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Fireworks blaze prompts warning

BY RUBY HARFIELD

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Ashburton firefighters are warning Guy Fawkes revellers to be extra vigilant this year with fireworks.

Two days out from the night when fireworks are traditionally ignited, fire crews have already fought one fireworks generated blaze and say they will be maintaining a high level watch tomorrow night.

On Monday night the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade and Ashburton Rural Fire Force attended a fire caused by fireworks igniting grass on the side of Hepburns Road.

Station officer Robbie Maw said the blaze was seen by a passing motorist at 11.35pm.

The fire, which was on a strip of grass about 30m by 5m, was not big but

caused some damage to the grass, he said. The people who lit the fireworks were not at the scene.

Fire crews were there for 20 minutes.

Ashburton District principal rural fire officer Don Geddes said although people in Ashburton were usually careful they needed to make sure they supervised any fireworks they lit.

“It’s not too bad, but I can’t remember a year when we haven’t had something.”

It was also very important to have fire suppression devices on site and to make sure fireworks were lit in open spaces with nothing combustible nearby, he said.

“It’s about exercising a bit of common sense.”

Emergency services usually attended a few fireworks related incidents in

Ashburton a year, he said.

“A lot of it could be avoided with a bit of care.”

Also people needed to check the weather forecast and postpone their festivities if winds were expected.

Ashburton fire risk management officer Murray Cairns said most times when a blaze was caused by fireworks it was accidental but there were preventative measures people could take.

“Don’t go lighting them in hot, windy, dry conditions. Just be really careful.”

Having water nearby would stop any fires that did get out of hand, he said.

Over the past few years emergency services had not had many problems but there were sometimes a few incidents at the river bed and beach.

“People are taking a little bit more care.”

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Snoopy gets Hollywood star Every dog has its day, and Snoopy had his when he joined the list of Hollywood legends with his own star on the city’s Walk of Fame. Hollywood Chamber of Commerce president Leron Gubler presented the Peanuts comic strip dog – represented by an actor in a human-sized Snoopy suit – with the 2563rd named star embedded in the sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard.

As alter ego and best friend to underdog hero Charlie Brown, Snoopy was “the original Joe Cool, a world-famous novelist, and a celebrated World War One Flying Ace,” Gubler said.

“He’s everything all of us should aspire to be,” said film director Paul Feig at the mid-morning ceremony. Snoopy’s star is next to that of creator Charles M Schultz, whose Peanuts cartoon strip debuted in 1950 and went on to become one of the most beloved and influential comic strips of all time.

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Dogs at home at Bayfair The Western Bay of Plenty’s largest shopping centre has introduced a parking facility – for dogs. Bayfair Shopping Centre’s doggy park offers shade, water and a lockable chain for shoppers’ four-legged friends. Bayfair marketing manager Kylie McGregor said the facility had been popular since it was unveiled a week ago. “There’s numerous dogs and every time we go out there the customers say ‘that’s fantastic’,” Ms McGregor said. Bayfair posted a picture of the new parking system on its Facebook page on Monday and gained more than 550 “likes” and 60-plus comments by 4pm.

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Louie takes a spin in washing machine The life cycle of a Dunedin cat, Louie, nearly ended after he went through a wash cycle. After several months of recovery, the 2-year-old tabby is ready to detail his fight with a front-loading machine. In March, Louie entered a Maori Hill house about 2km away from his Helensburgh home and stopped for a sleep in some dirty washing in the machine. The home owner, Lisa Te Pana, said she unknowingly put more dirty washing on Louie before starting a wash cycle and leaving the house for the day.

She returned home about five hours later and was shocked to find the sodden cat in her washing. “When I opened the door my washing moved ... I was so upset.”

She immediately called SPCA Otago. On-call duty officer Julie Richardson said she was at Mrs Te Pana’s house in 10 minutes. “I could tell it was serious because she [Mrs Te Pana] was so upset when she phoned.” When she arrived, Louie was “absolutely drenched, stone cold and lifeless”.

The short-haired tabby was hypothermic and had ulcers in his eyes, nose and throat from the caustic washing powder.

She rushed Louie to Pet Doctors in Northeast Valley in the “animal ambulance” with the heaters on full.

At the vets, Louie was put on heat pads and a drip. The cat was lucky to survive the afternoon spin, Ms Richardson said.

“He’s a lucky wee boy.”

Louie’s microchip provided SPCA Otago the contact details of his owner, Keri Ballantyne.

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Travellers ditch four tonnes of tobacco Almost four tonnes of tobacco was abandoned at New Zealand airports since duty free limits were dropped last November. Nearly 500kg of tobacco products per month were dumped at the border in the first few months of the lower limit being introduced, Customs Minister Nicky Wagner said yesterday.

That figure dropped to just over 250kg in September, she said. Tobacco duty limits were reduced to 50 cigarettes, or a 50g pouch of tobacco, from November 1, 2014. Since then 3.8 tonnes of tobacco products have been dumped in Customs bins at international airports across the country – enough to fill a 20ft shipping container.

“Travellers have got the message,” Ms Wagner said.

“I’m pleased the duty free change is deterring travellers from bringing tobacco through the border – this contributes to reducing the harm caused by smoking and the Government’s goal of making New Zealand smoke-free by 2025.”

Knighthoods to stay Prime Minister John Key says there is “not a dog’s show” of New Zealand scrapping knights and dames from New Zealand’s honours system. Mr Key said the titular honours which he reinstated in 2009 had “never been more popular” and he had no plan to follow Australia in removing them.

Australia’s new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirmed on Monday that the titles would be dropped, just a year after previous leader Tony Abbott reintroduced them. Mr Key said he had “no regrets” in bringing back the titles, which had been scrapped by the previous Labour Government in 2000. He did not share Mr Turnbull’s view that knights and dames were archaic. He said every honours system was different, and Australia had only offered knighthoods to a very small group of people. On Sunday, Mr Key renewed his call for All Black captain Richie McCaw to be knighted.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Ratepayers carry high public debt

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton District ratepayers are now carrying a public debt of $3084 per property, the highest debt level for at least five years.

The amount of debt carried by the council is clearly spelled out in its annual report and it shows the amount of public debt per rateable property is steadily rising, up 11.25 per cent on 2014.

The council ended the June 30 financial year with $47.487 million worth of public debt on its books, against its total asset base

of $724.643 million.

In the report, the council’s financial position is described as strong, showing an operating surplus of $9.5 million before taxation and a total revenue that was $6.7 million above budget.

External borrowing and the level of rates were described as well within the limits set by the council.

Last year it levied $28.977 million in rates from 15,397 rateable properties, almost $6 million more than in 2011.

The report, which measures performance across a range of

categories, was signed off by the council last week but not without a challenge from councillors Alasdair Urquhart and Donna Favel over the accuracy of the financial reports, the low performance against target in many areas and the short amount of time councillors had had to read the document.

Mr Urquhart said that in the original report, the amount of public debt per rateable property was put at over $2000.

He pointed out the error and it was correct, but that was cold comfort, he said, because if that

one figure was wrong it raised the question of how many others were also inaccurate.

“I pointed out a lot of discrepancies and mistakes. I couldn’t approve that document. I’m too honest for that. I was not happy and would not approve something that was wrong.”

Councillor Favel’s concerns centred around not only the short amount of time allowed to read and understand the report but she also took issue with the council meeting its performance targets on just 55 out of 99 areas.

She was not satisfied with the

explanation given when she asked why some figures were different to those given at the end of the financial year in June.

For the past three years two council controlled organisations (CCOs) have not met their statutory requirement to provide their accounts to the council for inclusion in the annual report.

“I’m pretty uncomfortable with this. It’s strike three and I don’t want to accept this report knowing those CCOs don’t have their final accounts in the report,” she said.

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■ EALING FIRE

Race day fever hits Hakatere settlement

Man saves home after bed fire

By michelle NelSoN

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Fascinators, fancy hats, jockey’s silks and hijinks were the order of the day in the Hakatere settlement when residents gathered yesterday for a Melbourne Cup party.

Hailed as the event that stops two nations, they were among hundreds of Mid Cantabrians who paused for a little over three minutes to watch the horse race across the ditch.

For many it is the only time they show any interest in the sport of kings, and the one time of the year they take a punt on the horses.

As the drinks flowed, those gathered in the Hakatere Hall were there to make an afternoon of it, with more residents expected to join in the revelry as the day progressed.

A punters’ club syndicate had been formed with Pete Kiddey and Paul Veitch in charge of the betting. And early on in proceedings it seems they were on the mark, winning $26 on the first race.

Hakatere resident Joy Lithgow had been busy preparing food platters with the help of gener-

Hakatere residents (from left) Rachel Amyes, Irene Kiddey, Joy Lithgow, Mary Bailey and Raewyn Chamberlain cheer on the horses running in the lead-up races to yesterday’s Melbourne Cup. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 031115-TM-079 ous sponsorship from a number of Ashburton businesses.

Five Star Beef and Netherby Meats had also pitched in with meat raffles, the proceeds of

which will go to the Cancer Society, Mrs Lithgow said.

It was the second year the Hakatere community had organised a cup day party, and the

event looks set to become a tradition in the seaside settlement.

“It’s a lot of fun, and a good excuse to get together,” Mrs Lithgow said.

A man has been praised for his quick thinking after a bed caught fire at his Ealing property.

Hinds, Rangitata and Geraldine fire crews attended the incident at a property on Maronan Ealing Road at 10.34pm on Monday.

Hinds Volunteer Rural Fire Force chief fire officer Dave Kingsbury said when emergency services arrived at the scene the owner of the property had already dragged the bed outside.

The man received minor burns on his hands and was treated by an ambulance officer at the scene.

There was some smoke damage to the house and the mattress was badly burnt but the man’s quickthinking prevented further damage inside the home, Mr Kingsbury said.

“He did a good job of protecting the house.”

The house also had working smoke alarms which promptly alerted the occupants to the fire.

Emergency services were at the scene for 45 minutes. Police also attended to assist fire crews.

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■ EA NETWORKS

Power lines go underground

By Sue NewmaN

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It would take 40 men, 25 vehicles and around eight hours of work to fell nearly 90 power poles on State Highway One. And that massive exercise of man and machine was all in the name of road safety.

EA Networks has been steadily undergrounding its lines network along high use state highways over the past four years and yesterday ticked off 5.6 kilometres of work along State Highway One south of Chertsey.

The project is one with two-fold benefits, network manager Brendon Quinn said - improving reliability of supply for consumers and improving road safety.

As lines were disconnected and poles felled and removed, trenches were being dug for cables that would see lines buried deep beneath the ground.

The undergrounding work wouldn’t keep pace with the pole removal and for a small number of households that could mean pow-

EA Networks staff working en masse to underground power lines along State Highway One south of Chertsey.

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er supplied by an EA Networks generator for a night or two, Mr Quinn said.

“It’s a big exercise, one of the biggest crews

we’ve ever assembled on one site,” he said.

Ultimately EA Networks plans to have all lines along state highways undergrounded and is knocking off sections of the work between Ashburton and Methven and along State Highway One as poles come up for replacement.

Some of those removed yesterday will be scrapped, but newer, wooden poles would be reused, Mr Quinn said.

Lines along several stretches of road between Ashburton and Hinds have already been undergrounded and a section of the Methven Highway has been completed.

While the costs of undergrounding lines are higher than pole replacements, EA Networks is carrying those costs because of the benefits both in traffic safety and line security, he said.

When the lines company started its undergrounding project it was given a tick of approval by the New Zealand Transport Agency because of the immediate gains in terms of traffic safety along state highways.

■ WATTIES CANS FILM FESTIVAL

Cans for a cause

By CaitliN Porter

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A chance to swap a can of food for a movie ticket, the Wattie’s Cans Film Festival, was held at the Ashburton Regent Cinema on Monday night.

Cinema owner David Favel said the night was not quite a sell-out but got very close with 150 people in attendance.

Nearly 200 cans were donated, and that number will be matched by Watties before being donated to the Ashburton Salvation Army foodbank.

Foodbank manager Judith Lilley said the donations would be great, particularly as it was close to Christmas.

All the cans of fruit donated will go into the Christmas hampers.

“It’s a huge big ups to David and Donna, it’s normally done through Hoyts … but they get really behind it,” Mrs Lilley said.

Mr Favel said he plans to take part in the event again next year.

Snow warning The MetService updated its weather watch for snow yesterday, saying it was likely above 400 metres from last night until late this morning. “During this time, 10 to 15cm of snow may accumulate above 700 metres.” There was a risk the snow level could drop as low as 400 metres near the Canterbury foothills early this morning, an improvement on the earlier watch issued, which warned of snow as low as 200 metres.

Eight call-outs Ashburton St John ambulance attended eight medical-related incidents on Monday.

Café of the Year Two cafés in the Ashburton District have made it onto the list of finalists in Café of the Year Awards.

Methven’s Arabica Café is a finalist in the best rural category of the NZ Café of the Year, run under the auspices of the Restaurant Association of New Zealand, while the Somerset Grocer is one of four finalists in the Most Organic Juice favourite café awards. Arabica will now compete against 78 other cafés from around New Zealand for the café of the year title. More than 700 cafes entered the awards and the finalists were decided by mystery shopper judges. Winners will be announced on December 7. One winner is also selected for each of the four categories – best metro/CBC, best suburban, best rural and classic Kiwi. There are 18 finalists in the rural café section.

