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Refugees to make Ashburton home

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Over the next few years Ashburton will become home to hundreds of refugees.

The town yesterday joined Whanganui, Timaru, Blenheim, Masterton and Levin as it became New Zealand’s latest refugee settlement location, following the Government’s decision last year to increase its annual quota from 1000 to 1500 from July next year.

Yesterday Immigration New Zealand made the announcement, saying Ashburton had ticked all the boxes for the cross-government New Zealand Refugee Resettlement Strategy Senior Officials’ Group.

Refugee division national manager Andrew Lockhart said Ashburton had a relatively low demand on public housing, good employment opportunities,

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I am confident that the people of Ashburton will welcome the refugees when they start arriving in the area

community support and government services, as well as strong support from the mayor.

“I am confident that the people of Ashburton will welcome the refugees when they start arriving in the area,” Lockhart said.

Division personnel would meet directly with the Ashburton District Council to inform about settlement support available, and then work with

the council to engage communities and providers.

About 10 to 15 Quota refugees (three to five families) will arrive at each of the six new locations, with the same number arriving every six to eight weeks thereafter.

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Unveiling the plaque marking 130 years of Rotary service in Ashburton are (from left) Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel, Rotary International President’s rep Murray Verso and convenor John Rickard.

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Rotarians celebrate 130 years

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

The service of Mid Canterbury’s two Rotary groups was celebrated over the weekend as they celebrated a combined 130 years in operation in the district.

To mark the occasion, both clubs came together and landscaped a small area on the shore of Lake Hood, and unveiled a commemorative plaque on Sunday with the assistance of Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel and Rotary International President’s representative Murray Verso.

Ashburton also played host to the district conference, with members of Rotary clubs from the top half of the South Island

coming together in the town over the weekend.

Rotary Club of Ashburton publicity officer Alison Driscoll said it was one of the bigger conferences that had been held by the club, with around 165 attendees.

Many of those attending the conference made the trip to the lake for the unveiling, with many choosing to either walk or bike the river track.

“There were 16 specimen trees that had been planted and some of those were pre-done,” she said.

“We also funded for a couple of bench seats to be put in looking out towards the lake and a barbecue table has been put in

and a barbecue has been reinstalled there from another location at the lake.”

The Rotary Club of Ashburton celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2017, while the Rotary Club of the Ashburton Plains will celebrate its 50th anniversary in a month’s time.

The Rotary Club of Ashburton is known for running Bookarama, which has been running for 40 years, and which has generated around $1 million for the club which has been put back into the community.

The Rotary Club of the Ashburton Plains are often most visible in the lead-up to Christmas time, selling off their new potatoes which they grow.

There will be no reparation for the Mid Canterbury victims of Tina Marie Gill’s crime spree.

The 44-year-old Ashburton woman was jailed for 14 months when she appeared in the Ashburton District Court yesterday on 22 mostly dishonesty charges. Judge Joanna Maze said there was no point ordering reparation for the people Gill stole from as she had no money.

Gill’s lawyer Gretchen Hart said she had lived a law-abiding existence for 18 years until her relationship ended recently and her life turned to chaos, with the help of drugs and alcohol.

She said Gill needed support to stay in the community and rehabilitate, not a prison sentence.

Judge Maze disagreed. She noted 16 charges of theft, two of burglary, and one each of trespass, dishonestly using a vehicle, unlawfully getting into a vehicle and making a false statement to police.

The burglaries were on two rural properties where she had previously worked and she had returned with a co-offender intending to steal petrol. The thefts related to mostly cigarettes, alcohol and pet-

rol. A pre-sentence report pointed to major issues with drug and alcohol, the judge said.

She said she was also worried that Gill wanted to continue her relationship with her co-offender, who was clearly not a positive influence.

“That is one of the reasons I am going to decline leave to apply for home detention.

“You need a long period of stability and to be clean of drugs.”

Judge Maze said the offending had been driven by her expenditure on drugs.

Gill has been in custody since February 27 after her arrest for a crime spree that spanned from September last year.

In most cases, Gill went into service stations or other retailers, asked for cigarettes and tobacco then fled with the goods after her eftpos card was declined. She managed to steal by this method tobacco worth about $1800.

She also stole perfume and other goods worth $976 from Farmers and even took a charity box containing $200 that was intended for the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust.

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District to receive refugees From P1 Ashburton would begin receiving refugees in August next year, and about 100 would arrive over the first year, and then the same number each year thereafter.

Mayor Donna Favel has been a driving force behind the decision, and welcomed the announcement.

“As a district with good housing availability and employment opportunities, I know we have much to offer and to gain from welcoming our share of refugees. a Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon was equally enthusiastic.

“Ashburton is a wonderful place to live and I’m sure they’ll be welcomed by our district.”

However, it was important Government provided the support refugees would need to become part of the community, he said.

Labour List MP based in Rangitata Jo Luxton took her hat off to Favel, who had worked towards getting Ashburton named as the final refugee settlement location.

“I commend her effort and work as the driving force behind the decision, and am happy to have spoken with officials in Wellington to aid the process also.

“Our town is lucky to have a dedicated network of local community groups and agencies that will work to foster connections between locals and soon-to-be-locals, in order to make them feel at home.”

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Tablets to ease tensions in AAU Children in Ashburton Hospital’s Acute Admissions Unit now have a new play tool thanks to a donation of two tablets.

Presenting the tablets yesterday is Emma Rooney (centre) of Ashburton New World, and they are being gratefully received by director of nursing Brenda Close (left) and registered nurse Karly Smith.

“Lots of people don’t want to be in hospital, and we just saw an opportunity to do something that can help families and children during a difficult time,” Rooney said.

“Distraction plays a huge part in caring for children that are often experiencing painful and scary situations,” Smith added.

Previously, the unit had a DVD player, which helped ease tension for young children on stays for several hours or overnight.

This had stopped working, and staff started looking for something more adaptable, and are now thrilled with the addition of the two tablets.

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Recidivist drink driver jailed A recidivist drink driver with 12 convictions was jailed for 16 months when he appeared in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Brendon John Green, 41, first got behind the wheel with excess breath alcohol in 1997 and by 2015 he had accumulated nine convictions for drink driving.

Judge Joanna Maze convict-

ed him yesterday on three more charges of drink driving in breach of a zero alcohol licence.

He blew 600mcg, then was caught again while on bail and blew 555mcg, then again with 484mcg.

He has been in custody since April 8 while the charges have been processed.

Green’s lawyer Gretchen Hart

said he had a long-term alcohol problem but had expressed a recent commitment to change.

Police prosecutor Iain Patten asked Judge Maze to consider Green’s significant history of repeat drink driving when setting the penalty.

The judge settled on 16 months in prison and disqualified Green from driving indefinitely. She re-

fused leave for him to convert the prison sentence to home detention.

“Given the number of previous convictions in the last 10 years and the fact there are three offences, all committed in a short space of time and all identical, save for the level of the reading, and given the fact you were on bail when two were committed, I do not consider

home detention is available.

“Protection of the community is a paramount consideration and you have simply not shown you are capable of responsibility and capable of functioning in the community without committing offences which endanger other innocent road users.”

She remitted $6400 in outstanding fines.

Others to appear before Judge Maze: Discharge Lionel Albert Dixey, 86, admitted drink driving in Methven on April 26; he blew 561mcg.

Duty lawyer Michelle Barrell said Dixey had never been to court before but admitted he should not have driven that night after drinking at a local hotel.

“The sad fact is his wife is in a nursing home with dementia and every day he drives to pick her up and bring her home for three or four hours.”

She said he would have to pay to apply for a limited licence.

Judge Maze said she would take the limited licence costs and his exemplary record into account, then fined him $300.

She disqualified him for six months.

“You are in your 80s. I accept this presents a sad situation because ultimately the sufferers are your wife and you, and you are both dependent on your ability to drive.

Manatua Rimoni, 28, was fined $475, ordered to pay court costs of $130 and disqualified from driving for six months after he admitted drink driving on Dobson Street.

He blew 600mcg when breath-tested by police. He was driving with an overseas licence, that was about to expire.

Jasmin Opal Young blew 1232mcg when she was stopped

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days before she can apply for an alcohol interlock sentence.

Caleb Abbott, 26, of Ashburton, admitted driving while disqualified on Alford Forest Road on February 9. He was convicted and sentenced to 65 hours community service; the judge imposed no further disqualification.

on Kitchener Street at 2.46pm on February 27. She was worried about who was collecting her child from school.

Young, 31, had spent the day drinking with her sister but drove after not hearing from her mother, who she had contacted about picking up the child from school.

Judge Maze said Young would have needed to start drinking at breakfast time to achieve her extraordinarily high breath alcohol reading. She would

also have been incapable of responding to any emergency regarding her child.

“It is difficult to accept that you did not comprehend that by choosing to drink in that way and at that level you have removed resources which needed to be available to your child.

I consider you have an alcohol problem.”

She sentenced Young to six months supervision and alcohol counselling. Young was also disqualified from driving for 28

Cameron Roger Leahy, 26, was remanded for sentence to June 17 after admitting two charges of driving while disqualified and one of drink driving. He was stopped on Rapley Street on March 9 and a sample of his blood taken, which revealed 168 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.

He also faces a charge of causing grievous bodily harm, which is set down for a jury trial in the Timaru District Court.

Leahy is currently serving a sentence of community detention.

Cameron John McBride, 29, was sentenced to 60 hours community work and six months supervision after admitting charges of possessing methamphetamine, smoking pipes and a knife, and driving while suspended.

The drugs were found by police who came across McBride at a hotel. The knife was on the front seat of his car.

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Ashburton District Court Judge Joanna Maze received a round of applause yesterday from the public gallery when she discharged Jennifer Raeleen Proctor without conviction on a charge of careless driving causing injury.

The 74-year-old Tinwald woman had knocked an elderly cyclist off his bike when she edged forward at an intersection on Grahams Road to get a better view of traffic on State Highway 1.

Proctor’s lawyer Paul Bradford said Proctor and her husband had been helping do chores at the cyclist’s house to make amends and she was also happy to make a donation to charity.

Judge Maze noted the cyclist suffered a fractured wrist and kneecap and lacerations but didn’t want reparation. He was among those in the public gallery yesterday.

She said Proctor had stopped at the intersection then edged forward to see better, which was very different from failing to stop at the intersection at all.

Taking Proctor’s licence would be disproportionate to the wrongdoing, the judge said, and she discharged her without conviction. Proctor was also ordered to donate $200 to the Salvation Army.

The discharge was roundly applauded by a large number of supporters in the public gallery. “It’s not often I get that,” Judge Maze said.

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In brief Sign Language Week Labour List MP based in Rangitata Jo Luxton is learning sign language and sharing her efforts. This week is New Zealand Sign Language Week, celebrating the official language that is used daily by over 20,000 New Zealanders. “I have seen firsthand the joy of a young girl with hearing loss having a stranger sign with her, her face lit up as she was able to communicate with someone with ease,” Luxton said. “This is one of the reasons we should all try and learn at least a little sign language, there are many resources available online, and the main driver of New Zealand Sign Language Week, Deaf Aotearoa, is a good place to start.”

She herself was learning and had created videos with fellow Labour MP Marja Lubeck, and was sharing them on her social media pages.

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A wide range of vehicles took part in the Rotary Club of Ashburton Plains Classic Car Run on Sunday.

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Classic cars cruise district’s countryside

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

Organisers of the Classic Car Run have once again been wowed by the wide range of vehicles that travelled the roads around the district in the rally on Sunday.

The Rotary Club of Ashburton Plains Classic Car Run has become an integral part of Wheels Week, and attracted around 150

vehicles of all ages.

“It is unbelievable how every year we keep getting new vehicles turning up,” organiser Alan Sim said.

“They all seemed to have a smile on their faces so we can call that a success.

“It is always really well supported and there were some really high quality vehicles, but we

don’t want to discourage anyone from taking part as it really is a community rally.”

The rally began its journey from the Ashburton Racecourse before the vehicles made their way along a set route to Mt Somers domain for lunch.

“Everyone arrived so the directions must have been pretty spot on,” he said.

Sim said there was also plenty of public interest from those not competing in the run, with plenty of cars parking up outside the racecourse coming to take a look at the vehicles before they departed.

The focus group of vehicles for the rally was British-produced sports cars, with a Jensen taking out the people’s choice award.

Death is not the most pleasant topic, but that is no excuse to not talk about it. So says Hospice Mid-Canterbury, which is teaming up with Memory Funerals, to hold a Demystifying Death session.

“Most of us are completely unprepared when we are faced with anything to do with death,” said Hospice Mid Canterbury promotions co-ordinator Diane Haslett. Demystifying Death will be 1.30pm May 14 at Memory Funerals on Moore Street, opposite New World. “We all have questions – cremation or burial, what is embalming, and so on. Things have changed a lot over the last 10 years or so and we now have many choices.” The informal session, part of Hospice Awareness Week, is open to everyone and will cover information about some of the choices we face for ourselves and our loved ones, and to ask any questions. It will be an informal session and it is open to anyone.

Week focuses on safety on roads Drivers are being urged to do their part in keeping New Zealand’s roads safe as part of road safety week.

Following a series of devastating fatal crashes in April, Police and the NZ Transport Agency are reminding all drivers to take road safety seriously and do their part to help keep everyone on the road safe.

