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Quite the maimai Crazy about duck shooting are (from left) Hamish McCallum, Nicholas Rattray, Chase Rattray, Will Gibson and Jacob Pairama.

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Mid Canterbury principals would like to see more male teachers in their classrooms in an effort to buck a national trend.

Education’s imbalance of female to male teachers is evident around the country and Mid Canterbury is no exception, with less than 10 per cent of teachers being male.

On Monday Tinwald School welcomed their first male teacher for at least six years into a classroom.

Principal Peter Livingstone said the school’s new Year 5-6 teacher Peter Edwards, who is covering a teacher on maternity leave, will bring a different perspective into the classroom.

While both male and female teachers have their strengths, it is good to have a mix because they can both offer slightly different ways of thinking, he said.

Women can sometimes be more caring and nurturing in a classroom and men can be more direct and pragmatic.

Both approaches work well and it is good for children to experience these alternative teaching styles, he said.

“The way [men] see the world and view things is a bit different.”

Teaching has always been a profession dominated by women, but it would be good to see more of a mix, Mr Livingstone said.

Many men do not train to be teachers because of the profession’s reliance on relationships, which can be less at-

tractive to men who tend to be drawn to professions where they can be more of a lone wolf, he said.

Mr Edwards, who will be working at Tinwald School for the rest of the year, is originally from Ashburton and has been a teacher for about 16 years.

He decided to train to be a teacher after working with children within different organisations and finding it rewarding.

While there are fewer male teachers, he has not really thought about this as being a problem as it is more about skills rather than gender, he said.

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■ FARM SALE

Investors could be forced to sell

By ISaac davISon Two Argentine investors could be forced to sell a $6 million New Zealand farm if they are found to have misled the Overseas Investment Office, the Government says.

Land Information Minister Louise Upston said legal action could be considered if the buyers of Onetai Station in Taranaki were found to have breached “good character” rules for foreign investment.

“I don’t want to pre-judge what happens ... but when there is a breach, one of the enforcement actions available is to force the sale of the property,” she told reporters at Parliament yesterday afternoon.

It would not be the first time the OIO has taken drastic action against a foreign investor. In 2014, a Russian businessman was forced by the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) to sell a 10ha block of land in Waiwera after he failed to fulfil a promise to build a winery on the site.

Earlier yesterday, Ms Upston confirmed she had launched an independent review of the OIO’s decision in 2014 to approve the sale of Onetai Station to Ceol & Muir, a company owned by Argentinian brothers Rafael and Federico Grozovsky.

The independent review would focus on the way the OIO applied the “good character” test to the Argentinian investors.

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Duck shooters (from left) Will Gibson, Nicholas Rattray, Chase Rattray and Hamish McCallum, with Kora the dog, are preparing for season opening on the farm pond of their friend Jake Pairama.

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Crazy about duck shooting

By SuSan SandyS

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Eiffelton farmer Jake Pairama and his friends are the first to admit they are crazy about duck shooting.

“Just losing our minds really,” is how the 22-year-old describes the extent they will go to as they prepare for the season’s opening day.

That will be this Saturday, and when the first shot rings out from their impressive maimai on Mr Pairama’s farm, it will signify the end of a huge amount of pre-season work.

Going crazy leading up to duck shooting means practising their caller techniques, even to the extent of entering pub competitions.

Mr Pairama came third in a recent such competition at the Hinds Tavern.

Additionally, it means training and retraining their dogs to retrieve items in water, even though the dogs haven’t really forgotten this from the previous year.

And it means playing with their duck decoys and even splashing out on battery-powered decoys,

costing up to $400 each, which move like real ducks.

Mr Pairama and his Mid Canterbury duck shooting friends met through rugby and through the Aotearoa Fowlin’ Facebook page, of which he is a founding member.

They have been preparing a pond on Mr Pairama’s farm, cleaning out the maimai and feeding ducks copious amounts of barley to help attract them.

Mr Pairama is expecting a cracker season, with duck numbers up about 15 per cent on his farm, in line with what he had

heard the increase had been around the region.

The group have got Friday off work especially, and are hoping for overcast and windy weather on Saturday.

They will camp up in the maimai for the day, with a barbecue and supplies. One of the group, Chase, will be shooting at a different location, with his father Dean.

They will all meet up together at night to compare tallies, likely to reach into the dozens, and have their first few beers of the day.

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■ ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY

Cleaning up winter air quality

By Sue NewmaN

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Tinwald School’s new Year 5-6 teacher Peter Edwards is the only male teacher at the school.

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More male teachers wanted From P1 “I don’t consider myself a male teacher, I consider myself a teacher.”

However, he has met a number of parents who like their children to have a male teacher because it’s unusual and they might be able to bring a different perspective into the classroom, he said.

Ashburton Borough School has only three male teachers out of 25 and principal Sam Winterbourn said it would like to have more.

“We live in a balanced world

and it would be preferential if schools were also balanced.”

The three males at Ashburton Borough School are good teachers but they also bring a different way of thinking, he said.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president and Wakanui School principal Hilary Boyce said Wakanui School does not have any full-time male teachers, and while she does recognise the shortage, the most important thing for a school is to have good teachers rather than a mix of genders.

Ashburton has earned itself top prize in Environment Canterbury’s drive to clean up Canterbury’s winter air quality.

It stands alone as the town that has made the most significant progress towards achieving the Government’s target of only one breach of clean air standards by 2012.

Ashburton achieved that last year, communications director Kathryn Trought said.

“Ashburton is leading the way and for this reason we’ll be focusing more on Timaru, Christchurch and Waimate this year.”

And while that won’t see ECan give Ashburton a monitoring holiday this winter, it will see an easing up on surveillance; the approach would be more about

education and coaching, she said.

“The focus will be on providing information and guidance on how to burn better. We believe a lot of people are doing the right thing and taking the right steps in the right direction.”

That educative approach means the more adversorial, ‘dob your neighbour in’ programme that was a driver for last winter’s clean air programme would not run this year, Ms Trought said.

Instead, the focus will shift to better burning practices, with smoke monitoring officers out on the street, knocking on doors in the early evening when most residential log burners are being fired up rather than late at night when heat sensors were used to identify houses where non-compliant burners were in use.

Compliance with clean air rules requires all log burners over 15 years of age to be replaced with new, low emission models.

ECan would continue to work towards ensuring these were replaced, she said.

“Where we know log burners are old from council records, we’re writing letters and reminders for property owners.”

Information on clean burning can be found on a new website www.warmercheaper.co.nz.

ECan is also compiling a list of wood merchants who are committed to selling what it described as ‘good wood’, wood that is dry.

It has seven Christchurch merchants on that list but is still trying to secure agreements with Ashburton’s firewood suppliers.

■ PAROLE BOARD

Christchurch man to remain behind bars A man who lured Christchurch schoolgirls with drugs in exchange for sexual favours must remain behind bars for at least another year after the Parole Board found he remained a high risk to teenage girls.

Kevan Beria Greer, 45, was jailed for four-and-a-half years in November 2013 after he staked out Burnside High School and tempted uniformed teenage girls into his van parked outside

school where he offered them cannabis. In return, he got the girls – aged 15 and 16 – to expose their breasts and bodies for him to photograph.

Now, he has been denied parole after the Parole Board found he remains a risk to teenage girls “because of his distorted beliefs and attitudes”.

The board concluded that Greer, whose sentence end date is January 27, 2018, remains at a

high risk of reoffending.

Greer told the board that naked young girls did not sexually interest him, despite police finding 17 photographs of six different females in “various stages of undress exposing their genitals or breasts” on his digital camera.

He denied selling or giving the girls drugs in return for exposing their bodies to him.

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Truck and ute collision causes minor injuries A light truck ended up on its side after it and a ute collided side-on, at the corner of West and Havelock streets shortly before 12.30pm yesterday.

The collision was heard by passers-by and the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade, police and St John responded.

St John assessed two patients at the scene, but both had minor or no injuries and were not transported to hospital.

Fire brigade personnel cleaned up paint from the road and traffic along Havelock Street in front of the Ashburton Public Library was briefly diverted through Baring Square West.

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Retail gaps opening up

By Sue NewmaN

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Locked and in darkness, the shop that was until last week, electronics store Dick Smith is now looking for a new tenant.

The store’s closure added another blank face to Ashburton’s East Street, with one vacant premises in each of the two blocks that make up the street’s retail heart and two in the third.

And while that’s more gaps than he’d like to see, selling agent Clarke McLeod believes there is still good interest both locally and from out of town businesses looking for new sites.

While there is always churn in retail premises, the current build up of vacancies is higher than it’s been for several years, Mr McLeod said.

“That’s a wee bit of a reflection of the economy and where there are several vacancies, it does make it more difficult for people to get tenants, but I am talking with businesses from out of town so there is potential for these to eventuate.

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Looking for a new tenant, one of several vacant East Street shops.

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Finding the right premises for a business or business for a premises was often a matter of the right place coming up at the right time, he said.

“We’ve had business on our books that have been waiting for two to four years for the right site, but they’ve eventually found it.”

The number of empty buildings on East Street, however, was higher than anyone would like, but it did create opportunities for other businesses to grab a prime retail spot, Mr McLeod said.

Like most areas affected by post earthquake building work, a number of businesses had vacated premises and moved into the suburbs.

Inevitably some would not re-

turn, but he said he was aware of others that planned to relocate.

Across the business area there was quite a range of vacant space, with some large multibusiness properties where the bricks and mortar were for sale down to small office spaces for lease, Mr McLeod said.

Prime Business Real Estate, the REINZ collective business listing site shows businesses from motels, lodges and cafes through to logging businesses, florists and a drycleaner are looking for new owners.

Among the bricks and mortar properties on the market is the multi-business complex on Tancred, Cass and Moore streets that is looking for investors to be part of an ownership syndicate, to the Rothbury building on Tancred Street and a two storey, ex-solicitors office block on Havelock Street.

Office space is looking for tenants in a range of old and new buildings, while there is retail space available, not only on East Street but on Burnett and Tancred streets.

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■ COURT HEARING

Ashburton youth denied bail An Ashburton youth already facing multiple assault and theft charges was denied bail when it became apparent he had a date in the Christchurch District Court next week to answer to drug related matters.

Eighteen-year-old Jaye Andrew Hawker-Middleton appeared before Judge Christopher Somerville in the Ashburton District Court on Monday, where he denied charges of assaulting a woman, threatening to kill and assault with a blunt instrument.

He admitted charges of receiving property, shoplifting and unlawfully getting into a motor vehicle.

Defence lawyer Paul Bradford said Hawker-Middleton had already spent two months on custodial remand, which exceeded the total length of time he would have received on sentence for the admitted offending.

However, police prosecutor sergeant Mike Wingfield said police opposed the bail request, citing the gravity of Hawker-Middleton’s offending.

He said new matters before the court in Christchurch, including allegations of supplying class A drugs, were committed while the defendant was on bail for the earlier offending.

Judge Somerville remanded Hawker-Middleton in custody, to appear in the Christchurch District Court on May 9.

Bail will be considered at that hearing.

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■ METHVEN SCARECROW TRAIL

Organisers Karyn Robertson and Gillian Heald said more than 2000 people participated in the trail, almost double that of previous years.

“The Methven i-SITE staff were kept very busy indeed,” Mrs Robertson said.

“Over 50 per cent of the entry forms were returned and there were 56 correct entries which was a significant increase from last year’s 16 correct entries.”

The prize for the best scarecrow, as voted by participants over the two weeks, was Mr Potato Head (pictured left), made by the Peek family on Camrose Street.

More than 30 residents and businesses participated in the annual trail and created scarecrows in keeping with this year’s theme of Disney characters.

Left - Mr Potato Head was voted best scarecrow by scarecrow trail entrants.

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PullIng pin on velvetleaf destruction a cop-out?

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The Ministry of Primary Industries’ decision to pull the pin on a search and destroy campaign to eradicate velvetleaf weed is seen as a cop-out by many in the Mid Canterbury farming sector.

Described as the worst cropping weed in the world, velvetleaf was discovered in South Island fodderbeet crops in February, sparking alarm across all farming codes.

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury arable chairwoman Joanna Burke said the weed had the potential to impact on crop yields by up to 90 per cent and could decimate export industries.

The incursion has been man-

aged by the Ministry of Primary Industries, with the search and eradication campaigns carried out by contracted inspectors.

An MPI spokesperson confirmed the initial response is now complete.

“We are now entering another phase in the response, which involves the development of a transition plan in consultation and collaboration with key stakeholders until a long-term management plan is in place,” MPI said in a statement.

More than 100 properties have been identified as infected to date, and Ms Burke fears that number will double now the response has been capped.

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an 0800 number where farmers are offered advice, but they are essentially on their own when it comes to managing the weed on their properties, she said.

Last month Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury proposed pulling together a group of volunteers to discreetly search infected farms in a follow-up rogueing sweep prior to dairy cattle going onto winterfeed.

