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Early edge, good base for Mt Hutt

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An almost 11th-hour snowfall and the combination of more than 25 million litres of water being passed through snowmaking machines have staff at Mt Hutt primed and ready today for one of their best opening days in the past decade.

After a hectic week of getting everything set and ready to rock and roll for the season, the gates will officially open on the skifield to the public this morning and they’ll do so with a base better than ski

area manager, James McKenzie, can remember in the past 10 years.

There’s up to a one-metre base in some parts of the mountain and a minimum of 50 centimetres on other parts, which means that the entire mountain will be open for business with all trails and lifts fully functional.

“It’s been a busy, but great week for us,” McKenzie said. “That snowfall late last week and the cold conditions have meant that we’ve been able to really ramp things up in terms of snowmaking

and we’ve got an incredible base to offer up to everyone to start the season off.”

While the snowfall has helped create an impressive platform from which the season can launch, it’s also added to the workloads of staff in the lead-up to today with snow drifts and accumulations in places causing some major work to be undertaken.

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Resiliency needed for life’s speed bumps

By Sue Newman

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Mid Canterbury college students were yesterday given some life lessons in successfully riding out the tough stuff in life by resilience and wellbeing speakers Jake Bailey and Julie Zarifeh.

Bailey pulled no punches when he spoke about his battle with cancer. He told the Ashburton College and Mount Hutt College students he was not much older than them when he was told he was dying.

Cancer is intensely hard to talk about, it’s confronting for other people and their reactions when you say you have cancer are often ones of shock and horror, he said.

“But I have complete disrespect for the stigma around cancer, it’s just part of my story.”

In just three weeks he went from being a fit 18-year-old, who played sport and was studying towards his final school exams, to a bed-ridden teenager who was facing death. What that journey showed was that you could never take life for granted, that you had to appreciate every day, every moment, he said.

His symptoms started with pain in his wisdom teeth, to finding half of his face had gone numb. Over the couple of weeks he was hospitalised, he underwent countless tests, lost 13kg and started vomiting blood. His kidneys were failing and his body was shutting down.

“I was dying, it was like the Usain Bolt of dying. I was doing it very quickly. I had Burkitts non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. I had two weeks to live and my cancer was doubling in size every 24 hours. Where do you go from there? You’re 18 and you’re told you could be dead in a fortnight.

You’re in an arena fighting the biggest fight of your life.”

Jake Bailey and Julie Zarifeh, sharing their wellbeing and resiliency skills in Ashburton.

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In that moment you realise that everything you’ve been striving towards, everything you have planned may never happen.

It’s a time of brutal reality, from looking at gaunt, bald, shuffling people and realising that’s what you look like, to knowing the people you care about, things like the sunrise may not be yours for much longer, he said.

That’s when you face some choices, when you need to start drawing on your inner strength and your resilience. A cancer diagnosis and weeks in a hospital bed change the way you look at life, he said.

“You see a big bag labelled toxic carried into your room and it’s pumped into you. That bag contains your future. Every moment I

have now was given to me in that hospital room.”

Bailey said the coping strategies he learned and now lives by are to embrace each day, to live each day and to always try to find a little bit of light in the darkness, seeking out the things that are good and going right in our lives.

“It wasn’t until I was dying in hospital that I realised how pre-

cious each day is. I didn’t understand how delicately balanced life is, how quickly it can change.”

No-one’s life was all smooth sailing, there would always be bumps along the way, but it was important to learn the resiliency skills and have an appreciation of the positives that would determine how you coped and how you bounced back, Bailey said.

“My story is not about having cancer at 18, it’s what I’ve learned through this process. I wasn’t unlucky to get cancer, I was lucky not to get something worse. My message is to get out there, to do stuff.

Live each day with passion and with pride, let your life be about the decisions you did make, not the ones you didn’t make.”

Zarifeh, a clinical psychologist, spoke to the students about the strategies she’d used to cope with the double tragedy in her life, losing her husband Paul to cancer and, 16 days later, her son Sam in a rafting accident.

Coping meant drawing on every ounce of resilience she had, and part of that was understanding that she had choices, Zarifeh said.

“We may not be able to control the event, but we can control the way we react. The way we choose to think, the way we choose to act.”

Be discerning in the people you spent time with, she said.

“Spend your time with people who care for you and who have your back. Don’t withdraw from life.”

It was important to put your attention on good things. Identifying the three best things that happened to you in a day was a good tool to use.

A good analogy, Zarifeh said, was choosing to wear a weight belt and sink or to wear flippers and slowly rise towards the light.

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Good base bodes well for ski season From page 1 “We were 48 hours straight across a few shifts just getting the road cleared after that snowfall.

There were some massive drifts in places, including up against some of our buildings and around lifts as well.

“It meant that we couldn’t get our staff up the mountain for training until Tuesday, but it’s been great since then and everyone’s rolled their sleeves up and got stuck in with what needed to be done.”

Mt Hutt will be offering their usual bells and whistles nice and early this morning, with glasses of bubbles on hand at the bottom of the lifts and free t-shirts for those who get to take the first ride up the quad lift, but they’ll also open a new feature.

A new tunnel designed to increase the experience for those up the mountain will be officially opened and in full use for the day – adding to the occasion.

“Everything looks great, the trails are pretty much perfect.

“Our advice to everyone though is to stick to the trails over the weekend, there are some real pockets off-trail that needed to be treated with a bit of caution.”

With some more gnarly weather on the horizon, an already strong base could be extended even further within the first few weeks of the season giving the skifield the perfect chance to register an outstanding year on the slopes.

Hereford bull auction successful PGG Wrightson auctioneer John McCone inspects bulls before the Okawa Poll Hereford’s 50th sale at Mt Somers on Wednesday. The average sale price across the 57 lots was $10,100, with the first bull out selling to two North Island studs for $60,000. Farmers Nick and Penny France said it was a good sale and that, despite the high average, there were still plenty of bulls around the $5000 mark for commercial farmers.

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Cuteness overload at SPCA

By Susan Sandys

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It is a case of cuteness overload at the Ashburton branch of the SPCA, which has been inundated with kittens since opening in August last year.

It is a problem staff at the facility wish they did not have, as they deal with hundreds of animals in vulnerable and painful situations.

Centre manager Rebecca Dobson said more than 300 animals had come through the centre, in the industrial estate, and they included cats, dogs and birds.

Well over 200 had been kittens, representative of a huge stray cat problem in Mid Canterbury,

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just 440 grams, but had now turned into a centre success story, and at about 10 weeks old, was now well over one kilogram.

“We put a lot of effort into trying to help animals like Clover,” Dobson said.

Clover had required specialist care, needing surgeries and a daily bandage change.

Operations co-ordinator at the centre Ashlyn Wallace, started in the job just nine weeks ago, and soon after became Clover’s foster carer. In this role she has been able to call on her previous experience as a vet nurse.

Dobson said the centre needed more foster carers, and was hoping to recruit now so it would be

which the centre targets with desexing campaigns.

And while kitten season had its peak in the summer months, mild weather over the autumn had ensured young cats were continuing to come in, Dobson said.

Among them has been Clover, a tabby and white, who had a de-gloving injury on one of her front legs.

The friendly kitten was found wandering in the industrial estate, about five weeks ago, by a member of the public.

Like many of the kittens which came to the centre, it was possible she had been part of a dumped or abandoned litter.

She was starving and weighed

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“Fostering literally saves lives, because cats like Clover can go out to foster for five to six weeks, and then get healthy and be adopted into their forever homes,” Dobson said.

The centre currently has facilities for its sick and injured animals, but not for healthy kittens, so adoptions are undertaken off the premises, from the foster carers’ homes or from the SPCA’s adoption clinic in Christchurch.

The centre is working with a vet currently to establish a quarantine area, to increase its facilities and solve this issue.

The centre responds to cases

of sick and injured animals, and always takes kittens under eight weeks of age due to their vulnerable age.

For cases of animal abuse, Mid Canterbury is served by two inspectors based in Christchurch, which generally visit the district twice per week.

“Unfortunately that need is still there,” Dobson said.

Meanwhile, Wallace has found a forever home for Clover, and she did not have to look far.

As it turned out, her parents fell in love with the small and injured kitten almost as soon as they saw her.

“Dad’s fallen in love with her, it’s his cat now,” Wallace said.

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Ploughing match under the mountains Mid Canterbury’s run of high level ploughing matches this year takes another step this weekend when the Methven Ploughing Match Association host a ploughing match tomorrow.

The annual event will be held this year at Andrew Currie’s property on the Methven Highway. just out of Methven, and is set to draw a strong field of competitors who are entered in a multitude of events across the day’s competition.

Included in the list of entrants for the match is young Methven farmer, Matt Ridge. who was a recent victor in the contemporary class at the New Zealand Ploughing Championships which were held near Chertsey earlier this year.

Methven Ploughing Match Association secretary, Sandy Redmond, said the event was open to the public to come along and view.

“It’s a good reason to come out

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Several of Ashburton’s current crop of district councillors are keeping their cards close to their chests when it comes declaring their intention to stand, or not, at October’s local body elections, and that’s not going down well with Local Government New Zealand The organisation is urging anyone thinking about putting their name forward for a local body to stand up and be counted, rather than leaving their nomination form on the kitchen table until the last minute.

Potential candidates should be thinking about their future in local government now so they have all the support and

Crash victims named The names of the two people killed in the car accident near Methven on Tuesday have been released by police. They were 65-yearold Darrel Raymond Blair and 62-year-old Maria Charles Blair of Ashburton. The crash occurred between a car and truck at the intersection of the Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road and Waimarama Road around lunchtime. Police extend their sympathies to their family and friends at this time.

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Ploughing action shifts to under the mountains this weekend for the Methven Ploughing Match Association’s annual match.

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“You’ll see the snow capped mountains and a day out in the fresh air, but we’d encourage

everyone to wrap up warm.”

The even begins at 10.30am and will be all wrapped up by around 3pm.

There will be a horse team, silver ploughs and vintage ploughs in action and entry into the event for the public is free.

Council candidates urged to show their hand

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information they need ahead of the election, LGNZ chief executive Malcolm Alexander said.

Of the 12 people currently sitting around the Ashburton District Council table, three have signalled they will not seek re-election – Peter Reveley, Alasdair Urqhuart and Mark Malcolm, while Neil Brown has said he won’t be standing as a councillor but is keeping the door open on other options.

Of the remaining eight, half are still unsure whether they’ll be putting their names forward.

Russell Ellis, Selwyn Price, Lynette Lovett and Thelma Bell have yet to make their intentions clear, with some saying they are seeking public opinion first, or that early declaration

means electioneering will start around the council table and that this could hamper good debate.

Diane Rawlinson, Leen Braam, Stuart Wilson and Liz McMillan have already committed to seeking re-election.

Two candidates have already shown their hands for the mayoralty, current mayor Donna Favel and councillor Leen Braam.

Alexander is urging candidates to make an early commitment, saying an important part of a successful election was ensuring elected representatives had the abilities, diversity of skills and training to respond to major community issues.

“Providing communities with

a choice of candidates that they feel confident will make the best decisions for their area is vital. We also hope that a pool of competent and passionate candidates will drive even more citizens to vote this year,” he said.

“While candidate nominations open on July 19, we want potential candidates to start thinking about their future in local government now, so they have all the support and information they need ahead of the election,” he said.

LGNZ recently announced the launch of Vote 2019 campaign, which aims to lift nationwide voter turnout in local elections and increase people’s engagement with their local council.

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Hundreds of soft toys left at tribute sites after the Christchurch mosque shootings have been given to young, local Muslim children as part of Eid celebrations. The cuddly toys were among the mass of flowers, messages and tributes that residents and visitors left along the Rolleston Avenue frontage to the Botanic Gardens and outside Al Noor Masjid in the days and weeks following the terror attacks, which claimed 51 lives.

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Man avoids charge A man who punched a teenage girl in the face during a road-rage incident has been identified by police — but will not face charges.

Yesterday media reported that the 14-year-old was hit by the man — a stranger — at about 7pm on May 22 in the forecourt of a BP station.

It took nine days for police to take a statement from the girl or her mother. A police spokesman said the man was arrested Wednesday night. He was given a formal warning in relation to common assault. However no charges will be laid. The teenage girl and her mother had been updated on the investigation.

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Man abuses family A New Zealand-Palestinian family say they feel unsafe in public after one of them was shoved and told to “go back to your own country” by a stranger in an Auckland shopping mall. Saja Mahmoud, 17, said she was shopping with her mother Nadia Ali when they were approached by a middle-aged man. “He was swearing. And then he just started shouting at us ‘Go back to your country’,” Saja said.

The man then pushed Nadia, who was wearing a headscarf, with enough force to knock her off balance.

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On the hunt for capable snow-rakers

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

The first real snowfall of winter for 2019 has arrived and the Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust are preparing their list of volunteer snow-rakers for the season, but if you think you might be able to help out, make sure to leave the rakes at home.

The snow-rakers perform an important role after a heavy snowfall in the high country by helping farmers free stock that are trapped in the snow and unable to be fed.

“We have had our first bit of snow for the winter so we are just getting our list together as a bit of a precaution,” rural trust response co-ordinator Allan Baird said.

Baird said it was demanding work and for that reason they are looking for people experienced in the high country, be that through hunting or work, and know how to handle the conditions they will be faced with.

“We either fly the team in or walk up, usually in the high country to recover sheep that are stuck in the snow and stamp a trail out back down to the flat so that they can be fed,” he said.

“It can be quite tough work.”

The trust are looking for those with a good level of fitness, good quality high country clothing and equipment, experience in the hills and a tonne of enthusiasm.

Contact details can be found on the Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust’s Facebook page.

Snow-rakers work to clear a path for sheep stuck after a heavy snowfall in the high country.

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Do you have what it takes to be a comedian?

By Susan Sandys

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Do you find it easy to make your friends and family laugh?

If so, maybe you have a natural talent as a comedian, and maybe it is time to share that talent with the world.

Comedy producer Bec Sandys is calling for people who want to give comedy a go as she prepares for Taking the Piste – Comedy Night in Methven on July 4.

Doors will open at 6pm for food and drinks, and the gig begins 7.30pm. Tickets are just $6, plus booking fee, and are avail-

able from Eventfinda.co.nz Sandys will be the MC and she is expecting about 10 performers in the line-up.

“All that’s needed is four to six minutes of original material – songs, poems, jokes, stories,” she said.

“I would love for more people to sign up to it.”

She has a handful of locals, but is on the lookout for more.

They can email her at popupcomedynz@gmail.com, or join the Pop Up Comedy Open Mic Methven group on Facebook.

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One dead after shooting incident

By Belinda Feek NZME

Shot, injured and bleeding, they bundled themselves into a bullet-riddled car.

