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Mid Canterbury dairy farmers Christopher and Siobhan O’Malley, with children Ruairi, 9 months, and Aisling, 3, have been named the best in the country.

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Mid Canterbury dairy farmers are the best in the country.

Lauriston dairy farmers Christopher and Siobhan O’Malley won best sharefarmer of the year at the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards in Auckland at the weekend, while Eiffelton’s Ben Haley was runner-up in the dairy trainee awards.

Kerry Higgins, who farms at Hororata, was runner-up in the manager of the year category.

All three were representing the Canterbury-North Otago region.

The O’Malleys won $50,000 in cash and prizes and judges said their unselfish attitude to farming and passion for the industry was impressive.

The couple, who have three children, are sharemilkers for Graham Brooker on Thompsons Track; they started dairy farming after careers in adventure tourism and teaching.

The couple were reflecting on their win as they drove from Christchurch airport yesterday to their home and said the night had been a rollercoaster of emotions after Christopher’s father took a turn at the awards dinner earlier in the night.

He was taken to hospital and the couple were urged to stay at the awards, organisers knowing the outcome but unable to say.

Christopher said they were receiving updates from his mother as category winners and special prize winners were announced. They were convinced they had no chance at the title after not hearing their names as third place winners or as runners-up.

“So it actually was a shock. It was really a night of extremes, an emotional rollercoaster.”

The couple said their livestock trading with A2 cows attracted plenty of attention and impressed judges.

With the milk payout down, they DNA-profiled their whole herd, including tests to identify A2 cows. They then sold those cows at a premium to dairy farmers building exclusive A2 herds.

“In the end, the money we made was the difference between us losing a lot of money and breaking even.”

That outside-the-box thinking was noted by the judges when they looked at the O’Malleys’ 515 cow operation.

Share farmer head judge Neil Gray, from Thames, said all finalists had a strong focus on environmental issues and understood the impact agriculture

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has on the environment. There was also a strong focus on animal welfare.

He said the O’Malleys are an excellent example of how embracing technology can enhance on farm health and safety practices. “An example of this was their use of a free app to communicate with their team to notify them immediately of a new hazard identified on-farm.

They wanted to progress their career but also give back to the industry. “They had a very unselfish attitude to their whole farm business,” Gray said.

“The O’Malleys demonstrated very strongly that you can put together a high-quality herd of cows within a budget constraint. They put a lot of effort into finding the right cows and travelled many kilometres in the car around New Zealand to find the ones they wanted.”

The O’Malleys are staying in Mid Canterbury for the coming season, leasing more land in the area and milking another 100 cows.

They will be hot property on the dairy scene for the next 12 months, and will be attending next month’s national agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek.

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■ DAIRY INDUSTRY AWARDS

Top honour for trainee By

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It’s been a big few weeks for young Eiffelton dairy farmer Ben Haley.

He bought an engagement ring for girlfriend Olivia Bain at Easter (she said yes) and on Saturday night he was runner-up in the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards trainee of the year competition.

Haley, 24, works for share farmers John and Michelle O’Connell on a 1100-cow farm owned by the New Zealand Property Trust.

They plucked his name from a noticeboard at their local supermarket when they were looking for a temporary worker. Haley had been looking for a job after following his heart back to Canterbury after cattle mustering on a 160,000 hectare station in Australia’s Northern Territory.

After flying back from Auckland yesterday afternoon after the awards, he was contemplating a good night’s sleep and a 5am start in the cowshed. Next season he will be 2IC, a promotion from the dairy assistant’s job he has held.

He said the awards had been an eye-opener to opportunities

Eiffelton dairy farmer Ben Haley has been named runner-up in the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards trainee of the year competition. the industry offered, from farm ownership to sharemilking, managing and contract milking.

And it is an industry he is proud to belong to. Ninety-nine per cent of dairy farmers were farming successfully in the environment and with their animals and Haley sees himself as part of a new wave of young dairy farmers able to help change the mind-

set of those anti dairying.

As runner-up in the trainee category, Haley won $5000 in prizes and took out the Communication and Engagement Award for trainees. The judges were impressed by his ability to express himself and said he was clearly passionate about the career he had chosen.

He says he uses all the practi-

cal farm skills he has learned over the past 10 years and some new ones picked up through Primary ITO courses on the dairy farm, which is a second year conversion. Cows are milked through a 60-bale rotary shed.

He credits the O’Connells as great role models. They and Olivia were among the 500 farmers, their families and those supporting the dairy industry in Auckland for the awards.

Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard said one of the significant judging criteria was environmental stewardship.

“It was clear that just like thousands of farmers around the country, these farmers are determined and proud to leave for our children farms which are more profitable and more environmentally sustainable than when we found them.”

Federated Farmers would like to congratulate not only the award winners, but all those who entered regional competitions, nationwide.

“It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there to be judged, especially when financial and climatic conditions may not be ideal,” he said.

■ ALCOHOL

Concern over young women and alcohol

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

A local alcohol and drug service has growing concerns around the safety of young women and how much they are drinking.

A Massey University study has found women aged under 24 who buy RTDs drink an estimated 24 litres a year, and Acads manager Chris Clark said they believe young women are often putting themselves in unsafe situations, due to heavy drinking. She said due to an increase of alcopops, that are considered easy to drink,

young women are drinking far more, and far faster than before, compared to if the drinks had an alcoholic taste.

“Young women are drinking more heavily and are placing themselves at risk,” she said.

“We are noticing downtown, for example, that females may be with a group a friends, but not get let in to premises due to intoxication and walk home alone, which is really unsafe behaviour. They are not making sound judgment calls due to intoxication.”

Clark said premises are able to

see what is happening and they are currently looking at how they can help reduce harm in the district.

She is not only concerned about health effects, saying there are the dangers of the risky behaviour associated with drinking.

“With our public health service, it is always part of the campaign, talking with young students about unsafe situations, looking out for mates and all that goes in to it,” she said.

“When it comes down to it, it is everyone’s responsibility, par-

ents, friends, anyone can notice if someone is binge drinking and taking risks and can talk to them and let them know it isn’t safe.

“Parents need to have the talk early before the children start going out about being aware of limits, how they are drinking, who they are with and how they are getting home.”

Alcohol Healthwatch executive director Dr Nicki Jackson told Larry Williams on Newstalk ZB that heavy drinking is costing New Zealand up to $1 billion a year.

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Rain to the fore in April

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Moist tropical air masses put their mark on Mid Canterbury’s weather in April, in which Ashburton received almost three times its average rainfall for the month.

NIWA released its April climate summary last week, in which it said widespread heavy rainfall was the flavour of the month for the North Island along with the northern and eastern areas of the South Island.

Most locations received the bulk of their rainfall during two distinct events – the passage of the remnants of Cyclone Debbie April 4 to 5, and the arrival of exCyclone Cook April 12 to 13.

The northern and eastern South Island received in excess of 200 per cent of the April normal.

MetService data shows Ashburton fitted into this category, with 146 millimetres falling at the Ashburton Airport, which was almost three times the April average of 52 millimetres.

And while the eastern South Island recorded near average temperatures, NIWA’s Winchmore weather station picked up a near record for a low daily maximum, the climate summary shows.

The station recorded a maximum of just 7.4 degrees on April 6, which was the fourth lowest maximum for April since records began in 1928.

NIWA’s seasonal outlook for May through to July has forecast near average temperatures and near normal rainfall for coastal Canterbury, and near average temperatures and near normal or below normal rainfall for the alps and foothills.

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■ ARA INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY

Rural course unchanged

BY SUE NEWMAN

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A re-structure of primary industries programmes by Ara Institute of Canterbury is likely to leave the Ashburton campus’ sole agricultural course untouched.

Falling student numbers in some of its lower level courses has forced Ara to look at axing a number of rural focused programmes, instead putting resources into areas where there is greater demand from both students and employers.

Ashburton’s campus delivers just one agriculture course, New

Zealand Diploma in Agribusiness Management.

Ara regularly monitored programmes to ensure they were industry relevant to ensure graduates had the best opportunity to gain employment, chief executive Kay Giles said.

“There has been very little demand for the particular programmes that are under review so we need to put our energy where there will be much more value for the primary sector,” she said.

The five programmes under review are delivered at the Timaru Campus and are primary industry

focused certificates at levels two and three.

By comparison, the New Zealand Diploma in Agribusiness Management which is delivered at both Ashburton and Timaru has expanded and is now starting to produce meaningful outcomes, Giles said.

Enrolments for the course have increased from 15.7 equivalent full-time students to 33.7 at the end of April this year. Numbers are expected to grow to 50 by the year’s end.

This programme is delivered through a blend of online, face-to-

Timaru’s Washdyke training farm could be under threat from the course review because feedback indicated employers wanted graduates with real experience on a working farm, Giles said.

There were also some opportunities for lower level, foundaiton courses to be provided through secondary schools, she said.

Change and reviews were essential to ensure an educational institution was delivering the right courses for industry demand, Giles said.

“It’s naïve to say there won’t be any change.”

face and projects based on workplace activities, such as budgets, sustainability and human resourcing plans.

In talking with stakeholders, it was clear that they wanted courses that offered a combination of workplace training, on-line study and some face to face study and the review did not indicate a lack of commitment to either regional campuses or to primary industries, she said. “There is huge potential in primary industries but we have to make sure we have the right courses creating the right qualifications.”

■ TINWALD SCHOOL

Models draw the crowds to Tinwald School

BY JAIME PITT-MACKAY JAIME.P@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

From trains to trucks and everything in between, Tinwald School hosted its model show at the weekend.

School Principal Peter Livingstone said the show went very well, with a couple of hundred visiting over the two days to see the 11 different displays.

“We had local displays as well as some down from Christchurch,” he said.

“It is good to have something different or interesting during Wheels Week.

“A lot of people have collections, but not many people know they do and it is a chance for them to put them out there.”

Model tractors, cars, trucks, trains and motorbikes were on display, with some crafted by hand from wood, and one locomotive taking two-and-a-half years to construct.

“Last year the funds went to purchasing a new projector for the hall and this year we may look at getting some stuff for the junior playground,” he said.

Robyn and John Taylor went along to look at some of the models at Tinwald School yesterday.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Let the sunshine in – please!

By Sue NewmaN

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When Selwyn Ryde moved into an Ashburton District Council pensioner flat, he imagined his new home would be bathed in sunshine from its east facing windows.

Five years on, he says he’s fed up with living in a dark living room where he’s forced to run his heat pump and turn his lights on for most of the day.

The problem Ryde says, is the large tree that’s growing outside his window. When it drops its leaves he sees filtered sunlight for a few weeks, but come early spring, that sunlight disappears.

“The problems that tree causes are unreal. I’ve had a go at the council about it but no one seems to be very interested,” he said.

He’s talked to mayor Donna Favel and councillor Russell Ellis and he’s called the council’s commercial manager Colin Windleborn. They’ve been sympathetic, but it seems the final decision is not up to them, Ryde said.

