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Ashburton ITM owner Jonnie Sutherland (right) and his Christchurch friend Chris Campbell have been hailed heroes for their fast actions to save a 12-year-old from drowning.

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The two heroes who saved a 12-yearold from drowning in the Rakaia Gorge say their actions were merely a matter of good boatie protocol.

Ashburton ITM Building Supplies owner Jonnie Sutherland was out fishing from his jet boat with his friend Chris Campbell and his kids on January 27, when they came across four 12 to 14-year-olds in strife.

The children had been swimming and jumping off rocks but one 13-yearold had been swept away by the current, and the three others had followed him downstream.

Upon reaching a cluster of trees, a 12-year-old member of the group had become entangled in branches and was struggling to stay afloat.

“We were just coming back down the river after fishing when we saw a crowd had gathered on the bank,” Sutherland said.

“They were pointing and waving, and as we got closer it became more frantic, and that’s when we saw the kids in the water.”

He said he quickly parked their boat in behind the tree and put a lifejacket on the 12-year-old to help him stay afloat.

“We figured out his leg was trapped, and I reached down and was able to move his foot and free him.”

By the time he had yanked him out of the water and helped calm him down, he said, paramedics were on hand to help out.

“It was so lucky for him,” said Sutherland, “but it was just sheer coincidence

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that we headed back when we did, and you know, I guess it’s just what boaties do.”

“It’s always nice to be out fishing and I guess as boaties you look out for each other on the water.

The 12-year-old boy whose leg had been trapped and the 13-year-old boy who had initially been swept away were taken to Christchurch Hospital in a Westpac Rescue Helicopter where they met their families.

The 12-year-old was released the next day, and police have since praised the quick actions of Sutherland and Campbell.

Methven Constable Guy Atkinson said if they had not acted, the 12-yearold certainly would have drowned.

“It’s nice to have helped out,” said Sutherland.

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Pay-day lenders prey on desperate

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Ashburton budget advisors are warning Mid Cantabrians to beware of pay-day lenders which operate like loan sharks.

Presbyterian Support Ashburton Budget Service finds itself regularly battling such lenders, which have high interest rates of up to more than 500 per cent per annum, punitive default fees for missed payments, and do not thoroughly credit check their clients.

In one case an Ashburton man is facing bankruptcy after obtaining a $600 loan from an online loan provider in December 2015 on a four-week contract. After failing to make the fourth and final payment, defaultment charges, interest and fees added up. He later resumed payments and ultimately paid off more than $1800, however today he still owes more than $2500.

“What chance has he got,” said one of the service’s financial mentors, Muriel Morgan.

“He is not being a responsible borrower but this guy doesn’t understand.”

She believed that some companies were not thoroughly undertaking credit checks, resulting in undue hardship, which was against the law as spelled out in the Code of Responsible Lending.

“If it’s quick and easy to get then it’s going to cost you an arm and a leg, and if it’s unsecured there’s always going to be a huge interest rate.” Morgan and her fellow finan-

cial mentors at the service are reminding people who are struggling financially to come and see them in the first instance, as there were ways they could help. For example, they could refer clients to Variety Kiwi Kid Sponsorship, which organised payment of costs associated with children attending school.

Responsible lenders have added their weight to the budget advisors’ concerns.

Instant Finance group marketing manager Adrian Hatt said payday lenders were increasingly using digital technology to complete loans and offer customers money in a matter of minutes.

“It is therefore very important to make the distinction between these entities and legitimate, compliant and responsible personal loan providers such as Instant Finance,” Hatt said, adding the company’s top interest rate for secured and unsecured lending was 29.95 per cent.

Harmoney, which operates a peer-to-peer lending platform, has a similar top rate of 29.99 per cent, with the average borrower paying 16.2 per cent – lower than the average credit card interest rate.

With thorough credit checks and assessment of financial impact on clients, it had written only $690 million in loans despite $3 billion plus applied for, a Harmoney spokesperson said.

A Google search of pay-day lenders in New Zealand calls up more than one dozen on the first page alone.

Beware of pay-day lenders which operate like loan sharks.

■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Judge dismisses possession of drugs charges An Ashburton District Court judge has dismissed a charge of possessing the Class A controlled drug methamphetamine against Nicholas Joseph Chapman.

Police charged Chapman, 27, after he was found in a car where the drug was discovered.

Judge Joanna Maze said she couldn’t be sure the bum bag in

which the drug was found was his and dismissed the charge.

The Ashburton scaffolder had denied the charge and it was the subject of a defended hearing in court yesterday.

Officers said Chapman and a woman he later said was his girlfriend, were found in a car in an alley off Tancred Street about

2.30am on May 15. He refused to get out of the front passenger seat and was pepper-sprayed.

An officer said he saw a knife in the footwell and smashed the car window with his baton, then unlocked the door to evict Chapman and handcuff him.

A subsequent search of the vehicle uncovered a bum bag wedged

between the passenger seat and the centre console.

It contained a plastic bag with a substance later identified as methamphetamine.

Police said a wallet in the bum bag had photo ID cards in Chapman’s name.

Chapman said his wallet had not been in the bum bag and that

he had given it to the officers as he was being transferred for processing to Christchurch police.

Judge Maze said there were a number of unsatisfactory aspects about some of the police evidence and she was unable to conclude beyond reasonable doubt that the wallet was in the bum bag when it was seized.

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■ MULTI CULTURAL BITE

A celebration of cultural diversity

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Today’s the day for dozens of members of Ashburton’s multi-cultural community to represent their home countries through cuisine.

The ninth annual Multi Cultural Bite (MCB) will see 19 stalls representing 14 different ethnicities setting up shop along East Street.

Last year’s event saw a record crowd of 16,000 people descend on the offerings, and some stalls had sold out by lunchtime.

This year, event co-ordinator Louise Duke said it had been suggested to stallholders to sell bite size pieces so crowds could work their way through multiple cuisines.

“There will be Nepalese dumplings, Italian dishes and Indian curries … and there’s going to be the most delicious Brazilian dessert,” she said.

Mayor Donna Favel will open the event, and alongside the gastronomic spectacles crowds can expect to see costumes, cultural performances and music from the ethnicities represented, a photo booth and a performance from the Ashburton Silver Band.

Judges will dish out prizes for the top stall decorations, tastiest food and best costumes.

East Street between Havelock Street and Willis Street will be closed from 7am for the event, with all festivities kicking off from 10am and running until 2pm.

“Get there when you can, the earlier the better,” said Duke.

Today, East Street will again be full of the colours, sounds and cuisines of 14 different cultures.

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Welcoming Communities initiative to be launched If a cold brew is your cup of tea, there’s no better place to be than the Welcoming Communities stall at today’s Multi Cultural Bite.

Welcoming Communities will be introduced to the community at the popular cultural event on Waitangi Day with a free iced tea stand to help locals become better connected with Ashburton’s steadily growing newcomers’ community.

Ashburton and Selwyn District Councils have been chosen as one of five areas across the country to

pilot Welcoming Communities; a two-year programme initiated by Immigration New Zealand.

The campaign is designed to support local councils and their communities to become even more welcoming to newcomers – whether they have moved from overseas or are former refugees, international students, or even Kiwis returning from overseas or relocating from elsewhere in New Zealand.

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courages locals to lead welcoming activities, such as shared workplace morning teas, pot-luck lunches, or simply inviting your neighbour over for a cuppa.

“Sharing a cuppa with someone is the universal sign of hospitality across the globe. It’s so simple, but it can mean the world to someone new to the community.

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and cultural benefits for everyone,” Ashburton District Council’s Community Relations Manager Vincie Billante said.

The annual Multi Cultural Bite event is a celebration of cultural diversity, where people from different backgrounds prepare and share food from their home country.

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“It’s a privilege to be asked to pilot the Welcoming Communities programme, because it recognises how welcoming we are in Ashburton. We pride ourselves on being friendly, open, and good hosts to the new members of our community, but there is always more we can do.”

Community workshops will be run in March for everyone in the district to have their say in developing a local welcoming plan.

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Drilling paves way for hotel build

In brief January a record January was New Zealand’s hottest month since records began in 1909, Niwa’s climate summary for the month has shown. Ashburton made a mention in the wrap-up of record breaking temperatures.

The town had a mean minimum air temperature for the month of 14.2 degrees celsius, 3.2 degrees higher than average. It was the highest mean minimum January air temperature for the town since records began in 1928.

Geotech investigations were under way at the Eastfield site yesterday.

Drillers were obtaining soil samples up to a depth of 10 metres, so engineers would be able to recommend parameters for design in relation to the building’s foundations.

Construction of a 75-room four-star hotel at the site is due to begin later this year.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Bill paid, 14 months later A 20-year-old Kaiapoi man was given a break in the Ashburton District Court yesterday by being allowed to pay his petrol bill … 14 months after he had left the station without paying.

Luke Jonathon Daniel Falcone had admitted charges of stealing $81.97 in petrol and

driving while forbidden in November 2016.

He pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge Joanna Maze.

Police prosecutor Andrew McRae said Falcone was stopped driving without a licence in September 2016 and forbidden to drive until he had one.

A few months later he was driving in Tinwald and pulled into a petrol station, where he pumped $81.97 in petrol and then drove off without making any effort to pay.

Tracked down by police later, he admitted being behind the wheel and knowing he had no

money to pay for the petrol.

Judge Joanna Maze saw he had no previous convictions and told him to pay the petrol station the full amount and return with a receipt. Which he did.

She convicted and discharged him.

■ MONTALTO WATER SUPPLY

Boil water notice continues at Montalto The Ashburton District Council has lifted a precautionary boil water notice for Mt Somers, however Montalto residents must continue to boil their water after the detection of E. coli.

The quality of the Mt Somers water supply has returned to normal and the treatment is operating effectively, after council detected that the water was not as clear as it should be on Friday.

The plant’s ultraviolet disinfection treatment is less effective when the water isn’t as clear as normal, and a boil water notice was issued as a precautionary measure.

No contamination has been detected in the Mt Somers supply.

Montalto residents are advised to continue boiling their water, as the supply has not achieved

three consecutive days of clear tests for E.coli.

The contaminant was first found in the supply on February 1.

Residents connected to the Montalto scheme should continue boiling their drinking water, and water used in food preparation and for hygiene purposes for at least three minutes before consumption.

Medical assistance should be sought if you experience symptoms such as nausea, diarrhoea, cramps, vomiting or fever after consuming any of the water.

Once a supply tests positive for E.coli, it must achieve three consecutive days of negative tests before a boil water notice can be lifted.

The notice will remain in place until further advised by council.

The man charged with murdering 16-year-old Amber-Rose Rush has appeared in Dunedin District Court. Amber was found dead at her Clermiston Ave home, in the suburb of Corstorphine, on Saturday morning. Police initially said the death was “unexplained” but announced yesterday that a man, 30, known to the teen had been charged with her murder. The defendant came before Justice of the Peace Russell Atkinson in the Dunedin District Court where he was granted interim name suppression following the death of Amber-Rose Rush.

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Motorcyclist named Police have released the name of the motorcyclist who died after colliding with a truck on Middle Road in Otane on Sunday. He was 56-year-old Dag Tore Olberg from Napier. Initial reports said that there had been two motorcycles together at the time of the crash.

The crash continues to be investigated while the other motorcyclist remains in hospital with serious injuries. Police said they extend their extend their sympathy to the family and friends.

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Excitement over win Staff at New Zealand’s top selling Lotto outlet at Hornby Mall are hoping the lucky punter who won Saturday night’s $20.2 million Lotto Power prize is a local. Sarah Dickie said it was pretty exciting and also a bit nerve racking anticipating the winner coming in to check their ticket and finding it’s the big one. “Every customer coming in is talking about it.

They are asking if the person has claimed it and whether it has been a local. I hope it is someone I know,” said Dickie.

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Left – Relaxing at Brunner.

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Right – Ruby riding some waes on Lake Dunstan, Cromwell. Taken by Sarah Bartlett

This year’s Guardian Summer Photo Competition has turned up some great photos. We will be regularly running some of these great offerings.

Left – Chloe, Sarah and Sophie out boating at Wainui. Taken by Mark Robinson Right – Britney Gare, with Holly the pup at Lake Hood, enjoying the ride. Taken by Rona Drummond Far right – Dress up holiday at Free Range Farm. taken by Sheryl Stivens

Above – Cooking the yummiest fillet steak ever. Sheldon Price camping at the Rangitata Huts. Taken by Hayley Price Above – The race is over. Taken by Caro Burden

Right – Dimana and Martina at Kaiteriteri beach, family holiday. Taken by Lana Vuteva

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OUR VIEW

Today is a significant day in NZ’s history

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t is fitting that on an opinion page we today honour the term of opinion – because that’s what Waitangi Day becomes largely about.

No longer do we seem to celebrate that important stuff that played such an integral role in forming the country we live in – we get caught up in the mindless rubbish that tends to drift in with the wind.

Waitangi Day has a different meaning for everyone, it would seem. Some are excited about the opportunity to recognise the history behind the treaty and everything that it stands for, while others seem dead-set against it and have no hesitation in voicing their opinions.

Many have stood upright and offered their thoughts on the day as a whole and those who have been more critical have often been given more air-time than those

who speak in favour.

Who can forget the column penned by the late Paul Holmes back in 2012 when he described the day as being “repugnant”.

“It’s a bullshit day, Waitangi.

It’s a day of lies. It is loony Maori fringe self-denial day. It’s a day when everything is addressed, except the real stuff. Never mind the child stats, never mind the national truancy stats, never mind the hopeless failure of Maori to educate their children and stop them bashing their babies.” – Holmes wrote in a column for the

New Zealand Herald.

There’s some pretty hefty stuff in there and that is only an excerpt from the piece which traverses its way down the same path for almost its entirety.

I can’t exactly agree with Holmes. I’m not that brutal and I wonder if his timing on the piece was a little out of order, but that was what Holmes often did best.

Only in an election, or an All Black selection, do we seem to get so much national debate on a topic. But no matter what you think of Waitangi Day, or what it means to you personally – today is a day to celebrate New Zealand.

We don’t play two-up like our Australian friends do on their national day – but perhaps we could fire up the BBQs, crack open

a cold one and enjoy a day that is ours in the way that us Kiwis do best. Let’s see if we can get through a Waitangi Day without the bullshit – as Holmes so eloquently put it six years ago.

I don’t want to see or read of someone being thrown off the Waitangi grounds because they don’t fit with the culture of the day.

I don’t want to see our Prime Minister ridiculed for doing something against the procedure of the day.

I just want New Zealand to enjoy a day that is theirs. Each and every one of us.

So, whether you mark today as the day it is, or just treat it as a day of rest while still getting paid, pay some thought to how significant a day today is for our history.

Without the treaty, life would be very different and as bad as it does get sometimes, it could be a whole lot worse.

accident in the Dominican Republic; he was 40. Carl Wilson, a founding member of The Beach Boys, died in Los Angeles at age 51.

Ten years ago: At least 57 deaths were reported after two days of tornadoes that ploughed across Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama.

Five years ago: At least nine people were killed by a tsunami that smashed into villages in the Solomon Islands, flattening dozens of homes in the South Pacific island chain. Toymaker

Hasbro Inc. announced that Monopoly fans had voted online to add a cat token to the board game, replacing the iron.

One year ago: President Donald Trump accused the media of deliberately minimising coverage of the threat posed by the Islamic State group; the president did not immediately offer evidence to support his claim. Irwin Corey, the wildhaired comedian and actor known for his improvisational riffs and nonsensical style who billed himself as “The World’s

Foremost Authority,” died in New York at age 102.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Rip Torn is 87. Actress Mamie Van Doren is 87. Actor Mike Farrell is 79. Singer Fabian is 75. Producer-director-writer Jim Sheridan is 69. Actor Jon Walmsley is 62. Actress Kathy Najimy is 61. Rock musician Simon Phillips (Toto) is 61. Actordirector Robert Townsend is 61.

