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Sky Tower challenge for good cause A team of Methven Volunteer firefighters is set to pound the stairwell in the Sky Tower for a good cause.

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Debbie deluge to hit

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Mid Canterbury’s big wet keeps getting wetter.

Today 30 to 40 millimetres of rain is likely to fall in the district, as the leftover tropical air associated with Cyclone Debbie moves across the district.

Additionally the district was forecast to get up to 15mm yesterday up until midnight in an

easterly to south-east weather pattern.

The rain comes after a wet March and wet start to April, frustrating farmers who are still harvesting.

MetService meteorologist Peter Little said an area of low pressure would cross central New Zealand and turn winds around to the south-west today.

This change could see some

early morning snow down to about 900m in The Canterbury High Country.

The forecast is for periods of rain with heavy falls possible, with strong south-westerlies, rising to a gale in the afternoon.

“A good day for the coat and gummies,” Little said.

Meteorologists have not considered the weather is severe enough for the issuing of any

weather warnings and Little said this was unlikely to change.

The Ashburton District Council will have contractors at the ready in case of surface flooding.

However, assets manager Andrew Guthrie said the timing of the heavy rain could be in the council’s favour, because to date there has been little leaf fall, which can cause blocking of stormwater drains.

Nevertheless New Zealand Four Wheel Drive Association Southern Zone public relations officer John McDonald is reminding motorists who come upon flooding across roads, streams or rivers at any time – either within or outside of the district – not to enter if they cannot see the bottom.

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Local houses good value

By Sue Newman

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Home buyers in the Ashburton District are getting a bigger bang for their housing buck than their counterparts in many parts of New Zealand.

March numbers in QV’s house statistics show that the average price of a home in the district has risen just 2 per cent over the past year and now sits at $346,678.

Over the past three months, the district is one of the few in the South Island where prices have dropped – down 1.7 per cent.

New Zealand’s house price average for the month is now $631,432, up 12.9 per cent over the past year.

Prices might be rising much faster than wages, but, if you’re not too fussy on location, it is still possible to buy a home for less than $200,000. The most affordable place in the country is now

Ruapehu, where the average current value of a home is $162,274.

Homes in South Waikato, Waitomo, Opotiki, Wairoa, Rangitiki and Tauarua are also in this price bracket.

If you prefer living in the South Island then you have a choice of just two locations if you want to spend less than $200,000 – Buller, $185,358 and Clutha, $189,673.

There are still many parts of New Zealand where a home can be had for less than $300,000 including Grey District, Westland, Waimate, Waitaki, Southland, Gore and Invercargill in the south.

New Zealand’s most expensive homes continue to be found in the Auckland area with the average value well over $1 million in nine areas. Queenstown-Lakes has now joined this group with its average value now $1.042 million.

Prices in this district have risen by 28.5 per cent in the past year.

Methven firies to tackle Sky Tower Challenge

By Michelle Nelson

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Four intrepid Methven volunteer firefighters will bring 45 years of combined experience to this year’s Sky Tower Stair Challenge.

Dave McLeod, Stirling Clark, Mark Brown and Matt Duncan will pound up 1103 stairs in Auckland’s Sky Tower fully kitted out, complete with breathing gear, to raise money for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand.

It will be McLeod’s 22nd crack at the challenge, Clark’s 16th, Brown’s 10th, and Duncan’s 2nd attempt.

In an effort to beat last year’s total the Methven team will be staging a four-man ambrose golf tournament on May 7 to contribute to

the cause. The tournament will be held on the Methven course with an entrance cost of $80 a team.

There are some great prizes on offer, including a painting depicting a firefighter at work by Ashburton artist Tonee Hurley, organiser Nigel Duncan said.

However, further help with sponsorship would be greatly appreciated.

The team will join about 850 other firefighters from around the country to contest the challenge on May 13 and are currently in the process of ramping up their training programme in the grandstand at the Methven racecourse.

For more information contact Duncan on 027-319-3585.

Ashburton District Council projects and operations manager Viv Eyberg (left) and district councillor Stuart Wilson check out work on the installation of a new waste water pipe under railway lines at the East Street and Walnut Avenue intersection.

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Digging but the trains keep running

By Sue Newman

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It will take only one hour for a massive steel pipe to be rammed through solid earth underneath Ashburton’s central railway line as waste water pipes from the town’s east connect with those on the west side of the line.

The work is part of a major Ashburton District Council project that will see new pipes laid across town connecting to a planned, new large diameter pipe running under the Ashburton River.

It’s a project that comes with a high price tag but it’s one that Ashburton had no option but to undertake said council projects and operations manager Viv Eyberg.

Large tracts of the urban wastewater network are more than 50 years old and can no longer cope with the volumes of material it needs to handle, Eyberg said.

The current project involves pipe laying from McLean Street to State Highway One and comes with a price tag of $700,000.

This section is also the most difficult in a project that will eventually see new pipe undergrounded as far west as Alison Street, he said.

“We’ve had to work with KiwiRail on this to get a deed of grant to get access and then a permit to do the work. Basically we’ve got a 600 mm pipe that will bang its way through under the railway line – $75,000 worth of work in two days.”

It’s a high risk job. Once the compressor powers up and the hammering starts, the pipe’s journey under the line is determined by the sub structure – hit a rock and it can be pushed off course, so an oversize pipe is used to allow for this, Eyberg said.

“It’s a bit of a more haste less

speed exercise; once it’s set up and underway, you’re screwed.”

There has been no disruption to train schedules during the work, but Donovan’s crew members said they’re quick to exit the pipe trench when the crossing bells start ringing.

With the under rail section of pipe laying completed, contractors will start on the final section for this season, the Walnut Avenue and State Highway One intersection.

This is likely to have a significant impact on traffic, he said.

“Motorists have been fantastic while we’ve been working on East Street, but if you thought that was bad, this will be worse.”

The intersection’s roundabout will be removed after Easter and the central area asphalted. Traffic will still move in two lanes but will be required to zig-zag their way through the intersection, Eyberg said.

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Going bald to support Shave for a Cure

By Megan Gnad

Much to the delight of his mates, Kavit Swamy’s bushy beard is gone, but it’s all in the name of a very good cause.

The Ashburton local took part in Shave for a Cure on Saturday, with the Tanglez Hair Studio team donating their services to shave both his head and face.

Swamy said “everything went awesome” but he was noticing the cold with the drop in temperature.

“It is getting pretty chilly, especially the weather we’re having now,” he said.

“Beanies are helping out and scarves would do for my face.”

After a number of family tragedies, the Ashburton local, who works as a logistics co-ordinator at South Island Seed, decided to take part in the cause to raise awareness of cancer.

Each year, thousands of Kiwis get sponsored to shave their heads in support of people living with blood cancer through an initiative by Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand.

On the fundraising site, Swa-

In brief Methven quake A 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck 35 kilometres east of Methven, near Dunsandel, on Tuesday about 7pm. The earthquake was described as moderate by GeoNet. The depth was five kilometres, and 45 people as far south as Rakaia Lodge filled out felt It reports.

Far left – Kavit Swamy before being shaved.

Left – Kavit Swamy mid shave.

Below – Kavit Swamy – bald and beardless.

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About 150 children remained stuck in Port Waikato overnight after a large slip blocked the road in and out. The children were on a school camp but were safe and not at risk, a Waikato District Council spokesman said. The Tuakau Bridge - Port Waikato Rd was closed because of slips and would remain closed until further notice.

The situation would be reassessed this morning.

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Person missing my is operating under the page, ‘Kavit Swamy: Bushy Beard Be Gone”.

While his goal is to raise between $500 and $1000, he’s currently sitting at $320, and the page is still open and accepting further donations.

Police were investigating a report of a man seen struggling to get out of the Waikato River yesterday. Just after 1pm, a member of the public saw a male in the river near the rail bridge next to State Highway 1.

Police completed a search, as well as deploying a police boat. Police were to review the need for a continued search.

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“I’m hoping to reach my goal within this year ending, or sooner,” he said.

“Thanks to Tanglez Hair Studio for making it happen.”

To donate to the cause, visit www.shaveforacure.co.nz and search Kavit Swamy.

■■ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Call for free child swimming lessons

By Sue Newman

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More needs to be done to ensure every child in the Ashburton District has an opportunity to learn to swim, councillor Stuart Wilson said.

He’s calling on the district council to take a long, hard look at its charging regime at the EA Networks Centre.

“I’d like to see swim lessons subsidised or be free for kids up to say seven or eight or let kids swim for free. Yes there’ll be a cost, but it’s something I think we should be looking at,” he said.

Last month his fellow councillors voted to push up pool fees,

including learn to swim fees, in an effort to narrow losses at the pools.

“Yes, we already have a $3.6 million cost to run the pools so it’s a question of whether people would be prepared to go any further,” Wilson said.

Christchurch City Council is considering changes to its pool charges, including free entry for children under 16 which it suggests could be covered by adding $5 to every rates bill. Wilson is unsure the district’s ratepayers would have an appetite for this move.

He says he’d opt for free or lower cost learn to swim lessons over

free pool entry.

“Yes, schools take children for lessons but they don’t get enough time, they need more than they get and parents are having to pick up the tab.”

And that meant learning to swim was tied to a parent’s ability to pay and that was wrong, he said.

The council will look at pool charges when it discusses its long term plan later this year and Wilson will be pushing for a downward change.

Pool manager Steve Prescott is not in favour of either free lessons or free access.

Schools are entitled to 10 les-

sons per child per year, with a Lion Foundation grant covering tutor costs and parents only required to pay a discounted entry fee.

“It’s like anything, if it’s free then people will just turn up when they feel like it. If they have to pay, even a couple of dollars they’ll commit to it and value it,” he said.

He’s aware of other centres where free lessons have been introduced and said it becomes a staffing chaos.

If children are enrolled in a class, tutors have to be paid regardless of how many turn up, Prescott said.

Currently learn to swim lessons come at $10 a lesson, $100 per term

and they’re often over subscribed.

Ashburton’s fees were significantly lower than many parts of the country, he said.

The subsidised school lessons were good, but ideally students did need more than just 10 a year, Prescott said.

“They probably need at least 20 lessons a year but we wouldn’t have the capacity to cope with this. We have to be careful we don’t oversubscribe our numbers to where we can’t cope.”

Through the Lion Foundation, the Ashburton Trust provides a subsidy of around $30,000 each year for school learn to swim lessons.

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Wet start to autumn

By Susan Sandys

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Mid Canterbury has more than caught up on its rainfall for 2017, after a wet March and a wet start to April.

MetService data shows to date for this year, Ashburton has received 191.6 millimetres of rain, compared to the long-term average of 175 millimetres.

NIWA data shows Methven has received 233 millimetres of rain for January, February and March, compared to the long-term average of 225 millimetres for the three months.

MetService data for the ski town is at odds with the NIWA data, officially reporting 529.3 millimetres of rain so far this year, however, a MetService meteorologist was unable to verify the unusually high figure yesterday.

Methven resident Viv Barrett said he believed it had been the wettest start to autumn for at least 10 years.

“It’s a long time since we have had this much rain in the autumn,” he said.

Methven arable and dairy farmer Craige Mackenzie said the wet weather had been a challenge for farmers through the latter end of harvest, but there had been windows of opportunity.

He was able to get carrot seed in on Saturday, and if it fined up after this latest period of rain he was hopeful of getting windrowed chicory in.

Ashburton received 108 millimetres of rain in March, far in excess of the long-term average of 62 millimetres, according to the MetService. February’s total was just 14 millimetres for the town, and it has received 10.4 millimetres so far this month to April 4.

NIWA’s March climate summary released yesterday said parts of the eastern South Island recorded above normal or well above normal rainfall, along with near or below average temperatures.

“An anomalous south-easterly airflow was prevalent over the South Island for the month of March, bringing rainfall and cool temperatures to the east but sheltering the west,” principal scientist Chris Brandolino said.

Part of the coastal Ashburton District had soils much wetter than normal for the time of year, along with the upper half of the North Island, around Wellington and northern Tasman-Nelson.

For the next three months, NIWA is forecasting near normal rainfall totals for Mid Canterbury, with average to above average temperatures.

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U3A hosts leading geoscientist One of New Zealand’s leading geomorphologists, David Barrell (above), spoke to about 80 people at an Ashburton U3A (University of the Third Age) address on Tuesday. The former Ashburton College student today works as a geoscientist for GNS Science. He informed about New Zealand’s geological history and the central South Island’s glacial landforms, including those at Mt Somers and the wider Hakatere Conservation Park area. U3A is holding a seminar series on the natural history of the conservation park, and will this month take a fully booked fieldtrip to the area. Anyone interesting in joining in on U3A activities can email u3a.ashburton@gmail.com

■■CHRISTCHURCH HIGH COURT

Tyre slasher sentenced

Two sentenced for Gairns' manslaughter Two people found guilty of causing the 2014 death of Ashburton man Arran ‘AJ’ Gairns by manslaughter have each been jailed for three years and seven months. Olivia Toby Frances Lucas, 29, and Verdun Ashley Perry, 26, both of Ashburton, were convicted of assaulting 34-year-old Gairns with intent to rob him on May 31, 2014 in Ashburton. A jury

of six men and six women subsequently found their actions resulted in his death. Yesterday, at the High Court in Christchurch Justice Gerald Nation sentenced both Lucas and Perry to three years, seven months imprisonment. Defence submissions, the judge’s sentencing remarks, and victim impact statements were all suppressed yesterday.

Two other people were also charged with the same offences as Lucas and Perry. One man who pleaded guilty had earlier been jailed for four years and eight months. The trial of the fourth accused is due to take place later in the year and until a verdict is reached, strict suppression orders prevent the publication of any evidence presented during

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■■METHVEN

New playground for Our Lady of The Snows School

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

After more than a year of hard work and fundraising, the Our Lady of the Snows School’s new playground is ready for action.

The school’s fundraising team, the Friends of the School, launched a plan to restore the playground after it was noted by the school’s junior teacher that the previous playground was not suitable for the students.

Board chairperson Deidra O’Shea said the team decided they would apply for grants and work towards upgrading the playground to something more suitable over the next three to five years.

The group worked on a Christmas fundraiser throughout November and December, making fudge and chocolate truffles.

“They made and sold thousands, we think everyone in

Methven was gifted a box for Christmas,” she said.

At that point, $3000 had been raised for the project, but to purchase a new playground, another $70,000 was required.

“One of the parents saw a playground for sale on Trade Me, available for $2995,” she said.

The playground was being sold

by Ashgrove School, in Rangiora, so with the help of the local Lions Club and a donated truck, the playground was purchased and shipped to Methven.

“Then we used a team of volunteers to install it, including parents, volunteers, and the Crusaders,” said O’Shea.

“It was finished over the weekend, there are now just a few modifications including a lick of paint to be made.

“Everyone is super happy to have been able to provide for the children in such a practical way.”

Our Lady of the Snows School students celebrate the completion of the project to get the school a new playground.

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Theft mystery The brazen theft of two rare paintings from an Auckland art gallery has sparked a second mystery for Maori – whose ancestors are missing?

Police are continuing to investigate the heist on Parnell’s International Art Centre in the early hours of Saturday.

Crafted by celebrated artist Gottfried Lindauer in 1884, the highly-valuable works are known as known as Chieftainess Ngatai – Raure and Chief Ngatai – Raure.

