr ................ M Williamson 9 6x536 The Golden Cross (9) fr ............... G O’Reilly 10 8860 Westy Ranger (21) fr ..................S Payne (J) 11 56924 Locked Out Of Heaven (22) fr ....... K Butt (J) 12 24234 Sky City King (23) fr ....................T McMillan 13 00 Bound To Impress (24) fr..............J Versteeg 14 70679 Aveross Ferrari (25) fr .................... A Faulks 15 30x70 Just Chillin (26) fr ......................... S Harding Emergency: Aveross Ferrari

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3 12.58 STUDHOLME BLOODSTOCK PREMIER YEARLINGS PACE $7500, 3yo+ c1 pace, stand, 2400m 1 50821 Glenferrie Duster (1) fr ...................T Chmiel 2 1235 Waimac Attack (2) fr......................... D Dunn 3 08091 Tutoko Kid (3) fr ...........................C DeFilippi 4 40507 Romanite (4) fr .................... J Harrington (J) 5 4517 Kotare Mist (5) fr ...............................J Dunn 6 09347 Just Ben (6) fr ......................... M Williamson 7 21809 Mickey Jay (7) fr .............................. I Lee (J) 8 9700x Lauragrace (8) fr ..............................J Curtin 9 65060 Exceptional Man (9) fr ...................R Holmes 10 72804 Buzkil (10) fr ..................................J Geddes 11 19 Diamond Life (11) fr ........................... R May 12 35276 Volatile Lavra (U1) fr ............... C D Thornley 4 1.35pm FARMLANDS CLAIMERS HANDICAP PACE $6000, claimers 4yo+ discrhcp pace, stand, 2400m 1 0x908 Joe The Hunter (1) fr .............R Cameron (J) 2 37916 Living Legend (2) fr ...........................J Dunn 3 60018 Redmaro (3) fr..................................S Ottley 4 35434 Elusive Flight (U1) fr................ M Williamson 5 7925x Sterns Arising (1) 10 ......................T Chmiel 6 91870 Best Defence (2) 10 ........................M Jones 7 40011 Whoosh Factor (1) 20 ...................S Golding 8 00000 Burn Off (U1) 20................................. R May 5 2.10 NOEL J TAYLOR NZ TROTTING HALL OF FAME PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0 pace, stand, 2400m 1 4008P Happy Styx (1) fr ................................ R May 2 0007 Spinatale (2) fr ............................C DeFilippi 3 70 Supreme Banner (3) fr .................T Williams 4 Dodge Phoenix (4) fr ...................T McMillan 5 68870 Sweet Marylou (5) fr........................M Jones 6 x2255 Tahlia Franco (6) fr ....................... S McNally 7 6549 Out Of Aces (7) fr ..............................J Dunn 8 00 Beragio (8) fr .........................R Cameron (J) 9 06800 Magic Blaze (9) fr .......................... K Cox (J) 10 Mt Hutt Harry (10) fr ......................... D Dunn 11 0 Glengarry Rose (11) fr ............ C D Thornley 12 555 Matrika (12) fr...................................S Ottley 13 09 Christie Marie (13) fr ..................S Payne (J) 14 72009 Dios Del Fuego (14) fr........... S Whatuira (J) 15 8x900 Special Change (U1) fr .................B Orange 6 2.43 NEVELE R FILLIES SERIES (HEAT 1) MOBILE

PACE $14,999, 3yo+, c0 to c2 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 1609m 1 44157 Ask Again (1) fr ...................................B Butt 2 20x2 Trendy Bromac (2) fr ........................J Curtin 3 1 Art Courage (3) fr .....................N Purdon (J) 4 67x91 Cindy Bromac (4) fr ................. M Williamson 5 13 Pick My Pocket (5) fr .....................B Orange 6 52112 Bonnie Joan (6) fr ............................ D Dunn 7 15141 Ariadne Lavra (7) fr ..........................S Ottley 8 1122 Mossdale Rose (8) fr.......................... R May 7 3.10 CHRISTCHURCH CLEANING SUPPLIES MOBILE PACE $7000, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace jun.d, 2400m 1 500x9 Ildivo (1) fr ................................N Purdon (J) 2 34644 Buckeye (2) fr ............................. D Keast (J) 3 07499 Benji Mara (3) fr .........................S Payne (J) 4 30609 Pat Campbell (4) fr .................... L McKay (J) 5 x3035 Mighty American (5) fr................... K Cox (J) 6 P3826 Man Of Steel (6) fr ..................... T Quate (J) 7 00980 Gerald (7) fr................................... K Butt (J) 8 07007 Crackamoa (8) fr ........................ C Smith (J) 9 020x7 Isola Bella (9) fr ....................S Tomlinson (J) 10 63667 The Persuader (21) fr ...................... I Lee (J) 11 53306 Gunpowder (22) fr ...................... L Lester (J) 12 12430 Cruzy Dude (23) fr ..............K Blakemore (J) 13 65858 Bird Of Paradise (24) fr ........M Anderson (J) 14 32075 Handlebar Hank (25) fr ........... A Stewart (J) 8 3.45 TELTRAC COMMUNICATIONS NZ SAPLING STAKES MOBILE PCE(G3) $25,000, 2yo mob. pace, mobile, 1609m 1 Awayovernight (1) fr ........................R Payne 2 Rozha fr ....................................... Scratched 3 Thatswhatisaid (2) fr.......................K Larsen 4 Cole Porter (3) fr .......................... G O’Reilly 5 619 The Brooklyn Brawler (4) fr ...............J Dunn 6 2 John The Plumber (5) fr ..............C DeFilippi 7 Cullenburn (6) fr ................................. R May 8 Frankie Jones (7) fr .......................R Holmes 9 4.16 NEUMANNS BANDAG HAMBLETONIAN MOBILE TROT(G3) $25,000, 3yo mob. trot, mobile, 1609m 1 10008 Massive Metro fr........................... Scratched 2 20011 Chevron Express (1) fr ..................... D Dunn 3 x4311 Needle (2) fr ................................C DeFilippi

1 8x170 Arannalea (1) fr ...............................M Jones 2 x1080 Anna Kate (2) fr......................... M Edmonds 3 30269 Sugar Cane (3) fr ................ D D McCormick 4 40000 Lightworkofit (4) fr ............................ D Dunn 5 099x4 Chivasion (5) fr ............................. S McNally 6 76750 Bet Pray Love (6) fr ..................N Purdon (J) 7 65022 Galleons Royale (7) fr .................C DeFilippi 8 83445 Agatha Tyron (8) fr ........................P O’Reilly 9 1338x Habibti Ivy (9) fr.............................B Orange 10 0P143 Dragon Sun (21) fr ........................R Holmes 11 00470 Bacardi N Coke (22) fr ............ C D Thornley 12 x1255 Foreverman (23) fr ............................J Dunn 13 7P909 Craddock (U1) fr................................. C Butt 11 5.20 PRODIGAL SEELSTER MARES SUMMER OF SPEED MOBILE PACE $10,000, cond. mob. pace, 1609m 1 95443 Bella Jones (1) fr ................................ R May 2 00x03 Canderdel (2) fr ................................R Close 3 x2103 Glenisthebettor (3) fr ................. R Anderson 4 43162 Sweet Loress (4) fr........................ K Butt (J) 5 28P41 Absolutely Delighted (5) fr.............R Holmes 6 13257 Emily Blunt (6) fr ..................... M Williamson 7 38344 Sans Le Sou (7) fr ............................R Alfeld 8 14321 Cmeerock (8) fr .................................J Dunn Ultimate Desire (9) fr ........................ D Dunn Robbie Holmes takes the reins be- 109 76137 8x814 Amazon Lily (21) fr ........................B Orange hind Frankie Jones in the NZ Sap- 11 22112 Glenferrie Classic (22) fr ..................S Ottley Pacifiers on : Locked Out Of Heaven (R2) ling Stakes at Ashburton today.

Pacifiers off : Paradise Spur (R1), Sweet Marylou (R5) 4 x3199 Muscles Galore (3) fr ........................J Dunn NZME SELECTIONS 5 4x332 One Yankee Ginga (4) fr ................R Holmes 6 53654 Aveross Don (5) fr ................... M Williamson Race 1: Say Your Pres, Weebea Star, Spurred By Success 7 09233 Ruthless Kayla (6) fr.........................S Ottley Race 2: Regal Grin, The Golden Cross, Locked Out Of Heaven 8 118x1 Enghien (7) fr ..................................... R May Race 3: Waimac Attack, Glenferrie Duster, Diamond Life 9 21D Mekong Princess (8) fr ...................M House Race 4: Living Legend, Whoosh Factor, Elusive Flight, Burn Off 10 021 Ace Commander (21) fr ..................J W Cox Race 5: Tahlia Franco, Matrika, Supreme Banner, Mt Hutt Harry 11 52612 Firenze (22) fr .............................. K Townley Race 6: Ariadne Lavra, Bonnie Joan, Mossdale Rose, Trendy Bromac 12 6443x Habibi Inta (23) fr ..........................B Orange Race 7: Cruzy Dude, Crackamoa, Mighty American, Buckeye 13 2322 BD Khaosan (24) fr ......................T Williams Race 8: The Brooklyn Brawler, Cole Porter, Thatswhatisaid 14 0540 One Over Da Stars (U1) fr ........... S McNally Race 9: Enghien, Chevron Express, Habibi Inta, Needle 10 4.51pm PHILIP MCDONALD MEMORIAL MOBILE Race 10: Habibti Ivy, Arannalea, Galleons Royale, Dragon Sun TROT $7500, 4yo+ c1 to c2 mob. trot, mobile, 2400m Race 11: Sans Le Sou, Sweet Loress, Glenferrie Classic, Cmeerock

Waikato harness Tomorrow at Gate Pa Raceway

Harness Racing Waikato Inc Venue: Gate Pa Meeting Date: 05 Feb 2017 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.05pm TAURANGA CITIZENS CLUB AMATEUR DRIVERS MBL PACE $6000, 5yo+ up to & including r74 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 9000x Jayees Supreme (1) fr..............D Blakemore 2 18020 Here’s Shifty fr.............................. Scratched 3 P4833 Brydon Delight (2) fr .......................F Phelan 4 41716 Drover’s Eyre (3) fr ............................S Wigg 5 45998 Minstrel Boy fr .............................. Scratched 6 33916 Zakspatrol (4) fr............................. D Branch 7 75322 Elliot Daniel (5) fr ..............................C Wigg 8 86518 Major Classic (6) fr ....................... B Dickens 9 97155 Lola Jones (21) fr ...........................G Cronin 2 12.40 SEEKA KIWIFRUIT INDUSTRIES HANDICAP TROT $6000, up to r49 & others with cond. spechcp trot, stand, 2100m 1 8 Stallbackskungen (1) fr 2 560x3 A Glass Of Tanqueray (2) fr.........A Poutama 3 Dunithard (3) fr ...............................T Herlihy 4 67 Our Petite Lady (4) fr 5 0900x BK Superstar (5) fr .................... C Jamieson 6 07967 Anzac fr ........................................ Scratched 7 0P06 The Rev (6) fr ....................... M Hjalmarsson 8 D5700 The Last Gamble (U1) fr 9 Px638 Tehoro Hazel (U2) fr .................... K Marshall 10 36572 Meyer Lansky (1) 30 .....................T Mitchell 11 82780 Jimmys Girl (2) 30 ................... B Butcher (J) 12 0x964 Dauntless (3) 30..........................B Edwards 13 77046 Ginger Bertha (4) 30 ................... R Brosnan 14 09848 Awa Cathrine (5) 30 .............. S Cruickshank

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15 84158 Lundqvist (6) 30 .........................R Argue (J) 16 64555 Donna May (7) 30 .................... M McKendry 17 67142 Daenerys Stormborn (8) 30 18 60994 Danke (9) 30 .................................S Lawson 19 35268 Jomo (10) 30 .............................. J Robinson 20 22590 Thanks Shane (U1) 30 ...............P Ferguson Emergencies: Stallbackskungen, BK Superstar, The Last Gamble, Daenerys Stormborn 3 1.15pm N.I. TRAINERS & DRIVERS ASSOCIATION MOBILE PACE $6000, non-winners & others with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 20643 Jude’s Gem (1) fr ...................... J Abernethy 2 76323 McLeod’s Daughter (2) fr ..............S Lawson 3 Wonder Why (3) fr ....................... K Marshall 4 22378 Queen Lostris (4) fr ........................T Herlihy 5 00x68 Zara Brown (5) fr ...............................L Hollis 6 97 Sole Delight (6) fr ............... J MacKinnon (J) 7 24482 Anakena (7) fr .............................A Poutama 8 00 Anita Maria fr................................ Scratched 9 70 Mimoza (21) fr .......................... M McKendry 10 52784 Genociate (22) fr ........................P Ferguson 11 0856 Elmagination (23) fr.........................D Moore 4 1.50pm RENNERS BAR TAURANGA MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ r51 to r55 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 23610 Prime Silver (1) fr ........................A Donnelly 2 66869 Kilkeel Lady (2) fr ........................ K Marshall 3 0797x Cherry Bay (3) fr ................ J MacKinnon (J) 4 03199 Will Desire (4) fr ....................... M McKendry 5 68869 Wynberg Sally (5) fr ......................P Butcher 6 6x969 Slysu (6) fr..................................P Ferguson 7 10681 The C E O fr ................................. Scratched 8 836x1 Delightful Image (7) fr ....................T Herlihy

