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Boaties using Lake Hood have been wellbehaved over the summer so far, with none of the speed-related complaints that have affected other Canterbury waterways.

Lake Hood project manager Gary Casey said while there was always going to be the odd person who stretched the rules, in general he was very pleased with the behaviour of the more than 1800 boaties registered at the lake.

“Overall it’s been pretty good,” Casey said. “There’s been a huge improvement since we brought in the registration. It’s got better year-on-year.”

He said the lake had been very popular over the summer, so it was pleasing not to have to deal with any bad or repeated

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misbehaviour. Navigation safety officer Gary Manch, from Environment Canterbury’s Harbourmaster’s Office, said boaties breaking the speed limit have been the number one complaint on Canterbury waterways so far this summer.

“If you’re within 200 metres of the shore or within 50 metres of another boat or swimmer, you are required by law to go no faster than five knots. That feels like a fast walking pace, which means you won’t be creating any wake behind you,” he said.

While speeding was the number one issue this summer, it was no better or worse than most years, Manch said.

“Speeding is an issue every year and something we’re constantly trying to educate boaties about. We haven’t seen

a higher proportion of boaties speeding this year. We have seen more boaties out on the water in general since the weather has been so hot.”

He said on average there were fewer than 50 speeding complaints received each summer.

One of the most common excuses heard for speeding on waterways was ignorance of the rules.

“A lot of boaties we talk to say they don’t know about the speed limits, which is disappointing. Our staff are out and about on the water a lot during summer, but with an estimated 200,000 boaties in Canterbury, we can’t watch everyone all the time,” he said.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Clippings clogging red bins

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The downside of Ashburton’s new kerbside rubbish and recycling collection has been an increase in green waste finding its way to landfill.

While this had been anticipated, Ashburton District Council waste recovery manager Craig Goodwin said the change from black plastic rubbish bags to red lid wheelie bins had resulted in an increase of 6.8 kilograms of waste to landfill per household.

And most of that extra weight was made up by people filling their red bins up with green waste, Goodwin told councillors during a

long-term plan budget workshop.

“They’re making use of the extra capacity the red lid bin provides over a bag.”

Not only was that increasing the council’s costs at the Kate Valley landfill it also meant people were dumping green waste for free rather than paying to use the resource recovery park, he said.

A user pays system on the red bins would a good deterrent to people filling bins with lawn clippings, Goodwin said.

“We also need to educate people around the value of composting rather than binning it,” he said.

While the amount of waste had

increased so too had the amount of recyclable material collected.

Goodwin said he had expected this to increase between 10 and 30 per cent over a year. Within six months it had increased 25 per cent.

He intends to bring a report to the Ashburton District Council in March outlining options for the user pays system.

Staff would also undertake a fresh waste audit on the system and a user pay service trial on red bins was planned and budgeted for later in the year told councillors.

Mayor Donna Favel suggested the report and trial should be de-

layed by a year because the last of the district’s wheelie bins had only been delivered in the past few weeks.

She was also concerned that the 1100 people affected had been charged the new rubbish rate without the new service, but Goodwin said they had still received a service and were able to put out bags of any kind for collection rather than having to buy black council bags.

If people were putting lawn clippings in their red bins, and the council was considering user pays, perhaps they should also be looking at introducing green waste bins, councillor Sewlyn Price said.

Goodwin said he had expressed his concerns about green waste in the red bins to contractor Enviro Waste and had told them he was interested in green waste bins.

“If they come up with an answer, then I’ll bring it to council,’ he said.

With the council’s uniform annual general charge (UAGC) likely to sit at 29.2 per cent there was no wriggle room for any extra expense, including green waste bins, Favel said.

The statutory requirement is for a council to have no more than 30 per cent of its rate take from UAGC.

■ MULTICULTURAL BITE

A taste of the world at festival

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“It’s a little bit of home,” she said.

Malecka is one of two Brazilian Priscilla Malecka’s Brazilian cuisine stalls this year and said it becomes proved so popular at last year’s Mul- easier each year to attract the ti Cultural Bite that she was sold out crowds.

“Each year I learn something new before lunchtime.

Now Malecka and her parents are – what I have to repeat, what I can firing up the ovens again and con- do differently,” said Malecka.

Most popular at MCB are her cocting an abundance of sweets and savouries for their fourth year fried chicken “drums”.

Tomorrow’s event will also feaat the festival.

She said they hope it will be the tures songs and dance from the different cultures represented, and “best one yet”.

Malecka, who grew up in Brazil stallholders will be vying for the and moved to New Zealand 10 years best food and best stall prizes.

Other cultures and cuisines on ago, said she loves being able to represent her culture through food. show will include Fiji Indian, NepaShe is also known around Ash- lese, New Calendonia, Singapore, Tuesday, January 9, 2018 2 Ashburton Guardian burton for her cake-making busi- Egyptian, Samoan, Fillipino, Indiness Maleckake, where she uses an, Turkish, Argentinian and samtraditional Brazilian recipes and ples of our own Aotearoa.

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If you’re on your way past the Ashburton Trust Event Centre this week, keep an ear out for the hard-working vocal chords of 149 Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School (MCSSS) students.

The group launched into a week of practice yesterday before they bring a musical theatre production to the stage on Friday and Saturday.

It’s the biggest production yet for the MCSSS, which has been operating each January for 18 years and is musically helmed

by Ashburton singing tutor Jo Castelow.

“We now have people from all over, from as far as Timaru and Christchurch, and each time brings a new mix of voices,” said Castelow.

Some singers have been involved in the week-long course for more than 10 years, she said,

junior group are newcomers.

The group range in age from 9 to 21 years and includes members of NAZDA and first-year university students.

This year’s production is themed Time Travellers and will cover musical theatre and tunes from across the ages – from My Fair Lady and Bing Crosby to recent hits like Hamilton and Moana, along with everything in between, Castelow said. “Among the juniors everyone knows the songs from Moana, but they find that they love singing the older ones just as much,” she said.

And not only does the theme provide something for everyone in the audience, she said, but gives the young singers the opportunity to learn about various musicals. The group received their music a month ago, and auditioned for solo positions on Sunday. They are currently un undergoing two days of musical

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A number of older buildings around the Ashburton District will shortly be sporting signs that spell out how they rank against new building standards.

As part of the on-going drive to ensure all buildings will be earth earthquake safe, the Ashburton District Council will be sending signs to owners of buildings built prior to 1976 and will be asking them to display those signs prominently on the outside of their property.

The public notification is part of the council’s drive to ensure every older building has been inspected by engineers and that where required, strengthen-

ing work is either carried out or planned in the future.

It’s been a long process getting to this point, council building services manager Michael Wong said, but the placard templates had now arrived and these would be sent to property owners over the next month.

The placards would serve a two fold purpose – making the public aware of a building’s compliance level and encouraging owners to carry out necessary strengthening work.

Wong anticipates there will be about 150 sent out in February to owners of non-compliant buildings.

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Ski town turns into trail town

Priscilla Malecka loves being able to offer keen crowds a “taste of home” – Brazil – at Multi Cultural Bite.

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practice, before director Alice Sollis steps in to help with the actions from Wednesday onwards.

Three 80-minute performances of Time Travellers will take place on Friday night, Saturday after-

Building standards placards set to roll out

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already assessed. Then we’ll do another desk top review and pick up the ones we may have missed and we’ll work with them,” he said.

Buildings that have not been assessed will be given the lowest rating until an assessment is done, Wong said.

There had been a proposal to change the rules so the cut-off date for engineering assessment would have moved forward to cover all buildings built before 2004 and that would have seen hundreds of buildings around the district bearing stickers, he said.

The consultation process ensured there was no date change

and that dramatically reduced the numberTHE of buildings coming into the net locally.

If a building is required to have a placard displayed it will contain information on the percentage it complies with building standards and the year with which it will need to be strengthened to come up to code, Wong said.

Older buildings that have been assessed and found to be up to strength or that have already been strengthened will not need to display placards.

Details on the placard-bearing buildings will be held on a public register with the Ministry of Building and this is accessible to anyone.

noon and Saturday night at the Event Centre, with tickets now available from Ticket Direct.

Honesty boxes targeted From P1 Near Methven, Lucy Raisbeck’s free range egg stall was also burgled on Sunday night.

While taking out the bins yesterday morning, she said she noticed that the security camera had been taken and the padlock had been cut off from her honesty box.

All money had been cleared from the box before the theft, but Raisbeck said she was still gutted to discover the break-in, which she presumes is the work of people “who don’t care about other people”.

However, with new security methods for Raisbeck and an ultra-secure honesty box for Billie, both stalls are continuing to operate.

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Te Araroa walkers are on the rise, benefiting the summer tourism industry in Methven.

Many who do the 3000-kilometre trail, which runs the length of New Zealand, end up in the ski town, as it is a natural resting point near the uncrossable Rakaia River.

Methven i-SITE consultant Lyndsay Agnew said December to February was peak season for trail walkers, and she was assisting about half a dozen per week.

“Most of them are doing the whole trail or the whole South Island, depending on how much time they have got,” she said.

“They are really interesting people, you have to be a certain breed to want to go and walk 3000 kilometres.”

They mostly came from Europe and North America, and walked north to south, hitch-hiking into Methven from above Lake Coleridge. They generally stayed in the campground or backpacker lodges in Methven.

“It’s nice to have them here and they spread the word when they go back,” she said.

Walkers rejoin the trail on Blackford Road in the Rakaia Gorge, and Methven Travel provides transport on the “empty” section of its school bus run, and operates an on-demand shuttle service in school holidays.

The Te Araroa section through Mid Canterbury goes from here to the Hakatere Heron Road, taking a public access easement over Glenariffe Station, then crossing the 60,000-hectare Hakatere Conservation Park.

Among those undertaking Te Araroa is American Clayton Beckett. His trail name is Chef, he has a travel blog at chefspecial5.com and is from Connecticut.

The 26-year-old is walking the South Island section, south to north, and was in Methven at the weekend. He said he ended up staying two nights instead of one at Snow Denn Lodge because he needed the rest, and the fact it of-

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After a couple of days rest in Methven, the Te Araroa trail beckons once again for American hiker Clayton Beckett.

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“My feet were pretty banged up, so I decided to hang out for just one more day,” Beckett said.

He flew into Auckland in midDecember, and had his cellphone stolen in his first two days. He flew to Queenstown and shuttled to the southern end of Te Araroa at Bluff, and walked 555 kilometres north to Twizel over the next fortnight, staying in high country huts and his tent. With last week’s storm system forecast he decided to skip the next section and he

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hitchhiked to Methven, and left at the weekend aiming to hitch to north of Lake Coleridge to resume the trail.

Beckett said the trail to date had had many river crossings, and some mountainous terrain, as well as farm tracks and dirt roads.

Besides the road walks, which he did not like as they lacked the wilderness appeal of true trail walking, and a lack of markers in some areas, he was enjoying the scenery and meeting lots of people.

Of the few fellow hikers he had met, most were walking north to

south. “A lot of Kiwis don’t even know about the trail,” Beckett said.

He was not worried about being without a cellphone.

“If you don’t have service it’s not going to help you and you are not going to get that in the mountains,” he said.

He was confident enough from previous trail walking in Chile and America not to worry about an emergency locator beacon.

In the 12 months to July last year, 550 people walked the full length from Cape Reinga to Bluff,

compared to 350 in 201 and 210 the year before.

Te Araroa Trust chairma vid McGregor said the trail, takes five months to com and officially opened in 201 attracting people from all w life.

“From students and youn ple taking a gap year to r and workers taking an ext holiday.

“It’s a great way to conne New Zealand and to really know the landscapes, peop climate,” McGregor said.

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■ POLITICS

■ LAKE HOOD

Lake Hood boating behaviour pleasing Davidson From P1 “That’s why we really encourage skippers to take personal responsibility for knowing the rules in the area they’re boating in. Safety should be the skipper’s priority.

“If they aren’t sure of the rules, they should read our recreational boating webpage, check with Maritime New Zealand, or ask us directly.”

Manch said Environment Canterbury had also brought in a boat identification system, modelled on the one introduced at Lake Hood about three years ago, so boaties who were speeding could be easily identified and reported.

“The speed limits are there for a reason – to make sure everyone can safely enjoy our region’s many waterways.

“No one wants to be that jet-ski that seriously hurts someone because they were going too fast to slow down in time.”

to run for Greens co leader

Marama Davidson has announced she’s seeking to be the female co-leader of the Green Party.

The 44-year-old revealed her candidacy at a launch event in Otara in South Auckland yesterday, saying she is the best placed to help “bring about transformative social, environmental and economic change” for the party.

“Our Green Party message needs to be taken into our many diverse communities, places where we haven’t had a strong presence before, and in some places where we haven’t been present at all,” she said.

She said she had the drive and skills for the role.

The Greens are set to elect a new female co-leader on April 8 to fill the position that’s been vacant since Metiria Turei resigned before the election amid the benefit fraud scandal.

The party’s constitution mandates there must be a male and female co-leader.

Nominations opened on February 2 and will close on Friday.

Ms Davidson is the first candidate to put her name forward with senior MP and conservation minister Eugenie Sage and Jan Logie also expected to be in the running.

Party co-leaders don’t have to be MPs and anyone who has been a member for six months can be nominated.

Ms Davidson has Ngaphui descent and entered parliament in 2015 after spending 10 years at the Human Rights Commission.

The scandal embroiling Ms Turei saw the Greens’ popularity plummet in the polls and Ms Davidson says the party must return to parliament in 2020 with many more MPs. - NZME

Boaties have been well behaved at Lake Hood.

■ EARTHQUAKE-PRONE BUILDINGS

155 buildings still on list

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Owners of earthquake prone buildings have been given high praise by Ashburton District Council building services manager Michael Wong.

Initially the number of buildings that did not meet earthquake building standards ran into several hundred, but now just 155 buildings are still on the list as not having been strengthened or where owners have not talked with the council about their plans.

At Thursday’s environmental services committee meeting Wong told councillors that the delay-fraught, building identification project was finally close to being actioned.

The project has been in the wings for more than a year and has been delayed several times by govenrment agencies.

He now anticipates the placards will be placed at the end of this month.

Of the 155 buildings, 90 will have placards stating they are earthquake-prone and the

strengthening timeframe will be specified. Sixty-five, however, will have notices saying an engineering assessment must be provided to the council within a year.