Actor Barry Miller is 60. Actress Megan Gallagher is 58. Rock singer Axl Rose (Guns N’ Roses) is 56. Country singer Richie

McDonald is 56. Singer Rick Astley is 52. Actor Ben Lawson is 38. Actor Brandon Hammond is 34. Actress Crystal Reed (TV: Teen Wolf) is 33. Actress Alice Greczyn is 32. Actress Anna Diop is 30. Rhythm and blues singer/ actress Tinashe is 25.

Thought for today: “The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without ‘playing up’ to anyone — even to himself.” — Andre Malraux, French author (19011976).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2018. There are 328 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On February 6, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, the United States won official recognition and military support from France with the signing of a Treaty of Alliance in Paris.

On this date: In 1788, Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the US Constitution.

In 1899, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain was ratified by the US Senate.

In 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, was born in Tampico, Illinois.

In 1922, Cardinal Archille Ratti was elected pope; he took the name Pius XI. In 1943, a Los Angeles jury acquitted actor Errol Flynn of three counts of statutory rape.

In 1952, Britain’s King George VI, 56, died at Sandringham House in Norfolk, England; he was succeeded as monarch by his 25-year-old elder daughter, who became Queen Elizabeth II. In 1968, the Winter Olympic Games were opened in Grenoble, France, by French President Charles de Gaulle.

In 1973, Dixy Lee Ray was appointed by President Richard Nixon to be the first woman to head the Atomic Energy Commission.

In 1987, Wall Street Journal reporter Gerald Seib was released after being detained six days by Iran, accused of being a spy for Israel; Iran said the detention was a result of misunderstandings.

In 1993, tennis Hall of Famer and human rights advocate Arthur Ashe died in New York at age 49.

In 1998, pop music star Falco, who had a 1986 hit with Rock Me Amadeus, died in a traffic

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Member’s bill fires up debate on rustling T

he courts are not as tough on rustlers as many farmers would like.

Now a bill proposing that livestock theft be considered an “aggravating factor” when a convicted offender is sentenced has passed its first hurdle.

National’s Rangitikei MP Ian McKelvie put his Sentencing (Livestock Rustling) Amendment Bill to the House recently for its first reading. It will now go to the Primary Production Select Committee for more debate.

Much of the credit for this progress lies with my predecessor at Federated Farmers, Rick Powdrell. He was tireless in highlighting farmers’ concerns about rustling and pushing for better deterrents.

If rustling becomes an aggravating factor in stock theft cases, there is room for judges to order stiffer penalties. Existing aggravating factors under the Sentencing Act 2002 include actual or threatened use of a weapon, unlawful entry or presence in a dwelling place and that the crime was committed while the offender was on bail.

It’s certainly a useful deterrent, but Federated Farmers would have preferred it went further. Our 2017 Election Manifesto called for livestock

Miles Anderson FROM THE FARM

thieves to be subject to the same powers of seizure that can come into play with poaching of fish, paua and the like – that is vehicles and other equipment used in the commission of the crime may be forfeited.

But Ian McKelvie has at least got the topic in front of politicians and has taken the pragmatic approach. To go in too fast and hard risked the bill falling at first reading and not making it to the select committee for the more in-depth look at the issues that will now take place.

Indeed, as he said, he would very much have liked to have introduced a bill with more teeth, but might have struggled for initial general acceptance of a harder line. He’ll now rely on the submissions to the select committee to paint the picture of how hard stock rustling hits farmers and rural communities.

As he told Parliament, stock

theft is estimated to cost farmers $120 million or more a year.

But it’s not just the economic effect.

“I don’t know how many of us in this House know what it’s like being woken in the middle of the night by gunshots in close proximity to your house,” he said.

“That house could be some kilometres from the nearest neighbour.

“To look out the window only to see vehicle lights just appearing over the hill, to go out not only to find bits of your sheep, deer, steer, or pig lying in the paddock with the best cuts gone down the road – that’s if you’re lucky. If you’re not lucky, you could find a truckload have gone.

“One could equally go out to find your dog missing, your horse shot – this happened in my home town recently – animals mauled by rustlers’ dogs, and fences cut. It’s frustrating and, at times, devastating for families and individuals. “…I see the crime of stock rustling as no different than the crime of burglary, which would most likely be the charge if one were prosecuted for taking something from an urban property or shed. This will be a topic

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for the select committee to deal with at an appropriate time.”

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

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

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

In either case, we need greater deterrents to persuade wouldbe perpetrators it just isn’t worth it.

Federated Farmers congratulates Ian McKelvie for getting his bill to this stage.

We’ll certainly be putting a forthright submission to the select committee and I suspect many farmers will be wanting to have their say on this matter as well.

By Miles Anderson, Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairman

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■ SOUTH KOREA

N. Korea head to visit South North Korea will send its nominal head of state and other senior officials to South Korea this week, Seoul officials said yesterday, as the rivals push through with rare rapprochement steps ahead of this month’s Winter Olympics in the South.

Kim Yong Nam, the head of the North’s parliament, will be the highest-level North Korean official to visit South Korea since the North sent then-No. 2 Hwang Pyong So at the close of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

Kim’s trip touched off immediate media speculation that direct contacts between Pyongyang and Washington may be possible during the Olympics, with the US sending Vice President Mike Pence to the games that start on February 9.

The North sent a message via a cross-border communication channel saying its high-level delegation will visit South Korea from February 9-11, the South’s Unification Ministry said in a statement.

It said the North’s delegation includes Kim and three other officials but gave no further details like its itinerary.

Kim chairs the top decisionmaking body of North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, and his official title as president of the Presidium of the

It’s a girl for Kylie After months of speculation that she was pregnant with her first child, Kylie Jenner has announced the birth of a baby girl. In an Instagram post, Jenner says the baby was born Thursday. It’s the first child for the 20-year-old reality TV star and 25-year-old rapper Travis Scott. In her post, Jenner apologises for keeping fans “in the dark through all the assumptions”.

She says she chose to keep her pregnancy private and “not to do in front of the world”. She says pregnancy was “the most beautiful, empowering and life changing experience”. Jenner says her daughter is healthy and beautiful.

A protester steps on a photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a rally before the women’s ice hockey practice match between the combined Koreas team and Sweden.

PHOTO AP Supreme People’s Assembly made him the North’s nominal or ceremonial leader.

Kim, 90, has been frequently seen on state TV making propaganda-filled speeches with deep, booming voices on key state anniversaries or receiving visiting foreign dignitaries on behalf of leader Kim Jong Un and his late dictator father Kim Jong Il.

Some experts say Kim Yong Nam’s actual influence in state affairs has been diminished gradually over the years largely due to his age.

The North dispatching a high-level delegation was part of agreements the two Koreas struck last month over Olympic co-operation. Under the deals, the North is sending 22 athletes to the Pyeongchang

games, who will parade together with South Korean players under a single flag during the February 9 opening ceremony. Twelve of the North Korean athletes have formed the Koreas’ first Olympic team in women’s hockey, and the North is also to send a 230-member cheering group and a 140-person art troupe.

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Train crash leaves 2 dead, over 100 hurt An Amtrak passenger train slammed into a parked freight train in the early-morning darkness Sunday after a thrown switch sent it hurtling down a side track, authorities said. Two Amtrak crew members were killed, and more than 100 people were injured.

It was the third deadly wreck involving Amtrak in less than two months.

The Silver Star, en route from New York to Miami with nearly 150 people aboard, was going an estimated 59mph when it struck the empty CSX train around 2.45am, Governor Henry McMaster said.

The crash happened near a switchyard about 16 kilometres south of Columbia where railcars hauling automobiles are loaded and unloaded.

Many of the passengers were asleep when the crash jolted them awake and forced them into the cold.

“I thought that I was dead,” said passenger Eric Larkin who was dazed and limping after banging his knee.

Larkin said he was awoken by the crash. The train was shaking and jumping, and his seat broke loose, slamming

him into the row in front of him, he said.

He said he heard screams and crying all around him as he tried to get out.

Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, said investigators found a track switch had been set in a position that forced the Amtrak train off the main track and onto the siding.

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Weinstein hits back Uma Thurman finally broke her silence about alleged sexual predator Harvey Weinstein over the weekend, revealing the disgraced producer attacked her in a hotel room. Speaking to The New York Times, the Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction star revealed how a meeting with Weinstein in a London hotel room took a disturbing turn. Thurman is the latest in a long line of Hollywood stars to allege misconduct from Weinstein, among them Salma Hayek, Rose McGowan, Ashley Judd, Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow.

But Weinstein was quick to hit back at Thurman’s allegations, releasing a statement via a representative disputing Thurman’s version of events — and threatening legal action against the actor.

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NZME, Fairfax to appeal decision

in rejecting the publishers’ appeal to merge.

Among Justice Dobson and Professor Richardson’s findings in the 100-page High Court judgment, they backed the Commerce Commission’s decision to turn down a proposed merger of NZME and Fairfax NZ, which was touted as the only way the country’s dominant newspaper publishers could stand up to the likes of Facebook and Google eating into their online advertising revenue.

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The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment will begin collecting information on allegations of sexual misconduct in the workplace.

The move comes after Women’s Minister Julie Anne Genter sought advice on how to track patterns of sexual harassment complaints by employer. MBIE has not collected the data before.

“Laying a complaint is an incredibly difficult step for victims of assault to make, and currently Government keeps no record of these complaints to help inform policy,” Genter said.

“No woman should have to put up with sexual harassment in the workplace.”

Genter said the data would be used responsibly and individual privacy will be paramount.

“No individual or workplace data will be made available. But the information will help us to understand the scale of the issue and help to inform policy to eradicate harassment from workplaces to

There have been 215 complaints of sexual harassment in the workplace in the past three-and-a-half years – nearly 85 per cent from women. keep workers safe.

“This Government is ensuring that those who speak up against sexual harassment will have their voices heard and their reports will not go unnoticed.”

Currently, people can lodge a complaint about workplace sexual

harassment with MBIE or the Human Rights Commission, which look to mediation as a first step.

Legal action can be taken in either the Employment Relations Authority or the Human Rights Review Tribunal, if mediation fails.

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Cadbury Caramilk back on shelves A New Zealand chocolate favourite is back on supermarket shelves.

Cadbury Caramilk is available again for a limited time, the company announced yesterday.

Cadbury, owned by US multinational confectionery firm Mondelez, experienced strong

demand in July last year for the caramelised white chocolate that was discontinued in 1994 when it released a limited-edition run of a million bars.

Some of the chocolate blocks were auctioned on TradeMe and sold for up to $50.

In total, $3 million worth of

stock – one million blocks – was sold in three weeks last year.

The blocks are being sold at Countdown, Pak’nSave, New World, The Warehouse and other confectionery retailers from today. The recommended retail price is $4.69.

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“Given the potentially significant benefits from the merger, NZME is of the view that appealing the High Court decision is in the best interests of NZME, its shareholders and consumers.”

The High Court’s Justice Robert Dobson and Professor Martin Richardson, in their decision in December, drew a line between online content aggregators and distributors such as Facebook and Google and news organisations Fairfax New Zealand and NZME

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sion in the second half of the year.

“The High Court’s findings increase the range of estimated quantifiable net benefits to the public arising from the transaction to $133 million to $209m, up from the NZCC’s estimated range of $41m to $204m; however the High Court still found that these benefits were outweighed by the expected loss of plurality in the media. The appeal will focus on the issue of plurality,” the companies said.

The publishers claimed the online giants would remain a significant competitive constraint on a merged business, something the commission didn’t believe in its decision to reject the transaction and that view was upheld in the High Court in Wellington.

The judge and professor said the commission’s approach, distinguishing a difference between producers of news, and collators and redistributors, was relevant and that the regulator was right to exclude the likes of Facebook and Google in assessing the competitiveness of online national news production, which were unlikely to be a “meaningful constraint” on the merged publisher.

“Observed patterns of behaviour suggest that readers are likely to assess content from sites operated both by producers and by collators,” the judgment said.

“In seeking out reliable original news, visitors to collators’ sites are likely to discriminate in their level of attention, placing greater credence and therefore spending more time on items from reputable producers of news.”

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NZME and Stuff (Fairfax) are pushing to appeal the High Court decision rejecting their merger proposal.

This follows the Commerce Commission’s refusal to approve the tie-up and the High Court declining the media companies’ challenge of this decision.

“The appeal by NZME and Stuff, heard in the High Court in October 2017, was unsuccessful, although the findings of the High Court revealed that the NZCC [Commerce Commission] had significantly understated the quantifiable public benefits from the proposed merger,” NZME said in an announcement to the stock exchange yesterday.

“After careful review and analysis of the High Court’s reasons, the companies continue to believe that the NZCC was wrong in fact and wrong in law to decline clearance or authorisation of the merger,” the company said.

The media companies will apply to the High Court for permission to take the case to the Court of Appeal.

NZME is hopeful of a hearing in the first half of the year and a deci-

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Agreement favours grass-fed milk A growing global demand for freerange, grass-fed milk lies at the heart of an agreement that will see Southern Pastures LP (New Zealand’s largest dairy farmland fund) become a shareholder of Westland Milk Products – New Zealand’s second largest dairy cooperative.

The agreement, commencing from the 2018-19 season, will add an extra four million kilograms of milksolids to Westland’s milk collection annually, from Southern Pastures’ nine Canterbury dairy farms.

“Westland and Southern Pastures will also conduct a business case investigation with the intention of forming a 50:50 joint venture company,” Westland chairman Pete Morrison said.

“The objective will be to process and distribute milk product that will be from free-range, grass-fed cows on farms that meet very high values covering animal welfare, human health, sustainability, the environment and human rights.

“The opportunity to supply free-range, grass-fed milk will not be restricted to the Southern Pastures farms. Any Westland shareholder who can meet the standards required will also be able to supply and take advantage of ad-

Left – Westland Milk Products chairman Pete Morrison says a new partnership will add four million kilograms of milksolids to Westland’s annual milk collection.

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ditional income that results.”

Morrison said that Southern Pastures was an adventurous, innovative and progressive company that shares Westland’s company purpose to provide nourishment made beautifully for

generations – producing premium quality, high value, differentiated milk products that can command a premium in the global dairy market while meeting modern expectations around ethical and environmentally sustainable pro-

duction.

Key to the agreement was Westland’s ability to segregate and process milk from different sources.

“That is one of the advantages of the size of our plant,” Morrison said. “We can economically and

efficiently produce separate specialty lines with very little impact in terms of cost and time management on how the plant is normally run.”

The agreement will also produce an immediate benefit for Westland as Southern Pastures will bring with it premium New Zealand dairy company Lewis Road Creamery. This effectively creates a significant new customer for the West Coast-based co-operative, with Lewis Road purchasing some of the grass-fed milk produced.

Morrison said Westland’s board also reviewed the company’s payout prediction last week reducing it to a range of $6.20 to $6.50 per kg/MS (previously $6.40 to $6.80), reflecting market conditions, but still competitive compared with other payout predictions in New Zealand.

Kiwi farmers cautioned over feed cost rises New Zealand farmers are being cautioned to expect some increases in the price of feed costs, along with supply issues, as global manufacturers experience a period of tight supply and limited production capacity for minerals and vitamins over coming months.

Global feed and nutrition analysts have cautioned farmers and feed processors in the poultry, pig

and livestock sectors that stocks of vitamins A, B and E may not come back into balance for some months yet.

The cause of the price rises is being traced to two significant factors impacting globally upon all feed and vitamin processors.

The first unforeseen event to hit a market already delicately balanced for supply was when a vi-

tamin precursor or “citral” plant owned by German giant BASF was struck by a major fire event in late October.

This plant alone contributed to almost 50 per cent of the global supply of these vitamins. The plant’s processing capabilities are critical as a precursor to vitamin production, particularly vitamin A.

As the company is contracted to other chemical companies to supply vitamins from the plant, the effect has had a widespread impact ranging far beyond BASF’s immediate customers.

