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House prices in Ashburton have plateaued, but record low interest rates and new incentives for migrants could push prices up leading into spring.

The latest QV House Price Index shows Ashburton home values have decreased 0.5 per cent over the past three months, a plateauing in line with the Christchurch market, which has seen an increase of 0.5 per cent.

The average house price in the district is $326,941, up just 1.7 per cent in the past 12 months. This figure compares to a median value for Christchurch of $475,322, up 3.1 per cent, and top South Island performer Queenstown Lakes $717,021, up 6 per cent, and Dunedin $298,928, up 2.8 per cent.

The QV data shows nationwide residential property values for July

increased 10.1 per cent in the past year, the fastest annual rate since 2007. The Auckland market had seen a sharp upward trajectory and there was increased interest from Auckland investors in Wellington and Dunedin.

QV national spokesperson Andrea Rush said net migration remained at record highs. New incentives for new migrants to move to areas outside of Auckland, coupled with the low interest rates, was likely to see continued upward pressure on home values leading into spring.

However, Ashburton Property Brokers director Hamish Niles said new migrant levels in Mid Canterbury would depend on employment opportunities in the district, and he was not sure whether these would be affected by the dairy slump. And it would be hard to tell if record low interest rates would push prices up.

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The lower interest rates could however encourage more first home buyers, and those wanting to upsize the family home.

“Mid Canterbury tends to have that steady-as-you-go type thing. I think slow and steady in terms of an increase is good rather than boom or bust.

“I think it’s good to see just slow and steady increases, it makes it affordable for people to get into the property market,” Mr Niles said.

The slight drop in the past three months could, in some part, be due to a traditional softening of sales during the winter months.

He said it was more so a buyers’ market in the higher value home area, where there was a greater selection of homes for sale.

There were fewer houses to meet demand in the up to $300,000 market.

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Hoverboard wows crowds A new contraption that invokes a fantastic device seen in the Back to the Future movies is wowing crowds abroad. The Lexus hoverboard has finally been seen in action in Barcelona.

It’s not coming to New Zealand anytime soon, so Kiwi skaters and technology fans will have to console themselves with a video released yesterday of the hoverboard in full flight. Car maker Lexus said the project started 18 months ago through a collaboration with a team of scientists, including magnetic levitation technology specialists from German institute IFW Dresden and the evico GmbH company.

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China claims world’s largest umbrella A company in China’s eastern province of Jiangxi has manufactured the world’s largest umbrella, state-controlled Xinhua agency says. The 14.4-metre high umbrellas have a diameter of 23m when opened. Available in lively red, blue, yellow and green colours, the umbrellas have been recognised as the world’s largest by the Guinness Book of records. The previous record was set in 2010 in the Indian city of Pune with an umbrella measuring 17.06m in diameter.

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Fergie moves to Switzerland The Duchess of York has left the Windsor home she shared with her former husband and moved to Switzerland. Sarah is now based in a luxury multi-million pound chalet that she and Andrew own in the exclusive ski resort of Verbier.

The couple have remained close despite divorcing in May 1996, focusing on maintaining a stable family unit for their daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie. It is thought Sarah moved in with Andrew at his home, Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, more than five years ago. In 2010 she was caught up in the cash-for-access scandal, offering to sell an introduction to her ex-husband for STG500,000 ($A1.1 million) to an undercover reporter posing as a businessman.

The Sun newspaper reported that a removal van was seen leaving the Duke’s Berkshire home towards the end of July and arrived in Switzerland a few days later. A spokesman for the duchess confirmed the move saying: “She’s just becoming more independent,” and that her home in Switzerland is “very much her own primary base”.

Sir Bob splashes out on plane Property tycoon and former politician Sir Bob Jones has reportedly bought his own private jet just months after being thrown off an Air New Zealand flight.

“Like the Prime Minister, I too am ‘not a particularly lavish guy’ but, my God, there are limits,” he wrote in a National Business Review column. “I should have done this years ago.” Sir Bob – who famously belted a TV journalist who interrupted him fishing – was unceremoniously ejected from an Air New Zealand flight in May before it left Auckland for Wellington for refusing to follow crew instructions. The incident unfolded after Sir Bob, who was seated in an exit row, refused to say “yes” when asked if he could open the exit in an emergency, a witness said. He said his long ordered twin-engine Cessna Citation Mustang jet finally arrived from abroad last week. “Oh glory; my self-respect finally regained. No unnecessary 20 minute x-rays queues, no holding pens and more queues to board, no sitting around for five minutes after landing before the doors are opened, nor long baggage waits amidst the sunglasses topped cell-phone bawlers.”

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Streep learns guitar Rocker Neil Young has given Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep her first guitar lesson.

Streep plays a failed musician in the movie Ricki and the Flash and had to cover several songs by artists including Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty live. As part of her preparations for the role, Streep had to take guitar lessons for the project and was shocked to learn director Jonathan Demme had set her up for sessions with Young. “When I said I would do the movie, Jonathan Demme was up at the Jacob Burns Center, which is a film centre he runs, and Neil Young was in there recording. So Jonathan said, ‘Come by, Neil would like to meet you and maybe I’ll get him to give you a guitar lesson, yeah man that will be good’.

So my first lesson was 45 minutes with Neil,” Streep said.

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■ MILK PRICES

■ WAIMATE FIRE

Farmers take another hit

Sisters tried to save family

By NadiNe Porter

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If ANZ’s latest prediction for a revised $3.50 Fonterra farmgate milk price rings true Mid Canterbury dairy farmers will be down a quarter of a billion dollars, according to Grow Mid Canterbury.

Following the latest price index drop of 9.3 per cent at the Global Dairy Trade auction, CEO Rob Brawley said the forecast decrease in farm gate incomes was only part of the story as it didn’t take into account the effect on the local economy.

“And that’s harder to quan-

tify … it’s definitely impacting already on the economy,” Mr Brawley said.

Commentators are widely tipping Fonterra will reduce its payout to around $3.50 per kilogram of milksolids when the board meets tomorrow.

It was “a lot of money” but the main issue now was how long the price would stay down, Mr Brawley said.

“The most important thing now is a signal that prices are improving because it’s the uncertainty that’s the killer.”

KPMG global head of agribusiness Ian Proudfoot said he thinks the dairy industry will

now be in a situation where a return to a long-term average milk price could be up to two years away.

In order to recover equity Mr Proudfoot believes farmers would have to watch costs through to the next decade and he expected there would be a “reasonable” decrease in total milk production across New Zealand this season as farmers reduced cow numbers.

The removal of quotas in Europe was always going to have a significant impact, he said.

However, Mr Proudfoot said the market would “partly” correct because demand worldwide

for milk products continued to grow.

“We are overlooking the fact that we are still seeing demand in all of the key markets and that is a positive and there will undoubtedly be some reaction to these low prices in terms of supply reductions.”

Second year conversion dairy farmer, Jason Ryan, from Valetta said he was just focusing on reaching production targets and concentrating on watching every dollar he spent.

The Synlait supplier milked 700 cows last year but had culled 50 following the drop in milk prices.

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Flu takes toll Tinwald School pupils Anna Green (left) and Paige Corbett have more empty seats than usual around them as flu moves through Mid Canterbury.

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By SuSaN SaNdyS

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Mid Canterbury schools have had up to one-third of their rolls away as the flu carves a swathe through classrooms.

In some cases the bug is combining with gastroenteritis symptoms to make people particularly ill, and pupils are needing up to two weeks off school.

Methven Primary School principal Chris Murphy said yesterday he had 20 absentee messages on the answerphone yesterday morning, and more students than usual had been going home throughout the day over the past couple of days.

There was a flu bug as well as a gastro illness going around.

Rakaia School principal Mark

Ellis said numbers away at the end of last term due to flu totalled almost one-third of the school roll, and he had the school commercially cleaned in the holidays to try and put a stop to it.

Hampstead School principal Peter Melrose said towards the end of last term there had been one day with 50 pupils away.

“I hope we have seen the worst of it.”

Ashburton Intermediate School principal Gavin Cooper told parents in the school’s newsletter out yesterday that large numbers of students were absent.

“We have limited facilities at school and we prefer students to stay at home if they are still unwell,” Mr Cooper said.

Tinwald School principal Peter Livingstone said yesterday the absenteeism rate was about double the average, and some classes had four pupils away yesterday. One class was being taught by a relief teacher after the teacher had come down with the flu.

Allenton School principal Graham Smith said it had been a “horrendous” flu bug, hitting students hard and leading to a “reasonably high” absenteeism level.

He himself had suffered it, and took Friday off last week and Monday this week to recover.

He had earlier had a flu injection, and believed his symptoms had not been as bad as some had suffered because of this.

Parents are also becoming unwell.

One Methven mum, Liz McMillan, yesterday was in bed as she and her two children, who were pupils at Methven Primary School, were also unwell.

“All three of us have headaches, achy bodies and coughs,” she said.

A Rakaia grandmother, who did not want to be named, said she came down with the flu about four days after being vaccinated.

That was eight weeks ago and she still had a cough. It began with achiness, a runny nose, coughing and a lack of appetite. She had also suffered vomiting and diarrohea a couple of weeks after first getting symptoms.

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By Kurt Bayer aNd LaureN PrieStLey Three sisters orphaned after a horror house fire in South Canterbury yesterday morning tried to rescue their parents and younger brother but were beaten back by smoke and flames.

Tej Kafle, 49, wife Tika, 38, and the youngest of their four children, 9-year-old Pream, perished in a blaze that engulfed their five-bedroom flat above their Everest Indian Restaurant in Waimate.

The Queen Street fire, in what was the old Savoy Tearoom and Bakery building, broke out about 7.40am.

Sisters Tulsa, 23, Manisha, 16, and Mamata, 11, who all sleep in the same room, woke to the fire yesterday morning.

They called out to their parents and brother who shared another room but heard nothing, their uncle Bishnu Kafle said yesterday.

“They opened the bedroom door but the flames and smoke pushed them back,” said Bishnu outside Timaru Hospital.

“They tried to call their mum and dad in the next room but they could not hear anything.

“They broke the windows and managed to get outside on to a balcony.”

Two “gutsy” young co-workers of Tulsa at the nearby New World supermarket tried to help them, fire officials said.

Firefighters then got them down to safety.

The three sisters were rushed to Timaru Hospital where they were treated for minor burns, cuts and smoke inhalation.

The girls did not know where or how the fire started, Bishnu said.

Fire investigators, however, believe the fire began in the kitchen of the flats above shops.

Bishnu identified the bodies before they were removed from the scene under a police guard of honour and in front of members of the Nepalese community yesterday afternoon.

The bodies were then taken to Christchurch for post-mortem examinations. Their deaths have been referred to the coroner.

The girls were discharged from hospital last night and bundled into several waiting cars.

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■ FIRE MUSEUM

Big plans for fire museum

By Stu Oldham

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Plans to redevelop an Ashburton fire heritage collection into a fully-fledged museum reinforce the quality and status of a nationally-significant and steadily growing collection, the project’s chairman says.

The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade’s historical collection at The Plains Historic Village is to be reformed as the Ashburton Fire Museum Heritage and Education Centre.

The Plains fire station will get a 430sqm extension, the current space will be upgraded and the collection will be reinterpreted in new displays incorporating audio-visual story-telling technology.

There will be space for the collection

of Ashburton brigade material to incorporate new additions, including three soon-to-be-restored fire engines housed in sheds around the district.

Museum chairman David Eddington yesterday hoped the new home for “what we believe is the best collection of firefighting history in New Zealand” would take six months to complete.

Plans have been drawn, budgets are being set and negotiations with the Plains Museum Trust and the Tinwald Reserve Board have been completed, Mr Eddington confirmed.

The new extension would incorporate a streetscape to add to the village feel and when completed will further complement the work of the Railway and Preservation Society nearby.

It would be built by professionals and

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the expert-directed fit out would be completed by volunteers.

Community funders would be approached alongside community fundraising, he said.

The collection and the asset was vested in the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade, a registered charity, so the collection was ultimately owned by the people of Ashburton, he said.

“There’ll be chances for the whole community to support this and I’m confident people will want to,” Mr Eddington said.

“The local brigade has been part of the community for 141 years and local people have a strong connection to it, and to its history.”

Details of the fundraising push will be released soon, he said.

Fire station built in 1974 The Plains Village fire station was built about the time of the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade’s centenary in 1974.

The collection includes a horse-drawn1889 Shand Mason Steamer, a 1924 Model T, a 1934 Ford V8, a 1958 Dennis F8 and more brigade-specific memorabilia.

The new 430sqm extension will be at the back of the fire station but with a “character” frontage facing Maronan Road.

An online presence is being established at www.ashburtonfiremuseum.co.nz

■ METHVEN PRIMARY SCHOOL

Medical centre on the move Gym Company Medical has assured clients it is not closing after the announcement The Gym Company will shut its doors at the end of next week.

The medical centre is separate to The Gym Company though it is one of the group of businesses leaving the Woodham Trust Building on Cass Street.

It will move to the old Russell Moon & Fail building on Tancred Street on August 21. It will be there for the next year to 18 months, before moving to the yetto-be-built Allens Road medical centre.

Dr Penny Holdaway said the move, necessary because the building needed earthquake repairs, was a bit of a pain but that it should not cause too much disruption.

She expected the practice to be closed for a day before reopening at its new premises. It will be called Gym Company Medical until it moves to Allens Road.

Repairs at the Woodham Trust Building are due to start on October 1.

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Methven Primary School is once again having to foot the bill following a “senseless” vandalism spree.

A large concrete block was thrown through a classroom window at the weekend, completely shattering the glass and gouging the carpet inside.

The school’s rubbish bins were also flipped over, causing headaches for staff on Monday morning.

The damage is the second instance

of vandalism at the school in just two weeks, after wooden flags made by students to represent the school’s different nationalities were also destroyed.

Principal Chris Murphy said after never experiencing vandalism before, being hit twice in such a short space of time was frustrating.

“It’s something we want to get on top of as quickly as we can,” he said.

“We can all agree that the money that’s going to be spent on the window would be better spent on the children.”

The new entrant class which occupied the room that was vandalised were “really upset” about the damage, he said.

The school was not the only target of vandals at the weekend - the Methven Plunket Rooms also had their security lights broken, according to Mr Murphy.

“It’s a pain in the proverbial,” he said.

“Ultimately people aren’t thinking about the cost to the people they’re doing it to, or if they do think about it they just don’t care.” The incident has been reported to Methven police.

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■ FAMILY VIOLENCE

In brief

Family violence ‘a cancer’

By Daisy HuDson

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A new government inquiry will be a big step towards addressing the “cancer” of family violence, according to Mid Canterbury’s family violence co-ordinator.

A new discussion document launched yesterday will take a hard look at New Zealand’s high level of family violence.

Justice Minister Amy Adams announced that the document will look at a range of measures, including creating separate offences for family violence, improving the effectiveness of protection orders, and

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requiring mandatory arrests for all breaches of those orders.

“The rate of family violence in New Zealand is horrific,” she said.

“This review won’t shy away from taking a hard look at our laws and raising some challenging questions.”

Family violence coordinator Sergeant Jim Sole said addressing the issues around legislation was an important step.

“Our knowledge and understanding of the issues and challenges has developed in recent years which means all the tools we use to address family violence have to be relevant and

assist in addressing the issue,” he said.

Family violence was like a cancer within families that undermined the overall wellbeing of everyone involved, including the offender, he said.

“And like cancer we all know someone who has felt its harmful effects which is why we need to be involved.”

However, Ashburton Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield is warning that police need to be allowed to continue using discretion in some instances.

While the majority of breached protection orders resulted in arrests, there were

some circumstances where an arrest was not appropriate.

“Some people won’t like me saying this, but there are some circumstances where the victim actually encourages the breach themselves, which makes it really hard for the police,” he said.

“Those are the sort of conditions where police would probably give a warning, if there was a mitigating circumstance.

“There probably needs to be some element of discretion around when an arrest is made,” he said.

Public consultation on the discussion document will run until September 18.

■ WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK

BIG LATCH ON In lieu of breastfeeding week, The Big Latch On – a time for breastfeeding mothers to get together – was held in Ashburton and Methven on July 31 and August 1.

In Ashburton 35 women took part – nine more than last year – and in Methven another 16 showed their support.