It’s believed the four victims then drove the winding and pitchblack west coast roads of Kawhia in search of help.

After about 5km, the desperate group ended up at Hauturu School; a tiny settlement with a handful of residents, 20km south of Kawhia.

It was 4am, Thursday. The school’s principal is believed to live in the house next to the school on Harbour Road.

The Herald understands she was disturbed by the shooting victims, but unsure about answering the door, she opted to call a neighbour for help instead.

After receiving the frightening early-morning phone call he raced over to the principal’s house and discovered the gruesome scene.

Police were immediately alerted.

A rescue helicopter was called to the sleepy settlement.

One person was so critically injured they soon succumbed to their injuries.

Bullet wounds, police suspect.

Three others have suffered moderate injuries and are believed to be recovering in Waikato Hospital.

Police descended on the scene.

The grey Toyota Harrier SUV appears to be parked in the drive-

A car with a broken window is part of the police investigation in to a shooting which left one person dead and three injured.

PHOTO NZME way of the house situated on the school grounds.

With the sun yet to rise, police pulled over a silver Toyota Hilux on Harbour Road, at the intersection of Berntsen Road.

The vehicle – which was taken away by a tow truck at 10.30am – formed part of the seemingly ever-widening crime scene that stretched about 10km. Berntsen Road was closed off.

Day broke and the word spread.

More and more police descended on the area, wondering what hap-

pened during the night.

Police set up a camp opposite the school. There were about eight police cars, a trailer as well as their booze bus, while a police photographer took photos of items of interest, including clothing, on the ground.

Residents were then called and told the school was shut for the day due to an incident taking place there. The school, crawling with armed police officers, was no place for children yesterday.

Locals who needed to take their

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Fears about possible delay to bowel screening programme NZME The Ministry of Health has hit back at claims its roll-out of the free national bowel screening programme is facing delays, saying it is still on track.

Earlier the Bowel Cancer Foundation Trust claimed the programme was to be further delayed by three years.

Thousands of people would be affected by the delay to the roll-out of the programme, which was due to be in place nationwide by 2021.

However, the Ministry of Health yesterday said the programme is on track, and will be rolled out by 2021.

“The roll-out remains on track for all DHBs to have rolled out the national bowel screening programme by 2021,” group manager national screening unit, Astrid Koornneef, said.

“The Ministry will be in contact with the foundation to confirm that.”

It comes after the Bowel Cancer Foundation Trust’s chief executive Georgina Mason said bowel cancer sufferers and their families would face a further

blow after last week’s Budget, which promised more funding for district health boards (DHBs) and an extension to the bowel screening programme, but a delay in implementing it.

“The Budget has promised to deliver four more DHBs in 2019 ready to join the national bowel screening programme, with Whanganui DHB and Mid Central already planned for the end of the year when their new IT system goes live,” Mason said.

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She added: “With the remaining 12 DHBs not ready to function effectively until at least 2024, last week’s Wellbeing Budget is extremely disappointing for bowel cancer sufferers across the nation.”

Yesterday afternoon she stood by her claims, saying the trust’s analysis of the Budget documentation stacked up.

The national programme is designed for those aged 60 to 74, and will see a free test kit sent

to eligible participants every two years. The simple test can be done at home, and then sent away for analysis. It is expected to detect between 500 and 700 bowel cancers a year. It is currently available in eight of the 20 DHBs. The screening test is seen as vital to saving lives, as it can detect bowel cancer in its early stages, when it can often be successfully treated. Bowel cancer is otherwise difficult to detect, and may have no early symptoms. If untreated it can spread to other vital organs.

New Zealand has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world.

It is the second highest cause of cancer death in New Zealand, behind lung cancer. More than 3000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year and more than 1200 die from the disease.

Similar screening programmes are being rolled out in other countries around the world, including Australia. The UK has had its national bowel screening programme in place for 10 years.

children to other schools were stopped at road blocks, told they can’t travel any further.

“We hear there’s one dead but we’re locked in, we can’t get out,” one startled resident told the Herald. “There’s no school and we can’t get out to take the other one to high school.

“They’ve got the AOS, the men with the big guns there too.

“They tell us that it’s a crime scene and we can’t get out.”

The Toyota Harrier SUV which the injured are believed to have

travelled in appears to have bullet holes, its back window is also smashed out while clothing, a shoe and blankets are strewn on the ground around it.

A tent was erected over the vehicle as detectives scoured for evidence.

The Harbour Road property, where the injured are believed to have travelled from, has been cordoned off.

All that can be seen from the road is the fruit and vegetable stall, its red letterbox and long driveway which weaves into the property, a shed visible in the distance.

It’s been a whirlwind day for the little village which has a school that’s 101 years old boasting a roll of about 20 children and two teachers.

But official details about what happened remain sparse. Police were yet to confirm what took place and who was involved yesterday afternoon.

Detective Inspector Graham Pitkethley would only say staff were called to a “rural address” at 4am after reports four people were shot.

“One person is assisting police with their inquiries and at this stage we are not seeking anyone else in relation to the incident.

“Police are working to understand the circumstances.”

The owners of the Harbour Road property declined to comment.

Rapist jailed indefinitely A man who once abducted and raped a teenager was yesterday jailed indefinitely for decades of “dehumanising” sexual and physical abuse against multiple women.

Richard George Apperley, 39, who started raping women when he was just 15 years old, was identified by a forensic psychiatrist as having psychopathic traits.

His abuse includes raping a pregnant woman while punching her in the stomach, threatening to abort her unborn child if she fought him, and tying up his victims, often as they slept.

He appeared in the High Court at Wellington yesterday for sentencing on five charges of rape, four of unlawful sexual connection, two attempted sexual violation, one representative charge of assault with a weapon, and one representative charge each of possessing and making objectionable publications.

The charges, which he has pleaded guilty to, date back to offending which began in the 1990s.

In late 2017 and early 2018 police searched Apperley’s flat in Hataitai, Wellington, for an unrelated matter.

They found various devices containing more than 20,000 images and movies downloaded from the internet which showed women being abused and raped.

Justice Jillian Mallon said Apperley was raised in a loving home, but was sent to live with his biological father at the age of 13, where he was exposed to mutual viewing of pornography and “associated sex-

Richard Apperley ual interactions” with his father.

She spoke of Apperley’s prior abduction and rape convictions.

He was put on an extended supervision order after being released from prison after the kidnapping, but was convicted of breaching the order three times.

Justice Mallon sentenced Apperley to preventive detention with a minimum non parole period of 10 years.

Preventive detention is an indeterminate sentence which allows him to be recalled to prison at any time.

After the sentencing, acting Detective Senior Sergeant Haley Ryan commended the bravery of the women who made complaints against Apperley.

“Police are aware there may be more women who have yet to come forward and speak to us about their experience with Apperley.

“Apperley resided in the Wellington and Horowhenua districts through the 1990s until the present, and we believe he also spent time in Greymouth within that period.”

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Gunman kills four AP A man who was out on parole was arrested after fatally shooting four men and wounding a woman in an hour-long downtown rampage on Tuesday in the northern Australian city of Darwin, police said.

Police did not reveal a motive for the shotgun attack, but ruled out terrorism.

It was Australia’s third mass shooting since the country introduced tough gun laws in response to a 1996 massacre in which a lone gunman armed with two semi-automatic assault rifles killed 35 people in Tasmania state. Mass shootings are usually defined as those resulting in at least four deaths excluding the shooter.

In Tuesday’s rampage, four men were killed and a woman was wounded at five places around Darwin, said Northern Territory Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw.

The 45-year-old suspect was released from prison on parole in January and was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet, Kershaw said. Police did not say why he had been in prison or whether the bracelet helped police arrest him.

“He is an individual who’s well known to police and has a number of interactions adverse with the police,” Kershaw said.

The woman who was wounded did not have serious injuries, he said.

The Health Department had

Spelling slip up Taylor Swift fans are finding it hard to shake, shake, shake it off after shelling out for official Swift merchandise that contains a Tay-Tay typo. While the spelling error is on shirts that were sent out last month, fans are only just starting to notice. Twitter user April, who goes by the handle SavvyStardust, posted a picture of her snazzy Swift shirt showing off the spelling error. The shirt shows a lyric from Swift’s new single ME! but contains a misspelling of the word ‘you’re’. ‘Your’e the only one of you Baby that’s the fun of you’ it reads.

Police proceed to apprehend a suspect on the ground next to a white truck in Darwin Australia.

PHOTO AP earlier said two people were taken to a hospital with gunshot wounds and both were in stable condition. It was not immediately clear if the second victim had been injured in an unrelated shooting.

Kershaw said the man was arrested after he contacted a senior police officer. An Australian Broadcasting Corp. reporter said she saw police tackle and taser the gunman at a busy intersection.

Kershaw did not explain

why the suspect was being held under police guard in a hospital. The suspect had yet to be charged.

Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner described the incident as an “incredibly difficult night”.

“This is not the Darwin we know,” Gunner said. “This may be an event you prepare for, but this is never an event you want to respond to.”

Witnesses described the shooter using a pump action

shotgun to fire multiple blasts at the Palms Hotel and Buffalo Club.

A victim was killed at each.

Kershaw confirmed that the suspect was armed with a shotgun, but could not confirm what type.

Pump action shotguns have been virtually banned from private ownership in Australia along with other rapid-fire weapons under the country’s tough gun laws designed to prevent mass shootings.

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Cardinal’s convictions ‘should stand’ AP Australian prosecutors argued in court yesterday that child sex convictions against a Roman Catholic cardinal should not be overturned and said his accuser had been a compelling witness.

Cardinal George Pell, 77, is the most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse and is appealing those guilty verdicts in the Victoria state Court of Appeal. He attended both days of the hearing, wearing a cleric’s collar and occasionally taking notes.

The three judges reserved their decision to a date to be set.

Prosecutor Chris Boyce told the judges that the convictions, largely based on the testimony of a single accuser, should stand.

“The complainant was a very compelling witness,” Boyce said. “He was clearly not a liar.

He was not a fantasist. He was a witness of truth.”

A jury unanimously convicted Pope Francis’ former finance

Cardinal George Pell minister in December of orally raping a 13-year-old choirboy and indecently dealing with the boy and the boy’s 13-year-old friend in Melbourne’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral in December 1996. Pell had become archbishop of Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, only months before.

One of the boys, now aged in his 30s, was the key prosecution witness. The other died of a heroin overdose in 2014, apparently without ever alleging he had been abused. State law prohibits identifying either victim.

Pell was sentenced in March to six years in prison and is being held in special protective custody because pedophiles are regarded as being at higher risk of harm from other prisoners.

While he remains Australia’s highest-ranking Catholic, the Vatican is conducting its own investigation into his convictions.

Francis’ papacy has been thrown into turmoil by clerical sexual abuse and the church’s handling of such cases worldwide. In a little more than a year, the pope has acknowledged he made “grave errors” in Chile’s worst case of cover-up, Pell was convicted of abuse, a French cardinal was convicted of failing to report a pedophile, and a third cardinal, former US church leader Theodore McCarrick, was defrocked after a Vatican investigation determined he molested children and adults.

In addition to the rape and three indecency convictions from the sacristy crimes, Pell was also convicted of an act

of indecency against the complainant by squeezing his genitals as they passed in a cathedral corridor immediately after a Mass in early 1997.

Appeal Court Justice Chris Maxwell described that allegation as “wildly improbable.”

Boyce said “perhaps it is” unlikely or improbable.

Boyce said the complainant spent more than eight hours in the witness box and underwent “searing” cross examination during Pell’s original trial in the Victoria County Court, which ended with a deadlocked jury in September last year.

A second jury convicted Pell after watching a video of the complainant’s testimony. The appeal judges will also watch the same testimony.

Boyce told the judges they had to watch the complainant’s evidence from start to finish.

After hearing the man’s responses, “one puts down one’s pen and stares blankly at the screen and is moved,” Boyce said, adding that at that point any doubts are removed.

Totally different ending It was the movie that cemented Julia Roberts’ status as the rom-com queen of the 1990s. But the actress has revealed Pretty Woman was originally supposed to be a far darker tale and brace yourselves, it’s grim. Roberts revealed she had been cast in the movie when it was originally called 3000. Patricia Arquette revealed she had missed out on the role of Vivian Ward in 3000 that eventually went to Roberts. Arquette said it had a “pretty heavy” ending. “Threw her out of the car, threw the money on top of her, as memory serves, and just drove away, leaving her in some dirty alley,” Roberts recalled.

Sobbing apology Michael Barrymore has publicly apologised for the death of a young man in his pool 18 years ago in an emotional new TV interview. Reporting by the Daily Mail said that during the interview Barrymore ‘could not be more sorry,’ nearly two decades after Stuart Lubbock was found dead following a drug-fuelled party at his Essex home.

Speaking on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, the 67-year-old maintained he ‘didn’t give Stuart anything’ that night, but said ‘if you’re the owner of the house you’re responsible for it’.

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There is new carpet throughout plus a new wide door shower for easy access.

The living room is a generous size and includes a conservatory on the north west corner creating another fantastic spot to sit.

Some lovely planting around the boundary gives beautiful colours and privacy for your enjoyment.

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“Like me, they yearn for a space to really live in, not just a space to sleep.”

Karlie bought her studio apartment at Lorne St Lofts from friends in early 2017, renting it before taking over ownership.

“The apartment needed a bit of TLC after years of various tenants. I joked over a coffee that they should sell the place to me instead of spending the money on upkeep, and it just snowballed.

“A few months later it was mine.

The apartment had so much potential.

I loved the light, and I knew if I was careful with a renovation I could do it justice.

“I’ve always felt that you can’t go wrong with a character apartment; there are only so many buildings in the city like this.”

She loves how the sun filters into her west-facing apartment. “It slips in and out from behind buildings. We get morning sun around 10, and then it ducks away before coming back around

midday.

“In the summer you get this lovely sun in the evening.”

For the renovation, she sought out advice from friends who were architects. “I chewed their ears off to gather ideas and rough sketches as I started to tackle the design and layout.

“I don’t think there are many studio

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environment. “The city can be intense and assaulting at times, I wanted the apartment to feel serene, calm, and soft. One wall is plaster, and the paint we chose is Aalto Powdered Wig. “It has this amazing ability to take on the warmth and colours of the light in the apartment.

“At times it’s a soft white, and others it’s slightly blush white. I adore it.”

For the kitchen benchtop and bathroom vanity she chose white Corian. Bathroom flooring is a soft almond-coloured travertine, with underfloor heating.

She thinks her renovation proves that a functional, soothing home can be created in a small space. “I’m sure some of my friends think I am crazy living in an open plan apartment.

“But, while renovating, we house-sat for my aunt, and were thrown through a loop at how much wasted space there was in the house.

