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Saturday, December 9, 2017

District on high fire risk alert

BY SUE NEWMAN

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A wet winter, a dry hot end to spring and endless hot summer days are every firefighter’s nightmare says Ashburton fire chief Alan Burgess.

Take a drive around the Ashburton District and the roadsides and riverbeds show just how strong the potential is for a high fire risk summer, he said.

He’s urging people to take extra care over the summer months and play their part in ensuring what is likely to be a tinder dry district is kept as fire free as possible. The fire risk, he said is becoming critical.

“We’re now in a situation where it’s getting worse day-by-day rather than week-by-week; every day it ramps up.”

The Met Service is predicting temperatures will remain high until Tuesday when the odd shower is predicted over a few days before temperatures rise again towards the weekend.

From midnight the district’s fire indices will move up to a restricted fire season across the district but Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) Mid and South Canterbury principal rural firefighter Don Geddes said that unless there was significant rain in the coming weeks, a total fire ban could be looming.

“Another three weeks of conditions like this and we could be looking at prohibition.”

A restricted fire season means it is an offence to light any fire in the open air unless a permit has been obtained with the exception of barbecues in properly constructed containers may be used but must have a three metre area around them clear of combustible material.

Geddes and his team are closely

monitoring the mid-south Canterbury area and he says there has been a significant deterioration in conditions over the past week.

“If we don’t get any rain in the next week or two we could be looking at a total fire ban.”

To the casual observer, conditions in Mid Canterbury were deceptive because of irrigation, but non irrigated areas told the real story, with paddocks looking as though they’d been sprayed, he said.

“These conditions have arrived early. You might expect this in late January, early February. We’ve had our annual rainfall and those high temperatures and low humidity conditions are really sucking the moisture out of plants.”

Geddes is urging people to be vigilant if they are using equipment that could generate a spark.

He’s aware of fires this season that have started from a mower striking a stone and generating a spark that sat smouldering for some time before igniting.

“The risks are there. It just needs a little bit of thought before you carry out any activity that could be hazardous. Do it, if you have to, in early morning or the evening and make sure you have a fire extinguisher handy and a cellphone you can call 111.”

Farm machinery should be checked and well maintained before use to minimise the risk of fire, he said.

“We’re urging you to think about what ever activity you’re carrying out and think about the potential it has to create a fire.”

If people were unsure of what a fire season designation meant or they wanted to apply for a permit, this could be done on line at www. checkitsalright.nz, Geddes said.

The risk of fires has escalated with the possibilty of a total fire ban looming.

Firefighters’ fund needs donations

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Anticipating a long, dry summer and the likelihood of more rural fires, Advance Ashburton‘s executive officer Sandi Wood is highlighting a welfare fund she hopes the community will support.

The Rural Firefighters Welfare Fund, held in trust by the Advance Ashburton Community Foundation, is available to provide financial help to rural firefighters injured while saving lives or protecting property from fire.

Many people support this fund, especially those home owners, farmers and business

owners, grateful for the quick and professional response of the volunteers, and often in dangerous circumstances, Wood said.

“These firefighters serve the rural community as members of the Ashburton District Volunteer Rural Fire Force and while saving lives and protecting property, these volunteers often put themselves at risk, and sadly, at times have been injured. Such accidents for these unpaid volunteers can cause hardship,” she said.

The fund was established in 2014 with a $10,000 cash injection from the Ashburton District Council from its rural fire account. The fund had already

attracted $12,000 in community donations. At this time Advance Ashburton’s Community Foundation agreed to become its administrator.

The foundation receives donations for local charitable purposes, and also offers professional trusteeship for special purpose trusts such as this welfare fund.

All donations qualify for a tax rebate of 33.3 per cent to the limit of the donor’s taxable income.

For more information on how you can donate, please contact Sandi Wood – Executive Officer, Advance Ashburton on 027 577 5875 or email info@advanceashburton.org.nz

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Two locals win top awards

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Two of the three winners of this year’s New Zealand Young Farmer excellence awards are from Mid Canterbury, highlighting the talent that exists in the area’s rural communities.

Sarah Tait and Sam Robinson, both members of the Methven Young Farmers Club, were announced as winners of the award yesterday, in what NZ Young Farmers chief executive Terry Copeland said was acknowledgement of their outstanding endeavour, leadership and commitment, while also recognising them as future primary industry leaders.

Tait, who works as an agronomist for PGG Wrightson, earlier this year initiated the Empty Plate Project to encourage young people into the agri-food sector.

She said inspiration for the project came from a study trip to Columbia she made as part of a Prime Minister’s Scholarship.

Struck by the hunger she saw in the South American country on her return Tait came up with an idea that she hoped would reinforce agriculture’s role in food production.

Along with Young Farmers field officer Biddy Huddleston, she challenged students from nine Mid and South Canterbury high schools to come up with a video, essay or piece of art that promoted the theme.

Tait said she has long held an interest in the agri-food sector, having grown up on an arable farm in Mayfield. She has also worked on farms in Western Australia, southern England and Chile, which gave her a taste of farming in contrasting environments and market places.

In 2016 she was selected to represent New Zealand at a food security conference in Canberra, a topic that has held her interest ever since.

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Methven Young Farmers Club members Sarah Tait and Sam Robinson have been awarded excellence awards by the club’s national body.

PHOTO SUPPLIED/050517-MM-002 ing her Masters part-time, which is focused on primary industry opportunities for New Zealand in Latin America.

Robinson has been recognised for the significant impact he made earlier this year in the mental health and wellbeing landscape for rural youth, after bravely sharing his own struggle with depression in a Facebook post.

Since then he’s been contacted by countless young people who had previously been afraid to speak up, he said.

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ten. If someone knows there’s someone else out there for them, it can make all the difference.”

Robinson said those in rural jobs can find themselves quite isolated, so it was important to have good social networks, such as those provided by young farmers’ clubs.

The third excellence award winner was Hamilton’s Zach Mounsey, who, along with holding an equity stake in and being the sharemilker on the family farm, is technical assistant to DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle.

He has also held roles in public trading and finance at Fonterra.

Copeland said the three young people were “outstanding” in their fields and showcased the wide variety of talents required in the agri-food sector today.

“We are extremely proud of the role our organisation continues to play in developing the primary industry’s next leaders.

Sam, Sarah and Zach are examples of the diversity of skills, culture and talent we aim to develop and we are delighted they are recipients of the excellence awards.”

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In brief Hot car warning Police are reminding parents that hot, parked cars and children don’t mix well, following an incident in Tancred Street on Thursday. A twoyear-old child was spotted inside a parked car and reported to Police, but fortunately found to be in shade and with the window down.

Police reported that the child was not in distress, but was checked

by St John Ambulance staff as a precaution. Police and Ambulance also spoke with the child’s parent, providing advice and support.

Police said they would like to thank members of the public who reported the matter and assisted when they arrived on scene. In a statement they said the incident was “a reminder to members of the public, especially given the warm weather, to be mindful of leaving children in the car alone.”

They urged people to also think carefully about leaving pets in the car. Anyone with concerns is encouraged to contact Police.

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Channel seven film crew from Philippines GMA Network at St Joseph’s School yesterday (from left) video journalist Adrian Ducusin, segment producer Searle Kathleen Lira, journalist and presenter Malou Mangahas and Ashburton District Councillor Thelma Bell.

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Ashburton on Philippines TV

By Sue NewmaN

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The special relationship that has been forged between the Philippines and the Ashburton District will be at the heart of a television documentary currently in the making.

A camera and production crew from GMA Network has been in the district over the past three days on a whirlwind tour, filming Filipino who now call Ashburton home at work, play and in schools.

District councillor Thelma Bell has co-ordinated the project and said the trip had been planned to show the best of the district’s scenic attractions as well as focusing on the way the large Filipino

population had made the district their home.

The documentary’s front person, journalist Malou Mangahas said the crew was stunned by the district’s scenery.

“There is so much flat land and then the mountains and the rivers appear. You have a unique story here,” she said.

Mangahas has been involved in documenting the stories of Filipino who have settled in Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia and said the New Zealand story was different, in that many migrants were professionals rather than contract workers.

“For the families that come it’s a big decision to do this. They give up a lot,” she said.

Surveys of Filipinos when they arrived in New Zealand and after they had been living here for some time showed that their happiness and satisfaction levels had grown from 68 per cent to more than 80 per cent.

“That is because New Zealand is so welcoming and the nice thing about New Zealand is that the financial boundaries are broken down. Everyone works, rich or poor. There is a real sense of equality of opportunity,” she said.

Mangahas believes New Zealand had the potential to become the Hollywood for Asia for film makers.

Segments of the documentary were also filmed in Hamilton,

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Wellington, Rotorua and Matamata but Ashburton was the only area where filming stretched over three days.

The documentary will feature a number of members of Ashburton’s Filipino community across workplaces, schools and in homes. It will screen on December 21 and 28 in the Philippines.

Over three days they visited the Rakaia Gorge, at Snowden Station, Mt Sunday, filmed a Filipino family on their dairy farm and Filipino working at Terrace View Resthome as well as recording activities with students at St Joseph’s School.

Out of its school population of 261, St Joseph’s has 50 Filipino students on its roll.

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Lifeguards are considering closing part of Sumner Beach, after two incidents requiring a rescue helicopter within a matter of hours.

Two people in their 20s are in hospital after being caught in a rip near Shag Point yesterday. Police and a rescue helicopter were deployed, but the two had already been rescued from the water at around 2pm. The rescue helicopter was alerted 10 minutes later to four people caught in a rip, but the group were again safely ashore by the time the chopper arrived.

The two men were reportedly colleagues and were going for a pre-work swim.

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The city council will make a decision on Monday whether to introduce water restrictions. This means people would only be permitted to use hoses, sprinklers and garden irrigation systems every second day.

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Warning: expect sticky, gooey roads KATIE.T@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Mid Canterbury drivers can expect sticky, gooey roads with road surfaces likely to reach 50 degrees or more through to Monday, says Ashburton District Council roading manager Brian Fauth High temperatures were likely to cause bleeding seal on some roads, where bitumen melts and begins to appear on top of the chip seal road surface, he said.

“When this happens, our contractors apply small chip over the affected areas to try and absorb the bitumen. If you come across a section of road that looks to be melting, please slow down, drive carefully and report it to us.

“We’ve already had cases of bleeding seal occurring this week near Methven, which has been addressed, and it’s likely that the hot weather could see this type of thing

continuing next week” Council’s contractors have been carrying out road sealing on Thompsons Track, Line Road, Isleworth Road and Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road this week, and hot temperatures often impacted on this work, Fauth said.

“New road surfaces can take longer to settle on very hot days, so it’s important drivers slow down around these works.”

The NZ Transport Agency is issuing similar warnings for state highways saying motorists should expect some delays as chip is laid to help absorb bitumen. Water trucks may also be out spraying roads.

The agency advises drivers to be patient around roadworks, and to slow down. Driving too slowly through newly-sealed or temperature affected surfaces, however, could see the road surface cling to wheels.

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Isaac struts in his group’s creation on the catwalk yesterday, in the Maori myth section of the Wakanui School’s wearable arts show.

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It took oodles of creativity, an abundance of imagination and a term’s worth of work.

But yesterday the moment finally arrived for Wakanui School students to let their wearable art creations loose on the runway.

Three performances of the Aotearoa: Our Place themed wearable arts show lured captive audiences to the Wakanui hall.

Teacher Cherie Livingstone said the school collaborated in groups – each comprising of a model, a dancer and a narrator – to produce the show and its appealing arty garments.

“It’s amazing what they’ve produced,” she said.

The show told the story of New Zealand, exploring aspects including the Maori myths, flora and fauna, native birds, colonisation and the treaty of Waitangi, and “where to from here?”

It was the first time Wakanui School have held a wearable arts show.

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■ HUGH STREET ATTACK

Residents fearful after rock attack

BY KATIE TODD

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After someone hurled a rock through her bedroom window on Tuesday night, a Hampstead mother says she no longer wants to live in her home.

Alice Culshaw said she and her two children were in bed asleep on Tuesday night, when she awoke shortly after midnight to an “unusual sound” outside her Hugh Street home.

“At first I just thought it was the cats – we get a lot around here,” she said, “But then there was this big crash, and someone had thrown a rock through my bedroom window.”

When police arrived on the scene 10 minutes later, they dis-

covered that the gutter outside Culshaw’s house had also been kicked in. The rocks appeared to be chunks of concrete removed from the gutter’s remains, and a number were scattered on her front lawn.

“It was as if someone had tried a few times and missed,” she said.

“It was pretty freaky.”

Culshaw said she and her two children have only been in the house for two or three months, and have been left shaken by the incident.

The huge hole in her window is fixed, but she still has no idea why anyone would want to throw a rock through her window.

“My kids don’t want to be here anymore ... I don’t want to be here anymore,” she said.

Ashburton’s newest citizens.

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New New Zealand citizens welcomed Ashburton welcomed 34 new citizens yesterday in the Ashburton District Council’s final citizenship ceremony for the year.

Yesterday’s ceremony wraps up a year in which 213 people in the district became New Zealand citizens. This was the largest number of citizenship oaths undertaken in the district in any year.

This year Samoans have been the most highly represented in citizenship cereomonies at 62, followed by British, 28, South African, 27 and Filipino, 25.

Those who made their oaths of

allegiance yesterday were from 14 different countries Peru: Fred junior Calle Rospigliosi; Philippines: Donrey Guarini Camacho, Melchora Calub II Camacho; Malaysia: Muruguan Boy Kuthiamah, Rajini Kanth Kandasami, Anu Radha Subbarao, Keertthana Reddy Rajini Kanth, Syardhana Reddy Rajini Kanth; England: Linda Ann Harmer, Joanna Louise Molyneux, Elizabeth Louise Phillipps, Samuel Richard Prince; Samoa: Aneperosa Rimo Bernard MC Farland, Maru Lealoi, Andy

Moevao, Moon Tuilaepa, Taemanu Tuilaepa, Margaret Ulale, Faleulaolemalietoa Umaga, Tuna Siufanua; Romania, MariaAlexandra Perte; South Africa: Michelle Steenkamp, Jan Harm Steenkamp, Master Jan Harm Steenkamp, Andre Johannes Nel; Belgium: Sarah Georgette Renee Monique Mostrey; Bulgaria: Martin Ognyanov Naydenov, Svetlana Vasileva Vuteva, Dimana Martin Naydenova; Czech Republic: Gabriela Zverinova; Australia: Sarah Lisa Ishikawa; Tonga: Hopoate Moale; Ireland: John Ahern.

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Mid Canty’s big blazes Following on from this week’s SealesWinslow blaze, Sue Newman takes a look back at some major blazes from around the district in the past few years.

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ne of the largest fires in many years in the Ashburton District saw the historic Canterbury Roller Flour Mills on West Street destroyed in February 2011.

More than 60 firefighters from around Canterbury fought the blaze with smoke and flames visible for more than 30 kilometres from the fire site.

Firefighters were alerted to the blaze in the category two Historic Places Trust building at 6.50am, but it took until mid-afternoon before the fire was under control. By 5pm that day most of the building had collapsed.

After battling the fire for about 13 hours, firefighters left the site but were called back early the following morning to dampen down spots that continued to flare up.

Parts of the building dated back to 1873. It was a base for several companies, including Canterbury Stockfoods and Precision Animal Supplements.

More than 24 hours after the fire had been brought under control, smoke was still rising from the flour mill’s ruins. The building was demolished in July that year.

The Canterbury Roller Flour Mill was built in 1873 by miller Alfred Saunders and was one of Ashburton’s oldest remaining buildings. It had a number of owners, but continued as a working mill for 130 years.

It was sold to Rivermill Bakeries in 2007 and became the base for a number of small businesses.

Today the land on which the mill once stood is vacant.

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p to 20 firefighters worked in relays to bring a fire in Evans Feeds in the Ashburton Riverside industrial estate under control in July 2014.

This was the second Watson Street fire in two years.

Firefighters were alerted to the blaze just after midday by a businessman working a yard a block away and when crews arrived wooden pallets were burning among the smouldering animal feed and rafters in the roof were starting to ignite.

The nature of the material inside the building meant it was a fire that was heavy on thick, black smoke rather than flames and that meant firefighters were forced to wear breathing apparatus to reach the seat of the fire.

The fire took more than three hours to bring under control and is believed to have been started by a spark from a machine used in the feed-making process.

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n innovative research and development company lost its base in Ashburton’s Riverside business estate when a late afternoon fire ripped through their Watson Street building on December 22, 2012.

An upholstery business next door was also destroyed in the blaze that saw fire crews on site for many hours from early evening.

As well as flames and billowing smoke, firefighters had to contend with several explosions from unknown sources within the buildings.

The fire cost the Lignotech company irreplaceable research material and specialist research items. An order of material destined for the United States was also destroyed in the blaze.

Advanced Upholstery’s next door premises was destroyed along with most of their stock. For its owners the fire was another massive blow to their business dreams as they had relocated to Ashburton from Christchurch after the February 2011 earthquake.

Perhaps the only bright spot in the fire’s aftermath was that a neighbouring courier company had managed to retrieve 90 per cent of the items in its warehouse undamaged.

The buildings were owned by John Woodham.

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As he farewells a 45-year career in education, Resource Teacher for Learning and Behaviour John Harper says he takes his hat off to our hardworking teachers. Katie Todd reports.

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It’s just been a joy. Teachers in Mid Canterbury, without exception, really want the best for their students

Left – “This whole teaching thing, it’s been a journey.”

RTLB teacher John Harper is wrapping up 45 years working in education next week.

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hen the school bells toll next Friday afternoon, it will be a time of ecstasy for the thousands of Mid Canterbury children done and dusted with another school year.

But for Ashburton’s John Harper, it will be a much more sentimental moment.

He’ll be marking the culmination of a 45-year teaching career – one that has taken him through Southland and Canterbury in teaching roles, principal and assistant principal roles, and eventually as a local Resource Teacher for Learning and Behaviour (RTLB).

Harper is based at Hampstead School, but works throughout nine local schools in total as an RTLB, helping teachers to meet the needs of special needs

children. He’s lived in “sunny, lovely Ashburton” for 12 years and originally hails from Winton, Southland.

But it was at his third teaching job, as an associate principal at the Rockdale Park School in Invercargill, that Harper said he truly discovered the rewarding nature of teaching.

He recalls a school trip to the rocky shore. Three children had never been on a bus before and others hadn’t ever seen the sea.

“We went over the bridge on the way out of Invercargill and there was one kid just looking out the window with these enormously wide eyes … he looked over at me and he said, ‘Mr Harper, we’re flying’!”

“It was a decile one school with a lot of impoverished families –

but they were such appreciative kids and I guess the little things just stick in your mind.

“It’s amazing the small things you can do to make a difference.

It’s lovely to see the joy on their faces.”

Over the years, Harper’s passion for teaching has taken him to all shapes and sizes of towns.

He’s moved from teaching in schools in Dunedin, to Invercargill, Ohai, Waikaia and Timaru, and said his “wonderful, supportive” wife Julia has tailed along.

“My family have really recognised the value of what I do … and I’m very grateful,” he said.

In each community he’s settled, Harper said he has always strived to fully involve himself – realising from an early stage that it was important to build relationships

and support the community.

From lending a helping hand on local farms to venturing 600ft underground with local miners, and volunteering with the local fire brigade, Harper said “you’ve got to be prepared to walk in their shoes”.

During his time he said he’s also become an avid advocate for the value of teachers.

Citing a 2015 study, Harper said New Zealand is ranked 19th for resourcing to meet the needs of children with special needs, but 11th in actually meeting them.

“I think teachers need more kudos … in no instance have I seen a school doing a disservice to its kids.

“I’ve got to take my hat off to the teachers, the schools who make a huge difference, who do

so much good irrespective of political issues – and there have been some terrible decisions made over my time in teaching,” he added.

Mid Canterbury teachers in particular have left Harper “without a bad thing to say”.

“It’s just been a joy. Teachers in Mid Canterbury without exception really want the best for their students.”

Now, Harper’s putting up his feet and celebrating the end of his “great career”.

He said he looks forward to a retirement of “pottering around” and “playing it by ear”.

“I’ve had 45 years basically without a break, so I guess I’m looking forward to time off,” he said. “But it’s been a ball. I’ve been blessed.”