Meanwhile, Chinese president Xi Jinping’s “Beautiful China” policy aimed at cleaning up the country’s air pollution problems is also impacting upon produc-

tion capacity out of that country.

The Chinese Government has set a high target for improving air quality that involves reducing pollution by 20 per cent a year and intends to reinforce it strictly.

More than 3000 air pollution officials have already been censured for failing to meet their targets in key cities including Beijing and Shanghai.

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MARKET REPORT Dairy With confirmed mycoplasma bovis farms now reaching 20, disquiet is growing among dairy farmers about the handling and communication from MPI. Mark Bryan, who set up a M. bovis support group for farmers in Southland, says farmers feel in “no-man’s land”, as planning for grazing contracts and sharemilkers are in limbo as the extent of the disease unfolds. The MPI information page had its latest information update on January 12 and needs to catch up with events if it is to be a relevant source of information.

Milk production around the region, as has been the case nationwide, has suffered in January from the heat, with cows not finding the appetite to keep the milk flowing. The current cooler spell which is predicted to stay with us for most of the first half of the month will provide some respite.

The next GDT auction coincides with Waitangi Day and hopefully brings some better news. With production still constrained in New Zealand, the reduced supply should help underpin the market.

Lamb Reasonable numbers of store lambs have been coming forward but, to date, most seem to be finding a home with still reasonable money being paid for medium to good stores.

Some lighter lambs are getting discounted, however. The influx from further south doesn’t appear to be obviously impacting on the Canterbury market as yet.

Most prime lamb schedules dropped by 10c this week which is not unexpected with the Easter kill all but over and the high dollar making life difficult for exporters. Mutton appears to have held the gains made last week and, if anything, it has slightly improved.

Wool No Christchurch wool sale last week, but

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there was a sale at Napier.

Fleece wool had a good lift of 6 to 8 per cent, but unfortunately lamb is coming off its high and dropped by a similar amount.

A bit more analysis was done on the issue around South Island lambs’ wool that was raised last week and the previous combined Napier-Christchurch sale also had the same trend of heavily favouring the North Island in fineness.

There doesn’t appear to be any conspiracies going on though, as the South Island wool is achieving similar prices to the North Island for the same grade. So, if the South Island is being measured coarser, and there is no proof of that, then buyers at first glance are not taking advantage of it.

The sale on Thursday will be a combined North and South Island one again so it will be interesting to see the results for a range of reasons.

Beef As with lambs, most grades of beef dropped by 10c this week and growers are probably fortunate that they have not dropped by more given the strong dollar.

The reduction in cattle coming off-farm due to the January rains no doubt helped hold schedule prices.

Reports from the US indicate breeders there are holding on to cows but that may be motivated by rumoured tax advantages as much as future production, so watch this space as US numbers for 2018 unfold.

Deer Things are only getting better for deer farmers with a lift in the schedule for some and no drops reported.

Finishers may be getting nervous about how much they will be paying for weaners this coming autumn and won’t be wanting to see the gains in income made this season disappear when they come to restock.

The current prices should mean that a reversal of deer numbers occurs and hopefully we see a lift in the number of hinds for breeding nationally.

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Work begins on research facility

Rabobank New Zealand country banking general manager Hayley Gourley says there are important decisions to be made in the agricultural sector in the next 12 months, which will have an impact in years to come.

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Another year of profit forecast for NZ farmers Favourable market conditions are set to underpin a second consecutive year of broad-based profitability for New Zealand agriculture in 2018, according to a newly-released industry report.

In its flagship annual Agribusiness Outlook, agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank said 2018 should be a profitable year for “most New Zealand producers across an unusually broad base of subsectors”.

As the second consecutive good year after a run of tougher years, 2018 looks set to generate a sense of sustained recovery in New Zealand agriculture, the report said. And this is important for long-term confidence and attracting investment into the sector.

However, the report cautioned, where New Zealand’s agricultural industry chooses to direct im-

proved cash flow and focus during this sustained positive run will have important ramifications for many years to come.

Releasing the report, Rabobank New Zealand country banking general manager Hayley Gourley (formerly Moynihan) said global market settings were firmly in the favour of Kiwi farmers.

“The world economy is enjoying a broad-based recovery and the prices of the key commodities produced in New Zealand are generally high, while prices for key farm inputs, especially fertiliser, are generally low,” she said.

“The bank retains a bearish outlook for the New Zealand dollar over the next 12 months, which further plays into the hands of the country’s exportfocused agricultural producers, and we anticipate a strong performance from New Zealand’s

key agricultural sectors in 2018.”

Gourley said an additional positive for the sector was the settled nature of New Zealand agriculture’s downstream processing and marketing industry.

“Fonterra is making money in its offshore businesses and has cleared overhanging litigation, while other dairy processors are performing well. In the meat sector, recent ownership changes have now been bedded down, which have contributed towards increased profitability and reduced debt levels and there now appears to be far greater surety of industry structure and strategy than evident in recent years,” she said.

The report cautions that there would still be curve balls to deal with in 2018 and, unusually for New Zealand, these look likely to come from local developments.

“Dry conditions across the country at the back end of 2017 and in early 2018 will have flowon impacts on production and costs across many of the key agricultural sectors and will constrain New Zealand’s capacity to capitalise on improved market conditions,” Gourley said.

“Considerable uncertainty also remains about how policy decisions made by the new coalition government will impact the rural sector, while the outbreak of mycoplasma bovis is a further local industry development which must be addressed.”

The report said the “positive backdrop” to 2018 should not distract from the importance of decisions that need to be made during the year about where the industry should focus and where improved capital availability should be directed.

A new food research facility supporting the future of New Zealand’s exports has reached an important milestone, with a contractor appointed and the construction process under way.

The $45m AgResearch and Massey University Food Science Facility, on the university’s Manawatu campus, will accommodate about 140 staff and students from the two organisations as well as from the governmentfunded centre of research excellence, the Riddet Institute.

It will feature laboratories and shared spaces focused around education and research into meat and dairy in a three-storey, 5000-square-metre building that will be New Zealand’s largest agrifood innovation centre.

The facility will also be a key component of FoodHQ – a partnership to grow New Zealand’s reputation in food and beverage innovation that includes AgResearch and Massey University among its network of science and innovation partners.

AgResearch chief executive Dr Tom Richardson said work on the facility was due to begin this week, with the goal to have the building completed by October 2019.

The occupants will include AgResearch staff already based in Palmerston North and others working in the food sciences who will be relocating to the city, Richardson said.

“This new joint facility concept – similar to what AgResearch is doing with Lincoln University near Christchurch – is going to accelerate innovation by having world-class talent working together under one roof. In the case of food research, it means the opportunity for new generation products that offer exciting new textures and flavours, and improve peoples’ health and nutrition.”

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■ In a small saucepan, combine remaining berries, extra sugar

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He reo irirangi whakairo

By Connor Lysaght

CELEBRATE WAITANGI DAY

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ew Zealand’s national identity is uniquely broad and complex, integrating multiple cultures and languages, based around the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Kiwis are lucky to live in such a diverse and engaging place as Aotearoa and I am grateful for the standard of preservation that this country upholds, particularly in regards to Maori culture.

Te reo is widely spoken and whakairo, carving, or toi whakairo, art carving, are widely practised.

Not only well preserved, whakairo often takes new forms, such as its use in the model Maori radio featured in Ashburton Museum’s current summer exhibition, Sounds Like Us. The exquisitely crafted model, made by Weta Workshop, is presented as a reo irirangi, or radio, with a design in whakairo, sporting rauru and koru patterns, paua shell inserts and pounamu knobs and buttons.

The Maori radio is a visual amalgam of whakairo and reo irirangi: two prominent aspects of our national identity, and historically, two very important tools of expression for Maori.

Whakairo Whakairo is regarded as being taonga tuku iho, something that has been handed down from ancestors, and has been paramount in defining Maori identity, conveying information and narrative, through meaning inherent to each pattern.

Traditionally, whakairo used materials such as hardwood, softwood, stone, and bone, producing beautiful end products of varying scale – from pounamu necklaces to the surfaces on whare.

Today, many materials are used.

Whakairo was traditionally performed using purpose-made tools of tough material, such as adzes, chisels and a mallet. Later, metal implements were adopted.

No matter the tools, whakairo is extremely beautiful and important, and thankfully being preserved, changed and taught, across Aotearoa.

Te reo on the radio Popular media has been an invaluable tool in promoting and

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akatere Marae was the first local organisation to hold Waitangi celebrations in our area, way back in 1973.

While the mid-1970s saw the largest events take place, the day is still commemorated with family fun and community involvement.

This Waitangi Day, activities will kick off at Hakatere Marae from 3pm, after Ashburton’s main street events have finished.

We hope to see you there!

Above – People come together at Hakatere Marae on Waitangi Day, 1975.

Left – The Maori Battalion perform a haka in Egypt, 1941, one of the most recognisable sounds of Aotearoa.

Below – The reo irirangi model with whakairo made by Weta

preserving Maori culture and te reo.

Before the days of the internet, radio was the most important form of mass media, apart from newspapers, retaining importance even when television became widespread.

Over the course of the 20th century, Maori lobbied and fought for radio stations, and programmes incorporating and featuring te

reo, Maori issues, history, music, and other content.

From the early 1920s, Maori radio shows and performances aired occasionally, but these programmes did not air as often as many would have liked.

One notable broadcast was aired on February 6, 1928, featuring a mix of Maori history, waiata or songs, and stories. It was widely broadcast on all four national

stations and internationally.

The first fully te reo radio programme ran in 1940 – a 15-minute weekly news segment on the 28th Maori Battalion, who fought in the Greek, North African, and Italian campaigns during World War Two. Since then, radio programmes such as Te Puna Wai Korero, and the formation and growth of the iwi radio network, have vastly

expanded Maori media presence, awareness of Maori issues, and te reo, ensuring the reach of some of the most important things we must preserve and nourish as citizens of Aotearoa.

The label for the Sounds Like Us te reo irirangi whakairo, emphasises how Maori culture intertwines with every aspect of New Zealand culture and life, which I think perfectly sums it up.

Honouring the Fallen During the period of World War One, 1914 to 1915, many men from the Ashburton District signed up to fight for the Empire against the German army. Many did not return — almost 450 from Ashburton were killed. The first Ashburton men were killed on April 25, 1915 — the first Anzac Day. Ashburton philanthropist and patriot Frederick Ferriman presented a special flag and a flagpole to the families of those men. The Ashburton Museum, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton, has erected in front of the museum one of the original Ferriman flagpoles, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. This week the Ashburton Museum honours: February 9: William Patrick KELLEC, Reginald Owen MAISTER

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RESULTS ■ Bowls Allenton Bowling Club January 30 McIntosh Evening Pairs sponsored by House of Hearing 1st M. Grice & C. Tubb 3 wins, 16 ends & 31 points, 2nd R. Bennett & M. Quinn 3 wins, 15 ends & 33 points, 3rd D. McEvedy & F. Frewen 3 wins, 15 ends & 30 points, 4th B. Mayson & C. McFarlane 3 wins, 15 ends & 25 points, 5th W. Watson & R. Johnston 2 wins, 1 draw, 15 ends & 36 points

Ashburton Bowling Club February 3 Saturday Rollovers 1st Shirley Maw and Colin Cross 2 wins 7 ends 11 points, 2nd D Ross and Bruce Ching 1 win 1 draw 7 ends 10 points

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers Wednesday Night Social Wheelers & McGee Cup Series. 18 Riders. 16km.

1st Mark Summerfield CT.29.51. HT. 4.30m.

RT. 25m 21s. 2nd Paul Summerfield CT. 29.51. HT. 4.30m. RT. 25m 21s. 3rd. Martin Hyde CT. 29.52. HT. 4.30m. RT. 25m 22s.

4th. Paul Macfie CT. 29.52. HT. 4.30m. RT. 25m 22s. 5th. Cameron Harcourt CT 29.54.

HT. 4.30m. RT. 25m 24s. 6th. Pam Harcourt CT. 30.06. HT. Go. RT. 30m 06s. 7th. Brent Hudson CT. 30.32. HT. Go. RT. 30m 32s.

8th Brian Fauth CT. 30.35. HT. Go. RT. 30m 39s. 9th Tony Ward CT. 30.39. HT. 7.35m.

RT. 23m 04s. F/T. 10th Brad Hudson CT. 30.40. Ht. 7.35m. RT. 23m 05s. 2f/t.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club February 2 Midlands Seed Friday night Top Team: Henpecked 90.5 – Adrian Hopwood, Gaby Jenson, Perry Hunt, Andrew Rosevear, Men: The Big Test Icicles 84, Lions 84, Concrete Blockheads, Women: Mixed Bunch 85.5, Mixed: Morning Wood 89, Maccas 88.5, The Cruisers 87.5, Top lady: Wendy Bruce 33, Top man: Andrew Rosevear 34.

Nearest the Pins: Mac & Maggies: Gaby Jenson, BP Ashburton: Shirley Elliot, Gabites Lucky Player: Michael Harvey, BP Lucky Player: Gary Stratford Twos: Shane Beaven, Sheryl Read February 3 Gordon Blacklow Memorial Trophy Winner: Sam Clarke 79 – 17 = 62 nett and 46 stableford points. The Radius Care player of the day was David Morrison also with 46 points.

DRAWS ■ Bowls Hinds Bowling Club February 7 Ladies Fancy Dress 4’s, 12.30pm start.

Entries: D Gutberlet, R Bennett, D Callaghan, M Lloyd, H Boag, M Cosgrove, F McKnight, W Watson, G Baker, G Body, S Scott, W Suttie.

Hinds, 3 more teams needed please.

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■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club February 6 The Waitangi Day match is a mixed Canadian Foursome for the Vauxhall Salver, report at 12pm.

February 10 The Ashburton Open 36 hole stroke competition will be played as well as the normal 18 hole game.

A draw for the Open will be listed on the Ashburton Golf website later in the week.

Starting times: Morning Players in the 36 event be ready to play at 7.45am, the 18 hole players at 8.00am.

Afternoon report to the Pro shop at 12.00 for a 12.30pm start.

Nine hole golfers report at 1.00 for a 1.30pm start.

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Other winning scores were: Gavin Johnstone 45; Sharon Bradford 44; Kevin Smith 43; Peter Walker and Grant Hastie 42; Terry O’Reilly 41; Terry Kingsbury, Murray Moorehead, Jordan Bird, Paddy Bradford, Peter Bain, Josh Ackerley, Sue Hastie and Adrian Hopwood all 40pts.

Nearest The Pins: South Island Seeds: Jordan Bird; Rothbury Insurance Ron Carlson; Allenton Meat Centre: Murray Moorehead; Braided Rivers: Terry Molloy; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Gaby Jansen Twos: Sharon Bradford, David Morrison, Ron Carlson, Greg Fleming, Kevin Smith and Terry Molloy.

Birdy Jackpot: # 14, Nett Eagles: # 4 Nine Hole Results Winner: Peter Woods with 21 pts on c/b.

Other winning scores were: John Lyons 21; Gordon Clinton, Brian Lester and Sam Prince all 20pts. A Two for John Lyons.

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from the first round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league: Nick Marshall lost to John McDonnell 103, Carl Haugh lost to James Bowker 0-4, Rob Giles beat Reece Wallington 2-1, Jan Lee beat Sian Hurley 4-1.

Adam Clement lost to Billy Nolan 0-3, Jordan Hooper lost to Brendan Clark 1-2, Rebecca Abernethy lost to Melissa Wilson 0-3, Hannah Mowat lost to Chrissy Stratford 0-3.

Mick Hooper lost to Ben Kruger 1-2, Ron Carlson lost to Ian Dolden 2-3, Amy Muckle beat Charlotte Smith 2-1, Kyla Murphy beat Jane Kingan 3-0.

Brendon Adam drew with Paul Cousins 2-2, Steve Devereux lost to Jimmy Hunn 0-4, Shane Muckle drew with Heather Bowker 2-2.