9 67544 Sem’s Delight (21) fr .....................T Mitchell 10 461 Suzie Pee Jay (22) fr ...................J Stormont 11 72321 Mr Asia (23) fr ......................... B Butcher (J) 12 03045 Lambros (24) fr .........................S McCaffrey 5 2.25 LASER PLUMBING & HEATING TE PUKE MOBILE PACE $6000, non-winners & others with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 8980x Mr Megabucks (1) fr .................. J Abernethy 2 90x77 Father Frank (2) fr ..................M Johnson (J) 3 7x0 Gebo (3) fr...................................A Poutama 4 38776 Knights Desire (4) fr ................ T Macfarlane 5 x6333 Cherokee Warrior (5) fr .................T Mitchell 6 7450 Wynberg Delight fr ....................... Scratched 7 65293 Glendene (6) fr ...............................T Herlihy 8 4796 Mossdale Nigel (7) fr .................S McCaffrey 9 49860 Dennis Lillee (21) fr .................. M McKendry 10 6 Loud An Proud (22) fr .................J Stormont 11 0250x Tact Ollie (23) fr..........................P Ferguson 12 x7072 Runcle (24) fr ....................................L Hollis 6 2.59 STAPLES RODWAY TAURANGA HANDICAP TROT $7000, 3yo+ r50 & faster +claimers discrhcp trot, stand, 3000m 1 37160 Opawa Speed (1) fr .......................T Mitchell 2 18705 O’Driscoll (U1) fr .........................J Stormont 3 56221 Princess Mackendon (1) 10 .... T Macfarlane 4 07732 Primus Inter Pares (2) 10 ..........S McCaffrey 5 51x17 War Machine (U1) 10 ........................D Balle 6 00180 Saint Michel (U2) 10 ................... K Marshall 7 17500 Makarewa Jake (1) 20.............. M McKendry 8 34351 Moment Of Truth (U1) 20 .........J Wallace (J) 9 01311 Precious Moment (U2) 20 ..........R Argue (J) 10 x5581 Silver Stream (1) 30 .................. J Abernethy 11 36540 Valmagne (1) 40.............................S Phelan

12 81711 KD Hall (U1) 50 ..............................T Herlihy 3.34 ALISON WALLIS MEMORIAL JUNIOR DRIVERS MBL PACE $7000, 4yo+ r56 to r70, r71 to r73 with cond. mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 1950m 1 61763 Whale Rider (1) fr...................M Johnson (J) 2 65718 P Tomado (2) fr .................... D Ferguson (J) 3 346x6 Vibe (3) fr ...................................R Argue (J) 4 27015 Extreme Guest (4) fr ............A Fitzgerald (J) 5 68569 No Way Else (5) fr .................. A Harrison (J) 6 16311 Millview Sienna (6) fr ............... B Butcher (J) 7 9825x Chillysjustastrutter (7) fr ...........J Wallace (J) 8 4.04pm GARTSHORE GROUP TAURANGA GRASS CUP HANDICAP PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r60 to r100 discrhcp pace, stand, 3000m 1 x3555 The Tracker (U1) fr ........................T Mitchell 2 52422 Mo Casino (1) 10 ...............................S Reid 3 26436 Fleeting Grin (2) 10 ....................P Ferguson 4 65317 Full Speed Ahead (3) 10 ......... T Macfarlane 5 x7100 Joanednobettor (1) 20...................S Lawson 6 87741 Sir Richie (2) 20 ....................... M McKendry 7 04611 Chal Shocked (U1) 20 ....................S Phelan 8 77717 Bettor Spirits (1) 40 .......................P Butcher 9 4.34pm ULTIMATE MOTOR GROUP MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ r55 to r61 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 741 Lets Go Better (1) fr ...................P Ferguson 2 83041 My Kiwi Lady (2) fr .............................S Reid 3 33223 Lynton Creek (3) fr .................. B Butcher (J) 4 10681 The C E O (4) fr ............................P Butcher 5 58871 Turbulent Flow (5) fr .................... K Marshall 6 45110 Cobra Banner (6) fr ............ J MacKinnon (J) 7 12052 Kiwi Tintin (7) fr .............................S Butcher 8 8x200 Red Magic (8) fr ...................... T Macfarlane

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9 06567 Sweet Maggie Ryan (21) fr ...... M McKendry 10 8x760 Sunhaven Boss (U1) fr .............. J Abernethy 10 5.04 R & R TRACTORS MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ up to & including r50 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 7757x Christian Falcon (1) fr....................N Chilcott 2 26295 Twentynine Twelve (2) fr ................P Butcher 3 20033 Kate Jackson (3) fr .................... J Abernethy 4 73893 Beacon Hill (4) fr ........................R Argue (J) 5 70437 Lucky John (5) fr ....................J Crawford (J) 6 65534 Chrissie Jet (6) fr..................... B Butcher (J) 7 19950 Manihiki Pearl (7) fr ..........................G Small 8 69040 Themailman (8) fr.......................A Matthews 9 x8989 R Gee Three (21) fr .......................T Mitchell 10 07x84 Sage Creek (22) fr ........................S Butcher 11 01374 Diamond Prince (23) fr ...................S Phelan Pacifiers on : BK Superstar (R2), Will Desire (R4) Pacifiers off : The Tracker (R8) SELECTIONS

Race 1: Jayees Supreme, Elliot Daniel, Drover’s Eyre, Lola Jones Race 2: The Rev, Our Petite Lady, Tehoro Hazel, Donna May Race 3: Jude’s Gem, Wonder Why, McLeod’s Daughter, Queen Lostris Race 4: Delightful Image, Suzie Pee Jay, Cherry Bay, Prime Silver Race 5: Mr Megabucks, Cherokee Warrior, Tact Ollie, Runcle, Race 6: O’Driscoll, Saint Michael, Valmagne, Princess Mackendon Race 7: Extreme Guest, Chillysjustastrutter, Millview Sienna Race 8: Chal Shocked, Full Speed Ahead, Sir Richie, Mo Casino Race 9: Sweet Maggie Ryan, Turbulent Flow, Cobra Banner Race 10: Sage Creek, Christian Falcon, Diamond Prince, Manihiki Pearl LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Auckland dogs Tomorrow at Manukau Stadium

Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Sta- 5 88276 Little Kiwi 18.54 B & ........................... Steele dium Meeting Date: 05 Feb 2017 NZ Meeting number: 6 66425 Saint Sassy 18.62 ......................D Schofield 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 7 15786 Sandor Glegane 18.37 .................... T Green 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 8 53668 Obstinatus 18.25 R & ..................N O’Regan 11, 12 and 13 9 75463 Gimme Hot Chips 18.56 U &.............Cottam 1 12.15pm (NZT) SOZIN’S COMET SPRINT C1, 318m 10 66F56 Idol Gee 18.68 B &............................. Steele 1 64572 Mega Munchies 18.70 U &................Cottam 4 1.07pm MASTER ROBIN STAKES C1, 527m 1 15352 Wong Way nwtd U & .........................Cottam 2 46654 Red Rascal 18.66 R & ................N O’Regan 2 24251 Westworld nwtd .................................B Craik 3 6574F On Demand 19.15 U &..........................Bliek 3 47836 Gravity Falls 31.31 ....................... H Mullane 4 15843 Myrniong Girl 18.62 ........................ T Green 4 77685 Frontal Lobe nwtd G H &......... PC Ferguson 5 33684 Sweet Bordeaux 18.94................... G Farrell 5 22771 Opawa Velocette 31.02 W &............T Steele 6 44371 Fantastic Zoe 18.67 ...................D Schofield 6 33743 Bold Sassy 31.30 .......................D Schofield 7 55117 Irinka Darcy 18.86 ...........................S Codlin 7 22312 Princess Alea nwtd ...........................C Hore 8 11632 Shortcut Pluto 18.86 W &................T Steele 8 27441 Jetsun Jamie 31.26 ........................G Wilson 9 86754 Bigtime Moe Moe nwtd ....................L Ahern 9 35647 Mr. Mumbles 30.75 R &...............N O’Regan 10 56885 Breeze Attack nwtd ...................... M J Lozell 2 12.32pm FIREMAN’S LEGACY SPRINT C0, 318m 5 1.25pm WILD PUNTING SPRINT C1, 318m 1 66486 Minute Sixteen nwtd..........................G Hunt 1 1311 Bigtime Ellie nwtd.............................L Ahern 2 45537 Bigtime Sassy nwtd...........................B Bond 2 36244 Bouncie Al 19.09 ............................. T Green 3 78748 Hanao nwtd ...................................A Cleaver 3 53876 Simply Yeti 18.56 ............................. T Green 4 46825 Conquest Girl nwtd W & ..................T Steele 4 63556 Miss Bunnythorpe 18.83 U & ............Cottam 5 42334 Warrior Tony nwtd U & ......................Cottam 5 11215 Amazing Contact 18.77.....................B Bond 6 35623 Highway Hound nwtd ................... M J Lozell 6 14361 One Cool Chap 18.81 W &..............T Steele 7 572 Agistri nwtd .................................... G Farrell 7 47425 Skyler White 18.60 ............................B Craik 8 23222 Strike Lotto nwtd G H & .......... PC Ferguson 8 85457 Lloyd Attack 18.54........................ M J Lozell 9 1 Beautiful Boy nwtd ............................B Craik 9 45845 Cawbourne Eden nwtd.................R McPhee 10 37275 Carluke nwtd R & ........................N O’Regan 10 83476 Lord De Air 18.52 .............................M Black 3 12.50pm AZTEC KEROMA SPRINT C3, 318m 6 1.42 RODDY PAIN MEMORIAL SPRINT C4/5, 318m 1 35235 Cranky Pants 18.64..........................L Ahern 1 42414 Powder Jack 18.30 G H & ....... PC Ferguson 2 32318 Hows Your Mum 18.62 ......................B Bond 2 72277 Just As Gentle 18.50.................... M J Lozell 3 11634 Bigtime Speedy 18.89 ......................L Ahern 3 11211 My Girl Chloe 18.29 ........................ K Walsh 4 11322 Beat The Butcher 18.81 U & .................Bliek 4 64383 Redneck Crazy nwtd ........................ S Clark

5 16735 Belcroft Banker 18.15 ................H Laagland 6 36461 Jump Up 18.34............................. H Mullane 7 43152 Effective Power 18.45 ......................L Ahern 8 32173 Vegas Burst 18.17 ..........................P Henley 9 25153 Fantastic Ava nwtd .....................D Schofield 10 87x27 Up High 18.47 ...................................G Hunt 7 1.59pm A NICE BEE STAKES C1, 527m 1 F43F4 Rocky McAwesome nwtd U & ...........Cottam 2 47445 Embrace Me nwtd ............................ S Clark 3 27232 Lucky Man 30.53...............................B Craik 4 45334 Jinja Mia 31.41 W & ........................T Steele 5 15625 Rising Hawke nwtd G H & ....... PC Ferguson 6 55466 Cawbourne Wales 30.57 ..............R McPhee 7 42453 Kitty’s Shiraz 30.55 H & ..............L Laagland 8 42214 Hey Pretty Girl nwtd ..........................C Hore 9 35647 Mr. Mumbles 30.75 R &...............N O’Regan 8 2.17pm ANOTHER GALE SPRINT C2, 318m 1 75822 Missing Allegro 18.75.......................L Ahern 2 31614 Ali Ali Ali nwtd W & ..........................T Steele 3 34136 Scott Tied Up 18.63 U & ...................Cottam 4 62172 Cosmic Rover nwtd ......................... T Green 5 46521 Drury 18.41 ...................................A Cleaver 6 17526 Pat Not Plait 18.92 .........................P Henley 7 21675 Lethal Action nwtd........................ H Mullane 8 66613 Thrilling Forest 18.80 U & .................Cottam 9 52334 Bigtime Summer nwtd ......................L Ahern 10 41757 Eva Kaneva 18.62 ............................ S Clark 9 2.34pm PLASTERBOARD LTD STAKES C3, 527m 1 13542 Bruce Banner nwtd ...................... H Mullane 2 85655 Sharella 30.45 ...................................B Craik 3 17655 Flying Merkel 31.14.......................... S Clark 4 34426 Rubeus Hagrid 30.91 ....................... S Clark

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43128 Soaring Hawke nwtd G H & .... PC Ferguson 11115 Clockwise Rap 30.70 ......................P Green 31568 Scott The Looks 30.62 U & ...............Cottam 12613 Thrilling Wilson nwtd ....................... K Walsh 10 2.52pm MATANUSKA SPRINT C4/5, 318m 1 42123 Eva Diva 18.38 ...........................D Schofield 2 81857 Don’t Brag 18.44 .......................... H Mullane 3 41624 Kimetto 18.34 ..............................L Laagland 4 12111 Allegro Lass 18.65 ...........................L Ahern 5 62115 Waerenga Star 18.63 U & .................Cottam 6 36413 Our Sambo 18.78......................... M J Lozell 7 11433 Ekali 18.42 ..................................... G Farrell 8 14522 Sketchy Chief 18.29 G H & ..... PC Ferguson 9 84332 Thunderation 18.66 ..........................L Ahern 10 34644 Fantastic Lucy 18.22 ..................D Schofield 11 3.09pm WINSOME ASHLEY STAKES C2, 527m 1 87578 Crying In Vegas 30.79 ...................... S Clark 2 22226 Zipping Kasey 30.74 ..................D Schofield 3 24186 Jinja Heart 30.92 W & .....................T Steele 4 65452 Jinja Squeak 30.48 W & ..................T Steele 5 88515 Fortis Flier 30.74 U & ........................Cottam 6 47753 Zimmer Frame 30.77 U &......................Bliek 7 57273 Bloomingdales 31.06 ........................B Craik 8 11785 Electric Impulse 30.12 W & .............T Steele 9 77664 Go Andwyn nwtd .............................. S Clark 10 47582 Multicam Ranger 30.76 ..............D Schofield 12 3.27pm NANGAR STAR SPRINT C3, 318m 1 46334 Made Time 18.31 ..............................B Bond 2 41788 Gee Thunder 18.50 ......................R K Roper 3 5376F Sonic Attack 18.62 ....................... M J Lozell 4 85844 Let’s Go Sprite 18.53 .......................L Ahern 5 74844 No More Debt 18.46........................ T Green

