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Big bang for our ratepayer bucks

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Property owners in the Ashburton District are paying the third lowest rates in New Zealand.

At $1696, the district’s average rate comes in just above Southland, $1669, with Mackenzie holding the record for the country’s lowest rates at $1593.

The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union yesterday released its 2018 local government league tables that compare individual council performance and financial position against similarly sized councils and types.

And the Ashburton District Council comes out as one of the better performing out of 27 provincial councils, resident population between 20,000 and 40,000.

Data is taken from each council’s annual report and is checked by each council for accuracy before publication.

There are 15,134 ratepayers in the Ashburton District and each effectively carries $121 share of the cost of the council’s borrowings. This is a much lower level

than the average for provincial councils, $168 per ratepayer.

Each ratepayer is covered by $5799 of the council’s revenue and $5097 of its operating costs.

Across the country council borrowing continues to skyrocket. On average, councils have increased the share of debt for each of their ratepayers by $244 – a 5.3 per cent increase in borrowing in just a year.

The data shows why Auckland ratepayers, in particular, have cause for real concern, with council liabilities now $19,537 per ratepayer, up more than $600 since last year. This is second only to Christchurch, and almost four times the national average of $4876.

Ashburton’s ratepayer liability is $4161 per ratepayer.

Across the council group, ratepayers own $53,131 worth of assets each, giving the council an equity level of $48,970 per ratepayer.

When it comes to council staff, the chief executive’s salary is slightly be-

low the provincial council average of $313,254 at $301,500. Ashburton ratepayers, however, pay more per head in council staff wages than the provincial average – $879 compared to $789. On the council’s payroll are 322 staff, 30 of whom earn more than $100,000 per year.

Christchurch City Council has more debt on a per ratepayer basis than any other council in the country ($21,137).

Auckland Council is the second most indebted authority, with debt per ratepayer of $19,537.

The highest average residential rates in New Zealand are in Western Bay of Plenty ($3234 per year).

The Ratepayers’ Report is prepared to provide accountability and transparency to New Zealand ratepayers by allowing them to compare their local territorial authority with others around the country. Of New Zealand’s 67 territorial authorities, 66 are examined in Ratepayers’ Report. That includes all city, district, and unitary councils, with the exclusion of Chatham Islands Territory Council.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Fight to retain 12 councillors

By Sue NewmaN

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Three people have taken their fight to keep the number of elected representative around the Ashburton District Council meeting table at 12 to a national level.

Earlier this year councillors voted to reduce their number to nine at the local body elections in October next year.

Not all councillors were happy

with this option, but the numbers were there to see the proposal put out for public consultation.

Thirty-four submissions were received and considered. Nine of those were opposed to the reduced number but none of those submitters wanted to speak at a hearing.

Those opposing the change were Ailsa Burnip, Janet Gardiner, Murray Gardiner, Janet Hadley,

Grahame Kelly, Margaret Livingstone, Gordon Mockford, Rakaia Community Association and Kate White. The reasons they gave opposing change were: 12 councillors meant better representation, a wider pool of thinking and a smaller workload for each councillor With submissions in, councillors discussed the feedback and opted to stick with the proposal

for change. Again the majority agreed, but councillors Selwyn Price, Thelma Bell and Peter Reveley wanted the status quo of 12 to remain.

With the commitment to change confirmed, submitters then had the option of taking an appeal to the Local Government Commission. Three have chosen to do so, but their identity has not yet been released. A final decision

on councillor numbers is now unlikely to be known until April.

If the proposal for change is ratified, the urban ward will have five councillors instead of seven with two councillors each in the eastern and western wards.

The change will also include amendments to ward boundaries to ensure councillor to resident numbers are within local government guidelines.

■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Shingle pits key to road health

By Sue NewmaN

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If there’s any money to spare in the Ashburton District Council’s roading budget this year, Stuart Wilson wants to see that money spent on half a dozen new shingle pits.

The council might own around 200 small slices of reserve land around the district, but it’s unclear which of those would be suitable for shingle pit development. Identifying those pieces of land needs to be done and done with haste, Wilson said.

Gravel roads make up a considerable percentage of the district’s roading network, and maintaining those to a good standard required ready access to gravel, he said. “The cheapest way to re-gravel those roads is for the council to have its own pits available; there’s nothing cheaper than your own gravel pits strategically placed because it’s the cartage that kills.”

Some of the council’s reserves were already mined for gravel and exhausted, some were vir-

tually inaccessible and some were in the middle of farms, but identifying those that could be suitable for mining was critical, Wilson said.

And there were options for reserves that had become enclosed by private land, such as land swaps, he said.

The stumbling block after site identification was the consenting process and even land that had been tagged as a shingle pit site in the past would still be subject to a new consent.

“It seems simple to do this but it’s not, it’s complicated, and this is the year we should be catching up on this because nothing makes rural people who pay rates happier than to see gravel going on and their road being graded. In our surveys these roads are only given 50 per cent approval.”

Good work was being done by the council’s commercial property team in identifying all the reserve sites but the half dozen in strategic locations needed to be tagged and the consenting process started, he said.

■ ASHBURTON CAGE BIRD SHOW

Birds find new homes at show t

Bird of all shapes, sizes and breeds were on show at Mania-o-roto Park on Saturday when the Ashburton Cage Bird Society held its annual show. The dozens of birds on offer found willing buyers and among those was four-year-old Daniel Clucas, happy to be taking home some new pets from the Ashburton Cage Bird Show.

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■ ASHBURTON WATER RANGER

■ ROTORUA HOMICIDE

Dave calls time on career

Homicide investigation in Rotorua

By Sue NewmaN

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When it comes to the Ashburton District’s water races, border dykes and irrigation schemes, there’s not much Dave O’Donnell doesn’t know.

Water has been an integral part of his working life for decades but shortly he’s packing up, moving out and heading for retirement.

But that doesn’t mean he won’t be keeping a close eye on water matters around the district, he says.

Dave’s about to wrap up a 26year career as an Ashburton District water ranger, but his waterbased career spans close to 50 years, and goes back to the 1970s and his days as a raceman with the Cracroft scheme near Methven.

His job was to ensure water went where it was meant to and where and when it was needed.

Those were the days of borderdyke irrigation and looking back he says he was lucky to work with some of irrigation’s pioneers, men who were wrapping up their careers as he was starting his.

“And here I am today, watching the young generation pulling out those borderdykes that played an important role in filling the district’s aquifers,” he said.

After a few years, Dave headed south for a stint as a water ranger in Roxburgh, before moving back to Ashburton in 1992 and joining the council team. Then there were six on the job; today there are two. It’s a dying industry, and that has everything to do with water race closures and the growth of storage ponds and big irrigators, he said.

He’s watched irrigation change as farming has changed and while some might bemoan the loss of borderdykes and water races, he says they’ve had their time, they don’t belong with dairy farming, intensive cropping and vegetable growing.

“When I started they were like blood vessels. We’ve lost about a third of them. The network’s served the district well, but it’s

LE LAB VAI AY A NE OD LY O US T N L O CAL

After decades in the game, Dave O’Donnell is calling time on a career in the water industry, but that doesn’t mean he’ll stop taking an interest in how the Ashburton District manages its water resources in the coming years.

PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 070918-SN-0147 past its use-by date. Water races are dead money to dairy farmers and vegetable growers,” he said.

The water might be turned off but the races still have a role as flood channels and there will still be a need for wetland areas to deal with surplus surface water, Dave said.

“I’m picking they’ll keep the main ones, the bigger ones and then drop them into soak holes.

MAR works well and we’ll see a lot more small wetlands feeding into the aquifers in the future because when borderdykes went we lost aquifer levels.”

He believes dairy farmers get unfair criticism for the impact their industry has on water quality.

“People go on about dairying, but if it wasn’t for dairying this area wouldn’t have gone ahead as it has. Dairy farmers are generally very good, it’s not often I’ve gone to a dairy farm and said you’ve got dirty water. I do go to lifestylers though and its dairy farmers who get the blame.”

He’s loved the job but says the time is right for younger people to move into the changing world of irrigation.

“With the changes being made now and the changes in the wind, it’s better for the young ones coming on to be part of it rather than me. It’s the right time to go.”

He won’t be walking away from the world of irrigation, however, and he’ll be watching developments in the district’s irrigation profile with interest. He’s keen to see more large scale water storage developed.

“This interest in water won’t go away, it’s lifelong. It’s challenging and it’s exciting. I feel privileged to have been a small part of these big developments.”

Family and friends have expressed their grief after young mother Lynace Parakuka was found dead at a Rotorua school.

Rotorua police have launched a homicide investigation after they found the 22-year-old’s body on the grounds of St Michael’s School in Lisa Crescent, around midnight on Friday.

“So sad, rest in peace. Taken so young and early,” one relative said in a social media post.

“I love you to infinity and beyond,” a friend posted.

St Michael’s Catholic School principal Kristina Crouch said the board of trustees were both “shocked and saddened” that a suspected homicide had occurred on the school grounds.

“Our school is a close and tight-knit Christian community, and we know that all of our staff, students and their families will be as shocked and upset about this as we are. Obviously, our first concern is the wellbeing of our students and their families.

We would also like to extend our deepest sympathies to the families involved. We encourage our faith community to offer their prayers to those who grieve.”

Crouch said St Michael’s School will be open for instruction this morning.

Detective Inspector Mark Loper said Rotorua police held a briefing on the investigation just before midday on Saturday.

“A scene examination is under way with scientists from ESR, and we are trying to speak to as many people as possible,” he said then.

When asked how long the woman had been dead before emergency services arrived at the scene, Loper said “I can’t tell you that, that’s part of the investigation.”

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■ TONGAN LANGUAGE WEEK

Toe-tapping Tongan morning at preschool Tongan Language Week was celebrated by some of the Ashburton’s youngest residents last week in song, dance and with cultural activities.

The youngsters at the Baptist Early Learning Centre wrapped up their week of activi-

ties on Friday with a special farewell to one of the centre’s staff, Mele Vai, treating her to their own interpretation of Tongan dances and songs. Pre-school teacher Ana Taufa said the children had enthusiastically taken part in a range of Tongan activities such as making

tapa cloth clothing, learning songs, wearing lava lava and sampling Tongan food.

“This is all about children celebrating each other’s culture,” she said.

More than 60,000 people with Tongan heritage live in New Zealand.

Council website An increasing number of people are accessing information about the Ashburton District Council’s services through their website.

User numbers increased by 20.4 per cent in the last year, with a 19 per cent increase in new users.

Visits to the site were up 23,000 to 163,900 for the year to June 30. Pages viewed by visitors also increased, up 18 per cent. New Zealanders made up 86.45 per cent of users followed by the United States, 4.5 per cent and Australia, 3,05 per cent. Maps and district plan zones topped page views followed by information on recycling and the district plan.

Units in hot demand

Happiness is a preschool dance.

The 112 pensioner housing units owned by the Ashburton District Council are in high demand, with occupancy currently running at 98 per cent. One unit is vacant and being redecorated and one resident has been given notice to vacate. The current waiting list stands at two people for a single unit and two for a double unit.

A condition assessment of the units has been undertaken and a progressive upgrade of all units is programmed and budgeted over several years. An energy smart assessment has been completed for all units, insulation has been installed where required.