Chris O’Reilly drew with Ben Kruger 2-2, Nathan Forbes beat Harry Stanway 2-1, Julie beat Di Ness 2-1, Rebecca McCloy beat Kate O’Reilly 3-0.

■ Tennis

Mid Canterbury Tennis February 1 Sunset Doubles Ladies: Go Girls 6 v Dorie Damsels 0, Wanna Bees 3 v One Hit Wonder 3, RMF/TP 2½ v In with a Shot 3½ Division 1: Carrfiels 1 4 v Lakers 2, Double Faults 1 v AFC 5, Serve n Volley 5 v Coasters 1, Fairton Turkeys 5½ v Cates Grain & Seed ½, Heineken Openers 4½ v Geraldine 1½ Division 2: Ball Wackers 4 v Winchmore 2, Ruapuna 4 v Cream of the Crop 2, Faultless 2 v Backspin 4, Carrfiels 2 3½ v New Boys 2½ Division 3: Farm & Kitchen 2½ v Rough Enough 3½, Read Revellers 4 v What a Racquet 2, I’d Hit That 4½ v B Team 1½, 4 Aces 2 v Willies Wonkers 4

Audi proved the best team after 12 hours doing battle on the mountain.

■ MOTOR RACING

Audi takes 12-hour Dutch driver Robin Frijns was a relieved winner when the Bathurst 12 Hour race ended early following a big crash, ensuring victory for his team’s Audi.

Frijns was leading Sunday’s international GT endurance event on Mount Panorama from seventime Supercars champion Jamie Whincup (Mercedes) when the race was declared with 20 minutes remaining on the clock.

He had been in fuel saving mode, like most of the front runners, and admitted he didn’t think they’d have finished had the race continued under normal conditions.

“I was pushing but also trying to save as much fuel as I could,”

said Frijns after celebrating with co-drivers Stuart Leonard (Britain) and Dries Vanthoor (Belgium).

“I don’t think we could have made it without a safety car.

“We are really happy, we didn’t expect it from the start when we had issues all the way through.

But from halfway to the end everything went fluently.”

The pivotal moment came when former Supercars driver Ash Walsh got tied up with a backmarker and crashed, leaving him helpless with his car sideways across track.

Kiwi Johnny Reid, in a Mercedes, came over the hill at full pace and slammed into the Audi,

his attempted evasive action preventing what could have been a far more serious accident.

Whincup finished second in the Mercedes AMG with teammates Kenny Habul, Tristian Vautier and Raffaele Marciello.

Whincup had no complaints about the race, which was strewn with crashes and safety car appearances, being declared early.

“We couldn’t be happier, we certainly maximised,” Whincup said. “I am a big believer that the team who does the best job should win and these guys (Audi) did an awesome job.

“We were tight on fuel as well, but hey what’s Bathurst without a fuel race?”

- AAP

■ RUGBY

Perofeta injury will hurt the Blues Blues first-five Stephen Perofeta is likely to miss his team’s first match of the new Super Rugby season due to a broken bone in his hand.

Perofeta suffered the injury during his team’s 45-19 pre-season victory over the Chiefs at Te Kuiti last Friday, a blow given his commanding form in the match as a replacement and the fact that in Otere Black’s injury-enforced absence Perofeta is seen as the Blues’ first-choice No.10.

In what is a challenging start to the season, the Blues face the Highlanders in Dunedin in their first match on February 23 before they host the Chiefs at Eden Park a week later.

Next is a long-haul trip to South Africa to play the Lions and Stormers.

Fortunately for the Blues and their coach Tana Umaga, they

possess an excellent alternative in Bryn Gatland, who, like Perofeta, shot to prominence during last winter’s tour of New Zealand by the British and Irish Lions.

Despite the pressure of playing against the famous tourists, coached by his father Warren, Gatland junior shone while representing the provincial Barbarians in Whangarei.

He will relish the opportunity to navigate the Blues in their next pre-season match against the Hurricanes in Warkworth a week on Thursday.

Daniel Kirkpatrick is the Blues’ other option.

This weekend the Blues, along with Australasia’s other Super Rugby sides and several overseas teams, play in the Brisbane Global Rugby 10s tournament.

Umaga showed his faith in Perofeta last June when select-

Stephen Perofeta ing him to start against the British and Irish Lions at Eden Park and the 20-year-old didn’t disappoint, sending Rieko Ioane away down the left wing for a try inside the first seven minutes and impressing hugely with his compo-

sure in a thrilling victory.

The franchise’s struggle to find a world class replacement for Carlos Spencer, now 42, who left in 2005 and in an interesting twist will represent the Blues as a wildcard player at the Brisbane 10s, has become the stuff of legend.

After years of disappointment and mixed performances from first-fives including league player Benji Marshall and Englishman Piers Francis, the Blues are quietly confident that Perofeta, who has pace, vision and a good passing game, is the man to lead them into the playoffs for the first time since 2011.

The presence of Gatland, only 22 himself and just as ambitious, should help with Perofeta’s development as Umaga seeks to make the finals for the first time in the third and final year of his contract.

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In brief Broken arm for Bewley Leading Kiwi road professional Sam Bewley is optimistic of a hasslefree recovery after breaking his arm during a tour in Spain. Bewley crashed out in the fourth and penultimate stage of the Tour of Valencia over the weekend after being forced off at a corner. The 30-year-old World Tour rider hopes he won’t be sidelined for long from representing his Mitchelton-Scott team. Bewley, who has won track bronze medals at two Olympic Games, had previously made himself unavailable for the looming Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

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Russian closes in

Graeme Bishop was in good form at the weekend as part of the Mid Canterbury team who defeated North Otago and then as the winner of the Greenkeepers’ Triples.

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■ BOWLS

Dominant win on the greens

By Matt MarkhaM

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North Otago proved no match for Mid Canterbury on the greens of Ashburton on Saturday when the two sides met in their annual representative fixture.

Played across three greens around Ashburton and in four separate divisions, Mid Canterbury won three of the four ties and were comprehensive winners overall when all four scores were tallied at the end of the day.

Wins from the senior men, senior women and development men paved the way for success while the development women’s side went down to points differ-

ential with North Otago emerging on top.

At Allenton, the senior men’s side had a topsy-turvy morning before asserting their dominance in the afternoon.

They won three out of the four games in the opening round but were then clean-swept by North Otago in round two to leave things all tied up at the halfway point of play.

The men jumped out of the blocks in the afternoon though, winning all four games of pairs and triples before grabbing another three wins in the final round to secure a 27-21 overall score.

The development men’s side were even more dominant winning 29-17.

At the Ashburton Bowling Club the women’s side were ultra-impressive and North Otago proved no match for the experience that was provided by their hosts with Mid Canterbury winning the tie 32-14.

The Mid Canterbury bowlers won all four of their singles matches and also all four of their triples games too.

Playing alongside them, the development women’s side will rue a bad third round in which they managed only one win, ultimately setting up a tough task for

them to come back in the final round.

They nearly pulled off the oracle by winning three of the four games in the final round but a higher points differential gave North Otago the victory after they were all tied up at 24-all.

On Sunday bowlers were back out on the greens for the annual greenkeepers’ tournament at the Ashburton MSA and Hampstead Bowling clubs.

At the end of the day’s play Graeme Bishop, Murray Smallridge and Jenny Mitchell emerged on top from Roger Gutbertlet, Mike Quinn and Gordon Sparks.

■ SQUASH

Coll downed in marathon Detroit final Paul Coll has gone painfully close to his first PSA World Tour squash title in 15 months.

Kiwi No.1 and tournament second seed Coll twice bounced back from a set down before losing a marathon final of the $US70,000 ($95,000) Motor City Open in Detroit, going down 11-9 9-11 11-8 8-11 11-9 to Egyptian top seed Marwan El Shorbagy.

World No.13 Coll’s fighting qualities were on show until the end, having trailed 6-2 in the final set before launching a string of points against his fourth-ranked foe which set up a nail-biting finish.

The match lasted 95 minutes and came at the end of a tournament in which Coll was forced into long contests in both the quarter-finals and

semi-finals. It was a strong response to his demotion in the world rankings earlier in the week, when the 25-year-old slipped four places from ninth.

Coll hasn’t won a Tour event since his breakthrough victory at the Channel VAS Championship in England in December 2016.

Meanwhile, Kiwi compatriot Joelle King had a chance to go one better in the final of the $US50,000 ($NZ68,000) Cleveland Classic overnight.

The women’s world No.9 and tournament third seed blitzed American seventh seed Amanda Sobhy 11-7 11-4 11-3 in 24 minutes to set up a showdown with top seed Raneem El Welily.

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Russian Robert Shwartzman has become the fourth different feature race winner in four weekends of the Toyota Racing Series, leaving the title race open heading into the final round.

Victory in Taupo on Sunday lifted 18-year-old Shwartzman to within an attainable 33 points of Kiwi series leader Marcus Armstrong ahead of the fifth round in Manfeild. The St Petersburg driver had recorded a series of second and third-place finishes over the previous 11 races but finally found top gear to clinch the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy.

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Kicking earns ban Collingwood’s Sarah D’Arcy has been offered a two-game AFLW suspension by new match review officer Michael Christian. The Pies forward kicked Carlton’s Sarah Hosking in the groin in an ugly incident during the Blues’ eight-point win in the season opener at Ikon Park. After taking an intercept mark and falling to the ground, D’Arcy lashed out with her left foot and connected with Hosking. The force lifted the Blues midfielder off her feet and propelled her back into the path of the umpire, who immediately reported D’Arcy and awarded a free kick against her.

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Hunt, Munster clear air St George star recruit Ben Hunt has denied involvement in a reported altercation with Cameron Munster during last year’s World Cup and insists there is no bad blood between the pair. Munster was sent home before the quarter-final, while Hunt remained with the team.

It’s understood Munster was sent home as the club were concerned about his behaviour in camp ahead of a shortened NRL pre-season following the tournament. Hunt was stunned to hear the reports of a bust up, and is adamant he wasn’t involved in a physical incident.

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Boycott over no pay

Paul Coll

Bati players have threatened to boycott future rugby league Tests after claiming they have yet to be paid for making last year’s Rugby League World Cup semi-final. Fiji officials yesterday confirmed the players released a statement that also demanded a leadership overhaul of the current Fiji National Rugby League board.

“The Fiji Bati players are now demanding to be paid and will stand down from playing another sdtest/International in 2018,” the statement read.

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In brief Big win for Routliffe New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe has won the ITF Futures title at the tournament in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The 22-year-old beat American Nadja Gilchrist 6-3, 7-5 in a match that went for an hour and 41 minutes. Routliffe dominated from the outset, converting four of her nine break point opportunities and winning 73 points to her opponent’s 61. The Kiwi now heads to Bahrain to meet up with the New Zealand Fed Cup team for the Asia Oceania group two tournament from February 6-10.

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Diamonds recall Geitz Laura Geitz has earned a shock recall to Australia’s Commonwealth Games team but fellow defensive pillar Sharni Layton’s push for a return has fallen short. Midfielder Madi Robinson was the other surprise inclusion for the Games on the Gold Coast in April after the vice-captain was cut before the Constellation Cup last year. Geitz has not played for Australia since 2015 and missed the last Super Netball season to have her first child.

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No more Russians The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has turned down a Russian request to allow 13 athletes and two coaches to take part in the Pyeongchang Winter Games. The Russians were among 28 whose Olympic suspensions were lifted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ahead of the February 9-25 Games. - DPA

Spurs snatch a draw

The Philadelphia Eagles celebrate their first Super Bowl title after beating the New England Patriots yesterday.

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■ SUPERBOWL

Eagles soar over Pats The Philadelphia Eagles’ flight from last to first ended up with a Lombardi Trophy yesterday.

In a record-setting shootout between Nick Foles and Tom Brady, the back-up quarterback led a pressure-packed 75-yard drive to the winning touchdown, 11 yards to Zach Etrz with 2:21 minutes to go.

Then a defence that had been shredded throughout the second half made two final stands to win 41-33.

Brandon Graham strip-sacked Brady and Derek Barnett recovered, setting up rookie Jake Elliot’s 46-yard field goal for an 8-point lead.

Brady got his team to midfield, but his desperation pass fell to the ground in the end zone.

The underdog Eagles, even injured starting quarterback Carson Wentz, came bolting off the sideline in ecstasy while Brady sat on the ground, disconsolate.

It was the first Super Bowl title for Philadelphia, which went from 7-9 last season to the franchise’s first NFL title since 1960.

“If there’s a word (it’s) called everything,” Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said.

“That’s what it means to Eagles fans everywhere.

“And for Eagles fans everywhere, this is for them.”

Super Bowl MVP Foles orches-

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and we just went out there and played football.”

The Eagles had to survive a video replay because Ertz had the ball pop into the air as he crossed the goal line.

“If they would have overturned that, I don’t know what would

If they would have overturned that, I don’t know what would have happened to the city of Philadelphia

trated the victory with the kind of drive NFL MVP Brady, a five-time champion, is known for.

The drive covered 14 plays, including a fourth-down conversion.

“I felt calm.

“I mean, we have such a great group of guys, such a great coaching staff,” Foles said.

“We felt confident coming in,

have happened to the city of Philadelphia,” Ertz said.

“But I’m so glad they didn’t overturn it.”

The touchdown stood – and so did thousands of green-clad Eagles fans who weren’t going to mind the frigid conditions outside US Bank Stadium once they headed out to celebrate.

The Patriots seemed ready to

take their sixth championship with Brady and coach Bill Belichick in eight Super Bowls.

Brady threw for a play-offs record 505 yards and three TDs, hitting Rob Gronkowski for four yards before Stephen Gostkowski’s extra point gave New England a first lead, 33-32.

Then Foles made them forget Wentz – and least for now – with the gutsiest drive of his life, including a fourth-down conversion to Ertz at midfield.

Foles has been something of a journeyman in his six pro seasons, but has been spectacular in four career playoff games.

He finished 28 of 43 for 373 yards and three TDs. The combined 1151 yards were the most in any modern NFL game.

It was such a wild game that Foles became the first quarterback to catch a touchdown pass in Super Bowl history after a gutsy call by coach Doug Pederson, and Brady was on the opposite end of a Danny Amendola throw that went off his fingertips.

- AP

Harry Kane scored his 100th Premier League goal from the penalty spot in stoppage time to snatch a point for Tottenham Hotspur in a thrilling 2-2 draw with Liverpool at Anfield yesterday. Mohamed Salah capitalised on a mistake from Eric Dier to put Liverpool in front in the third minute, taking his tally to 20 league goals for the season.

Victor Wanyama thundered home an equaliser. Salah thought he had won it in the 91st minute, only for Spurs to win another penalty which Kane converted to leave his team fifth in the table, two points behind third-placed Liverpool. - PA

Disaster for Swansea Swansea City’s EPL survival hopes have taken a huge dent after midfielder Leroy Fer and Wilfried Bony were ruled out for the rest of the season due to injury. Bony suffered an anterior cruciate knee ligament injury in yesterday’s draw against Leicester while Fer has ruptured his Achilles. Swansea are 17th in the Premier League table, above the three-team relegation zone only on goal difference. - DPA

Monaco stun Lyon Monaco came back from two goals down to secure a remarkable 3-2 French Ligue 1 victory over Lyon in a match in which they were reduced to 10 men before halftime.

An 88th minute Rony Lopes strike sealed all three points for the champions, who had Keita Balde sent off in the 44th minute. Lyon led 2-0 after goals from Mariano in the 12th minute and Bertrand Traore in the 27th before Balde replied in the 31st, and Falcao then equalised five minutes later. - PA

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■ TAUHERENIKAU

Black type up for grabs Slimline is expected to be in the thick of the action at Tauherenikau today.

The six-year-old has a smart black type record and she looks well-placed to pick up another credit in the Listed WRC and Pope & Gray Contractors Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes WFA (1600m).