“I often don’t see the sun all

day because of that tree. This flat should be lovely and warm on days when the sun’s out and it should stay warm for most of the day. It doesn’t because the sun can’t get in.”

He’s calling for the council to take a common sense approach to the tree; removing it is the only option he said, both for him and for the neighbour on his eastern side. It seems no one can agree on what happens next.

Councillor Ellis believes Ryde has a good point.

“I do think there’s an issue that needs to be looked at; it is impacting on his property,” he said.

Council open spaces manager David Askin is not so sure.

The tree is healthy, it’s been well trimmed and there is no reason to remove it, he said.

Askin said he’s spoken to other neighbours who were happy to see the tree stay and given the flowering cherry’s good health, that’s likely to be the outcome, he said.

But that has not pleased Ryde who says he’ll continue to push the case for the tree’s removal.

Man arrested There was a disorder on Havelock Street at 1am yesterday. A 19-yearold male was arrested for assault and will appear in the Ashburton District Court on May 29.

The Sound of Music Mid Canterbury children aged 10 and over who are good at singing, acting and dancing are invited to audition for The Sound of Music.

Producers of the upcoming nationwide tour have announced that auditions will be held at Christchurch’s Isaac Theatre Royal on May 20. They are looking for two teams of children to play the youngest six von Trapp children Gretl, Marta, Brigitta, Kurt, Louisa and Friedrich. The children will be paid for their roles as it is a fully professional production, produced

by Ben McDonald Ltd. The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is to be directed by Geraldine Brophy. It will tour 20 centres in September and October. Applications for audition time are by emailing benmcdonaldassistant@gmail.com

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Selwyn Ryde is battling the Ashburton District Council to have a tree removed outside his council flat.

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■ CANCER RESEARCH SEMINAR

Cancer research seminar a success

By Megan gnad

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About 400 people attended Ashburton’s first cancer research seminar on Thursday night.

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Ashburton’s first cancer research seminar was a success with more than 400 people turning up to listen to top Canterbury researchers and professors.

The What’s New in Cancer Research? Genes & Lifestyle information evening, organised by the Cancer Society and C4 – the Canterbury Comprehensive Cancer Centre – was held at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on Thursday.

Mid Canterbury Cancer Society centre manager Annie Bonifant said the Ashburton community embraced the opportunity.

“It went really well and we were thrilled with the attendance,” she said.

“The speakers were of high calibre and very informative.

“There were really good questions and good feedback; it was a wonderful response.”

The guest speakers – made up of medical doctors, scientists and researchers – were each given 10 minutes to talk on their chosen subject of expertise, and then fielded questions from the audience.

Subjects included decoding our

genes to prevent cancer? (by Dr Logan Walker), The New Zealand Familial Breast Cancer Study (by scientist Vanessa Lattimore), Immunotherapy: rescuing immune cells to treat cancer (by Dr Margaret Currie), How do fat cells stimulate breast cancer? (by Dr Elisabeth Phillips), Does body weight affect chemotherapy? (by PhD student Rebekah Crake), Vitamin C: snake oil or a sensible addition to cancer therapy? (by Dr Gabi Dachs) and ‘The latest isn’t always the greatest…Why we need randomised trials in medicine (by Dr David Gibbs).

The event, presented by the Mackenzie Cancer Research Group, was brought to Ashburton with the support of Mackenzie Charitable Foundation, C4 – Canterbury Comprehensive Cancer Centre, the Cancer Society and the University of Otago.

Mackenzie chairperson of Cancer Medicine, professor Bridget Robinson, said they hoped to trial it with the plan to eventually take it to other centres.

The medical oncologist, who was the information evening chairperson, said the role of the virtual C4 brand was to link doctors with researchers, NGOs and patients.

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Olivia Pike (second from left front and inset) performs in the New Zealand Opera 2016 season of La Traviata.

May 13 – Ashburton Musical Club public concert Olivia Pike in Recital, 7.30pm, Sinclair Centre.

Door sales $15, members $10, students free. Supper will be served.

May 14 – Mid Canterbury Choir presents a Mothers’ Day performance, The Heavens Declare, at St Stephens Anglican Church, 2pm.

May 20 - Mid Canterbury children aged 10 and over who are good at singing, acting and dancing are invited to audition for The Sound of Music at the Isaac Theatre Royal, email benmcdonaldassistant@gmail.com May 20 – Variety Theatre Ashburton opens The Addams Family at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, to stage until May 27.

May 20 – Steve Carr, Variations for Troubled Hands, opening and artist talk, 2.30pm, at the Ashburton Art Gallery. Exhibition May 21 to June 24.

June 7 – Toru – Crossing Borders (Arts on Tour NZ) at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

June 9 – Tiki Taane Mahuta at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7pm.

June 11 – Ashburton Musical Club Mid Winter Celebration, 2pm, Sinclair Centre. Arranged by Margaret Hawkey. Visitors welcome, $5 at door, afternoon tea.

June 13 – Four Flat Whites in Italy at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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Mid Canterbury music lovers will be spoiled for choice this coming weekend as both the Ashburton Musical Club and Mid Canterbury Choir are staging concerts.

Accomplished vocalist Olivia Pike will star in the Ashburton Musical Club public concert Olivia Pike in Recital at the Sinclair Centre on Saturday at 7.30pm.

She will be joined by several invited guests including her younger brother Joshua Pike.

The concert will feature a variety of performances, both vocal and instrumental.

Having performed regularly for the club as a young singer and pianist while still at Ash-

burton College, Pike is looking forward to performing her first public concert for the club.

The University of Otago Bachelor of Music graduate is a choral accompanist for various Dunedin choirs, and has performed in several operas.

She is an accompanist for the Ashburton MSA Men’s Choir and credits many of her performance opportunities to her involvement with this choir, including singing with Simon O’Neill several times over the last few years.

On Sunday, Mid Canterbury Choir members are presenting for the first time The Heavens Declare, at St Stephen’s Anglican Church, 2pm.

Guest artists are soprano Olivia Stewart, a former choir member now studying music at Victoria University, as well as organist Martin Setchell and violinist Ruth Hall.

Setchell is also musical director for the concert.

Soloists include Stewart as well as contralto Ann Robinson, tenor David O’Beirne and bass Stephen Diedricks, while accompanists are Diedricks and Alison Holden.

The Heavens Declare is to feature classical music by Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn and Fauré, and includes The Coronation Mass featuring the four soloists along with the choir.

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Wheels Week under way Wheels Week Plus is under way and Guardian photographer Robyn Hood was out snapping some of the action.

Ray Lambert took part in the Ashburton Plains Rotary Club’s 25th classic car run in his 1962 Jaguar E-Type.

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TERRACE VIEW RETIREMENT VILLAGE ALWAYS STRIVING TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT CARE TO RESIDENTS

From left: Cathy (Clinical Nurse Manager), Natasha (Healthcare Assistant HCA), Christine (HCA), Michelle (HCA), Kelle (HCA), Shontelle (HCA), Karl (HCA), Lynnette (Registered Nurse) and Raewyn (Registered Nurse).

1. How many nurses and health care assistants work at Terrace View? How many are fulltime and part-time? How many women, how many men?

We have 10 registered nurses and three enrolled nurses, all female. Most are fulltime, however two have part-time contracts and two are on a casual contract. We also have 18 caregivers, 14 female and four male. Four are casual, two on permanent part-time and the rest are fulltime.

2. How many residents are at Terrace View?

Currently, we have 56 residents.

3. Are the nurses and healthcare assistants vs residents meeting the ratio implemented by the Ministry of Health?

The staff at Terrace View meet the contractual requirements of the Ministry of Health. There is one healthcare assistant to five residents in the hospital level of care.

4. Do nurses and healthcare assistants look after everyone, including people in villas?

Nurses and caregivers look after 44 residents who are either resthome level, hospital level or those who have nursing packages in their apartments. The rest are attended to as the need arises.

5. Do nurses and healthcare assistants have a daily routine?

Yes, they both do, however, routines are flexible depending on the residents’ needs and health status. Part of the nurses’ daily routine is to see every resident, follow up reports of being unwell and health monitoring requirements requested by GPs. For the healthcare assistants, encouraging residents to meet their daily health care needs and assisting them to attend the activities they wish to be involved with is part of their daily routine.

6. What training do nurses and caregivers have?

We have caregivers holding Level 3 Career Force National Qualification in Health and Wellbeing Health Assistance or its equivalent. There is one holding Level 6. There are nine fulltime, part-time and casual caregivers who are working towards this qualification at this time.

Registered staff are trained in syringe driver use, first aid, interRAI and palliative care.

Other training includes, but is not limited to, colostomy, urostomy, catheter care; alcohol abuse and management in the elderly; continence and catheter care; falls prevention, medication management; hand hygiene and infection control; dementia and challenging behaviour and many more.

7. Is there any ongoing training provided by Terrace View?

We offer ongoing training on a monthly basis or more often if required.

8. How about communication – is it easy or hard to deal with residents? How is the reporting to families of residents?

We have an open-door policy in Terrace View.

The residents can come and see the Facility Manager and Clinical Care Manager during business hours for any concerns. In the absence of the managers, the registered nurses are on duty 24/7 for any concerns. We report via phone, mobile or emails to the families regularly during reviews or sooner if there is a change in the residents’ health status. We also have regular residents’ meetings where families are welcome to attend. We also have special occasions where we invite families to join us to celebrate.

What are the most common residents’ fears?

Often, residents fear that they will lose their independence once they come into the retirement village. Another fear is not being able to do what they want, when they want like home. They are also afraid of losing connections to the community or that resthome life is boring.

9. How do you deal with those fears?

When a new resident arrives, he or she will go through an assessment organised by a nurse.

This assessment, both medical and holistic, will help the nurse develop a personalised care plan in order to know the new residents well and address his or her fears. This plan gives the healthcare assistants all the information they need to support the residents the best they can.

10. Do you have specialists coming in or do you take residents out in case of important medical problems?

We call specialists in on an as-needed basis.

We have a regular physiotherapist who comes in weekly. The podiatrist comes in every six weeks. We call on dieticians, an occupational therapist, palliative care nurse specialists, a speech language therapist, gerontologist and other specialists when the need arises to come and visit.

11. Do you do anything with residents other than providing medical care?

The nurses focus mainly on medically unwell residents, however, the healthcare assistants provide more of a holistic approach. We also have hairdressers who come twice weekly.

Volunteers come and take residents for a walk outside Terrace View.

The residents also enjoy varied activities from van outings, crafts, music and entertainment, happy hour, weekly movies and so much more.

The residents and family can look at our weekly activities schedule. The activities are facilitated by our activities team and diversional therapist.

12. Do some of your residents’ health improve once they have moved to Terrace View?

Yes, some people definitely improve as we promote their well-being by providing them with structures. For example their meals are scheduled at certain times as well as their medication, some of them exercise more and do more activities than they were doing at home which helps improve their health and well-being.

13. Anything else you feel is important about the nurses and caregivers that should be mentioned?

We have a passionate team of care staff and nurses who are resident-care focused. The team believes in providing a high standard of care.