“And I couldn’t walk out the door and get my coffee. Suburban life! The city has everything I need on my doorstep.”

Karlie says she is selling because “my partner is perhaps not so in love with inner city living as I am, so we are compromising with a city fringe apartment”.

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Allenton 21 Churchill Avenue

Allenton 23 Andrew Street

All class here

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Vendor invites offers in the vicinity of $625,000.

Located in a top Allenton location, on a very private 1,146sqm back section. A huge conservatory built for all day sun, also an office or formal dining room.

Price by Negotiation View by appointment Mick Hydes 027 437 9696 mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz

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Set amongst a mature garden this attractive home has been a much loved property for around 30 years. Two adjoining living areas open to covered patio. There are fruit trees and a vegetable garden.

Asking Price $338,000 View by appointment Jenny Gray 027 452 2888 jenny.gray@bayleys.co.nz

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Allenton 15 Allens Road

Allenton 11B Cross street

Different from the rest

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This property has been stripped back to framework, strengthened and straightened, new Rhondo steel stud system installed, fitted with Earthwool insulation, completely re-wired with LED lighting.

For Sale offers invited over $320,000 View Sat 1-1.30pm or by appointment Sarah Everist 021 0828 5816 Eliza Waszczak 021 039 1770

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Centre West

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Generous size living room flowing into a conservatory to view the lovely plantings. Double garage attached.

Asking Price $360,000 View Sat 10.45-11.15am or by appointment Mick Hydes 027 437 9696 mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz

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Ashburton 7 Park Lane

Ashburton 31 - 33 Philip Street

Townhouse in beautiful setting

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This sun filled spacious townhouse is virtually within the Ashburton domain. Quiet West Side location within easy walking distance to the main shopping centre of Ashburton and all the local Churches. This tidy home has an attached two car garaging.

For Sale $380,000 View Sat 10.30-11am or by appointment Ray Knight 027 434 0139 ray.knight@bayleys.co.nz

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Recently compliant 30 bed plus Rest Home in sound condition with all up to date insurances. Could be used as a Backpacker Accommodation subject to consent or a casual rental proposition with onsite management.

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Ashburton 24 Peter Street

My first home

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A fantastic start to home ownership. This home offers a large living room which is heated by a heat pump. Three bedrooms and mains pressure water cylinder. Grounds are tidy and security fenced for your children and pets safety. Schools close by.

Asking Price $290,000 View by appointment Mick Hydes 027 437 9696 mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA 2008

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This enchanting villa has been restored to exude all the character and charm of its era, while also leaving opportunities to add a modern touch. Room for the whole family with two living areas and five bedrooms.

Asking Price $398,000 View by appointment Eliza Waszczak 021 039 1770 Sarah Everist 021 0828 5816 WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA 2008

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Hampstead 38 Eton Street

Tinwald 69 McMurdo Street

Cottage on Eton

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Investment with future potential. Long term tenant is keen to stay if possible. The roof has been replaced with color steel and the wiring has recently been replaced as well. The cottage is 90sqm and sits on a 500sqm street facing section.

Asking Price $210,000 View by appointment Mick Hydes 027 437 9696 mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz

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Looking for a first home or a rental property? This house has been upgraded with a compliant woodburner, carpet and decorating in a neutral palette which gives this home a nice modern feel.

Asking Price $260,000 View Sat 1-1.30pm or by appointment Mick Hydes 027 437 9696 mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz

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Room for everything Lifestyle property consisting of 2.0790ha (more or less). This two storey home has three bedrooms, main with en-suite, open plan kitchen/dining and large living areas are heated with heat pumps and an open fire.

A one bedroom sleep out with a living room is attached to a double garage plus the added bonus of a 20 metre x 14 metre fully enclosed Totalspan shed.

- The home and all sheds plus approximately one hectare Subject to Survey: - $585,000 GST inclusive - Bare land of approximately 1 hectare Subject to Survey: - $230,000 GST inclusive

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Mayfield 2006 Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road Asking Price $550,000 View by appointment Mick Hydes 027 437 9696 mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

Panthers Rock Sale includes land and building plus stock at valuation. Superior country pub now operating as a cafe', bar and restaurant. The property is located on the north eastern side of the Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road (the Inland Scenic Route) in the rural Mid Canterbury township of Mayfield. Mayfield is a large developing rural area with a growing population.

Panthers Rock enjoys the benefits of catering to locals and many travellers using the Inland Scenic Route.

It has maintained # one spot on 'Trip Advisors' ratings for restaurants in the Ashburton district for the past two years.

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The winter blues in our house are not the sort to get you down. To be precise, they’re blue violas, light blue lobelias, lavender primulas and moody blues pansies. And they’re all excellent ways to inject some bright colour into your winter garden.

If your garden is looking a little bland after your summer flowers have dried up, now is the time to plant these winter annuals. And if you’re not feeling so ‘blue’, many of these pretty flowers also come in shades of pinks, purples, whites and yellows as well.

For the sunnier areas of your garden, look to antirrhinum dwarf, viscaria, nemesia and lobelia as good starting points for adding colour. They suit borders, mass planting or simply planted in between your roses. And for those slightly shadier spots, polyanthus, primulas and cineraria dwarf can all help add some bursts of colour.

But if you’re not sure where to start, violas are a staple of any winter garden.

You’ll find these cute little flowers in shades of oranges to yellow, dark blues, burgundy and white.

At Awapuni Nurseries we’ve got blue, apricot and Penny citrus viola bundles available, and also a mixed viola bundle option. But if you’re wanting something new, we’re growing sorbet blue viola for the first time this season. It’s a cute

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little white and violet coloured flower, still featuring the tiny yellow face that many violas often have.

Plant your viola seedlings 10cm apart, in full sun with well-drained soil. They’ll flower from right now until spring, growing to around 15cm high. Give them a good initial watering and feed of general fertiliser. Once they’ve got going, they won’t need much watering through the cooler months – the perk of a winter garden.

In around four to six weeks, you’ll start to see a splash of colour pop up.

Just remember to pick off the dead heads to encourage them to flower, and you’ll get to enjoy your colourful winter garden for many months ahead.

And, if you’re a hanging basket enthusiast, combine your violas with some cascading lobelia and hang it near your front door to add some welcoming colour to your home. For a

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55 Park Street

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Neg over $685,000 • 5 bedrooms – 4 up and 1 downstairs with its own ensuite • New kitchen fitted • Games room, formal dining room, 2 living areas • Huge laundry • Heating by gas fire, eco-friendly logburner, heatpumps & night store • New carpet throughout the home, updated décor, roof & exterior freshly painted • Quality Rimu timber • Double garage with great storage & office

31 Douglas Drive

$849,000 Relax, Entertain and Enjoy • 4 true double bedrooms, with huge wardrobes • His and hers walk in wardrobe, shoe rack, mirror & storage • Ensuite has tiled walk-in double shower with separate toilet • Main bathroom has freestanding bath, walk-in tiled shower, & vanity • Covered outdoor BBQ area, with BBQ, granite bench tops, & outdoor heaters • A sunny decking area in between the 2 living areas which open onto it • Huge laundry with pantry, & heaps of storage

Proud to present this immaculate lifestyle living which is close to town. Land area is 2.0234 ha divided into 7 paddocks.

All fencing is of a good standard. Also has its very own dressage ring. Property is well set up for horses.

Two stables, large shed for the cars, and storage, also another good size tack shed.

1/86 Burnett Street

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5/86 Burnett Street

Prime location, Prime Opportunity • 3 Bedroom with ensuite • Open plan Kitchen, dining and living area with great indoor/outdoor flow • Fully insulated, heating is by way of Mitsubishi heat pump and double glazed throughout • Quality Westinghouse appliances • Paths, driveway, lawns and fencing will all be complete • Premium location only seconds to town • Floor plans & Spec sheet available

$435,000 Prime location, Prime Opportunity • 3 Bedroom • Open plan Kitchen, dining and living area with great indoor/outdoor flow • Fully insulated, heating is by way of Mitsubishi heat pump and double glazed throughout • Quality Westinghouse appliances • Paths, driveway, lawns and fencing will all be complete • Premium location only seconds to town • Floor plans & Spec sheet available SBW DEVELOPMENTS LTD LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

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5 Coniston Drive

Neg over $570,000

4 Whiteoak Grove

• You’re getting so much more • 270 sqm quality-built home • 4 bedrooms with walk-in wardrobe and ensuite • Open plan kitchen/Dining and 2 living areas • Great BBQ area, established gardens • Double glazed aluminium windows and insulated • Huge high stud garaging ideal for mobile home or caravan

$585,000 • A smart decision for easy living • 4 bedrooms • Master with spacious WIR and light and bright ensuite • Two heatpumps for year round comfort • Beautiful spacious kitchen with butler’s pantry • Storage galore • Double internal access garaging • 719sqm section OPEN HOME SATURDAY, JUNE 8 10.45AM – 11.15AM

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6 Kelburn Place

Neg over $618,000.

117 Creek Road

$319,000 The Hardworks Done • 3 Good sized bedrooms • Modernized kitchen with bay windows • Open plan living with modern carpet • Heat pump and Pellet fire • Lovely tiled bathroom, pedestal basin • 3 great decks all recently stained • 6 x 5 metre Skyline garage • Very sunny conservatory • Some great extras will stay with the home

When it comes to location this home will be hard to beat your living in the country but your in town.

4 bedrooms Walk-in wardrobe and en-suite off main bedroom, separate bathroom with shower, bath & vanity Open plan kitchen, dining and living separate good sized lounge, Double garage internal access, Walk-in pantry Lawns, paths, patios & fencing will be completed.

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43 Braebrook Drive

Neg over $565,000

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1/74 Melcombe Street

$235,000

Light, Bright and A Garden Delight • A large open plan kitchen, living and dining area with a great paved area for outdoor entertaining • Fantastic storage in this functional, modern kitchen with a walk-in pantry • Four bedrooms,master bedroom has ensuite and walk-in wardrobe • 2 heatpumps to keep you warm in winter and cool in the summer • Double garage • Beautifully landscaped

• Low Maintenance and Cosy • Fully insulated and double glazed with a heat pump for comfort it is warm and cosy.

• Both bedrooms are good sizes and the décor in neutral, there is a single garage with remote door opener and off-street parking.

• The yard is tidy and well maintained and is fully fenced for pets.

OPEN HOME SATURDAY, JUNE 8 11.30AM – 12 NOON

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2/179 Harrison Street

Neg over $289,000 • • • • • •

91 Creek Road

Offers over $215,000 • Looking for a property to call your own, this entry level property would make a great first home, or super investment property to get you onto the property ladder.

Current tenants are keen to stay so your first investment will be all ready to go.

• Two double bedrooms, kitchen dining and separate living heated via a heat pump for all year-round comfort.

• Off Street parking in a great Allenton Location close to shops and schools alike.

3 Bedrooms Updated Carpet Separate games/ living area Heat pump and Fully insulated Top location 160sqm

OPEN HOME SATURDAY, JUNE 8 12.15PM – 12.45PM

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64 Wills Street

$549,000

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Ten billion miles of

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he first of Tesla’s “affordable” Model 3 electric sedans could arrive in New Zealand in August.

Tesla has begun offering two variants of its Model 3 ev, priced from $73,900 plus on-road costs and a delivery fee.

The US company says deliveries will be prioritised based on reservation date, delivery location and confuguration options.

The four-door sedan has a claimed range of 450kms, and the company says it can accelerate from zero to 100km/h in 5.6 seconds.

However opting for the Performance package increases the price to around $94,200, offering quicker acceleration

(zero to 100km/h in 3.4 seconds).

The Model 3 is Tesla’s smaller, simpler car, which aims to be the world’s first mass-market electric vehicle.

The company says it combines industry-leading powertrain efficiency, aerodynamics and chassis technology to deliver the longest range of any comparable electric sedan.

It says Tesla has proven its technology over more than 10 billion miles of real-word driving across its global fleet of vehicles.

The Model 3 comes with active safety features standard, including Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Warning and Side Collision Warning.

Model 3, as with other Teslas, would continue to receive over-the-air software

updates which added new features and enhanced functionality over time.

Model 3 came with Autopilot included, which under active driver supervision, enables the car to steer, accelerate and brake automatically for other vehicles and pedestrians within its lane.

Model 3 Standard Range Plus includes 12-way power adjustable heated front seats, premium seat material and trim, upgraded audio – immersive sound, standard maps & navigation, LED fog lamps, centre console with storage, 4 USB ports and docking for two smartphones.

Customers who order Model 3 Performance receive the Premium Interior package. This includes satellite-view maps with live traffic visualisation and navigation, premium audio – 14 speakers,

in-car internet streaming music & media, internet browser, location-aware automatic garage door opener.

In addition to the 12-way power adjustable front and rear heated seats, LED fog lamps, centre console with storage, 4 USB ports and docking for 2 smartphones.

All Model 3 vehicles also come standard with auto dimming, power folding, heated side mirrors, music and media over Bluetooth and custom driver profiles.

All Model 3 customers have access Tesla’s global charging network, reserved specifically for Tesla owners; there are seven Supercharger and over 125 Destination charging locations across New Zealand.

Tesla says there are more coming “shortly”.

World-first cycle helmet crash test

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olvo Cars, a leader in automotive safety, is teaming up with top Swedish sports and safety brand POC for a series of worldfirst crash tests of bike helmets against cars as part of a groundbreaking new research project that aims to further protect cyclists.

Volvo’s New Zealand general manager Coby Duggan says the research is significant as it focuses on the head injuries that can be potentially caused by an impact to various parts of the front of a vehicle.

He says the latest Ministry of Transport statistics found that more than 770 cyclists were injured in New Zealand last year – five fatally – making up around 5 per cent of road accident injuries and 1 per cent of all road fatalities.

“Cyclists are one of the most vulnerable road user groups and yet the traditional methodology for measuring how well a helmet stands up to an impact is to simply drop it from various heights on to a flat surface.

“The new study will explore how head protection responds under a variety of collision scenarios as it impacts with different parts of a moving vehicle,” he says.

Duggan says the results of the research will lead to the design of helmets and vehicles which are better able to protect cyclists in the event of an accident.

New Zealand research suggests that if the number of individuals in New Zealand who cycle increases, the risk profile of cyclists may improve due to a ‘safety in numbers’ effect.

It is also likely that, if as expected, cyclist numbers increase, demand for cycle-friendly road infrastructure will increase as a result.

The partnership is the latest example of Volvo’s leading position in safety development and its ambition to improve road safety for all through a collaboration and knowledge-sharing approach.

The Volvo-POC research project consists of a number of specially designed crash tests at the famous Volvo safety research facilities in Sweden and is part of a wider research project to understand the types of long-term injuries sustained by cyclists.