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Simply make a purchase at any participating retailers between November 4 Maxine – House of Travel How long have you run the business or worked there?

30 years.

Where’s your favourite place to visit in Mid Canterbury? Any golf course in Mid Canterbury.

What’s the funniest thing that has ever happened in the shop? Some years back a lovely lady was in the office and said to one of the team that her phone wouldn’t work for her as she pulled out from her bag her landline phone - we very kindly said to her that her landline won’t work once away from home.

What do you think needs to be done to inject some more life into the CBD? Retailers need to provide outstanding customer service, smile, offer a great range of products and have friendly welcoming premises.

What would you do if you won $2500?

Shout my team morning tea and donate the remainder to Hospice Mid Canterbury – House of Travel Charity of choice.

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I have worked for Stihl Shop Ashburton for 3 years.

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What’s the funniest thing that has ever happened in the shop? The look of surprise on the older generations face when they realize the knowledge I have with the outdoor power equipment (being a female).

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One year.

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Keep the Ashburton I-Site open!

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data to be deleted as a matter of urgency.

“The information you received from an MBIE staff member alleges that MBIE is intending to mislead the select committee. This is not correct,” Adrienne Meikle, deputy chief executive, corporate governance and information, said in an emailed response. “As an organisation, we place a high importance on integrity, openness and transparency. We are fully responsible and accountable for our spending, and report on that spending through our annual report and the select committee process.”

Meikle said MBIE takes “a consistent approach” to annual reporting and answering select committee questions about contractors and consultants. “We believe we have answered past select committee questions accurately and fully,” she said. “We take information security, and privacy matters seriously and have high expectations of our staff under the code of conduct. We have launched an investigation into how this information came to be disclosed.”

MBIE staff who had issues of concern or felt put in a position of ‘whistle-blower’ could use the ministry’s established processes and mechanisms including “an independent, anonymous 24-hour integrity line”.

MBIE was criticised by Labour’s economic development spokesman David Clark earlier this year for its spending on external consultants and contractors for what he said was core business.

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The Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment has launched an investigation into a privacy breach involving the leak of payments to thousands of consultants, the recruitment firms that supply them and contract details for the past four years.

The data was anonymously emailed to BusinessDesk by an MBIE insider who claimed the ministry is about to “lie” about the true extent of its spending on consultants in answer to expenditure questions from a parliamentary select committee.

The ministry denied it would mislead the select committee while confirming the data originated from its offices and was an internal document accessible to a very limited number of employees.

The data shows MBIE spent $82.9 million on contractors in 2016/17 and another tab on the spreadsheet shows $10.9 million spent on consultants, listed by contract number. Notes to the data show how the lists are reconciled and say that there is “likely to be more spend” with other codings that could be considered as consultants.

The total of the consultants and contractor tabs is $94 million while MBIE’s 2017 financial statements put operating expenditure on contractors at $40.6 million and consulting services at $15.6 million – a total of $56 million.

The figures in the 2017 annual report “represent MBIE’s fully reconciled and audited accounts as

reported to Parliament,” a spokeswoman said. In addition to the spending on contractors and consultants in the 2016/17 year, “we obtain professional services from external suppliers with expenditure of $48.08 million. This may include contractors where that is the appropriate means of service delivery.”

The leaked spreadsheet shows totals for the two tabs for 2015/16 was $77 million compared to the $38.9 million reported operating figures. The 2015 and 2014 totals in the spreadsheet were $72 million and $62 million respectively.

The ministry says the leaked data sheet was of raw numbers compiled for different purposes and couldn’t be reconciled with the officially reported figures.

The spreadsheet lists 2260 named contractors used by MBIE over the past four years and 1801 consulting firms and individuals listed by contract number. The top two contractors were paid more than $1 million apiece over the four years and 16 more received over $800,000. Most of the suppliers of contractors are recruitment firms, including Manpower Services, Randstad, Beyond Services, Robert Walters and Jackson Stone.

The list of consultants includes PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, Martin Jenkins, Beca, Tonkin & Taylor, Davis Langdon and Sapere Research Group.

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An Auckland mother-of-three has been flooded with offers of support after she opened her books to financial scrutiny.

Part-time teacher aide Catherine revealed how she is forced to feed her family on less than $89 a week in a bid to bust the myth that those struggling to make ends meet are wasting their money.

“I don’t waste any money because there’s no money to waste,” says Catherine.

“You have to try and stretch every dollar right down to the cent.”

Catherine’s story was viewed online more than 300,000 times, provoking a strong response and thousands of comments from those who saw it.

More than 100 people signed up as monthly donors for the KidsCan charity, which provides food, clothing and healthcare to children in need across the country.

make a weekly deposit into Catherine’s saving account on an ongoing basis.

When Catherine was presented with the donations at Rowandale School in South Auckland this week, she was overcome with emotion.

“I would just like to thank everybody that wanted to reach out and help my little family,” she says.

“I’m just glad that the story touched other people because as soon as it got put up [online] I was getting called up.”

“It touched some people that didn’t even [realise] that I was living like that.”

Catherine says that despite the unexpected windfall she won’t be overspending this Christmas and won’t even be keeping all the money herself.

“It won’t be just for me. I’ll be sharing it out to whoever is in need as well.”

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well as more sophisticated fraud incidents.

“This shows that retailers need to be more alert to a range of criminal activity, as well as taking steps to protect their employees and customers from the threat of violence.”

According to the research, retailers in New Zealand are spending more than $500 million on crime prevention, but the biggest firms are noticing a lower rate of crime if they take good security measures.

Mr Harford says nearly a third of retail crimes are not reported, because there is a perception police won’t act or it is time-consuming to do so.

“It is heartening that 63 per cent of retailers think police do an OK or great job of managing crime, but an online tool or app would go a long way towards making it simple and easy for retail crime to be reported.” – NZN

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Retail crime is becoming more violent, involving organised criminals and costs more than $1 billion a year, according to new research.

A study, by Retail NZ and University of Otago, shows that 38 per cent of retailers are seeing more brazen criminals than in previous years.

Theft by employees is also growing in significance, accounting for 18 per cent of losses now, compared to 12 per cent at the time of the previous survey in 2003.

Greg Harford, Retail NZ’s general manager for public affairs, says retailers believe criminals are more aggressive than in the past.

“Retail crime no longer involves just petty theft from stores,” he said.

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Meeting a bid to calm i-SITE ire Matt Markham

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o, the clashing heads are finally going to sit down and bang it out next week, hallelujah.

But perhaps, the meeting will spell the end of Ashburton’s own version of a long-winding storyline on a daytime soap opera – our own i-SITE cliff-hanger, right before Christmas – we couldn’t have scripted it any better.

Yes, that’s right, after months of going from one side to the other; Mayor Donna Favel, Deputy Neil Brown and Ashburton District Council boss, Andrew Dalziel are going to sit down with Tony Todd and Peter McQuarters next week and attempt to end the stand-off between the two parties.

Oh, to be a fly on the wall during that conversation. It won’t lack for punch, that’s for sure.

Unfortunately, the basic crux of the entire situation is that there appears to be no hope for the return of the East Street i-SITE, all its usual functions have been relocated to new destinations and are attempting to settle in to and become a normal part of their new residence.

But a conversation will be good.

Well overdue, but good.

At least there is the best possible chance then for everyone to get on the same page and to hopefully start singing from the same hymn sheet.

It has been a long and winding road just to get to this point.

We’ve seen criticism levelled from all quarters and at times, life has got a little heated for some.

But all in all, it has been a good, robust and fruitful debate between local government and the very people who elected them to that position – which is exactly as it should be.

One can only imagine that the actual outcome will be that Todd and McQuarters are encouraged to back down from their crusade due to it being too late to make any changes – a frustrating moment for them, I’m sure.

But, then again, this is a cliffhanger remember and anything can happen.

So, perhaps we might see a complete about-face from the council and Experience Mid Canterbury who will all of a sudden have an epiphany and admit to McQuarters and Todd that they were right all along and that the i-SITE will again open its doors.

Just imagine it. The five of them sitting in a room and Mayor Donna says ... “We have decided to change our mind and …” and then fade to black with the message – The saga will resume in January.

Oh, the suspense.

YOUR VIEWS ON FACEBOOK Question of the Day: What are some of the biggest fires you can remember in the Ashburton District in recent years?

Sue Highbank about 15/16 yrs ago ... had fire crews from all over Canterbury arrive Ange Allenton school back in the late 80’s. Lost a couple of classrooms. Remember being allowed to walk through and have a look at the damage as a kid Tania Yep I can remember watching Wareings shed burning with all the trucks inside being pulled out by loaders Pauline The flats that used to be in Clarke street wow the excitment as a kid seeing all the fire engines etv Hayden My Somers was a big one.

Karen Not recent but the Mt Somers one still sticks in the memory!

Amy Mont bakers and the mill fire Pauline When Ashburton power board went up...and one of the power board guys died...

Cathie Flour mill. There was also an horrific shed fire when I was nursing.

Two children died.

Trudy Mont bakers and Chinese restaurant bit further down Toni Ashburton Mill

Kathy The Bakery in Wills Street, when I was a child probably in the late 1950’s.

Arlene Netherby School fire Shona The commercial flats on East St

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i-SITE

No power sites are available as the limited number of outlets at the showgrounds, are reserved for use by our businesses and site holders.

Further information can be found via our website http:// www.motorhomes.ashburtononline.co.nz by e-mailing Rex admin@ashburtonmotorhomeshow.co.nz or contacting Michael on 027 531 9634.

See you there!

Rex Whiting, Lions Club of Ashburton MHS Co-ordinator

As Deputy Mayor Brown stated in his letter to the editor of November 29 on the matter regarding the i-SITE closure, councillors were asked if they wanted to revisit the decision on the Ashburton i-SITE closure, the response was unanimous “No, we do not want to revisit the i-SITE closure”.

I have, however, extended an invitation to Tony Todd and Peter McQuarters to meet with me next week.

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Pipe Band Reading today’s The Courier I was appalled to read that the Council Noise Control were called out to warn the Ashburton Scottish Society’s Pipe Band for breaching the desired noise level.

This was for making a noise higher than allowed. It says at the bottom of the notice that if they fail to comply they may have their instruments seized or made inoperable.

Understand Ashburton how hard certain members have worked to get our band up and running after years not having enough pipers and drummers to restart the band.

What a joy when these dedicated men and women first marched out in public. They are a joy to see and hear.

Because it was so hot in the rooms the other night, the decision was made to go outside, not in the street outside neighbours but into the college grounds.

I wonder if a non member realises just how expensive it is to outfit members of the band. Surely a few allowances could be made.

Pipe Band, I applaud you.

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Here we have a group of people serving our community, giving so much pleasure, especially to the elderly, being so generous with their time and we have some ungrateful person complaining about noise.

What has happened to tolerance and community spirit in Ashburton?

Roger & Jenny West

Motorhome & Caravan Extravaganza The Lions Club of Ashburton is organising the South Island Motorhome & Caravan Extravaganza at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds during the weekend Feb-

ruary 17, 18, 2018.

This event was created by Bev and the late Murray Meadows.

2018 will be its fifteenth year of operation.

All profits made are distributed to worthy community groups.

The event hosts a number of businesses and traders that specialise in motorhomes and caravans ranging from accessories, services as well as new and good condition mobile homes.

Sites are available right up to the end of January – please refer to the contact details below.

It is also a wonderful opportunity to buy, sell or trade your own private mobile home for a small fee.

Above all, it is also a great social occasion for self-contained motorhomes and caravans to park up for the weekend at a very reasonable cost.

For members of the NZMHCA, renewal of self-containment certificates and electrical WOFs are available during the weekend.

How our district council can even consider the proposed policy on sugary drinks in its present form beggars belief!

The policy would apply to all council workplaces, events where council provides funding, events on council owned land and at council owned facilities.

However, it does not apply to alcoholic beverages!

So, if we are taking the kids to the stadium pool for a swim we must assume it is more acceptable for us to supply them with a whisky or gin but not a glass of Fanta.

I have difficulty remembering anyone having crashed a car whilst under the influence of a sugary drink at an event on council owned land, but quite a few have come to grief after having a few too many beers or wines.

Alcohol is a far greater scourge to society than sugary drinks will ever be, so please would the council stop the hypocrisy, and, if they must interfere with matters that are none of their business, ban sugary and alcoholic drinks.

D. David Oakley

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hristmas, a time when Christians celebrate the greatest gift ever, the gift of Jesus Christ, a gift of love and hope to all in need.

As we celebrate Christmas with beaches, barbecues, family gatherings and lots to eat let us remember that the greatest gift we can give is that of love.

Our time, our presence, our listening, sharing and accepting, our putting the other person before our own interests, love.

People need it, we need it, in large dollops.

Presents are certainly one way of showing love, but far from the only way and usually not the most effective.

Time, our time and interest are nearly always the most appreciated and longest remembered expressions of love.

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It’s not always possible but if possible this Christmas show your love by being there for family and friends.

Christmas, the time when we celebrate that Jesus came to us to spend time with us, revealing the immensity of His love for us, and to make a way in which we can look forward to spending eternity with Him. Love costs, not necessarily lots of dollars and cents but time, presence, listening and sharing, giving hope.

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Call to cops ‘chilling’ Thomas Lang calmly called Australian emergency services to claim his lover Maureen Boyce had killed herself – when in fact he brutally stabbed her to death.

The retired doctor, who was born in the US and worked in New Zealand, told authorities how he woke up to find her dead in her own bed, while displaying no hesitation or emotion, the Daily Mail reported.

“I just woke up this morning and and I found my fiancée dead in her bed with a knife in her abdomen,” he said on a tape of the call released after his conviction at Brisbane’s Supreme Court.

“She was distraught last night, she was trying to sell her apartment, it didn’t sell, she got upset about something and told me to sleep in the other end of the house.

“I just woke up this morning and there’s a knife in her abdomen with her hand on it and that’s all I know.

“I’m a doctor but she’s deceased.

“There’s been no forced entry, it looks like self-induced from what I can tell.”

Lang, who was this week jailed for life, calmly spelled his own name, Boyce’s name, and the address of her luxury apartment.

Maureen Boyce could not have killed herself, the post-mortem showed.

Only once he finished telling the story did he sound like he was in shock.

“I’m not all right, I don’t know what happened,” he said

as the operator asked if he was OK and not injured.

Asked if he needed ambulance for himself he replied: “No I’m OK, I’m survivable

but she’s deceased.”

Lang in an earlier call was just as calm but less effective in his delivery before he was either disconnected or hung up to try again with a different operator.

A jury took less than two hours to find Lang guilty after an 11-day trial for the grisly murder on October 22, 2015.

The 68-year-old former model was found in her Kangaroo Point home with a cooking knife so deeply embedded in her stomach she was impaled to the bed.

She was stabbed four or five times with such force that part of the 32cm knife’s handle was driven inside her body.

Lang, who was staying in her apartment, claimed he went to sleep about 11pm and found her dead when he woke up in the morning.

He said the socialite who was bipolar with a history of depression, became distressed, threw her phone over the balcony and later committed suicide.

Lang said the cause of her distress was prospective buyers didn’t make an offer for her $3.7 million luxury penthouse, but the jury didn’t believe him.

A post-mortem showed she could not have killed herself and ruled the most probable cause of death was murder.

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GPS directing people right into the fire Firefighters trying to contain the raging wildfires in Los Angeles are asking people to refrain from using GPS navigation systems as these are sending them to roads currently on fire.

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Firefighters are scrambling to contain the Skirball fire burning in Bel-Air, as the return of strong winds threaten to blow the fire across the 405 freeway.

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Ghosts beat men at sex A woman who says she has sex with ghosts has declared she will “never go back to men” – because spirits leave her more satisfied. Amethyst Realm, a spiritual guidance counsellor from Bristol, claims to have had sexual encounters with 20 different ghostly lovers, and that they give her orgasms. She says she’s now turned her back on men altogether and hopes to find her one true ghoul to settle down with. Amethyst, 27, described how she first felt a presence in the home she had just moved into. While her fiance was away she decided to pursue things further, she said, and dressed in a saucy negligee to entice the ghost, who she says she went on to have sex with.

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In brief

■ HALBERG AWARDS

Moore in line for Halberg

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

It is shaping up to be a busy month of awards ceremonies for Mid Canterbury’s Glenn Moore after he was nominated for the Buddle Findlay Coach of the Year at the upcoming Halberg Awards.

The award comes after Moore was also nominated for the coach of the year award at the New Zealand Rugby Awards.

It was a busy and successful year for the former Mid Canterbury player and coach, who won the World Cup with the Black Ferns in what was a dominant overall victory for the side at the tournament.

Moore also brought a winning touch to the Mid Canterbury Hammers, winning back-toback Meads Cups in the 2013 and 2014, before jumping ship to coach in Super Rugby for the Blues.

Another Mid Canterbury connection in the nominations in netballer Kate Lloyd, who was part of the under-21 team that won the world championships in Botswana earlier this year.

The team was nominated for the team of the year award, alongside other teams including the All Whites, Black Sox, Black Ferns and Emirates Team New Zealand.

Sheep shearing, stand up paddleboarding and taekwon-do athletes are among the more than 70 nominations that have been received for six categories at what will be the 55th Halberg Awards, with 27 different sports represented in total.

The nominations go to the Halberg Awards Voting Academy for

Pogba ban a blow Fernandinho expects Manchester United to feel the absence of Paul Pogba in this weekend’s derby against Manchester City. The influential Pogba, United’s record signing, is out of tomorrow’s clash at Old Trafford through suspension. But City midfielder Fernandinho still believes United will prove formidable opposition for Pep Guardiola’s side, who are bidding to extend an eight-point lead at the top of the table. - PA

Stylish win for Gunners Arsene Wenger hailed a “stylish” win as his Arsenal side hammered BATE Borisov to rack up his 700th victory as Gunners boss. Arsenal were already assured of their place in Monday’s round of 32 draw after securing top spot in Group H ahead of an impressive 6-0 win over the Belarusian champions in front of a sparse Emirates crowd.

Arsenal, who could draw Borussia Dortmund, Napoli or Celtic in the draw for the knockout stages, were comfortable throughout as less than 30,000 fans watched on – a record low for the Emirates. - PA Mid Canterbury’s Glenn Moore has rapidly climbed the rugby coaching ladder.

judging to be shortlisted into finalists.

Sixteen athletes from 12 sports have been put forward for the Sportsman of the Year award.

The hotly contested category includes Tom Walsh, Kane Williamson, Beauden Barrett, Brendon Hartley and Michael Venus.

The 2016 High Performance Sport New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year Lisa Carrington, is nominated again in the female category.

Carrington is joined by seven others including Ali Riley, Amy

Satterthwaite, Portia Woodman, Roisin Giles and Sarah Goss.

Seven nominations have come in for the Halberg Disabled Sportsperson of the Year award including four time winner Sophie Pascoe. Corey Peters, Holly Robinson, Jessica Hamill, Keegan Pitcher, Stephen Hills and William Stedman round out the list.

Nominees for the Disabled Sportsperson, Sportsman, Sportswoman and Team of the Year categories will all be eligible for the supreme Halberg Award – the country’s highest accolade

for sporting excellence.

The award is presented to the athlete or team whose achievement is deemed by the judges as representing excellence in sport at the highest level.

The 55th Halberg Awards ceremony will be held on February 8.

Other awards presented during the ceremony include New Zealand’s Favourite Sporting Moment (public vote category), Sport New Zealand Leadership, Lifetime Achievement and inductees into the Sports Hall of Fame.

■ RUGBY

England edges All Blacks in three key positions England might need more than a $233 million war chest, if they are to challenge the All Blacks at the 2019 World Cup, according to one English rugby writer.

But Eddie Jones’ side does have the edge in three key positions, Nick Cain writes in a regular column for The Rugby Paper.

According to Cain, there is growing frustration in the England camp with the fact there was no way of measuring how close the world’s No. 2 side are to the All

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Blacks until they play in November next year.

Based purely one a man-onman comparison of the two best starting XVs from the past year, the All Blacks would easily come up trumps, Cain writes.

“A comparison points categorically to New Zealand being superior in almost every department.

“Jones acknowledges the benchmarks set by New Zealand almost every time he talks about them, but it is not until you do a

man-for-man audit that the size of the gains his team has to make over the next two years truly comes into focus.”

