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St John land lease ‘simple solution’

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There’s a simple solution to a land wrangle that could have the Ashburton District Council tied up in legal knots, says councillor Selwyn Price.

The wrangle is over a council-owned section on Burnett Street used by casual parkers and as an informal access to the rear of the Tancred Street St John headquarters.

St John wanted to formalise that access and asked the council to provide an official right of way, but district councillors weren’t keen.

Carving off part of the section for vehicle access would impact on both its value and the options for use, they said.

Instead they suggested St John could

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buy the land at market value but that opened a can of worms over its history – was it freehold land or reserve land?

Finding the answer would involve securing an expensive land status report.

How the council acquired the land wouldn’t matter, Price said, if the council took the simple path of offering St John the land on a long-term, peppercorn rental.

Council currently gains no income from the section and what better way to support an organisation that was at the heart of the community than leasing it land that was currently a non-income generator, he said.

“We own the land, we don’t have any plans for it. Let’s not think about selling it, let’s lease it. I believe St John would be

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happy with that.”

A lease at minimal cost was a sensible solution and it simply formalised the access use that had been happening for years, Price said.

The council had a good record of supporting volunteer organisations and had given hundreds of thousands of dollars to rural fire units over the years they were under its control.

St John was no different and by granting the organisation a peppercorn rental lease, it would be giving support without money changing hands, he said.

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■ ASHBURTON CBD

Town centre hurting district’s image

By Sue NewmaN

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A report on economic development in the Ashburton District makes it clear the shabby state of Ashburton’s town centre does not tell the real story of a growing and prosperous district.

That message was delivered in two Ashburton District Council commissioned reports on labour force requirements and the future of economic development in the district.

These both highlighted the importance of selling the district’s success story to the world to encourage people to move to the area to live and work.

But in doing that, economic

development expert Tom Hooper said the council needed to push ahead with urgency its planned redevelopment of Ashburton’s CBD. East Street’s retail front was marred by older, narrow shop frontages and a significant number of these were not tenanted, Hooper said.

“With further new developments still to come on-line in the town it is likely there will be more rather than less empty space unless new tenants in different sectors can be found.”

That meant rents were at best flat and in some cases possibly decreasing when lease renewals came round. This might make tenancies cheaper but it could

also make landlords less likely to spend on upgrade work, Hooper said.

“The older premises are going to continue to remain difficult to let and the risk is that the image of East Street in particular continues to decline.”

Those older buildings were often labelled earthquake prone and remediation work or demolition would create opportunities for new developments, the development of open space or the consolidation of titles, he said.

The council had a huge role to play in the revitalisation of the town centre and the plans it was working through, when completed, would make a significant

difference to the profile, look and feel of East Street.

“It will go a long way towards addressing the perception issues that East Street currently creates for visitors.”

Hooper tagged land on the corner of West and Havelock street as having huge development opportunities. This currently houses the public library and the old Cates Seeds building.

“It’s a highly visible corner parcel of land that has the potential to become a major opportunity to attract those who currently drive straight through the town,” he said.

Hooper also suggested the council should move with urgen-

cy in applying to the government’s provincial growth fund for money to progress the second bridge across the Ashburton River.

“The sooner the applications can be got under way the better; the fund is being inundated with applications and there will be increasing pressure on the available funds,” he said.

Hooper said he had spoken with the team managing the fund and it appeared the bridge project would be a strong contender.

The bridge would provide significant national, regional as well as local benefits and would go a long way towards lifting the district’s profile as a great place to live and do business, Hooper said.

■ ST JOHN

Quiet fireworks night for firefighers Land lease By matt markham

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Local firefighters are praising the efforts of the Mid Canterbury community with no firework-related callouts received on a blustery Saturday night.

The combination of strong winds and the proposition of fireworks would have had units across Mid Canterbury more than a little concerned heading into Saturday night, but the Ashburton station team spent more time dealing with wind related issues than anything else and received no calls in relation to fireworks.

“That’s a fantastic result in our eyes,” chief Alan Burgess said.

“It’s actually been that way for a couple of years now which shows that people are being a bit more cautious and taking a really good approach when it comes to using fireworks.”

The escape from firework related calls didn’t equate to a quiet weekend though with a number of call-outs.

Two false alarms and one medical assist were coupled

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alongside a small vegetation fire attended by both Ashburton and Hinds in the Winslow area and a large tree which had come down across Trevors Road.

Burgess said there isn’t much they are able to do when it comes to trees which have come down but are there more as a safety precaution.

“The technology and equip-

ment required for something like that is a bit beyond our capabilities,” he said.

“Our role in that situation is more about securing the scene and making everything safe for the public.”

The Ashburton Fire Brigade has now surpassed 350 callouts for the year and with seven weeks of the year remaining, there will be a real desire

to try and ensure that they don’t reach the 400 mark.

The Rakaia Fire Brigade had a busy Saturday night, but not from an emergency point of view.

They were on hand at the annual Rakaia fireworks evening, monitoring things over the course of the evening and also allowing the public a little insight into how they operate in certain situations.

After doing fire-related situations at last year’s event, this year they took the opportunity to show how they approach a motor vehicle accident and demonstrated the use of the jaws of life.

The annual Rakaia fireworks were held in the Rakaia Domain with a large crowd in attendance.

The popular event is put on by the Rakaia Lions and draws a crowd from all over Mid Canterbury. The night features entertainment and live music before a powerful fireworks display.

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‘simple solution’ From P1 “This is another community organisation we need to support, one that does so much for the community.”

St John wants to formalise access across the section so it can extend its base to accommodate extra staff and ambulances.

The history of that section dates back to the 1880s, said council commercial manager Colin Windleborn.

The council has researched that history and how it came into council ownership is “at best ambiguous”, Windleborn said.

The Department of Conservation may end up trying to unravel the ownership issue and determine whether it was reserve land or whether it was freehold land, he said.

If it is not reserve land the council can sell it if it wishes but if it is reserve land DOC would deal with any sale.

The land would be offered to Ngai Tahu first and the council would only receive 50 per cent of the sale price.

The council could also have an option to undertake a land swap and reassign reserve status to another block of its land.

Price said he had tested the public’s attitude to a lease on Facebook and support had been overwhelmingly favourable.

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■ RAILWAY STATION SITE

New life for old station site

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton might have vacant retail spaces in its town centre, but there is still good demand for commercial space from businesses less reliant on foot traffic, a developer says.

The design work is completed and Robert Grice says he’s close to applying for a building consent for a new complex on the vacant East Street site that was once home to the Ashburton Railway Station.

He’s yet to go to the market for tenants, but said he’s already fielding inquiries.

“I’m holding off doing anything, however until I get the right mix of tenants. It’s a work in progress really,” he said.

In terms of letting space in the new complex, Grice said he’s open-minded on numbers – one tenant or four, the building can be configured internally to suit.

“The site is good, it’s long and narrow so every business will have fantastic exposure. And there’s good parking too,” he said.

Grice already has one commercial development on East Street, the Redpath complex, that has been fully tenanted from day one.

He believes there is still unmet need from tenants looking for commercial space, businesses that are more service than retail in nature.

While his building consent is still to be lodged, Grice anticipates that all going well, construction work should be under way before the end of the year.

His goal is to have the complex fully tenanted by the middle of next year.

The building will cover about 800 square metres and will aesthetically fit with the two large buildings that will be its neighbour to the north and south.

Above - Architect Phil Redmond’s concept drawing of the proposed commercial building on the site of Ashburton’s railway station, demolished in 2013.

These were built in 2006 and 2007.

The land is zoned Business C. Grice has owned the property for about 18 months, but the site has been vacant since the railway station was demolished in 2013.

A strong community effort was made to preserve the building but its owner estimated restoration and renovation to a standard where it would attract tenants, would have cost at least $1 million.

■ VOTING EXPLAINED

Open day set to give insight into voting system New voters and others who want to know more about how New Zealanders elect their members of parliament are being invited to an open day at Ashburton Community House on November 20.

The event is being hosted by the Electoral Commission and spokesperson Gisela Craig said young people and newcomers to

the country were among people the commission hoped would attend.

“We will have a voting booth set up, including mock voting papers.”

The session is for anyone who would like to learn about the New Zealand voting process and system, including MMP and electoral boundaries.

People can learn about the legislation around enrolling and voting.

Information will be available about who qualifies to be registered to vote, why it’s important to update details and people can mock vote in general elections, local body elections and referendums.

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over 26,000 eligible voters, though at the end of October only 85 per cent of them were enrolled on the general or Maori roll.

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■ EXPERIENCE MID CANTERBURY

Closure costs hurt EMC

By Sue NewmaN

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Costs associated with closing Ashburton’s i-SITE guaranteed Experience Mid Canterbury would make a solid loss in the past year, says the organisation’s general manager, Bruce Moffat.

Its annual accounts show the tourism body posted a $26,828 loss for the June 30 year, up from $18,468 last year.

The cost of the closure was counted in lost revenue and in extra expenses around terminating employee contracts, Moffat said.

A decision was made to close the i-SITE because it consistently ran at a loss, but that meant there were legal costs around that and while closing the centre might have been the right business decision, it was very difficult for everyone involved, he said.

“Any time any business has a restructure it’s important to stay focussed on the goal at the end of it, but it’s difficult to do, that’s for sure and this was the blot on what was a very good year for us.

“Right from the beginning the board said there will be opportunities long-term but that we

might not see anything for two years.”

Removing an information service from central Ashburton was always a risk, but because of the year-on-year losses, it was a service Experience Mid Canterbury could not continue funding, Moffat said.

“If someone else can get an information organisation together we’d certainly support them.

We always said from the get-go that it was a service that should be made available, but it comes back to who pays.”

The year had, otherwise, been

very successful for the organisation, with $185 million spent through electronic transactions by visitors, Moffat said.

Of that amount $57 million was retail spending that did not include food, beverages, accommodation or fuel.

“That’s really huge.”

The lift in spending had continued into the new year, Moffat said, with accommodation figures well up in July and August.

Experience Mid Canterbury receives the bulk of its income, $385,000, from the Ashburton District Council.

■ ASHBURTON CADET UNIT

Special honour for cadet unit Ashburton’s cadet unit has been awarded a rare and special honour by the Ashburton District Council.

At Tuesday’s council meeting mayor Donna Favel presented a District of Ashburton Charter to the unit.

This gives it the right to march through the streets of Ashburton on mutually agreed ceremonial occasions.

The charter also gives the council and the mayor the honour of inspecting the unit on parade.

Favel told the unit’s representatives that the council was aware of and recognised the great tradition of the unit and the important role it played in the Ashburton District.

The unit has been assessed as number one in New Zealand and will shortly undergo another inspection that could see it again become New Zealand’s number one unit.

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Body found Police believe they have found the body of a Hamilton dad missing since last Monday. Christopher Huxtable, 35, had been missing since Monday afternoon when he was supposed to pick his daughter up from school but did not show up. Waikato police yesterday said last night they located a body near Mt Pirongia believed to be Huxtable. “There are no suspicious circumstances and the matter has been referred to the Coroner,” police said.

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Pest-free Peninsula More than a dozen groups have joined forces to create a 115,000 hectare pest-free zone on the edge of the country’s secondlargest city. Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage yesterday launched the “milestone agreement” to make Banks Peninsula/Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū in Canterbury pest free. Groups and agencies including the Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust, Department of Conservation, Christchurch City Council, Environment Canterbury and Ngāi Tahu rūnanga signed a memorandum of understanding to work together.

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Council wages Several Ashburton District Council staff would have been surprised to find in Saturday’s Guardian that they’d been given a pay rise, albeit a very brief one. A story on salary bands at the council incorrectly stated that six staff members were paid between $300,000 and $320,000. Only one is in this pay bracket, its chief executive. Six staff are paid between $140,000 and $220,000, with another six paid between $120,000 and $140,000. Six more are paid between $100,000 to $120,000, 25 between $80,000 and $100,000, 42 between $60,000 and $80,000 with the remainder, less than $60,000.

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Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel presenting a District of Ashburton Charter to Ashburton Cadet Unit members (from left) staff sergeant Varley McLean, lance corporal Chloe Graham, lance corporal Maddie White, sergeant Kristen Harris and major Cezanne Rodgers.

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■ EDUCATION

Support staff boost for schools The Government will fund 600 dedicated staff in primary and secondary schools to support children with special learning needs such as dyslexia, autism, physical disabilities and behavioural problems.

