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Wheels Week roars into action

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Ashburton’s annual celebration of all things wheeled roared into action at the weekend.

Nine events are down and 15 remain on the 16-day schedule of Wheels Week Plus, and organisers say they are thrilled with how things are running.

The event, which has grown in size and popularity across 27 years, now lures enthusiasts from all around the South

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Organisers of the Devon Tavern Show and Shine Motorcycle show said they were impressed with the number of riders and enthusiasts who turned out on Saturday to view 20 bikes on show.

Despite the cold weather, organiser Gerald McKenzie said the event lured a big turnout, filling the tavern’s carpark and the street with dozens more motorbikes, and successfully gathering dona-

tions for Child Cancer Mid Canterbury.

Meanwhile, enthusiasts of the fourwheel vehicle varieties flocked to the Ashburton Vintage Car swap meet and the Americar Rod and Custom Club Car Show on Saturday alongside one another in Tinwald.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

■ IMMIGRANTS

Helping hand for pools

Illegal immigrants stopped

By Sue NewmaN

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Tough new health and safety legislation could have seen community pools around the Ashburton District facing hefty compliance bills, but the Ashburton District Council has offered those pools a financial lifeline.

To ensure their pools could remain open, pool committees have had to carry out a significant amount of work to meet health and safety requirements. This work, combined with on-going maintenance requirements, has put those rural pools under financial pressure.

Recognising this, the council has established a $50,000 contestable fund and pool committees can apply for up to $6000 a year from this to help meet those health and safety requirements.

This fund will only be available to the five pools on council land – Ruapuna, Mayfield, Mt Somers, Rakaia and Hinds.

It does not include pools on Ministry of Education land or the Methven pool.

Annual funding of $15,000 has been set aside by the council for the Methven pool.

The $20,000 likely to remain in the contestable fund account will be available for the five pools for use towards maintenance and capital expenditure.

Other pools excluding Methven can continue to apply for minor operating funding with a maximum of $1000 per pool in any one year.

Hinds pool users (from left) Dylan Sami, Guy Ward and Maisie Hancox love swimming in their community pool.

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■ WHEELS WEEK PLUS

Wheels Week Plus roars into action From P1 A lot of out-of-towners were at the well-supported events, and the 40-50 odd people that brought cars to the Americar Rod & Custom Club Car Show enjoyed popping next door and browsing the car parts and brica-brac for sale, said organiser Jason Gourlay.

Under clear skies on Sunday morning, around 200 cars of all shapes and sizes lined up at the

Racecourse for the Plains Rotary Car Club Rally, and the Riverside Industrial Park transformed into a racecourse for the Ashburton Car Club’s annual sealed motokhana.

Onlookers cheered as drivers put their skills to the test around a tight, technical course, which will also host the Street Sprint next week.

This year’s Wheels Week is expected to be one of the biggest

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ever, with an action-packed calendars that organiser Ross Butterick attributes to a “constant cycling of planning”. Dozens of different groups contribute to the calendar, and thousands come to town to get a glimpse of the action.

Yet to come on this year’s calendar are a number of events for cars, bikes and even boats.

East Street will host car displays this Thursday and next

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Thursday, and cars will face off in the Autosparks Street Sprint this weekend.

The Mid Canterbury Mountainbike Club are gearing up for a six hour relay ride on May 13, and on the last day, May 20, classic boats will go on show at Lake Hood and a street parade will bring Wheels Week Plus to a close.

The full calendar of events is available at wheelsweek.co.nz

New Zealand has thanked Malaysian authorities for intercepting a modified tanker carrying illegal immigrants bound for New Zealand and Australia.

Malaysian police rescued 127 Sri Lankans and arrested 16 other people – Indonesians, Malaysians and Sri Lankans – in the operation yesterday, according to media reports.

Disrupting the people-smuggling attempt sent a clear message to those involved, Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway said.

“I can confirm that New Zealand was not involved in the operation but the Malaysian success in disrupting this attempt sends a very clear signal to any people involved in people-smuggling.

“Exploitation of individuals and families by people-smugglers is repugnant and will not be tolerated.

“This sort of venture would put lives at extreme risk in the most vast and treacherous ocean in the world. We thank the Malaysian authorities for their efforts,” LeesGalloway said.

Further details were a matter for Malaysian authorities, he said.

The Etra was carrying 131 Sri Lankans – 98 men, 24 women and nine children – when it was stopped off the coast of Malaysia

by Malaysian police, according to reports. Four Sri Lankans were arrested and the other 127 would be charged for not possessing legal travel documents, according to the New Straits Times.

Three Indonesians and four Malaysians who were on a fishing boat which was believed to have been used to ferry the immigrants to the tanker, were also arrested.

The fishing boat was aboard the tanker.

Five Malaysians believed to be linked to the people-smuggling syndicate were also arrested.

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■ PROPERTY VALUATIONS

Houses up for revaluation

BY SUE NEWMAN

value updated. These will become effective from July 1 but will not be used by the council for rating purposes until July 2019.

A rating valuation is based on the likely selling price (market value) of a property (excluding chattels) at a particular point in time.

Valuations are carried out on all properties in New Zealand, usually once every three years, and are used by local councils to set rates.

Rating values are calculated by QV valuers who analyse recent sales and compare and contrast

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Over the coming weeks don’t be surprised if you see strangers walking past your property, clipboard in hand, giving it more than a cursory glance.

Those strangers will be sizing up your most valuable asset as part of this year’s revaluation of the Ashburton District.

The Ashburton District Council has renewed its contract with Quotable Value to carry out the work that will see every property’s

similar properties using technology and experience to determine a property’s updated rating value.

They may also inspect properties sold recently and those where building consents show work has recently been completed. Not every property is viewed.

If a property has been refurbished or renovated and the work hasn’t required a building consent eg a new kitchen, bathroom, deck, the council won’t know about those changes and rating values may not have been amended to

reflect this work. Owners of those properties will need to contact QV or the council to have these reviewed.

The updated rating value will be sent to property owners in the Ashburton District in late September. If property owners do not agree with the new value of their home they can lodge an objection but this must be done before November 1.

A property value is made up of three components: Capital Value (CV) - this is what

your property is likely to have sold for at the date of the revaluation, excluding chattels.

The CV is also know as Government Valuation (GV) or Rating Valuation (RV) Land Value (LV) - the most likely selling price of the bare land at the date of revaluation Improvement Value (IV) - the difference between the land value and capital value. This does not mean the replacement cost of buildings and services on a property.

■ ASHBURTON BIRD CLUB

Birds come under the judge’s eye

BY KATIE TODD

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The cheery chirps of hundreds of canaries, finches and budgerigars were echoing from the Tinwald War Memorial Hall at the weekend as the Ashburton Bird Club held their 51st annual show.

Hundreds of feathered friends went under the scrutiny of judges on Saturday and Sunday, and lured local visitors, breeders and bird enthusiasts from around the region.

Show manager Ray Vincent said he was pleased with the entries and the turnout.

It had been a good show with many good quality birds entered, he said, with around 700 different prizes dished out across the categories.

During the judging, birds were awarded points for their shape, colour, tail and head, and many took home several prizes at a time.

Vincent said the amount of sale birds entered was up on last year, and many people had shown interest in adding birds to their own aviaries or purchasing them as pets.

Locals flocked to the Tinwald Memorial Hall for the Ashburton Bird Club’s annual show on the weekend.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Bins, hot ash a volatile mix Red wheelie bins might be the perfect answer to getting rid of household rubbish, but there are some things that don’t belong in those bins, Ashburton District Council waste recovery manager Craig Goodwin says.

He’s concerned that as winter bites and log fires are lit, people

might start dumping their hot ashes in wheelie bins. And that’s an absolute no-no, he said.

Putting hot ash in a wheelie bin creates a high fire risk, Goodwin said.

“The plastic bins can easily melt so we’re encouraging people to let ashes cool for at least five

days before bagging them and putting them in the bin.”

While the council is not aware of any local cases where bins have melted due to hot ashes this is the first winter where the bins have been in use and Goodwin said it was better to issue a caution now rather than wait until an

incident occurred.

“The system has been going for seven months now, and residents have really taken it in their stride in terms of understanding how to use the bins and what goes in each one. We just want to ensure that residents are aware of hot ashes being a potential hazard.”

In brief Lotto winners Champagne corks were popping in Taupo and the West Coast on Saturday night with two first division Lotto winners. The players each won $500,000 in the live Lotto draw but Powerball was not struck and will roll over to Wednesday night where it will jackpot to $16 million.

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Woman dies in crash A woman has died following a crash involving two cars in rural Canterbury. The collision happened near Doyleston, about 3km east of Leeston and 30km southwest of Christchurch, on Saturday morning. The 44-year-old local woman died in Christchurch Hospital late Saturday night, the police said. Emergency services were called to the crash at the intersection of Volckman and Drain Road at 9.44am. The driver of the other vehicle involved remains in Christchurch Hospital. The Serious Crash Unit is investigating. - NZME

Man dies in fire A man has died in a fire outside a Dunedin church, despite desperate rescue efforts from members of the public. Emergency services were called to King Edward Street at 10.47am where a man was on fire in the car park outside Nations Church. A service was taking place inside.

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Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon (centre) meeting on Friday with (from left) Volunteer Support Officer Murray Cairns, Deputy Rural Fire Officer Don Geddes, Chief Fire Officer Alan Burgess and Fire Risk Officer Bevan Findlay. PHOTO KATIE TODD 040518-KT-0264

■ FIREFIGHTERS’ DAY

Hats off to our local firefighters

By Katie todd

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Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon was one of 52 MPs around the country visiting their local fire stations on Friday in acknowledgement of International Firefighters’ Day. Falloon dropped into Ashburton Fire and Emergency to meet with local volunteers and

staff working in the Mid South Canterbury area, and hear how things are going nine months on from combining their rural and urban units under one roof as a part of Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ).

Ashburton’s volunteer firefighters do a wonderful job, he said.

“And we’ve seen that recently in events like

the Seales Winslow fire and how they helped out down in Timaru.”

FENZ said International Firefighters’ Day was a chance to acknowledge the 1747 career firefighters and 11,295 volunteer firefighters who protect life and property in urban and rural communities from Stewart Island to the Far North, and Chatham Islands.

An Air New Zealand flight from Dunedin had an unplanned stop yesterday after hitting birds shortly after takeoff. Flight NZ680, bound for Wellington, was initially delayed by fog at Dunedin Airport.

A spokeswoman for Air New Zealand said once airborne, the plane “unfortunately encountered birds” and it was decided to divert to Christchurch. The 88 passengers continued their journey on another plane and arrived in Wellington later in the morning.

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Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1748 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 6, 11, 16, 20, 34, 40.

Bonus number: 19.

Powerball winning number: 9.

Strike: 6, 11, 20, 40.

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■ HILLARY CLINTON

Hillary Clinton lands in New Zealand Hillary Clinton has landed in New Zealand – and has already set off for a spot of retail therapy in Auckland’s Parnell.

Clinton is visiting New Zealand for a speaking event in Auckland tonight, with tickets ranging in price from $195 to $595 for a seat in a private box.

The former first lady will also have a private meeting with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern while she is in town before heading to Australia for further events.

Her trip to Parnell Baby Boutique yesterday may well have been to find a suitable gift for Ardern’s baby, which is due next month.

However, Clinton also describes herself as a “doting grandmother, among other things” on social

media and may have been looking for something for her daughter Chelsea, who has two children.

The photo was posted on Instagram by the Parnell store with the words, “Look who popped into our store today! Such a pleasure to meet you @hillaryclinton.”

Clinton was snapped in the store, where she, along with friends and security, browsed the store.

Shop assistant Kersty Ward says when she saw security guards scoping the area, she figured Jacinda Ardern was coming in to pick up something.

However, she got a shock when she saw another familiar face walk into the shop.

“We talked about why she was in New Zealand and things like

that. We just kind of chatted, she asked me about university and whether I grew up in Auckland,” Ward said.

Clinton also talked about what she likes about the country.

“She says the people are really friendly and everywhere she goes, there’s always a smile.”

But Ward was staying tightlipped about what the former first lady bought from the store.

Clinton’s talk tonight will be moderated by former Prime Minister Dame Jenny Shipley, who met Clinton on previous visits to New Zealand with her husband President Bill Clinton.

Clinton is expected to speak about the US election, world affairs and her own future.

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Parnell Baby Boutique Shop assistant Kersty Ward was surprised when Hillary Clinton stopped by yesterday.

■ EDUCATION

Hipkins promises to reduce paperwork for teachers Education Minister Chris Hipkins has promised to scrap some official reporting requirements for teachers to reduce their workloads.

He has set up a taskforce of education sector groups to report

by September on how to “clear the clutter” of administrative reporting off teachers’ and principals’ desks.

“The purpose of this taskforce is to identify and assess compliance and administration tasks generated by external government agencies – including the Ministry of Education,” he says in a Cabinet paper released yesterday at an education summit in Christchurch.

