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Mid Canterbury has been buffered from the effects of a recycling crisis by innovations in the market and the effectiveness of its waste minimisation contracts.

A Chinese ban on foreign waste kicked in on January 1, effectively turning away $21 million of waste from New Zealand, and recyclables such as plastic and unsorted waste paper now have to go somewhere else.

EnviroWaste educator Sheryl Stivens said there were other markets overseas besides China, so products from the district and other areas would continue to go to those, as well as to a growing number of onshore markets.

For instance, Flight Plastics recycled PET in the North Island, and there was a recycler of milk and other plastic bottles

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in Christchurch. Another modern initiative was The Warehouse, New World and Countdown in Mid Canterbury taking soft plastics such as bubble wrap and supermarket, bread bag and post bags and exporting them to Melbourne where they were made into plastic wood for park benches.

“So there are new things coming on line all the time in an innovative country, we are innovative,” she said.

“China is one destination but there are other destinations and hopefully we will end up with more and more products able to be recycled here in New Zealand.”

News of the Chinese ban last year sent some New Zealand regions and countries around the world scrambling as it threatened to be a tipping point sending recyclables to landfill.

Stivens said Canterbury was in the

position of having a modern well-operated landfill in Kate Valley, which offered economies of scale to the councils which invested in it as a joint venture including the Ashburton District Council.

“Not all areas in New Zealand are doing that, you need to work collectively in these areas now,” Stivens said.

Kate Valley was not cheap to run, and the way waste contracts were set up meant it would always be more expensive to send recyclables to landfill than it would be to recycle them.

Stivens said she saw the move from China as a positive step towards waste reduction measures on a global scale.

China did not want to take poor quality recycling or dirty recycling. “China wants to improve the quality and I think we all have a part to play in our houses and businesses,” Stivens said.

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■ ASHBURTON FARMERS’ MARKET

Market continues to draw crowds

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About one dozen stalls at the Ashburton District Farmers’ Market on Saturday did a good trade, selling vegetables, eggs, potatoes and whitebait among other things. Treasurer Bernie Harkness said the market had been at the site each summer for more than 10 years, and continued to attract many locals, as well as passers through on State Highway One. Pictured (left) is Penny Smollett, 10, drawing a hen on the pavement to promote a nearby egg stall, and (above) Jon Pritchard eyeing up summer produce being sold by Debbie Wilson. The market is each Saturday and will run through to April 28, 9am to 12.30pm, at the northern end of the West Street carpark.

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■ LAKE CLEARWATER

Resource consent needed for sale

BY SUE NEWMAN

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If the Ashburton District Council opts to sell leases of any of its sections at Lake Clearwater, it will need to walk down a clearly defined legal path, senior planner Ian Hyde said.

The section sell-off was agreed to last year by district councillors, to provide a pool of money to carry out a survey of the lakes settlement. This is needed to define section boundaries to ensure that all land sale information is accurate.

The sell-off, however, has drawn strong opposition from bach owners who say the council’s district plan makes it very clear that no more homes can be built in the settlement.

And they are correct, Hyde said,

but the council or the owner of any vacant lot in the settlement, could apply for a resource consent which would determine whether or not this could occur.

This is spelled out in rule 4.10.1 of the district plan, he said and it applies equally to Lake Clearwater, Hakatere, Rakaia and the Rangitata River Mouth. Land in these is zoned Residential B. If the council chooses to move ahead with the lease sales the application for a resource consent would be prepared by an independent planner and would be heard by an independent commissioner who would decide whether or not any new build was appropriate or not.

Hutholders, and other stakeholders, would have an opportunity to have their say during the

planning application process.

The evolutionary nature of the settlement meant boundary lines had become blurred and there would be some instances where buildings encroached onto neighbouring sections, Hyde said.

“It’s really a matter of saying, when someone comes in for a building or resource consent, is it fair that they have to resurvey their property or is there another option where the load is spread a little bit? The issue is, we don’t know where the boundary line is and we need to do something about this now; it won’t get any better.”

Buildings at the lakes settlement were covered by the same planning rules as buildings in Ashburton, but there were variations in both recession planes

a big stick and it would be a long process to get to the desired end point, Wong said, but the council needed to tidy the boundary situation up.

“We’ve signalled that we understand there is a problem and we want to work with them to sort this out.

“Once we know where the boundaries are we can do adjustments as needed,” he said.

Getting the survey done was key and the rest would follow, Wong said.

The settlement grew from a basic fisherman’s hut in 1926 to become a 202-site settlement.

The land is part of an endowment gift from the holders of Mount Possession run. It is unclear how the size of sites were determined.

and site coverage to allow for the smaller sections, he said.

Building services manager Michael Wong has already checked about 70 properties where there are identified boundary lines and said no issues were found.

He’s also checked work that had been carried out on those properties and all were compliant.

In the past some people had built sheds that had changed use to become part of the bach, others had built privies on boundary fences and there had been a considerable amount of building creep,” he said.

“We need to have discussions with property owners to ensure everything is contained within their property and to decide what we do if it is not.”

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Leona – trotting club ambassador Leona Prendergast has been a staunch supporter of the racing industry for decades. Recently she was awarded a life membership of the Ashburton Trotting Club and she talks to reporter Sue Newman about the strong future she sees for racing in the Ashburton District.

When Leona Prendergast stepped down from the Ashburton Trotting Club’s committee, she immediately picked up a new job, one very dear to her heart.

The 80-year-old decided it was time to move aside and let some new blood come through and, for her 22 years around the club’s board table, she walked away with a life membership and with a very special role as the club’s ambassador.

“I went on the committee in August 1995 to try and help the club out. I was a hands-on sort of person, not a leader, but you need those too. I’d set turning 80 as my time to step down and for younger people to step in,” she said.

She’s a little unsure what her role as club ambassador involves but says she’s keen to help steer the club in the right direction, to help it move into a new era where the two racing codes – harness and gallops – work together for the betterment of the racecourse.

“A lot of changes have to happen around the racecourse and now’s the time, it’s a new beginning. I’m just as dedicated to helping gallops as trots and I’m dedicated to making the Ashburton Racecourse second only to Addington and Riccarton in the South Island.”

While each of the two codes continues to have their own committees, Leona said she can see there is now a real desire by both to co-operate in driving towards a bright future for the racecourse.

“We won’t get any progress without co-operation and we need to get some outside income so we’re not solely reliant on race days. We have a lot of ground and we have a great facility but this income is important, it’s the future of the clubs and it seems there is a real will to do something for this facility.”

Leona says she doesn’t have the

answers, but she knows solutions to the ongoing need for funding need to be found.

“It’s about what we can do to stimulate interest, to get some income in. It’s not just a quick financial boost, there needs to be sustainable, ongoing income.”

Change is already under way with the MSA taking over the accounting role of the club and its race day administration moving to Christchurch For someone who has spent most of their adult life involved with racing, there’s nothing better than to be part of developing a new future for racing in the district, she said.

The industry is changing but Leona believes its future is still strong, however, for most clubs as race-day crowds and on-course betting decline, that future will be tied up in a struggle for money.

One solution, she says, is for the TAB to increase its return to clubs. Even a two per cent increase would make a difference.

Changes to the handicapping system that are currently being trialled could help from a participation point of view, ensuring race-days provide win opportunities for horses of all levels rather than seeing dominance by the big stables, Leona said.

Racing has always been a part of her life. As a child in Central Otago her dad followed harness racing, her uncle gallops and Leona and grandad went to both.

With husband Dick she farmed at Palmerston for a few years and during that time Dick trained horses on the side. They later moved to Oamaru to train full time before relocating to Chertsey.

Leona has never held a trainer’s licence and admits she was happier mucking out stables rather

Leona Prendergast is life member and ambassador for the Ashburton Trotting Club.

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than doing hands-on horse work.

“I didn’t really think I had the ability to train, I don’t think I had the guts to do it and I’m not a confident person around horses, I’m a horse woman.”

Over the years the couple bred horses as well but, like most breeders, can only count a few who paid their way.

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Dick and Leona might no longer run a training establishment but she still puts in several hours each day at friend Ben Waldron’s stable doing whatever is needed.

She’s only ever been a small time punter, attends plenty of race meetings and has only missed one New Zealand Cup day.

“It’s just not the same watching it on TV,” she said.

While receiving a life membership was a nice recognition for her years on the committee, Leona said more importantly she was now looking ahead to being involved, long term, in helping secure a solid, long-term future for the Ashburton Racecourse.

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■ BLACK-BILLED GULLS

Up to 2000 gulls perish

BY SUSAN SANDYS

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As many as 2000 black-billed gull chicks may have perished in the floodwaters of the Ashburton River after heavy rainfall.

The critically endangered black billed gulls nest at the State Highway One bridge on the river each summer, but are susceptible to human interference, predation and flooding.

This year all was going well, with signs, publicity and predatory traps helping out the colony of about 3000. That was until a heavy rain event, which saw Ashburton receive 36.4 millimetres on Friday, flooded the river. The adults left at the site appear unsettled by the floodwaters which have taken their young, with many preening or tucking their heads under their wings.

Ashburton Forest and Bird president Edith Smith said the colony had been transformed from a bustling nursery.

“While most of the younger chicks were too immature to float down the river to higher ground, some may well have survived,” Smith said.

“Some clusters of gulls have

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moved further down stream and can be seen in the distance.

“Only one or two older chicks possibly from an earlier colony remain. The colony has been washed clean with no sign of the nesting materials or guano of a few days ago.

“This is nature, and this is what make these birds vulnerable. Human habitation has a real impact but there’s nothing we can do about

these natural events,” she said.

On the bright side, a large colony at the river mouth was more than a month ahead, and their young would have been mature enough to fly or move to higher land so will have been less affected by the high flows.

“This colony has been being monitored which should produce fledging outcomes for the next generation of gulls,” Smith said.

Last week black-billed gull chicks were reaching maturity under the care of protective adults on the Ashburton River. However, they were not yet able to fly and many are likely to have perished in floodwaters at the weekend.

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■ JIM ANDERTON

Jim Anderton ‘a towering figure’ Former deputy prime minister of New Zealand, Jim Anderton, who has died aged 79, has been described as “a towering figure in the Labour movement” by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Anderton has died in Christchurch’s Cashmere View Hospital following a period of ill health, his widow Carole said in a statement yesterday.

Ardern said the country had lost a man of integrity, compassion and dedication to public service.

“Jim Anderton devoted much of his adult life to public service

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and to the ideals of the Labour movement,” she said.

“He was a towering figure in the Labour movement for several decades. He will be remembered as someone who stood up for his principles and for the people he represented. His integrity during difficult times marked him out as a true leader.

“He never gave up on the values of the Labour movement, and worked tirelessly to bring it back together through the years of the fifth Labour-led government.

“A man of deeply-held values

and ideals, he was practical and compassionate. We mourn his loss, and extend our heartfelt sympathies to Jim’s wife Carole, his family and friends.”

Auckland-born Anderton entered parliament as the Labour MP for the Christchurch electorate of Sydenham in 1984.

He famously left the party in 1989 over its Rogernomics policy saying “I didn’t leave the Labour Party, the Labour Party left me”.

He formed the New Labour party and then led the Alliance party which won 10 seats in the 1999 election.

He was deputy prime minister under Helen Clark between 1999 and 2002 and he then led the Progressive Party when he was MP for Wigram.

Anderton retired from parliament at the 2011 election.

After a failed bid at the Christchurch mayoralty, Mr Anderton became involved in the successful campaign to have the earthquake-damaged Christchurch Cathedral restored.

Last year, he became a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services as an MP. - AAP

Making and keeping an appointment to have a building inspection has just become a whole lot easier for builders in the Ashburton District. Appointments are now booked and reminders sent the day prior by txt and that gives the builder both a reminder of the appointment and an opportunity to reschedule of work has not been completed as expected, says council building services manager Michael Wong.

“It saves money, it save time and we’re getting some pretty good feedback from builders,” he said.

Fatal motorbike crash A 24-year-old male motorcyclist has died after colliding with a car on Canterbury’s Banks Peninsula.

