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Crash claims Ashburton man

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An Ashburton shuttle bus driver has been named as the man who died in a fiery car crash near Dunsandel on Tuesday.

Michael Francis Sheahan, aged 68, died despite the best efforts of other motorists to free him after his vehicle caught fire following

the crash. Mr Sheahan was driving a van – with no passengers – and was believed to have been heading home to Ashburton from Christchurch, when the crash occurred between Rakaia and Dunsandel.

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the first emergency service personnel on the scene and deputy chief Murray Smith said when they arrived members of the public were performing CPR. Mr Sheahan owned Ashburton Connections – formerly South Island Connections – and shuttled people to and from Christchurch most days.

Efforts are now under way to contact any passengers who may have booked to travel with Mr Sheahan, so that alternative transport can be arranged for them.

Anyone who had booked with Mr Sheahan is asked to contact the Ashburton i-Site visitor centre on 308-1050.

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Rare white lion triplets born in Poland The owner of a private zoo in central Poland said yesterday he feels three times lucky with the birth of white lion triplets who are getting loving care from their mother. Andrzej Pabich, head of the zoo in Borysew, said white lions often have defects that prevent them giving birth, or mothers may reject the cubs. Triplets are rare. The white lion is a rare colour mutation of the Kruger subspecies of African lion found in some wildlife reserves in South Africa and in zoos around the world. Pabich says about 90 of them are now in existence. He told The Associated Press that his 2½ -year-old white lioness Azira has been patiently feeding and caring for the cubs, which were born January 28. Their father, 3½-year old Sahim, who is also white, is kept in a neighbouring cage and roars at anyone who comes too close to his family. “Luckily the birth went all smoothly,” Pabich said.

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Lorde masterclass for CNN Lorde’s old school has been getting some royal treatment, with the world’s media heading Downunder to explore where the teenage singing star grew up.

CNN International was at Belmont Intermediate School this week, filming a special item that will be aired in more than 200 countries this month. The programme will follow the life of the 17-year-old – the Auckland suburb she grew up in, the schools she attended and the people who taught her. A film crew arrived at Belmont yesterday to interview teachers and pupils. They also recorded hundreds of students singing what has become almost an anthem for the school – Lorde’s Grammy-winning song Royals. Executive editor for CNN International Features Neil Curry travelled from London to cover the documentary item. “She’s very popular overseas and we just wanted to do something that would go back to where it all started – what school she went to and where she grew up. And it started here, at Belmont Intermediate. It’s an item that shows the background of her story, where she’s come from and the people behind Ella’s success.”

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Lily fights back Lily Allen has hit back at a British reality TV star after she branded the singer “hideous” and commented on her weight gain. Katie Hopkins, a former contestant on the UK version of The Apprentice, lashed out at Allen in an interview with Britain’s Heat magazine, accusing her of piling on the kilos.

She also suggested Allen is only famous because of her father, British actor and comedian Keith Allen. The comments have infuriated Allen who has now taken to Twitter. com to hit back, blaming her weight gain on comfort eating after she lost a child six months into pregnancy in 2011. The pop star writes: “Katie Hopkins: I am not famous for having a famous dad, I doubt that most of my fan base have a clue who my father is...”

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Police responding to reports of screaming coming from a home in Maine didn’t find a victim of domestic violence as they feared. Instead, they found an amorous pig. State police say a woman called last week after hearing what she believed to be a fight coming from a neighbour’s home in the town of China. The Morning Sentinel reports that four state troopers responded and talked to the neighbour.

The neighbour explained that she raises pigs and the screaming was coming from an overjoyed male pig that had been placed in a pen with five sows in heat.

‘Thanks Hugh, but no thanks’ Australian actress Margot Robbie has turned down Hugh Hefner’s offer of a Playboy photoshoot. The blonde beauty caught Hefner’s attention with her saucy role in The Wolf of Wall Street, and the Playboy mogul made a public plea for her to strip off for his magazine. However, Robbie has now insisted she will not be posing for Playboy any time soon. During an interview with New Zealand radio station The Edge, she was asked whether she had accepted Hefner’s offer and Robbie replied, “False... No. Never. I’ve put my family through enough...” She later joked that she would only consider posing for Playboy if she was much older and her career had taken a downward turn, “Then give him call.”

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■ DISTRICT’S IRRIGATORS NEED FILTERS

EA to help with costly upgrade

BY MYLES HUME

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Almost 500 irrigation systems in Mid Canterbury will need costly filters installed to stop disruption to the district’s electricity network.

However, EA Networks has promised to help subsidise affected farmers, with the lines company set to pick up almost half the tab in some cases, potentially seeing it fork out $4 million.

In a recent review, EA Networks has revised and updated

its Rural Network Harmonics Standard, meaning all new and existing variable speed drives (VSD), which are key electrical components to operating irrigators, with a cumulative load exceeding 20kW are required to have a filter or other mitigating system installed from April 1.

Electraserve general manager Blair Watson said harmonic filters cost around $15,000.

EA Networks commercial manager Jeremy Adamson said unfiltered VSDs at the customer end caused distortion on the

power lines, meaning “we can’t deliver a clear supply of electricity”.

EA Networks found during winter distortion on the network was about two per cent, but that jumped to 15 per cent during the summer irrigation season. That was largely down to 500 irrigation systems which needed filters.

Voltage distortion at various points of the network can cause computers, transformers, motors and other electrical equipment to malfunction.

Mr Adamson said it meant EA Networks had to spend more money to beef up its transformers, but it also impacted on its ability to control the network.

Although the new policy was expected to be costly for some farmers, they “received it pretty positively given the circumstances,” he said.

“The benefit to us is we can downsize our transformers and we have better control, but the customers will see benefits on their properties; they won’t get as many pumps failing or bulbs

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blowing or sensitive electronics affected by this distortion.”

Mr Adamson said EA Networks realised this was a “retrospective change”, so the company would help subsidise the installed cost.

In some cases that could almost be 50 per cent, depending how quick customers got on to installations.

He said that could amount to $4m for the company over the next two years, but the long term gains outweighed this, he said.

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When you line up for tasty morsels of food today at Ashburton’s Multi Cultural Bite festival, there will be little evidence of the hours of work that have gone into preparing food for the masses.

Across the district, Ashburtonians from a wide range of different countries have spent the past few days shopping, chopping and cooking food that is likely to be served to several thousand people.

The multi-cultural event is now in its fifth year and each year it has attracted increasing numbers.

Last year the event saw around 13,000 people line East Street to sample a variety of food and this year organiser Sue van den Heuvel anticipates crowds could be even larger.

With a record number of 26 different ethnic food stalls on offer and a varied programme of entertainment, she said there will be plenty of activity that should keep crowds both well fed and entertained for several hours.

One of the keys for stall organisers this year has been to increase the quantity of food they prepare. Many ran out last year well before the event was over and this year Mrs van den

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Heuvel has asked each stall to ensure they have enough food prepared for 700 or more servings.

And that has meant a rethink of the workload on Japan’s food stall, said Chiyo Hunt.

“We’ve been cooking all yesterday and we will continue cooking. Last year we ran out

at 1.30 so this year we’re almost doubling the amount of food we make,” Mrs Hunt said.

As well as having food on hand at the stall today, there will be a team of cooks working at home to replenish stocks, she said.

Food browsers buying from the Japanese stall will be able

to choose from four varieties of sushi, deep fried, marinated chicken, a beef curry with rice and last year’s big seller, octopus balls.

The Multi Cultural Bite festival opens at 11am today and runs until 3pm. A craft market will also be running on East Street during the day, from 9am.

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Starting on the process to decide rates increase The Ashburton District Council has started the long process towards deciding next year’s annual rate increase.

This week the five agencies funded through council grants laid out their budgets for the

coming year, with most pushing for an increase in funding.

In its long term plan, the council has signalled rates are likely to rise this year by 7.4 per cent as bills for several big ticket items – the Ashburton

Art Gallery-Museum and the EA Networks Centre come in.

The acquisition of land for the planned second bridge across the Ashburton River may also impact on this year’s rates.

With the council agencies

seeking an additional $230,000 in funding, the council will be under pressure to carve points off its projected rate rise.

Last year it started its budget round with a 7.4 per cent increase on the board but man-

aged to reduce this to 5 per cent.

Budget meetings will be held in late February and March with the annual plan out for public submissions in April. Hearings will be held in late May with the plan signed off in mid June.

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■■ashburton binge drinkers

Nek Nominate: Who’s to blame?

By Myles Hume

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Debate has erupted over who is responsible for young Ashburton men taking the Nek Nominate drinking game “too far” by downing bottles of spirits.

Is it those promoting the controversial drinking game, or the individuals who choose to funnel bottles of spirits?

Ashburton’s drinking culture has been thrust under the spotlight after several videos

two-child families Two-child families continue to make up the greatest number of families in the Ashburton District.

In the 2013 Census 3245 women are listed as having given birth to two live babies, with 2727 listed as childless. In the 2006 census, 2865 women were in the two child category and 2343 had not given birth.

The number of larger families is declining with women having five children dropping from 360 to 333 and those with six more dropping from 291 to 246.

paid employees There are almost 2000 more people in the Ashburton District earning their living through wages and salaries than there were seven years ago.

The 2013 Census shows the district now has 12,459 paid employees working for 1695 employers.

Employer numbers have risen by just 2 per cent over that period while employee numbers have gone up by 15 per cent. The number of people working for themselves, without employees, however has dropped, from 1752 to 1617.

The district now has 4593 people who receive their income from either superannuation or a veteran’s pension, up 8 per cent in eight years, while the number receiving an unemployment benefit has remained steady on 285.

The number of domestic purpose beneficiaries has dropped, from 423 to 414.

In 2013 there were 3996 people who said they were involved in voluntary work, up from 3780 in 2006. The number of people who were caring for a child who did not live in their household had also increased, from 3270 to 3480.

emerged of young men drinking bottles of spirits through a funnel and hose.

The latest incident this week resulted in a young father being taken to Ashburton Hospital in a dangerously drunken state after he downed a bottle of absinthe which can contain alcohol levels as high 89.9 per cent – despite being told “it was pretty much suicide”.

The Guardian’s Facebook page yesterday asked readers what

they thought of the Nek Nominate game, where many questioned who is to blame for how far some participants had taken the game locally.

An Ashburton mother blamed the game for the “ridiculous and dangerous” events which unfolded during the past week, saying it was pressuring young men to take the game to the next level.

“Just because people are nominated does not mean that they have to do worse! Ashburton

seems to have a ‘hmm we need to take this to the absolute extreme’ mentality. No wonder peer pressure is hard to get away from.”

Another person said the game gave an excuse for people “to put themselves in harm’s way”.

However, those participating in the Nek Nominate craze say it is not their fault some participants got out of hand, saying the organisers had systems in place to ensure videos “taken too far” were not posted.

“I think the game isn’t dangerous. The idiots that take it too far and risk their lives are dangerous. No-one is forced to take part,” a supporter of the Ashburton Nek Nomination page said.

Another person wrote: “It’s not the game, it’s the people doing it, there are the same amount of risks with Nek Nomination as there are with binge drinking that 98 per cent of young people in Ashburton do every week, yet no-one bitches about that.”

The facts and figures that tell the story of life in the Ashburton District are being rolled out after last year’s Census. And with each release of new data by Statistics New Zealand a positive picture is emerging of a district with a rapidly growing population and where growth in the median wage and household income are significant since the last census in 2006.

Ashburton smokers stub them out

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton smokers are heeding the health message and stubbing out their cigarettes in growing numbers.

Today 3831 people in the Ashburton District describe themselves as smokers; in the 2006 census that number totalled 4461.

The highest concentration of smokers in the 2006 census was 30–34 year olds, 558 and 35–39 year olds, 564. Seven years later more smokers were found in the 35–39 age group, 387 and the 40–44 year olds, 459.

The number of new smokers taking up the habit has dropped significantly over the past seven years.

In 2006, 354 people in the 15–19 age group said they were regular smokers; in last year’s census just 228 described themselves as smokers.

The highest concentration of male smokers was found in the 35–39 age group in 2006, 297 and the 40–44 year olds, 255.

Females were smoking in higher numbers at a

younger age with 273, 30– 34 year olds and 267, 35–39 year olds listed as smokers that year.

By 2013 those groups of male smokers appear to have given up with the highest concentration of smoking males in the 20-24 age group, 264, and 25–29 year olds, 249.

Females, however, appear to be more likely to become smokers for life.

In 2013 the top numbers were 40–45 year olds, 222 and 25 -24 year olds, 204.

Ex-smokers around the Ashburton District are growing in numbers with 4743 in this category in 2006 and 5418 in 2013.

The number of exsmokers overtook smokers in the 45–49 age group in 2006 but by 2013, the anti smoking message appeared to be hitting home earlier with ex-smoker numbers overtaking smokers in the 30–34 age bracket.

vehicle ownership While vehicle ownership might be taken for granted by most adults, there are 519 households in the Ashburton District who do not own a car.

Carless households, however, have declined significantly over the past seven years, dropping about 12 per cent from 579 in 2006. Today less than 4 per cent of the district’s homes are without a motor vehicle in the garage.

In the 2013 Census the number of households with two motor vehicles or three and more motor vehicles rose by 13 per cent.

Of the district’s 12,201 households, 20 per cent own three or more vehicles.

de facto v marriage The number of de facto relationships has outstripped the number of marriages in the Ashburton District over the past seven years by more than 30 per cent.

In the 2013 Census, 2670 people said they were living in a de facto or partnered relationship; in last year’s census this had increased to 3669, a 37 per cent increase.

When it came to marriage, however, while the numbers had grown from 11,979 to 12,600, this was an eight year growth of just 5 per cent.

The total number of people who indicated they were living with a partner was 16,008. Another 3516 listed their marital status as divorced or widowed, with 6543 saying they had never been married.

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■ AUCKLAND HIGH COURT

Two mums lose their children

By Jimmy Ellingham

One mother’s pain at losing her daughter was matched by another mother’s anger at losing her son, as the man found guilty of murdering and kidnapping Hamilton woman Rae Portman was sentenced yesterday to at least 21 years in jail.

Ms Portman, a slightly built 32-yearold who was four months’ pregnant, was strangled to death at an industrial site in June 2012.

In the High Court at Auckland, the man a jury found responsible, Paraire ‘Friday’ Te Awa, 33, was jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 21 years.

The end of Ms Portman’s life must have been terrifying. She was hogtied, gagged and covered with a sheet, squeezed into the back of a car and driven from Papakura to Waikato, where Te Awa killed her.

In a harrowing victim impact statement, Ms Portman’s mother Rebecca Norton spoke of her struggles to overcome the loss of her daughter and unborn grandchild.

“She was a beautiful woman, not just her looks, but also her inner soul. She

was as harmless as a butterfly,” Ms Norton said of Ms Portman.

She knew, however, that her daughter was mixed up in the drugs world, and that led to her death.

Dean Michael Addison, 36, ordered her kidnapping to teach her a lesson after he and Ms Portman disagreed about the proposed manufacture of methamphetamine from pseudoephedrine she supplied him.

On a kidnapping charge and two drugs offences he was sentenced to 12 years in jail, with a minimum term of six years.

Ms Portman was last seen in a Mt Albert hotel bar. Her body was found dumped in a pit and covered with rubbish bags at an Ardmore farm more than three months after her disappearance.

Te Awa maintains his innocence and his mother, Georgina Te Awa, reacted angrily to the sentencing.

“I’m beyond hurt,” she said outside court. “I want justice for Rae but I want the right p...k brought forward for it. I want the truth out.”

She didn’t know who killed Ms Portman but said she would string them up by their neck if she found out. - APNZ

■ SOUTHLAND FATALITY

Van clips side of bridge, then plunges into Mataura River The 52-year-old wife of the driver who died when a van crashed into the Mataura River in Southland yesterday afternoon is expected to be released from hospital today.

Police are yet to release the name of her 59-year-old husband because they are still working to notify next of kin overseas. He was a Canadian national from Toronto.

The woman suffered neck injuries in the crash on Nokomai Rd. The couple’s two children, aged 12 and 14, were discharged from Southland Hospital last evening.

Two women, aged 68 and 55, who

were admitted to Dunedin Public Hospital last evening were expected to be discharged today.

The remaining passengers received medical treatment but were not admitted to hospital.

