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March our road danger zone

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Statistics show that March is the most dangerous month when it comes to being involved in an alcohol-related crash on Mid Canterbury roads.

Statistics acquired for the Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service’s Community Alcohol Action Project show that March has had nearly double the

amount of serious and fatal crashes as a result of alcohol than any other month.

In data that has been collected for the last 39 years, there has been 31 serious or fatal crashes in the district in March.

“We would expect there to be 18 in any other months which is extreme,” Acads health promoter Tania Scott said.

“It really is a tragedy to lose that number of people, and the concerning thing

is passengers are not included in those statistics, they just record the crash.”

Scott said while some of the older figures may not be as accurate due to changes in the way drunk driving is recorded, the figures are still far too high and a concerning spike.

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Heading to Stewart Island thanks to generous donation

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

Longbeach School has been named as one of 10 schools around the country that will benefit from Air New Zealand’s Airpoints for Schools scheme.

The scheme allows Air New Zealand Airpoints members to donate Airpoint dollars to a participating school for their chosen travel purpose.

Twenty-five Year 7 and 8 students from Longbeach School are planning on travelling to Stewart Island to study native bird species and the factors contributing to their low survival.

“It is an exceptional opportunity,” principal Neil Simons said.

“Air New Zealand have been great, we put the application in last year and it was accepted this year.

“It is a pretty pristine environment and not a place many people get to go so it is a great opportunity.”

Schools can apply for up to 20,000 Airpoints dollars which is the equivalent of $20,000 worth of travel.

Air New Zealand will also donate the cost of the ticket taxes and this year will be matching the donations given by generous Airpoints members dollar for dollar to meet their targets.

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Twenty-five Longbeach School students will be hoping generous donations through Air New Zealand’s Airpoints for Schools scheme will help to get them to Stewart Island.

PHOTO SUPPLIED ager loyalty and customer direct Jeremy O’Brien says Airpoints for Schools is a great way for the airline and its customers to give back to local communities.

“Close to 100 applications were received from schools around

New Zealand, which shows how valued the programme is in local communities. Many of the students who attend the schools in the programme have never flown before and may come from remote areas where a trip like this

can really change their whole outlook and positively impact their aspirations for the future,” he said.

“We look forward to supporting this year’s schools to reach their travel goals after seeing close to

70,000 Airpoints Dollars donated by generous Airpoints members in 2018, enabling participating schools to travel throughout the country as well as to China, Japan, Singapore, the United States and Scotland.”

$700,000 St John upgrade begins

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

Work is under way on a project that is set to future-proof the ability for St John to deliver emergency medical care across the district for the next 15 years.

The Tancred Street station is currently undergoing a $700,000 upgrade that is expected to take around three-and-a-half months to complete.

Pressure on the capacity at the station has come from St John’s goal to double crew all road am-

bulances by 2021.

“Ashburton has already increased its staff to ensure all vehicles are double crewed and this has created pressure on the existing space,” Mid Canterbury territory manager Ian Rex said.

“Ashburton currently responds to more than 3500 calls per year and this number increases each year by approximately 10 per cent.”

The upgrade will add more bedrooms, offices, ambulance parking and storage space to the

station, while living areas will be upgraded with a new kitchen and bathroom.

Ambulances and their crews are currently based at a separate location, but are still providing the same service they would if they were based at the station.

Area executive officer Elaine Vallender said work is also required to meet existing building standards, such as replacing stairs that are now considered too steep.

“The financial burden for a

renovation of this size is huge.

We rely on donations, the government only covers 75 per cent of the actual cost of ambulance call-outs – everything else is from fundraising, donations and bequests,” she said.

“We get nothing from the government for buildings and vehicles.

“We know the community will support us in this project.”

The original station was built in 1996, with the space that is used for community programmes such

as first aid training and youth programmes being added in 2008.

It is expected that the improvements will future-proof the station for the next 15 years, after which the organisation will have outgrown the current station.

“The benefits to the wider Mid Canterbury community of increased staff mean that St John can provide the right care at the right time, and with double crewing the staff and the patients are safer,” Ashburton area committee chairperson Paul Thomas said.

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Vaccine calls swamp GPs

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Phone lines are running hot into doctors’ surgeries around the Ashburton District with parents wanting to ensure their children’s measles vaccinations are up to date.

Health authorities announced late yesterday that the number of confirmed cases in Canterbury had risen to 14 and is likely to rise further.

Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Dr Ramon Pink said it could now be assumed that measles is circulating widely in the community.

Several surgeries spoken to yesterday said they had been fielding calls from parents wanting to move children’s MMR booster vaccinations forward and from adults unsure about their vaccination status.

Tinwald Medical Centre plans to hold vaccination clinics next week to cope with the flood of inquiries.

One mother who did not want to be identified said she had called her doctor after reading advice sent by the CDHB to preschools and said it had taken several attempts before she could get through to the surgery.

The earliest appointment she was able to get was for Tuesday.

She said she was heeding advice that parents should move

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Enjoying their rice bowl lunch St Joseph’s students (from left), nine-year-olds Marielle Hastie, Chloe Prendergast, Pearl Arrowsmith and Tegan Marriott.

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Rice a popular lunchtime treat

their child’s second immunisation forward as a precaution.

Information was also sent from the CDHB to primary schools, highlighting symptoms school staff should be aware of.

While vaccinations were scheduled for children at 15 months and four years, anyone who was unsure whether they had completed the two dose MMR schedule should talk to their GP. If children of school age were up to date with their vaccinations they should be protected against measles, however people vaccinated between 1969 and 1990 should contact their doctor for a booster vaccination.

Those born before 1969 will have been exposed to measles and will be immune.

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When it comes to lunchtime at St Joseph’s School, a healthy helping of hot rice is the food of choice for many students.

And while the rice bowl lunchtime may have started to accommodate the food preferences of the school’s growing number of Filipino students, it’s proved a winner across all nationalities, principal Cath Blacklow said.

Filipino students now make up 22 per cent of the school roll and for those 59 students, rice is a normal lunchtime food. With no heating facilities at school, the students were bringing cold rice

in their lunch boxes.

“We decided we could do a whole lot better and decided we’d provide cooked rice. We bought one rice cooker and it was so popular we had to buy a second and the numbers are now creeping up to around 40 students every day,” she said.

The rice is served plain.

Rice bowls were about more than catering to the needs of Filipino students, however, Blacklow said.

“It’s about inclusiveness, showing it’s okay to eat rice regardless of your nationality.”

At just $1 per week for a daily rice bowl, the hot lunch is

affordable for all students and come winter, she anticipates numbers choosing the option will soar.

Meeting the growing demand for rice bowls isn’t left to chance, with students placing their names on the list in the morning if they want to line up with their bowl and spoon at noon.

For the school’s seniors, the lunch service provides an opportunity to be part of a mini catering team. They cook and serve the rice each day.

Students are required to bring their own bowl and spoon as part of St Joseph’s zero rubbish policy in lunch boxes, Blacklow said.

Serious crash spike in March a puzzle for authorities From P1 In the past 10 years, there have been 25 injuries as a result of crashes involving alcohol in March, compared to 23 in December and January which are traditionally the highest months in other areas.

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“We have an area-wide risk calendar that is a predictor of the certain types of crimes that we can expect in certain months,” he said.

“It is taken from the last five years of stats and certain things increase depend on the times of year.

“It does show that we should

other areas,” she said.

“We are the only sub-district in Canterbury with that peak so we do want to highlight that as nowhere else has it so we can target locally.”

Ashburton Police district Sub-Area Commander Senior Sergeant Matt Emery confirmed March was a time they were extra conscious of impaired drivers on

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expect increases from January to February with March being the highest risk in the six month block from January to June, and that is considered medium to high risk so it is likely you can expect plenty of high-vis checkpoints on the roads this month.”

Scott says the biggest mystery that remains around the stats is why March has such a peak for

alcohol related crashes.

“We don’t know why, it could be the changeover of contractors on farms, more fatigue, the start of rugby season, we don’t really know,” she said.

“The big thing we are campaigning because of that is for all road users to be aware at this time of year of the risks that are out there.”

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When it was formed in March 2011, interest in the Ashburton Citizens’ Association was strong but today membership is falling.

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Three groups established to be the voice of the community on civic issues have either folded or are facing a future marked by dwindling membership.

Mayfield’s group has shut up shop, Hinds is likely to go the same way and Ashburton is now an organisation with few members.

When it was established in 2011, Ashburton’s Citizens’ Association was a strong organisation that many believed would become the community’s link to the Ashburton District Council.

The organisation was born out of a ginger group formed to fight the council’s planned site for a second bridge across the Ashburton River. This group held several packed house community meetings and gathered many signatures on a petition.

With the bridge route signed and sealed, members were keen to put their informal group on a formal footing and the citizens’ association was established.

In its early days the association’s meetings were well attended, but today, chairman Gordon Mockford said numbers were now down to 15 to 20.

Several current district councillors were once either associated with the group or were members – Diane Rawlinson, Alasdair Urquhart and Peter Reveley.

While the group was formed to be a united voice for the community to the council, it did not have as good a liaison with the council as had been hoped, Mockford said, but it is continuing to pursue issues raised by the community.

With local body elections this year, Mockford said the association would be working to make people aware of the importance of knowing who candidates were and what they stood for.

Mayfield’s Citizens’ Association wound up in November after many years of being the community’s link with the Ashburton District Council.

Keeping it going was just too difficult as membership dwindled and the as-

sociation’s links with the council were watered down. While Mayfield was an organisation with a many-year history, Hinds is a relative newcomer.

It was founded around four years ago, but Ashburton District Councillor Stuart Wilson said that there now appeared to be a distinct lack of interest in the organisation.

Locals have yet to call time on their association but it is effectively non-functioning and its fate will be decided later this year at its annual meeting. Wilson is not hopeful of its survival.

“If people come and show interest it’ll continue but if there’s no interest then we’ll disband.”

While other citizens’ groups are struggling for survival, Ashburton’s longest established community organisation in Rakaia is thriving.

Chairman Neil Pluck said there was no real secret to the group’s success.

Its large committee was made up of people “who liked to do stuff,” he said.

“They’re all on other committees and they’re people of similar ilk.”

There were usually plenty of volunteers and people happy to help out with projects, the key lay in finding the community leaders to take charge of those projects, Pluck said.

Councillors Neil Brown and Mark Malcolm were the association’s links with the council and they were kept in the loop about things in the Rakaia community.

“We try to work together as much as we can. We understand they can’t be at Rakaia’s beck and call but we understand how council works.

“If councillors are inside your tent they can hear your train of thought, even if they don’t agree.”

The association tried to take on just one or two projects at a time and to keep plugging away until it achieved its goals, he said.

“Associations like this can do a lot more than they think if you keep your relationship with council going and you keep emailing your thoughts and plans to council.”

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Celebrating female artists in Canty Zonta Ashburton Female Art Award 2019 judges and artists stand in front of the Premier Award winner’s artwork, The Fall (#1).

They are (from left) judge Felicity Milburn, Premier Award winner Melissa Macleod, Young Generation Award winner Lucinda Webber and judge Johanna Zellmer.

Milburn and Zellmer complimented Macleod’s work as “spell-binding”.

“It’s a study in how the power of our attention can alter and transform what we see, and also a reminder that it’s not always the loudest voice in the room that is the most memorable.”

There were 28 finalists in the category, along with 18 for the Young Generation Award.

The third annual awards and accompanying exhibition opening on Friday night saw Macleod, from Christchurch, take home a cash prize of $3500.

It is also traditional for the winner to have a solo exhibition at the gallery the following year, and featuring this year is 2018 Zonta premier winner Emma Fitts.

Meanwhile, Webber’s entry Through Closed Doors was praised for its “mature, cinematic and eerie qualities”.

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WHY ORGANIC MANUKA HONEY IS BETTER FOR YOU, THE BEES AND OUR LAND This week we chat with Yuriy Soshnikov, Managing Director of TranzAlpineHoney New Zealand. Based in the South Island of New Zealand TranzAlpineHoney is a family-run business which has been working in harmony with bees for over 100 years.

TranzAlpineHoney harvests its organic honey from isolated and remote corners of New Zealand’s beautiful South Island.

Now TranzAlpineHoney is one of the largest organic Manuka honey producers in New Zealand.

Yuriy Soshnikov, Managing Director of TranzAlpineHoney New Zealand QUESTION: Could you tell us a little bit about what makes Manuka honey so special?

New Zealand Manuka honey is a super food well-known for its antibacterial properties, digestive support, wound healing effects and general wellbeing.

The Manuka tree (leptospermum scoparium) has been known for centuries to the Māori people for its health benefits. It was later, with the arrival of Europeans who introduced the common honey bee, that it was recognised that bees feasting on the Manuka tree made great honey.

What the Māori knew from their Rongoā Māori (traditional medicine), that Manuka may help with digestive complaints, wound healing, inflammation and infections.

QUESTION: How did you become involved with the company?

Beekeeping has been an important part of my life for over 25 years, both in the Ukraine and New Zealand. In 2006 I became a part of the Newton family business and established TranzAlpineHoney brand around the world.

In 2018 Derek sold TranzAlpineHoney to Victoria and me, making sure the TranzAlpineHoney organic honey business stays in the same family for more years to come.

QUESTION: What is your marketing secret?

Our secret is in our heritage, we’ve been obsessed with organic beekeeping for over 100 years and certified organic for the last 25 years.

Here at TranzAlpineHoney we take care of the details so we make sure our customers can enjoy the very best organic honey. As a result our premium organic honey is enjoyed across 28 countries and five continents. Right from the beginning we realised the importance of producing honey that’s sustainably produced and organic. It’s important to the bees, the quality of the honey, the land and for our customers.

In 2008 we launched a marketing campaign focusing on TranzAlpineHoneys 100+ year heritage in New Zealand and the health benefits of

organic honey. It was important to us that New Zealand and overseas consumers and prospective international partners could understand who we are, what we do and why we do it for them. Not everyone can live in such a pristine part of the world, which is why we love that we can share our organic honey with the world.

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By choosing TranzAlpineHoney organic honey our customers aren’t just cutting out potentially harmful chemicals they’re also choosing natural sweetness that has been harvested in a sustainable and eco-friendly way. In caring for our bees we also care for our land. And our land deserves to be cared for. In 2018 we celebrated 25 years of certification with BioGro™. So we’re not jumping on the organic bandwagon. In fact we’ve always been organic – for over 100 years.

BioGro™ is New Zealand’s largest and bestknown certifier for organic products, accrediting over 750 products throughout New Zealand and the Pacific. Not only does this certification mean that TranzAlpineHoney organic honey has no traces of sprays or synthetic chemicals, but it also means that our honey can be traced back to our individual hives that are scattered

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Courtesy, manners: Why Kiwi Jihadi stayed with Isis One of the main reasons the Kiwi Jihadi stayed with Isis for so long was because of their “courtesy and manners” – something he says New Zealanders lack.

But Mark Taylor also said in the end, he felt let down and hard done by, by Isis.

In an interview with Kiwi freelance journalist Campbell MacDiarmid, Taylor – who is currently imprisoned in a Syrian jail – discussed his past, his regrets and his thoughts on New Zealanders.

And it’s clear that he has a few problems with Kiwis.

“I’ve had people before threaten to kill me if I ever return back to New Zealand. One article I saw with comments, every second or third comment was people threatening to kill me,” he said, in the interview which was published by The National.

He said people in Isis treated him “quite good”.

“Especially from the Syrians, they were showing a lot of respect towards me because I came from New Zealand, [I was] very surprised.

“That’s probably one of the main reasons why I stayed in the Islamic State because of their courtesy and manners. In New Zealand, they don’t have that as such.”

He spoke about a time when he was living in New Zealand when someone randomly picked a fight with him.

Fire crews from Rakaia and Pendarves were called in to action yesterday to extinguish a collection of tree stumps that were on fire. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said crews were called at around 12.20pm to a 5m by 5m group of tree stumps that were on fire on Acton Road. Once the fire was extinguished the Rakaia crew left the Pendarves tanker at the scene to dampen down the area.

Following a workplace incident, a Greymouth carpet layer was transported to hospital in a critical condition earlier this week. St John spokesman Gerard Campbell said on Thursday afternoon the man was taken to Grey Base Hospital with “status one” injuries.

Campbell understands the man has since been transported from Grey Base Hospital in Greymouth to Christchurch Hospital. Stuff reports the incident is being investigated

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Vodafone redundancies Kiwi Jihadist Mark Taylor.

“I thought New Zealand was supposed to be one of the safest countries in the world. And you have someone walking down the street who wants to pick a fight with you ... No tolerance.”

He said he felt let down by the New Zealand Government too.

“I was hoping at least a Government agency would at least pick me up and take me home. I was expecting that,” he said.

“I ... was under the impression that at least they could come [and] take me out of here.”

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But Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had already said this week the Government would make no attempt to get him out of jail in Syria and into Turkey where there is a New Zealand embassy.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters went further than Ardern when asked about him this week.

“He burned his passport – there are consequences for doing that.”

In the interview, Taylor said

that was a mistake.

He also spoke at length about his multiple faiths over the years.

He said in 1994, he became a born-again Christian and moved back to New Zealand from Australia to “sort out my life”.

But, after a “messy situation” with his then-wife, he became an atheist for 16 months in the late 1990s, before converting back to Christianity after that.

He converted to Islam in around 1999.

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Acting Detective Inspector Glenn Baldwin said the attack was an alarming incident.

“This was a shocking, unprovoked and cowardly attack on a victim who was unaware and attacked from behind,” he said.

“We want to find the dangerous offender who was responsible for this vicious attack and hold them to account.

“We believe the person in this image can help our investigation and we need your help to identify them.”

The attacker snuck up on the man, coming up from behind him and assaulting the victim with a hammer before fleeing the scene outside Auckland Central Library.

Police report the man ran away up Rutland Street towards Mayor-

al Drive and the victim has serious head injuries and is in a stable condition in hospital.

Anyone with information or any members of the public who witnessed Wednesday’s incident are asked to contact Auckland City Police on 09 302 6557.

You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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Convicted murderer appeals to Supreme Court Convicted double murderer Mark Lundy is pleading for a final chance to appeal in court over inadmissible scientific evidence and his much-publicised funeral behaviour, both of which he believes were unfairly allowed to skew his second trial.

Lundy’s first conviction for the 2000 murder of his wife Christine and daughter Amber, 7 – after which an appeal led to his prison sentence being increased – was quashed by the Privy Council in 2013.

At his second trial, in 2015, he was again convicted. The Court of Appeal rejected his appeal last year and Lundy has asked the Supreme Court for its permission to be heard there.

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Police shocked after unprovoked attack Police have released CCTV images following a “shocking, unprovoked and cowardly” hammer attack on a man sitting on a bench in Auckland.

The assault took place around 8.50am on Wednesday when a man approached another from behind, striking him with a hammer near the intersection of Lorne St and Rutland St.

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The murder weapon with which Christine and Amber were hacked to death in the family home at Palmerston North wasn’t found, but was likely to have been an axe or tomahawk.

Scientific evidence about allegedly human material on Lundy’s shirt is contested.

Lundy’s defence has argued that the 2015 jury should not have heard the evidence, based on micro-RNA analysis, as the technique was too new and unproven to be relied on.

In a notice to the Supreme Court outlining the case for the new appeal, Lundy’s legal team, headed by Jonathan Eaton QC, said the Court of Appeal was wrong to conclude the second

trial was fair despite the admission of “inadmissible” micro-RNA scientific evidence.

In the notice, Lundy says the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal despite ruling the evidence of a crown witness in relation to the alleged presence of micro-RNA material to be scientifically invalid and inadmissible.