ANZ scam A new scam is doing the rounds, with an email appearing to be from ANZ bank asking people to check their internet banking messages. A spokeswoman for ANZ said the bank was aware of a number of scams floating around, but advised anyone who received emails that appeared to be suspicious to contact the bank directly, or forward the email on to emailalert@anz.com. She warned people to not open emails they thought to be suspicious, as they could contain harmful computer viruses.

Community trust grant The Mid Canterbury Playcentre Association was the only district organisation to receive a grant in the latest round of allocations made by the Community Trust of Mid and South Canterbury, The association received $3143 toward the cost of having supervisors and parent-helpers trained in, or revalidated in, the administering of first aid.

The four other recipients were Hockey South Canterbury, South Canterbury Basketball, the South Canterbury Model Aero Club and the Arthritis Foundation of New Zealand.

Awards finalist The Canterbury Clinical Network has been selected as a finalist in the Ko Awatea International Excellence in Health Improvement Awards. The network is one of only three entrants shortlisted from 105 submissions in the Working Seamlessly Across Organisations category.

Jobs may go Up to 24 full-time and part-time jobs could be cut at DB Breweries if a decision to redevelop the Tui Brewery goes ahead. The proposed redevelopment would involve the installation of a new, smaller capacity brewery. DB Breweries yesterday entered into a consultation process which will determine whether changes to the current operations at Tui Brewery would take place.

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Breastfeeding Mid Canterbury member Nadia McClelland (with son Jack, 14 months) helps to support other breastfeeding women in the district.

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Support for breastfeeding mothers

By Caitlin Porter

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Many Mid Canterbury women struggle with the rights and responsibilities of breastfeeding at work.

Others struggle to breastfeed at all.

Ellie Philp runs Breastfeeding Mid Canterbury, a group which provides education and support for breastfeeding mothers.

Working mums who breastfeed are the topic of this year’s World Breastfeeding Week and

Ms Philp said juggling breastfeeding and work is a popular topic of conversation, and not always easy to do.

“That’s one of the big factors that we have to deal with is mums who are going back to work and want to continue breastfeeding,” she said.

The group works to support mothers and can help set up breastfeeding plans, provide support in talking to employers about expressing breaks or assist mothers whose babies refuse to feed through a bot-

tle while mum is away. “It’s just about supporting mums through that and being there to listen to them and reminding them why they do it, when it does get tough,” Ms Philp said.

“One of the hardest things for a mum to go through is to leave your baby behind to go to work, but for some mums they just don’t have a choice … it’s definitely an emotional rollercoaster.”

In an effort to further help women through this tricky time, the New Zealand Breast

Feeding Association is supporting Labour MP Sue Moroney’s private members’ bill to extend paid parental leave to 26 weeks.

Currently New Zealanders get 16 weeks, which will extend to 18 by April 1 next year.

Ms Philp said New Zealand was behind the times when it came to paid parental leave, and the longer women were supported or able to stay home, the better it was for mum and baby.

At 26 weeks babies will be feeding less, or even starting on solids, she said.

An investigation is under way after a man collapsed while in police handcuffs and later died. Police were carrying out a search warrant at a property in te Puke yesterday.

A police spokeswoman said a firearm was seen at the property so the man at the property was placed in handcuffs for the safety of police officers carrying out the search. Shortly after being placed in the handcuffs, the man aged in his 50s collapsed and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Staying behind bars A man accused of fatally stabbing a woman at a party will stay behind bars until his trial next year.

Roy Charles Mataki, of Upper Hutt, was accused of murdering Sherena Williams, 24, who died a day after being stabbed on March 12. Mataki was also charged with causing grievous bodily harm to Ms Williams’ 19-year-old brother Damien after the attack in a car park near an apartment.

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■ MID CANTERBURY FARMLAND

Overseas investors eye Mid Canty land

BY STU OLDHAM

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Overseas investors continue to see Mid Canterbury land as ripe for dairy farm conversion.

The Overseas Investment Office has confirmed an investment manager for a Luxemburg-based investment fund has consent to buy land at Mayfield.

Dynamic Asset Management Company Limited sought consent to buy about 355 hectares of land at 2247 Tinwald Westerfield Mayfield Road, Mayfield.

The purchase price for Mayfield Farm was $10,850,162. It was offered for sale

by The Mounds Limited, a whollyowned New Zealand company.

According to the office, the fund wants to convert the property into a dairy farm and to produce high volumes of milk from pasture.

Once converted, Mayfield Farm will milk about 1200 cows through a 64-bale rotary cowshed with full automation.

The office was satisfied the proposal, which includes provision for modern infrastructure and an efficient farm management system would meet sustainability requirements. It also satisfied the criteria of providing a substantial and identifiable benefit to New Zealand in that it would create jobs, increase export receipts and promote development.

The asset management company is no stranger to New Zealand dairy purchases. Last year, it spent more than $20 million buying farms in Southland.

Overseas Investment Office approval can take months to complete. So far this year, Canadian, Swedish and other European investors have had Mid Canterbury purchases approved.

■ OVERSEAS INVESTMENT ACT

Canty farming syndicates fined for breaching act Two Canterbury farming syndicates with interests in Mid Canterbury land and links to Alan Hubbard have been penalised for breaching the Overseas Investment Act after their advisors failed to follow the rules.

The Overseas Investment Office (OIO) yesterday confirmed the syndicates, which involve United Kingdom investors Andrew and Paul Turney, were cooperative but were penalised $173,400 for breaches.

Both syndicates involve UK investors, while one also involves United States company Schooner Agribusiness LLC. The syndicates were two of six established by the late Alan Hubbard that were investigated by the office.

The other four have disbanded and sold their properties. The OIO confirmed the action related to land that was 27km west of Ashburton, near Ruapuna, and 18km northwest of Ashburton, near Punawai.

OIO manager Annelies McClure said the six syndicates, or their investors, breached the Overseas Investment Act 2005 and Overseas Investment Act 1973 many times since 2001.

“The syndicates breached the Acts by acquiring sensitive land without consent, and the investors breached the Act by investing in the syndicates without consent.”

The investigation found the breaches to be due to the overseas investors’ reliance on advisors in New Zealand to take care of the necessary legal work.

“Alan Hubbard established the syndicates, and a variety of legal advisors were involved in the transactions. From the limited records available it appears that the advisors overlooked the requirements of the 1973 and 2005 Acts.

“Until the breaches were discovered in 2013, the investors were unaware that breaches had occurred. The investors and syndicates admitted the breaches and have co-operated with our investigation.”

The two syndicates collectively paid $150,400 in penalties to charity. They paid $93,400 to the Advance Ashburton Community Foundation; $43,000 to the Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust; $5,000 to the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust; $5,000 to the Timpson Peel Forest Community Trust; and $4,000 to Order of St Johns (Ambulance Service) at Geraldine.

The syndicates have also paid $23,000 to cover the OIO’s investigation costs.

“One of the two remaining syndicates has obtained consent from the OIO to keep its property, and the second has recently applied for consent to keep its property. If consent is declined, the syndicate will be required to sell the property,” Ms McClure said.

Andrew and Paul Turney, with Schooner Agribusiness, are known in Mid Canterbury as partners in the Moonshine Farms Partnership, which spent large sums converting sheep farms into two highly productive dairy units known as Moonshine Farm.

■ MISSING TEENAGER

Hunt for teen continues Police are refusing pending on what inforto confirm whether mation was available, he the hunt for missing said.

15-year-old LA Tuke“Police won’t know rangi is being treated if she is willingly with as a kidnapping, despite Dean Whakatau or not the teen sending a series until she is found and of panicked messages to spoken to,” he said. her family saying that A number of panicked was the case.

Facebook messages LA urgently messaged written by LA to her her family on Saturday, 18-year-old sister and saying she was being mum were released to held against her will by NZME News Service on LA Tukerangi 36-year-old career crimiTuesday, in the family’s nal Dean Wayne Whakatau, who has al- latest emotional plea for her return. most 50 prior convictions and has previThe messages - parts of which can not ously been charged with kidnapping and be published for legal reasons - say LA rape. was taken to Rotorua by her boyfriend’s The alarming messages - which older brother, Whakatau. prompted the family to immediately call Police yesterday released details of a the police - are the last her family has Toyota Corolla the pair were thought to heard from her. have been in on Sunday night in Rotorua.

Detective Senior Sergeant Zane Smith Police said the car was a 1993 Corolla did not answer questions about whether hatchback, champagne-brown in colour police were treating it as a kidnapping, with possible patches of grey primer, saying “Our focus is on finding LA Tuke- with registration number SG1810. rangi safe”.

Mr Smith said it was too early to say A team of about 10 core investigators whether Whakatau might be facing were working on the case in Rotorua charges in relation to the incident. with additional officers stepping in de- NZME

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■ UNITED STATES

Crews battle wildfires

By Sara Puig Crews battling 23 tenacious wildfires in drought-stricken California have rushed in reinforcements and are preparing for weather that could ignite more blazes.

More than 10,000 firefighters are now tackling blazes that have forced thousands to flee their homes and burned large swathes of land in the most populous US state.

The biggest conflagration, called the Rocky Fire, has drawn in 3200 firefighters.

“Tinder dry conditions from the drought continue to allow wildfires to burn at an explosive rate,” said the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or CAL FIRE. The state is bringing in extra people from southern California to the hard hit north, making already deployed firefighters work overtime and cancelling days off, CAL FIRE spokesman

In brief Crash kills 16 At least 16 police have died as a helicopter taking part in an anti-drug trafficking operation crashed in a remote junglecovered region in Colombia. A total of 18 officers were aboard the Blackhawk helicopter, which was involved in an operation against the powerful Clan Usuga drug gang in northwestern Colombia’s Antioquia department. The other two were taken to a nearby hospital with second- and thirddegree burns, Defence Minister Luis Carlos Villegas said.

- AFP

Two people were shot dead and three were injured at a party hosted by Grammy-winning rapper Drake at a downtown Toronto nightclub. The shooting yesterday started in the Muzik Nightclub and spilled out onto the street.

Police said in Twitter messages that a man and woman were killed and three people were taken to hospital with serious injuries. - AFP A vehicle burned in the Rocky Fire is shown near Lower Lake, California.

Daniel Berlant said.

Resources from out of state, such as the Colorado state air reserve, are also being brought

in. Thunderstorms that can bring lightning, the source of many fires this summer, but virtually no water, are forecast.

Giant sinkhole AP PHOTO

More than 13,000 people have been forced to flee homes threatened by Rocky, CAL FIRE says.

- AFP

Cecil hunt organiser due to face trial $US55,000 ($NZ84,225) to shoot the lion with a bow and arrow.

The hunt provoked worldwide outrage when it emerged that Cecil was a well-known attraction among visitors to the Hwange National Park and was wearing a tracking collar as part of an Oxford University

■ FRANCE

research project.

Palmer, an experienced trophy hunter, has become the target of vicious abuse and death threats over the killing, and has been in hiding since demonstrations outside his dental practice.

He has apologised for killing Cecil, who was renowned for

his distinctive black mane, and has blamed Bronkhorst for misleading him.

But Bronkhorst says he’s innocent of all charges and had obtained the permits required to kill an elderly lion that was outside the national park boundaries.

- AFP

■ INDIA

Aust expert to examine At least 24 dead in possible MH370 wing India train derailment The team examining wreckage possibly linked to vanished Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is expected to make a statement later this week about the wing piece.

An Australian Transport and Safety Bureau expert has flown to Toulouse in France to join the team examining wreckage that washed up on Reunion island.

Federal Transport Minister Warren Truss said Malaysian and French authorities were expected to make a statement about the origin of the wing part later this week.

The Joint Agency Coordination Centre said drift modelling by the CSIRO showed ma-

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■ ZIMBABWE

The professional Zimbabwean hunter who led the expedition that killed Cecil the lion is due to stand trial on charges of organising an illegal hunt.

Theo Bronkhorst, who runs a safari company, denies any wrongdoing over the hunt in early July when American dentist Walter Palmer paid

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terial from the current search area could have been carried to Reunion island and other areas by ocean currents and wind.

JACC said drift modelling indicated that if there was more floating debris from MH370, it could be any where in hundreds of thousands of square kilometres of the Indian Ocean.

Meanwhile, search crews have not given up scouring the 120,000 square kilometre zone. Fugro Discovery, one of the ships searching for the plane, visited Fremantle port at the weekend to resupply and is expected to be back in the search area by next week.

- AAP

At least 24 people died when two passenger trains derailed separately in central India after heavy monsoon rains submerged railway tracks.

Ten coaches from the trains toppled into the swollen Mochak river while crossing a small bridge in Madhya Pradesh state yesterday.

The accidents - involving one train en route from Mumbai to the temple city of Varanasi, and another headed in the opposite direction - occurred within minutes of each other.

“Twenty four people have lost their lives in the accident,” state railways spokesman KK Dubey said.

“Forty more injured passen-

gers have been taken to nearby hospitals.

“Preliminary investigations suggest that the derailment occurred because the tracks collapsed after heavy rains. The soil and base material underneath the tracks was washed away in the downpour.”

As many as 300 people have been rescued at the accident site, about 160km south of the state capital Bhopal, broadcaster NDTV reported.

Dubey says most of the passengers have been rescued.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “My prayers are with the injured. Authorities are doing everything possible on the ground.” - DPA

New Yorkers living in the borough of Brooklyn have woken to a strange sight - a giant sinkhole had swallowed an enormous chunk of road. The sinkhole, formed by the natural process of erosion, appeared at an intersection in the neighbourhood of Sunset Park, according to the Fire Department.

The gaping hole exposed torn pipes and crushed asphalt at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 64th Street. No one was hurt.

- AFP

Record high casualties Civilian casualties in Afghanistan hit a record high in the first half of 2015, according to a UN report.

There were 4921 civilian casualties - 1592 deaths and 3329 injured - during the first six months of the year, an increase of 1 per cent compared to the first half of 2014, the UN said. Taliban and other anti-government forces were responsible for 70 per cent of the civilian casualties, the report said, accounting for 1213 deaths and 2223 injured.

- AFP/DPA

Flights cancelled Virgin Australia has cancelled all flights in and out of Bali as volcanic ash spewing from the Mount Raung volcano continues to play havoc with flights. Virgin says the eruption and unfavourable winds have made for unsuitable flying conditions, and are urging customers in Bali not to go to Denpasar airport until they have a confirmed rebooking.

- AAP

Building collapses A four-storey building in GuineaBissau has collapsed, killing 11 people including two babies, according to a hospital source and a local resident. The accident took place in the town of Canchungo to the north of the impoverished west African country. Rescuers retrieved four bodies from the building on Monday and seven more on Tuesday, the hospital source said.

A local resident said the building belonged to a traditional doctor who was receiving patients at the time of the collapse.

- AAP

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New look at family violence needed Stu Oldham

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amily violence is a cancer in families and a cancer in our communities. And, like cancer, it needs targeted treatment backed by the full force of the law.

The district police’s family violence co-ordinator says family violence is a cancer. He’s right: it seems endemic, insidious and difficult to dislodge.

The Guardian has published many articles about family violence. Many of them raise awareness, many more detail the assaults and hurt that still happens.

It turns out that news articles, well-constructed public awareness campaigns and the sincerest street marches alone are not enough to stem family violence.

Consistent responses from support agencies and the police are making inroads on what Justice Minister Amy Adams calls horrific family violence rates. But the problem remains.

And so it is with cautious relief that many will welcome Ms Adams’ move to review the way the law prevents and responds to family violence. Finally, campaigners will say.

Finally, the law might be revised to give more prominence to victim safety and of the safety of the children who might not be hurt but who are naturally affected by what happens.

Finally, there might be even more emphasis on the alreadystrengthened moves for agencies – and the courts – to share information where family violence concerns arise.

And finally – and, perhaps, crucially – there might be a chance that a set of standalone family violence offences.

A scan of the Guardian’s court news shows how easily family violence incidents are hidden in catch-alls such as assault, threatening harm and even sexual assault.

These offences have their own penalties and, if established, family violence offences should have their own, tough penalties recognising the impact on the victim and on the families – children – that it hurts.

We have moved on from the old days where some offences were “just another domestic”.

Now, such offences deserve their own response.

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Have you visited the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre?

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Peter Livingstone OUT OF SCHOOL

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t’s time to consider paying failing secondary students to stay in school to succeed. Recently the Minister of Education put Te Pumanawa o te Wairua School – a charter school in Northland – on final warning.

