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Two Mid Canterbury women were hospitalised following farm accidents on Saturday, prompting calls for farmers to think seriously about health and safety. Farm accidents tend to skyrocket in August as the calving season kicks off, with staff working long hours in cold and dark conditions.

Two women were taken to Ashburton Hospital, both with moderate injuries, after accidents on Saturday.

A woman in her 50s was hit by a cow at a farm in Hinds, while a teenage girl was injured after a farm motorbike ended up in a ditch in Willowby,

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The cost to taxpayers from farmrelated injuries has increased substantially in recent years.

According to ACC, taxpayers forked out $9,594,227 to cover farm injury claims in Canterbury in the year ending June 2015. That was a 41 per cent increase on the year ending June 2012, when $6,801,736 was paid out.

With staff working long hours and with the additional strain of the dairy downturn, farmers needed to keep their minds on the job at hand, according to Worksafe Agriculture Programme Manager Al McCone.

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financial situation, that doesn’t help,” he said.

“If your mind’s only half on the job, the half that’s on isn’t the safety bit.”

Injuries to staff also hit businesses in the pocket, which was an extra cost that struggling dairy farmers didn’t need, he said.

“Either they’ve got to employ a casual, which is an extra cost, or someone has to take up the slack, which means people have to work longer and there are other things that aren’t being done, so there’s a cost there,” he said.

On average, 350 dairy farm employees were off work with injuries each day in New Zealand, he said.

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Jimmy Barnes releases new album early Things couldn’t be sweeter for Aussie rock legend Jimmy Barnes. Last week he had an ice-cream named after him Drumstick’s One Tough Cookie Dough - and this week he’s releasing his long-awaited soul record ahead of schedule. The 59-year-old Cold Chisel frontman is releasing a solo record on Friday, August 14, one week earlier than planned. Jimmy Barnes Best of the Soul Years (1990-2015) includes previously un-released mixes of some of the original recordings from his 1991 chart-topping album, Soul Deep. Barnes says the new album fixes “some of the things that had always bugged me about Soul Deep”. That meant re-recording the drums and horns. “So we did that, with some amazing LA-based horn players and one of the world’s most in-demand musicians, the amazing Kenny Aronoff on drums,” Barnes said. After 25 years in the making, the album is now ready to go.

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Documentary a ratings winner Sunday night’s Gloriavale documentary on TV2 was a ratings winner, with 477,000 Kiwis tuning in for a look into the lives of members of the secretive Christian community. The show was the second of a three-part series, which has received $459,033 from the taxpayer through NZ On Air. Sunday night’s episode cost $170,000. The first part of the series, Gloriavale: A World Apart, aired in July 2014 and cost taxpayers $119,033. Just over 11 per cent of New Zealanders aged over five watched Sunday night’s show, according to Nielsen data, compared to just 224,700 (5 per cent) who tuned into TV One’s Indian Summers and 254,900 (6 per cent) who watched The Heat on TV3.

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Rugby tickets available - at a price Though tickets to Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup have sold out, there are plenty available through resale websites - if you’ve got the cash. Yesterday on Trade Me there were 16 auctions selling tickets, ranging in price for about $100 for one to about $1300 for four tickets to the Eden Park game. On ticket resale website Viagogo, single tickets were selling for between $196 for a spot in the lower tier of the west stand, and $1400 for a platinum ticket. The match, which kicks off at 7.35pm on Saturday, is the team’s last game on Kiwi soil ahead of the 2015 Rugby World Cup in the United Kingdom. On September 21 the All Blacks will play Argentina in London, followed by a game against Namibia on September 25 in the English capital. On October 3, they will play Georgia, in Cardiff, before heading north to play Tonga in Newcastle on October 10. Auckland Rugby Union Commercial Manager Ross Halpin said public tickets for Saturday’s game in Auckland went on sale on June 8, and were all immediately snapped up. “With only one North Island test match this year, there has been significant demand for tickets for the Bledisloe Cup,” he said. “Those missing out were advised to register for notification of any additional tickets following handbacks by NZ Rugby and hospitality providers. A number of tickets have subsequently been released to this waitlist. We do not anticipate any further tickets will be released to the public.”

Comet 67P may yield secrets under heat A comet streaking through space with a European robot lab riding piggyback will skirt the sun this week, setting another landmark in an extraordinary quest to unravel the origins of life on earth. Scientists hope the heat of perihelion - when the comet comes closest to the sun in its orbit - will cause the enigmatic traveller to shed more of its icy crust. If so, it could spew out pristine particles left from the Solar System’s birth 4.6 billion years ago, they believe. And if Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko undergoes this dramatic change, Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft will be orbiting nearby, ready to pounce on any clues of how our star system came into being. “This is the time most of the action happens,” said European Space Agency (ESA) expert Mark McCaughrean of the weeks-long peak of comet activity. The ancient celestial voyager will reach its closest point to our star - some 186 million kilometres - on Thursday, before embarking on another 6.5-year egg-shaped orbit. Things have been heating up for weeks, with gas and dust blasting off the comet’s surface as solar heat transforms its frozen crust into a space tempest.

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Will.i.am quits The Voice Will.i.am has quit the UK version of The Voice after four years as a judge, according to a new report. The Black Eyed Peas star has told TV bosses that he will not be returning for a fifth series when filming begins next month, reports Britain’s Star on Sunday newspaper. The show is already one judge down after it lost singer Rita Ora to rival reality show The X Factor, and a spokesman for The Voice has insisted line-up negotiations for the fifth series are still ongoing. Jason Derulo is being tipped as the favourite to replace will.i.am. Kylie Minogue, who previously worked as a judge on The Voice last year, is rumoured to be returning, while music veteran Sir Tom Jones is expected to retain his place on the panel alongside Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson.

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■ HARNESS RACING INDUSTRY

Radical overhaul proposed

By Sue NewmaN

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More than 100 years of racing history in the Ashburton District could be wiped out with the stroke of a pen on the back of a bold plan by Harness Racing New Zealand to amalgamate 45 existing regional clubs into a nine super clubs.

The plan was unveiled at the harness racing industry’s annual meeting over the weekend and has been developed in the belief that current industry structures are no longer sustainable.

Static funding, declining income and increased costs are placing clubs under significant pressure, industry chief execu-

tive Edward Rennell said.

“Action is required to strengthen the industry’s position and its viability long-term.

We have an increased number of clubs with a higher risk profile and a declining overall industry financial position,” he said.

And that puts the future of both Ashburton and Methven trotting clubs under a cloud.

Both are boxed in a new MidSouth Canterbury Harness Racing cluster along with Geraldine, Hororata and Timaru.

Addington would be the only racing centre untouched by the proposal.

Ashburton Trotting Club secretary Fiona Stuart said

the proposal stunned delegates when it was released.

“It was just dropped on us. No one knew anything about it before hand, nothing was leaked.

It’s a proposal with very little detail. As I understand it, every club in New Zealand will disappear except Addington.”

Mrs Stuart said Ashburton was already running a mini hub as the administration centre for all of the clubs in the proposed super club, except Timaru.

She believes the joint administration could be the first stage of the amalgamation, moving into club amalgamation in stage two, but said very little detail had been released and few benefits outlined.

“Can this be forced, we don’t know, but I hope they’ve done their homework and looked at all the constitutions for winding up clubs and their assets,” she said.

The Ashburton Trotting Club committee met last night and the proposal was on its agenda.

Between the five clubs in the mid-south hub, about 23 race meetings are allocated over a racing year. Four of the five clubs in the hub have a low risk rating with only Timaru ranked medium risk.

Methven president Bruce Harper was equally surprised by the proposal.

Five years ago clubs had been

■ NEW ZEALAND SAUSAGE COMPETITION

Paddy hopes to break the repeat drought

By Sue NewmaN

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Achieving a back-to-back win in New Zealand’s top sausage competition is still uncharted territory for Kiwi butchers, but Ashburton’s Paddy Kennedy hopes he’ll be the man to break the repeat drought.

In last year’s Devro New Zealand sausage competition, Mr Kennedy won the supreme award with a beef and blue cheese banger that wowed the judges and earned him overnight fame with the country’s sausage fans.

Over the years he’s been a competition regular and has earned a range of medals for his sausage creations, but last year was the icing on the cake, Mr Kennedy said. The question now, is can he top last year’s effort?

“No one’s ever won backto-back before and to be honest, one part of me says don’t enter to avoid disappointment, but we’ve got a couple of ideas up our sleeve and one that we didn’t get ready in time for last year,” he said.

The famous beef and blue cheese banger won’t be making a second appearance on the judges’ bench, however.

“Once we’ve had an award one year with something we don’t put it in again. You find others try to do a variation on your theme.”

He anticipates competition this year will be hotter than ever. Last year the event attracted 450 entries

over 11 categories.

“It’s a huge event now and this year there’s likely to be even more interest because it’s running at the same time as national sausage week.”

Within hours of Mr Kennedy stepping down from the winner’s podium last year, the orders started to flood into his Allenton shop.

In the weeks following the win he estimates he made 100 times the usual amount of beef and blue cheese sausages. And while the flood of demand has slowed, 12 months down the track, it’s still 10 times larger than before the win.

The team at Allenton Meats is still working on its entries for this year and while he’s not giving away any secrets, Mr Kennedy said he’s creating a gourmet sausage that contains another variety of Talbot Forest’s cheeses.

“We’ve played with it, got it right, have done an A and B taste test and we’re pretty happy,” he said.

The competition will be judged by a team of more than 30 experts with culinary or butchery backgrounds.

Entries in this year’s sausage competition close on August 21 and South Island butcheries will be mystery shopped between October 5 and 7.

South Island judging takes place on October 9 with the grand final on October 21.

This year’s national sausage day is on October 22.

assigned a ranking according to their risk factor, he said. Then there were eight clubs considered high risk out of the then 47 clubs; today two of those had gone and 15 had moved into the high risk bracket, he said.

“I can see that things have to happen, but no one will want to lose their status.”

Methven was in the fortunate position of being one of only five clubs in New Zealand to own its own grounds freehold.

The committee will meet over the next few weeks to discuss the proposal and Harness Racing New Zealand has signalled it will meet with clubs to explore the option in greater detail.

One killed in rubbish truck plunge

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One person is dead and another became trapped after the rubbish truck they were in plummeted about 20 metres down a bank in residential Birkenhead on Auckland’s North Shore.

Inspector Todd Moore-Carter, Waitemata Road Policing Manager said there was no indication of how and why the crash occurred, and investigations to determine the cause could take several weeks.

The crash occurred shortly after 11am yesterday, he said.

“Sadly, one person died at the scene, another was taken to hospital and remains there with moderate injuries,” Mr MooreCarter said.

Because of the inclement weather, it was deemed too dangerous to continue any further work to try and remove the truck last night. “The task of doing this will resume tomorrow, using heavy haulage trucks,” Mr Moore-Carter said.

“The task of removing the truck is very challenging. It has gone down a very steep bank and slid around 20 metres onto its side in thick bush. It is currently resting on soft ground.”

The victim will not be named until next of kin are notified.

Hebe Place resident Graham Lundie said he rushed outside when he heard a number of “huge bangs” as the truck went over the bank.

The injured man was calling for help from inside the truck cab, he said.

“It’s quite a serious cliff its fallen over. It’s really stuck right down in the valley,” he said.

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■ ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVICE

Greater demand for help

By Caitlin Porter

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Ashburton’s Budget Advisory Service is experiencing an influx of people seeking advice.

Budget service co-ordinator Jeanette Molloy said the service was much busier than this time last year, and demand doesn’t appear to be letting up.

Last week Mrs Molloy saw seven new clients and the week before that, eight.

However, she said there doesn’t appear to be one common theme – people are stopping by for a number of reasons.

While Mrs Molloy has yet to notice a flow-on effect from the dairy downturn, she is seeing people with rent issues, and seasonal work has a major impact on that.

Mrs Molloy advises people who are seasonal workers to put aside money, or pay extra on their bills, when they can, to lessen the impact.

“You also see people with housing issues, people short of food, people laden with debt, and people dealing with the breakdown of a relationship,” she said.

“It’s absolutely across the board.

One person was taken to Ashburton Hospital as a precaution following a car crash in Tinwald yesterday afternoon. One vehicle sustained significant damage in the impact and was towed from the scene.

Matthew John Gordon, 28, was returned to custody for sentencing on charges of possessing a methamphetamine pipe and breach of a protection order when he appeared in the Ashburton District Court last Monday. His charge was incorrectly recorded in a report last Tuesday.

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Ashburton Budget Advisory Service co-ordinator Jeannette Molloy has been flat out seeing clients in recent weeks.

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“There’s just so many things that come into play.”

The advisory service caters for people of all ages, but Mrs Molloy said possibly the most difficult age group is single people in their 40s and 50s, whose children have left home.

“It seems to be quite prevalent,” he said.

“If you’re passing on the main road or any other road and you think it’s a motorbike coming towards you, it could be pretty dangerous.”

He advised motorists to regularly check to make sure their headlights were in good working order.

Ashburton police Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield said while police did deal with people who had faulty headlights, it wasn’t “an epidemic”.

Ex-Gloriavale teen fined A teenager who fled from Gloriavale has pleaded guilty to causing damage to a Temuka golf club after doing “burnouts” on the fairway.

Barnabas Ben-Canaan, 18, was fined $1000 and ordered to pay $1608 to repair the damage he caused to Temuka Golf Club on May 17 after tearing up the fairways and damaging sprinklers, courtnews.co.nz reported.

He was also disqualified for driving for six months.

Ben-Canaan told Campbell Live in April that when he was

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Often they receive family tax credits or other such help, and can really struggle with things such as rent when their children leave home, she said.

While the service works hard to not have a waiting list, right now it does.

To help out with the work-

load, Mrs Molloy has six volunteers who can take on cases.

“We are just here to help, it’s free, it’s confidential and it’s non-judgemental.”

While advice to each client is different, Mrs Molloy said being proactive and seeking advice early on is best.

Check those headlights Young Maori cowboy an internet sensation again

Motorists with faulty headlights are posing a serious risk to other road users, according to Mid Canterbury’s AA spokesman.

AA Canterbury/West Coast chairman John Skevington says he has noticed an increasing number of motorists taking to the road with only one working headlight.

That could be “pretty confusing” for other drivers, as they may think it’s a motorbike rather than a larger vehicle, he said.

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16 years old he was dropped on the side of the road in South Westland with no belongings or help.

“I pretty much cried the whole night because I was really scared,” he said.

“I’d only just turned 16 and I didn’t know where I was or what was going on.”

Ben-Canaan said he left Gloriavale because he was “sick of all the control” and wanted some freedom.

He was working on a farm near Christchurch at the time of the interview.

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By Peter de Graaf Sometimes a virus just keeps coming back.

And a Hokianga boy has become an internet sensation with more than 400,000 people watching a video of his antics as he whirls a taiaha and mounts his horse by hanging on to its neck after the clip has gone viral on the net for a second time.

Snow O’Halloran, who lives at Taheke and goes to school in Kaikohe, was filmed by his father Marty as he learnt to climb onto Blue, the family’s extraordinarily placid horse.

Just six at the time the video was made, Snow was too small to get on Blue’s back by the normal route. Instead the budding cowboy worked out that if he waited for Blue to put its head down to feed, he could wrap himself around the horse’s neck and wait to be lifted up in a kind of equine elevator.