During these tests, POC bike helmets are worn by crash dummy heads mounted on a testing rig, from where they are launched towards different areas of the hood of a static Volvo car, at different speeds and angles for various measurements.

Current bike helmet testing procedures are fairly rudimentary, involving helmets being dropped from different heights on either a flat or an angled surface, and do not take into account vehicle to bike accidents.

The Volvo-POC project aims to further refine and advance such testing.

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Magnificent Motorola

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ong weekends like the one just past are often an opportunity to do special things.

Consequently they can also become a source of special mem-

ories.

Looking back this writer remembers several significant things which occurred on Queen’s Birthday Weekends past.

One which happened more years ago than one cares to admit was the arrival of my second car.

My sister Judith and her late husband David’s imminent departure to live in Tokyo led to the purchase of their car.

And it was vastly different to my first car.

Its car radio was one of many features which brought much pleasure, possibly because the audio system in this writer’s first car was a transistor radio.

The radio was a prize in an Australia raffle, in which incidentally a local gentleman won a brand new Holden car once and maybe twice.

This writer wasn’t that lucky, but the radio was appreciated, and placed on the ledge behind the back seat of Mervie the Morris Minor provided reasonable sound, somewhat dependent on location and the number of bumps in the road.

So albeit an AM radio the sound system in the second car was a still a real step up and a treat.

Ironically, thinking back about this during last weekend coincided with the arrival of an email from family friends Annette and Michael Monti, who live in Nelson.

They often send interesting emails.

This one documents the history of the car radio.

It goes like this.

One evening, in 1929, two young men named William Lear and Elmer Wavering drove their girlfriends to a lookout point high above the Mississippi River town of Quincy, Illinois, to watch the sunset.

It was a romantic night to be sure, but one of the women observed that it would be even nicer if they could listen to music in the car.

Lear and Wavering liked the idea.

Both men had tinkered with radios (Lear served as a radio operator in the US Navy during World War I) and it wasn’t long before they were taking apart a home radio and trying to get it to work in a car.

But it wasn’t easy, because automotive electrical systems created interference, making it nearly impossible to listen to the radio when the engine was running.

One by one, Lear and Wavering identified and eliminated each source of interference.

When they finally got their radio to work, they took it to a radio convention in Chicago.

There they met Paul Galvin, owner of Galvin Manufacturing Corporation.

He made a product called a battery eliminator, a device that allowed battery-powered radios to run on household AC current.

But as more homes were wired for electricity, more radio manufacturers made AC-powered radios.

Galvin needed a new product to manufacture.

When he met Lear and Wavering at the radio convention, he found it.

He believed that mass-produced, affordable car radios had the potential to become a huge business.

Lear and Wavering set up shop in Galvin’s factory, and when they perfected their first radio, they installed it in his Studebaker.

Then Galvin went to a local banker to apply for a loan.

Thinking it might sweeten the deal, he

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had his men install a radio in the banker’s Packard.

Good idea, but it didn’t work.

Half an hour after the installation, the banker’s Packard caught on fire. Needless to say he didn’t get the loan!

Galvin didn’t give up.

He drove his Studebaker nearly 800 miles to Atlantic City to show off the radio at the 1930 Radio Manufacturers’ Association convention.

Too broke to afford a booth, he parked the car outside the convention hall and cranked up the radio so that passing conventioneers could hear it.

That idea worked – he got enough orders to put the radio into production.

Now he needed a name for his product and the first model was called the 5T71.

Galvin decided he needed to come up with something a little catchier.

In those days many companies in the phonograph and radio businesses used the suffix “ola” for their names – Radiola, contributions to the field of aviation.

A lot of the communications technolColumbiola, and Victrola were three of the He invented radio direction finders ogies that we take for granted today were biggest. for planes, aided in the invention of the born in Motorola labs in the years that Galvin decided to do the same thing, autopilot, designed the first fully autofollowed World War II. and since his radio was intended for use matic aircraft landing system, and in 1963 In 1947 they came out with the first in a motor vehicle, he decided to call it the introduced his most famous invention of television for under $200, then came the Motorola. But even with the name change, all, the Lear Jet, the world’s first mass-proworld’s first pager and in 1969 the radio the radio still had problems. duced, affordable business jet. and television equipment that was used to When the Motorola went on sale in Not bad for a guy who dropped out of televise Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the 1930, it cost about $110 uninstalled, at a school! moon. time when you could buy a brand-new car It’s fun to find out how some of the Motorola introduced the world’s first for $650, and the country was sliding into many things we take for granted actually handheld cellular phone, and today is one the Great Depression. came into being! of the largest cell phone manufacturers in In 1930, it took two men several days to Discussing this story with Roger Hart the world. put in a car radio – the dashboard had to led us to reflect upon features now taken And it all started with the car radio. be taken apart to accommodate the receivfor granted which not so long ago were What became of the men who installed er and a single speaker and the ceiling had optional extras, like car heaters, external the first radio in Paul Galvin’s car? to be cut open to install the antenna.

Elmer Wavering and William Lear, ended mirrors and heated rear windows.

These early radios ran on their own batAnd of course the radio in this writer’s up taking very different paths in life. teries, not on the car battery, so holes had second car which was an optional extra is a Wavering stayed with Motorola. to be cut into the floorboard to accommofar cry from the incredible sound systems In the 1950s he helped change the autodate them. The installation manual had available today. mobile experience again when his develeight complete diagrams and 28 pages of But at the time it was nothing short of opments enhanced such luxuries as power instructions. the “bee’s knees” and looking back has windows, power seats, and eventually, Selling complicated car radios that cost brought back memories of a memorable air-conditioning.

20 per cent of the price of a brand-new long weekend.

Lear also continued inventing. car wouldn’t have been easy in the best of Emails from Anette and Michael Monti He holds more than 150 patents. times, let alone during the Great Depresare always welcome and are something to His inventions include eight-track tape sion. look forward to as are others of a similar players.

Galvin lost money in 1930 and struggled genre.

But what he’s really famous for are his for a couple of years after that.

But things picked up in 1933 when Ford began offering Motorolas pre-installed at the factory.

Another boost came when Galvin struck a deal with the BF Goodrich tyre company to sell and install them in its chain of tyre stores.

By then the price of the radio, with installation included, had dropped to $55. The Motorola car radio was off and running.

In the meantime, Galvin continued to develop new uses for car radios.

In 1936, the same year that it introduced push-button tuning, it also introduced the Motorola Police Cruiser, a standard car radio that was factory pre-set to a single frequency to pick up police broadcasts. In 1940 he developed a handheld two-way radio for the William Lear went on to develop one of the world’s most prestigious aircraft, the Lear Jet. US Army.

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BELL’S RUN

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The beforehand “what do you have planned” question.

Then afterwards the “what did you do over the long weekend” question.

Last week in response to the beforehand question, Peter and Annette Jacob said: “We’re looking forward to joining others on the Bell’s Queen’s Birthday Run”.

Organised by Vintage Car Club members Robbie and Karen Bell, the destination was Oamaru via some scenic and extremely interesting roads.

This week, in response to the after long weekend question, Pater and Annette Jacob said: “We all had an awesome time, good weather, great company, covered 608 kilometres in total, which included over 300 on the first day via Pleasant Point, Hook, Waimate, Kurow, Peebles and Weston”.

A notable long weekend event; one which has created plenty of pleasant memories.

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Grand old lady is open for business T

oday marks a big day for the Ashburton District, just as it does every time it rolls around each year – the opening of Mt Hutt skifield for the new season.

That big old lady that looks down over our district 12 months of the year, but suddenly moves from its peaceful summer slumber to become a hive of activity and into the single greatest marketing tool for drawing people into our district.

The majority of that attention admittedly gets focused on the small town of Methven at the base of the mountain, but its wider impact on the entire region is manyfold and one we should never take for granted.

There’s a certain negativity

around the mountain by some permanent residents down on the plains though, an almost blinded opinion based solely on convenience and the thought process that the ski season correlates to winter and the cold that comes with it.

It’s a shame that there’s that out there.

Sure, it might take a little longer at the supermarket to get your normal supplies, or the road

might be a bit busier on the way home from work or as you drive around the district – but surely that’s just a small price to pay for the comfort of enjoying a district that is alive with people, new people who then go back to their home lands and express their enjoyment of time spent here.

I love walking around Methven during the winter months and seeing a huge amount of people that I’ve never seen before and also catching up with those I’ve met over the years, as they’ve returned for the winter months each year.

But my biggest problem? I haven’t been up Mt Hutt for a very long time.

It’s not for any other reason than it’s not really my cup of tea.

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In 1981, Israeli military planes destroyed a nuclear power plant in Iraq, a facility the Israelis charged could have been used to make nuclear weapons.

In 1993, the US Supreme Court ruled that religious groups could sometimes meet on school property after hours. Ground was broken for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

In 2004, a steady, near-silent stream of people circled through the rotunda of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, where the body of the nation’s 40th president lay in repose before traveling to Washington two days later for a

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Ten years ago: The British musical Billy Elliot won 10 Tony Awards, including best musical and a unique best actor prize for the three young performers who shared the title character: David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish.

Five years ago: Ukraine’s new president, Petro Poroshenko, took the oath of office, calling for proRussian rebels in the country’s east to lay down their arms.

One year ago: A US government report found that suicide rates inched up in nearly every US state from 1999 through 2016.

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I love what it does for the district and what it does for my hometown of Methven, but other than that, I’m not that interested in spending a day up there falling on my butt every five minutes.

And it would appear I’m not alone – which is baffling considering the ease of access and closeness in terms of location.

Last year we ran a poll asking locals how often they used Mt Hutt during the winter and the overwhelming response of nearly 70 per cent of the 300 odd people who answered the question, was that they’ve never been up the mountain, or if they have, it was a very long time ago.

I found that remarkable.

Mt Hutt obviously did too with one of their key marketing

strategies for the early part of this season centering in on a day where locals get up the mountain and enjoy a day on the skifield at a reduced rate.

For their sake, you can only hope for it to work and that they open up a whole heap of new potential faces to the scene. Who knows it might even be enough to get me to venture up for a day to check things out.

What would be interesting to know is, that of those 70 per cent who said they hadn’t been either for a long time or at all, whether or not getting up there next week for the locals day would do enough to entice them to go more.

Perhaps that’s for the next poll question.

Virginia McKenna is 88. Singer Tom Jones is 79. Actor Ronald Pickup is 79. Poet Nikki Giovanni is 76. Actor Ken Osmond is 76.

Americana singer-songwriter Willie Nile is 71. Actress Anne Twomey is 68. Actor Liam Neeson is 67. Actress Colleen Camp is 66.

Singer-songwriter Johnny Clegg is 66. Author Louise Erdrich is 65. Actor William Forsythe is 64.

Record producer LA Reid is 63.

Latin pop singer Juan Luis Guerra is 62. US Vice President Mike Pence is 60. Rock singer-musician Gordon Gano is 56. Rapper Ecstasy is 55. Rock musician Eric Kretz is 53. Rock musician Dave Navarro is 52. Actress Helen Baxendale is 49. Actor Karl Urban

is 47. TV personality Bear Grylls is 45. Rock musician Eric Johnson is 43. Actress Adrienne Frantz is 41.

Actor-comedian Bill Hader is 41.

Actress Anna Torv is 40. Actress Larisa Oleynik is 38. Former tennis player Anna Kournikova is 38. Actor Michael Cera is 31. Actress Shelley Buckner is 30. Rapper Iggy Azalea is 29.

Actress-model Emily Ratajkowski is 28. Rapper Fetty Wap is 28.

Thought for today: “That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: ‘Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.’” – Dorothy Parker, American writer (born 1893, died this date in 1967).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Friday, June 7, the 158th day of 2019. There are 207 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On June 7, 1998, in a crime that shocked the nation, James Byrd Jr, a 49-year-old black man, was hooked by a chain to a pickup truck and dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas.

On this date: In 1712, Pennsylvania’s colonial assembly voted to ban the further importation of slaves.

In 1769, frontiersman Daniel Boone first began to explore presentday Kentucky.

In 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia offered a resolution to the Continental Congress stating “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States”.

In 1848, French painter and sculptor Paul Gauguin was born in Paris.

In 1892, Homer Plessy, a Creole of colour, was arrested for refusing to leave a whites-only car of the East Louisiana Railroad.

In 1940, New Zealand born fighter ace Edgar ‘Cobber’ Kain was killed. His exploits flying Hurricanes for the RAF’ in the first year of the World War Two made him a household name in Britain. He was the first RAF air ace of the war, and the first to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.

In 1948, the Communists completed their takeover of Czechoslovakia with the resignation of President Edvard Benes.

In 1958, singer-songwriter Prince was born Prince Rogers Nelson in Minneapolis.

In 1965, the US Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down, 7-2, a Connecticut law used to prosecute a Planned Parenthood clinic in New Haven for providing contraceptives to married couples.

In 1976, McDonald’s arrived in New Zealand for the first time.

In 1977, Britons thronged London to celebrate the silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, who was marking the 25th year of her

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Going dog on horses I

had the pleasure of hosting a Harness Jewels function at the MSA on Saturday.

It was a good fun day with loads of banter and the trots on the big screen, but even a few quiet beers throughout the day couldn’t wash the bad taste in my mouth away.

I wasn’t the only one, there was an underlying feeling of disdain bubbling through some of the crowd and it was nothing to do with the MC’s lack of talent.

Uncle Bill had to be dragged there by Maxine and wasn’t happy about it.

“I’ve gone dog on them,” he said.

Several others have said exactly that same sentence to me over the past couple of weeks.

One good looking athlete at the gym said to me, “I’ve heard you talking about workplace bullying before Hoops, that is precisely what’s happened here.”

Even my Saturday sports show racing correspondent and editor of this paper, Matt, said, “I have commitments on the day at the Jewels but I’m not really that happy about going.”

Since the first running of the

Phill Hooper OFF THE AIR

Jewels in 2007 at Ashburton, it’s been ours and Cambridge’s event and now it feels like it’s been stolen!

Like a bully in the playground, the big boys have thrown their weight around and taken it from under our noses.

I know HRNZ will have plenty of reasons to back up their decision to move the event to Addington but I can’t help wondering if, over the years, it has been more successful and profitable than they envisioned so they did what they needed to get it to Christchurch.

It’s not easy to run an outside event at this time of the year.

Glitz and glamour is hard to display when it’s freezing cold.

But Ashburton had done its best to do just that for the past six years.

For the past few years I have hosted the parade ring marquee

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and we have had a heap of fun in between races.

Everything from best dressed competitions with catwalk shows to boat races, although the latter was shut down rather quickly in this PC world we live in.

Aussie racing correspondent Adam Hamilton, who started the boat racing, was a regular visitor to the marquee and said two years ago, “You guys have so much fun up here I had to come back up and see what you were up to this year.”