However, MPI rejected this suggestion saying identifying individual farmers would be a breach of confidentiality.

“The issue now is are there likely to be late emerging spindly (velvetleaf) plants without the proliferation of foliage tucked beneath the (fodderbeet) canopy

still dispersing seed,” Ms Burke said.

Velvetleaf seed can remain viable for up to 60 years, and if established would have a huge impact on export earnings.

“The threat is absolutely still there and for MPI to say the funding has been capped is not good enough,” Ms Burke said.

Controlling velvetleaf was a costly process, involving chemicals and crop rotation, which would push many farmers to the brink of viability, she said.

Mid Canterbury farmers wanting confidential assistance with velvetleaf rogueing before winter can contact Joanne Burke on 027 222-6031 or Federated Farmers on 03 307-8148.

Arts in Ashburton Regent Cinema operator and Ashburton District Councillor Donna Favel has set up a new Facebook page called Arts in Ashburton. Mrs Favel said the idea behind the page was to have all of the town’s art events, from concerts to exhibitions, listed at the one site. Additionally, she had thought it important to display Ashburton’s vibrant arts scene to the world, particularly following controversy over the new art gallery building. Some outside of the town had interpreted opposition to the building as showing Ashburton was a town which did not care about its arts, when in fact the opposite was the case. The Arts in Ashburton page had 91 likes as of yesterday morning.

Mobility scooter race Wheels Week is continuing in style tomorrow with the RSA Mobility Scooter Race on Cox Street at 10.30am, the Suzie Morrison Memorial Trial; Night Car Trial starting at the Hotel Ashburton at 6pm and the Ashburton Aviation Museum’s Static Display on the Green on East Street all day.

Shark fights back A fisherman is recovering in hospital after being bitten by a shark he had just caught.

Emergency services were called to the Coromandel Monday afternoon after the man, in his 30s, was bitten by a 1.5m mako shark. “The guy thought it was dead and he was ... gutting it and it thrashed about and it got his foot,” a spokeswoman for the Westpac Auckland Rescue Helicopter service said. The man suffered lacerations to one of his feet.

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Selling the boss’ car A Christchurch man who tried to sell his employer’s car was arrested in Greymouth on Monday. Police said the car dealer the man offered the vehicle to was suspicious and checked to see who it belonged to. When the dealer discovered it belonged to the man’s employer he called police and the 33-yearold was arrested. He was charged with unlawfully taking a vehicle and was bailed back to Christchurch.

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■ FRAUD CHARGES

Wang found guilty again

By Sue NewmaN

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The name May Wang might be most closely linked with fraudulent dealings relating to North Island dairy farms, but her name also has links that will long be remembered in the Ashburton District.

Wang was found guilty in a Hong Kong court last week over a $200 million deal that involved 16 dairy farms. She was convicted of conspiring to defraud over the planned purchase and laundering more than $15.7 million. She and her two associates will be sentenced later this month.

In the Ashburton District, May will be remembered for the legacy of debt she left in the Ashburton business community during her time as owner of the Methven Resort Hotel.

She bought the hotel in April 2006, renamed it Dynasty and laid out bold plans for its refurbishment along with the development of a film studio.

The Methven hotel was one of several bought by Wang and business partner Robert Reece.

Plans for the film studio reached the consenting stage but objections were lodged by neighbours because of the height of exterior walls. Work continued on the hotel’s refurbishment but when the Dynasty company was put in receivership in February 2008, dozens of Ashburton tradesmen were left looking at unpaid bills that ran into millions of dollars. One builder alone faced a loss of more than $300,000.

Locals tried to form a consortium to buy the beleaguered hotel but during the winter of 2008 it remained closed and Wang’s debts remained unpaid. She was believed to be out of New Zealand.

There was an eventual minimal payout, to local creditors.

Wang resurfaced in April 2010 as part of a bid to buy 20 North Island dairy farms. That deal came to a head last week in a court in Hong Kong.

Ashburton Society of Arts annual exhibition sub-committee members, including (from left) Mandy Casey, Lee Muckle and Jac Sparks, meet as entries begin to come in.

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Gearing up for annual exhibition

By SuSaN SaNdyS

SuSan.S@theguardian.co.nz

Entries are already starting to come in for Ashburton’s annual art calendar highlight, the Ashburton Society of Arts exhibition.

To be held July 4, already about 15 entries have been received after entries opened April 18.

Promotions officer Mandy Casey said yesterday it was exciting to have entries coming in al-

ready, and members were looking forward to staging the event in the Ashburton Art Gallery.

Last year’s exhibition was the first it had held in the art gallery’s new building.

“Now we know how well the gallery works, it was such a breeze last year having such a wonderful space to exhibit in,” Mrs Casey said.

This year is the 52nd annual

exhibition. Exhibition sub-committee members met this week at their base in the Short Street Studio as they prepare for the exhibition. Guest artists include well-known New Zealand portrait artist Stephen Martyn Welch and last year’s premier winner of Claire Forbes of Timaru.

The society is grateful to its generous sponsors and the total prize pool is $6550.

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■ TEACHING

■ HINDS

Bid for independent irrigators group

BY MICHELLE NELSON

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A proposal to form an independent irrigators group in the Hinds district will be floated at a meeting tomorrow afternoon.

Irrigation NZ and Federated Farmers are working together to establish the group to help irrigating farmers within the Hinds zone engage and manage within the new requirements under Variation II of the Hinds Plan, IrrigationNZ CEO Andrew Curtis said.

“Irrigators and farmers have new requirements to work through,” Mr Curtis said.

“Obviously those on irrigation schemes have an entity that’s helping them but there’s a lot of independent irrigators don’t get that support.

“That’s what we want to look at, particularly around the farm plan and subsequent auditing requirements.”

Irrigation schemes, such as Rangitata Diversion Race and

Andrew Curtis Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation, offer good on-farm support, however, individual irrigators find their own expert assistance.

“We’ve been talking with Irrigation House to float the idea of a group which could engage with them and their ability to offer farm plan audits,” Mr Curtis said.

“That would put the independent guys into the mix and make the whole system more cost efficient.”

Irrigation House is now offering training sessions where specific needs have been identified, such as soil moisture monitoring.

With the managed aquifer recharge trial (MAR) set to open soon, the meeting will also offer an opportunity for irrigators in the lower Hinds zones to have a more cohesive voice to interact with the trial, as the schemes do, Mr Curtis said.

“We sat down some prominent leaders in that area and they agreed it would be useful to call a meeting.”

Irrigator-user groups have formed around the country to provide forum for irrigators.

The format of the group will be discussed at tomorrow’s meeting (May 5), which will be held at the Hinds Hall, kicking off at 3pm.

Calls to lift teacher status and quality

BY KIRSTY JOHNSTON Students accepted into teaching degrees have some of the lowest entrance scores across all bachelor programmes, prompting calls to mandate postgraduate entry to lift teacher status and quality.

Education leaders from seven New Zealand universities wrote a joint letter to government last week recommending the move, in a bid to get the “best and brightest” graduates into classrooms.

The push comes amid a Herald investigation into stalling achievement levels at primary schools, which found a variety of issues linked to the status of teaching. These included: * Education faculties accept low entry scores from high school leavers into their bachelor of teaching programmes when compared with other faculties, although all entry scores are rising. * The number of entrants into teaching has dropped by 25 per cent in five years, putting pressure on universities to accept even lower entry grades to maintain numbers. * In a recent survey of prospective teachers many considered

the career a “Plan B”. * Just three per cent of 15-yearolds in New Zealand want to become teachers, compared with five per cent across the OECD. * Lifting status was considered one of the key steps to lifting capability, addressing skill shortages and raising achievement, experts said.

“For none of these issues is there a simple solution,” said the chair of the New Zealand Council of Deans of Education Roger Moltzen, from Waikato University.

“But we have to be careful in saying it’s complex that we don’t hide behind it, and don’t talk about it.”

Professor Moltzen said the deans group had come up with seven recommendations on how to lift the prestige of the profession. These included requiring a postgraduate qualification before registration, and raising entry requirements to teaching courses.

“We felt it was important to be proactive. There have been concerns about the status of the profession for as long as I can remember, but I think it’s probably lower now than when I started,” he said.

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OUR VIEW

Fear of doing the wrong thing

Sue Newman

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or years there’s been a significant problem in attracting males into the primary teaching sector.

The reasons around this are many, but one of the greatest deterrents must be fear – fear of unwittingly finding yourself in a compromising situation.

We now live in a world where adults think twice before they intervene in a situation that involves children, where they will cuddle a stranger’s child in distress or where they are happily left alone with another person’s child. It’s a politically correct world that has been borne out of a desire to ensure all children are safe, but it’s a politically correct world that has bred its own problems.

Child abuse is the most abhorrent of crimes. Anything that can be done to ensure a child’s right to be a child, to live without fear and to be safe around adults must be done. But in putting in place the building blocks for child safety, we’ve created a climate of fear, fear of doing the wrong thing, fear of your actions being misinterpreted – particularly if you are a man.

How many men today would feel comfortable doing what is second nature to most, comforting a child in distress. Most simply wouldn’t do it, fearing their actions would be misconstrued, fearing a later claim of inappropriate behaviour. Much as they’d hate it, self preservation would say “hands off”.

That fear, unfortunately has spilled over into professions where children and adults are together in situations such as a classroom.

Imagine the life of a primary school teacher. On any day in any classroom there will be incidents where a child is hurt, a child is upset. Instinct says that if a child is in distress, you comfort them, you clean up cuts and scrapes, you inevitably touch them. It would be a brave male today who would dare.

Rather than risk their actions being misconstrued, they’d prefer to be seen as cold and uncaring. The choice between doing what is instinctively right and politically right means that males increasingly avoid child contact jobs as a career.

As a society we’re losing out.

Schools need male teachers, students need male role models, particularly those without a male at home. Once teachers filled that gap, but in many schools today they’re absent.

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B&Bs, farm stays are on visitors’ radar

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he autumn weather is certainly showcasing Mid Canterbury beautifully.

The stunning colours and warm temperatures are making a positive impact on the number of international and local travellers stopping around the region.

The South Island is the focus of the newly-announced joint venture between Christchurch Airport and Tourism New Zealand.

The two organisations have jointly committed $6 million to a three-year campaign to promote New Zealand arrivals through Christchurch Airport.

The airport is the South Island’s largest tourism business and the main gateway for international visitors, so it makes perfect sense to create sellable points of difference that visitors will enjoy as they travel through Mid Canterbury.

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tional visitor enters through Christchurch Airport they spread out through the regions of the South Island more than any other entry point.

Visitors to Mid Canterbury are captivated by the breathtaking scenery and array of activities to see and do. Mid Canterbury is also a proud and rich agricultural region which ties into the growing demand of farm stay and bed and breakfast accommodation.

The potential growth in this niche market is an opportunity for us to collectively showcase our region’s diversity.

Bed and breakfasts and farm stays provide home-like accommodation with an emphasis on personal interaction between the guest and host.

From current market feedback, visitors are looking for an experience which will allow them to learn more about the New Zealand agricultural lifestyle. Being able to immerse themselves in the environment, seeing the process and interacting with friendly animals is key. It also creates a great opportunity for visitors to experience the vibrant and ever-changing offerings of Mid Canterbury.

Our local i-SITEs, as well, are experiencing quite a demand for bed and breakfast and farm stay accommodation. If you currently operate either of those, have been interested in starting a business, or have been thinking about a new venture which allows the opportunity to meet

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people from around the world, now is the time to speak to Experience Mid Canterbury Tourism.

Please contact us at 03 308-2669 or admin@midcanterburynz.com and we can discuss the different options with you.

EMC can also assist those existing businesses with marketing and other membership benefits.

Finally, winter preparations are ramping up in the Methven and Mt Somers area, so we hope to see visitors join us for a memorable Mid Canterbury winter experience. I hope you’re tuning up your ski gear ready for some fun in our winter wonderland.

Until next time, go out and experience the best of Mid Canterbury – don’t forget to take pictures and use the #midcanterburynz when sharing!

Cheers.

Bruce Moffat is general manager of Experience Mid Canterbury

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■ IRAQ

Pressured Isis lashes out An explosives-laden car detonated in the Iraqi capital, killing at least 18 Shiite pilgrims who were commemorating the anniversary of the death of a revered imam, officials said.

Shortly after the explosion, the Sunni extremist Islamic State group, which sees Shiite Muslims as apostates, claimed responsibility for the attack in an online statement.

It said the assault was carried out by a suicide bomber, but Iraqi officials denied that.

Isis militants frequently target commercial areas and public spaces in mainly Shiite towns and neighbourhoods.

According to an Iraqi police officer, the car was parked in Baghdad’s southwestern Saydiyah neighbourhood and blew up shortly after midday.