The week runs from May 6 to May 12, and police national manager of road policing, Superintendent Steve Greally, and NZTA’s general manager of safety, health and environment Greg Lazzaro, say Road Safety Week couldn’t come at a better time.

“Any death on our roads is too many, so we’re using Road Safety Week to remind drivers about the four simple and proven actions they can take to help keep themselves, and everyone else on the road, safe and alive,” Greally said.

Ashburton sub-area supervisor Senior sergeant Leigh Jenkins said policing the roads will be a big focus for Ashburton police in the short-term, and that people could expect to see an increased presence going forwards.

“I want to make all areas of policing more efficient, including road policing and that will be noticeable,” he said.

The police have four main points of advice that are important for road safety.

Always wear your seatbelt and ensure you are properly restrained.

The chance of death or serious injury in a crash can be reduced by 60 per cent in the front seat and 44 per cent in the back seat, just by putting on a seatbelt.

Don’t drive when you are impaired. Alcohol or drugs are a factor in about one-third of all fatal crashes.

Keep your eyes and mind on the road – drive distraction-free.

Drive to the conditions and don’t exceed the speed limit.

All drivers have a duty to their passengers and other road users.

“These four actions can be the difference between a safe or fatal journey, and should be stuck to diligently whenever a driver gets behind the wheel: proper restraints, no impairment, no distractions, and a safe speed – always,” Greally said.

“There is no excuse – you either take road safety seriously or you put your own life, as well as everyone else’s on the road, at risk.

“Road safety is everyone’s responsibility. We’ve seen too many deaths on our roads this year; we need everyone to step up and do their part.”

Road Safety Week is co-ordinated by international charity, Brake. This year’s campaign, Save Lives #SpeakUp, calls for conversations around safe vehicles, speeds, and drivers, as well as safe routes to school, safe road design, and safe and healthy mobility.

“The Transport Agency fully supports the call to action to ‘Speak Up’ and encourages everyone to do their part in keeping our roads safe,” Lazzaro said.

“The Government is currently developing the new road safety strategy for the next 10 years and will be welcoming public input when it’s released later this year.

This will provide another opportunity for all Kiwis to speak up and have their say on road safety.”

Road Safety Week could not have come at a better time says police after a tragic year on the roads so far.

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Welcome to the Ashburton A&P Association winter feed competition to be held on the 13th & 14th May. I wish to encourage entries in the various classes and support of a competition running for over 20 years.

Judging is based on a measured assessment of Dry Matter yield /ha and 5 crop quality categories.

The district growing season has been challenging. Particularly wet prior to Christmas then hot and dry, with limited small rains, until April where soil moisture has improved for good growing conditions.

Thanks to Ravensdown and many businesses for their continued support of our competition.

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In farming it is very rare to have two seasons the same, that was never more evident than this year. After coming out of winter, early spring was looking good, maybe heading into another hot dry November/ December, then it rained, a lot!! This in turn made getting kale in the ground around the foothills a bit challenging, which also saw some of the beet sown ending up with quite wet feet for a bit. The wet period passed, and it turned into a good old Canterbury summer that I

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remember as a kid, with great conditions for harvesting.

With new grass and winter feed sown down and the arrival of Autumn, the temperatures have started dropping. Warm days and cooler nights with a sprinkling of rain or a round of irrigation have been a boost to the crops and feed budgets.

All the best for the coming winter season.

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The dryland crops about the foothills may have battled during this time and the yields may be back a bit, only time will tell. Autumn rains have fallen, things have greened up and as I write this summary it appears that we are in a more settled patch of autumn weather, but we never know what’s around the corner.

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There’s two sides to an argument J

udging by initial reaction to the news yesterday that Ashburton will open its doors and become a refugee settlement, bringing hundreds of new people into the district over the first few years, not everyone is in favour of the decision.

The Guardian Facebook page is always a great place to measure the thoughts and feelings of the community with a wide-ranging sample of people from within the district of all ages, ethnicity, beliefs and opinions.

Some might see social media as a bit of a platform in which people set out to antagonise and stir the pot, but as long as there’s a good mixture of the usual crazy comments and the more

general and seemingly measured responses you can most likely get a good feeling for what the consensus is on a subject.

Shortly after lunch time yesterday we posted to our Facebook page the news of the announcement of Ashburton becoming a refugee settlement location, joining other locations across New Zealand.

And it didn’t take long for the

reactions to start flying in and the debate to really get going.

Mixed would be the best way to describe it.

Some were more than willing to roll up their sleeves and dive head-first in to helping out any potential newcomers to the district while others were quite keen to put up the No Vacancy sign on the Rakaia bridge and leave things as they are.

Honestly, some of the comments were pretty disappointing and in some sense showed that we’ve learnt very little about being a community who doesn’t worry about race or religion following on from the Christchurch attacks.

Luckily, the wider public doesn’t get to see those com-

ments due to some strong restrictions that are in place on our social media accounts, but we see them, and it’s disappointing to see people still thinking in that manner.

We’ve been repetitively told for at least the past year that there are a huge number of jobs available here in the Ashburton District and a quick search online would suggest that there most certainly is.

Both Seek and Trademe are full of local jobs, some requiring explicit skill sets and experience and others more than willing to allow people to learn while on the job provided they are the right person.

But job opportunities and shortages aren’t really the crux of

Cong celebrated its takeover.

In 1984, a $180 million out-of-court settlement was announced in the Agent Orange class-action suit brought by Vietnam veterans who said they’d been injured by exposure to the defoliant.

In 1992, the latest addition to America’s space shuttle fleet, Endeavour, went on its first flight.

In 1998 Londoners voted overwhelmingly to elect their own mayor for the first time in history. (In May 2000, Ken Livingstone was elected.)

In 2004, Army Pfc. Lynndie England was charged by the military with assaulting detainees and conspiring to mistreat them.

(England was later convicted of conspiracy, mistreating detainees and committing an indecent act, and sentenced to 36 months; she served half that term.)

Ten years ago: A federal jury in Paducah, Kentucky, convicted a former soldier, Steven Dale Green, of raping and fatally shooting a 14-year-old girl after killing her parents and younger sister while he was serving in Iraq. (Green was sentenced to life without possibility of parole; he hanged himself in prison in February 2014.)

Five years ago: The Nation’s Report Card said America’s high school seniors lacked critical math and

reading skills for an increasingly competitive global economy.

One year ago: Retired Lt. Col. Oliver North, the Marine at the centre of the Iran-Contra affair in the Reagan administration, was named president of the National Rifle Association.

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the discussion.

The positive thinkers came out with some sharp ideas on what new people to the district might bring with them while the detractors tended to look at the more negative side of the fence with their comments and observations.

What the news shows at a national level is that Ashburton is a productive and forward-thinking district which is ready to go the extra mile to assist the country in providing a place to call home for these refugees and while it might not sit well with everyone in the community, chances are that by the time they are here and integrated into our lives they will be welcomed by pretty much all with open arms.

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, May 7, the 127th day of 2019. There are 238 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims (rams), France, ending its role in World War Two. On this date: In 1763, Pontiac, chief of the Ottawa Indians, attempted to lead a sneak attack on Britishheld Fort Detroit, but was foiled because the British had been tipped off in advance.

In 1789, America’s first inaugural ball was held in New York in honour of President George Washington, who had taken the oath of office a week earlier.

In 1846, A devastating landslide obliterated the Ngāti Tūwharetoa village of Te Rapa on the southwest shore of Lake Taupō.

In 1856,Henry Sewell becomes New Zealand’s first premier. Sewell held the position for just 14 days before being replaced by his provincialist rival William Fox, whose ministry in turn lasted just over a week.

In 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner RMS Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1198 people, including 128 Americans, out of the nearly 2000 on board.

In 1939, Germany and Italy announced a military and political alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis.

In 1945, the 1944 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded; winners included John Hersey for his novel A Bell for Adano, Mary Chase for her play Harvey, and Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal for his picture of the Iwo Jima flag-raising.

In 1954, the 55-day Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam ended with Vietnamese insurgents overrunning French forces.

In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford formally declared an end to the Vietnam era. In Ho Chi Minh City — formerly Saigon — the Viet

58. Country musician Rick Schell is 56. Rock singer-musician Chris O’Connor (Primitive Radio Gods) is 54. Actress Traci Lords is 51. Actor Morocco Omari is 49. Singer Eagle-Eye Cherry is 48. Actor Breckin Meyer is 45.

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Actor Taylor Abrahamse is 28.

Actor Alexander Ludwig is 27.

Actress Dylan Gelula is 25.

Thought for today: “Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.” — David Hume, Scottish philosopher (1711-1776).

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It may well be in the national interest for more marginal, erosion-prone land to be converted to growing trees but it’s highly debatable the same can be said when good, productive farmland is swallowed by plantation forestry.

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s a general rule, Federated Farmers is not interested in telling anyone how they should use their land. But there is growing unease – even anger – about the amount of productive farmland being gobbled up by forestry, and the long-term impacts of that trend on rural communities.

All things being equal, owners will base their land use decisions on their family and business circumstances, and what they feel will be profitable.

However, three current factors may be skewing the balance as owners of farmland weigh up their future: ■■ Grants available under the government’s One Billion Trees programme ■■ Carbon credit income as New Zealand looks to offset continued greenhouse gas emissions, and ■■ The relatively less stringent criteria overseas buyers must meet when investing in forestry vs farmland.

Last month media reported the widespread dismay in the Wairarapa that greeted news that the 1050-hectare Hadleigh Station, described by the province’s Federated Farmers President William Beetham as “a fantastic sheep

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and beef property”, had been purchased by a firm that specialises in forestry investments.

Beetham pointed out that a sheep and beef farm like that would spend about $500 a hectare every year but a plantation forest, apart from initial planting and a bit of pruning, offers up little employment or work flow into service towns.

Land turned into pine forests won’t be logged for 25 to 30 years.

And let’s not even get into the arguments about environmental and road maintenance impacts.

School rolls suffer, as do community services and club memberships. In short, said Beetham, if too much of the Wairarapa hill country becomes forest, the surrounding district will be dotted with ghost towns.

Other farm to forestry conversions were reported to be happening in Pongaroa, Lagoon Hills and near Ngawi. And that’s just the Wairarapa/Tararua.

The changes to the Overseas Investment Office rules at the end of 2017 introduced a new special forestry test providing the “fastest and most straight forward pathway for overseas investors”.

OIO checks are all about investment being “in the national interest” but does that mean we sacrifice regional interests in the process?

It may well be in the national interest for more marginal, erosion-prone land to be converted to growing trees but it’s highly debatable the same can be said when good, productive farmland is swallowed by plantation forestry.

Under its One Billion Trees programme, the government has earmarked $240 million in landowner and partnership grants to help get more planting initiatives across the line. Let’s be honest, it’s the economics of wood vs livestock that will be more crucial as farmers weigh the long-term, but grants like that are akin to putting a finger on the scales.

We also have the pressing problem of climate change, and looming deadlines to meet our international commitments on that front. But as the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, argued

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in his comprehensive Farms, forests and fossil fuels report, managing the long-term problem of emissions with a short-term ‘fix’ of sequestering carbon in trees is risky.

Carbon dioxide is indisputably the main culprit of global warming, and Upton argued that relying on sequestering this gas in trees merely puts off the urgency for fossil-fuel burning sectors, including transport, to invest in the necessary low and no-emission technologies we’ll need long term. If we’re lucky we might meet our international accounting obligations by 2050, but it will be an accounting victory only, he said.

We may well need the sort of alternative landscape approach Upton called for but a large scale rush into plantation forestry may be a case of failing to see the wood for the trees.

Andrew Hoggard, Federated Farmers climate change spokesperson. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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Cohen off to prison AP Michael Cohen, the former lawyer, media attack dog and all-around fixer for President Donald Trump, is scheduled to begin serving a three-year prison sentence today for crimes including campaign finance violations related to hush-money payments made on Trump’s behalf.

Cohen faces a 2pm deadline to report to the Federal Correctional Institution, Otisville, a federal prison in the countryside 113 kilometres northwest of New York City.

A minimum-security prison camp there has become a haven for white-collar criminals.

Cohen, who has been disbarred, is trading plaid blazers for khaki prison garb after trying and failing in recent weeks to get his sentence delayed or reduced.

His legal team asked House Democrats last month to intercede after Cohen testified on Capitol Hill, but they were reticent to do so.

Federal prosecutors in New York were also no help, Cohen’s lawyers said.

Cohen was originally scheduled to start his sentence in March, but a judge granted a two-month delay so he could recover from surgery and get his affairs in order.

Cohen, 53, is the only person charged with a crime in connection with the hush-money payments to women who allegedly had affairs with Trump.

Federal prosecutors have said Trump directed Cohen to arrange the payments to buy the silence of porn actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal in the run-up to the 2016 election.

Trump denies that he had trysts with either woman.

Cohen also pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about a Trump Tower project in Moscow, as well as to charges of tax evasion and bank fraud.

Once he gets to prison, Cohen will undergo medical and mental health screenings and be assigned a job, such as mowing the grounds or cleaning up the visiting room.

He’ll also get sets of clothing, bedding and towels.

Moore lauds New Zealand Mandy Moore has shared photos on Instagram of her four-day hike in New Zealand’s South Island with her husband Taylor Goldsmith. The 35-year-old This Is Us actress went hiking around Wanaka as part of the clothing company Eddie Bauer’s “#whyihike” campaign. The star shared images of her journey on Instagram, saying she “truly can’t get over the unimaginable beauty of the sunsets and the landscapes” in New Zealand.

