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Lawson invited to reapply for US visa The US has invited British celebrity chef Nigella Lawson to reapply for a visa after she was blocked from entering at the weekend, reportedly for her admissions of cocaine use. A spokeswoman for the US embassy in London declined to specify why Lawson had been barred from flying from Heathrow to Los Angeles, after a newspaper report linked the incident to the chef’s past drug use. But the spokeswoman suggested the 54-year-old “Domestic Goddess” should visit the embassy to reapply for a visa. Lawson admitted last year to taking cocaine and cannabis in the past, as she appeared as a witness in the trial of two former personal assistants who were later cleared of fraud.

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Letterman’s good night to Late Show David Letterman, a pillar of American late-night TV talk shows, has announced that he’ll be stepping down as host of Late Show next year after a 22-year run. “We don’t have the timetable for this precisely down,” said Letterman, 66, during a live taping yesterday of his highly-rated CBS show at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York. “I think it will be at least a year or so, but sometime in the not too distant future – 2015 for the love of God, in fact – Paul and I will be wrapping things up,” he said, referring to the show’s musical director Paul Shaffer.

Famous for his wry Midwestern humour, Letterman premiered the show, then called Late Night, in 1982.

Willie Nelson’s armadillo returned A stuffed armadillo that serves as an on-stage mascot for country music legend Willie Nelson has been returned after being kidnapped from a Las Vegas-area show. Officials at the Westin Lake Las Vegas resort in Henderson say the critter, named Ol’ Dillo, vanished while audience members were greeting Nelson after a Monday night concert. Westin marketing director Matt Boland says Nelson’s crew called in the middle of the night from the road, asking the resort to scour surveillance footage after the mascot went missing.

Boland says he was outside the hotel when an apologetic man drove up and handed him a shoebox and instructions to return it to Nelson. Boland says the armadillo was inside and was sent to the singer in California.

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Bird’s-eye view of Angkor Wat Cambodia’s Angkor Wat has been digitally mapped for the first time, allowing people to visit the World Heritage Site from the comfort of their armchair using Google Street View. The project is part of a growing trend aimed at internet users who might otherwise never have the chance to visit the cultural and architectural wonders of the world. Google took more than a million photos of Angkor – the result is 90,000 360-degree views of more than 100 temples. Street View allows web users to zoom in on an area, and then explore. “Recently we’ve done the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon, Mount Fuji,” said Manik Gupta, project manager at Google Maps. “But the scale of Angkor Wat is what makes this unprecedented,” he told AFP at the project’s launch yesterday. “It is such an iconic place, people say it is the eighth wonder of the world, and it gives you this incredible sense – look at every single small nook and cranny, you’ll find art work.” To create the project Google used a new innovation called “Trekker”. Fifteen digital cameras are attached by a long pole to a backpack, and each one records a 75 million mega pixel photo every two and a half seconds.

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Photo embarrasses Winslet Actress Kate Winslet refuses to sign pictures of her iconic naked scene in Titanic because she is still embarrassed by the experience.

The Brit stripped off for a scene in which her socialite character Rose DeWitt Bukater was sketched naked by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack Dawson, and the memory still haunts her thanks to brazen autograph-hunters.

“I don’t sign that (picture). It feels very uncomfortable. Why would you do that?

People ask me to sign that (picture) a lot,” she told Yahoo! Movies. “There’s a photo of it as well that someone has lifted from a still of the film, and that photo gets passed around too. I’m like ‘No! I didn’t mean for it to be a photograph that I would end up seeing still 17 years later’.”

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■ ASHBURTON CBD REBIRTH

Group to breathe life into CBD

BY ERIN TASKER

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A commercial development hailed by those involved as one of the most important in the Ashburton town centre’s history was announced yesterday.

A number of property owners have agreed to combine their land holdings to undertake a comprehensive development of land in the Burnett, Cass and Tancred Street block - a development which will be known as Eastfield.

In a statement released yesterday, the property owners said the development came together due to them deciding the town would be better served by them working together rather than competing with one another.

The land comprising the development is over 9,000m² in area, held in 18 titles and is presently either recently cleared land – including the former Smallbones site on the western side of Cass Street - or land containing some buildings that do not meet new building code requirements.

Most of the owners are long standing residents of the Ashburton District, along with Ashburton District Council, which owns land in the block.

Each will take an ownership in the overall project based on independent valuations.

The council owns the only building likely to be retained in the development and it is planned to undergo a comprehensive refurbishment to ensure it fits in with the overall development plan.

Ashburton mayor Angus McKay said council was delighted the landowners saw the benefits of a partnership approach. He said the council’s role in Eastfield was structured in a way that managed the council’s exposure to future development costs.

Almost cleared, the back of what remains of the Stewart and Holland building.

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Significant tenant inquiry has already been received and it is expected a number of these will pre-commit now the land owners have agreed to proceed and development plans are able to be finalised.

The Ashburton CBD has seen several buildings demolished due to earthquake damage and building code requirements and the council has been mindful of the difficulties in getting co-operation between property owners in Christchurch.

That convinced the council it should take a lead in getting the land owners talking about how best to progress matters in Ashburton and its role in Eastfields has been driven by a desire to see coherent development in the town centre area that incorporates innovative use of open space and building design.

It is a vision shared by the priPoplin Espressocontinued or Demolition on the front façade of the former Stewart and Holland in Burnett Street vate developer partners in the on Thursday night. Contractor Greg Donaldson said demolition work began last weekend and is Midnight project. likely to be completed by the end of this week.

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■ SALMON IN LAKE CAMP

Release puts lake at risk

By Erin TaskEr

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Fish and Game are investigating what appears to be an illegal release of salmon into Lake Camp.

The presence of chinook salmon in Lake Camp – one of the Ashburton Lakes – has been confirmed and according to Fish and Game they believe their presence can only be due to an illegal release which potentially represents a serious breach of the Conservation Act. Fish and Game Central South Island chief executive Jay Graybill said it put at risk the biodiversity status of the Ashburton Lakes as well as the credibility of Fish and Game as a resource manager, and was a disservice to all responsible anglers.

“This can only be the result of an illegal release as salmon do not occur there naturally and it would be virtually impossible for salmon to find their way there naturally,” Mr Graybill said.

The Conservation Act prohibits “transfer or release of live aquatic life” without prior

Lake Camp’s (top) biodiversity status has been put at risk due to the illegal release of chinook salmon (above).

approval. The Department of Conservation (DOC) has been informed of the presence of salmon in Lake Camp; neither DOC nor Fish and Game has

issued an approval.

The penalty for not complying with the section is imprisonment for a term not exceeding a year or to a fine not

exceeding $10,000.

Fish and Game had received occasional reports of anglers catching salmon in Lake Camp, leading them to the find.

“At first we were skeptical as there is no record of salmon being in Lake Camp,” Mr Graybill said.

But their presence had been confirmed by netting.

“This irresponsible action puts at risk the biodiversity status of the Ashburton Lakes and the credibility of Fish and Game as a resource manager and is a disservice to all responsible anglers.”

Fish and Game is calling for information from the public about the release.

“Someone in the angling fraternity will know who carried out this action. We will follow up any leads with the view of taking a prosecution. Such blatant disregard for our fisheries and for responsible anglers cannot be ignored.”

The salmon netted averaged about 250mm and are likely approaching two years of age.

MPI has also been notified as this is a potential breach of the Biosecurity Act.

■ GERMAN STUDENTS VISIT

German-Kiwi relationship in 20th year

By MylEs HuME

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Using cellphones at school and the friendly vibe around campus are among the major differences a group of visiting German students have had to get their heads around this week.

Ashburton College is playing host to 25 pupils and teachers from Kempten City High School, based in southern Germany, as the schools celebrate a 20 year relationship.

The German teens have been adjusting to Kiwi life this week after being taken in by Ashburton host families and have spent time in class with pupils.

“One of the biggest things is you are allowed to use cellphones as calculators, we are not allowed to do that, in Germany we have to have our phones off all the time,” 14-year-old Hannah Frenz, whose mother hails from Timaru, said.

Schooling hours were different too. Max Fritzemschaft, 15, said back home school sometimes started at 7.45am and finished at 1pm.

“I think back home teachers seem to work closer with their students, in New Zealand

In brief

It’s that time again Don’t forget to put your clocks back one hour on Saturday night as it is the end of daylight savings time. The big plus though is you get an extra hour for a sleep-in on Sunday morning. Enjoy.

Thunder on Saturday Methven’s Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Street race will take place on Easter Saturday – not Easter Sunday as reported in yesterday’s Guardian. Newlycrowned national champion, Mid Canterbury’s Bailie Perriton, has been confirmed as a starter at the event which will take place on the streets of Methven. More than 100 riders are set to compete on more than 130 bikes.

Plains open weekend The Plains Railway and Museum in Tinwald is open for family fun entertainment this weekend. The resident K88 locomotive will be up and running. Plains Railway volunteer Lorayne Oakley said it was likely to be a busy, fun day at the plains with two visiting tour groups, one from Australia and one from Christchurch. Mrs Oakley said entry to the Plains Railway was by donation and there was a cost for the train rides but the museum buildings would be open. “We love to have families over, bring a picnic lunch,” she encouraged. It will be open on Sunday from 11am to 4pm.

Fanciers’ bird auction The Ashburton Fanciers’ Society will hold their annual bird auction tomorrow. It was expected anywhere from 500 to 600 birds covering most breeds would go under the hammer. The auction will be held at the Sports Hall on Tancred Street from 12.30pm. The doors will be open to the public for viewing from 11am.

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German students (from left) Tobias Schoenfisch, 14, Felix Borufka, 16, Hannah Frenz, 14, and Max Fritzemschaft, 15, who hail from Kempten City High School talk about the major differences between New Zealand and home.

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it seems students have to take a lot more responsibility,” he said.

Tobias Schoenfisch, 14, was taken back by the friendliness within the community and around the college which has a roll more than double Kempten

City High School’s.

“In New Zealand schools, everyone knows everyone, for us it’s really only your friends you know and people in your class,” he said.

Despite the cultural differences, the students said they

felt welcomed by host families who had taken them on new experiences including water skiing and jet boating.

The group of German pupils and teachers are set to travel around the South Island for the next two weeks.

The man who severed his fingers with a skillsaw near Napier on Thursday is in a stable condition following surgery in Hutt Hospital.

The 34-year-old’s fingers were accidentally sawn off while operating a skillsaw at Puketitiri, the Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter said yesterday. He was flown to Hawke’s Bay Regional Hospital for further treatment, then transferred to Hutt Hospital about 11pm. A Hutt Valley spokeswoman said the man had surgery yesterday morning. She would not say how many fingers the man had lost.

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■ ASHBURTON ASSAULT

Support overwhelms family

By Erin TaskEr

The things people do to raise funds

By Erin TaskEr

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

Jeff Hill is one of the last people you’d expect to get caught up in a late night assault.

Jeff ’s wife Katie yesterday told the Guardian her husband rarely went out for nights on the town.

“He probably only goes out once a year; he hasn’t been out for months,” Katie said.

But in the early hours March 23 he became a victim of the dark side of Ashburton’s nightlife. He was assaulted on the main street while waiting for a taxi and is now in a brain injury rehabilitation unit in Christchurch, after suffering a fractured skull and a brain bleed.

He’s making progress and wants to go home, Katie said, but he’s struggling with headaches and fatigue, and it’s likely to be weeks before he gets to go home to his pregnant wife and their 14-month-old son Flynn.

Katie struggled to get her head around what had happened to her husband initially, but today she’s counting herself lucky that he’s still alive.

“There’s so much to be positive about. He’s not right, but to talk to him on his good days, he’s still Jeff,” Katie said.

“We’re not going to dwell on it or feel sorry for ourselves. It’s a part of life and everyone has good times and bad times and you have to take what you get.”

The young family has been overwhelmed by the support they’ve received from the community.

Numerous fundraising initiatives have been launched following the assault and already they’ve raised thousands of dollars for the family.

“People have no idea how valuable it is because really, Jeff is self-employed and he needs to be there for the business to operate,” Katie said.

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Walking the streets of Ashburton in a woman’s shoes yesterday was Phill Hooper, with Katie Hill and son Flynn (right). Inset Katie and Jeff with Flynn.

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Hill, a horse breaking in, schooling, pre-training and agistment facility on the outskirts of Ashburton.

They’re both originally from Gore and Jeff has had a long association with horses.

He’s highly respected in his field and the equestrian industry.

Help has come from all corners and Katie said they couldn’t thank people enough.

“Jeff doesn’t like being centre of attention, or a fuss being made, but he’s just thrilled.

“Even the Facebook messages … it’s not about the money, it’s the support and knowing that people are there to support us is the big thing.”

Jeff ’s work is specialised and the brain injury was likely to make riding again simply too dangerous, but Katie said some aspects of Bracken Hill will remain.

She said there were so many people they wanted to thank – the police, people who had raised money like Phill Hooper from Classic Hits, and the community in general.

“We don’t feel like what’s happened to us … well, it is life changing, but a lot worse things happen to a lot of other people.

“This isn’t the end of the world, we have still got Jeff and we will get through, but it definitely does help, all of the support.”

FUNDRAISING EFFORTS The Classic Hits fundraiser is just one of many events under way to help the family.

Jeff’s brother Adam Hill is a member of the Hurricanes Super Rugby training squad and he’s auctioning off signed Hurricanes, Crusaders and Highlanders’ jerseys on Trade Me. Both auctions close today and the Hurricanes’ jersey was yesterday afternoon sitting at $1600 and the Highlanders’ jersey at $775.

A Hill Family Fundraiser Facebook page has also been set up to auction off donated items to raise funds, while friends have also undertaken a private collection and collection buckets can be found at many local businesses.

Ashburton radio DJ Phill Hooper has a new appreciation for what a woman goes through every day.

Yesterday he had his face plastered with make-up, had his legs waxed, donned a mini-skirt and high heels and walked the streets of Ashburton - all for a good cause.

Listeners of Mr Hooper’s morning radio show on Classic Hits took him up on a fundraising challenge for assault victim Jeff Hill and his family.

If they could raise $500 he’d have a full face of make-up put on live on air.

The $500 target was reached easily so as the money raised grew, so did the number of womanly challenges Mr Hooper would face. That included walking the streets of Ashburton at lunchtime yesterday in full getup with a collection bucket – a walk for which he was joined by members of the Hill family.

By yesterday afternoon the total raised was more than $3000, with more donations still to be counted and the donated shoes Mr Hooper wore for his walk to be auctioned off on Monday.

“The lunchtime walk was amazing. We had people putting in $100 notes and $50 notes. I’m actually quite emotional about it really, there was a lot of nice comments.

“My feet were munted though, they were squashed in those shoes. I have a major appreciation for what women go through.”

It was a bit of fun to raise money for a family going through something no family ever dreamed they’d have to.

“I feel really embarrassed and guilty that it happened in our town, but they are just so positive about it,” Mr Hooper said.

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■ ASHBURTON CLEAN AIR

Old wood burners on notice

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton homeowners are on notice that time will soon be called on their ageing woodburners.

Over the past three years Environment Canterbury and the Ashburton District Council have been encouraging home owners to replace woodburners that were installed before 2001.

That level of persuasion is

about to be stepped up, says ECan regulatory manager for resource monitoring, Monty Mortiaux.

Letters have already been sent to tardy home owners in Christchurch and Rangiora and will soon be sent to Ashburton homeowners.

From there it’s a simple process – letters, followed by checks to see if the burner is being used and then another

letter signalling that unless the homeowner takes steps to upgrade their home heating, prosecution will follow.

Infringement notices and fines were the last resort and ECan hoped homeowners who hadn’t yet replaced old burners would be proactive once they were warned, he said.

“We attempt to give people a year’s notice when their burner is 15 years old, but there are a

sizeable number who should have already replaced theirs.”

A small number of old log burner owners could find that through good luck, their old burner was emission compliant.

This could be checked by contacting ECan and quoting make and model details.

In Ashburton, there has been a drive by the Ashburton District Council to encourage homeowners to replace older

wood burners in an effort to meet the district’s clean air rules.

These are no more than three high pollution nights per year

by September 1, 2016 and no more than one by 2020.

Ashburton’s high pollution nights have been on a steadily declining scale over the past five years (with a blip in 2011) 2009, 14; 2010, 13; 2011, 26; 2012, 11; 2013, 3.

■ ASHBURTON INTERMEDIATE

Double-amputee an inspiration for students By myleS Hume

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If Ashburton Intermediate youngsters are ever faced with an overwhelming challenge, they just need to look back to yesterday when Mt Everestconquering double-amputee Mark Inglis visited.

The inspirational mountaineer, who grew up in Geraldine, told a hall packed with pupils his remarkable story that saw him fight back to claim a Paralympic silver medal and climb the world’s highest peak after losing both his legs to frostbite.

“Many things I have done people have said are impossible, but I say to them an impossible is really just a possible that hasn’t been tried hard enough yet,” the 54-year-old said.

Intermediate pupils were captivated by his story, saddened by parts of his journey, but left inspired by what he had achieved.

Mr Inglis lost his legs after being caught up in a blizzard on Mt Cook for just over 13 days in November 1982.

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Mark Inglis, the first double-amputee to conquer Mt Everest, spoke to Ashburton Intermediate pupils about the his journey yesterday.

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He told the pupils it was

knowledge that saved his life, highlighting the importance of working hard in the classroom, in training or at work.

Severe frostbite meant his legs were amputated just below the knee, forcing him to learn how to walk again on prosthetic legs.

But that did not stop him.

Faced with choosing between being an optimist, a pessimist or a realist, he decided to be an opportunist.

“Every day my life is about thinking how can I do things differently today, how can I do things smarter.”

That led him to win a Paralympic silver track cycling medal at Sydney in 2000, and then go on to conquer Mt Cook on his second attempt.

But it was the 8.8km high Mt Everest that would define him, a mountain he conquered in May 2006, making him the first person with no legs to do so.

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■ GROW MID CANTERBURY

Strategy to be made public

By Sue NewmaN

sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

Grow Mid Canterbury’s strategy for the Ashburton District is about to become public property.

The agency, which receives an annual grant from the Ashburton District Council, has

prepared a document that outlines its economic vision for the district and it will shortly go out for public comment.

This week, district councillors gave their support for the strategy with mayor Angus McKay saying he was looking forward to it receiving

New bridge celebrated

the past couple of years and it had good and bad points, councillor Alan Totty said.

“It also has some aspirational goals for this district.”

Once the strategy document is released for public comment it will be signed off by the council.

Solomons flooding New Zealand has given an initial contribution of $300,000 to help the Solomon Islands cope with the severe flooding in its capital, Honiara, and other areas. The flash floods have killed at least three people and left thousands homeless. Foreign Minister Murray McCully said it was likely the death toll from the floods would rise, and there had also been damage to infrastructure and homes. Mr McCully said New Zealand was in contact with the Solomon Islands about what was required and was ready to send further help. - APNZ

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By DaviD Bruce

Kurow and Hakataramea yesterday celebrated the opening of the first of two new bridges over the Waitaki River linking their communities, but motorists will have to wait a couple more days before they can.

The new two-lane and cycleway south branch bridge, part of a $21 million investment by the New Zealand Transport Agency, was officially open for about 400 people to walk over while traffic trundled past on the old single lane, 132-year-old bridge beside it.

Traffic will start using the new bridge from Monday, initially as a single lane while the neighbouring wooden bridge is demolished and part of the southern approach built.

Contractors expect to have the second, longer bridge over the north branch completed by the end of next month or June, then there will be another opening.

The third, and final, celebration will be held when beams from the old bridges are lowered on to Kurow Island to form part of an enhancement project and a reminder of the structures built by pioneers from hardwood that withstood the Waitaki River for 132 years.

That will end more than a decade of pressure to have the bridges replaced, fearing a major flood could cut them off.

Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean turned the first sod for the new bridges on March 7 last year, at that time accompanied by Waitaki Mayor Alex Familton and Waimate Mayor John Coles.

Mrs Dean yesterday cut a ribbon to officially open the first new bridge, but this time she was accompanied by new Waimate Mayor Craig Rowley and new Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher.

Mr Kircher said the opening would form “a significant part of local history; the day they opened the first two-lane bridge between Kurow and Hakataramea.

“Keep up the great work,” he told contractors, “you’ve still got one more to go.” - APNZ

public feedback. “Some of us will agree and some disagree with where it’s heading but it should be out there as quickly as possible for people in this district to have a say,” Mr McKay said.

The strategy had been around in various forms for

In brief

Wellington detectives investigating the murder of Chinese woman Mei Fan in November want to learn more about a witch costume that may have significance to their investigation. They have released a photo, taken in 2011, and are appealing for information to source identical costumes of the same age. The hat and cape were most likely bought in Wellington for Halloween, October 2011, Detective Senior Sergeant John van den Heuvel said. Police would like to hear from anyone who may still have an identical costume that was purchased in Wellington about the same time.

- APNZ

False alarm A light plane seen billowing smoke mid-air near Huntly yesterday afternoon was a “false alarm”, emergency services say. Fire services received a cell phone call from someone who had seen smoke coming from a light plane in the air over Pukekawa, north of Huntly. Three fire trucks were sent to the scene but nothing was found. A fire services spokesman said the trucks had been “called off” because the incident was a false alarm.

- APNZ

Fonterra fined A judge who fined Fonterra $300,000 over the events leading to last year’s botulism scare says New Zealand’s reputation as an exporter was “shaken” by the incident. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) laid four charges against the dairy giant after it recalled 38 tonnes of whey protein concentrate last August. Last month Fonterra admitted all four charges, which related to breaches of the Animal Products Act. The company was sentenced by Judge Peter Hobbs in the Wellington District Court yesterday. He imposed a fine of $300,000, which is lower than the total maximum penalty for all four charges of $500,000.

- APNZ Photo tetsuro MitoMo 040414-tM-146

■ POLIO ERADICATION

Show a Rotary fundraiser Longbeach School pupil Kate Taylor, 5, is roped in to wow the crowds with magician Jonathan Usher. The Dunedin-based performer held a one-off show for Mid Canterbury school pupils to raise money for Polio Plus – a Rotary International Polio eradication programme. Mr Usher is in town for the annual South Island Rotary district 9970 conference.

Aside from his magician skills, he is also the incoming District Governor of District 9980 (lower South Island) and will also perform during the conference to entertain his fellow Rotarians.

Crushed by tractor A 71-year-old farmer was taken to Tauranga Hospital yesterday with head injures, a broken leg and ribs after he was crushed by a tractor on his Welcome Bay farm. Jack Van Silfhout was driving down a slope when the tractor hit a pothole, slid and then rolled three or four times, leaving him lying on the paddock as the tractor flipped again back onto its wheels. Family said he was conscious when they reached him and he was able to talk, but with difficulty because of his rib injuries.

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In brief

■ TERRACE VIEW

Judge corrects mistake

Retirement village opened

A Rotorua armed robber has had his sentence cut by three months after a judge’s mathematical error was discovered. Reginald Karaitiana was sentenced to five years and one month in prison last June for his role in the armed robbery of the Westbrook Tavern in July, 2012. Karaitiana and co-offender Tane Huta appealed their sentences to the Court of Appeal. The decision was released yesterday. Huta’s appeal was dismissed but Karaitiana’s was allowed on the basis District Court Judge Chris McGuire had made an error in calculating the period of time Karaitiana’s 25 per cent guilty plea discount equated to. - APNZ

By Toni Williams

Toni.w@Theguardian.co.nz

Community members joined residents and staff in the official opening of Terrace View Retirement Village yesterday.

