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Low-income offenders sentenced to alcohol interlock devices can access financial assistance from the Government to meet the $3000 cost of the drink-drive rehabilitation programme.

Interlock devices became mandatory for serious drink drivers on July 1 and Ashburton District Court Judge Joanna Maze has already sentenced two offenders to the programme.

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or drugs were a contributing factor in 123 fatal crashes, 448 serious injury crashes and 973 minor injury crashes.

New Zealand Transport Agency safety and environment director Harry Wilson said the interlock sentence only came into force on July 1 and data was not yet available on the number of people sentenced to interlocks who qualified for financial assistance.

“There is no process for assessing whether an individual is eligible for the financial assistance scheme. Eligibility

will be determined by the documentation provided by the person when applying for their alcohol interlock licence.”

He said low-income offenders deemed ineligible for the subsidy could talk to the Ministry of Social Development to see if other options were available.

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Absolutely electrifying

By SuSan SandyS

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It will either be electric dreams or nightmares unfolding for me this week, as I borrow Gluyas Motor Group – Nissan’s demonstrator electric vehicle.

I have been talking about getting one of these zippy environmental-friendly cars since doing a story a fortnight ago on a new charging point for Teslas in Methven.

Electrician Mike Pulley was installing the station and he has an electric work van. He can charge it up overnight at home, and is consequently saving thousands of dollars each year in fuel.

He had me convinced, considering it costs me over $100 every time I fill my Nissan Dualis at a petrol station. The cost of charging in Ashburton and Rakaia, where EA Networks has installed EV charging stations, is currently zero.

And the fact you get to not only save money, but save the environment at the same time, makes it seem like the obvious choice for next time I upgrade my vehicle.

But then there is the dilemma of where to charge, how to charge, and just how often you need to do this.

Colleague Linda Clarke suggested I get an electric vehicle for a couple of days to test out the logistics first-hand for myself.

What a great idea, said everyone else in the office, so off I went to Gluyas’s, where sales manager Scott Donaldson also thought it was a good idea.

I picked up the 2016 Nissan Leaf 30 kilowatt demonstrator vehicle yesterday.

Driving the car to the West Street carpark from Gluyas’s there was 143 kilometres available after it having been fully charged. I went for a drive around Ashburton to the old Countdown in the lunch break and tested its power, accelerating up to 50 kilometres per hour from the traffic lights. It all went well, and still had about 140 kilometres left once I got back to the West Street carpark.

The car is very quiet and smooth, and you can’t tell when you turn the engine on.

It really does seem like a dream to drive.

As I write this, the Monday workday comes to a close, and I will head off home soon to Methven, about 35 kilometres away.

Donaldson suggested I put it into economy mode for the drive home, so hopefully I will find the right settings and all will go well. The car has a reversing camera, and heated seats, so those things are a novelty for me.

I don’t know much about cars, generally noticing most of all their colour and if the radio works.

So let’s see how the next two days go, hopefully the dream does not turn into a nightmare and I find myself stranded from either a lack of know-how or lack of EV charging accessibility. I am sure that won’t happen, so far so good, and it seems myself and the little Leaf will be a match made in heaven.

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Electronic sign a game-changer in road safety

By Katie todd

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Motorists travelling around the district can expect to encounter road safety messages in unmissable, illuminated form over the next month.

A large-scale electronic sign will be inhabiting various roadsides and displaying a variety of punchy

messages as part of a Community Patrol New Zealand project.

The sign arrived on the Methven Highway yesterday afternoon and is being managed by Ashburton Town Watch with the close support of Ashburton Police.

Senior Sergeant Phil Dean said the sign will display messages

about the four main contributors to road crashes in New Zealand – speed, impairments, distractions and not wearing seatbelts.

Yesterday it was – a simple “seatbelts save lives,” which quickly received a toot of approval from a passing motorist.

Two more signs will be making

their way around Selwyn and Rangiora as part of the project, which originated in Christchurch.

Dean said police were thrilled when Ashburton Town Watch’s Owen Brewster approached them with the concept. “Over the next 28 days we’ll be employing it as much as we possibly can.”

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It may not be quite warm enough to pack away the winter woollies, but Mid Cantabrians have nevertheless been enjoying milder weather than usual.

Ashburton recorded a near-record mean maximum air temperature for July, Niwa data shows.

This was 13.1 degrees, the second highest mean July maximum since records began in 1928.

The temperature represented a 2.3 degree departure from normal.

But it has not been that unusual in terms of recent history, as the highest mean maximum was recorded in 2013, when it was 13.9 degrees.

As well as mild weather, Ashburton experienced dry conditions for July.

Rainfall was 19.2 millimetres, about 30 per cent of the normal of 64 millimetres.

Mid Canterbury’s weather was a reflection of warmer than average temperatures during the month throughout most of the country, and the South Island in particular.

“During July, northwesterly air flows frequented the South Island, which brought atypical warmth to Southland, Otago, and Canterbury in particular,” Niwa said in the summary.

The dry July was on the heels of a wet June.

Warm weather is set to continue into October, with an equal likelihood of above average and average temperatures for coastal Canterbury.

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■ WHAM BAM AUTHOR JAM

Prolific Ashburton writer prepares for author jam

By SuSan SandyS

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In 2014 Stacey Broadbent decided to start writing books, and she has not stopped since.

The 36-year-old has 13 titles to her name, as well as having contributed to shortstory anthologies.

She has just put the finishing touches on her 14th novel, zombie thriller Fight the Fever, which is a sequel to the already-published Fear the Fever.

“Anything can inspire you,” says the mum of three who lives in Ashburton with husband Aaron.

Other titles include The Dancing Novella, a threebook contemporary romance series, as well as children’s picture books and humorous parenting stories.

With her youngest aged six and working part-time, one might wonder how Broadbent has time to write, but she said she generally finds at least one hour in the day.

“I always have my phone and note pads, so I jot ideas down as they come to me.”

And a whiteboard in her home also operates as a vision board where characters and

storylines will develop.

Broadbent self-publishes online, and mainly sells online as well as supplying indie book sellers.

Writing has even become a family affair, with 15-year-old son Eli Broadbent having illustrated her children’s titles.

“I thought it was a fun project for us to do together, and also encouraging him to use his talent.”

Broadbent is currently organising an author jam for Christchurch, where a multitude of New Zealand and Australian mainly self-published authors will attend and have a selection of their books on display. Authors will be mainly self-published however there is a variety and even Mills and Boon author J. C. Harroway will be there.

Most of the authors are romance authors, but there would also be writers of children books, and historical and paranormal fiction.

Wham Bam Author Jam will be held on November 24 at the Silks Lounge at Addington Raceway and Events Centre.

VIP tickets are available online with a goodie bag giveaway for $10, and door sales will be $5.

Author Stacey Broadbent covers genres ranging from zombie thriller to contemporary romance.

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House prices outstrip current values

By Sue newman

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Over the past three months inner Ashburton has earned itself a reputation as the most expensive place in the Ashburton District to buy a home.

The median sale price of the 22 properties that changed hands in the area over that period was $356,000.

Quotable Value data divides urban Ashburton into five areas – Allenton, Ashburton, Hampstead, Tinwald and Netherby.

Across those five areas 106 hous-

es changed hands over those months.

Allenton’s median sale price was $344,000, 44 sales; Hampstead, $249,500, 24 sales; Netherby, $273,425, 8 sales and Tinwald, $333,000, 16 sales.

Homes in Allenton sold at 5 per cent above their July 2015 valuation, Ashburton and Netherby were 4 per cent above, while Tinwald was 3 per cent up and Hampstead was just 1 per cent up.

Lauriston was the hotspot for house prices exceeding capital

value – 20 per cent, but during the period only one home was sold, at $99,000, proving that it is still possible to buy a home for under $100,000.

One property was sold in Hinds for $249,000, 13 per cent above its valuation.

And in Mt Somers, valuation was exceeded by 11 per cent, but just one property sold, at $223,000.

Methven’s median sale price was $349,000, 9 per cent above valuation. Nine houses were sold in the ski village.

Nine properties were also sold in Rakaia, where the median price was $292,000, 9 per cent up on CV. Huntingdon, traditionally the district’s housing hotspot did not feature over the past three months, with no houses sold in the lake v side settlement.

Only one area, Chertsey, had sales that were down on current value.

Two properties were sold over the past three months with a median selling price of $207,125, down 16 per cent.

The average value of homes sold in the Ashburton District in June was $351,972, up 1.2 per cent on June 2017.

This makes the district the 10th cheapest place to buy a home out of 29 real estate districts in the South Island.

The cheapest are Buller, $189,000, Clutha District, $206,570 and Gore, $216,425.

Across the country, Wairoa, $175,115, and Tararua, $197,597 join Buller as places where homes can still be bought for under $200,000.

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■ JAPANESE EXCHANGE STUDENTS

By Katie todd

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Five students from Yumegaoka Middle School in Japan say they have been so amazed with everything in New Zealand and are looking forward to a week-long exchange with Mount Hutt College.

The 14 and 15-year-old students and their teachers were welcomed to the district yesterday by mayor Donna Favel, councillor Thelma Bell and councillor Lynette Lovett.

They have travelled from 40 degree heat and typhoons to a cold, wintery, ski-able Mid Canterbury to experience Kiwi culture and improve their English.

But one thing they’re really looking forward to would have to be the shopping, students explained.

Mount Hutt College teacher Pippa Holdsworth said the students are from a sister school of Mount Hutt College.

A group of students from Mount Hutt College spent 16 days there earlier this year and will now be hosting the five students in groups and sharing a bit

A group of Japanese students on exchange have received a warm welcome to Ashburton District.

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From there the students will spend two days in Christchurch

and two days in Auckland.

Mayor Donna Favel recounted her own experience travelling to

Japan and finding parallels between the Maori and Japanese culture and languages.

■ EA NETWORKS LTD

A big year of achievement

By Sue NewmaN

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A commitment to keeping the lights on and the web connected has seen EA Networks invest $20 million over the past year in its lines network across the Ashburton District.

In his end of year report, board chairman Gary Leech talked big numbers, saying there had been almost 200 new electrical connections to the network, 40 kilometres of power lines had moved underground along State Highway One and more than $3 million had been returned to custom-

ers in deferred discounts. “Our commitment to investing in local infrastructure has not inhibited us from keeping our line charges amongst the lowest in New Zealand for another year,” Leech said.

EA Networks is New Zealand’s only locally owned co-operative electricity distribution company, and last year’s deferred discount equated to about five weeks of line charges.

Over the past year EA Networks has sold its interest in the joint venture BCI. The company was particularly proud of this investment

as not only did it secure significant water rights for the district but also helped drive productivity and ultimately economic growth, Leech said.

The commitment to remove all power poles and underground power lines remained and this project should be completed within seven years.

With the section of highway completed from Works Road to Rakaia, the coming 12 months would see work carried out to remove all lines from Works Road to Ashburton.

A significant section of State Highway 77 has been complet-

ed and the remaining sections will be progressively undergrounded.

Since 2008 EA Networks has installed more than 520 kilometres of fibre broadband around the district and this is being extended to Lake Hood this year.

The company now has total assets of $270 million and its total revenue for the year was $54 t Its network now covmillion. ers 2074 kilometres, servicing 19,500 consumers.

EA Networks will hold its annual meeting for shareholders at the Hotel Ashburton on August 23.

From P1 Offenders sentenced to the alcohol interlock programme have a minimum mandatory disqualification of 28 days before they can apply for an alcohol interlock licence and then can only drive a vehicle which has an approved alcohol interlock device fitted.

The interlock is a breath testing device wired into a vehicle’s starting system.

Before the vehicle can start, the driver must blow into the device; if alcohol is detected, it will not start.

Those who don’t apply for an alcohol interlock licence remain disqualified until such a licence is obtained and the drink driver is responsible for all costs associated with the fitting, operation and removal of their interlock.

Wilson said as part of its commitment to reducing the devastating effects of impaired driving, the Government had established the financial assistance scheme for those who will struggle with the costs of the interlock, which would be fitted for at least 12 months.

“Drink driving is a factor in about one-third of fatal crashes on our roads and those crashes inflict a huge amount of pain and suffering on New Zealand families and communities.”

At 250 micrograms of breath or 50 milligrams per 100ml of blood (the current legal limit for drivers 20 or older), you are still twice as likely to have a crash as a driver with a zero blood alcohol level.

There is a zero alcohol limit if you are under 20.

Wilson said road safety advertising was targeted at young men as they were more likely to drive while impaired.

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Aqua board coming toAshburton Grab your togs and have your balancing skills ready – the South Island’s first aqua board class is coming to Ashburton and it’s set to make waves at the EA Networks Centre.

Visitors to the centre will be able to push their traditional workouts to new heights in the class, atop a floating board in the middle of a pool, and for one hour on August 20, they’ll be able to try aqua board for free.

Sports facility manager Steve Prescott says the aqua board class will be a full body workout suitable for people of all fitness levels.

“Whether you’re looking to improve your fitness or shake things up with a new workout, the aqua board class will have something for everyone,” Prescott said.

People could come along at any time during the free trial hour from 7pm to 8pm and test their ability to stay upright on the boards while working up a sweat.

Aqua board involves a mixture of high intensity and yoga-inspired exercises. Unlike traditional bodyweight work-

outs on dry land, participants have to complete the exercises while also balancing their weight on the boards.

This targets core and stabilising muscles which helps with posture, balance and co-ordination.

Although popular across Europe and in parts of North America, aqua board is relatively new to New Zealand.

Prescott says the free trial will give locals the chance to see if aqua board is the class for them.

“We are very proud that we will be the first in the South Island, and in fact one of the first facilities in the whole country to have it on offer.”

Swimwear brand, Speedo will be at the trial evening displaying a range of togs that are specially designed for aqua board classes.

Entry into the pool to take part in the trial will be free to non-EA Networks Centre members. Members and nonmembers will not be charged to participate.

A timetable for the class will be revealed on the evening.

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■ RURAL WOMEN NEW ZEALAND

‘Our work is definitely not done’ – NCW president

By Katie todd

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From growing up in the back of a corner dairy in Palmerston North to being “grilled” by the United Nations in Geneva, Vanisa Dhiru has learnt a thing or two about inspiring change.

The national president of the National Council of Women NZ spoke to a captivated audience at the Rural Women New Zealand region three conference in Ashburton on Friday, following a morning spent with an Ashburton College Year 13 history class.

Dhiru described her experience as she and a number of other civil society representatives presented to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee in Geneva just last month.

Governments of countries that have ratified CEDAW are obliged to submit periodic reports to the CEDAW committee outlining their progress in meeting their obligations under the convention, and last month marked the time for New Zealand to present its fifth report.

It wasn’t an easy process.

After submitting the report, presenting an oral statement and attending an advisory meeting, Dhiru and the other New Zealand

representatives then sat through five hours of being thrown “at least 130 questions” by 23 members of the committee.

“I don’t use the term ‘grilled’ lightly,” she said.

But it’s thanks to those discussions that the CEDAW committee have now come out with 70 recommendations for the New Zealand government, to improve the status of women in our country.