The explosion killed at least 18 and wounded 45 people, the officer said.

A medical official confirmed the causality figures.

Tens of thousands of Shiite faithful have been making their way this week to the northern Baghdad neighbourhood of Kadhimiyah, where the 8th century Imam Moussa al-Kadhim is buried. Security forces have blocked major roads in Baghdad in anticipation of attacks against pilgrims who traditionally travel

$4m for four days’ work Julia Roberts earned $US3 million ($NZ4.2m) for four days of work. According to Variety, the 48-year-old actress was reportedly paid $US750,000 a day for her role in Mother’s Day, which earned just $US8.3 million on opening weekend.

Mother’s Day was directed by Julia’s frequent collaborator Garry Marshall and also stars Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis and Kate Hudson. Roberts was previously paid a record $US20 million for her Oscar winning role in Erin Brockovich.

A traffic policeman grieves while security forces prepare to tow away a destroyed car after a parked car bomb went off in Baghdad’s southwestern Saydiyah neighbourhood, Iraq.

PHOTO AP on foot from different parts of Iraq.

The attack came a day after two car bombs in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah killed at least 31 people and wounded 52, an attack that was also claimed by the Islamic State.

The annual Shiite pilgrimage prompted anti-govern-

ment protesters on Sunday to disband their demonstration – at least temporarily – in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone that they had stormed a day earlier.

While Isis has suffered a number of territorial defeats in the past year, the group still controls significant stretches

of territory in Iraq’s north and west, including the country’s second largest city of Mosul, estimated to still be home to more than 1 million civilians.

Militants have recently increased attacks inside Baghdad in what officials say is an attempt to distract from their recent battlefield defeats. - AP

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■ UNITED STATES

Complete picture emerges

Plane lands in Arizona

The latest breast cancer research could lead to more personalised care for patients and help further understanding of the causes of the disease, scientists say.

A study involving people from around the world has been hailed as giving a more complete picture of the changes in DNA in breast cancer, providing potential opportunities for new treatments.

A study of 560 breast cancer genomes, or complete genetic codes, has turned up five new genes associated with the disease.

The results, published in Nature and Nature Communications, provide evidence that breast cancer genomes are “highly individual”, researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute said.

The team looked at genomes in patients, four of whom were men, and focused on mutations that encouraged the disease to grow and the patterns - known as mutational signatures - in each tumour.

They found that women with genes that left them at a higher risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer, had entire genome profiles

A study involving people from around the world has been hailed as giving a more complete picture of the changes in DNA in breast cancer. very different from one another and distinctive from other breast cancers.

Dr Serena Nik-Zainal, who led the team of researchers, said: “In the future, we’d like to be able to profile individual cancer genomes so that we can identify the treatment most likely to be successful for a woman or man diagnosed with breast cancer. It is a step closer to personalised healthcare for cancer.”

Dr Ewan Birney, from the European Bioinformatics Institute, analysed the sequence of genetic information in the

sample genomes.

He said: “This study both gave us the first large-scale view of the rest of the genome, uncovering some new reasons why breast cancer arises, and gave us an unexpected way to characterise the types of mutations that happen in certain breast cancers.”

Professor Sir Mike Stratton, director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, said discovering gene mutations was “crucial” to understanding the causes of cancer and coming up with better treatments.

- PA

A solar-powered airplane landed in suburban Phoenix yesterday after a day-long flight from California – the latest leg in its around the world journey using only energy from the sun.

The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 arrived in the suburb of Goodyear, just to the southwest of Phoenix.

Pilot Andre Borschberg called the 16-hour trip “a beautiful flight,” after stepping from the cockpit.

“It was a special flight; not a long flight,” he added.

It began its globe-circling journey last year, and flew from Hawaii to the Silicon Valley last week.

After Phoenix, the plane will make two more stops in the United States before crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Europe or northern Africa, according to the website documenting the journey.

For several minutes after arriving, Borschberg remained aboard as powerful winds buffeted the aircraft, forcing the ground crew to hold down it down with straps.

“Sometimes it is more difficult to handle the airplane on the ground than in flight,” he told reporters later.

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Spears to receive award Britney Spears is set to be honoured with a Billboard Millennium Award. The pop star will be presented with the respected award at the upcoming Billboard Music Awards show being held later this month, according to USA Today. The Billboard Millennium Award acknowledges outstanding career achievements and influence in the music industry. To date, there have only been two recipients of this award; Beyonce Knowles received the honour in 2011, and it was bestowed posthumously to Whitney Houston in 2012.

The Hoff engaged Baywatch actor David Hasselhoff is engaged to his Welsh girlfriend Hayley Roberts. The 63-year-old revealed he asked Roberts, 36, to marry him with a romantic proposal during a beachside picnic in Malibu. The Hollywood star, also known as The Hoff, met Roberts while he was a judge on Britain’s Got Talent. He told Hello!: “I had a saying, ‘You don’t get married because you want to live with someone, you get married because you can’t live without them’. I felt that way.

I knew that I was really unhappy without her. I waited to propose because I thought I was too old for her.” Roberts recalled the emotional moment and said they were both in tears.

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■ PFIZER NEW ZEALAND

$52.5m sent offshore; $59k in tax

NZ new vehicle sales at 34 year high executive David Crawford.

Japanese car maker Toyota was the top selling brand in April, with 15 per cent market share, followed

by Ford with 13 per cent, and Holden on 8 per cent.

The three top-selling models for April were all light commercial vehicles, reflecting continued strong demand for 4x2 and 4x4 utes, the MIA said. The Kia Sportage was the top-selling model, with a 4 per cent share, followed by the Mazda CX-5 and the Toyota RAV4, both on 3 per cent.

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■ OPINION

Save More Tomorrow T

he month of May marks the 21st anniversary of the Australian Budget where then Prime Minister, Paul Keating outlined the need for Australians to increase Superannuation contributions to 15 per cent through a combination of employer and employee savings.

While this target has never been reached, a gradual increase over the next nine years will raise contribution levels from the current 9.5 to 12 per cent per Australian employee.

A report completed for the UK Labour Party, following a two year study, echoed this same suggested contribution rate.

The report said that there are some people who simply cannot afford to retire, and that retirement savings of 15 per cent of lifetime earnings should be adopted to “avoid future pensioner poverty”.

This is more than three times the typical amount currently saved by UK workers.

New Zealand savers are slightly better than our UK counterparts, but some way behind Australia.

For a worker saving the minimum of 3 per cent into Kiwisaver, plus 3 per cent from Employer contributions plus the maximum Govern-

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ment contribution of $521 per year, then approximately 7 per cent of annual wages is saved for retirement. Better than no savings, but some way off Keating’s visionary figure.

But how can Kiwis “avoid future pensioner poverty” and reach the magical 15 per cent contribution?

Research by Chicago Professor Richard Thaler and Californian Professor Shlomo Benartzi suggests a simple method to reach this target without giving up current creature comforts or digging into the weekly budget.

Based on the “Save More Tomorrow” philosophy, workers are asked to commit to saving a portion of future wage increases.

The research found that this Save More Tomorrow commitment helped raise participants’ contribution from 3.5 to 13 per cent in just three years.

Saving can be somewhat like dieting, a fancy plan can soon fall apart at the first sign of a sweet

treat, which makes the research results even more impressive; virtually all the participants (98 per cent) remained in the plan through two pay rises, and 80 per cent stuck with it through three increases. Furthermore, those that stopped remained loyal to previous increases meaning they were now saving more towards their own retirement than in previous years.

Statistics NZ reported that the average wage increased by 3 per cent last year. If New Zealanders currently saving 3 per cent to KiwiSaver – along with the 3 per cent from the existing Employer contributions, and that extra $521 from the Government – committed to saving 2 per cent of income from future wage increases, then in just four years, that worker could be saving 15 per cent towards their own retirement.

Even though he’s Australian, Paul Keating would be proud.

Dai Eveleigh is an Investment Adviser with First Capital Financial Services. The views in this article are of a general nature only and should not be considered personalised advice. A disclosure statement is available and free of charge.

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Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

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New Zealand new vehicle sales in April rose to the highest level for the month in 34 years, led by record demand for commercial models.

Registrations increased 7 per cent to 9939 in April from a year earlier, marking the strongest April since 1982, according to the Motor Industry Association. Commercial vehicle registrations rose 8.1 per cent to 3150, the highest ever recorded for the month of April, while passenger vehicle registra-

tions gained 6.5 per cent to 6789, the strongest level for the month since 1989.

New Zealand vehicle sales have hit annual records for the past two years, and so far this year sales are tracking 4 per cent ahead of the same period last year.

“Healthy regional economies in Auckland and Christchurch combined with continued strong net immigration and competitive pricing drove the strongest new vehicles registrations in the month of April since 1982,” said MIA chief

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While the company recorded provisions for income tax for this two-year period of $1.4m, according to cashflow statements the company only paid Inland Revenue a net $59,000 in income tax.

profits into low-tax jurisdictions.

According to a recent investigation into the Tax Gap, drug firms took six places on a ranking of the twenty multi-national companies most aggressive in shifting profits out of New Zealand.

It was later revealed MSD, the drug firm lobbying taxpayerfunded drug-buying agency Pharmac to pay $30m for its melanoma drug Keytruda, paid less in income taxes than John Key did on his Prime Minister’s salary.

Pfizer’s average tax payments to Inland Revenue of $29,500 were less than PAYE payments of even backbench MPs. Green Party co-leader James Shaw said the huge discrepancy between tax paid in New Zealand and funds moved offshore was concerning.

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capital” payment to its Netherlands-based holding company.

The year earlier this parent company, Pfizer Global Holdings BV, was also paid a $30m dividend from its New Zealand subsidiary.

A spokesman for Pfizer employed out of its Australian office declined the opportunity to comment on the $52.5m in payments to the Netherlands, or their relatively low tax bills in New Zealand, instead referring to a statement it issued in March for the Tax Gap series.

“Corporate integrity is a top priority for Pfizer. Pfizer abides by all the local laws and standards. We are strongly committed to complying with all applicable laws and regulations, including tax and accounting laws, in New Zealand and wherever we do business,” the statement said.

The tax planning of multi-national companies, particularly pharmaceutical firms, have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years over their shuffling of

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The New Zealand branch of Viagra-making drug giant Pfizer shipped $22.5 million in “return of capital” payments to its Netherlands-based parent last year, at the same time it was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by Inland Revenue in income tax refunds.

The stark figures have sparked calls from the Green Party for the Government to follow the lead of Australia who were widely tipped to introduce at their budget last night a “Google tax” aimed at clawing back billions in diverted profits.

Financial reports filed with the Companies Office by the drug company’s local subsidiary Pfizer New Zealand show in the year to November 30, 2015 their local branch made a $22.5m “return of

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p S&P/NZX 20 index

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q FTSE 100 index

6,241.9

–80.5

–1.27%

At close of trading on Apr 29, 2016

q Nikkei 225 index

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p Gold

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5,045.0

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p Copper London – $US/tonne NZ DOLLAR

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How much sugar are you eating?

Ingredients seem to do the rounds as the bad guys.

Once eggs and butter were off the healthy eating list, now they’re back on. Among the multiple good and bad guys, the one ingredient or food that remains on the black list is sugar.

The evidence against the sweetener is overwhelming, but keeping consumption down to a low level is difficult in an age when pre-packaged and fast food are so readily available.

Making from scratch takes a bit more time, but this, along with careful label reading, is the only sure way to keep sugar consumption down.

This month’s Healthy Food Guide provides readers with the low-down on common foods and offers tips on replacing meals that are high in sugar with low-sugar alternatives.

And there are more than a few surprises when it comes to where sugar is hiding. Recommended sugar consumption is no more than six teaspoons or about 25 grams a day.

Pineapple and prawn stir fry (10g sugar per serve)

227g can pineapple chunks in juice, drained and juice reserved 2T soy sauce 2t sesame oil 1t minced ginger 1 lge red chilli, finely diced 2 kaffir lime leaves, finely chopped 2 red peppers, diced 2 courgettes, roughly chopped 2C frozen edamame beans, defrosted 500g frozen prawns, defrosted 1/3 C fresh coriander, roughly chopped

■ Beat egg with milk and pour onto plate.

■ Place flour on another plate.

■ Dip cakes in egg then flour and chill for 30 minutes.

■ Combine salad ingredients.

■ Heat pan with spray oil.

■ Cook fish cakes for five minutes, turning once.

■ Serve with salad, tartare sauce and lemon wedge.

Lamb and vegetable tagine with mint couscous (15g sugar per serve)

Warm pumpkin and feta salad with hummus.

■ Heat pineapple juice and soy sauce.

■ Simmer for six minutes until it thickens a little.

■ Heat sesame oil and add ginger, chilli, kaffir lime leaves and vegetables.

■ Stir fry for three minutes.

■ Add prawns and cook for three minutes.

■ Add pineapple chunks and sauce and heat through.