The accident happened on State Highway 75, the ChristchurchAkaroa Road, at Duvauchelle, about 9.40am yesterday. - NZME

Motorcycles crash Two motorcycles travelling in convoy have crashed near Christchurch. The accident on Old West Coast Road, near Redmonds Road, in Selwyn District about 2.45pm yesterday, police say. One motorcyclist has serious injuries and the other has moderate injuries.

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■ THAILAND DEATH

Death devastates NZ family The family of New Zealander Renee Joy Hodgkinson say they were devastated to learn she had died while on holiday in Thailand.

Her body was discovered in the water off the Phi Phi Islands, a

popular tourist destination east of Phuket, on Wednesday, the Phuket News reported.

The family yesterday released a statement via New Zealand police saying they did not know the de-

tails of what happened and were seeking privacy from media.

“On Thursday 4th January 2018, our world was shattered when we were advised of the tragic death of our precious and beloved daugh-

ter, Renee who was holidaying in Thailand. Since then, we have been supported by friends and family, but we are still coming to terms with this most devastating of news and it is fair to say that the

healing process will be long and arduous,” the statement says.

Ms Hodgkinson was reported to be part of a tour group but had decided against returning from the islands with the group.

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■ STORM VICTIM

Rotorua tree victim mourned A woman killed by a falling tree in Rotorua during Friday’s storm has been mourned by friends and members of her church.

Trish Butterworth was killed when a large oak tree fell on her car on Arawa Street as a strong storm battered the North Island.

The coroner is investigating her death.

“Trish stands out because she is very tall (6ft3) and has such a loving heart and welcoming arms...

She will be so missed by so many of us,” a friend posted to Rotorua Elim Church’s Facebook page.

A church service would be held early this week followed by burial in Te Puke.

The 150-year-old tree which killed Mrs Butterworth was known at Spencer’s Oak, after the reverend who planted it. Concerns had been raised about the safety of the tree before Friday’s tragedy, according to reports.

A February 2017 report found no major problems with it but about three months ago bracing was replaced and some branches were trimmed, Rotorua Lakes Council acting chief executive Craig Tiriana told media.

There would need to be a full investigation carried out by the appropriate authorities, he said.

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■ TROTT’S GARDEN

US tourist returns to Trott’s Garden An American tourist who visited Trott’s Garden about nine years ago vowed to return one day.

He was there yesterday, and brought 35 fellow Americans with

him. The tour group had beautiful weather at the start of the day to tour the world-renowned garden, which is now run by the Trott’s Garden Charitable Trust.

Trott’s Garden was established 33 years ago and nurtured over the years by founder Alan Trott.

It features a woodland garden, damp bog garden, pond, nursery

and formal garden.

Under the trust it is maintained by trustees, teams of volunteers and a newly appointed onsite manager.

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This year’s Guardian Summer Photo Competition has turned up some great photos. We will be regularly running some of these great offerings of people enjoying our place.

Holly Chapman, 5, enjoys Lake Tekapo on a hot summer’s day.

Photo Robyn Chapman

To enter: Email your photo, which must be at least 1mb in size, to sales@theguardian.co.nz Include your name, phone number, age if under 18, a caption for your photo and finally the location of the photo (if not referenced in the caption). Photos must include a person.

Brian, 5, and Lolita, 9, have fun in their Ashburton garden.

Photo Tetina Lebiedieva

Jon Baker enjoys the water at Lake Camp.

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How people celebrate the new year around the world

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he new year’s eve according to the Gregorian calendar is celebrated around the world. Samoa, Tonga, Kiritimati and Fiji are the first countries to celebrate, American Samoa, Baker Island and Hawaii being the last.

The most famous location in the world is probably Times Square in New York. Millions wait in the square, some of them since early morning, suffering from the cold, rain and snow (this year the temperature was minus 12 degrees) until midnight, when the New Year’s Eve huge crystal ball begins its descent.

At the stroke of midnight, the ball’s lights are turned off as the numerals of the New Year burst into life shining high above Times Square.

Confetti is released from the rooftops of buildings throughout Times Square creating a celebratory blizzard of colorful confetti as revellers welcome the New Year.

In Russia new year’s day is called Novy God. It’s celebrated by drinking vodka, eating a meal with family and friends, and children receive gifts from Grandfather Frost (the Russian Santa) and his granddaughter-assistant, Snow Girl.

The host for Russian New Year’s celebrations may set up a table for guests, which will be covered with little bite-sized snacks that go well with drinks — think caviar and dark bread, pickles, and marinated mushrooms.

Russians have a second opportunity to celebrate the New Year, which falls on January 14 according to the old Orthodox calendar.

This Old New Year is spent with family and is generally quieter than the New Year celebrated on January 1.

Folk traditions, like the singing of carols and the telling of fortunes, may be observed during Russia’s Old New Year, and a large meal will be served.

The Chinese new year (also known as the Spring Festival) is celebrated (this year) on February 16, 2018, opening the year of the dog.

Many Chinese children dress in new clothes to celebrate the Chinese new year. People carry lanterns and join in a huge parade led by a silk dragon, the Chinese symbol of strength.

In the evening of the Spring Festival Eve, many people set off fireworks and firecrackers, hoping to drive away any bad luck and bring forth good luck. Children often receive “luck” money.

Many people wear new clothes and send Chinese New Year greetings to each other. Various activities such as beating drums and striking gongs, as well as dragon and lion dances, are all part of the Spring Festival festivities.

The Jewish new year is celebrated on September or October (like the Chinese year, the Jewish year is lunar based, so it doesn’t always fall on the same day in the solar-based Gregorian calendar).

Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish name of the holiday) customs include sounding the shofar (a hollowed-out ram’s horn), family

Celebrating the Chinese new year.

Left – Fireworks light up the sky during new year celebrations in Moscow.

Below left – Probably the most iconic of new year celebrations takes place in New York, or more specifically at Times Square.

Below – In Thailand, a special three-day water festival on April 13–15 marks Songkran, the Buddhists’ celebration of the new year.

gatherings and eating symbolic foods such as fish heads and apples dipped in honey (to make the coming year sweet).

In Thailand, a special threeday water festival on April 13–15

marks Songkran, the Buddhists’ celebration of the new year.

Parades feature huge statues of Buddha that spray water on passersby. In small villages, young people throw water at each other

for fun. People also release fish into rivers as an act of kindness.

At Songkran, people tie strings around each other’s wrists to show their respect. A person can have as many as 25 or 30 strings

on one wrist, each from a different person.

The strings are supposed to be left on until they fall off naturally.

Happy new year to all of our readers!

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What do YOU love about Ashburton?

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oved to Ashburton from elsewhere? Why? Tell us in your own words and your own language (doesn’t have to be English):

Why should a tourist visit Mid Canterbury?

Why would you recommend living in Ashburton?

Send your responses to newcomers@saferashburton.org.nz We’ll collect all your responses and publish them (joining forces with Experience Mid Canterbury) as a part of a new project which is aimed to promote living and touring in Ashburton and Mid Canterbury.

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BIKASH SUKUL

am Bikash Sukul, the middle child from a family of three brothers. I hail from Labasa, the northern town from the beautiful island of Fiji. I was one of the first few Indians to move and settle in the Ashburton District in 2006.

I came to visit my family in Christchurch when my brother-in-law suggested to take up a job here and settle down.

He then looked through the papers for job opportunities suitable to my qualifications and finally I was called for an interview with David Smith Surveying in Ashburton. Within a week, I was offered a job and received a work visa from Immigration New Zealand.

I was off to Fiji again on the next flight for a week with my wife to resign from our teaching jobs and sort out our businesses back at home.

We had very limited time to sort our belongings, household stuff, businesses and say goodbye to our families back at home.

The following Sunday, we arrived at Christchurch Airport again and this time to make New Zealand our home. We came straight to Ashburton as Sandy Richardson, a colleague from David Smith Surveying had sorted a flat for us.

My brother-in-law and Sandy helped us settle down and were always just a phone call away whenever we needed their help.

Sandy also helped us lodge our residency papers and within six months we had our New Zealand Residency.

While working for David, I took up other jobs and my wife, Rohini advanced her career in teaching. She took up a teaching position at ABC Allenton after completing her Graduate Diploma in ECE. Now about 11 years later we both pursued our interest in business and today, we own several small businesses in Ashburton.

I enjoy living in Ashburton as it is a very tightknit community and coming from a small town, it wasn’t difficult to find my way around. I guess being a surveyor engineer with David Smith

helped me learn the streets and roads faster as I was mainly working in the field and always using the GPS. Through my businesses and being on the Newcomers Network Committee, I have come to make many friends and mix around with lots of people. With the birth of our son Vihaan, in 2012, we have been able to connect with many other families.

Ashburton has a very diverse culture and the people here are very welcoming. As president of the Ashburton Indian Multicultural Charitable Trust, I with the help of my committee, organise the Festival of Lights every year and there is always immense support from the Ashburton District Council, and the community.

However, I did face a few challenges when I first moved here. Weather was one of them as I come from a tropical country.

Secondly, as an employer, I had to get my head around all the different laws and policies and John Chapman from Argyle Welsh Finnegan helped me quite a bit as well as the lovely staff at Small Business Accounting in Ashburton.

I did miss my country, family, food and the warmth when I first moved here but now I love my new home. Most of my family have moved to New Zealand, Australia and America and Its great to be able to travel around for a visit and experience new things.

I think New Zealand is a beautiful country to live in and it allows everyone to find their own feet and discover their fullest potentials if they wish to. There are lots of support groups and organisations for people who need help in any way which is a bonus for the Newcomers.

Finally, to succeed and move forward in life, one needs to reach out and connect to the network of information, share love and ideas in order to benefit from it as stated by Paul Ryan, “Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on the community of persons working together.”

What is Hanukkah?

n the last issue of the newsletter I included a recipe for sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts), a traditional food for Hanukkah, but failed to explain what Hanukkah is.

Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday which is celebrated roughly at the same time of the year as Christmas for eight days.

It celebrates the success of a 160 BC Jewish rebellion in Israel against the occupying Seleucid (Greek) empire. (After the col-

lapse of the first Israeli kingdom in 586 BC, the region, an important trading junction between three continents, had been conquered by multiple empires).

Hanukkah is celebrated by lighting the candles of a candelabrum with nine branches, called a Hanukkah menorah (or hanukkiah), by kids playing with spinning tops, by eating deep-fried food like sufganiyot and hash browns, and by singing traditional songs.

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dult learning at its best is under way in Methven right now.

The Methven Summer School is seeing men and women develop all manner of skills, from golf and gardening to stone carving and soap making.

It is fantastic that the summer school is still going strong after 30 years, when many other community classes have fallen by the wayside.

Mid Cantabrians will remember fondly the days of Menorlue operating as a community learning centre, a hub of community connection and inspiration.

People made friends through the common interests they discovered under the Menorlue roof at Ashburton College, and enriched their lives through nurturing new skills. The courses were subsided by the Government and as a result were cheap to attend.

Unfortunately Menorlue was a victim of budget cuts. In 2009, 200,000 people attended subsidised night classes in schools throughout New Zealand, but within the following two years numbers plummeted as many, including Menorlue, shut up shop.

Methven Summer School courses do not have a subsidy to rely on and their prices, ranging from $50 to $400 plus, are incredibly competitive within the educational tourism market.

The goal of the school is not only to extend the many adults who attend, but to promote Methven as a summer destination. It succeeds in this goal, with students coming from throughout New Zealand year on year, viewing learning as part of their South Island holiday experience.

The summer school relies on volunteers and effectively runs on a non-profit basis, with any funds left over from covering the cost of providing courses and a part-time co-ordinator, going into marketing and promotion.

The great thing about having the summer school for Mid Cantabrians is that they have access to some amazing courses, and I myself can testify to the value of this. I undertook an Introduction to Journalism course there in 1991, tutored by Brian Priestley.

Afterwards I was approached by the Ashburton Guardian to join its newsroom, and have been there ever since.

Learning can change lives, and Mid Cantabrians are very fortunate they have such a quality institution such as the Methven Summer School right on their doorstep.