Eaton argues in the notice that the Court of Appeal’s errors included concluding that the m-RNA evidence was not significant enough in the overall context of the crown’s case for its wrongful admission to have rendered the trial unfair.

The appeal judges failed to account for the “illegitimate and unfair bolstering effect” the in-

admissible evidence had on the crown’s admissible evidence.

Eaton also notes the effect of the “infamous Lundy funeral scene”.

Images were published of Lundy staggering and being supported by the arms at the funeral of Christine and Amber.

Eaton’s notice says the scene had “become folklore in New Zealand, was referenced in the defence opening statement and was the elephant in the room at Lundy’s second trial.

“It needed to be addressed by specific [judicial] direction in order to avoid the risk of the jury engaging in demeanour reasoning.”

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The Unite union says 50 of its members who work for Vodafone NZ call centres have been offered voluntary redundancy. Unite organiser Shirley Wang says around 200 frontline contact staff have been offered redundancy at this point. “There’s a climate of fear and anxiety,” she says. The union organiser says many are likely to take the offer because they’re uncertain about their future at the company. “There will be a lot of disruption and an impact on customer service,” she says. Vodafone NZ is currently undergoing a major restructure.

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In the wrong place A Kiwi man shot dead outside a boxing match in Melbourne last Friday is believed to have been caught “in the wrong place at the wrong time”. Dramatic dashcam footage shows the shooting spree, which killed Ben Togiai, 30, and left two others fighting for their lives. The group were ambushed as they left the boxing event at Melbourne Pavilion in Kensington at about 10pm. The footage shows a man with a satchel slung over his shoulder running towards a confrontation unfolding across the street, just outside the pavilion’s front door. As the car gets closer a burst of three gunshots is heard, followed by another seconds later as people scatter for safety. In the space of 26 seconds, three men were shot – one lay dead and two others were badly hurt.

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Massive fire No buildings have been damaged or people hurt following a large fire yesterday where plumes of thick, black smoke shot into the air near Thames. Smart Environmental managing director Grahame Christian told NewsTalk ZB the fire was restricted to plastics outside the building. The plant shares the site with the Carter Holt Harvey mill in Kopu where a separate fire raged in April last year. Emergency services swarmed to the area, a police spokesperson saying they were notified about the blaze by Fire and Emergency New Zealand at 2.45pm.

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Trump escalates fight Donald Trump has hit back at the Democrats’ move to bar Fox News from televising one of the upcoming debates being held for the 2020 presidential contenders.

Trump took to Twitter to defend the broadcaster, suggesting other networks might be subject to a similar ban during the general election debates.

“Democrats just blocked @ FoxNews from holding a debate. Good, then I think I’ll do the same thing with the Fake News Networks and the Radical Left Democrats in the General Election debates!,” Trump wrote.

Trump has frequently slammed NBC, MSNBC and CNN, among others, for their coverage of his presidency.

The Democrats have announced 12 debates for later this year; NBC News and CNN are set to broadcast the first two.

Fox said it hoped the Democrats would reconsider its decision to host a debate that would be moderated by Chris Wallace, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.

“They’re the best debate team in the business and they offer candidates an important opportunity to make their case to the largest TV news audience in America, which includes many persuadable voters,” said Bill Sammon, senior vice president and managing editor of Fox’s Washington bureau.

Evening news anchor Baier tweeted that the decision was “really a shame”.

Fox News is owned by News Corporation.

Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, turned over documents to politicians yesterday as he tried to back up his claims that a false statement he delivered to Congress in 2017 was edited by the president’s lawyers, two people familiar with the case said.

It’s unclear who edited the documents or what exactly was changed.

But in public testimony last week on Capitol Hill, Cohen said Trump’s lawyers, including Jay Sekulow, had reviewed and edited the written state-

MAF ‘cheating spree’ In an extraordinary double blow, a drunk Married At First Sight wife has been rejected after propositioning a married man and then frantically hit on another husband with a mortifying pick-up line.

The words “cheating spree” come to mind while watching the car-crash scenes unfold at Wednesday night’s boozy dinner party. But, like most things in life, everything comes down to interpretation.

Jessika doesn’t see her relentlessly sloppy advances as cheating. She says it’s merely “experiencing other husbands”.

President Donald Trump has had an ongoing battle with NBC, MSNBC and CNN. ment he provided to Congress in 2017.

Cohen acknowledged in a guilty plea last year that he misled politicians by saying he had abandoned the Trump Tower Moscow project in January 2016, when in fact he pursued it for months after that as Trump campaigned for the presidency.

At issue is whether Trump or his lawyers knew that Cohen’s statement to Congress would be false, and whether the lawyers had any direct role in crafting it.

Cohen has said he believed the president wanted him to lie, but he also said Trump never directed him to do so.

It’s also unclear whether any of the president’s lawyers knew the truth about when the Trump Tower negotiations had ended.

Sekulow has flatly denied ever editing any statement about the duration of the project.

“Testimony by Michael Cohen that attorneys for the President edited or changed his statement to Congress to alter the duration of the Trump Tower Moscow negotiations is completely false,” Sekulow said in a statement last week.

Cohen appeared behind closed doors before the House intelligence committee, his fourth day of testimony on Capitol Hill as he prepares for a three-year prison sentence for lying to Congress and other charges.

Cohen has become a key figure in congressional investigations since turning on his former boss and co-operating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.

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During last week’s public testimony, he called Trump a conman, a cheat and a racist.

He was also interviewed privately by both the Senate and House intelligence committees last week.

“I will continue to co-operate to the fullest extent of my capabilities,” Cohen said in a short statement to reporters after he finished yesterday’s testimony.

Among the issues that were discussed in Cohen’s closeddoor interviews last week was a pardon, according to people familiar with those interviews.

They spoke on condition of anonymity to reveal the confidential discussion.

Cohen told Congress last week that he had never asked for and would not accept a pardon from Trump.

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R. Kelly back in jail R. Kelly has been arrested for allegedly failing to pay his child support. The music mogul attended a hearing for his child support case in Chicago yesterday after he allegedly failed to pay his ex-wife Andrea Lee the $237,000 he had been ordered to hand over for their three children, Joann, 21, Jay, 19, and Robert, 17.

And after his hearing, the 52-year-old singer was taken into police custody and transported to Cook County Jail to be booked. The arrest comes almost two weeks after he was taken into custody after being charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

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‘Dolly should speak up’

Explosive devices found in London

Dolly Parton’s younger sister has hit out at her famous sibling for not speaking out publicly in support of the #MeToo movement. Stella Parton, who is also a country singer, had a go at Dolly for staying quiet on sexual harassment in the country music industry, saying she thinks the star should use her public platform to speak out on abuse. “I’m ashamed of my sister for keeping her mouth shut,” Stella Parton told the Our Stories podcast in the US. “She can run it when it is about something else, but speak up about injustice, Dolly Parton. Speak up. And speak out. Defend women, and don’t just do it in a little song. Speak up.”

Britain’s counter terrorism police are investigating after three padded mailing bags containing small explosive devices were found near major transport hubs in London.

Police said smaller bags inside the mailers enclosed the devices that “appear capable of igniting an initially small fire when opened”.

Officials say the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command “is treating the incidents as a linked series”.

One mailer was found near Heathrow Airport. A building was evacuated as a precaution after the package was opened and part of it burned.

Officials say the building is not at the airport and flights at

Britain’s busiest airport were not affected.

There were no injuries.

Another mailer turned up near London’s City Airport, a much smaller airport, and the third in the mail room at busy Waterloo Station, a major rail and Underground hub.

Those packages were not opened.

Officials say train services to City Airport were suspended as a precaution but have been restored and the building where the package was found was evacuated.

The official terrorism threat level throughout Britain is set at “severe,” indicating that intelligence analysts believe an attack is highly likely.

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“I always tell people to buy the biggest screen that they can afford and that will fit in their room,” says Tim Alessi, the director of product marketing at LG Electronics.

“Because I’ve never met anybody yet who has said, ‘Oh darn. I wish I bought a smaller TV’.”

The opposite is often true: Consumers bring a TV home and wish they had gone larger. Alessi notes screens 70 inches and above are a huge growth category in the TV industry right now.

Think about where you want to put your TV and what size will fit. Online, many retailers allow you to filter your search according to criteria like screen size and brand.

2. Budget But you need room for that big TV

in your budget. Thankfully, there are always deals going.

If you don’t want to wait until the next Boxing Day sales, then keep an eye out for Easter specials and other pop-up discounts; check the big box retailers online.

But there will be other things to account for in your budget, like accessories and installation, so don’t commit to a dollar figure just yet.

like the TV’s smart capability. Do you want a TV that can tell your Roomba to start cleaning?

And as for the all-important decision of LCD versus OLED, here’s a quick cheat sheet from Brennan. For the most part, LCD (which has an LED backlight) works well in bright rooms, while OLED suits dark environments dedicated to TV viewing.

3. Connectivity and colour

Next, make sure you have any extra equipment you’ll need.

Sound is an especially important consideration. You could use the TV’s sound as is, but you may consider buying a sound bar or audio/video receiver separately to enhance the sound, according to Michael Greco, senior director of global brand management at Sound United.

If you do, remember to read the “What’s in the box” packaging. (I can’t be the only person who ordered a TV without the necessary cables to hook it up.)

“I would always double-check what’s in the box and make sure you have the right cables in the box,” says Greco.

“If not, you’ll need to buy them at the

once you’ve narrowed the selection, think about what you want it to do. If you’re upgrading for the first time in years, compare the latest innovations to see which ones match your viewing habits.

“Typically in the US, consumers hold onto a television for about five to seven years,” says Rob Brennan, the product technology manager for home entertainment and sound at Sony Electronics.

“If you’re coming into the market now, then the last time you bought a television was sometime in 2013 or 2014. A lot has changed in that window.”

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Allenton 21 Churchill Avenue

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A warm home that has been carefully looked after.

There are three bedrooms and a good sized living area with a conservatory and deck for entertaining.

A three car garage and room for off street parking.

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Allenton 22 Cross Street

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Situated on a very private 1,146m2 back section. The home has four bedrooms plus a huge conservatory built for all day sun. There is also an office or formal dining room. Bathrooms are upstairs and down

For Sale offers invited over $621,000 View by appointment Mick Hydes 027 437 9696 mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz

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Netherby 41 Brucefield Avenue

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A three bedroom townhouse with a generous double garage in an extremely tidy condition throughout with near new floor coverings, drapes and with a neutral decor. The private courtyard is an ideal place to relax.

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 2pm, Tue 12 Mar 2019 201 West St, Ashburton View Sat 11.15-11.45am or by appointment Jenny Gray 027 452 2888

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Ashburton 24 Peter Street 5

An extraordinary classic home, complete with your own turret. This grand villa exudes all the beauty and charm of its time. Care and effort has gone into this home and viewing will impress. Picture perfect upon entering, from room to room.

Asking Price $398,000 View by appointment Eliza Waszczak 021 039 1770 Sarah Everist 021 0828 5816

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

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Hampstead 38 Eton Street

Hampstead 14 Patching Street

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The generously sized modernised kitchen over looks the spacious dinning and separate lounge.

Bedrooms each having built in wardrobes. Heated by a compliant log burner and floor mounted heat pump. A low maintenance large 1,012m2 section.

For Sale offers invited over $348,000 View by appointment Eliza Waszczak 021 039 1770 Sarah Everist 021 0828 5816

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Methven 135 Hobbs Road

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Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 4pm, Thu 14 Mar 2019 201 West St, Ashburton View by appointment Simon Sharpin 027 631 8087 simon.sharpin@bayleys.co.nz Jon McAuliffe 027 432 7769 jon.mcauliffe@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

Bareland lifestyle with views "The view" is a beautifully presented 8.0010 hectare lifestyle property situated in close proximity to Methven. With two sheds and an eight horse loose box stable area, it has ample storage for both stock and vehicles. Three phase power, Methven Springfield water supply, a 25,000 litre water storage tank and a washdown pad for horses are all available at the yard. Five paddocks currently used for grazing horses and cattle, cropping and silage. Stunning mountain views offer the ideal country setting to build your dream home with the added bonus of creating income off the block. This immaculate lifestyle block is a rare find.

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Tinwald 56 Fords Road 5

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Country lifestyle, urban amenities A country lifestyle could not be found any closer to town than this superbly presented property situated just outside of the Ashburton residential area. Well cared for and tidy in every detail, the potential new owners of this 2.02 hectare property have the opportunity to relax and enjoy the full range of living amenities on offer. Set in an established and sheltered garden setting, the permanent material five bedroom, two bathroom family home has recently been tastefully refurbished around a large open plan family dining room and has included a modern up to the minute kitchen with a central breakfast bar.

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Fairlie 67 Springs Road 3

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Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 12pm, Thu 21 Mar 2019 201 West St, Ashburton View by appointment Mike Preston 027 430 7041 mike.preston@bayleys.co.nz Austen Russell 027 441 7055 austen.russell@bayleys.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

Versatile quality soils - 'The Springs' This is a well balanced property of flats to rolling downs currently growing cereals, grazing and finishing lambs and cattle. The consistent performance and diverse nature of this property allows the flexibility and capacity to farm multiple revenue streams. Complemented with exceptional farm buildings including a large clear span shed, silos, bulk storage bins, shearing shed, sheep and cattle yards. Not to be forgotten, a fully enclosed aircraft hangar and airstrip caters for the air enthusiast. The home sits in a well-established and sheltered setting.

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138 Belt Road

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17 Turton Street

Terrific Street frontage Three bedrooms Two bathrooms Open plan living Lawns patio and fencing complete

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141a Kermode Street

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Immaculate presentation 4 bedroom Master with ensuite and WIR Large stylish kitchen Spacious living flowing to the outdoors • Loads of storage • Fantastic tiled patio’s • Manicured gardens

Offers over $375,000 • • • •

Brand spanking new Three bedrooms Open plan sunny living Fully fenced, lawns paths, patios all completed • Great Park views

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5 Coniston Drive

Offers over $625,000

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2/179 Harrison Street

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

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Privacy and location Brand new townhouse 3 bedrooms Open/plan kitchen dinning living Very sunny Single garage internal access 2 toilets Paths patios lawns and fences all included • Perfect location near the Allenton shopping centre

$260,000 Enjoy an incredible Lake Hood lifestyle, with recreation, entertainment and everything you need on your doorstep in this thriving and welcoming community.

Take advantage of two sets of plans drawn for this section or design your own the choice is yours.

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85a and 85b Park Street

$329,000

6 Kelburn Place

• 2 bedroom townhouse • Open/plan kitchen, dining and living • Single garage internal access • Paths lawns fencing will be completed • Double glassed and insulated

$639,000 When it comes to location this home will be hard to beat your living in the country but your in town.

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

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12 Westpark Close

$710,000

17 Murneys Lane

$875,000

• Four Bedrooms, master with WIR and ensuite • Upstairs games room, office or family retreat • Lovely family bathroom with separate powder room • Kitchen interacts easily with living and dining • Separate living area • Separate office space • Storage Galore • Huge 1158sqm section • Private and Secure

116 Tarbottons Road

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• Four bedroom lifestyle property • Interconnecting living flowing to the undercover outdoor patio • Kitchen with top of the line appliance and walk in pantry • Double attached garage/ mancave fully carpeted • Fully fenced swimming pool • Approx 3.24ha

23 Philip Street

Offers over $268,000 Walking in the domain already

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Family and entertainers delight 5 Bedrooms 3 Living areas Triple car garaging off house Alarmed 12x9 Shed Inground salt water swimming pool • 4006m2 Section

Time to purchase this 2 bedroom front townhouse with sunroom/ sewing room. New modernised kitchen with separate laundry. This home has a large living area and is heated by the way of a heat pump and eco friendly log burner.

Easy care section with room for the Vege garden. Location is handy to the domain, hospital and town centre.

Viewing is by appointment only.

3 Catherwood Close

Offers over $490,000

62 Wills Street

$569,000 • This is a special home close to the Ashburton domain, hospital, churches and the town centre all within easy walking distance.

• 3 double bedrooms • Open plan kitchen dining living • Very sunny • Double garage internal access • En-suite off main bedroom • Separate bathroom • Path, lawns and fencing will be completed. Fully insulated and double glazed • Location location 171sqm

• Its all in the Address • 4 Bedrooms with ensuite & walkin wardrobe • 2 living areas • Open plan kitchen and dinning • Establish gardens • Double garage internal access

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t’s a sign of the times with Mitsubishi’s whole range now being either SUVs or utes.

Within the SUV range there’s been a new model of the popular, compact ASX shown overseas and this will arrive in NZ in due course.

A little larger are the shapely Eclipse Cross models with their 1.5-litre turbo-petrol engines.

Next size up is of course the Outlander, of which there’s quite a variety of seven-seat petrol and diesel models.

As well there’s two versions of the Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) both with five-seats.

More about the PHEV VRX a little later in this story.

The largest in their SUV range, both with 4WD, low range and higher ground clearance and very well accomplished, both off and on road, go with the Pajero name.

The newer Pajero Sport, which is based on the Triton so has the same 2.4-litre diesel, but has an excellent eight-speed auto, while the patriarch of the range, the Pajero continues with the 143kW/448Nm, 3.2-litre diesel.

Enter the new Triton utes, which as well as having sharper, more contemporary looks, that make them look bigger and wider, they now have a six-speed auto and some of the latest driver assist and safety technology.

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previously and continue with the 2.4-litre, 135kW/ 437Nm diesel as used in the Pajero Sport.

Of particular note is the top-of-therange, double -cab Triton VRX 4WD model which currently has a special introductory price of $49,990 plus ORCs. It boasts leather seats, selectable offroad modes (gravel, mud/snow, sand and rock) and a host of safety and driver-assist features including a multi around view monitor.

But back to the plug-in hybrid Outlander PHEV VRX , which costs $55,990 (plus onroad costs).

It could well be the answer for those looking for a reasonably affordable, yet rather luxurious, fuel-efficient, low-emission, on demand all-wheel-drive SUV (the rear wheels driven by an electric motor) and decent 190mm ground clearance.

There’s currently around 1000 Outlander PHEVs on New Zealand roads in both ($50,990) XLS and VRX guise.

The latest models have been upgraded to deliver a smoother, quieter ride, as well as improvements and refinements to their fit-out.

Externally the VRX has two-tone alloy wheels, a rear spoiler and more streamlined front.

Inside the heated, leather clad front seats have extra bolstering for greater support and there’s now rear outlets for the climate-air con for those in the also spacious and comfortable rear seats.

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Of course what separates the PHEV from the straight petrol and diesel Outlanders is their proven hybrid technology.

This gives an electric range of up to 54km and combined range of over 600km.

There’s also the possibility, like on a drive home from central Christchurch, of getting nearly as far as Dunsandel, mostly by electric power with a possible resulting combined fuel consumption of approximately 1.7L/100 km for that portion of the drive.

The four-cylinder 2-litre petrol then takes over and at the same time, along with the regenerative braking, recharges the battery.

While this is happening the driver can choose, by pressing centre console mounted buttons to either save the battery power for future use or to use it as driving conditions require.

In fact other than doing this, or plugging it in to charge up, driving a PHEV is little different to driving a straight petrol or diesel Outlander.

The performance is sprightly and 100km/h can be reached from standstill in 10 seconds.

On the open road it is an extremely quiet cruiser, willing during overtaking and then tidy and predicable through the corners.

Plugging in to charge it up can take place at home (or work if you have a generous boss) via a standard 3-pin plug (no extension cord to be used) and an empty battery will be fully charged in 6.5 hours at a cost of around $3 (depending on your electricity supplier).