The clip also shows the young Snow demonstrating his taiaha skills and prowess

at the pukana. Mr O’Halloran first uploaded the video to YouTube three years ago, when it was viewed around 40,000 times. It also featured on a Maori Television show of home videos.

The clip gained a second life in January this year when it was posted on Facebook and widely shared. By last month it had achieved viral status and as of yesterday the 99-second clip of the “Maori cowboy” had been watched 395,000 times on Facebook and shared more than 7500 times.

Now aged nine, Snow is more interested in playing league than basking in internet stardom. He still rides Blue but can now mount the horse by more conventional means.

Renowned Hokianga horse riding teacher Rob Pink said he first came across the clip three years ago and made contact with Snow’s family, inviting them to the Rawene brumby races. “He’s a little star. He’s fearless,” Mr Pink sa id.

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A woman died after a crash on State Highway 1 between Orari and Rangitata yesterday. The two-car crash happened at 6.15am and Inspector Dave Gaskin said a 55-year-old Timaru woman died at the scene. The male driver of the other car was taken to hospital but has since been discharged.

The death has been referred to the Coroner and police said no further details of the deceased female will be released until the process to inform next of kin has been completed.

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Fire hits school A fire ripped through a school in East Auckland yesterday.

A New Zealand Fire Service spokesman said six appliances were called to a blaze at Edgewater College in Pakuranga just after 5pm. “The fire was well involved, but has been extinguished,” he said. The spokesman said the extent of the damage was not known, and the matter was being investigated by fire safety.

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Avalanche death A skier has died after being buried in an avalanche south of Queenstown yesterday. The 58-year-old man was trapped when the avalanche struck near the Devil’s Staircase at around 2.45pm. The man was initially recovered from the avalanche debris, but died shortly after. His death has been referred to the coroner. Police are now working to advise the next of kin.

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Robbery attempt A man armed with a knife tried to rob a Beachlands store yesterday.

Police said the man entered a store on Third View Avenue in Beachlands, East Auckland about 10.30am armed with a knife. He showed the shop assistant the knife and demanded money, but was given none and fled the scene, a police spokeswoman said.

The police helicopter was used to try to find the man, but was unsuccessful.

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Bali flights disrupted Volcanic ash spewing out of Mount Ruang is still causing disruption for Bali-bound holidaymakers. Air New Zealand cancelled two flights at the weekend due to the ash making conditions “challenging”, the airline said. The cancellations come more than a month after clouds of gritty ash caused havoc for travellers in and out of Bali in July.

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■ METHVEN THEATRE COMPANY

New faces, lots of mad-cap office politics

By SuSan SandyS

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Methven Theatre Company members are installing temporary tiered seating for their production of A Law Unto Themselves.

The show will open at the Mount Hutt Memorial Hall on Wednesday next week, and stage for four nights.

Members are to put in tiered seating early in the week, determined to make sure all audience members see the show in a more intimate setting and have an unobstructed view of the stage.

The set-up will consist of the existing seating on top of hired staging decks. There will be two rows of seats on each level, with three rows at the floor level in front. It will result in slightly fewer seats than usual – 183 per night instead of the usual 200 plus.

A Law Unto Themselves unravels the shenanigans at a dysfunctional, small town law firm.

Production manager Olivia James said its legal themes and

mad-cap office politics have had the cast and crew in hysterics.

The play has been partsponsored by local legal firm White, Fox and Jones.

That was a perfect fit given the show’s legal themes, although she was quick to dispel any suggestion there was any similarity between the sponsor and the play’s fictional firm.

“They’ve obviously got a good sense of humour, and we’re looking forward to their reaction,” Ms James said.

This year’s production was packed full of new faces, and newcomers made up more than half the cast. Ms James said this was a novelty for a company which often cast many wellknown acting stalwarts.

Tickets were already selling fast.

Right - And you thought your office was dysfunctional. Gemma Bell as Julie lashes out at William Hodgetts as Johnathan, with Patrice Hammond as Paula, on the set of A Law Unto Themselves.

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■ ASHBURTON HOSPITAL

Upgrade plan for hospital boilers

By Caitlin Porter

caitlin.p@theguardian.co.nz

In an effort to keep warm Ashburton Hospital churned through more than 1200 tonnes of coal last year.

However it may soon be turning to a cleaner form of heating, with the hospital looking to upgrade its boilers within the next two years.

The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) confirmed the hospital has two coal boilers, which have been running for more than 50 years.

CDHB chief executive David Meates said coal was used for a variety of purposes, including providing steam for heating, humidification, domestic hot water, kitchen and sterilisation services at Christchurch, Ashburton and Burwood Hospitals.

Last year 1241 tonnes of coal was burned at Ashburton Hospital, which produced 2495 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.

Mr Meates said the CDHB has consents to burn coal, but was committed to the use of sustainable fuels wherever possible.

Environment Canterbury resource management act monitoring and compliance regional manager Marty Mortiaux said the large boilers used by hospitals have specific conditions as part of the consent.

“If the boiler is run efficiently and in line with the conditions we have no issue,” he said.

Mr Mortiaux said ECan was aware through an overall airshed perspective that industry contributed to only around 9 per cent of total daily PM10 and PM2.5 emissions in Ashburton.

However the hospital is planning to upgrade its boilers. CDHB maintenance and engineering is working on a business case to install new boilers at Ashburton Hospital as part of the refurbishment and rebuild project.

The completed feasibility study for the hospital recommended two wood chip or biomass boilers to replace the existing coal boilers.

A spokeswoman for the CDHB said information around the cost of the new boilers was commercially sensitive, however the aim was to install them within the next two years.

To further reduce its carbon footprint the CDHB also signed up to the Carbon Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme last year, which allows companies to measure greenhouse gas emissions.

While the CDHB’s emissions targets are still being finalised, a programme focused on sustainable development initiatives is being developed in the meantime, Mr Meates said.

Joint operation seizes $80m worth of meth A joint operation between New Zealand, Fiji and Australia has stopped about $80m worth of methamphetamine from reaching its final destination.

New Zealand Customs, Fiji Police Force, Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority, and Australian Federal Police

worked together to stop about 80kgs of the class A drug from reaching Fiji.

The stash was found hidden inside car parts in a sea container sent from South America. The container was examined

by New Zealand Customs at the Ports of Auckland last month.

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■ CROSSING SAFETY

In brief

Campaigns target accidents

By Sue NewmaN

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The Ashburton District is peppered with rail crossings, some little used and marked by nothing more than a crossing sign, others are well used and guarded by barrier arms and bells.

In spite of a large number of the country’s rail crossings having warning signs, bells, or half barrier arms or all of these, there were still 224 collisions between cars and trains at public road crossings in the 10 years to October last year.

Of those, 11 per cent occurred where half barrier arms plus flashing lights and bells were installed and 33 per cent where flashing lights and bells were in place. More than half occurred at crossings protected by signs alone.

The Ashburton District has several crossings that have been the scene of at least one crash between a vehicle and a train, but with more than 280 crossings over its 4000 plus kilometres of tracks, making it on to the KiwiRail priority list is about meeting a range of criteria.

Compton Street in Tinwald, Delamaine Street in Hinds and the Winslow/Westerfield

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Compton Street in Tinwald is on the KiwiRail priority list for half barrier arms by July 2015 – and still waiting.

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Road crossing at Winslow are all on the to-do list.

The Ashburton District Council stepped in earlier this year to elevate the safety improvements at one notorious black spot, Northpark Road. It opted to foot the bill for half barrier arms (about $110,000) after the crossing was deemed to only merit flashing lights and warning bells.

Yesterday transport minister Simon Bridges launched a new safety campaign as part of Rail Safety Week. The “Expect Trains”, campaign aims

to heighten the awareness of motorists and pedestrians using rail crossings, that a train should be expected at any time and from any direction.

Running alongside the national campaign is a second site specific campaign run by the NZ Transport Agency to improve driver behaviour at rural and semi-rural level crossings.

NZTA chief executive Geoff Dangerfield says that research shows local drivers in rural areas are often complacent, especially around those level crossings controlled by stop and

As part of the new safety campaign, a locomotive-sized billboard and associated signage will be placed near a level crossing to prompt drivers to slow down and check for trains.

The first site will be a rural crossing in Carterton before the sign goes on tour to other higher risk level crossing sites around New Zealand.

In any 10 year period more than 85 per cent of road level crossings are collision free but a small group of ‘black spots’ (those with more than one collision in 10 years) are responsible for about 31 per cent of collisions.

KiwiRail operates a priority list that determines which level crossings are to receive upgraded protection.

give way signs.

“Local drivers often don’t perceive the risk of rural crossings to be high and this complacency can lead to risky behaviour like failing to carefully look for trains before proceeding over a crossing.

“We want to get local drivers off autopilot when they approach railway tracks and to accept that crossing needs their full attention.”

Flag design narrows

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Maths Week kicks off nationally Mid Canterbury kids will join 180,000 children from around the country as they celebrate Maths Week, which kicked off yesterday.

The annual online programme is run by the New Zealand Association of Mathematics Teachers and is aimed at students in Years 1 to 11.

Education Minister Hekia Parata said Maths Week shows the importance of mathematics in a fun and engaging way.

“Maths opens doors. It gets you through the routine challenges of daily life and helps you work towards future goals,” she said.

“Some of this year’s ques-

tions are designed so that students have to seek help from their parents or grandparents because families, parents and whanau are essential when it comes to encouraging our kids to use maths.”

Getting stuck into her work yesterday was Netherby School’s Lily Campbell, 9.

The group running the flag referendum has just released a set of 40 flag designs from which the final four will most likely be chosen for the vote in November.

The head of the Flag Consideration Project, Professor John Burrows said the potential new flag had to be unmistakably from New Zealand “and celebrate us as a progressive, inclusive nation that is connected to its environment and has sense of its past and vision for its future”.

“It is important that those designs are timeless, can work in a variety of contexts, are simple, uncluttered, balanced and have good contrast.”

He said the designs would be subject to further robust checks and verification, including intensive intellectual property review.

The public will be asked to vote for their favourite among the final four chosen and then another referendum next year will pit the current flag against the most popular alternative.

- NZME

Housing project sell-off Auckland developer Tony Gapes of Redwood Group is poised to sell three-quarters of New Zealand’s most affordable intensive housing project to Chinese interests. Gapes said he was close to closing a deal to quit stages two and three of the 419-residence Springpark estate on a 10.5ha site in Auckland’s Mt Wellington, where the first stage of new housing is well under way.

“We have an Asian group – they’re Chinese – who are very close to buying it. It won’t be finalised until the end of the month so it hasn’t happened,” Gapes said.

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Student’s art stolen Art student Lulu Wang was horrified to return from a midsemester trip and find years’ worth of artworks stolen from her Wanganui flat. Miss Wang and her Bhutanese boyfriend Pradeep Chhetri returned from a two-week trip to China on Saturday. They discovered their warm clothes, shoes, bedding, computer and microwave had been stolen.

Worst of all, Miss Wang’s three sketchbooks were gone. They contained about two years’ worth of detailed drawings. Some were work she needs for the animation diploma she is doing at Whanganui UCOL. Others she wants to show to gallery owners and exhibit.

- NZME

Parole rejected One of three men who killed a young father is not ready to leave jail, the Parole Board has decided.

Brayden Windley pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Levin’s Mike Valentine in 2013. Windley, 24, was present when another man stabbed Mr Valentine in the chest.

Having originally faced trial for murder, Windley was last year jailed to five years’ prison and became eligible for an early release last week. But after a hearing in front of the Parole Board, he will remain in jail, at least until next year. “Clearly, because he is to go to a dependency treatment unit programme this week, he is not ready for release,” Judge Mike Behrens, QC, said in the parole report, released yesterday.

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Drink-drivers testing Drink-drivers tested police patience throughout the West Coast at the weekend. A Greymouth man involved in a vehicle collision late on Friday had been drinking and subsequently blew 373mg. West Coast police prevention manager, senior sergeant Allyson Ealam, said the crash was the result of one car failing to give way. A 42-year-old Granity man stopped by police while he was driving on The Esplanade in Westport at 1.40am on Saturday blew 599mg. At Franz Josef Glacier, a driver seen hopping into his car after leaving a bar at 12.30am on Saturday subsequently blew 705mg when police caught up with him. Police were called after the man was allegedly seen leaving the local bar “apparently quite intoxicated” and he was stopped outside the Franz Josef Glacier School, Mrs Ealam said. The driver elected to undergo a blood-alcohol test.

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Man charged after shooting A man who engaged police in a stand-off at a Texas home has been charged with murder after the bullet-riddled bodies of six children and two adults were found inside, officials say.

The eight people were discovered at the weekend by deputies performing a welfare check at the Houstonarea residence after a concerned relative requested the search, officials with the Harris County Sheriff ’s Office said.

The victims were found in each of the house’s three bedrooms. They had been shot, some multiple times, and many were restrained with metal handcuffs, lead investigator Sergeant Craig Clopton said.

The deputies initially tried to contact residents inside the home before spotting a child’s body through a window, Chief Deputy Tim Cannon said.

They then forced their way in and were peppered with gunfire and withdrew. Negotiators from a highrisk operations unit later convinced the alleged assailant to surrender, Cannon said.

Police have identified the man as David Conley, 48, a former domestic

partner of Valerie Jackson, who died in the attack. Jackson, 40, also lived in the house where she, her husband and children were killed.

“There was a prior relationship between Conley and Jackson and at least one of the dead children, the oldest, could be Conley’s,” Clopton said.

“The killer’s motives appear to be related to the dispute with Valerie,” Cannon said.

“It’s obvious he had some distaste for what was going on within his personal life and his family life,” he added.

A prior warrant was already outstanding for Conley related to assault of family members, the police said.

Conley’s history of domestic violence dates back to at least 2000, the Houston Chronicle reported, and he had previously threatened and attacked Jackson.

Conley has been charged with three counts of murder, with some of the counts covering multiple killings. He is being held without bond.

The children ranged in age from six to 13. Three of the victims were Jaelen Charles places flowers outside the home female and five were male.

- AFP where eight people were killed in Houston. AP PHOTO

Mid-air collision Eight bodies have been recovered from a reservoir after a helicopter and a seaplane collided mid-air outside of Moscow. Two of the victims of the crash were children, the emergencies ministry said. The privately owned Cessna seaplane and a Robinson R44 helicopter collided over the Istrinskoye reservoir and fell into the water, the ministry said.

- AFP

Maldives joins hunt The Maldives has joined a regional search for wreckage from missing flight MH370 following reports that islanders in the Indian ocean atoll nation have spotted unidentified debris. Maldivian police are responding to several sightings of debris washed up along the northern atolls of the archipelago, some of which occurred about a month ago, but were only brought to the attention of authorities at the weekend.

- AFP

Migrants rescued More than 1000 migrants have been rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean, Italy’s coastguard said, with further tragedies narrowly averted. Several inflatable dinghies intercepted yesterday were so overcrowded they risked capsizing, and one boat was listing badly when it was spotted 220km southeast of Sicily.

- AFP

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Local businesses need local support Sue Newman

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imes are definitely tough in the dairy sector, but those tough times are seeing a vastly different reaction from financiers than during the big rural downturn in the late 1980s.

Back then banks closed ranks and turned their backs on debt-laden farmers, forcing many to eat the humiliation of a financial exit package that was poor reward for decades of hard graft.

Many first rate farmers who were highly skilled but who dreamed big and took risks to increase production were virtually frog-marched off their land. It was a dark time in New Zealand’s agricultural history and the intellectual capital of a generation of young farmers was lost to the industry.