■ Serve with steamed brown rice.

Warm pumpkin and feta salad with hummus (17g sugar per serve)

800g peeled and cubed butternut pumpkin 1t olive oil plus spray oil 1t cumin seeds 500g skinless chicken breast diced 4C mesclun salad 1 red pepper, finely sliced 2 carrots, cut in thin strips 4T pumpkin hummus

100g feta Fresh coriander ■ Preheat oven to 200°C. ■ Microwave pumpkin in a little water for five minutes.

■ Spread evenly on oven tray with oil and pepper.

■ Cook until soft and golden.

■ Heat non-stick frying pan.

■ Add cumin seeds and fry for one minute.

■ Add chicken and a little spray oil.

■ Cook eight minutes until juices run clear.

■ Combine pumpkin, chicken, mesclun, peppers and carrots ■ Add hummus and toss through salad.

■ Top with crumbled feta and chopped coriander.

Salmon and corn fishcakes

2t low-fat spread 250g salmon 2 spring onions, finely chopped 1/2 C sweetcorn 1/2 t mixed herbs 1 egg, lightly beaten 2T milk 3T flour Spray oil

Salad

4 tomatoes, chopped 1 red onion, chopped 1 carrot, grated 4C crispy lettuce, shredded 1T olive oil 2T white wine vinegar 2t mustard ■ Cook potatoes, drain well.

■ Return to low heat to dry and then mash with spread.

■ Allow to cool.

■ Cook fish with spring onions in microwave.

■ Stand five minutes.

■ Mix fish and onions through potatoes with corn, herbs and pepper.

■ Form into even-sized cakes.

1T olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 500g lamb rump, cut into 3cm pieces 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1T finely-grated ginger 2t ground cumin 2t ground coriander 1/2 t dried chilli flakes 1 lge carrot, grated 1 red pepper, coarsely chopped 2 small parsnips, coarsely chopped 1x400g diced tomatoes 1C wholewheat couscous 1/2 C mint leaves chopped 1T slivered almonds, toasted ■ Heat oil in pan, cook onion until softened.

■ Add lamb and cook, stirring for eight minutes.

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May 4 – Why We Collect, curator’s talk on the importance of collections, 6pm, Ashburton Art Gallery.

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May 8 - Jub Jub Club, two sessions every second Sunday at the Ashburton Art Gallery, 10.30am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 4pm. Learn how to make your own paper using recycled materials.

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To May 11 - Shaun Galdwell, Yokohama Linework exhibition, at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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To May 13 - Recent Works exhibition by Jan Chaffey, and selected works from the Bosshard Browne Collection

by Jeffrey Harris, at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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May 14 – Ashburton Musical Club holding Autumn Closure at the Sinclair Centre, 7.30pm.

Guest pianist is Jeremy Watson from the University of Canterbury. Visitors welcomed, $5 at the door, supper served.

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May 20 – Ashburton Art Gallery exhibition openings: Kermadec, Lines in the Ocean, and Rachel Ratten, When Worlds Collide!

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May 20 – The Ashburton Art Gallery will celebrate 365 days of art in its new building. It will thank its supporters with the opening of two new exhibitions and a weekend of discovery.

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To May 22 – Ashburton Society of Arts autumn show at the Short Street Studio, Saturdays and Sundays 9am to 3pm, open Mondays and Wednesdays as well.

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May 23 – What’s in the Sanctuary? At the Ashburton Art Gallery through to June 25. A fun educational activity for the whole family, 10am to 4pm.

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May 29 – Mid Canterbury Choir concert 2pm, Sinclair Centre. Musical director Kathy McKimmie, accompanist Deborah Sloper. Guest artists Olivia Stewart soprano and Luke Glendining baritone.

Tickets $15 from choir members or at the door.

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Country music singer Liam Kennedy-Clark is to perform a sell-out concert in Ashburton later this month.

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ountry music singer Liam Kennedy-Clark is popping home from his base in Australia this month to perform in his home town of Ashburton.

The show, at the Ashburton MSA on May 28, has sold out, with all tickets gone five weeks prior to the event.

The 18-year-old recently com-

pleted his first self-produced record, Better Times, and has settled on a release schedule. He has also signed an agreement with Maven Records to distribute the record through the Sony Music Entertainment Australia network.

Liam’s star has been rising in the Australian country music

scene since he moved to the Sunshine Coast to develop his career last year. He was given an extra boost following performances at the 2016 Tamworth Country Music Festival, including the prestigious Toyota Star Maker finals, sparking the interest of Australian music marketing company, Market The Music.

Shortly afterwards, Liam was awarded the company’s annual mentoring scholarship.

Better Times will be released digitally on May 12, while the lead single I Don’t Wanna Grow Up, hit the airwaves in Australia and New Zealand a week ago and the music video was released on YouTube.

Wilderpeople box office hit a success locally too

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eek on week, Hunt for the Wilderpeople keeps attracting more viewers at the Ashburton Regent Cinema.

“The amount of people that love it is just incredible,” said manager David Favel yesterday.

Taika Waititi’s adaptation of a Barry Crump book smashed box office records on its opening weekend and is now sitting as the second highest grossing film ever at the New Zealand box office, second only to Waititi’s previous film of Boy. As of May 1, the movie had grossed $8.35 million at cinemas nationwide, and was only about $1 million away from overtaking Boy, which grossed $9.3 million in total.

At the Regent, the movie continues to sell out on Saturday nights and each week attracts about 15 per cent more viewers than the week before.

“That’s virtually unheard of,” Mr Favel said.

The cinema was now in its fifth week of screening the movie and the average season for movies at the cinema was six weeks.

“We will keep on playing Wil-

Kiwi movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople has been a huge success. derpeople until people stop coming,” Mr Favel said.

He said The World’s Fastest Indian had been popular at the cinema and played there for about six months.

Mr Waititi told Maori Television last month that he would like to say the success of his movie had made his life-long dream come true.

“But to be honest, I won’t be

happy until I have all three top spots.”

The film is due to be shown in Australia at the end of this month and America from June 24.

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In brief Thunder cause upset Oklahoma City Thunder have pulled off an upset win over the San Antonio Spurs after Patty Mills missed a three-pointer with just 4.7 seconds to go in their NBA Western Conference semi-final series. Thunder won the thriller in San Antonio 98-97 to level the series 1-1. Thunder’s New Zealand centre Steven Adams had a monster game with 12 points and 17 rebounds while Mills struggled with five points from 2-9 shooting.

Meanwhile Cleveland fended off a late charge from Atlanta to record 104-93 win in the opening game of their NBA Eastern Conference semi-final series.

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Eels stripped, fined

Methven’s Kimberly Gibson in action during her side’s 41-32 win over Ashburton College last week. Methven will face a tough test against fellow unbeaten front-runners Celtic tomorrow evening at the EA Networks Centre Stadium.

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Unbeaten records at stake

By James Ford

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They are both unbeaten, and both in exceptional form, but someone’s 100 per cent record is set to be dashed when ACL Premier Grade leaders Celtic and Methven clash on the hardwood tomorrow evening.

Greta Currie’s Methven were put to the test by a defiant Hampstead in their season opener, but churned out a 31-26 win none the less.

The reigning champions then produced a ruthless performance against a waning Rakaia side that had no answers for their fast-paced style in a 53-8 win.

Ashburton College were next up in a replay of last year’s final, and fell short again as Methven took a 41-32 victory.

Celtic have also beaten all before them in a similar fashion to tomorrow night’s opponents.

College were swept aside 33-14 in their first match of the campaign.

United were then dispatched 29-19 before Rakaia followed suit 35-14 a week ago.

Celtic coach Ange Leadley said her players must be at their best to stop a Methven team that seem to have forgotten how to lose, on their quest to retain the senior netball crown.

“We are expecting a tough game from Methven,” said Leadley.

“They are a strong unit so we will need to bring our A-game if we are going to compete with them.”

The Premier Grade Challenge Trophy will also be on the line, with Celtic looking to defend it for a fourth time.

But Currie believes her players will need no added motivation for a fixture that already has all the makings of a thriller.

“I think the girls go out each week to win and next week will be no different,” said Currie after last week’s win over College.

“(It) will certainly be a challenge, Celtic have been looking awesome.”

Meanwhile, Ashburton College will be out for their first win of a faltering season when they lock horns with United, while Hampstead will be out to keep the pressure on the top two when they face Rakaia.

Tomorrow night’s ACL Premier Netball Grade fixtures: Ashburton College Finesse Fitness A v United KFC A, 6.30pm, ACL Court. Methven Wareings A v Celtic Auric Energy A, 7.30pm, ACL Court. Hampstead Hotel Ashburton A v Rakaia A, 7.30pm, Vetent Court.

SPORTS RESULTS ■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club April 26 2Rds diff ptnr N/S 1 Bill Kolkman-Lois Rose, 2 Val Ferrier-Trish Downward, 3= Melva StowellSue Rosevear, 3=Beth McIlraith-Raylene Phillips E/W 1 Kay Robb-Ian Doel, 2 Rewa KyleTrish Small, 3 Maree Moore-Mike Holmes April 27 Individual Ladder Howell 1 David Wilkinson-Lynette Leadley, 2 Shirley Harris-Rona Brownlie, 3 Trish Downward-Rewa Kyle April 28 All grades April N/S 1 Mary Buckland-Trish Downward, 2 Jim Rooney-Audrey Rooney, 3 John Fechney-Sue Rosevear E/W 1 Geoff Holman-, 2 Kay RobbRosemary McLaughlin, 3 Maree MooreArthur Maude.

■ Golf Ashburton County Veterans Golf Wakelin Trophy - Methven Golf Course

Winner Ian Sawyer with 46 Stableford Points; 2nd Eddie Tulip 42; 3rd = Peter Kiddey and Barry Bluett 40; 5th = Arthur Pawsey and Bill Clarke 39; 7th = Mike Gray and Greg Prendegast 38; 9th = Peter McLauchlan, Ray Bennett and Les Hunter.

Twos.

Gavin Santy, Ian Beach, Mike Gray, Ray Suttie and Arthur Pawsey.

Ambrose Winning Team: Anne Fleming, Allie Glossop, Gail Gutsell and Maureen Easton, Nett 20.75 Gross Winning Team: Judy Kingsbury, Bev Gregory, Brian Tutty and Trevor Addis - 39.

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Ashburton Golf Club

National District Championships

April 30 and May 3 Women’s Section Templar Trophy: Sharon Bradford – 70, Rnd 2 Bermaline Cup: Judy Sheppard – 45, Kay Fox – 43, Eleanor Langford – 42, Heather Robertson – 40, Daphne Hinton – 39, Jeanette Montgomery – 39, Rhonda Gallagher – 39, Nearest the Pins: No. 4 Gabites: Sue Hastie, No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Bev Chinn, No 12 Lynn’s small Salon: Bev Chinn, No 14 Todds of Ashburton: Catherine Trott, No 18 2nd shot to Green: Eleanor Langford, Twos: No 8 and 14: Bev Chinn, No 12: Sharon Bradford, No 14: Kay Fox April 28 Nine Hole Section

Round 1 Ashburton’s The Plainsmen scored 4958.217 and won all matches to lead the NDC with 28 points in a double header match against Hutt Valley Hawkes 4924.199 and Canterbury Snipers 4716.190.

Open squad, Martin Fleming 100.8, 198.12, 298.20, Steve McArthur 99.4, 197.10, 296.14, Hailey Beevor 98.4, 197.12, 295.16, Joe McAdam 100.6, 194.9, 294.15, Greg Menzies 98.3, 195.10, 293.13, Rex Gardiner 98.4, 195.8, 293.12, Sandy Bennett 97.5, 195.8, 292.13, Nick Stewart 99.3, 193.8, 292.11, Carl Nordqvist 98.7, 193.7, 291.14, Nina McKenzie 96.4, 194.11, 290.15, Total 2934.143, Hutt Valley 2915.124, Canterbury 2912.126.

Composite squad Robbie Hewitt 97.4, 193.6, 290.10, T J Stewart 97.5, 194.7,

291.12, Andrew Donaldson 97.4, 190.6, 287.10, Murray Cook 96.4, 190.5, 286.9, Dave Millichamp 96.4, 187.4, 283.8, total 1437.49, Canterbury 1435.54, Hutt Valley 1434.53.

Junior squad, Phillippa Fleming 98.5, 100.5, 198.10, Savanna McArthur 98.3, 97.4, 195.7, Lanelle McArthur 95.4, 99.4, 194.8, total 587.25, Hutt Valley 575.22, Canterbury 369.10.

