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Elected member salaries inching up

By Sue NewmaN

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Over the past five years, the salary of the Ashburton District’s mayor has risen by 18 per cent, but the pay cheques of the district’s rank and file councillors have risen at a faster rate – 22 per cent.

From July 1, mayor Donna Favel’s salary rose from $104,451 to $108,713, a 4 per cent increase. That of her rank and file councillors without chairmanship responsibilities rose just 1.5 per cent, from $25,644 to $26,029.

Deputy mayor Neil Brown now earns $36,440 and committee chairs Stuart Wilson, Russell Ellis and Peter Reveley, $32,535.

The salary pool for councillors (including chairs and the deputy mayor) is set by the Remuneration Authority.

Individual councils decide how they will distribute that money.

For the first time this year the pay rate for mayors is based on the job being a full time role, however, there are no rules or guidelines prohibiting mayors from taking on work outside their civic duties.

When she won the mayoralty Favel effectively swapped one fulltime job for another and then some.

“My husband and I own a cinema so I’ve come from 12-hour days, 84-hour weeks and if I don’t go to the cinema occasionally I’d never see my husband,” she said.

It was a fair statement that the majority of mayors worked full time in their elected role, Favel said, but she’s hoping that the second half of her term will see her able to cut her hours back to what could be considered a normal working week.

“Yes it’s a fulltime job but I think this term it will be a game of two halves. I have been doing a lot of hours in the first half of this term as a new mayor and trying to assist the new councillors. I guess those hours have become a bit of a habit.”

With the council’s new chief executive Hamish Riach due to start at the council next month, Favel said she hoped she’d then have the opportunity to “recalibrate” her working hours a little.

When it came to councillors, while some might add almost a full day’s work on council business to their day jobs, there was little recognition of this in their salary scale.

The Remuneration Authority uses a job sizing process as well as the council’s place on the size index to determine the base remuneration for each council.

The current system, however, means there

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are variations in pay rates for councils with similar populations, with North Island councils the winners.

Horowhenua with a population of 32,500 compared to Ashburton (34,100), pays its mayor $109,424 and its councllors $27,798. Elected members in Thames/Coromandel (population 29,000) also receive more – mayor $115,060 and councillors, $33,780. The pattern of paying smaller North Island councils above the South Island rate sees Manawatu, population 30,300 pay its mayor marginally less than Favel, but its councillors earn $28,981.

Whakatane with a population just 1500 greater than Ashburton pays its mayor $115,849 and its councillors $31,230.

The top paid mayor in New Zealand is Auckland City, $279,562 and the lowest, Chatham Islands, $52,225.

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The two clubs at the centre of an incident following last weekend’s Watters Cup final have been given the responsibility of resolving the matter themselves, although there are stipulations in place.

Representatives of both the Southern and Celtic rugby clubs met at a Mid Canterbury Rugby Union facilitated meeting on Thursday night to discuss the incident which was captured on video and circulated on social media last Sunday after Celtic’s historic victory in the Watters Cup just 24 hours earlier.

In a statement to the Guardian yesterday, Mid Canterbury Rugby Union boss, Ian Patterson, said the meeting on Thursday night came about following investigations by the union around the incident and the subsequent inappropriate posting of a video to social media.

“The matter involved the actions of a very small group of individuals and the meeting centred on what was the most appropriate way to address the issues,” Patterson said.

“At the meeting it was agreed that each club would take responsibility for resolving the matter.”

What was discussed at the meeting and the undertakings that are to follow have been made confidential.

Each club has been given seven days to report back to the Mid Canterbury Rugby Union around the respective actions taken on the matter and the union has reserved the right to take further action if it is deemed necessary.

Neither the Celtic or Southern rugby clubs wished to comment publicly on the matter.

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Wastebusters to close its gates

BY SUSAN SANDYS

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Declining international markets for recyclables have taken their toll in Ashburton, forcing the closure of Wastebusters Trust Canterbury which will shut its doors in October.

The self-funding and independent trust operates seven days per week from a site in the industrial estate – collecting, processing and on-selling recyclables.

It has three fulltime workers and three part-timers, who will be out of work when the operation closes on October 12.

Manager Sharon Breakwell was philosophical about the closure of the trust, which has been an institution in Mid Canterbury since its establishment in 1994.

As it was, the trust was in a stable financial position today, and it made sense to retain that and not continue to wait for recycling markets to improve.

One of the most recent markets to have dried up is that for bale wrap, string and silage covers. Wastebusters had sold this to Malaysia, but just this month the country had closed its borders to imports of recyclables.

This followed Wastebusters stopping glass and plastic recyclables earlier this year, preceding China closing its borders to the materials.

Breakwell said while big waste companies nationwide may be able to ride out falling demand in a changing market, as they received council funding, this was not the case for a self-funding organisation such as Wastebusters.

Breakwell said she and fellow staff and trustees were grateful for the huge support they had had from the community over the years and they would particularly regret no longer being able to offer the agricultural recycling service, which was used by more than 260 farmers.

“It shows that if there’s a system in place that’s simple and cost effective, people use it,” Breakwell said.

“We commend our farmer clients who have appreciated the importance of recycling their waste rather than disposing of it in other environmentally unfriendly ways. Hopefully an alternative process will emerge that will enable the farming community to continue recycling their waste economically.”

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■ MILK PRICE

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Fonterra cuts milk payout

By Tim Cronshaw

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Dairy farmers in the Ashburton district stand to lose about $20,000 each from Fonterra winding back its payout forecast by 5 cents to $6.70 a kilogram of milksolids for last season.

This will drain $10 million from the Mid Canterbury economy for suppliers including beyond the district to Waimakariri River and a total of $75m from the national economy.

The final payout is usually confirmed next month, but the co-operative announced the cut yesterday to the milk payment for 2017-18.

Furthermore, it appears to have ruled out paying farmers and other investors a dividend for the second half of the year and it looks like the full dividend will remain at 10c, already paid in April.

Dairy farmers have seen heftier cuts before, but any decrease in the payout is unwanted, especially this late in the year.

Chris Ford expects he will be down by about $40,000 in lost revenue from his two farms.

He said this could have gone to staff wages or covering other farm expenses.

“At five cents a milksolid, that’s $20,000 off your bottom line and with the new levy from mycoplasma bovis coming and other costs that’s coming out of our pockets,’’ said Ford, the Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury dairy chairman.

Ashburton district farmers have larger herds than nationally and if they produce about 400,000kg of milksolids, the lower payout would remove $20,000 from expected revenue of about $2.7m.

“Any drop in payout is disappointing. As a farmer we would prefer they under-value and over-perform,’’ said Ford. “We just hope it’s not a reflection of where things are going for next year. Farmers have enough to deal with, especially Mid Canterbury farmers with mycoplasma bovis and we need the indus-

Student hit by bus A University of Canterbury student has been critically injured outside the Christchurch campus after being hit by a bus. Emergency services were called to the intersection of Ilam Road and Homestead Lane just before 9.45pm on Thursday, St John spokesman Gerard Campbell said.

The man hit was in his mid-20s, Campbell said. Homestead Lane is a popular thoroughfare frequented by students travelling to different areas of the university campus.

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Oops, it’s only the police West Auckland Police have been left blushing after a concerned resident reported suspicious activity, only for police to realise it was their own officers doing a good deed. On Thursday a Green Bay resident noticed a silver Commodore pull a U-turn and approach a woman walking alone on Godley Road. But when police investigated the matter, they realised it was, in fact, their own car that had made the U-turn to approach the woman. Police took to Facebook following the gaffe, explaining they had approached the woman to offer “prevention advice”.

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try to be on the positive side of the ledger with these ups and downs.’’

New Fonterra chairman John Monaghan said it was important for the co-operative to have a strong balance sheet.

He said the year had already been challenging as a result of the payment to Danone and the “impairment’’ of the co-op’s investment in Chinese company Beingmate.

Earlier this year Fonterra wrote down more than $400m from its $750m investment in Beingmate, and last year had to shell out $183m to infant formula maker Danone for the botulism scare in 2013.

“Our forecast performance is not where we expected it would be,’’ said Monaghan. “While the numbers are not finalised, our margins were less than we forecasted right across our global Ingredients and Consumer and Foodservice businesses.’’

Ford said the 10c dividend would not pay the interest for those farmers using debt to buy shares and it was not a good return on investment.

Fonterra Shareholders’ Council chairman Duncan Coull said Fonterra’s leadership could expect some “very challenging’’ talks with the council over coming weeks about how they would restore the confidence of shareholders.

“I can understand the board’s rationale and that it is prudent to protect the balance sheet, but the fact that we find ourselves in this situation is unacceptable.’’

Dairy NZ senior economist Matthew Newman said Fonterra suppliers in Mid Canterbury, from Waimakariri and including the Ashburton District, produced about 257 million kilograms of milksolids each year and would receive about $10m less in revenue.

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pliers would be down by about $16,500, he said. “Although the 5c reduction is for the 201718 milk price, it is the 2018-19 season that will have the lower revenue as a result. It is a small impact and won’t have serious implications for farmers, but it is a decrease nonetheless.’’

The average milk solid production for Mid Canterbury farms is 329,000kg and the herd size is 760 cows.

Fonterra’s trim to the payout removes $75m from $12.5 billion in revenue and overall suppliers with smaller herds nationally will lose $8000.

The co-operative’s full year results will be announced on September 13. t A Fonterra spokesman said the co-op had no plans to adjust milk payment forecasts for the 2018-19 season, despite milk prices easing about 9 per cent on the Globaldairytrade auction the past few months.

A woman has been charged with dangerous driving following a near miss caught on dash camera by another motorist. The over-taking manoeuvre made headlines in July after the footage was revealed

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Police said the incident, involving two cars and a truck on a blind corner of the 100km/h rural Waikato road, was not reported to them at the time. The 51-yearold woman is to appear in the Hamilton District Court on August 28.

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■ GREYMOUTH DISTRICT COURT

Sentenced for receiving stolen copper The two men found guilty of receiving copper stolen from the Rapahoe coalmining heritage display received 100 hours of community work and were ordered to pay reparation of $2500 when sentenced in the Greymouth District Court yesterday.

Michael Ryan Newcombe and Wade Joseph Turner were convicted of receiving half a tonne of copper after a defended hearing on Tuesday.

They were initially charged with theft, but the charge was amended to receiving before their trial started.

Lawyer Richard Bodle said Newcombe was now living in Masterton, had a forestry job and was doing well.

Judge Jane Farish said she was not going to send either man to jail.

Bodle said Newcombe accepted the reparation figure.

Had the Rapahoe Heritage Trust been able to get the copper re-certified, the value of the copper could have been much higher.

“My client’s offending is easing off and that could be

put down to him being in a stable relationship.”

Newcombe had already spent five months on electronically monitored bail and a month in custody.

Turner’s lawyer George Linder said Turner was also being sentenced on charges of assault and wilful trespass arising from incidents in Ashburton.

He had unpaid fines totalling more than $14,000, of which just over $11,000 was for unpaid reparation.

His last payment was in September last year.

Judge Farish told Turner she would revoke his fines when he had his full licence, which she said would then allow him to get on and pay the reparation owed.

In sentencing the pair, Judge Farish said: “Both of you have a chequered criminal past, which has waned up a bit, which probably indicates you have both matured somewhat.”

As well as the community work, Turner was sentenced to nine months’ supervision, which was to include a stopping violence programme.

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■ BUSINESS MID CANTERBURY

BMC becoming big business player

By Sue NewmaN

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Business Mid Canterbury has wrapped up a year in which it cemented its role as a significant player in the Ashburton District’s business community.

The organisation was founded in 2014 to promote the district’s business heart and to provide its members with opportunities to develop business skills.

It is now playing an increasing role in the wider community.

Over the past year the organisation has hosted a number of member focused events, but it was also involved in significant community events, including a Meet the Can-

didates Night ahead of last year’s general election. Behind the scenes it submitted on the Ashburton District Council’s long-term plan and on the council’s streetscape plan.

One of its larger projects and one that will be ongoing is its involvement in improving the state of Ashburton’s central business district.

It held a public workshop and from this a small committee was formed to get a number of short term projects off the ground aimed at making visual improvements in the area.

While the council has a streetscape plan that will make significant improvements, these could be up to five years away, said board

chair Desme Daniels.

“We believe the CBD needs some revitalisation before that,” she said.

It is working with retailers and landlords on a project that will fill shop windows of iconic images of the district. The project will be funded by BMC along with those retailers and landlords.

The group also intends to hang flower baskets from shop verandah.

Currently the group’s membership stands at 36 and growing.

A new board was elected at the annual meeting and the new members are: chair, Desme Daniels (reelected), Jenna White (re-elected) Gordon Clark, Rod Fox, Kim Grieg and Verna Woods.

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Sharplin Falls remains off-limits

By Sue NewmaN

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Any hopes that Sharplin Falls might come back onto the summer visitor hot spot list were dashed on Thursday when DOC operations manager Dave Winterburn confirmed there were no plans to reopen the area to the public.

Access to the falls, in the Mid Canterbury foothills, was closed in 2015 after earthquake-triggered rockfalls damaged the access gantry.

Speaking at an Ashburton district Council meeting, Winterburn said there had been a number of subsequent rockfalls and because the area was now quite unstable it would remain closed because public safety could not be guaranteed.

“The track’s not closed because of repair costs to the gantry, it’s closed because we can’t ensure it’s safe,” he said.

Clearing the gantry would cost between $300,000 and $500,000 and even then stability could not be guaranteed. The falls themselves, however, were not affected by rockfalls. Winterburn said, Looking to the future, DOC had been working with the Mt Somers Walkway Society and if they could find an alternative route into the falls, DOC could consider this, he said.

■ MID-WINTER CHRISTMAS DAY OUT

A fun day out with a strong emphasis on family fun

By Katie todd

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Mid Canterbury Plunket and the Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network are joining forces in the name of free, family fun today.

The organisations are hosting a Midwinter Christmas day out from 10am this morning at the Mania-O-Roto Scout Park.

Newcomers’ Network Co-ordinator Adi Avnit said a lot of planning and a lot of time had gone into the creation of more than 15 stations, which will be offering everything from flax weaving to face painting, an inflatable maze, karate demonstrations, henna painting, slime making and more.

It is the first time the organisations have

hosted a Mid-winter Christmas event – and anyone can come for free, whether an existing member or not, Avnit said.

It’s hoped new families to Ashburton will have the opportunity to come together and make connections with existing families.

“At Newcomers we try to have a lot of social activities, but often they end up in the evening,” he said.

“We wanted to do something with a family focus, so we got in touch with Plunket … all we need now are lots of people to come along.”

The event will run from 10am to 1pm.

The Mania-O-Roto Scout Park is located on Chalmers Avenue.

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The success of the district’s inaugural Bite Nite festival has inspired its organisers, the Ashburton Youth Council, to stage a follow-up festival this year.

Ashburton District councillors gave the event a vote of confidence on Thursday when they agreed to provide $13,000 towards the event.

This money will come from the $70,000 pool the council has set aside in its longterm plan to run community events.

A date has yet to be set for the event, but it is likely to be held in late September.

Last year Baring Square East hosted the family friendly event that saw hundreds

of people enjoy food, entertainment and activities.

Funds raised went to the youth based charity 24/7 Youth Work.

Mayor Donna Favel applauded the Youth Council for the initiative.

“It was wonderful to see our community come together and enjoy such a fantastic evening at last year’s Bite Nite event.

“It was a great initiative by the Youth Council, and we are thrilled to put our support behind the event this year,” she said.

The 2017 Bite Nite event was funded through a Ministry of Youth Development grant.

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■ ASHBURTON TRUST EVENT CENTRE

Wakanui School seniors rock it

BY KATIE TODD

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Weeks of work paid off for aspiring performers at Wakanui School on Thursday night, as their senior school production took over the town’s biggest events venue.

Young performers rocked the crowd at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre with a show featuring toe-tapping music from the 1950s to today.

Year 7/8 teacher Trena Watt said the production, called History Rocks, centred on a girl who is bullied by her peers for liking “old music” from decades past.

She finds a teacher who likes the same kind of music and together they work to educate the bullies and share their passion for old school rock ’n’ roll with the rest of the school.

Students took roles involving solo singing, dialogue and dancing.

The lead character of Jackie was played by Joelle Watson.

Right – Wakanui School hit the stage in style on Thursday night.

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Very Popular Christchurch Chinese Medicine Clinic opens in Ashburton Thomas Lin has acupuncture in his Blood.

BY ABI KIBBLE As a young boy growing up in rural China, Thomas Lin dreamed of becoming a doctor and practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine like his father and grandfather.

He didn’t know it at the time but achieving his dream would lead him to a brand-new life in Christchurch.

“I’ve been fascinated by Traditional Chinese Medicine for as long as I can remember – especially acupuncture. I would watch my father and grandfather as they treated family members and people from our village and I would often go with them to pick herbs in the mountains.”

Lins’ first step towards achieving his dream came in his 20s when he qualified as a doctor. While his degree was in Western medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture remained his first love. Lin was teaching at a university when a friend suggested he go and work as an acupuncturist in New Zealand.

“He said that it was a beautiful place with beautiful people, and that my skills would be valuable. He was right, and I haven’t looked back since.”

Lin is now proud to call Christchurch home. While it is worlds away from his village in China in many respects, he also notices similarities. “Both share a strong sense of community spirit. Acupuncture is very community-focused and as a practitioner you get to know people well.

Helping my clients to improve their health is extremely satisfying to me.”

There are currently more than 20,000 people on the books at Lin’s Riccarton practice (TCM Chinese Medical Centre) during last 22 years, and he says that there is no such thing as a typical client. “We see people of all ages and backgrounds, and for a wide variety of conditions. Many people think that acupuncture is just for pain relief and musculoskeletal injuries, but it can be used for all kinds of ailments. We regularly see clients with sinusitis and allergies, flu and general low immunity, headaches and migraines, insomnia, stress, and all kind of digestive disorders and even mental health conditions. I have a particular interest in pregnancy and fertility, and also see a lot of

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people undergoing cancer clients (we can’t say curing cancer, we may improve cancer patient’s life quality)”.

One of the biggest misconceptions about acupuncture, according to Lin, is that it is an ‘alternative’ to Western medicine. “The two disciplines work differently and have different effects, but there is a place for both – they aren’t in competition. In fact, a growing number of studies are showing that the two are extremely powerful when used together in an integrated approach.” Many local health practitioners seem to agree – to date, more than 200 GPs have referred patients to Lin’s clinic since 1996 and this number is growing all the time.

Lin points out that acupuncture is not a ‘miracle cure’. “You have to be realistic.

Sometimes we can’t save people’s lives – but we can often enhance the quality and help to extend it. People with cancer, for example, respond particularly well to acupuncture or Chinese herbs. It can help to reduce nausea and fatigue for people undergoing chemotherapy and can reduce the need for pain relief for those in palliative care. “ The use of acupuncture and other allied therapies has grown rapidly in recent years as New Zealanders embrace a more holistic approach to healthcare. A 2004 paper from the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Complementary and Alternative Medicine and a 2010 study by Pledger, Cumming and Burnette both reported that 24% of New Zealanders had visited a complementary therapist within the past 12 months and it is likely that this number is now much larger.

With over 800 acupuncturists currently practicing in New Zealand, finding the right one can be something of a minefield.

Acupuncture New Zealand (AcupNZ) recommends prospective patients select an acupuncturist from their membership

database to ensure the highest standards of care.

Although acupuncturists in New Zealand aren’t currently bound by statutory regulations, AcupNZ members meet and maintain stringent voluntary standards.

Becoming an acupuncturist isn’t for the faint-hearted. All are fully qualified health professionals who have completed the equivalent of four years full-time training either in New Zealand or overseas. They are also required to complete 20 hours continuing professional development (CPD) education each year and hold a current first aid certificate in order to maintain their Annual Practising Certificate.

Although there will always be skeptics, Lin says that research is increasingly highlighting the benefits of acupuncture.

“There are now 10,000 clinical studies into acupuncture listed on the Cochrane Central Register, which is the go-to source for medical research. This compares to 7,000 for physiotherapy and 12,000 for nursing.

Just as significant, however, is the anecdotal evidence which we receive. The majority of our clients feel that their treatment has been beneficial – that cannot be ignored.”

While Traditional Chinese Medicine is the main medicine for the majority of people in China, it is still often seen as a last resort in New Zealand. This is something that Lin and AcupNZ are passionate about changing. “We want acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine to become the norm rather than the exception. Many of our clients see us when Western medicine hasn’t worked for them and they have all but given up hope. However, once people do try it a door opens for them.”

Thomas Lin is the vice president of Acupuncture NZ; www.acupuncture.org.nz

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Deadline imposed on plastic bags Single-use plastic bags will be banned in New Zealand and are to be phased out over the next 12 months, the Government says.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and associate environment minister Eugenie Sage made the announcement in Wellington yesterday.

“We’re phasing-out single-use plastic bags so we can better look after our environment and safeguard New Zealand’s clean, green reputation,” Ardern said.

“Every year in New Zealand we use hundreds of millions of singleuse plastic bags – a mountain of bags, many of which end up polluting our precious coastal and marine environments and cause serious harm to all kinds of marine life, and all of this when there are viable alternatives for consumers and business.”

Ardern said the Government had listened to the 65,000 New Zealanders who had this year called for the ban through a signed petition.

“It’s great that many people are already changing the way they shop. But it’s important we take the time now to get this right so we can help all New Zealanders adjust their shopping habits,” she

said. “We need to be far smarter in the way we manage waste, and this is a good start.”

During her address, the Prime Minister outlined the Government’s commitment to tackle environmental challenges.

“Just like climate change, we’re taking meaningful steps to reduce plastics pollution so we don’t pass this problem to future generations.”

First Retail Group managing director Chris Wilkinson said the move was positive.

“While the key players in the retail sector have been moving quickly and decisively to shift consumers away from plastic bags, many smaller retailers have not had the same appetite – often for fear consumers will respond negatively,” Wilkinson said.

“The government-led approach will ensure everyone is on the same playing field, helping alleviate that concern.”

Wilkinson said consumers had responded well to large retailers who had already stopped supply-

ing or committed to stop supplying single-use plastic bags.

“Consumers are already responding well to the bigger retailers that have made the move from plastic and there’s a general realisation now of the damage this packaging is doing,” he said.

“Some of the chains we work with are saying shoppers are almost apologetic if they use a plastic bag, so the message is getting through successfully.”

Bunnings has long been plastic bag-free and supermarkets giants Countdown, New World and hardware chain Mitre 10 have already committed to phase out the use.

In June, 13 companies marked World Environment Day by committing to using 100 per cent recyclable packaging by 2025.

New Zealand-based Foodstuffs, Countdown, New Zealand Post and Frucor Suntory, and multinationals Amcor, Danone, L’Oreal, Mars, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever and Nestle signed the NZ Plastic Packaging Declaration.

Countdown, Fresh Choice and SuperValue announced they would phase out plastic straws by October 1 this year and move towards 100 per cent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging

by at least 2025.

Associate environment minister Eugenie Sage said many countries and global cities including six states in Australia, Belgium, France and Italy had already banned single-use plastic bags and microbeads.

