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Child neglect an issue in Mid Canterbury

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Mid Canterbury principals say it would be naïve to think child neglect was not a problem in Ashburton.

Their comments follow on from two cases of child neglect being identified in Christchurch early last week when two children were found by a former caregiver to be underweight with severe headlice and boils.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Chris Murphy said while people would like to think child neglect was not a problem, it was.

“Mid Canterbury is no different from any other district or community from

around New Zealand,” Mr Murphy said.

“Families are facing the same pressures and strains as families throughout New Zealand.”

However, dealing with child neglect was difficult.

Mr Murphy said it appeared Child Youth and Family (CYF) was a scarce resource and this was a cause for concern among some local principals.

“I think the principals of Mid Canterbury occasionally see themselves at odds with CYF in what we believe would be a trigger point for intervention,” he said.

Mt Somers Springburn principal Brent Gray agreed, saying dealing with CYF was not always easy.

Mr Gray said he believed the child welfare sector was one of the most under resourced sectors in the country.

“It is an incredible source of frustration among principals that when referrals do get made we don’t see a lot of action very quickly, or we are not informed of the outcomes that well,” Mr Gray said.

“It’s that old adage, you are sort of damned if you do and damned if you don’t because you are going to annoy someone and you’ve basically got to do it for the wellbeing of the child,” he said.

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Two winners share record UK lottery Britain’s biggest-ever national lottery win has been shared by two players, after huge numbers of tickets were sold for the 66 million pound ($NZ146.42 million) tax-free jackpot. The Saturday night UK national lottery draw attracted many more players than normal, and came the same day as Americans flocked to get tickets for a record jackpot of more than $US900 million ($NZ1.375 billion) in the United States’ Powerball draw.

The previous biggest British national lottery jackpot was 22.6 million pounds ($NZ50.14m) more than 20 years ago. British winners of the pan-European Euromillions lottery draw have received far more in recent years. The biggest win came in 2011 when a Scottish couple collected 161 million pounds. Britain launched its national lottery in 1994.

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Bargain fares with Air Asia?

Air Asia has sent out some strong hints that it will begin flights to and from New Zealand in the near future - which could mean bargain fares for Kiwi holidaymakers. On several of the company’s social media accounts - including that of the airline’s chief executive Benyamin Bin Ismail - hints have been dropped that the low-cost airline will name New Zealand as its next destination. This includes a picture of a bungy jumper, some sheep and a kiwifruit with the windows and doors of a passenger jet. The hints come after the company’s founder Tony Fernandes told the Herald he had hoped to launch services from New Zealand via Australia in March last year.

44,392 presents donated Five little digits can equal a heck of a lot of smiles on Christmas morning. And it’s all thanks to you. Christmas sacks filled with 44,392 presents were donated by generous Kiwis to the country’s biggest and longest-running Christmas gift collection, the Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal.

Cash contributions made in-store and online added to the festive season booty. Kmart New Zealand general manager Sue Smith said a late burst the week before Christmas doubled donations and guaranteed joy came to those in need. “We are truly humbled by the generosity of the New Zealand public and proud to facilitate the joy of giving through the appeal. It has been inspiring to hear the heart-warming stories, from young ones who are learning the true meaning of Christmas and wanting to help ... to adults and the elderly who have made a family tradition of giving year in, year out.” Kmart Henderson in West Auckland had the most gifts donated, with 6271, followed

by Kmart Palmerston North, where 4604 gifts were given.

Kmart Dunedin came in third, with 3688. The appeal began 21 years ago and aims to collect 50,000 gifts for charity partner the Salvation Army. The latter then distributes donated gifts to struggling families, with almost half a million passed on to those in need so far. Salvation Army secretary for social services, Major Pam Waugh, said the gifts meant so much to thousands.

“Once again, Kiwis have generously supported people they don’t know and may never meet. On behalf of the Salvation Army I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who donated this year.”

Minogue flashes huge diamond ring Kylie Minogue has sparked speculation she is to wed her actor boyfriend Joshua Sasse after she was spotted wearing a huge diamond ring. The Australian singer was wearing the sparkler as she left the Chiltern Firehouse restaurant in London recently after a date with her boyfriend, editors at MailOnline.com report.

Minogue smiled at photographers as Sasse walked behind her, and the huge square-cut diamond was plain to see on her engagement finger. The pair recently returned from a two-week skiing trip to Geneva, Switzerland, where it is thought Sasse proposed to the pop icon over the festive break. Minogue revealed on Radio 2 show Desert Island Discs that she hopes to fulfil her dream of starting a family. “I want more of out of life, I really do,” she told host Kirsty Young. “Who knows if family is on any one of my horizons? I don’t know. But if that were to happen that would be incredible.” The couple met on the set of Sasse’s TV show Galavant in September. She previously said of the whirlwind romance, “I am kind of on cloud nine most of the time because of Mr Joshua Sasse, my beau.”

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Love for vinyl rekindled Dust off your Oasis records, vinyl is back.

The long-obsolete black discs have had a resurgence thanks to collectors, audiophiles and hipsters. According to music sales recorder Nielsen, the format is now so popular that in 2015 it made up 12 per cent of all album sales and was the fastest growing music format in the US. In the UK, vinyl sales have hit a 20-year high.

Meanwhile, the format that originally forced vinyl to go the way of the dodo, compact discs (CDs), is in decline. Sales fell 31.5 per cent in 2015, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. And if the floor of the recent CES 2016 expo in Las Vegas is anything to go by, sound and electronics manufacturers are taking notice of the trend. Amid the hype over virtual reality headsets and Netflix’s world domination, Sony and Audio-Technica announced new record player turntables for the modern vinyl lover.

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■ EA NETWORKS CENTRE

■ DEATH

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The growing popularity of Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre as a venue for national sporting events has the potential to create an accommodation crisis in the Ashburton District, a tourism leader says.

Experience Mid Canterbury chief executive Bruce Moffatt believes that as the number of events attracting large numbers of out-of-town players, spectators and supporters grows, pressure will go on the district’s accommodators to meet the demand for beds.

While accommodation matched demand for most of the

year, when a bubble created by sports events occurred, it placed significant pressure on bed numbers, particularly in the bulk accommodation, self-catering area, he said.

“There’s definitely more room for accommodation here for the ‘flashpackers’, more upmarket backpacker style where you can do your own catering.”

The real crunch came when there was a clash of events, but this could be avoided by using a district event planning calendar, Mr Moffatt said.

While Experience Mid Canterbury ran off these, it was of little value if people didn’t log their events well in advance, he said.

“The frustrating thing at our end is knowing about events so we can help, so we can give accommodators the heads up. We often don’t know about a big event until after it’s happened and that’s pretty frustrating.”

For the district’s accommodators, the EA Networks Centre was a huge bonus for their businesses, Mr Moffatt said.

Complex manager Steve Prescott said he is well aware of the inevitable accommodation crunch that large events can create but said there appeared to have been enough accommodation available for the most recent large event, the South Island Secondary Schools’ championships

in October. “But it certainly will handicap us getting these big events if we’re struggling for accommodation. If we get them then people find there are issues with accommodation the word will soon get out to the national bodies who’ll say we can’t host those events,” he said.

“We need to be mindful that if we are trying to get these big tournaments then we need to have the infrastructure to support them around town.”

For many out-of-towners having to stay in Methven and travel each day was not an issue and that meant the spin-off from tournaments was felt across the district, Mr Prescott said.

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New IT system for Ashburton campus Ashburton’s CPIT Aoraki campus will receive a new set of computers and faster internet during an IT upgrade within the new organisation.

The upgrade includes replacing Ashburton, Oamaru and Timaru’s current systems with 360 new computers and network switches which increase internet speed.

A CPIT Aoraki spokesperson said the Ashburton campus has previously had a slow link with the Timaru campus, however, this would be replaced this week with a faster connection to the CPIT Aoraki data centre in Christchurch.

“This will increase speed, performance and wi-fi connectivity, and also means they do not have to rely on the Timaru site.”

Once the new link is in place all 34 computers at the main Ashburton campus and seven at the rural training hub would be replaced

with new hardware.

CPIT Aoraki ICT director Mark Marshall said the upgrade for each campus would ensure better connectivity within the new organisation and would assist with course delivery and management. “When staff and students get back to campus every single computer will be brand new.”

The upgrade would also include new specialist software that staff and students could use, he said.

“Formerly student and staff at the South Canterbury campuses only had access to around 90 software products - they will now get a complete suite of up to 450 software products, supporting all of our new courses.”

The upgrade includes the installation of 40 new CISCO network switches which are used to connect computers into a network which then connects to the internet.

The upgrade also aims to increase system security.

ICT Service Analyst Ollie Wall unloads computers destined for CPIT Aoraki’s campuses.

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An appeal is being made for sightings of a yellow Mazda Demio hatchback in the area where Auckland mother-of-two Joanne Pert was found dead.

Police asked anyone who saw this vehicle anywhere between Wednesday, January 6, and midday Thursday, January 7, to contact the dedicated hotline: 0800 765 842 or email solitaire@police. govt.nz Lead investigator Detective Inspector Kevin Hooper said the man who handed himself into police at Auckland Central Station was driving the yellow hatchback.

Police said the public response so far had been heartening.

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Child neglect a local issue From P1 Principal of Rakaia School Mark Ellis said the follow-up with CYF was something principals had to do, but it was never pleasant.

“When you are caring for children they have to be your focus,” he said.

While local CYF workers did their best Mr Ellis said it was apparent on a national level the organisation had been found wanting.

Concerns around CYF resulted in the release of a report in September of last year by Social Development Minister Anne Tolley.