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he silly season usually peaks about now and, just at this pivotal point in our political calendar, I have been fed some intriguing “research” results, which almost certainly prove the truth of that assertion.

What’s more, it concerns a topic on which I have reflected from time to time in the past year and seems to confirm my, until now, unsubstantiated conclusions.

Those of you who have kindly stayed with me during election time and all the “niggle and nasty” it involved, will know I have been promoting the effectiveness of the good-looking candidate as being far more likely to pick up votes than the less appealing opponent or, for that matter, the not-so-attractive colleague. The Greens, in particular, have a number of well-crafted members.

Obviously, however, the leading example of this phenomenon is none other than our smiley, slightly over-toothed, Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern.

Her predecessor, the worthy but plain Andrew Little, realised the inadequacy of his appeal to the the populace and nobly stood back to let someone else, who did possess the necessary pizazz and telegenicity, to take over from him.

And what a crucial decision that turned out to be. Talk about “the rest being history”; that is certainly how it has evolved. Bill English, though not unprepossessing himself, vanquished, and the dapper James Shaw rescued in the nick of time from inevitable political oblivion.

Even the return to office of the “Rasputin of NZ politics”, Winston “uneven playing field” Peters, himself, may have had something to do with his manly mane of lusty locks.

Not much “rocket science” about any of the above, I can hear you muttering, and you would be right.

It seems as obvious to you as it does to me; good looks score votes and bring political power.

Imagine, therefore, my feelings of almost uncontrolled smugness when there appeared on my ageing iPad – reflecting its equally ancient owner – details of an anonymous American University’s vastly expensive survey

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Their findings, based on complicated mathematical formulae involving such things as eye colour, distance between the ears, angle of the nose, bushiness of the eye-brows and every other facial quirk known to man and woman – and some new to both – “proved” a) that good-looking candidates are more “right-wing” and b) that such people are usually paid more in whatever career they have been following before falling for politics and are thus likely to be less interested in the wider distribution of wealth.

In general, such “pretty people” are more comfortable with themselves and their status than those others lacking physical attraction.

All those attributes tend to make the facially blessed more inclined towards the conservative/republican point of view than those with appearances unlikely to inspire a nation.

In a final assessment, the writers of The Journal of Economics (USA), in which this rocket science survey first appeared, argued that the “ugly ones” were far more likely to be found on the Left of politics owing to their strongly-held belief that the world is basically unfair, whereas the others with their prominent good looks and sex appeal, gravitated, inevitably, to the Right.

Down here, though, in common sense Aotearoa, New Zealand, we know the said journal has got it all wrong.

Not only is Jacinda the most

attractive Prime Minister in History, she is very much from the Left of the political spectrum, to which she owes her meteoric rise to the very pinnacle of power.

That she looks like being well able to retain that lofty position for as long as she fancies it shows the profound misinterpretation of the verdict of the The Journal of Economics, which sounds to me like a fairly flaky publication in the first place and almost certainly a product from the Twitter stable of “Trump the Terrible”.

What’s more, Jacinda has on her coalition team several of the Green Flowers, all of them on the cusp of blossoming, and offering a further seductive lustre to the Left.

Moral of the story, be on your guard against specious political chicanery. Keep to the Guardian.

That’s where the writers cut through the actual “silliness” of the silly season and bring you comment to “make your day”.

Additional news. Details of another survey – this one from Sweden – have just dropped from the clear blue sky we are enjoying here “at this moment in time”. (aka “now). Let me share the findings with you. 1) women more likely to opt for a salad rather than a burger and chips if served by a topless, handsome hunk with bare chest and corrugated pectorals (“pecs”), which would make Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime look flabby. 2) Exposure (!) to attractive men was found to decrease women’s unhealthy

dietary choices and, at once, opt for the healthy, according to Professor Tobias Otterbring (his real name’ should any of you doubt it) of Karlstad University, the leader of this simmering survey. “Such dietary choices lead to better body shapes,” asserts the Prof.

In the reverse situation, however, when men are confronted by attractive women, they at once lose the plot completely and instantly begin to guzzle the most unhealthy foods on the table.

The sight of these graceful visions of womanhood destabilises most Swedish men for at least the next 24 hours. Kiwi hunks are, of course, far less fragile.

So there you have it; my contribution to the narrative of the silly season.

While the MPs are sunning themselves on our world-quality beaches or on a tax-payer financed jaunt to investigate the ways in which countries overseas dispose of their sewage or look into some other significant aspect of government, I bring you news of the latest, and most significant surveys to come my way at this high point of the season.

The surveyors never sleep.

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Tourist killed in crash Egyptian prosecutors have ordered the detention of four people over the hot air balloon crash that killed a South African tourist and injured at least 12 others, including a number of Australians.

Yesterday’s arrests include the balloon’s pilot, the director of the airport from which it took off in western Luxor and two officials from the balloon-owning company.

The arrested suspects were to remain in custody for at least four days while the authorities conduct an investigation into the accident, the state-run MENA news agency reported.

The incident occurred at the weekend when strong winds forced the balloon, carrying 20 tourists, off course above the southern city of Luxor.

Four French nationals, two South Africans, two Argentinians and a Brazilian were also among those injured.

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In brief Gunmen kill 13 The Senegalese military says 13 people have been killed by armed gunmen in the country’s southern Casamance region. The bloodshed confirmed yesterday by Colonel Abdoul Ndiaye was the worst in years and immediately sparked fears of renewed unrest in the south, where separatists have sought independence for more than 30 years in the West African nation. Ndiaye said the victims had been searching for firewood just outside the town of Ziguinchor.

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board says the pilot was knocked out while the balloon was in the air.

Zoe Drinkwater from Newcastle was one of the passengers, according to the Seven Network, who spoke to her mother yesterday.

“As they were coming in to land there was a big gust of wind that came up which then consequently knocked out the pilot,” Lainie Drinkwater said.

“The pilot was unconscious ... so no-one was actually steering and operating this balloon so it was just plunging.”

Vanessa Condran, from the Illawarra region, 31, posted on Facebook: “I am alright, a few bumps and bruises.”

“And probably will never set foot in another hot air balloon ever again. I feel lucky to have walked out of this traumatic experience, a scary freak accident.”

Melbourne’s Adele Jayde posted on Instagram that she was “extremely thankful and blessed that myself and my travel

companions on this tour all managed to come out of it alive with only minor injuries, as others in the basket with us weren’t so lucky.”

News Corp Australia named the other four Australians involved as Melbourne pair Montanna Leveque, 20, and River Kano, 21, 24-year-old Emma Forster from Alice Springs and Morgan Adams of Victoria.

Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry said other balloons carrying over 400 tourists had taken off and landed safely at the weekend.

Balloon flights were resumed yesterday.

Luxor has a history of hot air balloon crashes. The deadliest was in 2013 when at least 19 foreign tourists were killed when theirs caught fire.

Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to “several Australians” involved in the incident.

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Trump defends his intelligence

Skiers die in Austria An avalanche in the Tyrolean Alps has killed two German skiers, Austrian police have confirmed.

The accident occurred at the weekend as the two young men skied a steep slope on the Grossglockner, Austria’s highest mountain. They were off piste when an avalanche that was 100 metre wide and 400 metres long came crashing down and buried them. A friend alerted rescue services, who found one of the skiers under two metres of snow but were unable to resuscitate the 25-year-old. Some 70 mountain rescuers continued to search for his 26-year-old colleague yesterday despite the risk for further avalanches, said police officer Franz Riepler, who coordinated the search.

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Second child for Tindalls The Queen’s granddaughter, Zara Tindall, and husband Mike Tindall are expecting their second child, a spokeswoman for the couple has said. The Queen and the royal family are “very pleased” to hear the couple’s news, said a Buckingham Palace spokesman. The announcement came as equestrian champion Zara and former England rugby player Tindall enjoyed a working holiday in Australia. A spokeswoman for the couple said: “I can confirm Zara is pregnant with her second child”. The pregnancy comes just over a year since the couple lost a baby in the days before Christmas 2016, just a few weeks after the Tindalls had announced Zara was expecting. The child is believed to be due in the summer.

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Avalanches kill 11 Rescuers have recovered the bodies of 11 people in Indiancontrolled Kashmir, a day after multiple avalanches hit their vehicles in the Himalayan region, officials said. Thirteen people were swept away by three nearsimultaneous avalanches at three places in a stretch of about 10km on a mountainous road in Kupawara district on Friday. Police officer Shamsher Hussain said about 200 police, army and civilian rescuers recovered the bodies of 11 people yesterday. Two people were rescued alive and were in stable condition at a hospital, he said.

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President Donald Trump felt compelled to let the world know he’s playing with all his marbles and is among the sharpest cookies around.

In a series of tweets, Trump defended his mental fitness and boasted about his brains, saying he is “like, really smart” and “a very stable genius”.

It was the latest pushback against a new book that portrays him as a leader who doesn’t understand the weight of his office and whose competence is questioned by aides.

“Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart,” Trump tweeted from Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, a few hours before a strategy session on the 2018 legislative agenda with Republican congressional leaders and Cabinet members.

And when Trump addressed reporters lat-

er, the Ivy League graduate was ready for the question.

“I went to the best colleges for college,” said Trump, who holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. “I had a situation where I was a very excellent student, came out, made billions and billions of dollars, became one of the top business people, went to television and for 10 years was a tremendous success, as you probably have heard, ran for president one time and won.”

His ire was directed at Michael Wolff, author of Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.

The book draws a derogatory portrait of the 45th president as an undisciplined manchild who didn’t actually want to win the White House, and who spends his evenings eating cheeseburgers in bed, watching television and talking on the telephone to old friends.

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■ ITALY

Navy says eight migrants dead Eight people have died, 84 have been rescued and dozens are still missing in the first deadly incident of 2018 concerning migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. The migrants were spotted early on Saturday on a dinghy that got into trouble off the coast of Libya, the Italian coastguard said in a statement, adding that the Italian navy also helped with their rescue.

The coast guard said the migrants had been spotted by a plane patrolling the sea.

“The 2018 tally for the drowned begins,” Proactiva Open Arms, a migrant rescue char-

A lucky lottery player is set to scoop an incredible $450 million ($NZ628m) in the latest US Mega Millions draw. According to the lottery website, only three Mega Millions jackpots have been larger than the whopping prize. The largest-ever single jackpot win came in August when a Massachusetts ticket gifted a single punter almost $760m. ($NZ1 billion). The winning ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Florida. The winner, who beat odds of one in 302.5 million to land the prize, has 180 days from the date of the draw to claim the prize. - AP

ity, wrote on Twitter, adding “dozens” other passengers will never be found.

“The dead count for 2018 has just started.

Sadness and despair,” the founder of the Spanish non-governmental organisation (NGO), Oscar Camps, tweeted.

Coast guard Commander Sergio Liardo told Italian TV RaiNews24 that “it appears the dinghy deflated” after a puncture.

When rescuers arrived in the early afternoon, some 20 migrants were still in the dinghy while others were in the water. All eight victims were female, Liardo said.

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After more than three decades in the national spotlight, one of New Zealand’s most beautiful women and one of our first modern day celebrities, Lorraine Downes, is set to release her biography.

The book is called Life, Love, Loss, a Memoir and will trace her life from being the first and only Kiwi to win Miss Universe in 1983 to the death in March 2016 of her second husband, cricketing legend Martin Crowe, who died after a long fight with cancer, and her battle with grief since. Downes was 19 when she became a national superstar, winning the Miss Universe crown and being welcomed to the Beehive on her return by Sir Robert Muldoon.

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The view from the Sea to Sky Gondola viewing platform is truly breathtaking.

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eyond North Vancouver, the Sea to Sky Highway whisks you all the way to Whistler, on a superbly picturesque drive.

I joined LandSea Tours & Adventures who operate a riveting return day-trip from Vancouver, with an insightful narration and ample time to do your own thing.

Soaring mountain ranges punctuate the terrain, flanking glinting Howe Sound, a glacial fiord that hugs much of the highway.

