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Local jailed for child porn A judge delivered a blistering attack on the trading of child pornography in the Ashburton District Court yesterday, before sending a man to jail. Judge Chris Somerville sentenced Rudolf Wilhelmus de Jonge, 57, to three years’ imprisonment, on 26 charges of possessing objectionable material and five of distributing objectionable material. The representative charges related to 7777 images and 305 videos of children engaged in

sexual activity with adults and other children found on computers at de Jonge’s Hampstead address in September. His offending was uncovered following a tip-off from the United States Immigration, Customs and Enforcement Agency. “You know you are going to prison today,” Judge Somerville told de Jonge, before sending a clear message to anyone else engaged in such behaviour. Pointing out the magnitude of the offending, he said at any one

time 750,000 people were viewing objectionable images online, and 200 new images were uploaded every day – which equated to 200 new victims of child degradation every day, usually committed by someone trusted. “These sites are all known – and whoever is doing this will be caught,” Judge Somerville said. “It may take two years but that doesn’t mean they will escape and the punishment is usually imprisonment.”

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He told de Jonge he was the victim of an addiction; that viewing objectionable images was no different to any other form of addiction. He pointed out that offending of this nature usually started with viewing adult images and worked its way down to viewing young children engaged in sexual behaviour, as the addict required increasingly objectionable images to satisfy. “Your need to see fresh material led you to download a peer-

to-peer file-sharing program, where you had to agree to share it with others,” the judge said. “The thing that is so serious is its normalisation – when you watch so much it becomes acceptable to make the images. “Redistribution is a crime in the community by endorsing people’s addictions.”

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Harry Styles has his heart set on a new star – actor Paul Rudd. The One Direction heart-throb tweeted his admiration for the Anchorman actor following an appearance with him on Saturday Night Live over the weekend. Rudd was guest hosting the comedy show when he was joined by the British boy band, after telling the audience he was glad not to be overshadowed by a huge musical guest. “A massive thank you to @ nbcsnl for having us back last night. It was a lot of fun. And now I fancy Paul Rudd,” Styles tweeted to his 18 million followers. – CM

Police search for owner of arm Police are hunting for the owner of a distinctive prosthetic arm. The limb, which is used in medical training for the taking of blood samples from patients, was discovered by police in a secondhand shop in Bournemouth. Detectives have made inquiries at local hospitals in the hope of reuniting the Nasco Life/form Advanced Injection Arm with its owner. Detective Constable Adam Woolman, of Dorset police, says: “It is an unusual article and we hope that someone recognises it and can help us to find the rightful owner.” – PA

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2 High-ﬂying adventure begins A Kiwi’s epic fouryear hot air balloon adventure was officially launched at an Auckland school yesterday morning. Andrew Parker, a commercial hot air balloon pilot, plans to visit more than 200 schools and meet more than 80,000 school children as he travels around the world with his hot air balloon. Mr Parker will travel overland and launch the balloon in many locations, from the mountain passes of Central Asia, the jungles of Africa and South America, the plains of Mongolia, the Australian outback, finishing in Chile in 2017. The adventure was officially launched at Balmoral School yesterday morning where students gave Mr Parker postcards they made which will be delivered to children in other countries. The balloon is set to leave New Zealand on January 25, heading first to Australia. The trip is intended to create awareness of all children’s right to education while raising funds for Unicef. – APNZ

Talent winner to help out her parents New Zealand’s Got Talent winner Renee Maurice says she wants to use her prize money to help out her parents. The Wellington singing tutor took out the TV One reality show Sunday night, thanks to her version of Jennifer Holliday’s And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going. Viewers voted her into the top spot, ahead of Christchurch dance duo Silhouette in second place, and 14-year-old singer/guitarist Jenny Mitchell, from Gore. After her win, a “stunned” Maurice said her winnings – $100,000 and a Toyota Rav 4 – would be used to “help my parents”. “When Tamati read my name out I was just stunned, as well as honoured and grateful that people had actually taken the time to vote for me,” she said. – APNZ

Thieves leave fake gifts Police in Philadelphia have released surveillance video – complete with cartoon images from Dr Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas – of two people stealing decorations outside a house. Police released the video because they have been unable to locate or identify a woman in a white hooded jacket approaching the house. The video shows her returning about an hour later, this time with a male companion, to steal more decorations, but leaving a pile of fake gifts at the home’s front door. The video on the city police YouTube channel includes captions illustrated with images from the animated TV special, including one of the Grinch using a magnet to pull nails from a fireplace mantle so he can steal Christmas stockings. – PA

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Three years jail on child porn charges

Rudolf Wilhelmus de Jonge knew he was going back to jail as he stood the dock for sentencing on a raft of child pornography charges. Small in stature and conservatively dressed the 57-year-old stared straight ahead throughout proceedings in the Ashburton District Court yesterday. A digital footprint led police to de Jonge’s Hampstead home, following a tip-off from an international monitoring agency. He had 7777 objectionable images and 305 recordings of children between three and 12 years old in his possession. Police also discovered a peer-to-peer file sharing program on one of de Jonge’s computers to access and distribute objectionable materials. Several files were uploaded awaiting collection. The evidence resulted in 26 charges of possessing objectionable material and five of distributing objectionable material. It was his second court

appearance on the matters at hand – he had never appeared before a judge prior to the charges being laid in September. Defence counsellor John Black said his client admitted possessing child pornography, a habit prompted by curiosity two years earlier. He claimed to have stopped some two months prior to his arrest. Mr Black said de Jonge had gained insight into his offending while in prison on remand, and earlier, when questioned by police, he had expressed “abhorrence” toward child violence and child rape. Later in proceedings Judge Somerville pointed out, by law, a child can never give consent for sexual activity. de Jonge also abhorred bestiality images, and was willing to participate in counselling and programmes to address his offending, Mr Black said. With reference to distributing charges, Mr Black countered prosecution accusations that de Jonge’s of-

fending was widespread and had a commercial element, saying he had never benefited financially. He said de Jonge had removed images from the website, saving them on storage devices due to concerns about distributing it; however he had been obliged to leave a certain number of files for collection in the sharing program to access new material himself. This explained why only 38 of the 600-odd requests for access were accepted in the days before de Jonge’s arrest, Mr Black said. However, Judge Somerville didn’t buy the argument, saying the number of people who are distributing objectionable material was “seriously aggravating”. He said the sentence must denounce the trade. With a starting point of four to five years, Judge Somerville discounted 18 months for de Jonge’s early guilty pleas and previous good record, before he was led away to begin a three year sentence.

Alcohol and frustration led to a vicious attack in a local night club in September. Ebelyza Tepaeru Webb, 25, of Hampstead, appeared before Judge Chris Somerville on an assault charge, from events on September 8. In a booze-fuelled rage Webb attacked her former partner’s girlfriend, punching her numerous times, kicking her when she fell to

the ground and punching her again when she got up. The victim was left fearful, bruised and battered. Defence lawyer, Paul Bradford, said Webb was angry her ex-partner had not visited their son, and blamed the victim for it. Judge Chris Somerville expressed concerns about her anger management and alcohol issues.

“I’m not letting you go out at night until you complete an anger management course,” he said, before sentencing Webb to 20 weeks on community detention with a weekend curfew. She will also be subject to 12 months supervision to include anger management and alcohol counselling and was ordered to make an emotional harm payment of $233.

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Birthright tree ready to Vicious attack fuelled by alcohol receive Christmas gifts The spirit of Christmas is alive with the annual Birthright Ashburton Christmas Tree at Heartland Bank already littered with gifts for children in the district. The agency helps one-parent families by providing monthly support. Field worker Christine Muff said there had been a big increase in people accessing the service, which supported more than 100 families in the

district. Each gift is labelled with the gender and age of the child it would suit – from 0 to 18 years old. Families needing support can either contact Birthright or be referred by other agencies. “It is about support really and knowing they are not alone,” she said. The tree would stay up in the bank until Christmas Eve.

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■ FATAL WINSLOW CRASH

Crash victim was from Fairlie By Myles HuMe

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The woman killed in a collision with a house being transported south near Winslow on Friday was 67-year-old Patricia Robertson from Fairlie. Mid Canterbury’s second fatal smash this year has sparked concerns over driver education concerning oversized vehicles. Yesterday, police revealed Ms Robertson as the person killed instantly when her northbound car collided with a house being carried on a wide-load trailer on State Highway 1 at Winslow on Friday morning. The transporter was accompanied by pilot vehicles front and rear. Ms Robertson’s Fairlie neighbours said she was relatively new to the Mackenzie Country town. Waitaki Transport would not comment on the crash, but a person involved with the incident told the Guardian a female employee in her late 20s was transporting a red-zoned house from Christchurch to be stored away in Oamaru.

Two Ashburton males were charged with fighting in a public place after an altercation about 2am Saturday. The pair were found fighting on East Street and will appear in Ashburton District Court in a fortnight.

Ashburton police were called to domestic disputes at 8pm Friday and another incident an hour later. Another domestic violence incident was reported about 8pm Saturday and another about 10.30pm.

Assault allegation Ashburton police are investigating an assault allegation following an incident on West Street about 6pm on Saturday. The Fairlie woman who died on State Highway 1 at Winslow on Friday after her car collided with a truck transporting a house was 67-year-old Patricia Robertson. Photo SuPPlied

King House Removals owner Grant Willis, who helped move the transporter truck to the Ashburton Saleyards following the crash, said although it was still unknown what the cause was, it served as a reminder to take extreme care around oversized vehicles. He said drivers “needed to be better educated” about what to do when driving near piloted vehicles.

This included slowing down and moving to the left shoulder of the road. Mid Canterbury Building Removals owner Clancy Jessep said too often drivers became impatient and made stupid decisions because they did not know simple road rules relating to oversized vehicles. Flashing orange lights on a pilot vehicle meant a wide-load was approaching, but orange

and purple lights meant it was likely to be extremely oversized, he said. “And what a lot of people don’t realise is when we are going down the road we are all in contact with each other in the pilot vehicles and the truck, so we all know what’s going on up ahead and behind.” Ms Robertson’s funeral will be held in Christchurch on Thursday.

Search for woman ‘got a bit out of hand’ A lovestruck Wellington man who launched a campaign to track down a mystery American woman he met in Hong Kong last New Year’s Eve says he was “a little naive” in underestimating the traction it would get. Reese McKee, 25, said if he could have anticipated the reaction to the story he would have done things differently. “It turned into a massive ‘let’s stalk every Katie in the DC area’. I was trying to get people

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to stop that, but with 2000 plus people messaging ... it got a bit out of hand.” Mr McKee tracked down “Katie from DC” over the weekend, after the story of his appeal was picked up on social media worldwide. The story featured on international media sites. Representatives from Facebook, Good Morning America, TV stations and radio stations in Canada and Australia had contacted him with interview requests but he has turned them all down. “The thing

bloody exploded, God, the article went everywhere.” Mr McKee said last week he was walking in Hong Kong when he found the mystery woman crying on the side of the road. After spending the night drinking and dancing, they departed. Her last words: “Find me”, before slipping away into the dawn of New Year’s Day. “Yeah, I’ll find you,” he said, before realising all he had to go off was her first name, Katie, a photo he found on his phone and the fact she was from “DC”.

He has since taken down the Facebook page he used to launch his appeal due to getting swamped with responses. Mr McKee said he had no idea whether Katie was single and was yet to decide whether he would wait for her to get in touch with him, or contact her. “At the moment I’m just waiting for it to calm down.” Katie had taken down all her public social media profiles “because of the crazy, crazy storm of attention and public pressure”, Mr McKee said. - APNZ

Car in ditch A car was found in a ditch along Mitcham Road about 5.30am Sunday. When police arrived the driver had left the scene. Police are looking into the crash.

Disorderly behaviour Ashburton police received reports of disorderly behaviour on the railway lines near Kermode Street about 3am Sunday. Police kept an eye on the situation and disbanded the group.

Theft from car A handbag was stolen from a car in the Ashburton Domain about 9am Sunday.

Liquor ban breach An Ashburton man was dealt with by police after he was found breaching the liquor ban and acting disorderly about 10.15pm Saturday.

New board takes over The newly elected Canterbury District Health Board take office this week. Board members are; chairman Murray Cleverley, deputy chairman Steve Wakefield, David Morrell, Anna Crighton, Andrew Dickerson, Susan Wallace, Chris Mene, Aaron Keown, Sally Buck, Jo Kane and Edie Moke. The board meet monthly at Princess Margaret Hospital. Their first meeting will be on December 19, 2013.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT REAL ESTATE MARKET

House prices still rising but slowing BY SUE NEWMAN

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The rise and rise of property values in the Ashburton District appears to have slowed, with the average selling price increasing by just 2.2 per cent over the past three months. While Ashburton is still experiencing price growth, Quotable Value (QV) statistics indicate this is not as rapid as it has been over the past year where the district’s selling price has increased more rapidly than most parts of the South Island. For the three months to November 30 the 2.2 per cent rise in values put the average selling

price at $310,000. Ashburton is running in line with the national three month average increase. Over the past 12 months values have grown by 8.1 per cent, less than the national average of 9.2 per cent and less than all areas between Waimakariri and Waimate, with the exception of Timaru. Since the market peak in 2007, the average sales price has increased by 10.9 per cent. The national average is 11 per cent with the largest increase in the South Island in Selwyn, 30.5 per cent. The strongest growth in values since 2007 has come in Auckland south, 34.9 per cent.

National growth in values since the market peak has been 11 per cent. QV research director Jonno Ingerson, says that while it is still too early to see any definitive effect on values from the loan to value ration (LVR) changes, there are signs of changes in the market. “There are reports of fewer potential buyers at open homes, longer marketing periods, and fewer auctions selling on the day.” Over the past three months there had been an increase in the number of completed sales to first home buyers and some of that activity had been due to people trying to purchase be-

fore their pre-approval expired, he said. “While there is anecdotal evidence of far fewer first home buyers in the market this has yet to come through in the statistics. In areas of the country outside Auckland and Canterbury, where there is not as much of an imbalance between supply and demand, the LVR changes are likely to have a more marked impact. “The reduction in first home buyers will lessen activity and the reduced demand should see values slow down.” Values in Christchurch still continue to grow, with fluctuations throughout the different

suburbs. Values are now 12.4 per cent above last year and 3.2 per cent up over the past three months. Apart from Banks Peninsula, which is down 1.1 per cent over the past three months, all other areas have increased with the Central and North area of the city seeing the highest increase of 3.6 per cent increase. In the South Island, nearly all regions have experienced growth over the past three months, except Queenstown Lakes, with a 0.8 per cent decline. Southland and Gore have seen some of the larger increases, with 4.4 per cent and 3.9 per cent increases respectively.

■ CHRISTMAS PARADE FEEDBACK

‘There’s always room for improvement’ - ABA member BY TONI WILLIAMS

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The Ashburton Business Association (ABA) has come under fire for the annual Christmas Parade but organisers are happy … and, more importantly, so are the children. ABA board member Carol Johns said there was always criticism after the annual parade but the majority of feedback was positive and the children it was targeted at were happy. “I’m happy … 95 per cent (of the feedback) was very positive. But there’s always room for improvement in everything we do.” People should receive it in the spirit it was given, she said. Ashburton did not have the thousands of dollars other areas put into their events. But a lot of people had given their time

freely and put in a lot of effort to get it under way. It had taken four months to organise. The parade could not function without the support and sponsorship of local companies. “We run (the parade) on the smell of an oily rag and thanks to that oily rag, I’m rapt, really rapt.” Mrs Johns said she walked the parade every year and the looks on the faces of the children it was aimed at (up to nine years old) was wonderful. If anyone wanted to get involved and be in the parade they should contact ABA and hire a costume. They would be more than welcomed. The business association would look at feedback and take on board any suggestions to “amp it up a bit”. “… There’s always room for improvement,” she said.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Remanded on cannabis charges

An Ashburton youth faces an electronically monitored sentence when he returns to court for sentencing on cannabis supply charges. Police executed a search warrant on Shaun Nathan Hurst’s Netherby address in September, and uncovered 120gms of cannabis in five plastic bags, four “tinnies” in another bag and a quantity of cannabis seed. Police prosecutor Greg Sutherland said Hurst had admitted selling cannabis for three

years, but had cut back on this activity. He said the stash police found was for his personal use and to give away. Judge Chris Somerville convicted and remanded Hurst for sentencing on January 27, ordering pre-sentencing reports. Joshua David Seed-Hawthorne appeared for breaching his community work sentence. The 18-year-old farm labourer said work commitments hindered his attendance.

He agreed to increase his fine repayments to $50 a week in return for the cancellation of the sentence, but was fined a further $300 on the breach matter. George Siaosi Ioapo, 22, a meat worker of Allenton, pleaded guilty to charges of accosting and contacting a protected person. Ioapo contacted his former partner by leaving Facebook messages in June, asking to see their young son. On August 3, the complainant was

accosted by Ioapo in an Ashburton supermarket, he followed her across the car park yelling and demanding to see his son. His lawyer told the court Ioapo’s actions were born of frustration, but he now understood the ramifications of his offending, and would approach the family court to resolve his access problems. Ioapo was fined $800 and ordered to pay court costs of $130 on each charge.

A 17-year-old Mid Canterbury youth has pleaded not guilty to sexual violations and unlawful sexual connection with a minor. He will return to court in February for a disputed facts hearing. His 24-hour curfew conditions were relaxed to 7pm to 7am, to enable him to attend appointments. Warrants were issued for: Selina Angelina Johnstone and Brent Tainui Davis Garrett.

Driver unharmed in crash The driver of this car walked away unharmed on Sunday after they drove off State Highway 1 at Hinds. Police and firefighters were called to the crash about 6.50pm. Inquiries are continuing into that crash as well as three serious crashes during the weekend. A woman was killed when the vehicle she was driving collided with a house being transported on a trailer on Friday, while a

man driving a 4WD towing a house bus later that night was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital following a head-on crash with a milk tanker. About 1am Sunday a driver failed to take a bend on Seafield Road and crashed into a tree. He recorded a breath alcohol limit of 813mcg. His car was impounded and he will appear in Ashburton District Court in a fortnight.

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Benjamin Bryan Cook, 25, a farmer of Staveley, was convicted of drink driving with an excess blood alcohol content of 138 milligrams per 100 millilitres, when the limit is 80mg. After drinking with friends Cook, carrying

passengers, lost control of the vehicle, which left the road and rolled several times. Judge Somerville called his driving appalling, before disqualifying Cook for six months, fining him $1500, and ordering court costs of $130. Junior Moe, 53, of Allenton was convicted of drink driving (EBA 682mcg/l). It was Moe’s third conviction, and Judge Somerville ordered a pre sentence report include appendices for electronic monitoring, before remanding him on bail for sentencing on January 27. Acting out after the Methven rodeo resulted in Daniel Thomas Brooker losing his driver’s licence for six months. The 17-year-old from Hurunui was the front seat passenger in a vehicle being driven in Methven by a mate on November 27. As the driver was negotiating a moderate bend, Brooker pulled on the hand brake, causing the vehicle to run up onto the footpath and into private property. Judge Somerville said it was a classic example of something that happens in the spirit of the moment and develops a life of its own. He also fined Brooker $500 and ordered court costs of $130. Donald Junior Sadlier, 56, of Twizel, was convicted of driving while his licence was suspended – he was disqualified for 53 weeks, and sentenced to 80 hours of community work.

