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The daily fagger Young occasional smokers are almost four times more likely to become daily smokers by their late 30s than their non-smoking peers, according to new University of Otago research. The finding emerges from the Dunedin study, which has followed the health and development of about 1000 people born in the city from 1972-73. The study has tracked the smoking habits of its members, including those at 21 and 38 years of age. At 21-years-old, about 10 per cent said they usually smoked weekly but not every day. “At age 21, these occasional smokers tended to think it would be easy to quit smoking, and while some of them did manage to quit successfully, many were still smoking by age 38 and around 13 per cent of them were smoking every day by that stage,” said the article’s lead researcher, Lindsay Robertson.

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Aniston, Theroux wed Newlyweds Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux have reportedly jetted off to Bora Bora after staging a top secret wedding at the home they share in Bel Air. The couple reportedly fooled friends and the media by inviting guests to a “surprise” birthday party for Theroux, who turns 44 on Monday and then quickly staged a low-key ceremony before about 70 guests, People magazine reported yesterday, citing unnamed sources.

“Guests were told it was a birthday party for Justin,” one source said.

“Jen and Justin wanted to surprise guests ...” Among the invitees was Aniston’s one-time Friends co-star Lisa Kudrow and comedian Chelsea Handler. Aniston, 46, and Theroux started dating in 2011, as they were filming the movie Wanderlust.

Bieber: People want me to fail Justin Bieber is convinced people are hoping he’ll end up being a complete failure. The 21-year-old Canadian singer is preparing to release a fresh album soon, the first LP since his last record, Believe, was released in 2012. Bieber found himself in trouble with the law in 2014 and he is still on probation in connection to his crimes. And at the iHeartMedia Music Summit, which was held in Burbank, California on Thursday, the musician agreed ‘it’s been a rough couple of years’ for him.

“I think people want to see me fail,” Bieber said.

Richards rubbishes Sgt Pepper Half a century later, the famous rivalry between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones may not be over. Stones guitarist Keith Richards in a new interview has denounced Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the 1967 album by The Beatles famed for its experimentation.

Richards told Esquire magazine that the Fab Four “sounded great” when they stayed true to their original sound, but “got carried away. Why not? If you’re The Beatles in the ‘60s, you just get carried away – you forget what it is you wanted to do,” he said. He said of Sgt. Pepper: “Some people think it’s a genius album, but I think it’s a mishmash of rubbish, kind of like Satanic Majesties.” He was referring to Their Satanic Majesties Request, the Stones’ psychedelic album that came out in 1967 shortly after Sgt. Pepper. The Beatles recorded Sgt. Pepper after retiring from touring and the album has often been seen as a historic moment in turning pop albums into broader artistic concepts.

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No refund on bride prices Uganda’s top court yesterday banned the practice of refunding bride price — normally livestock given by the groom to his bride’s family — when a marriage ends in divorce.

The Supreme Court agreed with activists that the practice undermines the dignity of women, but it upheld the practice of paying bride price. Activists who petitioned the court had hoped the whole culture of giving gifts would be declared unconstitutional on the grounds that it reduces women to the status of property. Still, Leah Nabunnya, a spokeswoman for a Ugandan group that launched the case, said the court’s decision is a victory for women’s rights.

Nabunnya, of the Mifumi Project, said studies conducted by her group show that many women are stuck in abusive marriages because quitting means their families will be obligated to make a refund of the bride price. Such women’s families often cannot afford to return the gifts, she said.

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■ FONTERRA FORECAST

Payout lower than expected

BY NADINE PORTER AND DAISY HUDSON

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Fonterra’s revised forecast of $3.85 per kilogram of milk solids is lower than what local farmers expected, but the announcement of support in the form of a loan to shareholders has been welcomed.

The co-operative has forecast a total payout for 2015/16 of $4.25 to $4.35 kg/ms comprising of a farmgate milk price of $3.85 with earnings per share of 40 to 50 cents.

A further 50 cents per kilogram will be offered to shareholders as a loan to help farmers deal with difficult economic con-

ditions. For first year Lismore dairy conversion farmer Andrew Carr it will mean making a loss and concentrating on keeping costs down.

“At the end of the day we can only control what we can control. We’ve just got to work with the banks and the advisors.”

Mr Carr said his bank had been supportive of his 365 hectare 800 cow operation and while the forecast payout “was not ideal” he just had to “get on with it”.

He was optimistic the decline in prices would turn around but in the meantime he would be “very wary” of all costs on farm.

“I don’t know how the sharemilkers are going to get on.

They are very very depressed men I’d say … I know everyone is.”

However everyone was in the same boat and needed to keep communicating with farming advisors and banks.

Mr Carr grows his own feed but will decrease cows to suit cost structures – a move he believes many farmers will make this season.

“It’s head down and bums up.”

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury president Willy Leferink said the payout forecast was “a little bit below” where he thought it would have been.

“It really is plan D now. I’ve never seen it this low.”

He advised farmers to be proactive with their banks.

“Try to work out solutions.

Don’t wait until they contact you.”

Meanwhile the announcement sparked a flurry of criticism from opposition politicians over the government’s handling of the dairy downturn.

Labour’s finance spokesman Grant Robertson slammed the government for being “recklessly irresponsible” and complacent in the face of plunging global dairy prices.

“National has literally laughed off concerns over the looming collapse in dairy prices for over a year now,” he said.

Fonterra’s revised forecast would make life tough for many farmers, and it would represent a $1.2 billion loss for dairy farmers in Canterbury, he said.

However Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy said while the news was disappointing for farmers, it was not a surprise.

“Falling dairy prices mean it will be a tight year for many farmers and they will need to budget carefully,” he said.

“My advice to farmers is to reach out to professional advisors, like their accountants and banks, and their local Rural Support Trust, to talk through any issues.”

Falling deeper into debt

BY DAISY HUDSON

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While Fonterra’s payout was lower than what farmers expected, it was business as usual for Reiniere Vanleeuwen on an Anama farm yesterday.

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Loan could help sharemilkers

BY NADINE PORTER

NADINE.P@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Cash-strapped farmer shareholders are being offered a lifeline with Fonterra offering a loan of 50 cents per share this season and local farmers are hoping it will flow down to struggling sharemilkers.

The support package was announced at the same time as the lowered pay-out forecast yesterday and will be interest free for two years.

Farmers won’t be required to pay the loan back until the farmgate milk price or advance rate goes above $6 per kilogram.

A first payment will be made in October for June to December and will continue until May – costing the co-operative up to $430 million during the first half of the season.

Rabobank northern South Island regional manager David Clarke said Fonterra was using the strength of its balance sheet to support farmers and it was a positive initiative.

Mr Clarke said shareholders may need to use some of the loan to help sharemilkers in the short term.

However he was “reasonably optimistic” of a recovery in commodity prices along with more sustainable returns.

“It’s cyclical, not structural.”

Mitcham dairy farmer Chris Ford said the loan was “really good” for farmers.

“It’s another little bit of help for those farmers that need it.”

Mr Ford said he felt for sharemilkers who would not have access to the loan because they were not shareholders of Fonterra and advised them to discuss their situation with the farm owner if they were facing financial difficulties.

He had heard of one Mid Canterbury farmer making an “extremely generous” offer of guaranteeing payment of $5.80 per kilogram of milksolids despite the tumbling pay-out prices and hoped other farmers would do what they could to help.

“The last thing a farmer wants right now is a sharemilker saying he has to go.”

Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers president Willy Leferink urged farmers to “look after their future and said the Fonterra loan could be used by farm owners to help out sharemilkers.

Mid Canterbury farmers will slip further into debt as they get $190 million less than they expected at the start of the milk season on the back of a drastically reduced Fonterra milk payout forecast, according to the district’s economic development agency.

Farmers and sharemilkers never expected a windfall – the indicators were always trending down – but yesterday’s announcement represented a $618 million loss to farmers since the payout peaked at $8.40 in the 2013/14 season.

However the full extent of that loss may not flow through to the wider economy as farmers themselves look likely to increase their debt just to meet production costs, Grow Mid Canterbury chief executive Rob Brawley said.

Fonterra’s announcement was anticipated but disappointing “for hardworking farmers getting up in the cold and dark at 3am each day only to face the prospect they will owe their bank more than they

did yesterday”. “It’s demotivating, as it is for our business sector that works hard to support those farms,” Mr Brawley said.

While the payout challenge meant dairy farmers would have to watch their expenditure carefully, a $1.40 drop in the payout didn’t mean they would spend $1.40 less, he said.

“They still have to maintain their farms and they still have the support of their banks and now Fonterra so a lot of the drop will be borne directly by the farmers rather than the wider economy,” he said.

He also acknowledged that while the dairy sector has become increasingly important to the local economy, it wasn’t its only industry.

“We have a strong arable industry and a strong pastoral farming economy and value add industries. Our construction sector has been performing well,” he said.

However there was likely to be less money flowing through the local economy, and businesses needed to plan for that, he said.

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■ MEAT INDUSTRY

Safety inquiry sought

BY DAISY HUDSON

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There’s a call for more scrutiny of the meat processing industry in the wake of what have been called “unacceptable” serious workplace accidents at an Ashburton food processing site.

Labour MP Iain Lees-Galloway says an inquiry into health and safety standards

may be required to crack down on what he calls the “cavalier attitude” of some businesses in the sector.

His comments come as figures released to the Guardian show WorkSafe has received 32 serious harm notifications from Anzco Ashburton over the past five years.

This included four since the beginning of this year.

Anzco Ashburton has come under fire after allegations of poor health and safety practices.

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Serious harm is defined as any condition that results in permanent loss of bodily function, amputation, serious burns, loss of consciousness, or any incident that requires hospitalisation for upwards of 48 hours.

The head of the country’s industry body dismissed the call for an inquiry, saying it was a political statement that

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was “far from the truth”.

Meat Industry Association chief executive Tim Ritchie said the meat industry already closely co-operated on health and safety matters.

“Quite what an inquiry would achieve when the industry, union, Worksafe and ACC already have a regular forum in which health and safety is discussed is puzzling,” he said.

The overall injury rate in the industry has decreased over the past decade, although meat processing remained a relatively high risk sector, he said.

He acknowledged that the quality of industry-wide data about health and safety could be improved but said it was “actively being worked on” with ACC and Worksafe NZ. WorkSafe was called in to investigate after a cow carcass allegedly fell on an employee at Anzco, breaking his leg.

That incident follows another in which 20-year-old Hisham Almansi suffered serious injuries after he was apparently crushed by a hydraulic door at the plant in June.

The incidents were not surprising as meat processing plants had a “very poor” safety record, Mr Lees-Galloway said.

While some industries were more dangerous than others, there was a reluctance to acknowledge that what was going on was unacceptable, he said.

There have been multiple investigations into workplace accidents at Anzco Ashburton this year and one more is under way after an employee was hospitalised on Thursday.

An Anzco spokeswoman confirmed an employee received a cut to his forearm and was taken to hospital as a precaution following an incident at the plant.

WorkSafe NZ has received four serious harm notifications from the plant this year, and 32 since July 2010.

Recent incidents prompted a former health and safety officer, once employed in the plant’s beef slaughter room, to tell the Guardian he feared practices had not improved since he left in 2012.

The man, who asked not to be named but whose previous position at Anzco was confirmed, said current employees told him the latest injuries illustrated further health and safety issues.

His time at Anzco was peppered with incidents. He said he saw up to 200 cattle carcasses fall from chains over his 17 years there, as well as numerous live cattle running loose in the area.

In his role as health and safety officer he says he filed weekly reports outlining employee concerns: “Every week I was writ-

ing down the same things from the same people,” he said.

Another former employee working in the same area took legal action against Anzco after suffering a prolapsed disc in his back while on the job in 2011. The company was ordered to cover medical costs after a court ruled it was work-related.

The man, who asked not to be named, said the company was dismissive of health and safety concerns. Friends still working at the plant said nothing had changed: “It doesn’t surprise me at all,” he said.

Responding to the claims, Anzco Foods Canterbury site manager Chris Baird said health and safety, animal welfare, and food safety were core to the company’s business. It took every step to ensure none were compromised.

“As a result we don’t accept the claims raised by the former employees,” he said in a short statement.

In a separate statement, a spokesperson said the company was continually improving its processes to reduce incidents and it was not appropriate to discuss employee matters in the media.

Meat Workers Union Canterbury branch secretary Bill Watt said the organisation had never received any complaints about Anzco in Ashburton.

In brief Odd shoes the go The fashion police might soon be on their way, as New Zealanders are being encouraged to don mismatched shoes. Camp Quality, a New Zealand cancer child cancer charity, is asking people to put their best feet forward in support of its Odd Shoe Day fundraiser on Friday, September 11. The charity, established 30 years ago, aims to bring fun, hope and happiness to children living with cancer.

Money raised from the fundraiser will go towards meeting the costs of a number of the charity’s programmes

Flu season ‘normal’ The Ministry of Health has released a statement saying New Zealand is experiencing a “normal” flu season to date. The latest national surveillance data indicates cases in 2015 are just above a moderate level. However, yesterday’s weekly flu report from Environmental and Science Research stated the Canterbury and Southland District Health Boards were experiencing “higher than expected” (between 150 to 399 per 100,000 people) consultations for influenza-like illness. Acting director of public health Dr Stewart Jessamine said after two mild years (2013 and 2014) this is much more like an average flu season.

Ridley settles in Ridley the endangered sea turtle has settled in to her new home at Kelly Tarlton’s aquarium after washing up on a Wellington beach last month. The young female olive ridley sea turtle was found at Lyall Bay and taken in by Wellington Zoo’s hospital The Nest Te Kohanga. Vets cared for her until she was well enough to be flown to Auckland and introduced to her new home at Kelly Tarlton’s yesterday. She will be temporarily housed at the aquarium until she’s strong enough to be released into the wild.

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Doctor bailed A doctor at the centre of an inquiry at Waikato District Health Board has been freed from jail after a Hamilton judge granted him bail yesterday. Mohamed Shakeel Siddiqui faces one charge of obtaining by deception after being accused of stealing the credentials of a doctor in the United States with a similar name. The 54-year-old man allegedly used the credentials to get a job at the Waikato District Health Board. Concerns about his behaviour were raised by his supervisor and an investigation led to the police laying the charge.

He will reappear on August 31.

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Bomb scare A bomb scare at the Devonport Naval Base saw roads cordoned off yesterday. However, emergency services were stood down about 10am. A suspicious package caused alarm, a Defence Force spokeswoman said, but the owner of the package was then located and the situation resolved.

Huia Street in Devonport, near the naval base, was cordoned off.

Police were unable to comment immediately.

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In brief UFB expansion More than 8800 Ashburton homes, schools and businesses now have access to the fibre that delivers ultra-fast broadband, the Selwyn MP and Communications Minister Amy Adams says. The latest results for phase one of ultra-fast broadband rollout, as at June 30, show 8819 homes, schools and businesses can connect to the network. The rollout was completed in March. “Ashburton’s build is complete and we’re seeing good uptake across the region,” Ms Adams said.

$40,000 in fund More than $40,000 has been raised for three girls orphaned in a South Canterbury fire this week.

On Thursday evening, Tej Kafle, 49, wife Tika, 38, and youngest of four children, 8-year-old Prem, were farewelled at a service in Christchurch. The three had died in the blaze that engulfed the five-bedroom flat above their Everest Indian Restaurant in Waimate on Wednesday morning.

As of yesterday morning around $33,000 had been donated to the Everest Mayoral Support Fund.

On Givealittle $8,600 had also been donated. The mayor’s office has also set up a condolence book for the Kafle family at the Waimate District library.

- NZME Safer Ashburton staff Christine Richards, John Hobbs, Kevin Clifford, Janet Hadley and Marie McAnulty with their large foodbank donation.

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■ ASHBURTON SALVATION ARMY

The foodbank challenge

By Caitlin Porter

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The community has rallied together to restock the Ashburton Salvation Army foodbank’s bare shelves.

Earlier this week the Guardian reported food stocks were extremely low due to an unprecedented demand from the community.

An unusually cold winter left many families struggling to pay power bills and buy fire-

wood, so many people turned to the service for assistance.

To help restock the shelves Safer Ashburton decided to donate non-perishable items to the food bank.

Hype Youth Health Service co-ordinator Janet Hadley she was aware the foodbank was in need and so decided to change up Safer Ashburton’s fortnightly morning tea – and instead donate food to the foodbank.

“I sent an email around saying that instead of our normal morning tea I would supply cheese and crackers and then buy groceries [for the foodbank],” she said.

“And then all my workmates decided to buy food as well.”

Staff from Safer Ashburton delivered the goods, which ranged from Weetbix to sauces and soup, to the foodbank yesterday.

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ber Lois Hight said the donation was much appreciated.

Other members from the community had also made donations to the foodbank and the shelves were already looking fuller, she said.

Safer Ashburton is now issuing a challenge to all other Mid Canterbury businesses, and wants them to see if they too can forgo their morning tea and instead make a donation to the foodbank.

An all women bench The Court of Appeal reached a new milestone this week – an all women bench for the first time in its 153-year history. President Ellen France, Justice Christine French and Justice Helen Winkelmann sat as a permanent court of three women for the first time this week.

New Zealand Law Society President Chris Moore said it was another step in a long road to equality. “The current statistics relating to the advancement of women in the profession are not something of which we should be proud. “This momentous occasion is a great step in the right direction but there is still a long way to go.

“The Law Society has made it one of our key focal points for the last two years and we will continue to strive to encourage and foster the advancement of women in the profession. “This is a great example for the whole New Zealand legal profession.”

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■ EA NETWORKS CENTRE

International match a first Final preparations will be made tonight for the EA Networks Centre’s first big international event – tomorrow’s basketball match between the Tall Ferns and Japan.

Extra seating has been brought in for the occasion and it arrived on-site yesterday, but won’t be put in place

until tonight due to netball being played at the stadium today.

Staff members David Folley and Sarah Paton (above) were charged with wheeling the seating into the stadium late yesterday afternoon.

EA Networks Centre manager Steve Prescott said

around 400 extra seats would be put in place, taking the total number of seats available to around 500 to 600.

It will be the first international basketball match to be hosted in Ashburton, and it’s the third in a three-game series between the two sides.

The first two were played in

Christchurch on Wednesday and yesterday.

Tickets to the match are still available through Ashburton Engravers, or by contacting Basketball Mid Canterbury’s Pauline Paterson.

The game will take place at the EA Networks Centre stadium tomorrow at 2pm.

■ ONEHUNGA FATALITY

Young victim ‘fun-loving, bubbly’ By laurEn PriEstlEy Neighbours who knew the young girl found dead in her Auckland home yesterday morning have painted a picture of a bubbly, fun-loving youngster whose death will be a real loss to the tight-knit Onehunga community.

Police were called to the Moana Avenue house where she and her mother were living about 4am yesterday.

Des Gilmore, who was close to the family and lives two doors down, said the little girl was a bright spark.

Her nickname was “Dora” – after popular children’s cartoon Dora the Explorer – because of her hair and cute smile, he said.

She even had a Dora cake at her last birthday a couple of months ago, he said.

“She was happy, friendly, but also respectable and neat. Not a bad word came out of her mouth,” he said.

“She was always neatly dressed, like going to church on Sunday.

“She was a beautiful girl.

That’s what hurts me the most.

It’s very, very odd.”

He called the girl’s grandfather in Malaysia yesterday to break the news, which the family took very hard, Mr Gilmore said.

The grandfather had only met the young girl once when she visited Malaysia a couple of months ago with her mother, he said.

Police have asked Mr Gilmore if he is willing to identify the body if necessary – and he’s made a promise to her mother’s father that he will.

“It’ll be a hard one but I can,” he said.

“I’ve promised the father that I’ll do everything I can.”

Neighbour Avia Amosa said his young children were distraught when they heard the news yesterday.

The youngsters were play-

mates on the quiet street and the young girl would often pop over to the Amosas’ home, he said.

“They were crying this morning. I’m worried about them,” he said.

His older daughter Maria Amosa said the girl was just a baby when she and her mother moved in to the house.

She said the youngster was “just happy”, and always smiling and laughing.

The last time Maria saw her, she was standing on the front steps laughing as her mother washed the windows.

“When they moved in she hardly had hair, and when she grew up she had really nice curls. She was a bright, cheerful kid.

“She’d always bang on the window and say ‘Hi’ every time we came out. She was always smiling.”

About a fortnight ago, Mr Amosa said he was woken by screams coming from the ad-

joining house about 2am.

He rushed outside to see what was happening and knocked on the door. He said the child’s mother answered holding the girl in her arms.

“She said her girl was very, very sick,” he said.

Detective Senior Sergeant Glenn Baldwin said police were called to the Onehunga house by a woman at the premises just after 4am yesterday.

It is understood the house is owned by Housing New Zealand.

The woman was later taken away for medical treatment.

She was in Auckland District Health Board care last evening.

The girl’s body was removed from the house yesterday.

A scene examination was in full-force at the house yesterday, with officers talking to neighbours as well as forensic investigators collecting evidence from the house.

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The typical meal of mince and peas was out the window yesterday in the Rimutaka Prison kitchen as fine dining replaced jailhouse gelatin.

Inmates from the Wellington prison’s kitchen are putting together their annual “gate to plate” meal as part of the city’s food on a plate festival.

Yesterday was their trial run, with canapes, a duck entree and venison for the main, all washed down with panna cotta for dessert.

Some of the inmates are prison-kitchen veterans and are gaining qualifications that will come in handy on the outside.

One of them, Sean, has been in the kitchen for three years.

He wants to use his knowledge of nutrition to advise of healthy eating options when he works in the wellbeing and personal training sector.

That’s in the future – for now Sean’s keen to make the most of his gig in the kitchen.

“I’ve worked since I was 12 years’ old. In here, same as out there, if you work and you’re busy, you’re doing positive things, not stagnating in the unit and getting into trouble.

“I’ve got a big dream. My dream is to help people and I want to make a difference in the world. I’ve made some mistakes, that’s why I’m in here. I own what I’ve done and I’m taking responsibility for it.”

Sean’s the second cook for the jail, so is in the kitchen seven days a week, from 8am to 4pm, preparing the usual array of mince, chicken and vegetables, all cooked in the huge industrial ovens.

Last night, the 870 prisoners dined on battered fish, mashed potato, peas and coleslaw, all within the daily budget of $5.30 a man.

