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RECYCLING CENTRES SWAMPED Ashburton’s recycling depots have been flat out over the holiday period.

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Big dry bites in Mid Canty

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The big dry is starting to bite across the Ashburton District with taps close to running dry in Mt Somers during the weekend and water restrictions, district wide, stepping up to a new level.

For Mt Somers residents, a population surge over the new year period meant extreme pressure was put on the village’s water supply.

On Friday the alarm sounded when the supply was almost exhausted and that meant the Ashburton District Council was forced to implement emergency restrictions, limiting residents use of water to drinking, cooking and bathing only. There is now a total ban on garden hosing in the village.

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breached, indicating the gravity feed supply would be exhausted by the next morning.

“We had people going around knocking on doors advising residents that they were on level five, emergency restrictions, that there would be no garden hosing, just essential use. Since then the supply has recovered but we’re still keeping a close eye on it,” he said.

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For most of the year the supply is more than adequate for residents’ needs, but over the holiday period when the camping ground was full and many residents had visitors, it came under extreme pressure, Mr Fauth said.

“At one stage we had 1.2 litres

per second disappearing and only 0.6 litres per second coming back in. We were getting to the stage where we could have emptied the tank.”

At this stage Mt Somers will remain on level five restrictions until the council sees a good recovery in water levels, he said.

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Baldwin reveals sex of unborn baby Alec Baldwin’s pregnant wife Hilaria has revealed she’s carrying the actor’s first son. The actor, who has a grown-up daughter, Ireland, from his marriage to Kim Basinger and a baby girl with his current wife, announced he was set to become a dad again with an Instagram post on New Year’s Day featuring a beach photo of his youngest daughter touching mum’s exposed baby belly and the caption “2015 equals Mommy, Daddy, Carmen and a special guest”. Now Hilaria has told US news show Extra she turned to genderpredictor tests to find out whether she was expecting a little boy or girl.

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The Heaphy in a wheelchair An Israeli tourist is believed to be the first person to negotiate the Heaphy Track in a wheelchair, completing the 80km track from Collingwood to Karamea on Friday. Paul Murray, from the Rongo Backpackers and Gallery at Karamea, said Arnon Amit was helped by his brother Nadav and friends Maayan Kalo and Gul Janvosky. He had to negotiate rough terrain, go through a flood and tackle swarms of sandflies to complete the track in five days. Mr Amit was injured in a car accident while doing national service in the Israeli Army in 2008.

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Saldana reveals twins’ names Zoe Saldana kickstarted 2015 by confirming the recent birth of her twin boys as she thanked fans for their well wishes. The Avatar actor and her artist husband Marco Perego welcomed the double bundle of joy in Los Angeles on December 8, but she has only now acknowledged the babies’ arrivals with a sweet New Year post on social media.

On Friday, the new mum shared a snap on Twitter of two green baby bottles with matching pacifiers and a pair of miniature soft toys alongside the message, “Happy #2015!

Starting our #NewYear with a fullhouse. Our boys are finally here! Thank U 4 (sic) all the beautiful wishes!” She then revealed the boys’ names in a similar post on Instagram, writing, “Our boys CY and BOWIE are finally here. marcoperego and I wanted to thank you for your beautiful wishes and for your patience.” The private couple secretly wed in England in the summer of 2013.

News of her pregnancy first surfaced in July, but she only confirmed the baby joy in August.

Cassidy wins lawsuit Former teen idol David Cassidy has won his long-time legal battle with a TV company over profits from The Partridge Family merchandise.

The singer/actor shot to fame as Keith Partridge on the popular ABC sitcom in 1971 before embarking on a pop career. Cassidy filed a lawsuit against Sony Pictures Television in 2011, claiming he was owed money for merchandise featuring his image, as well as re-runs and spin-offs. The legal battle has now been concluded and the star was awarded $US160,000 ($A173,113.34), according to documents obtained by TMZ.com. Cassidy filed a petition to confirm the judgment last month and he has requested an additional $US58,000 for legal fees and $US36,000. Both parties are due to return to court later this month.

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■ MID CANTERBURY SITUATION

■ PINES BEACH FIRE

Drought taking hold

Plantation fire under control

By michelle NelSoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

Drought-like conditions are starting to bite in Mid Canterbury but the situation is worse on the south side of the Rangitata, a farming spokesperson says.

Niwa’s latest drought monitoring charts suggests most of Mid Canterbury’s arable land is moderately dry and that the soil moisture deficit on the plains is more acute than this time last year.

Rainfall data suggests much of the district received between 20 per cent and 60 per cent of the rain it would ordi-

narily get between December 20 and January 4.

Despite a few intermittent showers over the New Year period, Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers provincial president Willy Leferink said farm land was very dry compared to recent years.

“This is a real Canterbury summer – the first we’ve seen for a while,” he said.

“I was in Geraldine on Sunday and it’s really starting to hit hard there.”

Mid Canterbury was better protected by higher flows in the Rakaia and Rangitata rivers, which feed the bigger irri-

gation schemes in the district, Mr Leferink said.

However dry land farmers and those dependent on water from smaller rivers really feeling the pinch.

“The Ashburton River is on (irrigation) restrictions and the foothills are very dry,” Mr Leferink said.

With harvest set to get underway, most crops were still holding up well – thanks to a warm, wet spring, but the current hot, dry spell could soon impact on yields.

“Anyone who can’t keep up with the water is starting to struggle now,” Mr Leferink

said. On the dairying front irrigation had kept pace and buffered the impact of the hot spell.

Mr Leferink was not aware of any dairy farmers tapping into winter feed supplies at this point, however farmers were already culling cows.

He said farmer morale was holding up in view of lower milk prices this season and the impending drought.

While the MetService is forecasting a few isolated showers across the Canterbury plains tonight and tomorrow, it is unlikely to bring much in the way of respite in dry land areas.

■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT TINDER DRY

District-wide total fire ban on the cards

By Sue NewmaN

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Tinder dry conditions in Ashburton’s rural areas could see a total fire ban imposed across the district says a Department of Conservation fire support officer.

Talks are currently under way between the department and rural fire teams across Canterbury to assess current conditions and the situation was so dire a total fire ban was the most likely option, Craig Alexander said.

“We’ve talked with Selwyn, Hurunui and Christchurch city and we’ll be talking with Ashburton. We’re all in the same boat, and tracking weather patterns it looks likely this will happen over the next couple of days,” he said.

Even with a decent downpour, the hills wouldn’t turn from brown to green and the fire risk would remain extremely high, Mr Alexander said.

“Already, early in the season we’ve exceeded our total number over the last five or six years already and we’re only really at the start of the season. The fire indices are climbing every day.”

While farmers might play by the rules, fires were often started by random events such as people burning old cars, or people starting camp fires in inappropriate places, he said.

“It’s dry enough now that all the fuel is available and it will burn like crazy.”

If a fire escaped into property or forests the person who lit that fire could be hit with costs both for the suppression of the fire and for the rehabilitation of the damaged property, Mr

A string of hot, dry days has pushed hosing restrictions to level two. This means garden hosing can now be carried out only on alternate days and between the hours of 6pm and midnight.

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Alexander said.

“You could end up facing a massive bill.”

Over the weekend as temperatures rocketed into the mid 30s, rural fire crews from the Ashburton District battled an out of control blaze that ripped through about 100 hectares of farmland in the Ashburton Forks area.

While the cause of the fire will be investigated, it is believed to have spread from a burning pit on a dairy farm into a neighbouring dry-land stock farm.

The Ashburton District was not alone in having a new year marred by rural fires, with

crews battling blazes in Otago, Mackenzie and North Canterbury over the holiday period.

In the days ahead, temperatures in the Ashburton District

are predicted to dip tomorrow before rising steadily into the high 20s near the weekend.

Rain is not predicted until Tuesday.

Dry bites in Mid Canty From P1 A string of hot, dry days has also pushed hosing restrictions to level two for other towns and villages around the district.

This means garden hosing can now be carried out only on alternate days and between the hours of 6pm and midnight.

Garden hoses cannot be used

outside these hours for other activities such as washing cars or hosing down hard surfaces.

Level two restrictions are already in place at Lake Hood.

While the district’s rural irrigation systems are holding up by the on going high temperatures and dry conditions are having an impact on the district’s dryland farmers.

By Nikki PaPatSoumaS Firefighters have managed to contain a large plantation fire north of Christchurch which at its peak saw the evacuation of 40 nearby homes.

The blaze, which was believed to be moving south, began in a plantation forest area 300m north of the car park at Pines Beach, 4km east of Kaiapoi, just before 2pm, police said.

A helicopter equipped with a monsoon bucket and 21 fire engines helped to fight the fire.

Police said all residents of houses that had earlier been evacuated were allowed to return to their homes at 6pm.

A cordon remained in place, which encompassed the plantation and surrounding bush area.

Police said they were working with fire investigators to dampen down any remaining hot-spots.

They would also be undertaking a full scene examination in order to determine the cause of the fire.

Police asked the public to avoid the cordoned area around the plantation while scene investigations were carried out.

Emergency services thanked the public and Pines Beach residents for their patience and co-operation while the cordons were in place.

Southern fire communications shift manager Riwai Grace said 14 fire trucks remained at the scene Emergency services had feared the worst at the fire’s peak, as strong winds made the blaze difficult to control.

“Thankfully there was a wind shift – it definitely helped the crews get the fire under control.

It could have been a lot worse than what it was.”

Mr Grace said the cause of the fire was still unclear.

“At this stage it is too early to tell what may have caused the fire, they are looking at all sorts of different avenues.”

Meanwhile, a house fire on Batten Grove at Pines Beach has also been extinguished. Fire investigators were now trying to figure out if the two incidents were related, Mr Grace said.

“Fire investigators are looking at that house fire and trying to determine if it was caused by the fire in the forest or if it is a separate incident.”

Emergency services said the prompt reporting of the fire minimised the impact on the community and resulted in no residential properties being damaged or lost.

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■ LAKE HOOD

In brief

Trouble-free festive season The Christmas-New Year period will go down as one of the busiest – and most trouble-free Ashburton’s Lake Hood has experienced.

Virtually every day there were large numbers of boats on the water, with lake patrols keeping an eye on behaviour and while the odd boat was spotted travelling in the wrong

direction, behaviour was generally very good, park manager Gilbert Murdoch said.

All boats using the lake must be registered and that means regular users are well aware of the lake rules, Mr Murdoch said.

“There was still the odd boat on the lake that was found without registration and the

odd one going the wrong way, but overall the behaviour was pretty good.”

There are close to 1000 boats already on the lake register and any not registered and spotted by lake patrollers their owners were asked to sign up to the register, he said.

The lake patrol is run by lake residents and deals with minor

on-water issues such as failure to wear life jackets, speeding and boats not complying with lake rules.

Serious breaches of on-water behaviour are referred to Environment Canterbury.

Lake Hood is unique in that it is owned by the community and its patrollers are people who live in the settlement.

Vehicle impounded A male will appear in the Ashburton District Court after he was caught driving with a suspended licence shortly after 9pm on Saturday. His vehicle was impounded.

Two domestics Ashburton police attended two domestics over the weekend.

They were called to the first incident at 10pm on Saturday, while the second took place in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Inquiries are continuing.

Biodiversity grants Five individuals and organisations are financial better of when it comes to biodiversity projects, thanks to grants provided by the Ashburton District Council.

Biodiversity grants worth $14,552 were given to: Hugh and Jane Eaton, $2000; Ashburton Community Conservation Trust, $3758; Mayfield District Citizens Association, $4544; Hakatere Marae, $3500; Rakaia Reserve Board, $750.

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■ MILTON ROAD CRASH

Driver taken to hospital following collision One person was taken to hospital after a collision between a truck and a car near Ashburton yesterday. The crash occurred near Milton South Rd at about 3.15pm yesterday. Ashburton police said it appeared the truck had failed to give way, but investigations were ongoing. The driver of the car was taken by ambulance to Ashburton Hospital for observation.