Amongst the issues are truancy and under achievement. Both of those issues rely on the positive attitude from the student, in order to make a difference.

This school currently has 39 students and just received another $129,000 from the government to keep going until the end of the year.

Ms Parata’s view is that investing now is better than paying for the failing of these students later.

I agree, but I don’t think it should go to a school that also cannot account for spending at junk food outlets (must have been one hell of a cool school camp to include KFC and Burger King).

I believe the remaining 39 students should return to state schools and get paid 1/39th of $129,000 to stay at school and complete NCEA Level 2. That would equate to $3307 each if they get back to school, make positive progress and meet a number of level 2 credits.

Afterall this is what our government wants – to lift the number of secondary students achieving at NCEA Level 2.

I’ll say it now, I bet that would be more successful than keeping the status quo. Then you could look at this as an experiment in motivating secondary students.

Let’s face it, we work and get paid. We are incentivised by money, along with other factors, but very few would truly stick around if there was no money in it.

Our secondary students are no different. In fact they are probably jaded by years of sticker and certificate type rewards. Yes there are students who are intrinsically motivated, but there are those for whom knowing they will be rewarded

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Where’s Winston Peters when he’s really wanted.

in some way will put in a better effort.

You wouldn’t have to pay them each week, but rather set the money aside on a regular basis given their academic and social performance.

The money would be held and released when agreed goals are met. You could be rewarded for changing negative and bullying type behaviour.

Students could be taught how to invest their money and given the chance to grow the initial investment, for when they receive it.

Bonuses could be added for displaying citizenship within the school and voluntary community work in their own time.

Students could set their own learning goals and report to teachers their progress.

Imagine a teacher besieged by teenagers wanting to demonstrate they have achieved their own learning goals.

Seriously – I’m not going mad, I think in a time when a failing school continues to be propped up by our government, then other ideas should be on

the table.

But I am annoyed by one aspect of the story of Te Pumanawa o te Wairua School.

This is taking place right now in Northland. The very area where not long ago Winston Peters (MP for Northland) cried out long and hard about how the National Government had abandoned Northland.

On many occasions he has emphatically pushed the message that his party is the only party that has kept the government honest.

Okay – so where are you now Mr Peters? Where is your tour bus? Is it parked outside Te Pumanawa o te Wairua School?

Nope.

Where is your winebox of questions and allegations tabled in parliament, pushing the argument that these Northland kids deserve better than being part of a Charter School experiment failure?

These students have already been told they have been let down by the state schooling system and where is the response from their latest MP

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about the failing school they sometimes attend now? Oh but I do love the quote on his profile page “Winston Peters is the last of the great “characters” in an increasingly bland political environment. He is not afraid to confront Parliament head on and he refuses to accept defeat in any cause he believes in. His mastery of Parliament’s unique environment ensures he is widely recognised for his persistence, skill and experience as a parliamentary debater.” http://nzfirst.org.nz/winstonpeters I know some secondary students who could be paid to write a better description of Winston Peters, you’ll find them at Te Pumanawa o te Wairua School.

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■ RX PLASTICS

New man at factory helm RX Plastics’ new managing director is relishing the opportunity to get closer to his customers throughout New Zealand and particularly in Mid Canterbury.

Recently moving back to his roots in the South Island to the company’s Ashburton base, Brent Dawson is upbeat about the opportunities that exist for a company that has manufacturing plants firmly based in the rural heartlands of Ashburton and Hamilton.

Brent takes on the position after a 15-year stint with Gallaghers in Hamilton, most recently as Group Supply Chain and Manufacturing Executive there.

He says the opportunity to work for a company committed to manufacturing and developing products here in New Zealand was highly appealing.

“It is great to be part of a company that is highly innovative, that employs Kiwis and has a lot more to offer its rural customers. Companies like this are not that common any more.”

Originally established over 40 years ago, RX Plastics specialises in designing and manufacturing components, tanks and irrigation systems, offering “one-stop” solutions based approach to farm and grower water needs. For the past seven years RX Plastics has been owned by international company Aliaxis.

The company has made a name for itself with its K Line irrigation system that is easily moved and adapted to varying paddock sizes – an area Mr Dawson has been very excited about as the company launches its G-Set irrigation system.

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Staff at DB’s iconic Tui Brewery in Mangatainoka are in shock after learning that nearly two-thirds of them, including two workers who have been there more than 40 years, may lose their jobs.

DB, owned by Dutch-based Heineken, entered a consultation process yesterday with the 37 staff on a proposal to spend $4 million to $5 million replacing the existing brewery with a much smaller capacity one. It will also undertake earthquake strengthening of the historic seven-storey Tui brew tower, no longer in use, which was built in 1931 so brewers could use gravity to turn malt into beer.

If the proposed redevelopment goes ahead, up to 13

full-time and 11 part-time jobs would go, although DB said in a statement the exact numbers won’t be finalised until staff provide feedback and the consultation is concluded next week. Any changes won’t take effect until May next year.

DB won’t say how much smaller the new brewery would be or what had sparked the proposal. The Tui brewery HQ tours, which attract 40,000 visitors a year, will continue.

Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union organiser Ruth Sproston said staff had been expecting some job lay-offs because of a significant downturn in consumption since the new drink drive limits were introduced last year.

“The fact that this has not been put to them is not a shock but it will still take a little bit of processing,” she said. Some staff had been there more than 30 years and a couple more than 40 years “which you don’t find very often in New Zealand companies any more,” Sproston said.

The Tui brewery was opened in 1889 by Henry Wagstaff and onsold in 1903 to Henry Cowan who developed the prize-winning East India Pale Ale. DB bought the brewery in 1969 and expanded its business outside of its traditional WairarapaHawke’s Bay base.

The brand is best-known for its humorous “yeah right” billboard marketing campaign.

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Affco meatworkers vote to strike Up to 1000 members of the New Zealand Meat Workers’ Union at eight Talley’s-owned Affco plants in the North Island have voted to strike, with 94.5 per cent of members voting in favour to halt work.

This includes Wanganui’s Imlay plant.

Union spokesperson Darien Fenton said after 18 months of negotiations and court order meditation, the two sides were at an impasse. One of the major sticking points was the seniority clause, which gives workers with the greatest experience first refusal of jobs at the start of a new season. Affco wants to

get rid of the clause while the union is adamant it should remain. “This year the company has really upped the ante. They threw this bomb [about seniority] into it at the last moment while we were going through mediation.”

Ms Fenton said scrapping the seniority clause would mean “the total casualisation of the meat industry”.

She said Talley’s was the first company to apply to end negotiations, a provision brought in under new employment legislation earlier this year.

In 2012, Imlay workers were among 900 nationwide locked

out by Talley’s for 84 days during a dispute over contract negotiations.

“Talley’s seems to be trying to do what they did in 2012, and that is a concern,” Ms Fenton said.

The strike will take place on August 10 and 11. On August 11, the workers will join colleagues from other Affco plants at a rally at Parliament.

Rowan Ogg from Affco said the company was “very disappointed”.

“Our focus ... has always been an agreement which reflects the current operating environment in the industry.”

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Grain farmers in competitive trading position

BY NADINE PORTER

While planting indicates a “business as usual” approach for arable farmers in Mid Canterbury, many will be looking for security before committing to the cost of growing according to Federated Farmers.

Responding to the latest AIMI cereal statistics, Mid Canterbury Grain and Seed chairperson Jo Burke said after coming out of the low volume of carry over grains from last year, the challenge for arable growers was to ensure the continued supply of high-quality grain in sufficient quantities for the 2015 harvest.

“With a tough planting last autumn and dry spring growing conditions we still managed to achieve essentially identical yields for feed wheat and barley being down just 3 per cent overall.”

Ms Burke said although dryland yields had decreased considerably in some areas of the district, they were “comfortably” offset by “excellent” irrigation.

“The AIMI report didn’t give out any surprises in showing feed wheat down and milling wheat volumes slightly down on previous seasons.”

Unsold stock of both milling and feed wheat was down on the previous three seasons, she said.

“However barley stock was up on previous years – sitting at 3 per cent or 20,000 tonnes of unsold stock - which is still less than at the same time last year (23,600t). This isn’t a significant increase given drought recovery needs domestically.”

Ms Burke said the downturn in the dairy sector was having an effect but

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■ DAIRY FARMING

Scheme imparts confidence A certification scheme designed to boost farmers confidence in the standard of the advice they receive from their dairy farm systems consultants was launched at the New Zealand Institute for Primary Industries Management (NZIPIM) national conference in Ashburton this week.

The Dairy Farm Systems Certification Scheme is the result of a collaborative partnership between DairyNZ, leading dairy farm systems consultants, and NZIPIM. The scheme will also be used to recognise and promote the competency of consultants working on industry programmes such as farm environment plans, DairyNZ’s sustainable milk plans,

Stephen Macaulay

whole farm assessments, and interpretation of DairyBase benchmarking reports.

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phen Macaulay said in the current environment, farmers need assurance in the advice they receive.

“Dairy farmers across New Zealand are currently experiencing significant challenges with price volatility, and at the same time, scrutiny from consumers and local communities to ensure food is produced to a high standard and in a sustainable manner,” Mr Macaulay said.

To become certified, consultants must pass a farm system competency assessment, complete an ethics module, have received positive feedback from farmer clients and provide evidence of field work such as Whole Farm Assessments.

“The scheme recognises the

competency and capability of farm consultants and provides a level of security for the farming community in the quality of the advice they receive, and in time provide regional councils, banks, accountants and milk companies with increased confidence in making referrals,” Mr Macaulay said.

Nine consultants have begun the online assessment process and it is expected that the majority of practising consultants will work towards certification during the next few years.

A list of certified consultants will be maintained on the NZIPIM’s website and promoted via other industry websites.

The Dairy Farm Systems Consultant Certification Scheme

is an initiative funded by New Zealand dairy farmers through DairyNZ and the Ministry for Primary Industries as part of the Transforming the Dairy Value Chain Primary Growth Partnership programme.

The scheme adds to the suite of available programmes including Certified People Management Consultants, Certified Nutrient Management Advisers, Certified Body Condition Score Assessors, Certified Effluent Warrant of Fitness Assessors and Accredited Effluent Designers.

Further information about the NZIPIM Dairy Farm Systems Certification Scheme and other related programmes can be found at www.nzipim.co.nz.

Arable farmers driven, passion

A captive audience listens to farm consultant Hayden Robinson as he relays successful arable farmer management strategies.

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Attention to detail, having a multiple skill set and good timing is key to being a successful arable farmer according to a local farm consultant.

Speaking at the New Zealand Institute of Primary Industries Management national conference in Ashburton this week, Hayden Robinson from the Lauriston Farm Improvement Club said arable farmers were driven, passionate and understood timing was critical.

“And in combination with excellent understanding

of the crop calendar where they know the growth stages and key input dates for the crop they can manage the growing cycle to maximize yield.”

Mr Robinson said while good crop yields were desirable, chasing an unattainable yield could be detrimental – something the arable farmer understood well.

“They have a good understanding of the inputs required to achieve a certain yield and can easily refer back to previous years for an understanding of

possible yields” Moving to larger paddocks had enabled greater advances in management outcomes as a number of smaller paddocks could pose challenges in ensuring management was accurate for each different area.

“Larger paddocks, which are well suited under a pivot or lateral irrigation system, have considerably improved the efficiencies and management outcomes have responded accordingly.” Paddock assessment and management decisions had been reduced, and

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Pros and cons of co-ops The woman behind the second wave of financial reform in the early nineties will be talking to the Rural Business Network about the pros and cons of coops later this month.

Ruth Richardson will talk to rural businesses on August 26 at the Methven Resort Hotel about the suitability of AgriSector business models.

Having made a name for herself as the Minister of Finance during tough reforms from 1990 to 1993 and the framework she put in place for the Fiscal Responsibility Act in 1994, Ms Richardson has had an extensive international practice as a public policy consultant.

Coupled with her work as a public policy consultant Ms Richardson has developed a substantial private sector practice in corporate governance.

Prime lambs firmed again with steady competition from local trade and export buyers. Ewes remained steady on a moderate yarding.

In-store lambs – a line of 991 shorn merino wether lambs from Castle Ridge Station sold for between $61 and $99 while a line of corriedale ram lambs sold between $59 and $99.

Heavy shorn lambs ranged from $125 to $137 per head, mediums $107 to $115 while lighter lambs fetched $84 to $95.

Two-tooth heavier ewes sold for between $80 and $90 while heavier woolly ewes sold for $101 to $113.

Medium woolly ewes sold for $85 to $93 while lighter woolly ewes sold for $51 to 65.

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nate, possess unique skill set quicker and more effective decisions had been made, he said.

“The size and speed of new cultivation and crop management technology had further improved the efficiencies.”

Mr Robinson said while obtaining specialist seed contracts could be challenging in larger paddocks, variable rate irrigation had managed to mitigate the problem “to a degree”.

He also spoke of how quickly arable farmers responded to innovative technology including new

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cultivars, precision agriculture and variable rate irrigation systems. “This is driven by a significant thirst for knowledge.”

Understanding local weather and forecasts was important because knowing a rainfall event of 30mm was three days away meant that one crop may have its irrigation rescheduled.

“Or that nitrogen meant to go on the wheat for protein can wait ... or that the grass seed crop lying prone … is harvested at all costs.”

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Mr Robinson said having a “sound” crop rotation was also important as it allowed “meaningful” relationships with the merchants and buyers of seed.

“With the exception of self-promotion of “commons” such as Nui seed, there is limited room to manipulate marketing channels on an arable farm and the key is to maximise the farm/grower brand without being challenging to work with.”

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1 - Which modern-day country developed from the Helvetian Confederation? a. Greece b. Mexico c. Switzerland 2 - The drink ‘Snakebite’ is made from one part beer and which other drink? a. Cider b. Vodka c. Rum 3 - In hair-styling accessories, what does GHD stand for? a. Great Hair Dryers b. Good Hair Day c. Gorgeous Hair Dreams 4 - Where in the human body is the deltoid muscle? a. Stomach b. Shoulder c. Upper leg 5 - Which bird was used to detect gasses in coal mines? a. Canary b. Dove c. Magpie 6 - What is the name of the all-female singing group in the Pitch Perfect movies? a. The Mollys b. The Vickis c. The Bellas 7 - Loggerhead and Hawksbill are species of which animal? a. Snake b. Turtle c. Armadillo 8 – Bathsheba Everdene is the heroine of which novel? a. Far From The Madding Crowd b. Wuthering Heights c. Jane Eyre

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If you would like to go into the draw to win a copy of The Game DVD, write your name, address and the DVD’s title on the back of an envelope and send to:

Each week the Ashburton Guardian gives readers a chance to win DVDs courtesy of Roadshow Entertainment.

Winners will be announced in this column the following week, so keep looking! If you see your name in the winner’s box, come into the Guardian and claim your prize. ID may be required.

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■ SPOT THE ELF

The life of Riley

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little Elf has appeared in our neighbourhood.

A delightful little character but not one of the green-clad elves with pointy ears, long noses, and pointy hats who help a certain old gentlemen make toys in his workshop located at the North Pole.

Those elves are nimble and delicate and in a sense our local one is too.

Our Elf prefers a wardrobe of yellow and like the fairy tale elves the local Elf is a bit reclusive, not seen outside very often, seldom on cold days and never if it’s raining.

The local Elf has been given a home by some kind people who dote on it.

The Elf likes that and in fact you could even say it lives the life of Riley.

We’re glad to say our local Elf has agreed to an interview and we can’t wait to tell you more about it sometime soon.

But in the meantime the Guardian Motoring Team would like to know if you can guess what this little local inhabitant is.

There’s a clue in here and we have a prize for a lucky entrant in our little competition.

So if you think you know what this lovely little yellow creature is you can either email your entry to geegeeber@gmail.com (please put Elf in subject line), post it Guardian Motoring, PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740 or drop it into our office Level 3 Somerset House.

Please include your name and contact phone number when entering.

Entries close noon Friday, August 14 and all correct answers will go in the draw for two tickets to “Pick a Box” at the Sinclair Centre on Sunday, August 16, 2015.

If the winner is unable to attend this fun afternoon the tickets can be given to someone else.

Restoration of the Year E

ach year the Ashburton Branch of the Vintage Car Club invites members who have completed a restoration project to enter the local Restoration of the Year competition.

This year there were two entries.

The two vehicles were quite different.

One has four wheels, one has two.

That’s it - one is a car the other a motorbike.

