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An Ashburton man has been sent to prison on his ninth drink driving conviction.

Julian Alan Jackson, 38, appeared in the Ashburton District Court yesterday, where he was also sentenced on his fourth count of driving while disqualified.

Judge Joanna Maze said that Jack-

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“I’ve run out of options; he’s run out of options,” she said.

Jackson was caught driving with 844 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath earlier this year, in doing so notching up his ninth conviction in 20 years.

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Defence lawyer Roz Burnside said that Jackson had “fallen off the wagon” during a period of stress and grief.

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White humpback in Cook Strait A white humpback whale has been spotted in Cook Strait.

TVNZ reported the rare white male humpback whale was seen in Cook Strait during Department of Conservation humpback whale survey. Humpback whales are on their annual migration from Antarctic waters to warmer waters in the Pacific for breeding. The sighting of a rare white humpback whale in Cook Strait has been called “once in a lifetime” by the leader of the whale spotting team. Nadine Bott said it was first spotted by an ex-whaler from a lookout point at the east head of the Tory Channel entrance. A team on a boat followed the pod including the white whale, but the glare of the morning sun on the water meant the team weren’t aware of what they were following.

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Britain’s Princess Charlotte christened Britain’s Princess Charlotte has been christened in an intimate ceremony in the royal baby’s second public appearance since her birth nine weeks ago. Just 21 guests attended the low-key baptism held inside the 16th century Church of St Mary Magdalene on the country estate of the baby’s great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II yesterday (NZ time), as crowds waited outside. Overnight campers and early risers, many wearing Union Jack-printed clothing, had braved wet weather to get a prime spot on the paddock outside the church at Sandringham estate in Norfolk, eastern England, ahead of the afternoon service.

Beer-based fuel: It’s one for the road Kiwis can now use a beer byproduct to fill their cars, with a new biofuel being unveiled at an Auckland service station yesterday. The fuel, dubbed “Brewtroleum”, is made by blending ethanol – extracted from yeast left over after beer is brewed – with normal petrol. It was due to be unveiled at Gull Kingsland yesterday morning and was to be sold at 60 of the company’s service stations across the North Island from yesterday. Though biofuels are already available in New Zealand, through petrol stations like Gull and Mobil, DB Breweries – the creators of the 98 octane Brewtroleum – claim this is the world’s first commercially available biofuel made from a beer by-product. “We’re helping Kiwis save the world by doing what they enjoy best – drinking beer,” said DB spokesman Sean O’Donnell.

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Sent home A weightlifter has been sent home from the Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea for a post on social media that appeared to refer to locals as “cannibals”. Douglas SekoneFraser, of Invercargill, posted two photos to Instagram with the hashtag “#cannibals”.

New Zealand Olympic Committee spokesperson Ashley Abbott said: “The young man is very apologetic and he has apologised and is back home now,” she said. The Loop PNG captured the images posted on Sekone-Fraser’s Instagram account, which has since been deleted.

The first photo was a selfie captioned: “Gearing up for for the opening ceremony #olydix #cannibals #png2015 #weightlifting #pacificgames #papuanewguinea”. The second showed Papua New Guinea dancers in traditional costume and was captioned: “PNG locals getting dressed for town #thepeople #png2015 #pacificgames #stronglikeabull #olydix #cannibals”.

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In brief Health glitch A widespread computer fault meant nearly 6000 hospital patients’ electronic discharge documents, which can include instructions for the next steps in medical care, were not sent to their GPs. The problem was identified after GPs noticed that anticipated discharge summaries were not arriving from hospitals, said the Canterbury District Health Board, attributing the failure to an intermittent fault in three of Health Connect South’s five computer servers. Between May 18 and June 26, discharge summaries failed to be sent for 4638 patients who had attended hospitals in Canterbury; 218 on the West Coast; and 1071 in South Canterbury.

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Methven artist Cheryl Irwin’s local award winning work aims to invoke emotion.

PHOTO AMANDA KONYN 060715-AK-386 Front page photo: Timaru artist Claire Forbes took home the $2000 premier award for Summer South Canterbury.

Venue, exhibition big winners

By SuSan SandyS

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A small watercolour which “defies its scale” was announced as the winning premier work at the Ashburton Society of Arts annual exhibition last night.

Summer South Canterbury was painted by Timaru artist Claire Forbes, who said she was shocked her painting had stood out among other much larger and bolder works entered by fellow artists.

The 51st exhibition was the first held at the new Ashburton Art Gallery.

Judge David Woodings said the work defied its scale, and its artist’s technique and ability would match many of the best watercolourists in the country.

He said all the winning works showed a quality of technique and composition, adding that all award winners and nonaward winners should “keep making art because your soul tells you you must”.

He congratulated the society on its achievement in holding such a prestigious event year after year.

“Plenty of art societies in small town New Zealand haven’t been able to achieve 51 years.”

Mrs Forbes is from Nelson originally and followed her family into potting before applying herself to painting.

A few years ago one of her watercolours, of a similarly small size, won the major award at the Edinburgh Realty awards in Dunedin.

Summer South Canterbury is a landscape from the area of Peel Forest which she had painted on site to start, finishing it in her studio later.

“I toyed with putting cows in it, and in retrospect I’m glad I didn’t,” she said.

Winner of the $1000 Rosebank Village Local Award was Cheryl Irwin for her abstract work Alchemical Colour Code

for Creating Your Own Game.

“I like playing with colour and juxtaposition of colour to invoke emotion,” the Methven mum said.

It had taken her a few weeks to paint, and she liked to leave works in her studio so they could gather up positive energies.

Society president Pauline Mead told the crowded gallery that the annual exhibition had been lifted to a higher level, not only because of its setting in the new art gallery, but also the expertise of curator Shin Khosraviani and her staff.

“We have come a long way in 51 years,” Mrs Mead said.

Results: Art awards: Ashburton Society of Arts Premier Award $2000 Claire Forbes ‘Summer South Canterbury’; Trustpower Water and Nature Award $1500 Robert Ireland ‘Storm Clouds’; Heartland Bank Merit Award $500 Amelia Jang ‘Waterlillies’; Rothbury Insurance Brokers Ashburton Merit Award $500 Min Kim ‘Gondoliers’;

Ashburton Forest and Bird NZ Flora and Fauna Art Award $300 Colin Redmond ‘Waxeye in the Garden’; Kath von Tunzelmann Memorial Watercolour Award $200 Svetlana Orinko ‘Distant Shores’; Rosebank Village Local Award $1000 Cheryl Irwin ‘Alchemical Colour Code for Creating Your Own Game’; Redmonds Furnishing and Flooring Local Merit Award $500 voucher Margaret Trolove ‘Summer Haze’; Neumanns Tyres Highly Commended Award $200 Galina Kim ‘Autumn Fishing on the Matukituki’; Frame-Co Highly Commended Award $200 Paul Smith ‘Convergence’. Miniature award: Todds of Ashburton Award $250 voucher Bertie Holmes ‘Burano No 1 Italy’. Applied art and craft and photography awards: ACL Award $300 Hazel Redmond ‘Fruit Harvest Central Otago’; Roco Promotional Printing Merit Award $300 Mark Rant ‘Large Turned Beech Burl Bowl’, Unique Jewellery Local Award $250 voucher Jac Sparks ‘Rimu Brooch’; Gordon Harris Merit Award $250 voucher Keith Grinter ‘Shard Vase – Ivory’. Judge’s commendation certificates: Kerry Irvine ‘True Love’, Rhonye McIlroy ‘Illusion Bay 1840 Te Tiriti O Waitangi’, Marcia Scott ‘Cool Collections 2’, Christine Dunlea ‘Still Life’, Karen Smith ‘Yellow Roses’; Claire Forbes ‘Dunedin Traffic’.

Jail only option for drink driver From page 1 He had since engaged with an alcohol counselling service and started to put his life back together.

In petitioning the court for an electronically monitored sentence, Ms Burnside also pointed to Jackson’s serious health issues and asked for sentencing to be adjourned for two

weeks to find a suitable address.

“He has every reason to move forward and leave this offending behind him,” Ms Burnside said.

However Judge Maze was not persuaded. “That’s no consolation for the families of someone who has been maimed or killed by a drink driver,” she said.

“If I let you walk out of here

and you drink and drive, the newspapers will do their job.

“I have to consider the risk you present to the community.

If you slip and when you slip you are a danger to other people.”

Judge Maze settled on a nine month sentence of imprisonment on both matters. He will be subject to both standard and

special release conditions to help support his sobriety.

Jackson was also disqualified from driving for a further 18 months, and must obtain and use a zero alcohol licence for three years when his licence is returned.

He was granted leave to apply for home detention further down the track.

Bowel cancer campaigners have hailed the Government’s announcement of a “potential” start date, early in 2017, for building a national screening programme to detect and treat the disease. But they also assert that because the life-saving capacity of screening is well established, a national programme should have been created long ago and that lives are being lost without one. Health Minister Jonathan Coleman indicated that the beginnings of a national programme could be in place from early 2017.

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Kayaker drowns Tangi preparations were under way last night for a 21-year-old man who died after he fell from his kayak in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

His body was found by a friend at 3pm on Sunday about 1km from where he disappeared at Waiotahi Beach in Opotiki. Police and Coastguard searched the area with the assistance of a helicopter after being alerted by family members about 1pm. The sea conditions at the time were described as rough and the man was not thought to be wearing a life jacket. An Opotiki woman, who did not want to be named, said she saw a kayaker paddling out in rough water just after lunch time.

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Flights cancelled At least two flights have been cancelled as a result of the icy blast down South, while others were delayed yesterday morning due to black ice on the runway in Queenstown. A spokeswoman for Air New Zealand said weather conditions in Queenstown yesterday had forced the cancellation of one Air New Zealand flight from Christchurch to Queenstown, and as a result the return service going the other way was also cancelled. “There have also been some delays to flights into and out of both Queenstown and Invercargill today as a result of weather,” she said.

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Earthquake A strong magnitude 4.8 earthquake jolted the central South Island yesterday evening.

GeoNet said the 15km-deep quake struck 40km west of Twizel at 5.45pm. It was felt as far north as Wellington, according to public reports to the GeoNet website.

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In brief DWTS elimination The ‘80s is known as the decade of bad taste – and it’s left a bad taste in the mouths of two couples who were eliminated from last night’s episode of Dancing With the Stars.

Ben Barrington and Shane Cameron have both been eliminated after coming last in Sunday night’s ‘80s-themed dance off, leaving four celebrities in the running to win the TV3 reality show. Barrington, an actor, and his dance partner Krystal Stewart earned just 20 points for their routine performed to Queen’s song, Another One Bites the Dust.

Barrington, an actor, said he was “proud” for taking part in the show.

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■ SCHOOL HOLIDAYS IN ASHBURTON

All the fun of the holidays at event centre The Ashburton Trust Event Centre was a hub of activity yesterday as the school holidays kicked off. Six-year-old Eliza McKenzie took time out to have her face painted, while others made the most of the first day of the holidays by watching a magic show and taking part in a fancy dress competition. Meanwhile, those wanting something a little more active took to the bouncy castle to burn off some energy.

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Job cuts already under discussion for Aoraki

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Discussions about job cuts at Aoraki Polytechnic are already under way despite the fact that its merger with CPIT is still under consultation, Labour’s tertiary education spokesman claims.

David Cunliffe says the merger is a done deal and the consultation period is simply a “charade”.

However, Aoraki Polytechnic chief executive Alex Cabrera says no decisions have been made and most of the “specific impacts” of the merger are yet to be explored.

Mr Cabrera said there is no immediate impact on staff.

Mr Cunliffe has also raised questions about the way the merger will be implemented and the allocation of resources outside of Christchurch.

While he is not opposed to the principle of the merger, Mr Cunliffe has claimed that

the situation had only reached that point because of what he describes as the systematic underfunding of the polytechnic sector.

“Aoraki probably has no realistic option other than to participate in the merger process,” he said.

Mr Cunliffe said he understood that discussions were already under way

with some staff about their futures, which he believed was inappropriate given the merger has not been publicly confirmed.

He is also questioning whether the change will be a merger or a takeover.

“I think the real questions are how is it handled, and will the spe-

cific needs of the communities outside Christchurch, including both Ashburton and Timaru, be fully reflected in the structure and priorities of the new entity,” he said.

Mr Cabrera said both CPIT and Aoraki recognised the need to respond to changing economic and demographic opportunities and challenges facing the whole region.

He said the preferred option was to create a new organisation.

“The most practical way to do this is to integrate Aoraki into the legal structure of CPIT, which means Aoraki Polytechnic would be disestablished,” he said.

“However, both institutes are very clear that the new organisation doesn’t just bring the two institutions together, but creates something new and exciting for the region with innovative ways of offering study to all types of learners.”

Catholics are being called enmasse to attend Mass in Ross to save the town’s last remaining church from closure. Christchurch Catholic Bishop Barry Jones will lead Mass in the 149-year-old St Patrick’s Church next month as part of a diocesan visit to Westland. Last year, parishioner numbers fell to just three, raising concerns for the future of the oldest church on the West Coast.

Parishioner Biddy Manera said the more people who could attend August 9 Mass, the better to show the significance of the church to the community.

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Madonna tickets Tickets for Madonna’s two Vector Arena performances went on sale at 10am yesterday with the cheapest $99 tickets selling out in seconds. New Zealand fans willing to spend more could still find tickets for $500 on sale half an hour after they first became available. This is the first time the Material Girl has come to New Zealand. Madonna’s Rebel Heart Tour is currently set down for two shows in Auckland in March next year, but if demand is high, more dates could possibly be added.

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Marathon legend dies Rotorua marathon legend Colin Smyth has died. Mr Smyth made history on May 2 this year by finishing all 50 Rotorua Marathon events. He died at home on Sunday, surrounded by family. He was 76. Son Wayne said his dad had inspired many to run or walk around the lake. He completed this year’s race despite battling lung disease. His funeral will be on Thursday at a venue yet to be decided.

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Newborn rescued A three-week-old baby boy was airlifted by the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter yesterday after suffering a medical emergency. A St John Ambulance vehicle met the helicopter on the outskirts of the town and the crew handed the baby and his mother over to the care of the on-board Intensive Care Paramedic before they were flown to Whanganui Hospital.

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Ambulance calls Ashburton’s St John ambulance travelled 2916 kilometres last week attending 92 calls. Of those 30 were urgent. During the week the service attended 20 accidents.

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Ban on plastic bags difficult to implement

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best way to change habits.

“If I had a preference it would be to go back to paper but that’s too expensive, so we need to commit to education to use as little plastic as possible, that and to recycle,” he said.

Individual local authorities could pick up the levy idea and run with it, but for this to have any clout it would need to be a countrywide initiative, Mr McKay said.

“We could introduce a bylaw here but it would be difficult to police. It would have to be a nationwide campaign to be successful. If for example, one supermarket put a levy on that would make their groceries slightly dearer. This kind of issue needs to involve Parliament.”

Supermarket chain Foodstuffs introduced a five cent surcharge on plastic bags in August 2009.

It had been working with new packaging techniques to reduce the number of bags used since 2007 and saw this as the next logical step.