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■ ASHBURTON CHILDCARE SERVICES

No SKIDS means childcare in short supply

By Daisy HuDson

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Ashburton parents are struggling to find affordable childcare options for their school age children in the wake of one long running programme closing its doors.

Mother of two Amy Finn had been using the Safe Kids in Daily Supervision (SKIDS) holiday programme for about four years.

The programme, run by Hampstead School, is not operating this summer and she’s struggling to find affordable childcare for her eight and 12-

year-old sons.

She’s tried to find places for her boys in other programmes but said these were either full or too expensive.

However, the founder of another programme believes current services for young children are meeting demand.

Mrs Finn said she was not alone, as she had heard of other parents struggling to find affordable childcare over the summer.

This week she returns to work and in desperation turned to social media for help.

“I was at my youngest’s last

day of school and I was going to go to the office to get a SKIDS form, because I had care sorted up to Christmas, and one of the parents actually told me SKIDS wasn’t operating,” she said.

“And they hadn’t bothered to tell us they weren’t opening in January.”

Ashburton HitPlay founder La Tisha Richards said while HitPlay’s programme was running at near capacity, she believed there were enough services for young children in the district.

However, she was concerned

about the lack of services for older children and teens.

“I think there’s very little here for the youth, for kids a little bit older,” she said.

“I do think overall though it’s quite sad for Hampstead as a community though,” she said.

Mrs Finn’s decision to put a call out on social media appears to have paid off, with several expressions of interest leading to her hiring a child minder last Tuesday.

The Guardian was unable to contact anyone involved with the SKIDS programme for comment.

A driver and his passenger who carried 10 children in a trailer on State Highway 3 have been charged with reckless driving.

Last Tuesday another motorist was passed by the vehicle towing a trailer a few kilometres north of Bulls. The trailer was covered by a tarpaulin which flapped open to reveal several children.

The motorist called *555 and the vehicle was later tracked down

by Marton police as it headed towards the town. Constable Paul Grayson said 10 children between the age of 4 and 16 were found in the trailer. The person in the passenger seat was the mother of the children while the driver was another relative. The pair will appear jointly charged in the Marton District Court on January 16.

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Tramper missing An intensive search has failed to find a tramper who went missing in “extremely difficult” terrain in Mt Aspiring National Park on Sunday night. Two volunteer search and rescue teams have returned to the Wanaka’s search and rescue base after a day-long search of a difficult gorge above the ‘Jumboland’ area in the upper reaches of the Wilkin River. The missing man, whose name has not been released, was last seen at 6.30pm on Sunday, when he parted with other members of his party to try to negotiate the gorge as a shortcut back to their campsite.

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Boy, 11, drowns Relatives took on water themselves while frantically trying to save the lives of two young boys who got in to trouble near a Northland beach yesterday. The two boys, aged 7 and 11, got into difficulty after getting caught in a rip at the mouth of the Waipu River shortly before 2pm. Once out of the water, relatives began performing CPR on the 11-year-old. Life savers and paramedics arrived and took over, but despite their efforts, they were unable to resuscitate him. - NZME

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■ OVERSEAS DRIVERS

On-road assessments mooted

BY DAISY HUDSON

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Overseas drivers should have to sit on-road assessments before taking on New Zealand roads, according to an Ashburton driving instructor.

Ministry of Transport statistics from 2009 to 2013 show 40 crashes on Ashburton roads involved overseas drivers, accounting for 13 per cent of all crashes in the district.

Ashburton sits eighth in the country for the highest proportion of crashes involving overseas drivers over the five years.

Westland topped the list with 37 per cent of crashes involving an overseas driver, followed by Mackenzie on 27 per cent.

According to Ashburton’s top cop, while the number of unsafe overseas drivers caught by police was not high, there was room for improvement.

Ashburton police Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield said a lack of understanding of New Zealand road rules and language barriers contributed to the number of overseas drivers involved in road accidents.

“It comes down to simple unfamiliarity with our roads, and with some of our rules, although some of our rules have changed in recent years to bring us into line with the interna-

tional way of doing things,” he said.

“It’s like us when we travel overseas, it’s up to us to make sure we know their road rules too.”

For local driving instructor Denise Farr, inconsistencies around driver licensing between countries was a big problem.

Miss Farr believes on-road driving assessments should be compulsory for all drivers en-

tering the country.

“I’ve done a lot of defensive driving courses for people who have had accidents in our country, and that’s when you can kinda see that yeah, something needs to be done, rather than just being able to come in and drive on our roads,” she said.

“You know, if it was just a little half an hour on-road assessment, it probably would make a big difference.”

■ RAINBOW’S END

Passengers have nervous wait as roller coaster stalls The roller coaster at Rainbow’s End stalled at its highest point yesterday, with those aboard facing a nerve-wracking wait until it restarted.

Rainbow’s End chief executive Chris Deere told 3News that people had been stuck at the top of the ride for about 10 minutes after a safety mechanism that indicated the ride was over-heating automatically shut it down.

“A couple of our senior staff went up as is procedure and explained what was going on to the customers while our maintenance technicians looked into it,” Mr Deere said.

“I think a couple of customMastagard Ashburton Resource Recovery Park staff member Jelisa Sole spends a lot of time decontaminating the cardboard, glass and plastics bins at this time of year. “A lot of people mix up the colour of the bottles, sometimes it can be hard to keep on top of,” she said.

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■ CHRISTMAS AFTERMATH

Recycling centres flooded

BY CAITLIN PORTER

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Staff at the Mastagard Ashburton Resource Recovery Park have been ploughing through the hundreds of thousands of kilograms of rubbish and recycling dropped off over the holiday period.

Cardboard was the most common item unloaded at the recovery park to be recycled, with plastic and glass bottles following closely behind.

Yesterday, foreman Vonya Ross said the weighbridge had also been busy, with a lot of residual waste being dropped off in the lead up to Christmas.

Recovery Park site supervisor Glen Sole between December 24 and January 5 the recovery park processed about185,000 kilograms of general rubbish, 40,000 kilograms of cardboard, 16,000 plastic bottles and 30,000 glass bottles, with nearly 100,000 sitting waiting to be processed.

“It’s astounding,” he said.

Recovery park staff member, Jelisa

Sole, said there had also been a number of unwanted gifts dropped off since Christmas. “It’s honestly crazy,” she said.

And the recovery park is still busy.

When the Guardian visited at lunchtime yesterday the cardboard bin outside the depot had been replaced three times and the plastics bin replaced five times.

Ms Ross said that was normal for this time of year.

Wastebusters had also been flat out over the holiday period.

Joint manager Sharon Breakwell said over the last two weeks the depot had noticed an increase in paper, cardboard and polystyrene being dropped off.

Since just before Christmas the depot had filled two shipping containers with polystyrene and was already on its way to filling up a third.

Ms Breakwell said the fact the depot had been so busy was a positive thing.

“The thing is, it shows us that people in Mid Canterbury have taken on recycling,” she said.

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ers were a bit upset but were spoken to and reassured.

“Everybody was perfectly safe.”

Nobody had to be evacuated and the ride was restarted, allowing those on it to disembark normally, Mr Deere said.

The ride was closed for the rest of the day but he expected it would reopen today.

The breakdown didn’t surprise some people on Twitter.

“Was only a matter of time before something went wrong with that rickety old coaster at Rainbows End,” tweeted Paul. “ahhh as an ex staff member that’s just the norms haha,” tweeted Leah.

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■ HAWKE’S BAY

Two deaths ‘suspicious’ Police have launched two separate investigations into the deaths of a man in his late 40s in Woodville and a 69-year-old woman in Napier.

Forensic specialists are working to establish how the Woodville man died under suspicious circumstances, as accounts of a violent crime emerge.

This follows the suspicious death of a Napier mother of three which came a day after another woman was charged with assaulting her.

The Woodville man, believed to be in his late 40s, died on Sunday afternoon and a scene guard protected the Ormond St crime scene overnight Sunday as police began a homicide investigation yesterday.

A police spokeswoman said officers were talking to several people of interest but were not holding anyone in custody.

“Obviously it’s been less than 24 hours since the incident so our main priority is to determine how he has died.”

She would not speculate on the cause of death until the post mortem results were returned, despite claims the death was a drug related crime and involved several people.

Meanwhile Hawke’s Bay CIB Detective Senior Sergeant Darren Pritchard said police were continuing to investigate the death of the 69-year-old woman following an assault on December 28 last year.

The great grandmother later died on December 31 with her relatives by her side, the family said in a tribute.

A funeral for the “much loved and cherished wife ... and companion” who was “loved by her sisters, nieces and nephews” was held on January 3.

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Joy Dunlop of Ashburton brought up five children in Hinds.

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Ashburton’s Joy Dunlop has a sparkle in her eye and is quick to laugh.

“Joy by name and hopefully joy by nature,” the 85-year-old says, and admits one of her church friends calls her “smiler”.

Mrs Dunlop has lived in Ashburton for almost 13 years, moving to town as her late husband John suffered from COPD. The couple had lived in Hinds for most of their married life, after Mrs Dunlop was brought up in Geraldine.

After marrying in 1951, the couple lived in a flat attached to the offices of Burnett’s Motors in Ashburton, where Mr Dunlop worked.

The couple went on to have three girls and two boys, and worked for a time as a married couple on several farms around Ashburton. “I don’t know how many times I have shifted house. We had to go where the work was.”

A perk of being on the farms was being able to keep a cow, which her husband milked. It was Mrs Dunlop’s job to wash the separator, a task she has less than fond memories of.

“It was just so tedious,” she said.

Used to separate milk and cream, it was a large steel bowl with spouts and a series of cups which had to be washed with very hot water.

Another task from all those years ago was boiling the copper to do the laundry.

It was a concrete tub with a copper lining and a fire box underneath for burning wood to heat the water in it. Sheets, tea towels, whites and other laundry needing a good clean would be stirred around while it boiled.

“That’s why you girls with the washing machines don’t know you are alive. It would take all morning to do the washing and get it on the line,” Mrs Dunlop said.

After all the hard work, Mr and Mrs Dunlop could afford to buy their own

house in Hinds. The children attended Hinds School and they lived in the village for 33 years.

“I think we were accepted as townspeople,” Mrs Dunlop said.

She was indeed a local through and through, becoming active in the community via a number of clubs.

“It was a thriving community, if you belonged to one thing, you belonged to everything, you got roped into everything.”

Among groups she belonged to was the village’s garden circle, and the Hinds Gallery Co-op. For the latter, members would sell their work, and Mrs Dunlop was a big contributor.

“What didn’t I do,” she said. Her creations included knitting, crotchet and beads.

“I really miss that because it had been so much a part of my life,” Mrs Dunlop said. As many of the members got older there were fewer around to run it and the co-op closed.

Today, Mrs Dunlop still enjoys her garden, although it is a smaller one, at her town unit. “A garden is part of the soul,” she said.

She enjoys going to St Paul’s Church, and the Ashburton 206 Club on a Monday, where members do a range of activities such as exercising and playing housie and cards.

“When you are living alone you are only too glad to meet up with like-minded people,” Mrs Dunlop said.

She said she used to be an avid reader, and today with poorer eyesight still manages the Guardian and other newspapers with the help of a magnifying glass.

Less mobile than she used to be, her days may well be quieter than they once were. But with a pet budgerigar, plenty of grandchildren, great grandchildren and her daughters living nearby, there is plenty to keep Mrs Dunlop as joyful as ever.

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Scouts take to the skies Hinds Scout Kaitlyn Dennison, 10, (left) got some hands-on flying experience at Ashburton Airport yesterday.

As part of the Scouts Staveley Adventure Camp, Kaitlyn and fellow Scout Georgia Bateman, 12, (right) got to take part in a trial flight with a flight instructor from the Mid Canterbury Aero Club.