“I’d think Asama Blue would be pretty hard to beat, but my mare is very well and it’s the right sort of race for her,” trainer Gary Vile said.

Slimline won the Listed Anzac 1550 last season and she also finished runner-up in the Listed Rangitikei Gold Cup (1550m).

This term, the six-year-old was successful in an open handicap before she ran third in the Gr.2 Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m).

“Another Listed win would look very good on her resume,” Vile said.

Slimline finished a close seventh last time out in the Gr.3 Anniversary (1600m) at Trentham where she was parked three wide without cover from an outside gate.

“Unfortunately, that’s just the way it worked out, but I thought she rallied strongly,” Vile said.

“She’s had a light time since then and she’s ready to go again.”

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Multiple Group One winner Gingernuts is to return home later this week. The son of Iffraaj fractured a pastern on the way to the barrier for the Emirates Stakes at Flemington in the spring and underwent surgery at the University of Melbourne Veterinary Clinic at Werribee before being transferred to the nearby King’s Park Equine Clinic. He will continue his rehabilitation at Te Akau Stud in New Zealand with no indication yet whether he will race again. - NZME

Mare Sydney-bound Outstanding mare Bonneval trialled well at Cambridge yesterday to take her a step closer to opening an autumn campaign in Australia.

The multiple Group One winner finished third in her 1200m heat behind Saint Emilion and Weather With You. “She ran on nicely and probably needs another trial before she races in the Chipping Norton,” said trainer Murray Baker. - NZME

Magnum shows quality

Slimline will be looking to add another black type victory to her resume today.

Meanwhile, Slimline’s Group One-performed stablemate Jacksstar continues to make good progress on his return from injury.

“So far, so good at this stage with him,” Vile said.

“He’s up to a couple of rounds of pacework now and he’ll be having another scan soon to make

sure that everything’s right.”

Jacksstar hasn’t raced since he suffered a tendon injury when finishing third in last year’s Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3200m). - NZME

Rasmussen cops three weeks suspension Natalie Rasmussen will be unable to drive in the Miracle Mile or Ladyship Mile at Menangle on February 24 after being suspended by Victorian Stewards on Saturday night.

Gingernuts returning

After driving Heaven Rocks in the A G Hunter Cup at Melton, Rasmussen was fined $1500 and suspended from driving for three weeks after she pleaded guilty to a charge brought against her.

Rasmussen was charged because she allowed Heaven Rocks to move in to the three-wide line without improving, meaning two trailing runners were impeded.

In further bad news for the All

Stars camp, Heaven Rocks was removed from the barrier draw for his immediate racing after displaying unacceptable behaviour in the pre-race formation.

- NZHN

Per Incanto’s son Magnum has a Group target on his programme. The five-year-old, who was bred by part-owners Little Avondale Stud, has returned from Singapore where he won four races and he was successful in a 935m trial yesterday for trainer Lauren Brennan. “He had trouble with his joints so the connections decided to bring him back here and so far he’s a really happy horse,” she said. “He’s always been a classy horse.”

- NZME

Winx pleases Bowman Winx has again pleased her jockey Hugh Bowman in a Rosehill barrier trial but whether he rides her when she returns hinges on an appeal against suspension. Bowman rode the mare in a trial won by top sprinter Redzel yesterday, a few hours before he fronts the NSW appeal panel to try to have a careless riding ban reduced. - AAP

Amberley harness Today at Rangiora Raceway

Amberley Trotting Club Inc Venue: Rangiora (Grass) Date: 06 Feb 2018 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 12.01 CAVALIER TROTTING PRODUCTS $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ trot, stand, 2600m 1 x0809 Ideal Invasion (1) fr ................. C D Thornley 2 20x52 BJ Lindenny (2) fr.............................R Close 3 06200 Silver Spur (3) fr ................................ M Neill 4 04536 My Eyre (4) fr ...................................P Davis 5 42475 Zoned Scarlett (5) fr ................... K Cameron 6 540x5 Lone Star Lad (6) fr .....................C DeFilippi 7 00420 Skyline (7) fr ................................. G O’Reilly 8 80x00 This Way Comes (8) fr .................D Burrows 9 89056 Crusader Conqueror (9) fr............I Cameron 10 70 Champagne Prince (U1) fr ............B Orange 11 0x44 Red Hot Rocket (U2) fr.................... G Smith 12 36662 Rachmaninov (U3) fr ........................ T Grant 13 0267x The Great Redeemer (U4) fr ........ S McNally 14 494 Westeros (U5) fr ...............................J Curtin 15 70801 Well Defined fr.............................. Scratched 16 906x3 Borntobeastar (U6) fr ........................J Dunn 17 87P30 Dolly Jones (U7) fr ........................... D Dunn 18 8x000 One Yankee Angus (U8) fr........M Smolenski

3 1.11pm COUNTRY FEASTS LTD - RANGIORA NEW

WORLD MBL PACE $10,000, 5yo+ r40 to r46 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 46054 It’s A Deal (1) fr ................................J Young 2 100P0 Four Starzzz Legend (2) fr ........... S Lethaby 3 0x005 Cullen’s Bardon (3) fr ................... G O’Reilly 4 48533 Regal Suzy (4) fr .............................. D Dunn 5 84026 Passion Flower (5) fr .....................B Orange 6 63674 Claus (6) fr .......................................R Close 7 65800 Bridget Blue Chip (7) fr .................R Holmes 8 05408 Highland Girl (8) fr............................S Ottley 9 92527 Glenisthebettor (9) fr ................. R Anderson 10 03707 Game Changer (21) fr ......................P Davis 11 80543 Caitlin Franco (22) fr .........................J Dunn 12 94200 Earthquake (23) fr ............................J Curtin 13 9798x Mordecai (24) fr....................S Tomlinson (J) 14 68980 Stop Means Stop fr ...................... Scratched 4 1.46 JOAN BELCHER LEGACY FLAIR CANTERBURY MBL PACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m 1950m 1 84048 Machs Mareta (1) fr................... R Anderson 2 00 Fresco Bromac (2) fr .................... G O’Reilly 3 50009 I Can Remember (3) fr ............... K Cameron 4 82522 Immortal Change (4) fr.....................S Ottley 5 Tartan Roxy (5) fr .......................... K Butt (J) Em: Zoned Scarlett, Crusader Conqueror, One Yankee Angus 6 00 Naturally Good (6) fr 2 12.36pm GULLIVER & TYLER LTD PACE $10,000, 7 90072 Skipperland (7) fr ..........................R Holmes non-winners 3yo+ pace, stand, 2600m 8 0005 Lei Miss (8) fr ......................... J Morrison (J) 1 3953 McCawsome (1) fr .............................. R May 9 640 Delightful Tanner (9) fr.........................K Cox 2 40300 Franco Hatton (2) fr ..........................S Ottley 10 5 Adieu Flirt (21) fr .......................... S McNally 3 96524 Unfinished Business (3) fr .......... L Lester (J) 11 34 Hurrania Three (22) fr ...................... D Dunn 4 0042 Absolutely Unreal (4) fr .................... D Dunn 12 0x530 Tintin Naturally (23) fr ............... M Edmonds 5 8x059 King Of Heroes (5) fr ...................C DeFilippi 13 22 Onedin Reign (24) fr .........................J Dunn 6 66330 Tracksarefortrains (6) fr ..................T Chmiel 14 5527 Better Decision (25) fr ...................B Orange 7 58x38 Chromozone (7) fr .........................B Orange 15 720 Miss Big (26) fr ...............................T Chmiel 8 0x006 Eastwood Kite (8) fr 16 49669 Comfortably Numb (27) fr ................R Close 9 67 Sonic Reign (9) fr ....................... K Cameron Emergencies: Fresco Bromac, Naturally Good 10 62439 Homebush Lad (10) fr .......................J Dunn 5 2.21 HSW ACCOUNTING PROMED EDGEWARE DOC11 7602 Pembrook Blue (11) fr TORS MBL PCE $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ 1950m 12 Son Of A Tiger (12) fr ..........................B Butt 1 70982 Shot In The Dark (1) fr ..................... D Dunn 13 Roxy Star (13) fr ...............................R Close 2 x2440 Lets Hustle (2) fr ..............................S Ottley 14 Di Caprio (14) fr ...............................J Curtin 3 4x236 Denstown (3) fr ...............................J W Cox 15 4722 Art Collector (15) fr ...................... G O’Reilly 4 34776 Dios Del Fuego (4) fr........................R Close 16 25097 Franco Garcia (U1) fr .............. C D Thornley 5 98750 The Jandel Machine (5) fr .............B Orange Emergency: Eastwood Kite 6 8476 Azza (6) fr ................................. R Anderson

7 08733 Lilbitbettor (7) fr ............................ G O’Reilly 8 30000 Mega Watt (8) fr ...............................J Curtin 9 Mister Mighty (9) fr ........................R Holmes 10 90834 Tom Me Gun (21) fr .....................C DeFilippi 11 57458 Givemewhatineed (22) fr ..................P Davis 12 80020 The Doorman (23) fr ............... C D Thornley 13 7x080 Don’t Tell Ange (24) fr ................... K Butt (J) 14 69008 Karanga Sweet P (25) fr ............C Markham 15 45 Barkley (26) fr ........................... C McDowell 16 883 Glengarry Knight (27) fr .................T Chmiel 6 2.56 CLARKVILLE STOCKFEEDS LTD ZILCO NZ TROT $12,000, 3yo+ up to & including r55, stand, 1950m 1 03076 Soney Beatt (1) fr .................S Tomlinson (J) 2 6056x Sarah Palin (2) fr ..............................P Davis 3 26104 Geena’s Girl (3) fr............................. D Dunn 4 24882 Belmont’s Greatest (4) fr ............C Jones (J) 5 51 Breaking Bad (5) fr ...........................S Ottley 6 x5390 Celtic Thunder (6) fr ......................B Orange 7 5x329 Beyond The Horizon (7) fr ................ J Smith 8 51380 Stellar Success (8) fr.......................... R May 9 0909x Tehoro Tease (9) fr .......................T Williams 10 90615 Natives Lasting Love (10) fr ....... K Cameron 11 136x7 Di’z Luck (11) fr .....................B Laughton (J) 12 x3217 Loveyoutodoit (12) fr .........................J Dunn 13 22076 Sea Rover (13) fr.................... J Morrison (J) 14 27210 Ruth Celeste Petite fr ................... Scratched 15 7238x Tehoro Dazzle (14) fr ....................R Holmes 16 x0703 The Bloss fr .................................. Scratched 17 x0571 The God Botherer (U1) fr ...........B Munro (J) 18 85797 Tessa’s Rocket fr .......................... Scratched Em: Stellar Success, The Bloss, Tessa’s Rocket 7 3.31pm MIKE PERO MORTGAGES MOBILE PACE $12,000, r40 to r49, r50 with cond. 1950m 1 59249 Bohannan (1) fr .............................R Holmes 2 66744 Motu Bettor Be Quick (2) fr ................ R May 3 35507 Stompem (3) fr ................................. D Dunn 4 14003 Art I Am (4) fr ................................B Orange 5 23329 Tufflittlerooster (5) fr .........................R Close 6 39x05 Mr Asia (6) fr ........................... C D Thornley 7 79870 JJ’s Delight (7) fr .............................J W Cox 8 35893 Sky City King fr ............................ Scratched 9 67276 Going To California (8) fr ............... K Butt (J) 10 82324 Scelta Uno (21) fr 11 x9752 Handsome Hero (22) fr ................ G O’Reilly

12 13 14 15 16

29533 Dundee Lady (23) fr ........................ G Smith 21300 Clarendon Falcon (24) fr .............C DeFilippi 65092 Garry’s Legacy (25) fr .......................J Dunn x5884 Rocknroll Nevin (26) fr .....................J Curtin x4305 Shardan Suzie (U1) fr ............... C McDowell 8 4.07pm RANGIORA EQUINE SERVICES AMBERLEY CUP (HCP PACE) $20,000, 3yo+ r65 & faster discrhcp pace, stand, 2600m 1 22114 Julia Lady (1) fr ............................ G O’Reilly 2 14543 Mossdale Rose (2) fr.......................... R May 3 12241 Diamonds N Cash (3) fr ....................J Dunn 4 0x126 Cable Beach (1) 10 ....................S McMullan 5 43042 Franco Tristan (2) 10 ............... C D Thornley 6 54111 Baileys Knight (3) 10 ........................ D Dunn 7 57725 Clasina Maria (U1) 10 ......................J Young 8 25133 Don Domingo (1) 20......................B Orange 9 511P2 My Wee Man (2) 20.....................N McGrath 10 31189 Johnny Eyre (3) 20................. J Morrison (J) 11 82146 Micky Gee (1) 30 ..............................S Ottley 9 4.40 DAVIS OGILVIE LTD HANDICAP TROT $14,000, r56 & faster discrhcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 74744 BK Dawn (1) fr ............................. P Wakelin 2 72210 Time For Diamonds (2) fr ................... J Ford 3 12223 We’ll Meet Again (3) fr...................... J Smith 4 86257 Ruthless Kayla (4) fr......................... D Dunn 5 x1919 Bonnie Highlander (5) fr ....................J Dunn 6 58313 Motu Great Sensation (6) fr ...... B Borcoskie 7 85797 Tessa’s Rocket fr .......................... Scratched 8 00111 One Over Dover (1) 10............ C D Thornley 9 72192 BD Love (1) 20 ..............................B Orange 10 70062 Lothario (2) 20.....................................B Butt 11 04908 Arran Chief (3) 20 .......................... A Faulks 12 63593 Sunset Peak (U1) 20 .............. J Morrison (J) 13 56357 Tornado Valley (1) 30 ................... G O’Reilly 14 52545 Arya (1) 40 .......................................S Ottley 15 30001 Gee Up Neddy (2) 40 .................C Jones (J) 10 5.16 STEVIE GOLDING AT HARCOURTS HANDICAP PACE $12,000, 3yo+ r50 to r64 discrhcp, stand, 2600m 1 33056 Copperhead Rose (1) fr .............C Markham 2 08241 Editorial (2) fr ................................... D Dunn 3 43936 Take After Me (3) fr ..........................R Close 4 82324 Scelta Uno (4) fr 5 00709 Every Option (5) fr 6 12320 The Kaik fr.................................... Scratched

7 35893 Sky City King (U1) fr .............. J Morrison (J) 8 37128 Swap Over fr ................................ Scratched 9 x410x Dorie Delight (1) 10 ......................... G Smith 10 22578 Augusta (2) 10.................................... R May 11 x2645 Havinaravup (3) 10...............S Tomlinson (J) 12 05581 Clive (4) 10 .............................. C R Thornley 13 51722 Dana Dawn (5) 10 .........................R Holmes 14 75112 Gore Bay (6) 10.............................B Orange 15 8006P Pradas Ideal Dahling (7) 10 .... C D Thornley 16 13012 Bettor’s Heart (8) 10..........................J Dunn 17 52227 Goodlookin Chick (9) 10 ................T Chmiel 18 8x668 One Big Fella (U1) 10 .................N McGrath Emergencies: Scelta Uno, Every Option, Sky City King 11 5.47pm KEITH USSHERE-DAWE CONTRACTING MOBILE PACE $12,000, 3yo+ r50 to r55 1950m 1 04063 Mister Slick (1) fr ..................... C D Thornley 2 07251 Corena Lea (2) fr...........................R Holmes 3 87051 Get The Rhythm (3) fr ............ J Morrison (J) 4 02140 Pay Me The Change (4) fr ....M Anderson (J) 5 91556 Acuto (5) fr ......................................... R May 6 53242 Trailer Park Girl (6) fr ........................ D Dunn 7 46156 Scotlynn Justis (7) fr ...................C DeFilippi 8 01362 De Lancome (8) fr .............................J Dunn 9 12320 The Kaik fr.................................... Scratched 10 0x701 Ideal Rule (21) fr .......................... A Lethaby 11 0x601 Courageous Becqui (22) fr .............. G Smith 12 0x995 Bobby T (23) fr .................................J Young 13 x6394 Christian Lady fr ........................... Scratched 14 x1267 Cool Changes (24) fr........................S Ottley 15 20160 Hundie fr ...................................... Scratched 16 64218 Nurburgring (25) fr ........................B Orange Pacifiers off: Tehoro Dazzle (R6) SELECTIONS

Race 1: BJ Lindenny, Rachmaninov, Skyline, Lone Star Lad Race 2: Son Of A Tiger, McCawsome, Homebush Lad, Roxy Star Race 3: It’s A Deal, Mordecai, Glenisthebettor, Caitlin Franco Race 4: Immortal Change, Hurrania Three, Tartan Roxy Race 5: Denstown, Lets Hustle, Shot In The Dark, Mister Mighty Race 6: Beyond The Horizon, Breaking Bad, Di’z Luck Race 7: Art I Am, Dundee Lady, Handsome Hero, Tufflittlerooster Race 8: My Wee Man, Diamonds N Cash, Micky Gee Race 9: One Over Dover, We’ll Meet Again, Time For Diamonds Race 10: Bettor’s Heart, Copperhead Rose, Gore Bay, Editorial Race 11: Trailer Park Girl, Cool Changes, Acuto, Mister Slick

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

In brief

■ TE RAPA

Speechmaker eyes Brisbane Speechmaker isn’t in contention for a domestic classic, but he could be in line for a crack at an overseas one.