One inmate said his kitchen skills would add to his chances of getting a job on the outside.

He’d rather take one in the construction industry but “beggars can’t be choosers”.

This is the third time the prison’s taken part in the food on a plate festival, and top Wellington chef Martin Bosley’s been there since day one. Apart from the busy summer period, he visits the prison every week and has even hired a couple of former inmates at his restaurant.

Mr Bosley said he wasn’t keen to be involved at first, but soon changed his mind and described the experience as the “most rewarding thing” he’d ever done.

He’d helped transform a group into the skilled foodies of today.

Mr Bosley said the men would often spend time sketching their presentation and menu ideas in their cells before brining them to the kitchen.

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■ METHVEN MEDICAL CENTRE

Vasectomies to curb boom

By SuSan SandyS

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Methven’s baby boom is less likely to have any unexpected additions now that the Methven Medical Centre is offering vasectomies.

General practitioners Cheryl Tallon and Steve Bannister are training to undertake the procedure, and Dr Tallon is already able to undertake it unsupervised.

The no-scalpel procedure involves a local anaesthetic being administered in a section of the scrotum, before a puncture is made and special tools used

to grab hold of the vas, a tube leading from the testicle, and cut and seal it.

Medical centre spokesperson Gayle O’Duffy said it generally took 30 minutes to one hour.

The procedure itself was pain free, and patients could drive to and from the appointment.

She understood recovery was not painful, and patients were advised not to do any lifting or straining in the following couple of days.

She was not sure whether wives would be more likely to book in their husbands rather than the men booking them-

selves in, although in one already undertaken it had been the wife booking her husband in.

There had been a discussion over the fact the service was going to be set up “and she went ‘my husband needs one of those’,” Dr O’Duffy said.

“We are getting quite a bit of interest,” she added.

Many of those interested already had three or four children and did not want anymore, finding it enough work affording the ones they had.

“You want people to be able to have children when they want

to have children,” she said.

Offering the procedure in Methven took away the barrier of men having to previously travel to Ashburton or Christchurch to have it done.

The medical centre doctors were being trained by Dr Martin London, a long-time prominent doctor within the rural GP network.

He had visited at the end of June and run a vasectomy clinic while training Dr Tallon, and two were undertaken on the day.

Dr London will return on August 21 for another clinic,

and train Dr Bannister, while Dr Tallon will be also be undertaking vasectomies on the day.

The clinic has been advertised and already three men have booked in.

A maximum of eight can be done during the day.

Additionally another man had booked in to have a vasectomy with Dr Tallon on a separate day, and the procedure was now something the medical centre could offer by appointment.

The procedure and pre-consultation has been advertised as costing $400 at the centre.

Footage of bar robber released Rotorua police have released security camera images from a city bar in the hope of identifying the offender for a robbery.

The man knocked on the door of the Kiwi Spirit bar on Hinemoa St around 7.55am on Wednesday.

When a female staff member went to investigate he forced his way into the bar and stole a large sum of cash.

Security footage shows the man wearing a hoodie with a fairly common but distinctive fluorescent pattern on the front and back. He was also carrying a shoulder bag with a single strap that appears to be bright orange or similar.

The victim has indicated that he had a scar, possibly a burn mark, approximately 5cm to 7cm long on the inside of his wrist.

Police investigations indicate that he approached the bar by cutting through an alleyway from Eruera St on to Hinemoa St and he left the same way.

It is believed he got into a vehicle on Eruera St and there was likely a driver in this vehicle waiting for him.

Police want to hear from anyone who might recall seeing a stationary vehicle and driver on Eruera Street or saw anything else which might be relevant to this investigation.

Anyone who knows or suspects the identity of those involved is also asked to contact Rotorua police on 07 348 0099.

Information can also be provided anonymously to the organisation Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

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“Kylie” prepares to make her big debut at a dress rehearsal for tonight’s Miss Hampstead event.

Getting in touch with their feminine sides Eight burly rugby players will be transformed into beauty queens when they strut their stuff at this year’s Miss Hampstead competition.

The inaugural event will see the good-natured participants

donning make-up and wigs and getting in touch with their feminine side to raise funds for the Hampstead Rugby Club.

The audience will be treated to categories such as evening wear, lingerie, and a talent

show, as well as the usual questions and answer session about world peace.

Organiser Wendy Ritchie said contestants would be judged on how well they took on the persona of their alter-

ego, as well as the outfits they choose and how well they answer questions. She said about 100 tickets had been sold so far.

The event will kick off at 7pm tonight at the Hampstead Rugby Club Rooms.

Charity box thief to undergo mental health treatment

By SolBin Kang A man who stole a Starship Foundation charity box has been ordered to undergo compulsory mental health treatment.

Jason Hakaraia Jacobs, 43, appeared in the Porirua District Court yesterday on two charges of shoplifting, and five

other charges, including illegally having a knife in a public place, and unauthorised possession of Ritalin, Valium and a syringe.

Defence lawyer Sonia Thistoll said Jacobs, of Titahi Bay, had a mental illness but his health had improved in custody.

“When he first came into

court he was not in good shape but he seems to be better today.”

Ms Thistoll said Jacobs should undergo mental health treatment, rather than an electronically monitored sentence.

The court heard Jacobs declined to meet with a psychiatrist when he was being held in custody for a month.

Judge John Walker acknowledged Jacobs’ early guilty plea and sentenced him to 80 hours of community work. He was also required to undergo compulsory mental health treatment and ordered to pay reparation totalling $221.68.

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Massive deep-seated dump fire in Christchurch

Thunder, lightning and then hail assailed Ashburton as a fast-moving front whipped over the district late yesterday. It was slippery underfoot on East Street in the preamble to what forecasters say will be a cold, wet weekend.

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And so winter continues . . .

By Daisy HuDson

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Rain, then hail – and then snow – cut power to street lights and challenged motorists as mild weather gave way to a wintry blast.

A brief burst of thunder, lightning and hail yesterday afternoon caused an electricity switch fault that blackedout street lights in Ashburton, Methven and Rakaia.

There were also reports of power cuts in Hinds.

Snow was falling in many parts of the district by 8pm, as EA Networks continued to restore power to the street lights.

The wild weather was likely a factor in a minor car crash near

Rakaia late yesterday afternoon, according to Ashburton police.

Sergeant Mike Jackson said nobody was injured but it was likely that the hail storm played a role in the collision.

The winter blues are set to continue across the country for most of the weekend.

In a media release aptly titled Winter Continues, Metservice forecasters warned adverse weather conditions were likely to hit most of the country today and tomorrow.

Sleety showers and fresh southwest winds were expected to affect the Ashburton district for most of the weekend, with temperatures not likely to

break into double figures. Last night’s snow to low levels was an unexpected surprise.

Meanwhile, on the slopes of Mt Hutt, clear skies are set to be replaced by snow showers and strong southerlies tomorrow. With temperatures once again expected to drop below freezing overnight, the AA is reminding motorists of a vital aspect of driving: being able to see.

AA Canterbury/West Coast chairman John Skevington said a worrying number of people have been driving with ice covered windscreens, which was “a recipe for disaster”.

“If you are driving a car where you can’t see clearly out

of the windscreen or side windows, you are much more at risk of not seeing another vehicle or person and potentially hitting them,” he said.

While it might be tempting to use the traditional quick-fix of pouring boiling water on your windscreen, that’s a big no-no according to the experts.

Lysaght Limited owner/operator Sandy Lysaght said this winter’s plummeting temperatures had led to more cracked windscreens than usual.

Getting stone chips fixed was one way to minimise the chances of a shattered window, but unfortunately there was no guaranteed way to prevent a breakage, she said.

■ CAR CRASHES INTO TREES

Friends save man’s life

By Corazon Miller The man who spent the night out in the open after his car came off the road in the Coromandel has his friends to thank for his rescue.

The local man, who is now in hospital with suspected broken arms and legs, was believed to have been travelling home to Whangapoua when he crashed off the road on Thursday night.

He managed to get himself out of the vehicle but it wasn’t until yesterday morning that one of his friends driving past

spotted his vehicle, which had crashed at the bottom of Gentle Annie in Matarangi.

Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter crewman Ati Wynyard said the man, in his 20s, had driven off Te Rerenga Kuaotunu Rd, State Highway 25.

The St John Ambulance service was called to the scene about 9.30am and the helicopter arrived shortly after at 9.57am.

The man, who was in a serious condition, was flown to Waikato Hospital.

Dion Ross, a volunteer firefighter who was called to the

scene yesterday morning, had no idea it would be his friend he’d be helping.

“It was quite a traumatic experience,” he said. “It was my first callout as a volunteer firefighter and to see it was one of your best mates you went to school with, it was pretty traumatic.

“It’s been a pretty full-on day, but he’s alive and he will live another day.”

It was not the first time Mr Ross has had someone close to him injured on the roads in the Coromandel, with his uncle receiving spinal injuries in an-

other car accident last year.

“It was a bit of deja vu,” he said.

Mr Ross, who was working in his family’s business at the Castle Rock Cafe, said his uncle’s injuries played a big role in his deciding to volunteer as a firefighter.

Another friend, Karlos Matchett, who managed the cafe, believed his friend would be alright despite his injures.

“He’s got a broken arms and legs, but his head’s alright.”

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Firefighting teams are still battling to contain a massive and “deep-seated” fire at a Christchurch rubble dump that could burn for the next three days.

A stockpile, made up of wood processed from earthquakedamaged red-zoned homes, has been engulfed in flames since the fire started around midday on Thursday at the Burwood Resource Recovery Park.

Burwood Resource Recovery Park Ltd, in conjunction with Rural Fire Canterbury and Christchurch City Council, are working together to contain the blaze.

“The fire covers an area of approximately two hectares, is deep-seated and has the potential to burn for several days,” Waste Management’s South Island general manager Gareth James said.

“We are confident however that the fire can be contained within the substantial firebreak without spreading further.”

Christchurch City Council’s emergency management manager Murray Sinclair said such fires cannot be doused with water, as that can cause further issues.

“Water can increase the heat intensity, similar to the way a compost pile works,” he said.

“Yesterday afternoon smoke covered parts of the north-east of the city. Fortunately the wind direction changed overnight to southerly, which has resulted in the smoke heading out to sea.”

Mr Sinclair says the wind direction had changed yesterday afternoon to a light easterly which could result in the smoke once again covering parts of the city.

Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Dr Alistair Humphrey said the fire is unlikely to cause any health issues at this stage.

“The fire is being fuelled by untreated wood and is not dangerous from a public health point of view,” he said.

“However, any kind of smoke is undoubtedly a nuisance and people should avoid exposure where possible by staying indoors and closing windows and doors.”

Dr Humphrey said should the fire spread beyond the woodpile, the smoke plume is likely to become heavier and more noxious.

He advised people to stay out of the smoke if possible.

“If that is not possible, close windows and doors to minimise exposure,” he said.

The stockpile was destined to be re-used for future building work in the city.

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■ GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY

We’re NZ’s agricultural heart

BY STU OLDHAM

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Mid Canterbury will grow as the unabashed productive agricultural heart of New Zealand with even more collaboration with its neighbours, a proposal explained to primary industry leaders suggests.

The district is a hub for agricultural production, but its potential could be enhanced alongside the strengths of Selwyn, Lincoln and Christchurch, Grow Mid Canterbury chief executive Rob Brawley told the New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management conference in Ashburton this week.

Selwyn is rapidly developing as a logistics hub for this part of Canterbury; Lincoln, with its tertiary centres, is a research

and science hub, and Christchurch is a still-growing finance and tertiary services centre.

Fostering greater collaboration – with Mid Canterbury as the agricultural hub of what has been dubbed the Green Diamond by industry leaders such as Sir Graeme Harrison and Andy MacFarlane – would ensure the district could focus on the production and innovation that will ultimately benefit the wider region and New Zealand Inc, Mr Brawley said.

It was a powerful and challenging concept that could be supported by initiatives to reinforce Mid Canterbury as a centre of excellence which, in turn, would ensure the district remained ahead of the curve in a world where demand will increase faster than the resources

to support it.

Among the ideas being formulated by business leaders is the establishment of a Mid Canterbury-based Centre for Future Farming, which would partner with universities and research institutes to make sure the sector made the most of its resources, knowledge and technologies.

It would validate new technologies and systems, including the likes of Overseer, and it would play a role in ensuring productivity and profitability through land use intensification is maximised while the environment is not only preserved but enhanced, Mr Brawley said.

A New Zealand centre for precision farming was also mooted, to assist in the identification, development and pro-

motion of agri-business intellectual property services and expertise locally and around the world.

Such strategies would help Mid Canterbury and New Zealand meet the challenge all price-takers faced in often variable commodity markets, to capitalise on the greatest opportunity for agriculture since World War Two. Mid Canterbury would be at the forefront of the national response to international demand for food because it had a strong agricultural sector underpinned by consistent, targeted investment, Mr Brawley said.

The district was on the largest area of flat land in the country. Approximately 250,000 hectares – and greater than 70 per cent – is irrigated, making it

home to some of the largest and most productive dairy farms in New Zealand and about half of the country’s arable industry.

Irrigation investment continued and new capacity from the Mayfield Hinds, Ashburton Lyndhurst, Valetta Plains, Acton, Barrhill Chertsey, Central Plains and Rangitata South schemes would support further productive growth, Mr Brawley said.

Primary production was relatively diverse but the district had limited scale in value-added food processing outside of meat. Looming water shortages, the impact of nutrient management rules on farming practices and an over-reliance on commodity cycles meant the district needed to increase returns from agri-businesses.

The world’s getting hungry ■ Last year, 842 million people were chronically hungry, 1.4 billion were overweight: they need quality food ■ Every minute, there are 158 new mouths to feed – 154 are in developing and emerging countries: they need access to food ■ Mid Canterbury has about 250,000 hectares of flat land; 70 per cent is irrigated ■ Mid Canterbury has half of New Zealand’s arable industry; 70 per cent of its small seed industry ■ Mid Canterbury has some of the largest, most productive dairy farms in New Zealand

New Zealand has important role to play New Zealand’s farming systems will play an important role in global food security as pressure mounts on food access and availability, a national conference in Ashburton heard this week.

The world population grows by a city the size of Hong Kong each month.

That means there are 158 extra mouths to feed, of which 154 are in developing countries, Rabobank sustainable farm systems manager Blake Holgate told the New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management conference.

The global food challenge already demonstrates the divide between developed and devel-

oping economies and uneven regional growth: more than 800 million people are chronically hungry while more than 1.4 billion people are overweight, he said.

The situation was expected to intensify by 2050, when there would be many more mouths – with more money – living in cities, and in a global environment where agriculture and food processors will need to produce more calories with fewer resources relative to demand.

The challenge grew as agricultural access to arable land, measured against population, slumped. Between 1971 and 2011, arable land per capita

slipped internationally but most significantly in Australia, Canada and in the United States.

Projections were that the sort of niche, well-heeled middle class market on which New Zealand could capitalise would emerge in greater numbers in Asia – especially South Asia – Southeast Asia, and the Americas.

The size of the African middle class was expected to more than quadruple while growth in Europe and Central Asia was expected to slow or drop away into 2050. In this context, increasing food availability – and market potential – was manyfaceted from a farmer perspective, Mr Holgate said.

Right now, succession planning to enable the next generation of farmers to further grow agriculture was top of mind for many rural businesses.

Recent statistics suggested more than half of New Zealand farmers were over the age of 55, mirroring rates in Australia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan.

Innovation – and sufficient access to finance, intellectual capital and long-term government and market planning – would help New Zealand position itself as a sustainable, if niche, world food supplier.

Mr Holgate pointed to the current challenge of freshwater management as an example

of how planning and regulation can either enhance or inhibit agricultural development.

Current best practice was not always enough and poor guidance often led to bad investment in an area where targeted spending leads to cost-effective yields.

Increasing compliance costs, new rules and regulation stifle innovation when the focus needed to be on how to innovate to produce more form less.

Better understanding of farming systems, and matching land capability with productive uses would enhance the country’s global image while improving economic and environmental performance.

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In brief Burglary charges A man accused of kidnapping an Auckland teen has been charged with three unrelated burglaries.

Dean Wayne Whakatau, 36, of Matata, was named by police after 15-year-old Auckland girl LA Tukerangi complained to family she had been taken against her will by the man. Whakatau’s case was called before the Whakatane District Court yesterday – though he did not physically appear – and his lawyer Craig Tuck had the matter transferred to Rotorua.

Mr Tuck confirmed his client appeared on three burglary charges unrelated to the incident with the teenager. The alleged offending took place on July 21 around the Rotorua and Tokoroa areas. Whakatau was remanded in custody, where he had been since his arrest yesterday when he and LA were found in eastern Bay of Plenty.

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Dead man named A man who collapsed and died after being handcuffed this week has been named. He was 55-year-old Riko Ahomiro, from Te Puke in the western Bay of Plenty. Police were carrying out a search warrant at a Te Puke property on Wednesday morning when Mr Ahomiro collapsed after being handcuffed and later died.

“Although the man appeared verbally agitated, there was no physical struggle,” a police spokeswoman said. Shortly after being handcuffed, Mr Ahomiro collapsed due to an apparent medical event.

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Search for gunman A south Auckland school was put in lockdown yesterday as police hunted for a man they believed to be armed and making threats against his family. Armed police were called to a Mangere address shortly before 9am, police northern communications shift Inspector Andy Brill said. They were looking for a man believed to be armed and making threats against his family. “We had a firearms incident where we were looking for a person in the south Auckland area.” The man was not located but is no longer believed to be armed. Two firearms were recovered. His family is “safe and well”.

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Fatal crash A man has died after a car left the road in Pukekohe just before 7am yesterday. Emergency services were called to the crash at the intersection of Harrisville and Turbott Rds at 6.55am but were unable to save the man who died at the scene shortly afterwards.

The police serious crash unit was investigating the crash.

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Fire at strip club A fire broke out at a building housing a strip club overnight Thursday. About 35 firefighters and nine appliances were called to the fire above Showgirls strip club in downtown Auckland. The Fire Service said it received a call about the blaze in Customs St East at 12.30am. There were no reports of injuries. A fire investigator was still at the scene yesterday morning.

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Dr Soma Grotefend arrived in Ashburton last week, and is keen to start work at Sealy Street Medical Practice on Monday.

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■ ASHBURTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

International flair at Sealy St

By Caitlin Porter

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While one American doctor departs Sealy Street Medical Practice, another has arrived in her wake.

Dr Jamie Dailey, who started at Sealy Street last August, will leave the practice at the end of next week as her one-year contract comes to an end.

She plans to return to Portland, Oregon, with her husband, Jonny Huster – who was on a sabbatical from his job as a high school science teacher.

However, fellow American, Dr Soma Grotefend, has arrived at the practice to fill her position.

Living in New Zealand is something that has been on Dr Grotefend’s bucket list for a

long time, and she’s more than happy it’s finally come to fruition.

“I have literally always dreamed of coming to New Zealand, since I was at grade school,” she said.

Originally from Durango, Colorado, Dr Grotefend and her husband originally planned on coming over when her 14-year-old son and 17-yearold daughter finished school.

Surprisingly though, both kids were keen to live abroad, she said.

“They’ve been really excited.”

The pair then decided to make the jump – and went about the process of moving.

The Sealy Street practice was the first place she inter-

■ KPMG ASHBURTON

Celebrating expansion into Mid Canty Director Maurice Myers welcomes guests at the launch of KPMG Ashburton on Thursday night.

A large group of clients and business heads gathered at the Hotel Ashburton to celebrate the well-known accounting and agri-business’ expansion into Mid Canterbury.

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viewed with – over Skype – and she felt it went well.

“I’m huge into intuition,” she said.

“After that there wasn’t anywhere else.”

She arrived in Christchurch last week with husband Chris, and had an interview with the Medical Council before making her way to Ashburton.

Chris is a personal trainer, and the two worked in conjunction with one another back home.

“His gym was in my office, and I had a nutritionist too,” Dr Grotefend said.

“I’m big on getting healthy and staying healthy.”

The couple are still waiting for their belongings, which are being shipped, and also for

their kids – who are finishing up their school year – to meet them here.

The process of moving was a long one – it took a year to get everything finalised – but it was made much easier by the staff at Sealy Street.

One doctor even helped to get them set up with a house, and everyone else has been so welcoming, she said.

“They’ve just been amazing.”

And Mid Canterbury isn’t too dissimilar to Durango, she said, even a little bigger. But the addition of the sea is an added bonus.

Dr Grotefend and her family are beyond excited about their move, and can’t wait to settle in and make the most of their new surroundings.

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Coldstream Rest Home & Retirement Village.

The business of aged care may not be Making a business out of aged care is not for everyone, but for those who believe that life at every stage should be lived as well as it can, then resthome ownership has a feel-good factor. Owner Vicki Green talks with reporter Sue Newman.

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ged care is a tough sector in which to do business.

Staff are hard to find and for private resthome operators, there’s stiff competition from district health board-run facilities.

The Ashburton District has six care facilities for the elderly, rising to seven when Lochlea comes on stream.

In the purest of terms, aged care is about ensuring society’s most frail and vulnerable are well looked after in their twilight years. In reality, it’s about money.

If you’re a resthome owner you’re running your business (and it is a business) on the thinnest of margins. Making money generally means a full house. The bottom line is all about bodies in beds.

That’s the clinical, stripped bare definition of making money as a resthome owner, but ask anyone working in the sector and they’ll tell you that’s just the beginning.

People working in the agedcare sector are usually poorly paid and frequently over-worked.

And yet, in spite of that, many of them stick with it for years.

They love what they do, love their residents and know there’s more to aged care than meals, showers and a warm bed.

While resthome owners juggle the books to make ends meet, their staff provide the intangible element that takes a resthome

from care by numbers and the clock to care with a soul.

It costs more than $1.5 million each year to run Ashburton’s resthomes, the places that have become a home for life to more than 330 elderly people.

Ashburton resthome owners receive $887.04 per person per week to provide the necessities of life for the people in care.

The Government decides how much each district receives per head and it pays all, some, or none of that money according to a simple means test for each resident.

If you’ve saved, accumulated cash and assets, then the bitter reward in old age is that the Government will start carving swathes through your asset pile, taking money to pay for your care.

For the cash and asset rich, the Government may get away without contributing a cent, but for at least half of those in care the assets they’ve accumulated over a lifetime fall short of the $218,598 threshold you’re allowed if you’re a single heading for communal living at the end of your life.