The family group of 10 people, ranging in age from 12 to 68 years, were travelling on Canadian and Chinese passports.

A serious crash investigator completed his work at the scene yesterday.

Initial indications are that the van clipped the edge of a bridge and then crashed over the roadside into the river.

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Otago artist Juliet Novena Sorrel installs her drawings at the Ashburton Art Gallery in preparation for her exhibition opening on Saturday.

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Sharing a love of high country

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Ashburton Art Gallery visitors will feel like they are walking through a high country station once a new exhibition opens this weekend.

Otago artist Juliet Novena Sorrel will open We Are Here – Recreating a Sense of Place at the gallery on Saturday with a public talk at 1.30pm.

Ms Novena Sorrel grew up on Merivale Station in Central Otago, near Lindis Pass. The station has been in her family for 100 years, and today her parents remain on the property, which is farmed by her brothers.

“This is kind of my way of being part of that place,” Ms Novena Sorrel said of her large charcoal pencil drawings on 22 large pieces of plywood.

As she installed the connecting pieces at

the gallery this week Ms Novena Sorrel related how she had drawn the pictures into her sketchbook on site at the station.

She said she much preferred this method compared to sketching from a photograph.

“Sitting there and getting sunburned or getting cold or getting a sore bum, you get that real sense of being there when you draw it, I do really believe that it comes through (in the work),” she said.

The installation comprises sketches of all manner of high country objects from large macrocarpas and sheds, to pylons and dead rabbits.

“This installation really does need to be seen and experienced as it creates the feeling of walking inside a sketchbook as well as evoking a generational connection to the land.”

The exhibition will be available for viewing until March 2.

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Inside the Box feature of Waitangi on East

By Erin TaSkEr

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A campaign to support the fit-out of the district’s newest cultural headquarters – the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre – will be promoted in Ashburton today.

As the exterior of the new centre nears completion, attention is turning to how the inte-

rior will look and function.

So a community campaign has been established to raise funds to ensure the exhibition, storage and work spaces within the centre combine to create a fantastic facility the whole community can be proud of.

The Inside the Box campaign will be featured at one of the many Waitangi Day stalls on the East Street green, with dis-

plays and people available to share information about the operations of the new centre.

Inside the Box spokesman Kevin Soster said supporting the campaign provided an opportunity for everyone to show how important it is that we tell the stories of our past, stimulate and challenge our senses, and care for our historic objects and documents.

He said the Waitangi Day celebrations were an appropriate setting to share the vision and campaign with the community.

“The new centre will provide residents and visitors alike with interesting and stimulating exhibitions highlighting our past and challenging our sense of who we are as a community.

“What better place to share these plans, than at our own

Waitangi Day celebrations.”

Information on how individuals, organisations and businesses can support the fit-out of the centre will be available at the Inside the Box stall on Thursday.

“We look forward to seeing people at Waitangi on East to show them just what a wonderful asset to our community the centre will be.”

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■ WAITANGI TREATY CELEBRATIONS

PM challenges protesters

By AdAm Bennett Prime Minister John Key offered a challenge of his own to protesters at what he said was one of the quietest pre Waitangi Day visits to Te Tii Marae in many years.

Protesters opposed to deep sea drilling and mining in Northland were promising a torrid welcome for Mr Key this year.

However, when Mr Key finally arrived at the marae, about 90 minutes behind

schedule, there was little sign of the mayhem seen in previous years.

Some heckling by protesters was mostly drowned by singing from the hosts and a bag of pilchards thrown at the Prime Minister’s feet as he was leaving hardly matched the jostling he has experienced in previous visits.

“It was very calm” he told reporters afterwards.

“Yes some guy threw a bag of pilchards or something on the way out but, bluntly, I’ve

been coming now for eight years, in a lot of respects this was one of the quietest ones... this would have to be at the milder end of the spectrum.

Mr Key said he didn’t see the protesters who arrived a couple of hours before he did in a hikoi of about 70.

However, while in the wharenui he heard the concerns of protest spokesman Joel Bristow.

“A lot of the comments were just ill-informed or wrong.

The comments I made to the

leader in rebuttal were ‘come to Wellington, spend a week with my ministers.

“If, at the end of that week, you’re proved to be right in the assertions you’re making, I’ll join your protest but if you’re proved to be wrong go back and tell the protesters’,” Mr Key said.

Mr Key met with iwi leaders yesterday afternoon and attended ceremonies last night and again at dawn today at the nearby Treaty grounds.

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■ HINDS CRASH

In brief Collectors needed Volunteers are wanted to help with the annual Heart Foundation Street Appeal next week. Collectors are needed for street collections on Friday, February 14 and Saturday, February 15. Anyone able to help out can contact Heart Foundation Ashburton Branch chairperson Barbara Harris on 308-1562. The Heart Foundation annual appeal runs from February 10 to 16.

Notifiable diseases Headache, diarrhoea, stomach cramps and fever likely hit eight people in Ashburton diagnosed with campylobacteriosis last month. They were included in the notifiable diseases’ latest figures released by the Canterbury District Health Board. Cases of campylobacteriosis were common this time of year with food handling lapses common around barbecue season. Included in the figures were three cases of whooping cough (pertussis) and one case of salmonellosis.

‘Unacceptable’ The Ministry of Education has sent a strong message to Whangarei Boys’ High headmaster Al Kirk that removing students from regular class to chase up outstanding school donations from their parents was unacceptable behaviour. Education Minister Hekia Parata said “the ministry has made it very clear that it is not a practice that we support”. The Ministry had contacted Mr Kirk and told him this personally.

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Woman hospitalised following collision A woman was taken to Ashburton Hospital following a car crash on the main street in Hinds yesterday afternoon. The woman was one of two occupants in a southbound car which was hit by another car pulling out of the town’s service station. One of the two occupants of the car pulling out onto the road also suffered minor injuries while the other two occupants were uninjured, police said. The main highway was closed and traffic diverted for about an hour following the 2.40pm crash.

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Turei honoured to be able to speak on marae

By AdAm Bennett Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei says it was “an honour and a little scary” to become the first woman political leader to speak at Waitangi.

Mrs Turei spoke during the powhiri for Labour and Green MPs at Te Tii Marae this afternoon.

Former Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark was given the opportunity to speak at the marae the day before Waitangi Day several years ago but was shouted down by protesters.

“I think I was given this honour because the Green Party has had such a consistent commitment to Maori issues.”

The Green Party’s core messages were around “our kids, our lands and our oceans and how we can protect and sustain them are important issues for Maori”.

The fact she was able to speak “just shows that Maori cultural process is able to have Maori women be involved in the powhiri to speak and to sit on the front row of the paepae”.

“Maori culture is a living culture not one set in stone.”

Labour Leader David Cunliffe emerged from the powhiri praising the “extremely warm and extremely generous, very heartwarming” welcome he and his colleagues received.

Any trace of resentment from Te Tii’s elders over the foreshore and seabed issue which marred Labour’s relationship with Maori for many years was gone he said.

However, “we acknowledge we have to rebuild trust”.

Mr Cunliffe said this year’s

celebrations had special significance because it was the 40th anniversary of Labour Prime Minister Norman Kirk’s creation of the New Zealand Day holiday, later changed to Waitangi Day. “He made it clear that it was part of Labour’s kaupapa that it would always govern to honour the treaty and help the interests of all New Zealanders.

“Today we reaffirm that is still part of our kaupapa.

“We have a lot of work to do to deliver on that.”

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A man’s chest and pelvis were crushed when a 700kg hay bale fell on him north of Auckland today. The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to the scene at Kaipara Flats, near Warkworth, about 9.50am. The man, in his 50s, had been loading a truck with the hay bales when two fell. One landed on him, crushing his chest and pelvis. Bystanders removed the bale and the man was stabilised before being airlifted to Auckland Hospital in a serious condition.

- APNZ

Search for weapon Police are still searching for the weapon a 19-year-old allegedly used to kill a 38-year-old man who was at his Hamilton home on Tuesday. Officers had been speaking with the teenager’s family and searched a number of Auckland properties before the accused handed himself into Counties Manukau Police yesterday morning. The man is charged with murdering Hamilton man Sedrick Tilley Tiatia on Tuesday.

- APNZ

Sevens on parade Thousands of fans lined Wellington’s Golden Mile yesterday as floats carrying 16 international rugby sevens teams paraded through the city ahead of this weekend’s tournament. The teams were accompanied by blasting music, bagpipers and brass bands on the lunchtime journey.

Wellington Mayor Celia WadeBrown and New Zealand sevens coach Gordon Tietjens both spoke when the parade arrived at Civic Square.

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New search, seizure protocol New guidelines around how teachers can search students have been issued to schools.

The surrender and retention guidelines are billed as a guide to help schools “correctly interpret” new powers which came into force last month.

“The powers were put in law in direct response to what the

sector said it needed in this area, said Education Ministry spokeswoman Katrina Casey.

“The guidelines aren’t in addition to the law. They are a practical guide to help schools correctly interpret the law.”

The ministry would be watching closely to see how the new rules and additional guide-

lines were working, she said.

“We know this is new for schools because the powers haven’t been set out in law before, so we want to do everything we can to help them get it right,” she said.

“While there are some limits on how far school staff can go in searching a student or their

property, schools will always be able to call in police where they have serious concerns.”

All schools had been contacted to advise them the new guidelines were available and urged teachers to read them, she said. The new rules were part of the Education Amendment Act. - APNZ

■ ASHBURTON OPEN DAY

In brief Gas inhalation Four fishermen were treated for suspected gas inhalation after a refrigerant leak on their boat at Timaru harbour yesterday. The Fire Service was called to a reported blaze aboard a Sanford Fisheries vessel at the harbour at around 11.30am. But when firefighters arrived, they found that what was reported as smoke, was in fact a leak of Freon refrigerant gas.

Donning breathing apparatus, they went aboard the vessel with a Sanford engineer to contain the leak. Four fishermen were treated at the scene by St John but none of them were injured or taken to hospital.

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Taxi driver robbed A Queenstown taxi driver was ambushed and robbed of $700 when looking for a passenger suspected of doing a runner, police say. The driver, 24, picked up a male passenger in central Queenstown about 3.15am yesterday. At his destination of Queenstown Lakeview Holiday Park camping ground, the passenger said he couldn’t pay the fare. When the passenger didn’t return to the taxi after saying he needed to use a public toilet, the driver went on foot to look for him. He was then attacked and robbed by the passenger and two other men. They stole a cashbox from the taxi, which contained around $700. The man suffered minor injuries in the assault and is recovering at home.

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Man drowned in drain

Ashburton Pottery Society member Sylvia Taylor hard at work adding the finishing touches to her pottery toadstools. If you would like to try your hand at pottery the society is holding an open day on Saturday.

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Chance to try your hand at making pottery Ashburton Pottery Society members are holding an introduction to pottery class for adults on Saturday, at their new

rooms at 26 Nixon Street.

Tutor Lorraine Geddes invited anyone aged 16 and over to come along at 10am “to see

if they like playing with mud”.

The lesson would cost $20, clay included, and precede adult evening beginner pottery

classes to begin on March 11.

Anyone wanting more information can phone Mrs Geddes on 307-0477.

Preschoolers to go red ■ LEN BROWN AFFAIR Report costs $250,000 in support of appeal Preschoolers at Ashburton’s Hannah n Henry Early Childhood Centre in Ashburton will join Early Childhood Education centres around the country to dress in red as support for Heart Week next week.

The pre-school had chosen to ‘Wear Red for Healthy Hearts’ on Wednesday.

The Heart Foundation encouraged Early Childhood Education centres nationwide to get creative, wear red and decorate their centres as part of their annual street appeal.

Collectors will be out in Ash-

burton later in the week.

Childhood centres can register on the Heart Foundation website.

Photographs sent from each centre could win regional prizes in four categories.

Hannah n Henry Early Childhood Centre co-owner Louise Currie backed the event to encourage support for the annual Heart Foundation Appeal Week.

It was also a great opportunity to educate the children on healthy habits. The appeal runs from February 10 to 16.

By Bernard Orsman

The cost of the EY report into Mayor Len Brown’s extra-marital affair with Bevan Chuang has reportedly risen to $250,000.

The Auckland Council is refusing to confirm the figure, but a source has told the NZ Herald the $250,000 figure is correct.

Former council chief executive Doug McKay said in December the EY (Ernst & Young) report and associated costs would exceed $100,000.

It is understood new chief

executive Stephen Town briefed a committee of five councillors who are negotiating a settlement with Mr Brown towards the bill, about the full costs last week.

Expectations are rising for the settlement by Mr Brown to be made public. Three of the five councillors believe it is the wish of the group to make the settlement public.

Taxpayers’ Union executive director Jordan Williams questioned how the original budget of $75,000 has turned into a $250,000 cost blow-out.

- APNZ

A Wellington man drowned when he fell head-first into a water-filled drain after a night of drinking at central city bars and clubs, an inquest into his death has found.

Peter Black visited some bars, including the Mermaid Bar and Splash Club late on January 13, 2012, Wellington Coroner Garry Evans said. Police told the inquest it appeared Mr Black accidentally dropped his keyring, which held his house, car and work keys, into a drain. At the time the drain was two-thirds filled with storm water.

Mr Black lifted the cover to retrieve the keys and “unfortunately, he then lost his balance and fell headfirst into the culvert”, Coroner Evans said. “After Mr Black fell into the culvert, the water therein rose and covered his body and feet, with only the soles of his shoes visible above the water.”

- APNZ

Marriage statistics There have been more than 350 same sex marriages since the law allowing them was changed on August 19 last year, according to latest figures. The provisional Statistics New Zealand figures, released yesterday, show same-sex couples are spurning civil union in favour of traditional matrimony, with only eight civil unions in the December quarter last year - the lowest of any quarter since figures began in 2005. There were 61 female couples married in the September quarter which includes August when the first same sex marriages were celebrated in New Zealand - and 56 male couples. In the December quarter, 129 female couples and 109 male couples tied the knot.

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OUR VIEW

Celebrate our differences Coen Lammers EDITOR

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e have to be thankful Ashburton is a long way from the Te Tii Marae in Waitangi.

Watching the annual shenanigans at the Waitangi marae must sadden Pakeha, Maori and all other ethnicities that make up this wonderful country.

Instead of a genuine national celebration, the Waitangi Day spotlight keeps getting drawn to the radical elements and it is astonishing that this fringe and their bullying and disrespectful behaviour continue to be condoned.

Professional protesters like them should maybe take a year out from stirring unwanted trouble in the Far North and come down to Mid Canterbury where people from all backgrounds enjoy a day of true Kiwi harmony.

The Multi Cultural Bite Festival initially tagged along with the Waitangi on East market but the multi-cultural festival has quickly become the social community highlight of the year in Ashburton.

There can hardly be a better reflection of the growing diversity in Mid Canterbury through music and food than during this festival when Maori, Pakeha and dozens of other ethnicities enjoy and display their culture.

Many have argued that Waitangi Day should be renamed New Zealand Day to encourage a celebration of national pride and move on from being a remembrance day for a disputed treaty this country was founded on.

Sadly, we lack the traditions other countries have for their national day, and the annual argy-bargy at the Waitangi marae seems to be the closest thing we’ve got to a ritual.

However, few people in Ashburton will care today as they enjoy a holiday with friends and family amidst a plethora of wonderful food from around the world, and hopefully under a blue sky.

This Waitangi Day and the Multi Bite Festival are the perfect opportunity to celebrate and embrace our differences and get to know those neighbours, who may sound and look different but who may have more in common than you think.

YOUR VIEW Re cells in cars

finished cleaning up Baring Square east for Waitangi Day could they clean off the moss and lichen from the cenotaph for Anzac Day.

The guilt set in! What a load of rubbish, I use hands-free thank you very much.

My point is don’t sit there moaning about people talking on their phones while driving, help do something about it ... also next time have the guts to put your name. End of story.

Andy Molloy

Willy, you are better than that, think sometimes before you go to the press.

Brian Davidson

Thank you

Stolen cockatoos

Thank you to whoever cleaned up the rubbish in the park pronto after my text last week!

Sandy

We would like to express our disgust about the two cockatoos stolen from the domain aviary.

These lovely birds give so much pleasure to so many people – what gives someone the right to do this!

Cenotaph When the council workers have

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Colin McIntosh (ex-feeder) Margaret, Elaine, Marg, Betty, Stewart – Residents of Princes Court

Slaughter Headline in yesterday’s paper on page nine – Slaughter ‘must be humane’.

