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Ashburton residents, up in arms about the planned sale of a 10-hectare waterconsented block of land in Ashburton’s north-east business estate, are planning a protest rally.

Under the umbrella of the Ashburton Citizens’ Association, they have formed a new group Waimaori Lot 9 Action Group to be the public face of the protest. They plan to hold a rally in the Ashburton Domain on April 16 at 10am.

Chairperson Glen Cameron said the new group had been formed as concerns over the land sale mounted. The deal is between the Ashburton District Council and a company that plans to activate a water consent on the site to establish a water plant. It is unclear whether the plan is to bottle water on site or to send it off-shore in bulk.

Mr Cameron is chairperson of the Labour Party’s Rangitata electorate committee, but he said he had joined the new group as a concerned ratepayer, and not

due to political affiliations.

He said guest speakers were being organised for the rally, and mayor Angus McKay and Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew would be invited to speak. Confirmed to speak was Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty, while it was expected others would include a Massey University water scientist.

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■ P CONTAMINATION

HNZ stance ‘puts other landlords at risk’

By Michelle NelsoN

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Housing New Zealand’s hardline policy to evict methamphetamine (P) users from state houses will unleash thousands of problem tenants into an unsuspecting private property market, a meth testing company director says.

HNZ is on record as saying 400 of its rental properties across the country have required remedial action due to positive P tests. Two of these were in Ashburton.

The agency is also considering P testing its properties in tenancies, and a new zero-tolerance policy will see tenants banned from HNZ properties for at least 12 months if the result is positive.

MethSolutions director Miles Stratford said finding accommodation in the private rental sector would be the only option left to these people but warned landlords to be aware.

“Kiwis are very tolerant and trusting people and people involved with meth take profound advantage of that,” Miles Stratford, of MethSolutions, said.

“To all intents and purposes people involved with meth look like everyone else but their behaviour is profoundly changed.”

The majority of privately owned rentals are managed by owners, who will not have considered the implications of the HNZ policy, he said.

Lauriston School students Jack Irwin, 10, Brendon Marova, 8, Xyla Teriaki, 10, and Summer Devery, 11, by the school pool which is now closed for winter.

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■ LAURISTON SCHOOL Miles Stratford “The risk has been there for a long time and it’s going to get worse when the Housing NZ policy starts to kick in.”

HNZ cannot divulge information about the reasons a tenant is evicted or bumped off its waiting list due to the Privacy Act. Mr Stratford said landlords should be proactive in managing the risk of accommodating dodgy tenants which could cost them thousands of dollars and should start by checking their insurance company covered decontamination costs.

Pre-letting P testing and proof of routine property inspections also mitigated risk, as did installing real time air-quality monitors which signal the presence of chemicals associated with the drug.

Monitoring also communicated a clear message to tenants that drug use would not be tolerated, Mr Stratford said.

Community keen to keep pool

By RuBy haRfield

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Lauriston School is determined to keep its pool running despite running a deficit.

Over the past few decades schools around the country have had to close their pools due to maintenance and water testing costs needing to be covered by schools rather than the Ministry of Education.

Principal Donna Reader said like all schools with pools they get no funding from the Ministry of Education so have to find other ways to keep their pool running.

The school sells pool keys but this is not enough to cover the costs so it needs help from the Lauriston School Support (LSS) group.

The importance of having a school pool far outweighs the cost to the school and its community so the school does everything it

can to keep it running, she said.

“We would not be looking at closing the pool.”

Other schools have not been able to keep up with the costs and have had to close their pools but because Lauriston School can get help from its support group they should be able to keep it running.

“We are very grateful for our community support.”

It is not easy to keep up with the costs but it is important because living in a country surrounded by water, with relatively high drowning rates, children need to know how to swim and have confidence in the water, Ms Reader said.

“The pool is too important to close.”

Students at Lauriston School are able to use the pool daily during terms one and four and throughout the school holidays but if the pool were to close students would probably only get two weeks’

worth of lessons at the EA Networks Centre.

“I think it would be very sad to see that opportunity lost.”

The school is committed to its pool and LSS is in the process of landscaping around the pool and moving the changing sheds.

The costing for this and the pool were discussed at the last LSS meeting because last year they paid for a new heat pump to be put in so it was the first season it had been used.

LSS members will be working out the difference in cost between using the pool with the new heat pump for a season and having children use the EA Networks Centre to put things in perspective as well as the cost of the landscaping, she said.

The school pool closed on Monday for the year and will be properly cleaned and closed for winter in the next few weeks.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Land worth over $8.5m

By Sue NewmaN

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The sale of land in Ashburton’s north east business park could be worth well over $8.5 million, but that deal could divide the Ashburton community.

Yesterday mayor Angus McKay said he could not confirm whether the site the council says will become the base for a water bottling company will see water bottled on-site or shipped out and bottled off-shore.

“We have no clarification of this, ie. we have no consent for the activity itself. The land deal is not done yet and the rest is crossing the line into commercial sensitivity,” he said.

He suggested that at 10 hectares the site was large and asked why anyone would need this amount of land if they were only shipping bladders of water. He would not,

however, confirm that water bottling would be carried out on-site.

“They plan to bottle water, I have to leave it at that,” he said.

“It’s more important the deal goes through for Ashburton.”

The offer on the site, which has a water consent in place, is believed to have exceeded its valuation, which Mr McKay said is around $85 per square metre.

He might be remaining tightlipped on the final use of the site, but district councillor Ken Cutforth said he was in no doubt, that water would be heading off-shore in massive, lined containers.

And that meant Ashburton would be giving away a valuable resource and getting nothing in return, he said.

“I don’t agree with giving water away; I believe we should be selling the water if it’s to an off-shore company. They’re going to make

squillions out of this.”

Details around the proposed deal have been closely guarded and most councillors were still not fully aware of exactly what was involved, Mr Cutforth said.

He’s speaking out, he says, because he believes the council’s business should be open and it should be transparent. He says there are other councillors who share his concerns.

“This has been something of a one-man band. It dates to the previous council when we got a very cryptic message with limited information, that there was the possibility of a major sale in the business estate and would we approve it.”

Council staff had delegated authority to sell sections at the business estate provided they reached their market value. Councillors were also asked if they’d agree to

■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE

Students’ art work on show Art enthusiasts from all over the district were able to view some rising young talent at the Ashburton College art department student exhibition last evening.

NCEA Level 1 and 2 portfolios featuring general art, painting and photography as well as Level 3 scholarship boards were on display.

There was also some current sculptural work by this year’s Level 1 art students to view.

The exhibition, which is being held at the Walnut Avenue domain pavilion will be on again this evening from 4.30pm to 7.30pm.

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let the executive committee do the negotiations, he said.

“We agreed to let them do it and we got the odd bit of information but we had no real idea what it was.”

And the paucity of information continued with the odd informal chat but no formal discussions on the sale.

“It’s never been discussed as a full council. It’s never been put to us where we’ve had an opportunity to debate the consequences, the merits or the downside of this.”

He’s concerned at the way the sale process is being handled.

“Just as there are commercial imperatives and they have to be hush hush, there are environmental issues too. What is being planned is straight abstraction and that’s daylight robbery. I think this could be the defining issue in this year’s election campaign.”

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Water protest gathers steam From P1 Mr Cameron said the rally would be a good event for those who were not against the planned sale, as it would provide information about the project.

The action group’s concerns were around the volume of water being extracted, sustainability of the abstraction, the lifetime of the consent and that abstraction would be of no benefit to the Ashburton community.

“There’s a big difference between sprinkling water into paddocks which goes into the ground, than a billion litres being taken overseas,” he said.

“Because there’s not been consultation, there’s lots of questions. That comes with lack of discussion,” Mr Cameron said.

The water group’s rally has the support of Citizens’ Association founding member and secretary Diane Rawlinson.

“In principle we have no objection to the council selling a section to try to recoup money, but we do object to the water right being sold off-shore, particularly if an overseas company is going to take our water and make money off-shore.”

While the council was ‘caught between a rock and a hard place’ in that it needed to sell sections to release money tied up in the business estate what was being proposed with this sale was sending huge ripples of concern around the community, she said.

The citizens’ association was formed to be an advocate for the people and the protest being organised by some of its members was that advocacy in action, Mrs Rawlinson said.

She said the deal looked like the council seeing a way to make money quickly.

“The land issue, no problem, but every Kiwi would object to our water being taken.”

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■ MID CANTERBURY SCHOOL BUSES

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Warning sign trial delayed

By RuBy HaRfield

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A delay in manufacturing means that small school buses in Mid Canterbury will not be donning 20km/h speed limit signs in time for the beginning of Term 2.

As part of the second stage of a school bus signs trial, more commonly known as “Either Way It’s 20k”, signs will be installed on small school buses to help keep children safe.

The trial was launched in Mid Canterbury in 2013 and the year-long first stage involved

three parts – monitoring speed, creating an awareness campaign and adding flashing LED 20km/h signs to 30 buses in the district.

Transport Engineering Research NZ (TERNZ) managing director Peter Baas, who is helping with the trial, said the next stage involved smaller signs being made to put on small school buses in the district.

The signs were due to be finished by the end of Term 1 in order for the trial to start at the beginning of Term 2, how-

ever delays in manufacturing has meant they will be behind schedule.

“It’s just taking a lot longer than we had hoped.”

Getting the signs made has taken a long time because they have had to get parts from overseas so it does not look like the second stage of the trial will start until later in Term 2, he said.

The signs will be trialled and speeds monitored for at least a term before data from both stages is collated and sent to the New Zealand Transport Agency

for consideration.

If approved, signs could be installed on all school buses in the country.

The larger signs, from the first stage, have stayed on buses in Ashburton following the trial and speeds are still being monitored.

The trial is a partnership between TRENZ, the Ashburton District Council, Pearson’s Coachlines, New Zealand Rural Women and other authorities with funding from the Road Safety Trust.

■ RAKAIA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Big plans to establish a village green By eRin TaskeR

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What was once a brush-covered stretch of land on the outskirts of Rakaia will soon be an inviting new village green the town can be proud of.

The village green will be an extension to the town’s existing walkway, and once finished it’s hoped it will feature lush, green grass and low maintenance planting, with the pathway weaving through it.

That’s likely to just be the start though. Rakaia Community Association (RCA) chairman Neil Pluck said it was hoped one day the village green might also feature a community barbecue, and a star-gazing feature which would be the first of its kind in New Zealand.

Planning is under way for a naked eye observatory, modelled on one Mr Pluck once visited in Winnipeg, Canada – at The Forks Oodena Celebration Circle – and it’s hoped such a feature will make Rakaia a destination town for star-gazers.

The village green is being established on an old plantation block – Ashburton District Council land – and the RCA got permission to clear it and transform it from the eyesore it was, to something the town can be proud of.

It’s cost $14,000 to date to clear and level the site, and there’s been a lot of voluntary hours put in, with even more to come.

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Transformer teething problems were responsible for power outages to the whole of the Methven urban area recently.

Power was lost to the town for about eight minutes on Tuesday morning, following an outage of about one hour last week.

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A 72-year-old Waikato man has died after cutting himself with an angle grinder on a Bideford farm, near Masterton. The accident took place at about 10.30am yesterday on a farm on Maringi Road. Senior Sergeant Mike Sutton said the man had been working by himself on the bucket of a digger when he cut his leg with the angle grinder. “He was working on that with the grinder and that is when the accident occurred and that has put a severe cut into his leg.” The man got to his car but was unable to get to help.

He was found shortly afterwards by a farm worker.

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Chemical explosion A suspected chemical explosion injured one person in Auckland last night. Emergency Services were called to a Royalty Rise property in Red Beach, where there were reports of a chemical explosion involving chlorine. One person is “moderately injured”, the Fire Service says. “This is a reaction involving pool chemicals”, Fire Service spokesman Jaron Phillips said. “The caller did say there was an explosion. It has generated fumes.”

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Death charges A 21-year-old man has been charged in relation to the death of Ocean Heke in Otorohanga at the weekend. The man was charged yesterday with drink-driving causing death, said Detective Senior Sergeant Ross Patterson. Mr Patterson said the man will appear in Hamilton District Court today.

Ocean, 17, was walking home from a friend’s 18th birthday party when she was hit by a vehicle. Her body was found at the scene at about 6am on Sunday.

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Rakaia Community Association chairman Neil Pluck on the site of what will be the town’s new village green.

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“It will be grassed as soon as it looks like it’s going to rain significantly for a while,” Mr Pluck said.

It’s hoped it will be grassed and rolled within the next month, and work on forming the footpath would then begin.

The village green will cover an area of about 1.5ha, and is around 350 metres long, adding to the already 5km long walkway.

The walkway starts near Salmon Tales and winds its way through the town, then out of town to the west, providing stunning views down the Rakaia River to the gorge.

Work is also under way to ex-

tend the walkway at the back of the Rakaia Domain, so that people not wanting to do the whole walkway can take a short cut back to town.

“The goal is that it will be a circuit, and a safe circuit at that, and we are getting pretty close to that now,” Mr Pluck said.

Ashburton District Council parks and recreation staff will maintain the new village green.

Transformer’s installation causes outages By susan sandys

Man dies on farm

don Quinn said the issue in both cases had been related to a $700,000 project to install a new transformer at the Methven substation on Line Road.

The upgrade had been required due to increased power demand in the Lauriston and Cairnbrae rural areas surrounding Methven.

He said the power was lost

last week while commissioning was under way, resulting from loading tripping on in-rush current.

Tuesday’s outage was caused when testing was under way while the substation was bypassed and the town’s power was being supplied from the rural network, and it tripped on overload.

Mr Quinn said he hoped the teething problems were now over.

“We are continuing to test that right now, hopefully by the end of the night everything will be back to normal,” he said.

The upgrade is enabling supply of 11kV into Methven’s urban area, and 22kV into the rural area around the town.

A mother and infant were forced to seek safety on the balcony of their fifth-floor apartment during a fire in central Auckland last night. The Fire Service tweeted the pair were “forced” to the balcony” because of a fire inside the apartment.

Fire Service spokesman Jaron Phillips said the woman and infant were “effectively trapped” on the balcony, from where the mother dialled 111. “The brigade arrived and she threw the keys down.” The small fire was quickly extinguished by the six units called to the scene and the mother and infant were not injured.

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Murder charge A man has been charged with murder after the death of a woman in rural Otago on March 8. Sharon Diane Comerford, 53, died from a single gunshot to the head. Her body was found in Seacliff, 30km north of Dunedin. Dunedin police yesterday said a 59-year-old man had been charged with murder.