A description in the gallery catalogue said the portraits were believed to be of ancestors of Ngi Te Rangi chief Taiaho Hri Ngtai, a veteran of the Waikato wars.

However, in the wake of their disappearances, the Ngatai whanau had investigated further, and believed the link was a mistake.

Ngatai family spokeswoman Meremaihi Aloua said the family had been looking at photos and the faces were not at all similar to their tupuna, so did not want to claim ownership of them.

Local historian Patrick Nicholas said Lindauer had made spelling errors before.

He said the word raure was also in dispute, and people had been debating whether it actually meant Rarua (the name of a South Island iwi), Rauru (a Patea iwi ) or Rurea (a Tauranga hapu).

This was made harder by the fact it was not known if the clothing, jewellery and feathers were the subjects’ own, or whether they had even been wearing them for the sitting.

“I can see enough to know it’s not Ngatai. But trying to work out who they were is heading into fairly airy-fairy territory. It’s a long time ago,” he said.

Waikato University professor of reo and tikanga Pou Temara said for Maori, the paintings were about more than a dollar value.

“What we see is the true likeness of the person, seeing them in the flesh as they were,” Temara said. “Maori don’t see this as art. If they were to see it as art they would have carved it into wood and stone.”

Temara said even it Maori didn’t know that person, they felt close to them by way of whakapapa and historical accounts.

International Art Centre director Frances Davies said all they know about the paintings was in their catalogue online.

The gallery is back open for business as usual.

Police investigating the ram-raid burglary and theft of the paintings released CCTV images on Monday. Inspector Scott Beard said police had received several calls following the release.

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Muscovy ducks go missing Muscovy ducks have been reported missing on both sides of the Ashburton River.

Six half-grown ducklings, along with two adult males, disappeared from the pond in the Tinwald Domain on Sunday.

A motor camp resident said whoever stole the ducks would have required a box or crate to transport them but they were very friendly and be easily caught.

Meanwhile, six Muscovy ducklings from a McDonald Street property have also gone missing.

The ducklings took advantage of an open gate to make their escape on Monday afternoon. They are black and white, only a few weeks old and not fully fledged yet.

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OUR VIEW

Is the message getting through?

Megan Gnad

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ew figures released yesterday, show a hard line is being taken by the Government when it comes to holding cyberbullies accountable for their actions.

But is the message getting through?

Justice Minister Amy Adams announced that legislation passed in 2015, under the Harmful Digital Communications Act, made it illegal to send messages and post material online that deliberately causes a victim serious emotional distress.

She said: “The law is also protecting those most vulnerable to online abuse by clamping down on bullies who encourage their victims to commit suicide, regardless of whether or not the victim attempts or is successful in taking their life.”

There should be no tolerance for this kind of behaviour and it’s a relief that the law is now catching up with a cyber world that is moving at unimaginable speeds.

Adams said one of the worst cases they had seen involved a man who was jailed for sending half-naked photos of his exgirlfriend to a shared work email address.

Since coming into force, the act has resulted in: 132 criminal charges filed 77 criminal cases finalised 50 convictions and sentences 4 diversions completed 3 dismissals 1 discharge without conviction Netsafe has received more than 600 requests for assistance with harmful digital communications since it began in November 2016.

While still a shocking figure, I’m sure there’s plenty more where that comes from.

There will be people who are either too afraid to speak out, or unaware that prosecutions can now take place.

The disgusting practice of cyberbullying causes untold and uncalled for stress and pressure to all involved, including the person being targeted and their loved ones supporting them.

While it’s great something is being done to prevent future cyberbullying, the next phase is making sure those responsible are fully aware of the consequences and repercussions from their taunts, and can be stopped in their tracks before they do any more damage.

WHAT YOU ARE SAYING

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ur poll results into this week’s discussion about traffic behaviour at the South and East streets intersection, is pretty much running neck and neck.

When we asked if you were concerned about the new traffic signals and road layout at the corner of East and South streets, 52.33 per cent said you were, and 47.67 per cent said no.

While many of you are saying it’s an accident waiting to happen, we also appreciate comments putting a rational wait-and-see approach on the table.

Shirley, for instance, states it’s too early to be making a call; but would rather wait until Countdown opens and then see how things progress.

Do you agree with her? Is it too early to

debate, or a serious discussion we need to have now?

An Ashburton District Council spokesperson said they had been in discussion with affected landowners and full details of the bridge and processes are on council’s website at: http://www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/our-services/transport/Pages/ashburton-secondurban-bridge.aspx

To add your thoughts to the discussion, visit the Ashburton Guardian Facebook page and leave a comment, or vote on our poll at www.guardianonline.co.nz

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YOUR VIEW Blame game

This week’s question Q: Are you concerned about the new traffic signals and road layout at the corner of East and South streets?

Results up to 5pm yesterday: Yes 52.33% No 47.67%

Andrew Hoggard in his article, From The Farm, Tuesday, April 4, gives some very selective facts to back up his attack on people questioning dairy farming.

The stand-out one being that the majority of dairy farmers don’t use irrigators, just rainfall to grow their grass! Really? As Methven farmer, Craige McKenzie has shown with his “precision farming”, there are plenty of farmers out there with the future of our land at heart.

But unfortunately many are more interested in blaming “greenies” and “tree huggers” for questioning their methods.

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YOUR VIEWS ON FACEBOOK Irene This is going to be an accident waiting to happen.By the time you get two three truck next thing you are waiting on the bridge or further.Second lane should of carried on a lot further second bridge right off West street

Charlotte I have sat behind someone on at least three occasions, on south street to turn left onto East st, who are waiting for the lights to change green. They don’t realise they are on a give way.

Shirley I feel its too early to make a call on this subject yet.

Wait until Countdown opens then take a look at it.

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Boeing, Iran in $3b deal Boeing Co has signed a $US3 billion deal with an Iranian airline for 30 new aircraft, officials said, in the first major sale by a US company in the Islamic Republic since the Trump administration imposed new sanctions against Tehran.

The deal for the 30 737 MAX aircraft, which includes an option for another 30, could force Trump to choose between two major campaign promises: Taking a harder line against Iran or defending American manufacturing jobs.

The new agreement comes on top of the $US16.6 billion sale Boeing previously made in Iran following the landmark nuclear deal struck under the Obama administration.

Chicago-based Boeing struck the deal with Iran’s Aseman Airlines.

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Brooklyn faces backlash

Boeing Co. announced that it has signed a new, $US3 billion deal with Iran’s Aseman Airlines for 30 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

PHOTO AP Reza Mostafavi told The Associated Press that the deal came following several rounds of talks with Boeing over the past year.

The European Union blacklisted Aseman in December

because of safety concerns.

Washington granted permission for Boeing and Airbus to make the initial sales in September. Both manufacturers needed the approval of the US Treasury.

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Ultrasound use for Alzheimer’s Australian researchers say they have made a promising step in the future treatment of Alzheimer’s disease after discovering ultrasound can effectively and safely deliver drugs to the damaged brain.

Scientists at the Queensland Brain Institute found the non-invasive technique successfully penetrated the blood-brain barrier to deliver a therapeutic antibody to the brain.

This then slowed the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in mice, according to a study published in journal Brain.

One of the major challenges inhibiting the treatment of Alzheimer’s is that the majority of drugs designed to treat the brain disease don’t make it into the brain.

“Ultrasound safely opens up the blood-brain barrier just a tiny bit and just for

short time to let the antibody into the brain and importantly into the nerve cells where the damage occurs,” said Professor Jurgen Gotz lead researcher at the QBI. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, with the number of dementia cases in Australia expected to rise to 900,000 by 2050.

Using scanning ultrasound technology, researchers delivered an antibody that specifically binds to a protein called tau implicated in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

Combining ultrasound with the antibody treatment was more effective than either treatment alone in removing the toxic protein clumps, say the researchers.

“We ultimately hope in the coming years to develop an ultrasound device that

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Swedish PM outraged It is “disgusting” if girls at a private Islamic school in Stockholm are directed to the back door of a school bus while boys use the front door, as claimed by a television documentary, Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said yesterday.

In Sweden “we take the bus together whether you are a girl or a boy, a woman or a man,” Lofven said. “This suggests that we have more to tackle when it comes to segregation.”

The issue was highlighted by a programme on Sweden’s TV4 channel.

Al-Azhar school head master Roger Lindquist told Sweden’s TT news agency that the school management was not aware of the division.

The publicly funded and privately managed school drew attention last year because it has gender-segregated gym classes. Sweden’s education minister, Gustav Fridolin, said in February that he would ban gender-divided classes. It has not been implemented yet. The Swedish government describes itself as “feminist,” putting “equality between women and men at the heart of national and international work”.

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One more Bond film Craig?

Daniel Craig may be fine, but Tom Hiddleston should be feeling shaken and stirred right about now. “Multiple sources” have said that James Bond franchise producer Barbara Broccoli has “just about persuaded Daniel Craig to do one more Bond movie.” They are reportedly still in talks, but those talks “are going in the right direction.”

A source added, “They have a script — screenwriting duo Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (who’ve penned several Bond movies) are writing and they’ll go into production as soon as Daniel is ready to commit. And now for the extra diss at Tom Hiddleston’s expense: “Plus, Barbara Broccoli doesn’t like Tom Hiddleston, he’s a bit too smug and not tough enough to play James Bond.”

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is not too bulky and can also be used to treat local patients. This device may clear toxic tau in patients on its own or it may be used by delivering therapeutic agents such as drugs or antibodies,” said Prof Gotz.

This will have enormous benefits by making expensive treatment more costeffective, says lead author Dr Rebecca Nisbet.

QBI director Professor Pankaj Sah said it was exciting research that could one day help millions of Australians.

“The discovery is another promising step made towards future therapeutic treatments for dementia,” Prof Sah said.

The ultimate hope is that the technique will also allow for the effective treatment of other brain diseases like Parkinson’s and motor neuron disease.

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Aboulafia, the aviation analyst, said ultimately the sales wouldn’t change Iran’s status in the Gulf, already home to three major long-haul carriers, or greatly affect Boeing’s bottom line.

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Brooklyn Beckham has faced a fierce backlash after debuting a brand new tattoo. The eldest Beckham offspring, 18, had a black and white inking of a Native American chief inscribed onto his forearm at the Shamrock Social Club in Hollywood over the weekend. But after showing off his first-ever inking on Instagram, the teenager was met with a mixed reaction. While some liked the “wonderful” tattoo, others said it was disrespectful. But not everyone found the tattoo insensitive, with one saying they were pleased that he was recognising Native American history.

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North Korea fires missiles North Korea fired a ballistic missile into its eastern waters, US and South Korean officials said, amid worries the North might conduct banned nuclear or rocket tests ahead of the first summit between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this week.

The US Pacific Command said it detected and tracked what it assessed as a North Korean missile launched from land near the eastern coastal city of Sinpo. A US statement said initial assessments indicate the type of missile was a KN-15 medium-range ballistic missile.

The KN-15 missile reportedly refers to what North Korea calls the solid-fuel Pukguksong-2.

When North Korea test-fired this missile in February, South Korean officials said it flew about 500 kilometres before landing in international waters.

Ralph Cossa, president of the Pacific Forum CSIS think tank in Honolulu, said he was expecting North Korea would do something to coincide with the Trump-Xi summit, perhaps conduct a nuclear test. The missile launch may be a precursor, with more to come as the summit starts later this week, Cossa said.

Recent outside satellite imagery show possible preparations for

North Korea fired several banned ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, an apparent reaction to huge military drills by Washington and Seoul.

PHOTO AP a new nuclear test at the North’s main nuclear test site, such as communication cables used to initiate a test and collect data being already laid.

North Korea’s state media has also said the world will soon witness what it calls “eventful successes” the country achieves in the space development.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the country lodged a strong protest over the launch.

US Secretary of State Rex Till-

erson acknowledged the launch in a statement but said the US had spoken enough about North Korea and would not comment further.

Analysts says North might time nuclear and long-range rocket tests to the April 15 birthday of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, the late grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un. North Korea is pushing hard to upgrade its weapons systems to cope with what it calls US hostility. Many weapons experts say the

North could have a functioning nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the continental US within a few years.

Two weeks ago, the South Korean and US militaries said they had detected a failed North Korean ballistic missile launch. Earlier in March, North Korea fired four ballistic missiles that flew about 1000 kilometres, with three of them landing in waters that Japan claims as its exclusive economic zone.

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Record crystal meth haul in Australia A record 900kg seizure of crystal methamphetamine has helped police eliminate “17 million hits of misery” for ice users, but officers are demanding more be done to tackle the nation’s drug problem.

The ice haul, valued at almost $A900 million, was discovered hidden in floorboards shipped in 70 boxes to Melbourne during a joint operation by Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police.

A 53-year-old Blackburn man and a 36-year-old Doncaster man have been charged with trafficking in a commercial quantity

of illegal narcotics.

Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Stephen Fontana said the massive ice haul highlighted the scale of Australia’s illicit drug problem.

News of the ice seizure comes after a recent national study of wastewater confirmed methylamphetamine use is soaring.

Secret tests of sewerage by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission found ice is the most popular illicit drug in the country.

AFP Assistant Commissioner Neil Gaughan said while police were seizing record amounts of

drugs more needed to be done to help Australia kick its habit.

The use of floorboards to hide Australia’s biggest single seizure of ice was described by police as “quite unique” and complex.

Two kilos of ice was hidden between each of the floorboards, which were discovered in a warehouse in Nunawading in Melbourne’s east in February.

Police had been working on tipoffs gathered during an investigation that began in January into a drug syndicate, which resulted in the seizure of 40kg of methamphetamine, 175,000 cigarettes

and also $140,000 in cash and other contraband.

The ice is believed to have been shipped from Asia and while police won’t reveal exactly where they “are confident” they know who is responsible.

Police are also searching for two other men, believed to be of Asian appearance and who may know more about the drug syndicate behind the ice shipment.

“We will be ruthless in our efforts to stop the smuggling and the trafficking of this drug,” Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said.

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In brief Sick of waiting A man was so sick of waiting for his ailing parents’ home to sell that he torched it while they were on holiday, a court has heard. Clinton Levi Lawrence, 35, pleaded guilty to the arson of his family home, north of Brisbane, in February last year. The court heard the house had been on the market for around nine months as his parents, who both suffer from degenerative illnesses, prepared to move closer to medical facilities. Lawrence was frustrated with the wait, and so woke one morning, drove to the house and set it alight. The court heard the house was destroyed, and an insurance claim made by his parents was denied. Lawrence and his parents now live in a shed on the property, the court heard.

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Legs lost to spider bite A man has had his legs amputated and may lose an arm after a suspected white-tail spider bite in northwest Victoria. Filipino tourist Terry Pareja was visiting relatives when he is thought to have been bitten in the last week of February but he took days to seek medical attention. By the time the local doctor opened on the following Monday, Pareja’s foot was black and swollen, his relatives said. He was rushed to Horsham hospital, where his right leg was amputated, before being flown to Melbourne, where he his left leg and part of his bowel and spleen were also removed.

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SpaceX’s rocket back SpaceX’s first reused rocket is back in port, five days after launching a satellite. The singed 15-storey booster returned atop a barge to Florida’s Port Canaveral.

It was the second flight for the Falcon 9’s first-stage core - and a first for SpaceX. Both times, the leftover booster landed upright on an ocean platform following liftoff. SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk has championed recycling rockets since his company’s founding.