The asset threshold varies, depending on whether a person in care has a partner still living in the family home or for those with foresight and nous, whether money and assets have been squirrelled away in a trust.

Regardless of how the money

Resthome owner Vicki Green, passionate about the business of aged care.

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comes, the gap between what resthomes are required to provide for the elderly in their care and funds available continues to grow.

And no-one knows that better than Vicki Green.

She owns four resthomes, two in Invercargill and two in Ashburton – Coldstream House and Princes Court.

Vicki and husband Richard have been in the aged-care business for well over 12 years and

across their four homes employ more than 200 staff.

For them, the juggling act that is government funding and requirements against client need and expectation is a constant one. It’s not easy and it’s getting harder to bridge that gap, Vicki says.

Oddly, perhaps, the amount of money the Government pays for each individual in care varies across New Zealand. Ashburton is about the middle of the

pack on $887.04. Auckland city receives the most per person, $961.94, while about a dozen districts receive the minimum, $875.35.

That wide variance annoys Vicki. The patient need requirements of all resthomes are the same and so are the compliance costs, and yet the gap between top and bottom in funding terms is almost $100 per person per week.

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easy, but if you care it’s rewarding

higher in some parts of the country may stack up when Auckland is in the equation, but Christchurch, just one hour up the road, is operating in the same economic environment as Ashburton and yet the city’s subsidy is $906.36 and Selwyn, $899.78.

A few dollars might not seem significant, but in an industry where every cent is counted it can make quite a difference, she said.

And what do you get for your

money? Accommodation, food, laundry, nursing care, medication and general care needs are the basics, but, the reality is most residents want more – outings, haircuts, the miscellaneous bits and pieces that make a difference between just existing and living.

Going into care doesn’t mean life stops and yet if you are on a full government subsidy, your pension disappears back to the government coffers and you’re granted just a small amount back

in pocket money.

Offering the basics only or add-ons at an extra cost is a big decision for owners. What’s on offer above the government contract is up to the resthome owner, Vicki said, but going down that path opens up an immediate gap between the haves and have nots, facility against facility or within a single facility, rich against poor.

Even in old age money talks, money buys a better lifestyle, but what doesn’t change is the requirement for all care facilities to meet high standards in the basic care they provide, she said.

Against all of this is the relentless rise in costs. While Ashburton’s subsidy rose just 0.7 per cent from July, costs for many supplies and services will rise during the year, often by 5 per cent.

“That’s when it becomes quite difficult, but we have no choices, we have to make it work. Every place will have a percentage of beds they must fill to meet all of their fixed outgoings before they start to make any money.”

And the gaps between falling short, breaking even and making money are incredibly fine, Vicki said.

“Occupancy is the absolute key.

Twenty years ago we had people walking in the door with a suitcase. If we had a bed, then they got a bed. Today it’s very hard to get in, the criteria is much more strict.”

As supply costs rise each year, so too do wages.

“Our biggest issue is the local hospital pays DHB rates and we, as an industry, struggle to pay those rates. Our biggest cost is wages, 55 per cent of all expenditure and then there is food, medical costs and so on.”

Resthomes compete with one another and with health board facilities for the skilled registered nurses, carers and support staff

they need. Wages can only be part of the package; most do the job because they care about the welfare of the ageing, she said.

Staff take a pride in their work and in their relationships with residents.

“A lot take great pleasure also in providing the best possible care at the end of life for residents. It’s tough on staff but they take a real sense of pride in this.

“They support not just the residents, but the families too.”

Inevitably staff become attached to the people to whom they often become a second family.

“That’s the human side of care.

Most people are in this industry because they believe if they can make a difference to an elderly person’s life, in the last few years of that life, then that’s fantastic.

This is why we do what we do.”

Like most resthome owners, Vicki and Richard employ staff from overseas and many of these are devoted carers, Vicki said.

When it comes to residents’ meals there’s no scrimping. In her facilities there are seven opportunities to eat every day. And there’s plenty of variety.

There’s no denying it’s a tough business to be in, but Vicki says it’s a business she loves and it’s a business that will only grow as New Zealand’s population age bulge continues to swell.

Currently 5 per cent of the country’s over-65s are in some form of aged care with 1.1 per cent in dementia care.

It’s not always easy to find a resthome or hospital care bed and many people leave it too late to make the change from independent living to care, she said.

“It’s the loneliness people struggle with the most, then they’re battling on living at home. They put it off because they fear losing their independence.”

The numbers coming into care grow each year, suggesting there’s a collision point out there between beds and bodies, but Vicki believes tomorrow’s aged will be looking at different options. And if the right options are there, then people may be less reluctant to make what is often a life-changing move.

“The face of aged care will probably change. Most people will be looking for studio apartments rather than resthome beds, somewhere where they’re semi-independent, where they can get care if they need it.

There’s already a move this way and apartments go some way to addressing the loss of independence issue.”

The number of dementia level care beds is rising and will continue to rise.

Anyone can open a care facility, but the rules around what must be provided and the standards that must be maintained are tough. Facilities are audited regularly, their failings and their strong points are noted and details are public information.

“It’s about maintaining a high level of care across the industry,” Vicki said.

Behind the scenes in every resthome there is a constant paper war being fought. Virtually every resident action staff take has to be written down, signed and counter-signed. Great care must now be matched by meticulous record keeping.

“This has all changed considerably, but it is for the better as it protects everyone,” Vicki said.

The paper war and the endless struggle to ensure the books balance each month aside, Vicki says she is committed to the aged-care sector, committed to ensuring the final years of her residents are the best they can be.

“We’ll do anything that will make our residents’ lives better and more comfortable,” she said.

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■ SEX OFFENDER ON THE LOOSE

Scramble to contain fallout

By John Weekes A disconnect between Corrections and police became apparent yesterday as officials scrambled to contain the fallout from the escape of sex offender Daniel Livingstone.

Corrections insists it did everything it could when Livingstone cut his ankle bracelet off, and the department doesn’t know why police waited so long to inform the public.

Livingstone, who in 2006 raped a 10-year-old girl, sparked a manhunt after escaping from his Upper Hutt residence early Thursday morning.

Police found and arrested him near the Naenae shops, in Lower Hutt, after being notified by a member of the public about 3.30pm yesterday.

Livingstone was one of just 238 offenders subject to an extended supervision order (ESO) in New Zealand.

Upper Hutt mayor Wayne Guppy yesterday blasted authorities, saying his community was kept in the dark and no officials bothered telling him about the escape before he read news reports on Thursday afternoon.

Four different agencies and companies were involved in monitoring or trying to track

Daniel Livingstone

down Livingstone.

Private company 3M New Zealand Ltd supplied electronic monitoring under Corrections’ oversight.

Corrections acting national commissioner Rachel Leota said the first sign of a problem was when 3M’s monitoring centre was alerted to a tamper about 2am on Thursday.

3M then called Corrections’ electronic monitoring response team and sent a guard from First Security to investigate.

In cases where an offender

was still not found or did not respond, 3M again alerted Corrections, which then decided how to address the situation.

“In this case, we advised the police that we wanted them to visit,” Ms Leota said.

“Clearly, in Mr Livingstone’s situation, he was found to have taken his bracelet off. And he was not at the residence that he should have been.”

After initial attempts to locate the offender weren’t successful, police took control of the situation, Ms Leota said.

A police superintendent said officers first visited Livingstone’s address at 3.50am.

Another five hours passed before police forcibly entered the property, and it was another seven hours after that until the public was alerted to his escape.

Livingstone’s escape sparked criticism of the wider electronic monitoring system, especially as he absconded the same day murderer, paedophile and rapist Tony Robertson was sentenced for killing Blessie Gotingco.

Robertson was also subject to an ESO, reliant in part on global positioning system (GPS) tracking.

But Ms Leota said broad criticism of the entire electronic monitoring system was off the mark.

“I would disagree with that.

And in this case, it’s worked perfectly well. We knew that he had tampered with his bracelet. We sent our appropriate response.

The police have decided to take the action that they deemed appropriate.”

She said bracelets could be tampered with in several ways, including by vigorous rubbing, and sometimes offenders accidentally set off alarms.

ESOs are post-detention orders for sexual offenders who

had reached the end of their sentences but were thought to pose a “very high risk” to the community for re-offending.

Livingstone, released from jail last year, was on a sevenyear ESO. “We were keeping very close tabs on him,” Ms Leota said.

“Nobody wants that situation to occur. What I can tell you is that Corrections did everything we needed to do in order to ensure Mr Livingstone was complying with his conditions.

Clearly he’s gone an extra level, and personally taken off his bracelet and [had] the determination to breach his conditions.”

Corrections Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga, recovering from last month’s Serco scandals, said yesterday he was “deeply concerned” about Livingstone’s escape.

He said the incident showed all parts of the justice system had to work together more cohesively.

“Police and Corrections must work together to achieve quicker and more effective response times,” Mr Lotu-Iiga said.

Police Minister Michael Woodhouse has also asked for an urgent briefing on the incident, a spokeswoman said.

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■ UNITEC

■ FATAL POLICE SHOOTING

Tertiary institution to axe up to 300 jobs in next couple of years

Police make new appeal for witnesses to shooting

Staff from Auckland’s Unitec say they have been told up to 300 jobs will go at the tertiary institution in the next couple of years.

Unitec announced a major restructure yesterday, with staff in meetings with the chief executive yesterday.

The Tertiary Education Union said the proposal is “to help it cope with the impact of an ongoing government funding squeeze”.

The union said it met chief executive Rick Ede and the polytechnic’s council chairperson earlier in the week, advocating to protect the jobs of TEU members, and good quality education for students.

Branch president Sid Suha Aksoy said staff feel very uncertain and worried.

“Waiting for this proposal makes my colleagues and I nervous. It is unsettling.”

It said Unitec was attempting to reposition itself in response to continued government fund-

THE NUMBERS ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Unitec has three campuses - Mt Albert, Albany and Waitakere.

Last year enrolments were much lower than expected, down 3.8 per cent.

This meant a loss in $4.5 million government funding, and $2.7 million in student fees.

Unitec has 18,767 students (but only 9771 EFTS - equivalent fulltime students).

There were 1100 staff at the end of 2014.

ing cuts and a predicted drop in student numbers for all parts of the tertiary education sector.

TEU national president Sandra Grey, who was at Unitec this week, said polytechnics were being forced into major restructuring not because they are doing anything wrong but because the Government is making them unviable.

“Already we know that staff are going to be asked to change

their modes of teaching, adopting more online,” she said.

Ms Grey said Unitec staff and students have already faced years of continuous change and restructuring, with no respite or recovery.

In 2014 year more than 50 fulltime jobs were cut after the restructuring of the design and visual arts department.

Unitec is also undergoing a physical rebuild, with plans to create more modern learning spaces and sell part of the 53.5 hectare Mt Albert site to residential and commercial development.

Chief executive Rick Ede has said the institute could squeeze into 10ha of its site, selling or leasing the remaining 43ha in a 20- to 30-year scheme.

Initial ideas included turning the ex-Carrington Psychiatric Hospital - a heritage building into apartments.

It would also see forensic psychiatric unit, the Mason Clinic, removed.

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New details have emerged about the final hours of David Cerven, the 21-year-old Slovakian shot by police in central Auckland last Sunday.

In a new appeal for witnesses, police said they wanted to hear from anyone who gave Cerven a lift into the city from the North Shore earlier that day.

Cerven left a Glenfield address about 4.30pm after advising associates he would ‘hitch a ride’ to the city, police said.

He was in the city by 7.30pm.

“As part of our background inquiries and in order to be clear about David’s movements on Sunday, we’d like to hear from anyone who he may have spoken to over the three hours between 4.30pm and 7.30pm,” said Detective Inspector Kevin Hooper.

Cerven called police from

Myers Park at 7.23pm and was fatally shot there at 7.45pm.

“At the time of his death, David was wearing blue denim jeans and a blue and white checked shirt,” Mr Hooper said.

“It’s possible that, at some time in the afternoon prior to him engaging with police, he was in possession of an orange high-visibility raincoat.”

Investigators who’ve watched CCTV footage have established that several people were in Myers Park on Sunday afternoon and evening.

These included a man wearing a hooded jacket who may have had a conversation with Cerven while sitting on a park bench.

Anyone with information should call 0800 533 591.

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In brief Trump refuses pledge The first debate among Republicans running for the White House in 2016 put to rest speculation that billionaire businessman Donald Trump would moderate his harsh denouncement of America’s politicians. He used the opening moments of the faceoff with nine other candidates to refuse to rule out running as an independent. Should he do that, Trump likely would split the Republican vote, making it more likely that Democrat frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton would win.

Trump, who brushed aside questions about his public denigration of women, put to rest speculation he would tone down his rhetoric. Through the remainder of the debate Trump stood out for his willingness to stand behind many of his past statements that many expected would be ruinous to his campaign.

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Woman set free

Afghan security personnel inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan yesterday. A bomb hidden in a truck exploded in the centre of the Afghan capital, killing several people and wounding hundreds.

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Truck bomb kills 7, wounds 400 A bomb hidden in a truck exploded in the centre of the Afghan capital, killing seven people and wounding about 400, police and health officials said yesterday.

Police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said the pre-dawn blast was near a Defense Ministry compound, but that all of the

victims were civilians, including women and children.

Health Ministry spokesman Wahidullha Mayar about 400 people were hurt, mostly after being hit by flying glass.

Rahimi said the target of the blast, which blew out windows in nearby homes, was not known.

Police do not allow trucks to enter into Kabul during the daytime, but they can enter from 9pm until 5am.

The blast comes after the United Nations said that a growing number of women and children are getting hurt or killed in Afghanistan’s war against the Taliban and other

insurgents. The total number of casualties in the almost 14year conflict was up 1 per cent in the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year, a new UN report said.

However, the number of women casualties rose by 23 per cent and children 13 per cent.

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■ MALAYSIA

France launches search for MH370 debris France is launching new searches by air, land and sea from the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, in the hope of finding more wreckage from MH370.

The renewed effort comes after Malaysia said a wing part found on the island came from the ill-fated flight.

The find is the first physical clue to solving one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history, 17 months after the aircraft veered off course en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

A military plane has begun surveying the area of the Indian Ocean, the French government said in a statement.

The search will also be stepped up with foot patrols, helicopters and maritime units.

“Any discovery will be immediately made available to the

investigation,” said the joint statement by the French ministers of defence, transport and overseas territories.

Separately, local authorities on Reunion Island said they would organise a thorough search starting on Monday.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday announced that a two-metre-long wing part discovered on Reunion island was from the missing plane.

The Boeing 777 disappeared on March 8 last year, sparking the largest search operation in history, which is now focused on the southern Indian Ocean.

Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai on Thursday said certain characteristics of the wing part, including its paint, matched MH370 maintenance records.

However, French prosecutors involved in the analysis have been more cautious, saying only that there was a “very high probability” it came from the Boeing 777.

Liow also said more possible MH370 objects – aircraft seat cushions and window material – had since been discovered on Reunion, but that any MH370 link “had to be verified by the French authorities”.

But the news was not universally welcomed by relatives of the 239 people on board the Malaysia Airlines jet, with some expressing fresh criticism of officials’ handling of the disaster.

Some - particularly in China where most of the passengers were from - rejected Najib’s announcement.

They have accused his gov-

ernment and the airline of a bungled response to the disaster, possible cover-up and insensitive treatment of families.

Some said they would reject any Malaysian government claims until the plane’s black box data and flight recorders were recovered, or bodies were found.

“Where is my husband’s body? Have any passengers’ belongings been found? No. It’s just a piece that they found,” said Elaine Chew, whose husband Tan Size Hiang was one of the cabin crew.

“This is not closure for me.”

Analysts, however, call the find a clear step forward by eliminating theories that plane might have landed somewhere, and confirming the search was roughly on the right track.

- AP

A French woman who was abducted in Yemen in February along with her translator has been freed and was on her way home. Isabelle Prime, 31, had been working in Yemen for the World Bank for about a year when she was kidnapped. She is now in the hands of French authorities and will return to her country, according to a statement from French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who, like the president, thanked the government of Oman for its help.

Details of her release, including what group had been holding Prime, weren’t divulged.

- AP

N Korea sets own time North Korea has no time for Japan.

Not anymore, at least. The country will establish its own time zone next week by pulling back by 30 minutes its current standard time, a legacy of the Japanese colonial rule. The new time zone will take effect August 15 — the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule at the end of World War Two, North Korea’s official Central News Agency said.

The establishment of “Pyongyang time” will root out that legacy, it said.

- AP

Wildfires in Spain Officials say wildfires fanned by strong winds have forced the evacuation of more than 1400 people from two towns and two campsites in southwestern Spain.

The Extremadura regional government said the people were evacuated from the towns of Acebo and Perales del Puerto early yesterday and given lodging in the nearby city of Caceres.

- AP

Quake hits Congo A government spokesman says that a 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook eastern Congo early yesterday, causing the death of at least two children. Lambert Mende says the epicenter of the earthquake was located close to Lake Tanganyika near Bukavu, the capital of the South Kivu province.

He says a house collapsed in Katana, near the airport in Bukavu, causing the death of the children.

He said the earthquake also caused some cracks in buildings.

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Sports diary Around the Grounds Hockey Senior Women at Ashburton 1.30pm Hampstead 1 v Geraldine Senior Men at Ashburton 5.00pm Wakanui Black v Northern Hearts Senior Women at Timaru 1.00pm Hampstead/ Collegians v Craighead Senior Men at Timaru 4.00pm Wakanui Blue v Tainui

Rugby August 8 Representative Rugby Mid Canterbury A v Tasman Under 19, Hanmer, 2pm, UC Championship Ashburton College v St Thomas College, Ashburton Showgrounds Oval, 12pm MCRU JAB Seven A Side (12pm Start) Under 11 at Hampstead Under 14 ½, Under-13, Under-8, at Celtic Under 12, Under 10, Under 9, Under 7, at Allenton August 9 Bruce Beckley Memorial Cup Southern Tinwald Tavern v Celtic Kelly’s Bar & Café, Mt Somers Domain, 2pm

Football August 8 18th grade division one: Selwyn United FC 18th v MCUFC, Brookside Park, 10.45am 18th grade division three: Methven FC v STAC 2nd XI, Methven Domain, 10.45am 16th grade division one: MCUFC 16th v HU 16 Hawks, Ashburton Domain, 12.30pm August 9 Women’s division one: Hornby Women v Methven FC A, Warren Park, 10.30am Women’s division three: ISL Hornby B v Methven FC B, Warren Park, 10.30am

Basketball Tall Ferns v Japan, EA Networks Centre, 2pm

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■ NETBALL

Ferns stroll to first win The Silver Ferns shook away their netball World Cup cobwebs last night with an efficient 73-28 first-up victory over Barbados at Sydney’s Olympic Park.

The Kiwis won each quarter of the game convincingly, but still remain untested under any sort of pressure as they look to win their first World Cup since 2003.

They combined some superb, flowing netball with spells of patchy play, but finished with a flourish in a dominant final quarter.

Ferns goal shooter Bailey Mes grew into her game as the first quarter progressed, finding space in the circle and showing increasing confidence on the shot.

With Shannon Francois running the midcourt from centre, pushing Laura Langman back to wing defence, New Zealand’s

feed into the circle lacked its customary precision.

Barbados goal keeper Shonette Bruce kept Mes under constant pressure, generating turnovers with a series of deflections.

But world No.9 Barbados couldn’t convert the possession into points, and the Kiwis strolled out to a 21-7 lead at the end of the first quarter.

New Zealand worked hard to up the defensive through-court pressure in the second spell.

They shut down the supply of ball so, although Barbados shooters Shonica Wharton and Nikita Piggott missed just one shot, they were only allowed seven attempts.

In contrast, Mes and Maria Tutaia missed only three of their 18 shots on goal to give the New Zealanders a 36-13 lead at halftime.

New Zealand coach Waimarama Taumaunu emptied her

bench at the break, switching Langman back to centre and bringing Kayla Cullen on at wing defence.

At the back, young keeper Phoenix Karaka had her first World Cup start, coming on to partner veteran campaigner Leana de Bruin, contesting her fifth world tournament.

Mes, who sank 24 from 31, and Tutaia (12 from 15) were replaced by Malia Paseka and Jodi Brown for the final 30 minutes.

The new combinations started strongly, powering out to a 41-14 lead before Barbados worked their way back and constructed their best quarter of the match to hold New Zealand to a 53-24 lead at the threequarter mark.

But the Silver Ferns’ fitness and patience paid off in the final quarter, which they won 20-4, to wrap up the win.

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Sharpshooter Bailey Mes

Aitken and Plummer ready for re-match

By Cathy Walshe Four years after Australia won gold over New Zealand in Singapore, Norma Plummer and Ruth Aitken once again go headto-head in a netball World Cup. But instead of another epic clash for global domination, the two canny coaches are seeking more modest success.

Plummer looks once again to have the edge, guiding world No.5 South Africa, while Aitken is at the helm of 15th-ranked Singapore.

The two teams meet today at Sydney’s Olympic Park, with Singapore coming off a 56-43 opening win over Sri Lanka while South Africa were edged 58-51 by Malawi.

Aitken, who retired after the 2011 World Cup after coaching the Silver Ferns for 10 years, is

Ruth Aitken

Norma Plummer

looking forward to the rematch with her long-time foe.

But she says the focus shouldn’t be on her and Plummer.

“We’ll have a little smile at each other but it’ll all be just about our teams,” she told AAP. Aitken’s influence in Singa-

pore’s style of play after two years in charge is obvious, with a trademark zone defence and a well-thought out game plan.

“We knew Sri Lanka had long limbs and were very good at their defence of the ball carrier,” she said.

“So it was about us using the

width of the court, using the angles to play around them rather than going straight down the line.”

Aitken’s relishing her time with Singapore after taking over from fellow Kiwi Kate Carpenter and has recently signed on for a third year.

“I’m loving it - they’re great girls and there’s a lot of talent there.

“Not a lot of size but there’s some fantastic athleticism.”

She’ll also be watching the Silver Ferns with a keen eye as the World Cup progresses.

“I think ‘good on them’.

“They’ve got some fresh faces out there, and they’re looking at providing a game plan that’s going to be challenging other teams.

“I wish them all the best and I back them all the way.” - AAP

Mayweather defends opponent for next bout Floyd Mayweather yesterday hit back at critics of his choice of opponent Andre Berto for next month’s Las Vegas title bout when he’s expected to equal Rocky Marciano’s legendary record of 49-0.