Included in the draft document are suggestions to implement a National Action Plan for women, take a gender specific approach to legislation, policies and programmes (rather than gender neutral) and create a comprehensive strategy to eliminate discriminatory stereotypes, Dhiru explained.

And when it comes to the work of the National Council of Women, Dhiru said “our work is definitely not done”.

The council was founded with the help of Kate Sheppard in April 1986 and now advises more than 250 member organisations from political parties to faith-based groups, education associations, unions and cultural groups.

“Every day there is a gender related issue in the media. But we look at what is it our council can do to help out our organisations,” she said.

Vanisa Dhiru, National President of the National Council of Women NZ, speaking at the Rural Women NZ region three conference in Ashburton’s Seniors Centre on Friday.

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Rewa faces third trial for Burdett’s murder Serial rapist Malcolm Rewa will stand trial for the 1992 murder of Auckland woman Susan Burdett for a third time, a High Court judge has ruled.

Yesterday, Justice Geoffrey Venning, the Chief High Court Judge, said it is in the interests of justice for the third trial to proceed in February next year.

He also dismissed an application to stay the murder charge against Rewa, who is serving a preventative detention prison sentence for raping Burdett and 24 other women in the 1990s.

At a hearing last month, Rewa’s lawyer Paul Chambers argued too much time had passed and “the prejudicial qualities” of past media publications would prevent a fair trial for his client.

Burdett was raped and bludgeoned to death in her Papatoetoe home in 1992.

Teina Pora was twice wrongly convicted for the crime and spent 22 years in prison before the Privy Council quashed his conviction in 2015. He has since received an apology from the Government and $3.5 million in compensation.

Pora may be called as a witness at Rewa’s trial, the hearing was told.

Chambers said a dramatised 90-minute television film about Pora’s case, In Dark Places, played on TVNZ 1 last month, was preju-

Malcolm Rewa dicial to Rewa’s case.

The lawyer said public perception compared Pora to Rewa, who maintains he is not the murderer.

In Dark Places was seen by more than 240,000, according to South Pacific Pictures.

The film, Chambers told the court, shows an actor playing Rewa hiding in a closet before Burdett’s murder. A similar rape is later foreshadowed in the movie.

“With the release of the film, Mr Rewa cannot get a fair trial,” Chambers said.

However, Crown prosecutor Gareth Kayes said: “Publicity alone is certainly not going to win the day for [Rewa]”.

The film, Kayes said, carried an artistic licence and focused on Pora rather than Rewa.

The film was due to be removed from TVNZ’s online platform six

months before the trial.

A stay of proceedings for a murder prosecution against Rewa had previously been applied by the Solicitor-General in 1998.

But last year the Deputy Solicitor-General, Brendan Horsley, on behalf of the Attorney-General, reversed the 1998 stay.

In May, Justice Venning also declined an application by Chambers for a judicial review of the decision to lift the stay.

“The reversal-of-stay document sets out the grounds for the decision, namely that given the quashing of Mr Pora’s convictions no one has been held accountable for a murder, and the evidential sufficiency supporting the murder charge against Mr Rewa,” he said in his decision.

“There is no evidence before the court of any bad faith on the part of the Attorney-General in relation to the decision to lift the stay. The fact the effect of lifting the stay is that Mr Rewa will face a third trial is not, of itself, sufficient to provide justification for the court to review the Attorney-General’s decision. Third trials, although rare, have been held in certain cases.”

A stay had never before been lifted in New Zealand’s legal history.

In May, Rewa was denied parole, his first hearing before the Parole Board.

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Two teens hit by car lucky to be alive Two young teenagers hit by a car on a dark country road are “lucky to be alive” but face long fights to recovery, their devastated parents say.

Isaak Strom, 14, and his close mate Jonathan Krupinski, 13, were struck by an eastbound car outside the Strom family home on the 100km/h OxfordRangiora Road at Fernside in North Canterbury around 9.22pm on Saturday.

After hearing “the horn of the car, the screech, and then a bang”, Strom’s father rushed outside to find the two boys badly injured, lying in the road.

A third boy narrowly avoided being hit.

Strom’s mother Cath was away playing roller derby in Tauranga for the weekend when her husband phoned her.

“He didn’t know if Isaak was dead or alive when he went running out to the front of our house,” she said yesterday.

“Heaps of cars started stopping because the boys were in the middle of the road.

“Isaak was quite close to the car. He landed on the windscreen and flipped over the top.

Jono was quite a way from the car.”

The female driver of a small hatchback stopped at the scene.

She was said to have been “in major shock ... absolutely devastated”. Her car was badly

damaged. Strom suffered a fractured skull, brain injuries, broken legs, deep cuts to his face and throat, as well as glass in an eyeball.

Cath Strom said her son was in a stable, serious condition in intensive care at Christchurch Hospital.

Krupinski also broke both legs, as well as a broken pelvis.

Both boys are Rangiora High School students.

Cath Strom says she hasn’t really been able to talk to Isaak yet.

She says they were at home on Saturday night and believes they were about to go for a walk.

Asked how she was faring, she said she was “a bit of an emotional wreck ... better today because we know he’s not going to die”.

However, doctors say it’s too early to say whether he’ll make a full recovery.

“They’re lucky to be alive ... [doctors] have said that a hundred times.”

The police serious crash unit is investigating.

Both boys enjoy playing basketball while Isaak also loves trampolining, swimming, fishing, “normal boys sort of stuff”, his mother said.

“Jono is getting a bit frustrated already,” she said.

“These boys have a very, very long recovery.”

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■ INDONESIA

Quake toll rising A powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok early yesterday, killing at least 91 people and shaking neighbouring Bali, one week after another quake on Lombok killed more than a dozen.

The latest quake, which triggered a brief tsunami warning, damaged buildings as far away as Denpasar on Bali, including a department store and the airport terminal, where ceiling panels were shaken loose, authorities said.

Video showed screaming people running in panic from houses in a Bali neighbourhood and vehicles rocking.

On Lombok, soldiers and other rescuers carried injured people on stretchers and carpets to an evacuation centre.

National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the toll had risen to 91 with hundreds others injured.

Earlier officials said at least 39 people had died.

A total of 65 of the deaths in North Lombok district, nine in West Lombok district, four in the provincial capital Mataram and two each in Central Lombok and East Lombok districts, Nugroho said.

Thousands of houses were damaged, and most of the dead victims were hit by collapsed houses, Nugroho said.

The quake, recorded at magnitude 7.0 by the US Geological Survey, struck at a depth of 10.5 kilometres in the northern part of Lombok.

“I was watching TV when I felt a big shake,” said Harian, a Lombok woman who uses one name.

“The lamp was shaking, and people were shouting ‘Get out.’

I ran out into the dark because the power cut off.”

A tsunami warning was lifted after waves just 15 centimetres high were recorded in three villages, said Dwikorita

Lovato speaks out Demi Lovato has spoken out for the first time since she was hospitalised after an apparent overdose. The 25-year-old singer was rushed to hospital after she was found unconscious at her home in Los Angeles on July 24. Lovato has posted a message on Instagram to detail her continued battle with addiction. “I have always been transparent about my journey with addiction,” she wrote.

“What I’ve learned is that this illness is not something that disappears or fades with time. It is something I must continue to overcome and have not done yet.”

China bans Winnie Workers clean up the debris at a building damaged by an earthquake in Bali yesterday.

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Karnawati, the head of Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency.

The quake was felt strongly across Lombok and Bali and had damaged houses on both islands, Nugroho said.

Frightened people poured out of their homes to move to higher ground, particularly in North Lombok and Mataram, the capital of West Nusa Tenggara province, said Iwan Asmara, a Lombok disaster official.

The Bali and Lombok air-

ports continued operating according to the director general of civil aviation.

There had been a half-hour evacuation at the Lombok airport following the quake because the electricity went off.

Television news showed crying women consoling each other outside Lombok’s airport.

The island was already reeling from a magnitude 6.4 quake on July 29, which killed 16 people.

Like Bali, Lombok is known

for pristine beaches and mountains. Hotels and other buildings in both locations are not allowed to exceed the height of coconut trees.

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes because of its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.

In December 2004, a massive magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra island triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries.

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A new film inspired by AA Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books has reportedly been denied a cinema release in China, where the cuddly bear is seen as a symbol of political dissent. Since last year, references to the character have been banned on the Chinese social media site Weibo, after a spate of posts comparing the “bear of very little brain” to the country’s president Xi Jinping. No reason has been given for the decision to block Disney’s new film Christopher Robin, but it is believed to be part of a nationwide clampdown on references to the beloved children’s character.

■ UNITED STATES

Plane crashes into shopping mall car park A small plane crashed in a shopping centre parking lot in Santa Ana, California, with local media reporting several fatalities.

The Orange County [California] Fire Authority said fire and rescue units were sent to the 3900 block of Bristol Street for a report of a plane down.

Footage and photos on social media showed the wreckage of a twin-engine Cessna aircraft.

The plane is upright but on its belly.

Several streets and the South Coast Plaza mall are closed.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the Cessna 414 declared an emergency before crashing into a mall parking lot in the vicinity of Orange County’s John Wayne Airport.

The FAA launched an investigation into the crash, and added that the National Transportation Safety Board will determine the probable cause.

Local media said five people were killed, citing Santa Ana police.

They said no one on the ground was injured.

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A Cessna crashed into a Santa Ana car park.

Pink defends no-show Pink has been suffering from an “upper respiratory infection”, but was forced to “clear up” a misunderstanding when paparazzi and fans accused her of cancelling the show in order to spend a day at the beach. “I’ve already been sick twice on this Australian tour,” the 38-year-old wrote on Instagram. “What these parasite paparazzi don’t show you is two doctor visits on two consecutive days, antibiotics, Vick’s, nose spray, throat spray, NyQuil, and a screaming baby in the middle of the night.” Pink continued: “You can think whatever you want, it’s your right, but I have never phoned in a single tour, I have an impeccable record for not cancelling.”

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Paving the way to the future I

definitely got the raw end of the car deal at work yesterday.

I probably should have been wearing a hazmat suit and mask when I cleaned out our little office workhorse, the Rav, and consigned a fair few empty drink bottles and a pair of socks (!) to the nearest rubbish bin.

Meanwhile, my lucky colleague Susan Sandys was picking up a brand new, nifty looking Nissan Leaf to trial driving an electric car over the next couple of days.

Susan lives in Methven, so the petrol-less little thing will get a bit of a workout on the open road.

She’s going to treat it like her big four-wheel-drive (no pampering) and write about her experi-

ence, so keep an eye an out. If she plays her cards right, she’ll be able to charge her ride for free at the charging points in the West Street car park. The only other free public charging point is in Rakaia, but soon there’ll be one at Hinds and another at Methven.

No doubt local businesses with their own carparks for clients will be installing them as a customer

courtesy too.

Eventually, there’ll be charging points everywhere. I presume Google maps will be adding them alongside service stations, if they haven’t already!

It’s easy to see the attraction of electric vehicles in cities, but I wonder how they will go in Mid Canterbury where people are used to driving longer distances as a matter of course.

And driving around the block twice until a park opens up outside the shop they want to visit.

I actually think they they’ll take off, a bit like the e-bikes that are increasingly popular amongst the 55+ brigade, with a bit of cash.

That would please climate

change minister James Shaw, who said just last month that in order for New Zealand to meet its zero carbon pledge nearly all the country’s cars will have to be zero emission by 2050.

This will be a tall order, but things have already begun to change. At the end of June 2018, New Zealand had nearly 8700 plug-in electric vehicles, the equivalent of 0.2 per cent of the country’s vehicle fleet.

I’ve got a little runabout that I’d be keen to change to an electric vehicle. Problem is, my runabout is a never-say-die Toyota Corolla that will keep going for another couple of hundred thousand kilometres.

I’d need a cash incentive to change.

In Norway, electric vehicles are exempt from purchase taxes and the equivalent of GST. They also have free parking in public car parks and are exempt from tolls and ferry fees. They are also exempt from an annual vehicle tax (registration).

Now that could well be appealing, especially if you live in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch.

Money influences behaviour, so some sort of financial incentives will help the uptake.

And car makers might want to consider a name change. Leaf doesn’t do justice to the car that is helping pave the way to the future.

Beijing to attend the opening of the Olympic games.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama’s five-year effort to reboot US-Russian relations crashed as the White House abruptly cancelled his planned face-to-face summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

One year ago: Medical examiners said the remains of a man who’d been killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11 had been identified, nearly 16 years after the attacks.

Today’s birthdays: Magician,

author and lecturer James Randi is 90. Former MLB pitcher Don Larsen is 89. Actress Verna Bloom is 80. Humourist Garrison Keillor is 76. Singer B.J. Thomas is 76. Singer Lana Cantrell is 75. Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is 74. Actor John Glover is 74. Actor David Rasche is 74.

Former diplomat, talk show host and activist Alan Keyes is 68.

Country singer Rodney Crowell is 68. Actress Caroline Aaron is 66. Comedian Alexei Sayle is 66. Actor Wayne Knight is 63.

Rock singer Bruce Dickinson is

60. Marathon runner Alberto Salazar is 60. Actor David Duchovny is 58. Country musician Michael Mahler (Wild Horses) is 57. Actress Delane Matthews is 57. Actor Harold Perrineau is 55. Jazz musician Marcus Roberts is 55. Country singer Raul Malo is 53. Actor David Mann is 52. Actress Charlotte Lewis is 51. Actress Sydney Penny is 47. Actor Greg Serano is 46. Actor Michael Shannon is 44. Actress Charlize Theron is 43. Rock musician Barry Kerch (Shinedown) is 42.

Actor Eric Johnson is 39. Actor Randy Wayne is 37. Actor-writer Brit Marling is 36. Actor Liam James is 22.

Linda Clarke

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, August 7, the 219th day of 2018. There are 146 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving President Lyndon B. Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on US forces.

On this date: In 1782, Gen. George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart, a decoration to recognise merit in enlisted men and noncommissioned officers.

In 1789, the US Department of War was established by Congress.

In 1882, the famous feud between the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky erupted into full-scale violence.

In 1942, US and other allied forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World War Two. (Japanese forces abandoned the island the following February.)

In 1959, the United States launched the Explorer 6 satellite, which sent back images of Earth.

In 1989, a plane carrying US Rep. Mickey Leland and 14 others disappeared over Ethiopia. (The wreckage of the plane was found six days later; there were no survivors.)

In 1990, President George H.W. Bush ordered US troops and warplanes to Saudi Arabia to guard the oil-rich desert kingdom against a possible invasion by Iraq.

In 1998, terrorist bombs at US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush, speaking in Bangkok, Thailand, praised the spread of freedom in Asia while sharply criticising oppression and human rights abuses in China, Myanmar and North Korea; the president then travelled to

Thought for today: “You must learn day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about — the more you have left when anything happens.” — Ethel Barrymore, American actress (1879-1959).

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esults from the Federated Farmers July Farm Confidence Survey have been in the media around the country, and were even the subject of a clash between Labour and National in Parliament’s question time.

It is the 19th time the twiceyearly survey has been conducted and for the first time farmer optimism has increased in all areas except their continuing negative perceptions of the economy.