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14555 Bigtime Moola 18.71 U & ......................Bliek 14371 Tumbalaioo 18.52 G H & ......... PC Ferguson 63525 Cyclone Lusi 18.62 U & ....................Cottam 66F56 Idol Gee 18.68 B &............................. Steele 75463 Gimme Hot Chips 18.56 U &.............Cottam 13 3.43 JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 35223 Alex Attack 18.94 U & .......................Cottam 2 86617 Mid Collison 18.85 .......................... T Green 3 58514 Miss Shellac 19.15 ...........................M Black 4 88437 Tiny Grey 18.64...............................P Green 5 42623 Kapai Lana 18.83 U & ...........................Bliek 6 35353 Off The Grid nwtd W & ....................T Steele 7 11447 Opawa Poppy 18.51 B & .................... Steele 8 75167 Sovereign Jody nwtd .........................J Black 9 77656 Hey Khali 19.09 U &..........................Cottam 10 6F468 Typhoon Ted 18.70 ........................... S Clark SELECTIONS

Race 1: Mega Munchies, Irinka Darcy, Myrniong Girl, Shortcut Pluto Race 2: Agistri, Conquest Girl, Strike Lotto, Warrior Tony Race 3: Cranky Pants, Bigtime Speedy, Saint Sassy, Beat The Butcher Race 4: Princess Alea, Front Lobe, Opawa Velocette, Westworld Race 5: Bigtime Ellie, Amazing Contact, Simply Yeti, Bouncie Al Race 6: Just As Gentle, Jump Up, My Girl Chloe, Powder Jack Race 7: Jinja Mia, Kitty’s Shiraz, Rising Hawke, Lucky Man, Embrace Me Race 8: Lethal Action, Cosmic Rover, Missing Allegro, Ali Ali Ali Race 9: Thrilling Wilson, Sharella, Soaring Hawke, Rubeus Hagrid Race 10: Sketchy Chief, Allegro Lass, Don’t Brag, Kimetto Race 11: Bloomingdales, Jinja Squeak, Electric Impulse, Fortis Flier Race 12: Made Time, Gee Thunder, Tumbalaioo, Let’s Go Sprite Race 13: Alex Attack, Mid Collision, Opawa Poppy, Off The Grid 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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This year’s Guardian Summer Photo Competition, in conjunction with Experience Mid Canterbury, has turned up some great photos. We will be regularly running some of the contenders and entries are open until February 7 (see details in advert below). Don’t miss out, the prizes are awesome!

Above left – Iris Taylor’s Christmas Day at Boundary Road.

Above – Lois Eaton’s fun day at Lake Hood.

Left – Robin Pridie’s lone fisherman at beautiful Lake Clearwater.

Right – Paige Blackburn’s making at splash at the Tinwald Pool.

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Please, stay safe on the roads Megan Gnad

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s we gear up to enjoy another long weekend, safety officials warn holidaymakers to stay safe on the roads and in the great outdoors.

Extra caution cannot go amiss when heading out to experience the beauty of New Zealand’s backyard.

If you’re going to be travelling, the charity, Brake, says that with a number of events taking place over the weekend, drivers are urged to plan their journeys and prioritise the safety of themselves, their passengers and other road users.

One of the biggest killers on our roads is drink driving and in 2015 alcohol, and/or drugs, was a factor in 88 fatal and more than 1000 injury crashes.

Instead of driving – or allowing someone else to drive after drinking – they urge people to arrange travel before heading out or having a sober driver who commits to not drinking alcohol.

Wearing seatbelts is another major focus for the charity, saying it remains one of the easiest things drivers and passengers can do to reduce their risk of death and injury in a crash, and reduces the chance of dying or being seriously injured in a crash by 40 to 50 per cent.

The New Zealand Police Search and Rescue teams also issued warnings for those venturing out on the water, or into the mountains and advised people to follow the Outdoor Safety Code.

■ Plan your trip, seek local knowledge and plan the route you will take.

■ Tell someone and leave a time or date for when to raise the alarm if you haven’t returned.

■ Be aware of the weather as New Zealand’s weather can be highly unpredictable.

■ Know your limits.

■ And take sufficient supplies with enough food, equipment, clothing and emergency rations for the worst-case scenario and means of communication.

For more information, the Outdoor Safety Code, the Water Safety Code and the Boating Safety Code and additional outdoor safety information can be found at www. adventuresmart.org.nz Of course, this is common-sense advice and messages we have heard before, but so often it seems they are forgotten, resulting in tragic consequences.

We must do everything in our power to avoid such tragedies, so everyone enjoys their break and returns home safely at the end of the day.

YOUR VIEW A good place to live Recently I conducted some ‘unintended research’ into our health system.

This included a local business, St John Ambulance, the new Acute Admissions Unit at Ashburton Hospital and, following that, Ward One (also at Ashburton Hospital).

This is the first time in my life that I have required the assistance of our health system to this extent and all up I was in their care for eight days.

The care and attention I received throughout my ‘research’ was exceptional. Every caregiver involved, treated me with dignity, humour (and most of all) professionalism.

I am unable to recommend any improvement because I could not fault the system.

So to all the people that were involved in my research, this is a huge thank you.

Please accept a well-done pat on the back.

We Ashburton folk are truly blessed to have such great medical facilities and teams at our disposal in times of need.

Ashburton is a great place to live.

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Time running out for MP ‘bow tie’?

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t seems the skids are finally under Peter Dunne, he of the luxuriant grey hair and five hundred assorted bow ties.

For the past 32 years, he has occupied, beneath a number of different banners, the seat of Ohariu Belmont, these days shortened merely to Ohariu.

Representing mainly the Labour Party, but subsequently becoming a closet National, and latterly a “United Futurist”, nominally the “leader” of that party, albeit its only parliamentary member, he has held various minor but significant, government posts along the lengthy way – Minister of Internal Affairs, of Revenue, and Associate Minister of Health and Conservation, to name but a few.

From time to time, his has been the sole vote to keep the current National-led administration in power, and to indicate its gratitude for such loyalty National has long since given up running a candidate in Ohariu Belmont, to ensure his continued return to the Beehive.

Dunne has gone out of his way to earn this friendly favour and has contributed more than most to the parliamentary well-being of the nation.

However, for some time now, Labour has been casting envious eyes on Ohariu Belmont, feeling the moment has come for it to return to what it regards as its natural home. So, to wrest it from the politically flexible Dunne, it is sounding out the intentions of the recently-retired president of the Police Association, Greg O’Connor.

He may well be interested in moving on to a new, political career and would appear very well qualified to do so. His face is familiar, his manner appealing

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and his common-sense many times proven.

Even without a National candidate, Dunne might find O’Connor one opponent too far.

It may, of course, turn out that Dunne has, at last, had enough of the slings and arrows of politics, be preparing to hang up his more recent bow ties and move seamlessly into elegant retirement.

The presence of O’Connor on the hustings might be an incentive for him to do so.

Yet if Dunne can’t actually think of any other way in which he would like to spend his time other than dabbling in politics, to which he remains addicted, he might still feel it worthwhile to take on the police person.

National would certainly support him and by election day, September 23, National may still be well ahead in the polls, making a challenge from Dunne far from a lost cause. The Ohariu Belmont scenario is the first of several intriguing contests likely to dominate the election ahead.

I look forward to following it and them, with unashamed interest.

Meanwhile, we have been on the edges of our various seats awaiting the promised state of the nation addresses traditionally delivered by the Labour and Green leaders at this time of year.

Now they have done so, both with special reference to the MOU (memorandum of understanding) between their par-

ties and how it will affect their respective approaches to the forthcoming election.

One wonders just how significant the MOU really is. Does it imply a coming-together in electorates where one might be much more likely to win without the other or is all fair in love and war in the battle for parliamentary representation.

There was much inter-party gushing and smiling on the day, but very little of what is known in the trade as substantive policymaking. A window-dress, by any other name.

They may be “MOUing” but are they also “COOing”? The Ohariu situation was to have been another unfolding saga, to be revealed in mouth-watering instalments over the months ahead. Now, however, it seems the Greens are not persuaded by the possible candidacy of Mr O’Connor, under the Labour banner.

He is pro arming the police and strongly anti-drugs in any shape or form, two policies that stick in the Green craw. So despite the political cuddling up the Greens are still contemplating running their own candidate in Ohariu.

Were they to do so, it would inevitably split the left vote and let National in just as it did at the last election.

The MOU must surely make it clear to Turei and Shaw that such an approach would be the opposite of what the agreement is supposed to stand for. Thus, the MOU may turn out to be another false dawn in the Left’s tireless search for a united front. To be continued ...

And over the waters and far away our new PM made some favourable waves in the chancelleries of Europe, on his first foray

abroad, especially with the Grand Dame of the European Union, Frau Merkel herself. The colours flew, the drums rolled and no expense was spared to make him feel welcome.

English seems to have done us proud and his later call at Downing Street to see that other leading lady of Europe, even if in a rather less certain place than Frau Merkel, the graceful Mrs May, duly noticed.

It seems to me New Zealand can only gain from the fall-out from Brexit. Mrs May’s subsequent speech was, apparently, one of the most memorable of prime-ministerial orations since the war. She may yet prove to be more like a latter-day Churchill than a Thatcher; marginally softer at the edges and with a smaller handbag.

Since then, though, the bigoted bully in the White House, whose name escapes me, has been issuing edicts like a blizzard of leaves in autumn.

His white supremacist-leaning pronouncements have, inevitably, caused revulsion and outrage across the United States and well beyond.

English’s response has so far been less than decisive, showing his reluctance to upset the would-be dictator in his publiclyowned mansion on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC. It is absolutely imperative he does not give the president the wrong impression on this one. In this country, we are, one hopes, down to the last man, woman and child, robustly anti Trump’s restrictions and his bigotry.

The stench of malign dictatorship hangs about him. How long before Muslims are obliged to be tattooed with an Islamic symbol of some sort on their forehead

and the Jews, of course, expected, once again, to sport the Star of David? After all, the neo-Nazis – of whom there are many thousands, at least, in the United States – were among the most vociferous of Trump supporters before and after the election.

As the mighty Julius Caesar said of Cassius, “Such men are dangerous”... and how right he was.

The all-wise, Patrick Gower, Newshub guru, has described the PM’s reaction to this matter as “hopeless” and I am inclined to agree.

English now has serious ground to make up if he is not to look embarrassingly inadequate.

He needs to tell us Aotearoa, New Zealand does not propose to take the Trump way of discrimination.

It wouldn’t be a bad idea, either, if he were to follow the lead of his counterpart in Canada, Justin Trudeau, now dealing authoritatively with the aftermath of the massacre of innocents in a mosque in Quebec and showing great presence in the process.

Such gravitas can be displayed without the necessity of an accompanying atrocity, so my advice to English is to cultivate it.

And now we know! September 23 is to be the date of the election. Mr Little already seems to be firing on all cylinders, with the PM on only one or two. He needs to re-fuel and re-plug fast. He must know he doesn’t possess the Key aura of political invincibility.

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Jesus is the great heart surgeon to the world’s issues T

heresa May presides over the United Kingdom’s Brexit and Donald Trump rode to power fuelled by “ordinary folks” concern over the state of the world in which they live.

Politicians claim “we can fix it”.

They just can’t agree on exactly how and the Trump presidency is exposing just how intense that disagreement can be! What is the answer?

More education, better distribution of wealth, wider reaching legislation – can we do it? “Yes we can” is the reply.

A century ago there was enormous optimism about what civilisation could achieve – then world war broke out and opti-

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mism floundered and died in the trenches.

Faith in the “we can fix it” approach has risen and fallen again in the succeeding decades.

It continues to fall short of what is hoped for because it misunderstands the root cause of the problem. Family violence, poverty or crime are seen as the disease when actually they are symptoms.

Many years ago The Times posed a question to its readers

“What is wrong with the world today?” The best reply was a very short one. It read like this: “Dear Sirs, I am. Yours, G.K. Chesterton” The problem with the world is the condition of the human heart, Out of that flow the issues and wrongs that plague us at every turn and in every place.

This heart condition is known as sin. The origin of it is the default setting by which all people reject by nature, the rule of God in their lives.

Claiming the ultimate power to determine what is right or wrong, they self-worship, lose any objective standard for ethics and have no brakes to slow or stop when headed for danger. Nor is there

any truly long-term concept of the consequences of wrong or foolish directions taken.

Such a heart condition requires serious surgery to put things right. Jesus is the great heart surgeon and the only one competent to carry out the necessary operation.