The report, from an independent expert panel showed the CYF system was not delivering effectively for vulnerable children and young people and as a result transformational change was required.

“They’ve done that review and they’ve commented on the fact there needs to be changes made,” he said.

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■ SKY TOWER STAIR CHALLENGE

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Tough training ahead for firefighter duo

BY RUBY HARFIELD

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Firefighters Mark Ellis and Brett Collins have been racing up Ashburton’s longest flight of stairs in preparation for a gruelling run up New Zealand’s tallest building in May. The two Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade members and a team of about eight from Rakaia will join hundreds of other firefighters from around the country in the Sky Tower Stair Challenge to raise money for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand.

While Somerset House’s three flights of stairs is no match for the Sky Tower’s 51, there are slim pickings for tall buildings in Ashburton and the pair are finding it a great place to train in full gear.

This will be Mr Ellis’ third year in the race and for the first time he has managed to recruit another brigade member to join him.

Mr Ellis said it was much better training with another person and he hoped to be able to encourage more to join them next year.

The pair hope to raise $5000

Ashburton firefighters Mark Ellis and Brett Collins have been training on the Somerset House stairs for the Sky Tower Stair Challenge in May. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 070116-TM-0097 between them and were willing to work for their money.

They will have collection boxes, can stack hay or other jobs, hope to have a breakfast with a

guest speaker and plan to have a quiz night. They were also looking for sponsors to help them with their flights to Auckland and the accommodation. “If we

can get a sponsor it will mean we can focus all our efforts on fundraising.”

While the run was a fundraiser it was also a competition and Mr Ellis hoped to beat both his previous times of 15.43secs and 17.32secs.

Mr Collins, who was apprehensive about his first climb, said he had no set time in mind but would like to beat his fellow Ashburton team member.

“It’s a challenge for us and a great cause.”

The duo will train together once a week either on the Somerset House stairs or at the A&P showgrounds and will also train individually.

Methven firefighter Rob Markillie, who has participated in the event for the last three years, will not be doing it this time because he has signed up for the Coast to Coast in February.

Anyone wanting to donate can visit www.firefightersclimb.org. nz and those wanting to sponsor Mr Ellis can contact him on 027 347 7982 or those wanting to sponsor Mr Collins can contact him on 021 026 96358.

Baby numbers on the rise

BY CAITLIN PORTER

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Birth rates are on the increase as Mid Canterbury continues to welcome its newest residents.

Ashburton’s population is continuing to grow, with the number of births registered at Ashburton Hospital in 2015 surpassing the number of babies born in 2014.

Statistics provided by the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) show that as at December 31 last year, 134 babies had been born at Ashburton Hospital, compared to 119 in 2014 and 114 in 2013.

Another 282 Ashburton babies were delivered at Christchurch

Hospital and three at Lincoln Hospital.

The total number of deliveries at Christchurch Hospital is also on the rise.

Just over 4700 were delivered in the first 11 months of the year and the CDHB said the total for the year would be around 5800.

However, it was too early to tell if this was a blip, the beginning of a trend or a “baby boom”.

CDHB acting service manager of women’s health Natalie King said the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit was busy at the end of last month.

“We have no explanation for the pre-Christmas pattern, it

is often said that babies come when they are ready and that is no less true at Christmas time,” she said.

Ashburton Maternity reported December was not as frantic as expected. January, however, was a popular month for babies to arrive.

The first baby delivered at Ashburton Maternity this year arrived just before 2am on January 6.

Figures from Statistics New Zealand also show the increase in the registered number of births continues to outstrip the number of registered deaths year on year.

In 2014, 446 babies were born in the Ashburton District – delivered at facilities including, but not limited to Ashburton Hospital – compared to 274 deaths.

In 2013, 443 babies were registered, compared to 247 deaths.

The Guardian reported last month that a flurry of construction work had been approved in order to accommodate the region’s growth which had a flowon effect to booming school roles.

Ashburton Borough School, Methven Primary School, Hampstead School and Rakaia School are all set to expand the numbers of classrooms onsite this year.

Near drowning A 4-year-old boy who nearly drowned at a Christchurch swimming pool is “doing really well”, say police, who are not investigating the incident.

Police and ambulance were called to Kings Swim School in Sockburn in the west of the city around 2.35pm on Saturday.

Details of exactly what happened are yet to be determined, but a police spokeswoman said she believed the boy had nearly drowned.

A spokesman for Christchurch Hospital said the boy was in critical condition but details of his injuries could not released without permission from his parents.

Yesterday, a police spokeswoman said the young boy’s condition had improved.

“He’s doing really well, which is a good thing,” she said.

A spokesman for WorkSafe confirmed they had been notified and were making inquiries.

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Alleged assault Police are looking for three unknown people after an alleged assault on Elizabeth Street at 7.35am yesterday morning.

A police spokesperson said a teenage boy was taken to hospital following the incident.

Rubbish fire Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade spent less than 20 minutes dousing a small rubbish fire on Albert Street at 9.25pm on Friday.

Child hit by car A child has died after being hit by a car in a driveway in Tokoroa yesterday morning. A police statement said the child was hit about 9.30am on a private driveway. The Police Serious Crash Unit is investigating. A St John spokeswoman said an ambulance was sent to the scene but the child had already died.

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Man drowns A man has drowned while swimming in the Waikato River in Hamilton. He went into the water at Malcolm St in Riverlea late on Saturday, and was apparently trying to swim across and back again. Other people swimming in the river said they lost sight of the man for a while, and when he was spotted he was unresponsive.

Paramedics were unable to revive the man, who’s thought to have been in his 40s.

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Sports bar burglary Christchurch police have released security footage to try to identify a masked man who burgled a city bar on Saturday morning.

The man, wearing a balaclava and distinctive tartan bandanna, entered the rear of the Sideline Sports Bar on Stanmore Rd at 8.20am. A staff member was in the bar, but was uninjured, police said. The man made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Detective Constable Brent Menzies yesterday said investigations were continuing.

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: If you made New Year’s resolutions, have you managed to stick to them?

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Today’s online poll question Q: Do you think Ashburton has a litter problem?

Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1506 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 3, 8, 21, 30, 31, 37.

Bonus number: 24.

Powerball winning number: 8.

Strike: 3, 8, 37, 31.

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■ ENVIRONMENT

Local litter causes concern

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Charlotte Verity says she’s not a greenie or even super-environmentally conscious, but she does care about her environment.

She grew up in Ashburton, remembers tubing down the Ashburton River during summer and swimming in local pools.

Ashburton in her youth was a place where the environment was nurtured and appreciated and where people took pride in their streets, she said.

When she returns to visit family, however, Mrs Verity said she increasingly notices the amount of litter that’s scattered about streets and green spaces.

“It’s in the gardens, outside shops, it’s caught in bushes and on fences. I start to count and what seems like a little turns into quite a lot.”

In just five minutes recently Ms Verity collected a supermarket bag full of rubbish – about 30 pieces – from a small area in the Ashburton Domain.

That collection was typical of what could be gathered up in any

part of Ashburton, she said.

“Where does this all go?

Straight into our gutters, straight into our rivers, straight into our gardens and straight into the bellies of some of our wildlife.”

She’s stopped at many spots around Ashburton and on the outskirts of town and the result is always the same, a bag full of rubbish gathered up in a very short space of time.

Most of that rubbish could be recycled.

“I’m so aghast at what we, collectively, are causing in towns such as Ashburton, that I wanted to make a difference, because I care and because I can.”

While there are recycling stations, kerb-side collections for recyclables and landfill sites for rubbish, they only deal with the end result rather than dealing with the problem at source, Mrs Verity said.

“We have to do something about our consumption and that means making good business decisions and good personal decisions around packaging.”

Manufacturers had to be more

mindful of the packaging they used, but consumers could also play a part by opting for products that were less packaged, she said.

“It’s easy to get complacent and think it’s all too hard but we need to think differently to improve the situation, easy to say, why pick it up, it’s not my rubbish.”

The big rubbish might be finding its way to landfill or to recycling depots, but it was the little bits and pieces that people dropped, threw out car windows or left behind after they’d eaten takeaway food that were creating problems, Mrs Verity said.

She’s concerned a culture of indifference has grown up around litter or that people may believe the problem is too big for them to make a difference.

While local authorities and the government can promote sensible disposal and run awareness campaigns, it also came down to individual responsibility and individual care, she said.

“We need to start making some little changes that could make a big difference.”

When it comes to rubbish, it’s the small bits and pieces left lying around that make a difference to how a town looks, says exAshburtonian Charlotte Verity.

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■ RAKAIA SCHOOL

Modern learning embraced

By RuBy HaRfield

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Rakaia School will be embracing a collaborative education approach when their new modern learning environment classroom block opens this year.

The building, which is the equivalent of four classrooms, will house 85 Year 5-8 students and is due to be completed by the beginning of Term 2.

Principal Mark Ellis said the classrooms would enable teachers to work together for the benefit of their students.

The pupils would each have their own home teacher but would be able to learn from the others in workshops, he said.

“We’re excited about the opportunities.”

The school had also brought 20 new Chromebooks for the students to use during class.

The room would open plan but would be able to be closed off into two large areas if necessary.

“It’s a wonderful space.”

Teachers and students had started getting excited and at the end of last year had started discussing how they would work together in the new space.

“The students are starting to talk about how it will work.”

With many new classrooms

A fire that gutted a property in Gore yesterday is being treated as suspicious. Emergency services were called to Charlton Rd about 6.30am after a hedge and a garage were seen ablaze.