We are very proud that we have a friendly and welcoming work environment created by our team.

CALL TODAY FOR MORE INFORMATION Donna Coxshall 03 307 6140 – FACILITY MANAGER 37 Carters Terrace, Tinwald, Ashburton 7700 | www.terraceview.co.nz

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road smash just north of Rakaia last Thursday was just one more black mark in the mounting tally of crashes involving rental cars and foreign drivers.

While no one likes to point the finger after an accident, the police have made it clear that yet again the vehicle at fault was the one driven by a tourist – it apparently crossed the centre line and ploughed into another vehicle.

New Zealand has a serious issue with tourist drivers and it’s one we can no longer ignore.

Ask anyone who regularly drives the tourist routes into the Mackenzie for example and they’ll tell you that time on State Highway 8 is far from relaxing.

An enjoyable drive has now become a white knuckle drive.

Spot another vehicle and you’re instantly alert; if it’s a rental then you’re mentally prepared to take evasive action.

Personal experiences include a vehicle that tailgates so close I couldn’t see its number plate, others that overtook and continued on the wrong side of the road, motorists who rounded Dog Kennel Corner into the Mackenzie Basin and simply stopped – albeit in awe – in the middle of the road.

The ultimate, however, was a rental car with five inside that did a slow haul uphill out of Fairlie with half a dozen cars stuck behind.

Just before a downhill section the driver indicated he was pulling off to the left to allow following vehicles to stop, but he stopped.

In the middle of the road and chaos erupted behind.

We can’t keep putting locals at risk from foreign drivers and we can’t keep killing off our tourists.

Putting tough parameters around who can and cannot drive in New Zealand, however, means we risk one of our most lucrative income streams, the free spending independent traveller.

Our roads are unlike roads in most countries – they’re narrow, often winding, frequently long, often unpopulated and we drive on the opposite side of the road.

All of those driving conditions are foreign to visitors. Add to the mix, new arrivals who are often sleep deprived and there’s a perfect accident storm waiting happen.

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■ NIGERIA

83 Chibok girls free Eighty-three Chibok schoolgirls seized three years ago by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria have been released into military custody, authorities say.

The dramatic development came yesterday after the mass abduction that brought the extremist group’s rampage to world attention.

Nigeria’s government says the schoolgirls were released in exchange for detained Boko Haram suspects and are expected to meet President Muhammadu Buhari today in the capital.

Family members said they were eagerly awaiting a list of names and “our hopes and expectations are high”.

It was the second group release of Chibok schoolgirls. Nigeria’s government in October announced that 21 girls had been freed after negotiations with Boko Haram, saying another group of 83 would be re-

leased “very soon”. Before the release, 195 of the girls had remained captive.

“Huge numbers,” the personal assistant to President Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, tweeted at the weekend.

A Nigerian military official with direct knowledge of the rescue operation said the 83 freed girls were found near the town of Banki in Borno state near Cameroon.

“The location of the girls kept changing since yesterday when the operation to rescue them commenced,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to make the announcement.

The 276 schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014 are among thousands of people abducted by Boko Haram over the years.

The mass abduction shocked the world, sparking a global campaign supported by

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former US first lady Michelle Obama and other celebrities. It has put tremendous pressure on Nigeria’s government to counter the extremist group, which has roamed large parts of the north and into neighbouring countries.

Many of the kidnapped girls, most of whom were Christians, were forced to marry the Islamic extremists and became pregnant.

Human rights advocates believe others could be among the young girls who have been used to carry out suicide bombing attacks.

The group representing the families of the girls said they were awaiting direct confirmation from the government.

“This is a very, very exciting news for us that we have over 80 of our girls coming back again,” said Bukky Shonibare with the campaign.

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Kanye West

Kanye’s accounts go dark Kanye West has apparently deleted his Twitter and Instagram accounts.

Both accounts went dark some time at the weekend, for unknown reasons. A representative for the rapper did not immediately respond to an email asking for comment yesterday. West did not attend the Met Gala earlier in the week.

His wife, Kim Kardashian West, was there with her sisters, and said her husband was at home. She said he’d been “taking some time off and really loving that”.

In November, West was admitted to UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles for sleep deprivation and exhaustion, later cancelling his Saint Pablo tour.

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Climber dies in record bid Decapitated An 85-year-old Nepali man has died while attempting to scale Mount Everest to regain his title as the oldest person to climb the world’s highest peak, officials say.

Min Bahadur Sherchan died at the base camp at the weekend but the cause of death was not immediately clear, said Dinesh Bhattarai, chief of Nepal’s Tourism Department.

Mountaineering official Gyanendra Shrestha, who is at the base camp, said the cause was likely cardiac arrest but he could not give details because of a poor telephone connection.

The grandfather of 17 and great-grandfather of six first scaled Everest in May 2008, when he was 76 – at the time the oldest climber to reach the top.

His record was broken by then 80-yearold Japanese Yuichiro Miura in 2013.

Before leaving for the mountain last month, Sherchan had told The Associated Press that once he had completed the climb and become famous, he intended to travel to conflict areas to spread a message of peace.

He had trained for months before the attempt and had said he did not suffer from

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Min Bahadur Sherchan any respiratory problems and blood pressure was normal.

Being born in the mountains, he did not have a problem with high altitude and the low level of oxygen there.

Sherchan’s love of mountaineering had begun in 1960 when he was assigned by the Nepalese government as a liaison officer for the Swiss team climbing Mount Dhaulagiri.

He later became an apple farmer and constructed roads and dams before settling down to run hotels in Kathmandu.

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The decapitated bodies of a father and his two sons recently kidnapped by Islamic militants have been found in the street in the northern Sinai town of Rafah, say security officials and witnesses.

They said the mother of the two siblings was killed last week by militants from the Islamic State group when they raided the family home in the village of Yamit, west of Rafah, and kidnapped the three men they suspect of being collaborators.

The three decapitated bodies found yesterday were taken to hospital, where they were identified and prepared for burial, according to the officials and witnesses, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media and feared reprisals.

IS is spearheading an insurgency in northern Sinai, where there has recently been a rise in the abduction and killing of suspected informants.

The brutal killings are meant to serve as a deterrent to would-be collaborators.

Islamic militants have been fighting security forces in northern Sinai for years, but the insurgency has grown deadlier and expanded since the military’s 2013 ouster of an Islamist president – Mohammed Morsi of the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood – whose one year in office proved divisive.

Lately, the militants have targeted Egypt’s minority Christians, forcing hundreds of them to flee their homes in northern Sinai after killing several of them there.

An IS leader in Egypt vowed this week to escalate attacks against Christians, urging Muslims to steer clear of Christian gatherings and western embassies as they are targets of their group’s militants.

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Adele celebrates as Nan Adele has marked getting another year older by dressing up as a famous comedy grandmother. The singer has celebrated her 29th birthday dressed as Joannie “Nan” Taylor from The Catherine Tate Show, complete with pink cardigan, wild red hair and chained glasses. She shared a set of four photos of her costume on Instagram in which she can be seen in a variety of poses, while one snap shows the hair of her wig standing on end. She captioned the post: “Nearly 30! Thanks for the well wishes. See you soon x”.

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Loretta Lynn suffers stroke Country music legend Loretta Lynn has been hospitalised after having a stroke.

Maria Malta, a publicist for Sony Music, confirmed the 85-year-old singer and songwriter had been admitted to a Nashville hospital after suffering the stroke at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. Lynn’s website says she is responsive and expected to make a full recovery. Lynn’s sister, the Grammywinning singer Crystal Gayle, said in a statement, “Many of you have heard that my sister, Loretta Lynn, had a stroke.

She’s a strong woman and I know she’ll come out of this”.

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Blasts in Philippines Philippine police are on high alert after twin explosions killed two people in the capital, amid fears that more attacks could take place.

Authorities urged the public to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity or movement after the bomb blasts in the dis-

trict of Quiapo in Manila on Saturday night, which also injured six people.

“Your authorities are on top of the situation,” said Director Oscar Albayalde, head of the capital’s police force.

“I have ordered all our policemen on the ground to stay alert

and focused in securing their areas of responsibility.”

Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella called for calm following the blasts, which an initial police investigation showed targeted a specific person and was not a terrorist attack.

“We are saddened by the loss of

lives brought by yesterday’s night explosions in Quiapo,” Abella said.

“While [the] investigation is now ongoing, we ask the public to remain alert and immediately report to authorities any suspicious activity or movement.”

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Show goes on for monarchy The Duke of Edinburgh will not be “disappearing into the background” despite his decision to step down from public duties, says his son the Earl of Wessex.

Philip, 95, will retire from royal engagements in the autumn after more than 65 years supporting the Queen in her role as head of state and attending events for his own charities and organisations.

Their youngest son Edward hinted other members of the Royal Family will step up in support of the monarch, and said the family support each other “constantly” in what is a “team effort”, adding: “The show goes on”.

Edward is the first family member to speak about Philip’s retirement since it was announced and, speaking to Sky News, he said: “It was a surprise but not really a surprise.

“I mean, although having for many years said this is a job from which you can’t retire, he’s just proved that actually it might be possible to retire which is quite good for the rest of us.

“But having said that, I think

Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, smiles last week during his visit to Lord’s Cricket Ground to open the new Warner Stand, in London.

PHOTO AP that although he’s said that he’s probably going to step back, I don’t believe he’s going to stop for a minute, so there will still be lots of things that he’ll be interested in and doing.

“But it’s just re-set the pitch for everybody and there’s no expectations now from everybody that he will turn up and do things, which I think is very sensible.”

Asked if it had been a difficult

decision, Edward said: “I’m sure it is.

“But at the end of the day you still have to do what’s sensible and practical, and as we all know from my father he’s extremely sensible and extremely practical.

“So he’s taken that decision and we respect that. But as I said, we’re not going to see him disappearing into the background.”

Edward said: “It is always a team effort and that’s what we do, and the show goes on.

“We support each other, constantly, whatever we do.

“That’s been the case if anybody’s ever fallen ill.”

Asked to sum up what his father’s contribution to national life has been, Edward said It has been “years of staggering service”, and he has always been “jolly” along the way.

He added: “The great thing about my father is that nobody’s ever forgotten meeting him, so they’ve all got their stories.

“Wherever he’s been, wherever in the world, people remember him.”

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■ UNITED STATES

Healthcare bill set to hurt Republicans It’s “Trumpcare” now, and Republicans have to answer for it.

After dozens of symbolic votes, House Republicans finally pushed through a bill to gut Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, with President Donald Trump hailing the replacement as “a great plan” that has “really brought the Republican Party together”. Democrats are giddy about what could be severe political consequences for the Republicans.

Even though the Senate still has to act, Republicans now largely own a measure that would curtail, and in some cases take away completely, benefits Americans have embraced after seven years.

Chief among them: a guarantee of paying the same amount for coverage regardless of health history. Budget analysts estimate 24 million people would lose insurance over a decade, 14 million

in the first year, and older Americans would face higher costs.