Three All Blacks stalwarts – Joe Moody, Sam Whitelock and Sonny Bill Williams – would, however, be pipped by their England counterparts, Cain writes.

He rates loosehead prop Mako Vunipola ahead of Moody, lock Maro Itoje ahead of Whitelock and second five-eighth Owen Farrell ahead of Williams.

“In the other 12 positions the All Blacks are ahead, and it is a reasonable assumption that if England cannot win more than three individual battles then their chance of supplanting New Zealand as world champions is minimal.

“Furthermore, while England followers can argue that it is the sum of their team’s parts that makes them formidable, there are few teams who outstrip New Zealand in terms of collective strength.”

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Breakers spark up The New Zealand Breakers have rediscovered their offensive spark, and the taste of victory. A 96-89 win over the Brisbane Bullets would have been a sweet relief for the Australian National Basketball League front-runners, after what had been a lacklustre week. The manner of the victory would be most pleasing, with the difference coming on the offensive end, with the Breakers notching their second highest total of the season so far.

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Webber in Hall of Fame Mark Webber will be inducted into the Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame in March. The former Red Bull driver and nine-time grand prix winner was revealed yesterday as the first advance inductee for 2018. He joins legends such as Jack Brabham, Alan Jones, Peter Brock and Mick Doohan and is the 52nd inductee.

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Not racing for Trump Lindsey Vonn will be representing the “people of the United States, not the president” at February’s Winter Olympics, the American skiing star has revealed. Her remarks about President Donald Trump came in an interview with CNN as the 33-year-old prepares to make what is expected to be her final appearance at an Olympics. “I hope to represent the people of the United States, not the president,” Vonn said.

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Methven will be hoping for a much improved batting performance this week after falling for only 119 runs last week. Ben Payne gets his eye in against Allenton.

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■ CRICKET

Lauriston in prime spot

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

This weekend Lauriston have the perfect opportunity to jump into the driving seat of the Pritchard Shield before the Christmas break.

With only two more rounds to go before the big man in the red and white suit breaks up our sporting activities, plenty is on the line.

Lauriston currently sit atop the table, tied with Allenton on nine points but leading by the virtue of net run rate, and will get the chance to pick up three more

points against Coldstream this weekend.

Allenton have the bye, and while it will give them a game in hand, the pressure that will create could prove decisive come the end of the competition.

However, Lauriston picking up the full three points this weekend is by no means a nailed-on result, with Coldstream coming in fresh off the bye, with both Jay and Bo Houston coming in with plenty of cricket for Mid Canterbury in the Hawke Cup under their belts.

Keeping Lauriston’s batsmen

in check will be their main challenge, with Scott Morgan currently running red hot, including a century last week against Tech.

The usual suspects have also been strong for Lauriston with the ball in hand, with Alex Hooper, Ruben Early and Matt Pawsey all regularly amongst the wickets, while their bowling stocks have been boosted further by the return of Dan O’Brien.

In today’s other match, Methven will play host to Tech.

Several captains highlighted how they were not too concerned about the results of the T20 com-

petition at the start of the season, and now they look like they might have been on to something.

Both Tech and Methven, who were finalists in the T20, have been the strugglers of the Pritchard Shield, with both sides only registering one win.

Methven put in yet another poor batting performance last week, only posting 119 runs, and will likely find things just as tricky this week.

With only one more round before Christmas, an early present of three points would be greatly appreciated by all teams.

The last time the England cricket team won in Perth, they beat a team of Australian pub-quiz questions. Rick Darling, John Maclean and Alan Hurst were among the victims in a Kerry Packer-denuded side.

Thirty-nine years later, the Ashes hosts are more no mercy than no name.

With alarming accuracy, and sobering intent, Australia’s bowling attack made a mockery of England’s hopes of chasing down 354 runs to win the second test.

Steve Smith took a sleeping pill the night before to ease his nerves, but Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon were wide-awake to the challenge on the fifth day in Adelaide.

Under a glistening sky, they blew away six English batsmen for 56 runs with bowling of exquisitely measured length. No wonder Smith was so pleased with “Josh, Gazza and Paddy”.

England now need to win two of the last three tests and draw the other to retain the urn.

“It’s always tough coming back from 2-0 down, especially when you’re away from home,” Smith said. “You can be only one or two bad sessions away from losing the series. I think that can play on people’s minds.”

From that, you may conclude a series defeat is hurtling down the track for Joe Root’s team, even if Smith made life harder for his side with his hapless DRS strategy and only 40 and six runs with the bat.

Do not try telling him, though, that he lost the sledging to Stuart Broad and James Anderson.

“I think the opposite,” Smith said, after England had been wiped for 233. “I think they actually switched me on. I think it was when they stopped talking to me that I might have lost concentration. I actually enjoyed it.”

A combined 199,147 spectators watched the Adelaide Oval test.

Few will have left this beautiful ground eager to bet on Australia’s bowlers falling apart in Perth.

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Southee’s happy hunting ground

BY DAVID LEGGAT It should be no surprise Tim Southee is chuffed not only to be back in the test fold but also in Hamilton, such have been his figures at Seddon Park since his first test at the ground seven years ago.

The Hamilton ground has been a source of considerable success for the seamer, who will almost certainly be back in the New Zealand XI for the second West Indies test starting today.

Southee missed the first test win in Wellington over the West Indies for the birth of his child, his place going to Matt Henry.

However, as industriously as Henry bowled second time around at the Basin Reserve, he is likely to make way for Southee, New Zealand’s most successful active test bowler with 204 wickets in 57 tests at 31.55.

Boil that down and in six matches at Seddon Park, Southee has taken 34 wickets at just 19.55 apiece.

That included a man of the matchwinning eight wickets in the dramatic win over Pakistan last season, including six for 80 in the first innings which put New Zealand in charge.

Pakistan lost nine wickets in the final session of the test to tumble to a 138-run loss.

“It’s usually a good cricket wicket,” Southee, who turns 29 on Monday, said yesterday.

“It does swing a little bit here but it’s about adapting to the wicket and we’ve done that reasonably well at most grounds around New Zealand in the last few years.

“Usually there’s a nice little breeze coming across the ground. Sometimes it’s a humid day and it swings; it can be a blue sky and also swings.

“It can be random parts of the day where you have a little glimpse of swing and you have to make the most of it.”

New Zealand’s fast bowling stocks are in decent shape.

With left armers Neil Wagner and Trent Boult the incumbents, plus Southee and Henry, New Zealand also have Auckland speedster Lockie

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Weekend Sports Box A look ahead to the sporting weekend, with a glance back over the shoulder at the week that was.

On the couch ….

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Saturday is the perfect chance to pull the laptop out and hop on Facebook to check out how the Mid Canterbury sevens side will be getting on today at the Southern Regional Sevens Tournament.

Games will be played throughout the day, with Mid Canterbury drawing a tough group, so should be well worth checking in to the South Canterbury Rugby Union Facebook page to see how the team gets on.

Quick quiz …

Mid Canterbury’s Glenn Moore has been nominated for a Halberg Award for his coaching endeavours this season with the Black Ferns, but in what years did he win the Meads Cup with the Hammers?

Pic of the week …

The punt ….

It has been pretty dire in recent weeks, so we are going to do a little rain dance and hope that the Black Caps second test against the West Indies ends up as a draw.

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Tim Southee Ferguson and Central Districts quick Adam Milne, both of whom have had limited-overs chances but no five-day opportunities yet.

“The amount of depth we’ve got is a pleasing sign,” Southee added.

The arrival of the baby ruled Southee out of the first test of the summer.

There’s only four – two against England at the end of the season – so players want to make the most of them.

Southee’s no different.

“Ask any player and they’ll still rank test cricket as the pinnacle.

“I guess you always want to play more but with the cards we’ve been dealt this year there’s only four.

“Hopefully going forward we get to play more test cricket in New Zealand.”

For those who look for omens, here’s a bad one for the West Indies, who have lost their captain Jason Holder to a one-test suspension over a slow over rate in Wellington.

They have lost their only two tests in Hamilton, by solid margins in 1999 and 2013.

Then again there’s a solid expectation, from them and the New Zealand camp that they will, in racing parlance, be better for the run in Wellington, and up for a decent scrap.

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Irish jockey Jack Kennedy found himself in a spot of bother in a race the other day when his horse landed roughly clearing a jump, leaving him clinging on for dear life.

Luckily he was able to swing his way back into the saddle, and miraculously go on to win the race.

Quote of the week …

“We take confidence from the fact that we have been in the final five years in a row and we are playing in front of our home fans.”

Canterbury United Mike De Bono thinks his side can win the national women’s league title again.

Quiz Answer: 2013 and 2014.

■ BOXING

Parker ‘didn’t hurt me’ Andy Ruiz Jr, the heavyweight whom Joseph Parker beat by decision to claim the vacant WBO world title, believes a fight between the Kiwi and Anthony Joshua could go either way.

However, the tough Mexican-American, who suffered his first professional defeat when losing to Parker in Auckland late last year, added Parker never hurt him in their clash.

In fact, Ruiz had the better of the early stages of the fight with his hand speed and workrate, but didn’t do enough in the second half and he certainly didn’t hurt Parker either at any stage.

Parker is promising to knock out Englishman Joshua should they meet next year – negotiations are continuing – but the 25-year-old has failed to stop his last three opponents, beat-

ing Ruiz, Razvan Cojanu and Hughie Fury on points, and Ruiz said he thought Joshua was stronger.

“I think it’ll be a good match up. It could go either way,” Ruiz said.

“Joseph didn’t hurt me at all, not even one time. Joseph Parker’s going to have to do something different to win this fight.

“But Joshua is pretty good. He stays tall too much. He never had a pressure fighter on him all the time. It would be a good match up.”

Ruiz’s trainer, the respected and experienced Abel Sanchez, agreed a fight between Parker and Joshua would be good one, and told BWTM Sports Channel he believed Joshua could get the decision.

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NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club Venue Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 09 Dec 2017 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 5.35pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO MOBILE TROT $10,000, r40 to r55 mob. trot, mobile, 1950m 1 10856 Stellar Success (1) fr.......................... R May 2 09057 Rusty I Am (2) fr ........................... P Wakelin 3 4890x Star Pride (3) fr ................................J Curtin 4 72292 Whatasista (4) fr..............................J W Cox 5 50009 Shpeedy (5) fr ..................... J Harrington (J) 6 93672 Chivasion (6) fr .......................... M Edmonds 7 13273 Sugar Cane (7) fr ................ D D McCormick 8 0100 Such Fun (8) fr ........................ C D Thornley 9 36406 Majestic Moment (9) fr .....................S Ottley 10 21424 Ruthless Success (21) fr ........... L McKay (J) 11 67800 Rocknpop (22) fr ............................... C Ford 2 6.15pm RESOURCE RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES NZ LTD MBL PACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 Tres Vite (1) fr..................................M Jones 2 24x82 Honour The Bet (2) fr ...........S Tomlinson (J) 3 That Alexander Guy (3) fr............C DeFilippi 4 5874 Machsgain (4) fr ............................... C Ward 5 0x Bronx Village (5) fr .......................... G Smith 6 90x00 The Bounder (6) fr................... C D Thornley

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7 Kiwis Are Flying (7) fr ....................R Holmes 8 5 Voodoo Prince (8) fr ........................J W Cox 9 When I See You (9) fr .......................J Curtin 10 66 Double O Heaven (21) fr .................... R May 11 Jacko’s Big Collect (22) fr.................R Close 12 0 Maxwell Montez (23) fr.....................S Ottley 13 54047 Downtown Train (24) fr ...................H Hunter 3 6.55 MISCO JOINERY CHALLENGE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r40 to r55 pace, stand, 2400m 1 72676 Claus (1) fr ......................................J W Cox 2 66105 Every Option (2) fr 3 85512 Gore Bay (3) fr ............................N McGrath 4 77292 Take After Me (4) fr ...........................J Dunn 5 x9607 Major Hippie (5) fr ......................C Jones (J) 6 08510 Airpark Flyer (6) fr ........................ G O’Reilly 7 47808 Rainy River (7) fr ....................... C McDowell 8 99945 Dana Dawn (8) fr 9 58x43 Terrier (9) fr ......................................R Close 10 63662 Gunpowder (10) fr 11 02210 Frankie Jones (11) fr .....................R Holmes 12 7701 Just N Awe (12) fr ............................S Ottley 13 190x3 Franco Lamar (13) fr .......................... R May 14 38000 Van Laddie (14) fr .........................B Orange 15 52909 Ellmers Image (15) fr .............. C D Thornley 16 7360x Nic Mac Willy (U1) fr ....................... G Smith Emergencies: Every Option, Dana Dawn, Gunpowder

4 7.35 SOLID BUILDERS SCURRY HANDICAP TROT $14,400, r70 & faster discrhcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 24150 Donsmedad (1) fr ............................... R May 2 02232 Lavros Jack (U1) fr .................. C D Thornley 3 61411 BD Khaosan (1) 10 .........................J W Cox 4 73x46 Kowhai Whiz (2) 10 ................... L McKay (J) 5 68505 Arya (1) 20 .......................................S Ottley 6 057P0 Belles Son (2) 20 .................S Tomlinson (J) 7 41002 Sundons Flyer (3) 20 ....................B Orange 8 25438 Tornado Valley (4) 20 ................... G O’Reilly 5 8.03pm DAKINS GROUP MBL PACE $10,000, 6yo+ r40 to r63 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 60688 Sicilian Secret (1) fr....................I Schwamm 2 60865 Bridget Blue Chip (2) fr ...............C DeFilippi 3 84620 Scotlynn Justis (3) fr .......................... R May 4 00631 Ask Me Art (4) fr............................B Orange 5 77777 Sans Le Sou fr ............................. Scratched 6 46373 Joey Maguire (5) fr ...........................S Ottley 7 45x03 Mach’s Terminator (6) fr .................. G Smith 8 500x2 Havinaravup (7) fr ................S Tomlinson (J) 9 74941 Black Regal Princess (8) fr ..............R Close 10 x8161 Rah De Rah (21) fr..........................J W Cox 11 78610 Aveross Rustler (22) fr .....................J Young 12 32280 Gabby’s Star (23) fr .......................R Holmes 13 68169 One Direction (24) fr ..................... K Butt (J) 14 79023 Clive (25) fr.............................. C R Thornley

6 8.33pm XCM SPORT MOBILE PACE $10,000, 4yo+ r40 to r55 mobile pace junior drivers, mobile, 1950m 1 00508 All Nuts N Bolts (1) fr .................S Payne (J) 2 24933 Stompem (2) fr .....................S Tomlinson (J) 3 x1272 Scelta Uno (3) fr ......................... L Lester (J) 4 83404 Ildivo (4) fr .............................B Laughton (J) 5 15966 Bound To Impress fr ..................... Scratched 6 66105 Every Option fr ............................. Scratched 7 x4050 Burning Rubber (5) fr ...........M Anderson (J) 8 5x251 Burst Out Laughing (6) fr ...........M Lewis (J) 9 79404 Lauragrace fr ................................ Scratched 10 42921 Santanna Mach (21) fr .......... L Whittaker (J) 11 99945 Dana Dawn (22) fr .................. J Morrison (J) 12 06472 Glengarry Rose (23) fr ...............B Munro (J) 13 63662 Gunpowder (24) fr ......................C Jones (J) 14 51206 Paddington Central (25) fr .......... D Keast (J) 15 2x761 Bushido (26) fr .............................. K Butt (J) 16 1 Saying Grace (27) fr .................... B Hope (J) Emergencies: Bound To Impress, Dana Dawn 7 9.03 ANGUS CEILINGS HANDICAP PACE $14,400, r70 & faster discrhcp pace, stand, 2600m 1 136x3 Franco Tristan (1) fr ................. C D Thornley 2 33331 Lovetodream (2) fr.............................J Dunn 3 07x17 Don Domingo (3) fr .......................B Orange 4 15440 Amazon Lily (4) fr .............................J Curtin

5 25583 Bite The Bullet (1) 10 ...................... G Smith 6 x0169 Maverick (1) 20 ...........................N McGrath 8 9.29pm BLUE STAR TAXIS MOBILE PACE $14,400, 3yo+ r60 to r80 mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 646x4 Distinctive Del (1) fr ............................ R May 2 33842 Afterdinnerspeaker (2) fr ................. G Smith 3 11000 The Bus fr .................................... Scratched 4 7x330 Mac Almighty (3) fr ........................ K Butt (J) 5 62015 Spondulicks (4) fr ..............................J Dunn 6 81012 Star Commander (5) fr ..................B Orange 7 100x0 Shezza GNP (6) fr............................J Curtin 8 67768 Christopher Banner (7) fr ............. G O’Reilly 9 66776 Franco Texas (8) fr ......................C DeFilippi LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS Race 1: Chivasion, Sugar Cane, Whatasista, Such Fun Race 2: Double O Heaven, That Alexander Guy, Kiwis Are Flying Race 3: Franco Lamar, Gore Bay, Take After Me, Terrier Race 4: Lavros Jack, Donsmedad, BD Khaosan, Sundons Flyer Race 5: Black Regal Princess, One Direction, Ask Me Art, Clive Race 6: Saying Grace, Gunpowder, Paddington Central Race 7: Maverick, Bite The Bullet, Lovetodream, Don Domingo Race 8: Star Commander, Spondulicks, Mac Almighty

Invercargill harness Today at Ascot Park Raceway

Invercargill Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 09 Dec 2017 NZ Meeting number: 7 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 11.40am INVERCARGILL WORKOUTS COMMITTEE TROT $8000, non-winners 3yo+ trot, stand, 2700m 1 Bonny Reece (1) fr ........................B Orange 2 6 Make My Day (2) fr........................ B Barclay 3 609P0 Nathan D (3) fr .............................. A Armour 4 Gee P S (4) fr .............................C Ferguson 5 82 Miss Moppet (U1) fr .................. M Purvis (J) 6 947x7 Nottingham K Two (U2) fr ............G McEwan 7 7x000 Spur Me On Gently (U3) fr ....... T Robertson 8 0Px Thunder Buddy (U4) fr ................. B Wallace 2 12.05pm GOODING MARINE FILLIES MARES MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m 2200m 1 67802 Miss Waikiwi (1) fr ................S Tomlinson (J) 2 2233 Shebang (2) fr .................................. D Dunn 3 0x Blue Chip Lady (3) fr ..................R McIlwrick 4 Chilli Franco (4) fr.....................B Williamson 5 77x60 Lily Ducket (5) fr 6 95x25 Chinook Winds (6) fr .......................R Swain 7 High Line (7) fr .............................. B Barclay 8 40056 Evangeline Franco (8) fr ..............A Suddaby 9 06799 Gotta Good Looker fr ................... Scratched 10 07432 Razcal Alley (21) fr .................. M Williamson 11 7 Bella Sara (22) fr ..................... N Williamson 12 633x3 Bettors Atom (23) fr....................C Ferguson 13 25430 Motu Belle Du Jour (24) fr .............B Orange 14 00x Bashful Girl (25) fr .............................A Beck 15 55 Vintage Rose (26) fr ..................... S McNally 16 04730 Iechyd Da (27) fr ..................M Anderson (J)