There’s a bit of an age difference too.

Percy Ralston entered his 1915 Douglas model U motorcycle

while Vern Ellis entered his 1947 De Soto Club Coupe.

But while they are quite different these two very special vehicles have something in common.

They have each been meticulously restored to pristine condition and preserved for the future.

The owners who have each done an outstanding job must and in fact deserve to feel very proud with the result of their efforts.

It can’t have been an easy task for the judging panel but ultimately Vern Ellis received the trophy with Percy Ralston recorded as a very close runner up.

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n his fascinating account of the long and dedicated restoration of his 1915 Douglas model U, Percy Ralston describes the starting and riding procedure, which basically involves making some petrol settings, engaging gear, holding a lever and pushing the bike forward.

Percy explains a fast walk or slow run will normally suffice before hopping on and away you go.

But Percy adds the suggestion that if possible it’s best to avoid long or steep hills, traffic lights and stop signs.

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Steve’s Land Rover is a Series One and a very nice one at that.

Steve was delighted to see an illustration of a Land Rover like his in the Observer’s Book of Automobiles kindly passed on by Barbara McIntosh.

Seeing that book prompted Steve to tell me he had a similar book, and my mistake about his Land Rover must be forgiven because Steve has since loaned me his book.

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It contains a wealth of information about all sorts of vehicles, the origins of both motoring and manufacturers and a whole lot more as well.

It’s impossible to tell exactly when this delightful book was published but the latest models featured appear to be from 1957.

Steve’s interest extends beyond four wheels and he also loaned me his copy of his copy of Handbook Guide – Motorcycles 1885 to 1940. Another fascinating well-illustrated tome, it contains information about the origins and development of motorcycles.

Among the bikes featured in the book is a Douglas similar to the one which Percy Ralston has restored so well.

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Ashburton Golf Club Time to put pen to paper again, it’s been quite busy down at the Brandon recently, The RMF Cup is going along very nicely, at present the man to reign in is Chris Lovelock with 78 points closely followed by Muri Ngutu on 74. There are 5 rounds to go with plenty of points on offer starting this weekend with 15 points on offer to the best score, and remember there are 30points on offer in the final round on September 19.

So many people still in with a great chance of picking up the $1000 prize fund, put up by our brilliant friends at Russell Moon and Fail. This weekend we have the first round of the DCL cup, next three Saturdays, best combined nett over all three rounds. Then on Sunday our good friends at Tinwald have invited us all over to their course to play for the Foodstuffs Trophy, mixed day, all players welcome. Report at 12 for 12.30 tee off, individual stableford then everyone’s points added together and averaged out to see which club comes out top. At present I am sat polishing the trophy and I will be taking it across the bridge to show the Tinwald crowd, and tell them that they don’t need to worry, it is in very safe hands.

Ashburton Harrier Club Larkin 3km Run and Gilbert 3km Walk - Saturday August 1. This annual handicapped running and walking event was held in cool drizzly conditions, in and around the Ashburton Domain.

Results - Placing across the line and net time: Larkin Run 1st Matthew Wong - 17.46, Phil Crozier 15.46, Vicky Wong - 18.16, Kenny Johnston - 14.13, Brian Goodes - 11.14, Jessica Gray - 12.26, Neill Lyons - 10.50, Mike O’Callaghan - 19.55, Merv Gilbert - 17.09 Gilbert Walk

Thursday, August 6, 2015 1st Bill Hood - 22.10, Lynda Bayne 22.35, Dave Strong - 20.01, Barbara Taylor - 21.03, Anita Hayes 26.01.

Many thanks to Joe Ford for setting out the course and to Vivian Strong, Johnny McGrath and Noel Batty for time keeping.

Ashburton Petanque Club Ashburton Petanque Club recently hosted the Bastille Day Tournament at Racecourse Road.

With frost on the ground the 32 teams which had registered all turned up to play on pistes of frozen pebbles.

Teams entered as pairs and 9 teams from Ashburton participated along with 23 visiting teams mainly from Christchurch Clubs and one from Alexandra. 32 teams is the maximum our club can deal with at present and was the biggest club event most of our members had participated in.

The majority of our players wore French costumes or clothing the colour of the French flag and many of our visitors did also. This all helped to set the scene as did having banners flying, a French flag flying from an Eiffel Tower and a recently restored vintage Citron car on display.

All players got into the atmosphere of the day.

While Ashburton players didn’t take the top prize, they did perform very well against some top competitors and many achieving a prize at a different level. It was great to see interested club members come along to support those that were playing. This day could not have been as successful as it was without the assistance of willing helpers. So thank you one and all: for playing, helping and supporting.

Ashburton Senior Citizens The monthly social afternoon was held on Tuesday July 14 at the Seniors Centre. Lorraine played the piano as the

www.guardianonline.co.nz audience arrived on a very cold and miserable day. Bronie, our President, welcomed the audience and introduced the Ashburton Electronic Organ and Keyboard Club, led by Bernard Reddecliffe.

Their first item was the Nursie Bracket from Concert and the Drover’s Dream Bracket from Concert. They were followed by Russell, Bob and Jim on their banjos. Irene was next up on her accordion playing a lovely selection.

The Organ Club Accordian Group played Dear Old Donegal and McMacnamara’s Band, and Isle of Innesfree. Shirley Millar (accordion) and Rose Stead (piano) played The Snow Waltz and a Band March. They were then followed by the Organ Club Accordian Group who played Pretty Paper and If I Knew Suzie Bracket.

Bernard Reddecliffe then showed his expertise playing the organ. For a finale the whole group played “When you’re smiling” and “We’ll meet Again”, “Show me the way to go home” and “Now is the hour”. Afternoon tea followed after the raffles were drawn.

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Ashburton U3A 85 members and 11 visitors attended the July meeting. Speaker was Emeritus Professor Ken Strongman former Head of Psychology and Assistant V.C. University of Canterbury whose teaching career spanned 5 Universities across most aspects of psychology at all levels and a wide range of specialities. His lecture was entitled “Emotion in Late Adulthood”.

Each stage of Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development is integral to development of personality and psychosocial skills—- Initial, Trust v Mistrust, Adolescence, Identity v Role Confusion;

to Maturity, Integrity v Despair. Older adults need to look back on life and feel a sense of fulfilment. Success at this stage leads to feelings of wisdom, while failure results in regret, bitterness and despair.

On average older adults try to avoid strong emotion, especially negative, for it influences health and well-being. With age the ability to regulate emotions is learned, and understanding gained of emotional expressions in ourselves and others.

The feeling side of emotions remains the same at age 25 or 75. Personality and emotions remain unchanged. Resilience in dealing with stressful situations maximises chances of successful ageing as does the nature of social relationships —- but it requires effort.

It is said “we tend to become more and more like ourselves” The August speaker is Dr. Judy Kirk, “Research on reading pathways in the brain with children with dyslexia”

Grey Power Ashburton On Monday July 20, Grey Power Ashburton President Jim Burgess welcomed members to the monthly general meeting at the Seniors Centre. Apologies were accepted from Trevor Gamblin; Ken Smith; Sheila Graham and Natalie Blampied.

Jim urged members to take advantage of the rates rebate scheme, and advised that there was a petition available to sign to make English an official language of New Zealand.

Jim then introduced our speaker for the afternoon; Vincie Billante Community Relations Manager for the Ashburton District Council.

Vincie was born in Reefton and her maternal grandparents still live there. Her father was in the US Navy and she spent most of her childhood on Navy bases in the Pacific.

She came back to New Zealand in 1986 and worked in several positions for various companies, and has also spent some time teaching. She also worked with the Red Cross as an Earthquake Recovery Advisor in Christchurch after the September quake.

She is enjoying her time in Ashburton, and thinks it is a lovely town, but would like to have more involvement with the people. Greer Ricketts passed a vote of thanks and presented Vincie with a fruit tray.

The raffle was drawn and prizes distributed. Afternoon tea was served.

Next meeting; August 17th where the speaker will be Hollie Woodhouse Adventurer.

Tinwald Garden Club The July meeting took the form of a soup and savoury luncheon, followed by the meeting. The speakers were Karen Miller and Andrew Wilson from Heartland Bank who gave a presentation on the subject of Equity Release Loans or Reverse Mortgages then answered questions from members.

This was very instructive and interesting.

Following this, members enjoyed a competition organised by Alison Scammell to remember the names of various photographs of flowers, shrubs, vegetable and other plants. Very interesting and quite amazing how hard this was to do.

Competitions Cut Flowers: Branch of winter sweet: C. Thomson 3 pansies on a saucer: A. Scammell, B. Tarbotton, C. Thomson 1 stem of winter rose: A. Scammell, C. Thomson, B. Tarbotton and M. Robinson 1 soleil d’ or: M. Glassey Miniature bloom: J. Brassell, B. Tarbotton Spike: J. Brassell, A. Scammell Cluster: M. Glassey Flower n.o.s.: M. Glassey Young/O’Keefe Trophy: A. Scammell

MID CANTERBURY RURAL WOMEN REPORTS Provincial President’s Message Rural Women New Zealand was officially founded on July 29, 1925 in Wellington.

While her husband William Polson attended the NZ Farmers Union annual meeting, Mrs Florence Polson called a meeting with the other farmers’ wives to discuss concerns of the health and well-being of women and children in the back-blocks.

It was agreed “to form an association to take up matters affecting the welfare of women and children.” Mrs Polson from Wanganui, was elected the first President and decisions taken at the first Annual General Meeting included: confirmation of the name Women’s Division of the Farmers Union to fix the annual subscription at 2/6p (the goods and services purchasing power of a 1925 one pound note is worth $94.76 today).

Today, although with a smaller membership, some choose to be individual members, while many still belong to one of our 205 branches. We continue to focus our advocacy on the areas of rural education, social development, environmental and health issues.

Mid Canterbury Rural Women N.Z. celebrated 90 years of our organisation with a special afternoon tea. Furs, pearls, hats and gloves set a reminiscing platform to reflect on our achievements and successes.

We are appreciative of our many Grandparents and Parents for their involvement to this organisation and together with our own family members, Rural Women NZ will continue into the future.

An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have: The older she gets, the more interested he is in her (Agatha Christie).

Sandra Curd Provincial President

Anama The loyalty and support of members was highlighted when Anama Rural Women president Jacky Ryan presented her report at the branch’s annual meeting at Brian and Anne Marsden’s home. Of-

ficers re-elected were: President Jacky Ryan, secretary Pat Bishell, treasurer Betty Greenslade.

Members share the role of hostess each month organising venues, speakers and the cup of tea. This gives a varied selection of speakers and places to visit.

In the past year hostesses have done an amazing job with meetings being well-attended. A ringing list keeps the 22 members in touch and most meetings are held in the warmth and comfort of members’ homes. Pat Bishell keeps members informed of regional and national events while Betty Evans is a faithful attender at Link and provincial meetings.

Flowers, cards and baking have gone to those in need and gratitude from the recipients has been a humbling experience. A mother with young children has a health problem and the branch was able to help with baking and meals.

Flowers also go to Ward 6 at the hospital. The branch gave $200 towards artificial legs for an earthquake amputee and $100 for Relay for Life.Branch members, husband and friends deliver Meals on Wheels twice a year, a good effort when seven cars and runners are needed.

Members attended the provincial annual meeting, setting up the tables, providing the flowers and taking part in the competitions. The Anzac biscuits attracted a lot of entries a prize going to Natalie Quantock. The branch’s main fundraiser is the much appreciated meal produced for the Mayfield Lions.

Pauline Hewson and Glenys Nicol have

the challenge of selecting winners of the provincial scholarship. This year there were 18 applicants of a very high standard.

May Greenslade has produced weaving of excellence for show at the Creative Fibres national gathering. Adele Sherry from Foster Care spoke at the Link meeting hosted by the branch and received biscuits for needy families, World Service Day speaker came from the Solomon Islands, a trip to Audrey and Ron Bush’s beautiful Geraldine garden and a Christmas meal at the Ryan’s Lake Hood home concluded the year.

Other speakers have demonstrated the use of the automated defibrillator and described the causes and symptoms of heart disease and heart attacks.

A meeting at Rosebank gave an insight into the facility with manager Sue Prowse speaking about her back ground and future extensions to the rest home complex.

Latitude publisher Jo Taylor described the beginnings and success of this Mid Canterbury grown magazine and former Plunket nurse Helen Whiting shared her experiences of a long nursing career. A lunch at Lake Hood on a sparkling midwinter day with spouses was appreciated by all. Jacky thanked members for their continuing support.

Seafield For our July meeting seven members met in the Lounge at St Pauls Presbyterian Church. Started with the creed and special celebrations of two members one a special birthday and the other a Great Grandson. Motto for the Month – The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. We then dealt with all the business including a memo which Ngaire Brown brought to the meeting to be dealt with for the provincial. Then had a discussion what we were going to do with our branch before handing the meeting over provincial secretary Ngaire Brown who was chairing the Annual General Meeting.

The last minutes were read by Eliza-

beth our Secretary then President Louise read a full account of what we have done in the last year then Elizabeth read the Treasurers Report.

Officers for the year were agreed on.

President this year is only a figurehead with members arranging the meetings and taking them or the Vice Presidents will take the meeting.

After the elections Ngaire was thanked with a gift plus gifts were given to President Secretary and Vice President for the work they have done over the year.

The afternoon was finished with a social time.

Winchmore Twenty members and one visitor met at the MSA Restaurant and meeting room for our July meeting which incorporated our AGM. Our discussion for the day centred on changes within our organisation at a National Level which are being considered to go forward as a Rural Women’s organisation that is celebrating 90years.

We are privileged to have Jeanette Tarbotton as a member of our branch, she has had many years of experience with the organisation and has served at the top level and was able to explain to us her view on what these changes could mean.

The branch had been busy once again since we last met our Quiz was very successful netting a very good profit for the branch. There is interest in forming a group of ladies to participate in ‘Steady and You Go’ and exercise programme that would be held at the hall. A minimum of 12 ladies would be required to start such a group so get your names into our President.

Members were reminded on the AGM of Provincial to be held on 28th August and details have been sent to members.

Our AGM was presided over by Provincial President Sandra Curd and the elections resulted in all positions being filled and some new faces joining the committee and filling positions.

President Marg Verrall had composed a very good Annual Report and had done

so in verse form which was extremely well done.

During our monthly Notable Moments section of our meeting we were very pleased to present to Jeanette Tarbotton a friendship rug that had been made by pieces contributed by members and put together by Gwenda, these are given out to our members when they reach a certain milestone birthday.

Following our meeting members shared a very nice hot meal provided by the MSA and enjoyed each other’s fellowship.

Our next meeting is August 19 and is titled Gil and Jan’s surprise meeting; details will be forwarded when revealed.

Lynnford Our July meeting was at the home of Janice Peck, a lovely warm day and an excellent attendance for our Annual Meeting, it was a pleasure to have our Provincial Secretary Ngaire who affricated with the election of officers.

Our president, secretary and treasurer have been returned to office for another year.

Our speaker after lunch was Sonia Mee, who spoke on her life’s experiences, after leaving school her first position was with the Unions Steamship Co, in tourism then on to Mt Cook Airlines and while working in Australia she was asked to escort Princess Anne at Moana Vale in 1970, and later invited to dinner on the Britannia with the royal family, an experience in its self, wearing the right clothes, for the day took time to sort, what a wonderful experience. While working Pan Am she was taken on a visit to England with her parents and met up some of the royal family once again. Sir Wigley at this time was her boss and he asked her to open an office in Los Angeles, visiting various places for the Government Tourist Bureau this really put New Zealand and Australia on the map Sonia was thanked for her sharing her interesting life with us.

Members are reminded the August meeting will be held August 7, at Mary’s Belt Road Ashburton at 1-30pm.