He will appear before a judge at a hospital bedside hearing today.

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Crushed man named A man who died on Tuesday after a car rolled off a trailer and crushed him was Barry Algie, 73.

Mr Algie died just before 9am on Tuesday after he was trapped between two vehicles at his home on Monteith Crescent in Remuera.

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■ ASHBURTON SCHOOLS

Rewards to flow for turning off Students from two Ashburton schools have been rewarded for turning off their devices and spending time with their families for a weekend in March.

Ashburton Borough School and St Joseph’s School will both be receiving $500 worth of sports equipment that they get to choose for their efforts in Hyundai’s Power Off/Family On Weekend on March 18 and 19.

Ashburton Borough School students have been busy deciding what they are going spend their money on with some suggestions being rugby posts and whistles.

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■ METHVEN COMMUNITY BOARD

Speedsters shock

By SuSan SandyS

susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Methven Community Board member Martin Nordqvist said he is shocked at the high speeds recorded by a visual speed display sign in the town.

The temporary sign was installed in a 50 kilometre zone entering into the town on Forest Drive, and data for January was released at a board meeting this week.

It showed the fastest speed recorded for the month was 110 kilometres per hour. This compared to the fastest speed of 102 kilometres per hour for December.

While most motorists kept under the speed limit, still 29.71 per cent of vehicles going past the sign were travelling at higher than 50 kilometres per hour, only a slight drop from 30.49 per cent in December.

There were 29,325 vehicles recorded as passing the sign in January, and 31,523 in December.

“It shocks me that someone should be doing that sort of pace when in actual fact they should only be doing 50,” Mr Nordqvist said, referring to the motorist travelling at 110 kilometres per hour.

As a Methven resident who lived near the sign, he often noticed people speeding, although speeds of up to 110 kilometres per hour was surprising.

Considering the high vehicle usage of the road, and the fact the visual speed display sign had been about 200 metres after the speed limit sign, following a 70 kilometre per hour zone, he expected people would be adhering to the speed limit when they passed the sign.

“There’s every opportunity to slow people down,” he said.

And a fatal pedestrian accident on the road in recent years should also act as a reminder to motorists. In 2010, a young woman walking home along the side of Forest Drive late at night was struck from behind by a drunk driver and killed.

“I don’t think there’s a shortage of speed signs, you just need to be aware of them and respect them, they are there for a reason,” Mr Nordqvist said.

The problem of motorists speeding in 50 kilometre zones is not unique to Methven, and the Ashburton District Council’s visual speed display signs have recorded many speedsters at several locations throughout Mid Canterbury.

The average percentage of cars travelling over the speed limit to date is 38.2 per cent, and the fastest speed recorded is 121 kilometres per hour.

March dry with high temperatures

By SuSan SandyS

susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

■ DAIRY INDUSTRY AWARDS

Accolades for farmers Dorie sharemilking couple Kersha and Steve Veix took out the Ecolab Farm Dairy Hygiene Award at the Canterbury/North Otago Dairy Industry Awards on Tuesday night. The couple were also finalists in the Share Farmer of the Year award. Story and winners’ list, P12.

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Days with high temperatures and little rain marked March’s weather in Mid Canterbury, and strong winds fanned out-ofcontrol fires.

In Niwa’s monthly climate summary released this week, scientists reported temperatures well above average or above average throughout the country.

Principal scientist Chris Brandolino said Mid Canterbury was an exception in that its mean temperature, 14.8 degrees recorded at AgResearch

Winchmore, was near average.

However, the mean maximum was 21.4 degrees, which was 1.4 degrees above the long-term average.

Many days were unusually warm, reaching up to 30.8 degrees, but nights were on the cool side of normal, bringing the mean down.

The conditions were caused by dry weather with lower than normal rainfall.

Just 43 millimetres of rain was received for the month at AgResearch Winchmore, which was only 70 per cent of the long-

term average at the station.

Ashburton achieved a mention in Niwa’s national climate summary, for recording an extreme wind gust of 91 kilometres per hour on March 10. It was the fourth highest gust recorded for the month of March in the town since records began in 1970.

The high winds affected much of the South Island on the day.

“In Canterbury, the high winds fanned numerous outof-control bush and scrub fires, particularly near Darfield and Mt Somers,” scientists said in the climate summary.

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■ ASHBURTON REAL ESTATE

Prices continue upward trend

By Erin TaskEr

Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz

House prices in Ashburton are continuing their upward trend.

Latest figures released yesterday through the QV House Price Index show that the current average value of a house in the Ashburton District is $339,836 – a 4.5 per cent increase in the past 12 months.

Just how times have changed is shown by the 21.4 per cent increase in the average price in an Ashburton house since the 2007 market peak.

It’s a trend common nationwide, with the index showing residential property values for March have increased 11.4 per cent over the past year, for the country as a whole.

Values only rose slightly over the past three months, up just 0.2 per cent, but they’re up a massive 35 per cent from the previous market peak of late 2007.

When adjusted for inflation,

the nationwide annual increase drops slightly to 11.3 per cent, and values drop to 15.4 per cent above the 2007 peak.

The average nationwide value is now $559,492.

Mid Canterbury’s nearest neighbours are also on the up. In Timaru, the average house price is $319,270, which is up 7 per cent on 12 months ago, and 27.2 per cent on the 2007 peak, while in Selwyn the average house price is now $532,275.

For Selwyn that’s only a 2.6 per cent increase over the past 12 months, but a 42.7 per cent increase on the 2007 peak.

In the country’s biggest city, Auckland, the market has increased 16.9 per cent year on year, but has decreased by 0.2 per cent over the past three months.

Values there are now 70.4 per cent higher than the previous peak of 2007.

The average value in the Auckland region is now $931,061.

■ HINDS SCHOOL

High tea a get-together for parents Hinds School’s Home and School Committee held a high tea for parents of students at the school at St Luke’s Church Hall on Tuesday. The event was organised as a get-together and a way for new parents to get to know others. There was a talk by Latitude magazine’s Jo Taylor on “How to be an entrepreneur in the current economy and juggling parenting”.

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■ ASHBURTON BOROUGH SCHOOL

Evening opera plans dashed By ruBy HarfiEld

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Ashburton Borough School’s hopes of being able to host the NZ Opera for a public show tonight have been dashed due to scheduling conflicts.

The NZ Opera was going to perform two shows – one for students during the day and the other for the community in the evening – of The Elixir of Love in Ashburton Borough School’s new performance centre.

However, principal Sam Winterbourn said unfortunately they had had to cancel the evening show due to a last-minute change in schedule.

They will still be coming to the school during the day to do the production for students, he said.

A past pupil, who works for the NZ Opera, organised for the performances at Ashburton Borough School while they were in Christchurch.

This will be the first production to be held in the school’s new performance centre which has been out of action for rebuild work since last year.

The show is based on Donizetti’s muchloved work but adapted with Kiwi kids in mind being set in a fish and chip shop in a small country town.

■ CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY

Care to be contracted out By simon Collins

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All or almost all state care for children may be contracted out to non-government agencies in a radical reform of child protection being unveiled today.

Child, Youth and Family’s (CYF) role may be reduced to assessing families, removing children from unsafe families and managing the required court processes, while iwi and other non-state agencies take over caring for the children.

A separate non-state agency is also expected to be set up to act as an advocate and a voice for the children in care.

CYF reform: what you need to know Q. Why is change needed?

A. The current system is not working either for the children in care or for the country.

Almost 80 per cent of children born in 1990-91 who spent time in state care failed to achieve Level 2 NCEA, 87 per cent ended up on welfare before they turned 21,

and 28 per cent ended up in jail by that age.

Q. What is likely to change?

A. Changes may include: * Contracting out most or all state care of children to iwi and other non-government agencies such as Barnardos and British-owned Key Assets. * Placing children in permanent placements as soon as possible after deciding that they can’t go back to their families. * A new non-government agency to advocate for, and give a voice to, children in care. * Schools, health agencies, police and other public agencies will have to give priority to supporting children in care. * More training and funding for foster parents and agencies to support children in care, justified by reduced long-term crime and welfare costs. * Extending care and support beyond the current cut-off at age 17.

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■ UNITED STATES

Panama papers add to fire The Panama Papers, which illustrate how a small class of global elites find elaborate ways to shield their wealth from tax collectors, bank regulators and police, offer a glimpse into what’s driving the populist outrage that has marked this year’s presidential campaign.

The trove of 11.5 million leaked documents have thus far shed light mostly on foreign figures such as the prime minister of Iceland, who resigned yesterday after the public learned that he used a shell company to shelter large sums of money while his country’s economy foundered.

The reaction in the US, meanwhile, has been relatively muted. But voters and experts say the documents validate the frustration felt by Bernie Sanders’ supporters on the left, who feel hard work is no longer enough to get ahead in America, and the anger of Donald Trump partisans on the right who say it will take someone who knows the insider system to dismantle it.

“We’ve recently heard the startling revelations about the tax dodge that is taking place in Panama,” Sanders told supporters in Wyoming Tuesday night after his win in the Wisconsin Democratic primary. “In a time of massive income and wealth inequality, how does it happen that you have large, profitable multinational corporations who in a given year pay zero, not a penny, in federal income taxes?”

Retired Wisconsin high school teacher Steve Nibbe, who was voting for the Vermont senator in Tuesday’s primary, said word of the documents made him “sit up and take notice.” But he said he was not shocked.

“It just seems that those who have wealth — and sometimes that comes with privilege — are able to do things that other

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people are not,” said Nibbe, 60, from Verona, outside the state capital of Madison.

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Zaburoni came to Australia in 1997 and was diagnosed with HIV the following year.

He toured Australia with circus troupes and gained celebrity as a contestant in the TV show Australia’s Got Talent.

He repeatedly told his girlfriend he was HIV-negative until she was diagnosed with the virus in 2009 and confronted him.

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It might be an apple a day that keeps the doctor away but cherries are emerging as the next fruit with medicinal qualities as researchers test the ability to prevent inflammation.

Clinical trials will start soon at the University of Tasmania to determine whether certain types of cherries contain high levels of bioactive compounds which can help inflammation and the consequences of inflammatory disease. “Anecdotal evidence suggests that consumption of cherries can alleviate issues relating to inflammation, such as gout,” the university’s Melanie Blackhall said.

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A Zimbabwean circus acrobat who infected his girlfriend with HIV through frequent unprotected sex won an appeal in Australia’s highest court yesterday against a conviction for deliberately passing on the virus that causes Aids.

The five High Court judges ruled there was no evidence that Godfrey Zaburoni, 37, had intended to infect the woman, whose name is suppressed, during a twoyear relationship that ended in 2008 in Gold Coast city in Queensland state.

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OUR VIEW

Location shouldn’t determine water safety Sue Newman

I

t might be a small pool at a small country school, but what’s happening at Lauriston is happening around New Zealand.

The school community is running out of cash when it comes to its local pool, but it’s digging its toes in and refusing to be beaten.

It’s refusing to join the growing number of schools around New Zealand that are closing their pools because bills for water maintenance and water testing costs have simply become too much for small communities to handle.

Lauriston has tried a variety of ways to keep the money coming in, but it’s finally hit the wall and admitted it’s staring defeat in the face. It’s determined it won’t give up.

There’s more at stake here, however, than just another school pool in another community. It’s what those school pools represent that’s important.

In a country where the sea, lakes and rivers are just a short drive away, learning to swim is an essential life skill. With a school pool on hand every child has that opportunity virtually every day during the summer months, but without a pool close by swimming is at best a once a week activity for rural youngsters.

Bridging the gap between their Ministry of Education grant and their myriad needs is doubly hard for schools with pools. And if their community is small, whenever support is needed, it’s the same people they’re returning to time and again. Communities can only keep giving for so long.

Urban students do have options with community pools, but for rural students, pools have to be retained and maintained.

Learning to swim should be just one more part of a child’s education.

If we don’t do something and do it quickly school pools will be consigned to history and we’ll be raising the next generation of rural youngsters who will not have even the most basic of swimming skills.

Over-regulation and underfunding have been the death of those pools and they’ll be the death of growing numbers of youngsters from drowning.

Clearly the Government needs to allocate specific funding to schools to provide water safety and survival lessons. This needs to be a priority and pool maintenance should become just another funded school property item. Not an extra.

YOUR VIEW Water bottling I hope that the mayor, councillors and senior staff at the ADC have taken to heart the PR lessons to be learned from the current furore over the “sale” of water.

Instead of being congratulated on a perceptive piece of forward planning aimed at attracting investment and jobs to the district, they are being excoriated for selling “our” water to “foreigners” who will ship it overseas and make a “profit”.

The handling of this issue could hardly be more inept.

David Hickman ***** Noting the Prime Minister has stated “no-one owns the water” and remembering this is local government election year, I have a simple message for sitting councillors: No. No. No. M. Hibbert

Clark Park Thank you to the Ashburton District Council for the installation of the name sign Clark Park at the corner of Jordan Avenue and Nursery Drive.

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It is wonderful to have it in place with Anzac Day approaching to remember those who gave their lives for our country.

Velma Langdon

Council It is a discomposing factor with both government and local bodies when they keep entering into private arrangements/deals behind closed doors not only that, but for councillors “sworn to secrecy” must be, beyond reconciliation with the voters.

Councillors were voted on by the ratepayers, paid, enjoy certain perks to look after their interests and be diaphanous.

Any person/company wishing to conduct business with the council surely must be aware of that, so why would any law-abiding councillor commit him or herself to such animadversion.

They are potentially breaching their fiduciary duties if not constitute an abdication of them.

For all they have to do is resign, walk away, leaving the ratepayer carrying the can, just like those incompetent company directors, even with a Queen’s honour, with hides thicker than leather.

Robert Patterson

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Clark to go for gold F

ormer, revered, if controversial, prime minister, Helen Clark is, as has been clearly her intention since she left office here seven years ago, chosen to stand for the top job at the United Nations, the secretary general him/herself.

There has never been a “her” in the role, however, as Andrew Little has quickly pointed out, “Helen has always been a trailblazer so her gender would be the least of her considerations for wanting the job”.

In her stated opinion she would be the best qualified candidate of the several who also have eyes on the highest rung of the ladder.

Enthusiastically supported by our current PM, John Key, who seems well prepared to open and sustain a bottomless war chest of support “to get Helen over the line”, Ms Clark is likely to fight a robust campaign and could well have that special gold medal almost within her grasp as she enters the final straight of the race, toward the end of this year.