However, 10 weeks later it dropped the surcharge saying it was costing its stores business.

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(From left) Brax Gordon, 3, Monty Stace, 7, Grace Galway, 6, and Mila Stace, 9, enjoy the leisure pool at the EA Networks Centre before it is closed after the school holidays for four days for remedial work on its flooring.

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Minor repairs scheduled for EA Networks leisure pool Ashburton’s new aquatic centre is proving a hit during its first school holidays in business, with EA Networks Centre manager Steve Prescott saying patronage was exceeding his highest predictions.

Over the weekend all pools in the complex were packed and that was likely to continue for the duration of the school holidays, Mr Prescott said. However, when students head back to school the aquatic centre’s leisure pool will be emptied and off-limits for four days.

Minor repairs will be carried out in the leisure pool as bubbles have appeared on the soft flooring around the water bucket and a jet nozzle in the lazy river needs to be refitted, he said.

“Neither of the issues is a safety hazard. These are teething problems you’d expect to come

across in a new centre like this.”

The repairs will come at no cost to the council and will be covered by warranty.

To minimise the impact of the closure on pool users, Mr Prescott said the shut down of the leisure pool would not start until the start of the next school term. It will run from July 20 – 24, reopening on Saturday July 25. The pool will need to be drained to allow the contractor to take a closer look at the flooring.

“This is pretty minor, the seam looks to have come adrift a bit, but it’s something we need to address now.

While the leisure pool is closed, the other three pools in the complex – learn to swim, hydro therapy and the main 25 metre pool – will remain open as normal.

■ WEATHER

Mixture of rain and snow forecast for Mid Canterbury

By SuSaN SaNdyS aNd NZme SuSan.S@theguardian.co.nz

As the clean-up following last month’s big snow in Methven continues, more snow is on the way.

However, it is unlikely to be anything like the 30 centimetres on June 18 and 19, which closed schools and caused extensive damage to trees.

MetService meteorologist John Law said yesterday there would be a southerly change last night.

Later today showers off-shore would be pushed inland as the wind changed around, meaning a mixture of rain and snow for the district. The heaviest snow accumulations were predicted for north of the Rakaia River, particularly in higher parts of North Canterbury.

He expected just one to two centimetres of snow per day throughout Wednesday and Thursday for Mt Hutt, with skifields such as Broken River and Mt Cheeseman to receive more.

Snowfalls were likely to be a “showery set up” as compared to last month’s big snow, which resulted from a broader weather pattern.

However, it would be a forecast to keep

an eye on as the southerly progressed.

Most noticeable in Mid Canterbury would be cold temperatures, unlikely to reach double digits, and overnight in Methven temperatures could get as low as minus five or six.

Yesterday, snow and sleet showers were hitting Southland and southern parts of Fiordland and Clutha, where severe weather warnings were in place.

Snow was also falling near Mt Cook.

While the weather will be wintry down south, it was unlikely to reach the record lows of last month, Mr Law said.

“Without a deep layer of snow to keep the lower levels of the air incredibly cold, temperatures are forecast to drop to -9 or -10 for the likes of Twizel, rather than the -20 that was recorded last month.”

The snow was expected to reach the North Island in the middle of the week, with falls in eastern parts down to 200 metres.

Even the winterless north will be brought back into season as the chilly air reaches Northland and Auckland on Wednesday, bringing cold days and colder nights as temperatures drop to three or four degrees overnight.

The idea of local authorities banding together to wage war against plastic shopping bags is a good one, but it’s unlikely to gain traction unless the war gains government backing, says Ashburton mayor Angus McKay. A plastic bag ban could be on the agenda for this months’ local government conference in Rotorua and while he’d be supportive of the idea and believed it could work, its implementation would be difficult, he said.

The idea has come from Green Party MP Denise Roche. It was picked up by Palmerston North City Council who have proposed it as an agenda item at the conference.

The levy is gathering support in principle from a number of councils around New Zealand but to be up for debate at the conference, it needs to have the committed backing of five local authorities. Ashburton is unlikely to be one of those.

Mr McKay is, however, keen to see the levy discussed but believes education is still the

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Ashburton dancers chase national titles Almost 200 of New Zealand’s top national and highland dancers will be on stage in Ashburton next weekend, chasing national titles in this year’s New Zealand championship competitions.

Among those will be a large contingent of Ashburton dancers who are highly ranked in their own age groups and who will be looking to make their mark in the national event.

The competition starts on Friday with junior dancers and continues Saturday morning, before the official opening which has a similar format to Olympic and Commonwealth games.

Competitors from each region of New Zealand will be piped into the auditorium at 11.30am, ahead of the opening ceremony.

Competition will continue until Monday afternoon before the official closing ceremony at 5pm with the presentation of senior winners and the release of national rankings.

Five New Zealand judges will be assessing performances and dancers will be accompanied by pipers from New Zealand and Australia.

Three Ashburton dancers with high hopes of winning titles in this year’s New Zealand National Dancing championships to be held in Ashburton next weekend, (from left) Erin MacLean, 13, Charlotte Sloper, 12, and Lucy Moore, 13, putting in some final practice at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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Vice president of the Ashburton national and highland dancing association Megan Christie said the event had involved a significant amount of

Geraldine students place second at Agrikids final A team of three keen young farmers from Geraldine High School are buzzing after taking out second place in the Young Farmers Agrikids national final in Taupo on Friday.

As well as being named runners up in the main competition, the talented trio of Amelia Houston, Jordan Rae and Patrick Foley-Smith won best practical team in New Zealand.

The team qualified for the nationals after taking out the regional competition earlier in the year.

The three Year 9 students joined 21 other teams for the competition, which saw them tackle a range of farming related tasks.

First up was a 70 minute written exam which tested their general, farming and competition knowledge and included essay writing.

Then came the practical modules, which the Geraldine team took out.

The section comprised of equipment and animal identification, assembling a water trough, riparian planting, native trees, making a bridge, soil testing, assembling a milking cluster and making up milk powder.

The team scored highly in all

work for a small committee, but the support of the business community had been very strong. The event provided a good opportunity for Ashbur-

ton people to watch some of New Zealand’s best dancers in action and to encourage people to spend time at championships.

No entry fee will be charged.

Skiers have every incentive to spend extra days on Mt Hutt this winter with a new bus service running between Ashburton and the skifield.

The Mt Hutt Ski bus will operate at weekends and during the school holidays from this week until the end of the ski season.

The return service makes three stops on its way to Methven starting at 7.15am, opposite the Tinwald shopping centre and then to the Ashburton iSite visitor centre and Outdoor Adventure Sports. It will then transfer passengers to the Mt Hutt service in Methven at 7.45am.

Passengers can leave the field at either 3pm or 4.15pm for Methven with their connection service leaving Methven at 5pm. The bus will stop at the same three points in Ashburton on the return journey.

There are a maximum of 45 seats each day, and tickets cost $40.00 per person. Tickets must be pre-booked and can be purchased online at www.mthuttskibus.co.nz or from the Ashburton i-Site Visitor Centre.

■ ACC

Ice-related injuries considerably lower

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Geraldine High School students Amelia Houston, Jordan Rae and Patrick Foley-Smith tackle a challenge during the Young Farmers Agrikids national final in Taupo on Friday.

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seven categories and were the only team to complete several tasks.

After a nervous wait the team was named in the top seven to compete in the race-off.

This involved 10 tasks performed as a race with points for both quality and first finished.

The second place result was made even more special as it was the last year the students could compete in the competition.

Over $15,000 was paid-out for ice-related injuries in the Ashburton District last year. The data, sourced by ACC, related to injuries caused by loss of balance, slipping, skidding on foot, tripping or stumbling.

In total there were 31 claims totaling $15,128 – a figure considerably lower than in previous years. The top five injuries caused by ice were soft tissue injuries, fractures and dislocations, lacerations and punctures followed by concussions and lastly, dental injuries.

In 2012 the district recorded its largest pay-out for the last five years when 50 claims were made, totaling $82,979.

Nationally, there were only $1.4 million worth of claims made last year, which wasn’t nearly as high as those recorded in 2012 which saw 2087 claims paid out for $2,939,009.

Ice-related ACC claims Ice-related ACC claims for the Ashburton District: Accident year

Claim count

Claim costs to date ex-GST*

28 16 50 23 31

$58,817 $21,928 $82,979 $15,062 $15,128

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

* Claim costs shown for a particular year are the costs accrued ‘to date’ for any claims accepted that year. This means costs for earlier years will tend to be higher, since there’s been more time for any ongoing claims received in those years to accrue costs.

To prevent any ice-related injuries on the roads ACC advises that people can make sure all paths and stairs are well lit or use metal or rubber tread strips on stairs. Another safety measure is to remove damp leaves

and moss from pathways, as well as taking care while working. Out on the road ACC suggests people slow down and take extra care in rain, snow or ice because it takes longer to stop after braking.

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■ GREECE

Greek finance minister quits

By Marc Burleigh Greece’s finance minister has resigned in what appears to be a concession by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to international creditors after his resounding victory in a historic bailout referendum.

The shock announcement came as European leaders scrambled for a response after Greek voters said a resounding “No” to further austerity measures in return for bailout funds in a referendum that could see the country crash out of the eurozone.

The euro rose after Varoufakis’s announcement, which was expected to renew hopes that the creditors - the ECB, the EC and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - could be persuaded back to the negotiating table despite the country’s decisive rejection of the reforms they were demanding in return for the release of a final tranche of bailout funds.

German Chancellor Angela

Merkel was to meet with French leader Francois Hollande in Paris amid a flurry of other meetings to size up the implications of the vote, a victory for Greece’s radical left-wing Tsipras, who insisted it did not mean a “rupture” with Europe.

European Union president Donald Tusk said an emergency eurozone summit would be held today.

With the ramifications still unclear and some analysts putting the chances of a “Grexit” at “very high”, European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker was to hold a teleconference with European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, Tusk and Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem.

Meanwhile German and French finance ministers were set for talks beginning in Warsaw, while the Euro Working Group of top treasury officials will meet in Brussels.

European leaders had reacted with a mix of dismay and caution to the figures released by

Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis

the Greek interior ministry yesterday showing the final tally in the referendum at 61.31 per cent “No” and 38.69 per cent “Yes”, with turnout at 62.5 per cent.

Britain vowed it would do “whatever is necessary” to protect its own economic security in light of the vote.

In Asian trade, the single currency held up against the dollar, after dropping in the immediate wake of the vote.

In a televised address after the referendum, Tsipras insisted the vote did not mean a break with Europe.

He has emphasised that euro membership is meant to be “irreversible”, with no legal avenue to boot a country out.

“This is not an mandate of rupture with Europe, but a mandate that bolsters our negotiating strength to achieve a viable deal,” he said.

Tsipras said the creditors would now finally have to talk about restructuring the massive, 240-billion-euro ($A357 billion) debt Greece owes them.

Thousands of people in Athens gathered to celebrate the “No” vote, punching the air, kissing and cheering.

But the mood of jubilation was not shared by all “No” voters, with some saying they had been confronted with an impossible choice.

Greece is teetering on the brink of financial collapse.

If it does not receive cash and loans soon from European institutions, it could be forced to resort to government IOUs or a return to the drachma to keep its economy running.

- AFP

Quake predicters?

Chinese government researchers are using chickens, fish and toads to try to predict earthquakes. The seismological bureau in the eastern city of Nanjing has transformed seven animal farms into seismic stations, the China Daily newspaper reports. Breeders on the farms are asked to update the bureau about the behaviour of the animals twice a day, the report said. Possible abnormal behaviour which could indicate imminent earthquakes includes chickens flying atop trees, fish leaping out of water or toads moving in a group, it added. - AFP

Pope Francis on tour Pope Francis has wrapped up the first day of a gruelling three-nation South American trip after greeting tens of thousands of jubilant people who lined the streets of Quito. The journey, which will also see Francis travel to Bolivia and Paraguay, is the first visit by a pontiff to Ecuador in three decades. The Pope’s spokesman estimated that 500,000 people massed in the capital and thronged the roadsides to catch a glimpse of the pontiff as he took his Popemobile into the city, waving and smiling to the jubilant crowds. Some threw confetti and danced as he cruised past, others were waving the flag of Argentina, the Pope’s home nation.

- AFP

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Industry winds of change gaining strength Sue Newman

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t’s going to be a lean few weeks for Ashburton’s meat workers as they count the days until the new lamb kill season starts at Fairton.

The loss of this year’s calf processing to Pareora means a yawning gap in more than 200 incomes over the next few weeks. It could also fuel fears over the plant’s future.

Silver Fern Farms is denying ulterior motives in the work switch, but running in the background is the meat industry excellence report that seeks to rationalise New Zealand’s meat processing against over-capacity and under-supply.

Historically, freezing works were built to accommodate New Zealand’s great cash crop, the sheep. Today cash crops are found in other primary produce and for sheep-only chains that spells vulnerability.

Fairton is clearly tagged in the meat industry report as one of many plants that should close.

Bad news for our district, but probably something we need to prepare for as the report itself is based on the simple logic that if stock numbers don’t equal killing space, then something has to give.

Where it becomes complicated is in the marriage of privatelyowned plants with co-operatives, why they would want to adopt a co-operative approach, giving away some of their profits?

The two big players, Silver Fern Farms and Alliance, have been staunch in their opposition to the rationalisation plan, intent on protecting their own patch.

It appears shareholders of both, however, have other ideas.

Silver Fern Farms have garnered the support they needed to call a special meeting aimed at getting the company to have a merger independently analysed; Alliances shareholders are about to do the same.

Unpalatable is it may be, refusing to accept the need for change could be a case of burying our heads in the sand.

YOUR VIEW Distractions flagged Let us see, we are not allowed to know what secret deals our government is getting into on our behalf.

Anyone with questions and serious concerns is dismissed as uneducated and misinformed.

All people capable of informing themselves on a worldwide platform are considered too stupid to understand the consequences of a trade deal favoured by corporations wanting to control world trade, including the control of communications, intentionally low-paid workers and domestic laws.

And speaking of being informed, the few journalists and critical thinkers on New Zea-

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land TV have been pushed out of the system, so all we get to see [now] is trash.

Caring for people is for the misinformed and misguided so it seems. Teachers, missing out on wages, at times paying out of their own pockets for class activities are told they are too stupid to educate our children, caring for the physically and mentally ill cannot be done by dedicated workers, no it needs to be handed over to businesses with shareholders whose only interest is in making money.

Closing down institutions without a plan in place so the people in need end up on the street, even worse they might be cared for by an Australianowned bank.

by David Fletcher

Aged-care providers making huge profits paying CEOs excessive salaries deny caregivers a living wage.

The working poor, struggling to get by, are deprived of affordable housing.

Years of neglect resulted in houses unfit to live in, good excuse to sell to developers.

Charity organisations lacking funds to bring them up to standard declined the offer.

Our local MP voted against two bills providing the poorest children with food, but supports wasting money on a new flag.

Such disdain, this flag is a distraction like the emperor’s new clothes.

Nothing there.

Gerrie Ligtenberg

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company that in the company’s present form they would discontinue the financial support.