The flames later spread to a vacant house.Police said they were investigating the suspicious circumstances of the blaze and were calling on the community to give them any information that could help them.

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Lost camera returned A French woman living in New Zealand has thanked a “perfect stranger” who found her lost camera and reunited her with priceless family photos. Ben Wilson found a camera on the verge of a driveway in Mt Eden, Auckland on Friday. He sent the photos to the Herald to publish in the hopes of finding their owner.

Jessica Fadel was stunned when she saw her photos published. The French national, who has lived here for two years, said the photos were “priceless” as they documented an annual holiday with visiting relatives.

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Lotto winners Rakaia School’s new building project is expected to be completed by the beginning of Term 2.

PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 070116-TM-0081 now being created from kit-set style buildings, Mr Ellis said he was pleased they were able to design and build their own.

The building was approved by the Ministry of Education last year and would consist of two classrooms to account for roll

growth and two to replace old classrooms. The groundwork for the project started in about October last year.

■ WEATHER

Cyclone Ula bringing wet weather Cyclone Ula is on its way, but a 500km to 600km buffer between its powerful spiralling winds and our northernmost tip will spare the country the worst of the storm.

It’s going to be wet, though, with a low chance rainfall could reach warning levels in Northland.

MetService meteorologist Claire Flynn said the tropical cyclone – currently a category

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four sitting between Vanuatu and Fiji – is expected to begin its journey south out of the tropics on Tuesday.

It will be between 500km and 600km north of Cape Reinga by the end of that day, but is expected to weaken and transform into a low pressure system as it moves southwards.

“Due to its distance from the country, the worst of the wind and rain are expected to remain

well north of us. However, tropical moisture associated with this system is likely to spread over northern New Zealand on Tuesday.

“This will bring rain to northern parts of the country, with a low chance that rain accumulations could reach warning criteria in Northland.”

It was not known what path the ex-tropical cyclone would follow beyond Tuesday, Ms

Flynn said. “At this stage, the most likely scenario is that Ula will move south-eastwards, remaining well offshore of New Zealand.

However, due to the uncertainty in the forecast track, MetService meteorologists will continue to monitor the movement of this system and, if necessary, severe weather watches and warnings will be issued.”

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A lucky Timaru shopper won a whopping $7 million in Saturday’s Lotto draw. The winning ticket, which was sold at Timaru Pak’n Save, was made up of $6m from Powerball first division and $1m from Lotto first division. Strike Four was also hit, with a player from Huntly taking home $341,664.

The winning ticket was sold at the Bookshop and Lotto in the Waikato town.

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Stab wound to neck A man in his 20s is now in a stable condition after being stabbed at a West Auckland address on Saturday. Emergency services were called to Motutara Rd in Muriwai about 3.30am. A man had suffered a “deep stab wound” to his neck, police said in a statement. He was taken to Auckland City Hospital in a critical but stable condition.

Detective Carl Fowlie, Henderson CIB, said a 20-year-old man has been taken into custody and was being spoken to in relation to the stabbing. “He will likely appear in the Waitakere District Court on Monday”.

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Entries for the Guardian’s 2016 Summer Photo Competition are open until February 1.

The Guardian will publish some of the entries most days between now and then.

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Thirty people braved the rain to enjoy a fun-filled picnic, organised by the Mount Hutt Elim Church, at the Awa Awa Rata Reserve yesterday.

Organiser Lydia Taylor said everyone had a great time despite

rain continuing throughout the entire event. “Due to the weather we didn’t get many people there but it was still lots of fun.”

People brought their own picnic then participated in a number of activities including an egg and spoon race, a lolly scramble and a three-legged race.

“The kids didn’t mind the rain.”

For the last few years they have held the picnic at private houses but decided to try the Awa Awa Rata Reserve this year because of the large space.

The event was organised as a way to bring families in the community together, she said.

Ashburton resident Bev Crouchley and her giant cabbage.

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No plans for Obama to visit NZ There are no plans in place for Barack Obama to visit New Zealand, the Government says, despite local rumours that he could be lining up a round of golf in Northland.

Duty Minister Michael Woodhouse said “at this stage” there were no current plans for what would be a historic visit.

“The President is always welcome to visit New Zealand, however, there are no plans in place for

that to happen at this stage.”

The President will travel to Japan in May for a Group of 7 summit meeting, with likely extra stops during that trip including Vietnam.

Mr Gilbert said there was no lack of interest – Mr Obama had told him personally he would like to travel to this country, but despite the popular belief that a President’s mandate waned in his final

year, Mr Obama still had “much to get done” in 2016.

If Mr Obama were to come to these shores, it would be the first US presidential visit since Bill Clinton’s trip for Apec in 1999.

Mr Obama has never visited New Zealand during his seven years as President. His second presidential term comes to an end this year so he is running out of time to make an official visit.

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Ashburton resident Bev Crouchley is not a vegetable gardener, preferring instead to tend to flowers, but her first attempt at growing a cabbage turned into a mammoth task.

Mrs Crouchley’s giant cabbage is the biggest she has seen, measuring nearly a metre in diameter, including the leaves.

She had never really done vegetable gardening before but decided to plant one cabbage, a cauliflower and a few other things to see how it went.

“That’s what’s funny that I could grow a big cabbage.”

People keep asking her what she has fed it to make it so big but she has only given it water, Mrs Crouchley said.

The cabbage is so big that she does not know what to do with it and she will need someone else to help her get it out.

She is hoping one of her family members will want to take it off her hands to make a huge batch of coleslaw or sauerkraut.

After such a success with her cabbage, and also growing a large cauliflower, she has decided to give up on vegetable gardening and stick with flowers.

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■ SYRIA

Body found The body of experienced yachtsman Mal Lennon has been found in waters off the NSW mid-north coast after he went missing during recent storms. The body of a man was discovered floating in the water yesterday by a recreational vessel following a four-day search for Mr Lennon, police say. He is yet to be formally identified, but police believe the man is the missing sailor, who was at the helm of the yacht Amante when he was struck by a huge wave that knocked him into the water off Broughton Island. - AAP

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Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem (right) meets with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in Damascus, Syria.

Syria is ready to attend peace talks later this month in Geneva.

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Air strike kills dozens An air strike has reportedly killed dozens of people in a rebel-held town in Syria as a UN envoy visits Damascus to advance preparations for peace talks planned this month. Agreement was also reached for aid to be delivered today to an opposition-held town besieged by pro-government forces where the United Nations says there have been credible reports of people dying of starvation, sources said.

Aid will be sent simultaneously to two villages blockaded by rebels.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 57 people were killed in the air strike, which hit a court house and prison in

the town of Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province.

It identified the jets as Russian, and said the court house was operated by the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.

Russia has been staging air strikes in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad since September. The building was struck with four missiles.

The dead included 23 members of the Nusra Front, three women and at least one child, the Observatory said.

Syrian officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

The war has raged on since last month when the Security Coun-

cil endorsed a plan for peace talks over the conflict that has killed 250,000 people.

The talks are due to begin on January 25 in Geneva.

The Syrian government told UN envoy Staffan de Mistura at the weekend it was ready to participate but wants to know who would take part from the opposition, Syrian state media reported.

Foreign Minister Walid alMoualem also said it was important to see a list of groups that would be classified as terrorists as part of the new diplomatic process.

Damascus views all the groups fighting to topple Assad as terrorists, including rebels who sup-

port a political solution and are represented in a recently formed opposition council tasked with overseeing the negotiations.

Syrian rebels and opposition politicians have expressed doubts over whether the peace talks will begin as planned.

The aid deal agreed on Saturday will result in humanitarian supplies being sent to the opposition-held town of Madaya at the Lebanese border, and to two villages in the northwestern province of Idlib that are blockade by rebels.

Aid agencies have warned of widespread starvation in Madaya, where some 40,000 people are at risk.

- Reuters

■ EGYPT

Attacks deal new blows to Egypt Armed men have shot dead a police officer and a soldier in their car on the outskirts of Cairo a day after suspected militants armed with knives wounded three European tourists in a Red Sea resort.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Cairo attack in a statement posted on messaging service Telegram.

Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou said the government would announce additional security measures to safeguard tourists after Friday’s attack, which wounded two Austrians and a Swede in the resort of Hurghada.

Tourism is critical to the Egyp-

tian economy as a source of hard currency, but has been ravaged by years of political turmoil since the revolution that ousted veteran president Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

“The welfare of the tourists visiting Egypt is of the greatest importance to us and will continue to be so. No stone will be left unturned to ensure their security,” Zaazou said.

“Over the coming days we will announce even greater security measures to safeguard all tourists visiting Egypt.”

Egypt is fighting a wave of Islamist militancy against security forces, which started in the

remote regions of the Sinai but is increasingly spreading to the capital and to Red Sea beach targets that were previously considered safe.

Two armed assailants were involved in the attack at the beachside Bella Vista hotel in Hurghada. Security forces shot and killed at least one of the attackers, officials said.

The Interior Ministry said one of the attackers was a student from the Cairo suburb of Giza.

Security sources said the attackers had arrived by sea and also carried a gun and a suicide belt.

Officials said officers had tight-

ened checks across the area and shut off roads.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the downing of a Russian passenger plane in October, killing all 224 people on board, most of them tourists returning home from the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh, across the water from Hurghada.

The group said on Friday it had carried out an attack on Israeli tourists in Cairo a day earlier, in response to a call by its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, to target Jews “everywhere”.

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A Bolivian spectator was killed at the Dakar Rally when he was hit by a Mitsubishi driven by Frenchman Lionel Baud during the seventh stage from Bolivia to Argentina.