“He feels his races a bit, which suggests that he’s still immature so I don’t think he is a New Zealand Derby horse,” trainer Shaune Ritchie said.

“He might be better placed in Brisbane further down the track.”

The lightly-raced Speechmaker will face the sternest test of

his career at Te Rapa today when he runs in the Gr.2 Warren Storm Lifebrokers Waikato Guineas (2000m).

“He’ll run the trip out strongly enough I’m sure, but he needed a better barrier,” Ritchie said. “He’s going to have to do it the hard way.”

The Jimmy Choux gelding finished fifth on debut at Taupo before he capitalised on an inside gate to beat race rival Steven

James over 1600m at Te Rapa.

“He got a beautiful run behind the leader to win and so he should have,” Ritchie said.

“It’s not going to be easy for him, but he deserves his chance.

I think it’s a very even field.”

Ritchie won the 2010 Derby with Military Move, but the stable is unlikely to have a runner this year.

Formidable was sold to Hong Kong interests following his

Ellerslie experience Flying Feet will attempt to nail down his spot in the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) when he has his first look around Ellerslie a fortnight before the March 3 feature. The son of Ocean Park has won once from three appearances and last time out he was a luckless second behind The Mayor at Matamata. “It was a very good performance and nice to see him relax so well and hit the line strongly,” trainer Joe Waldron said.

“Reverse the runs and the result might have been different. We’ll push on to the Derby and he’ll run in the Avondale Guineas before that.”

- NZME

win in the Listed Auckland Salver (2100m) and the promising Owen Patrick is having a break.

“He might be another one we look at Brisbane with,” Ritchie said.

Owen Patrick placed in his first two appearances and was then out of the money in the Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial (1550m) after being caught three wide without cover in a slowly run race.

- NMZE

M4 Wairarapa gallops Today at Taukerenikua Raceway

Wairarapa RC Venue: Tauherenikau Meeting Date: 6 Feb 2018 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.58pm KURIPUNI SPORTS BAR 1000M $10,000, 3YO SW+P, 1000m 1 14730 Malambo m (3) 57.5 .................... C Johnson 2 21363 Divine Power (4) 56.5......................R Myers 3 11584 Satin Belt (6) 56.5 ................. H Andrew (a1) 4 33814 Style By Design m (2) 56.5 .............A Collett 5 7x08. Celtic Fire h (1) 54 ............... S MacNab (a2) 6 Delarosa (5) 54 ...............................S Collett 2 1.33pm WAIRARAPA TIMES AGE MAIDEN 1000M $10,000, MDN, 1000m 1 325 Stumpy (4) 58.5..................... H Andrew (a1) 2 3 Pep Torque (6) 58.5.........................A Collett 3 65090 Boy Soldier (7) 58.5 ...........................M Hills 4 5x In Segreto (13) 58 .......................... J Parkes 5 7x775 Nancees Gold (12) 56.5 ....... T Johnson (a2) 6 Happy Hitter (11) 56.5 .....................S Collett 7 60806 Madam Makfi h (8) 56.5 .................... T Allan 8 Sabatica (3) 56.5...........................M Tanaka 9 60x Trifle (2) 56.5 ............................M Singh (a2) 10 755x4 Confessional (5) 56 ..................... C Johnson

5 98603 Awesome Al d (9) 55.5 ....................S Collett 11 580 Balanto (1) 56 ....................S Weatherley (a) 6 316x0 Combat Warrior m (1) 55.5 ......... C Johnson 12 Dana’s Prophecy (10) 56 .....S O’Malley (a4) 7 1000x Bellissimo (5) 55 .............................D Turner 13 Torre Del Greco (14) 56 ....... S MacNab (a2) 8 9409x Platinum Diva td (4) 54 14 7x08. Celtic Fire h (9) 56 9 37877 Em Kay Pops mh (8) 54 ........ H Andrew (a1) Emergency: Celtic Fire 3 2.08pm HITS MAIDEN 2050M $10,000, MDN, 2050m 5 3.18 WCM LEGAL WAIRARAPA CUP 2050M $20,000, 1 x2223 Cullen Bohannon (3) 58.5 ........... C Johnson Rating 85 Benchmark, 2050m 1 74640 Dr Watson tm (5) 59.5 .....................R Myers 2 95446 Heza Duke (2) 58.5 ............... H Andrew (a1) 2 62100 All In Vogue td (4) 58............. H Andrew (a1) 3 Dublin Day (9) 58.5 ..................M Singh (a2) 3 78343 Caramac tm (2) 58 4 6586 Heart Of Fame (5) 58.5 ......................M Hills 4 06352 China Star (1) 54 5 73 Seven Falls (1) 58 5 19266 Stephenstihls (3) 54 ........................S Collett 6 6. All In Stitches (8) 58 ....................... J Parkes 6 50331 Royal Ruby (7) 54 ....................... C Johnson 7 62 Eloquence (6) 56.5..........................A Collett 7 85550 Stormy Habit mh (6) 54 ..................... T Allan 8 08x03 Bastille Babe (11) 56.5....................R Myers 9 Sweet Enough (7) 56.5 ........ S MacNab (a2) 6 3.57pm MCKENZIES ELECTRICAL 1600M $11,000, 10 0 Xpectheunxpected (4) 56.5 .............D Turner Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 11 6543 Lincoln Melody (10) 56 1 48037 Brad Thorn tdm (2) 59 .................... J Parkes 4 2.43pm ECOLAB R65 1000M $10,000, Rating 65 2 x6883 Xcuses Xcuses t (4) 58 Benchmark*, 1000m 3 13853 Pasabahce dm (1) 57 .................. C Johnson 1 40156 Hugo The Boss tdb (6) 60 ..S Weatherley (a) 4 91810 Lady Guinness d (6) 56.5 2 41P25 Culzean (7) 59 ............................... J Parkes 5 x2270 Ali Baba d (8) 56.5 3 26x21 Book Smart (3) 57....................M Singh (a2) 6 00x55 Highbrook dm (3) 56.5 ......... S MacNab (a2) 4 93231 Miss Oahu (2) 56.5 7 x3114 Swiss Precision (5) 54.5 -

8 x6118 Donizetti b (9) 54.5..........................R Myers 9 8x045 She Knows d (7) 54.5 .....................D Turner 7 4.34 WRC POPE&GRAY CONTRACTORS T/BRED BREEDERS STKS $50,000, WFA F&M, 1600m 1 15327 Slimline m (3) 57 ...........................D Bradley 2 45344 La Fille En Jeu b (5) 57 .................M Tanaka 3 248x8 Pretty Good Excuse dm (10) 57 4 33152 Asama Blue d (6) 57 .......................A Collett 5 2x513 Calligraphy db (9) 57 ..........................M Hills 6 6x714 Bronsteel d (14) 57 ................. H Andrew (a) 7 30182 Petite En Jeu td (7) 57 8 94122 Sleek Secret (18) 57 .......................R Myers 9 0x350 Tessastock (15) 57 ..........................S Collett 10 x6883 Xcuses Xcuses t (8) 57 11 52611 Bring To The Block dm (16) 57 ........D Turner 12 0x411 Darscape Princess (17) 57 ............ J Parkes 13 74614 Don’t Look Back m (11) 57 ......... C Johnson 14 8x410 Dontpokethetiger d (4) 57 15 x3114 Swiss Precision (1) 53 .......S Weatherley (a) 16 x8421 Sound Works m (2) 57 17 8x045 She Knows d (13) 57 18 66374 Flamingo (12) 57 Em Swiss Precision, Sound Works, She Knows, Flamingo

8 5.12 PROPERTY BROKERS 2050M $10,000, Rating

65 Benchmark*, 2050m 1 x8031 Commanding Prince (10) 60 ....M Singh (a2) 2 36279 Star Of Greenbeel td (9) 60 ...............M Hills 3 7x720 Humble Pie m (7) 59 .......................R Myers 4 x7508 Garfunkel (5) 59 ................... S MacNab (a2) 5 0x005 Troup Road (3) 58.5 .............. H Andrew (a1) 6 08225 Doubtless Princess m (8) 58 ....... C Johnson 7 46178 Hand It To Jonesy (2) 58 ................ J Parkes 8 05435 Sweet Treat m (6) 55.5 .......S Weatherley (a) 9 85100 Suffign (4) 55 ..................................S Collett 10 03968 Xcessory (1) 54 ...............................A Collett Blinkers on: Style By Design (R1), Balanto (R2), Sleek Secret (R7) Blinkers off: Hugo The Boss (R4) SELECTIONS

Race 1: Malambo, Divine Power, tyle By Design, Delarosa Race 2: Stumpy, In Segreto, Confessional, Happy Hitter Race 3: Cullen Bohannon, Eloquence, Bastille Babe, Heza Duke Race 4: Hugo The Boss, Book Smart, Miss Oahu, Awesome Al Race 5: Caramac, All In Vogue, Stephenstihls, Dr Watson Race 6: Donizetti, Lady Guinness, Ali Baba, Xcuses Xcuses Race 7: Asama Blue, La Fille En Jeu, Calligraphy, Sleek Secret Race 8: Commanding Prince, Star Of Greenbeel, Garfunkel

M2 Waikato gallops Today at Te Rapa Raceway

2 26x5x What’s The Story b (1) 59.5 3 01601 Stratocaster td (5) 57 ......................J Riddell 4 12130 Yearn td (3) 55.5 .........................T Thornton 1 1.17pm (NZT) SVS HAMILTON CUP 2100 $35,000, 5 034x3 Enough d (2) 54 ............................. J Bayliss 4 3.02 NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE R65 OPEN HANDICAP, 2100m 1 x0940 El Soldado td (4) 60 ......................M McNab $27,500, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies Mares*, 1400m 1 46142 Swissilicious (4) 59.5 .................G Cooksley 2 11x50 Ladies First m (3) 58 ......................V Colgan 2 6712. Dama Zorro h (9) 59 .....................M McNab 3 46329 Promise To Reign t (1) 58 ......... M D Plessis 3 56820 Swinging Skirts td (6) 59 ............M Cameron 4 506x4 Show The World td (5) 58 .............O Bosson 4 5x851 Sacred Charm d (5) 58.5 ...........M Coleman 5 73103 Nicoletta t (2) 54 Doubtless Bay (8) 58.5...................V Colgan 2 1.52 RISK MANAGEMENT GROUP 2100 R75 $25,000, 56 67210 6Fx55 Rube Bridges db (2) 58.5 Rating 75 Benchmark, 2100m 7 1x346 Ruby Love m (7) 58.5....................O Bosson 1 62134 Sasanof’s Hero t (5) 59.5 ............T Abel (a4) 8 78215 Unusual Achiever (1) 58.5 2 32452 Savapak (6) 57.5 9 108x0 Voleuse d (3) 57 3 x0431 Makdanife d (3) 56 ........................M McNab 5 3.37 SIGNATURE HOMES MAIDEN 1400 $10,000, 4 2x901 Lovelight td (1) 54 ..................... M D Plessis MAIDEN, 1400m 5 x7523 Infinite Joy t (2) 54......................M Coleman 1 23323 Matuzalem (2) 58.5 6 65490 Rocanic d (7) 54..................A Schwerin (a2) 2 x5025 Amen Corner (7) 58.5 ............J Fawcett (a2) 7 57270 Fort Street Dancer d (4) 54 3 70x02 William Tell (3) 58.5 ...................S McKay (a) 3 2.27pm FOSTER MAINTAIN 1400 R85 $30,000, Rat- 4 x5x47 Crimson Glory (5) 58.5 ing 85 Benchmark, 1400m 5 22 Beauden b (14) 58 .....................R Elliot (a1) 1 x594x Wills Road td (4) 60 ...................M Cameron 6 34875 Finvara (13) 58 ............................T Thornton Waikato RC Venue: Te Rapa Meeting Date: 06 Feb 2018 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8

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Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 06 Feb 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 1 12.10 SOUTHLAND GREYHOUNDS WELCOME C0, 390m 1 Cosmic Ruben nwtd ..................J McInerney 2 525 Cosmic Ryder nwtd ...................J McInerney 3 62 Goldstar Diesel nwtd S & ................B Evans 4 546xF Homebush Tasha nwtd ..............J McInerney 5 224 Dyna Bart nwtd ............................C Roberts 6 Jinja Spirit nwtd .........................J McInerney 7 68 Mounga nwtd ............................J McInerney 8 35543 Mr Black Magic nwtd S & ................B Evans 9 58554 Devon Baxter nwtd ....................J McInerney 10 77 Cosmic Jamie nwtd ...................J McInerney 2 12.27pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C0, 457m 1 32286 Lucky Mick nwtd ..............................R Wales 2 2 Dyna Vernon nwtd ........................C Roberts 3 221 Dyna Dave nwtd ...........................C Roberts 4 62537 Malaga Molly nwtd ....................J McInerney 5 34342 Go Show nwtd.................................R Wales 6 Goldstar Wilson nwtd S & ...............B Evans 7 54444 Go Belle nwtd..................................R Wales 8 33658 Four Twenty nwtd ......................J McInerney 9 34665 Go Slick nwtd ..................................R Wales 10 54576 Goldstar Raven nwtd S & ................B Evans 3 12.45pm SOUTHLAND PHOTO FINISH C1, 457m 1 32147 Token Vikkers nwtd .........................R Wales 2 22426 Allen Mack 26.44 .........................C Roberts 3 16727 Homebush Boden nwtd .............J McInerney 4 17727 Goldstar Whitey nwtd S & ...............B Evans 5 24484 Frosty Action nwtd S & ....................B Evans 6 76428 Dave’s Pick nwtd .......................J McInerney

7 005 Bahamas (9) 58 8 Lucky Escape (1) 58 ................J Nason (a2) 9 22943 Choulee (6) 56.5 ........................M Cameron 10 5x854 Midsummer Magic (12) 56.5 11 0337 Vendella (10) 56 ............................M McNab 12 65 Excelsior Island (4) 56 ................... J Bayliss 13 Jammu (8) 56 .............................M Coleman 14 Velvet Thunder (11) 56 .............. M D Plessis 6 4.12 YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO RUN, ANNA!!! R75 $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 14137 Vanilla Moon dm (1) 59 .................O Bosson 2 0x191 Barcelo d (2) 60 3 480x4 Pappa Ragazzo d (6) 59 .................J Riddell 4 94823 Rosa Carolina d (9) 58 5 x4x38 Altius d (12) 57.5 6 x0281 Bruce Arthur d (8) 57 .................M Cameron 7 17x25 Chicane dmb (14) 56.5 8 66x81 Memories Only td (4) 56.5 ............ R Norvall 9 61000 Naughty Knuckles m (7) 56.5A Schwerin (a2) 10 x4152 Solomon d (10) 55.5 11 72694 Rich Billie Marsh dm (3) 54.5 .J Fawcett (a2) 12 58331 Wonder Woman (13) 54.5 13 69764 Money Trail dm (11) 54.5...............M McNab