Forty-one other countries such as Ireland, Wales and South Africa had introduced levies to drive down the use of plastic bags.

Sage said she believed New Zealanders would embrace the ban.

“Public calls for action have encouraged a significant number of retailers, including supermarkets, to move on single-use plastic bags.

We want to support their efforts by ensuring the retail industry moves together in a fair and effective way,” Sage said. ”[We] will work alongside supermarkets and other retailers to help people make the change to reusable bags and we want to hear from New Zealanders as to how we can best do this.”

In December last year, the Government announced a ban on the sale and manufacture of plastic microbeads.

The Government is seeking views on the plastic bag ban until September 14.

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Beef 600g Quality Mark beef chuck steak 2T seasoned flour 1 red onion, finely sliced 1 carrot, finely diced 1C red wine, optional 1C beef stock, or 2C if not using red wine Bouquet garni Strip of pared orange rind To serve Cooked pappardelle 2t thyme leaves, roughly chopped ■ Preheat the oven to 170°C. ■ Beef: Cut the beef into about 2.5cm pieces and roll in the seasoned flour.

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Our Former Guardian editor and renowned journalist, Coen Lammers has spoken publicly this week about his family life with his daughter, Bella who has Down syndrome. In his words, this is their story.

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aving a daughter with Down syndrome is possibly the best thing that has happened to our family – as well as the most challenging.

Watching Bella flourish for the past 16 years, we know that living with Down syndrome is not a curse or punishment, but a terrific, enriching adventure filled with joy and surprises, as well as the odd road bump.

Last week’s storylines on Shortland Street created a storm in parts of the Down syndrome community because they depict old-fashioned, ignorant ideas around the disability and have nothing to do with our dayto-day experiences in a modern, inclusive New Zealand society.

Bella’s birth was a shock and surprise to the family because we had decided not to have any pre-natal screening test.

My wife and her family took a while to come to terms with this new reality, but I had grown up with an uncle with Down syndrome and thought I knew what to expect.

What I did not realise back in 2001 was the incredible impact our wonderful, multi-talented, sociable and loving daughter would have on our entire wider community.

Her outgoing, chatty and cheeky personality has turned her into a mini-celebrity in our

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Bella

Top right – Bella in her Tinkerbell dance solo in the latest stage performance of Jolt, a high-profile dance company for mixed-ability dancers.

Right – Bella at the National Special Olympics.

Left – Bella, with one of her younger brothers, Johan.

Photos from right: – Bella and her fellow performers in Jolt.

– Bella as an extra, playing a patient in the movie Kiwi Christmas that was at the cinemas last Christmas.

– World traveller Bella, in front of the Trevi Fountain in Rome.

small town and most people only know us as Bella’s mum, dad or brothers.

We are fortunate that Bella was born in a marvellous, inclusive New Zealand society that encourages and practises mainstreaming in education and positive community participation by disabled people.

Like many other countries though, we are currently grappling with the ethical debate around improved pre-natal screening, which now gives pregnant women near conclusive evidence to determine if their baby will have Down syndrome.

The New Zealand Down Syndrome Association does not challenge any woman’s right to choose whether she wants to abort her pregnancy, but there is a desperate need for more balanced information for expecting parents to make a well-informed decision.

Currently, the advice to pregnant mothers is purely medical and based on potential medical complications that MIGHT happen. On top of the initial shock of a positive screening, young parents are exposed to blatant fear tactics, so it is not surprising that

many of them opt to terminate.

Unfortunately, our government does not keep any statistics on how many women have a positive test for Down syndrome and what percentage decide to abort, but in several countries a deliberate campaign by governments and medical officials to eliminate Down syndrome from their society has produced sobering results.

Iceland has reached a near-100 per cent termination rate, while last year only four births with Down syndrome were recorded in Denmark.

Before the New Zealand medical community quietly eliminates one section of our society, it is vital for our country to have a national debate on the value we put on people with Down syndrome, or any other disability that can be screened.

The crystal-ball gazing by doctors, who may never have met anyone with Down syndrome, is frustrating to say the least.

Doctors don’t tell other expecting parents that their child might be obese, may have problems with drugs or alcohol, may have behavioural or learning issues, will cost them hundreds of thou-

sands of dollars and pretty much ruin their carefree life, so why are they so insistent on presenting a list of doom for children with Down syndrome.

Yes, children with Down syndrome have a higher chance of heart complications, but these are mostly fixed in the first months of their lives.

Our Bella has coeliac disease like many other Kiwi kids and has been in hospital with pneumonia, but the list of doom never materialised.

In fact, we probably have visited the doctor more often with her two brothers and Bella is physically the staunchest and most resilient of our three children.

When we dragged our family around Europe, the boys would walk and moan around Rome, Paris or Barcelona, while Bella would just get on with it, inspired by the next gelato shop around the corner.

I really wish some of the “experts” providing advice to vulnerable pregnant women would spend a few hours with our Bella.

If they would see how she interacts with fellow students at her high school, disabled or not,

it will show them how wonderfully integrated she is in that community.

They would also see the multitude of life skills Bella is unknowingly teaching her peers, around kindness, patience, accepting and appreciating diversity and helping others.

Bella would also be proud to take them to her part-time job at Coffee Culture, where she serves coffees to her local community two afternoons each week and is a much loved and valued workmate.

She would show them her swimming medals from the latest National Special Olympics, or the video from her Tinkerbell dance solo in the latest stage performance of Jolt, a high-profile dance company for mixed-ability dancers.

Or she would take them along to the barista course she is currently completing under the guidance of one of New Zealand’s leading baristas.

Between her school, dancing, sports and work you would struggle to find any Kiwi 16-yearold girl juggling such an exciting life.

Our oldest child is a wonder-

ful role model for her younger brothers on how to embrace life and make the most out of it.

We are proud of what Bella has achieved, but we’d be the first to admit that the journey has not always been easy, with numerous battles with officials, teachers, principals and agencies to give her the best opportunities.

But saying that, most parents face similar battles for their children, whether they are disabled or not.

And that is the point that many medical experts miss.

People with Down syndrome are people like all of us with an endless variety of personalities and passions, with different strengths and weaknesses.

Next time you meet a person with Down syndrome, maybe try to get to know the person and look beyond the disability.

You might be surprised to find out how interesting his or her life is, filled with dreams. Just like the rest of us.

Coen Lammers is a communications adviser, writer and editor of CHAT 21, the New Zealand Down Syndrome Association magazine

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A great game for all ages T

here’s this image that is associated with indoor bowls, it’s the one with walking frames and little old ladies filling in their quiet afternoon by throwing a few marbles up the mat.

It’s an image the governing body of the sport here in New Zealand is trying to shake, but it’s a little more difficult than what it should be due to the stigma attached with the sport. The truth is that there is a younger generation of players coming through – players, who aren’t quite over the hill yet, men and women who mix the social aspect of the game with the high-pressure environment of a finite sport which is based on precision and angles – and having a knowledge of what your opponent is going to do next.

In Ashburton, the battle is real.

You can count the number of players who are under 30 years old on just about one hand. But it is hoped the success of some of our local players will draw more into the game and real work is being done with younger groups to encourage them into giving the game a go.

Two of those players are Michael Lawson and Grant Wilson who will today step out for the South Island side when they tackle their northern counterparts at the McNally Street Indoor Bowls Stadium. Both picked up the game at a young age and, while both will now admit to being a little longer in the tooth than they would probably like, they’re working as hard as ever to make the game attractive locally.

Lawson is the current Ashburton Indoor Bowls president, the vice-president of the New Zealand Indoor Bowls Federation and today will make his 20th appearance for the South Island side, which considering they only play once a year makes his two decades of playing at the top echelon even more impressive.

He captains the side today and will also skip a strong men’s fours team which also includes Wilson.

With seven medals for victory in his disciplines over the years, he’ll be looking to add to that tally as well.

“It’s the pinnacle for a lot of players,” he said.

“Obviously there is the New Zealand team as well, but a North Island v South Island match is still a pretty big thing in the sport.”

Today their challenge is simple – beat some of the biggest names in the sport and do so having only come together as a team yesterday, whereas their opponents have had the benefit of spending the past eight days touring the entire South Island and building their combinations.

Lawson’s approach to it is pretty simple – leave nothing on the mat and just do everything you can to give yourself the best possible chance of success, a motto he’s stuck by for many years and one of the reasons he’s so successful.

“You never want to get to the end of the day thinking that you didn’t give it everything you could.

“The level of play in something like this makes it mean that even the slightest mistake could result

Two Ashburton indoor bowlers will walk on to the mats of their own floor today seeking success. But not for their own district, this time instead for the South Island when they tackle their northern counterparts in the annual inter-island test match. Matt Markham caught up with Michael Lawson and Grant Wilson.

Grant Wilson (left) and Michael Lawson discuss tactics ahead of their appearance for the South Island indoor bowls side today in Ashburton.

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in a loss.”

For Wilson, the experience today will still be a relatively new one, especially when you put it against that of Lawson.

He makes his fourth appearance for the side today, having won one Inter Island Medal from his fours success alongside Lawson in 2016.

But it’s a moment he really enjoys – the big pressure cooker situation. “You build yourself up for it and get quite invested,” he

said.

“But you can’t afford to let it get too far because that’s when things start going wrong. Walking on to the mat nice and relaxed and ready to play some bowls is the best mindset to be in, I think.”

Wilson has enjoyed a stellar year on the mats, especially locally where he has featured prominently in the results section from almost all major tournaments held by Ashburton Indoor Bowls.

Wilson has his son William playing the sport now, as well as mixing it with hockey, and last weekend he tasted his first experience in the green and gold of Ashburton when they beat Canterbury.

“It’s great for the fact that you can play with the entire family if they want to, it’s a sport anyone can pick up.”

The duo will skip and play three respectively in today’s men’s fours team alongside South Canter-

bury’s Derek Cooper and young Otago player Brandon Williams.

Their task won’t be simple, but with their own basic principles applied they are both confident of success, not only for themselves but the entire South Island team as they look to break a 14-year drought against their northern rivals.

“It would be nice to get that monkey off the back and I think we have the team to do it this year,” Lawson said.

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■ GALAXY NOTE 9

Samsung, Fortnite launch new phone

The latest Samsung phones have been unveiled in New York.

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royale adventure game, will soon be released on Android devices, but only Samsung Galaxy customers will get first dibs on the wildly popular game.

Other Android phone users will have to wait until the end of the month to play Fortnite on their phones.

Cyber psychologist Jocelyn

Brewer told news.com.au the partnership between Samsung and Fortnite creator Tim Sweeney was genius.

“This is a really intelligent move

by Samsung to link up with Tim Sweeney, who has devoted seven years to developing his game before it was released,” Brewer said.

She described the move as an interesting example of “how gaming business models are evolving”.

Brewer said the partnership between the two tech companies will yield major sales.

“There are a lot of people playing this game so the peer pressure to participate is very strong,” she said.

“As a result, the pressure on parents to download the game and play is equally as strong”.

Sweeney, who founded Epic Games which developed Fortnite, spoke at the Galaxy Note 9 launch, declaring his company and Samsung were “ushering mobile gaming into a new era of high end games for gamers”.

“Samsung makes the best per-

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Small Business Council created Small business is set to become a focus for the New Zealand economy as the Government introduces a 13-member Small Business Council.

The council, made up of business leaders from the private sector including The Icehouse, Xero and Fonterra, Chamber of Commerce heads, tax experts and academics, will give government direction on what is needed to improve the performance of the sector.

It will be chaired by Hunter Powell Investments director Tenby Powell and University of

Auckland lecturer Dr Deborah Shepherd, who will meet with members on a monthly basis.

Small business minister Stuart Nash said the Small Business Council had a strict mandate and a fixed term of one year to deliver results.

“The council will help the government develop a strategy to drive improvement and innovation in the small business sector.

“Significant shifts in technology, the global trading environment, and domestic policy settings always present challenges for businesses.

“The time has come to establish a specialist group to consider some of these strategic issues over a longer timeframe, and pull together advice from a range of institutions and practitioners.”

Nash said the council would play an important role in developing small business-friendly Government policy, taking a bird’s-eye look at the issues and opportunities for small and medium-sized firms, providing insights and recommendations.

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is expected to keep rolling out.

“You’d be swimming against the tide if you were doubting the performance of the US economy, at least in the short-term,” he said.

The local currency traded at 89.77 Australian cents from 89.74 cents on Thursday.

The kiwi fell to 4.5209 Chinese yuan from 4.5521 yuan Thursday and dropped to 73.20 yen from 73.94 yen. It declined to 51.52 British pence from 51.83 pence yesterday and decreased to 57.37 euro cents from 57.48 cents.

New Zealand’s two-year swap rate fell 4 basis points to 1.99 per cent while 10-year swaps were down 6 basis points to 2.86 per cent.

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News that Business New Zealand’s performance of manufacturing index worsened further in July, dropping for the third month in a row and marking its second consecutive month below its long-run average, added to the sour mood.

“The kiwi seems to be in a bit of a dark place,” said Martin Rudings, senior dealer foreign exchange at OMF. That, coupled with a rally in the greenback, will “have the kiwi on its knees.”

The US dollar gained ground in Asia, benefiting from euro and British pound weakness.

Rudings said there is more downside to come for the New Zealand dollar as positive US data

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Kiwi dollar ‘in dark place’ The New Zealand dollar is headed for a 1.9 per cent weekly fall against the greenback after the local central bank Thursday surprised markets by pushing out a projected rate hike for another year and saying a cut was still possible.

The kiwi traded at 66.10 US cents at 5pm versus 66.13 cents at 8am in Wellington and 66.73 cents on Thursday. It traded at 67.41 cents last Friday in New York. The trade-weighted index was at 71.43 from 71.80 yesterday.

The kiwi dropped to its weakest since March 2016 after RBNZ kept the official cash rate at 1.75 per cent and pushed out forecasts for a future hike by a year amid concerns about softer growth.

forming Android devices in the world and the Note 9 represents a real revolution for mobile gaming,” Sweeney said.

Samsung announced that it would also offer exclusive content to customers, including a brand new ‘skin’.

In a statement, the tech giant said customers who pre-order the handset in the next 13 days would be rewarded with “either 15,000 V-bucks with the Fortnite Galaxy skin or a pair of AKG noise-cancelling headphones”.

In less than 12-months, Fortnite has recorded a mammoth 125 million players, with more than 40 million players logging onto the platform to play each month.

Brewer said mobile phone companies operate on a ‘planned obsolescence’ basis — where devices were built with the idea that they would ultimately be replaced by bigger, better models.

“These companies have to find exciting ways to develop markets that attract customers, especially younger people.”

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The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is here and people are excited.

There’s a dedicated hashtag making the rounds on Twitter — #GalaxyNote9 — and fans are even filming themselves unwrapping their brand new handsets like it’s Christmas morning.

Samsung launched its latest mobile offering in Brooklyn’s Barclays Centre this week, describing it as the new “super-powerful smartphone that’s built for gaming”.

Boasting a staggering $2721 price tag, the handset has been specifically designed with mobile gaming in mind.

The phone features a 6.4-inch screen, up to 512GB storage, an all-day battery capacity and a battery-powered stylus that could be used as a remote control for selfies.

It seems the global tech giant is counting on a major partnership with the world’s most popular video game to ensure that parents are nagged into dropping big dosh on their shiny new toy.

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Parents’ rooms not just for mums A

story which surfaced yesterday of a father who was refused entry into the parents’ room at a Wellington shopping mall highlights just how far we have come and also just how far we have to go in society before we achieve maximum cohesion between the sexes.

The father took his threemonth-old daughter to the parents’ room to change her nappy while his wife continued shopping for a new car seat at the Queensgate Mall.

A seemingly mindless task for any parent, until you reach the door and someone who still lives their life archaically stops you

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from entering.

The man was approached by a woman as he went to enter the room and told that he couldn’t go in there because there were mums in there. Not wanting to cause a scene, particularly in front of children, the father walked away from the situation to find his wife, but when they

returned to confront the woman together, she was gone.

One can only naturally presume that the woman’s resistance came from the fact there were women breastfeeding in the parents’ room – but while the rooms are there for that very purpose, they are also there for changing nappies and assisting younger children with going to the toilet.

And therefore, anyone who enters those rooms should be fully aware that there could potentially be a mother breastfeeding, or a father changing his child’s nappy.

Social media was full of comments in support of the father yesterday stating just how

grand it was to see a father fully involved in his child’s life and willing to roll up his sleeves and do some of the dirty work.

Really? Are we that far back in the dark ages that we don’t for a minute believe a father’s involvement in their child’s life, if it is changing nappies or even just spending time with them, is a shock?

What should be being hammered home is how important it is that we aren’t stuck back 50 years ago when the majority of the work was put down to the mother.

We are an advancing society in which the male role in child rear-

ing is so much more than it ever has been, but parts of society and parts of life tend to forget that at times.

That one individual took it on themselves to act so maliciously and deny entry to the father this week shows just how far we still have to go.

A father walking into a parents’ room shouldn’t be met with anything other than admiration.

It is a normal process now, not something that should shock or enrage and the sooner we catch onto that and start treating situations like that for what they actually are, the better off we will all be.

passenger trains collided outside Egypt’s port city of Alexandria, killing 43 people.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Arlene Dahl is 93. Songwriterproducer Kenny Gamble is 75.

Rock musician Jim Kale (Guess Who) is 75. Magazine columnist Marilyn Vos Savant is 72. Country singer John Conlee is 72. Singer Eric Carmen is 69. Computer scientist and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is 68. Wrestleractor Hulk Hogan is 65. Singer Joe Jackson is 64. Playwright David Henry Hwang is 61. Actor Miguel A. Nunez Jr. is 59. Actress Viola Davis is 53. Actress Embeth Davidtz is 53. Actor Duane Martin is 53. Actor-host Joe Rogan is 51. Rhythm-and-blues musician

Chris Dave is 50. Actress Anna Gunn is 50. Actress Ashley Jensen is 50. Actress Sophie Okonedo is 50. Rock guitarist Charlie Sexton is 50. Hip-hop artist Ali Shaheed Muhammad is 48. Actor Nigel Harman is 45.

Actor Will Friedle is 42. Actor Rob Kerkovich is 39. Actress Merritt Wever is 38. Actor Chris Hemsworth is 35. Rock musician Heath Fogg (Alabama Shakes) is 34. Singer J-Boog is 33. Rapper Asher Roth is 33. Actress Alyson Stoner is 25.

Thought for today: “Keep your dreams, for in them lies joy denied to men grown wise.” — Edgar A. Guest, American author, journalist and poet (1881-1959).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, August 11, the 223rd day of 2018. There are 142 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On August 11, 1965, rioting and looting that claimed 34 lives broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles.

On this date: In 1909, the steamship SS Arapahoe became the first ship in North America to issue an SOS distress signal, off North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras.

In 1949, President Harry S. Truman nominated General Omar N. Bradley to become the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In 1952, Hussein bin Talal was proclaimed King of Jordan, beginning a reign lasting nearly 47 years.

In 1954, a formal peace took hold in Indochina, ending more than seven years of fighting between the French and Communist Viet Minh.

In 1964, the Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night had its US premiere in New York.

In 1975, the United States vetoed the proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to the United Nations, following the Security Council’s refusal to consider South Korea’s application.

In 1984, at the Los Angeles Olympics, American runner Mary Decker fell after colliding with South African-born British competitor Zola Budd in the 3000-metre final; Budd finished seventh.

In 1992, the Mall of America, the nation’s largest shoppingentertainment centre, opened in Bloomington, Minnesota.

In 2003, Charles Taylor resigned as Liberia’s president and went into exile in Nigeria.

In 2014, Academy Award-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams, 63, died in Tiburon, California, a suicide.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush, back from his Asia tour, warned of a “dramatic and brutal escalation” of violence by Russia in the former Soviet republic of

Georgia; he pressed Moscow to accept an immediate ceasefire and to pull back its troops.

Five years ago: Israel approved building 1200 more settlement homes and agreed to release 26 long-held Palestinian security prisoners. Suspected militants gunned down 47 worshippers as they recited their early morning prayers at a mosque in Konduga, Nigeria, and killed another 12 civilians in a nearby village.

One year ago: A federal judge ordered Charlottesville, Virginia, to allow a weekend rally of white nationalists and other extremists to take place at its originallyplanned location downtown.

(Violence erupted at the rally, and a woman was killed when

a man ploughed his car into a group of counter-protesters.)

President Donald Trump unleashed fresh threats against North Korea, warning Kim Jong Un that he “will regret it fast” if he takes any action against US territories or allies. Trump also said he would not rule out military action against Venezuela following a power grab by President Nicolas Maduro. A judge in Denver threw out a lawsuit by a disc jockey who’d been accused by Taylor Swift of groping her during a photo op; David Mueller claimed that Swift and her team got him fired for it. (The jury later awarded Swift $1 after deciding that Mueller had, in fact, groped her.) Two

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had the privilege to attend a one night only performance of History Rocks! performed by the three senior classes of Wakanui School.

On Thursday night musical history came alive in the classroom with stand-out performances from Paulina Cuadrado as the mother, Joelle Watson as her daughter, Isabella Ingles as the teacher and Charlotte Livingstone as the daughter’s best friend.

The music choice was superb, the direction and choreography innovative and the whole performance flawless given the short production schedule. But something was missing.

There was a deliberate omission from the school. A decision made to exclude one group from this night of music time travel. In fact it was a self-imposed omission that made total sense to me.

What was missing were the teachers and principal of the school.

There was no opening statement from the senior teacher, no closing remarks and thanks from the principal. At no point did a teacher need to loudly call out sshhhh! from side of stage (they usually make more noise doing this than the children being noisy).

And they didn’t need to be there, because they had done exactly what was expected of them and that was to set these awesome young performers up to succeed.

Each child performed as part of a group and brought energy and humour to the stage.

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Email us! editor@theguardian. co.nz This happened because the school is staffed by teachers who believe in all children having as many experiences as they can.

It didn’t surprise me one bit to see all the teachers and school staff there enjoying the performance. Even the IT teacher who only goes to the school once a week came to the performance.

It was a teacher who sat at home going over the show multiple times and planned out how it would be directed. It was a teacher who lent their horse float to another teacher to pack up all the props in and get them to and from the event centre.

It was teachers in their own time that planned the school programme so that literacy and mathematics would carry on while rehearsals were scheduled.

It was teachers who divided time between organising the performance and winter sports organisation.

It was a principal who encouraged and supported these teachers while at the same time guided a Board of Trustees facing

a teacher strike for the first time.

You see, teaching has never been, and will never be just a classroom-based, academic-only job. In fact job is not a word I would use to describe teaching.

Teaching is a commitment to empowering learners to understand and explore their world.

Teachers commit to their learners. They give extra time, energy, worry and even money beyond any job description I have ever seen written for this profession.

Next week the teachers and principal of Wakanui School will step out from the backstage and onto the picket line.

They will join other teachers and principals from this district as a show of unity behind the message – a change is needed in teaching.

For some it is about improving the bottom line, the take home pay. For others it is about addressing dwindling numbers of new teachers coming into the profession, as it ages gracefully, and for others it is about doing better to support the learners in the

classroom. A lot of these teachers would rather not take this action, but feel strongly enough that this nation-wide tools down must be used to shake the thinking behind agreements and policies that have led to this situation.