Building owners have no choice when it comes to displaying the placards as it is a legislative requirement.

Failure to do so could see the owner hit with a $20,000 fine.

They did nothing to change the safety of a building, they were simply to let the public know its earthquake-prone status, Wong said.

“It doesn’t make the building any more dangerous and we need people to understand that nothing has changed, it’s just making the public aware, it’s simply letting the public know that it’s earthquake-prone and that there’s a timeframe within which strengthening needs to be carried out.”

Initially the earthquake-prone list contained more than 370 buildings but many had already informed the council of their strengthening plans, Wong said.

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■ METHVEN

Generator a lemon?

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An emergency generator bought for the Methven community could have become a lemon rather than a life safer.

When Ashburton District Council’s new civil defence officer James Lamb switched off the power in the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall and turned the generator on, it fired up but after a few switches were turned on it failed, he said.

And that failure has riled councillor Neil Brown. At Thursday’s environmental service

committee meeting Brown said someone had to be held to account.

“Whose job was it to measure the requirements needed, clearly this didn’t happen.

Who was responsible for buying a generator that wasn’t fit for purpose. I want to know what went wrong with the one we’ve installed.

There must have been a scoping exercise before the generator was bought and this clearly wasn’t followed,” he said.

The council is considering providing an emergency generator for Rakaia and Lamb

said he wanted to do an assessment of both the Methven and Rakaia halls to understand what kind of feed a generator would need to provide before decisions were made.

“Methven and Rakaia’s response plans are for 72 hours without access to emergency services so you’d need to be able to provide power for hot water and food; you need to fully understand your power needs,” he said.

Community response plans will be prepared for Mt Somers and Mayfield this year and Hinds in early 2019.

■ FEDERATED FARMERS

Bill aimed at stricter stock rustling penalties

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Federated Farmers is pleased that a Bill put before Parliament last week paves the way for stricter penalties for those caught rustling stock.

National MP Ian McKelvie’s Sentencing (Livestock Rustling) Amendment Bill had its first reading on Wednesday and will now go to the Primary Production Select Committee, which has Hinds-based Labour list MP Jo Luxton as its deputy chairperson.

McKelvie said his Bill intends to introduce stricter measures for sentencing judges to draw on when sentencing thieves caught stock rustling.

“The current law offers no deterrent and the penalties don’t reflect the gravity of the crime or the likely suffering of an animal being slaughtered by a rank amateur,” he said.

“These crimes are often committed at night in the more remote parts of New Zealand.

Small-scale, opportunistic grabs of half a dozen sheep or cows are relatively common, but police and MPI say sophisticated gangs with links to organised crime are increasingly mounting wellplanned raids on farms.

“This Bill will give more confidence to victims of livestock rustling that there is an additional

Federated Farmers Meat and Fibre chairperson Miles Anderson would like to see livestock thieves be subject to the same powers of seizure that can come into play with poaching of fish, paua and the like – that is vehicles and other equipment used in the commission of the crime may be forfeited.

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deterrent in place to discourage this type of crime.

“It also aims to give the police a more vigorous tool to take more action,” McKelvie said.

“Stock rustling is a big issue for farmers. Federated Farmers estimates rustling costs farmers more than $120 million a year. A survey of more than 1000 farm-

ers showed 26 per cent had stock stolen in the past five years but almost 60 per cent of thefts had not been reported to police.

“In one case in 2016 one Whanganui farmer lost 1400 lambs worth about $120,000 between October 25 and November 7,” McKelvie said.

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Fibre chairperson Miles Anderson, who farms in South Canterbury, said the federation’s 2017 election manifesto called for livestock thieves to be subject to the same powers of seizure that can come into play with poaching of fish, paua and the like – that is vehicles and other equipment used in the commission of the crime may be forfeited.

“Livestock rustling can start from the odd animal being nicked for the freezer, which might seem pretty harmless on the face of it, but nevertheless in effect is no different to someone helping themselves to a portion of an urban worker’s pay packet,” Anderson said.

“Plus it’s usually done late at night, and if the thief happens to be interrupted and wants to hide his identity, things can quickly escalate into something much more serious.

“At the other end of the scale, rustling can be well organised and involve driving stock from a farm and basically laundering them through a supposedly legitimate business.”

The closing date for submissions on the Bill to the select committee is March 15, after which the committee is due to make a report by July 31.

The Bill will then go back to the House for a second reading.

In brief $20.2m Lotto draw A lucky Christchurch resident is counting the ways they can spend their money after pocketing $20.2 million in what is the fourth largest lottery win in the South Island. The person took home the Powerball First Division on Saturday night after buying their ticket from the Hornby Mall Lotto. They are the first big Powerball winner in the new year after 19 people won Powerball in 2017.

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Arrest after stabbing A man has been arrested over the December stabbing of a 19-year-old on an Auckland street filled with families looking at Christmas lights. The 19-year-old was stabbed at about 10.15pm on December 8 on Franklin Road in Ponsonby, police say. A 35-yearold west Auckland man has now been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and assault. He will appear in the Auckland District Court today.

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Awhitu rescue One person has died and two others have been taken to hospital after they got into trouble in water at Awhitu Regional Park. The park is on the southwest shores of the Manukau Harbour in Auckland.

Police were notified the three were in trouble at 12.40pm yesterday.

One person has died at the scene and two others were flown to Middlemore Hospital. They were trapped by a rising tide, NZME reports.

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Driver dies One person has died and three have been injured in a car rollover near Waitomo. The crash happened on Oparure Road, between Boddie Road and Gadsby Road, west of Te Kuiti at about 4.20am yesterday. The driver was trapped in the vehicle before dying at the scene.

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Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1722 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 2, 11, 15, 29, 30, 38.

Bonus number: 36.

Powerball winning number: 7.

Strike: 29, 11, 38, 2.

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■ TRAGEDY

Flash flood deaths a tragedy - police More details have come to light about how two teenagers died after five friends were swept up by a flash flood in the Waitakere Ranges.

The five Auckland boys, all aged 17, were swimming at the Cascade Falls on Saturday when heavy rains hit about 4.15pm, causing flash flooding and fast-rising water levels, Inspector Fata Willi Fanene said.

The teenagers tried to cling to rocks in the “very rough” waters, before trying to cross to the other side where their car was parked, he said.

Two boys made it to the opposite riverbank, while three were swept away.

One of the boys who made it to safety ran to a nearby golf course to raise the alarm about 5.15pm, before being taken to Waitakere

Hospital with mild hypothermia.

The subsequent search operation was able to save a third boy, who was found clinging to a tree and was winched to safety on board a rescue helicopter about 7.15pm.

The remaining two teens were not so lucky.

Sosi Turagaiviu’s body was discovered about 6.40pm in the water under a bridge on Bethells Road, near Te Henga Road, while Mitch Woolley was found in the Cascade Falls area about 7.50pm, near where the boys had been swimming.

Insp Fanene called the incident “an awful reminder of the power and unpredictability of our natural environment”.

He said police were talking to the boys and their families to support them through the “very trau-

matic experience”.

The deaths have been referred to the coroner.

The flash floods were part of a low weather system that led authorities to evacuate about 100 people from homes around Glenesk, Seaview and Beach Valley roads in the beach settlement of Piha.

A group of 20 people on a bush track also called police about 5.15pm, concerned they were trapped by rising water.

They were said to have been from various groups and banded together to get out safely.

Auckland Council ranger Andy Peterson said the rains brought the fastest flood he had seen in the town in 30 years on the job.

The waters covered roads within half an hour and swept along cars, he said.

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Barack Obama

Obama heading to NZ Former US President Barack Obama may be finally heading to New Zealand this March, according to reports.

He is due to land in the country about March 21 in a trip being arranged by Air New Zealand, although the contract is not yet finalised, NZME says.

Former Prime Minister John Key is now on the Air NZ board and may have played a part in getting Mr Obama to fulfil a long-held promise to visit New Zealand, according to NZME. The two former leaders struck

up a warm friendship while in office with Mr Obama giving Mr Key a warm send-off when he stepped aside as Prime Minister in 2016, thanking him for their eight years of friendship.

Mr Obama was captured in a video at the 2015 APEC summit in Manila praising Mr Key to Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull.

“He’s a wonderful guy,” Mr Obama said.

“He and I have become good friends, and not just because we play golf together.”

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Dame Patsy Reddy

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Recipients of the latest round of scholarship grants by the Advance Ashburton Charitable Foundation are (back row, from left) Victoria Pluck, Lucy Clough, Fran Connelly-Whyte, Hannah Roulston, Thomas O’Brien, Kaleb Small, Brayden Guise, Brayden Farrell, Ryan Simpson; (middle row, from left) Hannah McDougall, Sina Ainu’u, Jacinda Netzler, Mark Mably, Stephanie Porter, Alison Van Polanen, Sailor McLean, Kate Moses, Claudia Kinvig; (front row, from left) Lauren Rattray, Aimee Elliott, Grace Thomson, Brooke Clarke, Pippa Griffiths.

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■ ADVANCE ASHBURTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Financial boost for students From more than 100 applicants, 29 young people from the Ashburton District have been given a financial boost for their studies for the year, thanks to the Advance Ashburton Charitable Foundaton.

Scholarships were presented in a ceremony on Wednesday night and covered a range of areas of study.

Foundation chief executive Sandi Wood said the scholarship programme was an important and growing part of its business.

“And certainly, our scholarships would not be made possible if it weren’t for the generosity of our donors and we are delighted that our donors were able to be in attendance to award their scholarships to the recipients. This year we have given out 29 scholarship worth a total of $56,000 from 11 different funds held at Advance Ashburton,” Wood said.

Recipients were put through a rigorous process, starting with the completion of an application form, followed by a panel

interview. References were all checked before the best candidates were identified, she said.

This year saw the largest number of applicants on record.

Advance Ashburton was now considering opening up a new kind of scholarship, one that would not be an investment but would see funds pass through the foundation to the recipient(s).

These will be known as ‘pass through scholarships’.

Scholarship categories are as follows: Ashburton Jaycees Fund Industry Trade Scholarship Kate Moses – Certificate in Project Management Thomas O’Brien – diesel mechanic apprenticeship Sailor McLean – hairdressing apprenticeship Brayden Farrell – diesel mechanic apprenticeship Ashburton Jaycees Fund Leadership and Professional Development Scholarship Hannah McDougall – Outward

Bound Victoria Pluck – Spirit of Adventure Tinwald Club Fund Kaleb Small – Spirit of Adventure Ian Glassey memorial fund Alison van Polanen – The Kellog Rural Leadership Programme Brayden Guise – National certificate in the motor industry Scholarship in Agriculture, Horticulture and Aquaculture Benjamin Barry – Bachelor of Agribusiness and food marketing Ian Glassey Environmental scholarship Brooke Clarke – masters in ecology Alister Smyth Scholarships Grace Thomson – Early Childhood Teaching Degree Hannah Roulston – Bachelor in Biological Science Jacinta Netzler – Diploma in professional accounting Johnston Brothers Health Science Scholarship Pippa Griffiths – Bachelor in medicine and surgery

Albertene Hefford – Bachelor in dental surgery Claudia Kinvig – Bachelor of nursing Bethnee Jopson – medical radiation therapy United Friendly Society Health Science Scholarship Ruby Wills - Dentistry Lucy Clough – Bachelor of Science majoring in physiology Stephanie Porter – Master of nursing science Lauren Rattray – Bachelor of Pharmacy Alexandra Wootton – Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery Advance Ashburton Mark Mably – Masters of finance Fran Connelly-Whyte – Bachelor of nursing Aimee Elliott – Bachelor of commerce Emily-Jane Farr – bachelor in teaching Family Trust Scholarship Ryan Simpson – Early Childhood Teaching Degree Sina Ainu’u – Early Childhood Teaching Degree

■ BIOSECURITY

Stowaway galah causes biosecurity flap A pet galah caused a flap when she took herself on a 14-day luxury cruise to New Zealand, hatching biosecurity concerns on both sides of the Tasman.

Harri, the eight-year-old galah, was reunited with her owners yesterday morning after being cleared in a veterinary examination.

The adventurous bird escaped home on January 13 and her

owners raised the alarm on social media.

On January 24, she was spotted getting some sun on board a cruise ship headed towards Fiordland, on the southern end of NZ’s South Island – three days after it had left Australia.

The ship’s captain contacted Australian and New Zealand biosecurity officials and they were able to track down the owners

since Harri had a microchip and leg ring identifying her as a pet.

The agriculture department’s acting head of animal biosecurity, Jackie South, said Harri spent her unexpected holiday locked in an unoccupied cabin on board the boat, checked on

by New Zealand officials at each port.

“On return to Australia she passed a veterinary examina-

tion, and has now been returned to her owners, who themselves have just returned from a cruise,” Ms South said yesterday.

“Perhaps Harri felt she too needed a holiday, but Australia and New Zealand treat biosecurity very seriously, especially in regards to foreign species,” she said.

Galahs are native only to Australia.

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Dame Patsy given Waitangi welcome One hundred warriors have led the powhiri for Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy at Waitangi.

Dame Patsy’s welcome took place at the Treaty Grounds’ Te Whare Runanga upper marae yesterday, the first time in decades it had not been held at Te Tii Marae.

Last year, the Waitangi National Trust decided it would stop using Te Tii for for official welcoming ceremonies after years of controversy at the marae.

It followed the marae’s controversial decision last February to prevent the press corp entering its grounds to cover Dame Patsy’s official powhiri.

NZ First leader Winston Peters subsequently boycotted a political forum at the marae, while then-prime minister Bill English also skipped the forum.

This year, Dame Patsy is spending three days in Waitangi before travelling to Auckland on Tuesday to host a Government House garden reception marking the 177th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will attend an official Waitangi powhiri at Te Whare Runanga this morning alongside other dignitaries.

She is in the middle of a fiveday trip to Waitangi, although she had no scheduled public events yesterday.

On Saturday, she visited Karetu Marae, east of Kawakawa, the home marae of her deputy Kelvin Davis and several other Labour MPs, where she spoke about a willingness to listen and a partnership but made no announcements.

However, National Party Economic Development spokesman Simon Bridges says the government needs to turn its five days of korero with the Northland people into action.

“Two years ago the National government, local councils, iwi and businesses jointly developed and launched the Tai Tokerau Northland Economic Development Action Plan, which came up with 58 tangible actions across key industries such as tourism, forestry and horticulture to grow the Northland economy,” he said.