It’s just a shame he didn’t pass that type of info on to those making decisions about the future location of the event.

I have spoken to people who attended Addington this year and those who paid for a package were well looked after, with super food and great views of the racing from behind the glass.

Those who paid the general admission talked of freezing their butts off in a marquee with minimal heating and $6 cans of beer!

Some of the locals who are a little bitter about losing the event to the big smoke might

have said, “serves them right”, when Saturday was a miserable, wet and cold day.

But I think when all of us, even the most aggrieved, stop and think about it, it was probably a good thing that they weren’t held here this year.

Especially for the horsemen and women who would have been out in the elements in the stables area but also for the limited inside and under cover viewing on the course.

For the record, it was lovely and warm, with great views on the big screen in the MSA. And – we had a best dressed competition with catwalk shows, but no boat races!

Hopefully we’ll do it again next year for Cambridge or will that be in Auckland?

Till next week, Hoo roo, Phill Hooper – Just horsing around.

Phill Hooper is the breakfast host of Ashburton’s Hokonui radio station. The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

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SkyCity gets site purchase approval NZME SkyCity Entertainment Group’s ambitions for a new southern five-star hotel took a step forward yesterday when it won approval to buy a Queenstown site.

The Overseas Investment Office has granted consent for the business, 46 per cent Australian-owned, to buy a 1.01ha site at 633 Frankton Road.

“The applicant intends to use the land to develop a five-star hotel that will complement its existing entertainment facilities in Queenstown and help attract international visitors,” the OIO said.

SkyCity operates a Queenstown casino on Beach Street and has SkyCity Queenstown and SkyCity Wharf.

But it has long planned a big expansion in the tourist mecca and yesterday’s approval means that can now progress.

SkyCity has consent to buy the land from New Zealand’s Passion Cove for $16m. The land is classified as sensitive, hence the application.

Last month, SkyCity had told investors in Sydney that it has applied to the office for clearance

Left – 633 Frankton Road (red pin) is found on the road between Frankton and Queenstown.

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to buy Queenstown land for a big new development.

“Land acquired for future hotel development in Queenstown – OIO application being reviewed,” said the presentation to the Macquarie investment conference,

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tween the airport and the centre of the resort hub.

At last October’s SkyCity annual general meeting, chief executive Graeme Stephens said the business was looking to “do more” in Queenstown, particularly to cater

posted on the NZX. No specific site, area or address was provided by SkyCity last month.

But media said in May that the site was most likely on the lakefront at 633 Frankton Road be-

for international business.

“We think it needs one [hotel],” Stephens said.

The business has extended its lease on its casino in Queenstown by three years. The lease was due to come up for renewal this year, SkyCity said.

SkyCity said its Queenstown operations had resulted in international business rising 18 per cent during the latest six-month period “highlighting attractiveness of location for premium/VIP customers”.

That showed the potential for the business to further leverage big-spending customers.

Total revenue from Queenstown operations was $6.5m in the 2019 first-half financial year, SkyCity said, up from $6.4m previously. SkyCity got $3.3m from gaming machines in Queenstown, $2.4m from tables and $800,000 non-gaming revenue, it reported.

SkyCity shares on the NZX were trading around $3.72 yesterday.

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New Chinese policy concerns T

he local NZX 50 drifted lower this week. Index heavy-weight a2 Milk led the market lower, as concerns about a new policy from the Chinese Government.

The policy aims to increase market share for domestic infant milk-formula producers to a self-sufficiency rate of 60 per cent.

Fletcher Building completes the sale of its Formica business.

Fletcher Building has announced the sale of its Formica business for $US840 million.

The completed sale will mean that the company will now account for only 11 months of earnings from the business.

As a result, Fletcher Building updated its 2019 earnings guidance post the completion of the sale, lowering its guidance range from $NZ650-$700 million to $620-$650 million.

The latest Global Dairy Trade auction saw the headline index decline 3.4 per cent.

The average price achieved in the auction was $US3423 per tonne, compared with $US3414 per tonne two weeks ago.

The price of whole milk powder fell by 1.5 per cent, rennet casein (+4.2 per cent) saw the largest gain in price, whilst cheddar (-14.0 per cent) and butter (-10.3 per cent) experienced the greatest price declines.

The latest Quotable Value House Price Index is up 2.3 per cent for year.

Residential house prices in New Zealand increased 2.3 per cent for the year in May, compared to 6.9 per cent a year ago.

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The index rose 0.1 per cent in the three months to May, the average value of a property in New Zealand is now $686,954.

Interestingly, value in Auckland fell by 2.1 per cent on a year ago, to an average house price of $1,030,439.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to cut its Official Cash Rate, On Tuesday, the RBA confirmed that it would cut the Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points to 1.25 per cent, citing that the decision to lower the cash rate would help make further inroads into the spare capacity that exists in the economy.

Governor Philip Lowe mentioned that the scenario in Australia is for the economy to grow by around 2.75 per cent in 2019 and 2020, supported by increased investment in infrastructure and a pick up in the resources sector.

One of the main domestic concerns remains a slowing growth in household consumption, which is a result of a long period of low-income growth and declining house prices.

Australian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has slowed to 0.4 per cent.

The Australian Economy slowed to its lowest rate of growth in

more than five years, at 0.4 per cent for the first quarter of 2019.

It brings the annual growth to 1.8 per cent versus 2.4 per cent in December.

Household consumption slowed 0.3 per cent for the last quarter. In addition, dwelling investment decreased 3.1 per cent for the year to March.

European inflation cools to 1.2 per cent in the year to May. Inflation across the Eurozone has taken a sharp fall to 1.2 per cent annually, down from 1.7 per cent the previous month and well below the European Central Bank’s target of 2 per cent.

Core inflation, which strips out volatile prices such as energy, fell to 0.8 per cent in May, from the 1.3 per cent figure in April.

Eurozone’s unemployment rate is at its lowest in over a decade.

The unemployment rate of 7.6 per cent in the April is the lowest rate in over a decade, and is down from 7.7 per cent in March.

Compared with a year ago, a million fewer people are unemployed. Greece remains well above the Eurozone average, with the country’s rate sitting at 18.5 per cent.

The US Federal Reserve are prepared to respond to the Trump administration’s trade conflicts in order to protect the US economy.

Speaking at a Federal Reserve conference in Chicago on Tuesday, Chairman Jerome H. Powell said the Fed is closely monitoring the trade developments, and will look to act when it is appropriate to sustain economic growth.

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Rising star Addington bound HRNZ Southland star U May Cullect ticked up two firsts with another crushing win at Ascot Park on Monday to keep his unbeaten race record intact.

The Kirstin Barclay and Paul Ellis trained freak show easily handled his first standing start, before smashing his rivals by five and a half lengths, in his first start past 2200m.

Barclay produced another pinpoint drive behind the exciting 5yr-old in the 2700m Bluff Cup, waiting until the 500m until she asked U May Cullect for an effort.

Once he wound in to stride, his rivals had no answer for U May Culect’s sizzling speed.

“You still don’t feel like you are going fast,” Barclay said.

“It sounds a bit silly, but he just does it so easy.”

“When I started mooching around to be parked, I thought I’d better get moving, because he felt like he was walking.”

U May Cullect has shot up the harness racing grades so quickly he is effectively an open class pacer.

Unbeaten Southland pacer U May Cullect will head to Addington next week.

PHOTO SUPPLIED That means a shot at the New Zealand Cup is a possibility for the horse.

Though the Barclay and Ellis have not got ahead of themselves and finalised any spring plans, the 3200m of the race should be perfect for the horse.

“I can’t wait to go over with two

miles (3200m) with him because he just falls asleep,” Barclay said.

“I really think he will thrive over the two mile trip.”

U May Cullect’s excellent beginning, in what was his first standing start, gave his trainers extra confidence he could be targeted at any standing start

feature in the spring.

“He was on his own, so he is still going to step up when there are horses around him,” Barclay said.

“But, he was pretty cool about the whole thing.

The listed Uncut Gems event for four-year-old and older pacers at Addington on June 14 will be U May Cullect’s next target.

Incredibly, the five-year-old should strip an even better horse for the 2600m feature.

“We had had a bit of a problem with greasy heel and the tides had been against us for the last two weeks.”

“So, we couldn’t follow our usual routine with him.”

“This run should top him off nicely for the Uncut Gems.”

U May Cullect stopped the race clock at 55.8sec for the final 800m 27.2sec and for the final 400m.

Those times are taken from the leading horse and as the pacer was behind runners, he has run faster than those sectionals suggest.

U May Cullect was privately timed to run his last 800m in 54.6sec and 400m in 27.1sec.

Family pet fit to resume at Te Rapa NZ Racing Desk Kenny Rae describes Kaharau, the sevenyear-old gelding he co-owns with Mike Harris and Guy Matches, as his family pet.

“He’s named after a Maori warrior but he’s not a warrior, he’s a big softy and I’ve probably turned him that way,” Rae, who trains in partnership with his daughter Krystal Williams-Tuhoro, said.

“I’ve had him since he was a two-year-old colt and we’ve been to Aussie together and we all but got to the Derby with him.

“He’s a tough bugger, he ran third over 2100m two weeks before the Derby (Gr.1 New Zealand Derby, 2400m), we were so excited but then he pulled up a bit short and we found out that he had bone chips on his knees, so he had to have them operated on and he missed the Derby.

“Then the Maori guys that used to race him were getting out of racing and they asked me if I could sell him. I said give me 24 hours and don’t ask anyone else. We were heading over to the Gold Coast to buy a yearling, but I convinced Mike and Guy to buy him instead and we paid $20,000 for him.

“We took him to the South Island straight away and he ran dead last. Then he came out and won four in a row a month later and now he’s won over $250,000.”

Kaharau has won 11 and placed in 21 of his 58 career starts and he’ll have the opportunity to add to that in the Book Your Xmas Do @ Te Rapa (1600m) open handicap at Te Rapa on Saturday.

It will be Kaharau’s first race since the end of January, however he’s had two trial appearances, the most recent of which he won, and plenty of jumping to get fit.

“He’s been down with Shaun Phelan and Emily Farr getting his jumping ticket so that’s why we’re running at Te Rapa, it will save on floating costs,” Rae said.

“He’s been up Browne’s hill a couple of times and he’s had those two trials, so he’s as fit as he’s going to get first up.

“On equal weights I would probably give him a really good chance but it’s hard when he’s a seven-year-old against the upandcomers and giving them weight.”

Kaharau will contest the Book Your Xmas Do @ Te Rapa (1600m) on Saturday.

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While Kaharau has been schooling over the jumps Rae said that he won’t be rushing him to have a hurdle start this year.

“We will just see how he goes on the flat but he’s probably going to be going out the top weight most of the time,” he said.

“I’m hoping to get him back to Ruakaka next month for the open staying races up there and then maybe a hurdle race and I wouldn’t mind having another go at the New Zealand Cup (Gr.3, 3200m) if we could, but it all depends on the horse.

“He’s either going to have to be really good or no good as a hurdler because I won’t be sending him around week after week just for the sake of it.”

Rae currently has 18 horses in work at Ruakaka, the majority of which are untried.

“Major Tom is just back in work now, he had a hairline fracture in his pedal bone after the New Zealand Cup, it was a very minor injury, but he’s had three months out and he’s just started trotting again now. He’ll be ready for spring racing,” he said.

“Blanco Bay is down with Emily and Shaun

getting his jumping ticket too and he’ll run at Awapuni next week.

“Then we have 10 rising two-year-olds and four yearlings that are untried, so there’s light at the end of the rainbow.”

The notable absentee on Rae’s list is Prom Queen. The multiple stakes-winning mare, who Rae leased from Windsor Park Stud, was sold at the Broodmare sale on the Gold Coast last week fetching $A190,000.

“I actually watched the sale online and it just about brought a tear to my eye,” Rae said.

“You don’t win eight races with a horse very often, let alone eight of your first nine, and people will say she only won them down South, but it doesn’t matter where you win them, any horse that can win six races in a row has got to have a lot of ability.

“They’ve (Windsor Park Stud) replaced her with her full-sister, she’s a rising two-yearold. She’s a bit bigger, she’s got a better body and she’s a little bitch.

“Prom Queen could be a little bit like that too, I’ve always said that the better fillies have to have a bit of a bitchy attitude.”

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Jewels rated a success HRNZ The first Jewels held at Addington has overcome the worst weather in the meeting’s history to boast near record turnover.

And the numbers have left bedraggled harness racing administrators beaming.

Saturday’s nine group-one meeting looked in danger of being postponed just hours before the first race as Canterbury was lashed by extreme weather and a giant puddle formed inside the track threatening to encroach on the racing surface at the 1000m mark.

But with the drains working overtime and the recently re-surfaced track overseen by John Denton, the meeting not only went ahead but provided fair racing.

And while the weather impacted the walk-up crowd, the betting figures have been surprisingly positive considering the conditions and the large number of odds-on favourites, which can often be off-putting for punters from the two other codes.

The combined on and offcourse domestic turnover was $2,547,222, of which $974,816 was fixed odds.

That is already the third highest amount ever invested domestically on a Harness Jewels meeting and with the Australian turnover expected to come in around $750,000 the meeting should have Australasia-wide turnover close to $3.5 million, without counting money bet with corporate bookmakers.

That will mean the meeting has the second highest Australasian turnover in the Jewels’ 13-year history with the only higher one coming when the Queensland Oaks meeting at Eagle Farm and several other Australian fixtures were abandoned in 2016, creating record figures for the Cambridge-run Jewels that season.

“We couldn’t be happier,” says HRNZ’s Darrin Williams.

“Sure the weather was brutal but the betting figures make up for that.

“I really feel for Addington because they put their heart and soul into the day and did a super job and the weather was against them.

“But they already had a good crowd and the only under-utilised area they had was the marquee on top of the stables which would have been great but for the weather, which nobody could control.

“So the results are very pleasing, especially the way the track responded. That is a real credit to John Denton and his staff.” Had Saturday’s meeting being held at Ashburton, who did a great job with their first six runnings of the Jewels, the weather would have had a far more dire impact.

Next year’s Jewels return to Cambridge in the annual inter-island rotation with the Waikato track to host a two-day meeting, racing the Friday night before the Jewels on the Saturday.

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Thriller on basketball court

Juniors battle across codes at tournament Players from the Mount Hutt College junior rugby side race back to tackle a breakaway attacker in their game against Darfield High School yesterday. The game was part of the junior quad tournament which was hosted at the Methven Domain. The tournament sees junior students from Mount Hutt College, Ellesmere College, Geraldine High School and Darfield High School battling it out in rugby, football and netball.