Mayfield Rifle Club Club scores 1 June Adrien Holden 88.1, James Spencer 63, Robert Spencer 87, 85.1, Nicholas McDowell 87.3, Daniel Gould 70, Hunter Stacey 57, Sophie Holden 77, Oakley Murphy 78.1, Hamish Yeatman 79, Kyle Hansen 92.1, Will Boyd 57, Fernando Torres 88.2, Grace Austin 78.1, Steph 72, Ben Nordqvist 91.1, Carl Nordqvist 99.7, Brent Austin 94.3, Alan Wakelin 95.4, Andrew Donaldson 94, Phillippa Fleming 98.5, Martin Fleming 98.4, 99.7.

Mt Somers Rifle Club Niko Holgate 87, 75, Julian Evans 82, Eddie Millichamp 88, 88.1, Brent Frame 97.8, 94.4, Andrew Oram 93, Sid Stewart 96.2, 93.3, Dave Millichamp 94, 96.3, Stephen Millichamp 95.5, 93.2, Kevin Fews 92.2, Wayne Tubb 92.2.

Parramatta have been issued with a breach notice by the NRL stripping them of 12 premiership points and fining them $1 million for systemic rorting of the salary cap. The club also faces having five key staffers deregistered, including chairman Steve Sharp and CEO John Boulous, for third-party breaches which currently have the Eels about $570,000 over the salary cap. The NRL says Parramatta will be given “a reasonable time” to respond before penalties are enforced. The penalties leave the rejuvenated Eels with a glimmer of hope of making this season’s final series.

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Payout ‘covered’ Brumbies chairman Robert Kennedy is adamant the Super Rugby club will remain financially viable despite the payout agreed for departed CEO Michael Jones.

The Brumbies also face hefty legal costs following the ACT Supreme court case which Jones brought after initially being stood down by the board. Jones left on Monday after reaching a settlement with the club. Kennedy said that details of the settlement - and the reasons behind it - were confidential but added Brumbies did not require additional funds from the Australian Rugby Union. He said the Brumbies would now embark on an extensive search for a new CEO. - AAP

Vatuvei on medical leave Manu Vatuvei has been given leave from the Warriors on medical grounds following last week’s drama when six players were stood down for breaching team protocol.

Warriors managing director Jim Doyle announced in a statement yesterday that Vatuvei was given a leave of absence and that the club were also continuing to focus on the welfare of the other five players who were disciplined. “As we have said, our focus is on the welfare of the six players involved,” said Doyle.

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McKenzie re-signs Damian McKenzie, one of the form backs of Super Rugby despite his age and size, has re-committed to the Chiefs for the next two seasons. The decision by the 21-year-old to stay at the Chiefs, despite playing fullback instead of his preferred first-five position, is a coup for the team and coach Dave Rennie. The 1.75m and 80kg player has set the competition alight this year - he leads the statistics in terms of tries scored, defenders beaten, metres, points and carries.

- NZME

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In brief SKD given deadline Kiwis centre Shaun Kenny-Dowall will be given another 24 hours to prove his fitness ahead of the Anzac test on Friday. The Roosters player has been named in the lineup for the match against Australia but his participation remains up in the air. He sat out Monday’s team session and took no part in yesterday’s training in North Parramatta. Kenny-Dowall has ligament damage in the foot – the injury is colloquially known as ‘turf toe’ - and it is believed to be on the more serious end of the scale.

He has been in a moon boot since the Kiwis assembled and while the camp remains hopeful, his chances must be a long shot.

- NZME

Kearney backs Johnson

Leicester City fans celebrate in Hogarths public house after Chelsea’s Eden Hazard scores the equalising goal against Tottenham Hotspur in their English Premier League soccer match. The match ended 2-2 resulting in Leicester City winning the Premier League, yesterday.

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We are the champions

By Ian ChadBand At the start of the English football season last August, bookmakers in Britain were offering odds of 5000-1 against Leicester City winning the Premier League.

5000-1? Now, let’s put that into perspective.

The bookies offered odds 10 times more generous that the Loch Ness Monster would be discovered.

Or more than twice as generous that Kim Kardashian would become US president.

It was only 2000-1 that Elvis would turn up alive and well.

Should Presley materialise now, what price he would be wearing the shirt of Leicester City, who were crowned champions on Monday after Tottenham Hotspur failed to beat Chelsea?

For everybody has bought into the idea that, as Leicester’s most celebrated son, former England captain Gary Lineker, has suggested: “We could be celebrating the greatest sporting upset of all time.”

The point about Leicester’s fairytale, though, is that it was fashioned not on one day nor even over one month of a tournament, like Denmark’s wholly un-

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likely European Championship victory in 1992 when they were drafted in as late substitutes.

The Foxes’ tale is one of sustained and fantastic improbability, stretching into incredulity, that has nurtured a nation’s imagination and its love of an underdog for almost nine marvellous months.

Here were the no-hopers, the relegation survivors who, with a makeshift collection of journeymen, bargain-basement signings and unlikely over-achievers all overseen by a likeable coach that few fans wanted, downed the best and richest teams in a league

dominated by a mega-wealthy elite.

Leicester had been through more than a century of league football without winning the topflight title.

Unfashionable and overlooked in the east Midlands, they had been overshadowed by their city’s Europe-conquering rugby team.

Yet, fantastically, Claudio Ranieri’s motley crew have triumphed against the might and money of Manchester United and City, Chelsea and Arsenal, the quartet who had carved up the Premier League title for the previous 20 years.

- Reuters

Kiwis coach Stephen Kearney admits Shaun Johnson is down on form ahead of Friday’s transTasman Test against Australia. But Kearney believes Johnson is again the key to a New Zealand victory, which would be their fourth win on the trot over the Kangaroos. “I think we were all in this position 12 months ago talking about Shaun and his form and I thought he came out in that Test match and was close to the best player on the park,” Kearney said. “I have seen enough of Shaun to know what he is capable of.”

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Mystics claim win They’re not completely back on track, but the Northern Mystics’ season is being slowly resurrected onto the rails. The Mystics picked up their first win of the ANZ Championship season on Monday night, accounting for the Adelaide Thunderbirds 52-49 to inject life into a previously static campaign.

It was by no means a convincing performance, but after suffering heartbreaking early losses, anything will do for Debbie Fuller’s side. In fairness, the Mystics’ fruitless start to the campaign contained some rough luck. Losing two games by a goal apiece and drawing a third hinted at a side whose underlying performances greatly exceeded the zero in the wins column.

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Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

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10 57668 Cawbourne Mark 18.38 D P & . K Gommans

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1 65663 Crystall McBell nwtd...............J T McInerney 2 78367 Come On Mickey 17.86 G & ........... J Clarke 3 111 Kirkham Coby 17.59 ....................M Roberts 4 58233 Our Swift Buddy 18.25 ..................... S Clark 5 5F651 Doosh 17.94...........................J T McInerney 6 67x85 Exact Master 17.81 ........................... B Hunt 7 88445 Another Cover 17.72 .........................M Flipp 8 45626 Odd Fellow 17.93 D P &........... K Gommans 9 47856 Sedgebrook Charm 18.19 ...................F Kite 10 18876 Candy Crusher nwtd ................A Duganzich 8 2.08pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 C1, 520m 1 53557 Private Action nwtd ..........................S Stone 2 88772 Cawbourne Web nwtd ..................M Roberts 3 24256 Wall Age 30.51 ................................L Doody 4 75225 Lick It Up 31.11 ......................J T McInerney 5 46484 Lektra Spider nwtd .......................... J W Bell 6 44313 Opawa Maf nwtd ................................ N Udy 7 27653 Opawa Spice nwtd .......................... J W Bell 8 47336 Cawbourne Bird nwtd.............. T McCracken 9 17355 You’re So Free 31.15....................... J W Bell 10 18876 Candy Crusher 31.26 ...............A Duganzich 9 2.26pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C1 C1, 305m 1 74535 Homebush Slinky nwtd ..........J T McInerney 2 54453 Rua Rama 17.76 ...............................M Flipp 3 12234 Cawbourne Elpaso 17.87.............M Roberts 4 153x Sheika Sprite nwtd ...........................L Ahern 5 77788 Consumate Ease 17.94 G & ........... J Clarke 6 63467 Midnight Action nwtd ........................S Stone 7 88744 Homebush Fine nwtd .............J T McInerney 8 75F15 Terra Trip 18.05 .................................. N Udy 9 43888 Tepirita Hendrix nwtd .............J T McInerney 10 45787 Smart Dandy 17.78 ........................... B Hunt

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22452 Kay Marting 17.91 ..................J T McInerney 27468 Annie Way 18.09 L &.......................... Morris 71873 Holly Blue Blood 17.79...........J T McInerney 17856 Gully Flaherty 17.63 G & ................ J Clarke 2138 Sweet Lovin’ nwtd ............................L Ahern 85327 Allegro Style 17.75 ............................. N Udy 27686 Big Ben 17.86 .......................... S Gommans 42486 So Unbelievable 18.43 ....................M Olden 47856 Sedgebrook Charm 18.19 ...................F Kite 57668 Cawbourne Mark 18.38 D P & . K Gommans 11 2.59pm WANGANUI TOYOTA C1 C1, 520m 1 46445 Opawa Stella 30.39 ...........................M Flipp 2 31252 Culvie Den nwtd .............................. J W Bell 3 8x845 Sheriff Roscoe 30.91 ...................... C Brider 4 62632 Opawa Shiloh nwtd .........................B Marsh 5 65465 Unova Bale nwtd ..........................M Roberts 6 62347 Candid Angel 30.62 ...................... M Gowan 7 77664 Tracey nwtd .....................................L Doody 8 73877 Premier Division 30.41 .......................W Kite 9 58x67 Scott The Best 30.86..................... R Maisey 10 86677 Making You Paw nwtd ..................... J W Bell 12 3.18pm BOOK YOUR FUNCTION @ HATRICK C1 C1, 305m 1 74522 That’s A Wrap nwtd ......................... J W Bell 2 46467 Gully Runner 18.21 G & .................. J Clarke 3 31422 Totes 17.80 ............................J T McInerney 4 71 Chaos Theory 18.16 .......................M Olden 5 46334 Five Kay Leg 17.97 ............................ N Udy 6 15856 Opawa Viv nwtd ...................... T McCracken 7 61878 Paddy The Baker nwtd ...........J T McInerney 8 25F77 Fangirl 17.88 L & ................................ Morris 9 38477 Marlow Marina 18.21 .............J T McInerney 10 78785 Cawbourne Peejay nwtd ..............M Roberts 13 3.34pm J P PRINT PETONE C1 C1, 305m

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64652 Val Baxter 18.11.....................J T McInerney 14676 Magic Dandy 17.62 ........................... B Hunt 56461 Bigtime Runnings 17.74 .................. J W Bell 8x558 Buster Boy nwtd ..........................J McArthur 45554 Premier Prince 17.74 ......................L Doody 25746 Gully Yappa 18.09 G & .................... J Clarke 38654 Minimal nwtd ...................................... N Udy 51663 Sedgebrook Asset 17.90.....................F Kite 43888 Tepirita Hendrix nwtd .............J T McInerney 47778 Homebush Stew 17.77 ...........J T McInerney 14 3.52pm MAX REFRIDGERATION C1 C1, 305m 1 38474 Belfast Smarty 17.92....................... J W Bell 2 58656 Uno Marguerite nwtd............... T McCracken 3 24771 Screaming Skull 17.92 ..................H R Scott 4 54558 Just You Wait 17.81 .....................J McArthur 5 87287 Another Zircon nwtd ...............J T McInerney 6 44828 Kyla Rose 17.84 ................................M Flipp 7 87728 Chinese Star 17.64 L & ...................... Morris 8 18266 Sammy Baxter 17.95 .............J T McInerney 9 37588 Casual Sipper 17.80 G & ................ J Clarke 10 45787 Smart Dandy 17.78 ........................... B Hunt 15 4.16pm METEOR OPD C1 C1, 305m 1 46557 Johnny Angel 17.86 ................ T McCracken 2 86312 Another Relm nwtd ................J T McInerney 3 67267 Allegro Senor 17.81 ...........................W Kite 4 52245 Opawa Tommo nwtd........................... N Udy 5 67888 Princess Novak nwtd..................... D Donlon 6 64788 Madam Ice 18.05 ........................J McArthur 7 35223 Cawbourne Hint nwtd...................... J W Bell 8 x7666 Bigtime Chip 17.68.........................R Murray 9 37588 Casual Sipper 17.80 G & ................ J Clarke 10 66886 Dallas Baxter 18.11................J T McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Getting serious about qualifying

By Sue NewmaN

sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

It took a gentle reminder by driver David Mitchell to threeyear-old Pegasus Merrily before the pace moved from an amble in the sun to a serious attempt to gain a race day ticket in the first of the day at yesterday’s Chertsey Trotting Club trials.

The field of four all made a safe start over the 2400 metres, with the Greg Payne driven Azalea taking the early lead.

Pegasus Merrily settled in the trail but none of the four appeared interested in anything other than a jog in the sun.

With just 800 metres to run, Mitchell decided to make a move, upping the pace and sprinting into the lead.