The surrounding hillsides

Venturing over Vancouver’s Lions Gate Bridge is the gateway to the best of British Colombia’s outdoorsy pursuits, where a supporting cast of stellar encounters lie within easy reach of the city, writes Mike Yardley. reveal its glacial pedigree, where the rock faces are all so incredibly grooved and smooth from the glacial grinding.

We stopped at Porteau Cove, fiendishly popular with scuba divers, where scuttled shipwrecks and artificial reefs support hun-

dreds of species of marine life.

Passing through Britannia Beach, which previously boasted the British Empire’s biggest copper mine, we were approaching Squamish, when a strikingly gigantic landmark that looked uncannily like the Rock of Gibral-

Whistler’s reputation as a world-class recreation mecca commands year-round pulling power.

tar or El Capitan, shuffled into view.

This towering granite monolith, one of the world’s biggest, is the Stawamus Chief. Its vertiginous rock face dominates the view from the highway and I could just make out fearless rockclimbers ascending its 700 metrehigh vertical wall, like intrepid ants on a high-stakes mission. I was quite content to watch on.

Right next door is a gorgeous forested scenic reserve, where the easy trails lead you to Shannon Falls. I spotted a peregrine falcon wheeling in the sky, en-route.

They frequently nest here.

If you soar like a falcon, the Sea to Sky Country would resemble a geological mosaic of natural drama; from volcanic cones and expansive lava flows to sheets of ice and thundering waterfalls.

Shannon Falls is theatrically magnificent, a gushing curtain of water plunging lustily, with a 300 metre drop.

North of Squamish is Brackendale, home to one of the highest concentrations of wintering bald eagles in North America.

If you’re visiting in early winter, you can ogle thousands of these majestic birds feasting on salmon carcasses from the main Eagle Run viewing facility, during the annual Salmon Run. You might even spot bears plucking the fish from the riverbank. This

mass-spectacle of fish returning to their birthplace to die is so immense, that salmon DNA has even been detected in Brackendale’s trees.

One of the region’s newest breathtakers is the Sea to Sky Gondola in Squamish, which opened in 2015, zipping you up to a ridge below Mt. Habrich, which serves up panoramic views of Stawamus Chief and Shannon Falls, along the way.

You’ll burn through the pixels snapping away at this seraphic slab of BC. If gondola gliding is your gig, nothing compares to the highwire extravaganza of Whistler’s Peak2Peak experience, an engineering tour de force, gently slinging wide-eyed passengers across the mountaintops, from Whistler to Blackcomb.

It holds world records for the longest free span between ropeway towers, at 3.03 kilometres, and for boasting the highest point above the ground, at 436 metres.

I was awestruck by the sprawling alpine panorama on the 4.4km-long ride, which also gives you access to endless miles of high altitude forest-and-flower trails and mountain-top dining.

Keep an eye out for the black bears, roaming the mountainsides. I spotted three from the gondola.

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Shannon Falls is theatrically magnificent, a gushing curtain of water plunging lustily, with a 300 metre drop.

Whistler’s reputation as a world-class recreation mecca commands year-round pulling power, from the winter wonderland scenes, straight from a Christmas card, to the summer throng of mountainbikers and hikers.

Visiting in late September, Whistler Bike Park was abuzz with thousands of bikers getting their thrills on the riveting network of lift-serviced trails, providing more terrain than any other bike park in North America.

If you’re a newbie, or simply want to settle for a leisurely pedal, rather than a wild ride on the extreme circuits, the Valley Trail offers an easy 14km loop of pleasurable cycling through forest, meadow and lakeside vistas.

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The ultimate photo stop has to be the Olympic Rings, alongside the winners’ podium, from the 2010 Games. It was the dream of hosting the Olympics that spawned Whistler’s development in 1960, finally reaching fruition

50 years later.

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Each tour is unique with a la carte adventure options, allowing for a more personalised experience. www.vancouvertours.com Air New Zealand is increasing capacity on its Vancouver route.

The airline will kick the increases off by moving from seven to eight weekly services during the first half of January, making it easier than ever for Kiwis to escape to the snow, with increased services during the shoulder periods too.

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If gondola gliding is your gig, nothing compares to the high-wire extravaganza of Whistler’s Peak2Peak experience.

The view from the Sea to Sky Gondola Sky Pilot suspension bridge.

The Stawamus Chief, towering granite monolith, looks uncannily like the Rock of Gibraltar or El Capitan.

The ultimate photo stop has to be the Olympic Rings, alongside the winners’ podium, from the 2010 Games.

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In brief Hughes feels the axe Mark Hughes has lost his job after Stoke fell to the biggest FA Cup third-round upset of the day against Coventry. Hughes viewed the match as a “typical cup tie, so I suppose everybody will be gearing up for a potential upset” and his worst fear was realised against a team from three divisions lower.

“I’m not naive and I realise people will talk about my position,” he said. “But we’ve got good owners who will make the right decisions for the club.” Three hours after the final whistle, Stoke announced Hughes had been sacked.

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Chelsea held to draw Antonio Conte’s concerns over fixture congestion will only increase after Chelsea were held to a goalless draw at Norwich. Last season’s beaten finalists never looked like winning. Runaway EPL leaders Manchester City marched on in their quest to win four trophies with a 4-1 rout of Burnley, and Leicester were held to a goalless draw by League One club Fleetwood at Highbury Stadium.

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First win for Pardew

Jordan Bird looks to get one close to the pin in the final round of qualifying for the Property Brokers Shootout at the Ashburton Golf Club on Saturday.

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■ GOLF

Shootout golfers brave unseasonal elements It was not quite summer weather as golfers returned to weekend golf at the Ashburton Golf Club

on Saturday for the fifth and final round of qualification for the Property Brokers Shootout.

The players that have qualified will battle it out on the Ashburton fairways this coming

Sunday, with the men’s opening day being held on Saturday, January 20.

Big names for NZ Open Three rising stars who finished 2017 ranked among the world’s top 100 golfers have confirmed their entries for the ISPS Handa New Zealand Open.

The trio, who play on the Japan Golf Tour, include two Americans of Korean descent in Chan Kim and Steven Han, ranked 76th and 80th respectively, and South Korea’s Younghan Song, ranked 98th.

They are ranked higher than leading Kiwis Ryan Fox (123rd) and defending champion Michel Hendry (125th) and add lustre to the field for the 99th Open at Millbrook Resort and The Hills near Queenstown, starting March 1.

Kim and Han earned $3 million between them after breakthrough years on the Japan Golf Tour, where they were fourth and fifth on the 2017 moneylist.

Kim, 27, was ranked 605th in the world at the end of 2016, while Han, 31, was 781st, before both soared up the rankings.

Song was the highest-ranked player at Queenstown in 2017, on the back of his victory over Jordan Speith in the Singapore Open.

He remains inside the world’s best 100, earning around $1 million in 2017, finishing 11th on the Japan Tour moneylist and 19th on the Asian Tour.

Their entries are the result of the New Zealand Open’s developing relationship with the Asian and Japan tours.

The trio join PGA Tour star KJ Choi, Hendry, Fox and US-based Kiwis Tim Wilkinson and Steven Alker already confirmed for the New Zealand Open.

Tournament director Michael Glading said the field was shaping as the strongest in recent times.

“Both Chan and Steven are outstanding players in brilliant form last year, and they have achieved their rankings without basing themselves in the more lucrative golf markets in the US

and Europe,” said Glading.

“I’m still working through a number of other approaches and I’m confident 2018 will be the strongest field in our time staging this event.”

Kim and Han have similar backgrounds, completing excellent amateur careers in the American collegiate system, although both took time to find their feet in the paid ranks.

Kim, noted as one of the biggest hitters in the game, was impressive in finishing in a tie for 11th at the Open Championship on debut, after earning his start courtesy of his victory in the Mizuno Open in Japan.

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Alan Pardew oversaw his first win as West Brom boss in a comfortable 2-0 victory against Exeter in the FA Cup. Southampton put their freefall down the Premier League to the back of their minds as James Ward-Prowse was on target in a 1-0 victory at Fulham. Defender Bailey Wright was unused by Bristol City in their 3-0 loss to Watford while Socceroos teammate Massimo Luongo was absent as QPR were bundled out 1-0 by MK Dons. Newcastle swept aside Luton 3-1 while Swansea were held to a goalless draw by Wolves. - PA

Mixed outing for Costa Madrid Diego Costa has scored and was sent off on his victorious Spanish La Liga return for Atletico Madrid. Atletico won the game 2-0 thanks to a first-half goal from Angel Correa, who finished off from Antoine Griezmann’s assist, and Costa’s second half strike from Sime Vrsaljko’s cross on 68 minutes. But Costa, who had already been booked, was sent off after he dived into the crowd behind the goal to celebrate. - PA

Arzani has X factor Melbourne City are celebrating a return to third place on the A-League table and the coming of age of a new Australian star. Daniel Arzani turned 19 on Thursday, and celebrated in style with two assists in a comeback 2-1 win over the Phoenix on Saturday night.

It’s not an exaggeration to say the teenage forward changed the game. Arzani’s two assists – both finished by lethal poacher Ross McCormack – put City back on the winner’s list.

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Prizemoney differences highlighted

Julia Goerges will have her name etched on to the ASB Classic trophy after beating Caroline Wozniacki in the final.

■ TENNIS

Goerges dominates final

By Michael Burgess Julia Goerges is the 2018 ASB Classic champion, beating Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 7-6 (4) in a clinical display of tennis in just over ninety minutes yesterday.

Goerges was dominant throughout, finally managing to clinch an Auckland title on her ninth visit to the city.

Wozniacki threatened a comeback in the second set, breaking back to take the match to a tiebreak, but the German always looked more likely.

She was aggressive from the outset, and it paid off.

When she did get into trouble – and those moments were rare – she generally served her way out of it.

Wozniacki struggled to find her range.

She was off with her timing, and the result continued her poor recent record in finals, with only two successes in her last nine deciders.

For Goerges, this was her third WTA title in succession, after wins in Moscow and Zhuhai at the end of last year, which continued her unbeaten streak since October.

The final was the best possible matchup, after a less than ideal week at the tournament blighted by terrible weather on Thursday and Friday.

Unlike last year, where all the big names fell by the wayside, Wozniacki and Goerges were the top two seeds.

Both had been in strong form in Auckland, though Goerges had had the more convincing week.

She fended off the challenge of 2016 Olympic champion Monica Puig in the first round, and got better with every match, by far the standout player in the double-up session yesterday.

In contrast Wozniacki has been inconsistent.

She demolished Madison Brengle and Petra Martic, but then struggled to put away wild-

card Sofia Kenin and qualifier Sachia Vickery on Friday, both ranked outside the top 100.

For a long time yesterday, the final was an obvious contrast.

One player (Goerges) in redhot form, and the other (Wozniacki) still trying to find her best.

The world No 14 sprinted out of the blocks, breaking Wozniacki in the first game.

Games went on serve for the rest of the set, but while the Dane had to fight to hold, Goerges was relatively untroubled.

Goerges didn’t offer a single break point opportunity – and when there was a hint of danger – she served her way out of trouble superbly.

Goerges then wrapped the set with an ace after 32 minutes.

Wozniacki attempted to gather her thoughts in the break – looking across several times at her coach – but the start to the second set became a mirror of the first.

Wozniacki was broken in the

first game – a tame double fault at 30-40 – and had a mountain to climb.

She tried to lift her game, stepping inside the court to be more aggressive, but Goerges had an answer for everything.

The 29-year-old displayed an astonishing repertoire of shots, with one beautiful backhand winner down the line hit clean as a whistle.

Goerges was swinging freely.

She gave up some errors, but also kept hitting the lines, with depth pushing Wozniacki back.

But leading 4-3 in the second set, Goerges wobbled.

Two double faults gave Wozniacki a break point, which she took with a clean winner.

Wozniacki then held – surviving two break points – and the set progressed to a tiebreak.

Goerges always had the ascendency in the tiebreaker, and clinched the title on her first match point, with a forehand winner.

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Nadal, Djokovic, Tomic a boost for Kooyong Often of limited interest, this week’s Kooyong Classic has taken on major significance as an Australian Open fitness test for some of the biggest names in tennis.