Today, there’s no denying that life is not bright in the dairy sector. Incomes have and are continuing to plunge and for many the downward slide past the break-even point has long since been passed. What is different, is the attitude from the people holding the power.

Banks are adopting a reasonable attitude, Fonterra is also doing its part, offering what effectively becomes an interest-free loan to farmers as part of its farm gate payout.

And that means most of the district’s hard working dairy farmers will survive. It’ll be tough, some will inevitably hit the wall, but this time round they’re not battling on their own.

The picture may not be so bright, however, for the countless businesses that have made a living supporting the dairy industry. If there’s no cash coming in then farmers stop spending.

If farmers stop spending then the downstream effects become like a tidal wave that will wash over the rest of the district.

Off-farm we’re kidding ourselves if we think that tidal wave won’t hit urbanites.

We can’t change global dairy prices but we can help our own economy by keeping our spending local, now more than ever.

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Do more Ashburton businesses need to stay open in the weekend?

Yes 60% No 40%

Andrew Hoggard FROM THE FARM

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e at least now know where we are with the much anticipated Fonterra forecast payment.

A price of $3.85 per kilo of milksolids is a real shocker.

There’s not going to be many farmers making anything on that payout.

That said, what can realistically be done about helping farmers through the tough times ahead for at least the next few months?

First, there is the no-brainer stuff. Talk to the bank manager.

Talk to advisers. Put a bit more effort into communication with the family – they will be feeling the pressure as well.

Be flexible. The short-term is the focus at the moment, even if it means revising contracts between sharemilkers and owners so that both sides can get through to next season.

It’s also just as vital and obvious to have a hard look at the budgets. Some things will just have to wait. Closely examine what supplements you buy in.

Higher production at these milk prices doesn’t mean a higher profit at the moment by any means.

There’s a new campaign going now on pasture renewal.

Our industry was built on cheap grass production. Indeed renewing the pasture does cost – but as the Pasture Renewal Trust says “can you afford not to renew”?

Also, do the sums on amount of culling, drying off early, once a day milking and those sorts of things.

While I said it’s a no-brainer to look at these things, unfortunately it’s not easy to come up with the right answers when you do. The likelihood of an El Nino of a strength not experienced in New Zealand since 1997-1997 is certainly a complicating factor as well.

Past the farmgate there has been a lot of talk about the value of the Global Dairy Trade and some demands that Fonterra close it down. But, quite simply, Fonterra can’t close it down. It’s an independ-

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ent organisation. If Fonterra pulls out, other players in the world dairy trade will still be there and prices will still be set.

What is possible of course, is that Fonterra can pull back its volumes or specific product lines. That is the usual response of companies which put prod-

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ered this in the 1990s, when they attempted to hold wool prices by using the producer board organisations to buy up auction wool when prices were low. Prices stayed low and wool mountains grew.

Unlike wool though, dairy products have a use-by date,

The government, central and local, needs to address the situation of dairy service support firms

ucts into any auction system.

Withholding, or even talk of it, puts an upward pressure on returns.

The problem is that any time you hold on to your product, you are under increased pressure later on with a larger stocked inventory. You are trading a short-term gain for a longer-term problem.

The New Zealand and Australian wool industries discov-

and exporters put themselves under huge pressure when they have warehouses full of dairy products close to their expiry date, especially when the customers know about it.

A couple of other observations. Firstly, Fonterra’s additional 50 cents per sharedup kilogram of milksolids to support farmers this season, is not going to apply to Variable Order and 50:50 shareholders.

If there’s anyone who needs help it’s these very farmers.

Secondly, as we stated in our press statement last week, the government, central and local, needs to address the situation of dairy service support firms. One way to help is to fast-track the infrastructure projects which are already going to happen, but not planned immediately.

For instance, the National Party promised $100m just before the election for sectioning off land for riparian planting over five years.

It would make a difference, for outfits which do fencing and planting, to have this work to transfer onto instead of going on the dole and then maybe lost from the community altogether.

When times come right, as they certainly will do, the wider industry of farmers, processors and service providers, will all need to be ready to pick up from where we left off.

Andrew Hoggard is Federated Farmers Dairy Industry Group chairperson

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US beef herd expected to grow

BY JAMIE GRAY The cow herd in the United States is rebuilding after a drought-induced decline, which may start to affect US demand for New Zealand beef imports, rural lender Rabobank said.

The bank said the US beef cow herd is expected to grow by more than three million head in the next three to five years from a 2014 low of 29 million.

“With around 50 per cent of New Zealand’s beef exports destined for the US, the rebuilding of the US cow herd may impact the strong demand for Kiwi beef seen in recent years,” the bank said.

Senior Rabobank analyst Don Close said the initial growth phase would be relatively quick and would flatten out.

“We are going to see the process happen in two phases and in different geographies than we would have seen a few years ago,” Close said in a report.

“Although it will depend on factors such as exports and weather, I expect a total of 3.5 to four million head more than the 2014 low of 29 million beef cows.

“Of that total, 1.7 million head will come from newly developed capacity in the central US - areas typically focused on row crop production.”

Rabobank animal proteins analyst Matt Costello says that while the developments taking place in the US herd were relevant for the export trade, the outlook for New Zealand’s beef exports remained positive.

“We had always expected that at some stage the US herd would ‘turn the corner’ and begin to rebuild,” Costello said.

“Over time, the increase in US slaughter cattle will likely lead to a softer demand picture for New Zealand beef exports, but we expect the local market prices to hold firm for the medium term.”

This view is also being supported by a weakening New Zealand dollar and a decline in the Australian beef cattle herd.

“Competition will remain fierce in the US market, particularly from other protein sources, but New Zealand is in a great position to remain a significant exporter to the US beef market in the coming years,” Costello said.

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■ LEAKY HOMES

Compiled by

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S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross

31/7

Company CODE

At close of trading on Monday, August 10, 2015

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S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents

17/7

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

q S&P/NZX 50 Gross

5,865.02

–3.63

–0.06%

q S&P/NZX 20 index

4,370.97

–3.00

–0.07%

q S&P/NZX All Gross

6,270.8

–4.56

–0.07%

p Rises 47 q Falls 60

WORLD MARKETS

p S&P/ASX 200 index

5,509.2

+34.40

+0.63%

At close of trading on Aug 10, 2015

q Dow Jones Indust.

17,373.4 –46.37 –0.27% At close of trading on Aug 7, 2015

FTSE 100 index q

6,718.5

–28.60

–0.42%

At close of trading on Aug 7, 2015

p Nikkei 225 index

20,808.7 +84.13 +0.41% At close of trading on Aug 10, 2015

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

p Gold

1,093.50

London – $US/ounce

+3.75

+0.34%

p Silver London – $US/ounce

14.75

+0.16

+1.10%

q Copper London – $US/tonne

5,135.50

–29.5

–0.57%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ As at 4pm August 10, 2015

Country

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TT buy

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TT sell

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James Hardie’s leaky home lawsuit could balloon Cladding manufacturer James Hardie is facing a leaky home lawsuit that could balloon into a class action.

Leaky building law firm Parker & Associates announced yesterday they have lodged High Court proceedings against the Australian stock exchangelisted cladding firm on behalf of leaky home owners Tracey Cridge and Mark Unwin.

“We called in experts to look at what we first thought was a little leak and then discovered widespread internal water damage in our home and now we are looking at repair costs of over $200,000,” Cridge said.

The couple’s home used James Hardie’s Harditex cladding and the lawsuit alleges the firm was negligent in designing, manufacturing and supplying that particular product.

James Hardie has been approached for comment and is understood to have previously denied any fault with the product, which was used in thousands of homes built in this country.

A statement from Parker & Associates said a group is now being formed to bring a class action or a test case.

“Anyone whose property was built after 1990 using Harditex cladding and has suffered damage as a result of the alleged

Dan Parker

system defects, may be eligible to join the claim,” says lawyer Dan Parker.

“Many homeowners will have no idea of potential problems with their properties and hidden damage without expert investigation,” he said.

Leaky home owners have until December to join the claim.

The law firm said since 2001 it had got recovery for hundreds of owners of houses, apartments and commercial building owners in leaky building cases.

The potential ‘leaky home’ class suit would be the second this year after Adina Thorn Lawyers launched one against

plaster cladding manufacturers, and follows from a Court of Appeal ruling on the Ministry of Education’s claim against Carter Holt Harvey that claims against cladding manufacturers wasn’t subject to a 10-year limitation under the Building Act. James Hardie has been involved in a number of leaky building cases in New Zealand, and as at March 31, held a US$2 million provision, net of thirdparty recoveries, against potential weather-tightness claims, and flagged it could face an extra US$500,000 of losses due to the uncertainties over the claims.

It reported a US$4.3 million income benefit on its weathertightness claims in the 2015 financial year due to a lower provision, increased rate of claim resolution, fewer claims at the end of the period, and a reduction in the number of claims received.

The building materials maker was initially named as a defendant by the education ministry in its suit against cladding manufacturers, and later reached a deal with the government agency, which the parties said would support the remediation of weather-tightness issues in existing school property and support future developments across the country.

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Attendees at the NZIPIM conference in Ashburton last week were told New Zealand and Australia must invest more time and money into agricultural research.

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By Stu Oldham

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New Zealand and Australia must invest more time and money in agricultural research and development to avoid stalling growth and productivity into the future, a visiting Australian academic warns.

The future may be blighted by less good science and economic knowledge to help increase productivity, Melbourne University Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences associate professor Bill Malcom told the New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management National Conference in Ashburton this week.

“The agricultural research, development and enterprise service economy is faltering and is not delivering enough to the agricultural economy, and in turn to the wider economy, at a time when it is becoming more important than ever that it does so,” he said.

“There is justifiable serious and growing doubt about the capacity of the agricultural research, development and enterprise systems of New Zealand and Australia to deliver the suite of new technologies that farmers urgently require to remain profitable in the face of

rising real costs and with competitors catching up rapidly.”

An associated lack of adequate investment in training and capacity in crucial support and growth areas such as research science, technical advice and education services had reduced capacity to deliver new technology and sound information to farmers, he said.

In Australia, there had been a decline in the absolute size of public investment in agricultural R, D and E at both the state and federal level, and a decline in the number of public sector scientists working in the field.

There had been a narrow focus on the development of new technologies at the expense of conserving natural resources, reducing and responding to biosecurity threats and underpinning the clean, green credentials that help sell antipodean agriculture to the world, he said.

Dr Malcolm said it was time to recognise that investing in agricultural research and development is critically important and one of the best uses of capital that there is.

Serious deficiencies in science and economic capacity serving agriculture are looming and arguably are prevailing.

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 EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.6608 Euro 0.6028

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International market prices …  LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index July - 15 98.55 95.97 96.34 4,010 2,310 2,635 4,430

1 year ago

109 138

74.41 83.36 90.58 99.55 510

Local market prices …  GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 390 390 405 Wheat, feed 355 360 375 Barley, feed 340 345 365

 DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter Skimmilk powder Wholemilk powder Cheese - cheddar

52 week high low

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Source: PF Olsen 101.96 84.83 5,393 4,391 4,739 5,264

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■ MID CANTERBURY CROPS

Marrowfat peas return to Mid

BY NADINE PORTER

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The resurgence of marrowfat peas as a crop option for arable farmers continues with Midlands Seed announcing a 15 per cent increase in volume from last season.

Just back from Japan, Midlands Seed international pulse manager Brett Colgan said there was potential to plant more of the break crop because of increased demand from Western countries to use the legume in snack foods.

Marrowfat peas used to be a popular option in Mid Canterbury until recent years.

Traditionally used in the UK market for mushy peas and Asia as wasabi pea snacks or extruded snacks, marrowfat now has an emerging strong market in Western countries where it has been sold as a healthy extruded snack.

Midlands Seed has been offering contracts for marrowfat peas since the company began 25 years ago and has been able to increase prices dramatically in the past two seasons due to a direct partnership they have encouraged with leading manufacturers in Asia.

“Over the years, with everyone having a great focus on supply chain management, the business has shifted to dealing more directly with the snack food manufacturers and end users.”

Last year they increased the grower price by 17 per cent and this year they have been able to up the price again by 5 per cent.

Mr Colgan said although the high Kiwi dollar had made as-

pects of the marrowfat pea business difficult over recent years, Midlands Seed was fortunate to have had loyal, long-term buyers stick with them.

“Even when New Zealand peas were up to 20 per cent more expensive than from other countries.”

Now with a growing Western

market, Mr Colgan sees sustainable returns for the crop in Mid Canterbury, particularly with one Japanese manufacturer launching the snacks into the United States.

In the five years the factory has been open in the US, the Japanese company has seen sales double every year leading them to commission a second factory, as well

as one in Europe.

Twenty per cent of global marrowfat pea consumption comes from the healthy snack market and Mr Colgan believes if it continues it could have great potential locally for farmers.

Midlands has been working in partnership with Plant Research Ltd to improve marrowfats and

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New Zealand First is joining the calls for Fonterra to suspend the Global Dairy Trade Auction following last week’s 10th consecutive fall in milk prices.

Party leader Winston Peters said it was “high time” Fonterra’s board acted in the best interest of its farmer owners.

“And not some economic theory.”

Mr Peters was the latest to call for Fonterra to review its presence in the auction following Waikato Federated Farmers president Chris Lewis and national dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard’s suggestion last week that the giant dairy co-operative discuss options around the GDT. Mr Hoggard spoke to Fonterra and proposed they seek an independent comment from “peo-

ple totally removed from New Zealand politics”.

He said there was an argument that the current GDT auction was driving the speed and volatility faster than farmers had seen before through increased market awareness.

Mr Peters compared auctions to “bull markets” and said it was a terrible way to sell when markets turn ugly.

“This is a call to suspend

Fonterra’s participation in GDT as opposed to leaving it completely.”

He said Molkerei Ammerland – a big European dairy co-operative suspended participation in April.

“Fonterra itself ceased selling milk protein concentrate through the GDT in March last year, so the co-op have form in doing what we suggest, albeit with a small product line.”

higher, selling into these important NZ markets is difficult.

South Island prices are unusually leading returns from the north as the early drought kill and dairy and irrigation conversions altered the stock flows to the processors.

mand for lean imported beef improved.

Prime saleyard steers are in short supply and attracting strong demand driven by exporters’ chilled interest and local trade support.

Reports from the field suggest dairy farmers are rearing anything with part beef genes, and shortages have seen store stock sell for unprecedented prices.

The Central Plains irrigation canal has filled with water in readiness for trials and testing ahead of the new season. And overseas scientists report they have found an additive to reduce livestock greenhouse emissions.

MARKET REPORT Dairy

The growth in the healthy snack food market in Western countries has led to increased demand for marrowfat peas.

Soil moisture deficits are easing in the region as small amounts of rain have been helpful, although snow and frosts have slowed pasture growth rates in inland areas, but these are predicted to improve later in the week.

With the arrival of August calving is gaining momentum, but the busiest time of year in the dairy calendar is coinciding with a very tough milk price market that will test even those with no debt.

World dairy production jumped by 850,000t in the first five months of the year, and with many market destinations carrying plentiful stocks this is a poor climate for New Zealand farmers to start a new season.

The much awaited Fonterra forecast confirmed the grim outlook with a $3.85 prediction, but it was coupled by an increase in the dividend level to 40-50c.