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M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway on August 6. 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 4.28pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 41888 Look At Lucy 17.37 M & ...................... Smith 2 67182 Another Fan 17.38 .................J T McInerney 3 33342 Goldstar Bomber 17.35 S & ............B Evans 4 12117 Wrinkles 17.50 .......................J T McInerney 5 83453 May May Last 17.22 ..........................J Dunn 6 16876 Bellwave 17.20 ...........................D Stapleton 7 61773 Norman Jewel 17.16 ....................C Roberts 8 35418 Hampden On Tap 17.38 .............D Stapleton 9 77782 Bo’s Business 17.27........................ M Grant 10 26877 Know Pride 17.08...........................G Cleeve 2 4.46pm CHRISTCHURCHGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ SPRINT C2, 295m 1 63484 Costing Money 17.43 ...................... M Grant 2 32217 Tell The Boys 17.37 ................J T McInerney 3 32132 Replay 17.38 .......................................A Lee 4 61242 Roadworks nwtd ............................. M Grant 5 21388 Kyla Rose 17.32 .....................J T McInerney 6 12211 Opawa Darcee nwtd L & .................... Wales 7 32431 Budgie Right 17.51 H & ......................Taylor 8 46314 Cabarita 17.41 ................................ M Grant 9 47573 Cawbourne Peejay 17.28 ...................C Weir

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 10 76467 Shadow Baxter nwtd ..............J T McInerney

3 5.04pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C3, 295m

1 51F76 Gossip Queen 17.18 .................A Bradshaw 2 61235 Little Midnight 17.24 ...................D Stapleton 3 53555 Cawbourne Danial 17.25 ...................C Weir 4 53316 Know Salute 17.49 .........................G Cleeve 5 23232 Van Gerwin 17.24 ......................H Anderton 6 34411 Earn Me Some 17.39 .................D Stapleton 7 13422 Neddy Seagoon 17.29 ......................J Dunn 8 87888 Sprinkles 17.23 ......................J T McInerney 9 77782 Bo’s Business 17.27........................ M Grant 10 48766 Big Muddy 17.29 M &.......................... Smith 4 5.21pm POWER FARMING CANTERBURY SPRINT C3/4, 295m 1 75324 Wunzee 17.39 ........................J T McInerney 2 43322 Chokehold 17.27 ........................D Stapleton 3 16316 Adroit 17.18.................................. L Waretini 4 7256x Sleeper Agent 17.16 .................A Bradshaw 5 86738 Goldstar Chumlee 17.27 S & ..........B Evans 6 66637 Botany Win 17.32 ...................J T McInerney 7 78446 Homebush Paige 17.33..........J T McInerney 8 82474 Business Affair 17.17 ........................J Dunn 9 77782 Bo’s Business 17.27........................ M Grant 10 48766 Big Muddy 17.29 M &.......................... Smith 5 5.50pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C2, 520m 1 11721 Know Lapse 30.81 .........................G Cleeve

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21732 Know Neglect 30.77 .......................G Cleeve 24236 Ambilight 30.30 J & .........................D Fahey 21565 Opawa Kuru 30.41 L & ....................... Wales 42533 Opawa Rob 30.42 L & ........................ Wales 34211 Another Liz nwtd ....................J T McInerney 13465 Opawa Kendal 30.38 L & ................... Wales 55232 Elwood Sensation nwtd.............R Blackburn 64327 Boston Billy 30.69 H & ........................Taylor 16424 Plutonium 30.37 H & ...........................Taylor 6 6.13pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH DASH C3, 295m 1 32521 Blonde Tori 17.47 ......................A Bradshaw 2 51456 Adjudicator 17.23 S & .....................B Evans 3 81713 Homebush Slinky 17.42 .........J T McInerney 4 46573 Ohoka Coby 17.13 ....................... L Waretini 5 73757 Spider Girl 17.18 .............................. B Dann 6 21515 Business Review 17.44 ..............D Stapleton 7 37416 Om Nom Nom 17.43 ..............J T McInerney 8 64311 Know Contest 17.30.......................G Cleeve 9 77782 Bo’s Business 17.27........................ M Grant 10 25776 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith 7 6.41pm I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C3, 520m 1 55867 Know Ambition 30.53 .....................G Cleeve 2 x7458 Opawa Tania 30.58 L & ...................... Wales 3 28754 Jessie Surfs 30.35 .......................C Roberts 4 2445x Know Security 30.54 ......................G Cleeve 5 27361 Mystic Action 30.35 J &...................D Fahey

6 75766 Botany Blake 30.38 ................J T McInerney 7 68827 Lagoon May 30.57 .......................C Roberts 8 88456 Wears The Gold 30.58 .................C Roberts 9 85175 Zulu Chanel 30.60........................C Roberts 8 7.12pm CAROL’S TAB SPRINT C5, 295m 1 51212 Rodriguez 17.10..................................A Lee 2 51161 Wheelchair Norm 17.01 .........J T McInerney 3 26274 Little Regus 17.01 J & .....................D Fahey 4 53434 Zorba The Greek 17.26 ................... M Grant 5 23178 Starburst Terry 17.20....................... M Grant 6 6x176 Black Crow 17.57 ......................A Bradshaw 7 2117x Mojo Burst 17.03 ............................. M Grant 8 27154 Shadow Apache 17.11 J &..............D Fahey 9 38427 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 9 7.39pm KOLORFUL KANVAS STAKES C3/4, 520m 1 83124 Tina nwtd H & .....................................Taylor 2 31715 What I Like 30.59 ...................J T McInerney 3 13724 Briseur De Reves 30.47 ............A Bradshaw 4 21487 Know Hero 30.32 ...........................G Cleeve 5 13512 Cawbourne Kenny 30.67..............C Roberts 6 36724 Know Mayhem 30.34 .....................G Cleeve 7 54375 Opawa Diesel 30.61 L & .................... Wales 8 24213 Cawbourne War 30.22 .................C Roberts 9 85175 Zulu Chanel 30.60........................C Roberts 10 8.08pm BARRON’S SUPPLIES STAKES C5, 520m 1 22561 Opawa Rosie 29.96.......................... B Dann

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25133 Flying Amelia 17.80 ...........................C Weir 62755 Opawa Stretch 30.32 L & ................... Wales 12352 Dream Collector 29.85 J & ..............D Fahey 18161 Know Mention 30.06 ......................G Cleeve 23881 Jewel Eagle 30.42 S & ....................B Evans 83216 Ugo Flash 30.18 J & .......................D Fahey 61637 Magic Emily 30.15 H &........................Taylor 11 8.38pm CTV DASH C5, 295m 1 64611 About Town 17.27 ...............................A Lee 2 52716 Gorilla On Drums 17.29 ...................A Joyce 3 42137 Smash Rumour 17.19 ..................... M Grant 4 76335 Know Knowing 17.32 .....................G Cleeve 5 32138 Collecting Money 17.27 .................. M Grant 6 37534 Zebidiah 17.02 ..........................A Bradshaw 7 17714 Zipping Jye 17.16...............................C Weir 8 43216 Camside Gold 17.13 J & .................D Fahey 9 38427 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 12 9.07pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C3/4, 295m 1 28747 Plagiarism 17.02 ...............................J Dunn 2 62673 Opawa Opal 17.20 L & ....................... Wales 3 46182 Homebush Ariel 17.42 ...........J T McInerney 4 37782 Homebush Rocky 17.19 .........J T McInerney 5 24651 Rusty Knife 17.09 M & ......................Jopson 6 76622 Aiden Baxter 17.07 ................J T McInerney 7 87563 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 8 47158 Brooke Davis 17.25 ...................... L Waretini 9 77782 Bo’s Business 17.27........................ M Grant 10 25776 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith

9 26588 Thrilling Forest nwtd U &...................Cottam 10 8688x She Said Maybe 21.77 ................... I George 8 2.16pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION SPRINT SERIES HEAT 3 C1q, 375m 1 23823 Calzini 21.20 .................................... S Clark 2 58387 Viking Cruiser 21.39 M & ................. J Smith 3 34743 Mr. Darci 21.35 R & N O’....................Regan 4 87554 Vicariously 21.40 B & ......................... Steele 5 77288 No Parking nwtd R & N O’..................Regan 6 67638 Jetsun Jinny nwtd ..........................G Wilson 7 17876 Cawbourne Roman nwtd U & ...............Bliek 8 28135 Walter Mitty 21.57 .............................B Craik 9 x7865 You Betcha Noddy nwtd R & N O’ ......Regan 10 47688 Cool Foot Luke nwtd .......................... J Foot 9 2.34pm YGOT BONUS SCHEME SPRINT C2/3, 375m 1 75543 Mr. Mumbles 21.48 R & N O’..............Regan 2 68532 Sacred Can You 21.28 R & N O’ ........Regan 3 37337 Ez Feretti 21.37 ............................... L Martin 4 5x885 Pink Bouquet 21.02....................D Schofield 5 38542 Little Dreams 21.16 ........................ G Farrell 6 41247 Multicam Lad 21.63....................D Schofield 7 12111 Chris’s Pride 21.12 ..................... W Toomath 8 88755 Bigtime Dasher nwtd U & ......................Bliek 9 28788 English Honey nwtd R & N O’ ............Regan 10 88688 Mockingjay 21.30 ..............................B Craik 10 2.52pm 0800 4 DOWN COW SPRINT C4/5, 375m 1 12411 Pay Da Trail 20.87 ........................... K Walsh

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85337 Tee Kay Yapper 21.26 ...................... S Clark 31346 Don Draper 21.36 .............................B Craik 55185 Irish Blue 21.23 W & .......................T Steele 21283 Rasso 21.08 ......................................B Craik 55481 Rotovegas Sparky 21.34 .................S Payne 43145 Crackles Appeal 21.34 ....................P Green 77642 Rotovegas Rat 21.15 ......................S Payne 12786 Macjam 21.17 ............................D Schofield 13548 Fresco Star 21.43........................B Littlejohn 11 3.09pm FOND FOODS LTD STAKES C4/5, 457m 1 63122 Jazzboy Jack 25.46 ................... A Lawrence 2 27334 Pretty Chic nwtd .........................D Schofield 3 342F1 Teegambo 25.63 ....................... A Lawrence 4 12576 Premier Osti 25.50 ............................C Hore 5 24615 Teegz 25.89 .............................. A Lawrence 6 56442 Thrilling Carter 25.34 ...................... K Walsh 7 51322 Stylish Fancy 25.59 ....................D Schofield 8 22234 Thou Romeo nwtd.............................D Edlin 12 3.27pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLYN HORE STAKES C1, 457m 1 52175 April’s My Mum nwtd ....................... T Green 2 57637 Lockett In Eddie nwtd R & N O’..........Regan 3 38788 Surmise 25.91 .................................T Patton 4 54644 Regazza Gina 26.10 B & ................... Steele 5 x8874 Jetsun Lord Jon nwtd .....................G Wilson 6 15778 Herschke nwtd ................................P Green 7 8x633 Legato Bay nwtd ...........................K Herbert 8 22123 Dylans A Villain 26.16 .......................C Hore

Emergency: Heza Classic Act

HANDICAP TROT $7500, 5yo+ c1 & faster +claimers discrhcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 51300 Ventimiglia (1) fr .................................L Neal 2 24585 Meyer Lansky 10 .......................... Scratched 3 37283 Le Lua Invasion 20 ....................... Scratched 4 18041 Yogi Johnson (1) 20 ......................Z Butcher 5 43327 Dragon Lady (U1) 20 .................P Ferguson 6 55345 Silver Stream (1) 30 .................. J Abernethy 7 3034x Ella’s Speed (2) 30 ........................T Mitchell 8 9.21pm TINTIN IN AMERICA AT NEVELE R JNR DRVS MBL PACE $7500, 4yo+ c2 to c3, c4 with cond. mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 2200m 1 23700 The Faithful (1) fr.................... S Grayling (J) 2 38447 Elliot Daniel (2) fr ................. M Reynolds (J) 3 20712 Ares (3) fr ........................... J MacKinnon (J) 4 73316 Hadrian (4) fr ................................J Moka (J) 5 34342 Viewfield Apache (5) fr ............ B Butcher (J) 6 76127 Lofty Brogden (6) fr ..........F Schumacher (J) 7 26321 Zakspatrol (7) fr..................M Blakemore (J) 8 37086 Art I Special (8) fr ................. D Ferguson (J) 9 12130 JC Jock (21) fr........................ K Marshall (J) 10 44321 No Way Else (22) fr ................M Johnson (J)

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway

Waikato Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting at Cambridge Raceway on August 6. 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 12.12pm (NZT) IMAGE APPAREL SPRINT SERIES FINAL C0f, 375m 1 22457 Eva Kaneva nwtd ............................. S Clark 2 34362 Rock Lass nwtd..........................D Schofield 3 Cash Machine nwtd ........................ T Green 4 4 Belcroft Banker nwtd ..................H Laagland 5 4531 Thrilling Logan 21.36 ...................... K Walsh 6 6 Our Sambo nwtd .......................... M J Lozell 7 7 Lure Me In nwtd ........................... M J Lozell 8 3 Kimetto nwtd ...............................L Laagland 9 8 Sonic Attack nwtd ........................ M J Lozell 10 52563 Atomic Lass nwtd ............................. S Clark 2 12.30pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C2, 375m 1 14474 Lenny Mac nwtd ...............................T Agent 2 57456 Snapchat 21.28 .................................B Craik 3 15668 Dipsy Lala 21.31 U & ........................Cottam 4 68232 Gumbalanya nwtd ..........................P Henley 5 58887 Calm Nuska 21.31 .....................M Mathews 6 22547 Sometime Soon 21.59 ......................B Craik 7 56566 Lucky Man 21.31...............................B Craik 8 53386 Jack McCoy 21.33..........................P Henley 9 88688 Mockingjay 21.30 ..............................B Craik 10 28788 English Honey nwtd R & N O’ ............Regan

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Thursday, August 6, 2015

3 12.47pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT C0, 375m 1 Highway Hound nwtd ................... M J Lozell 2 67358 Jetsun Desire nwtd ........................G Wilson 3 76278 Ampelmannchen nwtd ..................... S Clark 4 53476 Krack It nwtd .................................... S Clark 5 78x44 Racey Macey nwtd ....................... M J Lozell 6 38355 Comet Foot nwtd ................................ J Foot 7 47764 You Betcha Guff nwtd R & N O’..........Regan 8 Deceptive Lad nwtd....................M Mathews 9 34665 Plaiting Puss nwtd U &..........................Bliek 10 64547 Scott Some Gas nwtd .................... G Farrell 4 1.05pm BOX 1 GOLD SPRINT C2, 375m 1 55153 Very Chilly 21.55 ........................M Mathews 2 43644 Rocketship Mac 21.28...................... S Clark 3 13175 Legal Aid 21.48 .............................. P Lowen 4 12122 Solarian 21.38 ...................................S Ross 5 32116 Multi Chaser 21.35 .......................... T Green 6 15332 Jesse Pinkman 21.34........................B Craik 7 27112 Rum Island nwtd ........................D Schofield 8 47x53 Elephant Trunk nwtd....................... G Farrell 9 15668 Dipsy Lala 21.31 U & ........................Cottam 10 56566 Lucky Man 21.31...............................B Craik 5 1.22pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD STAKES C2/3, 457m 1 11426 Talkin Fancy 25.78 .....................D Schofield 2 16566 Popcorn Sutton 25.65 .......................C Hore 3 65538 Black Dude 25.62...................... A Lawrence

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42467 Good Return 25.36 ....................D Schofield 25711 Melham 25.49 ................................. K Walsh 24755 Trilise 25.56 ............................... A Lawrence 8x441 Rockin’ Fancy 25.82 ...................D Schofield 87567 Zagato 25.65 ............................. A Lawrence 365x7 Pirate Lore nwtd ............................... S Clark 47677 Winsome Dan 25.85 ..................D Schofield 6 1.40pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION SPRINT SERIES HEAT 1 C1q, 375m 1 44235 Jetsun Storm nwtd .........................G Wilson 2 46335 Fox In Box nwtd........................ T Mischefski 3 42724 Contemporaneous 21.65 R & N O’.....Regan 4 43383 Tepirita Enforce nwtd B & ................... Steele 5 66745 Opawa Pearl nwtd R & N O’...............Regan 6 75683 Sunday Driver 22.11 ........................P Taylor 7 66678 Uncle Romilly 21.39 ..........................B Craik 8 33677 Thrilling Orla nwtd .................... S Gommans 9 47688 Cool Foot Luke nwtd .......................... J Foot 10 77788 What’s Up Watto 21.53 W & ............T Steele 7 1.57pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION SPRINT SERIES HEAT 2 C1q, 375m 1 76566 Wairio Dee Jay nwtd B & ................... Steele 2 13645 Skyler White 21.50 ............................B Craik 3 53466 Sue Sews Socks nwtd.............. T Mischefski 4 86746 Procrastination 21.76 U & .....................Bliek 5 47x7x Madam Knocka nwtd ....................K Herbert 6 65135 Hallo Star 21.65 ................................B Bond 7 78775 Renroy 21.44 B & ............................... Steele 8 26854 Addicted 21.65 R & N O’ ....................Regan

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Waikato harness Today at Cambridge Raceway

Harness Racing Waikato’s meeting at Cambridge Raceway on August 6. NZ Meeting number: 5. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8. Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8.