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■ CALENDAR COMPETITION WINNER

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Photographer pleased to share her backyard with NZ BY SUE NEWMAN

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Anna Harrison has proved that you don’t need to have an expensive camera to turn out an award winning photograph. The ex-Ashburton woman has earned herself pride of place on the cover of next year’s Primary ITO annual calendar with a photograph she says she took in her own backyard. That backyard was Lake Heron and the shot was judged the best of more than 800 images submitted from around New Zealand. She grew up in the Staveley area and worked as a shepherd around the foothills of the Ashburton District and says her camera is her constant companion – even at work. And while she’s now abandoned the wide open spaces of Mid Canterbury for work

with rural co-operative CRT in Temuka, she said she’s keen to continue capturing images of rural New Zealand. Anna has had no formal training in photography and captured the photo of sheep at Lake Heron with her camera that she described as “a cheap little camera bought with Flybuys”. As a graduate of a PrimaryITO training course in sheep and beef breeding, she said she’s keen to support the organisation and said entering the calendar competition was one way of doing this. The prize winning photo earned her an iPad and the satisfaction of knowing her photo will be admired around New Zealand. “The fun thing with photography is you can take a few snaps and they mean a lot to you; this means a photo of my backyard will also be

The Guardian reported in a feature story on Saturday that Rosie Robinson taught at Our Lady of the Snows while facilitating the Foothills GATE programme. However, Mrs Robinson recently resigned from her position at Our Lady of the Snows and is currently working at Ashburton Borough and Methven Primary.

Considering suing A former Kaipara District Council representative says he may sue Auditor-General Lyn Provost over a report criticising the council. Jonathan Larsen intends seeking council help in pursuing defamation action following the release last week of Ms Provost’s 420-page report on her office’s 20-month inquiry into council handling of the Mangawhai sewerage scheme. - APNZ

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ing support for their trainees and employers. Primary ITO training is subsidised by industry and Government. The calendar is about celebrating the diversity of New Zealand’s primary industries.

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Labour Party leader David Cunliffe had his fishing trip to Moeraki on Saturday interrupted by a phone call from Prime Minister John Key. The two are hardly good friends, so Mr Cunliffe knew it would be for something important, and it was. Mr Key asked him to be part of New Zealand’s official delegation to Nelson Mandela’s funeral. Mr Cunliffe was on the fishing trip with Rangitata Labour electorate committee chairman Glen Cameron of Ashburton after visiting the town on Friday. Mr Cameron said yesterday it had been a fantastic weekend. The pair of old friends and Labour party stalwarts had fished from Mr Cameron’s boat, bagging dozens of blue cod, before Mr Cunliffe had to fly back out of Christchurch for home on Sunday. Mr Cameron said Mr Cunliffe had seen it as an honour to be going to the funeral, especially after having empathised with the anti-apartheid movement. The first protest march he had ever participated in had been one against New Zealand-South Africa rugby tours. Mr Cunliffe could not be contacted by the Guardian yesterday as he flew out to South Africa, but told reporters before he left that if he was Prime Minister he would have taken Kiwi activist John Minto, who led the protest marches. The comment put Mr Key on the back foot, he had to defend his decsion not to

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Massive ‘hidden’ surgery wait list About 280,000 New Zealanders are waiting for elective surgery, and more than half are not on waiting lists, new research shows. The report by TNS for the Health Funds Association (HFA) and the Private Surgical Hospitals Association (NZPSHA) showed those who were on waiting lists had been waiting an average of 224 days.

HFA chief executive Roger Styles said more public and private surgery was being done over the past decade, but the ageing population meant the need was growing. “The 280,000 waiting on both the official waiting list and the ‘hidden’ list are virtually all public patients because of public rationing,” Mr Styles said. “There is no real private wait-

ing list, as private patients are seen promptly. The private and public outcomes are hugely different because of this.” The average wait for those who had undergone public surgery was 100 days longer than private patients. But Mr Styles said putting more money into the public system was not the answer. “That’s what we’ve been do-

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ing the past few years and the problem has been getting worse not better. “All available information says future public health spending is unsustainable under present policy settings. There are options to address this, but the longer the problems are ignored, the less effective and less palatable the solutions become.” The survey found 350,000

New Zealanders have some form of elective surgery every year. A further 280,000 have a need for surgery, of which 110,000 are on waiting lists. The remaining 270,000 have been told their need is not significant enough to go on the list, but their quality of life is reduced and they still need assistance. - APNZ

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Dance benefits typhoon victims Swinging through an old time dance routine are (from left) Pam and Kevin Harding and Janice Monson and Pam Robertson. They were among a group of dance enthusiasts who took part in a fundraising event for victims of the Philippines typhoon. The dancers raised more than $450 which will be given to Save the Children to distribute as part of its aid efforts. Photo donna Wylie 081213-dW-266

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Ashburton’s theatrical community is mourning the loss of former Variety Theatre of Ashburton director Robert Young. Mr Young, aged 70, passed away peacefully in Rotorua after a long battle with cancer. Mr Young was said to have a rare ability to be able to recognise the potential in people from the moment they auditioned. Performers who worked with him over the years and who went on to make a career in musical theatre included Ashburton’s Angela Johnson and the late Rob Guest. “He was tough to work with but his standards were what I loved. He wasn’t afraid to step on toes to realise his vision but always did it with dignity,” said Elaine Vallender who was musical director on Variety Theatre shows, all 17 of them, that Mr Young directed and choreographed. The first was Guys and Dolls in 1984, the last Les Miserables in 2009. Other shows included Jesus Christ Superstar, in which Mr Young also played Jesus, and Grease, Cabaret and Les Miserables. “He had a passion for community theatre and in particular musical theatre,” Mrs Vallender said. “He loved belonging and saw us as part of his family, in fact, an integral part of his life. “I never saw him raise his voice at rehearsals but everyone knew what he wanted and if they weren’t meeting

his exacting standards. I knew exactly where I was with him and the fact that he expected 100 per cent at all times. He also never let you down, and was incredibly loyal and dedicated. “I always said the cast of a production before Robert arrived for rehearsals - you don’t have to like him but you will respect him as a director. I don’t think any of them would have disagreed with me.” As a director and choreographer he had vision, and was “the master of the whole production”, but was just as comfortable assisting with sewing or helping with scenic art. He was tall with a commanding presence, and earned the respect of the cast and crew because of his knowledge, creativity and professionalism. Mr Young began his career as a professional dancer and then worked for a well known Christchurch fashion designer. He became a professional director and choreographer in the early 1990s, firstly in New Zealand and later on the Gold Coast where he was resident director at the Gold Coast Arts Centre. Latterly he based himself in Rotorua. He dreamed about a new performing arts centre alongside fellow Variety Theatre members and was thrilled to direct Blast from the Past as the first production in the new Ashburton Trust Event Centre. Mr Young is survived by his partner John Knite.

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If you sell your farm or your business to an overseas company, don’t be surprised if the details of that sale become public knowledge. Ashburton farmer Willy Leferink recently found details of the sale of his Dorie farm were released by the Overseas Investment Commission (OIO) - (see opinion piece page 11). The sale to the Italian Barilla family had been in negotiation for more than a year and was clinched with the OIO approval for more than $25 million in October. While he had no problem with public disclosure, he said he would prefer to have been informed that this would happen. When it comes to releasing details of a sale that requires OIO approval, however, dealings are with the buyer, not the seller (who is the applicant to the OIO), says manager of the Overseas Investment Office, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), Annelies McClure. “Normally (the OIO) consults with an applicant before releasing a decision summary in relation to the relevant transaction. The applicant is asked whether good reason exists for withholding any of the information in the decision summary,” she said.

If an applicant can show good reason exists for withholding that information under the Official Information Act, the OIO may agree to withhold that information. The applicant cannot veto the release of the information, Ms McClure said. Except where the Official Information Act provides otherwise, the OIO must also be satisfied that the reasons for withholding the information outweigh the other considerations which would make it desirable, in the public interest, to make that information available. “Third parties can appeal the OIO’s decision to withhold information to the Office of the Ombudsmen, so a decision to withhold information is carefully considered.” The main reasons for withholding information include: protection of the privacy of persons who are the subject of that information (section 9(2) (a) of the Official Information Act), and where the release of the information would be likely to unreasonably prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information (section 9(2)(b)(ii) of the Official Information Act). The OIO releases details of approvals at the end of the month following the month in which approvals were granted.

Orchestra turns out for Christmas party Toe tapping and a tipple was in order, with The Southern Celtic Fiddle Orchestra providing the music for the Cameron Courts Christmas party yesterday. Residents and family gathered for lunch and later a visit from Santa, to kick off the festive season. photo donna wylie 071213-dw-012

Name supression continues By Katie HollaNd A Rotorua woman who allegedly stole almost a million dollars from 16 victims has succeeded in keeping her identity secret - at least temporarily. The woman, who faces 26 Serious Fraud Office charges, appeared in the Rotorua District Court yesterday where she applied for her interim name sup-

pression to continue. The woman told Judge Chris McGuire she was at a disadvantage as she had not yet had a Legal Aid lawyer assigned. Judge McGuire granted her continued suppression until Friday when the issue will be argued again. The woman is charged with 16 counts of withdrawing money from investor accounts

held for her victims - who included individuals, trusts and family trusts. The total allegedly stolen is $997,018, ranging from $7017 to $198,014. She also faces five charges of dishonestly using cheques to obtain $75,000 and five of making false invoices with the intent to use them to obtain property. She has not yet entered a plea. - APNZ

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Earthquake claim dismissed By BreNdaN maNNiNg A Christchurch couple are not entitled to a “windfall payment” over their red zoned house, according to a judgement released yesterday. Brooklands couple Paul John Rout and Georgina Anne Knox Rout launched court proceedings against the insurer of their house, but their amended claim of $1.2 million was “entirely misguided” and was “quickly dismissed”, Justice David Gendall said. The Routs’ property was “red zoned” in July 2011 and in response to an offer under the scheme, they chose to sell the land on which their house was built to the Crown for $396,000. To date, the Routs have received a maximum payout from the Earthquake Commission (EQC) for damage to their house of $113,850. The Routs brought the proceedings against Southern Response Earthquake Services Limited (previously AMI Insurance). Under their policy with AMI, the Routs’ house was insured for the full replacement cost for the floor area of their home, but not their land.

Southern Response accepted the policy, but disputed the extent of the damage. Until February this year, Southern Response consistently said the property was not economically repairable. However, the company later contended it was a simple repair. Lengthy negotiations between the couple and Southern Response continued and varied, until the Routs indicated at the High Court hearing that total rebuild costs were in excess of $1.29 million. Justice Gendall found the house was uneconomic to repair and said the Routs succeeded and failed in part with their claim. He ruled that when they rebuilt their house on another site or bought another house, they would be entitled to incur costs of doing so up to a maximum figure of $673,330, less the $113,850 already received from EQC. However, their alternative claim for relief by way of a cash payment of rebuild costs of $760,327 or their amended figure of approximately $1.2 million was dismissed. - APNZ

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Local road toll’s gone up in a big hurry Coen Lammers EDITOR

ithin the space of a few days, our road toll is not looking as good as we thought. Only days after local police were hoping that Mid Canterbury could end the year with a record low road toll, the number of fatalities on our roads quadrupled. Only two weeks ago, Senior Sergeant Grant Russell commented on the fact that up until that point his officers only had to deal with one fatality in 2013 which indicated that the region could be heading for one of its safest years on the road. Sadly, reality hit home only three days later when Ashburton woman Marae Judy Dean and Indian tourist Gaurav Bhabhera died in multi-car pileup just across the Rakaia River. Things got worse on Friday when the emergency services had to deal with one of the ugliest crash scenes in recent memories when a woman drove straight into a truck carrying a house, south of Tinwald. The horror road toll could have been even worse when a 4WD towing a house bus collided with a milk tanker across the Rakaia River, but fortunately no-one was killed in the burning crash site. We often tell each other to take care while driving, but the recent spate of accidents on our own doorstep is a sobering reminder how easily our lives can be snuffed out on the roads. One of our readers rightly pointed out that most of us are tired and distracted by many demands during this part of the year, and it is easy to feel rushed or distracted on the road. Keeping our wits about us and looking out for other road users who may be distracted is a good start and if we would all just slow down a bit, hopefully we will all be around to celebrate the upcoming Christmas with our families. Just think about the families who have recently lost a loved one, and what their Christmas will be like when you get next get into a car. That should enough to take a bit more care. Safe travels.

YOUR VIEW Christmas parade What is a Christmas Parade without music? Yes there was one band which was both, great to see and hear, but what nothing else, no Christmas carols, no Christmas songs – no nothing!! I know it is easy to be an armchair critic, but some music, CD’s even a DJ would go a long way to giving some enthusiasm, to the parade, as some people around me made the same comment. I took my grandchildren to see it but unfortunately we came away rather disappointed. So please next year, “let the music explode” as my granddaughter said. Margaret Shaw

Great picture, shame about the facts Your picture of the North Cameron Glacier on the front page of Monday 30th November’s Guardian and story on page 4 discussed the impact of rapidly shrinking glaciers on our water supply. The North Cameron Glacier joins what is left of the main Cameron Glacier and feeds the Cameron River which flows via Lake Stream into the Rakaia River. It does not affect the Ashburton River.

The Ashburton Glacier, on the south side of Mt Arrowsmith is also in serious decline and supplies water to the headwaters of the South Ashburton River. If this glacier disappears in the next few decades it will have a serious effect on the Ashburton River. These glaciers have generally been in decline since a peak about 1890 and have rapidly decreased in size over the last 40 years. PS The two pictures are really great. John R Waugh Retired hydrologist and mountaineer

Mopars visit During Labour weekend 2013, Ashburton was host to the annual Mopar get-together. We had 110-plus vehicles turn out from all over New Zealand and over 250 people who enjoyed a wonderful weekend. The weekend was a huge success and we are incredibly grateful for the support from the following: Hotel Ashburton for a fantastic venue, hospitality and wonderful meals, Americar Rod and Custom Club for their hospitality and fantastic venue for our Show and Shine on the Sunday, our yummy lunches on Sunday supplied by the Mid Canterbury Golden Oldies Hockey

ladies, Vintage Car Club, sponsorship from Ashburton New World (Tony Sheppard), Ashburton District Tourism, Subway Ashburton (Tony Corbett) and Burger King. Donations from the Show and Shine will be made to the local St John Ambulance Association. A huge thank you to you all. Roll on Mopars in Dunedin 2014. Organising Committee – Mopars in Ashburton 2013

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Magpies Good to see someone did what the council wouldn’t.

Second bridge Most of us have a job to go to and it is our OWN responsibilty to get to it. Set an alarm, get up, leave earlier, take a different route yourself. Not anyone to blame but yourself. Kat ***** Great. Two positive letters today regarding the second bridge. My faith in Ashburton being a town of positive people and projects has been restored. Enzo

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The day Nelson Mandela died Willy Leferink WILLYLEAKS

he death of Nelson Mandela seems like a ‘JFK’ moment. Only Nelson Mandela, in the year he was elected the first president of a democratic South Africa, could address Federated Farmers sister body there like this: “You have confounded the stereotype images, spurned the past and embraced the future. “Perhaps one should dare to ask the question: what else could have been expected from a fraternity working on the land; committed to the soil and nurturing a love for the country in its bosom!” Since Nelson Mandela knew how to milk a cow, those words seem right for New Zealand today. Here was a person born on a poor farm who was later given every reason to hate. Instead of hate, he channelled this energy into something remarkable. Mandela echoes St Francis of Assisi’s famous prayer, “Where there is hatred, let me sow love, Where there is injury, pardon…And where there is sadness, joy”. Mandela also knew free trade, free enterprise and exports were vital and in 1997 said: “Successful farmers like their counterparts in industry will be those who seize the opportunities of a competitive global economy”.

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In a later speech, he added: “Despite liberalisation of trade, there remain areas of protectionism in the developed countries. In agriculture, for example, Europe seeks to protect its rural communities by capturing markets that are the true competitive advantage of the south”. As we work towards a Trans-Pacific Partnership his words remain true today as they did in 1999. South Africa’s metamorphosis is a remarkable tribute to a truly remarkable human being. In recent weeks I have found myself the subject of the news following the sale of my farm that gave me a taste of the Overseas Investment Office (OIO). What I found after the event is that the OIO releases approvals at the end of the month, after the month in which approval is granted. This fact and the calls it generated came as a bolt out of the blue. Okay, what we were paid seems a lot of money on face value, but just like any homeowner, you have something called a mortgage to take care of first. While there is a sum left over my wife and I are not boarding the next plane for the Sunshine Coast and retirement. Instead, I am pouring much of it into wintering barns putting my money where my mouth is. I am convinced these are a solution

to nutrient loss and especially nitrogen. I am not saying it is “the” solution, just one of many. It’s a personal opinion but for the farms I have interests in, I believe these barns are the right thing by our animals and the environment. I can only hope the Canterbury Land & Water Plan evolves to reflect this and other innovative ways of farming. While I have no issue with full public disclosure over the sale of my farm, it would be nice to have been told when. As it was, I was caught on the hop at the Australian Dairy Farmers conference. If it caught me on the hop I imagine it caught the Barilla family too. It means their

first taste of New Zealand was less kia ora and more the media scrum. Is this is how we want to treat one of the largest familyowned food companies in world who can open doors for our exports? My excellent sharemilkers remain on the farm but are now partners with a multinational family-owned food business that’s been family owned since 1877. There is a ton of upsides for New Zealand there. Being an immigrant myself we’re not helping ourselves when politicians harp on about “johnny foreigner”. On the same day the OIO revealed the sale of my farm, the Auckland house of former Hanover Finance director Mark Hotchin was sold to a Chineseborn businessman for $39 million. Where is Phil Goff on that? Willy Leferink is Federated Farmers Dairy Chairperson

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In brief Train, truck collide A commuter train collided with a truck hauling gasoline in Indonesia’s capital yesterday, killing at least seven people and sending a fireball of orange flames and black smoke shooting skyward. The collision in southern Jakarta killed the train engineer, a technician and at least five others, said Jakarta police spokesman Col. Rikwanto. More than 70 people were injured, according to Budi Satriyo, chief of Suyoto Hospital. “The engineer attempted to brake, but then a fuel truck ran onto the railroad tracks and the brakes could not stop it from hitting the truck. It exploded and bounced off,” said Imron, a passenger who escaped from a vehicle nearby. “It happened so fast!” - AP

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Pro-European Union activists gather behind barricades next to the Ukrainian Government building in Kiev, Ukraine. Anti-government protesters have toppled the statue of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin in central Kiev amid huge protests gripping Ukraine. -AP

Police off to Kiev amid protests A column of police buses headed toward the Ukrainian capital yesterday, and opposition activists have begun evacuating a government building they have been occupying for days. Kiev regional police said that buses carrying interior troops are moving toward Kiev, where

thousands of protesters are blocking entrances to key administrative buildings and have seized the city administration. Meanwhile, police sealed the entrances to a subway station near the city administration building, according to an AP reporter on the scene.