They did also suggest that production will drop by 2 per

cent, and offered a 50c/kg ms interest free loan to suppliers to help short term cash-flow issues with the payback when the milk price reaches $6 again.

Oceania prices for the powders reached record lows, and butter and cheese yearly lows to reinforce the market sentiment, and farmers and traders are still culling low producing animals with big numbers selling at Temuka and Coalgate as managers minimise the capital loss by cashing in on the demand for manufacturing beef.

Sharemilkers are expected to be hit first and hardest, with cow values falling, making bankers nervous, and already a liquidation case was confirmed in the Waikato.

Lamb More small lifts in lamb schedules as they breach the $5/kg barrier at last, but with the Chinese domestic kill up around 20 per cent on last season and the UK domestic volumes also

Wool Another small South Island auction saw prices again firm to yearly highs as optimism returns to the wool market and June exports earned the highest return for a decade.

Indicator prices for all micron levels reached yearly highs with the falling currency helping, but with China dominating wool growers need only to look at lamb and dairy to be slightly concerned about the market being influenced by one main market.

Beef Beef schedules continue their upward trend as in the US domestic stocks run low and de-

Deer Venison schedules again lift as they build on strong chilled export demand in the US and Europe.

Prices are now $30 a head of last year as the sector rebuilds confidence at these reduced capital stock numbers.

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz

1 – The author Roddy Doyle was born in which country? a. England b. Ireland c. India 2 – Which feature is most notably missing from a Manx cat? a. Whiskers b. Fur c. Tail 3 – In which decade did the musical Cats open in the West End of London? a. 1970s b. 1980s c. 1990s 4 – Birmingham is the largest city in which US state? a. Alabama b. Texas c. Wyoming 5 – Booker T and the MGs had a 1962 hit with which song? a. Green Onions b. Green Beans c. Green Peas 6 – Which of these is seen on a button on the Google website home page? a. I’m feeling happy b. I’m feeling lucky c. I’m feeling confused 7 – To be a licensed taxi driver in London, you have to pass a test called…? a. The Mastery b. The Knowledge c. The Expertise 8 – The word ‘vaccine’ derives from the Latin word for which animal? a. Sheep b. Pig c. Cow

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1kg small roasting potatoes, washed 1T vegetable oil 1 lemon, sliced into thick slices 4 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced 2-3 sprigs of thyme pinch salt freshly ground black pepper, to taste

lemon slices, garlic and thyme and gently toss to mix.

■ Roast in preheated oven for 3540 minutes, turning occasionally, until the lemons are starting to caramelise and the potatoes

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■ Sprinkle with salt and pepper and serve.

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Chimney mystery solved

BY MICHAEL HANRAHAN

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ometimes something just turns up unexpectedly that sparks a whole line of research Recently a person brought in his father’s photo album that, among other things, contained three photos showing the top of the boiler chimney at the Fairfield Freezing Works being removed with explosives.

We already had a photo in the museum collection of the freezing works taken before World War One, showing a very tall chimney. But, why was it shortened and when did it happen?

A little research produced the answers and in the process made the photos a more valuable addition to our collection.

It happened on October 19, 1925. There were two reasons for shortening the landmark structure that could be seen for many miles.

The first was that the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company had recently installed electric power to drive the plant at the works and only one boiler instead of four would be required in future, meaning such a high chimney would not be required.

The second reason was that the chimney had developed a crack and a slight lean.

The amount removed was between 30 feet and 40 feet – about 10 metres.

It followed on from a similar operation at the company’s Belfast works and it was intended later to do the same thing to the chimney at the Pareora works.

The only question remaining is, did the piece removed land on the roof of the building beside the chimney?

It certainly looks from the second photo that may have happened.

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Honouring the Fallen During the period of the First World War, 1914 to 1915, many men from the Ashburton District signed up to fight for the Empire against the German army. Many did not return - almost 450 from Ashburton were killed. The first Ashburton men were killed on April 25, 1915 - the first Anzac Day. Ashburton philanthropist and patriot Frederick Ferriman presented a special flag and a flagpole to the families of those men. The Ashburton Museum, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton, has erected in front of the museum one of the original Ferriman flagpoles, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. An original flag is on display in the museum. This week the Ashburton Museum honours: August 13: Archer Ernest Mortimore August 15: David J. McKay

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■ Motor racing MotoGP World Championship

■ Bridge

Results from the MotoGP World Championship MotoGP at Indianapolis yesterday: 1. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 41:50:371 Ashburton Bridge Club 2. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) +0.688 August 7 3. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 5.966 Monday Evening – B and C Ladder 4. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 6.147 N/S 1 G Branthwaite and A Gilbert, 2 D 5. Andrea Iannone (ITA/Ducati) 21.528 Wilkinson and L Leadley, 3 B Blair and M 6. Bradley Smith (GBR/Yamaha) 21.751 Bruce. E/W 1 A Gray and Paul Fergus, 2 S 7. Pol Espargaro (ESP/Yamaha) 30.378 Lyons and D Sewell, 3 P Wise and Joyce 8. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Honda) 31.607 Johnson 9. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 32.821 Tuesday Evening – Hazelmere Trophy 10. Danilo Petrucci (ITA/Ducati) 34.517 N/S 1 B Hawthorne and I Doel, 2 B Smith Overall Standings and T Small, 3 M Holmes and L Baker 1. Valentino Rossi (ITA) 195 E/W 1 M Holdaway and E Taylor, 2 A Maude 2. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP) 186 and B Turton, 3 R Kyle and J Fechney 3. Marc Marquez (ESP) 139 Wednesday Afternoon – BrabantTrophy 4. Andrea Iannone (ITA) 129 1 M de Jong and R McLaughlin, 2 M Buckland 5. Bradley Smith (GBR) 97 and Pauline Fergus, 3 J Irwin and B McIlraith, 6. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) 94 4 A Maude and E Lattimore, 5= K Robb and 7. Dani Pedrosa (ESP) 80 E Segers and M Moore and V Palmer 8. Cal Crutchlow (GBR) 74 Thursday Evening – Eileen Willoughby Tro9. Pol Espargaro (ESP) 73 phy: N/S 1 M Stowell and S Rosevear, 2 B 10. Maverick Vinales (ESP) 62 Smith and J Knight, 3 I Doel and A Rooney.

E/W 1 J Fechney and K Robb, 2 Pauline Fergus and J Rooney, 3 M Buckland and L Baker

■ Football English Premier League English Premier League results Stoke City 0 Liverpool 1 (Philippe Coutinho 86) Newcastle United 2 (Cisse 42, Wijnaldum 48) Southampton 2 (Pelle 24, Long 79) Arsenal 0 West Ham 2 (Kouyate 43, Zarate 57) Played on Saturday Chelsea 2 (Oscar 23, F Fernandez 30 og) Swansea 2 (A Ayew 29, Gomis 55 pen) Send-offs: (Courtois 52 - Chelsea) Everton 2 (Barkley 76, A Kone 86) Watford 2 (Layun 13, Ighalo 83) Leicester City 4 (Vardy 11, Mahrez 18, 25pen, Albrighton 66) Sunderland 2 (Defoe 60, Fletcher 71) Norwich City 1 (Redmond 69) Crystal Palace 3 (Zaha 39, Delaney 49, Cabaye 90+4) AFC Bournemouth 0 Aston Villa 1 (Gestede 72) Manchester United 1 (Walker 22 og) Tottenham Hotspur 0.

■ Golf Ashburton County Veterans Golf Tucker Shield 1st and winner of the Tucker Shield was Dave Hewitt with 43 stableford points; 2nd Dave Puckett 40; 3rd George Cartney 39; 4th Owen Everest 38; 5th = Gavin Santy, Graeme Hortin and Mike Gray 37; 8th= were Stewart Dunlop, Arthur Pawsey and Gavin Johnston 35.

Twos: Dave Hewitt, Ian Beach, Murray Mellish and Bill Hetrick.

Mayfield Golf Club

■ Rugby

Spaniard Marc Marquez leads the pack on his way to victory at Indianapolis yesterday.

Mid Canterbury Rugby

football.co.nz Discovery First Kicks Meet 8.45am 9.10am- Round 1 FK1 Methven v Rangers, FK2 Longbeach Stars v Rakaia Rovers, FK3 Ash Christian School v Mustangs FK4 Team Brazil v Tinwald Blue Tigers FK5 Mt Somers Phoenix v Parents/Bye/Bye 9.45am - Round 2 - FK1 Longbeach Stars v Tinwald Blue Tigers, FK2 Ash Christian School v Rangers, 9.45am - FK3 Mt Somers Phoenix v Rakaia Rovers, FK4 Mustangs v Team Brazil, J5 Methven v Parents/Bye Fun Kicks Football Meet 9.45am Round 1- 10.15am FK1 Longbeach Galaxy v Methven White, FK2 Mt Somers Glory v Rakaia Ravens, FK3 Allenton All Stars v Wakanui Whispers, FK4 Allenton Aces v Tinwald Blue Thunder, FK5 Methven Black v Borough United Round 2 - 10.45am-FK1 Longbeach Galaxy v Tinwald Blue Thunder, FK2 Cheeky Cheetahs v Borough United, FK3 Allenton All Stars v Rakaia Ravens FK4 Mt Somers Glory v Wakanui Whispers , FK5 Allenton Aces v Methven White, J5 Methven Black v Parents/Bye 10th Grade (All teams text results to 0278244439 after game). Meet 9.00am 9.30am –J2 Wakanui Warriors v Red Scorpions, J3 Tinwald Elite v Wild Wolves 9.30am – J1 Methven v Longbeach Spurs 12/13th Grade (All teams text results to 0278244439 after game) Meet 9.00am 9.30am I8 Condors v Hawks, I9 Eagles v Falcons 12/13th Grade Round 2 Placings 1st Hawks, 2nd Falcons, 3rd Eagles, 4th Condors (Note Change to 2nd & 3rd) Season Due to End 22nd August (Note Earlier finish date) Prize Giving and Break Up TBC White Ribbon Tournament 6th September Details Soon SI Warm up Tournaments Sunday 13th September (Held in Timaru) & 19th September (held in Ashburton)

August 9: Bruce Beckley Memorial Cup Southern Tinwald Tavern 24 v Celtic Kelly’s Bar & Café 10

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from the Celtic Squash Club’s winter league round last week: Ron Carlson lost to Lawrence McCormick 1-3, Rebecca Abernethy beat Paddy Kennedy 3-0, Mick Hooper lost to John McDonnell 1-3, Suzanne Nijjar beat Kyla Murphy 3-0, Nigel Tew beat Phil Andrew 3-1, Rob Beale beat Brendon Adam 3-1, Laura Gundry beat Chauntel Kentish 3-0.

Chris O’Reilly lost to Billy Nolan 2-3, Mark O’Grady lost to Gary Casey 1-3, Jess McCloy beat Nik Millichamp 3-1, Jock O’Connor lost to Paul Cousins 2-3, Ian Dolden beat Jimmy Hunn 3-1, Suzanne Nijjar lost to Marie Kennedy 0-3.

Terry Hutchinson beat Chrissie Stratford 3-2, Mick Hooper lost to Peter Bryant 0-3, Phil Andrew lost to Scott van den Bemd 2-3, Kendra Hall lost to Ange Harris 1-3, Gary Casey lost to Pat Summerfield 1-3, Robbie Kok lost to Nathan Forbes 1-3, Matt Harris lost to Charlotte Smith 2-3.

Australian Open Final: Men: P Coll (Nzl) bt 1-C Pilley (Aus) 11-7 5-11 11-6 11-5. Women: 2-J King (Nzl) bt 1-A Au (Hkg) 11-5 11-6 11-9.

■ Tennis

August 5 Mid-Week Sableford Competition Gordon Duthie 44 Stableford Points, Ian Beach 42, Andrew Peck, 41, Bill Allan 39, Steve Cross 38, Andrew Lake 37, Colin Bryant 36, Don Ingold 36, Chris Bell 36 Nearest the Pin: Grant Polson

Stanford Classic

Methven Golf Club

Results from the Citi Open yesterday (prefix denotes seeding).

Women, Final: Sloane Stephens (USA) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-1 6-2.

Results from Stanford Classic yesterday (prefix denotes seeding).

Women, Final: 5-Angelique Kerber (GER) bt 4-Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 6-3 5-7 6-4.

Citi Open

August 5, Ladies Division 3rd. Gwen Cook Trophy 7th Tuis Trophy Pam Watson 93-20-73, Ruth Smith 96-2274, Dorothy Gray 113-38-75, Jane Helmore 100-24-76 Tuis Stablefords Pam Watson 36, Ruth Smith 35, Jane Helmore 35. Cinema Paradiso Best Nett Pam Watson 73.

Nearest the Pin Silver No 17 Methven Supervalue Sara Gallagher. Bronze A No 4 Methven Foursquare Lynn Worsfold. Bronze B 2nd Shot No 6 Methven Travel Sandra Marr Open No 13 Methven Pharmacy Mary Stone Saturday No 6 Arabica Sally Jones 2’s & Nett Eagles Lynn Worsfold, Mary Stone, Sharryn Bree, Sara Gallagher, Pam Watson.

Sarah Maw Trophy Mary Stone.

■ Football

Rakaia Golf Club

Mid Canterbury Futsal

August 5, Ladies Division LGU, Bryant Cup, 4th round putting Silver: Sandra Quinn 88-18-70, Bronze A: Bev Sutherland 98-23-75, Bronze B: Bronwyn Oakley 108-34-74, Bronze C: Alison Doig 129-51-78. Putting won by Marion Wederell with 30 putts.

9 Holers: Stroke and Putting: Marg Lloyd 54-14-40, 18 putts.

Railway Tavern 2nd shot no 3: Wendy Watson; Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot no 6: Wendy Watson; V Bell Nearest Pin no 8: Val Bell; Chertsey Spraying 2nd shot no 15: Janet Kingsbury; S. Quinn 2nd shot no 17: Sandra Quinn.

Washington Classic Collated results from Washington Classic yesterday (prefix denotes seeding).

Men, Final: 2-Kei Nishikori (JPN) bt 8-John Isner (USA) 4-6 6-4 6-4.

DRAWS

August 12, Held at EA Networks Stadium Juniors: 4.00pm - Vet Tent - MC Juniors v Rakaia- Refs Kelly-Anne/Jayden: 4.00pm ACL- Hawks v Gunners - Refs Mitchell/Toby Youth: 4.45pm - Vet Tent -MC Youth v Gladiators - Ref Duty Supply 2 Refs per game - YGz. 4.45pm -ACL - Royals v Tig Bitties - Ref Duty Supply 2 Refs per game - YGz 5.20pm - Vet Tent - Royals v Gladiators Ref Duty Supply 2 Refs per game - MC Youth 5.20pm - ACL – YGz v Tig Bitties - Ref Duty Supply 2 Refs per game-MC Youth

Mid Canterbury Football August 15, Local Competition e-mail: admin@mcfootball.co.nz www.mc-

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club August 15 A Stroke round will be played as the first of three for the DCL Cup, all 3 to count.

The final round of the DCL Cup will now be played on the 29th of August. Start Time: Morning 9.00am; Afternoon Report at 11.30 for a 12.00 start.

Saturday Starters: Afternoon Greig Sparrow and Daniel Green. Results Match Committee August 9: The annual match against Tinwald for the Foodstuffs Trophy was postponed due to the snow and will now be played on the 13th of September at Tinwald.