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Baptist Early Learnng centre teacher Ana Taufa (back) with from left retiring staff member Mele Vai and students Libby Brockhurst, Arcadia-Grace Chapman and Georgia Guthrie.

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Ashburton Baptist Early Learning Centre staff and students celebrating Tongan Language week (from left) Lucas Hopping, Angus Moore, Mele Vai, Libby Brockhurst, Arcadia-Grace Chapman and Georgia Guthrie with Ana Taufa, rear.

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Celebrating the spirit of Tonga in dance at the Baptist Early Learning Centre.

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Dramatic pursuit Armed police have arrested a man in Queenstown after a dramatic pursuit ended with the man locking himself in a petrol station bathroom.

The 40-year-old man was wanted for burglary, including the theft of several cars. He was believed to have stolen a car with firearms in it in Gore on Saturday morning.

Police said in a statement the man was disturbed by another person breaking into a business in Invercargill about 7.45am on Saturday.

He then fled the scene, police said.

“Several hours later, police received information that the man was near Winton in a vehicle heading towards Queenstown along State Highway 6. Police were not in pursuit of the vehicle for the entire distance, but good communication between officers ensured the man’s location was continually monitored,” police said.

Road spikes were deployed near Kawarau Bridge before the man arrived at the Frankton BP service station.

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Graduation ceremony When Grow Mid Canterbury went out of business, students graduating with national certificate qualifications missed out on their graduation ceremony. The Ashburton District Council, however, is about to put that right with plans to hold a ceremony this year. And it’s going one step further, it intends to invite all students who have graduated over the past two years since the demise of Grow Mid Canterbury to attend. In the past the ceremony has been attended by large numbers, with the council giving Grow Mid Canterbury about $3000 to host the event. Because this year’s event will be a catch up year, up to $10,000 has been tagged for the ceremony. The funds will come from the council’s economic development budget.

Fire at smelter Seven fire crews have battled to put out a fire at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. Fire and Emergency crews were called to the fire at New Zealand Aluminium Smelter, near Bluff, at about 2.45am, southern communications shift manager Brent Dunn said.

The fire had destroyed an internal building of the plant, measuring 5m by 20m, between two potlines, Dunn said. “There were no injuries, nothing outside that building has been damaged, and production has not been affected. The plant is still running.” It was a “surgical” operation due to the surrounding area, Dunn said.

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Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1784 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 18, 20, 22, 24, 29, 35.

Bonus number: 17.

Powerball winning number: 2.

Strike: 29, 22, 35, 18.

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■ BARRHILL VILLAGE

Lodge rental NZ’s cheapest at $1

By Sue NewmaN

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The gatekeeper’s cottage at Corwar, Barrhill.

Ashburton might just have the cheapest rental property in New Zealand at just $1 a year.

The property, however, is not one many people would care to live in; it is one of the Ashburton District’s oldest buildings.

The gatekeeper’s cottage at Corwar, Barrhill was built in the 1870s by John Cathcart Wason, owner of Corwar Estate and developer of the Barrhill Village.

It was built as a gatehouse to Corwar Homestead and it was the job of the gatekeeper and his children to open the gates and direct visitors to Wason’s home.

Its first occupants were the Blain family who travelled from Wason’s home estate, Barrhill, in Ayreshire, Scotland to become to new estate’s shepherds and gatekeepers.

Almost 150 years since it was built the lodge has been well restored, but its internal layout remains exactly as it was when first built It is a small building, approximately 46 sqm in size. It has only four rooms

and is constructed of concrete with a hipped slate roof and central chimney.

The concrete walls are approximately 30cm thick.

The roof was originally slate, then corrugated iron which was stripped during World War Two. The roof and the building fell into a state of disrepair. By the late 1960s all that remained was the walls, chimney and part of the roof. Repair work and restoration was undertaken in the early 1970s.

This led to the formation of the Corwar Gatekeepers Lodge Preservation Society and a museum was opened in the lodge in March, 1979.

The lodge is on land now owned by the Ashburton District Council and at Thursday’s finance and business services committee meeting councillors decided to formalise an agreement for the society to manage the lodge under a licence to occupy arrangement.

Given the volunteer hours given to maintaining the lodge and opening the museum, they decided an annual rental of $1 would seal the deal.

The society has no income other than donations that may be given by visitors.

■ BITE NITE 2.0

Bite Nite returns

By Sue NewmaN

Sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

Don’t push your jacket to the back of the wardrobe; there’s an event coming that will require you to wrap up warmly and enjoy a night under the stars.

Building on the success of their inaugural event, Ashburton’s youth councillors are staging Bite Nite 2.0 on September 26 from 5.30pm until 8pm.

This year, the entertainment will be headlined by Kiwi singer Jamie McDell who has two top 10 albums, a New Zealand Music Award, and hundreds of thousands of social media followers to her name.

Jamie will be performing songs

from her latest album Extraordinary Girl along with some of her other hits. A number of local singers and dancers will also take to the stage.

Food trucks will be on hand to keep festivalgoers fed and a photo booth will be on site for everyone to snap and print photos to remember the night.

The event will be held in Baring Square East and to ensure crowds can be accommodated in comfort, Havelock Street from Havelock to Cameron streets will be closed between 4pm and 8pm.

Entry will be a gold coin donation with all funds raised going to support youth organisation, Mid Canterbury Boxing Academy.

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■ OPINION

Each fortnight members of the Ashburton College student executive will bring you happenings from around the schoolyard as part of a new feature in the Guardian. Head Girl Connie Davidson and Head Boy Caleb Livingstone kick things off.

What did you do at school today? “

Connie Davidson

What did you do at school today?”

“Oh yeah, nothing much.”

“What did you learn?”

“Not a lot.”

That sums up 99 per cent of the conversations parents have with their teenagers when they come from school.

Maybe their child did “nothing much” at school, but we are willing to bet that’s not the case.

A quick visit to Ashburton College proves this, because the truth is, apart from all the fantastic learning that goes on every single day, Ashburton College is festooned with ongoing activities.

Perhaps putting it into numbers will give you another perspective. This year alone, 485 students participated in cultural performance activities, 340 students filled leadership responsibilities, more

than 40 students took part in academic competitions and more than 50 senior students were part of either a house executive or the student executive.

The inter-house competition is an integral part of Ashcoll life where every student is welcome to join in.

Students can earn points for their house by participating in the year-round lunchtime sport, in the athletic prelims and finals days and in events such as music evening and lipsync.

Aside from house related events, the sporting culture at Ashburton College is outstanding with so many of our students participating in a range of more than 30 sports from athletics to E-sports and everything in between.

College has an amazing track record of students performing to an extremely high level in sports they are passionate about.

With teams all over the South Island during the previous tournament week, there is certainly no shortage of talent.

Our sports teams and individuals never fail to impress us as they are excellent ambassadors of our college.

The cultural diversity of our College is also something which makes Ashburton College life always exciting.

Our Polyfest group of 59 students are phenomenal performers who represent the pasifika culture aspect of our school community. In addition, our 47 student strong kapa haka group are also outstanding pupils who represent their culture and our schools Maori population with pride.

But there’s one thing that makes Ashburton College life truly enjoyable. It’s not an activity, its not an event or even an initiative, but it makes every day different.

It’s the community feel. It’s Mr Preece standing at the gate every day saying hello to all the students as they walk into school no matter rain or shine.

It’s the tremendous applause that every student receives when they perform a piece at lip sync or Festival of the Spoken Word. It’s the laughter and enjoyment you hear from the lunchtime game of

Caleb Livingstone volleyball on the chessboard and it’s the support every student receives during their time at Ashcoll.

Every student is set up to succeed and flourish at Ashburton College; all it requires is for the student to take the opportunities given to them.

So, when students picture themselves 10 years down the track, they probably won’t remember what they learnt in Year 11 English or Year 9 social studies, but the life out of the classroom will be what remains in their memory.

Ask anyone … your high school years really are the best years of your life. So when you ask your teenager what they did at school and they answer “Not a lot” you know that there is ‘more than a lot’ behind those three words.

■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Do art and water really mix?

By Sue NewmaN

Sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

An attempt by Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel to tie an art exhibition with the Ashburton District Council’s draft surface water strategy failed to win the hearts of her councillors.

At the council’s finance and business services committee meeting on Thursday, councillors took their first look at the draft strategy that will form the basis of a public consultation document.

An introduction to the strategy by Favel read like a report from the Ashburton Art

Gallery, talking about an exhibition that explored cultural and imaginative concepts around water.

Having that statement in the strategy would do nothing but confuse people, said councillor Stuart Wilson.

“What has art got to do with a stockwater strategy?”

Favel defended the link saying it was a way of giving water a different aesthetic, but her councillors weren’t convinced. The art link will now become a footnote.

The draft strategy will be condensed into a document that will be out for consultation later this year.

Let our family care for your family.

The ladies What is the best thing about living at Terrace View?

Frances: It’s Richard, our maintenance man! And the morning tea catch-ups.

Eileen: The friendship that you create here.

Esme: The friendship and the library. I also really enjoy my room.

What do you enjoy about your living space?

Frances: I like the atmosphere of my apartment. It feels like home. The whole place (Terrace View) is beautiful and the grounds are nice.

Eileen: My studio is all I need and it is the way I want it. I can cook for myself and keep my independence.

Esme: I have no gardening to do!

What special things do the staff do to make you like living at Terrace View?

Frances: Everything. And I have a chauffeur now.

Eileen: I like that if you want help, it is right here. The staff are very good to me and I couldn’t do without them. We also go on trips with the staff which I enjoy very much.

Esme: My bed and the staff do what you ask them to do.

(sitting) Frances, Eileen and Esme

Our activities team What kind of activities do you organise?

We organise activities such as: • Reading the newspaper every morning • Housie (bingo) every Monday afternoon • Weekly van trips • Exercise classes three days a week to help with mobility • Volunteers come and play music which the residents really enjoy • Games eg indoor bowls, ladder golf and more • Going out for lunch, movies or afternoon teas • Arts and crafts activities like making handmade cards This is just a snapshot of what we do every day and those activities depend on seasons too.

What do you look for in activities?

Our activities are based on five needs we are trying to fulfil: physical, intellectual, spiritual, social and community connection.

What do you enjoy about being part of the activities team?

What made you get involved in helping the elderly?

Colleen: I have always worked with the elderly and I love it!

It is very rewarding to make our residents’ retirement better and full of fun, laughter and joy.

Sheeran: I was a carer before being part of the activities team so it is a natural progression for me. With this new position, I see residents in a social way and can chat with them more.

It feels really good to make residents’ life more meaningful and make them smile.

Colleen and Sheeran

Our head of housekeeping Tell us a bit about yourself…

I’m from Timaru, however I moved to Ashburton 35 years ago so I am now a local. I have been in retail for over 20 years and enjoyed dealing with people before I took on this new challenging position back in April.

I spend most of my spare time visiting my grandchildren, reading and walking.

What do you enjoy about your new position at Terrace View?

I really like interacting with the residents and get great satisfaction from what my team and I do trying to keep Terrace View spotless. It is a great place to work with a friendly atmosphere.

What do you love about Terrace View?

The residents. They make me smile!

Heather

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ARTS DIARY ■ September 15: Celtic Illusion at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■ September 16: Ashburton Society of Arts Early Spring Show finishes.