14 67210 Doubtless Bay d (5) 54 4.50pm WARREN STORM LIFEBROKERS WAIKATO GUINEAS $100,000, 3YO SW, 2000m 1 134 Rock On Wood (6) 56.5................R Elliot (a) 2 64251 Xbox t (8) 56.5.............................T Thornton 3 31L26 The Boy Wonder t (14) 56.5 ........... J Bayliss 4 92113 Mongolianconqueror (12) 56.5 ......O Bosson 5 40345 Griffin (2) 56.5 ...............................M McNab 6 x3331 Jimmy Rocket (18) 56.5 .............M Coleman 7 51857 Maktoum (3) 56.5 ...................... M D Plessis 8 51 Speechmaker t (16) 56.5 9 8135 Time Lord (5) 56.5 10 16735 Dashper (17) 56.5 ..........................V Colgan 11 19462 Eitilt (13) 56.5 .............................M Cameron 12 8x210 Tavlin (1) 56.5.............................G Cooksley 13 86352 Ripinhet b (4) 56.5 14 22 Steven James h (11) 56.5 ...............J Riddell 15 23264 The Mitigator (10) 56.5 16 3526 Starrybeel (15) 56.5 17 73 Seven Falls (7) 56.5 18 337 Bel Ragazzo (9) 56.5 Em: The Mitigator, Starrybeel, Seven Falls, Bel Ragazzo 8 5.27 SNELL PACKAGING & SAFETY 1600 R75 $25,000,

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Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 72551 Santiago d (2) 59.5 2 211x1 Mission Hill tdm (8) 57.5 ...............O Bosson 3 2112 True Enough d (1) 57 ................. L Satherley 4 x2270 Ali Baba d (4) 56 ............................ J Bayliss 5 4x153 Miss Horotiu t (9) 55...................M Coleman 6 59x54 Veearma m (5) 54.5 .................. M D Plessis 7 235x4 Vin De Dance m (6) 54.5 ...........M Cameron 8 44926 Light Shadow (10) 54.5 .............S McKay (a) 9 0x871 Richie McHorse td (3) 54.5 .........T Thornton 10 482x3 Sacred Siren d (7) 54 ....................M McNab Blinkers on: Crimson Glory (R5), True Enough (R8) Blinkers off: Ladies First (R1), Light Shadow (R8) Winkers on: Finvara, Excelsior Island (R5), Jimmy Rocket, Eitilt, Ripinhet (R7) SELECTIONS

Race 1: Promise To Reign, Show The World, Nicoletta, El Soldado Race 2: Savapak, Makdanife, Sasanof’s Hero, Infinite Joy Race 3: Stratocaster, Wills Road, Enough, What’s The Story Race 4: Rube Bridges, Swissilicious, Ruby Love, Swinging Skirts Race 5: Beauden, Choulee, William Tell, Midsummer Magic Race 6: Chicane, Vanilla Moon, Memories Only, Barcelo Race 7: Rock On Wood, Xbox, Maktoum, Tavlin, Time Lord Race 8: Mission Hill, Vin De Dance, Miss Horotiu, Veearma

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway

7 25518 Bouncer Milos 26.94 .................J McInerney 4 74755 Cosmic Richie 22.60 .................J McInerney 5 63616 Auros Advantage nwtd S & .............B Evans 8 11155 Raylene nwtd ................................R Adcock 5 25674 Opawa Sheldon 22.32..................... R Wales 6 256F7 Gotcha Rocky nwtd ...................J McInerney 9 17878 Opawa Richie 26.19 ........................R Wales 6 46656 Opawa Waihemo 22.75 ...................R Wales 7 61688 Skitzer nwtd .................................C Roberts 10 18888 Zipping Piper 26.56 ..................... B I Conner 7 15177 Chop Shop nwtd .......................J McInerney 8 x1257 Aroha nwtd ....................................R Adcock 8 72221 Ohoka Alex 22.63..........................R Adcock 10 2.48 WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ 4 1.03pm ADDED ENERGY STAKES C1, 457m 1 46666 Extra Salsa nwtd S & ......................B Evans Emergencies: C3/4, 457m 9 27188 Gotcha Majenta nwtd ................J McInerney 1 23178 Barellen Panther nwtd ..................C Roberts 2 17443 Gorm The Great 26.78 ................D Kingston 10 x4767 Melan nwtd S & ...............................

B Evans 2 56547 Zipping Clyde 25.87 .................... B I Conner 3 44666 Homebush Ellie nwtd ................J McInerney 3 77787 Sea Fever 26.00 .......................... B I Conner 4 77324 Steel The Gold nwtd.....................D Roberts 7 1.56pm WWW.BODYAUDIT.CO.NZ C2, 457m 1 2x111 Egomaniacal nwtd J & ....................D Fahey 4 F453x Rover Bale 25.64 .........................C Roberts 5 31624 Cosmic Stu nwtd .......................J McInerney 2 34828 Ana Dior nwtd ..............................C Roberts 5 13456 Southern Lights 25.84 .................R Hamilton 6 33324 Homebush Ragna 26.53 ...........J McInerney 3 54616 Spring Sam 26.00 .....................J McInerney 6 71264 Justin Ryan 26.00 S &..................... B Evans 7 64673 Darlek Ian 26.72........................J McInerney 4 51132 Dusky Brew nwtd S & .....................B Evans 7 13871 Zipping Jen nwtd ......................... B I Conner 8 44856 Verta Bale 26.34 ..........................C Roberts 5 43155 Southern Honey 26.33 ................R Hamilton 8 77467 Ride Ain’t Over 25.90 ...................C Roberts Emergencies: 6 72466 Flaming Sambuca 26.47 ...........J McInerney 9 x4767 Melan nwtd S & ............................... B Evans 9 17878 Opawa Richie 26.19 ........................R Wales 7 75385 Black Dan nwtd .........................J McInerney 11 3.06 GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1, 390m 10 18888 Zipping Piper 26.56 ..................... B I Conner 8 36725 Goldstar Dodge nwtd S & ...............B Evans 5 1.21pm GREEN CHARTRUSE CHALLENGE RACES 1 13588 Homebush Jasper nwtd ............J McInerney 8 2.13pm CONGRATULATIONS GAZZEBO C3, 390m 2 28764 Botany Alan 22.42.....................J McInerney 11, 12 & 13 C2, 390m 1 71774 Opawa Binge 22.34......................... R Wales 1 45517 Queen Kong 22.69 ....................J McInerney 3 32484 Debbie Baxter 22.86 .................J McInerney 2 61534 Zugzwang 22.88 .........................R Hamilton 2 44221 Coco Bango 22.71 ....................J McInerney 4 413 Cosmic Jase nwtd .....................J McInerney 3 62312 Oskitz nwtd ..................................C Roberts 3 71121 Aussie Hoon nwtd J & .....................D Fahey 5 36228 Homebush Hundy 23.22 ...........J McInerney 4 47725 Think Tank 22.58 .......................J McInerney 4 13538 Pip Baxter nwtd .........................J McInerney 6 86857 Magic Velvet nwtd .......................D Kingston 5 64212 Homebush Banker 22.67 ..........J McInerney 5 63241 Zipping Lance nwtd .......................R Adcock 7 14675 Sozin’s Fortune 23.36 ...............J McInerney 6 34163 Homebush Miles 22.44 .............J McInerney 6 33411 Homebush Skip 22.76 ...............J McInerney 8 64122 Bula Roberts nwtd .......................C Roberts 7 23615 Tricky Action nwtd S & ....................B Evans Emergencies: 7 72461 Sozin’s Roar nwtd .....................J McInerney 8 64675 Dissident nwtd..............................C Roberts 8 12353 Homebush Scribe 22.48 ...........J McInerney 9 77x68 Homebush Ivana nwtd ..............J McInerney 9 27188 Gotcha Majenta nwtd ................J McInerney 10 18888 Zipping Piper nwtd ...................... B I Conner 9 54741 Disclaimer 22.63 ...........................R Adcock 10 81176 Macey Baxter 22.97 ..................J McInerney 10 x4767 Melan nwtd S & ............................... B Evans 12 3.23 DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER C1, 390m 6 1.38pm TONI@BODYAUDIT.CO.NZ PH 021657001 9 2.31pm ORETI BEACH RUN C1, 457m 1 47368 Zip Zap Zoe nwtd ......................J McInerney C3/4, 390m 1 14474 Goldstar Jay Jay nwtd S & ..............B Evans 2 46587 Jinja Cody nwtd.........................J McInerney 1 15648 Detective Dash nwtd .................J McInerney 2 74418 Sierra Delta nwtd S &......................B Evans 3 44732 Amy Baxter nwtd .......................J McInerney 2 58535 Princely Gold 22.49...................J McInerney 3 34675 Homebush Austin nwtd .............J McInerney 4 2245x Fancy Nomikai nwtd ...............D J MacMillan 3 15763 Abrasador 22.17 ...............................B Eade 4 78324 Chief Doug nwtd .......................J McInerney 5 35336 Goldstar Scooter nwtd S &..............B Evans

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56563 Homebush Scorpio 23.38 .........J McInerney 48521 Botany Whisper nwtd ................J McInerney 48325 Unverified nwtd .........................J McInerney 77x68 Homebush Ivana nwtd ..............J McInerney 18888 Zipping Piper nwtd ...................... B I Conner 13 3.42pm RACING AGAIN 20 FEBRUARY C1, 390m 1 23341 Senorita Julie nwtd....................J McInerney 2 87674 Stormy Sunday nwtd .................J McInerney 3 57382 Homebush Hazel nwtd ..............J McInerney 4 86246 Leo’s Son 22.84 ........................J McInerney 5 28343 Sozin’s Emperor 23.13 ..............J McInerney 6 67652 Joey Baxter 22.65 .....................J McInerney 7 85765 Awesome Annie nwtd.................. B I Conner 8 551 Mitcham Faye 23.02 ..................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 45888 Homebush Riley 22.73 ..............J McInerney 10 18888 Zipping Piper nwtd ...................... B I Conner SELECTIONS

Race 1: Dyna Bart, Goldstar Diesel, Cosmic Ryder, Cosmic Ruben Race 2: Dyna Dave, Dyna Vernon, Go Show, Go Belle Race 3: Allen Mack, Token Vikkers, Frosty Action, Bouncer Milos Race 4: Verta Bale, Gorm The Great, Extra Salsa, Steel The Gold Race 5: Aussie Hoon, Zipping Lance, Coco Bango, Disclaimer Race 6: Abrasador, Ohoka Alex, Opawa Sheldon, Cosmic Richie Race 7: Spring Sam, Dusky Brew, Goldstar Dodge, Southern Honey Race 8: Opawa Binge, Think Tank, Dissident, Homebush Banker Race 9: Chief Doug, Goldstar Jay Jay, Sierra Delta, Homebush Austin Race 10: Southern Lights, Rover Bale, Zipping Clyde, Sea Fever Race 11: Botany Alan, Cosmic Jase, Bula Roberts, Homebush Jasper Race 12: Botany Whisper, Jinja Cody, Amy Baxter, Goldstar Scooter Race 13: Senorita Julie, Mitcham Faye, Leo’s Son, Homebush Hazel LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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MEETINGS, EVENTS

Beckley Coachlines Programme

COMPUTER PROBLEMS ?? ◊ CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD TRIP For prompt reliable computer February 18, departing servicing and laser engraving. Contact Kelvin, 9.30am.

KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Phone 308 ◊ KAIKOURA DAY TRIP March 31, departing 8989. Proudly serving locals 7.30am. for 30 years. Same day service if possible. ◊ OPERATUNITY SUPERGOLD discount card CONCERT welcomed. ”Luck of the Irish\” RURAL TRADING POST February 21 at 11am, Theatre Royal, Timaru.

CONVENTIONAL bales of red clover hay for sale. To be For bookings phone picked up from paddock. Just 308 7646 baled $8.00. Phone 027 6024 885 or 302 4746.

HEALTH & BEAUTY

Emma Ledingham Happy 11th Birthday Emma!

Lots of love Mum, Dad and Ryan.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

AMANDA, Asian lady, 34 DD, busty. Excellent service.

Professional massage. In/out calls. Phone 021 831 682.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

TO LET - Two, two bedroom flats. Front and middle. Town end of Park Street. One renovated and painted. Call 021 109 7806 or 307 8056.

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

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

9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. (9.45am draw), (1.15pm draw). Morning singles Golf croquet, afternoon handicap singles Golf Croquet. The Domain, Philip Street.

Wednesday

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Steady As You Go Exercise group. Meet at 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

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Daily Events

Birthday Greetings

SHELLY – health massage.

Open 9am - 9pm. Chinese girl. Ashburton. Phone 022 684 1692.

February 6 and 7, 2018 10am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises and Tai Chi for arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street. (excludes school and public holidays).

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

10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB. Fun filled days for over 60years, for more information ring 308-6817. Cameron Street.

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

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

6pm INTEGRATIVE YOGA. Weekly yoga classes. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN 206 CLUB. Monday Tuesday and Wednesday each week, 60 years and older. More information ring Age Concern 308-6817.

Cameron Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. (excluding school holidays).

11am MID CANTERBURY LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Movie - The Greatest Showman or Darkest hour. Regent Theatre, Wills Street.

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Mid-week service, communion and lunch.

48 Allens Road.

1pm - 3pm ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Drop in and pre loved clothing shop. Cnr Thomson and Jane streets, Tinwald.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet doubles, Phillip Street.

6pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Practise and coaching evening, anybody welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

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Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

Ashburton Museum

ANIMAL SERVICES

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open Daily: 10am – 4pm - Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

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This service is for emergency medical care only. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Tinwald Medical Centre, Archibald Street, will be the duty practice for Tuesday (Waitangi Day) until 8am Wednesday.

Consultation will be held from 10am until 12 noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary.

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Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

Methven & Rakaia Area

Victims Support Group

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Alcoholics Anonymous

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Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

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Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm each weekend. outside of these hours leave a message.

Pharmacies

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 10am - 1pm Tuesday and from 5pm - 7pm.

Alcohol Drug Help Line

Ashburton Rest Homes

Lifeline - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353.

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

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Bus Departures

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Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton Public Library

Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24h/sce.

EA Networks Centre - Pools

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - 308 4432.

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Mid Canterbury Spca

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter - Contact President 021 1356 969.

Veterinarians

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, Information Centres Methven - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

3pm. Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint after-hours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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Cryptic crossword

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

WordWheel

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): There is hardly an agreement that can’t be made sweeter for you with a little creative thinking on your part. So don’t settle. Dream a little bigger, and the small, practical ideas will pop into your head.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): In-person meetings will be the success of a project, deal or relationship.

Sure, you could do it remotely, but it’s not the same. The prize will go to the one who put the face time in to get it going.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): That bit of unpleasantness you experienced is all in the past now – you’ve been made richer for it, which is why you’ll have so much to give today.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Your attitude? Empowered.

You don’t have to do much to get things moving in the right direction today. Just show up and the inspiration of your presence will be enough.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Your creative muse is tapping you on the shoulder. Shut the world out for a while, and let your imagination carry you away. Don’t have time for this: Make time. A new you could spring from the exploration.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): They want what you’re not willing to give. There may be another way you could strike a deal, though. Solve a deeper problem. Go back to the root, not the symptom.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You are in a position to help someone save face. You would definitely want this person to help you out, were the roles reversed. You earn karma points for taking the dignified route.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You are just trying to solve a problem and go on your merry way, but people are apt to confuse things by giving you too much information. Avoid this by asking people for the short version of the story.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’re the beautifier of the zodiac today, and what you touch will become more cohesive, graceful and tasteful.