There’s also a 2DC Fast Charge capability, which converts AC mains power to DC power at very high currents and recharges the battery from 0 to 80 per cent in around 20 minutes at the likes of Electricity Ashburton’s West St facility.

This is currently free to use, but as I found from observing others doing this, is likely to be off-set by having a coffee or Big Mac while the battery is charging.

And also note that how some EV only (not hybrid) drivers can be seemingly desperate to charge in and up!

To make life even easier, there’s even a remote control app allows you to set home charging times.

The battery has an 8-year/160,000km warranty, as well there’s a comprehensive 5-year/100,000km mechanical warranty.

Luggage space remains impressive and is of course easily loaded via the high rising hatch.

OUTLANDER PHEV VRX Costs: $55,990 (XLS $50,990) plus ORCs. Engine: 2.0 litre petrol-hybrid; 88kW and 189Nm. Transmission: CVT- all-wheel-drive.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - Coca-Cola was first sold in cans in 1947. a. True b. False 2 - In which country is Shakespeare’s play Hamlet set? a. Scotland b. France c. Denmark 3 - Which of these movies did not feature Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy? a. Suddenly, Last Summer b. Woman of the Year c. Keeper of the Flame 4 - Which former US President won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002? a. Ronald Reagan b. Richard Nixon c. Jimmy Carter 5 - In which year was building work on The Beehive in Wellington completed? a. 1976 b. 1981 c. 1984 6 - Which word describes the hat worn as part of an Australian soldier’s uniform? a. Slump b. Slouch c. Stoop 7 - Which brand was voted as the Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Brand in 2018? a. Air New Zealand b. Whittakers c. Speight’s 8 - What sort of animal was the Disney animated character Simba? a. Lion b. Bear c. Snake

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A once-every-six-year event has been happening at Lake Tasman in the Mt Cook National Park, where huge chunks of ice have been calving off the Tasman Glacier and drifting in the lake. The icebergs might look small in this photo, but the reality is different, with huge bergs of ice and dirt drifting and eventually melting. You can walk right down to the lake’s edge and get yourself a piece of glacier before it dissolves and turns into the spectacular turquoise waters of Lake Pukaki.

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Youth hold key to global warming plan A

shburton’s mayor Donna Favel nailed her colours to the mast a long time ago over the need to be proactive in planning both for the impact of climate change on our district.

One or two of her councillors were as passionate about the issue but most were less than enthusiastic about putting plans in place.

To her credit she hung in there, signed a local government accord and ensured a local climate change policy was developed by council staff.

That policy is now out for public consultation. It’s anyone’s guess how much interest it will generate, but Favel, smartly, has gambled on getting on board the people on whom climate change

will have the greatest impact – our children.

She’s hoping older children will take the time to think about the issue and to share their thoughts in a submission to the council.

Let’s hope they do, but if the response of adults to any form of community consultation is any indication, she might be disappointed.

And that’s a shame. There are plenty of areas in life where the

best answers can be found in young minds. Those minds are unfettered by convention, they don’t worry about barriers, about what might be difficult or from left field. But sometimes those thoughts of young people contain the germ of an idea that provides the inspiration for an exciting outcome.

To be fair, it’s difficult to get excited about the whole climate change issue. Yes, it’s clear our climate is changing and we’re increasingly being delivered weather that’s either too hot, too wet or too cold for the time of year.

It’s difficult as an adult to turn your mind to a problem, one that will definitely occur, but one where the when and the degree are unclear. You can’t blame

anyone for pushing the need to plan aside.

But let’s get real here. We can’t dismiss climate change as the fanciful idea of a scientist or meteorologist. It’s coming, like it or not and we need to be prepared.

We also need to be realistic.

It’s a pretty safe bet that some of the threats – sea rises and floods – won’t occur here. But we might receive less rain and hotter summer weather, we might find there are crops we can’t grow. But we might also find there are new crops that become viable with more heat.

So how do you plan for a future where the reality is largely unknown. Right now it’s a drawing board full of what ifs.

The answers, as mayor Favel

suggests, could well be found in the minds of today’s youth. And it’s clear they’re the age group that seriously cares about the issue.

Their planned national strike on March 15 around climate change demonstrates that.

Whether it’s an appropriate action or not, the motivation is right. It’s their world we’re messing with when if we don’t do our bit to hold back the tide of global warming.

Across the country thousands of students are planning to strike as part of a global campaign urging politicians to treat climate change as a crisis.

They’re right when they say it’s their future we’ve messed with for decades.

two Army helicopters from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, collided in mid-flight.

In 2004, Abul Abbas, the Palestinian guerrilla leader who’d planned the hijacking of the Achille Lauro passenger ship, died while in US custody in Baghdad, Iraq; he was 56.

In 2008, President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and other coercive interrogation methods to gain information from suspected terrorists.

Ten years ago: A pastor was gunned down during a Sunday sermon in a southwestern Illinois church;

a judge later ruled the suspect in the shooting, Terry Sedlacek, was mentally unfit to stand trial in the killing of the Rev. Fred Winters at the First Baptist Church of Maryville. A suicide bomber struck a police academy in Baghdad, killing at least 30.

Five years ago: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 with 239 people on board, vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, setting off a massive search. (To date, the fate of the jetliner and its occupants has yet to be determined.)

One year ago: US and South Korean officials said President Donald Trump had agreed to meet with

North Korean leader Kim Jung Un by the end of May to negotiate an end to North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme.

Today’s birthdays: Jazz musician George Coleman is 84. Actress Sue Ane Langdon is 83. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 75. Actor-director Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) is 74.

Singer-musician Randy Meisner is 73. Pop singer Peggy March is 71. Jazz musician Billy Childs is 62. Singer Gary Numan is 61.

Actor Aidan Quinn is 60. Country musician Jimmy Dormire is 59.

Actress Camryn Manheim is 58.

Actor Leon is 56. Rock singer Shawn Mullins (The Thorns) is

51. Neo-soul singer Van Hunt is 49. Actress Andrea Parker is 49.

Actor Boris Kodjoe is 46. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 43. Actress Laura Main is 42. Actor James Van Der Beek is 42. Rhythm-andblues singer Kameelah Williams (702) is 41. Actor Nick Zano is 41.

Rock singer Tom Chaplin (Keane) is 40. Rock musician Andy Ross (OK Go) is 40. Actress Jessica Collins is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kristinia DeBarge is 29.

Thought for today: “There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.” — Aldous Huxley, English author (18941963).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Friday, March 8, the 67th day of 2019. There are 298 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On March 8, 1702, England’s Queen Anne acceded to the throne upon the death of King William III. On this date: In 1618, German astronomer Johannes Kepler devised his third law of planetary motion.

In 1854, US Commodore Matthew C. Perry made his second landing in Japan; within a month, he concluded a treaty with the Japanese.

In 1948, the Supreme Court, in McCollum v. Board of Education, struck down voluntary religious education classes in Champaign, Illinois, public schools, saying the programme violated separation of church and state.

In 1921, A world first, 34 women were appointed to train as dental nurses for the New Zealand statefunded School Dental Service (SDS).

In 1929, Moviegoers flocked to see Frank Borzage’s Street angel, a silent picture with a recorded musical soundtrack, at Wellington’s Paramount Theatre.

In 1965, the United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam as 3500 Marines arrived to defend the US air base at Da Nang.

In 1971, Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali by decision in what was billed as The Fight of the Century at Madison Square Garden in New York. Silent film comedian Harold Lloyd died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 77.

In 1975, the first International Women’s Day was celebrated.

In 1979, technology firm Philips demonstrated a prototype compact disc player during a press conference in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

In 1983, in a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals convention in Orlando, Florida, President Ronald Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an “evil empire”.

In 1988, 17 soldiers were killed when

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The annual duck race is growing in popularity and is proving to be the ideal event for catch-ups.

Is the duck race the new Boxing Day races?

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he duck race was awesome!

We reckon it was the biggest crowd ever.

Maybe it was the weather, it was perfect.

Maybe it was the new dash for cash races?

They were so popular we had to run two of them.

Maybe it was the major prize an E Bike from Skinners Bikes?

There seemed to be a lot of street talk about that.

I think it was a combination of all of those things and the event itself. It’s just a fun event.

All in all it runs really well, although we seem to fine tune it every year and probably will continue to do that every year.

I’m starting to think it’s quietly becoming the new Boxing Day races as I had a couple of people say: “I meet up with people I haven’t seen in ages at the duck race”.

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It was great to see kids running around having a blast in the fenced off grassed area, while their olds enjoyed watching the races and catching up with friends.

As any event organiser knows these things don’t just happen by themselves, there is a whole lot of work that goes into them.

Of course it wouldn’t happen at all without Skip and Amanda and the team at the Phat Duck.

Amanda makes sure inside runs as best as it can, considering it’s their biggest night of the year.

Skip keeps everyone outside entertained.

Our Carol and Mel do a fab job in the lead up to the race, organising all the sponsors and prizes. Plus all the admin stuff on the night.

This year we had a heap of local businesses call us wanting to be part of the duck race. We added another 10 ducks to the race and then sponsored the individual races but still had to turn some away.

A big thanks to all the sponsors for your support.

Maybe we need to have three heats of 50 ducks next year!

The guys at the start of a race need a shout out too, Sandy, Damo, the ACL water tanker crew and the Fire Brigade. Thanks guys, without you we wouldn’t get started and the ducks would still be floating in the creek now without the boost to the flow.

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Skip and Johnny and the kids do a super job making sure all the ducks are in a row as far as finishing spots go.

Race commentator Craig Harrison does a brilliant job with each and every race. It can’t be easy not falling in the creek and seeing the numbers of each bobbing duck, especially at his age.

Happy Birthday for Wednesday Harry.

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Here’s to a ducktastic 13th edition next year.

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■ RURAL BROADBAND

RWC in the spotlight

By Nikki MaNdow Around 40,000 rural householders will need to leave the couch (nay, the house) to watch the full gamut of Rugby World Cup matches this year.

That’s because their broadband won’t be good enough to stream the games.

That was the message from the bosses of Crown Infrastructure Partners, the body tasked with providing ultra-fast and rural broadband to New Zealanders.

Quizzed by MPs on the Transport and Infrastructure select committee, CIP’s chair Simon Allen and chief executive Graham Mitchell said the second Rural Broadband Initiative rollout was still in its early stages, but had already seen 31,000 households hooked up.

That will have increased by the time the World Cup kicks off in Japan on September 20.

However an estimated 40,000 households, many who still have only dial-up level internet speeds, will have to look at find-

ing a pub or a friend with better broadband, Mitchell said.

Only seven RWC games will be screened free-to-air on TVNZ; the others will be available only by streaming them on a broadband or mobile connection via telecommunications company Spark.

Asked by MP Paul Goldsmith whether the network would cope with a huge increase in traffic with everyone streaming world cup games, Allen was optimistic.

“The ultra-fast broadband wholesale fibre network has ample capacity.

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At close of trading on Thursday, March 7, 2019

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S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents

p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

9,437.36 +22.36 +0.24%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

6,296.94 +19.19 +0.31%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

10,224.42 +23.3 +0.23%

p Rises 58 q Falls 42 Top 5 NZX gainers Company

daily % rise

Michael Hill Intl +6.67% Evolve Education Gr +4.76% Pacific Edge +3.45% Plexure Gr +3.03% Fonterra Co-op Gr +2.72%

Top 5 NZX decliners Company

daily % fall

T&G Global –5.69% Sky Network TV –2.62% US Small Cap Tr –2.15% Kathmandu Hldgs –2.00% Abano Healthcare Gr –1.96%

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

p Gold

1,286.0

London – $US/ounce

+2.2

+0.17%

15.04

–0.07

–0.46%

6,536.0

+117.0

+1.82%

q Silver London – $US/ounce p Copper London – $US/tonne NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ As at 4pm March 7, 2019

Country

Colenso in top ten Two New Zealand companies have been included on a prestigious list of the top 50 creative agencies in the world. The Warc Creative 100 placed Colenso BBDO at number eight while Special Group slotted in further back at number 45. Both agencies are based in Auckland.

Colenso has a long legacy of producing advertising for DB Export, Mars Pedigree, Spark and a number of other high profile clients. - NZME

Trade Me takeover Trade Me shareholders are being told Apax Partners’ $2.56 billion takeover bid eclipses the independent adviser’s valuation, but won’t see the report for another week or two. The company’s 9458 shareholders will vote on whether to approve the $6.45 a share takeover offer on April 3 at a special meeting in Wellington.

- NZME

Restaurant sales up Restaurant Brands New Zealand, the subject of a partial takeover offer by Finaccess Capital, lifted its full-year sales as the fast-food operator’s expansion to Australia and Hawaii continued to bear fruit.

Total sales to February 25 were $794 million, up 7.2 per cent on the year. Fourth-quarter sales inched up 0.1 per cent.

- NZME

■ THE MARKETS

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“It will well and truly cope with the increase. And the rural networks will be engineered to cope with it, though not all the rural build will be finished by then.”

Less certain is how the broadband retailer networks will handle the stress – particularly Spark, which hasn’t had to deal with such potentially large spikes in traffic before.

Sports streaming has had its dire moments overseas over recent years, including a major failure with Aussie telco Optus’ Fifa World Cup stream July last year.

Meanwhile it wasn’t all about

rugby at the Transport and Infrastructure select committee.

The MPs also asked questions about Crown Infrastructure Partners’ Haast mobile phone blackspot upgrade – the sole policeman is happy to at last be able to communicate from accident or crime scenes.

Allen and Mitchell also updated MPs about the East Coast broadband project and CIP’s new(ish) role facilitating roading and wastewater infrastructure funding for new housing developments.

The flagship Milldale project, at Wainui north of Auckland, will see CIP finance over half of the estimated $91.3 million cost of bulk infrastructure for 9000 houses. The funding model, which sees section owners repay the money for the infrastructure over 30 years, aims to take the pressure off councils who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford this infrastructure.

“By CIP putting the money in, it has brought the project forward 20 years.”

- NZME

In brief

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TT buy

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TT sell

0.9472 0.8965 4.2561 0.5888 1.3747 0.5065 74.35 1.6117 9.4826 20.90 0.6686

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Dairy prices heading north T he local NZX 50 reached an all-time high this week despite the domestic calendar being quiet.

At the time of writing, the index is up a healthy 6.9 per cent year to date, as investors seek relatively stable dividend streams as global interest rates are expected to remain lower for longer.

Dairy prices continued to climb at the latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.

The latest GDT auction took place early Wednesday morning and ended on a high, recording a seventh consecutive rise with the headline index up 3.3 per cent.

Butter saw the most dramatic move jumping 11.0 per cent, while both whole milk powder and cheddar saw a healthy 6.0 per cent boost.

At the other end of the spectrum, the price of skim milk powder dropped 4.3 per cent and rennet casein fell marginally, down 0.1 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Fonterra shareholders’ fund has bounced off last week’s record lows after the dairy co-operative downgraded its earnings forecast and said it won’t be paying an interim dividend.

Shares of The a2 Milk Company have also been buoyant, and remain up 33.1 per cent this year.

US markets edged lower this week amid a lack of progress on the US-China trade front.

US President Donald Trump is said to be pressuring US negotiators to cut a deal with China soon in hope of fuelling a market rally.

Trade tensions have been a constant source of market volatility over the past year, as negotiations

Jeremy Flood

ON THE MARKETS

between the world’s two largest economies continue to play out.

Staying in the US, the bull market turned ten!

The current bull market had a milestone birthday this week, celebrating the tenth anniversary since the March 2009 low.

Wednesday (March 6) marked the anniversary of the day the S&P 500 hit its intraday low of 666 way back in in 2009. This was the turning point for equity markets that had slumped heavily in the 18 months prior.

Despite little on the trade front, Chinese shares surged to a ninemonth high.

In an annual report the Chinese Government said it would implement measures to boost domestic consumption to counter the impact of a slowing economy.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said that the government aims for the economy to grow in a range of 6.0 to 6.5 per cent in 2019, which is below the 2018 rate of 6.6 per cent – its slowest pace in almost 30 years.

Li said Beijing aims to keep the consumer price inflation (CPI) at around 3 per cent in 2019, unchanged from last year’s goal.

China’s CPI rose 2.1 per cent from a year earlier in 2018.

Australian shares closed at a sixmonth high despite fourth quarter GDP figures coming in below

market expectations.

The Australian economy grew by just 0.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2018, below expectations of a 0.3 per cent rise.

The figures showed construction fell sharply, consumer consumption was weaker and the impact of the drought on agriculture continued to be felt.

While one of the biggest contributors to economic growth was government spending.

The New Zealand dollar climbed higher against the Australian dollar following the news.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept interest rates at a record-low of 1.5 per cent since mid2016 and recently flagged it is open to another cut.

The Canadian dollar weakened over the course of the week due to rate-hike uncertainty.

In the latest sign of global central bank dovishness, the Bank of Canada held interest rates steady as expected amid a slowing economy and said there was ‘increased uncertainty’ around the timing of future rate increases. That in turn, pushed the Canadian dollar to its lowest level in two months versus the greenback.

Despite the dovish stance by central banks, the Federal Reserve in the US reported the US economy continued to grow in the first weeks of 2019 despite the 35 day partial government shutdown.

Jeremy Flood works for Craigs Investment Partners.

This article should not be deemed as advice. Disclosure statement available free of charge and on request.