1 6.03pm (NZT) ANDOVER HALL AT NEVELE R STUD HANDICAP TROT $5500, 4yo+ c0, c1 with cond. spechcp trot, stand, 2200m 1 Lundqvist fr .................................. Scratched 2 989 Landora’s Amber (1) fr ..................N Chilcott 3 2400x Georgies Smile (U1) fr ................A Donnelly 4 Isae (U2) fr ....................................Z Butcher 5 7Px55 Springfield Hugh (U3) fr ........ S Cruickshank 6 44639 Amy’s Invasion (1) 30 ....................T Mitchell 7 98407 Mokosun (U1) 30 .................... B Butcher (J) 8 33600 Mighty Sunny (U2) 30 ..................M Teaz (J) 9 28944 Rocky Six (U3) 30 .................... M McKendry 2 6.31pm CHANGEOVER AT NEVELE R STUD HANDICAP PACE $7500, 5yo+ c2 & faster discrhcp pace, stand, 2200m 1 69133 Four Starzzz Shiraz (1) fr ...............J I Dickie 2 67542 Simply Stunning (1) 10............ T Macfarlane

3 35871 Cullies Delight 10 ......................... Scratched 4 15565 Brydon Delight (1) 20 ....................Z Butcher 5 000x1 Earthbound (2) 20 .................... M McKendry 6 8006x Shestherealdeal (U1) 20 ...........S Abernethy 7 40606 Maloo (1) 30 ..................................P Butcher 3 7.02pm CHRISTIAN CULLEN AT NEVEL R STUD F&M MOBILE PACE $6000, 4yo+ f&m c1 to c2, c3 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 706Px Art Angel (1) fr ..............................P Butcher 2 12x40 Shardon’s Sheralee (2) fr ..............T Mitchell 3 6x985 Capital El (3) fr ....................... K Marshall (J) 4 69x24 Christy Maguire (4) fr ............... M McKendry 5 65289 Lyn’s Delight (5) fr .........................N Chilcott 6 x4105 Strawberry Miss (6) fr................ J Abernethy 7 84x76 Unmissuble fr ............................... Scratched 8 54674 Kilkeel Lady (7) fr ......................S Abernethy 9 95536 Arms Of An Angel (21) fr..............M Teaz (J) 10 1832x Hartofdixie (22) fr ..........................Z Butcher 4 7.27pm MUSCLES YANKEE AT NEVELE R STUD MOBILE TROT $6000, 5yo+ c1 to c3, mobile, 2200m 1 75478 Opawa Speed (1) fr ............... S Cruickshank

2 765x3 Brookby Prince (2) fr .............. S Grayling (J) 3 42326 Sapphire Castleton (3) fr ...............P Butcher 4 x4322 Jimmys Girl (4) fr.................... K Marshall (J) 5 56818 Stuey D fr ..................................... Scratched 6 51032 Loki Brogden (5) fr ........................N Chilcott 7 0x000 Chosen Path (6) fr ..........................S Phelan 5 7.53pm GOLD ACE AT NEVELE R STUD MOBILE PACE $5500, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 3 Hu R U (1) fr............................. M McKendry 2 9x639 Emerson Margaret (2) fr......................T Hall 3 944 Sleeping Beauty (3) fr ...................S Lawson 4 583 Stars Delight (4) fr .........................S Butcher 5 45 Armabluechipboy (5) fr ...................S Phelan 6 24 Ranfurly Brogden (6) fr .................N Chilcott 7 32x56 Concorde (7) fr ...................................S Reid 8 07 Wynberg Courage (8) fr ................P Butcher 9 1056 Chrissie Jet (21) fr................... B Butcher (J) 10 47084 The Keystone Kid (22) fr ...............Z Butcher 11 96450 Diamond Supreme (23) fr ...........A Donnelly 12 74x0 Without Prejudice (24) fr ....... S Cruickshank 13 70 Heza Classic Act fr....................... Scratched 14 9x2 Machineguns N Gems (25) fr . K Marshall (J)

6 8.27pm LIVE OR DIE AT NEVELE R STUD MOBILE

PACE $6000, 4yo+ c1, others with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 33251 Soldier (1) fr ............................. M McKendry 2 06479 Could A Dunit (2) fr ................... J Abernethy 3 8x070 Machinegun Kelly (3) fr .................N Chilcott 4 96x96 Royal Kate (4) fr .........................P Ferguson 5 x5957 Supposing (5) fr ...................... T Macfarlane 6 109xP Spare Change (6) fr ......................P Butcher 7 3x190 The Moonraker (7) fr .....................S Lawson 8 6x985 Capital El fr .................................. Scratched 9 x7916 Ucanttakeitwithu (21) fr .................Z Butcher 10 1800x Master Of Escape (22) fr...............T Mitchell 11 x1738 Baby Houseman (23) fr ..................S Phelan 12 20537 Souvenir Glory (24) fr............. K Marshall (J) 13 37x97 Thatshowie Roll (25) fr ......... D Ferguson (J) 14 38032 Murphy Brown (26) fr ................S Abernethy 15 69926 Golden Billion (U1) fr............... B Butcher (J) Emergencies: Machinegun Kelly, Capital El 7 8.56pm CR COMMANDO AT NEVELE R STUD

M4 Egmont gallops Today at Hawera Raceway

Egmont Racing Club’s meeting at Hawera on August 6.

NZ Meeting number: 4. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8. Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8.

1 12.21pm (NZT) PROISIR @ RICH HILL STUD RATING 85 1100 $12,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1100m 1 7122x Overtheriver b (6) 63.5 ........... L Werner (a4) 2 47x17 Mighty Matt tmb (4) 60.5 ............L Hemi (a2) 3 0x518 Cool Moon tmh (1) 56 .................... J Parkes 4 23211 Bannockburn m (5) 54 ................ R Hannam 5 02x5x Batman (2) 54 ...............................L Allpress 6 314x3 Second Time Lucky (3) 54 ..............R Myers 2 12.56pm LARRY VICKERS CARTAGE ‘N CRANE LTD MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1100m 1 2525x Silver Court (8) 58.5 ..................... D Mo (a3) 2 0x030 Black Iziah (1) 58.5 3 3656x Blazing Opal (6) 58.5 .......................K Smith 4 Apache Kid (9) 58.5 .................M Singh (a3) 5 9x Brecon Beau (7) 58.5 ..................... J Parkes 6 734x7 Aly’s Belt (5) 56.5 ....................B Hutton (a1) 7 70270 Rossini Girl (3) 56.5 ......................L Allpress 8 00. Marie Antoinette (2) 56.5... D Turner (a1) 9 8x She’s A Rock (4) 56.5 ................. R Hannam 10 48x6 Naki Girl 54 .................................. Scratched 3 1.31pm ENERGY CITY MOTORS HAWERA MAID-

EN 1400 $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 50553 Rocfive h (11) 58.5 ..........................J Riddell 2 0020x Szyslak (9) 58.5 ................... M McNelis (a4) 3 0x030 Black Iziah (5) 58.5 ................. D Turner (a1) 4 x4907 Fifteensixty h (7) 58.5 .................... J Parkes 5 8 Gordys Gesture (12) 58.5 ...............R Myers 6 34x29 Onefortheditch (10) 56.5 ........ L Werner (a4) 7 785. Justa Duchess (6) 56.5 ............... R Hannam 8 Amour De Jeu (3) 56.5................. D Mo (a3) 9 70 Missy Ba Ba (8) 56.5.....................L Allpress 10 x0877 Nippa Mary h (1) 56.5 ..............A Jones (a2) 11 9 Philosopher (4) 56.5................S McKay (a2) 12 900x0 Unreel (2) 56.5 ................................ K Myers 4 2.06pm HAWERA TRAINERS RATING 65 1400 $8000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 5x421 Alinko Prince (10) 59.....................L Allpress 2 53521 Lautaro dm (8) 59 .................. L Werner (a4) 3 x6360 Mr Ink th (7) 59............................... J Parkes 4 05051 Itsalright dm (11) 58 ................S McKay (a2) 5 7x414 Veracious d (12) 57.5 ............ N Teeluck (a3) 6 0000x J’Walke h (9) 57.5 ...........................R Myers 7 x0108 Five Tarts mh (5) 56 ..................J Oliver (a2) 8 9x746 Tihi Keepa m (6) 55.5................... D Mo (a3) 9 x8737 By The Powers dm (1) 55.5............. K Myers 10 47064 Sir Gonzales dm (2) 55.5 ............ R Hannam

11 x1098 Phone Girl th (3) 55..................A Jones (a2) 12 x7300 Our Debutante m (4) 54 .............L Hemi (a2) 5 2.41pm STORAGE AND EQUIPMENT HIRE MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 02243 Cotta Pin bh (14) 58.5 .....................J Riddell 2 23202 Evadir La Bala (18) 58.5 ........ L Werner (a4) 3 25424 Master Patrick bh (3) 58.5 ... M Dravitzki (a1) 4 553x3 Altiplano (12) 58.5 ........................... K Myers 5 345P3 And Thatz Scotty (16) 58.5 ... N Teeluck (a3) 6 3. Infoxicated (13) 58.5 ..................L Hemi (a2) 7 47L23 Venerate (7) 58.5 ....................S McKay (a2) 8 76x Cavalry (11) 58.5 ....................B Hutton (a1) 9 706 One Of Three (5) 58.5 ...............J Oliver (a2) 10 Wood Chopper (2) 58.5...................R Myers 11 00x20 Belle Zed h (4) 56.5 ....................... J Parkes 12 x5949 For Fashion (15) 56.5 ...............M Singh (a3) 13 5x505 Hallowed (8) 56.5 .....................A Jones (a2) 14 0 Hip Hooray (1) 56.5 ...........R Goldsbury (a3) 15 66736 Authentic (6) 58.5 ................. M McNelis (a4) 16 65096 Cool Wonder (10) 58.5 17 8x899 Silver Hiho (17) 58.5 18 09x0x Tony Soprano (9) 58.5 19 70 Missy Ba Ba (19) 56.5 Emergencies: Authentic, Cool Wonder, Silver Hiho, Tony Soprano, Missy Ba Ba

6 3.16pm SIMTECH SOUNDS/FRAMING GALLERY RATING 75 1600 $10,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 10511 Clapathunda tdmh (10) 59 ........J Oliver (a2) 2 x3612 It’s A Wonder dmb (3) 59 ................ K Myers 3 63839 The Graduate dm (4) 59 .............. D Mo (a3) 4 67583 Wiggle dm (12) 59...........................J Riddell 5 0540x Miss Enders td (6) 58 ..................... J Parkes 6 89525 Royal Haze tdm (8) 58 ....................R Myers 7 086x4 Il Poverino dm (1) 58 .............. L Werner (a4) 8 x0110 Vega tdmh (9) 58.....................S McKay (a2) 9 38x71 Blue Wagon 57.5 .......................... Scratched 10 7308x Ciskay tm (11) 57.5 ...........R Goldsbury (a3) 11 10x63 McRae tdm (2) 57.5 .........................K Smith 12 x2831 Wow Whata Princess m (7) 57.M Singh (a3) 13 02607 Power Trip tdmh (5) 54 ................ R Hannam 7 3.51pm TARANAKI STEELFORMERS LTD OPEN HANDICAP 2100 $15,000, OPN HCP, 2100m 1 46190 Intransigent dm (6) 59 ......................K Smith 2 0x843 Hydrogen d (3) 57 .........................P Holmes 3 55706 Sir Elmo 57 .................................. Scratched 4 82490 King Victor tmh (9) 56.5 ................. J Parkes 5 75345 Ngario dm (7) 56.5 ..........................R Myers 6 30939 Thatz David tdm (8) 54.5 ........ N Teeluck (a)

7 26318 Katie McKeen tdm (5) 54 ..............L Allpress 8 7x973 Share The Blame m (1) 54 .............. K Myers 9 x5177 Les Sylphides dm (4) 54 .....R Goldsbury (a) 10 33042 Banteneighty (2) 54..................... R Hannam 8 4.21pm MARK FROST ELECTRICAL LTD RATING 65 2100 $8000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 8x959 King Nero m (1) 59...................... R Hannam 2 41282 Nitro Ted mh (7) 59 .........................J Riddell 3 27436 Anotherchancetaken m (3) 57.5 ...M McNelis (a4) 4 138Fx Sontana (11) 57.5 5 03150 Bang (10) 56.5 ..............................L Allpress 6 x0430 Beau Zed tdmh (12) 56.5 .........A Jones (a2) 7 91497 Luas m (18) 56.5 ......................M Singh (a3) 8 L8855 Savarhys (4) 56.5 ................ J Parkes 9 510x0 Look Whos Asking (5) 56 ....... L Werner (a4) 10 14830 Chonney t (16) 54 ......................L Hemi (a2) 11 197x6 Horizon m (17) 54 ...........................R Myers 12 45723 Good Risk mh (9) 54 ........... M Dravitzki (a1) 13 4805F Needs To Play m (6) 54 ...........B Hutton (a1) 14 00x56 Torrado m (14) 54 ...................S McKay (a2) 15 07x97 Sortemout m (2) 54 ......................... K Myers 16 9653P Goondiwindi (13) 54 17 0P9P9 Tim m (8) 54 18 06203 Adrienne (15) 54 -

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■ INDOOR BOWLS

In brief

Trio joins South Island’s best Ashburton players add a mix of experience and youth into next week’s South Island bowls team tour of the North Island.

Ashburton is supplying three players to the South Island team – Michael Lawson, Grant Wilson and Matt Markham – and they’ll face a gruelling nine match schedule against the North Island’s best.

Lawson is no stranger to representative bowls, with this being his 17th appearance for the South Island, while Markham is the side’s only debutant thanks to a top season on the carpet.

Lawson – who has five interisland medals to his name from 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2014 - will play at three in the fours. He’s a former national triples champion from 2006, and won an Island Championship Gold Star in 2014, from the fours in 2001, pairs in 2004, 2013, 2014, and the triples in 2006. He was also player of the tournament in 2010.

For Wilson – 2013 champion of champion singles winner it’s his second appearance for the South Island, having debuted last year, and he’ll feature in the singles.

Markham, a former South Island junior representative, will

Does Lauren Boyle get the recognition she deserves in this country? Probably not.

The 27-year-old Whenuapairaised freestyle swimming star is the first Kiwi to claim four world championship medals after winning silver in the 1500 metre event in Russia to go with three bronze medals from Barcelona in 2013. In this she has eclipsed the three won by double Olympic freestyle champion and international Hall of Fame member Danyon Loader. To put her three bronze and one silver medals into some context, New Zealand has only won nine world championship medals, none of them gold.

Diamonds wary

Indoor bowls stars (from left) Michael Lawson, Matt Markham and Grant Wilson are ready to take on the North Island.

PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON

lead in the triples, adding to a stellar season for the Methven man. Already this year he’s made the semi-finals in both the triples and the pairs at the national championships in Timaru.

The South Island plays matches against Taranaki, North Taranaki, King Country, Waikato, Tauranga, Thames Valley, Counties and Roskill and Districts combined, Northland, followed by Auckland and

North Harbour combined in the nine match itinerary.

The tour culminates in the annual Inter-Island match for the Kevin Eddy Memorial Trophy, which the North has won for the past 11 years.

McCullum’s bravado was sorely missed It’s a left field thought, but in assessing New Zealand’s 10-wicket win over Zimbabwe yesterday, Brendon McCullum sprang to mind.

New Zealand’s 10-wicket win – achieved on the back of a 236-run partnership between Martin Guptill and Tom Latham – left the three-game rubber nicely poised at 1-1 going into the decider in Harare tomorrow night.

Love your work, Lauren

Guptill continued a remarkable year with a third ODI century, 116 off 138 balls, while Latham’s first ODI ton, 110 took 116 deliveries.

As a riposte to being well beaten in the opening match on Monday it was almost as emphatic as could be, save slipping up in the latter stages of Zimbabwe’s innings, as centurymaker Sikander Raza and tailender Tineshe Panyangara

shared a national record 89-run stand for the ninth wicket.