■ Hockey Mid Canterbury Hockey August 14 Played at NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf 1st Grade Women 6.40pm Finals Methven v Collegiate (R. Law, S. Laird) 7.50pm 3rd & 4th Hampstead v Hampstead/Collegians (K. McIntyre C. Watson) Bye: 5th Collegians August 15 Senior Women at Ashburton 1.30pm Semifinals Hampstead 1 v Hampstead/Colle-

gians (R.Turnbull C.O’Neill) Senior Men at Timaru 3.20pm Semi-final 1 Wakanui Black v Cambridge Senior Men at Timaru 5.00pm Semi-final 2 Wakanui Blue v Tainui August 16: 1st Grade Men 6.00pm Final Wakanui v Collegians (Umpires) 7.15pm 3rd & 4th Tinwald v Allenton (Umpires) Representative at Ashburton August 16, Primary Girls Mini Tournament 9.00am Mid Cant Dev Boys Gold v Mid Canterbury B Girls; 10.00am Girls Mid Canterbury A v Canterbury B; 11.00am Girls Canterbury A v Mid Canterbury Under 15; 12.10pm Girls Mid Canterbury B v South Canterbury B; 1.10pm Girls South Canterbury A v Canterbury A; 2.10pm Girls Canterbury B v South Canterbury B; 3.10pm Girls Mid Canterbury A v South Canterbury A; 4.10pm Mid Canterbury Dev Girls v South Canterbury Dev Girls; 5.00pm Mid Cant Dev Boys Green v South Canterbury Dev Boys

■ Netball Mid Canterbury Netball August 12 Social Netball ACL: 6.30: United Colonels v Collegiate Social, Barbara Adam and Andre Bennett; 7.30: Hampstead Gold v United Zingers, Charlotte Samson (Rakaia) and Meg Witterick Vetent: 6.30: Celtic Social v Southern, Emma Kelly and Kerry Aspin; 7.30: Rakaia B v Methven White, Barbara Adam and Heidi Cuttle (Methven) Carrfields: 6.30: Hampstead Blue v Tinwald South, Kendra Eilken and Alyce Lysaught (United); 7.30: Mt Somers Social v Rakaia C, Laura George and Christal Brosnahan (United) Ashburton Trust: Senior A Trial August 13 ACL Premier and Senior A ACL: 6.30: United A v Rakaia A, Wendy Hopwood and Jan Lee; 7.30: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton A v Methven Wareings A, Kiani Smith and Wendy Hopwood Vetent: 6.30: Ashburton College B v Celtic B, Aimee Elliott and Kari Graham; 7.30: Celtic A v Ashburton College A, Vicki McArthur and Jan Lee Carrfields: 6.30: Ashburton College Y9A v Allenton, Eartha Scott and Barbara Adam; 7.30: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton B v Collegiate A, Barbara Adam and Aimee Elliott Ashburton Trust: warm up court August 15 The Stables Junior Netball – Semi Finals ACL: 8.45: Southern Hayden Mackenzie v Hampstead Blue, Zoe Beckley and Charlotte Blundell; 9.35: Allenton D v Borough A, Courtney Elliott and Tenielle Booth; 10.25: Wakanui v Methven Professionals, Hayley Tallentire and Hayley Dickson; 11.15: New World Allenton B v Longbeach A, Hannah McDougall and Julie Mushonga; 12.05: St Josephs Celtic Gold v Methven Shearmac A, Ella Hurley and Natasha Waddell; 12.55: New World Allenton A v Hampstead A, Danielle McArthur and Vicki Pluck Vetent: 8.45: Hampstead Gold v Borough B, Sarah Alexander and Abby Wallington; 9.35: Methven Winslow v Rakaia A, Willow Diedricks and Mia Pearson; 10.25: Allenton E v Netherby Magic, Michelle Jones and Kate Ahearn; 11.15: St Josephs Celtic Red v Allenton C, Meg McIntyre and Lyd-

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ia Wilson; 12.05: St Josephs Celtic Blue v Southern Taylor Groundspreading, Ashlee Strawbridge and Jemma Donnelly; 12.55: Methven Trucking B v Hampstead B, Grace Adams and Shae Harkness Carrfields: 8.45: Allenton F v Tinwald Royals, Ellie Lawn and Poppy Kilworth; 9.35: Hampstead School A v Longbeach B, Sophie Watson and Sabrina Irvine; 10.25: St Josephs Celtic Orange v Southern Hyde Brothers, Lauren Pluck and Grace Bleach; 11.15: Netherby Diamonds v Borough C, Charlotte Gray and Nikita Banfield; 12.05: Methven SPS v Rakaia B, Harriett Leverton and Kate Hatley; 12.55: Hampstead School B v Wakanui Blue Ferns, Jane Cribb and Kate Ahearn Ashburton Trust: 8.45: Tinwald Tall Ferns v Hampstead School C, Maddy Watson and Annabel Murphy; 9.35; Longbeach C v St Josephs Celtic Green, Katie Danielson and Millie Ness; 10.25: Allenton G v Methven Cissys, Lena Tamura Goodman and Anna Bennett; 11.15: Mt Somers Springburn v Borough D, Roi Makutu and Nina Vlaaderen; 12.05: Fairton ACS v Southern Harrison Spraying, Jessica Cowan and Penny Stilgoe-Rooney August 15 New World Senior B -2nd Grade – Semi Finals ACL: 2.00: Celtic Green v Celtic D, Sophie Beveridge and Emma McDowell; 3.00: Somerset Grocer C v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U18, Emily Hickman and Megan Harrison; 4.00: Methven Euro Agri B v Ashburton College Y10A, Brooke Williams and Charlotte Waddell Vetent: 2.00: Ashburton College U18 v United KFC B, Zoe Diedricks and Shannon Vidler; 3.00: Allenton B v Methven R&R U18, Tegan Barry and Kerry Aspin; 4.00: Ashburton College Y9B v Methven U15A, Jemma Rotch and Vicki Pluck Carrfields: 2.00: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Hotties v Allenton C, Tori Kelland and Maddison Bremner; 3.00: Ashburton College Y10B v Ashburton College U17, Alison Rutten and Courtney McClintock; 4.00: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U17 v Celtic U18, Renee McCleod and Sarah Colquhoun Ashburton Trust: 2.00: Ashburton College U15 v Allenton D, Sarah Rudolph and Emily Calles (Allenton); 3.00: Southern v Ashburton College U16, Caitlin Ward and Collette Anselmi (Celtic); 4.00: Ashburton College U14 v Methven Tricroft U15B, Tayler Cousins and Paraani Te Are (Hampstead) Bye: Hampstead Blue - 2nd Grade 7th Place

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby August 15 Heartland Pre Season: The Trust Ashburton Mid Canterbury v North Otago, Whitestone Stadium, Oamaru, 2.30pm Hanan Cup Fixture: Mid Canterbury A v North Otago Development, Whitestone Stadium, Oamaru, 12.50pm Under 65kg Hanan Selection Games, Old Boys Club, Timaru, Field 1 South Canterbury v North Otago, 10am North Otago v Mid Canterbury, 11.45am Mid Canterbury v South Canterbury, 1.30pm Under 48kg Hanan Trial Games, Old Boys Club, Timaru, Field 2 South Canterbury v North Otago, 10am North Otago v Mid Canterbury, 11.45am Mid Canterbury v South Canterbury, 1.30pm

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■ NETBALL

In brief

Semi-finals still wide open For all the flaws in the Netball World Cup draw - and there are many - the beauty of it is the top four teams all have to play each other at some point in the competition, and in some cases, twice.

After the Silver Ferns stunning 52-47 win over Australia on Sunday night, there is now genuine intrigue about how the next week will shape up.

There are several more big games to come.

Such is the the gap between the top four nations and the rest of the world, previously the likes of Australia, New Zealand, England and Jamaica could cruise through the tournament without being challenged until the semi-final stage.

You could pick those semi-final match-ups before a ball had even passed through the net.

Not so this year.

As the tournament enters the second phase, there is still no certainty about who will be facing off in the semi-finals.

Casey Kopua told Radio Sport’s Rikki Swannell the victory gives the side “huge confidence”.

What we can be pretty certain of however, is to win the title, the Ferns will have to beat both England and Australia in the finals - in what order will depend on what happens over the next few days in the round qualification matches.

But whereas heading into the tournament many had the Ferns pegged for a potential bronze medal play-off, the Silver Ferns are now considered genuine title chances after their impressive win over the Diamonds.

To produce such a confident and assured performance against a team that beat them

Casey Kopua: Ferns have gained confidence from win.

by an average margin of 12 goals in their five meetings last year showed incredible mental fortitude.

Having snapped a two-year losing streak, and escaped the indignity of being the side that racked up a record-equalling 10th straight loss to the Diamonds, you could have forgiven the Ferns if they had danced a merry jig on centre court on Sunday night.

But the celebrations were kept to minimum.

It was a case of a few high fives and sly winks and on to the next one.

Asked what it means for her side, New Zealand coach Waimarama Taumaunu responded simply - “It means that we meet Jamaica on Tuesday”.

They are rightly playing down the significance of the victory, because they know that the tournament is not over yet.

Not by a Maria Tutaia-length long shot.

- NZME

■ RUGBY

Eden Park fortress in danger of crumbling?

By Chris rattue Here’s what I do know about the state of the All Blacks.

Some very famous reputations will go on the line against Australia at Eden Park, if those superstars get to play.

Dan Carter in particular is not delivering.

The way Sonny Bill Williams has treated rugby, coming and going as he pleases while everybody fawns over him, is a joke. I laughed at his incompetence in Sydney - the All Blacks don’t deserve any better.

Carter and Conrad Smith look like they are playing on memory, and struggling to rise to the occasion - particularly Carter.

If they play this Saturday, these two legends are fighting for their starting spots, or should be, even at this late stage in the Rugby World Cup piece.

Carter’s fans have been overoptimistic.

The man isn’t running any

more and when you take that out of his game, it is too easy for opponents to mark up on those around him.

Unlike Richie McCaw, he’s chosen to coast towards this World Cup at times.

Now, he is also making errors. I’d say he’s in trouble.

Smith is just soooooo predictable, in a good way to a degree, but not in the creative attack department.

On the Sydney showing, instead of mounting a big challenge for the No13 jersey, the booming Malakai Fekitoa looked - unfortunately confused about his role.

The All Blacks aren’t quite as good as the winloss record and ranking and PR avalanche makes out.

Australia are a bit better than a lot of people thought, but they

still have a few soft spots and selection issues.

With a bit of luck, we are in for one heck of a Bledisloe Cup decider, which is what international sport should be all about.

A one-sided trans-Tasman rugby contest isn’t a good thing.

Apart from that: Nehe Milner-Skudder could be a revelation on the wing. The All Blacks must stick with the little magic man.

Here’s what I can’t work out - the big picture.

Is this an All Black team in serious decline and trouble with its World Cup defence, or one which suffered a blip?

There has been a touch of arrogance in the preparation, with Steve Hansen and his mates running the selections like a chess

game without establishing a core side.

The way SBW was able to run around Sydney with his gushing league power broker mates last week was insulting.

Has the world gone mad?

I’m not brave enough to make a prediction for Eden Park.

History says the All Blacks will roar out and smash Australia.

Common sense says this Aussie team - with Michael Hooper and David Pocock outstanding in Sydney - is too good for that to happen especially if they adjust their backline selections.

The Wallabies deserve more respect than that sort of prediction, after a stirring, battling victory.

There is actually a tiny sneaky feeling that the Aussies can win at Fortress Eden Park and if they do, it’s time to tip our hat to them.

They are the enemy, but they’ve been through a long, rough Bledisloe Cup patch.

- NZME

‘Simple, direct, proactive football’ required The All Blacks are likely to make small but significant tactical adjustments this week rather than any major overhaul of what they have been doing.

Tied in with that, they are likely to make only a small number of personnel changes.

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As much as there are World Cup selection questions that need to be answered at Eden Park, there is a Bledisloe Cup that has to be retained and the latter will take priority when it comes to picking the team.

Steve Hansen believes the

players need to have a more streamlined approach this week where they rely more on simple, direct, proactive football.

“There was a lot of hesitation and I keep thinking back to every year when we play in June we get what we are getting at the

moment,” he said. “When you are over-thinking you become slow and it clutters your brain.

“Again, we need to go back and say what is really critical for our game. Let’s nail that and if we do that then we give ourselves a chance to play.”

- NZME

Diamonds ‘fired up’ Australia have warned England they may bear the brunt of the Diamonds’ stunning Netball World Cup defeat to New Zealand.

Australian vice-captain Kim Green says her team have never been more motivated for a win after the defending world champions and hot tournament favourites suffered a shock 52-47 loss to the secondranked Silver Ferns. Green believed the “unacceptable” performance had provided the Diamonds with more than enough incentive to bounce back stronger against world No.3 England tonight. “We are fired up,” she said.

- AAP

Double for Southern Southern have made it a senior B rugby double, after winning the Bruce Beckley Memorial Trophy on Sunday. Southern – who won the senior B title last weekend – took on Celtic in the annual match and won 24-10. Traditionally played at Mt Somers, the match had to be moved to Hinds due to Friday night’s snowfall.

Injury worries for Boks South Africa captain Jean de Villiers, Marcell Coetzee and Willie le Roux will all miss next weekend’s rematch with Argentina in Buenos Aires, the South Africa Rugby Union announced yesterday. The trio all suffered injuries in the historic 37-25 Rugby Championship defeat to the Pumas in Durban. De Villiers fractured his jaw which will rule him out for up to six weeks. Coetzee suffered a medial collateral ligament injury to his left knee and Le Roux sprained his ankle early in the match against Argentina and will also not be considered for the trip to Buenos Aires.

- AFP

Mumm tips big response Returning to Australia on a wing and a prayer, Wallabies lock Dean Mumm is set to continue his remarkable resurgence by stepping into New Zealand rugby’s hottest cauldron. Mumm played 33 Tests between 2008 and 2010, but looked unlikely to add to that tally after going to Exeter in 2012. After three years Mumm signed for his old Super Rugby side NSW Waratahs.

Michael Cheika then chose the lock in his Rugby Championship squad.

New Zealand born Mumm knows the Wallabies face an enormous task at Eden Park, the spiritual home of the All Blacks. “We’re expecting a pretty full-on Kiwi response I’d say at Eden Park in front of a crowd that is extremely patriotic in a place that they absolutely love playing.”

- AAP

Honest review for ABs All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick says the team have had a ‘honest review’ following Saturday’s Rugby Championship defeat to the Wallabies in Sydney. The 27-19 loss was New Zealand’s first since 2011 against the Wallabies. It means Australia will snare the Bledisloe Cup for the first time since 2003 if they win or draw at Eden Park on Saturday. Retallick said the side have reviewed the game and said it’s easier to pick things to work on after a loss. It’s been a good, honest review and just like the other week we’ve got a few things to work on before the weekend.”

- NZME

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In brief Anzac test gone The National Rugby League scrapped the Anzac Test without consulting the New Zealand Rugby League, announced the change without informing their Kiwi counterparts and, incredibly, did not even return the New Zealand governing body’s calls when it attempted to seek clarification yesterday. As of 4.50pm the NZRL had heard nothing from the NRL about a television schedule from 2018 that effectively kills off the Anzac Test - a crucial revenue driver for the New Zealand game. “This news today has taken us a little by surprise,” NZRL chief executive Phil Holden admitted. Holden said it was still not clear whether Australian players would be available for a mid-season test against the Kiwis and “everybody was jumping to conclusions”.