Winners in the Most Favourite Café competition were decided by public vote and the Somerset Grocer took out the region four, South Island finalist title.

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Eleven-year-old Jayden and nine-year-old Gianna supported the annual Wattie’s Cans Film Festival at the Regent Cinema earlier this week.

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An Ashburton toddler that went missing from his home on Monday afternoon was found safe 15 minutes later. Sergeant Bryan Ennis said police were called after a three-year-old boy wandered from his Allenton home at about 4.30pm. Police and family members began a search for the boy and found him 200 metres from his home near the Allenton shopping centre 15 minutes later.

The child was absolutely fine and returned home, he said.

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■ CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Business booming for group

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Business in the McIntosh Group’s construction yard in Ashburton is booming – all the way from the top of New Zealand to Scott Base at Antarctica.

And like many construction businesses that are finding orders running in the door, owners Alastair and John McIntosh are doing some running of their own, chasing down new staff.

It’s not just the big order of 100 units of pre-cast concrete wall panels and foundation blocks for the upgrade of facilities at Scott Base that have pushed work to a new level, it’s also the steady inflow of work from around New Zealand that has the pre-cast concrete division in particular looking for new staff.

“We’ve got 50 staff across the board but to be fair we need quite a lot more, but it’s not just about taking anyone, we want good staff, good people,” John McIntosh said.

They’re looking for managers, builders and a site foreman in their construction division and a range of staff, including apprentices in their pre-cast division.

Finding those staff isn’t easy at a time when many construction companies are wanting extras on their teams, Mr McIntosh said.

The Scott Base job has been

McIntosh Group managing director John McIntosh with some of the pre-cast concrete panels that are part of a 100 unit shipment of wall panels and foundation blocks that will make their way from the company’s yard in Ashburton to Scott Base at Antarctica.

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two years in the planning and it’s an exciting project, because everything has to be made in Ashburton and then shipped out through Lyttelton.

While the company’s main construction focus is on work for its Ashburton-based clients, precast work crosses the country, with several big projects coming

on stream in Christchurch over the next few months.

With the Christchurch rebuild, pre-cast has come into its own, Mr McIntosh said, with many projects now looking at quite creative finishes on their panels.

“The architects dream it and we have to make it work.”

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just come in plain grey; they’ll spend their life covered in snow.

For dad Alastair, there’s a sense of satisfaction in watching the business he started in his shed with just a team of three grow to a team of 50 that, with the right extras on board, could exceed 60 by year’s end.

Growth doesn’t come easily and while people outside the industry might think the post earthquake era is a boom time for builders, making a profit was still down to hard work and good planning, he said.

“While the building industry is busier, it’s not a free market and you have to work hard for what you get.”

The company tried to employ locally and liked to employ school leavers, Mr McIntosh said, but like all trades, building was battling a ‘talking down’ of trades as a career choice in favour of university, he said.

“We want to train young people who’ll be a long-term benefit to us and the community. I think it’s great having young kids out of school. You train them to be great, hard-working tradesmen, it’s something we want to encourage.”

Currently the company has a dozen young people at varying stages of their apprenticeships.

■ ALPINE REGIONAL RALLY

Rally set to have Mid Canty skies buzzing The skies over Ashburton will be buzzing this weekend as the Mid Canterbury Aero Club hosts the Alpine Regional Rally.

The event is one of five regional rallies held around New Zealand during November, with winners qualifying to compete at the national championships in February.

The Mid Canterbury club is hosting this event.

Aircraft will begin arriving at the airfield on Thursday with Friday set aside as practice day and for microlight competitions.

The main competition begins at 7am on Saturday with pilots competing over several events ranging from liferaft dropping and precision landing to formation flying.

At previous events, committee member Jim Donlan said, Ash-

burton’s pilots have fared well, with several qualifying most years for the nationals.

Ashburton has won the formation flying event for the past five years.

“They’ve won the pairs so many times, this year they’ve been forced to add a third and fly triples,” Mr Donlan said.

Ashburton has pilots flying in every event except the women’s

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section, but they’re hoping to find a competitor to complete the line-up, he said.

The event makes great spectator sport, Mr Donlan said, with plenty of viewing spots around the perimeter of the Ashburton airfield.

Trophies are awarded at a dinner on Saturday night with pilots lining up, rolling and heading home on Sunday.

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In brief Tractor stolen Police are looking for information after a tractor and quad bike were stolen from the Mayfield area.

Sergeant Bryan Ennis said a John Deere tractor worth $120,000 was stolen from Tinwald Westerfield Mayfield Road between 4pm on Sunday and 8am on Tuesday. A Honda XR 125 quad bike was also taken from around the same area between Saturday and Sunday.

People needed to remember to keep their property secure and not leave keys in the ignition, Sergeant Ennis said.

Health funding The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has received $16m in additional funding from the Ministry of Health. While it is not yet known how the funding will be distributed, Health Minister Jonathan Coleman said the Government was committed to ensuring the CDHB was well placed to continue to deliver its high quality services. A review by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that while still in a stable financial condition, future costs for rebuild and redevelopment projects were on the horizon.

Fireworks warning Ashburton residents are being warned to be responsible with fireworks, which are being sold at The Warehouse, supermarkets and video stores in the town. The legal period of sale is four days from Monday until Guy Fawke’s Day tomorrow, and the age of purchase is 18 and over. Minister for the Environment Dr Nick Smith said he would consider further tightening the rules if there was an increase in problems around the use of fireworks. “I will be monitoring the management of fireworks this week and urge users to take every care so as to ensure the safety of people, property and animals,” Dr Smith said. The fire service is also warning those lighting fireworks to use common sense, while the SPCA is calling for a blanket ban on private fireworks sales. SPCA chief executive Ric Odom said fireworks were traumatic for animals, and is urging people to keep their pets indoors.

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■ DIWALI, THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT

Houses selling below their CV

BY SUE NEWMAN

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The revaluation of the Ashburton District in July is beginning to have an impact on house sale prices against their capital value (CV).

In the months leading up to the July valuation, houses were selling upwards of 15 per cent above CV, but a suburb by suburb breakdown of median sales prices for September shows in many suburbs the median sales price is now below capital value.

The two houses sold in Huntingdon (Lake Hood) had a median price of $607,500 but this was 9 per cent below CV. It was the same in Allenton, where the 40 properties, with a median price of $349,000, sold 1 per cent below CV. Prices in Methven, however, showed little regard for capital values with the median of $417,000 6 per cent higher.

October prices for the Ashburton District at a median of $334,512 were 3.8 per cent up on October last year.

They were also up $3000 on the September median.

The average selling price of a New Zealand home is now $552,345, up 14 per cent on October last year.

And while house prices continue to drop in areas such as Buller District, $194,919, down 2.6 per cent and Tararua District, $147,378, down 3.3 per cent, the Auckland market continued to pump the national median up.

In October the average sales price was over $1 million in six areas – North Shore City, North Shore Coastal, North Harbour, Auckland City, Auckland City East and Manakau East.

The Auckland market has increased 24.4 per cent year on year, 7.3 per cent over the past three months and is now 68 per cent higher than the previous peak of 2007.

The greatest increase in prices in the South Island was the Mackenzie District, up 17.28 per cent and Hurunui, up 8.7 per cent.

The South Island’s most expensive place to buy a house remains Queenstown Lakes, $750,809, up 8.4 per cent on last month.

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Ashburton’s Melanie King attended last year’s Diwali festival.

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Diwali festival expected to attract large numbers One of India’s most spectacular events, Diwali, the Festival of Light, will be held in Ashburton on Saturday.

And while that festival is an Indian celebration, it is also a festival that is about celebrating life in the Ashburton District, said event spokesman Bikash Sukul.

The event has become so popular it is being held at a larger venue this year, the Ashburton Racecourse lounge. Last year there were 350 guests; this year Mr Sukul believe numbers will top 400.

The Mid Canterbury Indian community now numbers more than 100, but Diwali has become such a popular event attendances by non-Indians have become very large, with three quarters of people attending last year’s event from other nationalities.

For the first time the event will come with an admission charge for adults be-

cause the cost of catering for such large numbers was putting a big burden on the organising group, the Ashburton Indian Multicultural Charitable Trust, Mr Sukul said.

“We won’t be making a profit with this but it might cover some of our costs.”

Diwali is a centuries old Hindu festival and it spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness. It is celebrated all over the world and has become a major event in bringing together many cultures, Mr Sukul said.

“Last year we had local Kiwis wearing Indian sari and we were very proud to see them identifying with our culture. This is a very colourful night, it’s all about dance and music.”

Ashburton’s Diwali celebration will be held on Saturday , starting at 6.30pm in the Ashburton Racecourse lounge.

■ FILIPINO DAIRY WORKERS

New rules good news for Filipino dairy workers New rules for Filipino dairy workers who provided incorrect information on their work visa applications will clear the path to enable them to stay in their jobs, Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse announced yesterday.

The erroneous details generally involved ramping up work experience and qualifications, and is thought to have caught out about 600 Filipinos working in the dairy industry.

Mr Woodhouse said those workers who admitted providing incorrect information would be issued with further work visas, as long as they are compliant in all other respects and meet the Essential Skills requirements.

“This approach acknowledges that many

of these workers are making a significant contribution to their employers and their communities and are well settled in New Zealand,” he said.

“The changes minimise the disruption that would have been caused by a significant number of workers having their visas declined.”

However, Mr Woodhouse reiterated that affected workers were not guaranteed new visa applications would be successful as they may need to meet a labour market test to determine whether there are any New Zealanders available to do their job.

Visa applications could also be declined if the workers failed to meet standard health and character requirements.

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■ EGYPT

‘External factors’ blamed The Russian passenger jet that crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board came down due to “external” factors, the airline says, as relatives began identifying their loved ones in Saint Petersburg.

Senior Kogalymavia executive Alexander Smirnov yesterday said that “no technical failures” could account for why the Airbus 321 would have broken up in mid-air, as investigators have said happened.

“The only explanation is some kind of external action,” Smirnov told a news conference in Moscow, without elaborating, adding that the doomed jet was in “excellent technical condition”.

Both Cairo and Moscow have played down the claim from Egypt’s Islamic State (IS) branch that it brought down the aircraft flown by Kogalymavia between holiday destination Sharm elSheikh and Russia’s second largest city on Saturday.

The US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said yesterday he could not rule out IS involvement, but thought it “unlikely”.

“We don’t have any direct evi-

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dence of any terrorist involvement yet,” he said.

Investigators are examining all possible causes as they comb the remote crash site in the Sinai peninsula as part of an Egyptianled probe into the disaster that also involves experts from Russia, Airbus, and Ireland, where the aircraft was registered.

President Vladimir Putin described the crash, Russia’s worst air disaster, as a “huge tragedy” in his first comments since the catastrophe, at a meeting with his transport minister yesterday.

The head of Russia’s aviation authority Alexander Neradko slammed the airline’s claims that external factors were to blame as “premature and not based on any real facts” in televised comments.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow “cannot exclude any version” of what caused the crash as investigations were still ongoing, but warned against “guessing” at the reason.

Russia has a dismal air safety record, and while larger carriers have begun upgrading ageing fleets, the crash is likely to raise concerns about smaller airlines such as Kogalymavia.

- AFP

Record migrants More than 218,000 migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean to Europe in October - a monthly record and more than during the whole of 2014, the United Nations said.

“Last month was a record month for arrivals,” UN refugee agency spokesman Adrian Edwards said, pointing out that “arrivals in October paralleled the entire 2014.” In October, 218,394 people made the perilous crossing - all but 8000 of them landing in Greece - compared with 216,054 Mediterranean arrivals during all of last year, UN figures show. The soaring numbers of arrivals last month brought to over 744,000 the number of people who have made the journey so far this year.

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Bomb destroyed

A woman lays flowers to remember the plane crash victims at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St Petersburg, Russia.

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A World War Two bomb has been destroyed in a controlled explosion at the main international airport in the western German city of Duesseldorf. Flights at the hub, Germany’s third busiest in terms of passengers, were interrupted for an hour in the morning while the 125kg bomb was neutralised, the airport said. Two departing flights and five arrivals were axed from the schedule and 34 other flights had to be brought forward or delayed.

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■ HOUSE PRICES RISING

Auckland again leads charge

BY SUZE METHERELL New Zealand house values rose at their fastest annual pace in more than nine years, with the average home now worth more than $550,000, as the Auckland real estate market continues to surge despite new restrictions on buyers and sellers, according to Quotable Value statistics for October.

National property values surged 14 per cent to an average $552,345 over the 12 months through October, the fastest pace of growth since March 2006, the state-owned valuer said in a statement.

Values in Auckland jumped 24 per cent to $918,153 over the year.

Demand for housing in Auckland, where migrants and

investors are adding to competition for a shortage of housing stock, is spilling over into other parts of the upper North Island, with Hamilton and Tauranga recording strong value growth.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has singled out Auckland property prices as a key risk to New Zealand’s financial stability, while at the same time cutting its benchmark interest rates in June, July and September.

In a bid to take the heat out of the market, the central bank this month introduced Aucklandspecific lending restrictions, while relaxing the loan-to-value ratio rules on lending in other parts of the country.