The Senate likely will revise the bill, but 217 House Republicans voted yes.

“Progressives are going to hang this around the necks of every one of those Republicans,” said Angel Padilla, co-founder of the liberal group Indivisible.

“These Republicans voted to take away peoples’ health care.

This is going to come back to bite them.”

Democrats are convinced the GOP repeal bill jeopardises the Republican monopoly in Washington, starting with majority control of the House, and the party’s advantages in state houses from Nevada to New Hampshire.

Fundraising surged nationwide as new recruits stepped up to challenge vulnerable Republicans who backed the plan.

Among the vulnerable Republicans is two-term New Jersey Representative Tom MacArthur who helped revive the bill by authoring a key amendment on pre-existing conditions.

“We have an opportunity to take down the person who was the author of Trumpcare 2.0,” said Democrat Andrew Kim, an Obama White House national security adviser, who said he’s now more likely to challenge MacArthur next year. Kim raised more than $US43,000 online over the last week for a possible run.

Democrats need to flip 24 seats between now and the 2018 elections to take control of the House. Of the 217 Republicans who backed the bill, 14 come from districts carried by Democrat Hillary Clinton last autumn, and 24 serve in districts where Trump did not win more than 50 per cent of the vote.

Republican Rep Ileana RosLehtinen, who is not seeking reelection next year, warned that the bill “has the potential to severely harm the health and lives of people in south Florida.” Her open seat in Miami is considered a prime pick-up opportunity for Democrats.

Outside groups prepared to launch an advertising campaign in the coming days to punish vulnerable Republicans in key states. The television and online blitz is expected to seize on the more unpopular provisions in the GOP plan, which was opposed by the AARP, the American Medical Association, which represents doctors, and the American Hospital Association.

The AARP warned that the GOP plan institutes an “age tax” and jeopardizes coverage for 25 million older Americans with preexisting conditions.

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In brief 200 escape prison About 200 inmates remain on the run after a mass escape from an overcrowded prison on Sumatra island, Indonesian authorities say.

The prison break occurred when prisoners were let out of their cells at Sialang Bungkuk Prison in Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau province, to perform prayers. Local police chief Susanto, who goes by one name, said 242 men were recaptured, leaving about 200 still at large.

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11 killed in bus collision Eleven people have been killed in Vietnam’s central highlands when a bus crashed into a truck, a report says. The bus, which had been travelling through Gia Lai province on its way from Dak Lak to Kon Tum, collided with a fertiliser truck driving in the wrong lane yesterday, the VN Express news site reported. The collision killed 10 of the 36 passengers instantly while another died in hospital.

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Bus crash kills 26 At least 26 people have been killed and 11 others were injured when two buses collided headon in southern Nigeria, police say. The 18-seater passenger buses collided at a construction site on a road between the commercial metropolis Lagos and the university town of Ibadan on Saturday morning, Oyo state police commander Abiodun Odude said. Both buses caught fire, with many passengers trapped inside, according to Odude.

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Aleutian Islands quake The Alaska Earthquake Centre reports that a magnitude 4.9 earthquake has hit part of the Aleutian Islands chain. The centre says the quake struck in the Fox Islands region of the Aleutians.

The epicentre was 110km east of the Amukta Pass. The quake had a depth of about 11km. There are no reports of damage.

- AP

Hindenburg memories Several hundred people have honoured the three dozen people who died when the Hindenburg burst into flames 80 years ago. A wreath-laying ceremony was held yesterday at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, where the German airship crashed. Thirtyfive of the 97 people on board died, along with one person on the ground. Sixty-two others aboard the airship survived. But only one of them remains alive today. - AP

Teenager shot in US Police in San Diego have shot and killed a 15-year-old student after he pointed a BB gun at them in a high school carpark. The Torrey Pines High School student called 911 shortly before 3.30am on Saturday to ask officers to check on the welfare of an unarmed boy in front of the school, according to a police statement. He didn’t name the boy, but investigators later determined he was referring to himself, police said. When two officers arrived, they spotted a youth in the front parking lot. But as they got out of their patrol cars, he pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at an officer, police said.

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■ FIJI

The antidote to a life of control

By Caroline Berdon

I

swing gently in my hammock, my big toe rippling up powdery white sand. But after a few weeks’ wait for my tropical break, this isn’t quite how I pictured my slice of Fijian paradise.

There’s no doubt it’s divinely beautiful and relaxing here. Fiji’s pristine, turquoise ocean never disappoints. I can see the reef hovering below the shallow water.

The beaches are strewn with driftwood and seaweed. I feel like I’m on a wild, unkempt and remote desert island.

In fact, I’m at one of Fiji’s best loved island resorts.

Vomo is an all-inclusive luxury resort of 103 hectares, 28 villas and four holiday residences. But luxury resorts aren’t what they used to be.

As food trends towards raw and honest, travel, it seems, is doing the same.

In this case, it’s a good thing.

Vomo isn’t messy; it’s wild and pretty, and real.

After all, why change something so naturally beautiful?

Tradewinds blow gently through the Mamanuca Islands, to the west of the country’s archipelago, and Vomo’s management is happy for them to shake-up the beach. It’s how nature intended.

“Vomo’s a playground to play in and we want to keep it as raw and as natural as possible,” says the resort’s general manager Mark Leslie, who was born in the UK, brought up in Africa and calls Australia home.

“So we don’t manicure the gardens. They were very manicured when I got here; I’ve tried to put the native plants back in. The hedgerows are not trimmed properly because that’s what you have at home and we want the island to be what it would naturally be like if you arrived here.”

“We call it raw luxury, and it’s about trying to keep that raw element as much as possible.”

Leslie came to Vomo from island resorts in the Maldives and Seychelles where he learned that an environment is better left alone than changed and moulded. How did it take so long to realise this, I wonder.

Who on earth would want to fiddle with Fiji? A walk across Vomo is a colourful voyage through frangipani, yellow, white and pink bougainvillea and red hibiscus. “You don’t have to mess with the colours you’ve got and the backdrop you’ve got here,” says Leslie. “It’s perfect.”

The native feel flows through Vomo’s accommodation, which is all natural wood and raw teak. But

Vomo isn’t messy; it’s wild and pretty, and real. After all, why change something so naturally beautiful? nature is a double edged sword and the force of Cyclone Winston means this beauty has come at a price for the resort – twice over.

The island underwent a $US14 million refurbishment in 2015 but Winston destroyed it in March 2016. After another renovation – this time worth $US20 million – Vomo reopened in September 2016.

Guests have been flocking back, 75 per cent of them from Australia. And an astonishing number – 84 per cent – are repeat visitors.

“Vomo is an extension of people’s homes,” says Leslie. “It took me a year to understand why. It’s not about infrastructure, it’s about people – the Fijians are so genuine. It’s about the love and affection that they show, particularly towards families.

They remember your names, they remember the children’s names and that’s the main element why people come back.”

Vomo was the first five-star resort in Fiji to welcome children, and not many more have joined this exclusive club since.

Giving parents the chance to holiday in luxury in a place that welcomes and helps care for their children is at the core of

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GETTING THERE: To access Vomo, you’ll need to transfer from Nadi to Port Denarau (45 mins drive), from which a boat transfer to Vomo will take you around 45 mins. Visit Fiji water taxi service Mamanuca Express for details: www. mamanucaexpress.com STAYING THERE: Beachfront villas are Vomo’s most popular accommodation option for couple or families up to four. From $FJD2,825 ($A1,806) per night. Hillside villas offer more seclusion at

Vomo’s philosophy. The children’s facilities are top notch. The toys, all wooden, are changed every year; the daily activities for them extensive. When I visit the kids’ club, perpetually smiling carers are busy with kids making Fijian jewellery and grass skirts, and weaving fish from reeds.

Vomo has also invested heavily in food. Leslie admits Vomo isn’t the greenest resort in that it doesn’t focus on Fijian produce,

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but he believes quality is paramount. “We spend a lot of money on the importation of food because the produce just isn’t there locally. And once the sun goes down, that’s all you’ve got.”

The best place to be at sunset is down at the Rocks Bar, an adults-only oasis of day beds and cocktails that looks out to the tiny, neighbouring island of Vomo Lailai.

Later this year, Vomo plans to

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open a huge lap pool at the Rocks Bar, complete with a restaurant and grill.

During the day, guests wander about lazily between kayaking, snorkelling and swimming. They can also learn how to cook the Fijian way in an earth oven, or lovo.

There are also hammocks, lots of hammocks, willing to hold you for hours on end.

But if you yearn for activity, you can take a walk or run up Mount Vomo on the eastern side of the island. It’s only 0.5km but it’s steep. And the view from the top is worth every arduous step.

I hike up at dawn and as I reach the top, the sun is just peeking over the ocean. There’s no breeze at this hour, just the still heat and calm sea.

I look down over green, grassy slopes and bushes of bright flowers to the long, white beaches that fringe both sides of the island, the tide having left a fresh layer of ocean debris. From up here the hammocks are hidden beneath the palms.

The beachside villas dot the right-hand side of the island but mostly it’s untouched, fertile and stunning. The way it’s looked for centuries.

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■ BOXING

‘Plenty to improve on’ As Joseph Parker made his way to the media scrum wishing to get his reaction to his unanimous points victory over Razvan Cojanu last night which allowed him to retain his WBO world heavyweight title, he smiled ruefully and said, “well, I went 12 rounds so at least my fitness is good”.

He was more upbeat in front of the cameras and microphones after appearing frustrated and having his discipline tested to the maximum by the taunting Cojanu, who tried – mainly in vain – to goad the New Zealander into a toe-to-toe war.

It was a comprehensive victory, with two judges scoring it 117-110 and one 119-108, but few thought it would go the full 12 rounds, and there is no doubt Parker and his team wanted a stoppage to set the boxing world on notice in the wake of Anthony Joshua’s epic victory last weekend that their man is a worthy world champion too.

But the 30-year-old Romanian proved a stubborn and durable opponent, one who knows a few tricks and in particular how to use his superior height and weight.

At 2.02m he is 9cm taller than Parker, and at 126kg about 14kg heavier. His holding and pushing resulted in a one-point deduction in the fourth round.

The crowd of about 3000 at Manukau’s Vodafone Events Centre echoed Parker’s frustration during his last fight in this country for what is likely to be two years at least, and while his performance was flatter than his supporters would have hoped

Joseph Parker held his WBO title on Saturday night. for, he deserves credit for keeping his discipline in the face of Cojanu’s provocation.

“He was saying I was scared but I wasn’t getting sucked into his trap,” Parker said.

“I’m a smarter fighter. I move and box.

“He wanted me to stand there and exchange but I didn’t allow it to happen so I feel like I followed the game plan as best I could, but there’s still a lot to improve on.”

Cojanu, his face covered in red welts and speaking with blood smeared on his teeth due to a cut mouth, revealed later that he was telling Parker to “to stop chickening out, to stop running, to be a man, to have cojones”.

But he also added: “He’s got power, but I can take a punch.”