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3 12.35pm CUP DAY JANUARY 27 HANDICAP TROT $10,000, r40 to r65 discrhcp trot, stand, 2200m 1 13654 Moniburns (1) fr.............................B Orange 2 26820 Grace O’Malley (2) fr ...................... P Hunter 3 x7000 Eyre’s A Rag Doll (3) fr ...............G McEwan 4 33138 Belmont’s Greatest (4) fr ............C Ferguson 5 50484 Our Budd (5) fr ................................. D Dunn 6 92442 Mass Invasion (1) 10 .................E Barron (J) 7 62317 She’s Allthe Craze (2) 10 ........ N Williamson 4 1.10 RAY WHITE INVERCARGILL MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ up to mr47, 2200m 1 80798 Lady’s Lass (1) fr...................... T Robertson 2 77x60 Lily Ducket (2) fr ...................... N Williamson 3 0x854 Von Richthofen (3) fr ................B Williamson 4 06799 Gotta Good Looker (4) fr ............R McIlwrick 5 Px764 Ardtoo (5) fr ................................C Ferguson 6 x506F Buster Brown (6) fr ....................M Hurrell (J) 7 97484 My Blue Heaven (7) fr ..........S Tomlinson (J) 8 6P343 T C Business (8) fr ........................... D Dunn 9 60x Stay Aboard (21) fr ........................B Orange 10 6x007 Vincenzo Denario (22) fr .............B McLellan 11 9x0x6 Dreaminsover (23) fr .......................R Austin 5 1.45 BURGESS MASONRY JNR DRIVERS MBL PACE $9000, 4yo+, with cond. jun.d, mobile, 2200m 1 x5327 Lilac Flash (1) fr ...................M Anderson (J) 2 06427 War Horse (2) fr ......................... T Quate (J) 3 690x0 American Magic (3) fr...........S Tomlinson (J) 4 08x26 Cast A Shadow (4) fr................. M Purvis (J) 5 68238 Canardly Remember (5) fr ........M Hurrell (J) 6 x1409 Always The Brave (6) fr ....... K McNaught (J) 7 36380 Annie Fitz (7) fr ......................... C Purvis (J) 8 5710x Dali Bread (8) fr.........................E Barron (J)

9 68907 Gunslinger Bromac (21) fr........R Rogers (J) 10 88999 Pat’s Legacy (22) fr ..................C Faithful (J) 6 2.20 MCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY HANDICAP PACE $9000, 3yo+ r40 to r59 spechcp pace, 2700m 1 56828 Wayward Roc (1) fr ................. M Williamson 2 8x800 Simple Pleasure (2) fr .................A Suddaby 3 40x06 Rahuri Badlands (3) fr ..............C Faithful (J) 4 75459 Swap Over (4) fr ...................... N Williamson 5 00x00 Likethelook (5) fr ................. K McNaught (J) 6 08420 Highland Girl (6) fr........................ L Pearson 7 6x706 The Night Hawk fr ........................ Scratched 8 x0703 Just Wish (7) fr .....................S Tomlinson (J) 9 12 Kilowatt Kid (1) 10 ....................B Williamson 10 16x94 Navajo Art (2) 10 ...........................B Orange 11 17385 Bettor B Ready (3) 10 ..........M Anderson (J) 12 813x6 Magnate Mara (4) 10 ..........................G Lee 13 x0919 Two Ply (5) 10 .............................B McLellan 14 58070 A Smart Excuse (6) 10..............E Barron (J) 15 584x5 Machjagger (7) 10 ............................ D Dunn 16 23053 Jabali (8) 10 ..............................M Hurrell (J) 7 2.58pm HOWLEY JOINERY NUGGET FINAL (MBL PACE) $12,000, 3yo+ up to & including r55, 2200m 1 7301 The Maroon Marauder (1) fr.....B Williamson 2 70010 Ever Ready (2) fr ........................R McIlwrick 3 925P2 Thatswhatisaid (3) fr.......................K Larsen 4 71 Hot Starff (4) fr .....................M Anderson (J) 5 x5961 RnR Windermere (5) fr............ M Williamson 6 20012 Boomer (6) fr .............................M Hurrell (J) 7 1 Machitelli (7) fr ............................. S McNally 8 26 Unloaded (8) fr ............................... P Hunter 9 51 Nota Bene Denario (21) fr ............. B Barclay 10 1 Detroit Lily (22) fr ..........................B Orange

90x00 Roxy Dale (3) fr ....................... M Williamson 15x41 Southbound Train (4) fr ...................R Swain 44778 Groomsman (5) fr...........................H Hunter MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ r52 to r60 mobile, 2200m 4170x Ossessione (6) fr....................... M Purvis (J) 1 11003 Christmas Toyboy (1) fr ................ S McNally 10447 Six Diamonds (1) 10 ................B Williamson 2 8L821 Rocking Robyn (2) fr ..................C Ferguson 14x37 The Manipulator (2) 10.............C Faithful (J) 3 x6122 Santanna’s Rocket (3) fr...........B Williamson 5078x The Big Boss (U1) 10................... S McNally 4 x5224 Sportzstar (4) fr .................................A Beck 5 96270 Tuherbs Two (5) fr ................S Tomlinson (J) 11 5.23pm DALLARD BUILDING LTD MOBILE PACE 6 81044 Hurricane Banner (6) fr ........... M Williamson $8000, non-winners 3yo+ mr48 to mr51 2200m 1 3 Shindal (1) fr ...............................A Suddaby 7 0x150 Jayedgar (7) fr ...............................B Orange 2 0x4 Fast Profit (2) fr ............................. A Armour 8 31x3 Simply Dreaming (8) fr ..................... D Dunn 3 0x330 Galleons Pleasure (3) fr ................ B Barclay 9 80L71 Bold Ruler (21) fr............................ P Hunter 4 63 Hunterton (4) fr ..........................C Ferguson 10 37x10 Argyle Beach (22) fr ....................A Suddaby 5 92703 Bettor Option (5) fr ...................B Williamson 11 14652 Ideal Conquest (23) fr ................... B Barclay 6 7x Ohoka Waz (6) fr .........................B McLellan 12 0600x The Honey Badger (24) fr ....... N Williamson To Run (7) fr...................... M Purvis (J) 9 4.08 CRUICKSHANK PRYDE MOBILE PACE $9000, 78 24x6 Born John Coltrane (8) fr ........................B Shirley r40 to r51 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 9 5x832 James Butt (21) fr ..........................K Larsen 1 95x38 Ansett Flight (1) fr .......................... P Hunter 10 The Bull Pen (22) fr ................. M Williamson 2 15303 Franco Huntington (2) fr ..............A Suddaby 11 60444 Bettor Rock Again (23) fr ..................A Beck 3 x4460 Leah Mac (3) fr............................. S McNally 12 0 Please Shuddup (U1) fr ................... D Dunn 4 5P777 Senorita Margarita (4) fr .............R McIlwrick SELECTIONS 5 64341 Nightmarch (5) fr ......................B Williamson 6 51890 Some Excusesomewhere (6) frN Williamson Race 1: Miss Moppet, Thunder Buddy, Bonny Reece, Gee P S 7 6x706 The Night Hawk (7) fr ....................... D Dunn Race 2: Shebang, High Line, Bella Sara, Razcal Alley Race 3: She’s Allthe Craze, Grace O’Malley, Moniburns 8 8x800 Simple Pleasure (8) fr ............. M Williamson Race 4: Stay Aboard, Ardtoo, T C Business, Gotta Good Looker 9 9x368 Northview Betta (21) fr .................. B Barclay Race 5: Lilac Flash, Cast A Shadow, American Magic 10 14583 First Son (22) fr ..........................C Ferguson Race 6: Magnate Mara, Kilowatt Kid, Navajo Art, Jabali 11 0x364 Pegasus Merrily (23) fr ................B McLellan Race 7: Nota Bene Denario, The Maroon Marauder, Thatswhatisaid 10 4.43 WILLY’S FLOORING HANDICAP PACE $10,000, Race 8: Santanna’s Rocket, Christmas Toyboy, Jayedgar, Sportzstar r60 & faster discrhcp pace, stand, 2700m Race 9: Some Excusesomewhere, Leah Mac, Franco Huntington 1 63950 Robs Ideal (1) fr .........................C Ferguson Race 10: The Big Boss, Southbound Train, Six Diamonds 2 3118 Benio Ben (2) fr ................................ D Dunn Race 11: Please Shuddup, Galleons Pleasure, James Butt 11 x57x1 Mucho Macho Man (23) fr ................ D Dunn

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Wellington gallops Today at Trentham Raceway

Wellington RC Venue: Trentham Meeting Date: 09 Dec 5 733 Flaunt It Girl (4) 54.5 .................S McKay (a) 2017 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 6 3 Imelda Mary (1) 54.5 ................... C Johnson and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 7 3 Xpression (8) 54.5...........................S Collett 8 Peaceful (5) 54.5 ........................M Coleman 1 12.45pm (NZT) KAMADA PARK PREMIER $30,000, 4 2.30pm BOYS GET PAID LOVE AFFAIR WITH TED Rating 85 Benchmark, 1000m 1 1195x Ballybay tdb (1) 59 ................ H Andrew (a2) PREMIER $30,000, 3YO SW+P, 1400m 1 14127 Platinum Volos t (7) 58.5 ............M Cameron 2 20x10 Gift Of Power tdm (5) 54 ............. C Johnson 2 7x1 Castani (4) 57.5 ............................. J Parkes 3 8680x Mels Evie d (3) 54 .....................A Chan (a2) 3 1 Rock On Wood (5) 57.5..............R Elliot (a1) 4 2x221 Celebratedachiever (2) 54..........R Elliot (a1) 4 9x137 Smokin’ Oak m (6) 57.5 ..................S Collett 5 06x10 Euphoria dm (4) 54 ........................ J Parkes 2 1.20 FASTRACK INSURANCE CHALMERS TWO MILE 5 93711 Savvy Coup d (2) 56.5 ................ C Johnson 6 20. Kirkland (1) 56.................................R Myers PREMIER $30,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 3200m 7 3 All In Mana (3) 56.................. H Andrew (a2) 1 22367 Dr Watson tm (1) 60 ..............C Waddell (a4) 8 2x289 Belle du Nord 55.5 ....................... Scratched 2 x0776 Running Late tm (3) 54 .................M Tanaka 3 42751 Soleseifei (7) 54 ............................. J Parkes 5 3.05pm HIREMASTER PREMIER $30,000, Rating 85 4 46660 Sylvester (6) 54 ................................. T Allan Benchmark, 1400m 1 94x22 William Wallace db (3) 60................R Myers 5 73314 Katiem Marie (5) 54 2 71670 Platinum Command tdm (6) 59 .. A Shin (a4) 6 06578 Stormy Habit tm (8) 54 .......... H Andrew (a2) 3 72645 Morse Code (8) 58 ............... T Johnson (a2) 7 0x915 High Spirits (4) 54 ...........................S Collett 4 85x45 La Fille En Jeu td (7) 57 ....................L Hemi 8 00523 Keilib (2) 54 ................................. C Johnson 3 1.55 RANDWICK MEATS WAKEFIELD CHALLENGE 5 x6446 Sergeant Blast tdm (10) 57 ......... D Johnson 6 x2136 Travimyfriend tdb (5) 57 ................. J Parkes STAKES $100,000, 2YO SW, 1200m 7 1x121 Scandalo (9) 56.5........................ C Johnson 1 11 Espumoso (3) 56.5.....................M Cameron 8 9x900 Prince Mambo (2) 55 ......................S Collett 2 2. King Louis (7) 56.5 ..........................D Turner 9 x6x70 Stratocaster (1) 54 ........................D Bradley 3 2 Bit Lippy (2) 56.5 ............................ J Parkes 4 6 Lite My Cigar (6) 56.5 ................. D Johnson 10 206x0 Foxy Wolf (4) 54 ................................ T Allan

6 3.40pm THE INFORMANT PREMIER $30,000, SP COND, 1600m 1 77416 Master Pat mh (15) 58 ..............A Chan (a2) 2 52219 Outstanding (3) 58 ...................... C Johnson 3 90x11 Maltese Ruby (2) 57 .................... D Johnson 4 0x42 Star Quality (11) 57 .............. T Johnson (a2) 5 84x42 Turfshaker (6) 57 ...........................M Tanaka 6 645 Choice Attitude (7) 57 ...................D Bradley 7 65 Heart Of Fame (13) 57 ....................D Turner 8 07x6 Rock Rulz (10) 57 .....................S McKay (a) 9 x9421 Hollypop (4) 56............................... J Parkes 10 0x19 La Jolie Fille d (12) 56.....................R Myers 11 84 Banstead (8) 55.5 ......................M Coleman 12 77232 Play The Field b (1) 55 ...............M Cameron 13 69608 Madam Makfi (14) 55 ............ H Andrew (a2) 14 50x98 Suffign (5) 55 ..................................S Collett 15 07 Her Destiny (9) 54 .............................L Hemi 7 4.15pm JACK DOIG LOVED HIS RACING PREMIER $30,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 x0254 Abbey Road td (9) 60 ..................... J Parkes 2 242x3 Hoist d (8) 60 ....................... T Johnson (a2) 3 2341x Eagle Bay (6) 58.5 ..........................R Myers 4 66x59 Black Sav (11) 58 .......................M Cameron 5 28x33 Awatane (5) 58 ................................S Collett 6 68x02 Deedee Panache d (1) 57.5 .......M Coleman 7 90527 Bushfire b (7) 57.5 -

8x052 Perfect Shock 57.5 ....................... Scratched 3x135 Bring To The Block mb (12) 57 ..........L Hemi 32x16 Miss Doherty b (3) 57 ................. D Johnson 8x443 Piece Of Kate 57 .......................... Scratched 34945 Margot (10) 56.5 ......................... C Johnson 9518x Rusty In Melbourne (4) 56 ............M Tanaka 20645 Saignon m (13) 55 .....................R Elliot (a1) 88037 Em Kay Pops dm (2) 54.5 ..... H Andrew (a2) 4x733 Heineken Rocks 54 ...................... Scratched 8 4.50pm RYDGES WELLINGTON CAPTAIN COOK STAKES $200,000, WFA, 1600m 1 x3433 Kawi tdb (4) 59 ..............................J Waddell 2 60x47 Benzini d (5) 59 .................................L Hemi 3 13737 Chocante d (8) 59 ....................... D Johnson 4 02263 Authentic Paddy tdm (9) 59...........M Tanaka 5 6x511 Son Of Maher d (3) 59 ................ C Johnson 6 0x284 Consensus d (2) 57.........................R Myers 7 x9652 Mime 57 ....................................... Scratched 8 11131 Sensible Princess m (7) 57 ........M Cameron 9 x2712 Miss Wilson td (10) 57.....................S Collett 10 x0903 Coldplay d (1) 57 ............................ J Parkes 11 3x700 Sofia Rosa (6) 57 .......................M Coleman 9 5.30pm WOODRIDGE ESTATE PREMIER $30,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 70245 Ticket Clipper m (11) 59.5 ................. T Allan 2 030x0 Captain Lincoln tdm (9) 59 ..............S Collett

3 52215 Jessiegee td (7) 57.5 ..................... J Parkes 4 17x63 Amorata (13) 57 .......................... C Johnson 5 450x2 Curious d (2) 57 ........................S McKay (a) 6 61765 Finn dm (5) 57...................... T Johnson (a2) 7 62221 The Bandito d (6) 57 ............. H Andrew (a2) 8 13441 The Rippa (12) 56.5 ......................M Tanaka 9 03x21 Seraphim (1) 56 .......................... D Johnson 10 0x840 Cassie Anne 55............................ Scratched 11 39325 Classic Touch d (8) 55................M Cameron 12 76980 Dramatist d (10) 54.5 .................R Elliot (a1) 13 05119 Itellyouonething (3) 54.5 ............M Coleman 14 1258x Kolee d (14) 54.5.................. S MacNab (a2) 15 51906 Ophelia Lee dm (4) 54.5 ...................L Hemi 16 3x466 Flamingo (15) 54 .............................R Myers Blinkers off : Running Late (R2), Sofia Rosa (R8) Winkers on : Heart Of Fame, Rock Rulz, Her Destiny (R6) SELECTIONS

Auckland RC Venue: Ellerslie Meeting Date: 09 Dec 2017 7 4 8x348 Brighton td (6) 57.5 ........................V Colgan 4 4x160 Volpe Veloce tdm (5) 55.5 .............. J Bayliss 2x Bucky (9) 57 ................................T Thornton NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 8 7x4 Sir Linwood (5) 57 .....................B Hutton (a) 5 x1112 Yearn db (2) 54 ...........................T Thornton 5 597x1 Rocanto td (1) 55 ...........................V Colgan 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 6 32x34 Vinevale (3) 54 ............................C Lammas 6 75x19 Bullrush d (4) 54.5.............................L Innes 9 6x6 Xpress Hit (7) 57 ...............................L Innes 7 x3721 Wide Awake (7) 54 ........................M McNab 7 6x00x Rangipo t (2) 54.5 ...........................A Collett Ted Talks (3) 57 ...............................A Collett 1 2.49 TERENZO,DANIELLE & RORY-LIFE ED AMBAS- 10 SADORS 2200 $27,500, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies 11 000x6 Arrivo (8) 56.5 .............................T Abel (a4) 5 5.10pm HYGIENE SYSTEMS 2200 $35,000, Rating 8 28x52 Go Nicholas td (3) 54 .........S Weatherley (a) 9 1110x Melody Belle tdm (6) 54 ................M McNab 3 3.59pm WEBB 1200 $30,000, R75 Benchmark, 1200m 85 Benchmark, 2200m and Mares*, 2200m 1 9x077 What A Diva (5) 59.5 .............H Marzuki (a3) 1 95104 Saber dm (8) 61.5 .......................T Thornton 1 401x0 El Soldado td (8) 62.5 ........................M Hills 7 6.30 HYNDS HOLDINGS LIMITED BONECRUSHER 2 78x52 Thailand (7) 59 ..............................M McNab 2 0240x Date Night t (3) 55.......................C Lammas 2 66676 Smedley tdm (10) 60 ...........A Schwerin (a2) STAKES $70,000, 3YO SW, 1400m 3 x4270 August Edition m (4) 58...........E McCall (a4) 3 723x4 Rose Imperial d (7) 55 ................... J Bayliss 1 1x413 Hard Merchandize dm (7) 56.5 ...C Lammas 3 38489 King Krovanh td (7) 59.5 ...................L Innes 4 56310 Belle Volant (1) 58 ...............................C Dell 4 x2104 Princess Kereru d (2) 54.5 .............. C Grylls 2 21x18 Haussmann tdmb (3) 56.5 ................L Innes 4 4x823 Zacada tb (4) 59.............................. C Grylls 5 15230 Florence Ivy (3) 58 ......................... J Bayliss 5 x4561 Caesour’s Dream (6) 54 ............. L Satherley 3 12. The Great Southern (4) 56.5 ......G Cooksley 5 117x0 Victory Drive t (3) 55.5 ................... J Bayliss 6 1x650 Soul Sensation m (2) 57.5 ..............A Collett 6 5x540 I Am Gracie td (4) 54..............J Fawcett (a3) 4 1 Endowment (6) 56.5...........S Weatherley (a) 6 16612 Keep Up m (1) 54 ............................A Collett 7 33233 La Achiever (6) 54.5 ....................T Thornton 7 149x1 Rikki Tikki Tavi d (5) 54 ...................A Collett 5 51 Maktoum (8) 56.5 ..........................M McNab 7 60184 Big Mike t (6) 54 ..........................T Thornton 2 3.24pm THE COMMON 1200 $10,000, MDN, 1200m 8 1x228 Fullinbloom td (1) 54 .....................M McNab 8 3x747 Dalezinga t (2) 54......................T Wenn (a3) 6 3164 Xbox b (5) 56.5................................ C Grylls 9 06943 Danger Dee (9) 54 .............S Weatherley (a) 7 x1119 Prom Queen db (9) 54.5 .................A Collett 9 30069 Arite Guru dm (5) 54 ................. R Scott (a3) 1 8692 Full Of Talent (6) 58.5......................M Vance 4 4.34 DUNSTAN FEEDS 1500 CHAMPIONSHIP QUAL- 10 55915 Narvick (9) 54.....................S Weatherley (a) 8 6x122 Florence Jean b (2) 54.5 ................V Colgan 2 4x894 Matuzalem (4) 58.5 6 5.50 RAY WHITE NZ 1200 $40,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 9 x3451 Global Thinking 54.5 .................... Scratched 3 48 Clarios 58.5 .................................. Scratched IFIER $35,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1400m 13 O’Hara db (10) 54.5 1 106x8 Ruud Not Too td (5) 59 ................... J Bayliss 1 3112x Seventh Up tdmb (8) 60 .............G Cooksley 10 4 9x40x Naples (2) 58.5 ...........................C Lammas 21 Spring Heat (1) 54.5....................... J Bayliss 2 30x60 Meursault d (4) 58.5 ...................G Cooksley 2 926x2 Speech Craft td (9) 58.5.....................M Hills 11 5 Aigne (1) 58.5 ................................... D Hain 3 7x81x Thunder Down Under td (1) 58 .........L Innes 3 29x53 Heroic Valour td (7) 56 ................C Lammas 8 7.10pm RAY WHITE CITY REALTY 2200 $30,000, 6 9x Bugs Moran (10) 58.5 ........S Weatherley (a)

Rating 75 Benchmark, 2200m 1 651x9 Iffwedance (2) 59.5 ............................M Hills 2 x8451 Magic Chai td (4) 58.5.......................L Innes 3 02311 Peso m (1) 58.....................S Weatherley (a) 4 16612 Keep Up m (3) 57.5 5 8x038 Excalibur t (9) 56 .............................A Collett 6 08322 Nina Arora tm (8) 55.5 ..................M McNab 7 74922 Dougie m (10) 55 ........................T Thornton 8 53141 Belle Testa m (5) 54.5 .................... J Bayliss 9 6x089 Pure Lorde (6) 54.5 ......................... C Grylls 10 01654 Rocanic (7) 54.....................A Schwerin (a2) SELECTIONS

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Race 1: Gift Of Power, Euphoria, Celebratedachiever, Mels Evie Race 2: Soleseifei, Katiem Marie, Keilib, High Spirits, Sylvester Race 3: Espumoso, Bit Lippy, Xpression, Imelda Mary Race 4: Savvy Coup, Smokin’ Oak, Kirkland, All In Mana Race 5: William Wallace, Scandalo, Travimyfriend, La Fille En Jeu Race 6: Turfshaker, Maltese Ruby, Outstanding, Play The Field Race 7: Hoist, Bring To The Block, Black Sav, Awatane Race 8: Kawi, Sensible Princess, Miss Wilson, Coldplay Race 9: Amorata, Jessiegee, Seraphim, The Rippa, Flamingo

Auckland gallops Today at Ellerslie Raceway

Race 1: Thailand, Florence Ivy, La Achiever, Belle Volant Race 2: Sir Linwood, Full Of Talent, Xpress Hit, Matuzalem Race 3: Fullinbloom, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Princess Kereru, I Am Gracie Race 4: Yearn, Wide Awake, Brighton, Vinevale, Ruud Not Too Race 5: Keep Up, Zacada, King Krovanh, Narvick, Big Mike Race 6: Melody Belle, Volpe Veloce, Bullrush, Speech Craft Race 7: Haussmann, Florence Jean, Prom Queen, Endowment Race 8: Peso, Magic Chai, Nina Arora, Belle Testa, Excalibur

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Saturday, December 9, 2017

Matamata off after race one Safety issues brought a premature end to yesterday’s Matamata meeting.

