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Lagmhor School students Seth Lucido, 10 and Jonty Ross, 10, share treats with Andy Ge during a visit by Chinese agricultural college educators to Mid Canterbury.

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Building stronger China-NZ links

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Mid Canterbury primary and secondary schools were busy yesterday forging educational links that could lead to increased business for the district.

A delegation from Xichang agricultural college in China was in town visiting schools, farms and agribusinesses. The three-day trip was organised by Canterbury’s Ara Institute, building on a relationship started by Xichang and the Aoraki Polytech last year.

Ara is keen to increase the number of international students in its regional facilities.

The institute’s international director Beth Knowles said Xichang college was a learning centre in an agricultural area similar to Mid and South Canterbury. The visiting educators were involved in agricultural and horticultural

research in their region and were keen to see both schools and working farms.

They visited Randal Hanrahan’s cropping farm just outside Ashburton, Midland Seeds’ oil extraction and Manuka honey operations and Paul and Kay Gardner’s Mayfield sheep breeding farm.

They visited a robotic dairy farm and McCain’s vegetable processing plant in Timaru.

Their day started yesterday at Ashburton Borough School, where they were welcomed by the school’s kapa haka group; they also experienced the school’s modern learning environment.

Principal Sam Winterbourn said the school was internationally accredited and had an increasingly multi-national roll.

Mt Hutt College, which has 23 in-

ternational students, and Ashburton College, which has 20 international students, also outlined student life at their respective campuses, highlighting academic as well as agricultural learning opportunities outside the classroom.

Ashburton College international director Michelle Hosking said the college had four Chinese students who were enjoying studying and interacting with their fellow Kiwi students.

“We are learning a lot from having them in our school.”

The college had 200 students from other countries on its roll and the number was increasing annually.

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■ WILD WEATHER

Blizzard conditions forecast

By Michelle NelsoN

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Cantabrians have rugged up for what many hope is winter’s swansong with gale force winds, blizzard conditions and high seas forecast.

MetService yesterday issued warnings covering much of the country with a maximum temperature of eight degrees Celsius forecast for Mid Canterbury today, with the chance of snow

down to 100 metres. Wind gusts were expected to reach 120km/h in exposed places.

“This type of abrupt southerly change could also produce thunderstorms and hail, and is commonly known as a southerly buster.” MetService meteorologist Peter Little said.

Strong cold southerly winds stick around through today, increasing in wind chill which is a concern for vulnerable livestock.

These severe southerly gales and cold temperatures will also bring snow showers down to 200 metres in southern parts and 100 metres in eastern parts of the South Island, and to around 300 metres over the southern half of the North Island, Little said.

The combination of snow and strong winds could produce blizzard-like conditions about the hills and ranges, especially

over the lower South Island, which can cause poor visibility and snow drifts.

Motorists have also been warned to take carry chains if traversing the alpine passes as the southerly snap moves up the country today.

Up to 10cm of snow was expected on the summits of Arthurs, Lewis and Porters passes last night.

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Changing people’s lives with the gift of literacy By liNda clarke

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Literacy changes everything.

Family. Work. Relationships.

Opportunities.

That’s the opinion of those helping people who struggle with reading, writing and numeracy.

It matters that people can read a medicine bottle, write an email, talk with their child’s teacher and calculate the best deal at the supermarket.

Today is Adult Literacy Day, but for the paid and volunteer tutors at the Ashburton Learning Centre every day is adult literacy day.

The centre currently has 240 students on its books and is busy every day of the week helping people get to grips with the English language or achieve literacy qualifications.

Those new skills help them assimilate into the community, get a driver’s licence or improve their job prospects: they are life changing.

Tutor Joy Thompson said the centre operates from 9am until 9pm, with group and one-onone sessions.

There were evening classes for beginning, intermediate and advanced English, as well as classes for those with English as a second language.

Those wanting to improve their English included South

carry extra food in case there are delays,” NZ Transport Agency journey manager Tresca Forrester said.

Mt Hutt, Porters and Cheeseman ski areas were all closed yesterday.

The Mt Hutt website reported fresh snow but high winds with airborne grit creating a driving hazard on the access road.

Snow was already falling in Otago yesterday morning.

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Ashburton Learning Centre tutor Joy Thompson and her fellow tutors are flat out helping Mid Canterbury people improve their literacy and numeracy.

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Thompson said the centre also ran intensive numeracy sessions, helped people with their CVs and ran computer

classes. Tutors have also been privately funded by an Ashburton benefactor to help 63 seven and eight-year-olds identified by their schools as being at risk.

The children take part in the Boost programme for a year, that concentrated push is often enough to get them learning

alongside their peers.

People struggling in their workplaces with dyslexia or other learning disorders can also seek help.

Ashburton’s centre is staffed by a small team of paid tutors and 14 trained volunteer tutors.

The Chinese visitors were left in no doubt of Mid Canterbury’s agricultural prowess, with a Powerpoint presentation emphasising the district had 500,000 hectares of actively farmed land, with irrigation enabling increased production.

Our district is growing in population faster than the rest of the country with 32,000 people living here; the average economic growth has been 4 per cent a year for the past decade.

Major players in the district’s economy are sheep and beef farming and processing (16 per cent), dairying (14 per cent) and cropping.

The Ashburton District dominates the small seeds market with 50 per cent of the world’s radish seed grown here, as well as 35 per cent of white clover seeds and 33 per cent of carrot seeds.

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■ GLOBAL DAIRY AUCTION

Milk prices rally in third successive auction

BY MICHELLE NELSON

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Mid Canterbury dairy farmers are heartened by a third consecutive hike in international dairy product prices but remain leery in view of last season’s trends.

Dairy product prices have climbed 7.7 per cent in Fonterra’s GlobalDairyTrade auction, held overnight on Tuesday, to reach $US2920 ($NZ3940), up from $US2731 at the previous auction three weeks ago.

Some 36,748 tonnes of product was sold, down from 37,766 tonnes at the previous auction.

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury dairy section spokesperson Nathan Currie said it was fantastic news however he cautioned current prices almost mirrored last season.

“It’s fantastic – we needed to see it to boost morale,” he said.

“Things appear to be picking up nicely but we are still cautious

about putting the cart before the horse.”

Currie said there was little chance prices would return to the record $8.40kg/MS achieved in the 2013-14 season.

Two weeks ago, Fonterra raised its forecast milk payout for the current season because of gains at the GDT auction on August 16.

At the latest GDT auction, whole milk powder increased 3.7 per cent to $US2793 a tonne.

The bulk of whole milk powder was through the middle of the curve-shipping November through January,” according to AgriHQ dairy analyst Amy Van Ossenbruggen.

“Much of the demand at this event came from China, followed by bidders from South East Asia and Oceania,” she said in a note.

Milk fats stood out with anhydrous milk fat up 15.4 per cent to $US4769 a tonne and butter rising 14.9 per cent to $US3764 a tonne.

Students Harrison (left) and Jasmin learn some Aboriginal moves during a visit by indigenous performer Dion Drummond to Allenton School yesterday.

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■ ALLENTON SCHOOL

Performer’s talents impress students Students at Allenton School spent part of their day enjoying the dancing, singing and storytelling talents of Aboriginal performer Dion Drummond.

The indigenous performer shared a collection of stories and artefacts from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and taught students and teachers

some songs and dances.

Drummond’s Aboriginal name is Moogera, meaning storm. He is of Torres Strait Islander descent on his mother’s side, and Aboriginal from his father’s side. It is a history and culture he is keen to share.

He is one of Australia’s most experienced indigenous perform-

ers, and visits schools in New Zealand and Australia. Students participate in learning a little of the language, including some songs, as well as a look at the skills of indigenous dances.

Drummond also takes workshops and performs in galleries, theatre, museums and expos – even in jails and on cruise liners.

Mayoral and urban ward candidates under the spotlight To ensure the community votes for the candidates they believe will best serve our district for the next three years, the Ashburton Citizens’ Association is putting mayoral and urban ward candidates on stage.

The 13 candidates for the Ashburton urban ward and the two

mayoral candidates will have an opportunity to put their case on September 22.

Each candidate will have up to two minutes to tell voters what they can offer the district and they will then have an opportunity to answer questions from the audience.

The evening will not be a freefor-all for candidates to hammer home points on any particular issue, organiser Rowena Hart said, and MC for the evening Rodger Letham will ensure speakers keep to time limits and that no one candidate dominates the question and answer session.

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During the question and answer session citizens’ association members will be on the floor with microphones to ensure everyone who wants to ask questions has an opportunity to do so.

At the end of the evening, Mrs Hart said candidates will

be given an opportunity to talk individually with members of the audience in the event centre foyer.

The Ashburton Citizens’ Association meet the candidates evening will be held in the Ashburton Trust Event Centre at 7.30pm on September 22.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

■ EDUCATION

Civic centre – to lease or own? Teachers

By Sue NewmaN

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Owning rather than leasing the Ashburton District’s new civic centre will be a much cheaper long-term option for ratepayers, a new report shows.

Local government experts Morrison Low have undertaken a review of the costs of the project, comparing the benefits of the council leasing or owning the new complex. And owning has come out a hands down winner – 30 per cent cheaper over a 50-year period.

Four site options are currently out for community consultation and for one of those, Eastfield on the corner of Cass and Tancred streets, leasing, rather than owning the new building, has always been in the mix.

The council holds a 32.97 per cent shareholding in Eastfield.

The Morrison Low report, however suggests that the council could engage a private sector partner to construct and own the building on one of the other sites or it could opt to complete a sale and lease back arrangement once the building was constructed.

Other locations in the mix are the current civic centre site for either a complete rebuild or a renovation and extension, the Balmoral Hall site on Cameron Street or a site in Baring Square east where the Methodist Church and old county council building now stand.

In its long-term plan the council has tagged $16 million for the project over three

The current Ashburton District Council building.

years, with $900,000 to be spent in this financial year to undertake a review of options.

The council intends to meet the cost of the project from property sales and using its property reserve account.

The cost of the project will come in foregone interest and this is likely to see a 0.1 per cent increase in rates ($45,000) in the first

year. The impact on rates will rise to an additional $256,000 in 2017/2018 and $447,000 in 2018/2019.

These increases have been signalled in the council’s long-term plan.

Ashburton District councillors will discuss the report at today’s service delivery committee meeting.

■ BUSINESSES IN SPOTLIGHT

Mid Canty businesses showcased for minister Five Mid Canterbury businesses will be in the spotlight next week when Minister for Small Business Craig Foss tours the district.

He will be accompanied by the 12-member Small Business Development Group (SBDG) when he visits farming, hospitality and engineering enterprises in the district.

The visit has been organised

by Business Mid Canterbury and will be topped off by an evening dinner featuring inspiring guest speakers from the SBDG. They will include the group’s chairman, entrepreneur and rich-lister Tenby Powell, as well as marketing agency director Sonia McConnachie and Porse

Craig Foss founder Adrienne Pierce.

Rakaia businessman Neil Pluck is one of the SBDG members. He said the speakers would

be talking about their life stories, including the trials and tribulations of getting to where they were today.

The dinner would be free to BMC members. Thirty-five had registered so far, and he was aiming to get 50 altogether.

The businesses SBDG members are to visit are Pluck’s Engineering at Rakaia, Molloy Contracting’s dairy farm and spray contracting businesses at Methven, Cafe Primo at Methven, and Craige and Roz Mackenzie’s arable farm near Methven.

Pluck said the business owners would talk to Foss and SBDG members about their business successes, innovations and chal-

lenges, including any aspects of today’s operating environment which they found restrictive.

One of the main roles of the SBDG was as a sounding board for government when drafting policy, and every second month the group met in Wellington with ministry representatives.

Additionally, each year the minister and group members undertook a field trip, and this was the first time they had chosen Mid Canterbury.

“It’s another good news story for Mid Canterbury, here’s Business Mid Canterbury taking its curly issues as well as its successes directly to the minister and his staff,” Pluck said.

unite over Govt plans

A Government proposal to radically change education funding has led to principals, teachers and support staff members from early childhood through to secondary school meeting together in Ashburton.

The meeting will be held tomorrow at Ashburton College at 1.30pm.

Members of the public and media are welcome to attend the meeting for the opening presentation, but the session will be members-only during floor discussion and voting.

NZEI and PPTA members from local schools and kindergartens will join the meeting, which is to discuss a controversial “bulk funding” proposal that teachers say will result in fewer teachers and bigger class sizes.

The meeting is one of more than 50 being held nationwide this week and next.

The country’s two major education unions have called the meetings, which will involve 60,000 members, and covers educators from early childhood to secondary schools.

The unions are uniting to respond to the government’s bulk funding “global budget” proposal – saying it would remove teacher student ratios and the protection children and teachers have around class sizes.

They will vote on their next steps at the meetings.

The meetings will also discuss the government’s refusal to increase in funding for education.

This is already having an effect on the quality teaching and learning for children, particularly in terms of special education support, early childhood education and support staff.

Under the bulk funding “global budget” proposal, schools would receive all resourcing in cash and credits for staffing.

Boards of trustees would have to make trade-offs between the number of teachers they employ and other non-teaching costs.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Charges earn community work An Ashburton woman has described how she lives in fear since a former partner threatened to kill her in April.

Shane Fredrick Croton had denied charges of possessing an offensive weapon and threatening to kill when he appeared before Judge John Strettell on day one of a defended hearing on Monday.

On Tuesday Judge Strettell found him guilty on both charges and sentenced him to 200 hours of community work.

On Monday, the complainant told the court she and Croton had agreed to part ways several weeks before the events of April 14, end-

ing a 16-month relationship.

An arrangement was made for Croton to move out when he was next paid, however successive paydays rolled around without any sign of his leaving.

On April 14 the complainant arranged for help to remove Croton’s possessions from the home.

Furniture, electronic equipment, tools and clothing were placed on the property’s driveway, secured behind a locked gate.

She covered it with tarpaulins and notified him by text message.

An exchange of messages ensued. Croton said he was “shocked” by the move.

However, on his request the complainant agreed to assist with lifting the larger items. He arrived at the property shortly after 4pm and began packing his property into his station wagon.

According to Croton’s evidence, he was unable to arrange transport for his larger items and asked to store the furniture in the adjacent garage until the weekend.

Both parties had been trading insults but the situation escalated when she refused the request.

Under oath she spoke of the defendant’s explicit and repeated threats to kill her, before he picked up a small tomahawk-type axe

and advanced towards her with the weapon held head high.

He stopped within striking distance before turning and forcefully throwing the axe at a wooden fence.

A few minutes later he accosted her again, demanding to know the whereabouts of missing items.

She said the experience had impacted on her life in many ways.

“I don’t go out at night, lock all my doors and windows, don’t go out anymore, I don’t drive past his work in case I see him there, I don’t go shopping on the weeks I know he gets paid – I don’t even take my kids to the playground in

case he’s there,” she told the court.

Croton acknowledged picking up two axes and hurling them against a fence in a fit of anger, but denied threatening to kill the complainant or advancing towards her while carrying an axe.

Judge Strettell found holes in Croton’s evidence and said the complainant had achieved her objective in getting him out of the property and had nothing to gain from calling the police and pressing charges. The judge awarded a protection order in favour of the victim, which will require Croton to attend a programme to address domestic violence.