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■■RUGBY LEAGUE

Late comeback a winner NZME Queensland continued their tradition of second half comebacks to win an enthralling first State of Origin match on Wednesday night.

The Maroons trailed 8-0 at halftime, but stormed home in the second half, scoring three tries to win 18-14.

Two Dane Gagai touchdowns in the space of five minutes broke the game open, and the home side were good enough to hang on, despite a late Blues resurgence.

Latrell Mitchell was sinbinned for a professional foul midway through the second half, while the Queensland spine of Kalyn Ponga, Cameron Munster, Daly Cherry-Evans and Ben Hunt outpointed their highly rated New South Wales’ opposites.

The Maroons pack were also superb, and the Queensland side showed much more desire and intensity in the final 60 minutes, with Brad Fittler’s team perhaps a bit complacent after their historic series win last year.

It was a high quality contest, and showed the series has lost none of its lustre, after almost four decades.

After converting an early penalty, New South Wales crossed for the first Origin try of 2019 through Josh Morris in the 19th minute. It was relatively soft, though that might be underselling the brilliance of fullback James Tedesco. His acceleration and step created an overlap – as he eluded Cameron Munster – and the veteran Morris was good enough to crash over five metres from the sideline.

Queensland were struggling around the ruck to contain Te-

The Maroons celebrate a try as they came from behind to win. desco and Damien Cook, but still created plenty of their own chances.

A Corey Oates effort was disallowed after the Broncos winger scraped the sideline just before he dived for the corner flag, and later Dylan Napa was close to forcing a precise Daly Cherry-Evans grubber, but the ball was adjudged to have rolled under his body at the crucial moment.

The Maroons were also profiting down their right edge, with Will Chambers finding open spaces but they lacked the final finishing touch.

David Klemmer and Paul Vaughan had earlier set a great platform, with the Knights prop driving over the advantage line at will.

It was a frenetic contest, which has become a trademark of the interstate series.

Felise Kaufisi came up with a try saving tackle on a flying Tedesco, before the Blues fullback nabbed his opposite number Ponga after the Knight fullback had found some rare open space in the first half.

In a halftime interview from the sheds Queensland coach Kevin Walters promised fire and brimstone in the second half, and his team responded.

They lifted noticeably in the first 10 minutes, roared on by a 52,191 crowd, and were rewarded when Oates crossed – with a typical Clark Kent-esque dive – after a smart Ponga wrap around in the 52nd minute.

Queensland were in the ascendency, and Matt Gillett had a decent appeal for a penalty try, as he was taken out by Latrell Mitchell chasing a Cherry-Evans grubber. It wasn’t given, but Mitchell was sinbinned

for his early tackle.

The Blues did well to repel 10 minutes of almost constant pressure with the Roosters centre off the field, before Gagai intercepted a Jack Wighton flick pass and ran 90 metres to score in the 66th minute.

Gagai extended his remarkable Origin record five minutes later – now 11 tries from as many games – with a brilliant finish after a Ponga cut out three defenders with a bullet pass.

Jake Trbojevic crossed in the 76th minute, after smart work on the inside, to reduce the deficit, but the home side were good enough to see out the final stages.

Queensland 18 (D Gagai 2, C Oates tries; K Ponga 2 cons, pen) New South Wales 14 (J Morris, J Trbojevic tries; N Cleary 2 cons, pen) Halftime: 0-8

A dramatic finish to the opening game of the night highlighted an intriguing night of senior men’s basketball on Wednesday night.

The clash between Newlands and Farmers Corner went right down to the wire with a 63-62 score line in favour of the former, but the match could easily have fallen the other way.

With just over a second and a half remaining in the match and the scores locked at 62-all, a foul against Farmers Corner sent Newlands player Marc Juntilla to the free throw line where he was able to convert one of his two shots to put Newlands in control.

That should have probably been the game, but a self-professed “soft foul” from Brian Kerr put Farmlands sharp-shooter Marvin Agacer to the line where he missed his first shot, but landed his second, leaving both sides believing the game was going to overtime.

But a line violation call after the shooter stepped over the free throw line before the ball had touched any part of the ring or backboard meant that the basket wasn’t counted and Newlands claimed the victory.

For Newlands, Jason Greig top scored with 20 points while Marc Juntilla added 13 and for Farmers Corner, Randy Buenafe scored 19 in another handy display whilst Sean Hunter scored 13.

Wednesday night’s second match was a little more one-sided with Team Donkey asserting their domination early and doing enough to hold on and grab the victory from Nomads, 73-56.

Team Donkey controlled most of the game and were generally better with their offensive structures and good on defence. Nomads struggled to find continuity until putting together some plays in the final quarter.

For Team Donkey, Matt Boote had a good offensive game netting 15 points, with Josh Lowe on 14 points and Pip Johnston with 12 points.

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■■ NETBALL

Family combo runs the sideline

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For a 13-year-old to be umpiring at a premier grade level in netball is a pretty impressive feat.

Ashlein Lyttle is doing just that and loving every minute of it, but there is something else that made what she is doing even more special, and that is the fact she is able to umpire those games alongside her dad Heath.

Ashlein only started umpiring last season but quickly found her feet and recently obtained her centre badge meaning she can now umpire in Mid Canterbury Netball’s Thursday night premier grades.

Also on the umpiring roster for the premier grades is Heath, who has been umpiring for the past three seasons after being talked into it by Wendy Hopwood, a stalwart of Mid Canterbury Netball umpiring.

He was a parent supporting Ashlein on the sideline at the time and with a background of softball officiating, which he still undertakes in the summer, he decided to give netball umpiring a go too and has not looked back since.

In fact, in a way, he wished he’d taken it up sooner. He’d have loved to have one day made it as far as umpiring a team like the Silver Ferns, but knew he’d probably started a bit late in life to make it that far.

So he is happy to just make it as far as he could, umpiring to the best of his ability at a local level and taking up tournament opportunities when they arose.

At Queen’s Birthday weekend he was in Nelson with the Mid Canterbury Under-15 netball teams umpiring at the Mainland under-15 tournament.

Ashlein was also there, but as a

Heath and Ashlein Lyttle are Mid Canterbury Netball’s father-and-daughter umpiring duo. player, and while she loved umpiring it was playing where she really hoped her future lay.

She is part of the Hampstead C netball team which recently earned promotion from Saturday netball into the Thursday night premier two grade.

“My dream is still to be a Silver

Fern, but if that didn’t turn out I would like to be an umpire,” Ashlein said.

When you were refereeing or umpiring any sport, you needed to be tough, and Heath had no doubt his daughter would be up to the challenge when she decided she wanted to give it a go.

Ashlein said the hardest part now that she was moving up through the grades was dealing with people who were a lot older than her, and the fact that not everyone agreed with every call an umpire made.

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start questioning myself,” Ashlein said. The first game the Lyttles umpired together was a Saturday game and they didn’t really get time to think about who was on the other side of the court, they were both just focused on the job at hand, which is just the way it should be.

■■RUGBY

Nonu lifts lid on diet secrets, family sacrifices NZME Ma’a Nonu, one of the more consistent performers in the Blues’ backline this year, has revealed why he turned vegetarian and the lengths he has gone to in order to be present for his wife and three sons in Wellington.

In a recent interview with Sky Television, Nonu, who has been reluctant to talk to the media after returning from France for one last hurrah in Super Rugby, said he turned vegetarian because his son Michael didn’t like meat.

“I’ve stopped eating meat and I started last year in France,” he told interviewer Mils Muliaina, a former All Black teammate. “Michael, my second one, he’s seven years old. I was trying to feed him meat – chicken – and he would never like it. I thought ‘let’s try something new’.

“I said ‘I’m not going to eat meat because I feel sorry for him, I feel

stink’. If we’re going out and I’m ordering a T-bone steak and he’s eating his carrots and cucumber … I thought if I love my son I won’t eat meat because I’ll try to be the same as him.

“It’s helped me physically and I enjoy it, you know.”

Nonu told reporters at the start of the year that part of the reason why he had remained in good con-

dition and fitness despite his advancing years was because he was very careful about what he ate.

At the time he was asked about his goal of making another World Cup and he replied that it was every player’s dream to make a World Cup. He went to three – the last in 2015, which was the last time he played for the All Blacks.

And while he’s unlikely to add to

his 103 caps or make the cut for Japan in September, his consistency and spark in a midfield which has missed Sonny Bill Williams for half the season has been a credit to him. Assistant coach Tana Umaga, a good friend, recently revealed Nonu hadn’t missed a training session, a rare thing at this level.

“That’s not the focus,” Nonu said when asked about what would be a dramatic return to the black jersey. “The focus was coming back and seeing what I could give to the Blues and playing the best I can for them. The main thing for me is to enjoy it. It’s not where my destination is, it’s the journey.

“Coming back to New Zealand was a great opportunity to play Super Rugby again. I never thought I would even survive the pre-season.”

And, in a remarkable insight which makes his performances even more meritorious, Nonu revealed that he commutes from

Wellington to Auckland almost daily in order to be home for his family.

“I always leave after training,” he said. “I fly to Wellington, pick up the boys from school, have that family time and then the next day take them to school. I primarily just fly back the next day, that’s been going on for the last six months.

“I still love the game. If I didn’t really care I wouldn’t put myself into a position to come back and do pre-season. I wouldn’t put myself in a position where people say, ‘oh he’s 36 years old, now he’s 37 and he still can’t do this, this or this’. I didn’t sacrifice me living in Auckland while my family lives in Wellington for nothing. I’ve got to give back to them, I have to repay them.”

Recent reports suggest Nonu could return to Toulon next year.

The game in New Zealand probably won’t see his like again.

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Fielding crucial in Black Caps win NZME The Black Caps were forced to go down to the wire to fend off a ferocious Bangladesh comeback in their tense two-wicket World Cup victory yesterday, but their task would have been much tougher if not for one significant factor.

The Black Caps produced a stellar fielding performance in the first innings at The Oval in London – a performance that was a major influence in giving them the breathing room they eventually needed to cling on to victory.

On a wicket where 270 would have likely been a par total, the Black Caps managed to restrict Bangladesh to only 244.

Part of that difference can be linked to the runs saved while fielding, with the Black Caps making several superb stops in the outfield to pile the pressure on Bangladesh, who struggled to score boundaries during crucial periods.

The lack of a rhyming catchphrase doesn’t help their cause, but the Black Caps fielding philosophy is far more encompassing than simply “catches win matches”, and it showed. Martin Guptill was unsurprisingly excellent in saving runs in the infield, the Black Caps bowlers also got in on the action on the boundary rope to restrict the flow of runs from their colleagues.

Matt Henry, Colin de Grandhomme, Trent Boult and Lockie Ferguson all cut off potential boundaries in their fielding positions fine of the wicket, while in general, the Black Caps were remarkably quick off the mark, turning twos into singles, and frustrating the Bangladesh batsmen.

Two lengthy spells went by without a boundary – 52 balls from the eighth over to the 17th, and 34 balls from the 38th over – with the massive Bangladesh fan contingent regularly roaring for

Tom Latham runs out Mushfiqur Rahim off the throw of Martin Guptill. shots, only for the noise to quickly morph into a whimper as they saw a New Zealand player race around to restrict a boundary.

The only minor blemishes would be rough to even call misfields, with Jimmy Neesham unable to stop two runs from a spanked drive, Henry failing to track down a ball at third man, and Boult not quite managing to haul in what would have been a remarkable catch on the boundary.

They were well made up for by Guptill’s run-out – being alert to

some calamitous running from Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim – while Tom Latham took a fine catch to dismiss Shakib, standing up to the bowling of de Grandhomme and holding on to an edge.

It followed a similarly excellent display in the field their opener against Sri Lanka in Cardiff, and Mitchell Santner believed their fielding was a key part of how the Black Caps battled back after Bangladesh had set a solid platform at 110-2.

“We obviously pride ourselves on our fielding, it’s something everyone can control, and I think we did a pretty good job to restrict them to [244]. It was a pretty good surface, pretty flat, they built their partnerships through the middle, but the way we fielded and caught was a testament to the way we fought back.”

Henry agreed, arguing it helped the bowlers take wickets later in the innings.

“The fielding was outstanding once again – Guppy was bril-

liant and saved a lot of runs, and I think that’s a strength of our side – it creates a lot of pressure when those balls are getting stopped – potential boundary balls or twos and threes are getting cut down to dots, it’s huge for pressure.

“We were able to create pressure that eventually led to wickets.”

Sure – catches win matches, but those who field, yield.

Fine, fine. The catchphrase needs improvement. But right now, the Black Caps’ fielding can’t get much better.

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Raptors hit big shots, beat Warriors for 2–1 lead AP

Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard, foreground, reaches for the ball in front of Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala during the first half of Game 3 of basketball’s NBA Finals in Oakland, California.

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Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green and Kyle Lowry kept finding answers for every big shot by Stephen Curry and the beat-up Warriors, and the Toronto Raptors grabbed a pivotal road win in the NBA Finals by beating Golden State 123-109 on Wednesday night for a 2-1 series lead.

Curry scored a playoff career-best 47 points to go with eight rebounds and seven assists, but couldn’t do it all for the twotime defending champions, down starters Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson and key backup big man Kevon Looney because of injuries.

Leonard scored 30 points, Lowry contributed 23 with five 3-pointers and Green had 18 points with six 3s after Pascal Siakam got the Raptors rolling early

as Toronto shot 52.4 per cent and made 17 from deep.

Splash Thompson missed his first career playoff game after straining his left hamstring late in Game 2, while Looney is out the rest of the series after a cartilage fracture on his right side near the collarbone that also happened Sunday. Durant, a two-time reigning NBA finals MVP, is still out because of a strained right calf.

Golden State hopes to get healthier by Game 4 on Friday night back at Oracle Arena.

The Warriors trailed 96-83 going into the final quarter then Curry’s three free throws at 10:37 made it a seven-point game before backto-back baskets by Serge Ibaka.

Siakam scored 18 points and established the momentum for Toronto from the tip, hitting his first three shots and setting a tone for a defensive effort that stayed sol-

id without the foul problems that plagued the Raptors in Game 2.

Golden State greatly missed not only Thompson’s touch from outside but also his stifling defense.

Raptors coach Nick Nurse challenged his team to produce more defensive stops in order to get out in transition — “make them miss more,” he said. Ibaka produced six blocked shots in the effort.

“We’re at a point in the series we’ve got to get out and guard these dudes,” Nurse said.

Curry shot 14 for 31 including 6 of 14 on 3s while making 13 of 14 free throws in his sixth career 40-point playoff performance.

Nurse pulled out a box-and-one to try to stymie Curry in Golden State’s 109-104 Game 2 win, then the Raptors made Curry’s short-handed supporting cast try to beat them this time — and it sure worked.