Optimism about farm profitability, production and spending all improved, and farm debt levels have dropped slightly since the January survey. But nearly half of the more than 1100 farmers who responded said they expected general economic conditions would worsen over the next 12 months.

As the coalition government’s critics leapt on with glee, that’s the lowest level of confidence since July 2012, and a five-fold increase in pessimism in the past 12 months.

One interpretation is that farmers are feeling uncertain about what the Government will do next on key issues such as water regulations, climate change and industrial relations.

For farmers in the Ashburton district – and the suppliers and rural communities affected by their spending – there’s room for positivity.

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Email us! editor@theguardian. co.nz Around the nation, 62 per cent of farms reported as currently profitable (up from 53 per cent six months ago), 28 per cent breaking even and 8 per cent making a loss. Canterbury results mirrored these findings almost exactly.

The net score for profitability (a measure of positive responses vs negative) increased 10 points to +54. However, more arable farms are just breaking even compared to making a profit, and the number making a loss – 9.7 per cent – is equal highest with dairy.

Looking ahead, expectations of profitability are up slightly, with dairy and arable farmers particularly optimistic but meat and wool farmers noticeably less so, perhaps reflecting a concern that the past season’s excellent farmgate prices might not be sustained this season.

Farmers’ spending expectations going forward were up, but only by a blip (net score up 2.5 points to +16 per cent).

Government MPs I’ve spoken to like to paint a picture of dairy farmers’ fortunes being on the rise, with the higher payouts.

Yes, that’s so – but for many it’s a game of catch-up. The long arms of the banks are reaching for that money for debt reduction, and understandably so.

Farmers also have to factor in on-farm inflation, with an upwards creep in prices from suppliers who look at the better dairy and meat returns and reason our ability to pay has improved. That’s just how business works. With the New Zealand dollar dropping, the cost of imported products is moving up – including fuel.

My impression from talking to farmers all over the country is that while the headline numbers look bigger there’s still not a lot of discretionary cash floating about.

Another finding from the survey that stuck out for me was that nearly 40 per cent of farmers report it got harder to recruit

skilled and motivated staff over the past six months. I’ve said before that we’re in a battle with builders, engineering and construction companies and a whole range of other industries for the same sorts of workers.

We’re all chasing the sort of person who is practical and good with his/her hands. And most of the New Zealanders who fit those criteria are quickly snapped up or already have good jobs.

As our most recent remuneration survey showed, farmers have stepped up their pay to workers across the board.

I commend the Feds dairy apprenticeship scheme to other farmers as a way of securing and upskilling new talent. We have 39 apprentices is training now, and we’re targeting 100 by the end of the year.

Check out www.farmapprentice.co.nz Chris Lewis is the Federated Farmers Dairy Chairperson

There have been several interesting letters in the Guardian lately regarding suggested improvements for our district.

With the town litter being taken care of by the volunteering team organised by Bev Skates and her helpers, it makes our town look so much better.

In Singapore litter is not tolerated; why can’t Ashburton follow suit?

With some model sized Friesian cows and some model sheep

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along East Street trees to Baring Square and maybe a model sized sheep dog or two as well this would encourage motorists to stop and shop.

A lovely Chinese garden bordered by rhododendrons for shelter along the Allens Road old Chinese settlement with blossom trees etc for a future picnic area would have great future potential.

Have you visited the Chinese garden in Dunedin? It is lovely and a very popular tourist attraction.

And I agree the Ashburton College uniform is really outdated and needs modernising for com-

fort and versatility for our much changed climatic conditions. And hopefully, it would then be worn with pride instead of the shoddy look we can get now.

With these changes and the new buildings in the pipeline, our Ashburton District would have a real up lift and hopefully in future make our residents proud as were the residents of New Plymouth when a council survey was carried out several years ago.

It was uplifting to hear the proud, positive remarks by those taking part in the survey. It made me want to visit their district and I intend to do just that.

With so many volunteers, we could make us all proud of our area and thus attract more visitors and tourists for longer in the future, thus a win, win all round.

What do others think about these suggestions?

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Grain growers, over the moon that Countdown will use 10,000-plus tonnes of Canterbury grown wheat to make in-store baked bread and rolls, hope this will catch on with other supermarkets.

United Kingdom chains, such as Tesco and Sainsbury’s have, along with Australian supermarkets, trumpeted locally grown produce and grower suppliers would like New Zealand operators to be more parochial with their food buying.

Most New Zealand made bread is made from Australian wheat, which has always irked local growers.

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury arable chairwoman Joanne Burke said Countdown’s pledge to buy locally grown wheat each year would give growers confidence to grow more milled wheat.

The extra demand would strengthen wheat contracts, she said.

“That’s huge for us as, if we go into the supermarket, most of the grain products are from Australia. Even bags of flour are from Australia and anything we can do to get them to use New Zealand product would be welcomed.’’

Most mills in the province are foreign-owned, with the exception of a locally-owned mill in Timaru.

Burke said Australian supermarkets had run a campaign a few years ago to stock locally supplied food and removed New Zealand goods.

She said growers would love to see New Zealand supermarkets stock more local produce.

“I go through supermarkets for every single product and a lot are Australian … We would think the chocolate and black velvet cakes in boxes are from here but they are all Australian.’’

Countdown’s head of perish-

able, deli and bakery goods, Nikhil Sawant, said the multi-year commitment would mean growers could have the confidence to invest in their businesses after a tough few years of low wheat prices.

He said Countdown was increasingly partnering directly with growers and farmers and the relationships had given them a better understanding of the challenges they faced.

“Giving wheat growers a guaranteed market in our supermarkets provides long-term surety of supply and the knowledge that if they plant crops, we will take them.’’

He said knowing the provenance of food and supporting Kiwi producers was increasingly important for customers.

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Above – Local wheat crops such as this Mt Hutt crop may benefit from Countdown’s pledge to buy local grain for its instore bread production.

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Right – Mid Canterbury Federatated Farmers chairwoman, Joanne Burke. chairman Syd Worsfold said wheat growers would welcome the move as they could plant crops, knowing they would be used.

He said it was a fantastic result also for customers as it provided them with traceability of their food and quality assurance.

The in-store baked bread and rolls from local wheat are available in 177 Countdown stores nationwide.

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PGG Wrightson moves to sell seed business TIM CRONSHAW

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PGG Wrightson (PGW) has entered a deal to sell its seed business for $421 million to Danish company DLF Seeds.

The sale is subject to Overseas Investment Office approval and clearance from the Commerce Commission and other regulatory bodies. PGW shareholders must also back the transaction.

DLF Seeds’ offer for PGW Seeds exceeds the book value of its net assets estimated to be $285m.

The conditional sale is a result of a strategic review carried out by the Christchurch-headquartered company.

PGW chief executive Ian Glasson said the deal was “pretty compelling’’ for all shareholders, including majority shareholder Agria Corp, and likely to be supported, but he would leave it to the likes of the OIO and Commerce Commission to make their decisions.

He said the agreement provided for an ongoing working relationship between PGW and the seed business.

For seed producers in Mid Canterbury little would change and PGG representatives in their blue jerseys would continue to visit farms and the PGG Wrightson Seeds brand would be licensed to DLF Seeds, he said.

Growers might be questioning the wisdom of PGW selling its seed business, often regarded as its most profitable arm.

Glasson said the seeds business was the largest division earner but had also taken a large chunk of capital during investments in South America and Australia. This had led to the strong interest by parties keen to buy the business.

“But in terms of cashflow it would be a taker of cash.’’

PGW would still be left with an $800m revenue earning business in mainly retail, wool, livestock and real estate and remain the leading rural service business in New Zealand, he said.

PGW referred any queries about speculation that the sale was a result of Agria wanting to exit its 50 per cent shareholding to Agria.

Glasson said the sale would generate a lot of cash and the board would make the decision whether to invest this for growth or pass it on to shareholders.

New markets would open up from the

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Farm gate price watch …

PGG Wrightson chief executive Ian Glasson. new owner’s global presence and this would bring more royalties to New Zealand.

Deputy chairman Trevor Burt said PGW had received interest from other parties internationally wanting to buy the seed and grain business.

“The DLF Seeds’ offer was particularly compelling in terms of the value it would deliver to PGW shareholders.”

PGW delivered a strong result last year with revenue of about $1.1 billion and an after-tax profit of $46.3m. However, revenue from its seed and grain group dropped 7 per cent and pre-tax earnings were down 11.5 per cent to $37m.

DLF Seeds chief executive Truels Damsgaard said DLF Seeds had long viewed PGW Seeds as a strategic and complementary business to its operations.

The company is owned by a co-operative of about 3000 Danish seed growers with revenue of about $881m last year.

Under the agreement DLF Seeds will buy all the shares of PGG Wrightson Seeds Holdings Limited and take all the assets and operations of the PGW Seed and Grain business in New Zealand, Australia, South America and internationally.

PGW and Danish owned PGW Seeds will enter into a long-term distribution agreement for seed and grain and PGW will continue to provide a range of services to PGW Seeds for 12 to 18 months.

PGW plans to present the deal to shareholders at an October meeting.

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural 6-Aug-18 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 129 - 150 Prime 140 - 187 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 144 - 303 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 289 - 306 This week

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Apiculture New Zealand (ApiNZ) recently launched a new youth scholarship in beekeeping aimed at encouraging young New Zealanders who wish to take up a career in the industry and undertake training that supports best practice beekeeping.

The Ron Mossop Youth Scholarship in Beekeeping is sponsored by Mossop’s Honey based in Tauranga. Ron Mossop was a leading pioneer in the industry, starting out his family beekeeping business in the 1940s and building a valuesbased family business focused on quality and integrity.

Karin Kos, Chief Executive of Apicul-

ture New Zealand said the scholarship aims to support young New Zealanders in learning best practice beekeeping, provide a way for youth to engage positively in a vocation and promote a better understanding of the value of honeybees to our environment and to the food chain.

“Our organisation recently introduced the New Zealand Apprenticeship in Apiculture and this scholarship aligns with the objectives around best practice beekeeping,” says Kos. For more information go to https:// apinz.org.nz/scholarship-in-beekeeping/ – NZME

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Banks deny lending clampdown Three of New Zealand’s major banks say they have not made any recent changes to how they assess home loan applications despite brokers’ claims that lenders are asking for more details about people’s spending habits.

Last week multiple mortgage brokers told the Herald that banks were drilling down more into people’s spending and debt details and that was cutting back on how much people were able to borrow.

They said the changes had increased in the last six months in the wake of Australia’s Royal Commission into misconduct in the financial services industry and there had also been pressure from local regulators the Reserve Bank and the Financial Markets Authority.

The inquiry revealed in March that Australia’s banks were taking a lax approach to checking people’s living expenses.

But three of the four major banks here have said they have made no policy changes.

An ASB spokeswoman said that while the bank regularly reviewed and adjusted its loan servicing criteria it had not made any recent changes to the servicing information requested from home loan ap-

plicants.

“ASB’s lending criteria takes into account a range of factors when assessing an application for a home loan. One of the most important factors we consider is the borrower’s ability to afford their repayments, in line with our responsible lending obligations.

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New Zealand’s construction sector is broken, with decades of financial failure and endangered by fixed-price tendering, a boss says.

Graham Burke, president of the NZ Specialist Trade Contractors Federation which represents thousands of contracting firms, said the industry had deep-seated issues to address after last week’s receivership of Ebert Construction, which PwC receiver John Fisk has estimated had debts of about $40 million.

Burke, chief executive of Scaffolding, Access & Rigging NZ, said of the construction sector: “The system is broken. We have had more than 20 years of financial failures. We are really concerned that head contractors are tendering fixed prices on open-ended projects, which is a particular problem on design and build projects.”

The sector has seen Ebert go into receivership last Tuesday, the ex-Hawkins or Orange H Group in liquidation owes about $41m, and Fletcher Construction has withdrawn from high-rise building.

Burke said paperwork was too lax.

“Tenders are being let with minimal documentation as far as scope combined with incredibly complex contracts which push all risk from the client to the contractor and supply chain,” he said.

The federation had fought for the retention regime “so that our members’ retentions are not left unpaid when this happens”.

The federation was now waiting to see what happened with Ebert, where retentions – money potentially available to creditors - were about $3.5m.

“Our concern is the recent 2018 BDO Construction Survey found that nearly one-third of construction companies in New Zealand are not complying with the new retentions law. This is not good enough and we need the sector and Government to act,” he said.

Everyone in the sector was focused on transferring the risk on to someone else and that was not sustainable, he said, predicting more failures.

“Risk is not being fairly allocated and lead contractors are taking on

too much. This is having a huge impact on our members – subcontractors who are too often being left unpaid for the work they have done,” Burke said.

Chris Hunter, managing director of building firm NZ Strong and ex-Hawkins Construction chief executive, said the industry was in a state of flux because of the booming market, high workloads, skills shortages, construction companies’ failing projects and rapidlyrising prices for materials.

The traditional top-end players like Fletcher Construction and Hawkins had either left the highrise market or been taken over by Australians. So building here will cost more, he said.

He predicts that overseas builders will demand far more detailed design documentation before they bid, in an attempt to make contracts less risky, “particularly if it’s a build-only contract, not just design-and-build. Clients can expect to face a tighter and more demanding contractual environment as these companies are in New Zealand to make money”. – NZME

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A spokeswoman for BNZ said it hadn’t made any changes since June 2015 when the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act rules and responsible lending code came in.

“We capture customers’ declared expenses and have a process to check those expenses are

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“While we regularly review and adjust our servicing criteria, we have not made any recent changes to the servicing information requested of home loan applicants.

“Given each customer situation is different, we assess lending applications on a case-by-case basis.”

reasonable on a case-by-case basis.

“As a responsible lender, it’s all about looking at customers’ ability to service the loan they are asking us for not only at yesterday’s rates, but if interest rates go up and their payments are higher.”

An ANZ spokesman said it had made no changes to the information it required from customers.

However a Westpac spokesman indicated it had made changes.

In a statement he said: “The methodology that we use is always evolving and is influenced by regulatory and community expectations.”

During an April hearing for the Royal Commission internal board documents for Westpac, the parent of Westpac in New Zealand, were released revealing an independent report carried out by PWC. According to the Australian Financial Review the report found only one out of 10 lending controls required by the prudential regulator were operating effectively.

Of the 420 loans the report analysed 38 or 9 per cent did not meeting the serviceability criteria of the regulator.

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Time to review Kiwisaver schemes Warnings of an economic downturn could be a timely reminder for people to assess whether they are in the right KiwiSaver fund, says the head of a research firm.

Last week, former prime minister John Key warned that the global economy is starting to sputter.

Canstar New Zealand general manager Jose George says New Zealanders have had a relatively smooth ride since KiwiSaver began 11 years ago.

George says like any investment

the value of KiwiSaver can go down as well as up. But that doesn’t mean people should panic.

Instead, George says now could be the time for people to review their KiwiSaver scheme and make sure they are in the right fund for the level of risk they want to take on.

George said people should consider how long they have until retirement and ask themselves how much income they need in retirement.

Some people close to retirement may have other money they plan to use first before tapping into KiwiSaver.

George also warned people against stopping their contributions.