■ KEEP NZ BEAUTIFUL

Aiming to keep our country beautiful

By Colin EngElBrECht Colin.E@thEguardian.Co.nz

After success last year Ashburton Wastebusters are again running Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week.

The event encourages people to pick up any rubbish they find lying around in their area.

Katie Esler, who works for Wastebusters and is co-ordinating Keep New Zealand Beautiful in Ashburton, said the initiative was a good way to highlight rubbish prone areas in the community.

The week starts on September 12 and runs until the 18th.

Esler said so far they’ve had 10 to 15 groups sign up, including schools that will have a lot of people out collecting.

She said she’s hoping next week to have more groups signing up however, people can still join during the week it runs.

When you sign up you are given

a pack with a rubbish bag and some gloves and a guide on how to be safe when collecting rubbish.

Esler said when people fill up their bags they bring them back to Wastebusters where they go through them and show people what can and can’t be recycled before disposing of it.

People can bring in as much rubbish as they feel like, some people will bring just a shopping bag full while others will use several rubbish bags. However, it’s important to take photos of yourself while you’re out.

If anyone is interested in joining they must go to Wastebusters and enter their details on the application form there.

Right - Katie Esler holds up a pack ahead of Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week between September 12 and 18.

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■ ASHBURTON PARENTS’ CENTRE

■ POUPOU STOLEN

Host of new programmes for parents

Plea to return missing poupou

By Emma moody

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It is full steam ahead for the Ashburton Parents’ Centre following their planning meeting on August 29.

Facilitator Debbie Kell said the meeting was a huge success and said the focus for 2017 will be building strong support and friendship systems in Ashburton.

“We really want to create that sense of community in Ashburton, especially with all of the new people coming into town,” she said.

Kell said the centre will be starting up more of their baby and you and their moving and munching classes due to their popularity.

“We are also starting up a pro-

gramme for second-time parents,” Kell said.

“When you have your first baby you have all the support around you but when you have your second baby some of it goes away.

“There isn’t a programme like it in Ashburton and we saw a need for it so we thought let’s get it going,” she said.

The centre is also starting up hot topic evenings in 2017, where the centre will bring in a professional.

Another change for the parents’ centre is their updated clubrooms.

“We wanted to spruce up our rooms because people hire them out and we wanted to make them feel comfortable,” Kell said.

By mikaEla Collins

The poupou that’s disappeared from the southern bank of the Tarawhateroa Stream.

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A worker at a Maori trust in Kaitaia is urging whoever stole a poupou to return it as their actions may cause serious implications.

Police are investigating the theft of the poupou, a carved pole, which was stolen from the grounds of the Te Houtaewa Maori Charitable Trust on Pukepoto Road in Kaitaia some time over the past month.

The poupou, which was 3.5 to 4m long and carved of pine, was one of eight carved by the Maori carvers on the whakairo (carving) programme at Northland Region Corrections Facility (Ngawha Prison) as part of a community development initiative with the trust.

Peter Kitchen, kaimahi of the trust, said a rongoa (traditional medicine) Maori appreciation programme is run with Te Wananga o Aotearoa and the poupou were an integral part of the learning process.

“We would appreciate the return of this taonga as soon as possible as this may cause serious implications to the perpetrators and their whanau. Bring it back we will lift the tapu and no more will be said,” he said.

Te Runanga o Te Rarawa chairman Haami Piripi said stealing an item of such cultural significance could result in bad karma. “After a while, all sorts of things could happen,” he said.

Master carver Te Warihi Hetaraka said the implications an action like this could have would largely depend on who had taken it. “The saying comes to mind, what goes around comes around. It would depend a lot on who took it,” he said.

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■ AUSTRALIA

Chinese land purchase vetoed China would have become the second largest foreign owner of Australian farmland after the United Kingdom if the government had not vetoed the sale to Chinese interests of a major cattle empire, a report showed yesterday.

The Australian government released the first ever audit of Australian farmland ownership in answer to public concerns that too much agricultural land was being sold off to foreign interests, particularly China.

The report found that foreigners owned 13.6 per cent of Australia’s 385 million hectares of farmland. The largest foreign buyer of farms was Britain, followed by the United States, Netherlands, Singapore then China.

But China would have been propelled to second place if the government had not prevented in May the sale of Australia’s largest private landholding, S. Kidman & Co. Ltd., to China-based Dakang Australia Holdings. The Australian family-owned company is a collection of 10 cattle ranches, a bull breeding stud and a feed

Australia Government treasurer Scott Morrison, who vetoed the Kidman sale.

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Treasurer Scott Morrison, who vetoed the Kidman sale, said Australians could be confident that the government would not allow farm sales to foreigners that were not in Australia’s interests The government had previ-

ously estimated the size of foreign farm holdings at 11.3 per cent in 2010 and 12.4 per cent in 2013.

Trade Minister Steven Ciobo said media debate over foreign investment in agriculture “unduly places a lot of attention and focus on China”.

“The fact is that China is just

not at the level where a lot of Australians would think it is, based upon what they’re seeing portrayed in the media on a regular basis,” Ciobo told Australian Broadcasting Corp.

Mick Keogh, executive director of the Australian Farm Institute think tank, suspected China would rank higher among foreign owners if the agricultural assets were measured by value instead of area.

But even on the measure of area, he was surprised that China was not a larger investor.

“From all the discussions and all the noise, we would’ve thought that number was much higher,” he said.

Foreign ownership of farmland is an increasingly sensitive issue in Australia, where many fear that Chineseowned farms could supply Australian-grow produce to Chinese parent companies at discount prices or refuse to sell to Australian buyers.

Australia is the second favourite destination for Chinese foreign investment after the United States, the Australian government said.

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■ SCOTLAND

Second referendum being prepared The Scottish government will start preparing the legislation required for a new referendum on independence from the United Kingdom in case it is needed, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the Scottish parliament.

Last week Sturgeon said her party would start a survey to test support for secession, questioning at least two million Scots just as Britain negotiates its exit from the European Union.

The bill would then be ready for immediate introduction if it becomes clear that there was voter support for Scottish independence, Sturgeon said, without giving a timeframe.

Polls indicate that a slim majority still prefer remaining a part of the United Kingdom, although many Scots are unhappy about leaving the EU because Scotland itself voted to stay in.

“We will consult on a draft referendum Bill so that it is ready for immediate introduction if we conclude that independence is the best or only way to protect Scotland,” she told parliament.

Sturgeon argues that Britain’s June vote to leave the EU, dragging Scotland with it, had shifted the debate dramatically just two years after Scots voted by 10 per centage points to reject independence.

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Money, we can’t live without it Sue Newman

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t’s an old but true saying – money makes the world go round - and sadly, it’s another truism that how well our world spins depends on how much money we have.

That doesn’t mean we should be driven by money, it just means that without enough of the stuff, life can be pretty tough.

This week is money week when we’re being encouraged to take a long, hard look at what we spend, how much of that is necessary spending and how much discretionary. We’re also being encouraged to look at what we’re saving and to measure that against what we’ll need when our pay cheque stops.

For most Kiwis money is something that comes in and out of our bank accounts, the inflow running out before the outflow does. During money week we’re encouraged to stop and think about what’s actually happening with the money in our lives and how we can ensure we can make what we’ve got work better.

This year’s theme focuses on planning for the future, on saving today so we’ll have more than a pension to live on when our bodies give out and we can’t work anymore.

Getting to grips with where our hard earned cash is going each week isn’t easy. It takes effort and sometimes it means changing habits.

One of the things that’s being pushed as a big saver is keeping an eye on electricity. Not just on the bills but on the company supplying our power. There’s a simple online tool to check whether you’re paying more than you should to power up your home. Do the exercise and you could be surprised.

Apparently as a nation we’ve missed out on $1.5 billion in savings over the past five years. Individually that could be as little as $10 each month or a much larger amount. Either way, it’s money we currently don’t have. Stash it away and over time it will become a tidy pile.

Bring lunch from home, have one less takeout coffee, walk more and drive less. Individually the savings are small, but over a year they’ll all mount up and we’ll hardly notice the sacrifices.

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YOUR VIEW Elections Perhaps we should ask Murray Anderson and Judy Kingsbury to stand for election for council?

They appear to have a grasp on common sense which is sadly lacking in others.

D. D. Oakley

Civic centre I find it interesting the number of people who are keen on having the civic centre at Eastfield in the middle of what was the busy shopping area of the town.

Ashburton being the rural service centre of a very large rural community without any form of public transport, there is a major need for parking close to where people need to

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do their shopping or business, hence the success of the shopping opportunities on the west side where parking is adequate at the door.

Looking at the parking opportunities at present around the Eastfield site, what hope would there be when it is developed.

As a previous writer pointed out last week, just the numbers of staff and service vehicles for the ADC and drop-in customers would cause total congestion in the area let alone any other shops or buildings to be added.

I think our new mayor and council need to look seriously at this parking problem in the town centre no matter where the new civic centre is located.

Dave Dellow

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■ MEDIA MERGER

NZME and Fairfax merger a step closer

BY PAUL MCBETH

New Zealand manufacturing sales activity rose in the June quarter as meat and dairy product processing recovered from a sharp decline at the start of the year.

Total seasonally and price adjusted sales rose 2.8 per cent in the three months ended June 30, turning around a 0.7 per cent decline in the March period, Statistics New Zealand said.

That was led by an 8.6 per cent jump in the volume of meat and dairy product sales, recovering from a 6.7 per cent drop in March. On a value basis, which doesn’t adjust for inflation, sales rose 2.2 per cent in the quarter, and meat and dairy sales rose a more modest 3.3 per cent.

“This quarter’s large rise in meat and dairy manufacturing sales followed a sizeable fall in the March 2016 quarter,” business indicators manager Tehseen

Islam said in a statement. “Despite some large movements in recent quarters, the sales volumes for meat and dairy have increased just slightly from where they were in early 2014.”

The country’s manufacturing activity has been expanding since late October 2012 as the Canterbury earthquake rebuild started gathering momentum.

While food product manufacturing is a major export for New Zealand, industrial production typically shows a strong link to building work and the country has a major construction pipeline with the finishing touches for Christchurch still to come and a house-building effort needed in Auckland.

Today’s statistics show nonmetallic mineral product sales, which spans glass, cement and concrete manufacturing, climbed 9.5 per cent on a priceadjusted basis and was up 9 per

cent in value terms. In unadjusted terms, non-metallic mineral product sales rose 8.6 per cent to $896 million in the June quarter from a year earlier, an increase of 8.2 per cent in volume terms.

Across all sectors, manufacturing sales rose 1.2 per cent to $24.38 billion in the three months ended June 30 from the same period a year earlier, and was up 6 per cent in volume terms. Closing stocks of raw materials shrank 2.1 per cent to $3.9 billion from June 2015, while finished good inventories were down 8.4 per cent to $8.51 billion.

Seasonally and inflation adjusted petroleum and coal products sales fell 3.8 per cent in the quarter and were down 2.2 per cent including price changes.

The value sales sank 16 per cent to $1.71 billion from June 2015, though the volume of sales rose 13 per cent, due to cheap international energy prices.

-AP

Kiwi up on back of GDT price lift The New Zealand dollar surged to a 16-month high after prices rose at the latest GlobaldairyTrade auction and data showed growth in the US services sector was weaker than expected.

The Kiwi rose to 74.12 US cents as at 8am in Wellington from 73.16 cents late yesterday. The trade-weighted index climbed to 78.38 from 77.77, to be well above the 76 average level the Reserve Bank has projected for the third quarter.

The GDT price index climbed 7.7 percent at the latest dairy products auction, adding to expectations that a worldwide glut

is easing. Whole milk powder increased 3.7 per cent to US$2,793 a tonne, the highest since October last year. The rebound in dairy prices adds to positive sentiment for the Kiwi dollar, which offers a reasonably attractive yield in a world where many central banks have interest rates that are near zero or negative.

“Global milk supply has been tightening more quickly in recent months prompting buyers into action,” ANZ agri-economist Con Williams said.

“Where to from here will crucially depend on new season milk volumes from New Zealand and

how demand holds up in the face of higher prices.”

The Kiwi dollar was also helped by a weaker US dollar, after the US non-manufacturing ISM composite index fell more than expected to 51.4 from 55.5, a seven-month low, suggesting the services sector in the world’s biggest economy isn’t as robust as economists had thought.

The Kiwi rose to 96.42 Australian cents from 95.92 cents, slipped to 75.63 yen from 75.82 yen and rose to 4.9454 yuan from 4.8878 yuan. It gained to 65.85 euro cents from 65.65 cents and rose to 55.19 British pence from 54.94 pence.

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lion in the year ended June 30.

That compares to revenue of $802.6 million and earnings of $133.7 million in 2015.

The NZME board said it was committed to keeping leverage at or below 1.5 times ebitda and a dividend payout ratio of 60-to-80 per cent of underlying net profit.

Fairfax Australia would get two directors of the enlarged company if the deal is approved.

NZME shares last traded at 73 cents on the NZX, valuing the company at $143.1 million. Fairfax’s shares closed at 98 Australian cents on the ASX, valuing it at $A2.25 billion.

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delayed its final decision until March next year, saying the deal is complex and it needs more time to assess the impact on both news content and the advertising market.

The New Zealand company’s shareholders will vote on the proposal in October or November, with a notice of special meeting likely to be distributed next month, and Overseas Investment Office approval will also be needed to get over the line.

NZME said the two companies reported pro-forma revenue of $766.2 million and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $135.2 mil-

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the past decade, forcing them to sell assets and cut the size of their newsrooms in an effort to shore up their balance sheets, and the merger of Fairfax and NZME’s assets are seen as a way they can start competing online where the likes of Google and Facebook dominate advertising revenue.

The companies are seeking Commerce Commission authorisation for the deal, a higher threshold to cross than a clearance in that it claims an anticompetitive transaction can drive enough public benefit to outweigh any reduction in competition.

The antitrust regulator has

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The companies have identified a number of areas where a merged entity can avoid doubleups, which NZME said would lead to one-off costs being incurred.

“We are delighted to have progressed merger negotiations to this stage and to be in a position to shortly put this proposition to NZME shareholders,” chief executive Michael Boggs said.

“The merger will present opportunities for NZME to significantly enhance our integrated offerings to both our audience and our advertising clients.”

High levels of indebtedness put the Australasian media companies in precarious positions over

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NZME will pay $55 million in cash and issue shares giving Australia’s Fairfax Media a 41 per cent stake if a planned merger of New Zealand’s dominant publishers is given the go ahead.

The two media companies signed a merger implementation agreement subject to various approvals that would see NZME add another $90 million to its banking facility so it could buy all the shares in Fairfax New Zealand in a cash and scrip deal, Aucklandbased NZME said in a statement.

The final consideration is subject to any adjustments to ensure the merged entity’s debt doesn’t exceed certain thresholds and could mean Fairfax Australia’s balance of cash and shares may change.

NZME’s banking facility is expected to rise to $250 million to fund the deal, from its existing $160 million funding line, of which the publisher of the New Zealand Herald newspaper and Radio Network operator had drawn down $112 million as at June 30, 2016.

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SIAFD exhibitor interest strong Time is running out and sites are filling up, say South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD) 2017 organisers.

“There could easily be more applicants than available sites,” said secretary Nicola Burgess.

Working bees had already begun on preparing the event’s permanent home at Kirwee.