But had McCullum been opening, and finished unbeaten, the win would have been accomplished far more quickly than the 43rd over. That’s not a slur on Guptill, who has been in rousing touch since the World Cup began in February, or Latham. It is more an observation on the little south Dunedin scrapper’s methods and by ex-

tension what lies ahead for New Zealand’s top order.

McCullum is sitting this tour out, and with that in mind, how significant was Latham’s hundred? He, too, goes about his batting in strikingly different fashion to McCullum.

No one in world cricket bats with the bravado of McCullum, which is why New Zealand should enjoy what is shaping as his final year.

- NZME

Elliott in the medals at cross-country nationals Mid Canterbury’s Aimee Elliott helped the Canterbury Under 20 women’s cross-country team take home gold at the national cross-country championships over the weekend.

The event, held on August 1, saw Elliott and her team-mates go up against a strong Waikato/ Bay of Plenty team.

The 15-year-old has maintained good form throughout the cross-country season, managing to scoop up a bronze medal in

the women’s U20 6km event at the Canterbury Cross-Country Champs three weeks ago.

The national championships were the final event for the winter cross-country season and was held at Halswell Quarry – an area well known for its steep hills.

The four-person team was headed by Rosa Flanagan from Christchurch, who won the individual title and will soon head off to the World Athletic Champs in China.

Left - Aimee Elliott makes a run to the finish line to claim ninth place individually in the national women’s U20 6km run.

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Diamonds defender Sharni Layton isn’t buying into the talk around the Silver Ferns shooting end.

New Zealand’s revamped shooting line-up, which includes 20-year-old rookie Malia Paseka and relative newcomer Bailey Mes, has been the subject of much discussion heading into tomorrow’s World Cup opener. The fact the Ferns will be fielding players who are largely untested in pressure situations in the crucial goal shoot position is of major concern for Kiwi fans, with both players appearing in their first major tournament at senior level.

However, Layton, just one of a quartet of experienced Diamonds defenders, has dismissed any suggestion the likes of Mes and Paseka are green at this level.

Lasike in the NFL? New Zealander Paul Lasike is hoping to make it big with the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL. He was signed as an undrafted free agent in May and he’s made a strong impression in his first training session this week.

Lasike, 25, was born in Auckland and only began playing American Football in 2012 for Brigham Young University (BYU) but he’s improved year after year _ increasing the rushing and receiving yards he’s made. With previous rugby experience from his youth, Lasike has taken a liking to the sport and he plays as a running back.

Former NFL star Ron Wolfey said he was “the star of pads practice” and the Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald was fired up after watching Lasike – high fiving him after he caught a pass while athletically falling to score a touchdown.

Concussion plea NRL veteran Willie Mason has implored the NRL to take a tougher stance on concussion.

The Manly prop said he didn’t understand how teammate Steve Matai was allowed to play two weeks after being “knocked out cold”. He also questioned South Sydney’s move to name Kyle Turner to play the Sea Eagles in a match on Friday, just five days since he suffered a sickening head knock against Penrith. The Rabbitohs back-rower suffered his seventh concussion in two years against the Panthers in his return to the NRL after neck surgery.

Souths coach Michael Maguire hasn’t ruled out playing Turner against the Sea Eagles at Brookvale on Friday.

- AAP

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■ NETBALL

Leaders look to consolidate top spots

By Caitlin Porter

Caitlin.p@theguardian.co.nz

As the fourth week of the final round of Thursday night netball kicks off tonight, Collegiate is aiming to secure its position at the top of the points table.

The team was dropped down from premier during the first round of netball, but coach Sonya Frew said the team had grown a lot since then.

“This round they seem to have got it together and they’re

playing as a team, they’re playing some nice netball which is good,” Frew said.

“When we got dropped from the first round, we weren’t ready to be up there but definitely would like to be now.”

This week, the Senior A team will play off against Celtic B for the first time.

Frew said the team was looking forward to the game, but had never come up against them before.

They were scheduled to play them back in June, but unfortunately snow got in the way.

However, Frew said Collegiate wasn’t taking the game lightly and was going to put 100 per cent in.

The season started off tough for the team, who were hampered by an incomplete line-upearly on.

Now though, it’s a different story.

“The team has really pro-

gressed since the start of the season, we are pretty happy with them,” Frew said.

“They’ve got good team spirit, and they’re working as a team now – they were very individual in the start.”

Frew said she’s sure their game against Celtic will make for a great one to watch, but that’s not the only big game of the night. Up in premier there’s another big clash to be had.

Three teams sit tied in the top-

of-the-table spot – with Methven, Celtic and Ashburton College all sitting on 10 points.

Tonight, Methven and Celtic will play off – both teams determined to add to their points talley.

Meanwhile, College will meet Rakaia, while United and Hampstead face off in the early game.

In senior A, former premier team College B play College Y9A and Hampstead B come up against Allenton.

Under 15s turn up heat at Mainland

By Caitlin Porter

Caitlin.p@theguardian.co.nz

It was another mixed bag for Mid Canterbury’s two under 15 netball teams during the second round of the Mainland Championship Competition last weekend.

The U15 A team took on Christchurch 2 first up, and coach Janene McDowell said the girls had been working on bringing the ball right through court but unfortunately putting it into practice didn’t work so well, and Mid Canterbury lost the game 32-22.

Next up was Marlborough, and Mid Canterbury played well, securing a 26-12 win.

“We got everybody on the court as well which was a really good,” McDowell said.

Their last game was a tough one against Christchurch 1 and Mid Canterbury was defeated 39-22.

The Mid Canterbury U15 B netball team taking a break during last weekend’s tournament.

“That game was really a cracker of a game to watch,” she said.

“We did some absolutely brilliant stuff on court … the first and last quarter we basically won it.”

As for the U15B team, it was also a tough day.

Coach Kirsty Naish said the team’s first game against West

Coast was a stunner, with a 3118 win. North Canterbury was up next, but the opposition was slick, she said.

The team lost that game 4113.

Their final game, against Selwyn 2, was another tough one. “[It was] goal for goal most

of the game, but some expensive errors in the second half cost us the game 31-21.”

Overall Naish said the girls worked on implementing the skills they had worked on in training.

“Holly Gray had an outstanding day at wing defence, turning over the ball relentlessly [and]

Natasha Drummond was a rock in our shooting circle,” she said.

Unfortunately, after a long netball season injuries are starting to creep in so to combat that, the girls will have a break over the next week and slot in one last training before the tournament rounds off at the end of the month.

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club August 9 Weekend Ladies - Irish Stableford. Report 8.45 am.

Mid-Week Ladies. Tuesday 11th August 2015. Irish Stableford. Draw Steward: Kathryn Green 3085393. Starters: H. Hawksby & K. Green. Please report by 9.45 am. No. 1 Tee. 10.00 S. Elliott, H. Robertson, J. Dunlop. 10.06 S. Lemon, L. Wackrow, W. Carter. 10.12 P. Bell, L. Small, E. Langford. 10.18 H. Hawksby, K. Read, K. Green. No. 7 Tee. 10.12 C. Trott, J. Williams, D. Simmons. 10.18 D. Hinton, M. Urquhart, H. Trott. No. 10 Tee. 10.00 V. Moore, A. Grant, F. Matsinger. 10.06 J. Guilford, R. Bennett. 10.12

B. Turton, E. Porter, S. Hastie. 10.18 J. Welch, D. Engelbrecht, B. Watkins.

August 3 Nine Hole Men and Women. Rnd 4 medal-stroke. Report: 9.45 am. Convenors: Ann Fleming 3084005 and Joy Nicholas 3086464. Club Captain: Jenny Williams 3082081

Tinwald Golf Club August 8 2nd round of the Smitheram and Grant Trophies (3 of 3 gross and net). Morning players will have a clubhouse draw for an 8am start. Players are asked to report 15 minutes prior to tee off times.

No 1 Tee. 12.30, S Kennedy, P Hefford, R Thompson, E Tulip. 12.36, R Feutz, T Clarke, A Barrie, A Millar No 10 Tee. 12.30, G Rennie, W Eddington, R Wards, A Pawsey. 12.36, B Collins, N Rayner, K Bishop, D Osborn. No 13 Tee. 12.30, E Collins, J Beardsley, S Lane, J VanderHeide. 12.36, W Scott, D Allan, D Green,

No 7 Tee. 12.36, P Marshall, C Miller, S Kircher, C Whiting Starters am B Collins pm K Bonnington, A Barrie. Cards S Anderson Women’s Division August 11 2nd Lloyd Trophy 3rd Standfast Jane Ross (B3) No 1 10.00 B. O’Neill J. Bruhns T. Clarke 10.05 A. Dwan M. Pawsey S. Vucetich 10.10 K. McAuliffe D. Wellman S. Young No 7 10.00 L. McClea D. Sharplin V. Prendergast 10.05 D. Bell H. Argyle B. Cochrane 10.10 J. vander Heide M. Moore J. Smith V. Cartney No 10 10.00 P. Smith C. Shanks P. Ellis 10.05 C. Linney M. Smith B. Harris 10.10 J. Undy L. Glassey M. Oakley L. Bird No 13 M. Kennedy D. King B. Jackson 9 Holes 6th Bell Trophy No 1 10.30 M. Sherriff I. Ross 10.35 K. Young R. O’Brien C. Carr Starters J. Undy M. Moore; Cards J. Bruhns T. Clarke; Tea duty C. Shanks H. Argyle; Draw Steward J. Bruhns

RESULTS ■■ Golf Tinwald Golf Club August 4 Woman’s Division Competition L G U Silver Leen Bell 93 19 74 Bronze 1 Helen Argyle 102 26 76 Bronze 2 Maxine Whiting 106 29 77 Bronze 3 Val Cartney 129 40 89 Nearest the Pins No 2 Dairy Business Centre Trish Clarke No6 Stables Restaurant Kirsty Mc Auliffe No 12 Mac & Maggies June Steenson No 16 Outdoor Adventure Maree Moore 9 Hole Competition Madge Sheriff 59 20 39 Karen Young 69 25 44

■■ Shooting Mt Somers Rifle Club August 3 Eddie Millichamp 91.1, Steve Millichamp 97.4, 94.2, Sid Stewart 96.5, 96.2, Andrew Oram 99.4, 97.5, Dave Millichamp 95.2, Mark Smith 91.1, 89.2, Jacob Smith 84.1, Kevin Fews 79, 92.2, Wayne Tubb 93.2, Brent Frame 97.4, 94.4, Michael Aymes 94.3.

Mayfield Rifle Club August 3 Kyle Hansen 91.2, Daniel Gould 59, Olly 49, Nicholas McDowell 69, Adrien Holden 91.2, Oakley Murphy 77.1, Robert Spencer 85.1, Will Boyd 61, Fernando Torres 92.1, 93.3, Hamish Kirk 73.1, James Spencer 62, Caleb Ross 67, Sophie Holden 66, Ben Nordqvist 90, Dave Kingston 85.3, 93.1, John Fleming 96.5, Carl Nordqvist 93.3, Alan Wakelin 97.5, Martin Fleming 94.3, 96.3.

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Daily Events Thursday

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around Op-shop. Cnr Cass Street and Havelock Street.

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

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

10.00am- 11.00am GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN TRUST. Coffee/Support group on every Thursday Presbyterian Support Rooms, Tancred Street.

10.30am RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, 1st time free. St Andrews Church, Bridge Street Rakaia.

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

1.00pm - 3.00pm

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

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - no counting, beginners welcome. Waireka Club rooms, Philip Street.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club Day, new members very welcome. M.S.A. Sports Grounds, 115 Racecourse Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIORNET. Windows 10 Introduction. M.S.A. lounge off Burnett Street.

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

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

Friday

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter. Main Street, Methven.

10.30am ASHBURTON OSTOMY SOCIETY. Morning coffee for our members.

Columbus Coffee, Moore Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

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

Ground floor, Heritage Centre, West Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON ASTRONOMY GROUP. Open for public viewing if the skies are clear! Ashburton College Observatory, Walnut Avenue.

9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning.

Social Hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am - 11.00am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Classes. Balmoral hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime section, great exercise, new players welcome, rackets available.

EA Networks Centre Stadium. River Terrace.

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

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

6.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall.

48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 11.30am ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Drop in for a cuppa, clothing sale.

St Andrews Anglican Church, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

Puzzles Thursday, August 6, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC

ACROSS 1. Friend has other ideas when constructing fence (8) 4. Lots of money is returned, but one must call a halt (4) 8. Part of a circle included in marching order (3) 9. Fillies and colts of Sal unruly (5) 10. Saloon in America raided (3) 11. Almost arrive at stronghold to offer solace (7) 12. Fool gets board to prompt TV speaker (5) 13. He may talk without a mike but this will amplify the sound (4,7) 17. Where people fight it takes an age to get it back (5) 18. Have a bit of a brush and show one’s indignation (7) 20. Cuppa tempts eternally arid beginners (3) 21. German industry seen to be disposed around the South here (5) 22. Pinch something back by way of embargo (3) 23. Make one cross gun that hasn’t got a middle (4) 24. Guess grin is non-u and upsetting if one laughs like this (8)

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14. Protective clothing on top of everything else (7) 15. Spoil converted try and he will die for the cause (6) 16. Couples courted may see love means nothing in it (6) 18. Depression due to graduate wrongdoing (5) 19. Put down motion with a set of figures (5)

CRYPTIC Across 1. Sergeants 5. Tip 7. Mess 8. Starling 10. Visitors 11. Skin 13. Resort 15. Appear 18. Bank 19. Precious 22. Roadways 23. Mill 24. Ass 25. Run to seed Down 1. Samovar 2. Roses 3. Nature 4. Spry 5. Trickle 6. Pagan 9. Stork 12. Space 14. Sandals 16. Rustled 17. Crayon 18. Burma 20. Olive 21. Ewer

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QUICK ACROSS 6. Phone (colloq) (6) 7. Decapitate (6) 10. Raise (7) 11. Heals (5) 12. Swarm (4) 13. Slumber (5) 16. Roost (5) 17. None (4) 20. Plunges (5) 21. Hone (7) 22. Dreary (6) 23. Opportunity (6)

DOWN 1. Forgetful (6-6) 2. Always (7) 3. Review (5) 4. Instructor (7) 5. Cheerful (5) 8. Let down (12) 9. Warlike (9) 14. Saviour (7) 15. Assisting (7) 18. Brag (5) 19. Hoard (5)

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Discretion is a talent, but it also can be learned. Whether or not you were born with the instinct to hold your tongue, your inclination to do so will save someone from embarrassment today.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ve thought long about letting someone off the hook, and today brings the perfect opportunity. Forgiveness brings so many benefits that it almost seems selfish.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): It’s not a competition.

That’s what you keep telling yourself, while another part of your brain counters: why does it feel like a competition? You won’t be able to stop winning.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): It takes brainpower to comprehend nature, and the smartest people wonder whether it’s even worth thinking about. The body has intelligence beyond what the mind can grasp.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Heightened circumstances make life stressful — the changes in relationships, jobs, health, location, etc. You can handle it. Give yourself permission to relax.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Does life inflict the same harsh reality on pessimists as it does on optimists?

The law of attraction — you get what you focus on — suggests otherwise.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Action can be impeded, but not intention or disposition. In other words, you can stop a person from doing wrong, but you can’t change the desire or the attitude that goes along with it.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): There is always another route. Seek new direction; find adventure.

Once again, you’ll know what it feels like to be the most interesting person in the room.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): The thing you dread — it’s not so bad. So go on and get face to face with it. This will be over soon enough, but only because you were willing to deal with it.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Here’s something you should know: Your magical thinking can be a threat to someone who thinks differently. When your ideas work out, try not to rub it in.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): In your current mood, it’s hard for you to like things — you love them instead. Therefore, be stingy with your promises.

Your enthusiasm could have you committing more than you’ll be willing to deliver later.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Your mind will be whirring, even when you’re asleep. The best idea will be the new one you come up with now. Don’t be surprised if it’s the only one on the table.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

NELSON, George (Rex) – Suddenly but peacefully on Tuesday, August 4, 2015 with his family and friends, aged 85 years. Loved and loving husband of Allana. Cherished father of Michelle, Deb and Eric, Vicki, Hamish and Raquel. Dearly loved poppa of Emma and Craig, Keiren and Sam, Rebecca and Brendan, Georgia, Koen, and Jett. Great poppa of Arlo and Mabel. Funeral details later.