■ September 22: Adam McGrath & the Roaring Days at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■ September 28: Assembly Required at the Tinwald Tavern.

■ October 7: Ashburton Society of Arts member art and craft sale at the Short Street Studio.

■ October 10: The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■ October 13: Lions Club of Ashburton County presents Stars in Your Eyes at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■ October 26: Uniquely Ubana - Another Side of Paul Ubana Jones at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■ October 31: Entries close for the Zone Ashburton Female Art Award 2019.

■ November 1: Seven Deadly Stunts and the Messy Magic Adventure at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■ November 5: Social Climbers - A Roger Hall Comedy at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■ November 10 & 11: Armistice Day Remembrance Concerts at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■ November 11: Mid Canterbury Choir presents Messiah with guest soloists at St Stephens Anglican Church.

■ November 28: A Russian Triple Bill at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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School art work on show The Ashburton Art Gallery have wrapped up their first school exhibition since opening on West Street. Ashburton Borough School students produced hundreds of “expression” themed works for the four-day show – including sculpture, mosaics and paintings. An opening was held last Wesnesday night and budding artists Ruby Stewart, Chloe Earnshaw and Marlie Ross (right) were among those enjoying their time in the gallery spotlight.

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Glorious glass work graces gallery Ashburton’s Grace Gallery is sharing the magic of glass art with visitors this month via an array of works from Hakatere artist Tash Sim. The gallery opened a new exhibition on Tuesday night featuring Sim’s iridescent glass jewellery, sculpture and ornaments.

At the fore is a large, illuminated copper and glass sculpture which Sim previously entered into the Ashburton Society of Arts Annual Exhibition. Sim has also used glass to replicate native birds such as fantail and kea and produced a kaleidoscopic wall piece from the

offcuts of her jewellery.

Gallery assistant Grace Henry said the exhibition was a chance to support and celebrate the work of a local artist.

Other works currently featuring in the gallery are paintings

by Methven’s Vashti Johnstone, sculptures from Netherby’s Stuart Mitchell and sculptures from gallery owner and sculptor Brent Holley – as well as paintings from Henry herself.

The Grace Gallery is open from 10-2pm from Wednesday to Saturday, and located at 35 Dobson Street West beside Smiths City.

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s Kiwis we like to stand out in the world, and we do on many fronts, for many great achievements, but there’s one way we stand out that’s not quite so flash.

Put most Kiwis in a non-English speaking country and the wheels of communication will grind to a halt. Unless there’s someone around with a smattering of English, we become isolated in a world of sound that no one but us understands.

Fortunately today there are few countries where no English is spoken; usually we’ll find people with at last some English, enough for us to make our most basic wants and needs known.

To our shame, we are one of very few mono-linguistic countries, learning a second language in New Zealand is an option

rarely available at primary school and only to those who choose at secondary level.

We live in a world where most people speak more than one language, some speak many. Most Kiwis speak one because as a country we’ve never placed high importance on learning a second or third language.

Arrogantly, it’s been our expectation that the rest of the world is like us. That everyone speaks English.

But that might be about to change.

A private members’ bill sponsored by MP Nikki Kaye has been drawn from the Parliamentary ballot and if passed, it would require schools to offer children under 13 at least one other language. She’s compiled a list of 10 priority languages that include Maori, Mandarin and sign language.

Kaye deserves a round of applause. Let’s hope her fellow MPs are as forward thinking.

Changing our mono-linguistic education system is long overdue.

English might be almost a universal language, but if young children are given the opportunity to learn a second or third language, how much easier it will be to learn an additional one if needed when they are adults.

What Kaye is hoping to achieve will only put us on a level playing field with the rest of the world when it comes to communication.

The bill has come up for discussion as Maori Language Week starts and there is a line of thought that if a second language is taught it should be Maori, but why?

Unlike every other language, Maori is spoken only in New Zealand, and while there are strong cultural arguments for it to become part of a school’s curriculum, there are just as many strong arguments against.

The school curriculum is already packed with subjects and if one more is added, it needs to be something that will be an advantage to a student in their post school years.

Absolutely, Maori should be one of the language options, but it should never be compulsory.

As a country we have a growing awareness of the language through the increasing use of Maori words as part of our everyday lives.

Each of probably uses far more Maori words every day than we realise.

We’re learning the language by osmosis. It’s becoming part of what we are, who we are.

We don’t need to make it a compulsory part of a school’s curriculum for that to happen.

Because we’re learning Maori as a living language, not an academic exercise, it has far more relevance to our lives as New Zealanders than it ever would if it became just another subject like music or art.

Eli Manning and the New York Giants 26-21 in the first NFL game to feature two brothers starting at quarterback.

Ten years ago: The world’s largest particle collider passed its first major tests by firing two beams of protons in opposite directions around a 27km ring under the Franco-Swiss border.

Five years ago: An Indian court convicted four men in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus. (The four were later sentenced to death.)

One year ago: After cutting a trail of destruction across the Caribbean, Hurricane Irma blew ashore on the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm with winds of 130 mph; it would destroy 1200 homes and damage 3000 others in the Keys. As Irma headed toward Georgia, Atlanta was under a tropical storm warning for the first time.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Philip Baker Hall is 87. Actor Greg Mullavey is 85. Jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers is 78. Actor Tom Ligon is 78. Singer Danny Hutton

(Three Dog Night) is 76. Singer Jose Feliciano is 73. Actress Judy Geeson is 70. Former Canadian first lady Margaret Trudeau is 70. Rock musician Joe Perry (Aerosmith) is 68. Country singer Rosie Flores is 68. Actress Amy Irving is 65. Actor-director Clark Johnson is 64. Actress Kate Burton is 61. Movie director Chris Columbus is 60. Actor Colin Firth is 58. Rock singer-musician David Lowery (Cracker) is 58. Actor Sean O’Bryan is 55. Baseball Hall of Famer Randy Johnson is 55. Actor Raymond Cruz is 54.

Rock musician Robin Goodridge (Bush) is 53. Movie director Guy Ritchie is 50. Contemporary Christian singer Sara Groves is 46. Actor Ryan Phillippe is 44. Actor Kyle Bornheimer is 43. Actor Jacob Young is 39.

Rock musician Mikey Way is 38.

Ballerina Misty Copeland is 36.

Rock musician Matthew Followill (Kings of Leon) is 34.

Thought for today: “There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” — Zora Neale Hurston, American author (18911960).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, September 10, the 253rd day of 2018.

There are 112 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On Sept. 10, 1963, 20 black students entered Alabama public schools following a standoff between federal authorities and Gov. George C. Wallace.

On this date: In 1813, an American naval force commanded by Oliver H. Perry defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. (Afterward, Perry sent the message, “We have met the enemy and they are ours.”)

In 1846, Elias Howe received a patent for his sewing machine.

In 1919, New York City welcomed home Gen John J. Pershing and 25,000 soldiers who’d served in the US First Division during World War One. In 1935, Senator Huey P. Long died in Baton Rouge two days after being shot in the Louisiana state Capitol, allegedly by Dr Carl Weiss.

In 1939, Canada declared war on Germany.

In 1960, Hurricane Donna, a dangerous Category 4 storm eventually blamed for 364 deaths, struck the Florida Keys.

In 1962, the US Supreme Court ordered the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, a black student.

In 1979, four Puerto Rican nationalists imprisoned for a 1954 attack on the US House of Representatives and a 1950 attempt on the life of President Harry S. Truman were freed from prison after being granted clemency by President Jimmy Carter.

In 1987, Pope John Paul II arrived in Miami, where he was welcomed

by President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan as he began a 10-day tour of the United States.

In 2006, Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts defeated

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ext week we celebrate Suffrage Day, an important moment in our nation’s history when we became the first self-governing country to give women the vote.

It’s a day to remember that history, but also to acknowledge the wonderful women in our lives and in our community.

As with many of us, for me it started with my mother.

When I was growing up my dad was investing every moment he had in getting his small accounting business off the ground. The heavy lifting of parenting fell to my mum.

On top of looking after my sister and me, she worked at my local primary school, played netball, and volunteered for a variety of causes.

What amazed me when I was younger, and still amazes me today, is that with all the other things she had going on, she managed to go back and do night classes. It’s made me a firm believer in life-long education.

Unfortunately both of my grandfathers passed away long before I was born.

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One of them had polio, so my gran was well and truly used to rolling up her sleeves on the family farm. A formidable woman, as you might imagine.

My other grandmother was manpowered into the Post Office during World War Two. She married my grandfather after he returned from the war, and had three daughters.

Tragically he also passed away far too young, leaving my nana to raise them alone.

She died not too many years ago, but before a stroke in her last few months, she was still an active part of the Ashburton community, making food deliveries, and as the last one of her friends with a driver’s licence, driving them all over town.

All three of these strong, brave and impressive women have had

a lasting impact on my worldview, and are one of the reasons I entered politics.

To do everything I can to make the world a safer and fairer place, where everyone has the opportunity to succeed regardless of their gender.

In Mid Canterbury we’re leading the way.

One of my predecessors Jenny Shipley became New Zealand’s first female Prime Minister.

But decades before her our region elected the National Party’s first ever female Member of Parliament, Mary Grigg in the Mid Canterbury by-election of 1942.

That our local women punch above their weight shouldn’t give us pause to rest.

Every year police respond to more than 100,000 domestic violence call-outs across the country where the vast majority of victims are women. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, it’s estimated that 80 per cent of incidents are never reported.

In National’s last term in Government we saw the gender pay gap fall from more than 12 per

cent, to less than 10 per cent, but that’s still too high.

It’s not, as it might have been in my grandparents’ era, a matter of education.

Fewer girls leave school without a qualification than boys, and 60 per cent of tertiary graduates are women.

Politics too, could do with more diversity.

In National’s last term we had a Cabinet of 35 per cent women.

It’s disappointing that its gone backwards under the new Government.

I’m strongly opposed to quotas as Labour have proposed in the past, but all political parties should work to ensure we represent all New Zealanders.

125 years have passed and we’ve come a long way, but we’re not done yet.

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Quake toll now 35 The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rocked northern Japan two days ago has risen to 35 as three people remain missing, local authorities say.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will travel to the island of Hokkaido this week to survey the extent of the damage caused by the magnitude-6.7 quake.

The premier is expected to visit the town of Atsuma, where the quake triggered large-scale landslides that destroyed houses and roads, according to Jiji Press.

Rescuers and soldiers were digging through mud to search for survivors in a sparsely populated area of the town since Thursday.

About 40,000 people, including soldiers, firefighters and police officials, “are working around the clock to engage in search and rescue operations [on Hokkaido]”, government spokesman Yoshihide Suga told a news conference earlier on Saturday.

More than 600 people were injured in the quake, according to the Hokkaido prefecture government.

Thousands of residents were expected to spend another uneasy night in temporary evacuation centres, while a series of aftershocks continued to jolt the region.

More than 130 aftershocks were recorded on the island, according to the Meteorological Agency.

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Power was expected to be fully restored by the end of Saturday, Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko said.

The quake caused a blackout across the whole island, resulting in nearly three mil-

Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts has walked the red carpet to promote her first television series, Amazon Studios’ Homecoming, at the Toronto International Film Festival. Roberts, 50, is the latest major Hollywood star to move to television, joining the likes of Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep and John Travolta.