Organisers urged potential exhibitors to act quickly and, as of the end of last month, 210 exhibitors were booked. Applications opened July 29 and more than 50 registered on the first day.

“We will continue our focus on being a demonstration-based field day and we want to see even more machinery on display in 2017,” Burgess said.

Last year more than 27,500 people attended over the three days, and there were more than 400 exhibitors. Next year’s event is being held from March 29 to 31. SIAFD is held every two years at Kirwee.

The best way to book was on the non-profit organisation’s website. Alternatively, people can contact Burgess on (03) 4230537 or info@siafd.co.nz.

Right - More than 27,500 people attended last year’s South Island Agricultural Field Days.

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■ WEED CONTROL

Resistant ryegrass threat increases The Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) is advising farmers to work with their neighbours on weed control as the threat from herbicide-resistant ryegrass increases.

The advice follows the detection of ryegrass resistant to Group B (ALS inhibitor, sulfonyl-urea) herbicides in the Methven area.

Herbicide-resistant ryegrass is a major problem elsewhere in the world and is a particularly serious problem in Australia. In recent years ryegrass populations that are resistant to Group B and Group G herbicides have been

detected in New Zealand.

FAR is recommending farmers be vigilant in identifying and removing ryegrass plants that survive grass weed control.

Farmers should develop strategies for high problem areas, such as along fence lines, field edges, tree rows and firebreak (nonburn) border areas.

As well, farmers should work with their neighbours to develop joint programmes for weed control, especially along boundary fences.

And as ryegrass seed can be easily spread in straw and hay,

farmers should identify and destroy the first hay bale that is pressed when a contractor makes hay on their property.

Farmers should also inspect feed sources which may be purchased and brought on to the property, as seed can be readily spread as a contaminant on trucks during transport of cereal silage and hay.

Many contractors are developing wash down protocols when equipment is moved between farms. Farmers need to work with their contractors to ensure this is happening.

Young farm leaders visit Young sheep industry leaders from New Zealand, Australia and the United States got together in New Zealand last week to discuss common interests and look at the New Zealand sheep industry first-hand.

The trip was one of the annual activities of the Tri-Lamb Group, giving young leaders a taste of sheep farming in each of the three member countries.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Northern South Island farmer director, Phil Smith, said the forum was designed to encourage young producers and leaders to share ideas, network and to broaden understanding of sheep production practices in

all three countries.

“This is an exciting opportunity for the young leaders to develop and share knowledge of sheep-meat production and on farm practices,” says Smith.

Among the participants were American Sheep Industry Association president Burton Pfliger and the association’s secretary/ treasurer, Benny Cox, who accompanied the group and acted as the New Zealand mentor.

While in New Zealand the TriLamb delegates visited sheep farms in both the North and South islands and met industry leaders to talk about of their unique farming experiences in New Zealand.

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Stock ill-treatment sees farmer fined A Whangarei dairy farmer has been fined $3000 after two of his cows died on their way to an abattoir and a similar number had to be put down on arrival.

A further two cows were declared unfit for transportation because of their physical abnormalities.

Whananaki dairy farmer Ian Graham Whatmough appeared for sentencing in the Whangarei District Court after earlier pleading guilty to one charge of ill-treating animals and another of permitting unfit animals to be transported to Hamilton.

Charges against him were laid by the Ministry of Primary Industries under the Animal Welfare Act 1999.

Whatmough owns a dairy farm on Whatmough Road between Hikurangi and Whananaki, under the name Lea Rig Farms.

Judge Phillip Cooper said that on December 6, 2015, Whatmough arranged through a livestock agent for 42 cows to be trucked from his farm to an abattoir in Hamilton.

He left a farmhand in charge of loading the animals but gave no clear instructions about which animals, if any, were unfit to be loaded, the judge said.

Two cows died during the six-hour journey, two others were put down on

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Sheep prices continue to firm Prime lamb prices continue to firm weekby-week with strong competition for heavy weight stock with in excess of 2000 lambs yarded at Tinwald for Tuesday’s sheep sale.

Heavy shorn lambs fetched $126-$132 and medium weights $114-$124.

Heavy shorn prime ewes made $102$144, mediums 475-$90 and lighter sheep $46-$60.

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The ministry said those responsible for the welfare of dairy cattle must be competent at recognising ill-health or injury and take remedial action as required.

Ministry documents stated that Whatmough claimed to have inspected 39 of the 42 animals and knew three cows were unsuitable for transport.

He said he did not know what was wrong with them except that they were not very healthy.

Whatmough did not ob-

tain a veterinarian’s certificate before the cows were transported.

He expressed remorse and insight into his offending and said he had put in place measures to ensure there was no repeat. He had no previous convictions.

Judge Cooper fined him $1500 on each charge and also ordered him to pay $150 court costs. Ill-treating animals carries a penalty of 12 months in jail or a $50,000 fine or both.

The charge of permitting unfit animals to be transported carries a similar penalty.

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - Holly Golightly might have breakfast at which 5th Avenue jewellery store? a. Bulgari b. Cartier c. Tiffany’s 2 - In which city is the worldfamous complex of buildings known as The Kremlin? a. Lenningrad b. Moscow c. St Petersburg 3 - Complete the title of the Cilla Black hit song: Anyone Who Had a...? a. Soul b. Love c. Heart 4 - Where was Thomas Becket famously murdered? a. Windsor Castle b. Canterbury Cathedral c. Westminster Abbey 5 - The Simpsons TV show began in what year? a. 1986 b. 1989 c. 1991 6 - How many years does a US Presidential term last? a. Three b. Four c. Five 7 - In Greek mythology, Pegasus was which type of magical creature? a. Flying horse b. Talking lion c. Winged fish 8 - Which animal is mentioned more frequently than any other in The Bible? a. Cow b. Goat c. Sheep

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The August meeting of the Ashburton County Lions Club started with a splash as many members took up the opportunity to take part in an aquacise class at the NE Network swimming pool.

This was followed by a lovely meal provided by Kim and her staff at the Eat cafe. The president Julie McKimmie then welcomed 42 members to the meeting where the financial report for the year 2015-16 was presented by the out-going treasurer Fiona Williamson.

During the meeting roster boards were circulated to gain support for the Camp Quality raffle, the Blind Foundation Appeal and the Lions Boulevard Day stall (which will again be offering for sale our very popular daffodil bulbs).

Plans were put in place for the 10-1010 Walk for Kids to be held on the 16th October and members donated toiletries for the Presbyterian Social Services to mark Lions World Service Day on October 8.

The club then moved that a television be purchased for the Millstream Hospital to initially be used by a past member who has recently become a resident of the hospital.

The meeting concluded with the drawing of the raffle and more humorous fines being handed out to members who had been ‘caught out’ during the last month.

Ashburton Golf Club We have a very busy weekend coming up at the Brandon course. Saturday sees the start of our club champs knockout rounds.

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Our field trip was the first Quiz’s to be known as Margaret’s Challenge. Members were given 14 questions to decipher the locations and off they went, we look forward to the results next month.

Our competition for the month was judged by Tetsuro Mitomo.

He did a wonderful job as we had a large number of entries and he offered very valuable comments to those that entered.

Digital Images – Photojournalism Acceptance: Megan Ellis Crowd Support, Cindy Lovett Race Supporters, Jorg Nittmann Drummer, David Oakley Looking Ahead and Working The Mill, Hayley Zanker Re-Enactment at Warbirds Over Wanaka.

Honours: Megan Ellis Crashing Out, Carol Efford, Taking A Break, Lester Hurst Years Gone By, Jorg Nittman Get Him, Nick Taylor Let Me See. Prints Acceptances: Megan Ellis Eat My Dirt, Gaynor Hurst Fallen, Lester Hurst Blacksmith At Work, Cindy Lovett Learning About the Wildlife, Hayley Zanker Children Reading Together.

Honours: Julie Begg Well, Megan Ellis Teamwork, Lester Hurst Old Timers Top Image: Carol Efford Ignoring the Warning Thank you to those members that continue to enter the competitions.

Saturday September 3 saw the last day of winter bowls and we were blessed with shirt sleeve weather. Winners of the day were Brent Mayson and Pete Whinham. Second Murray Smallridge and Richard Kane and third Jill May and Graeme Bishop. The overall aggregate prize went to Murray Smallridge and Richard Kane with runners up being Brent Mayson and one of his many partners throughout the year?

After official proceedings Bish selected six well known characters of our club and described and mimicked their individual antics and mannerisms also praising their contribution as members.

This was very entertaining and I guess goes to show we are all unique in our own way. Thank you to Faye for our yummy toasties, thank you to Anzco Foods for your generous sponsorship and thank you to everyone who attended our very successful winter season.

Reminder: Opening of Bowls is Saturday September 10. Please bring a plate for avo tea and whites to be worn.

Back into the busy life of bowls so Let the Games begin!

Maureen hope your arm is not the bowling one? Just goes to show what happens when you are doing something you know you shouldn’t be.

Hope it’s better soon.

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Allenton Croquet Club At the recent combined Luncheon with Waireka and Methven clubs we celebrated our 90th Birthday.

Past members and representatives from South Canterbury clubs also attended.

Minutes of the first meeting were read and the anniversary cake was The intermediate grade is the only full grade, with 16 qualifiers, so they jump straight into their first round this week, where top qualifier Tufuga Sa will be hoping to make the most of a good draw.

Junior A need to have some prelim games, so their top players along with first seed Leaky Lambert get a week off.

Senior and Junior B will go straight into their first rounds next Saturday, when top seeds Robbie Bell and Bruce Ferriman will be hoping for strong showings.

Then on Sunday we welcome our good friends from the Tinwald club to play for the Foodstuffs Trophy.

This will be individual stableford, with everyone’s score put together and averaged out to find the top club of the day.

It is always good fun, and we do have a lovely friendly rivalry with the girls and boys from over the bridge.

Please note that the Sunday start time is 12 noon meet for 12:30 start, everyone welcome. See you there. Good golfing

cut by Patroness Marion Cleland and past member Maisie Boothroyd (above).

The new season begins with the Sports Club opening on Saturday, September 10 at 2pm.

Our opening for both Association and Golf Croquet will be on Monday, September 12 at 1.15pm.

Uniform to be worn on both occa-

Ashburton Indoor Bowls The last championship has been played for the season, which was the Championship Fours. With a turnout of only four teams a round robin was played.

Coming out on top with 2.5 wins and taking the title was Martin Nordqvist, Kevin Smith, Jenny Nordqvist and George Anderson. Runners up was the team of Graeme Chapman, Murray Bassett, Lynette Bassett and Ken Mackenzie.

North Wellington held the NZIB Junior Singles recently with Taylor Mackenzie representing the Ashburton Association. Taylor put in a fine performance, but missed out in qualifying in this event but stayed on an extra day and played in the NZ secondary schools singles where she qualified with three wins, then made it to the round of sixteen!

The Aggregate shield winner for the season has been found. Eight clubs completed with the Willowby Club coming out victorious on top with 16pts, closely followed by Rakaia on 14pts and in third was MSA with 12pts.

The NZ Welch Trophy was held over

sions. Lawns and gardens have been attended to. A grade combined, Intermediate and B Grade teams have been entered in flag matches.

New members are welcome to come on any Monday, Wednesday or Saturday to have a go.

Contact Barbara on 908-1756.

Next committee meeting will be on Thursday October 6 at 9.30am. the weekend with the Ashburton team putting in a fine performance but coming up just short on winning the event. North Taranaki won the event on 105.5pts, Ashburton 2nd on 103.5pts, 3rd was Counties 101.5pts, Upper Hutt 85.5pts, Waikato 81.5pts and Otago 62.5pts. Des Hawkins tied 1st overall for the best individual performance at the Welch Trophy event with 11.5 wins from 15 games.

Just a reminder that prizegiving and Men v Ladies is being held on September 22!

Ashburton Photographic Society Bad weather saw us cancelling our night photography evening and the Committee put together a table top display at very short notice.

Much fun was had in front of the screen taking photos of bubbles. The hallway of the Seniors Centre was perfect for swinging around a Christmas decoration for light trails.

Although the evening was not as planned it turned out to be most successful.

Ashburton Silks & Satins Social Club The Ashburton Silks and Satins Social Club held its A.G.M. recently with a good attendance of members and were welcomed by President Edith.

Secretary Diane read the apologies and presented the Annual Financial Report.

The Presidents Report was read and adopted and outlined the Club’s variety of many activities that it had undertaken during the year including luncheons at various venues and Garden Tours.

Also the Annual family get-to-gether was held at the Race Course in February and was well attended. Edith hosted members at her home with a Luncheon followed by a quiz for the June Meeting. At the June Race Meeting the Club presented a bottle of wine to a selected driver in every race and the Club once again presented a trophy at the Chertsey Trials on Easter Monday. Trophies presented annually by the Club this year were won

by Samantha Ottley being Leading Lady Driver, Wendy Stevenson winning Leading Lady Trainer, and Mare of The Year was won by “Pocket of Jewels” owned by L.R., J.M. & L.J. Hanrahan and trained by Lawrence Hanrahan. These recipients were warmly congratulated.

Edith thanked the committee for their help during the year. The election of Office Bearers for the next two years are: President: Edith Paterson; Secretary/Treasurer: Diane Elms; Committee: Alison Rogers, Jackie Chmiel, Greer Rickets, Bernadette Lowe, and Eleanor Cruickshank. The Club would welcome any new members and if interested please phone 308-5660.

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Stripper scandal: Black mark An investigation into the actions of Chiefs players during a Mad Monday drinking session has exonerated them of any blame.

However, New Zealand Rugby has issued them a formal warning which will sit as a black mark on their record.

New Zealand Rugby held a press conference yesterday to update the latest in the investigation into the Chiefs stripper scandal.

Last month, allegations were made that members of the Chiefs rugby team inappropriately touched, licked and threw alcohol and gravel at a stripper.

The press conference was hosted by NZR chief executive Steve Tew. Tew said the investigation involved the interviewing of players, several independent witnesses and the woman hired for the 2016 celebrations.

The Chiefs have been issued a formal warning over the stripper scandal.

The results found that while the performance was legal and consensual, it was wholly inappropri-

ate for professional rugby teams to engage in events of this nature and players should take collective

September 1 Tane night to entertain Savage Club members and friends including several past members who had travelled some distance, was a fitting way to complete our Golden Year of fun and fellowship.

A social hour preceded the evening entertainment.

Our evening began in keeping with traditional ceremony followed by choir items Land of the long White Cloud and Bye bye Blackbird.

Next came the Black and White illusion dance well executed by six members.

These set the mood for the evening en-

tertainment of music, song, sketches, readings and poem played to a full house.

The evening closed with a traditional Maori theme including an amazing Poi item.

A big thank you must go to our appreciative audience and all of our members who truly put their heart into making this a great night.

responsibility. Chiefs management has also not escaped mention with investigators, saying they should have worked more closely with the players to ensure both end of year functions were managed appropriately.

NZR does not have grounds to pursue misconduct against individual players.

There were nine independent witnesses spoken to excluding all the players and staff.

Tew confirmed there was a dispute over payment at the end of the night.

He also confirmed NZR won’t ban Mad Monday events as the players will get together at the end of the season and celebrate anyway. The best approach was to manage them and put better support structures around them.