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ARTS DIARY ■

February 10: Ashburton Society of Arts Summer Show opens at Short Street Studio.

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February 14: Kevin Bloody Wilson Almost Awesome Tour at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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February 20: Ashburton Arts & Garden Tour.

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February 20: Ashburton Society of Arts Summer Show opens at the Short Street Studio.

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February 22: The Michael Jackson HIStory Show at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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March 2: Zonta Ashburton Female Art Award opening and awards presentation, on exhibit until 31 March.

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March 2: Memory of Place Takes Flight exhibition opens at the Ashburton Art Gallery, until 31 March.

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March 11: Fiona Van Oyen floor talk at Ashburton Art Gallery.

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March 22: Kelvin Cruickshank Live at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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April 1 – April 11: Art Gallery exhibition space temporarily closed at Ashburton Art Gallery.

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April 6: Paul Ubana Jones: NZ Tui Award Winner and Internationally Acclaimed Acoustic Solo Artist in concert with The Mid Canterbury Choir, 7.30pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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April 11: The Water Project exhibition opens at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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April 19: Olive Copperbottom – Arts on Tour NZ at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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April 20 – 22: One Man, Two Guvners at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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April 27: Foster & Alan Golden Years at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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May 4: Hopetoun Bros & The Genius of Finn Scholes at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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May 18: Mamma Mia at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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June 6: The Ten Tenors at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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August 18: No Holds Bard at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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September 22: Adam McGrath & the Roaring Days at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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■ ZONTA ART AWARD

Finalists announced After an eager wait for young artists around the district, the Ashburton Art Gallery has announced the names of the finalists for the Zonta Ashburton Female Art Award 2018 (ZAFAA18).

Three judges have selected works for the upcoming awards exhibition in March, and said they were pleased with the high calibre of works submitted and eager to view the work of the finalists in person.

Judges for the 2018 awards are Johanna Zellmer, practice artist and senior lecturer at the Otago School of Art, Cara Fitzgerald, Director at the Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru and Felicity Milburn, Curator at the Christchurch Art Gallery.

“It is wonderful to have such an award in Canterbury for emerging and mid-career artists, linked to such an outstanding gallery,” Zellmer said.

Twenty-nine artworks have been selected for the Premier Award with an additional three eligible for the Young Generation Award for female artists between the age of 16-20 years.

The finalists for the Zonta Ashburton Female Art Award 2018 are: Susan Badcock (Geraldine), Kate Beatty (Doyleston), Holly Best (Christchurch), Jane Bowman (Christchurch), Coral

Finalist Rebecca Harris entered the oil on board work Harvest of All. PHOTO SUPPLIED Broughton (Rangiora), Elizabeth Bryce (Christchurch), Judith Cordeaux (Timaru), Catherine Day (Fairlie), Emma Fitts (Christchurch), Janneth Gil (Christchurch), Deanna Gracie (West Melton) Sarah Harper (Diamond Harbour), Rebecca Harris (Christchurch), Amy Hoedemakers (Oxford), Julia Holden (Christchurch), Vashti Johnstone (Ashburton), Elizabeth

Love (Timaru), Alexia Martin (Christchurch), Rhonye McIlroy (Hakatere), Heather Milne (Christchurch), Angela Mole (Christchurch), Donna-Marie Patterson (Christchurch), Sue Pearce (Christchurch), Hazel Redmond (Ashburton), Katie Russell (Christchurch), Janna van Hasselt (Christchurch), Emma Wallbanks (Lyttelton), Joanne Webber (Christchurch) and Ro-

byn Webster (Christchurch).

In the running for the Young Generation Award are: Lillian de Jonge (Hinds), Emma Mealings (Ashburton) and Lauren Yeatman (Ashburton).

The ZAFAA award exhibition is presented by The Zonta Club of Ashburton in partnership with the Ashburton Art Gallery.

It seeks to raise the status of female visual artists working in the wider Canterbury area and acknowledges excellence in emerging and mid-career female artists as well as providing a platform for female youth.

The premier award recipient will win a cash prize along with a special opportunity to hold a solo exhibition at the gallery in the following year.

The Young Generation award will acknowledge the creative youth in Canterbury with an additional cash prize for an artist between 16-20 years of age.

The award winners will be announced at the exhibition opening on March 2 at 7pm at the Ashburton Art Gallery. Coinciding with the awards ceremony is the opening of Memory of Place Takes Flight, a solo exhibition

by Fiona Van Oyen, the Premier Award winner for ZAFAA17. Both exhibitions will be on display until March 31.

■ ROYAL NEW ZEALAND BALLET

The Piano takes to the stage

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It’s the Kiwi masterpiece which projected breathtaking New Zealand landscapes onto silver screens around the globe, and swept awards ceremonies including the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Awards.

Now Jane Campion’s iconic 1993 movie The Piano has been reimagined for the stage by the Royal New Zealand Ballet.

The Piano: The Ballet will begin a nationwide tour in Wellington next month, stopping off in Christchurch on March 21 – 23.

Designed by Czech choreographer Jirí Bubenícek and presented in association with the New Zealand Festival and the Auckland Arts Festival, the story of Ada, her nine year old daughter Flora and her piano will be retold using dance blended with large multimedia visuals.

The Panasonic projectors which will be used are the most powerful of their kind in the country and are hoped to “transport audiences” into the landscapes and setting of the story.

And as for the dancing, RNZB Artistic Director Patricia Barker said “this country offers countless visual and artistic riches and I’m pleased that the Royal New Zealand Ballet will continue to

embody the elegance, grandeur and strength that define New Zealand’s landscapes in this work.”

Excerpts from Michael Nyman’s iconic film score will also be blended with evocative music

by Debussy, Arensky, Stravinsky, Schnittke, Brahms and Shostakovich.

The Royal New Zealand Ballet is working closely with former Atamira Dance Company Artistic Director Moss Patterson (Ngati Tuwharetoa) to deepen the RNZB dancers’ understand-

ing of the story’s Maori themes and characters, and to provide advice and guidance to the dancers on the distinct movements in dance, musical and soundscape elements as well as costume and prop designs.

Young dancers from the Auckland-based Philippa Campbell School of Dance and from Fusion Dance Studio were chosen to dance the role of Flora from a group of one hundred who auditioned. They will be joined by a supporting cast of children from dance schools in each region on

the tour. New Zealand filmmaker Rebecca Tansley is also directing a feature documentary film that follows the creation and staging of the ballet.

With exclusive behind-thescenes access to the company’s preparations and rehearsals and the people involved, the film will reveal all the many hours of hard work and creative magic involved in bringing this full-length work to the stage.

Tickets for the shows and more information is available at rnzb. org.nz

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BEVAN FINDLAY

’m a Kiwi who was born and grew up in Auckland, but have also lived in a little place called Snells Beach (north of Auckland) and more recently Hamilton, which is where my wife’s family were based.

I moved down to Ashburton in September last year with my wife and two children (aged 8 and 10) to take up a role here as a Fire Risk Management Officer, with Fire and Emergency New Zealand (used to be known as the NZ Fire Service before July last year – don’t worry, we get confused with it sometimes too!)

My background is fairly varied.

Most recently I completed a Master of Disaster Management degree, being a Civil Engineer before that, and working in information technology (mostly computer technical support) before that.

I’ve worked in a small regional television station (where I met my wife), and spent nearly a year volunteering in East Africa. As you can probably guess, I’m always interested in new challenges!

We had been looking to move to a smaller town (I don’t enjoy traffic!), and my Masters degree meant a change in job, and the opportunity here was the best one that came up. Ashburton seemed like a really nice town.

The move itself was quite a challenge, being so far. Both our families live in the North Island, and we did leave good friends behind. Coming in as an outsider is sometimes interesting. Thankfully I have not met anyone who hasn’t been nice about it, but when the answer to mentioning what school my kids are going to is something along the lines of, “Oh, I went there, and so did my father, and my grandfather...”, you

realise how much long-term family ties matter to people here.

As someone whose job is about community engagement, it can be a challenge when you don’t know anyone.

Ashburton is very farming focused, which is a different background to my wife and I, so sometimes finding people with common interests takes time.

Ashburton is a lovely town, and the domain gives it a park-like feel. I love that we can walk to everything we need!

For me, it does help that I have some very supportive workmates – firefighters treat you like family.

Also several of my very good friends already lived in Christchurch, which has made it easier.

I’ve actually found people here to be very welcoming, and support from my workmates has been great. I think we are still looking to find people who share common interests (we are science fiction geeks, enjoy creative writing and enjoy playing board games), but I know that even when we moved to Hamilton, we faced a similar situation, but found some great friends there eventually. I think it takes time.

For our family, being in a central South Island location is great, as it gives us an opportunity to see so much more of the country.

We have always wanted to give our children as many positive life experiences as we can, and for them to see as much of the country as possible, so being here gives us the opportunity to travel to a lot of wonderful places.

My job as a Fire Risk Management Officer is about trying to reduce the likelihood and consequences of unwanted fires, which we do through three main areas: community engagement,

building compliance, and fire investigations.

I work with community groups and individuals to try and share fire safety messages and help people to find ways to be more fire safe. I’m the “go to” person here for any questions the public have about fire safety.

On the buildings side, I work to ensure that companies have suitable evacuation plans, keep their exits clear, maintain their fire alarm systems, and a range of things along those lines, including trying to reduce the number of false alarm callouts we have (as these are annoying and a waste of time for everyone – better to ensure a fire alarm is there and reliable when it’s needed).

The most technical part of my job is fire investigations, where I will visit the sites of fires to try

and work out where and how they started.

This information helps us to prevent similar fires in future, and the patterns we pick up can (and do) lead to product recalls or changes in building codes. As someone who has come into the job without firefighting experience, this is the area that is the biggest learning curve for me – investigating how a fire happened and what caused it is a science and can be quite a challenge.

My passion for a long time has been (and yes, I know it sounds a bit like a cliché), to work to make the world better.

This was a big part of why I chose to study disaster management (along with the fact that “Master of Disaster Management” is possibly the coolest degree title ever, especially if you delay a bit

before adding “management”!)

I am excited about the possibilities with the job I have now, as I see that it gives an excellent opportunity to help the community here.

Knowing that I’m going to work with the intention of saving lives is a good reason to get up in the morning. For me, knowing that one smoke alarm I helped install or one piece of fire safety advice I gave meant someone got to live would make it well worth it.

Ashburton has a very strong set of volunteer and community groups, which I have found very encouraging, and many of these groups (including the newcomers’ network) have been very receptive to working together – I am very much about collaboration and co-ordination, so finding a similar mindset here is great.

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Families building crazy projects together - Geekcon Kids

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ecember marked the fourth year of Geekcon Kids, a series of familyoriented makers conventions in Israel.

Makers are people who tinker and build stuff using electronics, robotics, 3D printing and other new technologies.

Geekcon Kids conventions evolved out of Geekcon, a threeday makers’ convention held annually in Israel since 2005 which has often been referred to as a summer camp for technologically oriented geeks.

The entry rule is simple: no project = no entry. You are supposed to build something and have fun doing it.

The idea is building useless projects – things that are built just for fun and expressing creativity.

Trying to achieve something nearly impossible and failing is completely acceptable.

It had become one of the high-

lights of my year, enjoying spending three days (and two nights, sleep is optional) completely focused on creating something crazy by trying, failing, and trying again.

I miss it since I have moved to New Zealand, but hope to start something similar here some day.

Recent notable project was a real-life space invaders game using a 10 metres rail, motorised chair, laser gun and remotely controlled drones.

Other projects were surfing simulator, re-creation of Marvin the depressed robot from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Gal-

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axy, Tesla coil, mind controlled spotlight, wearable (cooling) heat pump, hummus 3D printer, robots gladiators fighting in an arena and many more.

At some point, Geekcon being a grown-up’ event, I began to feel the desire to involve my family in the process instead of leaving them each time, so I came up with Geekcon Kids – a miniature version of Geekcon focused on families.

As with Geekcon, the focus is creating fun projects, but it’s less than a day long (5-7 hours) and children are the focus.

In fact, the event is open only to caregivers and parents who want to spend the day building something with their child.

There is no minimal age, as long as the parents manage to involve the child with the creation

process.

My son had his first Geekcon Kids when he was four years old.

You could find non-tech projects like a SUP (stand-up paddle) board made from recycled bottles to a lawnmower turned into programmable robot based on the Logo programming language or Minecraft game controlled by physical object. Other examples were disco floor for dolls, flying toast drones, toy boats racecourse, mini haunted house and bubbles-jet toy car.

This December was the first time the event happened without me, thanks to the amazing team that was there from the start helping me create the convention.

I helped with the online aspect of the organisation, and was happy to see the tradition continue with me not being there.

While some schools encourage creativity in children and teenagers I believe children, especially at the age of primary school, could be more exposed to advanced technologies, from programmable electronics boards through 3D printers to Virtual reality goggles.

To use technology not passively while watching TV or playing games, but tinker with it and hack it.

And I hope to organise in the future a Geekcon Kids like event in New Zealand.

Adi Avnit

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More hurt for NZ rodeo scene A

t a time when they didn’t need it, disaster struck on the weekend for the New Zealand rodeo scene.

After an intense few months where they’ve been shunted into the public spotlight and accused of any number of travesties against justice, a bull was tragically euthanised at the Martinborough Rodeo when it broke its leg.

Calls have come thick and fast for the future of rodeos in this country to be put in question as activists and anti-rodeo groups seem to grow in stature around New Zealand.

A lot of what such groups produce and use as ammunition is often based on hearsay and done for ultimate effect.

In the past two weeks I’ve seen

a number of videos from such groups that suggest malpractice against animals – pointing out injuries or imperfections in bulls, horses or calves that have nothing to do with rodeo.

But they are a dangerous prospect for the rodeo group and already we have seen their online power when it comes to pushing agendas and points across to sponsors of such events.

Late last year Lions NZ announced that clubs around the

country were no longer to take part in rodeo events as a fundraising effort – this hurts our community in a big way because of the Methven Lions’ part in the successful Methven Rodeo.

The decision was brought about by an intensive attack by lobbyists on Lions NZ and eventually they buckled under the pressure and caved into their demands.

At the time, I wrote about the bullying tactics and they weren’t well received by those at Lions NZ, who went as far to suggest that they weren’t bullied into the decision but in the same breath confirmed that had the pressure not been placed on them that the decision wouldn’t have been made.