“The taskforce will look for those tasks that are unnecessary, overly complex, or duplicative with the aim of redesigning processes and reducing tasks, thereby reducing the burden of compliance and administration on principals and teachers.”

The move is part of developing

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a wider “workforce strategy” for pre-schools and schools for the next 14 years which goes beyond more urgent measures taken by the former National government and by Hipkins to tackle the immediate teacher shortage, such as scrapping fees temporarily for retraining teachers who have been out of teaching and paying temporary grants to teachers recruited from overseas.

That shortage remains, with an ageing teacher workforce, declining trainee intakes and a shortterm jump in student numbers partly due to record immigration.

In the short term, Hipkins promises to “build on” measures he took in December, “including better understanding supply and demand for teachers and how we identify acute pressures that may exist so that we can implement effective interventions ahead of the 2019 school year”.

But he has told Cabinet that he will also develop a 14-year workforce “action plan” by April next

year to improve teacher quality as well as numbers.

Hipkins said the plan would include: ■ New requirements for teacher training to be unveiled by the Education Council in the next few months.

■ An Education Advisory Service to “share best-practice, act as mentors and advisers to teachers throughout New Zealand, and oversee all centrally-funded professional learning and development”.

■ A College of Educational Leadership to set minimum requirements for principals and other leaders and ensure that they get professional development.

■ Ensuring that all teachers respond to Maori students’ identity, language and culture and embedding “urgent focus and accountability on equity and excellence for Maori” students.

■ Growing the quality and

quantity of te reo Maori in both Maori-language and English-language schools.

■ Requiring teachers to have “knowledge and strategies to effectively teach an increasingly diverse population of children and young people, including people with disabilities”.

■ Planning for enough guidance counsellors, teacher aides and learning support specialists.

The paper stresses that “enabling participation and raising achievement of children and young people with disability and additional support needs is a key aim of this Government”.

“We need a confident, diverse, skilled and inclusive workforce to do this,” it says.

Hipkins and Associate Education Minister Tracey Martin have promised to produce a separate “action plan” on learning support needs by this October.

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Kiwi slang 101

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very time we visit a new country, it is a must to know the basic language they use so we can communicate better when we are actually in that country.

I am a Filipino citizen who loves traveling across Europe and Asia and came across couple of countries where they speak different languages and English but in different context.

When I travelled to England or United Kingdom including Scotland in 2014, the challenges I had was understanding how the London Underground works and of course the Scottish accent as they tend to say words in different pronunciations like saying “butter” but they rather say it “butteh” or a “girl” to “gal” with a silent “R” or instead of saying “it’s NOT a problem, Scottish would rather say “it’s NO a problem”.

Another interesting English which I have encountered was with Aussies or Australian when I was working back in Dubai. One of the challenges I had was the number of words they pronounce in a second - they speak fast but also have their own set of Aussie slang such as instead of saying “Christmas”, Aussie would say “Chrissie” or “football” to “footy”. Or they say “he’s a crook” means “he’s a criminal” or “We’re having a barbie” means “We’re having a barbecue”.

Being a Filipino, we grew up learning the American English because of the colonisation in the past so we speak and write based on American English.

The only trouble we have is sometimes even if we know we are speaking in English, upon coming to New Zealand eight months ago, that made me realised that my English isn’t exactly the way I understood it.

Funny as it sounds but yes, you read that right, and below is a chart of some of the words I have gathered to date. I will be highlighting the examples and instances I have encountered throughout my stay in the Kiwi Land.

Most of the Kiwis do speak fast, especially the men, like literally some are speaking continuously with no space for breathing, no period or full stop (at least with the people I have met along the way); the conversation jumps from one topic to another without any warnings and for me that is quite interesting.

I remember one of my partner’s friend who is a Kiwi himself, was wondering why Filipinos whom he was interviewing for his company (over Skype) does not understand him at all and I explained to him that our ears are not used to hear multiple words in a second, therefore, in order for him to be understood, he has to speak slower than his usual tone.

Certainly they have their own set of words or in this case, I prefer to call it as a Kiwi slang that you would not be able to understand if you are new in their community.

Mind you, they do not realise it until you tell them or you ask them twice what they just have said.

Hence, the main purpose of this article is to create awareness and also help the other newcomers or tourists to understand the Kiwis and be more at home in this land.

I also would like to excuse myself, if in any way I offend the Kiwis with my explanation or observations I have had since staying in the country.

KIWI SLANG – MEANING - HOW THEY USE THEIR KIWI SLANG ■ G’d Day/ Kia Ora - Hello/good day Kiwi greeting ■ Sweet as - Everything is fine/it’s all good! - Kiwis often use it like “sweet as mate!”

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Cheers - Thanks/Thank you - Saying “thank you” to the one they’re taking to when ending their conversation Good as gold - Great/Got it/Noted! Same as above, how Kiwi end their conversation Too right - That’s right! - When you say something agreeable during a conversation with a Kiwi, they would response and say “Too right!”

Wee - Small/tiny - e.g. “We’re bringing in our wee bichon dog when we move in.”

Wee bit - Slightly/ little amount - e.g.

“Just put a wee bit of salt to taste.”

Mate - Buddy/Fella/Friend/Dear e.g. “How is everything mate?”

Bugger ‘ol - Didn’t really do much at all - e.g. “Weekend was alright, heaps to do but bugger ‘ol!”

Buggered - Exhausted - e.g. “Mate, it’s been busy, I’m buggered!”

Heaps - Many/a lot - e.g. “Heaps of people during Anzac Day in Ashburton”.

Reckon - I think - e.g. “I reckon he’s going to make it to the finals!”

Wack it - Put it - e.g. “All ingredients are ready so wack it all there”.

Dodgy - It’s not good/suspicious e.g. “That place looks dodgy really.”

Shingle road - Rocky or stony road - e.g. “My house is located on Moore Street, left past the shingle road and the third house on the left.”

Dandy - It’s all good - e.g. “Sun is shining, today should be dandy!”

Whitebait - Small fish mostly found on the West Coast - e.g. I remember being asked when we went to West Coast during my first few months, have you been whitebaiting? I really thought it was something to do with sunbathing at the beach, but it turned out it is about fishing.

Whitebaiting - Fishing whitebait - a popular activity for Kiwis Alrighty Ho - Okay - e.g. Simply saying

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“okay” Aye - Pardon me?/ Excuse me? When Kiwis do not understand you, they tend to say “Aye?” Piggy - Eating more than you can or “takaw-mata” in Tagalog - e.g. “I am absolutely full but I want to eat more, just being piggy!”

Chocker - Full belly - e.g. “That was an awesome meal, I’m chocker now!”

Cuppa - Cup of tea/hot drinks - e.g.

“Do you want to have a cuppa?”

Spitting - Rain showers - e.g. “It is spitting at the moment so let’s go inside.”

Brolley - Umbrella - e.g. “Bring your brolley, just in case it will spit today”.

Gale Force - Strong wind - Kiwis normally say this during weather forecast Norwest wind - Northwest wind - The way Kiwis pronounce it Southerly wind - Southerly wind The way Kiwis pronounce it Jandals - Slippers/Flipflops - At first when i was asked, “could you bring my jandals please?” so being heard for the first time, I had to ask what is that mean and later realised it was the slippers.

Singlets - Sleeveless shirt or “sando” in Tagalog - e.g. “Bring my shorts and singlets so I can use it at the beach.”

Gumboots - Rubber boots/rainboots - Boot that Kiwis use in the farm or garden Full stop - Period/dot in ending a sentence in writing - e.g. Kiwis like British English, they say “full stop” after a sentence but for us we do not really use or understand the word as we normally say “period” when ending a sentence.

Flashy - Spectacular - e.g. “He’s driving a flashy car.”

Calling in - Coming to visit - e.g. “Listen, I am calling in after work so I will see you later.”

Tele/idiot box - Television/TV - e.g.

“What’s on the idiot box today?”

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Chopper - Chopper - e.g. “I’ve been hearing the chopper flying back and forth, there must be some emergencies happening in the area.”

Spell - Rest - e.g. “We have been driving for hours, so let me stop and have a wee spell for a while.

Fizzy drink - Cola - e.g. “I am thirsty, I feel like having a fizzy drink.”

Nip into town - Going to town - e.g.

“I may nip into town in the afternoon after lunch.”

Poms - Englishman - How Kiwis call the English Yankee - Americans - How Kiwis call the American Chilly bin - Cooler - e.g.“We put most of the foods inside the chilly bin every time we go on a road trip.”

Bach - Holiday house - e.g. “I’ve got a bach at the West Coast, so you are more than welcome to come.”

Ute - Pick up truck/van - Kiwis popularly call a van a Ute Mozzies - Mosquitoes - e.g. “Heaps of mozzies at the West Coast and they bite terribly.”

Lolly - Candy - I actually thought it was a lollipop alone Pack a sad - Grumpy mood - Expression or saying that Kiwis use when they are grumpy Up the creek without a paddle - Expression that Kiwis say when they are in the middle of a messy situation Caravan - Trailer - Kiwi popularly use caravan for a house bus but we grew up learning it is a trailer AA - Automobile Assocation for NZ cars - Kiwis normally use the abbreviations AA when explaining something about roads or cars to a tourist, little do they know, it is only them who can understand that Warrant of fitness or WOF - Car’s whole body and motor condition/We’ve never had this report in Philippines) - First time I heard my partner say “warrant” of his car, I thought he was meaning like “search warrant or warrant of arrest” Rego - Kiwi slang for car’s registration - Rego sounds like “lego” to me when I first heard it but it’s more like “rejo” when they pronounce it ..........and an interesting bonus observation inside a Kiwi household Kiwi way of washing the dishes - Kiwis fill the sink with hot water, put the dishwasing liquid in until the bubbles pop out. They soak the dishes in the bubbly sink, remove the dishes and dry them with a tea towel then place it back to the cupboard. My only concern is the dishes were soaked in the water which has full of liquid soap and were removed right away and dries with the hand towel. I am afraid that the soap is still on the dishes. Should it be alright to wash it with hot water first after the soaping? We normally rinse dishes in piles first especially the plates, soap them one by one to remove the dirt and grease, once all are done, either you wash each of them through the running water or fill the sink again with a clean hot water, and let it dry in the dish stand till they are ready to be put back in the cupboard.

Cheers to all the newcomers and Kiwis!

Ludilyn Cabana Traveller, hotelier, HR professional Ludy.cabana@gmail.com

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Michael Begg from Community Energy Action recently spoke about ways to conserve energy during winter. clothes indoors and ventilate the house during midday when it’s relatively warm and dry outside.

If you don’t you’ll be needing to heat not only the air inside but all of that humidity in it. Wet laundry, for example, may contain up to three litres of water.

For more tips go to www. cea.co.nz Adi Avnit

he Rural Support Trust in partnership with Safer Ashburton are proud to bring a new project to Mid Canterbury aimed to reduce isolation for newcomers and migrant women in the rural communities.

Isolation can be a problem for rural women who do not have a driver’s licence.

They generally do not have the family and social networks available for them to learn to drive and this programme provides that support.

The benefits to participants are safe and confident new drivers, Increased participation in the community and self-sufficiency and independence. This would also open up opportunities for employment.

The programme offers free support and tuition, subsidised driving test, classroom-based study up to learner’s licence, regular supervised driving practice and access to a support network.

The first intake of 12 learners began on April 5 with lessons at the Ashburton Learning Centre.

The students have come from all over Mid Canterbury and represent four different coun-

■■ Friday, May 25, 6.30pm – International Dinner Party ■■ Your family and yourself are invited to the Newcomers and friends International Din-

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The Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network, together with the Ashburton Museum, are work-

ner Party Potluck. Please register: http:// tinyurl.com/NewcomersMayDinner, text to 0272208791 or email newcomers@saferashburton.org.nz ■■ Friday, June 1, 630pm – Women’s Coffee group ■■ It’s a perfect opportunity to leave the kids and hubby at home and hit the town for an evening of connection, sharing, laughs and catching up with other women from different cultures. For registration and details go to http://tinyurl.com/WomensCoffeeJune, text to 0272208791 or email newcomers@ saferashburton.org.nz

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lores de Mayo (Spanish for Flowers of May) is a festival held in the Philippines in the month of May, celebrated in honour of the blessed Virgin Mary.

Introduced by the Spaniards, this festival has since become part of Filipino traditions identified with youth, love and romance.

The Santacruzan (from the Spanish santa cruz, “holy cross”) is the ritual pageant held on the last day of the Flores de Mayo.

The festivity commemorates

the search of the Holy Cross by Queen Helena and her son, the newly converted emperor Constantine the Great.

After the Holy Cross was found in Jerusalem and brought back to Rome, there was joyful celebration for thanksgiving.

Beautiful town belles are selected to participate in this colourful pageant parade representing various historical-religious figures.

The stars are selected not for their looks alone, but for their embodiment of traditional femi-

tries including New Zealand, Fiji, South Africa and the Philipines.

The lessons so far have covered road signs, emergencies and road position.

The students are already getting good results on the practice tests and the classes have been very enjoyable with friendships being formed and students supporting each other.