“The banks might then say to the company they would consider providing assistance should the company’s future direction take a particular path.

“It is all very well for the MIE to claim they have bank support for their latest proposal, but unless the banks drive the proposal nothing will eventuate.

“MIE, as a group, appear to have no power to instigate any change. The present day government have made it very clear they will not instigate any meat industry restructure, but would be prepared to look at any proposal, which allows for an enabling role whereby they may assist.

“Damien O’ Connor, Labour’s Primary Industries’ spokesperson, has been more vocal around the need to restructure the industry and has talked about the possibility of facilitating the discussion of like-minded parties.

“It would be fascinating to see how this approach would develop and whether any

progress could be made or whether legislation would need to be used. To date the company directors and management have individually, and in some cases collectively, done their due diligence on the various change options that they may entertain.

“One can not argue against the fact that the results of those deliberations are their business and they are confident they are acting in the best interests of their company, with the decisions they chose to make.

“The future will prove if these groups have made the correct decisions for their shareholders. So we are left with the shareholders and suppliers, the long-time sleeping giant. The big problem being, we are behaving more as a number of colonies of mice, happy to hide undercover, popping out occasionally to nibble at the edges, then rushing back for cover.

“These mice, if they could unite to wake the giant, are the group that has the real power to bring pressure to bear. It is interesting that after a lamb

season that promised much and then delivered less, some of these mice have ventured out.

Can they persuade other mice to venture out in large numbers to create the plague to make those they want to listen actually hear their voice?”

Since writing my address it would appear that a group of Silver Fern Farm shareholders have gained sufficient support among fellow shareholders to ask the company for a special meeting to discuss their request.

They will need the abovementioned plague of fellow shareholders to attend to support what is hopefully a well researched proposal.

The board ultimately has to assess whether the proposal will be in the best interests of the company, while at the same time the shareholders need to demonstrate widespread support among fellow shareholders.

We will all watch with interest.

Rick Powdrell is Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairperson

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ecent weeks has seen further discussion around the topic of meat industry restructure.

In my first year as Federated Farmers meat and fibre chairman, this topic has attracted a great deal of attention with little change from the time of my appointment.

Thinking about all the discussion and varying opinions expressed over the year, I decided my address to the meat and fibre annual meeting should focus on the possibilities for structural change.

For many years countless individuals and groups have suggested a myriad of possible solutions, often of a theoretical nature with little or no financial analysis, or the plan as to how the theory is implemented.

I have been a believer of the fact that there is little point venturing down a path unless the size of the prize has been identified.

The size is one thing that the Meat Industry Excellence Group (MIE) did produce a figure for, regardless of whether we agree exactly with their figures.

Thinking from that position I set about identifying who I believed could genuinely instigate a change of direction for a company or companies.

The following criteria would apply to both, private or cooperative companies.

I quote from my annual meeting address: “If we are going to be frank about change in our industry, in my view, there are five bodies that can make it happen, shareholders, suppliers, boards, senior management and government, or if you go really left field, the banks.

“If it was banks, it would involve them saying to a

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■ COMMERCE COMMISSION

PGG Wrightson investigated

BY SUZE METHERELL The Commerce Commission is investigating PGG Wrightson over the fees the rural services firm, which is controlled by China’s Agria Corp, charged during the implementation of a national livestock tagging programme.

The antitrust regulator will look at fees charged during the adoption of the National Animal Identification and Trading Act 2012, commonly known as

NAIT, the Christchurch-based agricultural company said in a statement.

The commission believes Wrightson breached the Commerce Act and will “seek a pecuniary penalty from PGW”.

“The introduction of the NAIT programme was extremely challenging for the livestock industry and PGW committed a lot of effort and resources into making its implementation as effective as possible,” chief execu-

New Zealand dollar stabilising An air of stability returned to the New Zealand dollar yesterday as investors took to the sidelines as two main world events, the Greek sovereign debt crisis and tanking Chinese share markets, played themselves out.

By the close of local trade the New Zealand dollar was at

US66.70c – close to where it finished last week – having earlier dipped as low as US66.46c.

Early signs of improvement on Chinese markets – a 7.8 per cent gain on the Shanghai Composite Index – buoyed the currency, taking it to a high for the day of US67.0c.

- NZME

tive Mark Dewdney said.

“PGW considers that the NAIT programme is an important initiative to help protect New Zealand farming’s key role as a primary producer and exporter.”

Wrightson has co-operated with the investigation and said the penalty, while significant, is unlikely to be “materially pricesensitive”. NAIT was an industry-based initiative which the government helped fund, requir-

ing radio tags for cattle and deer and allowing nationwide tracing of livestock in a bid to bolster New Zealand’s response to any biosecurity threats.

In February Wrightson reported a 47 per cent gain in first-half profit to $19.7 million in the six months ended December 30, beating analyst expectations.

Operating Ebitda climbed 51 per cent to $33.6 million and revenue from continuing op-

eration increased 3.1 per cent to $654.7 million.

Agria first invested in Wrightson in 2009 when the company was forced to raise new equity to repay bank debt during the global financial crisis, after Wrightson’s funding lines dried up and scuttled a bid to merge with Silver Fern Farms a year earlier.

Wrightson shares were unchanged at 46.5 cents and have gained 1.1 per cent this year.

EQC may double payout and use private insurers

Guardian Shares & Investments Compiled by

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

74 255.5 3665 110 519.5 303 58 508 559 204 1019 710 791 484 584 174 119.5 120 316 167 130 1569 226 462 164 286 419 107 412 61 1740 115 155.5 435 790 131 622 435 279 274 356 215 341 770 332 165 272 3633 1840 584

Last sale

74 255 3580 110 519.5 298.5 57.5 502 559 204.5 1019 705 790 484 576 174 119 120 315 165 129.5 1569 226 460 162 284 417 106 412 61 1735 115 153.5 435 787 131 622 432 279 271 354 214 339 770 331 162 270 3630 1826 583

Daily Volume move ’000s

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7.6m 401.5 9.89 456.0 360.7 1.3m 1.4m 306.8 130.8 40.45 22.06 345.9 2.8m 2.3m 334.5 949.3 461.8 782.1 562.0 1.5m 953.9 184.5 1.5m 137.4 23.04 765.8 221.5 304.9 13.20 149.5 10.66 767.7 45.20 4.37 190.8 60.36 286.0 1.2m 6.6m 113.1 62.86 46.88 3.4m 36.53 136.3 441.5 23.20 10.13 2.21 343.4

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 5900 5856 5812 5768 5724 5680

3/7 6/7

73 255 3580 109.5 517 298 57.5 502 558 203.5 1011 705 790 482 576 173 118 119 314 163 129 1560 225 460 162 284 417 106 408 60 1735 114.5 153.5 430 787 130 618 432 278.5 271 354 214 339 765 331 162 270 3630 1826 583

Sell price

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At close of trading on Monday, July 6, 2015

12/6

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents

S&P/NZX 50 Gross q

5,776.62

–64.27

–1.1%

q S&P/NZX 20 index

4,301.43

–52.1

–1.2%

q S&P/NZX All Gross

6,173.05 –63.07 –1.01%

p Rises 24 q Falls 78

WORLD MARKETS

q S&P/ASX 200 index

5,475.0

–63.3

–1.14%

At close of trading on Jul 6, 2015

q Dow Jones Indust.

17,730.1 –27.80 –0.16% At close of trading on Jul 3, 2015

FTSE 100 index q

6,585.8

–44.69

–0.67%

At close of trading on Jul 3, 2015

q Nikkei 225 index

20,112.1 –427.67 –2.08% At close of trading on Jul 6, 2015

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

p Gold

1,167.95

London – $US/ounce

+2.7

+0.23%

p Silver London – $US/ounce

15.64

+0.03

+0.19%

p Copper London – $US/tonne

5,761.50

+0.5

+0.01%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm July 6, 2015

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

TT buy

0.909 0.8606 4.4189 0.6208 1.4456 0.4383 83.84 1.8014 8.3752 22.93 0.6833

TT sell

0.8785 0.8286 3.8774 0.5937 1.3324 0.4229 80.32 1.5745 8.0646 21.84 0.6587

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New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission may double its payout amount, scrap contents insurance and process claims through private insurers under the Government’s long-running review of funding and management of the state-run earthquake insurer.

The Government has released nine proposals for public discussion as part of the review, in a bid to simplify future claims and resolve difficulties between land and building cover highlighted by the Canterbury quakes, associate minister of finance Steven Joyce and earthquake commission minister Gerry Brownlee said in a joint statement.

The review, led by the Treasury, was launched in September 2012 to consider the government’s disaster contingency fund’s future after its resources were exhausted by the Canterbury quakes that caused billions of dollars of damage and killed 185 people.

Under the government’s “preferred reform package”, proposals include: private insurers authenticating and largely managing claims on the EQC’s behalf with terms to better align with usual insurer practice; building cover to also include site work to remove an overlap between land and building cover; doubling the cap on building cover to $200,000 while land cover would apply only where rebuilding is not possible.

It would also lift the standard building claims excess to $2000 from $1000 per claim.

EQC will scrap contents insurance and premiums will reflect the costs of running the scheme.

The government will retain the Natural Disaster Fund and Crown guarantee and will make clearer in legislation what the EQC scheme covers.

New Zealand’s level of insurance penetration is about 80 per cent, with the EQC provid-

ing cover for the first $100,000, although under the proposals this would double on disasters including quakes, natural landslips, volcanic eruptions, hydrothermal activity, tsunami and natural disaster fires.

Global reinsurers underestimated the cost of the Canterbury earthquakes by about 50 per cent after they were surprised by the impact of the liquefaction around Christchurch, while local insurance policies provided full replacement value cover rather than the international norm of sum insured.

The review’s terms of reference covered what the EQC insures, including the layer of loss covered, which natural disasters are covered, how multiple events should be treated, which types of property should be covered, the coverage of land, building and contents, what caps should be on the scheme, and whether it should be voluntary or mandatory.

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for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural current price range Saleyard prices …  LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 56 - 77 Prime 97 - 106  HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 155 - 246  STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 282 - 300 last week

Hinds lad Matt Bell shearing his way to becoming the 47th Young Farmer Contest winner.

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Mid Canty continues to dominate YFC

By NadiNe Porter

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Mid Canterbury’s dominance in the Young Farmer Contest continued when local dairy farmer Matt Bell took away the title on Saturday night with a nailbiting count-back win.

The 28-year-old contract milker took the title in a tense count-back in Taupo after three days of gruelling competition.

Matt works as business manager for Align Longfield near Hinds where in peak season the fully-irrigated Mid Canterbury farm will run 1080 cows.

Although only in his first season with the business, he and his fiancé will become equity managers next season in their bid to become farm owners.

Matt placed third in the 2013 grand final but was determined to take out top honours in his final bid to become the ANZ Young Farmer Contest Grand Champion.

He said the win had been a culmination of three years of planning.

“When I made grand finals the first time it was very much a learning curve, but this time we were there to win and we did it.”

Mr Bell was emotional when he realised he had won the title but it only hit home when he was bestowed with the iconic cloak of honour.

Mid Canterbury has been responsible for six of the past 13 winners – a feat not lost on Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay. “It upholds the standard set by previous winners.”

Second place went to Sully Alsop from the East Coast region, who also won the AGMARDT Agri-Business Challenge and the Lincoln University AgriGrowth Challenge and third place went to Waikato/Bay of Plenty’s Dwayne Cowin who also won the Ravensdown Agri-Skills Challenge and the Silver Fern Farms Agri-Sports Challenge.

4 wks ago

Processor prices …  LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 77.51 74.93 17.5 kg YX SI 86.86 83.94 19.0 kg YX SI 94.38 91.22 21.0 kg YX SI 103.75 100.25 Local trade (c/kg) SI 530 500 (16-22kg)  MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 55.45 54.19  BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 518 482 (270-295kg) M Cow SI 367 333 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 482 448 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 530 520 (180-280kg)  VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 321 308 AP Stag 60kg SI 390 376 AP Stag 80kg SI 488 470 Auction prices …  SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 1,008 796 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 643 657 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 557 563 Lambs 707 739

3 mths ago

Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

4,483 2,919 3,358 4,853

177

298

240

52 week high low 73.84 82.72 89.89 98.78 500

54.19

68.38

71.32

53.14

467

422

527

422

322

273

393

273

438

377

507

377

500

460

540

460

306 373 466

305 372 464

390 474 600

305 372 464

796 558 489 644

715 563 532 541

4,658 3,619 3,719 4,758

* before retentions

0.7191 0.6437

248

95.93 107.61 116.88 128.58 670

2014/15 f'cast $4.40 2014/15 f'cast $0.20 to $0.30

 EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.6685 Euro 0.6026

48 91

88.43 99.44 108.02 118.78 600

International market prices …  LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index June - 15 95.97 97.22 101.30 4,431 3,053 3,463 5,027

1 year ago

109 138

74.41 86.28 93.67 103.53 530

Local market prices …  GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 390 400 410 Wheat, feed 365 370 380 Barley, feed 350 360 370

 DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter Skimmilk powder Wholemilk powder Cheese - cheddar

52 week high low

0.7461 0.6926

Source: WSI 1,013 691 657 518 564 472 739 531

Source: Midlands Grain 447 452 390 438 445 365 434 445 350

92.02 4,222 4,450 4,236 5,192

Source: PF Olsen 101.96 84.83 5,393 4,450 4,236 5,264

3,524 2,866 3,071 4,568

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$4b for Aust farmers also benefits NZ – Le

By NadiNe Porter

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The $4 billion invested by the Australian Government into agriculture last week is good for both countries, according to the Federated Farmers’ Mid Canterbury President.

The Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper promised a large investment across many areas to encourage strengthening of agriculture, which has suffered over the past decade.

Willy Leferink said the Australian Government had “neglected agriculture” which had more hardships to deal with than their Kiwi counterparts.

However, both countries continued to work close together and would continue to do so. “It’s mutually beneficial. For example, our whole grass seed industry here hinges on Australia buying lots of grass seed.”

A major injection into infrastructure, including $A500 million into a National Water Infrastructure Fund for farmers’ future water security, was noted in the paper as providing a number of water infrastructure projects that had potential for strong Commonwealth involvement.

Mr Leferink said there were already some businesses working through private government relationships in Australia and that could increase with infrastructure investment.

A better tax system for farm businesses was also unveiled in the report, including an opt back into income tax averaging after 10 years, a doubling of farm management deposits to $800,000 and accelerated depreciation for fencing, meaning farmers can immediately

$A250 million will be put aside for drought loans – a relief for those Australian farmers who have grappled with drought.

deduct the cost of new fencing in the year of purchase.

Another $60 million will be invested on top of $100 million for the Mobile Black Spot Programme to improve mobile coverage across regional Australia while $29.5 billion will be invested on a national broadband network roll-out.

Money will also be spent on encouraging fair trading and strengthening competition in agricultural supply chains with the $11.4 million announced to boost The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission group’s

engagement with the agricultural sector.

Farmers who have struggled with drought have also been catered for with up to $250 million put aside for drought concessional loans each year for 11 years.