“The organisation’s medical service could only confirm, unfortunately, the death of the person involved (in the accident),” they said in a statement after Saturday’s stage from Uyumi in Bolivia to Salta in northwest Argentina. Reports said the 63-year-old man was hit at the 82km mark of the stage. It was the 64th death in the history of the annual endurance race since 1979.

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Mum, children die A mother and her five children have died in a house fire in the Russian republic of Tartarstan, local officials say. The woman’s husband survived with serious burns. A sixth child, who was visiting relatives, also survived.

Officials said fire crews made it to the wooden house in the town of Stary Kuvak within minutes of receiving the alarm, but it was too late. The town is about 1000 kilometres east of Moscow.

The cause of the blaze remains unknown.

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Sentence confirmed Egypt’s top appeals court has confirmed a three-year sentence passed against former dictator Hosni Mubarak and his two sons in a corruption case. The Court of Cassation’s verdict brings an end to lengthy legal proceedings in the case, in which Mubarak and his sons were convicted of embezzling funds allocated for the renovation of Egypt’s presidential palaces. The three have already completed their sentences, taking into account periods of pre-trial detention on other charges. The court also confirmed a fine of 125 million Egyptian pounds ($A22.94 million) against the defendants.

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Natalie Cole funeral A funeral for Grammy Awardwinning singer Natalie Cole will be held tomorrow in Los Angeles. A spokesperson for the family said the service will be at West Angeles Church of God in Christ, where Cole was once a member. R&B star Chaka Khan is expected to sing at the funeral. Cole will be buried next to her parents, sister and brother at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. She was known for such R&B hits as This Will Be (An Everlasting Love), Inseparable, and Our Love. She died on New Year’s Eve at age 65 of pulmonary arterial hypertension, which led to heart failure.

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■ GERMANY

Protest turns violent Riot police have broken up farright protesters in Cologne as they marched against Germany’s open-door migration policy.

The rally was held after asylum seekers were identified as suspects in assaults on women on New Year’s Eve. The attacks, ranging from sexual molestation to theft, shocked Germany, which took in 1.1 million migrants and refugees in 2015 under asylum laws championed by Chancellor Angela Merkel, despite fervent opposition.

Shortly before the protest began, Merkel hardened her stance towards migrants, promising expulsion for criminals and a reduction in migrant numbers over the longer term to Germany.

Police said around 1700 people attended the rally organised by the far-right anti-Islam PEGIDA movement, which has seized on the alleged involvement of migrants in the Cologne attacks as proof Merkel’s policy is flawed.

Demonstrators, some of whom bore tattoos with far-right symbols such as a skull in a German soldier’s helmet, had chanted “Merkel must go” and “this is the march of the national resistance”.

“Rapefugees not welcome,” one banner read.

PEGIDA, or Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West, almost fizzled out last year when its leader resigned after a photo was published of him posing as Adolf Hitler.

But its ranks have swelled as resentment spread of Merkel’s welcoming stance to refugees.

In all, about 1700 police officers were on the streets of Co-

■ SOMALIA

Right-wing demonstrators took to the streets of Cologne at the weekend in the aftermath of a string of New Year’s Eve sexual assaults and robberies in Cologne blamed largely on foreigners.

PHOTO AP logne, dwarfing the number on duty during the chaotic scenes of New Year’s Eve when at least 120 women were robbed or sexually molested.

About 1300 people attended a rival left-wing protest in Cologne, according to police.

“No means no. Keep away from our bodies,” read one sign held by one of the demonstrators, most of them women.

Merkel’s remarks yesterday

were in stark contrast to her earlier optimism about the influx to Germany, which has taken in far more migrants than any other European country.

Her ‘we can do it’ slogan irritated many Germans, uneasy about the mass arrivals.

“The right to asylum can be lost if someone is convicted, on probation or jailed,” Merkel said after a meeting of the leadership of her Christian Democrats party

that was overshadowed by the attacks in Cologne and other cities.

“Serial offenders who repeatedly rob or repeatedly affront women must feel the full force of the law,” Merkel told journalists in Mainz.

Under German law, asylum seekers are now typically only deported if they have been sentenced to at least three years in prison, and providing their lives are not at risk at home. - Reuters

■ UNITED STATES

Dozens of Muslim woman ejected from rally migrants die Dozens of Ethiopian and Somali migrants have died in the waters off the breakaway Somalia region of Somaliland after their vessel failed mechanically.

Ahmed Abdi Falay, the chairman or governor of Sanag region, said the boat, which started its journey from the port of Bossaso two weeks ago and was heading to an unidentified port in the Arabian Peninsula, was discovered by the Somaliland Coast Guard.

“They climbed into the boat and were shocked to find the dead bodies of 10 people and 72 others who were in different stages of suffering, some of them in serious condition,” he said.

“The Coast Guard brought the 72 survivors and the bodies of the dead people ashore. The wounded are being treated and the dead are being buried.”

Another 96 bodies, from the same vessel, were discovered ashore by locals having been washed in with the tide. - Reuters

A Muslim advocacy group has called on Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump to apologise after a Muslim woman engaged in a silent protest was removed by security personnel and booed by the crowd at his rally in South Carolina on Friday night.

“The image of a Muslim woman being abused and ejected from a political rally sends a chilling message to American Muslims and to all those who value our nation’s traditions of religious diversity and civic participation,” said Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on AmericanIslamic Relations.

Ohio Governor John Kasich, a Republican presidential hopeful, said the crowd’s response at Trump’s rally in Rock Hill was inappropriate.

“We don’t need to be shouting and booing and scaring somebody who decided to

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stand up and have some sort of silent protest,” Kasich said at a poverty summit in South Carolina at the weekend.

“What the heck is that about? We’re not in high school. I mean, this is not some god-darn high school basketball game where we’re booing the other team.”

CNN reported that Rose Hamid, a 56-year-old flight attendant, stood up in the stands directly behind Trump when he suggested that Syrian refugees fleeing violence in their homeland were affiliated with Islamic State militants.

Hamid was wearing a white head scarf and a blue T-shirt emblazoned with the words, “Salam, I come in peace.”

“Donald Trump should issue a public apology to the Muslim woman kicked out of his rally and make a clear statement that American Muslims are welcome as fellow citizens and as participants in the nation’s political process,” Awad said.

The incident was the latest controversy involving Trump regarding Muslims.

Trump last month advocated banning all foreign Muslims from entering the United States “until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.”

In November, he said he saw thousands of Muslims in Jersey City, New Jersey, cheering the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York’s World Trade Center.

Fact-checkers have debunked this assertion.

- Reuters

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■ AUSTRALIA

Choppers sent to WA to help fight fires

Firefighters are working to contain a bushfire, south of Perth, that has killed at least two people and destroyed 128 homes.

Two NSW-based helicopters have left for Western Australia to help battle the fire.

The choppers will join more than 60 firefighters from NSW who have been deployed to help fatigued crews battle a blaze raging since Wednesday.

Firefighters will take advantage of favourable weather conditions to build and consolidate containment lines around the fires south of Perth, the DFES said yesterday morning.

West Australian Police believe the fire has claimed the lives of two men, aged 73 and 77, who have been missing since the fire swept across Yarloop on Thursday night.

Human remains were found in two burnt-out houses in the fireravaged town on Saturday.

No formal identification has been made, but the families of both men have been advised of the developments.

“Further forensic work will need to be undertaken once it is deemed safe to do so, and reports will be prepared for the WA coroner,” a police spokesman said.

Earlier on Saturday, police had said three people were missing from the blaze, which also wiped out at least 10 other structures in Yarloop, including historic buildings.

Malcolm Taylor from Yarloop is one of the men feared dead, a family member said.

The family member, who did not want to be named, said no one had heard from him since the fire destroyed the town, and he had not registered himself with authorities.

When she last spoke with the 73-year-old, who requires a hearing aid, he said he was going to stay at his house.

An emergency warning remains in place for a large part of the region, where more than 70,800 hectares have been burnt since the lightning-sparked fire began on Wednesday.

Four firefighters have been injured battling the blaze.

Thousands of properties remain without power, and some 835 people have registered at evacuation centres.

- AAP

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Today the world starts turning again Sue Newman

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oday, the great Kiwi shut down is officially at an end.

The fortunate who finished their working year pre-Christmas and who will return for the new year when it is already 11 days old, will be donning their corporate garb, possibly struggling to tighten belts over holiday inflated tummies and doing what the rest of us have continued to do, heading back to start the working week.

New Zealand officially closes for almost three weeks every summer. The fortunate pack their bags and head for a spot where little more is required other than to lie back, relax, eat, drink and recharge batteries.

The rest are left in charge of Godzone, attempting to keep the wheels of business ticking over.

And that’s no easy task. Ask anyone who has spent that holiday period in Ashburton. Other than tourists passing through, it’s been almost a ghost town. Some businesses might have made little more than rent money.

The summer shut down is a Kiwi culture that’s been around as long as summer holidays have been around. It’s grown on the back of the six or so week closure of schools and allows families to spend some quality time together doing family stuff.

That’s all good, but what it also does is bottle-neck a year’s worth of busyness for holiday spots into just a few weeks of the year, hiking up prices and putting a huge strain on resources in the most popular spots while the non-holiday spots such as Ashburton are on a diet during that time. It also means that from today, thousands of Kiwi parents will be balancing a return to work with the struggle to find holiday childcare.

You have to wonder if there’s a better way, perhaps breaking with tradition and spreading those long school holidays out over a full year. Have a three week Christmas– New Year break from the start of the Christmas week, return to school midJanuary and tack the remaining three weeks of holiday time on to the autumn, winter and spring term breaks.