I work with and lead teachers.

They are committed and passionate about the classroom and learning.

For them, this strike is a big unknown. They hope that parents support them even though it will cause an inconvenience for some.

This call to strike is not about asking for handouts. It is an orchestrated national wake-up call that the children of today will suffer if our teachers suffer.

For this they must step out from the backstage curtain and form the picket line.

Peter Livingstone is the principal of Tinwald School. The views expressed in this column are his and do not represent the views of his school, the Ashburton Guardian or the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association.

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people. That’s about as simple as it gets. What would a thirsty person pay for a cup of cold water?

All around us there are thirsty people, maybe thirsting for the wrong things.

So what can Christians do? I would like to suggest two things.

Firstly we form relationships

with as many people as possible.

Many of the problems above relate to wrong relationships.

Sadly, people have felt judged by the church and instead of forming positive relationships with healthy people have turned onto a wrong pathway.

Jesus, when meeting outcasts of society, had little to say about what they had done but let them feel his acceptance.

Secondly we are to do acts of compassion and love, to give cups of “cold water”.

Maybe it’s not so important to tell people to sit down and listen on Sunday as it is to give cups of cold water on Monday.

Through this we hope people can find Jesus. Not the Sunday School image of Jesus as a nice person but powerless and meaningless. But the Son of God with love, compassion and kindness for all people and a way to help us in the problems of this life.

David Hyslop is with the Assembly of God church.

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From farmland to commercial success Once a barren block of land, playing home to a few hundred sheep, the Ashburton Business Estate is now a buzzing hive of activity at the heart of the Ashburton District. The Ashburton Business Estate is a fully serviced 80 hectare commercial and industrial development located northeast of the Ashburton town boundary.

The estate was developed by the Ashburton District Council back in 2006 to provide a well-planned and serviced development option for businesses looking to come to the district and for local businesses looking to expend their operations.

With enterprises across a range of industries, our business community reflects the region’s strong, proud heritage founded on industry and agribusiness, as well as forward thinking investment and innovation.

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A long-term sustainable development, the Ashburton Business Estate supports the potential of our fast growing and progressive district – and underscores our commitment to make that vision a reality.

Business continues to flow into the area with new buildings and establishments rapidly relocating into the now business stronghold and calling the area home.

With up to 40 businesses now calling the Business Estate home, the area is one of the fastest growing parts of the region and is starting to become a focal point for anyone

looking for a new location to relocate their business to.

Ashburton District Council continues to look to further enhance the area with plans in place for a new look café to service the needs of the businesses currently holding place in the estate as well as the potential for more and more lots to be filled by both locally owned and nationally operated organisations.

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An ideal business hub The purpose-built Ashburton Business Estate is located just minutes from Ashburton’s town centre and has direct access onto State Highway 1 from both north and south.

This development is a compelling option for a range of businesses, from those looking to expand to those wanting to come into the district.

New businesses will also find this Ashburton District Council-owned development appealing.

Ashburton is just a one-hour drive south of Christchurch, making this development an attractive business location option due to its relative proximity to other areas in the central and southern South Island.

Opened by former Prime Minister John Key in 2011, the Ashburton Business Estate is a multi-stage development with 29 of the 41 sections in Stage One either sold, under contract or under negotiation.

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The development’s modern facilities, flexible options and affordable rates have seen a range

of companies start their operations there including warehousing, light manufacturing, agri-business, food processing and heavy engineering firms. Council offers companies varying terms from lease, or lease to buy options and Stage One sections

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Custom built horse coaches and floats In 2014 Mainland Coachwork Ltd was established by Rodney Greaney and Paul Chapman and they moved to their new purpose-built workshop at 19 JB Cullen Drive in August 2017.

This has allowed Mainland Coachwork to meet the growing demand for their luxury horse coaches and floats throughout New Zealand and Australia.

Mainland Coachwork now have 11 staff, all highly skilled and experienced in their chosen areas of work.

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Putting bees to work for farmers Thirty per cent of the world’s food crops are pollinated by bees, including clover pasture, which has been the backbone of the New Zealand agricultural sector for generations.

Winter is a particularly difficult time for bees due to poor weather and a lack of available nectar. To counteract this, wintering hives is essential. Hives are separated into smaller stacks and placed across the region to ensure there is enough local nectar for the colony to survive.

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Midlands is dedicated to the service of bees and beehives, with the aim of setting new standards of excellence in pollination services within New Zealand. With a strong focus on the pollination of crops including carrot, canola, radish, clover and brassicas, experienced beekeepers strategically place hives on farms all over the Canterbury region to maximise crop yields.

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Rural Transport continues to expand Mid Canterbury’s Rural Transport Limited is continuing to expand at its base near the Ashburton Business estate.

The company’s five-hectare block on Northpark Road purchased in 2006, has ensured there has been plenty of space for its growing enterprise.

Rural Transport Limited opened at the site in 2014. The facility includes a 560 square metre office block, and a warehouse that has recently been increased in size to accommodate the tenants that now occupy the premises.

Seven bulk grain storage silos are located on the property with storage hired to several local companies.

General manager Jim Crouchley said the new location had enabled the company to be part of the advantages the business estate offered.

“We are very pleased to be in this location and take benefit from the development in the area,” Crouchley said. The wider green-space feel of the business estate area provided a

handsome backdrop to the company’s headquarters.

The site was highly accessible and located within minutes of the rural hub of Ashburton, just off State Highway 1.

“The site has certainly allowed for our company’s growth” Crouchley also said. The Ashburton facility is the hub for the company’s freight activities, which services rural clients and transports around the South

Island. Rural Transport, which also has branch depots at Kurow, Fairlie and Waimate, offers commercial storage in its silos and warehouse at the site.

Rural Transport has strong historical ties to the Ashburton area as it evolved from a transport heritage stretching back more than eight decades.

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An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels hit a bus driving in a busy market in northern Yemen yesterday, killing least 50 people including children and wounding 77.

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Airstrike hits bus; 50 dead An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels hit a bus driving in a busy market in northern Yemen yesterday, killing least 50 people including children and wounding 77, Yemen’s rebelrun Al Masirah TV said citing rebel Health Ministry figures.

The Saudi-led coalition, meanwhile, said it targeted the rebels, known as Houthis, who had fired a missile at the kingdom’s south, killing one person who was a Yemeni resident in the area.

Al Masirah TV aired dramatic images of wounded children, their clothes and schoolbags covered with blood as they lay on hospital stretchers. The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Twitter that its team at

an ICRC supported hospital in Saada received the bodies of 29 children, all under 15 years old. It also received 48 wounded people, including 30 children, it said. The attack took place in the Dahyan market in Saada province, a Houthi stronghold. The province lies along the border with Saudi Arabia. The bus was ferrying local civilians, including many children, according to Yemeni tribal leaders.

There was no breakdown in the casualties and it was not immediately clear how many of the victims were on the bus itself and how many were pedestrians in the immediate area around it. It was also unclear if there were other airstrikes in the area.

Col. Turki al-Malki, a

spokesman for the Saudiled coalition, said the attack in Saada targeted the rebels who had fired a missile at the kingdom’s south, killing one person and wounding 11 others. The coalition said the projectile, fired toward the southwestern Saudi city of Jizan, was intercepted and destroyed but its fragments caused the casualties.

The statement, carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, also said the missile was launched “deliberately to target residential and populated areas”.

Al-Malki insisted the attack carried out in Saada is a “legitimate military action” and is “in accordance with international humanitarian law and customs”. He also accused the

Houthis of recruiting children and using them in the battlefields to cover for their actions.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the coalition air strike and called on all parties to spare civilians and “to respect their obligations under international humanitarian law, in particular the fundamental rules of distinction, proportionality and precautions in attack,” UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said. Saudi Arabia backs Yemen’s internationally recognised government and has been at war with the Houthis since March 2015. The rebels control much of northern Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa.

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Ellie Goulding has gushed about her new fiancé Caspar Jopling in a heartwarming Instagram post. The pop singer, 31, posted a loved up black-and-white snap to her social media, with Ellie lovingly kissing her beau, 26, on the cheek. Ellie described Casper as “the most wonderful person” and said she can’t wait to be his “giggly and loved up wife”. In the emotional snap, Ellie snuggled up to her Team GB rower love, who donned a classic blazer and circular spectacles.

On the same day, the songwriter light heartedly poked fun at the her fans as she shared the question many followers were actually wanting to know about.

Reunion? ‘Not a chance’ Fans of boy band One Direction were left in a frenzy of despair when they learnt that the group “will never get back together”. Groupies listening to Nick Grimshaw’s Radio 1 Breakfast Show were left shaken to the core as the host blithely stated that there’s “not a chance” the band will ever get back together, after going on hiatus in 2015. Chatting to his former producer, Fiona Hanlon, Grimshaw, 33, said: “When we started this show [One Direction] were all together as a five piece. Do you think they’ll ever get back together?” He went on: “No, not a chance, it’s not happening is it?”

Court’s intervention in Rohingya crisis snubbed Myanmar sharply rejected an attempt by the International Criminal Court to consider the country’s culpability for activities that caused 700,000 minority Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh for safety last year.

The office of the nation’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said in a statement the court in the Netherlands has no jurisdiction over Myanmar because it is not a member state.

It also offered procedural reasons for why it would not respond formally to the court’s request for its views on the exodus of the Rohingya, and said the question “is meritless and should be dismissed”.

Critics including UN experts have accused Myanmar’s military of atrocities against the Rohingya amounting to ethnic cleaning, or even genocide. Suu Kyi’s government

Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wade past a waterlogged path leading to the Jamtoli refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh. PHOTO AP says it was carrying out justifiable counter-insurgency operations in response to attacks on security forces by Rohingya militants in August last year.

The army, according to documentary evidence and survi-

vor and eyewitness accounts compiled by human rights organisations, beat and killed civilians, organised rapes and the burning of thousands of homes belonging to Rohingya in Myanmar’s western state of

Rakhine.

The ICC had solicited Myanmar’s views in April, and later set a July 27 deadline for a response to the question of whether the court should have jurisdiction.

Myanmar accused the court of violating international legal norms by seeking to assert jurisdiction over the issue despite Myanmar not being a party to the Rome Statute establishing the court.

“By allowing such a contrived procedure, the ICC may set a dangerous precedent whereby future populistic causes and complaints against non-State Parties to the Rome Statute may be litigated at the urging of biased stakeholders and non-governmental organisations and even then, selectively based on the political current of the times,” it said.

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‘Director stole my music’ One of New Zealand’s most awarded and celebrated musicians is embroiled in a fierce spat with the award-winning director of one of his music videos.

Shayne P. Carter, the former frontman of Straitjacket Fits and founder of Dimmer, is claiming that Auckland filmmaker Kezia Barnett released a music video for his song I Know Not Where I Stand against his wishes, using an international “loophole” to make the video public and then enlisted lawyers to “demand” he promote the video. Carter told the Herald Barnett has stolen his intellectual property. “Despicably she’s framed it as though I’ve endorsed it,” he said.

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Flames inch closer to homes An intentionally set wildfire grew perilously close to homes in Southern California yesterday as evacuation orders expanded to more than 20,000 residents, though some homeowners stayed behind to fend off the flames themselves.

Firefighters fought a desperate battle to stop the Holy Fire from reaching homes as the blaze surged through the Cleveland National Forest above the city of Lake Elsinore and its surrounding communities.

They were trying to keep the flames from devouring neighborhoods and taking lives, as gigantic fires still burning in Northern California have done.

“Our main focus was getting everyone out safely,” said Thanh Nguyen, a spokesman for the crews battling the Holy Fire.

As flames raged closer, some residents ignoring evacuation orders stood in driveways or on top of roofs and used garden hoses to keep their homes wet and to fight the flames as smoke billowed around them.

Joe Rodriguez was using a power washer to wet down his patio in the McVicker Canyon Park neighbourhood.

Although the neighbourhood is under an evacuation order, the 38-year-old Rodriguez said he decided to stay to help save his home.

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In brief Pig without a lead A man in Norwich, UK, has been charged with walking a pig without a lead. Norfolk police responded to an incident and found a pig “running around” with a dog on Prince of Wales Rd in Norwich.

Police say they were initially called to the scene because of reports that the man was being abusive to members of the public. He ended up being charged under Section 155 of the Highways Act 1980 with “having a pig untethered and loose on a public highway”. An officer dealing with the incident said he was “lost for words”. The pig was taken away by the RSPCA. The man was taken away by police. - NZME

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A sheriff’s deputy stands guard at a gate near a hillside as the Holy Fire burns in the Cleveland National Forest at Temescal Valley in Corona, California.

PHOTO AP my door, I’m going to stick with it,” he said.

He said a line of fire retardant dropped on the hill above his house has so far checked the fire’s advance, along with helicopter water drops.

Rodriguez’s wife and two daughters evacuated.

Lake Elsinore Mayor Natasha Johnson and her family were among the families evacuating,

Councilman Bob Magee said at a community meeting about the fire.

Earlier, Johnson told residents to stay vigilant and listen to evacuation orders.

“Stay safe,” she said as smoke billowed behind her. “God bless.”

Magee told residents at the community meeting to follow the mayor’s example and listen to evacuation warnings and orders.

“I also want to remind you not to panic,” he said. “We are in great hands, the best in the world.

“Pray for our town. Pray for our people,” he said.

Fire crews worked in 38 degree Celsius heat. Aircraft dumped bright pink lines of fire retardant to wall off the fire from homes.

The 41-square-kilometre blaze was only 5 per cent contained.

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Pence shifts fight to space

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Pointing to growing threats and competition from Russia and China, the White House announced ambitious plans to create the US Space Force as a sixth, separate military warfighting service by 2020.

The proposal taps into the American public’s long fascination with space – but with a military focus. The plan faces daunting hurdles and requires congressional approval.

Military leaders and experts have questioned the wisdom of launching an expensive, bureaucratic new service branch.

Vice-president Mike Pence announced the new force during a Pentagon speech, fleshing out an idea that President Donald Trump has extolled in recent months as he vowed to ensure American dominance in space.

Pence described space as a domain that was once peaceful and uncontested but has now become crowded and adversarial.

“Now the time has come to write the next great chapter in the history of our armed forces, to prepare for the next battlefield where America’s best and bravest will be called to deter and defeat a new generation of threats to our people, to our nation,” Pence said.

Trump marked Pence’s announcement with a tweet:

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Vice-president Mike Pence gestures during an event on the creation of a US Space Force, yesterday.

“Space Force all the way!”

Pence portrayed the change as a response to foes’ potential aggression rather than any offensive US military effort.

Citing Russia and China, he said that for years US adversaries have “pursued weapons to jam, blind and disable our navigation and communication satellites via electronic attacks from the ground”.

“As their actions make clear, our adversaries have transformed space into a warfighting domain already, and the United States will not shrink from this challenge,” he said.

In June, the president directed the Pentagon to create a “separate but equal” space

force, a complicated and expensive move that could take years to gain Congress’ approval and become operational.

Yesterday, Pence said the administration will work with Congress on the plan and will outline a budget next year.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has endorsed steps to reorganise the military’s spacewarfighting forces and create a new command, but he previously opposed launching an expensive new service.

A new branch of the military would require layers of bureaucracy, military and civilian leaders, uniforms, equipment and an expansive support structure.

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Hundreds of rescuers backed by helicopters evacuated about 1600 people, most of them campers, in three regions of southern France where heavy rain caused flash flooding and transformed rivers and streams into torrents, the interior minister said yesterday.

Hardest hit was the Gard region, where 119 children, many of them from Germany, were evacuated from their campsite at Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said in a statement.

About 750 people in all were evacuated in Gard, mainly from campsites, a top district official, Thierry Dousset, told France’s BFM-TV news channel.

Search teams that included divers combed swollen waters for a man reported missing.

Four German children were hospitalised for hypothermia in Bagnols-sur-Ceze, Dousset said.

They were among 10 people hospitalised with minor injuries, the Gard Gendarmerie said on its Facebook page.

After a hot spell, the flash flooding in the northern part of the Gard region turned the Ceze and L’Ardeche rivers into churning waterways that quickly spilled out of their banks.

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Tennessee carried out the execution yesterday of a man condemned for the 1985 rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl, marking the first time the state has applied the death penalty in nearly a decade.

Inmate Billy Ray Irick, 59, received a three-drug injection at a maximumsecurity prison in Nashville and was pronounced dead at 7.48pm, authorities said. He was convicted in 1986 in the death of Paula Dyer, a girl he was babysitting. Asked if he had any words before the chemicals began flowing, Irick at first appeared to sigh and say “no.”

But then he said, “I just want to say I’m really sorry and that, that’s it.”

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Pesticide ban ordered A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the Trump administration endangered public health by keeping a widely used pesticide on the market despite extensive scientific evidence that even tiny levels of exposure can harm babies’ brains. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to remove chlorpyrifos from sale in the United States within 60 days.

A coalition of farmworkers and environmental groups sued last year after then-EPA chief Scott Pruitt reversed an Obama-era effort to ban chlorpyrifos, which is widely sprayed on citrus fruit, apples and other crops.

- AP

Gaza cease-fire deal Gaza’s Hamas rulers said late Thursday that a truce had been reached with Israel, ending an intense two-day burst of violence that had pushed the region closer to war. But the deal did not appear to address the deeper issues that have prevented the bitter enemies from reaching a longer cease-fire arrangement. Hamas’ Al Aqsa TV channel reported late yesterday the Egyptian-brokered deal has taken hold “on the basis of mutual calm”.

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In-laws sworn in First lady Melania Trump’s parents were sworn in as US citizens yesterday, completing a legal path to citizenship that their son-in-law has suggested eliminating. Viktor and Amalija Knavs, both in their 70s, took the citizenship oath at a private ceremony in New York City. The Slovenian immigrants, a former car dealer and textile factory worker, had been living in the US as permanent residents.

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■ CROSS-COUNTRY STAR

Taonga on speed mission

BY ERIN TASKER

ERIN.T@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Ashburton’s Taonga Mbambo in action at the New Zealand Cross Country Championships.

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Ashburton cross-country runner Taonga Mbambo’s build-up to the Australian Cross-Country Championships took a big leap forward at the weekend.

The Ashburton member of the Canterbury University Athletics Club participated at the New Zealand Cross-Country Championships as part of the Canterbury athletics team and from a field of 43 runners, finished third in the men’s under-18 race.

He covered the 6km distance in a time of 22.07 minutes to come home with a bronze medal.

With that done, he is now turning his attention to a trip to Australia later this month with the New Zealand secondary schools’ team where he’ll compete in the Australian Cross-Country Championships.

Mbambo said all he did would not have been possible without the help of the Ashburton community, which had supported him as he set about raising funds to be a part of that team to get to Australia.

It has been a big year for Mbambo. Earlier this year he broke a record that had stood for 37 years at the Ashburton College athletics finals day, with his new record time of 9.24.8 minutes in the 3000m around six seconds faster than the previous record set by Bruce Gabites. He then went on to set a new record for the under-19 men’s 3000m at the Aorakis, and at the South Island Secondary Schools’ Athletics Championships Mbambo was fourth in the under-19 men’s 3000m, finishing just seconds behind the winner in 9.01.39 minutes. He was also eighth in the 1500m.

At the Ashburton College school cross country he was first to cross the finish line in the 4km senior boys’ race in 12 minutes 47 seconds.

Mbambo was also part of the Ashburton College team that contested the Canterbury secondary schools’ road race in May. The team was third overall, with Mbambo the fourth individual across the line.

His selection into the New Zealand secondary schools’ cross-country team to travel to the Australian Championships followed his sixth place finish at the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Cross-Country in Taupo where he ran a time of 19.50 minutes.

Mbambo will travel to Australia’s Sunshine Coast in August for the Australian Open and Schools Cross-Country Championships later this month.

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■ NETBALL

Mt Somers applies the pressure

By Erin TaskEr

Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz

Mt Somers gave themselves a real shot at making the Mid Canterbury Netball ACL premier one semi-finals with a 31-29 win over Hampstead A in Thursday night’s penultimate round.

With the top-of-the-table, unbeaten Celtic A side their opposition in next week’s final round, Mt Somers took to the court against Hampstead like a team on a mission, knowing that a win would be a real shot in the arm in terms of putting them in finals contention.

And it certainly did that, surging them through the congested middle section of the points table, taking them from fifth to third on the table.

Mt Somers led by four at the first break, 11-7, and after a tight second quarter continued to lead 18-15 at half-time. But Hampstead made a couple of changes in the second half and started making headway into Mt Somers’ lead.

Switching Hannah Blair from defence into centre, and bringing Hannah Spence on at goal keep, Hampstead slowed Mt Somers’ progress through the court and made it difficult for them to get the ball to their shooters.

When they did get the ball into the circle both sides needed to make it count, with the tall timber in both sides’ circle defence welcoming any rebound opportunities with open arms.

Hampstead managed to draw even in the third quarter, but Mt Somers came back to have a slight edge again by three-quarter time, leading 25-23.

Having had a sniff in the third quarter, Hampstead started the fourth quarter fast and strong and moved out to a two-goal lead, before Mt Somers again clawed their way back and with 90 seconds to go they were back in the lead by two and player/coach Kate Oliver forced two late turnovers to ensure her side got home.

Oliver said it was pleasing to see the fight her side showed when Hampstead came back at them.

“They switched it up at halftime which took us a bit of adapting to, so the third quarter probably wasn’t our best,” Oliver said.

Hampstead did manage to pick up their third bonus point of the round though, which could prove vital in a week’s time.

Hampstead coach Janene McDowell gave full credit to Mt Somers. “When the score-line is close the entire game it comes down to who’s going to finish off and be the most composed under pressure,” McDowell said.

Meanwhile, Celtic A continued to lead the way in the competition, maintaining their unbeaten streak with a big win over their club mates Celtic B on Thursday night, 37-20.

Celtic A led 13-5 by quarter time and 26-11 at half-time, but Celtic B slowed their progress significantly in the third and fourth quarters.

Celtic B were promoted to premier one from premier two for the third and final round of the season and it was the first time Celtic has had two of their sides in the

Hampstead A’s Emma Rosevear finds herself sandwiched between the Mt Somers defensive duo on Thursday night.

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top flight at the same time.

Celtic A coach Angela Leadley said it was an odd feeling playing a team they knew so well.

“We played well in the first half, but we were a bit disappointed in our second half,” Leadley said.

“The Bs, it was really good to see them have a good second half because I know that’s something they have been wanting to focus on.”

Celtic B had shown that they were more than ready for the step up, leading many teams early on before their opposition’s experience shone through. But they had finished close enough to pick up two bonus points in their first shot at the top tier.

There were no bonus points in Thursday night’s third premier one game between College A and Methven A though, with Methven A racing away to a 38-28 win, despite losing wing defence Sarah White to an ankle injury with less than a minute gone.

Methven A coach Maree Firth

said her side took a while to settle following the injury, but fought back to level with College 8-all at quarter time.

“We played as a unit, supported each other and built on each quarter,” Firth said. “I’m really proud of that performance.”

The two sides were level on eight-points each in second spot on the ladder heading into the game, and the win moved Methven A into outright second, with College A dropping to fourth.