Parker’s heavyweight oppo-

nents overseas, and particularly in the United Kingdom where the division is enjoying a boom, are unlikely to be worried about this latest performance, Parker’s first in defence of his world title.

But that might not be a bad thing either.

Bigger fights are coming and the still undefeated Parker is more likely to be under-estimated.

Either Tony Bellew or Hughie Fury are likely to be next for Parker, and the outspoken Bellew in particular is likely to make his feelings known.

Bellew’s promoter Eddie Hearn contacted David Higgins, Parker’s, straight after the fight but Higgins was wary about revealing any details.

Parker’s trainer Kevin Barry

said: “I think Tony Bellew will be really chirping tomorrow.

“It will be great to hear what he’s got to say. It will make him very keen to jump in the ring with Joe – let’s do it. I think he’s a great opponent for Joe.” Asked why, Barry said: “The style of the guy, the size of him, the way he moves.

“It’s a fight – if he engages Joe ... it could be a very quick night.”

Parker, asked if he would like the Bellew fight, said: “Love it, sounds good to me.

“It’s a fight we would love to have in the UK. Cojanu, who has sparred about 100 rounds with Parker in training, taunted his opponent from the first round in an attempt to prey on any potential insecurities and determination to put on a statement performance.

Parker, his face again unmarked but with a red graze above his left ear, said: “When you laugh and when you talk in the ring it means you’re hurt.

“I did hurt him, I could see it.

I saw his legs wobble a little bit.

“The times that he did touch me I didn’t really get the impact of the punches. I just tried to move and dodge those punches because he does have power.”

Higgins said Hughie Fury, who withdrew from the fight two weeks out due to a back injury, remained the mandatory challenger, and he was still in the mix.

He hoped to have negotiations done between the interested parties within the next three weeks and Parker could be fighting again – probably in the United Kingdom – in August or September.

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Tactix give the Steel a serious nudge It is often asked how strong the table-topping Southern Steel would be without their star import Jhaniele Fowler-Reid.

Yesterday’s ANZ Premiership clash against the struggling Tactix provided the answer – and it wasn’t flattering.

The Steel had to call on Fowler-Reid, who was rested for the middle two quarters, to save the day in the final spell as the league cellar-dwellers closed to within one-goal by the end of the third quarter.

The return of the Jamaican supershooter saw the Steel ease out

to a 61-55 win, denying the Tactix a deserved bonus point.

The result ensures the Steel continued their unbeaten run, but would have provided critics who argue the Steel are a onewoman side with further ammunition, with the Tactix winning the middle two quarters when Fowler-Reid was off the court.

The Steel took the opportunity to inject goal attack Jamie Hume and goal defence Abby Erwood into the starting line-up for the first time this season.

While still having the safety net of Fowler-Reid, 21-year-old

Hume did not look out of place, setting up the circle movement and shooting with accuracy.

Both teams contributed to an open and entertaining spectacle early on, the Tactix showing great patience in getting the ball into Brooke Leaver and Anna Thompson as the pair ensured the visitors held their own.

A clutch of mistimed passes from the Tactix proved crucial, the Steel pouncing and punishing while building a handy 21-14 lead at the first break, Fowler-Reid sinking a perfect 16 goals from 16 attempts. One tall goal shooter

replaced another on the resumption, Fowler-Reid taking a seat on the bench while rookie 1.94m Ellie Bird took her place under the Tactix hoop. Elevated from the Mainland Beko Netball League team the week before, Bird made an instant impression, her height proving a ready and visible target.

Midcourters Thompson and Nicola Mackle provided an efficient service as the visitors evened up the contest.

It was an exciting run to the last break, the teams going goal-forgoal with the Steel protecting a narrow 53-52 lead.

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Streamers off to court Ten people are likely to face court action for illegally streaming the Joseph Parker fight on Saturday night. Sky TV had warned that piracy teams would be on the lookout for illegal online streams. “We took down many YouTube and Facebook streams,” Sky TV director of corporate communication Kirsty Way said. “Around 10 people are likely to face court with the evidence we have.” Way said the monitoring team also found some illegal streams of the Fiji-Tonga rugby league match.

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Hartley, Bamber third The car of Kiwi drivers Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber has crossed the line third at the Six Hours of Spa endurance motor race in Belgium. Hartley, Bamber and German Timo Bernhard combined in a solid drive for Porsche but were beaten home over the closing stages by two Toyota rivals. Hartley was at the wheel when their car was forced to pit and take on fuel with 15 minutes remaining. They were leading at that point.

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Proctor stands down Kiwis back-rower Kevin Proctor has stood down as co-captain of the Gold Coast Titans and also from playing after being involved in rugby league’s latest drug scandal.

Proctor and Kiwis captain Jesse Bromwich were alleged to have purchased and snorted cocaine in Canberra following the Kiwis 30-12 loss to Australia at GIO Stadium.

The 28-year-old has been advised he will be issued with a Breach Notice to appear before the Titans board later this week to determine any other action or sanction to be imposed as a result of the alleged breach.

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Golden State goes 3-0 Kevin Durant had 38 points and 13 rebounds and the Golden State Warriors beat the Utah Jazz 102-91 to take a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference semi-final series.

Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson were a combined seven for 29 from the field and three for 15 from three-point range, leaving Durant to lead the Warriors. The Jazz led 75-74 early in the fourth quarter, but the Warriors went on a 10-4 run and never trailed again. - AP

Ibrahimovic on rich list Lewis Hamilton is still the richest sportsman in the UK but Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a close second after he gatecrashed the top 10 of the new Sunday Times Rich List. Hamilton has a AGBP131million ($NZ229 million) fortune and has seen his wealth increase by $NZ44 million) in the last 12 months. Ibrahimovic leapfrogged team-mate Wayne Rooney to become the richest footballer on the list after he joined the English side in July last year.

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By Darren Walton

Rakaia’s Harry Ashworth spots the gap and goes for it in their clash with Methven on Saturday.

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■ RUGBY

Country clash a thriller

By Matt MarkhaM

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The formbook might have suggested otherwise, but Sean Carter knew full well that his Rakaia side were in for a tough encounter when they trekked up towards the hills to take on Methven on Saturday afternoon.

But he didn’t predict it to be as tough as it turned out to be.

If results for the season were anything to go by then the clash of the country neighbours should have been a one-sided affair.

Yet when Rakaia turned around at half-time they found themselves down 6-13 and looking a little lost as a passionate Methven put together their best 40 minutes of rugby for over a year.

A physical second half and a high penalty count against Methven saw the match swing back in Rakaia’s favour as they ran in four tries to win the match 29-13, but Carter admitted to being a little nervous.

“They are a good side and I ex-

pected them to come out and really take it to us,” Carter said.

“But I didn’t expect the first half to go like that.

“They played incredibly well and really had us on the back foot.”

Methven took a simplistic approach to the match and did the little things well early doors, including a massive defensive effort to keep the powerful Rakaia backline quiet.

But with patience and continued pressure, Rakaia fought their way back into the match and looked a lot more like the potential championship winning side they could be as they scored tries through a double to Maleli Sau, Penismani Fakitoa and Seta Koroitamana.

“It’s helpful for us to have some pretty talented guys who can step up and take the game by the horns when we need them too.

“Getting the five points is a big thing for us too.

“Now we just need to round

things out in the next two games.”

Methven coach Andy Pearce was left to lament a lost opportunity, but couldn’t helped but be impressed after a dismal performance against Kaiapoi seven days earlier.

“We were far better this week, but we let our discipline slip away late in the game which didn’t help.

“But I was proud of the way the guys took the game to them early on, there were some really encouraging signs there.”

Methven first-five Davey Maw was the standout player on the paddock from both sides with a huge defensive workload against the strong-running Rakaia midfield and a nifty game with ball in hand, allowing his backs space and freedom to run when given the opportunity.

Southern, who are also in Section Two of the combined competition gained five valuable points in their matchup in West

Melton, winning 40-29 to give them a good chance of pushing for a top four spot with two wins in their final two round robin matches.

Over in section one it was a tough day at the office for Mid Canterbury sides.

Celtic suffered a narrow defeat to Saracens as their up and down season continues, losing 32-35 despite scoring five tries.

The two bonus points they picked up however leave them right in the hunt for a top four spot provided they can bounce back from Saturday’s defeat.

Despite an improved performance, Hampstead still remain winless after seven rounds after they felt the force of the tabletopping and unbeaten Darfield losing 22-49.

Regan Broker’s men scored some outstanding tries, but were ultimately outclassed by one of the competition favourites who are now seven wins from seven matches.

Squire added to the All Blacks’ injured list All Blacks loose forward depth faces another test, after Liam Squire (right) broke his thumb during the southerners’ Super Rugby thriller against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.

With national team skipper Kieran Read already sidelined with the same injury and veteran blindside Jerome Kaino undergoing recent knee surgery, Squire

loomed as an important cog in the loose forward mix against the British & Irish Lions next month.

But 10 minutes into yesterday’s encounter – a 45-41 come-frombehind win for the Highlanders – he needed strapping on a swollen thumb and was forced from the field 10 minutes later, replaced by Gareth Evans.

Afterwards, coach Tony Brown

confirmed their worst fears.

“It is broken and he’s on the plane home,” said Brown. “He’s probably looking at six weeks out for a broken thumb.

“With Kieran Read out, Liam was probably next cab off the rank [for the All Blacks]. Hopefully, both Kieran and Jerome Kaino can get in time for the Lions.

“He’s a huge loss for us.”- NZME

Buoyed by a rare one-two punch in Australia and unfazed by the challenges of the cut-throat New Zealand conference, the resurgent Blues believe they can still make the Super Rugby finals.

Tana Umaga’s men remain last in the tournament’s toughest division, but successive wins in Australia for the first time in five years and a first victory over the NSW Waratahs in Sydney since 2003 has given the side hope.

“We still believe we’re a chance, so we take it week by week,” Blues captain James Parsons said after Saturday night’s 40-33 victory at Allianz Stadium.

“We’ve got the Cheetahs next and if we get a win there, we’re still alive.

“What we need is probably the Highlanders to drop a game to bring us level pegging and we’re back in with a chance.”

Despite boasting five wins from 10 matches compared to the Waratahs’ three, the Blues remain a longer shot to reach the playoffs than the Sydneysiders, such is the complex – and many say unfair – nature of conference-style finals format.

But Parsons has no complaints.

“From our point of view, to win this competition, you’ve got to beat the best teams,” the hooker said. “And if we’ve got the most opportunity to play those teams more often, it gives us a better opportunity if we can get into the finals to win it.”

The Blues’ victory over the Waratahs came after the Auckland outfit kept Australia’s conference-leading Brumbies tryless in Canberra.

The successful road trip has the Blues camp buzzing.

“I’ve been in this team a long time and it hasn’t been done that often,” Parsons said.

“I’m really proud of the group; proud of the coaching group, management, all of the staff.

“The effort that goes in just for this two weeks, we knew how important it was and to get the results, it’s awesome.”

Umaga also preferred to focus on the positive of beating the Brumbies and Waratahs back-toback on the road rather than the controversial finals format.