World No.1 Rafael Nadal, sixtime Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic and enigmatic Australian Bernard Tomic are all late additions – opting to use the exhibition event to assess their

readiness for a crack at the year’s first grand slam starting next week.

Tournament director Peter Johnston had not hesitation in changing up the format for the event to accommodate the trio, welcoming the extra star power.

Having struggled to attract the stellar fields of yesteryear in recent times, the 30th edition of the classic now boasts five of the

world’s top 10 men, plus Djokovic, who has dropped to No.12 while out injured since he was forced to retire in his quarter-finals match at Wimbledon.

Having withdrawn from Brisbane, Nadal will play Kooyong for the first time and will be in opening day action tomorrow, seeking reassurance about his knee injury recovery as he tar-

gets a third Australian Open title.

Djokovic will play two matches in a limited Kooyong campaign as he recovers from the elbow injury that has kept him out of action since July.

And in a further twist, former world No.17 Tomic will hit the court as he weighs up the possibility of contesting Australian Open qualifying.

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Questions have again been raised over the apparent prize money disparity between the men’s and women’s events at the ASB Classic, though the answer is not as straightforward as it seems.

Julia Goerges will bank $59,000, while the runner up with take home $29,857.

It’s a tidy sum but it is dwarfed by the figures at the men’s event, the main draw of which starts today.

The men’s champion will receive $124,778, with the other finalist trousering $65,720.

The difference is even more pronounced this year, as the overall men’s prizemoney has been boosted by $128,369 since last year – an increase of almost 20 per cent from $655,661 to $784,004 – while the women’s total payout has stayed the same at $348,829.

It might seem unbalanced, especially as the women and men both come through a 32-player field, and each tournament is the best of three sets.

But the difference comes about because the tournaments are essentially two separate events, that just share the same sponsor and venue.

The prize money for an international level women’s tennis tournament is set by the WTA and the ATP decide the same for an ATP 250 event, which the Classic is.

Broadly speaking, each tennis tour pays what it can afford, as a dividend of broadcasting, sponsorship, merchandise and ticketing money.

For a variety of reasons, the ATP tour currently generates more revenue than the WTA tour at the moment, mainly due to higher levels of broadcasting income, though the WTA tour also has greater overheads, as they provide more in the way of services to their players.

And prizemoney is only one piece of the pie.

Last week’s top seed Caroline Wozniacki would have received a significant sum for coming to Auckland, while Serena Williams was paid almost $200,000 – understood to be the most in the tournament’s history in terms of appearance fees – for her visit last year.

Sometimes, also, the disparity goes the other way.

Over the past week a combined WTA/ATP event has been staged in Brisbane, where the women receive significantly higher levels of prizemoney due to the relevant categories.

The female winner of the Brisbane International will bank $US190,732 ($266,115) out of a pool of US$1 million ($1.395 million).

That dwarfs the men’s tournament prize money, where $US83,650 ($116,711) goes to the champion out of total proceeds of $US528,910 ($737,952).

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In brief

■ CRICKET

Fakhar stands in NZ’s way

By Andrew Alderson The rain which struck Wellington during Pakistan’s unsuccessful chase for 316 left a question mark over the second match in Nelson tomorrow.

Can New Zealand dismiss Fakhar Zaman?

The hosts won by 61 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method on Saturday at the Basin Reserve, but the visitors never returned to the field to chase the revised target of 227.

Fakhar looks a quality opener.

Seeing him carving the ball around the ground in his 82 not out from 86 balls left a quiver of doubt New Zealand would have won if the match had gone the distance.

The odds were in the Black Caps’ favour.

They had the advantage throughout, whether through the opening stand of 83 between Colin Munro and Martin Guptill, the acceleration from Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls at the death, or the new ball partnership between Tim Southee and Trent Boult which left the tourists 37 for four in the ninth over.

With four wickets in hand, Pakistan required 150 runs to win at a

required rate of 7.56 per over.

Any chance of victory was minimal, but Fakhar looked comfortable against the cunning of Boult and Southee, the pace of Lockie Ferguson, and the flight of Mitchell Santner and Todd Astle.

He played the first of his 10 ODIs against South Africa at the Champions Trophy in June.

By tournament’s end Fakhar was man-of-the-match in the final, making 114 off 106 balls as Pakistan trounced India by 180 runs.

The left-hander averages 53.55 and makes his ODI runs at almost a run a ball.

He had not been in a losing ODI team until yesterday.

Another variable can be added to tomorrow’s equation.

Pakistan return to Saxton Oval, the venue they started their tour on Wednesday against a New Zealand XI. They were sent in and made 341 for nine.

Fakhar top scored in the match, retiring on 106 off 84 balls after spending more than two hours familiarising himself with the conditions.

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Top Ashburton bowler Sandra Keith will be fighting for a national title this morning when the foursome she skips plays in the final of the BLK National Open Championships. Keith, alongside Amy McIlroy, Serena Matthews and Selina Goddard will take on Mandy Boyd, Leigh Griffin, Sheryl McLean and Angela Boyd in the final, which begins at 9am at the Taieri Bowling Club. Scores will be updated on the bowls New Zealand website after each end.

Horror test debut Mason Crane has endured a horror introduction to test cricket after returning the most expensive figures ever by an English debutant. On an SCG pitch that favoured spin, the rookie legspinner went for 1-193 during Australia’s first innings of the fifth Ashes test. His figures surpassed Devon Malcolm’s 2-166 against Australia at Nottingham in 1989 as the worst ever by an Englishman in his maiden test. - AAP

Australia in charge

Fakhar Zaman is Pakistan’s top performer with the bat.

■ BASKETBALL

Home win for Breakers over Taipans The New Zealand Breakers have rediscovered their winning mojo with an 82-69 NBL win over the Cairns Taipans in Auckland.

The Kiwis had won only two of their last seven games, but led from start to finish at Spark Arena yesterday.

Breakers coach Paul Henare had demanded a strong start from his team, after lacklustre opening quarters had become a feature this season.

He got that as the Kiwis rocketed out to a 15-4 lead after four minutes, boosted by back-toback three-pointers from Edgar Sosa and supplemented by clinical work in close by DJ Newbill and Mika Vukona.

Cairns dug in to restrict the damage late in the spell, leaving the Breakers only with a 22-18 lead at the first break.

They extended that to 47-37 at half-time before the Taipans launched a third-quarter fightback after trailing by 17 midway through the spell.

Ahead 60-51 at the three-quarter mark, the Breakers found their lead reduced to just five early in the final spell before they rediscovered their rhythm to finish on a high with a buzzerbeating Sosa three-pointer from midcourt.

Sosa topped all scorers with 19 points, with valuable support from Tom Abercrombie (16), Newbill (12) and Kirk Penney (11).

Cairns’ front court was boosted by the return of big man Nate

Keith chasing title

Australia have declared with a 303-run lead then struck twice with the ball, strengthening their bid for a 4-0 Ashes series win after forcing England to toil in sapping 41.1C heat at the SCG yesterday.

Shaun Marsh and Mitch Marsh celebrated emotional centuries on day four of the fifth test, powering their side to 7-649 when Steve Smith called his team-mates in during the post-lunch session.

Having baked in the field for 193 overs, England lost both openers while slipping to 2-25 at tea. - AAP

Nicholls keen for more Still learning about his role lower down the Black Caps batting order, Henry Nicholls is keen to expand his knowledge in tomorrow’s second one-day international against Pakistan in Nelson. The New Zealanders began the fivematch series with a 61-run win on Saturday. Nicholls was pleased enough with his fourth ODI halfcentury, but says there’s still plenty of room for improvement. - NZME

Kitchen bowls the Stags Anaru Kitchen, bolstered by his newfound international status, starred for Otago Volts in their Super Smash victory over Central Stags at Pukekura Park on Saturday. Kitchen, who made his international T20 debut against the West Indies last week, took three for 24 off his four overs and added a catch as Otago restricted the hosts to 147 for nine.

After former internationals Rob Nicol (43 off 41) and Neil Broom (22 off 15) gave Otago a solid start, Kitchen ensured the result with 34 off 22 balls.

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Cancer scare for Smith

Breakers coach Paul Henare exhorts his troops to bigger and better deeds on court.

Jawai, the 31-year-old forward’s first game since tearing a ligament in his foot in October.

He managed a shade under 15 minutes in a measured return for five points and two rebounds.

The Breakers’ work in shutting down Alex Loughton played an

important part in the win, the evergreen Taipans forward remaining scoreless for the 21 minutes he was on court.

Injury replacement Jerry Evans led the way for Cairns, top-scoring with 17 including two of five from long range.

He also hauled in nine rebounds and collected two steals, three blocks and an assist along the way.

Skipper Cameron Gliddon and Jarrad Weekes both chipped in with 15 points, while Mitch McCarron worked tirelessly. - AAP

Former All Blacks coach Wayne Smith has revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year, and that he will undertake a mentoring role with Italy follow-ing an operation to remove the affected gland. Smith, 60, explained that he was aware of his illness throughout that farewell tournament after a scan “showed up some tumours”. Smith said the report had been completed, and it indicated that, most probably, Smith had been cured.

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■ ABANDONMENTS

‘Complete embarrassment’ New Zealand Trainer’s Association President, Tony Pike, has added his voice to the growing chorus of discontent over the situation that has seen six racemeetings curtailed or abandoned in the first week of the new year due to unsafe track conditions.

“What can you say, it’s just a complete embarrassment for the industry, said Pike.

“I think we are all aware that the weather can play havoc at times but the circumstances around some of the abandonments in the last week are ridiculous and we just can’t carry on like this.

“The livelihoods of so many people are being put in serious jeopardy and I just don’t know how much more we can take.”

Pike is seeking urgent action from governing body, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing, to address the issue.

“I have heard there could be

a meeting at NZTR this week which just can’t come quick enough,” he said.

“I’m sure they are aware of just what the implications are for the industry, so we will be looking to see what comes out of this and how they intend to implement any measures to address the situation.”

Meanwhile Pike is looking forward to Saturday’s Trentham meeting where talented threeyear-old Haussmann will tackle the Gr. 1 Grant Plumbing Levin Classic (1600m).

Pike is prepared to forgive the Pour Moi gelding’s last start effort where he only battled over the concluding stages of the Gr. 2 Jamieson Park Auckland Guineas (1600m) after looking a distinct threat when looming into contention on the home corner.

“We had been expecting a big run from him but with the heavy rain they got and the change in the track conditions, it just

Tony Pike played against him,” said Pike.

“He couldn’t handle the track which got very shifty, especially

on the home bend, so he really only battled away.

“He struck similar conditions when he failed in the Hawkes Bay Guineas, so we are prepared to just write this one off and concentrate on Trentham now.

“He doesn’t seem to have taken any harm from the race and if we can get conditions to suit I think he will definitely be a contender on Saturday.”

Pike had intended to have a two-pronged attack on Saturday’s important Group One feature but a change of plan for Gr. 1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas placegetter Ever Loyal will see him line-up at Ellerslie on Sunday instead.

“Ever Loyal will go to a threeyear-old 1500m race at Ellerslie instead of Trentham,” he said.

“He has the three-year-old Karaka Million Classic as his main target a fortnight later so the race this Sunday fits in nicely for him.”

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■ MARTON

Seraphim scores her biggest victory Race-caller Tony Lee succinctly summed up the performance of Listed Gallagher Marton Cup (2100m) winner Seraphim yesterday when he exclaimed “she just keeps on raising the bar” shortly after runners hit the finish line at Awapuni.

The royally-bred five-yearold mare, a daughter of dual Caulfield and Melbourne Cups winner, Ethereal, notched up her biggest career achievement to date when she out-stayed a handy line-up in the day’s feature event.

The victory completed a winning treble that started with a

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rating 65 grade win over 1550m at the same venue back in November and came off the back of a Trentham success in rating 75 company over 1600m in December.

The ease of those two wins saw Seraphim sent out a warm favourite for her first attempt at stakes company where she didn’t disappoint as she held out a determined challenge by local galloper Itsallbelt to snatch a deserved victory.