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WEEKEND RACING GUIDE

d M3 Addington Dogs Today at Addington

3

March 8

Weather: Mainly Fine DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 12:01PM

1

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 7-8-9-10-11-12 THE FITZ SPORTS BAR DASH

PX # REC Greyhound Fastest time

4 3 2 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

78278 Smash Calling 17.34 73445 Broken Penniless 17.45 55437 Know Respect 17.28 48282 High Violet 17.40 64224 Lisa’s Boy 17.24 76825 Ohoka Angel 17.41 36855 Goldstar Jay Jay 17.25 21112 Chanyaka 17.34 86875 Jealous Much 17.50

12:17PM 1 2 3 4 4 5 2 6 3 7 8 9 10

1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

2 4

1 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1 2 3 4 5 3 6 7 4 8 9 10 1 2 2 3 4 5 4 6 3 7 8 9 10

1 2

3 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

2 4

1 2 3 4 5

8

9

13511 Know State 30.01 65416 Hard Questions 30.01 12888 Know Equal 30.45 46145 Opawa Al 30.53 74556 Bashful Buffy 31.09 34713 Cosmic Stu 30.52 22235 Umbridge Bale 30.20 23625 Astrid nwtd 85534 Opawa Abbie Joy 30.25

2:39PM

1

7

71321 Shanly Star 17.15 11564 Dusky Brew 17.32 12648 Flower Bomb 17.06 25676 Must Be Rusty 17.19 33264 Fiery Jen 17.19 51125 Mohican Run 17.13 64212 Bahama Queen 17.08 X5716 Billy Frost 17.45 835F2 Mitcham Faye 17.22 75576 Beck Eleven 17.42

2:22PM

10

$2,860, C2, 520m

J McInerney J & D Fahey J & D Fahey S & B Evans R Wales J & D Fahey G Cleeve R Wales R Wales G Cleeve

C Roberts R Wales G Cleeve J McInerney A Botherway J M McCook S & B Evans M Grant M Grant A Bradshaw

81552 Fired Up Jasper 17.04 X8571 Smash Attack 17.22 X7265 Dyna Kushida 17.00 5721F Wheelie Wheels 17.18 41275 Custom Paint 17.06

1 2 3 4 4 5 6 3 7 8 9 10

1 2

1 2 3 2 4 5 6 7 1 8 9 10

4 3

$1,685, C2, 295m

C Roberts L Waretini G Cleeve Hart & Taylor M Grant Mitchell & Smith C Weir B Dann J McInerney

G Cleeve G Cleeve G Cleeve R Wales J McInerney J McInerney C Roberts J Dunn R Wales

CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO DASH

$2,860, C4/5, 295m

B Dann M Grant C Roberts C Weir C Weir

C Roberts C Roberts S & B Evans J & D Fahey D Roberts G Cleeve M Robinson Hart & Taylor S & B Evans R Adcock

12

PROTEXIN DASH

$2,860, C4/5, 295m

11166 Wildebeest 17.29 52512 Lord Louie nwtd 16461 Smash Wild 17.08 58F31 Dizzy Banjo 17.12 32423 Chitina Tin 17.15 43133 Dove Love 17.15 37142 Bookie Monster 17.19 11431 Nelso Allen 16.89 17727 Rocket Raccoon 17.01 835F2 Mitcham Faye 17.22

A Bradshaw R Adcock M Grant C Weir A Lee C Weir J Dunn C Roberts C Weir J McInerney

March 8

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Dead; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1800m; Straight: 400m; Rail: True; Weather: Rain Clearing DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 12:26PM OPT 394

1

1

VETS ON RIVERBANK 1200

2

$10,000, MDN, 1200m Jockey

1 3245X Hunter Villain (2) 58.5 A Bull 2 79X62 Mi Gold Card (6) 58.5 S Gordon 3 26X47 Rekohu Diva (4) 56.5 Thompson/Brown 4 X36X0. Shockaine (1) 56.5 A Bidlake 5 47449 Tennessee Rose (3) 56.5 K Gray 6 3230X Mohaka (5) 56 Lowry/Cullen 7 47 Capelyn (7) 56 T Keegan

1:02PM 393

OPT

1:37PM 387

$10,000, MDN 3YO, 1400m

3

R Myers J Parkes S O'Malley (a4) H Andrew (a2) R Hannam T Thornton C Johnson L Hemi

SUNRANS SPA 1400

$10,000, MDN 2YO&UP, 1400m

1 6X25. Matt Cain (8) 58.5 S Carey 2 02204 Rio Star (7) 58.5 B McDermott 3 0380X Arapaho Prince (9) 58.5 B Revell 3 4 477X Hocico Blanco (11) 58.5 F Auret 5 658 Bruno Stars (6) 58.5 Benner/Wynyard 1 6 8X Pondering (10) 58.5 S Kay 4 7 39934 Senor Moss (4) 58 TeamRogerson 8 090X3 Miss Sher Nan (5) 56.5 J Scott 9 X536X Stormy Waters (3) 56.5 Ramsay/Ritchie 10 X3099. Sabatica (1) 56.5 D Parry 11 5 Shakespeare (2) 55 Benner/Wynyard 1

1 2

2:12PM OPT 383

4

R Myers J Parkes D Turner C Johnson H Andrew (a2) R Hannam L Allpress

& KIRSTY ON YOUR WEDDING DAY 2 CONGRATS SHAGGYBOND

1 23 Cover Drive (3) 57.5 K Myers 2 0X5. Boom Boy (6) 57.5 A Greig 3 Galway Bro (2) 57.5 C Rauhihi 4 0X Royal Inn (8) 57.5 K Gray 5 52 Divine Wine (4) 55.5 L Latta 6 56285 Glide Queen (5) 55.5 M Eales 7 729 Masarova (1) 55.5 TeamRogerson 8 Wotarocker (7) 55.5 M Breslin

OPT

4

J Fawcett (a1) R Hannam D Hirini (a1) L Allpress S O'Malley (a4) R Myers T Thornton L Hemi J Parkes D Turner C Johnson

EL CHEAPO CARS 1400

$10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m

1 940X0 Blue On Black (9) 59.5 A Herbert 2 85235 Malo Bik (8) 59.5 A Sharrock 3 X4236. Lucidity (6) 57 Ramsay/Ritchie 4 0X330 Leighs Mate (4) 57 S Gordon 5 34556 Platinum Mam’selle (3) 56.5 L Latta 6 6515X Platinum Rapper (1) 56.5 L Latta 7 78361 My Calendar Girl (2) 56.5 T Yeates 8 08064 Confessional (5) 55 TeamRogerson 9 X6754 Margot (7) 54.5 S Gordon

T Thornton S O'Malley (a4) R Myers J Parkes R Hannam C Johnson J Fawcett (a1) S Johnson (a4) L Allpress

2:47PM OPT 379

5

CAVALLO FARM & CHRIS RUTTEN BLOODSTOCK 1600

3:23PM OPT 375

6

NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE

$10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m

1 33346 One Prize One Goal (8) 59 L Somervell 2 X3401 Tiro (1) 59 R Bergerson 3 17504 In Segreto (6) 58 K Gray 4 2153. Atlanta Peach (5) 57.5 Lowry/Cullen 5 X4177 Colorado Miss (3) 56 R Bergerson 6 55464 Sophia Magia (7) 56 R Bergerson 7 0X09X Galway Lil (9) 55.5 A Bull 8 06348 En Suite (2) 54.5 K Myers 9 56685. Post Graduate (4) 54 G Hacche

3:56PM OPT 371

1

7

L Hemi C Johnson H Andrew (a2) R Myers J Parkes L Allpress C O'Beirne (a3) S MacNab (a2) S O'Malley (a4)

$10,000, MDN F&M, 1600m

1 X7623 Run Lee (8) 57.5 D & E Haworth 2 42747. Aladina (10) 57.5 Ramsay/Ritchie 3 3 46835 Naderca (2) 57.5 R Bergerson 4 7X30X Weare Rocking (7) 57.5 M Breslin 5 X6378 Sheer Elegance (11) 57.5 L Somervell 6 7X90X Howzangel (3) 57.5 C Bambry 7 89 Le Cailloux (5) 57.5 Thompson/Brown 8 8X067 Road To Reign (4) 57.5 G Humphries 9 400X6 Sweet Elvira (6) 57 J Guilford 1 10 3 Evana Rahma (12) 57 S Ritchie 11 54 Lady Verawood (9) 57 K Gray 4 12 4704. Verbier (1) 57 Ramsay/Ritchie

2

6 7 8 4 9 10 3 11 2 12 13

57556 Red Red Robin (8) 56.5 D Hayes 74509 Candy Belt (11) 56.5 P Moseley 76005 Supablue (2) 56.5 TeamRogerson 6. Southern Skies (10) 56.5 Ramsay/Ritchie 0X697 Nameofgame (12) 56.5 F Auret 53468 Flying Meg (4) 56 T Keegan 80646 Viva La Platinum (13) 56 L Latta 00X05 Ekstrememiss (1) 56 B Revell

R Myers

C Johnson D Turner L Hemi C O'Beirne (a3) R Hannam T Moseley T Thornton J Parkes H Andrew (a2) L Allpress

RIVERSTONE CAFE 2200

$10,000, MDN, 2200m

1 8X095 Master Courtsman (6) 58.5 T Corric 2 40378 Took The Catch (5) 58.5 G Vile 3 99. Reveille (9) 58.5 A Davies 4 800 Rockabye (7) 58.5 M Breslin 5 56732 Bella Nero (3) 56.5 S Gordon

D Turner R Hannam D Hirini (a1) S O'Malley (a4) C O'Beirne (a3)

H Andrew (a2) T Moseley S Johnson (a4) C Johnson J Parkes L Allpress R Myers

b M8 Westport Harness (Grass) Today at Patterson Park

March 8

Track Information Type: Grass; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1206m; Weather: Mainly Fine DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 1:55PM OPT 275

1

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-10 5-6-7-8-9-10 NELSON PINE INDUSTRIES PACE

$8,500, NON-WINNERS 3YO+, 2000m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver

1 2 3 3 4 5 1 6 7 2 8 9 4 10 11 12

66886 Ultimate Swift (1) D Keast Hello Adele (2) P Beveridge X3808 Olde Oak Ellie (3) J Reedy Sheza Bromac (4) S Adlam 62779 Matthew Eyre (5) M Brown 40224 Ohoka Matty (6) A Stuart 8 Tiz A Sweetheart (7) K O'Dea X6553 Rockntommy Rulz (8) G & N Hope Awesome Official Kayla Maguire (9) J Curtin 38693 Smirken (10) B Waldron 55404 Sefton Hooligan (11) A Hoffman

2:28PM 273

OPT

2-3, 4-5, 6-7 2-3-4, 5-6-7 1-2-3-4, 4-5-6-7 2-3-4-5-6-7

PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer

2 4 3

3 4 $2,390, C4, 295m 2 J McInerney 1

$3,325, C3, 520m

$4,735, C4/5, 520m

Today at Otaki

KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES

GLENBYRE TAVERN STAKES

Otaki Races

3 2 $2,860, C4/5, 295m 1

S & B Evans A Bradshaw J McInerney B Dann A Bradshaw J Dunn M Grant J McInerney R Adcock

11

c M6

SPECTATOR’S BAR & BISTRO DASH

C Weir R Adcock C Roberts J Dunn S & B Evans M Grant A Bradshaw C Roberts C Weir J McInerney

J Dunn J McInerney A Bradshaw C Weir R Adcock

22241 Dyna Dave 29.73 11315 Avenger Bale 29.82 53336 Kia Tere 30.48 82516 Manooka 30.21 64184 Egomaniacal 30.17 17557 Know Threat 30.21 65261 David’s Legacy 30.07 22627 Martha Magic 30.17 54173 Goldstar Ashton 30.35 865X7 Invincible Sue 30.15

3:15PM

$2,035, C3, 295m

C Roberts Hart & Taylor A Bradshaw S & B Evans M Grant M Grant M Robinson J McInerney L Waretini M Grant

51F13 Business Ethics 17.18 23836 Botany Cold 17.22 14246 Nozzno Fear 17.16 17727 Rocket Raccoon 17.01 75576 Beck Eleven 17.42

2:57PM

1 3 KAIKANUI TAVERN SPRINT 4

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAULINE ‘PUD’ MUNRO SPRINT

23221 Sunlit Johnny 17.13 13718 Edge Of Town 17.04 75314 Cawbourne Britty 17.22 61337 Ketchikan Kim 17.25 21148 Disobedience 17.19 22181 Smash Reward 17.13 41255 Torpedo Tuck 17.21 11162 Platinum Marshal 17.00 17727 Rocket Raccoon 17.01 835F2 Mitcham Faye 17.22

2:01PM

1

6

12643 Dyna Lenny 17.17 83438 Platonic Affair 17.47 76436 Know Approval 17.32 35468 Culvie Jay Dee 17.40 18386 Cathy Maree 17.17 68746 Little Lottie 17.47 1611 Randy Raccoon 17.08 13411 Mitcham Quinn 17.22 86875 Jealous Much 17.50

1:45PM

2 1

5

32734 Jitterbug Jewel 17.36 48316 Culvie Lass 17.33 41456 Boston Powers 17.22 11381 Goldstar Major 17.26 74542 High Return 17.29 21574 Smash Bomber 17.23 84328 My Bro Michael 17.29 32744 Mertz 17.47 58264 Jaded Affair 17.35 26776 Come A Guster 17.33

1:28PM

B Dann S & B Evans A Bradshaw A Lee S & B Evans L Waretini J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney R Adcock

STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH0272719588 DASH $2,035, C3, 295m

53345 Barellen Panther 17.44 25345 Opawa Waihemo 17.33 66311 Know Sweat 17.26 11778 Nippa Eel 17.33 64631 Call Me Flo 17.24 25221 Rock Bottom 17.54 21225 Goldstar Dodge 17.32 71667 Hear This 17.30 68463 Smash Damage 17.24 76846 Loco Lola 17.18

1:10PM

2 4 1 3

4

$2,390, C4, 295m

GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND STAKES

42214 Sozin’s Emperor 30.73 56124 Jinja Shake 30.42 52126 Opawa Light 30.24 82115 Goldstar Whitey 30.35 13132 Opawa Lara 30.10 83115 Our Brad 30.12 12241 Know Betrayal 30.27 52114 Eddie Hemi 30.25 57242 Sefton Stan 30.60 43358 Know Conclusion 30.31

12:52PM 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 5 6 7 4 8 9 10

3

M Grant G Cleeve G Cleeve R Blackburn R Casey L Waretini S & B Evans B Dann J McInerney

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LISA WARETINI SPRINT

32618 Dunk It 17.24 13576 Cash A Roo 17.27 48225 Little Krakatoa 17.36 51611 Man Of Letters 17.41 52261 Kalonga 17.36 85463 Ohoka Clare 17.17 21788 It’s A Joke 17.26 71363 Joe Bonanza nwtd 835F2 Mitcham Faye 17.22 75576 Beck Eleven 17.42

12:35PM 1 2 2 1 3 4 4 5 3 6 7 8 9 10

2

$1,685, C2, 295m Trainer

6 7 8 9 10

Compiled by

2

D Keast (J) T Walsh S Ottley G Smith K Newman (J) J Alford (J) C D Thornley B Hope (J) SCRATCHED J Curtin J Morrison (J) C McDowell

RAY WHITE R.E./FRESH CHOICE W’PORT TROT $8,500, NON-WINNERS & R40 SpecHcp, 2600m

1 08 Amulet (1) G Smith 2 2 55922 Prince Teka (2) G McCrea 3 30767 Hang On Suzie (3) B Hutton 4 00X07 Opawa Majestic (4) I Cameron 5 P060X Little Miss (5) T Jellyman 6 89406 About Last Night (6) H Clarke 7 X0X08 Ken’s Dream (7) L Dobbs 1 8 0 Dreamy Notion (8) C & A Edmonds 4 9 42300 Folly’s Trouble (9) M Heenan 3 10 88L45 Superfast Lad (u1) M Heenan 11 56050 Gotta Ticket (u2) M Gill 12 007X0 Elvis P (1) M Perriton 13 98085 Muscle Pat (2) D Williamson 14 50980 Ideal Invasion (3) J Clementson

3:03PM OPT 289

3 2 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 1 12 13 14

3

G Smith K Cameron J Curtin I Cameron N Chilcott S Clarke L Dobbs R Houghton M Heenan S Ottley K Gill (J) M Perriton M Lewis (J) S O'Reilly (J)

TRT BUILDERS MOBILE PACE

$8,500, NON-WINNERS 3YO+., 2600m

9 The Fonz (1) B Waldron Pocket Rocknroll (2) M Gill 48766 Melody Pond (3) R Anderson 0PX Shezsomethinspecial (4) R Dickson 44854 Jims Mama (5) R Anderson Invisible Girl (6) B Hutton 67 Cute (7) J McDermott 05970 Nadira Franco (8) S Clarke 37043 Sister’s Delight (9) M Heenan

C D Thornley K Gill (J) G Smith J Morrison (J) R Anderson B Hutton N Chilcott H Clarke (J) S Ottley

Barrier

58902 Been To Jenny’s (21) K Cameron 78225 Malinka (22) T Walsh 062 Khal Drogo (23) P Scott 32380 Kacie Cullen (u1) K Austin 8PX60 Conquistador (u2) M Gill

3:34PM 293

OPT

4

K Cameron T Walsh J Curtin J W Cox J Alford (J)

COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL PACE

$8,500, NON-WINNERS 3YO+, 2600m

1 Shotgun Wedding (1) C McDowell 4 2 X4695 Snow Printz (2) B Johnson 3 97890 I Can Remember (3) I Cameron 3 4 X40D6 Kiwi Bloke (4) J Morrison 5 50X Tactical Change (5) B Hutton 6 President Pat (6) N Burton 7 Last One Grin (7) M Heenan 8 40798 Markham Eyre (8) M Brown 9 0X605 Nans Choice (9) S Adlam 1 10 44 American Flyer (10) S Roulston 11 00789 Bettor Lavados (11) D Flint 12 0X Native Oneinamillion (12) M Perriton 2 13 Baltimore Jack (13) N McGrath

4:06PM 284

OPT

1 2 1 3 2 4 5 6 4 7 8 9 3 10 11 12

3

4

6

7

K Gill (J) K Tomlinson (J) G Smith C D Thornley J W Cox J Morrison (J) J Curtin K Cameron S Lethaby B Munro B Borcoskie S Ottley

WEST COAST MESSENGER PACE

$9,000, 3YO+ R50-R55, 2000m

6X890 Officialdon (1) R Aubrey 00069 Eastwood Chieftain (2) D Pearce 85900 Ideal Rule (3) J & A Lethaby 08000 Pay Me Visa (4) A Stuart 64810 Tombelina (5) B Fahey 04950 Change Is Good (6) M Pash 82210 Tia Dalma (7) A Shutkowski 49548 God Only Knows (8) G Smith 50123 Just N Awe (9) G & N Hope 0X015 Maurice (10) J Curtin 32721 Dana Dawn (11) R Stuart

5:10PM OPT 307 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

CRITERION HOTEL PACE

$9,000, R40-R47, 2000m

99880 Donegal Carnbouy (1) M Gill 04908 Mordecai (2) K Ford P7644 Garry’s Legacy (3) C Kennedy 86734 Caesar’s Quest (4) J McDermott 28800 The Jandel Machine (5) M Nyhan 79000 Madame Frost (6) E Crawford 0X466 Rocknroll Nevin (7) R Higgins 26549 Pine Cone (8) K Cameron 09086 Magical Matty (9) J & A Lethaby 50X79 Eye Candy (10) R Todd 36097 Jungle Gem (11) B Borcoskie 09360 Olde Oak Emma (12) J Reedy

4:41PM OPT 279

1 2 3 4 3 5 6 4 7 8 1 9 2 10 11

5

C McDowell B Hope (J) K Cameron J Morrison (J) J Curtin N Burton M Heenan K Newman (J) S Ottley C D Thornley D Flint M Perriton G Smith

C McDowell S Ottley S Lethaby J Alford (J) C D Thornley J W Cox J Morrison (J) G Smith B Hope (J) J Curtin R Anderson

NORTH WEST LIVESTOCK MOBILE PACE

$9,000, 3YO+ R40-R58., 2600m

4X200 Shardan Suzie (1) C McDowell 88008 Canardly Remember (2) J Miller 60087 Highland Reign (3) B Negus 24316 Baker Creek (4) C McDowell 57084 All Nuts N Bolts (5) D Pearce 99013 Bonnie Boy (6) A Best 18047 Pay Me Swiss (7) P Kerr

K Cameron M Lewis (J) S O'Reilly (J) C McDowell S Ottley N Chilcott G Smith

8 7601 Frosty Reception (8) M Smolenski 9 34201 Jazelle (9) M Pash

J W Cox3 J Curtin

Barrier

2 10 1 11

24076 Johnny White (21) R Dunn 25333 Feel The Money (22) R Dunn

R Houghton M Anderson

5:38PM 300

8 MARGO NYHAN/PETER DAVIS KAWATIRI CUP (HCP PACE) 243

6:08PM OPT 297

9

OPT

1 2 4 3 3 4 5 6 7 2 8 1 9 10 11

$12,500, 3YO+ R56+ DiscrHcp, 2600m

76060 Johnny Eyre (1) M Brown 05086 Hidden Desire (2) D Flint 95546 Nui Ba Den (3) J Bartlett 12361 Arocknatthepark (4) P Kerr 00653 One Direction (5) L Prendergast 15818 Matai Minky (6) M Fuller 22233 Linton Shard (7) M Anderson 26561 Gimmefiveminutesmore (1) G & N Hope 26311 Di Caprio (2) B O'Meara 14097 Tuapeka Trick (3) R Dunn 78009 Mogul (4) J & J Geddes