The outspoken welterweight king has faced a storm of criti-

cism since announcing earlier this week he will face the unfancied Berto in Las Vegas on September 12 to cement a place in the history books.

But Mayweather, whose super-fight with Manny Pacquiao in May was widely regarded as a flop, insisted that his meeting

with Berto had box-office appeal.

“I have been getting backlash,” Mayweather said. “They say no one in the sport will buy the fight. I picked him because he is an exciting fighter.”

“Mayweather also dismissed suggestions that he should have chosen Britain’s former two-time

world champ Amir Khan who is considered a tougher opponent and who has been angling for a confrontation with the American.

“How many championships has Khan won, two. Berto has won two also,” Mayweather said.

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Hampstead goalie Kerry Chapman has helped to ensure her side remains unbeaten with one round to go in the Mid/South Canterbury senior women’s hockey competition.

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Last line of defence By erin Tasker Kerry Chapman is the last line of defence for the Hampstead women’s hockey team.

She’s the goalie who has kept out the goals and helped to ensure her side remains unbeaten in the Mid/South Canterbury senior women’s hockey competition with only one round robin match remaining.

Her role is a vital one, but she knows she’s just one of the team – a team she’s hoping will go all the way this season.

It’s been a big season for Chapman, having earlier donned the Silver Fern in Australia, and coming home a winner.

Originally from the United Kingdom and now working as a Highway Patrol police officer in Ashburton, Chapman has been a regular player for the New

Zealand Police hockey team in recent years, but this year she added the New Zealand Masters team to her resume.

She played at the national masters championships – for over 35s - under the Manawatu banner. They were missing a goalie and a police friend suggested she could help them out, so she did.

There, players could sign up to be eligible to play for the national team.

Chapman wasn’t going to put her name down, but husband Simon – also a police officer – talked her into it, and after only conceding one goal all tournament, she made the cut.

“I had a bit of a nightmare in my first match and thought that was it, but it turned out the selector wasn’t watching that one,” she said.

A two-day training camp, and the tournament in Melbourne were an intense step up from the level of hockey she was used to, but it was an experience she thoroughly enjoyed – particularly given they won, on goal difference, after a win, a loss and a draw.

After missing half of last season with a torn hamstring sustained at hockey training, 2015 has been a top year so far, with hopefully more still to come.

Hampstead made it right to the end last year too, but they needed an extra special effort from Chapman to get them there.

Their semi-final against Geraldine went to penalty strokes, and she’s hoping for a less stressful run to the finals this season.

This year, Geraldine are the

competition cellar-dwellers and they are Hampstead’s last round robin opponent today.

On form, Hampstead should win and finish their round robin unbeaten, but they’re not taking anything for granted.

“We had a really good start to our season; we put a whole lot of work into our pre-season,” she said.

“But we seem to struggle against the teams we should easily beat.”

Hampstead are so far in front on the points table, they’re assured of finishing top of the table and taking on the fourth placed team in the semi-finals.

That team is Mid Canterbury’s second senior women’s side, Hampstead/Collegians, meaning one local team will definitely play in the final in two weeks’ time.

Winning the day - but spending goes elsewhere Few would argue that New Zealand sport is less effectively funded than in the past, but that doesn’t mean everybody’s happy.

Over the past two years the NZ Hockey Players’ Association, under the watch of former Black Cap Glen Sulzberger, have

argued strongly that the Black Sticks men and women are asked to train and live like full-time professionals, yet are paid like amateurs - that is to say, nothing.

“That’s the hard thing for us.

Everyone in the team has to

study or work alongside hockey,” says star midfielder Stacey Michelsen. “You don’t earn money as a hockey player. It’s not something you can live off.

It’s disappointing.

“You can’t pretend that money is not an important aspect in

terms of a campaign - it is.

“It would be awesome if we could increase the funding so we could have more of a centralised programme for a longer period of time. You’re expected to commit like professionals, but we’re amateurs.

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Every four years, towards the end of the Olympic Games, some New Zealanders get very excited by what we now know as the Per Capita Olympics.

This make-believe ritual reimagines the Olympic medal table to reflect the ratio of winning to population.

At London 2012, New Zealand and its then 4.4 million population finished fourth behind Caribbean island nations Grenada, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago.

It represented a big step up from Beijing (29th), Athens (35th), Sydney (38th) and Atlanta (34th), and was close to our peak of second at the boycott-blighted Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.

It doesn’t take a lot of soulsearching to realise New Zealand should perform well under this metric. We’re a comparatively wealthy, outdoors nation with adequate sporting infrastructure. In broad terms, there are few roadblocks to our talented kids becoming talented adults.

Of more relevance is where New Zealand would rank on a medals won per high-performance sports spend table.

This is difficult to impossible because we just don’t know what biggies like China and Russia spend on central sports funding. We do know that in this Olympic cycle, Great Britain is spending $65.1m on rowing, $60.8m on cycling and $50.9m on yachting.

What we also know is that funding is a highly emotive subject among our national sporting organisations, many who consider themselves second-class sporting citizens because they are not “targeted” by Sport New Zealand.

Those at the bottom of the food chain can be forgiven for feeling unable to mount the sort of campaigns that are required to win medals.

In this respect there is a self-perpetuating element to the funding model. Sports, apart from swimming, that get the most win the most.

“That’s true,” says High Performance Sport NZ’s Alex Baumann, “but if there’s a will there’s a way.

“Yes, I understand if you don’t have the resources you can’t do everything you want to do, but it doesn’t mean you can’t have a plan to be the best in the world,” he said.

- NZME

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■ RUGBY

Bledisloe: ‘I never want to give it back’

By GreGor Paul

O

nly 14 times has Richie McCaw experienced defeat in his career, and he can remember each and every one in quite extraordinary detail.

The All Blacks skipper, who will play at ANZ Stadium for the last time tonight, was in the mood for reminiscing ahead of equalling the world record for test appearances.

He was happy to reveal it’s a major goal of his and the other senior players who are leaving at the end of this year to ensure they sign off with the Bledisloe safely tucked away.

He remembered the 2003 and 2010 victories in Sydney as being two of the better All Blacks performances for different reasons, and he also talked about how valuable it was for him to begin his career as part of an All Blacks side who didn’t have possession of the Bledisloe.

“I would love nothing better than to keep the Bledisloe in the cupboard ... absolutely,” he said.

“I still remember back to when we didn’t have it and, put yourself in the Wallabies shoes, they will be desperate to get their hands on it.

“That’s what makes a great occasion, is that it means so much for both teams for different reasons.

“A few of us realise what it was like to not have it and the Wallabies are in that situation at the moment.

“I never want to give it back.

“That’s the motivator every time.

“If you do hang up the boots and we still have it, I’ll be pretty happy.”

What McCaw also realises is how quickly everything can change.

One of his most vivid memories remains the extreme highs and lows he and the All Blacks experienced in 2003. That was the year they thumped the Wallabies in Sydney and then followed it up with a tight, brave win at Eden Park that saw them take possession of the Bledisloe.

But just a few months later, back in Sydney, they lost to Australia in the semi-final of the World Cup. “We had a pretty good win here in the first game [2003].

“The second one is the one that sticks in my mind at Eden Park because it went down to the wire and there were moments in the game towards the end, critical lineouts that had let us down in the past, that caused us to effectively lose the year before. We had to get it right and we nailed it. Three months later we lost the semi-final of the World Cup to the same team.

“The memory I always have is how quickly things turn around in sport.

“The inevitable thing in sport is that you are not going to win absolutely every one. They annoy me [defeats] but sometimes your best learnings come from those matches.

“You reflect on them all and I can remember them all and there are always lessons there that help you down the track so you don’t lose too many more.”

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DJ Forbes stepping down as sevens cap L

ong serving All Blacks sevens captain DJ Forbes is stepping aside from the captaincy of the team he has been a key part of since 2006.

The veteran sevens specialist said he came to his decision after considerable deliberation and he decided he needed to step aside to get in the best possible shape to help his chances of being selected for the New Zealand sevens team who will compete at next year’s Rio Olympics.

“I’ve had an awesome run with this team and this is just a change of guard,” Forbes said.

“My key focus is on getting my body

to 100 per cent and by stepping aside from the responsibilities of captain I can focus solely on what I need to do to get in the best shape mentally and physically.

“Titch and I agree this is the best way to get me to the Olympics.

“This also means that I will be in a position to help grow another captain for the team while I’m still involved and more importantly to put the team in good shape for the Olympics and beyond.

“My body doesn’t bounce back quite like it used to, and as an athlete I would never compromise anything and this way I know that if I make the Olym-

pics, it will be on merit and not by default.”

Forbes is one of the most successful players to ever pull on the sevens black jersey, having made his debut for the team in 2006.

“I’ve been captain pretty much since making the team so this move might allow me a bit of freedom to really enjoy what will probably be my last year of international sevens and to go out and play as one of the boys.

“I never played rugby to be the captain but the privilege of leading this team has been a huge honour.

“Not having the (c) after my name isn’t the end of the world because I’m

still living the dream, doing what I love.”

Coach Gordon Tietjens said that he would be naming a successor to Forbes shortly when the initial squad for the 2015/16 season was named later this month.

“I compliment DJ on the big decision he has made and wanting to solely focus on getting over to the Rio Olympics.

“He wants to overcome his injuries and doesn’t want the pressure of captaincy and I respect that.

“It’s going to be very competitive to win selection and he knows that.

“We both feel this decision will allow

him the his inju shape.

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Williams the key to getting All Blacks backline moving

By Patrick Mckendry

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onny Bill Williams, excused from the All Blacks’ recent trip to South Africa due, according to Steve Hansen, to his busy recent schedule, will find plenty to do against Australia tonight.

With the Wallabies fielding two specialist opensiders in Michael Hooper and David Pocock, the All Blacks will be relying on Williams, in at No12 for the injured Ma’a Nonu, to get them over the gainline.

An All Black team consistently on the front foot will help nullify the threat of Hooper and Pocock, and Williams - just like Nonu - is an expert at that with his offloading game and ability to run over the top of opponents.

The 30-year-old - well used to playing outside former Crusaders team-mate Dan Carter and inside Conrad Smith - is up against Matt Giteau, who has never played with Wallabies No10 Bernard Foley.

Giteau is also 28cm shorter than Williams, and about 25kg lighter.

That inside channel will be a clear target for an All Black team fired up to secure the Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup and make up for last year’s under-

whelming draw at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium.

Foley, likely to be tasked with tackling Williams if the Wallabies use a drift defence, is a competent defender, but he too is much smaller than the former league player Williams.

When the All Blacks swept on to the attack in Brisbane last year in a last-ditch bid to win the last test between the two nations, the coaches were screaming for the team to give the ball to Malakai Fekitoa, who had a one-on-one with Foley about 15m out from the Wallabies’ line.

Fekitoa, who had gone on a searing break minutes earlier, duly delivered a try with his pace and strength, leaving replacement Colin Slade to kick the conversion for the victory.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika believes that Toulonbased Giteau, conveniently back in the fold after the Australian union changed its rules on overseas-based players, can handle Williams’ threat due to his courage.

“Maybe

[there is] a little size difference there, but Giteau has a big heart.

“A big heart, and he’s not scared,” Cheika said.

“He is a very, very determined guy and since I have got to know him a bit more I have got to see the determination in his character.

“I am sure he will seize the opportunity and enjoy playing against one of the great players across both codes.

“It will be a great opportunity for him, probably something he never thought he’d get to do a while back.

“I am sure he enjoy it.”

Former Wallabies second-five Tim Horan, now a television commentator, is well placed to measure Williams’ rugby development and believes he has changed his game to fit the All Blacks’ methods.

“Sonny Bill has really grasped the game of rugby and gone to another level,” Horan told foxsports. com.au.

“His offloads and the way he understands the game and how the All Blacks are trying to play the game - I just think he’s not as selfish as he used to be.

“He’s now a very unselfish player that always wants to put other people into space and give them opportunity.

“He’s done an amazing job in that All Black jersey, and they’re going to be very hard to beat tonight.”

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Sonny Bill Williams: Huge size and weight advantage over Matt Giteau tonight.

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In brief Boks ‘desperate’ A Rugby Championship campaign that has gone pear-shaped for South Africa means great significance is being attached to the finalround clash with Argentina in Durban tonight. “This will be a massive Test for us,” admitted Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer as he looked ahead to a showdown that will decide who finishes bottom of the standings. The 2015 Springboks have become the team that cannot put a game to bed, conceding late tries in Brisbane and Johannesburg to fail against the Wallabies and All Blacks.

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Set-piece vital Wallabies captain Stephen Moore says his side is ready to face a tough set-piece examination from the All Blacks in the Rugby Championship decider.

Coach Michael Cheika’s bold decision to start two openside specialists gives the All Blacks a couple of key areas to attack, but Moore says the Wallabies have prepared well for that.

Changes to the pack include Dean Mumm taking over from giant lock Will Skelton in a new second-row combination with former captain James Horwill and prop Scott Sio making his starting debut. “The guys have trained together this week in the combination that’s playing and we’ve worked really hard on making sure that that area of the game is sound,” Moore said yesterday.

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ABs going up a notch The mighty All Blacks are expecting anything and everything from the Wallabies tonight, but are adamant they won’t change their own style to counter the dual breakdown threats of openside flyers Michael Hooper and David Pocock. Just over a month out from the World Cup, the defending champions will adopt the mentality of having to play their best game of the year as they seek to keep their mitts on the Bledisloe Cup for a 13th straight season. “We certainly can get a lot better and we’re going to have to for a month’s time, so we’ve just got to keep improving,” All Blacks’ No.8 Kieran Read said. “This battle here is huge, the Bledisloe is on the line in this game, so we’ve got to have the mindset of going out and playing our best game of the year.”

- NZME

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DJ Forbes: Has been an inspirational captain of the New Zealand sevens team for many years.

The teenager earmarked as a future Wallabies superstar is set to take his next step up in the National Rugby Championionship, a competition his coach says is almost tailor-made for him. Former schoolboy sensation Taniela Tupou - better known as the Tongan Thor - has been named in the Queensland Country squad for his debut in the NRC which starts next week. The 19-year-old prop shot to fame when clips of his ball-running exploits for Sacred Heart College in Auckland went viral.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Warriors target ball-runners

BY DAVID SKIPWITH St George Illawarra possess plenty of backline magicians but Warriors forward Ben Matulino says his side must shut down two key members of the Dragons’ pack in this evening’s match in Wellington.

The towering forward says his side have been burned on numerous occasions by Dragons and New South Wales State of Origin back-rower Trent Merrin, who is listed to start off the bench at Westpac Stadium in his return from a four-week suspension.

Matulino also rates in-form Dragons prop and former age grade rival, Leeson Ah Mau, as another major threat, as the ninth-placed Warriors look to snap a three-game losing run.

“Every time I’ve played against Trent Merrin he’s been the stand-out for their team and he always plays a big part in them beating us,” said Matulino.

“And the way Leeson’s been going up-front; he’s been playing a lot of minutes and getting through a lot of work as well.

“Those guys for me are the two majors.

“I played with Leeson through the age grades and Junior Kiwis so I’ve grown up playing against him and I know him pretty well.

“He’s played a couple of seasons now and I remember back as a young fella he was always destined for big things and it’s great to see that he’s having the best season of his career so far.”

Ben Matulino: Merrin and Ah Mau major threats for the Dragons.

The seventh-placed visitors arrive in the capital level with the Bulldogs and Warriors on 22 points.

They broke a seven-match run of losses with last Sunday’s flamboyant win over the Knights in Newcastle.

Both sides are desperate to improve their finals prospects and while the Warriors are wary of the Dragons’ backline talent, Matulino says it’s the forwards’

job to limit their impact on attack.

“The young centre Euan Aitken and obviously Josh Dugan and Benji [Marshall] and his halves partner Gareth Widdop, they run the show,” he said.

“The way Benji played last week got a lot of people talking so obviously he’s one we need to watch.

“But we need to shut that down by stopping their forwards.”

After starting the season with a focus on playing prop, injuries to second-row pair Ryan Hoffman and Bodene Thompson have seen the Wellington-born 26-year-old chosen to start out on the right edge for the second week in a row.

“I spoke to Cappy [coach Andrew McFadden] at the start of the year and he said, ‘don’t worry about playing back-row this year because we’ve got two 80-minute second-rowers’.

“But over the last two months he’s been chucking me into the second-row [at training] just in case there were injuries.

“He told me last week that I was playing back-row and he started laughing and I was cracking up as well.

“It’s all good. Cappy’s made some changes and thinks this is the right team so I’m backing him.”

With no Shaun Johnson in the No7 jersey many critics have dismissed the Warriors chances of a top eight finish, but Matulino insists belief within the club remains strong.

“Three weeks ago when we were in the top four a lot of people were patting us on the back and it’s quite strange how things can change over that short time.

“We just need to focus on those parts where we went wrong against the Sharks and really bring it this week.” ****** Warriors v Dragons Westpac Stadium, 5pm tonight - NZME

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All Blacks selectors spoilt for choice I f you thought the sporting scene had been busy recently, think again, it’s all just starting to happen.

The netball girls are having another crack at trying to knock the Aussies off their perch, the rugby guys are warming up for the World Cup with another crack at keeping the Bledisloe Cup in the cabinet, and even the summer sport fellas are still doing their thing, somewhere in the world.

While local rugby takes a breather for a week or so until the Meads Cup hat-trick campaign starts, the All Blacks are in Sydney with the aim of retaining that big, well monstrous, cup.

With every player busting a gut to perform in front of the selectors, you just know it’s go-

ing to be full on, but the same applies to the Aussies, and history suggests that results at this time of year count for nought anyway.

Still, the armchair selection game is in full swing, with everyone trying to double-guess what the three wise men have in mind - and at the moment it appears they have a glut of riches in almost every position, it’s just a matter of getting the right mix together for each game and each opponent.

The back three is a prime case in point.

Tonight the starting line-up is Ben Smith at the back, with Julian Savea on one flank and Nehe Milner-Skudder on the other.

If you suggested that there’s a superb mix of youth and

Steve Devereux MY SHOUT

experience in that lot, you’d be quite right, but how do they stack up against recent combinations?

Should Israel Dagg still be number one, with Smith on the wing?

That one is a definite nonstarter at least.

The selectors have stuck with Dagg, with Hansen saying he’s ‘performing his core roles’, but I think he’s missing one of those core roles, which is adding magic to the team.

The sort of magic that saw him shunted into the Crusaders and All Blacks teams at short notice, the sort of magic that saw him confound and bamboozle opposite defensive lines - but also the sort of magic that’s been missing this year.

And last.

It’s also the sort of magic that Milner-Skudder will be expected to provide tonight.

If he does (just like Waisake Naholo looked like he was doing) then he adds another potent weapon to the selectors’ World Cup arsenal, with Cory Jane, Charles Piutau and Colin Slade all vying for spots.

Maybe to fit them all in Smith will be shifted to centre, as some All Blacks selectors in the past would have tried. What exactly were they smoking back then??

Shoulder charge out The NRL have announced that any player who commits a shoulder charge with force will be suspended for at least one game, effective immediately.

The change comes after Sydney Roosters forward Kane Evans escaped sanction for his monster hit that floored Sam Kasiano last week. NRL head of football Todd Greenberg said changes needed to be made to remove any ambiguity on whether a shoulder charge should draw a charge from the match review commitee. “We need to be clear about this... we cannot allow player welfare to be put at risk by shoulder charges,” Greenberg said in a statement.

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Eels ready for battle They haven’t been home since Sunday but Parramatta coach Brad Arthur says being out of Sydney is exactly what his team needed. After Monday’s loss to the Titans, the Eels flew straight to Darwin from the Gold Coast in what is the final leg of a gruelling three-game stretch that began in Townsville. But after taking in the sights and sounds on Thursday, Arthur hopes a more relaxed squad can break a three-game losing streak against Penrith tonight. “A few of them went and did a little bit of fishing and saw some crocodiles. So it’s been good to take their mind off footy,” Arthur said yesterday.

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Ban will hurt Sharks Cronulla boss Lyall Gorman says Andrew Fifita’s six-game ban will hurt the Sharks’ NRL finals push, but the suspension and the $30,000 fine meted out to the former representative star was deserved. After a horror 0-4 start to the year, the Sharks have emerged as a genuine top four candidate, on the back of a purple patch of mid-season form that has included wins over premiership heavyweights Sydney Roosters, North Queensland and Canterbury. Fifita has been one of the Sharks’ stars over that period. But after being hit with the suspension for his abuse of a referee, he now won’t play again until the final series, if the Sharks are there. - AAP

Storm will atone Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy is giving his Storm players a chance to make amends after most likely blowing their chances of a top-four NRL finish. Ahead of their round-22 clash with Gold Coast at AAMI Park on Sunday, Bellamy said their shock loss to the Wests Tigers last round had put a large dent in their title aspirations. The Storm blew a 10-point lead to lose 34-16 to the bottom-placed side and fall to sixth on the ladder, four points behind fourth-placed South Sydney. “It’s going to be tough to catch them after last week, without a doubt,” Bellamy said. “We can’t focus on that, we just have to focus on our performance and hopefully results will look after themselves.”

- AAP

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■ FOOTBALL

Man U scramble to match Chelsea By tom Williams

Grace Sommerville is taking a break from a busy swimming scholarship in the United States.

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Making waves

By Caitlin Porter

Caitlin.p@theguardian.Co.nz

A 19-year-old Mid Canterbury swimmer is making a name for herself as a top open water swimmer, not only here, but overseas.

Grace Sommerville, originally from Staveley, spends her time swimming, and studying, in America.

In March of last year, Grace departed for the University of Denver on a swimming scholarship.

The long-distance freestyle specialist said she is loving it there, and is looking forward to returning shortly – but not before she gets a bit of a break at home.

“I just got in [to New Zealand] on Monday, I’ve finished my freshman year,” she said.

Her university life is busy, but she still finds time to have fun – and has already made some great friends.

“Everyone is active and fit and it’s really fun,” she said. “[The university] is private so it’s smaller, for the last year I lived in a dorm with one other girl, from Texas.”

Grace studies ecology and

biodiversity, a four-year degree that is recognised internationally – but said she is predominantly there to swim.