The pair held that position for the remainder of the race, with Flyin Arizona slipping home second ahead of Azalea and Buriton who had run at the tail of the field for the entire distance.

Pegasus Merrily ran the 2400m in 3.08.1, earning her a race day ticket.

She ran the final 400 metres in 28.2 secs and final 800 metres, 55.3 secs.

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Pegasus Merrily turned up the heat in the final stages of the first of the day to take line honours at yesterday’s Chertsey Trotting Club trials at Ashburton Raceway.

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Matamata gallops Today at Matamata raceway

Racing Matamata Venue: Matamata Meeting Date: 04 May 2016. NZ Meeting number: 2. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8. Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8.

1 11.57am (NZT) MATAMATA HIRE CENTRE MAIDEN 2000 $7000, MDN, 2000m 1 34222 Das Blues 58.5............................. Scratched 2 20 Saint Finn bh (12) 58.5 ..............M Coleman 3 74 El Corredor h (13) 58.5 ...........S McKay (a1) 4 80494 Pilgrim (1) 58.5..................................L Innes 5 04 Sacred Empire (5) 58.5 ..................V Colgan 6 97522 Four Day High (6) 56.5................ E Farr (a3) 7 5243 I See Fire bh (4) 56.5 .................M Cameron 8 66353 Keep Carmen Carion h (7) 56.5 ....L Allpress 9 70924 Lady Rock (17) 56.5...........L Magorrian (a1) 10 53035 Cardinal Sin (16) 56.5 ........................M Hills 11 30857 Lady Ferner (2) 56.5 .....................M McNab 12 08445 Over Torque h (3) 56.5 .............A Jones (a1) 13 4 What A Deeza (10) 56.5 .........B Hutton (a1) 14 6x747 Perfect Rose (8) 56.5 ..................C Lammas 15 75x47 Sunset Girl 56.5 ........................... Scratched 16 775 Nambassa h (9) 56.5 ..................T Thornton 17 068x8 Laekeeper (18) 58.5 18 73776 Jedi Knight h (15) 58.5 19 7760 So Choosy h (14) 56.5 20 x7x88 Arapuni Heights (11) 58.5 Emergencies: Sunset Girl, Nambassa, Laekeeper, Jedi Knight, So Choosy, Arapuni Heights 2 12.32pm BROADWAY MOTEL CG&E MAIDEN 1400 $7000, MDN CG&E, 1400m 1 x3523 Flash Gris (3) 58.5 ..........................A Collett 2 6x62 New Born King h (9) 58.5...........M Coleman 3 x0x72 The Husslah (7) 58.5 ....................M McNab

4 09x43 Prize Lord h (1) 58.5 ....................... C Grylls 5 843. Sneakysid (8) 58.5 .............................M Hills 6 430x9 The Brave One h (2) 58.5 .......S McKay (a1) 7 5 Royal Success 58.5 ..................... Scratched 8 5x6 Cameahotfriday (5) 58.5 ...............L Allpress 9 All About Doom 58.5 .................... Scratched 10 All Best Friends h (6) 58.5...............S Collett 11 Bubblebubble Pop 58.5 ................ Scratched 12 0 Russian Roulette h (4) 58.5 3 1.07pm THE BOLTHOLDER LIMITED F&M MAIDEN 1400 $7000, MDN F&M, 1400m 1 2x2 Ekarosa (11) 57.5 ...........................S Collett 2 76432 Kittykittybangbang (16) 57.5 ...S McKay (a1) 3 423 Novelty b (2) 57.5 ..............................L Innes 4 80x28 Electric (13) 57.5 .............................A Collett 5 964x5 Cellar (5) 57.5 ....................L Magorrian (a1) 6 30 Grazia 57.5 .................................. Scratched 7 8045x Jasmine Maree h (1) 57.5 8 4 Loveable (12) 57.5 9 6930x Margin Call (4) 57.5 ......................M McNab 10 9838 Shameless h (6) 57.5 ..................C Lammas 11 Fastnet Fire h (9) 57.5................M Cameron 12 In The Zone (8) 57.5 ..........................M Hills 13 Kaida h (14) 57.5 ...........................V Colgan 14 Old Countess h (7) 57.5 ..........B Hutton (a1) 15 7 Keepitall h (10) 57.5 ......................L Allpress 16 x60x7 Elie Saab (3) 57.5 17 060 Just Jiffi (15) 57.5 Emergencies: Keepitall, Elie Saab, Just Jiffi 4 1.42pm ELECTRICO LTD MAIDEN 1200 $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 3237x Ron’s Last h (10) 58.5 ...................M McNab

2 Parallel Universe 58.5 .................. Scratched 3 Hank Marvin h (7) 58.5 .................L Allpress 4 Three Kingdoms 58.5................... Scratched 5 0x2. Beauty’s Rose h (3) 56.5 6 40533 Ruby Four Shoes (6) 56.5 ..........V Gatu (a2) 7 367x4 Sian (1) 56.5 .......................A Schwerin (a3) 8 3737x Ultimata h (4) 56.5 .....................M Coleman 9 00300 Jane’s Secret h (8) 56.5 ..............C Lammas 10 46x Ywahoo b (11) 56.5...........................L Innes 11 6 Ballychine h (2) 56.5 ....................... C Grylls 12 6 Destiny Bay (9) 56.5........................S Collett 13 0x Fille de Ferme h (5) 56.5....................M Hills 14 70x8x Lola Trevola 56.5 .......................... Scratched 5 2.17pm AA AUTO SERVICE & REPAIR MATAMATA 3YO MDN 1200 $7000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 3x8 Bachro h (13) 57.5 ..................S McKay (a1) 2 x48x5 Battle Cry h (3) 57.5 ...................M Coleman 3 Parallel Universe 57.5 .................. Scratched 4 Lightning Strike h (7) 57.5 ............... C Grylls 5 233 Schiaparelli b (2) 55.5 .......................L Innes 6 2025x Talita h (12) 55.5 ............................. R Jones 7 0x2. Beauty’s Rose h (6) 55.5 .......L Allpress 8 24054 Scarlet’s Secret b (1) 55.5.............M McNab 9 6x304 Teri h (4) 55.5 .................................V Colgan 10 3757x Dare To Dream (9) 55.5 ..................S Collett 11 Explosive Octaine h (10) 55.5 ..A Jones (a1) 12 6 Ballychine h (8) 55.5 13 80 Barcelona Baby (5) 55.5 ... U Holmquist (a2) 14 0x90 Couleur De Rose (11) 55.5 .........C Lammas 15 Three Kingdoms 57.5................... Scratched Emergency: Three Kingdoms 6 2.52pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE

M6 Riverton gallops

RATING 65 $12,000, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1400m 1 687x1 Tranky Doo m (3) 60 .......................A Collett 2 22355 Way In b (12) 60................................L Innes 3 022x8 In A Frenzy (13) 59.5 .....................V Colgan 4 8x1 Jet Charged (8) 59 ........................M McNab 5 214 Simplicity t (2) 59 ............................S Collett 6 10357 Glamazon (6) 58.5 ..............A Schwerin (a3) 7 82433 The Keept Lady d (4) 58.5 .L Magorrian (a1) 8 x1450 Espelette (5) 58..........................M Cameron 9 1340x Fortune Kept dh (14) 58 ..........S McKay (a1) 10 6050x Hayley Ann tdh (15) 58 ............A Jones (a1) 11 508x3 Moderation (7) 57.5.....................T Thornton 12 18674 Precision Miss h (16) 57.5 .............. C Grylls 13 068x6 You Are Amazing h (9) 57.5 .......M Coleman 14 x5939 Sombreuil dmbh (1) 57 ...............C Lammas 15 36348 Mareeba m (11) 56.5 16 x009x Iffitel m (10) 56 Emergencies: Mareeba, Iffitel 7 3.27pm MATAMATA GLASS & JOINERY MAIDEN 1600 $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 82 Splurge h (15) 58.5 ....................M Cameron 2 79x73 Costa Bravo (4) 58.5 ......................V Colgan 3 3566x Quantum Maelstrom bh (14) 58.5 .M McNab 4 7754 Linchpin h (9) 58.5 5 x0066 Locally Sauced (1) 58.5 ..............T Thornton 6 707 No Loitering (6) 58.5 ................A Jones (a1) 7 56325 Sarabande h (3) 56.5 ......................S Collett 8 982 Pretty In Pink h (10) 56.5 ........S McKay (a1) 9 4 Elly May (16) 56.5 ......................M Coleman 10 59x50 Zadoree 56.5................................ Scratched 11 748 Tats The Go (12) 56.5 ....... U Holmquist (a2)

12 5x5 Wildflower h (5) 56.5 .....................L Allpress 13 8 La Dama h (2) 56.5 .....................C Lammas 14 9 Ucayali h (8) 56.5 ............................ C Grylls 15 x60x7 Elie Saab (13) 56.5 16 706x9 The Heat Is On h (11) 58.5 17 0 Russian Roulette h (7) 58.5 Emergencies: Elie Saab, The Heat Is On, Russian Roulette 8 4.02pm CHALLENGE MATAMATA RATING 75 2000 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2000m 1 79029 Seconds Out tdm (10) 60 ........... Z Moki (a3) 2 15103 Marciano (6) 58.5 ...........................V Colgan 3 17753 Southern Power dh (7) 58 ........A Jones (a1) 4 Px070 Boy tmh (2) 57.......................... D Danis (a4) 5 88510 Liquid Asset td (12) 56.5 ................. C Grylls 6 07450 Her To Eternity 54.5 ..................... Scratched 7 7x491 Sopraffina (3) 54.5 ............................L Innes 8 59120 Tiffany’s d (4) 54.5......................M Cameron 9 0x161 I’llav Bubbles t (5) 54.....................M McNab 10 16635 Victoryshallbemine tdmh (13) 54M Coleman 11 68582 Light Up A Screen th (8) 54 ............S Collett 12 551x9 Thenamesbond m (1) 54.....Z N Azman (a3) 13 0x0x6 Solo h (11) 54 .............................T Thornton 14 368x9 Kakahu Nell tdmh (9) 54 .............C Lammas Blinkers on: Lady Ferner (R1), The Brave One (R2), Kittykittybangbang, Novelty, Shameless (R3), Schiaparelli (R5), Espelette (R6), Pretty In Pink (R7) Blinkers off: Jedi Knight (R1), You Are Amazing (R6), Splurge, Costa Bravo, Linchpin (R7) Winkers on: Saint Finn (R1), Cameahotfriday (R2), Ruby Four Shoes (R4), You Are Amazing (R6) Winkers off: Lady Ferner (R1), The Brave One (R2), Kittykittybangbang (R3), Jane’s Secret (R4)

Today at Riverton raceway

Riverton Racing Club Venue: Riverton Meeting Date: 04 May 2016. NZ Meeting number: 6. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 11.45am (NZT) CENTRAL SOUTHLAND FREIGHT HURDLE $20,000, RST OPN HDL, 2500m 1 5x3x0 Billy Elliot tdm (10) 68 ............L Kennedy (3) 2 0x808 Mr Nobody m (5) 67 ....................... S Fannin 3 9x000 Regalo Reaal m (7) 65 ................D Miller (a) 4 39x09 Revenge tmh (8) 65 .................S Higgins (3) 5 2Lx07 Seeking Redemption (4) 65 ......... M Mitchell 6 4x062 Loose Goose (3) 65 ........... E Goodinson (3) 7 79760 Confused tm (1) 65 ..................K Walters (3) 8 04529 Double Tap t (6) 65......................R Black (3) 9 79x00 Proximity m (2) 65 .........................A Browne 10 70083 Tai Ho t (9) 65 ................................. C Studd 2 12.15pm RIVERTON HARDWARE / ADVANCE AGRICULTURE MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 2147m 1 64453 Payment Pending b (6) 58.5....K Kalychurun (a3) 2 09548 Revolution Earth h (4) 58.5 ......D Bothamley 3 23502 Alpine Julz (1) 56.5 ................. G Jogoo (a2) 4 x9330 Satin Jitterbug (3) 56.5.................T Moseley 5 85 Raising Penny (5) 56.5...............D Chin (a3) 6 76996 Thyme Trial (2) 56.5 ........................ J Morris 3 12.50pm HAZLETT CONTRACTING STEEPLE-