Usually, they’re discarded into the ocean after launch. Musk plans to retire the recycled booster and display it. SpaceX plans to launch another satellite this month, but with a fresh booster.

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Good turn-out to Sheffield lamb sale Persistent rain failed to dampen attendance at an on-farm lamb sale near Sheffield on Tuesday, confirming interest in South Island sales remains strong.

Paul and Stephen Wright of Wrightco Farm near Sheffield offered over 4000 lambs at their on-farm sale. The lambs, which are in medium to forward store condition, were bought by farmers throughout Canterbury who are looking for wintering stock options.

The store lamb market continues to be strong in the Canterbury region with the full clearance sale achieving a top price of $100 per head for two pens.

PGG Wrightson Livestock Auctioneer Glenn Peddie said there was good in-

terest in the sale as many local arable farmers were looking for stock to carry over the winter.

“There is plenty of feed across the region so demand for grazing stock, both sheep and cattle, continues to be strong.”

Paul Wright said it was the second on-farm lamb sale and it had achieved another good result.

“We plan to make this an annual event by offering 4000 to 5000 store lambs in autumn. We shear, drench and dip the lambs so they are ready for wintering.

With so much feed around this year, the timing suits arable farmers with paddocks freed up after the harvest.”

Buyers were not deterred by the wet conditions at a Sheffield on-farm lamb sale this week.

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Chan-Dorman makes the cut “I’m a big advocate for Mid Canterbury farmer protecting and enhancing Jessie Chan-Dorman is one our dairy assets for future of three emerging dairy ingenerations, and being dustry leaders contesting nominated for an award the annual Fonterra Dairy like this signals to me that Woman of the Year award. the work I’m doing is on She joins Claire Nicholthe right track.” son from Bay of Plenty Germann is a relative and Jolene Germann from new-comer to the dairy Southland. industry, milking her first Chan-Dorman is a cow just seven years ago.

Fonterra shareholders She and her husband councillor and a director own a 570 cow dairy farm of the Ashburton Trading in equity partnership in Society. Nicholson (Ngati Aparima, Southland, and Ruanui) is a director of she has just been offered Paraninihi Ki Waitotara a partnership role at Agri(PKW) and chief executive of Sirona Animal Health, business Consultants. She and Germann is an Agrialso volunteers her time as a mentor for DairyNZ business Consultants dairy Jessie Chan-Dorman Dairy Connect and Primaconsultant and chairwoman of Rural Business NetryITO. She says she’s surprised to be nominated work Southland.

One of them will receive the coveted for the award, “but incredibly humbled at Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year title at the same time – I’m constantly impressed an awards evening during the annual Dairy with the opportunities and passion that is Women’s Network conference, this year so widespread within the dairy industry.”

This year’s Dairy Woman of the Year will held in Queenstown, May 11-12.

Chan-Dorman, who farms with her hus- receive a scholarship prize of up to $20,000 band near Rakaia, has had a wide range of to undertake a professional/business develrural professional roles across policy, re- opment programme.

Dairy Women’s Network chief executive search and development and sustainable Zelda de Villiers says a common theme farming.

“I’m really excited about the future of the among this year’s finalists is the high extent dairy industry in New Zealand and pro- to which they contribute to the business of gressing further into a leadership role that dairy in New Zealand.

“We have three outstanding finalists who will allow me to make further contributions are making big decisions and contributions to the industry,” she said.

Nicholson, a qualified veterinarian, has that affect the future of dairy in this counhad several leadership roles in the dairy try,” she said. industry including general manager for In“They are all recognised as leaders in tervet New Zealand and business develop- their networks and communities, are highly ment and marketing manager for Agrifeeds. influential at a national level and have a real She says she’s honoured to be among such a commitment to progressing our dairy instrong group of finalists. dustry internationally.”

Join in winterfeed comp The Ashburton A&P Association is encouraging farmers to enter its annual winterfeed competition.

The competition has become a popular fixture on the district’s rural calendar and the judging will be on May 8 and 9, followed by a prizegiving.

There will be 10 classes for rape, kale, short rotation ryegrass, turnips, swedes, autumn pasture, green feed and fodderbeet and judges will decide the best crop overall. The minimum crop area required for judging is two hectares.

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Poor season affects Comvita shares Comvita shares slumped after the manuka honey company warned it will post an operational loss this year due to weaker than expected trading and as a poor season dents the honey harvest in New Zealand.

The Te Puke-based company expects to report an after-tax operating loss in the order of $7 million in the year ending June 30, 2017, it said in a statement. That’s a downgrade from its January forecast when it expected after-tax operating earnings of between $5 million and $7 million, and its earlier guidance for earnings in line with 2016’s $17.1 million.

The company expects funds from the sale of its Medihoney brand and shareholding in Derma Sciences will bolster the bottom line, forecasting net profit of $9 million, down from its January expectation of between $20 million and $22 million.

The shares dropped 8.7 per cent to $7.85, making them the biggest decliner on the S&P/NZX50 benchmark index in morning trading today.

Comvita’s shares have lost a quarter of their value over the past year after the company warned earnings would be impacted by a

weaker honey harvest and slower sales due to a clamp down on China’s informal trading channels.

The company said today that trading in its two largest markets of Australia and New Zealand hadn’t rebounded as expected over the last two months and weren’t likely to do so by the end of this financial year. Poor weather had continued to weigh on honey production for the 2016/17 season, further denting sales, it said.

“Although the informal trade channels will show growth over the previous half year this is still well under our previous expectations, and much of these sales to China have been satisfied by inventory held within the various channels to market,” said chief executive Scott Coulter. The company expects its financial performance to improve once this inventory has run down, he said.

Comvita said it tried to mitigate against regional weather events by having hives strategically located around the country but can’t mitigate against poor weather across the whole country.

Chair Neil Craig stressed the poor harvest was seen as a “oneoff” event, described by some ex-

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perts as a “one-in-20-year event.”

“Given the nature of the 2016/2017 honey harvest and the fact that Comvita has significant levels of inventory, the extremely poor season is unlikely to impact future profitability,” Craig said.

“While the simultaneous impact of two very significant events in one financial year is ‘tough to stomach’, the Comvita business model remains sound.”

To counter the hit to its earnings, Comvita is focused on productivity and reducing costs, he said.

“As part of our diversification strategy we will deliver significant new market, channel and product innovation initiatives this year which will underpin our sales increase in the second half year and sets us up well for FY18,” Craig said.

“Given an average honey harvest in 2017/2018, we remain on track to deliver our medium and longer term strategic objectives beyond what has been a very challenging period of time for the company.”

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New Zealand commodity prices edged higher in March as wool prices bounced from a slump and red meat continued to attract buyers.

The ANZ Commodity Price Index rose 0.4 per cent in March to 283.5 and was up 3.4 per cent in local dollar terms to 209.4 in a month when the kiwi depreciated against its major trading partners.

Wool prices were the biggest gainer in the month, up 8.6 per cent, which ANZ Bank New Zealand agri economist Con Williams said was due to bargain hunters chasing cheap product and as supply was held back with auction prices below the cost of production. Lamb prices rose 5.8 per cent and beef prices increased 1.9 per cent, although skin prices

fell 1.8 per cent.

Aluminium prices also gained in the month, up 2.7 per cent, bolstered by a reduction in inefficient Chinese capacity and growing optimism about global demand, while forestry prices increased 1.2 per cent as Chinese demand bolstered log and wood pulp export prices.

Dairy prices fell 1.8 per cent in the month, but were still nearly 48 per cent higher than a year earlier, as whole and skim milk powder prices fell on the increased New Zealand supply. However, valueadd product such as butter and casein saw prices rose 9.2 per cent and 12 per cent respectively as Asian foodservice sales remain strong and lower Australian production stifles supply.

Prices at today’s GlobalDairyTrade auction rose 1.6 per cent, with enough demand to soak up the increased production from New Zealand farmers.

The recovery in dairy prices has underpinned the annual gain in the commodity price basket, with the index up 23 per cent and 17 per cent in New Zealand dollar terms.

Horticulture prices were unchanged in March, although ANZ’s Williams said early-season indicators were good for kiwifruit and pipfruit.

Seafood prices under performed in March, falling 3.4 per cent, almost entirely due to a slump in rock lobster prices as demand tapers off from Chinese New Year.

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Strong interest in Gold3 licences Zespri International reported strong interest in a bidding round for 400 hectares of new Gold3 or SunGold variety kiwifruit licences and said its shares will resume trading on Friday.

The kiwifruit marketer said it received 938 bids of which 235 were successful, and will reap $98 million of revenue from the allocation, excluding GST. The average size of the successful bids was 1.7 hectares.

The SunGold variety has proven popular as it is more resistant to the [seudomonas syringae pv actinadiae bacteria, better known as PSA, which decimated the industry some six years ago. By the end of June 2012, more than 35 per cent of New Zealand kiwifruit orchards were infected. SunGold, first commercialised in 2010, was

key to the sector’s recovery.

The median price including GST was $270,250, and the minimum accepted price was $254,150.

Zespri said it will update its shareholders on the impact of the licence revenue when it provides a forecast profit range for the 2017/18 year after its April board meeting.

Late last year Zespri announced

it will sell licences for another 400 hectares of the SunGold variety this year, with a further 400ha to be released in 2018, 2019 and 2020 subject to the product’s performance and global demand.

Earlier this month Zespri forecast it would pay $8.75 to $9.75 per tray, or $105,000 to $120,000 per hectare for Zespri Gold in the 2017/18 season compared to $5.15 to $6.15 per tray or $47,500 to $57,500 per hectare for Zespri Green.

The company will now begin notifying growers of the outcomes of their individual bids.

Zespri shares, which trade on the Unlisted share trading platform, have been in a trading halt since March 22. That halt will be lifted on Friday at 9am. The stock last traded at $4.

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Ashburton Bowling Club A very successful closing Day was held Saturday April 1 with the Bird Cup won

by Heather Goodall, Kath Muir and Bruce Ching.

Presentation of the trophies was organised well by John Smart and the Annual dinner followed. The Annual Meeting in May still requires nominations for the Executive positions, forms are on the board.

At the annual meeting I will be taking names of helpers for Meals on Wheels July 3-7. If you can help please let me know, 7 drivers and 7 runners are needed.

This is just a small way you can do some voluntary work for the community.

Congratulations are to be heaped on Brentton Donaldson for winning the Junior Champion of Champions. Also to Colin Arnst for being R/up in the Colts Champion of Champions. Well done to all those who took part, who tried and were less successful.

We will be having Cards from Monday April 10 and MahJong Wednesday 12 as well as cards. All are welcome, the room will be warm and friendly. Be there by 1.15pm.

To those sick and not in the best of health we wish you “get well soon” and hope to see you next season.

Ashburton County Lions The March tea meeting of Ashburton County Lions Club was held at the Hotel Ashburton on March 22.

The 42 members present welcome Joy Arthur who was inducted as a new member.

The speaker for the night was Vicki Galbraith, Ashburton’s truancy officer who works under the umbrella of the Ashburton Safer Community Council.

She offered an insight into her work with school age children from Ashburton and across the district who are not regularly attending school.

Vicki spoke of the varying reasons be-

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Reports to the club included the recent very enjoyable afternoon tea at Miaflora in Winchester. This was held to celebrate 30 years since the beginning of the club and as a special treat for remaining founding members.

Members also participated in a very successful mystery trip to Christchurch. A day of fun and fellowship for all who attended including a visit to a candle maker, the new memorial wall, lunch at Mona vale and then an entertaining game of ten pin bowls.

Plans were put in place for future projects including grape picking, Easter baskets for the Presbyterian Support Services, Stars in your Eyes and another Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner night.

The meeting concluded with the drawing of the raffle and more fines gathered by our ever vigilant tail twisters.

Ashburton Friendship & Entertainment Club The re-roofing of the hall is almost completed. This has been major undertaking which may never have been achieved without the wonderful assistance from the Lions Foundation and Ashburton District Council.

The first function of 2017 was our annual dinner held at the MSA restaurant on Tuesday evening April 4.

Forty-six people attended including members, wives & partners, Southern Group President and visitors from the Waimate, South Canterbury and Christchurch Savage Clubs.

Jim Burgess introduced our guest speaker, Phill Hooper from Radio Hokonui who entertained with his interesting and humorous presentation of overseas travels and working career.

At the conclusion of Phill’s presentation, Russell Anstiss proposed a vote

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of thanks to which the audience enthusiastically responded by acclimation.

The first concert of the season is to be held in the clubrooms on the corner of Cox & William Streets on Tuesday April 18 commencing with a social time at 7.00pm.

A light supper will be served at the conclusion of the concert. All welcome.

Took Rocky Mountaineer Train to Vancouver, stopping at Whistler, a Ski resort on the way. Then up to Alaska for a 9-day cruise from Anchorage in a small ship with just 39 passengers.

Close up to Icebergs, bears and orca whales.

Vancouver Island was next and the Beauchart Gardens.

A wonderful experience well presented to our members.

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February 2017 got off to a very good start with members giving short talks on their travels.

Kath travelled to America, Canada and Alaska Jenni had an extensive trip on the continent, Austria, England and Vietnam Barbara when to Vietnam, Japan, Siberia, China and Mongolia Moyra went by bus to Gore then to Invercargill to the World Shearing A wonderful variety of travelling from members.

March Ken Pow was guest speaker taking us on a trip to Germany when he took 25 College students. A wonderful educational trip. Some highlights, fast trains, Berlin Sunday Market, Berlin National Day, Bicycle Tours, visit to a Concentration Camp, being with families and many more.

A most interesting insight into life in Germany.

April 19 Andrea will take us on her trip tramping in India.

Travel Club meets 3rd Wednesday at 7.30pm at St David’s Church Lounge, Allens Road.

On Friday 3 March members of the Garden Circle and club members were delighted to spend an afternoon at the house and gardens of Don and Carol Williamson “Coniston”.

It was a mild sunny day and the gardens, lake and beautiful trees all looked perfect, with no wind.

Afternoon tea served in the dining room indeed a lovely afternoon.

We are most grateful to Carol and Don for sharing their home and gardens with us.

Cavendish Club Library Circle The Library Circle’s first presentation to the club for the year was a light hearted discussion when topics for consideration covered a wide range e.g. music, teachers, earthquakes, tattoos, Dan Carter, new council buildings etc, etc.

Members were urged to join in expressing opinions and comments and most did.

Thanks to Jennifer, Noeline, Joan and Jean for a fun afternoon.

Travel Circle Kathy Bryant gave us a most interesting talk on their trip overseas.

Flying to San Francisco doing lots of tourist sites including Alcatraz Prison which closed in 1952. Las Vegas very hot on to Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon by helicopter.

Next Calgary staying with friends they met on a previous tour. Attending the Stampede for several days, participating in Square dancing and meeting up with Alison and Don Shearer from Ashburton by chance.

Banff and the Rockies were next. Lake Louise and Alaboska Glacier.