The announcement is being described as a big and much-needed win by the education sector.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement in her speech to the Labour conference

in Dunedin yesterday. She said they would work alongside teachers, parents and other professionals to give students individualised support.

Currently schools have special education needs co-ordinators but in many cases the role is just a few hours a week for an existing teacher and funding is allocated by the board of trustees.

The new group of learning support co-ordinators will be a dedi-

cated full-time job by a registered teacher and the first tranche of 600 will be employed from as early as 2020.

The aim is to at least double that number in order to have one in every urban school and access to one for every rural school.

Ardern called the announcement “a game-changer”.

“If a child needs support and is not getting it, that’s not fair, and I’m not prepared to tolerate it.

“So today I want to say to parents, to kids, to teachers, to aunties, to anyone who has asked for more support for those with additional needs – we’ve heard you.”

The co-ordinators would not only help unlock the potential of thousands of children with learning needs, they would free up teachers so all children get more quality classroom time to learn.

“A big concern I hear regularly from teachers is the amount of

time they spend trying to get support for children with additional needs.”

The commitment to more staff will cost $217 million over four years will be from next year’s Budget and comes on top of an extra $272.8 million in the 2018 Budget operational spending for learning support. “That is a huge investment in our first year into supporting both our kids and our teachers.”

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Ashburton County Lions members Margaret Ingold, granddaughter Georgia and Cynthia Young with a garden seat donated to Trott’s Gardens to mark the international centenary of Lionism.

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New garden seat marks centenary Ashburton County Lions president Nicola Kelly (right) assisted by Shelia Shearer plant a Kate Sheppard camellia in Trott’s Gardens as part of this year’s 125th suffrage commemoration.

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As part of this year’s centennial celebration of Lionism internationally, clubs were challenged to mark the event in their own area and for Ashburton County Lions this has resulted a new garden seat for Trott’s Gardens.

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The seat has been placed near the garden’s entrance and already is well used by tour bus visitors, Trott’s Gardens Charitable Trust chair Robin Kilworth said.

“It’s in a perfect place for people who may finish wandering

around the gardens a little earlier.

They can sit and wait for others to arrive,” she said.

County Lions members have also planted a Kate Sheppard camellia in the gardens to mark the 125th anniversary of suffrage.

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■ INDONESIA

Diver dies in search The horrific Lion Air tragedy, which killed all 189 people on board flight JT610 when it plunged into the Java Sea, has taken another life — just as rescue workers found what they have long been searching for.

Making a solemn announcement yesterday, Indonesia’s search and rescue chief Muhammad Syaugi confirmed that they lost a volunteer Indonesian diver in the search for the downed flight.

Syachrul Anto, 48, passed away while he was recovering body parts from the Java Sea. It is believed he died from decompression.

“He was found by the SAR team, fainted.

He was treated by our doctors, after he regained consciousness, we sent him to the chamber for decompression,” Mr Syaugi sai.

“We have all the equipment, however God’s will says differently.”

Isswarto, commander of the Indonesian navy’s search and rescue division, said that Anto was a volunteer with the Search and Rescue Agency.

The 48-year-old diver had previously served in Palu, which suffered an earthquake and tsunami in September, and was also involved in recovering the bodies and debris from an Air Asia plane crash nearly four years ago.

His family had chosen not to conduct an autopsy and asked for his remains to be buried immediately, Basarnas spokesman Yusuf Latif said.

Rescue divers have been crucial in recovering human remains and pieces of the wrecked near-new Boeing 737 MAX. As of yesterday a total of 73 body bags, few containing intact remains, had been recovered but only four of the victims had been identified.

Divers believe they have detected a signal that may be from the cockpit voice recorder and they believe they have found what they have long been looking for —

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Officials move a pair of wheels recovered from the Lion Air jet that crashed into Java Sea at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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the plane’s fuselage. The plane crashed in waters 30 metres deep but strong currents have hampered the search.

Speaking on the sixth day of the search, Mr Syaugi said that two engines and more landing gear had been found.

“I haven’t seen it myself but I got information from some divers that they have seen the fuselage,” he said at a news conference at a Jakarta port where body bags, debris and passenger belongings are first taken.

The brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet plunged into the Java Sea just minutes after takeoff from Jakarta early on October 29, killing all 189 people on board and baffling aviation experts.

The flight data recorder, or black box,

was recovered on Thursday and Mr Syaugi said a “low ping signal” was detected by a sonar locator that could be the black box voice recorder.

Divers and a remotely operated vehicle have been searching the suspected location since yesterday.

Flight tracking websites show the plane had erratic speed and altitude during its 13 minute flight and a previous flight from Bali to Jakarta.

Passengers on the earlier flight reported terrifying descents and in both cases the different cockpit crews requested to return to their departure airport shortly after takeoff.

Lion has claimed a technical problem was fixed after that flight.

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■ UNITED STATES

Three Girl Scouts killed in US hit and run A pick-up truck has lurched off a road in western Wisconsin and hit a group of Girl Scouts picking up rubbish in a ditch, killing three girls and one adult and critically injuring a fourth girl.

Sergeant Daniel Sokup of the Lake Hallie Police Department said the driver of the black Ford F-150 pick-up truck fled the scene but later turned himself in.

He identified the driver as Colton Treu, 21, of Chippewa, Falls, Wisconsin.

Sokup said Treu will be charged with four counts of homicide through the negligent use of a vehicle.

The crash happened yesterday as the girls were picking up litter in a ditch in Lake Hallie, a town about 150km east of Minneapolis.

The girls were in the fourth grade at Halmstad Elementary School in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune quoted a relative of a girl in the troop who was not injured as saying.

The Girl Scouts were all wearing bright safety vests and were accompanied by several adults.

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A Greek farmer’s recent discovery of a fragment of an ancient statue while tilling his field has yielded three more statues and several graves in the past month. Archeologists have been busy since mid-October, digging part of a field near the central Greek town of Atalanti, 150km northwest of Athens.

The dig began after the farmer found the torso of an ancient kouros (young man) and immediately alerted the authorities. Greece’s Culture Ministry said a total of four large fragments of life-size limestone statues of young men have been found, along with a triangular statue base. Deeper down, seven graves with several unspecified findings have been unearthed, likely part of a larger cemetery.

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Spice Girls to reunite A report says the Spice Girls are about to give fans what they really, really want: a reunion. The Sun newspaper says the 1990s girl group is about to announce a new tour, but without original member Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham. The newspaper says the band has recorded a message that will be broadcast today announcing a 2019 UK stadium tour.

Apart from Beckham the lineup includes Melanie “Sporty Spice” Chisholm, Emma “Baby Spice” Bunton, Melanie “Scary Spice” Brown and Geri “Ginger Spice” Horner.

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■ BRITAIN

Kids injured on inflatable slide in UK Six children are being treated for “potentially serious injuries” after an inflatable slide collapsed at a fireworks funfair in the English countryside.

Surrey Police said Woking Park was evacuated as medics, including an air ambulance crew, treated a total of seven patients on Saturday.

The force initially said it was a collapse of a helter skelter at the fairground in Woking, but the latest information said it was a “giant inflatable slide”.

One witness said he had been con-

cerned earlier that night when he saw up to 40 children playing on the “flimsy” slide at once.

South East Coast Ambulance Service said it had “multiple crews” at the scene of the “significant incident” at Woking Fireworks.

“Our clinicians have treated six children on scene for potentially serious injuries,” SECamb said in a statement.

The patients were being transported to “major trauma centres” in London with the help of the air ambulance, the state-

ment added. Andy Datson, 23, said he saw up to 40 children playing on slide, which he estimated was about nine metres tall at its highest.

“We had been walking past the slide earlier in the night and said it looked unsafe.

It looked pretty flimsy to say the least,” he said.

“There were far too many kids on it.

“It didn’t look like it could hold that many people.”

The fireworks “extravaganza” had been due to start at 8pm.

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A royal obsession There seems to be a bit of a royal obsession on display at the Cake International exhibition taking place in Birmingham in central England. There was an oversize cake depicting the late Princess Diana with her two sons Prince William and Prince Harry. There’s even a life-size cake of a grown-up Prince Harry with his wife Meghan the duchess of Sussex. The eye-catching cakes feature in a three-day cake decorating and baking show that includes a number of prizes in various competitions.

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Mid Canterbury Choir members are preparing to present Messiah on Sunday.

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Voices to the heavens The Mid Canterbury Choir welcomes musical director Martin Setchell, organist Douglas Mews and four guest singers to present Handel’s Messiah on Sunday.

Manager Carol Gunn said the choir was thrilled when Setchell agreed to direct this most famous of performances.

“Martin has considerable experience as both an organist and musical director. We have thoroughly enjoyed his enthusiastic direction in the past, often accompanied with a cheerful ‘bravo’ when we get a difficult passage right,” Gunn said.

The choir was equally pleased to have the organ as the accompanying instrument for this performance, especially as it was to be played by renowned organist Douglas Mews from Wellington.

The guest singers are to be soprano Ingrid Fomison-Nurse, a young Dunedin scientist who finished runner-up in the Dame Malvina Major Foundation

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Christchurch Aria final in October 2018, mezzo soprano Claire Barton, who also hails from Dunedin and is in much demand as

a soloist throughout New Zealand, bass Malcolm Leitch, who has returned to Christchurch from the UK with a variety of upcoming opera and concert soloist engagements, and tenor Ben Madden, a Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir and opera singer based in Dunedin.

The Messiah is an enduring classic and as such a long-time favourite of the Mid Canterbury Choir.

Over 200 years ago, Handel sat in the study of his London home, feverishly writing. The heading on the first page was Messiah, an Oratorio, and 265 pages of score lay finished just 24 days later – most of them without a single correction or sign of indecision.

As Handel worked through the movements telling the story of Prophecy of Redemption, Christ’s Birth, Healing, The Passion, His Death and Resurrection, and the Promise of Eternal Life, he was often moved to tears.

Considered a profound creed of Christian belief, Messiah is said to have a noble and lofty beauty which leaves a wonderment in the wealth of spiritual experience it imparts.

Messiah will be at 2pm at St Stephen’s Anglican Church.

Tickets are available from choir members or door sales on the day.

It is $30 for adults, and $25 for seniors and students.

Messiah will be part of a weekend of choir performances in Ashburton, with the MSA Men’s Choir presenting For the Fallen, a 100-Year Armistice Day remembrance concert on both Saturday night 7.30pm and Sunday 2.30pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

For the Fallen will be MCed

by Kevin Soster, and also feature the Garden City Big Band, Phoenix Rising, and music and singalongs to remember those who fought and died for freedom.

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November 5: Social Climbers - A Roger Hall Comedy at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

November 6: Brent Holley — Perspective exhibition opening at the Grace Gallery.

November 10: The Bubblemen live at the Tinwald Tavern.

For the Fallen at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

November 11: Mid Canterbury Choir presents Messiah with guest soloists at St Stephens Anglican Church.

For the Fallen at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 2.30pm.

Ashburton Sculpture Symposium family fun day and onsite auction of pieces, which follows a one-week exhibition at Ashburton Domain.

November 14: Muka Youth Prints at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

November 18: Clive Humphreys The Process of Place exhibition opening and floor talk at the Ashburton Art Gallery, Compliment and Contrast opening at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

November 23: Lee Child at St Andrew’s College, Christchurch.

November 23—25: Yes. That’s What Music’s All About at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

November 24: Family Fun Car Rally for the Big Little Theatre Company.

November 28: A Russian Triple Bill at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

November 29: Cubbin Theatre Christchurch presents Up and Away at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

December 2: Ashburton Society of Arts Christmas Show Exhibition Opening at Short Street Studio.

December 8: The ABBA Show at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

December 16: Summer Holidays family activities begin at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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■ THE BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES

Kiwi singing star covers US legend for TV drama With a soulful voice straight from the golden age of country and rockabilly, 2018 NZ Music Awards nominee and four-time NZ Music Award winner Tami Neilson is bringing Crazy back.

Having just returned from a sell-out European tour, Neilson, 41, who is a nominee in the Best Album and Best Solo Artist at this year’s NZ Music Awards, has also

managed to find time to record a cover of Willie Nelson’s legendary tune Crazy, which will feature on the special 20th episode of The Brokenwood Mysteries.