But, and it is a big but, there is the little matter of the UN tradition, whereby secretaries general are expected to come from different parts of the world on a vaguely rostered basis. Thus, Ban Ki-Moon, the current chief, obviously representing the Far East, is “due” to be succeeded by an Eastern European, of whom there are a number of candidates – from Moldovia, Bulgaria, Anatolia and related states – waiting in the wings. Particularly, the current head of Unesco (the United Nations Cultural and Scientific Organisation) is one, Irina Bokova from Bulgaria, who looks to be as formidable a contender as our very own Helen.

What’s more, Ms Bokova is said to be the first choice of a certain, Vladimir Putin, a man whose ability to compromise, is, at its most forthcoming, negligible.

Therefore, as guru Gower from TV3 – whoops, Newshub – has already pointed out, Helen will not only have to endear herself to the delegates involved but also win the “Cold War” which, sadly, has been the backdrop to the UN since its founding in 1946.

The right of veto held by the “major powers”, and enshrined in the founding document, has meant a permanent east/west split which, in turn, has led to stalemate and stagnation.

Fifty years on, little has changed, so however well qualified, Ms Clark will have to overcome the likelihood of Mr Putin’s veto and if

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Mr Obama doesn’t care for Ms Bokova, he will use his. Then, presumably, a compromise candidate will have to be found, though I doubt, even then, that Helen would be thought to be the one.

So, though we, here in cosy Aotearoa, may be both certain and enthusiastic about her candidacy, Ms Clark has still to overcome the machinations and manoeuvrings of the inner reaches of the United Nations before she finally ascends the

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throne – or climbs the last six inches of the greasy pole.

When that happens, says Mr Key, we shall all feel as excited as we do when Lorde wins another Grammy award or Lydia Ko another major golf tournament.

I’m sure he’s right about that, though I have to say I am “closer” to Lydia than I am to Lorde. I would, though, expect, at least, a ticker-tape parade down Lambton Quay to follow.

So the hats are in the ring but, I fear, the knives too are also out or already primed.

It may not be a pretty affair, but Helen is not a quitter and is bound to show the same singleminded ferocity with which she

ran the government for all of nine years, without a single prisoner being taken.

Elsewhere, the Greens seem never to be out of the headlines with Ms Turei regaling us constantly with her latest vote-catching schemes, the most recent of which is a “promise” to boost the coffers of Kiwi Bank by the paltry sum of $100,000,000.

This will be the Greens’ “contribution” to the Labour/New Zealand First/Green coalition she seems confident of being a significant minister in when it takes office after next year’s election.

Personally, I think the election of Helen Clark to the SecretaryGeneralship of the United Nations the more likely outcome.

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■ KIWIBANK SELL-OFF

Still ‘100 per cent Govt-owned’

BY ISAAC DAVISON Finance Minister Bill English insists Kiwibank will remain after New Zealand Post announced plans to sell off a share of the bank.

New Zealand Post chairman Sir Michael Cullen yesterday said that 45 per cent of subsidiary Kiwibank would be sold to the Super Fund and the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC).

Mr English said keeping the bank in Government ownership was a “bottom line”.

The Super Fund and ACC would not be able to sell any Kiwibank shares for five years. If they chose to sell them after this period of time, they would be offered to the Government first.

Mr English said the Government would exercise its right of first refusal.

The transfer of Kiwibank’s shares to the two taxpayerowned organisations would give the bank better access to capital, he said.

“ACC and the Super Fund have strong commercial incentives to see the bank succeed [and] grow its value because they are investment managers.”

As part of the proposal, New Zealand Post would receive $495 million, none of which would go

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mitted today to buying back any Kiwibank shares if in power.

Labour’s SOE spokesman David Parker agreed that keeping the bank in public ownership should be a bottom line.

“National should also guarantee that if Kiwibank issues more

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into Kiwibank, and the Government would receive a dividend.

The size of the dividend was not yet known.

The changes would have little impact on Kiwibank customers, Mr English said.

The Labour Party also com-

shares to raise more capital to expand, the Government will take up its share to preserve NZ Post’s 55 per cent ownership,” he said.

He applauded Sir Michael’s proposal, saying that National had refused to provide more capital for New Zealand Post or Kiwibank.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw said Mr English’s commitment to buy back shares was “an empty promise” because he could not bind a future minister.

The partial sale was a “slippery slope to privatisation”, he said.

Mr Shaw said the deal did not improve access to capital because all of the proceeds would go to New Zealand Post.

His party wants Kiwibank to get a $100 million boost in capital to make it more competitive with Australian banks.

Sir Michael criticised this policy yesterday, saying that the Government would be better off putting money into building houses.

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Dairy product prices increase for second time in 2016

BY MARGREET DIETZ Dairy product prices rose, the second advance in the seven Global Dairy Trade auctions held so far in 2016. The GDT price index rose 2.1 per cent.

The average price slipped to $US2188, down from $US2190 at the previous auction three weeks ago. Some 22,682 tonnes of product was sold, up from 20,406 tonnes at the previous auction three weeks ago.

Whole milk powder rose 1.5 per cent to $US2013 a tonne.

“It was a pleasant surprise to see some prices lift on the GDT auction overnight as there is not a lot of positivity in the market at present,” AgriHQ dairy analyst Susan Kilsby said in a note yester-

day. “In Europe product continues to flood into the governmentbacked intervention programs as milk production continues to expand.”

Following the GDT auction, the AgriHQ 2015-16 Farmgate Milk Price has fallen 8 cents to $4.06 per kilogram milksolids. This compares to Fonterra’s current forecast of $3.90/kgMS. The fall in the AgriHQ 2015-16 milk price forecast was primarily driven by prices easing in the NZX Dairy Futures market over the past three weeks, according to Kilsby.

Rennet casein climbed 11.8 per cent to $US4438 a tonne, while cheddar advanced 10.5 per cent to $US2778 a tonne.

Anhydrous milk fat increased

6.7 percent to $US3203 a tonne, lactose rose 6.2 per cent to $US661 a tonne, while skim milk powder edged 0.1 per cent higher to $US1721 a tonne.

“The majority of Europe’s extra milk is being made into skim milk powder and butter which will keep prices for these commodities subdued for some time,” Kilsby noted.

“However the price of whole milk powder and anhydrous milk fat is less influenced by the European market. A decrease in New Zealand’s milk supply will provide some support to the price of these two commodities.”

Butter fell 2 per cent to $US2702 a tonne, while butter milk powder dropped 8.2 per cent to $US1395 a tonne.

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Steel & Tube mesh failed its tests

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The Commerce Commission says seismic steel mesh which it tested as part of an investigation into Steel & Tube Holdings didn’t meet the requirements of the standard and it understands the mesh will not be sold until compliance can be demonstrated.

The regulator launched an investigation into Steel & Tube last month after the company admitted selling “many thousands of sheets” of earthquake reinforcing mesh incorrectly labelled as be-

ing independently certified. Steel & Tube used the logo of Christchurch-based independent testing laboratory Holmes Solutions on its steel mesh for four years despite it not having carried out the tests.

Steel & Tube’s in-house laboratory, which is not independently accredited by national accreditation body IANZ, had been used to test the mesh. Holmes Solution’s lab is accredited by IANZ. The company yesterday announced it would only sell mesh shown to be compliant by an ex-

ternal testing agent in order to reassure customers.

Chief executive Dave Taylor said “We wanted to provide our customers with the same assurances we have in our testing regime. We had been in discussions with our existing testing provider but due to delays, Steel & Tube had to have discussions and engage other external laboratories to carry out testing and this has taken a little while.” Taylor added that this may disrupt supply in the short-term.

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MPI imposes tough restrictions on imported seed The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has imposed tough new border restrictions to stop contaminated seed from entering New Zealand.

The move follows the discovery of velvetleaf in fodderbeet seeds imported from Europe. MPI, industry bodies and regional councils are responding to an outbreak of the invasive weed in farm properties across the country.

“We already have strong border controls in place to stop contaminated seed from entering New Zealand. The new interim measures will provide another layer of biosecurity until we know exactly how the contaminated fodderbeet seeds entered the country,” said Stephen Butcher, MPI manager import and export plants.

The new, strengthened interim measures are: ■ An import ban on all fodderbeet seed lines known to be contaminated with velvetleaf.

■ The requirement for signoff by one of MPI’s two chief technical officers before all other fodderbeet seed can be

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released at the border.

Subjecting all pelleted seed imports (not just fodderbeet) to laboratory testing for con-

taminants, rather than solely using visual inspection by quarantine officers.

“The measures will result in the increased scrutiny of seed imports. And they will ensure this scrutiny takes place at the highest level of MPI, based on specialist advice,” Mr Butcher said.

MPI will also visit fodderbeetgrowing regions in Europe during the coming growing season to inform future decisions about New Zealand import requirements.

“We want to review the certification systems that countries use to assure New Zealand that imported seed is free of contaminants,” Mr Butcher said.

He said that permanent changes to New Zealand’s seed importing requirements will be introduced following further investigation of the velvetleaf outbreak and consultation with industry.

“This is not a situation the ministry is planning to walk away from,” Mr Butcher says. “Managing this pest will require a sustained combined effort over many years.”

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■ BEEF AND LAMB NEW ZEALAND

Beef and Lamb hints at collaboration

BY NADINE PORTER

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The Beef and Lamb NZ chairman recently hinted at a soon to be revealed marketing initiative with meat processors that will be revealed at winter workshops around the country.

Speaking to Radio New Zealand recently James Parsons outlined Meat Industry Excellence’s failure to garner enough support for the two remits the lobby group sought including funding from B+LNZ as it continues to seek structural reform.

A second remit was for two MIE executive members to replace the processor nominated directors on the B+LNZ board.

Both failed with 75 per cent opposition to the first and 76 per cent opposed to the second remit. At the annual meeting Mr Parsons said culture within the industry was important.

“And the culture of our sector needs to be a culture of innovation, a culture of go-forward, a culture of a can-do attitude where we get out there and we take on the world in a positive way in terms of what we do.

“To share a slice of New Zealand in terms of the culture and the values that we instil and the products that we produce as farmers and go and share that with consumers all over the globe.”

TINWALD SALE Weaner calves were in demand at the annual Castle Ridge sale on Monday.

Presented in excellent condition with weights up on last year’s sale, the calves met with strong interest from a solid gallery of buyers.

Angus steer calves ranged from $650 to $1020 and a line of empty heifers fetched $1130.

Heavy shorn prime lambs

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Heavy shorn ewes made $68$74, mediums $58-$64 and lighter weights $45-$55.

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

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Dunsandel sharemilkers take out Share Farm

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Dunsandel sharemilkers Michael and Susie Woodward took out the Share Farmer of the Year competitions at the Canterbury Dairy Industry Awards this week.

The couple are 50 per cent sharemilking 1000 cows for Purata Farming Ltd and supply Synlait Milk.

It’s not the first time the couple have been in the limelight having won the 2011 Canterbury Farm Managers of the Year. Since then they have entered the awards four times because of the business and risk analysis it provides.

Mr Woodward said the awards helped to identify gaps and to improve farm performance and day-today running.

“We also enjoy meeting like-minded people and connecting with industry leaders. We would like to be leaders in the industry and help to close the urban-rural divide.” The couple have proven their skills at large scale dairy farming following 13 years of experience.

“We understand the logistics well, how to employ the right people for the job and have good repeatable systems. We always aim to debunk the myth that large scale farming has large scale waste and inefficiencies.”

Michael and Susie were among the first Synlait Milk suppliers to take up a pasture based grass-fed premium contract offering 25 cents with Munchkin – a US baby infant formula manufacturer.

Munchkin plans to launch a new grass-fed branded retail-ready infant formula into the United States and China that will be manufactured exclusively by Synlait.

Although not aiming to be a dairy farmer, after completion of his Lincoln University studies Michael ended up working on a dairy farm and then took a paper in dairying. Before long he won a role at the then Synlait Farms Robindale farm.

From there as well as meeting Susie who has a Bachelor of Science from

Iowa State University, he worked his way up from farm assistant to 2IC and by December, 2007, he and Susie moved to Tapatoru to manage the farm bought by Synlait Farms as a going concern. A year-and-a-half later they got the opportunity to go back to Robindale to manage for a year before taking on contract milking the 2000 cows for the past four years.

Last season was the first moving back to Tapatoru farm in Dunsandal to sharemilk.

Working for Purata Farms has been attractive to Michael and Susie because of the wealth of support on offer. “We’ve always had full disclosure to the company’s (Synlait Farms) financials and have seen what the farm operates at.”

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A Turkish seed delegation will visit Mid Canterbury today where they will visit a number of seed companies as well as a Pendarves farm.

On the second day of their three-day tour, the delegation will visit South Pacific Seeds in Methven, South Island Seed Dressing in Ashburton before travelling to Eric Watson’s property in Pendarves.

Hosted by the New Zealand Grain and Seed Trade Association, the delegation will also visit Midlands Seed before winding up the day at the PGG Wrightson Rolleston seed treatment plant.

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Canterbury/North Otago Dairy Industry Award winners: Share Farmer Merit Awards: ■ DairyNZ Human Resources Award – Michael & Susie Woodward ■ Ecolab Farm Dairy Hygiene Award – Steve & Kersha Veix ■ Federated Farmers Leadership Award – Tony Coltman & Dana Carver ■ Honda Farm Safety and Health Award – Michael & Susie Woodward ■ LIC Recording and Productivity Award – Michael & Susie Woodward ■ Meridian Energy Farm Environment Award – Tony Coltman & Dana Carver ■ Ravensdown Pasture Performance Award – Matt & Vanessa Greenwood ■ Westpac Business Performance Award – Michael & Susie Woodward Dairy Manager Merit Awards: ■ NZ Funds Private Wealth Most Promising Entrant Award – Emma Gibb ■ Scansouth Employee Engagement Award – Matthew Parmar ■ TH Enterprises Ltd Leadership Award – Dinuka Gamage ■ Fonterra Farm Source Feed Management Award – Hamish Kilpatrick ■ DeLaval Livestock Management Award – Matthew Parmar ■ Primary ITO Power Play Award – Daniel McAtamney & Paula Lalich ■ Fonterra Farm Source Farm Management Award – Murray Bowden ■ Westpac Financial Management & Planning Award – Hamish Kilpatrick Dairy Trainee Merit Awards: ■ Environment Canterbury Most Promising Entrant Award – Nathan Frost ■ Ngai Tahu Farming Farming Knowledge Award – Melissa Barwell ■ FarmRight Community & Industry Involvement Award – Gareth Bearman ■ DairyNZ Practical Skills Award – Rikki Forge

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YOUR HISTORY

Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – On what day of the week are Ashburton council meetings held? a. Monday b. Wednesday c. Thursday 2 – Who was killed at Glenrowan? a. Members of the Clan MacDonald b. Victims of the Ku Klux Klan c. Members of the Kelly gang 3 – Which country has the most cattle? a. US b. Brazil c. India 4 – Where is the statue of The Little Mermaid? a. Helsinki b. Copenhagen c. Oslo 5 – Legendary writer Franz Kafka was employed in what line of work? a. Insurance b. Journalism c. Engineering 6 – The New Testament was initially written in which language? a. Hebrew b. Latin c. Greek 7 – When was tea first sold in England? a. 1560 b. 1660 c. 1760 8 – In Maori, what does tane mean? a. God b. Strength c. Husband

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Motoring Thursday, April 7, 2016

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A vintage day out Our motoring writers Roger Hart and Bernard Egan mapped out the Vintage Car Club Easter Rally, so in a candid interview we asked Bernard how he and Roger got involved and also about the rally.