NZ Rugby would try to influence those celebrations to be

more family-orientated, Tew said.

“No, we won’t ban these types of gatherings. But we will certainly make sure they are very controlled and an organised manner ... if we drive it underground, we are likely to get worse behaviour.”

Tew said witness accounts and the investigation led NZR to conclude action could not be taken against any individual player.

Some independent witnesses interviewed as part of the investigation had seen the entire routine, Tew said, and the allegations could not be collaborated.

Asked if that meant the woman had lied, Tew said he could only relay what NZR’s general counsel had concluded.

“I’m not prepared to place a judgment on anyone involved in this. I don’t think there were are any winners or losers in doing so.”

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bers from the Foundation for the Blind for the afternoon.

Tinwald Red Cross Branch President, Pat O’Brien extended a warm welcome to the visitors and their drivers.

It was noted that this annual gathering has been taking place since about 1970 and is the highlight of the Red Cross Branch’s Calendar each year.

Entertainment was provided by the Singing Group and the Accordion Group from the Electronic Organ Club.

They provided an excellent programme of easy listening and toetapping songs and music.

They were thanked by Margaret Blair.

One of the visitors is having a significant birthday in a couple of weeks – that of 100 years and all heartily sung Happy Birthday to her.

Jiffy raffles were drawn and the sales table did a brisk trade.

A delicious afternoon tea was served by members and there was time to mix and chat to the visitors.

Sadly the afternoon came to a close and everyone left in the sunshine after spending another lovely afternoon together.

CLUB NEWS Ashburton Wahine Club The August Hui was themed for ‘Memories’ continuing the 50 year celebration with most of the items having been presented over the years.

Some of the choir items included Memories, The More we are Together, Anniversary Waltz.

Songs sketches and readings followed the theme and a Maypole Dance went off without a hitch!

Our members had much enjoyment preparing for this ‘Hui’ turning out for practice on some very cold nights.

Tinwald Branch New Zealand Red Cross The September meeting hosted mem-

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS ney; 5th.= with a score of -2 were Clarrie Whiting and Ray Bennett, Alan Dixon and Lance Innes.

Twos: Merv Green, Dave Hewitt, Ray Lambert, Gavin Santy and Colin Morgan.

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■ Shooting Mt Somers Rifle Club September 5 Liam Heaven 73.0, Jess Heaven 75.0, G Middleton 92.0, Evan Swan 90.1, Julian Evans 97.4, Kevin Fews 92.1, Stephen Millichamp 97.3, Eddie Millichamp 84.0, Sid Stewart 96.4, Brent Frame 93.3, Dave Millichamp 98.3, Wayne Tubb 98.5, Andrew Oram 95.3.

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September 6 Janet Moore Trophy - Best nett over field - Sharon Allan 60; 0-37 Lal Mulligan 97-25-72 c/b Jan Clucas 89-1772, Joan Johns 110-37-73, Betty Wilson 96-20-76; 38+ Sharon Allan 114-54-60, Val Fleming 119-4871, Judy Fielder 116-44-72, Sue Graham 115-41-74; E Quaife Putting Competition - Alison Vessey 27, Sharon Allan 28, Jan Clucas 29, Betty Wilson 29, Hastings McLeod Property Brokers Marilyn Cross 2nd shot 2 & 11 Jan Clucas, 0-29, Sharon Allan 30+

Daniel Gould 87.1, James Spencer 70.1, William Mackenzie 70.0, Robert Spencer 66.0, Fernando Torres 90.3, Kyle Hansen 88.2, Nicholas McDowell 88.0, Adrien Holden 93.1, Daniel Gould, (winner of ‘off rest’ hcp trophy) 88.2, Ben Nordqvist 76, Thomas Corbett 89.1, Luis 90.2, Melissa Verney 96.3, Jayden Glasier 83.0, Hamish Kirk 71.0, Carl Nordqvist 98.5, Hamish Dalzell 93.3, Brent Austin 94.4, Andrew Donaldson (winner of Durness hcp Trophy) 100.5, Martin Fleming 97.3, Alan Wakelin 93.5, John Fleming 98.6, Phillippa Fleming 95.5.

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September 6 Women’s Division Championship Round Jacqui Beardsley defeated Judith Smith Sally Lane defeated Colleen Linney Di Bell defeated Christine Kinita Dianna Wellman defeated Barbara Harris Valma Prendergast defeated Sue Gutsell Maree Moore defeated Maddy

29 August, Greg Menzies 97.5, Courtney Menzies 92.2, Allan Mitchell 90.0, Garth Wright 83.0, Grant Glassey 95.3, Tony Houston 88.0, Rodney McDowell 97.4.

5 September, Bruce Dellow 87.0, 91.1, Paul Fletcher 83.1, 79.0, Allan Mitchell 97.5, Greg Menzies 99.7, 99.7, 98.6, Garth Wright 90.2, Grant Glassey 92.0.

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club September 10 Weekend Ladies. Rnd 1 Club Championships. Stableford Round for others. Report: 8.30 am.

Championship matches (to be arranged): W. Parr v. K. Fox. B. Chinn v. L. Pollock. R. Gallagher v. M. Watson. S. Simpson v. A. Watson.

September 13 Mid-Week Ladies. Rnd 1 Club Championships. Draw Steward: Kathryn Green 3085393. Starters: G. Lane & K. Green. Championship matches. No. 1 Tee. 9.30 P. Bell v. A. Hewson. C. Trott v. H. Lovett. 9.36 C. van Buuren v. S. Lemon H. Ward v. L. Wackrow. 9.42 B. Turton v. J. Williams K. Read v. H. Trott. 9.48 D. Engelbrecht v. E. Sullivan. H. Robertson v. J. Stoddart. 9.54 S. Letham v. M. Bean. K. Green v. A. Hunt. 10.00 B. Davidson v. E. Langford. W. Carter v. K. Shaw.

Stableford Round for others. No. 10 Tee. 9.30 V. Moore, H. Hawksby, J. Montgomery J. McKeown. 9.36 W. Parr, S. Hastie, C. Emery, B. Williams 9.42 D. Hinton, M. Urquhart, S. Simpson, E. Porter. 9.48 B. Chinn, M. Watson, G. Lane, J. Sheppard.

September 15 Nine Hole Men & Women. Rnd 2 Club Championships. Report 9.15 am. Convenor: Joy Nicholas 3086464.

Club Captain: Leigh Wackrow. 308 3790.

Tinwald Golf Club September 13 Women’s Division Championships No 1 9.30 B. Harris v S. Gutsell, 9.35 B. Cochrane v M. Moore, D. Wellman v V. Prendergast; 9.40 J. Fitzgerald v N. Costin, M. Sherriff v B. Irvine All other players report by 9.15 for clubhouse draw.

Starters J. Bruhns M. Smith

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■ SKIING

Students ready for champs

By Colin EngElBrECht Colin.E@thEguardian.Co.nz

A number of Mt Hutt College students will be attending the South Island Secondary Schools’ Ski and Snowboard Champs.

Two ski teams and one snowboard team, a total of 12 students, are leaving Methven tomorrow ahead of Saturday’s competition at Cardrona.

The group will return on Saturday night.

Good results in the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Ski and Snowboard Champs allowed them to qualify for this weekend.

PE teacher and teacher in charge of the trip, Anita den Baars, said the students were all part of the group that goes up every Wednesday afternoon.

The students are Bailey Kinvig, Sam McDonald, Joe Todhunter, Anton Nyberg, Harry Fielding, Ben McKenzie, Mia Birt, Kaya Beal, Jack Sheridan, Viktoria DerickWesley, Caterina Moretti and Max Goodwin.

Five Ashburton College students are also attending the competition.

Mason Westwood, Ben Wakelin, Will Kelly, Matthew Begg and Sarah Taylor are also going up tomorrow following good results in the Aoraki and Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Ski and Snowboard Champs.

Joanne Wakelin, a member of staff at Ashburton College, is heading up with the team as manager.

Mt Hutt College ski and snowboarders Sam McDonald and Bailey Kinvig (front, from left) and (back, from left) Joe Todhunter, Anton Nyberg, Harry Fielding, Ben McKenzie, Mia Birt, Kaya Beal and Jack Sheridan, ahead of the competition this weekend.

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Singular cup focus for Burling and Tuke

Returning helmsman Peter Burling says he and crewmate Blair Tuke can now be more effective for Team New Zealand after completing their golden Olympic goal.

Burling and Tuke return for the America’s Cup World Series regatta in Toulon starting today, the penultimate round of the nine-leg circuit ahead of next year’s main regatta in Bermuda.

The pair missed the previous event in Portsmouth to focus on their Olympic 49er campaign in Rio, where they stormed to a resounding gold medal.

Team NZ struggled in Portsmouth, losing their overall series lead to sit third behind British outfit Ben Ainslie Racing and Team USA. Burling wants the Kiwi syndicate to reclaim top spot and says his mindset has shift-

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NZ clinch semis berth New Zealand have fought back from a goal down to beat Tahiti 4-1 and guarantee themselves a place in the semi-finals of the Oceania under-20 championship in Vanuatu. It was the second comfortable win for the Junior All Whites, who opened with a 3-0 win over the Cook Islands.

They will qualify for the last four regardless the result of Saturday’s final pool game against the unbeaten Solomon Islands. The top two teams will qualifying for next year’s under-20 World Cup in South Korea.

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Peter Burling and Blair Tuke ed completely, along with that of trimmer Tuke, from skiff sailing to the fast catamarans of the America’s Cup. “For the past four years we have had dual

goals we have been working towards, with the Olympics and the America’s Cup,” he said.

“With the gold medal now ticked off it feels good to now have a singular focus, being part of Team New Zealand.”

Skipper Glenn Ashby says while Burling and Tuke’s return is an enormous boost, he believes contesting the Portsmouth round without them could have long-term benefits, even though they struggled.

“We actually took a huge amount away from it,” he said. “Changing positions like we did to cover Pete and Blair’s absence, we gained a really valuable first hand understanding of each other’s roles onboard.”

Alongside Burling, Tuke and Ashby is tactician Ray Davies and grinder Guy Endean.

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The opening game of the two tests series between the New Zealand Junior Tall Ferns (JTFs) and China Under 19, played in front of a vociferous young crowd at Cowles Stadium Christchurch yesterday, was eventually won 72-64 by China. JTF’s Head Coach Brent Matehaere admitted before the game that it was going to be a mighty challenge taking on one of the Asian powerhouse teams. He said the challenge for him and his team will be to replicate the first half effort for a full twenty minutes when the two teams return to Cowles Stadium for the second game today at 7.30pm.

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Panthers unshaken Penrith star Trent Merrin believes the maturity and confidence of his teammates make up for a concerning lack of NRL finals experience. Merrin and fellow veteran Peter Wallace represent over half of the 23 finals games played by the team named to take on Canterbury in Sunday’s elimination final. However Merrin said the team’s five-game winning streak, as well as their mature nature, holds them in good stead ahead of the do-or-die clash. - AAP

Meyers wants Titans win Former representative forward Brad Meyers believes Brisbane have had plenty of success and he’s desperate to see Gold Coast emerge victorious in tomorrow’s NRL elimination final. The ex-Queensland and Australia representative says his heart is firmly with the Titans when the two teams face off this weekend and he feels Gold Coast deserve their moment in the spotlight.

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Paralympians getting raw deal Fingers are crossed that all will be well when the Paralympic Games open in Rio today.

The build-up hasn’t been encouraging, with fears of banks of empty seats, budget problems, downgraded facilities and a shortfall of volunteers putting the wrong sort of attention on the Brazilian city.

Brazil is suffering the worst recession in decades and that has provided an unstable foundation for the Games.

Venues have been scaled down and the Deodoro Olympic Park, the second largest cluster of venues, was partly closed recently.

Some events have been relocated to the main Olympic park.

Big screens have been taken down and 1900 temporary staff laid off.

It doesn’t bode well but the spirit will survive at these Games for those who overcome physical and intellectual handicaps to compete every four years, as their able-bodied colleagues do a few weeks earlier.

The profile of the Paralympics in New Zealand has lifted substantially in recent years, in large part due to an increasing awareness of the country’s best com-

Kiwi Paralympian Mary Fisher is a medal prospect in Rio, having won gold, two silvers and a bronze in 2012.

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petitors, such as swimmers Sophie Pascoe and Mary Fisher.

New Zealand have sent a team of 31 – bolstered by two late inclusions, para canoe athlete Scott Martlew and para cyclist Fraser Sharp – and will contest six sports; cycling, athletics, swimming, sailing, shooting and canoeing.

The additions came out of the IPC decision on August 7 to sus-

pend the Russian National Paralympic Committee in a spin-off from the systematic doping violations which cast a dark cloud over the Olympic Games.

New Zealand have had a strong presence on the Paralympic stage since first competing at Tel Aviv in 1968.

Twenty years ago, swimmer Duane Kale won six individual medals, including four world re-

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by Pascoe in London in 2012.

Four years ago, New Zealand won 17 medals, and the title of most successful nation on the medals per capita table, and among the ambitions of this year’s team is to win 18 medals – which would match the record number won at the Olympic Games – and retain that title. When the third New Zealand medal is won it will lift the country’s all-time Paralympic tally to 200 – all bar three won at summer Paralympics.

The spotlight will be on Brazil and its treatment of disabled people during the Paralympics.

“The situation in Rio is very difficult,” Theresa Costa d’Amaral, of the Brazilian Institute for the Rights of People with Disabilities, said.

“People are put at the margin of society because a wheelchair can’t get on a bus, or because there aren’t enough schools teaching Braille,” Costa d’Amaral said.

“People with disabilities have to fight a lot to have their basic right to access health and education. It’s not an easy life, being disabled in Rio.” - NZME

Paralympian considering euthanasia A Paralympic star from Belgium is considering ending her life after the Rio Games, because her health problems have become so bad.

The 37-year-old Marieke Vervoot, who suffers from incurable spinal degenerative disease, is considering euthanasia. It is reported that she can hardly sleep Marieke Vervoot at night, and the pain caused by her condition causes her to faint regularly.

French newspaper Le Parisien reported her saying: “Everybody sees me laugh with my gold medal, but no one sees the dark side. I suffer greatly, sometimes sleeping only 10 minutes a night – and still go for the gold. Rio is my last wish.”

She told the Daily Express: “I have a bucket list, including stunt flying, and I have started thinking about euthanasia.”

Vervoot won gold and silver in the 100m and 200m T52 sprints in London four years ago.

Confined to a wheelchair, she said the deterioration meant she would be considering euthanasia after returning to Belgium.

The Daily Mail said she was tormented by pain every day and quoted one of her diary entries.

She competed in the 2007 Hawaii Ironman and also played wheelchair basketball, after a rare disease paralysed her in 2000. Euthanasia – requiring the written consent of three doctors – was legalised in Belgium in 2002.

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Holly Robinson

Robinson named flagbearer Holly Robinson has been selected to lead the New Zealand Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Team into the Maracana Stadium today.

The announcement came as the New Zealand flag was officially raised in the Paralympic Village and the team assembled to receive a special pounamu taonga, gifted by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu.

The 31-strong team become the latest additions to an expected global contingent of 4350 athletes from 160 countries, gathering to compete in the world’s largest multi-sport event for disabled athletes. New Zealand will contest six Para-Sports, chasing a target of 18 medals in total, including 12 gold medals.