Police said there had been a bomb threat, the Interfax news agency said. President Viktor Yanukovych has faced weeks of protests after shelving a treaty with the European Union last month to focus on ties with Moscow. A rally on Sunday drew hun-

dreds of thousands of protesters calling for Yanukovych’s ouster. The reported troop move comes a day after hundreds of thousands joined protests in Kiev and toppled a statute of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin. - AP

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Members of all faiths pray for Mandela In death, Nelson Mandela unified South Africans of all races and backgrounds yesterday on a day of prayer for the global statesman — from a vaulted cathedral with hymns and incense to a rural, hilltop church with goat-skin drums and barefoot dancing. Mandela was remembered in old bedrocks of resistance to white domination as well as former bastions of loyalty to apartheid. “May his long walk to freedom be enjoyed and realised in our time by all of us,” worshippers said in a prayer at the majestic St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town, where the first white settlers arrived centuries ago aboard European ships. South Africa’s reflection on Mandela’s astonishing life was a prelude to a massive memorial in a Johannesburg stadium that will draw world leaders and luminaries.

They will gather to mourn, but also to salute the achievements of the prisoner who became president and an emblem of humanity’s best instincts. The extended farewell — a bittersweet mix of grief and celebration — ends December 15, when Mandela is to be buried in his rural hometown of Qunu in Eastern Cape province. The anti-apartheid campaigner wanted to die in those modest, traditional surroundings; instead, he died Friday at age 95 in his home in an exclusive Johannesburg area. He was surrounded by family after months of a debilitating illness that required the constant care of a team of doctors. Family friend Bantu Holomisa told The Associated Press that Mandela wasn’t on life support in his final hours. He appeared to be sleeping calmly but it was obvious that

he was finally succumbing, added Holomisa, who said he saw Mandela about two hours before his death. “I’ve seen people who are on their last hours and I could sense that he is now giving up,” said Holomisa, who is the leader of the United Democratic Movement in parliament. “You could see it is not Madiba anymore,” Holomisa added, using Mandela’s clan name. The government and Mandela’s family have revealed few details about Mandela’s death. Ahmed Kathrada, who was sentenced to life in prison with Mandela in 1964, said he was informed shortly before Mandela’s death that his old friend had little time left. Kathrada said Graca Machel, Mandela’s wife, conveyed the message to him through another person that Mandela “will be leaving us that night” and “the doctors have said,

‘Anytime.’” The death still came as a shock to many South Africans, so accustomed to the enduring presence of the monumental fighter, even when he retired from public life years ago and became increasingly frail. “He was more than just an individual soul. He was the exposition of the African spirit of generosity,” said the Rev. Michael Weeder, dean of St. George’s Cathedral. But he cautioned that the country still has so much to do. “The strength of the new South Africa will be measured in the distance that the poor and the marginalised travel from the periphery to the center of our society,” Weeder said. In Johannesburg, hundreds swayed and sang at the Regina Mundi Church that was near the epicenter of the Soweto township uprising against white rule in 1976. - AP

Philippine officials have signed a power-sharing accord with the country’s largest Muslim rebel group and expect to sign a final peace pact with the insurgents next month to end a decades-long rebellion in the volatile south. The accord, which outlines the powers of a Muslim autonomous government in a region to be called Bangsamoro, was signed by negotiators for the government and the 11,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Malaysia, which has been brokering the talks, officials said. - AP

Car bomb kills 8 Iraqi authorities say a car bomb outside a cafe in a town north of Baghdad has killed at least eight people. Police officials say the explosion in the town of Buhriz, about 60 kilometres north of the capital, also wounded some 20 people. A hospital official confirmed the casualty figures. Insurgent groups frequently target civilians in cafes and public areas in an attempt to undermine confidence in the Shiite-led government and stir up Iraq’s already simmering sectarian tensions. - AP

Kim’s uncle purged North Korea announced yesterday it had sacked leader Kim Jong Un’s uncle, long considered the country’s No. 2 power, saying corruption, drug use, gambling, womanising and generally leading a “dissolute and depraved life” had caused Pyongyang’s highestprofile fall from grace since Kim took power two years ago. The removal of Jang Song Thaek is the most significant in a series of purges the young leader has conducted in an apparent effort to bolster his power since his father’s 2011 death. - AP

Crucifix approved A Polish court has rejected a complaint by non-believing lawmakers against the presence of a Roman Catholic crucifix in parliament. Warsaw’s Appeals Court disagreed with the views of some members of the Your Movement party, who said the crucifix violates their rights. Earlier this year the lawmakers appealed a similar verdict by a lower court. The controversy illustrates a rising tendency to remove religion and its symbols from the public space. - AP

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The extra spend in the first seven days of December on food and liquor has been noticeable this year, suggesting people are keen to stock their cupboards for Christmas meals and socialise with family and friends,” Spicer said. “More generally, it is promising to see the higher growth rate of late continue into the first week of the busy period. “The annual growth rate has already picked up since mid-year and we know that the level of spending activity will be much

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that he believed yesterday’s deal was a good one. “There was talk probably about five or six weeks ago of a price around A$400 million. At that point we thought [that] was a good price so A$450 million is even better. AAPT, even though it’s sort of turned around a bit in the last year or so, has been a bit of a drag on Telecom long term ... it allows the company to really focus on New Zealand and get New Zealand in shape,” Galpin said. Telecom chief executive Simon Moutter said the sale was consistent with the company’s strategy and its desire to focus on New Zealand and the needs of local customers. Craigs Investment Partners research analyst Arie Dekker

said the sale was “a very good result”. “[The sale price] also likely reflects the fact they’ve been able to secure a purchaser who sees synergies for the business, bringing that business together with their own” he said. With the exception of its halfshare of the Southern Cross cable, AAPT was the last big overseas assets owned by the company. Telecom says money from the AAPT sale will, first and foremost, go to repaying debt. Telecom said it will provide further detail on how the sale proceeds will be used at its half year result next February. In late morning trading yesterday Telecom shares were at $2.33, up 1.97 per cent. - NZH

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Telecom’s sale of its Australian business unit AAPT for $494 million is a good price and positive move for the company as it looks to focus more on New Zealand, say analysts. The NZX-listed telco yesterday announced the sale of AAPT for A$450 million to Aussie telco TPG. This follows Telecom selling AAPT’s consumer division to iiNet for A$60 million ($75 million). The remaining chunk of the business being sold to TPG provides data, cloud, voice, internet and mobile services to business, government and wholesale clients. In the Telecom’s latest financial results for the 12 months to June 30, AAPT recorded earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $74 million, down from $88 million the year before. As at June this year AAPT employed 720 full-time employees, out of a total of 6622 at Telecom. Telecom spent A$2.2 billion buying AAPT at the height of the dot.com boom in 1999 and 2000 but it has been seen as a poor performer for the company. Forsyth Barr senior equity analyst Blair Galpin said Telecom had been trying to sell AAPT for about four or five years and

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NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX

Shoppers have been splashing out on food and liquor in the lead-up to Christmas, according to Paymark, which says spending through its network during the first seven days of December was up almost 9 per cent on the same week the year before. The new figures from Paymark, which processes three quarters of the country’s electronic transactions, said spending over its network during the first week of December was up 8.6 per cent on the same period last year. “Anecdotal commentary from retailers suggests the figures are supported and Kiwis are beginning to get out and about to collect their Christmas supplies,” said Paymark’s Mark Spicer. “However, there is still a way to go before the big Christmas rush sets in.

higher in December. Last year, for instance, December spending exceeded November by 16 per cent. “So to already see both a step up in level of activity and a sustained higher growth rate is very encouraging,” he said. Spending through Paymark’s network in November was up 6.8 per cent from the same month in 2012. Spending at hardware stores was up 15 per cent on November 2012, while spending growth at cafe and restaurants was 11.4 per cent. Paymark recorded spending growth in all parts of the country during November, with Marlborough posting the biggest gains of 10.1 per cent on the same month in 2012. Credit card use through Paymark was up 13.9 per cent on November 2012. - NZH

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 NZX 50 index

4,718.31

+4.79

+0.10%

 NZX 20 index

3,696.49

+9.99

+0.27%

 NZX All index

5,063.87

+8.73

 Rises 33

+0.17%

 Falls 65

WORLD MARKETS

 S&P/ASX 200 index

5,144.40 –41.60 –0.80% At close of trading on December 9, 2013

 Dow Jones Indust.

16,020.2 +198.69 +1.26%

At close of trading on December 6, 2013

 FTSE 100 index

6,551.99 +53.66 +0.83% At close of trading on December 6, 2013

 Nikkei 225 index

15,650.21 +350.35 +2.29% At close of trading on December 9, 2013

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

 Gold

1,233.0

London – $US/ounce

+5.70

 Silver

19.49

+0.46%

London – $US/ounce

+0.03

+0.15%

 Copper London – $US/tonne

7,113.0

+32.0

+0.45%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm Dec 9, 2013

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

0.9205 0.8976 5.3697 0.6174 1.5976 0.5162 87.26 1.9857 8.7444 27.25 0.8434

TT sell

0.8988 0.8688 4.7206 0.5946 1.4831 0.5001 83.89 1.7167 8.4295 25.99 0.8181

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■ FONTERRA DARFIELD SITE

■ BEEF AND LAMB

Peru added to export list Peru is set to become our latest export market for New Zealand beef and lamb. “Federated Farmers welcomes approval by Peru’s SENASA, which allows us to commence exports of beef, sheep meat and offal products into the country,” Federated Farmers vice-president, William Rolleston said. Primary Industries minister Nathan Guy estimates the current market to be worth at least $US19 million. “The key is that we’ve got an entrée into a country the World Bank says has a good business climate with a GDP growth rate of 6.3 percent, a population of almost 30 million people and a growing middle-class,” Dr Rolleston said. “Red meat is a welcome addition to our dairy trade which is worth NZ$120 million. The Ministry for Primary Industries and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade both need to be congratulated for giving us access to the Peruvian market.”

Largest milk powder drier official opened Thousands of Cantabrians joined Fonterra to celebrate the official opening of the world’s largest milk powder drier at the co-operative’s Darfield site. The milk powder drier, which has already produced more than 50,000 metric tonnes of whole milk powder since it kicked into gear, was officially opened by Selwyn Member of Parliament and Minister for the Environment, Amy Adams as part of a public open day. Fonterra’s director of New Zealand operations, Robert Spurway, said the completion of Darfield’s second stage was great for the local community and means that Fonterra can

make the most of the co-operative’s milk produced in the South Island. “Canterbury is New Zealand’s fastest-growing dairying region. The completion of Darfield Stage Two means that Fonterra can continue to process the increasing milk volumes and meet the growing demand from customers around the world for quality New Zealand dairy nutrition,” Mr Spurway said. “The milk powder produced at Darfield will be exported to more than 20 markets worldwide including the Middle East, China and Southeast Asia, offering Fonterra the opportunity to continue to build its global

presence overseas.” Mr Spurway said the addition of Darfield Stage Two supports the co-operative’s strategy of optimising its farmers’ milk, whilst streamlining its operations and supply chain. “Drier Two will help us to process more milk and optimise production to ensure that we are getting the best value for every drop of our farmers’ milk – even during times of peak milk flow.“ Mr Spurway went on to thank the more than 1500 staff and contractors that successfully delivered this development, many of whom were from the local community.

Right – Selwyn MP Amy Adams cuts the ribbon on the world’s largest milk powder drier at Fonterra’s Darﬁeld site with Fonterra director John Monaghan and Fonterra’s director of New Zealand operations Robert Spurway.

WOOL SALES A strengthening dollar and ongoing weak demand put further pressure on wool prices at last week’s combined North and South Island sales. At the previous North Island auction, prices fell by up to 9 per cent, which exporters explained as a market correction after their sustained lift over the past few months.

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MARKET REPORT LAMB

Despite continuing schedule drops this week, overseas indicator pricing remains firm, providing exporters further confidence in the market going forward. EU markets continue to show a modest recovery allowing prices to firm. Prices are now significantly higher than a year ago but still well back on the extreme levels seen two years ago. Increased demand from China has been massive over the past 12 months, however further increases in demand are unlikely to be as great. There are indications that purchase volumes will flatten out into 2014, and early signs of this showed in October’s export figures. At the farm gate, farmers are paying a premium for store stock at the moment so will be hoping that any further schedule reductions are kept to a minimum.

BEEF

Manufacturing beef prices are holding relatively steady, although a slightly weaker tone crept into the market late last week. US importers still appear to be finding it difficult to get end-users to commit to significant order volumes due to their uncertainty about the path prices will take in the coming months. At the same time, NZ’s early-season bull meat shipments are starting to arrive in the US, which is satisfying some of the near-term demand. On the positive side for NZ though, US beef cow processing has been slow for many months and now dairy cow processing is starting to slow too. This is largely a result of lower feed prices and sustained higher milk prices starting to increase the profitability of retaining cows.

DAIRY

On Thursday, prices for most wool types lost more ground, with North Island wools copping the biggest hit. Cross-bred wools fell by up to about 4 per cent, and more in the North Island. On a more positive note, a small offering of early season’s lamb fleece gained 2 per cent, and a small offering of merino fleece also

fetched higher prices. Eighty-nine per cent of the 11,000 bales up for auction were sold but interest from most markets was subdued. The supply of wool remains an issue. Next week, only about 5000 bales will be offered at the North Island sale, 40 per cent below what was anticipated.

Dairy markets across the globe remain firm. Current prices reflect the strength of the market as buyers panic to lock in supplies. Despite good volumes of milk being produced in NZ, current demand is taking all milk powders on offer. The most recent GlobalDairyTrade auction had good volumes of product traded at strong prices. The GDT Price Index was up 3.9 per cent and prices were up for virtually all products on offer. There were good volumes of whole milk powder cleared at high prices too. The price differential between suppliers also decreased with WMP supplied from India trading at only a small discount to NZ sourced product. Oceania suppliers are more forward sold than is typical for this time of the season. Evidence of this was shown in the export statistics for October where WMP export volumes were up 62 per cent year-on-year. The strength of the global markets for dairy commodities combined with the strong forward sales position has resulted in an upwards revision in the Agrifax milk price forecast for the 2013/14 season to $8.70/kgMS. Rainfall across NZ has boosted soil moisture levels in most regions although it still remains drier than normal in some parts of the western regions in the top of the North Island.

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Market Price Trends Week beginning December 9, 2013

L A M B ($) Including 1 kg Shorn Pelt this week 13.0kg YL SI 13.5kg YM SI 15.0kg YM SI 15.0kg YM NI 15.0kg YM Market Indicator 17.5kg YX SI 19.0kg YX SI 19.0kg YX NI 21.0kg YX SI 21.0kg YX NI 23.0kg YX SI

last 4 weeks 3 months week ago ago

42.99 63.28 81.85 85.72 61.47 94.73 102.08 109.33 111.87 120.89 113.57 42.99

44.49 64.83 83.58 86.98 61.40 97.20 104.76 110.93 114.29 122.66 116.22 42.99

48.89 69.41 88.66 91.64 61.60 102.67 110.70 116.52 121.41 128.84 124.02 42.99

6.72

1 Kg Shorn Pelt SI

1 year ago

44.89 38.38 64.88 58.34 83.64 76.17 85.11 74.83 62.93 58.78 96.83 88.13 104.37 94.93 108.25 94.92 114.41 103.99 119.70 104.97 116.36 42.99 104.96 42.99 6.72 6.72

2013/14 Low High 42.99 63.28 81.85 84.33 60.35 94.73 102.08 107.26 111.87 118.60 113.57

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* 6.72 *

2012/13 ave

48.89 37.30 69.41 56.79 88.66 74.59 92.79 74.56 63.55 59.57 102.67 86.29 110.70 92.93 117.98 94.72 121.41 101.79 130.45 104.75 124.02 105.47 6.72 * 6.74

M U T T O N ($) Including 0.5kg pelt 21kg MX1

69.61

70.49

67.20

56.69

66.10

P2 Steer SI (296-320kg) NI P2 Steer Market Indicator

406 428 397

411 428 397

416 432 406

426 448 426

391 394 377

M Cow SI (160-195kg) NI M Cow Market Indicator

265 304 306

270 304 304

270 304 303

275 319 306

280 304 317

406 * 428 * 397 ** 265 * 304 * 294 *

Bull SI (296-320kg) NI Bull Market Indicator

396 397 377

401 396 377

406 399 381

411 407 381

386 401 396

396 * 396 372

70.49

57.68

B E E F (c/ kg) 416 437 412 * 270 311 313 * 406 401 389

382 395 388 260 292 299 372 388 381

6.81 6.90 6.51

7.28 7.38 6.98

7.43 7.53 7.13

6.91 7.00 6.61

6.71 * 6.80 * 6.41 *

7.43 7.53 7.13

6.86 6.95 6.56

1380 970 780 705 530 525 525 520 530

1310 1000 810 700 630 625 625 585 510

1315 940 835 710 540 530 525 450 510

1420 1070 850 685 485 437 395 375 505

1285 910 780 * 670 500 475 473 450 495

1500 1010 850 740 630 625 625 600 530 *

1475 1047 848 714 440 399 386 372 501

395 420

395 418

426 418

458 422

338 408

473 443

418 422

4630 5710 6070 5410 13460

5450 5830 6470 5580 14460

4150 4160 4020 4690 11850

4630 5370 5800 5240 13190

W O O L Data: WSI Fine (21 microns) Medium (25 microns) Medium (27 microns) Medium (29 microns) Coarse (35 microns) Coarse (37 microns) Coarse (39 microns) 2nd Shear (37 microns-85mm) Lamb (31 micron-75mm)

W H E A T ($NZ/Tonne) ASW (Aus standard White) NZ Free (12.5% protein)

DAIRY PRODUCT PRICES Butter (NZ$/tonne) Skim Milk powder Whole Milk Powder Cheddar Cheese Casein

4990 5880 6210 5780 13630

5450 6050 6570 5780 * 14550

4258 4446 4502 4926 11572

Prices are indicative only. They are compiled from an assessment of sales made worldwide on one-off basis in US $. Quota market sales and contracts are excluded. The prices are then converted to $NZ/t FOB at current exchange rates.

OVERSEAS

MEAT

UK PM Lamb (p/kg) CIF US Bull (USc/lb) CIF US Cow (USc/lb) CIF Venison Bone-in leg (E/Kg)

PRICES 430 209 200 6.40

410 206 193 6.40

0.822 0.503 0.601 3.78

0.832 0.517 0.620 3.50

390 194 184 6.40

325 225 212 6.40

395 202 192 6.40 *

430 209 200 6.40

* * * *

355 209 194 6.43

0.863 0.561 0.659 3.78 *

0.809 0.511 0.630 2.74

FINANCE US Dollar UK Pound Euro 2 Year Wholesale Rate (%)

PROCESSING

D A T A (000)

Lamb SI Mutton SI Beef SI Information provided by NZX Agrifax

0 0 0.0

0.789 0.831 0.506 0.518 0.601 0.641 3.50 2.68 (Estimates only) 133 46 126 10 20 18 7.2 3.3 11.0

0.776 0.498 0.586 2.76 17 5 0.0 *

508 134 26.7

Note: * denotes a new low/high for season.

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V E N I S O N ($/kg - gross) 6.71 6.80 6.41

■ MID CANTERBURY WATER RULES

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Based on announced schedules with levies & charges deducted and published premiums included. For a valid comparison between the Islands, add $1.20 in Lamb and 7c/kg in Beef to the North Is values, because North Is Cos pay freight.