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Folau wants $10m over sacking NZME Israel Folau will seek up to $10 million in damages from Rugby Australia in a lawsuit that looks to prove the termination of his Rugby Australia contract was “unlawful”.

In documents filed to the Fair Work Commission Folau seeks to have the May 20 sacking deemed unlawful as he pursues the $5 million value of his contract as well as other damages for lost opportunities.

It is understood that if Folau is successful those other damages could see all damages total approximately $10 million – and that figure has in the past been reported as potentially being able to bankrupt Rugby Australia.

“The termination has cost Mr Folau the best years of his rugby career, participation at the Rugby World Cup, the chance to become the greatest Wallaby try-scorer (a decades-old record he was likely to break), and the associated exposure and opportunities,” Folau’s application stated.

“As well as around $5 million in lost sala-

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“The damages will be particularised in due course, but will be substantial. In addition, Mr Folau will seek civil penalties.”

In a statement, Folau said he felt his treatment by RA and the Waratahs had left him no choice but to stand up for his beliefs.

“I will forever be grateful and proud to have played the sport I love for our nation. Ours is an amazing country built on important principles, including freedom of religion. A nation made up of so many different faiths and cultural backgrounds will never be truly rich unless this freedom applies to all of us,” he said.

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GARDENING BARK for sale Westside Hire, 171 Alford Forest Road. $36 per scoop. Call now on 308 0006. Compost and chip too.

Pick-up and delivery options.

You can even hire a trailer!

June 7 & 8, 2019

Daily Events FRIDAY

Tick box for your classification

10am 50+.

Interesting speaker followed by lunch. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares. Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Ashburton Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

7pm MID CANTERBURY NEWCOMERS NETWORK. Girls night out. Share an evening of connection, laughs and catching up. Speights Ale House, corner Burnett and Cass streets.

Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 12pm VINTAGE CAR CLUB MUSEUM AND PARTS SHED. Open. Ashburton Vintage Car Club, Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm (registration) RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Afternoon meet for runners and walkers. Norrie Cup run and walk 6-8 km. Hot Rod Club rooms, Maronan Road, Tinwald. (next to Tinwald Domain).

1.30pm MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. Registrations at 1pm, start time 1.30pm sharp. Fords Road, Tinwald.

Clip this form, fill in the applicable details and hand in to our LEVEL 3 office on Burnett Street.

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FOR SALE

CROSS Street - Saturday, June 8, 10am to 2pm. New clothing and jewellery. Cheap to clear. Infant’s knitwear, children’s polar fleeces etc. Women’s fashions. All $10. Men’s trousers, Tekau knitwear. Household items and more. Sign at gate.

CONTAINERS for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available for delivery. Wilson Bulk Transport. Phone 308 7772.

DEADLINES Ashburton Guardian RUN-ON classifieds close at 4.30pm, DISPLAY classifieds close at 2pm. Every week day, and on the day prior to insertion.

Phone 03 307 7965.

SATURDAY, June 8 and Sunday, June 9, from 9.30am to 1.30pm, Harrison Street.

Household items, linen, biomag, books, gardening equipment, woodworking tools, cramps, nails, ADULT screws, assorted lengths of rimu, mouldings, flooring, ENTERTAINMENT skirting, dowling etc. Golf NEW to town. Asian ladies, equipment and paint. size 6, sexy body, 34DD, busty.

Chinese prostate massage.

Two girls available. In/out calls. Phone 021 046 4314.

Guardian Classifieds 307 7900

Birthday Greetings Kambel Frost Happy 12th Birthday Kam! Lots of love Mum, Dad and Daemyn.

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

What’s on 36 Ashburton Guardian Every day

Mt Hutt Memorial Hall 160 Main Street, Methven.

NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and Hall of Memories.

10am

Every Saturday

The Ashburton Toy Library 106 Victoria Street, in the Triangle.

Open for toy exchange.

9.30am - 12.30pm Ashburton Aviation Museum Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future.

10am - 3pm

Every Sunday to Friday Ashburton Aviation Museum Ashburton Airport, Seafield Rd. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future.

1pm - 3pm

June 7 Mt Hutt Ski Area Mt Hutt, Methven The mountain is calling!

Wether you’re a first-timer or an experienced skier, you’ll love every day spent here!

For more info visit www.nzski. com/mt-hutt.

June 7 Housie Fundraiser for Ashburton College Classics Tour 2019 Hampstead Rugby Clubrooms, Bridge Street There will be delicious supper and raffles for sale.

Bring along some friends to support the Ashburton College Classics students heading to Greece and Italy in September.

Doors open 6pm.

7pm - 9pm

June 7 Girls Night Out Leave the kids and hubby at home and hit the town for an evening of connection, sharing, laughs and catching up with other women.

Speight’s Ale House (Ashburton) 7pm

June 8 Car Maintenance Ashburton Learning Centre Car Park Dolf Van Amersfoot has offered his services to make us better car owners.

He will talk about what is checked during a warrant of fitness, and show how to change a tyre – which you will get a chance to practice.

Bring your vehicle along for an informative and practical Learning Exchange that could

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Friday, June 7, 2019 Every Wednesday

Ashburton open coffee mornings Plunket rooms, 222 Cameron Street If you are new to town or been living here all of your life, come and have a coffee and chat.

All welcome! Child-friendly location.

Please contact Adi 027 220 8791 or Sue-ann 021 679 348 to register.

10.30am - 12 noon Art Addicts Art Addicts (AA) is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s weekly art space for kids.

Wrap up your Wednesday school day and head to the gallery to get creative and explore themes in art.

A great space for children to learn and interact with each other. Children of all ages welcome. Adult supervision is required for young children.

Donations appreciated.

3 - 4.30pm Mid Canterbury Line Dancers save you money, and make you safer on the road.

Cost for TimeBank Members: 2 TimeCredits.

Cost for non-members: $20 (Numbers are limited).

2pm - 4pm

June 9 Beagle walk Lake Hood, Ashburton Bring your picnic lunch and have a social time after the walk.

To get to Lake Hood, drive through Ashburton, over the bridge and much of the way through Tinwald until Grahams Road (on left).

Continue down Grahams Road till you see entranceway/road into Lake Hood.

11am - 3pm

June 9 Ashburton Board Games Club – all welcome!

Community House Mid Canterbury, 44 Cass street, Ashburton 6pm

June 11 Twilight Walk n Talk Unwind from your day, throw on some walking shoes and join in our first twilight walk of the season.

We’ll meet at the East Street Carpark, near the library and head out under lights.

Come on locals, newcomers and everyone, let’s enjoy some of the beauty of our evenings together.

Be sure to dress for the cold including a hat, gloves and jacket.

Register now or call 021 963 450 for more information including details on car pooling from Methven.

Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

Learn to line dance (7pm), beginners/intermediate (8pm-9pm). Instructor Annette phone 307 7138 a/h.

7pm - 9pm

Every second Friday of the month In Colour, art and craft club In Colour is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s monthly programme for unleashing your creativity.

Bring along your art and craft projects to share with others over morning tea once a month. These are social sessions which encourage you to connect with others through creativity. Be inspired to learn a new creative pastime. Sessions are free and all are welcome to attend.

The gallery will supply basic colouring-in sheets and materials, along with tea and coffee. Those attending are encouraged to bring along their own materials and projects.

10.30am - 12 noon 5pm

those you are facing today.

Get in quick and register at https:// welcomechangeworkshop. eventbrite.co.nz 10am

Deb 027 780 2227 or Helen 0277 611 836.

7.30pm

June 15 Room on the Broom Ashburton

June 22

Ashburton Trust Event Centre CDP presents Tall Stories’ production of room on the broom adapted from the award winning picture book

by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, published by Macmillan Children’s books.

12 noon and 3pm

June 16 Matariki Star Making Ashburton Art Gallery The Mid Canterbury TimeBank and the Ashburton Art Gallery are combining to put on this event that will help us celebrate Matariki.

Learn about the process of preparing harakeke and make your very own flax star.

This event is free and open to all ages.

Younger children may require a helping hand.

11am - 12.30pm

June 18

Welcome Change workshop Ed Sheeran Out Loud A free workshop designed to Tribute give locals and newcomers tools and techniques to help Ashburton Club & MSA, 266 with getting through change Havelock Street and living life to the fullest.

Internationally acclaimed Ed Sheeran Tribute by Joe Boshell, Change is something we all have to face as humans, direct from the UK. particularly in the fast paced Loop pedal magic plus guitar world we now live in. work and harmonies, topped It is the first in a two off with an authentic Ed part series and set to be Sheeran vocal. informative, relevant and Extremely skilled performer useful for people of all ages with a passion to engage his and stages. audiences.

The workshop will cover: All the greatest hits – The Shape of You, Perfect, Thinking - What is change?

- Understanding the change Out Loud, plus many more. process including the change Next best to the real thing!

Tickets available from the club curve - Barriers to accepting change 03 308 7149. and how to overcome them 7pm - 9.30pm It will include some practical June 14 activities that have been developed to help you handle Ashburton Coffee Catch any change situation, including up

June 13

Robert Harris Cafe Come along to the Parent to Parent Support Group (aka Coffee Catch-up) in Ashburton.

So, if you are in the area why not come along and join us for a coffee and a chat.

Parent to Parent will be happy to shout those that a attend a drink and will provide some yummies to eat.

Hopefully see you all there.

9.30am - 11.30am Quiz Night Celtic Rugby Clubrooms Get a team together and join us for a night of fun! $10 per person, min 4 – max 6 per team.

Doors open 7pm.

Supper – bar open – courtesy van.

Register your team today!

Kieron 0274 967 144 or email kieron@thewestwing.co.nz

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was put on earth to do.

We each have the ability to be more present with spirit.

These events are likely to sell out so don’t delay getting your tickets!

7pm -9.30pm

Life and Love Concert

July 14

Sinclair Centre, Park Street, Ashburton Two community choir groups are joining to present a concert about Life and Love.

The Mid Canterbury Choir, directed by Jocelyn Jones and accompanied by Deborah Sloper, will sing some wellknown songs, including Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Somewhere Out There and Life Is Better When You Sing.

The Selwyn Community Choirs, led and accompanied by mother and son duo Caelan Thomas and Lynley Thomas.

2pm

Ashburton Trotting Club

June 22

August 4

Ladies Night Out Salmon Tales Cafe, Rakaia Sip, shop, socialise!

Get you friends together, come and enjoy an evening of fun and fashion.

Tickets $5.

7pm -10pm

June 29 Fabric and Craft Bazaar Sinclair Centre, Park Street, Ashburton Donations of good quality fabric, wool and craft supplies accepted.

Items can be dropped off at Smith and Church or Resene Paints.

For enquiries and collection contact: Helen 308 6088 or Pam 307 7601.

9am - 4pm

July 11 The Legacy Tour with Kelvin Cruickshank and TJ Higgs Event Centre, Ashburton Passing on messages from loved ones who have passed and are in spirit is what Kelvin

Ashburton Racecourse Free race book and admission.

Come along for a great family day out!

We will be providing food, refreshments, losing tote spot prizes, children’s entertainment and accommodation packages to give away on the day with the focus on a positive day out for farmers.

Rural fashion in the field.

Please register your interest via Facebook Farming Families Day at the Races or email rst. midcanterbury@gmail.com 11.30am South Island Half Marathon Lake Hood South Island Half Marathon will cater for all runners; whether you’re a beginner or an elite runner, this fast-flat course will give you the opportunity to do one of the fastest halfs you’ve ever done.

There will be a walking section in both the ½ and 1/6 marathon, plus the introduction of a hybrid in the 1/2 marathon this year This allows you to run a bit and walk a bit. With the Kidz Dash being a 1.5km run, this giving them a flavour of the experience of running at the lake and subdivision.

Start times: All walkers and hybrid will start at 9.30am with race brief at 9.25am.

All runners will start at 10.00am with race brief at 9.50am.

The Kidz Dash will start at 10.08am with race brief at 10.05am 9am - 1pm

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Simon O’Neill in concert

How the cat purred and how the witch grinned as they sat on a broomstick and flew through the wind... But what happens next will leave you surprised as along comes a dragon, you won’t believe your eyes.

Tickets $32* Group 6+ $29*

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This year audiences have the chance to witness World Champion Irish Dancers direct from the West End’s Lord of the Dance. This world class show will transport you to a time and place where tunes, taps and tradition showcase the essence of Irish spirit.

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Adult $75* Senior/Student $65* Child $45* – Family $195*

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A Taste Of Ireland

Tickets: Adult$74.90* / Concession $67.90* / Child $59.90* / Groups 8+ $67.90*

Simon’s concert will take the line of concerts in Carnegie Hall – famous arias, songs of Scotland and Ireland and the great Broadway era. With Ian Paterson and Terence Dennis on piano.

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Change Your Brain – Change Your Life The Rotary Club of Ashburton brings you this opportunity to hear Nathan Wallis speak. Nathan will guide you through brain development that happens across childhood which is a lot longer than you think and will help you make parenting easier.

Tickets $39*

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Cryptic crossword

Friday, June 7, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): To be effective in a room you have to read it first. Check out everyone’s posture.

Who’s leaning in? Those are the helpers ready for opportunities to solve problems, mix it up, catch the trouble before it happens.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’re engaged and enthusiastic so the work goes by quickly, and unfortunately, so does the play. Take pictures and notes as a way of making moments last.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You don’t get your shot when you’re good enough or when you deserve it.

You get your shot when it comes up. Seize opportunity. You’ll either be surprised by what you can do or taught by it.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): It’s true that people are motivated by money. But for most, the financial end is neither the sole motivation nor is it in the top three. You’ll be considering what makes a job worthwhile to you.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): People make assessments based on what they already know. The more they know, the less likely they are to arrogantly assume knowledge. The smartest people question everything, including themselves.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): If you think too far into the situation, you’re likely to get lost in details and complications, making it impossible to take a stance. Though this state is closer to truth, it’s further away from action.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Whether it’s ticket price of the movie or the backlash from a jealous friend that comes when you’ve paid attention to someone new, every dalliance requires a tribute. The wise factor this into their decisions.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Intention is half the battle.

You won’t do everything right just because you have love in your heart, but you’ll be inspired to listen better and consider the other person more carefully, and that’s a start.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): While some express love effusively, enthusiastically and with bold demonstration, others would prefer to quietly provide something you need, which can be equally as loving.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Most say selfishness is an objectively unattractive quality, and yet some are subconsciously drawn to selfish people for mysterious reasons. Consider your attractions carefully today.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Just when you think you’ve outgrown a situation, a new challenge will crop up to engage and teach you. Don’t be too quick to move on or write anything off.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You might feel yourself shying away from a situation, which is actually a good indicator that you should go forward instead. The only way to conquer fear is to let it dissipate through the action it was so afraid of.