Those who stopped putting in money risked missing out on the employer contribution if they were employed and the Government’s annual KiwiSaver subsidy - the annual member tax credit, he warned.

– NZME

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he winds of change were blowing strong in the latter decades of the nineteenth century, with major advances and experiments in science and technology having taken place at this time.

The Ashburton Guardian often published sections on scientific matters, including articles and opinions from all around the world. For example, in 1888 a newspaper from Missouri claimed that street railway motors would be able to reach 100 miles per hour within the next 10 years.

Articles about various new technologies such as motors, electricals, and powered tools were common.

Some of these ideas were so unfamiliar that one article compares the storage of electricity to a horse storing its breakfast.

One article of note was an 1888 interview with Thomas Edison regarding his terrifying talking wax dolls – dolls with phonographs embedded in their chests that recited prayers and songs. Edison eerily claimed that his “little maiden never has a sore throat, and she never refuses to sing when called upon to do so”.

These dolls, produced commercially in 1890, were a flop.

Children allegedly found them more scary than cuddly.

While these dolls were indeed a failed venture, one particular invention proved to be more important than anybody anticipated.

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dramatically that “the horseless carriage is upon us”.

The notion of the motor car meant something different to everybody. Some were scared that certain areas of the transport economy would be drastically affected, such as the railroad.

The idea of the horseless carriage was treated with as much weight as splitting the atom by the writer of this 1896 article, who was seemingly grappling with the morality of cars – were they going to be used for unspeakable evil?

A small comparison was made by the journalist between a car and a horse, where the main problem of the motor car was that it could explode.

Despite scepticism, it seems a majority of people were fascinated and excited by the notion of the motor car and the science behind it.

Once cars became readily available and prevalent, there was one make of car that Ashburton loved and bought above all others – the Ford Model T. Model T mania The Model T was so significant to the people of Ashburton that a club for Ashburton Ford owners was established.

The Model T was not as common as cars are today, but it was common enough. An advert ran in the Guardian in 1913 claiming that there were over a hundred Ford owners in the district at the time.

An imposing display of motor cars were available for viewing and purchase on Tancred Street the year before, and for years to follow.

Model T Fords were marketed to different kinds of people,

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including farmers who were promised a reliable workhorse that could not get tired.

While they were not rare, they were still quite expensive.

More adverts ran in 1913 listing the prices of Ford runabouts and touring cars – £190 and £205 respectively – prices that amount to roughly $30,000 to $33,000 today.

Other car makes could be much more expensive than this, such as high-end models of the French Darracq, which cost nearly $90,000 in today’s money.

Clearly cars were a major status symbol, and the club for Ford owners was without a doubt an exclusive one.

Motor recreation The potential for fun with motor vehicles was realised quite early on, as the first mixed motor race in New Zealand was held at Hagley Park in 1901.

Over the following years, motorsports began to diversify and races were held on beaches, horse race tracks, and at various other locales.

If racing was not your style, then there were plenty of opportunities for recreation that were inherent to motor cars – you could go virtually anywhere, after all.

The Ashburton Ford Owners club took their cars out in force on picnics, and on annual runs to nearby scenic locations.

That 1888 prediction that motors would reach high speeds within 10 years was slightly off, but its implications were half right – motor technology was to develop significantly within a short period of time, which completely revolutionised the way we thought about travel.

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1 – East Street frontage of G. Hefford & Co with two Model T Fords. Mr McBride, centre, was the delivery van driver and delivered goods all over the county.

2 – G.H. Carson’s Garage in Tancred Street, Ashburton, 1919 - 1928. This later became the premises of Drummond & Etheridge.

3 – Opening run to Borathat, the residence of D. Thomas, 1905. Motorists and cyclists gather outside the Post Office.

4 – Ashburton Ford Owners Annual Run, 1916, to Lake Coleridge, passing through Methven.

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Honouring the Fallen The Ashburton Museum, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton Plains, has erected in front of the museum one of the original Ferriman flagpoles, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag.

This week the Ashburton Museum honours: August 1: John Joseph MORIARTY

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RESULTS ■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers August 4 27 Riders 16km 1st Brad Brundle CT. 34.38. HT.9m. RT. 25m 38s. 2nd John Uden CT. 34.41. HT. 9m. RT. 25m 41s. 3rd Ronnie Campbell CT. 34.42/ HT. 8m. RT.26m 42s. 4th Shane Gerken CT.34.43. HT.9m. RT.25m 43s. 5th Colman Burke CT.34.43. HT.10.50m. RT. 23m 53s F/T. 6th Andy Skinner CT.34.44. HT.8m. RT.26m 44s. 7th Don Morrison CT.34.44. HT.8m.

RT. 26m 44s. 8th Pam Harcourt CT.34.44.

HT.9m. RT.25m44s. 9th Rob Hooper CT.34.45. HT.9m. RT. 25m45s. 10th Dave Shurrock CT.34.45. HT.8m. RT.26m 45s. 11th Brad Hudson CT.34.46. HT. 10.50m. RT. 23m 56s 2f/t. 12th Nick Grijns CT.34.46. HT.8m.

RT. 26m 46s. 13th Brent Hudson CT.34.47.

HT.6m. RT.28m 47s. 14th Brian Ellis CT.34.47.

HT.6m. RT.28m 47s. 15th Richard Kirwan CT.34.50. HT. 10.50m. RT.24m 00s. 3f/t.

16th Ross Templeton CT.34.51. HT. 10.50m.

RT. 24m 01s. 4f/t. 17th Alan Johns CT.34.51.

HT. Go. RT. 34m 51s. 18th Matt Marshall CT. 34.52. HT. 9m.RT. 25m 52s. 19th Paul Macfie CT.25.28. HT.10.50m. RT. 24m 38s 5f/t. 20th Ross Proctor CT.35.41. HT.6m. RT.29m 41s.

21st Kerry Clough CT.35.41. HT. 6m. RT. 29m 41s. 22nd Nigel Chatterton CT.35.49. HT.8m.

RT.27m 49s. 23rd Liz Wylie CT.35.50. HT.6m.

RT.29m 50m. 24th Emma Hudson CT.36.38.

HT.6m. RT.30m 38s. 25th Janette Hooper CT.37.13. HT. 6m. RT. 31m13s. 26th Colin Teahan CT. 37.21. HT 8m. RT. 29m 21s.

■ Football English Community Shield English Community Shield results yesterday Final: Chelsea 0 Manchester City 2 (Aguero 13, 58)

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club August 4 Radius Care Player of the day: Wilson Hii 89-29=60nett and 48 pts. Other winning

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club August 11 The second round of the Brandon Cup will be played, a stableford round. This is also the tenth round of the RMF Cup. Starting times: Morning 8.00am; Afternoon report to the Pro Shop at 11.30am for a 12.00pm start Nine Hole golfers report at 12.30pm for a 1.00pm start.

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby August 11 2018 Pre-Season Heartland Team Agstaff Mid Canterbury v South Canterbury, Hinds, 2:30pm Pre-Season Development Team Agstaff Mid Canterbury Development v South Canterbury, Hinds, 12:50pm JAB GALA DAY Under 13, Summerfield Cup Methven v Celtic Lysaght Glass, Oval, 2:00pm Under 11.5 Final MCRU Cup Methven Black v Celtic Ashburton online Green, 12:55pm, Oval Under 11.5 Playoff (20m Half Games) Rakaia v Collegiate Ross Leadley Building, 12:55pm Ground2 Southern Howden Ag v Hampstead, 12:55pm Ground 3 Celtic Lysaght Glass White v Methven White, Ground 2, 2:00pm Under 10 (20m Half Games) Blacklows Celtic Green V Allenton Rugby Football Club: Carrfields, 12:55pm, Oval East Celtic Blacklows White V Methven: Methven, 12:55pm, Oval West Collegiate Ashburton Crane Hire v Southern: Progressive Livestock, 12:10pm, Oval West Under 9 (20m Half Games) Celtic Blacklows White v Methven White,

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scores: Dylan Stoddart 42pts; Ryan Stoddart 41; Adrian Hopwood, Royce Jamieson, Peter Walker and Tom Blacklow 40; Sean Strange 39; George Brown, Ron Carlson, Jeff Hewitt and Jordan Bird 38.

Twos: Thomas Bird, Barry Jury, Peter Walker, Dylan Stoddart, Ryan Stoddart, Peter Bain and Hamish Niles (2).

Nearest The Pins: South Island Seeds: Kay Fox; Rothbury Insurance: Hamish Niles; Allenton Meat Centre: Barry Jury; Braided Rivers: Pat Turton; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Phil Kerr; The Stables Family Restaurant Lucky Draw: Peter Walker.

Birdie Jackpot: #11, Nett Eagles: #14 Nine Hole Winner: Sam Prince with 19pts. Other winning scores: Peter Woods and Peter Stechman 18pts.

Mayfield Golf August 1 Mid-Week Stableford Competition Allan Dixon 40 Stableford points, Wayne Blair 40, Ian Beach 39, John Low 38, Charlie Rapsey 38, Arnold Rushton 37.

Nearest the Pin: Hayden Tasker Two’s: Gordon Duthie Championship Results: Wayne Blair defeated Andrew Peck. Intermediate John Low defeated Hayden Tasker August 3 Handicap & Putting 1st John Greenslade 55-19-36, 17 Putts, 2nd Eddie Graham 56-15-41, 17 Putts Greg Sim Excavators & Builders 2nd Shot No 2: Jill Ludemann, Mayfield Transport No 5: Jill Ludemann 2nd Round Championship: Jill Ludemann August 8 Winners semifinal of club championship Senior: Wayne Blair beat Andrew Peck, Andrew Lake beat Harley Davies; Intermediate: Gordon Duthie beat Paul Garder, Murray Keir beat Gavin Smith; Junior A: Ali Mcleod beat Dave Morrow, Charlie Rapsey beat Ian Beach

Methven Golf Club August 1 Ladies Division 3rd Sarah Maw Tania Wilson 39, Bev Isherwood 39, Sara Gallagher 38 Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Nett of the Day: Bev Isherwood 102-32-70 C/B, Tania Wilson 90-20-70 Nearest the Pins: #4 Silver Aribica Sara Gal12:10pm, Ground 2A Collegiate Gate Grain & Seed v Southern Harcourts, 12:10pm, Ground 2B Hampstead v Methven Black, 12:10pm, Ground 3A Southern Quigley Contracting v Rakaia, 12:00pm Ground 3B Under 8 (15m Half Games) Allenton Rugby Football Club v Rakaia Rugby Club: Rakaia, 12:10pm, Oval East Celtic McCrea Painters & Decorators G v Methven: White ,12:10pm, Oval A Celtic Summerfield Builders W v Mt Somers, 12:10pm Oval B Collegiate RFC: Johnson Gluyas Tractors v Methven: Red, 11:35am, Ground 3A Tinwald v Southern Four Seasons Treecare, 11:35am, Ground 3B Methven Black Bye Under 7 Rippa (15m half games) Allenton V Rakaia, 11:35am, Oval East Celtic Finishing Company G v Southern: Riverlea Ag B, 11:35am, Oval A Celtic Summerfield Builders W v Southern: Coleman Ag W, 11:35am, Oval B Collegiate R Redpaths v Methven: White, 11:35am, Oval West Hampstead v Methven: Black, 11:35am, Ground 2A Tinwald v Southern: Hayden Mackenzie Contracting R, 11:35am Ground 2B Under 6 Rippa (15m half games) Allenton Gold v Rakaia, 11:00am, Oval East Allenton Maroon v Mt Somers 11:00am, Oval A Celtic Anderson Joinery G v Methven: Black, 11:00am Oval B Celtic Anderson Joinery W v Methven: White, 11:00am, Oval West Collegiate: Property Brokers Black v Southern: Agspread R, 11:00am, Ground 2A Collegiate McIntosh Group Gold v Southern: Busch Joinery W, 11:00am, Ground 2B Collegiate Cranfield Glass Red v Southern: James Doyle Contracting B, 11:00am, Ground 3A Tinwald V Methven: Red, 11:00am Ground 3B Celtic Summerfield Builders Red v Bye 12th August 2018 Burce Beckley Memorial Cup Senior B Rakaia v Collegiate, 2:00pm, Mt Somers

A strong performance in the humid Philippines saw Braden Currie prove he was on track for Kona, with a podium result at the 2018 Ironman 70.3 Asia Pacific Championship in Cebu, in the Philippines. The Methven-raised, Wanaka-based athlete went out hard against a stellar field on Sunday and held his own up front until the latter stages of the run. He finished third, 1.27 minutes behind Mexico’s Mauricio Mendez, who claimed his sixth Ironman 70.3 win, while Bermuda’s Tyler Butterfield claimed second. Currie placed fourth in the same event in 2016 and although he moved up one place in 2018 after challenging for the title, he said he had a “solid race”. lagher, #6 Bronze A Cinema Paradiso Tania Wilson, #17 Bronze B Methven Foursquare Gail Limbrick, #13 Open Methven Travel Lynn Worsfold, #14(2nd shot) Supervalue Sara Gallagher, #4 Sat ladies Methven Pharmacy Ellen Kemp Twos and Nett Eagles: Ruth Smithx2. Tania Wilsonx2. Gail Limbrick. Roz Grant. Fay Redfernx2. Nola Hydes. Angela Mowbray.

Wendy Wareing. Marg Kelkx3. Sara Gallagher. Bev Isherwoodx2.

August 5 Men’s Division 5th Round Club champs qualifying Senior: Dayle Lucas 72-5-67, Intermediate: Paddy Helmore 83-13-70 by lot, Junior A: Phil Elliott 91-18-73 by lot, Junior B: Gavin Santy 93-25-68 Other Good Scores: 70 Phil Johnson, 71 Grant Hargraves, Alan Smith, 72 Max Ferris, 73 Craig Middleton, Alister Maxwell, Jeremy Johnson, 74 Graham Gunn, Keith Middleton, Ben Rutter, Stuart Wilson, Barry Wackwitz, Pete Harper, Alan Lock.

Dubliner Best Nett: Dayle Lucas 67, Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Gavin Santy 68, Methven Travel Best Gross: Dayle Lucas 72.

Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Dayle Lucas, Hunters Wine No 6: Michael Kemp, Ski Time No 13: Frank Sandys, Green Parrot No 17: Logan Middlemass, Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Graham Gunn.

Next Week August 11: Stroke play playoffs for club champs.

Rakaia Golf Club August 4 Men’s Division Club Championships 5th Qualifying Round Tony Hurst 91 -27 – 64, Joe Lepaio 79 -15 -64, Symon Restieaux 82 – 14 – 68, John McBeath 76 – 8 -68 9 Hole Peter Harcourt 46 – 12 – 34 Nearest the Pins: No 6 Tony Hurst, No 15 Brian Quinn, No 8 & 17 John McBeath, No 3 2nd Shot – Ryan Cockburn 3rd Shot Brian Brown Two’s: Jeff Hurst Winners of the AHA Smith Trophy – Joe Lepaio and Paul Brand Medal and Ringers Final Round Senior John McBeath 68, Intermediate Joe Lepaio 64, Junior A Brian Brown 70, Junior B Tony Hurst 64

Tinwald Golf Club August 4 Stableford Leading scores in the 2nd round of the Doug Gray Trophy stableford played on Saturday; Senior; -18; Brian Rouse 41, Gordon Rennie 40, Jason Mactier 39, John Schofield 38,

Jeff Naish 38. Junior; 19 plus: Dave Allan 39, Des Green 38, Wayne Ross 35. Women: (Bisque Par). Leen Bell 8 up.

Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Gluyas Ford # 6; Jeff Naish. Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Leen Bell. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Dave Allan. G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Robin Simms. Two’s; Jeff Naish, Leen Bell, John Schofield,Mark Banks, Robin Simms.

Net eagle; # 14 not struck.

■ Motor racing Supercars Sydney Motorsport Park Collated results and standings from the Sydney Motorsport Park, the tenth round of the series, at Sydney Motorsport Park: Race 1 (77 laps - 301km) 1. Shane Van Gisbergen 2hrh4m32.239s 2. Jamie Whincup (Holden) 2:04:32.4449 3. Scott McLaughlin (Ford) 2:04:36.5112 4. Craig Lowndes (Holden) 2:04:37.9984 5. Chaz Mostert (Ford) 2:04:40.5860 6. Rick Kelly (Nissan) 2:04:41.3026 7. David Reynolds (Holden) 2:04:42.0726 8. Nick Percat (Holden) 2:04:42.6823 9. Jack Le Brocq (Holden) 2:04:43.1103 10. Tim Slade (Holden) 2:04:50.6546 Championship Points 1. Scott McLaughlin (Ford) 2579 2. Shane Van Gisbergen (Holden) 2490 3. Jamie Whincup (Holden) 2146 4. Craig Lowndes (Holden) 2061 5. David Reynolds (Holden) 2030 6. Fabian Coulthard (Ford) 1796 7. Chaz Mostert (Ford) 1739 8. Rick Kelly (Nissan) 1726 9. Tim Slade (Holden) 1553 10. Scott Pye (Holden) 1549

■ Petanque Ashburton MSA Petanque Club August 4 Canterbury doubles Winners: Nicolas Xavier Stephane Montel (Christchurch), Runners up: Neville Frost (Dune) Sharon Cannon (Bayview), Trophy Consolation: Karen and Neville Bensdorp (Ashburton). Runners up: Tina and John Targett (Christchurch).

Plate: Janet and Tony Wilkinson (Papanui), Runners up: Richard Hambleton Annette Williams (Taieri), Plate consolation: Colin and Marilyn Bunce (Alexandra), Runners up: Erik and Robyn Ross (Taieri).

Bowl: Caroline Kinloch Marjorie Vincent (Papanui), Runners up: Dians and James Nicholson-Plank August 5 Canterbury Singles Winner: Stephane Montel (Christchurch), Runner up: Brian Westerbeek (Christch-

urch), Trophy Consolation winner: Nocolas Xavier (Christchurch), Runner up: Erik Ross (Taieri), Plate Winner: David Beer (Alexandra), Runner up: Paul Tamagushiku (Christchurch), Plate consolation: Karen Bensdorp (Ashburton), Runner up: Nadine Simpson (Caversham).

Bowl winner: Chris Taylor (Christchurch), Runner up: Mick Lottle (Ashburton), Bowl consolation winner: Mavis Thompson (Timaru), Runner up: Gretchen Preston (Taieri) Top lady player: Karen Bensdorp (Ashburton), Top Senior Player: Neville Frost (Dunedin)

■ Shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club July 5 At 600 yards TR, John Snowden 50.2, 48.5, 98.7, Bevan Mehrtens 50.5, 44.3, 94.8, John Fleming 47.3, 47.4, 94.7, Megan Snowden 45.4, 47.3, 92.7, Brian Hawksby 44.0, 47.4, 91.4, Coby Snowden 42.2, 47.3, 89.5, Daniel Alexander 45.1, 42.0, 87.1, Dean Glass 35.1, 31.1, 66.2, Allan White 46.4.

FTR, Murray Cook 56.4, 53.2, 109.6, Brian Graystone 54.2, 55.0, 109.2, Mark Alexander 56.3, 52.0, 108.3.

FO, Mike Chui 57.4, 59.1, 116.5, Blair Gabites 57.6, 58.3, 115.9.

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s winter league competition, the last of the round robin before the semifinals this week.

Team 7 beat Team 3 14-7: Ben Kruger lost to John McDonnell 1-3, James McCloy beat Ed Harrison 3-0, Ron Carlson beat Phil Andrew 3-0, James Bowker beat Kirsty Clay 3-1, Mike Keen lost to Riley Wilson 1-3.

Team 8 beat Team 2 15-3: Jimmy Hunn beat Harry Stanway 3-1, Ron Carlson beat Jordan Hooper 3-0, Chris Thompson beat Brendan Clark 3-0, Rob Giles beat Hamish Trott 3-0, Charlotte Smith beat Sam Kuipers 3-2.

Team 1 beat Team 5 14-8: Nick Marshall beat Billy Nolan 3-0, Adam Clement lost to Mick Hooper 2-3, Pete Blacklow beat Jordan Hooper 3-2, Rebecca Abernethy lost to Melissa Wilson 0-3, Tim Kuipers beat Robbie Kok 3-0, Kyla Clement beat Jane Kingan 3-0.

Team 6 lost to Team 4 0-11: Chris O’Reilly beat Steve Devereux 3-1, Harry Stanway lost to Eelke Dijkstra 1-3, Nathan Forbes lost to Blair Horrell 2-3, Gary Casey beat Shane Muckle 3-1, Jan Lee lost to Chrissie Stratford 0-3.

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In brief Wallabies ‘favourites’ All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has made the eye-catching claim that the Wallabies deserve favouritism for the Bledisloe Cup. Hansen ignored 16 years of New Zealand dominance by declaring Michael Cheika’s team more than capable of reclaiming the trans-Tasman silverware in twin tests this month. His evidence is last year’s third test which Australia won 23-18 for just their second victory in the last 19 Bledisloe tests. “We lost last time we played them, so no doubt they’ll have a lot of self confidence and are worthy of starting as favourites,” said Hansen.

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Cheika eyes future Michael Cheika admits he had one eye on the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the other looking even further ahead when he included teenage sensation Jordan Petaia in his extended Wallabies train-on squad.

Already on record as saying he will finish up at the end of next year, Cheika is intent on building depth and leaving Australian rugby in safer hands through improved succession planning.

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Jones attacks Crusaders

Rakaia’s senior B juggernaut rolls on Rakaia’s Cawte Whiting looks to dart around the Collegiate defence during his side’s win in the Mid Canterbury Rugby senior B Second Grade Cup final on Saturday. Rakaia downed Collegiate 39-7 in the final to add the Second Grade Cup to their collection for 2018, along with the Michael Duff Memorial Trophy for winning the first round, and the Centennial Mug for winning the second round. There was one more piece of silverware still to play for this season, with the Bruce Beckley Memorial Cup set to go on the line in Mt Somers this weekend. The game, which was played every year at Mt Somers the week after the main senior B final, would this year be a repeat of Saturday’s Second Grade Cup final, with Rakaia taking on Collegiate again. That game will kick off at 2pm this Sunday at Mt Somers.

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‘No rush’ to move Barrett

By Patrick Mckendry Steve Hansen reckons every time he watches the Crusaders play at home he’s told to pick Richie Mo’unga as his first-five ahead of Beauden Barrett.

“I walk away thinking ‘we’ve already put him in the team’,” All Blacks coach Hansen said yesterday as he announced his 33-player All Black squad for the Rugby Championship.

“He’s in the squad. He’s 24 years old and he’s played one test match.

“He’s got competition from the specialist first-five in Beauden Barrett who’s played 64 tests, I think it is. He’s been world player of the year twice.

“Both of them are very good rugby players. Our job is to maximise the talent they’ve got and over time you’ll see Richie get more tests, I’m sure.”

It’s fair to say, then, that Hansen has heard it all before.

The latest clamour over Mo’unga has come after the Crusaders No.10 put in a man of the match performance for his team in their Super Rugby grand final

They may be on the verge of a Super Rugby dynasty but British writer Stephen Jones says the Crusaders would struggle against the best teams in the Northern Hemisphere. Writing for the Sunday Times, Jones was less than impressed by the Crusaders and with the Super Rugby competition in general. “When you noted that the Lions were ostensibly the second-best team in the whole competition it made you wonder just how shambolic the worst team must be.”

- PA

victory over the Lions. A week before that he outplayed Barrett in the semi-final, also in Christchurch.

That performance against the Hurricanes led to Hansen defending Barrett by saying Mo’unga was playing behind a Rolls-Royce forward pack, a comment picked up by Crusaders coach Scott Robertson in the aftermath of their final win, but the fact remains test rugby is an altogether different beast.

The stakes are far higher and the spotlight unremitting, especially for a first-five, which means experience is crucial.

It’s clear too in the demotion of Ngani Laumape that Mo’unga has had a big advantage while playing alongside Ryan Crotty.

Barrett, too, hasn’t had the luxury of playing behind a pack like that possessed by the Crusaders.

But as an All Black No.10, the 27-year-old’s ability to set a test match agenda and navigate his team around the pitch with precision and occasional X-factor marks him out as a special player and one, rightly, who has Hansen’s full backing.

Beauden Barrett “I think about a bloke before a World Cup we went to and everyone wanted us to drop Dan Carter,” Hansen said with reference to the last tournament in 2015.

“But he had one ingredient that the other blokes didn’t have and that was experience. You saw that experience come out in the big moments.

“We have to build slowly with Richie and build his experience but in the meantime we have got a player in Beauden who has

been the best player in the world for the last two years. We won’t be in any rush to shift him.”

It’s also probable that Mo’unga won’t make the match day 23 for the All Blacks first Bledisloe Cup test against Australia in Sydney a week on Saturday.

Damian McKenzie’s versatility and ability to cover first-five and fullback means he is likely to keep Mo’unga off the reserves bench, but Hansen noted that Mo’unga, who made his test debut as a replacement against France in Dunedin in June, was playing at an extremely high level.

“Richie couldn’t have done any more than he’s done this year with the Crusaders.

“He’s been outstanding,” Hansen said.

“Anybody in the Canterbury [Crusaders] team could have been in the side. That’s how good a team they are.

“That’s why I said they have a Rolls-Royce forward pack and they have a Rolls-Royce team.

“That’s why they won the competition.

“They’re well coached and have some great players.”

- NZME

Hookers: Dane Coles (31, Hurricanes/ Wellington, 56), Nathan Harris (26, Chiefs/Bay of Plenty, 13), Codie Taylor (27, Crusaders/Canterbury, 32) Props: Owen Franks (30, Crusaders/ Canterbury, 98), Joe Moody (29, Crusaders/Canterbury, 34), Tim Perry (30, Crusaders/Tasman, uncapped), Karl Tu’inukuafe (25, Chiefs/North Harbour, 3), Ofa Tuungafasi (26, Blues/Auckland, 17) Locks: Scott Barrett (24, Crusaders/ Taranaki, 19), Brodie Retallick (27, Chiefs/ Hawke’s Bay, 68), Samuel Whitelock (29, Crusaders/Canterbury, 99) Loose Forwards: Sam Cane (26, Chiefs/ Bay of Plenty, 55), Shannon Frizell (24, Highlanders/Tasman, 1), Jackson Hemopo (24, Highlanders/Manawatu, 1), Kieran Read (32, Crusaders/Counties Manukau, 109) - Captain, Ardie Savea (24, Hurricanes/Wellington, 25), Liam Squire (27, Highlanders/Tasman, 17), Luke Whitelock (27, Highlanders/Canterbury, 5) Halfbacks TJ Perenara (26, Hurricanes/Wellington, 45), Aaron Smith (29, Highlanders/ Manawatu, 74), Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi (23, Chiefs/Taranaki, uncapped) First five-eighths Beauden Barrett (27, Hurricanes/ Taranaki, 65), Damian McKenzie (23, Chiefs/Waikato, 15), Richie Mo’unga (24, Crusaders/Canterbury, 1) Midfielders: Ryan Crotty (29, Crusaders/ Canterbury, 37), Jack Goodhue (23, Crusaders/Northland, 1), Anton LienertBrown (23, Chiefs/Waikato, 24), Sonny Bill Williams (33, Blues/Counties Manukau, 46) Outside backs: Jordie Barrett (21, Hurricanes/Taranaki, 5), Rieko Ioane (21, Blues/Auckland, 16), Nehe Milner-Skudder (27, Hurricanes/Manawatu, 11), Waisake Naholo (27, Highlanders/Taranaki, 19), Ben Smith (32, Highlanders/Otago, 67)

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■ RUGBY

First target: top four Mid Canterbury’s new coaching line-up has named the squad that will take to the park in this season’s Heartland Championship rugby competition. Erin Tasker takes a look at the line-up.

Mid Canterbury’s new Heartland Championship rugby coach Sean Carter has named a 25-man squad he hopes could go all the way in this year’s competition.

The squad was announced by Carter and his co-coaches Jason Rickard and Dale Palmer on Saturday night following Mid Canterbury Rugby’s Watters Cup final.

It was made up of nine players from Rakaia, six from Celtic, and three each from Southern and Methven, and included four loan players from Christchurch, three of whom had been part of Mid Canterbury Heartland campaigns before.

In all the squad featured just 13 players who were part of Mid Canterbury’s Heartland squad in 2017, and Carter saw the number of fresh, new faces in the squad as a positive.

They would bring enthusiasm and determination that he hoped would see his side through to the top four of this year’s competition.

Last year Mid Canterbury failed to make the top four Meads Cup play-offs, instead having to settle for the Lochore Cup play-offs for the next four, and they won that in a dramatic final against West Coast with only 14 players after a red card in the opening stages of the match.

This season, the Meads Cup was the goal, Carter said.

“At this stage we have got the team to be really competitive.

The goal is to make the top four and that’s always been our goal and anything from there is a bonus, but I think we have to be realistic in that this is a really tough competition,” Carter said.

“We don’t want to put the guys under pressure where we are setting expectations too far down the track. I’m a firm believer in taking it week by week.

“We know that top four is the goal but how we get there is a week in, week out, scenario. We just have to approach each game with a good frame of mind.”

Mid Canterbury would again be captained by Jackson Donlan, and Carter said a leadership group had been formed to help him, including Eric Duff, Will MacKenzie, Matt Bentley, Tyler Blackburn and Jarred Percival.

“Our strength will be in the character of our players.

“At the end of the day I look at it and we’re not an overly big team, there’s certainly a bit of pace there, but it’s about providing that platform,” Carter said.

After missing out on the initial squad named ahead of Mid Canterbury’s only other game so far this season against Ellesmere, Rakaia’s Seta Koroitamana was among those named on Saturday night.

Tigers lose Thompson The Wests Tigers’ faint NRL finals hopes have received another blow with Corey Thompson ruled out for the rest of the season. After going down in Friday’s win over Newcastle, the club yesterday confirmed he will sit out the rest of the year with an ankle injury. He joins Josh Reynolds and Mahe Fonua in having their 2018 seasons ended by injury. Thompson has been one of the club’s big improvers this season. .- AAP

Halves shake up Souths It’s the off-season shake-up that not only transformed Cody Walker’s game but South Sydney as well. The Rabbitohs five-eighth has this season been charged with being the side’s chief shot caller after being handed the reins by coach Anthony Seibold. The move has paid huge dividends for Souths, who sit in top spot heading into Friday’s blockbuster clash with the Sydney Roosters.