Her swim team is made up of competitive swimmers and divers - Grace trains with 27 girls and 27 boys, some of whom are also international students –

“

“We fly a lot of places …

Portland, Iowa, Wyoming, Kansas,” she said.

This year, her swim team stands undefeated, winning meet after meet.

She doesn’t get a lot of down time, training Monday to Saturday, and squeezes in nine pool

You’re there to swim . . . you are busy, but there’s a lot of help available

from the likes of Germany, Australia and Canada.

Classes and swimming fit together seamlessly.

Grace said the athletes get their class register early, so they are able to work around it.

“You’re there to swim … you are busy, but there’s a lot of help available.”

She competes in dual meets with other schools, and at the end of every season there’s a championship.

sessions, plus weight training, with only a few weeks’ break each year.

It’s something she is used to though, Grace started swimming when she was around 10 years old – but that isn’t that young compared to some of her American compatriots.

“A lot of them started when they were only five or six,” she explains.

During the season she has meets most weekends, adding to

her already full schedule.

But she does manage to stay in touch with friends and family back home.

She Skypes her parents once a week, and they have already made a trip over to see her.

Her sister, Alice, is also in America.

She too went over on a swimming scholarship – to Cleveland State – but has since completed her Masters in Civil Engineering.

While she is back, Grace isn’t spending too much time out of the pool and has been busy training at the new EA Networks Centre.

Next week she has the New Zealand Short Course Championships, but after that Grace plans on taking a short twoweek break.

Ahead of her are three more years of study to obtain her Bachelors degree, and to also get some more top level swimming under her belt.

Grace will get a year on her visa to stay in America once she has finished studying – and is able to work if she wants to – but said at the moment she is just playing it by ear.

Manchester United open the new Premier League season at home to Tottenham Hotspur overnight looking for signs that they are ready to mount a sustained assault on Chelsea’s title.

Last season’s equivalent fixture, a 3-0 home win, proved the belated catalyst for a run of form that ensured Louis van Gaal ended his first season as manager with United back in the Champions League places.

But with some STG77 million ($NZ163.42 million) having been spent on new players including Memphis Depay, Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger, United have set their sights a little higher. “(Last season) we could see that we were getting better gradually, but we just needed that consistency in our performances and then, obviously, in results,” captain Wayne Rooney said.

“But we could see in each game we were getting better. I feel this season for the first time, rather than the last two seasons, we’re ready to challenge again.”

The lunchtime game at Old Trafford will give United’s fans a clearer idea of how their team will line up this season, with Rooney expected to lead the line as a lone striker.

Tottenham finished fifth last term, six points below fourth-place United, and will hope to make a more convincing case for Champions League qualification despite a relatively quiet transfer window.

Chelsea begin their title defence at home to Swansea City, who will be looking to repeat their sensational opening-day exploits from last season, when they won 2-1 against United at Old Trafford. The champions have spluttered in pre-season, failing to win any of their five games and losing 1-0 to Arsenal in the Community Shield.

All three promoted clubs are in action on the opening day, with Watford visiting Everton, Norwich City hosting Crystal Palace and Bournemouth tackling Aston Villa.

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■ RICCARTON

Khemosabi turning back time Veteran performer Khemosabi will today attempt to replicate his Riccarton efforts of two years ago.

At the 2013 carnival, the grey son of Commands finished eighth in the Gr.3 Winter Cup before he closed his southern venture with a victory in the open sprint on the final day of the meeting.

The now 10-year-old filled the same placing in the cup last weekend and seven days on he will chase a repeat success in the Heatstore Premier Open 1400.

While he would appreciate some rain for Khemosabi, own-

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Stakes performer Star O’Fraaj is making good progress toward a return to competition next month. The four-year-old was a dual winner last season for Evan and JJ Rayner and she also finished third behind Vespa in the Gr.2 Wellington Guineas.

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Matamata cancelled

Jockey Terry Moseley

Heavy rain washed out a second consecutive meeting this week with yesterday’s Matamata fixture the latest casualty. Stipendiary steward Alan Coles said the track was deemed fit for racing after an inspection at 5.45am, but subsequent heavy downpours forced the abandonment. “Clearly there was water sitting on the track and more showers forecast.

We had no option with health and safety in mind.”

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Canterbury gallops Today at Riccarton Raceway

Canterbury Racing - Canterbury JC Venue: Riccarton Park Meeting Date: 08 Aug 2015 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 10.53am SPEIGHT’S MID ALE PREMIER HURDLE $20,000, 0-1 WIN HDL, 3100m 1 56124 Shamal m (3) 68.5 ............................R Cully 2 00430 Ready Eddie tm (5) 68.5 .................M Gillies 3 17122 Sir Manawa m (10) 68.5 ........R Cuneen (a3) 4 01F60 Mr Nobody m (14) 68.5 5 1P8L8 In For Fun m (8) 68.5 ....................A Browne 6 53036 Otto The Great 67 ........................ Scratched 7 70220 Revenge m (17) 67 ..................D Bothamley 8 92021 San Pedro td (2) 68.5 ........................ A Kuru 9 2557P Jachil (7) 67 10 63633 Delacroix tm (4) 67.......................... C Studd 11 76522 Seeking Redemption (16) 67 12 89P08 Za Brute m (11) 67 ..........................M Cropp 13 67467 Proximity m (6) 67 .......................D Miller (a) 14 3P876 Jamie Lee (1) 66.5 .................L Kennedy (3) 15 70344 Yardstick (13) 65 .......................... M Mitchell 16 55P53 Cloemmbai (15) 65 17 0x80L Enchanter (12) 67 ........... E Farr (2.5) 18 12041 Kingiesstar t (9) 67 Emergencies: Enchanter, Kingiesstar 2 11.25am FORDBAKER VALUATION PREMIER R75 $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 31544 Miss Appleton dm (5) 59.5 .........L Hemi (a2) 2 53331 A Bob Short tdm (4) 60.5 ......... J Lowry (a3) 3 x4815 Rivertaine Coup td (2) 56.5 ...........L Allpress 4 09x11 Maybe Miami tdm (1) 56.5 .......... C Johnson 5 53110 Rumpelstiltskin dm (9) 56.5 ...C Barnes (a1) 6 70182 Back In The Day dm (6) 55.5 .........R Bishop 7 16164 Killa Question dm (8) 55.5 .....H Bennet (a4) 8 63900 Snow Line tdm (3) 54.5 ...... D Prastiyou (a2) 9 x507L Incontrol td (7) 54 ......................S Wynne (a) 3 11.57am ZILCO PREMIER MAIDEN $20,000, 1400m 1 33230 Jigger Inn b (3) 58.5 ............... B Murray (a3) 2 06275 Tukawa (1) 58.5.............................L Allpress 3 09947 Rub It In (7) 58.5 ..................... G Jogoo (a3) 4 Bullseye (12) 58.5 ....................... R Hannam 5 67668 Reset The Turbo (15) 58.5 6 63593 Spider Lily (4) 56.5 ....................S Wynne (a) 7 23422 Stage Door b (9) 56.5 ..................T Moseley 8 387x2 Daifuku b (6) 56.5 ....................... C Johnson 9 70326 Juliefoundher (2) 56.5 ...................D Bradley 10 963x0 Mirage (5) 56.5.......................H Bennet (a4) 11 9x350 Zarina 56.5 ................................... Scratched 12 0x270 Eagle Magic (13) 56.5 .....................S Collett 13 545 Millie Rose (14) 56.5 ................ J Lowry (a3)

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a race he won in 2012.

“He really needed that run,” Gordon said. “He had won over 1600 metres at Te Rapa before that, but it was quite an easy run.

“He’s jumping out of his skin now and he’s driving me nuts, he’s not the easiest horse to deal with at the best of times.”

Khemosabi will carry the minimum of 53kg on Saturday and Terry Moseley has again been engaged to ride the gelding.

“He’s in with a nice, light weight but Scapolo will be hard to beat – he’s obviously the class horse of the field,” Gordon said.

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er-trainer Paul Gordon said the horse would strip a lot fitter this weekend.

“He hadn’t run for a month and he’s definitely improved with the race.

“Things didn’t really work out for him, we thought Illuminati would be trailing us and she went out quickly to lead.

“Our horse had to do plenty of work, but he’s come through it well.”

Khemosabi had missed a vital lead-up outing to the Winter Cup with torrential rain forcing the abandonment of last month’s Listed Opunake Cup,

Star to shine again

14 84054 Fergie (11) 56.5..............................R Bishop 15 7 El Jodi (8) 56.5 ................................R Myers 16 45 Shadow Tower (10) 56 ................... J Parkes 4 12.32pm NZ BLOODSTOCK PREMIER R65 $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 30122 Do Uno Whoiam db (4) 59 ....... J Lowry (a3) 2 1 Court Order (3) 58 ..........................D Walsh 3 61 Pepper Mill d (8) 58 ......................K Williams 4 29055 Secret Power d (14) 58 ...... D Prastiyou (a2) 5 02341 Midnight Cappa d (6) 57.5 ..... B Murray (a3) 6 57964 Percy Possum td (11) 57.5 ....R Cuneen (a2) 7 62834 Heni (9) 56.5 ...................................R Myers 8 13040 Sandy’s Star tdm (13) 56.5 .......S Wynne (a) 9 x3632 Golden Bay d (7) 56.5 ................L Hemi (a2) 10 98464 Wanderin Star d (2) 55.5 ..............T Moseley 11 77068 Beacons dm (5) 55.5....................... K Myers 12 78200 Kevildo dm (1) 55.5 .........................S Collett 13 52728 Curli m (12) 55 ..............................L Allpress 14 0x308 Raw Gold (10) 54 ........................ C Johnson 5 1.07pm MILLENNIUM HOTEL & RESORTS PREMIER R65 $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 325x6 Coup Rotorua tdm (7) 59 .......H Bennet (a4) 2 521. Wise Move tdm (1) 58 ............ M Haruki (a3) 3 x6240 Ascomanni m (11) 57.5 .................. J Parkes 4 136x4 Boysway (2) 57.5.............................R Myers 5 4159 Sir Lindauer m (9) 57.5 ............ J Lowry (a3) 6 42135 Hot Pants d (8) 56.5 ......................D Bradley 7 35880 Matoaka (10) 56.5 ..........................R Bishop 8 80012 Pinzano d (12) 56............................S Collett 9 8x937 Twist Of Fate m (3) 55.5 ............R Black (a1) 10 9406x It Aint Over t (14) 55 ............ C O’Beirne (a3) 11 900x7 Golden Tower dm (13) 55 ........ G Jogoo (a3) 12 77550 Gottagetmywoohoo (6) 55.....R Cuneen (a2) 13 x3100 Good Bye Senorita d (5) 54.5 ..... C Johnson 14 819x0 Setarime (4) 54 .............................L Allpress 6 1.42pm BRACKENFIELD HUNT PREMIER R75 $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2000m 1 65566 Dickens tdm (4) 64 ................. B Murray (a3) 2 84361 Cody Cat tm (10) 61................. J Lowry (a3) 3 11330 Sir Amron m (1) 60.5................D Bothamley 4 17523 Reka m (9) 60 .................................R Myers 5 24226 Brad Thorn mb (2) 59 ..................... J Parkes 6 00014 Pheasant tdm (8) 58 ......................R Bishop 7 85825 Rocky (12) 57.5...............................J Riddell 8 18923 Taipa Tiger m (5) 57 ......................D Bradley 9 x4132 Zentangle d (6) 57........................... K Myers 10 51460 Chairos m (11) 56 ....................... R Hannam 11 02131 Morgan Bet m (14) 55.5 .............. C Johnson 12 30031 Speedy Jax (13) 55 .........................S Collett 13 41150 Cavatino tdm (7) 54.5....................L Allpress

12 03P21 Hezanakilad t (5) 65 2.57pm HEATSTORE PREMIER OPEN HANDICAP $40,000, OPN HCP, 1400m 1 621x1 Scapolo tdm (13) 61.5 2 58719 Absolut Excelencia td (3) 57 .... J Lowry (a3) 3 58359 Anzac Star m (6) 54.5 ..................... K Myers 4 21335 Jack’s Run tm (12) 54 ..................K Williams 5 01450 Irish Excuse tdm (11) 53.5 ............L Allpress 6 x4642 Salamanca tdm (8) 53.5..................R Myers 7 0x160 North And South tdmb (10) 53 .... R Hannam 8 11223 Super Trouper tm (4) 53 ..................S Collett 9 x7818 Khemosabi tdm (5) 53..................T Moseley 10 31776 The Gordonian dm (1) 53..........S Wynne (a) 11 39955 Tacticall tm (7) 53 ........................ C Johnson 12 06413 Fastfoot tdm (2) 53 13 5x301 Corbyn tdm (9) 53 .................. B Murray (a3) 9 3.32pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO WINTER CLASSIC OPEN HANDICAP $40,000, OPN HCP, 1800m 1 4x235 Authentic Paddy m (11) 59............D Bradley 2 22716 Duffers Creek m (16) 58.5............... K Myers 3 523x0 Sacred Flyer m (5) 57.5 .............. C Johnson 4 22141 Timy Tyler tm (3) 57.5 ................ J Lowry (a) 5 32660 Miss Three Stars tm (14) 56..........L Allpress 6 149x0 Eva Keeneva td (7) 56.................R Black (a) 7 88110 Our Gazza tm (12) 56 .................... J Parkes 8 x6327 Biologist m (4) 55 ............................R Myers 9 04100 Electronic Motion tm (6) 55 .. D Prastiyou (a) 10 14113 News Flash (8) 54.5 .................C Barnes (a) 11 1x600 To The Max m (1) 54.5 .................T Moseley 12 60290 Ric O’Shea tm (9) 54.5 ...................S Collett 13 92490 Belle D’Or m (2) 54 14 68203 Comanche Gold tm (17) 54.....R Cuneen (a) Jonathan Riddell is aboard Wota- 15 79164 Dragon Beauty m (10) 53.............L Hemi (a) buzz in the Grand National Stee- 16 60539 Keep The Courage tm (15) 53...S Wynne (a) 17 70847 Sir Singo td (13) 53 ples at Riccarton today.

10 4.07pm LINDAUER PREMIER R65 $20,000, Rating 14 1x709 Clareville Flight (3) 54 ......... C O’Beirne (a3) 65 Benchmark*, 2000m 7 2.17pm RACECOURSE HOTEL & MOTOR LODGE 1 0x761 Chopper tm (5) 59 .......................... J Parkes GRAND NAT STEEPLE $75,000, OPN STP, 5600m 2 60P84 Mendoza (6) 59 ............................... K Myers 1 12211 Mr Mor tm (3) 70 ............................. C Studd 3 91508 Summer’s Boy tm (18) 59...............R Bishop 2 11411 High Forty tm (6) 69.5 .................. M Mitchell 4 12041 Kingiesstar t (8) 59.5 ..............C Barnes (a1) 3 65789 Tobouggie Nights tm (2) 66.5 ............R Cully 5 x3519 The Best Man mb (11) 58 ........... C Johnson 4 66347 No Quota m (1) 65.5 ......................... A Kuru 6 x7081 Howzat (2) 57.5.........................R Black (a1) 5 05758 Eric The Viking tdm (10) 65.5 .........S Phelan 7 9x500 Android dm (3) 57 .................. M Haruki (a3) 6 62124 Faites Vos Jeux m (8) 65.................... E Farr 8 00214 Inis Rose mb (22) 57.....................D Bradley 7 05453 Snodroptwinkletoes tm (9) 65 .........M Gillies 9 0x0x5 McMay (12) 57 ..........................S Wynne (a) 8 81138 Kick Back tm (4) 65 .....................D Miller (a) 10 7x100 Hassell Court (9) 57 ........................R Myers 9 33206 Wotabuzz tm (11) 65 .......................J Riddell 11 29280 Google Me (17) 56.5 .......................D Walsh 10 71322 Get Flash tmb (7) 65 12 0x713 Moonofklairessa (1) 56 ............ J Lowry (a3) 11 6P667 Mister Deejay m (12) 65 ..................M Cropp 13 86610 Nakoma (16) 55.5 ..................... S Muniandy

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14 64783 Keep The Lot d (15) 55 ........... G Jogoo (a3) 15 61596 Pienza (4) 55............................... R Hannam 16 29000 Barberry Roze tm (21) 54.5 ..........L Allpress 17 90045 Ruby Tuesday m (7) 54 ...................S Collett 18 92200 Varvara d (14) 54 ................ C O’Beirne (a3) 19 09406 Putt For Cash tm (13) 56 20 85728 Croydon m (19) 56 .......................T Moseley 21 05608 She’s Payback tdm (23) 54 22 53976 Slick Nickel m (20) 54 23 00836 Viceroy dm (10) 54.5 24 0x485 Shadow Player (24) 54 Emergencies: Putt For Cash, Croydon, She’s Payback, Slick Nickel, Viceroy, Shadow Player 11 4.42pm VERNON & VAZEY PREMIER R75 $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 06413 Fastfoot tdm (5) 62.5 ................ J Lowry (a3) 2 63217 Kage Is King dm (16) 58.5 ............. J Parkes 3 52874 Somethings Burning m (3) 58.5 .. R Hannam 4 16271 Kodema d (1) 57 .....................A McKay (a3) 5 22500 Prince Ransom td (14) 56.5 ...H Bennet (a4) 6 18523 Dominio b (4) 56 ............................R Bishop 7 x0405 Mr Costa Cugat m (6) 56 ......R Cuneen (a2) 8 7511 Romelo tdm (10) 56 ........................R Myers 9 5x528 Fly Me To Da Moon tdmb (13) 55.5D Bradley 10 43221 Paintball t (11) 55.5 .........................S Collett 11 09x67 Revelator (12) 55.5 ................. G Jogoo (a3) 12 03149 Acutelygold dm (9) 54 ................. C Johnson 13 x5949 Davone Code m (2) 54 ..................L Allpress 14 61423 Don’t Look Back m (7) 54 15 31184 A Tad Leica m (15) 54 ............C Barnes (a1) 16 x7512 Diamond Edge b (8) 54 ...... D Prastiyou (a2) 17 97000 Something Zed 54........................ Scratched Blinkers on: Jachil (R1), Miss Appleton, Snow Line (R2), Beacons (R4), Clareville Flight (R6), Anzac Star (R8) Blinkers off: Kevildo, Raw Gold (R4), Sacred Flyer (R9) Winkers on: Shadow Tower (R3), Irish Excuse (R8), Sacred Flyer (R9), Pienza, Shadow Player (R10) Winkers off: Beacons (R4), Anzac Star (R8)

SELECTIONS

Race 1: Sir Manawa, San Pedro, Seeking Redemption, Shamal Race 2: Miss Appleton, Maybe Miami, A Bob Short, Snow Line Race 3: Shadow Tower, Fergie, Daifuku, Jigger Inn, Stage Door Race 4: Do Uno Whoiam, Golden Bay, Secret Power, Heni Race 5: Boysway, Pinzano, Hot Pants, Coup Rotorua Race 6: Zentangle, Rocky, Taipa Tiger, Brad Thorn, Reka Race 7: High Forty, Snodroptwinkletoes, Mr Mor, Kick Back Race 8: Scapolo, Salamanca, Absolut Excelencia, Irish Excuse Race 9: Miss Three Stars, Biologist, Sacred Flyer, Duffers Creek Race 10: Inis Rose, Moonofklairessa, McMay, Pienza Race 11: Romelo, Somethings Burning, Don’t Look Back

Te Aroha gallops Tomorrow at Te Aroha Raceway

Racing Te Aroha Venue: Te Aroha Meeting Date: 09 Aug 2015 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.19pm (NZT) SUPER LIQUOR TE AROHA MAIDEN HURDLE $10,000, MDN HDL, 3100m 1 6x529 Master Michael m (3) 68 Gibbs-Manssen (3) 2 x355x Scimitar Lad h (8) 68..............L Kennedy (3) 3 06833 Ngatira Gold (4) 68 ...................... M Mitchell 4 4L678 Hunters Creek (9) 68 ......................M Gillies 5 7344P Big Meadsy (5) 68 ............................. A Kuru 6 70653 Pioneer m (7) 68 ........................ E Farr (2.5) 7 9885P Sir Al Syd h (2) 68 ...........................M Cropp 8 000P9 Payday (6) 68 ...............................R Cole (3) 9 xP446 Nancho Lass (1) 66......................... C Studd 2 12.50pm ERIC THORRINGTON RST OPEN HURDLE $20,000, RST OPN HDL, 3100m 1 0x060 Southern Countess tm (7) 69.5 .......M Gillies 2 11457 Thenamesbond tdm (11) 68............ C Studd 3 45886 Back In Black tdmh (1) 66 ............ M Mitchell 4 x5442 Big Brownie tdm (8) 65.5 .................. A Kuru 5 49455 Comte de Jeu tdmh (10) 65 ............... A Tata 6 04511 West End tdm (5) 65 .................. E Farr (2.5) 7 x0245 Krase m (3) 65 .......................L Kennedy (3) 8 68312 Boy mb (4) 65..............................D Miller (a)

9 64x56 Moni Nui tm (2) 65 .........................S Phelan 10 84321 Le Bon Fin m (6) 65 .....................R Cole (3) 11 6F321 Magna Carta m (9) 65 3 1.22pm TE AROHA GRAINS STOCKFEEDS MAIDEN 2200 $7000, MDN, 2200m 1 6x702 Waikirikiri (6) 68.5 ...................C Myers (am) 2 x0955 High Disdain (3) 68.5 ...........E Thurlow (am) 3 Huffanpuff (8) 68.5 .......Sarah MacNab (am) 4 85 Mr Brown (7) 68.5 ............. M Northcott (am) 5 0x5 Twentythirtyfour (2) 68.5Scotty MacNab (am) 6 00x59 Absolute Gem 68.5 ...................... Scratched 7 880 That’s How It Goes (10) 68.5 ... T Miles (am) 8 5B863 Tom’s Myth m (9) 68.5.........E Glasgow (am) 9 08632 Special Unit (4) 66.5 .........N Jamieson (am) 10 x0083 Cartagena (5) 66.5................ S Rennie (am) 11 6 Borninasandpit (1) 66.5.....M Roustoby (am) 4 1.54pm FAULKNER DRAINAGE MDN 1000 $7000, MAIDEN, 1000m 1 5254x Admiral (5) 58.5 ..........................C Lammas 2 3323x Saber b (10) 58.5 .......................R Elliot (a4) 3 0x09 Blacklisted (4) 58.5 .............. M McNelis (a4) 4 Call Me Royal (7) 58.5 5 Vonchoi (6) 58.5 ................................M Chui 6 94236 Sian (11) 56.5 ............................V Gatu (a3)