Research also benefited, with $100 million extension into the rural research and development for profit programme.

Like New Zealand’s recent increase in biosecurity surveillance Australia has committed $200 million to improve its borders in the north of the country.

The White Paper encompassed 18 months of listening to and discussing with farmers the challenges they are facing to be successful on the land.

“The opportunities for the sector are enormous,” the White Paper shows.

“We sit on the edge of the strongest growing region in the world, have a developed agriculture sector, have world-class food safety and environmental credentials, possess modern technology, have a strong economy and employ skilled labour.”

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Mid Canty has strong presence within Feds

By NadiNe Porter

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Mid Canterbury continues its influence on the Federated Farmers’ Dairy Industry Group national executive with the election of Jesse Chan-Dorman to the executive.

At the AGM held in Wellington last week Ms Chan-Dorman was one of two changes to the national executive with Marlborough diary chairman Wayne Langford elected to the position of vice chairman.

Ms Chan-Dorman said she was looking forward to joining the executive and

“passionate” about advocating on behalf of dairy farmers at a national level.

Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers provincial president Willy Leferink said Ms Chan-Dorman would be a great asset to the executive as she was a “really good thinker.”

“She always brings a different angle to a debate and can always put herself in the place of the people she represents.”

In another change affecting Mid Canterbury, Grain and Seed national chairman Ian MacKenzie has retired and has been replaced by South Canterbury arable farmer Hugh Wigley.

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MARKET REPORT Dairy Last week the region thawed out and dried up nicely, but the reprieve may be short-lived with more snow predicted and soil moisture levels still drier than average.

El Nino conditions build, with further intensification predicted and some climate models suggest this weather pattern could continue into 2016.

Further bad news from the market as the auction returns fell for the 8th event in a row, and whole milk powder prices dropped by 10 per cent.

Global over supply, that has seen some US milk dumped into pits, combined with weak demand out of China, has resulted in new seasons bank forecasts being lowered, some now below $5/kg ms.

Fonterra has responded with proposed job cuts, as the dairy giant looks to rationalise its personnel with more emphasis

on the sales team.

Milk processors are also coming under fire for the price of domestic dairy products that haven’t responded to the drop in market prices, like that being paid at the farm gate.

of both Silver Fern Farms and Alliance are claiming support for special general meetings to enforce an independent review on merger prospects.

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No wool auction this week, but in the past year’s review all micron levels except merino made pleasing price progress, with lambs wool leading the way achieving a 130c/kg clean lift on the year before.

Merino NZ says that in the past two years its contracts have earned $23 million more than the spot market and they encourage farmers to sell through their system to achieve the full potential of the product.

Another lift this week for lamb schedules, driven by the chilled market which has held up much better than frozen product, where a big fall in sales to China has put forequarters under pressure.

This downturn in demand for sheep meats has seen processors act fast in implementing seasonal shutdowns, as they have become nervous of accumulating too much stock in this difficult market, and some killing delays are evident in northern works.

Blue Sky Meats has announced a drop in profit as the chairman bemoaned an under utilised plant, and shareholders

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Beef More good lifts in beef schedules this week as shortages caused by the earlier kill has

exporters chasing fewer numbers.

Some nervousness about high US retail prices for beef relative to other proteins is putting some caution in the market, and approval for beef from Brazil to re-enter this important market will increase the competition for NZ exporters. Reports from the saleyards show purchasers with feed are paying premiums for store animals able to be finished by Christmas.

Deer Venison schedules lifted again as the chilled season gets underway, and new seasons contracts of up to $8/kg are firm on last year helped by the easing currency.

Silver Fern Farms’ Dean Hamilton has been appointed to the DINZ board replacing Andy West, as the sector looks on better venison returns to stimulate herd growth.

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■ ITINERANT WORKERS

Gypsy Day not so new

By Kathleen Stringer

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s a townie from a predominantly sheep-farming area, the term Gypsy Day didn’t mean a lot to me.

While it may have a wide usage throughout New Zealand, I only really heard it when I came to Mid Canterbury.

A bit like “fresher flu” in Dunedin (meaning the wave of bugs and other complaints that appear at the beginning of the academic year as first years invade the university campus). It is significant only to those that it affects.

This Gypsy Day was very significant to me as it heralded the arrival of my “nephew” (a precise explanation would be

too complicated) to this cowcovered region.

I must admit I was at first confused as to why he would start a job in the middle of the year and in winter to boot, but then it occurred to me that this is the time when contracts are reviewed and new jobs begun.

So far he is enjoying the new position, although is bemoaning the lack of Speight’s and struggles with the same odd dialect I did when I first arrived (ie bach and twitch).

Thinking about it, I realised that I had come across the concept ages before, in the novels of Thomas Hardy.

His stories of English country life often referenced the movement of people from one

village or job to another and the anguish if a new position wasn’t forthcoming.

With no dole or employment contracts, this period was often looked upon with fear, as it could be life threatening.

In Hardy’s time, when real gypsies roamed the country, the period was centred around Lady Day. Originally, Lady Day was one of the four major feasts (or holy days) of the church, another being Christmas.

It celebrated the annunciation of the Virgin Mary (when an angel told her she would have a child – Jesus); in the ‘old calendar’ it occurred on March 25.

So what has this to do with country folk looking for jobs

you may ask? Well, until 1752 Lady Day was the first day of the new year, so it made sense that that was when contracts ended (it also goes to explain why our tax year ends and begins in March).

With the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1752, April 6 became Lady Day (which is when the English end their tax year).

While these dates were based on a religious calendar, the positioning of Lady Day as a significant event in the lives of rural workers in the Northern Hemisphere makes far more sense when one remembers that it occurred about the time of the equinox.

It also made sense that as the

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days began to increase in length but were still short, changing employees at this time would cause the least disruption to the farm routine.

While farming today is a multi-mullion dollar industry and uses advanced technologies, it is worth remembering that it still has a connection to the natural world – with its varying seasons and weather patterns.

My nephew’s Gyspy Day therefore is a link to the past when nature, not humans, dictated the correct time to do things.

I’m sure all this means nothing to the young farmer from Otago who now lives in Mid Canterbury, but I find it very interesting.

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RESULTS ■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club Week ending July 3 Monday Evening – Irwin Trophy N/S 1 M Hoar and Paul Fergus, 2 S Lyons and D Sewell, 3 S Harris and F Priest E/W 1 P Wise and H Blee, 2 M Francis and G Gilbert, 3 S Reid and D Wilkinson Tuesday Evening – Hazelmere Trophy N/S 1 J Fechney and S Rosevear, 2 M Buckland and J Knight, 3 E Segers and M Stowell E/W 1 W Kolkman and J Irwin, 2 M de Jong and L Rose, 3 P Fergus and A Maude Wednesday Afternoon – Valetta Trophy N/S 1 M Stowell and S Rosevear, 2 M Bruce and M Jones, 3 M Buckland and B Smith E/W 1 R Kyle and T Downward, 2 K Robb and J Wright, 3 J Lovett and P Wise Thursday Evening – Eileen Willoughby Trophy N/S 1 B Smith and J Knight, 2 M Holmes and R McLaughlin, 3 L Wackrow and R Kyle E/W 1 T Downward and M Buckland, 2 A Maude and M Moore, 3 J Fechney and K Robb

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers July 4, 16km 1st. Ross Proctor 30m 30s. 2nd. Dave Shurrock 30m 30s. 3rd Liz Wylie 30m 30s. 4th Roger Wilson 28m 32s. 5th. Martin Hyde 28m 33s. 6th Brian Ellis 28m 34s. 7th Peter Wood 28m 35s. 8th Kenny Johnstone 31m 09s. 9th Brent Hudson 31m 13s. 10th Kristine Marriott F/T. 26m 06s.

Tinwald Supervalue Supermarket July 5 Winter Training Series. 32km. Wakanui 1st Roger Wilson 3ft. 61m 44s. 2nd Martin Hyde 4ft. 61m 49s. 3rd. Dave Shurrock 61m 56s. 4th Paul Macfie f/t. 52m 43s. 5th Dave Knight 2ft. 52m 44s.

16km ride. 1st Amy Stilgoe-Rooney f/t. 43m 44s.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club July 4 Best score in the stroke round was a level par round resulting in a nett score of 61 for Geoff Kean (72-11=61). Other winning scores were: Brendon Davidson and Ken Clucas 64; Brian Wilson 66; Troi Kingsford, Peter Wright, John McArthur and Peter Bain 67; Bryan Donaldson, Noel Sutton and Charlie Alexander 68. The cutoff score for the RMF Cup was 68.

Nearest The Pins: Robbies: Jeff Hewitt, Braided Rivers: Troi Kingsford, Rothburys Insurance: Bob Grant, Netherby Meats: Hamish Niles, Charming Thai Restaurant (Longest Putt #9) John Dudley.

Twos: Alan White, Jeff Hewitt, Charlie Alexander, Hamish Niles and Jamie Stone.

Birdy Jackpot: # 5; Nett Eagles: # 15

Mayfield Golf Club July 2. 9 Hole division Handicap and Putting Ladies 1st S Graham 60:23:37, 2nd J Ludemann 59:21:38 Men 1st G Jacobson 62:27:35, 2nd R Thompson 55:17:38 Putting 1st R Thompson with 14 Nearest the Pins: Greg Sim Excavators and Builders 2nd Shot No. 2 – S Graham, Mayfield Transport Ltd No. 5 – G Jacobson

Methven Golf Club July 3, 9 Hole at Rakaia Stroke and Putting. Satoshi Otaki 61-27-34, 14 Putts;John Barwell 63-27-36, 16: Mike Markillie 50-17-33, 18:

Rakaia Golf Club July 1, Ladies Division Competition of the day-LGU – Bryant Cup – 3rd Putting Silver – Teresa Booker 88-18-70; Bronze A – Marion Wederell 96-20-76; Bronze B - Jill Burrowes -98-29-69; Bronze C - Bronwyn Oakley- 119-34-85 J Senior - 28 Putts 9 holers: Competition of the day-Stroke - Putting Marg Lloyd – 53-14-39; Putting Marg Lloyd- 15 Railway Tavern 2nd shot no 3: Marion Wederell; Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot no 6: Jean Evans; V Bell Nearest Pin no 8: Sue Martin; Chertsey Spraying 2nd shot no

British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton steers his car through the rain during the British Formula One Grand Prix at Silverstone circuit, Silverstone, England, yesterday. Hamilton finished first ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg, with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in third.

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Tinwald Golf Club July 4. Stroke - Alan Teale Memorial Leading scores in the stroke round for the Alan Teale Memorial Trophy (best 3 of 4 net) round played on Saturday were: Senior; Ray Kirdy 70. Intermediate; Tony Sheppard 65, Trevor Emery 70, Kevin Bishop 73.

Junior; Pete Nolan 66, Keith Bonnington 73, George Cartney 76. Women; (Combined net) Leen Bell and Barb MacGregor 155. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liqourland # 2; Roger Bruce. Gluyas Ford # 6; Wayne Smith. Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Ray Kirdy. Ideal Electrical Supplies # 16; Snow Pierce.

Two’s: Bob MacGregor, Neil Rayner, Selwyn Munro, Trevor Emery, Josh Smith. Net Eagle; # 8 not struck. Eagles: Wayne Smith.

RSA Trophy semi-finalists are Warren Eddington and Snow Pierce, Dave Busch and Wayne Smith and in the RSA Cup Lindsay Jackson and Terry Reynolds, Tony Clarke and Brock Peddie.

The Greenbrier Classic Final round scores from PGA TOUR event, the The Greenbrier Classic yesterday (par70).

267: Danny Lee (NZL) 63 69 68 67 (won on second playoff hole), David Hearn (CAN) 68 64 68 67, Kevin Kisner (USA) 67 69 67 64, Robert Streb (USA) 68 67 67 65 268: Russell Henley (USA) 70 66 69 63 269: Greg Owen (ENG) 65 67 70 67, Bryce Molder (USA) 68 64 67 70, Andres Romero (ARG) 67 67 68 67, Chad Collins (USA) 65 67 68 69, Brendon Todd (USA) 65 69 67 68, David Lingmerth (SWE) 67 70 64 68, James Hahn (USA) 66 67 70 66 270: J.J. Henry (USA) 68 66 69 67, Steven Bowditch (AUS) 68 68 67 67, Bubba Watson (USA) 67 68 68 67, Jason Bohn (USA) 69 69 61 71, Sean O’Hair (USA) 66 67 66 71, Tony Finau (USA) 68 67 68 67, Shawn Stefani (USA) 69 67 67 67, Morgan Hoffmann (USA) 68 67 69 66, Scott Langley (USA) 62 69 74 65 271: Pat Perez (USA) 67 68 68 68, Jonathan Byrd (USA) 63 69 69 70, J.B. Holmes (USA) 67 69 69 66, Chez Reavie (USA) 68 70 67 66, George McNeill (USA) 67 68 68 68, Ryan Armour (USA) 69 69 68 65, Derek Ernst (USA) 67 71 68 65 272: Scott Piercy (USA) 67 66 71 68, Patrick Reed (USA) 68 68 67 69, Keegan Bradley (USA) 68 69 71 64 273: Tiger Woods (USA) 66 69 71 67, Kevin Na (USA) 65 70 71 67, Eric Axley (USA) 68 67 70 68, Johnson Wagner (USA) 69 68 67 69, Brice Garnett (USA) 69 68 67 69

ISPS Handa Ladies European Masters

Final round scores from Ladies European Tour event, the ISPS Handa Ladies European Masters yesterday (par-72).

276: Beth Allen (USA) 71 70 68 67 277: Leona Maguire (IRL) 69 70 69 69 278: Nontaya Srisawang (THA) 67 70 69 72 279: Rebecca Artis (AUS) 70 72 66 71, Caroline Masson (GER) 70 67 67 75, Nicole Broch Larsen (DEN) 69 69 71 70 280: Laura Davies (ENG) 71 70 72 67, AnneLise Caudal (FRA) 72 69 69 70, Trish Johnson (ENG) 68 71 75 66, Noora Tamminen (FIN) 73 71 67 69 281: Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 69 70 74 68, Cheng Ssu-Chia (TPE) 68 70 70 73 282: Ashleigh Simon (RSA) 67 72 72 71, Becky Morgan (WAL) 69 71 70 72, Diana Luna (ITA) 68 73 70 71, Gwladys Nocera (FRA) 69 72 74 67, Louise Friberg (SWE) 71 69 70 72, Melissa Reid (ENG) 71 70 71 70

French Open Final round scores from European Tour event, the French Open yesterday (par-71).