- AAP

Clean bill of health Melbourne have received a major boost with captain Cameron Smith expected to be fit to play in Sunday’s NRL clash with Cronulla. The veteran hooker was expected to have scans yesterday amid concerns he may face an extended stint on the sidelines after limping off in Friday’s loss to Souths But Storm football manager Frank Ponissi said a visit to the physiotherapist went so well that the scans were not required. - AAP

McGregor ‘like Ali’

Mid Canterbury’s side for this year’s Heartland Championship has been named.

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“The one work-on for us with Seta is to get him back to peak fitness, because when he’s at his peak fitness he’s outstanding and a very hard man to handle,” Carter said.

Koroitamana had been included as an openside, with the Celtic duo of Angus Lindsay and Sheppard Mhembere named as blindsides, and Matt Bentley (Rakaia), Duff (Southern) and Tom Blyth (Rakaia) were the locks, while Aron Einarsson from Christchurch’s High School Old Boys (HSOB) was set to pull on the number eight jersey after being called in as a loan player.

It would be Einarsson’s first Heartland campaign and Carter said he’d moved south from the Hawke’s Bay and was capable of playing anywhere from four to eight.

Carter said he wasn’t the biggest number eight, but he had good speed and footwork.

Mhembere was also a newcomer to the Heartland squad, along with Celtic team-mate Brian Matoramusha.

Both played for Hampstead in 2017 before moving to Celtic where they were integral parts of the team that won the Watters Cup on Saturday.

In the front row, captain Donlan was the first-choice hooker

with Southern’s Gus McKenzie also included in the squad, while Christchurch RFC’s Sam Cottam and Methven’s Matt Groom took the tighthead spots.

Rakaia’s Tom Heywood was the form loosehead, but his Rakaia team-mate Mark Andrew had also made the cut after missing last year’s campaign due to injury.

“He (Andrew) is one tough rooster.

“He’s full business is old Mark but he’s one of those guys who leads by example.

“He’s a great motivator, whether he realises it or not.

“The things he says out there are well constructed and well received,” Carter said.

Another Rakaia player making a comeback after missing the 2017 campaign due to injury was Andrew Letham, who had been included as a second-five alongside Celtic’s Isireli Masiwini, who made a big impact in his side’s Watters Cup win.

Carter said Masiwini was a pivotal player who could be devastating with ball in hand, and he was probably the most dynamic player in the Mid Canterbury backline, along with Rakaia fullback Timoci Nabakeke.

The wing spots had gone to Celtic’s Matoramusha and

Paovale Sofai on the left, and Methven’s Hugh Griffiths and loan player Dan Fransen – from Sydenham – on the right, while Rakaia’s Tom Hanham-Carter had been named as a centre.

Hanham-Carter was also a handy first-five, with the Mid Canterbury coaching team seeing his deceptive speed as an asset outside, with Percival and Celtic’s Nathan McCloy likely to battle for the spot as starting 10.

Percival, a loan player from HSOB, had been instrumental in other Heartland campaigns for Mid Canterbury, but McCloy had also had a stellar season.

Carter watched Saturday’s Watters Cup final and said Celtic played well tactically.

“I thought that Nathan McCloy had a very strong game and directed his pack around the park very well, and their forwards surprised me – not meaning to be disrespectful – they held their own very well,” Carter said.

Mid Canterbury will play South Canterbury in a pre-season clash at the Hinds Domain on Saturday, and then Canterbury Metro at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds next weekend, before heading to Foxton to play Horowhenua-Kapiti in their opening Heartland Championship match of 2018.

UFC superstar Georges St-Pierre would consider a fight with controversial Irishman Conor McGregor, who he has likened in some ways to boxing legend Muhammad Ali. St-Pierre, a two-division champion is hopeful of returning to the octagon later this year after suffering from colitis, while McGregor’s highly anticipated UFC comeback will be against unbeaten lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in Las Vegas in October. “If it’s a good deal on the table why not?

No problem, I don’t reject any possibility,” St-Pierre said. - AAP

Gaff facing big ban West Coast midfielder Andrew Gaff faces a likely season-ending suspension when he fronts the AFL tribunal following his swinging punch that broke the jaw of Fremantle’s Andrew Brayshaw.

Brayshaw underwent surgery to repair his jaw and three displaced lower teeth, which have been put back into place and splinted. The 18-year-old has been ruled out for the remainder of the AFL season.

Gaff will be sent straight to the AFL tribunal for the off-the-ball punch, which was unprovoked and has been widely condemned. - AAP

Season’s first trophy Manchester City’s attacking ruthlessness has not been blunted by fatigue after the World Cup – winning the Community Shield has demonstrated that beyond any doubt. The Premier League champions have opened the new season by collecting more silverware. Chelsea were beaten 2-0 in the traditional curtain raiser to the English season at Wembley Stadium.

- AP

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In brief MVG conquers Auckland Michael van Gerwen has stormed home to collect his maiden Auckland Darts Masters title. The world No. 1 left a trail of carnage in his wake throughout the three-day event, culminating in a 11-4 win in the final over Raymond van Barneveld. “I didn’t even play my best game but I still won,” van Gerwen said. “I did the right things at the right moments, had a couple of good finishes and it made me win this game. “I can still do a lot better, everybody knows that.” - NZME

Zverev back-to-back Alex de Minaur was unable to prevent 21-year-old Alexander Zverev from becoming the first man in nearly a decade to win consecutive titles at the Citi Open.

Top seed Zverev hit six aces and never faced a break point en route to a 6-2 6-4 victory to clinch his ninth career ATP title and third of 2018. “You really deserved it,” de Minaur told Zverev during the trophy ceremony. “Played too good today.” Zverev improved to 16-2 for his career at Washington’s tune-up for the US Open, which commences in three weeks. - PA

Buzarnescu’s first title

Mulvihill cleans up at Collegiate Bruce Leslie is at full stretch to return a shot against Thomas Wing during the Collegiate Squash Club’s annual tournament at the weekend. The tournament attracted fewer than expected entries but plenty of tight games still ensued. In the top grades Geraldine’s Pat Mulvihill and Lily Rae raced away with the open grade titles, with Agustin Maunier and Karlie McQueen the runners-up, but there were a few upsets in the lower grades, the club’s league co-ordinator Kelly Wing said. In the men’s A grade Bryan Ford was the winner and Nathan Bartlett the runner-up, while the men’s B grade was won by Ben Schnackenberg with Thomas Wing the runner-up. Matthew McComish won the men’s C grade ahead of James Rushton, while Tom Ravenscroft won the men’s D grade ahead of Daniel Snowball. The women’s A grade was won by Emily Vanderweg with Darnell Lima the runner-up.

PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 040818-RH-007

■ FOOTBALL

United overruns Parklands to stay unbeaten Stanly Pokipoki gets airborne as he contests possession with a Parklands player during a Mainland Football division one match at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

Mid Canterbury United won the match 5-0 to continue their unbeaten run this season.

They’ve already locked away the division one championship and are now into the division one cup competition, with the FC Twenty Bombers their next opposition in Christchurch this Saturday.

It was a similar story up the road in Methven, where the Methven FC Senior As beat Burwood AFC 3-0 on Saturday. They’d also had a stellar season and won the men’s division four championship and were now unbeaten in the division four cup competition.

Methven will play Christchurch United Presidents in Christchurch in the next round.

PHOTO DOUG BOVETT

For a moment as she celebrated her maiden WTA singles title, an emotional, overjoyed Mihaela Buzarnescu stood on the court and made an apology for a tournament missing major star power. No Serena. No Venus. “I’m sorry that there was no American in the final but, well, I’m really happy to be on the poster next year so that’s really amazing for me,” she said. Just with those words, the Romanian drew big applause and chuckles.

- AP

Slow start costly Lydia Ko needed a big final round to be in contention at the British Open yesterday but a poor start to the day all but ruled out a third major title for the New Zealander.

The world number 19 shot a final round one-over 73 to finish the tournament at six-under – 11 shots back from winner Georgia Hall of England who claimed her first LPGA Tour victory.

- AP

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■ TRAINER CAUTIOUS

Fingers crossed for Jacksstar Gary Vile is taking it a day at a time with Jacksstar, but he’s hoping to get the top stayer back to raceday action.

Jacksstar, a winner of six races and over $260,000 in prizemoney, has been off the scene since he pulled up with a serious tendon injury after finishing a courageous third behind Chenille in the 2017 Auckland Cup (3200m).

“He tore the ligaments in his near foreleg and the tendon was hanging on by a few strands,” the Awapuni trainer said.

“To run third in the Auckland Cup after doing that at the 200 metres shows what a tough horse he is.”

Jacksstar has undergone stem cell treatment and has been given a steady road to recovery, initially being confined to a box then put out in a paddock.

And now he’s back in work with Vile.

“He’s done a month’s work on the walker and I’m just taking it slowly, but I’m really pleased with him,” Vile said.

“After 17 months off, you just

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Jacksstar has won six races and over $260,000 in prizemoney. don’t want to be in a hurry.

“All going well, I’d like to get him to the Wellington and Auckland Cups again. We know he’s got the ability.”

Jacksstar, a son of Zed, was beaten a mere half-head by Savaria in the 2017 Wellington Cup two starts before his mighty effort in the Auckland Cup.

Vile is also taking the cautious approach with another of his venerable stayers, Rock On, who broke down when being prepared for last season’s Wellington Cup. “He went in a suspensory, but he’s back in work and coming along,” Vile said. “He’s a good stayer, too, and I hope he stands up.”

The six-year-old son of Road To Rock credited Vile with backto-back New Zealand St Leger (2500m) wins when following on from Jacksstar’s victory in 2016 to win the Listed event last year.

He was then taken to Sydney where he finished third on two occasions, including the Chairman’s Handicap at Randwick.

Vile is also pleased with the progress being made by Leading Role and Dance For Money who both ran at last Wednesday’s Foxton trials.

“They both went nicely and just did what I wanted,” said Vile. ”They’ll go back to the next lot of trials then we’ll get serious.”

Leading Role hasn’t won since December 2016, but he put in some encouraging efforts last season for five placings, including a third in the Marton Cup. “He was a bit disappointing at the end of his last campaign.

I may have gone to the well one too many times,” Vile said.

“He’s come back well and he should be alright this season.”

- NZME

In brief All Stars in Aussie The All Stars barn unleashes a couple of its key Breeders Crown players when Harness Jewels winners Our Princess Tiffany and Im Anothermasterpiece step-out at Menangle tonight. Under the quirk of the different racing seasons, Our Princess Tiffany is of course still a juvenile in Australia and will tackle boys and girls of her own age in the third race. Although sure to be a hot favourite, it’s not a gimme race with talented Christian Cullen gelding Regulus drawn to lead from gate six. Our Princess Tiffany has gate seven.

- HRNZ

Bull targets NZ Cup It is now just a matter of how and when Chicago Bull goes to the New Zealand Cup, not if. The pint-sized superstar made it four wins from as many starts and in as many weeks when he snatched a head win at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It wasn’t his most impressive win, but it got a big tick from driver Gary Hall Jr. Trainer Gary Hall Sr said he it was now all about keeping Chicago Bull “ticking along” until the Victoria and NZ Cups. “He’s going to both, the timing works fine,” he said.

- HRNZ

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway

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8 8x458 Homebush Jasper nwtd ............J McInerney Emergencies: 9 76787 Manhattan Style nwtd ...............J McInerney 10 87888 African Violet nwtd ....................J McInerney 12 3.28pm RACING AGAIN 21ST AUGUST C1, 390m 1 6321 Pukeko Rustler nwtd ......................B Healey 2 47134 Elland Road 22.86 ....................J McInerney 3 27467 Zipping Jen 22.65 ....................... B I Conner 4 28768 Cosmic Ryder 22.97 .................J McInerney 5 88685 Homebush Cherico 22.76 .........J McInerney 6 74642 Homebush Maycee 22.92 .........J McInerney 7 75766 Storming Mack 22.85 .................. B I Conner 8 44328 Mick The Mower nwtd ...............J McInerney 9 78885 Magic Jean Lass nwtd ...................C Healey 10 76885 Pianissimo nwtd .......................... B I Conner SELECTIONS

Race 1: Dream Hard, Yee Coo Coo, Homebush Pete, Homebush Rieko Race 2: Manooka, Galifianakis, Born Quick, Cookie Biscuit Race 3: Nardango, Jay Grim, Guilty Rogue, Homebush Mikey Race 4: Wheelchair Norm, Grid Lock, Cosmic Jase, Botany Cold Race 5: Token Vikkers, Luciastar, Valyrian Steel, Forbury Flyer Race 6: Jinja Cody, Half Silver Fern, Jealous Much, Homebush Fued Race 7: Abrasador, Cosmic Richie, Think Tank, Mitcham Faye Race 8: Opawa Lawsey, Poppy Rocket, Darlek Ian, Sozin’s Emperor Race 9: Zipping Lance, Homebush Ragna, Cosmic Ruben Race 10: Southern Honey, Botany Alan, Homebush Indi, Tricode Boy Race 11: Tee An’ Cee, Avalanch City, Pukeko Bolt, Chief Doug Race 12: Elland Road, Zipping Jen, Pukeko Rustler, Storming Mack LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington 5 27237 Eyrewell Ebony 30.75 .................... H Cairns Raceway Meeting Date: 07 Aug 2018 NZ Meeting num- 6 88734 Tikao Jackie nwtd M & ........................ Smith ber: 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 7 24161 Token Hazel 30.27 ........................... B Dann 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 8 22313 Hear This 30.85............................... M Grant 11, 12 and 13 9 68674 Know Courtesy 30.89.....................G Cleeve 1 2.22pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR DASH C1, 295m 10 67747 Goldstar Hemi 31.16 S & ................B Evans 1 54444 Hi Ho Tonto 17.66 ............................ B Dann 4 3.20pm KOLORFUL KANVAS DASH C1, 295m 1 86854 Little Snicko 17.54 .....................J McInerney 2 53356 Dapper Danny 17.56 ................... J McMillan 2 37448 Epic Boom 17.47........................J M Jopson 3 21777 White Not Wong 17.53 ...............J M Jopson 3 17634 Goldstar Bryton 17.76 S & ..............B Evans 4 1 Pita Ramos 17.38 .............................J Dunn 4 66433 Broken Penniless 17.49 .................G Cleeve 5 27866 Cee Ash 17.60 ...............................G Cleeve 5 16878 Rockin’ Robyn 17.46 ....................... M Grant 6 74841 Smash Reward 17.64...................... M Grant 6 47848 Sly Bet nwtd ...............................J M Jopson 7 41664 My Ginger Kiss 17.61 S & ...............B Evans 7 58837 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37 .......................A Joyce 8 12835 Homebush Nesbo nwtd .............J McInerney 8 54243 Sozin’s Treasure nwtd ...............J McInerney 9 57588 Jingili Jill 17.55 M & ............................ Smith 9 57588 Jingili Jill 17.55 M & ............................ Smith 10 58878 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 2 2.41pm MURRAY@RAY WHITE 021480250 SPRINT 10 58878 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 5 3.35pm CRATE BARREL HOTEL SPRINT C1, 295m C1, 295m 1 212 Ketchikan Kim nwtd...........................J Dunn 1 66437 Feral Dove Love 17.83 .................M A Butler 2 15718 Dizzy Banjo 17.61 ..............................C Weir 2 88473 Chop Shop 17.32 ......................J McInerney 3 4815x Tubby Kevie 17.71 ......................J M Jopson 3 2x178 Goldstar Tasman 18.19 S & ............B Evans 4 x4431 Okuku Mistress 17.85 .....................R Casey 4 8x12x Shady Banjo 17.29.............................C Weir 5 33742 Mr Black Magic nwtd S & ................B Evans 5 42522 Koroibete 17.92 H & ............................Taylor 6 45551 Smash Rock 17.84.......................... M Grant 6 15363 Okuku Maree 17.61 ........................R Casey 7 77F56 Jinno Gino 17.51 ......................... J McMillan 7 74482 Gordy Junior 17.51 ....................J M Jopson 8 68536 Homebush Pansy 17.69 ............J McInerney 8 77428 Smash Ocean 17.50 ....................... M Grant 9 8x868 Tui Style 17.54 M & ............................. Smith 9 8x868 Tui Style 17.54 M & ............................. Smith 10 58878 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 10 58878 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 3 3.01 HAPPY BIRTHDAY GARY MCENTEE STAKES 6 3.51pm ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m C1, 520m 1 38872 Opawa Poppy 17.37 ........................R Wales 1 77542 Pam Arising 31.37 ......................J M Jopson 2 3x365 Dagny nwtd ................................J M Jopson 2 1 Our Tyson 30.70 ..............................R Wales 3 61877 Feral Steadfast 17.93 ...................M A Butler 3 27823 Goldstar Scooby 30.97 S &.............B Evans 4 127 Gotcha Bolt 17.79 .....................J McInerney 4 44522 Goldstar Sydney 31.11 S &.............B Evans 5 66788 Magic Tracey 17.42 ................... A Bradshaw