Two horses came to grief in the opening event and a subsequent track inspection by stewards with

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trainers and jockeys’ representatives resulted in a decision to abandon the fixture.

Sam Weatherley’s mount Duke Street came down with 800m to run in the 2000m maiden and

Tensile, ridden by Mark Hills, was unable to avoid them and also fell.

Both jockeys and their mounts escaped without injury.

Stewards said they could find no reason for the slippery track.

The meeting will not be rescheduled as the majority of horses who didn’t race at Matamata have options at Hawke’s Bay, Tauranga and Ellerslie over the next nine days.

- NZME

Sam Weatherley

Motukarara harness Tomorrow at Motukarara Raceway

Akaroa Trotting Club Inc Venue: Motukarara Raceway (Grass) Meeting Date: 10 Dec 2017 NZ Meeting number: 10 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.12pm HAASE MARSHALL DRAINAGE STANDING TROT $8000, non-winners 3yo+ trot, 2170m 1 49x45 Well Defined (1) fr ........................ K Townley 2 90x22 Geena’s Girl (2) fr............................. D Dunn 3 Clare Margaret (3) fr ............... C D Thornley 4 68908 Masies Pride (4) fr........................ G O’Reilly 5 03973 Monarco (5) fr ............................. B Hope (J) 6 40x03 Silver Spur (6) fr ................................ M Neill 7 Tres Magnifique (7) fr ....................R Holmes 8 33460 Sunny Glenis (8) fr .................... R Anderson 9 65 Westar Maggie (9) fr .......................... R May 10 0 Midnight Memories (10) fr ................J Curtin 11 8 Crusader Conqueror (11) fr..........I Cameron 12 494x I W McNik (12) fr ...............................J Dunn 13 77607 Show Of Faith (13) fr .........................G Hunt 14 2 Ruth Celeste Petite (14) fr......... M Edmonds 15 404 My Eyre (15) fr .................................P Davis 16 x0334 Grand Princess (16) fr...................B Orange 17 06 Aldebaran Bonny (17) fr ..............C DeFilippi 18 0x005 Red Harbour (U1) fr ....................... K James Emergencies: Clare Margaret, Masies Pride, Crusader Conqueror, Show Of Faith 2 12.42pm CHALLENGE LINCOLN & MOTUKARARA WORKOUTS MBL PACE $8000, 4yo+ up to & including r55 +claimers mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 70006 Red River Lochee (1) fr ............J McDermott 2 90600 Gerald (2) fr.......................................A Edge 3 x0700 Live To Tell (3) fr ................................P Cook 4 46957 Queen Of Glory (4) fr ........................C Wigg 5 x4125 Trailer Park Girl (5) fr ......................S Murtha 6 04893 Leading The Way (6) fr ...............P Anderson 7 60940 Pat Campbell (7) fr ......................... C Negus 8 80505 Franco Caliph (8) fr .......................T Sissons 9 55237 Zakspatrol (9) fr...............................N Munro 10 54899 Redmaro (21) fr.............................. M Hallett 11 91805 Westar Sam (22) fr ............................ W Low

12 20456 Red Under Fire (23) fr ......................W Frost 13 730x8 Going To California (24) fr ............. B Wilmott 14 12482 Romanite (25) fr ................................S Wigg 3 1.17pm THE FAMOUS GROUSE HOTEL STANDING PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ pace, stand, 2170m 1 60009 Franco Toddy (1) fr .................... C McDowell 2 0 I Can Remember (2) fr ............... K Cameron 3 Absolutely Unreal (3) fr ......... J Markham (J) 4 7657x Don’t Tell Ange (4) fr .......................J W Cox 5 00 Adjudicator (5) fr ..................... M Williamson 6 Nucleus VC (6) fr.........................C DeFilippi 7 Nemera Franco (7) fr............... C D Thornley 8 76P95 Waikari Fire (8) fr .............................R Close 9 Native Oneinamillion (9) fr............M Perriton 10 Overcharged (10) fr .......................B Orange 11 442x6 Donegal Carnbouy (11) fr .......... C Smith (J) 12 0x Bronx Village fr ............................. Scratched 13 45030 Mega Watt (12) fr ............................... R May 14 x0232 Like Ya More (13) fr ................. L McCormick 15 77676 Awaytocullect (14) fr .............. O Thornley (J) 16 P2x0x American Alice (15) fr ......................J Curtin 17 7x4 Copperhead Rose (16) fr ...........C Markham 18 60965 Franco Garcia (U1) fr ...........M Anderson (J) Emergencies: Franco Toddy, I Can Remember, Adjudicator, Bronx Village 4 1.52 CRATE & BARREL LEESTON MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ mob. pace, 2000m 1 40749 It’s A Deal (1) fr ..........................R Cameron 2 4530 Caviar Star (2) fr ..............................J Curtin 3 x0026 The Doorman (3) fr ................. C D Thornley 4 57272 Motu Bettor Be Quick (4) fr .......... G O’Reilly 5 9805 Silent Shadow (5) fr ............... J Morrison (J) 6 00x54 Chelsea Ella (6) fr .........................B Orange 7 89089 The Kingpin (7) fr ..............................J Dunn 8 00x80 Grin For Gold (8) fr.................. C R Thornley 9 08 Get The Rhythm (9) fr ......................S Ottley 10 997x9 Rico Gold (21) fr............................... D Dunn 11 235x8 Gotta Ticket (22) fr ..................... C Smith (J) 12 06877 Capital Girl (23) fr................................K Cox 13 454x9 Tom Me Gun (24) fr .....................C DeFilippi

14 00008 Franco Hatton fr ........................... Scratched 15 07 Tracksarefortrains (25) fr .................... R May 16 7x089 Diamond Supreme fr .................... Scratched 17 06405 Magical Matty (26) fr .................... A Lethaby Emergencies: Chelsea Ella, Capital Girl, Franco Hatton 5 2.27pm ROBERT HARNEISS THELMA MEMORIAL F&M MBL PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 08697 Trendy’s Bad Girl (1) fr ..................B Orange 2 73833 Corena Lea (2) fr..................... C D Thornley 3 08040 Yukon Cloud (3) fr ................M Anderson (J) 4 0x Smoke N Reactor (4) fr ....................S Ottley 5 x74x9 Comfortably Numb (5) fr ..................R Close 6 To Ri Elsie (6) fr ................................. R May 7 Miss You (7) fr .............................. G O’Reilly 8 06877 Capital Girl fr ................................ Scratched 9 334 Kensington Kate (8) fr .......................J Dunn 10 Choice Lustre (21) fr .....................R Holmes 11 2x204 Cullens Joy (22) fr ............................ D Dunn 12 P970x Fortune Tiller (23) fr ........................J W Cox 13 33 Sounds Bettor (24) fr.....................L O’Reilly 14 00x00 Fine Sophie (25) fr .................. C R Thornley 15 Miss Mac Malone (26) fr .............C DeFilippi 16 0 Lilac Star (27) fr ...................... M Williamson Emergencies: Capital Girl, Fine Sophie 6 3.01 TAI TAPU HOTEL MOBILE PACE $8000, 4yo+ r40 to r47 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 32501 Major Four (1) fr ............................B Orange 2 09985 Classie Cullect (2) fr..................... G O’Reilly 3 x900x Cool Changes (3) fr.......................... D Dunn 4 61000 Classie Regal (4) fr ...................... S McNally 5 8x003 Tufflittlerooster (5) fr .........................R Close 6 9007x Karanga Sweet P (6) fr ..............C Markham 7 56922 Uralla Sue (7) fr.............................L O’Reilly 8 07060 Veneto (8) fr ............................. J Kennett (J) 9 89090 Glenisthebettor (9) fr ................. R Anderson 10 90909 Pegasus Kommander (21) fr ............J Young 11 249x0 Hes Fast And Furious (22) fr .............J Dunn 12 79404 Lauragrace (23) fr ............................S Ottley 13 36384 Regal Suzy (24) fr .............................. R May

M6 Waipukurau gallops

1 5515x Go Davey (1) fr............................C DeFilippi 2 50194 Unico Legend (2) fr ............................ R May TROT $8500, up to & including r55 trot, stand, 2170m 3 04925 Pradas Ideal Dahling (3) fr ...... C D Thornley 4 78700 Glenferrie Classic (4) fr ...................M Jones 1 x4384 We’ll Meet Again (1) fr...................... J Smith 5 43423 Kardesler (5) fr ................................R Payne 2 Px068 Idle Boys (2) fr 6 32570 All About Henry (6) fr .......................D White 3 05043 I’ldoitmyway (3) fr ................... J Morrison (J) 7 89841 Quite Ideal (U1) fr ................... M Williamson 4 x8760 Whataboyz (4) fr 8 883x1 Joemaro (1) 10.....................M Anderson (J) 5 x6620 One Over Dover (5) fr ........................ R May 9 59505 Johnny Eyre (2) 10...........................S Ottley 6 74856 Ella Abbe (6) fr ............................ B Hope (J) 7 x7701 Paradise Spur (7) fr .......................B Orange 10 31512 My Wee Man (3) 10.......................B Orange 8 64340 Time For Diamonds (8) fr ................... J Ford 11 21615 Clasina Maria (U1) 20 ......................J Young 9 14082 Sea Rover (9) fr...........................T McMillan 12 73P63 Alta Orlando (U1) 40 .........................J Dunn 10 639x9 Natives Lasting Love (10) fr ....... K Cameron 10 5.12pm COUNTRY FEASTS F&M MOBILE PACE 11 00x50 Kai Time (11) fr ......................... M Edmonds $9000, 3yo+ f&m r50 to r70 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 24102 English Rose (1) fr ...................... B Hope (J) 12 05x38 Wot Up (12) fr............................... S McNally 2 30301 Kylie Ann (2) fr .................................R Close 13 41505 Motu Great Sensation (13) fr .... B Borcoskie 3 30514 Mad Lu Li (3) fr....................................K Cox 14 74764 Rollin Thunder (14) fr .............. M Williamson 4 34953 Julia Lady (4) fr ............................ G O’Reilly 15 948x6 Just A Dude (15) fr .................. C D Thornley 5 612 Sarah Burt (5) fr 16 073x0 Mr Fahrenheit (16) fr ..................C Jones (J) 6 10135 Debnita Rose (6) fr........................... D Dunn 17 00850 Princess Harbour (17) fr..............C DeFilippi 7 0111x Jackalack Sue (7) fr 18 40001 Tijuana Taxi (U1) fr .................. L McCormick Em: Idle Boys, Whataboyz, Ella Abbe, Princess Harbour 8 98065 Goodlookin Chick (8) fr 8 4.11pm CANTERBURY TROTTING OWNERS ASSN 9 82844 Highland Reign (9) fr ............... S O’Reilly (J) MOBILE PACE $8000, 4yo+ r48 to r50, r51 with cond. 10 65576 Gypsy’s Choice (21) fr............. M Williamson 11 210x8 Bird Of Paradise (22) fr ................... G Smith mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 60865 Bridget Blue Chip fr ...................... Scratched 12 0x041 Calendar Girlz (23) fr 2 86x06 Jakira (1) fr ....................................... D Dunn 13 00531 Kiwi On Show (24) fr 3 98070 Raising Hope (2) fr ......................G R Payne 14 00x27 Mossdale Rose (25) fr........................ R May 4 810x0 Shadowman (3) fr ...................... C Smith (J) Pacifiers off : Shadowman (R8) 5 8808x Selena Franco (4) fr ................ C D Thornley SELECTIONS 6 90x30 Sharknado (5) fr .............................. G Smith Race 1: Ruth Celeste Petite, Monarco, Westar Maggie 7 130x0 Gracie Eyre (6) fr .............................S Ottley Race 2: Trailer Park Girl, Leading The Way, Zakspatrol 8 x0077 Kiel (7) fr ................................. L McCormick Race 3: Like Ya More, Awaytocullect, Donegal Carnbouy 9 27207 Articulight (8) fr .................................. R May Race 4: Motu Bettor Be Quick, It’s A Deal, Rico Gold 10 65400 Franco Saxon (21) fr .........................J Dunn Race 5: Corena Lea, Kensington Kate, Miss Mac Malone 11 68100 The Tin Soldier (22) fr ............. M Williamson Race 6: Uralla Sue, Major Four, Tufflittlerooster, Classie Cullect 12 18883 Midfrew Tarpediem (23) fr ..... J Markham (J) Race 7: I’ldoitmyway, One Over Dover, Time For Diamonds 13 78968 Stop Means Stop (24) fr .................T Chmiel Race 8: Selena Franco, The Tin Soldier, Franco Saxon, Sharknado 9 4.46 BURNSIDE CONTRACTORS AKAROA CUP HCP Race 9: Quite Ideal, Clasina Maria, Kardesler, My Wee Man Race 10: Goodlookin Chick, Mossdale Rose, Gypsy’s Choice PACE $12,000, r60 & faster discrhcp pace, 2810m 14 89009 Iodean (25) fr ................................R Holmes

7 3.36pm PGG WRIGHTSON/GARRARDS STANDING

Tomorrow at Waipukurau Raceway

Waipukurau JC Venue: Waipukurau Meeting Date: 10 Dec 2017 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 1.00pm RURAL AIR WORK/DAX BAR & GRILL 2200 MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 2200m 1 08524 Cornerstone (4) 58.5 .........................L Hemi 2 x8452 Dal Kilchoan (7) 58.5 ........... T Johnson (a2) 3 7x795 Heza Duke (1) 58.5 ........................... T Allan 4 70x8 Donardo h (2) 58.5 ................ H Andrew (a2) 5 0x887 Trebbiano (8) 58.5 ...........................D Turner 6 x5563 Hard But Fair b (6) 56.5 ..................R Myers 7 08808 Crystal Roc (5) 56.5 ......................M McNab 8 850 Walk With Kings (3) 55 ................ C Johnson 2 1.35pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE MAIDEN $12,000, MDN 3YOF, 1200m 1 x337x Lincoln’s Gal (12) 56.5 ..................M Tanaka 2 2. Majic Hazel b (2) 56.5 .....................R Myers 3 3x0x3 Swiss Precision (4) 56.5 .................S Collett 4 5x95x Du’blues (6) 56.5 ....................... D Hirini (a1) 5 8. Lisbeth (1) 56.5 .................................L Hemi 6 Xenia Onatopp (11) 56.5.................D Turner 7 58x6. Deuce Coupe (7) 56.5................. C Johnson

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Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Stadium Meeting Date: 10 Dec 2017 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 and 10; 12, 13 and 14 1 12.51pm WELCOME TO THE MANUKAU SPORTSBOWL SPRINT C2, 318m 1 34213 Elouera Mist nwtd ......................P Ferguson 2 25521 Zimmer Frame 18.81 R &....................L Udy 3 21132 Scott Tied Up 18.63 U & ...................Cottam 4 18771 Unconscionable 18.61 R & .................L Udy 5 15641 Bigtime Moola 18.60 R & ....................L Udy 6 57161 Gimme Hot Chips 18.55 U &.............Cottam 7 14488 Diva Pose 18.64 M & ....................... J Smith 8 73866 Brotastic 18.62 ..................................B Craik 9 64453 Epic Force 18.63 .......................... H Mullane 10 47417 Red Dee 18.53 ................................P Green 2 1.09pm TROPHIES PLUS SPRINT C0, 318m 1 32225 Barwon Bandit nwtd ...................D Schofield 2 Dagny nwtd .................................. H Mullane 3 2 Hot Mayhem nwtd U & ......................Cottam 4 34424 Unprofound nwtd ...............................E Potts 5 2235 Zipping Andre nwtd ....................D Schofield 6 Kuridrani nwtd ...............................A Cleaver 7 38328 Warrior Tony nwtd U & ......................Cottam 8 322x Forcible nwtd .................................... S Clark 9 F7364 Bright Boy nwtd .................................B Bond 10 8484 Sky Ryder nwtd ................................M Black 3 1.26pm STITCHES UPHOLSTERY SERIES HEAT 1 C0q, 527m 1 72473 Phuket Paul nwtd ............................S Codlin 2 54 Stensness nwtd............................ H Mullane 3 666 Mighty Mezz nwtd R & ................N O’Regan 4 73345 Bigtime Sassy nwtd......................K Williams

8 7x Celtic Fire (5) 56.5 .................J Fawcett (a3) 9 Cookie Time (9) 56.5............ S MacNab (a2) 10 6x9 Dare To Rock (8) 56.5 ...............S McKay (a) 11 60 Glitzyrock (3) 56.5 .....................A Chan (a2) 12 Martinelli (10) 56.5 3 2.10pm PGG WRIGHTSON 1200 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 534x6 High Distinction (2) 59.....................S Collett 2 91x69 Pakapunch td (6) 58.5 ...............S McKay (a) 3 214. Wandering Eye db (5) 58 ..............M McNab 4 25x51 Pincanto h (3) 57.5....................A Chan (a2) 5 13x47 Aquilo 57.5 ................................... Scratched 6 0575x The Duke Of Jazz m (1) 57 .............R Myers 7 0007x Casaquinman (4) 56.5 ....................D Turner 4 2.45 W DYER LIVESTOCK 1200 MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 3x Knife (13) 58.5.................................D Turner 2 5569x Wotamission (12) 58.5 .......... H Andrew (a2) 3 7x650 Boy Soldier (5) 58.5 .......................... T Allan 4 09506 Gates To Rio (11) 58.5 ......................L Hemi 5 4 Hunter Villain (2) 57 ........................R Myers 6 Windsor (9) 57 ............................ C Johnson