271: Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 68 72 66 65 274: James Morrison (ENG) 71 68 68 67 276: Jaco Van Zyl (RSA) 68 71 64 73 277: Martin Kaymer (GER) 69 69 69 70 279: Rafael Cabrera (ESP) 68 70 72 69 280: Francesco Molinari (ITA) 70 69 70 71, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (FRA) 75 70 67 68, Brendan Steele (USA) 72 69 67 72, Andy Sullivan (ENG) 71 70 69 70 281: Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 70 74 65 72, Maximilian Kieffer (GER) 70 70 65 76 282: Victor Dubuisson (FRA) 68 70 69 75, Tyrrell Hatton (ENG) 71 68 69 74, Kristoffer Broberg (SWE) 72 69 68 73

■ Motor racing British Grand Prix Results from the British Grand Prix at Silverstone yesterday (52 laps): 1. Lewis Hamilton (ENG/MER) 1hr 31m 27.7s 2. Nico Rosberg (GER/MER) +10.956 3. Sebastian Vettel (GER/FER) 25.443 4. Felipe Massa (BRA/WIL) 36.839 5. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/WIL) 1min 3.194 6. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/RBR) 1min 3.955 7. Nico Hulkenberg (GER/FOR) 1min 18.74 8. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/FER) 1 lap 9. Sergio Perez (MEX/FOR) 1 lap 10. Fernando Alonso (ESP/MLA) 1 lap 11. Marcus Ericsson (SWE/SAU) 1 lap 12. Roberto Merhi (ESP/MAR) 3 laps 13. Will Stevens (ENG/MAR) 3 laps Not classified:Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) 21 laps Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/RBR) 31 laps Max Verstappen (NED/TOR) 49 laps Romain Grosjean (FRA/LOT) 52 laps Pastor Maldonado (VEN/LOT) 52 laps Jenson Button (ENG/MLA) 52 laps Felipe Nasr (BRA/SAU) 52 laps

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby

July 4 Luisetti Seeds Watters Cup PWL Methven 24 v Devon Tavern Hampstead 13, Max Gilbert Trophy - REL Rakaia 36 v Claas Harvest Centre Southern 21, Bye: Darryl Phillips Motors Celtic, Senior B – Centennial Mug – Round 7 Celtic Kellys Cafe & Bar 12 v Tinwald 15, Collegiate Eclipse Services 29 v Mt Somers 17, Methven R&R Haulage 28 v Hampstead KFC 32, Rakaia Murray Hood Baling 10 v Southern Tinwald Tavern 56, Bye: Allenton, UC Championship St Andrews College 68 v Ashburton College 5, Combined Competition – Colts Celtic 7 v West Melton 10, Combined Competition - Under 18 Methven/Rakaia 21 v Celtic 20, Combined Competition - Under 16 Hampstead Defaulted v Malvern, West Melton/Southbridge v Methven Defaulted, Bye: Celtic, ACL JAB – Under 14.5 (Jock Ross Centurion Shield) Allenton 42 v Southern/Tinwald 12, Methven Seed Cleaning 29 v Hampstead Lemacon 19, ACL JAB – Under 13 – (Murray Roulston Centurion Shield) Celtic Lysaght Glass 29 v Allenton 34, Methven Snowfed Builders 33 v Hampstead Lifestyle Motorhomes 38, Rakaia Synlait 68 v Southern Allfarm Engineering 31, Bye: Tinwald RDI Petroleum, ACL JAB – Under 11.5 – (John Smitheram Shield) Allenton 14 v Southern Hyde Bros Spraying 34, Collegiate Cranfield Glass 5 v Celtic Ashburton Online 47, Methven Purple Pear 36 v Hampstead Dave Jackson Painting 19, Rakaia Synlait 0 v Tinwald Geoff Frew 42,

■ Rugby league NRL Round 17 PENRITH 20 (W Blake P Wallace D Watene-Zelezniak D Whare tries A Koroisau 2 goals) bt SOUTH SYDNEY 6 (J Reddy try A Reynolds goal) at Pepper Stadium. Referee: Jared Maxwell, Gavin Morris. Crowd: 14,068.

NORTH QUEENSLAND 18 (K Linnett 2 J Granville tries E Lowe 3 goals) bt ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 12 (E Aitken M Ioane tries G Widdop 2 goals) at WIN Stadium.

Referee: Matt Cecchin, Gavin Reynolds.

Crowd: 11,813.

Bye - Brisbane, Sydney Roosters, Melbourne, NZ Warriors, Canterbury, Canberra, Gold Coast, Newcastle

Standings P W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 Brisbane 15 12 0 3 2 355 248 107 28 2 Nth Queensland 16 12 0 4 1 345 311 34 26 3 Sydney Roosters 15 9 0 6 2 318 200 118 22 4 St Geo. Illawarra 15 8 0 7 2 250 208 42 20 5 Melbourne 15 8 0 7 2 262 222 40 20 6 South Sydney 16 9 0 7 1 300 282 18 20 7 NZ Warriors 15 8 0 7 2 327 314 13 20 8 Canterbury 15 8 0 7 2 310 316 -6 20 15 7 0 8 2 257 262 -5 18 9 Penrith 10 *Cronulla 14 7 0 7 2 249 282 -33 18 11 Canberra 15 6 0 9 2 347 354 -7 16 12 Gold Coast 15 6 0 9 2 311 368 -57 16 13 *Parramatta 15 6 0 9 1 298 348 -50 14 14 Newcastle 15 5 0 10 2 280 364 -84 14 15 *Wests Tigers 15 5 0 10 1 277 313 -36 12 16 *Manly 14 4 0 10 2 210 304 -94 12 *(denotes teams yet to play) Top point scorers (tries, goals, field goals, points): Jarrod Croker (Raiders) 6 57 - 138 James Maloney (Roosters) 5 52 1 125 Shaun Johnson (NZ Warriors) 6 44 2 114 Pat Richards (Tigers) 9 37 1 111 Gareth Widdop (Dragons) 5 44 - 108 Johnathan Thurston (Cowboys) 2 46 4 104 Aidan Sezer (Titans) 3 44 1 101 Cameron Smith (Storm) 1 39 - 82 Corey Parker (Broncos) 1 39 - 82 Michael Gordon (Sharks) 1 37 - 78 Top try scorers: Curtis Rona (Canterbury) 16 Semi Radradra (Eels) 14 James Roberts (Titans) 14 Anthony Don (Titans) 12 James Tedesco (Tigers) 11 Manu Vatuvei (NZ Warriors) 11 Solomone Kata (NZ Warriors) 11 Shaun Kenny-Dowall (Roosters) 11 Blake Austin (Raiders) 10 Lachlan Maranta (Broncos) 10 Brett Stewart (Sea Eagles) 10 Alex Johnston (Souths) 10

■ Softball World Championships At Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: Gold Medal: Canada 10 bt New Zealand 5.

Gold: Canada. Silver: New Zealand. Bronze: Venezuela. 4th: Australia.

■ Squash Mid Canterbury Interclub Updated results from the Mid Canterbury Squash interclub competition (there are a couple of results not yet included): Division 1 - Celtic 103 points, McKenzie 93, Ashburton 84, Rakaia 60, Pleasant Point 55, Mayfield 50.

Division 2 - Hinds 2 100 points, Temuka Black 100, Methven 95, Temuka White 86, Ashburton 75, Pleasant Point 73, Celtic 69, Collegiate 55.

Division 3 - Celtic 114 points, Collegiate 98, Methven 93, Rakaia 77, Pleasant Point 1 70, Temuka 63, Geraldine 40, Pleasant Point 2 37, Mayfield 35.

Division 4 - Pleasant Point 97, Hinds 1 96, Rakaia 87, Geraldine 2 80, Geraldine 1 77, Temuka 70, Methven 57, Hinds 2 58.

Celtic Squash Club Recent results from the Celtic Squash Club’s winter league competition: Kyla Murphy lost to Terry Hutchinson 1-3, Chris Thompson beat Jess McCloy 3-0, Ron Carlson beat Jess Dargue 3-0, Brendon Adam beat Pat Summerfield 3-0, Mick Hooper lost to Billy Nolan 0-3, Rebecca Abernethy beat Kirsty Clay 3-1, Adam Clement beat Gary Casey 3-0, Laura Gundry lost to Terry Hutchinson 2-3.

Ange Harris lost to Cath Blacklow 0-3, Jock O’Connor lost to Pete Blacklow 0-3, Chrissie Stratford beat Charlotte Smith 3-0, Paul Cousins beat Chris O’Reilly 3-0, Peter Bryant beat Billy Nolan 3-0, Robbie Kok lost to Marie Kennedy 0-3.

John McDonnell beat Rob Beale 3-2, Nik Millichamp lost to John Surridge 0-3, Chauntel Kentish lost to Suzanne Nijjar 0-3, Lawrence McCormick beat Nigel Tew 3-2.

Round 10: Mick Hooper beat Brendon Adam 3-2, Rebecca Abernethy lost to Phil Andrew 2-3, Laura Gundry beat Kyla Murphy 3-1, Lawrence McCormick beat Jess Dargue 3-0, Phil Andrew beat Jimmy Hunn 3-2, Chauntel Kentish lost to Terry Hutchinson 2-3, Sarah Lovell lost to Ange Harris 0-3, Scott van den Bemd beat Cath Blacklow 3-0, Chris O’Reilly beat Paul Cousins 3-0.

Chrissie Stratford beat Suzanne Nijjar 3-1, Kendra Hall lost to Terry Hutchinson 2-3, Jon Bond beat Gary Casey 3-1, Nik Millichamp beat Charlotte Smith 3-0, Peter Bryant beat Mick Hooper 3-0, Phil Andrew lost to Nigel Tew 1-3, Chris O’Reilly lost to Billy Nolan 1-3.

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■ GOLF

Lee’s win ‘inspirational’

By Daniel RichaRDson Frank Nobilo has got his wish.

Before the start of the PGA Tour’s season-opener last October, Nobilo, a former New Zealand touring professional who is now a respected analyst with the Golf Channel, said he wanted to see Kiwis winning tournaments on the game’s biggest circuit.

New Zealand have three representatives - Steven Alker, Danny Lee and Tim Wilkinson - with full status on the PGA Tour this year but before yesterday none had registered a victory.

“You’d love to see New Zealanders contending and winning a tournament,” Nobilo said.

“I don’t care which one of them it is. It’d be great for another New Zealander to win over here; I think that’s the big thing to make more kids want to do it.”

But Lee has broken through and he recorded the first win on the PGA Tour by a Kiwi in more than a decade after he claimed The Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia in a playoff yesterday. Michael Campbell’s 2005 US Open triumph was the last PGA Tour win by a New Zealander.

Lee, who turns 25 later this month, had always shown the potential to record a win against the game’s best players but inconsistency plagued him.

Putting four solid rounds together in the same week had alluded Lee but you’d like to think this could be the catalyst for an upswing.

He is exempt for the biggest tournaments on offer for the rest of the season and will be a staple of the PGA Tour for the next two years due to this victory. It’s hard not to think that golf in New Zealand is in good health at a professional level.

Like Nobilo suggested, youngsters have players to look up to in the men’s and women’s game now with Lydia Ko set-

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club July 11 A Stableford round will be played for the TaylorMade Eagles competition. Also 20 points will be up for the RMF Cup Starting Time: Morning 9.00am; Afternoon Report at 11.30 for a 12.00 start.

Saturday Starters: Afternoon Paddy Bradford and Derek Shaw.

Results Match Committee.

■ Hockey Mid Canterbury Hockey July 10 Played at NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf Kiwi Sticks (4th Grade) - No Hockey

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In brief Big win for Austrian Bernd Wiesberger has won the biggest title of his career at the French Open, producing a mid-round birdie barrage that blew apart a top-class field. The 29-year-old Austrian started the last 18 at Le Golf National yesterday alone in third, three shots adrift of leader Jaco van Zyl. A quiet start by him was followed by an hour’s suspension of play due to thunderstorm activity and when Wiesberger resumed, sparks began to fly. Five birdies in six holes from the fourth propelled him into a four-hole lead over the field going around the turn and he never looked like being caught after that.

- AFP

Top five for Paddon Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have secured fourth place in Rally Poland, the second consecutive top four finish for the Kiwis in their 2015 World Rally Championship season. Following the fast and challenging first two legs, Paddon and Kennard went into yesterday’s short leg with a strong hold on fifth place. With two runs of the same 14.60 km stage to complete, Paddon and Kennard had a 19.4 second margin to Hyundai teammate Thierry Neuville in sixth.

Ahead of them on the leaderboard, there was a difference of 36.6 seconds to fourth-placed JariMatti Latvala. The New Zealanders stayed focused on finishing the rally in a top five position, seeking to back up their second place finish in Sardinia in June.

- NZME

Black Sox blow it The Black Sox have relinquished their world softball crown after blowing a five-run lead against Canada in the final at Saskatoon. They appeared well on track to claim a seventh title at the top of the third, before Canada mounted a brilliant comeback in the bottom of the innings with home runs to Brad Ezekiel and Steve Mullaley, cutting the lead to 5 - 4. Canada took control from there, winning 10 - 5.

- NZME Danny Lee reacts after he sinks his putt on the 18th green, that put in him in a four man playoff during the final round of the Greenbrier Classic golf tournament yesterday.

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ting a fine example as well.

Lee will line up at The Open Championship at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland next week alongside Auckland’s Ryan Fox. Fox made his way through a qualifying tournament in Europe last week and it’s great to

see strong New Zealand representation at one of golf ’s most prestigious events.

There’s a host of touring professionals from New Zealand playing at different levels across the globe and Lee’s win will likely give them a boost to know that a life-changing week

can be just around the corner.

More than a handful of Kiwis have mentioned they want to be in the mix for the two spots on offer at next year’s Olympics they will likely be determined by world rankings - and Lee looms as a strong contender.

- NZME

School Holidays 1st Grade Women 6.40pm Methven v Collegians (Collegiate/ Hampstead 1st gr W ) 7.50 pm Collegiate v Hampstead (Methven 1st gr W, Hampstead SW ) BYE: Hampstead/Methven July 11 Small Sticks Hockey Mini Sticks (5th Grade) No hockey - school holidays Fun Sticks (6th Grade) No Hockey School holidays Senior Men at Ashburton 1.30pm Wakanui Black v Wakanui Blue (R. Turnbull, C. O’Neill) Senior Women at Ashburton 3.00pm Hampstead 1 v Hampstead/Collegians (C. Watson, P. Edwards) July 12 1st Grade Men 5.00pm Allenton v Collegians (Tinwald/ Wakanui 1st gr M) 6.15pm Tinwald v Wakanui (S. Mealings, Collegians 1st gr M) July 13

2nd Grade Boys - No hockey School holidays July 14 KWICK Sticks (3rd Grade Mixed) No Hockey - School holidays Representative Trials July 12 Under 15 Girls 10am - 11am Primary A & B Boys 1pm -2pm July 15 Girls A & B 3pm -4pm Girls Development 3pm - 4pm

2.45pm, M Gallagher, A McGirr, P McKnight, Bye: Claas Harvest Centre Southern Senior B – Centennial Mug – Round 8 Allenton v Collegiate Eclipse Services, Allen 1, 2.30pm, D McKibbon, Celtic Kellys Cafe & Bar v Hampstead KFC, Celt 1, 1pm, G Clement, M Southby, J Kilworth, Methven R&R Haulage v Rakaia Murray Hood Baling, Meth 1, 1pm, A McGirr Mt Somers v Southern Tinwald Tavern, Mt Som 1, 2.30pm, M Bell, Bye: Tinwald School Holidays - No rugby for the following Grades UC Championship, Combined Competition – Colts, Under 18 & Under 16.