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Chris Allen

A farming industry spokesman is warning new water quality rules will have a financial impact on the whole Mid Canterbury community. Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers provincial chairperson Chris Allen said the community will have to face up to Environment Canterbury’s new Land and Water Plan, signed off on Thursday. “It will come at a significant cost to the farming sector,” he said. “The impact will be felt in Ashburton’s tills – farmers will not have the same disposable income they have had.” The plan splits Canterbury into different nutrient allocation zones, defining water quality problems and risk areas. Each zone can impose more or less restrictive rules, but the outcomes for ground water must meet the national standards. The Ashburton Water Zone committee has been working on an area of land south of the Hinds River, designated as a hotspot for nitrate leaching. “We all want improved water quality, and at least we’ve got a plan now,” Mr Allen said. “It’s taken almost 30 years to get an Ashburton River catchment allocation plan, detailing the minimum flows, and I congratulate the zone committee for that. “It gives some certainty for farmers to decide whether to invest or not to invest.” Mr Allen said ECan’s focus on what

was leaving the property, rather than adopting the European model which controls inputs, was positive. “It’s time to step up, but we need to recognise not all water quality problems come from farms. “A lot of farmers out there are doing their damnedest already – but there are not many tools in the box. “If you are a heavy leacher there will be a blow torch on you. Farmers will have to adapt or they will go bankrupt – just hoping something will go away is not an option.

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The impact will be felt in Ashburton’s tills

Mr Allen said it was vital the entire community got onboard, not only farmers. “The zone committee process is incredibly important – the community needs to be involved in setting local standards.” Decisions will be notified on January 18. The plan will then become operative later in the year, subject to any appeals on questions of law.

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz

1 – For the past three years Ashburton schools have been trialling … a. a new maths syllabus b. an i-Pads in schools scheme c. ultra-fast broadband 2 – Which fictional town is The Simpsons set in? a. Springfield b. Warrington c. Puttersville 3 – Which is the largest lake in NZ? a. Wanaka b. Wakatipu c. Taupo 4 – In the song with the lyrics ‘you are my sunshine’, when do you make me happy? a. when I am sad b. when skies are gray c. when times are bad 5 – Which whale is the largest of the species? a. right whale b. humpback whale c. blue whale 6 – Cinnamon is produced from … a. a tuber b. berries c. tree bark 7 – Approximately what proportion of people classify themselves as ‘left-handed’? a. 5 per cent b. 10 per cent c. 15 per cent 8 – Which team was leading the A grade tennis competition at the beginning of December? a. Dorie b. Hampstead c. Tinwald

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Ham and corn frittata with Mediterranean salad 6 eggs, lightly beaten with a little milk 1/2 C cheese, grated 1/2 C frozen corn kernals 1/2 C ham, sliced thinly 400g can chickpeas 1/2 cucumber, diced 2 tomatoes, diced 1/2 red onion, peeled and sliced 2T olives, chopped 3T red wine vinegar 1 clove garlic, minced 1t dried thyme 1T butter 1T fresh parsley 1T parsley, chopped To make the frittata: ■ Heat an ovenproof pan over a low heat. Add the butter and tilt the pan to coat the bottom of the pan. ■ Add the ham, cheese, potato and corn to the egg mixture. ■ Pour the mixture into the pan and cook for 5 minutes.

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A fishy tale of quinnat salmon By Kathleen Stringer

’m not into fishing. In fact, I have really only being fishing once, when I was Chile. A day trip in a fiord included fishing and my guide was determined that all his party would get a fish. I wasn’t keen but eventually I caught a tiny wee thing. While everyone else’s catch was taken back to our boat for dinner, mine was thrown back – but hey at least I tried it. Three fish you definitely wouldn’t throw back are these three quinnat salmon, caught in the Rangitata River. We don’t know when, but the proud angler was Curly Chambers. Apparently they weighed from 24 to 33 pounds. That sounds rather impressive considering the first such salmon caught was 16 pounds and people were pretty excited about that. New Zealand is the only place where these fish have been naturalised. They are found naturally on the Pacific Coasts – America as well as Japan and Russia. Although there were half-hearted attempts to introduce the species in the North Island, and later in the Waitaki, it wasn’t until 1905 that the government decided to give it a

concentrated effort and reintroduce them to the Waitaki River. In 1906 the chief inspector of fisheries went to San Francisco to purchase, among other things, 1 million quinnat ova and 500,000 land-locked

salmon. In 1907 the Ashburton Acclimatisation Society requested some ova to be introduced in the Ashburton and Rakaia rivers, but the Canterbury society refused. But you can’t control fish and by 1908 a fish thought

Old-fashioned fun By Kathleen Stringer

ith the school holidays coming up no doubt people will be looking for activities for their children to do that don’t cost a lot of money. Something like this (right) might be ideal, it doesn’t cost a lot of dough but it’s made of it! This item is at least 14 years old, probably a lot older, so it gives you some idea of its staying power. Yes this rather well-skilled broach is actually made from a mixture of bread and glue. It’s a simple recipe which is really one slice of bread to one tablespoon

of glue. Remove the crusts and tear the slices into pieces. Place the bread and glue in a plastic bag and knead until it becomes smooth and mouldable. Design your creation as if it were dough or modelling clay. Leave to dry and paint. To make larger items, such as dishes etc, you can add food colouring or water-based paint straight on to the mixture. It’s a fun and safe way to make something that could make a great present or a cool decoration for your room.

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to be a quinnat was caught in Caroline Bay and sent to the British Museum to be identified. That year a Mr A. C. Jonassen caught 18 fish at the Rangitata, weighing about 100

pounds in total and one, which weighed about 17 pounds, was thought to be quinnat. The following year the angling reporter of The Press said he had been to the Rangitata and in a shallow pool saw 11 fish, most over a yard long. One was so close and swimming so unconcernedly that he could have gaffed it. He was convinced that it was a quinnat, but the Ashburton Guardian wasn’t convinced, doubting the fish could be of that species or as big as the angler claimed it was. By the mid-1900s the fish was firmly established in the Mid Canterbury region, with good-sized catches being made by anglers of both sexes. Today, while there are small populations scattered around the South Island, it is in Canterbury that they are most common. I am unsure whether such large catches are still being made, but it is certainly one of the few photographs we have of fish in the museum. The second most impressive fish image we hold is of a trout that was caught at the Ashburton by local tailor H G Berryman. Weighing in at 19 pounds it was lighter than Mr Chamber’s salmon, but nevertheless impressive.

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■ CYCLING

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In brief Pearce settles for second

Hudson sounds a warning Brad Hudson has put his fellow riders on notice a week out from the club championships, with a strong win in the Tinwald Cycling Club’s 50km handicap event around the Swamp Road block on Sunday. Competitors had to contend with wet roads and rain at the top of the course and fine dry roads at the start-finish. Hudson and his co-back markers rode through the field finding the front inside the last 2km, setting up a large bunch sprint. It was Hudson who found the line the strongest to hold out a game challenge from Christchurch visitor Jono Gee, who was forced to settle for second with Nigel Douglas storming into third. Matt Marshall and Ross Templeton rounded out the top five. Hudson was also rewarded for

his efforts riding the course in 75.20 minutes to secure fastest time honours from Gee and Michael Templeton. The juniors and Division 2 contested a 16km handicap event. Connie Davidson rode well off the front to keep all the chasing riders at bay and take the victory. Caitlin Titheridge continued her good form to secure second place while Ben Sutton took the final podium position and in doing so secured the fastest time, riding the distance in 28.43 minutes. Ryan Jackson and Cameron Prattley were hot on their heels in fourth and fifth. Drew Titheridge beat all comers to take Division 2 honours. Next week the club’s championships will be raced around the Wakanui Beach block.

Currie defends title

Ben Sutton works hard to haul in the leaders in the juniors race of the Tinwald Cycling Club’s event on Sunday. PHOTO DONNA WYLIE 081213-DW-059

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Emotional sevens win Aussies hit the front in Ashes campaign for South Africans The New Zealand Sevens side were denied a fifth straight title in South Africa yesterday morning, in a fitting result for the home side who won the event at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth for the first time. Former South Africa president Mandela passed away last Friday and emotions ran high as South Africa launched a comeback to win the event for just the second time, the last being in 2008. Tries by Scott Curry and Sherwin Stowers took New Zealand out to a 14-0 lead before Branco du Preez closed to gap to two points with a double, the second coming after Tim Mikkelson was sin-binned. Down 14-12 at the break, South Africa scored the only try of the second half and it proved to be the match winner when Kyle Brown crossed over midway through the half. Earlier New Zealand reached the final for the eighth straight

BY GREG BUCKLE

Sherwin Stowers: First half try-scorer for New Zealand.

year after defeating Samoa 19-5 in the semifinals and easing by Kenya 19-0 in the quarters. Fiji, who entered the event four points behind New Zealand on the sevens standings, lost to Samoa in the quarter-finals before beating France in the plate final. - APNZ

Australia have needed only 11.4 overs on the final day of the second Test to take England’s remaining four wickets and claim a two-nil lead in the Ashes series. Resuming on 6-247 chasing 531 to win, England were bowled out for 312 under overcast skies at Adelaide Oval. Paceman Peter Siddle led Australia’s second innings attack with 4-57 and Ryan Harris took 3-54. England must now lick their wounds ahead of a quick turnaround for the third Test on a bouncy WACA pitch in Perth starting on Friday. In a promising sign for England, wicketkeeper/batsman Matt Prior recovered from his double failure in the first Test, completing a fine knock of 69 yesterday, including 12 fours off 102 balls. Play started 10 minutes late because of morning show-

Ben Campbell from Masterton won his first New Zealand PGA pro-am at The Dunes at Matarangi, scoring the round of the tournament to tie with Ashburton’s Daniel Pearce. Pearce held a two shot lead heading into the third and final day but Campbell was super-consistent in the final round, making a birdie two on the par three seventh hole, then an eagle on the par five 14th, and pars everywhere else. His two rounds of 73 and a 69 totalled two under par and tied with Pearce (70, 72) who had been allowed to play early as he heads off to Melbourne for the Australasian Q School. In normal circumstances there would have been a play-off but in Pearce’s absence the win goes to Campbell. There was a three way tie for third place. Kieran Muir of Omokoroa, Ryan Fox of Auckland and Wellington’s Peter Spearman-Burn were three shots back on 145.

ers as England looked to the heavens in the hope of a rainaffected draw. Stuart Broad (29) played with gay abandon despite England’s talk of showing fight to try to draw the match. The talkative tailender pulled a six from the fourth ball of the day and top-edged a bouncer to deep backward square to lose his wicket on the following delivery from Siddle at 7-255. BBC commentator Geoff Boycott said Broad’s dismissal was stupid. England’s Barmy Army fans fans began the day singing “Who do you think you are kidding Mitchell Johnson”, although they soon switched to Bon Jovi’s “Living on a prayer”. Johnson’s terrifying pace in England’s first innings, in which he claimed an exceptional 7-40, is expected to be Australia’s trump card in Perth this weekend. - AAP

Braden Currie has chalked up another multisport win in Australia on Sunday. A week after winning the Mark Webber Adventure race with Richard Ussher, Currie cleaned up at the Lorne Adventure race, his third straight win of the event. The current coast to Coast champion had also notched up a win and defended his title at the the Augusta Adventure Race in Western Australia last month. At Lorne, Currie clocked a time of 3 hours 39.34 minutes with Australian Jarad Kohlar seven minutes back in second and “didn’t see Braden all day”, but Currie did have some competition from youngster Jack Hansen who led the out of the water. A slightly lethargic Currie still managed to be second off the water behind Hansen and they maintained their position on the paddle. Currie’s running strength then allowed him to haul in a fading Hansen and extend his lead by two minutes on the run heading into the mountain bike before a brief run along the beach to the finish.

Turner turns tables Lucy Turner (Broadfields) went one up in the battle for supremacy amongst the South Island’s leading pony grand prix riders, closing in on Pony Grand Prix Series southern leaders Steffi Whittaker (Halswell) and Ashburton’s Lucinda Askin. Turner and Tallyho Mystic won Showjumping Canterbury’s Two Star Christmas Cracker at the NEC McLeans Island on Sunday. The pair were among five combinations to finish the first round on four faults. Askin finished third and fourth with Totem and Buckle Up with eight faults respectively. Rakaia’s Kimberley Bird on Ngahiwi Summer took out the Junior Rider.

Edmund in top form Methven’s Edmund Fordyce won the Arthur Ross Association Croquet Tournament in Timaru at the weekend. The 13-year-old was up against five other contestants from the South Canterbury clubs in Timaru and Oamaru and came out on top, despite the fact that he had the battery in his pacemaker replaced just a month previously. The win earns Edmund the right to play against representatives from all the other regions in New Zealand in March in Wellington.

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In brief Riviere strikes for Monaco Emmanuel Riviere scored his eighth goal of the season to give Monaco a 1-0 win over 10-man Ajaccio yesterday and cut the gap on Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain to two points. Riviere struck in the 75th minute as Monaco replaced Lille, who had lost 1-0 at Bordeaux earlier in the day, in second spot. PSG stayed top with a 5-0 demolition of rock-bottom Sochaux. “The matches are always complicated and difficult,” said Monaco coach Claudio Ranieri. - AFP

Brazilian fans hurt Brazil’s organisational reputation, already under fire in the run-up to the World Cup, has suffered another blow after three spectators were seriously hurt in violent clashes at a league match. Police said that fans of Atletico Paranaense and Vasco da Gama fought running battles yesterday in the stands at the Santa Catarina stadium from as early as the 17th minute when Atletico took a 1-0 lead. A police helicopter was forced to land on the pitch to bring the violence to an end and medical help to the injured. - AFP

Happy to be hunted The hunter has become the hunted in the A-League - and ladder leaders the Brisbane Roar wouldn’t have it any other way. Brisbane are in everyone’s sights after skipping away to a five-point lead on the A-League table following last Friday night’s 2-1 win in Adelaide. But classy Roar midfielder Thomas Broich said it was exactly where they wanted to be after learning a harsh lesson last season. Broich said he knew where he preferred to be on the A-League table ahead of Saturday night’s away clash with cellar dwellers Wellington. - AAP

Arsenal to face Spurs Premier League leaders Arsenal will face arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the pick of next month’s FA Cup third-round ties. Between them the north London clubs have won the FA Cup 18 times, although Arsenal haven’t lifted the trophy since 2005 - their last major piece of silverware - while the last of Spurs’ eight Cup final wins was in 1991. So far this season the clubs have met just once, with Arsenal enjoying a 1-0 Premier League win at the Emirates Stadium. Manchester United, the only side to have won the FA Cup more times than the London duo, was also handed an all Premier League tie in the third-round draw, and will face Swansea at home. - AFP

Match fixing claims Three people were arrested yesterday following fresh allegations of match-fixing at English non-league games, Britain’s National Crime Agency said. The Sun on Sunday reported boasts by an ex-player that he arranged for a Championship player to be paid STG30,000 to get himself a yellow card. Gamblers can make huge sums by betting on incidents such as yellow or red cards, late goals and corner kicks. The NCA, which deals with serious and organised crime in Britain, said it had been passed information about the alleged match-fixing from the newspaper. - AFP

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■ WORLD OF FOOTBALL

Everton spikes Gunners Premier League leaders Arsenal have been left five points clear at the top of the table after visitors Everton fought back to claim a 1-1 draw. It seemed the Gunners were about to go seven points clear of second-placed Liverpool when club record signing Mesut Ozil fired them into the lead with just 10 minutes left at the Emirates Stadium yesterday. But four minutes later Everton, fresh from a win away to champions Manchester United in midweek, equalised when Gerard Delofeu smashed the ball home from 10 yards. The point kept Everton in fifth place. Earlier, relegation-threatened Fulham gave Rene Meulensteen his first win as their manager with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa at Craven Cottage in the Premier League. Steve Sidwell put the home side in front in the 21st minute when he scored against his old side after lofting the ball over the advancing Brad Guzan. Fulham, who previously hadn’t scored two goals at home all season, then doubled their lead through a controversial penalty nine minutes later. Alex Kacaniklic broke clear and charged into the box where he appeared to make the initial contact with Villa’s Leandro Bacuna. But the referee Mike Dean awarded a penalty and Dimitar Berbatov, after selling Guzan a dummy, rolled the ball into the

Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey, (centre), has his shot on goal saved by Everton’s goalkeeper Tim Howard, (on ground), during their English Premier League football match yesterday. ap photo

bottom corner. The victory takes Fulham up one place into 18th spot, still in the relegation zone. Sidwell said Fulham were responding well to the influence of Meulensteen, who oversaw the midweek 2-1 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur. “We’ve tried different formations since he’s took charge,” he told Sky Sports.