The government’s own moves to crack down on property speculators and offshore investors

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Banks ‘getting tougher’ General Finance says banks are taking a tougher line on some riskier borrowers, creating an opportunity for the niche mortgage lender to offer bridging finance that could help them restore their credit profile. The small Auckland-based lender, with a loan book of about $9.2 million, says anecdotal evidence from people is that the mainstream lenders are enforcing tight rules on credit.

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HELPING YOU MAKE BETTER BUSINESS DECISIONS

Myth #2 – the ‘safe investment’ L ast week I talked about how sensible investing in shares isn’t gambling.

This week I’m going to tackle a myth that is “the other side of the coin” – that there are absolutely safe investments.

Let’s examine why this is not the case: Bank deposits - One only has to think back to 2008 when some of the largest banks in the world needed rescuing by the taxpayer.

Although depositors originally had the safety of the Government Guarantee Scheme, after the SCF bailout in 2011 the RBNZ introduced the Open Bank Resolution (OBR).

Little known to most Kiwis, in the case of a bank failure the OBR allows the Reserve Bank to take some of your savings to keep the banks afloat.

As alarming as it is, the risk of this happening is low and there is actually a greater risk to your bank deposits – inflation.

Similar to if a fuel company was to in someway water down the petrol over time so you didn’t notice it, central bank “money printing” causes inflation which decreases the value of money.

It’s often considered as a tax

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on savers and if you aren’t making high enough returns to beat inflation then you have negative real returns.

In recent years many investors have turned to gold, which is generally considered inflation proof and safe from government meddling.

While true that gold can be a good hedge against inflation what people forget is that owning gold comes at a cost – there is an opportunity cost as it doesn’t pay you any interest or dividend and a storage cost unless you consider burying it.

In times of low inflation like now gold is essentially making negative returns.

In New Zealand there is a persistent myth that property and land prices only go up, however you only have to look at other countries which have had property crashes of over 30 per cent:

USA, Spain, Ireland and Japan to name a few.

Because most property investment is carried out using leverage (i.e. a mortgage), adverse price and interest rate movements can have magnified negative effects on investors.

So if none of the above investments in their own right can be considered completely safe how can you protect your wealth?

Diversification has been coined “the only free lunch in investing” and is by far the best way to protect your wealth.

By investing between and within each of the asset classes above, as well as shares and bonds, you can still have exposure to potential outperformance in each investment but also lessen greatly the risks associated with individual investments, markets and governments.

Chris Crouchley 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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Fliway Group, the freight and logistics business which listed in April, has reversed a $250,000 provision after settling a claim with a former customer, thanks to a deed of indemnity with shareholders who took the company public. Fliway cited the claim from a former customer in its March prospectus. The client said they were overcharged by Fliway for warehouse storage services between July 2008 and August 2012, and claimed $778,872 plus $206,943 interest, or about $986,000 in total. - NZME

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have been in place since last month.

“While anecdotal evidence suggests that the market may have cooled somewhat in anticipation of regulatory measures

being introduced by the government and the Reserve Bank, there is still no sign that this is having any impact on rising values in the super city region,” said QV spokesperson Andrea Rush.

Values in Hamilton, which last month boasted faster annual growth than Auckland, reported an 18 per cent increase over the past 12 months to an average $429,829. Tauranga values increased 14 per cent year-on-year to $513,325.

Wellington values were 3.2 per cent higher than they were a year ago to an average of $553,291, while Christchurch values increased 2.7 per cent to $476,207 and Dunedin values rose 4.2 per cent to $302,329.

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Another rise for commodity prices

BY TINA MORRISON New Zealand commodity prices rose for a second straight month in October, helped by rebounding dairy prices.

The ANZ Commodity Price Index increased 6.9 per cent last month, following September’s 5.5 per cent gain. The index is 12 per cent below year earlier levels.

The increase was led by a jump in dairy prices, which gained 18 per cent from September, continuing their recovery from “extreme lows” in early August, ANZ said.

Whole milk powder led the gains, up 26 per cent, followed by a 14 per cent increase in skim milk powder.

Dairy products are our largest commodity export and traders are

eyeing tonight’s GlobalDairyTrade auction in the expectation prices may retrace earlier gains.

“A slow start to the production season, an El Nino premium, bargain hunting from buyers, some natural recoil of extreme lows and restricted whole milk powder supply appear the main drivers,” ANZ rural economist Con Williams said in his report.

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■ VOLKSWAGEN

Cheating scandal spreads The Volkswagen emissionscheating scandal has widened, with US regulators saying the German automaker also included illegal “defeat devices” on its larger 3.0 litre diesel engines during the past three years.

Volkswagen had already admitted including the software, which cheats pollution tests, in its smaller 2.0 litre diesels equipped in some 11 million 2009-2015 model year cars worldwide.

But the Environmental Protection Agency said it had discovered in its investigation that various six-cylinder 3.0 litre diesel VW Touareg, Porsche Cayenne and Audis from the 2014-2016 model years and distributed in the United States had also been rigged with the software.

“We have clear evidence of these additional violations,” said Cynthia Giles, an official with the EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance office.

“VW has once again failed its obligation to comply with the law that protects clean air for all Americans,” she said.

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In a statement from its headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, the company denied its 3.0 litre engines had defeat devices.

“Volkswagen AG wishes to emphasise that no software has been installed in the 3-litre V6 diesel power units to alter emissions characteristics in a forbidden manner,” it said.

“Volkswagen will co-operate fully with the EPA (to) clarify this matter in its entirety.”

The expansion of the scandal spelled further damage to Volkswagen.

Already one chief executive of the company, Martin Winterkorn, has lost his job, and shares of the giant have lost nearly one-third of their value since the scandal erupted.

The new US notice of violation, for the larger-engined cars, could weigh heavily on Winterkorn’s replacement, Matthias

Mueller, who was elevated from running VW’s Porsche subsidiary.

At the time of his promotion, Porsche vehicles were not known to have the defeat devices.

From the EPA alone, the company is facing a potential $US18 billion in fines, but there are also a number of owner lawsuits against the company.

The new notice covers about 10,000 mostly luxury cars already sold in the United States, and an unknown number still unsold.

The software makes the engines run according to US standards when emissions testing is ongoing.

“At exactly one second” after the emission test ends, the software switches into standard-drive mode in which poisonous nitrogen oxide emissions rise to up to nine times the EPA standard.

Volkswagen is now in violation of two provisions of the US Clean Air Act, in making and selling cars that have defeat devices and that do not meet US emissions standards.

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■ ELECTRICITY

NZ dollar drops The New Zealand dollar fell against its trans-Tasman counterpart after the Reserve Bank of Australia kept the target cash rate unchanged, while firming up its bias towards cutting rates if it’s needed.

The local currency dropped to 93.80 Australian cents at 5pm in Wellington from 94.27 cents immediately before the release, and from 94.92 cents on Monday.

The RBA kept the key rate at 2 per cent, with governor Glenn Stevens saying low rates are needed with tepid inflation and spare capacity in the economy.

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Electricity consumers are subsidising the tiny proportion of people who have solar electricity generation on their rooftops because of the outdated way that local electricity network monopolies charge for the use of their wires, says the Electricity Authority, in a discussion paper released yesterday.

“The way electricity distribution is currently being priced is not encouraging consumers to invest in the right technology at the right time.

“If this situation does not change, it could cause $2.7 billion to $5 billion of wasted investment over the next 10 years” in solar photovoltaic installations, the EA says.

So far, only 0.1 per cent of all electricity consumers have solar power generators, but a study for the EA by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research suggests as many as 40 per cent of consumers could have rooftop solar installations within 10 years, displacing cheaper renewable energy produced by traditional electricity generators, if current distortions in electricity network pricing are allowed to persist.

In effect, the EA paper concedes that current network pricing makes solar installation a rational choice at the household level, but only because other consumers cover the costs avoided by people who generate their own electricity.

“Distribution charges for consumers without solar panels (ie, ordinary consumers) could increase by up to 30 per cent in 10 years,” said EA chief executive Carl Hansen in a briefing for media on the discussion paper, which is open for public submissions for the next three months.

“This arises because people with so-

lar panels shift their share of distribution costs to other consumers.”

Conversely, the EA paper finds that current network pricing acts as a barrier to installing batteries that would allow consumers to buy electricity at cheap times of the day for use when it’s more expensive.

That disincentive should also be ironed out, the discussion paper says, by creating network charging regimes that would reward customers for storing electricity when it’s cheap for use when it’s expensive.

The EA suggests the way to fix the problem is to move away from the current practice of pricing electricity lines through a combination of a daily fixed charge and another charge based on total consumption.

Instead, electricity networks should consider charging higher prices at times of peak electricity use, such as breakfast and dinner times, and lower charges during off-peak periods.

Hansen said New Zealand’s experience with solar power generation was likely to be different from many other parts of the world, where solar rooftop panels displace high-cost electricity generated using either natural gas or coal.

With 80 per cent of New Zealand’s energy needs already met by renewable generation, all of which is less expensive than solar power to produce, there was no clear case in the short run to incentivise solar power installations.

However, Hansen anticipated that as more off-grid generation and battery storage appeared in the New Zealand system, then it would force the traditional electricity generators to drop their prices or face a loss of market share.

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Kiwi chart-toppers - including Grammy-winning singer Lorde helped pump almost half a billion dollars into our economy last year. And an industry insider is predicting that figure will grow even more in coming years as streaming services move ahead in the battle against piracy. A PwC report commissioned by licensing and copyright collectives Recorded Music New Zealand and the Australasian Performing Right Association/Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society, and the Governmentfunded New Zealand Music Commission, found the direct contribution of the music industry last year was $213 million. - NZME

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Move, motivate and kick diabetes into touch Sue Newman

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ew Zealanders could be forgiven for thinking – another day, another health report.

As part of our relentless drive to improve individual health, we’re bombarded by reports and information that keeps us up to speed with research, developments and findings.

And that’s all good. The better informed we are the better decisions we should make, if we care to listen, care to act. But somewhere along the way we appear to have shed responsibility for our own health.

There now appears to be an increasing call for health to become a collective, national responsibility. It’s the lazy man (or woman’s) answer.

Increasingly people are suggesting the government to place a ban on some of the big contributors to poor health, foods that are high in sugar and high in fat. We’re asking for health by legislation.

Our relentless drive towards become a population marred by ill health is costing us heavily as a country, both in health dollars spent and in welfare support for those too sick to work. We’re already running critically low on health dollars without the demands of preventable lifestyle diseases absorbing a share of the pot.

November is the inaugural Diabetes Action Month. It comes with the goal of stopping Kiwis turning a blind eye to what’s happening inside their bodies. It’s about raising awareness of the need to change, to live healthier lives. To take some individual responsibility.

The number of New Zealanders living with diabetes has doubled from 125,000 to 250,000 in the past 10 years, with 40 new diabetes diagnoses every day. One in four New Zealanders is estimated to have pre-diabetes. That’s terrifying. Look around your workplace, look around your family. One in four, the odds are not good.

More than 90 per cent of those with diabetes have the preventable type 2 form of the disease.

Change is hard, change hurts, change means not doing some of the things we enjoy and doing others we may not like. But at the rate we’re going, we’re slowly but surely killing ourselves through our mouths. Our lifestyle disease is costing taxpayers $1.310 billion a year. That’s today. At 40 diagnoses a day, that will soon be just a drop in the funding ocean.

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It’s been a great week to be a New Zealander W

hat a great week to be a Kiwi. We live in a place where we have what many around the world don’t have – the luxury of free speech, democratic government, a high standard of living, and a worldclass rugby team who proved once again they are the world champions.

Well done to Richie and the boys, and what a wonderful way to celebrate the spectacular careers of Richie, Dan and other senior players – thanks for years of good sport and great entertainment.

That finish with the traditional haka brought a lump to the throat – seeing the boys doing this in front of the cup with their gold medals and in their black jerseys for the last time – wow.

As you read this I will be in Puyang city in China where I will be attending the mayoral reception and enhancing our sister city relations.

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you the highlights of this trip and who I meet with.

To allay any concerns from those who might raise the question, this trip is not funded by council. It’s something I want to do to help promote Ashburton and I am willing to put my money where my mouth is.

I believe in this community and feel it’s such a great honour to be in the position to represent our district on the international stage, that I happily do it at my own expense.

Over the past week I have watched democracy in our community in action. Our council is making our official submission

to Parliament’s Select Committee on the transitional governance arrangements for Environment Canterbury.

We support the mixed model of governance although we’d like to see more elected members in the mix.

I think that it is a wonderful thing that our government seeks our view and offers us the chance to speak directly to them during the submission process.

Because it’s a democratic process, we may not get exactly what we want, but at least we have had our say and been listened to.

Locally, we offer our constituents the same opportunities, although recent media coverage would have you believe otherwise.

An inaccurate and inflammatory view was presented that council not only ignores what the public says, but actually disposes of petitions so they never see the light of day. This is absolutely untrue and I take exception to

this statement.

Although no petition can be binding, this council has never ignored any petition – every one we’ve received has been considered by the elected members, although not every petition was agreed with.

At our last council meeting we have chosen to replace an outdated petitions policy that said very little and kept in place standing orders relating to petitions.

We have improved information on our website that offers better guidance about how to get more involved in council business, including how to do petitions.

We have clearly stated that every petition will be acknowledged and considered by council via a covering report.

Check out our “Have Your Say” page on our website.

I look forward to writing the next article on my China visit.

And go the All Blacks – four more years!