“The biggest worry we had today was her settling in the race but as you can see, she loves a scrap,” said co-trainer Stephen

Ramsay after the race.

“With the pace on it made for a good race, where the best stayer generally wins.

“Each time they came at her she knuckled down and raised another effort, so she showed plenty of ticker.”

Ramsay is keen to add further staying tests to the mare’s programme that will be set once discussions have taken place with her owner and co-breeder, Sir Peter Vela.

“She has really come on in leaps and bounds in this prep,” he said.

“We’ll just see what there is

around but there are some more Cup races coming up which could suit.

“Today was her first staying test which she handled well, so I will talk to Sir Peter and his racing manager, Gary Cossey, to see where we go next.”

The win took Seraphim’s career record to four wins and 6 minor placings from 13 starts with prizemoney in excess of $80,000.

The victory also helped achieve a milestone for her Windsor Park Stud based sire, Rip Van Winkle, as she provided him with his 20th individual stakes winner.

Lanciato impresses Former kiwi galloper Lanciato provided a timely reminder of his undoubted ability with a comfortable victory at Randwick on Saturday. The Mark Newnham trained five-year-old easily accounted for his eight rivals to register his fifth career victory. It was the Per Incanto gelding’s third win for Newnham since joining his Warwick Farm operation after commencing his career in New Zealand.

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Impressive Thorndon trial Local galloper Shadows Cast could not have been more impressive as he concluded his preparation for a Group One assignment with a hollow victory at Awapuni. The showy chestnut treated his rivals with contempt as he raced away in the final stages of the Central ITM Premier to score by a widening margin.

Alysha Collett had time to take a long look over her left shoulder as she hit the finish line but all she saw was daylight as Slimline battled on strongly to claim second, albeit over two lengths in arrears of the winner.

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Lazarus ‘lethal’ In need of the hitout and forced to sit parked in blistering times, Lazarus simply switched into another gear down the back straight and thrashed his rivals … seemingly without being extended on Friday night. Mark Purdon could hardly hide his delight after the win. “He did that so easily. He was bolting down the back straight and could’ve gone straight past them at any time,” he said. It tightened his vicelike grip on favouritism for next Friday’s Fremantle Cup and the WA Pacing Cup on January 19. - HRNZ

Scream set for Karaka Scream Park will return home to New Zealand for the inaugural Karaka Million 3YO Classic despite being beaten at Randwick. Trainer Chris Waller was hoping for a third successive win at Randwick on Saturday but Scream Park weakened in the run home and had to settle for fourth in the five-horse field, 2-1/4 lengths behind Aqua D’ivina.

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Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

7 22373 Cawbourne Hint 21.73 J & ..................D Bell 8 14444 Bigtime Tomac 21.97 G & ...... S Fredrickson 10 85428 Bigtime Rosie 26.49 G &........ S Fredrickson 8 42381 Slick Star 21.71 ...........................B Hodgson 9 78452 Cawbourne Looks 21.46 J & ...............D Bell 10 4.26 STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C1/2, 457m 9 72716 Bigtime Moe Moe 21.99 G & .. S Fredrickson 10 66564 Cawbourne Stick 21.47 J &.................D Bell 1 17145 Bigtime Sandy 26.15 G &....... S Fredrickson 10 31861 Hilton Hangover nwtd ................A Bradshaw 7 3.32pm IONLYFLYFIRSTCLASS.COM C0 C0, 457m 2 53141 Bigtime Lady 26.29 ............................L Cole 4 2.35 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C2/3, 375m 1 74787 Trendy Val nwtd G &............... S Fredrickson 3 7x242 Cawbourne Foxy nwtd ................ P C Morris 1 58865 Hotdog Shannon 21.94 ............... P C Morris 2 622 Bigtime Logan nwtd ...........................L Cole 4 11626 Bigtime Monty 26.34 ..........................L Cole 2 61857 Cawbourne Steele 22.10 J & ..............D Bell 3 634 Bigtime Panther nwtd .........................L Cole 5 68834 Cawbourne Ridge 26.47 J & ...............D Bell 3 64844 Doosh 21.60...........................J T McInerney 4 3 Starburst Alfie nwtd ............................L Cole 6 17711 Bigtime Blast nwtd .............................L Cole 4 53415 Bigtime Bev 21.91 ..............................L Cole 5 441 Millie Prince nwtd ...............................L Cole 7 57353 Bigtime Welldone 26.01 .....................L Cole 5 675x8 Five Eyes nwtd .........................D W Denbee 6 2566 Bigtime Nibbles nwtd..........................L Cole 8 25664 Bigtime Brucie nwtd ...........................L Cole 6 11x11 Bigtime Narelle 21.80.........................L Cole 7 36332 Bigtime Clyde nwtd ............................L Cole Emergencies: 7 17186 Bigtime Ranson nwtd G & ...... S Fredrickson 8 22 Bigtime Serena nwtd ..........................L Cole 9 77535 Erasmus 26.57 ................................L Doody 8 75412 Bigtime George 21.62 ........................L Cole 9 555 Bigtime On Track nwtd .......................L Cole 10 83668 Bigtime Owen nwtd G & ......... S Fredrickson Emergencies: 10 56 Bigtime Polly nwtd ..............................L Cole 11 4.42 ADRIAN CLARK BLOODSTOCK CONSUL9 56284 It’s The Lovely 21.54 ................ K Gommans 8 3.50pm TAB FIXED ODDS C0 FINAL C0f, 457m TANT C3, 457m 10 66564 Cawbourne Stick 21.47 J &.................D Bell 1 41241 Bigtime Sienna nwtd ..........................L Cole 1 81358 Thrilling Eddie nwtd.......................M Gowan 5 2.52pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C4/5, 375m 2 66715 Idol Alan nwtd ...................................M Flipp 2 67221 Bigtime JayJay 26.05 .........................L Cole 1 32513 Bigtime Basher 21.41.........................L Cole 3 23154 Bigtime Kylie nwtd ..............................L Cole 3 76644 Bigtime Flyer 26.04 ............................L Cole 2 18711 Cawbourne Mezza 21.40 .............M Roberts 4 2114 Hankenstein nwtd .....................A Bradshaw 4 44532 Bigtime Donny 26.21..........................L Cole 3 65146 Bigtime Jane 21.44 ............................L Cole 5 547 Bigtime Zoe nwtd ...............................L Cole 5 12343 Eye Kno 26.34 I H & .....................W Woods 4 21243 Hypocritical 21.46 ........................M Roberts 6 41533 Ming Ming nwtd .........................A Bradshaw 6 52271 Bigtime Rise 26.12 .............................L Cole 5 41132 Bear Inda Square 21.31 .....................L Cole 7 31231 Bigtime Bucko nwtd............................L Cole 7 45126 Cawbourne Toddy 26.03 ..............M Roberts 6 13141 Daisy Lara 21.49 ................................L Cole 8 64148 Bigtime Jorja nwtd..............................L Cole 8 41811 Bigtime Redo 26.20 G & ........ S Fredrickson 7 53176 Breeze Attack 21.66 .........................S Lozell 9 36332 Bigtime Clyde nwtd ............................L Cole 9 48377 Bigtime Liam 26.10 ............................L Cole 8 44146 Bigtime Blackie 21.41 ........................L Cole 10 78488 Shark And Tayty nwtd ................B Goldsack 12 5.09pm M&M MASTER BUTCHERS C4/5, 457m 9 55115 Bigtime Sugar 21.38 ..........................L Cole 9 4.07pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1, 457m 1 55686 Bigtime Mia 26.09 ..............................L Cole 10 71168 Polly The Dolly 21.69 J & ....................D Bell 1 13581 Zephaniah nwtd ........................A Bradshaw 2 63351 Lunch Special 26.14 ..........................L Cole 6 3.07 TAB SUPPORTS GREYHOUNDS C2/3, 375m 2 16485 Bark Rosanowski nwtd.......................L Cole 3 53436 He Can Yodel nwtd J &........................D Bell 1 37778 Bigtime Taylor 21.51 G &........ S Fredrickson 3 15552 Blackie Chan 25.94 .......................B Mitchell 4 53712 Bigtime Jason 26.00 ..........................L Cole 2 38511 Bigtime Ottey 21.59 ...........................L Cole 4 34413 Caveman Sam 26.16 ..................B Hodgson 5 57F55 Bigtime Levi 25.85..............................L Cole 3 46488 Bigtime Fred nwtd ..............................L Cole 5 21244 Bigtime Lily nwtd ................................L Cole 6 11251 Bigtime Caleb 26.04...........................L Cole 4 86156 Cawbourne Brandy 21.85 J & .............D Bell 6 54578 Bigtime Coffee 25.89 G & ...... S Fredrickson 7 23312 Quistis Bale nwtd .........................M Roberts 5 88546 Kirkham Jasper 21.53 J & ...................D Bell 7 76677 Bigtime Jack 26.46 .......................M Goodier 8 47115 Spare Some Time 25.95 ....................L Cole 6 27158 Opawa Harry nwtd ............................M Flipp 8 414 Go All Lin nwtd ..........................A Bradshaw 9 87831 Bigtime MacDaddy 25.67 ...................L Cole 7 76733 Butterball 21.84 .............................M Gowan 9 35471 Toki Girl 26.45 ..........................D W Denbee 13 5.27pm BROOKS TIMING C1 C1, 375m

1 33686 Bark My Words nwtd .....................M Gowan 2 34887 Sasha McBell 21.68 ...............J T McInerney 3 74636 Homebush Manu nwtd ...........J T McInerney 4 28813 Bacon My Heart nwtd ........................L Cole 5 73423 White Comet 22.29 ....................... D Donlon 6 26736 Cawbourne Bettsy 22.02 J & ..............D Bell 7 64884 Ciara nwtd I C & .............................J Lenden 8 74635 Little Scamp nwtd.....................D W Denbee Emergencies: 9 46575 Roketto nwtd .....................................D Edlin 10 46676 Fear The Beard 21.90 .......................M Flipp 14 5.46pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C1, 375m 1 58743 Nippa Joy nwtd.......................J T McInerney 2 33634 Tiger Uppercut nwtd............................ L Bell 3 56736 Homebush Flutey nwtd ..........J T McInerney 4 35646 Cawbourne Johno nwtd J & ................D Bell 5 47888 Carrick nwtd I C & ..........................J Lenden 6 38741 Ndora nwtd........................................D Edlin 7 56873 Barn Door Billy nwtd ................ K Gommans 8 43377 Cawbourne Merl 21.64 J & .................D Bell 9 87576 Jane Baxter nwtd ...................J T McInerney 10 77567 She’s Mustard nwtd..........................R Waite 15 6.02 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES C1, 375m 1 56872 Cawbourne Mack 21.88 ..................L Doody 2 56466 Cawbourne Muzza nwtd J & ...............D Bell 3 46x62 Cawbourne Lick 21.88 J & ..................D Bell 4 22288 Botany Dianne nwtd ...............J T McInerney 5 44772 Totes 21.56 ............................J T McInerney 6 75855 Homebush Myra 22.28 ...........J T McInerney 7 x7843 Stole Me Car 21.47 .................. K Gommans 8 37642 Culvie Den 21.81 ................................ L Bell 9 67737 Thrilling Stan nwtd ............................D Edlin 10 57882 Sammy Baxter 21.79 .............J T McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Two-day rallies a possibility The World Rally Championship is considering two-day rallies to increase the number of events in the championship and expand beyond the dominance of Europe.

Chile and Japan are pushing for inclusion on the 2019 calendar.

New Zealand failed in a bid to join this year.

Promoter Oliver Ciesla has indicated reducing the length of rallies is a way to add more events to the calendar.

“We do not exclude shortening the rallies, but I see it in the bigger strategic context with 14, 15 or 16 rallies,” he told Motorsport.com.

“If we are talking about [shortening] one or two rallies, it wouldn’t make much difference, but if we shorten them all then this can save 15 or 16 times one day – that’s more than two weeks in a hotel.

“Then we are talking,” he added.

Some existing events have already indicated they would like to move to the twoday format.