You’ve a special talent for adding just what a particular environment needs.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Moral sense can be subjective, especially when you get into the nitty-gritty of it. And if doing so brings up a feeling of righteous indignation, the whole exercise can get rather dangerous quickly.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): People are not one way, one thing or one note. People are dynamic symphonies, each movement a different mood.

People are ranges and valleys, not there to be frozen in photographs, but traversed.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’re a fish in your school today, so don’t worry yourself with too many decisions. Nature will have you swimming along with your group, in protected, elegant teamwork.

WordBuilder

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

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

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GRIFFITHS, (nee Goodwin) Ngaire Agnes – Passed away peacefully in the arms of her family on Sunday, February 4, 2018, at Nurse Maude Hospice, Christchurch. Aged 85 years.

Dearly loved wife and friend of the late Ivan Griffiths for 52 years. Cherished and loving mum and mother-in-law to Christine and David Janett and devoted and loving Nana to Hamish, Matthew, and Scott. Loving daughter of the late Walter and Alma Goodwin and sister and sister-in-law to the late Stanley and Gwen Goodwin, the late Neville and Julie Goodwin, and Alister and Adrienne Goodwin. A very special aunt, cousin and friend to many. Special thanks to the staff at Christchurch Hospital Oncology Ward and Nurse Maude Hospice for their care of Ngaire. In lieu of flowers donations to Nurse Maude Hospice would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service for Ngaire will be held in the Sinclair Centre, Park Street, Ashburton on FRIDAY, February 9, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by private interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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McFARLANE, Alistair For all subscriber Fyfe – enquiries, missed On February 4, 2018, deliveries, new peacefully at Ashburton Hospital. Aged 75 years. subscriptions, temporary Dearly loved husband of Sue stops – text, call or email: for 50 years. Much love dad Text and mate of Andrew. Loved brother and brother-in-law of 021 271 3399 Anne and Brian Marsden, and Phone Lorna and the late Ivan McFarlane and their families.

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 1/2. 0 10am Whanau Living 10:30 Four In A Bed 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm F George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces PGR 3 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 1/2. 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 F Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook – Through The Seasons 3 0 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 The Celebrity Chase 0 8:30 F Innocent Tom wakes from a night of heavy drinking, and must piece together details of the night before. 0 10:35 1 News Tonight 0

11:05 Boss AO Kane’s enemies threaten to bring him down as Chicago’s emergency managers prepare to take control of the city. 0 12:15 Secrets And Lies AO 0 1:10 Te Karere 3 2 1:35 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

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BRAVO 10am Four Weddings USA 3 10:55 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles PGR 3 11:50 Snapped PGR 3 12:45 The Real Housewives Of New York City PGR 1:40 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles PGR 3 2:40 World Of Dance PGR 3 3:35 How Do I Look?

4:35 Four Weddings USA 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 6:30 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 7:30 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover 3 Tabatha must modify a salon in Sewell, New Jersey, but disagrees with the establishment’s owner.

8:30 The Real Housewives Of Melbourne AO Sally invites the women to celebrate the launch of her accessories line, but Gamble and Venus disagree, Lydia provokes Jackie and Janet, and a housewife leaves in tears.

9:40 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey 10:40 Intervention AO 3 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

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THREE

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6am M Heart Of The Matter PGR 2014 Family Drama.

Bree Williamson, Jason Dohring.

7:45 Minute To Win It UK 3 8:45 F The Farmer Wants A Wife 3 9:50 Infomercials 11:20 Wipeout 3 11:55 Entertainment Tonight 3 12:20 Dr Phil PGR 1:20 Married At First Sight Australia PGR 3 3pm N Entertainment Tonight 3:25 Family Feud Australia 3:55 Now That’s Funny! PGR 3 4:20 The Block Australia The five teams race to finish the 48 hour challenge and do their best to impress the judges. The winning team gets first pick of the houses.

5:30 Modern Family 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Married At First Sight 7:30 F Family Food Fight Australia PGR 0 PGR 9:15 N SVU – Special Both families must cook an Victims Unit AO entrée, main, and dessert Fin crosses international for 40 guests, the eliminated borders to catch a fugitive families and members of their rapist; allegations against own families, after which the Benson lead to the return of winner is announced. 0 an old friend. 0 9pm Instant Hotel 0 10:10 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out 10:10 Road Cops PGR 3 0 10:40 The Blacklist AO 0 Of Here Australia 0 11:35 Robbie Williams – The 11:40 Mom PGR 3 0 Heavy Entertainment Show AO 12:10 Agent X AO 3 0 UK singer Robbie Williams performs 1:45 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 his 11th studio album The Heavy 2:10 Infomercials 3:15 Army Entertainment Show.

Wives PGR (Starting Today) 3 12:30 Infomercials 0 4:45 Cougar Town PGR 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials 6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am My Little Pony – Friendship Is Magic 3 0 7:25 Milo Murphy’s Law 0 7:50 Beyblade Burst 3 8:15 Puppy Pals 3 0 8:35 Captain Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am The Amazing Race 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle PGR 1pm Judge Rinder 2pm Home Improvement 3 0 2:30 Home And Away 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 3:35 Ultimate Spider-Man 0 4pm The Lodge 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

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Midnight Closedown

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6:55 Leading Lady PG 2014 Romantic Comedy.

Katie McGrath, Bok van Blerk.

8:35 A Date With Miss Fortune MLS 2015 Romantic Comedy. Jeannette Sousa, Ryan Scott. 10:10 Bliss! MVLS 2016 Drama. Freya Parks, David Leon. 11:45 Florence Foster Jenkins PGL 2016 Comedy. Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant. 1:35 Criminal 16VL 2016 Action Crime.

Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot. 3:25 Leading Lady PG 2014 Romantic Comedy. Katie McGrath, Bok van Blerk. 5:05 Yoga Hosers MVSC 2016 Comedy. Lily-Rose Depp, Harley Quinn Smith. 6:30 The Birth Of A Nation 16VLC 2016 Drama. Nate Parker, Armie Hammer. 8:30 Hard Sell MLS 2016 Comedy. When a student must support his unstable mother and pay the family vet bills, he enlists the help of a high-school socialite. Katrina Bowden, Skyler Gisondo.

10:10 The Shadow Effect 16VLSC 2016 Action Thriller.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michael Biehn.

11:45 Her Secret Sessions MLSC 2016 Drama. WEDNESDAY 1:20 People Interview – Matthew McConaughey 2:20 Yoga Hosers MVSC 2016 Comedy. 3:45 The Birth Of A Nation 16VLC 2016 Drama.

5:45 Hard Sell MLS 2016 Comedy.

6:15 Broken City 16VL 2013 Crime. Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine ZetaJones.

8am Nothing But Trailers M 8:15 The Fast And The Furious – Tokyo Drift MVL 2006 Action. Lucas Black, Bow Wow. 10am My Bloody Valentine 18VLS 2009 Horror.

Jensen Ackles, Jaime King.

11:40 The Lovely Bones MVL 2009 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Rose McIver, Susan Sarandon.

1:55 The Departed 16VL 2006 Crime. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson.

4:25 Quartet ML 2012 Comedy. Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon.

6:05 Man On Fire 16VC 2004 Crime. Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning.

8:30 Pushing Tin ML 1999 Comedy. Two air traffic controllers vie for supremacy of the runways. John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie.

10:35 Notorious 16VLS 2009 Drama. Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett.

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson.

3:10 Man On Fire 16VC 2004 Crime. Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning.

5:35 Quartet ML 2012 Comedy. Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon.

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11:50 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Cricket – T20 TriSeries Australia v Blackcaps.

9:30 Cricket – Big Bash Semi-final Two – Strikers v Renegades. 10am Cricket – Big Bash Grand Final.

10:30 Cricket – ICC U19 World Cup Final – Australia v India. 11:30 Cricket – T20 Tri-Series Australia v Blackcaps. Noon Hook Me Up! 1pm Rugby – World Sevens Day Two. 2:30 Sky Sports News UK 3pm Cricket – Big Bash Semi-final Two – Strikers v Renegades. 3:30 Cricket – Big Bash Grand Final.

4pm Cricket – ICC U19 World Cup Final – Australia v India. 5pm Cricket – T20 Tri-Series Australia v Blackcaps. 5:30 The World Rugby Show 6pm The Season – Nudgee College 6:30 The Season – Nudgee College 7pm Hook Me Up! 8pm Golf – European Tour Maybank Championship Malaysia. 8:30 Golf – PGA Tour Phoenix Open. 9:30 The Golf Show 10:30 The Season – Nudgee College 11pm The Season – Nudgee College 11:30 NRL 360 WEDNESDAY 12:30 Super League Fulltime 1am The World Rugby Show 1:30 NZ Football Weekly Show 2am Football – A-League Central Coast Mariners v Western Sydney Wanderers FC. 4am Football – A-League

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6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Love Nature – Wild Birds Of Australia 8:30 American Pickers 9:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things – Best Bites 10am Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 10:30 Caribbean Pirate Treasure 11am David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 11:30 Tiny House Hunting Noon Pompeii’s New Secrets Revealed With Mary Beard PGR 1pm Kolkata With Sue Perkins 2pm Chris Tarrant – Extreme Railway Journeys 3pm Gardeners’ World 3:30 Love Nature – Animals Behaving Worse 4:30 Jimmy’s Australian Food Adventure 5pm A Taste Of South Africa 5:30 Cash Cowboys 6:30 Expedition Unknown 7:30 Restoration Man 8:30 Building The Dream 9:30 Big House, Little House Interior designer Aidan Keane helps two families tackle the same kind of renovation project in their homes, but on two very different budgets.

10:30 Cash Cowboys

11:30 Jimmy’s Australian Food Adventure Midnight A Taste Of South Africa 12:30 What’s For Sale…

With A View! 1am Expedition Unknown 2am Love Nature – Animals Behaving Worse 3am Tiny House Hunting 3:30 Gardeners’ World 4am Restoration Man 5am Building The Dream

SKY SPORT 2 6am Hook Me Up! 7am NRL 360 Ben Ikin and Paul Kent examine the issues affecting rugby league from all angles. Current players, coaches and rugby league legends join in to voice their opinions.

8am Basketball – NBL (HLS) New Zealand Breakers v Illawarra Hawks.

From Spark Arena, Auckland.

8:30 Rugby – World Sevens (RPL) Day One. From FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton.

7:30 Super League Fulltime The latest matches in the Super League season.

8pm Basketball – NBL (HLS) New Zealand Breakers v Illawarra Hawks.

From Spark Arena, Auckland.

8:30 The Season – Nudgee College Witness the day to day challenges of the Nudgee First XV as they attempt to hoist the premiership trophy.

9pm NRL 360 10pm Super League Fulltime 10:30 L Cycling – Dubai Tour Stage One – Skydive Dubai to Palm Jumeirah.

WEDNESDAY

12:30 Motorsport – TR Series (HLS) Round Three.

1:30 Basketball – NBL New Zealand Breakers v Illawarra Hawks.

2am Basketball – NBL (RPL) Perth Wildcats v Adelaide 36ers.

4am Basketball – NBL (RPL) Cairns Taipans v Sydney Kings.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Deadliest Catch PG 5-Year Storm 1. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters PG Confederate Steam Gun. 9:10 Alaskan Bush People M 10am Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Big Red Caddy 2. 10:50 Garage Rehab PG Slop Shop. 11:40 Web Of Lies M Hitman 4 Hire.

12:30 The Perfect Murder M Frozen Killer. 1:20 Blood Relatives M 2:10 Ocean Warriors PG 3pm Ocean Warriors PG Who’s the Bad Guy. 3:50 Ocean Warriors PG Engage the Enemy.

4:45 Ocean Warriors PG Truth and Lies.

5:40 Ocean Warriors PG Life and Death.

6:35 Ocean Warriors PG Perseverance.

7:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG Episode 1.

8:30 What On Earth? PG 9:25 Street Science PG Big Bam Boom.

9:50 Street Science PG Rocket Blast.

10:15 Moonshiners M 11:05 Naked And Afraid M The Monster.

11:55 Blood Relatives M

WEDNESDAY

12:45 The Perfect Murder M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 Moonshiners M

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Sport

Nikorima gets the nod Kodi Nikorima will pick the brain of Kevin Walters as he aims to fill the void left by Ben Hunt’s Brisbane Broncos NRL exit. The 23-year-old has been given first crack at making the No.7 jersey his own by coach Wayne Bennett after a casual occupation of the halves last season and has identified his kicking game and onfield communication as areas that need work. Brisbane won 11 of 13 games when Nikorima started at halfback last season, but he says the addition of Queensland coach Walters as a Broncos assistant will help him nail down the spot after Hunt’s bigmoney move to St George.

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Gerard Morrison will line up for the one-day challenge at this weekend’s Coast to Coast.

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Up for the challenge

BY MATT MARKHAM

MATT.M@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Gerard Morrison isn’t quite sure what’s possessing him to throw himself into one of New Zealand sport’s toughest challenges, but he’s looking forward to it.

The 30-year-old Ashburton local will line up against some of the biggest names in multisport this weekend when he tackles the extreme one-day Individual Challenge at the Coast to Coast.

Morrison is no stranger to the twists and turns of traversing from one side of the South Island to the other in the event, having competed in the two-day individual challenge in the past – including finishing second in 2016.

“I still don’t quite know how I ended up finishing second,” Morrison laughed.

“But they say the Coast to

Coast is something you can’t just do once and that you’ll always go back again.

“At the end of doing the twoday event I sort of felt like I might have been able to do the one-day challenge so I decided to give it a crack.

“If nothing else, at least I will be able to say that I’ve done it.”

The 234km race which begins on the beach of Kumara early on Saturday morning and finishes in Sumner in Christchurch in the afternoon sees competitors work their way up, down and around the many obstacles in between, with cycling, kayaking and running the three key components.

The shift in the level of the challenge from the two-day to the one-day event isn’t lost on Morrison.

“It’s a big step up – huge even,

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the level of competition is intense.”

Having been in serious training since winter last year, Morrison’s been particularly working on the cycling component of the race and getting used to the solitude that comes with racing through the Southern Alps.

“Other than the first cycle, the rest of it is pretty lonely and out there on a bike or running or kayaking by yourself it’s tough.

“So, that’s been one of my big focuses in training – getting used to that and spending a lot of time by myself out on the bike.”

Morrison will be one of 11 registered Mid Canterbury locals on the starting line over the course of the weekend, with eight of those stepping up on Friday morning to do the twoday challenge.

The two-day race runs over the same course as the elite event, but just over the the two days.

Familiar faces to the world of multisport here in the Ashburton District such as Cameron Harcourt, James Kay, Mark Summerfield, Paul Sinclair, Reuben Christian, Samuel ClementsStewart and Tom Kearney are all in the two-day challenge while youngster Matthew Clough is also lining up in the schools’ event.

Rachel and Tim Silva will also be in action – competing in the famous mountain run which sees competitors travel over 30 kilometres up to the infamous Goat Pass.

Local multisport legend, Braden Currie – who finished second in the event last year, isn’t competing this year.

India stormed to a nine-wicket win at Centurion for their second straight ODI triumph against hosts South Africa, but the match ended in bizarre circumstances when a lunch break was taken with just two runs required for victory. As a result there was only a handful of fans present to watch the tourists claim a 2-0 lead in the series after bowling South Africa out for 119. India were cruising at 1-117 when, with just two more runs needed from 31 overs for victory, the umpires led the teams off for lunch.

Impressive win for Guo Leading Kiwi badminton player Oscar Guo has notched a maiden international tournament win, in his own back yard. The 17-year-old beat national singles champion Abhinav Manota in an all-New Zealand final 21-14 21-10 at the North Harbour International to clinch a career-high result. Guo, who has a world ranking of 392, recorded his best result in the quarter-finals when he toppled 122nd-ranked Australian Anthony Joe 10-21 21-11 21-10.

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