He operates not with a scalpel, but with the word of God. Far sharper than any physical knife it gets to the very centre and root of issues. It goes deeper than what is visible to the naked eye.

It deals with the very thoughts and intents of the heart. Here the foundation of all human action is dealt with. Here is the solution to the mess in which the world

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Snapchat files for IPO The company behind Snapchat, a teen-oriented social network famous for its quickly disappearing messages, has filed for what could be one of the largest tech IPOs in years.

Snap Inc. said that it’s seeking up to $3 billion in an initial public offering, a figure that could shift based on investor demand. That demand will help determine the price per share sought by Snap in the upcoming weeks.

Snapchat has millions of users, and Snap has built a thriving ad business on it. But the company has also made a lot of money – nearly $900 million – disappear in the past two years.

The fast-growing social network for the younger set boasts 158 million daily users. It lets people send photos, videos and messages that disappear a few seconds after viewing.

It was created in 2012 by Evan Spiegel, who dropped out of Stanford University just three classes shy of graduation to fo-

Evan Spiegel, owner of the ephemeral message service Snapchat, seeks to raise up to $3 billion in an initial public offering.

PHOTO AP cus on the app.

Spiegel, 26, is poised to become a multibillionaire, along with his former fraternity brother at Stanford, Robert Murphy, 28, who is also a company co-founder.

Each man owns 227 million

shares of Snap stock. If Snap can fetch the same price in its IPO, Spiegel and Murphy each will be worth $7 billion.

Snapchat could have died a quick death as a “sexting app”, but Spiegel showed a knack for adapting to users’ whims and

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demands, just as Facebook has over the years.

Over the years, it has added a “Discover” section where a diverse group of publishers – including People, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Vice and Food Network – post video-heavy stories aimed at millennials.

Another feature, “Stories,” lets people create a narrative from messages, videos and photos from the past 24 hours.

And then there’s goofy “Lenses,” which lets people add animated overlays to photos and videos — animals, for example, or flower crowns and sparkly eyes.

The highly anticipated IPO is expected to be the one of the largest since Alibaba Group went public in 2014. But Snap is better known than the Chinese e-commerce company, and so draws comparisons to the IPOs of Facebook and Twitter. Facebook raised $16 billion when it went public in 2012.

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Kylie ends engagement Pop superstar Kylie Minogue has reportedly split from her fiancé Joshua Sasse over rumours he had been having an affair. Just days after Kylie, 48, was seen on British TV excitedly talking about her wedding plans, Joshua, 29, has been thrown out of her west London home over rumours he was seeing Spanish actress Marta Milans, 34. A source said: “She is absolutely devastated, totally heartbroken. She really believed he was The One. On her return from Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week she decided to end things, ejecting her partner from her plush home.

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Ex-priest ‘shows no remorse’ Tigerair cancels flights Disgraced former priest Brian Spillane has shown not “an ounce of remorse” for his sexual abuse of students at St Stanislaus College in NSW, one victim says.

Past students of the Bathurst school teacher faced the 73-yearold in the NSW District Court yesterday, describing in victim statements the hell they had endured as a result of the predator’s actions.

“I’ve had to watch the perpetrator not show an ounce of remorse, not admit to anything,” said one emotional ex-student who was abused by Spillane in the 1980s.

“What happened to me will haunt me for the rest of my days,” he said.

His voice breaking at times, the man said he had lost trust in people and that he constantly feared that his own children would be abused.

“I cannot remember what it is like to not feel pain, to not be afraid.”

The son of a former boarder who was abused by Spillane in the 1980s read out his father’s statement, describing how the assaults had led to years of counselling and drug and alcohol abuse.

“It is not a life I would wish to my worst enemy,” the man’s son said, reading from the statement.

“I am the one that has been given a life sentence.”

In the dock Spillane showed no visible emotion and sat turned away from his victims and their families.

He was convicted of 18 sex offences last year following two back-to-back trials.

Most of the convictions were for sexual or indecent assaults, including six where the victim was under 16.

Spillane is already serving jail time for previous convictions.

Friday’s sentence hearing continues.

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Tigerair passengers planning to travel to or from Bali will receive a full refund after the airline’s flights were cancelled yesterday.

The carrier says the decision was made pending “final procedural approvals” from Indonesian authorities.

This means no Denpasar inbound or outbound journeys went ahead yesterday.

Bali-bound customers were notified on Thursday night.

Australian-bound customers will be re-directed to services operated by Virgin Australia or another carrier.

Six flights are affected in total.

Tigerair’s flights are also in doubt today.

An update on those journeys were be given yesterday.

“Tigerair Australia sincerely apologises to affected customers for the inconvenience that this situation has caused and continues to work hard to minimise the inconvenience for all affected customers,” it said in a statement.

The disruption follows the carrier having to ground some Bali flights last month after the Indonesian government imposed “new administrative requirements”.

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Minaji’s mansion trashed Nicki Minaj’s Los Angeles mansion has been raided by thieves, according to TMZ. Not only was $NZ274,000 worth of jewellery and other property stolen from the posh home, but the place was ‘trashed’. No suspects have been arrested yet, but police believe the crime may have been committed by someone who knows the 34-year-old Anaconda singer.

Police are now looking for surveillance video. The singer was out of town when the home invasion happened. As far as the burglary, police told the site the 3505 sqm home was ‘totally trashed.’ Other sources told TMZ the damage ‘looks like it was personal.’

Cancer rates in women rising faster than men Cancer rates in UK’s women is rising six times faster than cancer in the country’s male populations, with obesity partly to blame, new research shows.

Data published by Cancer Research UK shows that unhealthy lifestyles are contributing to a rise in cancer cases among both sexes, but women are bearing the brunt of the increase.

The charity predicts that over the next 20 years, cancer rates will climb nearly six times faster in women than in men.

UK cancer rates will rise by

around 0.5 per cent for men and 3 per cent for women, meaning an estimated 4.5 million women and 4.8 million men will be diagnosed with cancer by 2035.

Some types of cancer only affect women and are linked to being obese.

These include womb cancer, ovarian cancer and breast cancer (after the menopause) while cervical and oral cancers are also on the rise among women.

Although smoking rates are now falling across the UK, historically women only took up

smoking in large numbers after the habit was already popular among men.

This means the impact of smoking on women and their risk of lung cancer is being felt keenly now.

Drinking alcohol is also impacting on women’s cancer rates, but not to the same degree as smoking and obesity, Cancer Research UK said.

“These new figures reveal the huge challenge we continue to face, both in the UK and worldwide,” Cancer Research UK chief executive Sir Harpal

Kumar said.

“The latest figures show that more than eight million people die from cancer each year across the world,” Kumar said.

Breast, prostate, lung and bowel cancer are the most common cancers.

“Cancer is a devastating disease and it is concerning that rates are predicted to rise so sharply in women, especially as so many cancer cases could be prevented,” World Cancer Research Fund head of health information Sarah Toule said.

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■ BEEF EXPORTS

Russia bans beef imports Russia plans to temporarily ban imports of beef and beef products from New Zealand from February 6 after finding the feed additive ractopamine in some samples, Russia’s agriculture safety watchdog said in a statement yesterday.

The watchdog, known as Rosselkhoznadzor in Russian, said it was also considering banning fish imports from New Zealand due to traces of mercury in some supplies.

Ractopamine, which is used to promote muscle growth, is prohibited for use in beef cattle in New Zealand, which promotes its reputation as a safe, natural producer in marketing its food products – particularly dairy – overseas.

“New Zealand did not receive prior notification and officials are seeking further clarification about the announcement,” a spokesman for the Pacific nation’s Ministry for Primary Industries said in an email.

The head of New Zealand’s meat industry body Tim Ritchie, told local media the country ran a testing system for ractopamine in sheep and cattle, and that traces of the additive had never been found.

New Zealand is not covered by a wider ban on most Western food imports which Moscow introduced in 2014 in retaliation for Western sanctions imposed on Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis.

Guardian Shares & Investments NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

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2.0m 555.2 26.24 333.1 200.0 569.8 441.4 86.13 783.1 95.07 1.5m 3.2m 119.3 196.6 437.9 882.9 400.0 537.1 251.2 105.0 1.2m 66.62 801.8 859.4 85.22 2.0m 134.3 141.5 175.4 296.5 113.2 51.56 704.7 71.72 633.5 1.7m 4.4m 219.0 350.2 118.8 109.0 1.4m 41.94 114.8 58.53 317.8 74.97 10.04 53.78 2.1m

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 7150 7110

7030 6990 6950

p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

7,094.38 +40.84 +0.58%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

4,944.29 +35.84 +0.73%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

7,691.51 +43.74 +0.57%

p Rises 56 q Falls 36

WORLD MARKETS

q S&P/ASX 200 index

5,621.6

–23.8

–0.42%

At close of trading on Feb 3, 2017

q Dow Jones Indust.

19,884.9

–6.0

–0.03%

At close of trading on Feb 2, 2017

p FTSE 100 index

7,140.8

+33.10

+0.47%

At close of trading on Feb 2, 2017

p Nikkei 225 index

18,931.2 +16.59 +0.09% At close of trading on Feb 3, 2017

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

p Gold

1,221.95

London – $US/ounce

+18.3

+1.52%

q Silver London – $US/ounce

17.50

–0.1

–0.57%

5,903.0

–28.0

–0.47%

q Copper London – $US/tonne NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ As at 4pm February 3, 2017

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TT sell

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by BusinessDesk expect rates to remain on hold Thursday. The odds of governor Graeme Wheeler lifting the rate next week is zero, according to the overnight interest swap curve.

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The country’s exported less than NZ$10 million of beef to Russian in 2016, out of NZ$3 billion in beef exports globally.

“New Zealand food standards are among the highest in the world and we are committed to producing high quality safe meat

Solid Energy has announced the closure of the Spring Creek Mine after failing to find a buyer, closing the door on one of the best coal resources in New Zealand – and 150 years of underground mining on the West Coast. It will result in nine job losses of the skeleton crew left behind to keep the pit in care and maintenance after the workforce was laid off in 2012.

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■ OPINION

Compiled by

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

Tim Ritchie

for domestic and overseas consumers,” the Ministry for Primary Industries said.

Russia has previously limited imports in trade disputes.

It has banned meat supplies from other countries due to traces of ractopamine, which is banned in several countries, including Russia and China.

Separately, the head of Russia’s watchdog Sergei Dankvert plans to meet with an official from Brazil’s Agricultural Protection Unit Luis Eduardo Pacifici Rangel in Moscow on Feb. 3, Rosselkhoznadzor said.

Both officials plan to discuss cooperation in veterinary and phytosanitory issues, it added.

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Spring Creek closes

year.

In terms of investment markets, the report card for 2016 shows a year of two halves.

Actually, it was more a year of three quarters, and a last quarter.

The defining event affecting the last quarter was of course the election of Trump in November.

The lead up to the election and the immediate period following the election saw increased volatility in markets around the world.

Markets do not like uncertainty, and uncertainty was delivered in bucket loads in the last quarter as markets struggled to understand the implications of the election result.

Policy announcements of the President-elect indicated greater investment in infrastructure, defence, and tax cuts.

All of these changes would require borrowing to fund them.

As a result, longer term interest rates moved up in the United States.

This in turn had a ripple effect across the world, including New Zealand.

In New Zealand, in the last quarter, we saw bond markets negatively affected as investors were prepared to sell longerdated fixed interest securities at a lower price, on the expectation that they could reinvest into new securities with a higher interest rate.

On the sharemarket, companies with strong dividend yields, such as property companies, were sold down on the expectation that property values would fall lower due to higher interest rates.

Overall, despite the downturn in the last quarter, the New Zealand sharemarket returned 8.8

Michael Coleman and Selwyn Sloan MONEY MATTERS

per cent for the 2016 calendar year, as measured by the NZX50 Gross index.

This index measures the capital and income returns of the 50 largest companies on the market.

The world sharemarkets were up 7.5 per cent in US dollar terms, and 5.9 per cent in NZ dollar terms due to a slight rise in our dollar against the US dollar, as measured by the MSCI World index.

The Official Cash Rate (OCR) was lowered 75 basis points to a new low of 1.75 per cent over the year as inflation was next to zero.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has a target of keeping inflation between 1 per cent and 3 per cent, so a lower OCR is an attempt at trying to stimulate growth and inflation.

Looking ahead for the rest of 2017, uncertainty still exists as President Trump’s early days are yet to reveal whether his election rhetoric will translate into concrete action.

However, sharemarkets have increased in value on the back of higher expected growth, from increased spending flowing into increased corporate earnings.

Economic growth is expected in the United States to underpin reasonable returns.

European economic activity also is on the improve, and in the United Kingdom, those companies with an export focus are seen to do better as sterling loses value as Brexit nears.

Here at home, it does look like we have seen the bottom in interest rates, with mortgage rates

already starting to lift.

Residential property seems to have peaked, or at least be close to its peak.

Whilst deposit rates are likely to see some lift, large increases are not expected.

Longer term bonds will also require small increases in rates above the 4 per cent to 5 per cent mark being offered last year, to attract investors.

Our local sharemarket is expected to increase in value in the high single digit range over the year, with better returns more likely from those companies with a growth and export focus rather than an income focus.

Risk is always something to be considered for investors.

Global bank UBS identifies five main risks, part of a list of 28 identified risks, in 2017: 1) Trumponomics – non-delivering Trump promises; 2) Rising protectionism; 3) Geopolitics; 4) Populism leading to European disintegration; 5) Withdrawal of central bank support.