Hundreds of people turned out in support of the modern Carters Terrace facility.

Among the guest speakers were Rangitata MP and senior citizens minister Jo Goodhew and Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay. Mr McKay took part in the official ribbon cutting with eldest resident 96-year-old Phyllis Spicer.

Terrace View manager and shareholder Karen Harris had an extensive list of people to thank for their work getting the retirement village up and running.

It ranged from those who had helped to secure the site, to those in the building phase through to people staffing the facility.

She also thanked her staff for making “it a home, not just a facility”.

The official ceremony was emceed by Michael Sweeney.

Owner Brent Ennor thanked a number of designers, engineers and builders who were involved in the development.

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Terrace View Retirement Village’s eldest resident Phyllis Spicer cuts the ribbon with Ashburton District mayor Angus McKay at the retirement village’s official opening yesterday.

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Terrace View has modern villas, apartments, studio units, resthome and hospital beds.

It offered independent living through to its assisted living, resthome and hospital care with palliative care as well.

It was built on five acres of land on Carters Terrace, running down to parkland alongside the Ashburton River.

It was estimated to cost more than $20 million to complete.

To obtain consent to build

the complex, Mr Ennor had to battle the Ashburton District Council over its first choice route for the second bridge across the Ashburton River.

It would have sliced right through the village site.

■ WELLINGTON FIRE

Huge fire takes over 24 hours to extinguish

By Teuila FuaTai A fire which burned out the entire top floor of a storage facility and took more than 24 hours to extinguish has prompted the minister in charge of New Zealand’s Fire Service to investigate regulations around sprinklers in commercial buildings.

The blaze, which broke out at 12.45am yesterday at the Kiwi Self Storage unit in the Wellington suburb of Kilbirnie, was one of the biggest fires the city had seen for a long time.

It reached a “fifth alarm” - the most extreme end of the Fire Service’s response scale.

At one point, 80 firefighters were working to contain

the blaze, with owners of belongings stored in the unit which did not have sprinklers - watching on in horror.

United Future MP Peter Dunne, Minister of Internal Affairs, last night said he would discuss with appropriate officials the merits of making sprinkler systems mandatory in commercial buildings.

“In principal, yes I agree to the desirability of having sprinklers installed in all commercial buildings, and to this end I will raise the issue with officials.”

The unit razed by fire was one of five belonging to Kiwi Self Storage at the site. Its top floor was destroyed by the blaze, while the ground floor

appeared to have suffered only smoke and water damage.

As crews worked to contain the fire, Wellington Fire Service assistant area commander Paul Smith issued a statement strongly recommending that sprinklers be installed in large commercial buildings.

“Our advice is for commercial property owners of large buildings to install sprinklers - that way any fire that does start is either doused by the sprinklers or stopped from spreading until firefighters arrive.”

Andrew Fraser, director of the parent company which owns Kiwi Self Storage said sprinklers were not installed at the storage unit because it was

not industry practice to do so.

Smoke detectors, which were connected to an alarm system, alerted people to the blaze.

“We have also on-site managers that live at the facility.

They were obviously aware of the alarm and immediately contacted the fire department.”

A cinematographer who worked on Sir Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, Alex Funke, feared a couple of Oscar awards had been lost in the blaze.

He also had some Bafta awards stored in his unit, as well as camera equipment, and said he had been unaware the facility did not have sprinklers. ”It’s very upsetting.”

- APNZ

Most mini golfers think the courses are challenging enough, but Thursday there was a new obstacle at the Putt Putt Mini Golf after a car crashed onto the course.

Owner Katie Hickey said there was only superficial damage and the Te Ngae Rd course would be open as usual yesterday. She had closed and gone home. She and husband Paul were heading back into the city when they saw the aftermath.

“Shock and a sense of panic would be a good way of describing [how I felt],” Mrs Hickey said. “It would have been my car he’d crashed into if it had been earlier. - APNZ

Body mostly recovered Police will make one last sweep of the Rapahoe beach area today for anything that will help them identify the badly decomposed body that was found washed up on rocks at Rapahoe on Wednesday night. A man walking along the beach came across a human foot, and police then found the rest of the body near the Point Elizabeth Track. Mr Canning said the remains that were found on Wednesday were taken to Christchurch for a post-mortem examination. “We have found 99 per cent of the body,” he said.

- APNZ

Stones returning The Rolling Stones have confirmed they will return to Auckland before the end of the year. The update was posted on the band’s website, confirming the rescheduled show will take place “between October 25 and November 22”. The exact date will be released as soon as the scheduling is confirmed. But given that the Auckland date was at the end of the original tour, it’s likely that the band will be playing at Mt Smart Stadium on Saturday November 22. That’s unless the sole New Zealand show is shifted to the beginning of the Australasian dates which would mean the gig would be on the Labour weekend Saturday of October 25.

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■ SHELTERBOX STALWART

There when disaster strikes

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TONI.W@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Arnold Kelly has seen damage and devastation most of us will only ever see on television.

He has stood among the after-effects of floods, typhoons, landslides and earthquakes around the world.

He has seen ships that have been thrown on to land, vast areas of forestation stripped of trees and inhaled the smells of ruins and rubble where hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost.

Mr Kelly is a volunteer for Shelterbox, an international disaster relief charity.

They go in to disaster-hit areas to help.

They provide a comprehensive relief kit which included a 10-man tent and supplies such as a stove, cooking utensils, tools and a range of survival equipment.

It’s a role Mr Kelly has done since 2009.

In those five short years he has been to the United Kingdom for initial training, followed by deployments to Sudan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Haiti, and Madagascar.

He was also on-site for the Christchurch earthquake relief and was in the area for both the bigger September and February earthquakes.

Within those missions he has been to the Philippines eight times – six typhoons, one landslide and one earthquake.

He now understands some of the language, can understand the conversation of others and speaks some of the main phrases.

He can work through problems and acquire transport with his local knowledge and cultural understanding.

Mr Kelly was the former po-

Arnold Kelly is swamped by children in Haiti while on Shelterbox deployment in 2012.

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■ STOUSH OVER BABY COMPETITION

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BY MATTHEW BACKHOUSE An Australian bonniest baby competition has taken an obnoxious turn as a New Zealand woman slammed the winning babies as “hideous”.

Clothing company Bonds announced the winners of its annual Bonds Baby Search on its Facebook page this week.

But critical comments quickly lowered the tone of the competition, prompting Bonds to remind people to be “positive and respectful”.

Among the commenters

was a New Zealand woman who reportedly said the babies were “hideous” and “ugly”.

According to Australian media, the woman wrote: “Obviously not going by looks or Australian.”

Another person commented: “OMG they definitely didn’t choose the cutest bubs.”

The comments could no longer be found on the Bonds’ Facebook page yesterday.

Many people slammed the critical comments as “nasty”

and “vulgar”. “All babies who entered this competition are beautiful, whether they win or not,” said one.

Another commenter hit out at the competition itself, writing: “Don’t complain if people are judging your kids harshly. You the parents are to blame for subjecting your kids to this.”

Bonds’ spokeswoman Emma Street said the company was disappointed with the comments of a few parents.

“All the baby’s [SIC] are beautiful and we have a very

difficult task to select the ones we feel have that special Bonds energy in their photographs - after all they need to represent our brand in the market place.

“It’s simply not acceptable that the comments of so few ruin the celebration for the 15 winners and all the families that entered their beautiful babies.”

The company did not say whether it removed any offending comments, but said people could “express their opinions freely”.

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James Burrowes was on board the Ady Gil when it collided with a vessel from the Japanese whaling fleet.

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n Ashburton man who was aboard an antiwhaling vessel which collided with a Japanese whaling ship hopes those he helped fight will adhere to a ground-breaking ruling made this week.

So far, it appears they are listening. Japan has cancelled its Antarctic whaling hunt for the first time in more than 25 years, just days after the UN’s International Court of Justice ordered an end to the controversial practice.

And that was music to the ears of James Burrowes – an Ashburton man who knew little about whaling before taking to Antarctic waters to see it and fight it, first-hand.

Mr Burrowes was one of five men aboard the then Sea Shepherd activist boat – a former Earthrace speedboat called the Ady Gil – in early 2010 when it collided with Japanese whaling security ship, the Shonan Maru No. 2.

It was an adventure that came about by chance. Mr Burrowes and anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune shared a mutual friend.

When a spot became available on the Ady Gil at the last minute, Mr Bethune went to that friend and asked if he knew anyone who could

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James Burrowes has seen whaling in the Southern take that spot. He suggested Mr Burrowes.

When Mr Bethune called him, Mr Burrowes was in the process of leaving the Royal New Zealand Navy after an 18-month stint and was planning on heading home to Ashburton.

“I didn’t know anything about whaling or anything, but thought I’m not going to get asked to go down to Antarctica again,” Mr Burrowes said.

So he told Mr Bethune he’d go and the night before he left he called his family and told them he was heading out to sea for a few months. It was so last minute that many who knew him didn’t even know he was on board the boat until news broke of the collision.

Mr Burrowes was away for about seven weeks – the first two-and-a-half aboard the Ady Gil and the remainder aboard the Bob Barker, the ship that rescued them before the Ady Gil capsized.

He remembers the day of the collision, but said it happened so quickly there wasn’t time to get scared or worry.

“It happened too fast, but

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n Japanese whaling ships in action and hopes that a landmark decision from the Hague this week demanding an end to Ocean is adhered to. Erin Tasker reports. looking at it a few days later I thought ‘shit’,” Mr Burrowes said.

He knew he and his fellow crew members were lucky.

“We got pretty close a couple of times and now that I look back they would have hit us again if they could.”

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society accused the Japanese ship of deliberately ramming its boat, slicing the bow off. The whalers denied it, saying the Ady Gil’s captain deliberately put his vessel in their ship’s path.

An investigation by New Zealand authorities later found both parties were at fault in the collision – the Shonan Maru No. 2 should have kept clear of the Ady Gil under international collision regulations, but the Ady Gill also failed to take avoiding action and its helmsman did not see the Japanese ship bearing down until seconds before the impact.

A small boat, there wasn’t much to do but eat, sleep and roam the seas while on the Ady Gil. Much of the time was spent searching for the Japa-

nese whalers – which was like looking for a needle in a haystack. But once they found them they simply followed them and tried to make their life difficult.

But no-one expected that trip to end with the Ady Gil on the ocean’s floor.

Mr Burrowes knew little about whaling – or the fight against it – before boarding the Ady Gil, but having now seen it first-hand, he’s a staunch believer in saving the whales.

“I got right into it when we were down there and I still believe in it, especially when you see the whales, they are pretty amazing,” he said.

Mr Burrowes got off the Bob Barker when it berthed in Perth and looking back, is glad he didn’t get back on, because the situation was about to take another dramatic turn.

A few weeks later, Mr Bethune boarded the Shonan

Maru 2 to conduct a citizen’s arrest on the captain for alleged attempted murder and to present a claim for $3 million for the loss of the Ady Gil. But he was detained by the ship’s crew and taken to Tokyo where he was arrested by the Japanese Coast Guard for trespassing. He spent five months detained in Japan.

Mr Burrowes reckons he’s lucky he wasn’t sitting alongside him in that Japanese jail.

Had he got back on the boat with Mr Bethune he knows it’s highly possible he would also have been arrested.

“I’m

lucky I wasn’t with him, to be honest,” he said.

It was a chance adventure and one that took a turn no-one ever expected, but it’s one that Mr Burrowes doesn’t regret and says he’d happily do again.

But his priorities have changed now; he’s engaged and getting married at the end of the year, and is undertaking a

plumbing apprenticeship. He’s a working and family man; one with one heck of a story to tell his kids one day.

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When a free lunch was on offer, Ashburton locals came swarming.

As part of the inaugural World Lunch Relay, the seven Lions clubs from across Mid Canterbury held a free barbecue on the town’s chessboard where they handed out more than 400 sausages.

The event, which included Lions member Coleen King (left) and local Dave Horrell, was much like a 24-hour Mexican wave across the world, with the New Zealand clubs being the first to kick it off.

“The event was two-fold, to promote the Lions movement across the world, but also a small way to give back to the public for its support,” Ashburton Lions club member Mike Hanham said.

The event was part of the Lions family and friends celebrations which will run throughout April.

It also encouraged fellowship between the various clubs.

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Cake definitely one of a kind A cake that’s been dubbed one-of-a-kind sparked a flurry of interest at IDEA Services Ashburton yesterday.

A cake baked and decorated to depict a motorised chilly bin on wheels was donated by the Mayfield and Districts Lions to the organisation which assists people, including William Glassey (left) and Peter Judge, with an intellectual disability in the community.

The club won it at a recent 202J convention in Temuka, claiming it in an auction where they out-did all rivals with their $1400 bid.

Six other cakes also went under the hammer, with the total $9850 sum going towards the Child Mobility Foundation.

The donation was one of the several ongoing acts the Mayfield and Districts Lions does for IDEA Services Ashburton.

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By Kurt Bayer Generous offers of help, including free use of a campervan, have been offered to the two hitch-hikers attacked on the West Coast this week.

German backpacker Michaela Brandl, 28, was stabbed three times in the neck, and her Japanese-Dutch companion, Niki Honda, suffered pelvic injuries.

They are both recovering in hospital and police say they are in a “comfortable position”.

Both women have been visited regularly by friends, and Ms Honda’s family members have now arrived in Christchurch.

It’s not clear when the injured women will be discharged.

A 38-year old Otaki man has been charged with assault and robbery in relation to the incident near Franz Josef on Sunday.

The man, who has interim name suppression, is also accused of raping and murdering Christchurch community support worker Amy Farrall the day before.

While the hitch-hikers have been making steady progress at Christchurch Hospital, offers of help have been flooding in. Now, a bank account has been set up for donations to the pair.

Detective Senior Sergeant Darryl Sweeney says police and Victim Support in Christchurch are working to ensure Ms Brandl and Ms Honda receive comprehensive assistance and support once they are discharged from hospital.

The two agencies will also be co-ordinating offers of donated goods and services that have been received during the past six days.

“We will ensure that the two women have access to all the support and help that is available once they come out of hospital,” Mr Sweeney said. -APNZ

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Rental shortage affecting p Ashburton social support agencies claim there is not enough affordable housing in Mid Canterbury. Toni Williams looks at the social housing problem and the issues facing those looking at the rental market in town.

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ost people just want a warm, dry, safe place to rest at night and call

home.

But for many people trying to find housing in Ashburton, there is just not the availability and the cost is high.

Presbyterian Support Ashburton and West Coast regional manager Jackie Girvan said trying to find housing was an issue for everyone looking at the rental market.

“It’s across the board, it doesn’t matter if you come in for a high-powered job or on a benefit, it’s really difficult to get a house or a flat for most people,” said Mrs Girvan.

“There are several issues in Ashburton, it’s supply and demand, it’s the cost of the market rents, and there’s not enough around.

“The market rents mean that families on a low income or for those on a benefit it’s very difficult.”

Mrs Girvan said older people who needed social housing were forced to wait with council housing already full. Even those units had people waiting, she said.

On the realestate.co.nz website (as of Wednesday) there were 13 three-bedroom properties listed in Ashburton. They ranged in price from $270 to $380 a week.

There were just two listings for one-bedroom units ($160 and $210 a week).

And 10 listings for twobedroom properties, ranging from $200 to $310 a week.

On trademe.co.nz there was a total of 31 rental property listings for one-, two-, three- and five-bedroom properties priced between $160 to $380 a week.

Most of these properties were also listed on the realestate.co.nz website.

“There is a formula that you shouldn’t be paying more than a third of your pay on rent, but that’s not the case now for some

people,” Mrs Girvan said.

“Once you are in the rental market you just have to pay what the market is and people are forced to go that way because they can’t get into the social housing market and a lot of their income goes on rent.”

Mrs Girvan said another problem for people was the bond and rent in advance, with the cost being up to a couple of thousand dollars in some instances.

However, for those on a low income there is help through a couple of Winz payment options ... if they fit the criteria.

The Government recently announced changes to the way it operates its social housing properties and those wanting to apply for a state house will need to apply through Work and Income.

Ministry of Social Development general manager, Marama Edwards, said from April 14 the job of housing assessments for applicants to Housing New Zea-

land (HNZ) transferred to Work and Income.

The transfer also included current HNZ staff to complete the assessments.

Ms Edwards said the Canterbury team would be covered by six housing case managers.

“The criteria we will use to decide on eligibility for social housing will be the same as currently used by Housing New Zealand.

“People will be able to apply for social housing by phone, or in person.”

Ms Edwards said around 80 per cent of people who inquired about social housing already had some form of contact with Work and Income.

“So for these people, they will no longer have to provide relevant information to two government departments.

“In addition, Work and Income will be able to co-ordinate the full range of assistance to clients with housing needs, including an advance for bond if required.”

So depending on a person’s circumstances there is a range of assistance that may be able to help payments such as bonds and rent.

If people are eligible, they can receive a recoverable assistance payment grant or advance payment of benefit.

In addition the accommodation supplement is a weekly payment available to help people with the ongoing costs of rent, board or owning a home.

It is worthwhile for anyone on a low income to look into options designed to help New Zealanders struggling with financial hardship.

Check out www.workandincome.govt.nz/individuals/a-zbenefits Under the changes, the Government is also allowing other people, agencies or organisations to apply to be social housing providers.

These agencies would work alongside the likes of HNZ and

some district councils who are existing social housing providers. The Ashburton District Council only has elderly pensioner housing units.

These changes also take effect from mid-April.

While Ashburton’s Presbyterian Support was interested in the idea of being a social housing provider, it was one years ago and Mrs Girvan is not sure they would look at the concept now.

She said a feasibility study on social housing options was done eight years ago.

They were interested in an idea similar to the Abbeyfields concept of flatting for the elderly.

The Government-funded study was finally put in the “too hard basket” but Mrs Girvan said the new rule changes had piqued interest.

“Social housing ... we are not ready to go there yet, but we are interested.

“The rule changes could make

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it very interesting as to whether that might be revisited.”

Presbyterian Support might be interested in more of a housing complex similar to the Christchurch City Housing units.

They have housing complexes suitable for a range of mixed ages “just like a community”.

Mrs Girvan said housing for people over 65 years was deemed easier than multi-aged complexes likely to house more people, so deciding which market in most need to target was “a conundrum”.

“It’s just a really difficult one.”

The changes within HNZ will also mean their tenants are subject to regular income reviews to see if they still qualify for housing.

These reviews will start from July 1.

It’s these changes too that have social agencies a little nervous and wondering how many of these tenants will end up in the private market.

Housing New Zealand has 68,000 tenancies nationwide – with more than 180 in Ashburton.

Under changes, the Government’s priority for the first year was to target HNZ tenants who paid market or close-to-market rent, with the intention of moving them into private rental as it became available.

About 800 tenancies would be reviewed nationwide in the first year.

While Winz will deal with applicants for housing, HNZ will continue to be the landlord for its state-house tenants.

Locally, the only other social housing provider is the Ashburton District Council, which caters specifically to elderly clients.

Council property manager John Rooney confirmed the council had a waiting list for its units.

The council’s criterion was age and asset based, but gave elderly from Mid Canterbury residential priority.

The 112 one-bedroom units are in Methven, Rakaia and scattered throughout Ashburton.

There are 34 people on the waiting list – nine were priority one, 14 considered priority two and the rest priority three.

Mr Rooney said “three years ago we were skinny on the waiting list”.

However, any vacant units were quickly snapped up by returning elderly residents left with nothing after the Christchurch earthquakes.

It is likely the council would require more units at some stage in the future and had land set aside for future development.

However, this would only be considered when demand from local residents was constantly exceeding supply and this was closely monitored by people in the council commercial department.

HNZ deals with a range of properties in blocks and standalone houses, housing individuals and families.

HNZ area manager Kate Milton said there were 186 properties in Ashburton.

There are 62 in Allenton, 45 in Hampstead, 62 in Netherby and 17 in Tinwald.

HNZ also rates their applicants, according to income and need.

Ms Milton said there were 13 people on the waiting list.

In terms of future developments around town, Mrs Girvan

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knew the council had some land set aside for future building.

The downside to building units was the money did not go far enough.

A million dollar build for six units only benefited six people at a time.

“The cost of building the unit does not go far ... a flatting option is more of an appeal with more people covered,” Mrs Girvan said.

“But that doesn’t suit a lot of people who want to live independently.

The latest census figures show that the number of houses in the district had risen by 21 per cent in just over a decade, but home ownership was at an all-time low.

The latest Statistics New Zealand data released from the 2013

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arranged new schooling for the primary-aged child and the preschooler.

Most items were ticked off – except one; where to live. The costs were high and on one income, with one West Coast mortgage, money was limited.

In this account it was fortunate living with her parents in their three-bedroom house was an option; albeit a short-term one – or so they thought.

The West Coast property did not sell as quickly as it might have just six months earlier.

And the Reserve Bank forced the banks to raise the mortgage lending minimum to 20 per cent deposit.

It is seven months on.

She is four months into her own new job, so now on a double

families, or friends into one house. While their needs are sorted – but at times straining family relations – Presbyterian Support and the Salvation Army often work together to help other people in dire need of housing.

Salvation Army officer and foodbank co-ordinator Judith Lilley says the shortage of housing in town was a real problem.

“Housing is critical in Ashburton short-term, emergency, right across the board, it is a real issue.”

Mrs Lilley said about 90 per cent of the calls she received were housing needs related.

But there are not too many options.

Mrs Lilley said the agencies had good relations with local

Housing is critical in Ashburton short-term, emergency, right across the board, it is a real issue

Census says there are 12,204 houses in the district. But 5910, or just over 40 per cent, were occupied by their owners. The rest were rental properties or owned by a trust.

While social housing is concerning the social agencies, the limited number and cost of private rentals is also concerning others and changing the way families live.

For one family it was meant to be the next chapter in their young family’s life with a relocation from the West Coast back to the East, to be closer to family.

He got a job in Ashburton and resigned his position on the Coast.

She notified the schools and

fulltime income their earnings are decent.

They still own the property that is rented now on the West Coast.

And they have just tried a final push to the bank for financing to purchase a modest three-bedroom home in town.

If the request is denied – and it could go either way – they will bite the bullet and join the many others vying for accommodation in the Ashburton rental market.

It’s not ideal as the cost to rent would be the price of a mortgage repayment.

But low equity has literally hit them in the pocket.

There are others, in other circumstances forcing multiple

camping grounds and motels but that might only give a couple of nights’ grace.

And accommodation availability depended on the number of people involved.

She said most people in dire need of help had either financial issues or social issues.

A recent case was some tourists who had lost their wallets and needed temporary help while things were sorted.

“Not everybody is suitable to be going to a camping ground and it costs.”

She also advocated incomerelated rents.

“That is the benefit of HNZ houses, the rent depends on the income.”

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In brief Lousi gets three weeks Warriors second-rower Sione Lousi has been suspended for three weeks after his attempt to have his charge downgraded failed at the NRL judiciary on Thursday night. Lousi was found guilty of a grade two dangerous throw on Wests Tigers back-rower Corey Paterson and will miss the games against the Sharks, Bulldogs and Dragons. Coach Matt Elliott said immediately after the game he didn’t think it was a penalty so was surprised at the high grading but it is a sensitive time because of the serious injury suffered by Newcastle’s Alex McKinnon. - APNZ

Bennett defends call Wayne Bennett has defended Newcastle’s decision to question the NRL’s judiciary process and claims the club owed it to Alex McKinnon to make their feelings known. In a strongly-worded statement, the Knights blasted the decision to single out Melbourne’s Jordan McLean for his role in the three-man tackle that left McKinnon with a broken neck, saying Jesse and Kenny Bromwich should have also faced a hearing. “We made our points about what we believed the process should have been,” Bennett said. “We’re entitled to an opinion.