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■ Heat the oil in a frying pan. Add the onion, garlic, chilli and red capsicum and toss quickly for 1 minute.

■ Add the diced thigh fillets and cook to brown the chicken.

■ Add the chilli beans, tomato paste and water. Stir and simmer for 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked.

■ Stir in the chopped fresh coriander.

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Spinach the great stand-by W

■ Add the onion and pepper and cook for 1 minute, stirring occasionally.

■ Add the garlic and cook until the vegetables are tender-crisp, stirring often.

■ Stir the soup, water and vinegar in and heat to a boil.

■ Return beef to the pan and reduce heat to medium ■ Stir in the spinach. Cover and cook the beef for 2 minutes ■ Serve the beef and vegetable mixture with the potatoes.

hen all else fails in the vegetable garden, there’s always spinach.

It’s a much maligned vegetable, but it’s one that has come of age. And it’s a vegetable for all seasons. It survives the harsh winter conditions and apart from a tendency to bolt to seed in summer, is a good stand-by for hot dishes and as a salad ingredient, particularly when lettuce starts to pall.

When there are few other vegetable options around between seasons, spinach is always there and it’s always affordable.

Spinach, bacon and white bean salad 12 rashers streaky bacon 4 T sherry vinegar 2 roasted red peppers sliced 2 x 400g cans borlotti beans, drained and rinsed 150g bag baby spinach leaves ■ Heat a large pan and dry-fry the bacon for about 2 mins each side until crispy.

■ Remove and drain on kitchen paper.

■ Keep the fat from the bacon in the pan ■ Add the vinegar and bubble for a few seconds before tipping in the peppers and beans ■ Season and heat through.

■ Toss together the spinach, beans, peppers and bacon, then drizzle with a dressing of your choice.

Spinach and salmon with tartare cream

Beef and spinach bake lemon wedges, to serve ■ Heat the oil in a pan ■ Season the salmon on both sides, then fry for 4 mins each side until golden and the flesh flakes easily.

■ Leave to rest on a plate while you cook the spinach.

■ Tip the leaves into the hot pan, season well, then cover and leave to wilt for 1 min, stirring once or twice.

■ Spoon the spinach onto plates, then top with the salmon.

■ Gently heat the crème fraîche in the pan with a squeeze of the lemon juice ■ Add capers and parsley, then season to taste.

■ Be careful not to let it boil.

■ Spoon the sauce over the fish, then serve with lemon wedges.

■ Prepare chicken for stuffing ■ Cook spinach in garlic and oil on top of stove until done.

■ Add in feta cheese and mix well.

■ Distribute spinach mixture onto each chicken breast.

■ Wrap chicken around mixture and secure with a toothpick.

■ Roll each breast in bread crumbs until well coated.

■ Place in dish and pour butter.

■ Cook for 30 minutes and serve.

Steak with baby spinach 2 T olive oil 500g beef sirloin steak, cut into 4 pieces 1 large onion, sliced 1 small red pepper, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 450g can cream of mushroom soup 1/2 C water 2 T balsamic vinegar 250g spinach 2 C hot mashed potatoes

Spinach and feta chicken breasts 4 chicken breasts 1 t minced garlic 2 T olive oil 500g bag spinach 1 C feta cheese 2 C seasoned bread crumbs 1/2 C butter (melted)

400g pasta bows 2 T Olive oil 1 onion, finely diced 3 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped 600g beef mince 2 x 400g cans of chopped tomatoes 2 T tomato paste 350g spinach, coarsely chopped ¼ C parsley, finely chopped Salt & freshly ground pepper to taste 1 C cheddar cheese, or mozzarella, grated ■ Preheat oven to 180°C. ■ Cook pasta in boiling, salted water for 10 minutes or until just tender. Drain well.

■ Heat a saucepan, add oil, onion (finely diced) and garlic (crushed and chopped) ■ Cool over a medium heat for 5 minutes to soften.

■ Add the beef mince and cook for 5 minutes, breaking up the mince with a wooden spoon.

■ Add tomatoes and tomato paste, then simmer for 5 to 10 minutes or until liquid is reduced and sauce thick.

■ Stir in spinach (coarsely chopped) and parsley. Season well with salt and pepper to taste.

■ Combine pasta and beef sauce and pour into a large baking dish.

■ Scatter with cheese and bake for 25 minutes until the cheese is melted and golden brown.

Pork with spinach and chilli coconut 1.5kg orange sweet potato (kumara), peeled, cut into 7mmthick slices 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil 4 pork loin medallion steaks 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 1 small fresh red chilli, finely chopped 2 bunches spinach, ends trimmed, washed 150ml coconut cream ■ Preheat oven to 200°C. ■ Place the sweet potato in a bowl.

■ Drizzle over 1 tablespoon of the oil and toss to coat.

■ Arrange the sweet potato in a single layer on 2 baking trays.

■ Bake in oven, swapping the trays halfway through cooking, for 25 minutes or until golden and tender.

■ Heat 1 teaspoon of the remaining oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat.

■ Add the pork and cook for 3-4 minutes each side for medium or until cooked to your liking.

■ Transfer to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm.

■ Heat the remaining oil in the frying pan over medium-high heat.

■ Add the garlic and chilli, and cook for 30 seconds or until aromatic.

■ Add the spinach and coconut cream and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until the spinach just wilts.

■ Divide the sweet potato among serving plates. Top with the spinach mixture and pork to serve.

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■ Remove the beef and pour off any fat.

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Ashburton A&P Show colouring-in winners Hundreds of youngsters from around the district entered the Ashburton Guardian A&P Show colouring competition and three winners collected their special prizes. Marika Tavendale won the under-5 category, Mere Apaipo took out the 6-10 category, while Elizabeth Hastie won the 11-15 category.

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6-10 years category Mere Apaipo from Hampstead School receives her prize from Ashburton Guardian with advertising sales administrator Caitlin Bingham.

11-15 years category Elizabeth Hastie from Hampstead School receives her prize from Subway with advertising consultant Trudy Bensted.

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■ HUTT FEST

ARTS DIARY

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The performers were “excellent” and the atmosphere “chilled” at the annual Hutt Fest on Friday night, according to Wayne Pannett.

The Mount Hutt College private music tutor organises the event annually, to give his students an opportunity to showcase their talent to family, friends and the wider community.

Held at Methven Resort, this year’s Hutt Fest featured four bands, about 11 soloists and one duo.

In addition, the college’s head of music Hugo Zanker performed an original cello composition.

It was the fifth Hutt Fest. The event first began as an outdoor event, held in the college grounds during the day, prior to moving to the resort last year.

“It gets better and better every year,” Mr Pannett said.

“The more they do of that sort of thing, the better. Some of them are getting over their nerves now and they know what to expect and they are starting to put in some good performances.”

About 80 people had attended.

“The performers were excellent and it was a nice chilled atmosphere,” Mr Pannett said.

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Mount Hutt College pupils (from left) Brooke Sandys, Paige Jones and Chelsea Klever-Muir, making up the band Hutt Chicks, perform alongside teacher Wayne Pannett at Hutt Fest.

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■ SELWYN GALLERY EXHIBITION

Talented painter has turned his skills to pottery Becoming obsessed with potting about 10 years ago, Peter Gregory says that making a pot on the wheel is like painting or drawing in three dimensions, or playing a violin or other musical instrument.

His pots, such as the one pictured, are covered with a crystalline glaze, which creates a pattern of crystals during firing.

Mr Gregory is able to control the size, shape and quantity of the crystals by experimenting with the firing process, producing unique results.

Peter Gregory has had many years of experience as a painter, exhibiting nationwide, and similarly now as a potter.

People can find his work in outlets from Dunedin to Palmerston.

Based in his studio at the Waikouaiti Post Office, Mr Gregory’s work is part of an exhibition to open on November 6 at the Selwyn Gallery in Darfield.

His Out of the Fire exhibition is being held alongside Openings by painter Judy Rogers.

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November 6 – A Red Carpet Evening, join Ashburton College in celebrating musical excellence. Performances by Phoenix Choir, Phoenix Rising Choir, orchestra, string ensemble, blues band and a selection of senior students.

November 6 – Openings by painter Judy Rogers and Out of the Fire by potter Peter Gregory, at the Selwyn Gallery at Darfield, until December 4.

November 8 – Glenn Miller Orchestra, 2.30pm, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

November 9 – Ashburton father-son artist pair Mark and Jack McDonald have their joint exhibition opening at the Methven Art Gallery.

November 11 – Muka Youth Print Exhibition, exclusively for five to 18-year-olds, 12.30pm to 6pm. Well-known artists from around the world have produced a set of small lithographs in this 40-piece collection, each priced at $70.

November 15 – Jub Jub Club at Ashburton Art Gallery, creative group for seven to 13-yearolds, held every fortnight.

Members can choose between a 10.30am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 4pm session.

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■ MELBOURNE CUP

Waikato stud toasts winner The champagne was flowing at Waikato’s Rich Hill Stud in New Zealand with a Group One celebration to toast their major role in a history-making Melbourne Cup result.

Their giant-killing farm graduate Prince of Penzance repelled the international challenge, with rider Michelle Payne becoming the first woman to win the Flemington feature.

Rich Hill principal John Thompson said it was a dream result for the stud and his family, his staff, clients and supporters.

“The place just went berserk.

“It’s a huge thrill and not only for us but also for the New Zealand thoroughbred industry.”

The 13th individual Group One winner for Rich Hill’s foundation stallion Pentire, Prince Of Penzance was bred by the farm with Katsumi Yoshida of Northern Farm, Japan.

“We established a breeding partnership with them when we got Jungle Pocket here,” Thompson said.

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Michelle Payne gets New Zealand-bred Prince of Penzance to the line in the 3200 metre Melbourne Cup yesterday.

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“I went to Japan to look at a number of mares that came back to Rich Hill.

“When Jungle Pocket couldn’t come back here because of the EI (equine influenza) outbreak,

I suggested to Mr Yoshida that Royal Successor should go to Pentire and he agreed.”

The resulting foal was Prince of Penzance, who was subsequently put through Rich Hill’s 2011 Premier Sale draft at Karaka and he was knocked down to the $50,000 bid of the respected Queensland bloodstock agent John Foote.

“He’s out of a Mr Prospector mare, Royal Successor, and we’ll be selling a brother to Prince Of Penzance at Karaka next year, so we couldn’t possibly have wished for a better result,” Thompson said.

While the Darren Weirtrained Prince Of Penzance was at long odds in the Melbourne Cup, there was a reasonable degree of pre-race confidence at Rich Hill.

“He was ridden a bit upside down when he led in the Moonee Valley Cup and still ran second in a track record time.

“He didn’t deserve to be at such a big price.”

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Group aim for Rasa Lila Impressive Ellerslie winner Rasa Lila is likely to get an opportunity to make her mark at black type level later this month. Her connections gave serious thought to running the five-year-old in Tuesday’s Gr.3 Sofitel Luxury Hotels Stakes before opting for the softer option of the Carbine Club Trophy. Rasa Lila duly came from last in the running to claim the handicap in her first appearance in the open grade. - NZME

Stayer stars again Saint Kitt again showed his liking for the Ellerslie track when he downed the Rating 85 stayers on Melbourne Cup day. The Keeper gelding finished fourth in the Gr.1 NZ Derby of 2013 and subsequent returns have produced a sixth in the Gr.1 Auckland Cup and a close eighth in last season’s Avondale Gold Cup. - NZME

Big test for Martiniz Martiniz Special will step out over ground for the first time at his next appearance. The four-year-old won for the third time in his career at Tauranga where he powered home to score over 1600 metres. “We’ve always thought he would stay,” said trainer Stephen Ralph. - NZME

Avondale gallops Today at Avondale Raceway

Avondale JC Venue: Avondale Meeting Date: 04 November 2015 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 1.25pm (NZT) RIVER QUEEN RATING 75 1400 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 7017x Jagersfontein (1) 59 ....................T Thornton 2 0762x Sky Idea d (8) 57.5...................... D Johnson 3 8x171 Prince Of Passion tm (6) 56.5 .B Hutton (a1) 4 891x0 Joanna d (7) 56 ...............................A Collett 5 67x68 Agostini (3) 54.5 .................L Magorrian (a1) 6 0x787 Muscat Hills d (4) 54.5 ...............M Coleman 7 21667 Whatz Occurring d (5) 54.5 ............. C Grylls 8 15x8x Emily Monk d (2) 54 .......................V Colgan 2 2.00pm AJC LIFE MEMBERS 3YOF MAIDEN $7000, MDN 3YOF, 1200m 1 2 Precision Miss (5) 56.5 ................... K Myers 2 Mahalo (2) 56.5 ............................... C Grylls 3 Regina Giovanna (8) 56.5 ..........J Whiteside 4 7x Zaburn (7) 56.5 ............................... S Spratt 5 Ballerine 56.5 ............................... Scratched 6 Beauty’s Rose (6) 56.5................ D Johnson 7 9 Conjuring (3) 56.5 .......................T Thornton 8 Cupid 56.5.................................... Scratched 9 Fanny Blankers (1) 56.5 .....L Magorrian (a1) 10 08x Fitsandgiggles 56.5 ...................... Scratched 11 Neat Aza Pin (4) 56.5.................M Coleman 12 6x7 Orange Crush (9) 56.5 ................... J Parkes 3 2.35pm AUCKLAND 24HR GLASS MAIDEN 1200 $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 48x Chequered Flag b (7) 58.5 ......B Hutton (a1) 2 6x480 Buffalo Hunter (8) 58.5 ..................M McNab 3 7560x Saki’s Ace (13) 58.5 ....................C Lammas 4 Beatnik (15) 58.5......................... D Johnson 5 Wingate (14) 58.5 ........................... C Grylls 6 Our Paddy 58.5 ............................ Scratched 7 3226x Hypervelocity 57 .......................... Scratched 8 2345x Glamazon b (12) 56.5 ..................... S Spratt 9 3243x Long Harbour (10) 56.5.................. J Parkes