Whilst each of these risks on their own may derail investors’ expectations this year, none are considered highly probable.

Overall then, a year of modest returns is expected for investors with a diversified investment portfolio.

Selwyn Sloan and Michael Coleman are Investment Advisors with Forsyth Barr Limited in Ashburton and are Authorised Financial Advisers. This column is general in nature and is not personalised investment advice.

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10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 1pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street. (Closed today).

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

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9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worship service led by Rev John Coutts, all welcome, 65 Oxford Street.

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WE OFFER: • H Frames • Aluminium Sca • Full Edge Prote • Tube & Clip Sca • Proping

Contact Mark 021 440 364 | Office 03 307 6126| admin@elitescaffolding.net.nz

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

How do you put a dollar value on keeping your property protected?

Roofing Cladding Sheds Fencing Rainwater Goods Architectural Features

Protect your biggest asset with a home security camera package from Masterguard Call me today for a free, no obligation quote

Hartley Curd phone 0800 788 393 or 021 328 301 57 Dobson Street, Ashburton.

PHONE 0800 47 66 48 – Email: alril@xtra.co.nz 5 McGregor Lane, Riverside Industrial Estate, Ashburton

MOBILE MOWER SERVICING

Your local Painting Professionals.

Call Now.

Richard Donnelly P 03 308 9039 M 027 279 8952 E richard@bradfords.co.nz www.bradfords.co.nz

• Rotary Mowers • Ride-on Mowers • Water Blasters • Small Motor Repairs

• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

Stan Keeley, Owner

Ph 307 0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36

EXECUTIVE HOME CLEANING & GARDENING LIMITED Sandra & John

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

COMpETITIVE RATES Ù gardens Ù pruning Ù lawns

Why Sliding Door Specialists?

• All types of sliding doors repaired • Locks & handles repaired / replaced

Ù home Ù commercial Ù office

MIKE PRESTON LIFESTYLE & RURAL SPECIALIST

List Now! Are you wondering what your property is worth? Please feel free to contact me for a confidential no obligation chat.

Mike Preston

SLIDING DOORS REPAIRED • Wheels & Rollers replaced • Sliding door tracks repaired / replaced

Call STEWART today Phone: 0800 677 262 | Mobile: 021 185 4055 | Email: info@slidingdoorspecialists.co.nz

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

M 027 430 7041 | B 03 307 2400 | mike.preston@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

Follow me on Facebook facebook.com/mikepreston.bayleys

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

Classifieds 34 Ashburton Guardian

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

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Sales Engineer

COMMUNITY WORK SUPERVISOR ASHBURTON/CANTERBURY

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

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

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

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

307 7900

Do you want to be part of a team that makes a real difference to your community?

Do you have the people skills, enthusiasm and practical trade knowhow to become a Community Work Supervisor with the Community Corrections Services?

As a Community Work Supervisor you will oversee and manage up to 10 offenders serving community work sentences on meaningful projects at schools, reserves, community groups, Marae and churches - whatever the community needs. Ashburton Community Corrections are seeking an enthusiastic, practically minded person to supervise our community workers as they provide assistance to wide range of community organisations. Community Work is also an opportunity for offenders to acquire or improve work and social skills.

If you are a positive role model with a firm-but-fair management style and you can motivate and work with a variety of people in a variety of situations. The successful candidate will also have the following:

• Full New Zealand driver’s license.

• Possesses the ability to impart manual skills to offenders in a practical setting.

• Communicates confidently, clearly and articulately.

• Models pro-social behaviour.

• Has an excellent awareness of the importance of Health and Safety processes and can put these into practice in a practical setting.

You would receive ongoing training and support to achieve great outcomes for our Community.

This is a permanent part time position working the profile of Friday and Saturdays, This is a powerful career choice; making change that matters to individuals, their families and our community All applications must be submitted online via our recruitment system. Emailed applications will NOT be considered. Previous applicants need not apply.

Pluck’s Engineering Ltd are an established agricultural engineering business based in Rakaia, mid-Canterbury. We manufacture, install and service a large range of products, specializing in farm machinery and dairy effluent systems. Our products have earned a sound reputation for quality, efficiency and dependability, and are sold throughout New Zealand.

We are looking for a full-time Sales Engineer to join our team. In this key role you will be primarily responsible for maintaining our existing customer base and for generating new business. This would be achieved by using your technical knowledge and sales expertise to promote our products and services and to support and develop our distributors.

To be successful in this role you will need a tertiary engineering qualification or proven technical knowledge, and working experience in technical sales or customer service preferably in the agricultural industry. Experience with irrigation and expertise in hydraulic design would be advantageous.

Other essential attributes include being self-motivated and organised, with the confidence to work autonomously. You will need to be proactive and solutions-focused, and have strong problem-solving skills. Ability to build and maintain effective relationships is critical, as is being a good team-player. You must be a good communicator in both speaking and writing, and also be computer literate with competence in MS Word and Excel.

Much of your time will be spent visiting customers and distributors spread across New Zealand, and in representing our company at shows and exhibitions. A full drivers licence and flexibility to travel regularly are therefore also required.

Close mentoring and supervision will be provided initially as you settle into the role and learn our products and culture. You will also attend relevant training courses as required.

We offer a competitive remuneration package which includes a company vehicle, and the opportunity for personal development and advancement.

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

To apply for this position please email your CV with covering letter to: michael@plucks.co.nz Should you require further information, please contact: the Sales Manager on 03-302 7031 Applications close on February 10, 2017.

For all subscriber enquiries, missed deliveries, new subscriptions, temporary stops – text, call or email:

Vacancy V acancy Number CSSR7511 Applications close Friday 17th February 2017 www.corrections.govt.nz/careers www.corrections.govt.nz/career s At the Department of Corrections we are passionate about reducing re-offending and keeping communities safe. With Corrections you’ll be part of a highly supportive team that manages offenders in prison and in the community.

Wanted - Part time Forecourt Assistant Weekdays/weekends.

Hours may vary.

Apply in writing to Mayfield Service Centre – Forecourt Assistant, Main Road, Mayfield 7778.

Guardian Job Vacancies

Irrigation Installer Rainer require a hard working well rounded individual to assist in the installation of centre pivot irrigators, mainline and pumps etc.

Class 5 Truck Drivers Full-time and Casual Required Stuart Tarbotton Contractors Limited require both a full-time and Casual Class 5 Truck Driver to operate Truck / Truck and Trailer Units / Bottom Dumpers / Tipulators / Transporters.

This role will also require you to operate a variety of machinery which will include but not be limited to Loaders / Rollers / Dump Trucks etc.

You will be required to have: • •

Irrigation experience is preferred.

Applicant must have full drivers licence.

Please phone

The Manager 307 9049

• •

Experience in the operation and maintenance of heavy trucks and to be a competent driver.

Understand maintenance procedures for plant and equipment Ability to communicate and work unsupervised and also be part of the team Be punctual and reliable

Pannetts Dairies is 1000 cow dairy farm, 20 minutes from Ashburton, where the cows part of the year are housed inside. We are looking for a person who is very capable driving machinery but is also handy in doing small repairs, like welding and fencing.

Legro Farms Ltd, Tinwald is running the youngstock for this farm. Some weekend work required.

Applicants should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

Please contact Rowan O’Connor 027 265 1875 or Willy Leferink 021 796 037 SERVICES:

Hay covers, farm truck seat covers, upholstery repairs, shade sails and blinds, marquee and event hire.

AUTO TRIM, CANVAS & SHADE

Call Toni & Peter May on 03 308 8893 to find out more!

151 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton www.petermay.co.nz

 Housing  Commercial  Farm  Renovations

Good remuneration package available.

Peter on (03) 307 7065 or 0274 332 264 or email your C.V to office@tarbotton.co.nz

Part-time Maintenance/Relief Operator

Today’s construction is tomorrow’s legacy

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ Work visa.

If this sounds like you, please phone

307 7900

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

Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote on 03 308 9936 or 027 432 3258

Birthday Greetings Trent Watkin Happy 1st Birthday for Sunday the 5th February.

Lots of love Nana, Grandad, Aunty Nicola and Cousin Ethan. xoxox Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Classifieds www.guardianonline.co.nz TRAVEL

Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ TOUR OF OTAGO 11-13 March.

Includes Riverstone, Oamaru, Moeraki Boulders, Dunedin, and Taieri Train Trip.

Accommodation Kingsgate Hotel.

Optional Extras- Exotic Amazing Butterflies, Cadburys, Speights, Larnach Castle, Glenfalloch Gardens and more.

For bookings phone 308 7646

TRADES, SERVICES BRICK-BLOCKLAYER Available for all aspects in brick-blocklaying.

Specialising in outdoor fires and landscaping.

Licensed with 25yrs experience.

Workmanship guaranteed.

021BRICKIE 021 274 2543.

COMPUTER PROBLEMS ??

For prompt reliable computer servicing or laser engraving, contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Ph 308 8989. 30 years local service. Same day service if possible.

SUPERGOLD discount card welcomed.

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

PLANTS, PRODUCE

LET OR LEASE

Apricots 1kg Plums 1kg Pineapple Tomatoes 500gm

HOME handyman available. PUBLIC NOTICES Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph LADYBANK Learning School 027-677-1952. of Music. Ukulele for children, OLD newspapers available. after school.

Beginner Perfect for packing, fires, groups. Contact Barbara 027 bedding for animals, birds, 474 2003. craft work and so on. Please call in to the Guardian, Level OLD newspapers available.

3, 161 Burnett Street or Perfect for packing, fires, phone 307 7900 for bundles bedding for animals, birds, craft work and soVacant on. Please Situations of 10 or more. call in to the Guardian, Level Guardian Classifieds 3, 161 Burnett Street or phone 307 7900 for bundles 307 7900 of 10 or more.

Guardian

307 7900

700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

DUTY DOCTORS

For all urgent medical calls phone 0800 700 155 at any time. IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Allenton Medical Centre, The Mall, Harrison Street, will be the duty doctor for Saturday, Sunday, Monday (Waitangi Day) until 8am Tuesday. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12.30pm and from 2pm until 5pm. Please phone 308 9139 for an appointment from 9.30am.

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA

For weekend doctor and emergency details please phone Rakaia 303 5002, Saturday and Sunday from 11am - 12noon and 5pm - 6pm both days.

And Methven 302 8105 Monday (Waitangi Day) from 11am - 12noon and 5pm - 6pm.

PHARMACIES

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East

Phone Paul Sparrow 021 140 9787 HIRE

Specials available from 31/01 - 06/02

OPEN 7 DAYS Fruit & Vege

MOTORING

Main South Road Tinwald 308-1095

LIVESTOCK, PETS

BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

2004 TOYOTA Vitz - Low km.

RS Model, 89,xxx km. Chain driven, fully warranted and registered.

Excellent condition, very fuel efficient.

Would be a great town runabout or safe first car.

Looking for quick sale. LET OR LEASE Welcome to view - 027 408 STORAGE units available.

4819.

Alarm monitored compound.

Security cameras. Within WHEEL alignments at great town boundary. Phone 027 prices. Maximise the life 449 1871. of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills HOLIDAY NEW potatoes - Nadine, Street. Phone 308-6737.

ACCOMMODATION Desiree and Rocket. $2 per kg. Phone or text 027 8181 AKAROA - CHARMING, 883. spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all MEETINGS, EVENTS electric heating. Sky, all mod SALE of rare and not so rare cons, short walk to village. plants, 35 Cameron Street, ASHBURTON Phone Brian 307-8000 or 8am to 4pm.

308-6180.

INDOOR BOWLS SMITHFIELD Flowers, 211 Smithfield Road, lilies and bouquets. Smithfield Flowers AGM is open again. Generous bunches of lilies $10 and Monday, March 6, beautiful bouquets of mixed 7.30pm flowers $20. Come out and see us, just a short drive to McNally Street, 211 Smithfield Road. Flowers Stadium. in tent.

Weekend Services

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800

Riverside Industrial Park 545m2 2 x inbuilt offices

$3.99 bag $2.99 bag $2.99 ea $1.49 bag

The Green Grocer

PEASTRAW, conventional bales $5.00 per bale, delivered Ashburton area.

Phone or text Jamie on 022 5022 679.

Warehouse for Lease

Royal Gala 1kg $3.99 bag

LADYBANK Learning School of Music. Ukulele forFresh children, after school.

Beginner ASHBURTON Law – for groups. Contact Barbara 027 474 2003. NOTICES UBLIC house deals, sorting out P relationship property etc – OLD newspapers available.

Phone Peter Ragg 027 281 Perfect for packing, fires, 4686 or 03 308 0327. Email: bedding for animals, birds, nzragg@gmail.com craft work and so on. Please call in to the Guardian, Level RURAL TRADING POST 3, 161 Burnett Street or AMSOIL SYNTHETIC phone 307 7900 for bundles LUBRICANTS - All oils, of 10 or more. greases, fuel additives, filters, antifreeze, car polish, V & L PLANTS, PRODUCE cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust dug Nadine bust, rain clear, engine FRESHLY cleaner and more. Call local potatoes. $2.00 per kg. 81 distributor: Veehof, phone Elizabeth Street. Phone 308 3195 or 027 531 9103.

302 2911.

SPECIALISED SERVICES

MEDICAL SERVICES

Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, February 4, 2017

GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire.