“The structure of it is what it is and we realised that right from the start and knew what we had to do,” he said.

“We probably haven’t done it as good as we would have liked and it’s only just highlighted how it is again. That’s the life.

“We know we’ve got to be able to beat teams in our own conference and that’s what we strive for.

“And if we can’t, then that means we’ve got to improve and we want to improve and get better and we’re slowly doing that.”

Sonny Bill Williams failed a concussion test after being forced off in the first half.

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Crusaders run over Bulls The Crusaders march on.

They ran riot at Loftus, once an almost impregnable rugby fortress, scoring 10 tries to three in an extraordinarily one-sided contest that finished at 62-24..

Led by captain Matt Todd, who was ubiquitous and in the thick of the many turnovers won by the Crusaders, and centre Jack Goodhue, who scored a double and ran freely throughout, the visitors scored a neat 31 points in each half to cement their tabletopping status and a 10-0 record as they head home.

Man of the match went to first five Richie Mo’unga, who scored a fine solo try via a chip and regather, set up Tim Bateman with a classy break, and recorded 15 points in all.

The possession and territory stats were fairly similar for both sides and it was not simply a matter of the Crusaders piercing the Bulls’ line at will, but they made capital out of judicious attacking kicks, either chips or grubbers.

Both of Goodhue’s tries came from grubbers, the first by Mo’unga and the second by his own boot.

The ball sat up nicely, but the Crusaders were making all their own luck.

The Bulls have fallen far from the lofty heights of 2007-10, when they won three titles.

They were smashed in the

scrums, and seemed clueless on attack and fractured on defence.

Why they persisted in kicking good ball away to a strong counter-attacker such as fullback David Havili, who scored a try off one such skewed clearance, was mystifying in the extreme.

The Bulls did score three consolation second spell tries, but their Loftus citadel is no longer a fearsome venue for visiting New Zealand teams.

“The walls of the fortress came tumbling down,” quipped TV commentator and former Springbok Joel Stransky.

Todd was ecstatic that the Crusaders had won at Loftus for the first time since 2008.

“It was good to get a win here, of all places.

“The boys were up for it and fed off that early momentum,” said the opensider.

The Crusaders will host the Hurricanes next Saturday in a game most New Zealand fans will relish, while the Bulls will have to deal with the Highlanders in Pretoria.

Crusaders 62 (Josh Goodhue 2, Peter Samu, Tim Bateman, Scott Barrett, Seta Tamanivalu, David Havili, Richie Mo’unga, Andrew Makalio, Mitch Hunt tries; Mo’unga 5 con, Hunt con) Bulls 24 (Jesse Kriel, Jamba Ulengo, Jan Serfontein tries; F Brummer 3 con, Tian Schoeman pen) HT: 31-3. - NZME

The New Zealand Under 20s have swept the Oceania series on the Gold Coast following a decisive 43-6 victory over Australia. The six tries to none display will have New Zealand buoyant heading to the world championships in Georgia later this month. They were far from flawless – some of the passing was shoddy and Australia pressured them in the scrums and held them scoreless for the last quarter – but their continuity game was too much for the hosts. Captain Luke Jacobson stood out with two tries from No 8, while first five Tiaan Falcon kicked 13 points.

- NZME Kurtley Beale could hold the key to a last-ditch Super Rugby finals bid by the embattled Waratahs.

Another humbling home defeat – a 40-33 loss to the Blues – leaves the Waratahs with a miserable 3-7 record. But they are still just a win behind Australian conference leaders the Brumbies with six rounds remaining. Beale could be back in a sky blue jumper following his season in England. Beale starred as Wasps clinched a home semi-final in the English Premiership with a 35-15 victory over Saracens, leaving his London side on track to make the title match on May 27, meaning he could be available to play the Jaguares and Force in the final two rounds. - AAP

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All Blacks to play historic match in Dubai

The All Blacks may be performing a haka in Dubai next year. history that UAE has hosted a big game of XVs. “Now that the MOU has been signed, we will communicate with the other union [to finalise details].”

The proposed test would be the first time the All Blacks or France – or any tier one international side – have played in the Middle East.

However, the UAE has hosted the opening leg of the World Sevens Series annually since 2008 in Dubai, proving its ability to host large-scale rugby events.

The match would not be the first time the All Blacks have played a traditional opposition at an unfamiliar, neutral venue.

Between 2008 and 2010, the All Blacks played three Bledisloe Cup fixtures against the Walla-

NZ U20s thrash Aussies

Beale back for Tahs?

Right: Scott Barrett was one of the many tryscorers for the Crusaders as they romped home over the Bulls yesterday morning.

The All Blacks could be in line to play France in the United Arab Emirates next year in what would be an historic test match.

According to ESPN, French Rugby Federation president Bernard Laporte was in Dubai yesterday to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the FFR and UAE Rugby Federation.

Laporte said that he was looking forward to enhancing the relationship between the FFR and the UAERF. “One of our objectives in signing this Memorandum of Understanding is to organise games with the French team here in the UAE in the next couple of years” Laporte said.

“We also plan to welcome coaches and referees from the UAE in France at the national centre of in Marcoussis in order to support them to increase their own level. Also welcome some players in France and national team of the UAE.” Qais Al Dhalai, Secretary General of the UAERF, said the unique test would be most likely hosted in Dubai.

“The match will most probably be in 2018 at The Sevens [Stadium], or it might be at one of the bigger stadiums in Abu Dhabi, or even Al Ain” he said.

“This would the first time in

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bies in Asia, with two tests being held in Hong Kong and one test hosted at the National Stadium in Tokyo.

Last year, the All Blacks played Ireland in Soldier Field in Chicago, where the Irish claimed a famous 40-29 victory, their first win in 111 years of playing the New Zealanders.

The last meeting between the All Blacks and France was during the Kiwi’s northern hemisphere tour last November, with the men in black defeating the French 2419 at the Stade de France.

The All Blacks will return to play in Paris at the end of this year, with a test against France scheduled on November 11, while a mid-week clash on French soil is expected to be announced in the coming weeks

between the world champions and a yet-to-be-determined French side.

Meanwhile, New Zealand Rugby’s confirmed the long-rumoured game against the Barbarians to kick off the All Blacks end of year tour in early November.

The fixture will be staged at Twickenham on November 4.

The match, which forms part of New Zealand Rugby’s 125th anniversary celebrations, had been thrown into doubt by an attempt by England to play the All Blacks at Twickenham on the same date.

But England’s governing Rugby Football Union could not persuade their New Zealand counterparts to change course and the All Blacks will play the Barbarians, rugby union’s most celebrated invitational side, instead.

The November match, a noncap international, will be the first time the All Blacks have returned to Twickenham since beating Australia at the London ground to win the 2015 World Cup final.

“Playing the Barbarians is a very special occasion and we think our shared history make this game the most appropriate way to mark our milestone,” said Steve Tew. - NZME

Charlie Ngatai has made an almost perfect return to Super Rugby after his career was nearly cut short due to a concussion. He played 55 minutes of the Chiefs’ 46-17 win over the Queensland Reds in New Plymouth on Saturday night, scoring a try and carrying the ball strongly. “It was a bit overwhelming as it’s been a long time since I last played for the Chiefs so it was good to put the boots back on again and play in front of my home fans here in Taranaki,” Ngatai said.

“I think the best moment was just running out of the tunnel and heading into the big game.”

- NZME

Jaguares down Sunwolves The Jaguares have scored a 46-39 comeback win over the Sunwolves in the final Super Rugby clash of the round in Buenos Aires. Captain and hooker Agustin Creevy was outstanding for the Argentinian side, scoring two second-half tries for the Jaguares who trailed 25-22 at the break. Creevy celebrated his double from a rolling maul in the 71st minute to lock the scores up at 39-all before substitute Matias Moroni crashed over for a converted try three minutes later. The hosts scored seven tries, including a penalty try at the end of the first half.

- AP

Force dealt a blow The Western Force’s long-range plan to snatch the Australian conference lead in Super Rugby have been hurt with a 37-12 loss to the Sharks in Durban. Pointing to the tightness of the Australian conference this week, the Force declared their aim was to run down leaders the Brumbies. Despite no Australian team having more than three wins after round 11, the loss doesn’t knock the Force out of contention, who have a game in hand over the remaining six rounds. - AP

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Collett makes it five Visiting northern rider Alysha Collett added to an already profitable day when she guided talented stayer Bloodstream to an emphatic victory in the Redwood Great Autumn Handicap at Riccarton on Saturday.

Collett, who is enjoying the best season of her career to date, had already taken out one of the day’s major prizes when successful on Prom Queen in the Listed Berkley Stud Champagne Stakes two races earlier.

Punters were of the firm belief that Collett had win number two for the day in the bag as they installed Bloodstream as a dominating favourite for the 2500 metre event.

That faith was well rewarded as she gave the five-year-old a perfect run against the fence throughout before angling to the midAlysha dle of the track and dashing away in the final stages to score by a widening three and half lengths at the winning post.

It was Collett’s fifth win from 10 rides on the Duelled gelding and the cause for plenty of smiles after the race.