“There’s versatility in the squad, we all put in a shift and hopefully it’s working now.” Meanwhile Fulham captain Scott Parker praised the work of Berbatov, who had a hand in both goals. Berbatov has been linked with a move away from Craven Cottage but Parker made it clear his team-mates wanted the “exceptional” former Manchester

United striker to stay with west London side Fulham. “We all know the quality he has,” Parker said. “He was exceptional again today and was on Wednesday.” Asked about the importance of the result, Parker replied: “Massive. We all knew how important today was, we put in a shift and got the three points.” - AFP

Football results roundup English Premier League Arsenal 1 (Ozil 80) Everton 1 (Deulofeu 84); Fulham 2 (Sidwell 21, Berbatov 30 pen) Aston Villa 0; Sunderland 1 (Johnson 37) Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Paulinho 43, O’Shea 50 og); Southampton 1 (Osvaldo 42) Manchester City 1 (Aguero 10); West Bromwich Albion 0 Norwich City 2 (Hooper 13, Fer 89); Stoke City 3 (Crouch 42, Ireland 50, Assaidi 90) Chelsea 2 (Schurrle 10, 53); Crystal Palace 2 (Jerome 6, Chamakh 57) Cardiff City 0; Liverpool 4 (Demel 42 og, Sakho 47, Suarez 80, O’Brien 84 og) West Ham 1 (Skrtel 66 og) Send-offs: (Nolan 82 - West Ham); Manchester United 0 Newcastle United 1 (Cabaye 61) Standings P W D L F A Pts Arsenal 15 11 2 2 30 11 35 Liverpool 15 9 3 3 34 18 30 Chelsea 15 9 3 3 30 17 30 Manchester City 15 9 2 4 41 15 29 Everton 15 7 7 1 23 14 28 Tottenham Hotspur 15 8 3 4 15 16 27 Newcastle United 15 8 2 5 20 21 26 Southampton 15 6 5 4 19 14 23 Man United 15 6 4 5 22 19 22 Aston Villa 15 5 4 6 16 18 19 Swansea 14 5 3 6 20 19 18 Stoke City 15 4 5 6 15 20 17 Hull City 14 5 2 7 12 18 17 Norwich City 15 5 2 8 14 28 17

West Brom Albion Cardiff City West Ham Fulham Crystal Palace Sunderland

15 3 15 3 15 3 15 4 15 4 15 2

6 6 17 21 15 5 7 11 22 14 4 8 13 19 13 1 10 14 26 13 1 10 10 22 13 2 11 12 30 8

Leading Goalscorers 14: Luis Suarez (Liverpool) 12: Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) 9: Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) 8: Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), Loic Remy (Newcastle United), Romelu Lukaku (Everton), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

French First Division Monaco 1 (Riviere 75) Ajaccio AC 0 Sendoffs: (Pierazzi 62 - Ajaccio AC) Toulouse 1 (Aguilar 72) Montpellier 1 (S Camara 18) Send-offs: (Congre 50 - Montpellier, Zebina 68 - Toulouse) SC Bastia 1 (Raspentino 34) Lyon 3 (Lacazette 54, Benzia 56, Gomis 85) Send-offs: (Cahuzac 88 - SC Bastia) Girondins Bordeaux 1 (N’Guemo 27) Lille 0 Send-offs: (Poundje 58 - Girondins Bordeaux) Played on Saturday Lorient 2 (Jouffre 8 pen, 87) Rennes 0 Send-offs: (Armand 7 - Rennes) Valenciennes 1 (Doumbia 18) Guingamp 1 (Sankhare 70) Stade de Reims 1 (Charbonnier 90+3) Nice 0 Paris Saint-Germain 5 (Thiago Silva 14, Lavezzi 47, Cavani 62, Ibrahimovic 87, 90+1) Sochaux 0 Marseille 0 Nantes 1 (Bedoya 16)

Italian First Division Internazionale 3 (Palacio 44, 54, Guarin 56) Parma 3 (Sansone 11, 59, Parolo 45+1) Verona 2 (Ignacio Gomez 82, Jorginho 87 pen) Atalanta 1 (Denis 42) Send-offs: (Cazzola 85 - Atalanta) Sampdoria 2 (Eder 54, Gabbiadini 77) Catania 0 Sassuolo 0 Chievo 1 (Thereau 55) Torino 1 (Glik 19) Lazio 0 Cagliari 2 (Sau 76, 90+3) Genoa 1 (Gilardino 17) Send-offs: (Manfredini 43 - Genoa) Roma 2 (Maicon 7, Destro 67) Fiorentina 1 (Vargas 29) Send-offs: (Pjanic 88 Roma) Napoli 3 (Pandev 38, 41, Dzemaili 71) Udinese 3 (Heurtaux 45+1, Fernandes 69, Basta 80) Livorno 2 (Siligardi 26, Paulinho 58) AC Milan 2 (Balotelli 7, 84) Played on Friday Bologna 0 Juventus 2 (Vidal 12, Chiellini 90)

Bundesliga results Eintracht Braunschweig0 Hertha Berlin 2 (Ramos 19, Cigerci 80) Send-offs: (Perthel 81 - Eintracht Braunschweig) Freiburg 0 Vfl Wolfsburg 3 (Arnold 8, Olic 11, Schafer 90+1) Borussia Dortmund 0 Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Son H M 18) Send-offs: (Papastathopoulos 92 - Borussia Dortmund, Spahic 80 - Bayer Leverkusen) Hamburg 0 FC Augsburg 1 (Bobadilla 18) Borussia Monchengladbach2 (Raffael 25, Kruse

45+1 pen) Schalke 1 (Farfan 17 pen) Send-offs: (Howedes 45 - Schalke ) VfB Stuttgart 4 (Harnik 13, Ibisevic 32, Traore 51, Rausch 84) Hannover 2 (Sobiech 28, Sane 31) Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Joselu 48) Hoffenheim 2 (Schipplock 46, Firmino 51) Werder Bremen 0 Bayern Munich 7 (Lukimya-Mulongoti 21 og, van Buyten 27, Ribery 38, 82, Mandzukic 60, Muller 68, Gotze 90) Played on Friday Nurnberg 1 (Nilsson 5) Mainz 1 (Okazaki 75)

Dutch First Division Roda JC Kerkrade 1 (Pluim 18) Heracles Almelo 3 (Cziommer 35, Tannane 79, 88) Go Ahead Eagles 4 (Schmidt 6, Falkenburg 15, Antonia 57, van der Linden 70 pen) PEC Zwolle 1 (Nijland 74) FC Groningen 1 (Kappelhof 79) ADO Den Haag 2 (Kramer 32, Beugelsdijk 83) Heerenveen 1 (van Beek 45+2 og) Feyenoord 2 (Boetius 9, Immers 16) PSV Eindhoven 2 (Depay 45, Rekik 84) Vitesse 6 (Piazon 38, Havenaar 66, Leerdam 75, Propper 85, 90+3, van Aanholt 87) Alkmaar 1 (Beerens 3) Twente 2 (Mokhtar 39, 90+2) RKC Waalwijk 2 (Braber 16, Duits 54 pen) SC Cambuur 2 (Hemmen 34, 37) Send-offs: (Schet 83 - RKC Waalwijk) Ajax 4 (Klaassen 34, 45+1, 64, Bojan 68) NAC Breda 0 Send-offs: (Suk 88 - NAC Breda) Utrecht 2 (Markiet 48, de Ridder 78) NEC 0

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In brief

Top stayer on the move Cambridge trainer Shaun Ritchie is likely to send Military Move south again in order to keep his staying troops apart. “I’ve got the two open handicappers with him and Atacama and I’m not keen on them clashing,” he said. “Military Move would be the topweight in the Waikato Gold Cup and that would slide the others down closer to Atacama, and if I went to the Manawatu Cup with him then he would get pushed down in the weights a bit if Spiro goes there.” The former Gr.1 New Zealand Derby winner provided Ritchie with one of his proudest training moments when he won an open staying handicap at Awapuni last time out in the gelding’s third appearance since returning to the stable. “His form tapered right off in Hong Kong and he raced quite frequently up there and I think he’s better with a month between races, more so as an older horse,” he said. “I’ll give him a barrier trial at Cam-

bridge (today) and that will be more like a glorified track gallop for him.” Stablemate Atacama has come through her sterling effort for third in the Gr.3 Counties Cup, where she carried the same weight as the winner Annie Higgins, in good order. “It’s well-documented that when Indikator came out of the race the weights were compressed and she was disadvantaged – she only got beaten a head and a neck,” Ritchie said. Atacama made her open class debut at Pukekohe and only the 11th appearance of her career. “She’ll be making the step from 2100 to 2400 metres in the Waikato Cup and we’ll see if she runs that right out,” Ritchie said. “If she does then there’s the City of Auckland Cup for her.” - APNZ Right: Trainer Shaun Ritchie - not keen on his stayers racing each other.

Today at Alexandra Park

$5000, 3yo+, c0 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 Extreme Carat (1) fr .................. J Abernethy 2 6760x Triple Bouquet (2) fr ................ T Macfarlane 3 4 Ideal Alice (3) fr ..............................T Herlihy 4 4447x Love My Way (4) fr .......................R Downey 5 Havetogetawaymore (5) fr ............T Grayling 6 56 Tantomile (6) fr ...............................J I Dickie 7 0x920 The Merchant Banker (7) fr .........J Stormont 8 70x Supreme Brigade (8) fr ...................D Moore 9 6 Scarlett Johansson (21) fr .............Z Butcher 4 2.00pm NORTHLAND HARNESS AT RUAKAKA 7 JANUARY MBL PACE $5000, 3yo+, c0 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 779 Tiger Tamer (1) fr ..................... M McKendry 2 9x06 Jet Banner (2) fr ..........................J Stormont 3 75 Take Charge (3) fr ........................A Veint (J) 4 x658x Sikora (4) fr .......................................L Hollis 5 73990 Gold Dust Woman (5) fr ................Z Butcher 6 0x Miss Conception (6) fr ............. T Macfarlane 7 80x57 Anna Faye (7) fr ........................... B Mangos 8 Bliss (8) fr ..................................D McGowan 9 7968x Brett James (21) fr ................ T Cameron (J) 10 Voluntad (22) fr...............................J I Dickie 5 2.25pm HUAPAI TAVERN MOBILE PACE $5000, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 1x597 Westwind Flyer (1) fr .....................S Lawson 2 60675 Leica Rose (2) fr ......................... R Brosnan 3 62744 Tafadhali (3) fr ...............................T Mitchell 4 94448 Classy Ambition (4) fr................... D Butcher 5 6126x Destination Moon (5) fr ..................J I Dickie

6 17x06 Ravna Gora (6) fr ......................... B Mangos 7 77599 Tina Brydon fr .............................. Scratched 8 73463 Howzat (7) fr .................................Z Butcher 6 2.55pm REHARVEST TIMBER HANDICAP TROT $5000, 4yo+ c1 & faster discrhcp trot jun.d, stand, 2700m 1 62347 Yelande (1) fr ......................... T Cameron (J) 2 78905 Viking Girl (2) fr ....................... B Butcher (J) 3 700x3 Zimple (3) fr..................................A Veint (J) 4 42332 Burt Munro (4) fr ................ J MacKinnon (J) 5 8x759 Letz Hope (5) fr ....................M Anderson (J) 6 38x15 King Of Cool (U1) fr .....................M Teaz (J) 7 85886 St Pierre (U2) fr .................... S McMullan (J) 8 72765 Ella’s Speed fr .............................. Scratched 9 57560 Kawarau Spur (1) 10 ........... S Abernethy (J) 10 30x0P Tuxedo Junction (U1) 10 ..F Schumacher (J) 11 54x44 Loki Brogden 10 ........................... Scratched 12 66765 Patienceofasaint (1) 20 ............... S Kane (J) 7 3.30pm KUMEU/MANUKAU GRADUATION SERIES MOBILE PACE $5000, 4yo+ c0 mob. pace, mbl, 2200m 1 50750 Caesar’s Prince (1) fr ....................N Chilcott 2 779 Tiger Tamer fr ............................... Scratched 3 08 Mr Swayze (2) fr ........................... D Butcher 4 026 Ling Hu (3) fr .....................................L Hollis 5 Elliot Daniel (4) fr ........................ R Brosnan 6 Not A Whisper (5) fr ................ T Macfarlane 7 55 Juster Fire (6) fr .............................T Herlihy 8 09799 Sharapova’s Delight fr .................. Scratched 9 26x49 King Cyril (21) fr .............................J I Dickie 10 8x837 Yankee Brandy (22) fr .................. C Webber 11 67639 Vengeance (23) fr............................ S Argue

12 58x Better’s Blastof (24) fr ..........M Anderson (J) 13 642x8 Flanyattice (25) fr .....................G Wolfenden 8 4.05pm TOMMY KNOWLES MEMORIAL MBL PACE $5000, 4yo+ c1 to c2 mob. pace, mobile, 2700m 1 47128 Mach’s Gem fr .............................. Scratched 2 77599 Tina Brydon (1) fr .........................T Grayling 3 527x2 Steel The Light (2) fr .....................Z Butcher 4 0x660 Pixel fr .......................................... Scratched 5 35747 Kilarney Guy (3) fr .............. J MacKinnon (J) 6 237x0 Beguiling (4) fr...............................T Mitchell 7 57598 Viewfield Apache (5) fr ............ B Butcher (J) 8 46881 Our Southern Man (U1) fr ......... J Abernethy 9 4.35pm MANUKAU TC AT ALEX PARK 17 DECEMBER MOBILE PACE $5000, 3yo+ c1 to c2 mob. pace, mobile, 2700m 1 33342 Silent Night (1) fr ...........................T Mitchell 2 58245 Ace Of Delight (2) fr ......................S Lawson 3 97684 Sir Indianapolis (3) fr ................... I Brownlee 4 45x53 Shardon’s Pearl (4) fr ....................Z Butcher 5 77554 Real Tidy (5) fr ...................M Blakemore (J) 6 x5913 Mont Ventoux (6) fr.........................J I Dickie 7 79918 J J’s Flash (7) fr......................... J Abernethy 8 x9557 Showmethemoneyhoney (8) fr .......S Phelan 9 04616 Bute Mach (U1) fr......................... D Butcher 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

M9 Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington 8 67288 Botany Comet 30.68 .................J McInerney 10 58786 Massage Only 31.09 ...................D Kingston Raceway Meeting Date: 10 Dec 2013 NZ Meeting num- 9 8x567 Opawa Summer 30.88 S J &..... R Cockburn 7 1.54pm $10,000 PICK 6 LEG 1 DASH C1, 295m ber: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 17757 Opawa Dosh 30.90 L & ...................... Wales 1 84465 Dyna Frier 17.23 ........................D Stapleton 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 4 12.59pm CTV DASH C1, 295m 2 22551 Quedrago 17.49 C & .......................... Fagan 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 87484 Duco To Duco 17.73..........................M Flipp 3 F3117 Marbella 17.82 ..................................M Flipp 1 12.03pm (NZT) SUPER PETS STAKES C1, 520m 2 57732 Son of Grace 17.61 ....................D Stapleton 4 68664 Yaldhurst Edward 17.51 ............J McInerney 1 145 His Lordship 31.45 ........................R Adcock 3 676x2 Go Bridie 17.68 ..............................G Cleeve 5 34845 Cawbourne Tomcat 17.56 W &.......... Nissen 2 82525 Joyville 30.82 ............................J McInerney 4 33657 Toby’s Terra 17.64 C & ....................... Fagan 6 71183 Cawbourne Onyx nwtd.................... M Grant 17 Cawbourne Pilfer 17.38 W & ............. Nissen 7 67757 Star Gun nwtd ..................................A Joyce 3 68683 Opawa Romeo 30.71 ................J McInerney 5 4 22584 Okuku Dreamer 30.77 C &................. Fagan 6 82643 Flirt With Me 17.64 M & ....................Jopson 8 24632 Opawa Idol 17.65 J & ......................D Fahey 5 125 Mr. Johnny 31.13.............................J Goode 7 51873 Pandora Doll 17.71 ................M K Dempsey 9 38564 Slingo 17.75 .............................. M Robinson 6 86153 Opawa Cuddles 31.00 L & ................. Wales 8 14585 Unique Tilly 17.72 ............................ B Dann 10 76x73 Know Skill 17.67 ............................G Cleeve 7 32832 Toddy’s A Flyer nwtd ....................C Roberts 9 12786 Zulu Bro nwtd ...............................C Roberts 8 2.13pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL STAKES C1, 520m 8 67737 Wagon Wheel 30.58 M & ..................Jopson 10 47628 Harper Mehl nwtd S & .....................B Evans 1 33356 Know Solution 30.99 .................... L Waretini 9 8x567 Opawa Summer 30.88 S J &..... R Cockburn 5 1.18pm YALDHURST HOTEL SPRINT C1, 295m 2 54655 Casino Black 31.02 ....................H Anderton 10 17757 Opawa Dosh 30.90 L & ...................... Wales 1 65264 Theokoles 17.51 ........................D Stapleton 3 32232 What I Like 31.36 ......................J McInerney 2 13472 Bad Week nwtd .........................J McInerney 4 47756 Opawa Peekay 31.48 L &................... Wales 2 12.23pm CLARKSON SIGN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 76856 Mulberry Hunter nwtd................... K Cassidy 3 24573 Lachie’s Lad 17.44 M &.....................Jopson 5 84181 Opawa Goodie 30.71 L & ................... Wales 2 54414 Joey’s Secret nwtd .....................D Stapleton 4 58342 Fanta’s Fever 17.43 C &..................... Fagan 6 48647 Calm Spirit nwtd .................................J Allen 3 47573 Hear Hare Here 17.60 P & .................Doody 5 21572 Smashin’ Time 17.54....................... M Grant 7 11153 Harlem Haka 30.71 ...................J McInerney 4 44142 Out Back Bill 17.69 ................M K Dempsey 6 76878 Junior What 17.54 .............................M Flipp 8 82847 Pukeko Raptor nwtd .......................B Healey 5 45675 Zoe Brand 17.29 .............................. B Dann 7 11614 Cawbourne State 17.70 W &............. Nissen 9 8x567 Opawa Summer 30.88 S J &..... R Cockburn 6 75377 Max’s Lad nwtd ............................M Roberts 8 56678 Twister Al 17.43........................... J McMillan 10 25678 Opawa Carlos nwtd L & ..................... Wales 7 13824 Abound nwtd .................................R Adcock 9 85674 Car Bootle 17.62 ....................... M Robinson 9 2.32pm FANTA CLAWS AT STUD SPRINT C1, 295m 8 46418 Dino Dan 17.85 .................................M Flipp 10 48564 Fireman’s Rocket 17.46 ................... B Dann 1 22122 Otto Baxter nwtd .......................J McInerney 9 76x73 Know Skill 17.67 ............................G Cleeve 6 1.37pm TERRA KEROMA AT STUD C1, 520m 2 73448 Mustang Magz 17.60 ........................M Flipp 10 12868 Miss Isabella nwtd B & ..................... T Shaw 1 F6132 Maker’s Label nwtd H & ......................Taylor 3 45835 Word For Word 17.77 .................D Stapleton 3 12.42pm YELLA MUSTARD AT STUD C1, 520m 2 12452 Opawa Laz nwtd J & .......................D Fahey 4 78588 Ohoka Blue 17.49 ........................ L Waretini 1 65316 Tepirita Snoop nwtd B &................... T Shaw 3 58227 Nom De Plume 31.19................R Blackburn 5 84433 Conaloo 17.53........................... M Robinson 2 55223 Jinja Pop 30.47 .........................A Bradshaw 4 36444 Opawa Tania 31.10 L & ...................... Wales 6 36535 Jet To Mars 17.70 M & ........................ Smith 3 17666 Opawa Lucky 31.18 L & ..................... Wales 5 34476 Opawa Pearl 30.98 L & ...................... Wales 7 45422 Wellywood 17.60 W & ....................... Nissen 4 78488 Jibbajabba Jewel 31.02................C Roberts 6 21311 Andrea 30.83 ................................R Adcock 8 15826 Gracy Racer 17.60 C & ...................... Fagan 5 11635 Karen’s Magic 30.69 .....................R Adcock 7 68678 Secret Sarah 31.03 ...................J McInerney 9 47628 Harper Mehl nwtd S & .....................B Evans 6 47734 Chill Out Ralph 31.14 L & .................. Wales 8 58171 Cawbourne War 30.44 .................C Roberts 10 12786 Zulu Bro nwtd ...............................C Roberts 7 35636 Pukeko Express nwtd.....................B Healey 9 8x567 Opawa Summer 30.88 S J &..... R Cockburn 10 2.49pm HAMPDEN TAVERN DASH C1, 295m

Cambridge couple Mark and Shelley Treweek were in celebration mode following Glorious Day’s win in the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday. The husband and wife team, who own and operate Lyndhurst farm, purchased, raised and sold the six-year-old son of Hussonet. “We actually bought Glorious Days as a foal at foot on the mare San Century in Australia,” Mark Treweek said. “We took him to the Karaka Yearling Sales, but he turned out in one of his front feet and was quite a light-framed horse and we just couldn’t sell him. He seemed pretty special, every time we galloped him he went enormous and then Bryce Tankard purchased him to go to Hong Kong.” - APNZ

Higher honours beckon

M5 Kumeu Harness Racing Kumeu District Trotting Club Venue: Alexandra Park Meeting Date: 10 Dec 2013 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.35pm HALL OF FAME MOBILE PACE $5000, 5yo+ c1 to c5 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 48P65 Harry The Maori (1) fr ...................... T Vince 2 87P44 Russian Alsu (2) fr ......................... T Thorby 3 4P432 Easy For Cullen (3) fr .................M Northcott 4 44826 Beaming Jay (4) fr ............................J Darby 5 42365 Manotick Express (5) fr ..................S Phillips 6 11651 Aceman (6) fr ...................... J Kriechbaumer 7 61745 Brooke Brad Carolina (7) fr ...............W Rich 2 1.05pm DUSTY DUNSMUIR MEMORIAL TROT $7000, 3yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2200m 1 x5746 Hanoverdakash (1) fr ....................B Hackett 2 x8064 Sun Of Anarchy (2) fr ......................... J Cole 3 7841x Sir George Grey (3) fr .................. D Butcher 4 07x Don’s Mountain (4) fr......................T Herlihy 5 46x0x Creamee (5) fr..............................J W Dickie 6 8x8 Belles Son (6) fr ............................S Lawson 7 6788x Spud Murphy (7) fr .........................S Phelan 8 0 Golden Future (8) fr ..................S McCaffrey 9 7 La Maitre Dix (9) fr ......................J Stormont 10 72900 A Night In Paris (10) fr............. T Macfarlane 11 9900x Sundonna (11) fr ..........................R Downey 12 2833x Hot Chocolate Tart (U1) fr .............N Chilcott 13 40x79 Earl Of Shebar (U2) fr .............. M McKendry 3 1.30pm HORSELANDS KUMEU GRAIN MBL PACE