588 East Street. Open MonFri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 9.00am 2.00pm. – Ph: 308 8061 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

GARAGE SALES PAKEKE Lions Charitable Trust Charity Market and garage sale. Sausage sizzle and cups of tea available.

Cash only. 9.00am Saturday, February 25, Ashburton Racecourse.

FOR SALE

OLD newspapers available.

Perfect for packing, fires, bedding for animals, birds, craft work and so on. Please call in to the Guardian, Level 3, 161 Burnett Street or phone 307 7900 for bundles of 10 or more.

SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today.

Phone 308-3602

CARAVANS, TRAILERS

CARAVANS: 1978 Oxford 18 foot tandem, new awning, fridge etc. 1981 Zephyr Deluxe 4 Berth Reg + WOF, awning etc. Also long electric leads. Awnings. Offers, phone 03 308 6343 or 027 204 9707.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

FLATMATE wanted. peaceful lifestyle block near Glenroy, offers room for dog lover who can help with dogs and clean up mornings. Reduced rent in exchange.

Between Christchurch and Methven.

Phone 027 553 3556.

TO LET. Two bedroom tidy middle flat. Park Street, close to shopping centre. Suited to a couple, or a single person living alone. Perfect location.

Call 03 308 2650 or 021 109 7806.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

ABBY. Fun, pretty, outgoing lady. In/out calls. Private premises. Phone 021 0869 0409.

WANTED flatmate. Must be working. $130.00 per week plus expenses. Phone 308 9122.

A-JAPANESE beautiful, 26 years, slim, sexy model figure, gorgeous, elegant.

Phone 021 115 3218.

Guardian Classifieds 307 7900

Church Services GUARDIAN

10.30am Worship Every Sunday 63 Princes Street All welcome Rev. David Bayne Ph 307 7355

Advertisement Rates 5x1

50mm x 30.75mm

$25

6x1

60mm x 30.75mm

$30

All prices GST exclusive

To advertise in Church Services contact Emma

Guardian ASHBURTON

03 307 7936

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - MAIL CLOSING TIMES from 10am - 1pm Sunday and Monday (Waitangi 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message. ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE Day) and from 5pm - 7pm all evenings.

FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm ASHBURTON REST HOMES Call us free on (0800 787 797).

POST DELIVERY CENTRES Lines open 10am 10pm seven days.

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm unrestricted visiting.

ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS OMMUNITY ERVICES Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm EMERGENCY DENTIST Mon - Fri 1pm If you do not have or cannot contact your RESOURCE RECOVERY PARKS Residential Area: regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery INFORMATION CENTRES for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Parks will be closed on: Monday (Waitangi Day), ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm. in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, February 6, 2017 Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until Sundays and Public Holidays.

2pm. Phone 308-1050.

ART GALLERY METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public 327 West Street, phone 308 1133.

ELPLINE ERVICES Holidays 10am until 3pm.

Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY BUS DEPARTURES Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192.

857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous.

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm org.nz for more information.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

MUSEUM BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

MENTAL HEALTH - Call free on 0800 ASHBURTON 327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

Weekends 1pm - 4pm. Research facilities weekday afternoons.

SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual NIMAL ERVICES Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791 EA NETWORKS CENTRE - POOLS DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24h/sce.

20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

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

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact - President 021 1356 969.

VETERINARIANS

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Seafield Rd, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies: Large: North: Susan Geddes, South: Kaitlyn Lutz. Small: Lynlee Kueh.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies: Large: Mason Roberts. Small: Ref Vetlife.

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

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6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Showtime PGR 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 9:30 Coach Trip 0 Noon N Come Dine With Me Couples 2pm N Instant Gardener 0 3pm Vet Tales 0 3:30 Renovation King 4pm River Monsters With Jeremy Wade In the Amazon, Jeremy Wade investigates the case of a corpse washed ashore with severe bruising.

0 5pm Ultimate Fishing With Matt Watson Catching a 450 kg tuna is among the toughest fishing challenges, as their power and speed are legendary, but the team must first find one to experience it first-hand. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Posh Pawn PGR 0 8pm L Lotto The Lotto draw.

8:05 Rachel Hunter’s Tour Of Beauty 0 8:35 N Travel Guides AO The families visit Dubai, one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in the world. 0 9:35 Coronation Street PGR 0 10:35 M Heavenly Creatures AO 1994 Drama. 0 12:30 Last Tango In Halifax PGR (Starting Today) 3 An unexpected visitor leads Alan to think about his past; Caroline and a very pregnant Kate set a date for their wedding. 0 1:35 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:30 Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

ET – The Extra-Terrestrial 7pm on Three

BRAVO 10am Flipping Out 3 10:50 Millionaire Matchmaker 3 11:40 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 12:30 Wahlburgers 3 1pm Wahlburgers 3 1:30 Flipping Out 3 2:30 Kim Of Queens 3 3:30 Dance Moms 3 4:30 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Dance Moms 3 6:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR (Starting Today) 3 7:30 Millionaire Matchmaker 8:30 N Keeping Up With The Kardashians The family is surprised to hear Rob is dating Tyga’s former partner; Khloé must change her life to make sure Lamar has proper care and a house of his own.

9:30 Shahs Of Sunset 10:30 Kourtney & Kim Take New York AO 11:30 Snapped PGR 3

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12:20 Infomercials 3 5am Dance Moms 3

6am Blaze And The Monster Machines 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Maia The Brave 0 6:45 The Furchester Hotel 0 6:55 Thunderbirds Are Go 3 0 7:15 The Jungle Bunch To The Rescue! 3 0 7:45 Ninjago – Masters Of Spinjitzu 0 8:10 Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 0 8:35 Marvel’s Avengers Assemble 3 0 9am Adventure Time 3 0 9:25 Clarence 3 0 9:45 Regular Show 3 0 9:55 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty Much Everything 10:20 F Crash And Bernstein 0 10:45 N Blossom 0 11:10 Full House 0 11:40 Baby Daddy 0 12:05 The 100 PGR 0 1pm This Is Us PGR 0 3pm The Voice 0 4pm Food Fighters 5pm Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud 2 0 6pm The Simpsons 3 0 6:30 The Middle 3 0

7pm M Pearl Harbour AO 2001 Action Drama.

The story of two best friends as they go off to join the Second World War. Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding jr. 0 10:10 M Duplex PGR 2003 Comedy.

Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller.

0 11:55 M Keith Lemon – The Film AO 2012 Comedy.

0 1:35 M Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds AO 2012 Comedy Drama. 0 3:30 Constantine AO 3 0 4:15 Jeremy Kyle AO 3 5:05 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 It Is Written 3

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, 10:50pm on Prime

THE BOX 6:30 Law And Order – UK MV 7:20 Wild West Alaska M 8:10 Combat Dealers PG 9am Helicopter Heroes – Down Under PG 9:30 Helicopter Heroes – Down Under PG 10am The Musketeers MVLS 11am Elementary MV 11:50 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 2:50 Law And Order – UK MV 3:40 Bosch MVL 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 8pm Last Man Standing PG 8:30 Counting Cars PG 9pm Call Of The Wildman PG 9:30 Wild West Alaska M 10:20 The Musketeers MVLS 11:20 Elementary MV

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12:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 12:35 Last Man Standing PG 1am Counting Cars PG 1:25 Call Of The Wildman PG 1:50 Wild West Alaska M 2:40 The Musketeers MVLS 3:35 Elementary MV 4:25 Covert Affairs MV 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Power Rangers – Dino Super Charge 7am Turbo Fast 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 New Zealand’s Hottest Home Baker 3 10:30 Survivor – San Juan Del Sur 3 11:30 America’s Next Top Model PGR 3 12:30 Face Off PGR 3 1:25 The Bachelor New Zealand PGR 3 0 2:25 Fresh Off The Boat PGR 2:55 New Girl PGR 3 3:25 The Goldbergs PGR (Starting Today) 3 0 3:55 The New Celebrity Apprentice 0 4:55 N The Wonder Of Animals 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm M ET – The ExtraTerrestrial 3 1982 Sci-fi.

A group of children help a stranded alien return home.

Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore. 0 9:20 M The Purge AO 3 2013 Horror Thriller.

Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey. 0

6am The Fairly Odd Parents 6:25 Kid v Kat 6:50 The Penguins Of Madagascar 7:15 Bella And The Bulldogs 7:40 Sanjay And Craig 8:05 Avatar – The Last Airbender 8:30 Johnny Test 9am Victorious 9:50 Robot Wars PGR 3 0 10:55 Mythbusters PGR 3 11:55 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 2:25 F James May’s Car Of The People PGR 3 0 3:30 Fishing And Adventure 3 4pm Addicted To Fishing 3 4:30 Football – English Premier League (HLS) 5:30 Prime News 6pm David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 3 0 6:30 The Wonderful World Of Gordon Watson 3 0 7pm Storage Wars – Canada PGR 3 7:30 Antiques Roadshow 0 8:30 Silent Witness AO The Firearms Division is criticised when a teenager is accidentally killed and, not long after, the mutilated body of a man is found close to the site of the first incident. 0 10:50 Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell AO

11pm Motive AO During a crime spree, the detectives must find the link between three homicides to catch a killer.

Midnight F Nurse Jackie AO 12:30 N Live At The Apollo AO 1:30 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

12:05 Scorpion PGR 3 When Walter is accidentally launched into space in a rocket, he hallucinates about Paige as his oxygen runs low, and team Scorpion works to find a way to bring him home.

12:55 Closedown

8:20 Iti Pounamu AO 3 8:30 M Frost/Nixon AO 2008 Drama. The true story of the interview between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save and David Frost, a jetsetting television personality with a name to make.

Frank Langhella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon.

10:40 Te Kaea 3 2 11:10 Closedown

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MOVIES GREATS

6:25 Popfan MVLC 2014 Thriller. Chelsea Kane, Nolan Gerard Funk, Benjamin Hollingsworth.

7:55 Mad Max – Fury Road 16VC 2015 Action.

Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron.

9:55 Friended To Death 16LS 2014 Comedy. Ryan Hansen, Zach McGowan. 11:35 The Vatican Tapes MV 2015 Horror. 1:05 Popfan MVLC 2014 Thriller. Chelsea Kane, Nolan Gerard Funk, Benjamin Hollingsworth.

2:35 Stretch 16LSC 2015 Crime Comedy. Patrick Wilson, Ed Helms, James Badge Dale.

4:10 Dirty Grandpa 16VLSC 2016 Comedy. 6pm Batman v Superman – Dawn Of Justice MV 2016 Action.

Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams. 8:30 Spectre MV 2015 Action. A cryptic message from beyond the grave leads James Bond on a mission to expose a powerful organisation. Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz.

11pm Stag 16LS 1997 Drama. Mario Van Peebles, Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon.

6:45 Man On A Ledge MVL 2012 Thriller. Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks. 8:30 Along Came Polly MS 2004 Romantic Comedy. Ben Stiller, Jennifer Anniston. 10:05 The Making Of Watchmen MV 10:20 Transformers MV 2007 Action. Shia LaBoeuf, Megan Fox. 12:45 Nurse Betty 16VL 2000 Comedy.

Morgan Freeman, Renee Zellweger. 2:35 Eat Pray Love ML 2010 Romantic Drama. Julia Roberts.

4:55 Talladega Nights – The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby MLS 2006 Comedy.

Will Ferrell, John C Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen.

6:40 10,000 BC MV 2008 Adventure. Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis.

8:30 Sherlock Holmes MV 2009 Action. Detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all England.

Robert Downey jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams.

10:40 Blades Of Glory MS 2007 Comedy.

6am The Golf Fix 7am School Of Golf With Martin Hall.

8am Golf – US PGA Tour (HLS) Phoenix Open – Round One. 8:30 Golf – PGA European Tour (HLS) Omega Dubai Desert Classic – Round Two. 9am L Golf – US PGA Tour Phoenix Open – Round Two. 1pm Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Australia – First ODI. 1:30 The Cricket Show 2pm ICC Cricket 360 3pm Basketball – NBL Championship (RPL) Perth Wildcats v Brisbane Bullets.

5pm Netball – Quad Series (HLS) Silver Ferns v England Roses.

From Liverpool, England.

5:30 L Top 10 Shootout Bathurst 12 Hour Race.

6:30 Golf Central 7:30 L Football – A League Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers FC. From Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth.

9:45 L Football – A League Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City FC.

12:25 Stretch 16LSC 2015 Crime Comedy. Patrick Wilson, Ed Helms, James Badge Dale.

2am The Making Of Spectre – Just Getting Started PG 2:15 Dirty Grandpa 16VLSC 2016 Comedy. 4:05 Batman v Superman – Dawn Of Justice MV 2016 Action.

12:15 The Happening 16V 2008 Drama. 1:45 Eat Pray Love ML 2010 Romantic Drama. 4:05 Talladega Nights – The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby MLS 2006 Comedy.

5:50 Blades Of Glory MS 2007 Comedy.

Midnight L Football – A-League Perth Glory v Newcastle Jets. 2:15 Fox Sports News 2:45 Sport TBC 3:15 L Rugby – Six Nations Scotland v Ireland.

5:40 L Rugby – Six Nations England v France.

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

CHOICE

6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 7:30 Pukana 2 8am The Zoo 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Swagger 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Atamira Behind The Scenes PGR 3 10:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 Noon Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 1:30 Mama Son Learner League 2pm World Forklift League PGR 3 2:30 Basketball – College National Championship 3:30 The Kapa 3 4:30 The Big Sing 3 5pm He Kupenga Hou 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 M Harriet The Spy 1996 Family Comedy.