Four three-week breaks would also show the rest of the world that New Zealand is open 24/7, 365 days of the year.

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■ Smear with pesto and top with a layer of basil leaves.

■ Roll up and place in a lightly greased baking dish that holds the chicken snugly, about 18cm x 24cm.

■ Combine the breadcrumbs, parmesan and pine nuts and scatter over the thighs.

■ Bake for 1 hour until cooked through.

■ Serve with mashed potatoes or polenta and steamed vegetables.

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■ UNITED STATES

Hawaii a great spot for kids

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awaii is a dream destination for many: white sandy beaches and clear blue waters, palms swaying in a gentle breeze and year-round temperatures of 28 degrees.

The islands are above all seen as a place for the physically active vacationer - hiking, mountain climbing, scuba diving and surfing draw people to them from around the globe.

But what about families? Is Hawaii a destination for visiting with children? It’s not exactly a cheap holiday. Rooms for below $150 a night are virtually nonexistent, and travellers must realistically think more along the lines of 300 dollars a night. For families, the answer is to rent a vacation apartment.

But the satisfactions are evident: tasty cuisine, fascinating nature, different climate zones, a rich history and beaches like something straight from a travel brochure.

Waikiki beach is always filled with people but never overcrowded.

Narrow lanes among the sunbathers are there for surfers making their way to and from

Chris Melzer posed the question: ‘is Hawaii a great spot for kids’ on a recent visit and after a great time, the answer was a resounding yes. the ocean and surfing schools are plenty for those who want to learn the sport.

This includes children, who must wear swim vests and be at least 10 years old.

Away from the beach, the biggest single tourism attraction is Pearl Harbour.

On December 7, 1941 a Japanese air attack not only destroyed the US Navy fleet there but also dragged the United States into World War Two. Visitors to the site first watch a documentary film, one that gives a fair picture of the attackers. But the film is not suited for small children. After, boats take visitors to the spot where the battleship USS Arizona lies on the seabed, just below the surface.

One of Honolulu’s favourite attractions for families is the aquarium.

Children can run through the glass-walled passageways and then might suddenly be stopped in their tracks by the sight of a

huge squid facing them from the other side of the glass.

Hawaii itself, the main landmass, is locally called Big Island.

From the air, it looks as if it has been freshly-ploughed. However, the black furrows are not dark soil but lava formations.

The chain of islands was created by volcanic activity.

The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is, logically, one of the most important tourist attractions. The park was established exactly 100 years ago, its geological sites being millions of years old.

One rarely sees any eruptions of lava but there are gigantic craters, frozen lava formations and caves and fields where thermal steam is rising up, evidence Hawaii is still very much volcanically active.

Children love running among the lava caverns, and, in the process, learning a bit about geology.

Big Island offers nearly every type of climate zone of the planet.

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There is even snow atop Mauna Kea, the tallest peak at 4205 metres above sea level.

The eastern region of the island is Kona, a name that is music to the ears of coffee drinkers. Kona coffee is regarded as one of the best – and most expensive – in the world.

There are about 800 coffee plantations in the region and they are a perfect destination for families travelling with children.

“Coffee is part of our culture and we want to show children how it is produced and how people here once lived,” says Ku’ulani Auld of the Kona Historical Society.

“Our small plantation continues to grow coffee. We also keep animals here. Above all, each child can see how our greatgrandparents lived without electricity and running water.”

Children can also bake bread and learn why the legs of the cupboards are standing inside tin cans filled with oil. The answer: a

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simple method to protect against cockroaches. Seeing only one of the group would be a shame.

Planes, both large and small, regularly fly from island to island.

Maui is for many the epitome of the dream island. In fact, it does offer the longest beaches in all of Hawaii as well as the most rainfall by far.

Large portions of Maui are covered by rainforest.

Baldwin Beach is so beautiful as to make you think it is unreal, boasting wide, white sands, and it is never overcrowded.

The surf is powerful, and even bigger children should never go beyond the marked-off zones where life guards are on duty.

But even these are never overcrowded.

Although every week dozens of cruise ships drop anchor, and every day tens of thousands of people arrive by aeroplane, one still finds white sandy beaches and turquoise-coloured waters in the group where hardly any people are to be seen.

This is one secret of why Hawaii is a dream destination including for families.

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■ FOOTBALL

Rooney saves Man U

By Martyn HerMan

However, they had their wings clipped when debt-ridden second tier strugglers Bolton levelled three minutes from time.

Holders Arsenal, bidding to become the trophy’s first threetime in succession winners since Blackburn Rovers in the 19th century, came from a goal down to beat Sunderland 3-1.

Manchester City and Everton advanced, Manuel Pellegrini’s men winning 3-0 at Norwich City in one of four all top-flight clashes while Roberto Martinez’s team ended the hopes of fourth-tier Dagenham and Redbridge with a 2-0 victory at Goodison Park.

Wycombe Wanderers will be in the hat for the fourth round, along with fourth-tier rivals Exeter City, after a 1-1 draw at home to bottom Premier League side Aston Villa who have now gone 16 matches without a win.

Exeter held Liverpool to a 2-2 draw on Saturday.

Watford beat Premier League rivals Newcastle United 1-0,

Crystal Palace overcame Southampton 2-1 and West Ham United edged past second tier Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 at Upton Park.

Manchester United enjoyed 71 per cent of the ball against Sheffield but managed only two shots on target as they ran out of ideas against hard-working opposition.

Rooney finally broke the deadlock, clinically converting his spot kick after Memphis Depay tumbled theatrically in the area.

Staff at Eastleigh, who play in the fifth-tier National League, worked overtime to make their boggy pitch playable.

Their efforts looked like being rewarded as the hosts took the lead after 51 minutes when Dervite nudged a low cross into his own goal.

With Eastleigh fans counting down the remaining minutes, Bolton’s Darren Pratley levelled to deny the minor leaguers a place in the fourth round for the first time in their 70-year history.

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Hudson lashes out All Whites coach Anthony Hudson has launched a venomous tirade on the state of football in New Zealand calling the young players ‘delusional’, the culture ‘laid back’ and described the game as ‘moving backward’. Hudson is 18 months through a four year contract which takes him through until the end of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and the 34-year-old Englishman said he wouldn’t be doing his job properly if he didn’t highlight the deficiencies in the national game.

Hudson lambasted the lack of professionalism in the domestic game and the absence of regular international fixtures.

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Flying start for Zidane

Wayne Rooney celebrates his goal.

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Zinedine Zidane is off to a flying start as Real Madrid coach with Gareth Bale hitting a hat-trick in a 5-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna, while a Lionel Messi treble has fired Barcelona to the top of La Liga.

Zidane, a former Real and France midfielder who took over from the sacked Rafa Benitez last week, was given a hero’s welcome at the Bernabeu and the team responded with a dominant performance, with Karim Benzema scoring twice against ninth-placed Deportivo. A sparkling Messi had earlier inspired Barca to a 4-0 success at home to struggling Granada that lifted them into top spot.

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It wasn’t a day for FA Cup romantics with Manchester United scrambling past Sheffield United and minor league Eastleigh coming within a whisker of the third round’s only genuine shock.

Old Trafford fans endured more than 90 minutes of insipid stalemate before Wayne Rooney’s stoppage-time penalty gave 11-times winners Manchester United a 1-0 victory against a third-tier side 48 places below them in England’s football pyramid.

None of the 25 matches played yesterday will enter the folklore of the historic competition but tiny Eastleigh did their best against four-time champions Bolton Wanderers.

On a gluepot of a pitch at their 5000-capacity Ten Acres ground, the part-timers who are nicknamed the Spitfires after the World War II plane that first flew from the local airfield, led through Dorian Dervite’s own goal.

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Ferns set to cash in

Ryan Ashworth makes way for Murray Holmes at the Methven Domain on Saturday.

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■ CRICKET

Methven Sixes a big hit

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

The Methven Cricket Club Sixes Tournament proved a resounding success yesterday with eight teams battling it out at the Methven Domain.

The final saw Walker Team fall to a 12-run loss to Young Guns.

Young Guns posted 71 for 2 from their five, eight-ball overs, while Walker Team could only muster 59 for four in their innings.

Methven Cricket Club committee member Nick Clifford was pleased with the high level of cricket on show, and the amount of local support for the fundraiser.

“It was really good, we had eight teams fundraising for the

club and sold loads of raffle tickets,” he said.

“The youngest team in the competition won, which is great for the future of Methven cricket – they were all under 21, it was a great success.”

Cantabs dominate at top of the table

Canterbury’s Peter Fulton.

Canterbury have continued their unbeaten start to the one-day campaign with a comprehensive six wicket win over Auckland on Saturday.

A restrictive bowling display on the small confines of Eden Park Outer Oval was the key to a victory which sees Canterbury shoot seven points clear at the top of the Ford Trophy table.

Auckland made 243-7 after being sent into bat, with wicketkeeper Brad Cachopa being the mainstay throughout the innings, coming in at first drop to make a vital 107.

However, with wickets falling around him regularly, Cachopa's usually sedate strike rate was stretched to even more pedestrian levels, his innings taking 146 balls as the captain played the anchor role to try and see Auckland

through to a defendable target.

Michael Guptill-Bunce (43 from 37) and Donovan Grobbelaar (an unbeaten 45 from 38 balls) were the only other Auckland batsmen to score more than 20, as the Cantabrian bowlers controlled the contest.

Todd Astle took three wickets for 44 runs for the visitors in an influential spell, while Andy Ellis (1-43 from nine overs) and Kyle Jamieson (1-33 from nine overs) kept Auckland's scoring rate in check with economical offerings.