As it stands with one match to go, Celtic are on top of the table with 16, with Methven A second on 12, Mt Somers on nine, College A on eight, Hampstead A on seven and Celtic B on two.

In premier two action, the top two title contenders both notched up a half century, with top-of-thetable United A beating Rakaia A 50-16, and second-placed Southern A downing Ashburton College B 50-26. Celtic C picked up the night’s other win, beating Methven B 37-25.

AshColl keeps focus on SuperNet goal Ashburton College’s A netball team have a clear goal in mind as they enter the dying stages of Canterbury secondary netball’s SuperNet competition.

They lost to Villa Maria 35-24 in Christchurch on Wednesday night to finish third in their pool in the second phase of the competition, which meant they missed out on the semi-finals.

Now, their goal is to finish fifth overall so they wouldn’t have to face going into promotion/relegation at the start

of next season, coach Kaye Kennedy said.

The teams that finished sixth through to eighth in the top tier in which the Ashburton College side had been playing in would face the top three teams from SuperNet’s second tier at the start of next season to fight for the right to play in the top grade, she said.

The Ashburton College A team was also preparing to head to the South Island Secondary Schools’ netball championships in Dunedin at the beginning of next month.

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■ RUGBY

Hit-out for new-look Hammers

By Erin TaskEr

Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz

Winning won’t necessarily be on the minds of the players in Mid Canterbury’s new-look Heartland Championship rugby side when they take on South Canterbury at the Hinds Domain today.

The game is the first of two preseason matches for Mid Canterbury before the Heartland Championship kicks off on August 25, and coach Sean Carter said it was more about building combinations and testing things out, rather than winning.

Although, with South Canterbury in their pool in this season’s Heartland Championship, a win would give them a psychological advantage heading into their round five clash on September 22.

Carter and his co-coaches Jason Rickard and Dale Palmer named a 25-man squad for this year’s Heartland Championship at the conclusion of Mid Canterbury Rugby’s Watters Cup competition last weekend. They could have named up to 30 players in the squad, but opted for 25, with the ability to call upon players from the large Mid Canterbury A development squad when required.

“We really want to use the development team as a pathway to the Heartland Championship team,” Carter said.

“We think it’s more sensible to name a smaller squad so the development team can see that there is a pathway and there are chances to go up.”

Mid Canterbury has had a wider training squad coming together regularly throughout the season, where they had cemented some of the patterns and sequences they wanted to put on the park this season and games like today’s were a chance to test them out.

Carter said with four 20-minute quarters, today’s game was likely to be a little disjointed, as both sides used it as an opportunity to establish combinations and work out their tactics.

“We are not going out there to put 30 or 40 points on them, it’s

Eric Duff claims a line-out throw in Mid Canterbury’s only game so far this season – a loss to Ellesmere. Duff is one of the more experienced players set to take to the field for Mid Canterbury this season.

PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN about establishing our systems and patterns,” Carter said.

This year’s Mid Canterbury squad features a number of new faces and Carter said that was exciting.

“I certainly don’t think it’s a bad thing, it’s a good thing, and we are excited about it. You can’t beat the enthusiasm and now it’s about getting them prepared mentally and physically for what lies ahead,” Carter said.

“We need to invest in these guys and grow Mid Canterbury rugby, and grow the reach and get the support from the stakeholders.”

Carter said Mid Canterbury’s strength in the Heartland Championship this season would be in the character of their players. They weren’t necessarily going to be the biggest or fastest team, but they’d have plenty of heart and play with tremendous enthusiasm.

“At this stage we have got a team

to be really competitive. The goal is top four and that’s always been our goal, and anything from there is a bonus. But I think we have to be realistic in that this is a really tough competition,” Carter said.

“We know that top four is the goal but how we get there is a week in, week out, scenario.”

This year’s Mid Canterbury team would again be captained

by Jackson Donlan from hooker.

He’ll lead his side out onto the

Hinds Domain today to take on South Canterbury at 2.30pm, with the two unions’ development sides to play the curtain-raiser at 12.50pm.

Next weekend Mid Canterbury will take on Canterbury Metro at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds in their final pre-season hit-out, before hitting the road for their opening Heartland Championship match of 2018 against Horowhenua-Kapiti in Foxton.

Senior B finals rematch for Beckley Memorial Cup

Rakaia and Collegiate will face off at Mt Somers for the Beckley Cup. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

Rakaia’s senior B rugby team will be looking to make it a clean sweep for the season when they head to Mt Somers for their final game of 2018 tomorrow.

Rakaia and Collegiate will meet at the Mt Somers Domain to fight it out for the Bruce Beckley Memorial Cup, a game always played at Mt Somers on the Sunday of the weekend following Mid Canterbury Rugby’s big finals weekend.

The Bruce Beckley Memorial Cup was donated by the Beckley family following Bruce Beckley’s death more than 50 years ago. It is contested every year between the top two sides at the end of the round robin.

Rakaia will head into the game as fa-

vourites as they look to put the final cherry on top of what had been an outstanding season in which they have only lost one game.

They won the first round of the season to claim the Michael Duff Memorial Trophy, the second round to win the Centennial Mug, and last weekend they came out on top in the Second Grade Cup final against Collegiate on Mid Canterbury Rugby’s big finals day, going on to win 39-7.

A collection will be taken at half-time in tomorrow’s match, with the proceeds going to St John.

The Bruce Beckley Memorial Cup game will kick off at 2pm tomorrow at the Mt Somers Domain.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

In brief

Old man Luke still has gas in tank Warriors hooker Issac Luke played his 250th game in last night’s NRL clash against Newcastle but has his sights set on hitting the triple century before his playing days are done.

The 31-year-old describes himself as an “old man” but despite a niggling calf injury has hit career best form this season to help take the Auckland outfit within reach of their first finals appearance since 2011.

Luke was reluctant to talk himself up this week and insisted the side’s focus needed to be on overcoming the Knights at Mt Smart Stadium and rewarding the club’s fans after losing their last four home games.

It remains to be seen whether the Warriors can find room under the salary cap to extend his time in Auckland beyond this season but Luke made it clear he has plenty of running left in his legs.

“I had a talk about it on my 200th, I wanted to get to 250. I’m an old man now and will hopefully get to 300,” said Luke.

When pressed on his stellar season, Luke deflected attention to the side’s forwards while hinting he is primed for a big showing after sitting out the round 20 loss to the Titans before returning for last week’s torrid win over St George Illawarra.

“I still have a lot to work on,” he said. “I haven’t run a lot in the last couple of weeks so like everything else it’s somet h i n g to keep building towards and get better at. “[This season] is definitely up there. But that just shows where the team is going.

If your team is going well and your forward pack is going well, guys

like me out of dummyhalf have a field day.

“Our forwards are getting the best out of each other and competing to be in the team every week and it’s helping my job and also the other boys.”

Luke is confident the Warriors have more improvement in them and says they need to raise their intensity if they are to match it with the competition’s frontrunners.

“There’s definitely more to come. There were some defensive efforts [against the Dragons] that we were proud of but to be able to compete against the Melbourne’s and South Sydney’s you’ve got to wipe teams away. We’re working towards that and will keep building.”

His playing future might be up in the air but with wife Mickayela having

recently given birth to their fifth child, baby daughter, Remi Kathrine, Luke has plenty to keep him occupied outside of football.

“I’ve got a lot more distractions off the field then I have on the field. I’ve got five kids so they take my mind off a lot of things.

You go home and just want to re-set and get away from football and I manage to do that.”

Back-rower and former Kiwis teammate Simon Mannering paid tribute to Luke ahead of the milestone match and credited him for spearheading their run towards the playoffs.

“Bully’s been a real key for us and you’ve seen whenever he’s not in the team how much we miss him,” said Mannering.

“With his milestone coming up this weekend it’s a huge achievement for him. From when I first met him to now he hasn’t changed one bit. Whether that’s a good or bad thing I don’t know.

“He’s been real quality for us and he’s showed the player he is this year. He’ll carry on and really help us towards this back end of the year and it’s a great achievement for him and his family and I’m sure there will be plenty more games to come.”

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Hooper signs on Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper, who signed a five-year contract extension yesterday, believes long-term deals can be a big weapon in Rugby Australia’s attempt to combat player drain.

Hooper is just the second player in Australian rugby history to take up a five- year deal after ex-rugby league star Lote Tuqiri in 2007.

The flanker is expected to pocket approximately $6 million but could have earned far more if he played overseas during the next five years.

“Long deals aren’t uncommon in other sports. In AFL and rugby league they’re fairly common,” Hooper told reporters.

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Simmons hard at work Australian basketball sensation Ben Simmons is using the NBA off-season to work on parts of his game in a bid to stave off a second-year slump.

Despite claiming Rookie of the Year honours, the 22-year-old Philadelphia 76ers star endured shooting struggles in his debut NBA season – missing all of his paltry 11 three-point attempts.

But the slick-passing point forward – who broke LA Lakers legend Magic Johnson’s rookie season record for most tripledoubles – isn’t resting on his laurels, acknowledging he needs to improve in multiple areas. - AAP

Women’s rugby booms Women’s rugby in New Zealand is officially growing at a faster rate than the men’s game. Buoyed by the recent success of the women’s sevens team and the Black Ferns – the current world champions of the 15-player game – a Deloitte’s review of the state of the sport here has revealed female player numbers increased by 2100 female player registrations last year (up 13.7 per cent), a rise described by the review writers as “phenomenal”.

It said the largest growth rates occurred in Waikato, Southland, Counties and Canterbury.

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Spoilsport revealed

Jack opens up about injury to ref It’s one of the more infamous moments in the long history between the All Blacks and the Springboks but lock Chris Jack has offered a new spin.

It’s 16 years to the day since Springboks fan Pieter van Zyl ran onto the field and tackled referee Irish David McHugh during a test in Durban.

Richie McCaw brought down van Zyl who ran onto the field while a scrum was being set. He eventually left the field with a bloody nose, while McHugh also departed with a dislocated shoulder.

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Talking to Radio Sport about the incident, Jack came clean in admitting that he and teammate Dave Hewitt may have caused the injury to the ref.

“I just thought it was their second-five coming in to talk to the referee or halfback about something. And then I popped my head up and there’s this big fat bugger on the referee. A bit of a shock,” the 67-test veteran said.

“We got a bit of a surprise and then we saw AJ Venter and Richie McCaw on top of someone.

So myself and Dave Hewitt saw the referee under there and saw

what was going on and we tried to pull the poor referee out and I think we may have dislocated his shoulder,” Jack added.

“Which eventually won us the game because we got a new referee and refereed a bit different and we went onto win.”

The ABs won the clash 30-23 with English linesman Chris White taking over the referee duties.

Jack joked that McHugh seemed to hold a grudge if he came across him in later games.

“We started pulling him out and he started squealing a little bit. Games after that I went to

shake his hand and he wouldn’t give me the time of day but he was all over Richie, so he obviously held a wee grudge against me for pulling him out.”

Jack also busted the myth that McCaw was the one who punched van Zyl. “Richie McCaw has been lauded as a hero for punching the guy but you might have to look at that again and ID the actual puncher and see what actually happened,” Jack said, hinting at South African great Venter being the one who did the damage to van Zyl’s nose.

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An accountant has unmasked himself as the unsporting bowler who denied a young cricketer his maiden century, and claimed he was not aware how close his opponent was to the milestone.

Declan Redwood, 28, has revealed he apologised to 23-year-old Jay Darrell for hurling the ball over the boundary rope on Saturday to bring the match to an “unnatural ending”, leaving the batsman stranded on 98. Redwood, who was playing for Purnell Cricket Club, conceded five runs – the boundary plus a no ball – as a result of what he described an “ill-judged and impulsive” act to complete the chase for Minehead Cricket Club.

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Lions spread cash Last year’s Lions tour contributed to solid financial results by New Zealand’s provincial rugby unions.

After a record setting performance in the previous financial year, the Mitre 10 Cup rugby unions have built on that solid performance to deliver another record setting collective surplus for the 2017 financial year, according to the Deloitte Sports Review.

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■ INDOOR BOWLS

In brief Top poker players The top poker players in New Zealand will this weekend converge on Christchurch casino, hoping to take home a share of the likely $550,000 prize pool generated from one of the country’s biggest poker events.

The 2018 New Zealand Poker Champs start today with a $440 deepstack turbo tournament and culminates next weekend with a $1650 buy-in main event tournament which is expected to drum up a prizepool of $300,000.

In between there are 10 different events, which range in buy-in from $250 to $1100 and include No Limit Holdem, Pot Limit Omaha, a women’s event and a bounty event. This year’s series will also include a Key to Life charity tournament on Tuesday night, where 100 per cent of the $2250 prizepool goes to the Key to Life charity, which is focused on changing societies view of suicide.

Teen upsets Djokovic

Maurice Sunbeam sends a bowl down the mat in Ashburton’s clash with the North Island on Thursday night.

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North Island visitors on fire Ashburton fell well short of mounting a strong challenge against the touring North Island indoor bowls side on Thursday night.

On the final stop of their tour before today’s clash with the South Island, the visitors were expecting a tough encounter from

the Ashburton side, but the locals were unable to muster up much of a challenge, losing the fixture 34-14.

It wasn’t all doom and gloom for the side though with some notable performances throughout the three rounds of play.

Ladies single player Chris Tal-

bot was in sublime form winning all three of her matches against Jess Moffatt from North Wellington.

The men’s triples side of Grant Wilson, Matt Markham and Maurice Sunbeam were also in good form, winning two of their three matches against the strong com-

bination of Grant Rayner, Richard Caddy and Alex Reed.

Ashburton’s other two wins for the night came from the men’s fours team of Mat Bassett, Graeme Chapman, Russell Ellis and Geoff Laird and the men’s pairs team of Michael Lawson and Ken Mackenzie.

■ ROWING

Manager resigns amid bullying claims Rowing New Zealand’s high performance manager Alan Cotter has resigned following results of a recent independent review.

The 61-year-old joined Rowing New Zealand in 2008, taking over the role from the current Cycling New Zealand chief executive Andrew Matheson after the Beijing Olympics.

He has overseen a record run of medals in the sport, including five Olympic champions, with New Zealand regularly in the upper echelons of the medal table during his tenure.

The review dealt with rowing’s culture and whether the desire for medals was being prioritised over athlete well-being.

It follows a similar exercise that took place after the Rio Olympics.

The move comes as High Performance Sport New Zealand reexamines how the country measures sporting success.

Alan Cotter Sources told the Herald the rowing reviews addressed a culture of fear and a lack of transparency in the sport extending back years.

The secrecy was deemed to be at its worst during national trials because athletes were not privy to details of their performances.

The result was that athletes’ livelihoods were affected.

The effect of not making a team on the basis of data which wasn’t readily available could determine whether an athlete earned enough income to remain in the sport.

Cotter was part of the selection panel for crews each year.

Several controversies have rocked Rowing New Zealand’s boat in recent years.

In his autobiography, The Kiwi Pair, double Olympic gold medallist Eric Murray wrote he and his wife Jackie were called to a meeting with rowing partner Hamish Bond, selector Conrad Robertson, Cotter and coach Dick Tonks to discuss Murray’s desire to return home for the birth of his first child prior to the 2011 world championships.

Murray said the selection panel asked Bond privately whether he wanted his crewmate kicked out so he could row with someone

else. “I was told that I should be thinking about my career, not about having children; Jackie was ostensibly accused of being irresponsible, that the decision to have a child would ruin my career.

“We were talking about one week, and a week in which I would train at home so as to not throw our campaign out of kilter.”

Murray wrote that Robertson, the convenor of selectors and a 1984 Olympic coxless four gold medallist, looked at him and said: “Men didn’t come home from war just because women were having children.”

“It was the most insane thing I had ever heard, in the worst meeting of my life,” Murray said.

“To see my wife demeaned in that way because we’d chosen to have a baby was absolutely appalling.”

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Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas has sent Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic packing in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Canada with a stunning 6-3 6-7 (7-5) 6-3 win. A confident Tsitsipas sent a blistering forehand to the back corner while the ninthseeded Serbian was heading the other way on his first match point, looking at his box in disbelief.

“It’s a dream of any kid out there in this world, any kid that’s playing tennis, to beat these kinds of players, so I can call it the best moment of my life,” a shocked Tsitsipas said.

Everton’s sign-ups Everton brought in three new faces on the final day of the Premier League transfer window, swooping for Brazilian midfielder Bernard from Shakhtar Donetsk plus Barcelona players Yerry Mina and Andres Gomes. Playmaker Bernard arrived on a free transfer after his contract ended with the Ukrainian club while Barcelona said Everton had agreed to sign centre back Mina for $A47.4 million and have taken midfielder Gomes on loan. The fee for Mina, who only joined the Spanish champions in January, could rise by $A2.3 million and Barcelona have inserted a buy-back clause in the player’s contract.

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Rival for BBL? Steve Smith and David Warner are likely to be targeted by a new Twenty20 start- up in the United Arab Emirates, which has the potential to cause Cricket Australia consternation given it’ll clash with the Big Bash League.

The BBL has traditionally owned the months of December and January on the T20 league calendar, ensuring it attracts talent from around the world. A new challenger has emerged in UAE T20x, a tournament backed by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) and slated to run from December 19 to January 11. The proposed competition, which is seeking sponsors and franchise owners, released dates this week. It’s yet to contract any players. Smith and Warner haven’t mapped out summer plans and may shoulder arms to any approaches.

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■ GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE

In brief

Overdue crow for Faulkner Chris Faulkner experienced the thrill of winning a major race 31 years ago, but this time he hopes it will happen when he is on course.

Faulkner is the Pukekohe owner-trainer of Notabadrooster, who looked set to win last Saturday’s Koral Steeplechase (4250m) at Riccarton when clear in front going into the last fence, but fell when landing awkwardly over that obstacle, leaving Amanood Lad to go on and win.

Notabadrooster will be looking for a change of fortune in today’s Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) at Riccarton and such a win would certainly be a longtime overdue for Faulkner.

Faulkner is a drainage contractor, but has had a lengthy link with racing back to the days he was training in partnership with Cliff Fenwick at Takanini.

“I was in partnership with Cliff when Lord Reims won the Caulfield Cup, but I wasn’t on course that day,” Faulkner said.

“In those times partnerships weren’t recognised in Australia and Cliff was over there with Lord Reims and I went down to Trentham for the Wellesley Stakes with Beau Bayou.”

While Beau Bayou finished third in that 1987 Listed Wellesley Stakes (1000m), there was plenty to celebrate over Lord Reims’ Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) victory.

Faulkner was also in partner-

Notabadrooster will be looking to atone for his last fence fall in the Koral Steeplechase when he lines-up in the Grand National Steeplechase at Riccarton today.

PHOTO TRISH DUNELL ship with Fenwick when Lord Reims won one of his three successive Gr.1 Adelaide Cups (3200m) and later his wife, Yvonne, became Fenwick’s training partner.

Notabadrooster, a son of Thano, began his career with Craig Phelan and won three races on the flat, but underwent an operation last year for the removal of a

bone chip and since then he has remained with Faulkner.

“He’s better suited working on the beach rather than the track and he’s not the nicest horse to handle,” Faulkner said.

“He was always going to be a ‘chaser and Shaun (Phelan), Emily (Farr) and Will (Gordon) did all the work on him.”

It was a big call from Faulkner to target the Koral and Grand National Steeplechases on the strength of just two steeplechase starts, but Notabadrooster proved his worth last Saturday, despite the last-fence mishap.

It hasn’t been easy for Faulkner getting over such a near-victory in the Koral.

“It’s taken me a week to get over it. Everyone keeps coming up and reminding me how unlucky we were,” Faulkner said.

“But the horse is well and that’s the main thing. In fact he has worked better this week than he did the week before.”

Notabadrooster has undergone a couple of veterinary checks this week and has been declared fit to take his place with Gordon the wiser and ready to atone in the Grand National.

“Will gave him three (slaps with the whip) after the second-last and he just took off and caught the last one wrong,” Faulkner said.

“He was still full of running so I’m not worried about him getting the extra distance this week.”

- NZ Racing Desk

■ TROTTER’S RETURN

Patient path back for Great Things Happen One of the forgotten stars of the open class trotting ranks is slowly but surely building towards a return to the races.

And while Gavin Smith can’t quite put a finger on when he hopes to have Great Things Happen back at the races, he’s just happy to have the big trotter back in action.

The son of Love You, who won last season’s New Zealand Trotting Free-For-All, has been off the scene for six months but has been undertaking a tentative build-up in fitness which has culminated in two strong workout wins in recent weeks.

“He’s felt good, both times,” Smith said. “I clocked him to run his last quarter in 27 on Wednesday and he did it pretty easily.

“There’s still a few wee niggles there, but I think he’s going to end up having them for his entire career, they’re not new or anything.”

A winner of 13 races and close to $200,000 in stakes, Smith has never waivered in his opinion of the horse and has always believed he was capable of mixing it with the best of the best.

But his wish for this season, isn’t so much about success as it is longevity.

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Charles on road A gallop at Taupo on Wednesday has kept Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m) placegetter Charles Road up to the mark for a return to racing at Te Rapa next weekend. With this week’s Te Teko trials postponed, the connections of Charles Road opted to use the trip to Taupo to help round the five-year-old off for the Gr.2 Lisa Chittick Foxbridge Plate (1200m). “He worked with a mate and did all that we expected,” co-trainer Lance O’Sullivan said. “I’m very pleased with him and it’s just a case of getting the mileage into him.

“You can’t expect him to be competitive over 1200m, but he’s coming up well.” The winner of the Gr.2 Chairman Handicap (2600m) in Sydney and third in the Sydney Cup, Charles Road is among the entries for the A$7.3 million Gr.1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 6.

Schooling helping Lad Cambridge trainer Jon Miller is hoping the aid of some schooling over fences plus the benefit of a full apprentice allowance will turn the tide for Waipipi Lad at Pukekohe today. A winner of six races, Waipipi Lad will be ridden in the Haunui Farm 1600

by Pukekohe apprentice Kavish Chowdhoory, whose 4kg claim will reduce the nine-year-old’s handicap to 55kg, 1kg above the minimum. “A lot of the others are going for apprentice claims so I’ve done it,” Miller said. “It gets him in with a nice weight and he’s been doing a bit of schooling and that’s helped him. “He’s got half his jumping ticket and he jumps well so that’s his future. But I’m hoping he can win another one on the flat.” Waipipi Lad’s most recent win was 12 months ago when he completed a double at Te Rapa before recording his most significant placing, a third in the Listed Karaka Classic (1600m) at Pukekohe. He came close to another win three starts ago when just beaten by Padraig over 1600m at Tauranga and has run fourth in his most recent runs. “He’s back on his old home track this weekend so he knows the place well,” Miller said.

Grand National glory

Group One winning trotter, Great Things Happen has looked smart winning two recent workouts.

PHOTO SUPPLIED “It would be nice to get a season out of him really.

“We’ve looked after him pretty intently throughout his career to date and probably over-reacted a bit to some things and opted not to push him too far.

“But at the moment he’s as sound as he’s ever been and trotting well so hopefully we can get

a decent crack at it.”