We had a two-week break for the school holidays and will then be back for another six lessons

before we sit the learner’s licence test.

Once our ladies have gained their learner’s licence, we will then begin the practical lessons to work towards a restricted licence.

This programme will be running for three years and will take two groups per year through their learner licence and through to their restricted licence.

Wendy Hewitt Rural Licensing Co-Ordinator

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Energy-saving tips for winter ur recent newcomers’ dinner party at the BASE youth centre had a guest speaker, Michael Begg from Community Energy Action, telling us about ways to conserve energy during the cold Canterbury winter.

Windows, even double glazed, are usually the weakest point in the house in terms of losing heat. However, if you have single glazed windows you can buy kits to install nylon sheets on a wooden frame to create an air gap which will insulate the window.

If you use curtains you can add a lining to the back of the curtain to create another air gap between the lining and the curtain, as any air gap acts as insulation to prevent heat loss.

Also make sure the curtain either reaches the floor or there is a window ledge at the bottom for the curtain to rest, to trap cold air between it and the window and prevent it from flowing down from the window and under the curtain – into the room.

If you are using recessed ceiling downlights there is a chance you are losing a lot of hot air (into the ceiling space) through the metal frame or ventilation holes in it.

Wipe the humidity that accumulates on the windows to prevent mold build-up.

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It honours beautiful Philippine maidens and their handsome escorts under the hand-carried bamboo arches adorned by fragrant native flowers.

This year, the Filipino Dairy Workers (FDWNZ) will adapt the festival into a more religion-neutral occasion, showcasing Filipino culture and tradition that aims to bring warmth and colour to the whole community.

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Please send us a photo (which you took) of the place you came from with a short description and your name to newcomers@

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There was something for everyone at the Ashburton Vintage Car Club swap meet.

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Kane Tarres from Geraldine enjoyed a day out at the Ashburton Vintage Car Club swap meet.

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An array of motoring events at the weekend marked the start of Ashburton’s annual Wheels Week. Getting amongst the petrolpowered action was Guardian photographer Tetsuro Mitomo, who visited the Ashburton Vintage Car Club swap meet, the Devon Tavern Show and Shine Motorcycle Show, the Ashburton Plains Rotary Club Car Rally and the Ashburton Car Club Motokhana.

Greer Ricketts at the Ashburton Vintage Car Club swap meet.

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Calling all budding poets

BY KATIE TODD

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If you think you’ve got the knack to portray Canterbury via poetry, then it could just be the perfect time to jump behind the keyboard.

Christchurch’s and Timaru bus company Metro are holding a first-of-its-kind competition called Poems on Busses.

Budding poets can vie for prizes in two categories – under 18 years and open and winners will also have their poetry displayed on a Metro bus for two months.

The competition is open to all Canterbury residents, said Metro’s Aleisha Stopforth, and all poems must also be based on the district.

The competition is intended as

“a celebration in words about this beautiful part of the South Island of New Zealand,” Metro said.

Prizes up for grabs in the 18 and over category include two nights of accommodation in a premier suite at Braemar Lodge & Spa valued at $750, a $300 New World voucher and tickets to Broadway Hitmen at the Isaac Theatre Royal with Showbiz Christchurch.

Young poets under 18 can win themselves an Acer Chromebook from Office Max valued at $200, a $150 voucher for art supply store The Drawing Room, or a MetroCard preloaded with $100.

Individuals can enter more than once, and entries are open from now until the end of May. For more information head to metroinfo.co.nz/promotions

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May 12: Ashburton Musical Club perform programme arranged by Margaret Hawkey.

7.30pm at the Sinclair Centre, Park Street. Supper served, visitors welcome - $5 at door.

May 13: Ashburton Society of Arts Autumn Show ends at the Short Street Studio (started April 15), Mother’s Day jewellery-making hosted

by Mid Canterbury Timebank.

May 18: Mamma Mia at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre (until May 26).

June 6: The Ten Tenors at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

June 12: Ashburton Art Gallery’s The Water Project closes (started April 12).

June 15: Celebrating Matariki, Kite Making at the Ashburton Art Gallery (until July 1).

July 1: Mid Canterbury Choir Tribute to War Heroes Concert, from 2pm at the Sinclair Centre.

July 3: Ashburton Society of Arts 54th annual exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery (until July 27).

June 10: Ashburton Musical Club public concert featuring the Nor’west Brass from Christchurch. $20 admission at door including afternoon tea (club members $10, students free.) 2pm at the Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

July 12: Highland Dancing New Zealand Championships at Ashburton Trust Event Centre (until July 15).

August 4: Bootleg Beach Boys at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

August 18: No Holds Bard at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

August 19: Ashburton Society of Arts Early Spring Show at the Short Street Studio (until September 16).

September 22: Adam McGrath & the Roaring Days at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

October 10: The Cat in the Hat

by Dr Seuss at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

November 1: Seven deadly Stunts & The Messy Magic Adventure at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

BY KATIE TODD

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The centre of the Ashburton Arcade transformed into a stitching studio last week when members of the Ashburton Embroiderers’ Guild settled in for their annual public day.

From 10am to 3pm, embroiderers sat in the arcade working on projects and sharing their craft with intrigued passer bys.

Guilds across New Zealand hold public days as a way of attracting new members and showing their craft to the world, said president Sue Quinn.

“We picked the Arcade because it’s got good foot traffic, and it’s been quite a nice day,” she said.

“There’s been quite a few people stopping to have a look, and quite a big response.”

With embroidery no longer passed from mother to daughter like it once was, the craft is less popular nowadays, she said.

However, the guild hoped the public day would pique the interest of other budding crossstitchers and needle-workers.

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Waitresses – not your babysitter S

ometimes, in life, it seems people can’t play by the rules.

And for that reason, a small Akaroa eating establishment flew into headlines yesterday, as individuals queried its no-children policy.

For the past three years the Little Bistro has advised diners that children under 10 are not permitted to eat in their premises: a policy which some have flocked to media to describe as disappointing and uptight.

The truth that the Little Bistro doesn’t serve ‘little people’ has proven all too ironic and difficult to swallow for a few, who feel it is a form of discrimination.

However, others have flown to the defence of the restaurant –

and it’s with them I must agree.

Kids aren’t permitted at the gym and you certainly wouldn’t take them to Arcadia on a Saturday night – so why should it be a problem for this restaurant?

I empathise in particular with the waitresses.

During a summer job at a beachside restaurant in Gisborne I experienced firsthand the chaos

an unruly child can release.

With a relaxed, jandal-friendly atmosphere and a spacious floor area, many customers took the liberty of leaving their small children to patter around freely while they enjoyed a leisurely meal.

This was rather to the frustration of us waitresses, whose wages were certainly nowhere near that of babysitters, and who certainly didn’t want to be the cause of any small-child injuries.

Despite trying to politely ask people to rein in their children, the ability to negotiate small crawling children, Lego cubes and dropped fish nuggets became a crucial skill for our own survival.

I’m not the most eager around

children at the best of times, but true fear is balancing a bowl of steaming hot mussels in one hand, a heavy bread platter in the other, and feeling someone’s small child crawling up and clinging to one’s knees.

While I was lucky enough to escape without harm to myself or any child, I watched on one day as a less fortunate waitress had a child tug on the lip of her drinks tray, expelling a colourful array of beverages across a table and setting another child into highdecibel bawling.

Looking back, there were many behaved, polite and lovely children too.

But some parents let it down for everyone, and I commend the

Little Bistro for avoiding the issue altogether. Also noted by those in defence of the Little Bistro, is the fact it is a high-end restaurant.

A small space, cosy atmosphere and a menu boasting an extensive wine list and adult-friendly gastronomy – but not a chicken nugget in sight.

Is it really a problem if families have to shift their custom to a spot down the road with colouring in books, raspberry colas and cute cocktail umbrellas? Theeight-year old within me thinks absolutely not.

So why the big deal New Zealand?

When it comes to issues of discrimination, there are certainly bigger fish to fry.

exposure to the defoliant.

In 1998, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz agreed to buy Chrysler Corp. for more than $37 billion. Londoners voted overwhelmingly to elect their own mayor for the first time in history.

(In May 2000, Ken Livingstone was elected.)

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush, addressing the Council of the Americas, said Cuba’s postFidel Castro leadership had made only “empty gestures at reform” as he rejected calls for easing US restrictions on the communist

island. Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in as Russia’s president, succeeding Vladimir Putin.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama and South Korea’s new leader, Park Geun-hye, met at the White House, where they projected a united front as they warned North Korea against further nuclear provocations.

Twenty-four people were killed by a gas tanker-truck explosion on the outskirts of Mexico City.

One year ago: French voters elected independent centrist Emmanuel Macron, 39, as the country’s

youngest president, delivering a resounding victory to the pro-European former investment banker and dashing the populist dream of far-right rival Marine Le Pen. Today’s Birthdays: Rhythm-andblues singer Thelma Houston is 75. Actress Robin Strasser is 73. Singer-songwriter Bill Danoff is 72. Rock musician Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead) is 72. Rock musician Prairie Prince is 68. Movie writer-director Amy Heckerling is 66. Actor Michael E. Knight is 59. Rock musician

Phil Campbell (Motorhead) is 57. Rock singer-musician Chris O’Connor (Primitive Radio Gods) is 53. Actress Traci Lords is 50.

Actor Morocco Omari is 48.

Singer Eagle-Eye Cherry is 47.

Actor Breckin Meyer is 44. Rock musician Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys) is 32. Actress-comedian Aidy Bryant is 31. Actor Taylor Abrahamse is 27. Actor Alexander Ludwig is 26. Actress Dylan Gelula is 24.

Thought for Today: “When an old man dies, a library burns down.” — African proverb.

Katie Todd

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, May 7, the 127th day of 2018. There are 238 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner RMS Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans, out of the nearly 2000 on board.

On this date: In 1763, Pontiac, chief of the Ottawa Indians, attempted to lead a sneak attack on British-held 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 1824, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, had its premiere in Vienna.

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

In 1942, US Army Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright went on a Manila radio station to announce the Allies’ surrender of the Philippines to Japanese forces during World War Two. In 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, ending its role in World War Two. In 1954, the 55-day Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam ended with Vietnamese insurgents overrunning French forces.

In 1963, the United States launched the Telstar 2 communications satellite.

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

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Email us! editor@theguardian. co.nz Facebook us! facebook.com/ ashguardian Scientists at MPI’s Wallaceville animal health laboratory have completed thousands of mycoplasma bovis tests since the outbreak was discovered.

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n the past couple of weeks the Government have followed through on their promised rebranding of the Ministry for Primary Industries.

The name will remain in place, but underneath it will sit four sub-brands: Fisheries New Zealand, Forestry New Zealand, Biosecurity New Zealand and New Zealand Food Safety.

It will cost $17 million over four years.

At the same time, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has been meeting dairy industry and meat industry representatives to discuss Mycoplasma bovis.

In those meetings O’Connor argued that industry – in this case farmers – should be carrying half the cost of Mycoplasma bovis, with costs as high as $435 million.

The Biosecurity Act and Government Industry Agreement are very clear: it is the Government’s role to compensate affected farmers for losses, and industry should meet 12 per cent of the cost of eradication.

Having spent millions on rebrandings and other superficial exercises, Labour are now putting out the begging bowl to fund what is core Government business.

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There’s a very good reason we have that compensation and cost structure in place.

As we’ve seen with Mycoplasma bovis, and particularly here in Mid Canterbury, the vast majority of affected farmers have done nothing wrong.

For the farmers I’ve been working with locally, the disease can be traced back to a stock movement with an infected farm further south.

None of the farmers here had any clue that the stock they were receiving or coming into contact with had Mycoplasma bovis.

Without exception every single one of them is devastated.

Some have known they have infected herds since December, others at the start of this year.

The months have taken an emotional toll, not helped by the uncertainty they’ve had from Government.

After becoming Agriculture Minister, Damien O’Connor

halted culling for several months.

Farmers had to sit with infected stock on their properties, with no certainty about what would happen.

When the decision to resume culling did eventually come several months later at the end of March, many farmers assumed that a plan would be in place to quickly remove the stock and compensate them fairly.

But for some local farmers weeks passed without any new information from the Government.

It’s only been in recent days, in some cases under the threat of legal action by farmers, that MPI have finally complied.

Still, though, farmers haven’t been compensated, either for the stock they’ve lost or for the significant costs they incurred in the months of unnecessary delay.

Compensation should be fast and fair.

No farmer should be better off as a result of compensation, but as things stand a great many are worse off.

It’s this financial pressure, along with the many months of uncertainty, that are pushing some farmers to the brink.

The Rural Support Trust here in Mid Canterbury continue to do a fantastic job supporting our farmers, but they can’t do everything.

Some farmers are not coping well at all.

The Rural Health Alliance has been providing essential healthcare services to 600,000 rural New Zealanders for the last six years.

They’ve been a leader in rural mental healthcare and suicide prevention.

They asked the Labour-led Government for $600,000 in funding, just $1 for every rural person who benefits from the services they provide, but Damien O’Connor declined their request.