K Newman (J) D Flint K Butt (J) G Smith J W Cox J Curtin1 M Anderson B Hope (J) J Morrison (J) R Houghton J Geddes

2

JENNIAN HOMES WOMEN DRIVERS CHALL MOBILE PACE 1 $9,000, 4YO+ R40-R55. INV.D, 2600m

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

97745 Scelta Uno (1) R Stuart 814X6 Em Ay (2) B Negus 32608 Hes Fast And Furious (3) M Gill 06214 The Kaik (4) J Bartlett 86395 Swap Over (5) J Miller 24388 Cheezel (6) B Fahey 3140 Ford Rule (7) B Butt 02760 Sonic Reign (8) K Musso 02000 Fortune Tiller (9) D Keast

A Tomlinson 4 S O'Reilly (J) K Gill (J) K Butt (J) M Lewis (J)3 K Tomlinson (J) S Ottley D Flint A Stewart (J)

10 11 12 2 13

05000 Clarendon Falcon (21) H Clarke 13208 Zippidy Doodah (22) M Pash 25961 Melt Down (23) M Heenan 704X9 Magical Miss (24) R Dunn

H Clarke (J)1 N Chilcott2 O Thornley (J) L Lester (J)

3 4 1

Barrier

6:38PM 332

OPT

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 8 2 9 10 3 11 12 4 13

10 BULLER R&E/NEW WORLD WESTPORT TROT

$9,000, 3YO+ R47+ DiscrHcp, 2600m

42208 Bright Glow (1) I Cameron 33612 Overzealous (2) M Nyhan 02129 Tequila Sunset (3) K Cameron Gin Rummy 518 Smudgee (4) P Borcoskie 10000 Monaro Maro (5) M Bryers 00060 Sods Law (u1) J & J Geddes 34503 One Over Dover (1) B Waldron 12518 Rocknpop (2) K Ford 62134 Sunny Glenis (3) R Anderson 2P637 Take After Me (4) G Scott 13127 Belmont’s Greatest (5) S McMullan 49X21 No Fears (u1) J Morrison

I Cameron4 J Curtin K Cameron3 SCRATCHED P Borcoskie M Bryers J Geddes3 C D Thornley1 K Tomlinson (J) R Anderson R Houghton2 S Ottley 4 J Morrison (J)

Today at Hatrick Raceway

March 82

d M9 Whanganui Dogs Weather: Some Rain DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 4:15PM OPT 314

1

4 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 1 7-8-9-10-11-12 ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C2

PX # REC Greyhound Fastest time

1 2 3 3 4 5 6 1 7 4 8 9 10

2

32172 Bigtime Kylie 17.82 86335 Zara Zara 17.81 13227 Scoobasi 17.68 5X234 Bigtime Serena nwtd 16651 Uno Eleven 17.75 54551 Tiger Uppercut 17.89 62322 Bigtime Marley 17.82 42822 Bigtime On Track 17.77 81783 Homebush Belle 17.82 15674 Breed Apart 17.75

4:31PM 315

OPT

1 2 3 4 5 6 3 7 8 9 10

1 2 4

1 2 1 3 4 2 5 6 7 3 8 9 10

4

1 2 3 1 4 5 6 2 7 4 8 9 10

3

4 1 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

3

PALMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C1/C2

4

68218 Hard Merch 17.47 67161 Butterball 17.59 31512 Cawbourne Liz 17.62 34851 Bigtime Basher 17.37 12611 Rapper Tilly 17.57 31883 Bigtime Autumn 17.77 17124 Justa Gift 17.62 13236 Bigtime Blackie 17.48 13367 Bigtime Emjay 17.52 18346 Tyson’s Quest 17.41

5:48PM 318

OPT

D P Symes3 M Flipp1 M Flipp L Cole N Udy4 L Bell L Cole2 F Kite J McInerney M Olden

WHANGANUI CHRONICLE C2

34111 Lady Jellybean 37.97 14668 Cawbourne Zulu 38.25 27138 Allen Mack 38.04 4765X Bigtime Chloe 38.46 65734 Hot Platter nwtd 22165 Kamada Park nwtd 46422 Diamond Geezer nwtd 8256X Cawbourne Krusty 37.79 48153 Rose And Crown nwtd 64685 Cawbourne Zayne nwtd

5:27PM 317

OPT

$1,685, C2, 305m Trainer

2

83317 Cawbourne Agar 17.71 51213 Bigtime Ziggy 17.66 82166 Bigtime Lovie 17.68 83263 Renegade Comet 17.72 61115 Eye Far 17.70 87215 Mr. Postman 17.85 74723 Homebush Minnie 17.61 41673 Let’s Go Sprite 17.65 17623 Cockney Rip Off 18.05 13755 Uno Again 17.71

4:59PM 316

OPT

3

5

77454 Gray Bale 30.23 22324 Dyna Vernon 30.17 37637 Bigtime Maci 30.53 56368 Bigtime Mike 30.42 25213 Midsomer Magic 30.32 41654 Thrilling Eddie 30.13 14337 Idol Alan 30.89

$1,685, C2, 305m

J & D Bell L Cole4 L Cole3 M Flipp2 M Flipp N Udy J McInerney1 G & S Fredrickson M Olden L Bell

$4,620, C1/2d, 645m

M Goodier M Roberts M Roberts M Goodier A Turnwald A Turnwald M Goodier M Roberts M Goodier J & D Bell

J P PRINT C5

$2,860, C5, 305m

G & S Fredrickson M Gowan M Roberts L Cole S Kite L Cole J & D Bell L Cole G & S Fredrickson4 B Marsh

WANGANUI TOYOTA C2/C3 2 $3,325, C2/3, 520m

M Roberts1 M Roberts S Kite L Cole3 E Duganzich J & D Bell M Flipp

GUARDIAN

3

8 21115 Bigtime Alfie 30.09 9 48153 Rose And Crown 30.32 10 17155 Bigtime Cooper nwtd

6:18PM OPT 320

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 8 9 10

2 4 3

1 2 3 4 4 5 6 3 7 8 9 10

2 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 4 7 8 3 9 10

7

6:28PM 310

OPT

1 4

$2,035, C2/3, 305m

L Cole J McInerney G & S Fredrickson C Morris M Roberts M Flipp N Udy A Turnwald Howe & Woods W Kite

NZ RACING SERIES GRADUATION (C2-C3) FINAL

36311 Bigtime Forest 30.20 11111 Bigtime Rocco 30.08 24143 Know Shame nwtd 21121 Bigtime Tank 30.38 67413 Opawa Denise 30.30 65632 Rowdy Ruby 30.39 57722 Sub Eighteen 30.18 14212 Go Glow nwtd 32113 Jinja Murphy nwtd 56124 Jinja Shake nwtd

7:18PM OPT 324

1 2

LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C2/C3

16783 Bigtime Bremner 17.69 51414 Jinja Rules 17.69 54531 Gazza’s Girl 17.68 17783 Fancy Fifita 17.86 31126 Cawbourne Moss 17.66 12471 Cookie Biscuit 17.75 66358 Replica Rango nwtd 43754 Hypocritical 17.32 47687 Mahala Bay 17.75 61856 Indy’s Boy 17.95

6:48PM 322

OPT

6

L Cole M Goodier L Cole

WEEKEND RACING GUIDE

3 2

1 4

$8,500, NZRSf, 520m

8

L Cole L Cole G Cleeve L Cole N Udy S Kite L Cole J & D Fahey J & D Fahey J & D Fahey

THE ROCK 92.2 FM C4

81134 Mitsuta 17.61 22642 Opawa Lyon 17.53 52744 Idol Hot 17.39 72167 Bigtime Minnie 17.53 23112 Bigtime Honey 17.67 11511 Coco Bango 17.73 34653 Shallay Pallay nwtd 32426 Mila Mila 17.50 32647 Al’s Apprentice 17.59 75751 Bigtime Shine 17.42

$2,390, C4, 305m

D Edlin N Udy M Flipp L Cole L Cole K Gommans A Turnwald A Turnwald W Kite L Cole

2 3

PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION NZ HANDICAP TROT

$20,000, 3YO+ R58-R70 DiscrHcp, 2700m

1 DX121 Tricky Ric (1) J & J Dickie 2 60954 Puma Road (2) S Reid 3 84344 Jomo (u1) J Robinson 4 X4717 M’Lord Mackendon (1) Wallis/Hackett 5 13331 Westy Boyz (2) C Wigg 6 70238 Bro Fawkes S (3) R Darby 7 62875 Galleons Victory (1) Wallis/Hackett 8 37183 Forget The Price Tag (u1) T Herlihy 9 74416 Alta Venetia (u2) I Moody

6:57PM 309

OPT

2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

3

WWW.ONE33.CO.NZ MOBILE PACE

$20,000, 3YO+ R55-R75., 2200m

24222 The Coordinator (1) T Mitchell 0671 Pay Me Well (2) M House 4X145 Bubbled Up (3) Purdon/Rasmussen About Turn Madame Connoistre X6734 Kayla Marie (4) Purdon/Rasmussen 41618 Comic Book Hero (5) R Darby 35174 Zealand Star (u1) R Green Barrier

7:28PM OPT 311

4

4 1 2

7:58PM 312

OPT

1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

T Mitchell B Orange T Williams SCRATCHED SCRATCHED M Purdon T Macfarlane Z Butcher

MAJESTIC HORSE FLOATS GREENLANE TROTTING CUP $30,000, R70+ DiscrHcp, 2700m

1 X1X7D Heavyweight Hero (1) T Macfarlane 2 86154 Credit Master (2) A & L Neal 3 18511 Gershwin (u1) R Paynter 4 43298 Majestic Ali (u2) Wallis/Hackett 5 54543 Everybody Knows (1) S McCaffrey 6 50132 Massive Metro (2) Wallis/Hackett 7 12681 Lemond (1) R Paynter

3

J I Dickie S Reid J Robinson T Cameron K Marshall D Ferguson (J) T Mitchell T Herlihy M McKendry

T Macfarlane A Neal D Butcher T Herlihy A Poutama T Mitchell M McKendry

5 AUCKLAND CO-OP TAXIS CITY OF AUCKLAND MBL PACE

13311 Recco Lover (1) R Green Ultimate Machete 86646 Lets Elope (2) Cooney/Hopkins 03334 Triple Eight (3) S Telfer 22193 Star Galleria (4) S Reid 569X5 No Doctor Needed (5) S Telfer 38222 On The Cards (6) B Purdon 47111 Jack’s Legend (7) B Purdon

1 4 2

3

16201 Franco June (1) R Wilson 05140 Maahes (2) R Gutsell 77210 Kagee VC (3) D McLachlan 54078 Triple VC (4) M G Brown P5461 Franco Huntington (5) D McLachlan 34146 Ay Boy (6) B McLellan 44090 Jabali (7) R Hope 53305 Triroyale Brigade (8) N Williamson Barrier

9 18333 Matinee Idol (21) H Hunter

12:30PM 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 4 7 8 2 9 10 11 1 12 13

3 4 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 2 13 0 14 0 15 16

2

3

B Orange K Barclay B Williamson B Barclay C D Thornley B McLellan S Tomlinson (J) N Williamson M Williamson

NEVILLE CLEAVER FISHING HANDICAP TROT

$10,000, 3YO+ R50-R69 DiscrHcp, 2700m

50899 Grace O’Malley (1) C Thomas 39424 Miss Bamboocha (2) C Laurenson P4003 Count Eyre (3) R Allen 74813 Nottingham K Two (4) G Orr 76335 Robbie Royale (u1) B Gray X4668 Crusher Collins (u2) L Bond 99221 Somethings Burning (1) Barclay/Ellis 78167 Lynette The Vet (2) G & C Lee 4X236 Majestic Connies (u1) P Williamson 21156 Dipendra (1) T Stevens 44640 Spotlight The Valley (2) R Wilson 64942 Splash Cola (u1) N Williamson 09310 Wee Man Trouble (u2) Barclay/Ellis

1:05PM

$50,000, FFA., 2200m

T Herlihy SCRATCHED M McKendry D Butcher S Reid A Poutama Z Butcher S Phelan

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

P Hunter M Hurrell (J) A Beck E Barron (J) B Barclay J Dunn K Barclay G Lee M Williamson R Stevens C D Thornley N Williamson B Orange

SBS RURAL MOBILE PACE

$10,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+., 2200m

6982 Maximilian (1) S Lock 55 Lifeofbrian (2) M Swain 43243 Don’t Need An Excuse (3) C Barron 8032 Delight (4) T Stratford 3342 Ohoka Achilles (5) R Todd U May Cullect (6) Barclay/Ellis 79096 Jaffie J (7) D McLachlan 70570 Razcal Alley (8) D McLachlan Barrier

A Beck M Hurrell (J) E Barron (J) T Williams B Orange K Barclay B Williamson C D Thornley

42423 Hans Ideal (21) R Wilson 037 Ale Ale Kai (22) T Barron Melton Mafia (23) G & C Lee Matau Meg (24) T Barron 00523 Rebel With A Grin (25) L Bond 08969 Tact Denzel (26) S Lock 08645 Dreaminsover (27) S Lock 58 Indulgence (u1) H Hunter

C Ferguson S Tomlinson (J) G Lee J Dunn R May

98150 Son Of Lana (4) M G Brown 888P0 RnR Windermere (5) J Tither 36603 Vin Scully (6) H Hunter 17752 Tartan Robyn (7) H Hunter 46919 Ardent Lustre (8) I Court

B Barclay S Tomlinson (J) B Williamson M Williamson B Orange

4

6 0X604 Swiss Miss (6) G Smith

N Williamson

Barrier

7

She’s So Cool

5:44PM

3 2 4 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

11

SCRATCHED

GRINALDI LODGE MOBILE PACE

$12,000, 3YO+ R58-R69., 2200m

656X6 Stars Tonight (1) R Dunn 65913 Nota Bene Denario (2) B Gray 65X51 Kiwis Are Flying (3) R Holmes 97418 Cast A Shadow (4) B Nicol 37513 Bridesdale Robyn (5) R Wilson 85061 Global Domination (6) T Barron 87144 Mach’s Back (7) Barclay/Ellis 33358 Cast No Shadow (8) P Court

J Dunn B Barclay R Holmes R May C Ferguson M Williamson B Mangos B Orange

Barrier

9 74767 Tiziano (21) H Hunter

N Williamson

c M20

Fasttrack $30k Gallops Pick6 Tomorrow at Ellerslie OTHER 3:00PM

March 9

PK6 1-6 $30,000

1

FASTTRACK INSURANCE 1600

$50,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1600m PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey 1 21499. Irish Flame (13) 61.5 J Wheeler 2 X1112 Rhinestone Cowboy (7) 61.5 Baker/Forsman 3 8X360 Jake The Muss (5) 60 Gibbs/Bradley 4 10487 No Loitering (12) 59.5 I Marks 4 5 80381 Lucky Sweep (9) 59 S McKee 3 6 11272 Steven James (3) 59 J Morell 7 27236 Savapak (10) 58.5 S Marsh 8 X2143 Tightlign (4) 58.5 S Marsh 9 82503 Sleek Secret (8) 58 R Manning 10 48220 Stacey Ann (15) 57.5 D Hollinshead 11 21135. Sinarahma (2) 57 A Sharrock 12 11763 Pep Torque (6) 57 K Lawrence 2 13 21314 Vichy (1) 55.5 Richardson/Parker 14 221X5 Dragon Storm (14) 55.5 Gibbs/Bradley 15 55523 So You Sparkle (11) 54 T Pike

1

L Innes J Riddell

M McNab O Bosson M Cameron R Myers

R Elliot (a1) 3 2 7:48PM WANGANUI DISTANCE (GROUP 1) FINAL Barrier $30,000, C2df, 755m OPT 325 M Williamson M Purdon LASER TE PUKE 1200 3 1 21842 Cawbourne Taylor nwtd M Roberts 4 9 21707 Elle Mac (21) Purdon/Rasmussen AON INSURANCE BROKERS GORE MOBILE PACE 3:35PM $50,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1200m 1 2 44251 Dyna Weslyn nwtd C Roberts 8:27PM CROMBIE LOCKWOOD DELIGHTFUL LADY CLASSIC PCE 1:40PM $10,000, 3YO+ R51-R56., 2200m 3 41724 Goldstar Sydney nwtd S & B Evans OPT 313 1 18108 Stratocaster (14) 63 E & D Browne $80,000, 2YO Fillies., 1700m R May 4 47858 Mija Sydney 45.22 A Turnwald 2 3200X Go Nicholas (5) 62.5 S Hale 1 576 Hilary Barry (1) R Green D Butcher 4 1 68347 Groomsman (1) H Hunter 2 X7010 Bigandme (2) G & C Lee C Lee 2 5 36311 Perfect Result nwtd 1 3 62495 Rikki Tikki Tavi (6) 58 Gibbs/Bradley R Adcock 2 2 S Collett 32 Little Miss Perfect (2) B Purdon Z Butcher 3 41507 The Golden Boy (3) R Holmes R Holmes 4 4 3224X Midnight Runner (8) 57.5 P & D Williams 4 6 73655 Iris Allen nwtd G & S Fredrickson 3 3 23 Tiffany Rose (3) R Dunn J Dunn

9

7 8 9 10

42322 Know Pudding nwtd 86474 Cawbourne Palmer nwtd 65734 Hot Platter nwtd 64463 Know Anxiety nwtd

8:17PM 326

OPT

1 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 1 8 9 10

2

1 2 3 4 4 5 6 2 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 7 8 9 10

4 3 2

11

756X3 Alamein Stryda 17.74 11842 Bigtime Jasmine 17.61 53188 Another Flag 17.68 17378 Bigtime Charlote 17.87 71665 Americano 17.63 28168 Cawbourne Johno 17.87 56113 Bacon My Heart 17.79 43151 Bigtime Boy 17.76 47687 Mahala Bay 17.75 36756 Hurricane Al 17.85

9:18PM 328

OPT

12

$4,030, C4, 520m

C Roberts A Turnwald M Roberts E Duganzich L Cole M Goodier M Olden L Cole L Cole D Edlin

RIVERCITY GAS C2/C3

2

$2,035, C2/3, 305m

Kettlewell & Phillips L Cole M Flipp L Cole G & S Fredrickson K Gommans N Udy P B Briggs Howe & Woods C Morris N Udy J McInerney L Cole Howe & Woods Kettlewell & Phillips R Waite G & S Fredrickson B Marsh Howe & Woods J & D Bell

March 8

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Right-handed; Length: 1006m; Weather: Rain Easing to Few Showers

5:58PM OPT 308

CADUCEUS CLUB MEMBERS MOBILE PACE

$20,000, 3YO+ R50-R54., 2200m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver

4 2 1 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

13635 Dina Brown (1) T Herlihy 626X2 Happy Place (2) T Vince 89831 Jackhammer Joe (3) M House 54126 Adieu Flirt (4) J Abernethy 47823 Awesome Speed (5) R Dunn 74680 Black Art (6) S Telfer 41041 Eastanbull (7) K Marshall 95420 Troubador (8) B Mangos

T Herlihy J Stormont D Butcher J Abernethy J Dunn S Abernethy K Marshall B Mangos

9 36648 The Stunning Nun (21) J Young 10 90106 Xmas Bay (22) M House

M McKendry B Orange

Barrier

11 Sweet On Me (21) Purdon/Rasmussen 268 Woman In Gold (22) C Dalgety

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 4 3

7

31119 Double Rocket (1) A Donnelly 11112 Ultimate Sniper (2) Purdon/Rasmussen 16113 Bettorstartdreaming (3) J & J Dickie 26351 Supreme Dominator (4) B Purdon 11144 Dadndave (5) T Trathen 23170 Accelere (6) Hollis/Robertson 11182 Mr Yips (7) T Herlihy 21251 Jesse Duke (8) Purdon/Rasmussen Barrier