The episode, this month on Prime, is set in an asylum and follows the team of detectives as they interrogate previous patients of the institution to sniff out a motive for a cold-blooded,

revenge-style murder. Neilson’s soulful cover is the perfect accompaniment to the spooky, celebration episode.

The hit NZ-made show has a massive international audience and now plays in 16 different countries worldwide, to cumulative audiences of more than 8 million people per episode.

Its international success has

had an impact on all those involved, including Neilson, who discovered during her recent European tour that a significant number of people coming along to her shows had heard of her music via The Brokenwood Mysteries, which has been a great juxtaposition for her lilting songs.

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We need to start talking more I

t’s never something we really seem to want to talk about, but perhaps – now more than ever, we probably should.

Life can be bloody tough. No matter whether you’re a young teenager who is really just starting out their life, or an older part of the community who has been around for a few years.

Sometimes life can leave you feeling a bit ho-hum, there’s not a lot of apparent purpose around and finding a way forward can be a tricky task to master.

You get yourself into a rut and can’t seem to find a way out of it, yet unfortunately the way out of it is often all around you, but you’re

not quite sure how to use it.

We’ve all got this incredible part of life around us.

Some have it a bit more than others and on the other side a few have a lot less. But we all have some form of it and no matter whether big or small, it can be just as effective.

And that’s friends.

They might be family members, or they might be someone who you befriended in kindergarten.

Their role in your life is actually significant because as long as they care, they’re going to be right there by your side. No matter what.

They’ll have your back, they’ll lend you their shoulder or they’ll give you a clip around the ear if they think you need it. And although they might not quite fully realise just how important they are, they’ll stick by you and help you through thick and thin no matter what the situation might be.

But the sad thing is, we’re not

using them well enough. We don’t realise just how readily help can be available. Perhaps we don’t want to know, but it’s damn well time we started to.

It’s perhaps a Kiwi thing, this being too proud to open up to those around us.

We’re incredibly staunch and seem to believe that no matter what the situation we can stand on our own two feet all the time.

Statistics would suggest that it’s a mantra we need to get rid of.

We need to start talking more, start sharing our feelings and our emotions. They say a problem shared is a problem halved and any amount of weight lifted off

a set of shoulders is a step in the right direction.

No one wants to hear of tragedy or heartache like we seem to be hearing so much about in this country, it’s just not right.

So, hug your little ones a bit tighter tonight before you tuck them up in bed, let that parting hug with a loved one last a bit longer and perhaps get in touch with that friend you might not have spoken to in a while, just to see how they’re getting on.

To you, it’s a minor delay in the busy world that is our lives, but to them it could just be exactly what they’re looking for and more importantly, exactly what they need.

a suspected crack house.

(Nevers and his partner, Walter Budzyn, were found guilty of second-degree murder, but the convictions were overturned; they were later convicted of involuntary manslaughter.)

In 1994, former President Ronald Reagan disclosed he had Alzheimer’s disease.

In 2009, a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas left 13 people dead; Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was later convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

Ten years ago: One day after being elected president, Barack Obama began filling out his new

administration, selecting Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel to be White House chief of staff. A case of postelection nerves on Wall Street sent the Dow industrials plunging nearly 500 points.

Five years ago: Republican Governor Chris Christie won a resounding re-election victory in Democratic-leaning New Jersey, while Democrat Terry McAuliffe prevailed in Virginia’s gubernatorial contest. India launched its first spacecraft bound for Mars; the Martian Orbiter Mission, or MOM, reached the red planet in September 2014.

One year ago: A gunman armed

with an assault rifle opened fire in a small South Texas church, killing more than two dozen people; the shooter, Devin Patrick Kelley, was later found dead in a vehicle after he was shot and chased by two men who heard the gunfire. (An autopsy revealed that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.) President Donald Trump arrived in Japan for the start of a 12-day, five-country Asian trip.

Shalane Flanagan became the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon since 1977; Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya was the men’s winner.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Chris

Robinson is 80. Singer Art Garfunkel is 77. Singer Peter Noone is 71. TV personality Kris Jenner is 63. Actress Tilda Swinton is 58. Actor Michael Gaston is 56. Actress Tatum O’Neal is 55. Actor Sam Rockwell is 50. Actor Corin Nemec is 47.

Country singer-musician Ryan Adams is 44. Actor Sebastian Arcelus is 42. Actor Sam Page is 42. Actor Luke Hemsworth is 38.

Actor Jeremy Lelliott is 36. Rock musician Kevin Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 31. Actor Landon Gimenez is 15.

Thought for today: “Examine what is said, not him who speaks.” — Arab proverb.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, November 5, the 309th day of 2018.

There are 56 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On November 5, 1968, Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Democratic Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and American Independent candidate George C. Wallace.

On this date: In 1605, the “Gunpowder Plot” failed as Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up the English Parliament.

In 1911, aviator Calbraith P. Rodgers arrived in Pasadena, California, completing the first transcontinental airplane trip in 49 days.

In 1935, Parker Brothers began marketing the board game Monopoly.

In 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office as he defeated Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie.

In 1956, Britain and France started landing forces in Egypt during fighting between Egyptian and Israeli forces around the Suez Canal. (A ceasefire was declared two days later.)

In 1974, Democrat Ella T. Grasso was elected governor of Connecticut, becoming the first woman to win a gubernatorial office without succeeding her husband.

In 1987, Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana several times in the 1960s and 70s, calling it a mistake. (Ginsburg ended up withdrawing his nomination.)

In 1990, Rabbi Meir Kahane, the Brooklyn-born Israeli extremist, was shot to death at a New York hotel. (Egyptian native El Sayyed Nosair was convicted of the slaying in federal court.)

In 1992, Malice Green, a black motorist, died after he was struck in the head 14 times with a flashlight by a Detroit police officer, Larry Nevers, outside

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Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway is taking another look at the Karel Sroubek decision.

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A fair go not a free ride I

n New Zealand we pride ourselves on being a pretty fair country. We like to give people a fair go, but not a free ride.

That’s why the Government’s decision to grant Karel Sroubek permanent residency is so baffling.

He’s had more than a fair go and now he’s getting a completely undeserved free ride.

Sroubek is a convicted drug smuggler with gang associations.

He came to New Zealand on a false passport. How he has managed to convince the Government to let him stay is incomprehensible.

It was revealed last week the Immigration Minister had intervened to allow Karel Sroubek to stay in New Zealand when he is released from prison rather than have him sent back to his native Czech Republic, even though the Parole Board refused to grant him parole in the meantime.

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contrary to the public safety of New Zealanders, the Government is refusing to explain why it has allowed him to stay.

This is an appalling decision and New Zealanders deserve to know why their safety has been put at risk. Sroubek comes from the Czech Republic, a first world country with a robust justice system, I see no good reason why he can’t be sent home.

There’s been a suggestion that it’s unsafe for him to return to the Czech Republic.

That might well be a valid reason, except we know he’s travelled there from New Zealand several times in between his stints in prison.

People from all around the world want to live and work in New Zealand because of the opportunities here. They bring immense benefits to New Zealand, from skills and capital to new ideas and international connections.

Two weeks ago in this newspaper I wrote about the more than 110 immigrations cases I’ve dealt with as your local Member of Parliament in recent months.

Genuine, law-abiding people, with jobs and deep roots in the community, having their visas declined and being sent home for no good reason.

Since that article was printed I’ve had dozens more contact me seeking help.

Heart-breaking stories of people who have lived here for years, made a contribution, and are now being told they have to leave.

I’ll do what I can to help them, even making a direct appeal to the Immigration Minister.

In all likelihood many of them will have to leave, people who’ve become part of our community, been our neighbours or served on the local PTA. Meanwhile that same minister intervened to grant permanent residency to a convicted drug smuggler, a fraudster, someone with known links to organised crime.

Something stinks here and it’s up to the Government to tell us why.

It’s not good enough that they throw up their hands and divert attention elsewhere.

Not while people we need in this district who deserve to be here are being sent away.

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Origins of Halloween

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alloween is widely believed that many of its traditions originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, and that Samhain itself was Christianised as Halloween by the early Church.

Some believe, however, that Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, separate from ancient festivals like Samhain.

By the end of the 12th century it had become holy day of obligation across Europe and involved such traditions as ringing church bells for the souls in purgatory.

In addition, “it was customary for criers dressed in black to parade the streets, ringing a bell of mournful sound and calling on all good Christians to remember the poor souls”.

It is claimed that in the Middle Ages, churches that were too poor to display the relics of martyred saints during major holidays let parishioners dress up as saints instead.

In France, some Christian families, on the night of All Hallows’ Eve, prayed beside the graves of their loved ones, setting down dishes full of milk for them.

On Halloween, in Italy, some families left a large meal out for ghosts of their passed relatives, before they departed for church services.

In Spain, on this night, special pastries are baked, known as “bones of the holy” (Spanish: Huesos de Santo) and put them on the graves of the churchyard, a practice that continues to this day.

In America, Anglican colonists in the Southern United States and Catholic colonists in Maryland recognised All Hallow’s Eve in their church calendars, although the Puritans of New England (Northeastern US) maintained strong opposition to the holiday, along with other traditional celebrations of the established Church, including Christmas.

It was not until mass Irish and Scottish immigration in the 19th Century that Halloween became a major holiday in North America.

Confined to the immigrant communities during the mid-19th Century, it was gradually assimilated into mainstream society and by the first decade of the 20th Century it was being celebrated coast-to-coast by people of all social, racial and religious backgrounds.

The performance art of Cosplay

C Profile Ruchika Gupta Hello, my name is Ruchika Gupta.

I’m from India, where I completed my masters in physiotherapy, and after my marriage I moved to New Zealand with my husband.

I am 33 years old and my husband and daughter are now residing here with me.

Initially I faced heaps of challenges but my friends like Colleen, Alex and Wendy helped me a lot.

In Ashburton I want a good job related to my field at least so that I can help my family.

osplay is the combination of the words “costume” and “play”.

Cosplay is a performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear often self-made costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character from popular media, such as books, TV shows, movies, animation or comic books.

The term “cosplay” was coined in Japan in 1984.

It was inspired by and grew out of the practice then known as fan costuming at science fiction conventions, and the rapid growth in the number of people cosplaying as a hobby since 1990s has made the phenomenon a significant aspect of popular culture in Japan and some other parts of Asia and in the Western world.

Cosplay events are common features of fan conventions and there are also dedicated conventions and local and international competitions, as well as social networks, websites and other forms of media centered on cosplay activities. Cosplay is for all ages. In fact, the most complex and impressive cosplayers are usually adults.

It’s not just about dressing up; it’s about trying to become the character.

When you want to take a photo of a cosplayer it’s considered polite to ask them, and they’ll pose for you, trying to look like the character they mimic.

Some will also try to display behaviour and speech characteristics of the character.

Some cosplay mix and merge characters, imagine contemporary characters as they would look in different time periods, change the character’s gender, and essentially make the character their own.

You can get to see many cosplayers on the Armageddon Expo convention in Christchurch on Queen’s birthday, but recently we had a cosplay contest right here in Ashburton,

organised by Filipino Dairy Workers in New Zealand Inc (FDWNZ), but open to anyone who wished to participate.

There were some very talented and imaginative participants, many of which created their own costumes.

As this is the second annual cosplay event in Ashburton we can only hope the tradition will continue next year.

Road craft lessons

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oad code lessons are drawing to a close for our second group of learners.

We have a road craft lesson on Tuesday delivered by our professional driving instructor and then the ladies will be ready to sit their learner’s licence.

We have had a great response to our calls for mentors and they too will be attending the road craft session.

We were lucky enough to have senior sargeant Phil Deans give an informative presentation about road safety and policing in New Zealand.

The ladies learnt how to avoid getting a ticket along with some other very important safety tips.

Other visitors to the class were Thelma Bell and Selwyn Price from the Ashburton District Council who came along to meet the ladies and see the progress they are making.

We welcome Sandi Wood from Advance Ashburton to the next class.

It’s great to see our sponsors

come along and share in the excitement of this wonderful programme.

Our ladies on the restricted programme are doing well and enjoying their time on the road.

We are very grateful to our volunteers, both driving mentors and child carers.

We can’t run this programme without you, so thanks so much.

The Mid Canterbury Rural Driver Licensing Scheme is proudly sponsored by The Lotteries Commission, Advance Ashburton, COGs, The Lion Foundation, Community Trust Mid & South Canterbury, Ashburton District Road Safety Council and The Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust.