A glorious win

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

51554 Opawa Hog 17.86 L & ........................ Wales 56254 McJopson nwtd S & ........................B Evans 32473 Teevee Kimba 17.65 .........................M Flipp 68466 Yapster Jewel 17.55 M &..................... Smith 76567 Homebush Nos nwtd .................J McInerney 1x227 Witch Wood Rose 17.71 .................. B Dann 33121 Hanna The Spanna 17.27 .................J Dunn 75675 Smash Dora 17.53 .......................... M Grant 12868 Miss Isabella nwtd B & ..................... T Shaw 85674 Car Bootle 17.62 ....................... M Robinson 11 3.07pm PRETTY GOOD AT STUD STKS C1, 520m 1 14664 Opawa Stella 31.13 L & ..................... Wales 2 x4686 Sonic Duffer 30.70 .........................G Cleeve 3 77874 Opawa Chill 31.17 L & ....................... Wales 4 84838 Lochinvar Camaro 30.57 ..............C Roberts 5 43354 Bizarro 31.16 S & ............................B Evans 6 24332 Mr. Barry 30.96................................J Goode 7 76354 Homebush Coral 31.11 .............J McInerney 8 67878 Ohoka Taylor 31.28 ......................A Waretini Emergencies: 9 8x567 Opawa Summer 30.88 S J &..... R Cockburn 10 25678 Opawa Carlos nwtd L & ..................... Wales 12 3.24pm SPEIGHT’S SPRINT C1, 295m 1 72x53 Three Knots nwtd ....................... D T Barnes 2 65858 Candy Belle nwtd ......................J McInerney 3 45788 Zed Kay Man 17.60 .....................D Kingston 4 68227 Cala Rapita 17.87 .............................M Flipp 5 22518 Fleur Du Liys 17.57 ...................R Blackburn 6 x2275 Ziggy War Paint 17.64 ............... R Cockburn 7 238x8 Go Alice 17.47 ...............................G Cleeve 8 51121 Wee Terra 17.45 C & .......................... Fagan 9 48564 Fireman’s Rocket 17.46 ................... B Dann 10 38564 Slingo 17.75 .............................. M Robinson LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Lightly-tried mare Cajun is likely to be given her chance in a stakes race this preparation following her success at Waipukurau on Sunday. “She’ll get a shot at black type in the not too distant future,” trainer John Bary said. “She’s matured mentally and obviously physically now. Jonathan (Riddell) has ridden her in all three of her wins and he likes her and we know he’s a very good judge.” Riddell was also aboard the stable’s debut winner Far Fetched on Sunday when she delivered on the promise she had showed at home. - APNZ

Warspirit back in form A change in riding tactics has returned the New Zealand-bred Warspirit to his best form. The son of Scaredee Cat raced on the pace throughout at Kranji on Sunday and stayed on strongly to score over 1000 metres for new trainer Alwin Tan. “I got him about four weeks ago and I’m still learning about him,” he said. “He’s a bit of a lazy horse so I have to send him out each morning to do two laps of the track at training. I told the jockey to ride him up on the speed and he followed my instructions perfectly. I also think dropping back in class a bit was also good for him.” - APNZ

Music to trainer’s ears A word from the wise was enough for Ralph Manning to hit the road with Pump Up The Volume and wipe out the frustration of their last southern venture. Buoyed by Opie Bosson’s encouragement after the stayer’s previous effort at Pukekohe, Manning headed to Trentham and was rewarded with victory in Saturday’s timehonoured Chalmers Handicap. The Cambridge trainer had taken a goodsized team to Riccarton in August, but returned home with a number of them laid low by illness, including Pump Up The Volume, off the back of a series of disastrous results. “I took seven down there and five of them went out favourite and they all flopped,” Manning said. “He was one who got a bit of a virus and then missed most of the winter.” - APNZ

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Results

■ Bowls

Hampstead Bowling Club Devon Friday Triples, December 6 1st M. Smallridge, P. Whinham, G. Sparks 3 wins, 8 ends, 31 points; 2nd J. Ryk, M. Anderson, D. Kinvig 3 wins, 16 ends, 44 points; 3rd J. Holdom, B. Holdom, S. Holdom 3 wins, 15 ends, 33 points.

■ Cricket Otago Country v Mid Canterbury At Alexandra Southern Zone Hawke Cup Qualifier Mid Canterbury, 1st Innings R Polson c J Andrew b A Hubber 18 B Mably b C Fawkner 7 W Southbyc M Goldstein b A Hubber 10 B Houston lbw b C Fawkner 0 M Winter lbw b A Hubber 79 M Tait c M Collet b S Windle 33 T Meyrick c M Goldstein b C Fawkner 12 K Polson c C Beck b A Hubber 33 B Ravenscroft c C Fawkner b F Wilson 8 H Jones not out 2 J McDonald b A Hubber 0 Extras: (lb 4, nb 1) 5 Total all out: 207 FOW: 23-1, 37-2, 37-3, 40-4, 107-5, 147-6, 185-7, 200-8, 207-9, 207-10 Bowling: S Blakely (13 overs, 5 maidens, 31 runs, 0 wickets); A Hubber (19.4, 5, 70, 5); M Goldstein (1, 0, 12, 0); S Windle (4, 0, 24, 1); K Parker (4, 1, 11, 0); F Wilson (3, 0, 13, 1). Otago Country, 1st Innings M Collet c M Winter b J McDonald 2 C Beck c M Winter b R Polson 31 M Goldsteinc M Winter b B Ravenscroft 12 F Wilson st M Winter b B Ravenscroft 50 R Anderson b B Ravenscroft 19 J Andrew b J McDonald 21 C Fawkner c T Meyrick b B Ravenscroft 47 S Windle not out 17 S Blakely not out 4 Extras: (b2, lb1, w2) 5 Total for 7 dec: 208 FOW: 2-1, 40-2, 53-3, 102-4, 139-5, 153-6, 202-7. Bowling: J McDonald (12 overs, 1 maidens, 43 runs, 2 wickets); R Polson (17, 2, 54, 1); T Meyrick (10, 2, 33, 0); B Ravenscroft (19, 5, 56, 4); M Tait (9, 1, 19, 0). Mid Canterbury, 2nd Innings R Polson c F Wilson b A Hubber 3 B Mably lbw b C Fawkner 10 W Southbyc C Beck b A Hubber 1 26 B Houston c M Goldstein b C Fawkner M Winter lbw b C Beck 77 M Tait lbw b S Blakely 3 T Meyrick c J Andrew b S Blakely 1 K Polson c M Collet b A Hubber 2 B Ravenscroft not out 64 H Jones not out 6 Extras: (b2, lb 10) 12 Total for 8 dec: 205 FOW: 3-1, 7-2, 38-3, 47-4, 50-5, 76-6, 93-7, 161-8. Bowling: S Blakely (20 overs, 5 maidens, 55 runs, 2 wickets); A Hubber (15, 2, 63, 3); C Fawkner (12, 3, 34, 2); S Windle (5, 1, 17, 0); C Beck (6, 1, 24, 1). Otago Country, 2nd Innings M Collet c B Ravenscroft b R Polson 1 C Beck b R Polson 5 M Goldstein b R Polson 0

Tuesday, December 10, 2013 F Wilson not out 14 J Andrew c M Winter b R Polson 7 R Anderson not out 6 Extras: (b4, w1, nb 5) 10 Total for four: 43 FOW: 1-1, 5-2, 10-3, 25-4. Bowling: J McDonald (5 overs, 1 maidens, 9 runs, 0 wickets); R Polson (10, 7, 13, 4); B Ravenscroft (5, 2, 11, 0); M Tait (1, 0, 6, 0).

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club December 7, Super liquor sponsored Xmas Salvers Stableford Winner Ladies Salver Kay Fox 45pts Winner Mens Salver John Power 46 pts: Other scores Ladies Di Englebrecht 43 Jenny Kean 43 Men Terry O’Reilly 44 Hughie Murchie 43, Len Cameron 43, Jeff Williamson 42, Brian Wilson 41, Mal Trewavas 40, Ross Chatterton, 40, Gaby Jansen 40, Charlie Alexander 39, Clarrie Galway 39. Nearest Pins: Robbies Bar & Bistro:Charlie Alexander Braided Rivers:, Grant Russell. Rothburys Insurance:Greig Sparrow, Netherby Meats: Chisto Steyn, Robilliards (Nearest pin #18):, Ross Chatterton Charming Thai Restaurant (Longest Putt #9).Len Cameron Twos: Terry O’Reilly, Murray Cook, Greig Sparrow, Adrian Hopwood. Birdie Jackpot: #14; Nett Eagles: # 15

Mayfield Golf Club Twilight 9 hole Competition December 4 Richard Spicer 21 Stableford Competition; Arnold Rushton 21; Bill Allan 20; Steve King 20; John Low 19; Terry Kingsbury 19; Jack Allan 19 Congratulations to Steve King - Hole in one on No 5 - His first.

Tinwald Golf Club Twilight Results December 5 Par Men 0-6: Michael Thomas 4 up, Wayne Lloyd 3up, Brock Peddie 3 up, Greg Hubbard 3 up. 7-10: Paul Hefford 4 up, Richard Hewson 4 up, Kerry Venmore 3 up, Mata Kamate 3 up, Richie Watson 2 up b/l. 11 plus: Stan Stringer 4 up, Arthur Pawsey 2 up, Matt Stoddart 2 up b/l. Women 0-16: Barb Harris 4 up, Diana Wellman 4 up, Madeline Smith 4 up, Kirsty McAuliffe 4 up. 17 plus: Margaret Pawsey 2 up. Nearest the pin. # 2 Tony McAndrew. # 12 Mata Kamate. Two’s: Joyce VanderHeide, Amanda Gray, Tony McAndrew, Rossa Barnett, Steve McCloy, Mark Ewing, Michael Thomas, Pete Trembath, Pete Marshall, Cawte Whiting. Classic Hits longest drive: Cawte Whiting

Tinwald Golf Club December 7 Christmas Tournament Stableford Men: Wayne Ross 46, Graham Hortin 43, Paul Hefford 43. Women: Jacqui Beardsley 42, Sue Newman 40, Elizabeth Collins 40. Nearest the pin: # 2; Trevor Emery. # 6; Jacqui Beardsley. # 12; Bryan McFarlane. # 16; Tony Sheppard. Two’s: Bryan McFarlane, Trevor Emery (2), Brent Smith, Joan Undy, Jacqui Beardsley, Clarrie Whiting. Net Eagle: #16: Graham Hortin, Ray Goodman.

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■ Pigeon racing Ashburton Racing Pigeon Club December 7, East Cape 3 Flyers – 23 Birds Winners Flying Time: 14 hours, 55 minutes & 49 seconds 1st Roger Cornwall 996.395 m.p.m; 2nd Malcolm Davidson 944.348 m.p.m; 3rd Malcolm Davidson 911.998 m.p.m; 4th Roger Cornwall 900.905 m.p.m; 5th: Malcolm Davidson 843.785 m.p.m

■ Shooting Ashburton v Oamaru For OAT Shield 300, 500 and 600yds seven shot match December 8 Oamaru, Bruce Plant 31.1, 33.2, 34.2, 98.5, Hannes Breinesse 30.1, 33.2, 30.1, 93.4, Miles 30.1, 30.2, 25, 85.3, total 276.12. Ashburton, John Fleming 33.3, 34.2, 33.1, 100.6, Brian Hawksby 33.1, 33.3, 32.2, 98.6, Murray 27.1, 31.3, 29, 77.4 total 285.16. Other scores, Andrew Orr 34.3, 34.1, 33.1, 101.4, John Miller 32.1, 34.3, 34.2, 100.6, Evan Miller 30.

■ Softball Hampstead Softball Club Nosh Café Slow-Pitch, December 6 Nosh Café Marines & Angels 17 – 14 TGIF Sluggers; S & Giggles 18 - 6 Beasties; As Good As It Gets 26 – 22 Hawks

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league competition: Ed Harrison beat Chris O’Reilly 3-2, Marie Kennedy lost to Cath Blacklow 0-4, Nathan Forbes beat Brendan Clarke 3-1, Jess McCloy lost to Sam Harrison 0-5. Chrissie Stratford lost to Jenni Ryk 1-2, Scott Vandenberm drew with Rebecca Abernethy 2-2, Paul Summerfield beat Paul Cousins 4-1, Ian Dolden lost to Nigel Tew 1-3. Billy Nolan beat Mick Hooper 3-0, Lawrence McCormick drew with Mark O’Grady 2-2, Ron Carlson lost to Pat Summerfield 0-3, Chauntel Kentish lost to Nathan Forbes 1-2.

Red 4 matches to 2 Singles: Sam Bubb beat Liam BriertonBrown 7-5, 6-4; Jarrod Hill lost to Michael Bresler 7-6 (11-9), 2-6, 0-1 (4-10); Tyler Leonard beat Jacob Grosvenor 6-4, 6-0; Ryan McNulty lost to Ian Bresler 4-6, 2-6. Doubles: Sam Bubb & Jarrod Hill lost to Liam Brierton-Brown & Michael Bresler 6-2, 3-6, 0-1 (7-10); Tyler Leonard & Ryan McNulty lost to Jacob Grosvenor & Ian Bresler 3-6, 2-6. Mid Canterbury Court Smashers beat Cashmere 7 sets to 6 Singles: Larissa Allan beat Sophie Stockbridge 6-1, 6-0; Tessa McCann beat Jemima Huston 6-0, 6-0; Jade Brosnahan lost to Amy Hardie 6-1, 3-6, 0-1 (3-10); Maisie Looij lost to Nicole Till 2-6, 3-6. Doubles: Larissa Allan & Tessa McCann beat Sophie Stockbridge & Jemima Huston 6-0, 6-2; Jade Brosnahan & Maisie Looij lost to Amy Hardie & Nicole Till 6-7, 2-6.

ASB Premier Interclub Canterbury December 7 Hagley Park beat Waimairi 5 matches to 1 Doubles: Michaela Rullova & Stacey Hopwood beat Cassandra Hinton & Stephanie Bateman 6-1, 6-3; Adele Orangi & Ashleigh Leonard beat Michal Matson & Fiona Paton 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-2). Singles: Michelle Kelsen beat Michal Matson 6-2, 6-1; Adele Orangi beat Fiona Paton 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Ashleigh Leonard beat Stephanie Bateman 7-5, 6-1; Stacey Hopwood lost to Cassandra Hinton 3-6, 2-6.

Draws ■ Bowls

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■ Golf

Ashburton County Ladies Veterans Golf Association Monthly Meeting at Tinwald, December 13 - 9.00 for 9.30am (no raffle needed) Christmas Fair and AGM afterwards

Ashburton Golf Club December 14 First round of Qualifying for shootout. Summer stableford. Starting Time: Morning 8.00am; Afternoon Report at 11.30 for a 12noon start. Saturday Starters: Morning G Puffe& D Fisher; Afternoon N. Macdonald & G Jansen. Results G Russell. & Match Committee

Tinwald Golf Club Lynne Trophy - Par Draw for the Lynne Trophy to be played on Saturday will be at the clubhouse for 8am and 12.30pm. Players are asked to report 15 minutes prior to tee off times. Starters: am B Collins. pm B Collins. Cards. Committee

■ Softball Hampstead Softball Club Nosh Café Slow-Pitch December 13 6.30pm: D.1 TGIF Sluggers v Beasties; D.2 Nosh Café Marines & Angels v As Good As It Gets; D.3 S & Giggles v Hawks

■ Tennis

Ashburton Bowling Club PGG Wrightson sponsored December 14 Engravers Junior Triples. Cuppa at 9.00. 9.30 Start [whites] bring lunch. The following skips have entered teams:C Bird, M Anderson, G Eder, H Kemp, D Kiddey, A Miller, N Bensdorp, D Vanderweg, L Chaney, K Lynn, A Kemp, B Harper, M Middleton, W Suttie, J Drayton, S Holdom, W Watson, F McCormick, J Ryk, A Leis.

Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis

Round 8 December 14 B Grade - played at ATTC 9am sharp start Duty Team Hindalong Wildcats. Allenton Green v Methven White; Methven Purple v Rakaia Rebels; Hinds Wildcats v Tinwald; Hampstead v Allenton Maroon. Junior A start time 9am sharp Pool A: Rakaia Boyz v Tinwald Blue at Rakaia; Hampstead v Allenton at AllenAshburton Bowling Club ton; Wakanui v Tinwald Sky at Wakanui. Toyota Sponsored Friday Triples Pool B: Hinds Southern v Dorie A Red December 13 at Hinds; Hampstead Crusaders v Dorie The following skips have entered teams:A Black at Hampstead; Methven Jade v R Anstiss, B Harrison, T Blain, B Brasell, R Methven Silver at Methven Domain. Canterbury Tennis Cockburn, L Connell, G Crack, J Dennis, Junior B start time 10:45am Challenger Grade, December 5 J Dutton, G Eder, M Eder, D Gutberlet, G Allenton v Hinds Smash at Allenton; MethMid Canterbury Topshots beat Te Kuru 4 Hawkins, R Herriot, S Holdom, T Johnven Green v Dorie B at Methven Domain; matches to 2 son, C Leech, M Smallridge, A MacKenMethven Blue v Hampstead at Hampstead. Singles zie, J Martin, E Maw, W Watts, B Neilson, Junior C start time 9am sharp Edwin Dargue lost to William SchneideS Robinson, J Ryk, S Scott, N Sharplin, Pool A: Methven Red v Allenton Charman 1-6, 0-6; Aidan Mitchell beat Harry A Smith, G Taylor, A Waddell. T Watson, Black 6-0, 6-2; Connor Brosnahan beat B Williams.12:30pm Start (whites to be coal at Mt Hutt College; Allenton Blue v Tinwald Pink at Tinwald; Hinds Stingers v Nick Schneideman 6-2, 6-2; Duncan Rolworn) Methven Orange at Hinds. linson beat Henry Foster 6-1, 6-3. Pool B: Hampstead v Rakaia Rascals at Methven Bowling Club Doubles Skips entered in Stuart Gordon open Hampstead; Tinwald Wakanui v Methven Edwin Dargue & AidanWomen’s Mitchell lost and to Men’s Ts in Gold at Mt Hutt College; Dorie C v Longfours, December 15 William Schneideman & Harry Black beach at Dorie Hall. am start whites to be worn, Lunch now. 6-3, 4-6, 0-1 (5-10); Connor Brosnahan 9 store Please phone any defaults through to available & Duncan Rollinson beat Nick SchneideMid Canterbury Junior Tennis 308 3020 J Moore, D Gutberlet, G Taylor, D Muir man & Henry Foster 6-2, 6-2. as soon as possible. S Holdom, R Callaghan, B Lynn, R ThomMid Canterbury Titans to Opawa New lost Balance, Russell Athletic

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■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis Twilight Competition December 4 Division 1 Misfits 17 v Council Crew 16; Famous Grouse 19 v High Raters 14; ACA’s Hackers 14 v Electric Donkey Bottom Biters 19; Wacky Wackers 19 v Spare Parts 14; Tridents 17 v 5 Shades 16; What’s the Score 15 v Property Brokers 18. Division 2 Just Hit It 17 v Ashburton Milking 16; Rob’s Mob 17 v Baseline Bandits 16; Rusty Parts 16 v Tiddlywinks 17.