The following is a definition of the word slaughter – “To kill in a violent or brutal manner.”

Can someone explain to me how it can possibly be still legal to bludgeon a calf to death with a hammer in New Zealand. Clean, green and pure New Zealand. Think I can feel a new Tui advert coming on.

Yvette O’Shaughnessy

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Do you agree with the decision to exempt the rural pubs from the one-way policy?

There is a famous saying that goes: ‘If you do something you love you’ll never have to work another day in your life’

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ur future depends on us, that fact is for sure.

But the struggles that come with this are not easy.

We wake up and work, we go to sleep just so we can wake up and work again.

Now I will be the first one to stand up and say that I am proud to work for the money that I earn.

Nothing is better then the feeling you have when you have earned something in life. We, as citizens and humans, work very hard for the accomplishments and the places we go to.

We apply ourselves both physically, mentally and emotionally into years of study to end up in a career that makes us want to wake up in the morning.

But when does the dream have to be over and the reality sink in?

I’m sure there’s been moments where we’ve all had dream careers. Doing some-

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thing for the love of it and not for the money. But sometimes reality has a way of sinking itself into our dreams. It wakes us up and opens our eyes to the fact that bills have to be paid and that food has to be put on the table.

It’s a harsh reality that some of us know too well. We work 24-7 to have our income eaten up by bills and mortgage payments and at the end of the day we sit down and think back to the times where happiness and passion was the motivation. A life that was lived to fufill your purpose.

Is your purpose really behind a desk in a nine- to-five job,

a job that provides what is needed but leaving nothing of an emotional drive for success and passion?

No matter how hard life gets we must remember our purpose and our passion.

Although at times it may sound crazy, we have commitments and sometimes things will get neglected in life.

Whether it’s that plant that needed watering three weeks ago, that one thing needed replacing for about three months now or the fact that we sometimes neglect ourselves for the sake of the happiness of others. We all know how it is.

But we have all made sacrifices to live the life we live today.

It may bring unhappiness or stress at times but every path is worth a chance.

We must step back and understand ourselves and the passion we have for a life we deserve to live.

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mating how strong we really are and how our courageous sacrifices in life have and will impact others as well as ourselves.

There is a famous saying that goes, “If you do something you love you’ll never have to work another day in your life”.

Sometimes the cliches are the most honest advice you will ever recieve.

Why do something that makes you unhappy? A family may depend on you but a family will want to see you happy and succeed in every possible way that you can. Follow the path that you wish because there is no deadline on success, and passion will never have an expiry date.

Ashburton’s Finau Fakapelea is training to be a radio journalist. The views expressed in this column are hers and do not reflect the opinion of the Ashburton Guardian

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Heroin ‘didn’t have additive’

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his body was found around 11.30am by his assistant and a friend, law enforcement officials have said.

Besides the bank records, investigators discovered buprenorphine, a drug used to treat heroin addiction, at Hoffman’s apartment and are examining a computer and two iPads found at the scene for clues, two law enforcement officials said.

A spokeswoman for the medical examiner’s office said there has been no official determination made on what killed Hoffman. Police have said the medical examiner’s ruling on his cause of death will determine whether there is any criminality but they suspect it was an overdose. More than 50 small plastic envelopes of heroin were recovered in Hoffman’s apartment along with syringes, a charred spoon and various prescription medications, including a blood pressure drug and a muscle relaxant, law enforcement officials have said.

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Heroin recovered at Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s apartment after he was found there dead with a syringe in his arm has tested negative for the powerful additive fentanyl, a police official said.

Samples taken from Hoffman’s Manhattan apartment didn’t contain the potent synthetic morphine, which is added to intensify the high and has been linked to 22 suspected overdose deaths in western Pennsylvania, the official said yesterday.

Investigators also have determined that the Capote star made six ATM transactions for a total of $1200 inside a supermarket near his home the day before his death, law enforcement officials said. They’ve been piecing together his final hours using video surveillance to determine his whereabouts.

The 46-year-old actor was found dead in the bathroom of his apartment on Monday. His door was double-locked when

Release soon?

An Australian woman convicted of smuggling marijuana into Indonesia in 2005 in a blaze of publicity will get her parole papers signed before tomorrow and be released soon after, the country’s justice ministry said yesterday.

Schapelle Corby was convicted of smuggling 4.2kg of the drug onto the resort island of Bali and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

In 2010, she asked for clemency, citing her poor mental state. Two years later, Indonesia’s president cut her sentence by five years.

Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin’s spokesman said subsequent bureaucratic procedures would mean she would likely be released next week. Corby, 35, will have to stay in Bali and cannot return to Australia until 2017.

- AP

Queen to visit Pope

A makeshift memorial outside the building where the body of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found in New York. ap photo

The Queen will visit Pope Francis at the Vatican in early April in a further sign she isn’t about to hand over duties to other royals.

Buckingham Palace says the Queen and Prince Philip will visit Rome on April 3. The pair will travel to Italy at the invitation of President Giorgio Napolitano and have lunch with him at the presidential palace. They will then have an audience with Pope Francis. It will be the first time the 87-year-old monarch has left Britain since visiting Australia in October 2011.

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Police disperse miners

Pakistan suicide blast kills eight

South African police have used stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse about 3000 “violent” striking miners in the country’s restive platinum belt. Strikers “carrying dangerous weapons, such as knobkerries (clubs) and sticks, blocked the road and were threatening to remove non-striking workers at the shaft,” police said yesterday. The incident occurred at Anglo American Platinum’s Khuseleka 1 shaft in the north and marks the first instance of major unrest in the sector-wide strike, now in its second week.

- AFP

Eight people have been killed and 42 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shi’ite-run charity hotel in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, officials say, in an apparent sectarian attack.

The blast yesterday in a Shi’ite neighbourhood of Peshawar came as a prominent Shi’ite scholar was gunned down in the same part of the city yesterday, in what also appeared to be a targeted sectar-

ian killing. “Eight people were killed and twenty-six have been injured in a suicide blast outside a local hotel yards away from an imambargah (worship place of the Shi’ites),” senior police official Faisal Mukhtar said.

Pakistan has seen a rise in sectarian violence since several deadly clashes between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslim groups near the capital Islamabad in November.

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“Eight dead bodies have been brought to the hospital along with 42 injured,” he said.

The blast occurred at a time when Pakistan’s elected government had offered negotiations to the Pakistani Taliban, who have waged a bloody campaign against the state by attacking government installations and carrying out suicide blasts in places of worship and markets.

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Shafqat Malik, chief of Peshawar’s bomb disposal unit, confirmed the explosion was a suicide blast.

“Around six kilograms of explosives were used by the suicide bomber, who walked on foot and blew himself up right in the middle of the hotel and imambargah,” he said.

Jamil Shah, a spokesman for the city’s government-run Leady Reading Hospital confirmed the casualties.

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The wall of a cave leading to a popular Hindu temple in central India has collapsed killing eight worshippers, including three young girls, police say.

State Home Minister Ram Sewak Pekra said the accident at Bildwar Cave in Chhattisgarh yesterday may have been triggered by blasts in nearby coal mines.

“Frequent blasts are carried out in the nearby coal mines and that could be the reason for the cave-in. We have asked the rescue team to do a thorough combing of the site to ensure no one else is trapped,” Pekra said.

Senior police officer Manisha Thakur said eight bodies had been recovered three were girls aged between 10 and 13,

and five men. “Three others are injured.

They are in a serious condition,” said Thakur.

India has a long history of accidents at religious festivals and sites, with 18 killed at a stampede during a funeral procession for a Muslim spiritual leader in Mumbai last month.

Heavy machinery was still clearing the mound of debris at the cave into the evening after the collapse.

The temple is visited by devotees all year round.

Pekra said that a detailed investigation into the collapse would be carried out.

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Food poisoning ‘likely’ Autopsies on the bodies of a Queensland mother and daughter who died in Bali have shown they likely died from a rare form of food poisoning, according to reports.

The family of Noeline Bischoff, 54, and her 14-year-old daughter Yvana have told media outlets forensic pathologists informed them yesterday they do not suspect foul play in the deaths. Ms Bischoff and her daughter died in Denpasar in January while on holiday.

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Charles tours flooding The Prince of Wales has offered his support to flood-hit residents in the UK by pledging a £50,000 ($A93,686) donation. The Duke of Westminster will match the funding with an additional £50,000 - taking the total donation to £100,000. Prince Charles, patron of the Prince’s Countryside Fund, which will provide the donation, braved heavy rain and winds in the area to attend a reception in Stoke St Gregory and visit local residents affected by the flooding.

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■ COURT OF APPEAL

Justices dismiss payment appeal Andrew Krukziener

cumvent the limitation on one creditor obtaining preference over others in the bankruptcy of Mr Krukziener,” the judgment, given by Justice Stevens, said.

The payment was the first instalment of a settlement Krukziener reached with Hanover in a bid to stave off bankruptcy after the finance company had been granted a summary judgment against the property

developer over loans totalling some $4.2 million.

The deal would have seen companies associated with Krukziener pay $700,000 to purchase the debts from Hanover, paying $250,000 up front, a further 25 monthly instalments of $10,000 and a final payment of $200,000.

“The relevance of the substance of the transaction invites consideration of the commer-

cial reality confronting Hanover and the Krukziener entities at the time the deed was drafted,” the judgment said. “His solvency was questionable, so that any amount he was prepared to pay to forestall bankruptcy would only have value to Hanover if it could be structured in a way that protected Hanover from a claim for repayment in the event that Mr Krukziener was subsequently declared bankrupt.”

Hanover submitted Krukziener didn’t make the payment, rather it was made on behalf of the companies owing the debt, and that it wasn’t to satisfy a debt owed by the property developer, and couldn’t fall within the definition of an insolvent transaction.

The Official Assignee emphasised “the need to focus on the true nature of the transaction, namely, that Mr Krukziener had negotiated the settlement of the judgment debt owed by him to Hanover in order to avoid

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Telecom ends its deal with Sky TV

By Tina Morrison Vodafone New Zealand is likely to target Telecom Corp’s remaining Sky Network Television customers to increase its market share as the agreement between Telecom and Sky comes to an end in the next few months.

The decade-long agreement for Telecom to resell Sky’s pay TV service will end May 31, the Auckland-based companies said yesterday. Telecommunication

providers sell products such as pay-TV in a bundle with other phone services at a discount in an attempt to attract customers to their higher-value services.

Telecom, the nation’s largest phone company, hasn’t added new Sky TV customers since 2008 amid waning demand and as it investigates other ways to provide the service through its network or in the cloud. Vodafone is likely to try to lure over Telecom’s remaining 30,000 TV subscribers to add to the

100,000 it has acquired since it began selling TV services as a bundle, investors said.

“In the next few months you would expect Vodafone to be in a heavy marketing campaign about a bundled offering to try to attract those 30,000 across to them,” said Rickey Ward fromTyndall Investment Management.

Telecom’s remaining TV subscribers represent about 5 per cent of its broadband base.

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central bank to raise interest rates this year.

New Zealand’s participation rate rose to 68.9 per cent in the December quarter from 68.6 per cent in September, and was up 0.7 percentage points from a year earlier, against a backdrop of rising inbound migration.

The labour cost index, which measures wage inflation, rose at a quarterly pace of 0.5 per cent across all sectors and including overtime. Private sector wages rose 0.6 per cent, ahead of a 0.4 per cent increase in public sector wages.

Unemployment in Auckland fell to 6.3 per cent in December from 6.7 per cent, while Canterbury’s jobless dropped 0.8 percent to 3.4 per cent.

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commodation and food services, construction, and professional scientific, technical, administration and support services. Employment grew 3 per cent on an annual basis.

“We’re seeing strength across the labour market, particularly in industries that provide service,” industry and labour statistics manager Diane Ramsay said in a statement. “The unemployment rate has been falling and employment rising for the last 18 months, with both now at levels last seen in early 2009.”

The kiwi dollar climbed to 82.43 US cents after the figures were released, from 82.19 cents immediately before as the data added to evidence of a rebounding economy that will spur the

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX

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Unemployment drops to 6pc New Zealand’s unemployment rate fell to a three-year low in the fourth quarter of 2013 as jobs growth beat expectations, led by gains in the retail, accommodation and hospitality sectors.

The unemployment rate fell to 6 per cent in the three months ended December 31, in line with the forecast by a Reuters survey of economists, and down from 6.2 per cent in the September quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand’s household labour force survey.

That’s the lowest jobless rate since June 2009.

Employment rose 1.1 per cent in the quarter, beating the 0.5 per cent pace of growth forecast, led by gains in retail, ac-

bankruptcy,” the judgment said.

Hanover didn’t want the initial payment to be challenged as an insolvent transaction if Krukziener didn’t manage to stay afloat, but the judges deemed the provisions didn’t achieve that purpose, the judgment said.

“That heavily discounted amount was payable pursuant to a deed that was designed to minimise the risk of the payment being characterised as a preference should Mr Krukziener pass into bankruptcy,” it said.

“It had been designed about as well as clever drafting could achieve and, had the Official Assignee been bound to respect the form of the transaction, it was a structure that would have worked. However, it cannot withstand an analysis of the substance of the transaction.”

Krukziener was bankrupted in December 2010, and has since been discharged last December.

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The Court of Appeal has ruled a $250,000 payment made by Andrew Krukziener as part of a 2009 deal with Hanover Finance was an insolvent transaction designed to sidestep the implications if the former property developer was bankrupted, the Court of Appeal has found.

Justices Lyn Stevens, Forrest Miller and Robert Dobson dismissed an appeal by HF Residual Obligations, formerly Hanover Finance, seeking to overturn a High Court decision deeming the payment to be an insolvent transaction, meaning it could be cancelled by the Official Assignee in charge of the bankruptcy of Krukziener’s property.

The December 17 judgment was published on the Justice Ministry’s website this week.

“We are satisfied that the deed, rather than documenting a genuine commercial transaction, was a device entered into

by Hanover in an attempt to cir-

 NZX 50 index

4,807.94

+5.32

+0.11%

 NZX 20 index

3,766.29

+6.01

+0.16%

 NZX All index

5,184.7

+7.67

 Rises 46

+0.15%

 Falls 41

WORLD MARKETS

 S&P/ASX 200 index

5,070.3

–26.8

–0.53%

At close of trading on February 5, 2014

 Dow Jones Indust.

15,445.24 +72.44 +0.47%

At close of trading on February 4, 2014

 FTSE 100 index

6,449.27 –16.39 –0.25% At close of trading on February 4, 2014

 Nikkei 225 index

14,180.38 +171.91 +1.23% At close of trading on February 5, 2014

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

 Gold

London – $US/ounce

 Silver

London – $US/ounce

1,250.25 –11.75 –0.93% 19.34

+0.07

+0.36%

 Copper London – $US/tonne

7,107.0

+11.5

+0.16%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ As at 4pm February 5, 2014

Country

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

TT buy

0.9355 0.9242 5.2929 0.6191 1.6072 0.511 84.85 1.9876 9.2832 27.29 0.8343

TT sell

0.909 0.8946 4.6527 0.5961 1.4899 0.4949 81.56 1.7161 8.9511 26.03 0.8092

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■ CANTERBURY IRRIGATION

Water-use increase lower than expected A water use report from Environment Canterbury unsurprisingly shows irrigators used more water during last year’s dry spell than the previous wet summer.

However, the increase wasn’t as large as might have been expected in a season that bordered on drought, according to IrrigationNZ. “The data actually reinforces the changes we’re seeing as new technologies and improved practice lead to more targeted water application,” IrrigationNZ CEO Andrew Curtis said.

“Irrigators don’t pump water out of the ground because they can as pumping costs them money. There is an efficiency driver and most farmers are already responsible water managers.”

Water use data for the July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013, year shows between 13.91 per cent and 65.1 per cent of allocated surface and groundwater across Canterbury was taken for irrigation.

Water use was heaviest in the Ashburton, Selwyn-Waihora and Orari-Opihi-Pareora zones, which correlates with significant irrigation activity in those areas.

A change in the way Environment Canterbury analyses and pre-

sents water use does mean the data should be treated as ‘indicative-only’, Mr Curtis said.

“This report contains data from less than 40 per cent of consented water takes with rates five litres per second and greater. Since June last year, hundreds more farmers across the region have installed water metering systems so next year’s report and those that follow will be significantly more accurate.