ACL JAB Competitions – Under 14.5, 13, 11.5, 10, 9, 8, 7 & 6 July 14 Pre-Season Representative Mid Canterbury XV v Sassenachs, University Oval, Dunedin, 2pm

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby July 11 Senior Division 1 – Luisetti Seeds Watters Cup Travis Durham Memorial - Darryl Phillips Motors Celtic v Devon Tavern Hampstead, Celt 1, 2.45pm, K Opele, G Shaw, P Hill, PWL Methven v REL Rakaia, Meth 1,

‘Bad luck’ on Tour Reigning champion Vincenzo Nibali has complained of “bad luck”, after losing almost a minute and a half to two of his main rivals for Tour France victory yesterday. The 30-year-old Sicilian was caught up in a crash around 50km from the end of the 166km second stage from Utrecht to Zeeland, which was won by Andre Greipel as Fabian Cancellara relieved Australia’s Rohan Dennis of the leader’s yellow jersey. The crash happened at a time when Etixx-Quick Step were driving the pace as heavy rain and crosswinds caused havoc.

Astana leader Nibali could not get back up to the lead group and lost 1min 28sec on Chris Froome. - AFP

Cummins ready to play Replacement speedster Pat Cummins insists he’s ready for the rigours of Test cricket, despite being starved of first-class games the past two years. The 22-year-old will join Australia’s Ashes squad in Cardiff before the Test series starts tomorrow, replacing veteran Ryan Harris who was forced into retirement at the weekend by injury. Cummins hasn’t played a Test since his fairytale debut against South Africa in Johannesburg in 2011.

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In brief Important victory It was mission accomplished for Mainland on day one of the National under 19 netball championship in Auckland. The Andrea Cousins-coached team – a combined Canterbury regions team including Mid Canterbury’s Kate Lloyd, Sophie Worsfold and Chelseas Corbett - collected an important win on the opening day, beating Southland 33-28. Pretournament Cousins spoke of the importance to get an early win on the board and her side delivered that. First up they were outclassed

by Wellington 21-37 but returned in the afternoon to record the five point win over the southerners.

Today they meet Hamilton City and Papakura before going in to cross over play tomorrow. Mid Canterbury also has Caitlin Adlam in the Selwyn side which lost to Christchurch 20-50 first up.

McKinnon may sue

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Natalie’s making all the right calls Ashburton coxswain Natalie Bocock (far right) called the New Zealand men’s under 21 eight to victory over Australia in the first of two Trans-Tasman regattas last week.

The first edition of TransTasman Regatta at Sydney International Regatta Centre had the Kiwi eight power to the win by 5.69 seconds to help New Zealand get ahead in the

overall competition. Racing ran for three days from July 2 to 4 and the score of the conclusion of the Australian leg of the Trans-Tasman regatta has New Zealand ahead on 166

points to Australia’s 116.

The Rusty Robertson Trophy winner will be decided on the New Zealand leg of the TransTasman competition from August 27-29 at Lake Karapiro.

■ MOTOR RACING

Hamilton goes back-to-back Lewis Hamilton seized back control of the British Grand Prix after being overtaken on the first corner to win his fifth race of the season yesterday and strengthen his Formula One title defence.

A Mercedes one-two was just as forecast with Nico Rosberg completing a ninth consecutive double podium for them, but a thrilling rain-affected race was a riposte to some of the gloomy paddock talk about the predictability of the sport.

“It was exciting for me, the start made it exciting and the English weather helped,” Hamilton said.

“It’s an indication for us not to throw our toys out of the pram and say everything is wrong.”

Hamilton is the first backto-back Silverstone winner since David Coulthard 15 years ago, thrilling the 140,000-strong home crowd

at the central England circuit.

“Great job guys,” Hamilton said over the team radio. “I am so happy with that.

“Thank you to all the fans for coming out.”

Scattered showers at the Silverstone circuit added to the drama late on and Hamilton’s switch to intermediary tires came with a well-timed pit stop which allowed him to beat Rosberg by almost 11 seconds.

Hamilton extended his lead to 17 points over Rosberg in the championship, while Sebastian Vettel is back in third.

“Without the rain I don’t think we would have been on the podium,” said Vettel, a fourtime world champion.

Hamilton’s third Silverstone victory was his first after starting on pole but the start suggested it would be a disappointing day for the two-time world champion. Felipe Massa

stormed out in front from third for Williams on the first turn.

“My clutch was good, it’s just that we had poor grip,” Hamilton said.

“It made the race even more exciting for the fans.”

The safety car was soon out after a first-lap incident when Fernando Alonso span into McLaren team-mate Jenson Button, who was forced out of his home grand prix.

Alonso was able to return to the race after front-wing damage was repaired and went on to finish 10th and collect his first points of the season. Lotus duo Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado also collided and had to retire.

After the safety car left the track on lap three, Hamilton moved up into second place, but his pursuit of leader Massa ended in him being overtaken by another Williams driven

by Valtteri Bottas.

Having locked out the front row in qualifying, the Mercedes drivers now found themselves behind the Williams pair. Although the Williams duo was eventually given permission to race each other by their team, the winner of the fight was Hamilton.

Massa and Rosberg went into the pits at the same time, then Bottas went in, and Hamilton forced his way back in front on lap 22 to roars from the home crowd in a four-way fight for the lead.

The threat of rain added to the uncertainty after the showers, and Hamilton’s eightsecond lead over Rosberg was halved.

The perfect timing of Hamilton’s pit stop to switch to intermediary tires with eight laps to go allowed him to take the 38th career win.

- NZME

Alex McKinnon could expect a compensation payout even greater than the $10 million being spoken of within two years over the tackle that ended his NRL career last year, a leading litigation lawyer believes.

On Nine Network’s 60 Minutes programme on Sunday night, McKinnon indicated for the first time he is considering legal action over the spinal injury he suffered in March last year.

McKinnon has already been issued with the maximum $500,000 compensation payout available to NRL players and around $1.2 million was raised towards his care in last season’s Rise For Alex round. But with his medical costs mounting, McKinnon appears to have no alternative but to take legal action, and it is a predicament rugby league’s governing body appears resigned to.

- AAP

Every chance for Farah NSW coach Laurie Daley is set to give injured hooker Robbie Farah up to an hour before kick off to prove his fitness for State of Origin III. Daley insisted yesterday that Farah remained a chance of taking the field at Suncorp Stadium tomorrow as his recovery from hand surgery last week continues.

Suggestions have come out of the Queensland camp that Daley is simply playing games in the lead up to the decider. Farah has only been involved in a limited capacity at Blues training, however Daley said he is pleased with Farah’s progress. “He probably did more than what we thought he would do (yesterday),” Daley said. “I won’t write him off, he is a bloke who is passionate about playing for NSW, we will give him every chance and see what happens.”

- AAP

Luke facing NRL ban South Sydney have been dealt a blow with influential hooker Issac Luke facing up to two weeks on the sideline for a dangerous throw.

The New Zealand Test rake was charged by the NRL match review committee with a grade-one dangerous throw on Penrith’s Tyrone Peachey. With the Rabbitohs having the bye next weekend, he will only miss his side’s clash with St George Illawarra in a fortnight with an early guilty plea. But he will sit out two rounds should he unsuccessfully defend the charge.

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■ RUGBY

Shield on the line again

By Jonathan Leask and nZMe Jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Hawkes Bay have their first shield defence of the season against Wairarapa Bush on Thursday.

For Mid Canterbury, they will get a look at the hill they have to climb to finally get their hands on the coveted Log O’Wood before what will be the union’s 14th challenge on July 23 - unless one of the other Heartland unions beats them to it.

The Magpies meet the Bush this week, Horowhenua Kapiti next week before the Hammers have their turn on July 23.

Mid Canterbury coach Grant Keenan, who played for Hawke’s Bay in 1993, and a majority of the squad learnt plenty about what is required in Pukekohe last year when they were beaten 10-46 by Counties Manukau.

The big news out of the Bay is the return of troubled former All Black Zac Guild-

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ford, who will be running on at fullback against Wairarapa Bush.

Former Hurricanes halfback Chris Eaton, who has played 88 first class games for the Bay since 2005, will captain a team that includes 12 new caps, eight of them in the starting XV, at McLean Park.

Magpies head coach Craig Philpott has rewarded club form and was hoping for an open game to unleash his speed out wide.

“With the likes of Mason [Emerson] and Shannan [Chase] on the wings, Jonah [Lowe] at centre and Zac [Guildford] at fullback we don’t lack wheels,” Philpott said.

Regular Magpies Brendon O’Connor and his Blues teammate, first five-eighth Ihaia West, will get time off the bench.

The Magpies team for the July 16 shield defence against Horowhenua-Kapiti will be

Bush coach Josh Syms conceded a couple of deficiencies were exposed when Wairarapa Bush lost 17-12 to Wanganui in a representative match in Palmerston North last month.

The Hammers meet the Otago Sassenachs in Dunedin next Tuesday in what will be their final hit-out before heading north to take on the division one championship side.

Zac Guildford: Back in action for Hawke’s Bay on Thursday.

named on July 10 before they face the Hammers a week later.

Hawkes Bay: Zac Guildford, Mason Emerson, Jonah Lowe, Billy Ropiha, Shannan Chase, Tyrone Elkington-McDonald, Chris Eaton (captain), Joseph Penitito, Tom Stanley, Tony Lamborn (vicecaptain), Sanaila Waqa, Trent Boswell-Wakefield, Jarvy Aoake, Jorian Tangaere, Tolu Fahamokioa.

Reserves: Forwards, Mikey Sosene-Feagai/Ricky Riccitelli, Jason Long, Mark Braidwood, Everard Reid, Brendon O’Connor; backs, Ellery Wilson, Ihaia West, Ted Walters.

St Andrews were too good for Ashburton College, collecting a tenth straight win in the UC rugby Championship on Saturday. Stac ran out 66-5 winners to remain unbeaten, and leaving College with plenty of work to do when the competition resumes in a fortnight’s time. Defending champions Christchurch Boys High School remain in first place after a 58-6 win over Waimea. Shirley maintained third with a big 50-15 win over St Thomas with St Bede’s in fourth after beating Marlborough 37-21.

Burnside beat Christ’s College 36-5, Timaru Boys’ bettered Rangiora 21-3 while Lincoln saw off Roncalli 29-10.

Samoa coach happy It might be a mixed blessing for Manu Samoa, but coach Stephen Betham has thanked his All Blacks counterpart Steve Hansen for picking a strong starting line-up for tomorrow’s historic test, and in particular Richie McCaw and Dan Carter. Betham said there was excitement among his players as they read the All Blacks team, with the early talk about regular McCaw being named on the bench has proven to be unfounded. “We’re happy seeing him start - that was the buzz,” Betham said. “Just to have Richie McCaw and Dan Carter take the field, the boys are honoured but at the same time we’ve got a job to do.”

- NZME

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway

Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park ISH C0, 457m 5 83285 Wrinkles 22.80 .......................J T McInerney Raceway Date: 07 Jul 2015 NZ Meeting number: 9 Dou- 1 4x44 Opawa Rocket nwtd J & ..................D Fahey 6 x4478 Joyner Kersee 22.87 .........................B Eade bles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 2 2 Human Instinct nwtd ..............J T McInerney 7 84784 Business Boss nwtd ..........................S Keen 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 3 2 Heritage Watch nwtd ......................J Guthrie 8 51878 Another Key nwtd ...................J T McInerney 4 22 Technic nwtd .................................R Adcock 9 78756 Glenn Is Goodesy 22.90 ................. M Grant 1 12.14pm (NZT) WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS. 5 45532 Opawa Top nwtd L & .......................... Wales 10 87877 Thrilling Shrimp nwtd .................. B I Conner CO.NZ C0, 390m 6 22 Opawa Gumisie nwtd L &................... Wales 6 1.56pm ADDED ENERGY DASH C2/3, 390m 1 F4283 Cool Dexter nwtd...............................J Dunn 7 1 Arctic Action nwtd J & .....................D Fahey 2 65521 Another Message nwtd ..........J T McInerney 1 87748 Wunzee nwtd .........................J T McInerney 8 Abrasador nwtd .................................B Eade 3 3 Shane McBell nwtd ................J T McInerney 2 31367 Kingman 22.42 ................................ M Grant 9 85 Uno James nwtd L & .......................... Wales 4 Regalyn nwtd ....................................B Eade 3 15671 Another Fan nwtd ...................J T McInerney 10 77P Opawa Bucks Eye nwtd L & ...............

Wales 5 43323 Timely Reminder nwtd ......................J Dunn 4 41583 May May Last 22.63 ..........................J Dunn 6 8 Hyde Baxter nwtd...................J T McInerney 4 1.14pm ASCOT PARK CONSORTIUM C2/3, 390m 5 x7785 Raincheck nwtd............................... M Grant 7 36345 Deborah Bay nwtd..........................J Guthrie 6 76482 Homebush Chopper 22.38 .....J T McInerney 1 85357 Another Jewel 22.45 ..............J T McInerney 8 8533 Brindee’s Bro nwtd .........................C Healey 7 33475 Umaga Rama 22.79 ......................R Adcock 2 72313 Neddy Seagoon nwtd........................J Dunn 9 Brandish nwtd ...............................R Adcock 8 23811 Unreliable Andy 22.72............... A Bradshaw 3 12321 Backchat Harry 23.08 ............... A Bradshaw 10 377x1 Tamaska nwtd ........................... A Bradshaw 9 7F888 Flying Swan 22.55 .................J T McInerney 4 36721 El Sid 22.76...................................R Adcock 10 14855 Lots Of Beersies 23.12 ............... B I Conner 5 56526 Homebush Bruno 22.73 .........J T McInerney 2 12.34pm SGRC $50 LEATHER LEADS C1, 390m 6 x7487 Costing Money 22.60 ...................... M Grant 7 2.14pm INVERCARGILL STAKES C3, 457m 1 56576 Sailors Collar 23.20........................J Guthrie 7 53863 Opawa Idol 22.56 L &......................... Wales 2 21227 Another Jamie nwtd ...............J T McInerney 1 71677 Bruiser Bale nwtd ...................J T McInerney 8 26554 Sandi Claws 22.78 ............................S Keen 3 73375 Opawa Express 23.10 ................. B I Conner 2 41127 Calinda Girl 26.17 ..................... A Bradshaw 9 7F888 Flying Swan 22.55 .................J T McInerney 4 87755 Hanna The Spanna 22.86 .................J Dunn 3 61631 Albie McLeod 26.21 ..........................B Eade 5 36413 Zipping Jacob nwtd ...........................J Dunn 10 74742 Impersonator nwtd .................... A Bradshaw 4 61261 Hello Blondie nwtd ........................R Adcock 6 658x4 Pukeko Thunder 22.89 ...................C Healey 5 1.34pm SGRC $26 FIVE WIRE MUZZLE STAKES 5 66525 Opawa Stella 26.11 L & ..................... Wales 7 65668 Opawa Goodie nwtd.................. A Bradshaw C1, 390m 6 42464 Bound To Erupt 26.15 ..................... M Grant 8 x1867 Opawa Darcee nwtd L & .................... Wales 7 54443 Opawa Opal nwtd L & ........................ Wales 1 51x1 Roadworks nwtd ............................. M Grant 9 78756 Glenn Is Goodesy 22.90 ................. M Grant 8 73777 Thrilling Marty 25.99 ................... B I Conner 2 54745 Opawa Hog 22.79 L & ........................ Wales 10 68887 Homebush Coral nwtd............J T McInerney 3 45556 Pukeko Warrior nwtd ......................B Healey 8 2.32pm MID-WINTER STAKES C2, 390m 3 12.54pm SOUTHLAND AND OTAGO PHOTO FIN- 4 25271 Tulip Muncher nwtd ...........................J Dunn 1 6133F Cabarita nwtd .................................. M Grant