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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, is confronted by members of the media in New York.

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At the prison camp, about 115 inmates sleep in bunks lined up in barrack-style halls, instead of individual or twoman cells like in higher-security facilities.

Recreational amenities include tennis courts, horseshoes and bocce ball.

Forbes once ranked Otisville as one of America’s 10 Cushiest Prisons, but former employees and inmates say it’s hardly Club Fed. The inmates are still doing time and they’re still separated from their families and friends.

“There’s no free time to work on your book, or whatever,”

said former employee Don Drewett.

“You get your downtime when you’re supposed to be sleeping or when you can exercise, but that only happens at certain windows of the day.

“It’s not where in the middle of the day you can just opt to not go to work and go work out. That’s not the way that works.”

Cohen’s fellow inmates include Jersey Shore star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, who wraps up an eight-month tax fraud sentence in September, and Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland, who’s serving a six-year sentence.

But Cohen should avoid acting like he’s still in the spotlight, said Jack Donson, a former Otisville case manager who advises white-collar criminals on what to expect in prison.

“You assume the role of an inmate,” said Donson.

“You’re cordial to everybody.

You’re respectful to everybody.

You do your time.

“You ask for nothing from staff. Nothing from inmates.

“You accept nothing from inmates.

“You’re nobody. Seriously.”

If Cohen can’t adjust, Donson said, “his time is going to be miserable.”

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Native animals lured with food before torture NZME An elderly woman has been charged after police alleged she filmed sickening videos of herself torturing animals.

The woman, 73, from Tuncurry on the NSW mid north coast, came under police investigation after members of the public alerted officers to

Avengers: Endgame continued its global domination at the box office in a second week victory lap that saw the blockbuster cross the $2 billion mark in record time and unseat Titanic as the second highestgrossing film ever worldwide. Walt Disney estimated Endgame added $145.8 million from North American theatres and $282.2 million internationally bringing its global total to $2.2 billion. Endgame is one of five movies to ever reach that threshold and, not accounting for inflation, is now second worldwide only to Avatar’s $2.8 billion.

her alleged cruel treatment of a pelican last month.

The elderly woman was feeding fish to a pelican on a boat ramp at Point Road in Tuncurry on April 27. She then allegedly grabbed the pelican and forced it into the boot of her car, slamming the car boot with the pelican’s wing protruding.

Horrified members of the public called local police, who arrived and stopped the woman nearby.

Police spoke with the woman before later executing a search of her home at Rest Point Parade in Tuncurry.

Inspector Paul Fuller said inside the home, officers found a number of birds, including two

magpies and a lorikeet.

“Numerous items relating to the alleged cruelty of animals were seized from the home,” police said. “Police will allege in court that the woman attends public places in both Forster and Tuncurry and gains the trust of animals by feeding them, before taking them home and torturing them.”

Radio presenter Ash London has revealed she still suffers from anxiety after being viciously trolled by One Direction fans two years ago. London was co-hosting the Hit Network’s summer breakfast show in 2017 with Ed Kavalee and Ash Williams when she sparked the ire of thousands of teenagers and Louis Tomlinson himself after joking about the singer’s “ratty facial hair”. Speaking about the incident yesterday, London said One Direction fans blamed her for her co-hosts’ jokes about the singer. “Within about four hours I think I’d gotten 10,000 messages.

I got over a million in the end. They were being so horrid,” she said.

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By Guy Trafford Agriculture is being bombarded by a plethora of reports and conferences highlighting if not impending doom then at least a bumpy road ahead.

Recently Christchurch hosted the Grow 2019: the Boma NZ Agri Summit a futurist look at where agriculture could or should be going in the future. Multiple drivers are making conferences such as this more relevant than ever before.

One compelling fact is that the world needs to produce more food in the next 30 years than has been produced in the total of agriculture’s past.

In conjunction with this, agriculture needs to be conducted in a sustainable way to preserve our resources and maintain lifestyles.

The way forward, to use a term borrowed from Unesco by Rod Oram, is the Sixth Wave where production will not only be sustainable (because it has to be) but also restorative.

The challenge is to do this while meeting the challenge of laboratory-grown food, be it meat or milk, which can be produced/manufactured for a fraction of the cost and resources of existing foods.

Some believe using GM or GE in the production system is the way to go. In my view if we adopt this path we have already lost the race.

Our only competitive advantage in the future will be producing food that doesn’t come out of a petrie dish or Frankenstein’s lab or modified by man, as with GE, be it real or only a perception.

While this may seem to be overstating the case, it is the consumers that hold these views about the mass manufacturing of food (I find it difficult to call it production) that are going to be the discerning consumers of the future to be courted for New Zealand agriculture.

Whether the food production is meat and milk based as it is at present, or whether it is taken over by horticulture and arable products, will largely be determined by the market, but the purity of these products should be decided by New Zealanders who have a goal of producing the best possible ‘natural’ food that obtains the highest return possible and if that means only supplying the most discerning 1 per cent so be it.

In reality, New Zealand will really only need to supply about the top .2 per cent of the world population to utilise most of our production.

This is reassuring as the majority of consumers, despite much of their rhetoric, within broad guidelines – ie it is safe, doesn’t destroy the earth and meets nutritional needs – will go for cost every time especially if finances are tight and there are competing needs for it and, let’s face it, that is the vast majority.

Competing on cost with new ‘manufactured’ foods will be a waste of time. However, shortening the value chain to get more back to the producer will be essential as will be being able to promote our point of difference.

Beef and Lamb NZ seem to understand this stance and is moving its marketing approach in the right direction.

Fonterra, in its back-to-basics and seemingly sticking to the commodities route, seems to be stuck in a time warp which is likely to see it left behind.

Hopefully, the current phase it is working through will just be a temporary pause to allow it to catch its breath before moving on into the new world.

The advantage New Zealand has, at least for the moment, is a story that other producers cannot match, and it is the story that that the ‘.2%ers’ are looking to spend their money on.

Everything else will be able to be purchased at a fraction of the price.

New Zealanders have a choice, “leave it to the market” as an ex-politician was overheard muttering or be proactive; create a strategy and drive it forward from the paddock up. Leaving it to the market is a very risky proposition.

New Zealand has seen good markets undermined from within, foreign governments erect trade barriers and New Zealand sacrifice long-term gains for shortterm benefits.

For agriculture to remain as a or the key driver of our economy it is going to take a cohesive approach with clear objectives and they need to be able to benefit all.

Then we will have a story to sell to the world.

Minister for Primary Industries Damien O’Connor appears to understand this based upon his rhetoric, so with the budget approaching it is now time for the Government to show some leadership beyond the rhetoric and start getting some runs on the board.

With a recent report showing that 92 per cent of farmers are focusing on making their farms more environmentally sustainable and most agreeing that climate change is occurring and mankind has had or does have a role in this shows that farmers are in the right headspace to accept the challenges coming at them going forward.

They will need to be as they are going to come thick and fast.

Markets We are now back into “business as usual” mode and given the healthy numbers of lambs that have gone to processors, a lower dollar and markets that for some classes of animals seem to be in sellers’ favour, by now I had expected to see a general lift in schedule prices.

The reality is a smattering of lifts across some classes, notably lamb and mutton.

But at the more modest end of the potential shifts and, in fact, most processors have not moved at all.

The processors appear to be showing a lot more constraint this season in what they are prepared to pay for livestock, at least compared to last season, which in itself is not a bad thing if the prices paid are fair in comparison to what the market is prepared to pay.

However, for beef, the market indicators coming out of the US are that NZ prices should be higher.

Especially with China in the picture now and their demand further driven up by their reduction in available domestic pork due to the African swine fever disease which is afflicting their pork industry.

Sheep Saleyard prices have shown a modest lift.

No doubt influenced by the milder early winter providing a bit more feed and the promise of higher prices further out.

Schedules as stated, apart from a couple of lifts, are pretty much static.

Wool Some good lifts in all grades at the last Christchurch sale, although poorer coloured wools were heavily discounted.

Beef Not a lot of local stock coming through the yards and prices seem to have taken a dip. Given the reduced numbers this may be more due to the quality rather than a general downturn. Schedules are flat.

Venison No lifts here either, but at least we have gone for three weeks now with no drops.

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for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural 6-May-19 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 109 - 113 Prime 118 - 191 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 195 - 213 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 238 - 243 This week

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121.09 136.72 148.44 164.06 840

99.78 112.66 122.31 135.19 700

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Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 1,148 952 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 516 476 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 346 309 Merino 2,291 2,596

866 379 290 2,239

Source: WSI, NZMerino 751 1,557 727 392 476 302 325 352 280 1,588 2,980 1,588

417 417 408

Source: Midlands Grain 375 430 300 375 428 280 378 424 290

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 104.04 17.5 kg YX SI 117.47 19.0 kg YX SI 127.54 21.0 kg YX SI 140.96 Local trade (c/kg) SI 700 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 103.64 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 480.0 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 340 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 448 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 515 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 446 AP Stag 60kg SI 542 AP Stag 80kg SI 722

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 418 420 Wheat, feed 418 420 Barley, feed 410 412

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index April-19 130.00 131.00 130.00

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

8,084 2,836 4,787 5,367

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8,344 3,706 4,920 6,501

7,850 3,614 5,036 6,146

6,383 3,934 4,156 5,269

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Source: PF Olsen 138.00 125.00 8,874 3,624 4,865 6,120

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Levy increase will sting cattle farmers

By Tim Cronshaw

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Beef cattle farmers face a hefty increase to $2 a head of cattle for a biosecurity levy funding the mycoplasma bovis response.

The proposed maximum biosecurity levy for cattle has risen from the 45 cents a head originally agreed when the industry signed up to join a government agreement.

Consultation packs have gone out to farmers, who have until June 9 to pass on their thoughts about the levy increase.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand chairman Andrew Morrison said the plan to increase the levy would allow $5 million to be funded per year, which would enable the organisation to meet the costs of the M. bovis response as they were incurred.

“Under the previous maximum biosecurity levy of 45c/ head for cattle, it would have taken nearly 25 years to repay the industry’s share of the M. bovis response – estimated at up to $17 million over 10 years. By increasing the maximum biosecurity levy to $2/head, we will be able to repay costs associated with the response in a timely manner.’’

He said the M. bovis response

Conference swamped by change A changing policy environment for freshwater has pushed IrrigationNZ organisers to cancel a conference about future irrigation.

The planned event IF.2019 – Irrigation Futures for irrigators was due to be held next month and will no longer take place.

Organisers said the conference would have been a new concept combining a trade show and a series of development workshops for the irrigation sector.

The conference is likely to be held next year when future regulatory and technology requirements for irrigators will have settled.

“It has become clear in recent weeks that there is currently a lot of activity under way affecting those in the primary sector.

We are also operating in a rapidly-changing environment. The Government has signalled significant changes will occur this year to environmental policy, particularly in relation to freshwater.

“We are disappointed that IF.2019 will not be proceeding,’’ IrrigationNZ said in a statement.

“However, it’s clear that our sector is currently focused on a range of other issues. In 2020 we will have more clarity about what the future regulatory and technology requirements for irrigators will be, which will enable us to deliver a fantastic conference to meet the sector’s needs at that time.’’

IrrigationNZ will continue to host its biennial conference next year.

The coming event will include seminars and the latest in irrigation technology.

had been a difficult time for farmers with herds which had received the cattle disease.

“Technical challenges with tracing and diagnosing the disease, as well as issues with the processes involved in the response, have highlighted the importance of the beef sector being part of the Government Industry Agreement (GIA) on biosecurity so that we ensure the voices of our farmers are being properly taken into account during the response.”

Culled dairy cows are not levied as part of the M. bovis response because dairy farmers are paying their share of the response separately so different levy rates were expected to be made for different classes of cattle.

While cull dairy cows will not be levied for M. bovis, they could face a beef biosecurity levy in the future for other incursions.

For example, a disease that restricted beef trade – such as BSE – would affect dairy farmers in their capacity as beef farmers, and justify collection of a beef biosecurity levy on culled dairy cattle in the future.

Morrison said he encouraged farmers to share their views on the proposals.

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Fonterra chief’s files wanted

By Andrea Fox NZME

Fonterra’s chief executive Miles Hurrell is being asked by Chile’s prosecutor to hand over his computer files as part of an investigation into Fonterra’s Chilean businesses.

The investigation was sparked by a complaint by a shareholder of Fonterra subsidiary Prolesur against Fonterra’s appointed directors on the Prolesur board.

The directors include Fonterra employees Robert Spurway and Paul Campbell. Hurrell was chairman of Prolesur last year.

He is not named in the complaint, which relates to a com-

mercial disagreement between Fonterra-appointed directors and minority Prolesur shareholder the Isabel Aninat charity foundation.

But Fonterra said Hurrell’s files are among those sought by the prosecutor’s office.

In response to Herald inquiries Fonterra said the investigation was at a “preliminary” and “informal” stage.

It said the complaint related to a commercial disagreement between the Fonterra-appointed directors and minority foundation directors on the Prolesur board, concerning terms of sale for cheese between Prolesur and Fonterra’s other Chilean subsidiary Soprole.

New Prolesur chairman Gerardo Varela, a former Chile education minister, is named in the complaint.