Heading out to a local rodeo

has been very much a part of life for most of us.

It’s not everyone’s cup of tea – and that’s fine, being able to make a personal choice is a great part of life.

But for many it’s an annual highlight with family and/or friends.

I am yet to see a case of animal abuse at a rodeo – and in fact having been witness to the entire process of getting ready for and running a rodeo, I’ve seen nothing but care and respect for the animals being used.

That some would be willing to spend the money and time on breeding bulls especially for the rodeo – and we’re talking some expensive costs here – shows just how important it is to some people’s lives.

So, then why, would they then turn around and jeopardise that by abusing animals?

To me it just doesn’t make sense.

What happened at the Martinborough Rodeo on the weekend is tragic. But these things do happen.

A bull could break its leg running around in the paddock, just like a child could break an arm at the playground.

What is important that we keep on top of the animal safety and welfare side of things and make such events as “user” friendly as we possibly can.

Because, and you can bet your last dollar on this, if we don’t then there’s those of us out there who will ensure it never happens again.

US; the deadliest of the twisters claimed 57 lives. Senator John McCain seized command of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, winning delegate-rich primaries from the East Coast to California on Super Tuesday; Senator Barack Obama, trailing much of the night, nearly pulled even with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the contest for Democratic delegates. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died at his home in the Dutch

town of Vlodrop; he was believed to be about 90.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama asked Congress for a short-term deficit reduction package of spending cuts and tax revenue that would delay the effective date of steeper automatic cuts scheduled to kick in on March 1. (The president and congressional leaders failed to reach an agreement, and the $85 billion in federal spending cuts, known as sequester, went into effect.)

One year ago: Tom Brady led one

of the greatest comebacks in sports history highlighted by an unbelievable Julian Edelman catch that helped lift New England from a 25-point hole against the Atlanta Falcons to the Patriots’ fifth Super Bowl victory, 34-28, the first ever in overtime.

Today’s birthdays: Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron is 84.

Actor David Selby is 77. Movie director Michael Mann is 75. Rock singer Al Kooper is 74. Racing Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip is 71. Actress Barbara Hershey is 70. Actor Christopher Guest is

70. Actor Tom Wilkinson is 70.

Actor-comedian Tim Meadows is 57. Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh is 56. Actress Laura Linney is 54.

Rock musician Duff McKagan is 54. Actor-comedian Chris Parnell is 51. Rock singer Chris Barron (Spin Doctors) is 50. Singer Bobby Brown is 49. Actor Michael Sheen is 49.

Thought for today: “The greater the philosopher, the harder it is for him to answer the questions of common people.” — Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author (18461916).

Matt Markham

EDITOR

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, February 5, the 36th day of 2018. There are 329 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On February 5, 1918, during World War One, the Cunard liner SS Tuscania, which was transporting about 2,000 American troops to Europe, was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the Irish Sea with the loss of more than 200 people.

On this date: In 1631, the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams, and his wife, Mary, arrived in Boston from England.

In 1887, Verdi’s opera Otello premiered at La Scala.

In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of US Supreme Court justices; the proposal, which failed in Congress, drew accusations that Roosevelt was attempting to “pack” the nation’s highest court.

In 1943, The Outlaw, Howard Hughes’ controversial Western featuring the screen debut of Jane Russell, premiered in San Francisco.

In 1958, Gamal Abdel Nasser was formally nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic (a union of Egypt and Syria which lasted until 1961).

In 1971, Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell stepped onto the surface of the moon in the first of two lunar excursions.

In 1988, the Arizona House impeached Republican Governor Evan Mecham, setting the stage for his trial in the state Senate, where he was convicted of obstructing justice and misusing state funds allegedly funneled to his Pontiac dealership.

Ten years ago: More than 80 tornadoes began touching down in the midwestern and southern

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arliament has resumed again and I am feeling energised and positive about continuing to bring the perspective of the people of Selwyn to our House of Representatives as your local MP. A great many of you have already shared with me your views on the issues of euthanasia and the use of medicinal cannabis, and I thank you for doing so.

While these issues can provoke strong opinions on both sides, sometimes topics such as the economy or industrial relations can make us switch off.

Under the National-led Government, New Zealand has had an enviable track record over of lifting employment and growing wages, with 245,000 jobs created in the last two years. Wages are growing at twice the rate of inflation and we now have the third highest employment rate in the OECD. All the evidence is that our current employment settings are some of the best and most successful in the world.

Amy Adams

YOUR MP - WORKING FOR YOU

Take home pay for someone on the average wage has increased twice as fast in New Zealand as in Australia.

Unfortunately the current Government seems determined to bring in reforms that have strangled growth in other economies, thus putting at risk the very positive job market New Zealand has enjoyed over the last few years.

The Government’s planned labour market reforms will result in fewer jobs for Kiwi workers, increase the cost of living and make our businesses less competitive.

The Government says that removing the starting out wage and 90-day trials for businesses with more than 20 staff will help

support workers, but instead it will make it much harder for young, unskilled and vulnerable workers to find employment.

While a rapid increase in the minimum wage to $20 per hour sounds at face value like a brilliant idea, the advice from Government officials is that this would cost tens of thousands of jobs.

Meanwhile the Government’s proposals for 1970s-style standardised wages bargaining will mean that entire industries will be bound by a collective agreement setting minimum standards for wages, allowances, hours of work and leave arrangements.

Because negotiation can occur between unions and an industry body under these so-called “Fair Pay Agreements”, it is possible that employers and employees in a workplace covered by the agreements may not even be part of the negotiations, which doesn’t seem fair at all.

This policy is out of step with the way the world is going.

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An Italian gunman with extreme rightwing sympathies has wounded six African immigrants in a two-hour drive-by shooting spree, authorities say.

The gunman terrorised a small central Italian city of Macerata, where a Nigerian man had been arrested days earlier in a teenager’s gruesome killing.

Police photos showed the shooting suspect yesterday with a neo-Nazi tattoo prominently on his forehead as he sat in custody and an Italian flag tied around his neck as he was arrested. Authorities identified him as Luca Traini, a 28-year-old Italian with no previous record.

Traini had run for town council on the anti-migrant Northern League’s list in a local election last year in Corridonia, the party confirmed, but its mayoral candidate lost the race.

The news agency ANSA quoted friends of his as saying that Traini had previously been affiliated with Italian extremist par-

Paramedics attend to a wounded man after a shooting broke out in Macerata, Italy, at the weekend.

PHOTO AP ties like the neo-fascist Forza Nuova and CasaPound. The shooting spree came days after the slaying of 18-year-old Pamela Mastropietro and amid a heated electoral campaign in Italy where anti-foreigner sentiment has become a key theme. Italy has struggled with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants in the last few years coming across the Mediterranean Sea in smugglers’ boats.

After the attack, Premier Paolo Gentiloni warned in Rome that “the state will be particularly severe against whoever thinks of

feeding the spiral of violence.”

In Macerata, Interior Minister Marco Minniti said the gunman had been motivated “by racial hatred,” and had “a background of right-wing extremism with clear references to fascism and Nazism”.

Authorities said the six wounded – five men and one woman – appeared to be random targets. Italian news reports indicated that the gunman’s trajectory included the area where the Italian murder victim was found and where the prime suspect in her slaying lived.

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Migrant boat capsize off Libya kills 90 About 90 people are feared drowned after a smugglers’ boat carrying mostly Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya’s coast, the UN’s migration agency says.

Ten bodies have washed ashore near the Libyan town of Zuwara following the tragedy at the weekend, said International Organisation for Migration spokeswoman Olivia Headon, citing information from its partner agencies. Eight were believed to be Pakistani, and two Libyans.

“We are told that two survivors swam to shore, and one person was rescued by a

fishing boat,” Headon said by phone from Tunisia’s capital to reporters at the UN in Geneva.

“We are working to get more details on the (capsizing) and where the survivors are so that we can assist them better.”

She said Pakistani nationals are increasing among the number of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy and Europe via Libya.

By nationality, Pakistanis last year made up the 13th largest nationality represented among migrants making the crossing, but

they were the third-largest contingent in January.

Headon said the reason for the increasing flow of Pakistanis wasn’t immediately clear, nor whether the greater influx is likely to continue, but added: “We’re looking into it”.

IOM says 6624 people crossed the Mediterranean in January – about two-thirds of them to Italy – about a 10 per cent increase from a year earlier. About 250 people died in the crossing in January, six fewer than a year ago.

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Japan has a new cafe where customers can enjoy coffee brewed and served by a robot barista. The robot named Sawyer has debuted at Henna Cafe in Tokyo’s downtown business and shopping district of Shibuya. The single-armed robot scans a ticket purchased from a vending machine and greets the customer.

“Would you care for a delicious coffee?” the barista, with a screen showing a pair of cartoon eyes, asks in a flat tone. It grinds the coffee beans, fills a filter and pours hot water over a paper cup for up to five people at once. A cup of brewed coffee costs 320 yen ($3.78) and takes a few minutes.

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Janet Jackson

‘I’m not performing’ Janet Jackson wants to make it crystal clear: She will not be joining Justin Timberlake during this year’s Super Bowl halftime show. The pop icon says in a statement “to put to rest any speculation or rumours” as to whether she will be performing at the Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots in Minnesota: “I will not.”

She thanks her fans for their support and says she looks forward to seeing them very soon. Timberlake is returning to the halftime show 14 years after a “wardrobe malfunction” exposed Jackson’s nipple, causing a national controversy.

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■ BRITAIN

London mosque attacker jailed for 43 years An unemployed “loner” who deliberately mowed down worshippers in a terror attack outside a London mosque in Finsbury Park has been jailed for at least 43 years.

Darren Osborne ploughed a hire van into a crowded pavement in north London shortly after midnight on June 19 last year, killing Makram Ali, 51, and injuring 12 others.

The 48-year-old, who had denied murder and attempted murder, was seen smiling and blowing a kiss to angry bystanders in the moments after the murderous act.

Osborne, who stood with his hands crossed in front of him as sentence was

passed, gave no reaction as Justice Cheema-Grubb told him: “This was a terrorist attack. You intended to kill.”

She said he had been “rapidly radicalised”, adding: “Your mindset became one of malevolent hatred. In short you allowed your mind to be poisoned by those who claimed to be leaders.”

A jury took one hour to convict unemployed father-of-four Osborne, dismissing his 11th-hour defence that a “fabricated” accomplice named Dave had been driving at the point of impact.

The court heard he had become “obsessed” with Muslims after watching BBC

drama Three Girls and was angered by what he deemed as inaction following a string of UK terror attacks.

He became radicalised within weeks after accessing extreme far-right material online.

During his nine-day trial, Osborne told the court he had wanted to kill senior Labour figures including leader Jeremy Corbyn and London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

He had also plotted to murder Rochdale Labour councillor Aftab Hussain, who he said had backed a member of the grooming gangs, but called it off because he wanted “more casualties”.

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Car goes up in flames Top Gear presenters Chris Harris and Eddie Jordan have escaped without injury after a car they were driving in Monaco burst into flames during filming.

Harris was behind the wheel of a new PS50,000 (NZ$95,000) Alpine sports car on Monte Carlo’s SS17 stage with Jordan in the passenger seat driving up a hill, when its warning lights came on as the engine cut out. They stopped the car immediately and the presenters made it out safely as flames emerged from underneath the vehicle. The car burnt through in just four minutes, and Alpine is now investigating the incident. - PAA

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What a way to make an entrance – flying into Victoria in a seaplane. The scenic flight from Vancouver takes just 30 minutes.

Victoria’s secrets unearthed T

here’s no better way to herald your arrival into Victoria than to splash down on a Harbour Air Seaplane. The unstoppably scenic 30 minute flight from Vancouver is a visual delight, aloft over the Salish Sea’s jewel-like collection of islets fanning out from Vancouver Island.

Ogling these pint-sized planes steeply banking and touching down on their watery runway, is a riveting spectator pastime, best enjoyed from Laurel Point Park or Delta Ocean Pointe.

It’s like water ballet, in addition to the frolicking bustle of iconic

Canada’s Garden City, Victoria, is a visual symphony of a place, just a quick hop away from Vancouver, writes Mike Yardley. yellow and black striped water taxis, ferries, water skiers and fishing boats.

The inner-harbour waterfront, liberally wreathed in candy cotton-pink geraniums and carpeted in blazing flower beds, is an irresistible visual symphony.

Add to that the 1040 hanging baskets draping downtown Victoria, each containing 24 plants.

Two men are employed full-time

Don’t miss Fan Tan Alley – the narrowest street in Canada.

to water them.

Victoria walks the talk on being Canada’s Garden City. Prized waterfront landmarks compete for your attention at every turn, as does the trove of sublime artworks, like the heart-tugging Homecoming statue, dedicated in honour of Victoria’s sons and daughters who served in the military.

Also fronting the inner harbour

is the Royal BC Museum, a remarkable storehouse of history which regularly scoops accolades as being Canada’s most impressive museum.

Tracing British Columbian history in compellingly comprehensible fashion, highlights include the First People’s Gallery and the Natural History Gallery – one of the few places in the world where you can get right up close to a woolly mammoth, albeit stuffed.

The museum also features a replica of Captain Cook’s HMS Discovery which rocks and creaks rather convincingly, and a beautifully re-created frontier town with cobbled streets and detailed store fronts.

After admiring the statue of Captain Cook on the waterfront, surveying the horizon in front of the Empress, I was staggered by one particular relic on display in the museum – the actual dagger that claimed his life in Hawaii.

Who knew!

Within the museum, an IMAX theatre presents films on a sixstorey-tall screen. Playing several times a day, don’t miss a screening of Rocky Mountain Express.

It’s an historical account of the epic and arduous struggles to build the trans-continental railway track, literally uniting Canada.

You don’t have to be a trainspotter to enjoy it, lustily featuring the dramatic topography,

saw-toothed peaks and woodsy grandeur of the Canadian Rockies.

Tucked into the side of the Empress Hotel, an old-school secluded gem called Miniature World, a tour de force of intricate model-making. Thronging with dozens of sprawling diorama settings, with plenty of pushbutton action, this gob-stopping world of miniatures, spanning childhood fairytales and epic moments in history, is utterly engrossing.

More people walk to work in Canada than any other Canadian city, hardly surprising given its photogenic vistas. A great stroll is to take the waterfront trail down Belleville Street, into Laurel Park and around to Fisherman’s Wharf.