Meanwhile, Chile is reportedly close to securing a spot on the 2019 WRC calendar as the sport looks to expand from 13 events.

The country will run a candidate event before this year’s Rally Argentina around the city of Concepción but Ciesla has given an indication the South American event looks likely.

“We are very close to an agreement,” he said.

“This would be a forest-based rally with

really nice, smooth roads, with stages going from sea level up to 2000 metres into the mountains.

“From what we have seen, Chile would by no means be behind where some of the events are right now.”

Japan is also thought to be pushing for future inclusion, which would hurt New Zealand’s chances of getting back on the calendar given the size of the Japanese car market and Japanese manufacturer Toyota’s involvement in the series.

The global car giant wants to see a WRC event return before the 2020 Olympics in the country.

It would also provide a second event in the highly-populated Asia-Pacific region.

A strong bid for a 2018 Rally New Zealand based out of Tauranga was put forward last year but it was ultimately overlooked as the promoter opted to bring a Turkish event in to replace Rally Poland.

The move was a clear sign that heritage and quality were not the primary measures for places on the calendar and that money was paramount.

Rally New Zealand organisers are pushing ahead with work on getting a place on the 2019 calendar but their best chance in the future might be at the expense of Rally Australia, which has received criticism from rally bosses.

The 2018 season gets under way later this month with the traditional season-opening Rally Monte Carlo.

- NZME

Sunderland leads Dakar bikes Toby Price, the 2016 overall bike winner of the Dakar Rally, is 14th of 136 riders after the 35km special stage through the sand dunes around Pisco, down the coast from Lima.

Price is 3:21mins off leader and defending champion Sam Sunderland of Great Britain. The 30-year-old Price crashed out of last year’s race in stage four.

In the cars category, Qatar’s two-times winner of the Dakar rally Nasser al-Attiyah took the opening stage while nine-times world rally champion Sebastian Loeb struggled after his Peugeot suffered brake issues.

Portuguese soccer coach Andre Villas Boas, entering his first Dakar, was in 46th place.

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Daily Events

Jan 8 and 9, 2018

Monday

Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

12pm - 1pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. A Free lunch. Ashburton Baptist Church, entry off Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

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

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

Tuesday

Croquet. The Domain, Philip Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter. Main Street, Methven.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road .

6pm INTEGRATIVE YOGA. Weekly yoga classes. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will play an Ambrose, Rakaia Golf Club.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road.

9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. (9.45am draw), (1.15pm draw).

Morning singles Golf croquet, afternoon handicap singles Golf

Puzzles

www.guardianonline.co.nz Puzzles and horoscopes

Cryptic crossword

Monday, January 8, 2018

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

WordWheel

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You can see yourself with greater clarity now too. This will allow you to analyse what just happened and draw conclusions you can powerfully act on.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Listening can be an act of love, but also an act of martyrdom. Some things are tedious or unnecessary, to listen to them would be a waste of life. Today will give you practice in setting healthy boundaries.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You will make a point of engaging the interesting people around you so you can have an effective and enlightening exchange. Brevity and levity are the guiding principles here.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’re not trying to be a superhero or a social wonder, either, and yet you’ll get the chance to defend sacred things and befriend interesting people – and all within the span of a day!

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You put out every signal that you care. You have taken the time to tend to the details that prove what matters to you. Rest assured: Your efforts are reading loud and clear. People can tell you’re serious.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You might not guess who is finding you extremely attractive these days.

It’s the simple things, such as your good posture and excellent taste, that others will find most captivating.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You worry about finding the right people for your life, but you really don’t have to. People who are a stellar match for your ideas and style will be naturally drawn to you in the weeks to come. Relax.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): It’s once again time to acquire new skills or to update and refine existing skills. There are many from whom you could learn. Look around and determine who’s doing things in a way you admire.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): No one can live on shameless flattery alone, but add a sandwich or two and it’ll certainly do for today.

Besides, it feels good to finally be recognised for all you’ve been up to. Why not bask in it?

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You choose your friends, but you can’t order them up as you would a sandwich, requesting favourite ingredients.

You may prefer they didn’t have certain traits, but it’s all part of the package.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You might adapt to your environment, but you won’t change your colours to fit in. Today you’ll be around people whose opinions you disagree with.

Luckily you don’t have to agree to get along.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You can see so much of a person with direct eye contact. It’s why people avoid looking at each other. You’re not. It’s an essential part of effective dealing.

It’s why you make the connection.

WordBuilder

Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.

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Previous solution: aid, air, and, ani, arid, dan, darn, din, dinar, drain, nadir, nard, rad, rai, raid, rain, ran, rand, rani, ria, rid, rind.

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DOWN 1. Emergency touchdown (5,7) 2. Well-liked (7) 3. Dangerous (5) 4. Hard-wearing (7) 5. Religious song (5) 8. Worsened (12) 9. Hypnotise (9) 14. Go back (7) 15. Stray (7) 18. Military trainee (5) 19. Deadly (5)

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ACROSS 1. Belief in many gods makes them spin a version of it (9) 5. Make one feel depressed to be a herd member (3) 7. 5½ – point type of stone (4) 8. The making of a knight with a cold perhaps when ace is around (8) 10. It’s who one is that makes tiny adjustment with diet (8) 11. Will not stay on one’s feet in Autumn in America (4) 13. Country house where egg ran out (6) 15. The instant it measures the turning effect (6) 18. Let it 11 for a small amount of the hard stuff (4) 19. An obsession with tax if no one can work it out (8) 22. Position adopted, standing on one leg? (8) 23. The ringing of bells perhaps, even as lunch starts (4) 24. Round window one may spot on an egg (3) 25. Guaranteed to get married when about to be rascally (9) DOWN 1. Leaving each other a line ahead (7) 2. Generous of it to have been worth 33p! (5) 3. Move one to action when in view of hearing (6) 4. Undecided as point of meeting (4) 5. Ridiculous pretence of race had to be altered (7) 6. It goes round as marching men change direction (5) 9. Gets a medley in the theatre (5) 12. The pub isn’t far away (5) 14. A job the French take on as one of twelve followers (7) 16. Got into conflict with knots in one’s hair? (7) 17. Kindling material I’d rent out (6) 18. Bird might be the bait angler uses (5) 20. Passive way it holds last three children up (5) 21. Pack top of ship with fibres of flax (4)

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isolated snow thunder flurries

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TODAY

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FZL: Above 3000m

Brief showers spreading north in the morning with a southerly change. Becoming fine in the afternoon as winds turn northeast.

Cloudy periods, and a few morning showers.

Wind at 1000m: W 30 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: SW gale 65 km/h easing to W 40 km/h in the morning.

TOMORROW

TOMORROW

High cloud gradually thickening.

Northwesterlies becoming strong in exposed places.

FZL: Above 3000m

Cloudy, with scattered rain developing in the evening, heavier about the divide.

Wind at 1000m: W 30 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: W 40 km/h rising to NW 50 km/h.

WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Rain, with possible heavy falls near the Divide. Northwesterlies, strong about the tops.

FRIDAY

THURSDAY

World Weather fine fine showers fine fine showers fine fine showers fine thunder fog drizzle fine fine

Rain, easing to a few showers later.

Northwesterlies turning southeasterly.

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Rise 6:00 am Set 9:18 pm

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Rise 6:02 am Set 9:17 pm

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Rise 6:03 am Set 9:17 pm

Good fishing

Good

Rise 1:12 am Set 1:52 pm

New moon

Rise 1:40 am Set 2:54 pm

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Good fishing

First quarter

25 Jan 11:22 am

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

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Nelson

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Blenheim

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Greymouth

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Christchurch

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Timaru

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Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 131.5 Nth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Sth Ashburton at 2:10 pm, yesterday

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Rangitata Klondyke at 2:10 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 2:12 pm, yesterday

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A deep low continues to move away to the southeast of New Zealand, while a ridge spreads in from the west. A couple of weak fronts also move up the South Island. A front over the South Island moves north tomorrow then becomes slow moving over central New Zealand on Wednesday.

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6am Who’s Doing The Dishes?

7am May The Best House Win Abroad 0 8am Dickinson’s Real Deal 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase 0 Noon Emmerdale 0 1pm MasterChef Australia 3 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 The Food Truck 3 0 4:55 The Celebrity Chase Bradley Walsh hosts a celebrity edition of the quiz show, with comedian Vic Reeves, presenter Jenni Falconer, journalist Michael Buerk, and impressionist Francine Lewis. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Impact For Life 6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:25 Ben 10 3 0 8:15 Sofia The First 3 0 8:35 The Lion Guard 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 I Didn’t Do It 0 10:55 Black-Ish PGR 3 0 11:20 The Amazing Race 0 12:15 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:15 Judge Rinder 2:15 Adventures In Babysitting PGR 0 4pm Lightning Point The day of the Lightning Point Junior Girls’ Surfing Competition arrives, and everyone from Lightning Point is ready to compete, except Zoey. 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons The Simpsons become wanted criminals after injuring a famous alligator during a Florida vacation. 0 5:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 The Middle 3 0

7pm The Extreme Cake Makers 0 7:30 The Celebrity Chase 0 8:30 Criminal Minds AO The BAU investigates when a strange hieroglyph is found on a homeless man; Reid decides to take his mother out of a clinical study early to bring her home. 0 10:30 Lucifer AO 3 0

7pm Home And Away 0 7:30 N Family Food Fight Australian families compete in high-pressure cooking challenges to win the title of Australia’s Greatest Food Family. 0 9:10 M The Proposal PGR 2009 Comedy. 0

12:20 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 12:45 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2

11:15 2 Broke Girls AO 0 11:45 Empire PGR 3 0 12:35 Desperate Housewives AO 3 0 2:10 Home And Away 3 0 2:35 Infomercials 3:40 Army Wives PGR 3 0 5:10 Hope And Faith 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

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6am Infomercials 7am The Biggest Loser – Glory Days 3 8am Minute To Win It UK 3 8:55 American Ninja Warrior 3 (Part 1) 9:45 Entertainment Tonight 3 10:10 Infomercials 11:35 House Rules PGR 3 0 1pm M Boyfriend Killer PGR 2017 Thriller. After the death of her son in a car crash, a grieving woman begins to suspect his vindictive girlfriend set it up to look like an accident. Barbie Castro, Kate Mansi.

3pm Entertainment Tonight 3:25 M Babe – Pig In The City 3 1998 Family. James Cromwell, Mickey Rooney, E Daily. 0 5:30 Family Feud Australia 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 6:25 Ben 10 6:50 Codename – Kids Next Door 7:15 Kung Fu Dino Posse 3 7:40 Duck Dodgers 8:05 Batman – Brave And The Bold 8:30 Henry Danger 3 8:55 Tiki Tour 0 9:25 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Antiques Road Trip 12:40 Madam Secretary PGR 3 0 1:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 2:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Jeopardy 5:30 Prime News 6pm American Restoration 0 6:30 Pawn Stars

7pm Modern Family PGR 0 7:30 House Rules PGR 0 8:30 M Let’s Be Cops AO 3 2014 Comedy. 0 10:25 NewsHub Late 10:55 The Night Shift AO

7pm Storage Wars PGR 3 7:30 Beyond The Brick – A Lego Brickumentary 3 A look into the real-life world of Lego. 0 9:30 The Hunters Club PGR 10:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR

11:45 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

12:05 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE 7:25 Any Day MVS 2015 Drama. Sean Bean, Eva Longoria. 9:05 Captain America – Civil War MV 2016 Sci-fi Adventure.

Chris Evans, Robert Downey jr, Scarlett Johansson.

11:30 Power Rangers Family Food Fight The Proposal MV 2017 Adventure.

7:30pm on TVNZ 2 9:10pm on TVNZ 2 Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott. 1:30 Gods BRAVO THE BOX Of Egypt MV 2016 Action 6am Wheel Of Fortune 10am Four Weddings USA Adventure. Brenton Thwaites, PG 6:25 Jeopardy!