Chilean media reports claim seven Soprole executives have refused to turn over their computers to the investigation.

Fonterra said Soprole employees were co-operating with the prosecutor, including having discussions to identify which information and records were relevant to the complaint.

“No charges have yet been brought against the Fonterra-appointed directors,” Fonterra said in response to Herald inquiries.

“We fully support our appoint-

ed directors. If any charges are brought by the Chilean prosecutor after investigating the claims, the directors will vigorously defend them,” the company said in a statement.

Hurrell was appointed the chairman of Prolesur, Fonterra’s Chilean ingredients business, in 2017, before he took the top job at Fonterra.

Chilean media reports also claim Fonterra could be considering selling its South American assets for $1 billion.

Fonterra, New Zealand’s biggest company, is reviewing all its assets as it seeks to reduce debt by $800 million this year. Last year it

posted a historic loss of $196m and debt of $6.2b.

No asset sale decisions have yet been announced by the firm.

Chile’s commercial prosecution unit has been approached for comment.

Soprole, a consumer foods business, is Fonterra’s oldest offshore investment. But New Zealand dairying’s connection with the company goes back to 1986 before Fonterra was formed when the-then exporter Dairy Board acquired more than 50 per cent of the company.

Prolesur is an ingredients business which supplies 30 per cent of Soprole’s milk.

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Welcome lift in crossbred wool prices

By Sally Rae NZME

A much improved tone to the market resulted in the single biggest lift in percentage terms for most styles of crossbred wool in five years at yesterday’s South Island wool sale in Christchurch.

PGG Wrightson Wool’s South Island sales team described the lift as “welcome relief” for strong wool growers, who have been battling with poor prices.

With the bulk of the less stylish summer shorn wools now sold, the better quality new season’s wool starting to come forward had resulted in new business being written, mainly from Asia.

With stronger bidding, that meant almost a full clearance of the 8400 bales on offer and passings were the lowest for some time.

Roger Fuller, of CP Wool, said a strong market in Australia resuming after the Easter break was reflected in New Zealand prices for second-shear types and merino oddments.

A range of prices: Linlithgow Ltd (Otago), 29 bales romney 2-tooth, 38.3 micron, 80.6% yield, 275 greasy, 341 clean; Verterburn Farming Ltd (Otago), 30 bales perendale, 36.4 micron, 82.4% yield, 311 greasy, 377 clean; Thomson Partnership (Southland), 30 bales crossbred lambs, 31.7 micron, 80.6% yield, 417 greasy, 517 clean, 26 bales crossbred lambs, 31.4 micron, 81.9% yield, 408 greasy, 498 clean; A and L Winter (Southland), five bales crossbred lambs, 32.4 micron, 82.2% yield, 446 greasy, 542 clean; Te Houka Ltd (Otago), 15 bales crossbred lambs, 30.7 micron, 77.8% yield, 421 greasy, 541 clean; Fernvale Farms (Southland), 11 bales crossbred lambs, 30.2 micron, 79.1% yield, 458 greasy, 579 clean; S M Clouston (Southland), five bales crossbred lambs, 32.4 micron, 82.2% yield, 446 greasy, 542 clean; Manapouri Downs Ltd (Southland), 32 bales perendale second-shear, 38.6 micron, 82.4% yield, 266 greasy, 323 clean; Erindale Farms (Otago), 48 bales crossbred second-shear, 39.1 micron, 81.1% yield, 264 greasy, 325 clean; A W Homer (Otago), eight bales crossbred second-shear, 35.8 micron, 79.6% yield, 272 greasy, 342 clean, nine bales crossbred second-shear, 35.6 micron, 78.2% yield, 276 greasy, 353 clean; J Tweed (Otago), 16 bales crossbred second-shear, 37.8 micron, 81.5% yield, 261 greasy, 320 clean; L G Cook (Otago), 27 bales crossbred early-shorn, 37.6 micron, 81% yield, 263 greasy, 325 clean.

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■■CLOSING THE DOORS

Why fashion keeps failing

Kristine Crabb is out of the fashion industry after 15 years.

The Miss Crabb label stopped production in August last year, when it was working on its winter collection for this year.

Production is a big job, she says, there are always deadlines, and

the possibilities for mistakes or delays are high.

The brand made all of its clothes locally, mostly in Auckland, with the exception of a run of jeans made in Melbourne, and import-

Guardian Shares & Investments

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but its investors’ sentiment followed the fans’ dark mood down into the depths as shares plunged by around 26 per cent.

The stock perked up again on December 2 as manager Jose Mourinho was sacked – shares rose 4 per cent in the 20 minutes after he was fired – then hit a 2019 high on March 28 as The Special One’s temporary replacement, the promising Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was made the permanent boss.

But a revival under Solskjar proved fleeting.

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After he got the role of manager full-time, Man U lost eight of its next 10 fixtures – the club’s worst run of form in the 25-year Premier League era.

There has been no shortage of expenditure – £800 million has been shelled out on new players over the past couple of years.

But the pundits consensus has been that it has been a mindless spend-up, resulting in an incoherent mix of players with oversize egos, many of whom are now eyeing an exit.

Yesterday, in their second to last game of the season, Man U drew 1-1 to last-placed Huddersfield, which was recently pasted 4-0 by Spurs and 5-0 by Liverpool.

That means it’s now impossible for Man U to finish in the top four, earning yet another savaging from the English press.

Long-time Man U player turned TV commentator Gary Neville offered, “There is nothing I like about this United team at all. They are just awful. A despondent group of people.”

While the NYSE opens today, investors may share the same sentiment. The club’s shares are already 26 per cent off their peak.

A comeback next year will depend, in part, on whether Solskjaer can look into the eyes of star midfielder Paul Pogba, and somehow find the right words to inspire the £89.3 million Frenchman out of his lethargy.

If that’s the sort of thing you like to gamble on, then buying shares in a publicly-listed sports club should be your bag.

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A 3-0 loss to Tottenham was followed by a 3-2 defeat at the hands of newly-promoted Brighton.

Second-tier Derby County knocked them out of the EFL Cup. The dog days continued.

In the New Year, it was no longer clear Man U would even finish in the top half of the table.

In black-and-white terms, the club’s finances were still strong,

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Wild ride for investors The perils of investing in a publicly-listed sports team have been laid bare by the recent trials of Manchester United.

US owners the Glazer family listed the marquee English Premier League club on the New York stock exchange in 2012.

All was going well in August and September last year as the new EPL season ramped up, with shares hitting an all-time high of $26.05 last year, valuing the team at around $4b ($6b).

Sure, it was another mixed start.

But the team still had its record-setting £750 million, 10year shirt sponsorship contract with Adidas.

And even two side-deals announced with the new season – a US$25m sleeve sponsorship deal with Kohler and a hook up with Chivas, reportedly for a similar amount, to become the team’s official scotch – smashed records.

The deals, combined with stadium receipts and fat fees for broadcasting rights, saw a strong September quarter. And for the three months to December 31, revenue rose 17 per cent to a record £208.9m, with pre-tax profit for the period steady at £37.6m for the period.

With millions of fervent Man U fans around the world, even losing tens of millions per year by missing out on the Champions League – as the club has done for four of the past six seasons in its extended post-Alex Ferguson slump – has barely dented its finances.

But there was failure after failure as the new season progressed.

ed natural fibres and materials from five or six suppliers.

“The industry is shrinking every season,” Crabb says.

“Because the competition is so fierce it is [getting] harder and harder to produce things here for the price you need to compete.

“People can’t make money and so many businesses don’t exist any more because of it.”

New Zealand fashion label Andrea Moore closed last year and the namesake designer declared herself bankrupt.

Boutique shoe manufacturer Minnie Cooper shut up for good last year citing increasing costs, competition and high exchange rates and influences outside of their control such as road works.

A brand can get the same item of clothing or accessory made for less money overseas than they can to have it manufactured locally – and that’s the reason so many designers have moved away from New Zealand made and are increasingly turning to China, Bangladesh and other markets for production.

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Kristine Crabb had been in business for 15 years but at the end of last month she closed the doors to her Ponsonby store and fashion label for good.

The end of the chapter comes after years of being time poor and cash-strapped and Crabb says the industry today is a fraction of what it was 10 years ago.

New Zealand’s fashion industry is challenging and fiercely competitive given the uptake in online shopping and costs forcing designers’ manufacturing to be done offshore.

Cheap, fast fashion is a whole other ball park.

Crabb has been making clothes for more than half of her life. After graduating from fashion school, she ran a boutique for three years before starting Miss Crabb, a label she describes as “universal” and “earthy” in 2004.

The global financial crisis and subsequent recession throughout 2008/9 took its toll on the industry – that’s when the sector began

to change, and when the weaker brands and labels were weeded out from the cream of the crop, says Crabb.

A year or so later, social media began to take off, becoming a really strong tool for marketing and selling – and Crabb credits that as to how her fashion label recovered.

Before shutting up shop, Crabb spent 18 months pondering the end of the chapter, a feeling she says felt “average”.

She says while the industry was rewarding it was also was draining.

“I kind of just woke up one morning and decided that I didn’t want to do it anymore,” she says, adding she now has more time to spend with her family.

“I always thought I’d be doing this my whole life.

“Competition is so fierce, with all of the things that are available on online you’re competing with the whole world, which is a challenge, but it’s also an opportunity ... I think that’s probably the hardest part of the industry.”

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Slow cooked dukkah bolar Beef 1.5kg - 1.7kg Quality Mark beef bolar roast 1/4 C store-bought dukkah 1 C beef stock, warmed 25g butter, softened 2 T plain flour Oven roasted root vegetables 3 red kumara, peeled 4 parsnips, peeled 4 carrots, peeled 4T crème fraîche or sour cream 2T roughly chopped toasted hazelnuts ■■ Preheat the slow cooker for 20 minutes.

Beef ■■ Rub the beef with a little oil and the dukkah mix.

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Fond goodbyes

By Tanya Zoe Robinson

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nap! The Glass Plate Negative Project has been one of the Ashburton Museum’s most popular exhibitions. We’ve had a huge number of visitors through to visit this extraordinary collection of portraits of Ashburtonians.

As we say goodbye to the exhibition and are busy working behind the scenes on our next project, we thought the timing was perfect to say goodbye with a collection of photos that are our favourites.

Most don’t have captions as we don’t know who the sitters’ names are. If you can help identify anyone in these portraits, please let the museum know.

The colourised images were made by Andrew Jones, the London-based Kiwi who has worked tirelessly to help add a new dimension to bring these people back to life.

It’s been a great project and we are very thankful to everyone who has called in to share the names of the sitters that they know. We continue to welcome enquiries and look forward to having the collection online in the near future.

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■■FOOTBALL

MC United shoot to the top Mid Canterbury United’s unbeaten run has continued and after five rounds of the Mainland Football division one competition they’ve found themselves at the top of the table.

The Mid Canterbury side’s latest win came at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday, when they downed the Halswell United 1964s 3-2 in what was a top-ofthe-table clash.

It was their first season in the division one competition, after gaining promotion thanks to an unbeaten season where they took out division two, but Mid Canterbury United have proven to be more than up to the task.

Against the Halswell 1964s Mid Canterbury started well, with Luciano Drudi rifling a shot onto the top cross bar which bounced on the line, but it was deemed not to have crossed the line.

The home side continued on though, relentless with large periods of possession, and Halswell found themselves struggling to get into the game.

Sam Willis opened the scoring with a volley around the 25 minute mark to give his side a 1-0 lead to the break, and they continued their attack in the second half.

Miller McLauchlan and Jamie Smitheram dominated the midfield, making it hard for Halswell to get a foothold on the game, and it was Smitheram who finished off his side’s second goal in the 55th minute.

Strong attacking plays by striker Luke Martin kept the Halswell defence busy, leading to a fine header from Nick Campbell which put Mid Canterbury up 3-0 with 20 minutes left to play.

Mid Canterbury looked to be in control, but Halswell man-

Mid Canterbury United’s Jamie Smitheram looks to make progress up the field against Halswell United’s 1964s on Saturday.

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aged to send a penalty shot home and rallied after getting on the board, shortly after sending their second goal into the back of the net.

Mid Canterbury suddenly had a fight on their hands, with Halswell relentless in their attack and pushing hard for a draw, but

Matt Boote wrapped up a man of the match performance by preventing Halswell from scoring a late equaliser.

Mid Canterbury coach Marty Fitzgerald said he was happy with the performance and the valuable three points his side took from the game, which shot

Methven has momentum Methven FC’s long awaited first home game of the season finished in a big 5-1 win over Universities Berocca Forwards on Saturday.

With a few forced changes to their line up for the Mainland Football division three game, with Gareth Saltmer and John Peneycad out and Jan Luccini making a much-anticipated return from a lengthy injury spell, Methven were eager to get out on their Methven Domain pitch and give their home fans something to cheer about.

The early exchanges were endto-end, as they often are, but new player Nicholas Eden finally broke the deadlock after a searing run from the wing, executing his shot from an extremely tight angle and finishing well to make it 1-0 to the home side.

One of the visiting players then got a goal back, but unfortunately for him it was at the wrong end.

He connected with his head to a classic Luccini swing genie corner

to make it 2-0 to the home side.

Before the interval the hosts added another from the spot, with Liam Hett putting it away to make it 3-0 at the break.

The Beroccas must have had some stern words at half-time because they came out all guns blazing in the second stanza, resulting in them rightfully getting on the score-sheet with a longdistance strike.