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April 4 Nancy MacCormick Barb MacGregor & Leen Bell 154, Diane Lowe & Sue Gutsell 159

April 8 Weekend Ladies Aorangi home links comp Report 8.30am - Convenor Sheryl Reid 0274383739

■■ Shooting Seafield Rifle Club March 20 R. Duncan 95.4, 96.3, J. Duncan 93.1, R. Hewitt 94.2 March 27 R. Hewitt 97.5, 95.2, R. Duncan 93.3, 94.2, J. Duncan 92.4, P. Wilson 94.1, 86.1, N. Martin 89.3, 92 April 3 R. Hewitt 100.8, 96.6, R. Duncan 92.1, 93.2, N. Martin 93.2, 91, P. Wilson 91

April 11 Mid-Week Ladies Nancy MacCormick 36 holes-4some stroke play Report 8.45am Individual Stroke Rnd Report 9am Starters L. Small 0276319080, P. Bell 0276065194 April 13 Nine Hole Men and Women

St Patrick himself would have been delighted with the wonderful music Margaret Hawkey presented to the Music Circle of the Cavendish Club.

With green hats and a touch of Irish the flute seemed very appropriate for the 17th of March.

Margaret told us a little of her early years of married life before playing a variety of music finishing with two lovely Irish numbers.

June thanked Margaret and presented her with a small gift. The afternoon came to a close with a friendly chat over a welcome cuppa.

Arts & Crafts Circle Arts & Crafts had a very interesting and different afternoon recently when Karen Bishop came and brought with her a large assortment of crocheted goods. Some pieces you could hardly believe were crocheted, they were so finely crafted, and others were like those little crocheted squares Grandma used to make.

But they were all made into beautiful things as garments and rugs – booties and little girls’ shoes - cardigans and dresses, they were all so lovely and beautifully different. She amazed many of us just what could be done with a crochet needle. Thank you Karen.

Afternoon tea concluded a most interesting afternoon about an almost forgotten craft.

Coronation Target Shooting Club The first week of the senior aggregate produced some great scores with three possibles and a lot of scores in the high nineties.

Newcomers Craig Smith, Charlotte McKenzie and Shaye Robb brought smiles to the faces of the coaches and

Tinwald Branch New Zealand Red Cross Meeting was held at Community House on April 4. It began with John Driscoll speaking about Community House, its history from 1996 to the present day and building of today, a year on from its opening in April 2016.

It certainly fulfils a need in the community and is a busy hub.

It is also a testament to the several people and the generosity of the Community. We were shown around the facility. John was thanked by Jill Bennett.

The meeting proceeded with the Red Cross Principles, receiving apologies and remembering sick members. Members accepted an invitation by Rakaia Branch to attend World Red Cross Day on May 8. Red Cross Rose Day was very successful for the Branch.

Mary Miles was thanked for preparing the roses and members thanked. Five members attended the Joint NZRC Area Forum held at Darfield on April 1.

Judy Skevington reported that the Kaikoura Branch President spoke of that Branch’s response to the November 2016 Earthquake and of her own emotional response which was still raw.

Red Cross Recovery staff member spoke of the Recovery and Resilience project after the 2010/2011 Christchurch Earthquake, 2016 North Canterbury Earthquake and 2017 Port Hills Fires.

This involved Cash Grants, Outreach –Door knocking, Psychosocial Support and Partnerships. Branches were given an opportunity to discuss the Annual plan and was further discussed at the Branch meeting.

Ideas were sought for entertainment for the September meeting. Dellwyn Moylan of Volunteering Mid-South Canterbury gave an interesting talk of the organisation that has been in existence for ten years and has its office at Community House.

It promotes and supports Volunteers, has a recruitment and placement programme along with information. She was thanked by Pat O’Brien. Afternoon tea concluded a very pleasant and busy afternoon.

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SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS RESULTS

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Murray Cook showed a new consistency. Individual scores were Steve McArthur 100.6, Sandy Bennett 100.8, Nick Stewart 100.7, 99.6, Savanna McArthur 95.2, Lanelle McArthur 96.4, Nina McKenzie 97.4, Murray Cook 98.5, 97.2, Brian Hawksby 94.3, Bryan Hunter 93.1, Bill Rankin 95.3, T.J.Stewart 96.2, Jayden Collett 93.3, Kevin Hooper 98.6, 94.3, Logan McArthur 90.1, Shaye Robb 93.4, Emma Smith 98.5,Michaela Smith 96.4, 96.3, Heather Ross 86.0, Sam Smith 89.3 (PB) 89.1,Craig Smith 94.1, 84.0, Charlotte McKenzie 91.0.

The Tuesday night turnout was a bit disappointing but being the first night this should pick up soon.

Rnd 2 Medal-Stroke Report 9.15am Convenor Joy Nicholas 308646, Club Captain Leigh Wackrow 3083790 Report 9.00am

Tinwald Golf Club April 11 Women’s Division Medal 1st Ailsa Jary 1st Twilighters (65+) 3rd Norma Bradford Putting No 1 9.30 L. McClea P. Smith S. Newman 9.35 J. Smith J. Vander Heide D. Lowe S. Lane 9.40 B. Cochrane V. Cartney M. Moore No 7 9.30 J. Undy B. Harris C. Shanks 9.35 P. Preece I. Divers B. Jackson No 10 9.30 V. Prendergast M. Smith L. Bird 9.35 S. Gutsell S. Vucetich K. Young No 13 9.30 D. Wellman M. Kennedy T. Clarke 9.35 C. Linney J. Bruhns D. Bell 9 holes Sue Bunt GNZ (srixon ball) LGU Off No 1 & No 7 Starters C. Linney R. Kinvig, Cards P. Smith S. Newman, Tea duty S. Vucetich.

Hoping to bounce back Prodrive Racing Australia is looking for a bounce back this weekend at round two of the Supercars Championship at Symmons Plains in Tasmania.

The Ford outfit was off the pace at the season-opening Clipsal 500 in Adelaide before more mixed results at the non-championship Australian Grand Prix round a fortnight ago.

2015 champion Mark Winterbottom is calling on past success in Tasmania to help him break out of a slump.

“Tassie is one of my favourites,” Winterbottom said. “It’s always been kind result wise but I just want to get back on track.

When you’ve had a bad couple of runs, the only way to fix it is to get

back on track so I can’t wait.

“This is our chance to turn it around and compete where I know we can. We know how to race at this track and we know how to set the car up there too so I don’t have any concerns.”

Chaz Mostert was the most impressive of the Prodrive racers in Melbourne and is also hoping for a change of fortune at the southern most round in the series.

“Each weekend that we roll out we’re learning something new,” Mostert said.

“There’ll be plenty more for us to learn in Tasmania. It’s not all about learning the positives, you have to learn the negatives with it as well to try and tune the negatives out.”

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Seniors on court Tennis players braved the cool conditions on Sunday to take to the courts for the Mid Canterbury Senior Drawn Doubles and Mixed Doubles tournament on Sunday.

Robyn Hood was there to capture some of the action.

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In brief Wash out at Awapuni The Manawatu meeting scheduled for Awapuni on Friday is the latest fixture to fall foul of the weather.

It has been abandoned due to the heavy rainfall and a gloomy forecast, but the Gr.3 Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes and the Rating 75 metric mile will be included in Saturday’s programme at Trentham.

Chocante a threat Chocante’s quality should make him a force to be reckoned with at Te Rapa. Trainer Stephen Marsh believes the four-year-old has the class to be prominent when he resumes in Saturday’s Team Wealleans 1400. “He came back a lot stronger this time in. He was a young, immature stayer in the spring, but still did a good job,” Marsh said. Chocante, whose autumn aim is the Gr.2 Manco Easter Stakes, hasn’t raced since he produced an outstanding performance off a wide run to win the Gr.3 Counties Cup in November.

Smart 3YO monitored

What Choux Want will do her future racing in Australia.

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Smart filly heading offshore Group performer What Choux Want will do her future racing in Australia.

The daughter of Jimmy Choux has won two races from Andrew Carston’s Riccarton stable and last season she also placed in the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes, the Listed Welcome Stakes and ran a meritorious fifth in the Karaka Million.

This term, What Choux Want has finished fourth at Listed level in both the Canterbury Belle Stakes and the Gore

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Guineas before heading north again.

She finished sixth and less than three lengths off Saracino in the Gr.2 Wellington Guineas, but was then undone by the soft footing when unplaced at Awapuni last Saturday.

“She’s spelling in Palmerston North now and then she’ll go to Perth, the owner comes from there,” Carston said.

“She’s not very big and she’s done a great job here, but she will be better placed over there

and I’ve got no doubt she will be a Saturday class horse.”

What Choux Want is raced by Sam Saric, also a part-owner of the recently-retired Group One Australian winner Awesome Rock.

“He supported me when I started up and I’ve got a couple of nice two-year-olds for him now by Swiss Ace and Jimmy Choux,” Carston said.

Meanwhile, Strowan will take his chance in the Pear Tree Farm Agistment 1200 at the

Phar Lap Raceway today.

“It will be his last run for the preparation before he is gelded and spelled for six weeks so we might as well find out if he can go in the heavy ground,” Carston said.

“If he does cop the track then I would be disappointed if he doesn’t run very well.”

Still a work in progress, Strowan has two wins and five placings from his 12 appearances.

– NZ Racing Desk

Son Of Zac’s last two winning runs have fuelled overseas inquiries for the three-year-old. “There has been some interest, but for the moment we’re more than happy to be racing him,” said Kevin Hughes, who with his wife and training partner Pam shares in the ownership of the chestnut. Son Of Zac is unbeaten in two runs on his home track this preparation and he will attempt to complete a Riccarton hat-trick in Saturday’s NZB South Island Sale April 21 Rating 75. “He’s still a work in progress, but he’s very well,” Hughes said.

Forsman in limelight The win of Jon Snow in last Saturday’s Gr.1 ATC Derby in Sydney has raised the international profile of Cambridge-based trainer Andrew Forsman. Since 2012, the 34-year-old has trained in partnership with Murray Baker and the combination has enjoyed enviable success in that time. A talented horseman in his own right, Forsman has been a mainstay at the Baker stable for the past 14 years.

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Forbury Park harness Today at Forbury Park

Forbury Park Trotting Club Inc Venue: Forbury Park Meeting Date: 06 April 2017 NZ Meeting number: 8 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 5.23pm (NZT) JUST ESSENCE CATERING TROT $6000, non-winners 2yo+ trot, stand, 2200m 1 90253 Paradise Spur (1) fr.................. M Williamson 2 7876 Superfast Maggie fr....................... Scratched 3 62570 Brite N Lovely (2) fr..................... K Cameron 4 934 Sheezamonarchy (3) fr..................B Orange 5 0x0 Theodosia (4) fr.............................. K Butt (J) 6 0 Prestissimo (5) fr...........................J Versteeg 7 Beat The Heat (6) fr....................S Payne (J) 8 7088 Special Pat (U1) fr 9 48087 Regal Assassin (U2) fr...................... A Clark 2 5.48pm PINELEA FARM - JOHNY ROCK MOBILE PACE $6000, non-winners 2yo+ mr50 to mr55 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 4 A Lister (1) fr.................................T Williams 2 Mongolian Mars (2) fr.....................B Orange 3 Elle Mac (3) fr...................................J W Cox 4 26x40 Hannah Extreme fr........................ Scratched 5 22437 Sky City King (4) fr.......................T McMillan 6 3 Ellaquence (5) fr............................. B Barclay 7 Rev Me Up (6) fr.........................C Ferguson 8 Fizzing (7) fr...................................... D Dunn 3 6.13pm PALAMOUNTAINS MOBILE PACE $6000, non-winners 3yo+ up to & including mr49 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 00068 Benz Buy (1) fr........................ J Morrison (J)

2 77098 Bullys Princess (2) fr.................B Williamson 3 0x566 Rake (3) fr...................................C Ferguson 4 57995 Newmans Jet (4) fr.......................A Suddaby 5 0 Kamwood Kid (5) fr........................... D Dunn 6 6x363 Flyingmasterwilliams (6) fr.............B Orange 7 00x98 Finger In The Till (7) fr...........S Tomlinson (J) 8 09724 Lis Amore (8) fr........................ M Williamson 4 6.38pm DUNEDIN HOLIDAY PARK & MOTELS MOBILE PACE $6250, 3yo+ up to & including r46 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 82580 Caballo Blanco (1) fr...................... B Barclay 2 58800 Booming Jet (2) fr.................... M Williamson 3 00597 Stunnin VC (3) fr..............................J W Cox 4 880P2 Ask Me Art (4) fr................................ D Dunn 5 66775 El Dinero (5) fr.............................C Ferguson 6 08984 Top Brass (6) fr..............................B Orange 7 08760 Annie Fitz (7) fr.....................S Tomlinson (J) 8 00008 Caesar Rocks (8) fr...................B Williamson 5 7.03pm KIDZ KARTZ PACE $6000, non-winners 3yo+ pace, stand, 2200m 1 73550 Rainy River (1) fr........................ C McDowell 2 00008 Bound To Impress (2) fr.................J Versteeg 3 6x400 Sefton Hooligan (3) fr.................. T Quate (J) 4 70 Dodge Phoenix (4) fr....................T McMillan 5 77x66 Kezza’s Lass (5) fr......................C Ferguson 6 P Midnight VC (6) fr........................... B Barclay 7 75802 Highview Justice (7) fr......................J W Cox 8 92249 Miss Fandango (8) fr......................B Orange 9 All Money (9) fr............................S Payne (J) 10 x00xP Akris (10) fr..................................A Suddaby

11 44840 Okains Bay (11) fr.................... M Williamson 12 750x2 Honour The Bet (12) fr...................... D Dunn 6 7.29pm FORBURY PARK SPORTS BAR & BISTRO TROT $6250, up to & including r49 trot, stand, 2700m 1 55584 Armori (1) fr..................................... G McLay 2 09006 Cheeky Pat (2) fr.........................C Ferguson 3 75466 Natives Lasting Love (3) fr.......... K Cameron 4 93303 Gorilla Playboy (4) fr.................B Williamson 5 90000 Scarlett Lane (5) fr.......................A Suddaby 6 50084 Holdon Toyaspurs (6) fr..........M Prendergast 7 58672 King Kone (7) fr........................ M Williamson 8 96x07 Wot Up (U1) fr................................B Orange 9 40009 I’ldoitmyway (U2) fr..................... T Quate (J) 7 7.54pm FREE & EASY AT FORBURY PARK 7TH APRIL MBL PACE $6250, 3yo+ r48 to r54 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 61009 Maddisons Desire (1) fr...............S Payne (J) 2 30060 Glenisthebettor (2) fr...................... K Butt (J) 3 03002 Mickey Jay (3) fr.............................B Orange 4 38162 Rozzano (4) fr.......................S Tomlinson (J) 5 50339 Audi Hare (5) fr................................. D Dunn 6 77661 The Persuader (6) fr..................B Williamson 7 39010 Fiery Ferret (7) fr...................... M Williamson 8 83147 Balius (8) fr.................................M Parker (J) 9 00916 Change It (21) fr...........................A Suddaby 8 8.19pm THE PARK FUNCTION & EVENT CENTRE HANDICAP TROT $6750, r50 & faster discrhcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 3125 Geena’s Success (1) fr..............B Williamson 2 55741 Playboy’s Brother (2) fr............... M Purvis (J)