Canterbury decided to take an attacking approach in their response, with openers Tom Latham and Ronnie Hira playing aggressively to begin the chase.

Hira made his 31 from only 33 balls to kick-start the in-

nings, while Latham struck a 50-ball 42 before being trapped in front by Tarun Nethula.

Although Grobbelaar slowed the flow of runs by going for just 15 from his opening spell of five overs, recent Black Caps debutant Henry Nicholls proved potent, marking his return back to domestic cricket with a valuable 56.

Nicholls was the third wicket to fall with 63 further runs needed, and Peter Fulton took control from there, blasting four sixes in a 55-ball 65 as Canterbury eventually cruised to victory with 12 overs remaining.

Canterbury have now won four of their five games, with the other being rained out, while Auckland picked up their second loss of the campaign.

New Zealand’s top women cricketers are on the cusp of a financial revolution which could see them become fulltime professionals.

Australia’s best could be on contract and sponsorship deals which push their cricket incomes beyond $100,000 by the start of next summer, after the Sydney Morning Herald revealed negotiations between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association last month.

New Zealand have seven players - Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Amy Satterthwaite, Sara McGlashan, Rachel Priest, Hayley Jensen and Morna Nielsen - contracted to the women’s Big Bash League.

Contracts are understood to be worth between A$3000 ($3200) and A$10,000 ($10,650).

Australia’s centrally-contracted women’s players are paid retainers between A$50,134 ($53,365) and A$78,034 ($83,064) out of a A$2.26 million ($2.4 million) pool.

Their remuneration looks set for a boost if Australia’s Channel 10 television viewing figures keep exceeding expectations.

An average of 372,000 viewers watched the Melbourne derby between the women’s Renegades and Stars last week, peaking at 439,000.

The coverage prompted network executives to add the semifinals and two of the last three games to their viewing schedule.

It’s another coup in a week of cricketing enlightenment, after Chris Gayle’s chastisement for using a pick-up line on Australian television reporter Mel McLaughlin during a live interview, an act he later claimed was a “joke”.

Top players also face a work opportunity in England this year with the launch of the Super League, a competition comprising six franchises without any county affiliation.

Add 10 New Zealand Cricket women’s contracts worth $10,000 plus match fees - and a significant income stream takes shape.

New Zealand coach and former captain Haidee Tiffen welcomes the initiatives, which she says will develop better cricketers, particularly with three one-day internationals and three Twenty20s planned against Australia next month.

“It’s great they’re being recognised as athletes and remunerated for the value they’re bringing to Cricket Australia and women’s sport in general.

It’s an exciting time to be involved in women’s cricket.

“The TV ratings show there’s a need to be inspired by sportswomen expressing themselves.”

Tiffen concurred with former Black Caps captain Daniel Vettori’s idea to push for the recruitment of a New Zealand franchise into the Big Bash.

“I’m encouraging our players to make the most of the experience and bring that expertise home,” she said.

“Our top players will be playing more cricket than they ever have in a summer.”

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In brief Gayle quiet with the bat After a week of headlines, Chris Gayle failed to fire in his first innings since his infamous Big Bash League sideline interview with Channel Ten’s Mel McLaughlin.

The West Indian hit 21 runs from 21 balls in Saturday night’s eightwicket loss to Melbourne Stars that has his side’s BBL05 campaign on the ropes. Gayle was fined $10,000

by Renegades and was widely condemned for the comments he made to McLaughlin during Monday night’s BBL clash against Hobart Hurricanes.

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Paris eyes dream debut

Lauriston’s Bevan Richen posted 41 against Methven during his side’s 41-run win on Saturday.

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■ CRICKET

Sinclair in sevens heaven

By James Ford

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Tech remain at the top of the Pritchard Shield ladder following a ruthless bowling display from Hayden Sinclair to secure a convincing seven-wicket victory over Coldstream on Saturday.

After winning the toss and electing to field, Sinclair produced a one-man demolition job of a hapless Coldstream, taking seven wickets for seven runs off 3.4 overs, including a hat-trick, to leave the visitors all out for a

paltry 72 in the 29th over.

The shield holders made light work of their reply, chasing down Coldstream’s total in 11.1 overs with Matt Winter (38 not out) top-scoring.

In the round’s opposite fixture, Methven fell to a 41-run loss to Lauriston on Methven Domain’s artificial surface.

Lauriston, who currently sit in second place on the points table, won the toss and chose to bat, posting 192 for 7 from the allotted 45 overs.

Ryan Cockburn (51) and Bevan Richen (41) were both in fine form with the bat, while Scott Morgan (28) also had a decent knock.

In reply, Methven were all out for 151 in the 35th over with Ben Payne (35) offering the most resistance followed by Elliot Nicholson (31), while captain Jeremy Duckmanton (3 for 25 off 6) and Matt Pawsey (4 for 30 off 5.3) were the best of the Lauriston bowlers.

The wins for Tech and Lauris-

ton keep the two sides in first and second place respectively on the points table, but third placed Allenton will hope to close the gap when they return to the fray following a round eight bye.

The penultimate weekend of round robin fixtures this Saturday is set to offer up some exciting clashes, with Tech travelling to Lauriston for a top-of-thetable battle, while Methven entertain Allenton and Coldstream will have the week off.

■ GOLF

Spieth produces majestic form in Hawaii

Joel Paris was unsure if he would play any cricket this summer but the left-arm paceman is now eyeing a dream one-day debut for Australia on his home WACA Ground.

The West Australian quick has long been earmarked as an international prospect but injury has continually set him back.

He found some terrific form with 14 wickets in two Sheffield Shield games followed by solid performances in the Big Bash League for the Perth Scorchers.

That earned him a spot in Australia’s one-day squad for the series starting against India on Tuesday and he could think of nothing better than an international debut on his home deck.

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India up for challenge India have arrived on Australian soil determined to upset the world champions while fine-turning their preparations ahead of hosting the Twenty20 World Cup. Explosive opener Shikhar Dhawan hit a lively 74 in India’s tour-opening win over a West Australian XI at the WACA Ground on Friday, before outlining his team’s plans to knock Steve Smith’s outfit from their perch at the top of one-day cricket. The two nations will play five ODIs and three Twenty20s.

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Southee in doubt Tim Southee’s role in the highlyanticipated Australian test series is in doubt, with the pace bowler’s left foot now in a moonboot. A CT scan last week showed bruising on Southee’s foot after he completed six overs in the third one-day international against Sri Lanka in Nelson. It was his first assignment since the test series, having sat out the first two ODIs. New Zealand batting coach Craig McMillan confirmed to Newstalk ZB the injury might be more serious than first thought.

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Security under fire By doug Ferguson Jordan Spieth has capped an 8-under round of 65 with a 10foot eagle to take a five-shot lead into the final round of the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii.

Three strokes adrift of secondplaced American Brooks Koepka, defending champion Patrick Reed is the only other player within eight shots of the world No 1.

The hardy Kona wind didn’t slow anyone down who was playing well.

Spieth started the day with a four-shot lead and ran off four straight birdies.

Koepka, in only his second tournament in nearly three months, had six straight birdies on the front nine.

That streak ended when he made par on the downwind, par5 ninth hole. And with a par on the closing hole, he still had a career-best 63.

At one point, Koepka pulled within one shot of the lead.

Spieth had talked the previous day about learning to be patient because he would have more holes to play from the final group.

Along with taking care of the holes where birdies are likely, he picked up a bonus with a 50-foot birdie putt up the slope and with

the grain on the 12th hole.

And then, his short game took over.

From just short of the 14th green, he chipped into the grain to 2 feet for birdie.

His second shot into the par-5 15th went just long, leaving him in a tough spot with a back pin.

It looked as if the best play was a chip that bounced onto the green and rode the grain and slope.

Instead, Spieth opened a lob wedge and threw it up in the air with a flop shot that settled three feet away.

He saved par on the 16th with another tough chip and closed

out his round with a second shot that had the gallery thinking it might go in.

The way this week has been going, who could blame them?

Spieth was at 24-under 195, one shot shy of the 54-hole record at Kapalua that Ernie Els set in 2003 on his way to an eightshot victory. Els is the only player in PGA Tour history to finish a 72hole event at 30 under or better (he was 31 under).

Brandt Snedeker (65) and Fabian Gomez (70) were nine shots back.

New Zealand’s Danny Lee shot 71 to be a further two shots back.

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Eden Park security are facing accusations of heavy-handedness after throwing Sri Lankan fans out of today’s Twenty20 clash apparently for playing a drum.

The fans were ejected from the stadium early in the first innings of the Twenty20 clash between the tourists and the Black Caps after having their drum confiscated.

Unhappy with their treatment from the security guards, believed to be from Red Badge security, the fans were later seen talking to police at the ground. Several punters in the crowd have taken to social media to express their dismay at the security personnel’s handling of the incident.

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■ CYCLING

Christie grabs road race title

Des Kruger made it to 100 in the 28th over at the Ashburton Oval yesterday.

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■ CRICKET

Kruger blasts rapid-fire century in one-dayer Canterbury cricket’s Senior Performance Squad posted a matchwinning 315 for seven from their

50 overs at the Ashburton Domain Oval yesterday.

In reply, Mid Canterbury’s Des

Kruger smashed 117 in a fine display with the bat, but his team still finished about 20 runs short.

Pick up tomorrow’s edition of the Guardian for a full match report.

Black Caps in record form Martin Guptill hit the fastest T20 half century by a New Zealander, then Colin Munro overtook him on an afternoon of power hitting as the hosts romped to a ninewicket win and 2-0 series victory over Sri Lanka at Eden Park yesterday.