I adored the cheerily coloured float homes moored at the wharf, alongside pleasure boats that also berth at the facility.

Maybe they’re a glimpse of how many of our sea rise-prone coastal communities may look in the future!

The 33 mobile float homes have been constructed on old wooden barges, cement bases, or metal pontoons. They’d have to be Victoria’s tiniest homes, despite ranging in size from multi-storied complexes to lifesized gingerbread houses. The last one sold for $340,000 after being listed for just 24 hours.

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Fisherman’s Wharf is also a great place to get your fill of fresh fish and seafood. The heart of town is studded with some flavourful hoods like LoJo, Lower Johnson Street between Wharf and Government Street.

Thickly flanked in colourful heritage buildings, the retail offerings are fresh and hip, giving rise to the neighbourhood’s buzz word “HeritEdge”.

Storefronts predominantly feature locally designed fashions, naturally-made products, cosmetics, hair salons and coffee houses.

It’s an example of how an unmistakably bohemian vibe is changing up this most English of Canadian cities.

Pint-sized Chinatown is Canada’s oldest, once heaving with opium dens and gambling

halls at the height of the gold rush and construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Don’t miss Fan Tan Alley – the narrowest street in Canada.

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Last-gasp win for Ireland Coach Joe Schmidt ordered Ireland not to rely on Johnny Sexton to dig them out of trouble again in the Six Nations.

Schmidt admitted he will drum home the message that Ireland cannot afford to let test matches slip away, after Sexton’s last-ditch long-range drop-goal stole a 1513 win over France in Paris.

Les Bleus caught Ireland cold with Teddy Thomas’ converted try edging them into a late 13-12 lead, only for Sexton’s intervention to save the day.

Ireland ploughed through close to 40 phases before Sexton dropped the winning goal, and while Schmidt hailed his talisman’s nerves of steel, he conceded they can ill afford to leave victories so late.

“We can’t leave matches in the balance,” he said.

“You’ve got to make the most

of advantages and get the points you need.

“One freakish event, and one freakishly good player in Thomas and his try can undo all that hard work.

“That’s something we’re disappointed with and we’ve got to do something to make sure that doesn’t happen next week, and for the following weeks of the championship.”

Schmidt revealed Ireland’s coaching staff turned into supporters, cheering and jumping around when Sexton slotted the winning goal.

Sexton was mobbed by his team-mates on the Stade de France field, and Schmidt hailed the British and Irish Lions star for fending off fatigue and cramp to seal Ireland’s triumph.

“It’s hard to explain how you feel when you think the game’s

Joe Schmidt gone away, you’ve let it slip and suddenly you’ve grabbed it back,” Schmidt said.

“It was an incredible team effort.

“It’s fairly inspirational.”

“Johnny has hit a few dropgoals in his time, but not many.

“And I don’t think he was really thinking too much about history, he just stepped and seized the moment and he did it with absolute aplomb.”

Ireland will roll on to face Italy in Dublin next weekend, but must do so without Josh Van der Flier, who has suspected knee ligament damage.

France were left to rue a demoralising defeat inflicted from the jaws of victory in Jacques Brunel’s first match at the helm.

Matthieu Jalibert and Antoine Dupont suffered knee injuries, with Brunel insisting France had no control over both playmakers undergoing head injury assessments (HIAs).

“They were collisions, but the head injury protocol was decided by the independent doctor; it wasn’t our decision,” Brunel said.

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When Warren Gatland bumped into Wales Rugby Union chief executive Martyn Phillips on Friday, the coach predicted Wales would beat Scotland by 20 points.

Gatland said Phillips was shocked.

The rest of the rugby world was, too, when Gatland’s side whipped Scotland by 27 points, 34-7, to open the Six Nations.

Wales were underdogs but, to make up for eight British Lions out injured, Gatland picked 12 Scarlets and started 10.

Almost 10 years to the day after he started 13 Ospreys in his first match as Wales coach and beat England at Twickenham, Gatland’s gamble on the Scarlets paid off.

Their self-belief, attacking attitude, and understanding made up for more than 500 caps’ worth of talent being unavailable.

“It was an afternoon I was expecting with the way we have trained the last couple of weeks,” Gatland said.

“There was definitely a quiet confidence in the squad, they have been outstanding in their preparation, and we went into the game expecting to win reasonably comfortably.”

Wales scored four tries, bombed at least three more, and kept Scotland scoreless until the 78th minute when Peter Horne crossed for a consolation try.

Experienced Wales fullback Leigh Halfpenny scored two tries and added 14 points with the boot for a personal tally of 24.

“Apart from the soft try at the end our defence was outstanding,” Gatland said.

“Getting the bonus point was pleasing as well.”

Wales will be the underdogs again next week at Twickenham when they face the two-time defending champions but Gatland expects to have at least two of his Lions backs available.

Liam Williams will take a full part in training today after an abdominal problem, and George North should be available after tight hamstrings.

“I’ve said the draw was great for us. We’ve got England and Ireland away (in the next two rounds),” he said. “We’ve often had pretty tough opening encounters so getting Scotland at home first up for us was a great opportunity.

“Next week, we go to a venue where we’ve had a lot of success in the last 10 years.”

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In brief Big wins for Coll, King Paul Coll will lock horns with the world No.2 squash player after booking a place in the final of PSA tournament in Detroit. Secondseeded Kiwi Coll will face Egyptian top seed Marwan El Shorbagy in the final of the $US70,000 Motor City Open today after fighting back to beat Swiss eighth seed Nicolas Mueller 10-12 11-2 11-4 11-6. Coll is threatening to return to the top-10 following three solid wins this week. Meanwhile, thirdseeded New Zealander Joelle King eased into the semi-finals of the $US50,000 Cleveland Classic by beating seventh seed Tesni Evans of Wales 11-7 7-11 11-5 13-11. - NZME

Foster ‘no certainty’ Steve Hansen’s assistant Ian Foster has expressed concerns about his readiness to become the next All Blacks coach and is no certainty for the top job. And New Zealand Rugby general manager Neil Sorensen has confirmed that overseasbased Kiwis such as Ireland’s success story Joe Schmidt can step into the All Blacks job after the next World Cup. Sorensen, the effective number two to NZR’s leader Steve Tew, indicated that the succession plan since the Graham Henry era is not necessarily a blueprint set in stone.

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Ferns in the money The New England Patriots, right, and the Philadelphia Eagles get set for the snap at the line of scrimmage during a mid-season game. The two teams are set to meet in Super Bowl 52 today.

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It’s down to Gronk v Ertz Rob Gronkowski gets to play in this year’s Super Bowl after missing last year’s game with a bad back.

Zach Ertz gets the chance to match his wife, Julie, a soccer star who’s already won a world championship.

Super Bowl 52 could come down to which of these terrific tight ends shines brighter.

The two had similar statistics and impact on their team’s fortunes this season.

Gronkowski led the New England Patriots with 69 catches for 1,084 yards and eight touchdowns.

Ertz led the Philadelphia Eagles with 74 catches for 824 yards and eight TDs – double his previous career best.

Ertz also has 11 grabs for 125 yards in the playoffs and Gronkowski has seven catches for 102 yards and a touchdown in the playoffs despite missing most of the AFC championship against Jacksonville after taking a helmet-to-helmet hit from Barry Church before halftime.

That led to concerns Gronkowski might miss his second straight Super Bowl.

He was sidelined for last year’s 34-28 overtime win against Atlanta after undergoing back surgery.

Gronk, however, returned to practice on Friday and said he is

“ready to roll” after clearing the concussion protocol.

He said he never doubted he’d get to play today.

“There was no reason to get frustrated,” Gronkowski said.

“We had that extra week, which was awesome.”

The return of the All-Pro tight end gives Tom Brady another key option against a punishing Eagles defense that ranked fourth in the league.

“He’s a dynamic player. He means a ton to our offense.

“He really has since he got to our team. It’s always great when he’s out there,” Brady said.

“I’ve played with him a long time, I’ve thrown him a lot of footballs.

“He knows exactly what to do, he knows where to expect the ball, when to expect it.

“He’s just a tremendous player for our team.”

Ertz is just as important to Nick Foles and the Eagles’ offense.

The fifth-year pro made his first Pro Bowl this season, leading all NFC tight ends in receptions.

He added eight catches for 93 yards in the NFC championship game against Minnesota.

Despite his breakout season and postseason, Ertz knows he won’t be the best tight end on the field today.

Gronkowski led all NFL tight

ends in receiving yards for the fourth time.

Gronk is the gold standard.

“He’s a beast after the catch, I think that kind of separates him from all the other tight ends,” Ertz said.

“And he’s also able to be open even when he’s not open because he’s got such a big frame and extremely good ball skills.

“And obviously Tom Brady is a phenomenal quarterback, too, but even without Tom, I think he would still be doing the same type of things regardless of where he was.”

Ertz knows the numbers off the top of his head, too.

“He has all the (single season) tight end records in the league,” Ertz said.

“He’s got the yards – 1327 – and he’s got the touchdowns – 17 – he’s just a phenomenal player.”

With a pair of Super Bowl rings.

That’s what Ertz really covets, a world championship like the one his wife won in 2015 as a midfielder for the World Cupwinning US national soccer team.

“Julie won a World Cup two years ago,” Ertz said, “so I need to hold up my end of the bargain.”

The “It” couple in the NFL were married last March after a romance that started when Julie, then Julie Johnston, was an emerging soccer star at Santa

Clara and Zach was playing at Stanford.

The two were apart when the Eagles clinched their spot in the Super Bowl with a 38-7 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. Julie was in San Diego for a national team match against Denmark.

She was among the players who scored in the 5-1 victory.

Afterward, when she was told Zach was going to the Super Bowl, she burst into tears.

“Zach knew I was there obviously in spirit and I was praying for him and I was excited for him and cheering him from miles away,” she said.

“It’s a part of our job and we sacrifice a lot, and time’s the biggest thing.

“But to find out that they are going to the Super Bowl was amazing, exciting, emotional.

“It’s really cool to see your loved one’s hard work pay off.”

Ertz said it was hard for him watching other players’ celebrate with their wives “but seeing that video kind of showed me that she was struggling not being there, too.

“And it was extremely difficult for us not being together like it is anytime we’re not together.

“But she’s here now, I’m lucky she’s here.

“I’m blessed that she’s here and I’m excited hopefully to be able to experience that again.”

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The Black Ferns are set to receive significant back pay for their successful 2017 season as part of a historic deal with NZ Rugby. An agreement, expected to be signed off next month, will see a negotiated one-off payment of around $10,000 each and will ensure Black Ferns contracted players be placed on modest retainers thought to range from $15,000 to $30,000.

The landmark deal will stand as a major step forward toward player pay equality and is mostly thanks to the Black Ferns stunning World Cup victory, which raised questions about investment in the women’s game.

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Willis fifth in Mile Kiwi runner Nick Willis has fallen short at the Wanamaker Mile for the sixth time, shut out of a podium finish at the indoor race in New York. Willis was fifth in the race which is the most high-profile event at the Millrose Games meet. Having finished a runner-up three times previously and third twice, the 34-year- old’s result on yesterday was his worst. He clocked 3 minutes 57.72 seconds, more than 3sec behind Chris O’Hare, who became the first British winner in 53 years. Willis is building towards the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

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White Sox go winless A disappointing week for the White Sox has ended on a low at the Asia Pacific Cup softball tournament in Sydney, beaten 6-0 by Italy. New Zealand finished last at the seventeam women’s event, having lost their six round-robin games followed by the whitewash in yesterday’s classification game. The 11thranked White Sox struggled all week with their batting and that was the case against world No.9 Italy. Only four hits were achieved

by New Zealand batters in the six innings.

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In brief Sevens lose to Fiji The All Blacks Sevens have fallen out of the Hamilton Sevens at the semi-final stage, edged 14-12 by a clinical Fiji. So ruthless for much of this weekend’s Waikato action, the Kiwis found their skills wanting on the big stage, dropping key passes and lacking composure.

The Fijians, meanwhile, managed to make hay by dominating the breakdown and forcing turnovers, eventually managing to eke out a result. Their superior goal-kicking was the sole difference on the scoreboard. Down 7-5 at halftime, the Kiwis briefly took the lead when Vilimoni Koroi raced 50 metres to score from a pick-andgo, but conceded to Mesulame Kunavula with four minutes remaining. Luke Masirewa dropped a last-second pass that could’ve made the difference.

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Clutch win for Breakers

Louis McDonald sends one down early in Methven’s match against the Tech Stags on Saturday.

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The weather played the biggest impact on the opening round of the Muirhead Rosebowl on the weekend with both Mid Canterbury senior cricket matches shifted to alternative venues due to the damp ground.

Tech and Methven shifted their contest to the Methven Domain ground, while Coldstream and Lauriston ventured into town to play at the Ashburton Domain.

Methven would have been rueing their decision to move to an artificial wicket when Tech opener Andrew Veint put them

to the sword inside the opening few overs.

Some loose and easy picking bowling from the Methven openers didn’t help the cause, but Veint played the power game and, for the opening half dozen overs, Tech were tracking at better than 12 an over.

In that time Veint brought up his 50, but was dismissed an over later on 55.

Harry Ashworth chipped in with a big contribution too as Tech made their way through to 230 before they were dismissed in the 41st over.

In reply, Methven put up a huge fight with James Speer leading

the charge with the bat – but the Tech bowlers managed to tighten their grip and four-wicket hauls for Kody Stuthridge and Scott Punselie saw Methven rolled for 171 in the 38th over.

Meanwhile, Lauriston picked up where they left off in the Pritchard Shield, chasing down a decent tally posted by Coldstream.

After moving into town, Coldstream took the bat in the opening innings and posted a respectable 187 all out in the 45th over.

Bo Houston led the way, scoring 61, with Jono Print next on the run-scorer’s list with 28.

Alex Hooper and Dan O’Brien did the damage for Lauriston with the ball – taking three wickets each, Hooper finished with 3-21 of his nine over spell – continuing his good season.

In reply Lauriston were in trouble when they lost a wicket in the first over, but a 98 run-stand between Scott Morgan and Tom Ravenscroft steadied the ship.

Morgan top scored with 54 while Ravenscroft finished with 31.

Nick Gilbert (48) and Bevan Richen (34) finished the innings off for Lauriston with a 75-run partnership to see them home with eight overs to spare.