Messages to 144 Bennetts Road, RD 22 Geraldine 7992.

Geraldine Funeral Services Ltd. FDANZ.

PRINGLE, Andrew, (Tom) – Died peacefully on August 3, 2015. Loving and dearly loved husband of Daphne.

Father of Lisa, and Scott and father in law of Derek.

Cherished Granddad Tom (and secret lolly provider) of Xavier and Savanah.

Messages to Pringle family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

In lieu of flowers donations to Ashburton St John would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A funeral service for Tom will be held at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street, Ashburton on FRIDAY, August 7, commencing at 1.30pm.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 387.1 Nth Ashburton at 3:00 pm, yesterday

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Showers spreading northwards, snow lowering to 300m, retreating to the coast later.

SW, freshening about the coast for a time.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Chase 3 0 11am May The Best House Win Four sets of home-owners are invited to judge one another’s houses based on interior design, homeliness, comfort, and hospitality.

Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale Rachel discovers Jai’s secret; Aaron loses it with Cain; Finn reacts to Ross’s confession. 0 1:30 Coronation Street PGR 3 Stella makes preparations for the wedding; Beth is worried about Craig; Jason and Dev play detective. 0 2pm Who’s Doing The Dishes?

2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 0 8:30 N House Husbands PGR The guys wake up to discover they bought a pub on a wild night out; Lewis and Gemma’s marriage is affected by secrets from Lewis’s past. 0 9:35 Word Up 0 10:05 Miranda PGR 3 0 10:45 One News Tonight 0

6am Creflo Dollar Ministries 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:52 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 6:55 Fish Hooks 3 0 7:20 Sanjay And Craig 0 7:45 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 8:15 Doc McStuffins 3 0 8:35 Everything’s Rosie 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Cougar Town AO 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle 1:30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here PGR 3pm The Middle 3 0 3:30 Angry Birds Stella 0 3:35 Randy Cunningham – 9th Grade Ninja 0 4pm Austin And Ally 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Police Ten 7 A stolen car leads to another in Christchurch; a man who assaults an elderly woman thinks he is the victim. 0 8pm Surveillance Oz PGR 0 8:30 Neighbours At War AO 0 9pm Bogans AO 0 9:30 F Marvel’s Agents Of Shield AO 0 10:30 Police Ten 7 3 0

6am Paul Henry 9am Infomercials 10:30 Missing Pieces PGR 3 Demetrius’s search for his father leads the team to Crete, and to a family that sheltered New Zealand soldiers in the Second World War. 0 11am Rachael Ray NFL powerhouse Tony Gonzalez and his wife October are Rachael’s co-hosts for the day.

Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage AO Game show hosted by Jerry Springer.

1pm Dr Phil AO 2pm The Ricki Lake Show PGR 3:05 The Real Housewives Of Melbourne PGR 4:10 Entertainment Tonight 4:35 The Block – Triple Threat 6pm 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Dragons – Riders Of Berk 3 7:55 The Wild Thornberrys 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Hi 5 House 8:55 Peppa Pig 3 9am Fireman Sam 0 9:10 Thomas And Friends 3 9:20 Bob The Builder 3 9:30 Barney And Friends 3 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Drake And Josh 3 5:05 Mr Young 5:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3

7pm Come Dine With Me New Zealand PGR 0 7:30 Kevin McCloud’s Man Made Home Kevin takes his off-grid beach build to a new level with an observation tower. 0 8:30 Born Naughty? PGR 0 9:30 2000 Tattoos But Don’t Judge Me AO A look at the world of extreme body modifiers. 0 10:35 Newsworthy

7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 Family Guy PGR 3 8pm Bob’s Burgers PGR 3 8:30 M Doom AO 3 2005 Sci-fi. Based on a computer game about marines sent to investigate what went wrong at a scientific research centre on Mars. Karl Urban, The Rock. 0 10:35 The Almighty Johnsons AO 30

11:15 Hotel Of Mum And Dad AO Two girls have their boyfriends at their beck and call, but how will they cope with having to stand on their own two feet? 12:25 The School PGR 3 1:20 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:45 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

11pm The Last Ship PGR 0 11:55 Orange Is The New Black AO 1:10 Cops Uncut AO 3 0 1:35 Infomercials 2:35 The Real PGR 3 3:25 The Tomorrow People AO 3 0 4:15 Mighty Med 3 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:05 Golf World A look at the 11:35 Entertainment Tonight world’s exclusive golfing destinations Midnight Infomercials and biggest golfing personalities.

11:35 Blue Bloods AO 3 When Erin’s informant is murdered, she blames herself, and teams up with Danny to discover who killed him. 0 12:35 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 All 4 Adventure – Across The Top 7:30 You Live In What?

8:30 Love Nature 9:30 The Cook And The Chef 10am Tales From River Cottage 10:30 Holmes Makes It Right 11:30 Auction Kings PGR Noon Dangerous Roads 1pm Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 2pm All 4 Adventure – Across The Top 3pm Being Erica PGR 4pm Natural World – Chimps Of The Lost Gorge 5pm Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey 6pm The Million Pound Property Experiment 7pm The Liquidator 7:30 Jamie’s Food Escapes Jamie Oliver travels the world to learn about different cultures and cuisines.

8:30 In Search Of Perfection Chef Heston Blumenthal turns his attention to the nation’s traditional dishes, in order to unlock their inherent perfection.

9:10 The Lazy Chef 9:40 Italian Food Safari 10:10 Mary Berry Cooks 10:45 The Liquidator 11:10 Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey

FRIDAY

Midnight Bath Crashers 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Being Erica PGR 2am Natural World – Chimps Of The Lost Gorge 3am The Million Pound Property Experiment 4am Jamie’s Food Escapes 5am Italian Food Safari 5:30 Mary Berry Cooks

PRIME

THE BOX 6am Psych MC 6:50 Hatfields And McCoys – White Lightning PG 7:40 The Simpsons PG 8:05 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 8:30 Hardcore Pawn – Behind The Deal PGL 8:55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 9:45 Criminal Intent MV 10:35 CSI – New York MV 11:25 NCIS MV 12:15 NCIS – LA MV 1:05 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 1:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 2:20 Psych MC 3:10 Survivor – Cook Islands PG 4pm Cajun Pawn Stars PG 4:30 Parking Wars PGL 5pm The Simpsons PG 5:30 CSI – Miami MV 6:30 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV 8:30 Longmire 16V 9:30 The Jinx 16VL 10:30 Criminal Intent MV 11:30 CSI – New York MV

FRIDAY

12:30 Survivor – Cook Islands PG 1:20 Parking Wars PGL 1:45 Psych MC 2:35 Criminal Intent MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Longmire 16V 4:45 The Jinx 16VL 5:35 Cajun Pawn Stars PG

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6am Triathlon – Challenge Wanaka (Highlights) 6:30 #SkySpeed 7am The Breakdown 8am Rugby – First XV Revision 9am Crash 9:30 Motorsport – TCR Series (Highlights) Round Six, Salzburgring.

10am #SkySpeed 10:30 Inside Supercars 11:30 Netball Zone Noon Golf – Big Break 1pm The Golf Fix 2pm Golf Central 3pm Sky Sports UK News 3:30 Triathlon – Challenge Wanaka (Highlights) 4pm InCycle 4:30 Cycling – Tour Of Denmark (Replay) Stage Two. 5:30 Rugby – First XV Revision 6:30 Grassroots Rugby 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 The Breakdown 7:30 Modern Family PGR 8:30 The Late Night Crowd 8pm Modern Family PGR 9pm Sky Sport Select 8:30 F Death In Paradise PGR 9:30 Motorsport – TCR Series Humphrey and Florence are (Highlights) Round Six, preparing to give evidence Salzburgring. From Austria. in the trial of Frank Harmer, 10pm Crash a local crime lord accused of 10:30 Motorsport – World Rally murder, when Frank is found Championship (Highlights) dead in his cell.

Finland.

9:35 Reign PGR 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2pm Back Benches PGR 3 Wallace Chapman and Damian Christie discuss political issues of the week.

3pm Storage Wars – Texas 3 One buyer sells a locker for 25 times his initial investment; someone scores some sci-fi memorabilia; someone else competes for a unit of mystical proportions.

3:30 MasterChef Junior USA 3 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

Midnight Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2am Home Shopping

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Dora Matatoa 2 7:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 2 8am Pukana 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Hoiho 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 2 11am Toku Reo 2 Noon Korero Mai 2 1pm Toku Reo 2 2pm Ako 2 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 2 4pm Dora Matatoa 2 4:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 2 5pm Swagger 5:30 Te Kaea 2

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11:30 Motorsport – Superbike World Championship (Highlights) Malaysia. 12:30 Motorsport – British Superbike Championship (Highlights) 1:45 L Cycling – Tour Of Denmark Stage Three.

3am The Back Page 4am Golf – PGA Europro Tour (Highlights)

SKY SPORT 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 2 6:30 Ako 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Iwi Anthems 8pm N World Forklift League PGR New Zealand’s best forklift operators compete against each other to determine who is king or queen of the pallet. 8:30 Code 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 10pm Kia Ora Mo Te Reta AO 10:30 Whawhai PGR 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Tickle M Whiskey Windfall.

6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG Hope Creek.

8:30 MythBusters PG Car v Rain.

9:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 10:30 Saltwater Heroes PG 11:30 Scorned – Love Kills M 12:30 I’d Kill For You M 1:30 Southern Fried Homicide M 2:30 How It’s Made PG 3pm How It’s Made PG 3:30 Gold Rush PG Blowout.

4:30 Deadliest Catch PG Super Typhoon Part 1.

5:30 MythBusters PG Seesaw Saga.

6:30 Sons Of Winter M 7:30 Ice Cold Gold PG Fight for Gold.

8:30 Naked And Afraid M Alligator Alley.

9:30 Sons Of Winter M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Gold Rush PG Blowout.

FRIDAY

12:30 Deadly Affairs M Bound and Determined. 1:30 Crimes That Shook The World M 2:30 Tickle M Hiding the Hooch.

3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Man v Wild PG Namibia.

5am Flying Wild Alaska PG

6am Cycling – Tour Of Denmark (Replay) Stage Two. 7am NRL 360 8am Sterlo – On The Couch 9am Rugby League – NRL Saturday Highlights.

9:30 Cycling – Tour Of Poland (Delayed) Stage Four.

11am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Cowboys v Raiders. From 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville.

House Husbands Death in Paradise 1pm NRL 360 8:30pm on TV One 8:30pm on Prime 2pm Sterlo – On The Couch 3pm #SkySpeed With Greg Murphy MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS and Stephen McIvor.

3:30 Crash 7:50 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 7:30 The Mask Of Zorro 4pm Motorsport – TCR MVL 1998 Action Adventure.

MV 2014 Action. Andrew Garfield.

International Series (Highlights) Antonio Banderas.

10:10 The Day 16VL 2012 Horror.

Round Six, Salzburgring.

9:45 Million Dollar Baby MC Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell.

4:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars 2004 Drama. Clint Eastwood, 11:35 Roadside 16VL 2013 Horror.

(Highlights) Supersprint – Race 18.

Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman.

Ace Marrero, Katie Stegeman.

5pm Motorsport – V8 Supercars Noon The Sweetest Thing 12:55 The Best Man Holiday (Highlights) Supersprint – Race 19.

16LS 2002 Romantic Comedy.

MLS 2013 Comedy. Taye Diggs, 5:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate.

Terrence Howard.

(Highlights) Supersprint – Race 20.

1:25 Rush Hour 2 MVS 2001 Action.

2:55 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 6pm Pro Kabaddi League Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker.

MV 2014 Action. Andrew Garfield.

(Highlights) 3pm The Boy In The Striped 5:15 Deadfall 16VLS 2012 Crime.

7pm Cricket – International Pajamas MC 2008 Drama.

Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde.

(Highlights) Zimbabwe v Blackcaps – 4:35 Deuce Bigalow – Male 6:50 The Opposite Sex 16LS 2014 Second ODI. Gigolo MS 1999 Comedy.

Comedy. Mena Suvari, Geoff Stults.

7:30 Super League – Boots ’n’ All Rob Schneider, William Forsythe.

8:30 The Equaliser 18VLS 2014 8:30 NRL 360 Action. A man has dedicated himself 6:05 Traffic MVLC 2000 Crime.

Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones. 9:30 Big Weekend With Matty to a new, quiet life, until a girl in Johns 8:30 Smokin’ Aces 18VL 2006 need of help reawakens his desire 10:30 NRL Footy Show Action. Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta. for justice. Denzel Washington, 10:20 The 40 Year-Old Virgin 16LS FRIDAY Marton Csokas.

2005 Comedy. Steve Carell.

10:45 Noah MV 2014 Drama.

1am Super League – Boots ’n’ All Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly.

2am NRL 360 FRIDAY 3am Big Weekend With Matty FRIDAY 12:15 Directors – Ridley Scott PG Johns 12:45 Deuce Bigalow – Male 1am Live Nude Girls 18S 2014 4am Fox Sports News Gigolo MS 1999 Comedy.

Comedy. Mike Hatton, Dave Foley.

4:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 2:15 The Boy In The Striped 2:40 Shadow Witness MC 2012 5am Golf World Pajamas MC 2008 Drama.

Thriller. Kevin Sorbo.

5:30 L Golf – World 3:50 The 40 Year-Old Virgin 16LS 4am The Equaliser 18VLS 2014 Championships Bridgestone 2005 Comedy. Steve Carell.

Action. Denzel Washington, Invitational.

5:45 Traffic MVLC 2000 Crime.

Marton Csokas.

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Thursday, August 6, 2015

Sport Ruling over Tall Ferns Mid Canterbury’s basketball officials had a chance to learn from the best this week, when Basketball New Zealand’s lead referee came to town.

Melony Wealleans – who will officiate Sunday’s Tall Ferns game against Japan at the EA Networks Centre – held a referees’ clinic open to referees, coaches, players and scorebench officials.

The clinic was all about ensuring all areas and levels of the local game have the same understanding of the rule interpretations.

Milner-Skudder set to fire

BY GREGOR PAUL Nehe Milner-Skudder, having seemingly been in danger of becoming the forgotten man in the extended All Black squad, will continue his remarkable year by making his test debut this Saturday.

The last few weeks since the Super Rugby final have been long and stressful for the 24-year-old outside back. Having won his place in the squad on the back of an electric campaign with the Hurricanes where his stepping and elusive running were first class, he saw George Moala, Waisake Naholo and then Ben Smith play on the right wing while he battled a

troublesome rib injury.

As he fought to recover, a clearer picture formed about the back three pecking order and it was increasingly hard to see when the Hurricanes wing-cumfullback would get his chance.

But the waiting is over for Milner-Skudder and he will become the last of the four uncapped players in the original 41-man squad to win game time – having earned a spot on the right wing in a reshuffled back three that sees Ben Smith revert to his favoured fullback role and Julian Savea regain his treasured No 11 jersey.

Milner-Skudder brings incredible footwork and vision to the role – which the selectors

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have encouraged him to use.

He’s also a regular fullback and shown himself to be brave and accurate under the high ball.

There’s no doubt that with Smith and Savea World Cup certainties and Charles Piutau having played superbly in recent weeks, Milner-Skudder is going to have to deliver something memorable on debut if he is to keep himself in the World Cup frame but he’s been tasked by the coaches with nothing more than playing his natural game in Sydney.

The midfield – the other area of congestion – also has a makeover with Sonny Bill Williams and Conrad Smith paired together. It’s a selection that

was partly borne by necessity as Ma’a Nonu hasn’t fully recovered from a shoulder knock he took in Johannesburg.

But no doubt, too, the selectors want to develop their options in the midfield and head to England with a number of tried combinations.

The rest of the team appears to have been selected to combat the physical onslaught the All Blacks are expecting to encounter.

There have been several false dawns in Australian rugby during the last decade, but no one within the All Blacks doubts that the current Wallaby side have a presence and physical edge that demands to be taken seriously.

The arrival of abrasive coach Michael Cheika has given the whole squad much-needed confidence to impose themselves and be confrontational across the park.

It could be considered a mark of respect that the All Blacks have chosen not to select any fringe players in the starting pack. While head coach Steve Hansen has been true to his stated aim of giving all 41 players in the extended squad a chance to stake a claim for a World Cup place, the starting pack is, effectively, the first choice with the possible exception of Luke Romano being in ahead of Sam Whitelock.

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