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Exam week for international students As our students did not sit exams (except for Lea) we organised a separate programme for our international students during exam week.

Their week involved some lessons/workshops in class, some extra ESOL/catch-up time and activities out and about in the community.

Later, on Tuesday, we went to Ashburton for the school day. We visited the mayor and some coun-

cilors. As usual we were looked after very well and after watching the PowerPoint and a questions and answers session we were given morning tea and proceeded to sing Waiatas and national anthems.

Our head girl from 2017, Erana Te Moananui, was also there with the councilors as she is part of the TUIA programme. It was good to see her and to listen to her achievements. Following a slice of

culture at the Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum we had some lunch and shopping time before heading back for school buses.

We also visited the Methven Golf Club to ‘have a go’.

Thanks very much to Barry for meeting us and teaching the students some golfing tips.

Caron Chandler International Assistant International Student Programme, Mount Hutt College

Navratri celebration

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avratri was celebrated by the Ashburton Indian Multicultural Charitable Trust on October 5.

Navratri (literally “nine nights”) is a Hindu Festival celebrated for nine nights in the Autumn season of the Hindu Calendar.

The Hindus look forward to this festival in which every day is about celebrating the nine Avatars of the divine Goddess

Day of the Dead Day of the dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a holiday celebrated on November 1 or 2 in several countries of Latin American, in particular in Mexico, and in part of the US with large Latino community.

The multi-day holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey.

If you are parents you have most likely seen the Disney/Pixar animated movie Coco, which happens on this holiday.

The Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico developed from ancient traditions among its pre-Columbian cultures. Rituals celebrating the deaths of ancestors had been observed by these civilisations perhaps for as long as 2500–3000 years.

The traditions and activities that take place in celebration of the Day of the Dead are not universal, often varying between countries and from town to town, but there are similarities.

During the holiday people go to cemeteries to be with the souls of

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the departed and build private altars containing the favourite foods and beverages, as well as photos and memorabilia, of the departed.

The intent is to encourage visits by the souls, so the souls will hear the prayers and the comments of the living directed to them.

A common symbol of the holiday is the skull, which celebrants represent in masks and foods such as sugar or chocolate skulls, which

are inscribed with the name of the recipient on the forehead. Sugar skulls can be given as gifts to both the living and the dead.

Other holiday foods include pan de muerto, a sweet egg bread made in various shapes from plain rounds to skulls and rabbits, often decorated with white frosting to look like twisted bones.

The three-day fiesta is filled with marigolds, the flowers of the

dead; muertos (the bread of the dead); sugar skulls; cardboard skeletons; tissue paper decorations; fruit and nuts; incense, and other traditional foods and decorations. In modern-day celebrations, people paint their faces to look like skulls, decorating it to represent a deceased loved one or an expression of themselves.

For the Aztecs, skulls were a positive symbol, not only of death but also of rebirth.

People in Mexico wear traditional skull masks, and the tradition of painting faces to look like skulls has grown up as a variation of this practice. Dia de los Muertos face-painting often mixes skulls with flowers.

This holiday should not be confused with Halloween, and is not supposed to be scary. In the context of the holiday death isn’t something to be feared. Instead, death is seen as a natural cycle of life. And Dia de los Muertos helps the living celebrate the loved ones who have died. Celebrations can take a humorous tone, as celebrants remember funny events and anecdotes about the departed.

Durga.

The programme usually consists of a Durga Pooja (prayer ritual) followed by Aarti (lighting of candles or lamps) and then Garba and Dandiya (Indian folk dances).

On October 5, the Ashburton Indian Multicultural Charitable Trust celebrated this festival at the Balmoral Hall attended by locals, in addition to a group from Timaru.

Latino cultural awareness workshops Learn more about the Latino culture in our upcoming free Latino cultural awareness workshop for volunteers and managers of volunteers, coming up on Thursday, November 29, 1pm, at Community House.

Registration is required – either through http://tinyurl.com/ AshburtonLatinoWorkshop2018 or by contacting Adi at 027 220 8791 or email newcomers@saferashburton. org.nz

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Dancing Through the Seasons Top highland dancing talent was on show at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on Saturday.

Julie Hawke School of Dance presented its annual end-of-year production, Dancing Through the Seasons. About 75 pupils took part, including some performing as bumblebees.

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A new day, a new part of France W

e don’t need to tell you why you should explore Paris – that one is rather obvious. It’s impossible to see everything the City of Love has to offer in a day, so pick carefully to create your ideal day-trip itinerary.

Notre Dame Cathedral opens relatively early so it’s a good place to start. The Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe are clear must-dos – and a great way to get an extensive view of Paris. Take a walk down the nearby Champs-Elysees for shopping.

If you want to visit the Louvre, it’s a good idea to limit your visit to two hours and just see some of the highlights.

BEAUNE It’s the wine capital of Burgundy so naturally you’ll want a glass or two while you’re in port.

Explore the walled old town and be sure to take a look at HotelDieu, a 15th century hospital that’s now a museum. Beneath the city streets are labyrinths of wine cellars – you can only imagine what precious drops are housed within.

For local cuisine, beef bourguignon is a favourite and most of the bistros serve it.

If you’re passing through on a Saturday, the markets in the old city are an incomparable feast of fragrant cheeses, smoky meats, fresh fruit and bread straight out of the oven.

LYON Known as the gastronomic capital of France, Lyon is a foodie’s dream, so you’ll want to sample as much as possible during your visit. Start with breakfast at Boulangerie du Palais, where you’ll find delectable pastries and other sweet treats.

Then walk it all off with a wander around the Renaissance old town – the cobbled streets will lead you to plenty of cute cafes, flower shops and places to buy gifts and you’ll pass historic buildings like the Cathedrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste.

Stop for lunch and try a Lyonnaise salad. Then you can further indulge at the farmers’ market – you might want to pack a few treats to take back on board with you.

Travelling by river is the perfect way to see France. But where should you jump ship and explore?

Try these ports of call, writes Eli Orzessek.

Beaune is the wine capital of Burgundy so naturally you’ll want a glass or two while you’re in port.

TOURNON Many river cruises offer passengers a half-day trip on the Ardeche train, which runs from March to November. The steam train visits the beautiful Doux Gorge — it’s a great way to see the wider area.

The town of Tournon borders the Rhone, opposite the Tainl’Hermitage vineyards and is overlooked by the outline of castles.

Visit the 16th century ChateauMusee de Tournon sur Rhone, which has a museum housed within.

Take some time to stroll around le Jardin d’Eden (the Garden of Eden).

This is the former park of the Cordeliers monastery and the Notre Dame convent, a truly magical place to take an afternoon walk.

AVIGNON Full of history, Avignon is a small city with medieval streets and houses as well as private mansions from the Renaissance.

A former Catholic seat, the spectacular Palais des Papes (Popes’ Palace) is a must-see, as well as the Saint-Benezet bridge – both are Unesco World Heritage sites.

The city is home to a number of art museums and has been nicknamed the cultural capital of Provence.

The Musee du Petit Palais is a great example of Avignon’s oldtown architecture, with a vast collection of Italian and Provencal artwork dating from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.

VIVIERS Exploring this charming village on foot is the best way to get a taste of the fascinating history

of the area, which runs through Roman and medieval times to the Renaissance and beyond.

Start your visit in the old town at its centrepiece, the Cathedral of Saint-Vincent, which dates from the 12th to 18th centuries.

Explore the narrow streets and take a walk over the ancient stone bridge, the Pont Romain, across the Escoutay River – it’s been around since the 2nd or 3rd century.

VERNON A small town on the River Seine, Vernon isn’t loaded with blockbuster monuments but it does have charming old streets to explore, with timber-framed houses from the 1100s up to the 1600s.

The local tourist office can provide you with a map to see the sights and you can also buy tick-

ets for Monet’s Giverny Garden, a few kilometres away. The gardens are a must-see, they’re sure to take your breath away. Near the tourist office, you’ll spot the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Vernon, an 11th century church in the Gothic style.

CAUDEBEC Start with a stroll along the Seine River banks, with the fine view of the Brotonne Bridge.

A particular highlight in this small town is the 15th century Gothic-style church of Notre Dame – reportedly named by Henry IV as the most beautiful church in his kingdom.

Nearby, you’ll walk past the 12th century Maison des Templiers, among the oldest houses in Normandy. It now contains a museum of local history.

A second museum, MuseoSeine explores the interesting history of the river, through the lives of fisherman, sailors and shipbuilders.

ROUEN The capital of Normandy, Rouen is home to more than 50 religious buildings, while many of the churches are gems of Gothic architecture. In the heart of the old town, the Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the largest and most impressive Gothic cathedrals in France.

You can also witness the destruction suffered in the area during World War Two. The ornately Gothic law courts, the Palais de Justice, still has evidence of shell holes from Allied bombings.

Visit the Musee des Beaux-Arts, which ranks among the most important art museums in France.

PORT-SAINT-LOUIS Located at the mouth of the Rhone is a gateway to the wild Carmargue Regional National Park – a perfect opportunity to get in touch with nature. In the marsh areas, you’ll find flocks of pink flamingos, and the area is also home to herds of wild horses.

The town has three popular beaches: Napoleon, Olga and Carteau.

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In brief Farrell kicks winner One way or another, Owen Farrell was going to be the decisive factor in a tense finale between England and South Africa. The England flyhalf was relieved it was his late penalty, and not a disputed tackle, that turned out to be the decisive moment in a 12-11 win over the Springboks at Twickenham.

Farrell’s kick put England ahead in the 73rd minute. His counterpart Handre Pollard had a chance to regain the lead four minutes from the end but his shot glanced off the right post. The finish was made more dramatic in the final seconds when the Television Match Official was consulted over a Farrell tackle on Andre Esterhuizen. But it was deemed just fair enough, and England held on for a moraleboosting victory ahead of fixtures against New Zealand, Japan, and Australia.

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Adesanya too fast

Lauriston’s Tom Ravenscroft looks to connect with a delivery during his side’s win over the Tech Stags on Saturday.

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Lauriston inflicts first blow

By Erin TaskEr

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Defending champs Lauriston made a winning start to Mid Canterbury Cricket’s open grade Pritchard Shield competition on Saturday.

Lauriston took on the Tech Stags – a week after the two sides played out a dramatic T20 competition final which ended in a rare draw – and came away with 24-run win in a low-scoring affair.

Batting first, Lauriston made just 92 all out off 44.1 overs, with Bevan Richan (17) and Tom Ravenscroft (15) the only two batsmen to reach double figures, but

30 wides from the Tech bowlers helped the side to a slightly more respectable total.

Bevan Ravenscroft, Jason Morrison and Kody Stuthridge took two wickets each for the Stags.

In reply, Tech opener Callum Gallagher top-scored with 33 but that was about where the good news ended. Morrison was the only other Tech batsman to reach double figures with 13, as the side was dismissed for just 68 off 28.5 overs.

Bevan Richan and Alex Hooper were the main destroyers with the ball in hand for Lauriston, with Hooper taking 3/7 off 7.5

overs and Richan taking 4/22.

The day’s other game between Coldstream and Methven, at Coldstream, was another lowscoring affair with the home side coming out on top.

Methven won the toss and elected to bat first, getting through to 78 off 30 overs before their final wicket fell.

Riley Wilson was Methven’s top scorer with 25 before he was run out by a throw from the field from Gurmeet Cheema to stand-in wicketkeeper Richard Print, who took a break from bowling to fill the gloves usually worn by his brother Jono Print, who was away on Saturday.

Jay Houston was the pick of Coldstream’s bowlers, taking 5/17, while Richard Spicer was also in good form and finished with figures of 3/13.

Houston also featured in Coldstream’s reply, chiming in with 17 runs while Sean Mulligan top-scored with 19, as Coldstream chased the target down in 20 overs for the loss of six wickets.

For Methven, Toby Redfern took 3/18 and Harry Campbell took 2/9.

Next week, the two unbeaten teams will square off at Lauriston, while Methven will host the Tech Stags.

Grief-stricken Leicester wins, Liverpool draws The smiles returned briefly to the faces of Leicester’s players on the weekend following the most traumatic week of their careers.

In its first game since the death of club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in a helicopter crash last weekend, Leicester won an emotional and highly

charged English Premier League match at promoted Cardiff 1-0.

“That was a tough game, not just on the pitch, but mentally,” goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel said. “I am proud of this team and the club, the way everyone has handled themselves has been unbelievable.”