9:28PM 43

2 3 4 1

8 BRECKON FARMS CARDIGAN BAY STAKES (MOBILE PACE) $100,000, 2YO C&G., 1700m

Barrier

1 4 3 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

3 2 1 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

9

T Mitchell Z Butcher N Rasmussen J I Dickie B Orange J Dunn M Purdon A Poutama

MAGNESS BENROW SIRES NORTHERN CLASSIC MBL PACE

$40,000, 4YO+ Mares., 2200m

61080 Crackared (1) C Wigg 90965 Kensington Kate (2) R Dunn 32607 Tiger Swift (3) S Telfer 25834 Somethingaboutmary (4) T Herlihy 03103 Dibaba (5) T & G Chmiel 52322 Step Up (6) S Telfer 32511 Mossdale Rose (7) G & N Hope Barrier

10:24PM OPT 176

S Phelan N Rasmussen J I Dickie Z Butcher R May T Mitchell T Herlihy M Purdon B Mangos SCRATCHED

1 85435 Eagle Watch (1) M Berger 2 31 Perfect Stride (2) R Green 3 313 Virgil (3) Purdon/Rasmussen 4 412 Mach Da Vinci (4) P Court 5 636 Stavros The Terror (5) P Court 6 4 Mighty Looee (6) R Dunn 7 1711 Smooth Deal (7) Purdon/Rasmussen 8 7422 Sir Tiger (8) R Green

9:58PM OPT 2

M Purdon R May

2019 WOODLANDS STUD NORTHERN DERBY (MOBILE PACE) $250,000, 3YO., 2700m

9 61096 A Bettor Act (21) J & J Dickie 10 Another Masterpiece OPT

T Mitchell N Rasmussen J Stormont J I Dickie M McKendry

10

B Orange J Dunn D Butcher T Herlihy T Williams A Poutama R May

SHANE HAYES FAREWELL TROT

$20,000, 3YO+ R50-R56, 2700m

5X331 Invictus (1) Wallis/Hackett 45525 Celtic Thunder (2) A Donnelly 06612 She’s Allthe Craze (3) M House 05719 Dauntless (4) Ted & Brett Edwards 16234 Thatgirltrouble (5) B Mangos 06402 Sunny Pegasus (6) J Stormont 967X2 Safrakova (u1) L Chin 78312 Grenado (u2) J Abernethy X0901 Phoebe Imperial (u3) N Chilcott

T Mitchell S Phelan D Butcher Z Butcher B Mangos J Stormont L Chin J Abernethy D Ferguson (J)

b M7 Invercargill Harness

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-10 5-6-7-8-9-10

1

9 10

8:58PM OPT 178

$2,035, C2/3, 305m

b M5 Alexandra Park Harness Today at Alexandra Park

Barrier

1

LASER PLUMBING C2/C3

21225 Token Vikkers 17.76 58534 Sozin’s Noir 17.71 87267 It’s Complicated 17.66 54242 Eye Kno 17.87 24865 Alamein Lady 17.79 48314 Jericho Warrior 17.83 72222 Missing Allegro 17.62 35457 Hip Hop Rapper 17.49 47687 Mahala Bay 17.75 54868 Cawbourne Symsy 17.78

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6

4 2137 Gemma Mac (4) C Dalgety 5 25 Amazing Dream (5) Purdon/Rasmussen 6 99 Eighteen Carat (6) Cooney/Hopkins 7 4P A Delightful Act (7) J & J Dickie 8 54 Ruby Baby (8) J Young

4

FIRST SECURITY C4

27762 Dyna Monty 30.26 27318 Party Every Day 30.48 11777 Quistis Bale 30.15 85385 Tuna Speed 30.32 13573 Bigtime Leads 30.61 78742 Fare Dodger 30.35 35612 Cossie Cooper 30.35 25341 Bigtime Levi 30.06 14855 Bigtime Rod 29.91 68556 Jinja Flash 30.21

8:48PM OPT 327

3 1

10

G Cleeve A Turnwald A Turnwald G Cleeve

Tomorrow at Ascot Park

1

1

Barrier

9 2436X Letterkenny Boy (21) Purdon/Rasmussen

2:12PM

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 2 3 4 5 2 6 7 3 8 4 9 10 11

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12:00PM $10,000, R48-R50,R51 W/C., 2200m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver

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$20,000, 3YO+., 2200m

Barrier

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9 511 Team Kiwi (21) R Holmes 10 12X The Empress (22) R Swain 11 159 Whiskyinthejar (23) H Hunter 3 12 72722 Zenola’s Art (24) Barclay/Ellis

1 4 2 3

3 2 1

T Robertson N Williamson J Dunn S Ottley R May B Orange M Hurrell (J) C Ferguson

R Holmes B Barclay M Williamson K Barclay

YALDHURST HOTEL NORTHERN SOUTHLAND CUP (HCP) $40,000, R70+ DiscrHcp, 2700m

32496 Tact Maggie (1) T Proctor 92254 Royal Bengal (2) T Stratford 42164 Alta Maestro (1) R Dunn 16432 Henry Hubert (2) R Dunn 31211 Smokin By (u1) M Kerr 08122 A G’s White Socks (1) G & N Hope 51118 Funatthebeach (2) Purdon/Rasmussen 1357X Eamon Maguire (1) G Anderson

5:10PM

S Walkinshaw

NS TOTAL VET CARE MOBILE PACE

88706 Lady’s Lass (1) T Robertson 16784 Bettors Highlight (2) B Gray P6343 Miss Waikiwi (3) M G Brown 341X7 Uptown Lady (4) M Jones 12579 Vintage Rose (5) R Gutsell 61954 I’mallaboutthebase (6) S Baucke 52321 Jody Direen (7) T Stratford 16400 Annie Fitz (8) R Wilson

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S Tomlinson (J) C Ferguson J Campbell (J) N Williamson S McNally SCRATCHED B Barclay B Orange

$10,000, 3YO+ F&M R40-R59., 2200m

2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

T Williams N Williamson S Tomlinson (J) R May S Ottley B Williamson M Williamson J Dunn B Orange C D Thornley B Barclay

CADUCEUS CLUB SOUTHLAND SUPER NUGGET FINAL

9 61708 Tad Lincoln (21) A Wohlers

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14117 Barrett (1) M Jones 11431 Robyns Playboy (2) R Wilson X1252 Bottle Rock (3) R Ferguson 112P2 Zinny Mach (4) M Kerr 12 Burlington (5) B White Calico Hill 32212 Mighty Flying Art (6) M G Brown 28X23 Memphis Tennessee (7) T & G Chmiel

4:03PM

R May J Dunn B Mangos S Ottley K Larsen M Williamson A Beck B Orange

6 PRYDE’S EASIFEED SOUTHERN LIGHTS (HANDICAP TROT)

21111 Kings Landing (1) Purdon/Rasmussen X7902 Sam Galleon (2) P Williamson 03569 Red Hot Poker (3) G Telfer 95330 De Vito (u1) R Wilson 74340 Belles Son (1) R Todd 21111 Majestic Man (2) P Williamson 82619 Jen Jaccka (3) P Williamson 11104 Valloria (4) R Dunn 41201 Over The Love (u1) K Barron 23452 The Dominator (u2) D Williamson 46386 Smokey Mac (u3) P Williamson

3:27PM

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Stylish Memphis (1) M Jones 11 Spellbound (2) R Dunn 33 Total Diva (3) P Court 2 Miss Ruby Sunshine (4) M Jones 43 Southern Belle (5) K Larsen 0 Tuapeka Jessie (6) C Barron 89 Tathra (7) K Larsen Longview Lady (8) K Barron

4:39PM

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1 12X Fanny Hill (1) P Williamson 2 15 Shes Like The Wind (2) P Williamson 3 01382 Majestic Chevron (3) N McGrath 4 4X123 Sunnys Little Jestic (4) B Mangos 5 01251 Cheerful (5) Purdon/Rasmussen

M Williamson B Williamson B Orange B Mangos T Williams

5 140X8 Cinematic (2) 56.5 R Collett 6 13183. Ladynadel (12) 56 Baker/Forsman 7 7X183. Pretty To Sea (10) 56 S Marsh 8 X630X Power O’Hata (15) 55.5 Baker/Forsman 9 X8804 Joy Anna (3) 55 M Blackie 2 10 08211. Its Destinys Child (13) 54.5 J & B Vance 11 84011 La Mia Stella (1) 54.5 Richardson/Parker 12 3X336. O’Angel (4) 54.5 S McKee 3 13 70221 Dama Zorro (7) 54 D Greene 14 4X113. Marzemino (16) 54 P & D Williams 0 15 X8522 Hammer King (11) 55.5 M & K Murdoch 0 16 X410X Fullinbloom (9) 54 J Surgenor

4:15PM 1 2 3 4 5 4 6 2 7 8 9 10 11

1 3

1 2 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2 13 14 15 0 16 0 17

6

J Riddell M Cameron L Innes

S Spratt

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$200,000, WFA, 2000m J Bayliss J Riddell T Harris R Hannam M Cameron D Danis (a) M McNab C Grylls V Colgan

BARFOOT & THOMPSON AUCKLAND CUP

$500,000, OPN-SW&P, 3200m

37444 Charles Road (7) 57 O'Sullivan/Scott 90371 Vengeur Masque (6) 57 Moroney/Gerard 83513 Five To Midnight (13) 56 L Latta 33130 Prince Jabeel (14) 56 L Noble 81902 Rock On (9) 56 G Vile 02243 Peso (11) 55.5 P Nelson 64762 Blue Breeze (16) 55 A Morley 82561 Gundown (10) 55 Baker/Forsman 21587 Duplicity (1) 55 A Meadows 94953 Kamanda Lincoln (4) 55 L Latta 49567 Verry Flash (2) 55 N Bishara 09610 The Rebel Knight (8) 55 M/Rogers 45008 Delegate (12) 55 S & E Clotworthy 11021 Glory Days (15) 53.5 B Thurlow 09520 Dee And Gee (5) 53.5 Charles/Corbett 66620 August Edition (3) 53 S & E Clotworthy

6:10PM

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M McNab

SISTEMA STAKES

X3191 On The Rocks (4) 59 Moroney/Gerard 70116 Shadows Cast (10) 59 M Oulaghan 01676 Saint Emilion (9) 59 Baker/Forsman 32025 Tiptronic (12) 59 Richardson/Parker 42408 Authentic Paddy (1) 59 L Latta 90X41 Vin De Dance (2) 59 Baker/Forsman 97413 Elusive Treasure (8) 59 M Da Cruz 55927 Farm Boy (11) 59 T & M Carter X3011 Melody Belle (5) 57 J Richards 13115 Danzdanzdance (7) 57 Gibbs/Bradley 06113 Consensus (6) 57 S McKee 02112 Rondinella (3) 57 James/Wellwood

5:27PM 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 3 7 2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 15 16

4

T Thornton

$200,000, 2YO SW, 1200m

1231 Yourdeel (11) 56.5 J Richards 1222 Aotea Lad (9) 56.5 J Richards 1 Enjoy The Show (3) 56.5 Baker/Forsman 15 Equinox (2) 56.5 J Richards 21 Qiji Swordsman (5) 56.5 N Tiley 31 Aretha (7) 54.5 Baker/Forsman 11X6 Bavella (8) 54.5 L Noble 12 Rainbow Dash (10) 54.5 J Mahoney 2463 Aalaalune (6) 54.5 J McKay 15458 Beauty Diva (4) 54.5 C Isdale 625. Just Zerene (1) 54.5 T McEvoy

4:50PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 9 4 10 3 11 2 12

3

J Parkes L Innes M Cameron

C Grylls O Bosson J Parkes L Innes C Dell M Cameron C Lammas R Smyth S Collett

BARFOOT & THOMPSON 2100

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13554 Roc Ya Sox (12) 59 J Wheeler J Parkes 35617 The Glint (6) 58.5 P McKay X1853 Lord Arthur (10) 58 Baker/Forsman J Riddell 57333 Hoist (8) 58 A Sharrock 43P10 Wheao (1) 58 T & M Carter J Bayliss 17743 Amano (5) 57.5 O'Sullivan/Scott C Grylls 68205 Head Office (4) 57.5 Charles/Corbett 100X7 Mofara (3) 57.5 E & D Browne 24026 Poppy Star (17) 57 T Pike M McNab 37166 Vee Cece (14) 56.5 Baker/Forsman T Yanagida (a3) 42515 Diamondsandbubbles (2) 56.5 M & K Murdoch 938X4 Vainglory (15) 56.5 C Cole 66622 Sweet Treat (9) 56 TeamRogerson 00093 Prior Engagement (16) 56 R Manning 52558 Rocanic (7) 55.5 C Stevenson J Fawcett (a1) 00X87 Arite Guru (13) 55 J Williams 500X0 Freewheeler (11) 55 K Dell

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Friday, March 8, 2019

In brief

■ TEAM TEAL

Chilcott flying teal flag

By Michael Guerin There is nowhere Nicky Chilcott would rather be than the West Coast this weekend.

Because while there is a premier meeting at Alexandra Park tonight, Chilcott says the two Team Teal Lady Drivers Challenge races starting at Westport today mean more to her.

And for a very personal reason.

Chilcott is one of the three ambassadors who have helped fly the teal flag during the Teal Pants campaign, which has been running in harness racing since February 1 and raise funds for the fight against ovarian cancer.

With $400 being donated every time a female driver wearing the teal pants wins a New Zealand race, $24,000 has already been raised with a goal of $30,000 by Sunday’s end of the campaign.

The fundraising has been widely embraced by the harness racing industry but finishes with a high this weekend with female-drivers only races in which

The teal campaign is very close to Nicky Chilcott’s heart. all drivers will wear the teal pants at both Westport and Reefton.

And Chilcott wouldn’t miss it for the world.

“My mother (Lyn) is a cervical cancer survivor so it is a subject very close to my heart,” says Chilcott.

“So I am proud to go down there and drive alongside all the other women. I’ll be honest, we are a bit short of staff at the moment and it is a tricky time to be away but this is more important than that. I wish I could have done more to help.”

Then with her trademark cheeky chuckle Chilcott admits to a small bonus to her West Coast trip.

“I think I have driven at most of the tracks around the country but never Westport or Reefton so that will be a great experience.

“That and all the people you meet.

“I find that any time you travel you meet new people make new contacts.

“So to do all that, with the other female drivers and for such a great cause it is going to be a special weekend.”

The Westport club will double the usual club donation of $100 per Teal pants win at their meeting to $200 and every race will have a punters club draw where the winner gets two $50 bets, one for themselves and one for the campaign.

Reefton will end the campaign with a blaze of teal on Sunday with any patron who wears teal going into the draw to win $1500 worth of prizes.

- HRNZ

■ ELLERSLIE

Stern test for in-form mare The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained Rondinella is taking a solid formline into Saturday’s Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie, but her connections believe she will have her work cut out for her in the star-studded field.

The Ocean Park four-year-old has won three of her six starts this season, placing in a further two, including a last-start runner-up performance in the Listed Kaimai Stakes (2000m) at Matamata last month.

“I thought it was a good run, she certainly didn’t get every favour, but she was very close on what wasn’t a suitable track for her,” Wellwood said.

There are a number of horses the Cambridge trainers didn’t foresee competing in tomorrow’s contest, but they remain excited to have her competing in her first Group One assignment in any case.

“She is taking a good formline in, but the race has come up very strong,” Wellwood said.

“I think there are eight Group One winners and a further two Group One placegetters.

“There are probably two or three that we didn’t think were going to be there when we decided that was a race on our radar.

“But we are happy with her and we are going to get a good line on her from how she does perform on the weekend.”

Rondinella has drawn gate three and Wellwood said jockey Vinnie Colgan will likely settle her midfield from that barrier.

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McLovin coming home There might not be a Kiwi-trained runner in Saturday night’s Group 1 Australian Trotting Grand Prix, but NZ fans have some crucial reasons to watch it closely. And it goes beyond the obvious of the appearance of former Kiwi and now reigning Inter Dominion trotting champ Tornado Valley. In exciting news for Auckland, Tornado Valley’s emerging stablemate McLovin – another former Kiwi – is on trial for a trip to Alexandra Park for the Anzac and Rowe Cups. “I’d say Tornado Valley will go for a spell after this, but we’re certainly looking at Auckland with McLovin,” trainer Andy Gath said.

- HRNZ

Bosson closing in Opie Bosson is just one win shy of joining Hall of Fame jockey Lance O’Sullivan on 62 career Group One wins and he has a gilt-edged chance of levelling up to his former great rival at Ellerslie tomorrow.

The South Auckland jockey racked up his 61st Group One win when he guided the Jamie Richards-trained Melody Belle to success in the Haunui Classic at Otaki last month.

“It would be nice to get there. Lance ranks as one of our best-ever jockeys, to level up to him would be a great feat,” Bosson said.

- NZME

Charles eyes Randwick Charles Road will earn another knighthood if he can run up to expectations in tomorrow’s Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie. Third in last year’s Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m) under his Australian racing name of Sir Charles Road, the Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained Myboycharlie five-year-old again has the Randwick $2 million April 13 feature on his programme. - NZME

Big ban for Lawson South Auckland harness racing driver Simon Lawson faces a near 18-month suspension from the sulky after admitting betting on other horses in two races he drove in.

But Lawson, who has also received an $8000 fine, has been cleared of any race fixing or not trying with his horses after investigations by both the police and racing authorities. Lawson admitted profiting from $205 worth of bets placed by friend and fellow harness racing licence holder Gareth Dixon, who was not involved in the race, on winning horse Mr Natural in race 10 at Alexandra Park on May 25 last year. Lawson, who is believed to have been responsible for half of the stake of the bet, drove rival My Royal Roxy, who finished fifth in the race.

- NZME

Williamson elated

“She’s drawn three, that’s a nice barrier to find her feet and settle somewhere midfield and hopefully she can find the line as strong as anything else,” he said.

“It’s a very strong field, but we are happy with her and very excited to have her there.”

The Cambridge trainers will wait until after tomorrow’s race before deciding on further au-

tumn targets with Rondinella, however, Wellwood said a trip across the Tasman is a possibility for the mare.

“We’ll run Saturday and make plans from the result and how she goes there,” he said.

“She may head to Sydney for a race.

“There are a few different options around.”

- NZME

Rondinella has won three from six this season, but will still have her work cut out for her in the Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes at Ellerslie.

Matty Williamson has a personal reason to be thrilled about winning the right to represent New Zealand at the World Drivers Championships in Sweden in May. Because while Williamson can’t wait to put on the silver fern, he also sees the trip as a chance to learn lessons for his future training career. Williamson has been confirmed as the New Zealand rep for the series after last season’s premiership winner Blair Orange decided to concentrate on local business.

With Dexter Dunn driving in North America, Williamson was HRNZ’s next choice and he was elated to get the call.

- HRNZ

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Friday, March 8, 2019

In brief Emotional day for Blues Sonny Bill Williams has been handed the leadership of the Blues as they prepare for what could be one of the most emotionally-wrought matches in the team’s history. Williams will captain the struggling team against the Sunwolves at QBE Stadium, the home ground of Mike Tamoaieta, the popular prop who died suddenly last Friday.

Coach Leon MacDonald is certain Williams has what it takes to lead the team through what will be a very challenging evening after Tamoaieta’s funeral.