In the next couple of years we’ll have a much better picture of true water use based on farmers’ actual water use.”

Mr Curtis said despite a lowerthan-expected water use increase, there is still plenty irrigators can do to improve their management of water.

“IrrigationNZ will roll out our SMART irrigation programme this year to support farmers in keeping up with the technologies, skills and management systems necessary to drive water efficient irrigation. We’ll also continue to talk to central and regional government about the allocation and transfer system for water takes.

These need to be dynamic if we are to drive the best possible return to the community from New Zealand’s natural resources.”

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Wool prices softened last week, despite in the North Island which lifted by 1 the Kiwi dollar easing back. per cent. Coarse shears were 1 to 3 per VENISON (stag) WHEAT A combined offering of 16,800 bales cent cheaper. saw a 7.60 firm to slightly cheaper market.

First fambs ranged from firm to 4 per 450 The clearance rate of 78 per cent also cent easier with North Island wools af7.40 reflected the higher volumes of aver- fected400 the most.

7.20wools coming on to the marage style Long 350oddments were 2 to 3 per cent ket and7.00 growers expectations of higher cheaper 300in the South and up to 1.5 per offering prices, lifting the volume of cent dearer in the North.

6.80 250oddments were 1 to 4 per cent wool passed in.

Short 6.60 The weighted indicator for the main softer.200 trading6.40 currencies came down 1.16 per Competition was limited with most 150 6.20 cent compared to the last sale on Janu- interest from China, India and Austral100 ary 23.6.00 asia, supported

by Middle East, WestFine5.80 crossbred full fleece and second ern Europe and the United Kingdom.

50 shears ranged from firm to 3 per cent.

The sale comprised approximately 5.60crossbred full fleece were 1 to 7500 bales 0 from the North Island and Coarse 11-Nov 09-Dec 06-Jan 03-Feb 11-Nov 09-Dec 06-Jan 03-Feb 2 per cent cheaper, except the best style 6800 bales from the South Island.

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VENISON (stag)

$88 yarding of prime sheep held A medium their value, $86 fetching similar prices to last week at the Tinwald saleyards.

Heavy$84 woolly lambs made $125-$115, $82$110-$100, and lighter lambs mediums $92-$85. $80Heavy woolly ewes fetched

Bull

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LAMB SALE (15kg) TINWALD

Export prices (NZ$/tonne fob)

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15kg lamb prices (net$/hd)

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The field days were first held in 1982 on Ken Bowmar’s property at Waimumu with 60 exhibitors the main focus being on working demonstrations. We now own 38ha of our own land and last field days had more then 600 exhibitors from New Zealand and Australia and 33000 people through the gates. This year we have expanded again to be at capacity with more then 700 exhibitors, with companies recognising this as a great way to market their products to their clientele.

This year we have undertaken the task to build an event centre which will be a huge asset, not only to the field days but also to

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The tractor pull will again feature being run by the New Zealand Tractor Pull Association and once again Southland Tractors have come on board as the major sponsor.

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Mark the dates on your calendar so you don’t miss out on one of the country’s largest rural events.

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amco Agricultural Manufacturing is now one of the world leaders when it comes to modern farming techniques.

The SAMCO 3-in-1 machine sows maize corn seed, sprays a pre-emergence herbicide on the soil to prevent weed growth and then lays a thin layer of degradable mulch film over the soil.

The machine forms a seed channel under the film, this creates an ideal microclimate for the seed to germinate and grow, increasing soil and air temperature and protecting the young seedling from adverse weather and frosts.

Samuel Shine, founder of Samco, believes that the Samco system has given growers an opportunity to produce a high energy yielding home grown animal feed in regions where it was previously difficult and, in some cases, simply impossible.

“We have worked with a wide range of polymer formulations for our specialised film which have been tested in laboratory conditions as well as field trials to insure correct film is supplied for each region both on a climatic and soil type level,” Samuel says.

“The young plant bursts through the film when the danger of frost has passed and continues to grow at a very fast rate. This rapid growth in early season encourages the maize crop to flower at least three weeks earlier than normal; this enables the crop to produce a more mature grain prior to the onset of frost.

“The specially designed and patented film must be strong enough to lay on the soil and yet weak enough to allow the plants to emerge at the correct growth stage. The film is also tested for its degradability and impact on the environment.

The unique formulation of the degradable film used with the Samco System is designed with ventilation pinhole design which has many functions; • During sowing the degradable film allows trapped air to escape while the specially designed Samco System keeps the film tight to the soil.

• In the first six leaves of the plant’s life the pin-hole design must allow the high temperature to escape keeping the young plants in a perfect growing environment, until the plants are ready to break through.

• In warmer climates the degradable

film prevents evaporation from the soil where valuable moisture is needed for early root and plant growth.

Samuel Shine of Samco System says “We have worked extremely hard to bring the system to where it is today, perfecting it and ensuring it can be easily adapted for use in many different climatic regions around the world. We are now producing two, four, six and eight row machines to suit the market.

Samco has carried out stringent trials on its system in both the North and South Islands over the past number of years in conjunction with The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research and both commercial work and trials with Plateau Works at Island Cliff and also with Genetic Technologies.

Samuel Shine was a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2013 in Ireland and was also named as Best Exporter by Limerick Chamber of Commerce in 2012 and have since received the accolade of Overall 2013 Business of the Year Award at the Regional Business Awards by Limerick Chamber of Commerce in Ireland.

SAMCO is now no doubt currently one of Ireland’s most successful agri businesses and Samuel Shine will be based at Site no C177 with a two row version of the SAMCO machine. He is looking forward to meeting farmers and contractors with a view to growing maize.

The row version of the SAMCO machine will be on view at the working demostration site at the Southern Fields Show.

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz

Yesterday’s top 5 stories on guardianonline.co.nz:

1 Windwhistle Road is designated as which highway number? a. 72 b. 75 c. 77 2 The new Chinese year is the year of the … a. Rat b. Horse c. Rabbit 3 A king-sized bed is approximately 1.5m by 2m. a. True b. False 4 Noah Glass and Evan Williams were founders of which social media site? a. Google+ b. Facebook c. Twitter 5 How often does a US Congressman/woman face elections? a. Every 2 years b. Every 4 years c. Every 6 years 6 What is a ‘kipper’? a. Fish b. Carpenter’s tool c. Nap 7 Which cricket team currently holds the Ashes? a. England b. Australia c. India 8 Which city has George Street as its main street? a. Hamilton b. Nelson c. Dunedin

1. Man killed in fiery crash 2. One bottle too far 3. Alcohol policy will cause death: insider 4. Drinking video causes outrage 5. Booze rules to clean up streets

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Swinging fun at the domain Deagan Agnew, 9, hangs out on the Sky Surfer at the Ashburton Domain.

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GOODIE GIVEAWAY If you would like to go into the draw to win a copy of An Idiot Abroad 2 DVD, write your name, address and the DVD’s title on the back of an envelope and send to:

Goodie Giveaway, PO Box 77, Ashburton.

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.

Winners have two months to claim their DVDs.

Alternatively you can email goodies@theguardian.co.nz with the above details.

Entries must be received no later than 9am, the following Wednesday.

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■ METHVEN ARTIST

Squeezing her passion into a busy life

By SuSan SandyS

susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Artist Tania Sheridan is a busy working mum so squeezes all her painting into one night per week.

Mrs Sheridan lives in Methven with husband Gary, where the couple are parents to two active teenage boys.

“My life pretty much revolves around running after two boys,” Mrs Sheridan said.

She also works fulltime at a bank.

But three hours per week, on a Thursday night, she gets time to paint. She attends classes run

by Methven award-winning artist Karen Smith, and enjoys every minute of it.

Her favourite scenes are landscapes and she generally paints in acrylics. She often chooses vivid colours, for example, a painting of Mt Hutt features a bright orange sky and placid blues.

She said her choice of colours was to give her paintings more character.

“I want something different, everyone paints Mt Hutt,” Mrs Sheridan said.

The Mt Hutt painting sits alongside another on display at the Methven Heritage Centre, as part of a cash and carry exhibition.

Exhibition material - Methven artist Tania Sheridan with Ride The Motatapu at the Methven Heritage Centre.

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The other is called Ride the Motatapu and was painted by Mrs Sheridan after she attended a cycle ride as support crew

for a group of Methven ladies.

Mrs Sheridan said the reason she generally painted in acrylics was because they dried

quickly, so it suited her busy lifestyle.

It is the fourth year in a row she has exhibited at the annual

■ NELSON ARTIST

cash and carry.

She will soon be preparing to exhibit in the Hope and Sons Art Awards in Dunedin in May.

ARTS DIARY

Jellicoe owner shows her work An exhibition of Nelson artist Deanne Hobbs’ work, including Vintage Woman (right), will open at Terrace Downs Resort this month.

The Jellicoe Design art and clothing store owner also creates clothing and jewellery.

An opening dinner for the exhibition kicks off Terrace Downs’ exhibition programme for the year, and will be on the evening of February 13.

Bookings are essential.

The exhibition will run to March 27.

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February 8 – Otago artist Juliet Novena Sorrel has exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery to March 2, called We Are Here, Recreating A Sense Of Place. Artist talk 1.30pm.

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February 13 – Nelson artist Deanne Hobbs’ exhibition opens at Terrace Downs Resort with an evening function, runs to March 27.

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February 26 – Ashburton Film Society evening: Saving Mr Banks.

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To February 28 - Cash and Carry art exhibition at the Methven Heritage Centre.

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March 7 – Zonta Youth Art Awards entries must be delivered to the gallery by 4pm.

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To March 9 – Who Am I? Dowse Art Museum exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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March 14 – Zonta Youth Art Awards exhibition opening function. Exhibition runs to March 30.

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March 14 – Ashburton Society of Arts 50th annual exhibition entry forms and fees due.

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March 20 – Too Far From Heaven, Arts on Tour NZ, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. All tickets $25, on sale from mid January.

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March 29 – The Fresh-Up Real New Zealand Comedy Tour featuring Ben Hurley, Dai Henwood and Vaughan King. The trio are getting away from the big cities and keeping it real.

Tickets on sale from January 27.

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March 31 – Ashburton Society of Arts 50th annual exhibition courier delivery deadline.

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April 1 - Ashburton Society of Arts 50th annual exhibition personal delivery deadline.

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Ashburton Society of Arts weekly art groups held Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays. The society’s summer show is open for viewing at the Short Street Studio 10am to 2pm Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays

If you have any events to add to the arts diary please contact Susan Sandys, susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

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■ TRAVELLING IN STYLE

■ GRAND PRIX

Classic motoring I

No pressure on Ricciardo - Coulthard

thought it was really thoughtful of Roger Hart to consider my hairstyle when deciding on our modes of transport on the day of the Vintage Car Club Annual Rally.

As Roger said we set out in a Triumph TR6 with the hood down, which then morphed into the new BMW 4 Series coupe which he reported on last week.

It was great to have a ride in each of those fantastic cars, and keep what’s left of my hair.

The BMW is over 40 years younger than the TR6, which in turn is quite a lot younger than many of the cars which went on the rally, and that was a reminder to us that cars have evolved significantly over the years.

A Triumph TR6 and a 4 Series BMW are quite different cars, but they also have some things in common.

Apart from their ages there are other obvious differences – the TR6 is a convertible, the BMW is a fixed head coupe, the Triumph is built to accommodate two people, the BMW provides comfortable space for four, the Triumph is British, the BMW German.

The list of variances which includes totally different engine management systems and handling options could go on at length.

In common; they are both neat cars which share a real sense of style and are fun to travel in.

And in the hands of an expert like Roger they both perform really well.

That of course is quite a talent, being able to get out from behind the wheel of one car and straight into another quite different one and drive each as they are meant to be driven.

Most if not all the vintage enthusiasts who went on the Vintage Car Club rally did that too, they swapped from driving a “modern” to motoring in an older vehicle.

And all would say that’s part

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Daniel Ricciardo

Two superior modes of transport: The venerable DC3 now resident at the Ashburton Airport forms a marvellous backdrop for the classic MGB Convertible.

of the fun and the nostalgia of events like that.

The same thing happened at the SKOPE Classic last weekend.

Classic car racers reminded spectators of the way some delightful older cars performed in years gone by, and at the same time had a lot of fun driving them.

As it has done for over 20 years the SKOPE Classic provided a great weekend of racing, and some of that will be repeated next weekend at the Levels circuit near Timaru.

Getting back to the BMW, which Roger referred to as an ideal car for a long road trip.

Knowing my work would take me on a long trip to the West Coast during the week I couldn’t help thinking of that, but Lotto, as it has done so many times before, let me down.

They keep ignoring me, after all I know and tell them what the numbers are meant to be but they don’t follow and end up getting them wrong, so the trip wasn’t made in a BMW, al-

though I can’t complain because my car was ideal and as usual provided a comfortable and economical ride.

Along the way I couldn’t help thinking that just as cars have changed dramatically over the years, so too has the road over Arthurs Pass.

The Pass is named after surveyor Arthur Dudley Dobson who first traversed it 150 years ago in 1864, although it had been known to Maori hunting parties long before that.

The road may have changed but the scenery is as dramatic and spectacular as it has always been.

It took me a bit over four hours to get to my destination at Nelson Creek, but in that short time there were huge changes in both the terrain and the weather which is a reminder we don’t have to travel too far or for too long to experience some wonderful scenery.

Nowadays Nelson Creek is a small settlement which boasts a delightful church moved from quite some distance away in

the 1870s when the town was booming during a gold rush.

Relics from those boom days remain.

A walkway takes in an old long swing bridge and some tunnels.

History is close at hand in Nelson Creek, where there is also a delightful country pub supported by friendly locals and on one of the nights I was there three chaps from, yes you guessed it, Ashburton.

It’s been an interesting week, which provided the opportunity to visit some fantastic places, have a ride in two special cars and think about how things change with time.

Roger and I compared the new BMW with a sports car 40 years its senior.

When this column is written in four decades’ time I wonder what sort of cars the writer will be able to compare with current models.

And while I wonder too who might be writing that column, I don’t have to wonder about who won’t be!

Australian Red Bull rookie Daniel Ricciardo will be under little pressure this season despite driving alongside fourtimes Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel, according to former team racer David Coulthard.

Coulthard says 24-year-old Ricciardo, who moved from the Toro Rosso team at the end of last year to replace Mark Webber, is in an ideal position ahead of next month’s Australian Grand Prix.

“He’s had a great rise up to the point of driving for the world championship-winning team,” Coulthard said.

“It’s better to be up against the best guy statistically over the past four years than to be in the mid-grid beating your teammate, because ultimately this is about trying to win Grands Prix. He’s got a much better chance of doing that with Red Bull Racing than he was going to have with Toro Rosso.

“The expectation will be that Sebastian, as a four-time world champion, will be the team leader, so it’s all there for Daniel to play for.

“If he matches him, people will say ‘well, he’s really got some pace’; if he beats him, then people are going to really sit up and take notice. So I think the pressure is off Daniel in many respects.

“When I made my debut as a young driver for Williams, I didn’t feel any pressure - all I saw was opportunity.” - AAP

Some of the cars at the Vintage Car Club’s Annual Rally would have been no strangers to gas stations such as these in their day.

Club news Thursday, February 6, 2014

www.guardianonline.co.nz Allenton Netball Club Once again we are planning the start of the netball season – which seems to get earlier and earlier each year. We have recently held our AGM so planning for the 2014 season is well and truly under way.

President this year is Amy McIntyre (307 0045 evenings or 027 518 1000), treasurer is Ange Chudleigh and secretary Jenny Wells backed up by an able committee. We are always on the look-out for extra help, so if there is anyone who would like to come on the committee or help out in any way please contact Amy. We are holding our senior registrations on Tuesday, February 11 from 6pm to 6.30pm at our Melrose Road Netball Courts and we are hoping for a big turnout of players. A registration fee of $20 must be paid before you are able to trial - this comes off the sub.

Trials for senior players: Tuesday, February 11 from 6.30pm to 8pm (straight after registration) and Thursday, February 13 from 6.30pm to 8pm. A further trial will be held if needed.

Junior registrations for Years 3-6 are to be held at Allenton School on Monday, February 17 at 3pm, Ashburton Intermediate school for Years 7 and 8 on Monday, February 17 at lunchtime (12.45pm - on the court area near the office) and Ashburton Christian School for Years 3 to 10 on Monday, February 10 at 12.30pm for both senior and junior registrations.