Thabs Khabu, who had trained well for Methven FC mid-week, beat the offside trap, then a defender and finally the keeper before sending the ball into the back of the net to make it 4-1.

The home side made it five when another penalty was awarded, this time Luccini grabbing the ball and slotting his first goal of the season to make for a final score of 5-1.

It was a good performance ahead of a big week, where Methven FC face the daunting task of meeting the undefeated Selwyn United FC at Foster Park in Rolle-

ston in the next round.

Meanwhile the Methven FC Reserves had a tough day at the office, downed by Oxford 3-0.

The Reserves had gone into the match looking to respond well to a defeat last week, but it wasn’t to be.

Due to injuries and player ineligibility they were only able to field 11 players, with one sub on the bench, and that took a toll in the latter stages of the game.

The Reserves are set to return home to take on the Universities AFC Burgundy Beavers at the Methven Domain this Saturday, with kick off set down for 2.30pm.

The club’s youth team had a better day on Saturday, beating the Hurunui Rangers FC Hurricanes 6-2 in the Mainland Football 14th grade competition.

It was a result which ensured they were sitting at the top-ofthe-table with four matches played, with a week off due to the bye ahead of them this weekend.

them to the top of the ladder and continued their unbeaten run which began at the start of 2018.

The good news kept on coming too, with the club’s team in the Mainland Football division six competition beating the Universities AFC Burgundy Beavers 8-1 to remain at the top of their

points table.

But they have a big ask in front of them this weekend in the form of the Christchurch United Pressies, a side which had not been beaten since dropping down to division six from the division three competition earlier this season.

No joy for Man U AP Manchester United will have to settle for Europa League football next season after a dismal end to this campaign reached another low.

Chelsea, though, can start planning for the Champions League again.

The Premier League’s top-four picture crystallised yesterday as Chelsea earned a 3-0 home win against Watford while United and Arsenal were both held to 1-1 draws.

It means Chelsea is guaranteed to finish at least fourth – earning a coveted Champions League spot after a year in the Europa League – while United can no longer end up better than fifth after next weekend’s final round.

“We haven’t deserved to be a top-four (side),” United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said after his team limped to a draw at already relegated Huddersfield.

“When we got the opportunities we weren’t able to really grab them. Today was just the confir-

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer mation of a long season.

“Because in the end, the table doesn’t lie.”

Arsenal, meanwhile, will need a small miracle to overtake fourth-place Tottenham as it trails its north London rival by three points and an eight-goal margin on goal difference.

The Gunners were also held 1-1

by Brighton at the Emirates in its final home game of the season, meaning it will probably have to win the Europa League in order to clinch a Champions League spot. Chelsea and Arsenal could meet in the Europa League final if they both advance from the second leg of the semi-finals on Thursday.

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RESULTS ■■ Bowls Allenton Bowling Club May 3 1st round of Triples for the Hunt Trophy 1st M. Quinn, J. Drayton & S. Doig 3 wins, 14 ends & 36 points; 2nd M. Anderson, L. & J. Mills 2 wins, & 1 draw, 12 ends & 14 points; 3rd F. Frewen, M. Knox & B. Anderson 2 wins, 11 ends & 32 points.

■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club April 29 B & C Ladder N/S 1st Debbie Seddon- Sewell & Janine Havis, 2nd Dee Murdoch & Wendy Parr, 3rd David Robins & Fiona Williamson. E/W 1st Maryke Blignault & Georgina Black, 2nd Colin Clemens & Pauline Scott, 3rd George Brown & David Fisher April 30 Robinson Salver N/S 1st Trish Downward & Alan Wright, 2nd Melva Stowell & Pat Jordan, 3rd Mary Buckland & Bill Kolkman.

E/W 1st Trevor Coulter & Raylene Phillips, 2nd Kay Robb & John Fechney, 3rd Audrey Rooney & Annette Blain May 1 Individual Ladder 1st Rewa Kyle & Trish Downward, 2nd Mary Buckland & Judith Edmond, 3rd Maree Moore & Pat Jordan May 2 Smith Trophy N/S 1st Mary Buckland & David Sewell, 2nd Lois Rose & Bev Turton, 3rd John McDonald & Mike Holdaway.

E/W 1st Trish Downward & Alan Wright, 2nd Rewa Kyle & Sue Rosevear, 3rd Paul & Pauline Fergus

■■ Cycling Mid Canty Social Wheelers May 4 2019 Winter Series, 25 Riders, 16km Out and Home 1st Ron Kennedy CT. 33.11. HT. Go. RT. 33m 11s. 2nd Colin Teahan (Timaru) CT. 33.12. HT. Go. RT. 33m 12s. 3rd Janette Hooper CT. 35.48. HT. 4.00m. RT. 31m 48s. 4th Debbie Skinner CT. 35.48. HT. 4.00m. RT. 31m 48s. 5th Rob Hooper CT. 36.01. HT. 12.00m.

RT. 24m 01s. 6th Mike Hansen CT.36.02.

HT.12.00m. RT. 24m 02s. 7th Lucy Kirwan CT.36.02. HT. 6.00m. RT. 30m 02s. 8th Paul Macfie CT. 36.02. HT. 12.00m RT. 24m 02s.

9th Michelle Knight CT. 36.03. HT. 12.00m.

RT. 24m 03s. 10th Don Sutton CT. 36.03.

HT. 10.00m. RT. 26m 03s. 11th Peter Wood CT.36.04. HT. 6.00m. RT. 30m 04s. 12th Liz Wylie CT. 36.05. HT. 6.00m. RT. 30m 05s.

13th. Ross Proctor CT. 36.05. HT. 6.00m.

RT. 30m 05s. 14th. Doug Coley CT. 36.06.

HT. 8.45m. RT.27m 21s. 15th Nick Grijns CT. 36.16. HT. 10.00m. RT. 26m 16s. 16th. Andy Skinner CT.36.16. HT. 8.45m. RT. 27m 31s.

17th. Gerard Morrison CT.37.22. HT. 14.00m RT. 23m 22s. F/T. 18th. Dave Knight CT.37.23.

HT. 14.00m. RT. 23m 23s. 2f/t. 19th. Tony Ward CT.37.23. HT. 14.00m. RT. 23m 23s 3f/t. 20th. Richard Kirwan CT.37.26. HT. 14.00m. RT. 23m 26s. 4f/t. 21st Michael Gallagher CT.37.32. HT. 14m. RT. 23m 32s 5f/t.

22nd Nigel Chatterton CT.37.36. HT. 10m.

RT. 27m 36s. 23rd Brent Hudson CT.38.19.

HT. 8.45m. RT.29m 34s. 24th. Roger Wilson CT.38.35. HT. 10m. RT. 28m 35s. 25th Brian Ellis Crashed CT. 43.50. HT. 8.45m. RT. 35m 05s.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club May 4 The Radius Care Player of the Day Peter Walker 68-5=63nett.

Other winning scores: Richard McKernan 64, Owen Millar 67, Bill Mason 68, John Dudley 68, Peter Morgan 68, Terry Molloy 69, Barry Jury 70, Dave Hewitt 70, Wendy Bruce 70, Peter Morrison 71, Phil Kerr 71 and Tom Blacklow 71 on c/b.

Winners in the Watson Cup matchplay J Power & E Parr, R Jamieson & I Rive, D Fisher & R Pawsey, D & R Stoddart, G Sparrow & B Davidson, A Hopwood & K Clucas, T Sa & B Day and W Hii & J Richards defeated G Jansen & P Hunt on the 21st hole in the match of the day.

Twos: Eric Parr, Grant Smith, Peter Walker (2), David Fisher, Bill Mason, Owen Millar, Josh Ackerley, Blair Franklin and Perry Hunt.

Nearest Pins: Braided Rivers: Josh Ackerley; Rothbury Insurance: Wendy Bruce; Allenton Meat Centre: Peter Walker; South Island Seeds: Ian Rive: Property Brokers #6: Kevin Smith; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Peter Morrison; Tinwald Tavern Spot Prize: Neil MacDonald.

Birdy Jackpot: #8, Net Eagles Jackpot: #16 Nine Hole The Harvey Bakehouse winner of the day was Dick Hansen 43-16=27 nett.

Other winning scores were: Hughie Murchie 33, Sam Prince 33 and Gavin Johnston 36 on c/b. A two for Hughie Murchie.

Methven Golf Club May 1 Ladies Division 1st Sarah Maw Stableford: Jan Lane 39, Robyn Maw 38 Best Scores: Jan Lane 93-23-70, Robyn Maw 93-22-71, Sharon Burrell-Smith 103-28-74 Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Nett of the Day: Jan Lane 70, Mt Hutt Lodge Best Nett For April: Catrina Glass 66 Apologies to Jane Helmore who won the Margaret Lillet Putting with 28 putts last week Nearest the Pins: #6 Open Cinema Paradiso Ruth Smith; #17 Open Methven Foursquare Jan Lane; #4 Br B 2nd Shot/Open Methven Travel Roz Grant; #13 Open Methven Pharmacy Jenny Senior; #14 Sil/Br A 2nd Shot Supervalue Jane Helmore; #13 Sat Girls Arabica Bev Isherwood Twos and Nett Eagles: Ellen Kemp. Bev Isherwood. Gail Limbrick. Catrina Glass x 2.

Marg Kelk.

Our trip to Hamner will be May 29 and 30.

May 2 Ladies Open Golf Tournament 0-19: 1st Gross Ginny Bolderston 80 (Geraldine); 1st Nett Heather Oldfield 70 (Ger-

Southern 25th Jubilee /Methven Club Day

DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club May 11 The Watson Cup matchplay will continue and the Newton Trophy matches start.

For those not involved a Par round will be played.

The draw for the matchplay follows Starting Times: Morning start at 8am; Afternoon report at 11.15 for an 11.45am start, Nine hole golfers report at 12.15 for a 12.45pm start.

Number 1 Tee 11.45 W Hii & J Richards v T Sa & B Day; 11.51 A Hopwood & K Clucas v G Sparrow & B Davidson 11.57 D & R Stoddart v D Fisher & R Pawsey; 12.03 R Jamieson & I Rive v J Power & E Parr; 12.09 G Jansen & P Hunt vs A White & W Hetrick; 12.15 B Franklin & S Vivian v P Bradford & P Turton; 12.21 B Smith & J Overend

■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby May 11

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Luisetti Seeds Section A Southern Stu Tarbotton Contracting v Kaiapoi 14:00 Hinds: 1 Kevin Opele, Joc O’Connor, Paul Arnold Hornby v Devon Tavern Hampstead 14:45 Dent: Oval Burn/Dun/Irwell v Ashley Dunsandel 14.45 Kalifa Faalogo Luisetti Seeds Section B Southbridge v Rakaia Senior 14:45 Southb: 1 Methven Wareings v Ohoka 1 3:00pm Methvn: 1 Matt Gallagher, Hamish Grant, Simon Bennett Seniors – Luisetti Seeds Section C Lincoln Div 1 v Celtic Darryl Phillips Motor Company 14:45 Linc: 1 Women’s Senior Premier Celtic B’s Barber Women v Marist Albion 13:00 Celtic: 1 Ant McGirr Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Collegiate v Rakaia Rugby Club, Coll1, 2:30pm Sam McKnight Methven R & R Spreading v Celtic Kelly’s Cafe & Bar, Methv1, 1:15pm Gary Clement Mt Somers Snr B v Allenton, Mtsom1, 2:30pm Graham Shaw Southern Wholesale Seeds v Hampstead, Hinds1, 12:30pm Paul Arnold, Jeremy Robinson, Mike Southby Combined Colts Southern v Springston 12:30 Hinds: 2 Joc

aldine); 1st Stableford Nicky Muir 37 (Hororata); 2nd Stableford Jenny Senior 36 (Methven); 3rd Stableford Pauline Bell 33 C/B (Ashburton), Katrina Glass 33 (Methven) 20-40: 1st Gross Sharryn Bree 94 (Methven); 1st Nett Lucy Palmer 73 (Hororata); 1st Stableford Val Sisson 35 (Rakaia); 2nd Stableford Dennise Hood 34 C/B (Methven); 3rd Stableford Margaret Kelk 34 (Methven) Nearest the Pin: #17 0-19 Silver Ginny Bolderston (Geraldine); #4 20-40 Bronze Lynn Worsfold (Methven); #6 Open Ginny Bolderston (Geraldine); #13 Open Heather Oldfield (Geraldine) Straightest Drive: #3 0-18 Shona Benseman (Geraldine); #3 20-40 Margaret Bean (Ashburton) Thank you to our sponsors for the day: Bennetto Chocolates, Waimak Pure Mineral Water, Brown Pub A big thank you also to all the players for entering and making our tournament so successful.

May 4 Men’s Division Medal Round, 3rd Round Club champs Qualifing, 3rd Round Callaghan trophy Senior: Gary Foy 78-11-67. Intermediate: Bernard Walsh 88-17-71. Junior A: Jim Rooney 92-20-72. Junior B: Chris Pannett 98-28-70.

Other Good Scores: 68 Craig Middleton. 71 Alan Lock, Alan Smith. 72 Pete Wood. 74 Michael Kemp, Grant Hargraves, Phil Elliott, Frank Sandys, Paddy Helmore, Ian Lucas.