Damien O’Connor, who’ll happily spend $17 million on an office rebranding, but can’t find $600,000 to deliver important mental health services at a time our farmers need it most.

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Bracing for long upheaval

Hundreds of anxious residents on the Big Island of Hawaii are hunkering down for what could be weeks or months of upheaval as the dangers from an erupting Kilauea volcano continue to grow.

Lava spurted from volcanic vents, toxic gas filled the air and strong earthquakes — including a magnitude 6.9 temblor on Friday — rocked an already jittery population. The trifecta of natural threats forced the evacuation of more than 1700 people from communities near the lava and prompted the closure of parks, college campuses and a section of the main road through the area on the Big Island’s southern tip.

Five structures have burned and thousands of customers briefly lost power from one of the larger quakes.

Tesha “Mirah” Montoya, 45, said toxic fumes escaping from the lava vents weren’t enough to make her family evacuate, but the tipping point were the earthquakes.

“I felt like the whole side of our hill was going to explode,” she said.

Montoya, her husband and daughter don’t know how long they will be away from their home.

Tina Neal, the scientist in charge of the US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observa-

tory, warned distressed residents that earthquakes and aftershocks could continue for days, even weeks.

The lava lake at Kilauea’s summit crater dropped significantly, suggesting the magma was moving eastward toward Puna, a mostly rural district of forests, papaya farms and lava fields left by past eruptions.

Officials warned of the dangers of spattering hot rock and high levels of sulfuric gas that could threaten the elderly and people with breathing problems.

By yesterday, eight vents that had spurting lava into the air in Leilani Estates quieted down and were releasing only steam and gas. But scientists warned more vents would likely form and disgorge more lava.

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park evacuated all visitors and nonemergency staff. The quakes triggered rock slides on park trails and crater walls. Narrow fissures appeared on the ground at a building overlooking the crater at Kilauea’s summit.

The University of Hawaii at Hilo and Hawaii Community College both closed campuses and a long stretch of Highway 130, one of the main arteries through Puna, was closed because of the threat of sulfuric gas.

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Jess Tyson takes crown

Britain’s Princess Charlotte cuddles her brother Prince Louis, on her third birthday, at Kensington Palace, in London.

A reporter and presenter from Māori Television has been crowned Miss World New Zealand.

Jessica Tyson, of Te Atihaunui-āPāpārangi, took out the title at SkyCity Jess Tyson Convention Centre on Friday night. The co-presenter for Rereātea, Māori Television’s online midday news bulletin, said she was passionate about Te Reo Māori revitalisation and mental health awareness. Originally from Whanganui, Tyson started at Māori Television last year as an assignment editor for Te Kāea after earlier stints as an online reporter at TVNZ. The 25-year-old has already represented New Zealand at two international pageants in China and Japan.

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William, Kate share Prince Louis photos Two pictures have been released documenting the early days of Britain’s newest prince — and one shows Prince Louis being cuddled by three-year-old big sister Princess Charlotte.

One of the photos was snapped when Louis was just three days old. He was born April 23 and went home the same day.

The two snapshots were released by Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, and were taken by Kate at their home in Kensington Palace. Big brother Prince George, 4, is not in the photos.

A palace statement said yesterday that William and the duchess are “very pleased” to share the photos.

It said the royal couple want to thank the public for all of the kind messages received since Louis’ birth. - AP

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Khloe Kardashian

Thompson moves back in Tristan Thompson has moved back in with Khloe Kardashian. The 27-year-old basketball player was said to be staying in a hotel in Ohio, Cleveland, after video footage emerged online last month of him appearing to kiss a mystery woman in a night club in New York City while the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star was heavily pregnant. However, after weeks of working through their relationship, the sportsman is believed to have moved back in to the family home in Cleveland so that he can help his girlfriend – whose family all live in Los Angeles – care for their three-week-old daughter True.

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Surgery for Sir Alex Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was in intensive care after emergency surgery for a brain hemorrhage at the weekend amid an outpouring of affection and get-well messages from across football.

Since retiring from United after almost 27 years in charge in 2013, the 76-year-old Ferguson has continued to attend matches at Old Trafford, participate in coaching initiatives, and has been a regular at horse racing as a prominent owner.

“Sir Alex Ferguson has undergone emergency surgery today for a brain hemorrhage,” United said. “The procedure has gone very well but he needs a period of intensive care to optimise his recovery. His family request privacy in this matter.”

The most successful manager in

British football history, Ferguson has appeared in good health since ending his intense direct involvement in coaching. The Scot had surgery to fit a pacemaker in 2004 after a heart irregularity was discovered and had a hip operation five years ago shortly after retiring from United.

It is just a week since Ferguson was on the Old Trafford pitch paying tribute to long-time managerial adversary Arsene Wenger.

The Frenchman, whose control of Arsenal was reminiscent of Ferguson’s at United, is preparing to leave the London club after 22 years as manager.

The first indications of a health emergency came after Ferguson’s son, Darren, the manager at Doncaster, missed the third-tier club’s final match of the season at the weekend.

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Taylor Swift

Swift visits young fan

Britain’s Prince Louis, taken at Kensington Palace, in London.

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Taylor Swift surprised an 8-year-old girl at the Phoenix hospital where she has been recovering from devastating burns.

The Arizona Republic reported the pop star showed up unannounced at the weekend at the Arizona Burn Center to see Isabella McCune. The girl’s family made a video of her asking for Swift to visit because she couldn’t leave the hospital for the singer’s concert this week. Swift stayed for about 20 minutes.

She signed autographs and gifted Isabella with a bag of merchandise from her concert tour.

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■ PERU

An Andean man rests with his llama while tourists take in the natural wonder of Rainbow Mountain in Pitumarca, Peru.

‘Rainbow’ stuns tourists

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ourists gasp for breath as they climb for two hours to a peak in the Peruvian Andes that stands 5000 metres above sea level. They’re dead tired, but stunned by the magical beauty unfurled before them.

Stripes of turquoise, lavender and gold blanket what has become known as “Rainbow Mountain,” a ridge of multicoloured sediments laid down millions of years ago and pushed up as tectonic plates clashed. It’s only within the past five years that the natural wonder has been discovered by the outside world, earning it must-see status on Peru’s burgeoning backpacker tourist circuit.

“You see it in the pictures and you think it’s Photoshopped – but it’s real,” said Lukas Lynen, an 18-year-old tourist from Mexico.

The popularity of Rainbow Mountain, which attracts up to 1000 tourists each day, has provided a much-needed economic jolt to this remote region popu-

lated by struggling alpaca herders. Environmentalists, however, fear the tourists could destroy the treasured landscape, which is already coveted by international mining companies.

“From the ecological point of view they are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs,” said Dina Farfan, a Peruvian biologist who has studied threatened wildlife in the area just a few hours from the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu.

As proof, he points to a 4-kilometre dirt trail climbed by tourists to reach Rainbow Mountain that has been badly eroded in the past 18 months, scarring the otherwise pristine landscape.

A wetland once popular with migrating ducks has also been turned into a parking lot the size of five soccer fields that fills each morning with vans of mostly European and American visitors.

There are more serious threats, too.

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Yet the flood of tourists has meant jobs and hard cash for the local Pampachiri indigenous community, which has struggled with high rates of alcoholism, malnutrition and falling prices of wool for their prized alpaca.

Many have abandoned nomadic life for dangerous gold mining jobs in the Amazon.

Now, they charge tourists $US3 ($4.30) each to enter their ancestral land, netting the community roughly $US400,000 ($570,000) a year – a small fortune that has triggered a tax battle with an impoverished, nearby municipality, which has seen no part of the windfall.

The surge in tourists also comes with a responsibility to be good stewards of the environment and their new guests, and Pampachiri community leader

Gabino Huaman admits he is not sure they are ready to fully handle it.

“We don’t know one word in English,” he said. “Or first aid.”

Despite the challenges, roughly 500 villagers have returned in the past couple of years to take up their ancestral trade of transporting goods across the Andes. The difference is that now they are hauling tourists on horseback.

“It’s a blessing,” said Isaac Quispe, 25, who quit his job as a gold miner after six of his camp mates were murdered. He returned home and bought a horse that last year earned him $US5200 ($7420) hauling tourists uphill.

The guides dress in colourful woollen clothes and widebrimmed, traditional hats to lead the horses.

Farfan, the biologist, said he hopes the Pampachiri can learn from other sustainable tourism endeavours in Peru.

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For much of the past decade, a group of shepherds had been quietly taking small groups of tourists to the mountain as part of a five-day hike around the fast-melting Ausangate glacier.

Over time, and thanks to the stunning photographs posted on the internet, the secret got out.

Today the shepherds of Chillca manage four lodges made of eucalyptus wood with a capacity for 16 tourists each. They are lighted only by candle, but have hot water.

Arriving guests are given shoes made of alpaca leather and wool.

At dawn, lodge-keeper Orlando Garcia gently awakens his guests with a love song performed in the Quechua language.

“You always have to be guessing what the client wants, and take care of it so you don’t lose their smile,” Garcia says. “We want them to feel the greatest comfort at almost 5000 metres.”

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Blues keep streak going

By Patrick Mckendry There is pride and relief among the Blues players and their coach Tana Umaga that they have maintained New Zealand’s Super Rugby winning streak over Australia.

It was done the hard way and that in itself has pleased Umaga.

Up 24-14 and looking comfortable in the second half at Sydney’s Brookvale Oval, a converted Michael Hooper try with 10 minutes remaining put the Blues on red alert for the final, anxious, moments before they heard the final whistle on a precious 2421 victory, only their third of the season.

“It’s huge for us,” Umaga said yesterday.

“We’ve been through some struggles recently – they’re well documented.

“We needed some positive outcomes for the amount of work we’ve put in.

“We knew coming over here that the Tahs, with the way they’ve been playing, were targeting us.

“We just wanted to put a bit of pride back in our performances and our club.”

They have done that, and with outside back Melani Nanai and midfielder Sonny Bill Williams potentially returning for next Friday’s match against the Hurricanes at Eden Park, this coming week should have a very different vibe.

The Blues have lost all four games at home this season but this victory, after they led 18-14 at halftime, will give them some dearly-needed confidence.

The alternative would have been ugly and would have increased the scrutiny on Umaga and the under-performing franchise.

The winning streak over their Aussie counterparts now stands at an extraordinary 38 matches, but Umaga was wary about saying when or if it would end.

“I’m not going to say anything around that,” he said.

“We’ve still got a very good Rebels team to come and a Reds team that is playing well … like anything, these streaks are made to be broken, it’s just when [not if].

“The more you make of it the more it plays on your psyche.”

It was on lock Patrick Tuipulotu’s mind beforehand.

Asked about his feelings at the finish, he said yesterday: “A sense of relief. For me, when I heard of that streak that pretty much fired me up in the days leading up to it.

Rieko Ioane was a vital cog in the Blues defensive machine on Saturday night.

“I’m happy for the guys who put in the work.”

Tuipulotu was hindered during the week by an illness which kept him out of last weekend’s defeat to the Jaguares but his workrate was impressive and so was flanker Jerome Kaino’s after his return from four weeks out with a hamstring injury.

Both men played the full 80 minutes and tackled themselves to a standstill.

The Blues had heroes all across the park throughout but in particular those final, nerve-wracking, 10 minutes.

Asked about his anxiety lev-

els, Umaga said: “They’re usually high anyway, so I’m getting used to managing it.”

The backline defence was impressive against an opposition attack that included Wallabies first-five Bernard Foley and returning fullback Israel Folau, who looked to be about to score the winning try for the home side after 20 phases at the end only to see Kurtley Beale’s cross-kick sail over his head into touch.

Debutant Caleb Clarke on the wing, centre Orbyn Leger and second-five Rieko Ioane were particular standouts in nullifying the threats in the opposition.

Ioane, who scored the Blues’ opening try, was again instrumental, as was his No.8 brother Akira. Without them the Blues really would be in trouble.

“It’s been tough for those two young men – they’ve played every minute of every game, pretty much,” Umaga said.

“There is a lot of expectation on them as well but yet both on and off the field … they have contributed hugely to this group.

“They don’t back down from anything, which builds confidence for our players. They lead those young ones and also are very demanding of themselves.” - NZME

Cane out of tour Sam Cane was still at home when the Chiefs departed for Cape Town yesterday.

An abdominal strain ruled the franchise captain out of the 23-19 loss to the Jaguares in Rotorua on Friday.

Liam Messam was forced to play at openside flanker alongside Luke Jacobson at blindside, with Pita Gus Sowakula starting at No.8.

Coach Colin Cooper said Cane won’t recover in time to tour.

He would have been available only for the first week anyway, due to the All Blacks camp which starts May 20.

All potential national candidates for next month’s three-test series against France will be seconded home as part of initial preparations.

“He’s still got niggles with his ab,” Cooper said.

“And [fellow loose forward] Lachie Boshier won’t come either [due to appendicitis]. The rest of the boys got through the game pretty well.”

The Chiefs took a squad of 29 to South Africa as cover.