We made our position clear, we owed that to Alex and we felt that as a club.”

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Farrell ready for Souths St George centre Dylan Farrell admits he owes everything to former club South Sydney but will put sentiment to one side when he runs out against the Rabbitohs at the SCG tomorrow. Farrell was one of several new signings made by the Dragons this season and although yet to score for his new club, he’s been an impressive performer in their strong start to the campaign. The 22-year-old joined Souths when he was 16 and played alongside Adam Reynolds in the halves for the under-20s.

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SWB out of Kiwi plans It looks increasingly likely Sonny Bill Williams has played his last test for the Kiwis, bringing an end to an unfulfilled international rugby league career. The Kiwis’ selectors have made utterances about planning for the future when picking their side for next month’s Anzac test and, given Williams will return to rugby union in 2015 perhaps for the rest of his career, he doesn’t represent the future. It might prove to be an unpopular decision. It’s not like the Kiwis dominate at international level - they haven’t beaten Australia since 2010 and haven’t ever won the Anzac test - and Williams is one of the best players in the world. Last year he played a leading hand in helping the Roosters jump from 13th in 2012 to the NRL title and he was also named Rugby League International Federation Player of the Year. The 28-year-old told the Herald last year he was contemplating retirement in 2015 but no one really knows with Williams until it’s official. - APNZ

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Shark bite expected

BY MICHAEL BROWN Warriors’ coach Matt Elliott has a saying that things are never as bad as they seem.

He was in a pretty bad spot a fortnight ago after an insipid start to the NRL season but things have improved dramatically with two good performances that delivered two wins.

They now sit 11th on the table but only one win behind the leaders.

The Sharks are the only side to have lost their first four games of the year and, on the surface, appear to be in disarray.

They are missing captain Paul Gallen (ankle) and Luke Lewis (shoulder) and fullback Michael Gordon (knee) and five-eighth Todd Carney (hamstring) are in doubt.

“Nothing is ever as bad as you think,” Elliott said of the Sharks.

“They have lost two games to really fancied teams by two points. I know who they don’t have playing but the people they have are a pretty handy crew so we will need to be really focused

and ready to compete at their home ground. I’m expecting our toughest game of the year.”

The Warriors will be without Sione Lousi, who is suspended for three weeks.

His place in the starting side is likely to be taken by Feleti Mateo, who missed last weekend’s 42-18 win over the Wests Tigers with a knee injury.

Sebastine Ikahihifo will come onto the bench but it’s the use of Thomas Leuluai, who also starts on the bench, that is the most intriguing. He’s a half or hook-

er by trade but last weekend played as a back-rower and was very effective, playing as another playmaker who can shift the ball quickly on attack and defending strongly in the middle.

“We need to get more field time out of [Leuluai],” Elliott said. “I strongly believe he needs to be part of our lineup.

“When Thomas came on [against the Tigers], I thought he was pretty effective around that middle. He doesn’t defend like a little man either. We can use him in that middle unit as a back-rower again if we like. He’s got three holes he can fill for us.”

Likely Warriors side to play the Sharks (5pm NZT): Sam Tomkins, Glen Fisiiahi, Dane Nielsen, Konrad Hurrell, Manu Vatuvei, Chad Townsend, Shaun Johnson, Sam Rapira, Nathan Friend, Ben Matulino, Jayson Bukuya, Simon Mannering (c), Feleti Mateo. Interchange: Jacob Lillyman, Suaia Matagi, Thomas Leuluai, Sebastine Ikahihifo.

- APNZ

Thomas Leuluai: Playmaker who can shift the ball quickly and defend strongly.

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BY MICHAEL BROWN

has scored tries (7).

Early days but ...

Meaningless stat

Four weeks into the competition, four sides who made the top eight last season hold the bottom four spots of the table.

The Sharks (5th last season), Knights (7th), Rabbitohs (2nd) and Cowboys (8th) had just three wins combined in March. The Sharks are the only team yet to record a win and are averaging a woeful seven points a game.

Shane Flanagan, who just penned a new three-year deal, can’t come back soon enough.

Statistics can be great but sometimes they can leave you with a sore head. Try this one: In the first four rounds, there were 9369 runs and 83,184m gained at an average of 8.88m for every run. Seems to be on par with last season. Prop Jacob Lillyman has gained the most metres of any Warriors player with 599m at an average of 12m a run.

Friendly fire Nathan Friend might not put the big hits on, the ones that leave ball-carriers with sore shoulders, but he’s certainly effective. The Warriors hooker tops the NRL tackle count early in the season with 196 in the first four rounds. Brisbane’s Andrew McCullough is second on 190 and Nate Myles third with 182.

The next best Warriors player is Jayson Bukuya with 121 while winger Glen Fisiiahi has made 11. It’s only four more than Fish

reasons to watch their side at the moment - four defeats, 28 points for, 104 against - but the club are trying to pull in punters with their special birthday party offer. Kids can have their party at Shark Park (sorry, Remondis Stadium) on game days and, as a highlight, will get a visit from an injured player, the mascot or a mermaid (cheerleader). Hard to know which of the three would be the most popular for all the family.

UFC safer than NRL

Australian UFC fighter Kyle Noke has weighed into the NRL concussion debate, saying his sport is Just the ticket safer than rugby league. “In terms The Warriors will hand out of head trauma, more than 3000 tickets worth the UFC is safer more than $90,000 to 32 Auckland clubs, the Auckland Rugby than the NRL,” League Referees’ Association Noke told News and Auckland Rugby League Limited. “If for next Sunday’s game against you receive a the Bulldogs at Eden Park. The head knock in the UFC, you’re club are doing it to recognise the out for eight weeks, sometimes contribution of clubs to the War- three months. And, yes, I know riors in their 20-year existence as people will say our sport’s aim is well as mark the start of the Fox to knock people out. But when Memorial competition. you break it down, any time a UFC fighter is concussed he gets Party time sidelined ... in the NRL they can still play the next week.” - APNZ Sharks fans don’t have many

Cleary to unleash flying Panther

BY IAN MCCULLOUGH His name is a commentator’s nightmare, but Penrith coach Ivan Cleary says Dallin Watene Zelezniak has the talent to give NRL opponents sleepless nights.

The young winger, known simply as ‘DWZ’ by Panthers fans, will make his first-grade debut against Canberra today, having starred at fullback for the Panthers’ Holden Cup winning side last year.

But after a blistering performance in Penrith’s NSW Cup side’s win over Wentworthville last week, Cleary decided he couldn’t hold the 18-year-old back any longer.

“Dallin’s a local product who’s come through our junior grades and is a pretty special talent,” said Cleary. “He’s done a whole pre-season with us and has played a few games at NSW Cup level and I think he’s ready for a shot at the big time.

“He’s a young man who’s playing his first games, but it was always going to happen it was just a matter of when.”

Cleary carved out a reputation for not being afraid to give young players a chance when he was at the Warriors, with Shaun Johnson, Kevin Locke, Elijah Taylor and Ben Matulino all given their debuts under his watch.

He admits it’s too early to say how well Watene Zelezniak will cope long term in the NRL, but he is a player that has the potential to be a superstar of the game.

“It depends on each individual and the preparation they’ve done at this stage of their career,” he said.

“But I just feel it’s the right time. I told him he was playing on April Fool’s Day so he didn’t really know how to react at the time. But I think he’s pretty excited.

“He has a strong religious faith and he is very connected to that. He’s a fun loving guy who always has a smile on his face and loves playing footy.

“He’s the kind of player you love having around.”

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■ ROWING

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In brief Man City on attack

Going out on top

Manchester City defender Aleksandar Kolarov believes the attacking philosophy adopted by manager Manuel Pellegrini has also helped his side become tighter at the back ahead of their Premier League clash with Southampton tonight. City are the second most prolific team with 80 goals this season with only leaders Liverpool (88) having found the net more often. Pellegrini’s title-chasers have also conceded just 28 goals which gives them the second meanest defence in the division behind Chelsea (24) and as a result their goal difference of 52 is the best overall. Kolarov believes defending has become easier because of the attacking intent shown by City, who trail Liverpool by four points but remain favourites to win the title with two games in hand. - AFP

Chance for Celtic youth

Natalie Bocock in action on the boat in the water at the Maadi Cup.

By Jonathan Leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co,nz

Natalie Bocock signed off from her Secondary School Rowing career on top.

The Mid Canterbury ex-pat was the coxswain for St Margaret’s at last week’s Maadi Cup National Secondary School Rowing Championship at Lake Ruataniwha, where she was awarded the prestigious Simon Briggs Cup as Coxswain of the Regatta after she called four crews to medals, including two of the golden variety.

“I’m really happy with my results and being part of a really good squad,” Bocock said.

“I’d love to come back for an-

other season, but you have to leave sometime.”

It was her fourth and final Maadi, finishing with a tally of eight medals.

In her first Maadi in 2011 she went as a rower, but came back in 2012 as a cox to collect one bronze with the under 15 coxed quad.

She then collected gold with the under 17 coxed four and a pair of silver medals with under 15 and under 16 fours last year.

This year it was four medals with gold with the under 15 coxed four and eight, and bronze with the under 18 coxed four and eight.

Then to cap it all off, she found herself receiving the Simon Briggs Cup. “That was easily a highlight of my career.

“It was really exciting to get that and it was pretty unexpected, but a great way to finish it all off.”

With her secondary school rowing career done and dusted, she doesn’t plan to quit calling just yet, but is realistic about her future opportunities in the boat.

I would really like to go further with it if I can, but I know that there are not that many opportunities with it in New Zealand, as we don’t have the

Photo Chris Bayley

funding to take away eights and things like that.

“But I would like to look at doing some under 21 or under 23 at that higher level.

“I’m not sure how that will go but I don’t want to hold off my education either.”

She is however considering a brief stint of secondary school rowing coaching next summer before starting her tertiary education, studying architecture at Victoria University.

“There will be a bit of an overlap but we’ll see how that goes.

“My education is my priority but I’m really hooked on rowing.”

■ CRICKET

International flavour to Ford Trophy final Today’s Ford Trophy final in Mt Maunganui will have a very international flavour to it with 15 players from both Northern Districts and Wellington being past or present New Zealand representatives.

Nine of Wellington’s squad of 12 have played for the Black Caps, including Luke Ronchi who returned from the World T20 in Bangladesh this week.

Northern Districts welcome

back Trent Boult and Anton Devcich into their 12, bringing the total number of New Zealand players in their squad to six, but they will be without some considerable firepower in Tim Southee (unavailable), Kane Williamson (flying directly to England to play for English county cricket side Yorkshire) and Corey Anderson (dislocated finger).

Northern Districts indicated

in a statement it was felt Southee would “benefit from a brief rest after a long season before he takes off to fulfil his IPL commitments”.

There were no such concerns around Boult and Devcich, who both played limited roles at the World T20.

“We have built a strong feeling amongst the group throughout this short campaign, but that will only be added to by the in-

clusion of Trent and Anton,” coach James Pamment said.

“They are two outstanding people who bring so much to any team they are in.”

Northern are chasing their second trophy of the summer after beating Otago in the final of the Twenty20 HRV Cup and finished second on the Ford Trophy table - Wellington, who are chasing their first trophy in 10 years, were fourth. - APNZ

Celtic assistant manager Johan Mjallby says the champions will give their youth players more opportunities to impress in the remaining games of the season.

The Glasgow giants wrapped up their third Scottish Premiership title in a row in record time last week with seven games to spare.

Several young starlets have been given their chance in recent weeks with Eoghan O’Connell joining Liam Henderson and Darnell Fisher in making the step up to the top team. Mjallby says the final few weeks of the season will see more young players given game time as the management assess what they have in reserve before deciding whether to bring in new players in the summer transfer window. - AFP

Victory clash ‘a final’ For the Newcastle Jets the A-League finals begin today, defender Kew Jaliens says, as they face Melbourne Victory in a season defining encounter. After last week’s costly 2-1 loss to Perth, the Jets are a point behind sixthplaced Sydney with home games against Melbourne and Adelaide to round out their campaign.

Depending on other results, if the Jets were to win both games they could finish as high as fourth or, alternatively, miss out on the top six all together.

- AAP

Sri Lanka into final Sri Lanka defeated the West Indies by 27 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method yesterday to enter the World Twenty20 final in Dhaka. The West Indies, chasing Sri Lanka’s 6-160, were 4-80 in 13.5 overs when a heavy downpour forced the match to be abandoned, with Marlon Samuels on 18 and Darren Sammy yet to score. Sri Lanka were declared winners of the rain-hit semi-final since the West Indies were 27 runs behind the D/L par score of 107. Sri Lanka await the winners of the second semi-final overnight between India and South Africa in Sunday’s title clash. - AFP

Call Duckworth-Lewis . . .

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In brief Blues kept tryless The road trip blues continue for Sir John Kirwan, his side’s loss last night against the Brumbies at a wet Canberra Stadium extending a remarkably poor record away from home. The Blues last won away on February 23 last year, a comfortable victory over the Hurricanes in Wellington starting Kirwan’s reign in the best possible way. Unfortunately for him and his team, he hasn’t presided over one since. This season away from home they have lost to the Highlanders, Bulls, Lions and now the Brumbies, a streak of 12 away defeats. A win would have put the Blues on top of the New Zealand conference, but they didn’t get close, the home side led to victory by Wallabies midfielder Pat McCabe, who scored two tries and terrorised young Blues first-five Simon Hickey all night, and Jesse Mogg, the supremely talented fullback. Benji Marshall, who replaced wing Tevita Li for the final 23 minutes, sparked a late attack with Charles Piutau but to no avail.

- APNZ

Chiefs ring the changes After a loss and a draw to date on their tour, Chiefs’ coach Dave Rennie says it’s essential his side triumphs in the final fixture of their road trip. Rennie made five changes to his run-on XV to face the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein, after which the Chiefs will return to the comforts of home. Beating the bottom-placed side in Super Rugby on Sunday morning will see the defending champions on top of the New Zealand conference with their South African swing behind them.

And considering they slumped to defeat against the Force and were staring at a second straight loss before a late revival against the Bulls, victory will render the away trip an unlikely success.

- APNZ

Waratahs need a win If the Waratahs want to be a force come Super Rugby finals, they need to start winning on the road - with or without key attacking weapon Israel Folau. That’s the blunt assessment from Tahs No.7 Michael Hooper, who’s targeting tomorrow morning’s clash against the Stormers in Cape Town as his side’s turning point.

The fifth-placed Waratahs might be undefeated at home, but they’ve lost two from two on the road. “We need to start winning away from home,” Hooper said. “These are the sort of games you need to win to build your season.”

- AAP

Leiua in midfield Alapati Leiua hasn’t pulled on a No 12 jersey for three years. The last time he did, it was for his club side Northern United in Wellington, which is a different stratosphere to what he will face against the Bulls at McLean Park in Napier tonight. It seems a long time coming for Leiua to be given a run at second-five for the Hurricanes but a shoulder injury to Tim Bateman plus the indifferent form of Hadleigh Parkes and Cardiff Vaega has finally seen the Samoan international summoned. Leiua has seen more time in the No 13 jersey with Wellington at ITM Cup level but his ability with ball in hand, on display as he scored a matchwinning try against the Crusaders last week, makes him a prime candidate for second-five. - APNZ

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Crusaders at crossroads

By Patrick Mckendry Ellis Park, that bastion of South African rugby, is where the Crusaders will undergo a severe test of their spirit tomorrow morning.

And, if they do find a way to win against the Lions - who are unbeaten at their Johannesburg home this season - without their talisman Kieran Read, the Crusaders will have to do it all over again the following week in Bloemfontein against the Cheetahs.

Time is running out for Todd Blackadder’s men, who have made it a habit of scrambling a victory first-up in the republic, and often against the odds, only to turn in a half-hearted performance a week later.

In 2011, a Crusaders team already missing injured All Blacks Ben Franks, Dan Carter, Richie McCaw, Brad Thorn, Sam Whitelock and Andy Ellis, beat the Stormers 20-14 despite losing four backs - Israel Dagg, Kahn Fotuali’i, Sean Maitland and Adam Whitelock - in the first half.

The following week they lost 33-20 to the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein despite the return of Franks, McCaw and Carter.

Last year the Crusaders followed gritty away victories over the Stormers and Sharks with a

shock loss to the Force in Perth.

It cost them any chance of overtaking the Chiefs as New Zealand conference leaders.

How Blackadder must wish he could have the services of McCaw (broken thumb) and Carter (sabbatical) tomorrow.

Read’s withdrawal with concussion is a huge blow and firstfive Colin Slade has yet to find his feet at his former franchise after his return from the Highlanders.

The mood within the camp won’t be anywhere near as pessimistic as that among many of their supporters or the media looking from the outside in.

But after losing three games in their first five - with two losses at home their Christchurch fortress has been well and truly stormed - the Crusaders can’t afford to drop many more.

In their favour is the fact that the competition is so even this year no team looks like true championship material.

The Crusaders will still fancy their chances of making the play-offs but if they don’t then everyone within the organisation must be put under the microscope, administrators included.

Scraping their way into the play-offs over the last six years (the earthquake year of 2011 excepted) has meant nothing

Colin Slade: Not quite firing on his return to the Crusaders.

has been done to challenge the status quo.

That won’t apply if they don’t make the business end of the competition.

Even if they do major questions must be raised, and publicity-shy mining magnate Brent Francis, who has underwritten the franchise licence, could be the person to ask them.

Spare a thought, then for referee Marius van der Westhuizen, the man from Cape Town who will make his debut at this level in controlling tomorrow’s match.

A fortnight ago, South Afri-

can Stuart Berry hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons, but somehow wasn’t demoted, for his performance in the Lions’ controversial 23-20 victory at home over the Reds.

Here’s hoping that van der Westhuizen plays a supporting role tomorrow, rather than a starring one.

There are no ‘neutral’ referees in this rugby competition any more - if you’re good enough you get selected despite your country of origin, is Sanzar’s policy - but it’s a tough gig for van der Westhuizen to get first up.

- APNZ

Highlanders do it the hard way

By Patrick Mckendry The Highlanders have scrapped to an untidy victory over the Rebels last night, but coach Jamie Joseph isn’t likely to care a jot - with three wins they have already equalled their total for the whole of last season.

The Rebels are traditionally tricky customers, too, another reason why Joseph will be extremely happy to bank these four competition points under the Dunedin roof.

Last year in Melbourne his side were up 31-7 only for an extraordinary turnaround by the Rebels, who scored their final try after the full-time hooter to win 38-37.

There was almost another boilover here, Jason Woodward’s excellent try setting up a brilliant finish, and the Highlanders would have been relieved to just finish in front.

With men such as Wallabies loose forward Scott Higginboth-

am in their midst, the Rebels are rarely out of a match but sometimes they push the limits.

Blindside flanker Sean McMahon was extremely fortunate not to be sent to the sinbin only minutes after halftime for his dangerous lifting tackle on Highlanders halfback Aaron Smith.

In Higginbotham the Rebels have one of the best loose forwards in this competition - his intercept of Aaron Smith’s pass when hard on defence, and subsequent 50m run and leftfoot kick, led directly to a try to first-five Angus Roberts after halftime and brought them right back into it.

It was a brilliant show of skill and speed, but the special moments from the visitors were too few and mixed in with too many errors, especially in their own half.

They also missed first-five Bryce Hegarty, who went off with concussion very early.

Aaron Smith: In top form.

The Highlanders were deserved winners but their tendency to switch off will be one thing concerning Joseph.

Aaron Smith, fullback Ben Smith and centre Malakai Fekitoa were their standouts in the backs, flanker Shane Christie one of their best up front.

They were shut out by the Blues at Eden Park last weekend, but last night their speed of thought and feet quickly had the Rebels in trouble, although they had to respond to going a try down after flanker Scott Fuglistaller went over.

In reply, Aaron Smith’s quick penalty tap from in front was quickly capitalised on, Christie scoring his first try at this level.

Aaron Smith, who earlier had a try ruled out following a forward pass by wing Richard Buckman, found the line after dodging two would-be defenders, including fullback Woodward, with two outrageous sidesteps.

Roberts’ try after the break evened it up at 20-20, with Ben Smith, capitalised on big numbers on the left for the Highlanders, pushing the score out to 30-20, but the Rebels refused to yield. Pressing extremely hard in the final few minutes, they scored a brilliant set piece try through Woodward.

He was partly at fault for missing the tackle as Aaron Smith scored his try in the first half, but his powerful run and fend on Shaun Treeby as the Rebels ran from a lineout set up the match - APNZ for a brilliant finish.

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■ MOTOR RACING

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In brief FIrst strike for Ogier World champion Sebastien Ogier claimed the opening super stage of the Rally of Portugal yesterday in a Volkswagen clean sweep.

French driver Ogier finished ahead of teammates Jari-Matti Latvala of Finland and Norway’s Andreas Mikkelsen by 0.3sec and 2.2sec respectively. Six stages will be held on today’s first full day in the south of the country, in and around Faro.

- AFP

Fans unhappy with F1

New Zealand’s Fabian Coulthard is rapidly making a name for himself as a consistent top 10 finisher in the V8 Supercars.

Primed for V8 showdown Kiwi driver Fabian Coulthard is buoyed by his strong start to the V8 Supercars season, ahead of this weekend’s third stop at Winton Raceway near Melbourne.

Coulthard, who drives for Lockwood Racing under Brad Jones, is currently third in the championship, finishing in the top-five in all but one race.

The Holden driver, who was sixth overall in his best year in the V8 Supercars Championship in 2013, is confident he is on the right track.

“It’s a really good foundation to build from. It’s my best ever start to the V8 Supercars Championship season,” Coulthard said.

He leads a purposeful performance from all three New Zealand drivers, with Shane

van Gisbergen sixth and Scott McLaughlin seventh.

Van Gisbergen and McLaughlin already have two podiums each but it is Coulthard who leads the way in the championship.

“Consistency is the key. You have to be smart about it. Is the risk to push through a tight gap worth it or not?

“If you can collect good points every round then that is the best scenario if you want to be in championship contention at the end of the year.”

The 31-year-old, who is based in Melbourne, hopes that his knowledge of the tricky Winton track and a quicker car for the all-important qualifying will see him continue to prosper this weekend.

“As a race car we are better

but as a qualifying car it still needs some work. Last year we qualified top four on average last.

“It’s a bit baffling where our qualifying pace has gone. I’ve always believed that qualifying is the easiest time to pass cars.

If you can qualify at the front then generally you race at the front.”

One of the big challenges is the new qualifying system for the 100km races, with just 10 minutes allotted to determine grid placings.

“The new system brings accuracy back in - you have to nail that one lap you get. The intensity for qualifying has gone up a level and it is very difficult to post a time in just 10 minutes.”

The team, based in the rural town of Albury use Winton as

their test track, although Coulthard says it is very changeable in weather and track conditions.

He would dearly love to return to the podium this weekend to prime him for the next stop back home at the ITM 500 Auckland at Pukekohe Park Raceway.

To race in front of a home is so special. I don’t get to race at home nearly enough.

“To race in V8 Supercars in front of home fans, to mix in some time to see family and friends and then do my job of racing with them about to watch is pretty cool.”