Analysis, execution let down Black Caps New Zealand concede their analysis of the Sydney Cricket Ground was woefully askew, helping Australia romp to victory in the Twenty20 international tri- series opener on Saturday night.

Expecting a decent batting track which might aid the spinners, the Black Caps were pleased when asked to bat first.

Their mood swiftly turned to horror as towering paceman Billy Stanlake (3-15) struck three times early and they limped to 117-9.

The hosts overcame a poor start of their own, reaching a rain reduced target of 96-3 with 21 balls to spare.

Veteran batsman Ross Taylor admits they simply didn’t read the two-paced nature of the track, which made timing difficult, particularly from the ballooning slower deliveries.

“We pride ourselves on assessing the conditions and today we weren’t able to do that,” he said.

“Clearly there was a little bit in the wicket in those first few overs.

“We weren’t able to soak that up and put a competitive score on the board.

“Every time we lost a wicket we had to try and hold back and take it as deep as possible.”

Taylor believes 140 might have

stretched the hosts but reaching that score was unfeasible after openers Colin Munro and Martin Guptill fell to the pace of Stanlake and skipper Kane Williamson exited for a painful eight runs off 21 balls.

Taylor also struggled for timing with his 24, leaving it up to Colin de Grandhomme (38 not out off 24 balls) to provide the only clean hitting.

The allrounder’s three sixes all travelled high into the SCG stands, continuing his brutal summer of batting.

Taylor admired the batting of Chris Lynn (44 off 33) and Glenn

Maxwell (40no off 24) after Australia were reduced to 10-2.

“They were able to get boundaries. There were a lot of dot balls in between but they were able to release the pressure every now and then.”

In-form spinners Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi didn’t have the desired effect, leaving New Zealand with plenty to ponder ahead of a 10-day break.

Australia face England twice in the next two tri-series matches before the Black Caps host the English in Wellington and Hamilton, bisected by a clash with Australia in Auckland.

- NZME

The NBL’s play-off contenders have been found two weeks early and will include the NZ Breakers following their 88-84 win over the Illawarra Hawks. After beating the Hawks by four points when they met in Wollongong 48 hours earlier, the Breakers repeated the dose in another arm wrestle in Auckland yesterday. It ensures the Kiwi outfit (15-9) will finish the regular season in the top four along with Melbourne United (177), the Perth Wildcats (15-9) and the Adelaide 36ers (15-10). - NZME

76ers rue bad shooting Poor shooting night from the Philadelphia 76ers teammates resulted in a 100-92 NBA loss at the Indiana Pacers yesterday. The team shot just under 38 per cent, with All-Star centre Joel Embiid contributing 24 points and 10 rebounds in his fifth consecutive double-double. Otto Porter scored 20 points and Tomas Satoransky had a career-high 19 to lift the Washington Wizards to a 115-98 victory over the Orlando Magic.

Andre Drummond had 23 points and 20 rebounds, and Blake Griffin made a key three-pointer to lift the Detroit Pistons to a 111-107 win over the Miami Heat.

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Silverware for Kiwis Kiwi cricketers had two reasons to celebrate as the curtain came down on the third edition of the Women’s Big Bash League. White Fern Amy Sattherthwaite was crowned the player of the tournament, rewarded for a stellar campaign in which she scored 368 runs for the Renegades at an average of 33.45. She also took 11 wickets. Ellyse Perry and former White Fern Sara McGlashan had cause to celebrate later when Sydney defended their title, beating the Perth Scorchers in the final for a second straight year.

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Rare victory for Leitch Invercargill’s Brendon Leitch has won his first race in the Castrol Toyota Racing Series in a year, leading from pole position of the reverse grid event at Taupo yesterday. Leitch last won in the class last summer.

Christchurch’s Ryan Yardley did a good job of defending second from Dutch teenager Richard Verschoor.

Series leader Marcus Armstrong from Christchurch finished fourth and opened up a 41 point championship buffer.

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In brief Iffraaj connection key An established connection with Haunui Farm stallion Iffraaj was strengthened further for Cambridgebased trainer Mark Fraser-Campin on the final day of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale at Karaka. Fraser-Campin outlaid $30,000 for a colt out of Tale Of The Cat mare Estelle, who was pre-sented through the Woburn Farm stud. The colt features Levin Classic runner-up Le Choix in his pedigree while he also traces back to outstanding Australian juvenile Dance Hero who won the 2004 edition of the Gr.1 Golden Slipper (1200m).

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Baker bags sale-topper Hallmark Stud boss Mark Baker continued a great sale for the progeny of Haunui Farm stallion Showcasing when he set the day’s benchmark figure during the final session of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale at Karaka.

Acting on behalf of a Hong Kong based client, Baker outlasted a number of serious contenders to secure the athletic youngster for a final bid of $68,000 from Andrew Scott. “There wasn’t much petrol in the tank as I definitely had the staggers,” said Baker when asked if he had been prepared to bid higher. “He is a lovely colt, just a wonderful mover with a great temperament.”

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May team to the fore on home ground Ricky May and Cullenz Diamond have the field covered at the Mt Hutt Trotting Club workouts on Saturday.

The Terry May-trained pacer jumped straight to the front from the standing start and was rated to perfection by May before dashing up the grass track straight

to hold off the late challenges of Midfrew Tarpediem (outside), Johnny Eyre (6) and Capitol Girl.

A Christian Cullen mare out of the good producing broodmare, Ruby Wax, Cullenz Diamond has won one of her 21 career starts with five placings for her owners Judy May and Ian Dobson.

More than 50 horses took to the Methven track yesterday for the workouts, one week out from the annual Hororata Trotting Club meeting on the same surface next Sunday.

Notable performers throughout the day included the John Versteeg-trained Prestissimo, who

will likely be in action in the maiden trot next week and the Andrew Stuart trained Raging Thunder.

Ben Waldron has a nice horse on his hands too in learner pacer Georgie Zukov who emerged victorious in the hands of Craig Thornley early in the day against a field of promising pacers.

Perfect result for locals Shane Anderton couldn’t have been prouder of the stable veteran Tommy Tucker on his home turf on Saturday. The Wingatui horseman, who trains with his father Brian, gained a hugely satisfying win in the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge Weight-For-Age (1600m) with the sprightly son of Gallant Guru. “He really deserved that, he’s just been so honest for years – he’s a nineyear-old, but he doesn’t know it,” Anderton said. Tommy Tucker had finished runner-up in the previous two editions of the event, carrying 60kg both times and a change this year from handicap to weightfor-age conditions worked in the gelding’s favour. “The main thing though is keeping the White Robe a Group Three race,” Anderton said. “It’s the only one south of Christchurch.”

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Canterbury raider victorious Visiting Canterbury galloper Pendleton came of age at Wingatui on Saturday when she downed her mainly older rivals with a dominant performance to take out the Listed Fire & Mechanical Contracting Dunedin Gold Cup (2400m).

The lightly raced four-yearold was having just her ninth start, and first run since a win over 2100m at Timaru in late December, when she stepped up to tackle stakes company for the

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first time in the time-honoured contest.

Racing in the distinctive gold colours and navy blue cap of her owner, Valachi Downs Stud principal Kevin Hickman, the Rip Van Winkle mare enjoyed an economical trip in the early stages of the race as leading rider Samantha Collett settled her nicely beyond midfield.

Collett got moving on Pendleton with 900m to run as she looped the field to join issue on

the point of the home bend.

Kicked to the front by Collett, the mare was resolute to the finish as she held out a stern challenge by fellow Canterbury raider Aspen Lass to score comfortably by more than two lengths.

Co-trainer Shane Kennedy, who prepares Pendleton with partner Anna Furlong, was delighted by the performance after taking the gamble to tackle the black-type event.

“She’s very promising and has

progressed quickly over the last twelve months,” he said.

“She only won her maiden in October so to take out a race like this at just her ninth start is a top effort.

“She won well over ground at Timaru, so we had a look around to see what was coming up that would suit. She had a trial in January to keep her up to the mark and today she showed what she is capable of, courtesy of a heady ride by Sam Collett.”

- NZME

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 6 37586 Cawbourne Buckle nwtd ..............M Roberts 9 88178 Mary Blue Blood 21.92..............J McInerney porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 05 Feb 7 36385 Autumn Lights nwtd.....................A Turnwald 10 37386 Cawbourne Hint 21.73 J & ..................D Bell 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 8 51731 Cawbourne Palmer nwtd ..............M Roberts 7 4.14pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C3, 375m and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 4 3.20 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C2, 375m 1 1F734 Tazia nwtd .................................... D Denbee 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 26262 El Hefe 21.69 G & .................. S Fredrickson 2 22345 Viva La Vixen 21.46 ....................A Turnwald 1 2.27pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY 2 41351 Stole Me Car 21.47 .................. K Gommans 3 31646 Blitzing Arbee 22.05 ....................A Turnwald MONDAY C0 C0, 375m 3 54328 Hotdog Shannon 21.94 ...................P Morris 4 18172 Cawbourne Brandy 21.62 J & .............D Bell 1 78488 Shark And Tayty nwtd ................B Goldsack 4 77663 Don’t Muzzle Me 21.50 ..............B Goldsack 5 37788 Takamori 21.29 ..........................B Goldsack 2 355x6 Flying Koko nwtd .........................A Turnwald 5 76217 Fear The Beard 21.90 .......................M Flipp 6 41111 You’re The Best 21.53 ........................ N Udy 3 53671 Hardaway Chief nwtd ................J McInerney 6 51676 Lil Diva 21.87 ............................J McInerney 7 33335 Mikachu 21.85.............................A Turnwald 4 87251 Bigtime Kaea nwtd .............................L Cole 7 11682 Ndora 21.90 ......................................D Edlin 8 84743 Polly The Dolly 21.69 J & ....................D Bell 5 3846x He’s A Sharkie nwtd ................. K Gommans 8 41154 Bigtime Sienna 21.51 .........................L Cole 9 65847 Cawbourne Symsy 21.68 J &..............D Bell 6 78x5 Flying Mason nwtd ......................A Turnwald 9 36365 Not Shackley nwtd ............................. N Udy 10 86776 Sozin’s Noir nwtd ......................J McInerney 7 4 Bigtime Steve nwtd ............................L Cole 10 21578 Cawbourne Lick 21.86 J & ..................D Bell 8 4.30pm IONLYFLYFIRSTCLASS.COM C0 C0, 457m 8 44741 Clover Colin 21.87.......................A Turnwald 5 3.39pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C4 C4, 375m 1 286 Bigtime Joshy nwtd ............................L Cole 9 84852 Plan Stan nwtd ............................... L Pearce 1 27887 NippaOfSambucca nwtd ...........J McInerney 2 3265 Bigtime Barcia nwtd ...........................L Cole 10 886F4 Bigtime Charlie nwtd ..........................L Cole 2 35453 Bigtime Pink 21.82 .............................L Cole 3 5471 Bigtime Jacob 26.38 ..........................L Cole 2 2.44pm J P PRINT, PETONE C1 C1, 375m 3 82354 Bigtime Ottey 21.59 ...........................L Cole 4 57833 Smiling Sid nwtd ..............................S Stone 1 51331 Little Scamp 21.86 ....................... D Denbee 4 66443 Bigtime Blue 21.54 .............................L Cole 5 322 Bigtime Zack nwtd ..............................L Cole 2 22658 Just Like Ma nwtd J & .........................D Bell 5 42175 Map My Run 21.30.............................L Cole 6 47433 Bigtime Polly nwtd ..............................L Cole 3 26152 Bigtime Buster 21.94 G & ...... S Fredrickson 6 12175 Bigtime George 21.62 ........................L Cole 7 54658 Bigtime Panther nwtd .........................L Cole 4 22262 Lucha nwtd........................................D Edlin 7 71386 Extrapolate 21.78 ...............................L Cole 8 63857 Bigtime Nibbles nwtd..........................L Cole 5 2144F Bigtime Kendall nwtd..........................L Cole 8 15682 Cawbourne Mezza 21.40 .............M Roberts 9 68764 Bigtime Wayno nwtd...........................L Cole 6 52511 Opawa Lyon 21.84 ............................. N Udy 9 76567 Breeze Attack 21.66 .........................S Lozell 10 77767 Bigtime Roll nwtd ...............................L Cole 7 33351 Clover Bubba 21.45 ....................A Turnwald 10 45886 Bigtime Basher 21.41.........................L Cole 9 4.49pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1, 457m 8 63758 Ear’s Boris 21.40 ...............................M Flipp 6 3.55 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES C2, 375m 1 24646 Bigtime Monty 26.34 ..........................L Cole 9 85857 Cawbourne Lyns 21.67 J & .................D Bell 1 84552 Bigtime Fred nwtd ..............................L Cole 2 F1114 Bigtime Craig 26.46 ...........................L Cole 10 86854 Minder 21.99 .............................J McInerney 2 1235F Bigtime Blast 21.95 ............................L Cole 3 67752 Cawbourne Muzza 26.33 J & ..............D Bell 3 3.04pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1/2d, 660m 3 85424 Opawa Harry nwtd ............................M Flipp 4 35777 Cawbourne Bettsy nwtd J & ................D Bell 1 36675 Mister Ebby nwtd.........................A Turnwald 4 76515 Scotta Pie 21.54............................. L Pearce 5 43844 Cawbourne Ridge 26.47 J & ...............D Bell 2 26373 Nitehawk Rose nwtd ...................B Hodgson 5 44648 Opawa Denise nwtd ........................... N Udy 6 37135 Mischief Viking 25.95 ......................... N Udy 3 32273 Gentleman Tim 38.98..................A Turnwald 6 53258 Mitsuta 21.83 ....................................D Edlin 7 34473 Bigtime Logan nwtd ...........................L Cole 4 15672 Mija Sydney 39.29 ......................A Turnwald 7 45287 Cawbourne Looks 21.46 J & ...............D Bell 8 21531 Bigtime Clyde 26.38 ...........................L Cole 5 41511 Cawbourne Trixy 39.23 ................M Roberts 8 16835 Celestial Action nwtd................ K Gommans 9 84852 Patty Boy nwtd ................................... N Udy