They have received financial support from New Zealand Rugby so All Blacks Brodie Retallick, Nathan Harris, Anton Lienert-Brown and Damian McKenzie can return home after the first match against the Stormers and before the second against the Sharks.

The Chiefs’ defeat presented the Jaguares with another pioneering moment after last week’s win over the Blues – their maiden victory in New Zealand. The Argentinian side completed a perfect four-game road trip with earlier triumphs over the Brumbies and Rebels.

Cooper offered no excuses.

“They certainly shut us down defensively and their lineout work was good. They’re an international team, that’s probably what [fans are] not realising.

“That’s the Argentinian side out there. We certainly didn’t take them lightly.

“We had a number of opportunities – a disallowed try by Charlie [Ngatai] was a big moment [at 23-12], then an attacking scrum when the ball popped out after we thought we had dominance.”

Cooper said yellow cards to Michael Allardice and Messam, and a penalty try, also added up.

“The Jaguares player drove downwards and Liam drove with him, so the yellow card-penalty try was a hard call I thought.

“But our discipline has to be better. There were changes in our team but we were good enough.

We could’ve, and should’ve, won the game.”

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■ GOLF

In brief

Why Lydia’s smiling again

By Michael DonalDson You’ve seen pictures of Lydia Ko. You’ve seen her slightly crooked incisor – a snaggletooth if you like.

Perfectionists, fans of symmetry and orthodontists might suggest fixing it but it’s part of who Lydia Ko is.

And when she laughs, as she did so often as a youngster, you might notice it but it doesn’t change the joy she radiates when she’s happy.

That crooked tooth is a metaphor for the much-admired swing Ko employed to great effect in her amateur years as she chewed her way through golf’s record books.

Sadly, however, her smile has been largely missed for two years as Ko battled to untangle three years of tuition under controversial coach David Leadbetter – not to mention putting up with sideline sniping from her former coach who developed a penchant for blaming Ko’s parents for her fall from the No 1 ranking she occupied for 84 weeks in 2015-16.

There have been many theories behind Ko’s demise – notably the chopping and changing of coaches and caddies – but the root of her problem was a bold decision to unlearn everything she’d been taught by Leadbetter and his team.

Any golfer knows how difficult it is to groove a swing – how hard it is to get out of your own way, to empty your mind, to trust the movement you’re about to execute. What all great golfers have in common – no matter how they swing the club – is an ability to get the club face back to the right position at impact; to square the face, as they say.

The repeatability of the swing, rather than how it looks, is critical.

As an amateur, Ko, according to former coach Guy Wilson, had “the ability to square the club face up like no one. It’s pretty freaky, and really, really early, you could see it.”

Technically, however, Ko’s mechanics were not perfect; she had what purists would consider a flaw. Her club face at the top of the backswing was “closed” and as a result, she had to unwind her hips incredibly fast to get the club face back to that square position.

New Zealand great Sir Bob Charles was not a fan; he once told a New Zealand Golf AGM that Ko’s swing wouldn’t cause him to pause and watch if he passed her on the driving range.

Yet he acknowledged there was another facet he couldn’t ignore – an intangible that brought out some rich descriptions from others, such as “mystical” and “flawless”.

He couldn’t ignore the way she swung the club.

The amateur Ko brought the moving parts together with a seamless rhythm and a metronomic tempo.

She never jerked, over-extended, got out of balance or hurled

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Steel make statement The Southern Steel have sounded a warning in the opening game of the ANZ Premiership yesterday.

Last season’s undefeated defending champions offered the Northern Mystics a rude awakening, with a 55-47 victory.

However, such a margin of victory was not predicted, as the Steel enter the season being one of the youngest teams in the league, and without Jamaican import shooter Jhaniele Fowler-Reid.

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LeBron does it again LeBron James banked in a running one-hander at the buzzer to give Cleveland a 105-103 win over Toronto in Game 3, shoving the Raptors to the edge of their most devastating playoff exit.

After the Raptors tied it on rookie OG Anunoby’s 3-pointer with eight seconds left, James took the inbounds pass, dribbled the length of the floor and in one motion, dropped his 10-footer in front of Toronto’s stunned bench. The Cavs ran and mobbed James and moments later he was back up on the scorer’s table – just like after a game-winner against Indiana last round – to celebrate a win that was up for grabs.

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An obviously happy Lydia Ko skips away from the green at Lake Merced last week. herself at the ball. The club flowed around her body with an unhurried grace, her impeccable tempo never changing, no matter what club she used nor the pressure of the situation.

Fellow amateur team-mate Emily Perry once described Ko’s swing as “robotic but beautifully robotic – there’s no other words for it”.

When Ko turned pro, her mother Tina told new coach Leadbetter she’d like to remedy the closed face flaw.

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with a slightly flawed purity, her swing became effective but jangly – it wasn’t Lydia Ko’s swing.

She didn’t own it, she rented it.

She won despite the changes not because of them.

The other thing, and I confess to reading between the lines here, is that the Leadbetter Academy put a lot of focus on strength and conditioning in order to build Ko’s power.

They wanted her to hit it further, so in the years Ko was under Leadbetter’s tutelage, she worked

Robotic but beautifully robotic - there’s no other words for it

Her dad Gil Hong was said to be a fan of Korean Hee Young Park, who has won just twice on the LPGA tour despite her admired mechanics.

Staying with the dental analogy, Leadbetter’s theory wasn’t to fix the crooked incisor, but to take out all the teeth and replace them with dentures – the swing he got Ko to implement was a visually unpleasant lifthitch-swoop thing that had some resemblance to the way Jim Furyk swings – an action once described as being like an “octopus falling out of a tree”.

The remarkable thing about Lydia Ko is that she is so talented and such a great learner, she was able to win plenty of tournaments while transitioning to Leadbetter’s A (for Alternate) Swing. But instead of swinging

hard to build her leg and core strength. Ko is not what you’d call a gifted athlete – and bulking up didn’t suit her at all.

So from the age of 16 to 19 – remind yourself for a minute what it’s like to be this age – Ko not only reworked her swing but she changed her body shape.

The fact she’s now a slender, trimmer 8kg-lighter version of the player who left the Leadbetter camp in late 2016 says much about how useful she found that gym work.

When Ko quit his academy, Leadbetter attacked her parents for interfering too much – neglecting the fact that the only reason Ko ended up under his tutelage in the first place was because of her parents.

He also showed little understanding of the Korean family

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culture, one where parents are firmly in control and children fulfil their duty.

There is more parental influence in a Korean family than most Western ones.

And everyone who knows the Ko family acknowledges her parents, even though they want the best for their daughter, are not the pushy interfering type.

The week before the win, Leadbetter was at it again, posting a blog on his website attacking Ko’s parents, specifically her father – “an unaccomplished golfer” – for meddling with her swing.

The truth is that her parents have always wanted what is best for their daughter.

They thought Leadbetter was the answer. He wasn’t. They made a mistake, they’ve fixed it.

They realised everything happening under Leadbetter was slowly moving Ko away from the essence that had made her great to start with – a carefree swing that matched her carefree, bubbly personality.

It’s too early to say that new coach Ted Oh and new caddie Jonny Scott have made a difference to Ko, but in San Francisco, she played with a freedom and lightness that had been missing for the previous two years.

What we saw was the old Ko – or rather the young Ko rebooted.

Her swing wasn’t exactly the same as the one from her amateur days but it was fluid and graceful and she executed it without looking like she had to remember every piece of code in the software.

And she started laughing again, which had always been an on-course trademark.

For now, the famous smile – snaggletooth and all – is back. - NZME

Al Horford scored the go-ahead basket for Boston late in overtime in a wild Game 3 where the 76ers gave away the basketball and the confetti, leading the Celtics to a win. The ending to regulation was about as wild as it gets for both teams. JJ Redick threw away the basketball on an errant pass to no one that was scooped by Terry Rozier who threw to Jaylen Brown for the basket and an 89-87 lead.

Seconds later, Marco Belinelli stunned everyone with a falling 22-footer that sent the game into overtime — and confetti mistakenly blasted from the cannon.

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Boxing Day test New Zealand will return to the glamour Boxing Day cricket test in Melbourne for the first time in 32 years, it has been reported. After decades of being mysteriously shut out of the game, the Black Caps have been locked in for the 2019 fixture. England, India, West Indies, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have played Australia in the Boxing Day fixture since New Zealand’s last appearance in 1987, an agonising draw when Richard Hadlee was in his prime. New Zealand’s reappearance at the MCG will be part of the new test championship which culminates with a final in mid-2021.

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Smith breaks silence Steve Smith has vowed to earn back the trust of the Australian public following the cheating scandal in South Africa which saw him banned from international and state cricket for a year. The former national captain and vice-captain David Warner were both suspended for 12 months for their role in the ball tampering incident in Cape Town during the recent Test series, and opening batsman Cameron Bancroft was banned for nine months. Smith has spent some time in America avoiding the spotlight but announced he was now back in Australia.

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Warriors bounce back The Warriors are back to the top of the NRL table after defeating the Wests Tigers 26-4 in a convincing win at Mt Smart on Satryda.

Led by their halves combo of Luke Brooks and Benji Marshall the Tigers looked dangerous in the opening sets of the game, asking questions of the Warriors defensive line.

But, it was the Warriors who drew blood first when winger David Fusitua scored a try in the far right corner after 14 minutes.

The Warriors would strike again through Ken Maumalo after David Nofoaluma was sent to the bin with a yellow card.

Mahe Fonua tried to launch a comeback for the Tigers late in the first half when he scored a thriller in the left corner.

Shaun Johnson showed his electric footwork early in the second half, dancing himself into a break before finding the ball in his hands over the tryline.

The game was already won before replacement hooker Karl Lawton came to the field, but that didn’t stop him from crossing the line twice late in the game.

The Warriors were far more convincing than last week when they were thrashed by the Storm, but the night was marred by injuries to Johnson and Issac Luke in the second half.

Meanwhile the first half proved to be the difference between the Raiders and the Titans at GIO Stadium as the men from Canberra won 32-18.

The Raiders came out firing in the first half, with Iosia Soliola dotting down in two minutes into

David Fusitua was once again a powerhouse for the Warriors. the game. Led by captain Jarrod Croker, the Raiders kept applying the pressure on the men from the Gold Coast to head into the break with a 20-0 lead.

However, the Titans weren’t going to roll over for the Raiders, sending Ryan James over for a try five minutes after the bell.

Kiwis powerhouse Kevin Proctor snatched up a grubber from Ashley Taylor to score over the line three minutes later.

The short comeback was too little, too late for the visitors, with Raiders big man Shannon Boyd

coming off the interchange to score a try and set up another.

Jordan Rapana would find the line himself too, taking a wide pass and leaping over Titans defenders to place the ball down in the corner while in midair.

The Sharks opened up the final match of the night in thrilling fashion with a stunning try from Sosaia Feki.

The home side were simply too good for the Eels early in the piece and had their defence in a mess as the ball quickly made its way to the wing.

The Eels rocked back soon after with their own try on the wing courtesy of Bevan French.

Parramatta all but mirrored their opponent’s early play and sent the ball out to the young star, who leapt over the final defender.

Feki went over for his second in 27th minute. Townsend, who failed the conversion, followed Feki with his own try four minutes later, cleaning up a pass from a rampaging Valentine Holmes after the 22-year-old made a break through the middle.

The Sharks put serious doubt in Parramatta’s hopes of a three-win streak with an easy try to Edrick Lee on the wing shortly after halftime. The speedy winger was gifted a huge gap after a dummy pass from hooker Jayden Brailey caught the Eels by surprise.

The Eels were denied a try in the corner from Bevan French after the Bunker revealed the winger lost possession as he grounded the ball.

Parramatta dug their toes in with a try to David Gower with five minutes left on the clock.

Their sudden spike in energy was followed up two minutes later with another try to Michael Jennings, who went over near to posts to bring the score to 16-22.

Parramatta gun Mitchell Moses did the unthinkable in the final minute and twisted his way over the line for a try on the right flank, meaning all the visitors needed was a conversion to send the match to golden point time.

Unfortunately for the Eels, Moses skewed his kick and left the score 22-20 to the Sharks.- NZME

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Trotting loses two of its luminaries Alex Hastie Longtime Ashburton horseman Alex Hastie died in his hometown on Monday, aged 71.

Hastie was perhaps best known for naming his horses with the surnames of famous New Zealand sports people.

The supremely-talented Loader was one of the best of them, winning four of his seven career starts in 1999 before going amiss after injuring himself at Forbury Park in 2000.

He reared up at the start and injured an ankle, never to race again.

Timu (6 wins), Moller (4) and Anton Oliver (4) were all good winners while Davu, McCaw, Devoy, Amon, Van Dyk, Chisnall, Tuuta, Mains and Corlett were other examples of his penchant for Kiwi sporting surnames.

Loader’s older half-brother, Anton Oliver, was a horse Hastie regarded as the best he trained, but a number of leg injuries saw him only race for two seasons here – as a six-year-old and eight-year-old.