SKY SPORT 1

SUNDAY

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

6am Escape To The Chateau 3 7am Getaway 7:30 Natural World – Operation Pygmy Hippo 8:30 Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes 9:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 10:30 Four Rooms 11:30 Alan’s Garden Secrets 12:30 Escape To The Chateau 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm Sarah Beeny’s How To Sell Your Home 4pm Beverly Hills Pawn 4:30 Salvage Hunters 5:30 Wild Transport Rick and Andrew experience the great outdoors while transporting their biggest cargo yet, a giraffe named Dude.

6pm Walking The Nile Photographer and writer Levison Wood attempts to walk the length of the world’s longest river.

7pm Fish Of The Day 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 M Charlie And Boots AO 2009 Comedy Drama. A father and son travel to Cape York to fulfil their lifelong ambition to fish off Australia’s northern tip. Paul Hogan, Alan Powell, Morgan Griffin.

10:30 New Zealand Hunter Adventures 11:30 Sarah Beeny’s How To Sell Your Home 12:30 Beverly Hills Pawn 1am Wild Transport 1:30 Walking The Nile 2:30 M Charlie And Boots AO 2009 Comedy Drama. Paul Hogan, Alan Powell, Morgan Griffin.

4:30 Fish Of The Day 5am American Pickers

SKY SPORT 2 6am The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

6:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Australia – First ODI. From Eden Park, Auckland.

7am The Cricket Show Analysis and highlights of the week’s games, with features and player profiles from grassroots to domestic and international cricket.

7:30 ICC Cricket 360 8:30 Basketball – NBL Championship (RPL) Illawarra Hawks v Cairns Taipans.

10:30 Netball – Quad Series (HLS) Silver Ferns v England Roses.

11am SKY Sport News NZ 11:30 L Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines Day One. 7:30 World Rugby 8pm Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Australia – First ODI. From Eden Park, Auckland.

8:30 The Cricket Show 9pm L Nitro Athletics From Melbourne’s Lakeside Stadium.

11:40 Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines (HLS) Day One. From Eden Park, Auckland.

SUNDAY

1:30 Basketball – NBL (HLS) Adelaide 36ers v NZ Breakers.

2am Football – A-League (RPL) Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers.

4am Soccer Saturday 4Feb17

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters 6:30 MythBusters PG Running On Water.

7:30 MythBusters PG Bubble Trouble. 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:25 Dual Survival M Attack of the Elephants. 10:20 Naked And Afraid XL M Too Many Chiefs. 11:15 Treehouse Masters PG View from Above III. 12:10 Sydney Harbour Patrol PG 1:05 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M Julianne Hough. 2pm Megatrains PG Australia – Transcontinental Train. 2:55 What On Earth?

PG Mystery in the Outback.

3:50 Alaskan Bush People Special M 4:45 Auction Hunters PG Rock and Roll.

5:10 Auction Hunters PG Betsy’s Last Stand.

5:40 Auction Hunters PG Risk and Reward.

6:05 Auction Hunters PG Blazing Saddles. 6:35 Gold Rush PG Frankenstein Machinery. 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG Treehouse Point 2.0! 8:30 Salvage Hunters PG 9:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Under the Knife.

10:30 Auction Hunters PG Ton’s Driller Instinct.

SUNDAY

Midnight Gold Rush PG 12:55 Alaskan Bush People Special M 1:50 Moonshiners M 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:10 Moonshiners M 5:05 MythBusters PG

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6am The Fishing Show 0 6:45 Going, Going, Gone 3 0 7:10 Together Again 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Morena 10am Waka Huia 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Being Me 0 Noon David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef 3 0 1pm Undercover Boss USA 3 0 1:55 The Fixer PGR 3 0 3pm F Britain’s Busiest Airport – Heathrow AO 3 0 4pm The Supervet German shepherd Otto has a lifethreatening tumour; Pomeranian puppy Gucci has broken her paw; Rottweiler Elvis is having trouble walking.

5pm Outback Truckers PGR 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm F Wild New Zealand 0 8:05 F Nigel Latta Blows Stuff Up Nigel tries to break the sound barrier, and ends up breaking all kinds of other things in the process, all in the name of science. 0 8:35 Sherlock AO 0 10:30 Indian Summers 0 11:30 One Born Every Minute 3 12:30 Attitude 3 0 1am Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3am Infomercials

Ghost

8:30pm on TVNZ 2

BRAVO 6am Flipping Out 3 6:45 Flipping Out 3 7:35 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 8:20 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 9:10 Flipping Out 3 10am Millionaire Matchmaker 3 10:50 Hoarders (Starting Today) 3 11:40 Dance Moms 3 12:40 The Real Housewives Of Atlanta 3 1:35 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 3 2:30 Shahs Of Sunset 3 3:30 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 4:30 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 5:30 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 6:30 Kim Of Queens 7:30 Millionaire Matchmaker 8:30 N Dance Moms 9:30 Botched 10:30 Donnie Loves Jenny AO 11pm Donnie Loves Jenny AO 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

©TVNZ 2017

6am Art Attack 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Maia The Brave 0 6:45 Little Monstar 3 0 6:50 My Little Pony 3 0 7:10 Looped 3 0 7:35 Jamie’s Got Tentacles 3 0 8am Tom And Jerry Spy Quest 0 9:10 Super Hero High 3 0 10am Mako Mermaids 3 0 10:25 Shortland Street Omnibus 0 Noon M Addams Family Values PGR 1993 Comedy Fantasy. Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci.

0 2pm Hot In Cleveland 0 2:30 Grandfathered PGR 0 3pm I Can Do That USA PGR 0 5pm F Greatest Hits 0 6pm The Simpsons 3 0 6:30 The Middle 3 0 7pm Home And Away – All Or Nothing An unfortunate chain of events sees Heath, Bianca, and Kyle caught in a prison riot. 0 8:30 M Ghost PGR 1990 Romantic Drama. 0 10:55 M Dead Calm AO 1989 Thriller. 0 12:50 The Walking Dead AO 3 0 2am Supernatural AO 3 0 2:45 Infomercials 3:20 Marvel’s Agent Carter AO 3 4:05 Mike Tyson Mysteries 3 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 The Fosters PGR 3 5:30 Infomercials

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , 8:20pm on Three

THE BOX 6am Counting Cars PG 6:25 Call Of The Wildman PG 6:50 Bad Robots MLC 7:15 Shearing Gang PG 7:45 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 10:20 Storage Wars – New York PG 10:45 Storage Wars – New York PG 11:10 Bad Robots MLC 11:35 Shearing Gang PG 12:05 Survivor – Blood v Water PG 1pm Covert Affairs MV 2pm Raw MV 4:45 Smackdown MV 6:30 Main Event MV 7:30 Survivor – Blood v Water PG 8:30 NCIS LA MV 9:30 NCIS LA MV 10:30 Covert Affairs MV 11:30 Main Event MV

MONDAY

12:30 Survivor – Blood v Water PG 1:30 Storage Wars – New York PG 1:55 Storage Wars – New York PG 2:20 Shearing Gang PG 2:50 Bad Robots MLC 3:15 NCIS LA MV 4:10 NCIS LA MV 5:05 Main Event MV

THREE

PRIME

MAORI

CHOICE

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box Noon Trawlermen Tales PGR 3 0 1pm NCIS – New Orleans PGR 3 2pm Piha Rescue PGR 3 0 2:30 The Millers PGR 3 3pm Aftermath – Doing Business PGR 3 4pm Sachie’s Kitchen 3 Sachie goes on an international rice journey, from planting seedlings in a paddy field in Japan to harvesting full-grown rice stalks in Northern California.

4:30 The Wonder Of Britain 3 Britain has an almost continuous monarchy stretching back over 1000 years, and Julia Bradbury looks at the royal story that has shaped its national identity. 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Attenborough At 90 3 0 7pm Storage Wars PGR 7pm The Block Australia PGR 0 7:30 Prime Planet – 8:20 M Teenage Mutant Attenborough’s Zoo Quest Ninja Turtles In Colour (Part 1) 0 PGR 2014 Action Comedy.

8:35 Elizabeth At 90 – A Family When New York City is Tribute A celebration of The in trouble, the four ninjaQueen’s 90 years. fighting, pizza-loving brothers 10:25 M The Cell must save it. 0 AO 2000 Sci-fi Thriller.

10:20 M The Pyramid Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn.

AO 2014 Horror.

10am Whanau Bake-Off 10:30 Whanau Living 3 11am Native Affairs – Summer Series 3 11:30 Ka Tu Ka Korero Noon My Reggae Song 3 12:30 Te Hikoi Mahanga 3 1pm Hoiho 3 1:30 Play PGR 2:30 The Pits TV 3:30 Basketball – College National Championship 5pm Waka Ama Sprint Nationals (HLS) From Lake Karapiro, including behind-the-scenes stories and profiles.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 With Kero Te Pou at her home in Waimana.

7pm Pukuhohe 7:30 Waka Huia 8:30 M Kes PGR 1970 Drama. A lonely working-class boy finds release from his dreary life when he finds a baby kestrel and decides to raise and train it.

David Bradley, Colin Welland.

10:35 Te Kaea 3 2

12:20 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

11:05 Closedown

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am UCKG 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R 9:30 Family Secret 3 0 9:50 MasterChef New Zealand 3 0 11:10 MasterChef New Zealand 3 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR 1pm Motorsport – Car Culture 1:30 Motorsport – Formula E: Street Racers 2pm Motorsport – SsangYong Racing Series 3pm Motorsport – US Formula Drift Wall 3:30 Motorsport – Inside Formula Drift Wall 4pm Motorsport – Toyota Racing Series: New Zealand Motor Cup Race 5pm Ice Road Truckers 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

12:40 Bull AO 3 Bull and his team tackle jury bias against their client, a woman on trial for the murder of a star athlete she accused of assaulting her.

1:40 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Australia.

The second ODI at Hamilton’s Seddon Park.

2:10 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6:35 Spectre MV 2015 Action.

Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz.

9am The Making Of Spectre – Just Getting Started PG 9:15 Stag 16LS 1997 Drama. Mario Van Peebles, Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon. 10:40 Batman v Superman – Dawn Of Justice MV 2016 Action.

Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams. 1:10 Dirty Grandpa 16VLSC 2016 Comedy.

3pm The 33 MC 2015 Drama History. Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche.

5:05 Daddy’s Home MVLS 2015 Comedy. Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg. 6:40 The Secret In Their Eyes MVL 2015 Thriller. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julia Roberts. 8:30 The Huntsman – Winter’s War MVL 2016 Action. As war escalates between good and evil, Eric the Huntsman must help Freya vanquish her sister or Ravenna’s wickedness will rule for eternity. Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Charlize Theron.

10:25 A Most Violent Year MVLC 2015 Action Crime.

7:20 The Happening 16V 2008 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel.

8:50 10,000 BC MV 2008 Adventure. Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis.

10:40 Sherlock Holmes MV 2009 Action. Robert Downey jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams.

12:45 Blades Of Glory MS 2007 Comedy. Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler. 2:15 The Happening 16V 2008 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel. 3:45 Van Wilder 16LSC 2002 Comedy.

Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid.

5:15 Source Code MVL 2011 Thriller. Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan.

6:50 Two Weeks Notice PGS 2002 Comedy. Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt.

8:30 Juno ML 2007 Comedy Drama. Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

Ellen Page, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Michael Cera.

10:10 The Perfect Storm ML 2000 Adventure.

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane.

MONDAY

12:30 Daddy’s Home MVLS 2015 Comedy. 2:05 The 33 MC 2015 Drama History.

4:10 Close Up – Ben Affleck PG 4:40 The Huntsman – Winter’s War MVL 2016 Action.

MONDAY

12:20 Little Nicky MS 2000 Comedy. 1:50 Two Weeks Notice PGS 2002 Comedy.

3:30 Juno ML 2007 Comedy Drama. 5:05 Van Wilder 16LSC 2002 Comedy.

SKY SPORT 1 8am Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Day One. 9:30 Golf – European Tour (HLS) Dubai Desert Classic – Round Three.

10am Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Australia – First ODI. 10:30 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Australia – Third ODI. 2:35 The Cricket Show 3:05 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Australia – Third ODI. 7pm Cricket – International (HLS) India v England – Third T20.

7:30 Fox Sports News 8pm ICC Cricket 360 9pm Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Australia – Third ODI. From Seddon Park, Hamilton.

9:30 Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines (HLS) Day Two. From Eden Park, Auckland.

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 L UFC Fight Night Bermudez v Korean Zombie.

MONDAY

1:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Australia – Third ODI. 2am The Cricket Show 2:20 World Rugby 2:50 L Rugby – Six Nations Italy v Wales.

5am Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Australia – Third ODI. 5:30 The Cricket Show

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

6am The Dog Hotel 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Salvage Hunters 8am This Old Thing 9am American Pickers 10am Sarah Beeny’s How To Sell Your Home 11am Fish Of The Day 11:30 Better Homes And Gardens 1pm Wild Transport 1:30 Salvage Hunters 2:30 Walking The Nile 3:30 Explore 4:30 Jamie At Home 5pm Poh’s Kitchen 5:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 6:30 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammies

7:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 8:30 M The Brothers Bloom AO 2008 Adventure. Two con-artist brothers embark on their final job, luring an eccentric heiress into an elaborate scheme that takes them around the world.