Kaitlyn said it was her first time in such a small plane and she really enjoyed it.

“The only scary part about it was getting told to lift the lever to go faster and take off,” Kaitlyn said.

While out at the airport the scouts also got to look around the museum and learn the history of different planes.

In total 116 scouts from around Canterbury will get to try their hand at flying a plane over the next three days.

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When 2014 ended for Ashburton District Council chief executive Andrew Dalziel and mayor Angus McKay, they wrapped up a year peppered with challenge and change. Both say that 2015 will see challenge and change continue.

Leading from inside the shop A tough but satisfying year Andrew Dalziel looks back at his first full do list is long, he said. year in the chief executive’s chair and the Early in the new year the hydroslide first thing he does is heap praise on his project would be reviewed and with the senior managers. public survey results on the table, councilThere’s been an almost complete change lors would have to make decisions on its at the top and he says he couldn’t be hap- future. pier with the way his new team is working There was still work to do on cost reand he’s happy with the way the district’s views around the pool complex and likely two big ticket projects, the art and herit- income from the café and shop. age centre and the stadium and pools comThe year had also seen the council have plex, are shaping up too. a significant win in New Yes, there’s been plenty of Zealand Transport Agency contention around the art subsidy rates for roading and heritage project but the and that would allow more project had been reviewed, work to be done over the answers found and it was next few years, Mr Dalziel time to move forward. said.

“But I am sending a signal “I’m also proud of staff now that if we have another for the way the issue of large project, then we’ll be demolishing the Hakatere spending money up front to Huts was handled. There make sure we do it properly,” was a considerable amount he said. of emotion involved with Andrew Dalziel Mr Dalziel said his manthis.” agement style was to lead from “inside the This year decisions would have to be shop” rather than always being seen as the made about the future of the council’s own council’s public face. buildings, he said.

“I’m not a 14th councillor, my role very The civic building could not accommoclearly is to provide advice; they make the date staff numbers and also only met 34 decisions. I won’t enter into debate, I’m per cent of the building standards, the there to answer questions.” town’s library was propped up and the old For him creating the right culture at the villa now used to take overflow staff had council is important. That starts at the top outlived its useful life. and it involves having expectations of high In the council’s long term plan it had performance and high achievement across signalled a spend of $12 to $14 million to the organisation. Meeting those standards restore, refurbish or rebuild and a space was not optional, Mr Dalziel said. assessment across all council departments “The reality is, sometimes the bus stops would be carried out in the new year. and we have to let staff off. The bus may “It’s not a bad look NOT to spend monstill make some more stops, that’s the real- ey on ourselves but we also have to be ity.” aware we’re the Civil Defence base and The council now employs 159 staff, up that means our building should be at level from the 132 on the payroll when Mr Dal- four – not 34 per cent,” Mr Dalziel said. ziel started.

One thing he won’t be giving any time “We’re growing, we’re performing well to is the possibility of Ashburton amaland we address performance where we’re gamating with another local authority. not,” he said.

“I’ve no interest in amalgamation. InThe council might have undergone sig- stead, we’re doing a lot of work with other nificant staffing change over the past year, councils, working collaboratively.” but change would continue in 2015, his to-

It might have been a year of challeng- tio from the New Zealand Transport es, but 2014 was also a pretty gratify- Agency for roading work. Ashburton ing year for Ashburton’s mayor Angus has received one of the country’s lowMcKay. est subsidies, but this will now increase It was a year where several senior over a three year period. staff left the council and where there Looking ahead, the early part of were several new faces around the 2015 would see a big focus on the three council table after the October 2013 yearly review of the council’s long election, but in spite of quite signifi- term plan. cant change Mr McKay said he was imThis will go out for public consultapressed with the way the tion and submissions benew team was working. fore it becomes the coun“Under our new chief cil’s financial bible for the executive we have a very next three years. good, balanced and enerOnce that review was getic staff and it’s also signed off, spending was gratifying to see the way quite clear-cut – if it’s councillors are working in, it gets done, if not it with their decision makcan’t get into the plan for ing.” three years, he said.

While there had been The focus for council challenges on the way this year would go unthrough, Mr McKay derground, with major Angus McKay said he was pleased the projects including the art gallery and museum project had right pipe project that will identify ilreached a point where an opening date legal stormwater discharge into the urhad been set, February 14. ban sewer, the renewal of sewer mains “I’m also pleased with the way the in Ashburton, work on the stormwater EA Networks Centre is coming along. strategy and Mill Creek bank stabilisaIt will be good to have both of those tion. new facilities open.”

The big one for Mr McKay, however, He believes 2014 has seen a turning will be improving drinking water suppoint in the council’s communication plies in several rural areas. with residents, with consultation over “It’s vital we are able to provide these proposed changes to urban rubbish people with healthy, clean drinking wacollections attracting strong resident ter, similar to the town supplies. There input. are quite a number of isolated areas “I’m very grateful to the people who where 20 per cent of properties have took the time to be part of this and I no alternative water supplies.” feel there is a higher level of engageIn the 21st century it was unacceptament and I’m delighted with that.” ble to have residents who relied on rain The year had also seen the route for water or creek or river water for their a second bridge across the Ashburton house supplies, he said.

River ticked off. While construction Water would continue to be a huge might be some way off, having the land issue for the district across stockwater designation in place ensured traffic races, irrigation schemes and the Canwould be well managed in the future, terbury Water Management strategy.

Mr McKay said.

For him a key goal over the next 10 A big win this year was the change years is to see flows in the Ashburton in the district’s funding assistance ra- River increased.

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OUR VIEW

Hard-fought ratings Stu Oldham

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lder readers will be pleasantly surprised by news New Zealand has been judged one of the best countries in the world for retirement in an unexpected gem shaken from Santa’s sack of silly season “news” stories.

The wires were alive with “news” that International Living magazine, using a series of social and economic measures, put New Zealand mid-table in the top 25 countries to which older Americans might retire.

New Zealand rated better than Brazil, France and Ireland but – strangely, given relative violent crime rates – well below Ecuador, Panama and Mexico.

On the face of it, the rating is good news for New Zealand Inc. More than 500,000 retirees in the United States might now consider our country as a good place to spend time and money.

But while New Zealand rated well for its infrastructure, health care and amenities, it was near the bottom of the table for house buying, rental affordability and the cost of living.

These ratings offer a helicopter view of the challenges many older Mid Cantabrians – an increasingly significant group in our ageing demographic – face in retirement.

They ended the old year facing the continued prospect of sluggish interest rates only gradually boosting the value of their hard-fought retirement savings.

Local real estate sales figures suggest many retirees unlocked their savings by downsizing their homes in a still very healthy market. Equally, they have bought in the same market.

At the same time, they had to ready themselves and their fixed and low incomes for another year of cost of living increases affecting everything from food to local service fees.

Grey Power urges councils and electricity companies to exercise restraint but there is an annual inevitability that costs such as rates and power charges will continue to rise.

Of course, this happens all over the country – and Mid Canterbury is still an attractive place in which to retire – but would-be immigrant retirees now know the not-so-secret cost of a top-rated lifestyle.

YOUR VIEW Polytechnic’s future So the Aoraki Polytech is spending a lot of money over several months to have a look at maybe seeing if there is a possibility that they can look at hanging on the shirt tails of CPIT to make their future probably a bit more certain.

Lots of ifs ands and buts in there for a lot of money spent.

All that needs to happen is for Mr Cabrera to hop in his car and drive to Invercargill and ask the Southern Institute of Technology how to do it.

Down there in the nether regions of New Zealand SIT have zero fees for students and still make a profit.

In fact they are so successful they were bullied by the [government] to pull their Christchurch campus because it threatened CPIT.

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Easy! And all it will take is the petrol money for Mr Cabrera.

John Taylor

Smoker’s lament Unbelievable experience at Ashburton Countdown tonight (December 2).

I’m 55 soon to be 56 and was in attendance with a French friend who was helping me. He is 22 (one month away from 23).

I was purchas[ing] beer and tobacco.

I asked Remy what type of tobacco it was and he replied directly to the sales assistant.

At this point she asks him for HIS ID (which he was not carrying as why would he have needed it).

Now even though he was not the person making the purchase, I was denied service!

Now I have been going to this

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store on a daily basis for years . . . so I attempted to make the purchase again, this time without him on the store’s premises . . . this time I was denied service on the presumption that I was going to provide the products to an under-age person.

Talk about power madness.

This is not what the law states and neither is it what it intended.

If I was ever to provide these products to a minor it would be me that is responsible in the eyes of the law, NOT THE STORE! Is it Countdown’s intention to not provide these products to customers, when they are in attendance with young adults that cannot prove they are over the age of 18.

What about customers with younger people who are under the age of 18.

Better not serve them because they may be supplying ... no I was told because obviously people don’t do that.

Ron Forsyth (Abridged) Countdown Ashburton Store Manager, Jeremy Samuels responds: Alcohol and tobacco are agerestricted products and we take our responsibilities seriously.

Our ID25 policy is displayed in store and outlines that an ID is required where we believe a customer may be under the age of 25, or where we believe a customer may be providing to someone else who is with them and is under 25.

I appreciate that this may be frustrating, but our first priority has to be ensuring alcohol and tobacco is sold responsibly.

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Goodbye 2014, hello 2015

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Do the Black Caps still have a shot at winning the second test?

No 86%

Rick Powdrell Yes 14%

H

ow true is the feeling, that the older you get, the faster each year disappears, and 2014 was no exception. Someone once explained this feeling to me like this. When you are five years old, a year has been 20 per cent of your life, while when you are 50 years old a year is 2 per cent of your life. Sounds like a theory, but a minute is still a minute, a day a day and another year is gone.

Reflecting on 2014 throws up all the usual highlights that excite Kiwis; the All Blacks played well, as did the cricketers, Val Adams continued her domination, Lorde continued her rise as a star, and I could go on and on.

Agriculture continued to lead the New Zealand economy with a record dairy payout, beef returns rising to unprecedented heights, wool values firming and sheepmeat prices continuing to maintain sound levels.

2014 also threw up some unexpected occurrences. Just to mention a few; an international airliner completely disappeared off the face of the earth, a New Zealand election campaign played out unlike any in past history and a combination of world events crashed our dairy payout forecast.

So where to in 2015? A Cricket World Cup with the opening match to be played on a rejuvenated Hagley Oval, a Rugby World Cup in England with the ABs’ chance of being the first repeat winners, continuing strong returns for meat and wool and the likelihood of improving dairy returns.

The outlook for beef is very promising. Demand in the United States is high and their national herd is at an extremely low level. It will take time for US farmers to rebuild their herds.

But I also caution New Zealand farmers thinking of changing their enterprise to beef production, to ensure they plan carefully so as not to suffer from high entry prices and a lesser return when higher US

Today’s online poll question Q: Should overseas drivers have to complete a defensive driving course before driving in New Zealand?

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Water allocation and quality will continue to be a major focus for farmers in 2015.

production comes on stream.

The dairy industry has seen first year conversions and new sharemilkers in exactly this

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farming. Health and Safety, and how new regulations are written and enforced, will have a huge influence on how farm-

Health and Safety, and how new regulations are written, will have a huge influence on how farmers can conduct their on farm practices in the future.

position this season.

Water allocation and quality will continue to be a major focus for farmers in 2015, with all farmers needing to be in the process to achieve outcomes that are fair for all sectors of

ers can conduct their on farm practices in the future.

The present situation is far from satisfactory, with the present methods employed not being helpful in achieving the desired outcomes.

Once again farmers cannot afford to be uninformed during this process.

Farming leaders will require input from everyday farmers to shape the outcomes.

So for Meat & Fibre farmers, the 2015 year looks positive, albeit with a need to pay attention to the state of rules around farm safety.

We would all rather be focusing on practical farming, but these regulatory issues must be addressed as the best outcomes must be achieved to secure the future ability for us all to farm in a profitable and sustainable manner.