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1 17427 Scotta Pie 21.92............................. L Pearce 2 62114 Bigtime Do It 21.57 ............................L Cole 3 13543 Billy Marlow 21.60 .............................M Flipp 4 44613 Baduzzi 21.75 ........................J T McInerney 5 27734 Cawbourne Spree 21.78 J & ...............D Bell 6 53888 Lektra Spider 21.53............................. L Bell 7 45125 Slick Star 21.71 ...........................B Hodgson 8 35385 Cawbourne Owen 21.69 ..............M Roberts 9 27683 Cawbourne Gil 21.80 ...................M Roberts 10 65256 Unawares 21.81 ..........................A Turnwald 9 3.47pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C5, 375m 1 37157 So Over It 21.96 L &........................... Morris 2 31168 Bigtime Jess 21.55.............................L Cole 3 11652 Jugatui 21.46 .....................................L Cole 4 41121 Map My Run 21.30.............................L Cole 5 x1448 Kaputski 21.39 .......................G Fredrickson 6 72223 Mark’s Boy 21.53 ...............................L Cole 7 24222 Sedgebrook Babe 21.48 .....................F Kite 8 28111 Allegro Gun 21.19 ..............................L Cole 9 32668 Bigtime Thinker 21.73 ........................L Cole 10 4.05pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C3, 375m 1 54154 Doosh 21.60...........................J T McInerney 2 53186 Odin Slayer nwtd ....................... A Bradshaw 3 87318 Don’t Muzzle Me 21.50 ..............B Goldsack 4 22413 Sasha McBell 21.68 ...............J T McInerney 5 28778 Botany Win nwtd ....................J T McInerney 6 18566 Cawbourne Hint 21.73 J & ..................D Bell 7 66732 Cawbourne Elpaso 21.53.............M Roberts 8 12115 Bigtime Blackie nwtd ..........................L Cole 9 8668x Hawkesbury Fever 21.38 L & ............. Morris 10 86853 Cawbourne Matty 21.41 J &................D Bell 11 4.22pm ADRIAN CLARK BLOODSTOCK CONSULTANT C1 C1, 457m 1 13745 Cawbourne Bryce 27.04 ..............M Roberts 2 16332 Mahala Bay nwtd............................... I Howe 3 52776 Bonus Lotto nwtd ............................L Doody 4 52114 Bradam Begins nwtd ...................A Turnwald 5 84728 Bigtime Coffee 25.89..........................L Cole 6 62746 Bigtime Taylor nwtd ................G Fredrickson 7 31321 Bigtime MacDaddy 25.67 ...................L Cole 8 55574 Cawbourne Barcia 26.01 .............M Roberts 9 68764 Jack’s Up nwtd ...........................B Goldsack 10 88677 Opawa Gumisie nwtd J & ....................D Bell 12 4.42 PRESTON’S MASTER BUTCHERS C2/3, 457m 1 46868 Bigtime Bakagain 26.16 .....................L Cole 2 88464 Allegro Beaty 26.58............................L Cole 3 57152 Nozzno Fear 26.07.................... A Bradshaw 4 34176 Our Gypsy 26.20 ................................L Cole 5 51214 Bronster 26.09 ...................................L Cole 6 78265 Watch My Back nwtd..................B Goldsack 7 65177 Feel The Force nwtd ................ S Gommans 8 14311 Rubbed Out 26.85.......................B Hodgson 9 14547 Trendy Mind 26.14 .................G Fredrickson 13 4.59pm WWW.PNGREYHOUNDS.KIWI C1 C1, 375m 1 84x31 Allegro Beau nwtd ..................G Fredrickson 2 68876 Starry Baxter nwtd .................J T McInerney 3 36372 Watch Your Back nwtd........................W Kite 4 46341 Cawbourne Frost 21.89................M Roberts 5 31512 Bigtime Sugar 21.66 ..........................L Cole 6 65822 Goodtime Lady 21.72....................... I Moore 7 44273 Botany Dianne nwtd ...............J T McInerney 8 83626 Unaccustomed nwtd L & .................... Morris 9 2F46x Logano 21.70 L &............................... Morris 10 18763 Alcudia 21.77 ....................................M Flipp SELECTIONS Race 1: Zephaniah, Jane Baxter, Mitsuta, Roketto, Lucha Race 2: Bigtime Boy, Wong All Along, Lil Diva, Bigtime Doug Race 3: Bigtime JayJay, Bigtime Caleb, Bigtime Jack, Classy Delta Race 4: Cawbourne Jarrod, Bigtime OnFire, Cawbourne Stick Race 5: Bigtime Basher, Bigtime Talker, Cawbourne Brandy Race 6: Thrilling Rocky, Mr. Maize, Thrilling Zap, Blackie Chan Race 7: Bigtime Break, Allegro Power, Opawa Harry, Air Express Race 8: Bigtime Do It, Scotta Pie, Billy Marlow, Slick Star Race 9: Allegro Gun, Sedgebrook Babe, Bigtime Jess, Jugatui Race 10: Cawbourne Elpaso, Doosh, Odin Slayer, Don’t Muzzle Me Race 11: Bigtime MacDaddy, Mahala Bay, Bradam Begins Race 12: Allegro Beaty, Nozzno Fear, Bronster, Bigtime Bakagain Race 13: Logano, Bigtime Sugar, Allegro Beau, Goodtime Lady LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Five Kings upsets Visiting Southland raider Five Kings upset predictions when he stormed home to snatch a narrow victory at Riccarton on Saturday.

Left alone by punters despite an improved effort during the Riverton Easter Carnival, the enigmatic sprinter produced a special performance in the hands of Samantha Collett to down his seven rivals in the Angus Meats Premier 1200.

Trainer Bruce Tapper had given his jockey specific instructions and Collett followed them to the letter as she bided her time before producing her mount for a late charge that carried him to a half-length victory.

“I told her where the winning post was and that it wasn’t halfway down the straight,” he revealed. - NZME

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Cryptic crossword

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TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): A whim needs a follower.

Never mind that whims rarely know where they are going. A destination isn’t really the point with whims anyway. You’ve many available options to weigh this week.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): To recover after a fall is resilience. To recover before the fall is grace.

Stay on your feet. Be aware and ready to make quick adjustments to whatever comes your way.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You may find that recent activities and challenges have tapped your power source and, by extension, your ability to be creative. It’s time to instil new practices and rituals around energy management.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): So much good can come out of a series of catastrophes. Don’t be too quick to judge an experience, especially one that is still going on. The difference between comedy and tragedy is where you end the story.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Wisdom comes from unexpected sources and in questionable attire. Look past the packaging and listen to the observations of those bold and unbiased enough to be honest.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): The most crucial step to getting what you want is showing up at the place where what you want is happening. You’ll get the opportunity to do so today; this one is not to be missed!

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The goal that is committed to paper is much likelier to be accomplished, but don’t write it just once and then close the book. Daily updates will seal the deal. This fate will be yours.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Your imagination will stretch into visual and musical directions.

You’ll explain the world in artistic, interesting and colourful ways – even the mundane parts.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): The art of selective attention is an incredibly helpful practice to master these days, as it will allow you to focus effectively regardless of the complexity of your circumstances.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Most people can sympathise with the suffering of others, but it takes a truly bighearted, emotionally generous person to exhibit graciousness in the face of a friend’s success.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Balance is possible, but something needs to change. You need help in establishing a new rhythm in your life – one that will help you account for the multitude of commitments you’ve accumulated as of late.

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 10am The Chase 0 11am Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm MasterChef Australia 3 0 2:25 Gino’s Italian Escape 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Four In A Bed The competition begins at The Oak in Charing, Kent, where landlady Natalie Palmer hopes to be crowned best value B&B of the week, but some guests do not like their extractor fans.

4:55 The Celebrity Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sesame Street 3 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:25 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 7:50 The 7D 0 8:15 Sofia The First 3 0 8:35 Doc McStuffins 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street 3 0 Noon The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle 2pm Judge Rinder PGR 3 3pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 3:30 The Adam And Eve Show 0 4pm Liv And Maddie 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm Coast New Zealand 0 9pm Highway Cops 0 9:30 APB 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0

11pm Murder In The First PGR Siletti pulls out all the stops in his crusade against the system he championed as District Attorney. 0 11:55 The Following AO 3 0 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

THREE

8pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Teen Mom 3 10:55 Catfish 3 11:45 The Real Housewives Of New York City 12:40 Southern Charm 1:35 Intervention 3 2:35 Botched By Nature 3 3:35 Hoarders – Family Secrets 3 4:30 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Teen Mom 6:30 N Catfish Nev and Max discover Dejay and Malik are being played by the same man.

7:30 Masters Of Flip Dave works with the team to keep everyone on budget; Kortney faces a design challenge.

8:30 Botched AO 3 The doctors reunite to discuss season one, with appearances from some of the patients, and a look at season two.

9:30 Killer Couples Two young lovers enact a revenge plot with several victims, but a few moments of negligence could ruin their plan.

10:30 Intervention 11:25 Snapped PGR 3 12:15 Infomercials 3

MAORI

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7pm Shortland Street 0 7:30 Survivor New Zealand 0 8:35 Bride And Prejudice 0 9:40 N Hell’s Kitchen Chef Gordon Ramsay welcomes 18 new recruits to the grounds of a US Army training facility. 0 10:40 Two And A Half Men AO 3 0

6am The AM Show Duncan Garner, Amanda Gillies, and Mark Richardson present news, interviews, and humour to start the day.

9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm The Bachelor New Zealand PGR 3 0 2:20 Baggage PGR 3 2:50 Entertainment Tonight 3:20 Sticky TV 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:25 The Blocktagon The girls decide to keep controversial items, and Caro and Kingi’s couch is already gone, while Dean proudly displays his open-fire flue.

5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 The Bachelor New Zealand PGR 0 8:35 F The Wrong Girl AO When Jack announces he is leaving Melbourne, Lily must decide whether to follow him or let him go. 0 9:35 Chicago Med AO 0 10:30 NewsHub Late

6am Kung Fu Dino Posse 6:25 Sanjay And Craig 3 6:50 Hank Zipzer, The World’s Greatest Underachiever 3 7:15 World Of Quest 3 7:40 Kid v Kat 8:05 Bella And The Bulldogs 3 8:30 League Of Super Evil 8:55 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:25 Wheel Of Fortune 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Reign AO 3 12:35 Elementary PGR 3 1:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Prime News 6pm Wheel Of Fortune 6:30 Jeopardy 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Fishing The Wild PGR 8pm Bondi Rescue PGR 3 8:30 M Deadfall AO 2012 Crime Drama.

10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Miharo 2 7:30 Pukoro 2 8am Autaia 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Morena 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Pukoro 2 3:30 Miharo 2 4pm Rugby League – NRL (RPL) 5:30 Te Matatini (HLS) From the 2017 Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival.

6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 7:30 Cam’s Kai 8pm Pete And Pio’s Kai Safari 8:30 Aotearoa 3 9pm You Can’t Ask That AO 9:25 POI- Hopes And Dreams 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 10pm Whawhai Fight Night 3 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

11:05 Cougar Town PGR 3 0 11:35 Filthy Rich AO 3 0 12:30 Desperate Housewives 3 0 1:25 Shortland Street 3 0 1:50 Infomercials 2:55 Scandal AO 3 3:40 The Real 3 4:25 Regular Show 3 0 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11pm The Blacklist AO The task force pursues a bounty hunter targeting Red’s closest associates. 0 Midnight The Project News and entertainment show hosted by Jesse Mulligan, Kanoa Lloyd and Josh Thomson.

12:25 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11:30 Football – English Premier League Liverpool v Southampton.

From Anfield.

1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

2am Closedown

11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

11:30 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

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7:25 Now You See Me – The Second Act MV 2016 Action Comedy. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson.

9:30 Barbershop – The Next Cut MLS 2016 Comedy.

Ice Cube, Regina Hall, Hell’s Kitchen Anthony Anderson.

11:20 National Lampoon 9:40pm on TVNZ 2 Presents – Surf Party 16LSC 2013 Comedy.

THE BOX Khan Chittenden, 6am CSI MV 6:50 Criminal Intent MV 7:40 The Force MC Matthew Lillard.

12:45 Maze Runner – The 8:30 Call Of The Wildman Scorch Trials MV 2015 Action.

PG 8:55 The Simpsons Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario.

PG 9:20 Law And Order 2:55 Now You See Me – The – UK MV 10:10 NCIS – LA Second Act MV 2016 Action MV 11:05 NCIS – LA MV Comedy. Jesse Eisenberg, Noon Border Security PG Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson.

12:30 Criminal Intent MV 1:20 CSI – Miami MV 2:10 CSI 5pm Mississippi Grind MLS MV 3:05 Pawn Stars PG 2015 Drama. Ryan Reynolds, 3:35 Call Of The Wildman Ben Mendelsohn.