Tomorrow sees two 10-minute qualifying sessions for the day’s two races each over 100kms at Winton with a 200km race with two mandatory stops on Sunday. - APNZ

Vettel resigned to Mercedes domination World champion Sebastian Vettel admitted yesterday he was braced for another dominate performance from the Mercedes team at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

The German driver, who has seen Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton sweep to opening wins in Australia and Malaysia for team Mercedes, believes the

Sakhir circuit will also suit his rivals tomorrow.

“Here the track is a quite tricky one, as you have got a lot of straights, and therefore we have got to save quite a lot of fuel on Sunday compared to Malaysia,” said four-time world champion Vettel.

“And already in testing, and for sure at the first two races,

we have seen that Mercedes has the strongest package.

“They are way quicker than us on the straights, so it will be difficult to keep up with them.”

Mercedes set two of the three quickest times in testing at the Gulf track last month while Vettel was down in 18th and team-mate Daniel Ricciardo made 10th.

But Vettel, who retired on the fifth lap in Melbourne before claiming third in Malaysia, is confident that Red Bull are making progress after their setbacks.

“A very positive thing that we have seen in the first two races is that our car has potential, so it is up to us now to get the best out of what we have at the moment,” he said.

- AFP

Critics have already labelled the latest version of Formula One as boring. Just two races into the new campaign, and with Mercedes winning both the Australian and Malaysian Grands Prix at a canter, the sport’s naysayers have been lining up to take pot-shots. The advent of new technology in the form of the 1.6-litre V6 turbocharged units has shaken up the grid to some extent, with Red Bull on the back foot after winning the last four world titles. Apparently, F1’s latest crisis is to lead to talks between supremo Bernie Ecclestone, Ferrari’s president Luca Di Montezemolo and FIA president Jean Todt. Ecclestone and Di Montezemolo now have ammunition from the all-important fans following a poll conducted on Ferrari’s website, with over 50,000 expressing an opinion. The results have delivered an overwhelmingly negative reaction, with 83 per cent disappointed with the new format, dismissing it mainly because of the drivers being forced to lift off to save fuel. In addition, the fans are against the quieter noise of the new power units, while they are also confused by rules they claim are now too complicated.

- PA

Landmark for Button Jenson Button will become only the fifth driver in history to rack up 250 Formula One races tomorrow, but the 2009 world champion insists he is still learning his trade. The 34-year-old Briton follows Rubens Barrichello (326 races), Michael Schumacher (308), Riccardo Patrese (257) and Jarno Trulli (256) into Formula One’s long service club with no sign of his powers declining with age.

After two races of the 2014 season, finishing third in Australia and sixth in Malaysia, Button says the secret is to watch, listen and learn. - AFP

Winton track ‘dodgy’ A “dodgy” track repair job has plagued V8 Supercar drivers in the first day of their weekend meet in Winton. A sealant used to make patchwork repairs to cracks in the track has peeled off during opening practice sessions. Some drivers have complained about the tar-like sealant heaping around their tyres, taking to social media to share their frustration. V8 Supercars organisers are confident the issue will dissipate over the weekend.

Their view was backed up by the falling lap times, which came within a second of the track record, even in the wet. Will Davison’s Mercedes was quickest around the wet circuit, followed by James Moffat’s Nissan. Last year’s Dunlop Series champion Dale Wood called the conditions “crazy”, adding “fair to say we are bringing half the track back into the garage!!”

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■ GOLF

Ko off the pace in California

Milestone for Punt Anita Punt hopes her 150th game for the Black Sticks goes better than her first. Barring any late struggles with her knee, the 26-year-old was due to mark the milestone against Korea in Hastings this afternoon in New Zealand’s first game of the Six Nations tournament which is part of the inaugural Hawkes Bay Festival of Hockey. Punt made her debut against China in 2009 but she said it wasn’t a terribly memorable occasion aside from the fact it was her first appearance. “I think I touched the ball about three times and just ran,” she laughed. - APNZ

Lydia Ko’s quest to become the youngest major winner in golf began with a mixed first round at the the Kraft Nabisco Championship in California yesterday.

The 16-year-old shot a oneover par 73 on the opening day at the Mission Hills Country Club, leaving her seven shots off the pace in a share of 29th place.

If Ko is able to rally and win the tournament, she will break a 146-year-old record as the youngest golfer to claim a major, but that will require quite a turnaround when she tees off for her second round this morning.

New kids on the block Top-ranked Tiger Woods is injured and absent, reigning Masters champion Adam Scott has squandered his past two 54-hole leads and 2012 Masters winner Bubba Watson needed 22 months to win again. So it’s no wonder a rising generation of young stars, many of them seeking their first major crown, like their chances to challenge for a green jacket at next week’s 78th Masters tournament.

Of the past 19 major champions, 15 were first-time winners, including the past three to claim green jackets - Watson, Scott and South African Charl Schwartzel. World No.1 Woods, a 14-time major champion, will miss the Masters for the first time since his 1995 debut as an amateur following surgery to repair a pinched nerve. But he can take credit for inspiring the new breed.

- AFP

Durant in hot form Kevin Durant scored 28 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat San Antonio 106-94 yesterday, ending the Spurs’ winning streak at 19 games. Russell Westbrook scored 27 points and Serge Ibaka added 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Thunder, who won the matchup between the top two teams in the Western Conference.

Oklahoma is three games behind with eight games remaining. At Los Angeles, Dirk Nowitzki scored 26 points as the Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Clippers for the first time this season 113-107.

- AP

Lydia Ko watches her tee shot on the 12th hole during the first round at the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship golf tournament yesterday.

The world No 4 started her round on the 10th and was even through the first six holes, before she dropped a shot at the 16th. Ko then birdied the 18th to head to the turn on even par, but a double bogey at the par-four first hole sullied her round.

After gaining a shot back with a birdie at the seventh, Ko finished her round seven shots back from leader Shanshan Peng of China.

The Kiwi was not alone in experiencing an uneven first round, with world No 1 Inbee Park shooting a two-over 74 to sit one shot behind Ko. - APNZ

■ OPINION

The Black Caps we know and love I mentioned last week that it looked like the Black Caps might be reverting to type, that is a team chock full of alleged talent and skills, ready to knock over the best the rest of the world had to offer, but when it came to the crunch the loyal fans were always doomed to disappointment yet again.

But who would have thought they would fulfil that destiny in such magnificent fashion, falling on their collective sword in what was a breathtaking capitulation.

No wonder skipper Brendon McCullum wore a rueful, embarrassed half-smile in the after-match interview, when he candidly admitted his team had gone out and played ‘mindless’ cricket, a fair summation of a

succession of pathetic dismissals, led by his own hari-kari effort, and Ross Taylor’s awfullooking attempts to keep out a bowler who admittedly was having the best day of his entire life.

That’s our best two batsmen, scoring zero and zero.

At the break between innings, the New Zealand bowlers had expressed great satisfaction at their team’s position, fully expecting their batsmen to back up their fine efforts in restricting the Sri Lankans to a meagre total.

Little did they realise that within an hour they would be padded up themselves, sent out to try and un-sink the Titanic.

Did nobody in the camp recognise the simple fact that in the previous few hours three teams

to rescue a team seemingly hellbent on self-destruction?

I don’t think so.

It’s perhaps some sort of positive luck that our cricketing representatives seem to reserve Steve Devereux their most dire performances MY SHOUT for tournaments in the subcontinent, where there’s only the had gone out to bat on that cricket tragics (or the terminally pitch, and three teams had failed foolish) who will stay up getting to knock up any sort of reason- square eyes till 6am in the vain able total? hope that maybe this time they Ken Rutherford was quoted on will deliver. radio saying it might have been It’s well over a decade since all different if Cory Anderson they brought home some tourhad been able to bat, instead of nament silverware; if they can’t being laid up in hospital with do it with the supposed firethat awful dislocation. power they had at their disposal Really? this time around, then it’s hard A man with a tournament to imagine any different result in average of about three, is going the next decade.

M7 Rangiora harness Sunday at Rangiora Raceway

Rangiora Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Rangiora (All weather) Meeting Date: 06 Apr 2014 NZ Meeting number: 7 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 11.38am RANGIORA MEMBERS 2YO MOBILE TROT $7000, 2yo mob. trot, mobile, 2000m 1 60 Ygritte (1) fr ................................ S Ottley (J) 2 5 Amarula (2) fr ............................ M Edmonds 3 32 Wanna Play (3) fr ...................N Rasmussen 4 BD Love (4) fr ................................. K Barron 5 One Over Dover (5) fr ........................ D Butt 6 69 Soney Beatt (6) fr ......................A Tomlinson 7 Prince Fearless (7) fr .................... B Orange 8 11 Monbet (8) fr ...................................... R May 2 12.03pm BISHOPDALE/BUSH INN TAB/TAVERN HAREWOOD MBL PACE $6500, c0 to c2 & others with cond. +claimers mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 80x79 Suzali Queen (1) fr ........................... R Earle 2 90713 Jennalee (2) fr ................................S Murtha 3 07x90 Kate Stephanie (3) fr .................... M O’Brien 4 60030 Glacier Express (4) fr ................... R Sissons 5 09509 Benihana (5) fr .............................J Reardon 6 507P7 President Obama (6) fr ............D Thompson 7 08513 Selester (7) fr ................................... S Blake 8 00746 Debs Pal (8) fr ..................................A White 9 5x05x Valhalla (9) fr .................................... G Cook 10 35630 Majors Blue Jean (21) fr...................B White 11 08809 Chargedownking (22) fr ....................A Edge 12 03025 Redmaro (23) fr............................. R Burnett 13 34222 Comenche (24) fr ...........................R Reekie 14 03764 Arden’s Attack (25) fr ................. M Maynard 3 12.28pm DON ROBERTSON MEMORIAL TROT $7000, 3yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2600m 1 04 Grace Lightning (1) fr .................... J Noakes 2 5x30 Clean Break (2) fr..........................R Holmes 3 Summer Vacation (3) fr ................. T Trathen 4 22646 Mantorp (4) fr ............................... G O’Reilly 5 20400 Kerryn Kylie (5) fr ......................A Tomlinson 6 05 Clover Mac (6) fr .........................C DeFilippi 7 07072 Cherry Lindenny (7) fr .....................B Nyhan 8 35 Stuey D (8) fr ....................................... J Hay

9 90x35 Glenferrie Sunbird (9) fr ....................J Dunn 10 0040x Sunbloc (10) fr ..........................J Smolenski 11 95045 Mr Natural (11) fr....................... M Edmonds 12 53632 Sungait Sally (12) fr ................... S Ottley (J) 13 8D80x Bet’s Sun (U1) fr...................... M Williamson 14 33 Star Commando (U2) fr....................J Curtin 15 084P0 Donsmedad (U3) fr ....................... B Orange 16 00022 Ming (U4) fr ...................................... D Dunn 17 000x7 Enthral (U5) fr 18 57008 Innes Boyz (U6) fr ..........................T Chmiel Emergencies: Summer Vacation, Clover Mac, Enthral 4 12.53pm RANGIORA HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS MBL PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 4x530 Lovemetwotimes (1) fr.......................J Dunn 2 7360 Amelia Pond (2) fr ..................... R Anderson 3 05300 Thingamajig (3) fr ...............................D Flint 4 3x75 Cleos A Badgirl (4) fr........................ D Dunn 5 90333 Garibaldi (5) fr .............................C DeFilippi 6 8x4 The Yaldy’s Ideal (6) fr .........................B Butt 7 6949 Real Impulse (7) fr 8 45x29 Zena Mac (8) fr ............................... G Smith 9 32448 Rip Roaring (9) fr .......................... B Orange 10 75405 Gyrate (21) fr..................................T Chmiel 11 97447 Royal Chance (22) fr .................... S McNally 12 64792 Rollin Thunder (23) fr ................... G O’Reilly 13 0x Dana Duke (24) fr 14 00200 Mr Melsu (25) fr.............................R Holmes 15 45450 Real Life Hero (26) fr............... C D Thornley 16 458 C A Penny (27) fr ............................... R May Emergencies: Real Impulse, Dana Duke 5 1.18pm JOAN BELCHER CANTY STANDARDBRED BREEDER MBL PACE $7000, 4yo+ mares c0 mob. pace, mobile, 1609m 1 99780 Hot Lips Brogden (1) fr............... K Cameron 2 3x896 Flickering Ember (2) fr..................... G Smith 3 79949 Rainbow Classic (3) fr ...................... P Davis 4 7746x Limitation (4) fr .......................... B Borcoskie 5 x797x Tarport Princess (5) fr ................ R Close (J) 6 456 Venus Lindenny (6) fr ....................R Holmes 7 7x845 Rise And Shine (21) fr.................C DeFilippi 8 09527 Red Under Fire (22) fr .................... K Barron 9 27806 I Ching (23) fr ............................. S Ottley (J)

10 48542 Smart Alex (24) fr ............................. D Dunn 11 9 Missdebonair (25) fr ................B Thomas (J) Emergency: Tarport Princess 6 1.43pm RD1 PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0 pace, stand, 2600m 1 00056 Lynley Morris (1) fr ....................... G O’Reilly 2 222 Gotta Grunter (2) fr ................. C D Thornley 3 9 Gotta Feeling (3) fr ........................... D Dunn 4 6x080 Agnes de Gerolstein (4) fr ......... C McDowell 5 6 Taranto (5) fr ....................................J Curtin 6 00403 Millwood Chloe (6) fr .....................L O’Reilly 7 Nui Toc Tien (7) fr ..................J Anderson (J) 8 900 Our Hugh (8) fr 9 05906 Private Jones (9) fr....................C Hunter (J) 10 98203 Pacific Rose (10) fr..................... K Cameron 11 Stunin Dude (11) fr............................J Dunn 12 24043 Lifestyler (12) fr ........................ T Woodward 13 0x5 Beale Street Boy (13) fr................ S McNally 14 06985 Taia’s Kid (14) fr ........................... P Wakelin 15 40428 Coyote (U1) fr.................................. R Curtin 16 34234 Franco Sanchez (U2) fr ...............T McMillan 7 2.08pm BEST WISHES FOR RETIREMENT BRIAN WILSON MBL PACE $7000, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 2600m 1 65441 The Ultimate Storm (1) fr ........ M Neilson (J) 2 10087 Oncewerechristians (2) fr ........... T Quate (J) 3 9x000 Party Girl Deb (3) fr ............. J Harrington (J) 4 06094 Vienna Eyre (4) fr ....................... S Ottley (J) 5 32800 All For D B (5) fr ........................... A Veint (J) 6 x0708 Sue Anna (6) fr........................ S Golding (J) 7 92965 Shantahlia’s Star (7) fr ............B Thomas (J) 8 80381 Stans Day (8) fr ..................... J Markham (J) 9 72072 K C Pedro (9) fr .....................J Anderson (J) 10 00589 Tiana Franco (21) fr ................... L Lester (J) 11 15498 Vega Sicilia (22) fr ...................... R Close (J) 12 22719 Light Up Boss (23) fr ................. M Purvis (J) 13 79450 Machs A Flyin (24) fr ..................... K Butt (J) 14 x0095 Dream Gal (25) fr .....................N Purdon (J) 15 7857x Woodlea Wager (U1) fr ................. K Cox (J) Emergency: Tiana Franco 8 2.35pm ANTHONY SHEARER TROT $7500, 3yo+ c1 trot, stand, 2600m

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

0891 Desert Blue (1) fr ........................T McMillan 24453 Speedy Earl (2) fr ....................... K Cameron 00010 Sueno (3) fr ......................................J Curtin 7321x Alexandra Leaving (4) fr .......... M Williamson 030P0 Danke (5) fr .................................. S McNally 22185 Total Exposure (6) fr....................... D Nyhan 73001 Regal Moment (7) fr ...................K O’Connor 25266 Doctor Bones fr ............................ Scratched 418 Heza Mighty Monarch (8) fr ........ N McGrath 38328 Brite N Early fr.............................. Scratched 1x Gee Up Neddy (9) fr....................C DeFilippi 83209 Main Divide (U1) fr ........................ B Orange 0x003 Peterhof (U2) fr ............................ A Lethaby 18 Eyre I Come (U3) fr ............................ R May 10 Waterloo Sunset (U4) fr ......................B Butt 9905x Idle Bones (U5) fr .................................B Hill 2200P Fancy Pants (U6) fr 01099 Larch (U7) fr ............................ C D Thornley 9 3.11pm REDPATHS NORTH CANTY COUNTRY CUPS FINAL HCP PACE $25,000, 4yo+ c3 to oc spechcp pace, stand, 2600m 1 89646 Sonnetsson (1) fr ............................. P Davis 2 13626 Graduate Under Fire (2) fr .............. G Smith 3 14252 Magna (3) fr ..................................J Geddes 4 72015 Vice Chairman (1) 10 ....................... D Dunn 5 64422 Woodlea Legend (2) 10................. K Cox (J) 6 43321 Jerry Garcia (3) 10 ........................L O’Reilly 7 35175 Live Lea (4) 10 ..............................R Holmes 8 11213 Arising Easton (5) 10 .................... B Orange 9 21760 Supreme Gem (U1) 10............ C D Thornley 10 24222 Donegal’s Guest (1) 20 .....................J Dunn 11 12312 Arden Rooney (2) 20 ..............N Rasmussen 12 11111 Maximan (1) 30 ................................J Curtin 10 3.47pm JOAN BELCHER CANTY STANDARDBRED BREEDER MBL PACE $7500, 3yo+ f&m c1 mobile pace, mobile, 1609m 1 32x27 Speights Girl (1) fr ............................ D Dunn 2 177 Flyin Heather (2) fr ..................B Thomas (J) 3 14375 Koree Jayne (3) fr.................... S Stewart (J) 4 04470 Ireby Betty (4) fr ........................C Hunter (J) 5 52946 Cala (5) fr 6 67865 Bay Emerald (6) fr ...................... R Close (J)

7 99497 Murphy Brown (21) fr ........................J Dunn 8 5x461 Sheer Class (22) fr .................... M Purvis (J) 9 44x55 Burning Ambition (23) fr ..................... R May 10 43298 Vincennes (24) fr............................. G Smith 11 06623 Good Girl Becqui (25) fr ......................A Butt Emergency: Murphy Brown 11 4.22pm RD1 MOBILE TROT $8000, 3yo+ c2 to c3 mob. trot, mobile, 2000m 1 83688 Harley (1) fr .................................. P Wakelin 2 9905x Idle Bones fr ................................. Scratched 3 005P8 Tarn (2) fr .................................. M Edmonds 4 60718 Opawa Speed (3) fr .................... K Cameron 5 00500 Aile Rouge (4) fr ............................R Holmes 6 1131 Thebestlove (5) fr ................................A Butt 7 28375 Juneamy Castleton (6) fr .................... R May 8 06198 Tart N Tights (7) fr ......................... B Orange 9 34868 Yankee One (8) fr .................... M Williamson 10 50001 Monorail (21) fr............................. A Lethaby 11 82087 Millicent (22) fr ............................C DeFilippi 12 187P0 The Bog (U1) fr ........................... N McGrath 13 51026 Given (U2) fr............................ C D Thornley 12 4.55pm RANGIORA CLASSIC DAY 27TH APRIL PACE $7500, 3yo+ c1 pace, stand, 2000m 1 00527 Shadow Rider (1) fr .....................C DeFilippi 2 50637 Caesar (2) fr ............................ M Williamson 3 55334 The Flying Scotsman (3) fr..................A Butt 4 1 Major Bubbles (4) fr.......................... D Dunn 5 02061 Art Pleaser (5) fr ...........................R Holmes 6 6290x Beaver Boy (6) fr ..................... C D Thornley 7 x0316 Zakspatrol (7) fr............................. B Orange 8 51898 The Pacman (8) fr .............................J Dunn 9 00980 Riverboat Princess (9) fr .........B Thomas (J) 10 98900 Top Brass (10) fr ...........................L O’Reilly 11 03434 Franco Salisbury (11) fr.............. R Close (J) 12 75755 Waikari Cash (12) fr ....................... K James 13 x2423 Chattanoogachoochoo (13) fr ............ R May 14 34976 Bankcard (14) fr 15 281x2 Carlos Santana (15) fr.................. S McNally 16 81289 Ohoka Jett (16) fr .............................J Curtin 17 00098 Shantahlia Knight (17) fr .................. P Davis 18 P5787 Roofcraft (18) fr ............................... I Lee (J) Emergencies: Riverboat Princess, Top Brass, Bankcard

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■ AUCKLAND HIGH COURT

Price-fixing penalty may be $3.1m Commission lawyer Nick Flanagan submitted that a penalty of $3.1 million for Kuenhe + Nagel was appropriate, along with a costs order in favour of the regulator of $100,000.

The company agreed the penalty was appropriate but the final amount will be ultimately decided upon by Justice Geoffrey Venning, who is hearing the case.

The maximum penalty Kuenhe + Nagel can face is $10 million, Flanagan said.

The penalty of $3.1 million took into account a discount for the company admitting liability, the regulator’s lawyer said.

Kuenhe + Nagel could get little discount for co-operation, Flanagan said.

Flanagan said the Swiss company and five others met to impose a fee to cover the costs arising from increased security measures.

This price-fixing was deliber-

Swiss air freight company Kuenhe + Nagel International is to be penalised for “hardcore cartel conduct”.

ately concealed and the companies involved referred to themselves as “The Gardening Club”.

They met after hours and used horticultural codewords during communications, the High Court heard.

These include referring to fees in emails as “asparagus” the parties involved as “fellow gardeners”.

The price-fixing arrangement ran for five years and Flanagan described it as “hardcore cartel

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Taking a short-cut to growth

T

he two main ways to grow a business are to increase sales or to acquire another business.

Increasing sales, known as organic growth, can be slow, taking a number of years to achieve. Acquisition can be a much quicker path to growth, with the potential to achieve significant results overnight.

Growth through acquisition is often associated with large corporates but is just as appropriate for small to medium enterprises.

The main reasons for choosing to include acquisition as part of a growth strategy are to increase market share, eliminate competition, increase know-how, take advantage of new distribution channels and establish a presence in export markets.

However, deals can be complex and come with risks. Even experienced operators decide to work with specialists who can guide them through the process and help them avoid pitfalls.

Matt Hannah

BUSINESS MATTERS

When formulating a strategy you should consider factors such as pricing of similar companies in your industry and the decision must be part of an overall strategic plan.

Ask yourself whether your company is at the right stage of its lifecycle and whether you could improve your market position through internal development.

Even if you are not ready now, it is worth formulating an acquisition plan that will enable you to react quickly if an interesting opportunity comes up.

Due diligence should paint a clear and accurate picture of the business you are looking to acquire, as well as identify areas where you can negotiate

value. When completing an acquisition it is important to take care of staff. They can be one of the most important assets and getting the confidence of the seller’s management will increase the likelihood of an effective transition.

The success of the acquisition is then linked to your ability to realise revenue opportunities and cost savings.

If you’re looking to buy a foreign company, consider the different laws, accounting procedures and regulations.

KPMG’s latest Merger and Acquisition Predictor, which considers trends, indicates that profit expectations for New Zealand firms are up and that businesses are also expected to increase their capacity to transact over the coming year.

That expected increase in capacity is a positive sign for the future and economic growth.