Many like Roberts have signed on to shows by streaming services like Amazon and Netflix, which are drawing audiences away from traditional TV. Roberts shrugged off the attention her switch to the small screen has garnered.

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lion households losing electricity, and affecting businesses and hospitals.

Toyota Motor said it had decided to halt operations in 16 of its 18 plants in Japan on Monday as its factory on Hokkaido was closed as a result of the blackout. Japan’s largest car-maker produces transmissions at the plant.

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Obama Gun jammed during rampage urges ‘sanity in politics’ Former US President Barack Obama says that November midterm elections will give Americans “a chance to restore some sanity in our politics”, taking another swipe at his successor as he raises his profile campaigning for fellow Democrats to regain control of the House.

Obama didn’t mention President Donald Trump by name during a 20-minute speech in the key Southern California battleground of Orange County but the allusions were clear.

“We’re in a challenging moment because, when you look at the arc of American history, there’s always been a push and pull between those who want to go forward and those who want to look back, between those who want to divide and those are seeking to bring people together, between those who promote the politics of hope and those who exploit the politics of fear,” he said.

His appearance touched on themes of retirement security, climate change and education.

“If we don’t step up, things can get worse,” the former president said.

“In two months, we have the chance to restore some sanity to our politics.”

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The shooter who killed three people in the lobby of a Cincinnati office high-rise could have killed many more if his gun hadn’t jammed during the four-minute rampage, city leaders say.

Newly released security footage from inside the building shows the gunman firing randomly while carrying a briefcase with hundreds of rounds of ammunition over his shoulder.

The footage also showed 29-year-old Omar Enrique Santa Perez walking quickly past a security turnstile on Thursday morning just as he was shot by police officers who fired through a plate glass window.

Cincinnati police chief Eliot Isaac said in-

vestigators don’t know why Santa Perez decided to open fire in the building that headquarters Fifth Third Bancorp.

He never worked there and a search of his apartment did not turn up any answers yet, the chief added.

Isaac said investigators looked at the nine millimetre handgun that Santa Perez bought legally in August and noticed it had jammed at some point.

He had fired 35 rounds inside the lobby as receptionists and other workers starting their day dove for cover, Isaac said.

Santa Perez had entered through a side door, wearing dress pants and a white button-down shirt.

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Dresses up for auction More than 30 dresses and accessories worn on stage by Aretha Franklin are going up for auction. Franklin, referred to as The Queen of Soul, died at age 76 in Detroit on August 16. Julien’s Auctions says the items include a red sequined dress Franklin wore at Radio City Music Hall in 1991, a knit jacket she appeared in with President Bill Clinton at the National Medal of Arts ceremony in 1999 and a denim jacket given to crew members of The Blues Brothers. The auction will take place in person and online on November 10.

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Bid to clean up rubbish patch Engineers in the US will deploy a rubbish collection device to collect plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii in an attempt to clean up the world’s largest rubbish patch in the heart of the Pacific Ocean.

The 600-metre long floating boom will be towed on Saturday from San Francisco to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an island of rubbish twice the size of Texas.

The system was created by The Ocean Cleanup, an organisation founded by Boyan Slat, a 24-year-old innovator from the Netherlands.

“The plastic is really persistent and it doesn’t go away by itself and the time to act is now,” Slat said, adding that researchers with his organisation found plastic going back to the 1960s and 70s bobbing in the patch.

The buoyant, a U-shaped barrier made of

plastic and with a tapered 3m deep screen, is intended to act like a coastline, trapping some of the 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic that scientists estimate are swirling in that gyre but allowing marine life to safely swim beneath it.

Fitted with solar power lights, cameras, sensors and satellite antennas, the clean-up system will communicate its position at all times, allowing a support vessel to fish out the collected plastic every few months and transport it to dry land where it will be recycled, said Slat.

Shipping containers filled with the fishing nets, plastic bottles, laundry baskets and other plastic refuse scooped up by the system being deployed on Saturday are expected to be back on land within a year, he said.

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Feud at fashion party Nicki Minaj and Cardi B were involved in an altercation that got physical at a New York Fashion Week party. Video circulating on social media shows Cardi B lunging toward someone and being held back at Harper’s Bazaar Icons party. Another video shows the platinum rapper being escorted out of the event by security. A person who witnessed the incident said Minaj was finishing up a conversation with someone when Cardi B tried to attack her, but Minaj’s security guards intervened. Cardi B was seen leaving the party with what appeared to be a bump on her head.

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Petralia Soprana, a medieval town in the Madonie Mountains in northern Sicily.

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ar from the packed beaches of Sicily’s busy coastlines, there’s a quieter and wilder world in its high mountains.

In more dangerous times, this was where much of Sicily’s population settled, building castles, towns, monasteries and churches on steep slopes and the tops of mountains as protection against invaders and pirates.

This history of treasured isolation is stunningly revealed in the Madonie Mountains, a set of dramatic peaks dominating Sicily’s north-central coast where the inhabitants live in towns that nesting eagles would be fond to call home.

When night falls, these mountaintop towns, lit up by the glow of lights, hang in the sky, complementing the constellations and shooting stars that can be seen here, a rare spot in Italy where light pollution isn’t a problem.

One of these hanging towns is Geraci Siculo, built with vistas of the Tyrrhenian Sea and, far off over mountains, Mount Etna, Sicily’s smouldering volcano.

To reach Geraci Siculo from the coast means taking a snaking highway up past vineyards, olive orchards, small gardens, livestock and the lively, medieval town of Castelbuono before climbing again through cork tree forests to reach 1100 metres above sea level.

But the vertical ascent is not over. Reaching the piazza and the ruins of a medieval castle involves an ascent on foot up narrow staircases and streets,

past quiet houses and balconies, embellished with an abundance of flowers in the warmer months.

In summer, it’s cool and refreshing here, a relief from the sweltering heat below. It’s even chilly at times, as a mountain storm rolls through all day, delivering an operatic show of thunder, lightning, rains, brilliant displays of sun and darkness with banks of clouds.

Inside a shop, Giovanni Paruta, a 48-year-old butcher, is slicing veal for a client. “It’s the good air,” he said about what makes his town special. “The people, they are so welcoming.”

He handled the slices of veal carefully, and then added: “The water. The water of Geraci has a lot of minerals in it. It’s water that arrives straight from the mountain.”

The town bottles this mineralrich water and sells it, and it gushes year-round from public fountains.

Many locals leave their doors open and say they enjoy life’s simple pleasures. “We don’t have a lot of needs up here,” said Graziella Puleo, a 57-year-old school bus driver and town volunteer in Petralia Soprana, another dramatic mountain town.

For her, and so many others, growing a garden is one of those pleasures. Pointing to rows of vegetables, Puleo listed them: “Green beans, zucchini, eggplants, peppers. They’re better than what you can buy in the store. I put nothing on them but water and a bit of animal manure.”

Traditions carry on, too. There

Butcher Giovanni Paruta inside his shop in Geraci Siculo. are shepherds, whose flocks of sheep often slow traffic on smaller roads. Family-run shops sell delicious local cheeses, breads and sweets. And every town has its artisans and tinkers, who can make and repair anything it seems, from an old pair of shoes to a watch that’s stopped working.

“I fix anything,” said Rosario Scancarello, a 71-year-old handyman in Geraci Siculo, working on a broken toilet float ball. Proving his point, he pulled out a highlyprized accordion he’d previously restored.

The Madonie Mountains are also a place where a bounty of ingredients found in the wild – mushrooms, mint, fennel, truffles, oregano, berries, chestnuts – are cherished by locals who forage for them in the mountains.

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Despite the bucolic setting, not everything is rosy here, many residents said. Why? No jobs, which has, for decades, led to emigration.

“When I was born, there were between 150 and 200 children born a year,” said Santo Sottile, a 57-year-old high school mathematics teacher in Gangi. “Now there are maybe 30 born a year.”

Gangi is an ancient theatre of human activity precipitously arranged on a hillside overlooking a vast plateau of rolling hills and cone-shaped peaks. This is the interior of Sicily, once a breadbasket for the Roman empire.

But in the modern world,

“there is no work. The kids are forced to go away. This will inevitably lead to a decline,” Sottile said.

He looked around the cafe, where he sat alone reading the newspaper on a Saturday afternoon. Outside on the main street, foot traffic was light.

“When we were young, there would have been hundreds, if not thousands, of people” out and about at the height of summer, he added as the cafe owner nodded.

“The Madonie,” Sottile said.

“What remains? Certainly the history.” With that, he got up and went over to the Saint Nicholas Church, a fabulous example of rococo art.

Where to start? It’s filled with paintings, candles and dangling lights, statuary of saints, gold, a crypt with mummies, history.

A gigantic painting of the Last Judgment by Giuseppe Salerno, a 17th century Gangi painter, soars up to the ceiling in a back corner.

The Madonie also cast a spell on those who have left: Every summer, they return for religious processions, family meals, evenings spent among friends at bars and piazzas, soaking up food and customs.

That’s the case with Mimma Sottile and Roberto Dinolfo.

They were attending Mass at the Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit, a church the faithful flock to since miracles were attributed to the site in the 14th century. They live in a city but they were born in Gangi.

“You can’t take it out of us,” said Mimma Sottile.

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In brief Demons future bright Melbourne chief executive Peter Jackson believes the sky is the limit for the Demons in 2018 after their superb AFL elimination final win over Geelong. “Anything’s possible for this team,” Jackson said. “We’ve knocked one over and we’ve got three to go.” In the Melbourne rooms after their 29-point defeat of the Cats, Jackson cast a proud figure. Perhaps more than anyone, the longtime AFL executive has been responsible for turning around the Demons from basket-case to finals force. - AAP

Ryan a key figure West Coast goalsneak Liam Ryan is confident he has turned his life around, saying his early-morning car crash in July was a big wakeup call. Ryan looms as a crucial cog in West Coast’s premiership bid after producing a strong performance in Saturday night’s 16-point qualifying final win over Collingwood. The man known as Flyin’ Ryan tallied 15 disposals, five inside 50s and two goals in the 12.14 (86) to 10.10 (70) win at Optus Stadium.

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Salah stars for Egypt

Marc Juntilla takes the ball up court during his Ashburton College senior boys’ basketball semi-final against Riccarton High School on Saturday.

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Ballers bring home the Cup Ashburton College has had a successful end to the annual secondary schools’ tournament week with the school’s senior boys’ basketball side winning the Schick Southern Cup in Ashburton on Saturday.

The inaugural running of the Schick Southern Cup, a tournament for teams that didn’t qualify

for the South Island zone premierships, was held at Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre and it wrapped up on Saturday afternoon.

Ashburton College’s senior boys’ side went into the tournament as firm favourites and lived up to their ranking, beating Cashmere High School B in the final

87-54. Top scoring for College in the final were Marc Juntilla with 25 points and Quinn Ritchie with 15.

Earlier in the day Ashburton College had sealed their spot in their final with a convincing win over Riccarton High School 10443.

The team they faced in the final

was the same team they played in the tournament’s opening game, where Ashburton College set the tone for the days to come with a 76-62 win.

The tournament’s girls’ final was played out between Lincoln High School and St Margaret’s College and it was won by Lincoln 70-64.