Rick Powdrell is Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairperson

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■ INDONESIA

Search for bodies expanded Recovery teams have enlarged their search in the Java Sea as they raced to find bodies and wreckage from AirAsia Flight 8501, which they fear have drifted in rough weather that has hampered operations.

As the massive relief operation enters its ninth day, officials are hopeful for a break in poor conditions to send divers down to the area where large parts of the crashed Airbus A320-200 have been found.

Only 34 bodies have so far been recovered.

A total of 162 people were onboard when the plane crashed into the sea during a storm on December 28, en route from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.

“Hopefully the weather is good today so that the ROVs (remotely-operated underwater vehicles) and other instruments can be used and our divers can go to the seabed again,” search and rescue official S B Supriyadi told AFP. Recovery crews made some progress yesterday, retrieving four more bodies and locating a fifth large chunk of the plane.

The discoveries came after Indonesia’s meterological agency said ice likely caused the plane’s engine to stall, and as the pilot’s daughter urged the public not to blame her father.

The search - being assisted by several countries including Australia, the US and Russia will expand eastwards today on suspicions that strong currents have caused parts of the plane to drift.

Several aircraft are making their way from Pangkalan Bun, a town on the island of Borneo with the nearest airstrip to the wreckage, to scour the sea’s

Overweight ‘humiliated’ Being insulted by shop assistants, ignored by bar staff, left out by friends, mocked by passers-by, ridiculed by the opposite sex and photographed by teenagers. These indignities are some of the frequent humiliations faced by overweight people, according to new British research. Up to 40 per cent of the 2573 dieters questioned in the Slimming World study said they faced some form of judgment, criticism or humiliation at least once a week.

- PA

Farewell for NY cop Thousands of police from across the US have gathered in New York to farewell a murdered officer while a small number used the funeral to protest against mayor Bill de Blasio once again. A sea of blue uniformed officers lined the streets outside a Brooklyn funeral home yesterday to honour Wenjian Liu, 32, shot in the head with partner Rafael Ramos, 40, on December 20 as the pair sat in their patrol car.

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Prince’s ‘sex slave’

A crew member of Indonesian Air Force NAS 332 Super Puma helicopter, looks out of the windows during a search operation for the victims and wreckage of AirAsia Flight QZ 8501 over the Java Sea, Indonesia yesterday.

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surface. Speedboats are sweeping the coastline for signs of bodies that may have drifted to shore.

An initial report by Indonesia’s meteorological agency BMKG suggested the weather was the “triggering factor” behind the accident.

The report referred to infra-red satellite pictures that showed the plane was passing through cloud top temperatures of minus 80 to minus 85 degrees Celsius.

But it remained unclear why other planes on similar routes were unaffected by the weather.

The search operation has prioritised finding the bodies of

the victims, of whom 155 were Indonesian, with three South Koreans, one Singaporean, one Malaysian, one Briton and a Frenchman - co-pilot Remi Plesel.

The daughter of the pilot, Captain Iriyanto, has made a televised plea urging people not to blame her father.

“He is just a victim and has not been found yet. My family is now mourning,” said Angela Anggi Ranastianis.

“As a daughter, I cannot accept it.

“No pilot will harm his passengers,” she told TV One. In his last communication, experienced former air force

pilot Iriyanto said he wanted to change course to avoid the menacing storm system.

Then all contact was lost, about 40 minutes after take-off.

Many of the victims’ relatives have gathered to wait for news and prepare funerals in Surabaya, where a crisis centre has been set up for identifying bodies.

Indonesia has pledged to investigate alleged flight violations by AirAsia, saying the aircraft had been flying on an unauthorised schedule when it crashed.

The airline has now been suspended from flying the Surabaya-Singapore route. - AFP

An American woman, who lived for a time in NSW with her Australian husband, is continuing to claim she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew, despite vehement denials from Britain’s royal family.

Virginia Roberts, 31, says she was trained by billionaire and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to be an underage sex slave to him and his powerful friends - including the prince. Her accusations are laid out in a US lawsuit, which has been making headlines around the world, leading to the royal family breaking with its usual protocol to issue strongly-worded statements denying the claims.

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Tech spending slows The outlook for global technology spending is uncertain after nearly flat growth in the past year, with turbulent economic conditions making a forecast difficult.

That’s the message given at a media preview for the massive International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Data presented at the International CES points to just one per cent growth in 2014, to bring spending on technology to $US1.024 trillion.

- AFP

Palestinian vote

■ AUSTRALIA

Bushfire survivors praise firefighters Anxious and tired after days away from home, the survivors of a devastating bushfire in the Adelaide Hills waited for news of the damage to their homes.

Though authorities were gradually opening roads, many at the Golden Grove relief centre had no idea when they would be able to return to their homes.

For some, the damage was already clear.

Michael and Jodie Koczwara’s Inglewood home was gutted in the blaze, just hours after they decided it was no longer safe to

stay and defend the property.

The couple were initially confident their well-maintained property would escape damage but hours later, their home was in ruins, a shed had exploded and their paddocks were burnt black.

“Seeing what happened to the house, we know now that we would never have been able to take any cover anywhere,” Jodie told AAP. The couple said that they planned to rebuild and were hopeful a more modern home that would better protect them

from any future blazes.

Others were more fortunate.

Truck driver Chris Chamberlain, 41, was thanking his lucky stars after learning that firefighters had saved his home.

“The fire actually made it right up to the back of my caravan but they’ve managed to save it all, from what I’ve heard” he told AAP. “The CFS, they’ve done a brilliant job.

“I was very lucky.”

As people played cards, swapped stories and waited to apply for relief funding, the

sense of resilience and community spirit was palpable.

There were fewer people at the centre yesterday than previous days but the amount of food, water and bedding donated by generous well-wishers seemed to have doubled overnight.

And despite their despair, many survivors were quick to heap praise on the firefighters who have toiled for days in awful conditions.

At least 26 homes have been destroyed in the Adelaide Hills bushfires.

- AAP

Palestinian officials will resubmit to the UN Security Council a draft resolution that would impose on Israel a three-year deadline on ending the occupation, President Mahmoud Abbas say. The draft was rejected last week, with eight members of the 15-member Council voting in favour - one short of the nine needed to pass. - DPA

Border clashes kill 110 More than 110 people have been killed in clashes between soldiers and rebels in northern Burundi, army officials say. About 200 rebels have clashed with security forces over the past few days in Cibitoke province, located about 60 kilometres north of Burundi’s capital Bujumbura, Burundian army spokesman Gaspard Baratuza said. The fighters, armed with assault rifles, mortars, rocket launchers and machine guns, are suspected to have come from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

- DPA

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■ ECONOMY BUOYANT

In brief

Record new vehicle sales

BY TINA MORRISON

Ford Ranger: Knocked the Hilux off as top selling commercial.

quarter, gave consumers the confidence to spend on big ticket items like cars.

“The New Zealand economy is strong,” MIA chief executive David Crawford told BusinessDesk.

“The outlook for 2015 is for

another strong year, but I do not anticipate significant growth over 2014 volumes, more likely a small to modest increase.”

Crawford estimates new vehicle sales may increase to around 127,000 to 128,000 in 2015 as lower dairy commodity

Flight Centre (NZ), the local arm of the Australian travel agent, lifted annual profit 28 per cent in 2014 as more New Zealanders travelled overseas. Annual profit rose to $7.66 million in the year ended June 30, 2014 from $5.97 million a year earlier, according to the company’s financial statements lodged with the Companies Office.

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prices and a weaker currency are balanced against a more buoyant beef and sheep sector.

Sales of light commercial vehicles helped underpin new vehicle sales in 2014, with registrations jumping about 20 per cent to more than 36,000, reflecting the buoyant rural economy as farming incomes were boosted by high milk prices and good growing conditions.

Ford Motor Co’s Ford Ranger overtook Toyota Motor Corp’s Hilux model as the biggest selling commercial model, ending the 32-year run for the Toyota model, with the provisional figures showing it achieved an extra 560 sales.

Meanwhile, sales of passenger vehicles appear set to total more than 90,000 in 2014, exceeding 2013’s 82,400 tally but below the 1973 record of 97,346, the MIA said. - NZME

Going for big bucks If you’re looking for a career change in 2015 then consulting and strategy are where the big bucks are - the only sector attracting an average six figure salary, new data reveals. The annual average salary for consulting and strategy was $104,117, followed by engineering, construction, information and communication technology, and mining, resources and energy sector. These were the biggest earning sectors - all raking in more than $90,000 annually. Professionals working in insurance and superannuation, and real estate and property had the biggest salary hikes with an online recruitment site reporting 23 per cent and 16 per cent average salary rises respectively from January to December 2014.

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said the co-op had “shifted the goalposts” with mymilk and had not adequately consulted its farmers, in sharp contrast with the exhaustive consultation and voting process that was required to bring in the Trade Among Farmers share trading scheme late in 2012.

Part of the reasoning behind mymilk was that it would enable Fonterra to maximise usage of its southern plant, which it is already in the process of expanding.

But the shareholder said the reason there was extra capacity in the South Island was that farmers had opted to sell their Fonterra shares to supply other entities, who don’t require their shares to be bought.

“Fonterra is effectively losing the race because suppliers are going elsewhere,” she said.

“Fonterra is shifting the goalposts because they are not winning the race and what is happening is the rest of us suppliers who did not abandon Fonterra are actually going to be subsidising those suppliers who can come in without buying shares,” she said.

Federated Farmers Waikato provincial president Chris Lewis

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said Fonterra’s plans had created some feedback among local farmers.

“Shareholders are asking where the co-op is heading, and I think it’s a fair question,” said Lewis, who does not supply Fonterra.

“You have got to give Fonterra credit for trying something to make sure that they are competitive and that they are the first choice for New Zealand farm owners,” he said.

“I just hope that they have got a solid business case where they can be competitive enough without offending their shareholders who are fully shared up,” Lewis said.

“In some cases farmers have paid millions of dollars to buy shares and they have borrowed that money, so I guess there is tension there with shareholders saying ‘why have all this money borrowed if I can get the same prices without having all those shares’,” he said.

Miles Hurrell, Fonterra Cooperative’s group director of co-operative affairs, said there there would always be discussion within Fonterra’s large shareholder base.

He said spent “quite some time” talking on the farm to various shareholders about mymilk.

“Once they have talked through the detail and the rationale behind the initiative, they understand and come on board,” Hurrell said.

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Co-op ‘shifting the goalposts’ Fonterra’s plan to allow nonmembers to supply it with milk has sparked fears that it could end up eroding the group’s cooperative base.

In mid-December, Fonterra moved to shore up its supply base by forming a subsidiary mymilk - to take in more milk without suppliers having to buy shares in the co-operative.

The initiative targets farmers in the high-growth provinces of Southland, Otago and Canterbury and will look at doing the same in the North Island over the next 12 months.

As it stands, mymilk will be limited to providing 5 per cent of Fonterra’s supply.

Up until now all suppliers have had to buy shares in Fonterra in order to supply the co-operative, but with mymilk farmers will be invited to apply for one-year contracts, renewable for a maximum of five years, without the obligation to buy shares.

Fonterra said prices paid to mymilk suppliers would never exceed the farm gate milk price set by the co-op, and prices could be up to 15 cents lower.

The Fonterra Shareholders Council, noting that Fonterra’s share of total milk collected nationally had fallen from 96 per cent since its inception in 2001 to 87 per cent now, said it was “broadly supportive” of the plan.

But one Fonterra shareholder

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New Zealand new vehicle sales surged to a record in 2014, helped by a buoyant local economy and cheaper prices.

New vehicle registrations surpassed 126,000 in calendar 2014, beating the previous record of 123,247 from 1984, and ahead of the 113,294 recorded for 2013, according to provisional figures provided by the Lower Hutt-based Motor Industry Association.