3 P0071 Bourbon And Dry (U1) fr..............A Suddaby 4 0P000 Grace Lightning (U2) fr............. J Kennett (J) 5 30586 Dusky Eyre (1) 10............................. D Dunn 6 81983 Mr Majestic (2) 10.......................... B Barclay 7 01349 Beg Hall (3) 10............................... K Butt (J) 8 22102 Its Elvis (U1) 10..............................B Orange 9 0P037 Bobbins (U2) 10....................... M Williamson 10 10041 Ygritte (U3) 10..................................J W Cox 11 20166 Och Aye The Noo (U1) 20..............M Denton 9 8.44pm PINELEA FARM - TERROR TO LOVE MOBILE PACE $6750, 3yo+ r57 to r65 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 5650x Mr Midnight (1) fr.......................B Williamson 2 530x0 Culler Coded (2) fr.................. S Walkinshaw 3 5x600 Sterns Arising (3) fr 4 2858x Shillelagh (4) fr...............................B Orange 5 11165 Motu Time To Shine (5) fr.............A Suddaby 6 56017 Idealistic Lass (6) fr.................. M Williamson 7 11x00 Pembrook Ideal (7) fr........................ D Dunn 8 21861 Lanikai (8) fr.....................................J W Cox 10 9.09pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX CAYFORD CLAIMERS MOBILE PACE $6000, claimers 4yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 90P09 Alexy (1) fr..................................D O’Connell 2 05025 Milehigh Magic (2) fr............... S Walkinshaw 3 43481 Elusive Flight (3) fr..................... M Purvis (J) 4 91839 Waihemo Art (4) fr................... J Morrison (J) 5 86098 Machie Mach (5) fr...........................J W Cox 6 65172 Jerry Fitz (6) fr......................... M Williamson 7 69111 Expresso Martini (7) fr...................... D Dunn

8 56061 Aymar (8) fr....................................B Orange 9 0x048 Nic Mac Willy (21) fr....................... K Butt (J) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS: Race 1: Theodosia, Sheezamonarchy, Beat The Heat, Paradise Spur Race 2: Elle Mac, A Lister, Mongolian Mars, Sky City King Race 3: Kamwood Kid, Rake, Flyingmasterwilliams, Newmans Jet Race 4: Ask Me Art, El Dinero, Caballo Blanco, Stunnin VC Race 5: Honour The Bet, Dodge Phoenix, Miss Fandango, All Money Race 6: Armori, I’ldoitmyway, Gorilla Playboy, Holdon Toyaspurs Race 7: Maddisons Desire, Mickey Jay, Change It, Glenisthebettor Race 8: Bobbins, Dusky Eyre, Geena’s Success, Mr Majestic Race 9: Lanikai, Shillelagh, Pembrook Ideal, Motu Time To Shine Race 10: Expresso Martini, Aymar, Machie Mach, Jerry Fitz

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M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 06 April 2017 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 4.35pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C3, 295m 1 36643 Terra Mondo 17.30 C &....................... Fagan 2 67231 Smash Bomber 17.35...................... M Grant 3 27616 Wears The Gold 17.28..................K M Grant 4 685x4 Norman Jewel 17.13........... N C W Wanhalla 5 11284 Idol Star 17.69 L &.............................. Wales 6 23827 Cosmic Odette nwtd................J T McInerney 7 61418 Runnin’ Cloggs 17.60.......................J Tanner 8 32215 Super Stevie 17.36.......................C Roberts 9 41777 Genetic Marlow 17.61...................... M Grant 10 16585 Mushroom Cloud 17.23......................J Dunn 2 4.53pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN DASH C2, 295m 1 46415 Tricky Action 17.48 S &....................B Evans 2 1343F Kalonga 17.47 S &...........................B Evans 3 61542 Settle Grettel 17.61..........................J Tanner 4 25785 Odin Slayer 17.49...................... A Bradshaw 5 2x522 Opawa Blinky 17.49 L &...................... Wales 6 36213 Homebush Riley 17.42............J T McInerney 7 11128 Culvie Lass 17.45 H &.........................Taylor 8 73561 Adjudicator 17.23 S &......................B Evans 9 32546 Greet The Judge 17.27 H &.................Taylor 10 72F66 Makers Mark 17.37 S &...................B Evans 3 5.11pm MAC DEVELOPMENTS DASH C3, 295m 1 23556 Extra Credit 17.26............................. B Dann 2 64422 Cawbourne Craig 17.33................C Roberts 3 38881 Mandi Mae 17.21 C &......................... Fagan 4 33483 Saraya Jayde 17.25...................... L Waretini

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 5 48134 Smash Lilly 17.44............................. M Grant 6 37345 Kingman 17.39................................. M Grant 7 17181 NippaOfSambucca 17.53........J T McInerney 8 64142 Know Contest 17.30........................G Cleeve 9 86178 Paddy The Baker 17.30...........J T McInerney 10 57874 Red Margin 17.43............................ M Grant 4 5.38pm CHRISTCHURCHGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ DASH C4, 295m 1 25473 Ohoka Billy 17.08.......................... L Waretini 2 81177 Homebush Errol 17.32............J T McInerney 3 36346 Super Bad 17.20...........................M Roberts 4 76187 With Pride nwtd................................. B Dann 5 15668 Smash That 17.21............................ M Grant 6 51115 Another Cruise 17.39 M &..................Jopson 7 17778 Opawa Idol 17.35 L &......................... Wales 8 18227 Mischief Managed 17.31............A Bradshaw 9 78757 Backchat Harry 17.05................A Bradshaw 10 78x81 Firemans Galaxy 16.96...................G Cleeve 5 6.04pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK STAKES C2, 520m 1 22288 Trendy Blake nwtd...................J T McInerney 2 58286 Opawa Peaches 30.24...................R Adcock 3 56615 Smash Rebel nwtd........................... M Grant 4 17558 Arcane Sabre 30.35 M &....................Jopson 5 76336 Opawa Tracy 30.29 L &....................... Wales 6 11566 Dyna Alk 30.57..............................C Roberts 7 66444 Jon Snow Lives 30.40...................C Roberts 8 11335 Opawa Cheviot 30.20 J &................D Fahey 6 6.29pm (NZT) COALGATE TAVERN SPRINT C3, 295m 1 27358 Rocket Jewel 17.44.......................C Roberts 2 44357 Botany Vikki 17.76..................J T McInerney 3 32272 Roadworks 17.16............................. M Grant 4 52353 Whose He 17.44...............................A Joyce 5 24124 Know Sweat 17.49..........................G Cleeve

6 62344 Trixie Lee 17.20................................ M Grant 7 51765 Rick’s Treasure 17.24 C &................... Fagan 8 34272 Royal Bash 17.32.............................. B Dann 9 7358x Willis nwtd......................................R Adcock 10 688F6 Pep’s Terra 17.61 C &......................... Fagan 7 6.54pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C2, 520m 1 77276 Jinja Jaffa 30.32.........................R Blackburn 2 87163 Pipe Dream nwtd....................J T McInerney 3 71x75 Opawa Extreme 30.48 L &.................. Wales 4 46311 Vicarious 30.26.............................C Roberts 5 74454 Gentleman Tim 30.18 J &................D Fahey 6 33567 Opawa Anthony 30.02 L &.................. Wales 7 88317 Cawbourne Murf 30.80.................C Roberts 8 77772 Know Value 30.44...........................G Cleeve 8 7.19pm I PAVE CONCRETE DASH C4, 295m 1 12752 Opawa Crystal 17.25 L &.................... Wales 2 56511 Harsesis 17.33...........................R Blackburn 3 25114 Goldstar Scooter 17.56 S &.............B Evans 4 42875 Homebush Scribe 17.36.........J T McInerney 5 1863F Fiery Fagan 17.29 C &........................ Fagan 6 78456 Serious Torque 17.24....................... M Grant 7 55316 Homebush Banker 17.41........J T McInerney 8 43286 Cawbourne Dotty 17.37................C Roberts 9 78757 Backchat Harry 17.05................A Bradshaw 10 78x81 Firemans Galaxy 16.96...................G Cleeve 9 7.40pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH STAKES C4/5, 520m 1 52441 Chippa Lata 29.92......................R Blackburn 2 63243 Opawa Kevin 30.16 J &....................D Fahey 3 86738 Can’t Catch Tim 30.09...................R Adcock 4 75216 Eagle Tee 30.22.............................R Adcock 5 47714 Opawa Norris 30.25 L &...................... Wales 6 33162 Opawa Racer 30.23 J &...................D Fahey 7 86852 Dirk The Jerk 30.32............................J Dunn

8 11111 Southern Lights 30.10..................R Hamilton 9 14167 Opawa Millie 30.92 L &....................... Wales 10 17665 Mandy Junior 30.09 J &...................D Fahey 10 8.09pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C3, 520m 1 22132 Tom Tee 30.76................................R Adcock 2 54332 Know Scholar 30.53........................G Cleeve 3 14365 Goldstar Coco 30.51 S &.................B Evans 4 55445 Berridale Lad 30.00............. N C W Wanhalla 5 28688 Botany Alan 30.46...................J T McInerney 6 44472 Albie Punter 30.05 J &.....................D Fahey 7 41515 Opawa Kim 30.41 J &......................D Fahey 8 56236 Shift The Blame 30.50.............J T McInerney 9 72541 Majestic Action 30.00 J &.................D Fahey 10 87778 Homebush Howard 30.22.......J T McInerney 11 8.36pm ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE DASH C5, 295m 1 11437 My First Litter 17.07......................C Roberts 2 12542 Zircon 17.28 M &................................Jopson 3 16522 Barcia Express 17.26....................... M Grant 4 81517 Replay 17.26....................................J Tanner 5 62281 Jinja Brian 17.15...........................A Waretini 6 32121 Swimming Goat 16.79.........................C Weir 7 27314 Breaking Mad 17.29......................... M Grant 8 71813 Homebush Sloan 17.53..........J T McInerney 9 63553 Fliberty Jiberty 17.25........................ B Dann 10 14733 Hilton Open 17.22...................... A Bradshaw 12 8.53pm PROTEXIN SPRINT C4, 295m 1 85213 Botany Cold 17.32..................J T McInerney 2 4268x Maudie’s Babe 17.18 C &................... Fagan 3 14467 Homebush Rufus 17.34..........J T McInerney 4 27361 Sahara Sam 17.40 H &........................Taylor 5 83538 Magic Mike 17.16..........................C Roberts 6 23722 Opawa Waihemo 17.33 L &................ Wales

7 17166 Sweet Abby Lee 17.43...............R Blackburn 8 66457 Amino Trouble 17.48..................A Bradshaw 9 78757 Backchat Harry 17.05................A Bradshaw 10 78x81 Firemans Galaxy 16.96...................G Cleeve LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Cosmic Odette, Super Stevie, Smash Bomber, Norman Jewel, Terra Mondo Race 2: Odin Slayer, Tricky Action, Culvie Lass, Opawa Blinky, Kalonga Race 3: Cawbourne Craig, Extra Credit, NippaOfSambucca, Saraya Jayde, Know Contest Race 4: Ohoka Billy, Mischief Managed, Smash That, Super Bad, With Pride Race 5: Opawa Cheviot, Dyna Alk, Jon Snow Lives, Opawa Peaches, Opawa Tracy Race 6: Know Sweat, Roadworks, Rocket Jewel, Trixie Lee, Rick’s Treasure Race 7: Vicarious, Gentleman Tim, Opawa Anthony, Jinja Jaffa, Opawa Extreme Race 8: Opawa Crystal, Harsesis, Serious Torque, Homebush Scribe, Goldstar Scooter Race 9: Southern Lights, Opawa Kevin, Dirk The Jerk, Chippa Lata, Opawa Norris Race 10: Albie Punter, Tom Tee, Berridale Lad, Shift The Blame, Opawa Kim Race 11: Swimming Goat, My First Litter, Barcia Express, Zircon, Breaking Mad Race 12: Botany Cold, Amino Trouble, Opawa Waihemo, Homebush Rufus, Maudie’s Babe

South Canterbury gallops Today at Washdyke raceway

South Canterbury Racing Club Venue: Washdyke Meeting Date: 06 April 2017 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.12pm (NZT) BERKLEY STUD MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 8x8 Chorister (9) 58.5..........................T Moseley 2 00x Enefess (5) 58.5.......................P Shaikh (a3) 3 Onemorewhiskey (3) 58.5................A Collett 4 40272 Vicar’s Daughter (7) 56.5.T Comignaghi (a3) 5 5x0x3 Black Label (12) 56.5...................L Callaway 6 0x75. Royal Mistress (8) 56.5........ R Cuneen 7 6x00x Ywahoo (10) 56.5...........................L Allpress 8 0 Kerrytown Princess (4) 56.5.....T Jonker (a3) 9 6970x Lady Byron 56.5............................ Scratched 10 Million Reasons (6) 56.5..........K Kalychurun 11 63 Hand Of Aces (2) 56.....................K Williams 12 7x00x Countmein (11) 56................... G Jogoo (a1) 13 0x0 Stitch (1) 56......................................S Collett 2 12.47pm WILLOW GLEN STUD SI SALES MAIDEN SPRINT $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 346x6 Louvres (1) 58.5................... R Firdhaus (a3) 2 5450x Deebee Black h (3) 58.5...............K Williams 3 450x4 Essdee (9) 58.5..............................L Allpress 4 0x9x Don’t Shuffle Me (6) 58.5.............. R Cuneen 5 84660 Smoke ‘Em Wilson h (7) 58.5.. T Comignaghi (a3) 6 9 Tenfold (2) 58.........................K Mudhoo (a1) 7 0009x Sienamosa (12) 56.5........................A Collett 8 06x Splash Out (10) 56.5....................L Callaway 9 0580x Bad Jelly (11) 56.5...........................S Collett 10 x0780 Onthesauce (4) 56.5................K Kalychurun 11 04068 Three Shots (8) 56.5................ G Jogoo (a1) 12 9 Tui (13) 56.5.............................T Jonker (a3) 13 6070x Bobtail (5) 56.................................. C Barnes 3 1.22pm D*CASH & PORT FM R65 DASH $10,000,

M3 Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 06 April 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.03pm (NZT) PALAMOUNTAINS MY BEAU SPRINT C4, 375m 1 25221 Von Trapp 21.02.................................B Craik 2 16843 Formation 21.39.................................B Craik 3 76882 Robins Zarr Hood nwtd................A Turnwald 4 15517 One Cool Chap 21.44 W &...............T Steele 5 37365 Tumbalaioo 21.32 G H &.......... PC Ferguson 6 35366 Cawbourne Elpaso nwtd...............M Roberts 7 37136 Kirkham Kylie 21.36......................M Roberts 8 33634 Kennel Boy 21.58.........................A Turnwald 9 65442 Unileven 21.19............................D Schofield 2 12.21pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR STAKES C4/5, 457m 1 23347 Our Sambo 25.80........................M Mathews 2 26257 Oscar Tron 25.47.........................D Schofield 3 81114 Letron James nwtd........................C Roberts 4 22271 Paul Dozer nwtd...........................A Turnwald 5 31341 Lochinvar Brogue 25.75..............D Schofield 6 31171 Olivia 25.61................................ A Lawrence 7 14586 Jazzboy Jack 25.35.................... A Lawrence 8 51223 Timmy Trumpet 25.31...................... K Walsh 9 87888 Loose Unit nwtd................................ S Clark 10 87x83 Yap’s Me Mum nwtd....................D Schofield 3 12.38pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION STAKES C5, 457m 1 73537 Cawbourne Mezza nwtd...............M Roberts 2 64814 Fantastic Ava 26.34.....................D Schofield 3 13783 Cawbourne Kristy nwtd.................C Roberts 4 52588 Cawbourne Clover nwtd................M Roberts 5 17412 Beltom 25.32...............................D Schofield

Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 93109 Taxihome (4) 59............................K Williams 2 08106 Augustace (7) 58.5........................T Moseley 3 1460x Prize Lord mh (6) 58.5............. G Jogoo (a1) 4 36x03 Dan Cugat (9) 58 5 08325 Alice Webb Ellis d (12) 57.5.......... R Cuneen 6 7x849 Milk It dm (11) 57.5......................L Callaway 7 56441 Nakyama dm (1) 57.................T Jonker (a3) 8 4080x Kearney 57.................................... Scratched 9 49973 Eagle Magic (3) 56 10 10x68 Suggestive Loox td (13) 56..............S Collett 11 06755 Fade To Grey d (5) 55.5.................L Allpress 12 05350 Mystify Me (2) 55.5..........................A Collett 13 9x456 Princess Athena d (8) 55.5 14 309x7 Zippin (10) 55 4 1.57pm PEAR TREE FARM AGISTMENT 1200 R75 $10,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 1750x Mal D’Mour td (8) 59..............K Mudhoo (a1) 2 23326 Dynamic tdm (6) 58.5...............P Shaikh (a3) 3 54070 Opihi Ranger h (3) 58.5...................S Collett 4 41464 Hot Date td (7) 56........................L Callaway 5 0x275 Mare Mia td (9) 56......................... R Cuneen 6 L1813 Strowan d (4) 56................T Moseley 7 17503 Flytime td (5) 55............................K Williams 8 x4588 Legnani dh (1) 54.5..................K Kalychurun 9 x197x Magic Mavis db (2) 54......................A Collett 5 2.32pm THREE VALLEYS SALES DRAFT MILE R75 $10,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 2x107 Admiral Rous (9) 59 2 54033 Clara Jane d (2) 58..........................A Collett 3 1929x Southern Raider t (11) 57................S Collett 4 0x022 Mystic Power dh (5) 57.................K Williams 5 57549 Sir Singo d (1) 56...........................L Allpress 6 58036 Bridget Town td (10) 54.5......... G Jogoo (a1) 7 84430 Hot Tempo (3) 54.......................R Yatim (a3) 8 31038 Spider Lily tdmh (6) 54.....T Comignaghi (a3)

9 50365 Flicka Of Gold (4) 54........... C Campbell (a4) 10 0x660 Baranoo (8) 54.........................K Kalychurun 11 36000 Blue Pool Blur (7) 54...................... C Barnes 6 3.07pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE R65 $12,000, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1600m 1 73456 Maggie’s Secret (1) 59.................. R Cuneen 2 1x854 Royal Road (5) 59.........................K Williams 3 x9010 Thewayweroll m (2) 58.5...... R Firdhaus (a3) 4 52883 Elvera (3) 58................................L Callaway 5 58976 Queen Serene d (6) 58..................L Allpress 6 98x58 Czarista t (8) 57.5....................T Jonker (a3) 7 37983 Lady Em d (9) 57.5....................R Yatim (a3) 8 46705 Tuilana t (4) 57.................................A Collett 9 x0984 Royal Dollar (7) 56.5...................... C Barnes 7 3.45pm WHITE ROBE LODGE MAIDEN MILE $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 00243 Nakuru (6) 58.5 2 6x320 Powerball b (14) 58.5.......................A Collett 3 45x80 Pahau (8) 58.5..............................K Williams 4 80x Macktavish (4) 58.5 5 3800x Paco Rabanne (12) 58.5..................S Collett 6 69x8 Daytona (7) 58 7 4x003 Neat Aza Pin (10) 56.5........ C Campbell (a4) 8 x7828 Porotene Rippa h (2) 56.5......K Mudhoo (a1) 9 x2095 Velvet Rose (13) 56.5..................... C Barnes 10 78 Bound To Keep Her (1) 56.5.........K Kwo (a4) 11 7. Raise The Ante (3) 56.5................ R Cuneen 12 90. Sheezoff (11) 56.5...................K Kalychurun 13 67377 Gloss (5) 56...................................L Allpress 14 8x9 Mondue Belle (9) 56.....................L Callaway 8 4.20pm PARK HILL STABLES STAYERS R65 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 33923 Opihi Jade th (2) 59...............K Mudhoo (a1) 2 04064 Kolaman tm (5) 58.5.........................A Collett 3 09650 Gottagetmywoohoo td (7) 58.......L Callaway

4 15267 Lin (3) 57.5............................... G Jogoo (a1) 5 63610 Misty Trella m (4) 57.......................L Allpress 6 5533x Seeking Redemption (1) 57....T Comignaghi (a3) 7 00938 Miss Mia dm (8) 55.5....................K Williams 8 4x447 She’s Payback tm (9) 55................C Spittles 9 80088 Pentire Babe (6) 54.............. R Firdhaus (a3) 9 4.57pm INGLEWOOD STUD MAIDEN 2100 $10,000, MDN, 2100m 1 07552 Who Dares Wins (11) 58.5............K Williams 2 79733 Moby (5) 58.5...............................K Kwo (a4) 3 52. One Way Ticket (4) 58.5 4 96 Night Watchman (10) 58.5 5 0 Chances Again (9) 58.5................T Moseley 6 x5990 Fendalton (1) 58.5....................K Kalychurun 7 0 Garry Owen h (2) 58.5................... C Barnes 8 35x5 Nancy (7) 56.5.................................S Collett 9 904 Black Eyed Susan (8) 56.5....K Mudhoo (a1) 10 674 Metasequoia (6) 56.................. G Jogoo (a1) 11 675 Papina (3) 56...................T Comignaghi (a3)

Race Information hcp - handicap mdn - maiden nmw - no metropolitan wins opn - open r80 - rating 3yo - nominated age 3yo & up - nominated age and up 3yo f - nominated age and type 3 & 4yos - combined age groups c&g - colts and geldings cg&e - colts, geldings and entires e&g - entires and geldings f&m - fillies and mares hwt - high weight sw - set weight swp - set weights and penalties spa - set weights, penalties and allowances wfa - weight for age wlt - welter weight wfp - weight for age with penalties and allowances

5 11335 Westworld 26.07................................B Craik 6 81236 Spare Some Time nwtd.......................L Cole 7 12277 Mazu 25.95 J &................................D Fahey 8 63541 Map My Run nwtd...............................L Cole 9 11215 Justin Ryan nwtd J &.......................D Fahey 10 8x228 Mija Sydney nwtd.........................A Turnwald 10 2.41pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD NEW ZEALAND DERBY HEAT R/Aq, 457m 1 16118 Bombs Falling nwtd J &....................D Fahey 2 36415 Allen Hadrian nwtd........................C Roberts 3 17168 Spring Allegro 25.76...........................L Cole 4 34213 Know Hassle nwtd..........................G Cleeve 5 43151 Bigtime Dazzler 26.07.........................L Cole 6 25314 Cawbourne Toddy 25.96...............M Roberts 7 21152 Thrilling Wilson 25.83....................... K Walsh 8 11111 Jimmy’s Rocket 25.67....................... S Clark 9 11215 Justin Ryan nwtd J &.......................D Fahey 10 8x228 Mija Sydney nwtd.........................A Turnwald 11 2.57pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD NEW ZEALAND DERBY HEAT R/Aq, 457m 1 32245 Hard Questions nwtd......................G Cleeve 2 23181 Opawa Brad 25.94 J &.....................D Fahey 3 111x3 Storm Warning nwtd...........................L Cole 4 66155 Cool Rythm nwtd..........................B Hodgson 5 42653 See Eye Aye nwtd...............................L Cole 6 13412 Bigtime Power nwtd............................L Cole 7 54628 Cawbourne Jarrod nwtd................M Roberts 8 75636 Thrilling Sabre 25.76........................ K Walsh 9 11124 Min Ho nwtd J &...............................D Fahey 10 1 Winsome Dash nwtd W &................T Steele 12 3.22pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD NEW ZEALAND DERBY HEAT R/Aq, 457m 1 25746 Bigtime Bakagain nwtd.......................L Cole 2 11126 Allegro Gun nwtd................................L Cole 3 27136 Thrilling Surge 25.50........................ K Walsh

4 77234 King’s Call nwtd.................................R Waite 5 56813 Saint Sassy nwtd........................D Schofield 6 17256 Opawa Timo nwtd J &......................D Fahey 7 12345 Hypocritical nwtd...........................M Roberts 8 11113 He’s All Power nwtd J &...................D Fahey 9 11215 Justin Ryan nwtd J &.......................D Fahey 10 11124 Min Ho nwtd J &...............................D Fahey LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Von Trapp, Tumbalaioo, Kennel Boy, Formation, Kirkham Kylie Race 2: Timmy Trumpet, Lochinvar Brogue, Olivia, Letron James, Paul Dozer Race 3: Mina Allen, Cawbourne Kristy, Gold Class, Beltom, Cawbourne Trixy Race 4: Thrilling Rocky, Zipping Ringo, Min Ho, Multicam Ranger, Augello Race 5: Thrilling Hettie, Cawbourne Buckle, Mister Ebby, Knead You, Cawbourne Muzza Race 6: Sketchy Chief, My Girl Chloe, Pay Da Trail, Takamori, Classy Impact Race 7: Lytworx, Winsome Dash, Yooldome, Zipping Kasey, Fancy Gas Race 8: Thrilling Boris, Melan, Vikings, Bigtime Jason, Frappucino Race 9: Blazing Spirit, Ride Ain’t Over, Iolaus, Spare Some Time, Cawbourne Crowie Race 10: Jimmy’s Rocket, Thrilling Wilson, Allen Hadrian, Know Hassle, Bombs Falling Race 11: Storm Warning, Opawa Brad, Thrilling Sabre, Hard Questions, Cool Rythm Race 12: He’s All Power, Thrilling Surge, Allegro Gun, Bigtime Bakagain, Hypocritical

SELECTIONS: Race 1: Vicar’s Daughter, Hand Of Aces, Black Label, Ywahoo Race 2: Louvres, Essdee, Smoke ‘Em Wilson, Deebee Blinkers on : Taxihome, Augustace (R3), Clara Jane (R5), Black, Bobtail Daytona (R7), Night Watchman, Papina (R9) Race 3: Dan Cugat, Augustace, Eagle Magic, Nakyama, Blinkers off : Enefess, Stitch (R1), Mystic Power (R5), Milk It Macktavish, Porotene Rippa (R7) Race 4: Strowan, Magic Mavis, Dynamic, Mal D’Mour, Winkers on : Mystic Power (R5), Thewayweroll, Czarista Mare Mia (R6), Pahau, Sheezoff, Gloss (R7), Miss Mia (R8) Race 5: Clara Jane, Mystic Power, Sir Singo, Admiral Winkers off : Bad Jelly (R2), Taxihome, Augustace (R3) Rous, Bridget Town Pacifiers off : Powerball (R7) Race 6: Czarista, Queen Serene, Maggie’s Secret, LEGEND: Royal Road, Tuilana Runner Form Race 7: Nakuru, Powerball, Gloss, Macktavish, Paco b - Beaten favourite at last start Rabanne c - Won at this distance on this course Race 8: Opihi Jade, Kolaman, Miss Mia, Misty Trella, d - Won at this distance on another course She’s Payback h - Home track m - Won in heavy going Race 9: Who Dares Wins, One Way Ticket, Metasequoia, Papina, Moby t - Won at track X - Spell of three months

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge raceway 6 67451 Gold Class 25.45........................D Schofield 7 37751 Mina Allen nwtd.............................C Roberts 8 11313 Cawbourne Trixy nwtd...................M Roberts 9 87x83 Yap’s Me Mum nwtd....................D Schofield 10 12548 Soaring Hawke nwtd G H &..... PC Ferguson 4 12.56pm COUPLANDS DOG BISCUITS STAKES C2, 457m 1 24434 Augello 25.89............................. A Lawrence 2 23112 Thrilling Rocky nwtd......................... K Walsh 3 65211 Diva Pose 26.02 M &........................ J Smith 4 36132 Multicam Ranger 25.95...............D Schofield 5 11124 Min Ho nwtd J &...............................D Fahey 6 71823 Fortis Flier nwtd U &..........................Cottam 7 43362 Wong Way 26.13 U &.........................Cottam 8 33255 Zipping Ringo nwtd............................ D Hunt 9 46657 Zanato 25.80.............................. A Lawrence 10 31458 Estee 26.02................................ A Lawrence 5 1.13pm GREYHOUNDS NORTH MAIDEN DISTANCE C0d, 650m 1 26512 Cawbourne Buckle nwtd...............M Roberts 2 111F8 Thrilling Hettie nwtd......................... K Walsh 3 75587 Miss Eldora nwtd..........................A Turnwald 4 12373 Knead You nwtd...........................A Turnwald 5 84512 Magic Latte nwtd.................................L Cole 6 42542 Cawbourne Muzza nwtd...............M Roberts 7 52577 Mr. Fuss Pot nwtd.......................... H Mullane 8 46386 April’s My Mum nwtd........................ T Green 9 33224 Mister Ebby nwtd.........................A Turnwald 10 7x866 Wee Meredith nwtd.......................... L Martin 6 1.31pm (NZT) SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C5, 375m 1 11218 My Girl Chloe 21.01......................... K Walsh 2 32362 Pay Da Trail 20.80............................ K Walsh 3 41435 Takamori nwtd.............................B Goldsack 4 12521 Classy Impact nwtd.......................... T Green

5 53123 Jump Up 21.22.............................. H Mullane 6 28514 Raging Demon 21.26 R &....................L Udy 7 75353 Fresco Star 21.43.......................... H Mullane 8 11111 Sketchy Chief 21.15 G H &...... PC Ferguson 9 8258x Instant Success nwtd..................D Schofield 7 1.48pm QUEENSTOWN GET AWAY STAKES C1, 457m 1 1 Winsome Dash nwtd W &................T Steele 2 33125 Lytworx 26.06..............................D Schofield 3 35313 Yooldome nwtd............................D Schofield 4 42532 Zipping Kasey nwtd.....................D Schofield 5 48532 Off The Grid nwtd.............................T Patton 6 38536 Ef Ay Zarr nwtd............................A Turnwald 7 118 Mila Mila nwtd..............................A Turnwald 8 33224 Mister Ebby nwtd.........................A Turnwald 9 12286 Girl Queenie nwtd............................T Patton 10 24751 Fancy Gas 25.98 M &....................... J Smith 8 2.06pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD NEW ZEALAND DERBY HEAT R/Aq, 457m 1 13664 Melan nwtd J &................................D Fahey 2 11417 Thrilling Boris 25.17......................... K Walsh 3 21112 Sader Nation nwtd..........................G Cleeve 4 11114 Vikings 25.92 J &.............................D Fahey 5 11127 Watch My Back 25.90.................B Goldsack 6 4512x Frappucino nwtd..................................L Cole 7 28712 Bigtime Jason nwtd.............................L Cole 8 41458 Cawbourne Nath nwtd..................M Roberts 9 11124 Min Ho nwtd J &...............................D Fahey 10 1 Winsome Dash nwtd W &................T Steele 9 2.23pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD NEW ZEALAND DERBY HEAT R/Aq, 457m 1 12211 Iolaus 25.92.......................................S Ross 2 63212 Blazing Spirit 25.60.....................D Schofield 3 21211 Ride Ain’t Over nwtd.....................C Roberts 4 12122 Cawbourne Crowie nwtd...............M Roberts

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Ashburton Guardian

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

In brief Coach detained for loss Spanish police investigating match-fixing said yesterday they have detained the coach of a third-division club that lost 12-0 to Barcelona’s “B’’ team over the weekend. Eldense coach Filippo Vito di Pierro, who is Italian, was detained. The man who served as the club’s general director and represented the group of Italian investors that recently partnered with Eldense, Nobile Capuani, also was detained. Authorities took them into custody after interrogating some Eldense players following a complaint made by the club’s president. They have denied any wrongdoing.