Trials for junior players: Years 3, and 4 Sunday, March 2 at 10am11am. Years 5 and 6, Tuesday, February 25 5.15pm to 6.45pm and Thursday, February 27 5.15pm to 6.45pm. Years 7 and 8 Tuesday, February 25 6.30pm to 8pm and Thursday, February 27 6.30pm to 8pm and Sunday, March 2 from 11.30am.

We are still looking for more coaches for both senior and junior teams so if you would like to help out please contact president, Amy McIntyre.

All our trials are held at our courts on Melrose Road. All returning and new players for all grades are welcome.

Allenton Outdoor Bowling Club The result of the new year raffle: 1st: Christine Mason. 2nd: Rose Johnston.

3rd: Annette Sargisson. 4th: Graham Clarke. Drawn under police supervision and all winners have been notified.

Good attendance at the Tuesday night pairs has been consistent and great company, bowls and fellowship has been enjoyed by all. Well done Judy and Co. The greens are great and championship games are getting through so keep the

Bowlers take to the green Bert Ellis rolls up during the Mid Canterbury Sub Centre Over 80s Tournament at the MSA Bowling green yesterday. The trio was George Crack, Henry Hunt and Doug Watson as the only team with three wins. Jock McCrory, Betty Joyce and Bob Brassell had two wins and a draw while Trevor Watson, Mervyn Jones and Maureen Cullimore were third with two wins.

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games going to get all played within the time frame. Catch you all in two weeks’ time. Good bowling everyone.

Ashburton Dahlia Circle At the first meeting and table show of the Dahlia Circle there was a good attendance with some new members showing for the first time. A welcome was extended to all by Graham Gunn our president and patron.

Minutes were read and confirmed from our November meeting when we also staged a small rose show and had enjoyed a delicious pre Xmas meal.

There are a few members travelling to Nelson for the National show in February and we wish them all success for an enjoyable weekend. Leave of absence was granted to Graham for the February meeting so that he could incorporate his judging at Blenheim also.

The table show held a very good supply of excellent dahlias for our first show with the Premier exhibit going to Alister and Joan Davey. Supper was served while the judging took place. Thank you to Paul and Sheena for an enjoyable supper.

The raffle prize went to Bev Cornwall.

We look forward to our next table show on Tuesday, February 18. The hall will open at 6.30pm for members to display their blooms. Hosts are Alister and Joan Davey and the raffle is to be supplied by Jan Chambers.

College Cricket Club A big congratulations to those players who made their debuts (or faced their first ball) for the 1st XI on Saturday against Christchurch Boys’ High first XI – Andrew Jopson, Devam Pandya, Josh Buchanan and Ryan Hampton.

In third grade Ashburton Gold got off to a solid start with a 125 run win over Green. The total of 198-7 off the allotted overs was based on the solid foundation of 67 from openers Tom Ravenscroft and Zach Naldrett. After three quick wickets fell Gareth Hunt made a measured 49 not out allowing his partners to make more expansive shot selections.

The final seven overs saw an unbeaten partnership of 50 runs with Andrew Tait.

Green’s best bowlers were Jamie Stockdale and Connor Wilson taking a brace apiece.

Green started well until Jayden Reid found the edge of Harry Ferguson’s bat

in an excellent opening spell. Angus McKenzie (33) and Luke Tod then had Green’s highest partnership of 23 before the introduction of that man again Gareth Hunt (3-12) saw the game swing decisively to Gold. Astute captaincy by Oliver Adlam saw the trio of spinners wrap up the tail Sam Turner (3-18), Brad Horrell (1-7) and Tom Ravenscroft (2-0).

Big thanks to firsts players Deon Biggs and Devam for umpiring some of this game.

Red’s trip to Methven was interesting, they got to Methven only to find there was no ground, so off they trundled to Lauriston to do battle – where they were rolled. The only bits to come out are that Tom Bell topscored while the team made seventy-something, Blair Snowball got run out – which is unusual as he normally tries to hit boundaries to avoid running and that Methven chased the runs down losing only one wicket.

The 1st XI is selling peastraw to help raise funds for its trip to Australia later in the year. If you want some, ask a 1st XI player for details, $5 a bale delivered.

Methven Bowls Club Here we are into February already. The season is more than half way through.

The results should be getting exciting soon as we near the finals of our championships.

Men’s section winner Singles: Brent Mayson 3 wins - Brent looks to be a strong contender in the singles Pairs winners: David Isherwood and Adrian Kemp 2 wins, Brent Mayson and Bruce Harper, Jeff Nowell and Kevin Meiklejohn Triples: Craig Carter Jeff Nowell and Simon Fleetwood, Ivan Syme Rob Fensom and Jeff Limbrick In the Ladies section winners Singles: Melva Middleton Pairs: Shirley Pagey and Barb Gawn 2 wins, Glenda Ryan and Di Callaghan Last Sunday at Kirwee, Bruce Harper Gene Pagey Hugh Weir and Mary Stone were third.

On Thursday at the final night of the Smallbone triples at Rakaia Bruce Harper Wendy Blackwell and Jim Lattimore won. Overall winner of the three nights were David Isherwood Raiona Isherwood and Barbara Gawn.

Placed third overall was Bruce Harper Wendy Blackwell and Jim Lattimore.

Also at Rakaia the ladies played the Murton cup on Friday. This was won by a composite team of Lynda Boyd, Raiona Isherwood, Dawn Smith and Wendy Suttie.

Coming event is The Lock Cup for over

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MSA Bowling Club Bowls has now picked up after the holidays and appears to have a busy programme ahead.

Saturday 25th the 2/3’s teams played Woolston Club Section (1) Syd Harrison, Barry Stott, & Hamish Nish Lost 12—28 Ray Mitchell, Joan Hardy & Margaret Watson Won 25-12 Section (2) Robin Petrie, Joyce Cleghorn & Rene Devereux Won 37-7 (managed to scrape home) John Argyle, Ron Cockburn & Trevor Nish Won 17-14 Sunday 26th the Annual “Loftus Cup” was played, 28 Bowlers boarded the bus and headed to Richmond Club to do battle in first leg of the said cup but I think they had wished they had stayed home as report has it they were “Thumped”, but were happy. However in spite of a hiding an enjoyable day was had and all were looking forward to the 2nd leg to be played at home on Sunday March 16. Better luck next time and remember Richmond lead by 70 points.

Thursday 25th, the men began their drawn fours competition with a good turnout of bowlers. As a spectator I am at a loss to know where the 4th player of each team was. I know I’m old, eyesight average, trouble using cellphone, but I could swear I only witnessed Drawn Threes.

February 1st, 2/3’s played in Christchurch at Papanui. Resulted in MSA, 2 wins, 2 losses. Details later.

Tuesday 28th Ladies commenced their Championship 4’s. The two teams to start the Ball Rolling (in this case bowl) were Shirley Taylor (s) Robyn Parkin Cynthia Dudley & Margaret Watson, and Joan Hardy (s) Marie Harnett, Rene Devereux & Helen Dowdle. To start Shirley took charge and got away to a good start, on the 16th end Joan’s team had closed the gap to 16—14 from then on was cat and mouse and Shirl went into last end with a deficit of one, but Shirl was up to the challenge and took the win 17—15.

Coming up on March 11 is the Social Fun visit to the Pleasant Point Bowling Club to play for “Grammy Bear” Trophy. If wishing to go write names on board in Ladies Room.

MSA Triples Tournament to be played February 10. To be followed by a busy programme.

Two Happy Birthday Kids? Marj Greenaway and Joan Hardy - Good Luck Tea Duty: February 11th - 13th Marie Harnett - Robyn Parkin.

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS

Draws ■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club Ladies Handicap Singles February 4 1st Leonie Spargo 3 wins 27 ends; 2nd Heather Goodall 3wins 24 ends.

MSA Ladies Triples MSA Bowls Skips entered MSA Ladies Triples Tournament on Monday, February 10, 9.30am start.

D. Gutberlet, G. Hawkins, S. Holdom, M. Eder, J. Kingsbury, V. Bell, R. Bennett, S. Scott, G. Body, S. Scott, G. Baker, N. MacKenzie, M. Sullivan, W. Blackwell, J. Dennis, J. Hardy.

■ Golf

Ashburton Golf Club Midweek Women February 11 LGU, Medal, Rnd 1 Sunmeade Trophy, Rnd 1 Longbeach Cup Draw Steward: Janice Dunlop 308 3910 Tuesday Starters: Bev Watkins and Janice Dunlop No 1 Tee 9.00 J. Williams, J. Welch, R. Bennett 9.06 H. Argyle, D Engelbrecht, A. Grant 9.12 H. Robertson, K. McRae, K. Green 9.18 D. Simmons, T. Cates, K. Read 9.24 F. Matsinger, G. Lane, M. Chisnall 9.30 B. Cameron, J. McKeown, E. Langford No 7 Tee 9.18 M. Watson, M. Bean, A.

Hunt 9.24 J. Montgomery, M. Stoddart, K. Shaw 9.30 J. Ackerley, B. Gregory, C. Emery No 9 Tee 9.18 H. Ward, W. Suttie No 10 Tee 9.00 V. Moore, L. Wackrow, B. Turton 9.06 P. Bell, R. Fail, H. Hawksby 9.12 W. Parr, J. Guilford, G. Sloper 9.18 S. Elliott, A. Hewson, D. Hinton, 9.24 E. Porter, J Dunlop, B. Watkins Nine Hole Men and Women’s Section Thursday 13 Ashburton 9 Hole Tournament Nine Hole Convenors – Carol O’Reilly 308 8758 and Wendy Smith 308 9207 Saturday February 8 – LGU, Medal, Rnd 1 Sunmeade Trophy - report 8.20am for 8.45am start All women players welcome to join weekend ladies Club Captain – Jenny Williams 308-2081

Tinwald Women’s Golf February 11 2nd Burrows Cup Maree Moore 2nd Milderd Williams (B3) No 1 Tee 9am M Kennedy J Bruhns S Vucetich 9.05 A Dwan D Wellman B O’Neill 9.10 C Shanks S Durry D Sharplin 9.15 C Linney D Bell P Ellis No 7 Tee 9am L Bird P Bishop T O’Connell 9.05 I Diveres D Boon S Cain No 10 9am P McAndrew M Pawsey S Young 9.05 M Bennett S Lane L Glassey 9.10 J VanderHeide B Harris M Reddicliffe 9.15 D Lowe J Undy P Templeton 9.20 V Prendergast V Hampton M Oak-

ley No 13Tee 9.am P Smith P Bell M Smith 9.05 J Peacock M Moore B Jackson 9 Hole Women 1st Bell Trophy Stroke Round No 1Tee 9 .20 V Johnston N Costin G Whipp 9.25 M Sherriff K Young R O’Brien Starters; V Prendergast V Hampton Cards M Kennedy P Bell AM Tea Duty N Costin; PM Tea Duty L Bird P McAndrew

Softball Mid Canterbury Softball 9:00 T Ball - T1 Hampstead Yellow v Borough Red; T2 Allenton Blue Sox v St Joseph Tigers; T4 BNZ Rakaia Royals v Longbeach Strikers; T5 Borough Black v Allenton Red Sox. 10:30 T Ball - T1 Wakanui Whackers v Tinwald Dolphins; T2 Allenton Yellow Sox v Ashburton Christian School Flyers; T4 Hampstead Blue v Longbeach Stars; T5 Hinds Hawks v Netherby Strikers.

Under 11- D3 Allenton White Sox v Netherby Black Sox; D2 Tinwald Black Sox v Cubs; D1 Metalcorp Hampstead Allstars v Rakaia Red Sox. 10:30 Under 13- D3 ADC Bluejays v ADC Cardinals, Panthers to umpire; D1 Bridgestone Rakaia Ravens v Ashburton City Tigers, Demons to umpire; D2 Fairfield Juniors v Pirates, Fairfield to umpire.

1:00 Seniors D1 Panthers v ADC Rustys, Rebels to umpire; D2 Fairfield Marines v ADC Renegades, Nosh to umpire.

3:00 D1 Nosh Hampstead Hawkes v ADC Rebels, Panthers to umpire.

Results ■ Golf Ashburton County Veterans’ Golf Association Heartland Championship Round 1.

1st. was Evan Waters with 45 Stableford Points; 2nd. was Dave Tilson with 43 Stableford Points; 3rd. was Eddie Tulip with 43 Stableford Points; 4th. was Trevor Kerr with 41 Stableford Points; 5th. was Jack Hart with 41 Stableford Points; 6th. was Derek Shaw with 41 Stableford Points; 7th. was Lance Innes with 40 Stableford Points; 8th. was Dave Puckett with 39 Stableford Points; 9th. was Graham Mc Evoy with 39 Stableford Points; 10th. was Arthur Pawsey with 39 Stableford Points; 11th. was Murray Mellish with 39 Stableford Points; 12th. was Stu Wilson with 38 Stableford Points; 13th. was Brian Edmonston with 38 Stableford Points; 14th. was Ray Bennett with 38 Stableford Points; 15th. was Mike Gray with 38 Stableford Points.

Twos: Stu Wilson and George Cartney.

Tinwald Women’s Golf Inver Trophy January 28 Marilyn Bennett Nett 66; Margaret Pawsey Nett 66 C/B; Shona Vucetich

68; Verna Hampton 68 C/B; Pat Bell 69; Joe Peacock 69 C/B; Pam McAndrew 72; Marion Oakley 72 C/B Nearest the pins No 6 Stables Family Restaurant Karen Young; No 2 2nd Shot – Dairy Business Centre Marilyn Bennett; No 12 Hair by Mack & Maggies Joan Undy; No 16 2nd Shot – outdoor Adventure Shona Vucetich Twos: Pam McAndrew 9 Hole Competition Slyvia Williams Trophy: Valda Johnston 36; Janet Mooreen 37 on C/B

Tinwald Golf Club women LGU February 4 Silver: Elizabeth Collins 87 14 73; Marilyn Bennett 89 14 75; Colleen Linney 95 19 76 Bronze 1: Barbara MacGregor 87 19 68; Joan Undy 90 21 69; Pat Bell 99 27 72 Bronze 2: Phyllis Bishop 102 35 67; Shona Vucetich 103 35 68; Shirley Young 102 33 69 Bronze 3: Sonjia Mee 103 36 67; Verna Hampton 107 39 68; Marion Oakley 107 35 72 Nearest the pins: No . 2 Dairy Business Centre 2nd Shot Colleen Linney; No 6 Stables Restaurant Jo Peacock; No.12 Mac &Maggies Pat Bell; No 16 Outdoor Adventure 2nd Shot Barbara Harris 9 Hole Competition Drawn Pairs Combined Stablefords Madge Sherriff & Rosie O’Brien 30.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Perry to start for Crusaders

Shortlist of four for coach

By Jonathan leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Former Mid Canterbury prop Tim Perry has been given the chance to make his push for playing time at the Crusaders from the get-go. Perry has been named to start for the Crusaders in their pre-season clash with the Highlanders in Motueka tomorrow night.

Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder has named a 30-strong squad, including a number of players who have never played in a super rugby level game.

“This is a great chance for some of our newer players and wider training group to get a run against another Super Rugby team,” Blackadder said.

“There are also some of our most experienced players in the squad though so we will certainly be looking to be competitive on Friday and give our Tasman supporters something to cheer for.”

Perry, who plays for Tasman at provincial level, is one of the new players to the franchise and has a chance to impress with All Black bookends Wyatt Crockett and Owen Franks on the extended bench Included in the run-on 15 are current All Black locks Luke Romano and Dominic Bird while centre Ryan Crotty will captain the side with Israel Dagg at fullback.

Also on the extended bench are Matt Todd, Colin Slade, Sam Whitelock, Tom Taylor, Corey Flynn, Zac Guildford, Crockett and Franks Blackadder has opted to rest captain Kieran Read and All Black captain Richie McCaw.

By Michael Brown

Crusaders’ flanker Richie McCaw will be rested for the opening pre-season clash against the Highlanders but former Mid Canterbury prop Tim Perry and Israel Dagg have been named to start on Friday.