Demand for new vehicles in 2014 was underpinned by a stronger local currency, with the kiwi gaining 8.3 per cent against the yen during the year, helping importers reduce their prices.

Meanwhile, the underlying strength in the local economy, which expanded at a 2.9 per cent annual pace in the third

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■ RURAL PEST

Be on lookout for needle grass

’Tis the season for Chilean needle grass to show its prickly face and Environment Canterbury is calling for vigilance.

“At this time of the year Chilean needle grass will be left ungrazed by stock and will be standing out among other pasture,” ECan’s principal resource management advisor biosecurity, Laurence Smith, said.

Three hundred hectares on 14 Canterbury properties are currently affected by the noxious weed.

Dense patches on some of these properties, probably caused by the emergence of plants from seed reserves in the soil and the season, are causing concern for both landowners and councils.

“We must all be vigilant at this time of year particularly,” Mr Smith said.

“Control programmes are under way and containment processes have been put in place to prevent spread to other properties.

“Our focus on containment has been very successful because the last two seasons have seen the pest spread to only one new property,” he said.

In addition to keeping an eye out for the distinctive purple seed heads, ECan is encouraging landowners to take the time to check some of the most likely locations for Chilean needle grass.

These are stockyards, around woolsheds, the edges of vehicle tracks, dry hill faces or land with less competitive pastures and areas where hay from other properties has been fed out.

Pest weed Chilean needle grass.

“Land at highest risk is where there is suitable habitat and a history of potential vectors or carriers entering it over time such as sheep, hay, vehicles, people, machinery and vehicles,” Mr Smith said.

“If Chilean needle grass has moved on any of these pathways from a contaminated site, your land may be affected.

“If you think you have found Chilean needle grass, contact Environment Canterbury on

0800 324-636 immediately.”

Environment Canterbury is working with landowners and the community to contain Chilean needle grass.

For resources, including free on-farm biosecurity signage,

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■ IRRIGATION

Real time data on water uses gives more accurate picture A more accurate picture of “actual” water use in Canterbury is emerging as growing numbers of the region’s irrigating farmers provide water monitoring data to Environment Canterbury, according to IrrigationNZ. The regional council’s 2013/14 Water Use Report includes data from more than 50 per cent (50.4 per cent) of all consented surface water and groundwater takes in the region.

Last year’s report contained water monitoring data from less than 40 per cent of Canterbury’s takes abstracting water at a rate of five litres per second or more.

“That leap alone shows significant progress is being made.

Farmers are getting the message that they need to install water metering systems, not just for compliance, but to improve their irrigation efficiency and nutrient management.

“Now we have more than 50 per cent of Canterbury’s water takes being monitored we’re getting closer to a true picture of ‘actual’ water use based on real-time data that farmers are willingly providing,” IrrigationNZ CEO Andrew Curtis said.

“While all farmers should be metering takes over 20 litres a second, IrrigationNZ is well aware there are challenges associated with monitoring. It’s not as simple as just sticking a meter on as there can be complications with data management, technology failures and ensuring data is of sufficient quality.

“We applaud those who have persevered and addressed these issues as it’s critical any data go-

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ing into the regional council is robust and can withstand scrutiny.”

Mr Curtis singled out farmers in the Christchurch-West Melton, Upper Waitaki and Kaikoura zones for particular congratula-

tion. “These areas experienced the largest increase in monitored water takes over the past year.

“IrrigationNZ applauds irrigators in these catchments for getting on board with water

IrrigationNZ applauds irrigators in these catchments for getting on board with water monitoring

monitoring,” Mr Curtis said.

Christchurch-West Melton increased from 39 to 51 per cent, Upper Waitaki 32 to 57 per cent and Kaikoura 44 to 51 per cent.

The districts with the highest number of water-monitoring sites were Ashburton zone with 73 per cent and the Orari-OpihiPareora zone with 72 per cent.

Marked differences in the way communities within Canterbury used water during the year reflected unseasonal weather patterns last summer, as well as localised irrigation events, Mr Curtis said.

The September 2013 wind storm, which damaged more than 800 irrigators across the region, delayed the onset of irrigation for some farmers in the worst affected areas within Waimakariri, Selwyn and Ashburton districts.

But a bigger factor was variable weather patterns, with rainfall higher than usual in many areas, particularly during early spring and autumn.

The biggest users of allocated water were Ashburton zone (64.34 per cent), Lower Waita-

ki – South Canterbury Coastal (62.69 per cent) and Waimakariri (59.69 per cent). The year prior Ashburton zone was joined by the Orari-Opihi-Pareora, Ashburton and Selwyn-Waihora zones as the catchments recording the highest consumption of allocated water.

While high rainfall in autumn brought the 2013/14 irrigation season to an early close across much of Canterbury, Mr Curtis says patchy rainfall during November 2013 to February 2014 reinforced the need for reliable water supply even in what was supposed to be a wet summer.

“This report shows even when we get a wet spring and wet autumn, we still need a reliable irrigation supply over the four key growing months of November to February.

“Soils can dry out quickly even after prolonged periods of rain when temperatures rise and many crops require constant and strategic application of water, so we can’t be complacent about the need for irrigation even during seasons of above average rainfall,” Mr Curtis said.

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Data sharing just got easier, cheaper Farmers can be more confident their information is being protected as organisations handling their data sign up to a new code of practice.

DairyNZ and the Ministry for Primary Industries have funded development of the new Farm Data Code of Practice and associated data standards through the Primary Growth Partnership (PGP), with a contribution from FarmIQ Systems in the first year and co-funding from the Red Meat Profit Partnership this year.

The funding organisations are all involved in PGP programmes that focus on innovation in farming and food processing, and as part of this they are driving new developments in farm data recording, storage, analysis and reporting.

This led to awareness of the need for a code to guide fair behaviour and standards to get consistency.

The advantages for farmers will be good security of information and transparency about what it’s being used for, says DairyNZ strategy investment manager Jenny Jago.

“With this in place, data sharing across organisations will be easier and less expensive – reducing the need for farmers to supply the same information more than once. In the long run, the code and standards should help encourage innovation in farming and data use.”

Red Meat Profit Partnership project manager Michael Smith says common standards and processes are fundamental for integrating farmers’ data and enabling us to create benchmarks – from which all farmers can get value.

“We’re looking to set up benchmarking tools that let farmers understand their past performance and compare themselves with their peers.”

Agricultural software development company Rezare Systems is managing the project which started in June 2012.

There has been significant pastoral industry co-operation in all aspects. A steering group has overseen the development of the code and data standards, and six industry organisations provided the mandate for the establishment of the Code of Practice.

“This project has shown that many types of farm data are being collected or created,” says Rezare managing director Andrew Cooke.

“The organisations using farm information range from small ones offering specific software-based services such as helping farmers manage effluent or forecasting, through to companies offering animal management services, fertiliser suppliers and banks, and even regional councils and others in the compliance space.

“Some of the data relates directly to what’s happening on the farm, and other data has been generated or calculated by companies at their own cost.

“The key point is the need for open and transparent discussions about farm data. People need to be clear and upfront.”

Jenny Jago believes a newlydeveloped fair behaviour and standards code will make data sharing across organisations easier and less expensive.

A number of organisations are now in the process of applying for accreditation under the Farm Data Code of Practice, which was completed in June 2014. It defines what is expected of organisations that store, handle or move data on behalf of New Zealand pastoral farmers.

Organisations must sign a statutory declaration as part of the application process.

An independent review panel is being set up to assess the applications, and this should be up and running in early 2015.

The data standards that are being developed will help the process by encouraging organisations to use the same term to describe one type of data within a database.

This will get computer systems talking the same language. For example, the terms for various classes of stock are being standardised under the Stock Reconciliation Standard, which was completed and published in September.

The Financial Data Standard, also published in September, standardises terms for farm financial information and also key performance indicators.

Four further standards are being developed, covering: animal data, land application data, feed and grazing data, and irrigation and effluent data.

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Above – John Readhead in the Ashburton Domain with his daughter Lillian shortly before leaving for World War One. Right – Lillian, or Betty as she was by then known, in the Ashburton Domain at a later date.

PHOTOS ASHBURTON MUSEUM

Quite a story behind the photo

By Kathleen Stringer

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ne of the hardest things about working in an archive in a town where you don’t come from is that surnames can trick you.

When I first arrived I was forever checking the spelling of names.

Some were spelled slightly differently from how they are at home and others were just plain odd. I was sure, for example, that Mr Nutbrown must have been a nickname and I was often caught out by similar names, such as Lill and Lilley.

While the photograph of an older man with a hesitant little girl may have caught my interest, the name of the man, Mr Readhead, was what really made me stop.

Yes his name was spelled right and on checking that I found out quite a little story about him.

The photographs were in one of Arthur Clark’s numerous photo albums.

Apart from taking photos of places and events, Mr Clark was especially interested in recording photos of men who left Ashburton to go to war (World War One). The Ashburton Museum has a number of portraits of these men, which are well worth checking out when we open.

John Readhead was an Australian who came to Ashburton where he was first employed as first assistant and then curator of the domain.

He was a community-spirited man, a keen bowler and cricketer, leader of the Church of Christ choir and heavily involved in the Red Cross.

When war was declared he made the decision to enlist. This must have been quite an important undertaking for him as not

only was he leaving a good job, a wife and a small daughter, he didn’t even have to enlist.

He was 40, well past the normal call-up age.

John served as a trooper in Egypt before ill health put a stop to his fighting. However, his involvement with the Red Cross in Ashburton allowed him to continue to serve as a member of the field ambulance.

John enlisted in 1915 and by March 1916 he was leaving New Zealand.

John was killed on active service in October the same year, in France.

Ashburton was proud of their adopted son and a public memorial service was held at his church, where a plaque was unveiled in his memory.

The domain too planted a tree in his honour. Unlike many soldiers’ memorials, the tree chosen for John was not an

English oak, but an Australian acacia – a floral nod to his country of birth.

The story was quite a sad one and I felt very sorry for the little nameless girl who lost her father at such a young age.

According to the records of the Borough School, Lillian, or Betty as she was more commonly known, spent some time in Australia before returning to Ashburton.

She and her mother, Rosa,

were befriended by the Clark family (who appeared to be neighbours) and it cheered me up a little to find this photo of an older Betty in another of Mr Clark’s albums.

John’s story is a good example of the many unknown portraits we will be shown as New Zealand commemorates the First World War. Nameless, unknown they may be to us, but to someone, they were very important and special.

CONTACT Material for this page is co-ordinated by the Ashburton Museum.

Articles from other organisations are welcomed, as is any feedback on what appears. Email museum@ashburton.co.nz, mail to PO Box 573, or phone 308-3167.

Copies of many of the photos on this page are available for purchase from the Ashburton Museum

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■ BOWLS View or purchase photos online

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Mid Canterbury lawn bowlers squared off on the opening day of fours action at the New Zealand National Open Championships in Auckland yesterday.

The experienced Sandra Keith, boasting five national titles, came across second year rookie, Methven’s Carol Wilson, in the first round of fours qualifying play yesterday after the two were drawn in the same section.

Keith and her Dunsandel pairs partner, Serena Matthews, combined with Mangere duo Margaret Simpson and Rae Hammond to win the encounter 18-5 over Wilson, who was playing with her mother, Pauline Bax (Hikutaia), Diane Robinson (Hikutaia) and Sue Taylor (Matua).

Keith and company then made it two-from-two with a 24-14 win over Sally Stirling (Dargaville), Josefina Mitchell (Henderson), May Jones (Henderson) and Maria Brown (Henderson) and will meet the also unbeaten Colleen Griffith (Mairangi Bay), Jan Gledhill (Mairangi Bay), Caryl Miles (Mairangi Bay) and Gail Bagnall (Bowls Orewa) in round three.

Wilson went on to lose 12-22 to Lin East (Browns Bay), Hilary Ross (Mairangi Bay) Margaret Oates (Browns Bay) and Jan Harrison (Browns Bay).