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Hunt fires up over doping opponents Mark Hunt is sick of talking about doping.

The 44-year-old New Zealand mixed martial arts heavyweight has been on a crusade against “shortcut takers” for years, and that came to a head when his unanimous decision loss to Brock Lesnar at a UFC event in 2016 was changed to a no contest when Le-

snar tested positive for doping.

Lesnar was suspended for a year as a result, and Hunt launched a lawsuit against the 41-year-old American, the UFC and its president Dana White.

Lesnar’s ban was later frozen with six months remaining when he retired and returned to WWE. However, Lesnar re-entered the

UFC’s drug-testing pool earlier this year as he works toward a title fight against current champion Daniel Cormier.

Ahead of his upcoming bout against Russian Aleksei Oleinik in Moscow next weekend, Hunt said he saw the current heavyweight title picture as an indication of what the rankings system means.

“It’s a funny look that a guy – especially a steroid using guy – just walks off the street and gets a title shot,” Hunt said.

“At the end of the day it’s about money and that’s how it is. That’s how they work.

“There’s far more deserving guys who deserve a title shot than he does.”

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Mohamed Salah has scored twice, had two assists and had two penalties saved as Egypt beat Niger 6-0 in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.

Liverpool star Salah had his first minute penalty saved in Alexandria, and then his second spot kick was also blocked later in the first half, but this time he reacted quickly to hammer the rebound home to make it 3-0. Before that, Salah had set up the opener on 13 minutes. He headed in his second goal with five minutes to go, before Arsenal’s Mohamed Elneny got the sixth in stoppage time. - AP

Robbed, say England Harry Kane believes England were robbed of a goal that would have prevented their UEFA Nations League opener ending in a 2-1 defeat to Spain. England looked to have snatched a stoppage time draw but the referee ruled Danny Welbeck fouled Spanish keeper David De Gea when collecting a high ball. Asked if it should have stood, Kane said: “Yeah, 100 per cent. In those big environments you need the ref to stay strong and unfortunately he’s bottled it.” - PA

Murray wins again Jamie Murray has won his second straight US Open mixed doubles title, teaming with Bethanie Mattek-Sands to beat Alicja Rosolska and Nikola Mektic 2-6 6-3 11-9. The Scot won last year with Martin Hingis, who was in the box on Saturday to cheer the doubles team at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Murray has become the first man to win consecutive US Open mixed doubles titles since Bob Bryan in 2003 and 2004.

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A flying Brian Matoramusha about to touch down with another five-pointer for Mid Canterbury at the showgrounds on Saturday.

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Hammers hold off Coasters

By Erin TaskEr

Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury got back in the winner’s circle with a 36-29 victory over West Coast in round three of rugby’s Heartland Championship in Ashburton on Saturday.

The visitors dominated early on and scored the opening try of the match through Amenatave Tukana after six minutes, but from there the first half was virtually all Mid Canterbury, with tries to Seta Koroitamana, Jarred Percival and Brian Matoramusha putting the home side out to a 21-7 lead at half-time.

After scoring a double in last weekend’s loss to North Otago, Dan Fransen scored Mid Canterbury’s bonus point try 12 minutes into the second half, before West Coast got one back courtesy of a strong forward pack to make it 28-14.

But not wanting to be outdone, Mid Canterbury’s forwards then sparked into action.

They crushed the Coast scrum to produce a penalty, and from the resulting lineout they shunted the visitors’ pack 30 metres to allow Koroitamana to get over the line for his second try of the afternoon.

West Coast scored another before Andrew Letham continued his strong form with the boot, landing a penalty to give his side a commanding 36-19 lead.

Heading into the match Mid

Canterbury coach Sean Carter said his players needed to work on the mental side of their game, after letting both HorowhenuKapiti and North Otago back into the game in rounds one and two.

They managed to hold on against Horowhenua-Kapiti but lost thanks to a last minute try against North Otago.

When West Coast scored another try to reduce the gap to 36-26 with only a few minutes to go on Saturday, Mid Canterbury needed to heed Carter’s words, and despite having little ball they managed to hold on and defend that lead.

West Coast were awarded a penalty right on full time and while it didn’t impact on the result, they opted to take the three, which brought them to seven points behind and earned them a second bonus point from the match.

Carter said that was a disappointing end because in a tight competition where every point could prove vital come the business end, they couldn’t afford to let other teams get bonus points.

“I didn’t feel like we were going to lose the game, it was just the fact that we had worked so hard on getting good tries and good points on the board – why do we suddenly fall asleep and let teams back in the position of getting bonus points?” Carter said.

But overall, Carter said it was

a much more patient and disciplined performance by his side on Saturday, compared to the week before against North Otago.

There was still plenty of room for improvement.

“We are not finishing as well as we should be.

“We are still really only playing a 40-minute game and we need to up the ante and play for more like 60 minutes and shut teams out,” Carter said.

The biggest work-on from the game was communication and staying linked on defence, particularly in the second half, but one of the biggest positives was his side’s kick receipts, Carter said.

Mid Canterbury would have to be on top of their game in round four, with the Heartland Championship’s most successful team in recent years – Wanganui – in front of them on Saturday, in Wanganui.

Mid Canterbury came through the West Coast game relatively unscathed, with the biggest injury concern being a nasty poke to the eye of lock Tom Blyth, Carter said.

Prop Sam Cottam – who missed Saturday’s game through illness – would also miss the Wanganui game as he was away this weekend, but dynamic back Isireli Masiwini was likely to be back in contention this week after coming through a full 80 min-

utes with the Mid Canterbury A side on Saturday to complete his comeback from injury.

Loan player Aron Einarsson also missed Saturday’s game due to injury and illness, but Carter said he was also likely to be available for selection again this week.

The gap Einarsson left in the loose forwards on Saturday was filled by New Zealand sevens player Jesse Houston – who hailed from Mid Canterbury – and Carter said he played well, pushing boundaries in what was also a comeback from injury for him.

He would also be in the mix for the trip to Wanganui meaning Carter and co-coaches Jason Rickard and Dale Palmer could have a few selection headaches this week, although that wasn’t a bad problem to have.

In other results from round three of the Heartland Championship Wanganui had a 53-0 win over Poverty Bay, while King Country also ensured they’d stay up the top of the standings with a 22-18 win over North Otago.

In Westport, Buller went down to Thames Valley 43-22 while in Ruatoria Wairarapa Bush beat East Coast 26-5.

Horowhenua-Kapiti and South Canterbury played at Wellington’s Westpac Stadium yesterday, and South Canterbury won in a canter 52-22.

“Thor crushes Beast.”

It reads like a Marvel script but instead it was the moment the Wallabies finally realised that Taniela Tupou is the scrum weapon they’ve waited a decade to find.

Saturday night’s 23-18 triumph over the Springboks will never be considered a classic spectacle but for sheer fight under pressure this was as valuable as they come for the Wallabies.

It stemmed the bleeding of four straight test losses and empowered younger Wallabies to believe they can step up because key trio David Pocock, Israel Folau and Adam Coleman were all late withdrawals.

The danger signs were everywhere when the Boks led 15-7 but the Wallabies scrapped, tackled and won with pride through a tryless second half.

The key moment arrived in the 69th minute when the Wallabies set a 5m scrum.

There were none of the earlier wobbles of the scrum and 104Test South African prop Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira went straight to ground under heat from Tupou.

Matt Toomua calmly potted the points for the 23-18 break, his fourth success from five shots and a key component in his manof-the-match display to go with stout tackling.

The greasy, wet conditions made handling difficult and three handling errors by silky Boks fullback Willie le Roux explains errors by the Wallabies too.

Halfback Will Genia was mighty with his smart running, Kurtley Beale had moments but was largely hemmed in his new role at five-eighth and replacement Bernard Foley grabbed the intercept on full-time to repel a relentless South African rally.

The precision of the Wallabies’ fine try in the opening two minutes for Michael Hooper bore no resemblance to the power balance for the rest of the first half.

It was an 11-phase strike with Beale instantly into creative mode with a loop pass playing second receiver outside Matt Toomua.

What changed?

The crunching power of the Springboks hurling bodies into rucks and their splintering, driving mauls off lineouts were a huge statement of their strength.

When Boks hooker Bongi Mbonambi was propelled over for 10-7 from one such surge there were serious danger signals for the men in gold.

Down 15-7, the Wallabies need a spark or a lucky break and they grabbed the latter. A completely misfired lineout throw from Mbonambi 5m from his own tryline flew so high and long it bounced straight into the arms of Toomua who slide over for a desperately needed try and 15-14.

The poor crowd of 27,849 was around 3000 under the corresponding test in 2016 against the Boks and was a fair litmus test that the Wallabies’ patchy form this season is costing them big money at the turnstiles as well.

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In brief Retallick out six weeks The All Blacks look set to be without injured star forward Brodie Retallick for the rest of the Rugby Championship. World-class lock Retallick limped off holding his shoulder 10 minutes into the 46-24 win over Argentina on Saturday.

He suffered damage to rotator cuff cartilage after 90 seconds and played on before succumbing to pain. Coach Steve Hansen said the bruising 27-year-old, who was arguably the best player across last month’s two Test thumpings of Australia, will be out for a maximum of six weeks depending on scan results.

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SBW back in the ring The All Blacks have given Sonny Bill Williams the green light to box again, believing his December fight won’t impact on their test programme. Williams will return to the ring on December 1 in Sydney in the headline fight of the Banger under the Hanger promotion against a yet-to-be-named opponent. The fight falls on the weekend after the All Blacks’ final test of the year, against Italy in Rome. Coach Steve Hansen has received assurances from Williams and his agent Khoder Nasser that the fight will have no impact on his training and playing during the November tour of Europe.

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Tasman to bounce back Ben Smith tries to power his way through the Argentinian defences during Saturday night’s test match in Nelson.

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Quality win for young ABs

By GreGor Paul It might take a bit of time for the quality of the All Blacks’ 46-24 victory over Argentina to sink in.

Mindsets will need to be adjusted as most will have the dial set to the old Pumas.

Since they came into the Rugby Championship in 2012 they have conformed to a particular pattern.

They have been willing but not so able.

They have been physical without the finesse to manipulate the last vestiges of the defence.

They have been a 65-minute team – tough, frustrating and rugged; hard to break down until the last quarter when they make a few mistakes and are punished.

But the old Argentina may be just that.

In Nelson, the new Pumas were unveiled.

Well, technically, they were unveiled two weeks ago in Argentina when they comfortably beat the Springboks, but this was their first outing on these shores as a side with confidence and conviction.

The Pumas demanded plenty of a young All Blacks side and for the most part, a young All Blacks side responded.

Every time they conceded a try they bounced straight back.

Every mistake they made, they recovered.

Every time they were breached,

they scrambled back and defended with the sort of die-for-thecause attitude that coaches love to see.

And when they needed a killer play, they found it.

Life can’t be bad when the All Blacks can make a handful of changes and still get close to scoring 50 points against a good team.

The biggest positive was Ben Smith.

It’s not that he surprised anyone with his brilliance – that’s

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cated about his game – he came on to the ball hard and didn’t see Pumas hanging off him as a good reason to stop running.

“You couldn’t be anything other than extremely happy with him,” said All Blacks coach Steve Hansen.