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On the other side of the field, Perry will pack down against another Mid Canterbury propping product, Chris King. King, who played his 100th super rugby game last year, suffered a serious bicep injury playing for the Highlanders against the Force last year that had him miss the ITM Cup. Kick-off is at 5.30pm at Motueka Sports Ground, and the game will be played in 20 minute quarters with two-minute water breaks and a 10-minute halftime.

CRUSADERS TEAM ■ Crusaders team to play the Highlanders: ■ 1 Tim Perry, 2 Ben Funnell, 3 Nepo Laulala, 4 Luke Romano, 5 Dominic Bird, 6 George Whitelock, 7 Jed Brown, 8 Jordan Taufua, 9 Andy Ellis, 10 Tyler Bleyendaal, 11 Nafi Tuitavake, 12 Ryan Crotty (Captain), 13 Reynold Lee-Lo, 14 Rob Thompson, 15 Israel Dagg.

■ Substitutes:16 Codie Taylor, 17 Wyatt Crockett, 18 Owen Franks, 19 Joel Everson, 20 Matt Todd, 21 Willi Heinz, 22 Colin Slade, 23 Kieron Fonotia, Samuel Whitelock, Tom Taylor, Adam Whitelock, Zac Guildford, Mitchell Drummond, Corey Flynn, Daniel Lienert Brown.

Little-known Australian Glenn Morrison has joined Stephen Kearney, David Kidwell and Richie Blackmore on a shortlist of four to be interviewed for the Kiwis coaching position.

The NZRL received 14 applications for the position and have whittled it down to four but there were none of the big names many might have hoped for.

Kearney is the frontrunner to retain the position he’s held since 2008, despite the fact the Kiwis were outclassed by Australia in last year’s World Cup final in Manchester. He’s known to hold support within the NZRL and is also favoured by the majority of players.

Kidwell is the main contender, having recently taken up a position as Wests Tigers assistant after three years under Craig Bellamy in Melbourne.

Blackmore has had good success in New Zealand, having won two Fox Memorial titles and also been New Zealand Maori co-coach, but it’s believed his lack of NRL or UK Super League coaching experience will count against him.

Morrison is the outsider. He is presently coaching the Dewsbury Rams in the UK Championship.

The four candidates will be interviewed by a six-strong appointment panel over the next week.

- APNZ

■ OPINION

Time for fans to change their focus

O

K, we’ve had our five minutes rest, it’s back into New Zealand’s national game.

Ignore the brilliant summer sunshine that seems to have just arrived, there’s 125 Super Rugby matches about to kick off; all the teams are busy playing their last few pre-season fixtures to iron out the kinks, or try and settle which player might best fit a new position.

In that regard, of course all eyes are on Benji at the Blues.

You can’t miss him, he’s the guy that’s been flooding our TV screens in the ads, as they find ways to financially support their huge gamble in bringing him into the cauldron of Super rugby, especially in such a piv-

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otal position.

But whether he makes the transition from league or not isn’t really our concern; there are more pressing issues much closer to home, although much of the interest will also centre on that very same position.

Without Dan Carter to run the show, Colin Slade has an enormous task in front of him to keep the Crusader machine running smoothly.

Can the former Highlander, with his incredibly unlucky history of injuries that halted his run in the black jersey hopefully behind him, do what DC has been unable to manage over an ever-burgeoning time span, and bring home the big prize?

He’s certainly got the firepower around him.

Although Kieran Read will be skipper (with Ryan Crotty his more-than-able deputy) a firedup Richie McCaw may well be the main influence on the team this time around.

Without the burden of captaincy he will be able to concentrate all his rugby skills on the job at hand.

It’s quite possibly Richie’s last shot at the title, maybe that

will be the spur this team needs to knock the Chiefs off their championship perch.

Certainly the Crusaders are ongoing victims of their own success; because they won seven of the first 13 Super Rugby trophies on offer, the benchmark is set massively, maybe unreasonably high every season.

Todd Blackadder, Aaron Mauger and Dave Hewett are nearly the best coaching combination going around, and as long as they can get the likes of Israel Dagg to consistently do the magic stuff we know they’re capable of, the red and blacks will again be featuring at the sharp end of the competition, a place they are more familiar with than any other team. Still,

there’s the small matter of a test series for the men in white to get through before summer is officially over.

The Black Caps are soaring, a crushing ODI series victory over the world champs puts them in a place they are entirely unfamiliar with, and a test win would cap that achievement brilliantly.

The biggest hurdle I can foresee is called Virat Kohli.

The Indian run-machine has failed by his lofty standards on this tour; he’s so far overdue to produce a torrent of runs, I fear some of our bowlers’ figures might just be left in tatters in the next couple of weeks.

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Amberley harness Today at Rangiora Raceway

Fields for Amberley Trotting Club Inc meeting at Rangiora (Grass) today. NZ Meeting number: 8. 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 RACE 1 12.02pm (NZT) CAVALIER TROTTING PRODUCTS TROT $9500, 3yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2600m 1 48250 Jean Sebastien (1) fr............. J Markham (J) 2 26604 Total Exposure (2) fr....................... D Nyhan 3 4 Eilish Monarch (3) fr ........................ G Smith 4 3224 All Lit Up (4) fr .................................. J Smith 5 7x002 Sungait Sally (5) fr ........................R Holmes 6 0x5 Thanking You (6) fr ........................... D Dunn 7 2 Queen Kenny fr ............................ Scratched 8 8870 Cherry Lindenny (7) fr .....................B Nyhan 9 2D Easy Empress (8) fr ..................... S McNally 10 x2030 Pure Emotion (9) fr........................... J Keast 11 40463 Price Of Fame (10) fr .................... T Trathen 12 5470 Thanksfor Stopin (11) fr .................T Chmiel 13 52443 Starview Soul (12) fr .....................N Perkins 14 0 Belle Bones fr............................... Scratched 15 Shay Scott fr................................. Scratched 16 x9657 Renegade Fighter (U1) fr .......... B Borcoskie 17 05207 Waihemo Angus (U2) fr............ S Smolenski Emergencies: Cherry Lindenny, Belle Bones, Shay Scott RACE 2 12.27pm FLAIR CANTERBURY BRANCH AVON CITY FORD PACE $5000, 4yo+ c0 pace, stand, 1950m 1 00000 Sophie Rose fr ............................. Scratched 2 80056 Zoerotten (1) fr ............................C DeFilippi 3 x9608 Tom Bola (2) fr ..............................L O’Reilly 4 8667 Snowden (3) fr ...........................C Markham 5 08496 Taia’s Kid (4) fr ............................. P Wakelin 6 6x680 Be Me (5) fr ........................................ R May 7 0507 Lavros Cash (6) fr ................... C D Thornley 8 87 Majestic Bardon (7) fr................ R Houghton 9 47750 Cavalli Woman (8) fr.......................T Chmiel 10 06874 Fifteen C (9) fr ........................... C McDowell 11 92903 Sombrero Man (10) fr.............. L McCormick 12 00046 Private Jones (11) fr..................C Hunter (J) 13 65559 Maybe Foxy (12) fr ..................... S Ottley (J) 14 30046 Hot Lips Brogden (13) fr............. K Cameron 15 7000x Dazzling Dawn fr .......................... Scratched 16 Lynley Morris (14) fr ......................R Holmes Emergencies: Sophie Rose, Dazzling Dawn RACE 3 12.52pm LOT 53 BETTOR OPS @ CHRISTCHURCH SALES MBL PACE $5000, c1 to c3 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 080x0 Bettys Icon (1) fr..................................B Butt

2 0x070 Sue Anna (2) fr........................B Thomas (J) 3 50886 Albie Al (3) fr ................................. K Butt (J) 4 090x6 Onslow Hanover (4) fr ................... K Cox (J) 5 95009 Tinted Field (5) fr....................... H Clarke (J) 6 53769 Fortunately (6) fr .......................A Tomlinson 7 62852 Franco Envoy (7) fr .................. C R Thornley 8 P0783 Comenche (8) fr ................................J Dunn 9 44425 Lively Shard (9) fr ............................ G Smith 10 95009 Brute Ute Anvil (21) fr ............. C D Thornley 11 07897 Hairy Maclary (U1) fr.....................R Holmes RACE 4 1.27pm NORTH CANTERBURY TROTTING TROT $10,500, 3yo+ c1 trot, stand, 1950m 1 00032 Fancy Pants (1) fr ........................C DeFilippi 2 27036 Evander D Go fr ........................... Scratched 3 84107 Best Bones fr ............................... Scratched 4 1 Free Bird (2) fr .........................B Thomas (J) 5 32334 Gold Harmony (3) fr ................ S Golding (J) 6 02523 Wishes Star (4) fr ......................... G O’Reilly 7 06235 Spell (5) fr .................................. S Ottley (J) 8 54426 Sarah Palin (6) fr .............................. P Davis 9 83170 Blue Don (7) fr......................... C D Thornley 10 22062 All Shook Up (8) fr........................... G Smith 11 31x13 Zhenya (9) fr............................ M Williamson 12 51330 Brite N Early (10) fr ...................... P Wakelin 13 PP235 Sunny Vacation (U1) fr ..................... D Dunn 14 55321 Ton Tine (U2) fr ......................... R Anderson 15 43235 Gin Rummy (U3) fr .......................I Cameron 16 P6P16 Main Divide (U4) fr ............................. R May 17 90020 Thanksforplaying fr....................... Scratched Emergencies: Evander D Go, Best Bones, Thanksforplaying RACE 5 2.02pm CANTERBURY BREEDERS JOAN BELCHER LEGACY MBL PACE $9500, 3yo+ f&m c0 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 00x50 Desperado fr ................................ Scratched 2 73 Amelia Pond (1) fr ..................... R Anderson 3 25552 Pembrook Belle (2) fr ..........................A Butt 4 40523 Secret Lotion (3) fr ........................M Purdon 5 C A Penny (4) fr ............................... D Dunn 6 2370 Ultimate CC (5) fr ..........................B Orange 7 577 Younoyouwantmee (6) fr ............... K Cox (J) 8 44 Expressive Art (7) fr ........................... R May 9 2820 Towie Zoe (8) fr .............................L O’Reilly 10 x00x0 B Four Da Fire (21) fr ................K Riddell (J) 11 9 Gracey Lacey (22) fr .............J Anderson (J) 12 P Three Sands (23) fr ........................T Chmiel 13 30046 Hot Lips Brogden (24) fr............. K Cameron RACE 6 2.37pm GULLIVER & TYLER LTD RANGIORA PACE $10,500, 3yo+ c1 pace, stand, 1950m

1 03603 Loch In C (1) fr ................................. P Davis 2 58806 Classic Vogue (2) fr ......................... G Smith 3 1002 Art Pleaser (3) fr .............................M Jones 4 06864 Mr Franklin (4) fr............................B Orange 5 x6663 Better Klik (5) fr ............................ G O’Reilly 6 55x00 Alliwantforxmas (6) fr .......................... J Hay 7 23673 Shadow Rider (7) fr ..........................J Curtin 8 88094 Billythehuntedone (8) fr ...............C DeFilippi 9 82140 Tubby Jim (9) fr ...................................B Butt 10 4691 Vega Sicilia (10) fr ...................... R Close (J) 11 92000 Riverboat Princess fr.................... Scratched 12 81875 Franco Tyrone (11) fr ............... C D Thornley 13 9x402 Born In The USA (12) fr ................... D Dunn 14 06P66 Glamar Girls (13) fr ............................ R May 15 58757 Waikari Cash fr............................. Scratched 16 73260 Call Me Danny (14) fr ................. S Ottley (J) 17 50870 Shantahlia Knight fr...................... Scratched Emergencies: Riverboat Princess, Waikari Cash, Shantahlia Knight RACE 7 3.15pm HSW LTD ACCOUNTANTS/PROMED EDGEWARE DOCTORS PACE $9500, 3yo+ c0 pace, stand, 2600m 1 82622 Red Under Fire (1) fr ............... S Golding (J) 2 649 Pacific Rose (2) fr............................. J Keast 3 23636 Highview Jimmy (3) fr................ T Bagrie (J) 4 40x8 True Legend (4) fr ........................... G Smith 5 70 Four Starzzz Shiraz (5) fr ........ M Williamson 6 44423 Lacroix Franco (6) fr ......................... P Davis 7 0x000 Willywinit fr ................................... Scratched 8 605x2 Smart Alex (7) fr ............................... D Dunn 9 873x5 Can’t Get Enough (8) fr ...............C DeFilippi 10 x7006 Fiery Rock fr................................. Scratched 11 x5437 Monkey Puzzle (9) fr .........................J Dunn 12 5 Scanreco Bay (10) fr .......................... R May 13 87330 Sounds Like Us (11) fr ..................R Holmes 14 08329 Maldini (12) fr .......................... C D Thornley 15 88202 Lifestyler (13) fr ........................ T Woodward 16 8 Red River Lochee fr ..................... Scratched 17 00805 Coyote (U1) fr.................................. R Curtin Emergencies: Willywinit, Fiery Rock, Red River Lochee RACE 8 3.50pm RANGIORA EQUINE SERVICES AMBERLEY CUP HCP PACE $19,500, 4yo+ c3 & faster discrhcp pace, stand, 2600m 1 36061 Roxy Bromac (1) fr ......................J Young (J) 2 44430 Live Lea (2) fr ................................R Holmes 3 P126x Eric Clapton (3) fr ................................ J Hay 4 18076 Ideal Arden fr ............................... Scratched 5 16318 Star Black (4) fr ............................ G O’Reilly 6 63415 Classiebee (5) fr............................B Orange

7 29186 Robyn’s Raider (6) fr .........................J Dunn 8 89228 Supreme Gem (7) fr ................ C D Thornley 9 26215 Jerry Garcia (8) fr ..........................L O’Reilly 10 x3211 The Brigadier (U1) fr ...................N McGrath 11 22118 Jeans Mattjesty (1) 10........................ R May 12 17226 Woodlea Legend 10 ..................... Scratched 13 05392 Greenburn Creek (2) 10 ......................A Butt 14 67660 Eyre County 10 ............................ Scratched 15 44472 Vice Chairman (3) 10 ................ T Bagrie (J) 16 78460 Twilight Rascal 10 ........................ Scratched 17 22721 Cam Before The Storm (1) 20 ....... K Butt (J) 18 12123 Arden Rooney (2) 20 .....................M Purdon 19 76884 Chechnya (3) 20.............................T Chmiel Emergencies: Live Lea, Ideal Arden, Eyre County, Twilight Rascal RACE 9 4.25pm DAWE CONTRACTING LTD MOBILE PACE $9500, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 00x50 Desperado (1) fr ............................... P Davis 2 38324 Rip Roaring (2) fr ...........................T Chmiel 3 2 Cyclone Kiwi (3) fr .........................R Holmes 4 902 Don’t Call Me Sue (4) fr .......... C D Thornley 5 8 Red River Lochee fr ..................... Scratched 6 P0279 Arizona Eyre (5) fr .............................. R May 7 52839 The Mighty Falcon (6) fr ............ T Bagrie (J) 8 097 Major Morris (7) fr ............................... J Law 9 Real Impulse fr ............................. Scratched 10 00476 Houdini (21) fr .......................... T Woodward 11 6x307 Sterns Arising (22) fr .........................J Dunn 12 x4854 My Lifesign (23) fr ........................K Williams 13 2 Rapid Mach (24) fr ........................... D Dunn 14 58428 John Doe (25) fr ........................... G O’Reilly 15 42Dx8 Mattjestic Rebeck (26) fr .................. J Keast 16 65535 Cheyenne Warrior fr ..................... Scratched Emergencies: Desperado, Red River Lochee RACE 10 5.00pm ZILCO NZ LTD - RANGIORA SADDLERY HANDICAP TROT $11,500, 4yo+ c2 & faster discrhcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 32554 Doctor Bones (1) fr.............................B Ford 2 78468 Joltin Joe Demagio fr ................... Scratched 3 20430 Tart N Tights (2) fr ..........................T Chmiel 4 60781 Tarn fr ........................................... Scratched 5 48251 Gee Itsa Boy (3) fr ................... L McCormick 6 39158 Fireman (4) fr ...................................J Curtin 7 4D170 Franco Nadal (U1) fr .......................... R May 8 10014 Juneamy Castleton (1) 10 ...............M Jones 9 79639 Eyrewell Pegasus (2) 10 .................. P Davis 10 9x074 Mo Hahn (3) 10 .................................J Dunn 11 81121 Bonechip (4) 10.............................B Orange 12 72781 Sundons Comet (1) 20 ................C DeFilippi