With two workouts under the belt, Smith now has to make some decisions about what to do next. A race is possible, but after six months away from racing, he’s cautious that the horse is still well underdone in terms of fitness.

That means it’s likely he’ll have another public run or a race and

then head back out for a couple of weeks to freshen up before returning later in the spring with the Ashburton Trotters’ Flying Mile the main target.

“If we can get to there, then we can take it one step at a time.

“He’s been away for so long, I don’t want to push him too early, he’ll tell us.” - Harness News NZ

Three New Zealand riders will travel across the Tasman later this month in search of success at the Ballarat Turf Club’s Grand National Jumps Day on August 19. One of those jockeys will be Aaron Kuru, who doesn’t have a ride booked for the big race at this stage, but he has booked his flights and is looking forward to riding at Ballarat for the first time.

He will be joined by Will Gordon, an English jumps jockey, who will be aboard New Zealand-bred I’ll’ava’alf in the Grand National Steeplechase (4500m), while Meanwhile, Shaun Phelan will compete in the race aboard the David and Emma-Lee Brownetrained Monarch Chimes, the pair both having come across from New Zealand. They’ll be looking to improve on their last-start third in the Crisp Steeplechase (3900m) at Sandown last Sunday, where it was tough to make up ground on the tearaway winner, Excellent Rhythm.

- NZ Racing Desk

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M9 Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Stadium Meeting Date: 12 August 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 and 10; 12, 13 and 14 1 1.26pm (NZT) SPEEDMAPS ON TAB MOBILE APP SPRINT C1, 318m 1 66854 Parra Eels 18.97 R & ..................N O’Regan 2 67652 Snippy Pippi nwtd R &.........................L Udy 3 64351 Bigtime Moola 18.60 R & ....................L Udy 4 66553 Cawbourne Gonski nwtd ................ I George 5 55232 Drury 18.41 ...................................A Cleaver 6 82278 Billy Bullet 18.68 ...........................H R Scott 7 55643 Just A Matthew 18.73.......................M Black 8 27612 Feed The Need nwtd P & .............. J Cleaver 9 35856 All Hail Caesar 18.58 U & .................Cottam 10 67678 Carrick nwtd A & .............................Williams 2 1.44pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT C0, 318m 1 53526 Riccitelli nwtd ................................A Cleaver 2 66682 Bigtime Claws nwtd A & ..................Williams 3 63F Hua Hua nwtd ................................ G Farrell 4 631 Thrilling Katie nwtd.......................... K Walsh 5 25472 Spark ‘Em Up nwtd .........................S Codlin 6 563 Milady Grey nwtd H & .................L Laagland 7 77543 Tilly Toodle nwtd............................... S Clark 8 21 Sassy Lil Lassy nwtd.............M E Schneider 9 34 Thrilling Ivy nwtd ............................. K Walsh 10 8x635 Jetsun Angel nwtd..........................G Wilson 3 2.02pm QUALIFIED PET SERVICES SPRINT C4, 318m 1 47331 Nangar Dream nwtd ..........................B Craik 2 28748 One Cool Chap 18.47 W &..............T Steele 3 65675 Wong Way 18.44 U & ........................Cottam 4 57362 Brotastic 18.57 ..................................B Craik 5 32311 On Demand 18.54............................M Black 6 41645 Bodyguard 18.66...............................B Craik 7 25275 Sue Zooki 18.56 .............................. T Green 8 34774 Highland Laddie 18.32 ................. H Mullane 9 41775 Bitters 18.59 ......................................E Potts

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10 18767 Fantastic Lucy 18.22 ......................C Henley 2.20pm HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY WISHES NEISSY COTTAM C2, 318m 1 71127 Fancy Chap 18.65 ..........................C Henley 2 62311 Fishing For Lisa 18.93.................. H Mullane 3 45227 Nasa 18.78........................................B Craik 4 46331 Mobility Scooter 18.81 .....................M Black 5 87625 Bright Concept 19.03 R & ...................L Udy 6 77712 Dyna Ulysses nwtd .........................R Roper 7 33F82 Gotcha Millie nwtd........................ H Mullane 8 22453 Statman Dave 18.76 ..................H Laagland 9 6x434 Bigtime Speedy 18.89 .................. H Mullane 10 36375 Shot Gun Harry 18.68 .................. H Mullane 5 2.37pm PUMP & ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD STAKES C1, 527m 1 12223 Jinja Twist 31.21 W & ......................T Steele 2 56828 Jetsun Stampede 31.39 .................G Wilson 3 51222 Wairoa Wolf nwtd ......................... H Mullane 4 15874 Dangerous Motion nwtd W & ..........T Steele 5 455F5 Jin Jin nwtd .................................... G Farrell 6 55357 Spot On Hearty nwtd ...............E Duganzich 7 73432 Bigtime Donny nwtd ..................... H Mullane 8 34244 Electric Dee Eye 30.71 ...................P Green 9 84466 Wee Meredith 31.46 ........................ L Martin 10 31856 Finkle Foot Hero 31.27....................... D Ray 6 2.54pm LAST ONE STANDING COMPETITION STAKES C2, 527m 1 62623 Botany Wayne nwtd ........................P Green 2 15576 Pretty and Pink 30.74................... H Mullane 3 24178 Don Morocco nwtd P & ................. J Cleaver 4 68114 Jetsun Singer 31.83 .......................G Wilson 5 14586 Deception Diva 30.81 W & ..............T Steele 6 41354 Hey Khali 31.20 U &..........................Cottam 7 51487 Scott The Looks 30.62 U & ...............Cottam 8 52341 Jack No Lag 30.89 ......................... Y Castro 9 7x675 Zipping Silva nwtd .............................. D Ray 10 7F556 Oscar Tron 30.50 S H & ....................G Hunt 7 3.12pm DELI’S SPORTS BAR SERIES SPRINT FINAL SPECAf, 318m 1 31864 Out Of Paper 18.81 ......................... T Green

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2 23314 Guru Secret 18.65 A & ....................Williams 3 47218 Amazing Contact 18.67.....................B Bond 4 12834 Waerenga Star 18.63 U & .................Cottam 5 21572 On Fleek 18.56 .................................B Craik 6 5F726 Raging Demon 18.26 R & ...................L Udy 7 27131 Jinja Mongo 18.58 W & ...................T Steele 8 72233 Retired Mouse 18.71....................... T Green 9 34774 Highland Laddie 18.32 ................. H Mullane 10 41775 Bitters 18.59 ......................................E Potts 8 3.29pm MT WELLINGTON TAB STAKES C1, 527m 1 32624 Bigtime Wayno 31.11 ................... H Mullane 2 46754 Meteor Vege nwtd ....................E Duganzich 3 28873 Atomic Missile 31.27 .................... H Mullane 4 x4825 Beltom 30.42 .....................................B Craik 5 52741 Jetsun Swan 30.83 ........................G Wilson 6 41551 Bear Claws 31.36 W & ....................T Steele 7 37643 Cerrone Bale nwtd W &...................T Steele 8 83222 My Red Hero 30.87 ............................ D Ray 9 x8858 Wairoa Jacko 30.92...................... H Mullane 10 32657 Bigtime Welldone 30.65 R & .......N O’Regan 9 3.47pm $20,000 GUARANTEED PICK6 SPRINT C3, 318m 1 77787 Ima Lucky Zarr 18.60 U & .................Cottam 2 43132 Ekali 18.42 ..................................... G Farrell 3 74725 Leroy Spirit 18.49 ............................S Codlin 4 23121 Hows Your Mum 18.62 ....................S Codlin 5 62414 Guru’s Choice 18.80 A &.................Williams 6 87541 Ken Wilde 18.53 ........................... H Mullane 7 76125 Our Sambo 18.78.......................M Mathews 8 46435 Nangar Panther 18.53 ....................C Henley 9 76536 Mad Harry 18.47 .............................S Codlin 10 88468 Beat The Butcher 18.36 R & ...............L Udy 10 4.04pm NZ RACING SERIES GRADUATION (C2C3) HEAT 1 NZRSq, 527m 1 15144 Tuna Speed nwtd .....................E Duganzich 2 13635 Opawa Loyal 31.12 .......................... S Clark 3 12123 Wairoa Lenny 30.99 ..................... H Mullane 4 11216 Talkabout Missy nwtd ...................... K Walsh 5 24348 Idol Ajay 30.90 W &.........................T Steele 6 13447 Go Angel 31.01 .............................. G Farrell

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31412 Thrilling Dexter nwtd ....................... K Walsh 11111 Ramblin’ On 30.86 W & ...................T Steele 41866 Forever And Ever 31.24 A & ...........Williams 14586 Deception Diva 30.81 W & ..............T Steele 11 4.22pm NZ RACING SERIES GRADUATION (C2C3) HEAT 2 NZRSq, 527m 1 65411 Thrilling Arnold 31.25 ......................S Codlin 2 33113 Draxler 30.83 ................................. G Farrell 3 71738 Jinja Stinger 31.13 W &...................T Steele 4 37754 Amy Amy 30.47 .............................. G Farrell 5 11111 Thrilling Carly 30.87 ........................ K Walsh 6 385F7 Jinja Might 30.62 U & ........................Cottam 7 51261 All Black Star nwtd ...................E Duganzich 8 65573 Token Jasper 30.92 .......................... S Clark 9 76464 Talkabout Izzy 30.56 .......................... D Ray 10 14586 Deception Diva 30.81 W & ..............T Steele 12 4.38pm JORJA’S 15TH BIRTHDAY STAKES C4/5, 527m 1 32128 Noah Who 30.52 .......................... H Mullane 2 31614 Cristiane Cyborg 30.34 ................ H Mullane 3 53752 Zipping Ringo 30.47 ........................... D Ray 4 17625 Fancy Fox 31.18.............................C Henley 5 51253 All About Space nwtd ...............E Duganzich 6 65341 Very Choosy 30.79.........................P Henley 7 78324 Trevor Gibbs nwtd W &....................T Steele 8 66335 Kiwi Gal 30.59 U & ............................Cottam 9 66265 Global Conquest 30.27 W &............T Steele 10 27367 El Narco 30.69 ................................P Green 13 4.57pm LITTLE MOO SPRINT C4/5, 318m 1 41354 Alex Attack 18.38 U & .......................Cottam 2 14511 Kiwi Boy 18.32 U & ...........................Cottam 3 2215F Pat Tama nwtd.................................. S Clark 4 35182 Harry Brown 18.43 ....................... H Mullane 5 22177 Blitz ‘Em Rene 18.41 U &..................Cottam 6 16535 Classy Impact 18.35 ....................... T Green 7 42354 Formation 18.25 ................................B Craik 8 43117 Just As Gentle 18.50..................M Mathews 9 28668 Audrette 18.45...................................B Bond 10 41775 Bitters 18.59 ......................................E Potts 14 5.14pm JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS SPRINT

C1, 318m 1 41436 Bigtime Dean nwtd A & ...................Williams 2 34836 Agistri 18.68 S H &............................G Hunt 3 27485 Red Dee 18.53 ................................P Green 4 75772 It’s The Lovely 18.87 ........................M Black 5 55856 Agbeze 18.98 ................................A Cleaver 6 31726 Mighty Mezz 18.87 R & ...............N O’Regan 7 24357 Yella Ella nwtd R & ..............................L Udy 8 73573 Jetsun Bear 18.66 ..........................G Wilson 9 74865 Going Bananas nwtd........................M Black 10 88x87 Bah Baa 18.82 R & .....................N O’Regan SELECTIONS: Race 1: Feed The Need, Drury, Bigtime Moola, Snippy Pippi, Just A Matthew Race 2: Sassy Lil Lassy, Thrilling Katie, Riccitelli, Bigtime Claws, Hua Hua Race 3: Nangar Dream, Highland Laddie, Wong Way, One Cool Chap, Brotastic Race 4: Dyna Ulysses, Fishing For Lisa, Mobility Scooter, Fancy Chap, Gotcha Millie Race 5: Wairoa Wolf, Jinja Twist, Bigtime Donny, Electric Dee Eye, Jin Jin Race 6: Botany Wayne, Pretty and Pink, Jack No Lag, Deception Diva, Don Morocco Race 7: Jinja Mongo, Retired Mouse, On Fleek, Out Of Paper, Raging Demon Race 8: Beltom, Atomic Missile, Bigtime Wayno, Jetsun Swan, My Red Hero Race 9: Ekali, Nangar Panther, Leroy Spirit, Hows Your Mum, Ken Wilde Race 10: Ramblin’ On, Talkabout Missy, Go Angel, Tuna Speed, Thrilling Dexter Race 11: Thrilling Carly, Thrilling Arnold, All Black Star, Token Jasper Race 12: Noah Who, All About Space, Kiwi Gal, Trevor Gibbs.

Race 13: Kiwi Boy, Pat Tama, Formation, Alex Attack Race 14: Bigtime Dean, Mighty Mezz, Yella Ella, Jetsun Bear - NZME

Rangiora harness Tomorrow at Rangiora

Rangiora Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Rangiora (All weather) Meeting Date: 12 August 2018 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.42pm (NZT) CADET OF THE YEAR FINALISTS TROT $7500, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2600m 1 70050 Tequila Sunset (1) fr ................... K Cameron 2 Px25 Fekitoa (2) fr ................................T McMillan 3 3x60x Missy Moo (3) fr ..................................B Butt 4 4 Blue Coman (4) fr.......................... T Trathen 5 08x9x Opawa Majestic (5) fr ...................I Cameron 6 Cuckoos Nest (6) fr .......................... D Dunn 7 00807 This Way Comes (7) fr ............ M Williamson 8 Locksmith (8) fr ............................... G Smith 9 46466 Edesia (9) fr ....................................... C Butt 10 85009 Cabella Noir (U1) fr ..........................R Close 11 0707 Raining In My Heart (U2) fr ...........R Holmes 12 0x429 Topnotch Titan (U3) fr ......................S Ottley 2 1.17pm ALL STARS NZ TRAINER OF THE YEAR MOBILE PACE $8000, r52-r55., mobile, 2000m 1 00x81 Scotlynn Harry (1) fr ........................... R May 2 06x10 Flyin Milly Mac (2) fr ......................... D Dunn 3 71565 Johnny White (3) fr ............................J Dunn 4 x7179 Jack Pack (4) fr ............................... G Smith 5 67123 Doctor Tim (5) fr .........................S Anderson 6 12319 Machs Mareta (6) fr................. M Williamson 7 10 Sir Fortune (7) fr............................B Orange 8 051x6 Chloe (8) fr .......................................S Ottley 3 1.52pm BLAIR ORANGE NZ DRIVER OF THE YEAR MOBILE PACE $9000, r57-r68., mobile, 2000m 1 267x8 Extreme Guest (1) fr ..................C Jones (J) 2 48125 Miss Big (2) fr .................................T Chmiel

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3 77811 Aveross Ferrari (3) fr .................M Hurrell (J) 4 2759x Goodlookin Chick (4) fr .................B Orange 5 3211P Possente Cavallo (5) fr .....................R Close 6 6678x Franco Texas (6) fr .................. M Williamson 7 94512 Bringitonhome (7) fr ......................... D Dunn 8 13236 Wrangler (8) fr ...................................J Dunn 4 2.27pm MATT ANDERSON NZ JNR DRIVER OF THE YEAR MBL PACE $8000, 4yo+ r40-r55. jun.d, mobile, 2600m 1 25722 Alexy (1) fr ............................... S O’Reilly (J) 2 60005 Bettor Backim (2) fr ...............B Laughton (J) 3 38905 Out Of Aces (3) fr ................ J Harrington (J) 4 29243 Take After Me (4) fr ..................... B Hope (J) 5 65088 Scotlynn Justis (5) fr ............... A Stewart (J) 6 07306 Magical Matty (6) fr ................... L McKay (J) 7 04610 Rosinupthebow (7) fr .............. J Morrison (J) 8 45236 Nandolo (8) fr ................................ K Butt (J) 9 52221 Prestonpans (9) fr ......................C Jones (J) 10 08950 Awaytocullect (21) fr .............. O Thornley (J) 11 59484 Royal Jester (22) fr.....................S Payne (J) 12 x4909 Blue Blazer (23) fr .....................M Hurrell (J) 13 70129 London Delight (24) fr ..........K Tomlinson (J) 5 3.02pm R DUNN THE PLOUGH HOTEL TRAINER OF THE YEAR PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2600m 1 x7984 Adjudicator (1) fr ..................... M Williamson 2 Franco Nubolt (2) fr ................. C D Thornley 3 8900 Shining Frost (3) fr ..................... K Cameron 4 02267 Rafa Novak (4) fr ...........................B Orange 5 Sistina (5) fr..................................T Williams 6 30 Rosie’s Rob (6) fr ..............................J Dunn 7 3900x Dynamite Paul fr........................... Scratched

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04400 Don’t Tell Ange (7) fr .................M Hurrell (J) 79 Cantwells Gold (8) fr ..................... K Butt (J) 23226 A Better Dancer (9) fr .................. B Hope (J) 02562 Nucleus VC (10) fr............................S Ottley 38747 Bicton (11) fr ...................................... R May 250x0 Beragio (12) fr ........................... M Edmonds 9 Shecandance fr ............................ Scratched 08900 Dios Del Fuego (13) fr......................R Close 6 3.37pm HAPPY RETIREMENT GRAHAM SANDFORD HANDICAP TROT $9000, r40+ discrhcp, stand, 2600m 1 x5879 Princess Harbour (1) fr.....................R Close 2 376x2 I’ldoitmyway (2) fr ................... J Morrison (J) 3 00004 Tehoro Tease (3) fr ........................R Holmes 4 31663 Future Queen (1) 10M .....................S Ottley 5 51 Sugarinspice (2) 10M ......................... R May 6 521 Tokyo Joe (U1) 10M ......................B Orange 7 01555 Borntobeastar (U2) 10M ...................J Dunn 8 74316 Speedy Command (1) 20M .............. D Dunn 9 13718 Lightworkofit (U1) 30M .................... G Smith 10 1x311 Firenze 40M ................................. Scratched 11 2232x Lavros Jack (U1) 40M ............. C D Thornley 7 4.12pm SHERYL WIGG AMATUER DRIVER OF THE YEAR MBL PACE $8000, r40-r48., mobile, 2000m 1 98909 Awesome Rush (1) fr ................M Hurrell (J) 2 70900 Shadowman (2) fr ................... M Williamson 3 51000 Bettor Trenz (3) fr .............................R Close 4 05087 Every Option (4) fr........................T Williams 5 95300 Opawa Mach (5) fr ..................... K Cameron 6 77x24 Mordecai (6) fr......................K Tomlinson (J) 7 70x79 Beau Vista (7) fr ........................... A Lethaby 8 60688 Immortal Change (8) fr.....................S Ottley

1 6x289 Mynanasgotnoteeth (1) fr .................S Ottley 2 x2462 Three Ideas (2) fr ............................... R May 3 75648 Final Delight (3) fr .............................J Dunn 4 20x2x Algranco Albyone (4) fr ................... G Smith 5 0x78 Woodlea VC (5) fr.................... M Williamson 6 Tiger Moth fr................................. Scratched 7 65552 The Last Straw fr .......................... Scratched 8 353x Stun Gun (6) fr ..............................B Orange 9 000x5 Tintin Naturally (7) fr ................. M Edmonds 10 00065 Been To Jenny’s (21) fr .............. K Cameron 11 83364 Bella Veloce (22) fr .........................T Chmiel 12 3900x Dynamite Paul (23) fr ...................T Williams 13 59765 Stoppitt (24) fr ............................S Anderson 14 0x300 Key Reactor (25) fr ........................... D Dunn 15 0046 Robyn’s Gem fr ............................ Scratched Emergency: Dynamite Paul SELECTIONS: Race 1: Fekitoa, Cuckoos Nest, Blue Coman, Topnotch Titan Race 2: Doctor Tim, Chloe, Machs Mareta, Jack Pack Race 3: Bringitonhome, Wrangler, Miss Big, Franco Texas Race 4: Nandolo, Prestonpans, London Delight, Take Dexter Dunn will be in action. After Me Race 5: A Better Dancer, Nucleus VC, Adjudicator, Sis9 x6273 Donegal Davy Boyd (9) fr ................ D Dunn tina 10 20534 De Lancome (21) fr ...........................J Dunn Race 6: Tokyo Joe, Future Queen, Lavros Jack, Born11 339x0 Dundee Lady (22) fr ........................ G Smith tobeastar 12 88983 Big Smoke (23) fr ..........................R Holmes Race 7: Mordecai, Donegal Davy Boyd, Every Option, 13 2305D Myboylolliepop (U1) fr ...........B Laughton (J) De Lancome 8 4.45pm GUNPOWDER ‘RANGIORA HORSE OF THE Race 8: Three Ideas, Stun Gun, Bella Veloce, Algranco YEAR’ MBL PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+., 2000m Albyone

Whangarei gallops Tomorrow at Ruakaka

Whangarei Racing Club Venue: Ruakaka Meeting Date: 12 August 2018 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.25pm (NZT) SPITROAST.COM $11,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1200m 1 5261x Hello It’s Me th (5) 59 ..................C Lammas 2 15x66 Mighty Me dm (1) 59 ...................T Thornton 3 20672 Memories Only d (4) 56.5 ..........A Sims (a3) 4 5x699 Charlie Farley t (2) 56 ..................... S Spratt 5 0355x Fortius dm (3) 56......................... C Johnson 6 2474x Rose Imperial td (6) 55 ....................B Grylls 2 1.00pm FELL ENGINEERING $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 390x4 Indigenous Union (7) 59.5...............J Riddell 2 10x40 Firenze td (4) 58....................... D Danis (a3) 3 x0200 Rocanic td (3) 57............................. J Nason 4 x6681 Los Angeles h (5) 56.5 ................T Thornton 5 42170 Medini m (2) 55.5 ........................D Mansour 6 88300 Wilijonmcbride (6) 55.5 ..............R Elliot (a1) 7 x5379 Angeline b (8) 54.5...................... C Johnson 8 95x05 Bal Harbour h (1) 54 ..................M Coleman 3 1.35pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE F&M MAIDEN $10,000, MDN F&M, 1400m 1 52 Goldilicious (1) 57.5 ........................ T Harris 2 053 Love Me Tender 57.5.................... Scratched 3 5x5x4 Lady Sequoyah h (6) 57.5 ...........T Thornton 4 8538x Vainglory (11) 57.5 ...........................S Rusof 5 4x507 Single Moment (3) 57.5.....................L Innes 6 Shine (12) 57.5 ..............................V Colgan 7 x7x70 Slice ‘N Dice h (13) 57.5 ............. C Johnson 8 x5056 Tav It Up h (10) 57.5....................C Lammas