Mid Canterbury Tennis December 7 Mixed Masters Red lost to Green 41 games to 38 C Christie & B Riseley beat C Thomas & P Yates 9-4; F Ruddenklau & D Patterson lost to M Allan & R Donaldson 5-9; C Christie & D Patterson lost to C Thomas & R Donaldson 3-9; B Riseley & F Ruddenklau beat P Yates & M Allan 9-6; C Christie & F Ruddenklau beat C Thomas & M Allan 9-4; B Riseley & D Patterson lost to P Yates & R Donaldson 3-9. Gold beat Blue 4 matches to 2 W Christie & G Donaldson beat R Warring & G Small 9-1; J Doig & T Hunt lost to P Scott & P Huggins 8-9; W Christie & T Hunt lost to R Warring & P Huggins 5-9; G Donaldson & J Doig beat G Small & P Scott 9-5; W Christie & J Doig beat R Warring & P Scott 9-3; G Donaldson & T Hunt beat G Small & P Huggins 9-6. A Grade Allenton beat Tinwald 5 matches to 1 Neil McCann & Flynn Ness beat Greg Feutz & Aidan Mitchell 6-4, 6-2; Larissa Allan & Sarah Hayman beat Mary-Anne Thyne & Tessa McCann 2-6, 7-6 (7-4), 1-0 (12-10); Neil McCann beat Greg Feutz 6-1, 6-3; Flynn Ness beat Aidan Mitchell 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8); Larissa Allan beat MaryAnne Thyne 7-5, 6-3; Sarah Hayman lost to Tessa McCann 2-6, 2-6. Hinds beat Hampstead 4 matches to 2 James Watt & Charlie Stock lost to Ben Wright & Connor Brosnahan 0-6, 6-3, 0-1 (7-10); Hayden McNulty & Duncan Rollinson beat Christal Brosnahan & Milly Young 6-2, 6-1; James Watt beat Ben Wright 6-1, 6-3; Hayden McNulty beat Connor Brosnahan 6-2, 6-4; Duncan Rollinson beat Christal Brosnahan 6-2, 6-1; Charlie Stock lost to Milly Young 2-6, 1-6. A Reserve Foothill Flyers beat Methven 8 sets to 6 Angus Rollinson & Jake Edwards lost to Hamish Hood & Sam Stratton 6-1, 2-6, 0-1 (1-10); Aaron Reid & Oliver McKeown beat Dean Wilson & Quintin Pannett 6-1, 6-0; Angus Rollinson lost to Hamish Hood 6-2, 4-6, 0-1 (8-10); Jake Edwards lost to Sam Stratton 4-6, 0-6; Aaron Reid beat Dean Wilson 6-3, 6-1; Oliver McKeown beat Quinton Pannett 6-1, 7-5. Hampstead Blue beat Hampstead Ferns 6 matches to 0 Sam Bubb & Ryan Feutz beat Pippa McCaw & Beth Muir 6-1, 6-3; Aiden Cuthbertson & Penny Young beat Shannon Crequer & Emily-Jane Farr 6-1, 7-5; Sam Bubb beat Pippa McCaw 6-0, 6-1; Ryan Feutz beat Beth Muir 6-0, 6-0; Aidan Cuthbertson beat Shannon Crequer 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (10-2); Penny Young beat Emily-Jane Farr 6-1, 6-2. Allenton beat Rakaia by default B Grade Methven White beat Rakaia Rebels by default Allenton Green beat Hampstead 4 matches to 2 Millie Ness & Liam Donnelly lost to Jade Brosnahan & Lewis Potts 6-9; Maisie Looij & Felix Harnett beat Jack Hastie & Emma McDowell 9-8 (7-4); Millie Ness lost to Jade Brosnahan 5-7, 1-6; Liam Donnelly beat Lewis Potts 6-2, 6-1; Maisie Looij beat Jack Hastie 7-5, 6-2; Felix Harnett beat Emma McDowell 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4). Allenton Maroon beat Hindalong Wildcats 6 sets to 4 Nic Thomassen & Sophie Ness lost to Ryan McNulty & Cannan Elvines 4-9; Harry Dargue & Emma Jansen lost to Harriet Stock & Fergus Lobb 5-9; Nic Thomassen beat Ryan McNulty 6-3, 7-5; Sophie Ness beat Cannan Elvines 6-0, 6-1; Harry Dargue beat Harriet Stock 6-3, 6-1; Emma Jansen lost to Fergus Lobb 0-6, 0-6.

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Tinwald lost to Methven Purple 6 matches 6-1; Claudia Cudmore lost to Jack Holdem to 0 2-6; Isaac Carr lost to Frances MonesJohn Leslie & Max Langley lost to Jarrod Cazon 3-6. Hill & Sam Molloy 0-9; Victoria Sandrey Rakaia Rascals drew with Longbeach 30 & Abbey Brady lost to Benjamin Todd & games to 30 Jack Taggart 7-9; John Leslie lost to JarThomas Scott & Ella Docherty lost to rod Hill 2-6, 4-6; Max Langley lost to Sam Edward Keating & Hamish Bishop 3-6; Molloy 0-6, 0-6; Victoria Sandrey lost to Jazmin Blakemore & Xavier Parris beat Benjamin Todd 0-6, 1-6; Abbey Brady lost Jasper Keating & William Wilson 6-5; to Jack Taggart 6-2, 2-6, 0-1 (8-10). Thomas Scott beat Edward Keating 6-2; Junior A Ella Docherty lost to Hamish Bishop 4-6; Methven Jade beat Hampstead 5 matches Jazmin Blakemore beat Jasper Keating to 1 6-5; Xavier Parris lost to William Wilson Ben Farrell & Harry Pooler lost to Levi 5-6. Deal & Toby Lee 2-6; Ollie Pooler & Harry Hampstead beat Methven Gold 5 matches Faulks beat Jamie Aschen & Zoe Dieto 1 dricks 6-1; Ben Farrell beat Levi Deal 9-8 Willow Diedricks & Annabel Spicer beat (7-5); Harry Pooler beat Toby Lee 9-2; OlVictoria Talbot & Cameron Holmes 6-3; lie Pooler beat Jamie Aschen 9-4; Harry Timothy Connelly-Whyte & Tyrone Feutz Faulks beat Zoe Diedricks 9-8 (7-2). beat Jenna Pannett & Paige Campbell Wakanui beat Hampstead 5 matches to 1 6-0; Willow Diedricks beat Victoria TalHarrison Davies & Cory Paul beat Felicity bot 6-0; Timothy Connelly-Whyte lost to Dalzell & Emma-Louise Stagg 6-5, (7-5); Cameron Holmes 3-6; Tyrone Feutz beat Jabe Settle & William Wallis beat Ham- Jemma Pannett 6-1; Annabel Spicer beat ish Wakelin & Amiee Burrows 6-0; Harri- Paige Campbell 6-2. son Davies beat Felicity Dalzell 9-1; Cory Hinds Stingers lost to Allenton Blue 4 Paul lost to Emma-Louise Stagg 2-9; Jabe matches to 2 Settle beat Hannah Wakelin 9-2; William Ryan Watt & Harry Schmack beat Joe Wallis beat Amiee Burrows 9-1. Bryning & Charlie Donnelly 6-2; Amelia Dorie A Red beat Methven Silver 38 McKeown & George MacLeod lost to Harry games to 29 Preston & Murphy Dargue 1-6; Ryan Watt Timothy Bassett & Hamish Sloper lost to lost to Joe Bryning 4-6; Harry Schmack Jack Sheridan & Mark Wilson 2-6; Anna- beat Harry Preston 6-1; Amelia McKeown bel Bassett & Charlotte Sloper beat Daniel lost to Murphy Dargue 3-6; George MaWilson & Jack Scott 6-2; Timothy Bassett cLeod lost to Charlie Donnelly 1-6. lost to Jack Sheridan 8-9 (3-7); Hamish Allenton lost to Methven Orange 4 matchSloper lost to Mark Wilson 4-9; Annabel es to 2 Bassett beat Daniel Wilson 9-3; Charlotte Danielle Stevenson & Jasaiah ClaytonSloper beat Jack Scott 9-0. Wade lost to Josh Jolly & Isabella McTinwald Sky beat Tinwald Blue 36 games Donald 2-6; Jed Stevenson & Jessica to 28 Keetley beat Briella McDonald & HanJosh Jones & Sarah Millar beat Mitchell nah Stratton 6-2; Danielle Stevenson Farr & Haxby Hefford 6-2; Jack Millar & lost to Josh Jolly 1-6; Jasaiah ClaytonAnnalise Reilly lost to Albertene Hefford Wade lost to Hannah Stratton 1-6; Jed & Patrick Sandrey 3-6; Josh Jones beat Stevenson beat Brielle McDonald 6-4; Mitchell Farr 9-0; Sarah Millar beat Haxby Jessica Keetley lost to Isabella McDonHefford 9-2; Jack Millar lost to Albertene ald 3-6. Hefford 2-9; Annalise Reilly lost to Patrick Sandrey 7-9. Allenton beat Rakaia Boyz 39 games to 33 Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers. Titus Lambert-Lane & Caleb Collins beat Daniel Hadfield & Jack Helem 6-3; Tegan McIntyre & Thomas Donnelly lost to Jesse Blakemore & Preston Docherty Chloe Earnshaw 2-6; Titus Lambert-Lane lost to Happy Birthday to Daddy’s Daniel Hadfield 6-9; Caleb Collins little girl. Love Dad. beat Jack Helem 9-2; Tegan McIntyre lost to Jesse Blakemore 7-9; Thomas Donnelly beat Preston Docherty 9-4. Junior B Methven Blue beat Methven Green 4 matches to 2 Chloe Earnshaw Liam Heaven & Bailey Allred lost Happy 6th Birthday Chloe. to Charlie Brown & Josh Molloy 5-6; Ashleigh Allred & Sophie Love Nana and John. Innes beat Reilly Duff & Finn Taylor 6-2; Liam Heaven beat Charlie Brown 6-5; Ashleigh Allred beat Josh Molloy 6-1; Sophie Innes lost to Reilly Duff 5-6; Bailey Allred Benji Skevington beat Finn Taylor 6-2. Happy 3rd Birthday Hinds Smash beat Hampstead 4 Benji. Have fun on your matches to 2 motorbike. Love from Aidan Watt & Elliott Wilson lost Mum, Dad, Alyssa, Hayley to Megan O’Brian & Luke Prendergast 5-6; Olivia Wilson & Hamand Grandma. xo ish MacLeod beat Zoe Aschen & Gemma Taylor 6-1; Aidan Watt beat Megan O’Brian 6-1; Elliott Wilson lost to Luke PrenderBenji Skevington gast 1-6; Olivia Wilson beat Zoe Happy Birthday to a special Aschen 6-2; Hamish MacLeod boy. Lots of love from beat Gemma Taylor 6-2. Allenton beat Dorie B 4 matches Grandad and Jo. xxx to 2 Connor Allan & Abby Brownlie beat Felicity Pye & Nico MonesCazon 6-3; Cleo Harnett & Katie Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two Danielson lost to Lara Biggs & working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no Chadis Tomakna 2-6; Connor Alguarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos lan beat Felicity Pye 6-2; Abby will be available at our ground floor office for collection Brownlie beat Nico Mones-Cazon after notice has appeared in the paper. 6-5; Cleo Harnett beat Lara Biggs 6-5; Katie Danielson beat Chadis Disco Dust Tomakna 6-2. Edible food glitter Junior C $13 per pottle Tinwald/Wakanui drew with Dorie Adding extra sparkle to C 25 games to 25 Henry Wallis & Claudia Cudmore Christmas & birthdays lost to Aimee Sparks & Lachie McArthur 2-6; Lachlan Adam & Isaac Carr beat Jack Holdem & Frances Mones-Cazon 6-2; Henry The Arcade, Ashburton Wallis beat Aimee Sparks 6-4; La03 308 8287 chlan Adam beat Lachie McArthur

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Wednesday 5.00pm - 5.30pm

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FIREWOOD SPECIAL. Get ready for winter now! 3 cord (10.8m3) green slabwood $180. Also available offcuts $100/ cord (delivered in town) Adams Sawmilling, Malcolm McDowell Road. Opening hours Mon-Fri 7am-5.30pm Sat morn 8am-12noon. Ph 308-3595. GET TO KNOW your friends and family a whole lot better this Christmas. Fun and exciting questions to get the conversation flowing and laughter rolling. At Kitchen Kapers in The Arcade Pick up these stirrers and pick up the conversation!

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8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Walk on country track, coastline beach walk, Hinds Lagoon. All centre. 35 Dobson Street West, welcome, phone Jenny 308-6862. Biograins building. Meet Ashburton Courthouse, 9.30am 12.00noon Baring Square West. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. ASHBURTON MEN’S PROBUS Walking group meets outside 9.00am - 4.00pm CLUB. church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY Christmas lunch with guest speaker. SERVICE INC. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Ashburton Hotel. Racecourse Road. For free budget advice and Stretching exercise for all abilities. workshop enquiries. Phone 307M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. 12noon - 3.00pm 0496. 60 Cass Street, Consultancy ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE 9.30am - 12.30pm House. PEACE ASSOCIATION (INC). ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH Signing centre. Community house, 9.30am GOODWILL SHOP. rear of Westpac Bank, 122 Tancred SPORT MID CANTERBURY. Sell pre loved clothing. Methodist Street. Walking group. Meet outside the Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane Community Pool, Walnut Avenue. 12.50pm Street, Tinwald. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. M.S.A. PETANQUE. 10.00am Come and try Petanque, everyone Walking group meets outside ASHBURTON NEWCOMERS church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. welcome. Racecourse Road. SOCIAL GROUP. 9.45am Coffee morning, all welcome. NOSH 1.00pm - 3.00pm MID CANTERBURY LADIES ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Cafe, Ashford Village, West Street. Classic aircraft on display including PROBUS. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. DC 3. Ashburton airport, Seafield Golf croquet singles, the domain, 10.00am Road. Philip Street, Ashburton. ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN 1.30pm CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. R.S.A. CARDS “500” R.S.A. Cox Street. New Zealand and Agriculture Street. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Encounter, interactive fun for all ASHBURTON SENIOR CITIZENS. Tasmanian Doubles. Waireka ages. Main Street, Methven. Christmas social $3 for special Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip 10.30am afternoon tea. Senior Centre, Street. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Cameron Street. METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. Walking group meeting outside New Zealand and Agriculture church for walk and then to Stone 3.30pm - 7.00pm Encounter, interactive fun for all TINWALD SWIMMING POOL. Grill Allenton for meal, note later Outdoor pool open in the Tinwald ages. Main Street, Methven. start. 48 Allens Road, Allenton. Domain, Maronan Road. 10.00am - 3.00pm 10.45am ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. 7.30pm - 9.30pm M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. Classic aircraft on display including Maintenance class and exercises. DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield M.S.A, Social hall, Havelock Street. Great fun, everyone welcome, Road. racquets provided. Sports hall, 35 11.00am - 3.00pm 10.00am - 4.00pm Tancred Street. TE HUB. ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Seeds, seedlings, workshops, Enviro

Tuesday

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Open for research, non members welcome. 254 Cameron Street, please phone 308-4115 or 307-2253 re access to the building. 10.00am - 7.00pm ASHBURTON ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM. Open, all welcome. Baring Square East. 10.30am ASHBURTON LADIES PROBUS. Coffee morning, Cafe Central Tancred Street. 10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Exercises for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street. 12.50pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street. 1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street. 3.30pm - 7.00pm TINWALD SWIMMING POOL. Outdoor pool open to the public in the Tinwald Domain, Maronan Road. 7.00pm ASHBURTON ROSE GROUP. Christmas meeting and rose show. Catholic rooms, Winter Street. NEWCOMERS NETWORK. Community law, workshop, legal advice, limited spaces, to register contact Daria 027 220 8791. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, Pipe Band hall, Creek Road. 7.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women walking group. Leaves from 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) You should know by now what’s required in order to make maximum use of the remaining weeks of your professional year and what you can get away with. TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) The key to not dropping the ball lies in staying connected and plugged in, working on personal and professional relationships. GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) There is a sense of synchronicity in the air that makes this a good day for personal and professional relationship building. CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) When you know what you’re ultimately working to achieve it’s easier to work smarter, knowing where your time and energy is best directed. LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) You have a chance to clear the air and this is creating potential for communication and relationship breakthroughs in coming months. VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) You have a very small window of opportunity to put family matters first and it needs to be seized, with communication vital. LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) As you start to take your personal power back this will test your relationships, especially when it comes to balancing your personal and relationship needs. SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) What you accomplish has nothing to do with how much time you have and more to do with how you use that time and that it’s directed in the right place. SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) Channel your team and competitive spirit into group endeavours with a new need for camaraderie kicking into place. CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) With the wind down of your current solar year under way there’s a higher than normal need for navel gazing and time to reflect and simply hear yourself think. AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) You have a combination of conditions in play that are as near to perfect as you’re going to get of having a life that is evenly balanced. PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) With the job of bringing your professional year home under way you have a sense of where the money is and of your income and professional options.

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DEATHS

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THURSDAY: Fine spells, showers later. Northeasterlies.