7 2379x Mystigan (1) 56.5 ..................C Waddell (a4) 8 x0x93 Miss Oahu (10) 56.5 .................S McKay (a) 9 90x63 Petite Midas (3) 56.5 .....................M Tanaka 10 05x34 Platinum Raider (7) 56.5 ...............M McNab 11 03x90 Callidora (6) 56.5 ............................S Collett 12 8. Lisbeth (8) 55 13 Martinelli (4) 55 14 8 Quick Choice 55 ........................... Scratched 5 3.20pm C R GRACE LTD/AWASSI NZ MILE MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 73550 Our Jocko (4) 58.5 ..........................S Collett 2 46 Hand It To Jonesy (2) 58.5 ..............R Myers 3 07x6 Rock Rulz (6) 58.5 4 x6070 Clermont (11) 58.5 ...................... C Johnson 5 0 Flyboy h (8) 58.5 .............................D Turner 6 6x00 Mr Baggins (12) 58.5 ............C Waddell (a4) 7 x3755 Helvetica (1) 56.5 ...................... D Hirini (a1) 8 4x446 Thats Amore (5) 56.5 ....................M Tanaka 9 6x050 Witch Hazel (9) 56.5 .....................M McNab 10 28x70 Princess Pamme (3) 56.5..................L Hemi 11 00x86 Shahrazad (7) 56.5 ............. C O’Beirne (a3) 12 86 Go Roxy (10) 55 .................... H Andrew (a2)

6 3.55pm FARMERS TRANSPORT MILE $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 30881 Tautu (8) 59 ...................................M Tanaka 2 19x09 Shared Secrets (2) 58 ...............S McKay (a) 3 06x38 Brakbar (1) 57 ...................... T Johnson (a2) 4 x8x13 En Suite b (11) 56.5 5 30752 Royal Ruby th (9) 56.5 ..............A Chan (a2) 6 64100 So It Was dm (5) 55.5 7 x5807 My Tommy (6) 55.5 ..................... C Johnson 8 x8002 Chic d (3) 54.5 ..................... S MacNab (a2) 9 x100x Fistfulofdollars d (7) 54.5 ................D Turner 10 65965 How Perfect t (10) 54 .......... C O’Beirne (a3) 11 00x00 Xcessory (4) 54 ...............................S Collett 7 4.30pm AON INSURANCE BROKERS/LEOPARD HOTEL XMAS CUP $16,000, R75 Benchmark, 2200m 1 12495 High Quality mb (6) 59 .........S O’Malley (a4) 2 00115 Kamanda Lincoln (2) 57.5 .............M Tanaka 3 1x782 Hunta Pence t (5) 57 ................... C Johnson 4 0x036 Star Of Greenbeel (3) 57 ................R Myers 5 00523 Keilib (4) 54 .......................................L Hemi 6 080x0 Keeping Faith d (1) 54 ...............A Chan (a2) 8 5.05 CARRFIELDS 1400 MAIDEN $10,000, 1400m

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4x733 Heineken Rocks b (3) 58.5.... H Andrew (a2) 0587x Cullen Bohannon (9) 58.5 .... T Johnson (a2) 90x86 Benny ‘N’ The Jets (4) 58.5 . C O’Beirne (a3) 6 Fishermans Blues b (2) 58.5 ....... C Johnson 70. Chewbacca (5) 58.5 ..................S McKay (a) Last Rites (8) 58.5...........................D Turner Original Gangster (10) 57 ...............R Myers 37x3 Elegant D’Oro (1) 56.5 ..................M McNab 7x943 Thelma (7) 56.5...............................S Collett 056x Candy Belt (6) 56.5 ...............C Waddell (a4) Lillet Rose 56.5 ............................ Scratched 7068x Miri’s Belt (11) 56.5 .............. M McNelis (a3) SELECTIONS

Race 1: Dal Kilchoan, Cornerstone, Walk With Kings, Heza Duke Race 2: Majic Hazel, Lincoln’s Gal, Cookie Time, Martinelli Race 3: Wandering Eye, High Distinction, Pincanto, Pakapunch Race 4: Hunter Villain, Platinum Raider, Miss Oahu, Windsor Race 5: Thats Amore, Our Jocko, Rock Rulz, Go Roxy Race 6: En Suite, Royal Ruby, My Tommy, Brakbar Race 7: Hunta Pence, Kamanda Lincoln, Keilib, Star Of Greenbeel Race 8: Elegant D’Oro, Thelma, Heineken Rocks, Original Gangster

Auckland dogs Tomorrow at Manukau Stadium 5 53566 Jetsun Bear nwtd ...........................G Wilson 6 Just Jiggle nwtd U & .........................Cottam 7 7F446 Surge Ahead nwtd R & .......................L Udy 8 373F4 Finkle Foot Hero nwtd D R & ............ D Hunt 9 87x Ungrateful nwtd .................................E Potts 10 878 Jetsun Singer nwtd ........................G Wilson 4 1.43pm STITCHES UPHOLSTERY SERIES HEAT 2 C0q, 527m 1 26348 Don Morocco nwtd P & ................. J Cleaver 2 84655 Wairoa Racer nwtd....................... H Mullane 3 57452 Carefree Highway nwtd ................K Williams 4 47767 Bigtime Olivia nwtd ......................K Williams 5 7236 Jetsun Swan nwtd ..........................G Wilson 6 63 Finkle Foot Fred nwtd D R & ............. D Hunt 7 78483 Jetsun Woody nwtd ........................G Wilson 8 x534F Midnight Daydream nwtd R & .............L Udy 9 788x7 Kaeshius nwtd.................................. S Clark 10 78 Parra Eels nwtd R & ....................N O’Regan 5 2.01pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT C3, 318m 1 11115 I’m A Leo 18.46 ...........................L Laagland 2 26351 Umaga Rama 18.59 .........................M Black 3 11413 Nangar Magic nwtd ....................D Schofield 4 77168 Deman Blue Blood nwtd ........J T McInerney 5 81662 Stranger Things 18.92.......................B Craik 6 68651 Audrette 18.60...................................B Bond 7 637x7 One Cool Chap 18.70 W &..............T Steele 8 26313 Opawa Libby 18.55 W &..................T Steele 9 37726 Wong Way 18.51 U & ........................Cottam 10 18837 Kawaii 18.58......................................B Craik 6 2.18 PUMP ENGINEERING SERVICES C2, 527m 1 54638 Electric Dee Eye 30.88 ...................P Green 2 56142 Hey Khali nwtd U & ...........................Cottam 3 21128 Secret Lily 30.82 W &......................T Steele 4 84163 Untouchable 31.43 ..........................P Green

5 48537 Barwon Annie 31.02...................D Schofield 6 47111 My Red Hero 30.87 D R & ................ D Hunt 7 42443 Princess Alea 31.02 ...................C M Henley 8 1F551 Salvarotti 30.89 ..........................D Schofield 9 63828 Jinja Heart 30.87 W & .....................T Steele 10 32436 San Tan Samson 30.68 ................... T Green 7 2.36pm HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C4, 318m 1 58814 Amazing Contact 18.67.....................B Bond 2 25372 Ekali 18.42 ..................................... G Farrell 3 31183 Guru Secret 18.86........................K Williams 4 42154 Waerenga Star 18.63 U & .................Cottam 5 64x53 Sketchy Chief 18.29 ...................P Ferguson 6 45164 Doosh nwtd ............................J T McInerney 7 14173 Mad Harry 18.61 .............................. S Clark 8 35331 All Hail Caesar 18.64 U & .................Cottam 9 55518 Nangar Panther 18.53 ................D Schofield 10 61126 Imperial Court 18.47 .......................P Green 8 2.53pm PLASTERBOARD STAKES C2/3, 527m 1 31843 Global Conquest 30.27 W &............T Steele 2 71682 Beltom 30.42 ..............................D Schofield 3 71226 Barwon Storm 31.33 ..................D Schofield 4 62615 Little Bit Silly 30.80.....................D Schofield 5 86517 Zipping Vito nwtd........................D Schofield 6 6x678 Zipping Silva nwtd ......................D Schofield 7 45524 Beaumont 30.65................................B Craik 8 55615 Pretty and Pink 30.96................... H Mullane 9 53456 Electric Lotto 30.87 ....................P Ferguson 10 21664 Kapai Bart 31.16 W & .....................T Steele 9 3.10 CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SERIES HEAT 1 C1q, 527m 1 14775 Elaborate 30.88..........................P Ferguson 2 27252 Aussi Joshy nwtd ............................. S Clark 3 58365 Opawa Kuru 30.35 W &...................T Steele 4 77753 Smash Mate nwtd ........................R McPhee

5 25271 Alyeska 30.77 ...................................B Craik 6 75745 Opawa Maf nwtd ..........................K Williams 7 87652 Swift Order nwtd ........................C M Henley 8 44735 Blocker nwtd R &.........................N O’Regan Emergencies: 9 76674 Rocky McAwesome nwtd U & ...........Cottam 10 42656 Twelve Gauge nwtd ..........................M Black 10 3.28pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SERIES HEAT 2 C1q, 527m 1 81343 Zara Petal nwtd ................................ S Clark 2 34274 Jetsun Stampede 31.39 .................G Wilson 3 66334 Opawa Velocette 31.02 W &............T Steele 4 62624 Idol Ajay nwtd W & ..........................T Steele 5 43518 Wairoa Wolf nwtd ......................... H Mullane 6 48733 Ef Ay Zarr nwtd U & ..........................Cottam 7 3F544 Gunnar Blueblood nwtd .........J T McInerney 8 63326 Uno Twenty Five nwtd .................... G Farrell 9 67456 Howlin’ Ace 31.71............................S Codlin 10 35675 Pepper’s Choice nwtd ..................K Williams 11 3.45 CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SERIES HEAT 3 C1q, 527m 1 21257 Home Bound nwtd .......................... T Green 2 x6111 Tullabung Googar 30.65 .............P Ferguson 3 28343 Goldstar Holly nwtd ........................ G Farrell 4 1418x Effectual nwtd....................................E Potts 5 68762 Cawbourne Eden nwtd.................R McPhee 6 35253 Jinja Mia 31.41 W & ........................T Steele 7 21432 Opawa Loyal 31.12 .......................... S Clark 8 25434 Opawa Vegan nwtd W &..................T Steele 9 15765 Hatshepsut 31.27 ..............................B Craik 10 64776 Qadir Bale nwtd ......................... G Pomeroy 12 4.03 QUALIFIED PET SERVICES SPRINT C5, 318m 1 53425 Tumbalaioo 18.45.......................P Ferguson 2 x7224 Mrs Browns Girl nwtd R & ...........N O’Regan

3 48618 Classy Impact 18.52 ....................... T Green 4 47651 Raging Demon 18.26 R & ...................L Udy 5 27271 Formation 18.33 ................................B Craik 6 33413 Beat The Butcher 18.36 R & ...............L Udy 7 11282 Just One Smile 18.30 ........................B Craik 8 8145x Missing Allegro 18.75................... H Mullane Emergencies: 9 71346 Sun Is Shining 18.56 .........................B Craik 10 74168 Bodyguard 18.66...............................B Craik 13 4.20 DELI’S SPORTS BAR CLENDON INN SPRINT C1, 318m 1 52614 Midhirst Muscle nwtd ...................K Williams 2 33314 Atlas Shrugged 18.69 .................. H Mullane 3 15263 Statman Dave 18.76 ..................H Laagland 4 67783 Spider Phil 18.98 R &..................N O’Regan 5 187 Secret Rory nwtd ........................... G Farrell 6 F5642 Hows Your Mum 18.62 U & ...............Cottam 7 64886 Crazy Sunday nwtd ................J T McInerney 8 26338 Allegro Cody 18.67 D R & ................. D Hunt 9 18876 Was Just Saying 18.79 R &.................L Udy 10 25441 Guru’s Choice nwtd ......................K Williams 14 4.38 JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS C1, 318m 1 27722 Microphone 19.07 .......................... G Farrell 2 33155 Brick With Eyes 18.68 R & ..........N O’Regan 3 58138 To Much Andre nwtd ....................K Williams 4 44235 Agistri 18.68 ................................... G Farrell 5 76674 Rocky McAwesome 18.75 U &..........Cottam 6 22644 On Demand 18.88............................M Black 7 1 Out Of Paper nwtd ..................... G Pomeroy 8 76724 Simple Request 19.08.......................B Bond 9 63874 Ken Wilde 18.63 ........................... H Mullane 10 87844 Half Silver Fern nwtd ..............J T McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Sport 22 Ashburton Guardian

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Saturday, December 9, 2017

In brief

■ IRONMAN

Target: top of podium Fear or trepidation are not words you associate with leading triathlete Braden Currie, he races like his life depends on it every time he pulls on the lycra.

Little surprise then that the 31-year-old welcomes the pressure of being race favourite as he sets out to defend his IRONMAN 70.3 title.

“In my mind it is good to be race favourite, it is good to have a target,” said Currie ahead of today’s race.

“Being defending champion is not so much a factor, but a home race is really important to me.

“I pushed hard at the Asia Pacific Champs last week but probably didnt give it that 10 per cent extra that I have at home. Taupo is one of my favourite places, and the course gives me plenty of motivation and inspiration.”

Currie has in fact won this race two years running, so understands what is required to race well at this time of the year, but this year saw him race at the IRONMAN World Championships for the first time, leaving him understandably a little leg weary, but no less determined today.

“I definitely feel like I am at the end of my season and am a little tired, but I am really excited to race this weekend and wont hold anything back.

“This feels like my last race this year and that is a really good headspace to be in, I will definitely race as hard as I can and go for the win and what will be will be.

“It has been a very long season,

Braden Currie will be favourite to defend his IRONMAN 7.3 title.

I put a lot into IRONMAN World Champs this year, from qualifying at IRONMAN New Zealand and then going to the Asia Pacific Champs in Cairns to get enough points, and then I had some very big training blocks on the road to Kona.

“I havent really stopped since then with XTERRA Worlds and 70.3 Asia Pacific Champs a week ago.”

Currie knows the competition is waiting for any signs of weakness, with a strong field of New Zealanders and internationals

on the start line in Taupo today, identifying two to be wary of.

“These days we have to be tactical in how we race.

“I am pretty sure Mike (Phillips) is racing, he gave me such a challenge last year and surged towards the end of the race.

“Dylan (McNeice) is back and we know he is an incredible swimmer and will open up the race early on, it will be interesting to see who will go with Dylan or if he ends up by himself.”

McNeice however is playing down the prospect of a sizeable lead out of the water, the 32-yearold is looking for a big summer in New Zealand after hip surgery this time last year hindered his European summer.

Currie has a similar philosophy, with the prospect of multiple contenders coming together on the run to spice things up for those watching the race.

“Taupo is very beautiful course, I am excited to see it is a threelap run course which will be a lot of fun for us and for the spectators to see us each lap.

“The swim is open and can be choppy and change the race dynamics, but you do your best to stay in the front bunch and be ready to strike at the end.”

Aussie based Kiwi Callum Millward has made the call to race after an abbreviated day at IRONMAN Western Australia last weekend. The swim was cancelled due to a shark sighting, but Millward’s day was even shorter, thanks to a crash on the bike that left him bruised, but ready to go again this weekend in Taupo.

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■ OPINION

It’s the punters on the losing end - again G

ambling.

It’s a huge part of human history; and rightly or wrongly we’ve always done it.

The ancient Greeks may well have started it all; rolling two sixes was called the Throw of Aphrodite and would win you any game, while those who indulge in the odd game of poker might not know that the Minoans were doing exactly the same thing – only 3500 years ago.

Nowadays there’s some who would bet on two flies climbing up the wall.

But apart from those at that extreme end of things, times have changed, a great deal.

The TAB has been a New Zealand institution since around 1950, when the government decided gambling should be regulated for the good of the masses (read taxed).

Things went along swimmingly for decades, in 1987, 85 per cent of the gambling dollar went through the venerable halls of the TAB. But already the signs were there; the Golden Kiwi had

shown the way, New Zealanders already wanted to find different ways to subtract varying amounts from their hard-earned wages.

In 1987 Lotto arrived as a huge new player, then a year later the eventual mass proliferation of pokie machines began.

By the year 2000, the TAB’s share of the national gambling pool had reduced to 18 per cent.

And that’s where this story is leading – what used to routinely be a buzzing hive of activity has been drastically condensed into smaller and smaller premises through the country, including our own TAB. Punters of a certain vintage will remember the long hallway (designed to further deter ladies from straying into territory that wasn’t theirs) at the Dobson Street end of East Street, where serious men in ties took your bets and wrote them down on little yellow bits of paper.

The scope for bad things to happen somewhere in the process must have been immense.

Eventually they moved to the

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other end of the town, beside the Farmers’ Corner, in bright new premises, and by then the staffing practices had changed; you were far more likely to be served by a smartly dressed, friendly and helpful young lady behind the counter.

And the computer age had arrived. George Julius, the man who first invented the totalisator machine, must have had an interesting upbringing to inspire him to invent such a thing – he was the son of an Anglican bishop. Way back then, I’m pretty sure Anglican bishops weren’t habitually spotted in the local betting shops.

The next move was to Burnett Street and an alignment with the Ashburton Club and MSA, and then another shift around the

corner to the current spot.

Except, that’s where the trail ends.

With every new premises there were fewer and fewer customers, with the aforementioned increased competition and a new adversary – this time from within. Phone and computer betting has become the norm, and the days of pushing your way into the TAB, seeing a jovial crowd of familiar faces you don’t run into anywhere else (especially if it’s harness on the grass) are simply gone.

Somehow in Australia the betting shops are still massively busy places (although the behind-the-counter service pales beside what you get from the lovely ladies in our own TAB); maybe the TAB has missed a trick somewhere along the way.

Whatever the causes, from this weekend the betting services in this town are now reduced to pub-counter machines, and that’s definitely the end of a long era for the long-suffering punters, whom I thought were the most important pieces of the puzzle.

Kiwi a UFC champion Robert Whittaker has been crowned UFC middleweight champion after Canadian star Georges St-Pierre vacated the title. The New Zealand-born Whittaker, who has lived in Australia for most of his life, has also been guaranteed a first defence on home soil – against American fighter Luke Rockhold at UFC 221 in Perth next February.

- NZME

Haas making an impact At 194cm and 120kg by the age of 17, big things were always expected from emerging Brisbane forward Payne Haas. But Broncos enforcer Korbin Sims admits he was still surprised by Haas’ progress at pre-season training, predicting a breakout 2018 NRL season for the teenager who has already earned Andrew Fifita comparisons. Sims said he had been blown away by the giant teenager’s barnstorming pre-season training start.

- AAP

Headache for Maroons Queensland chairman of selectors Gene Miles admits the Maroons face a massive headache to fill the gaping holes left by Johnathan Thurston and Cooper Cronk.

But Miles reckons he wouldn’t have it any other way. Michael Morgan is expected to get first crack at halfback with Cameron Munster tipped for five-eighth after his strong game three debut in Queensland’s 2-1 series win in 2017.

- AAP

Changes for sevens All Blacks Sevens coach Clark Laidlaw has made a couple of changes in naming his 12-strong squad for the South African leg of the rugby sevens world series this weekend. The New Zealanders made an encouraging start to the 10-leg circuit last week in Dubai, going further than in any tournament last season in reaching the final where they were beaten 24-12 by South Africa. Teddy Stanaway and Kurt Baker have replaced Tone Ng Shiu and Isaac Te Tamaki in Cape Town, where the Kiwis begin their campaign with pool matches against the United States, Spain and Australia. - NZME

China eyes Auld Mug The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Commodore Steve Mair says China’s yacht racing team, China Team, have huge ambitions to compete in the next America’s Cup. First formed in 2005, China Team made their international debut in 2007 when they raced in the Louis Vuitton Cup, the challenger series prior to the 34th America’s Cup. “They’re super enthusiastic ... It would be a huge ambition for them for this coming America’s Cup,” Mair said. - NZME

Ronaldo the best again Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d’Or award as soccer’s best player of the year for a record-equaling fifth time, moving him level with Barcelona star Lionel Messi. Ronaldo won the trophy at a ceremony held at the Eiffel Tower yesterday.

He finished ahead of Messi and Neymar, who left Barcelona in the offseason to join Paris S-G for a world record transfer fee of 222 million Euros.

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Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

Ashburton Rest Homes

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

Emergency Dentist

DUTY DOCTORS

For all urgent medical calls phone 0800 700 155 at any time. IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Sealy Street Medical, Sealy Street, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Clinics will be held from 10am until 1pm and from 2pm until 5pm. Please phone 308 1212 for an appointment from 9.30am Saturday.

Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday. Consultation will be by appointment only. To make a booking please phone 0800 700 155.

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Ask for the Crisis Team.

Safe Care - 24 hr Rape and Sexual

Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

Pharmacies

Alcohol Drug Help Line

24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) For weekend and emergency services please phone 302 Direct dials to a volunteer.

8105 for details on how to access the after hours service Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm each weekend. outside of these hours leave a message.

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday. From 5pm - 7pm both evenings.

Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Lifeline - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353.

Art Gallery

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

Ashburton Museum

ANIMAL SERVICES

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open Daily: 10am – 4pm - Wednesday: 10am – 7pm 327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Victims Support Group

Bus Departures

Ashburton Public Library

HELPLINE SERVICES

Methven & Rakaia Area

COMMUNITY SERVICES

EA Networks Centre - Pools

Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24h/sce.

Mid Canterbury Spca

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - 308 4432.

20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter - Contact -

Mail Closing Times

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Seafield Rd, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon.

Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

Information Centres

Methven Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until 3pm.

Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com

Daily Events

President 021 1356 969.

Veterinarians

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint after-hours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

December 9, 10 & 11, 2017

Saturday

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open Thursday and Saturday.

Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 1pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association croquet, singles and doubles. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. (draw) Golf croquet, casual doubles for all ages. The domain, Philip Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Play association or golf croquet.

Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social play, new members welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

Sunday

Advent 2. Choir Christmas presentation, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Second Sunday in Advent, morning worship with Holy Communion. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship at St James, Tinwald,

no service at St Paul’s today. 127 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning service, all welcome. 67 Cass Street.

10am - 3pm MAYFIELD CHRISTMAS MARKET.

The Marvellous Mayfield Christmas market is once again being held at the Mayfield hall, Mayfield village.

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

11am - 4pm PLAINS RAILWAY COMBINDED CRAFT GROUP. All craft people welcome. More info phone 308-5911 or 307-2802. Plains

Museum, 19 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

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

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. (draw to be done) Golf croquet casual doubles for all ages. The domain, Philip Street.

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

Monday

Main Street, Methven.

10am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will contest the McKenzie Trophy. Tinwald Golf Course.

10am - 4pm ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL OF ASHBURTON.

Christmas Tree of Remembrance. Pop a star ($2) on the special Christmas tree in the arcade, Ashburton. All profits go to Palliative Care.

12pm - 1pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Free lunch for everyone. Baptist Church, please enter off Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

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

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

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Play Golf and Assn croquet. Allenton

Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE EUCHRE. Every Monday night, Catholic Parish Hall Cnr Burnett and Winter Streets.

9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET. Local fresh produce, hot and cold food and drinks. North End West Street car park, Ashburton.

9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET. Local crafts, new stalls welcome. West Street Car park.

8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST BARING SQUARE CHURCH. Morning worship, all welcome. Rev Tevita Taufalele. Baring Square East.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH.

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

HEAT PUMPS

ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL

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KEEP YOUR HOME THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE ALL YEAR ROUND

HEAT PUMPS

electriCOOL Ltd

Contact us 0800 287 423 or 03 307 1544

Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems phone 0274 362 362 or 308 4573.

www.auricelectrical.co.nz

Glass Fences Custom made for it

Property Services 2010 Ltd Let the team at Insideout take care of all your painting and property maintenance

Free measure and quote PHONE 308 2966 51 Robinson Street, Ashburton www.lysaghtltd.co.nz

Gary Flack

PAINTER & DECORATOR Phone 03 307 4200 022 698 7358 No obligation free quotes

Farms, factories, commercial buildings, private homes, club rooms, sheds, etc.

• Painting • Carpentry • Maintenance & repairs • Handyman services

Phone Shane today on 307-7071

How do you put a dollar value on keeping your property protected?

Protect your biggest asset with a home security camera package from Masterguard Call me today for a free, no obligation quote

Services include but not limited to:

• Minor repairs • Roof painting • Spouting cleaning • Water blasting • Mould and moss treatment • Airless spraying

Hartley Curd phone 0800 788 393 or 021 328 301 57 Dobson Street, Ashburton.

PROTECT YOUR HOUSE FROM SPIDERS AND FLIES

New Pure Water System Enjoy spot and streak free windows!

Book your high windows in today

“we clean to a standard, not a price”

• Airless spraying • Waterblasting • Renovations • Project management

• regular full house cleans • one off spring cleans • farm houses • builders cleans • floor buffing

OCAL 100% L

• All staff are police vetted •Able to travel out of town

03 307 2656 | www.ashburtoncleaning.co.nz

Locally owned and operated for 25 years

Don’t delay call AJ today Fully qualified & registered Pest Control Technician

• • • • •

Spider proofing Fly control Wasp nests White tail treatment Residential and commercial

Call AJ 308 8147 or 0274 325 447

MOBILE MOWER SERVICING • Rotary Mowers • Ride-on Mowers • Water Blasters • Small Motor Repairs

• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

Stan Keeley, Owner

Ph 307 0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36

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CONNECTIONS

House of Hearing

Find something special this Christmas Splashy Art Money Boxes – only $45

76D Talbot Street, Geraldine - Phone: 03 693 7363

Plants for all projects - Landscaping Plants - Ornamental & Specimen trees - Native plants for all purposes - Hedging plants & Topiaries - Fruit & Nut plants.

SOUTHERN

WOODS PLANT NURSERY

1133 Main South Road, Chch - Call 0800 800 352 - www.southernwoods.co.nz

Giftware – Crafts & Hobby Supplies – Collectables & Revamped Furniture 128 Victoria Street, Ashburton | 03 308 2295 | victoria128@xtra.co.nz

B U Y T WO GE T THE THIRD FREE

To advertise here contact Carmen on 021 836 543 or 03 307 7963

1st - 17th December 2017 Purchase any two items from the Icebreaker Underwear category and receive a third item for free. Free item must be of equal or lesser value. Available from 1st - 17th December 2017 in stores where advertised only.

Open Mon - Thu 9am - 5.30pm | Fri 9am - 6pm | Sat 10am – 2pm | Sun 11am – 2pm

East Street, Ashburton - Phone 308 5771 - www.sparrows.co.nz

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Agricultural Spray Truck Operator Soper Agri Spraying is a family owned, broad acre spraying business based 10km from Tinwald.

We are currently looking for an experienced full time operator to operate our late model Fuso spray truck.

HEAVY FABRICATOR/ ENGINEER We are looking for an experienced engineer to help with the increasing demand in manufacturing truck bodies and trailer chassis.

Please apply with cover letter and CV to: Engineering Repairs (2012) Ltd 14 Watson Street, Ashburton engrep@xtra.co.nz or phone 03 308 1506

CALTEX ASHBURTON

Operating 3 Mitsubishi Canter/Fuso trucks and a self-propelled all 24 metres wide, we cover a wide range of farms - dairying, winter fodder crops, vegetable seed crop, cereals and grass seed.

Applicants must have experience in the following: • Spraying/cropping/contracting.

• Class 2 drivers licence.

• Be able to read and understand chemical recommendations.

• Be able to communicate well with farmers/agronomists and other staff members.

• G.P.S. experience with TopCon would be an advantage but not necessary, as long as willing to learn.

• Be mechanically minded and able to solve problems in the field.

• Ideally live in the Ashburton/Hinds area and have a knowledge of Mid Canterbury.

• Be prepared to work extended hours in peak season, weather depending, with early morning starts.

For the right applicant with the right experience we are offering a competitive remuneration package with a hourly rate to match experiences, including a 40 hour week retainer, work IPhone and opportunities for further learning (grow safe, approved handlers).

Please apply with cover letter, CV and references to: Mike Soper - soperagri@hotmail.com or for more information, call Mike on 027 555 1261

Forecourt Sales Person A Senior afternoon/evening position, has become available. Will be required to work weekends.

The person we are seeking must be honest, reliable, a mature team player and able to work unsupervised.

If you are interested please apply to The Manager Caltex Ashburton Phone (03)3070011 Email: cx05509@xtra.co.nz

Youth Mentor Methven Te Puawaitanga Charitable Trust is looking for a Mentor for young people in Methven plus providing support for their families to help encourage a caring and positive community.

The Trustees are looking for the following: • Enthusiasm for and experience working with young people • Highly developed communication skills • Good understanding of and ability to work with people from diverse cultures • Able to work 30 hours a week permanent position.

Presbyterian Support Ashburton is providing management of this position and can be contacted for an application pack.

Contact Jackie Girvan ph 03 308 5868 or e-mail: jackieg@psusi.org.nz Applications close 5pm January 12, 2018.

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

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Marketing Development Role Part Time/Fixed Term The Mid Canterbury Rugby Union is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated person to fill this important role in the Union’s fundraising activities.

Reporting to the CEO, the Marketing Development Manager will be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships which generate value for Mid Canterbury Rugby. This will include fundraising events, hospitality, and sponsorship.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate the necessary attributes including: • Good organisational skills with the ability to work unsupervised and the flexibility to handle a broad range of tasks while working to deadlines.

• Good communication and people skills and, ideally, customer relationship management experience.

• Experience in event development and management.

• Experience in Sponsor procurement and servicing.

• Good computer skills including word processing.

Commencing late January 2018, the position will be fixed term and is based in Ashburton. It is envisaged the position will involve approximately 10 hours per week. Some flexibility in working hours would be an advantage.

For further information please contact Ian Patterson on: (03) 308 8718 or via email at ceo@midcanterburyrugby.co.nz Applications should be made in writing to: The Chief Executive Mid Canterbury Rugby Union PO. Box 98, Ashburton 7740 Or via email at ceo@midcanterburyrugby.co.nz Applications close Wednesday, December 20, 2017.

Administrator Mid Canterbury Hockey is seeking applications for an experienced Administrator.

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and organisational skills, be able to work independently and be a proficient user of Microsoft Office programmes. Knowledge of the sport is not required however maybe an advantage.

The position is approximately 16 hours per week based at EA Networks Sports House. Flexibility of hours is required. A position description is available upon request.

Please email applications, including CV and cover letter to mchockey@hotmail.co.nz

by Monday, December 18, 2017.

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ECE Teacher Part-time fixed-term position We are looking for a fun, dynamic and passionate qualified provisionally or fully registered teacher to come and join our friendly and supportive team of teachers.

If you are a motivated and flexible team player who loves to encourage children’s independence and curiosity through intentional learning experiences.

Our large outdoor and indoor environments offer opportunities for exploration which the teachers compliment through intentional and challenging activities.

Active Explorers Ashburton (formerly Childs Play) pride ourselves on maintaining our family focused culture and working collaboratively with parents for children’s learning.

This is a fixed term position for approximately 9 months covering maternity leave (with the possibility of a permanent position) working between 25-30 hours per week, 4 days a week.

Key skills and experience required: • A team player who works collaboratively to maintain excellence in the programme and care • Willing to go the extra mile • Knowledge of Te Whariki • Demonstrate respectful practice in our bicultural/multicultural centre Apply to Kylie Mactier cm.ashburton@activeexplorers.co.nz or send your CV to 23-25 Main South Road, Ashburton 03 308 2959

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Environment Canterbury’s Ashburton Office will undertake Southern blackbacked gull control within the Lower Ashburton River from 4th to 12th December.

See map for detail of operational area.

RESTRICTED FIRE SEASON

• Do not touch bait • Watch children at all times • Poison baits or carcasses are deadly to dogs

Notice is given under section 56(1)(b) of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 that a Restricted Fire Season is declared from midnight SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER 2017 in the following area(s) until revoked or amended by Fire and Emergency New Zealand:

• Do not eat animals taken from within the operational area.

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For further information, please contact Environment Canterbury on 021 914 828.

MOTORING

NISSAN 9m motorhome 1993. All the bells and whistles, including a little cracker fire. $80,000. Phone 03 302 3969.

SUZUKI Escudo 1992, 1.6, Rego + WOF. Oldy but goody. $4,000. Phone 03 302 3969.

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

LET OR LEASE High Country RESTRICTED

Geraldine Forest RESTRICTED Coastal Zone RESTRICTED

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Main Access is via Croys Road

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

Christmas Lights

Waimate Forest RESTRICTED

In the whole area of the Mid-South Canterbury rural fire district between the Rakaia River to the Waitaki River, sea to the Alps.

During the Restricted Fire Season it is an offence to light any fires in the open air unless a permit has been obtained with the exception of: 1. Barbecues lit in properly constructed containers and fuelled with gas, solid or liquid fuel; and cooking fires at camping sites lit within a concrete or stone surround no larger than 1 metre in diameter; all with not less than 3 metres of ground surrounding the container cleared of all combustible material.

2. A ban on all fire on any day or days of extreme fire hazard as broadcast under Section 56 (3) of the Act takes precedence over this notice.

3. In all cases, a person lighting a fire within these provisions shall remain in attendance at the fire until it is fully extinguished.

4. It is no legal defence against claims for damage caused by the fire that the fire was of type or lit at a time permitted by this notice.

Are you decorating your house with Christmas Lights?

Environment Canterbury’s trapping programme has now resumed at the Ashburton River Mouth.

Please be aware pest traps are in operation at Ashton Beach and Hakatere Beach and the Ashburton River Mouth.

• Do not touch or interfere with any traps.

• Do not allow children to wander unsupervised.

• Keep your dog under control when in this area.

MUSICAL

You commit an offence if you knowingly or recklessly light, or allow another person to light, a fire in open air in an area that is in a Restricted Fire Season unless under a permit issued by Fire and Emergency New Zealand and in accordance with any conditions of the permit. Any permits issued during a Restricted Fire Season are suspended if Fire and Emergency declares a Prohibited Fire Season, or prohibits fire in open air in the area.

R. A. Hands PRINCIPAL RURAL FIRE OFFICER Mid-South Canterbury Rural Area 22 To check the season status in an area please visit www.checkitsalright.nz or call 0800 658 628. To obtain a permit contact Customer Services, Timaru District Council Phone 03 687 7200.

Further information about fire seasons is available on www.fireandemergency.nz

If you are and would be interested in placing your address on a Christmas Lights Map in the Ashburton APP

Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ DAY TRIP Geraldine - Timaru Caroline Bay December 29 departing 9.30am ◊ CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD Sumner - New Brighton January 3 departing 9.30am ◊ GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS For bookings phone 308 7646

Please contact Laura

03 307 7975 or 027 844 2933 - Sales@theguardian.co.nz

LET OR LEASE

PLANTS, PRODUCE

LANDSCAPE Southberry Open 7 days SUPPLIES

• Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

9am - 6pm

Raspberries Ranui Tay Berries Blackberries Freshly picked and PYO No Eftpos

TRADES, SERVICES

DENTURES. Dr Peter Rumping, retired dentist, continues to provide full dentures. Repairs to existing dentures also available.

Phone 027 220 9997.

HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

Building for Lease

1100m2 floorspace with sealed yard Stud height 8 metres Office, kitchen and toilets

RURAL TRADING POST

Tinwald, Ashburton 03 307 9028 www.smallbones.co.nz

SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today.

Phone 308-3602

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

BRAZILIAN hot blonde lady, 35 years old, size 8, delicious body. Sensual massage/full service. First time clients welcome. Phone 0275 242 184.

Phone Barry Redmond 021 344 862

Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. Having a garage sale?

NEW potatoes, Main South Road,

Call the Guardian today for your advertising requirements.

307 7900

GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire.

588 East Street. Open MonFri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8.30am 3.00pm. – Ph: 308 8061 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

Available December 1, 2017

MOTORCYCLES AMSOIL SYNTHETIC 2008 HONDA CRS 150, LUBRICANTS - All oils, 56 Tinwald Westerfield, greases, fuel additives, filters, electric start. Phone 0274 596 094.

Mayfield Road antifreeze, car polish, V and L cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust Phone 3081338 bust, rain clear, engine Guardian Classifieds cleaner and more. Call local distributor: Veehof phone 302 PLANTS, PRODUCE 307 7900 2911.

NEW potatoes, $3 kilo. 2kg $5. Bennett, 22 Melrose Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet Ltd. Ashburton.

Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & NZ Brokernet Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & NZBrokers Got something to sell?

Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & BrokernetRoad, NZ Ltd. NZ Ltd. No Christmas orders taken

HIRE

Ashburton Pipe Band Fundraiser - For sale: Pea straw (last years), medium size bales (10 bales equivalent), $45 each delivered. Contact Simon Wallis 021 402 314.

Ex Harvey Norman bulk store TRADES, SERVICES

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village.

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

FOR SALE

Kermode Street opposite The Warehouse.

A permit is required to light a fire in open air in these areas.

See www.checkitsalright.nz for types of fire which have been authorised as not being fires in open air and do not need a permit.

RETAIL for lease – Approx 350m² of retail space available on East Street adjacent to NZ Post. Could suit retail or office type uses.

Reasonable rental and flexible terms. For more details please phone 0274 836 202.

Nadine, $2.50kg, 81 Elizabeth Street.

Now taking Christmas orders.

Phone 308 3195 or 0275 319 103.

73 Burnett St, Ashburton

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

FLATMATE wanted. To share three bedroom house with others. Single room, tidy house. $150 per week includes power. Phone Amy 021 025 14495.

FOR RENT - Three bedroom home on large section (Archibald Street, Tinwald) with garaging for 2 cars.

Rent $320.00 per week.

References required.

Available early - mid December 2017. Phone 03 308 9821.

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6am Art Attack 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Peppa Pig 0 6:45 The Furchester Hotel 3 0 6:55 Future-Worm! 3 0 7:20 Transformers – Robots In Disguise 0 7:45 Nexo Knights 3 8:10 Star Wars Rebels 3 0 8:35 Beyblade Burst 3 9:05 Hulk And The Agents Of Smash 3 0 9:35 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty Much Everything 3 10am The Muppets 0 10:30 Greatest Hits 0 11:25 Take Me Out PGR 0 12:30 Pretty Little Liars PGR 0 1:30 Once Upon A Time PGR 3 0 2:30 The Real O’Neals PGR 3 0 3pm Dr Ken PGR 3 0 3:30 Life In Pieces PGR 3 0 4pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 4:30 Movie Juice 0 5pm You’re Back In The Room UK 0 6pm The Barefoot Bandits 0 6:30 The Middle 3 0 7pm Moving Out With Tamati 0 7pm M Norm Of The North PGR 2016 Animated 7:30 The X Factor UK 0 Adventure. 0 8pm L Lotto 8:45 M What To Expect 8:05 The X Factor UK 0 When You’re Expecting AO 9:20 Mrs Brown’s Boys AO 0 2012 Romantic Comedy. Five 9:55 Coronation Street PGR 0 couples experience the ups 10:55 Call The Midwife PGR 0 and downs of having a baby.

0 10:50 M The Ex AO 2006 Comedy. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Pukana 2 7:25 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation 10:30 Survivor – Worlds Apart 3 11:30 The Bachelor New Zealand PGR 3 0 12:30 Ice Road Truckers 3 0 1:30 Lip Sync Battle PGR 3 0 2pm Wedding Town 3 2:30 Fresh Off The Boat PGR 3pm The Goldbergs PGR 0 3:30 George Clarke’s Old House New Home 3 0 4:30 Getaway 5pm Survivor – Heroes v Healers v Hustlers Players are divided into three tribes according to their dominant trait – Heroes (courage); Healers (helping others); Hustlers (tenacity).

6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm M The Chronicles Of Narnia – The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader PGR 3 2010 Fantasy Adventure. 0 9:15 M Revenge Of The Nerds AO 3 1984 Comedy.