Bernard: While Roger and I were enjoying the club’s annual rally we talked about the effort organisers of rallies go to and that led to us recalling that club president Trevor Begg was looking for volunteers to organise the Easter Rally. So we thought maybe we could help.

Guardian: Did you have a route in mind?

Bernard: No, but we did think it best to avoid State Highways and gravel roads. Your question is an interesting one because it occurred to us the Vintage Car Club has been around for a long while and been to a lot of places so it could be nigh on impossible to find somewhere new.

Guardian: So what did you come up with?

Bernard: Well first of all we called the rally the “been there done that and going there doing that again run”. But in fact we did come up with some, well sort of, new destinations.

The first was the arboretum established by local Rotary clubs in the Tinwald Domain. Like our run, most local Vintage Car Club outings start at their clubrooms near the domain and proceed straight past it, so we though why not go in there.

The club had suggested a shortish run and Roger came up with the brilliant idea of making it appear the rally ended there after only five instructions and about one kilometre! Vintage Car Club people are pretty clued up and if we fooled anyone it wasn’t for long, despite Roger appearing to be cooking sausages for lunch!

By the way at the end of the day Stuart and Anne Hart were among worthy recipients of prizes and ended up with those sausages.

Anyway, more instructions were issued leading to a lunch stop at Lake Hood. The changed access to Lake Hood was new to many people taking part.

After lunch we ventured into the Waterton area and by travelling both ways along a lovely road we covered some previously uncovered ground, so we did get to a few new places.

Guardian: What prompted you to go into that part of the district?

Bernard: Initially we thought of the new road layout at Lake Hood, which incidentally was a great place to have our picnic lunch because it was such a nice day and there was so much activity on the lake. Then we just happened to mention what we were doing to keen local historian Julie Luxton, who suggested a visit to the Waterton Cemetery so from there it all fell into place.

Guardian: Tell us about the Waterton Cemetery.

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district is being well maintained by the district council, it’s both peaceful and historical.

The Waterton district has a fascinating past and Alice McLaren provided us with information to share with those taking part which gave an insight into that.

It was quite special that everyone on the rally was able to identify in some way or another with the cemetery and the surrounding area.

Guardian: Speaking of that, how many cars took part?

Bernard: There were 37 vehicles of various makes, models and ages, a really great turnout, in all about 80 people.

Guardian: What cars did you and Roger travel in?

Bernard: Roger actually drove two cars during the day, his fabulous Triumph TR6 and a new vehicle he was test driving.

I travelled with Jim Lawton in his really neat International truck. Jim was on his own so he kindly gave me a ride, but he didn’t get any clues or hints from me. Not that he needed them, Jim is clever and can multi-task so he didn’t really require my help and he answered the questions on his own. And got them all correct.

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Bernard: Yes, just for fun we threw in a few questions. Most people got them all correct.

Guardian: Please tell us one of the questions.

Bernard: We asked for the inscription on the distinctive wooden cross in Waterton Cemetery.

And I guess you’d like the answer.

The cross, thought to be made from wood salvaged from a ship which was wrecked on the nearby coast, is dedicated to those who have been lost at sea.

Guardian: Did everyone find their way around the rally route?

Bernard: Yes. Although, and please don’t let on, but one of the organisers, and it wasn’t Roger, almost got lost on the preliminary reconnaissance.

Guardian: So Bernard, what did you do then?

Bernard: Why do think it was me? Well on the reconnoitre I was helped by Marlene who figured out what to do.

Guardian: You and Roger obviously enjoyed organising the rally.

Bernard: We sure did, for me it was great planning it in conjunction with Roger.

We are both glad those who took part seemed to be enjoying themselves.

And it was reminder club runs can be a lot of fun and that we have some great places to visit right here on our doorstep.

Guardian: One last question – would you organise another rally?

Bernard: Well that’s a tricky one, I guess it would depend if the club wanted us to, and I better be careful or I might end up landing us another job.

But just between us, I think we would.

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Two conscripts from Guardian Motoring took part. Rene of the Resistance (aka sub-editor Steve Devereux) after a night landing in a small plane was captured by the Gestapo. Our brave Rene resisted interrogation, and having listened carefully to instructions which were said only once managed to escape to a friendly platoon which included private Roger Hart. Being in French territory and mindful of Napoleon’s famous words – “an army marches on its stomach” – they were glad commanding officer Marion Oakley was leading the catering division.

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And sadly it’s good night to him, Ronnie Corbett - what a wonderful comedian – his famous “news reports” sometimes covered items of importance to motorists, including the memorable: A cement mixer has collided with a prison van on the Kingston by-pass. Motorists are asked to be on the look-out for 16 hardened criminals.

Ronnie Corbett brightened our lives and will keep doing so forever, so while it’s good night to him it’s not goodbye.

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Many of the events we’ve come to enjoy during previous celebrations of the wheel will be happening again this year. In short thanks to the hard-working committee and generous local sponsors.

There is something for everyone and what’s more any surplus funds will be donated to the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust.

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Allenton Bowling Club Results Progressive Pairs March 26 Leads: 1st. Lester Tarbotton 2nd.

Bruce Boothroyd Skips: 1st. Tom Sutton 2nd. Trev Johnson.

On Thursday March 31, 24 members travelled to Christchurch for an interclub visit. Great day but our bowling was not on a par with them and they won the day. No Matter we’ll get ‘em next year!!

April 2 seen the last in house tournament for the season The Barr Memorial Shield Men’s Drawn Triples on a lovely day seen Bruce White, John Bruce and D Thorne come out the winners. Well bowled to you all and it was a great effort you guys fielding 10 Teams.

Congratulations to Alex Crawford Runner up in the C of C senior singles very nearly a Golden Grand Slam well done “Our Leader”.

A reminder that Winter Bowls will be on the go soon and Closing Day/Opening Day will be on Saturday 16. Great bowling all season by our Club Members a Big Well Done. Hope it all continues for the winter. A huge thankyou to our wonderful Sponsors over the year, your support and generosity is very much appreciated by us all. Cheers

Ashburton Bowling Club The season was brought to a close on Saturday April 2 when members played for the Bird Cup, which was won by team John Kewish, Russell Anstiss and Alison Gibbs with 3 wins. Afternoon tea was served with home baked goodies provided by President Anne. A happy hour followed and then an end of season dinner with meat, potatoes and salads, then deserts, all of which was provided by members and organised and served by the capable social committee led by Graham Taylor. The meal finished with the men taking over the dish washing duties. Thank you Boys.

Trophy presentation followed with the silverware given to the winners. John Smart did a great job as Trophy Steward with the table looking great and well-polished. A full list of winners will be sent to the paper for publishing when space permits. At the end of the evening a Certificate of Appreciation was given to the retiring treasurer, Barry McLauchlan for his 11 years of service.

This he received as the members all gave him a standing ovation. He will be missed by all.

Members are reminded that the AGM is coming up in May and more nominations are needed to fill the positions. Only written apologies will be accepted at the AGM, so if you cannot attend please

Thursday, April 7, 2016 make your apologies. The greens are already closed and going through their winter maintenance having been cored on last Friday and Saturday. The working bee for the reroofing will be happening soon.

Ashburton County Lions The March tea meeting of the Ashburton County Lions club was attended by 46 members plus 2 visitors and 4 members from the Hinds and District Lions Club.

The speaker for the night was Bernadine Thompson, a teacher from the Ashburton College. She was supported by her husband Allan, Bev Neutze (another college teacher) and student Joel Leo. Bernadine had been the leader of a group of teachers and Samoan students who had recently made a trip to Samoa.

There they visited the local schools that had been part of the students’ early schooling and had the opportunity to experience the lifestyle of the island.

Many of the schools are operating in difficult circumstances and it was great for us as a group to see how the funds we had donated were used to provide educational and sports equipment to help them.

Directors then reported on the success of many events over the previous month, the very successful Lions Convention, support of Children’s Day, catering at the Mayfield Show, collecting for the Red Puppy appeal, and special thanks to the members who created the 50 beautiful Easter baskets given to the Presbyterian Social Services.

Ashburton MSA Petanque Club We have hosted two major events over the past month, with both being very successful.

The Mid Canterbury Doubles was held on March 3 with 18 teams from various clubs taking part.

Championship Winners were Richard Browne (Ashburton) and Stephane Montel (Christchurch).

Runners up Karen Stephen (Ashburton) and Chris Taylor.

Trophy Consolation winners Brian Ramage (Papanui and Brian Monks.

Runners up Noeline Newton and Janet Wilkinson both from Papanui.

Plate winners Kay and Tony Morrison Papanui. Runners up Vicky Bailey and Ann Pickard both from Woolston.

Plate consolation winners Tilo Petschick and Tim Williams both from Woolston.

Bowl winners Peter Marriott and Jonathan Crum both from Ashburton.

Canterbury Open Doubles and Triples was hosted by Ashburton for the first

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Ashburton Bridge Club This hand from Ashburton’s Anniversary Pairs on April 2 presented the full range of “what ifs?” Most Wests will finish in 4 Spades, playing a 5-2 fit, although the more cautious may stop at 3 Spades, in spite of the 26 points between the 2 hands. Dealer, East will open 1 Diamond, having 2 doubletons, and with the Spade A & K could well support West to game.

What if North leads a Diamond? South takes his A K and leads a third round – if West lazily ruffs with the Spade 3, North can overuff – 3 tricks gone already! Now North switches to a Heart, taken in dummy, the Spade A & K are cashed, and declarer, intending to enjoy the top 3 Hearts, plays the 2nd Heart from dummy. On dear! South ruffs, puts North on lead with the Club A and hey pesto, another Heart ruff. This scenario puts 4 Spades light by three.

What if North leads a Heart? Much the same sequence will follow as declarer seeks to utilise his 2 top Hearts in dummy. The difference is North will not have the chance to ruff a Diamond, provided the Spade A, K are played before the 2nd Heart is led. 4 Spade light by two.

What if North’s opening lead is a Spade? Probably the same as the previous result. 2 tricks down.

But, what if North’s opening lead is the Club A? Followed by a 2nd Club. Declarer will once again look to cash his Heart K & D in dummy after playing the Spade A, K. Al-

time. These events haven’t been held since 2009. We had good fields of both top and less experienced players.

Players came from Dunedin, Alexandra, Timaru and Christchurch clubs along with our own clubs entries.

Locals to do well included Richard Browne, Karen and Neville Bensdorp, Peter Marriott and Marion Harrison, Mark Richardson (Ashburton).

Ashburton Travel Club March meeting Travel Club was very well attended. Several members spoke on their short trips. Some attended the Edinburgh Tattoo in Wellington. Pam attended an Art Conference in the North Island.

Our guest speaker was Lillian Wakelin who with her husband were guests at a wedding in India. An arranged marriage with 1300 guests. Lillian and Alan then spent 3 weeks in India visiting many interesting places. A most interesting talk with great screen photographs. An amazing experience. Travel Club meetings 3rd Wednesday at St David’s church Lounge – Allens Road at 7.30pm. New members most welcome.

April speakers: Alison and Donald Shearer – Antarctic visit.

RSA Women’s Section President Colleen Hands welcomed members plus a new member Trish Clark

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and a visitor Margaret McConnachie on March 24. Apologies were received.

Hope McIntosh played piano for us to sing the RSA song and Happy Birthday to those celebrating – especially our Patroness, Ella Ferris. Sympathy was extended to anyone who has sadly lost a loved one. Sick members were wished a speedy recovery.

Poppy Day on Friday April 15. The Entertainment group gave their last performance. Joy was thanked for the time she has spent organising the programme over the year. The format for 2017 will be decided in December.

Annual Meeting: Competition winner: Margaret Morgan was presented with the Rosebowl. Colleen Wederell was runner-up. The minutes of the 2015 AGM were read, along with the secretary’s and treasurer’s report. No election of officers this year – Patroness Ella Ferris, President Colleen Hands, Secretary Catherine Smith, Treasurer Claire Wesley.

Committee J. Bain, A. Beatty, M. Coley, J. Peck, J. Tarbotton. General Business: A proposal to raise the sub from $5 to $10 was agreed with a show of hands. The Women’s Section will make a donation towards the R.S.A. 100 year Jubilee to be held in June.

Speaker: Roger Farr of the Event Centre – there is great community support. A good mix of local and international performances.

Tinwald Red Cross A meeting was held on Tuesday April 5 in the Tinwald Memorial Hall at 1.30pm.

President Elizabeth Davies welcomed members and led the saying of the Red Cross Principles.

Secretary Margaret Blair read the minutes of the previous meeting and presented the financial report in the absence of the Treasurer. Members were thanked for their efforts with the Red Cross Rose Day and the Positively Ageing Expo.

Nominations are being sought for the New Zealand Red Cross Canterbury MidSouth Area Council. A discussion was held on the major raffle that is run by the Branch later in the year. It was reported that December 17 is to be a Day of Remembrance for all Red Cross personnel who have lost their lives while working for the Red Cross throughout the world and includes personnel from New Zealand Red Cross.

A scrapbook of happenings of the 50th Jubilee of the Branch last year was presented to the Branch by a member. The meeting closed and Louise from the Mid Canterbury Newcomers Network was warmly welcomed. Louise explained the Network is a free Service for anyone who is new to Mid Canterbury and that it provides support to assist with settling and to help newcomers meet new people and make friends.