18556 Naharis 22.12....................................D Edlin 52555 Stole Me Keys nwtd ................. K Gommans 56521 Conquest Girl nwtd ...........................M Flipp 1 62314 Opawa Mine nwtd .............................. N Udy 37687 Opawa Bucks nwtd ..........................R Waite 2 22122 Pat Patterson nwtd ............................M Flipp 36224 Uno Brent nwtd .................................. N Udy 3 63724 Bigtime Forest nwtd ...........................L Cole 16477 Bigtime Moe Moe 21.99 G & .. S Fredrickson 4 42563 Cawbourne Foxy nwtd ....................P Morris 53545 Tiger Uppercut nwtd............................ L Bell 5 21652 Bigtime Mike 26.65 ............................L Cole 73333 Bigtime Emma nwtd ...........................L Cole 6 24522 Caveman Sam 26.16 ..................B Hodgson 74388 Nippa Joy nwtd..........................J McInerney 7 31133 Bigtime Coffee 25.89 G & ...... S Fredrickson 58468 Jelani 22.00.......................................D Edlin 8 12221 Bigtime Lily 26.02...............................L Cole 9 x8566 Five Eyes 26.09 ........................... D Denbee 14 6.18pm TAB FIXED ODDS C1 C1, 375m 1 68456 Cawbourne Sandy 21.91 J & ..............D Bell 10 87384 Idol Jazz nwtd .................................... N Udy 11 5.24 STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C2/3, 457m 2 88867 Goldstar Gizmo nwtd ......................L Doody 3 75746 Opehu Express nwtd........................R Waite 1 36443 Bigtime Power 26.32 G & ....... S Fredrickson 4 83764 Uno Nathan 21.85 .............................M Flipp 2 22765 Bradam Begins nwtd ...................A Turnwald 5 655x3 Apricity 21.82 ..............................A Turnwald 3 45177 Bigtime Sandy 26.15 G &....... S Fredrickson 6 54456 Gunnar Blueblood nwtd ............J McInerney 4 13326 Bigtime JayJay 26.05 .........................L Cole 7 22475 Bigtime Kylie nwtd ..............................L Cole 5 21345 Bigtime Bucko 26.43 ..........................L Cole 8 37362 Culvie Den 21.81 ................................ L Bell 6 36682 Bigtime Phantom 26.12......................L Cole 9 74387 Grace Slick 21.75 ............................C Morris 7 14761 Bigtime Liam 25.97 ............................L Cole 8 43284 Bigtime Redo 26.20 G & ........ S Fredrickson 10 65754 Roketto nwtd .....................................D Edlin 9 x8566 Five Eyes 26.09 ........................... D Denbee 15 6.36 TAB SUPPORTS GREYHOUNDS C1, 375m 1 56612 Bigtime On Track nwtd .......................L Cole 12 5.40pm M&M MASTER BUTCHERS C4/5, 457m 2 58555 Homebush Myra 22.28 ..............J McInerney 1 22333 Quistis Bale nwtd .........................M Roberts 3 78343 Avedon Film nwtd..............................M Flipp 2 11442 Bigtime Levi 25.85..............................L Cole 4 33F33 Kinetic Shadow nwtd........................... L Bell 3 31122 Bigtime Paddy 25.49 ..........................L Cole 5 8x164 Ace Star nwtd.............................B Goldsack 4 41351 Bigtime Doug 25.93 ...........................L Cole 6 46536 Barn Door Billy nwtd ................ K Gommans 5 42614 Spare Some Time 25.95 ....................L Cole 7 37654 Schiehallion nwtd ..............................D Edlin 6 47113 Bigtime Brucie 26.20 ..........................L Cole 8 75786 Bonus Lotto nwtd ............................L Doody 7 25151 Bigtime Caleb 26.04...........................L Cole 9 65476 Bigtime Jorja nwtd..............................L Cole 8 14574 Bigtime Donny 25.78..........................L Cole 9 87828 Tranquil Rue 25.97 ......................A Turnwald 10 85462 Kiwi Baxter nwtd .......................J McInerney 10 88723 Bigtime Jason 26.00 ..........................L Cole LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track 13 6.01pm BROOKS TIMING C1 C1, 375m 10 66853 Bigtime Owen nwtd G & ......... S Fredrickson

10 5.05 ADRIAN CLARK BLOODSTOCK C1/2, 457m

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Lazarus too tough All-conquering champion pacer Lazarus added another jewel to his crown when taking out the A$500,000 A G Hunter Cup in sensational fashion at Melton in Victoria on Saturday night.

He sat parked for the last mile in a track-record run 1.54.1-mile rate (2760m) effort and dug in tenaciously down the straight to defy a challenge from Soho Tribeca, who had sat on his back for the last lapand-a-half.

As per usual, co-trainer Mark Purdon did the driving and he opted a take-no-prisoners approach – uncompromising, ruthless aggression.

Before the race, the connections of Sydney pacer Tiger Tara said they would lead and make it in to a staying test, not letting Lazarus outsprint them, like he did in the Inter Dominion Final in Perth before Christmas.

Purdon said post-race that he was up for the challenge of Tiger Tara’s trainer Kevin Pizzuto, and that’s why he gave up a one-one sit 1900-metres out to go around and eyeball the leader.

“Greg (Sugars) came around on Soho Tribeca and put the pace on for a little while but then backed off.

“So, I thought I was just going to turn this in to a stayers’ race and may the best horse win.”

That horse, obviously, was Lazarus Purdon said he had the option to duck in to the trail down the back the last time when Shadow Sax (Gavin Lang) dropped off, but he decided against it and instead forced a 27 quarter.

“I thought I wouldn’t worry about losing ground.

“I’ll just keep the pressure on

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30 words for $10* Mark Pardon and Lazarus take out the Hunter Cup. and make it a stayers’ race.”

Purdon said only the very elite horses would have won the race in the fashion Lazarus did.

“He’s a champion.

“I’ve said it for a long time now and I think that tonight he had to be.”

The winner’s All Stars stablemate Heaven Rocks mounted a

strong finish down the outside for third in the hands of Natalie Rasmussen, nosing out a game Lennytheshark.

Lazarus’ next target will be in the A$750,000 Miracle Mile at Menangle in Sydney on February 24 before a likely return home to New Zealand after three months in Australia.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’ll be seeking connections with smart people who are on your wavelength. It’s likely that you will find just the connection you were looking for, except not in the package you were expecting.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Recent science has proved that most people have their highest mental productivity during the second and third hours they’ve been awake. You’ll make this work for you in the days to come.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Confidence is not really about how you dress or stand or talk; it’s about how comfortable you are. Creating comfort starts with deeming the circumstance (or yourself, as the case may be) acceptable.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Everyone with internet access could know what you know but doesn’t.

You’ve assembled an eclectic and creative collection of fascinations. Why not fall in love with the way your mind works? Others have.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Resist the urge to present the whole package, to try too hard or to do too much. Let someone else handle the practicalities. You’ll bring the colour and spice.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Ask around and you’ll learn around. Ask directly and you’ll learn directly.

Ask vaguely and you’ll learn something unexpected – something you might not want to know but that has great value nonetheless.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Most people are exceptionally poor predictors of what will make them happy. They assume it will be the attractive job/partner/home but it’s going to be something more specific that will do the job.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): There are always those who get upset when the logo of their favourite business gets an update or the interface of their favourite software or social network changes. Don’t let them stop you developing yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): When you’re not sure whether the other person is on your side, there’s probably some pretty good reason for that feeling. Trust it – not in a paranoid way but in an observant way.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Where exactly are they keeping the “happy” these days? It’s not where you used to find it, but don’t worry; it’s still out there. Change your route. Knock on new doors.

Ask different people. It’s sure to turn up.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): They have their flaws and weirdnesses, and boy, do you notice. But you’re fine with it. You respect and love one another, sometimes in spite of the problems and sometimes because of them.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Your mastery of a skill will bring opportunities you have no idea about right now. Just trust that you want to master it for a reason, and then put your head down and practice until you’ve got it.

WordBuilder

Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.

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Across 1. Common 8. Above 9. Redress 11. Talisman 12. Maths 15. Ruin 16. Ask 17. Over 19. Spray 21. Marauder 24. Depress 25. Least 26. Pester 4 5. Paris86. Form6 Down 2. Omega 3. Merchant 4. Nest 7. Fern 10. Satisfied 12. More513. Compares Tray 6 14. 1 18. Quite 20. Aisle 21. Mole 22. Real 23. Reap

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TODAY’S GOALS: Good – 9 Excellent – 12 Amazing – 16

Previous solution: MASSEUSE

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ACROSS 6. Delayed (2,4) 7. Extravagant (6) 10. To the greatest extent (7) 11. Japanese poetry form (5) 12. Go up and down (2-2) 13. Inquired (5) 16. Add up (5) 17. Forbidden (4) 20. Spacious (5) 21. Marital partners (7) 22. Sculpture (6) 23. Quit (6)

Previous solution: isle, lei, leis, lewis, lie, lies, lis, lwei, sei, sew, slew, wile, wiles, wis, wise.

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DOWN 1. Singles seeking love (6,6) 2. Sleep (colloq) (4-3) 3. Fast moving (5) 4. Teller (7) 5. Polite (5) 8. High-class cooking (Fr) (5,7) 9. Without pause (9) 14. Early writing material (7) 15. Bitter (7) 18. Of this area (5) 19. Cringe (5)

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Your Stars

ACROSS 1. Such helpful criticism as may apply to the builder (12) 8. Idleness seen when engaged fighting, but separated (8) 9. Deck can be taken fore and aft (4) 11. Hysterical-sounding creature in any he might have scattered (5) 12. Metal-worker night-watchman used for brew-up, perhaps (7) 13. Feature one is soundly acquainted with (4) 15. It may give one directions if one is at sea (4) 19. Ministerial case (7) 20. It is a crime to get involved in popular song (5) 22. Rainbow can be quite an eyeful (4) 23. First-class salmon used in Leonardo’s work (4,4) 24. Building workers tackle JPs: see the difference? (12) DOWN 2. Speak at length as an alternative to tea-break (5) 3. Tyrannical man who posed and took a knock (6) 4. Lozenges for Greek character taking degrees in medicine (6) 5. Worship that is apparent around a solid break-up (7) 6. Relax in Tempe maybe on a trial basis (12) 7. Whiting, also Carpenter, maybe served on paper (4,3,5) 10. Sound like a hound where the window sticks out (3) 14. Advance payment given to team to go down (7) 16. One of the workers appearing in German television (3) 17. Tried very hard to get a good man to turn over (6) 18. A waterway is one of the overheads (6) 21. Smooth way to be ill when about fifty (5)

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Monday, February 5, 2018

STOCKDALE, Trevor Walter – On February 3, 2018 at Ashburton Hospital, aged 69 years. Dearly loved husband of Barbara, loved father of MID CANTERBURY Robert, and the late Paul, FUNERAL SERVICES loved Pop of Jamie, Shannon, and Lochie, and greatGalbraith’s provide choice! grandfather of Roman.

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NZ Situation

Wind km/h less than 30 fine

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

isolated snow thunder flurries

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A low and associated weak frontal system over the north of the country weakens away this morning. A cold and unsettled southwest flow over the southern Tasman Sea is moving northeast and the first of several fronts moves up the South Island. The front weakens as it moves northwards over central and northern New Zealand tomorrow.

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TODAY

TODAY FZL: 2400m lowering to 2200m in the evening

Auckland

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Showers about the divide, some heavy. High cloud further east, with isolated showers in the afternoon. Snow lowering to 1900m.

Wind at 1000m: NW rising to 55 km/h in the morning, easing to W 20 km/h at night.

Wind at 2000m: NW gale 80 km/h, rising to severe gale 100 km/h for a time in the afternoon and evening.

Hamilton

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TOMORROW A few early showers about the coast, then fine. Cloud increasing from afternoon. SW, becoming strong about the coast, tending lighter SE in the evening.

FZL: 2000m rising to 3000m

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Fine apart from a few early showers about the divide, with snow to 1800m. Becoming cloudy from afternoon. Wind at 1000m: W 20km dying out. Wind at 2000m: SW Gale 80 km/h easing to 40km, dying out evening.

Becoming fine in the morning. NE.

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Rise 12:10 am Set 1:44 pm

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23 Feb 9:10 pm

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

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WEDNESDAY STOCKDALE, Trevor Walter – Loved son in law of the late Hubert and Ngaire Sutton, and loved brother-in-law of Tom, Ray and Sandra, Noel and Kareen, Margaret and Andrew, Arthur and Leonie, and Donald and Fiona. A loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews.

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Cloud later. Fresh SW easing. www.guardianonline.co.nz

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MCFARLANE, Alistair Fyfe On February 4, 2018, peacefully at Ashburton Hospital. Aged 75 years.

Dearly loved husband of Sue for 50 years. Much loved dad and mate of Andrew. Loved brother and brother-in-law of Anne and Brian Marsden, and Lorna and the late Ivan McFarlane and their families.

Messages to McFarlane family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A memorial service for Alistair will be held at our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on Wednesday February 7, commencing at 1pm.

TODAY: High cloud, strengthening NW. Few showers overnight with S.

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Phone 308 7182 On Call 021 597 517 211/D Alford Forest Rd Ashburton

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We provide options for dairy farm refrigeration and process cooling, offering solution packages for farms with herds up to 2000 plus cows.

• Milk silo refrigeration • Pre cooling design • Water chillers for milk cooling • Hot water recovery

• Electronic expansion valves • Consultation design services • Maintenance and repairs of existing units

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 10am Whanau Living 3 10:30 Four In A Bed 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook – Through The Seasons Annabel cooks an Italian-influenced al fresco feast for a winemaker, using his home-cured prosciutto, her autumn tomato passata, and flowers from her garden. 0 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go At 40 0 8pm Border Security A traveller’s behaviour alerts officers to his illegal activity; authorities stop someone unlawfully in Australia; biosecurity officers find bones in a woman’s luggage. 0 8:30 Criminal Minds 0 10:20 1 News Tonight 0 10:50 Lucifer AO 3 0

6am Impact For Life 6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am My Little Pony – Friendship Is Magic 3 0 7:25 F Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 7:50 Beyblade Burst 3 8:15 Puppy Pals 3 0 8:35 Captain Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am The Amazing Race 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle PGR 1pm Judge Rinder 2pm Home Improvement 3 0 3pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 3:30 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 3:35 Ultimate Spider-Man 3 0 4pm The Lodge 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am The AM Show 9am The Farmer Wants A Wife 3 10:05 Infomercials 11:40 F House Rules PGR 3 0 1:45 M Parental Guidance PGR 3 2012 Comedy. When a daughter asks her parents to help care for their three grandchildren, the parents’ old-fashioned methods collide with their daughter’s modern approach. Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei. 0 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm Comprehensive coverage of global and local news.