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Toyotas in rallying

Mid Canterbury’s Cameron Pearce gets airborne in his side’s match on the weekend.

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Locals off to good start

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senior sides however registered good wins with the Masters 35 side scoring nine goals to Parklands United’s two and the women’s side, who play in Division 2, were 10-1 winners against the Hornby women’s side.

In the Masters match, the scores were locked at 1-all at halftime after Maikel Vallejo scored the opener.

The second half was all oneway traffic though as Mid Canterbury scored a further eight goals with Vallejo grabbing a further two with others coming from Mark Abernathy, who

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The senior side, who are playing in Division 2, were one of the unlucky teams of the weekend going down to FC Twenty 11 0-1.

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Mickele Young. Mid Canterbury’s 12th grade side however suffered a heavy defeat, losing 0-9 to Halswell.

Methven sides make up four of the 12 Mid Canterbury teams with their 15th grade women’s side having the bye in the opening round.

Their Senior men’s side picked up a good 4-0 victory to open their account against Hornby United.

The 15th Grade team grabbed a 6-2 win, but a 0-5 loss to the Methven 12th Grade side stopped any chance of a clean sweep for the club in the round.

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scored three of his own and Paul Bradford, Richard King and Matt Galbraith all added one each.

Mid Canterbury’s 19th Grade side were credited with a 3-0 win after their opponents, Universities defaulted the opening round.

The 17th Grade team picked up good points to kick things off with a 5-1 victory over Shirley Boys on the Ashburton Domain.

The 14th grade played Christ’s College B and had a 6-0 win.

Goals were shared between Parker Bradford (2), Isaac Diamond (2), Sam Reilly-Segal and

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Russia is investing 639 billion rubles ($NZ15.7 billion) to prepare to host the 2018 World Cup, but if local TV networks can’t reach a deal for rights, the country’s residents might never see a game.

Just 14 months ahead of the tournament, soccer’s governing body Fifa is still looking for a broadcaster to carry the games in the host country. State-run TV channels have refused to meet FIFA’s target price of $NZ172 million, more than three times what the country’s TV companies paid to air the previous World Cup. The standoff also means the local TV rights for the 2017 Confederation Cup, an eight-team tune-up event that starts in three months, haven’t been sold.

“If Fifa is waiting for someone from the government to come out with a bag of money and pay them, it might be a while before there’s a deal,” Petr Makarenko, the head of Moscow-based sports marketing agency

Telesport, which provided market analysis for the Russian channels for the FIFA negotiations.

“It’s not unusual for prices to go up for each tournament, but not by 200 per cent.”

Fifa has already rejected a joint bid from Channel 1, VGTRK and Match TV, the trio of state-controlled channels that broadcast last year’s European soccer championship, Channel 1’s producer Alexander Fayfman told Tass news service in February.

Talks are ongoing, Fifa said in a statement.

A local TV deal is usually in place years before the tournament. FIFA needs a network that can promote the games in Russia and provide some of the infrastructure needed to beam the event to billions of fans around the world.

The contract with Brazilian broadcaster Globo was signed eight years before the country hosted the 2014 event.

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Not only has Toyota returned to the World Rally Championship this year after 17 years out of the sport but two brand new Toyota Yaris AP4 cars will feature in the domestic championship as well.

Waihi’s Carl Davies will debut his brand new Toyota AP4 rally car at this weekend’s Rally Otago and will run in the six-round New Zealand Rally Championship while Aucklander Shannon Chambers will drive a second AP4 version Toyota.

Toyota is just one of a number of manufacturers that are returning to the sport with the new spec AP4 cars - Holden, Mazda, Suzuki, Skoda, Mitsubishi and Hyundai cars are already confirmed to feature this year while there are rumours of other manufacturers adding to that list.

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Davis Cup withdrawals A massive blow for South Korea ahead of this week’s Davis Cup tie against New Zealand in Auckland.

It’s two best players Hyeon Chung and Duckhee Lee have not travelled with the team due to injuries and loss of form. Chung is ranked 92 in the world and one of the youngest players inside the top 100. His and Lee’s absence hands favouritism to the Kiwis with the top Korean player now 19-year-old Soo Woo Kwon who is ranked 234.

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Moylan axed Penrith captain Matt Moylan has been axed and sent to play reserve grade after breaking team curfew following Saturday’s NRL loss in Melbourne. Moylan is one of three players cut from the side for Friday’s clash with South Sydney following a “breach of team protocol”, along with outside backs Peta Hiku and Waqa Blake.

It’s understood the players were caught drinking late after their 28-6 defeat. In a statement on Tuesday, the club said the trio will miss Friday night’s home clash with South Sydney and will instead face Newcastle in the NSW Cup on Saturday.

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Artemis crashes A development catamaran being sailed by America’s Cup syndicate Artemis Racing of Sweden crashed during a practice session on the Great Sound yesterday. The syndicate says in a post on its Facebook page that there were no injuries and that one of the 45foot catamaran’s crossbeams was damaged. The team didn’t return a call and email seeking further comment.

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Julian Savea runs into space during the All Blacks’ defeat of France last year.

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ABs face epic season It’s expected the All Blacks will have soon add another test and another game to their already full schedule, turning 2017 into of the most demanding seasons of the professional age.

The season ahead is now taking on epic proportions for the All Blacks as they will most likely end up playing 14 tests and two games - equalling, in volume at least, their previous most demanding schedule when they played 15 tests and a game against Munster in 2008.

The extra test will be against Samoa, eight days before the All Blacks’ first encounter against the Lions at Eden Park.

The extra game is still some way from being confirmed but the All Blacks are working through a number of options to play a midweek fixture while they are in France later this year.

They have agreed to play the New Zealand Barbarians in London on November 4 and have tests set in stone against France in Paris on November 11, Scotland in Edinburgh on November 18 and Wales in Cardiff on November 25.

As a result of the Barbarians fixture, they plan to take 37 in their tour party and blood a number of younger, emerging players in London.

Taking a squad that size has encouraged them to seek another fixture – against either a club or invitational side.

The preference is to play that game in Paris as it will be on the Tuesday after the test at Stade Francais and will present a number of logistical challenges if the squad has to travel to a different city.

The likely options are a game against one of the Parisian clubs – either Racing Metro where Dan Carter plays or Stade Francais – or a game against the French Barbarians.

“We won’t be playing France midweek in a test match in France but the coaches are looking for additional matches in a softer environment if you like,” New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew told The Breakdown.

“The Barbarians game has been added to the schedule and we are looking at another possible game, midweek in France, but work is still to be done.”

The challenge for the All Blacks coaches is going to be managing the workloads of individuals and yet still managing to grow the performances of the team and win tests.

The Samoan fixture is expected to see a full strength All Blacks

team take the field as the whole point of playing it, is to prepare for the Lions series. The All Blacks coaches don’t want to come into the series without a solid hit out and the only major unresolved issue about playing Samoa is venue, with both Growers’ Stadium in Pukekohe and North Harbour Stadium potential sites.

The biting point of the season is more likely to come at the tail end of the Rugby Championship when the All Blacks have to travel to play Argentina and then South Africa in consecutive weeks, return to play Australia in Brisbane before heading to Europe.

They will be asked to play six tests and two games in a nineweek period that will see them cross 17 time zones and travel round the world twice.

That period will tests their depth and resolve with senior players unlikely to be involved in either of the two games and not all players who travel to Africa will go to Argentina.

Still, as much as the All Blacks try to manage the workloads of their top players, there is no getting away from the fact that they will be taken to the limits of both their physical and mental capacity this year with so much rugby to be played.

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We seek to employ a part-time Assistant for our busy mail room based in our Ashburton office.

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April 6 & 7, 2017

Daily Events Thursday

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime session, new players most welcome. E A Network Stadium, River Terrace.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH GOODWILL SHOP. Selling clean preloved clothing.

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

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. Good clean Second Time Around clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock St. 9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. Open day for members. 182 Methven Highway.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture

Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit kidz for preschoolers and caregivers. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.15am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A, Social hall, Havelock Street.

10.45am

M.S.A.TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities.

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

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

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. Ooen day, demonstrations from

local business with guest speaker.

MSA Lounge, Burnett Street 1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social afternoon, you are welcome to have a go. 115 Racecourse Rd. 7pm ASHBURTON R.S.A. DARTS SECTION. Club night for all new and returning players, Doris Linton Lounge, Cox St.

Friday

Sweaty Betty’s Circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN

CHURCH. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa at the Church hall, corner Thomson and Jane Streets.

10am 50+.

An interesting talk. 206 Cameron Street, Senior Centre, Ashburton

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre,

West Street.

5pm - 7pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Kidz Club in the hall, 48 Allens Road.

9.30am ASHBURTON AGE CONCERN. Ladies low impact exercise classes held weekly. Senior Centre, Cameron St. 9.30am - 11am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Join fun exercise with friendly group during term time. Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH.

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Thursday, April 20, 10am - 2.30pm Ashburton College

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Two young Kiwi guys meet two young Aussie girls... Anzac Eve is an exciting new play about a disparate group of ‘twentysomethings’ on their big OE, who happen upon each other the night before Dawn commemorations at Gallipoli.

Fri 7.30pm / Tickets: Adult $23* | Senior & Group of 10 + $18*

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Swan Lake – Moscow Ballet “La Classique”

A fairy tale story conveying all the drama of a tragic romance. Their ballet skills, lavish costumes and magnificent stage sets will capture the imagination, the passion and the romance of this classical ballet fairy tale.

Wed 7.30pm / Tickets: Adult$85* | Seniors/ Group 6+ $75* | Child $55*

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My Name is Moana (Arts on Tour NZ)

We are incredibly honored to host renowned singer and Art Laureate, Moana Maniapoto (Moana and the Tribe) and her sister Trina.

An intimate and lively tribute to the ocean with captivating storytelling that will draw you in, encourage you to think, feel, laugh and sing along.

Sun 4pm / Open Hat Night

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Too Many Chiefs

Wayne Mason, Rob Joass, Andrew London & Laura Collins, who are all singer/songwriter bandleaders hatched a cunning plan to join forces and present a show featuring their favourite original songs, without their usual ‘Indians’. Their show will have elements of jazz, country, folk, blues and good old rock’n’roll.

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

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): What if you just do what’s easy for you? The thing you’re struggling against will drift away. You’ll find that some of the drama in your life was totally unnecessary.

There’s a lot that just isn’t your battle to fight.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ll find a partner, and then you’ll find another. Which is best? Why do you need just one? Both will do. Two partners will be best in this instance.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Solving the problem will be better than escaping it. A fellow air sign will be your best ally in this endeavour. Air signs are Gemini, Libra and Aquarius.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): There is a mysterious world inside of you. The one who recognises that you are no ordinary person, that there is a special and complicated puzzle in you that can never be solved – this person will capture your heart.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Is it a waste of time to organised?

No one will pay you or award you for it. Yet being organised is a huge benefit. It helps you think better and be better. You won’t regret today’s organisational efforts.

VIRGO: You know how people are. Give ‘em the same stuff and they will find radically different ways of interpreting it. It’s essential that you find your own interpretation. No one else’s will fit.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): The words “I love you” can mean all kinds of things, most commonly today, “Let’s get off the phone.” Your sensitivity to the meaning behind the words will steer you well.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The world is your playground. Playgrounds are not inherently exciting, though. They need people on them to be of interest. Of course, if nothing is fun, it’s not the thing; it’s you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Everyone knows that diversity makes the group stronger. If you are different from the rest, they need you.

And don’t try to attract people who think like you. You’ll be better for the challenge.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’ve done a lot of believing in the strengths and competence of others. It’s about time you thought about your own might. Your competencies are real.

Believe.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): People have a tendency to adjust their values to fit their behaviour.

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PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Give two people the same information and each will react radically differently. This is why you stock your life with a bunch of different friends from varied backgrounds. You want a global view of things.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian BIRTHS

SMITHERAM, Mark and Claire (Tappin) – Welcome Kal James Windsor Smitheram. Born March 20 at 30 weeks weighing 1.74kg.

Kal is a little brother to Jamie and Brodie. Thanks to Rosemary Reid - foetal medicine, Pete Sykes and Glynis Cumming gynaecology oncology, midwives Claire MacDonald and Sandi Sigel, and all at NICU for getting our wee miracle here safely. Thanks also to Ronald McDonald House in Christchurch for being our home for a few months.

DEATHS

McCULLY, Andrew James – On April 5, 2017 at Ashburton. Aged 72 years.

Dearly loved husband of Annette. Loved father and father in law of Samuel and Sarah, Matthew and Tegan and grandad of Maddie, Anastasia, and Camille; Darcy, Gilbert, and Cedar.

Messages to McCully family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A memorial service for Andrew will be held at the Ashburton Race Course, Racecourse Road, Ashburton, on SATURDAY, April 8, commencing at 11.00am.

Paterson’s Funeral Service FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

ROBERTSON, Jennifer Sybil – On April 3, 2017 in Dunedin.

Loved wife of Ian and loved mother of Andrew and Matthew Leatham.

Grandmother of Emma and Sam. Also loved daughter of the late Eric and Sybil Ayers.

Loved sister of Edith and the late Robert Watson, Jack and Shirley Ayers, and Rosemary and Ray McLaren. Also loved auntie of all her nieces and nephews.

Sadly missed by us all.

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TOMORROW

Rain clearing early and becoming fine.

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A few showers, clearing south of Banks Peninsula to fine spells. Southerlies dying out, northeast developing near the coast later.

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information.

9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 With special guest Melissa McCarthy. 0 10am The Chase A quiz show where contestants must stay one step ahead. 0 11am Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale 0 1pm MasterChef Australia 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Millionaire Hot Seat 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sesame Street 3 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:25 Matt Hatter Chronicles 3 0 7:50 The 7D 0 8:15 Henry Hugglemonster 3 0 8:40 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street 3 0 Noon The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room PGR 2pm Judge Rinder PGR 3 3pm F My Wife And Kids 3 0 3:30 The Adam And Eve Show 0 4pm KC Undercover 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm M Nowhere To Hide PGR 2009 Thriller.

A woman must save her daughter from the man who killed her husband. Meredith Monroe, Brian Dietzen, Lochlyn Munro.

2:55 Entertainment Tonight 3:20 Sticky TV 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:25 The Blocktagon The girls go to a mentoring session with Darren and Neale.

5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 N George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces Specials George Clarke looks at how nature and architecture can work harmoniously together in the world of cabins in the wild. 0 8:30 Code Black AO 0 9:30 Coronation Street 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0

7pm Shortland Street 0 7:30 Police Ten 7 A high-stakes pursuit in Hamilton; the police help a partier who has peaked too soon. 0 8pm Motorway Patrol 0 8:30 Sensing Murder 0 9:35 The Lie Detective 0 10:35 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0

7pm The Project 7:30 Jono And Ben PGR 8:30 M Repo Men AO 3 2010 Action Sci-fi. In the near future, a repo man pursues customers who can no longer pay for their implanted organs.

Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber, Alice Braga. 0 10:40 NewsHub Late

11pm The John Bishop Show AO Featuring a performance by Florence and the Machine. John Bishop hosts a night of music, comedy, and entertainment from London’s Hackney Empire. 0 Midnight Strippers AO 0 1:05 Te Karere 3 2 1:30 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11pm Police Ten 7 3 0 11:30 Hell’s Kitchen 12:30 Stitchers 1:20 Shortland Street 3 0 1:45 Infomercials 2:50 Scandal AO 3 3:35 The Real 3 4:25 Regular Show 3 0 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:10 Golf World A look at the world’s exclusive golfing destinations and biggest golfing personalities.

11:45 SVU AO (Starting Today) 3 When Benson is held captive, the squad takes extreme measures to find her and her abductor, but worry they may be out of time. 0 12:40 The Project 1:10 Infomercials

Repo Men

8:30pm on Three

BRAVO 10am Teen Mom 3 10:55 Catfish 3 11:45 Snapped PGR 3 12:40 Vanderpump Rules AO 3 1:35 Intervention 3 2:35 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills 3 3:35 Hoarders 3 4:30 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Teen Mom 6:30 Catfish 7:30 Snapped PGR 3 A wife starts a new year by ending her cheating husband’s life.

8:30 My Crazy Ex AO A bartender is outmatched by a customer who refuses to take no for an answer; a wife’s thoughtful gift upsets her marriage; a single man falls for a gamer girl with a penchant for pain.

9:25 Intervention Kacy lost her child, and then her fortune, and started binge drinking. Now penniless, she is hospitalised several times a month, and her family wants to save her life.

10:25 Intervention 11:20 Snapped PGR 3 12:35 Infomercials 3

Unplugged Nation 5:30pm on Choice

ThE BOx 6am CSI MV 6:50 Criminal Intent MV 7:40 Storage Wars PG 8:05 Storage Wars PG 8:30 Shipping Wars PG 8:55 The Simpsons PG 9:20 Criminal Minds 16VS 10:10 NCIS – New Orleans MV 11:05 Reckless MV Noon Border Security M 12:30 Criminal Intent MV 1:20 CSI – Miami MV 2:10 CSI MV 3:05 Pawn Stars PG 3:35 Shipping Wars PG 4:05 The Simpsons PG 4:30 Storage Wars PG 5pm Storage Wars PG 5:30 Criminal Intent MV 6:30 Border Security M 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 Hell On Wheels 16VLS 9:30 Banshee 18VLSC 10:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 11:25 CSI – Miami MV

Friday

12:15 Shipping Wars PG 12:40 Pawn Stars PG 1:05 Storage Wars PG 1:55 Criminal Minds 16VS 2:40 CSI MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:50 Hell On Wheels 16VLS 4:40 Banshee 18VLSC 5:35 Border Security M

ChOICE

6am Kung Fu Dino Posse 6:25 Sanjay And Craig 3 6:50 Shimmer And Shine 3 7:15 Monsters v Aliens 7:40 Kid v Kat 3 8:05 Bella And The Bulldogs 3 8:30 League Of Super Evil 8:55 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:25 Wheel Of Fortune 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:25 The Doctors PGR 11:20 Hot Bench 11:45 The Durrells PGR 3 0 12:45 Anzac Girls AO 3 2pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 3pm Escape To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Prime News 6pm Wheel Of Fortune 6:30 Jeopardy 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 MacGyver PGR Using a screwdriver and insect spray, MacGyver must find the US government mole leaking classified information.

0 8:30 Bull AO 0 9:30 Madam Secretary AO 0 10:30 NCIS – New Orleans PGR 3 0

6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Miharo 2 7:30 Dora Matatoa 2 8am Pukana 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Morena 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Ako 3 2 3pm Pukoro 2 3:30 Miharo 2 4pm Dora Matatoa 2 4:30 Swagger 5pm Patapatai 5:30 Te Matatini (HLS) 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 7:30 Tradition On A Plate 8pm The Laughing Samoans 8:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 9pm The Ring Inz AO 9:30 My Party Song 10pm Te Matatini 3 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

11:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR A celebrity chat show.

12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

1am Closedown

11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

11:30 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

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7:15 Fatal Flip MVC 2015 Thriller. Dominique Swain, Mike Faiola. 8:40 Break Point MLS 2014 Comedy. Jeremy Sisto, David Walton, Adam Devine.

10:15 The Most Fun I’ve Ever Had With My Pants On MLSC 2012 Drama.

Drew Denny, Sarah Hagan.

11:55 Concussion MLC 2015 Biography Sport. Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks.

1:55 Fatal Flip MVC 2015 Thriller. Dominique Swain, Mike Faiola. 3:20 Break Point MLS 2014 Comedy.

Jeremy Sisto, David Walton, Adam Devine. 4:55 Big Sky 16VLS 2015 Thriller.

Bella Thorne, Kyra Sedgwick.

6:30 War Room PGC 2015 Drama. Priscilla Shirer, TC Stallings. 8:30 X-Men – Apocalypse MVLC 2016 Action Adventure. With the existence of mutants now out in the open, an ancient force awakens, enlisting the help of Magneto to create a new world order. James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence.

10:55 The Trust 16VLSC 2016 Crime. Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood, Sky Ferreira.

7:20 The Next Three Days MVL 2010 Crime. Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks.

9:30 Nothing But Trailers M 10am A Nightmare On Elm Street 16VLS 2010 Horror.

Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner.

11:35 The Pink Panther PGC 2006 Comedy. Steve Martin, Beyoncé Knowles, Kevin Kline.

1:05 The Interpreter MV 2005 Drama. Sean Penn, Nicole Kidman.

3:10 Head Over Heels MS 2001 Comedy. Monica Potter, Freddie Prinze jr.

4:35 Kingdom Of Heaven 16V 2005 Action. Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Neeson.

6:55 Last Night ML 2010 Romantic Comedy. Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington.

8:30 Insidious ML 2010 Horror. After falling into an unexplained coma, a boy’s body is used as a vessel for spirits wanting to live again.

Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne.

10:15 The Good Shepherd MVLS 2006 Drama.

Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie.

Friday

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1am Van Helsing MV 2004 Friday Horror Action. Hugh Jackman, 12:25 See No Evil 2 16VSC 2014 Kate Beckinsale.

Horror. Glenn ‘Kane’ Jacobs, 3:10 Directors – Roger Danielle Harris. 2am War Donaldson PG 3:40 Last Room PGC 2015 Drama.

Night ML 2010 Romantic 4am Big Sky 16VLS 2015 Comedy. Keira Knightley, Thriller. 5:35 X-Men – Sam Worthington. 5:10 Head Apocalypse MVLC 2016 Action Over Heels MS 2001 Comedy.

Adventure.

Monica Potter, Freddie Prinze jr.

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Round Five – Friday.

7am NRL 360 8am Sterlo – On The Couch 9am L Golf – Champions Tour Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic.

10am L Golf – Masters Tournament 1pm Inside The PGA Tour 1:30 Golf – The Masters (HLS) Par Three Contest.

2pm Netball – ANZ Premiership (RPL) Magic v Pulse.

3:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Mystics v Steel.

4pm Cycling – Tour Of Basque (RPL) Stage Three.

6pm Cycling – UCI Europe Tour (HLS) Scheldeprijs.

6:30 Motorsport – FIA World Rally Championship. Corsica Preview.

7pm #SkySpeed 7:30 Grassroots Rugby 8:30 Sky Rugby – Team Talk Preview of the weekend’s fixtures in the Super Rugby.

9pm The Breakdown Discussion about the weekend’s rugby with a panel of former players and experts.

9:30 Super Rugby Kick And Chase 10:30 Grassroots Rugby 11:40 NRL Footy Show

Friday

2:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters. 3am The Late Show With Matty Johns 4am NRL Footy Show

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

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6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Walking The Americas 7:30 The Water Brothers 8am Shark Man 8:30 American Restoration 9:30 Serve It Like Sarah 10am Jimmy’s Australian Food Adventure 10:30 The French Collection 11:30 Donna Hay – Fast, Fresh, Simple Noon Cold Water Cowboys 1pm Walking The Americas 1:55 Lost Kingdoms Of South America 3pm Made In Italy With Silvia Colloca 3:30 The Secret World Of Crocodiles With Ben Fogle 4:30 Shane Delia’s Moorish Spice Journey 5pm Andy And Ben Eat The World 5:30 Unplugged Nation 6:30 Find It, Fix It, Flog It

7:30 Gok’s Fill Your House For Free Stephanie from Blackpool has spent the last 18 months dealing with cancer. Now cancer-free, she has moved into a new flat, and wants a new start.

8:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 9:30 The Operatives 10:30 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 11:30 Shane Delia’s Moorish Spice Journey Midnight Andy And Ben Eat The World 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am A Place In The Sun 2am The Secret World Of Crocodiles With Ben Fogle 3am American Restoration 4am The Operatives 5am Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

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DISCOVERY

6am Auction Hunters PG Ton’s Hot Commodity. 6:30 You Have Been Warned M Kings of Carnage. 7:30 How Do They Do It? PG 8am Auction Hunters PG 8:30 MythBusters PG Supernatural Shooters.

9:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Bracing for Change.

10:20 The Last Alaskans M On Thin Ice. 11:15 Web Of Lies M 12:10 The Perfect Murder M Family Plot. 1:05 Murder Comes To Town M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG I’m the Captain.

4:45 Alaskan Bush People M Dead in the Water.

5:40 MythBusters PG Video Games Special.

6:35 Gold Rush PG Go Down Fighting.

7:30 Gold Rush PG Game Over.

8:30 Alaskan Bush People M One Brown Down.

9:30 Alaskan Bush People – Bushcraft Chronicles M Protection.

Friday 10:30 Alaska – The Last Midnight The Late Show Frontier M Bracing for Change.

With Matty Johns 1am Motorsport – FIA World 11:30 You Have Been Warned M Show Offs.

Rally Championship WRC Friday Corsica Preview.

12:30 Murder Comes To 1:30 #SkySpeed Town M 1:25 The Perfect 1:50 Cricket – Indian Premier League (HLS) Sunrisers Murder M 2:20 Auction Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Hunters PG 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Deadliest Bangalore.

Catch PG 4:10 Treehouse 2:20 L Cricket – Indian Masters PG 5:05 Bering Sea Premier League Rising Pune Supergiant v Mumbai Indians. Gold PG 6am The Crowd Goes Wild The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

6:30 Cycling – Tour Of Basque (RPL) Stage Three.

From Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián.

8:30 Cycling – UCI Europe Tour (RPL) Scheldeprijs.

10:30 Cricket – Indian Premier League (HLS) Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore.

11am League Life 11:30 Queenslanders Only Noon Rowing – Maadi Cup (HLS) 1:30 NRL 360 2:30 UFC Now 3:30 Fight Night 5:30 UFC 210 Countdown 6:30 Kickboxing – Glory Rewind 39 7:30 Inside Supercars 8:30 League Life 9pm NRL 360 10pm L Rugby League – NRL Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters.

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Sport Sonny Bill in training Sonny Bill Williams is back in training for the Blues Super Rugby team following his achilles injury in August last year. Williams suffered the injury during the New Zealand Sevens team’s opening pool match at the Olympics against Japan in Rio de Janeiro eight months ago. He was photographed on Tuesday during a training session at Auckland’s Alexandra Park. The Blues have been looking forward to the powerful 31-year-old midfielder’s return after an up-and-down start to the season.

Mount Hutt College students, Courtney Elliott, Brea Roderick and Aimee Elliott had good success at the recent New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Triathlon Championships.

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Three Mount Hutt College students proved their talents on the national stage when competing at the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Triathlon Championships.

Courtney Elliot, Brea Roderick and Aimee Elliot all headed to Whanganui last week to compete in the championships and each came home with a national medal around their

neck. Roderick, who was competing in the Under-16 Girls’ division grabbed herself two medals when she placed third in the individual triathlon and also placed third in the tag relay.

Sisters Courtney and Aimee picked up medals as well.

Competing in the Under-14 Girls’ division, Courtney claimed a bronze medal in the tag relay while she placed fifth in the Aquathlon and 13th in

the Individual Triathlon.

Aimee, competing in the Under-19 Girls’ event, was second in the Aquathlon and 7th overall in the Individual Triathlon.

The three girls are all members of the Triathlon New Zealand Regional Youth Academy and Canterbury Triathlon Academy.

The National Secondary Schools’ Championship capped off a busy summer for the trio of endurance athletes

as they have competed in numerous triathlons around the country together with various single discipline running and swimming events.

Their attention will now turn to the off season, but the training will continue.

All three are members of the Jennian Homes Ashburton Swim Team and also compete most Saturdays in Cross Country events for their respective Christchurch running clubs.

Pacquiao finally signs contract to fight Horn All-time boxing great Manny Pacquiao will finally tackle Brisbane’s “Fighting Schoolteacher” Jeff Horn at Suncorp Stadium on July 2 after reportedly signing a contract for the fight yesterday.

After playing mind games with the undefeated Horn for weeks, Pacquiao has put pen to paper, according to his promoter Bob Arum.

There were only a few “remaining points” to become fi-

nalised before the fight was officially announced.

The bout will be fought on a Sunday afternoon – 10 days before State of Origin III – to coincide with a prime-time Saturday night telecast in the United States.

The clash – for Pacquiao’s World Boxing Organisation welterweight title – will be the most lucrative fight staged in Australia with promoters expecting a sell-out crowd of 55,000.

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Pacquiao will likely make more than $10 million from the bout which is being financially supported by the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council.

The business plan of Horn’s promoters Duco Events promises $200 million worth of economic benefits to Queensland with increases in tourism and a global marketing campaign for the fight.

Pacquiao was originally

scheduled to defend his title at Suncorp on April 23 against Horn, the No. 2 WBO contender, but opted instead to pursue a $49 million offer made to him by a consortium in the United Arab Emirates for a fight with British Muslim boxer Amir Khan.

While Pacquiao announced the fight in the desert was set, the purse proved to be nothing but a mirage and he came back to the original offer against Horn.

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Johnson staying put Off-contract Warriors halfback Shaun Johnson has dismissed suggestions he could leave the club to replace departing Melbourne Storm halfback Cooper Cronk next season. Cronk’s shock announcement on Tuesday that he will leave Melbourne and move to Sydney at the end of the season sparked discussions about potential candidates to fill his purple No7 jersey and the flow-on effects his move could have on other clubs and off-contract halves. Johnson has been in talks with the Warriors since late last year about extending his time at the club.

Coles still out Dane Coles has been left out of the Hurricanes squad to host the Waratahs in their Super Rugby match at Westpac Stadium on Friday. The All Blacks hooker was rested for last week’s match against the Reds with a bruised knee, but the injury is still troubling him. Ardie Savea drops out of the starting XV due to a calf strain, replaced by Reed Prinsep, while brother Julian Savea switches out for Wes Goosen on the left wing.

Winger Cory Jane will make his first appearance of the season coming in for Vince Aso on the right wing.

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