9 998x0 Jewell Of Jumeriah (2) 57.5 ............ S Spratt 10 7x7 Mi Sky h (7) 57.5 ........................M Cameron 11 86x0 Noodles h (9) 57.5 ...........................B Grylls 12 0 One One Three (5) 57.5 ........... D Danis (a3) 13 2 Verry Elleegant (4) 55 .....................R Smyth 14 546x Power Of Strength (8) 55 ............D Mansour 4 2.10pm NORTHLAND BUSINESS SYSTEMS MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 94632 Balega h (10) 58.5 .......................... S Spratt 2 37x45 Viva La Burgundy bh (11) 58.5 ..M Cameron 3 0x Spancilhill h (1) 58.5 .........................L Innes 4 324x7 One Way Street (3) 56.5 ................V Colgan 5 882x Our Katy Cruz (7) 56.5 .....................B Grylls 6 00x Bellamaia (14) 56.5 ....................R Elliot (a1) 7 Furious Walk h (5) 56.5 ..............M Coleman 8 663x Mighty Connor (12) 56 .................... R Jones 9 Arrogant (9) 56 .................................S Rusof 10 5 Lumberjack h (6) 56 ....................C Lammas 11 7x9 Lothario h (8) 56.............................. J Nason 12 x6444 Nulli Secundus (2) 54......................R Smyth 13 07 Hot Pins h (13) 54 ....................... C Johnson 14 Quintuple Twins h (4) 54 .............T Thornton 5 2.45pm HARCOURTS HIGH TEA SEPTEMBER 1 MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 Prince Solari (1) 58.5 ...................... S Spratt 2 Ceecee Signor h (2) 58.5 ................ T Harris 3 Jet Set (3) 58.5 ................................S Rusof 4 0 Leaving Town h (13) 58.5 ...........M Cameron 5 00343 Choulee (6) 56.5 ............................. J Nason 6 0x759 Scorched Earth (8) 56.5...................B Grylls 7 08x9x Spinnaker h (7) 56.5 ......................V Colgan 8 3 Call Me Murphy h (11) 56 ...........C Lammas

9 3x47 Keep The Cash h (10) 56 ................R Smyth 10 4 Swords Drawn (12) 56 ................ C Johnson 11 0 Invigorate (5) 56 .........................R Elliot (a1) 12 63 Pacific h (9) 54 ............................T Thornton 13 Viva La Blues h (4) 54 ................M Coleman 6 3.20pm TAVISTOCK AT CAMBRIDGE STUD 3YO MAIDEN $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1000m 1 38x Not Usual Current h (14) 57.5 ....M Cameron 2 2x77x Hasabro (1) 57.5 ............................. S Spratt 3 x766x Makabar (2) 57.5........................R Elliot (a1) 4 Quizmaster h (5) 57.5 .................C Lammas 5 Sir Ralph h (4) 57.5 ......................... T Harris 6 Wings (6) 57.5.............................T Thornton 7 5x0x Our Prom King h (8) 57.5 ................J Riddell 8 236x Dublin Rose (11) 55.5 ......................S Rusof 9 3 Recension (13) 55.5 10 24x8x Simogramor (3) 55.5 ..................M Coleman 11 4 McEdith (12) 55.5 12 650x Paris Reign h (15) 55.5 ...................R Smyth 13 She’ll Do 55.5............................... Scratched 14 Jimmy James 57.5 ....................... Scratched 15 Rock With Choux (9) 57.5 ........... C Johnson 16 The Hammer (7) 57.5 17 7 Anneal (10) 55.5 ................. T Yanagida (a4) 18 7x Chapeau h (16) 55.5 Emergencies: She’ll Do, Jimmy James, Rock With Choux, The Hammer, Anneal, Chapeau 7 3.55pm THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY GROUPS $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 5x197 Le Brassus m (4) 59............ T Yanagida (a4) 2 040x2 Tavlin tdh (6) 59..........................M Cameron 3 610x9 Transformer dh (3) 59.................. C Johnson

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3x495 Red My Mind tdh (5) 58.5 ...............J Riddell x5460 New Crown (7) 57 ........................... R Jones 0x560 Alphastar (1) 56.5 .................... D Danis (a3) 58x08 O’Princess (8) 55.5 ......................... S Spratt 8 Redmann h (2) 54 .......................C Lammas 8 4.29pm CHRISTMAS AT THE RACES RUAKAKA DEC 18 MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 226x5 Steven James 58.5 ...................... Scratched 2 24 Amazing Az bh (17) 58.5 ................ T Harris 3 94 Qiji Dan h (7) 58.5 ......................M Coleman 4 546 Ride The Storm (14) 58.5...........R Elliot (a1) 5 65 Azabeat (2) 58.5 ..............................B Grylls 6 x7058 Castle Black (12) 58.5 .................D Mansour 7 00050 Life Jacket (5) 58.5 ..........................R Smyth 8 8 Piggy Malone (16) 58.5 ............... C Johnson 9 58 Sure Footed Hippo h (4) 58.5.....M Cameron 10 I’m Monty (1) 58.5 ........................... J Nason 11 26x43 Adis (11) 56.5.................................V Colgan 12 x0064 O’Sugar (6) 56.5 ............................. S Spratt 13 x63x0 Philosophical (15) 56.5 ....................S Rusof 14 96 Tavirose h (18) 56.5 ....................T Thornton 15 0 Blanc Cheque (8) 58.5 ....................J Riddell 16 78 Listenup (10) 58.5 ........................... R Jones 17 9x766 Deucalion (3) 58.5 18 76708 County Clare (13) 56.5 19 x6700 Show Me Tiz (19) 56.5 20 8538x Vainglory (9) 56.5 Emergencies: Blanc Cheque, Listenup, Deucalion, County Clare, Show Me Tiz, Vainglory 9 5.04pm HARCOURTS DAFFODIL RACEDAY SEPTEMBER 1 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 12 Benaud td (1) 59 ........................R Elliot (a1)

2 4303x Danger Dee (3) 59 .......................... R Jones 3 83439 Two Thirty dmb (5) 59 .....................J Riddell 4 69374 O’Guy (4) 58.5 ................................ S Spratt 5 10x59 Brush Strokes 58 ......................... Scratched 6 0212x Toy Kingdom bh (6) 57.5 .............C Lammas 7 8x958 Swiss Eire d (7) 56.5 ...................D Mansour 8 0x924 Sheradream m (8) 56 ................ R Scott (a4) 9 61803 La Roccetta td (2) 55.5 ..............A Sims (a3) Blinkers on : Charlie Farley (R1), Viva La Burgundy, Spancilhill (R4), Adis, Tavirose (R8) Blinkers off : Hello It’s Me (R1), Rocanic (R2), Balega (R4). Winkers on : Bal Harbour (R2), Lothario (R4), Scorched Earth (R5). Winkers off : Listenup (R8) SELECTIONS: Race 1: Memories Only, Hello It’s Me, Rose Imperial, Mighty Me, Fortius Race 2: Firenze, Indigenous Union, Angeline, Los Angeles, Rocanic Race 3: Goldilicious, Verry Elleegant, Shine, Lady Sequoyah, Tav It Up Race 4: Lumberjack, Balega, Arrogant, One Way Street, Mighty Connor Race 5: Call Me Murphy, Prince Solari, Choulee, Swords Drawn, Keep The Cash Race 6: Sir Ralph, Simogramor, Dublin Rose, Wings, Quizmaster Race 7: Tavlin, Red My Mind, New Crown, Transformer, Redmann Race 8: Amazing Az, Adis, Azabeat, Deucalion, Piggy Malone Race 9: Toy Kingdom, Benaud, Sheradream, Danger Dee, Two Thirty

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

New Pure Water System

Reuben Carr

Enjoy spot and streak free windows!

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“we clean to a standard, not a price”

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

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WE TAKE THE HASSLE OUT OF MOVING 100%

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From packing, clean-up, storage and moving your whole household to delivering a recent large purchase, we do it all.

Call today for a quote.

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THE ASHBURTON FURNITURE MOVERS DIFFERENCE

ARE YOU ON THE MOVE? • Ashburton based locksmiths • Keys, door locks, padlocks • Window stays and latches • Sliding/bifold door rollers • WE REPAIR ALL

24/7 LOCKOUTS

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• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

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

Stan Keeley, Owner

Ph 307 0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36 Keeping your property protected with a security camera system from Masterguard Protect your biggest asset with a home security camera package from Masterguard Call me today for a free, no obligation quote

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

GARDEN MAINTENANCE

ATTENTION: PROPERTY OWNERS For your rural, residential and commercial property maintenance, contact us.

• Landscape and garden renovations • Ride-on lawn mowing • Gardening • Hedge trimming • Clean-ups

Don & Sue Cooper 027 339 6350 or a/h 03 308 9257

To advertise here contact Cushla on 021 959 783 or 03 307 7955

ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL

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Domestic electrical services New House Wiring House Rewiring & Maintenance TV & Data Wiring Solar Installation Heat Pumps

Contact us 0800 287 423 or 03 307 1544 www.auricelectrical.co.nz

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Photographer

Joiner Anderson Joinery are a well-established joinery business in Ashburton, designing, manufacturing and installing residential and Commercial joinery throughout the South Island.

We are currently seeking an experienced or qualified Joiner who wishes to be part of a high performing team that produces quality custom built projects including kitchens, laundries, wardrobes and shop fit outs.

Do you have the following attributes: • Qualified or relevant trade experience • Motivated with a great can do attitude • Able to work unsupervised with excellent planning abilities • Installation experience and also the willingness to travel if needed • Excellent attention to detail • Committed to safe work practices Please contact Dougal Anderson at office@andersonjoinery.co.nz

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

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

We are seeking a creative and motivated photographer. This is a casual position covering occasional evenings and every other weekend – on rotation with another photographer. Approximately 10 – 20 hours a fortnight.

The position is to cover local events and news stories providing photographs for a range of Ashburton Guardian publications.

Experience in photographing people on location is essential as is an ability to relate easily to people of all ages. You will need to have a passion for the local community, including sports.

The ideal candidate must be able to work as a team member in a creative group environment and work solo, requiring self motivation and prioritisation of tasks.

They must be able to follow tight deadlines and directions but also be able to improvise and be creative.

Good verbal, written communication and organisational skills are essential.

This is a job share position.

To apply, please send your CV and accompanying letter outlining the hours you can work, through to desme@theguardian.co.nz Closing date : Monday, August 20, 2018.

Lifestyle

Hearing for life

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

CONNECTIONS

At House of Hearing you’ll get peace of mind with our Total Care Package*. Purchase a pair of hearing aids and receive free follow up care, wax removal and servicing for up to six years - Valued at $3,500!

SOUTHERN

WOODS PLANT NURSERY

1002 Robinsons Road, Chch - 0800 800 352 - www.southernwoods.co.nz

Phone to book a free hearing test and trial today.

Ashburton 03 307 8949

houseofhearing.co.nz * Terms and conditions apply.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Specialists in:

We service and repair all makes and models of sewing machines and overlockers Open 7 Days | P 03 307 6277 | Main South Road, Tinwald | www.anniesquilts.co.nz

THE CRAFTSMAN

Thomas Lin founded TCM-Christchurch Chinese Medical Centre in 1996, seen and treated over 20,000 patients.

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TCM Chinese Medical Centre

47 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton Ph: 0800 826 285 or 03 343 1668 | www.tcmchristchurch.com

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

NSERT YOUR LOGO HERE

Open East Street, Ashburton Mon - Thu 9am - 5.30pm Phone 308 5771 Fri 9am - 6pm www.sparrows.co.nz Sat 10am - 2pm, Sun 11am - 2pm

Carmen Cole

ACC Treatment Providers

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Experienced Technician FARM MANAGER/ CONTRACT MILKER Management Accountant The company CANTERBURY Dairy Holdings Limited is a dynamic and progressive corporate dairy farmer that operates Dairy Holdings Limited is a extensive dynamicoperations and throughout the South Island. progressive corporate dairy farming company The thatrole operates throughout the South Island.

Based in Ashburton and working closely with the Company Accountant, and has Chief Financial full-time An opportunity arisen on oneOfficer, of our this farms in position will see you responsible for a wide and diverse the Canterbury area for a Farm range of reporting andMilker. analytical functions that will support Manager/Contract the business.

TheOsuccessful AKDALE applicant’s tasks will include: • Monthly reporting and analysis  240 hectares effective • Participation in budgetary and re-forecast preparation  Milking 800 cows • Management of the groups fixed assets, insurance  and New 50 bail rotary external investments 5 minutes Leeston/45minutes to accounts •  Assisting the from company accountant with the Christchurch • Payable and accounts receivable functions  School bus at the gate Applicants to display the following attributes: Well self-motivated housed •  Highly and reliable  Reliable water - 240ha • Previous experience in airrigated CA firm by orpivot, in a ksimilar line and borderdyke irrigation commercial accounting role • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail Competent IT skills the ability to:quickly learn new E• XPRESSIONS OF Iand NTEREST TO accounting software • Ability to communicate (written and oral) at a senior Mick O’Connor level Farm Supervisor, • Desire to build relationshipsCanterbury and get involved across Please send CV’s to: business entities mick@dairyholdings.co.nz • Enjoys working in the agricultural sector www.dairyholdings.co.nz This is an excellent opportunity with one of New Zealand’s most successful and innovative corporate farmers. rd Applications closeof3 interest April and 2015 Please email your expression CV to: info@dairyholdings.co.nz “Management Accountant Position” PO Box 224, Ashburton 7740 For further information on Dairy Holdings Limited www.dairyholdings.co.nz Applications close – Friday, August 17, 2018.

Vulnerable Animals in Ashburton need your help!

Ashburton’s SPCA centre is opening soon and we need our community to help animals through volunteering or fostering.

Join us for an information evening:

Monday, August 13 at 5.30pm

Community House Mid Canterbury, 44 Cass Street, Ashburton Numbers are limited RSVP to rowena.hughey@spca.nz

Needing a new staff member?

Call the Guardian today for your situation vacant advertising requirements.

307 7900

BAR PERSON/ CLEANER

A part time bar person/ cleaner is required at Ashburton Golf Club.

Hours per week can vary with a minimum of approx 10 hours per week standard over the winter months and up to 20 during the summer.

A Bar Manager’s licence or the ability to get a licence and previous bar experience an advantage for this position.

The position could be job shared or separated to bar person and cleaner.

Please contact: The secretary in the first instance on 03 308 6371 or email admin@ashburtongolf. co.nz

Koji Japanese Restaurant

Hiring Chef/Manager/ Manager Assistant/ Waitstaff To apply send your CV to: sakebrothers@ hotmail.com

Gluyas Motor Group is a Multi Franchise Dealership with Ford, Nissan and Mazda.

CanInspire Charitable Trust National Coordinator The CanInspire Charitable Trust was founded in 2010 with the intention of providing workshops for those affected by illness, trauma or loss.

The workshops consist of jewellery making (CanBead) and fly fishing (CanTackle) and provide a distraction, a sense of purpose and of accomplishment in a supportive and caring environment. The Trust employs workshop tutors and also relies heavily on a large number of dedicated volunteers. Our National Coordinator is moving on and we are looking to replace her to oversee the day to day work of the Trust, its Tutors and Volunteers.

We are seeking applicants who have the following attributes: • Ability to build an excellent public profile • Ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • An interest, passion and commitment to supporting people in need • Ability to develop project plans and give effect to those plans • An ability to seek funding and sponsorship • Ability to recruit, train and support volunteers • Excellent organisational and time management skills • An ability to work in a flexible manner • Experience in NGO sector is preferred, but not necessary Based in Ashburton, your role would be to grow, promote and coordinate the activities of CanInspire, organising and liaising with Tutors and Volunteers across New Zealand and developing new partnerships and opportunities to support this work. This role is multi-faceted and will involve administrative duties through to oversight of our work Nationally.

This position is for 16 hours per week and will be based at Community House Mid Canterbury. Some travel may be required.

For an application pack please contact Coby Snowden at: Community House, 44 Cass Street, Ashburton coby@caninspire.org.nz www.caninspire.org.nz Applications close Friday, August 17 at 4pm

We currently have a position available for an experienced technician to join our Service team.

The successful applicant must be focused on exceptional Customer Service, have a high work standard, a good common sense approach and ability to diagnose faults, be able to follow Work shop manuals and bulletins, be familiar with modern vehicles electronics and it would be an advantage if they held a WOF Inspector Certificate.

We are also considering employing and training a new apprentice. Pre Trade qualification would be an advantage but not necessary.

ALL APPLICANTS MUST CURRENT NZ RESIDENCY.

HAVE

If you would like to find out more or apply to become a part of our team and work in our modern new dealership please forward applications and C.V. before the application close date of Friday, August 31 to: Service Manager stuart.begbie@gluyasgroup.co.nz Post to P.O. Box 144 Ashburton Drop in to Dealership Reception 79 Kermode Street, Ashburton Ph (03) 3075800

District Attendance Officer We are seeking to employ a District Attendance Officer 20 hours per week during the school term. This role involves working with, and supporting, young people (and their families) with the goal of re-engaging the young person back into regular attendance at school.

The Key Tasks of this position involve receiving referrals, identifying root causes, developing proactive interventions and strategies then supporting the young person back into schooling.

Applicants must have: » Well developed verbal communication skills with young people and their families » Well-developed written communication, data collection and reporting skills » Be able to work within, and have clear boundaries » Be able to maintain a high level of confidentiality » Be sensitive to, and accommodating of, cultural and individual differences » Ability to develop effective relationships with schools and agencies » Have a passion for supporting young people and a belief in the high value of education Applicants would need to be available to start work from 8:00am and although most work would occur during school time some flexibility may be required to meet with working parents. This position is for approximately 42 weeks of the year working over school term time only.

Applications close Wednesday, August 29, 2018.

For an application pack please contact Mary Bailey at: Community House, 44 Cass Street, Ashburton, mary@saferashburton.org.nz (03) 308 1395 We offer a collegial, family friendly and flexible work environment.

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY OPERATORS Several casual fixed term positions are available for the coming season, from end of September until June 2019.

Applicants must have a minimum of two years agricultural contracting experience, including operating late model Fendt tractors and their guidance systems, cultivation and drilling, baling, buck raking and fodder beet harvesting.

Applications close Friday, August 24, 2018.

Please email a copy of your CV to Jacob, office@jacobholdaway.nz

Jacob Holdaway Contracting Ltd. Guardian Real Esate

307 7900

Today’s construction is tomorrow’s legacy  Housing  Commercial  Farm  Renovations

Gluyas Motor Group ASHBURTON

Phone 307 5800

Water Delivery Coordinator The BCI Scheme is a modern irrigation scheme in Mid Canterbury which is owned by the 150 farmer shareholders of Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation Limited. The scheme delivers pressurised water to around 22,000ha, and generates electricity within its infrastructure.

The BCI Scheme requires the services of a methodical and analytical minded person to join the planning team, whose core role is to ensure the daily irrigator demand for water is met and compliance is achieved. This role will be based in our new Ashburton office and requires the successful candidate to: • Compute the daily demand and match with supply from various sources.

• Prepare daily and monthly usage and compliance reports.

• Be available for roster some weekends.

The applicant will have good computer skills, be a great communicator, and enjoy working in a small team environment.

The BCI Scheme would also benefit from a candidate with skills in graphic design, communications, GIS / spatial analysis, or with general IT brilliance.

Applications close August 20, 2018.

For a full job description and to provide CV contact:

Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote on 03 308 9936 or 027 432 3258

Helen Stanger Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation Ltd 326 Burnett Street, Ashburton 7700 helen@bciwater.co.nz 03 975 8547

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Beckley Coachlines Programme

Spray Marks is a professional, committed, friendly team who are passionate about road safety and quality. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals based in Canterbury/ Kaikoura willing to learn new skills and work flexible hours, in the following positions:

Traffic Controllers

Class 5 Drivers Required

SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES:

We are gearing up ready for the busy season ahead – If you would like to be part of our fantastic, motivated team please apply to our Manager – contacts below.

1 Bulk / Blower Truck Driver We are currently seeking an experienced operator. The successful applicant must have: • Bulk/Blower Truck preferred experience • A current class 5 license or a class 4 driver with experience and a willingness to progress to class 5.

• Reliability and a strong work ethic

2 Fertiliser Truck Drivers We require 2 experienced Fertiliser Spreader Drivers to be working in and around the Mid Canterbury area.

Applicants for these positions will need to have: • Fertiliser spreading operational experience • A current class 5 license or a class 2 or 4 driver with experience and a willingness to progress to class 5.

• Reliability and a strong work ethic The successful applicants will be required to undergo a pre-employment drug and alcohol test as per company policy.

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Please apply including your cover letter and CV to Chad Stewart:

chad.stewart@hwr.co.nz

If you have any questions, please call:

Chad on 0274 895 684.

Full Class 1 Drivers Licence (ideally) or international equivalent NZ Residency or a valid work visa Strong communication skills Reliable and trustworthy Physically fit

Labourers/Assistants Road Marking Operators SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES: A current Class 2 Full driver’s licence A current Class 2 Full driver’s licence with D endorsement (ideally) (or working toward) A current STMS or TC qualification A current STMS or TC qualification Previous experience as an operator Flexibility about when and where A good level of physical fitness you work – sometimes extended hours, travel and a mixture of night Reliability and a strong work ethic A passion for quality road marking and day work is required

SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES:

A good level of physical fitness Reliability and strong work ethic

Spray Marks offers ongoing training and development, and competitive hourly rates.

Pre-employment drug testing is mandatory.

Apply online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/Spraymarks or phone Alisha Murdoch on 0800 101 373

TRAVEL

TRADES, SERVICES

Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD TOUR September 2, departing 9.30am. Includes Lyttleton, the Time ball, Rebuilding the Wharf, Gondola and The Tannery. ◊ HANMER OVERNIGHT September 29-30.

Stay the Heritage Hotel.

For bookings MAKE SMALLBONE HOLDEN YOUR NEXT STOP Phone & 308 GET7646 THE SERVICE YOU DESERVE SERVICE ALL MAKES

AIRCON - ELECTRICAL

MAKE SMALLBONE HOLDENGENUINE YOUR NEXT STOP WOF CHECKS HOLDEN PARTS FULL MECHANICAL CHOOSE YOUR & GET THE SERVICE YOUYOU DESERVE REPAIRS

LEVEL OF SERVICE

Bookings essential Main South Road, Tinwald, Ashburton 03 307 9028 www.smallbones.co.nz

WANTED TREES to fell, fallen trees for firewood, prefer Chertsey or Fairton area but anywhere considered.

Any calls appreciated. Phone 021 158 8382.

TRADES, SERVICES ASHBURTON Law - Peter Ragg - Contact anytime for Estates, property matters etc. nzragg@gmail.com, phone 027 281 4686.

COMPUTER PROBLEMS??

For professional computer repair plus local laser engraving service. See Kelvin at KJB Systems, 4 Ascot Place, phone 308 8989.

Proudly serving Ashburton for 30 years. Same day service if possible. Supergold discount card welcomed.

Daily Events SATURDAY 7.30am RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Rise and Shine Saturday runners meet at Frontrunner, 7.30am sharp. 28 Moore Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm THE ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Open for toy exchange, 106 Victoria

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

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship with Tevita Taufalele.

Baring Square East.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service led by Rev Henry Mbambo, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL.

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

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

TRADES, SERVICES

LIVESTOCK, PETS

◊ OPERATUNITY “TENNESSEE WALTZ” September 20, Theatre Royal, Timaru ◊ COURT THEATRE “MUMS CHOIR” October 6 at 2pm. ◊ ELAINE PAIGE IN CONCERT October 12 at 8pm.

Isaac Theatre, Christchurch.