Things don’t get any easier when they meet the unbeaten quartet of Mandy Boyd (Burnside), Kirsten Griffin (United) Angela Boyd (Burnside) and Sophia Fisher (Himatangi Beach).

The Boyd sisters claimed the women’s pairs title on Sunday, where former champions Keith and Matthews had exited in the second round.

Keith had also made the post section of the singles but bowed out in the first round.

Mid Canterbury basketballers Fletcher Arnold, Sammy Arnold and Ashlee Strawbridge embark on the Koru Development Tour to Australia tomorrow.

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■ BASKETBALL

Tall timber on Koru tour

By Jonathan Leask

teams at the Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup in Albury, NSW. Sammy and Ashlee were both members of the Canterbury Country under 13 team that won the national championships last year and will play in the under 14s.

Their strong performances, which earned them tournament team selection were enough

to make the Koru squad.

Fletcher will feature in the under 16 boys’, with Mid Canterbury ex-pat William Hollings, after both made it through the South Island selection camp in Timaru.

Mitchell Prendergast was initially listed as a reserve and then called in to the under 16s, but suffered an injury in December to be ruled out.

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January 7 Milestone Aussie Mixed Pairs 12.30 Start. skips entered: M Anderson, J Argyle, D Bachelor, T Blain, J Bruce, G Clark, G Crack, C Dennis, J Drayton, R Duff, G Eder, M Goodall, A Gowan, D Gutberlet, B Harper, B Harrison, R Herriott, B Holdom, R Keeling, A Mackenzie, B Mayson, M Middleton, B Molloy, D Prendergast, M Quinn, J Ryk, J Smart, W Suttie, G Taylor, T Watson, B White, B Williams.

January 11, Maddison Trophy Open Fours 12.30pm start Entries: B Marsh,G Taylor, M Skilling, W Watson, B Lynn, N Sharpin, B Holdom, G Pagey, B Harper, T Inwood, G Bishop, J Lattimore, Temuka, B Kellett, Hinds x 2, Convenor: Jock Moore, 3037149 m: 0274370686

Pairs Linda Boyd (s) Maureen Sullivan Rosemary Bennett (s) Raiona Isherwood Triples Lorrel Chaney (s) Val Bell Heather Goodall Shirley Pagey (s), Diana King, Noeline Woods Manager: Joan Chapman Junior at Hampstead Bowling Club Pairs: Wendy Watson (s) Cait Bassett Wendy Suttie (s) Annette Sargisson Triples: Diane Vanderweg (s) Rachel Davies, Ollie Collins Sylvia Mellish (s), Melva Middleton, Sandra Holdom Manager: Diane Gutberlet Seniors to Play for Hurinui at M.S.A: Leonie Spargo Juniors to Play for Hurinui at Hampstead: Jill Harris, Shirley Thomas, Margy Lloyd, Rosemarie O’Sullivan Pip Kiddey, Judy Ryk, Anne Reid

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Three Mid Canterbury basketballers embark on the Koru Development Tour to Australia tomorrow.

Fletcher Arnold, Sammy Arnold and Ashlee Strawbridge fly out tomorrow morning to spend a few days in camp with the other New Zealand players before taking on the Australian

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Hampstead Bowling Club January 9, Devon Friday Triples 12.30pm start. Dress: whites or club colours.

Bowls Mid Canterbury January14 Representative Quadrangular Tournament in Ashburton 9.30am Morning Tea - 10.00am start $12:00 per person Senior at M.S.A. Bowling Club

All three have previously toured Australia via the Pacific Slam Tournament in Port Macquarie, while it is also Fletcher’s second Koru Tour after playing in the under 14s in 2013.

The squads train together for a few days where they will also find out which team they play in for the tournament that begins on Monday.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club January 10: Final Round of the Summer Stableford competition, also the last qualifier for the Hyraulink Shootout competition. Starting Time: Morning 8.00am Afternoon Report at 11.30 for a 12.00 start.

Saturday Starters: Morning tba, Afternoon Steve Richards and Gaby Jansen. Results Match Committee

Tinwald Golf Club January 10, Stroke Third round of the summer trophies and championships, Four Square Cup and Dobson Cup (mixed combined net – Married and de-facto couples) to be played on Saturday will be at the clubhouse with 12.00 report for 12.30 start. Morning players will have a clubhouse draw for an 8am start.

Players are asked to report 15 minutes prior to tee off times. Starters: am B Collins, pm B Collins, E Collins. Cards: Committee

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M8 Wyndham harness Today at Cromwell Raceway

Wyndham Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Cromwell Racecourse Meeting Date: 06 Jan 2015 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12

14 4x567 Rakarata (25) fr .............................. P Hunter 15 59073 Combien (26) fr ...............................R Swain 16 A Damn Good Excuse (27) fr ........... D Dunn

Emergencies: Newmans Jet, Bet On Jess

1 12.15pm TOPLINE FENCING LTD HANDICAP TROT 5 2.19pm BIG JIM AT ALABAR PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0

pace, stand, 2600m 1 7 My Rona Gold (1) fr ................ M Williamson 2 065 Pay Me Visa (2) fr..........................B Orange 3 0x0 Outa The Fridge (3) fr.....................C Barron 4 078x0 Phin’s Twin (4) fr ............................ A Armour 5 870 Wayward Roc (5) fr .............. C Ferguson (J) 6 89644 Jaccka Mara (6) fr ...........................J W Cox 7 0500 Real Love (7) fr .............................R Jenkins 8 Lady VC (8) fr ................................... D Dunn 9 70057 Bad Lover Boy (9) fr ............... S Walkinshaw 10 77986 Goldcrest (10) fr 11 46297 Jaclyn Smith (11) fr ....................... K Barclay 12 08728 Balagio (12) fr ...................................A Beck 13 x4220 Tom Bola (13) fr ...................... C R Thornley 14 4418x Tour Director (U1) fr ..............R McIlwrick (J) 6 2.58pm GOLDEN GATE LODGE MOBILE PACE $5000, 3yo+, c1 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 1800m 1 36217 One Out Of Four (1) fr ...........R McIlwrick (J) 2 72541 Canasta (2) fr .......................... M Williamson 3 387x0 Smiling Armada (3) fr .....................H Hunter 4 x9770 Vedika (4) fr .................................. B Norman 5 36177 Bad Kate (5) fr.............................B McLellan 6 1 Sniggihdis (6) fr ............................. A Armour 7 537x1 Kiwi Focus (7) fr ...................... N Williamson 8 x5355 Canderdel fr ................................. Scratched 9 80104 Double Rainbow (21) fr .......... S Walkinshaw 10 33203 Music (22) fr ..................................... D Dunn 11 53570 Elbeau (23) fr ................................B Orange 12 129x0 Indefinite (24) fr .................................M Love 13 8x089 Panic Slowly (25) fr ...................... A Lethaby 14 21860 Rainbow Romance (26) fr ............. K Barclay 15 Px00x Heretic Franco (27) fr 16 690x0 Double Oh Seven (28) fr ...........M Parker (J) Emergencies: Panic Slowly, Double Oh Seven 7 3.37pm PGG WRIGHTSON REAL ESTATE CROMWELL MBL PACE $7000, 3yo+ c1 pace, mobile, 1800m 1 55030 Hokuri Railrida (1) fr ........... B Williamson (J) 2 67772 Northview Major (2) fr ...................... D Dunn 3 0F7x3 Rocky Road (3) fr ..................R McIlwrick (J) 4 04218 Jacks Salute (4) fr ..........................C Barron 5 53744 Bhappy (5) fr .................................R Jenkins 6 62090 Liam Sienna (6) fr .............................A Beck 7 70464 Belmont Fire (7) fr ................ C Ferguson (J) 8 41516 Carisma (8) fr ................................B Orange 9 57078 Franco Envoy (21) fr................ C R Thornley 10 24330 Delightful Dash (22) fr .................J Young (J) 11 06429 The Tisbury Terror (23) fr .............. K Barclay 12 7x223 Goodness Gracious Me (24) fr...... K Butt (J) 13 84700 The Shakey Mistress (25) fr .... M Williamson 14 8x089 Panic Slowly (26) fr ...................... A Lethaby 15 x5864 Van Eva (27) fr 16 21000 Cleo Maguire (28) fr ............................G Lee Emergencies: Franco Envoy, Panic Slowly Emergency: Snow Boy 8 4.02pm CROMWELL NEW WORLD PACE $7000, 4 1.41pm PANSPACIFICFLIGHT@MACCA LODGE 3yo+ c1 pace, stand, 2600m F&M MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ f&m c0 mob. pace, 1 35323 Vera’s Delight (1) fr......................B McLellan mobile, 1800m 2 1 Statham (2) fr .......................... N Williamson 1 5x5 Knysna (1) fr .......................... S Walkinshaw 3 487x9 Afellas Boy (3) fr...................... M Williamson 2 x4026 Baby Fern (2) fr ....................... N Williamson 4 0x841 Stagger Lee (4) fr ..........................B Orange 3 61643 Bettakatethanneva (3) fr................ A Armour 5 15300 Sue Me (5) fr .........................R McIlwrick (J) 4 89 Lisabelle (4) fr ................................. E Swain 6 690x0 Double Oh Seven (6) fr ...................R Swain 5 Extreme Jazz fr ............................ Scratched 7 575x6 Elusive Edgar (7) fr ....................... A Armour 6 28600 Newmans Jet (5) fr ................R McIlwrick (J) 8 70400 McArdle Meg (8) fr ......................... P Hunter 7 9x7 Star Singer (6) fr 9 8x089 Panic Slowly (9) fr ................... T Lethaby (J) 8 46473 Miss Mattjesty (7) fr........................C Barron 10 83443 Twice The Delight (10) fr .................M Jones 9 45460 Bet On Jess fr .............................. Scratched 11 x0832 Veecewah (11) fr ............................C Barron 10 xP869 Rescarn (21) fr ..................... C Ferguson (J) 12 43568 Acolyte (12) fr......................... S Walkinshaw 11 Cullens Atom (22) fr ..........................A Beck 13 57078 Franco Envoy (13) fr................ C R Thornley 12 8x334 Beaudiene Beaut Babe (23) fr ........J W Cox 14 70960 Halston Bromac (14) fr ............ C D Thornley 13 244x3 Leigh Major (24) fr.......................B McLellan 15 76624 Mach Of The Man (15) fr .................. D Dunn $6000, 4yo+ c0, c1 with cond. spechcp stand, 2600m 1 9 Sniper (1) fr ............................. C D Thornley 2 0x500 Crusader Covergirl (2) fr ......... T Lethaby (J) 3 00303 Hope And Pray (3) fr ............... M Williamson 4 009x9 Katie Dawn (4) fr ................................ A Kyle 5 0x203 Ruby’s Jewel (5) fr........................ B Wallace 6 20402 Tehoro Holly (6) fr .........................R Holmes 7 060 Denn Nee Nose Best (7) fr.............. E Swain 8 70246 Illustrious Queen (U1) fr .................C McKay 9 6P670 Tachma (1) 30 .................................. D Dunn 10 06069 Miri (2) 30 ..................................D O’Connell 11 0x608 Final Secret (3) 30 12 06006 Millions To Spare (4) 30 ................B Orange 13 x0900 Lady Hest (5) 30 14 99080 Our Budd (6) 30 ............................R Jenkins 15 0x057 Larch (U1) 30 .................................K Larsen 2 12.40pm GOODMAN PLUMBING LTD/LJ HOOKER CROMWELL MBL PACE $5000, 2yo+, c0 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 1800m 1 24051 Maritime Arden fr ......................... Scratched 2 987PP Santanna Magic (1) fr ............. M Williamson 3 6 Barbie Bardell (2) fr ........................ P Hunter 4 0080x Fortyseven Cruiser (3) fr .................... A Kyle 5 98x68 Taranto (4) fr ...............................B McLellan 6 70045 Forgotten Runner (5) fr .................... D Dunn 7 P4600 Beaudiene Gambler (6) fr......R McIlwrick (J) 8 5557x Big Bad John fr ............................ Scratched 9 Bernie Winkle (21) fr ............... N Williamson 10 x6082 Millwood Charity (22) fr .........M Prendergast 11 09962 Kilkenny Turk (23) fr ........................J W Cox 12 46297 Jaclyn Smith (24) fr 13 9 Go Grunter (25) fr ......................... A Armour 14 0x007 Flyin Sue (26) fr 15 564 Falcon Asset (27) fr 16 49348 Shark Ali (28) fr ..............................C Barron Emergencies: Jaclyn Smith, Falcon Asset 3 1.05pm INTERNATIONAL GARDEN RESCUE TROT $7000, c1 with cond. trot, stand, 2600m 1 1 Brads Kenny (1) fr ................... M Williamson 2 6x19 Grey Power (2) fr ..................... N Williamson 3 703x3 Overcast (3) fr ............................... B Barclay 4 81823 Euromaxx (4) fr ................................ D Dunn 5 28414 Hengroen (5) fr 6 9x042 Dream Big (6) fr 7 94808 Snow Boy (7) fr 8 32560 Petite Royal (8) fr ..........................R Holmes 9 66104 Starlight Starbright (9) fr....................A Beck 10 46830 Nicaela (10) fr ..................... J Harrington (J) 11 3640P Ottawa (U1) fr 12 90055 Armori (U2) fr ..................................J W Cox 13 00x03 Beyond A Joke (U3) fr 14 4455x Gorilla Playboy (U4) fr 15 107P5 Scarlett Lane (U5) fr..............R McIlwrick (J)