AKAROA

COPLAND, Ronald Ian HARRISON, Kathleen May Please note all late death MAX 23 OVERNIGHT MIN 11 19 (Ron) – (Kath), (nee King) – notices or notices sent out- Pat Copland and families FRIDAY: Becoming fine. Light ASHBURTON Ra On December 8, 2013 ka side ordinary office hours sincerely thank all those who ia 20 winds. peacefully at Ashburton must be emailed to: Ron’s funeral Hospital. Dearly loved wife for deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz attended MAX 20 OVERNIGHT MIN 11 service, sent cards, visited, Ash 66 years of Tom. Loved to ensure publication. bur to sent flowers and baking. Also mother and mother in law of Geraldine n Midnight Tonight Graeme and Barbara, Kelvin During office hours notices thanks for the many phone calls, these were gratefully may also be sent to: (United States), Katrina and Ra n gitata Neil, Lorayne and Sheldon, classifieds@theguardian.co.nz appreciated. and friend of Mike (Aussie), Any queries and Joan (United States). please contact FUNERAL TIMARU Much loved grandmother of 0800 Tania and Des (Sydney), 19 ASHBURTON FURNISHERS SUN PROTECTION ALERT Michelle and Daniel, and the (0800-274-287). MASTER late Paul; Tommy and 00 45 :AM : PM Melissa, Gregg, and Jennifer MONUMENTAL MASON and Bill (all United States), PROTECTION REQUIRED E.B. CARTER LTD Wear a hat and sunglasses Jessica and Brent, Daniel Data provided by NIWA For all your memorial (Melbourne); and Matthew, requirements and Scott. Much loved great Waimate New headstones and designs grandmother of Harrison; Mia, Wind km/h Tuesday, 10 December 2013 NZ Situation Renovations, and Hunter (United States). less than 30 A ridge lies over much of the North Island until Additional inscriptions, Messages to P O Box 472, Canterbury owned, fine mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers locally operated Cleaning and Concrete work Thursday. Meanwhile, moist northerlies ahead of an Ashburton. In lieu of flowers fine showers clearing showers Carried out by qualified donations to Methven House 30 to 59 approaching trough spread over the South Island Patersons tradesmen. would be appreciated and during tomorrow. The trough is likely to move over 620 East Street Ashburton may be left at the Service. Funeral Services fog isolated snow sleet thunder rain snow hail 60 plus much of the South Island during Thursday, then Ph/Fax 308 5369 thunder flurries Special thanks for the loving and Ashburton or 0274 357 974 weaken as it moves onto the North Island on Friday. care given by Methven House ebcarter@xtra.co.nz to Kath during her last years Crematorium Ltd overnight NZMMMA Member Canterbury Plains NZ Today Canterbury High Country max low and to the staff at Ward 1, Ashburton Hospital. A service Office and Chapel Auckland fine 21 12 TODAY TODAY FZL: 2800m to celebrate Kath’s life will be Corner East & Cox Morning cloud, then fine. Isolated afternoon Guardian Classifieds held at St John’s Presbyterian Streets, Ashburton Hamilton shower or two 21 9 Mostly cloudy, but afternoon fine breaks. Church, Jackson Street, showers, and cloud increasing in the evening. 307 7900 Northeasterlies developing in the afternoon. Wind at 1000m: Light. Methven, on THURSDAY, Napier few showers 22 13 December 12, commencing Wind at 2000m: W 25 km/h. at 11.00am. Followed by Palmerston North shower or two 20 12 TOMORROW private cremation. TOMORROW FZL: 3000m Paterson’s Funeral Services Wellington mainly fine 20 14 Cloudy periods. Northeasterlies. High cloud, but a few showers developing FDANZ Ashburton

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Ph 307 7433

HURLEY, Myra Eleanor (nee Mahon) – Peacefully on Sunday, 8 December 2013, at Resthaven Village, aged 85 years. Dearly loved wife and best friend of the late Jack, much loved mother and mother-in-law of the late Stephen, Pam Dysart (Waikaia), Cathy and Bruce Corah (Ashburton), much loved Grandma of Melanie, and Jesse; loved Patada of John, Amber, and Brooke, and granddaughter Shelly. “Gone from our home, but not our hearts” A service for Myra will be held in the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Traford Street, Gore, on WEDNESDAY, 11 December, at 2pm, then leaving for Charlton Park Cemetery. A sincere thanks to all the staff at Resthaven for their wonderful care of Mum. Messages to P O Box 33, Waikaia 9745. Southern Funeral Home, Gore, FDANZ

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Fine spells, late showers. Northeasterlies, dying away later.

FRIDAY Becoming fine. Light winds.

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Mainly fine. Northwesterlies developing.

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11:00 5:15 11:30 5:39 Noon 6:13 12:28 6:39 12:58 7:08 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 5:44 am Set 9:07 pm

Good

Good fishing Set 1:28 am Rise 1:49 pm

First quarter

Rise 5:44 am Set 9:08 pm

Good

Good fishing

Full moon

17 Dec 10:30 pm

Good fishing

Good

Set 2:28 am Rise 4:00 pm

Last quarter

26 Dec 2:49 am

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Rise 5:44 am Set 9:09 pm

Set 1:58 am Rise 2:56 pm

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Phone 307 6466 Mobile 0274 508 191 13 Robinson Street, (old Spray Marks site) Riverside Industrial Estate, Ashburton

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cumecs

2.86

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 12:00 pm, yesterday 383.7 Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

5.74

Sth Ashburton at 10:15 am, yesterday

13.1

Rangitata Klondyke at 12:00 pm, yesterday

196.9

Waitaki Kurow at 3:00 am, yesterday

419.0

Source: Environment Canterbury

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 18.4 19.2 Max to 4pm 10.6 Minimum 8.8 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm December to date 4.2 Avg Dec to date 17 2013 to date 762.4 654 Avg year to date Wind km/h SE 17 At 4pm Strongest gust SE 31 Time of gust 3:28pm

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday

Canterbury Readings

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River Levels

Forecasts for today

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Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing

HURLEY, Myra Eleanor (nee Mahon) – Much loved sister and sisterin-law of the late Ruth and Lex Turnbull, the late Sylvia and Eddie Lockhart, Jimmy and the late Dorothy Mahon, Brian and the late Albina Mahon, Noel and the late Edith Mahon, Garth and Velma Mahon, and a loved and respected Auntie of all her nieces and nephews. STERICKER, June Janette (nee Cockburn) – On December 9, 2013 at Princes Court Resthome, Ashburton. Dearly loved wife of the late Norman. Much loved mother and mother in law of Leanne and Tony Argyle (Gold Coast), Grant and Mel (Timaru), and much loved Gran of Caitlin, and Matthew; Aimee, and Lachlan. Much loved sister and sister in law of Ron and Colleen Cockburn, loved Aunty June of Maryanne Capstick, Darren and Kristen Cockburn, and loved great Aunty June of Cameron, and Olivia; Zane, and Gus. Messages to P O Box 472, Ashburton. Special thanks to the staff at Princes Court for their loving care of Mum during her time there. A service to celebrate June’s life will be held at Our Chapel Cnr East & Cox Streets, Ashburton on THURSDAY, December 12, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by private cremation.

THURSDAY

to 4pm yesterday

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather and information. 9am Good Morning 10am Ellen 11am Coach Trip PGR Fourteen tourists are brought together for an epic coach trip across the continent. 0 11:30 Infomercials Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Cain threatens Adam; Val tells Alicia her idea; Vanessa is concerned. 0 1:30 Come Dine With Me 3 2pm May The Best House Win 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 Ellen With guest Kelly Clarkson. 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat Hosted by Eddie McGuire. 0 6pm One News 0

TV THREE

FOUR

PRIME

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SKY SPORT 1

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 0 6:55 The Amazing World Of Gumball 0 7:20 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 7:50 Ben 10 – Ultimate Alien 0 8:15 Franklin 0 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Ellen Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 The Celebrity Apprentice AO 3 2:30 Bethenny 3:30 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 3:35 Penguins Of Madagascar 30 4:05 Life With Boys 0 4:30 8 Simple Rules 3 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR Rachel 7pm Seven Sharp 0 fights for love; Vasa atones for 7:30 N Tricked her mistakes; Harper brings Using sleight of hand, misher enemy down. 0 direction, mentalism, and 7:30 Betty White’s Off their hidden cameras, magician Rockers PGR 0 Ben Hanlin tricks celebrities and members of the public. 0 8pm Mr T’s World’s Craziest Fools PGR 0 8:30 F Supersized Earth 0 8:30 The Mentalist AO 0 9:45 Lifers AO 0 9:30 Weight-Loss Ward PGR 10:50 One News Tonight 0 (Part 1) Insight into the work of a UK obesity unit. 0 10:35 Arrow AO 3 0

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Tricky Business PGR 3 Kate agrees to let Rick return to Sapphire to work off his debts; Matt enjoys working with Kate on a troubling case, until Rick pulls him off it. 0 1:30 The Dr Oz Show PGR 3 2:30 Rachael Ray 3 3:30 The Queen Latifah Show Interviews with Steve Martin, who later performs with Edie Brickell, and celebrity chef Fabio Viviani; a visit to a Chicago-based roller derby team. 4:30 Big Brother Australia Highlights from life in the house, including this week’s live nominations. 6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 Australian Federal Police PGR 0 8pm Kings Cross ER PGR 3 0 8:30 World’s Scariest… Weather PGR 0 9:30 N Hawaii Five-0 AO McGarrett deals with the realisation that his mother is alive; Five-0 hunts for Wo Fat to avenge the death of a team family member. 0 10:30 Nightline

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 7am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 7:30 Beyblade – Metal Fury 3 7:55 Planet Sheen 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Care Bears 3 8:55 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 9:05 Bob The Builder 3 9:15 Thomas And Friends 3 9:25 Peppa Pig 3 9:35 Wonder Pets 3 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Pingu 3 3:05 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 3:15 Lalaloopsy 3:35 Max Steel 4:05 Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion 3 4:30 Four Live 6pm Sabrina – The Teenage Witch 3 0 6:30 Everybody Hates Chris 3 7pm Just Shoot Me! PGR 0 7:30 N Hot Set PGR Hollywood design teams must create a set for an astronaut on an alien planet. 8:30 M The Truman Show PGR 3 1998 Comedy. A man lives his life unaware that his entire existence is part of an elaborately orchestrated situation comedy. Jim Carrey, Laura Linney. 0 10:40 NYC 22 PGR

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Jeff Probst Show 1:55 A Gypsy Life For Me PGR 3 A visit to the Lee Gap Horse Fair in Yorkshire; the judges put the finishing touches to the final of Travellers Got Talent. 2:55 Junior Bakeoff Britain’s youngest bakers must impress Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood by creating a cake inspired by their favourite celebrations. 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Millionaire – Hot Seat Hosted by Eddie McGuire. 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 7:30 60 Minutes PGR 3 8:35 M SWAT AO 2003 Action. A drug kingpin, in the custody of a Los Angeles SWAT team, offers $100 million to anyone who can free him. Samuel L Jackson, Colin Farrell, LL Cool J, Olivier Martinez.

6am Red Bull Chronicles 6:30 Cricket – The Ashes (Highlights) Australia v England – Second Test, Day Five. 7am Basketball – NBL (Highlights) Melbourne Tigers v New Zealand Breakers. 7:30 Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) Day Two. 9am Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Replay) Sydney Telstra 500 – Race 35. 11:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Replay) Sydney Telstra 500 – Race 36. 2pm The Fishing Show 2:30 Football – Arsenal TV Arsenal v Everton. 5:30 Inside Cricket 6:30 Cricket – The Ashes Australia v England – Second Test, Day Five.

11:20 F Mad Dogs AO 3 Now held hostage, the boys are given a seemingly impossible quest in return for their freedom. 12:20 Law And Order UK AO 3 1:20 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:45 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

11:10 The Good Wife PGR Alicia must rely on testimony from convicted killer Colin Sweeney when the key witness in a case involving a plane crash commits suicide. 12:10 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Infomercials

11:35 Entertainment Tonight Midnight Infomercials

11:05 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show. 12:05 Home Shopping 1:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 2:05 Home Shopping

Midnight Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Replay) Sydney Telstra 500 – Race 36. 2:30 Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) Day Two. 4am Basketball – NBL (Replay) Melbourne Tigers v New Zealand Breakers.

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Vacation, Vacation, Vacation 7:30 Clodagh McKenna Fresh From The Sea 8am Bondi Vet 8:30 India With Sanjeev Bhaskar 10am Secret Removers 11am Oddities 11:30 Nigel Slater’s Dish Of The Day Noon Bath Crashers 12:30 Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 1:30 Days Of Our Lives PGR 2:15 Long Way Round PGR 3:30 Home By Novogratz 4pm Heaven’s Garden 4:30 New British Kitchen – Torode And Hardeep’s Tour 5pm Better Homes And Gardens 6pm Bondi Vet 6:30 House Crashers 7pm Auction Hunters PG 7:30 The Apartment Hosted and judged by Jamie Durie. 8:30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features Nick delves into the history of homes as their owners begin restoring them to their former glory. 9:30 International Open House 10pm West End Salvage 10:30 The Café AO 11pm Auction Hunters PG 11:30 Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British

WEDNESDAY

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Better Homes And Gardens 2am The Apartment 3am International Open House 3:30 West End Salvage 4am The Café AO 4:30 Bondi Vet 5am Heaven’s Kitchen At Large 5:30 New British Kitchen – Torode And Hardeep’s Tour

11:30 Once Upon A Time AO 3 0 12:30 Go Girls AO 3 0 1:30 Infomercials 2:35 Rizzoli And Isles AO 0 3:20 Pretty Little Liars 3 0 4:15 Anderson Live PGR 5am Infomercials

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Ako 3 3pm Kete Aronui PGR 3 3:30 Brian Jacques’s Redwall 3 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3

THE BOX 6am CSI – Miami MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 The Pretender PG 8:55 Chuck MVS 9:45 Law And Order MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 CSI – New York MV 12:15 Sons Of Anarchy 16VLS 1:35 Chuck MVS 2:25 CSI – Miami MV 3:15 The Pretender PG 4:05 Pawn Stars PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Chuck MVS 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 6:30 Pawn Stars PG 7pm The Simpsons PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 CSI MV 9:30 CSI MV 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

WEDNESDAY

12:30 The Pretender PG 1:20 CSI – Miami MV 2:10 Law And Order MV 3:05 CSI MV 3:55 CSI MV 4:45 The Pretender PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

8:30 Feed the Backs Host James McOnie takes a comical look into sport. 9:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Replay) Sydney Telstra 500 – Race 35.

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Journey To The West 3 8:30 M Whaledreamers PGR 3 2006 Historical Documentary. Pierce Brosnan, Terence Unity Freitas, John Hurt. 10:05 F Both Worlds AO 10:35 Tagata Pasifika Tricked 11:05 Te Kaea 3 2 7:30pm on TV One 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Yukon Men PG Last Chance. 8:30 World’s Biggest Ship PG 9:30 Mythbusters PG Mini-Myth Mayhem. 10:30 You Have Been Warned PG Masters of the Universe. 11:30 Mythbusters PG Trench Torpedo. 12:30 A Haunting M The Exorcism of Cindy Sauer. 1:30 Extreme Smuggling PG 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3pm Auction Hunters PG 3:30 Dirty Jobs Down Under PG 4:30 Gold Rush PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG 6:30 Jungle Gold – Wild Ride PG 7:30 World’s Top Five PG 8:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 9:30 Secrets Of… PG 10:30 Auction Hunters PG 11pm I Was Murdered M 11:30 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M

WEDNESDAY

Midnight Mythbusters Jawsome Shark Special PGR 1am Auction Hunters PG 1:30 World’s Top Five PG 2:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 3:30 Dirty Jobs PG 4:30 Brew Masters PG 5:30 Time Warp PG

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:15 The Cabin In The Woods 16VL 2011 Horror. Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchinson. 7:50 The Making Of The Bourne Legacy MV 8:15 Man On A Ledge MVL 2012 Thriller. Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks. 10am The Night Before The Night Before Christmas PG 2010 Family Fantasy. Jennifer Beals, Rick Roberts, RD Reid. 11:30 The Darkest Hour MV 2011 Action. Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby. 1pm The Cabin In The Woods 16VL 2011 Horror. 2:35 Biography – Matthew Perry PG 2008 Documentary. 3:25 Man On A Ledge MVL 2012 Thriller. 5:10 Three Inches M 2011 Sci-fi. 6:40 Act Of Valour 16VL 2012 Action. 8:30 That’s My Boy 16LS 2012 Comedy. 10:25 The Possession 16VL 2012 Horror.

WEDNESDAY

Midnight One Angry Juror PG 2010 Drama. 1:30 Act Of Valour 16VL 2012 Action. 3:20 That’s My Boy 16LS 2012 Comedy. 5:15 The Possession 16VL 2012 Horror.

Hawaii Five-0

9:30pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS 6:20 Directors – John Singleton PG Documentary. 6:50 The Ghost Writer MVL 2010 Thriller. Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan. 8:55 Monster 18VLS 2003 Crime. Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern. 10:45 Sexy Beast 18VL 2000 Crime. Ben Kingsley, Ray Winstone. 12:15 As Good As It Gets ML 1997 Comedy. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear. 2:30 The Ghost Writer MVL 2010 Thriller. Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan. 4:35 The First Wives Club PGL 1996 Comedy. Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton. 6:20 The Prestige MV 2006 Drama. Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale. 8:30 Enough 16V 2002 Thriller. Jennifer Lopez, Juliette Lewis, Noah Wyle. 10:30 Two For The Money MLS 2005 Drama. Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo.

6am Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Round Four. 7am Inside Cricket (Highlights) 8am Cricket – The Ashes Australia v England – Second Test, Day Five. The last two hours of play from Adelaide Oval in Adelaide. 10am Basketball – NBL (Replay) Melbourne Tigers v New Zealand Breakers. Noon Bowls – New Zealand Open (Highlights) Men’s Pairs. 1:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Northwestern Mutual World Challenge – Round Four. 2:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Sydney Telstra 500 – Race 35. 3pm Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Sydney Telstra 500 – Race 36. 3:30 Football – Spurs TV Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur. 6:30 The Dirt New Zealand Midget Championship. From Western Springs in Auckland. 7pm Football League Show 7:30 Football – A-League Highlights Show 8pm Basketball – NBL (Highlights) Melbourne Tigers v New Zealand Breakers. From the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne. 8:30 Fight Night Paulie Malignaggi v Zab Judah. 10:30 Bowls – New Zealand Open (Highlights) Men’s Pairs.

WEDNESDAY

Midnight Football – A-League (Replay) Melbourne Victory v WEDNESDAY Newcastle Jets. 12:30 Biography – Jim Carrey 2am Football – A-League (Replay) PG Documentary. 1:20 The First Wives Club PGL 1996 Comedy. 3am Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix. Enough 16V 2002 Thriller. 4:55 The 4am Football – A-League (Replay) Prestige MV 2006 Drama. Adelaide United v Brisbane Roar.

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

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High flyer Mid Canterbury’s Western Bartlett in mid-ﬂight as he attempts a layup against Canterbury during the Under 16 Quad tournament in Ashburton. Mid Canterbury had boys’ and girls’ teams in action at the under 16s in Ashburton split across two venues, the Sports Hall and Basketball Stadium, over Saturday and Sunday while the under 14s were in Timaru and the under 12s in Rangiora, playing against Canterbury, North Canterbury and South Canterbury. With North, Mid and South Canterbury now joined in a Canterbury Country amalgamation for the national age group tournaments, the weekend was used for Canterbury Country coaches to get a ﬁrst look at the prospective players for the age group representative teams. PHOTO DONNA WYLIE 071213-DW-686

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Black Sticks end tournament in style The New Zealand women’s hockey team have finished on a high at the World League Final in Argentina after beating China 1-0 to take fifth place at the tournament. Captain Kayla Sharland (left) celebrated her 200th international cap in style, delivering the game winning goal late in the second half. While the game only provided

one goal, the statistics told the story of New Zealand’s dominance with 22 circle penetrations to four and 75 per cent of possession in China’s half. In very hot conditions the final result was retribution for the Black Sticks who lost 2-0 to China during pool play. Sharland’s 200th test will be one to remember in what was her

side’s final game for the year. “I’m very pleased we came away with a positive result today. It’s a nice way to finish the tour and year for a young and improving team,” she said. “I feel very privileged to have played 200 games for New Zealand and to come away with a win made it even better.” Head coach Mark Hager ech-

oed his captain and said it was good to be able to leave the tournament on a high. “It’s great to finish with two wins and we leave with a positive feeling after a tough start to the tournament. We created a lot of chances and while we only converted one, we didn’t give China many opportunities and once again defended well. - APNZ

Everton draw All Black Sevens with Gunners pipped by SA P20

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