He won four races from 20 starts

before Hastie, wife Pam and longtime friend and client Bill Eade sent the horse to Perth to race in 2015.

Eade was one a number of close associations Hastie forged with breeders, owners and fellow horsemen in a training career that started in 1980.

One of those was with Waikouaiti trainer Denis O’Connell, with whom he exchanged many horses over a long period.

“Alex was a very good man,” noted O’Connell. “He passed me on some nice horses, including Terranium and Francis Dalrae.

“He had got Francis Dalrae from Don Cuttance as a pacer (in 1985) and then sent him to me, recommending I race him as a trotter.”

Hastie then drove horse to four of his nine career wins from O’Connell’s stable, offering advice along the way.

“Francis Dalrae’s win with Alex driving on Cup Day in 1988 was magnificent.

“Alex was a wonderful blacksmith and had a terrific knowledge about

balancing up a horse.

“He used various weights to get them balanced.

“There’s a real art to it – it’s too technical for me – but he mastered it and was able to get the best possible results out of horses because of it.”

After initially spending six years as a jockey in the mid-1960s (five winners in the 1963/64 season his best), Hastie entered the harness game as a trainer in mid-1980.

His first was Taieri Lord at Ascot Park in December of that year and 57 more were to follow, the last of them being Tuuta at Oamaru in March 2015.

Alexander David Hastie was married to Pam for 51 years and together they had two sons, Rikke and Kelven, as well as eight grandchildren.

He was farewelled at the Ashburton Racecourse on Friday, May 4.

Tom Harrison Former trainer Tom Harrison, father of prolific Americanbased horseman Kelvin, died in

Ashburton on Monday, April 30, aged 96.

Harrison had retired from the training scene in 1998 after approximately 30 years with a license.

His first winner, Local View, came at Westport on Boxing Day 1972 and the last of his 48 career successes came with Faye’s Image on June 1, 1996.

Before taking out a trainer’s license, Harrison met with some success as an owner in the stables of Derek Jones MNZM, Jack Grant and Pat O’Reilly Snr. As a trainer, his best horse was the Out To Win gelding In To View, who won eight races in 10 months in 1978 and 1979.

Thomas Drayton Harrison was married for 66 years to his late wife Kath and together they had four children; Graeme, Kelvin, Katrina and Lorayne as well as many grandchildren and great grandchildren throughout New Zealand, Australia and the United States.

His funeral was held on Friday, May 4, in Methven.

Johnson out for one game The Warriors expect halfback Shaun Johnson to miss at least one game with an ankle injury while the severity of hooker Issac Luke’s shoulder problem remains unclear ahead of next Saturday’s clash against the Sydney Roosters.

Luke dislocated his shoulder 15 minutes into the second-half of last night’s 26-4 win over Wests Tigers at Mt Smart Stadium, before forward Adam Blair and Johnson both suffered ankle injuries in the final quarter while being dragged down in awkward tackles.

The club yesterday confirmed that Johnson and Luke will have scans tomorrow, but Warriors assistant coach Tony Iro is resigned to the fact they will be without their first-choice No 7 for at least one match.

“Shaun’s probably the most serious of the lot. We won’t know until we get scans back,” Iro said.

“Obviously he’s going to miss some time regardless, but we get Mason Lino back and he’s done a good job for us while Shaun’s been out this season so he’ll get the job done.”

Blair was walking around postmatch without any pain and despite initially appearing to be in a bad state had no doubts he would be fit to take the field again at home against the Roosters.

The 32-year-old twisted his leg while being tackled by Tigers hooker Elijah Taylor, and Johnson found himself in a similar position shortly after when he was caught by his opposite Luke Brooks.

“It just got caught underneath and I’ll be right,” said Blair.

“A couple of days (rest) and then I’ll be back on Tuesday.

“Sometimes you get caught in awkward positions and just get a bit of a shock and I think it was that more than anything.

“I needed to get off and take precautions and make sure it’s all good.”

Luke’s status remains vague although he refused to rule himself out of next week’s match despite having his arm in a sling as he left the team’s sheds.

The 30-year-old was only cleared to play on Friday after suffering what was eventually diagnosed as a minor lateral collateral ligament knee problem in last week’s loss to Melbourne.

Club medical staff were pleasantly surprised the rare nature of his knee injury was less severe than initially reported, and Luke hopes to be able to make a similarly swift recovery this week.

“I was only confident after the captains run yesterday for today’s game so we’ll just take it day by day,” Luke said of his shoulder concern. “(The knee is) alright.

“The doctor’s diagnosis was a bit gangsta but it’s a pretty uncommon injury.

“When they found out what it was they freaked out because no one does that kind of injury.

“It’s either ACL or PCL or MCL and I did an LCL. “It pulled up well.”

- NZME

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Monday, May 7, 2018

In brief

■ RICCARTON

Big double for Pitmans The powerful father and son training partnership of Michael and Matthew Pitman added another winning double to their impressive home track record at Riccarton on Saturday, albeit they had to share the spoils in one of those victories.

The ultra-impressive Elfee kicked off the day in good style with a win over 1600m in rating 85 company before underrated mare Saronic Miss grabbed a share of the major prize-money when she dead-heated with recent southern convert Secret Stash in a rating 65 1200m event just one race later.

Elfee, who also started her career in the north before heading to the Pitman operation in early 2017, made it career win number seven when she out finished pacemaker Laaffaire and race favourite Euphoria to take out the third race on the programme.

The win was well deserved after the six-year-old had been narrowly beaten two starts ago in the Gr.3 South Island Breeders’ Stakes (1600m).

“She was really unlucky that day and not just in that run either,” said Matthew Pitman.

“The form’s been all around her and she got her turn today.”

Pitman was pleased with the ride of northern apprentice Sam Weatherley who positioned the Iffraaj mare in a striking position throughout before driving her to the front in the closing stages of the contest.

Dream day for Marsh Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh capped off a superb day’s work at Te Rapa on Saturday when exciting three-year-old filly Power Dream joined stablemate Santa Catarina on the winner’s list for the day.

Marsh produced Santa Catarina to win the day’s feature, the Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre 2YO Stakes and then added a second win with Power Dream who led from go to whoa in the hands of Danielle Johnson.

- NZME

Big future assured Against all ages, two-year-old trotters on debut seldom look as professional as Full Noise did in the hands of Brent Barclay at Invercargill on Saturday. From one on the second line in the 2700-metre trot, the juvenile raced in midfield early, sat parked from the 1200 and won untouched by three-quarters of a length from the Temuka visitor Superfast Ninja. “He’s a natural,” said Barclay. “He still needs to develop a bit more speed but he’s got a big future.”

- HRNZ

All Stars power on The All Stars stable’s recent domination of our richest juvenile race continued at Addington on Friday. Another Masterpiece took out the $200,000 PGG Wrightson Yearling Sales Series Open, giving Mark Purdon his sixth-straight win as trainer in the race and partner Natalie Rasmussen her fifth. It was another professional performance from the son of Bettor’s Delight, who proved too good for stablemate Jesse Duke in the hands of Tim Williams. - NZHN

Sam Weatherley gets Elfee home at Riccarton on Saturday.

“It was a very patient and very good ride from Sam,” he said.

“That’s why we got him down here.

“She was very unlucky not to get a Group Three win, but she got her consolation today.”

Weatherley was also taken with the mare’s effort.

“She’s a very tough mare,” he said.

“You like these types of horses that always put in one hundred per cent.

“I didn’t want to be unlucky on her so I popped off the fence just before the corner.

“I waited as long as I could as I knew I had the second horse covered and she put them to bed quite nicely.”

- NZME

Stakes reward for mare Genuine mare Fascinate produced a career-best performance at Riccarton to break through at black type level. The Falkirk mare had finished runner-up to stablemate Coulee in South Island Breeders’ Stakes and she had no trouble going one better with an emphatic win in the Daphne Bannan Great Easter Stakes. Trained by Brian and Shane Anderton, Fascinate won two of her previous three starts and despite the booking of Chris Johnson she still flew well under the radar and returned 34-1.- NZME

Big future on the track predicted for Mike Exciting prospect Big Mike has provided trainer Craig Phelan with a pleasant dilemma after adding to his burgeoning record with a convincing victory in the last race of the day at Te Rapa on the weekend.

The lightly raced Don Edu-

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ardo five-year-old made it win number four from just 15 starts when he landed a betting plunge with a bold front running performance over 1600m. The win justified the confidence Phelan has in his charge who has tested his patience despite compiling such

a handy record in a short space of time.

“He’s taken his time to come to it, but I think the penny has finally dropped now,” said Phelan.

“We’ve always had an opinion of him, but he’s been a little hard to place as he doesn’t like the

ground too firm or too deep.

“That is the first time he has won on a track as good as that.”

“We had thought about the Rotorua Cup but that’s come up a little too soon. There is plenty more to come during the winter and into the spring.

- NZME

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manawa- 6 11216 Bigtime Narelle 21.68.........................L Cole tu Raceway Meeting Date: 07 May 2018 NZ Meeting num- 7 61336 Cawbourne Owen 21.69 .......... K Gommans ber: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 8 37631 Bigtime Pink 21.78 .............................L Cole 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 32137 Little Scamp 21.80 ....................... D Denbee 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 10 74581 Bigtime Ottey 21.59 ...........................L Cole 1 12.25pm FORMPRO RATINGS FREE C0, 375m 4 1.17pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C3 C3, 375m 1 F6365 Cawbourne Bee nwtd J & ...................D Bell 1 2168x Bigtime Michelle nwtd ........................L Cole 2 33387 Bigtime Bronx nwtd ............................L Cole 2 23618 Dyna Hadvar 21.96 ...........................M Flipp 3 1 Broken Wallet nwtd .................. K Gommans 3 81811 Benny Burrito 21.40 ....................A Turnwald 4 6 Bigtime Leeroy nwtd...........................L Cole 4 72312 Stole Me Car 21.47 .................. K Gommans 5 57432 Snippy Pippi nwtd........................A Turnwald 5 75546 Hard Merch 21.45 G & ........... S Fredrickson 6 265 Bigtime Ashii nwtd J & ........................D Bell 6 14213 Bigtime Roll nwtd ...............................L Cole 7 241 Bigtime Hunter nwtd...........................L Cole 7 37733 Bigtime OnFire 21.68 .........................L Cole 8 54433 Cawbourne Chops nwtd........... K Gommans 8 58633 Bigtime Champ nwtd ........................S Lozell 9 53778 Flying Koko nwtd ...................... K Gommans 9 7787x Bigtime Taylor 21.51 G &........ S Fredrickson 10 57473 He’s A Sharkie nwtd ................. K Gommans 5 1.35pm KAMADA PARK C0D C0d, 660m 2 12.42pm J P PRINT, PETONE C2 C2, 375m 1 13756 Cawbourne Zayne nwtd J & ................D Bell 1 61445 Bigtime Boy 21.91 ........................M Goodier 2 73466 Bigtime Jack nwtd ........................M Goodier 2 37312 Nippa-A-Spot 21.88 ..................J McInerney 3 13131 Thrilling Rory nwtd ......................A Turnwald 3 44364 Bigtime Emma 21.86..........................L Cole 4 56535 Wee Meredith nwtd ......................... L Martin 4 64556 Pat Patterson 21.65 ..........................M Flipp 5 56474 Bigtime Power nwtd G & ........ S Fredrickson 5 75773 Butterball 21.84 ............................. M Gowan 6 15553 Don’t Knocka Gee nwtd .....................L Cole 6 16433 Ocean Gambler nwtd ..................A Turnwald 7 11566 Bigtime Brucie nwtd ...........................L Cole 7 51212 White Comet 21.83 ....................... D Donlon 8 54628 Fushidara nwtd ............................... L Martin 8 86138 Wetchester 21.88 ................................ L Bell 6 1.52 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C2, 375m 9 67755 You’re The Best 21.53 ........................ N Udy 1 46665 Cawbourne Symsy 21.68 J &..............D Bell 10 56866 Cawbourne Hint 21.73 J & ..................D Bell 2 77652 Doosh 21.60..............................J McInerney 3 1.00pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C4/5, 375m 3 18888 Mary Blue Blood 21.92..............J McInerney 1 71526 Bigtime George 21.35 ........................L Cole 4 76853 Tazia nwtd .................................... D Denbee 2 37651 Bigtime Basher 21.25.........................L Cole 5 45761 Apricity 21.82 ..............................A Turnwald 3 56124 Cloona Express nwtd .........................L Cole 6 64621 Barn Door Billy 22.06 ............... K Gommans 4 24345 Cawbourne Mezza 21.40 .............M Roberts 7 85214 El Hefe 21.69 G & .................. S Fredrickson 5 33827 Rain And Tears 21.76...................M Roberts 8 18546 Kinetic Shadow 22.15 ......................... L Bell