CHASE $20,000, RST OPN STP, 3400m 1 x8704 Krase dm (3) 72 .....................L Kennedy (3) 2 4Lx00 Keep It Tight tdm (1) 66............K Walters (3) 3 3266x McCulley m (4) 65 .......................D Miller (a) 4 85x55 Gargamel tdm (2) 65 .....................A Browne 5 4Fx90 Cecil tm (5) 65................................ S Fannin 4 1.25pm TELFER DRAINLAYING/TRAVELLERS REST TAV R75 HCP $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2147m 1 68x66 The Gordonian m (3) 62.5.....K Mudhoo (a2) 2 x9011 La Nouvelle Vague tdmh (5) 57.5 L Callaway 3 58x76 Sir Amron tdmh (7) 57.5...........D Bothamley 4 04121 The Energizer tdmh (2) 57 ......K Kalychurun (a3) 5 21826 Starbuck h (4) 54.......................A Chan (a3) 6 73454 Point Proven (1) 54 ..........................R Black 7 x4500 Bootyful m (6) 54........................... C Barnes 8 07x00 Go Go Gonzo tdm (8) 54 .............T Moseley 5 2.00pm FISHER ALUMINIUM/WRENS & TONY ROY BUILDING MDN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 59320 Belle Boy h (2) 58.5......... K Kalychurun (a3) 2 28064 Double Panda (3) 58.5 ................ C Johnson 3 7 Apowerfull Beat h (4) 58.5...........L Callaway 4 90 Franconi (5) 58.5 ...................K Mudhoo (a2) 5 70x87 Holy Mackerel (7) 58.5 ...............D Chin (a3) 6 x3324 Risky Flight (10) 56.5 .......................R Black

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98302 Eagle Magic (8) 56.5 ................ J Lowry (a2) 6643x Mrs Nevill 56.5 ............................. Scratched 73053 Velvet Rose (9) 56.5.................. S Muniandy 08875 That’s My Pussycat (1) 56.5.... G Jogoo (a2) 00x66 Gun Law (6) 56.5 .........................T Moseley 6 2.34pm BEACH HOUSE CAFE & BAR/MILNES TRANSPORT R65 HCP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 46115 Sir Jack Remington tdmh (10) 60...............D Bothamley 2 42488 Amun Ra (9) 58...........................L Callaway 3 251x8 Yipson (2) 58....................................R Black 4 04144 Sally Getcha Gun b (8) 57.5 ........T Moseley 5 30x00 Opera Knight t (11) 57.5 ............... C Barnes 6 06821 Miss Fortune td (1) 57 ..................... J Morris 7 03305 Yeah Sister td (7) 57................ G Jogoo (a2) 8 43614 Clareville Flight tdh (4) 56.5 ....K Kalychurun (a3) 9 63454 The Theme (5) 56.5 ................. J Lowry (a2) 10 07918 Penny A Thought td (13) 56 .......D Chin (a3) 11 40817 Rock Solid td (14) 56 ............K Mudhoo (a2) 12 80850 Royal Dollar (6) 54.5 .................A Chan (a3) 13 19303 Velocious Satin (15) 54 14 77729 He Ain’t Heavy dh (3) 56 15 97095 Golden Castle dh (12) 54 16 80070 Beacons m (17) 55 17 90008 Polly’s Sister (16) 54 -

Emergencies: Velocious Satin, He Ain’t Heavy, Golden Castle, Beacons, Polly’s Sister 7 3.10pm MCCALLUMS GROUP/VITAL SIGNS/MRS CLARK’S CAFEMDN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 850x6 Diva’s Halo (4) 58.5...............K Mudhoo (a2) 2 943 Master Karsten h (7) 58.5 K Kalychurun (a3) 3 x860x I Don’t Know (2) 58.5 .......................R Black 4 98 Sergeant Sakhee 58.5 ................. Scratched 5 7432 Over Take (3) 56.5.......................L Callaway 6 6643x Mrs Nevill (5) 56.5 7 x6765 My Swissmiss (1) 56.5 ............. J Lowry (a2) 8 Knutquacker (6) 56.5....................T Moseley 9 0 Miss Gee Jay 56.5 ....................... Scratched 10 790x Unonutudelere (8) 56.5 8 3.44pm NIND ELECTRICAL/AYTO’S DAIRY/RYDER PLUMBING MDN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 2608. Nesta (3) 58.5 .................................J Chong 2 80. Bingo Benny (9) 58.5 ...................T Moseley 3 Brillante Rosso h (1) 58.5 ...........L Callaway 4 Our Charlie (5) 58.5 ................ G Jogoo (a2) 5 7x259 In Her Wake h (6) 56.5 ..........K Mudhoo (a2) 6 88256 Inbee 56.5 .................................... Scratched 7 455x5 Millie Rose (7) 56.5 ................... S Muniandy 8 Black Lizzie (10) 56.5.................... C Barnes 9 8x Consolidate (2) 56.5.........................R Black 10 00x00 Raising Al (4) 56.5 .......................... J Morris

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9. Yardarms h (8) 56.5 ...............H Bennet (a3)

9 4.14pm RIVERTON ELECTRICAL/BAY ROAD SERVICE CTR R65 HCP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 23x95 Lord Beaver dmh (5) 60 ........... J Lowry (a2) 2 267x0 Commett dm (6) 59.5 ...............D Bothamley 3 x0501 Gold’nguru td (1) 59.5 ............H Bennet (a3) 4 3876x Dowra d (4) 59 ................................ J Morris 5 00x1x Tappy’s Best d (10) 59......................R Black 6 06232 Let’s Escape tdmbh (7) 58.5 ...K Kalychurun (a3) 7 01269 Final Shinko (3) 58.5 ................... C Johnson 8 0703x Paw Patrol (14) 58.5........................J Chong 9 459x6 Pacific Tap d (8) 58......................L Callaway 10 0170 Rajiv d (15) 58.......................K Mudhoo (a2) 11 00056 The Gore Harpoon (2) 57........ G Jogoo (a2) 12 78023 All Dressed Up m (9) 56.5............T Moseley 13 03354 Katango (13) 56 ........................ S Muniandy 14 07518 Oh So Smart 56 ........................... Scratched 15 0800x Zadiffra 54.5 ................................. Scratched 16 90008 Polly’s Sister (12) 54 ..................... C Barnes 17 0x880 Switzer dm (11) 55.5 Emergencies: Zadiffra, Polly’s Sister, Switzer Blinkers off: Mrs Nevill (R7) Winkers on: Holy Mackerel (R5), He Ain’t Heavy (R6) Winkers off: Nesta (R8) Pacifiers on: Nesta (R8).

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Construction Staff Due to an increase in work load we are looking for applicants for the following positions to join our team.

Site Foreman/Managers & Carpenters TRUCK DRIVER HORORATA

Wallace Corporation Limited (WCL) is a family business operating in the Waikato since the 1930’s providing a range of services to the food industry. Our main site is at Waitoa and includes a large scale rendering plant and tannery along with compost manufacturing and dairy farms. Wallace Corporation has satellite operations in Feilding and Northland and a rendering plant in Canterbury.

A full time permanent position for a Driver with a Class 4 (minimum) license, has become available. This position will be based at our Hororata Rending Plant.

The successful applicant will need to work 6 days per week, when required, undertake a pre-employment medical and drug test and licence review. Full training will be given.

What you need: • Experience with running teams • High standard of workmanship • Honest and reliable • Have good computer skills • Have a good understanding of work place health and safety In return we can offer: • Competitive pay rates • Phone • Work vehicle • Varied array of work in the commercial sector • Full time hours • Long term job opportunities within a larger company

Email applications to: jobs@mcintoshgroup.co.nz

Building Apprentices

What you need: • A willingness to learn • Motivated • A team player • Honest and reliable In return we can offer: • Competitive pay rates • Varied array of work in the commercial sector •The ability to learn a wider array of building skills in a commercial company.

• Long term job opportunities in a larger company If that’s sounds like you are you are wanting a change or the opportunity to step up to your next challenge, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

All applicants will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.

Alternatively, call into our office at

38 JB Cullen Drive Ashburton and fill in an application form.

Applications must be received no later than 4pm Friday, May 6, 2016.

Please email your CV in the strictest confidence to: gordon.henderson@wallace.co.nz.

If you require more information on the role please phone Gordon (07) 887 0352 021 228 2857.

STAFF WANTED

Seasonal staff required to begin September 2016 until April 2017.

Must have relevant experience and full, clean drivers licence.

Please apply online at: www.quigleycontracting.co.nz

Reporter The Ashburton Guardian has an opportunity for a reporter to join its news team.

The person we are seeking could be a recent journalism course graduate or a reporter with newsroom experience. This position will present the successful candidate with an opportunity to work alongside a team of experienced journalists, in a busy newsroom where local news is number one.

We are looking for a person with enthusiasm, passion and who has the ability to write strong news stories, community news stories and features. The position is full-time.

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

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

Our monthly publications are distributed across Canterbury and North Otago.

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

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

If you have a journalism qualification, a solid portfolio of work, a full driver’s licence and the right to work in New Zealand, don’t hesitate, please apply by email, with CV attached, to :

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

sue.n@theguardian.co.nz.

Application close 5pm, Friday, May 13

Applications close at 5pm on May 13.

SERVICES:

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

The Ashburton Guardian is an independently owned, six days a week newspaper based in New Zealand’s primary production heartland. The Ashburton district offers an opportunity to enjoy the best the outdoors has to offer but is within an easy one hour drive of Christchurch city. We have Mt Hutt Skifield on our doorstep and offer a wide range of aquatic sports on Lake Hood.

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

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

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

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Utilities Service Person Ashburton Contracting Ltd is looking for a Utilities Service Person. If you are a methodical problem solver with a can do attitude then this could be the position for you. This role is focused around maintenance repair work to the water reticulation.

Previous experience would be an advantage but not a pre-requisite as training will be available to the right person. Opportunities exist for on-going education and training programs The right person should have: Minimum Class 2 license Physically fit and be willing to manually dig in conjunction with machine operation/plumbing and drain laying activities High level of focus on safety and delivering high quality work Able to show initiative and an ability to follow instructions Prepared to be rostered on-call

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Successful applicants will be required to complete a pre-employment drug test.

• 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

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline

Ashburton Contracting Ltd PO Box 264, Ashburton 7740 Attn: Aaron Gairns Email: aarongairns@ashcon.co.nz

0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

WANTED

SHED wanted for removal to build covered yards. Any suitable building or materials considered. Phone Mitch 027 313 1320.

RURAL TRADING POST TRADES, SERVICES

AMSOIL SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS - All oils, greases, fuel additives, filters, antifreeze, car polish, V & L cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust bust, rain clear, engine WANTED Shearing cleaner and more. Call local machines Lister, Sunbeam distributor. Veehof phone 302 and kiwi plants. Hand pieces, 2911. grinders and stencils. Good prices paid. Phone 03 614 WANTED farm gates, fencing 7858 or 027 363 9930. materials and Ellery sheep hay feeder. Ph 0274 385 222.

Birthday Greetings Emilia Mae Turner Turning 2! We hope you have an amazing time at your minnie mouse party.

Lots of love Dad, Mum and Ollie. xxx 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.

COMPUTER PROBLEMS ??

For prompt reliable service contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Phone 308 8989.

30 years local service. Same day service if possible.

SUPERGOLD Discount card welcomed.

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING - Professional window tinting for cars, homes and offices. Quality films for privacy, UV (fading), heat, safety and security.

Phone Craig Rogers your ONLY local applicator 307 6347 or 0800 TINTER. Member of Master Tinters NZ.

PUBLIC NOTICES

ASHBURTON Society of Arts Autumn Show on now. Good selection of work from 17 members and guest Richard Bolton.

Saturdays and Sundays 10am - 3pm or when sign out. Short Street Studio. Enquiries 308 4533.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

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

Please send application with a current CV or details to:

PUBLIC NOTICES

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

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

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

LET OR LEASE OFFICE available for rent.

Parking, 24 hour access, nightly security. Minutes from CBD. Ph 021 554 570.

STORAGE units available.

Various sizes. Rainbow Storage. Ph 307 0401.

GRAZING

GRAZING available: Winter grazing, Hinds Mid Canterbury kale, fodder beet silage. Phone 027 563 4537 or 027 719 9089.

Trevor Hurley Real Estate Limited REAA 2008

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Tinwald School

Board Of Trustee Election Nominations are invited for the election of five parents representatives to the board of trustees.

A nomination form and a notice calling for nominations will be posted to all eligible voters.

Additional nomination forms can be obtained from the school office.

Nominations close at noon on Friday, May 20, 2016 and may be accompanied by a signed candidate’s statement.

The voting roll is open for inspection at the school and can be viewed during normal school hours.

There will also be a list of candidates’ names, as they come to hand, for inspection at the school.

Voting closes at noon on Friday, June 3, 2016.

Christine Osborne, Returning Officer.

Inaugural Meeting of the Hinds Independent Irrigators Group Thursday, May 5, 2016 3pm, Hinds Hall This meeting will discuss the need for a Hinds Independent Irrigators group and its purpose.