3 10:55 Million Dollar Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler. 3:35 Extortion Listing LA 3 11:50 Snapped PG 6:50 Robot Wars PG 7:40 Doctor Who PGV 16VLC 2017 Crime. Eion Bailey, PGR 3 12:45 The Real 8:30 The Simpsons PG Bethany Joy Lenz. 5:20 B-Roll Housewives Of Beverly Hills 8:55 SVU – Special Victims MLC 2016 Comedy. Josh Brener, PGR 1:40 Dance Moms 3 Unit MV 9:45 Hatfields And Karan Soni, Meghan Falcone.

2:35 Tabatha Takes Over 3 McCoys 16VLS (Mini-series) 6:50 Submerged 16VLC 2016 (Part 1) 11:35 Jeopardy! PG 3:35 Catfish 3 4:30 Four Thriller. Jonathan Bennett, Noon Wheel Of Fortune PG Talulah Riley. 8:30 War Dogs Weddings USA 12:25 Pawn Stars – Australia 16VLC 2016 Comedy. During 5:30 Hoarders 3 PG 12:50 Counting Cars PG the Iraq War, a government 6:30 Million Dollar Listing 1:20 Robot Wars PG 2:10 CSI initiative allows bids on arms LA 3 – Miami MV 3:05 Doctor supplies, leading two inane 7:30 Yours, Mine, Or Ours Who PGV 4pm The Simpsons friends to deal with some very PGR PG 4:30 Jeopardy! PG shady people. Based on a true 5pm Wheel Of Fortune Wandra and Al are a mother story. Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, PG 5:30 Robot Wars PG Steve Lantz. and son who consider 6:30 Counting Cars PG 10:25 It Had To Be You 16LS themselves best friends; Reza 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI 2015 Romantic Comedy. and Taylor must work out how – Miami MV 8:30 Criminal Cristin Milioti, Dan Soder. to merge their styles so they Intent MV 9:30 Hawaii Five- 11:45 Nightmare can return to living together.

0 MV 10:30 SVU – Special Wedding MC 2016 Victims Unit MV 11:25 CSI 8pm Yours, Mine, Or Ours Thriller. Nicola Posener, Evan Henderson.

PGR – Miami MV TUESDAY 12:20 Robot Wars PG TUESDAY 1:15 B-Roll MLC 8:30 Million Dollar Listing 1:20 Wheel Of Fortune PG 2016 Comedy. Josh Brener, Los Angeles PGR 1:50 SVU – Special Victims Karan Soni, Meghan Falcone.

9:30 He Shed She Shed Unit MV 2:40 Pawn Stars 2:45 Submerged 16VLC 2016 10:30 Intervention Canada PG 3:05 Supernatural Thriller. Jonathan Bennett, AO 3 16VS 3:55 Hawaii Five-0 Talulah Riley. 4:25 Nothing 11:25 Snapped PGR 3 MV 4:45 Criminal Intent MV But Trailers MVLSC 4:40 War Dogs 16VLC 2016 Comedy.

5:35 Counting Cars PG 12:15 Infomercials 3

MOVIES GREATS 6:25 Wedding Daze MLS 2006 Comedy. Jason Biggs, Isla Fisher. 7:55 Lord Of War 16VLS 2005 Crime.

Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Ethan Hawke. 9:55 Love Actually MLS 2003 Comedy.

Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth.

12:10 Undercover Brother MVL 2002 Comedy.

Eddie Griffin, Denise Richards, Dave Chappelle. 1:35 In Time MVLC 2011 Scifi. Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried. 3:25 Red Riding Hood MVS 2011 Fantasy. Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman. 5:05 Magic In The Moonlight PG 2014 Comedy. Colin Firth, Emma Stone. 6:40 Scream 4 16VLC 2011 Horror.

Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette. 8:30 No Strings Attached 16LS 2011 Comedy. A man and woman try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but before long they learn they want something more. Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher.

10:20 Waterworld MVL 1995 Action. Dennis Hopper, Kevin Costner.

TUESDAY 12:35 Last Night ML 2010 Romantic Comedy. Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington.

2:05 Scream 4 16VLC 2011 Horror. 3:55 No Strings Attached 16LS 2011 Comedy.

5:40 Waterworld MVL 1995 Action.

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6:30 Takoha 3 6:40 Nga Papara Kapi 3 7am Penguins Of Madagascar 3 7:30 Pukana (HLS) 2 7:40 Huritua 7:50 Paia 8:30 R&R 9am Whanau Living 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Cams’ Kai 3 10:30 The Big Sing 3 11am Tupaia’s Endeavour PGR 3 Noon Game Of Bros PGR 3 12:30 The Laughing Samoans 1pm The GC PGR 1:30 Kapa Haka Regionals 2016 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 Nga Papara Kapi 3 3:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 4pm Pukana (HLS) 2 4:10 Huritua 3 4:20 Paia 3 4:30 It’s In The Bag 3 5pm F Paki Vault 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2 7pm Paepae 3 7:30 Café Niugini PGR 3 8pm Native Affairs Summer Series 8:30 M Venus And Serena PGR 2012 Documentary Sport.

A year in the life of sisters and tennis champions Venus and Serena Williams.

10:20 The Political Game PGR 3 10:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 11:20 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:50 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v England – Fifth Test, Day Four. 6:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Pakistan – First ODI. 7am Cricket – Big Bash Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades. 7:30 Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers. 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 Cricket – Big Bash (RPL) Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers. Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Cricket – Super Smash (RPL) Auckland Aces v Northern Knights.

4pm Sky Sports News UK 4:30 Ice Hockey – Road To The Winter Classic 6:30 NZ Football Weekly Show 7pm Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) Sentry Tournament of Champions – Round Four.

7:30 Rugby – Aviva Premiership (RPL) Newcastle v Exeter.

9:30 Fox Sports News 10pm Basketball – NBL (HLS) NZ Breakers v Cairns Taipans.

10:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v England – Fifth Test, Day Five.

11pm Tennis – Brisbane International (RPL) Final.

TUESDAY 1:30 Tennis – Second Serve 2am Tennis – ASB Classic Men’s International (HLS) Day One. 3am Tennis – ASB Classic Men’s International (HLS) Day One, Day Session.

4:30 Tennis – ASB Classic Men’s International Day One, Night Session.

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6am Love Nature – Wildlife SOS 7am Roar Of The Wild 7:30 Dippy And The Whale 8:30 Chinese New Year – The Biggest Celebration On Earth 9:30 Paul Hollywood City Bakes 10:30 Tiny House Nation 11:30 Getaway Noon Richard Hammond’s Jungle Quest 1pm Chinese New Year – The Biggest Celebration On Earth 2pm American Pickers 3pm The Great Antiques Map Of Britain 3:30 Love Nature – Secrets Of Wild Australia 4:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things – Best Bites 5pm Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 5:30 American Pickers 6:30 Attenborough’s Ark 7:30 Treasures Decoded Scientists and geologists examine the story of the 10 plagues from the Bible’s Book of Exodus to discover whether they could have been real natural phenomena.

8:30 Martin Clunes – Islands Of Australia 9:30 The Story Of Egypt 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things – Best Bites Midnight Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 12:30 Roar Of The Wild 1am Attenborough’s Ark 2am Love Nature – Secrets Of Wild Australia 3am Getaway 3:30 The Great Antiques Map Of Britain 4am Treasures Decoded 5am Martin Clunes – Islands Of Australia

SKY SPORT 2 6am Tennis – Brisbane International (HLS) Final.

From Queensland Tennis Centre.

6:30 Basketball – NBL (RPL) NZ Breakers v Cairns Taipans.

From Spark Arena.

8:30 Basketball – NBL (RPL) Brisbane Bullets v Adelaide 36ers.

From the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

10:30 Motorsport – Dakar Rally (HLS) Stage Two. 11am Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v England – Fifth Test, Day Four.

From the SCG, Sydney.

11:30 Ashes Build Up 12:30 L Cricket – International Australia v England – Fifth Test, Day Five.

Coverage of the morning session from the SCG, Sydney.

2:35 Australian Cricket Show 3:05 L Cricket – International Australia v England – Fifth Test, Day Five.

8:05 L Cricket – Big Bash Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Sixers.

From Bludstone Arena, Hobart.

11:15 L Cricket – Big Bash Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Renegades.

From the Waca, Perth.

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3am Basketball – NBL (RPL) NZ Breakers v Cairns Taipans.

5am Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Sixers.

5:30 Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Thunder v Strikers.

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5:40 MythBusters PG 6:35 Diesel Brothers PG Feed the Beast-Mode.

7:30 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 8:30 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 9:25 Garage Rehab PG Westside Hotrods.

10:15 Alaska – The Last Frontier M The Day the Homestead Almost Died.

11:05 Naked And Afraid M 23 Days.

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Pietersen pulls up stumps Kevin Pietersen wants to stay involved with the Melbourne Stars in the BBL after he retires. One of England’s greatest batsmen said that he would end his playing career later this year.

He will honour playing commitments in Pakistan and South Africa, but was adamant this would be his last BBL season. “This franchise (has) been so good for me at the end of my career,” he said. “I’ve loved every single day I’ve been in Melbourne. “I love Melbourne (and) I’ve actually really grown to love Australia and have a really good rapport with a lot of the Australian public.

Jerseys ease the pain Jason Christie

Christie storms to title Ex-Ashburtonian Jason Christie has shaken off the lingering effects of a crash on Friday to win the national road cycling championship in Napier.

Christie, who won the title in 2016 and finished second last year, stormed home to take the title from Cambridge’s Hayden McCormick.

Michael Torckler finished third while George Bennett – returning from abdominal surgery – was fourth.

Christie, 27, bided his time as a chasing group of three ran down solo leader Torckler late

on the final lap, then out-sprinted his rivals for victory.

Torckler had jumped off the front of the lead group two laps from home and opened up a 30sec advantage on Bennett, who was caught by McCormick and Christie with a lap remaining.

Christie, who took bronze in Friday’s time trial despite a nasty crash, admitted it had been a struggle to bounce back for the 171km road race.

“I crashed pretty heavily in Friday’s race, and it hasn’t been so pleasant the last couple of

days,” he said. “I also had the vomiting bug a week ago which also knocked me around a bit as well.

“It’s amazing really.

“I did not think I would have a chance today. But I rode smart and put myself in a position to win,” Christie said.

“I think it was probably the best field ever for these championships and so to win it is pretty special.”

Bennett, who rides for the Lotto NL Jumbo World Tour team, had come into the race hoping that recent surgery to cure long-

term side stitch issues would prove a success.

“I changed my mind as the race went on and I felt quite good.

“I thought I had a chance,” Bennett said.

“I thought Michael had gone too hard up the climb and thought I had a chance.

“But it was not to be as the young boys had the legs.

“However I had no issues with stitch at all and it is so early in the season for me.

“There’s a lot to be satisfied with from today.”

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Sixers sign big hitting Brathwaite for BBL The Sydney Sixers will turn to West Indian Twenty20 captain Carlos Brathwaite to turn their Big Bash League campaign around after signing the big-hit-

ting allrounder. Brathwaite will come into the Sixers’ squad as a replacement for English oneday player Sam Billings after tonight’s clash against Hobart.

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Rooted to seventh on the ladder and winless after five games, the Sixers must win the rest of their games to have any hope of making the finals.

Brathwaite will join the Sixers’ directly from the West Indies’ tour of New Zealand, after he played for the Sydney Thunder in last year’s tournament. - AAP

Liverpool have sought to ease the pain of Philippe Coutinho’s departure to Barcelona by offering fans who bought replica jerseys with his name on them a PS50 ($A85) voucher.

The Reds said they would give the voucher to supporters who forked out for this season’s jersey with the Brazilian’s name and number printed on the back once his transfer was completed. Liverpool and Barcelona agreed a deal worth up to Stg142million for the 25-year-old Coutinho yesterday.

Lakers cut Bogut Andrew Bogut’s NBA journey has taken another surprise turn with the Los Angeles Lakers waiving the Australian centre. Bogut has struggled for court time since landing at the Lakers in September on the eve of the 2017/18 season and has averaged just 1.5 points, three rebounds and nine minutes in 24 games. He was released four days before his one-year contract would have been guaranteed after requesting to be let go to pursue other opportunities.

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