9 68836 Bigtime Spark nwtd ............................L Cole 10 3.07 ADRIAN CLARK BLOODSTOCK C1/2, 457m 10 57387 Making It Up nwtd ...........................C Morris 1 56418 Bigtime Redo 26.20 G & ........ S Fredrickson 7 2.10pm IONLYFLYFIRSTCLASS.COM C0 C0, 457m 2 322x1 Thomas William 26.00.................. D Denbee 3 67664 Eye Kno 26.34 H & ........................... Woods 1 56 Bigtime Claws nwtd ............................L Cole 4 27645 Bigtime Donny 25.78..........................L Cole 2 63247 Trendy Val nwtd G &............... S Fredrickson 5 77682 Bigtime Buster 26.41 G & ...... S Fredrickson 3 55281 Smiling Sid nwtd ..............................S Stone 6 32266 Bigtime Mike 26.65 ............................L Cole 4 76434 Flygon nwtd.................................A Turnwald 7 23111 Cawbourne Assist 26.38 ..............M Roberts 5 322 Sadeeki nwtd .....................................L Cole 8 17756 Bigtime Sandy 26.15 G &....... S Fredrickson 6 26 Bigtime Bart nwtd...............................L Cole 9 677x5 Bigtime Allgood 26.70 G & ..... S Fredrickson 7 563 Bigtime Emjay nwtd............................L Cole 8 45F Bigtime Eyore nwtd ............................L Cole 10 67348 Bradam Begins nwtd ...................A Turnwald 9 64682 Fantastic Dutchy nwtd .................A Turnwald 11 3.28 STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C3/4, 457m 10 8571 Bigtime Acacia nwtd...........................L Cole 1 72711 Bigtime Liam 25.97 ............................L Cole 8 2.27 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES C1, 457m 2 11623 Caveman Sam 25.88 ..................B Hodgson 3 32882 Cawbourne Palmer 25.93 ...........A Turnwald 1 51321 Barge Bale nwtd...........................M Roberts 4 43111 Millie Prince 26.46..............................L Cole 2 23425 Mister Ebby 26.09 .......................A Turnwald 5 13778 Arden Emgrand 26.17 .................A Turnwald 3 52327 Bigtime Clyde 26.38 ...........................L Cole 6 52561 Bigtime Chloe nwtd ............................L Cole 4 55546 Bigtime Welldone 26.01 .....................L Cole 7 34625 Bigtime Zack 26.25 ............................L Cole 5 28366 Bigtime Rosie 26.49 G &........ S Fredrickson 8 12352 Bigtime Craig 26.46 ...........................L Cole 6 36436 Gunnar Blueblood 26.45 ...........J McInerney 9 12544 Five Eyes 26.09 ........................... D Denbee 7 35633 Toki Girl 26.45 .............................. D Denbee 8 6215 Bigtime Chris 26.36............................L Cole 10 31474 Bigtime Monty 26.10 ..........................L Cole 9 235x4 Phantom Way 26.44 ........................C Morris 12 3.47pm M&M MASTER BUTCHERS C5 C5, 457m 10 72562 Classy Delta 26.63 ..........................C Morris 1 27x12 Lunch Special 26.14 ..........................L Cole 9 2.47 OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1/2d, 660m 2 61513 Fusion Cronulla 25.81 .................A Turnwald 3 15522 Spare Some Time 25.95 ....................L Cole 1 43133 Argus Filch nwtd .........................A Turnwald 4 14255 Bigtime Vanessa 26.05 ......................L Cole 2 65123 Nitehawk Rose nwtd ...................B Hodgson 5 Box Vacant ................................... Scratched 3 12324 Gray Bale nwtd.............................M Roberts 6 18388 Cosmic Odette nwtd..................J McInerney 4 74861 Tranquil Blossom 38.69...............A Turnwald 7 47334 Quistis Bale nwtd .........................C Roberts 5 33515 Nature’s Gent nwtd .....................A Turnwald 8 31345 Bigtime Forest 26.21 ..........................L Cole 6 34724 Dyna Boomer nwtd ......................M Roberts 7 36112 Mija Sydney 39.00 ......................A Turnwald 13 4.07 PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C1 C1, 410m 8 31457 Gentleman Tim 38.98..................A Turnwald 1 183 Bigtime Minnie nwtd ...........................L Cole

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Grand final ‘chaos’ The A-League Grand Final descended into chaos in its final minutes after Newcastle Jets star Roy O’Donovan was sent off for a flying head kick to Melbourne Victory goalkeeper Lawrence Thomas.

The 32-year-old O’Donovan tried leaping through the air in a final attempt to snag a goal for the home side – who were trailling 1-0 – after a free kick was taken in the 94th minute.

His boot sailed into Thomas’ face and smashed the 25-year-old to the ground. Thomas was sent to the deck in agony as the referee closed in to hand O’Donovan a red card.

Twitter exploded at the incredible scene, moments before Melbourne claimed the 2018 title.

Thomas returned to the field with his head wrapped up in bandages and later won the Joe Marston medal as the best player on the field.

The controversial VAR system again reared its head during the biggest game of the 2018 A-League season.

After being awarded a free kick,

Melbourne Victory players lined up alongside their Newcastle Jets opponents at the top of the box and as the kick came in it was evident they were standing in an off-side position.

Unfortunately it wasn’t picked up by the technology.

The clear miss left many fans up in arms and to make matters worse for the home sided Jets, it led to the opening goal of the game.

Kosta Barbarouses pounced on a ball inside the penalty box and watched as the ball richoted into the back of the net off of a Jets player.

His strike in the ninth minute was the quickest goal ever recorded in A-League grand final history, much to the dismay of Jets fans.

Aussie legend Robbie Slater teed off at the call in the halftime break.

“He’s clearly offside,” he said.

“The VAR, having twice got it wrong in the semi-final, have got it wrong again on the biggest possible stage.

“What is the VAR for? You can’t blame the players. It’s an obvious error, there’s not any doubt about it.”

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In the end, it was Ernie Merrick’s one-time protege turned combatant Kevin Muscat who got the last laugh in a contest that started breathlessly but was shut down by Victory’s experienced campaigners.

While the Jets dominated all the first-half statistics they couldn’t overcome the all-powerful Thomas, whose gargantuan saves inspired his side to exorcise the ghosts of last season’s grand-final penaltyshootout loss to Sydney FC. They went behind early when Leroy George’s swooping free kick found the head of James Donachie, who knocked it down for Barbarouses to fire past Glen Moss via a deflection off Johnny Koutroumbis.

Replays showed Donachie – and two teammates – had been offside, yet the VAR remained silent.

The Jets responded swiftly, raining down on Victory’s goal and navigating a way past every opponent bar the brick wall of Thomas.

The visitors utilised their bigstage experience to close down the game.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): It really doesn’t matter who is deserving and who isn’t. You’re glad it’s not your job to decide anyway. To extend goodwill in every direction regardless of circumstance is to expand your heart.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Bring happy thoughts to your dream. Encourage yourself. Also, let no person bring unhappy or discouraging light to it. Dreams need protection, especially when they are young.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): When you have to speculate about what happened, the stories you formulate may take on wilder or darker or more saturated colours than were actually in the picture. So don’t be coy. Just ask.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Teamwork is almost everything today, and you’ll love working with people with different strengths and weaknesses. Your role in this is clearly vital. The parts will fit together to make a jubilant whole.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): People have their own definition of the good life, and it’s different at different ages and stages. Your appetites in regard to this are changing. It will bring you clarity to ask yourself what you really want these days.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Mystery is an invitation to imagination and creativity. You’ve got plenty of both. That’s why you appreciate a story that doesn’t spell out every last detail and a plan that leaves room for freestyle.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You’ve brought plenty of plans to fruition. You’ve also abandoned plans as soon as you could tell they were a lost cause.

You’re getting better at calling these things, which is why you should trust yourself now.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): People make books, and books make people. What would society be without the ideas, structures and journeys that have been laid out in pen ink? You will mould yourself through reading in weeks to come.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You can look for any solution on the internet, but you still would rather tell a live person and get an answer that comes out of the rough, improvisational connection of human interaction.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Whatever gets you up and out of yourself and your known rhythm today will be good for your life. While there may be nothing wrong with your routine, it will still hold you back if it’s all you do.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): People will always return to the places that make them feel welcome and the people who make them feel welcome.

You’ll be careful to receive each and every interaction with a hospitable attitude.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’re not big on fiction and fantasy these days. You’d rather be impressed by what really happened, which is often more surprising than what anyone could make up.

ACROSS 1. Took a gamble and did some chopping in the kitchen (5) 4. Getting such a post will show one’s appreciated (3-4) 8. Gorilla, at some disturbance, turns to a reptile (9) 9. Be tiresome to a Conservative with nothing to lose (3) 10. Stan initially put surname first with glory of recognition (7) 12. Water version of this game not be played on seahorses (4) 14. Escape from crime and, with following, avoid detection (7) 17. Bound over to include a way to open parcel (4) 18. Prison sentence one may make go farther (7) 20. Prattle necessary to every evening assembly (3) 21. For one thing, it enables one to think (5,4) 23. Ra’s ray (7) 24. In getting in to apply stitches, it’s tough (5) DOWN 1. In which voices from beyond the grave may be heard? (4,9) 2. Your and my appearance after a pass may be red (6) 3. Rover for instance turns, real after a loss - bad verse! (8) 4. An attack of apoplexy, although in good health (3) 5. In Scandinavia Fate says No to the Navy (4) 6. ‘Suit the ___ to the word, the word to the ___ (Hamlet) (6) 7. Put wine aside to keep, and the police will be dictatorial (3,4,3,3) 11. Checks the 6 of corset (5) 13. Virginia allows those of no fixed abode (8) 15. Extends nod, sad at being different (4,2) 16. Trouser-top and bottom stitched round and scattered (6) 19. Today’s hautboy must be held by two Boers (4) 22. Lay one’s sights at one in the morning (3)

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Wind at 2000m: Severe gale NW 90 km/h, rising to 110 km/h in the evening.

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Occasional high cloud. Light winds at first, southerlies developing later.

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Tiny House Nation 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 0 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Funny You Should Ask Comedy game show featuring a panel of stand-up comedians who interact with contestants for prizes.

4:55 M The Chase AO 1994 Action Comedy. A wrongly accused criminal takes an industrialist’s daughter hostage, while being hunted by both vigilantes and the law. Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson, Josh Mostel. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm Mind Over Money With Nigel Latta 0 8:30 Criminal Minds 0 9:25 Lucifer AO 0 10:25 1 News Tonight 0 10:55 The Brave AO 0

11:50 Person Of Interest AO 3 Root goes undercover to protect the host of a conspiracy-theory show; Samaritan’s agents must convince a member of the team that their goals are noble. 0 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

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6am Impact For Life 6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am F New Looney Tunes 0 7:25 Nexo Knights 3 0 7:50 Beyblade Burst Evolution 3 0 8:15 Art Attack 3 0 8:35 Sofia The First 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Hope And Faith 3 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle 1pm Judge Rinder 2pm Home Improvement 3 0 2:30 Home And Away 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Chuggington – Little Trainees 0 3:35 Hulk And The Agents Of SMASH 0 4pm Fanimals Clueso the MPI sniffer dog; a catch-up with Isaac and his bees in Nelson; the winner of the Bug Lab competition is announced. 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm Dancing With The Stars 3 2:30 Celebrity Family Feud 3 0 3pm Entertainment Tonight 3:30 Family Feud Australia 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm Susie Nordqvist presents comprehensive coverage of global and local news.

4:25 N Married At First Sight UK After a year of testing and measuring, the panel of experts decide who will marry whom.

5:30 Modern Family 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 0 8:50 American Housewife 0 9:20 Life In Pieces PGR 0 9:50 Grey’s Anatomy AO 0 10:45 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0

7pm The Project 7:30 Dancing With The Stars 8:30 Lost And Found PGR Jordan’s father died when she was four, and now she is looking for her estranged grandfather; Pete is searching for his birth mother, but answers are closer than expected. 0 9:30 N Inside Crime AO 0 10:40 NewsHub Late

11:15 Mom PGR 3 0 11:45 How To Get Away With Murder 3 0 12:30 Step Dave AO 3 0 1:20 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:45 Infomercials 2:45 Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce AO 3:30 Jeremy Kyle 3 4:20 Judge Rinder 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:10 The Hui 3 Mihingarangi Forbes presents a mix of currentaffairs investigations, human interest, and arts and culture stories. 0 11:45 NewsHub Nation 3 An in-depth weekly current affairs show hosted by Lisa Owen. 0 12:50 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

MOVIES PREMIERE

Mind Over Money with Nigel Latta, 8pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 10:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 10:53 The Dish PGR 3 10:55 I Found The Gown 3 11:25 I Found The Gown 3 11:55 Snapped PGR 3 (Part 1) 12:48 The Dish PGR 3 12:50 The Real Housewives Of New York City PGR 1:40 Top Chef Jr 3 2:35 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid PGR 3 3:30 How Do I Look?