10 8953. Kittykittybangbang (16) 56.5 11 55x94 Chachar b (2) 56.5 .........................V Colgan 12 37x44 La Dorada h (1) 56.5 .................. Z Moki (a3) 13 6x9x5 The Keept Lady (3) 56.5 .........S McKay (a2) 14 Piaf (4) 55 ..................................M Coleman 15 9 Boulder (5) 57 ....................L Magorrian (a1) 16 0 Louisette’s Dream 56.5 ................ Scratched 17 6x8x Dix Sept (6) 56.5 .............................A Collett 18 5870x Most Likely (11) 58.5 19 4907x Right Said Fred (9) 58.5 ..............T Thornton Emergencies: Boulder, Louisette’s Dream, Dix Sept, Most Likely, Right Said Fred 4 3.10pm GRAEME BARTON RATING 65 2100 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 35x10 Mr Baraq (8) 59 ..........................M Cameron 2 258x2 Zaviera b (5) 58 ..............................V Colgan 3 73559 Dark Gem tm (1) 58 ........................S Collett 4 05x80 Eezemoova tm (2) 57.5 ................. R Norvall 5 7x656 Table One d (6) 57 ...................... D Johnson 6 70x31 You Are Amazing t (3) 57 ...........M Coleman 7 16643 Special Unit dm (9) 56.5 .....Z N Azman (a3) 8 70018 Fort Street Dancer td (7) 56 9 59400 Saved By The Bell tdm (4) 56 .....T Thornton 10 08377 Rustana tm (11) 55 .................B Hutton (a1) 11 773x8 Our Serafina (10) 54 ....................... K Myers 5 3.45pm NEXT MEETING SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER MAIDEN 2100 $7000, MDN, 2100m 1 02534 Sum Favour (3) 58.5 ......................... D Hain 2 80530 Absolute Gem (15) 58.5 ..........B Hutton (a1) 3 20547 The Archduke (14) 58.5 ................M McNab 4 68850 Battlefield (5) 58.5 ........................... S Spratt 5 36x58 Markwood (1) 58.5 .............L Magorrian (a1) 6 008 Asylum Seeker (4) 58.5 ......Z N Azman (a3) 7 400P7 Ready To Rumble (12) 58.5 ....S McKay (a2) 8 0 Reprise (8) 58.5 ..........................T Thornton 9 00x0 Shinkitover (7) 58.5 ........................ J Parkes 10 x2522 Polynesia b (2) 56.5 ...................M Cameron 11 x7942 Ametrine (13) 56.5 ..........................A Collett

12 48246 Copper Queen (11) 56.5 .................S Collett 13 0x508 Plenteous (6) 56.5........................... K Myers 14 0000 Tui’s Blue (10) 56.5 ..................... C Dell (a1) 15 9693 Margin Call (9) 55 ....................... D Johnson 6 4.20pm COUNTIES CUP AT AVONDALE F&M MAIDEN 1400 $7000, MDN F&M, 1400m 1 240x3 Sisterhood (16) 57.5 ..................M Cameron 2 0735x Beaming (14) 57.5 ..........................S Collett 3 30x Primrose Hill (18) 57.5 ....................A Collett 4 x54x4 Sparkling Sword (5) 57.5 ............ D Johnson 5 436x0 Mariposa (15) 57.5 .............L Magorrian (a1) 6 L475x Sister O’Reilly (17) 57.5 ....... S Spratt 7 90057 Lola Brigida (2) 57.5....................T Thornton 8 6x936 Fame Seeker (7) 56 ....................C Lammas 9 5 Saffron Lady (8) 56 ....................M Coleman 10 Tessastock (6) 56 ...........................V Colgan 11 0 Crusher Collins (13) 56 12 87. Pure Lorde (12) 56 13 8 Saint Lucia (11) 56 ..................S McKay (a2) 14 Susie Wolff (3) 56..........................M McNab 15 Unicorn Zone (9) 56 ........................ C Grylls 16 Valley Girl (1) 56 ............................. K Myers 17 68 Swiss Bouquet (10) 56 ................... J Parkes 18 609 Faceup (4) 56 Emergencies: Swiss Bouquet, Faceup 7 4.55pm VIDEON DVD LIBRARY RATING 65 1400 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 444x9 Waipipi Lad dm (13) 59 ...........B Hutton (a1) 2 321x2 What’s Up Alf dm (12) 59 ...........M Cameron 3 41x Winmotion (10) 58.5........................ C Grylls 4 04x44 Laddie Of Oakview (7) 58 ..L Magorrian (a1) 5 2164x Vantaa 58 ..................................... Scratched 6 64198 Anuka m (8) 57.5 ....................S McKay (a2) 7 399x5 Bob Valdez d (1) 57.................... Z Moki (a3) 8 150x0 Silver Rod d (4) 57 ........................M McNab 9 7140x Geppetto’s Girl d (11) 56.5 .............V Colgan 10 x5100 Elegant Lad tdm (16) 56.5 ..........T Thornton

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1 3234x Douro b (9) 58.5 2 244x All Roads (10) 58.5 .........................S Collett 3 7004x Arite Guru (12) 58.5 ........................ K Myers 4 49. El Escolta b (11) 58.5.................M Coleman 5 0 Vonchoi (17) 58.5 ........................T Thornton 6 Costa Bravo (15) 57 ........................ C Grylls 7 78x Stryda (6) 57 ............................... C Dell (a1) 8 6 Brilleaux (7) 57 ............................... J Parkes 9 77x57 Who Dares Wins 57 ..................... Scratched 10 9x Call Me Maina (13) 57........L Magorrian (a1) 11 Chocante (16) 57 12 The Rebel Knight (4) 57 .................. S Spratt 13 Whistle Blower (2) 57 ......................A Collett 14 540x7 Mills ‘N’ Boon (18) 56.5 15 0 Orchestra 56.5 ............................. Scratched 16 Volts (1) 56.5 ..................................V Colgan 17 06697 Basil Brush (3) 58.5 18 008 Stan’s Tuf Tiger (8) 58.5 19 64676 Up On The Roof (5) 58.5.....J Robinson (a4) 20 8 Saint Lucia (14) 55 Blinkers on: Zaviera (R4), Asylum Seeker, Shinkitover, Ametrine (R5), Pure Lorde, Faceup (R6), What’s Up Alf Kelly Myers is down to ride Val- (R7), Call Me Maina (R8). Blinkers off: Jagersfontein, Joley Girl in the Counties Cup at the anna (R1), Buffalo Hunter (R3) Winkers on: Joanna (R1), Plenteous (R5), Nulla Creek (R7). Winkers off: Zaviera Avondale meeting today.

(R4), What’s Up Alf (R7), All Roads (R8). Pacifiers off: 11 70x30 Gemodi tm (9) 56.5 .........................S Collett Right Said Fred (R3) 12 49376 Gold Hunter 56.5.......................... Scratched SELECTIONS 13 9x875 Stole My Thunder (5) 56.5 .............. K Myers Race 1: Sky Idea, Prince Of Passion, Agostini, Muscat Hills 14 x391x All The Drama (14) 56 ................. D Johnson Race 2: Precision Miss, Mahalo, Regina Giovanna, Beauty’s Rose 15 09189 Nulla Creek tdm (15) 55 ..................A Collett Race 3: Glamazon, Beatnik, La Dorada, Kittykittybangbang 16 70x43 Our Daisy b (6) 54.5....................C Lammas 17 97440 Candid Man (3) 56 ......................... J Parkes Race 4: Table One, Zaviera, You Are Amazing, Dark Gem Race 5: Polynesia, Margin Call, Sum Favour, Copper Queen 18 40x00 Iffitel m (2) 54 Race 6: Sparkling Sword, Fame Seeker, Saffron Lady Emergencies: Candid Man, Iffitel 8 5.30pm GOODWIN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT MDN Race 7: What’s Up Alf, Waipipi Lad, Silver Rod, Laddie Of Oakview 1400 $7000, MAIDEN, 1400m Race 8: All Roads, Volts, Douro, El Escolta, Costa Bravo

Today at Addington Raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Date: 04 Nov 2015 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 6.16pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO NZ CUP SEMIFINAL 1 C5q, 520m 1 68131 Cawbourne Crouch 30.25 ............M Roberts 2 21113 Born To Boom 30.02 .........................J Dunn 3 25854 Homebush Kelso 30.31 ..........J T McInerney 4 72113 Spud Missile nwtd ............................ S Clark 5 41121 Mystic Action 30.35 J &...................D Fahey 6 11512 Lochinvar Impact nwtd ...............D Schofield 7 55684 Know Jinx 30.32.............................G Cleeve 8 32564 Know Value 30.44 ..........................G Cleeve 9 75165 Goldstar Junior 30.58 S & ............... B Evans 10 64615 Opawa Rosie 29.96.......................... B Dann 2 6.36pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO NZ CUP SEMIFINAL 2 C5q, 520m 1 13523 Opawa Diesel 30.46 L & .................... Wales 2 73363 Another Liz 30.63 ...................J T McInerney 3 22534 Melham nwtd................................... K Walsh 4 21111 Dyna Vikkers 29.94 ......................C Roberts 5 34443 Winsome Jenny 30.39 .....................L Ahern 6 64252 Know Lapse 30.81 .........................G Cleeve 7 62431 Jewel Action 30.33 J & ....................D Fahey 8 21184 Chippa Lata 30.31.....................R Blackburn 9 75165 Goldstar Junior 30.58 S & ............... B Evans 10 64615 Opawa Rosie 29.96.......................... B Dann 3 6.55pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO NZ CUP SEMI-

FINAL 3 C5q, 520m 1 73713 Untraceable nwtd .......................D Schofield 2 12842 Skuzi nwtd........................................L Ahern 3 11881 Homebush Howard 30.22 ......J T McInerney 4 65134 Willis 30.26....................................R Adcock 5 33343 Know Mention 30.06 ......................G Cleeve 6 11251 Arctic Action 30.11 J & ....................D Fahey 7 22122 Opawa Shackley 30.03 J & .............D Fahey 8 11124 Benjamin Black 30.29 .............. A Botherway Emergencies: 9 75165 Goldstar Junior 30.58 S & ............... B Evans 10 64615 Opawa Rosie 29.96.......................... B Dann 4 7.16pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO NZ CUP SEMIFINAL 4 C5q, 520m 1 23143 Boston Billy 30.40 H & ........................Taylor 2 11411 Dream Collector 29.85 J & ..............D Fahey 3 62774 Gold Class 30.19 .......................D Schofield 4 17512 Cawbourne Brick nwtd .................M Roberts 5 62262 Boston Heart nwtd ......................A Turnwald 6 11312 Know Decision 29.88 .....................G Cleeve 7 31431 Takamori 30.59 ................................ B Dann 8 57232 Trust Issues 30.04 J &.....................D Fahey 9 75165 Goldstar Junior 30.58 S & ............... B Evans 10 64615 Opawa Rosie 29.96.......................... B Dann 5 7.36 SUPER PETS GALAXY SEMI-FINAL 1 C5q, 295m 1 12764 Spring Major nwtd .......................A Turnwald 2 52164 Get Ready Freddy 17.18 ........... A Bradshaw 3 48613 Smash Rumour 17.19 ..................... M Grant 4 55334 Tee Kay Yapper nwtd ........................ S Clark