16 61 Christian Grey (16) fr ........... C Ferguson (J) Emergencies: Double Oh Seven, Panic Slowly 9 4.35pm THE ALABAR CROMWELL CUP PACE $10,000, 4yo+ c2 to c6 spechcp pace, stand, 2600m 1 43717 Groomsman (1) fr...........................H Hunter 2 07135 My Guy Mac (2) fr ......................... B Barclay 3 07705 Match Point (3) fr.............................M Jones 4 10688 Sonova Gun fr .............................. Scratched 5 23713 Milligan (4) fr ........................ C Ferguson (J) 6 12488 Sage fr ......................................... Scratched 7 16653 Chief Kapai (U1) fr .................. M Williamson 8 85535 Ultra Shok (1) 10 .............................. D Dunn 9 07241 Cyclone Kiwi (4) 20 .......................R Holmes 10 424x5 Curragh’s Princess (2) 10 ...... S Walkinshaw 11 31x85 Harry Mac (3) 10 ...................R McIlwrick (J) 12 13469 Starsky’s Dream (U1) 10 13 80730 Motu Speedy Star (1) 20 K Butt (J, ..........Cl) 14 75065 Roxy Bromac (2) 20 J Young (J, ...............Cl) 15 11237 Onedin Mach (3) 20 ................ N Williamson 10 5.01pm CROMWELL & DISTRICTS BUSINESSES CUP MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ c2 pace, 1800m 1 7067x Secret’s Out (1) fr 2 63921 Sailing On (2) fr ...............................M Jones 3 19151 Franco Caliph fr............................ Scratched 4 0x786 Sunny Two Shoes (3) fr ................ B Norman 5 90871 Just Ned (4) fr .......................R McIlwrick (J) 6 07135 My Guy Mac (5) fr 7 12112 Titan Banner (6) fr ............................ D Dunn 8 08491 Gabby’s Knight (7) fr ......................C Barron 9 52645 Jerry Fitz (21) fr....................... M Williamson 10 10688 Sonova Gun (22) fr................. S Walkinshaw 11 66475 Sammy The Bull (23) fr ...............B McLellan 12 110x Livy Franco (24) fr ................... N Williamson 13 070x0 Julia Jones (25) fr............... B Williamson (J) 14 x0542 Macardo (26) fr .................... C Ferguson (J) 15 x4153 Bettabe Perfect (27) fr ........................ R May 16 x4964 Tagataese (28) fr Emergencies: My Guy Mac, Sonova Gun 11 5.31pm ART THE CARRIER/TIM THE FARRIER HCAP TROT $7500, 4yo+ c1 to c3 spechcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 6650x John Henry Galleon (1) fr.............. A Armour 2 747x9 Sixty Plus (2) fr...............................H Hunter 3 94808 Snow Boy (3) fr .....................R McIlwrick (J) 4 2000x Bet’s Sun (U1) fr...................... M Williamson 5 x6788 Clifden Clowers (1) 20............. C D Thornley 6 81254 Sappy’s Brite Star (2) 20 ...............B Orange 7 7104x Pyramid Monarch (3) 20 .... B Williamson (J) 8 9x317 Holdon Toyaspurs (4) 20 .......M Prendergast 9 45258 Moon Countess (5) 20 ........................G Lee 10 9x368 Kowhai Sunrise (U1) 20 ..................M Jones 11 8013P Moa Bones (U2) 20 .......................... D Dunn 12 09786 Another Crusher (U3) 20.............B McLellan 13 x0007 Chiola Belle (U4) 20 .................P Williamson 14 15970 Phil’s Folly (1) 30 ..................... N Williamson 15 048x8 Southland Reflector (2) 30 ............C Buchan 16 21x74 Aile Rouge (3) 30 ..........................R Holmes Emergency: Snow Boy 12 6.06pm SBS BANK RURAL CROMWELL MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 1800m 1 45460 Bet On Jess (1) fr .................... M Williamson 2 2x092 Levi Jade (2) fr ................................. D Dunn 3 00 Take A Gamble (3) fr .....................R Jenkins 4 5233 Booster (4) fr ................................. B Barclay 5 86805 Caesar’s Empire (5) fr ....................C Barron 6 Man I’m Good (6) fr ............................ A Kyle 7 3 Franco Hammond (7) fr ........... C D Thornley 8 5x480 Bold Ruler (8) fr.............................. P Hunter 9 98780 Noah Flyin C C (21) fr ............. N Williamson 10 70 Got A Beauty (22) fr ................ C R Thornley 11 Mason Bromac (23) fr 12 1 Russian Express fr ....................... Scratched 13 28600 Newmans Jet (24) fr ..............R McIlwrick (J) 14 73803 River Patrol (25) fr ...........................R Swain 15 82458 First Son (26) fr ............................. A Armour 16 46958 Superfreak (27) fr ............................ E Swain

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Myers considering Guineas A southern stakes target is being considered for one of the six winners Kevin Myers produced at the Greymouth meeting.

He Knows broke his maiden on Sunday at his third appearance and may now be set

for the Listed Gore Guineas on January 17.

He was ridden by David Walsh, who also combined with Myers for wins on Boysway, Steelfix, Caramac and Willy Duggan while Racha Cuneen was successful aboard Duffers Creek for Myers.

- NZME

PUBLIC NOTICES

Water Conservation In summer, exceptional demand for water can sometimes limit the ability of our schemes to consistently deliver water to all properties at the required pressure.

Water conservation measures are used to even out demand and enable residents to continue to enjoy reasonable use of water for essential and nonessential purposes.

Ashburton District Council advises residents connected to Council water schemes, that the following water conservation measures are in place effective from 5 January 2015 until further notice.

Water conservation measures apply to any use of water from a hose connected to a Council water supply, including garden irrigation systems.

Level 2 - Time Restricted Alternate Days Hosing Schemes Days you may hose

Hosing is only permitted between the hours of 6.00pm and midnight

Ashburton Hakatere Lake Hood Methven Rakaia

Even numbered properties - even dates Odd numbered properties - odd dates

Group One hopes in the balance

Chertsey

Stephen Autridge is sweating on a run for Silverdale in the Gr.1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile.

The Matamata trainer collected an expected

Fairton

Properties on the east side of Maldon Street and all properties east of Maldon Street - even dates All other properties - odd dates Properties on Waymouth Street and Deans Street even dates All other properties - odd dates Properties east of the railway line - even dates Properties west of the railway line - odd dates Properties on the east side of Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road and all properties east of Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road - even dates All other properties - odd dates

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last-start victory with the gelding and is loath to run the horse again before the Trentham feature on January 24.

“I’m hoping to go

straight into the Thorndon, that’s the one we want to go after,” said Autridge, who produced A Touch Of Ruby to win at long odds last year.

- NZME

Whangarei gallops Today at Ruakaka Raceway

Whangarei RC Venue: Ruakaka Meeting Date: 06 Jan 2015 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 1 1.13pm (NZT) KUMARA’S MEMORIAL MAIDEN 2100 $7000, MDN, 2100m 1 48x29 Bachelor Brave (2) 58.5 .................. D Nolan 2 53x63 Tukawa (6) 58.5......................... M D Plessis 3 6930 Location (5) 58.5 .............................S Collett 4 0x00 Fortissimo (7) 58.5 5 42345 Mongolian Storm h (4) 57 6 050 Uncle Sam (10) 57 7 79069 Thewayyourave (9) 57 ....................V Colgan 8 x4050 Hot Lady (3) 56.5 9 46x59 Tipperary (1) 56.5 10 80x80 Shesgotit (8) 56.5....................B Hutton (a2) 2 1.49pm FELL ENGINEERING 2YO MAIDEN 1000 $11,000, MDN 2YO, 1000m 1 73. Hypervelocity (7) 57.5 ............. R Smyth (a1) 2 Fastdane Rocky (1) 57.5 3 6. Rocket Navigator (5) 57.5 ...........T Thornton 4 244 Okagbare (6) 55.5 5 2 Untamed Diamond (4) 55.5.............S Collett 6 5. Hungry Eyes (3) 55.5 7 Sheradream (8) 55.5 8 Toparts (2) 55.5 3 2.27pm ADAMS TRIMMER INSURANCE MAIDEN 1200 $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 70x34 Keentorule (12) 58.5 2 Cullch Forty Five (14) 58.5 3 4284 The Cosmos b (3) 57 .....................V Colgan 4 Marciano (2) 57 5 Nom du Klass h (10) 57 6 Take It Out (13) 57 ..........................S Collett 7 79x Three Elevens h (1) 57 8 448x0 Hearsay h (8) 56.5 9 405x Malala h (7) 55 10 8 Sonobella (5) 55 11 Geppetto’s Girl (11) 55 12 6x6x7 Insinuate (6) 55 13 9 Red Rumba h (4) 55 .................. L Satherley 14 0x Tickle Me (9) 55 4 3.06pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES F&M MAIDEN RACE $12,000, MDN F&M, 1200m 1 448x0 Hearsay h (8) 57.5 2 Sky Music h (2) 57.5 .......................S Collett 3 50x34 Bountiful b (9) 56 4 x2624 Glamazon (5) 56 -