James Milner scored his 50th league goal as Liverpool drew at Arsenal 1-1 to move one point clear of second-placed Manchester City.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho called himself “the luckiest manager in the Premier League” after his seventh-

place side came from behind to win at Bournemouth 2-1. Mourinho called his team’s first-half display a “disaster”.

Tottenham, in fourth position, moved within three points of Liverpool despite conceding two second-half penalties in a 3-2 win at Wolverhampton.

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It was supposed to be his toughest test since joining the UFC. Instead, Kiwi Israel Adesanya had his fastest finish yet. The 29-year-old middleweight made light work of American Derek Brunson, knocking out the UFC’s No 6 ranked fighter with mere seconds left in the first round. After the two talked big games ahead of the bout, Adesanya delivered in emphatic fashion to maintain his unbeaten record. Brunson, a strong grappler, tried to take the fight to the ground from the outset but wasn’t able to catch the slithery Adesanya.

Ko scholarships In partnership with Lydia Ko, New Zealand Golf is pleased to announce three recipients of the 2019 Lydia Ko Scholarship with Juliana Hung, Carmen Lim and Michelle Lee all securing the chance to play and learn from our best. The trio will have to make changes to their New Year plans and will now travel to Orlando for the experience of a lifetime and have the opportunity to play and train with the former world number one and her team from 1-3 January.

Breakers go down The NBL-leading Perth Wildcats have safeguarded their unbeaten home court record by pulling clear to record a comfortable 92-78 victory over the New Zealand Breakers. Perth led at every change inside RAC Arena on Saturday, though the Breakers did threaten regularly and even led by eight during the third term. hey also squared the ledger three minutes into the fourth quarter as Tai Wesley’s 22-point haul and Stewart Long’s double-double kept the visitors in touch before Perth upped the ante down the stretch with a rampant 16-2 run.

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■ AORAKI SECONDARY SCHOOL SPORTS

Roderick takes top award A swimmer and a triathlete were the major winners at the Aoraki Secondary Schools’ Sports Awards in Timaru on Friday night.

Mt Hutt College’s Brea Roderick and Timaru Boys’ High School’s Riley Taylor took out the girls’ and boys’ overall awards at the Southern Trust Event Centre.

The awards covered schools from North Otago, Mid and South Canterbury.

Sixteen-year-old Roderick was third in the national under 19 triathlon championships.

Roderick was also selected to represent New Zealand at both the ITU world triathlon championships in the Gold Coast and the Youth Olympics held in Argentina.

At the Youth Olympics, Roderick finished ninth in the individual triathlon sprint distance and as part of the mixed New Zealand and Australian team relay won a junior Olympic silver medal.

Taylor was placed three times at the national age group championships and was third in the New Zealand open 1500m freestyle.

He also competed in the Australian State Championships finishing fifth in two events.

The outstanding athletes with disabilities went to Ashburton College’s Delta Taeauga and Geraldine High School’s Megan Ish-

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Ireland too good Fullback Jordan Larmour scored a hat trick of tries as Ireland’s experimental side outclassed Italy’s second-stringers 54-7 at Soldier Field at the weekend. Larmour and lock Tadhg Beirne, who notched a brace, both made their first starts.

Ireland also sent on reserve backs Ross Byrne and Will Addison to debut in a match building depth for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Ireland’s depth, as expected, was far more impressive as eight tries were posted to one intercept try.

Even with only four surviving starters from the matchup in February during the Six Nations Grand Slam, Ireland put a fourth consecutive 50 on Italy, which fielded only two starters from nine months ago.

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Mt Hutt College’s Brea Roderick in action at the recent Youth Olympics. erwood.

The outstanding referees went to Roncalli College’s Reagan Ashley and Waitaki Girls’ High School Shania Kohinga.

The contribution to sport awards went to Waitaki Boys’

High School’s Scott Kitto and Timaru Girls’ High School sisters Laura and Olivia Seyb.

The allrounders awards went to Craighead’s Phoebe Trolove and Matthew Clough from Ashburton College.

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Trolove also took out the team award with Nikita Clemens for their effort in the under 17 double at the Maadi Cup. The outstanding coach went to Timaru Boys’ High School’s hockey coach Ben Grant.

Defending champion the Melbourne Victory lifted itself from the bottom of the A-League ladder by beating Newcastle 1-0 in a repeat of last year’s grand final.

Terry Antonis struck the winner in the second half to replicate the Victory’s winning margin in the championship decider last year.

Victory improved from last to sixth place after three rounds. Adam Le Fondre scored twice as Sydney FC beat Melbourne City 3-0 to remain atop the league. Le Fondre has seven goals in as many games for Sydney in the A-League and FFA Cup. Perth beat Brisbane 2-1 to share the top rung of the ladder with Sydney. Western Sydney Wanderers are next after defeating Wellington 3-0.

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■ ALL BLACKS

Mo’unga destined for greatness

By GreGor Paul Take a little dive into the mind of Richie Mo’unga and it reveals plenty about why he’s destined to be a special All Black.

His performance in Tokyo against Japan was precisely what every coach in the world wants from their No 10.

He took control of the game.

He was the key decision-maker for the All Blacks – bold, decisive and while not perfect in his option-taking, not so far from it either.

His kicking was excellent both from hand and for goal and his running game wasn’t so far behind.

And yet for all of this overt attacking brilliance, Mo’unga was happiest, or most pleased, with the abrasive, physical way he played on defence.

Who would have picked that?

A No 10 who steals the show with his tactical control and it’s his tackling and work at the breakdown that has him feeling good about life.

“I was really happy with how physical I was,” he says. “Some of my tackles…a bit of unheard of for a No 10…but I was pleased with them.”

As he should have been as he made a number of good tackles, particularly after chasing kicks

New Zealand’s George Bridge scores a try in the All Blacks’ 69-31 win over Japan on Saturday.

PHOTO AP and he was prepared to throw himself into the breakdown area if there was no one else around.

That he mentioned his physicality as the most pleasing part of his game is partly because he’s aware that increasingly in test football, first-fives are among the busiest defenders on the field.

Daniel Carter was one of the best defenders ever to wear the All Blacks No 10 jersey and Beauden Barrett’s defensive work

has been the area of his game to improve the most in the last three years.

So Mo’unga knows that as much as he’ll be judged for his directing with the ball, so too will he be held accountable for what he does without it.

But his satisfaction with his defensive shift reveals his desire to become the total package and how driven he is to keep building all aspects of his game to reach

the same level as Carter and Barrett.

The expectation now is that he and possibly Dane Coles will be the only two in contention to be in the matchday 23 to play England.

Coles got through 50 minutes and got through them well but All Blacks coach Steve Hansen couldn’t say whether that would be enough to give them confidence the most senior hooker in the squad is ready to be involved against England.

Mo’unga, on the other hand, almost certainly will be on the bench as the All Blacks want to persist with the dual play-making combination of Barrett at first-five and Damian McKenzie at fullback, with the knowledge they have a third decision-maker in reserve.

The coaching team will also be keen to milk Mo’unga’s knowledge this week about how he coped so admirably against the defensive line speed of the Japanese.

The All Blacks have struggled this season and last when faced with teams that blitz them fast and while the Japanese did that, Mo’unga always appeared to have time and space and the rest of the backline benefitted from their No 10’s composure.

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Coach Warren Gatland was counting positives after his Wales side won its November rugby test opener for the first time in 16 years. One big positive was playing Scotland and not Australia at the weekend. Scotland was held off 21-10 in Cardiff. Wales had to endure a 20-minute siege of its 22 by the Scots in the second half, played 10 minutes down a man, and still managed to keep the Scots scoreless. “First game for four months, we were a bit rusty,” Gatland said. “If we had come up against Australia, we might have struggled, with them coming in off the back of a Rugby Championship.” The Welsh usually meet a southern hemisphere heavyweight in their November opener, but invited Scotland for only their second nonchampionship match in 135 years.

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Evans released New All Black loose forward Gareth Evans will remain in Japan before returning to the Hurricanes for the 2019 Super Rugby season.

Evans, who made his All Blacks debut off the bench in a 69-31 win over Japan, has been released by the Hurricanes to take up a two-month contract with Japanese club NTT Docomo. It won’t be the end of Evans’ time with the Wellington club, though, with the 27-year-old re-signing with the 2016 champions until the end of their 2020 campaign. Hurricanes general manager of rugby Ben Castle said Evans was a player who would offer the club a lot both on and off the field in the coming years.

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■ ASHBURTON ATHLETICS

Lamb leads Hornets Jeremy Lamb had a season-high 19 points and eight rebounds, and the Charlotte Hornets had no problem defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers 126-94. Two-time All-Star Kemba Walker had 18 points and Malik Monk added 16 for the Hornets, who improved to .500 on the season. Charlotte had balanced scoring throughout, with seven players finishing in double digits, including five off the bench. JR Smith scored 14 points for the struggling Cavaliers (1-8), who are playing without the injured Kevin Love and put up very little resistance on defense. The Hornets looked sluggish early on, but broke the game open late in the third behind a 26-11 run that made it a 20-point game.

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Record triathlon win

Ashburton’s Oliver Costello, 5, flies takes off in the long jump at the Arthur Cup athletics competition at the Ashburton Domain Oval yesterday. The Arthur Cup – donated more than 50 years ago by Sir Basil Arthur – pitted young athletes from around Mid and South Canterbury against each other. Points were awarded for first, second and third place finishes in events, with the club with the most points winning. The winners were South Canterbury. The Rankin Cup – between Ashburton and Selwyn clubs – was also contested, and that was won by Selwyn.

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Discipline issue for Maori ABs New Zealand Maori scored nine tries to three and overcame three yellow cards to beat the United States 59-22 in a rugby international at Soldier Field yesterday, stretching their unbeaten record against the USA to five games.

The Maori led 26-8 after a four try first half and made the game safe with a tryscoring double in the second half to lock Isaia Walker-Leawere, his first scored with the New Zealand team down to 13 men.

Both teams lacked a number of leading players but the Maori were able to demonstrate the depth of New Zealand rugby which currently has 51 players involved with the All Blacks in Ja-

pan and Europe.

“I’m happy that a few of the young fellas got a run today,” New Zealand captain Ash Dixon said. “The USA team came out pretty hot and we had to work hard there.

“We scored some nice tries but at times I was pretty disappointed with the way we defended.”

Winger Regan Ware scored a try on debut to open the scoring for the Maori after only four minutes.

Flyhalf Will Hooley replied with a penalty for the United States, the first of his three successful kicks at goal.

Rangy flanker Mitch Karpik, always a dangerous ball-carrier, scored in the 16th minute and

Dixon was driven over at a rolling maul in the 21st minute. Dixon then took a long, floating pass from flyhalf Otere Black to set up Ben May’s try in the 25th minute, making the score 26-3.

The New Zealand captain was sent to the sin-bin for collapsing a maul in the 31st minute and lock Pari Pari Parkinson followed him five minutes later for a dangerous lifting tackle, leaving the Maori with 13 men. The United States used their numerical advantage to score a try through Ryan Matyas immediately before halftime.

But the Maori, still with 13 men, exploded into the second half with a try to Walker-Leawere

after only 18 seconds. The lock showed great pace to dash almost 70 metres to score.

Walker-Leawere’s second try six minutes later made the lead 38-8 and another to Rob Thompson in the 56th minute made it 45-8 and put to rest any threat of a a United States comeback.

The Eagles did rally with tries to Tim Maupin and Cam Dolan in the last 20 minutes but the Maori kept up the heat with late tries to Jonah Lowe and Shaun Stevenson, despite a third yellow card against Robbie Abel.

“I think we’re pretty disappointed with the way we played,” the Eagles’ New Zealand-born captain Tony Lambourn said.

Warriors take on former Tiger Taane Milne Former Wests Tigers centre Taane Milne has been given an NRL lifeline by the New Zealand Warriors, signing a two-year deal with the club.

The Sunday Telegraph reported the deal, which stemmed from a handwritten letter sent by Milne to Warriors coach Stephen Kearney.

Milne was sacked by the Tigers during the 2018 NRL season after turning in a second positive drug test. His note to Kearney was simple.

“I told him I’m not a drug addict,” Milne told the Telegraph.

“I wrote to him – spelling errors and all – telling him that I wanted to play in the NRL again. That I owned up to my errors and I was on the right track. I knew I could offer something to the club.”