The 21-year-old Hokitika native, currently number one in the world in the Women’s Javelin F46, was overwhelmed to be named.

“I feel so privileged and humbled to be named as the flagbearer for the New Zealand Paralympic Team.

“I am so excited to lead the team and to know that all our supporters, especially my family, are watching us will make the honour extraordinarily special,” she said.

Coincidentally, the pounamu taonga gifted to the team was sourced from Arahura River near Hokitika.

Robinson has a long and proud history in Para-Athletics, trying it for the first time at the age of 7.

By 12, Robinson had competed in her first international event for New Zealand.

In 2011, as a 16-year-old, Robinson made the decision to fully commit to her dream of becoming a Paralympian, accepting a scholarship to train in Dunedin under well respected Para-Athletics coach, Raylene Bates. The move proved to be a pivotal one.

Robinson rose immediately through the international rankings and was selected to the New Zealand London 2012 Paralympic Games Team by 17, finishing seventh. Her current position of world number one makes Robinson a very strong contender for a medal in Rio. Robinson also found time to give back to her local community.

She spent six weeks coaching and supporting the ParaFed Otago athletics team that competed in the 2016 Halberg Junior Disability Games.

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■ RUGBY SEVENS

Search on for new coach

By CampBell Burnes There appears to be three main candidates to replace the incomparable Sir Gordon Tietjens in the New Zealand rugby sevens role.

If New Zealand Rugby opted for the most obvious and qualified, it would signal a departure from their preference for appointing only New Zealanders to national head coaching roles.

Chief executive Steve Tew has not ruled out a foreigner taking the helm.

Ben Ryan is English, but is now an honorary Fijian after guiding the island nation to the last two World Series titles and their first Olympic gold medal in Rio. Job done, he stepped away from the role only days ago, so is a free agent.

Ryan is a decent bloke and would no doubt thrive on the challenge of making New Zealand great again at sevens. He knows the scene, the game and

Sir Gordon Tietjens the players, and should be target No 1 for New Zealand Rugby, provided he is keen to do it.

Tietjens himself said the new coach needs to be “proven”. Ryan fits that bill.

Sean Horan is, like Tietjens, Bay of Plenty-domiciled, and may

fancy the challenge of coaching the men after he oversaw a silver medal for our women in Rio. If he won the job, there would be no need for any training base change from Mt Maunganui’s Gordon Tietjens Field.

One of the names mentioned even prior to Tietjens stepping down was Scott Waldrom, the former All Black who played five tournaments for the national sevens side over eight seasons.

Waldrom has good knowledge and took Wellington to the 2014 national provincial cup title.

North Harbour’s John McKittrick and Geoff Alley have a wealth of knowledge – McKittrick even co-wrote a book on 7s with Eric Rush.

DJ Forbes was also touted as one who could seamlessly move into coaching, but this position might be too early for him.

There are just under three months until the first leg of the 2016-17 World Series in Dubai.

One would hope a candidate is named sooner rather than later, because there is a heap of rugby, either Mitre 10 Cup or development level and even national schools, to absorb for potential players.

Tietjens, one of the great talent scouts with close to 50 All Blacks emerging from his teams, watched the most rugby no one else watched. He knew Super Rugby would pounce on the obvious talents. But it was the uncut gems he was so adept at discovering.

Tietjens did that for 22 years, ever since he replaced Peter Thorburn in 1994 as a 38-yearold with a clear vision on how sevens should be played and trained.

There was a feeling he could go on forever, which is perhaps why there was no solid succession plan. But the new coach will surely have “Titch” on speed dial.

- NZME

■ BOWLS

Auckland to host the T20 of bowls in 2017 Bowls’ version of T20 is set to arrive in Auckland early next year with confirmation the Bowls Premier League will be staged on the North Shore in late February.

The North Shore Events Centre and Sunnybrae Bowling Club are set to co-host the event which will attract a number of the world’s best lawn bowlers for a high energy, entertainment-focused tournament televised live.

Australian Commonwealth Games and World Championship gold-medal winning star Mark Casey has been involved in putting the concept together.

“The format is designed to attract new people to our sport through quick, exciting play,” Casey said.

“The games are short – they go for about 45 minutes – it is very entertaining and not like bowls people have seen before.

“That is what we are aiming towards – a bit like the T20 in cricket or even darts to an extent. Our crowds are always higher and pretty loud.”

Casey says the hope is that the concept will take off in New Zealand and will become a regular fixture on the calendar each year.

“BPL has been running for three years now,” Casey says.

“Each year the event has grown so it is now become not only one of the biggest events on our calendar but on World Bowls’ calendar.

“We look like forming a really good partnership with Bowls New Zealand. While it is only a one-year agreement at the moment we look forward to having it here long-term. We would look to form a three-year partnership if it all goes well.”

A temporary artificial green will be set up at the North Shore

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In brief Slater helps Munster Injured fullback Billy Slater won’t physically take part in Melbourne’s NRL premiership push but the superstar is still helping the Storm.

He managed just one game this season because of a shoulder injury and the 33-year-old is no certainty to return in 2017. Slater could be excused for seeking solitude in September but he has remained a sounding board for protege Cameron Munster, who looms as a key player in Saturday night’s AAMI Park qualifying final between Storm and North Queensland.

- AAP

Gurr Eels new CEO Parramatta have appointed Bernie Gurr as the club’s new CEO until the end of the 2019 NRL season. Gurr was the Sydney Roosters’ boss for nine seasons, overseeing eight straight finals series, three grand finals and the 2002 premiership. He has spent the past nine years with the Crown Worldwide Group in the United States, but will begin to rebuild the club after its horror year when he starts in late October.

- AAP

Brumbies sign Godwin The Brumbies have turned to rising star Kyle Godwin to replenish their midfield for at least the next two Super Rugby seasons. After months of negotiations, the ACT franchise confirmed the 24-yearold centre will join them from 2017 after five years at the Western Force. Godwin has been one of the Force’s best players since making his debut in 2012, although injuries limited him to 52 games. He is pushing to make his Wallabies debut against South Africa in the Rugby Championship on Saturday night.

- AAP

Euros ‘deserve places’ Will Genia has laughed off criticism of European-based Wallabies and says those who are in the team deserve to be there. The 28-year-old, who plays his club rugby for Stade Francais in Paris, has re-established himself as Australia’s first-choice halfback after missing the three-Test series against England in June due to a knee injury. Along with winger Drew Mitchell, Genia is one of just two remaining players in Wallabies squad for the Rugby Championship who don’t play in Super Rugby.

- AAP

Daley, Gould slam NRL

Ali Forsyth will be defending his world title on home turf early next year.

Events Centre for the televised night matches while nearby Sunnybrae Bowling Club is likely to host three matches each day on traditional grass greens.

Casey says the venue at the NSEC will be first rate.

“That will be a first for bowls.

There will be a world class facility for us to use with grandstands on one side with a corporate area on the other side so it is going to be sensational for the players to play on.

“There will be three games played during the day and it is likely we will be using Sunnybrae Bowling Club as a host venue for

that, which is located right near the North Shore Events Centre. Players will then come over to the Events Centre at night to play the television games, which will be live on Sky Sport and also back in Australia on Fox Sports.”

Seven Australian teams and one New Zealand side will compete at the tournament and Casey says the Kiwis should be one of the teams to beat again.

“The New Zealand team is the defending champions with Ali Forsyth, Shannon McIlroy and of course Jo Edwards and they will go really well again this year.”

There is $100,000 prizemoney

up for grabs so while the event will be of a carnival atmosphere there is a big incentive for players to produce their best.

“There is word that Alex Marshall will be playing once again.

He is Scottish and is the world’s best player at the moment and has been for a while.

“That would be a major drawcard if we can get Alex involved.

“Ryan Bester, the Canadian superstar, is already confirmed and of course the Australians will be there - Aron Sheriff, Karen Murphy and Lynsey Clark - so all the names are there.”

- NZME

Two of rugby league’s most powerful men, Laurie Daley and Phil Gould, have united to condemn the NRL judicial system over the handling of the shoulder charge debacle. Canberra fullback Jack Wighton will be free to play Cronulla in Saturday’s qualifying final after being cleared of a grade two shoulder charge at the NRL judiciary on Tuesday night. Faced with a four-week ban, Wighton challenged the match review committee’s charge, with the judiciary taking just five minutes to exonerate him. NSW coach Laurie Daley said that confidence in the match review committee and judiciary had evaporated and called for an overhaul of the process. “No one’s got any confidence in it and I think a lot of people are confused about what constitutes dangerous contact.”

- AAP

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Waikato harness Today at Cambridge Raceway

Fields for Harness Racing Waikato Inc meeting at Cambridge Raceway today. NZ meeting number: 5. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9.

1 5.44pm (NZT) FAIRVIEW MOTORS AMATEUR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE $6000, 5yo+ up to & including r62 +claimers mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 75756 Jack Bates (1) fr .............................G Cronin 2 90006 Lucky Luciano (2) fr .......................S Phillips 3 98090 Corroboree (3) fr .......................... A Tidswell 4 12960 Shards Phoenix (4) fr ........................S Wigg 5 32782 A Chance To Dream (5) fr ................J Darby 6 96394 Easy For Cullen (6) fr ........................W Rich 7 67921 Zakspatrol (7) fr........................D Blakemore 8 12777 Elliot Daniel (8) fr ..............................C Wigg 9 490x6 Brydon Delight (21) fr ..................... T Thorby 10 00373 Shardon’s Pearl (22) fr ..................S Butcher 2 6.11pm BRECKON FARMS HANDICAP TROT $6000, up to r49 & others with cond. spechcp trot, stand, 2200m 1 Great Excuses (1) fr ..................D McGowan 2 87 Helen Shapiro (2) fr................... J Abernethy 3 6x236 Lundqvist (3) fr .........................G Wolfenden 4 4805x Awa Cathrine (4) fr ..........................D Moore 5 44001 Harry H (U1) fr ..........................S Abernethy

M3 Fields for Waikato Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Cambridge Raceway today. NZ meeting number: 3.

Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11.

1 12.10pm (NZT) HAPPY BIRTHDAY GARY SHARP SPRINT C0, 375m 1 58322 Our Mystro nwtd P & ..................... J Cleaver 2 7837 Breeze Attack nwtd ...................... M J Lozell 3 35388 Blame The Clown nwtd ...................T Patton 4 84764 Wong Way nwtd U & .........................Cottam 5 66622 Mid Collison nwtd ............................ T Green 6 55 Bobanuska nwtd ............................. L Martin 7 54554 My Friend Mike nwtd .................. W Toomath 8 583 Amazing Contact nwtd ......................B Bond 9 867 One Anna Half nwtd W & ................T Steele 10 8 Fushidara nwtd ............................... L Martin 2 12.28pm YGOT BONUS SCHEME SPRINT C1, 375m 1 88486 Preoccupied 21.78 R & ...............N O’Regan 2 68735 Rocky McAwesome nwtd U & ...........Cottam 3 11744 Raging Demon 21.85 U & .....................Bliek 4 32127 Lethal Action nwtd........................ H Mullane 5 71776 Agent Schrader 21.69 .......................B Craik 6 66545 Podium Bonus nwtd W &.................T Steele 7 454F6 Uno Nathan 21.75 B & ....................... Steele 8 74366 Chateau Neuf 21.70 ........................P Green 9 46757 Mary’s Bad Boy 21.85 R & ..........N O’Regan

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x7500 No Ordinary Sun (1) 30 ...............M Salaivao 45255 Jomo (2) 30 ................................ J Robinson x0842 Donna May (3) 30 .................... M McKendry 97434 Meyer Lansky (4) 30 .....................T Mitchell 73202 Danke (5) 30 .................................. G Martin 35563 Mr Natural (6) 30 ..................... T Macfarlane 3 6.38pm PRINTECH CAMBRIDGE JUNIOR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE $6000, 4yo+ up to & including r47 mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 2200m 1 75642 Sifty Tuesday (1) fr ............... M Reynolds (J) 2 87800 Darjeeling Bromac (2) fr ...... E Isherwood (J) 3 08950 Cut The Cards (3) fr ................ T Lethaby (J) 4 65799 Youbetteryoubet (4) fr ............ S Grayling (J) 5 82270 Chrissie Jet (5) fr....................M Johnson (J) 6 08774 Drover’s Eyre (6) fr .....................R Argue (J) 7 65860 Flanyattice (7) fr ................. J MacKinnon (J) 8 97366 Soldier (8) fr ......................... D Ferguson (J) 9 97983 Count Landeck (21) fr ................ A Drake (J) 4 7.11pm GOLD ACE AT NEVELE R STUD F&M MOBILE PACE $6000, cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 21029 Up All Nite (1) fr .............................S Phelan 2 84x55 Kellanda Babe (2) fr ......................T Mitchell 3 Bubbles O’Leary (3) fr ...................P Butcher 4 Youshallnotpass (4) fr............... M McKendry

5 62225 Stars Delight (5) fr ........................ D Butcher 6 46x Opoutama (6) fr............................ B Mangos 7 66938 Machineguns N Gems (7) fr ........ K Marshall 8 90098 Ninotchka (8) fr .............................. L Adams 9 30x60 Genociate (21) fr ........................R Argue (J) 10 775 Love American Style (22) fr.. D Ferguson (J) 11 970x Olivia’s Secret (23) fr.................S Abernethy 12 8353 Brookes Rose (24) fr ................. J Abernethy 13 960 Spirit Of Love (25) fr .......................M Collins 5 7.36pm CHARLIE BLACKWELL MEMORIAL HANDICAP TROT $7000, 5yo+ r60 & faster discrhcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 1000x My Sky (1) fr.............................. J Abernethy 2 42521 Gotta Go Twinkle (2) fr ......... D Ferguson (J) 3 87641 Creamee (3) fr...............................T Mitchell 4 60x58 Yaldy Boyz (4) fr ........................S Abernethy 5 37674 Southland Reflector (5) fr ...........R Argue (J) 6 49200 Little Bro (U1) fr...............................H Cullen 7 10859 Franco Nadal (U1) 10....................P Butcher 8 63147 Monseigneur (1) 20 ..................... K Marshall 9 10176 Sunset Peak (U1) 20 .................... D Butcher 6 8.07pm BRECKON FARMS MOBILE PACE $7000, 4yo+ r55 to r70, r71 to r72 with cond. +claimers mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 70x59 Spare Change (1) fr ..................S Abernethy

2 156x Alta Valencia (2) fr ........................ B Mangos 3 381x5 Tiger Tamer (3) fr ........................ K Marshall 4 11780 Red Magic (4) fr ....................... M McKendry 5 2137x Our Wicklow (5) fr ..........................S Phelan 6 95685 Charleston Belle (6) fr ...................P Butcher 7 71199 Chevrons Easy (7) fr ................. J Abernethy 8 64646 Major Change (8) fr J MacKinnon (J, .......Cl) 9 06712 Lincolns Keepsake (21) fr ............ D Butcher 10 1231x Westwind Flyer (22) fr ...................T Mitchell 11 32248 On The Razzle (23) fr D Ferguson (J, ......Cl) 12 03164 Stunin Banner (24) fr A Drake (J, .............Cl) 7 8.34pm CHANGEOVER AT NEVELE R STUD MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ up to & including r55, r56 to r58 with cond. mob. ..., mobile, 2200m 1 84327 Van Eva (1) fr ............................... B Mangos 2 37482 Rangi Rangdu (2) fr .......................S Phelan 3 96810 Benji Maguire (3) fr .....................M Salaivao 4 56307 Bennyandthejets (4) fr ...............S Abernethy 5 46513 Aces N Eights (5) fr ..................... K Marshall 6 08300 Awesome Dude (6) fr ..................A Poutama 7 P60x1 Raschker (7) fr ..............................T Mitchell 8 86x48 Tazzy’s Devil (8) fr ........................ D Butcher 9 x2482 Turnbulls (21) fr ..................................L Neal 10 352x6 Gotta Go Jet Away (22) fr......... M McKendry 11 42033 Gotta Go Electobet (23) fr .............P Butcher