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club April 9 Weekend Ladies. Rnd 2 Bermaline Cup, Rnd 1 MacKay Trophy. Report 8.30am April 12 Mid-Week Ladies. Rnd 2 Bermaline Cup. Draw Steward: Kathryn Green 3085393.

Starters: K. Green & E. Porter. Multiple start, please report 9.10 am for 9.30 start. No. 1 Tee. A. Grant, J. McArthur, J. Dunlop. 2nd off. H. Robertson, E. Porter, E. Langford. No. 2 Tee. M. Watson, R. Bennett, K. Miles. 2nd off. D. Hinton, M. Stoddart, J. Stoddart. No. 7 Tee. L. Wackrow, G. Lane, B. Williams. 2nd off. R. Fail, S. Hastie, S. Letham. No. 10 Tee. T. Cates, A. Hunt, J. McKeown. 2nd off M. Urquhart, K. Green, M. Bean. No. 16 Tee S. Elliott, J. Williams, W. Carter.

2nd off V. Moore, K. Robb. No. 18 Tee. C. van Buuren, J. Montgomery. 2nd off K. Read, H. Ward, F. Matsinger.

April 14 Nine Hole Men & Women. Rnd 2 medalstroke. Report 9.15 am. Convenor: Joy Nicholas 3086464.

Tinwald Golf Club April 12 Women’s Division

Nancy Mccormick foursome No 1 8.30 M. Kennedy & B Harris J. Smith & M. Pawsey 8.35 J. Peacock & S. Gutsell V. Prendergast & J. Bruhns 8.40 L. McCclea & D. Bell B. Cochrane & D. Wellman Stroke No 1 9.30 C. Linney M. Oakley I. Divers 9.35 T. Clarke R. Kinvig M. Reddecliffe 9.40 M. Smith C. Shanks K. Young No 10 9.30 P. Smith D. Sharplin B. O’Neill 9.35 M. Bennett M. Moore B. Jackson No 13 9.30 J. vander Heide P. Ellis M. Colville 9.35 K. McAuliffe S. Vucetich V. Cartney 9 Holes Sue Bunt Salver (Srixon Ball) No 1 9.45 J. Fitzgerald R. O’Brien C. Carr 9.50 I. Ross N. Costin D. Wells L. Glassey Starters M. Smith C. Shanks; Cards P. Smith D. Sharplin; Tea Duty B. Jackson I. Divers; Draw Steward J. Bruhns

RESULTS ■ Golf Mayfield Golf Club March 31 9 Hole division Handicap and Putting Ladies 1st J Ludemann 57:20:37, 2nd L MacKenzie 61:24:37 on c/b Men 1st R Thompson 52:18:34

Putting 1st L MacKenzie 13, 2nd T Gallagher 15 Nearest the Pins: Greg Sim Excavators and Builders 2nd Shot No. 2 – J Ludemann, Mayfield Transport No. 5 – B Morrison

Tinwald Golf Club April 5 Women’s Division Marie Smitheram 4 BBB 1st Maureen Colville & Karen Young nett 64 2nd Colleen Linney & Barbara Cochrane nett 65 3rd Joyce Van der Heide & Ina Divers nett 66 Nearest the Pins No 2 Murray Young Property Brokers Joyce Van der Heide No 6 Stables Restaurant Colleen Linney No 12 Mac& Maggies Betty O’Neill No 16 Outdoor Adventure Maree Moore 9 Hole 2 “J’s” Cath Carr

■ Petanque Ashburton MSA Petanque Club April 2 Canterbury Open Doubles held in Ashburton Championship winners: Bruno Falco and Paul Tamagushiku (Chch); Runners up: Neville Frost (Dunedin) Richard Browne (Ash); Plate: Jared Handford and Les Clearwater (Chch); Runners up: Tina and John Target (Chch) Bowl winners: Pat O’Shea and Andrew Findlay (Chch); Runners up: = Karen and Neville Bensdorp (Ash) Peter Marriott

Sue Gutsell in action at Tinwald. and Marion Harrison (Ash) April 3, Canterbury Open Triples held in Ashburton Championship winners: Neville Frost (Dunedin) Richard Browne (Ash) Brian Westerbeek (Chch); Runners up: Jared Handford, Les Clearwater, Paul Tamagushiku (Chch); Plate winners: Chris

Taylor, Marilyn Bunce (Alex) Mark Richardson (Ash); Runners up Noeline Newton, Brian Ramage, Ron Paterson, (Papanui) Bowl winners: Janet and Tony Wilkinson and John Newton (Papanui); Runners up Karen Bensdorp, Jan Guilford, and Marion Harrison (Ash).

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

He’s Gold set to shine again Daniel Champion and Kezia Murphy have struck gold with a former North Islander who will attempt to complete a hat-trick of wins in today’s South Canterbury meeting.

The Ashburton trainers produced He’s Gold to score on his home track two runs back and the five-year-old was then successful at Wingatui.

He’s Gold

He had a prior engagement for Starlight Angel so Samantha Collett will take the reins in the Pear Tree Farm Dash.

“Madame Jamai will be hard to beat, but I’m sure our horse will run well again,” Champion said.

He also hasn’t discounted the chances of He’s Gold’s stablemate and race rival Pennys From Heaven.

“He’s a pretty handy sort and a big horse,” Champion said. “He likes the good tracks so this might be his last run before we put him aside and he’ll be better next season.”

A two-time winner for Taranaki trainer and breeder John Wheeler before transferring south, He’s Gold has been ridden in his last two starts by Racha Cuneen.

“She’s been working really well and if the pace is on then she could sneak a place – she’s pretty genuine,” Champion said.

Angel Falls (D’Cash & Port FM Mile) and Bobby Al (Three Valleys Sales Draft 1600) are both in good order to resume after time away.

“Angel Falls is super fit and she’s a bit under-rated,” Champion said.

- NZ Racing Desk

M6 South Canterbury gallops Today at Washdyke raceway

South Canterbury Racing Club’s meeting at Washdyke today. NZ Meeting number: 6. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9.

1 12.27pm (NZT) HEDWOOD THOROUGHBREDS LTD @ SI SALES MAIDEN 1200 $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 3x549 Serengetti Sun h (9) 58.5 ..........S Wynne (a) 2 7x56x Torrio (8) 58.5.............................. C Johnson 3 07x3 Hot Date (11) 56.5 ..........................B Moore 4 x0035 Windermere Lass (10) 56.5 ..K Mudhoo (a2) 5 Cool Isa (4) 56.5 ............................. J Morris 6 8x0. Lifesahighway (1) 56.5 .................. C Barnes 7 Sienna Rose (13) 56.5 ................L Callaway 8 92938 Vicar’s Daughter b (12) 56 ..............T Direen 9 45385 Sheza Diamond (6) 56 ............ G Jogoo (a2) 10 Cora Pearl (2) 56..........................T Moseley 11 57x Switched On (3) 56 .........................S Collett 12 Maher Moment (5) 56 .............P Shaikh (a3) 13 Montoya Star (7) 56 ........................D Walsh 2 1.02pm WHITE ROBE LODGE MAIDEN 1200 $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 8382. Hearts Of Stone (11) 58.5.........S Wynne (a) 2 68x Apache Kid (3) 58.5 ...................... C Barnes 3 437x2 Powerball b (6) 58 ...........................D Walsh 4 005x Nasa (8) 58 ............................ B Murray (a3) 5 0757 Flytime (9) 58 ........................R Cuneen (a1) 6 0420x Bens Lass (7) 56.5 ...................... C Johnson

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67734 Keepitasecret (5) 56.5 .............P Shaikh (a3) 8x298 Mahora Bay (4) 56.5 ...................L Callaway 94. Mimimac (2) 56 .........................A Chan (a4) 65399 Jona Mac (10) 56 ............................S Collett Karayah h (12) 56 ........................... J Morris 570x7 Acute Shock (1) 56 ................... S Muniandy 3 1.37pm WILLOW GLEN STUD SI SALES DASH RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 3289x Admiral Rous (14) 60 ...................T Moseley 2 30835 Stormy Lass d (2) 59.......................B Moore 3 82518 Bushido d (7) 59.......................... C Johnson 4 90126 Final Shinko 59 ............................ Scratched 5 4450x Shanzou dm (5) 58.5 ............. B Murray (a3) 6 32663 Ask Me td (4) 58......................P Shaikh (a3) 7 0831x Maggie’s Secret (13) 58 ..................S Collett 8 22902 Rapt (8) 58 ................................S Wynne (a) 9 0x722 Vice Marshall dm (12) 58 K Kalychurun (a3) 10 87214 Enzedjewel (9) 57.5 ................ G Jogoo (a2) 11 x5961 Verna Audrey tdh (16) 57.5 ............. J Morris 12 93968 Laaffaire (15) 57.5 ..................... S Muniandy 13 42543 Mare Mia db (10) 57.5...........R Cuneen (a1) 14 7100x Salu td (3) 55.5 .............................D Bradley 15 46346 One Direktion d (6) 57.5.............D Chin (a3) 16 48640 He’s A Bigdeel (1) 57 ..................L Callaway 17 68656 Carmen Sandiego m (11) 54 Emergencies: One Direktion, He’s A Bigdeel, Carmen Sandiego

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2.12pm PEAR TREE FARM DASH RATING 75 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 7288x Natkingcole dm (2) 61 ...............A Chan (a4) 2 01214 Madame Jamai td (7) 60 .... D Prastiyou (a2) 3 05011 He’s Gold d (10) 59 .........................S Collett 4 48633 Mels Evie td (5) 57 ................K Mudhoo (a2) 5 x2341 Mal D’Mour d (11) 57 .................. C Johnson 6 29455 Madam Bentley d (6) 56 .......... G Jogoo (a2) 7 1055x Montrachet (4) 56............ K Kalychurun (a3) 8 19x8x Starlight Angel db (13) 56 .....R Cuneen (a1) 9 12x09 Whiskey Bolero td (8) 56 .............L Callaway 10 067x6 Pennys From Heaven tdm (3) 55.5 S Wynne (a) 11 13132 Still Waters td (9) 55 ......................D Bradley 12 02695 Maia’s Angel d (12) 54 .................. C Barnes 13 68656 Carmen Sandiego m (1) 54.... B Murray (a3) 5 2.47pm BERKLEY STUD MILE MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 2544x Bloodstream b (6) 58.5 .........R Cuneen (a1) 2 28244 Minutes To Midnite (14) 58.5 .....A Chan (a4) 3 x0348 Lucky To Be Cool (8) 58.5 ...............S Collett 4 x5804 On The Rise (7) 58.5....................T Moseley 5 40856 Opihi Jade h (18) 58.5 ....................D Walsh 6 x5235 Alpine Julz (2) 56.5 ...............K Mudhoo (a2) 7 94925 Wave Racer (16) 56.5 ............... S Muniandy 8 63547 Iona Castle (1) 56.5 ...................... C Barnes 9 84448 Unico h (15) 56.5 ............ K Kalychurun (a3)

10 9x55x Porotene Rippa (9) 56.5 ............S Wynne (a) 11 6x06 Anya Kuro (4) 56.5 .......................... J Morris 12 77650 Royal Vision (12) 56.5 ................D Chin (a3) 13 5253 Shezatoucha (11) 56............... G Jogoo (a2) 14 72005 Stolen Heart (13) 56 ................... C Johnson 15 Almost Court (5) 58.....................L Callaway 16 97. Saledo (10) 56.5 17 777. Just A Jacket (17) 58 18 Wayleggo h (3) 58.5 Emergencies: Almost Court, Saledo, Just A Jacket, Wayleggo 6 3.22pm DCASH & PORT FM MILE RATING 75 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 89459 Uppland tdm (7) 64 ....................D Chin (a3) 2 40733 Dillinger db (3) 60........................ C Johnson 3 05218 Brah Spring td (2) 59.5.... K Kalychurun (a3) 4 21552 Carbide d (6) 57.5 ...........................S Collett 5 18219 Kolaman tdm (1) 56.5...................T Moseley 6 6301x Angel Falls d (5) 54.5 ............R Cuneen (a1) 7 31940 Bridget Town td (4) 54 ............. G Jogoo (a2) 7 3.54pm THREE VALLEYS SALES DRAFT RATING 65 1600 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 2921x Bobby Al (4) 60 ...............................S Collett 2 47683 Tukawa (8) 60..............................L Callaway 3 72621 Boots ‘N’ All td (9) 59.5..............S Wynne (a) 4 49077 Patricio (10) 58.5 ....................... S Muniandy 5 06x70 Hassell Court d (1) 58 .....................D Walsh

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50209 Tell The World td (7) 57 .........R Cuneen (a1) 12050 Ruby Row (11) 56.5 ...................... C Barnes 059x0 Amarok mh (3) 56.5 ........................ J Morris 09042 Habitude (5) 56 ..........................D Chin (a3) 66300 Suzerain d (2) 56............. K Kalychurun (a3) x9349 Raw Gold (6) 55 ...........................T Moseley 8 4.24pm PARK HILL STABLES MAIDEN 2100 $7000, MDN, 2100m 1 0x232 Parana (7) 58.5 .....................R Cuneen (a1) 2 07433 Freight Train (6) 58.5 .......... D Prastiyou (a2) 3 Wayleggo h (4) 58.5 ........ K Kalychurun (a3) 4 36542 Graffiti (5) 56.5 ..........................S Wynne (a) 5 08660 Auriol (3) 56.5 ............................. C Johnson 6 08x00 Perfectly Pearl (1) 56.5....................S Collett 7 Nancy (2) 56 ...................................B Moore 9 4.55pm INGLEWOOD STUD STAYERS RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 9Rx78 Additup dm (9) 60 ...........................S Collett 2 54291 Monte Cinto td (3) 58.5 ... K Kalychurun (a3) 3 35447 Cantina (4) 57.5 .......................... C Johnson 4 06415 She’s Payback tm (8) 57 ............... C Barnes 5 522Lx Seeking Redemption (1) 57 ..K Mudhoo (a2) 6 640x0 Odabella (5) 56 .....................R Cuneen (a1) 7 69669 La Musique t (10) 55.5 ..............S Wynne (a) 8 0x985 Melanie Claire (6) 54................. S Muniandy 9 68557 Elvera (7) 54................................L Callaway 10 90370 Gallant Babe (2) 54 ......................... J Morris

Forbury Park harness Today at Forbury Park raceway

Forbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting at Forbury Park today. NZ Meeting number: 8. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10. Trebles: 1, 2 and a3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10.