6 48728 Goldstar Tu Puc 17.50................J M Jopson 7 74665 Tricky Action 17.48 S & ...................B Evans 8 65222 Paringi Pam 17.45 M & ....................... Smith 9 88x8x Such Fun 17.74...........................D Kingston 10 58878 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 7 4.08pm DURASTEEL STRUCTURES PH 033796195 SPRINT C1, 295m 1 77x43 Magic Janet Lass 17.48 ............J McInerney 2 88767 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 3 63225 Okuku Billy 17.49 ............................R Casey 4 28372 Cut The Ribbons 17.44 ...................J Tanner 5 55777 Holly Grace 17.92 ........................... M Grant 6 166 Gotcha Pixie 17.64.............................C Weir 7 364F1 Epic Owen 17.53........................J M Jopson 8 47232 Goldstar Diesel 17.46 S &...............B Evans 9 8x868 Tui Style 17.54 M & ............................. Smith 10 58878 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 8 4.26pm ISLINGTON TAVERN STAKES C1, 520m 1 7488x Velvet Girl 30.55 ..........................D Kingston 2 81223 Mr. Matt 30.38 J & ...........................D Fahey 3 16863 Daring Affair 31.31 ....................... L Waretini 4 35238 Goldstar Whitey 31.16 S & ..............B Evans 5 74436 Know Equal 30.66 ..........................G Cleeve 6 58625 Dream Kay 30.29 ............................R Wales 7 11 Country Gent 30.87................... A Bradshaw 8 53645 Goldstar Dodge 30.72 S & ..............B Evans 9 68674 Know Courtesy 30.89.....................G Cleeve 10 56774 Opawa Bucks Eye 30.78 ............H Anderton 9 4.43pm STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH 0272719588 DASH C1, 295m 1 87768 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith 2 35283 Know Dollars 17.51 ........................G Cleeve 3 71877 Goldstar Power 17.59 S &...............B Evans 4 6555F Pip Baxter 17.43 .......................J McInerney

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35264 Homebush Scribe 17.36 ...........J McInerney 54565 Culvie Chairman 17.47 H & ................Taylor 86414 Leanne’s Way 17.72 ...................J M Jopson 57447 Idol Star 17.50.................................R Wales 88x8x Such Fun 17.74...........................D Kingston 58878 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 10 5.01pm ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE STAKES C1, 520m 1 152 Opawa Hilary 30.65 J & ..................D Fahey 2 67215 Midnight Maggie nwtd S & ..............B Evans 3 31658 Bossy Affair 30.29 ........................ L Waretini 4 64747 Eyrewell Tango 30.80 ..................... H Cairns 5 13331 Know Shame 30.45........................G Cleeve 6 32166 Goldstar Hurley 31.11 S & ..............B Evans 7 88158 Goldstar Charger 31.01 S &............B Evans 8 37531 Jinja Ellie 30.81 ................................A Joyce 9 68674 Know Courtesy 30.89.....................G Cleeve 10 18468 Idol Jan 31.11 .................................R Wales 11 5.20 CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN STKS C1, 520m 1 56526 Forza nwtd ................................ M Robinson 2 46185 Eyrewell Bentley 31.04................... H Cairns 3 21173 Double Speed nwtd.......................R Adcock 4 65246 Goldstar Chief 30.85 S & ................B Evans 5 88T24 Goldstar Liberty 30.75 ...............J M Jopson 6 62672 Zephaniah nwtd ........................ A Bradshaw 7 34327 Stompin’ Ground 30.65 S & ............B Evans 8 71251 Sefton Stan 30.60 J & .....................D Fahey 9 68674 Know Courtesy 30.89.....................G Cleeve 10 86657 Goldstar Miley 30.25 S & ................B Evans 12 5.38pm COALGATE TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 18246 Mamma Rose 17.73........................R Casey 2 14665 Astro Tipple 17.53 ...........................J Tanner 3 86284 Epic Knoxy 17.29 .......................J M Jopson 4 F3527 Idol Georgie 17.31 ............................ J Rush

5 36474 Verbena 17.52 .............................. K Cassidy 6 44274 Poetik 17.59 S & .............................B Evans 7 7T415 Call Me Archie 17.51................ A Botherway 8 41171 Gotcha Zena 17.53 ...................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 57588 Jingili Jill 17.55 M & ............................ Smith 10 58878 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 13 5.56pm LIVAMOL DASH C1, 295m 1 44633 Camside Rose 17.84 M & ................... Smith 2 18F73 Goldstar Galaxie 17.66 S & ............B Evans 3 81878 Zircon 17.28 ...............................J M Jopson 4 67x67 Mertz 17.49 ...............................J McInerney 5 87564 Belfast Delanie 17.59 H & ...................Taylor 6 47472 Opawa Janet nwtd ..........................R Wales 7 45885 Okuku Terra 17.61...........................R Casey 8 57537 Know Bias 17.75 ............................G Cleeve 9 88x8x Such Fun 17.74...........................D Kingston 10 58878 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales SELECTIONS

Race 1: Hi Ho Tonto, Pita Ramos, Smash Reward, Cee Ash Race 2: Shady Banjo, Chop Shop, Gordy Junior, Okuku Maree Race 3: Token Hazel, Our Tyson, Hear This, Goldstar Scooby Race 4: Broken Penniless, Epic Boom, Rockin’ Robyn, Goldstar Bryton Race 5: Ketchikan Kim, Tubby Kevie, Smash Rock, Mr Black Magic Race 6: Opawa Poppy, Dagny, Gotcha Bolt, Magic Tracey Race 7: Magic Janet Lass, Holly Grace, Epic Owen, Cut The Ribbons Race 8: Mr. Matt, Country Gent, Velvet Girl, Daring Affair Race 9: Pip Baxter, Leanne’s Way, Culvie Chairman, Goldstar Power Race 10: Know Shame, Midnight Maggie, Jinja Ellie, Bossy Affair Race 11: Forza, Sefton Stan, Goldstar Liberty, Goldstar Chief Race 12: Gotcha Zena, Astro Tipple, Mamma Rose, Epic Knoxy Race 13: Goldstar Galaxie, Camside Rose, Zircon, Belfast Delanie LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Classifieds 20 Ashburton Guardian PUBLIC NOTICES

TRADES, SERVICES

BREACHES OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD FOR AIR QUALITY

CERAMIC tiles - tile quality guaranteed - Tile Warehouse selection available at Redmonds Furnishing and Flooring, Burnett Street.

SHELLY - Health massage, Ashburton, Open 9am - 9pm.

Chinese girl. Phone 022 684 1692.

In the Ashburton airshed, the NESAQ allows the PM10 threshold of 50 µg/m3 (24-hour average concentration, reported from midnight to midnight) to be exceeded no more than three times a year from September 2016 and only once from September 2020.

ANNALISE in town today only. Please phone 021 0288 5241.

From 1 January to 30 June 2017, there have been two exceedances of the PM10 threshold in Ashburton.

24 hour average PM10 concentrations (µg/m3) Ashburton* 52 54

* Monitoring site located in: Cambridge Street, Ashburton - dominated by residential emissions Further information is available at: www.ecan.govt.nz/todaysair Bill Bayfield CHIEF EXECUTIVE

This winter, no-one should be forced to choose.

HEALTH & BEAUTY

The National Environmental Standard for Air Quality (NESAQ) threshold for PM10 (particles smaller than 10 micrometers in diameter) has been breached more than once in the Ashburton airshed.

Date occurred 22 June 16 July

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

9.30am - 4pm (winter hours) ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship, make/fix something in our new workshop. 8 William Street.

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

10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Coffee morning for new people to the area. Nosh Cafe, Ashford Village, West Street.

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

10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB.

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

8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Lake Clearwater, all welcome, phone Jenny 308-6862. Meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West.

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

9.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. ALLENTON - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. St David’s Church, Allenton.

9.30am- 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH OP SHOP. Op Shop open, clothing donations welcome. Ashburton Baptist Church.

Cass Street.

9.30am - 4pm(winter hours) ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship, make/fix something in our new workshop. 8 William Street. (not public holidays).

9.45am MID CANTERBURY LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. General meeting, Doris Linton Lounge,

August 7 & 8 2018 Fun filled days for over 60 years, for more information ring 308-6817. Cameron Street.

10.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. METHVEN- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. All Saints Church, 1 Chapman Street, Methven.

12pm - 3pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SIGNING CENTRE. Open every Tuesday for documentation signing with a JP on hand. Community House, 44 Cass Street.

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

1pm R.S.A. INDOOR BOWLS. Weekly social indoor bowls. Linton lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

1pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. RAKAIA - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly

supportive environment. Presbyterian Church, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

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

5.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Youth Group, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. All ages and abilities welcome, racquets available. E A Network Centre Stadium, 20 River Terrace.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Table Tennis, weekly meeting for all levels, come “Have A Go!” Ashburton M.S.A. Havelock Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Club meeting and Annual General Meeting. All welcome, phone Jenny 3086862. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

R.S.A. Cox Street.

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

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

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

Cameron Street.

10.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. CENTRAL TOWN - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton.

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

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Weekly Euchre with cash prizes and afternoon tea. Waireka Croquet Club, The Domain, Philip Street.

2.30pm ROSE GROUP. Spring get together, friends welcome for coffee. Lushingtons Nursery Cafe, Tinwald.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. CENTRAL- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton.

6pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. 5km town circuit. All walking abilities and fitness levels catered for. Leaves from Philip Street beside the croquet lawn at 6pm sharp.

7pm BOOTCAMP. Catering for all levels of fitness. Hinds Domain. Contact Georgia 0276888686 or Aleisha 0278489309.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance (7pm), beginners/ intermediate (8pm-9pm). Instructor Annette phone 307-7138 a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Fitness Fun and Friendship. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLING CLUB. Club night at the McNally Street Stadium.

7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC. Practical learning, depth of field. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

Puzzles

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Cryptic crossword

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Paint the day with bold strokes and leave the detail work for another time, if it even comes to that. It’s a day of experiments. You won’t know until you jump in.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’re in the thick of a complex task and still trying to get your bearings. It will be a wobbly ride for a little while, but soon enough you’ll develop a knack and this section will seem like a mere blip.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Interaction doesn’t have to be intense or constant to be meaningful.

Sometimes just being near one another, in the same room, doing your own thing is more than enough to bring a sense of comfort.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’ve a new interest. It’s intriguing but difficult. Don’t worry; you can be talented at something without being good at it. Sometimes the talent is just a curiosity that drives you to practice and improve.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Someone likes you, thinks you’re bright, admires you and wants to be around you. Is that so surprising? Perhaps – maybe this person may not readily show affinity, or the timing just hasn’t seemed right yet.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’re excellent at mixing, matching and merging, and when people go along with your suggestions everybody wins.

You’ll finally get the go-ahead to do something you’ve wanted to do for a long time.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Think about it; you’re living some of your childhood schemes. Why stop scheming now? Let yourself dream.

Outcomes that, at the moment, seem unlikely may not be as farfetched as you imagine.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You want to lay the foundation for change. The trouble is that you don’t really know what will develop. You only know that it will be different from what’s happening now. A sense of readiness is all you need.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): A good friend will nurture your idiosyncrasies and love you for the parts of you that don’t conform to her expectations or his beliefs. A good friend wants you to be more of who you already are.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You sometimes wish you were better at affairs of the heart. People who seem to be in control of their “feels” are possibly not feeling them as deeply as you are.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Surprising events wake you up like cold water to the face. You’ll wonder why you didn’t see it before. You were looking at other things. No matter. Now that you’re aware, new options will open for you.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): What good is a support system if you never use it? You’d do well to test it out every once in a while. Check in and let yourself be a little vulnerable with the people who love you.

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ACROSS 1. Put it to one backing, for example, in swirling gusts (7) 5. One’s intuition may be backed by one at Notre Dame (5) 8. Confinement to story-telling when at home (5,2) 9. There are as many deadly sins as there are hills of Rome (5) 10. Sufficiently skilful to take part at the National Theatre (9) 12. It isn’t true one will be taken in by the French (3) 13. A hundred and fifty admit to being Auguste (5) 17. Chuck one a worm to use as bait (3) 19. Main plot is Conservative in Neil’s version of it (9) 21. Dusty coloured equivalent of olive drab (5) 22. It is considered to be an inspiration (7) 24. Unmarried, and without first lover to burn one (5) 25. Half the rest being weary, went to bed (7) DOWN 1. Comfort may be a close arrangement (6) 2. There may be just the faintest ray - of hope? (7) 3. Spur one on to make a bomb (3) 4. It is time for a verb to be strung-up (5) 5. One’s wavering is put up: they can be uncertain about it (9) 6. Book by last woman, about love (5) 7. Has he rung out of his wish for food? (6) 11. Too much vice and sex the Southeast gets involved with (9) 14. Delivery that swerves in the air for one who was ‘with-it’ (7) 15. Bits of snow start freezing on Erie and Superior (6) 16. Was not on one’s feet, and got teased about it (6) 18. Muscle made up of pig’s-head and ox-feet (5) 20. Tarka to turn up on the terrace, the race being lost (5) 23. Exit from Otago University at the beginning of term (3)

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EAST, Kay Amelia – On August 3, 2018, passed away at Christchurch Hospital, aged 63 years.