12 281x Dreamy Nights (24) fr.............. T Macfarlane 13 04980 Speak Up (25) fr R Argue (J,....................Cl) 8 9.02pm DUNSTAN FEEDS HANDICAP TROT $6500, 5yo+ up to & including r59 spechcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 90x36 Rarangi Jewel (1) fr .....................A Poutama 2 73202 Danke (2) fr .................................... G Martin 3 05349 I Got Rhythm (3) fr ...................... K Marshall 4 79795 Mob Star (U1) fr ........................S Abernethy 5 92210 Chevrons Sweetheart (1) 10 ...........M Wallis 6 10D Inkyroe (2) 10 .......................... T Macfarlane 7 9x345 Saint Michel (U1) 10 .................... B Mangos 8 1630x Springfield Hugh (U2) 10 ...... S Cruickshank 9 05919 Cool Son (U3) 10 ..........................P Butcher 9 9.27pm JAMES WAIKATO TAB’S MOBILE PACE $6000, cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 0725x Spyda (1) fr ....................................S Phelan 2 064x7 Kilkenny Turk (2) fr ....................S Abernethy 3 0 Quick Cullen (3) fr ..................... J Abernethy 4 3 Hezaluckygrinner (4) fr..................N Chilcott 5 Keep On Rockin (5) fr ............J Crawford (J) 6 2 The C E O (6) fr ............................P Butcher 7 0x68x Rev The Chev (7) fr ...................... D Butcher 8 3x Runrunjimmydunn (8) fr ........... M McKendry

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway 10 75867 Miss Bunnythorpe nwtd U &..............Cottam 12.46pm HAUTAPU VETERINARY CLINIC SPRINT C2, 375m 1 12725 Scott Tied Up nwtd U & .....................Cottam 2 23211 Electric Dee Eye 21.36 ...................P Green 3 42x13 Coruba Rage 21.58........................ G Farrell 4 48387 Skyler White 21.50 ............................B Craik 5 51835 Skinny Ankles 21.33 ...................... P Lowen 6 41247 Zipping Jane nwtd ............................. D Hunt 7 76337 Eva Kaneva 21.51 ............................ S Clark 8 42218 Sacred Can You 21.28 R & .........N O’Regan 9 51566 Opawa Libby 21.81 B & ..................... Steele 10 26658 Atoonga Air 21.17 ........................... T Green 4 1.03pm COUPLANDS DOG BISCUITS SPRINT C4/5, 375m 1 21215 Pay Da Trail 20.80 ........................... K Walsh 2 32138 Zipping Steve 21.16 ...................D Schofield 3 12236 Jump Up 21.22............................. H Mullane 4 4x115 Redneck Crazy 21.16....................... S Clark 5 347F1 Nangar Star 20.86......................D Schofield 6 61161 Tee Kay Yapper 21.26 ...................... S Clark 7 14132 Simple And Plain 21.06.....................B Craik 8 46143 Country Gun 20.87.......................... K Walsh 9 36875 Powder Jack 21.25 .........................G J Hore 5 1.21pm VEHICLE SERVICES SPRINT C1, 375m 1 84474 Embrace Me 21.60........................... S Clark

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7 882x8 Rock Lass 21.19 ........................D Schofield 4 54641 Our Sambo 25.80......................... M J Lozell 2 4F753 Cookie Monster nwtd ........................B Craik 5 55612 Multicam Ranger 25.95 ..............D Schofield 3 66328 Jinja Mia 21.65 W & ........................T Steele 8 25423 Boris Gump nwtd ............................. S Clark 6 61261 Spud Missile 25.43........................... S Clark 4 87388 Here Without You 21.78 R &........N O’Regan 9 6288x Fabio nwtd B & ................................... Steele 7 64557 Who Dat Boy 25.65 ...................... H Mullane 10 27576 Diva Pose 21.44 M & ....................... J Smith 5 16856 Shot Gun Harry 21.40 .................. H Mullane 8 33735 Kinloch Osti 25.95 .............................C Hore 6 45386 Zipping Ringo nwtd ........................... D Hunt 9 74122 Olivia 25.79 ............................... A Lawrence 10 2.47pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION STAKES 7 73366 Idol Butcher nwtd B & ........................ Steele 8 66854 Bill Rush 21.65 ............................. H Mullane 10 32382 Golden Ivy 25.59 W & .....................T Steele SERIES HEAT 1 C1q, 457m 1 62743 Moochi nwtd .............................. A Lawrence 9 26765 Stainless Knocka nwtd U & ...................Bliek 8 2.12pm BOX1 GOLD SPRINT C3, 375m 2 22113 Augello 25.89 ............................ A Lawrence 10 55578 Thrilling Carter 21.24 U & .................Cottam 1 63461 Nippo nwtd ...................................... L Martin 6 1.38pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD SPRINT 2 81861 Dipsy Lala 21.31 U & ........................Cottam 3 25856 Electric Impulse nwtd W & ..............T Steele 4 67711 Bouncie Al nwtd .............................. T Green 3 72437 Simply Sam 21.27 ......................D Schofield C2, 375m 5 42861 Opawa Merc nwtd .............................C Hore 4 81648 Sonic Attack 21.25 ....................... M J Lozell 1 51146 Coruba Cate 21.34......................... G Farrell 6 33242 Nangar Gem 25.98 ....................D Schofield 5 61268 Who Rocks 21.39......................... H Mullane 2 8x248 Dandy Star nwtd ............................... D Hunt 7 1111 Thrilling Ryder nwtd ........................ K Walsh 6 33771 Go Andwyn 21.31 ............................ S Clark 3 17424 Mr. Mumbles 21.39 R &...............N O’Regan 8 44665 Mr. Fuss Pot nwtd........................B Littlejohn 7 67416 Sometime Soon 21.34 ......................B Craik 4 12768 Cool Marlow nwtd ........................... T Green 8 33438 Rockin’ Fancy 21.26 ...................D Schofield 11 3.06pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION STAKES 5 55137 Scott The Looks 21.56 U & ...............Cottam 9 62488 Baymax 21.40 ...................................B Craik 6 F6225 Umaga Rama 21.34 B & .................... Steele 7 27452 Jinja Luca 21.24 W & ......................T Steele 10 24554 Gumbalanya 21.25 .........................P Henley SERIES HEAT 2 C1q, 457m 8 46114 Scott No Show nwtd.......................... D Hunt 9 2.29pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT 1 47848 Deceptive Lad nwtd...................... M J Lozell 2 84374 Opawa Paul nwtd W & ....................T Steele 9 84888 Lady Jane 21.44 B &.......................... Steele C4, 375m 3 56452 Zanato nwtd .............................. A Lawrence 10 64786 Spinel 21.38 ......................................S Ross 1 55571 Rocky Boy 21.15 ...............................B Craik 7 1.55pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS STAKES 2 12537 Ekali 21.56 ..................................... G Farrell 4 63578 Golfing Buddy 26.25 R & ............N O’Regan 5 36411 Mini Bike 25.99 ............................ H Mullane 3 13413 Unileven 21.47 ...........................D Schofield C2/3, 457m 6 77412 Willi Gas It nwtd ......................... G Pomeroy 4 78876 Our Heisenberg 21.19.......................B Craik 1 65644 Jinja Roman 25.91 W & ..................T Steele 7 71281 Estee 26.24 ............................... A Lawrence 5 65663 Rampion nwtd ...................................C Hore 2 43187 Crying In Vegas 25.85 ...................... S Clark 8 55787 Montana 26.04 ................................P Green 6 32265 Solarian 21.21 ...................................S Ross 3 73434 Instant Success nwtd .................D Schofield

Taranaki gallops Today at New Plymouth raceway

Fields for Taranaki Racing Club meeting at New Plymouth today. NZ meeting number: 4. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7.

1 12.37pm (NZT) TARANAKI STEELFORMERS MDN $7000, MDN, 2000m 1 44557 Master Patrick (1) 58.5 ...............L Hemi (a1) 2 455 Des De Jeu (13) 58.5 ........... T Johnson (a3) 3 59x94 Make Big (4) 58.5..........................M Tanaka 4 60P7P And Thatz Scotty (3) 58.5 .......... Z Moki (a3) 5 Mesmerize (8) 58.5 ...................S McKay (a) 6 99x06 Okay Jack (6) 58.5 ......................... J Parkes 7 77570 Three Kingdoms (11) 58.5 .L Magorrian (a1) 8 06582 Dowry Duty (9) 56.5 ................. K McCulloch 9 30736 Ma Belle Kate (7) 56.5 10 09x30 She’s Half Irish (2) 56.5...................R Myers 11 33689 Carrington Park (10) 56.5 .....C Waddell (a4) 12 x5860 Jasmine Maree (5) 56.5 ..................S Collett 13 73798 Zimmabelle (12) 56.5 2 1.12pm GRAPHIX EXPLOSION MDN $7000, MDN,

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1100m 5 07063 She’s A Rock h (3) 56.5 ....R Goldsbury (a2) 1 3400x Terracotta Warrior (10) 58.5 . T Johnson (a3) 6 0 Agooddeal h (7) 56.5 ......................S Collett 2 Kaboom (1) 58.5 ............................ J Parkes 7 Porcelain Princess (4) 56.5 ............ J Parkes 3 0 Roadworx h (2) 58.5 .................B Hong (a4) 8 90. Shinelikeadiamond h (2) 54 ......B Hong (a4) 4 x932x Always Ready bh (9) 56.5 ........ K McCulloch 4 2.22pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES F&M 5 2x48x Madame Defarge h (3) 56.5 ............D Turner R65 $12,000, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and 6 6x356 Victorias Legacy h (7) 56.5 .......A Chan (a3) Mares*, 1400m 7 7x643 Lipstick (6) 56.5...................... S Wahab (a4) 1 x2212 Art Deco tdmbh (7) 60 ..............A Chan (a3) 8 650x0 Carnation h (11) 56.5 ................ D Hirini (a2) 2 x6412 Mendip tmh (1) 60 ...........................R Myers 9 Madam Makfi (5) 56.5 ................L Hemi (a1) 3 16 Such A One m (5) 58.5 ..............L Hemi (a1) 10 Tuscan Whistler (4) 56 ..................M Tanaka 4 7x310 Vitalia d (4) 58 ...........................S McKay (a) 11 7. Billie Budd (12) 54...........................S Collett 5 15576 Tara Toa t (6) 57.5 ...................... Z Moki (a3) 12 Vencedora h (8) 54..........................R Myers 6 0588x Sakura th (2) 56 ..............................S Collett 3 1.47pm LINWOOD PARK “ECHOES OF HEAVEN” 7 88300 Ellies Empress th (3) 55 ................M Tanaka MDN $7000, MDN, 1400m 5 2.57pm STELLA ARTOIS MDN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 33 Valentia bh (8) 58.5 .........................D Turner 1 96x52 Precious Percy (4) 58.5...................S Collett 2 90763 Dal Talisker (5) 58.5 ...................L Hemi (a1) 2 50265 Our Roberto (1) 58.5.................S McKay (a) 3 75x53 Get Lucky (1) 58.5 ................... K McCulloch 3 03503 Showyouhow (10) 58.5 4 4x800 Marquateer h (6) 58.5 .....................R Myers 4 x5734 Touch ‘N Go (7) 58.5 ..................L Hemi (a1)

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95x80 Rocfive (9) 58.5 .............................M Tanaka Dal Kilchoan (8) 58.5 ........... T Johnson (a3) 60224 Bella Blue (12) 56.5 ...........L Magorrian (a1) 32028 Into The Mystic (3) 56.5 ........... K McCulloch 68x92 Rhiannon (11) 56.5 .........................R Myers 00494 Porotene Mhia (5) 56.5 ...................D Turner 8 Soleseifei (2) 56.5 .......................... J Parkes x5860 Jasmine Maree (6) 56.5 6 3.35pm LINWOOD PARK “EKRAAR” R85 1800 $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1800m 1 14568 King Nero tdmh (1) 60............ S Wahab (a4) 2 652Lx Cheese Maker b (7) 59.5 ........... Z Moki (a3) 3 7415x Alinko Prince tdmb (6) 58............... J Parkes 4 50673 Mangaroa Flo Jo tdm (3) 56.5.. K McCulloch 5 26540 Brave Kat mh (2) 56.5 .....................D Turner 6 10450 The Graduate tmh (5) 56 ..... T Johnson (a3) 7 83235 Perfectlyenchanted (10) 55.5 .....L Hemi (a1) 8 14734 Time Bomb tdmh (4) 55 ..................R Myers 9 41538 Silver Court tm (8) 54.5 .............A Chan (a3)

10 04905 Landlord tdmh (9) 54.......................S Collett 4.12pm LINWOOD PARK “GIANT’S STEPS” R65 1800 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1800m 1 4276x Heistheone tdh (8) 60 .....................R Myers 2 34160 Nitro Ted tm (9) 60 ..........................D Turner 3 05178 Hayley Ann m (2) 56.5 ....................S Collett 4 03668 Real Winners m (5) 56 5 35108 Sparcling Thyme (4) 55.5 ..............M Tanaka 6 15576 Tara Toa t (10) 55.5 .................... Z Moki (a3) 7 66276 Cuzzie Charlie (6) 55.5 .............S McKay (a) 8 x0080 Paddy Jo m (7) 55 ..............L Magorrian (a1) 9 60469 Chonney t (1) 54.5 .....................L Hemi (a1) 10 51805 Empire Lass tmh (3) 54............. D Hirini (a2) Blinkers on : Zimmabelle (R1), Madame Defarge (R2), Marquateer, Agooddeal (R3), Precious Percy (R5), Perfectlyenchanted (R6) Blinkers off : Master Patrick (R1), Into The Mystic (R5), Cuzzie Charlie (R7), Winkers on : Such A One (R4) Winkers off : Madame Defarge (R2)

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway

Fields for Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meet- 3 4.37pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO THURSDAY 5 66745 Pianissimo nwtd .......................... B I Conner ing at Addington Raceway today. NZ meeting number: 6 23816 Tamara May nwtd ............................ M Grant PLACE PICK STAKES C4, 520m 9. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 7 73517 Hip Hop Sofia nwtd ................... A Bradshaw 1 41382 Boston Heart nwtd ......................B Freeman 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 8 18651 Cawbourne Eski nwtd ..............Matt Roberts 2 23722 Lektra Concord 30.72 ....................G Cleeve 10, 11 and 12.