7 3505 Maddee Fae h (12) 56.5............J Oliver (a2) 8 Isalei h (2) 56.5 ........................A Jones (a2) 9 4 Animator 56.................................. Scratched 10 Caprikosa (9) 54 11 Keepelo (1) 54.....................A Schwerin (a3) 12 Smoochy h (8) 54 ............................ S Spratt 13 Symphonic (3) 54 5 2.28pm TWO TONES CATERING MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE $10,000, MDN STP, 3500m 1 3P732 Noah Jon m (5) 68 ....................... M Mitchell 2 4233F The Painter (4) 68 ........................... C Studd 3 x625F Waitoki Ahi tmh (3) 68 ........................ A Tata 4 Lx381 Hold The Dream tm (6) 68....M Cropp 5 x006P Rimrock (7) 68 ........................... E Farr (2.5) 6 x0787 Araki m (2) 68 7 x7089 Hazy Daze (1) 68 ............................M Gillies 8 15683 Storm Home m (9) 68 ....................S Phelan 9 6x8FP Sunset Pass (8) 68......................D Miller (a) 6 3.03pm KAISER AG LTD RST OPEN STEEPLECHASE $20,000, RST OPN STP, 3500m 1 46415 Jack Romanov tdm (9) 69 ...............M Gillies 2 77579 Rosetown Joe tdm (4) 67.5 ........ S Karnicnik 3 23323 McCulley m (7) 66 ..................L Kennedy (3) 4 x04P4 Stainley m (5) 66 .....................N Quinn (2.5)

5 L1131 Joking m (10) 65.5 ....................... M Mitchell 6 5P424 Goosebumps tm (3) 65 .............. E Farr (2.5) 7 12xF6 Go Jimmy Go td (8) 65....................M Cropp 8 08521 Tizza Secret m (2) 65........................ A Kuru 9 9x855 Old Redfeather (1) 65 ....................S Phelan 10 Fx58P Sinista (6) 65 ..............M Gibbs-Manssen (3) 7 3.39pm PHELAN RACING STABLES MAIDEN 1300 $7000, MDN, 1300m 1 484x3 The Gin Keeper (11) 58.5 .......S McKay (a2) 2 0x3 Wotuonabout (8) 58.5 ................R Elliot (a4) 3 57x36 Battlefield (13) 58.5 ......................... S Spratt 4 4200x Shinko Shibata (12) 58.5 ............C Lammas 5 5 King Bolt (7) 58.5 ............................ C Grylls 6 He’s So Suave (3) 58.5 ...........B Hutton (a1) 7 8 Mighty Clive (5) 58.5 .......................S Collett 8 Rough Cut h (1) 58.5 ................J Oliver (a2) 9 65x80 Smoked h (9) 58.5 .....................V Gatu (a3) 10 43 Roseana’s Spirit b (2) 56.5.......A Jones (a2) 11 037x4 La Dorada (4) 56.5 .....................M Coleman 12 8 Kittykittybangbang (6) 56.5 13 70x Miss Distinguish (14) 56.5. U Holmquist (a3) 14 0 Angel Van Haarlem (10) 54 ......... D Johnson 8 4.15pm TE AROHA STALLION PLACEMENT SCHEME R65 1300 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1300m

1 35x06 Summer Dale m (4) 59...............V Gatu (a3) 2 310x Bee Tee Junior tb (9) 58.5 .......B Hutton (a1) 3 x9215 Counting House (1) 58.5 4 31Lx9 Shanzou mb (7) 58.5 ...................... C Grylls 5 10104 Enjoy The Ride tm (6) 58 ................ S Spratt 6 4170x Gemodi m (3) 57 ........................R Elliot (a4) 7 45369 Gold Hunter tmh (2) 57 ...........S McKay (a2) 8 x4874 Cardon Boy mh (8) 55.5 ...........A Jones (a2) 9 07753 Suggest Gold (5) 54.5 ....... U Holmquist (a3) Blinkers on: Shanzou (R8) Blinkers off: Scimitar Lad (R1) Winkers on: Mr Brown, That’s How It Goes (R3) LEGEND: Runner Form: b - Beaten favourite at last start c - Won at this distance on this course d - Won at this distance on another course h - Home track m - Won in heavy going t - Won at track X - Spell of three months Race Information: hcp - handicap mdn - maiden nmw - no metropolitan wins opn - open r80 - rating 3yo - nominated age 3yo & up - nominated age and up 3yo f - nominated age and type 3 & 4yos - combined age groups c&g - colts and geldings cg&e - colts, geldings and entires e&g - entires and geldings f&m - fillies and mares hwt - high weight sw - set weight swp - set weights and penalties spa - set weights, penalties and allowances wfa - weight for age wlt - welter weight wfp - weight for age with penalties and allowances

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Top economist: Sell golf courses

BY ANNE GIBSON

Selwyn Sloan and Michael Coleman MONEY MATTERS

is to reduce debt.

Sometimes people are attracted to property because they like the “bricks and mortar” aspect of owning a tangible asset, however, that decision should be weighed against being a co-owner in a large number of quality companies with strong, profitable businesses.

An inherent risk of property investment is in owning a small number of similar assets ie a few houses, compared with a large and diverse range of assets available through share and bond ownership.

Diversification is a key consideration since different types of assets perform differently and are successful in different market conditions. A well-managed portfolio of investments is likely to include corporate bonds, exposure to commercial property, and local and international shares in quality companies operating across a range of sectors.

The portfolio is a sum of integral parts that complement each other with the aim to manage risk.

Selwyn Sloan and Michael Coleman are Authorised Financial Advisers with Forsyth Barr in Ashburton. This column is general in nature and should not be regarded as personalised investment advice. Disclosure Statements are available on request and free of charge.

Virgin Aust increases trans-Tasman flights

BY FIONA ROTHERHAM Virgin Australia Group, Australia’s second-largest airline, says it will increase flights to New Zealand from October and has signalled a return to profitability in the next financial year.

The increased flights across the Tasman and on Pacific routes,

planned in conjunction with its alliance partner Air New Zealand, represent more than 52,000 additional seats during the 2016 financial year, the company said in a statement. The additional flights include two return services a week from Sydney to Christchurch and one return service a week from Melbourne to

Christchurch. As well a number of extra seasonal flights will be added.

The Queensland-based airline confirmed on Thursday full-year underlying pretax loss of $A49 million in the year ended of June 2015, an improvement of A$162.7 million on the previous financial year.

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Guardian Shares & Investments Compiled by

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents Company CODE

a2 Milk Company ATM Air NZ AIR ANZ Banking Gr ANZ Argosy Prop ARG Auckland Intl Airpt AIA Chorus CNU Coats Gr COA Contact Energy CEN Diligent Corp DIL DNZ Prop Fund DNZ Ebos Gr EBO F&P Healthcare FPH Fletcher Building FBU Fonterra Share Fund FSF Freightways FRE Genesis Energy GNE Goodman Prop Tr GMT Heartland NZ HNZ Infratil IFT Kathmandu Hldgs KMD Kiwi Property Gr KPG Mainfreight MFT Meridian Energy MEL Metlifecare MET Metro Perf Glass MPG Mighty River Power MRP Nuplex Ind NPX NZX NZX Orion Health Gr OHE Pacific Edge PEB Port Tauranga POT Precinct Properties PCT Prop For Ind PFI Restaurant Brands RBD Ryman Healthcare RYM Skellerup SKL Sky Network TV SKT Sky City SKC Spark SPK Steel & Tube STU Summerset Gr Hldgs SUM Tower TWR Trade Me Gr TME TrustPower TPW Vector VCT Vital Hlth Prop Tr VHP Warehouse Gr WHS Westpac Banking WBC Xero XRO Z Energy ZEL

Buy price

82 267.5 3411 112.5 540 278 65 515 552 216.5 1090 764 780 490 570 167 123 110 320 174 136.5 1475 228 481 151 266 435 103 387 60 1740 114 154 407 842 117 608 429 288 280 415 213 323 780 328 164.5 263 3660 1715 589

Sell price

83 270 3430 113.5 542 280 66 517 555 217.5 1095 773 786 495 573 170 125.5 111 324.5 177 138 1499 229 482 155 268.5 439 104 392 61 1755 114.5 156 408 849 119 612 430 293 282 422 214 331 785 331 166 267 3750 1720 598

Last sale

82 267.5 3413 112.5 541 278 65.5 515 552 216.5 1095 764 780 490 573 168 124 111 320 174 136.5 1495 228.5 481 155 266 439 103 389 60 1750 114 154 407 842 119 608 429 288 282 417 214 323 780 328 164.5 267 3660 1717 589

At close of trading on Friday, August 7, 2015

Daily Volume move ’000s

– –1.5 –247 –1 –3 –3 +0.5 –7 +2 –0.5 +10 –12 –17 +24 –2 –2 –1 –5 –4 –1 –1.5 –19 – –2 – –3 –10 –1 –7 –1 +10 – –2 –3 –4 –2 –8 –8 –2 – –8 +1 –16 –1 –3 –0.5 +5 –70 –13 +4

1.9m 480.0 54.72 652.5 1.9m 327.7 984.1 38m 26.59 98.81 15.46 504.6 1.7m 775.6 164.7 2.8m 1.1m 815.7 257.2 429.3 1.5m 378.5 4.6m 49.02 564.6 1.9m 365.7 280.6 15.24 152.2 20.91 1.6m 276.5 149.5 473.1 705.2 501.0 782.0 5.8m 39.81 155.4 418.2 1.3m 14.50 67.75 94.07 118.5 340.5 39.83 1.6m

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 5980 5920 5860 5800 5740 5680

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ecently we have met with a number of property owners who have sold to reinvest into a diversified range of assets in the sharemarket.

Their aim is to reduce their investment risk through assets with less hassle, more liquidity and a potentially higher income stream than rental property provides. After all, you can’t sell your kitchen or bathroom if you need cash.

Investors point to leverage as the reason they choose to invest in property rather than financial markets. Leverage, or debt, enables investors to amplify their returns and is more commonly used by property investors than sharemarket investors.

Leverage increases risk; it increases gains in rising markets and increases losses in falling markets. For anyone looking to lower risk the first thing to do

about those courses.

“I want to know what return Auckland Council gets from these clubs and what return the clubs make,” he said. – NZME

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Time to consider de-risking from property

“We own 14 golf courses in the region,” the spokesperson said.

Eaqub went further, demanding to know financial details

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Asked whether the council was considering widespread golf course sales, a spokesperson only gave brief information about the situation.

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“It looks like a subsidy for the rich when the council has wellplaced land that could be at least partly used to supply significant intensive housing,” Eaqub said.

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New Zealand’s most outspoken economist has called for Auckland Council to sell its 14 golf courses for housing, saying the “rich” are getting a massive subsidy.

Shamubeel Eaqub, the former NZIER principal economist who last month announced said he was leaving to take on a portfolio of new activities, first tweeted his opposition to the council holding such a huge land bank.

Asked for a more detailed explanation, he said he thought it was wrong to have so many hectares of land tied up in public ownership across the city when that very same city was suffering a desperate shortage of land for residential development.

That situation had resulted in rich people effectively getting a subsidy from the publicly-owned organisation by locking that land away from development options, he indicated.

S&P/NZX 50 Gross q

5,868.66 –60.03 –1.01%

q S&P/NZX 20 index

4,373.97 –46.62 –1.05%

q S&P/NZX All Gross

6,275.36

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5,474.8

–135.3

–2.41%

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q Dow Jones Indust.

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–0.08%

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14.59

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–5.99%

–6.5

–0.13%

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5,165.0

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We need to look ahead Stu Oldham

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O

ur business leaders need all the encouragement they can get as they craft a blueprint for our district’s next, crucial decades as an agricultural powerhouse.

Price slumps, market shifts and the prospect of more free and not-so-free trade: if there is ever a time for an agricultural district to plan for the future, then that time is now.

Some of the country’s most influential agriculture thinkers were in Ashburton this week to discuss, among other things, primary industry planning and development.

They couldn’t have convened in a better place. Mid Canterbury is the seed-bowl and milk-jug of New Zealand, and it is supported by some of the sharpest minds in the business.

These minds are being tested in their response to the global dairy price slump, even more-so yesterday as Fonterra dropped its payout forecast to $3.85 per kilogram of milk solids.

That is the reality of an economy reliant on commodity production. Price takers take what they are given.

But Mid Canterbury is disproportionately good at primary industry at the same time the world prepares for a future where demand for food will challenge production.

And so, as many of our food producers contend with challenging times, we need to start laying new foundations to make even smarter use of our virtual and intellectual capital.

Business leaders are talking about a future that includes a centre of natural resource management and a centre for precision farming, to make the most of Mid Canterbury’s strengths.

There is also discussion about inter-regional co-operation so that the strengths of Selwyn, Lincoln and Christchurch can complement increasingly smart local production.

Primary industry bosses this week heard how these and other initiatives will shape the district’s 20-year economic strategy. They left knowing there is plenty riding on New Zealand’s pre-eminent farming community planning for the future.

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Will you be heading to a pub to watch Rugby World Cup games?

No 93%

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ast week a flyer arrived in my friend’s mailbox.

Lime green and complete with jandals and silver fern decals, the text announced a bus pass that allowed you to “travel like a local”.

Being familiar with the state of New Zealand’s transport system, the combination of “bus” and “like a local” struck me as something of an oxymoron – either that, or a really bad business plan.

Surely “travel like a local” means that you drive your own car, even if your destination is only 100m away and directly on a public transport route?

Upon moving to Mid Canterbury, we quickly learnt that the best way to blend in was to do as the Ashburtonians do.

That meant driving to the supermarket at the end of the street, which in turn meant we actually had to buy a car.

Our initial shopping runs by foot and by bike may have ticked all the boxes in the healthy heart guide (another letterbox promotion), but they

Yes 7% Today’s online poll question Q: Are you heading along to the Tall Ferns game this weekend?

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Everyone drives and if you can’t get a park right outside the store, they don’t get your business that day. We observed, we learned, and we practised our parallel parking – not a bus in sight.

Ashburton is, of course, known for its “excellent car parking facilities” (Thanks AA travel!) so driving around is a convenient option.

It can get a little too convenient though – we had to establish a rule about not driving to our friends’ place one block away.

This was strictly enforced, lest we slide down the slippery slope that leads to 500m being far too far to possibly travel under our own steam.

One day I decided to travel the 500km to Queenstown and back again by bus, sans car.

It would be an adventure and I reasoned that I could work on the bus both ways.

As it turned out, I ended up working more than I had bargained for.

As the only “local” on board for the entire trip – save for the driver – my expertise on all things Kiwi were in de-

mand. Bungy jump or skydive?

Heaphy Track or Milford? And what exactly is this thing called Marmite?

In the end, I made friends from a whole alphabet of countries, many of whom offered their services as local guides should I ever find myself in their corner of the world.

Are you ready to “travel like a local” and take the bus? You’ll need to perfect the look of incredulity that such a thing as “public transport” actually exists and brush up on your guidebook knowledge, because your tips will be in hot demand.

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Act with compassion and help others I asked a seven-year- old boy last week what his favourite Bible story was.

“Oh, I don’t know,” he said.

“I guess it’s the one about the crowd that loafs and fishes” (John 6: 1-15).

In this story Jesus saw the crowds and had compassion for them.

Jesus teaches us this is what the kingdom is all about.

Sometimes we can ignore people’s needs, but not Jesus.

He was moved with compassion by the people’s needs and he sought to help them. He viewed them as sheep without a shepherd; lost and helpless, without guidance, nourishment, or protection.

Jesus not only had compassion for the crowd, he was also moved to help them. Many people look on others in need

Joan Clark

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

with compassion; only a few are moved to help them in their need.

“What a pity,” we say when we see a person on the street in rags, asking for a handout.

“How sad,” we think when we see a child in a magazine with their stomach bloated and covered with flies, as if feeling sorry for people was the same as really helping them.

One day a student asked anthropologist Margaret Mead for the earliest sign of civilisation in any given culture.

He expected the answer to be a clay pot or perhaps a fish hook or a grinding stone.

Her answer was “a healed femur”.

The femur is our thigh bone.

In a society based on hunting and gathering, a person with a fractured thigh bone would be useless.

Mead explained that no healed femurs are found where the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, reigns. A healed femur shows that someone cared. Someone had to hunt and gather for that injured person until his leg healed.

The evidence of compassion, according to Mead, is the first sign of civilisation. Who can question that she is right?

Compassion is certainly at the heart of our faith.

Jesus wants us to be compassionate and caring as he was compassionate and caring, and not to worry about resources.

We, as a people, are always worrying about where the money is going to come from, as if God cannot provide for His people.

When Jesus fed the multitude with five small barley loaves and two small fish, there were 12 baskets left over.

Act with compassion and let God provide the resources.

That’s what this story says to us.

Jesus saw the multitude and had compassion for them.

What can we do in our community to show our compassion for those who need it most?

When shall we get started?

How about now?

Reverend Joan Clark Priest in Charge Ashburton and Tinwald Anglican Parishes

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In October this year, the Central South Island Fish and Game Council is holding an election for twelve (12) members.

Call for Candidates Nominations are now called for the twelve (12) members. Candidates wishing to stand for the Council must complete a candidacy form and return it to the Returning Officer by 5pm on Thursday 27 August 2015. Candidacy forms and a candidate handbook can be obtained by phoning the election helpline on 0800 666 029, emailing elections@electionz.com or downloading from www.fishandgame.org.nz/node/3189.

If more than 12 nominations are received an election will be held by postal and internet voting during September/October. Voting closes at 5pm on Friday 9 October 2015 for internet votes and handdelivered voting papers, and 5pm on Tuesday 13 October 2015 for postal delivered voting papers.

Candidate Eligibility To be eligible for election candidates must: • be a holder of a current adult whole season licence to hunt game or fish for sports fish or the primary holder of a family licence • not be a bankrupt • not have been convicted of an offence involving sports fish and game • submit their completed candidacy form to the Returning Officer on or before 5pm on Thursday 27 August 2015 • submit with their candidacy form a candidate profile of up to 250 words • specify on their candidacy form which sub region they wish to represent.

Sub-Regions The Council consists of the following six sub-regions: Ashburton, Timaru City, Timaru District, Mackenzie, Waimate and Waitaki. Full descriptions of these sub regions are included in the candidate handbook.

Electoral Roll and Voter Eligibility To vote in the election, a person must have purchased a 2014/15 adult whole season fishing licence or family licence or a 2015 adult whole season game licence for the Central South Island Fish and Game region and have indicated their desire to be included on the Council’s electoral roll by ticking the box on their licence application form.

An electoral roll of licence holders eligible to vote in the election is available for inspection at the Council office, 32 Richard Pearse Drive, Temuka.

Election Helpline 0800 666 029

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Anyone not already included on the electoral roll and who believes they qualify to be included, can complete an enrolment application form available from the Council office or by phoning 0800 666 029. Applications for enrolment close at 5pm on Wednesday 9 September 2015.

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RURAL TRADING POST

PUBLIC NOTICES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 Resource consent application: Applicant: Address for service:

Longland Dairies Limited Aqualinc Research Limited, PO Box 20-462, Bishopdale, Christchurch.

Attn:Matt Bubb or Email: m.bubb@aqualinc.co.nz CRC157661 - Water permit to take and use groundwater This property is currently served by consent CRC152773 which authorises the taking and use of groundwater for irrigation from bores K37/3053 located at map reference Topo50 BY19:67848-37855 and K37/3054 located at map reference Topo50 BY19:67691-38330 at 91 Bennetts Road, Ruapuna. This consent authorises the irrigation of 163 hectares and has a condition restricting the seasonal volume to 817,568 cubic metres per year.

This application seeks to replace CRC152773 with a new consent which will enable an increase to the currently irrigated area from 163 hectares to 190.7 hectares and to increase the seasonal volume from 817,568 cubic metres per year to 1,020,245 cubic metres per year. There is no proposed change to the current rate of take or return period volume (volume taken over five consecutive days).

A consent expiry date of 22 December 2028 is sought.

TENDERS

TENDER NOTICE

TENDERS ARE CALLED FOR THE SUPPLY OF HERBICIDES. Details of herbicides, quantities and conditions of tender may be obtained from Customer Services, Christchurch, phone 353 9007 or toll free on 0800 ECINFO (0800 324 636).

Tenders close at the Christchurch office at 2:00pm on Wednesday, 26 August 2015.

All enquiries should be made to Brian Smith, phone 027 425 6423.

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www.rurallivestock.co.nz TRAVEL

211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton (03) 307 6130 www.calderstewart.co.nz

Birthday Greetings Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

Noah Rodgers Happy 7th Birthday.

Lots of love from Mum, Dad, Dom, Charli and Casey. xxx

Bill Bayfield CHIEF EXECUTIVE

For further details please contact Leighton Nicol 0274 730 815 or 03 308 2372 New Zealand owned and operated

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SUBMISSIONS The above applications may be viewed at Environment Canterbury, 17 Sir Gil Simpson Drive, Christchurch and the Ashburton District Council 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

The applications may also be viewed on the Environment Canterbury’s website at: http://www.ecan.govt.nz/news-and-notices/notices/ Any person may make a written submission to Environment Canterbury on the above application.

All submissions should be sent to Environment Canterbury, PO Box 345 Christchurch 8140. Your submission may also be emailed to Environment Canterbury. The email version of the submission form may be found on the Environment Canterbury website at the following address: http://www.ecan.govt.nz/news-and-notices/notices/ A submission should include your name, address and phone number; the applicant’s name and consent application number. A submission must state your reason for submission, whether you support or oppose the application and if you wish to be heard in support of your submission. The submission must be signed, and a copy forwarded to the Applicant’s address for service.

For advice on the Environment Canterbury applications please phone 03 353 9007 or 0800ECINFO (0800 324 636) or visit Environment Canterbury’s website (www.ecan.govt.nz).

SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY NOT LATER THAN 5.00PM ON FRIDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2015.

Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ MACKENZIE COUNTRY TOUR September 5-6 visit Tekapo, Mt Cook, Omarama Hotel (overnight) Kurow & South Canterbury ◊ CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD TOUR August 30 Extra day due to popular demand

For bookings phone 308 7646

TRADES, SERVICES

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES • Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

D&E MARINE

FOR FUN ON THE WATER

Riley McBain Happy 4th Birthday for Sunday.