Matt Hannah is a senior manager for KPMG Private Enterprise

Company CODE

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Buy price

86 202.5 3570 90 395 177.5 530 430 152.5 941 411 950 620 480 96.5 68 85 225 362 111 1300 114 405 135 216.5 340 76.5 126 263 132 1395 99.5 127.5 290 842 174 630 390 296 352 253 155 400 642 248 126.5 320 3700 3775 386

Sell price

Last Daily Volume sale move ’000s

87 87 –1 369.88 203 203 – 3,175.2 3605 3576 –10 9.115 91 91 – 492.01 396 395 +7 333.36 178 178 –1 194.32 532 530 –5 159.0 433 430 +8 316.43 153 152.5 –0.5 61.46 944 944 –46 50.38 413 413 –8 866.04 960 959 +7 969.71 624 620 –9 466.37 490 480 –1 142.75 97 96.5 – 2,530.2 68.5 68 – 207.83 86 85 –1 434.67 226 226 –1 499.41 387 387 – 331.76 112 112 +1 929.98 1324 1324 +4 52.4 115 115 +2.5 1,463.9 407 405 – 149.7 136 136 – 4.1 217 217 +1 823.79 341 340 –4 158.57 77.5 76.5 –1 178.48 127 126 – 69.27 270 260 – 0.0 133 133 +3 169.99 1410 1390 – 38.46 100 99.5 –0.5 500.39 128 127.5 – 363.34 291 290 –3 6.914 843 842 –18 298.02 176 176 +2 33.08 636 635 +11 1,737.4 391 390 +7 1,104.9 300 299 – 9.39 353 352 –2 118.05 254 253 –0.5 10663 157 156 +2.5 57.66 401 401 –11 1,200.1 643 642 – 39.85 249 250 +3 77.55 127 126.5 –1 271.02 321 321 +1 118.94 3750 3722 +2 107.8 3800 3780 +60 170.83 387 387 –2 2,504.8

At close of trading on Friday, April 4, 2014

NZX 50 index last 4 weeks 5170 5150 5130 5110 5090 5070

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NZX 50 constituents

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in October on concern accelerating house prices in Auckland and Christchurch may lead to an asset bubble and cause financial instability. Some 19 per cent of homes sold in March were under $500,000, while 35 per cent were $1 million or higher, Barfoot said.

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Auckland residential property sales rebounded in March after a soft February, according to Barfoot & Thompson, the city’s largest realtor.

Sales rose 80 per cent to 1392 from February, although re-

mained below the 1430 sold in March last year, the firm said.

The average sale price rose to $725,708 from $678,533 the previous month, while the median price rose to $652,000 from $620,000 in February.

The Reserve Bank introduced mortgage lending restrictions

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Auckland house sales up 80 per cent in March

By Suze Metherell

conduct”, which was policed to ensure those involved did not cheat.

“This is conduct which seriously undermines interests of consumers in a market which is important to the NZ economy,” Flanagan said.

While the commercial gain to Kuenhe + Nagel from the arrangement was difficult to ascertain, Flanagan said it had to be “substantial”.

The Swiss company’s lawyer, Iain Thain, said while the firm would not contest this point, this was not the same as agreeing to it.

He also pointed out that Kuenhe + Nagel’s New Zealand subsidiary was at all times unaware of the arrangement at issue in this case.

The company had not previously breached the Commerce Act, Thain said.

The judge reserved his decision.

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The Commerce Commission and Swiss air freight company Kuenhe + Nagel International have agreed it should be penalised $3.1 million for “hardcore cartel conduct” that was deliberately hidden using gardening codewords and ran for five years, the High Court in Auckland heard yesterday.

The Swiss-based company was one of five freight forwarding companies facing action from the regulator for pricefixing and colluding to cover costs of air security measures imposed by the British Government in 2002.

All companies involved except Kuenhe + Nagel had settled by 2011 and been penalised a total of $8.85 million.

Now Kuenhe + Nagel has admitted the allegations it faced and lawyers for the freight company and the commission appeared in the High Court yesterday for a penalty hearing.

 NZX 50 index

5,123.9

+1.53

+0.03%

 NZX 20 index

3,990.31

+6.42

+0.16%

 NZX All index

5,470.44

+1.11

 Rises 37

+0.02%

 Falls 42

WORLD MARKETS

 S&P/ASX 200 index

5,422.8

+12.9

+0.24%

At close of trading on April 4, 2014

 Dow Jones Indust.

16,572.55

–0.45

0.0%

At close of trading on April 3, 2014

 FTSE 100 index

6,649.14

–9.9

–0.15%

At close of trading on April 3, 2014

 Nikkei 225 index

15,063.77 –8.11 –0.05%

At close of trading on April 4, 2014

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

 Gold

1,284.0

 Silver

London – $US/ounce

–8.0

–0.62%

London – $US/ounce

19.83

+0.01

+0.05%

6,606.0

–107.0

–1.59%

 Copper London – $US/tonne NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm April 4, 2014

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

0.9388 0.9592 5.6548 0.636 1.6277 0.5243 90.77 2.0309 9.2538 28.19 0.8698

TT sell

0.9126 0.9287 4.9725 0.6126 1.5114 0.508 87.29 1.7578 8.9238 26.89 0.8439

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OUR VIEW

The lucky country Coen Lammers EDITOR

W

e all love to moan about things that could be better in Mid Canterbury or the wider country, but this week an international panel confirmed that we don’t know how lucky we are.

According to the Social Progress Imperative, led by a Harvard professor, New Zealand is the most socially advanced country in the world.

We know this country has many problems, including child poverty, family violence, and suicide rates, but so do other countries.

So before we dismiss our top ranking, it pays to read the findings and take pride in the things we do well in this country.

It is privilege to live in a country that tops the international charts in personal freedom and ranks among the best for clean drinking water, access to schooling, tolerance and inclusion of minorities.

These categories all play a major part in our lives, but we may take them for granted in Godzone. No surprise so many Kiwis feel blessed to come home after spending some time in a less fortunate country.

We often look at countries like the Netherlands, Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries for their social advances in their societies, but according to the international panel our overall score even pipped these wealthy European nations.

Those countries may have higher incomes, but the new social index was formulated to measure the national well-being, beyond the blunt method of measuring GDP figures.

And according to this new measuring stick, Kiwis should feel pretty good about their little country at the bottom of the globe.

Naturally, the index did put the finger on our sore spots, including suicide and obesity where New Zealand ranked in the bottom half of the 130 countries, but this was outweighed by all the positive news from down under.

Those families that struggle to make ends meet each week or deal with our social challenges may not find New Zealand such a perfect place, but even they enjoy our personal freedoms, clean water, good education and a tolerant society.

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Flavoured water Flavoured milk might be coming from flavoured water in our rivers!

See smoke?

I am concerned that whenever people see smoke at this time of year they think it is from an arable farm burn-off. This is not always the case.

This is also the time of year when all our region’s shelterbelt trees are trimmed and the prunings burned.

This year the amount being cleaned up is greater than usual – as a result of those terrible spring winds blowing down so many trees and branches.

I sympathise fully with those whose lives are disrupted by the actions of a few and believe that those flouting the rules should be held accountable.

But before you accuse please

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ensure that it is directed at the correct target.

Many who work on the land

by David Fletcher

burn unwanted residue, whether from trees or crops, in a safe and neighbourly fashion adher-

ing to all the rules with minimal impact to anyone.

The farmer’s friend

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Are you worried about the state of railway crossings in Mid Canterbury?

Yes 68%

No 32%

Today’s online poll question Q: Are Mid Canterbury’s roads cyclist friendly? photos supplied

Above – A Chilean huaso (cowboy) and his dog round up the sheep.

Below – Methven’s Hanne Nielsen gets up close and personal to some Chilean sheep fleeces (left) and gets treated to a shearing demonstration (right).

A taste of home in Chile

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never thought I would find myself face to face with a sheep in the centre of a barn, taking notes on a shearing demonstration.

Then I visited Patagonia, and everything changed. On an outing to a local farm, or ‘estancia’, we were treated to a rural experience, Chilean style.

If you discount the wild llama we passed during the bus ride out there, suddenly home didn’t seem so far away at all.

First up we were treated to a sheep dog demonstration. The huaso, or cowboy, sat perched atop his dappled steed while his shaggy canine companion tore about the paddock, herding his flock.

While it was not a patch on the International Sheep Dog Trials at last year’s Ashburton A&P Show, it was an admirable effort nonetheless, made all the more interesting by the appearance of a wild fox in the middle of the course halfway through the demonstration.

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even bleat. The A&P judges may not have been too impressed with such behaviour, but hound and herder got full marks for entertainment.

Next up was the shearing demonstration. This was no Friday night entertainment in the local pub, but a serious educational experience, complemented by tiered seating and a running commentary from our local guide.

While the majority of our contingent was intrigued by the equation ‘sheep plus shears equals fleece’, for me it was an eye-opener that so many people were unaware of where wool actually comes from, despite their own knitted Base Layer clothing.

There have been ample oppor-

tunities to talk about sheep during my Antarctic trip as well, with tabular icebergs providing the perfect entry into a conversation about Shrek the sheep.

As we cruised around the towering walls of ice, discussing the colouring and texture, I told my captive audience that back where I come from we use these kinds of bergs as shearing platforms. When a particularly large chunk drifted our way in 2006, we flew Shrek out there for a haircut.

Many a discussion was subsequently held on the merits of merino wool and how to manufacture crampons to keep iceberg-faring sheep from going for a skate.

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Back on the estancia, the sheep remained on solid ground and eventually on a solid roasting rack.

A Chilean rodeo demonstration topped off the rural show before a meal of lamb on a spit was devoured.

For a stepping-stone between the ice of the south and a Methven autumn, this Chilean farm was just the trick.

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■ FLIGHT MH370

Underwater hunt for black boxes Two ships with sophisticated equipment for searching underwater zeroed in yesterday on a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean in a desperate hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet’s black boxes, whose batteries will soon run out.

An arduous weeks-long hunt has not turned up a single piece of wreckage, which could have led the searchers to the plane and eventually to its black boxes containing key information about the flight. But the searchers have apparently decided to make a direct attempt to find the devices, whose batteries last about a month.

Two ships with equipment that can hear the black boxes’ pings were slowly making their way along a 240-kilometre route that investigators are hoping may be close to the spot Flight 370 entered the water after it vanished March 8 on a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing.

But the head of the joint agency co-ordinating the search

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A Towed Pinger Locator (TPL), used to detect black box recorders, sits on the wharf at naval base HMAS Stirling in Perth, Australia, ready to be fitted to the Australian warship Ocean Shield.

acknowledged that the search area was essentially just a best guess — and noted that time was running out for search crews to find the coveted data recorders.

“The locater beacon will last about a month before it ceases

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its transmissions — so we’re now getting pretty close to the time when it might expire,” Angus Houston said.

The Australian navy ship Ocean Shield, which is dragging a towed pinger locator from the US Navy, and the British navy’s

HMS Echo, which has underwater search gear on board, were looking for the black boxes in an area that investigators’ settled on after analyzing hourly satellite pings the aircraft gave off after it disappeared.

That information, combined with data on the estimated speed and performance of the aircraft, led them to that specific stretch of ocean, Houston said.

“The area of highest probability as to where the aircraft might have entered the water is the area where the underwater search will commence,” he said.

“It’s on the basis of data that only arrived very recently and it’s the best data that is available.”

Because the US Navy’s pinger locator can pick up black box signals up to a depth of 6100 metres, it should be able to hear the devices even if they are lying in the deepest part of the search zone. But that’s only if the locator gets within range — a tough task, given the size of the search area and the fact the

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pinger locator must be dragged slowly through the water.

Finding floating wreckage is key to narrowing the search area, as officials can then use data on ocean currents to try and backtrack to the spot where the Boeing 777 hit the water — and where the black boxes may be. The devices would provide crucial information about what condition the plane was flying under and any communications or sounds in the cockpit.

But with no wreckage found despite weeks of searching, officials can’t be confident that they’re looking for the black boxes in the right place, said Geoff Dell, discipline leader of accident investigation at Central Queensland University in Australia.

“They might be lucky and they might start smack bang right over the top of it,” Dell said. “But my guess is that on the balance of probabilities, that’s not going to be the case and they’re in for a lengthy search.”

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■ FORT HOOD SHOOTING

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Gunman’s mental condition ‘unstable’ Unstable mental health may be the “fundamental, underlying cause” of a soldier’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left four people dead, though an argument with another service member likely preceded the attack, according to investigators.

Spc. Ivan Lopez turned his gun on himself after killing three people and wounding 16 others on Thursday at the sprawling Texas military base, where more than a dozen people were killed by a soldier in 2009. An Army truck driver from Puerto Rico, Lopez was undergoing treatment for depression and anxiety while being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder, base officials said.

Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, senior officer at the nation’s largest Army base, said there was a “strong indication” that Lopez was involved in an argument shortly before the shooting,

Ivan Lopez

though it doesn’t appear he targeted specific soldiers during the attack. Investigators are also focusing on his mental health.

“We have very strong evidence that he had a medical history that indicates unstable psychiatric or psychological condition,” Milley said. “We be-

lieve that to be a fundamental, underlying cause.”

Lopez had reported to medical personnel that he’d suffered a traumatic brain injury. The 34-year-old served four months in Iraq but saw no combat, and he had previously demonstrated no apparent risk of violence.

He seemed to have a clean record that showed no ties to potential terrorists, though military officials said the investigation was ongoing.

“We’re going to keep an open mind and an open investigation,” Army Secretary John McHugh said in Washington, explaining that “possible extremist involvement is still being looked at very, very carefully.”

Lopez saw a psychiatrist last month and showed no “sign of any likely violence either to himself or others,” McHugh said.

Three of the wounded in

Thursday’s shooting remained in serious condition at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in nearby Temple.

Investigators searched Lopez’s home and questioned his wife.

Lopez walked into a base building around 4pm and began firing a .45-calibre semi-automatic pistol. He then got into a vehicle and continued shooting before entering another building on the Army post.

He was eventually confronted by military police in a parking lot and shot himself, Milley said.

Lopez bought the weapon he used in the attack at Guns Galore in Killeen — the same store, just off the base, where Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan purchased an FN 5-7 tactical pistol that he used to kill 13 people and wound more than 30 others in a November 2009 shooting on the base.

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■ CHILE

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Aftershocks rattle residents as military keeps order

Gang rape: 24 jailed

Coastal residents of Chile’s far north spent a second sleepless night outside their homes as major aftershocks continued yesterday following a magnitude-8.2 earthquake that damaged several thousand homes and caused six deaths.

No new major damage or casualties were reported, and a heavy police and military presence kept order.

The infrastructure in the area is nearly entirely intact, but with aftershocks continuing, life has been anything but normal.

Power remains out in many areas, and hospitals were handling only emergencies.

Schools were closed, and large supermarkets and gas stations co-ordinated their reopenings with police and military to avoid problems with long lines of customers.

After a magnitude-7.6 aftershock struck just before midnight on Thursday, Chile’s Emergency Office and navy issued a tsunami alert, and for two hours ordered everyone living in low-lying areas along the country’s entire 4000-kilometre Pacific coastline to evacuate.

Among those moved inland was President Michelle Bachelet, who was in the city of Arica assessing damage in the north from the initial power-

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Fishermen search for salvageable items in the wreckage and debris in the port of Iquique, Chile after a magnitude-8.2 quake struck. photo Ap

ful quake. “I was evacuated like all citizens. One can see that the people are prepared,” she tweeted.

Chile’s evacuation order was lifted at around 2am. Some 900,000 people also were affected the night before when the entire coast was evacuated for several hours after the bigger quake, although the tsunami proved small.

A 6.1-magnitude aftershock southwest of Iquique shook the area again late yestersday.

The repeated aftershocks have shaken buildings and sent people running into the streets in the port of Iquique, the largest city closest to the epicentre. About 45 minutes

before the 7.6 quake, a magnitude-6.5 aftershock also rattled Iquique.

The shaking loosened more landslides near Alto Hospicio, a poor area at the entrance to Iquique where about 2500 homes had been damaged in the initial quake.

The Ministry of Education suspended classes again in the north, while the region’s top prosecutor, Manuel Guerra, said his office is taking action against speculators who sharply raised prices for bread, water, milk and diapers. “They will be detained and charged,” Guerra tweeted, calling on the community to denounce “intolerable” abuses.

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One man was sentenced to life and 23 others to varying prison terms yesterday for raping a teenager who was kidnapped and held for several weeks in southern India 18 years ago, a prosecutor said.

The 16-year-old victim was abducted in 1996 and raped in homes, hotels, cars and public buses by the attackers over the next one and a half months. The men convicted in the case included a retired professor, lawyers, businessmen and government officials.

Prosecutor Anella George said the high court in Ernakulam town in Kerala state sentenced 23 of the defendants to 7 to 11 years in prison.

India’s justice system moves notoriously slow, but a brutal gang rape and murder in New Delhi unleashed public anger over the treatment of women and a long-unspoken epidemic of sexual violence.

Faster trials were among the changes in the legal system as a result.

In that December 2012 case, four men were sentenced to death for attacking the 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus in New Delhi.

In the Kerala case, a court had acquitted all but one of the accused in 2005. But India’s top court ordered a retrial last year.

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Serial killer executed A serial killer was put to death yesterday in Texas after the US Supreme Court rejected his lawyers’ demand that the state release information about where it gets its lethal injection drug.

Tommy Lynn Sells, 49, was the first inmate to be injected with a dose of newly replenished pentobarbital that Texas prison officials obtained to replace an expired supply of the powerful sedative. When asked if he wanted to make a statement before his execution, Sells replied: “No.” He was pronounced dead at 6:27pm — 13 minutes after being given the pentobarbital.

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Twitter ban lifted Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that he had to comply with the Turkish high court ruling this week to unblock Twitter, but he doesn’t respect it. Turkey blocked access to the social media website two weeks ago after some users posted links suggesting government corruption. Erdogan had vowed to “rip out the roots” of Twitter for allowing the postings.

The government lifted the ban yesterday, a day after the court ruling. Erdogan said of the court’s decision: “I don’t have to respect it.

I don’t respect it.”

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Group claims attack Yemen’s al-Qaida branch has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack this week on an army complex in the southern port city of Aden, saying it meant to “destroy the joint operations room for US drones” operating in the country. A statement by Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, as the group is known, was posted on a militant website. Yemen’s Defence Ministry has said six army officers were killed in the attack, along with one civilian. The ministry said 10 militants died and two were arrested.

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Photographer killed A veteran Associated Press photographer was killed and an AP reporter was wounded yesterday when an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in their car in eastern Afghanistan.

Anja Niedringhaus, 48, an internationally acclaimed German photographer, was killed instantly, according to an AP Television freelancer who witnessed the shooting. Kathy Gannon, the reporter, was wounded twice and is receiving medical attention. She was described as being in stable condition and talking to medical personnel.

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Border guards freed A semi-official Iranian news agency is reporting that an alQaida-affiliated militant group operating in a lawless frontier area along the Pakistan-Iran border has released Iranian border guards abducted two months ago. The report by the Fars news agency quotes an unnamed official as saying the guards were handed over to Iranian officials in Pakistan.

It did not elaborate. In February, the Jaish al-Adl group abducted five Iranian guards outside Sarbaz, in Iran’s restive Sistan-Baluchistan province near the border with Pakistan. The guards were reportedly taken to Pakistan. - AP

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

Property Manager Veronica Property Urban Monaghan Manager Consultant 027 697 Veronica Kim 6948 Miller Monaghan 027 236 8627 027 697 6948

Property Manager PA to Annie Dwyer Property Kim Miller 027 287 3388 Manager Fay Merry Annie Dwyer 021 182 1502 027 287 3388

Phone (03) 307 8317 Phone (03) 307 8317

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

EXECUTIVE HOME CLEANING & GARDENING LIMITED Sandra & John

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

Roofing Specialists We specialise in:

•New roofs and re-roofs •Five Rib roofing •Corrugated roofing •Fascia, spouting and downpipes •Qualified fixers.

Free Measure & Quote

03 307 0593 or 0508-453-696 42 J.B. Cullen Drive

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HEAT PUMPS KEEP YOUR HOME THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE

HEAT PUMPS Perfect all year round

• Wall or floor mounted available • Most models will continue to heat even with outside temperatures of minus 15°C

electriCOOL Ltd

Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems phone 0274 362 362 or 308 4573.

Certified Assessor for licencing from Learner to Full • Licence classer 2 - 5 • Wheels, tracks & roller endorsements • NZTA Certified • Tranzqual Assessor Drive Rite - But Keep Left

Contact Paul McCormick

Phone 03 307 7402 Mob 027 433 5766

ELECTRICIAN

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Marmox insulation board Fully installed Free quotes Locally owned and operated

Contact David on: T/F 027 599 4028 E davidtaylor@maxnet.co.nz

MOBILE MOWER SERVICING

HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVER LICENCING

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sales@canterburylongrun.co.nz

sparkyologist electrical

for all your electrical needs

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

• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

Stan Keeley, Owner

Ph 307 0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36 PAINTING & DECORATING CONTRACTORS If you are renovating or building a new home you need someone to trust in all your PAINTING and DECORATING NEEDS – Commercial or Residential.

• Interior decorating • Exterior decorating

• Wallpapering • Waterblasting • Roof painting

air conditioning | heat pumps repairs | additions | audio visual

CALL Bo Houston on 022 414 9449

For any enquiries call us today on Ph/Fax 308-8432 Mob 0274 332 259 Email: trudgeon@vodafone.co.nz

GARDEN MAINTENANCE

ATTENTION: PROPERTY OWNERS For your rural, residential and commercial property maintenance, contact us.

• Landscape and garden renovations • Ride-on lawn mowing • Gardening • Hedge trimming • Clean-ups

Don, Sue & Chris Cooper 027 339 6350 or a/h 03 308 9257

Phone 0800 48 48 49 www.oasisclearwater.co.nz

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Sparkle ‘n‛ Shine

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

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

Hartley Curd phone 0800 788 393 or 021 328 301

are the go-to team for a range of cleaning services, including: ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊

House hand-overs After building cleans Commercial/office cleaning Spouting Floors and carpets

Your local family business servicing locals Our family business services all rural and urban areas in Canterbury

• Interior and Exterior Painting • Furniture Restoration • Small Plastering Jobs • Paper Hanging • Murals Local third generation painter - Over 30 years experience - friendly and reliable service.

No job too big or too small

Windows and walls Ceilings Ovens Bathrooms And more!

At Sparkle ‘n‛ Shine we do it once and we do it properly!

Call us on (03) 308 1056 today.

57 Dobson Street, Ashburton.

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Wicksey’s Lawn Mowing Service Lawns cut and tidied - spick and span - for your home, rental or business properties.

Servicing the Mid Canterbury area.

Good rates, free quote.

Ph Graeme on 027 457 6508

Phone Dion or Peta 302 3816 or 027 312 3073

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Ph: 307 8329 Fax: 307 6146 Mob: 027 4422 465 74 Cass Street, Ashburton

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Coach Builder/Panel Beater Ashburton, Full Time, Coach Builder/Panel Beater

Skilled Coach Builder/Panel Beater wanted Ritchies Transport Holdings Ltd is New Zealand’s largest privately owned bus company with over 900 buses New Zealand wide with a large bus repair/refurbishment workshop in Ashburton.

We currently have a vacancy for: Qualified Coach Builder/Panel beater to join the team working on buses and coaches at our Ashburton workshop.

Essential requirements include: • Strong communication and literacy skills • Experience repairing and maintaining buses or trucks • Trade qualification preferred, or suitable industry experience • Welding experience is must • Able to be flexible This is a full time position working Monday to Friday and some weekend work will be required.

Remuneration will be negotiated commensurate with your ability.

This is a great opportunity to become part of an established, New Zealand owned and operated company.