For bookings phone 308 7646 or 027 249 1827

MEETINGS, EVENTS Allenton Tennis Club AGM Monday, August 27, 7pm at the Allenton Tennis Clubrooms

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

Phone 027 220 9997.

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

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

RURAL TRADING POST

RIVER Kennels Labrador puppies. Gold and black, HEALTH & BEAUTY great nature. Good homes SHELLY - Health massage, only. Please Text Anne 022 Ashburton, Open 9am - 9pm.

043 5056.

Chinese girl. Phone 022 684 1692.

AMSOIL SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS - All oils, greases, fuel additives, filters, antifreeze, car polish, V & L cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust bust, rain clear, engine cleaner and more. Call local distributor: Veehof phone 302 2911.

All Welcome Contact Megan Parsons 027 515 9736

LET OR LEASE

STORAGE units available, GRAZING sizes.

Alarm various monitored compound, 24hr GRAZING required close to surveillance cameras. Phone Tinwald for one quiet hack by responsible lady owner.

0274 491 871.

MOTORING Prefer facilities and parking WHEEL alignments at great space for truck. Phone 027 prices. Maximise the life HOLIDAY 201 1316. of your tyres with an A CCOMMODATION alignment from Neumanns LAMB grazing required.

Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills AKAROA - CHARMING, Grass preferred, other feeds spacious holiday home, 3 considered. Phone Ian 0272 Street. Phone 308-6737. bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all 302 188. electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village. LAMB grazing wanted, prefer Phone Brian 307-8000 or grass or clover. Phone Mitch 027 3131 320.

308-6180.

August 11, 12 & 13, 2018 Street in the Triangle.

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

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

10am - 1pm MID CANTERBURY NEWCOMERS NETWORK. Mid-Winter Christmas Family Fun. Free family fun activities for all ages. Mania o roto Scout Park, South end of Chalmers Avenue.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from

the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1pm MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. 1pm registration, 1.30pm sharp start.

Fords Road, Tinwald.

1.15pm (registration) RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Afternoon Social Meet. 3km Larkin pace

and Gilbert walk. Visit our facebook page for more details, meet Ashburton Domain Oval Pavilion (entrance off Philip Street).

4pm - 6pm MID CANTERBURY TIMEBANK LEARNING EXCHANGE. Make Kombucha in Methven, hands on session with Diane Candy. learningexchange@mctimebank.nz

NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and Hall of Memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship, Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

10am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship at St James Tinwald, led by Rev Helen Wallis, no service at St Paul’s today. 127 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am

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

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

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

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

10.30am

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

11am - 4pm RAILWAY AND PRESERVATION SOCIETY PLAINS MUSEUM COMBINED CRAFT DAY. A big welcome to all crafts people, come along, bring a friend and lunch and spend an enjoyable day with likeminded people. cost $2. Plains Railway, Maronan Road, Tinwald.

11.15am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Greenstreet country service led by Rev

Henry Mbambo. Staveley Road.

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

2pm ASHBURTON MUSICAL CLUB. Festival of Instrumental music, visitors welcome. $5 at door. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

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

10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB. Fun fill days for 60 years and older, for more information ring 308-6817.

Cameron Street. (excludes public holidays).

12pm - 1pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. A Free lunch. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cass Street.

1pm

WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Weekly Mahjong, counting, come and enjoy! Waireka Croquet Club, The Domain, Philip Street.

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

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP.

Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

1.30pm LITTER FREE ASHBURTON. Volunteers need to help pick up litter, bring a friend. Meet East Street Chess Board, opposite Burnett Street.

6pm BOOTCAMP. Catering for all levels of fitness. Walnut Avenue Pavilion. Contact Georgia

0276888686 or Aleisha 0278489309.

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

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre evening, new players welcome.

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

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The Department of Conservation, Geraldine District Office Office, Raukapuka/Geraldine advisesAerial start of itsHerbicide aerial and ground andthe Ground Spraying herbicide spraying programme for Programme the purposes of weed control as per The Department of Conservation, Geraldine Resource Consent CRC110419.

District Office wishes to advise the start of its 2018/2019 Location aerial and ground herbicide spraying programme weed control as per Spraying will take for place on land Resource ConsentbyCRC110419. administered the Department and LINZ within the Ashburton Lakes and Location Upper Rangitata and Upper Rakaia Spraying will take place on land administered Rivers between 21 September 2015 by the Department of Conservation (DOC) and and 30 June 2017 as required. This Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) within notice also covers weed control on the Ashburton Lake Upperby Rangitata and conservation landand managed the Upper Rakaia Rivers between August 2018 Raukapuka/Geraldine Office21outside and 30 theJune areas2019. mentioned above.

This notice also covers weed control on Methodland managed by the Geraldine conservation Aerial spraying willofbethe only of mentioned District Office outside areas proprietary formulations containing above. the herbicides Glyphosate or Triclopyr Method triethylene amine (TEA) as the active Aerialingredient. sprayingThe willonly beadditives only ofto proprietary formulations containing thewill herbicides these herbicide formulations Glyphosate or Triclopyr triethylene amine be surfactants and dyes added in (TEA)accordance as the active ingredient.

Any additives with the manufacturer’s to these herbicide formulations will only be instructions. surfactants and dyes added in accordance For further information regarding this with the manufacturer’s instructions. programme please contact: For further information regarding this Liz Gunning programme please contact: Department of Conservation Liz Gunning Raukapuka/Geraldine Office Department of Conservation Geraldine Geraldine District Office, Geraldine Phone 03 693 1010 Phone 03 693 1077 Email lgunning@doc.govt.nz

GARAGE SALES LOTS OF free baby items.

Something for everyone.

11am - 4pm, Wednesdays and Fridays. 9am - 4pm Saturdays. 173 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

FOR SALE FIREWOOD, semi dry old man pine $200. Dry blue gum $350. Dry old man pine $240.

All 3.6m³. Phone Shane James 027 611 3333.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

CENTRAL SOUTH ISLAND FISH AND GAME COUNCIL 2018 COUNCIL ELECTION

CENTRAL SOUTH ISLAND FISH AND GAME COUNCIL 2018 COUNCIL ELECTION

In October this year, the Central South Island Fish and Game Council is holding an election for twelve (12) members.

In October this year, the Central South Island Fish and Game Council is holding an election for twelve (12) members.

ENROLMENT CONSULTATION FOR ASHBURTON BOROUGH SCHOOL

Call for Candidates

Call for Candidates

Nominations are now called for the twelve (12) members. Candidates wishing to stand for the Council must complete a candidacy form and return it to the Returning Officer by 5pm on Thursday 30 August 2018. Candidacy forms and a candidate handbook can be obtained by phoning the election helpline on 0800 666 031, emailing iro@electionz.com or downloading from www.fishandgame.org.nz/node/3189.

Nominations are now called for the twelve (12) members. Candidates wishing to stand for the Council must complete a candidacy form and return it to the Returning Officer by 5pm on Thursday 30 August 2018. Candidacy forms and a candidate handbook can be obtained by phoning the election helpline on 0800 666 031, emailing iro@electionz.com or downloading from www.fishandgame.org.nz/node/3189.

If more than 12 nominations are received an election will be held by postal and internet voting during at Ashburton Borough School the2018 Ministry September/October.

Voting closes at 5pm on Friday 12 October for internet of votesEducation and handhas developed an enrolment scheme for consultation. delivered voting papers, and 5pm on Tuesday 16 October 2018 for postal delivered voting papers.

If more than 12 nominations are received an election will be held by postal and internet voting during September/October. Voting closes at 5pm on Friday 12 October 2018 for internet votes and handdelivered voting papers, and 5pm on Tuesday 16 October 2018 for postal delivered voting papers.

Under this Candidate Eligibility

scheme, students will be entitled to be enrolled if they livemust: within the home zone.

To be eligible for election candidates • be aThe holder ofschool a current adult wholestill seasonoffer licence toplaces hunt game or fish for or the may for outsports offishzone primary holder of a family licence space is available. The enrolment of enrolments when • not be a bankrupt out of zone students is governed by the provisions of the • not have been convicted of an offence involving sports fish and game Education Act 1989. The enrolment scheme of the draft • submit their completed candidacy form to the Returning Officer on or before 5pm on Thursday home 30 August 2018zone may be viewed at the school office where copies the draft areofalso available.

• submit with theirofcandidacy form ascheme candidate profile up to 250 words • specify on their candidacy form which sub region they wish to represent.

All feedback should be received by the Ministry of Sub-Regions Education by 3 September 2018.

The Council consists of the following six sub-regions: Ashburton, Timaru City, Timaru District, Please send your feedback to: Mackenzie, Waimate and Waitaki. Full descriptions of these sub regions are included in the candidate handbook.

Email: Consultation.Canterbury@education.govt.nz attn:Eligibility Jill Forgie, Education Manager Electoral Roll and Voter OR To vote in the election, a person must have purchased a 2017/18 adult whole season fishing licence Post or familyattn: licence orJill a 2018 adult whole season game licence for the Central South Island Forgie Fish and Game region andEducation have indicated their desire to be included on the Council’s electoral Manager roll by ticking the box on their licence application form.

Ministry of Education An electoral roll of licence holders eligible to vote in the election is available for inspection at the PO Box 2522, Christchurch 8140 Council office, 32 Richard Pearse Drive, Temuka.

Candidate Eligibility

Anyone not already included on the electoral roll and who believes they qualify to be included, can complete an enrolment application form available from the Council office or by phoning 0800 666 031. Applications for enrolment close at 5pm on Wednesday 12 September 2018.

Anyone not already included on the electoral roll and who believes they qualify to be included, can complete an enrolment application form available from the Council office or by phoning 0800 666 031. Applications for enrolment close at 5pm on Wednesday 12 September 2018.

To avoid overcrowding, or the likelihood of overcrowding,

MEADOW hay, good quality,Any further questions may be directed to the Returning Officer on the election shed stored. $6 per bale.helpline or iro@electionz.com.

Phone 027 555 1123.

ADULT ACCOMMODATION,

ACCOMMODATION,

Election Helpline 0800 666 031

To be eligible for election candidates must: • be a holder of a current adult whole season licence to hunt game or fish for sports fish or the primary holder of a family licence • not be a bankrupt • not have been convicted of an offence involving sports fish and game • submit their completed candidacy form to the Returning Officer on or before 5pm on Thursday 30 August 2018 • submit with their candidacy form a candidate profile of up to 250 words • specify on their candidacy form which sub region they wish to represent.

Sub-Regions The Council consists of the following six sub-regions: Ashburton, Timaru City, Timaru District, Mackenzie, Waimate and Waitaki. Full descriptions of these sub regions are included in the candidate handbook.

Electoral Roll and Voter Eligibility To vote in the election, a person must have purchased a 2017/18 adult whole season fishing licence or family licence or a 2018 adult whole season game licence for the Central South Island Fish and Game region and have indicated their desire to be included on the Council’s electoral roll by ticking the box on their licence application form.

An electoral roll of licence holders eligible to vote in the election is available for inspection at the Council office, 32 Richard Pearse Drive, Temuka.

Any further questions may be directed to the Returning Officer on the election helpline or iro@electionz.com.

Election Helpline 0800 666 031

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

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Three Rivers Health, Allens Road, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday and Sunday until 8am Monday.

Please phone 0800 700 155 for an appointment.

Methven & Rakaia Area

HELPLINE SERVICES Alcoholics Anonymous

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

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Ask for the Crisis Team.

Safe Care - 24 hr Rape and Sexual

Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

For weekend and emergency services please phone 302 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) 8105 for details on how to access the after-hours service Direct dials to a volunteer. each weekend.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm outside of these hours leave a message.

Pharmacies Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will Alcohol Drug Help Line be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday Call us free on (0800 787 797). and from 5pm - 7pm both days.

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Lifeline - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353.

COMMUNITY SERVICES

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Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

advertisement, it is client’s responsibility

to check the accuracy of both the ANIMAL SERVICES advertisement, the media and the

Dog, Stock & nominated.

Noise Control position

Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24h service.

Cancellation of adverts booked with

Animal media Welfare will incur a media cancellation WEEKENDfee EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: of $50.

All enquiries - 308 4432.

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter your contact:

Contact - President 021 1356 969. Amy 20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: Veterinarians Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm. Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

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

STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, POST DELIVERY CENTRES 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Full emergency service all weekend.

Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Information Centres Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday Methven - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

3pm. Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com

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Jude Law, Haley Joel Osment.

2:20 Superbad 16LSC 2007 Comedy. Jonah Hill, Seth Rogan, Emma Stone.

4:10 The Making Of Battleship MV 4:35 Dark Shadows MVL 2012 Comedy Horror. Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer.

SKY SPORT 1 6am L Golf – PGA Championship Round Two. Noon Live From The PGA Championship 2pm Cricket – T20 Blast (HLS) Glamorgan v Hampshire. 2:30 Cricket – International (HLS) England v India – Second Test, Day Two. 3pm Cricket – T20 Blast (HLS) Yorkshire v Lancashire.

3:30 Football – Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup France v Football Ferns. 4pm Netball – ANZ Premiership (RPL) Elimination Final – Steel v Tactix. 5:30 Sailing – World Championship Aarhus – Day Two. 6pm Swimming – Pan Pacific Champs 6:30 The Breakdown 7:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Final – Crusaders v Lions. 10pm Fox Sports News 10:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership Elimination Final – Steel v Tactix. 11pm Cricket – T20 Blast Glamorgan v Hampshire.

11:30 Sailing – World Championships Aarhus – Day Two.

SUNDAY

Midnight L Sailing – World Championships Aarhus – Day Three. 2:30 Football – Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup France v Football Ferns. 3am Netball – ANZ Premiership Elimination Final – Steel v Tactix. 3:30 Golf – Women’s British Open Official Film. 4:30 Inside The PGA Tour 5am Golf – PGA Championship Round Two.

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

SKY SPORT 2 6am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Rabbitohs v Roosters.

From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

6:30 L Rugby League – Super League Super 8s – Wigan Warriors v Castleford Tigers.

9:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Knights.

From Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland.

10am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Rabbitohs v Roosters.

Noon The Professor’s Farewell Tour 12:30 Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Super 8s – Wigan Warriors v Castleford Tigers.

2:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Warriors v Knights.

4:30 L Rugby League – NRL Titans v Panthers.

From Cbus Super Stadium.

7pm L Rugby League – NRL Sea Eagles v Bulldogs.

From McGrath Foundation Stadium.

9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Eels v Dragons.

From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

SUNDAY

Midnight Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Super 8s – Wigan Warriors v Castleford Tigers.

2:10 L Rugby League – Super League Super 8s – Leeds Rhinos v Toulouse Olympique.

4:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (RPL) Elimination Final – Steel v Tactix.

11Aug18

DISCOVERY 6:35 MythBusters PG Viewer Special Threequel. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Deadliest Catch PG Winter’s Curse.

9:10 Murder Chose Me M 10am Web Of Lies M People You May Know. 10:50 People Magazine Investigates PG Murder at Sea. 11:40 Weather Gone Viral PG 12:30 Edge Of Alaska M 1:20 Diesel Brothers PG Bros to the Rescue! 2:10 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 3pm Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG Clash of Kings. 4:45 Deadliest Catch PG Becoming Captain.

5:40 Deadliest Catch PG Purgatory. 6:35 MythBusters PG Chimney Cannon.

7:30 Treehouse Masters PG Ultimate Treehouses V. 8:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG 9:25 Deadliest Catch PG Winter’s Curse.

10:15 China – Time Of Xi PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid XL M All-Stars – Enter The Kill Zone.

11:55 MythBusters PG Chimney Cannon.

SUNDAY

12:45 MythBusters PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How It’s Made PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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MAORI

CHOICE

6am This Town 3 0 6:45 Instant Gardener 0 7:40 Tagata Pasifika 8:05 Praise Be 8:35 Topp Country 3 0 9:10 River Monsters 3 0 10am Marae PGR 2 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Attitude 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 11:55 Sunday 0 12:55 Outback Truckers 3 0 1:55 DNA Detectives 3 0 2:55 F Bear Grylls – Mission Survive PGR 3:55 People On Bikes PGR 0 4:25 Fishing And Adventure Kiwi cousins Scott and Mig venture out from Tauranga in their brand new boat in search of deep water species and the big Hapuku are on the bite.

4:55 The Celebrity Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Country Calendar 0 7:30 Sunday 0 8:30 Cold Case AO New Zealand cold-case detectives divulge previously unreleased forensic information, and use the latest DNA technology to look for the killer of 29-yearold Kayo Matsuzawa. 0 9:30 Q+A 0 10:40 The Inside Word PGR 0

6am Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Darwin And Newts 0 6:45 Best Of Chuggington Collection 0 6:55 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 7am Alvinnn!!!

And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:15 Tangled – The Series 3 0 7:35 Andi Mack 3 0 8am What Now 10am Regular Show 0 10:10 Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 0 12:10 Ugly Betty PGR 3 0 1:10 Kevin (Probably) Saves The World PGR 2:10 Black-Ish 0 3:05 Home And Away Omnibus 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 American Housewife 3 0 6pm The Middle 3 0 6:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 7pm M The Jungle Book PGR 2016 Animated Adventure. 0 9pm M Hall Pass AO 2011 Comedy.

When two men show signs of restlessness at home, their wives grant them a hall pass, one week of freedom to do whatever they want. 0

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R 9:30 The Hui 0 9:55 NewsHub Nation 3 0 10:55 F The New Celebrity Apprentice 3 0 11:40 Gone Fishin’ 3 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR 1pm Motorsport – The Grid (HLS) 1:30 Motorsport – NZ Jetsprint (HLS) 2:30 Motorsport – Formula E Street Racers (HLS) 3pm Motorsport – MotoGP (HLS) 4pm Motorsport – Red Bull Air Race Preview (HLS) 5pm Big Angry Fish Milan and Nathan begin the fishing season at the Aldermen Islands. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Block NZ PGR With the closest judging results yet, deals are made that could cost one team at room reveal. 0 8:30 M Shooter AO 3 2007 Action.

A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into service and finds himself on the run after he is framed for trying to assassinate the president. 0

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box Noon MasterChef Junior USA PGR 3 0 1pm Haati Grassroots Rugby 2pm Judge Judy PGR 2:30 Flog It! 3:30 Antiques Road Trip 4:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 A selection of items from Sydney and Melbourne, including some unusual mementos from the Beatles’ only visit to Australia, and a portrait that receives a surprising valuation.

5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great Escapers Two former police officers crash their van on the way to Spain; with eight days before their first customers arrive, a family must finish renovations to their B&B. 7pm Storage Wars PGR 7:30 Life In The Air A look at the large range of animals around the world that fly. 0 8:30 Living With Tourette’s AO 0 9:30 60 Minutes PGR 10:30 Fear The Walking Dead AO 0

10am Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 10:30 Pete And Pio 3 11am Native Affairs 3 11:30 Haka Life PGR 3 Noon Piri’s Tiki Tour PGR 3 12:30 Taha Tauiwi 3 1pm Both Worlds 3 1:30 F Marae DIY 3 2:30 N NBA2K A live gaming competition.

3:30 Iwi Anthems 3 4pm Kiingitanga 3 (Part 2) 5pm Marae PGR 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Tangata Taumata Rau – Te Waiponamu Hana Mereraiha meets kapa haka enthusiast, weaver, and librarian Maatakiwi Wakefield, who shares her passion for Maori performing arts and traditional weaving.

7pm Nanakia PGR 3 7:30 SmackDown AO 8:30 M The Godfather – Part II AO 1974 Crime.

The early life of Vito Corleone in Sicily and New York, told in reflection, while his son expands the empire.

Robert De Niro, Al Pacino.

6am Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Christ Embassy 7:30 Serve It Like Sarah 8am Iron Chef America 9am Walking With The Great Apes 9:30 Shed And Buried 10am James Martin’s American Adventure 11am Money For Nothing Noon Speed With Guy Martin 1pm Shed And Buried 1:30 North Pole – Ice Airport 2:30 The Great Songwriters 3:30 Panda Babies 4:30 Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure 5:30 Building The Dream 6:30 Flipping Bangers 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 M Abduction AO 2011 Action Thriller.

A man sets out to discover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing-person website.

Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins.

11:10 Brief Encounters AO 3 It is all about to kick off at Dawn’s wedding reception with Steph’s marriage being tested, while Pauline makes a drastic decision to save hers. 0 12:05 Attitude 3 0 12:35 Coronation Street CatchUp PGR 3 0 2:40 Infomercials

11:05 The Exorcist AO 0 Midnight Quantico AO 3 0 12:50 M Insidious – Chapter 2 AO 2013 Horror. 2:35 Infomercials 3:10 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners PGR 3 0 4am Beyond The Search 4:30 Full House 3 0 4:55 Regular Show 0 5:05 F The Muppets 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11pm Humans AO Laura discovers a dangerous truth; as Niska continues her journey, she must defy all her instincts to survive. 0 Midnight Chicago Med AO 1am Infomercials

11:30 Qi AO 3 Stephen Fry and Alan Davies are joined by Phill Jupitus, Katherine Ryan, and Josh Widdicombe.

12:10 Closedown

12:05 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 12:35 Closedown

11:30 Flipping Bangers 12:30 Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure 1:30 Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen 2am M Abduction AO 2011 Action Thriller.

Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins.

4am American Pickers 5am Building The Dream

The Jungle Book 7pm on TVNZ 2

BRAVO 6am Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 6:45 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 7:35 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 8:20 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 9:10 Clean House 3 9:58 The Dish PGR 3 10am Clean House 3 10:50 The Getaway 3 11:40 Catfish – The Untold Stories 3 12:28 The Dish PGR 3 12:30 In Defence Of Timothy McVeigh PGR 3 1:30 Dress To Impress 3 2:30 Dress To Impress 3 3:28 The Dish PGR 3 3:30 Clean House 3 4:30 Catfish 3 5:30 Catfish 3 6:30 Catfish 7:30 Glam Masters PGR 8:30 M America’s Sweethearts MS 2001 Comedy. 10:48 The Dish PGR 3 10:50 Don’t Be Tardy AO 11:15 Don’t Be Tardy AO 11:40 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 3 12:30 Infomercials 3

Abduction

8:30pm on Choice

SKY 5 6am Ghost Mine M 6:50 The Amazing Race PG 7:40 The Simpsons PG 8:10 The Simpsons PG 8:40 Modern Family PG 9:05 Modern Family PG 9:30 Last Man Standing PG 9:55 Storage Wars – Texas PG 10:25 Meet The Hockers PG 10:50 Deep Undercover MVLC 11:15 Longmire 16V 12:10 Mountain Men PG 1:05 American Grit PG 2pm Raw MVC 4:45 SmackDown MVL 6:30 Main Event MVC 7:30 Mountain Men PG 8:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV 9:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV 10:30 Longmire 16V 11:25 Raw MVC

MONDAY

1:55 SmackDown MVL 3:30 Main Event MVC 4:20 NCIS – New Orleans MV 5:10 NCIS – New Orleans MV

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6:30 Incarnate 16VLC 2016 Horror. Aaron Eckhart, Carice van Houten.

7:55 Geostorm MV 2017 Action. Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess. 9:45 The Bye Bye Man 16VC 2017 Horror. Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount.

11:20 Daddy’s Home 2 M 2017 Comedy.

Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell.

1pm Marshall MVLS 2017 Drama. Chadwick Boseman, Kate Hudson. 2:55 The Legend Of Barney Thomson 16VL 2015 Comedy Crime. Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson.

4:30 Hidden Figures PGL 2016 Drama. Octavia Spencer, Taraji P Henson. 6:35 Arrival ML 2016 Drama. Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner. 8:30 Thor – Ragnarok MV 2017 Action. Thor is imprisoned on the planet Sakaar, and must return to Asgard in time to stop Ragnarök, the destruction of his world, at the hands of the powerful Hela. Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett.

10:45 The Snowman 16VLC 2017 Drama.

Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson.

6:25 AI Artificial Intelligence M 2001 Drama. Jude Law, Haley Joel Osment. 8:45 War Of The Worlds MV 2005 Sci-fi Action. Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto.

10:40 Wanderlust 16LSC 2012 Comedy. Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux.

12:20 Superbad 16LSC 2007 Comedy. Jonah Hill, Seth Rogan, Emma Stone.

2:15 AI Artificial Intelligence M 2001 Drama. Jude Law, Haley Joel Osment.

4:35 Battle – Los Angeles MVL 2011 Action. Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez. 6:30 The Five-Year Engagement M 2012 Comedy Romance.

Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt. 8:30 Magic Mike 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama. A male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.

Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn.

10:25 Sherlock Holmes 2 – A Game Of Shadows MV 2011 Action. Robert Downey jr, Jude Law.

MONDAY

12:45 Matters Of The Heart PGLS 2015 Drama. 2:05 Arrival ML 2016 Drama. 4am Hidden Figures PGL 2016 Drama.

MONDAY

12:30 I Give It A Year MLS 2013 Romantic Comedy.

2:05 Battle – Los Angeles MVL 2011 Action. 4am Magic Mike 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama. 5:50 The Five-Year Engagement M 2012 Comedy Romance.

SKY SPORT 1 6am L Golf – PGA Championship Round Three.

11am Live From The PGA Championship 1pm Golf – Women’s British Open Official Film.

2pm Golf – PGA Championship (HLS) Round Three.

3pm Swimming – Pan Pacific Champs (HLS) 3:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Elimination Final – Steel v Tactix.

4pm L Netball – ANZ Premiership Grand Final – Pulse v Steel.

6pm Sailing World Championships (HLS) Aarhus – Day Three.

6:30 Rugby – World Series (RPL) Western Force v Hong Kong.

8:30 Golf – Women’s British Open Film 9:30 Fox Sports News 10pm Cricket – CPL (HLS) Knight Riders v Patriots.

11pm Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Grand Final – Pulse v Steel.

11:30 Sailing – World Championships (HLS) Aarhus – Day Three.

MONDAY

Midnight L Sailing – World Championships Aarhus – Day Four. 2:30 Cricket – CPL (HLS) Amazon Warriors v Stars. 3:30 Golf – PGA Championship (HLS) Round Three. 4:30 Live From The PGA Championship (RPL)

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

SKY SPORT 2 6am Rugby League – NRL Warriors v Knights.

6:30 Rugby League – NRL Saturday. 7am Rugby League – NRL Rabbitohs v Roosters.

7:30 Rugby League – NRL Warriors v Knights. 8am L Cycling – Tour Of Utah Stage Five. 10am Football – Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup France v Football Ferns.

10:30 Fox Sports News 11am Sailing – World Championships Aarhus – Day Three. 11:30 Football – Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup France v Football Ferns.

Noon Rugby League – NRL Saturday. 12:30 Rugby League – NRL 1pm Rugby League – NRL 1:40 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Mounties v Western Suburbs Magpies. 3:30 L Rugby League – NRL Raiders v Tigers. 6pm L Rugby League – NRL Storm v Sharks. 8pm Sunday Night With Matty Johns 9pm Controversy Corner 9:30 Rugby League – NRL 10pm Golf – PGA Championship 11:18 L Football – Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup England v Mexico.

MONDAY

1:30 Rugby League – NRL 2:18 L Football – Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup Netherlands v France.

4:30 Golf – Women’s British Open 5:30 Rugby League – NRL 12Aug18

DISCOVERY 6:35 MythBusters PG Exploding Bumper.

7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Blowing Up History PG 9:10 Weather Gone Viral PG 10am MythBusters PG Chimney Cannon.

10:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:40 Bering Sea Gold PG Three’s Company.

12:30 Cooper’s Treasure PG 1:20 Deadliest Catch PG Winter’s Curse.

2:10 Megatrains PG New Zealand – The Milk Train. 3pm Megatrains PG Australia – The Sugar Cane Train. 3:50 Megatrains PG Australia – Transcontinental Train. 4:45 Megatrains PG USA – Schnabel Car. 5:40 Megatrains PG France – LRS (Long Rail Soude).

6:35 Megatrains PG Canada – The Aqua Train. 7:30 Blowing Up History PG 8:30 Weather Gone Viral M Weather Wipeouts. 9:25 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10:15 Tribe Alive! PG Handicraft Artistry.

11:05 Naked And Afraid XL M 11:55 Deadliest Catch PG

MONDAY

12:45 MythBusters PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How It’s Made PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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Family Notices DEATHS

ARMSTRONG, Ronald Frederick – On August 2, 2018, in his 90th year, in Christchurch.

Dearly loved husband of Judith, father and father-inlaw of Jane and Philip Seabourn, Jenny and Geoff, Jon and Erin Armstrong, David and Jeannette, grandfather of eight grandchildren, greatgrandfather of four greatgrandchildren. Thank you to staff at Parkstone Hospital for their care of Ron over the last nine months. A private family service has been held in accordance with Ron’s wishes.

SMITH, Neil Wayne – On August 8, 2018. Passed away peacefully at home with family and friends. Aged 73 years. Beloved uncle of Laureen, Michael and Katrina, and great uncle to Rebekah, Callum, and Garth.

Much loved loyal and steadfast friend to many. Our grateful thanks to Doctors P Holdaway and M Wootton the Ashburton Hospital Palliative Care and district nursing staff.

According to Neil’s wishes a private cremation has been held and a private service will be held at later date.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

SMITH, Neil Wayne – On August 8, 2018. Son of the late Clyde and Laureen Smith, loved brother of Edgar, DANN, Dennis Edward – On August 9, 2018. Passed Grahame, the late Barry and away peacefully in his sleep Ross. at Radius Millstream Resthome, Ashburton. In his SMITH, Neil Wayne – 92nd year. Leaving behind On August 8, 2018. Lifelong his beloved wife Patricia mate of Dennis and Raelyn Mary, having just had their Boddy and friend of Jason 59th Wedding Anniversary Boddy. and also leaving his darling Please note all late death children Susan (Oregon), notices or notices sent Bruce (Methven) and Neil (Oregon) and their respective outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to: families Richie, Mark, Jack, Dean, and Maxine; Linda, deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication.

Janna, Nicole, Caleb, Mia, and Liam; Deidre, Lily, and To place a notice during Kellen; and great grandad of office hours please contact Jaidon and Quin. Loved big us on 03 307 7900 brother of Maureen and the for more information late Barney Carrell (London).

Any queries A loved uncle to all his nieces please contact and nephews in London.

0800 Loved brother-in-law and ASHBURTON uncle of the Brown side of the (0800-274-287) family (Queenstown).

Messages to the Dann family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740 or phone Bruce 027 229 9739. A memorial service to celebrate Dennis’ life will be held at the All Saints Church, cnr MacKenzie Drive and Ruataniwha Road, Twizel on TUESDAY, August 14, Canterbury owned, commencing at 1.00pm. locally operated Followed by interment of Patersons ashes at the Twizel Cemetery, and thereafter a Funeral Services gathering at the Twizel RSA. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

GREEN, Barbara Ann – On August 9, 2018 at Ashburton Hospital, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Aged 64 years. Dearly loved and treasured mother and motherin-law of Shane and Nadia, Sandy and Chris, Jason and Lora and the late Ricky. Nana of Sam, and Jack; Jayden, and Tahlia; Monyke, Jacob, and Alex. And great Nana of Lenix. Messages to the Green family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Funeral details to follow.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

HOLLAND, Dennis Warwick – On August 7, 2018.

Peacefully at Terrace View Retirement Village, Ashburton. Aged 79 years.

Loved brother and brother-inlaw of Murray and Jennifer and Susan and Robert Spencer. Uncle and Great Uncle of Simon and Arti, Liam, and Shirin Holland (USA); Caron and Jeff, Ella, and Georgia Shanks; Brett and Kalar Holland (Australia); and Todd, Alfie, and JessicaMay Hallam (England).

Rest in peace.

Messages to the Holland family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service for Dennis will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on MONDAY, August 13, commencing at 2.00pm.

Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Cremation.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

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Ph 307 7433 FUNERAL FURNISHERS

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MCINTOSH, Colin Ian – 01-06-1933 – 12-06-2018 Nancy and family would like to thank everyone for their love and kindness shown at Colin’s passing.

Your thoughtful support and friendship was very humbling and will be remembered by all the family. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr Ritchie, Princes Court and Terrace View for the great care they took of Dad over the years. To Rev Lois Ranson and Jo Metcalf (Memory Funerals), for their kindness and help through this sad time. Colin (Mac) will be deeply missed by us all.

Remember “Run-Don’t Walk”.

Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement from us all.

REID, Caroline Elizabeth “Dot” – Gaylene, Denise, Lois and their families would like to express our gratitude to those who sent flowers, food, comforting messages and all who attended the funeral of a dearly loved mother, motherin-law, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Your thoughtfulness at this sad time was much appreciated.

Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement.

TAIT, Norman McMillan – Joan, Steve, Diane, Susan, Gillian, Jenny and their families would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all family, neighbours and friends for the love and support on Norman’s passing.

The kindness in flowers, food, cards, visits and phone calls was overwhelmingly touching.

A grateful thank you to Sue Prowse and her team at Rosebank for their loving care. You all made the journey so much easier, also thanks to Dr Chris Ryan.

Please accept this as a personal thank you to each and every one of you.

Birthday Greetings Ethan Horton A big 4 years old.

Happy Birthday Ethan, have a great day.

Grandma, Grandad and Aunty Erin.

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

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BINGHAM, Catherine (Kate) – Lawrence and Lynette, Derek and Joyce, Lynda and Peter and their families wish to sincerely thank all those who offered support, kindness and sympathy at the loss of our much loved mother, motherin-law, grandma, great grandma and “Mrs B”. We are extremely grateful for the baking, flowers, cards and phone calls. Special thanks to Coldstream Life Care, Tinwald Medical staff, Paterson’s Funeral Services, Rev David Brown and all the wonderful Carers that made it possible for Kate to stay at home so long. Please accept this as our personal acknowledgement and thank you.

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TODAY: Fine apart from evening cloud. Northeast breezes.

CHRISTCHURCH

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Ashburton Forecast

Wa i m a ka r i r i

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Map for today

Saturday, August 11, 2018

DEATHS

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Waimate

NZ Situation

Wind km/h less than 30 fine

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers 30 to 59

fog

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

Canterbury Plains

snow

TODAY

A fine and frosty day, then evening high cloud. Northeast breezes.

MONDAY High cloud thickening.

Northeasterlies.

FZL: 2500m, lowering to 1600m

TUESDAY

6

9 noon 3

6

Frankfurt Geneva Hobart Hong Kong Honolulu Islamabad Jakarta Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Moscow Nadi

7 12 25 13 11 15 26 27 3 25 20 27 32 16 10

fine fine cloudy rain showers fine cloudy fine fine rain fine fine rain fine fine

25 26 12 30 32 30 31 17 33 24 31 34 13 28 27

12 12 6 26 24 23 26 3 24 9 23 22 7 18 18

New York Paris Perth Rarotonga Rome San Francisco Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei Tel Aviv Tokyo Washington Zurich

thunder fine fine showers fine fine cloudy fine fine fine fine fine drizzle rain fine

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9:07 3:29 9:40 3:50 10:02 4:22 10:34 4:44 10:58 5:14 11:28 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

Rise 7:35 am Set 5:42 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Rise 7:19 am Set 5:18 pm

New moon

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Rise 7:33 am Set 5:43 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Rise 7:32 am Set 5:44 pm

Bad

Rise 8:04 am Set 6:34 pm

First quarter

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Bad fishing

Rise 8:42 am Set 7:51 pm

Full moon

18 Aug 7:50 pm

26 Aug 11:57 pm

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

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fine

Napier

showers

Wellington

fine

Nelson

fine

Blenheim

fine

Greymouth

fine

Christchurch

fine

Timaru

fine

Queenstown

fine

Dunedin

fine

Invercargill

fine

27 25 17 26 33 19 35 34 22 25 31 34 33 31 26

23 14 3 20 22 13 26 25 13 12 26 22 26 22 14

16 16 14 14 13 13 14 14 12 13 11 14 14

River Levels

6 2 3 3 5 2 0 4 2 0 1 5 3

cumecs

1.55 nc

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 116.1 Nth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

6.64

Sth Ashburton at 2:10 pm, yesterday

8.87

Rangitata Klondyke at 4:00 pm, yesterday

54.8

Waitaki Kurow at 3:05 pm, yesterday

351.1

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

Monday

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Hamilton

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fine

MONDAY

Mostly cloudy with scattered showers.

Snow lowering to 1300 metres.

Winds turning lighter southerly.

Becoming fine.

Northeasterlies developing.

Auckland

Palmerston North fine

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

overnight max low

High cloud increasing, then isolated showers about the Divide at night.

Wind at 1000m: N 25 km/h developing afternoon, rising to 35 km/h night.

Wind at 2000m: N 35 km/h developing afternoon, rising to 45 km/h night.

High cloud thickening, with showers developing about the Divide.

Snow to 1500 metres. Northerlies.

Scattered rain developing.

Northeasterlies dying out.

Saturday

NZ Today

FZL: 2200m, rising to 2500m in the morning

TOMORROW

TOMORROW

showers drizzle rain fine fine fine fine thunder showers showers fine drizzle fine drizzle cloudy

60 plus

Fine. Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light.

Fine apart from evening cloud.

Northeasterly breezes.

World Weather

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Saturday, 11 August 2018

A weak front brushes up the North Island’s east coast today, while a high builds over the remainder of the country. The high remains over New Zealand tomorrow, however, a broad trough and associated fronts approach from the Tasman Sea. A ridge over the North Island moves away to the east during Monday.

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 11.9 12.2 Max to 4pm 4.8 Minimum -1.8 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm August to date 2.8 Avg Aug to date 19 2018 to date 618.8 420 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 13 At 4pm Strongest gust SW 20 Time of gust 5:02am

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Puzzles and horoscopes www.guardianonline.co.nz Cryptic crossword

Saturday, August 11, 2018

Simon Shuker’s CodeCracker

Your Stars

WordBuilder

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

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

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Previous solution: ROTUNDAS 10

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Previous Cryptic solution

Across 1. Supplant 7. Diode 8. Respond 9. Digress 10. Pile 12. Drifter 14. Preface 17. Spot 18. Rake-off 21. Elation 22. Annoy 23. Strength Down 1. Scrape 2. Postlude 3. Loot 4. Nodded 5. Bone 6 6. Censer 7. Dignity 11. Amatory 13. Tippling 14. Pariah 8 5 15. Effect 16. Stench 19. Kind 20. Kale2

TODAY’S GOALS: Good – 13 Excellent – 17 Amazing – 23

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ACROSS 1. Following in time or order (10) 7. Foreign (5) 8. Choking (7) 10. Enforce superior status (4,4) 11. Split pulses in Indian cookery (4) 13. Formula for food (6) 15. Rough (6) 17. Absent (4) 18. Satisfying (8) 21. Arousing (7) 22. Bring upon oneself (5) 23. Fellow pupils (10)

Sudoku

DOWN 1. Static photograph (5) 2. Financially ruined (8) 3. Motor (6) 4. Strong desire (4) 5. Not one or the other (7) 6. Motor homes (6,4) 9. Popular and successful woman (6,4) 12. Plant expert (8) 14. Narrow waterway (7) 16. Ski race (6) 19. Middle ear bone (5) 20. Partially opened flowers (4)

Previous solution: bug, bugs, bur, burg, burgs, burs, bus, grub, grubs, gur, gurs, rub, rubs, rug, rugs, sub, urbs.

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

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You want your love to see you in a certain light: You can’t help but be invested in that. You want them to have a certain “user experience,” and you’ll make decisions about presentation toward this aim.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): At times it feels as though what you don’t know covers the whole range of human knowledge. You take your big brain for granted. Teach someone something to remind yourself of how far you’ve come.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Many trendy restaurants have become so loud that it’s hard to hear over the excitement. Avoid those spots in favour of really getting to know people better through the lost art of conversation.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Good friends are the best collectibles. Vintage Marvel comics aren’t bad, either, and they don’t need nearly the attention. And yet, for you, friends it will be!

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): If you have to shout to get their attention, maybe they don’t want to hear your message. Try a different tactic. Could you turn it into a secret and whisper it? Could you find a more physical demonstration?

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’ve put so much of yourself into your work that you may have lost touch with who you are outside of it. You’ll get back in touch with that over the weekend. Relax.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Change isn’t always easy, but today, it is. You’ll make adjustments with grace.

And then later, you’ll have the opportunity to compare and contrast two states then embrace the way that works best for you.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): There’s no room for worry or doubt in your active mind. So accept responsibility, but not pressure – not from anyone, even yourself. Draw firm boundaries, and courteously defend them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): If there’s no fun on the day’s agenda, be sure and put some there before you start out. Without something to look forward to, you won’t be inspired to complete even the easiest task on your list.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Is something keeping you from being optimistic about the future?

Try this workaround: Assess your current situation, which so many could only dream of having, and then take stock of your many advantages.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Send a silent blessing on the wind. The person you send it to will be favourably changed by this intention, though he or she will probably never know where it came from.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You may forget certain details – someone’s name, a password, some piece of protocol – but it’s only because your mind is so busy working to create the future you want to live inside.

ACROSS 1. It gave Belloc a lead to the scene of the event (6) 4. Is shining with intelligence (6) 9. Around a morass the hunted animals are yellow (7) 10. It’s an awkward way to dye (5) 11. One accepted that graft was successful (4) 12. New wine must be shaken (4) 13. Is expected not to finish the four-handed version (3) 15. Bustle about with a Communist of a sort (4) 16. Smooth-spoken Latin one finds in the British Isles (4) 19. Something chewed by what chewers are set in (3) 21. Hasn’t got the go-ahead for such a secluded retreat (4) 22. Welfare cheque will disappear if Inland Revenue’s involved (4) 24. What Spanish cowboy would use a sort of tiara? (5) 25 Crass ad put out about a dance in Hungary (7) 26. Will not be in a hurry to wed lad like this (6) 27. They may have a right to be robust (6) DOWN 1. Not being heavy-handed is one’s attitude to theft (5,8) 2. Give solace, from being upset in bed (7) 3. Kitty taken up on sort of line that returns (4) 5. Might look like rebels – me included (8) 6. Secreting structure in a sort of nut (5) 7. Controversially yield to Sun ten versions of it (13) 8. Time to type it out for the contemptible (5) 14. Collapse of lad flown out for it (8) 17. He doesn’t want one to see such a drinking-spree (7) 18. Kangaroo needs it to hop around University College (5) 20. Aim to turn up nothing worse, at first, than a catcall (5) 23. Mistiness he found going around Arizona (4)

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Emirates & Oman

Patagonia

March

March

Skyscraping cities, unique farms in the desert, spectacular mountains and black gold. There is something for everyone on this fascinating tour to a thriving country.

At the end of the tour you can continue to Europe, return to New Zealand, or join our adventure to Oman.

China

June/July

May

Formerly known as Ceylon, Sri Lanka is a tropical paradise situated in the Indian Ocean. Diverse agriculture with dairy, lush tea plantations, rice paddies and a wide variety of fruit and vegetable crops can be seen on this remarkable tour. Spectacular bio diversity, unique world heritage sites and beautiful beaches contribute to a very special experience.

Explore China to see some of the major agricultural developments across this vast country and marvel at the incredible changes in this rapidly developing country.

Cultural and scenic highlights include the Terracotta Warriors and Horses at Xian, The Great Wall of China and Qinghai Lake.

On the extended program, enjoy a luxury Yangtze River Cruise.

Canada

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June

Discover the fascinationg culture and heritage of Central and Eastern Europe and the diversity of agricultural practices across five countries. Contrast traditional farming methods with modern styles of agriculture. See architecture stretching over a thousand years in stunning Prague, one of the world’s most beautiful cities.

Extend your tour to explore Romania.

China

April

Join us on this adventure of a lifetime to the Patagonian Region of Chile and Argentina.

The region consists of the southern section of the Andes mountains as well as the deserts, pampas and grasslands. Get right off the beaten track to enjoy fantastic scenery and to visit a variety of farming enterprises.

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July

A unique opportunity to see and learn about Fonterra’s investment in China. Visit one of their dairy farms and meet with key staff in Beijing and Shanghai. Also participate in our longest running tour (since 1996), which has never ceased to amaze travellers on this exciting adventure. On the extended program enjoy a luxury Yangtze River Cruise.

Optional Hurtigruten ext.

Gain an insight into Canadian agriculture as you visit a variety of farms in the province of Alberta. Enjoy the spectacular Calgary Stampede and ‘Ag in Motion’ – Western Canada’s outdoor farm expo.

Extend your tour to Ontario and British Colombia, followed by a relaxing cruise to Alaska.

June/July

Travel to breath-taking Iceland & Greenland.

Gushing waterfalls, volcanoes, icebergs, hot springs, lava fields and stunning landscapes at every turn. The overwhelming beauty of Iceland and visits to Kulusuk and Ammassalik in Greenland, will offer a once in a lifetime experience. Extend your tour with an Hurtigruten cruise. Explore the Norwegian coast from Bergen to Kirkenes.

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Farming & Wildlife

E-Quest UK

UK Gardens

Experience Vietnam

August April/May

A widely acclaimed tour that has run for many years. Two nights in Perth en route.

Visit Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Pretoria, sheep, beef and dairy farms - magnificent game reserves and Kruger National Park.

Stay on a Game Farm where you learn how South African cattle farmers have diversified. Continue to Zambia to see the Victoria Falls. Cross the Zambezi River to Botswana to see all the elephants, hippos, crocodiles etc you would ever want to see.

24 day tour to Scotland & England to visit some spectacular horse studs as well as the prestigious equestrian events, the Badminton Horse Trials and the Royal Windsor Horse Show. Enjoy special hospitality at the Portcullis Club and the Stirrup Cup. See beautiful scenery in the Scottish Highlands.

Explore historic Edinburgh, Chester, Bath, Cambridge and London.

May

September

Hosted by Dot Smith of Riverstone.

Starting in Scotland’s elegant capital Edinburgh, embark on a tour to some of the most remarkable and outstanding gardens in the UK. As the tour heads south you will explore some of the classic gardens of England often combining with visits to impressive Castles, ornate stately homes and historic manor homes.

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One couple have recently been on their tenth trip with us.

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Our particular market niche is in agricultural, technical and business tours although we handle other interests as well. The company is a member of Agricultural Tour Operators International and Ron McPhail is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management.

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