Two’s: Michael Kemp, Craig Middleton, Dayle Lucas Dubliner Best Nett: Gary Foy 67. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Craig Middleton 68.

Methven Travel Best Gross: Craig Middleton 76.

Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Rod Carson. Hunters Wine No 6: Bernard Walsh. Ski Time No 13: Craig Middleton. Green Parrot No 17: Craig Middleton.

Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Bernard Walsh.

Next Week May 11: Semi Finals Duff & Middleton Trophys.

Mayfield Golf Club May 2 9 Hole Tournament Lads: Best Nett: 1st John Greenslade (Mayfield) 37, 2nd Eddie Graham (Mayfield) 39, 3rd Peter Woods (Ashburton) 40 Putting: 1st Gordon Clinton (Ashburton) 11, 2nd Mike Markillie (Methven) 13, Alister Goodwin (Methven) 16 Longest Drive No 8: John Greenslade Lassies 1: Best Nett: 1st Marg Lloyd (Rakaia) 35, 2nd Jan Fitzgerald (Tinwald) 37, 3rd Jo Cook (Mayfield) 38 Putting: 1st Tonee Hurley (Ashburton) 15 c/b, 2nd Tessa Gallagher (Mayfield) 15, 3rd Annette Maw (Methven) 1 Longest Drive No 6: Hiromi Ikehata (Methven) Lassies 2: Best Nett: 1st Lillian O`Hanlon (Rakaia) 37, 2nd Cate Hogan-Wright (Mayfield) 39, 3rd Adrienne Goodwin 41 Putting 1st Shirley Young (Tinwald) 16, 2nd Bev Gregory (Ashburton) 17, 3rd Joy Nicholas (Ashburton) 18 Greg Sim Excavating & Builders No 2: Lyn-

O’Connor Methven/Rakaia Combined v Ashley 13:15pm, Methvn: 2 Hamish Grant Lincoln v Celtic EuroAgri Colts 13:30 Linc: 3 Under 18 Combined Comp Mid Canterbury Alps v Prebbleton, Meth3, 1:15pm Simon Bennett UC Championship Waimea v Ashburton College MC Combined 12:00 GARIN: 1 8th May 2019 Secondary School Girls AshHutt U18 v Roncalli, 5;20pm, Alpine Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury Under 16 Lincoln v Mid Canterbury Plains 12:45pm Linc: 4 Mid Canterbury Alps v Ohoka: North Canterbury Combined, Methv1, 12:00pm Phill Everest Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury/North Canterbury Under 14.5 Mid Canterbury ALPS v Darfield: Darfield, Methv2, 12:05pm Geoffrey Barr Mid Canterbury Plains v Bye Under 13 JAB ACL Methven Black v Hampstead, Methven3, 12:00pm Moon Tuileapa Methven White v Celtic/Collegiate Lysaght Glass, Meth2, 11:00am Brenton Connell Southern/Tinwald v Collegiate/Celtic Crane Hire Hinds2, 11:15 am Jeremy Robinson Under 11.5 JAB ACL Hampstead/Tinwald v Celtic/Rakaia Ash-

ley MacKenzie; Mayfield Transport No 5: John Greenslade Best over the field Gross Lads: Peter Woods & Eddie Graham (52); Lassies: Hiromi Ikehata (51) May 4 3rd Handcap 2nd Putting Winners wayne Blair 68 nett Andrew Peck 72 John Low Pual Gardner Grant Early Steve King 73 Best Putting Wayne Blair @John Sim 26 Nearest the Pins: No 2 Aon Insurance: not struck, No 11 Jon McAuliffe Bayleys: Wayne Vessey, No 5 Marilyn Cross Property Brokers: not struck, No 14 ANZ Bank Grant Early 9 & 18 second shot: Andrew Peck Twos: Bill Allan Rosehope Rommey Player of the Day: Wayne Blair 77.9.68

Rakaia Golf Club May 1 Ladies Division 18 Hole LGU – Championship Qualifying Round Bryant Cup Bronwyn Oakley 112 – 39 – 73, Marion Wederell 97 – 23 – 74, Sally Smith 105 – 29 – 76 9 Hole Stroke – Putting – Championship Qualifying - Sue Bunt Judy Moore 53 – 16 – 37 - 12 Putts Railway Hotel 2nd Shot No 3 Val Sisson, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6 Judy Moore, Val Bell Nearest the Pin No 8 Val Sisson, Chertsey Spraying 2nd Shot No 15 Tina Pearce, S. Quinn 2Nd Shot No 17 Fiona Rushton Two’s: Judy Moore Jeanette Watts Trophy: Bronwyn Oakley

Tinwald Golf Club May 4 4BBB and Stableford Leading scores in the stableford round.

Richard Thompson 44, Warren Scott 39, Wayne Ross 39, Steve Kircher 38 b/l. Women; (Stroke) Leen Bell 72, Elizabeth Collins 76 c/b.

Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Snow Pierce. Gluyas Ford # 6; Tetua Tuakeu. House of Travel # 12; Kieron Gray. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Richard Thompson.

G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Pete Summerfield. Two’s; Tetua Tuakeu, Brent Smith, Steve McCloy, Tony Andrew. Net Eagle; # 2 not struck.

Pairs to progress to the semi-finals of the Findlay Cup 4BBB are Lawrence McCormick and Mike Sandrey, Brent and Wayne Smith, Des Green and Alec Millar, Gordon Rennie and Alan Anderson.

Semi-finalists in the Findlay Plate are Mark Banks and Lindsay Jackson, Neil Connelly and Kevin Bishop, Gary Lee and Tony Sheppard, Steve McCloy and Brian Rouse.

■■ Petanque Ashburton MSA Petanque Club Club Mixed Triples Winners: Karen Bensdorp and Richard Browne; Runners Up: Ellen Pithie and Peter Marriott; Third Place: Jan Guilford and Mick Little.

burton Online Celtic Green, Tinwald1, 1:15pm Methven v Allenton Smallbones, Methven 3, 10:45pm Liz Bell Southern v Collegiate Morgan Fencing, Hinds1, 11:15 am Linda Kelsall (maybe) Celtic/Rakaia Lysaght Glass White Bye Under 10 Methven Black v Hampstead, Meth4, 12:30pm Methven White v Rakaia, Meth4, 1:30pm Southern v Collegiate Cates Grain & Seed, Hinds 3, 12:30pm Celtic Bye Under 9 Methven Black v Rakaia, Methv5, 1:30pm Methven/MtSomers v Methven Red, Meth4, 11:30 am Methven White v Allenton Trembath Construction, Methv5, 12:30pm Southern v Collegiate Ross Leadley Building, Hinds3, 11:30 am Tinwald Ace Electrical v Celtic Blacklows Green, Tinwald3, 1:00pm Celtic Summerfield Builders, Bye Under 8 Methven Black v Rakaia, Methv 5, 11:30 am Methven White v Allenton Allenton Engineering Solutions, Methv5 10:30am Southern Blue v Collegiate Redpaths, Hinds 4, 12:30pm Southern White v Celtic McCrea Painters White, Hinds 4, 11:30 am

■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby May 4 Luisetti Seeds Section A Hampstead Devon Tavern 7 v Waihora 42, Southern Stu Tarbotton 62 v Hornby 17 Luisetti Seeds Section B Ohoka 24 v Rakaia Senior 15, Saracens 29 v Methven Wareings 22 Seniors – Luisetti Seeds Section C Oxford 28 v Celtic Darryl Phillips Motor Company 62 Women’s Senior Premier Linwood Rugby Club 96 Women’s v Celtic B’s Barber 0 Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Allenton 7 v Collegiate 37, Hampstead 17 v Celtic RFC 33 May 2 - Night Game Southern Wholesale Seeds 15 v Methven R & R Spreading 34 May 3 - Night Game Rakaia 69 v Mt Somers 7 Combined Colts Oxford Colts 22 v Celtic EuroAgri Colts 27, Southern 0 v Lincoln: Colts 79 UC Championship Ash College Mid Canterbury Combined 8 v Marl Boys College: 1st XV 52 Under 18 Combined Comp Mid Canterbury Rugby Union ALPS 21 v Dunsandel Irwell Plains 19 Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury Under 16 Mid Canterbury Rugby Plains 31 v Waihora 47, Rolleston: College 17 v Mid Canterbury Rugby Alps 23 Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury/North Canterbury Under 14.5 Rolleston Gold 19 v Mid Canterbury Rugby Union ALPS 74, Mid Canterbury Rugby Plains 15 v West Melton 74

■■ Squash Celtic Squash Club April 29 Team 2 beat to Team 3 13-10: John McDonnell beat Adam Clement 3-1, James McCloy lost to Ben Kruger 1-3, Blair Horrell lost to Chris Thompson 2-3, Brendan Clark lost to Rob Giles 1-3, Reece Wallington beat Rebecca Abernethy 3-0, Jan Lee beat Julian Syme 3-0.

Team 6 lost to Team 1 5-18: Billy Nolan lost to Nick Marshall 2-3, Ron Carlson lost to Harry Stanway 0-3, James Bowker lost to Craig Campbell 2-3, Melissa Wilson lost to Tim Kuipers 0-3, Hamish Trott lost to Heather Bowker 1-3, Kate Williams lost to Guy Stanway 0-3.

May 1 Team 7 lost to Team 5 10-11: Chris O’Reilly beat Paul Cousins 3-0, Jimmy Hunn beat Ed Harrison 3-0, Nathan Forbes beat Steve Devereux 3-2, Shane Muckle lost to Neil Keenan 1-3, Michelle Boleyn lost to Amy Muckle 0-3, Jane Kingan lost to Sian Hurley 0-3.

Team 8 lost to Team 4 12-13: Nick Marshall lost to Kevin Milne 0-3, Pete Blacklow lost to Mick Hooper 1-3, James Bowker beat Ian Dolden 3-2, Kirsty Clary lost to Chris Lima 2-3, Sam Kuipers beat Robbie Kok 3-2, Chrissie Stratford beat Hayden Robinson 3-0.

Tinwald NZ Livestock v Hampstead, Tinwald 4 1:00pm Celtic Summerfield Builders Green Bye Under 7 Methven Black v Rakaia, Meth1A, 11:15 am Methven White v Celtic Finishing Company Green, Meth1A 10:30pm Mt Somers v Allenton Alpine View, Mtsom, 1:30pm Southern Blue v Celtic Summerfield Builders White, Hinds 5A 12:45pm Southern White v Collegiate Gold Cranfield Glass, Hinds5a 12:00pm Tinwald Canvas v Hampstead, Tinwald2A, 12:30pm Tinwald Gluyas Nissan v Collegiate Red Matt Lovett Slurry, Tinwald 2A, 1:15 am Under6 Methven Black v Methven White Meth1B 11:15am Mt Somers v Allenton Auto Centre Gold, Mt Somers, 12:45pm Southern Blue v Celtic Anderson Joinery Green, Hinds 5A 11:15am Southern Red v Collegiate Gold Groundwork Services, Hinds 5b, 12:00pm Southern White v Collegiate Red Garador, Hinds 5B 11:15 am Tinwald Cranfield Glass v Celtic Anderson Joinery White, Tinwald 2B 12:30pm Tinwald The Stables v Allenton Young Electrical Maroon, Tinwald 2B, 1:15 am Rakaia Bye

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the field from last at the 800m to hit the front with two fences to clear.

In the hands of regular rider Buddy Lammas, Shamal flew the last and kept up a resolute gallop to score by a length from Arabian Duke with stablemate Justnametheprice providing Duncan with a top result when finishing third.

Duncan was thrilled with the win as he went into the race thinking his charge may have been a run short.

“I actually missed his move at the 600m when he went from last.

“I was thinking that’s a great possie for him and the next minute he was in front.”

Duncan confirmed he was planning to have Shamal tackle the major steeplechasing events this season although he was worried about the consequences of a re-handicap following the victory.

“I just hope I haven’t shot myself in the foot with the handicapper.”

Last year’s Grand National Steeplechase (5500m) winner, Shamal, looks like he is right on track to add another coveted jumping prize to his locker after he took out the Ken & Roger Browne Memorial Steeplechase (3900m) at Te Rapa on Saturday.

The Te Rapa event is the traditional lead-up to the Signature Homes Waikato Steeplechase (3900m) in a fortnight, a race where the Zabeel 8-year-old will look to improve on his fourth placing in 2018.

Unsighted since finishing third in the Great Northern Steeplechase (6300m) at Te Aroha in September, Shamal entered Saturday’s event with just one 1600m trial under his belt.