4:30 N The Block Australia Five new couples arrive at The Block to find five heritage houses Scott Cam has found and transported from around Victoria.

6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am The Legend Of Korra 3 6:25 Ben 10 6:50 Codename – Kids Next Door 7:15 Grojband 3 7:40 The Powerpuff Girls 8:05 Batman – Brave And The Bold 8:30 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky And Dawn 8:55 Tiki Tour 0 9:25 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Antiques Road Trip 12:40 Father Brown PGR 3 0 1:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 2:35 Wheel Of Fortune 3pm Escape To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Jeopardy 5:30 Prime News 6pm American Restoration 0 6:30 Pawn Stars

6:30 Takaro Tribe 6:40 Nga Papara Kapi 3 7:10 Penguins Of Madagascar 7:40 Kia Mau 7:50 Paia 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 R&R 9am It’s In The Bag 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takaro Tribe 3 3:10 Nga Papara Kapi 3 3:40 Penguins Of Madagascar 4:10 Kia Mau 3 4:20 Paia 3 4:30 Ahorangi Next Generation 3 5pm Grid 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Te Mana Kuratahi – Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2

6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 Empire Of The Tsars 9:30 Paul Hollywood City Bakes 10:30 Tiny House Nation 11:30 Tiny House Hunting Noon Astronauts – Toughest Job In The Universe PGR 1pm Empire Of The Tsars 2pm American Pickers 3pm Gardeners’ World 3:30 Love Nature – Wild Birds Of Australia 4:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things – Best Bites Hugh introduces a way of cooking that gives maximum taste and creativity with minimum fuss.

5pm Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 5:30 American Pickers 6:30 Caribbean Pirate Treasure

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Family Food Fight PGR 0 9:05 M He’s Just Not That Into You AO 2009 Comedy.

A group of interconnected 20 and 30-somethings navigate relationships.

Jennifer Aniston, Bradley Cooper, Justin Long. 0

7pm The Project 7:30 N Married At First Sight Australia PGR 0 9:05 N 9-1-1 AO Los Angeles emergency dispatchers and first responders must balance the pressures of their jobs with their personal lives. 0 10:05 Caught On Dash Cam AO 0 10:35 NewsHub Late

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 Prime Rocks – David Bowie: The Last Five Years AO 0 10:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR

7pm Pukuhohe 3 7:30 My Family Feast 3 8pm Native Affairs Summer Series 2017 8:30 M Marley PGR 2012 Documentary Biography.

10:40 Te Mana Kuratahi – Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka 3

7pm David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 7:30 Pompeii’s New Secrets Revealed PGR 8:30 Kolkata With Sue Perkins Comedian Sue Perkins explores the story of India through the life of the city of Kolkata.

9:30 Chris Tarrant – Extreme Railway Journeys 10:30 American Pickers

12:40 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 1:05 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2

11:35 Empire AO 0 12:25 Desperate Housewives AO 3 0 1:15 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:40 Infomercials 2:45 Army Wives PGR 3 0 4:15 Cougar Town PGR 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:05 Thirteen AO 3 The attempt to abduct Ivy is thwarted, but the Moxams are left shaken. 0 12:15 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11:30 Football – English Premier League Crystal Palace v Newcastle.

From Selhurst Park, London.

1:30 Closedown

11:10 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:40 Closedown

11:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things – Best Bites Midnight Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 12:30 What’s For Sale…

With A View! 1am Caribbean Pirate Treasure 1:30 David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 2am Love Nature – Wild Birds Of Australia 3am Tiny House Hunting 3:30 Gardeners’ World 4am Pompeii’s New Secrets Revealed With Mary Beard PGR 5am Kolkata With Sue Perkins

Border Security 8pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Four Weddings USA 3 10:50 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles PGR 3 11:45 Snapped PGR 3 12:40 The Real Housewives Of New York City PGR 1:35 Dance Moms 3 2:35 He Shed She Shed 3 3:30 How Do I Look?

4:30 Four Weddings USA 5:25 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 6:30 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 7:30 Million Dollar Decorators PGR Jeffrey continues his years-long work on an extravagant $20-million estate, only to hit an obstacle.

8:30 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles PGR A look at the professional and personal lives of Los Angeles real-estate agents as they sell high-end properties.

9:30 He Shed She Shed 10:25 Intervention AO 3 11:15 Snapped PGR 3 12:10 Infomercials 3

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6am DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow M 6:50 DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow M 7:40 DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow M 8:35 DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow M 9:25 DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow M 10:20 DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow M 11:10 DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow M 12:05 The Flash – Invasion! PGV 1pm Arrow – Invasion! MVS 1:55 DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow – Invasion! M 2:50 Supergirl M 3:45 Supergirl M 4:40 Supergirl M 5:35 Supergirl M 6:30 Supergirl M 7:30 Supergirl M 8:30 Supergirl M 9:30 Supergirl M 10:30 Supergirl M 11:20 Supergirl M

6:05 Random Tropical Paradise 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Bryan Greenberg, Brooks Wheelan.

7:45 Redistributors MVL 2016 Thriller. James Allen, Natan Barreto, Tim Bentinck.

9:15 Better Living Through Chemistry 16LSC 2014 Comedy Drama.

Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan.

10:45 X-Men – Apocalypse MVLC 2016 Action Adventure. James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence.

1:10 Random Tropical Paradise 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Bryan Greenberg, Brooks Wheelan. 2:50 The Fate Of The Furious MVL 2017 Action. Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson. 5:05 Bliss!

MVLS 2016 Drama. Freya Parks, David Leon. 6:40 Florence Foster Jenkins PGL 2016 Comedy. 8:30 Criminal 16VL 2016 Action Crime. The memories and skills of a dead CIA agent are transplanted into a death-row inmate, who must complete the agent’s secret mission while there is still time.

10:25 A Date With Miss Fortune MLS 2015 Romantic Comedy.

12:10 Supergirl M 1am Supergirl M 1:50 Supergirl M 2:40 Supergirl M 3:30 Supergirl M 4:20 Supergirl M 5:10 Supergirl M

Midnight Leading Lady PG 2014 Romantic Comedy.

1:40 Bliss! MVLS 2016 Drama.

3:15 Florence Foster Jenkins PGL 2016 Comedy.

5:05 Criminal 16VL 2016 Action Crime.

6:40 Bedazzled PGS 2000 Comedy. Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley. 8:15 2 Fast 2 Furious MV 2003 Action. Paul Walker, Cole Hauser, Eva Mendes.

10am Paranormal Activity 16L 2007 Horror Thriller. Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs.

11:25 The Girl Next Door 16LS 2004 Comedy.

Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant.

1:10 Tropic Thunder 16VLS 2008 Comedy.

Ben Stiller, Jack Black.

2:55 Bedazzled PGS 2000 Comedy. Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley. 4:30 What Just Happened MVLS 2008 Comedy. Robert De Niro, Sean Penn. 6:15 The Lovely Bones MVL 2009 Drama.

Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Rose McIver, Susan Sarandon.

8:30 Broken City 16VL 2013 Crime. A former police officer seeks revenge after being double-crossed and framed by the city’s mayor.

Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones.

10:20 The Fast And The Furious – Tokyo Drift MVL 2006 Action. Lucas Black, Bow Wow. TUESDAY 12:05 My Bloody Valentine 18VLS 2009 Horror. Jensen Ackles, Jaime King. 1:45 Nothing But Trailers M 2:15 The Lovely Bones MVL 2009 Drama.

4:30 What Just Happened MVLS 2008 Comedy.

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SKY SPORT 1 6:20 L Rugby – Women’s Six Nations Italy v England.

8:30 Cricket – Women’s Big Bash (RPL) Grand Final – Teams TBC. 11:30 Cricket – Big Bash (RPL) Grand Final – Teams TBC. 3pm Sky Sports News UK 3:30 Cricket – T20 Tri-Series (HLS) Australia v Blackcaps. 4pm Cricket – ICC U19 World Cup (HLS) Final – Australia v India.

5pm Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Semi-final Two – Strikers v Renegades.

5:30 Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Grand Final – Teams TBC. 6pm The World Rugby Show 6:30 The Season – Nudgee College 7pm Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Final – Teams TBC. 7:30 Cricket – T20 Tri Series (HLS) Australia v Blackcaps.

8pm The World Rugby Show 8:30 Six Nations Review Show 9:30 Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Day Two. From FMG Stadium, Hamilton.

11pm The Season – Nudgee College 11:30 Basketball – NBL (HLS) New Zealand Breakers v Illawarra Hawks.

TUESDAY Midnight The World Rugby Show 12:30 Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Day One. 2am Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Day Two. 3:30 The Season – Nudgee College 4am Football – W-League (RPL) Brisbane Roar FC v Canberra United.

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SKY SPORT 2 6am Football – A-League (RPL) Central Coast Mariners v Western Sydney Wanderers FC. From Central Coast Stadium.

8am Football – A-League (RPL) Brisbane Roar FC v Melbourne City FC. 10am Rugby – Six Nations (RPL) Wales v Scotland.

Noon Rugby – Six Nations (RPL) France v Ireland.

2pm Rugby – Six Nations (RPL) Italy v England.

4pm Motorsport – TR Series (HLS) From Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.

5pm Cycling – Port To Port Four day mountain biking race from Newcastle, Australia.

6pm Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) Phoenix Open – Round Four.

From TPC Scottsdale, Arizona.

6:30 Golf – European Tour (HLS) Maybank Championship Malaysia – Round Four.

From Saujana Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur.

7pm Hook Me Up! 8pm Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Grand Final – Teams TBC. 8:30 The Season – Nudgee College 9pm Cricket – T20 Tri-Series (HLS) Australia v Blackcaps.

From the SCG, Sydney.

9:30 NRL 360 10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 11pm Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Semi-final Two – Strikers v Renegades.

11:30 Cricket – Big Bash (RPL) Grand Final – Teams TBC. 3am Cricket – Women’s Big Bash (RPL) Grand Final – Teams TBC. 5Feb18

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9:10 Alaskan Bush People M 10am Blowing Up History PG Lost Temples of the Jungle. 10:50 Mighty Ships PG 11:40 Web Of Lies M New Year’s Retribution.

12:30 Murder Comes To Town M Last Walk to Bad Creek. 1:20 People Magazine Investigates M Stranger Than Fiction.

2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 5-Year Storm 1.

4:45 Garage Rehab PG Offset Kustoms. 5:40 MythBusters PG Confederate Steam Gun. 6:35 Diesel Brothers PG Epic Fail of the Year. 7:30 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Big Red Caddy 1.

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Lynn to play long game Chris Lynn is eyeing more time in the middle but admits a return to longform cricket is still a year away as he battles his ongoing injury woes. Lynn made 44 in his return to Australian colours on Saturday night in the rainaffected seven-wicket Twenty20 win over New Zealand, in what was just his sixth match in any level or format in seven months. The 27-year-old has been dogged by shoulder, hamstring and calf concerns in the past year, but insists he hasn’t given up on playing test cricket or returning to Queensland in the Sheffield Shield.

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John Snowden on his way to winning the coveted Ballinger Belt.

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Historic win for Snowden

BY MATT MARKHAM

MATT.M@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

It might have taken almost 20 years to win his first, but Ashburton sharpshooter John Snowden didn’t have to wait anywhere as long to win his second Ballinger Belt in Wellington over the weekend.

The oldest trophy competed for in New Zealand sport, the Ballinger comes with plenty of meaning and history and after winning it in 2013, the quiet and reserved Snowden was rapt to have finally claimed the coveted prize – but to do it again was special.

“To come from behind and win it was special,” Snowden’s wife Coby said.

“He is absolutely thrilled.”

In a field littered with international stars, all of whom were

here to check out the surrounds ahead of next year’s World Championships, only three Kiwi shooters made their way into the top 20 of the competition.

The win on the weekend comes off the back of a successful week for Ashburton shooters at the national championships with some good results across the board and higher honours to a number of local shooters – including Snowden’s daughter, Megan, claiming the honour of top scorer for the New Zealand Under 23 side.

But Snowden, who has been selected in the New Zealand team for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast later this year, stole the show with his individual performance.

In the final he was one shot behind defending champion,

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Jim Bailey from Australia.

The last round consisted of 15 shots from 900 years and with two shots to go, Bailey held a two-point lead and had one hand on the belt before a gust of wind opened the door for Snowden.

Bailey scored a three on the last shot with the wind shift and Snowden kept his cool to score a five which brought the scores level. On a countback of central shots, which is the number of shots dead centre, Snowden emerged on top by one shot to claim the victory.

As is the tradition with the Ballinger Belt, the winner is hoisted and paraded by their club mates – another special moment in the whole event.

Unlike his last victory in 2013, Snowden was unable to bring the belt home with him due

to fact it is so valuable and the costs for insuring it and keeping it at the Snowden home would be enormous.

The Belt was presented in 1873 by the Government as a replacement for the first Government Champion Belt won outright when won for the second time in a row in 1872 by Capt Wales of Otago by competing in the annual shooting competition to find the “NZ Champion Shot”.

It was won in 1893 by Arthur Ballinger of Wellington who won it twice more, meaning he was entitled to retain it on the third occasion in 1907.

Arthur donated the “Champion Belt” to the NRA and it was renamed the Ballinger Belt, being presented each year to the winner of the National Championships.

Defending champion Kristina Mladenovic recovered from a set down to beat Daria Kasatkina and reach the final of the St Petersburg Trophy.

Kasatkina, who defeated Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki in the quarter-finals, looked on course to cause another upset when she took the opening set 6-3. However, Mladenovic hit back to force a decider and she eventually secured a 3-6 6-3 6-2 victory to set up a final against two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova.

Sri Lanka make 713 Sri Lanka have set up a potential finalday victory in the first test against Bangladesh after smashing 9-713 and reducing the hosts to 3-81 in their second innings in Chittagong. Bangladesh still trail Sri Lanka by 119 runs with first-innings centurion Mominul Haque 18 not out at stumps with an increasingly deteriorating pitch. Sri Lanka declared two overs after tea, having reached the second-highest total against Bangladesh. Sri Lanka also scored the highest – 6(dec)-730 in 2010 in Dhaka.

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