Apply NOW! Send your CV to:

Garth Stewart garth.stewart@ritchies.co.nz PO Box 95085 Swanson Auckland 0653

Part Time Checkout/ Grocery/Lotto/Postal Service Position

This position involves working as a checkout and lotto operator, in our grocery department, and completing Postal and Land Transport Services. The position includes working a weekend shift and one or two evenings per week. Full training will be provided to successful applicants. This is a busy position with excellent customer services skills paramount, with the ability to work interrupted. Applicants must be physically fit due to the significant physical handling of stock in our Grocery Department.

For a hardworking team member this could lead to extra hours and further responsibilities including Liquor Duty Manager.

An application form and job description can be picked up from Tinwald SuperValue, The Team at Tinwald SuperValue 113 Archibald Street, Tinwald. would like to wish all of their customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy Year.

Applications closeNew April 13, 2014.

Tinwald

Tinwald shopping complex 03 308 7446

Full time Sales Assistant for KiwiCorp Products Ltd. You will be looking after the day-to-day sales for our Business-to-Customer category. This position is part of our expansion to concentrate on Chinese speaking regions. An understanding of Chinese is a must, as you will be directly involved in engaging with our Chinese customers which heavily requires speaking and writing in Chinese.

To be a successful, applicant must meet the following requirements: 1. Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Diploma or any equivalent certificate.

2. At least 1 year experience in sales.

3. Exporting experience is preferred.

4. Computer literate in MS Office (ie. MS Word, Excel & Powerpoint) 5. Able to read, speak and write in Chinese and in English fluently.

Please send your CV to: PO Box 52, Ashburton Or email: info@kiwicorp.co.nz

By April 18, 2014

Tyre Technician If you enjoy working in the service industry and pride yourself in providing top customer service, you might like to join our team who shares your values in a job. Neumann’s Tyres is a 100% Canterbury owned and operated tyre company who has serviced the greater Mid Canterbury region since 1946.

Great People – we think we have an honest and trustworthy team at Neumann’s Tyres and appreciate the encouraging comments when we do things right. Paperwork is minimal; however accuracy and neatness in recording customer details would be a priority. Come along and become one of our full-timers!

Training – you may not have worked in the tyre industry before, so don’t be put off. Being a physical job, you need to be fit, in good health and capable of handling and lifting tyres, tools and equipment.

However training will be provided on the job in all aspects required in the tyre industry from fitting and repairing car tyres through to forklift, heavy truck and tractor tyres.

Pay Rate – for reliable, hardworking, hands on workers – you will receive a “generously above” minimum wage. Flexibility in hours is required but will be rewarded with wages/ overtime and group incentives.

Apply - if you hold a current, clean NZ Drivers Licence (HT would be an advantage) and NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and think that your inclusion will add to an already awesome team, please submit your CV to the Manager:

Neumanns Tyres 197 Wills Street Ashburton or email: neumannstyres@ashburton.co.nz Applications close Thursday, April 17, 2014

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Territory Sales Manager (Fertiliser) Canterbury/West Coast Region

Viable Agriculture Limited is an Ashburton based company involved in importing and distributing an exclusive and innovative range of controlled release and high analysis speciality fertilisers. Our current target market encompasses dairy pasture, cropping and high country farming units utilising unique, hi-tech, solid fertilisers specifically suited to each farming sector - refer to our website www.viag.co.nz Our company incorporates a wealth of experience, spanning over 33 years, in both the domestic and international fertiliser markets, demonstrating a proven track record of expertise and success. This ongoing success has seen Viable Agriculture enter a new and exciting growth phase that requires us to seek an energetic and highly motivated Territory Sales Manager to cover the Canterbury/West Coast region.

The primary focus of this role is to promote our range of innovative fertiliser products and further develop our current customer base within these sales regions through the use of pro-active marketing skills and proven sales ability. Applicants should preferably hold tertiary qualifications relevant to the agricultural sector and possess some sales experience. A firm knowledge of the local area would be beneficial but is not essential.

The key responsibilities of this position include: • Developing new customer relationships in order to capitalise on industry growth within the target regions; • Ensuring both new and existing customers experience total satisfaction with our products and service; • Achieving continual delivery of sales targets through pro-active account development and a strong marketing approach; • Promotion of the company at industry related events and trade shows.

Candidates should possess: • A good knowledge of the agricultural industry either through study or equivalent practical experience; • Proven sales experience, preferably within the agricultural sector; • Be a self-starter with an outgoing personality and the confidence to undertake cold calls; • Motivation, a good work ethic and a strong desire to achieve sales targets; • Effective communication skills at all levels; • The willingness and passion to commit to helping grow an already successful business within a dynamic and expanding industry.

On offer to the successful candidate is an attractive remuneration package with plenty of incentive to perform.

Applications for this position close Friday, April 11, 2014, so if you are interested in working for a company who values their staff and is committed to the New Zealand agricultural industry, please forward your CV to:

Parts and Accessories Assistant Due to a position becoming available in our parts and accessories department, we are seeking to appoint a person to our busy, enthusiastic franchise dealership. Desirably, this person would have a reasonable mechanical knowledge and good computer skills, have some experience with counter sales, with excellent telephone and customer service skills.

Jeff Marshall Motorcycles is in a very buoyant, large rural sector. We service the farm and off road sector, and have a large road bike riding clientele as well.

Our parts department is spacious, clean and tidy, warm with easy access. Our business is very much customer focused, so applicants need to be the same, be prepared to take responsibility, be honest, have strong self-belief, be physically fit and active, loyal, driven, have a sense of humour and be passionate about motorcycles.

We consider ourselves a pro-active business, and in the community and motorcycle clubs.

Applicants, • Must have a high attention to detail, • Must be able to work as part of a team, and also be able to work unsupervised, • Must be willing to do on going product training, • Must have a clean drivers licence, & preferably motorcycle, • Should have a NZ residency or a valid NZ work Visa, • Remuneration is dependent on experience and skill..

Check out our business www.jeffmarshallsuzuki.co.nz Application can be made in the strictest confidence by contacting Jeff. Marshall direct on wk - 03 308 2055 cell - 027 431 1744 email - jeff@jeffmarshallsuzuki.co.nz

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

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

Viable Agriculture Limited Attention: Human Resources P O Box 29 Ashburton 7740 or email: dsmith@viag.co.nz cell: 027 210 6497

Tyre Sales/Yard Person

Compactor Truck Driver

We are looking for a full time employee to cover our Tyre Division and assist with general yard duties. The person we seek will need to be self motivated, physically fit, have good people skills and be a team player.

We require a reliable and well presented person to drive our front and rear load compactor trucks. Class 4 license required but we would be prepared to assist a suitable applicant who has a class 2.

Applications close for this position on Friday, April 11, 2014. Please apply in your own handwriting with CV to: The Manager Rosco Auto Dismantlers 40 Robinson Street ASHBURTON

Apart from driving, there is a wide variety of other tasks in our busy recycling depot, so if you want to be part of a small but vibrant team that is making a difference call into McNally street depot and pick up an application form or email tony@wastebusters.net.nz.

Post applications to PO Box 323 Ashburton 7740 Initial enquiries can be made by phoning 021 892 763

Trounce Transport Ltd

Initiative, drive, can-do attitude?

We’re currently looking for great people to join our team. If you think you’ve got what it takes, we’d like to hear from you.

Ashburton Guardian and Selwyn Times

Driver Required See Synlait.com

Hot job: Canning Shift Leader

We are currently seeking a driver for one of our bulk grain truck and trailer units.

If this interests you and you have Class 5 licence, please give Ian a call

027 432 9788.

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Experienced Automotive Technician/Motor Mechanic Are you an experienced Automotive Technician/Motor Mechanic?

Are you looking for a role where you can use your experience and skills to the best of their ability?

If you have answered ‘yes’ to the above, then we want to hear from you.

Our vision is ‘Developing Exceptional People and Providing a Great Customer Experience’.

Our Ashburton Service Department is looking for a person that can deliver high levels of service and care to our customers.

The successful applicant will have the following attributes: • Strong customer focus with the desire to deliver the highest standard of workmanship • Strong technical ability • Motivated with a high level of commitment • Hardworking and reliable • WOF certification preferred but not essential • Desire to learn latest technologies • Must be a team player We offer: • Real one on one training and development to help you get up to speed in the role • Excellent work environment • Competitive package If you believe you have the attributes we need and are keen to join our successful team, we invite you to apply.

Please send your application and CV to Ray Girvan, Branch Manager by email to employment@ashburton.toyota.co.nz or post to PO Box 174, Ashburton 7740 or phone Ray on 03 307 5830.

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RURAL REAL ESTATE CONSULTANT

Senior Accounting Support • •

Rural Livestock Ltd is a New Zealand owned and operated business providing livestock, finance and now Real Estate services to the South Island rural sector.

RLL Real Estate is a subsidiary of Rural Livestock Ltd, and is now seeking to appoint a rural Real Estate consultant to service our clients in the Mid/Central Canterbury area. The applicant will be supported from our Christchurch Head Office, with benefits and remuneration to be discussed at interview.

High Growth Business Ashburton based

As an RLL Real Estate consultant you will work closely with our experienced team of livestock agents to service a well established rural client base.

ATS is a progressive farming co-operative striving to lower costs for farmers. As a dynamic and innovative organisation, ATS offers farmers the ability to purchase all farm inputs through our retail stores and the Ruralco supplier network.

The successful applicant will be a confident and experienced rural communicator ideally with a current salespersons license, however we are keen to talk to suitably experienced people who are keen to become licensed.

ATS and Ravensdown Fertiliser have worked together to create Ruralco—a new joint partnership nationwide card service business promising to bring greater opportunities for all our farmer shareholders and card suppliers.

Although employed by ATS most of your time will be spent providing accounts support for Ruralco.

For this full time position, we are seeking a person who is both passionate and experienced with accounts and has a desire to learn new systems.

Key tasks include supplier reconciliations, accounts payable processing, accounts receivable processing, bank reconciliation, and team management.

We require the person to have: • Previous invoice processing and reconciliation experience; • Proven accurate and timely data input with attention to detail; • A “can-do” attitude that is open to change; • Open and effective communication skills.

To request a copy of the job description or send your covering letter and CV, please email Peter Jacob hr.manager@ats.co.nz (quoting ATS13).

Applications close Friday 11th April 2014.

This is a great opportunity to join a vibrant South Island rural servicing business in growth mode.

Apply in confidence to: PRINCIPAL OFFICER RLL REAL ESTATE LTD PO Box 8669 RICCARTON CHRISTCHURCH 8440 Or email: edwin.lewis@rll.co.nz www.rurallivestock.co.nz

Licensed Agent REAA 2008

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TRAINEE MEAT INSPECTORS - ASHBURTON If you are looking for a challenging career within the meat industry we are currently recruiting for Trainee Meat Inspectors to be based in the Ashburton area.

24/3/14 11:57:46 AM

Physically fit

Ashburton

“Care; Assist; Deliver” – These are the attitudes we display every day; and we’re excited to be looking for two new team members with these attitudes to join our Ashburton Branch.

So show us you’re a fit, reliable team player with good communication skills, and we’ll show you how to start a promising career in an exciting industry.

We don’t hide behind emails and the phone; we talk to our customers face to face in our local Branch network. So relationship builders, people-people, follow through-ers; we want to talk to you!

To apply for this job, please visit: www.careers.asurequality.com and search for the job code 16826.

Your strong customer service skills and sales experience will mean that you display a level of empathy, while working to find the right solution, ensuring ongoing relationships. You will have an amazing ability in recognising opportunities to offer our customers great cover, accompanied with a high degree of service with a smile.

You’ll assist customers throughout the entire Insurance lifecycle; from making sure they have the right policies and adequate cover, through to end to end handling of any claims.

If you’re excited to explore this opportunity further, please go to our job site https://careers.iag.co.nz and enter the job code 22785ASG. Applications close Wednesday, 16 April 2014.

Applications close Friday, April 18, 2014.

Practice Nurses Required Do you want to work three days per week?

We are looking for nurses to working in our busy central practice.

A current certificate is a pre-requisite and being a registered smear taker is preferred.

But if you are adaptable, friendly, and are up to the challenge of working in our unique practice and happy to take on further education, please forward your CV to: The Practice Manager Gym Company Medical P O Box 86 Ashburton 7740 Applications close April 8, 2014.

Labourer/ Hammer-Hand Required for full time position in Methven-based construction company.

For immediate start.

Contact: Busty 0275 287 897

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Career opportunities

customer services officer

AsureQuality are the experts providing a world-class inspection service to New Zealand’s red meat industry. The Meat Inspector training is comprehensive, you’ll earn a qualification that’s recognised around the country and you’re paid while you train.

Once you’re qualified, your skills are recognised at any processing plant in New Zealand. It’s a role that’s interesting, varied, and provides options to suit your life style. Once qualified weekend, overtime and shift work may be involved. Add to this great workmates, good working conditions and a chance to develop a progressive career within a critical New Zealand industry and you’ll see you’re on to a good thing when you train to be a Meat Inspector.

For more information visit: www.meatinspector.co.nz.

Team player

Support Block Production Manager Our client requires a self starting confident person who enjoys both livestock production and arable farming to manage the day to day operations on a 260ha irrigated Dairy Support block at Lismore, Mid Canterbury. There is no farm accommodation available.

The block supports the replacements and wintering for the owners 700 cow dairy farm and also runs beef trading stock.

The Production Manager will be responsible for running the block including growing all cattle to targets, cultivation, silage making and growing of winter feed crops including fodder beet.

The farm owner lives on farm, provides direction, and is involved as and where necessary.

Apply in writing with: Steve Lee and George Reveley, FarmWise Consultants. Email: slee@lic.co.nz / Phone: 027 474 2991.

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Niagara is a leading New Zealand manufacturer of engineered timber products. Niagara can offer you permanent, full-time and secure employment.

FOR MORE INFORMATION & APPLICATION FORMS VISIT:

www.niagara.net.nz/jobs

CONTACT 145 ALFORD FOREST RD, ASHBURTON • PH 03 308 0007

TRUCK DRIVING POSITIONS Rural Transport is a locally owned transport business with its head office located in Ashburton and with branches operating in Kurow and Fairlie.

Livestock Truck Driver– Due to a retirement within our team a vacancy exists for a Livestock Driver based at our Ashburton branch. A Class 5 licence is essential for this position.

Bulk Truck Driver– We also have a vacancy for a Bulk Truck Driver. A class 5 Licence is essential and previous tipping experience would be an advantage.

Apply in writing or E Mail your application to: Jim Crouchley PO Box 104, Ashburton 7740 03 308 4079 or 0275 554 364 jim@ruraltransport.co.nz

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Driver Class 5 Ashburton

Retail Sales Position

TNL is a major participant in the road transport and logistic market employing over 300 permanent staff. TNL has a long and distinguished history in which it has earned its reputation as a leading provider of seamless transport and logistic services.

Class 5 Truck Driver Stuart Tarbotton Contractors Limited is a successful and innovated contracting company, operating a wide range of modern machinery ranging from 1.5ton to 25ton Excavators, Graders, Scrapers, Dump Trucks, Trucks and Trailers, Loaders, Rollers, Bulldozers, Crushing Plant.

Do you enjoy a busy fast moving environment, have a passion for farming and sales, then this position could be for you?

A position has become available for a Class 5 driver to join our Ashburton branch. TNL Ashburton provides nationwide freighting services as well as local deliveries.

ATS is a dynamic and innovative cooperative offering members the ability to purchase all farm inputs through our stores in Ashburton, Rakaia and Methven.

We are seeking applicants with proven driving experience in truck and trailer units to be based in Ashburton to undertake line haul run from Ashburton to Christchurch and return daily.

Due to ongoing workload we are currently looking to employ a Class 5 Truck Driver

Specifically the successful person will have the following: • A minimum class 5 license with relevant driving experience, • Current F and DG endorsement, • A passion for excellence, • A proven history of providing strong customer service, • Good time management skills.

• Tree clearance work • General farm maintenance • Dairy and farm lanes • Demolition • Driveways

We are seeking a full time experienced sales person for our busy and successful Ashburton Store. If you are interested in being involved with farming, with a main focus around the dairy industry, then this will be the position you are looking for.

You will be dealing with the farming community on a daily basis, provide advice and selling a wide range of products and services, dealing directly with our suppliers, ordering product and being responsible for stock control. This position could suit someone looking to establish their career in the rural sector.

Ideally you will have: • Knowledge in agriculture particularly dairy • Retail experience preferred • Desire for personal development • Intermediate computer skills • Good communication skills We will provide all the training requirements for you to succeed in this position. To join this friendly, enthusiastic and motivated team, please apply.

Email your application together with your CV to: hr.manager@ats.co.nz.

Applications close Wednesday 9th April 2014.

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Customer Service Representative Full Time Position, 4 Days On - 4 Days Off (10 Hour Shifts) An energetic, responsible person with excellent customer service skills is required to join our team.

Duties will include start/end of day procedures and reconciliations. Shop, forecourt and cashiering service.

Stock management and ordering. General site cleaning and maintenance.

While experience would be an advantage full training will be given.

For further enquiries/job application PH: 307 0167 9am -5pm

Tractor Driver – Machinery Operator A full-time, permanent position has become available on our dairy farm 10 minutes north of Ashburton. No on-farm accommodation is available.

Experience in handling large modern agricultural equipment for feeding animals and operating a spraying unit with 20+ metre boom will be an advantage.

This position requires good mechanical skills, ability to communicate clearly, and being prepared to work efficiently within a team environment.

Apply to ajrgrant@hotmail.com with an outline of your abilities.

I also require a contact number for at least one of your two previous employers.

Applications close April 15, 2014.

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Applications should apply in writing to: Colin Smythe, Branch Manager, P.O. Box 6055, Allenton, Ashburton 7740 or email colin.smythe@tnl-group.co.nz Applications close Wednesday, April 16, 2014.

If this sounds of interest to you please phone the office on (03) 307 7065 or 0274 332 264 or email CV to: office.stc@xtra.co.nz Applicant confidentiality is assured.

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

Landscaper

We are a progressive, motivated and friendly team, working from a purpose built medical centre.

A well established and growing local garden service company is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic person to work full time.

Practice Administrator

This physical job involves pruning, weeding, spraying and planting of new and existing gardens all over Mid Canterbury using a range of tools and equipment.

We seek to appoint an experienced administrator who has an enthusiastic approach to the delivery of customer service, attention to detail and the ability to multi-task.

Please apply in writing with a cover letter and CV with references to:

Job Vacancy 117 Middle Road Ashburton 7700 Or dale@smithscapes.co.nz

By Monday, April 14, 2014

0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

Part time position, 12 hours / week

The successful applicant will have • Excellent computer skills (MedTech, ACE Payroll, Microsoft Office and Xero Accounting preferable) • A passion to deliver outstanding customer service • Strong communication skills • The ability to meet deadlines and manage time effectively Preference will be given to an applicant who has experience in a primary healthcare setting.

Please email CV and letter of application to:

admin@rakaiamedical.co.nz Applications close Wednesday, April 16, 2014.

Daily Events Saturday

9.00am - 12 noon ASHBURTON DISTRICT FARMERS MARKET. Weekly farm fresh produce, plants, coffee, food and more. North end of the West Street car park.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Large variety of toys for hire. Methodist

Sunday

8.00am ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Excellent views at Peak Hill, all welcome, phone Jenny 308-6862. Meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West.

HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.00am ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Harrison Street, Allenton.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele.

Church lounge, Baring Square East.

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH.

Monday

• Effluent storage ponds • Dairy conversions • Farm drainage control • Industrial site works • Subdivisions

Rakaia Medical Centre

Manners, communication skills, a tolerance of all types of weather, a drivers license and valid NZ For all subscriber Work Permit are essential. Experience would be 1:15:26 PM enquiries,27/3/14 missed an advantage but full training can be provided.

delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline

Stuart Tarbotton Contractors has a variety of work on offer such as

9.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY

Church hall, Baring Square East.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 12 noon ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

Worship service with communion led

by Rev John Bilverstone, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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

Main Street, Methven.

ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Radio controlled aeroplane flying, weather permitting. Lovett’s Road, Maronan Road.

ASHBURTON M.S.A. QUOITS. All welcome to have a throw. Racecourse Road M.S.A. Sports ground.

HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Parish AGM. Park Street.

ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street.

10.00am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will play the 2nd round of the Heartland Trophy. Methven Golf Course.

METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE.

ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, all welcome. Upstairs 254 Cameron Street.

10.00am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET. Saturday’s in the West Street Car park.

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATON MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3.

10.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. No service at St Paul’s, combined service at St John’s Methven for moderator’s visit. Jackson Street, Methven.

ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Combined service at St John’s Methven for moderator’s visit. Jackson Street, Methven.

VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping god and transforming lives.

63 Princes Street, Netherby.

11.00am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship, St James, Jane Street, Tinwald.

12.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3.

Seafield Road.

6.00pm

Yard Person We require staff for our Ashburton yard that enjoy working outside and have a good level of physical fitness.

The successful applicants will be self motivated and work well in a team.

Enquiries to

027 222 3319 Please apply to

Mark Great Southern 143 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton.

TRADES, SERVICES 4 TINT-A-WINDOW solar protective films, UV block, fade, heat and glare control, privacy and safety films for glass. FREE quotes - 20 years local service, Bill Breukelaar - phone 0800 368 468. www.tintawindow.co.nz HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

10.00am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Own work, stitch, chat and conference challenge. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Doubles competition. Ashburton Domain, Philip Street.

Senior youth group travel to Christchurch for Methodist Service.

12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome. Racecourse Road.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

5.00pm ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Taize Service, Park Street.

7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown in the Sinclair Centre, cnr Havelock and Park Streets.

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

7.30pm TINWALD INDOOR BOWLS CLUB. All welcome to come and have a bowl.

Tinwald Hall, entry off McMurdo Street.

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Feel Great in 8!

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Welcome Back Sarie

Buddy up Weight Loss Challenge.

Starting Monday, May 5 – June 27, 2014 For 8 weeks starting from May 5, I am kicking off the ‘Feel Great in 8 !’ weight loss challenge.

Sarie is back from Australia and welcomes new and old clients

Start winter on the right foot and let’s get you and your buddy healthy with new healthy habits and exercise!

For info check www.shapeupfitnessnz.weebly.com Numbers are limited so book by contacting Steph on shapeupfitnessnz@live.com or phone mobile 027 427 0014.

REAL ESTATE

PRIVATE SALE

36 Beach Road, Ashburton | 03-308-9127 WANTED

PLANTS, PRODUCE

$ CASH PAID $ $ $ $ FOR SCRAP $

$2 week Pumpkin Courgette 1kg Feijoas 500gm Lettuce Tomatoes 500gm

$2 ea $2 bag $2 bag $2 ea $2 bag

Specials available from 01/04 - 08/04

99 ALLENS RD, ASHBURTON

OPEN HOME: SAT 5 & SUN 6 APRIL 11AM-1PM TRADEME PROPERTY ID# DTW749

OPEN 7 DAYS The Green Grocer Fresh Fruit & Vege

Guardian Situations Vacant

BUYERS OF ALL METALS Copper, Brass, Aluminium etc.

Mid-Canterbury Metal Recycling Licensed Buyer Dealer

10A McGregor Lane Riverside Estate (Off McNally Street)

Phone 308-8959 or 027-228-1467 anytime

Main South Road Tinwald TRADES, SERVICES 308-1095 SOLAR-SHADE-WINDOW-

307 7900

TINTING. Controlling the Sun. Best Product, best installation, best price.