Please join us to: Understand the range of benefits a user group would provide independent irrigators

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Learn about the progress Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) project

Mind Body Soul Expo

Gain an understanding of the new requirements under the Hinds Plan

REAL ESTATE

Saturday May 7 10am to 5pm

Cameron Courts Retirement Villas

Two 1 bedroom Villas NOW AVAILABLE Affordable in today’s market. Price range from $125k-$145k

Tinwald Hall, Grahams Road

$3 entry

Readings, Healings, Massage, Raffle Crystals and Free Demonstrations

FOR SALE

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MOBILITY scooter, Discovery model 7 years old. Very good ENTERTAINMENT condition $1500 ono. Phone ANNALISE in Ashburton For more information, please contact Tuesday and Wednesday.

308 5494.

Cameron Courts 308 8534 or Ashwin Mani 021 527 433 Please phone 021 028 WILLOWTREE figures. 85241.

GRAZING FOR SALE Expression is revealed beautiful face, through gestures. Treat Mum ASIAN, GRAZING wanted for store lambs. Please call Steve 027 CONTAINERS for sale or to a figure this Mother's Day. brunette, curvy, lingerie, very hire, ex shipping: general and The China Shop in The good massage. Phone 022 321 6060.

321 0270. insulated. Sidelifter available Arcade. for delivery. Wilson Bulk FOR SALE CINDY, kiwi, attractive, long hair, size 8, busty. Lots of fun.

COLOUR changing egg Transport, Phone 308-7772. ACCOMMODATION, Phone calls only, private 027 timer. The durable timer that R ENTAL 363 7916. makes boiled eggs easy and CUP of tea or coffee? Treat bedroom plus fun. Leave it in the pot whilst mum this Mother’s Day. We FOUR cooking, where it changes have florals, bikes, horses, sleepout, heat-pump, easy FIRST time to town. Sweet, colour to indicate when the and fruit patterns. The China gardens, some pets and slim, size 6, busty DD, good outside smokers okay, West massage. Phone 021 027 egg is done to your Shop in The Arcade. side close to shops, kindys 66141, Natacha. preference. $15.99. Kitchen and schools.

Lockable Kapers in The Arcade.

LINDEN leaves body oil and garage $440 per week. SAVANANNAH - long raven hair. Lovely melons. Sorry, no FIREWOOD for sale. $170 hand cream gift pack. Special Phone 021 230 3274. texting. Please phone 021 per cord (3.6 m³). Seasoned for Mother’s Day $39.99 pine, delivered. Phone or text normally $55.00. The China Guardian Classifieds 044 0698.

Sue 0211 624 102.

Shop in The Arcade.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Daily Events Wednesday 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allen’s Road.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around used clothing. Cnr Havelock and Cass Streets.

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

10.30am NEWCOMERS COFFEE MORNING.

Thursday 9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am - 11.00am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Fun exercise during term time. Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. New players welcome. Enquiries to

1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, we would love to meet you! Reflections Cafe, 198 East Street.

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

11am MID CANTERBURY LADIE PROBUS. Movie, Regent Theatre, Wills Street.

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Mid-week service with lunch to follow.

48 Allens Road, Allenton.

1pm - 3.30pm ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. Cnr Thomson and Jane Streets.

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

Heritage Centre, West Street.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre, $4 per session with afternoon tea, all welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, The Domain, Philip Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON HERB SOCIETY. Monthly meeting with talk on Norfolk Island. 51 Peter Street.

7pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to Line dance (7pm), beginner/ intermediate (8pm-9pm). Instructor Annette phone 307-7138a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm R.S.A. POOL SECTION. Social pool nights weekly in main bar.

Cox Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness and fun. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TOWN WATCH SOCIETY INC. Annual General Meeting with speaker detective Jenkins, Community House, Cnr Moore and Cass Streets.

Clark Gillies 021-146-3619. EA Networks Centre Stadium.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open for toy hire Thursday and Saturday, Methodist Baring Square Church hall.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST GOODWILL SHOP. Sell pre-loved second hand clothing.

Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane Street, Tinwald.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. OP shop second time around used clothing. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Havelock and Cass Street, entry Havelock Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI.

Stretching exercises for all abilities.

M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

1pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - no counting, beginners welcome. Waireka Club rooms, Philip Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm

SENIOR NET. Roger Scammell presents, downloading videos and making DVD’s in the lounge off Burnett Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social day, come and try it yourself. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

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4 may 2016

rUr AL sUPPOrt trUst the rural support trust is hosting rural rucus - a free bbQ lunch and entertaining insights with Jim hopkins. a hilarious speaker, Jim Hopkins is famous (or infamous) throughout New Zealand for his work on stage, in television and radio. His incredibly quick wit, coupled with his genius for making people laugh have made him one of this country’s most sought after speakers. He appeared on Television New Zealand in a show based on his “Blokes and Sheds” books.

Rural Rucus: tinwald hall, thursday 12 May, 12-2pm. For more info contact Allan.baird@xtra.co.nz

PUbLIc NOtIcE

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Ashburton Resource Recovery Park Closure

Celebrate the EA Networks Centre’s first anniversary with a free swim!

Ashburton Resource Recovery Park will Shut Down over May 7 and 8 to complete the relocation of the weighbridge building. Redevelopment of the Ashburton Resource Recovery Park is well underway and council is asking residents to be patient while the improvements are being made. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

hAVE YOUr sAY Have your say- The Draft Annual Plan, Draft Open Spaces Strategy and Draft Waste Minimisation and Management Plan are open for consultation.

Feedback is open until 15 May. For more info, or to complete a submission form online, head to ashburtondc.govt.nz You can also pick up a summary and submission form from the Council Building, the Ashburton Library, the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre, EA Networks Centre or with The Courier edition published 21 April.

There are several spots in the district these are also available for pick up; Hinds On the Spot, Mayfield Udder Dairy, Mt Somers General Store, Staveley Cafe and Store, Methven I-Site, Rakaia Mobil and Salmon Tales.

wINtEr drIVINg Winter is coming! Driving on our roads during colder seasons requires extra care. Visibility and stopping distances can be compromised by frost on windscreens, evening fog and ice on roads. Roads sheltered from the sun can be slippery even on sunny days, with low winter suns also making sunstrike more likely.

On 10 May, the EA Networks Centre will have been open for one year. In that time, more than 300,000 people have been through the centre to use the four pools, spa, sauna, indoor courts and gym, and to take part in group fitness classes.

To celebrate the anniversary, people are invited to swim for free on Sunday 8 May: Open Day: Sunday 8 May

9am - 12pm

Up & Coming Council Meetings To be held in the Council Chamber, 2 Baring Square East, Ashburton.

Annual Plan Consultation MeetingHakatere: Lower Hakatere Hall, 7.00pm, 4 May Finance & Business Support Committee: 12 May 2016, from 10.30am Environmental Services Committee: 12 May 2016, from 10.30am

There will be also be giveaways, and spot prizes during the Open Morning. Standard rates apply to stadium and Gym users.

Service Delivery Committee: 12 May 2016, from 10.30am

Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay said the event was not only a celebration but also a thank you to the community, which has shown fantastic support for the EA Networks Centre in its first year.

Council Meeting: 26 May 2016, 1.30pm

Events that have been held at the centre include the Women’s Tall Ferns v Japan game, South Island Masters Short Course Championships, NZ Secondary Schools Netball Championship, South Island Country & Town swimming competition, and the Tactix v Southern Steel pre-season match.

Public notification applies to new and renewal applications for on-Licences, off-Licences and club Licences.

Current applications: CHMTVW Limited: Hinds Wayside Inn - Objections close 9 May 2016.

Sunny’s Discount Liquor: Bottle Store - Objections close 20 May 2016.

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Hannolas Holdings Limited: Kelly’s Café and Bar - Objections close 20 May 2016.

LPR Partnership: Speight’s Ale House - Objections close 23 May 2016.

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Drivers are urged to allow more time for travel and keep in Standard fees apply for stadium and gym use. mind these changing conditions.

Alcohol licensing notices

For more information, visit ashburtondc.govt.nz

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’re terrific at sniffing out trouble. You can look into a person’s eyes and see the potential for danger, or walk into a room and feel the risk in the air. These talents will be useful today.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’re in the mood to stop and wonder, which causes you to consider the origin of everything, including you. What matters is doing the most with where you are.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Their behaviour is odd at best, irritating mostly, offensive occasionally. And then there’s you: totally accepting. This is love. This is tolerance. This is the way to inner peace.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Comparison, competition, commerce – these are the Cs that will rule the day if you let them. This is a fierce game you’re playing! Rejuvenate this evening with more Cs: compassion, calm, centredness.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): There’s strange communion between you and the natural world today. This dance is always going on, but you are keenly aware of it now. Nature is calling you to set something right.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): All things come and go. Your ease with this is linked to your moods.

Letting things come and go as they please without resistance will free up a lot of energy in you.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): The most efficient way to streamline any task or relationship will be to set it up from the start. Most of the work will be done in the preparation stage, which will last several hours.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You will enjoy an impassioned, brief, visitation from the muses. They’ll part within an hour, leaving a gift – an unadulterated vision. What you do with it is your choice.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): There’s something very seductive about the heated exchanges just outside of your realm. You do crave excitement, but at what cost? It takes maturity to rise above drama and seek your own happiness.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’ll be called to a quest. There are deals to strike to favour you and yours. You’ll introduce people who wouldn’t know each other if you hadn’t set out on this path.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): There’s talent in one of your back pockets; the other is filled with confidence.

You could be the star at any time of your choosing.

But right now there is benefit in being a team player.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Regardless of how nice and positive people may be, it’s still toxic to spend all your time in the same group. Seek the kind of company that activates your imagination and motivates you in new ways.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

BLACKBURN, Caroline Alma (nee Denton) – At Tuarangi Home on April 27, aged 88 years. Much loved mum, nanna and great nanna of Cheryl and John Lamb (Yeppoon), Lisa and Fraser, Bronte, Casey and Hunter Tasker, Richard and Shaz, Caitlin, Harry, Jack and Sam Spicer, Cheryl Lamb, Shayne Symonds (Australia), Yvette and Paul, Kylie and Quinn, Hannah and Josh Tuki, Ryan and Nat, Breanka, Bradley and Tanille Lamb (Australia). Messages to 189 Company Road, Ashburton 7772. A service for Carol will be held in the Linton Lounge, RSA, Cox Street, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY, May 4 at 2.00pm.

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CHAPMAN, Phyllis – Lynn, Mark, Jo and families would like to sincerely thank everyone for their support and sympathy following the said loss of our dear mum, mother-in-law, nan and great Office and Chapel nana. Thank you for all the Corner East & Cox lovely flowers, cards, food, Streets, Ashburton etc that was given to the family. Thank you for the donations that were made to St John and Ashburton Fire Brigade. Also to Dr Lues and the St John’s Ladies. To everyone who attended our mum’s farewell a big thank you. Now at peace with dad MID CANTERBURY and Jamie. Please accept this FUNERAL SERVICES as a personal acknowledgement.

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KING, Olive Elizabeth, (nee Collins) – On May 2, 2016. Peacefully at Margaret Wilson Hospital, Timaru. In her 94th year.

Beloved wife of the late Bob. Treasured mother and mother in law of Len and Heather, Clarke and Kay, Gordon and Bernice, (both deceased), Warren and Maura, Beth and John and Harvey and Lois.

Loved granny and great granny of all her grandies and treasured friend of so many far and wide. Messages to King family, P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. In lieu of flowers donations to Ashburton St John would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A memorial service for Olive will be held at Our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on FRIDAY, May 6, commencing at 1.00pm.

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Rueben Taylor is put through his paces by Mid Canterbury Boxing Academy coach Cornelius Grobler on Monday evening.

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Opening night a big hit

BY JAMES FORD

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The repetitive patter of gloves hitting pads rung out as the Mid Canterbury Boxing Academy opened its doors for the first time on Monday evening.

One of the academy’s two junior groups made the most of the inaugural training session under the tutelage of current national welterweight champion Cornelius

Grobler. The academy already has more than 40 registered throughout its fundamentals, junior, adult and senior age-groups.

Academy administrator Lisa Anderson said the opening night was enjoyed by all as the juniors were put through their paces by Grobler.

“It was absolutely fantastic, we’re really thrilled and the kids had a ball,” she said.

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“The academy looks amazing, it’s really great, and some of the parents and caregivers that stayed said they were tired just watching.

Our son, Jonty, went and he loved it.”

Anderson said she initially had a dim view of boxing, but insisted her recent involvement has changed her opinion.

“Having spent the last two years involved with Cornelius and

watching amateur boxing, what impressed me is the huge amount of respect that they have for each other,” she said.

The Academy is based upon respected coach Billy Graham’s Naenae Boxing Club in Wellington.

The Naenae club’s aim is to teach young people life-skills and discipline through participation in boxing and physical fitness –

an ethos which Grobler hopes to replicate.

Grobler said the academy is not solely focused on the sweet science, but also instilling positive values through what is often described as the hardest game of all.

“Our whole aim is about strengthening our community by empowering young people, so boxing is the vehicle for what we want to achieve,” he said.

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