1 5.36pm (NZT) HAPPYHIRE TROT $5500, 3yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2700m 1 70088 Anotherdollytrouble (1) fr .............M Heenan 2 94899 Majestic De Fence (2) fr ......... J Morrison (J) 3 26076 South Coaster (3) fr ................ S Golding (J) 4 70770 Jackofdiamonds (4) fr......................S Moore 5 05 Bone Idol (5) fr ..............................B Orange 6 8600 Giventake (6) fr ...............................J W Cox 7 Its Elvis (7) fr .................................... D Dunn 8 66602 Rosie Express (8) fr .........................R Close 9 39005 Don’t Look Back (9) fr ........ B Williamson (J) 10 0350 Lucky Pat’s Son (U1) fr ........ C Ferguson (J) 11 Hustle Hill (U2) fr..................... M Williamson 2 6.02pm PINELEA FARM STUNIN CULLEN MOBILE PACE $5500, 2yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 Jean Pierrot fr .............................. Scratched 2 27695 Onedin’s Delight (1) fr ...................... D Dunn 3 x6670 Magical Murf (2) fr ...................... T Quate (J) 4 5009x Miss Stella (3) fr ............................B Orange 5 72072 Dreamcoat (4) fr ..................... J Morrison (J) 6 The High Achiever (5) fr .......... M Williamson 7 08200 Shark Ali (6) fr .............................K Grant (J) 8 x8985 Atom Express (7) fr ..........................R Close 9 40007 Millwood Charity (8) fr ...........M Prendergast 10 0 Franco Tallis (21) fr.................. C D Thornley

M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 9. Doubles : 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12.

Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12.

1 4.21pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 22665 Collecting Money 17.27 .................. M Grant 2 83481 Go Poppy 17.29 M & .......................P Binnie 3 21111 Krista Barista 17.31.......................... B Dann 4 52338 Kingman 17.39 ................................ M Grant 5 42776 Wears The Gold 17.28 .................C Roberts 6 47157 Tilt nwtd.........................................R Adcock 7 83516 Harden Faster 17.38 M & ..................Jopson 8 36147 Mulberry Brook 17.45................... K Cassidy 9 73288 Opawa Crusade nwtd L & .................. Wales 10 84461 Homebush Rocky 17.17 .........J T McInerney 2 4.42pm CHEVIOT TRUST HOTEL DASH C3, 295m 1 82215 Super Bad 17.20 ..........................M Roberts 2 82x53 Mandi Mae 17.47 C & ........................ Fagan 3 15138 Starburst Emma 17.39 .................... M Grant 4 11558 Sketchy Steve 17.31 ....................... M Grant 5 58686 Wunzee 17.21 ........................J T McInerney 6 54662 Goldstar Bomber 17.33 S & ............B Evans 7 7525x Know Cheers 17.50 .......................G Cleeve 8 61868 Costing Money 17.42 ...................... M Grant 9 73288 Opawa Crusade nwtd L & .................. Wales 10 15735 Speedy Dispatch 17.32 H & ................Taylor 3 5.04pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C3/4, 295m

11 Airhorseone (22) fr ................R McIlwrick (J) 12 90967 More Alimony (23) fr .............. S Walkinshaw 13 8566x Roxy Rox (U1) fr .................. C Ferguson (J) 3 6.32pm WASHINGTON VC F&M MOBILE PACE $5500, 2yo+ f&m c0 mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 9 Lady Lavra (1) fr ...............................S Ottley 2 5x460 Trendy’s Bad Girl (2) fr ....... B Williamson (J) 3 90677 Lilac Reign (3) fr................... C Ferguson (J) 4 Scotlynn Made (4) fr....................J Young (J) 5 37600 Ticks Babe (5) fr ............................ K Butt (J) 6 24496 Mighty Impact (6) fr .......................B Orange 7 00900 Spin My Wheels (7) fr................ H Clarke (J) 8 60440 Vera Mac (8) fr ............................B McLellan 9 6x383 Kezza’s Lass (21) fr.......................... D Dunn 10 x2700 Flyin Sue (22) fr ...................... M Williamson 11 30008 Sancy (23) fr ................................. K Cox (J) 4 6.58pm DUNEDIN HOLIDAY PARK PACE $5500, 3yo+ c0 pace, stand, 2700m 1 770P5 Givethejobtojoyce (1) fr .......... S Walkinshaw 2 94580 Bullys Princess (2) fr .............R McIlwrick (J) 3 07560 Mickey Jay (3) fr ................. B Williamson (J) 4 02070 Celebrity Easton (4) fr ...................... D Dunn 5 00600 Bet On Jess (5) fr ...................... H Clarke (J) 6 08x40 Washingtons Chance (6) fr .............R Swain 7 93565 Regalmahon (7) fr ..........................H Hunter 8 6x46x Franco Thor (8) fr ........................... B Hutton 9 48763 Hangover (9) fr ........................ C D Thornley 10 60000 Stonebridge Lad (10) fr ....................S Ottley 11 Lisecki (11) fr ..................................J W Cox

12 35354 Jetenara (12) fr .............................B Orange 13 04x40 Kowhai King (13) fr...........................R Close 5 7.26pm RICOH HANDICAP TROT $7000, 4yo+ c2 to c7 discrhcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 4309x Strathmores Charm (1) fr .............. K Cox (J) 2 61753 Moon Countess (2) fr ..........................G Lee 3 33922 Dream Big (3) fr ............................... A Milne 4 80161 Holdon Toyaspurs (1) 10 .................. D Dunn 5 90770 Star Commando (2) 10 ........... C D Thornley 6 29540 Feather Boyz (1) 20 ................ S Golding (J) 7 31014 Ottawa (U1) 20 ........................ M Williamson 8 12435 Father Christmas (U2) 20... B Williamson (J) 6 7.51pm SPEIGHTS JUNIOR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE $6000, 4yo+ c1, mobile, 2200m 1 95506 Vanhalem (1) fr ............................. K Butt (J) 2 75438 Memphis Mafia (2) fr ............... S Golding (J) 3 P5219 Shelly Ann (3) fr ..........................J Young (J) 4 60358 Gerald (4) fr..................................... I Lee (J) 5 44255 Sauchiehall fr ............................... Scratched 6 30864 Hudson Sully (5) fr ........................ K Cox (J) 7 x5047 Pulling The Strings (6) fr .... B Williamson (J) 8 93568 Christian Grey (7) fr ............. C Ferguson (J) 9 08495 Live To Tell (8) fr ........................M Parker (J) 10 09280 Degas (21) fr ............................. L McKay (J) 11 88051 Nui Le (22) fr .........................R McIlwrick (J) 12 60x82 Beyond Belief (23) fr ...................T Dewe (J) 13 12409 War Horse (24) fr ....................... T Quate (J) 14 8x079 Flushing Meadows (25) fr ...... J Morrison (J) 7 8.21pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRI-

TION MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+ c1, mobile, 2200m 1 8x156 Chittybangbang (1) fr ....................B Orange 2 00x00 Lauras Legacy (2) fr ............. C Ferguson (J) 3 90403 Great Abbey (3) fr ..........................H Hunter 4 00009 Billy Klondike (4) fr ........................ K Cox (J) 5 96890 Tuscaloosa (5) fr .................... J Morrison (J) 6 60040 Martin McGuinness (6) fr ... B Williamson (J) 7 00056 Sioux Nation (7) fr ............................R Close 8 36637 Ellnbac (8) fr................................B McLellan 9 70736 Blingiton (9) fr.......................... M Williamson 10 60160 Franco Nixon (21) fr ........................R Swain 11 00x87 Cimarron (22) fr....................... S Golding (J) 12 P8750 Atom Hanover (23) fr........................ D Dunn 13 06593 Louie Finn (24) fr..............................S Ottley 14 76050 Hokuri Railrida (25) fr ............. S Walkinshaw 15 00280 Justasip (26) fr ............................... P Hunter 16 21 Give Me Twenty fr......................... Scratched 17 50000 Bettor Backim (27) fr ............... C D Thornley Emergencies: Billy Klondike, Cimarron, Bettor Backim 8 8.52pm DUNEDIN CITY MOTORS TROT $6000, 4yo+ c1 trot, stand, 2700m 1 40280 Grace Lightning (1) fr ....................... D Dunn 2 45418 Denn Nee Nose Best (2) fr.............. E Swain 3 05562 Montmorensy (3) fr...........................S Ottley 4 1PPx0 Boyz Let Loose (4) fr .............. J Morrison (J) 5 38393 Armori (5) fr.................................... G McLay 6 00540 Playboy’s Brother (6) fr...................C McKay 7 20629 Cheeky Pat (7) fr .................. C Ferguson (J) 8 006x0 Love Struck Romeo (8) fr ........ C D Thornley

9 00870 Explosive Star (9) fr................. S Golding (J) 10 74235 Mr Majestic (10) fr ...........................R Swain 11 90990 Insignificant (U1) fr ........................B Orange 12 63400 Moa Bones (U2) fr................... M Williamson 9 9.21pm JUST ESSENCE CATERING MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ c2 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 41325 Crackabella (1) fr.............................J W Cox 2 16857 The Charging Moa (2) fr.......... M Williamson 3 64758 Russian Express (3) fr .....................R Close 4 10031 Mr Midnight (4) fr................ B Williamson (J) 5 64410 Music (5) fr ....................................... D Dunn 6 40716 Fair Dinkum Bromac (6) fr ......... L McKay (J) 7 12954 Arden’s Concord (7) fr ...........R McIlwrick (J) 8 74787 Booster (8) fr .................................B Orange 10 9.51pm THE PARK FUNCTION CENTRE MOBILE PACE $5500, others with cond. +claimers mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 01638 Vera’s Delight (1) fr......................B McLellan 2 97053 Be Me (2) fr .....................................J W Cox 3 41408 Motu Speedy Star (3) fr.......... J Morrison (J) 4 06708 Northview Gambler (4) fr.................. D Dunn 5 47022 Jerry Fitz (5) fr......................... M Williamson 6 00009 Billy Klondike (6) fr ........................ K Cox (J) 7 50000 Verdun (7) fr ..................................B Orange 8 50000 Bettor Backim (8) fr ................. C D Thornley 9 08659 Machinegun Kelly (9) fr ...................R Swain 10 00x87 Cimarron fr ................................... Scratched 11 09078 Caesar Rocks (21) fr .............R McIlwrick (J) 12 13705 Eastburn Mara (22) fr ............. S Walkinshaw

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 1 56428 Chippa Lata nwtd ......................R Blackburn 2 41888 Ohoka Billy 17.22 ......................... L Waretini 3 427x7 Calinda Girl nwtd.......................A Bradshaw 4 74466 Know Magic 17.14 .........................G Cleeve 5 68158 Rand 17.19 ............................J T McInerney 6 31454 Dyna Quirk 17.31 .........................C Roberts 7 12437 Opawa Colin 17.19 L & ...................... Wales 8 57374 Homebush Gru 17.41.............J T McInerney 9 73288 Opawa Crusade nwtd L & .................. Wales 10 15735 Speedy Dispatch 17.32 H & ................Taylor 4 5.22pm I PAVE CONCRETE SPRINT C3, 295m 1 13673 Car Bootle 17.42 ....................... M Robinson 2 74436 Royal Action 17.37 S & ...................B Evans 3 5766x Know Lapse nwtd...........................G Cleeve 4 58436 Roadworks 17.25 ............................ M Grant 5 75224 Good Genes 17.48.......................... M Grant 6 64711 Rapaki Kath 17.21 H & .......................Taylor 7 78237 Magic Mike 17.39 .........................C Roberts 8 14333 Alex Rumble 17.43 .................J T McInerney 9 73288 Opawa Crusade nwtd L & .................. Wales 10 78474 Homebush Rufus 17.46 .........J T McInerney 5 5.52pm HAMPDEN TAVERN STAKES C3, 520m 1 83256 Lagoon Belle 30.31 ......................C Roberts 2 23136 Willis 30.26....................................R Adcock 3 85161 Luminary 30.37 .........................R Blackburn 4 27757 Know Mayhem 30.34 .....................G Cleeve 5 46267 Cawbourne War 30.22 .................C Roberts 6 21167 Know Style 30.26 ...........................G Cleeve

7 41552 Arctic Action 30.07 J & ....................D Fahey 8 23455 Opawa Val 30.50 J & .......................D Fahey 9 87265 Zipping Sonny 30.43 ..............J T McInerney 6 6.20pm (NZT) CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO SPRINT C3/4, 295m 1 33774 Smash Rumour 17.19 ..................... M Grant 2 35177 Maudie’s Babe 17.18 C & .................. Fagan 3 32284 Homebush Paige 17.33..........J T McInerney 4 21546 Opawa Lean Meat 17.24 L & ............. Wales 5 56443 Know Knowing 17.26 .....................G Cleeve 6 43365 Chokehold 17.27 M & .......................Jopson 7 22688 Gold Vipa 17.37 S &........................B Evans 8 81642 Harkonen Bale 17.08 ...................C Roberts 9 73288 Opawa Crusade nwtd L & .................. Wales 10 84461 Homebush Rocky 17.17 .........J T McInerney 7 6.46pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH STAKES C3, 520m 1 21363 Dad’s Ambition nwtd ....................... M Grant 2 12311 Opawa O’Grady 30.02 J & ..............D Fahey 3 F3843 Jinja Jaffa 30.32 ........................R Blackburn 4 11122 Jon Snow Lives 30.40 ..................C Roberts 5 217F3 Kinloch Power 30.35 S & ................B Evans 6 11248 Know Worth 30.72..........................G Cleeve 7 37316 Birchbrook 30.43 ...........................R Adcock 8 42525 Know Scholar 30.76 .......................G Cleeve 9 87265 Zipping Sonny 30.43 ..............J T McInerney 8 7.09pm FLAIR DASH C3/4, 295m