Trainer Ken Duncan had put plenty of work into him and that preparation showed as he looped

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Southland Greyhound Racing Club at Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 07 May 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 12.02pm (NZT) WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS. CO.NZ C0, 457m 1 66676 Kowloon Lights nwtd.......................J Guthrie 2 2 Machine Gunn nwtd.......................R Adcock 3 7 Go Great nwtd..................................R Wales 4 33663 Our Bonnie nwtd..............................R Wales 5 x4656 Haze Adams nwtd J M..................... McCook 6 1 Boss Cobra nwtd J &.......................D Fahey 7 88645 Honey Dew Jewel nwtd.................C Roberts 8 1 Go Vegas nwtd.................................R Wales 2 12.19pm CONGRATULATIONS TARNS C1, 457m 1 27362 Koputai nwtd...................................J Guthrie 2 73883 Zipping Mia 26.57.......................... B Conner 3 64845 Gotcha Rocky nwtd....................J McInerney 4 154F1 Opawa Lyn nwtd J &........................D Fahey 5 41265 Guilty Rogue nwtd...........................J Guthrie 6 57347 Melting World nwtd..........................J Guthrie 7 14324 Go Stopper nwtd..............................R Wales 8 48254 Midnight Maggie nwtd S &...............B Evans 9 64846 Zipping Jen nwtd............................ B Conner 10 568F8 Glass Harpoon 27.08......................J Guthrie 3 12.35pm TONI@BODYAUDITSOUTH PH 021657001 C2/3, 457m 1 57442 Cosmic Stu nwtd........................J McInerney 2 53455 Hard Questions 26.04.....................G Cleeve 3 5x331 Galifianakis 26.26..............................B Eade 4 66512 Black Dan 26.48.........................J McInerney 5 11556 Raylene 26.20................................R Adcock 6 82367 Know Shame 26.39.........................G Cleeve 7 58344 Cosmic Ruben 26.50.................J McInerney 8 11732 Know Refusal nwtd.........................G Cleeve 9 56242 Chunk 26.28...............................J McInerney 10 27164 Bruiser’s Day 26.37........................ B Conner

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 07 May 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 3.09pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR DASH C0, 295m 1 65856 Big Cod nwtd J M............................. McCook 2 8F576 Knows No Better nwtd............... M Dempsey 3 64721 Golden Bay 17.43 J M..................... McCook 4 83238 Ineffable nwtd.................................... B Dann 5 6565P Barrel Runner nwtd....................A Bradshaw 6 83848 Tickel Up nwtd........................... M Dempsey 7 25362 Goldstar Dayton nwtd S &................B Evans 8 8577 Eric Blueblood nwtd...................J McInerney 9 47668 Collete Baxter nwtd....................J McInerney 10 78866 Goldstar Shiloah nwtd S &...............B Evans 2 3.24 CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO DASH C1, 295m 1 16578 Call Me Dolly 17.63................... A Botherway 2 76F66 Cosmic Marty 17.65...................J McInerney 3 6x485 Giancana 17.36.............................S Hindson 4 53777 Whose He 17.44...............................A Joyce 5 33135 Tonkawa 17.62 M &.............................. Smith 6 32472 Goldstar Auburn nwtd S &...............B Evans 7 36244 Know Approval 17.32......................G Cleeve 8 87634 Cannonball Bolt 17.45......................R Casey 3 3.43 MURRAY WIGLEY@RAY WHITE PH021480250 DASH C1, 295m 1 61 Belfast Demo 18.10 H &......................Taylor 2 17885 Homebush Tasha 17.44.............J McInerney

Dance Craze thriving It’s almost a year since Dance Craze was a hard luck story at the Harness Jewels, but she’s had some fun back home since. Anyone who thinks a Jewels trip could be detrimental to their horse only needs to look at her to see it’s been the opposite. In 13 starts since the Jewels raid, Dance Craze has posted seven wins and four seconds.

The wins include Australia’s biggest trotting race, the Great Southern Star, and she added the Group 3 La Coocaracha at Menangle on Saturday night. She’s won almost $250,000 since that Jewels trip.

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Tiger Tara on track

Buddy Lammas and Shamal heading for the winning post.

Inter Dominion hero Tiger Tara is back in work and being set for the Queensland Winter Carnival.

Trainer Kevin Pizzuto gave the update after his emerging pacer Persimmon won the free-for-all in strong style at Menangle. “He’s been back a week, so it’s still early, but Queensland is the plan with him and a few others,” Pizzuto said.

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12.52pm SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C4, 390m 1 84722 Goldstar Trooper nwtd S &...............B Evans 2 61153 Homebush Boots nwtd...............J McInerney 3 56263 Mitcham Faye 23.02...................J McInerney 4 63346 Shanly Star 22.61......................J McInerney 5 55176 Opawa Waihemo 22.66....................R Wales 6 34F82 Princely Gold 22.49....................J McInerney 7 56144 Ring Clown nwtd.............................. M Grant 8 45511 High Return nwtd............................. M Grant 9 65368 Joe Bonanza 22.74....................J McInerney 10 46766 Tee An’ Cee 22.50.......................... B Conner 5 1.09pm TOP CLASS RUN C5, 457m 1 63473 Ketchikan Blue 26.03.........................B Eade 2 46152 Must Be Rusty 25.85..................J McInerney 3 68185 Shaw Lee nwtd J M.......................... McCook 4 11668 Know Betrayal 26.51.......................G Cleeve 5 31131 Malaga Molly 26.08....................J McInerney 6 77357 Zefside nwtd...............................J McInerney 7 46787 Know Hassle 26.00.........................G Cleeve 8 36621 Sarcasm 26.13................................G Cleeve 6 1.26pm ASCOT PARK DISTANCE C2d, 732m 1 42763 Go Belle nwtd...................................R Wales 2 14111 Dyna Weslyn nwtd........................C Roberts 3 46713 Classy Witch nwtd...........................G Cleeve 4 13748 Opawa Abbie Joy nwtd....................R Wales 5 Box Vacant 6 22521 Goldstar Sydney nwtd S &...............B Evans 7 67757 Opawa Hope nwtd...........................R Wales 8 33541 Know Anxiety nwtd..........................G Cleeve 7 1.43pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND FINAL C1f, 457m 1 12245 Opawa Rockstar nwtd J &................D Fahey 2 37624 Goldstar Charger nwtd S &..............B Evans 3 36125 Cawbourne Taber 26.32................C Roberts 4 22183 Dyna Elliot 26.34...........................C Roberts 5 31776 Chat Ya Later 26.68 S &...................B Evans 6 74233 Avalanch City 26.15...................J McInerney 7 4773F Opawa Al 26.55...............................R Wales

8 21311 Bartholomew Cub 26.54....................B Eade 9 73883 Zipping Mia 26.57.......................... B Conner 10 86531 Dream Stone Jade nwtd....................S Keen 8 2.00pm INVERCARGILL CUP FINAL C5f, 457m 1 65225 Kia Tere 26.12 S &...........................B Evans 2 74554 Goldstar Ashton nwtd S &................B Evans 3 14744 Shift The Blame 25.94................J McInerney 4 14113 Ringside 26.20...............................R Adcock 5 42111 Egomaniacal 26.06.......................D Roberts 6 47352 Opawa Jumper 26.30.......................R Wales 7 22327 Double Speed 26.24......................R Adcock 8 15334 Go Brat 25.85 J &............................D Fahey 9 68185 Shaw Lee nwtd J M.......................... McCook 10 65368 Joe Bonanza 26.33....................J McInerney 9 2.17pm FIND US ON TWITTER@SGRCINFO C2, 457m 1 16133 Goldstar Vegas nwtd S &.................B Evans 2 33234 Umbridge Bale nwtd......................C Roberts 3 1x282 Start The Show nwtd......................R Adcock 4 13867 Dave’s Dot 26.15........................J McInerney 5 47144 Thrilling Watch nwtd......................D Roberts 6 11665 Perfect Result 26.38.......................R Adcock 7 17231 Spring Mechanic nwtd J &...............D Fahey 8 52621 Bashful Buffy 26.40....................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 27164 Bruiser’s Day 26.37........................ B Conner 10 21738 Forbury Flyer 26.52....................J McInerney 10 2.38pm ADDED ENERGY DASH C4/5, 390m 1 12177 Lord Louie nwtd.............................R Adcock 2 85817 It’s A Joke 22.49.........................J McInerney 3 45816 Cawbourne Britty 22.42................C Roberts 4 63242 Platinum Marshal 22.48................C Roberts 5 36348 Dyna Kushida 22.48......................C Roberts 6 17148 Goldstar Spotty nwtd S &.................B Evans 7 66315 Reign Of Fire 23.25....................J McInerney 8 4817F Invincible Sue nwtd........................R Adcock 9 81788 Nicky Baxter 22.52.....................J McInerney 10 46766 Tee An’ Cee 22.50.......................... B Conner 11 2.54 BODYAUDITSOUTH@GMAIL.COM C2, 390m

1 136x5 Long Live Love nwtd........................ M Grant 2 15411 Crushington nwtd.......................J McInerney 3 32527 Gracie Lee 23.28.......................J McInerney 4 45441 Blazing Banjo 23.37...................J McInerney 5 12151 Ezra Blueblood nwtd..................J McInerney 6 86531 Dream Stone Jade 23.09...................S Keen 7 21835 Memphis Jewel nwtd.....................C Roberts 8 43355 Chasing Great 23.15..........................S Keen Emergencies: 9 12867 Punch On Woody 22.94.............J McInerney 10 75231 Sozin’s Blue 22.68.....................J McInerney 12 3.18pm MARK TURNER PAINTER PH 021737111 C3, 390m 1 61184 Goldstar Liberty nwtd J M................ McCook 2 34551 Smash Damage nwtd....................... M Grant 3 71717 Busy Rocca 22.78............................ M Grant 4 32354 Smash Gator nwtd........................... M Grant 5 24818 Homebush Scorpio 22.79..........J McInerney 6 63334 Botany Alan 22.42......................J McInerney 7 25726 Goldstar Major nwtd S &..................B Evans 8 61425 Cosmic Jase 22.65....................J McInerney 9 63486 Nikko Baxter nwtd......................J McInerney 10 16785 Nippa Eel 22.82.........................J McInerney 13 3.35pm SOUTHERN LIGHTS AT STUD C0, 390m 1 82763 Lozza The Rascal nwtd..............J McInerney 2 8 Cadillac Mack nwtd....................J McInerney 3 4422 Taramakau nwtd.........................J McInerney 4 56 Opawa Lowie nwtd.....................J McInerney 5 364T Pontiac Pat nwtd........................J McInerney 6 7271 Smash Surprise nwtd....................... M Grant 7 2777 Baldrick nwtd..............................J McInerney 8 583 Nippa Credit nwtd......................J McInerney 9 77455 Starr Blueblood nwtd..................J McInerney 10 F78 Punch On Meg nwtd..................J McInerney 14 3.52pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 390m 1 56373 Mr Black Magic 23.68.....................J M Lane 2 71275 Zip Zap Zoe 22.69......................J McInerney

3 77627 Jinja Cody 22.57........................J McInerney 4 13585 Dream Hard nwtd........................... B Conner 5 63272 Homebush Skip 22.76................J McInerney 6 17 Mega Dream nwtd..........................R Adcock 7 26671 Homebush Velma nwtd..............J McInerney 8 5x473 Flying Canary nwtd....................J McInerney 9 57446 Mitcham Becky nwtd..................J McInerney 10 34855 Jealous Much 22.57...................J McInerney 15 4.10pm RACING AGAIN 21 MAY C1, 390m 1 4565x Homebush Razz nwtd................J McInerney 2 53468 Little Lozza nwtd........................J McInerney 3 78247 Homebush Sloan 22.50.............J McInerney 4 55372 Smash Grenade nwtd...................... M Grant 5 76443 Rocky Vincitore nwtd...............D J MacMillan 6 61364 Elton Blueblood 22.96................J McInerney 7 85362 Cosmic Ryder 22.97..................J McInerney 8 36524 Black Bobby 22.53......................... B Conner Emergencies: 9 38554 Half Silver Fern 22.74................J McInerney 10 82886 Homebush Izzy nwtd..................J McInerney SELECTIONS

10 8x8x8 Opawa Silver 30.55..........................R Wales 9 5.33 KOLORFUL KANVAS STKS HEAT 3 C1q, 520m 1 44235 Ohoka Carsen 30.88..................... L Waretini 2 65542 Galway Gal nwtd S &.......................B Evans 3 67753 Know Talent 30.75...........................G Cleeve 4 51338 Tearaway Tara nwtd J M................... McCook 5 64378 Opawa Queen 30.67........................R Wales 6 33661 Opawa Magic 30.29 J &...................D Fahey 7 85455 Heated Threat 30.73..................... L Waretini 8 71362 Sefton Joy nwtd...............................R Wales 9 87678 Sly Rose 30.96.................................R Wales 10 48788 Our Lenny 30.59..............................R Wales 10 5.49 STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH 0272719588 DASH C1, 295m 1 32187 Homebush Diego nwtd...............J McInerney 2 55x1 Platinum Paisley 17.36.......................J Dunn 3 86544 Okuku Mistress 17.85......................R Casey 4 87824 Goldstar Renee 17.42 S &...............B Evans 5 32462 Another Cold One 17.40 J M........... McCook 6 51227 Culvie Ness 17.51 H &.........................Taylor 7 66853 Tikao Jackie 17.63 M &........................ Smith 8 25683 Miss Nina nwtd...............................R Adcock 11 6.06pm GLENBYRE TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 34247 Venetia 17.46................................ K Cassidy 2 46368 Rainy River 17.61..........................D Roberts 3 7315x Opawa Flash nwtd...........................R Wales 4 88x66 Lord Protector 17.41......................... B Dann 5 31152 Memoir 17.44.................................R Adcock

6 44564 Lonely Baxter 17.32...................J McInerney 7 55486 Goldstar Hurley nwtd.................... L Waretini 8 28477 Gotcha Zena 17.48....................J McInerney 12 6.24pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 77678 Stompin’ Ground 17.60 S &.............B Evans 2 48767 Evie Rose 17.49 J M........................ McCook 3 34212 Stumpy Bill nwtd........................ M Dempsey 4 72645 Ohoka Pheobe 17.43.................... L Waretini 5 11 Versailles 17.46..................................J Dunn 6 43726 Bombinate 17.41............................... B Dann 7 57688 Blue Sky nwtd H &...............................Taylor 8 78388 Homebush Ellie 17.39................J McInerney SELECTIONS