5 51333 Homebush Rocky 17.17 .........J T McInerney 10 16255 Opawa Opal 17.20 L & ....................... Wales 6 21312 Brendan’s Puzzle 17.08 .....................C Weir 8 8.37 SUPER PETS GALAXY SEMI-FINAL 4 C5q, 295m 7 11171 Paperbond 17.08 J & ......................D Fahey 1 11124 Goldstar Chumlee 17.25 S & .......... B Evans 8 16561 Firemans Galaxy 16.96 ..................G Cleeve 2 26244 Jamaican Archie 17.46 M & ..............Jopson 9 12785 Wunzee 17.39 ........................J T McInerney 3 F4113 Backchat Harry 17.05 ............... A Bradshaw 10 16255 Opawa Opal 17.20 L & ....................... Wales 4 33252 Yeboah nwtd..................................... S Clark 6 7.56pm (NZT) SUPER PETS GALAXY SEMI-FINAL 5 64713 Replay 17.26 .......................................A Lee 2 C5q, 295m 6 21681 Mojo Burst 17.03 ............................. M Grant 7 12622 Popsome Tags 17.14...................A Turnwald 1 74882 Bump 17.01..................................C Roberts 8 81681 Dizzy State 17.20 ...............................C Weir 2 72123 Keramus 17.09 ...............................G Cleeve 9 12785 Wunzee 17.39 ........................J T McInerney 3 2x754 Lone Star Lad nwtd .....................A Turnwald 4 12142 Allegro Class nwtd ...........................L Ahern 10 16255 Opawa Opal 17.20 L & ....................... Wales 5 46131 Little Regus 17.01 J & .....................D Fahey 9 8.57pm I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C2, 520m 6 57343 Eckles 17.07 .....................................J Dunn 1 13347 Opawa Zena 30.61 J & ...................D Fahey 7 11281 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 2 23223 Opawa Zara 30.37 L & ....................... Wales 8 76834 Starburst Terry 17.20....................... M Grant 3 83313 Run Zola 30.51 H & ............................Taylor Emergencies: 4 23332 Goldstar Po 30.57 S & .................... B Evans 9 12785 Wunzee 17.39 ........................J T McInerney 5 38211 Opawa Gumisie 30.50 L & ................. Wales 10 16255 Opawa Opal 17.20 L & ....................... Wales 6 63112 Nina Baxter 30.53 ..................J T McInerney 7 8.16 SUPER PETS GALAXY SEMI-FINAL 3 C5q, 295m 7 23F25 Thrilling Luke nwtd M &.....................Jopson 8 75746 Homebush Errol nwtd ............J T McInerney 1 12242 Know Knowing 17.26 .....................G Cleeve 9 1x876 Nicky Noir 30.15 ............................... B Dann 2 45432 About Town 17.27 ...............................A Lee 3 33271 Aiden Baxter 17.07 ................J T McInerney 10 72721 Homebush Buck 30.60 ...........J T McInerney 4 41423 Wild Effective nwtd ...........................L Ahern 10 9.17 GARDEN CITY CHEM-DRY SPRINT C2, 295m 5 55423 Mickey Tee 16.95 ..........................R Adcock 1 71485 El Grand Shadow 17.51 S & ........... B Evans 6 12382 Dr. Brm nwtd ...............................A Turnwald 2 55441 Will Excite 17.28 .......................... L Waretini 7 54271 Shadow Apache 17.11 J &..............D Fahey 3 21828 Kyla Rose 17.32 .....................J T McInerney 8 45114 Carnegie Hall 17.30 ........................ M Grant 4 75611 Homebush Riley 17.45 ...........J T McInerney 9 12785 Wunzee 17.39 ........................J T McInerney 5 36581 Opawa Lean Meat 17.53 L & ............. Wales

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35111 Mandi Mae 17.47 C & ........................ Fagan 15168 Another Belle nwtd .................J T McInerney 75431 Know Salute 17.29 .........................G Cleeve 82687 Lil Danny Rascal 17.29 M &..............Jopson 5468x Noble Fantasy 17.30 S & ................ B Evans 11 9.37pm MAC DEVELOPMENTS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 888x8 Sprinkles 17.23 ......................J T McInerney 2 87126 Om Nom Nom 17.43 ..............J T McInerney 3 42634 Increasing 17.33 ............................. M Grant 4 37265 Butterbean 17.20 M & .....................P Binnie 5 18186 Bhuja 17.47 ...............................R Blackburn 6 16182 Homebush Zippy 17.37 ..........J T McInerney 7 23331 Must Desire 17.17 ..........................G Cleeve 8 24333 Know Pride 17.08...........................G Cleeve 9 74623 Only Got Time 17.12 .................R Blackburn 10 67455 Jinja Loch 17.30 ........................ A Bradshaw 12 9.54pm LIVAMOL DASH C2, 295m 1 63456 Struggle Is Real 17.63 H & .................Taylor 2 55435 Van Gerwin 17.24 ......................H Anderton 3 34124 Royal Action 17.37 S & ................... B Evans 4 77384 Another Message nwtd ..........J T McInerney 5 32155 Peyton Sawyer 17.56 ................... L Waretini 6 46122 Homebush Rufus 17.46 .........J T McInerney 7 33787 Sleeper Agent 17.16 ................. A Bradshaw 8 45847 Hello Blondie 17.49 .......................R Adcock 9 57743 Glenn Is Goodesy 17.20 ................. M Grant 10 34658 Ilabb 17.32 M & .................................Jopson 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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SALES/ESTIMATOR/ADMINISTRATION POSITION

Local rider Jamiee Bird and Wenrose Vertigo winning the FEI World Jumping Challenge at Canterbury over Labour Weekend.

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Jumping spectacular The Ashburton Area ESNZ is pulling out all the stops ahead of its Grand Prix Show jumping and Show Hunter Show at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds this coming weekend.

The event not only boasts the second southern event of the newly revamped FEI World Jumping Challenge, but will host a young rider team from Victoria, Australia, in the annual exchange vying for the Juliet Scott Trophy.

“It’s really exciting,” said Ashburton Area ESNZ chairman Alan Bird.

“It’s great for our local show jumpers, supporters and equestrian enthusiasts to get the opportunity to see some top notch show jumping action, rarely witnessed in Ashburton.

“People really need to get out and watch.”

Now in its 37th year, the new edition of the FEI World Jumping Challenge aims to give the less experienced jumping riders who, under normal circumstances, cannot take part in international jumping competitions, the opportunity to compete internationally without having to leave their own country.

The Challenge is divided into 10 geographical zones and three categories, with the South Island only offering Category A, open to riders 15 years and older, jumping to heights of 1.20m-1.30m.

It will be run over two rounds over a track designed by Brazilian course-designer Guilherme Jorge, who is down to design the courses for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

It will be presided over by visit-

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ing FEI judge Audrey Cameron alongside local FEI judge Annette Scott, with Canterbury-based FEI international course designer Lex Peddie taking charge of the jumping course on the day.

Ashburton hosts the second southern leg; excitingly, the first was won by local Ashburton College student Jamiee Bird on Wenrose Vertigo at Canterbury Showjumping’s Labour Weekend Showjumping Carnival last weekend.

The final will take place at the South Canterbury North Otago Area’s show later next month (November).

Although running the Challenge had created its own set of headaches for the committee, Bird says it’s definitely worth it.

“I think it’s a fantastic new initiative.

“It’s great for our riders to get out there in the public arena and see where they sit on an international scale.

“I hope it grows from here.”

While the Challenge is a huge drawcard, he says there will also be plenty of local interest in the Victoria exchange with two local Mid Canterbury girls named in the South Island Young Rider team attempting to retain the silverware.

Held annually, the competition involves riders jumping 1.101.20m on borrowed horses.

It consists of two rounds (one Saturday, one Sunday) in a Nations Cup format with each round scored separately and places awarded.

The final score of each team is

taken from these two rounds and combined to give the winning team overall.

In the case of a tie a jump-off with one rider from each team may be required.

In January, the South Island team finished runner-up in the InterCountry Challenge, which was held as part of the Victoria Junior & Young Rider Championships at the Boneo Park Equestrian Centre, against teams from Japan, Taiwan and Victoria, but succeeded in winning back the Juliet Scott Trophy.

A strong team has been named for this year’s match headed by Rose Alfeld (Leeston), with Harry Feast (West Melton), Lucinda Askin (Ashburton) and Kimberley Bird (Rakaia), under the guidance of coach Kate Cavanagh.

Bird says his small committee has been working overtime to ensure the show will be a huge success.

Local businesses have again got right behind the event with great sponsorship, the Ashburton A&P Association has started building new yards to accommodate the additional horses expected to compete, and the committee has also invested in additional jumps to make sure all three jumping rings would look fantastic.

“The support from local businesses, as always, had been overwhelming.”

He also praised groundskeeper Shane Adams for his work on the main arena to ensure it was in tiptop condition come competition day.

Ashburton Bowling Club

J. Harman, H. Boag, M. Frankum, S. Fowler, W. Blackwell, J. Hardy, S. Holdom, W. Watson, A. Gowan.

Start time 10.30am with a 10.00am cuppa.

The following skips have teams entered in the Bowman Cup, O. Collins, G. Hawkins, N. Mckenzie, D. Gutberlet, L. Chaney, M. Eder, R. Bennett, J. Krammer, A. Wright,

We currently have a position available in our busy flooring and window furnishing business.

Key tasks would include: • Consulting with customers in the showroom • Computer estimation of flooring requirements • Measuring for curtains/blinds • Hanging curtains/blinds • Ordering product • Preparing quotes/invoices • General clerical and showroom work The person we are looking for would have an enthusiastic personality, enjoys dealing with customers and working in a team environment, and can work well under pressure. A natural eye for detail is essential as is a good telephone manner. Strong computer literacy is important and retail experience would be preferred however full training will be provided. Health & Safety knowledge would be an advantage.

This position is full-time Monday to Friday and also some Saturday mornings.

Please forward your application to: Vacancy Skip-2-It Flooring Xtra 24 Tarbottons Road, Ashburton Or email: jen.muir@flooringxtra.co.nz Applications close November 12, 2015

Chef De Partie The Dubliner is moving into a newly refurbished premises in Methven. This is a fantastic opportunity be part of this exciting development!

Join our Team!

You’ll have a strong passion for culinary excellence, and you are exceptionally detailed. You’re resilient in stressful situations and always able to handle last minute requests. For more than 1 year, as a chef, you’ve been a key ingredient in the success of a full service, high-volume restaurant. If you believe you’ve got the right stuff apply by email info@dubliner.co.nz or call 022 089 8293.

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Construction Staff

QUALIFIED BUILDER WANTED

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

• Are you a great leader?

• Wanting to Join a Small Team Versatile Homes & Buildings Ashburton is a strong small company in Mid Canterbury.

Site Foreman/Managers & Carpenters Please provide a cover letter and a full CV, marked the attention of:

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 • Work vehicle • Full time hours

• Phone • Varied array of work in the commercial sector • Long term job opportunities within 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.

Building Position McIntosh Group PO Box 464 Ashburton 7740 Or you can email your application to: jobs@mcintoshgroup.co.nz Applications must be received no later than 4pm Friday, November 6.

Due to a large increase in our work load and expansion of our precast manufacturing facilities, we seek to fill the following positions to work with us in our brand new precast yard and offices: Precast Workers / Formwork Carpenters

Concrete Placers / Concrete Finisher

Read and interpret drawings to be able to setup mould work and locate cast-in items to specification Setup mould work in a timely fashion with minimal rework Assist in placing completed steel cages into moulds Accurately place and secure cast-in items in a timely fashion.

Experience in handling and placing concrete, understanding its properties and experience in using mechanical floats and finishing tools is essential.

Yard Man This would be a part time position that would ideally suit a semi-retired person.

Work would involve general yard duties and sorting stock.

Along with concrete finishing, this role will at times expand into boxing and panel set up and site clean-up. Ability to read and interpret fabrication drawings and having excellent attention to detail.

Precast Apprentice This role would ideally suit somebody who is looking for a career in the precast industry.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a newly formed family operated business that is set to become one of the leading suppliers of Architectural Precast Concrete in the South Island.

Excellent remuneration will be paid to the right candidates. All applicants will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.

Please provide a cover letter and a full CV, marked the attention of:

Experienced Hairstylist Wanted Tanglez is a stunning new hair salon based in Tinwald.

We are looking for a skilled, creative hairdresser to join our professional, friendly and fun team.

Hours negotiable.

Phone Anna 0274 260 867

Precast Position McIntosh Group PO Box 464, Ashburton 7740 jobs@mcintoshgroup.co.nz

SERVICE INC

Alcohol & Drug Counsellor We are looking for a highly motivated new team member to join our clinical service.

Ideally, this person will have: • Relevant health qualification in AOD studies, social work, nursing or mental health.

• Skills in group and individual therapy.

• Assessment and referral skills.

• Excellent clinical judgement and strong clinical boundaries.

• Skills to maintain informative and up to date on-line records.

• Current NZ Drivers Licence.

This position offers the chance for you to be part of a small team working in a supportive work place. Your role includes managing a caseload, providing assessment & developing treatment plans and offering counselling and support to clients.

To obtain a position description for this role, or to apply: Contact: acads@xtra.co.nz All applications must include a CV and cover letter.

Applications close November 23, 2015.

What will you have to succeed in this role?

• A willingness to learn and work hard.

• Proven ability to work within a team environment.

What’s on offer?

• A reliable full-time job.

• Rates to match expertise & experience.

• Diversity and challenge is ensured with a range of projects in the Mid Canterbury Region.

• Monday - Friday and weekend work optional (generally 40-45hours a week).

• Working with a small friendly team.

If you are committed to customers, & don’t mind working hard, please email or post your CV to: Kylie Carr 49 Smithfield Road Rd 2, Ashburton 7772 Or Email: ashburton@versatile.co.nz

Sawmill Labourer

This position is suited to a person who is prepared to learn timber grading/sorting.

Must be physically fit and able to do 45hrs per week.

Or you can email your application to :

ASHBURTON COMMUNITY ALCOHOL & DRUG

What will be required for this role?

• A clean Current Full driver’s Licence required • A Strong Drive- willingness to work and train an apprentice.

• Your own tools (would be preferred) • You need to be Qualified Carpenter NZQA

Scheme Operator/Raceman Ashburton Lyndhurst Irrigation Limited is a water supply management company receiving its allocation of water from the Rangitata Diversion Race Management Limited and distributing its water to its shareholder members who collectively farm 30,000 hectares.

The company is currently in the process of a significant upgrade replacing the majority of existing open supply races with gravity pressurised pipelines.

Due to the pending retirement of staff, a position of Scheme Operator/ Raceman is available. The successful applicant will become part of the team organising and delivering water to farmer/shareholders through the current open race system but will also become actively involved in the operation of the new piped system as sections are completed and come on line.