4:25 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 4:55 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 5:25 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 6:25 I Found The Gown 6:55 I Found The Gown 7:30 Dress To Impress PGR 8:30 Bethenny And Fredrik 9pm Bethenny And Fredrik 9:30 Beverly Hills Pawn 10pm Beverly Hills Pawn 10:30 Intervention AO 3 11:20 Snapped PGR 3 (Part 2) 12:10 Infomercials 3

PRIME

7:10 People Interview – Melissa McCarthy 7:30 Out Of The Wild MV 2016 Drama. John Diehl, Jean Louisa Kelly. 9am The Darkness MVLSC 2016 Horror.

Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell.

Grey’s Anatomy 10:30 Reverse Angle M 2009 Drama. Emmanuelle Vaugier, 9:50pm on TVNZ 2 Anthony Lemke.

12:05 Extortion 16VLC SKY 5 2017 Crime. Eion Bailey, 6am Jeopardy! PG Bethany Joy Lenz. 1:55 The 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune House 16VLSC 2017 Comedy.

PG 6:50 The Simpsons Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler.

PG 7:15 The Force 3:25 Miss Sloane MLS 2016 MC 8:05 Pawn Stars Drama. 5:35 Yoga Hosers PG 8:30 Border Security MVSC 2016 Comedy. 7pm It M 8:55 Storage Wars Comes At Night 16VLSC 2017 PG 9:20 Pawn Stars PG Horror. Paranoia and distrust 9:45 NCIS PGV 10:40 SVU threaten to break family bonds MV 11:35 Jeopardy! PG when the evil they fear from Noon Wheel Of Fortune the outside may be more lethal PG 12:30 NCIS – LA from within. 8:30 Absolutely MV 1:25 Longmire 16V Fabulous – The Movie MLSC 2:15 NCIS PGV 3:05 The Force MC 4pm The Simpsons 2016 Comedy. After Edina and Patsy inadvertently kill PG 4:30 Jeopardy! PG supermodel Kate Moss, they 5pm Wheel Of Fortune seek refuge in the French PG 5:30 Pawn Stars Riviera to escape the media PG 6pm Storage Wars attention.

PG 6:30 Border Security 10:05 The Accountant 16VL M 7pm Pawn Stars 2016 Action.

PG 7:30 MacGyver M 8:30 Scorpion ML TUESDAY 12:10 Lap 9:30 NCIS PGV Dance 16LSC 2014 Drama.

10:30 SVU MV 11:25 Storage 1:55 People Interview – Wars PG 11:55 Pawn Stars Melissa McCarthy 2016 2:15 Yoga Hosers MVSC 2016 PG TUESDAY 12:20 The Comedy. 3:40 It Comes At Force MC 1:20 Pawn Night 16VLSC 2017 Horror.

Stars PG 1:50 Scorpion ML 2:40 MacGyver M 3:30 SVU 5:10 People Interview – Idris Elba 2016 5:55 Absolutely MV 4:20 Border Security Fabulous – The Movie MLSC M 4:45 NCIS PGV 5:35 The Simpsons PG 2016 Comedy.

CHOICE

6am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 6:25 Ben 10 – Ultimate Alien 0 6:50 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 7:15 League Of Super Evil 3 0 7:40 Duck Dodgers 3 8:05 Max Steel 3 8:30 Henry Danger 3 8:55 The Moe Show 0 9:20 Jeopardy 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Flog It! 12:40 Ed PGR 0 1:35 Married With Children PGR 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm American Restoration 0 6:30 Pawn Stars 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 N Top Gear PGR Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid return for another high-octane season, kicking off with a motorsports road trip across America’s Wild West in the new McLaren, Jaguar and Ford. 0 9:30 M Payback AO 1999 Action. 0

6:30 Takaro Tribe 3 6:40 Nga Papara Kapi 3 7:10 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 7:40 Pukana 3 2 7:50 Paia 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am Swagger 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Kai Ora 3 10:30 My Party Song 3 11am Waka Huia 3 Noon F Game Of Bros PGR 3 12:30 Billy T James AO 3 1pm Moko Aotearoa 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takaro Tribe 3 3:10 Nga Papara Kapi 3 3:40 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 4:10 Pukana 3 2 4:20 Paia 3 4:30 Te Iti Kahurangi The Journey To Success 3 5pm What’s Up With The Tumoanas? PGR 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Te Reanga Morehu O Ratana 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2 7pm KaweKorero 7:30 Island Feast With Peter Kuruvita 8pm Native Affairs 3 8:30 Artefact 9:30 Gate To The Globe 10pm Whaikorero 10:30 Te Reanga Morehu O Ratana 3

11:35 Superior Donuts PGR After a fed-up Franco fires Arthur’s long-time flour supplier for making offensive comments, Franco vows to find a more principled replacement, but it proves to be harder than he first thought. 12:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 1:05 Football – English Premier League 3:05 Closedown

11pm Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:30 KaweKorero 3 Inside news from at home and around the globe.

Midnight Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 6:55 Black Swan 16VSC 2010 Thriller. Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis.

8:40 Along Came A Spider MV 2001 Thriller.

Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott.

10:20 Georgia Rule MLS 2007 Drama. Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan.

12:10 American Reunion 16LSC 2012 Comedy.

Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann Scott, Tara Reid.

2pm Flight 16LS 2012 Thriller. Denzel Washington, Nadine Velazquez, Don Cheadle.

4:15 Dark Shadows MVL 2012 Comedy Horror. Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer.

6:05 Man On Fire 16VC 2004 Crime. Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning.

8:30 Warrior MVL 2011 Action.

A former marine returns home to ask his father to help him train for a winner-takes-all, mixed martial arts tournament.

Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte.

10:50 Burn After Reading 16VLS 2008 Crime Comedy. George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt.

TUESDAY

MAORI

12:25 The Last Castle MVL 2001 Drama. Robert Redford, James Gandolfini. 2:35 Dark Shadows MVL 2012 Comedy Horror. Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer. 4:25 Man On Fire 16VC 2004 Crime.

Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning.

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby Nation 7am Netball – ANZ Premiership Mystics v Steel. 8:30 L Surfing – WSL Founders Cup Finals. 11am Rugby – Super Rugby Waratahs v Blues. 11:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership Pulse v Magic.

1pm Golf – European Tour GolfSiX’s – Day Two. 1:30 Golf – PGA Tour Well Fargo Championship – Round Four. 2pm Golf – LPGA Tour Volunteers of America Texas Shootout – Round Four. 2:30 Motorsport – Supercars Championship Perth Supersprint – Race 10. 3pm Motorsport – Supercars Championship Perth Supersprint – Race 11.

3:30 Motorsport – Trackside 4:30 Motorcycling – Road Racing Series Scarborough Spring Cup – Part One. 5:30 Athletics – IAAF Race Walking Cup Day Two. 6:30 Sport TBC 7:30 L Netball – ANZ Premiership Pulse v Steel. 9:30 Rugby – Aviva Premiership Round 22. 10:30 Rugby Nation 11:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Stormers v Bulls.

TUESDAY 1:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Chiefs v Jaguares. 2:15 Netball – ANZ Premiership Mystics v Steel. 2:45 Netball – ANZ Premiership Pulse v Magic. 3:15 Netball – ANZ Premiership 3:45 L Netball – Vitality Super League Bath v Severn Stars.

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

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6am The Living Room 7am Junk Gypsies 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 9:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 10:30 Lone Star Restoration 11:30 Get Out Alive PGR 12:30 Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 1:30 Kevin McCloud’s Escape To The Wild 2:30 American Pickers 3:30 Love Nature – Kilauea: Playing With Fire 4:30 River Cottage Bites A series of one-to-one lessons in cooking and country-kitchen crafts. .

5pm Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail The story of how a young refugee became one of Australia’s most successful chefs.

5:30 Brother v Brother 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 World’s Busiest Cities Moscow is a megacity forged by power and politics, where a Communist past collides with a Capitalist present.

8:30 Off The Beaten Track With Kate Humble 9:30 Flying Across Britain With Arthur Williams 10:30 Brother v Brother 11:30 River Cottage Bites A series of one-to-one lessons in cooking and country-kitchen crafts. .

Midnight Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail 12:30 Junk Gypsies 1am American Pickers 2am Love Nature – Kilauea: Playing With Fire 3am Kevin McCloud’s Escape To The Wild 4am World’s Busiest Cities 5am Off The Beaten Track With Kate Humble

SKY SPORT 2 9:30 Fox Sports News The latest sports news and previews of sporting action still to come.

10am Cricket – IPL (HLS) Indians v Knight Riders.

10:30 Cricket – IPL (HLS) Kings XI v Royals.

11am Motorsport – Supercars Championship (HLS) Perth Supersprint – Race 11.

From Barbagallo Raceway.

11:30 Motorcycling – MotoGP (HLS) Gran Premio Red Bull de Espana.

Noon Cricket – IPL (RPL) Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals.

3:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Hurricanes v Lions.

4pm Football – A-League (RPL) Grand Final.

Teams and Venue TBC. 6:30 UFC Top 10 7:30 UFC Now 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Big League Wrap 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Tigers.

From Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland.

11pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Sunday.

Dragons v Storm, Roosters v Sea Eagles.

11:30 World Cup Of Sailing

TUESDAY

12:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Pulse v Steel.

1am NRL 360 2am Big League Wrap 3am UFC Now 4am Fight Night 7May18

DISCOVERY 6:35 Deadliest Catch M 750-Kilometre Storm.

7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Dodge Hodge Podge Part 2 – Oldsmobile Delta.

9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Moving Toward the Future. 10am Rocky Mountain Railroad PG Bridge Over Hel Creek. 10:50 New Zealand – Evolution Islands PG The Tuatara. 11:40 Swamp Murders M Misty River.

12:30 Blood Relatives M No Bones About It. 1:20 Murder Among Friends M The Girls of Belmont Ave. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch M Respect Earned. 4:45 Diesel Brothers – Power Hour PG Showcat. 5:40 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 6:35 Diesel Brothers PG 7:30 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 8:30 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 9:25 Diesel Brothers – Power Hour PG 10:15 New Zealand – Evolution Islands PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid M 11:55 Murder Among Friends M TUESDAY 12:45 Blood Relatives M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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Monday, May 7, 2018

Sport Rakaia, Celtic still in the hunt

Under close attention from the opposition, Rakaia’s Corey Sinclair still looks to keep control of the ball on Saturday.

Celtic and Rakaia did their chances of a shot at the major prize of Combined Country rugby no harm over the weekend while Methven got their season back on track.

It wasn’t to be once again for Hampstead however, who suffered their seventh defeat of the season – but showed continued improvement as they build towards the Watters Cup. Under the mountain, Methven finally put together a performance that coach Andy Pearce could be proud of.

After struggling at times, and losing games by narrow margins, the Methven side entered their clash with Hurunui in a hesitant fashion.

They were without experienced heads Tyler Blackburn and Davey Maw, but you would have never guessed it by the way the Methven lads found that little bit extra on the paddock.

Issues that have plagued their season, particularly lineouts and scrums, became some of their key assets as they ran in eight

tries including doubles to outstanding winger Hugh Griffiths, and Tait Chisman who stepped into the hole left by Blackburn’s absence.

Other tries came from Jason Kjestrup, Manasa Bari and Kalle Valamaki as well as a penalty try in the first half after the Methven scrum dominated Hurunui close to the try line.

“I was proud of the way they played today.

“It wasn’t perfect – but it was a lot better than what it has been,” Pearce said.

“We have known what’s been going on, but it was a case of getting that issue out of the system and putting it all together out on the paddock and the boys did that today.

“Our set piece was much better and I think we showed today that we are more than capable, we have a great squad with some depth so hopefully we can carry some form into the Watters’ Cup – the goal now is to make sure we don’t finish in the bottom four.”

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Methven will now have to gear up for a big clash next week with Rakaia and then will have to contend with Oxford and Rolleston to end the pool play stage of the competition.

Celtic kept themselves in the race for the top spot in section one with their victory over West Melton.

The green and white machine put behind them the demons of a loss to Burnham, Dunsandel and Irwell seven days earlier with a slick enough performance which sees them locked in a three-way tie at the top of section with Waihora and Saracens.

Tries to Matt Miller, Danny Hurley, Isireli Masiwini, Cam Butler and Tatenda Matormusha sealed the deal while Nathan McCloy was his usual consistent self, scoring 13 points through five conversions and a penalty, which pushed him over the century mark for the season.

In Rakaia, a near-fulltime conversion from Andrew Letham was required to see them home against Oxford.

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After leading early in the match, the Rakaia side found themselves down 30-35 inside the final 10 minutes, but lifted to get the win, and most importantly, five points.

They scored through Tom Hanham-Carter, Tim Hanrahan and a double to Timoci Nabakeke while Letham kicked four conversions and three penalties to see them home 37-35.

Hampstead are still in search of their first win of the season after they were beaten

by Saracens, 19-45, in front of their home faithful.

While they will be disappointed not to have a win on the board yet, Shaun Bovey’s men are showing a lot more heart than they have in recent seasons and continue to improve and build towards the Mid Canterbury leg of the season.

They will also be targeting a last round clash with the also winless Ashley to close out the Combined Competition.

Southern, Mid Canterbury’s other team, had the bye for the weekend.

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