- NZME

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Pointing out pathways to rugby’s elite Some of Mid Canterbury’s young and promising rugby minds got a rare insight into the pathways they can strive for when Crusaders Rugby Talent ID manager, Dave McLennan, hosted a session at the Ashburton Showgrounds.

McLennan hosted a two-hour workshop with around 15 young players from the district and talked through the entire structure of the Crusaders Academy programmes, highlighting potential ways in which more players from this region can get no-

ticed and elevate themselves to higher honours in the future.

Using former local boy Dallas McLeod as an example, McLennan said that there are now strong options in place for players from the smaller Heartland unions to gain traction and

Scott Robertson’s call to give Sevu Reece his Super Rugby debut is a talking point ahead of their round four match-up. Reece will start on the right-wing against the Chiefs in Christchurch tomorrow, his first chance since joining the reigning champions as injury cover in December. A replacement for Israel Dagg, the 22-year-old was only available because Connacht had shredded his two-year contract. The Irish club cut ties with him after he appeared in Hamilton District Court on one count of male assaults female in July last year.

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become noticed, with a view to making their way into the Crusader Knights.

As well as the selection process, McLennan also spent a good amount of time focusing on nutrition, self-wellbeing, planning and training.

The Brumbies will be boosted by the return of star winger Henry Speight for their critical Super Rugby return bout against the Melbourne Rebels. Coach Dan McKellar has made three changes to the starting line-up for the match at AAMI Park tonight as they look to atone for a 30-point thumping from the Hurricanes last week.

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All Black skipper’s legacy

By Liam Napier The question of legacy looms more in World Cup year than any other.

Such a pinnacle juncture signals the end point for many players and coaches; one final, defining chapter to conclude careers at the top of the game with fairytales, flops and anywhere in between.

In the case of Kieran Read, as he prepares to sign off with a move to Japan, at this stage the distinction between player and captain is important to make.

Read’s legacy as a great No. 8 is already confirmed.

His legacy as captain, though, will ultimately be judged on what happens later this year in Japan when he leads the All Blacks on their quest to become the first nation to claim three successive World Cup titles.

Like all those involved in the All Blacks, the past four years has been geared towards Read peaking for this tournament.

Another late start to Super Rugby this season – he is not expected back until round six or seven – offers further evidence.

Concussions combined with surgery on his wrist and spine has restricted Read’s ability to

replicate the form which propelled him to World Rugby player of the year in 2013. Last year’s back injury in particular could easily have ended his career.

Injuries aside, Read undoubtedly sits alongside Zinzan Brooke and Buck Shelford as New Zealand’s greatest No. 8s. Sir Brian Lochore and Alex ‘Grizz’ Wyllie also deserve a nod in this discussion.

Brooke’s drop goal talents – he nailed three in all – are replayed and revered but he also set a world record in his early to mid90s era with 17 tries in 58 tests.

Shelford’s fire, fury and legendary toughness – the four lost teeth and stitched scrotum in one test against France the stuff of folklore – set the tone for his leadership which oversaw his three-year unbeaten captaincy reign in the 80s.

Shelford is also, of course, responsible for bringing real mana to the Ka Mate haka.

At his best, Read is among the most athletic loose forwards to play the game.

His threat in the wide channels has been well harnessed by the All Blacks and Crusaders.

There the timing of his offloads, and the ability to draw defenders, sets him apart.

Perhaps Read’s most underrated skill is in the air. He is arguably the world leader as far as lineout loose forwards go – both at securing his side’s ball, contesting the opposition and reading calls.

This gives the All Blacks threepronged threats at every lineout.

Read’s aerial talents stretch to restarts where he has been influential in snatching kickoffs that have led to many great escapes in the dying stages of major test matches.

Prior to assuming the captaincy, Read started in both the 2011 and 2015 World Cup triumphs, in between times forming a formidable combination at the boot with Aaron Smith.

Captaincy wise, Read accepted the somewhat impossible task of succeeding Richie McCaw. Immediately following the 2015 World Cup, Read helped oversee a seamless transition despite the loss of many All Blacks greats – Dan Carter, Ma’a Nonu, Conrad Smith and Keven Mealamu shuffling off with McCaw. Only the first loss to Ireland in Chicago blotted that season.

Since then, though, the drawn British and Irish Lions series

ranks as a disappointment; that bizarre image of Read sharing the trophy with Sam Warburton is difficult to erase from memory.

Last year’s test season, where the All Blacks lost to the Springboks in Wellington; Ireland in Dublin and scraped past England at Twickenham, then left question marks about their leadership group as a whole.

Read’s experience in absorbing lessons – growing and evolving through these challenges – will be crucial come the World Cup. This year is the 33-year-old’s chance to imprint the captaincy side of his legacy.

The All Blacks pride themselves on leaving the jersey in a better place.

When you consider Read’s longevity; his evolution from rangy blindside to succeeding Rodney So’oialo and performing at a level where there is uncertainty over who will replace him, he has certainly lived that mantra throughout.

Above all else, that is his legacy.

His 118 tests, 43 of them as captain, and 25 tries only tells part of the story, one which is far from finished yet.

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In brief Betting won’t harm golf Rory McIlroy believes countries such as Australia and his native Northern Ireland show legalised sports betting will have no effect on the US PGA Tour, despite gambling companies increasing their links to American golf. The PGA Tour last week relaxed its policy on allowing players to accept sponsorship deals with gambling companies. It followed the US Supreme Court last year overturning a 1992 federal law that prevented commercial sports betting in most states.

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New role for Gillett Veteran back-rower Matt Gillett has hinted his switch to lock may be a long-term move after a successful stint in Brisbane’s NRL trial win over Gold Coast. Gillett was handed the No.13 jersey for last weekend’s Titans clash in what appeared to be a short term fix, with Tevita Pangai (hamstring) sidelined. But it seems Gillett has done enough to impress new coach Anthony Seibold at lock ahead of next week’s NRL season opener against Melbourne. Seibold is believed to be toying with the idea of using Pangai as an impact bench forward against the Storm.

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Daley backs off Ashburton’s Catherine Knight is among those set to tee off in the Aorangi Open at the Tinwald Golf Club on Sunday.

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Some of the best golfers from around Canterbury will tee off at the Tinwald Golf Club on Sunday, when the club hosts the annual Aorangi Golf Open.

The tournament had attracted a number of top players from around Canterbury, but a number of Aorangi golfers were also in the mix and hoping to give the more fancied players a run for their money.

Aorangi Golf community golf manager Malcolm Wood said there were a number of golfers to watch in the men’s open, and the

women’s field was also expected to be a tight contest.

He said there would be some top Canterbury golfers vying for the women’s title, including Amy Weng, Julianna Hung, Hillary O’Connor and Ashburton’s own Catherine Bell, who was now playing out of Christchurch.

All four were playing off plus handicaps.

One of Aorangi’s top hopes in the women’s draw is Timaru’s Angela Gerken, while Ashburton’s Catherine Knight would be one to watch in the women’s masters’ competition.

For the men, defending cham-

pion Hiroki Miya was back for another shot.

Miya – who played out of the Russley Golf Club in Christchurch and was on a plus 2.7 handicap – won last year’s title in Methven, but he was likely to face some stern challenges this year, including from his younger brother Hayato Miya.

Reid Hilton and Josh Roche from the Russley and Christchurch golf clubs were also among the tournament’s top contenders, while Aorangi’s best prospects were Tim Leonard from Timaru and Regan Stills, a Tinwald Golf Club member who

would be hoping to make the most of his home course advantage.

Wood said the fields in the masters’ competitions were also strong.

Among the other Mid Cantabrians in the field were under-19 player Josh Ackerley, and Ryan Cockburn in the open men’s grade, while Blair Franklin (Ashburton), Alister Maxwell (Methven) and Gordy Kenton (Tinwald) were in the masters field.

The Aorangi Open will be contested over 36 holes at the Tinwald Golf Club on Sunday.

Former NSW State of Origin coach Laurie Daley has apologised to Penrith for laying the boot into the club’s culture amid the ongoing sextape saga. Canberra legend Daley created headlines on Wednesday when he tore the Panthers to shreds over the leaked videos, claiming he wouldn’t let his son play for the club or his daughter date anyone there. It came less than two years after Penrith supremo Phil Gould attacked NSW Origin culture under Daley.

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Warriors not wanted Australian critics suggest the Warriors could miss the NRL finals without Shaun Johnson wearing the side’s No. 7 jersey. In assessing each team’s prospects and potential weaknesses, a story on foxsports details how the Auckland-based outfit may struggle without Johnson following his off-season move to Cronulla. It’s hardly a new theory, but despite encouraging signs over Melbourne and Wests Tigers, doubts remain across the ditch about whether anybody can fill Johnson’s boots.

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St George Dragons eye final pieces of NRL puzzle St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor knows the kind of potential his team has in their push for an NRL title in 2019.

It’s been evident for the past two years, as they improved from a strong start in 2017 to lead the competition for 15 weeks in 2018 before falling to seventh and dropping out in the semi-finals.

“It proved that we weren’t far away,” McGregor said.

“That gives you confidence and appreciation of what we have going here.

“And we’ve got to find 10 per cent across all departments to

make that next step into the top four.”

McGregor – in a contract year himself confident of the path he’s on after the club’s best season since 2010 – knows those pieces to the puzzle must be both on and off the field.

The pre-season contact has been as hard as ever after always delivering early-year results, but a closer look has been taken at the loads for contact sessions in the weeks after heavy games during the year.

A sports psychologist has also been brought on as a consultant

for the first time this summer, and will be used throughout the season.

The Dragons will also change their recovery after long away trips, after a number of their worst losses in 2018 came after big weeks on the road.

“That was one of our biggest learnings ... How important is rest versus preparation to go into the next game?” McGregor said.

“We’ve got to try and find that 10 per cent. It’s not one thing, it’s a compounding effect of a lot of things we need to improve in every area.”

Corey Norman’s recruitment can also not only add to a dangerous spine but solve their recent mid-season Achilles heel.

After an off-season of rotating between options, Gareth Widdop will start at fullback but still has the ball-playing ability to inject himself alongside Ben Hunt like the pair did so well in 2018.

Matt Dufty – re-signed longterm – can also be used as a super sub at fullback, given Widdop, Hunt and hooker Cameron McInnes’ ability to play in different positions.

But crucially, McGregor is con-

fident those options should help them through a representative period that has so often cruelled their momentum in recent years.

“What’s fortunate is if we do get an injury nothing changes too much,” McGregor said.

“Around Origin time we’d expect if Ben is playing the football he was at the start of last year he’ll be missing.

“We’ve got someone there who is experienced, who is proven consistently over a season. That really strengthens our depth around that six-week period where in the past it’s been our anchor.” - AAP

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Basin ‘a road’ When Tim Southee points out that test cricket isn’t meant to be easy, consider it a potential indicator of what’s to come in the second test in Wellington.

No, they are not words spoken with a sudden great fear of their opponent, though the Black Caps do expect another fighting display, with the bat at least, from Bangladesh.

Instead, it’s a handy reminder that some tough toil could be on the way for the Black Caps bowlers at the Basin Reserve.

You only have to look back to the last test held there in December – where Kusal Mendis and Angelo Mathews batted an entire day without a wicket falling, to save a draw for Sri Lanka – to realise that it is usually a pitch for the batsmen, but recent history further enhances that belief.

In the last seven tests played at the Basin, there have been 20 centuries scored – including five double tons and a triple century – while teams have scored 500 or more on seven occasions.

That hasn’t stopped results from being earned – only two of those tests ended in draws - but it can often be a slog getting to that eventual result.

“We’ve played enough cricket here to understand what the wicket is like – there’s been a lot of batting records here scored for a reason,” analyses Trent Boult.

“It’s a solid wicket and it only gets better.

“Hopefully we can start the game well and get in front of the game and react from there.”

To do that, winning the toss will be a handy weapon.

Of those aforementioned 20 centuries, not one has been scored by a top four batsman in the first innings at the Basin, with some early assistance usually offered to the bowlers before it flattens out.

So, bowling first is the obvious option if winning the toss, and it would be especially crucial for Bangladesh, who could be facing another mammoth total if New Zealand end up batting second.

Bangladesh’s seam trio leaked 369 runs for just a solitary wicket in the first test, and spinner Mehidy Hasan produced the most expensive figures (2-246) in Bangladesh’s test history.

While Mustafizur Rahman is set to return to bolster the attack, the Black Caps have six batsmen averaging over 40 at the Basin, and it’s hard to see a situation where they don’t cash in with the bat.

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Tim Southee will have a large workload in the next few days.

Hamilton, the short ball attack could again be a popular strategy for both teams if the wicket indeed flattens out.

Although Mahmudullah and Soumya Sarkar handled it well in their 235-run second innings partnership, they offered chances, and the Black Caps seam attack are expecting to need to utilise the tactic once more.

“It’s a tactic that works well when there’s not much in the wicket, when there’s no swing you’re almost left with not many other options. It’s been pretty effective for us so I’m sure there’ll be much of the same,” said Boult.

Southee suspects similar.

“Early on you tend to hope for a bit of swing, a bit of movement with the ball, but when it doesn’t you still have to find ways to take wickets.

“If we are faced with similar conditions to what we had in December, then hopefully we’ve got other ways to take wickets throughout that period.”

Despite what transpired in December, the Black Caps still would have been a real chance at claiming victory over Sri Lanka, had day five not been cut short by rain.

And unless Bangladesh manage to produce some career-best performances, they will likely be on the back foot for most of the test once again.

Unfortunately, rain is forecast to have a major impact on day one, and possibly linger into day two – another obstacle for the Black Caps in what could be a tough quest to claim 20 wickets.

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Counterintuitive tactics will work wonders for you now. For instance, you may have to stop talking in order to get your message across. (And you can blame the Mercury retrograde for that one!)

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): It will be hard to separate the thing itself and the way it’s done, and maybe you shouldn’t even try. The person with warmth and a pleasant attitude makes experience so sweet.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Think what you could learn from the champions of your field. Though they may not be readily available, the best they have to give is out there somewhere.

You’ll be rewarded for taking initiative.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You have dear friends that make simple things, like going to the supermarket, or watching a game, more fun. Your highermaintenance friendships are valuable, too.

Both have a place in your weekend.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Someone with a moderate amount of ability who works hard and smart will always win over a superior talent who doesn’t apply herself. Share the lesson. Encourage and/or warn those who need it.

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LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): The bad part about being a celebrity is that the station arouses all sorts of exaggerated expectations that can never be met. So don’t strive for that sort of status.

Play in low-key. Come up from the bottom.

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What’s on 36 Ashburton Guardian Every day Mt Hutt Memorial Hall 160 Main Street, Methven.

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

10am

Every Saturday Farmers’ Market West Street car park, Ashburton Farmers’ Market - local produce fresh from farmers Fruit, vegetables, wine, meat, fish, eggs, crafts and more ...

9am - 12 noon The Ashburton Toy Library 106 Victoria Street, in the Triangle.

Open for toy exchange.

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

March 8 Pakeke Lions - Twilight Clearance Garage Sale Ashburton Racecource Cash or Eftpos available, huge reductions (everything must go, fill a supplied bag for $5.

5pm - 7pm

March 9 Mayfield A&P Show Mayfield showground All the fun of an A&P Show.

Sheep, horses, ponies, produce shed, biggest ever pet tent, shearing, scavenger hunt. Plus exciting activities for all to enjoy. As always, there’s our world famous racing pigs!

Adult $15, children and cars free.

From 8am

March 9 Methven A&P Show Methven showground Something for the whole

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Friday, March 8, 2019 A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future.

8791 or Sue-ann 021 679 348 to register.

10.30am - 12 noon

10am - 3pm

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Every Sunday to Friday Ashburton Aviation Museum Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

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

1pm - 3pm

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

All welcome! Child-friendly location.

Please contact Adi 027 220

family.

Sport suzie, sheep shearing, boru entertaining, gift lamb auction, side shows, animals galore in the animal shed, wine and food festival, sheep colouring-in competition, dog trial final in the main ring, displays from local recreational groups.

Gate charge: adults $15, school children free and free parking.

From 8am

March 18 Tutus On Tour 2019 Event Centre, Ashburton Following sell-out performances around New Zealand in 2018, the RNZB is delighted to bring Tutus on Tour to Ashburton in 2019.

Our dancers will perform classical favourites and contemporary works, tailormade for intimate venues, and suitable for all ages.

Full programme details will be

Art Addicts (AA) is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s weekly art space for kids.

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

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

Donations appreciated.

3 - 4.30pm Mid Canterbury Line Dancers Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

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

7pm - 9pm

They look like ice and have 97 per cent of the same gliding capacity as natural ice.

Prices are $8 for kids under 16, $12 for adults and $35 for a family (2 kids + 2 adults or 3 kids + 1 adult) which includes ice skates, helmet, gloves and at least half an hour ice skating (longer if capacity allows).

You can also book the ice rink for your church, scout group etc in the evenings during the week!

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

Bring along your art and craft projects to share with others over morning tea once a month. These are social sessions which encourage you to connect with others through creativity. Be inspired to learn a new creative pastime. Sessions are free and all are welcome to attend. The gallery will supply basic colouring-in sheets and materials, along with tea and coffee. Those attending are encouraged to bring along their own materials and projects.

10.30am - 12 noon

March 22 The Ashburton Curling Cup 2019 Allenton School, Ashburton Enjoy a great night out with your colleagues, family or friends.

A unique opportunity to try out curling, a fun activity for all! We’ll have great music from the 80s and 90s going.

Sign up your team now!

Limited spaces!

Match schedules will be posted on Facebook the week before the event.

6pm - 9pm

Hotel Ashburton n this two hour show Jeanette works with a team of spirit world doctors and surgeons to remove pain and restriction often within just minutes.

It’s a mind opening evening as March 19 Jeanette’s guides give insights Mockingbird to the causation of disease and Event Centre, Ashburton show how the human body Mockingbird – a comedy about can be healed. mental health.

General admission: $30.00 Fresh from sell-out seasons in 7.30pm - 10pm Norway, Sydney and Waipu.

March 19 – March 24 Based on the true stories of four generations of women Ice Skate Tour and their devilish alter egos, Allenton School, 110 Harrison Mockingbird is a tongue-inStreet, Ashburton cheek portrayal of postnatal The Ice Skate Tour travels distress, which affects around New Zealand with state approximately one in seven of the art, artificial ice rinks. women and many men every year.

Open Hat. 7.30pm announced early 2019.

Tutus on Tour is a fantastic opportunity to see your critically-acclaimed national ballet company.

6.30pm

March 20 Psychic Surgery with Jeanette Wilson

March 23 South Island Championships Dragon boating Regatta Lake Hood, Tinwald Modern day Dragon Boating has evolved as a sport, capturing the world by storm.

Over 50 million paddlers participate annually in competitions worldwide and it has become one of the fastest growing water sports in the world. It is competitive, social and fun but its roots are deeply imbedded in Chinese culture dating back over 2000 years.

9am - 4.30pm

March 27 Adam McGrath

Event Centre, Ashburton The lead singer and songwriter from the Eastern is going on a solo tour to celebrate the release of his first album.

Described as one of the best modern roots acts from any country period.

All tickets $20 7.30pm

March 30 Arrowsmith 2019 Hakatere Lake Heron Rd, Methven, Ashburton.

42.2km High Country Marathon 17km Trail Run 11km Trail Run 42km MTB Race or Ride Duathlon 4km MTB, 11km Run. 7am - 4pm

March 31 Ashburton Electronic Organ and Keyboard Club Tinwald Memorial Hall, Graham Street, Tinwald Concert Tickets $10.00 Door Sales Available.