3 43167 Know Scholar 30.53 .......................G Cleeve 6 5.34pm KINGSTON CUP HEAT 2 C2dq, 732m 1 3.52pm (NZT) CHRISTCHURCHGREYHOUNDS. 4 11231 Nozzno Fear 30.37.................... A Bradshaw 1 23131 Can’t Catch Tim 43.52 .................. R Adcock CO.NZ SPRINT C4, 295m 2 18327 Crystal Flame nwtd ......................... M Grant 5 71877 Breaking Mad 30.57 ........................ M Grant 1 11445 Fliberty Jiberty 17.32 ....................... B Dann 3 11252 Teemaria 43.98 ......................... A Lawrence 6 55227 Trust Issues 30.04 J &.....................D Fahey 2 73224 Harsesis 17.42 ..........................R Blackburn 4 66324 Long Stockings nwtd ................. A Bradshaw 7 34535 Dad’s Ambition 30.49 ...................... M Grant 3 44116 Magic Dozer 17.37 .................... G T Bennett 5 64461 Phantom Way nwtd L & ...................... Morris 8 43547 Chippa Lata 29.92.....................R Blackburn 4 41775 Collecting Money 17.27 .................. M Grant 6 34726 Zipping Piper nwtd ...................... B I Conner 9 48643 Luminary 30.16 .........................R Blackburn 5 48174 Red Margin 17.43 ........................... M Grant 7 13525 Goldstar Coco nwtd S &.................. B Evans 6 45124 Grand Apache 17.09 S & ................ B Evans 4 4.52pm KOLORFUL KANVAS DASH C4, 295m 8 66617 Lagoon Mytye nwtd ......................C Roberts 1 65248 Southern Blue 17.17 .......................M Cutler 7 42352 Ohoka Billy 17.22 ......................... L Waretini 2 18667 Burn Early 17.27 J & .......................D Fahey 7 5.59pm NZ RACING SERIES GRADUATION HEAT 8 47146 Go Poppy 17.29 M & .......................P Binnie 3 16111 Sopoaga 17.32.......................... A Bradshaw 1 NZRSq, 520m 9 48646 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith 1 25616 Homebush Howard 30.22 ......J T McInerney 4 75363 Roadworks 17.16 ............................ M Grant 10 27687 Patchwork Alice 17.09...................... B Dann 2 1x433 Jinja Squeak 30.30 J & ...................D Fahey Jackpot Jake 17.27 .......................... B Dann 2 4.17pm FAST ARCHER AT STUD SPRINT C5, 295m 56 44378 3 32135 Opawa Alex 30.79 L & ....................... Wales 24x48 Know Hero nwtd .............................G Cleeve 1 41464 Storming Norm nwtd ................... B I Conner 4 13588 Thrilling Cassie nwtd .............K A Gommans 7 53735 Opawa Val nwtd L & ........................... Wales 2 76115 New Thang 17.01 ...................... A Bradshaw 5 24412 Wears The Gold 30.58 .................C Roberts 8 33873 Maudie’s Babe 17.18 C & .................. Fagan 3 71332 Mickey Tee 16.95 .......................... R Adcock 6 6x656 Opawa Diesel 30.46 L & .................... Wales 9 16783 Dyna Quirk 17.11 .........................C Roberts 4 11366 Homebush Zippy 17.13 ..........J T McInerney 7 17778 Birchbrook 30.43 ........................... R Adcock 10 16875 Culvie Godfather 17.20 H & ................Taylor 5 51716 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 8 31153 Mischief Managed 30.73 ........... A Bradshaw 6 45631 Harkonen Bale 17.08 ...................C Roberts 5 5.11pm KINGSTON CUP HEAT 1 C2dq, 732m 9 63635 Steel The Gold nwtd........... Melissa Roberts 1 54416 Goldstar Jagger nwtd S & ............... B Evans 7 35263 Miss Fanning 17.36 .......................... B Dann 10 84657 Opawa Minstrel 30.57 L & .................. Wales 2 34363 Know Worth nwtd ...........................G Cleeve 8 64312 Homebush Rocky 17.17 .........J T McInerney 8 6.27pm NZ RACING SERIES GRADUATION HEAT 3 22411 Shandell 43.40 ..........................

A Lawrence 9 38551 Cathy Maree 17.17.......................... M Grant 10 58x17 Cawbourne Dozer 17.27 .................J Tanner 4 84658 Goldstar Avery nwtd S & ................. B Evans 2 NZRSq, 520m

5 55x22 American Warrior nwtd J & .............D Fahey 1 73451 Opawa Grunter 30.38 L & .................. Wales 6 17163 Rand 17.19 ............................J T McInerney 2 34722 Know Mention 30.06 ......................G Cleeve 7 11111 Swimming Goat 16.79........................C Weir 3 42143 Replica Yella 30.48 .......................... M Grant 8 11264 You’re The Best 17.24 .....................M Cutler 4 13157 Jinja Heart 30.49 J & ......................D Fahey 9 66375 Get Ready Freddy 17.12 ........... A Bradshaw 5 51876 Opawa Tracy 30.29 L & ...................... Wales 6 25251 Amino Trouble 30.68 ................. A Bradshaw 10 76115 New Thang 17.01 ...................... A Bradshaw 7 63444 Albie Jay 30.20 L & ............................ Wales 11 7.27pm WATERLOO CUP HEAT C5, 520m 8 86851 Max Stix 30.60 .............................C Roberts 1 71323 Opawa Kevin 30.16 J & ...................D Fahey 9 63635 Steel The Gold nwtd........... Melissa Roberts 2 28215 Opawa Norris 30.33 J & ..................D Fahey 10 83438 Homebush Spook nwtd ..........J T McInerney 3 65224 Majestic Action 30.00 J &................D Fahey 9 6.46pm NZ RACING SERIES GRADUATION HEAT 4 15171 Opawa Shackley 29.86 J & .............D Fahey 5 17351 Jon Snow Lives 30.40 ..................C Roberts 3 NZRSq, 520m 6 12565 Southern Lights 30.10 ...................... B Dann 1 74864 Super Bad nwtd ................. Melissa Roberts 7 34716 Botany Alan 30.46..................J T McInerney 2 51116 Opawa Zena 30.27 L & ...................... Wales 8 13111 Fekitoa 30.10 ................................ R Adcock 3 51121 Albie Punter 30.28 J & ....................D Fahey 9 28525 Berridale Lad 30.00............ N C W Wanhalla 4 22176 Opawa Jay Jay 30.77 L & .................. Wales 5 22211 Troublesome Brit nwtd .................C Roberts 10 35186 Ebert Bale 30.09 ..........................C Roberts 6 81242 Hello Blondie 30.29 ....................... R Adcock 12 7.46pm PROTEXIN DASH C4, 295m 7 77535 Another Message 30.42 .........J T McInerney 1 7872F Carnegie Hall 17.07 ........................ M Grant 8 51118 Know Value 30.44 ..........................G Cleeve 2 35842 Believe 17.10 ................................... B Dann 9 63635 Steel The Gold nwtd........... Melissa Roberts 3 41232 Magic Wizard 17.39 ...........................C Weir 10 17282 Odin Slayer 30.74 ..................... A Bradshaw 4 25351 Impersonator 17.27 ................... A Bradshaw 10 7.02pm ROBBIE’S BAR & BISTRO SPRINT FINAL 5 22857 Jinja Brian 17.15 .......................... A Waretini 6 62125 Expect Delay 17.31 ......................... M Grant C5f, 295m 7 85814 Cawbourne Sarah 17.28 .................J Tanner 1 47514 Backchat Harry 17.05 ............... A Bradshaw 8 44881 Ultra Action 17.24 S &..................... B Evans 2 71742 Homebush Kelso 17.04 ..........J T McInerney 9 16783 Dyna Quirk 17.11 .........................C Roberts 3 43341 Sally 17.18 ................................... L Waretini 4 52331 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 10 16875 Culvie Godfather 17.20 H & ................Taylor

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Mannering to lead Kiwis again Warriors lock Simon Mannering is poised to reclaim the Kiwis captaincy and playmaker Thomas Leuluai will start at fiveeighth in the end of year trans-tasman test against the Kangaroos in Perth ahead of their Four Nations defence in England in November.

The pair are among 11 Warriors named yesterday in coach Stephen Kearney’s initial 23-man training squad drawn from clubs that missed the NRL playoffs.

The group contains eight players who are yet to play for the national side, with Warriors backline utility David Fusitu’a, centre Solomone Kata, prop Sam Lisone and back-rower Bodene Thompson, joining Manly front-rower Addin Fonua-Blake, Sydney Roosters forward Isaac Liu, Wests Tigers centre Tim Simona, and Parramatta centre Brad Takairangi.

Thompson, Liu, and Takairangi have been part of Kiwis squads before, without actually taking the field.

Veteran Kiwis and fellow Warriors Shaun Johnson, Issac Luke, Manu Vatuvei, Ben Matulino, and one-test youngster Tui Lolohea are also among the squad.

Kearney confirmed Mannering as his first-choice skipper and that Leuluai will wear the No 6 jersey when New Zealand meet Australia at Nib Stadium on October 15, after both players missed last year’s end of season two-one series loss to England and the midseason trans-Tasman test defeat to Australia in May through illness and injury.

“I’ve always said that if Simon’s fit and ready to go he’ll be captain of the Kiwis,” said Kearney.

“That will be Tommy Leuluai,” he added when asked who would likely accompany Johnson in the Kiwis halves.

Matulino, Vatuvei, Thompson and Lisone have all been included after being stood down from test selection for the 16-0 loss to the Kangaroos in Newcastle in May, after admitting their involvement in the Warriors prescription pills and energy drinks scandal.

Kearney was happy to welcome the quartet back in from the cold but none are guaranteed spots in the final 24-man squad that will be named in the week after

the NRL grand final on October 2.

“They’ve all learned from their mistakes,” he said. “I know what they’re capable of ability-wise.

“But in terms of the team culture and what we’re trying to protect here with the Kiwi jersey, we’ll make that decision upon naming the side.”

Roosters prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves was another notable inclusion after dropping out of the selection frame following the Kiwis disappointing 2013 World Cup campaign.

Kearney was enthused by the 27-yearold’s form since returning from a knee injury which robbed him of a test recall last year, but acknowledged he faces some tough selection calls with numerous contenders for both the front-row and outside back positions.

“He was in the best form of his career last year so there’s a good chance he would have been selected.

“There’s a depth there now right particularly through the tight forwards and wing positions where it’s going to be tough.

“For me that’s going to be the most challenging part.”

Several Kiwis regulars are already ruled out through injury and other factors, including Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Peta Hiku, Dean Whare, Kieran Foran and Kodi Nikorima.

The first group of Kiwis train-on players named is:

Lewis Brown Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Addin Fonua-Blake Manly Warringah Sea Eagles David Fusitu’a Warriors Shaun Johnson Warriors Solomone Kata Warriors Shaun Kenny-Dowall Sydney Roosters Thomas Leuluai Warriors Sam Lisone Warriors Isaac Liu Sydney Roosters Tuimoala Lolohea Warriors Issac Luke Warriors Simon Mannering Warriors Ben Matulino Warriors Manu Ma’u Parramatta Eels Sam Moa Sydney Roosters Jason Nightingale St George Illawarra Dragons Tim Simona Wests Tigers Brad Takairangi Parramatta Eels Martin Taupau Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Elijah Taylor Wests Tigers Bodene Thompson Warriors Manu Vatuvei Warriors Jared Waerea-Hargreaves Sydney Roosters

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Adults $18, Door Sales $23 (fees apply)

Ben Hurley’s Earth Planet Show Fri, 25 Nov – 8.30pm

The well-known comedian takes us around every single country in the world, one joke at a time. Ben is brilliantly funny and his show will entertain a wide age group of people, making it ideal for the staff Christmas function.

Buffet meal for groups available.

Early bird until 17 Sept $23, then $33 (fees apply)

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New Zealand v Argentina Saturday, September 10, 7.30pm Come and watch it with us!

The biggest screen in town Members, guests and affiliates all welcome.

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For over 135 years, the Ashburton Guardian has been proudly delivering news to Mid Cantabrians.

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You will be selling into our daily newspaper, monthly farming publications – Guardian Farming and Dairy Focus - and our website to help rural clients promote their businesses effectively throughout our products.

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CERAMIC tiles - tile quality guaranteed - Tile Warehouse selection available at Redmonds Furnishing and Flooring, Burnett Street.

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For prompt reliable service contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Phone 308 8989.

30 years’ local service. Same day service if possible.

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WOODWICK candles. Treat yourself to the candle that crackles as it burns. Ginger flower, mint leaf, black cherry, bergamot and basil. Plus the popular odour neutralizing clean rain and citrus zest.

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ROYAL Albert sale 40% off selected patterns. Why not treat yourself or add to a friend’s collection. The China Shop in the Ashburton Arcade.

THE VERY Hungry Caterpillar mug and book set.

Gift boxed "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" mug and book set. Made by Portmeirion to celebrate this iconic children's book. $49.99 at Kitchen Kapers, The Arcade Ashburton. Tel 308 8287.

ALICE, brand new to Ashburton. Slim, blonde, busty. In/out calls including rural areas. Treat yourself to a classy lady. Phone 021 072 1155.

ASIAN lady is a gorgeous beauty. Busty, sexy, sweet, playful. Phone 021 100 3539.

SOPHIA - Succulent wild woman. No tattoos, clean, straight. Available 7 days.

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Daily Events Thursday

ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. OP shop second time around used clothing.

Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Havelock and Cass Street, entry Havelock Street.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. Open day for all members. 182 Methven Highway (Old Allenton Nurseries Packing Shed).

10am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz for preschoolers and caregivers, 48 Allen’s Road, Allenton.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main St. 10.15am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for

Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

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

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Stitch and chat. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social day, come and try it yourself. 115 Racecourse Rd. 7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. Learn to dance.

All welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

Friday

ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. St Andrew’s Church Hall, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

10am 50+.

An interesting speaker

with films. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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

9.30am - 11.00am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Fun exercise during term time. Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. New players welcome.

Enquiries to Clark Gillies 021-146-3619.

EA Networks Centre Stadium.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open for toy hire Thursday and Saturday, Methodist Baring Square Church hall.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST GOODWILL SHOP. Sell pre-loved second hand clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Street, Tinwald.

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): By taking only one or two

ACROSS 1. In the ascendant mode, print an altered form of it (11) 8. Ring one in two ways cleric might take (8) 9. A strain of character that takes blood to the heart (4) 10. A brief, non-u, Tuscan revolution (5) 13. Go back inside the French theatre box (4) 16. One may stagger around with a bit of film (4) 17. Hurry up with the bribe! (4) 18. Round of duty that’s yours and mine, on time initially (4) 20. Put this hut up to live together immorally (5) 24. How could one dispossess one in a famous test-case? (4) 25. Swamp one with tuna, and dine out (8) 26. Lido chap may pick out from his chalet here (7,4) DOWN 2. It is as hard as sweetmeat at the seaside (4) 3. Architectural order one portrayed in twisted cord (5) 4. Ogen is available in some London shops (5) 5. A block of bone in the ear (5) 6. The profanation of Creed is not a possibility (11) 7. Meet a branch that assembles in the waiting-room (11) 11. Finally (almost) he had the world on his shoulders (5) 12. Got an alternative mode of transport in India… (5) 14. … which was alternative to a Latin examination (4) 15. He is an admirer of the foppish dresser (4) 19. A deserter the Spanish related to a glutton (5) 21. Dye a heathen nation keeps for the hair (5) 22. He sees no good in democracy, nice though he is (5) 23. Something soothing with 14 for the castle (4)

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

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

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Across 1. Paginate 4. Pick 8. Log 9. Dower 10. Set 11. Creased 12. Delve 13. Double-agent 17. Chary 18. Protest 20. Ail 21. Nones 22. Awl 23. List 24. Slattern Down 1. Policy 2. Gigue 3. Towed 5. Insulin 6. Kitten 7. Prodigious 9. Disobeying 14. Oracles 15. Scrawl 16. Stolen 18. Panel 19. Erase

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actions a day toward a goal, you will land in a significantly different future. Go back to the plan you abandoned and rework it into smaller chunks.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Your loved one’s happiness needn’t come at the expense of your own.