10:30 M Stuck In Love AO 2012 Comedy Drama.

12:30 The Dog Hotel 1am Jamie At Home 1:30 Poh’s Kitchen 2am M The Brothers Bloom AO 2008 Adventure. Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz.

4am Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge 5am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces

SKY SPORT 2

DISCOVERY

6:30 Basketball – NBL (RPL) Sydney Kings v Melbourne United.

8:30 Football – A League Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers.

From Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth.

9am Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines (HLS) Day One. From Eden Park, Auckland.

10:30 L Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines Day Two. From Eden Park, Auckland.

7:30 The Fishing Show 8:30 Basketball – NBL Adelaide 36ers v NZ Breakers.

From Titanium Security Arena.

9pm Netball – Quad Series (HLS) Silver Ferns v England Roses.

From Liverpool, England.

9:30 Cricket – International Blackcaps v Australia – Third ODI. Coverage of the last two hours of play from Seddon Park, Hamilton.

11:30 Ice Hockey – NHL (RPL) Dallas Stars v Chicago Blackhawks.

From American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

6am Auction Hunters PG 6:30 MythBusters PG Torpedo Tastic. 7:30 MythBusters PG Blow Your Own Sail. 8:30 Gold Rush PG Frankenstein Machinery. 9:25 Treehouse Masters PG Treehouse Point 2. 10:20 Salvage Hunters PG 11:15 You Have Been Warned M Wild Things.

12:10 What On Earth?

PG Mystery in the Outback.

1:05 Edge Of Alaska M Defend the Frontier. 2pm Edge Of Alaska M Dying Days of Winter.

2:55 Edge Of Alaska M The Breakup. 3:50 Edge Of Alaska M Return to the Mother Lode.

4:45 Edge Of Alaska M The End of the Frontier.

5:40 Edge Of Alaska M Brave New McCarthy.

6:35 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Under the Knife.

7:30 Blowing Up History PG Medieval Cathedral Mysteries.

8:30 Is OJ Innocent? The Missing Evidence M (Part 1) 9:30 Is OJ Innocent? The Missing Evidence M (Part 2) 10:30 Treehouse Masters PG Treehouse Point 2.

11:30 MythBusters PG Behind the Scenes.

1:45 L Netball – Quad Series England Roses v Australian Diamonds.

3:45 Fox Sports News 4:15 L Netball – Quad Series Silver Ferns v South Africa Proteas.

12:30 What On Earth?

PG 1:25 Moonshiners M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 F Moonshiners M 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG 5:05 MythBusters PG

MONDAY

5Feb17

MONDAY

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Family Notices 38 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

BUTTERICK, Sarah Jayne – Please note all late death In memory of our precious notices or notices sent daughter and sister who outside ordinary office hours passed 13 years ago today must be emailed to: 04/02/2004. deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz Always in our thoughts to ensure publication.

Forever in our hearts.

Loved and To place a notice during remembered always. office hours please contact Mum, Dad, Craig and your us on 03 307 7900 special friend “Chloe”. for more information Any queries please contact FUNERAL 0800 ASHBURTON FURNISHERS (0800-274-287) MASTER MONUMENTAL MASON

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Patersons Funeral Services and Ashburton Crematorium Ltd

620 East Street Ashburton Ph/Fax 308 5369 or 0274 357 974 ebcarter@xtra.co.nz NZMMMA Member

Office and Chapel Corner East & Cox Streets, Ashburton

Ph 307 7433

RANGIORA

LAKE COLERIDGE

Weather

25

29

MAX

26

Rakaia

27

OVERNIGHT MIN

30

OVERNIGHT MIN

MAX

AKAROA

9 –5

Cloud increasing, a few showers developing.

Northerlies strengthening then changing southerly, briefly strong.

Wind at 1000m: NW rising to 60 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: NW rising to gale 80 km/h.

Greymouth

showers

MONDAY

fine

TUESDAY

Timaru

fine

We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to reflect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and your family.

Mostly cloudy, a few showers. Light winds.

Rain developing, with possible heavy falls about the divide. Gale or severe gale northwesterlies, easing late.

Christchurch

We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering.

Queenstown

fine

Dunedin

fine

Invercargill

few showers

Ashburton, Geraldine, Temuka & Surrounding Districts since 1905

Galbraith’s provide choice!

Rob Cope-Williams

Celebrant

Eion McKinnon

Managing Director

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MONDAY: Hot with high cloud.

Showers later with S change.

MAX 31 OVERNIGHT MIN 10 28 ROUSE, Lillian – TUESDAY: A cooler day. Cloudy ASHBURTON Ra Graham, Marlene, Trevor, ka Heather and their extended ia 27 periods, a few showers. Light winds. families would like to thank MAX 17 OVERNIGHT MIN 9 everyone who attended the Ash bur to funeral service to celebrate Geraldine n Midnight Tonight Lillian’s long life. Many of you travelled long distances to be Ra n with us and we really gitata appreciated the efforts you made. Lillian was obviously held in high regard and with TIMARU great affection and was a 26 SUN PROTECTION ALERT valued friend. Thanks for the many cards, emails, phone calls, plants, flowers and :50 :40 AM PM food which we received.

PROTECTION REQUIRED These have been a great Seek shade, reapply sunscreen Data provided by NIWA support as we remember our beloved mother, mother-inWaimate law, grandmother and greatWind km/h Saturday, 4 February 2017 NZ Situation grandmother (Nana to all of less than 30 A narrow ridge is building over much of New Zealand, her grandchildren and greatfine mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers grandchildren). We would but weak frontal features affect the west and far south fine showers clearing showers also like to thank the staff at 30 to 59 of the South Island. The weak ridge of high pressure Rosebank Hospital and Rest lies over the upper North Island tomorrow, while Home for their care of Lillian, fog isolated snow sleet thunder rain snow hail 60 plus northerlies build across the rest of New Zealand. and especially Sondra with thunder flurries whom she shared a strong bond and love of poetry. overnight Lillian would be very grateful Canterbury Plains NZ Today Canterbury High Country max low for the generous donations to Auckland fi ne 24 16 TODAY TODAY FZL: Above 3000m the S.P.C.A. as she had a great love for animals.

A period of morning rain about the Divide, Hamilton fine 25 11 Special thanks to Paterson’s Fine, with high cloud gradually clearing. and high cloud further east, then becoming Funeral Services and Northwesterly winds.

Napier fine 27 14 fine. organist Graham Gunn for Wind at 1000m: W gale 60 km/h in exposed their help and to Bernard TOMORROW Palmerston North fine 21 15 Egan for his wonderful places, easing. support, and for leading the Fine. Northerlies.

Wind at 2000m: W gale 80 km/h, easing.

Wellington fine 21 15 celebration of Lillian’s life.

Please accept this as a TOMORROW FZL: Above 3000m Nelson fine 25 13 personal thank-you from us MONDAY Mainly fine. all.

Blenheim fine 29 11

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TOMORROW: Fine and hot.

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TODAY: Fine, with high cloud gradually clearing. NW develops.

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WEDNESDAY

Mostly cloudy with a few showers, but rain north of Arthur’s Pass at first. W easing.

Mostly cloudy, a few showers. Easterlies.

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10:37 4:51 11:06 5:21 11:38 5:52 12:07 6:25 12:38 6:51 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

Rise 6:36 am Set 8:57 pm

Good

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$25

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60mm x 30.75mm

$30

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Good fishing Set 12:21 am Rise 2:11 pm

First quarter

4 Feb

5:20 pm

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Rise 6:37 am Set 8:55 pm

Good

Good fishing Set 12:57 am Rise 3:21 pm

Full moon

11 Feb 1:34 pm www.ofu.co.nz

Rise 6:39 am Set 8:54 pm

Good

Good fishing Set 1:39 am Rise 4:29 pm

Last quarter

19 Feb 8:35 am

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River Levels

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cumecs

1.01

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:05 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 258.6 Nth Ashburton at 12:15 pm, yesterday

5.83 nc

Sth Ashburton at 12:10 pm, yesterday

6.17

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:05 pm, yesterday

109.3

Waitaki Kurow at 12:16 pm, yesterday

512.8

Source: Environment Canterbury

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 24.2 26.4 Max to 4pm 5.8 Minimum 0.2 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm February to date 1.2 Avg Feb to date 5 2017 to date 61.2 63 Avg year to date Wind km/h SE 17 At 4pm Strongest gust SE 33 Time of gust 2:48pm

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Puzzles and horoscopes www.guardianonline.co.nz Cryptic crossword

Saturday, February 4, 2017

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ACROSS 1. Pleasant smell produced by student fund-raising event in Gaul (9) 5. Moorland height spelling the reverse of decay (3) 7. In two directions there are hostelries (4) 8. Going over the rood, mixing gin (8) 10. He may be one of the top manufacturers (8) 11. A scheme devised for a bit of land (4) 13. Devils show the way of working in thieves’ kitchens (6) 15. All at once nudes are shown playing around beginning of December (6) 18. Instruction not to put something on on time (4) 19. One sticking to ethical rules of the viva voce in obscurity (8) 22. Extent it is dealt with when finished in prison (8) 23. Will come to life at the funeral party (4) 24. Knightly address shared by schoolmaster (3) 25. Those who keep throwing in their bouts (9) DOWN 1. Was playful in an amorous way (7) 2. Any inclusion of negative will rattle one (5) 3. Tended to make us rend it anyhow (6) 4. Irish seer turns to it (4) 5. Turned tiller to starboard finally as one sang (7) 6. Offside but, when considered separately, correct (5) 9. Is knowing one is able to go to New York (5) 12. Picture doesn’t get hung, it already being on the wall (5) 14. Fur of vermin one made up (7) 16. Idly talks about art and gets sent about it (7) 17. A fastener got up for broken leg (6) 18. As one puts into port, stops it from one’s wages (5) 20. Angry with one, scold the rest (5) 21. What can a farmer do but get bigger? (4)

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WordWheel Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

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

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TODAY’S GOALS: Good – 7 Excellent – 10 Amazing – 11

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ACROSS 6. Praises (6) 7. Relating to spring (6) 10. Makes certain (7) 11. Worries (5) 12. Greek god of love (4) 13. Staggers (5) 16. Rebuke (5) 17. Circle of light (4) 20. Bury (5) 21. Tell a story (7) 22. Pluckily (6) 23. Reddish brown (6)

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’re not here to show anyone you’re better; you’re here to be better.

The impression you make matters a lot less to you than the work you’re committed to.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): When the conversation is over, let it be over. Don’t replay it in your head. Anything you replay will be distorted.

You have a much better effect when you don’t worry so much about what exactly it is.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Love and life lessons can be learned through difficulty or ease. Both are valid methods of education, though lessons of hardship tend to be learned faster and deeper. Mankind is wired this way.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Warren Buffett famously stated, “Our investment philosophy borders on lethargy.” Apply it to your energetic investments today, there’s much drifting across the radar that’s not worth trifling over.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Life isn’t a contest, and that goes double for love. If someone is trying to cast you as a competitor in what could or should be a non-competitive arena, your best bet is to opt out of the game.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’re not imagining it: The one who keeps paying special attention to you is smitten. It’s very likely that you’re not sure how you feel about this but the days to come will make it clearer.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): With your immense powers of creativity you will create scenarios in which you can shine. This is especially effective on the social front; friends love your brand of fun.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Your story is more interesting than you think and is packed with valuable information and inspiration. How and when you share it will be important.

Don’t wing it. Work on it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You will fail many times before you will succeed. You can’t get ready for the big leagues any other way except through trial and as many errors as it takes to learn the right way.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Often we assume that the people we admire are somehow happier than us and they lead glamorous, problemfree lives. Nope, not true, not usually, anyway.

In fact, maybe you’re the lucky one.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Someone shows up to take the heat off of you. You’ll be glad that the attention is flowing away from you, but this is not a reason for you to pack up and go. Stay and contribute. You’ll learn something.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Craft your communication to present your ideas and identity in the best light. Pushing “send” takes a fraction of a second, but the consequences can be lasting.

Previous Cryptic solution

Across 1. Seldom 4. Specks 9. Resolve 10. Extra 11. Nail 12. Fuss 13. Rod 15. Goth 16. Coop 19. Lot 21. Bolt 22. Iris 24. Napoo 25. Vertigo 26. Expend 27. Weighs Down 1. Spring-balance 2. Lasting 3. Oils 5. Peep-show 6. Cater 7. Snap decisions 8. Demur 14. Stubborn 17. Parting 18. Glove 20. Top up 23. Free

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Previous solution: arc, arco, bar, boa, boar, bora, bra, bro, cab, car, carb, carob, cob, cobra, cor, crab, oar, oca, orb, orca, rob, roc.

Across 1. Zone 8. Garrotting 9. Nuisance 10. Isle 12. Scorch 14. Taking 15. Stifle 17. Cannon 18. Asia 19. Identify 21. Think twice 22. Shed Down 2. Obfuscates 3. Egos 4. Drench 5. Forest 6. Stricken 7. Ague 11. Line of fire 13. Refrains 16. Edicts 17. Cleric 18. Ante 20. Ties

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DOWN 1. Slowing (12) 2. Hearing distance (7) 3. Unadorned (5) 4. Males (7) 5. Concluded (5) 8. Mislaid items (4,8) 9. Rising (9) 14. Briefly (7) 15. Feeling of uneasiness (7) 18. Baffle (5) 19. Swindling (5)

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