- NZME

Fans and players win

George Worker joined a select band by scoring a half century on debut during the Twenty 20 cricket International match against Zimbabwe in Harare yesterday.

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■ CRICKET

Black Caps cruise to T20 win New Zealand’s cricketers will head to the second leg of their African tour in a positive frame of mind after ending their Zimbabwe trip with an easy victory in Harare early yesterday.

In the only T20 international against Zimbabwe, New Zealand won by 80 runs, and are on a run of three straight wins after losing the first of their three ODIs. New Zealand’s win was comprehensive, making 198 for five, after being sent in to bat, then restricting Zimbabwe to just 118 for eight.

“The way the boys batted was outstanding, everyone played their roles and overall the bowling was the best of the series,” captain Kane Williamson said.

New Zealand’s innings, their equal fifth highest in T20 internationals, was notable for the debut performance by lefthander George Worker.

His first seven balls were runless and at that point he was likely getting twitchy.

However once he found his feet Worker impressed in hitting 62 off 38 balls to win the man of the match award.

He showed a liking for the leg side, struck four hefty sixes and was comfortably top scorer for New Zealand.

He became the fourth New Zealander to make a half century on T20 debut - following Scott Styris’ 66 against Australia in the first official T20 at Eden Park in 2005, 63 by Aar-

on Redmond against Ireland in 2009 and 59 from Anton Devcich against Bangladesh two years ago.

Captain Kane Williamson hit a quick 20 before being well caught at deep square leg, while fellow opener Martin Guptill made 33 before lifting a full toss straight to long off.

Wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi smeared a rapid 29; and Colin Munro and Nathan McCullum slapped an unbroken 41 off only 14 balls as New Zealand’s innings ended with a roar.

Zimbabwe were given the task of overtaking the joint highest total made in Harare if they were to register their first T20 win over New Zealand in six attempts.

They never looked remotely like threatening it.

Speedster Adam Milne, in his first game back since injury during the World Cup in March, was hostile in his four overs. He dismissed opener Hamilton Masakadza with his ninth ball, and finished with two for 10, and he’ll be happy with his return to the national team.

There were wickets for Jimmy Neesham, with his first ball, Mitch McClenaghan and both spinners Nathan McCullum and Ish Sodhi.

New Zealand fly to South Africa for five limited-overs matches, starting with the opening T20 at Durban next - NZME Friday.

Off field dramas rocked Aust team - report Skipper Michael Clarke has rubbished reports of upheaval in the camp before Australia’s embarrassing fourth Test loss to England at Trent Bridge.

A News Corp report said the tour had been dogged by offfield dramas with a long-running feud between the wives of two senior players; Clarke’s refusal to travel on the team bus or socialise with team-mates,

the sacking of popular vicecaptain Brad Haddin after time off for family reasons and the mishandling of selection announcements.

But Clarke rubbished the report, saying when you don’t perform there’s going to be “Chinese whispers”.

“There is no disharmony is this group whatsoever,” Clarke said on Triple M. “The play-

ers are as tight as any team I’ve been a part of. Travelling in different cars. What a load of s...”

The report which incensed Clarke added there was a yearlong disintegration in the offfield relationship between himself and the rest of the team as he often chose to travel by private car instead of the team bus, and rarely attended team get togethers.

It went on to say Clarke’s team-mates were stunned when he joined them for a rare drink in the hotel bar on the day he made the decision to stand down while it was also known that the wives of two senior players did not get along which caused friction between their husbands.

“That’s absolute garbage”, said Clarke.

- AAP

Chief executive Dave Smith has welcomed the NRL’s $925 million broadcast deal with Channel Nine as a win for fans and player welfare but admits rugby league has a significant challenge to arrest a decline in crowds. The NRL announced yesterday that Nine had secured the rights to broadcast the NRL from 2018 to 2022. The network will screen matches four days a week, twice as many as now available on free-to-air TV. “For our fans, I want to make sure this is all about the fans, this is a huge step forward,” Smith said. “The point about freeto-air is that more and more of our fans are going to have access to the game in whatever shape and form it is.”

- AAP

Smith vows to be bold The internship was impressive but Steve Smith wants to be bolder when he takes full control of Australia’s Test side. Smith broke Don Bradman’s record for most runs in a Test series between Australia and India last summer, when he stepped in as skipper following Michael Clarke’s hamstring surgery. The 26-year-old boasts an undefeated record in his three Tests as captain, but draws in Melbourne and Sydney still irk.

Instead of pressing for victory in the Boxing Day Test, Smith accepted a draw knowing it would wrap up a series victory.

- AAP

Broncos skipper to retire He’s already had one fairytale ending in 2015 so you can’t blame Justin Hodges for chasing another.

The Brisbane captain announced yesterday he’ll retire at the end of the NRL season, but not before he has a crack at leading the Broncos to this year’s premiership. After bowing out of representative football in Queensland’s 52-6 thrashing of NSW to claim this year’s State of Origin campaign, Hodges will now hope to inspire the table-topping Broncos over the final few weeks of his club career.

- AAP

Oldest test cricketer dies New Zealand’s oldest former test representative Trevor Barber has died, passing away at a retirement home in Christchurch. Barber, 90, made his test debut at his home ground, the Basin Reserve, against the West Indies in March 1956, taking the catch that dismissed the great Sir Garfield Sobers. - NZME

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■ MAKFI

Driver sidesteps Makfi Designated Driver’s unexplained aversion to her home track was a contributing factor to her dropping out of contention for the Gr.1 Makfi Challenge Stakes.

“We did have her in, but it was always going to be a bit of a longshot,” Hastings co-trainer Sue Thompson said.

“She’s had two runs at 1400 metres here and she’s gone horrible both times.

“She’s pulled her block off – it’s quite a weird thing and we don’t know why she’s been like that.

“She’s raced well at Trentham, Ellerslie and Wanganui and if the Makfi had been anywhere else than Hastings we might have considered it.”

Designated Driver hasn’t raced since she finished strongly for her second behind Sacred Star in the Gr.1 The Telegraph in January.

“She was quite big when she came back from a spell, but she’s

good in herself and nice and bright,” Thompson said.

“We’re quite happy and she’ll probably kick off over 1200 metres at Wanganui on September 5.”

Already a dual winner on the River City course, Designated Driver may head further south later in the spring.

“We could have a look at Christchurch and she’ll definitely be aimed at The Telegraph again,” Thompson said.

Designated Driver began her career from Gary Alton’s stable and joined the Hastings yard of Thompson and Mick Brown last year after her American-based owners Butch and Lu Thomas purchased a property in Hawke’s Bay. The couple breed and own show jumpers and their son Guy is an internationally-successful rider and New Zealand Olympic representative.

- NZME

Lisa McGregor has made a quick impact in her return to race riding.

The now Tauranga-based jockey was successful aboard Winor Elsa at her home meeting on Saturday and only 10 days into her comeback. McGregor’s last win had been at Hokitika in January, 2014, after which she ran a West Coast hotel before heading north to link up with trainer Jim Pender. - NZME

Allpress booked Lisa Allpress has been confirmed as the spring partner of Group One winner Pondarosa Miss. She will ride the Easter Handicap winner when she resumes in the Gr.2 Lisa Chittick Foxbridge Plate at Te Rapa on Saturday and through the Triple Crown series at Hastings. “As long as we’re all happy then Lisa will more than likely carry on with the mare,” Pondarosa Miss’ partowner Darrell Hollinshead said in reference to their plans to chase a start in the Melbourne Cup. - NZME

Apprentice injured

Designated Driver: Will eventually try the Telegraph again.

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McGregor a winner

Japanese apprentice Masaji Haruki is facing an indefinite period out of the saddle following a fall at Riccarton. He suffered a serious neck injury on Saturday when he parted company with Android in the second last event on the programme.

- NZME

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway

2 52678 Too Much Rebel 17.82 .................A Waretini 10 15888 Culvie Godfather 17.53 H & ................Taylor Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington 4 35414 Lignite Girl nwtd ...............................S Stone 8 61263 Know Energy 17.50........................G Cleeve Raceway Meeting Date: 11 Aug 2015 NZ Meeting num- 5 62234 Opawa Amber nwtd L & ..................... Wales 9 66848 Ohoka Joka 17.16 ........................ L Waretini 3 53272 Mamalulu 17.58 C & .......................... Fagan 9 2.51pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STKS C1, 520m ber: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 6 77535 Jewel Apache 30.66 S & .................B Evans 4 86567 Go Tommo 17.10........................D Stapleton 1 78856 Lena Allen 30.44 ....................J T McInerney 10 55678 Slingo 17.75 .............................. M Robinson 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 7 27416 Uno Marguerite 31.09 L & .................. Wales 5 36483 Homebush Fine 17.65 ............J T McInerney 2 12423 Uno Shay 31.06 L & ........................... Wales 12 3.46pm SNOW-E MUSCLE, ENERGY & FERTILITY 10, 11 and 12 8 31327 Another Message 31.05 .........J T McInerney 6 77654 Boston Mona nwtd ..........................J Tanner 3 23785 Opawa Rocky 30.50 L & .................... Wales DASH C1, 295m 9 58518 Uno James 31.05 L & ........................

Wales 7 42586 Hyperparadise nwtd S & .................B Evans 1 12.10pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C1, 295m 4 44243 Jinja Jaffa 30.59 ........................R Blackburn 1 52844 Mulberry Brook 17.51................... K Cassidy 8 x566x Hooray For Hazel 17.56 M & ............... Smith 1 31583 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M &..................... Smith 10 14668 Opawa Larry nwtd L & ....................... Wales 5 31462 Goldstar Po 31.11 S & ....................B Evans 2 45634 Bizarro 17.59 S & ............................ B Evans 2 51458 Cawbourne Dozer nwtd .....................C Weir 4 1.09pm EMERSON CONSULTANCY SPRINT C1, 295m 9 68468 Midnight Sprite 17.45 .................D Stapleton 6 43353 Lagoon Victory 31.04 ...................C Roberts 3 75464 Tracey nwtd ................................D Stapleton 1 88835 Hat Trick Chaos nwtd .......................A Joyce 10 55678 Slingo 17.75 .............................. M Robinson 3 26145 Opal Jewel 17.51 .........................C Roberts 7 15651 Opawa Kuru 30.41 L & ....................... Wales 4 46346 Crystall McBell nwtd...............J T McInerney 2 74422 Sheza Gamble 17.33 M & .................Jopson 7 2.09pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C1, 520m 4 65742 Bhuja 17.71 ...............................R Blackburn 8 44423 Know Worth 30.72..........................G Cleeve 5 167 Magic Dozer 17.71 .................... G T Bennett 3 71 Mighty Mac 17.80...............................C Weir 5 32845 Botany Zenvo 17.33 ...............J T McInerney 9 58518 Uno James 31.05 L & ........................ Wales 6 43555 Hayley James 17.69..................... L Waretini 1 22245 Kirkham Jack nwtd .......................C Roberts 4 57436 Petra Haka 17.45 ......................... L Waretini 6 88338 Vito Baxter 17.59 ...................J T McInerney 10 87x6x Quattro nwtd .............................

M Robinson 7 31631 Gump’s The Name 17.45 ....................A Lee 2 53357 Infernal Majesty 30.98 M & ...............Jopson 5 65436 Charlie Next Boy 17.58 ..............D Stapleton 7 78553 Ohoka Faith 17.44........................ L Waretini 3 64346 Opawa Extreme 30.48 L & ................. Wales 10 3.10pm OPAWA BOWL & JACK SPRINT C1, 295m 8 68F22 Homebush Gru 17.42.............J T McInerney 6 72847 Shakayla Rose 17.49 ...................C Roberts 8 86822 Eug The Scrooge 17.74 .............D Stapleton Emergencies: 4 5x878 Pindari 30.25 ............................ A Botherway 1 34256 Zipping Jacob nwtd ............................C Weir 7 61776 Marty McMoth 18.19 M & .................... Smith 9 45776 Know Struggle 17.34......................G Cleeve 9 68468 Midnight Sprite 17.45 .................D Stapleton 2 64784 Summer Love 17.53 .........................A Joyce 5 81634 Know Scholar 31.06 .......................G Cleeve 8 3118 Shelly McBell 17.66 ...............J T McInerney 10 68768 Opawa Viv nwtd L & ........................... Wales 3 75537 Tayla’s Friend 17.61 ..................... K Cassidy 10 47867 Zulu Deb 17.51 ...............................J Tanner 6 64614 Mc Lovin’ 30.79 ................................S Stone 9 65867 Miss Jolt nwtd ..............................A Waretini SELECTIONS 2 12.29pm GLENBYRE TAVERN DASH C1, 295m 4 15526 Sacajawea 17.71........................D Stapleton 7 62413 Opawa Loi 31.28 L &.......................... Wales 1 57237 Bella Grace 17.40 C & ....................... Fagan 10 57787 Another Belle nwtd .................J T McInerney 5 22432 Mr. November 17.48 ...................D Stapleton Race 1: Bhuja, Cawbourne Dozer, Eug The Scrooge, Opal Jewel 8 1631 Arctic Action 31.05 J & ....................D Fahey 2 87223 Struggle Is Real 17.67 H & .................Taylor 5 1.29pm HAMPDEN TAVERN STAKES C1, 520m 6 88774 Skillz Taylor 17.51 ........................ L Waretini Race 2: Struggle Is Real, Bella Grace, Magic Arrow, Bad Week Emergencies: 1 52816 Opawa Grunter 30.50 L & .................. Wales 3 42548 Magic Arrow 17.32 .....................D Stapleton 7 52418 Kentaro Baxter nwtd...............J T McInerney Race 3: Know Answer, Opawa Amber, Benjamin Black 9 58518 Uno James 31.05 L & ........................ Wales 2 21725 Idol Leanne 30.43 J & .....................D Fahey 10 86547 Opawa Shiloh 31.30 L & .................... Wales 4 81664 Not So Cute 17.38 .....................D Stapleton 8 35673 Eyes On Lulu 17.68 M & ..................... Smith Race 4: Mighty Mac, Sheza Gamble, Shelly McBell, Petra Haka 3 35644 Run Zola 30.51 H & ............................Taylor 5 73766 Know Cheers 17.50 .......................G Cleeve Know Struggle 17.34......................G Cleeve Race 5: Idol Leanne, Run Zola, Goldstar Coco, Uno Brent 8 2.27pm CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO DASH C1, 295m 109 45776 4 54311 Uno Brent 30.97 L & .......................... Wales 6 83274 Bad Week 17.33.....................J T McInerney 68768 Opawa Viv nwtd L & ........................... Wales Race 6: Must Desire, Mamalulu, Go Tommo, Homebush Fine 1 14852 Zippora Blaze 17.50 M &...................Jopson Race 7: Arctic Action, Mc Lovin’, Opawa Loi, Opawa Extreme 5 35835 Cawbourne Wales nwtd ...............C Roberts 7 63677 Katie Ate It 17.94 ...................... M Robinson 2 23345 Air Express 17.59...................J T McInerney 11 3.26pm MAC DEVELOPMENTS SPRINT C1, 295m Race 8: Opawa Rocket, Know Value, Zippora Blaze, Car Bootle 6 5428x Luminary nwtd...........................R Blackburn 8 54353 Our John 17.84 ............................S Hindson 1 71278 Human Instinct 18.24 .............J T McInerney 3 21113 Opawa Rocket 17.31 J & ................D Fahey Race 9: Opawa Kuru, Jinja Jaffa, Opawa Rocky, Lena Allen 7 65855 Know Smiggle 30.34 ......................G Cleeve 9 66848 Ohoka Joka 17.16 ........................ L Waretini 2 15525 Brandish nwtd ...............................R Adcock 4 15621 Know Value 17.44 ..........................G Cleeve Race 10: Zipping Jacob, Eyes On Lulu, Tayla’s Friend 8 35731 Goldstar Coco 30.74 S & ................B Evans 10 47867 Zulu Deb 17.51 ...............................J Tanner 3 25764 Pagani 17.49 ..............................D Stapleton 5 87443 Car Bootle 17.62 ....................... M Robinson 11: Grayson Blue, Know Energy, Human Instinct 3 12.49pm AMBER CLEANING SERVICE STKS C1, 520m 9 58518 Uno James 31.05 L & ........................ Wales 6 45665 Homebush Nark 17.81 ...........J T McInerney 4 71644 Blazing Hot 17.58.......................D Stapleton Race Race 12: Gump’s The Name, Magic Dozer, Homebush Gru 1 47432 Know Answer 30.38 .......................G Cleeve 10 35546 Mobilize 30.95 ............................D Stapleton 5 24113 Grayson Blue 17.63 .........................S Stone 7 18326 Malcy 17.55................................D Stapleton 2 23665 Benjamin Black 30.73 .............. A Botherway 6 1.48pm ANGLERS ARM’S TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 8 86765 Cawbourne Clock 17.55 M & .............. Smith 6 31745 Opawa Hog 17.86 L & ........................ Wales LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd 1 21542 Must Desire 17.17 ..........................G Cleeve 3 14777 Kirkham Harvey 30.52 .................C Roberts 7 21787 Sal’s Babe 18.01 C & ......................... Fagan - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track 9 65867 Miss Jolt nwtd ..............................A Waretini