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2 T1377 Millie’s Boy 23.16 .............R Hamilton 3 61324 Stenson 22.60 ................................. M Grant 4 41581 New Thang nwtd ....................... A Bradshaw 5 51266 Homebush Gru nwtd ..............J T McInerney 6 56543 No More Beersies 22.73 ............. B I Conner 7 5714F Smoking Marley 22.90 .............. A Bradshaw 8 81515 Gossip Queen nwtd .................. A Bradshaw 9 56545 Whitey’s Gone 22.72 ..............J T McInerney 10 14855 Lots Of Beersies 23.12 ............... B I Conner 9 2.51pm BRENDON BURKE @ RAY WHITE C4, 390m 1 27135 Matty Hooky 22.77 .................J T McInerney 2 18273 Thrilling Spell nwtd ...................... B I Conner 3 32716 Homebush Errol 22.79 ...........J T McInerney 4 27571 Homebush Paige nwtd ...........J T McInerney 5 77115 Homebush Rocky 23.23 .........J T McInerney 6 28747 Plagiarism nwtd.................................J Dunn 7 31352 Jinja Loch nwtd ......................... A Bradshaw 8 53344 Opawa Bart 22.96 .............................B Eade 9 63783 Collecting Money 23.35 .................. M Grant 10 64783 Smash Rumour 22.42 ..................... M Grant 10 3.10pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1, 457m 1 33263 Filante nwtd..................................... M Grant 2 73514 Opawa Larry nwtd L & ....................... Wales 3 26644 Thrilling Hunt 26.48 ..................... B I Conner 4 34582 Opawa Kuru 26.29 L & ....................... Wales 5 57518 La Kinks 26.36 ................................ M Grant 6 15 Idol Leanne nwtd J & ......................D Fahey

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22615 All About Echo 26.33 ........................J Dunn 36385 Homebush Slinky nwtd ..........J T McInerney 78756 Glenn Is Goodesy nwtd................... M Grant 87877 Thrilling Shrimp 26.66 ................. B I Conner 11 3.29 CONGRATULATIONS ESCAMENO C1/2, 457m 1 84756 Chaimbo nwtd ........................J T McInerney 2 62216 Pukeko Prowler nwtd .....................B Healey 3 75363 Opawa Rob nwtd L & ......................... Wales 4 77667 Flip Flippa nwtd L & ........................... Wales 5 55271 Pukeko Bolt nwtd ...........................B Healey 6 81556 Opawa Tom 25.83 J & .....................D Fahey 7 27483 Expect Delay nwtd .......................... M Grant 8 28665 Jinja Fantasy nwtd J & ....................D Fahey 9 78756 Glenn Is Goodesy nwtd................... M Grant 10 87877 Thrilling Shrimp 26.66 ................. B I Conner 12 3.48pm JUSTRACING.COM.AU C4/5, 390m 1 52168 Botany Win nwtd ....................J T McInerney 2 47415 Rambunctious 23.07 ................. A Bradshaw 3 53124 Aniu nwtd J & ..................................D Fahey 4 12331 Wheelchair Norm 22.67 .........J T McInerney 5 36356 Zorba The Greek nwtd .................... M Grant 6 45352 Eckles 22.61 .....................................J Dunn 7 11824 Business Affair 22.60 ........................J Dunn 8 26612 Homebush Kelso nwtd ...........J T McInerney 9 84248 Idol Girl 22.75 L & .............................. Wales 10 63783 Collecting Money 23.35 .................. M Grant 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 3 12.44pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C1, 520m 1 88573 Homebush Riley 17.45 ...........J T McInerney 6 53216 Know Scholar nwtd ........................G Cleeve Raceway Meeting Date: 07 Jul 2015 NZ Meeting number: 1 x3131 Chippa Lata 30.35.....................R Blackburn 2 23531 Jackpot Jake 17.46 .......................... B Dann 7 51666 Lagoon Victory 31.04 ...................C Roberts 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 2 37224 Know Lapse 31.13 .........................G Cleeve 3 52843 Replay 17.38 .......................................A Lee 8 64633 Goldstar Coco 30.76 S & ................B Evans 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 3 18446 Cawbourne Kenny 30.77..............C Roberts 4 83232 Business Review 17.44 ..............D Stapleton 9 67588 Cawbourne Alpha nwtd ...................J Tanner 11 and 12 5 27888 Fair Cruzin 17.38....................J T McInerney 4 66143 Big John Canon 30.79 ...........M K Dempsey 10 587x8 Dusty Rider 31.34 ...................... D T Barnes 6 38455 Country Crossing nwtd J & .............D Fahey 5 78736 Opawa Viv 31.29 L &.......................... Wales 6 1.44pm HAMPDEN TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 12.04pm (NZT) SUPER PETS DASH C1, 295m 7 76737 Belfast Eejit 17.52 H & ........................Taylor 6 21872 Solstice nwtd .................................... B Dann 1 44564 Rangitata Raider 17.60 ..............D Stapleton 1 86621 Culvie Godfather 17.53 H & ................Taylor 8 35482 Mulberry Brook 17.51................... K Cassidy 7 26345 Know Worth 30.72..........................G Cleeve 2 65172 Homebush Naki 17.50 ...........J T McInerney 2 63324 Ohoka Too Soon nwtd .................. L Waretini 9 74588 Skillz Taylor 17.51 ........................ L Waretini 8 87683 Opawa Jed 30.06 L &......................... Wales 3 68532 Botany Zenvo 17.33 ...............J T McInerney 3 x3344 Earn Me Some nwtd ..................D Stapleton 9 76757 Jewel Apache 30.66 S & .................B Evans 4 46557 Hayley James 17.69..................... L Waretini 4 78888 Butterfly Terra 17.56 C & .................... Fagan 10 76788 My Foolish Heart 17.52 ....................A Joyce 5 75453 Budgie Right 17.51 H & ......................Taylor 10 587x8 Dusty Rider 31.34 ...................... D T Barnes 5 58285 Mop Head 17.76 ........................ D T Barnes 9 2.42pm HURUNUI HOTEL STAKES C1, 520m 6 74162 Malcy 17.55................................D Stapleton 4 1.04pm BUSINESS TIME AT STUD DASH C1, 295m 6 68367 Uno Shelley nwtd ...................J T McInerney 1 45366 Know Clown 30.80 .........................G Cleeve 7 11755 Bella Grace 17.40 C & ....................... Fagan 7 73546 Wooly Whatsit 17.43 S & ................B Evans 2 61 Opawa Shiloh 31.30 L & .................... Wales 1 18261 Vito Baxter 17.59 ...................J T McInerney 8 1F766 La Fontaine 17.36 ...........................J Tanner 8 32313 Homebush Nark 17.81 ...........J T McInerney 3 72526 Come On Dolly 30.98.............M K Dempsey 2 23161 Midnight Sprite 17.45 .................D Stapleton 9 57657 Stand Up Girl nwtd .......................M Roberts 9 54886 Cawbourne Clock 17.55 M & .............. Smith 4 71477 Kirkham Harvey 30.52 .................C Roberts 3 67286 Miss Jolt nwtd ..............................A Waretini 10 75786 Bhuja 17.71 ...............................R Blackburn 5 67132 Jinja Jaffa 30.59 ........................R Blackburn 4 22537 Bad Week 17.33.....................J T McInerney 10 75786 Bhuja 17.71 ...............................R Blackburn 2 12.24pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALYSON ROSANOWS- 5 58467 Jet To Mars 17.70 M & ........................ Smith 7 2.04pm CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO DASH C1, 295m 6 52613 Know Neglect 30.79 .......................G Cleeve 7 54471 Blushing Belle 30.61 L & .................... Wales 6 43352 Terra Mondo 17.47 C & ...................... Fagan KI SPRINT C1, 295m 1 18 Firemans Galaxy nwtd ...................G Cleeve 8 33482 Mega Surge 30.85 ......................... H Cairns 7 86558 Not So Cute 17.38 .....................D Stapleton 1 2416 Crystall McBell nwtd...............J T McInerney 2 28888 Terra Alert 17.58 C & ......................... Fagan 9 658x6 Opawa Loi 31.28 L &.......................... Wales 8 66825 Our John 17.84 ............................S Hindson 2 36524 Token Muscles 17.61 L & ................... Wales 3 F6x17 Sally nwtd......................................R Adcock 10 587x8 Dusty Rider 31.34 ...................... D T Barnes 9 57657 Stand Up Girl nwtd .......................M Roberts 3 45575 Too Much Rebel 17.82 .................A Waretini 4 48366 Ohoka Joka 17.16 ........................ L Waretini 10 37788 Cawbourne Cruze nwtd ..............D Kingston 4 58534 Bizarro 17.59 S & ............................B Evans 5 42154 Eug The Scrooge 17.74 .............D Stapleton 10 3.01pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH 5 68864 Tracey nwtd ................................D Stapleton 5 1.24pm AMBER CLEANING SERVICES C1, 520m 6 61328 Tell The Boys 17.37 ................J T McInerney DASH C1, 295m 6 32531 Gump’s The Name 17.53 ....................A Lee 7 51546 Another Charmer 17.36 .........J T McInerney 1 46243 Candyboy 17.66 C & .......................... Fagan 1 32x44 Opawa Grunter 31.01 L & .................. Wales 7 45376 Jamaican Archie nwtd M & ...............Jopson 8 74667 Verbatim 17.66 ............................. K Cassidy 2 27342 Air Express 17.59...................J T McInerney 2 41122 Know Jinx 30.32.............................G Cleeve 8 13556 That’s A Wrap 17.45 H &.....................Taylor 9 17765 Charlie Next boy 17.58 ...............D Stapleton 3 64274 Laudable nwtd............................D Stapleton 3 77x85 You’re So Free 30.69 M & .................Jopson 9 74588 Skillz Taylor 17.51 ........................ L Waretini 4 38546 Mr. November 17.48 ...................D Stapleton 4 81847 Opawa Extreme 30.48 L & ................. Wales 10 87x78 Wigmore 17.59........................... D T Barnes 10 87488 Hat Trick Chaos nwtd .......................A Joyce 5 34277 Fiorelli Micha nwtd J & ....................D Fahey 8 2.21pm ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C1, 295m 5 45434 Summer Love 17.53 .........................A Joyce

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64586 Glory Hog 17.55 .....................J T McInerney 45376 Peyton Sawyer 17.61 ................... L Waretini 66242 Lachie Jewel 17.54 ......................C Roberts 54886 Cawbourne Clock 17.55 M & .............. Smith 87x78 Wigmore 17.59........................... D T Barnes 11 3.20pm ISLINGTON TAVERN STAKES C1, 520m 1 114x1 Jinja Luca 30.69 J &........................D Fahey 2 36755 Mobilize 30.95 ............................D Stapleton 3 65764 Kiwiana nwtd .................................. H Cairns 4 43775 What I Like 30.59 ...................J T McInerney 5 22778 Opawa Paul 30.64 L & ....................... Wales 6 46415 Susan Jewel 31.02 ..........................J Tanner 7 55318 Infernal Majesty 30.98 M & ...............Jopson 8 15235 Know Energy nwtd .........................G Cleeve Emergencies: 9 F7856 Opawa Bro 30.38 L & ......................... Wales 10 587x8 Dusty Rider 31.34 ...................... D T Barnes 12 3.39pm PROTEXIN DASH C1, 295m 1 73528 Token Jump 17.60 L & ....................... Wales 2 73416 Struggle Is Real 17.67 H & .................Taylor 3 65551 Lignite Girl 17.57 ..............................S Stone 4 84878 Ohoka Faith 17.44........................ L Waretini 5 72773 Homebush Fine 17.65............J T McInerney 6 15851 Dream Large 17.14 .......................... B Dann 7 84483 Tayla’s Friend 17.61 ..................... K Cassidy 8 83827 Blazing Hot 17.58.......................D Stapleton 9 17765 Charlie Next boy 17.58...............D Stapleton 10 87488 Hat Trick Chaos nwtd .......................A Joyce

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www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. A dealing of Providence, hell to a writer: it’s on a whirl (12) 8. I’ve to follow play on words it forms by way of punishment (8) 9. An Eastern European who stops short of being bonded (4) 11. Boy awarded nothing but the mark left by cut (5) 12. Church might have been a cure for this writer (7) 13. Such as 11 is Christian (4) 15. A tickle ‘e might consider an impediment (4) 19. Gangster’s girl gave us first course of snail (7) 20. Tag lord first gave to second son (5) 22. It’s the standard held by seamen or marines (4) 23. Faces pulled show that I’m Grace’s undoing (8) 24. What is cast actively doing but practising ringcraft? (6,6)

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Considering how busy life’s getting, the more you make your home your castle now the more you’ll benefit when the pace of life picks up.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Keep your finger on the pulse and ear to the ground professionally, but your head in the game on the income front, working with a smart head for money.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Your professional instincts provide the glue between income, work and career forces and the means to bring them together to your advantage.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) There is a special mix of adventure and nostalgia in the air today, just as your birthday month opens the door to new journeys and adventures.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) This is your last chance to focus exclusively on money matters, with the money gods beginning to divide their attention and focus.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) Instead of being affronted by someone’s seemingly abrupt behaviour, choose to think they might need a kind and understanding word.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) The most valuable aspect of the Moon’s monthly visit is the intuitive read on work matters and by virtue of association, into income and career matters.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) There is a romantic nostalgia in the air that needs to be embraced, especially when it takes your daydreams away from life’s realities.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) Things close to home need your attention, whether that be home and family matters or a greater awareness of the importance of the basics.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) While there is a chance to give emotional responses and unsaid words a voice, a bit of personal and/or relationship tension will provide the push.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) The Moon’s monthly visit to your income sector is giving you a nose for money and 20/20 hindsight, with a sense of what’s in it for you.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) You can’t lay old ghosts to rest without revisiting them, with a chance to address painful aspects of the past in a healing and cathartic way.

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NZ Situation

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Wind at 1000m: S dying away.

Wind at 2000m: S, 60 km/h at times.

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Greymouth

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Christchurch

fine

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fine

Queenstown

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Dunedin

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Fine or becoming fine. Southerlies about the tops abating. cloudy thunder showers showers fine rain cloudy fine fine showers fog fine fine rain fine

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24 Jul

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Rangitata Klondyke at 3:35 pm, yesterday

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Canterbury Readings

Thursday

7:46 1:57 8:14 2:29 8:46 2:55 9:14 3:29 9:46 3:56 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

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Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing Tuesday

NZ Today

Occasional snow showers, mainly about the foothills. Light winds at low levels, Strong southerlies about the tops.