Lots of love Daddy, Mummy, Zoe and Hunter.

WANTED Trees to fell, fallen trees for firewood, prefer Fairton Chertsey area but anywhere rural Ashburton considered.

Ph 308 3873 - 021 158 8382.

TRADES, SERVICES COMPUTER PROBLEMS? For Prompt Reliable Service Contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Ph 308 8989.

30yrs Local experience, Same day service if possible, *~ SUPERGOLD discount card welcomed ~*

TRADES, SERVICES

RURAL TRADING POST

MCCORMICK MTX150 Tractor 2009.

Tidy, 5700hours, front linkage, 6 cylinder. Been serviced regularly. One owner. Great tractor one owner. Hire or purchase. Call Nick 027 242 0292.

SILAGE available ex quality test. Round bales, Mt COMPUTER Tuneup and Somers. Phone 0274 481 Repairs, New Computer 511.

Sales & Setup, Internet setup, Onsite Day Or Evenings and Weekends, LOW FEES, call Robin Johnstone at Networks Firewalls & PCS 308 1440 or 027-768 4058.

With Kirsten Day Mid August Be quick limited spaces From only $10pp To enquire phone 308 8287

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287 www.kitchenkapers.co.nz

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod MOTORING WHEEL alignments at great cons, short walk to village. prices. Maximise the life Phone Brian 307-8000 or of your tyres with an 308-6180. alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills HIRE GENERAL hire.

LawnStreet. Phone 308-6737. mowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / contracting LIVESTOCK, PETS work, Call and see U-Hire BUYER of unwanted Ashburton. 588 East Street. animals. Cattle, bobby calves, Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm; horse and all farm animals. Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday We also sell pet food. Call 8am - 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 8061 A/h: 308 7460 621, A/H 03 348 9439. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

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HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

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Welcome to the World Quality Preschool

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

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Cake Decorating Classes

PLANTS, PRODUCE

LOG fire installations. CONVENTIONAL pea straw.

Qualified tradesman LBP. Weed free. $6 per bale NZHHA member, Prompt delivered. Ph 027 390 0002. service. call Rob 021 193 2600.

TLC for your VIP

Monday - Friday 7.30am - 5.30pm Ph 308 2959, 25 Main South Rd, Tinwald www.childsplaypreschool.ac.nz

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Mid Canterbury Cricket Association Inc Annual General Meeting

RANGITATA DIVERSION RACE CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE FROM Sunday 6 September 6pmSaturday 12 September 6pm The Rangitata Diversion Race will be shut down for maintenance over this period and will therefore be closed for any recreational use. Maintenance will occur throughout the length of the Race and the public is advised to keep clear of any works for their own safety.

For further information please contact: Ben Curry: 021 893 944 or Vaughan Ward: 027 768 1722 Ben Curry CHIEF EXECUTIVE

GRAZING GOOD grass wanted for lamb grazing in spring, mobs 300 plus. Top money for top feed.

Phone Mitch 027 313 1320.

GARAGE SALES

25 TURTON Street, 9.30am 11am Saturday 8 and Sunday 9th. No earlier. Baby gear, tools, fish tank. Something for everyone.

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Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10am Morning Service

Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison Life 2 da Max (Kids Church) Creche available Refreshments to follow 6.00pm House of Prayer ALL VERY WELCOME

OPEN 7 DAYS The Green Grocer

FIREWOOD - dry old man pine, delivered in 4m or 6m loads. Phone 027 465 2122.

Fresh Fruit & Vege

FIREWOOD - semi to dry old man pine - $170, green old ACCOMMODATION, man pine - $120, dry bluegum RENTAL - $250, green bluegum $140. All 3.6m3. Phone Shane 2 ISLEWORTH ROAD, James Firewood 303 7063.

HINDS. Very tidy three bedroom house with a log SCOOTER’S - new and burner. Trade me 911088330. secondhand three and four Ring B & N Properties on 021 wheel electric scooters and 1198 222 for a viewing. wheel chairs. Call Fred ALISON STREET, Reddecliffe at Electric 20 Mobility Ashburton today. ALLENTON. Large three bedroom house in a great Phone 308-3602 location.

Trade me 925935019. Ring B & N TEN bales of meadow silage. Properties on 021 1198 222 Individually wrapped. $110 for a viewing. per bale. Phone 302 4844.

6 McELREA PLACE, ALLENTON. Sunny three bedroom house with a large kitchen and logburner. Trade me 913784884. Ring B & N Properties on 021 1198 222 for a viewing.

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87 HEKEAO ROAD, MAYFIELD. Warm four bedroom house open plan living area. Trade me 877336336. Ring B & N Properties on 021 1198 222 for a viewing.

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TIDY two bedroom flat. Close in west side. Dishwasher, heat pump, no smokers $275, available August 16. Phone 020 444 8889.

RENZ

$2.49 ea $3.99 kg .99c kg $1.49 bag

Specials available from 04/08 - 11/08

FOR SALE

Trevor Hurley Real Estate Limited REAA 2008

Guardian Real Estate

Cauliflower N.Z Mandarin (Easypeel) Braeburn Apples Onions 1.5kg

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES (Ashburton)

Main South Road Tinwald 308-1095

St Andrew’s

GRAZING Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ Sundays@10.00am Including Children’s Church Everyone is welcome.

See you at Cnr Cass & Cameron Sts Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

Jubilee Christian Fellowship 10am Every Sunday All welcome

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

TWO bedroom unit, Allenton.

Underfloor heating and heat pump. Well equipped with joinery. Garage. $260 p/w. No animals. Phone 308 6319.

WANTED to rent house for couple and dog. Long term.

Prefer country.

Good references. Please phone 302 4968 or 027 319 4753.

Fear binds you but the truth will set you free.

We Help Save Lives Find out how you can help save lives by visiting: www.otago.ac.nz/chchheart A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

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Church Services

Yams 500gm $1.99 bag

7.30pm Monday, August 24 in the Ashburton Domain Oval Pavilion.

Nominations for Board of Control and Notices of Motion to be submitted by Monday, August 10.

Details and nominations forms from Mike Southby on 021 389 673.

GARAGE SALE, Saturday, August 8, 10am - 2pm. No earlier. 74 David St, Hinds.

Household furniture, ADULT appliances, TV, pet supplies, ENTERTAINMENT children’s toys and more.

GRAZING AVAILABLE - For Everything must go.

80 to 90 R2 Heifers. Lynnford MISS Eva, attractive and area. Phone 027 447 7493. busty, friendly. Straight and clean. No texting, no blocked GRAZING REQUIRED for calls will be answered. Phone 400 plus store lambs. Please 021 044 0698. phone 027 230 2188.

GOOD Quality grazing available with experienced Graziers Mid Canterbury Region. Contact Phone No. 027 227 6075.

WANTED grazing for 140 ewes with lambs. Phone 027 551 3924.

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206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

Havelock Street 10am

St James

Thomson Street 11am

St Paul’s

Oxford Street 9.30am

St Paul’s

Oxford Street 7pm

Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting 10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

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Call Mitch to tend to all your rural electrical needs . . ElectraServe, for everything electrical 24/7 Breakdown Service Dairy Effluent Irrigation Generators

Industrial Commercial Residential

the ElectraServe guarantee

Blair Watson, General Manager personally guarantees ElectraServe’s tradesmen’s workmanship. If you are not 100% satisfied with the quality of the work, ElectraServe will put it right . . . every time, or your money back.

a 166 moore street ashburton p 03 308 9008 e service@electraserve.co.nz w www.electraserve.co.nz

Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

Methven Pharmacy, 101 Main Street, Methven MENTAL HEALTH will be open Saturday, from 9am - 1pm.

Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS

ASHBURTON HOSPITAL WARD 1 - DAILY, 10 - 11.30am & 2 - 7.30pm.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

This service is for emergency medical care WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment & only. Please remember your Community Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. Services Card.

Sealy Street Medical, Sealy Street will be the MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm. duty doctor for Saturday until 8am Monday. They -Husbands and patient’s own children may visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm. will hold surgery from 10am until 12 noon and from 6pm until 7pm both days. No appointment TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, -unrestricted visiting. necessary. Surgery phone 308 1212.

SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 POST DELIVERY CENTRES 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message. ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am 10pm seven days.

INFORMATION CENTRES METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA ASHBURTON REST HOMES ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

Saturday, and Sunday doctor and emergency COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until details - please telephone the Rakaia Medical and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

Centre, ph 303 5002.

OMMUNITY ERVICES unrestricted visiting.

METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT ART GALLERY EMERGENCY DENTIST Holidays 10am until 3pm. provide an accident and emergency service.

327 West Street, phone 308 1133.

If you do not have or cannot contact your Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org Except in cases of emergency persons requiring regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm medical attention must consult their own or the for the name of the rostered weekend dentist BUS DEPARTURES ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service. duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must Sundays and Public Holidays.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm have a general practitioners note of referral.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ELPLINE ERVICES ASHBURTON MUSEUM PHARMACIES 327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890. Open Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NIMAL ERVICES Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 weekdays 10am - 4pm, weekends 1pm - 4pm.

DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL from 10am - 1pm Sunday, and from 6pm - 8pm 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous. Research facilities weekday afternoons.

Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 both evenings. org.nz for more information.

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WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021 1356

969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Shannon Thomson-Laing, Lorna Humm, Lynlee Kueh. Small: Ref Vet Ent. CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 999, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Katie Kent. Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Jen, Patrick, Gabby. Small: Patrick Tayler Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterhours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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6am Guess How Much I Love You 3 0 6:10 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:20 Transformers Rescue Bots 3 0 6:45 Paw Patrol 3 0 7:05 The Jungle Bunch – To The Rescue!

3 0 7:30 Thunderbirds Are Go 3 0 7:55 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 8:20 Randy Cunningham – 9th Grade Ninja 3 0 8:45 Beware The Batman 3 0 9:10 Regular Show 3 0 9:35 Lab Rats 10am N 2Kaha 10:30 Step

By Step 3 0 11am Full House 3 0 11:30 Family Matters Noon Capture PGR 0 1pm Switched At Birth PGR 0 2pm Pretty Little Liars PGR 0 3pm Malibu Country 0 3:30 The Neighbours 3 0 4pm The Amazing Race 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 0 5:30 My Wife And Kids 3 0 6pm Wipeout 7pm M Zoom 7pm Country Calendar 0 PGR 2006 Action.

7:30 Outback Truckers PGR 0 Tim Allen, Courteney Cox. 0 8pm L Lotto This week’s Lotto 8:45 M Here Comes The draw.

Boom AO 2012 Action 8:05 Outback Truckers PGR 0 Comedy.

8:30 Coronation Street PGR 0 Kevin James, Salma Hayek. 0 9:30 Mr Selfridge When the 10:50 M 50/50 biggest fashion event in the AO 2012 Comedy Drama. store since the end of the war Joseph Gordon-Levitt, proves a challenge for the Seth Rogen. 0 staff, an exclusive contract hangs in the balance. 0 10:30 Word Up 3 0

6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:25 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 0 9:30 Come Dine With Me UK 3 Noon Real Pasifik 3 12:30 The Food Truck 3 0 1pm Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook – Through The Seasons 3 0 1:30 Highway Cops PGR 3 0 2pm Kiwi Living 3 0 3pm Rapid Response PGR 3 0 3:30 SCU Serious Crash Unit PGR 30 4pm NZ Story 3 0 4:30 The Game Chef 0 5pm Monster Fish 0 6pm One News 0

11pm Best Bits AO 3 0 11:30 Love Child AO 3 0 12:25 Doc Martin AO 3 0 1:20 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:20 Neighbourhood 3 0 3:50 Infomercials 4:20 L Football – English Premier League

CHOICE TV 6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Holmes Makes It Right 8:30 Love Nature – Monkey Thieves 9am Love Nature – World’s Wildest City 9:30 Donna Hay – Fast, Fresh, Simple 10am Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – Cosmopolitan Cook 10:30 Decks, Docks And Gazebos 11am House Crashers 11:30 Auction Kings PGR Noon My Dream Derelict Home 1pm Beyond River Cottage 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm American Restoration 3:30 Yard Crashers 4pm Carter Can 4:30 My Dream Room – Kids Edition 5pm Fashion Fund 6pm Travels With The Bondi Vet 6:30 Secret Creatures Of Jao 7pm Shark Man 7:30 Love Nature Natural World – Return of the Tiger.

8:30 What’s The Catch?

9:30 Toy Hunter 10pm Auction Room 10:30 American Restoration 11pm My Dream Room – Kids Edition 11:30 Carter Can

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Midnight Fashion Fund 1am What’s The Catch?

2am Shark Man 2:30 Travels With The Bondi Vet 3am Holiday Home Sweet Home 4am Auction Room 4:30 Yard Crashers 5am Toy Hunter 5:30 Secret Creatures Of Jao

12:50 M Whip It PGR 2009 Drama Sport. Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore Kristen Wiig.

2:50 Jeremy Kyle USA AO 3:35 The Bachelor Pad AO 3 0 5:05 2Kaha 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 8:25 Sidekick 3 8:50 Rocket Power 3 9:15 Power Rangers – Megaforce 3 9:40 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Tree Fu Tom 3 3:25 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Big Time Rush 3 5:30 Drake And Josh 3 6pm iCarly 3 6:30 M Curious George 3 2006 Animated. The inquisitive little monkey whose mischievous nature endears him to new friends, and lands him in a series of misadventures. Voices of Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore.

8:15 M Wayne’s World PGR 3 1992 Comedy.

Cable access hosts and consummate party boys Wayne and Garth are discovered by a television executive who tries to commercialise their show.

Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe.

10:15 90210 PGR 3

6:30 Netball – World Cup (Highlights) 7:30 Rugby League – NRL 8am Cricket – International (Highlights) 8:30 Cycling – Tour Of Denmark (Replay) 9:30 Grassroots Rugby 10:30 Cricket – The Ashes (Highlights) 11am Cricket – International (Highlights) 11:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Noon Rugby League – NRL 12:30 Pro Kabaddi League (Highlights) 1pm Challenge Wanaka (Highlights) 1:30 Rugby – First XV Revision 2:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) 3pm Cricket – The Ashes (Highlights) 3:30 Rugby League – NRL 4pm Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) 4:30 Pro Kabaddi League (Highlights) 5pm Crash 5:30 #SkySpeed 7:40 The Great Australian Bake 7pm Netball – World Cup Off The semi-final, as the final (Highlights) four contestants make three Silver Ferns v Trinidad and pastry dishes.

Tobago. From Sydney.

8:45 QI AO 3 7:30 Fox Sports News 9:20 Silent Witness AO (Part 1) The latest sports news and The team investigates after previews of sporting action a pub landlady is stabbed to still to come. death and her little finger cut 8pm The Breakdown off.

9pm L Rugby Championship 10:30 Top Gear – Top Fails PGR 3 Bledisloe Cup – Australia v All Part 2.

Blacks. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

11:20 Bouncers AO (Starting Today) 3 New bouncer Shaun’s zerotolerance approach takes some of the locals by surprise. 0 12:25 Infomercials 4am Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

11:05 Punk’d AO Actor Ashton Kutcher plays pranks on other stars.

11:30 Infomercials

11:30 Rugby Championship (Delayed) Bledisloe Cup – Australia v All Blacks. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

1:35 Home Shopping

6am Home Shopping 11:30 Rugby League – NRL Fulltime (Highlights) Round 22 of the NRL Premiership.

Noon The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 2:40 Storage Wars – Canada PGR Bogart finally snaps when Paul buys yet another bad locker at an auction in Toronto’s Liberty Village; Roy vows to be charitable to himself.

3:10 Deal Or No Deal 3:40 Great British Food Revival 4:20 Netball – World Cup (Highlights) 5:30 Prime News 6pm Netball – World Cup Trindad and Tobago v Silver Ferns.

From Sydney.

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Dora Matatoa 3 2 7:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 2 8am Tribe 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Media Take 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Toku Reo 2 2pm The Big Hit 3 2 2:30 Homai Te Pakipaki 3 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield Otara v Mt Albert. 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 2

THE BOX 6am The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 8:05 The Simpsons PG 8:30 Last Man Standing PG 8:55 Modern Family PGL 9:20 Survivor Marathon – Cook Islands PG 12:45 Outback Hunters PG 1:35 Ice Road Truckers PG 2:25 Duck Commander ML 2:50 Smoky Mountain Money PG 3:40 SVU MVS 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 7pm The Simpsons PG 7:30 Last Man Standing PG 8pm Modern Family PGL 8:30 Duck Commander ML 9pm Counting Cars PG 9:30 Outback Hunters PG 10:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 11:30 Crossing Lines MV

SUNDAY

12:30 Raw MC 3:10 Crossing Lines MV 4am Last Man Standing PG 4:25 Modern Family PGL 4:50 Duck Commander ML 5:15 Survivor Marathon PG

SKY SPORT 1

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Gone Fishin’ 3 7am Outdoors With Geoff 3 The team goes duck shooting on the edge of town in Invercargill, and then visits the Teapot Lady. 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation An in-depth weekly local current affairs show.

10:30 Both Worlds 0 11am Survivor – Philippines 3 Noon Project Runway – All Stars PGR 3 (Part 1) 12:55 Dream Factory 3 0 1:55 Marae DIY 2:55 The Three Day Nanny 3 0 3:55 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Home Cooking PGR 3 0 4:25 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals 30 5pm Outdoors With Geoff 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6pm 3 News 7pm Safe Crackers PGR 0 7:30 MasterChef NZ 3 0 8:30 F Motive AO A case from Cross and Flynn’s past re-emerges and causes distress for both of them, making Flynn realise they have to be honest about their history. 0 9:25 SVU AO 0 10:25 Hannibal AO (Starting Today) 30

12:30 Rugby Championship (Replay) Bledisloe Cup – Australia v All Blacks. 2:55 L Rugby Championship South Africa v Argentina. 5:05 World Rugby 5:30 Netball – World Cup (Highlights) Silver Ferns v Trinidad and Tobago.

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 F Death Threat PGR 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 M Adventures Of Tom Thumb And Thumbelina PGR 2002 Animated Family Fantasy.

Jennifer Love Hewitt, Elijah Wood, Peter Gallagher.

8:55 M Seraphine PGR 3 2008 Biography. Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Wilhelm Uhde, Anne Bennent.

11:15 Te Kaea 3 2 11:45 Closedown

DISCOVERY

Motive

8:30pm on TV3

MOVIES PREMIERE

6am Game Of Pawns M 6:30 MythBusters PG 7:30 MythBusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Big Fish Man PG 10:30 Saltwater Heroes PG 11:30 Epic Bar Builds PG 12:30 The Last Alaskans M 1:30 Sons Of Winter M 2:30 Wingsuit Warrior PG 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Auction Hunters 5pm Auction Hunters PG 5:30 Outrageous Acts Of Psych M 6pm Outrageous Acts Of Psych M 6:30 Ice Cold Gold PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Epic Bar Builds PG 9:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 10:30 Auction Hunters 11pm Hour China – Untamed China With Nigel Marven PG

7:20 Bad Words MLS 2014 Comedy.

Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn.

8:50 Deliver Us From Evil 16VLC 2014 Horror. Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez. 10:45 The Making Of Godzilla PG 2014 11:05 Rush MVLS 2013 Drama.

Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl.

1:05 Gone Girl 16VLS 2014 Thriller.

Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike.

3:35 Disorientation 16VLSC 2012 Comedy. Eric Toms, Todd Gaebe.

5pm Gravity MLC 2013 Drama.

Sandra Bullock, George Clooney.

6:35 The Maze Runner MV 2014 Action. Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario. 8:30 Red 2 MVL 2013 Action. Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren. 10:30 The Counsellor 16VLS 2013 Crime.

Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz.

Midnight Aeroplane Repo PG 1am Crimes That Shook The World M 2am Flying Wild Alaska PG 3am Flying Wild Alaska PG 4am Flying Wild Alaska PG 5am MythBusters PG

12:25 Stand Up Guys 16VLS 2012 Comedy. 2am Biography – Jennifer Aniston PG 2:50 Disorientation 16VLSC 2012 Comedy. 4:10 The Maze Runner MV 2014 Action.

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

10:30 Golf – Big Break Palm Beaches.

11:30 The Golf Fix Michael Breed tackles viewer questions, demonstrates useful drills and takes a look at best shots from the weekend.

12:30 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Wests Tigers v Newtown Jets.

From Leichhardt Oval.

2:30 L Rugby League – Silent Witness Holden Cup Warriors U20 v Dragons 9:20pm on Prime U20. From Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland.

4:30 L Rugby League – NRL MOVIES GREATS Warriors v Dragons. From Westpac 6:40 Directors – Ridley Scott Stadium, Wellington.

PG 7:10 The Lake House ML 6:55 The After Match Awen 2006 Drama. Keanu Reeves, Guttenbeil and guests discuss the Sandra Bullock. 8:45 Paul MVLS 2011 big issues in rugby league.

Comedy. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost.

7:30 L Rugby League – NRL 10:35 Iron Man MV 2008 Action.

Sharks v Cowboys. From Remondis Robert Downey jr, Gwyneth Paltrow. Stadium, Cronulla.

12:40 Gran Torino 16VL 2009 9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Crime. Clint Eastwood. 2:35 Jerry Eels v Panthers. From TIO Stadium, Maguire MLS 1996 Drama.

Darwin.

Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, SUNDAY Cuba Gooding jr. 4:50 The Hours Midnight Pro Kabaddi League MC 2002 Drama. Meryl Streep, (Highlights) Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman.

12:30 L Cycling – Tour Of 6:45 The Truman Show PGL 1998 Denmark Stage Five.

Comedy. Jim Carrey, Laura Linney.

2am Rugby League – NRL 8:30 Gladiator MV 2000 Action.

(Highlights) Warriors v Dragons.

Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, From Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

Connie Nielsen. 11:05 The Ringer 2:30 The After Match MLS 2005 Comedy. Johnny Knoxville, 3am Rugby League – NRL Katherine Heigl. SUNDAY (Highlights) Round 22 Saturday.

12:40 Doubt M 2008 Drama.

3:30 Rugby Championship Meryl Streep. 2:20 Close Up – (Highlights) Australia v All Blacks.