A group of nerds must overcome the scornful attitudes and derisive pranks of the college football and fraternity groups. 0

1:10 Of Kings And Prophets AO 0 2am Emmerdale PGR 3 0 4am Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

11:10 M I Origins AO 3 2014 Sci-fi. A molecular biologist and his lab partner make a discovery that may unlock the greatest mysteries of life, and have farreaching implications about humanity’s scientific and spiritual beliefs. 1:20 The Nation 0 2:20 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

6am Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Global Radar 3 0 7:30 Infomercials 8:30 Life TV With Paul De Jong 8:55 Neighbourhood 0 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 10am Couples Come Dine With Me 11am The Inspectors PGR 0 11:30 Coronation Street 3 0 3pm Unreal Estate 0 3:55 F The Food Detectives 0 5pm 5 Star Family Reunion General knowledge quiz show where family members attempt to win a family holiday and a cash jackpot. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

Norm of the North 7pm on TVNZ 2

BRAVO 10am Catfish 3 10:55 Four Weddings USA 3 11:50 Four Weddings USA 3 12:45 Cyrus v Cyrus – Design And Conquer 3 1:40 Catfish 3 2:35 Botched By Nature PGR (Starting Today) 3 3:35 Masters Of Flip 3 4:30 Masters Of Flip 3 5:30 Masters Of Flip 3 6:30 Tabatha Takes Over 3 7:30 The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 3 8:30 Vanderpump Rules – Jax And Brittany Take Kentucky PGR 9pm Vanderpump Rules – Jax And Brittany Take Kentucky AO 9:30 Shahs Of Sunset AO 10:30 Leah Remini – Scientology And The Aftermath PGR (Starting Today) 3 11:30 Four Weddings USA 3

SUNDAY

12:20 Infomercials 3 5am Hoarders 3

12:35 Grey’s Anatomy AO 3 Ben and Bailey discuss their future; a patient revisits Callie; Amelia must deal with her past. 0 2:15 Wentworth AO 3 0 4am Young And Hungry PGR 3 0 4:45 Uncle Buck PGR 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

Agatha Raisin

8:30pm on Prime

THE BOX 6am Border Security M 6:50 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away? MVL 7:35 Siberia MV 8:25 Outsiders 16VLSC 9:25 The Shannara Chronicles MVLS 10:15 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpsons episodes. 1:15 Border Security M 2:05 Siberia MV 2:55 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! MVL 3:40 Limitless MV 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7:30 Modern Family PG 8pm Last Man Standing PG 8:30 Million Dollar Car Hunters PG 9:30 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! MVL 10:25 Border Security MV 11:25 Outsiders 16VLSC SUNDAY 12:20 Modern Family PG 12:50 Last Man Standing PG 1:20 Million Dollar Car Hunters PG 2:10 Siberia MV 3am Last Man Standing PG 3:25 Outsiders 16VLSC 4:20 MacGyver M 5:05 Deep Undercover MVLC 5:35 Modern Family PG

7pm Container Wars PGR 7:30 MasterChef Junior USA PGR Each cook has one hour to shuck live-diver sea scallops and prepare an elevated scallop dish for culinary stars Gordon Ramsay, Christina Tosi, and Graham Elliot. 0 8:30 Agatha Raisin PGR 0 9:30 Father Brown PGR 0 10:30 Grantchester PGR 3 0 11:30 Skint AO 3 Keiron attempts to come off drugs; Shane prepares for his upcoming amateur cage fight.

12:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v West Indies.

1:35 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7:25 The Vatican Tapes MV 2015 Horror.

Olivia Taylor Dudley, John Patrick Amedori.

8:55 Teacher Of The Year MVLSC 2014 Comedy.

Matt Letscher, KeeganMichael Key, Sunny Mabrey.

10:15 Barbershop – The Next Cut MLS 2016 Comedy.

Ice Cube, Regina Hall, Anthony Anderson.

12:05 Nerve MC 2016 Adventure. Emma Roberts, Dave Franco. 1:40 La La Land ML 2016 Musical Comedy.

Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling.

3:45 See You In Valhalla 16VLC 2015 Comedy Drama.

Sarah Hyland, Bret Harrison.

5:05 Miracles From Heaven PG 2016 Biography Drama.

Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers.

6:55 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 PGC 2016 Comedy.

8:30 Inferno MVL 2017 Thriller. A symbologist who wakes up with amnesia, and an assassin out to get him, join forces with a doctor to uncover a dangerous global plot.

10:35 Logan 16VLC 2017 Sci-fi Action.

SUNDAY 12:50 The Disappointments Room 16VLC 2016 Horror. 2:20 See You In Valhalla 16VLC 2015 Comedy Drama. 3:40 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 PGC 2016 Comedy. 5:15 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 5:35 Miracles From Heaven PG 2016 Biography Drama.

7:25 Nothing But Trailers M 7:40 Horrible Bosses 16LS 2011 Comedy. Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Anniston.

9:15 Man On A Ledge MVL 2012 Thriller. Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks.

10:55 Along Came Polly MS 2004 Romantic Comedy.

Ben Stiller, Jennifer Anniston.

12:25 Super 8 MV 2011 Sci-fi.

Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler.

2:15 PS I Love You MS 2007 Drama. Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow.

4:20 Pineapple Express 16VL 2008 Comedy. Seth Rogen.

6:10 Black Hawk Down 16V 2001 Action. Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett.

8:30 Friends With Benefits 16LS 2011 Comedy. The relationship between two friends gets complicated when they decide to become physically intimate.

Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis.

10:20 Ali MVL 2001 Drama.

Jon Voigt, Will Smith.

SUNDAY

MAORI

6am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 6:25 World Of Quest 3 6:50 Codename – Kids Next Door 7:15 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 7:40 Duck Dodgers 8:05 Johnny Test 3 8:30 Henry Danger 3 8:55 The Thundermans 10am Robot Wars PGR 11am The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 1:30 Football – English Premier League (HLS) 2:30 Storage Hunters PGR 3pm Homes By The Med 3 0 4pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip The sixth Doctor Who, Colin Baker, joins Peter Purves, who played the first Doctor’s assistant.

5pm Fishing Classics 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Flog It!

12:55 Nothing But Trailers M 1:15 Mr Bean’s Holiday PGC 2007 Comedy.

Rowan Atkinson. 2:45 PS I Love You MS 2007 Drama.

Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow. 4:50 Pineapple Express 16VL 2008 Comedy.

Seth Rogen.

CHOICE

6:30 Waiata Mai 3 6:40 Team Umizoomi 3 7am Huhu 7:10 He Rourou 3 7:20 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 7:30 Huritua 3 7:40 Paia 3 7:50 Cube 3 8am Te Mana Kuratahi Kapa Haka Omnibus Noon Kapa Haka Whanau 3 12:30 Road To The Nats PGR 3 1pm Basketball – Secondary Schools National Championship 2pm E Tu Whanau Touch National Championships 3 3pm Basketball – National League 3 4:30 Te Po Mekemeke 3 5pm Waiata 3 5:30 Aotearoa 3 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm M Asterix And Obelix – Mansion Of The Gods 2014 Animated Adventure.

8:35 Black As AO 3 8:55 M A Short Film About Love AO 1988 Romance. A 19-year-old boy whiles away his lonely life by spying on his neighbour.

10:31 Te Kaea 3 11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am The World Rugby Show 6:30 The Cricket Show 7am Cricket – International Australia v England – Second Test, Day Five. 7:30 Cricket – International India v Sri Lanka – Third Test, Day Five.

8am Cricket – International Blackcaps v West Indies – Second Test, Day Four.

9am The Cricket Show 9:30 Cricket – International Australia v England – Second Test, Day Five. 10am Cricket – International India v Sri Lanka – Third Test, Day Five. 10:30 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v West Indies – Second Test, Day One. 1:05 The Crowd Goes Wild 1:35 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v West Indies – Second Test, Day One. 6:30 The Cricket Show 7pm ICC Cricket 360 8pm Cricket – International Blackcaps v West Indies – Second Test, Day One. 9pm Cricket – International Australia v England – Second Test, Day Five. 9:30 Fox Sports News 10pm Cricket – International Blackcaps v West Indies – Second Test, Day One. 11pm Ice Hockey – NHL SUNDAY 1:10 The World Rugby Show 1:48 L Football – Fifa Club World Cup Cf Pachuca v CAF. 4am Cricket – International 5:18 L Football – Fifa Club World Cup

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

6am American Pickers 7am Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 8am Buying Hawaii 8:30 Love Nature – Polar Bear Town 9:30 Aussie Barbecue Heroes 10:30 Selling Houses With Amanda Lamb 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Gardeners’ World 1:15 Better Homes And Gardens 2:30 Watt’s World 3pm The French Collection 4pm Junk Gypsies Sisters Amie Sikes and Jolie Sikes-Smith dust off dressers and reimagine relics at the flea market.

4:30 Baggage Battles 5pm Buy It, Fix It, Sell It 5:30 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy 6:30 The Big Catch 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 Special Forces – Ultimate Hell Week 9:30 The Operatives PGR New Zealander Pete Bethune and his team of former military commandos travel the world bringing poachers and environmental criminals to justice.

10:30 Australia – The Time Traveller’s Guide 11:30 The French Collection 12:30 Junk Gypsies 1am Watt’s World 1:30 Buying Hawaii 2am Special Forces – Ultimate Hell Week 3am The Operatives PGR 4am The Big Catch 5am American Pickers

SKY SPORT 2

DISCOVERY

6:35 Return To The Isle Of Jaws PG 7:30 Shark Vortex PG 8:20 Shark School With Michael Phelps PG 9:10 Island Of The Mega Shark M 10am Great White Bite M 10:50 Return To The Isle Of Jaws PG 11:40 Shark Vortex PG 12:30 Mythbusters v Jaws M 1:20 Jaws Of The Deep 2:10 Shark-Croc Showdown PG 3pm Devil Sharks PG 3:50 Deadliest Shark PG 4:45 Great White Serial Killer PG 5:40 Return Of The Great White Serial Killer M 6:35 Wrath Of A Serial Killer M 7:30 Great White Serial Killer Lives PG Tracking a serial killer shark off the coast of California reveals some shocking truths.

8:30 Alien Sharks – Stranger Fins PG 9:25 Super Predator M 10:15 Jaws Strikes Back M 11:05 Shark Alley – Legend Of Dynamite M 11:55 Shark After Dark SUNDAY 12:20 Alien SUNDAY Sharks – Stranger Fins PG 12:35 L Hockey – FIH 1:10 Jaws Strikes Back M Men’s World League 2am Shark Alley – Legend Belgium v Spain.

Of Dynamite M 2:50 Great 2:50 L Hockey – FIH White Serial Killer Lives PG Men’s World League 3:40 Alien Sharks – Stranger Semi-final Two – Australia v Fins PG 4:30 Super Predator Germany. 5am Tennis – New M 5:20 Shark After Dark – Zealand Championships (HLS) 2017 PG 5:45 Jaws Strikes Day Two. Back M 6am Tennis – New Zealand Championships (HLS) Day One. 7am Football – UEFA Champions League (HLS) 9am Football – A-League (RPL) Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United.

11am Motorsport – TR86 Championship (HLS) Noon The World Rugby Show 12:30 Tennis – New Zealand Championships (HLS) Day One. 1:30 Golf – European Tour (HLS) Joburg Open – Second Round.

2pm Golf Central 2:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (HLS) QBE Shootout – First Round.

3:10 The World Rugby Show 3:40 L Cricket – Women’s Big Bash League Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder.

7:15 Motorsport – TR86 Championship (HLS) 8:10 L Cricket – Women’s Big Bash League Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars. From North Sydney Oval, Sydney.

11:45 The Cricket Show

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6am Captain Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Peppa Pig 0 6:45 Masha And The Bear 3 0 6:55 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 7am Alvinnn!!!

And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:10 Elena Of Avalor 0 7:35 Be Cool Scooby-Doo! 3 0 8am M Scooby Doo! And Kiss – Rock And Roll Mystery PGR 2015 Animated Adventure.

0 9:25 Regular Show 3 0 9:35 Kickin’ It 0 10am Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 0 12:05 M Father Of The Bride 1991 Comedy. 0 2:15 BlackIsh 3 0 2:45 Home And Away Omnibus 0 5:20 M A Country Christmas Story PGR 2013 Family Drama. 0 7pm Country Calendar 7pm The Simpsons 0 Action Station. 0 7:30 The Crystal Maze 0 7:30 Blue Planet 0 8:30 M The Night Before 8:40 M Resolve AO 2017 AO 2015 Comedy.

Drama. Based on the true On Christmas Eve, three story of Chris Crean, who took lifelong friends spend the a stand against gang violence night in New York City in his community, only to looking for the Holy Grail of become a target himself. 0 Christmas parties. 0 10:35 Autopsy 0 10:35 M Dead Calm AO 1989 Thriller. 0

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Living Church Of God 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R 9:30 Both Worlds 3 0 10am The Nation 0 11am Mega-Yachts PGR 3 0 11:55 Entertainment Tonight Weekend 1pm Motorsport – Ashley Forest Rally Sprint 2pm Motorsport – Muscle Garage 2:30 Motorsport – US Formula Drift 3pm Motorsport – Touring Cars 4pm Motorsport – Formula E 5pm Life Insects and their immense variety reflect adaptation to an extreme range of ecological conditions, even toxic ones.

Exploring the adaptations of beetles, butterflies, and bees. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm House Rules PGR Judges Wendy Moore, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, and Drew Heath deliver their verdict on the first renovation, a new house built from scratch in seven days. 0 8:15 M Charlie’s Angels – Full Throttle PGR 3 2003 0 10:25 M The Grand Budapest Hotel AO 3 2014 Comedy Drama. 0

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box Noon War News PGR 3 1pm Doctor Thorne PGR 3 0 2pm Mad About You PGR 2:30 University Challenge 3 0 3pm Storage Wars – Barry Strikes Back PGR 3 3:30 Hot Bench 3 4pm Storage Wars 3 0 4:30 Antiques Road Trip 3 Auctioneers Christina Trevanion and Philip Serrell begin the second leg of their journey, travelling to the auction in Crooklands, picking up treasures along the way.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Homes By The Sea 3 On the shores of Suffolk, Charlie Luxton explores coastal homes, arriving on a restored 1920s fishing ship. 0 7pm Storage Wars – Texas 7:30 Jamie’s Super Food 0 8:30 Dark Angel AO (Mini-series) (Part 1) Story of Britain’s first serial killer, Victorian working-class woman Mary Ann Cotton, and the events that drew her into a career of casual murder. 0 9:50 60 Minutes PGR 10:50 Football – English Premier League

11:30 Q+A Local political-affairs programme. 0 12:40 Attitude 3 Magazine-style series that reflects the lifestyle, issues and interests of people either living with a disability or caring for a person with a disability.

1:10 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:05 Infomercials

12:30 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11:50 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v West Indies.

From Hamilton’s Seddon Park.

12:55 Closedown

6am The Fishing Show 0 6:45 Going, Going, Gone 3 0 7:10 A Taste Of Home 3 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Homemade 3 0 10:25 Waka Huia 10:55 Mastermind 3 0 11:30 Life Flight 3 0 11:55 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 12:55 River Monsters With Jeremy Wade 3 0 1:50 Britain’s Spending Secrets 3 0 3pm Ready For Take Off 0 3:30 The 48-Hour Destination 0 4pm Star Paws – The Rise Of The Superstar Pets 0 5pm Tipping Point Lucky Stars 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

12:30 Marvel’s Agents Of Shield AO 3 0 2am The Vampire Diaries AO 3 0 2:45 Infomercials 3:20 Benched AO 3 0 3:45 Ellen PGR 3 0 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 F Marvel’s Agent Carter AO 0 5:30 Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE

Resolve

8:40pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 6am Catfish 3 6:40 Catfish 3 7:20 Hoarders 3 8:05 Hoarders 3 8:55 Hoarders 3 9:50 Catfish 3 10:30 The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 3 11:15 Cyrus v Cyrus – Design And Conquer 3 12:10 Leah Remini – Scientology And The Aftermath PGR (Starting Today) 3 12:55 Four Weddings USA 3 1:50 Four Weddings USA 3 2:45 Four Weddings USA 3 3:40 Catfish 3 4:35 Masters Of Flip 3 5:30 Masters Of Flip (Starting Today) 3 6:30 M The Christmas Note Romantic Comedy.

Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Leah Gibson, Lynda Boyd.

8:30 Dance Moms Ashlee makes a decision that surprises the group; an unexpected series of events affects the team.

9:30 Tabatha Takes Over 10:30 Ladies Of London AO 11:30 Four Weddings USA 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

7:25 The Disappointments Room 16VLC 2016 Horror.

Kate Beckinsale, Mel Raido.

8:55 Inferno MVL 2017 Thriller. Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones. 10:55 Logan 16VLC 2017 Sci-fi Action.

A Country Christmas Story Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart.

1:10 My Big Fat Greek 5:20pm on TVNZ 2 Wedding 2 PGC 2016 Comedy.

Nia Vardalos, John Corbett.

THE BOX 2:45 Jamie Marks Is 6am Million Dollar Car Dead 16S 2014 Drama.

Hunters PG 6:50 The Force Morgan Saylor, Noah Silver, Cameron Monaghan.

MC 7:40 The Simpsons 4:25 Hail, Caesar! PGL Super Sunday PG 2016 Comedy. Josh Brolin, A marathon of Simpson’s George Clooney. episodes. 10:15 Face 6:10 13 Hours – The Secret Off M 11:10 The Force Soldiers Of Benghazi 16VL MC 12:05 MacGyver 2016 Action History.

M 1pm Helicopter 8:30 Pork Pie MVLC 2017 ER M 2pm Raw MV Comedy. A trio of accidental 4:45 Smackdown MV fugitives embark on an 6:30 Main Event MV unplanned road trip around 7:30 MacGyver M New Zealand. James Rolleston, Bozer’s first overseas mission Dean O’Gorman. goes wrong when the team is 10:20 Fifty Shades blamed for a terrorist bombing, Darker 18LS 2017 Drama.

Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan. and the Phoenix Foundation must disavow them.

MONDAY 12:15 The Callback Queen 8:30 Texas Rising 18VLSC 16VLS 2014 Comedy. Amy9:30 Bosch MVL Joyce Hastings, Mark Killeen.

10:30 Helicopter ER M 1:45 People Interview 11:30 Main Event MV – Eddie Redmayne MONDAY 2:35 Jamie Marks Is 12:30 Helicopter ER M Dead 16S 2014 Drama.

1:20 Deep Undercover Morgan Saylor, Noah Silver, MVLC 1:45 The Force MC Cameron Monaghan.

2:35 Face Off M 3:25 Texas 4:15 Fifty Shades Darker 18LS Rising 18VLSC 4:15 Bosch MVL 2017 Drama. Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan.

5:05 Main Event MV

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4:30 The Cricket Show 5am Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v West Indies – First Test, Day Two.

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Wind at 2000m: NW gale 65 km/h, rising to 80 km/h in the afternoon.

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

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The first rule of professionalism is not to ask others to do your work. The second rule is to adhere to the training manual.

If you weren’t trained, a true professional finds a way to get trained nonetheless.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You agreed. You checked the box. That box included limitations that you will definitely outgrow and push against in time – as well as limitations that you are better off respecting. Know the difference.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): As you mix into the crowd, you’ll be with all types of people, most melding with your goodwill and positive intention; some, not so much. All rudeness is essentially weakness or ignorance.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’re not looking to blame anyone, though neither would you mind if someone else would step in and take responsibility for what’s going on. It could actually happen... miracle of miracles!

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Avoid matters of religion and politics in polite company. Extend the taboo-topics to finance, health, fashion, taste preferences in general and anything that highlights differences of opinion, ideology or belief.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’ve trepidation about tackling the events of the day, but that won’t stop you. The upside of being afraid is an adrenaline rush – just what you need to take courage in the face of fear.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You’ll use the past to reference where you are. That’s the proper use of it, after all. To use it as a refuge would make you smaller. To use it as your glory would deny the excitement that is to come.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Some say it isn’t right to change the goal. Some say it signals weakness or failure. But not all goals are worthy. A worthy goal is the water that raises all ships.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Your success today will depend on your ability to compartmentalise and manage your emotions, including the very subtle, almost non-emotion of boredom.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It’s not that everyone wants or needs to be included in the shenanigans; they just want to feel invited.

Handle the invites in a highly inclusive manner and you’ll be a social success.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): There’s something new on the horizon that will not fully rise if not for your input. You can’t imagine how important you are to this right now, but hopefully you won’t doubt it, either.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Shakespeare suggested, “Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” Three hours (without a cellphone!) must have been excruciating. But, he has a point.

You’ll earn many points for a timely arrival.

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Find us just -off Racecourse RoadManager, at 25 Charlesworth Drive, visit2727 www.lochlearesort.co.nz To arrange an appointment contact our Resort Tony Sands on 03Ashburton 307 9080,or0800 837 or after hours on 03 302 6887.

Find us just off Racecourse Road at 25 Charlesworth Drive, Ashburton or visit www.lochlearesort.co.nz