According to the Telegraph, Warriors skipper Roger TuivasaSheck reached out to offer support, as did the man who recruited Milne to the Roosters earlier in his career, Warriors recruitment manager Peter O’Sullivan.

Milne will start pre-season training with the Warriors today.

The 23-year-old was born in Auckland and has represented Fiji on six occasions, and realises the opportunity he has been given at the Warriors after his mistake with the Tigers led him to a “wake-up call”.

“I don’t have a drug problem,” Milne said. “I made a mistake.

A really costly one and I embarrassed myself and my family. I felt so much embarrassment.

“It was my fault though and I

can’t blame anyone else. I did this to me. But I have learnt so much.

I’ve grown up. I had a really good job and I lost it all.

“I thought my NRL career was done and people would just remember as a guy who had a drug problem. I want to use this to help people. Only now am I comfortable speaking about what I did.

“Alcohol was a factor and I’ve been off it for months. I’ve made a promise to myself not to drink the entire pre-season.” - NZME

Australia’s Ashleigh Gentle overcame a poor swim leg Sunday to win the women’s title at the Noosa Triathlon for the sixth time.

Fellow Australian Aaron Royle won the men’s race for the third time.

Gentle’s sixth win equaled the record of her former coach Craig Walton and overtook Emma Snowsill’s five victories in the world’s largest triathlon. She had a slow start but took the lead late in the run, overtaking training partner Natalie Van Coevorden and Radka Kahlefeldt to win by 50 seconds in a time of 2 hours, 48 seconds.

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Savea flips car Julian Savea can count his blessings after walking away uninjured after falling asleep at the wheel and flipping his car. Savea’s wife, Fatima, posted the news on her Instagram account saying Savea was “safe and sound”.

“Count your blessings everyday (sic) guys,” she wrote in an Instagram story. “Tonight Julian fell asleep behind the wheels of his car and flipped his car. Thankfully he is safe and sound in bed with me now after being dropped home by the ambulance because silly me had her phone on silent and missed all the calls and texts.” The incident happened after Savea’s club side Toulon beat Perpignan in the French Top 14 competition.

Harden scores 25 James Harden wasn’t quite back in MVP form, yet he was good enough when the Houston Rockets needed him. Harden scored 25 points, including 11 in a decisive run in the third quarter in his return to the Houston lineup, and the Rockets defeated the Chicago Bulls 96-88 at the weekend.

Harden, the NBA’s reigning MVP, had missed three games with a strained left hamstring. He connected for 11 straight points, including three 3-pointers, in a 1:59 span of the third as the Rockets went on a 15-0 run. “Just playing in a full game, contact and all that, felt like it’s been a minute,” Harden said. “So I just wanted to get out there and just try to be myself.

“I think I did a pretty good job of that. Too many turnovers (eight), but once I get my flow back in rhythm, those will (decrease).”

Harden also had seven assists, and guard Chris Paul has no doubts Harden be his old self before long.

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■ FEILDING CUP

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Five To Midnight dominates A typically heady ride from top Central Districts jockey Johnathan Parkes paved the way for the ultra-consistent Five To Midnight to take out the Listed Ricoh Feilding Gold Cup (2100m) at Awapuni.

The Lisa Latta trained galloper carried 60kgs as the clear topweight for the race with Parkes mindful of ensuring he didn’t cover an inch of extra ground throughout the contest.

Allowed to lob along at the rear of the ten-horse field, Five To Midnight produced an irresistible home straight burst when asked for an effort by Parkes as he drew clear of minor place-getters Ringo and Balham in the final 100m.

The Domesday six-year-old looks to have strengthened significantly for his current campaign after winning on the middle day of the Hawkes Bay spring carnival before finishing a credible eighth in the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m).

“He’s furnished into a much stronger horse this time in,” Latta said.

“He had a week in the paddock after Hastings, after a good run there.

“I thought he might need the run today but he was lovely and settled in the birdcage which is normally when he goes his best races.”

Latta was impressed with the performance as she plots a path towards the major summer staying races.

“It was a good effort to carry 60kgs on this sort of track,” she said.

Five To Midnight dominates his rivals at Awapuni.

“We will probably head to Counties and then maybe the Manawatu Cup, which is back to 2300m this year, and then to Waikato.

Five To Midnight was successful in last year’s Gr.3 Waikato Cup

(2400m) after finishing runnerup in the Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m) before going on to be placed third in the Gr.2 Avondale Cup (2400m) ahead of a runnerup finish in the Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3200m).

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Saturday’s victory took his career record to eight wins and a further 13 placings from 37 starts with over $493,000 in prizemoney for owner Kevin Pratt under his Kamada Racing banner.

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Thefixer brought his spring campaign back to life and helped Natalie Rasmussen choose her New Zealand Cup drive when winning at Addington on Friday night. The last race for cupbound pacers might not have been worth much money, but it always promised to be a key lead up event. While Thefixer sealed Rasmussen’s services in the sulky with his good win, a question mark has been left hanging over early Cup favourite Ultimate Machete.

Rasmussen has driven Cruz Bromac and Eamon Maguire to win the Methven Cup and Ashburton Flying Stakes respectively, and both looked good New Zealand Cup drives. The latter will now be driven by Jonny Cox and Rasmussen said her stable will offer Blair Orange the drive on Cruz Bromac. “They’re both beaut horses and any of them would be a great drive in the cup, but Thefixer is so genuine,” she said.

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M9 Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated meeting at Manawatu Raceway on November 5. NZ Meeting number: 9. Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 5.

Trebles: 3, 4 and 5.

1 4.07pm (NZT) ADRIAN CLARK - BLOODSTOCK CONSULTANT C3/C4 C3/4, 457m 1 37365 It’s A Threat nwtd ........................A Turnwald 2 31171 Sub Eighteen 26.48 ...........................L Cole 3 11111 Thrilling Talk 25.79 .......................... K Walsh 4 372F3 Lunch Special 26.14 ..........................L Cole 5 37355 Bigtime Forest 26.21 ..........................L Cole 6 22562 Bigtime Fred 26.04 .............................L Cole

Talented mare Sleeping Beauty proved too slick for her rivals when she led all the way to take out the day’s open sprint contest over 1300m at Tauranga. The lightly raced six-year-old was registering her eighth victory from just 17 career starts as she defied race favourite Embellish and former Hong Kong galloper Your Way to run her down in the home straight after dictating the pace throughout. Sleeping Beauty relished the rain affected footing, rated as a Dead4, with co-trainer Andrew Scott content to extend her current campaign while the tracks remain with some moisture in them. “She’s quite incredible as she has had a long winter campaign but is coming up like a spring horse,” he said.

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M3 Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated meeting at Manawatu Raceway on November 5. NZ Meeting number: 3. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10.

1 1.07pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY MONDAY C0 C0, 410m 1 8x Slick As Jewels nwtd ............. L E Dunkerton 2 53566 Diamond Geezer nwtd .................M Goodier 3 77537 Way Anchor nwtd .......................B Goldsack 4 55737 Lady Jellybean nwtd ....................M Goodier 5 88x24 Smiley O’Riley nwtd ....................... L Pearce 6 7622 Grunty Mama nwtd S & .............C Blackburn 7 32352 Goldstar Alaska nwtd S & ...............B Evans 8 44553 Kylie Jean nwtd .................................M Flipp 9 86 Heavenly Eyes nwtd..................... T Downey 10 677x Jamboree nwtd ...............................C Morris 2 1.25pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1 C1, 410m 1 45586 Flying Dewy nwtd ........................A Turnwald 2 25423 Idol Alan nwtd ...................................M Flipp 3 66662 White Comet nwtd......................... D Donlon 4 76386 Bigtime Panther nwtd G & ...... S Fredrickson 5 212x1 Kathlee nwtd ......................................L Cole 6 32731 Goldstar Galaxie nwtd S & ..............B Evans 7 62546 Goldstar Diesel nwtd S & ................B Evans 8 x7458 Cawbourne Bettsy nwtd ........... K Gommans 9 58686 Cawbourne Rob nwtd .............. K Gommans

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1 13121 Bigtime Leads 23.30 ..........................L Cole 2 37672 Judge Me Jackie nwtd.................... L Pearce 3 72812 Flying Huey nwtd ..................... K Gommans 4 45486 Goldstar Renee nwtd S & ...............B Evans 5 16635 Goldstar Hemi nwtd S &..................B Evans 6 22F42 Bigtime Nibbles nwtd.......................L Doody 7 65674 Choice Lass nwtd............................C Morris 8 54136 Bigtime Clever nwtd G & ........ S Fredrickson 9 74788 Cawbourne Zayne nwtd J & ................D Bell 10 67886 Cawbourne Sandy nwtd ........... S Gommans 6 2.35pm J P PRINT, PETONE C1 C1, 410m 1 44135 Cool Wolf nwtd .............................. D Donlon 2 55845 I’ll Be Loyal nwtd .......................... T Downey 3 84455 Skitzer nwtd ............................. K Gommans 4 52457 Goldstar Power nwtd S & ................B Evans 5 37368 Kellydean nwtd ................................C Morris 6 75655 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd G & ....... S Fredrickson 7 24223 Goldstar Avalon nwtd S & ...............B Evans 8 36477 Magma nwtd ...................................L Doody 9 78767 Four Twenty nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 74788 Cawbourne Zayne nwtd J & ................D Bell 7 2.52pm RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH C2 C2, 410m 1 11887 Lucha nwtd........................................D Edlin 2 68818 Wong Full Arrest nwtd .....................C Morris 3 74213 Retail Mayhem nwtd....................... L Pearce 4 53481 Electrical Storm nwtd ...................M Goodier

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42415 Making It Up 23.75 ..........................C Morris 66635 Stompin’ Ground nwtd S & ..............B Evans 44533 Tommy The Jett nwtd ..................A Turnwald 75652 Dusky Brew nwtd S & .....................B Evans 24886 El Hefe nwtd G &.................... S Fredrickson 56x78 Little Scamp nwtd......................... D Denbee 8 3.10pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C2 C2, 410m 1 F5273 Polly The Dolly nwtd J &......................D Bell 2 78721 Sierra Delta nwtd S &......................B Evans 3 51326 Bigtime Boy 23.95 ....................... P B Briggs 4 67548 Cawbourne Foxy 23.39 ...................C Morris 5 46514 Bigtime Hunter nwtd...........................L Cole 6 16846 Gunnar Blueblood 24.02 ...........J McInerney 7 52518 Azandei nwtd ....................................D Edlin 8 63832 Blue Precision nwtd ........................C Morris 9 24886 El Hefe nwtd G &.................... S Fredrickson 10 56x78 Little Scamp nwtd......................... D Denbee 9 3.27pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C3 C3, 410m 1 34373 Bigtime Kylie nwtd ..............................L Cole 2 68131 Podium Phobia nwtd ..........................L Cole 3 43822 Three Amigos 23.65 J & .....................D Bell 4 38887 Kirkham Coby nwtd .........................C Morris 5 65417 Mikachu nwtd ..............................A Turnwald 6 36366 Blackjack Man nwtd ...................B Goldsack 7 62867 Bigtime Sienna nwtd ..........................L Cole

8 22221 Plan Stan nwtd ............................... L Pearce 9 68377 Bigtime Steve 23.66 G & ........ S Fredrickson 10 76865 Feel The Force 23.62 ............... S Gommans 10 3.45pm BROOKS TIMING C1 C1, 457m 1 61243 Three Of Hearts 26.46 ................B Hodgson 2 56888 Goldstar Miley nwtd S & ..................B Evans 3 83277 Galway Gal nwtd S & ......................B Evans 4 82785 Bigtime Sam 26.08 G & ......... S Fredrickson 5 13211 Bigtime Kiss 26.20 .............................L Cole 6 35753 Goldstar Charger nwtd S & .............B Evans 7 112 Bigtime Rod 26.19 .............................L Cole 8 51445 Tuff Mr. Tee nwtd ...........................B Mitchell 9 67446 Firefly Laffey 26.47......................A Turnwald 10 53676 Goldstar Chief nwtd S &..................B Evans SELECTIONS Race 1: Grunty Mama, Goldstar Alaska, Diamond Geezer, Kylie Jean, Smiley O’Riley Race 2: Kathlee, Idol Alan, Goldstar Galaxie, White Comet, Bigtime Panther Race 3: Idol Jan, Bigtime Jasmine, Thrilling Stan, Justin Ryan, Goldstar Auburn Race 5: Bigtime Leads, Flying Huey, Bigtime Nibbles, Choice Lass, Bigtime Clever Race 6: Goldstar Avalon, Cool Wolf, I’ll Be Loyal, Magma, Bigtime Ronnie Race 10: Bigtime Kiss, Bigtime Rod, Three Of Hearts, Goldstar Charger, Tuff Mr. Tee