Leonardo DiCaprio PG 2:45 Jerry From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

Maguire MLS 1996 Drama.

4am L Golf – World Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Championship Bridgestone Cuba Gooding jr. 5am The Hours Invitational – Round Three. From the MC 2002 Drama.

Firestone Country Club in Ohio.

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6:30 The Fishing Show 3 0 6:50 Sunday 3 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 3 0 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Waka Huia 10:30 Marae 2 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 Noon Wild Planet – North America 3 0 1pm What’s Up Down Under 1:30 Global Radar 3 0 2pm George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3 0 3pm Tricked PGR 3 0 4pm Australia’s Deadliest 3 0 4:30 Wild Vets 3 0 5pm Kangaroo Dundee 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 8pm House Hunt 0 8:30 F Indian Summers AO Ramu’s fate is in Ralph’s hands; Sarah prepares to say goodbye to India and her husband. 0 10pm Mrs Brown’s Boys AO 3 0 10:35 A Place To Call Home AO 3 0

11:35 Q+A 3 Local political affairs programme. 0 12:40 Attitude 3 0 1:10 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:05 Marae Maori current affairs show. 2 3:35 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am My Dream Room – Kids Edition 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Love Nature Natural World – Return of the Tiger. 8am American Restoration 8:30 What’s The Catch?

9:30 Carter Can 10am Toy Hunter 10:30 Fashion Fund 11:30 Travels With The Bondi Vet Noon Shark Man 12:30 Yard Crashers 1pm Secret Creatures Of Jao 1:30 Love Nature Natural World – Return of the Tiger.

2:30 Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 3:30 Better Homes And Gardens 5pm Thai Street Food With David Thompson 5:30 Backroad Bounty 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 The Auction House Follow the collectors, the eccentric staff and magnificent artefacts that pass through Lots Road Auction House.

8:30 My One And Only AO A mother drives her two sons from New York to Pittsburgh to St Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.

10:30 Backroad Bounty 11:30 Being Erica PGR

MONDAY

12:30 My One And Only AO 2:30 Buying The Bayou 3am Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 4am Better Homes And Gardens 5:30 Thai Street Food With David Thompson

TV TWO

©TVNZ 2015

6am Fishtronaut 3 0 6:25 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 0 6:45 Crash And Bernstein 0 7:10 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:35 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 8am What Now In Tastes around the World, people get to try foreign foods; the Toy Testers show how to get the most out of the latest toys and gadgets.

10am ANT Farm 10:25 The Bachelorette PGR 11:10 Reno Rumble 3 Noon Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 3pm Suburgatory PGR 0 3:30 Home And Away Omnibus 30 6pm Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud 0

TV THREE 6am Life TV 3 6:30 Brian Houston 3 7am Charles Stanley 3 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 3 8:30 Turning Point 3 9am Three60 9:30 Re-Think 10am The Nation 0 11am Come Dine With Me New Zealand Omnibus PGR 0 1:10 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals 3 0 1:45 Motorsport – GP Hydroplanes 3 2:15 Motorsport – D1NZ Round six final, part two.

2:45 Motorsport – NZV8 Super Saloons From Pukekohe Park Raceway, the first combined meeting of the V8 Super Tourers and New Zealand TLX and TL class cars in a V8 festival. 3:45 Motorsport – IndyCar Ohio (Highlights) 5pm Big Angry Fish 6pm 3 News 6:30 3D 0

7pm N Repeat After Me 7pm MasterChef NZ PGR 0 Wendi McLendon-Covey 8:30 M The Heat AO 2013 from Bridesmaids instructs Comedy. When an uptight a group of celebrities to FBI agent and a foulinteract with everyday people mouthed police officer join in hidden-camera situations. forces to catch a drug lord, Featuring Justin Bieber and they become the last thing Kristen Bell. 0 anyone expected – friends.

7:30 N I Can Do That USA 0 Sandra Bullock, Melissa 8:30 Gloriavale – Life And Death McCarthy. 0 0 10:55 M Conviction AO 3 2010 9:30 M The Proposal PGR Drama. Hilary Swank, Sam 2009 Comedy. 0 Rockwell, Minnie Driver. 0 11:40 M The Stepfather AO 2009 Thriller. 0 1:35 Marvel’s Agents Of Shield AO 3 0 2:30 Mike Tyson Mysteries AO 3 2:55 Infomercials 3:25 Jeremy Kyle AO 3 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 Hart Of Dixie 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

1:10 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

FOUR 6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Tree Fu Tom 3 7:20 Rugrats 3 7:45 The Winx Club 3 8:10 Max Steel 3 8:35 Rocket Power 3 9am Lalaloopsy 3 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm M Cheaper By The Dozen PGR 3 2003 Family Comedy. With his wife away on a book tour, a father of 12 must juggle the demands of his new job as a college football coach with those of his children. Steve Martin, Piper Perabo, Hilary Duff. 0 7pm Glee PGR 8pm Community PGR 3 8:30 Family Guy AO 9pm South Park AO 3 9:30 Burn Notice AO 10:20 Parks And Recreation PGR 3 Leslie and Ben suspect Gryzzl is invading the privacy of Pawnee residents.

10:45 Entertainment Tonight Weekend

11:40 Infomercials

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world, highlighting sport for young New Zealand fans.

Noon Rugby Championship (Replay) Bledisloe Cup – Australia v All Blacks. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

2:20 Grassroots Rugby Premier and senior club rugby matches from around New Zealand, as well as social grades and junior rugby.

3:20 Netball – World Cup (Highlights) 4:30 Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great British Bake Off 3 The bakers must recreate the classic jam doughnut.

7pm Storage Wars 7:30 Top Gear – Ambitious But Rubbish PGR 8:35 Weekend Murders – Endeavour PGR As 1966 draws to a close, the body of a disreputable journalist found in mysterious circumstances threatens to expose horrors from the past.

10:40 Netball – World Cup Australia v Silver Ferns in Sydney.

12:15 Psych PGR After Lassiter moves into a new apartment, and strange things start happening to him, he hires Shawn and Gus to find out what is causing the supposed paranormal disturbance.

1:10 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 2 1pm The Rugby Show (Replay) De La Salle College v St Kentigern.

2:30 Code 3 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield Pt Chevalier v Glenora.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia 2 6:30 Paepae Chris and Tupoutahi Winitana debate the latest issues with te reo speakers from around the country. 2

THE BOX

2:30 Cycling – Tour Of Denmark (Replay) Stage Five.

3:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Storm v Titans. From AAMI Park, Melbourne. 5:30 L Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series CheezIt 355 at the Glen. From Watkins Glen International in New York.

SKY SPORT 2 7pm Rugby League – NRL Warriors v Dragons.

8:30 M The Trip PGR 2010 Comedy. Steve Coogan has been asked by The Observer to tour the country’s finest restaurants, but after his girlfriend backs out, he must take his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

10:30 Poutiriao PGR 3 2 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

8:35 Crossing Lines MV 9:25 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 11:55 Raw MC 2:40 WWE Main Event MC 3:40 SmackDown! MC 5:25 Ice Road Truckers PG 6:15 Counting Cars PG 6:40 Outback Hunters PG 7:30 Longmire 16V Walt juggles an ongoing murder investigation and his duties as a fill-in judge for the Miss Cheyenne pageant.

8:30 Criminal Intent MV A string of gruesome robberies and murders are committed and they are linked to a ring of delinquents and their foster mother.

9:30 Criminal Intent MV 10:30 Father And Son MVL 11:30 Longmire 16V

6am Tickle M Whiskey Windfall.

6:30 MythBusters PG Alaska Special Two. 7:30 MythBusters PG The Simpsons Special. 8:30 Bering Sea Gold PG Payback. 9:30 The Last Alaskans M The Last Sunset.

10:30 Arctic Rescue M Bracing for the Storm. 11:30 Manhunt PG Scotland. 12:30 Manhunt PG Florida. 1:30 Manhunt PG Mongolia. 2:30 Manhunt PG South Carolina. 3:30 Manhunt PG Mexico. 4:30 Manhunt PG New Zealand. 5:30 Saltwater Heroes PG Northern Territory. 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Super Typhoon One. 7:30 Hell Roads PG 8:30 NASA’s Unexplained Files PG Nazis On the Moon. 9:30 How The Universe Works PG 10:30 Epic Bar Builds PG 11:30 Outrageous Acts Of Psych M

12:30 SmackDown!

MC 2:10 Father And Son MVL 3:05 Criminal Intent MV 3:55 Criminal Intent MV 4:45 Counting Cars PG 5:10 Longmire 16V

Midnight Outrageous Acts Of Psych M 12:30 MythBusters PG 1:30 Flying Wild Alaska PG 2:30 Tickle M 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Man v Wild PG 5am Flying Wild Alaska PG

MONDAY

6am Rugby Championship (Replay) Bledisloe Cup – Australia v All Blacks. 8am Rugby Championship (Replay) South Africa v Argentina. 10am Cricket – The Ashes (Highlights) England v Australia – Fourth Test, Day Three.

10:30 Rugby – First XV (Replay) Christchurch BHS v Nelson College.

Noon Rugby Championship (Replay) 2pm Golf – World Championship (Highlights) 2:30 Sport 365 3pm Cycling – Tour Of Poland (Delayed) 4:30 Rugby Championship (Highlights) 5pm Golf – World Championship (Highlights) 5:30 Cricket – The Ashes (Highlights) 6pm Rugby Championship (Highlights) 6:30 Rugby Championship (Replay) 8:30 Golf – World Championship (Highlights) Bridgestone Invitational – Round Three.

9pm Netball – World Cup (Replay) Australia v Silver Ferns.

From Sydney.

10:50 L Cricket – International Zimbabwe v Black Caps – First Twenty20.

From Harare Sports Club.

MONDAY

Indian Summers

8:30pm on TV One

MOVIES PREMIERE 6am Gravity MLC 2013 Drama.

Sandra Bullock, George Clooney.

7:30 Red 2 MVL 2013 Action.

Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren. 9:25 The Counsellor 16VLS 2013 Crime.

Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz.

11:20 Stand Up Guys 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Christopher Walken, Al Pacino. 12:55 The Maze Runner MV 2014 Action. Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario. 2:50 The Riot Club 16VLSC 2014 Drama.

Max Irons. 4:40 ACOD MLS 2013 Comedy. Adam Scott, Amy Poehler.

6:10 American Hustle MLS 2013 Drama. Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams.

8:30 Dracula Untold MVC 2014 Action. Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon. 10:05 The Family 16VLS 2013 Crime. Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer. 11:55 The Wolf Of Wall Street 18LS 2013 Drama.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill.

MONDAY

2:50 The Riot Club 16VLSC 2014 Drama. Max Irons. 4:40 The Family 16VLS 2013 Crime.

Repeat After Me 7pm on TV2

MOVIES GREATS 6:55 The Truman Show PGL 1998 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Laura Linney. 8:35 Close Up – Leonardo DiCaprio PG 9:05 Gladiator MV 2000 Action.

Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen. 11:35 Doubt M 2008 Drama. Meryl Streep.

1:20 The Ringer MLS 2005 Comedy.

Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl.

2:55 The Four Feathers MVC 2002 Drama. Heath Ledger, Kate Hudson. 5:05 Office Space ML 1999 Comedy. Jennifer Aniston, Ron Livingston. 6:35 Thor MV 2011 Action. Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman. 8:30 The Mask MVL 1994 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Greene.

10:15 The Dark Knight MV 2008 Action. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger.

MONDAY

12:45 The Four Feathers MVC 2002 Drama. Heath Ledger, Kate Hudson.

2:55 The Mask MVL 1994 Comedy.

Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Greene. 4:35 The Dark Knight MV 2008 Action.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 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

9Aug15

10am Canoeing – Slalom World Cup IV (Replay) Day One. From La Seu d’Urgell in Catalonia, Spain.

11:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Warriors v Dragons. From Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

1:30 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Storm U20 v Titans U20. From AAMI Park in Melbourne.

3:30 L Rugby League – NRL Storm v Titans. From AAMI Park, Melbourne.

6pm L Rugby League – NRL Knights v Roosters. From Hunter Stadium, NSW. 8pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Warriors v Dragons.

From Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

8:30 The After Match 9pm UFC Fight Night (Replay) Teixeira v Saint Preux.

11pm Rugby Championship (Replay) Australia v All Blacks.

MONDAY

1am Pro Kabaddi League (Highlights) 1:30 Golf – World Championship (Highlights) Bridgestone Invitational – Round Three. From the Firestone Country Club in Ohio.

2am Netball – World Cup (Highlights) Australia v Silver Ferns.

From Sydney.

2:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round 22 Sunday.

3am Pro Kabaddi League (Highlights) 3:30 Golf – World Championship (Highlights) Bridgestone Invitational – Round Three. From the Firestone Country Club in Ohio.

4am L Golf – World Championship Bridgestone Invitational – Round Four.

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Family Notices 38 Ashburton Guardian BIRTHS

GRIEVE (nee Stephen) – Todd and Kylie are pleased to announce the arrival of Freddy John Grieve born July 16, 2015, weighting 7lb 13oz.

First grandson for Ken and Jill Stephen and John and Dawn Grieve. A special thanks to Angela Baird, Marie Dickie and the Midwives at Christchurch Women’s and Ashburton Hospitals. All doing well.

DEATHS

PAWSEY, Dorothy Joyce, (Dot) – on August 5, 2015 at Ashburton Hospital. Aged 86.

Dearly loved wife of the late Robert (Bob). Loved mum and mother in law of Catherine and Brian McMahon, Noel and Susan, Heather and the late Grant, Sharon and Steve Dickens, and Deb and Andy. Loved nana of Leanne, Vikki and Phil; Karina and Borey, Rachel and Shane, and Alana; Matthew and Amy; Michael, Jess, and Phil, and great nana of all her great grandchildren. Messages to the Pawsey family, P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A special thank you to the carers at Coldstream House.

A service to celebrate Dot’s life will be held at our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on SATURDAY, August 8, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

NELSON, George (Rex) – Suddenly but peacefully on Tuesday, August 4, 2015 with his family and friends, aged 85 years. Loved and loving husband of Allana. Cherished father and father in law of Michelle, Deb and Eric, Vicki, Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Hamish and Raquel. Dearly Ph 307 7433 loved poppa of Emma and Craig, Keiren and Sam, Please note all late death Rebecca and Brendan, notices or notices sent Georgia, Koen, and Jett.

Great poppa of Arlo and outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to: Mabel. A private family service will be held on deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication.

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Johns Ambulance and Mayfield Rural Fire Brigade would be appreciated and may be left at the clubrooms.

Messages to 144 Bennetts Road RD 22 Geraldine.

Geraldine Funeral Services Ltd. FDANZ.

NICHOLAS, Anne – “A truly valued family friend of over 45 years.

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TODAY

TODAY

FZL: About 600m

Showers, some heavy with snow to 200 metres, retreating to the coast in the afternoon and becoming fine inland. Southwesterlies, fresh about the coast at times.

Mainly fine, but a few snow showers in the north clearing early.

Wind at 1000m: SW 30 km/h at times.

Wind at 2000m: SW 50 km/h.

TOMORROW

TOMORROW

Scattered showers about the coast, spreading inland later. Snow down to 200 metres. Light winds inland, fresh southwesterlies about the coast.

MONDAY

Saturday, 8 August 2015

A broad trough over New Zealand moves away to the east tomorrow and is replaced by a ridge over much of the country on Monday and Tuesday. Northerlies develop over the South Island on Wednesday ahead of a low approaching from the west.

30 to 59

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Auckland

showers

Hamilton

showers

Napier

fine

Scattered afternoon and evening snow showers.

Wind at 1000m: S 30 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: S 30 km/h rising to 50 km/h.

Wellington

showers

Nelson

fine

Blenheim

clearing

MONDAY

Greymouth

fine

Christchurch

sleet

Mainly fine. A few showers possible north of Arthur’s Pass. Southerlies

TUESDAY

Timaru

sleet

TUESDAY

Fine, apart from low cloud or fog in some valleys. Light winds.

Queenstown

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WEDNESDAY

Dunedin

sleet

Fine with morning frosts, possibly severe.

Northerlies developing.

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Rise 7:39 am Set 5:38 pm

Good fishing Rise 1:46 am Set 12:08 pm

New moon

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Rise 7:38 am Set 5:39 pm

Good

Good fishing Rise 2:50 am Set 12:52 pm

First quarter

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Rise 7:37 am Set 5:41 pm

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Good fishing Rise 3:49 am Set 1:41 pm

Full moon

30 Aug 6:37 am

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 3:10 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 220.5 Nth Ashburton at 3:00 pm, yesterday

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Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

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FZL: About 500m

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

DOWNES, Desmond Patrick Harry – Margaret and Brian, Shirley and Kevin and Joy and Sam and their families wish to thank relatives, friends and neighbours for the love, kindness and support shown to us at the time of the passing of our father, father in law, grandfather and great grandfather. Our sincere appreciation is extended to you for all messages, personal visits, attending Des' service and donations to Lynn Woodwork Museum. We would like to extend our thanks to the staff of Ward 6 Ashburton Hospital and Coldstream House for their wonderful care of Des during the last months and weeks of his long life. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement from us all.

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McDONALD, Elizabeth Anne – Passed away a year ago tomorrow.

“Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on, and cherished memories never fade because a loved one’s gone.

Those we love can never be more than a thought apart, for as long as there is memory, they’ll live on in the heart.”

Loved Mum of Raylene Patrick, Nana Anne of Lee, Megan, Amber and Tim, great Nana of Mia, Jake, Aiden and Hunter. Sadly missed.

TODAY: Showers, mainly morning, chance sleet. Fresh southwest.

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ACROSS 1. Being happy when one has notes of debt is open to dispute (11) 9. Before the wind becomes gale, get right inside (5) 10. Congratulate a Celt if tie is achieved (10) 11. Nothing more than a bad smell from this monkey (5) 12. Longing for a Conservative leader? Must be mad! (7) 14. In Elul, Talmud shows it to be last month (3) 15. There’s a tax on the pit for collecting sewage (4) 16. To make oneself liked, put a stop to listening device (6) 17. It will distort the threads crossed by the woof (4) 21. Education at college, however, starts for everyone (4) 22. In equal quantities, swallow gin for heart trouble (6) 23. Is it all off at twelve? (4) 26. Charge may be accented by a fairy (3) 27. According to the fashion, it’s a light glossy silk (7) 29. Lower down the page it is prefixed within (5) 30. Collection of board games may make short work of it (10) 31. A cruel twist, where sordid gain is concerned (5) 32. Is as minatory as their gannet can be (11)

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 1. Propitiates 8. Emporium 9. Near 10. Aster 13. Calf 16. Moon 17. Pier 18. Nets 20. Glean 24. Aver 25. Antidote 26. Greenhouses Down 2. Rope 3. Paris 4. Truce 5. Tunic 6. Sentimental 7. Preferences 11. Twang 12. Raise 14. Aria 15. Coat 19. Serge 21. Lunch 22. Adieu 23. Pose QUICK Across 1. Split second 8. Upright 9. Posse 10. Chew 11. Resound 12. Due 13. Dice 15. Nosy 17. Lag 19. Agitate 20. Memo 23. Octet 24. Stamina 25. Chronometer Down 1. Source 2. Large 3. Togs 4. Entire 5. Opposing 6. Discuss 7. Trendy 12. Decanter 14. Idiotic 16. Famous 17. Lessen 18. Hot air 21. Exist 22. Harm

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13. Some paid employee to be a personal assistant (4) 18. One uses it to hold pot and beg in America (9) 19. One crying out for a sensational headline (8) 20. It will stretch a short car into a long one (4) 24. It’s service business (6) 25. What Romans used to sacrifice their father to Augustus I? (6) 26. One aspect of the dial that appears on time (5) 28. The devil of a fellow he is, holding me up (5)

QUICK ACROSS 1. Interrupts (8) 7. Gaze (5) 8. Vigorous (9) 9. Headgear (3) 10. Adore (4) 11. Begins (6) 13. Soothsayer (7,6) 15. Grow by addition (6) 16. Originate from (4) 18. Pull (3) 20. Overshadowing (9) 21. Legitimate (5) 22. Stutters (8)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Not all interesting stories are sob stories. It will be a turnoff when people come to you with woes today. Empathise buttry to find a silver lining you can point out.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): In the romantic movies, it’s hard to get to love, and once the two leads come together, there’s only five minutes to the credits roll.

In real life, getting to love is pretty easy, but keeping it is hard.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Being in charge can be fun, but the pressure to come up with plan after plan can be intense. What would happen if another person took the helm for a while? Sit back and see.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’re a healer today, and so abide by the basics of the Hippocratic oath.

Do no harm, help the sick ones, and be discreet about the whole business. Privacy is an undervalued virtue these days.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): It makes no sense to fight for love. Love for love. That’s the only way. You and a friend will join arms against the monstrous complexities of modern romance.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): There’s a time and a place to seek feedback — this is not it. Your instincts are keen enough, and what’s right for you will be totally unique. Don’t invite comment.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Someone out there is cheering you on. This show of goodwill not only warms your heart, but it also makes you more aware of the people who could use your encouragement.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Health affects all things — relationships, family, finances, joy and so much more. Anything you do in the name of good health today will impact favourably on the rest of your life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): It does no good to wish for a miracle if you don’t believe in miracles, wishes or magic. When you’re low on faith, ask the faith-rich one to do a ritual on your behalf.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’re the expert on your likes and dislikes. Try to concentrate exclusively on the likes now, because doing so will make you happy and attract favourable results.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Self-editing can lead you to make the appropriate choices that will increase your social status and opportunities. It also can be a buzz-kill that limits your creativity and enjoyment of life. Use in moderation.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): When the big steps seem too dangerous, unreasonable or impossible, focus on the small ones. You’ll get your energy back when you succeed in little ways.

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9 Manse Place, Ashburton

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14 Wakanui Road, Ashburton

11:30 - 12:00pm

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2/268 Wills Street, Ashburton

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95B Thomson Street, Ashburton

12:30 - 1:00pm

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52 Beach Road, Ashburton

12:30 - 1:00pm

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1:00 - 1:30pm

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158 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton

2:00 - 2:30pm

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15 Davis Crescent, Ashburton

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12:00 - 12:30pm

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10 Charleworth Drive, Ashburton

12:30 - 1:00pm

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18 Rolleston Street, Rakaia

12:30 - 1:00pm

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1/7 Burnett Street, Ashburton

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