Lifetime warranties. Ph 0800 473 242, www.hpwf.co.nz

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

TENDERS McEntyre Lund Ltd 223 Barnes Rd, Tai Tapu Christchurch 027 522 4446 Southbridge Fire Station Construction of new Fire Station located in Southbridge, Selwyn.

All sub trades should contact Justin McEntyre or Scott Fitzgerald to obtain documentation.

Tenders close midday Friday April 18 at justin@lunds.co.nz or scott@lunds.co.nz

TRADES, SERVICES

Guardian Classifieds 307 7900

COMPUTER PROBLEMS? For prompt, reliable service, contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton, ph 308 8989, 30 years local experience.

SUPERGOLD discount card accepted.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

Have Your Say

– Ashburton District Council Draft Annual Plan 2014/15

Surplus Plant for Sale by Tender

The Ashburton District Council adopted its draft Annual Plan for 2014/15 on 3 April 2014. The draft Annual Plan details Council’s proposed work programme and budget for the coming year and outlines the level of funding required from rates.

The draft Annual Plan 2014/15 will be available for feedback from the community, from 7 April 2014.

Community Meetings

Come along to a meeting to hear about what Council is proposing to do in the coming year. Community meetings will be held in the following locations: Ashburton Monday 14 April, 5.30pm Ashburton Trust Event Centre

Hakatere Tuesday 29 April, 7.00pm Lower Hakatere Hall

Methven Tuesday 15 April, 7.00pm Methven Heritage Centre

Rakaia Wednesday 30 April, 7.00pm Rakaia Community Centre

Hinds Wednesday 16 April, 7.00pm Hinds Community Centre

Mayfield Thursday 1 May, 7.00pm Mayfield War Memorial Hall

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Ashburton Public Library, Havelock Street, Ashburton

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Mount Somers General Store, Pattons Road, Mount Somers

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Methven i-SITE, Main Street, Methven

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Rakaia Mobil, State Highway 1, Rakaia

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Hinds on the Spot, State Highway 1, Hinds

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Mayfield Udder Dairy, SH 72, Mayfield

The tender shall be labelled “Tender for Rakaia RRP surplus plant” and addressed to the Ashburton District Council, P O Box 94, ASHBURTON 7740.

Tenders can be mailed to the Ashburton District Council at the above address or placed in the tender box on the ground floor of the Ashburton District Council offices, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

All enquiries should be directed to Hernando Marilla Contracts Engineer – Urban, Ashburton District Council, (03) 307 7700.

NEIL McCANN Group Manager Service Delivery www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

Weekend Services HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS

ASHBURTON HOSPITAL HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring GENERAL WARDS - (Medical and Surgical): 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice. DAILY, 2pm - 4pm and 6pm - 7.30pm Children must be accompanied by an adult.

DUTY DOCTORS CHALMERS WARD - (including Assessment, This service is for emergency medical Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN care only. Please remember your VISITING. Community Services Card. Emergency MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm. phone until 8am Monday - 0800 700 155.

Moore Street Medical Centre, Ashburton, -Husbands and patient’s own children may visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm. will be the duty practice for Saturday and TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, Sunday until 8am Monday. They will hold -unrestricted visiting. surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm both days. No appointment ASHBURTON REST HOMES necessary. Surgery phone 308 3066.

COLDSTREAM HOUSE — DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA For weekend doctor and emergency details CAMERON COURTS — DAILY, unrestricted visiting. please telephone the Methven Medical PRINCES COURT — DAILY, unrestricted Centre, ph 303 5002. visiting.

Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT provide an accident and emergency service. EMERGENCY DENTIST If you do not have or cannot contact your Except in cases of emergency persons regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 requiring medical attention must consult for the name of the rostered weekend dentist their own or the duty general practitioner. in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Persons subsequently requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must have a general Sundays and Public Holidays. practitioners note of referral.

East Street Pharmacy, 182 East Street, will be open from 9am - 12.30pm Saturday, from 10.30am - 12 noon Sunday, and from 6pm - 7pm both evenings.

Monday 10.00am to 12.00pm Wednesday 3.30pm to 5.30pm Friday 2.00pm to 4.00pm Saturday 9.00am to 3.00pm

Tenders will close at the Ashburton District Council Offices, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton at 4 pm, Tuesday 15 April 2014.

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PHARMACIES

1 x tandem axle trailer, 5.2m x 2.5m. This trailer is currently registered but is unwarranted for road use 1 x aluminium shed, 2.3 m x 2.3 m x 3.4 high. This shed is fully enclosed with a floor, windows and door

Both items are being tendered for sale ‘as is, where is’ and it will be the buyers responsibility to remove the item/s from site.

Submissions on the draft Annual Plan 2014/15 will be received until 5pm, 9 May 2014.

MEDICAL SERVICES

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Copies of the full draft Annual Plan 2014/15, summary and submission form will be available on Council’s website or from the following locations: Ashburton District Council, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton

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These items are available for viewing at the Rakaia Resource Recovery Park at the following times:

Copies of the Draft Plan •

Council has for sale by tender two separate surplus plant items located at the Rakaia Resource Recovery Park:

HELPLINE SERVICES

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholicsanonymous.org.nz for more information.

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

MENTAL HEALTH

COMMUNITY POOL

SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton: Mon - Fri 5pm Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 9am - 5pm.

Team.

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP

24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message.

ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm Seven days.

LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353

COMMUNITY SERVICES ART GALLERY

Phone 308 1133. Baring Square East, Ashburton. Sat & Sun: 10.00am - 4.00pm Closed Public Holidays.

INFORMATION CENTRES

ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until 3pm.

Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021

1356 969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour weekend emergencies: Large: Andrew Robinson.

Small: Refer Vet Life.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Erin Caswell. Small: Kasia Chapman-Labecka

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint after hours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 027 683 8000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: The duty vet this weekend is: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. service all weekend.

Saturday: 10:00am - 1:00pm Sunday 1:00pm - 4:00pm CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, Main Rd, Methven.

ASHBURTON MUSEUM NIMAL ERVICES Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend Baring Square East, Ashburton. Ph 308 3167 emergencies: Steve Williams.

DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Saturday-Sunday 1.00pm - 4.00pm Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 Closed Statutory Holidays.

- 24 hour service Group Bookings by arrangement

ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

BUS DEPARTURES

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Fire Control Measures – Change of Fire Season Status

Notice is hereby given that the Prohibited Fire Season in the hill and high country areas of the District has been replaced with a Restricted Fire Season as from midnight Friday 4 April 2014.

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Gas fired barbeques Hangis, and other ethnic cooking fires Fires in fully enclosed drums Burning of agricultural crop residues

Friday 11th April 2014 at 7pm St Andrews Church, Ashburton

Under Environment Canterbury’s Natural Resources Regional Plan rules, no outdoor burning is allowed at any time within all urban areas of the District without a resource consent from ECan.

There is no need to be alone when our matchmakers know so many wonderful women and men who are also seeking one safe special partner. Whether you live in town or on the land, happiness and fulfilment can be yours with a phone call.

Phone 0800 856 640 til 7pm Credits avail for members of other agencies www.bridgesintros.co.nz Matchmaker since 1989

TRADES, SERVICES SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Professional window tinting of cars, homes & offices. Quality films for privacy, UV (fading), heat, safety & security. Phone Craig Rogers your ONLY local applicator 307 6347 or 0800TINTER. Member of Master Tinters NZ.

the speedway.

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

PEASTRAW for sale. Medium We also sell pet food. Call squares. $40 per square. Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 Please phone 027 626 8679. 621, A/H 03 322 7626.

PLANTS, PRODUCE

SMITHFIELD FLOWERS, 211 Smithfield Road OPEN EVERY DAY. Take a short drive to the country to purchase our beautiful chrysanthemums. $6 bunch or 2 for $10 Fantastic bouquets $15 and boxes $15$25. Great gifts and a wonderful array of colours.

MOTORING TQ Mid Canterbury Champs, this weekend.

Sunday, April 6.

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.

MEETINGS, EVENTS

RURAL TRADING POST BLACK AND WHITE heading bitch for sale, 18 months old, keen to work. Please phone 303 7973 or 027 270 1698.

Ashburton Fanciers Society

REAL ESTATE

Sunday, April 6, 2014 Sports Hall Tancred Street West Ashburton Viewing 11.00am Start 12.30pm Huge selection to choose from: Bantams, Poultry, Ducks, Rabbits, Cavies, Pheasants, 240 lots.

RAKAIA - Lovely Family Home with great view. $411,000.

Trademe ID 699786514. Ph. 021 225 8134.

Poultry Auction

RAKAIA - three bedroom weatherboard house with double garage on 603 sqm section, Enquiry over $255,000. Phone 027 465 SPEEDWAY this weekend.

Sunday, April 6. 12.30pm.

2122.

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village.

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

Two offices and reception/ waiting area for lease, approx 80 sqm.

Also single office to lease, available May 1.

In excellent location - CDB. Price by negotiation.

05 May - 11am, La Vida Centre, Christchurch

6.00pm House of Prayer YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE VERY WELCOME

131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School Hall) Sunday Morning 10.30am Sunday Evening 7pm Wednesday night Bible Study, 15 Cross Street 7pm We hope to see you this Sunday!

For more info please call Pastor Mike Grove 308 4695

Bonnie Smith Happy 5th Birthday for tomorrow beautiful girl!

Enjoy your party. Lots and lots of love from Mum, Dad, Stella and Blythe. xxxx Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our ground floor office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Fondant Flower Classes with Kirstin Day

Fri, April 11, 1pm - 3pm Demonstration $25 Sat, April 12, 1.30pm - 4.30pm Hands on class $65 The Arcade, Ashburton Includes flower modelling kit Limited spaces so be in quick!

03 308 8287

ACCOMMODATION, CARAVANS, TRAILERS RENTAL

1980 OXFORD caravan for GRAZING - winter grazing sale. 18ft tandem, 5 berth, available, 28ha irrigated kale awning, in good condition. and supplements for approx Please phone 03 302 0816.

500 cows/heifers. Westerfield Valetta area. Phone 0274 399 ADULT 139.

Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ Website Sundays @10.00am www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz Including 10am Children’s church Morning Service Speaker: Everyone is welcome.

Pastor Rob Davison See you at Cnr Cass & LIFE 2 da MAX (Kids Church) Cameron St’s Creche Available Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062 Refreshments to follow Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409

Nickola Forde Happy 1st Birthday to our dearest, precious wee grand-daughter.

Love you heaps, Nana and Grandad. xxx

GRAZING

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

Phone 308-3602

Church Services

Bonnie Anne Smith Happy 5th birthday Bonnie. Love from all of your family, we love you more than words can say.

Please phone 027 369 6399

LIVESTOCK - Paddock to rent. Horse/pony, 2 minutes GENERAL hire.

Lawn- from town, near airport, good mowers, chainsaws, concrete shelter $20 week. Ph 021 216 breakers, trailers, and more. 6365/308 9267.

All your DIY / contracting work, Call and see U-Hire WANTED: lamb grazing for Ashburton. 588 East Street. 450 lambs until approx end of Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm; June. Phone 0274 889 099 or Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 303 0919.

8am - 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 8061 A/h: 308 7460 FOR SALE www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz GREAT day at the speedway this weekend.

Sunday, April 6.

GRAZING

HIGH quality supervised grazing available for Rising 1 Heifers, now, or at May 1, 2014. For all grazing requirements. Contact: Matt cellphone no: 027 608 3226.

29 April, Aurora Centre, Christchurch

For bookings phone

Skya Clifford Happy Birthday Skya.

One year old.

Love Nana and Grandad.

LET OR LEASE

HIRE

GRAZIERS required to accommodate increased demand for dairy heifer grazing and winter cow grazing, immediate, or May 1, 2014. For all grazing requirements. Contact Phone: Matt cellphone no: 027 608 3226.

◊ PAUL POTTS “One Chance”

Adults $15; Seniors & Students $12 Tickets available from Choir Members or at the door

Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

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Midgets MId BROWN shaver pullets, point HOW LONG WILL QUARTER Canterbury Champs, this of lay. $20.00, phone 03 3028 YOU BE SINGLE?? weekend, Sunday, April 6, at 244.

09 April, Theatre Royal, Timaru

◊ OPERATUNITY “100 Glorious Years of Song”

Quinn Jansen Have a wonderful 5th Birthday Quinn! Enjoy your party and happy school days. Love you lots, Mum, Dad, Jett and Harper.

There is still an expectation that any outdoor burning is conducted in a safe manner.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

◊ THE ABBA SHOW

Musical Director: Sylvia Watson Accompanist: Deborah Sloper Guests: “Just Us” String Quartet

Birthday Greetings

Note also that an Open Fire season remains in place across the Ashburton Plains. Restrictions may be reimposed at a later date if conditions warrant, and it is the responsibility of all persons lighting fires to determine the current fire season status before lighting any such fires.

SPORT

Beckley Coachlines Programme

308 7646

Information on the restricted fire season and on conditions required for exempted purpose fires is available on the Ashburton District Council website at www.adc.govt.nz or from the Council offices, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

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In this area, fires for the following purposes are permitted subject to strict conditions being met: • • • •

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Jubilee Christian Fellowship 10am Every Sunday All Welcome

Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Calling all believers. Your faith will be strengthened.

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

10.30am Worship

Every Sunday

Assembly Of God

63 Princes Street Sunday Meeting All Welcome

Minister: Rev David Bayne Ph 307 7355 St David’s Church 48 Allens Road Everyone welcome www.st-davids.org.nz

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

ENTERTAINMENT

FOR RENT: newly renovated standalone townhouse. Three bedrooms. Heat-pump. Single garage. Sorry, no smoking or pets. Some furniture available. $350 per week. Ph 0274 343 034.

TO RENT: three bedroom brick house in Allenton. Nice big section. Close to school.

Prefer non smokers, no pets.

Rent per week $350. Please contact Simon, phone 027 439 3010.

BORED out of your tree, need some excitement? Give me a call. Xander. Busty and attractive. Phone 021 0233 9259 (no texting) No time wasters.

FULL rent, one bedroom, spacious and modern, fully self contained flat, no smoking or pets. Power included for $270pw. 027 281 4303.

TWO BEDROOM flat for rent Chalmers Ave area $280.00 per week.

References Guardian Classifieds required please phone 307 307 7900 6269 or 027 337 1409.

TWO bedroom house available short term, for twothree months only. No dogs, no smokers. References required. $310 per week.

Phone 302 6022.

10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

Guardian Classifieds Call the Guardian for all your classified requirements.

307 7900

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Saturday, April 5, 2014 TV ONE

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6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Come Dine With Me Omnibus PGR 3 0 11:25 Tagata Pasifika Noon Cook Me The Money 1pm Mexican Food Made Simple 0 1:30 New Zealand On A Plate – Off The Beaten Track 3 0 2pm Four Weddings PGR 3pm F RPA PGR 0 4pm South 3 0 4:30 Get Fresh With Al Brown 30 5pm River Monsters With Jeremy Wade 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Country Calendar When an entrepreneurial couple could not find good organic compost for their lettuce crop, they decided to make their own, leading to a thriving business. 0 7:30 MasterChef Masterclass 0 8:30 F Above Suspicion – Silent Scream AO 0 9:55 Call the Midwife PGR 3 0 10:55 Whitechapel AO 0 11:55 Titanic PGR 3 0 12:55 F Save Our Home 3 0 1:20 Football – Women’s Fifa U17s World Cup NB: Daylight Saving Ends 2:35 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:35 Neighbourhood 3 0 4:05 Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

CHOICE TV 6am What’s Really In Our Food?

6:30 Better Homes And Gardens 8am Selling London 8:30 World’s Greenest Homes 9am Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 9:30 Trish’s Paris Kitchen 10am You Live In What?

11am Traders And Collectors 11:30 Travel Wild Noon House Crashers 12:30 Great British Garden Revival 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm Selling London 3:30 Out In The Cold 4pm Fantasy Homes In The City 5pm Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure 6pm Nigel Marven 7pm Lonely Planet – Best Parks Ever 7:30 Ray Mears’ Northern Wilderness 8:30 A History Of Scotland 9:45 Outcasts AO 10:45 Fantasy Homes In The City

SUNDAY

Midnight Nigel Marven 1am Ray Mears’ Northern Wilderness 2am Lonely Planet – Best Parks Ever 2:30 Flatmates AO NB: Daylight Saving Ends Clocks go back one hour, 3:00am becomes 2:00am.

2am Strange Vehicle Games PGR 3am A History Of Scotland 4am Outcasts 5am Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure

TV TWO

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TV THREE

6am Pocoyo 3 0 6:05 Poppet Stars 0 6:10 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:20 The Adventures Of Chuck And Friends 3 0 6:40 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 7:05 The Amazing World Of Gumball 3 0 7:25 Teen Titans Go! 0 7:50 Phineas And Ferb 3 0 8:20 Green Lantern – The Animated Series 0 8:45 Adventure Time 3 0 9:10 Young Justice – Invasion PGR 0 9:35 Regular Show PGR 3 0 10am Fresh 10:30 Rodney 3 0 11am Wipeout 3 0 Noon The Bachelorette 3 0 1:55 The Carrie Diaries PGR 0 2:55 The Fosters PGR 3:55 Melissa And Joey 3 0 4:25 Full House 3 0 5pm Extreme Makeover – Home Edition 3 0 6pm The Amazing Race 0 7pm M Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 PGR 2011 Adventure.

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson. 0 8pm L Lotto This week’s Lotto draw.

8:05 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 PGR Continued. 0 9:35 M Step Brothers AO 2008 Comedy.

Will Ferrell, John C Reilly. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Gone Fishin’ 3 7am Outdoors With Geoff 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation 10:30 Both Worlds 3 11am House Rules 3 Noon House Rules 3 1pm Beauty And The Geek Australia PGR 3 2pm Beauty And The Geek Australia PGR 3 3pm Last Man Standing 3:30 The Great Food Race 3 5pm Gone Fishin’ 5:30 Modern Family The day has arrived for Phil and Claire to drop Haley off at college, a difficult moment that they manage to make worse. 0 6pm 3 News

11:30 M The Son Of No One AO 2011 Crime Drama. 0 1:20 M Flightplan AO 2005 Thriller. 0 NB: Daylight Saving Ends 2am Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 2:50 Bethenny AO 3 3:35 The Apprentice PGR 3 5:05 Fresh 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

12:45 Infomercials NB: Daylight Saving Ends Clocks go back one hour, 3:00am becomes 2:00am.

5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

7pm Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Home Cooking PGR 0 7:30 Ice Road Truckers PGR 0 8:30 CSI – New York AO 0 9:30 Hannibal AO 0 10:25 M The Secret Life of Bees AO 3 2008 Drama.

Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning. 0

FOUR

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:05 Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion 3 7:35 Max Steel 3 8am Sticky TV 3 8:30 Rugrats 3 8:55 Rocket Power 9:20 Redakai 3 10:10 Infomercials 3 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 3 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm iCarly 5:30 Big Time Rush 3 6pm Sabrina The Teenage Witch 30 6:30 M Dr Seuss’s Horton Hears A Who! 3 2008 Animated.

Voices of Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Seth Rogan. 0 8:20 Dream Factory PGR 3 0 9:20 The Real Housewives of Orange County AO Vicki must choose whether to spend time with her beau or babysit her grandson; Gretchen visits a fertility doctor.

10:20 Friends with Benefits AO 10:50 Excused AO 3

6am Home Shopping 11:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

UK 3 Noon NRL Full Time (Highlights) 12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3pm Paul Merton’s Adventures 3 4pm Peta’s Culinary Adventures In France 3 4:30 Addicted To Fishing Nicky tests land-based fishing in the Bay of Plenty with Motiti Island resident, Tania.

5pm Fishing And Adventure The boys go to Tauranga to find snapper close to home before fishing for Motiti Island kingfish.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Junior MasterChef UK 3 6:30 MasterChef USA 3

11:40 Infomercials 3

11:45 Torchwood – Miracle Day AO 3 Gwen is trapped inside the UK Overflow Camp; across the Atlantic, Jack finds PhiCorp’s CEO, and discovers a conspiracy larger than he ever imagined.

12:50 Home Shopping

7:30 N New Tricks PGR Lane’s future at UCOS is threatened by a death in custody that emerges from his past; the discovery of a gun in the Thames reopens an unsolved 1998 murder.

8:35 Silent Witness AO 9:45 Rugby – Super Rugby (Delayed) Hurricanes v Bulls.

From McLean Park in Napier.

MAORI TV 10am Toku Reo 3 2pm The Big Hit 3 2:30 Kanikani Mai (Starting Today) 3 3:30 It’s In The Bag 3 4pm Whanau Factor 3 4:30 F Waka Ama Sprints 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Journey To The West 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 M The Muppets Take Manhattan 1984 Family.

THE BOX 6am Ax Men ML 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Lie To Me MV 8:10 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes.

10:15 Raw MC 1:10 The Pretender Marathon PG 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes.

7pm The Simpsons PG 7:30 Modern Family PGL 8pm Pawn Stars PG 8:30 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 9pm Hardcore Pawn PG 9:30 Ax Men ML 10:30 Lie To Me MV 11:25 Criminal Intent MV

SUNDAY

12:20 The Pretender Marathon PG NB: Daylight Saving Ends Clocks go back one hour, 3:00am becomes 2:00am. 3am Most Shocking M 3:50 Criminal Intent MV 4:45 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 5:10 Hardcore Pawn PG 5:35 The Simpsons PG

8am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round Five Friday.

Including – Roosters v Bulldogs; Broncos v Eels.

8:30 Grassroots Rugby 9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Brumbies v Blues.

From Canberra Stadium.

10am L Cricket – Ford Trophy Final Northern Knights v Wellington Firebirds. First Innings.

From Bay Oval, Tauranga City.

1:35 Sport 365 2:05 L Cricket – Ford Trophy Final Northern Knights v Wellington Firebirds. Second Innings.

From Bay Oval, Tauranga City.

6pm Cricket – ICC World Twenty20 (Highlights) Semi-final Two – India v South Africa. From Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh.

7pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Hurricanes v Bulls.

From McLean Park in Napier.

9:35 L Rugby – Super Rugby Reds v Force.

From Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

11:40 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) 1:55 L Rugby – Super Rugby Cheetahs v Chiefs.

NB: Daylight Saving Ends 3am L Rugby – Super Rugby Lions v Crusaders.

5:05 L Rugby – Super Rugby Stormers v Waratahs.

SKY SPORT 2 Kermit and his friends go to New York to get their musical on Broadway, only to find it is more difficult than they anticipated. Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz.

9:15 M Winter In Wartime AO 3 War Drama.

Martijn Lakemeier, Jamie Campbell Bower, Yorick van Wageningen.

11:15 Te Kaea 3 2 11:45 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6:30 MythBusters PG 7:30 MythBusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Auction Kings PG 10am What Happened Next? PG 10:30 Deadliest Catch PG 11:30 River Monsters With Jeremy Wade PG 12:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 1:30 MythBusters PG 2:30 Auction Hunters PG 3pm Auction Hunters 3:30 Gold Rush PG 4:30 Futurescape With James Woods PG 5:30 World’s Biggest Ship PG 6:30 How Booze Built America PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Survive That! PG 9:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 10:30 Moonshiners PG 11:30 Auction Kings PG

SUNDAY

Midnight Porter Ridge PG 12:30 Future Firepower PG 1:30 What Happened Next?

PG 2am Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? M 2:30 Dirty Jobs PG NB: Daylight Saving Ends 2:30 Brew Masters PG 3:30 Flying Wild Alaska PG 4:30 Flying Wild Alaska PG 5:30 MythBusters PG

New Tricks

7:30pm on Prime

MOVIES PREMIERE 6am Hansel And Gretel – Witch Hunters 16VL 2013 Action. Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton. 7:30 This Is The End 16VLS 2013 Comedy.