13 10247 Rebma (2) 20 ............................A Tomlinson 14 0042x Sir Lexington (3) 20 .............................A Butt 15 05123 Galleons Triumph (U1) 20 ....... M Williamson 16 40039 Burano 30 .................................... Scratched 17 00620 Sunny Kash (1) 30 .................. C D Thornley 18 95794 Uncas (U1) 45 .........................B Thomas (J) Emergencies: Joltin Joe Demagio, Eyrewell Pegasus, Burano RACE 11 5.35pm KEITH USSHER ARCHITECTURE MOBILE PACE $10,500, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 20274 Firebreak (1) fr ........................... R Close (J) 2 27821 Mighty Peruvian (2) fr ......................... R May 3 14 Mach’s Love (3) fr.................... C D Thornley 4 28x53 Memorable (4) fr............................... D Dunn 5 x43F4 Mundaka (5) fr.................................... D Butt 6 08994 Chargedownking fr ....................... Scratched 7 86330 Johnny Eyre (6) fr .............................J Dunn 8 1 Joey Maguire (7) fr .................... R Houghton 9 x2132 Strike On Command (8) fr .............B Orange 10 07210 Oncewerechristians (21) fr ............R Holmes 11 70360 Marilyn Golightly fr ....................... Scratched 12 14954 Star Of Dionysis (22) fr ....................J Curtin 13 00653 Shantahlia’s Star (23) fr ..........B Thomas (J) 14 5x328 All For D B (24) fr ......................... A Veint (J) 15 18x05 Incredible Anvil (25) fr ..................... G Smith 16 65011 Meticulous (26) fr ..........................M Purdon Emergencies: Chargedownking, Marilyn Golightly RACE 12 6.05pm MT GREY PROPERTIES PACE $11,500, 3yo+ c2 pace, stand, 1950m 1 75445 Special Bella (1) fr......................C Markham 2 12231 Bio Marinus (2) fr ..........................M Purdon 3 15460 Whyamibettor fr ............................ Scratched 4 P0816 Bettor Fella (3) fr .........................C DeFilippi 5 1P122 Arising Easton (4) fr ......................B Orange 6 51192 Tyron’s Falcon Ella (5) fr..............J Young (J) 7 46841 Sailing On (6) fr ..............................T Chmiel 8 44661 Ready For Takeoff (7) fr ..................M Jones 9 04211 Scotty’s Image (8) fr ................ M Williamson 10 13218 All Cash (9) fr ......................................A Butt 11 14107 Threebee (10) fr ......................... S Ottley (J) 12 12222 Mossdale Conner (11) fr .................... R May 13 15545 Fiery Lustre (12) fr ...........................J Curtin 14 778x1 Thats My Money Honey (13) fr C D Thornley 15 44333 Onlyforyou (14) fr ............................. D Dunn Emergency: Whyamibettor Pacifiers on : Better Klik (R6)

FEATURE C2d, 645m 1 11442 Opawa No Ear 38.51 J & ................ D Fahey 2 45433 Opawa Jed 38.62 J & ...................... D Fahey 3 45277 Thrilling Sound nwtd S &................. B Evans 4 34654 Osti’s Pursuit nwtd ............................C Hore 5 48735 Opawa Bro nwtd L & .......................... Wales 6 61171 Jinjarango 38.53 J & ....................... D Fahey 7 45331 Cool Pursuit nwtd ..............................C Hore 8 42625 Goldstar Bella 38.24 S &................. B Evans 9 58285 Court The Belle nwtd L & ................... Wales RACE 9, 7.45pm 2014 BILLS BAR &BISTRO CANTERBURY FUTURITY FINAL R/Af, 520m 1 1F322 Idol Girl 30.51 J & ........................... D Fahey 2 12821 Check The Mail 30.51 ......................L Ahern 3 54572 Opawa Mez 30.37 J & ..................... D Fahey 4 11181 Really Clever 30.37 ..........................L Ahern 5 35651 Game Girl 30.58............................ R Adcock 6 Robbie.......................................... Scratched 7 11212 Thrilling Georga nwtd ...................... K Walsh 8 63211 Jinja Ruby 30.16 J & ....................... D Fahey 9 1x462 Carat’s Prince 30.38 J & ................. D Fahey 10 54122 Opawa Dosh 30.90 L & ...................... Wales RACE 10, 8.10pm I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C4/5, 520m 1 54115 Gordon Bale 30.07 ....................... C Roberts 2 52158 Wayleggo 30.17 J & ........................ D Fahey 3 21516 Starburst Clemmy 30.54 M G & ........ S Hurd 4 23411 Raw Energy 29.89 ....................J McInerney 5 73163 Opawa Swede 29.95 J &................. D Fahey 6 3F121 Deanne’s Fantasy 30.42 J & ........... D Fahey

7 35523 Russell Hart 30.03 ....................J McInerney 8 73437 Cawbourne Witch 30.64 ............... C Roberts 9 71476 Homebush Chopper 30.60 ........J McInerney 10 82666 Celestrial Magic 30.27 J & .............. D Fahey RACE 11, 8.35pm DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY DASH C5, 295m 1 42256 Cawbourne Jelly 17.19 W & .............. Nissen 2 12111 Damarjo 17.09 H & .............................Taylor 3 11488 Sophie’s Terra 17.10 C & ................... Fagan 4 83488 Another Colt 17.19 ....................J McInerney 5 56354 Know Lies 17.37 ............................G Cleeve 6 56117 Opawa Stretch nwtd J &.................. D Fahey 7 24413 Homebush Mayhem 17.26 ........J McInerney 8 21235 Pearl’s Boy 17.19 ...........................G Cleeve 9 13454 Know Charity 17.35........................G Cleeve 10 22177 Gitcha Easy 17.25 W & ..................... Nissen RACE 12, 8.57pm SPEIGHT’S SPRINT C5, 295m 1 32735 Mr. Whippy 17.17 W & ....................... Nissen 2 47x83 Wandy Luck 17.44 .........................G Cleeve 3 31768 Cawbourne Chief 17.39 M G & ......... S Hurd 4 53643 Homebush Edith 17.21 .............J McInerney 5 52114 Oscar Tuivasa 17.23........................L Philips 6 23236 Keramus 17.16 ...............................G Cleeve 7 82812 Drysdale 17.17 ....................................A Lee 8 31815 Blonde Tori 17.47 ...................... A Bradshaw 9 47433 Pick The Tip 17.11 .......................... D Voyce 10 53862 Go Housie 17.03 ............................G Cleeve

M10 Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway

Fields for Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Addington Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 10. 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 RACE 1, 4.50pm (NZT) SUPER PETS DASH C3, 295m 1 23338 Star Dreamer 17.34 C & .................... Fagan 2 65211 Another Jewel 17.32 .................J McInerney 3 56754 Marmalade Skies 17.43 ....................J Dunn 4 11245 Fleur Du Liys 17.57 ...................R Blackburn 5 25633 Starburst Benny 17.55 M G & ........... S Hurd 6 46261 Excuse Please 17.35 .................. J McMillan 7 78866 Smash Amego 17.60 M G & ............. S Hurd 8 11111 Quedrago 17.28 C & .......................... Fagan 9 5F237 My Foolish Heart 17.52 H & ................Taylor 10 63583 Ohoka Hart 17.50 ........................ L Waretini RACE 2, 5.08pm (NZT) HAPPY BIRTHDAY GLEN GOODWIN STAKES C3, 520m 1 45236 Pseudonym 30.52 .....................R Blackburn 2 72434 Banbit 30.57 B & .............................. T Shaw 3 62243 Rambunctious 30.63 ................. A Bradshaw 4 22574 Botany Seaton 30.51 ................J McInerney 5 x3448 Axel Grinder 30.46 ................... A Botherway 6 44532 Take A Trick 30.62 .............................M Flipp 7 47335 Homebush Iris 30.66 .................J McInerney 8 21124 Waimak Dave 30.88 ..................J McInerney 9 41576 Cawbourne Crazy nwtd................ C Roberts 10 32467 Air Flow 30.75 ........................... M Robinson RACE 3, 5.25pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK SPRINT

C3, 295m 1 24588 Sosan 17.43 ................................. C Roberts 2 47756 Sprinkles 17.33 .........................J McInerney 3 73887 Smash Amy 17.19 M G & ................. S Hurd 4 21365 Sea Spray Tich 17.50 C & .................. Fagan 5 28324 Wandy Feather 17.39 M G & ............ S Hurd 6 61237 Cawbourne Plunge 17.71 .........J McInerney 7 Hanna The Spanna ...................... Scratched 8 18346 Gorilla On Drums 17.31 ...................A Joyce 9 5F237 My Foolish Heart 17.52 H & ................Taylor 10 25463 Mildred Lillian 17.47 ..........................M Flipp RACE 4, 5.45pm (NZT) CAROL’S TAB SPRINT C4, 295m 1 31134 Smash Rumour 17.42 M G & ............ S Hurd 2 67177 Blue Gale Rise 17.28 ....................... B Dann 3 27685 Wandy Grant 17.19 ........................G Cleeve 4 16635 Sheza Gamble 17.33 W &................. Nissen 5 64538 Red Carpet 17.29...........................G Cleeve 6 64131 Iona Haka 17.44........................J McInerney 7 13247 Memphis Hotcakes 17.24 .................M Flipp 8 61811 Fireman’s Legacy 17.34 ....................J Dunn 9 42556 Elki 17.31 .....................................M Roberts 10 34837 Opawa Rufus 17.34 S &.................. B Evans RACE 5, 6.15pm (NZT) SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C4, 520m 1 27277 Speedy Kazza 30.46 .................J McInerney 2 31665 Fear Go 30.48 ................................G Cleeve 3 14127 Joyville 30.58 ............................J McInerney 4 11231 Travelling Joe 30.60 ..................J McInerney 5 31244 Cawbourne War 30.22 ................. C Roberts

6 31544 Harlem Haka 30.51 ...................J McInerney 7 17451 Andrea 30.43 ................................ R Adcock 8 16172 What I Like 30.59 ......................J McInerney 9 82666 Celestrial Magic 30.27 J & .............. D Fahey 10 35447 Know Wisdom nwtd........................G Cleeve RACE 6, 6.33pm (NZT) CTV DASH C4, 295m 1 31351 Team Dream 17.44 C & ..................... Fagan 2 85126 Dillmanstown 17.43 ...........................J Dunn 3 45123 Will Excite 17.36 .......................... L Waretini 4 18734 Turbo Tundra 17.57 M G & ................ S Hurd 5 53528 Hetfield 17.36 ............................... C Roberts 6 25445 Botany Prancer 17.54 ...............J McInerney 7 45636 Wandy Chick 17.36 ........................G Cleeve 8 14264 Rusty Knife 17.32 W & ...................... Nissen 9 36525 Know Pride 17.26...........................G Cleeve 10 48682 Campaigner 17.15 H & .......................Taylor RACE 7, 6.48pm RACINGDOGS.CO.NZ SPRINT C5, 295m 1 45671 Yabba Yabba 17.33 H &.......................Taylor 2 51158 Wandy Boiler 17.33 ........................G Cleeve 3 12377 Arkaden 17.44............................... R Adcock 4 4F364 Know Mistake 16.95 .......................G Cleeve 5 67451 Trans Tasman 17.23 ..................R Blackburn 6 11111 Sozin’s Comet 16.94 .................J McInerney 7 28431 Bellwave 17.20 W & .......................... Nissen 8 73842 Know Jealousy 17.29 .....................G Cleeve 9 62367 Homebush Churro 17.29 ...........J McInerney 10 26714 Billy West 17.18 .....................M K Dempsey RACE 8, 7.15pm KOLORFUL KANVAS DISTANCE

Holiday Services MEDICAL SERVICES

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS

ASHBURTON HOSPITAL HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring GENERAL WARDS - (Medical and Surgical): 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health DAILY, 2pm - 4pm and 6pm - 7.30pm Advice.

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For Thursday, February 6, doctor and emergency details please telephone the PRINCES COURT — DAILY, unrestricted Rakaia Medical Centre, ph 303 5002. visiting.

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MID CANTERBURY SPCA

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Contact (cats) Andrea 021 892 939 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

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ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 027 683 8111, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: The duty vet for Phone 308 1133. Baring Square East, emergencies this Thursday is: Jo Hallenstein.

Ashburton. Sat & Sun: 10.00am - 4.00pm Full emergency service all Thursday.

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CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY West Street Clinic, Main Rd, Methven. .

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192.

Thursday emergencies: Steve Williams.

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ASHBURTON MUSEUM Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

Small: Neroli Wall.

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from FEB 12 FEED Wheat and Barley for 7pm start followed by sale – good quality. Price by negotiation. Mid Canterbury Upper Beginner/Int Level area. Ph 027 432 0061.

8-9pm UNTREATED SAWDUST. At the Memorial Hall, Beat the calf shed rush - Grahams Rd, Tinwald summer special $10/m3 plus GST ex yard - Adams Enquiries ph Annette: Sawmilling, Malcolm A.H. 307 7138 McDowell Road, Ph 03 308 3595 - Your local timber & PLANTS, PRODUCE firewood merchants.

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ENTERTAINMENT

PUBLIC NOTICES

Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ ELLERSLIE FLOWER SHOW

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◊ NZ CRAFT FAIR 14th February, Christchurch

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Bunnykins made by Royal Doulton. Plates, bowls, mugs FOR SALE and money boxes and more.

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The China Shop we have a fantastic selection of crystal, china, silver and pottery gifts TREAT YOUR LOVE this for you to choose from. Also a Valentines day. Mugs, cute selection of cards and free heart platters and yummy gift wrapping. In the Arcade. heart shaped fudge bags from only $4. Come and get something special for your Valentine from Kitchen Kapers in The Arcade.

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Public Notice

– Application for Resource Consent, 239 Rakaia Barhill Methven Road Section 95A of the Resource Management Act 1991 The Ashburton District Council has received the following application for resource consent: Applicant: Christopher John McRae and Stephanie Joanne McRae Address for service: 1621 Grahams Road, RD4 Ashburton 7774 Application number(s): LUC13/0071 Location: 239 Rakaia Barrhill Methven Road, Rakaia, Ashburton Legal Description: Section 12 Block III South Rakaia Village Settlement Details of proposed activity and types of consents: The applicant seeks a land use consent to erect a single dwelling on a 1.1331 hectare property in the Rural A Zone fronting Rakaia Barrhill Methven Road. The dwelling will be located on the north east portion of the property and has direct frontage with Rakaia Barrhill Methven Road. The proposal requires resource consent for a dwelling on an undersized allotment in the Rural A Zone.

Overall, the application requires assessment as a non-complying activity.

Full details of the application can be viewed at: • Rakaia Mobil Petrol Station, 50 Elizabeth Avenue, Rakaia • Ashburton District Council, Ground Floor, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton • Methven i-SITE, 160 Main Street, Methven • Ashburton District Council website If you have any queries about the application please phone Ashburton District Council on 03 307 7700 and ask to speak to Rhezza Layco, Planning Department.

Making a submission: Any person may make a submission on the application. You may do so by sending a written submission to Ashburton District Council, PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740, Attention: Planning Department.

Visit our approvals and submissions page on the Council website for more information about making a submission and for a copy of the submission form.

Note that a copy of the submission must also be sent to the applicant at the address for service stated above as soon as reasonably practicable.

Submission closing date: Ashburton District Council must receive your submission no later than 5.00pm on 6 March 2014.

IAN HYDE District Planning Manager

Daily Events Thursday

Waitangi Day - (some activities are unavailable public holidays)

Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Large variety of toys for hire.

Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners and maintenance class. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

Ph 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258

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9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Goodwill shop, sale of pre-loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church. Cnr Archibald and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

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

Street, Methven.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises in the Social hall, Havelock Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome. Racecourse Road.

1.00pm - 7.00pm TINWALD SWIMMING POOL. Outdoor pool open to the public. Tinwald Domain, Maronan Road.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time / sequence dancing.

Learn to dance, all welcome.

Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

Friday 9.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH TINWALD. Drop in for a cuppa and chat.

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

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 7.00pm TINWALD SWIMMING POOL, Outdoor pool open. Tinwald Domain, Maronan Road.

1.30pm R.S.A. CARD SECTION. Euchre, Ashburton R.S.A. Cox Street.