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu

7 71346 All Black Star 26.16..................E Duganzich 8 41477 Buddy Loaded 26.23 .................. G Hodgson 9 76865 Feel The Force nwtd ................ S Gommans 2 4.22pm KAMADA PARK C5 C5, 457m 1 45427 Thomas William 25.97.................. D Denbee 2 61135 Fusion Cronulla 25.81 .................A Turnwald 3 21652 Monster Fish 25.75 .....................A Turnwald 4 81384 Bigtime Caleb 25.99...........................L Cole 5 26262 Arden Emgrand 26.07 .................A Turnwald 6 78511 Bigtime Mia 25.95 ..............................L Cole 7 64186 Big League Diva 25.95 ................A Turnwald 8 51541 Trojan Hoarse 25.99...........................L Cole

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4 4.57pm STEVE ‘THE AUCTIONEER’ DAVIS C1/C2 DISTANCE C1/2d, 660m 1 11613 Dusty Gambler 38.63 ...................... K Walsh 2 63777 Cawbourne Palmer nwtd .............A Turnwald 3 Box Vacant 3 4 45384 Bigtime Lonestar nwtd G & .... S Fredrickson 5 26476 Bigtime Chloe nwtd ......................M Goodier 6 Box Vacant 6 7 47422 Mija Sydney 39.00 ......................A Turnwald 8 77245 Argus Filch nwtd .........................A Turnwald 5 5.17pm NZ RACING SERIES GRADUATION (C2C3) HEATS NZRSq, 457m

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For over 135 years, the Ashburton Guardian has been proudly delivering news to Mid Cantabrians.

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We have an exciting position for a media sales consultant to join our team.

You will be selling into our daily newspaper, monthly farming publications, lifestyle magazine YOU, our website and the Ashburton APP to help clients promote their businesses effectively throughout our print, digital and mobile products.

The skills required for this position include: • Great sales and office experience, whilst marketing experience is an advantage • Building and maintaining valuable client relationship • Developing new sales opportunities • Good level of English, both verbal and written • Organised and confident • A great personality and enjoy dealing with people In return, we will provide you with an attractive base salary and uncapped commission structure.

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and a current New Zealand driver licence.

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COMPUTER PROBLEMS??

For professional computer servicing and laser engraving. See Kelvin at KJB Systems, 4 Ascot Place, phone 308 8989. Locally owned and serving Ashburton for 30 years. Same day service if possible. Supergold discount card welcomed.

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TRADES, SERVICES

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING - Vehicles-homesoffices. Phone Craig Rogers 307 6347 - 027 258 0884 or 0800 TINTER. Member of Master Tinters NZ. Check us out on FACEBOOK.

PART TIME REPORTER

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If this is you, please send your CV and cover letter to: Desme Daniels, General Manager PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740 Or email desme@theguardian.co.nz Applications close Friday, November 16.

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The Ashburton Guardian has an opportunity for a reporter to write for its “Timaru App”. Following on from the success of the Ashburton and Selwyn App’s.

We are looking for a person with enthusiasm, passion and who has the ability to write strong news stories and community news stories.

The position could be either part time or as a paid contributor on a per story basis.

Ideally, you’ll be experienced with interviewing all walks of life from within a local community, local primary school kids, councillors to business owners.

We want a reporter who can work under their own initiative, sourcing news and features, but who is also happy to take instruction. A strong understanding of the mobile news platforms and workings of social media is a must, along with the ability to take great photos and video.

You’ll be 100 per cent self-managing.

If you have a journalism qualification, a solid portfolio of work, a full driver’s licence and the right to work in New Zealand, don’t hesitate, please apply by email, with CV attached, to: desme@theguardian.co.nz Closing date: Monday, November 12, 2018.

HEALTH & BEAUTY

SHELLY - Nice Chinese lady, whole body health oil massage. Phone 022 6841 692.

For all subscriber

GENERAL hire.

Lawnenquiries, missed mowers, chainsaws, concrete deliveries, new breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / party hire, call subscriptions, temporary and see Ashburton U-Hire. stops – text, call or email: 588 East Street. Open MonText Fri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am 021 271 3399 - 5.00pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 8061 MOTORING Phone WHEEL alignments at great www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz 0800 274 287 prices. Maximise the life Email of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns circulation@ Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills theguardian.co.nz Street. Phone 308-6737.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

CAROL, Asian lady.

Professional prostate massage. Size 6. Excellent full service. In/out calls.

Phone 021 127 5031.

NEW Asian - Attractive, busty and friendly with a nice figure.

Relaxing hot erotic sensual massage. Phone 021 088 37229.

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Daily Events

MONDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH.

Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall, 48 Allen’s Road, Allenton.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL.

NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB.

Fun fill days for 60 years and older, for more information ring 308-6817. Cameron Street. (excludes public holidays).

10am - 4pm

TUESDAY 8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship, make/fix something in our new workshop. 8 William Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet singles and 1.15pm Graded singles, Waireka, Philip Street.

10am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises and Tai Chi for arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street. (excludes school and public holidays).

10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Coffee morning for new people to the area.

Nosh Cafe, Ashford Village, West Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street,

Nov 5 & 6, 2018 TROTTS GARDEN.

Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts.co.nz or phone 027-640-4094.

Racecourse Road.

12pm - 1pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH.

A Free lunch. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cass Street.

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

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP.

Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR NET.

Problem solving. Pop in and the tutors will endeavour to help with your query or concern etc. $2. MSA Reading room, Havelock Street.

6pm BOOTCAMP.

Catering for all levels of fitness. Walnut Avenue Pavilion. Contact Georgia 0276888686 or Aleisha 0278489309.

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE.

Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West

Euchre evening, new players welcome. Holy Name Pastoral Centre, Cnr Winter Street and Burnett Street. (every Monday, excludes public holidays).

Methven.

AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES.

10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB.

RAKAIA - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Presbyterian Church, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

Fun filled days for over 60 years, for more information ring 308-6817. Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm TROTTS GARDEN.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts.co.nz or phone 027-640-4094.

Racecourse Road.

A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

10.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES.

Youth Group, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

METHVEN- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. All Saints Church, 1 Chapman Street, Methven.

12pm - 3pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SIGNING CENTRE. Open every Tuesday for documentation signing with a JP on hand. Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Social games, new members welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

1pm

5.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. 6pm INTEGRATIVE YOGA. Weekly yoga classes. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. All ages and abilities welcome, racquets available. E A Network Centre Stadium, 20 River Terrace.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Table Tennis, weekly meeting for all levels, come “Have A Go!” Ashburton M.S.A. Havelock Street.

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Puzzles

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Cryptic crossword

Monday, November 5, 2018

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Inner peace will be a matter of putting things into two categories, “mine to solve” and “not mine to solve.” Of course, anything you don’t have control over goes into the second category.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Witnessing a masterful piece of work will inspire you to create something of your own. Keep expectations reasonable and your heart light. Congratulate yourself for putting something in the world not there before.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): People sometimes say “be honest” when they really mean “validate me.”

Consider the source and how personally the individual is likely to take your answer. Give a softer, warmer, gentler version of the truth.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): There is such a thing as being overprepared. It’s when you’re past being ready and you’re cutting into the energy that could be used doing the real thing. Sense when you’ve come to that point, and stop.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Don’t be shy. When you include others in your work and fun, you’ll be doing both of you a favour. You can make someone’s life more interesting. Believe it!

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): People who are supposed to be supporting you may be the very ones bringing you down. Overfamiliarity can create such dynamics. It’s worth scrutiny. Your best supporters today may be strangers.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Oddly, you will attract more of the good stuff just when you decide to stop striving. The best moment is when you realise that you don’t want or need anything more than you already have.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Autonomy is your best look, so don’t be surprised at the attention you’ll get today. People see you making money and/or having fun independently, and they want to get closer.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): As a rule, arguments don’t change minds. To lead someone to believe differently you need persuasion, not a fight.

Persuasion takes time and requires greater insight into the belief you want to change.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Your ideas are mightier than you know, so be careful what you dwell on, as your thoughts have a way of becoming realities rather quickly these days.

Fill your head with positive outcomes.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Someone you love is confused and in need of training to navigate a situation. You may not be the expert this person needs, but you can facilitate the help, which will make you feel just as good.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Matters of scale will have a bearing on your outcome. Playing too small wouldn’t net you the big prize, and playing too big might ruin your chance at enjoying the small prize. Match the game you’re playing.

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CARR, Aaron James It is with immense sadness that the Carr Family need to announce that Aaron passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, November 1, 2018.

Aaron was the much loved son of Anne and the late Graeme.

Loved big brother and brotherin-law of Dean and Kylie, loved Uncle to Izacc and Alex.

But most importantly adored and loved Father of Olivia, Talia and Jayden and recently Grand-dad to wee Noah.

Aaron will be missed by us all forever. A service for Aaron will be held at 49 Smithfield Road, Ashburton on Friday, November 9 commencing at 3pm.

COUPER, Peter John – On November 2, 2018.

Suddenly but peacefully at Christchurch Hospital. Aged 78 years. Dearly loved father of Andrew, Lindsay, Stewart and Stef, and Heather.

Much loved grandad of Daniel; Curtis, Sophie, and Lockie. Messages to the Couper family PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Peter’s life will be held at our Chapel cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on Thursday, November 8, commencing at 2pm. Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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11.7

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 18.0 19.0 Max to 4pm 6.8 Minimum 1.0 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm November to date 3.2 Avg Nov to date 9 2018 to date 774.4 581 Avg year to date Wind km/h NW 20 At 4pm Strongest gust NW 70 Time of gust 11:03am

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11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street CatchUp 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Funny You Should Ask 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

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6am The AM Show News, interviews, and humour to start the day.

9am The Café A lifestyle and entertainment show.

10am Infomercials 11:30 DailyMailTV PGR News stories from around the globe.

Noon Dr Phil AO 3 12:55 Australian Ninja Warrior 3 0 2:35 Wipeout 3 0 3:30 DailyMailTV PGR 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm The Block Australia Hallway, laundry, and powder-room week begins; the buyers jury returns to inspect the team’s apartments, and awards one couple a $10,000 cash prize.

6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Australian Ninja Warrior 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 7:30 Project Runway New 8pm Border Security 0 Zealand The designers meet 9:15 9-1-1 AO The team unwittingly becomes the 8:30 Take Two AO 0 Andreas in the forest to find subject of a reporter’s first 9:30 The Trial – A Murder In The trees covered in wallpaper, on-air assignment; there are Family AO With evidence and are assigned to create a emergencies at an eating from those who know Carla high-end fashion look incontest, a bodybuilding and Simon best, details fluenced by the wallpapers. 0 competition, and a toddler emerge of their personal 8:40 Australian Survivor PGR 0 pageant. 0 histories and questionable 9:45 The Walking Dead 0 pasts. 0 10:45 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 10:10 Beach Cops AO 0 10:40 NewsHub Late 10:30 1 News Tonight 0 0 11pm APB AO 11:15 2 Broke Girls AO 3 0 11:10 The Hui 3 Mihingarangi After armour-piercing bullets are 11:45 Hell’s Kitchen AO 0 Forbes presents a mix of currentfound on the black market, the team 12:30 How To Get Away With affairs investigations, human interest, sends Officer Brandt undercover to Murder AO 3 0 1:15 Shortland and arts and culture stories. 0 catch the criminals selling them. 0 Street PGR 3 0 1:40 Infomercials 11:45 NewsHub Nation 3 11:55 American Crime AO 2:40 Desperate Housewives An in-depth weekly current affairs 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 AO 3 0 3:25 Jeremy Kyle show hosted by Lisa Owen. 0 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te PGR 3 4:15 Judge Rinder 12:55 Infomercials Karere 3 2 PGR 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 City Impact Church 5:30 Infomercials 6am Impact For Life 6:30 Maia The Brave 3 0 6:40 Darwin And Newts 0 6:50 Peppa Pig 0 7am Monchhichi Tribe 3 0 7:25 Mysticons 3 0 7:50 Pokemon Sun And Moon Ultra Adventures 3 0 8:15 Muppet Babies 3 0 8:40 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:35 Neighbours 3 0 11:05 Australian Survivor PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:30 The New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 0 2pm Home And Away 3 0 2:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:35 Girl Meets World 3 0 4pm Fanimals 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

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BRAVO 10am I Found The Gown 3 10:28 The Dish 3 10:30 Undercover Boss 3 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:28 The Dish 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of Potomac AO 1:30 How To Look Good Naked With A Difference 2:30 Body Fixers 3 3:30 Hoarders – Family Secrets 3 4:30 The Profit 5:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 6:30 Undercover Boss 7:30 Flipping Out PGR After closing a chapter in his life, Jeff turns to a friend’s accountability programme; JLD’s clients are headed for divorce, leaving the team in the middle; Jenni finds her dream home, and hopes to sell her house while the other is still on the market.