9:15 Inescapable 16VL 2012 Thriller.

10:55 Nitro Circus – The Movie MC 2012 Action.

12:30 Hansel And Gretel – Witch Hunters 16VL 2013 Action.

2pm This Is The End 16VLS 2013 Comedy.

3:45 Swinging With The Finkels MLS 2011 Comedy.

5:10 Three Inches M 2011 Sci-fi.

6:40 Seven Psychopaths 16VLS 2012 Comedy.

8:30 Life Of Pi PGC 2012 Adventure.

10:40 The Woman In Black MC 2012 Horror.

SUNDAY

12:15 The Making Of Fast And Furious 6 PG 12:30 Swinging With The Finkels MLS 2011 Comedy.

1:55 Three Inches M 2011 Sci-fi.

NB: Daylight Saving Ends 2:25 Seven Psychopaths 16VLS 2012 Comedy.

4:15 Life Of Pi PGC 2012 Adventure.

Dr Seuss's Horton Hears a Who! 6:30pm on FOUR

MOVIES GREATS 6:30 Armageddon ML 1998 Action.

Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Steve Buscemi, Liv Tyler.

9am Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas 18 1998 Comedy Drama.

Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Christina Ricci.

10:55 Life MVL 1999 Comedy.

Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Lisa Nicole Carson.

12:45 Along Came A Spider MV 2001 Thriller.

Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter.

2:25 Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas 18 1998 Comedy Drama.

4:20 The Notebook PGC 2004 Drama.

6:20 Miami Vice 16V 2006 Action.

8:30 Robin Hood MVLS 2010 Action.

10:50 Closer 16LS 2004 Drama.

SUNDAY

12:35 Daylight MV 1996 Action.

2:30 The Notebook PGC 2004 Drama. NB: Daylight Saving Ends 3:30 Miami Vice 16V 2006 Action.

5:40 Biography – Cameron Diaz PG

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6am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Highlanders v Rebels.

8am L Golf – US PGA Tour Shell Houston Open – Round Two. From the Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas.

11am Gateway To Glasgow 11:30 Sport 365 Noon Motorsport – FIA World Rally Championship (Highlights) Portugal – Day One. 12:30 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Sharks U20 v Warriors U20. From Remondis Stadium in Woolooware, NSW. 2:30 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Sharks v Warriors.

From Remondis Stadium in Woolooware, NSW. 4:30 L Rugby League – NRL Sharks v Warriors. From Remondis Stadium in Woolooware, NSW. 7pm L Rugby League – NRL Panthers v Raiders.

9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Dragons v Rabbitohs.

11:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Sharks v Warriors.

SUNDAY

1:30 Cricket – Ford Trophy Final (Highlights) Northern Knights v Wellington Firebirds. 2am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Panthers v Raiders. NB: Daylight Saving Ends Clocks go back one hour, 3:00am becomes 2:00am. 3am Cricket – ICC World Twenty20 (Highlights) Semi-final Two – India v South Africa. 4am Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 4:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) 5am L Golf – US PGA Tour Houston Open – Round Three. From Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas.

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6am Rural Delivery 3 6:25 60 Minute Makeover 3 7:10 Sunday 3 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 3 8am Praise Be 3 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 10am Marae 2 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Neighbourhood 3 0 11:35 My Kind Of Place 3 0 Noon Football – English Premier League Norwich v West Bromwich Albion. From Carrow Road in Norwich.

2pm Location, Location, Location 30 3pm Undercover Boss USA PGR 30 4pm Fair Go 3 0 4:30 Walk On The Wild Side 3 0 5pm Swamp Troop 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 7:30 MasterChef New Zealand One contestant from each of the top five duos faces a risotto challenge without their partner. 0 8:30 Offspring 0 9:30 Rake AO Cleaver takes on a client accused of stealing two million dollars from a children’s leukemia foundation run by his wife. 0 10:40 Betrayal AO 0

6am Fireman Sam 3 0 6:10 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:20 Pocoyo 3 0 6:25 Art Attack 3 0 6:50 Jungle Junction 3 0 7:10 The Looney Tunes Show 3 0 7:35 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 8am What Now? 10am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Pretty Little Liars PGR 3 0 1pm Twisted PGR 1:55 Scrubs PGR 3 0 2:30 Super Fun Night PGR 0 3pm Trophy Wife 3 0 3:30 Home And Away Omnibus 0 5:55 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 6:25 Malibu Country 0 6:55 M Yogi Bear 2010 Animated Family.

Voices of Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake. 0 8:30 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD AO 0 9:30 The Tomorrow People AO While infiltrating Jedikiah’s home, Russell inadvertently teleports himself and Jedikiah to the Tomorrow People’s underground hideout, which threatens the group’s safety.

0 10:30 M The Stepfather AO 2009 Thriller.

Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward. 0

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong 7am Charles Stanley 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 8:30 Turning Point With David Jeremiah 9am Re-Think 9:30 Three60 10am The Nation 11am The Best Of Campbell Live 11:35 3rd Degree 3 12:30 ’Til Death 3 12:55 The Block – Unlocked 1:30 Motorsport: Octane Academy – Training Day 2:30 Motorsport – D1NZ Coverage of the D1NZ Drifting Championship round four from Taupo. 3pm Motorsport – SGP New Zealand New Zealand Speedway Grand Prix – Round One. From Western Springs.

5pm F Ice Road Truckers 3 0 6pm 3 News 7pm The Great Food Race PGR The teams must prepare Kiwistyle meals in a foreign city.

8:30 The Blacklist AO 0 9:30 Hawaii Five-0 AO McGarrett and Catherine help a boy whose father disappeared, and may have got into danger in the backwoods of Oahu. 0 10:25 House of Cards AO

11:35 Q+A Local political affairs programme.

12:40 Attitude 3 0 1:10 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:05 Marae 3 Maori current affairs show. 2 3:35 Infomercials

12:25 M Stir Of Echoes – The Homecoming AO 2007 Horror. Rob Lowe, Marnie McPhail, Ben Lewis.

2:10 Infomercials 2:45 20/20 3 0 3:30 Bethenny PGR 3 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:35 7 Days AO 3 11:45 Infomercials 3 12:05 Jono And Ben At Ten AO 3 Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce give their take on New Zealand current events.

12:40 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV

CHOICE TV 6am Out In The Cold 6:30 Christ Embassy 7am Fantasy Homes In The City 8am Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure 9am Days Of Our Lives Omnibus PGR Noon Ray Mears’ Northern Wilderness 1pm Nigel Marven 2pm Lonely Planet – Best Parks Ever 2:30 Early Edition 3:30 Danny By The Sea 4pm Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 4:30 Catch And Cook 5pm Military Driving School PGR 5:30 Extreme Frontiers Canada 6:30 N2K PGR 6:55 Gourmet Farmer 7:30 All Roads Lead Home Three celebrities are released into the wild, and they have to make their way back home, without any gadgets, maps and compasses.

8:30 Vexed AO 9:30 Eiger Wall Of Death 10:30 Military Driving School 11pm Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 11:30 Early Edition

MONDAY

12:30 N2K PGR 1am Gourmet Farmer 1:30 All Roads Lead Home 2:30 Vexed AO 3:30 Eiger Wall Of Death 4:30 What’s Really In Our Food?

5am Extreme Frontiers Canada PGR

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion 3 7:25 The Wild Thornberrys 3 0 7:50 The X’s 8:15 Rugrats 3 8:40 Rocket Power 9:05 Fanboy And Chum Chum 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 3 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 3 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Entertainment Tonight Weekend 6pm Sabrina The Teenage Witch 30 6:30 Survivor – Brawn v Brains v Beauty Another castaway is voted out of the game.

7:30 Glee PGR 8:30 M Revenge of the Nerds 2 – Nerds in Paradise AO 3 1987 Comedy.

Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B Scott. 0 10:25 The League AO 10:50 Entertainment Tonight Weekend

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box Noon Better Homes And Gardens 3 12:50 Indian Ocean PGR 3 2pm Davey Hughes – Untamed 2:30 Grassroots Rugby 3:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm History Under The Hammer 3 6:30 One Man And His Campervan Vintage campervan lover and foodie Martin Dorey journeys around Britain celebrating the freedom of campervan living.

7pm Storage Wars 3 7:30 F Top Gear PGR 8:45 F Rick Stein’s India Rick Stein marks the end of his culinary journey with a small gathering of friends at his bungalow to reveal the outcome of his search for the perfect curry.

9:45 N Ross Kemp Extreme World AO 10:45 Monroe AO 3 11:45 Alone In The Wild PGR Eight sport and television personalities are left alone in remote locations with only a handheld camera. They must find water, food and shelter, while facing the elements and local wildlife.

12:50 Home Shopping

MAORI TV

7:10 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Cheetahs v Chiefs. From Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein.

9:10 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Lions v Crusaders.

From Ellis Park in Johannesburg.

11:10 Sport 365 (Highlights) An in-depth look at sport from New Zealand and around the world.

11:40 Small Blacks TV 12:05 L Triathlon – ITU World Series Elite Women. Coverage from Auckland.

2:40 L Queen Street Golden Mile The Queen Street Golden Mile returns to central Auckland for the first time since 1983.

3:35 L Triathlon – ITU World Series Elite Men. From Auckland.

6pm College Netball (Delayed) South Otago v Southland Girls. From ILT Stadium Southland in Invercargill.

7pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Southern Steel v Northern Mystics. From ILT Stadium Southland in Invercargill.

9pm Fox Sports News 10pm Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Houston Open – Round Three. From Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas.

10:30 Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) 11pm Motorsport – V8 Supercars 11:30 Netball – ANZ Championship Midnight Football – A-League 12:30 Golf – US PGA Tour 1am Triathlon – ITU World Series 3am Queen Street Golden Mile 4am Golf – LPGA Tour 4:30 L Rowing – University Boat Race

SKY SPORT 2

10am Sky Sport 365 (Highlights) 10:30 Soccer Saturday 12:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Cheetahs v Chiefs. From Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein.

1pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Lions v Crusaders.

From Ellis Park in Johannesburg.

1:30 Sunday Footy Show A review and preview of all the weekend NRL league games.

The Tomorrow People 3:30 L Rugby League – NRL 9:30pm on TV2 Storm v Titans. From AAMI Park.

6pm Sky Sport – What’s On A look THE BOX DISCOVERY MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS at what is coming up on the sports 6:30 MythBusters PG 7:30 6:30 Robin Hood MVLS 2010 Action. channels over the next week.

6am The Pretender Marathon PG 6:20 The Woman In Black MC 6:30 Super Rugby Review A look MythBusters PG 8:30 Futurescape 2012 Horror. Daniel Radcliffe, Janet Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett.

9:20 Lie To Me MV at the highs and lows of the latest With James Woods PG 9:30 McTeer. 7:55 The Making Of Fast 8:50 The Notebook PGC 2004 10:15 The Simpsons Marathon round of the Super Rugby.

Savage Family Diggers PG 10am Drama. James Garner, Gena And Furious 6 PG PG A marathon of The Simpsons Porter Ridge PG 10:30 Survive Rowlands, Ryan Gosling. 10:50 The 7pm L Football – A-League 8:10 Three Inches M 2011 Sci-fi. episodes.

Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix.

That! PG 11:30 Moonshiners PG Making Of Sex And The City 2 PG Noah Reid, James Marsters.

12:20 Modern Family PGL From Allianz Stadium in Sydney.

12:30 Ultimate Fish – PNG Bass 11:10 Closer 16LS 2004 Drama.

9:40 Seven Psychopaths 12:45 Ax Men ML 9pm Rugby – Super Rugby PG 1:30 Auction Hunters 2pm Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen, 16VLS 2012 Comedy.

1:40 Pawn Stars PG (Highlights) Highlanders v Rebels.

Auction Hunters 2:30 Auction Natalie Portman.

Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson.

2:05 Cajun Pawn Stars PG From Forsyth Barr Stadium in Hunters 3pm Auction Hunters 12:55 Daylight MV 1996 Action.

11:30 Life Of Pi 2:30 Hardcore Pawn PG Dunedin.

3:30 Auction Hunters 4pm Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, PGC 2012 Adventure.

2:55 Raw MC 9:50 Cycling – Flanders Classics Auction Hunters 4:30 Auction Viggo Mortensen.

Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan.

5:45 WWE Main Event MC (Delayed) Tour De Flanders. Part One. Hunters 5pm Auction Hunters 2:50 Miami Vice 16V 2006 Action.

1:35 The Woman In Black 6:45 SmackDown! MC 10:10 L Cycling – Flanders 5:30 Auction Hunters 6pm Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Naomie MC 2012 Horror.

8:30 CSI MV The team is on high Classics Tour de Flanders. Part Two. Auction Hunters 6:30 Auction Harris.

Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer. alert as the hot Las Vegas desert Hunters 7pm Auction Hunters 3:10 The Barrens 16VL 2012 Horror. 5pm The Beach 16VLS 2000 Thriller. From Belgium. causes many heat-related deaths.

7:30 Curiosity PG 6:55 After The Sunset 4:50 The Grey 16L 2011 Action.

MONDAY 9:30 CSI MV Catherine and Grissom’s 8:30 Gold Rush PG MVLS 2004 Action Comedy.

6:45 Ted 16LS 2012 Comedy.

3:30 Netball – ANZ murder investigation takes them 9:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 10:30 8:30 Kick-Ass 18VL 2010 Action.

8:30 White House Down Championship (Highlights) deep into the fetish world.

Treehouse Masters PG 11:30 10:30 The Sweetest Thing MVL 2013 Action.

Southern Steel v Northern Mystics.

10:30 Hatfields And McCoys 16VLS Naked And Afraid PG 16LS 2002 Romantic Comedy.

10:45 The Possession From ILT Stadium Southland in MONDAY 11:55 Pride And Prejudice 16VL 2012 Horror.

Invercargill.

MONDAY 2005 Drama.

12:30 WWE Main Event MC 4am Rugby Nation 12:30 How Booze Built America MONDAY 1:30 SmackDown! MC Hosted by Tony Johnson.

PG 1:30 Auction Kings PG 2am 12:20 The Making Of The Lone MONDAY 3:30 CSI MV Everything You Need To Know Ranger PG 2am The Beach 16VLS 2000 Thriller. 5am L Golf – US PGA Tour 4:20 CSI MV Houston Open – Round Four.

PG 2:30 Man v Wild PG 3:30 12:45 The Barrens 16VL 2012 Horror. 3:55 Kick-Ass 18VL 2010 Action.

5:10 Modern Family PGL Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Flying 2:25 The Grey 16L 2011 Action.

5:50 Directors – Michael Mann PG From Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas.

Wild Alaska PG 5:30 Man v Wild PG 4:20 Ted 16LS 2012 Comedy.

2009 Documentary.

5:35 Pawn Stars PG 10am Korero Mai 3 2pm Aa Rau 3 2:30 F Whare Maori 3pm F Te Po Mekemeke 3:30 Rugby League – UK Super League Tetley’s Cup Challenge.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Whakatauki (Starting Today) 3 Proverbs associated to the Kingitanga.

6:30 N Ka Tu Ka Korero PGR Kingi helps a woman reconnect with her whakapapa, hapu, and iwi.

7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Rugby League – NRL (Delayed) Warriors v Sharks.

9:30 M Tomboy AO 2011 Drama. When a French family moves to a new neighbourhood, a 10-yearold girl is mistaken for a boy, and must live up to the new identity, as it is too late to clarify the matter.

Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson.

Rake 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 9:30pm on TV One 11:30 Closedown

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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BONIFANT, Timothy James (Tim) – On Wednesday, April 2, at Wellington Hospital, suddenly Official Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm after a short illness. Aged 43 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS years. Absolutely adored husband of Hilary, and amazing father of Aimee and POOKE, Norman Alfred Ollie. Dearly loved oldest son John – of Roger and Annabel Barbara, Raymond, Kevin, Bonifant, Wakanui, Stanley and their families Ashburton, and dearly loved wish to thank you for big brother of Daniel, Georgie attending Norman’s service (Peacock) and Tessa and the messages and (Durham). Dearly loved son- support they have received. in-law of Ian and Helen Please accept this as a Goddard, Paraparaumu personal acknowledgement.

Beach. A family service will be held at St Barnabas Church, Khandallah, TODAY. No flowers. A special thank you to the medical staff at the Intensive Care Unit. Your care of our precious Tim and your efforts to save him were outstanding.

THOMSON, Phyllis Alice Lychgate Funeral Home (Phyl) – FDANZ Tel. (04) 385 0745 Merv, Gary and Sandy, Lyn, www.lychgate.co.nz Robbie and Jacky, Brent and Joni, grandchildren and great wish to OAKDEN, William George – grandchildren The mighty Oak has fallen on sincerely thank friends, neighbours and April 2, 2014. Aged 66. Loved family, husband of Marion. For 44 workmates for the kind years, we have travelled expressions of sympathy along, sometimes singing a extended to us in our recent song, side by side. Loved loss of a dearly loved wife, father of Heath, and Dale. Big mother and nana. Thank you “brother” of Dianna and to Dr Graham Ritchie and “Grandad” Oakie to Charlie staff of the Tinwald Medical Chilton. Oak was a special Centre, Doctors, nurses and buddy to us all. Messages to the District Nursing team at P O Box 472, Ashburton Ashburton Hospital for their 7740. Donations to Ashburton care during Phyl’s illness.

St John would be appreciated Special thanks to Karen, and may be left at the Carol and the amazing staff service. A funeral service for at Terrace View Retirement Oak will be held at the Village for their never ending Ashburton MSA, Havelock love and support. We are Street on MONDAY April 7, blessed to have had such commencing at 3.00pm wonderful people caring for followed by private cremation Phyl during her final weeks.

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WARD, Thomas John (Jack) – Please note all late death Lorraine, Helen and Mark, notices or notices sent out- Robbie and Lisa, Jonathan side ordinary office hours and Leanne and their must be emailed to: families, together with George deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz and Eileen, Nola and Stuart, to ensure publication. and Dorothy, wish to express During office hours notices our appreciation for the floral Call the Guardian tributes, baking, phone calls, may also be sent to: classifieds@theguardian.co.nz cards, visits, and memories for all your you have shared with us.

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WEDNESDAY Cloudy periods. Freshening northeasterlies.

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

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

FZL: About 3100m

Cloudy, with drizzle at times.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: NW dying away.

MONDAY

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

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

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New York Paris Perth Rarotonga Rome San Francisco Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei Tel Aviv Tokyo Washington Zurich

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

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9:08 3:17 9:37 2:50 9:07 3:14 9:33 3:48 10:06 4:09 10:29 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 7:54 am Set 7:17 pm

Good

Good fishing Rise 1:12 pm Set 10:55 pm

First quarter

7 Apr

mainly fine

Hamilton

fine

Napier

showers

8:32 pm

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Rise 6:55 am Set 6:15 pm

Good

Rise 6:56 am Set 6:13 pm

Good fishing

Fair

Rise 1:00 pm Set 10:47 pm

Full moon

Fair fishing

Rise 1:43 pm Set 11:41 pm

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Last quarter

22 Apr 7:53 pm

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23 25 21 23 21 21 22 18 19 17 18 16 16

Palmerston North mainly fine Wellington

mainly fine

Nelson

mainly fine

Blenheim

mainly fine

Greymouth

drizzle

Christchurch

cloudy

Timaru

drizzle

Queenstown

rain

Dunedin

rain

Invercargill

rain

River Levels

14 10 15 13 14 12 10 13 12 11 11 12 9

cumecs

1.07 nc

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

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 12:00 pm, yesterday 101.8 Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

3.65

Sth Ashburton at 12:15 pm, yesterday

5.18

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:00 pm, yesterday

39.7

Waitaki Kurow at 9:00 am, yesterday

407.8

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

Monday

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overnight max low

Auckland

Forecasts for today

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Saturday, 5 April 2014

A broad complex trough covers New Zealand for much of the period, while a slow-moving low east of the North Island fades away.

30 to 59 fog

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Rakaia

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DEATHS

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 17.8 19.6 Max to 4pm 10.6 Minimum 10.9 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm April to date 0.0 Avg Apr to date 7 2014 to date 181.2 175 Avg year to date Wind km/h SE 13 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 28 Time of gust 1:58am

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to 4pm yesterday

Methven

Christchurch Airport

Timaru Airport

20.4 20.6 5.3 –

16.1 17.5 13.2 13.3

15.8 17.6 12.1 –

0.0 0.0 – 445.6 –

0.0 0.0 7 187.2 147

0.2 0.2 4 71.0 138

S4 – –

E 17 NE 33 1:44am

SE 13 SE 19 3:28pm

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 7. Paraphernalia 8. Malfeasance 12. Lilies 14. Seraph 16. Varies 18. Marine 19. Eye for an eye 23.

Disinterested Down 1. Balm 2. Wall 3. Sheets 4. Crusts 5. Main 6. Wise 9. Allergy 10. Charity 11.

Shoe 12. Live 13. Ere 15. Era 17. Shorts 18. Meagre 19. Evil 20. Epic 21. Ease 22.

Ever

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QUICK ACROSS 7. Unable to be recovered (13) 8. Enjoy oneself (4,2,2) 9. Curve (4) 10. Elevates (6) 12. Unusual event (6) 14. Youngster (3) 15. Star sign (6) 17. Longs (6) 19. Tunes (4) 21. Menace (8) 23. Disturbing (13)

DOWN 1. Supply with water (8) 2. Mutinies (6) 3. Badly behaved child (4) 4. Danger (8) 5. Chatter (6) 6. Scheme (4) 11. Going around (8) 13. Colouring (8) 16. Bug (6) 18. Adjusts (6) 20. Wading bird (4) 22. Regretted (4)

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QUICK Across 1. Cenotaph 7. Sober 8.

Dependant 9. Eat 10. Exit 11. Healed 13.

Parrot-fashion 15. Abates 16. Scot 18. Kin 20. Epidemics 21. Nears 22. Aggrieve Down 1. Cadge 2. Nippier 3. Tune 4.

Peace offering 5. Ebbed 6. Oration 7.

Stylish 12. Donates 13. Picking 14. Incline 15. Annal 17. Taste 19. Heir

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Don’t be surprised if it feels like the wind has been taken out of your sails if all you want to do is to fall into the weekend’s languid embrace.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Make this a weekend that is all about listening to your heart, cementing your professional desires and expectations and trusting a nose for money.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) This is a weekend for answering a call of the wild and embracing adventure anyway you can, even if that means challenging your excuses.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) Venus is asking that you forget the reality checks and embrace and hold onto the financial desires and expectations she’s working to leave you with.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) With one last push to put your relationships on the path you want, keeping the momentum going comes down to communication.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) On the work front it’s all about listening to your heart rather than your head, focused on what you do and don’t want and are willing to commit to.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) At the same time that Venus is spending her final days in a playful part of your chart, adventurous lunar vibes provide the right amount of temptation.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) Venus is making sure that home is where the heart is, with a special focus on establishing where your heart stands and what you do and don’t want.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) As the weekend progresses things will get better for both relationship and communication matters, though you might need to wait until Sunday.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) With the Moon in your work sector and support from Mars and Ceres in your career sector, you’re being reminded of just how many options you have.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) Before leaving your sign on Sunday Venus asks that you listen to your heart as you cement your personal, romantic and relationship expectations.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) Over the weekend say goodbye to the past, with a nostalgic trip down memory lane coming to an end and this time there’ll be no turning back.

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