M9 Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway

Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park 10 788x8 Scary Canary 23.41 ..........................B Eade 1 54358 Hyde Baxter nwtd...................J T McInerney 5 33137 Hip Hop Sofia nwtd ................... A Bradshaw Raceway Meeting Date: 11 Aug 2015 NZ Meeting num- 3 12.40pm SGRC TIPPING COMPETITION C0, 390m 2 3 Southern Lights nwtd ..................R Hamilton 6 31 Abrasador 26.71 ...............................B Eade ber: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 1 3 6 Definer nwtd ..................................R Adcock 7 34335 Filante nwtd .....................................

M Grant 81 Robbie McBell nwtd ...............J T McInerney 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 2 33674 Another Russ nwtd.................J T McInerney 4 66668 Springs Eternal nwtd..........................J Allen 8 26152 All About Echo 26.33 ........................J Dunn 10, 11 and 12 5 5 Dallas Baxter nwtd .................J T McInerney 9 58588 Fancy Kiwi 26.12 ......................... B I Conner 3 4256 Crystal Flame nwtd ......................... M Grant 1 12.02pm WELCOME TO NEW SEASON C0, 390m 4 77467 Wally Baxter nwtd ..................J T McInerney 6 1.40pm $26 FIVE WIRE MUZZLE STAKES C1, 390m 6 27567 Tatum Baxter nwtd .................J T McInerney 7 33235 Timely Reminder nwtd ......................J Dunn 1 78477 Chief Baxter nwtd...................J T McInerney 1 45241 Deborah Bay 23.04 ........................J Guthrie 5 283 Grubby Stubbies nwtd .......................J Dunn 8 67658 Lin Baxter nwtd ......................J T McInerney 2 33644 Apollo King nwtd ................................J Allen 2 35366 Big John Canon nwtd .............M K Dempsey 6 James McBell nwtd ................J T McInerney 9 78667 War Cloak nwtd ..............................J Guthrie 3 46846 Another Way nwtd ..................J T McInerney 3 55254 Glenn Is Goodesy 22.90 ................. M Grant 7 77543 Wheres Candy nwtd...............M K Dempsey 4 76326 Another Charm nwtd ..............J T McInerney 4 27452 Subterfuge nwtd .................................J Allen 10 45877 Cloudy Noir nwtd................................J Allen 8 38784 Princely Count nwtd ...............J T McInerney 5 66x2 Cawbourne Tick nwtd.............J T McInerney 5 64658 Sailors Collar 23.20........................J Guthrie 9 2.38pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ 9 45877 Cloudy Noir nwtd................................J Allen 6 56 No Tinkerbell nwtd .........................J Guthrie 10 78687 Joey Baxter nwtd ...................J T McInerney 6 24743 Another Jewel 22.45 ..............J T McInerney C1/2, 457m 1 66268 Come On Dolly nwtd ..............M K Dempsey 7 35367 Shane McBell nwtd ................J T McInerney 4 1.00pm SGRC $50 LEATHER LEADS C1, 390m 7 31115 Born To Boom 22.46 .........................J Dunn 2 87574 La Kinks 26.36 ................................ M Grant 8 Minimal nwtd .....................................J Dunn 8 68317 Gone Rogue nwtd ..................... A Bradshaw 1 21254 Sally 22.74 ....................................R Adcock 3 37786 Homebush Buck nwtd ............J T McInerney Emergencies: 9 75888 Noggin nwtd .......................................J Allen 2 8686F Another Key nwtd ...................J T McInerney 4 56476 Homebush Errol nwtd ............J T McInerney 9 78667 War Cloak nwtd ..............................J Guthrie 10 788x8 Scary Canary 23.41 ..........................B Eade 3 32556 Kingman 22.42 ................................ M Grant 10 87687 Maia Baxter nwtd ...................J T McInerney 4 x1485 Tamaska nwtd ........................... A Bradshaw 7 1.59pm WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ 5 8455x Country Crossing 26.36 ....................J Dunn 6 15877 Expect Delay 26.66 ......................... M Grant 2 12.20pm ASCOT PARK HOTEL C1, 390m 5 11114 Dirk The Jerk nwtd ............................J Dunn C3, 457m 7 7F447 Homebush Coral nwtd............J T McInerney 1 54326 Moon And Sea nwtd...........................J Allen 1 17155 What I Like 26.12 ...................J T McInerney 6 64586 Glory Hog nwtd ......................J T McInerney 8 64677 Shadow Baxter nwtd ..............J T McInerney 2 47486 Rangitata Raider nwtd ...................B Pringle 2 71821 Another Fan nwtd ...................J T McInerney 7 77415 Going Pronto nwtd .............................J Allen 9 58588 Fancy Kiwi 26.12 ......................... B I Conner 3 28351 Cool Dexter nwtd...............................J Dunn 3 37754 Thrilling Spell nwtd ...................... B I Conner 8 77857 Thrilling Shrimp nwtd .................. B I Conner 4 24565 Stenson 22.60 ................................. M Grant 4 57663 Botany Blake 26.14 ................J T McInerney 10 2.59pm IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY TIM C3/4, 390m 9 75888 Noggin nwtd .......................................J Allen 1 34434 Opawa Bart 22.96 .............................B Eade 5 18 Regalyn 23.02 ...................................B Eade 10 788x8 Scary Canary 23.41 ..........................B Eade 5 42118 Another Liz nwtd ....................J T McInerney 2 77821 Homebush Rocky 23.23 .........J T McInerney 6 21217 Jimmy Hammer nwtd .............M K Dempsey 5 1.20pm BRENDON BURKE @ RAY WHITE C1, 457m 6 43822 Bound To Erupt 26.15 ..................... M Grant 3 75635 Puma Pants 22.78..................J T McInerney 7 23761 Another Jamie nwtd ...............J T McInerney 7 46112 Birchbrook nwtd ............................R Adcock 1 212 Heritage Watch 26.76 ....................J Guthrie 4 53243 Wunzee nwtd .........................J T McInerney 8 13335 Tulip Muncher nwtd ...........................J Dunn 8 63165 Albie McLeod 26.21 ..........................B Eade 2 13724 Technic nwtd .................................R Adcock 5 75678 Homebush Kelso nwtd ...........J T McInerney Emergencies: 9 77756 Thrilling Marty 25.99 ................... B I Conner 3 36135 Nina Baxter nwtd....................J T McInerney 9 75888 Noggin nwtd .......................................J Allen 4 64445 Thrilling Hunt 26.48 ..................... B I Conner 8 2.17pm SOUTHLAND OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C0, 457m 6 24748 Business Affair 22.60 ........................J Dunn

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26268 San Sebastian 23.03..........................J Allen 66376 Botany Win 22.84 ...................J T McInerney 87473 Plagiarism nwtd.................................J Dunn 88481 Miss Softy nwtd ......................J T McInerney 11 3.18pm ADDED ENERGY DASH C2, 390m 1 34845 Costing Money 22.60 ...................... M Grant 2 14857 Homebush Spike nwtd ...........J T McInerney 3 21728 Tell The Boys nwtd .................J T McInerney 4 61242 Roadworks 22.63 ............................ M Grant 5 57527 Raincheck nwtd ............................... M Grant 6 47221 Homebush Riley nwtd ............J T McInerney 7 63147 Cabarita nwtd .................................. M Grant 8 12258 Smoking Marley 22.90 .............. A Bradshaw 9 54386 No More Beersies 22.73 ............. B I Conner 10 33775 Billy West nwtd .......................M K Dempsey 12 3.36pm JUSTRACING.COM.AU C3, 390m 1 17136 Homebush Slinky 23.23 .........J T McInerney 2 18251 Get Ready Freddy 22.94 ........... A Bradshaw 3 34222 Neddy Seagoon nwtd........................J Dunn 4 41222 Impersonator nwtd .................... A Bradshaw 5 53351 Out Back Bill nwtd ..................M K Dempsey 6 21178 Wrinkles 22.80 .......................J T McInerney 7 16223 Lots Of Beersies 22.90 ............... B I Conner 8 31418 No Bro nwtd ................................ B I Conner 9 74163 Om Nom Nom 22.70 ..............J T McInerney 10 1F768 Gossip Queen 22.99 ................. A Bradshaw 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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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Lee in the money yet again Kiwi golfer Danny Lee has had yet another strong performance on the PGA Tour, taking his season earnings past the $US3 million mark.

Lee has finished tied for sixth at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.

The New Zealand number one fired a two-under 68 to finish at five-under for the tournament.

The 25-year-old has now had six top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour, including his maiden victory at the Greenbrier Classic last month, four of those coming in his last four events.

Ireland’s Shane Lowry won the event, beating American Bubba Watson by two shots.

- NZME

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By Ben everill Ireland’s Shane Lowry has upstaged three world top-10 players to win the WGC Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Ohio.

With players getting ready for this week’s US PGA Championship, Lowry fired a final round four-under-66 to finish at 11-under-par, claiming by far the biggest win of his career.

He bested world No.3 Bubba Watson (66) by two shots after his 66.

Overnight leaders Jim Furyk (world No.6) and Justin Rose (world No.8) went backwards yesterday with the pair shooting 72s to tie third at seven under.

But the day belonged to World No.48 Lowry whose last win was at the European Tour’s Portugal Masters in 2012.

Two clutch shots from the rough amongst dense trees during his round sealed the deal for Lowry, who is projected to move towards the top 20 in the world with the win.

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Daily Events Tuesday

PLANTS, PRODUCE

NZ Oranges 1.5kg $2.99 bag Mushroom Bag Red Kumara Fresh Lettuce Pumpkin large

Specials available from 11/08 - 18/08

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TRADES, SERVICES

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CAKE DECORATING Classes with Kirsten Day. Expand your skills in Lace Making, Fondant Figurines and Animal cupcakes.

Classes from only $10 in at Kitchen Kapers - Arcade, Mid-August. Call in or ring 308 8287 for more details and to book now, quick limited spaces!

FIREWOOD dry seasoned 3 cubic meters. Poplar $110.

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GOODWILL SHOP. Pre-loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist 9.30am Church, Cnr Main Road and Jane Street, ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Tinwald.

Walking group, meet at the Church, 48 9.45am Allens Road, Allenton.

ASHBURTON MENS PROBUS CLUB. 9.30am Monthly meeting with guest speaker.

M.S.A. TAI CHI. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

Stretching exercises and Tai Chi maintenance, Social Hall, Havelock Street. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. 9.30am - 12.30pm New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter.

ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH

11.00am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Class for beginners, M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

12.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION (INC).

Document or service from a JP, open every Tuesday. Community House, 122 Tancred Street. (rear of Westpac Bank).

1.00pm - 3.00pm

ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR CITIZENS. Social afternoon with entertainment, sales table, raffles. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club social day, new members welcome.

M.S.A. Sports Grounds, 115 Racecourse

Road.

2.00pm ASHBURTON ROSE GROUP. Garden Centre, Visit and meeting at Lushingtons Garden Centre, Archibald Street, Tinwald.

7.00pm - 9.00pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Night section club night, new players welcomed, racquets available. EA Networks Stadium, 20 River Terrace.

Wednesday

1.00pm - 3.00pm ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. St Andrews Anglican church hall, cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, West Street.

1.15pm TINWALD 500 CARDS. Playing cards and fellowship. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

1.30pm

WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre, friendship, fun, afternoon tea.

Waireka Croquet clubrooms, Philip Street.

4.00pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Open day to learn to play. M.S.A. Sports grounds,115 Racecourse Road.

7.00pm ASHBURTON UKUKELE GROUP. Beginners and new members welcome. St Paul’s Church hall, Oxford Street.

7.00pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7.00pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, beginner/ intermediate (8pm-9pm). Annette (instructor) phone 307-7138a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness, fun. New members welcome phone 308-5437.

Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Members programme - sharing of images.

Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

6.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Halswell Quarry, new members welcome, phone Jenny 308-6862.

9.00am - 11.00am HAKATERE MARAE HEALTH CLINIC. Open today at Hakatere Marae, Fairton, State H/W 1.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH.

Second time around Op- shop. Cnr Cass and Havelock Street.