Race 1: Boss Cobra, Go Vegas, Our Bonnie, Go Great Race 2: Opawa Lyn, Zipping Mia, Gotcha Rocky, Midnight Maggie Race 3: Hard Questions, Galifianakis, Know Refusal, Cosmic Stu Race 4: Princely Gold, Mitcham Faye, High Return, Joe Bonanza Race 5: Must Be Rusty, Sarcasm, Ketchikan Blue, Shaw Lee Race 6: Dyna Weslyn, Classy Witch, Goldstar Sydney, Know Anxiety Race 7: Opawa Rockstar, Cawbourne Taber, Avalanch City Race 8: Ringside, Egomaniacal, Go Brat, Kia Tere, Double Speed Race 9: Spring Mechanic, Perfect Result, Thrilling Watch Race 10: Lord Louie, Platinum Marshal, Dyna Kushida, It’s A Joke Race 11: Long Live Love, Crushington, Blazing Banjo, Gracie Lee Race 12: Busy Rocca, Cosmic Jase, Botany Alan, Goldstar Major Race 13: Taramakau, Baldrick, Nippa Credit, Opawa Lowie Race 14: Mega Dream, Zip Zap Zoe, Homebush Skip Race 15: Black Bobby, Rocky Vincitore, Elton Blueblood LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway

3 87156 Fickle Mistress 17.47.....................R Adcock 4 57435 M’Lady Sadie 17.38...................A Bradshaw 5 64248 Abacus Magic 17.39..................... L Waretini 6 21416 Colbert 17.52.............................R Blackburn 7 14777 Know Burden 17.60........................G Cleeve 8 64422 Justin Ryan 17.27 S &.....................B Evans 4 3.59 CULVIE BOY’S SYNDICATE SPRINT C1, 295m 1 85476 Dapper Danny 17.56.................... J McMillan 2 55637 We Rocking 17.44 H &.........................Taylor 3 66765 Goldstar Whitey nwtd S &................B Evans 4 48163 Elsa Blueblood nwtd..................J McInerney 5 33433 Jingili Jill 17.55 M &............................. Smith 6 78463 Midnight Bolt 17.36 J M................... McCook 7 62262 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37........................A Joyce 8 35266 Okuku Terra 17.59............................R Casey 5 4.18 KOLORFUL KANVAS STKS HEAT 1 C1q, 520m 1 73566 Matariki 30.92...................................A Joyce 2 25444 Opawa Hilary 30.32.........................R Wales 3 64187 Opawa Roy 31.28............................R Wales 4 55274 Amelia Rob 30.58...................... M Robinson 5 21423 Goldstar Montana 30.34 S &............B Evans 6 F4265 Jealous Affair 30.61...................... L Waretini 7 35655 Canya Sniper 29.98 J &...................D Fahey 8 418x1 Know Legend 32.12........................G Cleeve 9 87678 Sly Rose 30.96.................................R Wales 10 67778 Go Mufasa 30.84.............................R Wales 6 4.36pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN DASH C1,

295m 1 68426 Little Lottie 17.47 M &.......................... Smith 2 37537 Heidi Hates Rap 18.06..................S Hindson 3 73766 Koroibete 17.92 H &.............................Taylor 4 15474 Say Cheese 17.45...............................A Lee 5 15875 Homebush Flynn 17.30..............J McInerney 6 75643 Fiery Fagan 17.29............................R Casey 7 17 Baccus 17.57.................................... B Dann 8 76742 Sefton Jay 17.46........................J McInerney 7 4.54pm KAIKANUI TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 14864 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 2 25223 Doomsday 17.37........................J McInerney 3 121 No Kissy Missy 17.62.................A Bradshaw 4 42878 Batty Who 17.73 M &........................... Smith 5 45553 Platonic Affair 17.47...................... L Waretini 6 58577 Mick The Mower 17.75...............J McInerney 7 88788 Opawa Hunter nwtd.........................R Wales 8 1863 My Girl Sofia 17.56........................R Adcock 8 5.15 KOLORFUL KANVAS STKS HEAT 2 C1q, 520m 1 65254 Know Leave 30.73..........................G Cleeve 2 34574 High Sparrow nwtd.....................A Bradshaw 3 15 Go Diego 30.46................................R Wales 4 41586 Jinja Lola nwtd..............................D Roberts 5 63172 Mitcham Trudy 30.82......................... B Dann 6 25657 Bossy Affair 30.29......................... L Waretini 7 54662 Know Potential 30.71......................G Cleeve 8 76448 Opawa Pam 31.39...........................R Wales 9 87678 Sly Rose 30.96.................................R Wales

Race 1: Golden Bay, Goldstar Dayton, Ineffable, Big Cod Race 2: Know Approval, Goldstar Auburn, Cannonball Bolt Race 3: Fickle Mistress, Justin Ryan, Colbert, M’Lady Sadie Race 4: Midnight Bolt, Jingili Jill, Rum Gin Mixer, We Rocking Race 5: Opawa Hilary, Canya Sniper, Know Legend, Amelia Rob Race 6: Baccus, Little Lottie, Sefton Jay, Fiery Fagan, Say Cheese Race 7: No Kissy Missy, My Girl Sofia, Batty Who, Platonic Affair Race 8: Go Diego, Mitcham Trudy, High Sparrow, Know Leave Race 9: Opawa Magic, Galway Gal, Sefton Joy, Opawa Queen Race 10: Platinum Paisley, Miss Nina, Culvie Ness, Tikao Jackie Race 11: Opawa Flash, Venetia, Memoir, Lonely Baxter Race 12: Versailles, Stumpy Bill, Blue Sky, Ohoka Pheobe

LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Shortage of Kiwi teams?

By Christopher Reive A Kiwi team is still likely to raise the trophy at the end of the season but the New Zealand conference is at risk of collectively experiencing its worst Super Rugby campaign of the past five years.

Since the competition moved to an eight-team playoff system in 2016, four Kiwi sides have featured in the hunt for the title every season.

Before that, when only six teams made the playoffs, the last time half the post-season wasn’t made up of Kiwi teams was in 2013.

This season, there’s a chance the New Zealand conference will offer up only two challengers for the title.

The Crusaders (42 points) and Hurricanes (36) have jumped well clear of the chasing field and will surely feature in the playoffs.

The same assurance can’t be given for the Highlanders, Blues and Chiefs.

The trio have fallen into the mix of what has been a surprisingly even competition, with 10 teams having a realistic chance of post-season play outside the current conference leaders.

But with the Hurricanes likely to finish fourth, it leaves nine teams fighting over four spots.

Dropping points to the Highlanders on Saturday might have been the final nail in the Chiefs’ coffin.

However, sitting on 19 points with six rounds to play during which they have a bye, there is somehow still hope for the Hamilton side.

What works in their favour is a draw that should suit them.

The Chiefs have just two local derbies left, against the Blues and Crusaders, and those are the only games they’ll play out of Hamilton.

They’ll host the Sharks, Reds and Rebels in their other games, all teams against whom they should be competitive.

The Blues might have the toughest run home.

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10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

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All Saints Church. Methven.

1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

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Presbyterian Church, Rakaia.

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7.30pm ASHBURTON TOWN WATCH SOCIETY. AGM with speaker Adi Aunit.

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Cryptic crossword

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): There’s a time to challenge people and a time to make things easy and fun. You’ve an excellent sense of which mode to use for any given situation, and for this reason you’ll be tapped for leadership.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Reactions can be even more important than actions. There are people close to you who count on your feedback and will take your response to heart, whatever it may be.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): The story doesn’t really start until the main character decides to stop letting life happen to her and start happening to life.

You’ll reach that point in your story today.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’ll put out a certain strength, and you’ll attract the equally strong.

They’ll have different talents from yours, and together you’ll be a force to be reckoned with.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): There’s nothing wrong with sacrificing something of yourself for the good of others. But when they consistently miss the gift that is you doing you, maybe what they need is a wake-up call.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): One man’s gossip is another man’s good information. The spirit of the talk is what matters to you. When the motive is self-elevation at the cost of another, you’ll want nothing to do with it.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Ideas have a liberating effect.

They can unstick what’s stuck, create what didn’t exist, save the day. Exercise your idea muscle by coming up with a few each day. The more ideas you have, the more you will have.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): If you’re not sure what you should do next, look to your feelings. If they are confusing, look to your likes and dislikes.

It’s playing a game of “hot” and “cold” with yourself. Simple questions lead to discovery.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): In centuries past, it wasn’t at all uncommon for people to never travel beyond their own village. Now there’s really no good excuse for confining yourself thusly. So when’s your next mind-expanding adventure?

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Someone needs to keep the action on track, or time and money will be wasted. You’re the perfect person to set a tone. You have excellent instincts and superb taste, and you’ll stay to the point.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): It’s fun to see people you love doing interesting things and succeeding – until it’s not. When it hits uncomfortably close to home, take it as your cue to do the thing you haven’t been letting yourself do.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Here comes an opportunity to carry your name to a larger number of potential new friends, fans and customers.

You’ll have a great deal of fun positioning and presenting yourself.

ACROSS 1. A suture may prove painful to a runner (6) 8. The beaten path will show what’s coming to your screen (5) 9. Take advice from official overseas at start of trading (7) 11. It will need careful handling if one’s not robust (8) 12. A light repast, when back in work, can satisfy (5) 15. Something one is unable to find in the glossies (4) 16. What in general starts as a transformation (3) 17. It isn’t hard for the English to say maybe (4) 19. Burn to be a vocalist, almost (5) 21. Send such a greeting to the press, etc (8) 24. Even nil result could bring about some animation (7) 25. Will get louder as a dandy (5) 26. When it’s cold one might write about the North (6) DOWN 2. A letter appearing in Old English had its point (5) 3. It may be a trial try-out (4-4) 4. Hang on to space in a ship (4) 5. To start sunbathing on journey, take everything off (5) 6. A sweet potato, as raised by South American Indians (4) 7. Spend all one’s money on a university athlete (4) 10. Put a stop to it and one might be able to meet train (9) 12. Bargain time was a let-down, partially (4) 13. It is done in a way that’s an offence against the state (8) 14. It took some pluck, entering it in early recital (4) 18. It will bulge out like the upper surface of a violin (5) 20. Birds to see rising in the gore – or not (5) 21. Corrosion may be harmful to plants (4) 22. A fish-pond one waters upside-down (4) 23. It may fall and drop as a flower (4)

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Mid Canterbury Combined’s Noah Broomhall takes the ball into contact during his side’s loss in the opening round of rugby’s UC Championship on Saturday.

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Tough start for MC Combined

By Erin Tasker

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Mid Canterbury Combined were met by exactly what they expected in Saturday’s opening round of rugby’s UC Championship – a big, fast Marlborough Boys’ College side.

The Marlborough side went away from the Ashburton College field with what, on paper, looked like a pretty convincing 52-8 win in their pockets for the big drive home, but the home side’s coaching staff weren’t that unhappy with the result.

The Mid Canterbury side is being coached by Brent Middleton, Warren Donald and Andrew Morgan in this year’s Crusaders region secondary schools’ rugby

competition, and they knew they were in for a tough year.

Mid Canterbury Combined didn’t win a game in the 2018 competition and even though they lost their opening game of 2019 on Saturday, Middleton said you could already see the improvement from last year.

“Last year they would probably get to the last 15 minutes and the floodgates would sort of open, but this year it wasn’t like that at all.

“They stuck in there and never gave up, and they can hold their heads up high,” Middleton said.

“The three of us (coaches) are really happy with the way the boys went, to be honest.”

They let in an early try which

was a wake-up call and from there they stuck with the visitors and only trailed 19-8 at half-time.

Blindside flanker Mitchell Barron crossed for his side’s first try of the season, going over in the corner after a good break from Saula Sologa, while captain Brynmor Workman just missed with the conversion but added a firsthalf penalty.

Middleton said Marlborough Boys’ College would be right up there with the competition’s best again this season, along with other traditional contenders like Christchurch Boys’ High School, Christ’s College, St Andrew’s and Nelson College.

Middleton said before the competition even started Mid

Canterbury Combined knew they were going to be one of the smaller teams, and that was certainly the case on Saturday.

“They were up against a side that had only lost four players from last year, and they were a big forward pack and had a fast fullback,” Middleton said.

But Mid Canterbury put up a fight and never let their heads drop, with Sologa, Christian Thompson and Bob McDonald in particular putting in impressive performances, while Workman led the side well, Middleton said.

“It definitely wasn’t as one-sided as the score would suggest. We got a lot of positives out of it.”

Mid Canterbury Combined

were smaller, but they competed well, winning all of their lineout ball, Middleton said.

But they did struggle at scrum time, with the bigger Marlborough pack pushing the home side off the ball making it hard for them to gain momentum in the backline from the set piece.

Mid Canterbury Combined are now preparing for a big away trip this weekend, with Waimea College their round two opposition in Nelson on Saturday afternoon.

Waimea lost 43-12 to St Thomas of Canterbury on Saturday, while the biggest loss of the opening round was suffered by Roncalli College against Christchurch Boys’ High School, 83-0.

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