This is a full time position and rostered weekend work will be required during the irrigation season. The role will require residence in the Ashburton/Methven area.

Skills and experience • Must have a positive, practical attitude and excellent communication skills.

• An understanding of the agricultural environment an advantage.

• Basic computer and numeracy skills will be essential.

Benefits The company offers attractive remuneration, a great team environment and an exciting future within a rapidly developing industry.

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

We design, we build, we innovate.

Please apply in person to: Adams Sawmilling Malcolm McDowell Road, Ashburton

Contract Milking Rockmoor - Hinds

Rockmoor is a 350 ha, three year old conversion with a 60 bail, fully automated shed, new pastures, pivot irrigation and six houses, 1250 cows and producing 585,000kg pa.

We are looking for an exceptional Contract Milker to keep our farm performance in the top 10 percent.

You will be experienced in all areas of modern Canterbury dairy farming and have the drive to succeed.

Apply for details to:

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

Richard and Melissa Wilson Email richlis@snap.net.nz

A job description and application form are available on request or on our website: www.alil.co.nz Applications close on Monday, November 16, should include a CV and covering letter, and are to be submitted for the attention of: Carmen Foster Ashburton Lyndhurst Irrigation Limited 18 Kermode Street, Ashburton 7700 E-mail: carmen@alil.co.nz

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AUTO TRIM, CANVAS & SHADE Call Toni & Peter May on 03 308 8893 to find out more!

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

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

SPORTING NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

CLEARWATER AQUATIC CLUB INC. The club AGM

SOUTHERN RUGBY CLUB Applications are open for Coaches and Managers for all open grade teams (U16 up) for 2016 season.

Enquires to Rob Hampton 027 230 6556, or apply in writing to Southern RFC, PO Box 378, Ashburton or email southernrfc@gmail.com Any new players for all open grade teams also welcome.

Go to www.southernrugby.co.nz for further info on preseason activities. Come be part of a progressive country club and a great way to meet new people.

TRADES, SERVICES

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

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

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

TRADES, SERVICES

COMPUTER PROBLEMS ??

For prompt reliable service contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place Ph 308 8989. 30 years Local service. Same day service if possible.

SUPERGOLD Discount card welcomed.

PAINTER and paperhanger available for interior work.

Workmanship guaranteed. 46 years local experience.

Phone Graeme Pitt 308 3914 or 027 297 5000.

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.

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will be held upstairs at Braided Rivers on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 7.30pm.

All welcome.

Thank you P Emery Secretary

REAL ESTATE

FOR LEASE Cass Street

RURAL TRADING POST warehouse/workshop AMSOIL SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS - All oils, greases, fuel additives, filters, antifreeze, car polish, V & L cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust bust, rain clear, engine cleaner and more. Call local distributor: Veehof phone 302 2911.

and yard space.

Office, smoko room and bathrooms included.

Site would be well suited to a transport or engineering operation.

Space available from early November.

Enquiries welcome

PLANTS, PRODUCE

CONVENTIONAL bales of pea straw, weed free, $6 per bale delivered. Ph 027 390 0002.

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.

Phone: 0274 346 264

MEETINGS, EVENTS

LIVESTOCK, PETS

Allenton Rugby Football Club (Inc)

AGM Will be held at the Clubrooms on Monday, November 23, 2015 at 7.30pm Secretary Alister Glassey

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.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

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AUCTION SALES

FOR SALE SHIPPING CONTAINERS Annual Vehicle Disposal Auctions

New/used - 20ft/40ft Phone Selina on 027 809 8187

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MEETINGS, EVENTS

WELLINGTON CITADEL BAND

1.30pm Saturday, November 7 2015 $5 Adults - Children Free

DRUM TUITION - One-to-one lessons available. Phone Rob 03 307 2176 or 027 315 8657.

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Commencing November 2nd, 2015 Prior Inspections welcome at Turners Auctions, 1 Detroit Place, Christchurch

BUSINESS NOTICES

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 7.30pm - Heritage Centre, West Street

EDUCATION

Auctions held in conjunction with Turners Online Trademe Store.

Truck & Motorbike Contact: Daymond Yee: Mob 027 801 9669, Email Daymond.yee@turners.co.nz

Ashburton District Family History Group AGM Reports: Election of officers Quiz and supper

Honda TRX 420 & 500 Quad Bikes Assorted Side x Sides and Two Wheelers Toyota Hilux Utilities • John Deere & New Holland Tractors

Tractor Contact: Jason Prendergast: Mob 027 432 7694, Email: jason.prendergast@turners.co.nz

Holyoake Auditorium Walnut Avenue, Ashburton

CONTAINERS for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and FOR SALE insulated. Sidelifter available SWAROVSKI Stardust for delivery. Wilson Bulk braclets over 700 tiny crystals Transport, Phone 308-7772. encased in a mesh tube.

CUTE for the kids! Cute Great price $99.00 at The Thomas and friends and China Shop in The Arcade. pepper pig gift boxes WOODWICK candles - new including plate, bowl and mug fragrances have just been for only $39.99. Start thinking unpacked. Long burn time ahead for Christmas now! with a crackling wick. Treat Pop into Kitchen Kapers in yourself or a friend. The The Arcade and see our great China Shop in The Arcade. range for Kids.

ASHBURTON Society of Arts, “Late Spring Show”, Short St Studio. Members work including guest Henry Lowen-Smith, open Saturdays and Sundays 10 am - 3pm. Other times when coming for sign out. Enquiries 308 4533. FAMILY Christmas? Johnson Bros Blue Willow 8 place setting Guardian dinnerset. Special price $499.00 Layby now in time Motoring for Christmas. The China 307 7900 Shop in The Arcade.

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All welcome

We’ve built a reputation of being solid and reliable, just like the buildings we construct.

RAKAIA TAKEAWAYS FOR SALE Profit from being the only takeaway in town.

Strong performer.

T/0~$4000p.w.

New lease ~ $14,600 incl opex. 6 days, 4.30 late. Suit owner & pt staff, or working couple. $95,000+stock+ gst if any ADRIEN LEFEBVRE Business Broker NAIHARCOURTS Grenadier Real Estate Ltd Licenced REAA 2008 Ph 03 371 9126

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

24/7 Appraisals 308 6173

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT CINDY, kiwi, attractive, late 30’s, size 8. Phone calls only 027 363 7916.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

HOUSE to rent - Large farmhouse near Mt Somers.

Three bedrooms plus office, large sheltered garden with swimming pool, good condition. $350 per week.

Phone 0274 532 087.

SMALL three bedroom house. Very tidy. Rooms double, semi-double and single room with 2nd toilet.

Sunny kitchen, single garage, large sunny deck, private fully fenced outdoor area. Log fire.

Easy-care gardens. No pets.

West Tinwald. Available November 16. $290/wk.

Phone 022 310 1732.

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

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

A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

Wednesday

10.30am MID CANTERBURY NEWCOMERS NETWORK. Coffee mornings held 1st and 3rd Wednesday at Reflections Cafe. Please come we would love to meet you.

10.30am MID CANTERBURY NEWCOMERS NETWORK COFFEE MORNING. Please come along, we would love to meet you, every 1st and 3rd Wednesday. Reflections Cafe , East Street.

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

10.45am

MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Movie - Queen and Country. Meet at Regent Cinema for an 11am screening. Wills Street.

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Mid-week service and lunch. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. St Andrews Anglican church hall, cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor

Heritage Centre, West Street.

1.00pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Doubles. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

1.15pm GOLF CROQUET WAIREKA. Doubles. Waireka Club, Philip Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON HERB SOCIETY. Pam Whitefox to speak, Meet at 51 Peter Street.

1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and golf croquet, new members welcome. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

6.00pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Call in after work and have a go, everyone welcome. M.S.A. Sports grounds,115 Racecourse Road.

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

7.00pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, beginner/intermediate (8pm-9pm). Annette (instructor) phone 3077138a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm R.S.A. POOL SECTION. Weekly Pool nights. R.S.A. Cox Street.

Thursday

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH GOODWILL SHOP. Sale of Pre loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, cnr Archibald and Jane Street, Tinwald.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings www. toylibrary.ashburtononline.co.nz/ Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around Op-shop, Good second hand clothing. Cnr Cass Street and Havelock Street.

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

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

10.00am- 11.00am GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN TRUST. Coffee/Support group on every Thursday .

Presbyterian Support Rooms, Tancred Street.

10.30am RAKAIA REAL WOMEN.

Real women circuit training in the hall, 1st time free. St Andrews Church, Bridge Street Rakaia.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club Day, new members very welcome. M.S.A. Sports Grounds, 117 Racecourse Road.

2.00pm - 3.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Learn to play Association Croquet. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

7.00pm ASHBURTON R.S.A. DARTS SECTION. Section night, all welcome. Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

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

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

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around Op-Shop, good second hand clothing. Cnr Cass and Havelock Street.

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

10.00am - 12noon WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Tasmanian doubles, Association Croquet.

Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am - 11.00am BALMORAL HALL LINEDANCERS Classes recommence . Balmoral hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime section, great exercise, new players welcome, rackets available. EA Networks Centre Stadium. River Terrace.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Ashburton District Council currently has vacancies for: • Ashburton CBD Caretaker • People & Capability Advisor • Supervisor: Gardens and Safety • Open Spaces Planner To learn more about these vacancies or submit an application, visit ashburtondc.govt.nz

PUBLIC NOTICE

RUBBISH AND RECYCLING

Road closure

Canterbury Anniversary Collection

Ashburton District Council gives public notice of a road closure for the purpose of allowing the Ashburton Car Club to hold a “Gravel Sprint” (with the exception of emergency vehicles) for the period indicated hereunder.

Resource Recovery Parks The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks will be closed on:

Road to be closed: Rutherfords Road, from the former Lambies Road to Boyds Road Period of closure: From 9.00am until 6.30pm on Saturday, 7 November 2015.

This notice of closure is made under the Local Government Act 1974 - Schedule 10 (11 (e)).

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

ASHBURTON DOMAIN If you’re looking for a great picnic spot this spring, the Ashburton Domain is the place to be.

Located within walking distance of Ashburton town centre, the Domain is a great family spot with gardens, playgrounds, paddling pool and playing fields for recreational activities.

Head down to the Ashburton Domain with your family for a great time this spring.

R ATES INVOICES BY EMAIL You now have the option of getting your rates invoices sent via email. If you want to receive your rates invoices via email visit our website ashburtondc.govt.nz to register.

If you don’t register for this service, you will continue receiving invoices in the post.

• Friday 13 November 2015 Methven Recycling Drop-off The Methven recycling drop-off facility will be closed on: • Friday 13 November 2015 Rubbish and Recycling - Kerbside Collection If your collection day is a Friday there will be a change for Canterbury Anniversary.

Collections normally scheduled for Friday 13 November 2015 will be collected on Thursday 12 November 2015.

There are no changes to any other collections. Please ensure all rubbish and recycling is placed at kerbside by 7.30am on collection day.

WEBSITE

Up & Coming Meetings Environmental Services Committee Meeting Council Chamber, Baring Square East, Thursday 5 November 2015, 10.30am Service Delivery Committee Meeting Council Chamber, Baring Square East, Thursday 5 November 2015, to follow Environmental Services Finance & Business Support Committee Meeting Council Chamber, Baring Square East, Thursday 5 November 2015, to follow Service Delivery Council Meeting Council Chamber, Baring Square East, Thursday 26 November 2015, 1.30pm

Tenders

Find out what’s happening at Council on our website.

It’s easy to use and has all the information you need about the services that the we offer you.

Visit ashburtondc.govt.nz

KEEPING THINGS HUMMING Council provides a 24-hour call centre service 307 7700.

You can also request service through our website. Click the green “Request it” tab on our front page.

Urgent requests for service are given a priority response and non-essential requests are normally responded to the next working day. We are working to keep our district humming.

• Security Services • Dog Control, Dog Pound Management & Stock Control Services

Current Road Works Learn about road works underway or due to commence in the Ashburton District on our website.

For more information, visit ashburtondc.govt.nz

HOURS OF SERVICE COUNCIL OFFICE 5 Baring Square West

ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 180 Havelock Street

ASHBURTON RESOURCE RECOVERY PARK Range Street

Monday - Wednesday 8.30am - 5.00pm Thursday 9.00am - 5.00pm Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm

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DOWN 1. Curved sword (8) 2. Thespian (5) 4. Assert (6) 5. Feeling elated (7,2,3) 6. Flavour (7) 7. Froth (4) 8. Impregnable (12) 12. Walks unsteadily (8) 14. Understand clearly (7) 16. Slender and elegant (6) 18. Harden (5) 19. Sour tasting (4)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Children become the person they want to be through imitation and assimilation.

You’ll do it in a subtle fashion, adopting mannerisms and habits similar to the one you aspire to be like.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The real aims may be terribly different from the declared aims. If you know which is which you will be ahead of the game.

Indeed, you may win it all.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Exercise will get your vitality up for the tasks of the day, though you should know that strength alone won’t prepare you for what’s ahead. You’ll need mental suppleness and flexibility for these challenges.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): If you think that you can do it alone, try. A short stint will be all it takes for you to realise that this is unwise, if it’s even possible.