Keep looking for a mutually satisfying arrangement. This can be struck without either party feeling at all compromised.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Though you’re not trying to be charming and don’t want to be, you can’t help it. The attention is not to be squandered. You’ve a responsibility to use your distracting qualities for good.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Your sense of connection extends joyfully to all you touch and even what you don’t touch. You can feel the energy of the people who paved the roads you drive on and the bird soaring above it all.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You’re not shallow or smallminded; nor petty. It is therefore hard for you to imagine the mindset that some are coming from, but try. Otherwise, they will surely catch you off-guard.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Sometimes you feel like an extra sipping coffee in the background, and you’re good with the ambient role. However, don’t too get comfortable there. This is just a break before your next scene.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): There are people around you who are underrated and under-appreciated time and again. You’re the one who sees how brilliant and special they are, and you’ll help them see it, too.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): To appease the powers that rule tomorrow, a sacrifice must be made today – not just any sacrifice though. It doesn’t matter if it’s hard or easy to give, it only matters that it’s the right thing to give.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Like a homing pigeon, you’ll explore vast distances, travelling far and wide to complete your mission, which, always wraps up in the same place.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You expect much of yourself and often deliver on these expectations.

Frustration is natural, but immature. Quietly pull it together and try again.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Money is a motivator, but not a big one. Your true desire is for knowledge, experience and wisdom. More than money, this what will ultimately help you move beyond your limitations.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): There is no greater thrill for you today than the excited buzz that comes with putting something in the world that wasn’t there before. Bonus: Your creativity will

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Previous solution: ats, oast, oat, oats, sat, sot, stat, stoa, stoat, stot, tat, tats, toast, tosa, tot, tots.

Across 7. Extraordinary 8. Bump into 9. Uses 10. Agenda 12. Outage 14. Gag 15. Adjoin 17. Yellow 19. Deaf 21. Starship 23. Sanctimonious Down 1. Expunged 2. Drop in 3. Horn 4. Ideology 5. Insult 6. Free 11. Agnostic 13. Glorious 16. Office 18. Lose it 20. Exam 22. Ahoy

Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

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ACROSS 1. Fate (10) 7. Female relative (5) 8. Secrecy (7) 10. Detour (8) 11. Smile (4) 13. Gruesome (6) 15. Very busy (6) 17. Uncertain (colloq) (4) 18. Undesirables (8) 21. Item of clothing (7) 22. Similar (5) 23. Children (10)

DOWN 1. Beg (5) 2. Vote down (8) 3. Bug (6) 4. Level (4) 5. Perpetrator (7) 6. Fascinating (10) 9. Manacled (10) 12. Identical (8) 14. Conflagration (7) 16. Pause (6) 19. Pseudonym (5) 20. Skinny (4)

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

CROSSAN, Nicholas Lindsay (Nick) – On September 6, 2016, passed away peacefully at Nurse Maude Hospice, Christchurch, aged 65 years.

Best friend and soulmate of Nikki, much loved father and father-in-law of Dean and Nicky, Jacqui and Gordon, and Nicola and Shane, loved granda of Anna, and George.

Loved brother and brother-inlaw of Anthony (Tony), Nigel (deceased), Louise-Ann (deceased), and Nathan and Annette. Messages may be addressed to the family of the late Nick Crossan, c/- PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. In lieu of flowers, donations to Nurse Maude would be appreciated and may be made at the service. A service to celebrate Nick’s life will be held in our Westpark Chapel, 467 Wairakei Road, Burnside, Christchurch, on SATURDAY, September 10, at 2.00pm.

DAVISON, Colin George – On September 7, 2016 at Terrace View Retirement Home, Ashburton. In his 93rd year. Greatly loved husband and best mate of the late Joyce. Much loved father and father in law of Colleen and Clayton Howard, Rob and Jenny, and Terry. A loving Pappa to his 7 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.

Messages to the Davison family. P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Our grateful thanks to the staff at Terrace View. A service to celebrate Colin’s life will be held at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Oxford Street, Ashburton on SATURDAY, September 10 commencing at 2.00pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

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12:30 The Amazing Race PG 1:20 Call Of The Wildman PG 1:45 CSI – New York MV 2:35 CSI MV 3:20 The Simpsons PG 3:45 Kingdom 16VLSC 4:40 Outsiders 16VLSC 5:35 The Force MC

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6:30 Dora Matatoa 2 7am Pukana 2 7:30 The Zoo 8am Miharo 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 2:30 Ako 3 2 3pm Project Matauranga 3 3:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 4pm Whanau Living PGR 4:30 2Kaha PGR 5pm Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua Footage from the 2016 secondary schools’ national kapa haka competition.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Dora Matatoa 2 6:20 Huhu 7pm Hahana 7:30 Whanau Bake-Off 8pm Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 8:30 Finding Aroha PGR 9pm The Stage – Haka Fusion AO 9:30 Super City AO 10pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

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

11:30 Closedown

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Big Fish Man 7:30 Australia’s Backyard Killers 8:30 The Million Pound Property Experiment 9:30 Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey 10:30 The French Collection 11:30 American Restoration Noon Cold Water Cowboys 1pm Big Fish Man 2pm Fish Of The Day 2:30 Wild Australia With Ray Mears 3pm The Million Pound Property Experiment 4pm Hummingbirds – Magic In The Air Programme using cameras able to capture over 500 images a second to bring the hummingbirds’ world to the screen for the first time.

5pm Restaurant Australia 6pm Outback Nation 7pm Toy Hunter 7:30 Sandcastles Built on a paper-thin block, a home perched above Sydney’s Bronte beach includes a secret grotto, a whale-watching platform, and teardrop windows.

8pm Tiny House Hunting 8:30 Hugh’s War On Waste 9:30 What’s The Catch?

10:30 Toy Hunter 11pm Restaurant Australia Midnight Baz’s Extreme Worlds PGR 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am The Million Pound Property Experiment 2am Hummingbirds – Magic In The Air 3am Outback Nation 4am What’s The Catch?

5am Hugh’s War On Waste

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7:20 Exodus – Gods And Kings MV 2014 Action.

Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton.

9:50 Pocket Listing MVLSC 2014 Crime. Rob Lowe, Burt Reynolds.

11:25 Stag 16LS 1997 Drama. Mario Van Peebles, Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon.

12:50 Black Sea MVL 2014 Thriller. Jude Law, Scoot McNairy.

2:45 Exodus – Gods And Kings MV 2014 Action.

Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton.

5:15 Small Time MLS 2014 Drama. Christopher Melon, Devon Bostick.

6:50 Clown 16VL 2013 Horror.

An ancient evil is awakened when a young father dons an old clown suit for his son’s birthday. Eli Roth, Andy Powers.

8:30 Black Mass 18VL 2015 Crime. The true story of the union between Irish gangster Whitey Bulger and the FBI, who collaborated to take down the Italian Mafia in the 1970s.

Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton.

10:35 Spy 16VLS 2015 Comedy. Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne.

6:40 Ghosts Of The Abyss PGC 2003 Documentary.

Bill Paxton, James Cameron.

8:10 The Ugly Truth 16LS 2009 Romantic Comedy.

Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler.

9:45 Titanic ML 1997 Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet.

12:55 Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind MLS 2004 Drama. Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet.

2:45 The Three Musketeers MV 2011 Adventure. Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen.

4:35 Atonement MVLS 2007 Drama. Kiera Knightley, James McAvoy.

6:35 The Fighter 16VLSC 2010 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale.

8:30 Catch Me If You Can ML 2002 Crime. An FBI agent pursues a brilliant impersonator, who has made millions by pretending to be a doctor, a lawyer, and an airline pilot, all before the age of 19.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks.

10:50 Australia MVL 2008 Adventure. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman.

6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Ironman Championship Series Mont-Tremblant. 7am Golf World 7:30 European Tour Weekly 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 9am Cycling – Tour Of Britain (HLS) Stage Three. 9:30 Cycling – Tour Of Britain (HLS) Stage Four.

10am Rugby – Women’s NPC (RPL) Bay of Plenty v Counties Manukau. Noon Rugby – Women’s NPC (RPL) Waikato v Manawatu. 2pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Hawke’s Bay v Auckland. 2:30 Cricket – T20 (HLS) England v Pakistan.

3pm The Ultimate Fighter 4pm Chronicles Of A Champion Golfer Tiger Woods.

4:30 Rugby – First XV Revision 5:30 Rugby – The Breakdown 6:30 Mainfreight Rugby 7:30 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Taranaki v Southland.

9:30 Rugby – First XV Revision 10:30 Triathlon – ITU World Series (HLS) 11:30 Fox Sports News

6am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Hawke’s Bay v Auckland.

6:30 Rugby – The Breakdown 7:30 #SkySpeed 8am NRL 360 9am Sterlo – On The Couch 10am NZ Gaming Championships Round One. Noon SKY Sport Select 12:30 #SkySpeed 1pm Ironman Championship Series Mont-Tremblant.

1:30 Motorsport – GT Asia Series (HLS) Shanghai.

2pm Motorsport – GT Asia Series Shanghai.

2:30 Cycling – La Vuelta (HLS) Stage 17. 3pm Cricket – T20 (RPL) England v Pakistan.

6:30 Netball – Quad Series (HLS) Australia v Silver Ferns.

7pm Cycling – La Vuelta (HLS) Stage 17. Cyclists ride 177.5 km from Castellón to Llucena, Camins Penyagolosa.

7:30 Tennis – US Open (HLS) Day 10, Quarter-finals.

From Flushing Meadows’ Arthur Ashe Stadium.

8pm Tennis – US Open (HLS) Day 10, Night Quarter-finals.

8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Cricket – T20 (HLS) England v Pakistan.

10pm The Crowd Goes Wild 10:30 NRL Footy Show

1:35 The Silence Of The Lambs 16C 1991 Suspense. Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster. 3:30 The Fighter 16VLSC 2010 Drama.

Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale.

5:25 Atonement MVLS 2007 Drama. Kiera Knightley, James McAvoy.

6am Auction Hunters PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Against the Law. 7:30 Gold Rush PG Blowout. 8:30 MythBusters PG The Explosion Special.

9:25 World’s Biggest Shipbuilders PG Huge Hulls.

10:20 Deadliest Catch PG Proving Grounds. 11:15 Cry Wolfe M Organ Trail.

11:40 Cry Wolfe M Girl Gone Wild. 12:10 Scorned – Love Kills M A Playbook for Murder.

1:05 I (Almost) Got Away With It M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG Auction Hunters, Ink. 3:50 Gold Rush PG Death of a Dream. 4:45 Deadliest Catch PG Proving Grounds.

5:40 MythBusters PG Volunteer Special.

6:35 Bering Sea Gold PG All In. 7:30 F Bering Sea Gold PG Jackpot.

8:30 Moonshiners M End of an Era. 9:30 River Monsters PG Killer Discoveries.

10:30 How It’s Made PG 11:30 Gold Rush PG Death of a Dream.

Midnight The Crowd Goes Wild 12:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Taranaki v Southland.

1am NRL 360 2am Rugby – First XV Revision 3am Mainfreight Rugby 4am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Taranaki v Southland.

1am Back Page 2am L Cycling – La Vuelta Stage 18. 4am Cricket – T20 (HLS) England v Pakistan. 4:30 Motorsport – GT Asia Series Shanghai.

5am Motorsport – GT Asia Series Shanghai. 5:30 NRL 360

12:30 Disappeared M 1:25 True Crime With Aphrodite Jones M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG 5:05 Dirty Jobs PG

FRIDAY

12:35 The Midnight Man 16VLSC 2015 Thriller.

Brinna Kelly, Will Kemp.

2:15 Clown 16VL 2013 Horror. Eli Roth, Andy Powers.

3:55 Black Mass 18VL 2015 Crime. Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton. 5:55 Small Time MLS 2014 Drama.

Christopher Melon, Devon Bostick.

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Cheeky shot at husband Three-time Olympic medallist Valerie Adams has made a cheeky shot at her husband on Instagram pointing out she has bigger biceps. “When your wife’s biceps are bigger then yours,” the post read with an image of the double Olympic champion’s biceps next to her sad-looking husband Gabriel Price. The couple married in a Mormon ceremony in Auckland, earlier this year. “He’s the one for me. He’s so laid-back and chilled. It makes my life easier,” she said. “He’s got the brains, I’ve got the muscle. It’s a great combination.”

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Players keen to get back on the green Audrey Howden hits her first ball of the croquet season as Janice Murta and Shelagh Field look on when members of the Waireka Croquet Club braved the weather yesterday at the club’s opening day for 2016. To keep themselves busy through the winter, the club members have been playing Mahjong but were eager to get back on the green.

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Police to investigate NRL match-fixing NSW Police have launched a strike force into alleged match-fixing in the NRL, a bombshell for the league on the eve of the finals series.

Dozens of players, officials and members of the community are expected to be interviewed in coming months, with police warning the investigation is expected to be “protracted”.

The news comes after NSW Police revealed in June that they were examining information relating to alleged fixing, before determining whether to take the matters further.

“The NSW Police Force has launched an investigation following a review of information into reported cheating at gambling and match-fixing in the National Rugby League,” a police media statement read on Wednesday said.

“Detectives from the state crime command’s organised crime squad have launched strike force Nuralda to investigate the matters and determine if any criminal offences have been committed.”

The NRL has confirmed they will support the investigation, providing any required assistance.

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“We are not going to pre-judge any person associated with the game while this process is under way,” NRL CEO Todd Greenberg said.

“But I repeat my earlier warning that if any person is convicted of match fixing they will face a life ban from any involvement in rugby league.”

Reports in June linked two Manly games, one against South Sydney and the other Parramatta, to investigations.

A third Sea Eagles match, against Parramatta from this season, was later reportedly linked.

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Warren Gatland is to be unveiled as head coach for the 2017 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand knowing a brutal itinerary has just been made even harder. Gatland is poised to fill the post for a second time after masterminding the 2-1 series victory over Australia three years ago with confirmation due at a press conference in Edinburgh.

The 52-year-old Kiwi will depart for New Zealand on Thursday to begin plotting the world champions’ downfall.

Focused on wins Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon is in third place in the world championship but is focusing on trying to win rallies, rather than where he might end the year. The 29-year-old Hyundai works driver is back in New Zealand for an unexpected break after Rally China was cancelled due to flooding.

Paddon says the idea of adding to his win in Argentina in April is appealing and would be his preference over a higher championship finish.

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