9.45am MID CANTERBURY LAIDES PROBUS CLUB. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

Puzzles Tuesday, August 11, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. Light producer of a sporting fixture (5) 4. Is frenzied, for it has lost heart with a caper (7) 8. Man with the horses to tie up front of gunboat in retreat (5) 9. Slighted person takes it, unfeeling and topless, with fury (7) 10. Lay product, for instance, on 3rd August (3) 11. One sent it as fast as possible as one put it into words (9) 12. One not to change to a position within (4) 13. Without its head, an award has a hurt look (4) 18. Cauchemar is what may get ridden after dark (9) 20. Tree that grows like the beginning of hedgerow (3) 21. Concerned with poet’s output, or just the opposite (7) 22. A number will long for a hiding place for arms (5) 23. Gather one will have right to the middle on the street (7) 24. Earth thrown up to dig around in re-positioning it (5)

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CRYPTIC Across 1. Grandmother 8. Ambit 9. Engines 10. Patched 11. Tense 12. Strums 14. Canter 18. Swell 19. Visions 21. Medical 23. Regan 24. Exacerbates Down 1. Grampus 2. Arbiter 3. Ditch 4. Overdo 5. High tea 6. Run 7. Baste 13. Malacca 15. Thought 16. Resents 17. Evolve 18. Simon 20. Shrub 22. Due QUICK Across 7. Good Samaritan 8. Reliable 9. Cast 10. Bisect 12. Obsess 14. Emu 15. Berate 17. Superb 19. Shin 21. Offstage 23. Play hard to get Down 1. Nosedive 2. Advice 3. Lamb 4. Ravenous 5. Pieces 6. Gags 11. Teetotal 13. Shrugged 16. Annoys 18. Potion 20. Help 22. Fade

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DOWN 1. It’s straight up, where compass is concerned (8,5) 2. Was under an impression, despite beginning-of-term (7) 3. London footballer may stop one dealing on Stock Exchange (6) 4. Dowdy people taking fruit without it to the pharmacist (6) 5. I have leeches applied: I wasn’t in a hurry (6) 6. Through artifice, one gets personal luggage (5)

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7. Gorge on something of excellent quality, a dairy product (7,6) 14. Happened to enter the Diplomatic Corps as he can, anyhow (7) 15. Look hard around five, but deny oneself nourishment (6) 16. Gasp at having re-entered the dam, maybe (6) 17. Cloth dealer will put in an appearance in Summer, certainly (6) 19. He makes one a present of the little Greek I’ve entered (5)

QUICK ACROSS 1. Spellbound (10) 7. Path (5) 8. Doubter (7) 10. Particular (8) 11. Instead (of) (4) 13. Go beyond (6) 15. Instant (6) 17. Rip (4) 18. Maternal (8) 21. Machine-like (7) 22. Elevate (5) 23. Sociable (10)

DOWN 1. Stroke of luck (5) 2. Example (8) 3. Implant (6) 4. Stunned (4) 5. Wrap around (7) 6. Goldminer (10) 9. Compatriots (10) 12. Ladies’ man (8) 14. Climb awkwardly (7) 16. Agree (6) 19. Forays (5) 20. Deer (4)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Because you are wise and sophisticated, you are able to give your full attention to people whose opinions are dead wrong without feeling the need to prove the error of their ways.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The things you used to do to cut loose no longer relax you. It’s time to find a new way. There’s a project that’s been calling you for a while now. It may be the most relaxing way you could possibly spend your time.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): In theory, the people close to you should be the ones who support you best.

Today you’ll get your best support from a stranger.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You think you know what you like to do, but today will surprise you.

Something you thought would be uninteresting will fascinate you. Go along for the ride.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): When challenges are not big enough, you get bored. Bored people tend to create bigger challenges for themselves, and this could be destructive. Go for appropriately sized challenges.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): While you prefer to go under the radar today and duck from public praise, privately it’s important you acknowledge your talents and commit to nurturing them. Others are depending on you to be your best.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): There’s no reason to struggle with new ideas. Just accept them. You may not agree, but you don’t have to agree to observe what is. The true concepts will sink in immediately.

Learning comes naturally for you.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Many times you have started out with next to nothing and made something of it — proof you’re a powerful creator. Calm down and become mindful of what you are secretly wishing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Doing any one thing too long will get tedious, and so hopefully you’ve planned at least five different things to move around and do. If not, no worries — cancellations will create room for you to roam freely.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It’s so rewarding to contribute to the success of a team and take the win home with the group. That’s why you’re not so concerned about who did what today. The camaraderie you feel overrides such worries.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Factors out of your control will ruin your punctual, courteous style unless you allow large margins for whatever comes up.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): The other person’s fate is connected to yours. That’s what limits you and frees you. You do more because you have to — for them. You do less because you can’t — because of them.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

FLETT, Jenny – “Always missed DUCKMANTON, Rowena and never forgotten.”

Anne – On August 10, 2015 at Love Ange, Greg.

Lauriston. Passed away at home, HOLLAND, Diana Helen peacefully surrounded by her family. (Di) – Much loved wife of Paul and On August 10, 2015, at dearly loved mother and Ashburton. In her 70th year. mother in law of Jeremy and Dearly loved wife and best Stacey, Corey and Diane, friend of Keith (Kiwi).

Chelsea and Darren, Stacey Treasured and loved mother and Jason. Loved nana of and mother in law of Alistair Jack, Isla, Alice, and Gabbie; and Fiona, Hamish and Riley, and Talia, and precious Maria, Jeremy and Jacqui.

Adored Gran of Lucy, and friend ‘Dude.’

Willem; Oliver, and Tilly; Funeral details to follow.

Paterson’s Funeral Services Olivia, Tom, and Maddi.

Former wife of the late Colin FDANZ Ashburton Martyn. Messages to c/- P.O. Ph 307 7433 Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Donations to the Ashburton Cancer Society would be FLETT, Jennifer Anne – On August 9, 2015 at much appreciated and may Ashburton. Surrounded by be left at the service. A her loving family after a long service to celebrate Di’s life courageous battle with that will be held at Our Chapel, “Sod of a Disease”. Loved Cnr East & Cox Streets, partner of Allan. Adoring mum Ashburton on FRIDAY, of Shaun and Tania, Aidan August 14 commencing at Followed by and Carmen, Shannon and 2.00pm.

Sarah. Adored nana to Caleb, cremation at the Ashburton Aaliyah, and Jayden; Logan, Crematorium.

Mackenzie, and Casey; Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Cassidy-Jane, and Baxter.

Ph 307 7433 Dearly loved daughter of Dawn and Ray Murray, and loved friend of Angela and Greg. Will be much missed by “Elle”.

“Those we love don’t go away They walk beside us every day.

Unseen, unheard, WATSON, Robert John – but always near.

On August 8, 2015 at So loved, so missed, Ashburton. Much loved so very dear.” brother-in-law of Rosemary Messages to the Flett family and Ray McLaren and loved c/- P.O. Box 472, Ashburton uncle of Melanie and John 7740. Donations to the McCaw, Damon and Ashburton Branch of the Rachelle.

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FLETT, Jennifer Anne – After a determined battle, Jenny passed away on Sunday, August 9, 2015, at Ashburton. Loved eldest daughter of Dawn and Ray Murray. Dearly loved and treasured sister and sister in law of David and Glenda, Desiree and Martyn, Mary and the late Michael, Megan and Drew, Hamish and Mirama, Joanne, Scott and Leanne.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Chase 3 0 11am May The Best House Win PGR 3 Four sets of home-owners are invited to judge one another’s houses based on interior design, homeliness, comfort and hospitality.

Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Paddy delivers a warning to Chrissie; Bob is overcome by his guilt; Dan defends Kerry. 0 1:30 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm Who’s Doing The Dishes?

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:55 Piggy Tales 3 0 7am Fish Hooks 3 0 7:25 Wander Over Yonder 3 0 7:50 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 8:15 Doc McStuffins 3 0 8:40 Everything’s Rosie 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here AO 3 2:30 Ellen 0 3:30 Randy Cunningham – 9th Grade Ninja 3 0 4pm N Liv And Maddie 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Dog Squad PGR 0 8pm Pound Pups To Dog Stars 0 8:30 The Mentalist AO 0 9:30 Aquarius AO Charmain is on a ride-along with two officers when they are killed and Hodiak and Shafe must find the killer to protect Charmain’s career. 0 10:25 One News Tonight 0 10:55 Perception

7pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 7:30 Reno Rumble PGR The first winning team is announced, but there is no rest for the renovators, who must get straight to work on their second rooms. 0 9:05 M Men In Black PGR 1997 Action Comedy.

Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Fiorentino. 0

11:45 The Missing AO 3 0 12:45 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:10 Infomercials 5:05 Faith In Action 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

11:05 Devious Maids AO 0 Midnight Believe AO 1am NY ER AO 3 1:25 Infomercials 2:25 The Real PGR 3 3:15 The Tomorrow People AO 3 0 4am Regular Show PGR 3 0 4:15 Mighty Med 3 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Walking The Nile 7:30 Holmes Makes It Right 8:30 Love Nature Lily – A Bear’s Life.

9:30 Jamie At Home 10am Poh’s Kitchen 10:30 Salvage Hunters 11:30 Beverly Hills Pawn Noon Road Rivals 12:30 Getaway 1pm Lands Of The Monsoon 2pm Walking The Nile 3pm Being Erica PGR 4pm Love Nature Nature’s Treasure Islands.

5pm Hugh’s Three Good Things 5:30 Cook The Books 6pm Reno v Relocate 6:30 Buying The Bayou 7pm Auction Hunters 7:30 Location, Location, Location Property experts Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help people find their dream homes.

8:05 Selling New York A glimpse at the ultra-competitive world of buying and selling luxury properties in and around Manhattan.

8:35 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 9:30 Fantasy Homes By The Sea 10:30 Auction Hunters 11pm Hugh’s Three Good Things 11:30 Cook The Books

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Midnight Bath Crashers 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Being Erica PGR 2am Love Nature Nature’s Treasure Islands.

3am Reno v Relocate 3:30 Buying The Bayou 4am Location, Location, Location 4:30 Selling New York 5am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers

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6am Paul Henry 9am Infomercials 10:30 Story 3 Daily current-affairs programme hosted by Duncan Garner and Heather du Plessis-Allan.

11am Rachael Ray There is a Mystery Taster in the house and it is up to Rachael to guess their identity.

Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage AO Game show hosted by Jerry Springer.

1pm Dr Phil AO Accusations of infidelity and jealous behaviour are creating relationship problems for a young couple.

2pm The Ricki Lake Show PGR 2:55 The Real Housewives Of Melbourne PGR 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:30 Million Dollar Minute 3 5pm The Block – Triple Threat 6pm 3 News 7pm Story 7:30 Road Madness PGR 0 8pm Gold Coast Cops PGR 0 8:30 N Humans AO The Hawkins family buys Anita, a robotic servant called a synth, but they may be in danger from the machine and the young man who seems desperate to find her. 0 9:35 N Caught On Camera AO 10:30 Newsworthy

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Dragons – Riders Of Berk 3 7:55 The Wild Thornberrys 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Hi 5 House 8:55 Peppa Pig 3 9am Fireman Sam 0 9:10 Thomas And Friends 3 9:20 Bob The Builder 3 9:30 Wonder Pets 3 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Drake And Josh 3 5:05 Mr Young 5:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2pm Doctor Who PGR 3 Hedgewick’s World of Wonders is the perfect theme-park day out and ground zero for a silver resurrection as one of the Doctor’s most infamous foes makes its return.

3pm Storage Wars – Texas 3 A recently deceased tycoon’s unit goes up for sale.

3:30 MasterChef Junior USA 3 4:20 Netball – World Cup (Highlights) 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country

7pm The Simpsons PGR 0 7:30 N America’s Next Top Model PGR 8:30 M Stoker AO 2011 Drama Mystery Thriller. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode.

10:30 Burn Notice AO 3 Sam gets close to a heroin dealer as part of a plan to help the CIA retrieve a weapon from a Serbian gang.

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 MythBusters PGR The MythBusters team investigates two adrenalinepumping myths.

8:30 Prime Presents – Dragon AO The story of Kiwi rockers Dragon and the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle that almost tore them apart.

10:05 Fargo AO

11:05 Awake AO 3 A purported suicide during a yacht party leads Michael to an encounter with Rex’s former babysitter.

Midnight Infomercials

11:25 Entertainment Tonight 11:50 Infomercials

11:10 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR A celebrity chat show.

12:10 Netball – World Cup 1:45 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:15 Home Shopping

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6am Basketball – FIBA 3x3 World Tour (Delayed) Prague Masters. 8am Aussie Rules – AFL (Replay) Melbourne v North Melbourne. 11am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Knights v Roosters. 1pm Motorsport – MotoGP (Highlights) Indianapolis Grand Prix. 1:30 Cricket – The Ashes (Highlights) England v Australia – Fourth Test, Day Three.

2pm Rugby Nation 3pm Golf – World Championship (Highlights) Bridgestone Invitational – Round Four. 4pm Rugby Championship (Highlights) Bledisloe Cup – Australia v All Blacks. 4:30 Rugby Championship (Highlights) South Africa v Argentina. 5pm Rugby – First XV (Replay) Christchurch BHS v Nelson College. 6:30 AFL Weekly Highlights Round 19.

7:30 UFC Now Experts discuss the most important fights and controversial topics in the UFC. 8:30 Fight Night 10:30 Sky Sport Select A magazine-style show about all the sport that is coming up.

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Pro Kabaddi League Midnight Rugby Championship (Highlights) 12:30 Rugby Championship (Highlights) 1am L Cycling – Eneco Tour 3am Fox Sports News 3:30 Pro Kabaddi League 4am Motorsport – Swedish Speedway Elitserien (Highlights)

SKY SPORT 2

6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Dora Matatoa 3 2 7:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 2 8am Pukana 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Hoiho 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Dora Matatoa 2 4:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 2 5pm Pukana 2

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Xin Chenxi, Chen Xi, Huang Luolan.

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Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard.

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Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford.

8:30 Anchorman 2 – The Legend Continues MLS 2014 Comedy.

Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd.

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6:35 Kate And Leopold PGL 2001 Romance. Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman.

8:30 Directors – Chris Columbus PG 9am American Beauty 16VLSC 1999 Drama. Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening.

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Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman.

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Mike Myers, Beyonce Knowles.

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Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall. 10:25 Batman Begins MV 2005 Adventure.

6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Netball – World Cup (Highlights) Australia v Silver Ferns.

7am Pro Kabaddi League 7:30 Cricket – The Ashes (Highlights) England v Australia – Fourth Test, Day Three.

8am Fox Sports News 8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 9am Netball – World Cup (Highlights) Day Four. 10am Fox Sports News 10:30 Sky Sports UK News 11am Cricket – The Ashes (Highlights) England v Australia – Fourth Test, Day Three.

11:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Zimbabwe v Black Caps – First Twenty20. Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Sky Sports UK News 1pm Football – Chelsea TV Chelsea v Swansea City.

4pm Football League Show 4:30 Cricket – The Ashes (Highlights) England v Australia – Fourth Test, Day Three.

5pm Cricket – International (Highlights) Zimbabwe v Black Caps – First Twenty20.

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Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell.

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Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas.

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4:10 Smokin’ Aces 18VL 2006 Action.

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Midnight AFL Weekly Highlights Round 19. 1am Netball – World Cup (Highlights) Silver Ferns v TBC. 1:30 Super League Fulltime 2am Rugby League – Holden Cup (Replay) Warriors U20 v Dragons U20.

4am Rugby League – NSW Cup (Replay)

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Prime Presents – Dragon 8:30pm on Prime

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Ashburton College’s Max Stapleton on the charge through the St Thomas’ defence during their match yesterday.

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Top eight spot proves elusive

BY ERIN TASKER Ashburton College has fallen short of making the top eight in rugby’s UC Championship after losing 20-15 to St Thomas’ yesterday.

The match was played at the school yesterday, after snow forced its postponement on Saturday, and Ashburton College needed to win to make the top eight of the secondary schools’ competition.

But coach Dave McCrea said it was hard to win without possession, and that was the story of Ashburton College’s day yesterday.

Ashburton College trailed 10-8 at half time, and St Thomas’ scored another try to make it 20-8 with just a few minutes to

go, before the home side scored a consolation try right on the stroke of full time to close the gap, but it was too little, too late.

“You can’t really win and drop as much ball as we did,” McCrea said.

“We had the opportunities but we just couldn’t do it.”

Ashburton College’s last-minute try was scored by Troy Vainerere, while its first was scored by Dallas McLeod, and a conversion and penalty came via the boot of Kieran Hunt.

They may have fallen just short of the top eight, but their season is still going.

The teams in the bottom half of the leader-board will now play off, starting this Saturday.

Black Caps take T20 honours P18

Both teams gave their all in a spirited haka before yesterday’s match.

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