Guptill reached his 50 by slamming Thisara Perera into the joyous crowd at long on off his 19th delivery, as New Zealand ran down Sri Lanka’s inadequate 142 for eight, having been sent in.

He also holds the New Zealand ODI record for fastest 50, at Christchurch on December 28 against the same opposition.

Not to be outdone, Munro then followed up by belting seven sixes in 14 balls to overtake Guptill by five deliveries.

Munro’s final six took him to 50 and nailed the win, which dislodges Sri Lanka from top of the world lT20 team rankings.

Only India’s Yuvraj Singh with his 12-ball effort against England at Durban in 2007, stands ahead of Munro.

Sri Lanka needed early wickets to have much chance of defending their total, but Guptill and Kane Williamson buried that hope.

They had 58 up in the first four overs and Guptill had hit five sixes before touching a catch behind off Perera for a 25-ball 63.

There was no respite as Munro continued his pitch for the No 3

Martin Guptill broke a record, then watched that record get broken yesterday.

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job at the world T20 in India in March, slapped his second ball deep in the long on crowd.

He followed that with three more sixes inside his first seven deliveries in a hectic assault.

Munro, on his home ground, simply carried on in a tremendous display of hitting.

Williamson finished unbeaten on 32 off 21 balls.

Sri Lanka’s bowlers had no answer and head home licking their wounds from a tour in which they lost the test series 2-0, and the ODIs 3-1.

Angelo Mathews saved his best innings till last to pull Sri Lanka to 142 for eight earlier, having been sent in.

It hasn’t been a particularly productive tour for the classy

batsman but Mathews struck a fine unbeaten 81 off just 49 balls, the highest of his three T20 half centuries.

New Zealand generally bowled tidily but too many Sri Lankans played airport shots - mentally appearing to having packed their bags for home.

They also lost wickets in clumps two in seven balls, three others in the space of 13 deliveries.

Experienced opener Tillakaratne Dilshan looked likely getting to 28, although over-reliant on his patented Dil-scoop shot on one knee. He tried once too often and reverse swept a catch to short third man off medium pacer Grant Elliott.

Sethan Jayasuriya took 10 balls

over three while Milinda Sirawardana, one of the finds of the tour, as caught at long on off his first ball.

Captain Dinesh Chandimal played his second dopey shot in two T20 innings, slogging at spinner Mitchell Santner and edging a catch to short third man for 2.

Kithuruwan Vithanage, unsighted since the second test at Hamilton just before Christmas, gave long off a catch off his third ball.

Only Mathews stood tall, getting to his third T20 half century with a clever upper cut over short third man.

It took him 31 balls and without his input Sri Lanka would have been in a sorry state.

The pick of the New Zealand bowlers was unheralded Grant Elliott.

The hero of the World Cup finished with four for 22, his best T20 figures, off his four overs of seemingly innocuous little seamers but was the chief beneficiary of some slack batting.

Five New Zealand overs conceded double figures, one each from speedster Adam Milne, left armer Mitch McClenaghan, who did a good job, and spinner Mitchell Santner, while 31 came from Trent Boult’s last two overs, as Mathews cottoned on to the short straight boundary and cleared the infield ring. - NZME

Ashburton’s Jason Christie has upstaged the World Tour riders to win the national men’s road race in Napier.

He has soloed to victory on Marine Parade, finishing 16 seconds clear of One Pro Cycling rider Dion Smith, with 40-year-old Robin Reid completing the podium.

Christie, 25, will now wear the New Zealand champion’s jersey in all road races he lines up in with his Kenyan Riders Downunder team in 2016, starting with the New Zealand Cycle Classic later this month.

“It’s going to be pretty special.

“I get to wear it at the Sun Tour and Cadel’s race.

“It’s overwhelming to be honest,” Christie said.

It also means the national title is returning to Mid Canterbury, with Christie following in the footsteps of his childhood hero Hayden Roulston, a four-time champion.

“He was inspirational when I was younger,” Christie said.

“He coached me from a young age, from when I first started pretty much through to junior worlds and he was a lot of help.”

Jason Christie, Smith and Reid were part of a six-man group which animated the 180 kilometre race and pulled clear on the Napier city circuit.

Christie made the pivotal move on the penultimate climb up Spencer Road, pulling clear of his breakaway partners and quickly building a lead of more than 30 seconds.

“I threw caution to the wind and just raced my bike,” he said.

“Everyone just follows and sits and no one actually just races.

“So I just went out there and tried to win and if I risk losing, I don’t care, at least I tried to win.”

As Christie made his move World Tour rider George Bennett, of Lotto NL Jumbo, had a mechanical and lost contact with the chasing four of Smith, Reid, James Oram and Hamish Schreurs.

Sam Bewley and Greg Henderson, riding in his final nationals, were amongst the majority of riders which failed to finish.

Hamish Schreurs claimed the national under-23 title ahead of time trial champion Hayden McCormick and Liam Aitcheson.

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In brief Derby in his sights Mackintosh added further winning momentum at Ellerslie on Saturday for a return to headquarters for his autumn grand final. He accounted for a handy field of three-year-olds in the Brinks 1500 for his second victory in just three appearances.

Mackintosh was given a sweet trip in the trail by Samantha Collett and they were out at the right time to take control over the last 200.- NZME

Fully Funded fights on Tenacious gelding Fully Funded displayed all his fighting qualities when he lifted himself off the canvas to snatch a knockout victory in his open class debut at Ellerslie on Saturday. Successful at the same venue on Boxing Day in rating 75 company, Fully Funded looked to have met his match in the 1200m contest as the field of five runners squared off inside the final 200 metres of the event. Having set a leisurely pace in front Fully Funded was headed firstly by race favourite Irish Moon and then by Cartell as they got within the shadows of the winning post. To the surprise of many, including rider Mark Du Plessis, the four-year-old refused to be beaten as he fought back to snatch victory in a blanket finish by a bare nose from Cartell. - NZME

Duffers Creek, with Krishna Mudhoo aboard, is well clear of Electronic Motion and Capo in the Kumara Nuggets on Saturday.

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Every post a winner for Mudhoo Krishna Mudhoo is the latest young rider to benefit from Kevin Myers’ continued willingness to support apprentices.

He won the Reefton Cup last Wednesday aboard Overtheriver for the Wanganui trainer and on Saturday he completed a feature race double in the Vernon & Vazey Truck Parts Kumara Gold Nuggets on the stablemate Duffers Creek.

“It was a good ride by Krishna and the race was made for the horse with him able to claim three kilos,” Myers’ stable representative Ken Harrison said.

In the following event, Mudhoo completed a winning double on the West Coast course when he continued his successful association with Overtheriver in the NZ Panels Group Sprint.

Born in Mauritius, the 22-year-

old spent some time at the South African apprentice academy before he came to New Zealand to link up with Karen and John Parsons’ yard on the encouragement of fellow stable apprentice Goson Jogoo.

He took Duffers Creek, who was third in the race last year, to the front and they kicked on far too well for Electronic Motion and Capo.

Back to winning ways Quality racemare Saavoya returned to the winner’s circle for the first time since her three-year-old days when she took out the Pukekohe Veterinary Centre sponsored R85 1400m contest at Ellerslie on Saturday. It was the now four-year-old mare’s third appearance after a lengthy break following a threeyear-old campaign that saw her post a Group Two double with victories in both the Eight Carat Classic and Royal Stakes at Ellerslie. - NZME

Youth was to the fore in the supporting events at Kumara with apprentice Danielle Hirini posting a hat-trick of winners aboard the Mike Breslin-trained trio of Tarihira, Special Bid and Wafer.

Her deeds completed a memorable four days for the 22-yearold, who rode her first winner at Reefton last Wednesday aboard Transome, also for Breslin.

Classic suspension Melbourne jockey Damian Lane has been suspended for 10 days for causing interference in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Lane, who rode Highland Beat, pleaded guilty to causing interference to several runners at the first turn in the $2 million race. Jockey Ryan Wiggins was a two-time loser after being fined $1000 for a victory wave in the Magic Millions Trophy. Wiggins thought he had won on Feltre who was beaten a nose into second place.

- AAP

Ringo caps red letter day for Breslin A tilt at the Gr. 1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile is next on the list for impressive Awapuni winner Ringo as he capped a superb day at the office for local trainer Mike Breslin.

Breslin was at the Kumara meeting on Saturday where he

emerged with three winners from his four runners, all ridden by stable apprentice Danielle Hirini, however he was tuned into the on-course television monitors to watch his stable star storm to a comfortable win on his home turf.

“It was great to see him back to winning form and to really stretch out like we know he can,” he commented.

“He’s been going really well of late.

“He went a super race in the Couplands Mile to finish second

and then had no luck in the Captain Cook Stakes.”

“He got caught back on the fence at Trentham and never really got going so we gave him a few days off when he got home where he freshened up nicely.”

- NZME

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Stephens outlasts Goerges For a long time, it felt like Sloane Stephens was never going to claim a WTA title.

The American, who won the ASB Classic on Saturday with an emphatic 7-5 6-2 win over Julie Goerges, was seen as a player who couldn’t take the final step.

She was well established on the circuit, had reached as high as No 11 in the world rankings but tended to get the wobbles in the latter stages of a tournament.

By August last year, she had played 84 tournaments without a trophy, the worst record of any player in the top 30.

“At one point it was really bothering me,” said Stephens.

“People think I should win and I’m not winning. I didn’t know what was wrong am I doing something wrong? - but after a while I was thinking, ‘it’s going to happen eventually’.

“I put it out of my head ... and then I won a tournament.”