“He found a second wind and I thought he and Ardie [Savea] were outstanding in those last 15 minutes.

“He can be really satisfied with how he has gone.”

Frizell also made a few telling

For a young man having to drive the team around for the first time he did it okay

been his standard offering for almost six years now.

It was the fact that his sabbatical has so obviously paid off.

He took five months off last year and that explains why he was looking so physically sharp and mentally aware.

Shannon Frizell, of the new brigade, probably did the most to enhance his standing.

He went for the full 80 and there was no let-up in his approach.

Nor was there anything compli-

tackles and on balance he possibly edged the other candidate for emerging man of the match — Karl Tu’inukuafe.

The man who began the year without a Super Rugby contract more than did his part in crushing the Pumas scrum.

It wasn’t much of a contest at all and Tu’inukuafe is a set-piece phenomenon.

“Really happy,” said All Blacks captain Kieran Read about the scrummaging.

“The Argies are a good forward pack.

“The big boys deserve a big pat on the back for that.

“They threw a lot of tricks at us and I thought we did really well there.”

The less positive, but by no means negative performance, came from Richie Mo’unga.

The much-hyped youngster missed touch with two penalties, dropped the ball in contact a couple of times and had an air of nervousness about him.

He didn’t look as composed as he normally does and that was precisely the point Hansen has been trying to make for some time now – that test rugby is totally different to Super Rugby.

The pace, pressure and intensity of the game troubled Mo’unga a little, although he still managed to put in a solid shift.

“It was always going to be a tough day because the opposition were tough,” said Hansen.

“For a young man having to drive the team around for the first time he did it okay.

“There will be parts of his game he won’t be happy with.

“It is a difficult position to come into so we are happy enough with him.

“We got the opportunity to blood some young men and have them put under pressure.

“We showed a lot of strength of character.

“We did well.”

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Tasman have been taught a valuable lesson ahead of a clash with Taranaki this week. A classy Auckland side crushed the Mako 36-10 at Eden Park last Friday. “It was a good learning opportunity for our boys,” MacDonald said.

“This is a good chance to reflect and think about how we mentally prepare for the game. It’s not the physical side, it’s the mental side to get back up again. You only have to be one or two per cent off your game and we saw [against Auckland] what happens when you are.”

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Battle of the Bays Hawke’s Bay had their work cut out for them in the Battle of the Bays. The Magpies had to deal with a steaming Bay of Plenty side looking to get back on track after a loss last week, but, in a pulsating encounter, Hawke’s Bay found their way home, claiming a 29-28 win. It was a day for the halfbacks, with both Brad Weber and Richard Judd scoring two tries, but the Magpies simply outlasted Bay of Plenty, who gave up a try to reserve prop Joe Apikotoa in the final 90 seconds to fall by a solitary point.

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Wellington into second Wellington has moved into second place on the Mitre 10 Cup premiership log after a 35-23 win over North Harbour yesterday. It was Wellington’s second game in five days. They didn’t make it easy for themselves, failing to take advantage of a lop-sided possession and territory count, but did enough to edge past Harbour with two late tries. The bonus-point win lifts Wellington to 17 points and second on the premiership table, above Canterbury (15 points) and Tasman (14), who have both played a game less.

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In brief Warriors’ season over Like their season as a whole, the New Zealand Warriors were brilliant in patches, threatened better things but were ultimately the masters of their own demise as they exited the NRL for 2018. Lauded for producing their best season since 2011’s grand final effort, the Warriors would be justifiably disappointed with Saturday’s rudderless display against the Panthers. Early tries to Issac Luke and David Fusitu’a had many daring to dream as the visitors skipped to a 12-2 lead. But injury to Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and an inability to contend with James Maloney conspired to thwart the Warriors.

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Panthers optimistic

Qhayde Culshaw was one of the many kids who turned out to Saturday’s Ashburton Barbarians rugby league muster day.

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Juniors on the agenda

By Erin TaskEr

Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz

When the Ashburton Barbarians rugby league club put out a call for junior players last week, they had no idea what sort of response there would be.

But the club had been overwhelmed.

At a registration and training day at Ashburton’s Robilliard Park on Saturday they were inundated with keen young kids wanting to give the sport a go.

The Barbarians had been looking for players to form an under-8 and under-10 team to play in a mini tournament at Robilliard Park on Saturday ahead of a double-header to open the 2018 Aoraki Cup competition.

It looked like they would have enough players to form two under-8 teams and were just short of being able to field two under-10 teams.

It was exciting for the club, but also a little daunting as the prospect of one day expanding the club to include junior teams came a lot closer to being a reality.

Ashburton Barbarians juniors co-ordinator Matt Milne said this season had been about rebuilding for the Barbarians club.

They had just the one senior team and while the players were committed and dedicated on the park, the club had been struggling for manpower behind the scenes.

They’d put more structure in

He admits they have some improving to do to catch up with the heavyweights but Penrith caretaker Cameron Ciraldo remains quietly confident his team can give the title a shake. The Panthers will meet Cronulla in a semi-final next week after scoring a composed 27-12 win over the Warriors. But Ciraldo concedes they have to find another gear next week. Asked how much damage his team could do in the finals, Ciraldo said: “We’ve got to get through next week first and that’s going to be a tough game. Whoever we play, it’s going to have to take a big effort. We’re going to need to be better than what we were even tonight.” - AAP

place in 2018 and were looking to the future in terms of maybe one day adding juniors.

Milne said the club had fielded interest from parents throughout the season, but junior teams weren’t in the club’s first year plans.

Given the interest though, junior teams could well now be a part of year two plans.

“I think we are actually quite daunted by how to do it, because everything we have done

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thing to start up in Ashburton,” Milne said.

The Barbarians youngsters would play against teams from Rolleston, Christchurch and Timaru on Saturday, with games getting under way at 9am, before the big boys took over in the afternoon.

The first round of the Aoraki Cup would see the Chertsey Oilers take on the Timaru Outlaws in game one at Robilliard Park at 1pm on Saturday, with the Ash-

A lot of the feedback was that they were just waiting for something to start up in Ashburton

this year, there’s been so many changes happening so quickly and (having junior teams) was always there and it got talked about, but it was just ‘how are we going to do this?’

“And now it’s been fast-tracked and we are just taking it step by step.”

Among those who had shown an interest in playing for the Barbarians juniors were some young players whose parents had been taking them through to Rolleston or Hornby to play league.

“A lot of the feedback was that they were just waiting for some-

burton Barbarians and the Country Cowboys – the two teams that played in last year’s Aoraki Cup final – squaring off at 3pm.

“We are going to have over 200 players from juniors to seniors there on Saturday.

“It started off something small and it turned into a pretty big day,” Milne said.

The following week the Chertsey Oilers and the Ashburton Barbarians would play in round two, and the week after that all teams would head to Timaru for another double header, and it was hoped the junior teams

would also feature again that day.

After that, the Barbarians would assess how it had gone and whether they would seriously look at fielding junior teams in 2019’s competitions.

Milne said, in his memory, Ashburton had last had junior league teams in the 1990s.

“The first junior side was an under-14 side in 1992, that’s when the original rugby league side was trying to get up and running, and the following year in 1993 they had an under-15s tournament and teams from Christchurch and a team from Timaru came up, and that’s the only time there has been junior league here in my memory,” Milne said.

At Saturday’s muster day, members of the Ashburton Barbarians side which played in the Canterbury Rugby League division one competition this season were on hand to lend a hand, and found it to be a humbling experience, Milne said.

Kids knew their names and had plenty of questions for them.

“We’d been telling them all season about the impact they were having on the community.

“You can hear something and hear something, but when they came along and saw all the little kids here I think it truly showed them just how big an impact they have had.

“It was humbling to think that you have become a bit of a role model,” Milne said.

New Zealand Rugby League officials will be sweating on scans for star Roger Tuivasa-Sheck after he suffered a suspected medial ligament as the Warriors crashed out of the NRL finals. TuivasaSheck had to be assisted from the field midway through the first half following his knee colliding with Sione Katoa. The focus now turns on his availability for the Kiwis’ test against Australia in Auckland on October 13.

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Cronk inspires Roosters Cooper Cronk was brought to Bondi Junction to deliver one thing – an NRL title. And now he’s threatening to lift the Provan Summons Trophy in his first year at the Roosters. They have plenty to crow about after Cronk inspired them to a 21-12 defeat of Cronulla which has them one game away from the grand final. The moment, the TriColours are flying high after Cronk turned in a masterful performance against the Sharks including delivering the coup de grace with a 73rd-minute field goal. Should the Roosters make it through to the season decider, it will be the former Melbourne maestro’s third grand final in as many years. - AAP

Sharks lose Graham Cronulla will have to continue their premiership quest without Wade Graham after scans confirmed the star second-rower tore his ACL in Saturday’s loss to the Sydney Roosters. Graham limped from the field early in the first half at Allianz Stadium after fumbling a Cooper Cronk grubber before colliding with Isaac Liu in the lead-up to a Roosters try. “I spoke to him this morning. He’s unfortunately done his ACL. He’ll be out for the rest of the season,” Sharks skipper Paul Gallen said.

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■ RICCARTON

Profitable spring looming South Island filly Emily Margaret announced her candidacy for some of the bigger spoils on offer in the coming months with a stunning last to first performance at Riccarton on Saturday.

Placed in two starts as a juvenile, the Pins filly was having her first run for the season off the back of a stylish trial win at Rangiora last month.

Despite taking on a field that included a number of race winners, the Kevin and Pam Hughes trained galloper was confidently expected to feature prominently in the finish.

Settled well back in the early stages of the 1000m scamper by visiting North Island apprentice Jasmine Fawcett, Emily Margaret bided her time until well into the home straight.

Hooked to the outside by Fawcett, the filly swept to the front as she cruised clear to win untouched by two lengths from race favourite William James.

“You never like to be too confident heading into a race, but I really thought she was a big winning chance,” Kevin Hughes said.

“She had been working up with our good sprinter Carnival and they were flying.

“We had given her a little break after she had run third back in June and she just thrived.

“She’s filled out nicely and we think she could be in for a very good campaign.”

Hughes will now set his sights on some upcoming local features with the filly who is owned by long-time stable client Rodger Finlay and his wife.

Finlay purchased Emily Marga-

M3

Trainer Stephen Marsh doubled his pleasure at Wanganui on Saturday when Bobby Dazzler prevailed in a tooth and nail struggle to win the Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas.

The Cambridge conditioner had started his day in the best possible way when he took out the first race on the card with promising juvenile Sai Fah. Looking to add a second victory from his fourstrong team at the meeting, Marsh was confident of a good showing from Bobby Dazzler despite the Zed colt coming in to the day’s feature event off a lacklustre showing at Te Rapa.

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Peaceful too powerful Peaceful was anything but at the Wanganui Spring Races as the Cambridge horse found the hole and powered from the back to claim the O’Leary Stakes for three-year-olds over 1200m on Saturday. Ridden expertly by Matthew Cameron, Peaceful claimed the first $50,000 Black Type race of the afternoon in impressive fashion, winning for trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, along with the ownership group of G P Clarke, P W O’Rourke and JML Bloodstock Ltd. - NZME

Guilty of race-fixing Emily Margaret, with Jasmine Fawcett aboard, strolls past her rivals to take out the $25,000 NZ Bloodstock Plate at Riccarton on Saturday. William James and Eastern Warrior filled the minors.