PG 4:05 The Simpsons 6:50 Fantastic Four MV PG 4:30 Crossing Lines 2015 Action. Kate Mara, MV 5:30 Criminal Intent Michael B Jordan.

MV 6:30 Border Security PG 8:30 Krampus MVLC 2015 7pm Pawn Stars PG Horror Comedy. A boy who 7:30 CSI – Miami MV has a bad Christmas ends up 8:30 Piha Rescue PG accidentally summoning a 9pm Deep Undercover MVLC demon to his family home.

9:30 Real Prison Breaks MV Adam Scott, Toni Collette, 10:30 Law And Order – UK David Koechner.

MV 11:25 CSI – Miami MV 10:10 Self/Less MVL 2015 SciTUESDAY fi. Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley.

12:15 Call Of The Wildman TUESDAY PG 12:40 Pawn Stars PG 12:05 99 Homes MVLS 2014 1:05 Crossing Lines MV Drama. Andrew Garfield, 1:55 Law And Order – UK Michael Shannon.

MV 2:45 CSI MV 3:30 The 1:55 Mississippi Grind MLS Simpsons PG 3:55 Piha 2015 Drama. 3:45 Krampus Rescue PG 4:20 Deep MVLC 2015 Horror Comedy.

Undercover MVLC 4:45 Real Prison Breaks MV 5:35 Border 5:20 Fantastic Four MV 2015 Security PG Action.

MOVIES GREATS

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6am The Big Lebowski 16VLS 1998 Comedy Mystery.

Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore.

7:55 Inception MV 2010 Action. Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page. 10:20 Snatch 18VL 2000 Crime. Brad Pitt, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, Benicio del Toro.

Noon Whipped 16LS 2000 Comedy. Amanda Peet, Brian Van Holt.

1:20 Boy MLC 2010 Comedy Drama. James Rolleston, Te Aho Eketone-Whitu, Taika Waititi. 2:45 The Book Of Eli 16VL 2010 Action. Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman. 4:40 The Blind Side PGL 2009 Drama.

Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock.

6:45 28 Days ML 2000 Comedy. Viggo Mortensen, Sandra Bullock.

8:30 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.

10:50 After.Life 16VLSC 2009 Horror. Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, Justin Long.

6am Football – A-League Grand Final. 8:30 Football – EFL Championship 10:30 Football – A-League Grand Final. 11am UCL Magazine Show 11:30 Cricket – IPL Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders.

Noon Cricket – IPL Kings XI Punjab v Gujarat Lions.

12:30 Cricket – International England v Ireland – Second ODI. 1pm Cricket – IPL Kings XI Punjab v Gujarat Lions. 4:30 Cycling – Giro D’Italia Stage Three – Tortoli to Cagliari. 5pm Rugby League – Internationals Pacific Islands. 5:30 Rugby League – Anzac Test Kangaroos v Kiwis. 6pm The After Match 6:30 Rowing – World Cup Serbia – First Regatta. 7pm Netball – ANZ Premiership Steel v Tactix.

7:30 L Netball – ANZ Premiership Pulse v Stars.

9:30 Fox Sports News 10pm The Crowd Goes Wild 10:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Waratahs v Blues. 11pm Golf – European Tour GolfSixes – Day Two. 11:30 Golf – PGA Tour Wells Fargo Championship – Round Four.

12:30 The Book Of Eli 16VL 2010 Action.

Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman. 2:25 The Making Of Watchmen MV 2:40 The Blind Side PGL 2009 Drama. 4:45 Seabiscuit MC 2003 Drama.

Midnight Aussie Rules – AFL Sydney Swans v Brisbane Lions. 3am Rugby – Super Rugby Bulls v Crusaders.

3:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Waratahs v Blues. 4am Rugby – Super Rugby Cheetahs v Highlanders.

TUESDAY

TUESDAY

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6am Benny Hinn 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 Indian Ocean With Simon Reeve 8:30 Empire 9:30 Jamie At Home 10am Jimmy’s Farm Diaries 10:30 Restoration Man 11:30 The Cook And The Chef Noon I Bought My Own Rainforest 1pm Empire 2pm The Living Room 3pm Poh’s Kitchen 3:30 Inside Nature’s Marvels 4:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things 5pm Destination Flavour Scandinavia 5:30 Waterfront House Hunting 6pm My Floating Home 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Rome – Empire Without Limit With Mary Beard 8:30 Britain’s Ancient Capital – Secrets Of Orkney 9:30 Full Steam Ahead 10:30 American Pickers

11:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things Midnight Destination Flavour Scandinavia 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Speed With Guy Martin 2am Donna Hay – Fast, Fresh, Simple 2:30 Getaway 3am Lands Of The Monsoon 3am My Floating Home 4am Britain’s Ancient Capital – Secrets Of Orkney 5am Full Steam Ahead

SKY SPORT 2 6am Cycling – Giro D’Italia 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 Surfing – Raglan Pro 9am Rugby Nation 10am Rugby – Pacific Island Internationals 10:30 Motorsport – Supercars Perth Supersprint – Race Seven.

11am Motorsport – Supercars Perth Supersprint – Race Eight.

11:30 Motorcycling – MotoGP Gran Premio Red Bull de Espana. Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Football – A-League Grand Final.

1:30 Golf – European Tour GolfSixes – Day Two. 2pm Golf – PGA Tour 2:30 Golf Central 3:30 Rugby – Super Rugby 4pm Rugby League – Super League 4:30 Football – A-League 5pm Rugby – Super Rugby 5:30 Rugby – Super Rugby 6pm Rugby – Super Rugby 6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby 7pm Rugby – Super Rugby 7:30 Rugby Nation 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Monday Night With Matty Johns 10:30 Rugby League – Internationals 11pm Rugby League – Anzac Test 11:30 Cycling – Giro D’Italia

TUESDAY

Midnight Cricket – IPL 12:30 Cricket – International 1:20 Cricket – IPL 1:50 Cricket – IPL 2:20 L Cricket – IPL Sunrisers Hyderabad v Mumbai Indians.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters PG Hindenburg Mystery.

9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Dead of Winter.

10am Confessions Of The Boston Strangler M 11:40 Murder Among Friends M 12:30 Evil Kin M Brothers in Hate. 1:20 Your Worst Nightmare M Cooking with Fire. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 Auction Hunters PG Dead Aim. 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 What On Earth?

PG Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon. 5:40 MythBusters PG Underwater Car. 6:35 Railroad Australia PG 7:30 You Have Been Warned M Wild Rides.

8:30 MythBusters PG The Reddit Special.

9:25 What On Earth? PG Riddle in the Ruins. 10:15 The Unexplained Files PG Siberian Lake Serpent; Mystery of the Bosnian Pyramid. 11:05 Your Worst Nightmare M Cooking with Fire. 11:55 Evil Kin M Brothers in Hate.

TUESDAY

12:45 Deadliest Catch PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am Auction Hunters PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 Bering Sea Gold PG 5:45 Deadliest Catch PG

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George Anderson gets ready to send another bowl down during yesterday’s representative fixtures against South Canterbury.

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Trophy goes down to the wire The Ashburton indoor bowls representative team had a good, but mixed day at the office yesterday in their annual clashes for the Hight Trophy and Calder Shield against South Canterbury.

With each district represented by two squads of 16 players each vying for their respective trophies, a close day was expected and that’s exactly what was delivered on the mats.

After 56 matches during the day in the Hight Trophy, neither

district could take the advantage with each side having 26 wins, 26 losses and four draws.

As the holders of the trophy, South Canterbury retained it and were able to put it back in their cabinet for another 12 months.

Russell Ellis finished up as Ashburton’s leading point scorer with four wins and a draw from his six matches while Grant Wilson, Mat Bassett, Jim Stewart and Charlie Cleghorn all had four wins.

In the Calder Shield, it was almost as tight but Ashburton managed to sneak home with a one win victory winning 24 games and losing 23 along with nine draws to South Canterbury’s 23 wins and 24 losses and nine draws.

Gaylene Smith and Martin Nordqvist were the leading scorers for the Ashburton side with unbeaten days that saw them win five matches and a draw from their six games.

The representative side is

back in action this week when they travel to Lincoln on Thursday night to play Ellesmere.

Meanwhile on Thursday there was no more fitting winner of the Ray Ellis Memorial Triples held at the MSA than Russell Ellis and Gaynor and Lester Hurst.

Russell and Gaynor were children of Ray and their four victories were enough to see them declared the winner of their father’s memorial tournament.

Johnson defends coach after test debacle New Zealand halfback Shaun Johnson has bristled at suggestions Kiwis coach David Kidwell is under the pump following their 30-12 test loss to Australia.

The Kiwis have won just one from six since Kidwell took over from Stephen Kearney last year and Friday’s result was a blow to their confidence heading into the World Cup at the end of the year.

Despite the return of Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Kieran Foran and Simon Mannering and the Kangaroos missing Greg Inglis, Matt Scott and losing Josh Dugan in the second half, the Kiwis were never in the contest.

Johnson was adamant it was not an ominous portent for the World Cup, to be played in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, and knocked back

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suggestions Kidwell was feeling the heat.

“Of course,” Johnson said when asked if he still supported the coach.

“I haven’t seen the game but I know we were out there having a crack tonight.

“We maybe overplayed our hands at times. We had a few errors there but we’ll be better for it. We’ll stay tight.”

Johnson put his hand up following the five-tries-to-two defeat at GIO Stadium, taking ownership for a number of poor kicks in the first half which ran dead and released the pressure on the Kangaroos.

He said they wouldn’t be changing anything ahead of the World Cup and there wasn’t that much wrong with the performance.

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Olympic champion dead New York Olympic champion bobsledder Steven Holcomb was found dead in his room at the US Olympic training centre in Lake Placid. The cause of the 37-year-old’s death was not given in the online statement released by the US Olympic committee.

However, officials said there were no indications of foul play after the preliminary parts of an ongoing investigation were completed on the three-time Olympian, three-time Olympic medallist and five-time world champion. In his autobiography, the bobsledder wrote about his battles with depression, admitting to attempting suicide in 2007.

Bitter rivals may meet Eugenie Bouchard is on course for a potential second-round meeting with Maria Sharapova at the Madrid Open.

The Canadian, who recently said Sharapova should not have been allowed to return from her drug ban, beat Alize Cornet of France 6-4 4-6 6-1 yesterday. Sharapova played 17th seed Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia in her first-round match overnight.

American Madison Keys suffered a surprise first-round defeat. The world No.10 crashed out 6-4 4-6 6-4 to unseeded Misaki Doi of Japan.

Drug issues hit NRL NRL CEO Todd Greenberg has flagged boosting the game’s illicit drugs testing regime after it was floored by three cocaine scandals in 48 hours.

The futures of Cronulla chairman Damian Keogh, Roosters centre Shaun Kenny-Dowall, New Zealand skipper Jesse Bromwich and Gold Coast back-rower Kevin Proctor are up in the air after they were embroiled in separate incidents on Friday and Saturday. Despite the three incidents coming in a short time span, Greenberg denied the game had a problem with illicit drugs.

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