Contact John 308 1562 or Ann 308 0333 2pm

April 4 Fundraiser with Scott (Razor) Robertson Hotel Ashburton Mid Canterbury Rugby Union is proud to host Scott Robertson as our guest speaker at the annual JAB (Junior Advisory Board) Fundraiser for 2019.

Join us for a great evening featuring a buffet dinner, fundraising auction and Razor himself!

Respected as a successful and inspiring Crusaders coach, admired for celebratory break dancing and an exuberant personality, Scott (Razor) Robertson is one of a kind.

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Saturday, March 9 from 8am 5, 1 $ s t l u Ad and n e r d l i Ch EE R F s r a C

A black comedy about motherhood and mental health based on true stories of four generations of women and their devilish alter egos. This is a clever, sensitive, funny and moving play.

Open Hat Night

MARCH

Early bird tickets until 1st April from $49.00

As always, there’s our World Famous Racing Pigs!

Come and have a great day in the country at our community show.

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in Concert with Woolston Brass Superstar Tenor Simon O’Neill joins Christchurch’s iconic Woolston Brass to perform Grand Opera and Tenor Classics. This will be a treat for your ears and one not to be missed.

This three hour interactive performance is no tribute band this is a full blown theatre production that will take you on a journey from the humble beginnings of this legendary band.

Sheep, Horses, Ponies, Produce Shed, Biggest ever Pet Tent, Shearing, Scavenger Hunt

COME SEE THE TRACTOR PULL!

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The lead singer and songwriter from the Eastern is going on a solo tour to celebrate the release of his first album. Described as one of the best modern roots acts from any country period.

The AC/DC Story

All the fun of an A&P show ...

Plus exciting activities for all to enjoy

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What’s on www.guardianonline.co.nz Razor will be sharing some of his thoughts about leadership in a Q&A style session.

6pm - 10pm

April 6 Twilight in the Vines 22 Laings Road, Tinwald Enjoy a lazy Saturday afternoon and savour the flavour of wine from Ashburton’s ONLY vineyard, listen to live music and tuck in to an alfresco dining experience with your hosts Charlie and Esma Hill along with their family.

3pm - 7pm

April 7 Get Coloured By CanInspire Colour Fun Run Lake Hood, Tinwald This will be our third Get Coloured by CanInspire colour fun run to be held here in Ashburton at Lake Hood with the proceeds going to help the CanInspire Charitable Trust help our local Mid Canterbury community.

The Get Coloured colour fun run is a great community event for people of all levels of fitness and will be a fantastic day out for the whole family.

Come and ‘Get Coloured!’

10am - 12pm

April 7 Symphony On The Lake Lake Hood, Tinwald The Symphony on the Lake will bring the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, leading soloists Amati Pati of Sol3Mio and award winning Isabella Moore into the heart of Canterbury at beautiful Lake Hood, (for some an easy hour’s drive away).

Book now, and choose your gourmet hamper by The Picnic Company, to enjoy whilst experiencing classical music at its best whilst wrapped in the beauty of Lake Hood with the Southern Alps as its backdrop.

Ticket only $135 Ticket plus

Friday, March 8, 2019

Hamper $160.

5pm - 8pm

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April 15

61 Hororata Road, Hororata Balloonists from all over New Zealand are travelling to this event providing a unique opportunity to experience hot air balloons lighting up the night sky, glowing in unison to music.

Surrounding the Night Glow will be an autumn festival including live music, children’s entertainment and an amazing array of street food, this unique autumn festival will entertain the whole family.

Please note the car park will open at 2.30pm. Selfcontained motorhomes are welcome to park overnight. $20 per person, 16 years and under free with a parent or guardian 3pm - 8.30pm

Cats Event Centre, Ashburton One of the world’s best-loved musicals, CATS will embark on its most extensive tour of New Zealand.

With a cast of mainly Australians alongside a few New Zealanders this will be a truly magical production.

Tickets on sale now. Tickets from $79.90 plus fees.

7.30pm

April 18 Rhythms of Ireland Event Centre, Ashburton Celebrating their 10th Anniversary, New Zealand is privileged to welcome back Ireland’s most outstanding and elite company.

Seen by over two million people don’t miss your chance to see this incredible show.

Tickets from $74.90 7.30pm

May 1 The Adele and Amy Songbook Event Centre, Ashburton Australia’s brightest new singing star Bloom brings to you the songs of two amazing artists, Adele and Amy Winehouse. Both have amassed a legion of fans the world over, and have sold in excess of 20 million albums between them.

7pm - 9.30pm

May 4 Vintage Car Club Swapmeet Maronan Road, Tinwald Experience the atmosphere of the annual swapmeet with over 300 stalls – something for everyone.

No dogs allowed. Catering by Ashburton Lions Club.

Site bookings to Karen 021 0243 1955.

Gates open 7.30am

Hororata Night Glow

May 24 - June 1 Sister Act Event Centre, Ashburton Variety Theatre Ashburton presents this musical comedy smash hit based on the 1992 Whoopi Goldberg film. Gloriously funny and a sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship – Sister Act is a reason to rejoice!

Tickets: Adult $59 Senior/Student $49 Season running

What else? You get a free pack with each ticket, bursting with waste minimisation products!

Did you know… That the amount of waste going to landfill in New Zealand has increased by over 20 per cent in just the last three years? It is time to take action!

6.30pm - 9pm

a few workshops along the way if you are interested in developing your own skills.

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

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

7pm -9.30pm

July 15

July 11

Room On the Broom

The Legacy Tour with Kelvin Cruickshank and TJ Higgs

Event Centre, Ashburton With excellent reviews this award winning picture book will come to life on our stage. A witch, cat, dog, bird and a frog all go for a ride on a broomstick however the broom is not meant for five. When a hungry dragon appears who will save the witch?

Tickets $32 Group of 6 + $29 12 noon and 3pm

Event Centre, Ashburton Passing on messages from loved ones who have passed and are in spirit is what Kelvin was put on earth to do.

TJ’s passion is bringing peace of mind and resolution to those grieving for their departed, and allowing those in spirit to demonstrate their continued love.

Kelvin and TJ are dedicated to teaching others to open to their innate gifts and abilities so we will be running

September 7 The AC/DC Story

Ashburton Guardian 37 Event Centre, Ashburton This three hour interactive performance is no tribute band this is a full blown theatre production that will take you on a journey from the humble beginnings of this legendary band.

Early bird tickets until April 1 from $49.00 7.30pm

November 10 Simon O’Neil in Concert with Woolston Brass Event Centre, Ashburton Superstar Tenor Simon O’Neill joins Christchurch’s iconic Woolston Brass to perform Grand Opera and Tenor Classics.

This will be a treat for your ears and one not to be missed.

Adults from $50 Concession from $40 Child tickets $20 2pm

METHVEN A&P SHOW March 16, 2019 at the Methven Showgrounds Recreation in and around the Methven District

June 5 Waste Free Living Workshop - With Kate Meads The Resource Recovery Park, Ashburton Prepare to be inspired, become motivated, and take control of your household’s impact on our future. Get lots of exciting and inspirational education around ways you can minimise waste at home.

This workshop is suitable for all households, flats, ages, and stages. In fact, everybody should attend!

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Gate charge: Adults $15 | School children free | Free parking ATM available on-site.

Pakeke Lions Twilight Clearance Garage Sale 5pm – 7pm Friday, March 8 | Ashburton Racecourse

• Cash or Eftpos availble • HUGE REDUCTIONS - Everything must go • Fill a supplied bag for $5.00

Proceeds to the Pakeke Lions Charitable Trust and raising funds for a defibrillator for Tuarangi Home.

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IN MEMORIAM BROWN, Noel – In memory of a much loved and treasured husband, father, father-in-law and Grandad who sadly passed away March 8, 2018.

We think about you always, We talk about you too.

We have so many wonderful memories, but wish we still had you.

To us you were someone very special, Someone so clear and true.

You will never be forgotten, because we thought the world of you.

Love you so much and miss you even more.

Jennifer and family.

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ATKINSON, John Greig – Please note all late death Peacefully at Rosebank Rest notices or notices sent Home, Ashburton on March outside ordinary office 6, 2019, aged 84 years.

Loving husband of Rae hours must be emailed to: Magson and the late Metua deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication.

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6am Nella The Princess Knight 6:25 Duck Dodgers 3 6:50 The Powerpuff Girls 7:15 Danny Phantom 7:40 Ben 10 – Ultimate Alien 3 8:05 Max Steel 3 8:30 The Thundermans 3 8:55 The Moe Show 3 9:20 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:50 Mad About You PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Antiques Road Trip 3 12:35 Robot Wars PGR 3 1:35 Married With Children PGR 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 5:30 Prime News 6pm Million Dollar Minute 6:30 Pawn Stars 3

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7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Bondi Rescue PGR 8pm Border Security PGR 8:30 NCIS – New Orleans PGR 9:30 Raw PGR 10:30 SmackDown PGR

11:15 Satisfaction AO 3 Adriana introduces Grace to the world of BDSM; Neil and Sam set their partnership in stone. 0 12:10 Infomercials

11:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 1am Cricket – Blackcaps v Bangladesh (HLS) Second Test – Day One. From the Basin Reserve in Wellington.

1:30 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

Call the Midwife

PRIME

6:25 Bad Moms 2 16LSC 2017 Comedy. Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell. 8:10 Double Echo 16VSC 2017 Thriller.

Brandon Auret, Amalia Uys. 9:40 Marrowbone 16VSC 2018 Horror.

George MacKay, Anya TaylorBondi Rescue Joy. 11:30 Crooked House 7:30pm on Prime PGLS 2017 Drama. Max Irons, Stefanie Martini. 1:25 Bad SKY 5 Moms 2 16LSC 2017 Comedy.

6am Jeopardy! PG Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell.

6:25 Wheel Of Fortune 3:10 Second Chances PG PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 2013 Thriller. Melissa George, 7:15 Face Off M 8:05 Pawn Ryan Scott Greene.

Stars PG 8:30 MacGyver 4:40 Country Crush PG M 9:20 Parking Wars PGL 2016 Drama. Jana Kramer, 9:45 NCIS La MV 10:30 CSI Munro Chambers.

– Miami MV 11:15 Face 6:15 Inconceivable 16VLS Off M Noon Jeopardy! PG 2017 Thriller. Gina Gershon, 12:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG Nicky Whelan. 8pm Atomic 12:50 NCIS MV 1:40 Criminal Blonde 16VLSC 2017 Action.

Minds 16VS 2:30 NCIS LA MV In her most dangerous 3:15 Face Off M 4pm The mission yet, the crown jewel Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy! of the secret service is sent PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune to Berlin to take down a PG 5:30 Parking Wars spy ring. Charlize Theron, PGL 6pm MacGyver James McAvoy.

M 7pm Pawn Stars 10pm Tulip Fever MVS PG 7:30 NCIS LA MV 2017 Drama. Alicia Vikander, 8:30 Supernatural MVS Christoph Waltz.

9:30 Grimm MV 11:45 Wandering Eye M 2011 10:30 MacGyver M Thriller. Amanda Righetti, 11:25 CSI – Miami MV Krista Bridges. Saturday Saturday 12:10 Face 1:15 The Directors – David Off M 12:55 Wheel Of Yates PG 1:45 Second Fortune PG 1:20 Jeopardy!

Chances PG 2013 PG 1:45 Pawn Stars Thriller. Melissa George, PG 2:10 Grimm MV Ryan Scott Greene.

2:55 Supernatural MVS 3:15 Country Crush PG 3:40 CSI – Miami MV 2016 Drama. Jana Kramer, 4:25 Parking Wars PGL Munro Chambers.

4:50 NCIS LA MV 5:35 The 4:50 Atomic Blonde 16VLSC 2017 Action.

Simpsons PG

MOVIES GREATS 6am The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel PGLS 2011 Comedy Drama. Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton.

8:05 Gone MVL 2012 Drama Mystery. Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Wes Bentley.

9:40 The Bank Job 16VLS 2008 Drama. Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows.

11:30 Something’s Gotta Give MLS 2003 Comedy.

Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves.

1:40 Thirteen Days ML 2000 Drama. Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood.

4:05 The Watch 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn.

5:45 Shutter Island 16VL 2010 Thriller. Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo.

8pm Seabiscuit MC 2003 Drama. A half-blind former prize fighter and a mustang breaker, team up with a millionaire and his horse, to create a racing legend in the 1930s. Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges.

10:20 Paul MVLS 2011 Comedy. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost.

Saturday

12:10 Colombiana 16VL 2011 Action. Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan. 1:55 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 2:15 Shutter Island 16VL 2010 Thriller. Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo. 4:30 The Watch 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn.

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6:30 Waiata Mai 3 6:40 Avatar 3 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Potae Pai 3 7:30 Haati Paati 3 7:40 Cube 3 7:50 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 8am Pukana 8:50 Kete Korero 3 9am Te Kaea 3 2 9:30 Cam’s Kai 3 10am Kai Ora 3 10:30 Waiata 3 11am Tales From The Trails Noon Get Your Fish On 3 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 1pm Finding Aroha PGR 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Waiata Mai 3 3:10 Avatar 3 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Potae Pai 3 4pm Haati Paati 3 4:10 Cube 3 4:20 Kids’ Kai Kart 4:30 Pukana 3 5:20 Kete Korero 3 5:30 Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3 6pm It’s In The Bag 6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm Whanau Living 3 7:30 Get Your Fish On 3 8pm Kairakau PGR 8:30 M Liar Liar PGR 1997 Comedy. A boy, disappointed by his father’s lying, gets revenge when his wish that his father tell nothing but the truth is granted.

Jim Carrey, Jennifer Tilly, Amanda Donahoe.

10:05 The Vietnam War AO 3 11:05 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:35 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1

7am Tiny House Hunting 7:30 My Dream Home 8:30 Paul Hollywood – A Baker’s Life 9am Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail 9:30 Tiny House Nation 10:30 The Living Room 11:30 Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 12:30 Mysteries At The Museum 1:30 Martin Clunes – Islands Of Britain 2:30 Trust Me I’m A Doctor 3:30 Tigers About The House Sumatran tiger cubs born at Australia Zoo spend their first few months at home with tiger expert Giles Clark.

4:30 A Cook Abroad 5:30 Saving Lives At Sea 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Help! My House Is Falling Down Sarah Beeny helps a family afraid their Swinton home of 15 years is falling down a mine. Having spent over 50k trying to fix it, the family needs answers.

8:30 Restoration Home 9:30 Gardeners’ World 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Saving Lives At Sea On one of the hottest days of the year, the Dover crew must help a Channel swimmer who has collapsed within sight of the French coast.

12:30 Tiny House Hunting 1am The Living Room 2am Survive The Tribe AO 3am Burma’s Secret Jungle War With Joe Simpson.

4am American Pickers 5am Money For Nothing

SKY SPORT 2

DISCOVERY

6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Serie A Full Impact 7am Serie A Highlights Show 8am Football – Cup Of Nations (HLS) 8:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Stars v Tactix. 9am Netball Zone 9:30 Fox Sports News 10am Cricket – Australia v India (HLS) Second ODI. 10:30 L Cricket – Blackcaps v Bangladesh Second Test – Day One. Coverage of the morning session from the Basin Reserve in Wellington. 1:05 Cricket – Australia v India (HLS) Second ODI. 1:35 L Cricket – Blackcaps v Bangladesh Second Test – Day One. Coverage of the afternoon session from the Basin Reserve in Wellington. 6:30 The Cricket Show 7pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Hurricanes v Highlanders.

From Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

10pm The 1014 Rugby Show 10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) Arnold Palmer Invitational – Round One.

6am Football – Cup Of Nations (RPL) Football Ferns v Korea.

8am L Rugby League – Super League Warrington Wolves v Castleford Tigers.

11am Golf – European Tour (HLS) Qatar Masters – Round One. 11:30 Squash – World Championships (HLS) 12:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (RPL) Stars v Tactix.

2pm Netball Zone 2:30 Sky Sports News 3pm Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Warrington Wolves v Castleford Tigers.

5pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Hurricanes v Brumbies.

5:30 The 1014 Rugby Show 6pm The Breakdown 7pm #SkySpeed 7:30 Cricket – Australia v India (HLS) Second ODI. 8pm The Cricket Show 8:20 Cricket – Blackcaps v Bangladesh (HLS) Second Test – Day One. From the Basin Reserve in Wellington.

8:50 L Cricket – India v Australia Third ODI. Coverage of the first innings.

6:10 How Do They Do It? PG 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How It’s Made PG 7:30 Alaskan Bush People M The Long Road.

8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Far Out. 9:10 Outback Opal Hunters PG 10am Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10:50 Shadow Of Doubt M The Doctor is Out. 11:40 Swamp Murders M Drive Me Crazy. 12:30 Blood Relatives M 1:20 Murder Chose Me M The Boogie Man. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm Deadliest Catch PG The Widowmaker 2/2. 4:45 Gold Rush PG Make It Rain.

5:40 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Mashed.

6:35 Jay Leno’s Garage PG Rebels.

7:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG The hunt for Australia’s most famous gemstone, the opal.

8:30 Railroad Australia PG 9:25 Air Rescue PG 9:50 Air Rescue PG 10:15 What On Earth? PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid M Stone Cold.

11:55 Murder Chose Me M The Boogie Man.

Midnight Triathlon – Super League (HLS) 1am Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Hurricanes v Highlanders. 3:15 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Rebels v Brumbies. 5:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Stars v Tactix.

12:35 The Cricket Show 1:05 L Cricket – India v Australia Third ODI. Coverage of the second innings. 5am Cricket – Blackcaps v Bangladesh (HLS) Second Test – Day One. 5:30 The Cricket Show

12:45 Deadliest Catch PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Treehouse Masters PG 3:15 Alaskan Bush People M 4:05 Deadliest Catch PG 5:45 How It’s Made PG

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

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Ashburton Borough School’s Olivia Hansen reacts to a long-range putt attempt during her school’s visit to the Ashburton Golf Club as part of a golf in schools programme.

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Youngsters hit the fairways

BY ERIN TASKER

ERIN.T@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

School kids in Mid Canterbury look set to swing a golf club in huge numbers this year.

Aorangi Golf’s golf in schools programme will see at least 700 Mid Canterbury kids from six schools give the sport a go through their school this year, which was a massive increase from 2018, Aorangi Golf community golf manager Malcolm Wood said.

Wood said only two Mid Canter-

bury schools took part in the golf in schools programme last year and one of those, Allenton School, was among the six that were already booked in to take part in 2019.

Wood said there were different levels to the programme, which was taken by Ashburton Golf Club based golf pro Matt Davis.

Snag Golf (starting new at golf) was aimed at the younger Year 1 to 3 students and involved plastic clubs, tennis balls and Velcro

targets, while the getting started programme was aimed at the older students and used proper golf clubs and balls, and included a visit to an actual golf club.

Last Friday, a group from one of two Mid Canterbury schools that has already made use of the programme this term – Ashburton Borough School – took what they’d learnt and put it into practise on the fairways and greens of the Ashburton Golf Club.

Wood said the feedback they’d

had was that kids loved the programme.

“Once they get a taste for it, the children love it and the teachers tell me they have children from the year before asking if they are going to do golf again this year,” Wood said.

The key for him was keeping kids interested and getting them to give the game a go outside of schools, and that was where the new Team Golf initiative came in.

“For all the children that have

been through the programme, they can then step up and play in an ambrose tournament in teams of four,” Wood said.

The next Team Golf day in Mid Canterbury will be held at the Ashburton Golf Club on March 24, and it was open to all kids, not just those who had gone through the golf in schools programme.

Wood said there was still room in the second half of the year if more schools wanted to be a part of golf in schools.

Aorangi golf tournament attracts a top field

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