That was in her first decider, in Washington last year.

Saturday was her second final and the victory, ticked off in just over 75 minutes, was an impressive display considering the events of the previous 48 hours.

Stephens had faced an uncertain wait on Friday for her semi-final due to rain, then had to leave the court late that night holding a 5-2 lead in the first set and all the momentum against Caroline Wozniacki, a player she had never beaten in five previous attempts.

“Back on court this morning, she completed the job against the Dane (6-2 7-6 [3]) then had to prepare for a final a few hours later.

“It was a lot of drama,” said Stephens.

“You can never prepare for playing half a set, then a set, then rain, then another match, so it was something to just go with and do your best.”

And Stephens stayed relaxed, even hav-

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ing a siesta between the two matches.

“I beat Caro, had a light lunch then had a little nap,” said Stephens.

“Then I woke up, warmed up again and then played the final.”

Saturday’s match wasn’t a classic - nothing like the finals of the last two years - but was still a decent match.

World No 50 Goerges was the definite underdog but added plenty to the contest.

The German, playing in her first final in more than three years, found her range early and delighted the capacity crowd with some precise shots.

In a tight first set, games went with serve until the 11th, when Stephens converted her fourth break point opportunity.

She held easily in the next game to take the set, then seemed to break Goerges’ resolve with a slashing forehand winner to register another break early in the next set.

Stephens should have been the player feeling fatigue, given her schedule, but at that point the energy seemed to drain away from Goerges.

She won just one of the next five games as Stephens upped the tempo, to become the fourth American champion here since 2001.

“It feels amazing,” said Stephens.

“I’ve played some really tough players, and to play this morning and come back to play the final is something I’ve never done before, so I was really pleased with the way I was able to pull myself together.”

And in keeping with her relaxed style across the tournament, Stephens was planning a low-key celebration.

“I’m going to Ravi’s [restaurant].

“We have been there six nights in a row,” laughed Stephens.

“I’m getting three butter naan and two mango lassis. I’m so excited.”

- NZME

Djokovic crushes Nadal in Qatar Open final Novak Djokovic has for the first time moved ahead in his long-running rivalry with Rafael Nadal, after thrashing the Spaniard to win the Qatar Open in Doha.

The Serb, appearing in his 16th consecutive final, won 6-1 6-2 yesterday in little more than an hour and now has 24 career

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victories over Nadal, compared to 23 for the former world No.1.

World No.1 Djokovic dominated 2015, winning three of the year’s four grand slams, and already looks in the groove in the build-up to this month’s Australian Open.

He and Nadal boast the most prolific rivalry, in terms of meetings, in the professional era of men’s tennis but the latest only emphasised how dominant Djokovic has become.

The Serb has now won nine of his last 10 clashes with Nadal.

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Ahead of his highly-anticipated ASB Classic debut this week, tales of Melbourne, 2008, resurfaced.

It was the final of the Australian Open, when the unseeded Tsonga after a memorable run through the draw - was facing the world No 3 Novak Djokovic.

After Tsonga won the first set 6-4, it felt like the whole of Rod Laver Arena was backing the Frenchman.

Every single person.

During a break in play, members of the Djokovic camp - including his father - apparently left the arena looking for some Serbians to provide some vocal support for their man.

Djokovic went on to win the

match but Tsonga was the last three years. the ultimate crowd pleasHe’s finally here. er.

Tsonga enjoyed a trip Eight years later he reto Waiheke and a spot mains one of the most of fishing - one of his popular players on the favourite hobbies - betour, probably only outfore hitting the practice side the ‘big four’ in courts. terms of global appeal Although he has been and popularity. promoted as the marHe’s extremely char- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga quee name, the late inismatic on court - a true clusion of world No 7 Daentertainer - and feeds off the en- vid Ferrer boosted an already strong ergy of the crowd, often urging fans field, with four players inside the to get behind him after a big point. top 12 and the eighth seed ranked That was the appeal for ASB Clas- at 25. sic organisers.

“It’s going to be a really good Tsonga sells tickets, captures the preparation for me to be on court imagination and can turns heads, with guys that are able to compete even beyond tennis purists. so hard,” said Tsonga.

“I’m here to play some really good That’s what led tournament di- NZME rector Karl Budge to chase him for tennis.”

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TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Go ahead and get into that odd mix of people who are trying to accomplish something. Do you belong? It’s a non-issue. You can assimilate like butter on a hotcake.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Some days you can tell yourself what to do, and then do it. So simple. Why isn’t it working like that today? Because the id in you doesn’t trust that the ego in you is going to let it get what it needs.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Misunderstood? It won’t matter to you in the least. What counts is the pure expression of your creative soul. If you can’t decode your own whimsy, don’t expect anyone else to!

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You don’t mind that so many people depend on you (and for so many things), as long as you feel confident that you will be able to deliver. If not, you can always delegate!

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Today’s best luck will come in the form it loves best: an accident. That doesn’t mean you can’t recreate the scenario later by following the same serendipitous steps.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Just because you ask for help doesn’t mean you have to take what’s on offer. If the guidance doesn’t feel right, don’t feel obligated to take it. Sometimes you’re too nice for your own good!

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): If you’re worried that when you meet up in person you’re not going to look like your picture (or match up to your resume, or live up to the hype around you) then just relax.

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Rise 9:24 am Set 11:02 pm

Last quarter

1 Feb

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

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-1 6 18 25 13 9 -6 24 -4 20 16 8 4 -4 5

River Levels

4:30 pm

17 15 16 15 15 12 12 11 9 9 9 11 8

cumecs

1.08 nc

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:10 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:40 pm, yesterday 249.1 Nth Ashburton at 2:10 pm, yesterday

3.08 nc

Sth Ashburton at 2:15 pm, yesterday

6.54

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:05 pm, yesterday

104.7

Waitaki Kurow at 12:40 pm, yesterday

312.6

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

Wednesday

5:26 11:38 5:43 11:56 6:11 12:25 6:30 12:46 6:59 1:14 7:21 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 6:03 am Set 9:17 pm

3 10 28 30 16 13 0 33 -1 30 22 20 11 4 10

24 22 21 24 21 21 22 18 19 22 25 19 18

Palmerston North fine Nelson

1

Good

Hamilton

fine

2

0

fine

Wellington

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing Monday

Auckland

Forecasts for today

34 6 31 4 31 31 22 27 36 32 33 22 24 5 5

overnight max low

Fine spells with isolated afternoon showers about the divide, some heavy.

Wind at 1000m: NW rising to 40 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: NW rising to 50 km/h.

Showers turning to rain for a time with some heavy falls about the divide. Snow to 1200 metres. Gale NW changing SW.

Fine with high cloud. Northerlies strengthening.

fine rain rain cloudy fine showers fine fine fine showers thunder fine fine fine cloudy

FZL: Above 3000m

Fine, apart from areas of morning cloud.

Wind at 1000m: NW 30 km/h developing in the afternoon. Wind at 2000m: SW 30 km/h turning NW in the afternoon.

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Morning cloud, then fine. Southerlies dying out early morning. Northeasterlies developing in the afternoon.

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A low moving southeastwards should pass to the north of the country late tomorrow, while a trough preceded by northwesterlies moves onto the south of the South Island. The trough crosses much of the country on Wednesday, followed by a change to southwesterlies and a weak ridge of high pressure.

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WEDNESDAY: Brief rain then showers with a southerly change.

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TOMORROW: Mainly fine.

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CLOUGHLEY, Neil – 15.4.41 - 11.1.15 “One year has gone already when you left us, What a hard year it has been.

Loving friend, husband of Christine, wonderful father of Lloyd, Ceinwyn and partners Delwyn, Jason and best pops of his 5 grandchildren.

Till we are together again.”

Always loving Christine.

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LINCOLN

ASHBURTON

TODAY: Morning cloud, then fine.

Northeasterlies developing.

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Map for today

Monday, January 11, 2016

FUNERAL FURNISHERS

Celebrant

RANGIORA

IN MEMORIAM

WHITE, Doreen Joyce On January 8, 2016. Passed away peacefully at Coldstream House. Beloved wife of Dave. Thank you to all our friends in Ashburton especially all the staff and residents at Coldstream House for all the love and care given to “Doll and I” over our time of need.

Dave. A private cremation has been held.

Rob Cope-Williams

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 13.3 17.2 Max to 4pm 11.3 Minimum 6.6 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm January to date 18.4 Avg Jan to date 19 2016 to date 18.4 19 Avg year to date Wind km/h SE 17 At 4pm Strongest gust SE 39 Time of gust 9:05am

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11.1 19.1 9.8 –

14.0 19.7 13.7 10.9

15.9 22.9 9.4 –

0.0 72.1 – 72.1 –

0.0 31.8 14 31.8 14

0.0 7.6 15 7.6 15

E6 – –

S 22 S 65 9:04am

SE 30 W 65 1:49am

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Sport Country teams on centre court

BY JAMES FORD

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The Winchmore Highlanders won the 60th Rosebowl tennis finals at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre on Saturday with a 7-3 win over Lyndhurst B. In the singles, Alison Kermode was the best of the ladies, downing Donna Lowe 6-1, while Keith Early narrowly took out the men’s section with a tightly contested 6-5 win over Graham Buick.

Early said his final was a close affair as Buick matched him for much of the contest.

“We’re both pretty similar players.

“We’re not big hitters, we like to place the ball, so it was game for game really,” he said.

“I think everyone was pretty pleased with how the day went and are keen to do it again next year.”

Winchmore Highlanders’ Shane Wright in action for the Rosebowl winners on Saturday.

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