65112 Wally Baxter 17.42 .................J T McInerney 17675 Carnegie Hall 17.07 ........................ M Grant 15673 Homebush Ariel 17.30 ...........J T McInerney 13782 Greet The Judge 17.27 H & ................Taylor 33188 Jinja Billy 17.65 ............................ L Waretini 67633 Must Desire 17.17 ..........................G Cleeve 15266 Ebert Bale 17.30 ..........................C Roberts 66435 Opawa Opal 17.20 L & ....................... Wales 73288 Opawa Crusade nwtd L & .................. Wales 78474 Homebush Rufus 17.46 .........J T McInerney 9 7.40pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C4/5, 520m 1 11337 Red Margin 30.62 ........................... M Grant 2 12233 Benjamin Black 30.29 .............. A Botherway 3 13217 Kava Blu 30.16 J &..........................D Fahey 4 82344 Breaking Mad nwtd ......................... M Grant 5 14221 Boston Billy 30.40 H & ........................Taylor 6 31115 Dyna Vikkers 29.94 ......................C Roberts 7 55531 Goldstar Po 30.18 S & ....................B Evans 8 14432 Cawbourne Kristy 30.06...............C Roberts 9 11458 Can’t Catch Tim 30.09 ..................R Adcock 10 76623 Mystic Action 30.35 S & ..................B Evans 10 8.11pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC SPRINT C5, 295m 1 54315 Om Nom Nom 17.22 ..............J T McInerney 2 52116 Wheelchair Norm 17.01 .........J T McInerney 3 14157 Country Crossing nwtd......................J Dunn 4 81217 Jewel Action 17.26 J & ....................D Fahey 5 38881 Culvie Godfather 17.20 H & ................Taylor

42255 About Town 17.27 ...............................A Lee 54218 Dinero Action 17.26 S &..................B Evans 6x211 Swimming Goat 17.01........................C Weir 78342 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 81377 Rick’s Treasure 17.24 C & .................. Fagan 11 8.41pm KOLORFUL KANVAS DASH C5, 295m 1 51361 Captain Shazz 17.27 C &................... Fagan 2 51724 Aiden Baxter 17.07 ................J T McInerney 3 x8251 Arbre Chene 17.12 M & ..................P Binnie 4 81116 Dream Large 16.99 .......................... B Dann 5 22311 Dirk The Jerk 17.17 ...........................J Dunn 6 36243 Tina 17.41 H & ....................................Taylor 7 3x7x8 Barnicle Bullet 17.33 ....................... M Grant 8 41263 Grand Apache 17.09 S & ................B Evans 9 27441 Paperbond 17.08 J & ......................D Fahey 10 26782 Black Crow 17.57 ......................A Bradshaw 12 9.11pm PROTEXIN SPRINT C3/4, 295m 1 885x8 Goldstar Chumlee 17.25 S & ..........B Evans 2 38652 Gump’s The Name 17.31 ....................A Lee 3 13687 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 4 21166 Get Ready Freddy 17.12 ...........A Bradshaw 5 61252 Know Answer nwtd.........................G Cleeve 6 17718 Thrilling Echo 17.38 M & ...................Jopson 7 86481 Adroit 17.18.................................. L Waretini 8 58728 Homebush Zippy 17.26 ..........J T McInerney 9 73288 Opawa Crusade nwtd L & .................. Wales 10 78828 Norman Jewel 17.16 ....................C Roberts

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■ RUGBY

In brief Lock ruled out Western Force lock Ross HaylettPetty has been ruled out of Friday night’s Super Rugby clash with the Crusaders, but prop Francois van Wyk will make his return off the bench. Haylett-Petty copped a heavy head knock in last week’s 32-20 loss to the Highlanders.

His place in the starting side has been taken by Steve Mafi. Van Wyk has been named on the bench for his first game this season after recovering from surgery to fix a dislocated wrist. The Crusaders have snared four wins from five games this season, but the injuryhit Force are struggling with a 1-5 record including a torrid threegame road trip to New Zealand.

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Kings nab Vickerman

Scrum guru Mike Cron during a session with Mid Canterbury rugby coaches on Monday night.

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Sage advice from scrum guru

By RuBy HaRfield

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More than 40 Mid Canterbury rugby referees, coaches and 20 players benefited from a specialist scrum and lineout session on Monday night.

All Blacks scrum and lineout coach Mike Cron spent 90 minutes with coaches and players at

the Ashburton Showgrounds to help improve their teams’ performances.

Mid Canterbury development officer Jason Ree said he expected to see some improved performances from Mid Canterbury rugby teams in their games following the session. “It went very well. They learnt a lot from it.”

The session was focused on how to enable team members to get the best out of their plays, what warm-ups to do and what techniques they needed to implement, he said.

The most important thing that coaches took out of it was how important it was to pay attention to detail because when the small

things went well the big things started to work too, Ree said.

Coaches thought the session was fantastic and enjoyed it.

Cron, also known as the scrum doctor, is recognised as one of the best scrum coaches in world rugby and has helped make scrums safer and more powerful at all levels of the game.

Pumas opt for London game time

Third graders compare skills Small Sticks go on to become Black Sticks, and this week potential future hockey stars are having their first hit-out of the season. On Tuesday it was the turn of the third grade sides, and one of the first of the grading games saw Wakanui Black pitted against Hampstead. Pictured battling for possession were Wakanui Black’s Ned Milne (left) and Hampstead’s Ben Beattie.

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Argentina will take their Rugby Championship ‘home’ fixture against Australia this year not to Buenos Aires, Mendoza or Rosario - but to London.

England rugby’s governing body the RFU made the announcement on Tuesday that the Pumas and Wallabies would battle on October 8 at Twickenham.

The match will be the first time a Rugby Championship match will be be played outside the four nations involved in the southern hemisphere tournament.

The clash will take place just over a year after the two sides played at the same venue in the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup, a bruising match the Wallabies won 29-15.

The Pumas’ other home matches in the Rugby Championship will be in Argentina - against South Africa on August 27 in Salta and against New Zealand on October 1 in Buenos Aires.

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Former Breakers coach Dean Vickerman has signed as an assistant with the Sydney Kings for the next Australian NBL season.

Vickerman, who guided the Breakers to one championship and two grand finals during his three years in charge, announced during the previous campaign he would be leaving the Kiwi club and assistant Paul Henare would take the reins. And the Breakers won’t have long to wait before seeing Vickerman’s familiar face on the Vector Arena sidelines, with Sydney yesterday announcing his recruitment. Having earlier in the week confirmed Andrew Gaze as head coach, the Kings named Vickerman and Lanard Copeland as assistants in an overhauled coaching staff.

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Tennis security upped Kiwi tennis player Marina Erakovic still intends to play a WTA tournament in Istanbul despite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs advising against New Zealanders travelling to Turkey. Erakovic is due to play qualifying at the clay court tournament in a fortnight.

The Belgian terror attacks and a series of bomb blasts in Istanbul have heightened security fears, but Erakovic has been assured the tournament will be safe. She says obviously it’s a little bit scary now with the recent attacks but the WTA is doing a good job for them with security in hotels.

Erakovic, who is into the second year of being on the WTA Players’ Council, says they’ve been pushing for heightened security at next month’s French Open.

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Taupau’s dream over Manly big man Martin Taupau has given up on his NFL dream, ruling out trying to follow in Jarryd Hayne’s footsteps. The New Zealand back-rower last year admitted his desire to play American football and expressed a desire to nominate for the NFL combine. Former Parramatta star Hayne last year blazed a trail for NRL players when he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers despite having never pulled on pads and a helmet. Taupau, an NFL tragic, said he believed he had the explosive speed and power to crack the American league and was encouraged after Hayne told him he had the makings of a linebacker.

But Taupau said he had put those dreams to the side after signing a four-year deal with Manly.

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■ ROWING

Wall continues blistering form at Maadi

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Veronica Wall finished 30 seconds – or 150 metres – clear of her nearest rival in the quarter-finals of the under-16 single at rowing’s Maadi Cup yesterday.

She was happy, but she knew she could do better.

And she did. Less than an hour after winning the under-16 event in 8 minutes 20 seconds, the 16-year-old raced in the under-18 single quarter final and blitzed that earlier time, finishing in 8.02 minutes. It was a personal best for her on Lake Ruataniwha and in

that race, her nearest rival was still three seconds behind her.

Wall has proven to be the fastest girl on the lake at the event – which is the pinnacle for secondary school rowing in New Zealand – but she’s just one member of an Ashburton College team which will feature in a number of semifinals at the Twizel lake today.

Justin Wall, from the Ashburton Rowing Club, said the whole club had performed well and it could be a big day for the team on the lake today, with finals within reach.

The girls’ under-18 double of

Grace Wilson and Fran ConnellyWhyte have made it through to their semi-final, Mollie Gibson and Lara Biggs have also made the semi-finals in their under-15 girls’ double, while Emma Stagg and Katie Dolan have made the C final.

The boys’ under-16 double of Haxby Hefford and Harrison Davies also qualified for the semifinals, with Davies also set to row in the semi-finals for the under-16 boys’ single.

The fastest girls’ quad on the lake again features Veronica Wall, along with Connelly-Whyte, Wil-

son and Biggs, with coxswain Emma Janson. They’re in line for a top placing in the under-18 girls’ quad, while the girls’ under-15 quad of Biggs, Stagg, Gibson and Dolan are also in the top four and will race in today’s semi-finals.

Mr Wall said the team couldn’t have asked for much better against the country’s best secondary school rowers.

He said conditions had been amazing, and crowds strong, with even more people expected to turn out for today’s semi-finals, and the finals – held on Friday and Saturday.

“We are expecting a north-west to come through at some stage (today) but the weather has been absolutely sublime,” Mr Wall said.

“Everyone in the team is just thundering.”

Veronica Wall’s 8.02 minutes yesterday might be her best on Lake Ruataniwha – which is generally about 12 seconds slower than its northern equivalent, Lake Karapiro – but the way things are going she’s likely to go under the eight minute mark by the end of Maadi.

Wall’s best time at Lake Karapiro is 7.59 minutes.

Warriors ease back Leuluai

Best seat in the world Methven Search and Rescue member Don Johnson at a marshalling point on Arrowsmith Station during Thee Race, a high country running and cycling event at the weekend.

The search and rescue unit have been using the event to hone skills for the past decade, providing first aid and communications as required.

In return the group receives a

donation to assist with purchasing gear and clothing, and maintenance work.

Group member Lew Shaw said it was a great team building opportunity.

“Several members drive in the night before and stay at Wildmans hut, located in the upper South Ashburton River area, on Arrowsmith Station,” he said.

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■ RUGBY

Wallabies coach changed Aussie rugby NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson is concerned Eddie Jones might have inadvertently robbed a generation of Australian rugby players of their attacking instincts during his five years in charge of the Wallabies.

Jones achieved much success as Test coach, guiding Australia to the 2001 Tri Nations title, Bledisloe Cup glory in 2002 and the 2003 World Cup final in Sydney.

But he did it with a robotic outfit, instructing the Wallabies to play a regimented style of rugby that Gibson believed might have influenced a whole new era of coaches at grassroots level.

Gibson’s Waratahs produced a dreadful handling performance in Sunday’s Super Rugby loss to

the Melbourne Rebels, leaving the former All Blacks star exasperated by some of the “rubbish” they served up in the first half in particular.

But with all five of Australia’s Super Rugby franchises struggling to keep pace with their more-polished New Zealand counterparts, Gibson on Wednesday admitted “there’s definitely a different philosophy” of coaching juniors on either side of the Tasman.

The New Zealander said Kiwis were far more adept at turning defence into attack, an assertion emphatically supported by the Chiefs’ rampant win over the Brumbies on Saturday, and he suspected Jones’ conservative

approach more than a decade ago contributed.

“And it’s something that, here in NSW, we’re wanting to investigate to make sure our pathways and our kids coming through are taught the skills that we think are necessary to play running rugby,” Gibson said.

“It’s a structural thing. The difficulty for us is, I think, the Eddie Jones era of playing A, B, Ccertain type of rugby. That lack of decision making has had an effect on Australian rugby in the fact that it’s very pervasive in the schooling system.

“And then so we tend to get our boys at 18 and probably their skills are very good but they’re just missing that deci-

sion making (skill) in an open environment.”

Gibson, who spent this week hammering the Waratahs with fundamental ball-handling skills ahead of their do-or-die derby with the Brumbies on Saturday week, conceded it was certainly a challenge being a Kiwi coaching an Australian Super Rugby side.

“But it’s a good challenge,” he said.

“And while I say we are not as good there, there are other areas that Australian players are very good and that’s the thing - you’ve got to capitalise on the strengths and not necessarily the weaknesses.”

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Utility Thomas Leuluai will make his NRL return for the Warriors against Manly on Saturday but will play a limited role off the bench as he eases his way back into playing after 11 months on the sidelines.

Leuluai was named on Tuesday as 18th man on an extended Warriors’ bench but coach Andrew McFadden confirmed he will play in his first match since overcoming a season-ending ACL injury suffered against Parramatta in round 10 last season.

The 30-year-old has been fit to play for much of the past month.

The club has taken a conservative approach to his comeback and are confident he is ready to return to first grade.

“He’ll be playing,” said McFadden. “He’s 100 per cent so I’m letting you know that he’ll be in the side.

“There’s always risk but the risk is no different if he was to play a lower grade game as well.

“But that’s why we don’t want to put too much pressure on him.

He’ll have a limited role on the weekend but something where we know he can give us impact.

“He’s probably been right to go for two to three weeks now. We just wanted to make sure that he got some full training so he got full-contact.

“He’s been pushing me, in my room, about when he can play.

He’s very excited to get back on the field. He feels very confident.”

The Warriors are buoyed after back-to-back wins over the Knights and Roosters and their attack is starting to hum, having piled on 13 tries over the past fortnight.

Fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck’s game has developed as he grows more accustomed to those around him, with the No1 having two try-assists against the Roosters before running in the longrange match-winner in extra time. “I said right from the start that was going to take time,” said McFadden.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

HART, Anthony Ngaio – Passed away very peacefully April 3 at Tauranga Hospital surrounded by family.

Cremated after a small family gathering. Farewell to a gentle soul with much love.

WHITING, Shirley Adrienne – On April 6, 2016. Peacefully at her home, Terrace View, Ashburton. Dearly loved wife of the late Ross. Loved mother of Paula Vorstman (USA), Judy and Ian Fielder, Angela and Michael Mulcahy (Christchurch) and the late Michael. Loved nana of Debbie, Emma, and Thomas Vorstman (USA); Leisha, Adam, and Simon Hayde; Sean and Liam Mulachy (Christchurch) and special great nana of Brayden, Kendall, Colton, and Archer (USA). Messages to Whiting Family, 31 Mayfield Klondyke Road, R D 8, Ashburton 7778. Donations to the Heart Foundation would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A special thanks to all the wonderful caring staff at Terrace View.