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ret for $55,000 from the Trelawny Stud draft during the Select session of the 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale at Karaka.

“Rodger has had horses with us for a number of years and we would like to win a good race for him,” Hughes said.

“Her immediate aim is the Canterbury Belle Stakes back here in a fortnight and safely

through that she will have a run over 1400m before we hope to get her into the 1000 Guineas at Cup Week.

“She is from a good sprinting family but the way she relaxes in her races I think she is quite capable of getting the mile of the Guineas comfortably.

“She will have to keep improving to foot it with the good ones that will target that race, but it’s

on her home patch and we think she is up to it.”

The Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) is the feature event at Riccarton Park on September 22 with the Gr.1 Gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) being raced on the final day of the New Zealand Cup Carnival on November 17.

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One of Australia’s premier drivers has been fined $20,000 and faces industry sanctions after being found guilty of race-fixing. Nathan Jack was one of three people found guilty in the Wodonga Magistrates’ Court, two years after they were arrested.

Fellow drivers Mark Pitt (fined $15,000) and Lisa Bartley ($5000) were also found guilty and all three were immediately suspended by Harness Racing Victoria. The trio were found guilty of engaging in conduct that corrupts or would corrupt the betting outcome of an event or event contingency.- NZHN

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manawatu 10 27421 Podium Phobia nwtd ..........................L Cole 3 17466 Naharis 22.12....................................D Edlin 6 23F24 Bigtime Jetty nwtd ..............................L Cole Raceway Meeting Date: 10 Sep 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 3 1.20 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESORIES C2, 375m 4 51562 Sozin’s Fortune 22.13 ...............J McInerney 7 75363 Jetlag Jag nwtd .........................J McInerney Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1 12852 Tammy’s Fire nwtd ............................M Flipp 5 67172 Bigtime Spark nwtd ............................L Cole 8 3 Kamada Park nwtd ......................A Turnwald 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 6 21274 Bigtime Kylie 21.56 ............................L Cole Emergencies: 2 34716 Bigtime Redo nwtd G &.......... S Fredrickson 1 12.45pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY 3 51151 Bigtime Eyore 21.43...........................L Cole 7 67333 Bigtime Emjay 21.69 G & ....... S Fredrickson 9 45588 Arthur’s Crown nwtd.........................R Waite 8 11876 Nicky Baxter nwtd .....................J McInerney 10 6F666 Bigtime Kiowa nwtd ............................L Cole MONDAY C0 C0, 375m 4 24713 Choice Lass 21.83 ..........................C Morris 9 44452 Party Every Day nwtd..................A Turnwald 8 2.47pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C1, 457m 1 742F7 Goldstar Wilson nwtd .......................S Stone 5 15454 Fantastic Teddy 21.67 .................A Turnwald 10 72288 Lucky Sunday 21.73..................J McInerney 2 Heavenly Eyes nwtd..................... T Downey 1 22287 Flying Lachie nwtd ......................A Turnwald 6 67621 Bigtime Joshy nwtd G & ......... S Fredrickson 3 76631 Zara Cheebee nwtd ..........................M Flipp 2 24343 Dream On Dreamer nwtd ................M Olden 7 26782 Blackjack Man 21.65 ..................B Goldsack 6 2.13pm J P PRINT, PETONE C4 C4, 375m 4 74756 Bigtime Polly nwtd .........................M Gowan 1 23556 Mikachu 21.84.............................A Turnwald 3 37658 Bigtime Buster 26.41 G & ...... S Fredrickson 8 31264 Cawbourne Cruz 21.85 ................M Roberts 5 42422 Yee Coo Coo nwtd ....................J McInerney 2 35854 Cawbourne Mezza 21.30 J & ..............D Bell 4 x3511 Bigtime Leeroy nwtd...........................L Cole 9 37422 Bigtime Hunter nwtd...........................L Cole 6 421 Pick A Pascal nwtd......................A Turnwald 10 82343 Retail Mayhem nwtd....................... L Pearce 3 25421 Kirkham Coby 21.54 .......................C Morris 5 57654 Bigtime Nibbles nwtd.......................L Doody 7 It’s Timmy nwtd .........................J McInerney 4 1.37pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C4/5, 375m 4 26688 Frisky Gambler 21.71 ..................A Turnwald 6 43873 Spot On Hearty nwtd ...............E Duganzich 8 365x6 Idol Fancy Pants nwtd .......................M Flipp 5 8688x Fusion Cronulla nwtd ..................A Turnwald 7 54632 Big League Diva 26.37 ................A Turnwald 1 76413 Bigtime Basher 21.25.........................L Cole 9 6x864 Sly John nwtd J & ...............................D Bell 6 27741 Bigtime Eve nwtd ...............................L Cole 8 55354 Tiddy Cash nwtd .......................J McInerney 2 11413 Benny Burrito 21.31 ....................A Turnwald 10 86837 Way Anchor nwtd .......................B Goldsack 7 66217 Butterball 21.61 .............................M Gowan 9 34758 Cawbourne Muzza 26.33 J & ..............D Bell 3 55461 Opawa Lyon 21.63 ............................. N Udy 8 15274 Cawbourne Liz 21.63 ...................M Roberts 10 57866 Kushka nwtd H &............................... Woods 2 1.02pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1 C1, 375m 4 72873 Smash Charger nwtd ....................M Gowan 9 71748 King’s Call 21.96 ..............................R Waite 9 3.05pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1, 457m 1 12541 Idol Dude nwtd ..................................M Flipp 5 64278 Bigtime OnFire 21.68 .........................L Cole 2 61165 Homebush Rieko nwtd ..............J McInerney 1 13 Trojan Hoarse nwtd ............................L Cole 6 31536 Tazia 21.56................................... D Denbee 10 86717 Feel The Force 21.61 ............... S Gommans 3 26212 Sub Eighteen 21.99 ...........................L Cole 7 23837 Bigtime Crackem 21.18 ......................L Cole 7 2.29 RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH 2 43346 Lucky James nwtd.............................M Flipp 4 86588 Cawbourne Bettsy 22.02.......... K Gommans 3 27782 Cossie Cooper nwtd........................M Olden 8 13667 Mila Mila 21.68 ............................A Turnwald C0 C0, 457m 5 76768 Skitzer nwtd ............................. K Gommans 1 34F2 Here’s Hemi nwtd ......................J McInerney 4 72367 Queen Big League nwtd .............A Turnwald 9 71748 King’s Call 21.96 ..............................R Waite 6 5F111 It’s Complicated 22.16........................L Cole 10 86626 Hard Merch 21.45 G & ........... S Fredrickson 2 5 Dee Bee Gee nwtd..................... G Hodgson 5 54221 Gentleman Tim nwtd ...................A Turnwald 7 12411 Cheese And Chalk 21.78 ...................L Cole 5 1.55pm IONLYFLYFIRSTCLASS.COM C3 C3, 375m 3 45273 Lizzy O’Shea nwtd ......................B Hodgson 6 72344 Jinja Flash nwtd ................................D Edlin 8 77466 Cawbourne Serina 21.64 ............. T Downey 4 54422 Cookie Biscuit nwtd ...........................M Flipp 7 54331 He’s A Sharkie nwtd ................. K Gommans 1 62435 Bigtime Autumn 21.90 ........................L Cole 9 35334 Idol Alan 22.06 ..................................M Flipp 5 2721 Bill’s Barker nwtd.............................S Maher 8 45528 Bigtime Allgood 26.70 G & ..... S Fredrickson 2 65137 Scotta Pie 21.54............................. L Pearce

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9 55678 Cawbourne Sandy nwtd ........... S Gommans 10 34758 Cawbourne Muzza 26.33 J & ..............D Bell 10 3.22pm BROOKS TIMING C1 C1, 457m 1 45843 Tuna Speed nwtd .....................E Duganzich 2 32646 Cawbourne Lick 26.53 J & ..................D Bell 3 23477 Bigtime Lonestar 27.28 G & ... S Fredrickson 4 24465 Bigtime Monty 26.10 ..........................L Cole 5 52377 Bradam Begins nwtd ...................A Turnwald 6 13 Billy’s Churn 26.58 ..................... G Hodgson 7 7F716 Firefly Laffey 26.47......................A Turnwald 8 66218 Rose And Crown nwtd .................M Goodier 9 16668 Flying Dewy nwtd ........................A Turnwald 10 57866 Magma nwtd ...................................L Doody SELECTIONS

Race 1: Zara Cheebee, Yee Coo Coo, Heavenly Eyes Race 2: Cheese And Chalk, Sub Eighteen, Homebush Rieko Race 3: Bigtime Eyore, Tammy’s Fire, Choice Lass, Blackjack Man Race 4: Benny Burrito, Bigtime OnFire, Opawa Lyon Race 5: Party Every Day, Bigtime Kylie, Bigtime Spark Race 6: Bigtime Eve, Cawbourne Liz, Cawbourne Mezza Race 7: Bill’s Barker, Lizzy O’Shea, Dee Bee Gee, Here’s Hemi Race 8: Big League Diva, Spot On Hearty, Dream On Dreamer Race 9: Gentleman Tim, Trojan Hoarse, He’s A Sharkie Race 10: Tuna Speed, Firefly Laffey, Bigtime Lonestar LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 9 26828 Bigtime Owen 26.42 G & ....... S Fredrickson porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 10 10 48887 Bigtime Sandy 26.15 G &....... S Fredrickson Sep 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 2 3.57pm KAMADA PARK C3 C3, 457m 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 1 55175 Bigtime Rosie 26.24 G &........ S Fredrickson 1 3.42pm ADRIAN CLARK BLOODSTOCK CONSUL- 2 48533 Bigtime Forest 26.21 ..........................L Cole TANT C2 C2, 457m 3 41357 Tommy The Jett nwtd ..................A Turnwald 1 12654 Cawbourne Ridge 26.47 J & ...............D Bell 4 75872 Bigtime Jason 26.00 ..........................L Cole 2 13184 Midnight Molly 26.42 ...................B Hodgson 5 31365 Mister Ebby 26.09 .......................A Turnwald 3 56781 Tipperary Mel nwtd ............................L Cole 6 86487 Bigtime Phantom 26.12......................L Cole 4 21214 Goldstar Sawyer nwtd ......................S Stone 7 72543 Rumors 26.29 ....................................L Cole 5 67533 Bigtime Acacia 26.22 .........................L Cole 8 73221 Bigtime Serena 25.94 ........................L Cole 6 12118 Buddy Loaded 26.23 .................. G Hodgson Emergencies: 7 24x56 Shareef nwtd ...............................A Turnwald 9 1F868 All Black Star 26.18..................E Duganzich 8 17627 Thrilling Stan nwtd ............................D Edlin 10 76366 Bigtime Wild 26.50 G & .......... S Fredrickson