For better or worse, grand plans will be pulled off by committee today.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): There’s more pressure than you’d like, but mostly you put it on yourself. To make this pressure go away, all you have to do is make a less demanding agreement.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): There’s a simple reason you’ll get what you’re after today because you feel like you deserve it. You’re worthy. Whether directly or indirectly, you’ve put in the work, and this is your due.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): The world doesn’t seem to be considering your feelings, but as long as you’re considering them, you’ll be fine. Honour your emotions and accept them, even when it’s not how you think you should feel.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Remember when you felt shy around a certain person? Now you’re so free you’ll do whatever comes to mind. This is why you’ll laugh so much together.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): To better your fortunes, seek opponents and allies that help you to be your best. If you’re having trouble playing nice it might be a sign that you are playing with the wrong mates.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): There is no easy route today. The break only comes after much toil and sweat, which is not the hard part. Putting up with others without rolling your eyes is the hard part.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’ll assess your current chances of making something happen. Sure, there are things you could change that would better your odds. Still, don’t be too critical of yourself.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Everyone needs a cheerleader, a kindred soul to root for you regardless of the odds, whether or not you are winning. Cherish the one who keeps you from losing heart.

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MACDONALD, Bertha Kathleen – On November 2, 2015 at Terrace View Retirement Village, Ashburton, aged 96.

Dearly loved wife of the late Lex. Loved and respected mother and mother in law of Alison and Alan Grant (Ashburton) and Bruce and Ruth (Tauranga). Loved nana of Andrew and Tam, and Duncan; James and Jo, and Oliver. Nan-nan to little Zara.

Messages to Macdonald family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. In lieu of flowers donations to St John Ambulance would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Bertha’s life will be held at St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Park Street, Ashburton on FRIDAY, November 6, commencing at 3.00pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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ANDERSON, Marie Denise Ann (nee Hunter) (Formerly Lilley) – Passed away peacefully on Monday, November 2, 2015, aged 74, surrounded by family. Cherished wife of the late Bill. Deeply loved mother and mother-in-law of Wendy and Ron, Annette, Christine and Bill, Rex and Delwyn, Susan and Wayne, Kyle and Barbara, and the late Roy. Treasured nana of Charlie, Hayden, Brendon, Megan, Eva, Brodie, Andrew, Cassandra, Rachael, Matthew, Gemma, Ashley, Mason and great nana of Dylan, Sophie, Cooper, Temperance, Briar, Ruby and Ari. A celebration of Marie's life will be held in the Main Chapel of the Morrison Funeral Home, 220 Universal Drive, Henderson, Auckland on MONDAY, November 9, 2015 at 3.00pm.

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2pm The Ricki Lake Show PGR Extreme food allergies are discussed.

3pm The Real Housewives Of OC PGR 3 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:30 The Biggest Loser Australia 0 5:30 Come Dine With Me New Zealand 6pm 3 News 7pm Story 7:30 The Block New Zealand – Villa Wars PGR It is day 41 on The Block, and the teams must get their outdoor entertaining rooms ready for presentation. 0 8:30 The X Factor UK The contestants perform in front of the judges and a studio audience. 0 10:45 Newsworthy

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Danny Phantom 3 7:55 Rugrats 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:35 Hi-5 House 3 9am The Moe Show 0 9:10 Peppa Pig 3 9:15 Fireman Sam 0 9:25 Thomas And Friends 3 9:35 Bob The Builder 3 9:45 Wonder Pets 3 10:10 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Big Time Rush 3 5:05 iCarly 3 5:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 3 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 7pm The Simpsons 3 0 7:30 Family Guy PGR Ryan Reynolds pays a visit to Quahog, and becomes obsessed with Peter Griffin; Stewie steals the family car for a joy ride.

8pm Fresh Off The Boat PGR 8:30 M Dead Man Walking AO 1995 Drama. Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky. 0 10:55 Rake AO 3

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 3 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2pm MasterChef USA 3 As contestant numbers dwindle, the competition becomes stronger.

3pm Storage Wars – Texas 3 One buyer has home-court advantage as the team go to the well-to-do town of Tyler, where the hunt begins for rare art and designer furniture.

3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country

11:10 Nashville AO 3 0 12:05 Football – English Premier League (Highlights) 1:05 Te Karere 3 2 1:30 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11pm Hell’s Kitchen AO 11:55 Anger Management AO 3 12:25 Manhattan Love Story PGR 12:55 Sullivan And Son PGR 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:25 The Real 3 3:10 Revenge AO 3 0 4am Regular Show 3 0 4:15 Shake It Up 3 0 4:35 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:15 NCIS – LA AO 3 A former Navy officer’s girlfriend is kidnapped, her abductors demanding classified intelligence before they will release her. 0 12:10 Infomercials

11:45 Entertainment Tonight 12:15 Infomercials

11:55 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:25 Home Shopping 1:55 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:25 Home Shopping

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 7:30 A Place In The Sun 8am Dig Wars 8:30 Natural World – Great Elephant Gathering 9:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things 10am Rachel Allen’s Cake Diaries 10:30 Live Here, Buy This 11am Buying Alaska 11:30 Auction Hunters Noon Location, Location, Location 1pm Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 2pm George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3pm A Place In The Sun 3:30 Dig Wars 4pm Love Nature – Birds Without Borders 5pm The Cook And The Chef 5:30 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey Turkey 6pm Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free 7pm American Restoration 7:30 Wild River 8:30 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge PGR 9:30 Monty’s Big Catch 10:30 American Restoration 11pm The Cook And The Chef 11:30 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey Turkey

THURSDAY

Midnight House Crashers 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am A Place In The Sun 1:30 Dig Wars 2am Love Nature – Birds Without Borders 3am Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free 4am Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge PGR 5am Wild River

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Team Umizoomi 3 7:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 8am Pukana 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Matika 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm Fitness In The Whare 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Team Umizoomi 3 4:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 5pm Pukana 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2

THE BOX

Midnight Billiards – New Zealand Open (Highlights) 1am Rugby – The Breakdown 2am King In The Ring – Heavyweights (Highlights) 4am Fight Night Fighters TBC.

SKY SPORT 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #HakaNation PGR 3 8pm Kaitiaki Wars 3 8:30 N Kowhao Rau – Matangi Rau Elders from the Taiwhenua region, which is Wairoa to Wairarapa, are the focal point of conversations.

9:30 Whawhai 3 10pm Te Kauta PGR The DNA Detectives 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2 8:35pm on TV One 11pm Mataora 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

6am Criminal Minds 16VS 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Storage Wars PG 7:40 American Daredevils M 8:05 Survivor – Micronesia PG 8:55 CSI MV 9:45 Criminal Intent MV 10:35 Criminal Minds 16VS 11:25 Elementary MV 12:15 Suspects MVLSC 1:05 Hardcore Pawn PGL 1:30 CSI MV 2:20 Criminal Minds 16VS 3:10 The Simpsons PG 3:35 Raw MC 6:35 Hardcore Pawn PGL 7pm Storage Wars PG 7:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 10:30 Criminal Intent MV 11:30 Criminal Minds 16VS

6am Auction Kings PG Chariot; Japanese Daggers. 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Blow Up. 7:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Something’s Fishy. 8:30 Mythbusters PG Fire v Ice. 9:25 Moonshiners M 10:20 Ice Lake Rebels M Of Ice and Skins.

11:15 Deadly Affairs M Bound and Determined. 12:10 Disappeared M Heavy Metal Mystery. 1:05 Evil Kin M Deadly DNA. 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:30 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 4:45 Gunslingers M 5:40 Mythbusters PG 6:35 Naked And Afraid XL M 7:30 Deadliest Catch – The Bait PG 8:30 Deadliest Catch PG 9:30 Abalone Wars PG 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M

12:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

PG 1:20 Criminal Minds 16VS 2:10 Criminal Intent MV 3am The Simpsons PG 3:30 NCIS MV 4:20 Hawaii Five-0 MV 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

PG 5:35 Hardcore Pawn PGL

12:30 Scorned – Love Kills M 1:25 Nightmare Next Door M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Auction Kings PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 Get Out Alive With Bear Grylls M

THURSDAY

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THURSDAY

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:05 2nd Serve MVL 2012 Comedy.

Josh Hopkins, Alexie Gilmore.

7:30 After The Dark MVLSC 2013 Sci-fi. James D’Arcy, Sophie Lowe. 9:20 Stag 16LS 1997 Drama. Mario Van Peebles, Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon.

10:45 Odd Thomas MVL 2014 Horror. Anton Yelchin, Willem Dafoe. 12:25 2nd Serve MVL 2012 Comedy. Josh Hopkins, Alexie Gilmore. 1:55 Would Be Kings 16VLS 2009 (Mini-series) (Part 1) Currie Graham, Ben Bass.

3:25 Would Be Kings 16VLS 2009 (Mini-series) (Part 2) Currie Graham, Ben Bass. 5pm Haunter MC 2013 Horror. 6:35 Spectre – Just Getting Started 2015 6:50 The Legend Of Hercules MV 2014 Action Fantasy. 8:30 Vice 16VLSC 2015 Sci-fi. 10:10 Love Bite 16VS 2012 Comedy. 11:40 Edge Of Salvation MV 2013 Drama.

The X Factor UK 8:30pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS 7:50 Transporter 2 MV 2005 Action. Jason Statham, Amber Valletta, Matthew Modine.

9:20 Run, Fat Boy, Run ML 2007 Comedy. Simon Pegg, Hank Azaria, Thandie Newton.

11am Die Hard 2 MVL 1990 Action. Bruce Willis, Dennis Franz, Bonnie Bedelia.

1pm The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button MLS 2008 Drama.

Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett.

3:45 Million Dollar Baby MC 2004 Drama. Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman.

5:55 2012 MC 2009 Action.

John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet.

8:30 Pineapple Express 16VL 2008 Comedy. Seth Rogen.

10:25 Boogie Nights 18VLS 1997 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore.

6am Boxing – Super 8 (Highlights) From the SkyCity Auckland Convention Centre.

8am Fox Sports News 8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 9am Netball – Constellation Cup (Highlights) Australia v Silver Ferns.

From Perth Arena, Perth.

9:30 World Rugby Awards (Highlights) 10am Fox Sports News 10:30 The Back Page 11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Sky Sports UK News Catch up on all your favourite sports with the best Sky Sports News UK. 1pm Sky Sport Select 1:30 Netball – Constellation Cup (Highlights) Australia v Silver Ferns.

From Perth Arena, Perth.

2pm Boxing – Super 8 (Replay) From the SkyCity Auckland Convention Centre.

6pm UFC Now 7pm World Rugby Awards (Highlights) 7:30 Rugby League – International (Replay) First Test – England v Kiwis. From KC Stadium in Hull.

9:30 L Basketball – NBL Townsville Crocs v Perth Wildcats.

From the Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre.

11:30 Fox Sports News

THURSDAY

Midnight Boxing – Super 8 (Highlights) From the SkyCity THURSDAY THURSDAY 12:55 Cold Creek Manor MVL 2003 Auckland Convention Centre.

Thriller. Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, 2am Football – UEFA Champions 1:05 Would Be Kings 16VLS (MiniLeague (Replay) Real Madrid v Paris Juliette Lewis. 2:50 Biography – series) (Part 2) Saint Germain.

Cate Blanchett PG 2011 2:40 Haunter MC 2013 Horror.

4am Football – UEFA Champions 3:45 2012 MC 2009 Action.

4:15 Vice 16VLSC 2015 Sci-fi.

League (Replay) Sevilla v 5:50 Bafta: A Life In Pictures – Jim John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Manchester City.

Broadbent PG 2013 Documentary. Amanda Peet.

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

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Twelve-year-old Nathan Harbutt on the water at Lake Hood on Sunday.

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Learner sailors take to Lake Hood

BY JAMES FORD

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Young sailors made the most of the fine weather on Sunday, taking to the lake for the Learn to Sail programme.

Learn to Sail programme organiser Chris Thompson, who teaches Hard Materials Technology at Ashburton College, said that the day had proved a resounding success and expects

numbers to increase in the coming weeks.

“The numbers were a bit down.

“We can get up to 20 kids but this time of year we find that we have less because there’s a lot of

kids finishing off other sports,” he said.

“We were very happy with the kids that were there and it was very good weather, so it was a successful day.”

Thompson said that keen Year 9 and 10 students from Ashburton College will be heading to the lake for the Get Out There programme to be held on December 8.

Mallard wants Hansen to extend ‘golden era for rugby’ Former Sports Minister Trevor Mallard has asked All Blacks’ coach Steve Hansen to consider staying on and try to be the first coach to win back-to-back Rugby World Cups.

Speaking in Parliament’s tribute debate yesterday, Mallard said

when Hansen first got the coaching job, he had his doubts.

“But the first time I heard him speak - actually at the Wainuiomata Rugby Club I had no doubts whatsoever, because what was clear was a ferocious, but wellhidden, intellect, a wonderful

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sense of humour, and the ability to select for the longer term, which has meant that he has built a team that is really special,” Mallard said.

“It is a golden era, and I for one hope that he will think very, very carefully about the possibility

of being the first coach to take two.”

Mallard also said New Zealand was finding Hansen’s humour “very, very special”.

Since the 34-17 victory against Australia at the weekend, Hansen has said he would probably hang

up his All Black coaching boots next year.

Prime Minister John Key kicked off the tributes, saying the team had proven that it was not just the deeds on the field but the deeds off the field that counted.

- NZME

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