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Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 111.9 Nth Ashburton at 12:40 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 12:40 pm, yesterday

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show With special guest Ken Jeong from Dr Ken. 0 10am The Chase 0 11am Coach Trip After an earlymorning surprise, the group arrives in Bosnia and are taken on a war tour of the city of Mostar, where one couple seem confused about what sights might be on offer.

11:30 Come Dine With Me PGR Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm May The Best House Win Abroad 0 3pm Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Location, Location, Location Kirstie and Phil go hunting in one of the hardest property markets, as longdistance partners Jason and Jaye search for a one-bed in Clapham or Brixton. 0 8:30 A Place To Call Home AO 0 9:40 Alan Carr Chatty Man 0 10:40 One News 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:55 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 7am My Little Pony 3 0 7:25 Back At The Barnyard 0 7:50 The Day My Butt Went Psycho 3 0 8:15 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 8:40 Sofia The First 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Hope And Faith 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle 1:30 Judge Rinder 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show PGR 0 3:30 Angry Birds Toons 0 3:35 Kung Fu Panda 0 4pm Dog With A Blog 0 4:30 The Adam And Eve Show 0 5pm Friends 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Middle 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Police Ten 7 Auckland police deal with dodgy drivers; officers attend a domestic incident. 0 8pm Surveillance Oz 0 8:30 The Undateables 0 9:35 Embarrassing Bodies 0 10:35 Mike And Molly PGR 0

6am Paul Henry 9am The Queen Latifah Show PGR 3 Grammy award-winning singer Melissa Etheridge performs with Queen Latifah; Jordin Sparks.

10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon NewsHub Midday 12:30 Dr Phil AO An aspiring male model accuses his parents of abusing him as a child, but they deny this and claim he was abusive towards them as a teenager.

1:30 M Megachurch Murder PGR 2015 Drama. Tamala Jones, Shanica Knowles, Corbin Bleu.

3:25 Rachael Ray 4:25 American Ninja Warrior (Part 1) 5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

11:10 The Guess List PGR 0 12:05 Big Fat Gypsy Weddings – The Luck Of The Irish AO 0 1:05 Te Karere 3 2 1:30 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 32

11:05 Police Ten 7 0 11:35 Arrow 0 12:30 Bogans AO 3 0 1am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:35 Infomercials 2:35 The Real 3 3:25 Pretty Little Liars PGR 3 0 4:15 Pair Of Kings 3 0 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:05 Golf World 11:35 SVU AO 3 When a girl vanishes after following her elder sister to a college party, Rollins is side-tracked from the case by an unexpected visit from her own sister. 0 12:35 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Monty Halls’ Great Irish Escape 7:30 Reno v Relocate 8am Better Homes And Gardens 9:30 The Cook And The Chef 10am Sean’s Kitchen 10:30 Britain’s Best Back Gardens 11:30 American Restoration Noon Speed With Guy Martin 1pm Operation Iceberg 2pm Monty Halls’ Great Irish Escape 3pm Reno v Relocate 3:30 NZ Food Culture 4pm Young Vets 5pm Cheese Slices 5:30 Sophie In Jordan 6pm The Auction House 7pm Auction Hunters 7:30 Tiny House Nation Renovation experts travel across America to show off ingenious small spaces and the inventive people who live in them.

8:30 The Operatives New Zealander Pete Bethune and his team of former military commandos travel the world bringing poachers and environmental criminals to justice.

9:30 Trust Me I’m A Doctor Programme asking whether caffeine really helps people to stay alert, and what the alternatives are, discovering and testing some surprising ways to boost the brain.

10:30 Auction Hunters 11pm Cheese Slices 11:30 Sophie In Jordan

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Midnight Secret Creatures Of Jao 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Reno v Relocate 1:30 NZ Food Culture 2am Young Vets 3am The Operatives 4am Tiny House Nation 5am The Auction House

7pm Story 7:30 N Grand Designs Revisited PGR Kevin McCloud revisits Andy and Nicky Bruce, who were building an experimental amphibious house on a small island on the Thames in Buckinghamshire. 0 8:30 N Married At First Sight Australia PGR 0 9:30 Bodyshockers AO 0 10:35 NewsHub Late

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Dream Defenders 3 7:55 Power Rangers – Megaforce 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Hi-5 House 3 8:55 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 9:05 Peppa Pig 3 9:10 Fireman Sam 3 0 9:20 Thomas And Friends 3 9:30 Bob The Builder 3 9:40 Barney And Friends 3 10:05 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Tuff Puppy 3 5pm Turbo Fast 3 5:30 Drake And Josh 3 6pm Entertainment Tonight 6:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 3 7pm Family Guy PGR 3 0 7:30 Bob’s Burgers PGR 8pm American Dad PGR 3 8:30 American Dad PGR 3 9pm South Park AO (Starting Today) 3 9:30 South Park AO 3 10pm The Real Housewives Of Melbourne PGR 3

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors 12:55 The Paradise PGR 3 Spirits are high in anticipation of the annual staff outing, but Tom must deliver unhappy news; applications for a sought-after job flood in, but Moray asks Denise not to apply.

2pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 3pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country

6am Rugby – The Breakdown The weekend’s rugby with a discussion panel of former top players and experts.

7am Fishing And Adventure 7:30 #SkySpeed 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 9am NRL 360 10am Ultimate Insider 10:30 Sports UK News 11am Sterlo – On The Couch Noon NRL Footy Show 2pm Ultimate Insider 2:30 Fight Night 4:30 UFC Now 5:30 Fishing And Adventure 6pm Mountain Biking – Crankworx (Highlights) Rotorua.

6:30 Rugby – The Breakdown

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Doctor Thorne PGR Frank refuses to give up on Mary; the arrival of Scatcherd’s son upsets the world of the Greshams. 0 8:35 Death In Paradise PGR 9:45 American Idol 10:45 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

7:30 Rugby – Grassroots 8:30 Cycling – Ronde Van Vlaanderen (Highlights) 9pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Lions v Crusaders.

9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Blues v Jaguares.

10pm Football – UEFA Champions League (Replay) Quarter-final Three – Paris Saint-Germain v Manchester City.

11:05 Entertainment Tonight 11:30 Infomercials 5am Infomercials

11:45 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:15 Home Shopping 1:45 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:15 Home Shopping

Midnight Football – UEFA Champions League (Replay) 2am Cycling – Criterium International (Highlights) 2:30 InCycle 3am Cycling – Scheldeprijs (Highlights) 3:30 #SkySpeed 4am Football – UEFA Champions League

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6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Pukana 3 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 8am Miharo 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm Whare Maori 3 3:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 4pm Whanau Living PGR 4:30 Nga Manu Korero 5pm Te Mana

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Kuratahi 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukoro 2 6:20 Huhu 6:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 32 7pm Playlist 7:30 Kai Ora 8pm Game Of Bros PGR 8:30 The Palace PGR 9pm Paki Vault 9:30 Kairakau PGR 3 10pm Whawhai PGR 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2 11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 11:30 Closedown

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12:30 Survivor – Redemption Island PG 1:20 Modern Family PGL 1:45 CS – NY MV 2:35 CSI MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Hell On Wheels 16VLS 4:45 Justified MVLSC 5:35 Shipping Wars PG

6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG A Tragic Beginning. 7:30 Deadliest Catch PG Nowhere to Go but Down.

8:30 Mythbusters PG 101 Uses for Duct Tape. 9:25 Aeroplane Repo PG Ken Gets Played.

10:20 Deadliest Job Interview PG Go Big or Go Home. 11:15 EvilIn-Law M Love’s Fury. 12:10 Your Worst Nightmare M Fight or Flight. 1:05 Swamp Murders M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 5:40 Mythbusters PG 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG 8:30 Railroad Australia PG 9:30 Robson Green’s Australian Adventure PG 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Deadliest Catch PG

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12:30 Blood Relatives M 1:25 Deadly Sins M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Destroyed In Seconds PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 Flying Wild Alaska PG

Doctor Thorne

7:30pm on Prime

Death in Paradise 8:35pm on Prime

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:30 Close Up – Johnny Depp PG 7am Hercules MVLS 2014 Action.

Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane.

8:40 The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler MC 2009 Biography.

Anna Pacquin, Marcia Gay Harden.

10:15 The Riot Club 16VLSC 2014 Drama. Max Irons. Noon Lucy 16V 2014 Action. Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman. 1:30 Mortdecai MVLS 2014 Crime Comedy.

Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor. 3:15 Hercules MVLS 2014 Action. Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane. 4:55 Superfast MVL 2015 Comedy. Alex Ashbaugh, Dale Pavinski. 6:40 The November Man 16VLSC 2014 Action.

Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurylenko.

8:30 Spy 16VLS 2015 Comedy.

Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne.

10:35 Black Sea MVL 2014 Thriller. Jude Law, Scoot McNairy.

FRIDAY

12:30 My Gal Sunday M 2014 Drama. Cameron Mathison, Rachel Blanchard. 1:50 Close Up – Johnny Depp PG 2:20 The November Man 16VLSC 2014 Action.

Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurylenko.

4:10 Spy 16VLS 2015 Comedy.

MOVIES GREATS 7:35 Love’s Labour’s Lost PGR 2000 Romantic Comedy.

Kenneth Branagh, Alicia Silverstone.

9:10 Making Of The Mummy – Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor PG 2008 9:25 Hope Springs AO 2003 Comedy Romance.

Colin Firth, Heather Graham, Minnie Driver. 10:55 United 93 MVL 2006 Drama. David Basche, Trish Gates. 12:45 Notting Hill ML 1999 Comedy. Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant. 2:45 The Frighteners AO 1996 Comedy Thriller.

Michael J Fox, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Angela Bloomfield. 4:35 Tin Cup AO 1996 Comedy Drama. 6:50 The Watcher 16VL 2000 Thriller.

8:30 Blow 16VLC 2001 Crime.

10:35 Mission – Impossible MV 1996 Action Adventure Thriller.

An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organisation. FRIDAY 12:25 The Whole Ten Yards MVS 2004 Comedy Thriller. 2:05 The Watcher 16VL 2000 Thriller.

3:40 Tin Cup AO 1996 Comedy Drama. 5:55 The Whole Ten Yards MVS 2004 Comedy Thriller.

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6am Football – UEFA Champions League (Highlights) Quarter-final – First Leg. 6:40 L Football – UEFA Champions League Quarter-final Four – Wolfsburg v Real Madrid.

9am Football – A-League Highlights Show A wrap-up of the latest news, results and events from Australasia’s premier football league.

9:30 Football – UEFA Champions League (Replay) Quarter-final Three – Paris Saint-Germain v Manchester City.

11:30 InCycle A preview of the week’s upcoming races with historical insight and tactical analysis.

Noon Rugby – The Breakdown The weekend’s rugby with a discussion panel of former top players and experts.

1pm Cycling – Scheldeprijs (Replay) Flanders Classic – Antwerp to Schoten.

3:30 European Tour Weekly 4pm InCycle 4:30 Cycling – Scheldeprijs (Highlights) Flanders Classic – Antwerp to Schoten.

5pm #SkySpeed 5:30 AFL Weekly Highlights 6:30 Triathlon – Mooloolaba Festival 7:30 Super League Fulltime 8pm NRL Fulltime 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Broncos v Dragons. From Suncorp Stadium.

FRIDAY

12:30 NRL Footy Show 2:30 Golf World 3am NRL 360 4am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Broncos v Dragons. From Suncorp Stadium.

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Sport New era for Methven

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It’s been less than 10 months since Waihora fullback Bronson Munro’s conversion sailed wide of the posts to gift Methven the Combined Country rugby competition crown in a thrilling 31-29 final.

They became the first Mid Canterbury side to win the title, but, as is often the case, success breeds change, and there’s certainly been plenty of that at Methven.

Andy Pearce is without 17 senior players from last year’s historymaking team.

Brenton Connell, Matt Groom and Richard Catherwood are sidelined with long-term injuries.

Andy Hamilton and Tyler Jones have moved on to pastures new.

Stephen Blackwell, Aofia Fagalima and Chris Lock chose to end their careers on a high following last season’s success and retire, while Fa’aitu Tuamoheloa is having a year away from the game and Gary Redmond is Canadabound.

The neutral may deem the departure of so many senior stalwarts as a sign of decline, but

Methven’s Andy Pearce has made the step up from assistant coach to coach this season, and is embarking on a new era with the defending Combined Country champions.

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Pearce prefers the term transition.

The Methven coach has relied on youth, former Senior B players and newcomers to rebuild his team and is confident that his new-look side will come good.

“We’re in transition, we’ve got to rebuild, it’s a new team, we’re just taking a week at a time and developing a team for the future,” he said.

Pearce is now at the helm of an exciting young squad, which he hopes to mould in to future champions.

“The average age is 21, 22, with some older heads in there too,” he said. “They’re young lads and they’re learning and they’ll develop as a team, the good thing is they’ll attack from anywhere.”

As other coaches spend time

watching fellow Combined Country competition sides ahead of their scheduled fixtures in an attempt to identify potential frailties, Pearce is solely focused on Methven, and bringing future success to a proud club.

“We’re building up for following years, it’s about keeping rugby strong in Methven and getting local lads playing,” he said.

Retallick back to face Blues Brodie Retallick

It’s almost unfair for a top-of-thetable team to recall a man only two years removed from being named world player of the year.

But that’s the situation greeting the Chiefs ahead of tomorrow night’s clash with the Blues in Hamilton, adding Brodie Retallick to a side already firing fully in almost every facet.

The All Black will return after suffering broken ribs in last month’s shock loss to the Lions,

having watched from the sidelines as his teammates strung together four straight victories, each more impressive than the last.

His inclusion, then, almost feels like a luxury, though there’s no doubt coach Dave Rennie would have been counting days until he could again write Retallick’s name as one of the first on every teamsheet. The Chiefs’ pack has in the past month laid a solid platform for their explosive attack while

boasting only one true lock, with Michael Allardice joined by the makeshift but capable duo of Johan Bardoul and Taleni Seu. And if the presence of the marauding Retallick weren’t enough of a test for a Blues team missing their own All Black lock in Patrick Tuipulotu, the Chiefs will also welcome Dominic Bird into the second row, set to make his maiden appearance after moving north from the Crusaders.

“It’s fortunate that we have those guys coming back in at this time and they’re desperate to play,” said coach Dave Rennie.

Blues coach Tana Umaga has named an unchanged backline for the Chiefs’ encounter, but will be without injured All Black forwards Patrick Tuipulotu and Jerome Kaino.

Lock Hoani Matenga will make his Super Rugby debut in place of Tuipulotu.

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