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show Special guests are Mindy Kaling and James Bay. 0 10am Tipping Point 3 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Matty tells Moira Charity has sacked him; Jessie wants Billy and Ellis to spend time together; when Charity worries about the party, everyone must reassure her. 0 1pm Coronation Street Catch-Up PGR 3 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 0 4:30 Funny You Should Ask 0 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 F Jamie’s Quick And Easy Food 0 8:40 F The Hotel Inspector AO 0 9:40 Coronation Street PGR 0 10:40 1 News Tonight 0

11:10 Doc Martin PGR 3 Penhale decides to have a police open house to raise community awareness, but the turnout is not what he hoped for. 0 12:10 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders AO (Starting Today) 3 0 1:05 Te Karere 3 2 1:30 Infomercials

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6:30 Thomas And Friends 0 6:40 Masha And The Bear 3 0 6:50 Peppa Pig 0 7am The Zhu Zhus 3 0 7:25 Mysticons 3 0 7:50 New Looney Tunes 3 0 8:15 Muppet Babies 3 0 8:35 Sofia The First 3 0 9am F Kune’s Kitchen 3 9:10 Infomercials 10:10 The Middle 3 0 10:40 Neighbours 3 0 11:10 Famous In Love PGR 3 0 12:05 Judge Rinder 2:05 Will And Grace PGR 0 2:35 Home And Away 3 0 3:05 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:35 Peppa Pig 0 3:40 Pokemon – Sun And Moon: Ultra Legends 0 4pm Fanimals Programme for children who love animals. 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:40 Entertainment Tonight PGR 3 12:10 Face The Truth PGR Erica says her twin sister Ebony is needy, nosey, and dates losers.

Ebony says her sister is overbearing and mean, and she wants her to stop controlling her life.

12:40 Dr Phil AO 1:40 Lego Masters Australia 3 0 3:30 DailyMailTV PGR 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm Love Island UK 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 The Simpsons PGR 3 0 8pm Ellen’s Game Of Games Tonight – The stink tank strikes back. 0 9pm F 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown AO 0 9:55 Wife Swap NZ PGR 3 0 10:55 Cougar Town AO 3 0

7pm The Project 8pm The Graham Norton Show PGR Graham is joined by Will Smith, Naomi Scott, Kevin Hart, and Octavia Spencer. 0 9:05 7 Days – Winter Road Trip AO 9:50 True Story With Hamish And Andy PGR 3 0 10:15 NewsHub Late 10:45 American Dad AO

11:20 Brooklyn Nine-Nine PGR 0 11:45 The Mick AO 3 0 12:10 Happy Endings AO 3 0 12:30 F People Of Earth PGR 3 12:55 F Baby Daddy 3 1:15 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:40 Infomercials 2:45 The Russell Howard Hour AO 3:35 Reno Rumble 3 4:25 Judge Rinder 5:10 Neighbours 3 0 5:35 Uncle Buck 3

11:15 Entertainment Tonight Weekend 3 Entertainment stories of the past week.

12:05 Infomercials 3

MOVIES PREMIERE

The Hotel Inspector 8:40pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am I Found The Gown 3 10:30 David Tutera – Celebrations 3 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of Vancouver AO 1:30 Million Dollar Listing 3 2:30 Bachelorette Australia 3 3:30 Wahlburgers 3 4pm Wahlburgers 3 4:30 David Tutera – Celebrations 3 5:30 Four Weddings USA 3 6:30 Catfish 3 7:30 Best Room Wins 8:30 M American Pie – The Wedding AO 3 2003 Comedy. Jim and Michelle are getting married, with Jim’s friends helping with preparations, but they soon get an unwanted fourth wheel.

Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan.

10:40 Snapped PGR 3 11:40 Intervention AO 3 12:30 Infomercials 3

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6:15 Christopher Robin 2018 Drama. Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell. 8am Beirut MVL 2018 Action.

Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike.

9:50 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 10:05 The Darkest Minds MV 2018 Ellen’s Game of Games Action. Amandla Stenberg, 8pm on TVNZ 2 Mandy Moore.

11:50 Halloween 16VLC 2018 SKY 5 Horror. Jamie Lee Curtis, 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Judy Greer. 1:35 Christopher Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Robin 2018 Drama.

Simpsons PG 7:15 Last Man Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell.

Standing PG 7:40 Last Man 3:20 Detour 16VLSC 2016 Standing PG 8:05 The Force Thriller. Tye Sheridan, MC 8:30 Shipping Wars – UK Bel Powley. 4:55 Dropping PG 9:15 Lizard Lick Towing MVL The Soap 16LS 2017 Comedy.

9:40 Charmed M 10:25 CSI 6:30 Paris Can Wait PG 2016 – Miami MV 11:10 Last Man Comedy. 8pm Unfriended – Standing PG 11:35 Last Man Dark Web 16VLSC 2018 Horror.

Standing PG Noon Jeopardy!

A man comes into possession PG 12:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:50 NCIS MV 1:40 NCIS – of a new laptop, and soon Los Angeles MV 2:30 Charmed discovers that the previous owner is not only watching M 3:15 Last Man Standing him, but will do anything to PG 3:40 Last Man Standing get it back.

PG 4:10 The Simpsons PG 4:40 Jeopardy! PG 5:10 Wheel 9:35 King Cohen 16LC 2017 Of Fortune PG 5:40 Lizard Lick Documentary. Told through interviews and archival Towing MVL 6:10 Shipping footage, the true story of Wars – UK PG 7pm The writer, producer, director, Force MC 7:30 Charmed creator, and all-around M 8:30 Marvel’s Runaways maverick, Larry Cohen.

M 9:30 Grimm MV 10:30 CSI 11:20 Discarnate 18VC 2018 – Miami MV 11:25 Shipping Wars – UK PG Horror. Saturday 12:45 Paris Can Wait PG 2016 Saturday Comedy. 2:15 Unfriended 12:10 Peter Benchley’s Creature MV 1:40 The Force MC – Dark Web 16VLSC 2018 2:10 Grimm MV 2:55 Marvel’s Horror. 3:50 The Directors Runaways M 3:40 CSI – Miami – M Night Shyamalan PG 4:20 Discarnate 18VC 2018 MV 4:25 Lizard Lick Towing Horror. 5:45 Detour 16VLSC MVL 4:50 Charmed M 2016 Thriller.

5:35 The Simpsons PG

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6:30 Waiata Mai 3 6:40 Avatar 3 7:10 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 7:20 E Kori 7:25 Tuatangata Levi 7:30 Pipi Ma 7:40 Darwin + Newts 7:50 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 8am Pukana 3 2 8:50 Kete Korero 3 9am Te Ao 3 9:30 Cam’s Kai 3 10am Tangaroa With Pio 3 10:30 My Country Song 3 11am Wairua 11:30 Kapa Haka Whanau Noon Pukuhohe 3 12:30 Funny Whare PGR 3 1pm On The Ladder 3 1:30 What’s Up With The Tumoanas? PGR 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Waiata Mai 3 3:10 Avatar 3 3:40 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 3:50 E Kori 3 3:55 Tuatangata Levi 3 4pm Pipi Ma 4:10 Darwin + Newts 3 4:20 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 4:30 Tribe 5pm Waka Ama Sprints 5:30 Te Matatini Ki Te Ao 6pm Pukuhohe 3 6:30 Te Ao

6am Cook The Books 6:30 Baby Animals Around The World 7:30 Jelly Jamm 8am Into The Wild With Gordon Buchanan 9am Backroad Gold 9:30 Shed And Buried 11:30 Design Dealers 12:30 Expedition Unknown 1:30 Famous And Fighting AO 2:30 Jade Fever 3:30 Great Animal Moves – Penguins On A Plane 4:30 James Martin’s Great British Adventure James visits north Wales, and is joined by fellow culinary expert Stephen Terry, and their first stop is Pale Hall, where head chef Gareth Stevenson is cooking Moroccaninspired Welsh lamb.

5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 American Pickers

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10:25 Te Ao – Maori News 3 10:55 Te Matatini Ki Te Ao

7:30 George Clarke’s Old House New Home 8:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces Snow Special – Canada.

9:30 Restoration Home Featuring two historic, Grade II buildings affected by the elements – Thomas a Beckett Church in Somerset and Stanwick Hall.

10:30 American Pickers

11:30 The Late Show With 11:25 Closedown Stephen Colbert PGR The best of Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more.

12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

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7:20 Ted MLS 2012 Comedy.

Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane.

9:10 Shanghai Noon PGV 2000 Action Western.

Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Owen Wilson.

11am The Grudge 16C 2004 Horror. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Bill Pullman, Clea DuVall.

12:30 The Grudge 2 MC 2006 Drama. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn.

2:10 Lawless 18VL 2012 Crime Drama. Shia LeBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman.

4:05 Shanghai Knights MV 2003 Action. Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson.

6pm Michael Clayton MVL 2007 Drama. George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson.

8pm Safe House MVL 2012 Action. A CIA agent must look after a fugitive in a safe house, but when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge. Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds.

10pm Wedding Crashers MVLS 2005 Comedy.

Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn.

11:55 Aliens MVL 1986 Sci-fi. Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn.

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7pm The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 7:30 Penn And Teller – Fool Us PGR 0 8:30 NCIS – New Orleans PGR 0 9:30 Raw PGR 10:30 SmackDown PGR

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2:10 Lawless 18VL 2012 Crime Drama. Shia LeBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman.

4:05 Shanghai Knights MV 2003 Action. Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson.

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SKY SPORT 1 6am Kick-Off A preview of upcoming rugby action.

6:30 First XV Rugby Revision 7am L Golf – PGA Tour RBC Canadian Open – Round One. 10am Motorsport – Speedway Grand Prix (HLS) Aztorin Slovenian FIM Speedway Grand Prix.

11am Inside The PGA Tour 11:30 Women’s Cricket – England v West Indies (HLS) Noon InCycle 12:30 NZ Press Box 1pm SkySpeed 1:30 World Sailing Show (HLS) 2:30 Golf Central 3:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) RBC Canadian Open – Round One. 4pm Rugby – First XV (RPL) 6pm First XV Rugby Revision 6:30 Kick-Off 7pm L Super Rugby Highlanders v Bulls.

From Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin.

9:40 L Super Rugby Reds v Blues.

From Brisbane.

11:45 SkySpeed

Saturday

12:30 Kick-Off 1am Rapid Rugby – Kagifa Samoa v Fijian Latui (RPL) 3am Super Rugby (RPL) Reds v Blues.

5am L Darts – World Cup

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

11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Tiny House Hunting 1am Deadline Design 2am Building The Dream 3am Vintage Hunter 4am Lone Star Restoration 5am The French Collection

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Cricket – World Cup (HLS) Blackcaps v Bangladesh.

From The Oval, London.

7:30 Cricket – World Cup Review Blackcaps v Bangladesh.

From The Oval, London.

8:30 Cricket – World Cup (RPL) Australia v West Indies – First Innings.

From Trent Bridge, Nottingham.

1:05 Cricket – World Cup (RPL) Australia v West Indies – Second Innings.

5pm Women’s Cricket – England v West Indies (HLS) First ODI. From Grace Road Stadium, Leicester.

5:30 Cricket – World Cup (HLS) Blackcaps v Bangladesh.

From The Oval, London.

6:30 Cricket – World Cup Review Blackcaps v Bangladesh.

From The Oval, London.

7:30 ICC Cricket 360 8pm Cricket – World Cup (HLS) India v South Africa.

From Hampshire Bowl, Southampton.

9pm L Cricket – World Cup Sri Lanka v Pakistan – First Innings.

From Bristol County Ground, Bristol.

Saturday

1:35 L Cricket – World Cup Sri Lanka v Pakistan – Second Innings.

From Bristol County Ground, Bristol.

5:30 ICC Cricket 360 7Jun19

DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How It’s Made PG 7:30 Weather Gone Viral PG Saving the Planet.

8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Back to the 1980s in a 1968 Coronet.

9:10 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10am Master Of Arms PG Joan of Arc Sword. 10:50 Air Rescue PG 11:15 Air Rescue PG 11:40 A Crime To Remember M The Bad Old Days. 12:30 The Perfect Murder M Vanishing Act. 1:20 Murder Chose Me M Empire of Blood. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG Record Gold. 4:45 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG Hunt for Hidden Gold. 5:40 Abalone Wars PG 6:35 Outback Pilots PG 7:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 8:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 9:25 Railroad Australia PG 10:15 What On Earth? PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid M From the Ashes.

11:55 World’s Deadliest Drivers PG

Saturday

12:20 World’s Deadliest Drivers PG 12:45 Murder Chose Me M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Treehouse Masters PG 3:15 Bering Sea Gold PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 Gold Rush PG

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Thriller on the court

Folau seeking $10m

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Out to defend crowns

By Matt Markham

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

There will be a huge weight of expectation on Ashburton Indoor Bowlers when they arrive in Rotorua tomorrow for the opening of the annual New Zealand Indoor Bowls Championships.

This comes after a hugely successful event held in our own district last year where close to 1000 players from around New Zealand converged for the week-long tournament.

But, while keen on getting to the tournament to see what Rotorua is able to produce compared to the Ashburton event, the small, but select contingent of locals, will also be going there with targets on their backs after some strong performances on home turf 12 months ago.

That charge will be led by current New Zealand Mat Blacks representative, Michael Lawson who is heading to the tournament fresh off the back of success with his national counterparts in their test match against Australia last month.

Lawson, along with Christchurch’s Simon Thomas and Otago’s Daniel French, are the defending champions in the open triples event. They made up the New Zealand men’s triples team during the recent test match and won the Australasian medal.

As well as the triples, Lawson will line up in the singles which begins tomorrow and wraps up on Sunday, he then plays pairs on Monday and Tuesday with French. The triples are held on Wednesday and Thursday before the fours on Friday and Saturday to wrap things up.

He is playing fours with Thomas and French as well as Otago’s Keri Te Tamaki.

Grant Wilson is the other local player in the open events during the week.

He is playing in the singles and then in the pairs with his sister, and current New Zealand representative, Fiona Keegan.

As well as the open championships, a Masters championships is also held and like the open, Ashburton is heading north with defending champion status in two of the events.

Mark Sheard, who was last year’s Masters’ Player of the Tournament will be out to defend his singles crown on the opening two days of the competition.

He was also victorious last year in the triples championship and will this year team up with Cecil Tubb and Chris Guy to try and defend that title.

The trio will then team up with Helen Rennie in the fours on the closing two days of the tournament.

Sheard and Rennie will also play in the pairs together while Tubb and Guy are also in the field.

The tournament is being held at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre.

Both Michael Lawson and Grant Wilson will be in action during the opening days of the New Zealand Indoor Bowls Championships in Rotorua which begin tomorrow.

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Harness Jewels deemed a success despite the weather

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