3 4.17pm STEVE ‘THE AUCTIONEER’ DAVIS C3/C4 2 24537 Lunch Special 26.14 ..........................L Cole 3 86467 Bigtime Liam 25.97 ............................L Cole C3/4, 457m 4 81485 All About Space 26.04 .............E Duganzich 1 61278 Five Eyes 25.98 ........................... D Denbee 5 Box Vacant 2 28145 Blazin’ Audrey 26.09 ..........................L Cole 6 44245 Arden Emgrand 26.07 .................A Turnwald 3 44173 Bigtime Michelle 25.80 .......................L Cole 7 36763 Cawbourne Palmer 25.93 ...........A Turnwald 4 22211 Bigtime Fred 26.04 .............................L Cole 8 57712 Bigtime Vanessa 25.87 ......................L Cole 5 13657 Djay Dynamix 25.79 ...........................L Cole 6 18136 Bigtime Mike 26.18 ............................L Cole 5 4.52pm NZ RACING SERIES ADVANCED (C4-C5) 7 62555 Bigtime Zack 26.25 ............................L Cole FINAL NZRSf, 457m 8 12662 It’s A Threat nwtd ........................A Turnwald 1 37632 Bigtime Caleb 26.04...........................L Cole 9 34586 Millie Prince 26.46..............................L Cole 2 23324 Idol Tom 26.56...................................M Flipp 10 55388 Bigtime Coffee 25.89 G & ...... S Fredrickson 3 28316 Bigtime Wendle 25.93 ........................L Cole 4 73741 Bigtime Twinkle 25.94 ........................L Cole 4 4.37pm M & M MASTER BUTCHERS C4/5, 457m 5 43253 Bigtime Doug 25.82 ...........................L Cole 1 11253 Monster Fish 26.01 .....................A Turnwald

6 36862 Thomas William 25.97.................. D Denbee 7 38184 Bigtime Tears 25.87 ...........................L Cole 8 53263 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole Emergencies: 9 62555 Bigtime Zack 26.25 ............................L Cole 10 81485 All About Space 26.04 .............E Duganzich SELECTIONS

Race 1: Tipperary Mel, Buddy Loaded, Cawbourne Ridge Race 2: Bigtime Jason, Bigtime Phantom, Rumors, Bigtime Rosie Race 3: Djay Dynamix, Bigtime Fred, Five Eyes, Bigtime Zack Race 4: Monster Fish, Arden Emgrand, All About Space Race 5: Bigtime Wendle, Bigtime Levi, Idol Tom, Bigtime Tears LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Monday, September 10, 2018

■ TENNIS

REAL ESTATE

Epic meltdown Naomi Osaka has became Japan’s first grand slam champion after she beat Serena Williams in a controversial US Open final.

The 6-2 6-4 victory appeared routine enough but the match will be long remembered for a row between Williams and the chair umpire.

The headlines were supposed to be about the American’s bid for a record-equalling 24th grand slam title and Osaka trying to become Japan’s first slam winner but instead an argument with umpire Carlos Ramos that escalated dominated the match.

Williams was furious when she was given a coaching violation early in the second set after a hand gesture from her coach Patrick Mouratoglou.

She was then docked a point for a second violation when she smashed her racquet after dropping serve at 3-3.

The 36-year-old Williams maintained that she “is not a cheater” and demanded an apology.

Ramos gave her a third violation, which resulted in a game penalty, putting Osaka 5-3 ahead.

Williams continued arguing with tournament officials, fighting back tears, when they came onto the court to hear her pleas for fair treatment.

Despite the drama in her first major final, 20-year-old Osaka maintained her focus to serve out the victory.

The presentation ceremony began with booing from the crowd before a tearful Williams said, to wild cheers: “I don’t want to be rude. I don’t want to do questions.

“I just want to tell you guys she played well.

“Let’s make this the best moment we can and get through it and give credit where credit is due.

“No more booing. Let’s be positive.”

Osaka was also in tears, and said: “I know everyone was cheering for her and I’m sorry it had to end like this. I just want to say thank you for watching the match.

“It was always my dream to play Serena in the US Open finals.

“I’m really glad I was able to do that.”

- PA Things gets heated at the US Open.

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Holy Name Pastoral Centre, Cnr Winter Street and Burnett Street. (every Monday, excludes public holidays).

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

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1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Social games, new members welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

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7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. All ages and abilities welcome, racquets available. E A Network Centre Stadium, 20 River Terrace.

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Cryptic crossword

Monday, September 10, 2018

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Framing the truth is a social skill. As it is with all framing, there are decisions to be made about the positioning.

Cropping is an option, and it’s one you should strongly consider today.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): We are all stuck inside ourselves, though some more than others.

Empathy isn’t just a virtue for better souls; it’s a ticket to living more lives than just the one we live from behind our own eyeballs.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): There are sunk costs to consider – money, time and energy you’ll never get back. Recall them and say goodbye. Those sunk costs are a thing of the past and have no bearing on your next step .

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Basic daily occurrences seem to have special meaning when you’re with someone you love, but this does not happen because you’re with someone you love.

Appreciate your own part in the experience.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Trust is a commodity. People who are entrusted are able to do and experience things that distrusted people cannot. Trust that is freely given won’t buy much, though earned trust can open entire worlds.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’ll become sensitive to another person’s tendencies and rhythms and be able to predict this person’s next move – a form of love, really, as it requires a certain quality of attention to figure out.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): As your guiding planet, Venus, communicates freely today, so will you. This communication isn’t restricted to loved ones or even humans. You’ll be in kinship with animals, rocks, even the sky.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Sociology teaches us lying is innate. Sign language-trained gorillas tell fibs, as do toddlers. Today you’ll hear lies of little consequence, you’d be gracious to ignore them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): It is said that each person is a world. Though you enjoy tourism, you’ll spend the most time with those whose worlds you relate to. Bonds will be built in realities that are shared, not imposed.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Protect your solitude. If you’re with even one other person, you won’t be completely yourself. Alone, you’ll have a spiritual stillness that allows you to get a better feel for what is worth doing.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): It’s challenging to save money when there are so many things you need and want. Your increased interests and appetites make this a good time to explore a side business.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Helping others have their fun will be much easier to do when you’ve helped yourself first. It’s wrong, selfish even, to ignore your own need for comfort, pleasure and excitement.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 9.4 9.6 Max to 4pm -2.7 Minimum -8.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm September to date 26.6 Avg Sep to date 16 2018 to date 677.2 477 Avg year to date Wind km/h E4 At 4pm Strongest gust N 19 Time of gust 2:27pm

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Areas of morning cloud, then fine.

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6:30 Kune’s Kitchen 3 0 6:40 Takaro Tribe 3 6:50 Peppa Pig 0 7am My Little Pony 3 0 7:25 Matt Hatter Chronicles 3 0 7:50 Thunderbirds Are Go! 3 0 8:15 The Lion Guard 3 0 8:35 Captain Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Claude The Expert PGR 0 11:30 Less Than Perfect (Starting Today) 3 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle AO 1pm Judge Rinder 2pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Chuggington – Little Trainees 0 3:35 Kirby Buckets 0 4pm Fanimals 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

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12:50 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2

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8pm Native Affairs 8:30 This Way Of Life PGR 3 10pm F Taha Tauiwi 3 10:30 Te Matatini 3

6am The Home Show 7am Tiny House Hunting 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 Flippin’ RVs 9:30 Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure 10:30 Building The Dream 11:30 Flipping Bangers 12:30 Storage – Flog The Lot! 1:30 Everest Air 2:30 Penguins On A Plane – Great Animal Moves 3:30 Love Nature – Tigers About The House: What Happened Next?

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Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Tim Key. 10:55 Battleship MVL 2012 Action Adventure.

Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker.

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8:30 Thirteen Days ML 2000 Drama. Dramatic presentation of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood.

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4pm Rugby – First XV (RPL) First Semi-final – St Peter’s College v Hamilton Boys’ High.

5:30 Rugby – First XV (RPL) Second Semi-final – Napier Boys’ High v Christchurch Boys’ High. 7pm Rugby – The Championship (HLS) All Blacks v Argentina. 7:30 Rugby Nation 8:30 The 1014 Rugby Show 9pm Fox Sports News 9:30 Rugby – Gallagher Premiership (HLS) Round Two. 10:30 Motorsport – Nascar Cup Series (HLS) Brickyard 400.

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4:30 Cricket – CPL (HLS) Amazon Warriors v Knight Riders. 5:30 Motorsport – Dakar Rally (HLS) Argentina.

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9:30 Motorcycling – Moto Grand Prix (HLS) Gran Premio Di Rimini. 10am Cricket – International (HLS) England v India – Fifth Test, Day Three.

10:30 Football – Kate Sheppard Cup (RPL) Dunedin Technical v Forrest Hill Milford United. 12:30 Football – Chatham Cup (RPL) Final – Birkenhead United v Western Suburbs. 3pm Athletics – IAAF Continental Cup (HLS) Day Two. 4pm Sunday Night With Matty Johns 5pm Controversy Corner 5:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Elimination Final – Panthers v Warrors.

7:30 Hunters Club 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Big League Wrap 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Elimination Final – Broncos v Dragons.

11pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Elimination Final – Panthers v Warriors.

11:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Qualifying Final – Roosters v Sharks.

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Sport

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Hunt comes out swinging

Young ABs too good

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Mid Canterbury’s Jarred Percival dives across the line to score untouched during his side’s 36-29 win over West Coast on Saturday.

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Mooloo men snatch Shield

BY CHRISTOPHER REIVE In many sports, a combination of scoring points, not conceding many, maintaining possession and staying disciplined are keys to winning a match.

Taranaki took a different approach in the opening 40 minutes of their Ranfurly Shield defence against Waikato yesterday, and it did not go well.

For their third time in a row, Taranaki saw their reign with the Ranfurly Shield ended by the Mooloos, with Waikato running

rampant over the hosts to claim an impressive 33-19 win and hoist the Log of Wood.

There was only one positive for the few fans who turned up at Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth – it was a beautiful day, so at least you could see the mountain.

The visitors stunned Taranaki by scoring five tries in the first half, taking a 33-7 lead in what was their best 40 minutes of football this season.

While Taranaki gave away penalties and coughed up the football, Waikato remained dis-

ciplined and didn’t miss an opportunity to strike.

Ahead by 26 at the break, it was a convincing margin – but by no means a safe one.

When Taranaki won the Shield against Canterbury last year, the Bulls came back from a 31-7 deficit.

Out of the break, they looked set on repeating that feat, with Manasa Mataele and Seta Tamanivalu running in early tries to close the gap to 14.

While the Waikato attack dwindled off in the second half as

Taranaki lifted, the visitors’ defence stayed solid.

Taranaki had the bulk of possession in the second 40 minutes, but had a lot of trouble penetrating Waikato’s defensive wall, which held strong despite seeing their penalty count increase.

The sleepy start ultimately cost the hosts, who lost both the Shield and touch with the Premiership leaders.

Waikato now have the looming possibility of holding the Ranfurly Shield for the shortest amount of time in history – with their first

defence against Hawke’s Bay on Thursday.

But, for now, Waikato can celebrate their 11th reign as Shield holders, and their second victory in a row after going 10 matches without one.

Scores: Waikato 33 (Dwayne Sweeney, Adam Burn, James Tucker, Samisoni Taukei’aho, Quinn Tapaea tries; Fletcher Smith 4 cons) Taranaki 19 (Regan Ware, Manasa Mataele, Seta Tamanivalu tries; Beaudien Waaka 2 cons).

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Serena has a meltdown as Osaka takes US Open final

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