8:30 Body Fixers 9:35 Little Women – LA AO 3 10:30 Snapped PGR 11:30 #killerpost AO 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

6:20 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 6:35 Brad’s Status MLC 2017 Comedy. Ben Stiller, Mike White. 8:15 Summer Villa 2016 Romantic Comedy.

Hilarie Burton, Victor Webster.

9:40 Collide MVL 2016 Serenity Action. Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones. 11:20 Three 8:30pm on Prime Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 16VLSC 2017 Drama.

SKY 5 Frances McDormand, 6am Jeopardy! PG Woody Harrelson.

6:25 Wheel Of Fortune 1:15 People Interview – PG 6:50 The Simpsons Hugh Jackman 2pm Pitch PG 7:15 The Amazing Perfect 3 MLSC 2017 Race PG 8:05 Pawn Stars Comedy. Anna Kendrick, PG 8:30 The Flash MVS Rebel Wilson. 3:35 Brad’s 9:20 Hardcore Pawn PG Status MLC 2017 Comedy.

9:45 NCIS MV 10:40 CSI – Ben Stiller, Mike White.

Miami MV 11:35 Jeopardy!

5:15 Autumn Stables PG PG Noon Wheel Of Fortune 2018 Romance. Cindy Busby, PG 12:30 CSI – Cyber Kevin McGarry. 6:40 A MV 1:25 CSI – Miami MV Monster Calls PGV 2017 2:15 NCIS MV 3:05 The Drama. Lewis MacDougall, Amazing Race PG 4pm The Sigourney Weaver.

Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy! 8:30 Sleepless 16VLC 2017 PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune Action. A police officer has PG 5:30 Hardcore Pawn one night to save his son PG 6pm The Flash from a homicidal gangster, MVS 7pm Pawn Stars PG but he is part of the Las 7:30 NCIS MV Vegas underbelly, and plays 8:30 The Cops MV dirty to get even. Jamie Foxx, 9:30 Trauma Rescue Squad M Gabrielle Union.

10:30 The Flash MVS 10:10 The Last Face 18VLSC 11:25 CSI – Miami MV 2017 Drama. Javier Bardem, Charlize Theron.

TUESDAY 12:20 The Amazing Race PG 1:20 Pawn TUESDAY 12:25 Evil Stars PG 1:50 Trauma Nanny MC 2016 Thriller.

Rescue Squad M 2:40 The 1:55 Autumn Stables PG Cops MV 3:30 CSI – Miami 2018 Romance. 3:20 The MV 4:20 Hardcore Pawn Last Face 18VLSC 2017 Drama.

PG 4:45 NCIS MV 5:35 The 5:35 A Monster Calls PGV Simpsons PG 2017 Drama.

6am World Of Quest 3 6:25 Kung Fu Dino Posse 3 6:50 The Powerpuff Girls 3 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 Ben 10 3 8:05 The Loud House 3 8:30 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 8:55 Tiki Tour 3 0 9:25 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Escape To The Country 3 12:40 Agatha Raisin PGR 3 0 1:35 Mad About You PGR 3 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Storage Wars 3 6:30 Pawn Stars 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 M Serenity AO 2005 Sci-fi. The captain and crew of a space ship must escape an operative who wants the telepathic daughter of the ship’s doctor, and will stop at nothing to get her. Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres. 0 11pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR Midnight The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 12:30 Football – English Premier League Manchester City v Southampton.

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Luke Wilson, Uma Thurman.

8:55 Darkness Falls MVL 2003 Horror. An evil Tooth Fairy exacts vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years before. Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield.

10:20 Side Effects MVLS 2013 Thriller. Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones.

12:05 Valkyrie MVL 2008 Drama. Tom Cruise, Kenneth Brannagh.

2:05 Django Unchained 16VL 2012 Western. Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio.

4:50 Diana ML 2013 Drama.

Naomi Watts, Cas Anvar.

6:45 Rock The Kasbah MVLSC 2015 Comedy. Bill Murray, Kate Hudson.

8:30 World War Z MVLC 2013 Action. A former United Nations employee must help stop a world-wide zombie pandemic. Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos.

10:35 Friday The 13th 16VLS 2009 Horror. Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker.

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12:10 Spielberg M 2017 Documentary. 2:35 Diana ML 2013 Drama. Naomi Watts, Cas Anvar. 4:25 People Interview – Blake Lively 4:55 World War Z MVLC 2013 Action. Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos.

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6:30 Takaro Tribe 6:40 Nga Papara Kapi 3 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Potae Pai 3 7:30 Pipi Ma 3 7:40 Pukana 2 7:50 Paia 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am R&R 9:30 Cam’s Kai 3 10am Real Pasifik 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11am The Stories Of Ruapekapeka PGR 3 11:30 N Someday Stories PGR 11:45 Someday Stories PGR Noon Matau PGR 3 12:30 Billy T James AO 3 1pm The Puna 3 1:30 F Te Mana Kuratahi – Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takaro Tribe 3 3:10 Nga Papara Kapi 3 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Potae Pai 3 4pm Pipi Ma 3 4:10 Pukana 3 2 4:20 Paia 3 4:30 Hahana 3 5pm Swagger 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2

7pm KaweKorero 7:30 Café Niugini PGR 3 8pm Native Affairs A current-affairs show exploring regional, national, and international stories as they relate to Maori and Aotearoa.

8:30 Maui’s Hook PGR 10:10 Whare Taonga 10:40 Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3 11:10 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:40 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 8:30 Squash – PSA World Tour Qatar Classic. 9:30 Fox Sports News 10am Football – A-League Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers FC. 10:30 Rugby League – International England v Kiwis, Second Test.

11am Cricket – International India v West Indies – First T20. 11:30 Cricket – International Pakistan v Blackcaps – Third T20.

Noon Cricket – International Australia v South Africa – First ODI. 12:30 Cricket – International India v West Indies – First T20.

4pm Cricket – International Pakistan v Blackcaps – Third T20. 7:30 Rugby – International England v South Africa. 8pm Rugby – International Wales v Scotland. 8:30 The 1014 Rugby Show 9pm Rugby – International Japan v All Blacks. 11pm Rugby – International USA Eagles v Maori All Blacks.

11:30 Rugby – International Ireland v Italy. TUESDAY Midnight Rugby – Women’s International USA v Black Ferns. 12:30 Cricket – International 1am Cricket – International 1:30 Cricket – International 2am Fox Sports News 2:30 UFC Now 3:30 Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity Series 4:30 Motorsport – Supercars 5am Motorsport – Supercars 5:30 Motorcycling – MotoGP

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6am The French Collection 7am Live Here, Buy This 7:30 Baby Animals And Friends 8:30 Nigellissima 9am Hugh’s Three Good Things – Best Bites 9:30 Tiny House Nation 10:30 My Dream Home 11:30 Money For Nothing 12:30 Ben Fogle – Return To The Wild 1:30 Luxury Uncovered 2pm Travel Man – 48 Hours In 2:30 Barter Kings 3:30 Madagascar 4:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 5pm Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen Peter begins his journey by exploring the Margaret River. With its Mediterranean climate, the region is bursting with food favourites wine, cheese, and olives. 5:30 Cold Water Cowboys 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle Ben travels to a remote corner of Spain’s Andalusian mountains to meet a British couple who have given up their careers in Brighton to become alpaca farmers.

8:30 Naked Terracotta Warriors 9:30 Treasures Decoded 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals Midnight Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen 12:30 Tiny House Hunting 1am Cold Water Cowboys 2am Madagascar 3am Luxury Uncovered 3:30 Travel Man – 48 Hours In 4am Naked Terracotta Warriors 5am Treasures Decoded

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10am People Magazine Investigates – Cults M 10:50 Natalie Wood – An American Murder Mystery M 11:40 Web Of Lies M 12:30 Blood Relatives M At the Stroke of Madness.

1:20 The 1980s – The Deadliest Decade M The Krishna Killers. 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 Gold Rush PG Queen of Diamonds. 5:40 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Apache/Road to Chopper Live 1/2. 6:35 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG When Lightning Strikes. 7:30 American Chopper M GTO, Bro! 8:30 American Chopper M Drop the Mikey.

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10:15 World’s Deadliest Drivers PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid M Garden of Evil. 11:55 The 1980s – The Deadliest Decade M The Krishna Killers.

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NO REST AT NET Lee Gilbert prepares to send a volley back during his Methven side’s loss to Hampstead in A grade tennis on Saturday.

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Allenton shot to the front of the pack with a 5-1 win over Fairton in the Mid Canterbury Tennis A grade competition on Saturday.

The win ensured Allenton is the only unbeaten team after three rounds, with Methven picking up its first loss of the season on Saturday, 4-2 against Hampstead.

The win was Hampstead’s first of the season, while Tinwald racked up its second win beating Southern 5-1.

Fairton is the only team yet to record a win this season and was up against it from the start on Saturday, with its number one Rhys Cromie out.

Cromie’s absence pushed Tyler

Leonard up to number one, while Cromie’s brother Jayden Cromie filled in at two, and the pair lost their doubles match to Sam Bubb and Andre van Rooyen 6-2 6-3.

Leonard got one back with a win in the top singles though, beating Bubb 6-2 7-6 (7-4), while van Rooyen made it two from two with a hard-fought win over Jayden Cromie in the two singles, 6-2 5-7 1-0 (10-8).

The lower order was all Allenton, with Bryn Looij and Christal Brosnahan beating John Leslie and Jacob Pye in the bottom doubles 6-2 6-1, and Looij only dropping one game in the three singles against Leslie, winning 6-1 6-0. At four, Brosnahan was too good for Pye, winning 6-1 6-4 to wrap up

the 5-1 victory for Allenton.

Methven was the only other unbeaten side heading into round three, but its winning run came to an end at the hands of a Hampstead side which came out on top of a tight battle to claim its first win 4-2.

Both of the doubles matches went Hampstead’s way, with Edwin Dargue and Connor Brosnahan beating Pete Kirwan and Lee Gilbert 6-3 7-6 (8-6) in the top doubles, and Michael Kerr and Erin Connelly-Whyte getting past Henry Ross and Josh Jones in a third set super tie-break 10-2.

Third set super tie-breaks were needed to decide the top two singles matches too, with Dargue beating Kirwan 10-8 in his, and

Gilbert grabbing one back for Methven by beating Connor Brosnahan 10-5 in the two singles.

At three, Michael Kerr’s 6-4 7-5 win over Ross ensured the win was Hampstead’s, with Methven picking up the win in the four singles after Connelly-Whyte was forced to default.

Meanwhile Tinwald only dropped one game on the way to its second win of the competition so far, against Southern.

Again led by competition newcomer Cameron McCracken at number one, Tinwald’s combinations proved too good in both doubles matches. McCracken and Luka Landells combined to beat Southern’s Jason Feutz and Gareth Evans 6-1 6-2, while Dianna

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Leonard and Mary-Anne Martin won the bottom doubles against Mathieu Lucas and Aidan Watt 6-3 6-3.

McCracken then beat Feutz 6-3 7-5, while Evans picked up Southern’s sole win in the two singles, beating Landells 6-1 6-1.

At three Jake Parsons – playing only in the singles – picked up another win for Tinwald, beating Lucas 6-2 6-4 while Leonard got past Watt 6-3 6-2 to wrap the tie up.

In A reserve action on Saturday, the two Allenton sides squared off and it was the Allenton Wekas that came out on top, beating the Allenton Kakapos 6-0, while Southern/Wakanui beat Hampstead by the same margin.

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