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3x732 Heeby Jeeby b (7) 56 3627x Savannah Somoya h (3) 56 40. Flying Dragon h (13) 56 .....................M Hills 405x Malala h (12) 56 9. Gladstone Belle (4) 56 8 Sonobella (10) 56 6 Sylvian (1) 56 Nickoftyme (6) 56 ...........................R Norvall 9 Red Rumba 56 ............................. Scratched 0x0x Tereza Maria (11) 56 5 3.45pm TRIGG CONSTRUCTION MAIDEN 1600 $8000, MDN, 1600m 1 324x8 Raadical Jazz b (11) 58.5 .......... Z Moki (a3) 2 68x75 Rusty Heights (8) 58.5 3 00. King Tute h (6) 58.5 ..................R Norvall 4 2x64. Sir Sava (7) 57 5 42520 Fiamette h (10) 56.5 6 58020 Silver Tips (9) 56.5 .................. R Smyth (a1) 7 x5648 Ice Cool (3) 56.5 8 6057x A Perte De Vue (13) 56.5 9 70. Follow Me (2) 56.5 10 x50x0 Thornbury h (4) 56.5 11 8x3 Celtic Lass (5) 55 12 66 Sister O’Reilly (1) 55 13 x0x78 Who’s Queen (12) 55 6 4.15pm CROFT MAIDEN 1400 $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 760x4 Frodo (16) 58.5 2 0577x Diesel (15) 58.5 3 055x8 Cerulean (7) 58.5 4 Champagne Argonne (2) 58.5 5 Lord And Master h (13) 57 6 Montigo h (8) 57 7 Nom du Klass h (11) 57 8 x272x Joy Of Life b (5) 56.5 9 6057x A Perte De Vue (12) 56.5 10 70. Follow Me (6) 56.5 11 0x0. Lady Cruella (3) 56.5 12 9. Very Astute (4) 56.5 13 Zvezda Moya (9) 56.5 14 46. Diamond Duchess (14) 55 15 079. Disclosure (1) 55 16 Hvala h (10) 55 17 x50x0 Thornbury 56.5 ............................ Scratched Emergency: Thornbury 7 4.48pm WHANGAREI LOVE IT HERE 3YO MAIDEN 1400 $8000, MDN 3YO, 1400m 1 4 Vantaa (1) 57.5 -

2 Hymatsu h (15) 57.5 3 Marciano (12) 57.5 4 Duke Of Sussex (7) 57.5 5 Eddie Gilbert (5) 57.5 6 First Of A Kind (10) 57.5 7 Lord And Master h (11) 57.5 8 Montigo h (9) 57.5 9 46. Diamond Duchess (16) 55.5 10 6 Lipsipsuc (8) 55.5 11 Eyes Of Love (14) 55.5 12 Geppetto’s Girl (3) 55.5 13 Hvala h (6) 55.5 14 Stoked Me h (2) 55.5.................. L Satherley 15 0x0x Tereza Maria (13) 55.5 16 x0x78 Who’s Queen (4) 55.5 8 5.18pm COWLEY’S HIRE CENTRE R65 1400 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 x4498 Silver City tm (13) 59 2 8x931 Street Wars d (2) 59 3 3316x Justnametheprice t (7) 58.5 4 x469x Supacalifraglistic (9) 57.5 5 3138x Sakology bh (11) 57 6 1467 Bazz t (4) 57 7 70767 Charlie Farley td (1) 57 .................J Waddell 8 787x0 Flyinby m (3) 57 9 8949x Huckleberry Flyer h (10) 57 10 72x22 Our Kismet (5) 56.5.........................S Collett 11 414x5 Snow Petal db (12) 56.5............ M D Plessis 12 x1878 Civetta 55.5 .................................. Scratched 13 41x70 Manikya (6) 55.5 14 465x8 Celtic Boy (8) 55 Blinkers on: Shesgotit (R1), King Tute, Celtic Lass (R5), Lady Cruella (R6), Bazz (R8) Blinkers off: Hearsay (R3), Hearsay (R4), Thornbury (R5), Sakology, Huckleberry Flyer, Celtic Boy (R8) Winkers on: Rocket Navigator (R2), Flying Dragon (R4), Vantaa (R7) Winkers off: Celtic Lass (R5) Pacifiers on: Cerulean (R6) SELECTIONS Race 1: Mongolian Storm, Tipperary, Bachelor Brave, Location Race 2: Fastdane Rocky, Untamed Diamond, Hypervelocity Race 3: The Cosmos, Marciano, Keentorule, Sonobella Race 4: Heeby Jeeby, Glamazon, Savannah Somoya, Race 5: Sir Sava, Raadical Jazz, Ice Cool, Rusty Heights Race 6: Joy Of Life, Diamond Duchess, Diesel, Frodo Race 7: Vantaa, Hymatsu, Diamond Duchess, Eddie Gilbert Race 8: Our Kismet, Bazz, Silver City, Sakology

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Level 5 - Emergency Water Management Schemes No non-essential water use is permitted at any time during this restriction. Only essential, domestic and industrial use is permitted.

Mt Somers All properties connected to the Council’s water scheme in Mt Somers.

Permanent Water Conservation Measures Schemes Dromore Permanent water conservation measures are in Methven / place. No use of water from a hose connected to the Springfield Council water supply is permitted.

Montalto Further information on Council’s water conservation approach and tips on how to conserve water are available from ashburtondc.govt.nz Neil McCann Group Manager Service Delivery www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

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Wednesday

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group, meet at the Church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.45am “GOLF CROQUET’ WAIREKA. Golf Croquet singles. Philip Street.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter.

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

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Right now it’s more about finding a sense of direction, letting this new professional year unfold naturally, with room for the unexpected.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) It’s in the early days of a new year that you’re able to make a fresh start, but in a way that appreciates that it’s all about the journey and the process.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) While your new professional year won’t kick off in earnest until next Monday already there’s a need to trust your nose for where the money is.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) With a focus on money matters at the moment it’s important to realise that despite how it feels luck and the money gods are on your side.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) Yesterday’s Full Moon may have made it hard to get motivated it was also a chance to catch your breath before rushing back into work mode.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) As well as home and playful matters still needing your attention today’s socially charged lunar vibes are the most urgent to embrace.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) With your professional instincts sharp you’re able to get a sense of direction, especially if you don’t try and over think things.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) With the Moon still in an adventurous part of your chart after yesterday’s Full Moon hold onto a sense of wanderlust, curiosity and adventure.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) With a smart head for money and a lot more clarity, on both the income and financial fronts this is a day for taking your power back.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) Yesterday’s Full Moon pushed buttons and left you with a sense of what you want from your relationships and what they need from you.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) Don’t be tempted to over think things, letting the emotional, intuitive and imaginative responses being triggered today play out unhindered.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) If you can’t make this a day for having fun and finding a balance between work and play then you’re really going to struggle moving forward.

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HORMANN, Beverley Jean (Bev) – Aged 64 years. Passed away on January 2, 2015, surrounded by her loving and devoted family. Dearly loved and cherished wife of the late Alister (AL), and mother and mother in law of Deborah, Nicola and Brett, David and Charlotte, Tania and Greg. A very special nana of Alissa, Kayla, James, and Emma; Kobe, Lachlan, and Cameron; Hunter, and Heath; Olivia, Ella, Ryley, and Jacob; and great nana of Harper. Many thanks to Princes Court, and Rosebank Resthome staff and a special thank you to Sondra. A service for Bev will be held at St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street, Ashburton TOMORROW Wednesday, January 7, commencing at 1.30pm.

Followed by cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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HORMANN, Beverley Jean – 1-3-50 to 2-1-15 Most dearly loved and precious mother of Deborah and greatly adored nana of Alissa, Kayla, James and Emma and great nana of Harper.

Words cannot describe the wonderful, caring mother and nana you were. You fought your battle so hard and will be forever in our hearts and missed so very much. Love you to the moon and back. Xxx

HORMANN, Bev – 1.3.50 - 2.1.15 Mum, I never wanted you to leave us this soon, but it wasn't to be. Fridays will never be the same without you here. You have already left a huge void that can never be filled. You were the most dedicated and loving mum and nana anyone could ask for. Words cannot express how much I Iove and admire you. Rest easy Mumma.

Nicola, Brett, Kobe, Lachie and Cameron HORMANN, Beverley Jean – Taken from us far too young.

Words can’t describe how much you will be missed mum. Our love for you will never fade, rest in peace “Old Girl.”

David, Charlotte, Hunter and Heath.

HORMANN, Bev – 01-03-1950 to 02-01-2015 A wonderful mum and nana who I truly appreciated and loved especially coming home from school to her home cooked baking and picking me up from the pub in her dressing gown! Will be in my heart forever, until we meet again. Love you always.

Tania, Greg, Olivia, Ella, Ryley and Jacob. xxxx SPARROW, Anthony Clifford (Hoover) – 1964 - 2015 Aged 50 years. Tragically taken from us as a result of an accident on January 3, 2015. Dearly loved soul mate and best friend of Kiley.

Admired, loved, treasured and respected second dad to Kelsey, Cameron, and Ella Turpin. Adored Pop to Aliyah.

“A real friend is someone who walks in; When the rest of the world walks out.”

Messages to 9 Goldrich Grove, Ashburton 7700. Tony will be at his home and would love you to rock round anytime, unannounced.

“Please do so”.

A service to celebrate Hoovers life will be held at the Ashburton Event Centre, Wills Street, Ashburton on FRIDAY, January 9 commencing at 2.00pm.

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KENNY, Mavis – 06/01/2014 Today recalls the memory, of our loved one gone to rest And those who think of her today Are those who loved her best.

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We are all Passed away January 6, devastated that you won’t be 2011.

Time cannot steal the joining us for a new year. The treasures place will not be same without that we carry in our hearts. you Tony.

Nor dim the shining thoughts “Missing you already.” our cherished past imparts.

The TEAM at Mico For the memories of the one we loved Please note all late death still casts a gentle glow. notices or notices sent outTo grace our days and side ordinary office hours light our paths must be emailed to: wherever we may go. deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz Loved and remembered to ensure publication. always.

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Waterskiers Hugh and George Donaldson on the dock at Lake Hood on their final day of training before heading to Peru for the junior world championships.

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■ WATERSKIING

Ski twins up against the big guns

By Jonathan Leask

Jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

The Donaldson twins, George and Hugh, are in Peru and it isn’t for a summer holiday.

The mountainous South American country is known for the Andes mountains, ancient Inca ruins and llamas, but for the boys it will be all about Bujama Lacus.

The private lake 100km south of Lima and just 2km from the Pacific Ocean coast is where they will represent New Zealand in the Junior World Waterski Championships.

The Peru Waterski Federation is hosting the competition, which had to be cancelled from its original date in August in Ukraine following the fallout

from flight MH17 in July.

The two Lake Hood waterskiers are joined by Curtis Williams (Northland) and Lily Mead (Wanganui) to compete against 150 top waterskiers from around the world at the event, where the American skiers will clearly be the ones to watch.

The brothers were selected

to compete at the conclusion of the Asia Pacific Championships in Perth where the 14-year-olds both medalled in the under 17 tricks in what is their first season in the age group.

Hugh and George have essentially been constantly on the water for the last two years, spending plenty of time over winter training in America,

and a big week in Peru would be a big reward for their hard work.

However, they have realistic goals, as they go up against the older, more developed skiers but they are chances in the tricks competition if they can pull off a strong run.

The four days of competition get under way on Friday.

■ CRICKET

Williamson keeping Black Caps’ series hopes alive New Zealand were fighting hard to stay in the second test at the end of day three at the Basin Reserve yesterday.

They will start the fourth day today at 253 for five wickets down, holding a 118-run lead over Sri Lanka and with Kane Williamson on 80 and BJ Watling on 48.

By stumps yesterday their sixth wicket stand was worth a precious 93 for New Zealand, who hold a 1-0 lead and are desperate to protect that on the eve of the cricket World Cup, being hosted by New Zealand and Australia in February and March this year.

Different format, but there’s a belief that going in on the back of a positive series result won’t hurt morale for the upcoming tournament.

It was a different story as Sri Lanka removed captain Brendon McCullum and Jimmy Neesham in the middle session to have New Zealand reeling at 159 for five, or effectively 24 for five.

Both went lbw to Sri Lankan seamers. McCullum was given lbw to Dhammika Prasad and reviewed the decision without success.

Neesham’s came the other way.

He was given not out on 19, but

Sri Lanka sought a second opinion which went in their favour.

By stumps yesterday Williamson had grafted just over five hours and faced 200 balls.

He was within 20 runs of a ninth test century, which would pull him equal with former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming.

Sri Lanka’s bowlers persevered in good batting conditions and the match would have been more firmly in their grasp had their most successful, Nuwan Pradeep, not spilled Watling, after three juggles at fine leg, on 23 off an unimpressed Prasad.

- NZH Kane Williamson: Keeping New Zealand in the hunt.