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) As well as a need to find time to hear yourself think there is a need to stay in the moment, letting your thoughts and intuition and/or imagination wander TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) You have an intuitive read on people and situations which will come in handy on this important day for friendship and relationship building.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Things seem to come together on the income, work and career fronts, with the pressures and tensions of the past turning into a new sense of resolve.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) You have more time to spend at the drawing board.

If you really do want richer life experiences then it is going to require planning.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) As well as sharpening your professional instincts, this is a chance to establish where you need to draw a line in the sand.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) With auspicious and cathartic conditions for friendship and relationship building, make the time to make communication a priority.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) In those quiet moments when you have time to hear yourself think, but not over-think things, some real revelations are possible.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) A journey to address old relationship baggage and to lay the past to rest is about to end. Take care of any remaining relationship housekeeping.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) While you need to keep your work hat on to gain an opportunity to get a sense of which way the currents are moving, you need time to hear yourself think.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) Forces in play on both the communication and relationship fronts not only make it easier to connect, but in a healing and cathartic way.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) It is important not to rush or over think things, instead letting income, work and career matters evolve naturally, even if it takes longer.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) It’s when you don’t project ahead that you’ll have today to focus on and that’s when everything will become a lot clearer and a lot less complicated.

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6am Breakfast 9am Marae 2 10am Infomercials 10:30 Ellen 3 11:30 Infomercials Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Amy snaps at Pollard; Bob and Brenda ask after Nikhil. 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm Brendan’s Magical Mystery Tour Series in which real people up for adventure take a trip into the unknown. 0 3pm The Renovation Game A team of up-and-coming builders and designers put their fees on the line if they fail to raise a property’s value.

4pm Te Karere 2 0 4:30 Ellen 5:25 Piha Rescue 3 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces George meets a carpenter hoping to turn a double-decker bus into a holiday retreat, a couple who have left their jobs and put their life savings into designing a boat hotel, and visits a house in Oxford made of mud and straw. 0 8:30 Doc Martin PGR 0 9:35 Benidorm AO 0 10:35 One News Tonight 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Handy Manny 3 0 6:53 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 6:55 Phineas And Ferb 3 0 7:20 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 7:50 Pokemon 0 8:15 Doc McStuffins 0 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 3 0 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Scrubs PGR 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle 2pm Bethenny 3pm Hope And Faith 3 0 3:30 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 3:35 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 4:05 Shake It Up 3 0 4:30 8 Simple Rules 3 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR Dayna nurses heartbreak; Nate goes on the offensive; Bella uncovers a mystery. 0 7:30 The Bachelor Australia 0 8:30 M How Do You Know?

AO 2010 Comedy. A former athlete finds herself in the middle of a love triangle as a corporate man in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau. Reese Witherspoon, Jack Nicholson. 0

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Dr Phil PGR An interview with the divorced parents of a boy from Oregon who went missing at the age of seven in 2010, and whose case remains unsolved three years later.

1:30 The Dr Oz Show PGR Dr Oz shares the best of the best alternative-health solutions.

2:30 Rachael Ray Susan Lucci joins Rachael; Gretta helps find a personal fashion formula.

3:30 The Queen Latifah Show 4:30 Big Brother Australia Highlights of life in the house.

6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The Block – All Stars PGR The couples are taken to Cockatoo Island for a glamping experience. 0 8:30 CSI AO The CSIs investigate when contestants on a reality cooking show accidentally eat human flesh during a competition. 0 9:30 Pet Hoarders AO 10:30 The Paul Henry Show

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 7:25 The Wild Thornberrys 3 7:55 Rugrats 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Care Bears 3 8:50 Bananas In Pyjamas 3 9:05 Bob The Builder 3 9:15 Thomas And Friends 3 9:25 Peppa Pig 3 9:35 Barney And Friends 3 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3:05 Pingu 3 3:10 Go, Diego, Go! 3 3:35 Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 4pm Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 – Fused 3 4:30 Four Live 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 0 6:30 Just Shoot Me! 0 7pm The Simpsons 0 7:30 Family Guy PGR 8pm N American Dad PGR Steve and Snot fail to get prom dates, so they use a CIA cloning device to provide them with two attractive girls.

8:30 Bob’s Burgers PGR 9pm South Park AO 3 9:30 Californication AO 10:35 F Life Unexpected PGR 3

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Jeff Probst Show 3 2pm America’s Got Talent 3 3pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3:30 Father Ted PGR 3 Life is even duller on Craggy Island when Father Paul Stone visits.

He has holidayed with Ted for six years, but long silences and stilted conversations have taken their toll.

4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Millionaire – Hot Seat Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

7:30 American Idol 9:30 Reign AO 3 In this encore screening of episode one, danger and intrigue lurk around every dark castle corner as a young Mary Queen of Scots meets her betrothed, Francis II of France.

10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3

6am Sky Sport – What’s On 6:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Highlights) Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes – Semi-final One. From Melbourne Cricket Ground.

7am Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Replay) Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers – Semi-final Two. From Sydney Cricket Ground.

10:30 L Cricket – International New Zealand v India – First Test, Day One. Coverage of the morning session from Eden Park in Auckland.

1:05 The Cricket Show 1:35 L Cricket – International New Zealand v India – First Test, Day One. Coverage of the afternoon session from Eden Park in Auckland.

6:30 Sky Sports News UK

11:05 Seven Dwarves AO 3 0 12:10 Are You Being Served? 3 12:45 Going, Going, Gone 3 1:15 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:40 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

11pm F Mistresses AO 0 12:55 Street Hospital AO 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:30 Primeval AO 3 0 3:15 Gossip Girl PGR 3 0 4:05 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:10 Underbelly – Badness AO (Starting Today) 3 0 12:10 CSI AO 3 0 1:10 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Infomercials

11:30 Entertainment Tonight 11:55 Infomercials

11pm The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

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

2am Home Shopping

Midnight Tennis – Davis Cup (Highlights) First Round. 1am The Crowd Goes Wild 1:30 Fox Sports News 2am Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Highlights) Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes – Semi-final One. 2:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Replay)

MAORI TV

THE BOX

SKY SPORT 2 Pao 3 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga o te Motu 3 6:30 Ako 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 N Crack Up PGR 8:30 M Boy AO 3 2010 Comedy Drama.

10:05 Oruorua 10:35 Te Taua Moana 3 11:05 Te Kaea 2 11:35 Closedown

DISCOVERY

How Do You Know?

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MOVIES PREMIERE

Reign

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MOVIES GREATS

6am NYPD Blue MVLS 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 The Pretender PG 8:55 Most Shocking 16C 9:45 Law And Order MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 NCIS PGV 12:15 Criminal Intent MV 1:05 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 1:30 Most Shocking 16C 2:20 NYPD Blue MVLS 3:10 The Pretender PG 4pm Pawn Stars PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm CSI MV 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 Hell On Wheels 16VLS 9:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Dead of Winter. 7:30 Man v Wild PG Alaskan Mountain Range.

8:30 Mythbusters PG Bikes and Bazookas. 9:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Spring Has Sprung.

10:30 Moonshiners M Kick-Off Summit. 11:30 I Was Murdered M Silent Night, Deadly Night.

Noon I Was Murdered M 12:30 Nightmare Next Door M 1:30 Evil Kin M 2:30 Bear Grylls – Get Out Alive PG 3:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG 6:30 Gold Rush – The Dirt PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG 8:30 Amish Mafia – Amish Exorcism M 10:30 Porter Ridge M 11pm Fatal Encounters M

6:45 The Dark Knight Rises MV 2012 Action. Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway. 9:25 Goon 16VLS 2011 Comedy. Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel.

10:55 Goodnight For Justice PGV 2011 Western. Luke Perry, Lara Gilchrist.

12:25 Mama MVL 2013 Horror.

Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj CosterWaldau.

2:05 The Dark Knight Rises MV 2012 Action. Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway.

4:50 Goodnight For Justice 2 – Measure Of A Man PGV 2012 Western. Luke Perry.

6:20 John Carter MV 2012 Action.

Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins.

8:30 Identity Thief MVLS 2013 Comedy. Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy.

10:25 Dead Man Down 16VLS 2013 Action. Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace.

7:50 Biography – Marisa Tomei PG 2010 Documentary.

8:40 The Three Musketeers MV 2011 Adventure. Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen.

10:30 The Heartbreak Kid 16LS 2007 Comedy. Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan.

12:25 21 MV 2008 Drama. Kevin Spacey, Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth.

2:30 The Three Musketeers MV 2011 Adventure. Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen.

4:20 Spider-Man 2 MV 2004 Action.

Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst.

6:35 300 16V 2006 Action.

Gerard Butler, Lena Headey.

8:30 You, Me And Dupree MLS 2006 Comedy. Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon.

10:20 Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels 18V 1998 Action.

Vinnie Jones, Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher.

12:30 The Pretender PG 1:20 NYPD Blue MVLS 2:10 Law And Order MV 3:05 Hell On Wheels 16VLS 3:55 Criminal Minds 16VS 4:45 The Pretender PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

Midnight Disappeared M 1am Who The (Bleep) … M 1:30 Who The (Bleep) … M 2am Call 911 PG 2:30 Man v Wild PG 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Colony PG 5:30 Time Warp PG

12:20 Slayer 16V 2006 Horror.

1:45 Goodnight For Justice 2 – Measure Of A Man PGV 2012 Western. 3:15 John Carter MV 2012 Action. 5:25 Identity Thief MVLS 2013 Comedy.

12:10 Biography – Matt Dillon PG 1am 300 16V 2006 Action.

Gerard Butler, Lena Headey.

2:55 Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels 18V 1998 Action.

4:40 Spider-Man 2 MV 2004 Action.

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6am Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Highlights) Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers – Semi-final Two. 6:30 Ice Hockey – NHL (Replay) Boston Bruins v Vancouver Canucks.

8:30 The Fishing Show 9am Milwaukee Fishing And Adventure 9:30 Adventure Angler 10am Tennis – Davis Cup (Highlights) First Round.

11am Football League Show 11:30 Cricket – ICC U19 World Cup Documentary Noon Football – A-League (Highlights) Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United.

12:30 Tennis – Davis Cup (Highlights) First Round.

1:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Highlights) Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes – Semi-final One. 2pm Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Replay) Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers – Semi-final Two. 5:30 Inside The PGA Tour 6pm Arena Access 6:30 Fight Night Victor Oritz v Luis Collazo.

9pm The Crowd Goes Wild 9:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) New Zealand v India – First Test, Day One. 10pm Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Highlights) Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes – Semifinal One. 10:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Highlights) Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers – Semi-final Two. 11pm Total Rugby 11:30 Fight Night

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12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Toy Hunters 1:30 The Persuasionists AO 2am Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 2:30 The Pioneer Woman 3am Carter Can 3:30 Dear Genevieve 4am Belfast Zoo 4:30 Yard Crashers 5am Flatmates AO 5:30 Destination Flavour Japan

7am L Ata Marie – Waitangi 2014 Guests are invited to share in the Waitangi Day celebrations as they look back at 2013, and ahead to the current year.

10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Cyberchase 3 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Pukana Ka

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CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction 7am The Hook And The Cook 7:30 Candice Tells All 8am Belfast Zoo 8:30 Toy Hunters 9am Food Safari 9:30 Bath Crashers 10am The Cook And The Chef 10:30 Candice Tells All 11am American Restoration 11:30 Autospeed PGR Noon Make My Home Bigger 12:30 Being Erica PGR 1:30 Design Star 2:30 Monty’s Big Catch 3:30 Toy Hunters 4pm Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 4:30 The Pioneer Woman 5pm Carter Can 5:30 Dear Genevieve 6pm Designer Travel 6:30 Yard Crashers 7pm 20th Century Roadshow 7:30 Tales From River Cottage 8:05 Ask The Butcher 8:35 Destination Flavour Japan 9:20 Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Feast 10:25 The Persuasionists AO 11pm 20th Century Roadshow 11:30 Nature’s Keepers

7pm Total Rugby Reflecting on the best of rugby union around the world.

7:30 Tennis – Davis Cup (Highlights) First Round.

8:30 Cricket – ICC U19 World Cup Documentary 10pm Cricket – International New Zealand v India – First Test, Day One. Coverage of the last two hours of play from Eden Park in Auckland.

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Ashburton College 1st XV new coaching and management group member Craig Dunlea at the team’s first formal meeting of the year where the group’s appointment was announced to the potential players.

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By Jonathan Leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

The Ashburton College 1st XV had their first formal meeting yesterday where the new coaching and management group was announced ahead of this year’s Crusaders Secondary School Rugby Competition.

The coaching and management group will consist of Craig Dunlea, Mark Cook, Brian McCormick, Mark O’Grady, Ian Patterson and Scott Puckett.

Ashburton College principal

Grant McMillan was excited at the calibre of the new group in charge of the team.

“We had a really good coaching and management squad over the last few years and that has been built on again,” McMillan said.

“This group brings together a range of people with significant skills that will support and assist the team. Covering everything from technical skills for the differing roles and positions and conditioning.

“I think we are extremely fortunate of the range, mix and level of abilities we have there.”

College set a benchmark last year in what was outgoing coach Shane Enright’s, who is now in charge of Timaru Boys’ High School, third season in charge when they made the Crusaders’ competition top eight for the first time and were crowned South Island Co-Ed champions which had them attend the New Zealand Top Four finals, coming third.

“Last year we proved that if you keep building on the foundation with hard work and commitment it happens,” McMillan said.

“It also sets some good goals and targets for this year’s squad.”

Members of the Mid Canterbury Rugby Union, including Patterson, the chief executive, and development officer Dunlea, are involved in the group but it is not a case of the union taking over, but collaboration between

the two parties to help development in Mid Canterbury.

“We try and make sure whatever we do at college also strengthens the sport at the regional level.

“If the college can grow the game, the quality of the game and the players and officials, we will be pulling our weight and contributing to Mid Canterbury rugby.”

The Crusaders secondary schools’ competition kicks off in May.

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‘It’s early days for Black Caps’

By DaviD Leggat Lest it be suggested New Zealand might be getting cosily confident before today’s first test against India, Brendon McCullum yesterday made it emphatically clear they’re not.

It would be easy for New Zealand to figure life is pretty good right now, and it is after a comprehensive 2-0 test series win over a below-strength West Indies, then a 4-0 belting of mighty India in their ODI series.

Still, world No 2 India are formidably good and captain McCullum added a sobering rider yesterday to the notion that New Zealand should be mightily

encouraged by recent events.

“It’s early days for us,” he said.

“We’ve picked up some pretty big scalps in one-day cricket in particular in the last 12 months and got some rewards against the West Indies, but no one’s getting carried away yet.

“At no stage in the next little while are we going to be good enough to be complacent.”

It’s solid, feet-on-the-ground talk which won’t hurt one bit as New Zealand prepare for one of cricket’s tougher challenges against quality opponents who will - or at least certainly should - have been stung by the comprehensive nature of their ODI series loss.

Even so, New Zealand will approach the first test quietly optimistic of a solid performance.

There’s Ross Taylor, chasing a fourth successive test century; Kane Williamson coming off five straight half-centuries in the ODI series, averaging 68 over his last four tests, and looking poised to take the next step up in a career which promises much.

Indeed, considering cricketers aim to outplay their counterparts - and if enough of your teammates do, usually you win Williamson against Cheteshwar Pujara and Taylor against Virat Kohli should be among the more intriguing square-offs in the se-

ries. Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Neil Wagner are skilled, resilient types; Ish Sodhi’s development is sure to take a couple of giant strides forward in the next fortnight.

“We’re very respectful of their line-up,” McCullum said.

“They’re not Tendulkar, Laxman and Dravid [India’s fabled middle-order trio, now all retired] but they’re outstanding players in their own right.”

McCullum revealed an unchanged New Zealand XI for the third straight test and made it clear he’d fancy giving his seamers first dibs on a grassy Eden Park strip.

India’s skipper, MS Dhoni,

maintained his policy of giving nothing away until the toss.

His most relevant thought was on the speculation that New Zealand will try to soften the Indian batsmen with a surfeit of short-pitched deliveries, to play on a perceived weakness on the pull shot.

It worked well in the ODI series. Test cricket is different, cricket’s most commanding leader asserted.

“The plus point in tests is you can always pick and choose when you want to hit it,” Dhoni said. Chasing a large ODI total didn’t always allow the luxury of time, he added.

- APNZ