Sister and sister-in-law of James and Pam White, Barbara and Kevin Quinlan.

Auntie of Kylie and Jarrod, Brad and Todd.

Now at peace.

A funeral service for Kay will be held at the Canterbury Crematorium Chapel, corner of Linwood Avenue and Keighleys Road, on THURSDAY, August 9, at 1.00pm.

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CHOICE 6am Gok’s Fill Your House For Free 7am Tiny House Hunting 7:30 Tigers About The House 8:30 Backroad Bounty 9:30 River Cottage To The Core 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy 12:30 Treasures Decoded 1:30 Expedition Unknown 2:30 The Story Of China 3:30 Love Nature – The Story Of Cats A look at the relationship between big cats in the wild and domestic cats, and their journey from hunters of the wild to household pets.

4:30 Food Safari 5pm How To Cook Like Heston 5:30 Cash Cowboys 6:30 Posh Pawn

6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information.

9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show PGR With Wanda Sykes and Halsey. 0 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street Catch-Up PGR 0 2pm Peter Andre’s 60-Minute Makeover 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Funny You Should Ask Comedy game show featuring a panel of stand-up comedians who interact with contestants for prizes.

4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6:30 The Wot Wots 3 0 6:40 Darwin And Newts 0 6:50 Peppa Pig 0 7am The 7D 3 0 7:25 Matt Hatter Chronicles 3 0 7:50 Star v The Forces Of Evil 3 0 8:15 The Lion Guard 0 8:35 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Less Than Perfect PGR 3 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle PGR 1pm Judge Rinder AO 2pm Home Improvement 3 0 2:30 Home And Away 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 3:35 Andi Mack 0 4pm Fanimals 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am The AM Show News, interviews, and humour to start the day.

9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm The Block NZ PGR 3 0 2pm Wipeout 0 3pm Celebrity Name Game PGR 3 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm Susie Nordqvist presents comprehensive coverage of global and local news.

4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm Family Feud Australia 5:30 Modern Family 3 Claire senses Phil may be more into ‘Juliana’ than her; Gloria’s sister visits; Mitchell and Cameron get into a situation with Anders. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am Codename – Kids Next Door 3 6:25 Hank Zipzer, The World’s Greatest Underachiever 3 6:50 The Powerpuff Girls 3 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 Trulli Tales 7:55 Atomic Puppet 8:05 Batman – Brave And The Bold 3 0 8:30 The Thundermans 3 8:55 Tiki Tour 3 0 9:20 Jeopardy 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Escape To The Country 3 12:40 Conviction PGR 3 0 1:35 Married With Children PGR 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm American Restoration 3 0 6:30 Pawn Stars 3

6:30 Zoomoo 6:40 Dora Matatoa 2 7:10 Kia Mau 7:20 Te Nutube 3 7:30 Haati Paati 7:40 Pukana 2 7:50 Huritua 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am Whanau Living 9:30 Cam’s Kai 3 10am Piri’s Tiki Tour PGR 3 10:30 F My Reggae Song 3 11am Helen’s Story PGR 3 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 1pm Finding Aroha PGR 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Zoomoo 3 3:10 Dora Matatoa 2 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Te Nutube 3 4pm Haati Paati 3 4:10 Pukana 3 4:20 Huritua 3 4:30 Waka Warriors 3 5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Eat Well For Less Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin help families save money, sort food facts from food fiction, and eat well while spending less. 0 8:40 The £1 Houses – Britain’s Cheapest Street AO 0 9:45 20/20 0 10:45 1 News Tonight 0

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 The Middle 0 8pm Motorway Patrol AO 8:30 Wentworth AO 0 9:30 Killing Eve AO 0 10:30 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0

7pm The Project 7:30 The Block NZ PGR 0 8:30 NCIS AO 0 9:30 Valour AO 0 10:25 NewsHub Late 10:55 Chicago PD AO Voight wants to make his former cellmate a confidential informant as the unit seeks to catch a major cocaine supplier and local dealers. 0

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Elizabeth 0 8:30 Poldark PGR As Cornwall’s election approaches, the Poldarks face difficult decisions, and the consequences of their choice could change not only their lives, but also the future of Cornwall. 0 9:45 Knightfall AO 10:40 The Great Indoors PGR

7pm KaweKorero 7:30 Laurence Of Suburbia 7:30 Angelo’s Outdoor Kitchen Laurence visits the suburbs Angelo prepares mussels in of Leeds, were he looks three ways, including musselfor inspiration from the and-seaweed chowder. architecture and local design 8pm School Of Training influences in the Edwardian 8:30 Shear Bro PGR glamour of Lotherton Hall.

9pm Nanakia PGR 8:30 My Dream Home 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 9:30 Escape To The Chateau – 10pm Whawhai – Fight Night DIY 10:30 SmackDown PGR 3 10:30 Cash Cowboys

11:15 Sunday 3 A weekly in-depth current affairs show. 0 12:15 Major Crimes AO 3 Sharon must make decisions about her ongoing health problems while investigating a series of murders and sexual assaults. 0 1:10 Te Karere 3 2 1:35 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11pm Mom PGR 3 0 11:25 Empire PGR 3 0 12:15 Beyond 1am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:25 Switched At Birth PGR 3 0 3:15 Jeremy Kyle 3 4:05 Judge Rinder AO 4:55 Regular Show 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:50 Infomercials

11:10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR The best of Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more.

12:10 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

12:40 Closedown

11:30 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 Midnight Closedown

Chicago PD

10:55pm on Three

BRAVO 10am Beverly Hills Pawn 3 10:30 Catfish 3 11am Beverly Hills Pawn 3 11:30 Snapped 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of Miami 1:30 How To Look Good Naked – UK 2:30 Glam Masters 3 3:30 Clean House 4:30 Child Genius US 3 5:30 Masters Of Flip 3 6:30 Catfish – The Untold Stories 3 7:28 The Dish 7:30 Tabatha Takes Over 3 To save Tanzy’s salon, Tabatha must get her to be responsible, and lead her and her staff to embrace the future.

8:30 Body Fixers Drag artist Gypsy wants to look less Coco the Clown and more Coco Chanel; engaged couple Jonathan and Gemma fear an excessive sweating problem will ruin their big day.

9:30 The Real Housewives Of New York City 10:28 The Dish 10:30 Snapped 11:25 60 Days In 3 12:15 Infomercials 3

Poldark

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11:35 Jeopardy! PG Noon Raw Live MVC 3:15 Doctor Who PGV 4:05 The Simpsons PG 4:35 Jeopardy! PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Border Security M 6pm The Flash M 7pm Hardcore Pawn PG 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:30 Appalachian Outlaws M 10:30 SVU MV 11:25 The Flash M

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12:20 Doctor Who PGV 1:20 Hardcore Pawn PG 1:50 Ice Road Truckers PG 2:40 Appalachian Outlaws M 3:30 SVU MV 4:20 Border Security M 4:45 NCIS MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

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MOVIES GREATS

6:30 Collateral Beauty ML 2016 Drama. Will Smith, Helen Mirren. 8:05 Any Day MVS 2015 Drama. Sean Bean, Eva Longoria. 9:45 Love On The Air PG 2015 Romantic Comedy. Alison Sweeney, Jonathan Scarfe, Crystal Balint.

11:10 The Whole Truth MVLSC 2016 Crime. Keanu Reeves, Renee Zellweger. 12:45 47 Metres Down 16VLC 2017 Horror. Mandy Moore, Claire Holt. 2:20 Collateral Beauty ML 2016 Drama.

Will Smith, Helen Mirren.

3:55 Any Day MVS 2015 Drama. Sean Bean, Eva Longoria. 5:35 Welcome Home PG 2015 Drama.

Luke Perry, Erica Cerra.

7pm The Darkness MVLSC 2016 Horror. A family returns from a vacation at the Grand Canyon, but are unwittingly followed by an evil, unknown entity that preys on their autistic son. 8:30 Madame MLS 2017 Comedy. A married couple decide to move to Paris for a fresh start but, when their maid begins an unexpected romance, they plot to destroy the affair.

10:05 Chuck 16VLSC 2017 Drama.

11:45 The Neighbourhood Nightmare MVC 2018 Thriller.

6:10 The Five-Year Engagement M 2012 Comedy Romance.

Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt. 8:10 The Making Of Ocean’s Thirteen PG 8:25 The Skulls MV 2000 Thriller. Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker. 10:10 Battle – Los Angeles MVL 2011 Action. Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez.

12:05 The Whole Nine Yards MVLS 2000 Crime Comedy.

Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry.

1:45 American Psycho 2 16VLS 2002 Horror. Mila Kunis, William Shatner. 3:15 The Five-Year Engagement M 2012 Comedy Romance.

Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt. 5:15 American Outlaws MV 2001 Action.

Scott Caan, Colin Farrell.

6:50 The Hangover Part II 16LS 2011 Comedy.

Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms.

8:30 Sherlock Holmes 2 – A Game Of Shadows MV 2011 Action. Sherlock Holmes and his colleague Dr Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.

10:40 Here Comes The Boom MVL 2012 Action Comedy.

WEDNESDAY

1:15 The Directors – Rob Marshall PG 1:45 Welcome Home PG 2015 Drama.

3:10 The Darkness MVLSC 2016 Horror. 4:40 Madame MLS 2017 Comedy.

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby Nation 7am Rugby – First XV (RPL) Christs College v St Andrews College. 8:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Final – Crusaders v Lions. 9am The Rugby Show 9:30 Golf – Fiji International (HLS) 10am Golf – World Championship (HLS) Bridgestone Invitational.

11am Live From The PGA Championship 1pm Rugby Nation 2pm Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Final – Crusaders v Lions.

4:30 The 1014 Rugby Show 5pm Rugby Nation 6pm Rugby – First XV (RPL) Christs College v St Andrews College.

7:30 Rugby – Ranfurly Shield (HLS) Taranaki v Wanganui.

8pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Final – Crusaders v Lions.

8:30 The Breakdown 9:30 The 1014 Rugby Show 10pm Rugby – Ranfurly Shield (HLS) Taranaki v Wanganui.

10:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Final – Crusaders v Lions.

11pm The Breakdown

WEDNESDAY

Midnight The 1014 Rugby Show 12:30 The Back Page 1:30 Live From The PGA Championship WEDNESDAY 3am Golf – Fiji International 12:25 Boogeyman MC 2005 (HLS) 3:30 Golf – World Horror. 1:55 American Championship (HLS) Outlaws MV 2001 Action.

Bridgestone Invitational.

3:30 The Hangover Part II 16LS 2011 Comedy. 5:10 Here 4:30 Rugby – First XV (RPL) Christs College v St Andrews Comes The Boom MVL 2012 College.

Action Comedy.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

11:30 Food Safari Host Maeve O’Meara takes a culinary trip across Australia.

Midnight How To Cook Like Heston 12:30 Home By Novogratz 1am Posh Pawn 2am Find It, Fix It, Flog It 3am Expedition Unknown 4am Laurence Of Suburbia 5am My Dream Home

SKY SPORT 2

DISCOVERY

6:30 NRL 360 7:30 Controversy Corner 8am L Baseball – International Bahamas v New Zealand. 11am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Sunday.

11:30 UFC Now 12:30 NRL 360 1:30 Big League Wrap 2:30 Controversy Corner 3pm Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Rabbitohs v Storm.

5pm Motorcycling – British Superbikes (HLS) 6pm Sailing – Volvo Ocean Race (HLS) Post Race Documentary.

7pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Friday.

Coverage of Knights v Tigers and Rabbitohs v Storm.

7:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Saturday.

Coverage of Eels v Titans and Roosters v Cowboys.

8pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Sunday.

Coverage of Sharks v Sea Eagles and Panthers v Raiders.

8:30 NRL 360 9:30 The Fan 10pm Queenslanders Only 10:30 NRL Try Time 11:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Saturday.

6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 9:10 Alaskan Bush People M Judgement Day. 10am Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 10:50 Diesel Brothers PG Bros to the Rescue! 11:40 A Crime To Remember M The Pied Piper. 12:30 The Perfect Murder M Murder-In-Law. 1:20 Web Of Lies M People You May Know. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG 4:45 Homestead Rescue PG 5:40 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 6:35 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 7:30 BattleBots – The Last Chance! PG 8:30 MythBusters PG Chimney Cannon.

9:25 Scijinks PG 9:50 Scijinks PG 10:15 Naked And Afraid XL M All-Stars – Enter the Kill Zone.

11:05 Naked And Afraid M 11:55 Web Of Lies M People You May Know.

Midnight Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Sunday.

12:30 Motorcycling – Canadian Superbike (HLS) Round Four. 1am L Cycling – Tour Of Poland Stage Four. 3am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Eels v Titans. 5am The Hunters Club

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

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Selectors name their 2018 squad

Zverev goes back to back

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Runners head off at the start of the South Island Half Marathon at Lake Hood on Sunday.

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Half marathon a winner The roads around Lake Hood became a race track on Sunday as around 800 people donned their running shoes to take part in the second South Island Half Marathon around the lake.

A fine but foggy morning met competitors when they lined up at the starting line for the events on offer – the 21km half marathon, the 7km 1/6th marathon and the 1.5km race for kids.

The day’s main event, the half marathon for runners, was won

by Samuel Wreford.

He finished well ahead of his nearest rivals in 1.06.25 hours.

Chris Kelly had the day’s second fastest time in 1.14.34 hours with Simon Cromarty the third across the line in 1.18.31 hours.

Tracy Abbott was the first woman home in 1.30.32 hours.

The half marathon hybrid event – for those who wanted to run for a bit and walk for a bit – was won

by Michael Ganzevles in 1.31.23 hours, with the day’s second fastest time overall going to Jan Piotrowski in 1.42.13 hours.

Barry Atkinson was first home in the half marathon for walkers, in 2.28.15 hours, while Sharyn Davey was the first woman home

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The half marathon hybrid event – for those who wanted to run for a bit and walk for a bit – was won by Michael Ganzevles

and walked the day’s second best time of 2.30.30 hours.

The 1/6th marathon for runners was won by Simon White in a time of 25.13 minutes, while it was a close finish in the 1/6th marathon for walkers.

Lynne Levick crossed the line in first with a time of 55.31 minutes, just ahead of second placed Jane Thomson (55.38) and Kay Rotch (56.33).

The 1.5km Kidz Dash was won

by Luke Smith in a time of 6.12

minutes, with Kyle Smith second in 6.14 minutes and Kalym Chalmers third in 6.29 minutes.

Two members of the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade were among a number of firefighters who completed the course in full firefighting kit.

Nathan Speedy and Sean McCormack took on the 21km half marathon as a personal challenge and both completed the course in faster times than they’d hoped, with McCormack 28th home in a time of 3.12.12 hours, while Speedy was 45th home in 3.39.48 hours.

Mulvihill, Rae clean up on Collegiate’s squash courts

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