Mainly fine morning frosts and light winds.

Tuesday, 7 July 2015

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Wind at 1000m: W 55 km/h tending S 30 km/h in the morning.

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Showers clearing and becoming fine.

Southerlies abating.

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Southwesterlies, strengthening about the coast.

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TAGGART, Jacobina Agnes (Bina) – On July 4, 2015. Peacefully at Terrace View Retirement Village Ashburton, in her 93rd year. Dearly loved wife of the late Joe. Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Elizabeth, and Janet and David Fisher. Special gran of Tim and Kat (Germany), Emily (USA), and Charlotte.

Loved sister of the late Isie and Perce Ford and sister-inlaw of Edna and the late Charlie Taggart. Much loved aunt. Special thanks to the staff of Terrace View for their love and care of Bina.

Messages to the Taggart family P.O. Box 472 Ashburton 7740. Donations to Christian World Service would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service for Bina will be held at St David’s Union Church Allens Road, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY, July 8 commencing at 11.00am followed by private cremation.

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:50 The Looney Tunes Show 3 0 7:20 Robot And Monster 0 7:45 Generator Rex 3 0 8:15 The Adventures Of Chuck And Friends 3 0 8:35 Handy Manny 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Full House 3 0 1pm M Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3 – Viva La Fiesta!

2012 Family. 0 2:50 Regular Show 3 0 3pm The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 3 0 3:30 Looped 0 4pm Mako Mermaids 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Dog Squad PGR 0 7:30 My Kitchen Rules PGR 8pm Keeping Up With The While others enjoy the rides Kaimanawas PGR The sisters at Luna Park, the MKR teams go on a cowgirl escape to the cook for a crowd of 5000. 0 Wild West, and then take a 8:45 Empire AO 0 trip back to the Kaimanawa 9:45 Grey’s Anatomy AO 0 Ranges with their stallions. 0 10:45 Revenge AO 8:30 The Mentalist AO 0 Emily enlists Nolan and Jack 9:30 Aquarius AO 0 to help prove her innocence; 10:30 One News Tonight 0 Ben takes drastic measures to keep her locked up. 0

6am Paul Henry 9am Infomercials 10:30 The Bold And The Beautiful PGR Bill and Brooke make a commitment; the feud between Quinn and Liam boils over when Liam finds out Quinn intentionally locked him in the steam room.

11am Rachael Ray 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage PGR 3 1pm Dr Phil PGR 3 2pm The Ricki Lake Show PGR 3pm The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 4pm Million Dollar Minute 3 4:30 Bondi Vet 3 0 5pm Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6pm 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:55 The Wild Thornberrys 3 8:25 Chuggington 3 8:35 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:45 Peppa Pig 3 8:55 Bob The Builder 3 9:05 Thomas And Friends 3 9:15 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9:25 Barney And Friends 3 9:50 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Drake And Josh 3 5:05 Punk’d 3 5:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 0 7pm Come Dine With Me New 7pm The Simpsons 3 0 Zealand PGR 0 7:30 Face Off PGR 7:30 Road Madness PGR 0 8:30 M Talladega Nights – 8pm Gold Coast Cops PGR 0 The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby 8:30 NCIS AO 0 AO 3 2006 Comedy.

9:25 F NCIS – LA AO A top Nascar driver’s lifestyle The team travels to Moscow, hits an unexpected speed where they assume bump when he is beaten by a undercover identities to find flamboyant French F1 driver. suspects in the case involving Will Ferrell, John C Reilly, Arkady. 0 Sacha Baron Cohen. 0 10:25 Newsworthy 10:40 Burn Notice AO (Starting 10:55 The Good Wife AO Today) 3

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2pm Scorpion PGR 3 Team Scorpion must jog the memory of an injured former Secret Service agent who is their only hope of preventing weapons of mass destruction being launched.

3pm Storage Wars – New York PGR 3 3:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

USA PGR 3 4pm Gordon Ramsay – Ultimate Cookery Course 3 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 MythBusters PGR The MythBusters take on five film firearm cliches, including bent-barrelled shotguns, deep fryers, and neon signs.

8:30 Bullies PGR (Part 1) 9:30 Fargo AO 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6am Cycling – Tour de France (Replay) Stage Three – Antwerp to Huy. 8am Marathon – Tarawera Ultra Marathon (Highlights) 8:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Final – Hurricanes v Highlanders.

11am Cycling – Tour de France (Highlights) Stage Three – Antwerp to Huy. 11:30 Athletics – IAAF Diamond League (Highlights) Paris. 12:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Tigers v Eels.

2:30 Monday Night With Matty Johns 3:30 Hockey – Men’s World League (Replay) Final – Australia v Belgium. 5:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Final – Hurricanes v Highlanders.

6pm Rugby – First XV (Replay) St Pauls Collegiate v Fielding High School.

7:30 UFC Now Experts discuss the most important fights and controversial topics in the UFC. 8:30 Fight Night Derek Edwards v Gilbert Ramirez.

10:30 Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

11pm Major Crimes AO Phillip Stroh returns, demanding a new deal from DDA Rios in exchange for his cooperation regarding future murders.

Midnight L Tennis – Wimbledon Day Eight.

11:55 Infomercials

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

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

2am Home Shopping

11:30 Football – Fifa Women’s World Cup (Replay) Final – USA v Japan. 12:10 L Cycling – Tour de France Stage Four – Huy to Cambrai. 3:35 Sky Sport Select 4:05 UFC Now 5am Motorsport – World Rally Championship (Highlights) From Poland.

6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am There’s No Taste Like Home 3 Today’s dishes are braised beef and onion pie.

11am House Gift Three interior designers, each with a different budget, snoop around an ordinary home and find the perfect gift for its occupants.

Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale 0 1:30 Coronation Street 3 0 2pm Come Dine With Me PGR 3 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Long Way Down 7:30 Heaven’s Kitchen At Large 8:30 Luke Gamble’s Vet Adventures 9:30 Jamie At Home 10am Poh’s Kitchen 10:30 Salvage Hunters 11:30 Beverly Hills Pawn Noon Metropolis PGR 1pm Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railways 2pm Long Way Down 3pm Heaven’s Kitchen At Large 4pm Love Nature – Secret Shark Pits 5pm Hugh’s Three Good Things 5:30 French Food Safari 6pm Reno v Relocate 6:30 Candice Tells All 7pm Auction Hunters 7:30 My Dream Room – Kids Edition Nine-year-old Grace from Onehunga wants the team to makeover the family sleep out as a playroom for her and her performance loving sisters.

8:05 Selling New York 8:35 My Dream Home Couples find, buy and transform extreme fixer-uppers into the ultimate dream home.

9:30 Fantasy Homes By The Sea 10:30 Auction Hunters 11pm Hugh’s Three Good Things 11:30 French Food Safari

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Midnight Yard Crashers 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Heaven’s Kitchen At Large 2am Love Nature – Secret Shark Pits 3am Reno v Relocate 3:30 Candice Tells All 4am My Dream Room – Kids Edition 4:30 Selling New York 5am My Dream Home

11:40 F Scandal AO 12:40 F NY Med PGR 1:30 Infomercials 2:35 The Real 3 3:20 The Lying Game PGR 3 0 4:05 Secret Mountain Fort Awesome PGR 3 0 4:15 Win Lose Or Draw 3 0 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:30 Entertainment Tonight 11:55 Infomercials

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Team Umizoomi 3 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 8am Pukana 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Unsung Heroes Of Maori Music 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Pacific Games 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 2 4pm Team Umizoomi 3 4:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 2

THE BOX 6am Mountain Men PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Lizard Lick Towing PG 7:40 Parking Wars PGL 8:05 Survivor – Panama PG 8:55 CSI – Miami MV 2/2.

9:45 Criminal Intent MV 10:35 CSI – New York MV 11:25 Ice Road Truckers PG 12:15 Bosch MVL 1:05 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 1:30 CSI – Miami MV 2/2. 2:20 Mountain Men PG 3:10 Survivor – Panama PG 4pm Lizard Lick Towing PG 4:30 Parking Wars PGL 5pm The Simpsons PG 5:30 CSI – Miami MV 6:30 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 7pm Lizard Lick Towing PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV 8:30 Crossing Lines MV 9:30 Rogue 16VLS 10:30 Criminal Intent MV 11:30 CSI – New York MV

WEDNESDAY

12:30 Survivor – Panama PG 1:20 Parking Wars PGL 1:45 Mountain Men PG 2:35 Criminal Intent MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Crossing Lines MV 4:45 Rogue 16VLS 5:35 Cajun Pawn Stars PG

SKY SPORT 2 5pm Pukana 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 2 6:30 Ako 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 The Big Hit 8pm What’s Up With The Tumoanas PGR 8:30 Te Awa Tupua – Voices From The River AO 9:45 Media Take 10:15 Brown Eye AO 3 10:55 Our Songs 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

Keeping Up with the Kaimanawas, 8pm on TV One

MOVIES PREMIERE

6am Dukes Of Haggle M 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 Chaos Caught On Camera M Terrifying Tornado; Free-Fall Fireball; Molten Metal. 10am Chaos Caught On Camera M Unravelling Underwater; Skydive Scramble; Russian Rumble. 10:30 MythBusters PG Mini Myth Medley. 11:30 The Perfect Murder M 12:30 Fatal Encounters M Closing Time.

1:30 Deadly Devotion M Amish Serial Killer. 2:30 How It’s Made PG 3:30 Gold Rush PG 4:30 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG Hammer of Thor. 5:30 MythBusters PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Behind the Lens – 10 Years In The Making. 7:30 X-Ray Mega Airport PG Crossroads of the World.

8:30 Manhunt PG 9:30 The Last Alaskans M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11:30 Gold Rush PG

6:25 Chasing Mavericks PGL 2012 Drama. Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston.

8:20 As Above, So Below MVL 2014 Horror. Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge. 9:55 22 Jump Street MVLSC 2014 Comedy.

Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum.

11:45 Bad Blood 16VLSC 2013 Drama. Abigail Breslin, Sean Bean.

1:20 No Good Deed 16VLC 2014 Thriller. Idris Elba, Taraji P Henson.

2:45 Chasing Mavericks PGL 2012 Drama. Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston.

4:40 Carrie 16VLS 2013 Horror.

Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Gabriella Wilde. 6:20 Need For Speed MC 2014 Action. Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper. 8:30 Think Like A Man Too MS 2014 Comedy.

Adam Brody, Meagan Good.

10:20 Reach Me MVL 2014 Drama.

Sylvester Stallone, Kyra Sedgwick.

11:50 Shadow Witness MC 2012 Thriller. Kevin Sorbo.

12:30 A Crime To Remember M 1:30 Disappeared M 2:30 Savage Family Diggers PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Man v Wild PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

1:10 The Directors – Francis Ford Coppola PG 1:40 Carrie 16VLS 2013 Horror. 3:20 Reach Me MVL 2014 Drama. 4:50 Shadow Witness MC 2012 Thriller.

WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Revenge

10:45pm on TV2

MOVIES GREATS

6am Athletics – IAAF Diamond League (Highlights) Paris.

7am Aussie Rules – AFL (Replay) Fremantle v Brisbane Lions. From Domain Stadium, Western Australia.

10am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Sea Eagles v Sharks.

10:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Tigers v Eels.

11am Motorsport – FIM Speedway Grand Prix (Replay) 2pm Motorsport – Swedish Speedway Elitserien.

4pm Motorsport – World Rally Championship (Highlights) Poland.

5pm Motorsport – Formula One (Highlights) British Grand Prix.

5:30 Cycling – Tour de France (Highlights) Stage Three – Antwerp to Huy. 6pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Tigers v Eels.

6:30 Monday Night With Matty Johns 7:30 Super League Fulltime The latest matches in the Super League season.

8pm Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Leeds v St Helens.

8:30 NRL 360 9:30 The Back Page The latest sports news with hosts Tony Squires and Kelli Underwood.

10:30 Inside Supercars 11:30 NRL Fulltime

7:15 Fast Five MVL 2011 Action.

Vin Diesel, Paul Walker. 9:25 17 Again PGS 2009 Comedy. Zac Efron.

11:05 Gone Baby Gone 16VL 2007 Crime. Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris.

12:55 Johnny English PGV 2003 Comedy. Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia.

2:25 Legends Of The Fall MVLS 1994 Drama. Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt.

4:35 Bringing Out The Dead 16VLC 1999 Drama. Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, Cliff Curtis.

6:35 Hostage 16VL 2005 Action.

Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak.

8:30 Good Will Hunting MVL 1997 Drama. A brilliant and rebellious young man finally meets his match.

Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck.

WEDNESDAY 10:35 Pineapple Express 16VL 2008 Midnight UFC Now Comedy. Seth Rogen.

1am Rugby League – Holden Cup (Replay) Dragons U20 v Cowboys WEDNESDAY U20.

12:25 Dead Presidents 18VL 1995 3am Rugby League – NSW Cup Drama. Chris Tucker, Larenz Tate.

(Replay) Illawarra v Wentworthville.

2:20 Hostage 16VL 2005 Action.

5am Cricket – Caribbean Premier Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak.

4:10 Pineapple Express 16VL 2008 League T20 (Highlights) St Kitts and Nevis Patriots v Barbados Tridents.

Comedy. Seth Rogen.

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Ashburton‘s (from left) Michael Lawson, Chris Talbot, Hazel Mitchell and Grant Wilson will be at the New Zealand Mixed Fours Championship later this month.

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Bowlers take on the best Ashburton will be represented at this year’s New Zealand Mixed Fours Championship later this month.

Grant Wilson, Michael Lawson, Chris Talbot and Hazel Mitchell won the right to compete for national glory when they were victorious in the Zone Final of the popular annual event on Saturday.

After winning the Ashburton title to qualify to head to

the zone playoff, the Ashburton side then had to fend off the challenges of Canterbury, South Canterbury and North Otago in Oamaru.

The quartet managed to do so by winning all three of their matches to leave them clear winners of the competition, with Canterbury and South Canterbury recording a win and a draw each from their three games.

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At the national final, which is to be held in Wanganui on July 25, the Ashburton quartet will square off against opposition teams from Auckland, Tauranga, North Taranaki, Manawatu, Hutt Valley, Nelson and Southland.

With the tournament first played for in 1965, Ashburton has one mixed fours title already next to it’s name.

In 1990 Maxine Chapman,

Sandra Keith, Graeme Chapman and Alastair Keith were victorious.

It will be the start of a very busy month for both Lawson and Wilson, who will also be heading up to Blenheim next week as part of the Ashburton Patterson Trophy side which will be looking to score a victory for the third year running against opposing teams from Canterbury,

Marlborough, Golden Bay and Motueka, Nelson and the West Coast.

Talbot is also part of that side.

Lawson and Wilson will then be joined early in August by fellow Ashburton bowler Matt Markham, and the trio will begin a week-long tour of the upper North Island as part of the South Island indoor bowls side.

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