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More than 100 jobs will be created in the Ashburton District when a new water bottling plant is established at the Ashburton Business Estate.

New Zealand-based company NZ Pure Blue Ltd is in negotiations with the Ashburton District Council to buy Lot 9 at the business park. The 10-hectare site comes complete with a water consent to take up to 45 litres per second.

Managing director Roydon Hartnett said he decided to go public with his purchase plans to dispel rumours that negotiations were with an off-shore company and that water would be leaving New Zealand in giant rubber bladders.

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there will be substantial employment for the district. We won’t be putting water into bladders; we will be making bottles on site,” he said.

A former Ashburtonian, Mr Hartnett said that the business estate was the perfect location for the new plant because it had good access to rail.

“This was the only site we could find in the South Island where all of the things we needed lined up. Our plan doesn’t include using road. We plan to ship out by rail, that was key for us because we didn’t want to add to the road transport problem,” he said.

Part of his company’s ethos was to give back to the community and with the new plant, Mr Hartnett said he was trying to put something in place that would be good for the community across several levels.

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While the council had been criticised for selling land that included a water consent, without that consent the site would be worthless, he said.

Once the due diligence stage had been completed and the deal signed, Mr Hartnett said he would unveil the company’s business plan.

“But this will be large and it will be good for the community,” he said.

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■ BOTTLING PLANT PLANS

Ownership sinks one objection

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Tyler Maher, 9, gets started on a book to add to his Read-athon entry.

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Dorie bookworms have a busy holiday ahead Dorie School students will have their heads in books throughout the school holidays in an effort to raise money for the school.

The school is holding a Read-athon, which started yesterday and ends on May 1, to enable them to buy large books for each class.

Principal Anthony Dorreen said the Read-a-thon is beneficial for the children because they enjoy it, they get to practise their read-

ing and they will get new books for their class at the end. “There are lots of positive spin-offs.”

The Read-a-thon was held at the school for the first time last year after being organised by their junior school teacher who saw examples of other schools doing similar projects.

Last year $1500 was raised but any amount will be great this year, he said.

As the potential buyer of Lot 9 in the Ashburton business estate is identified, a group of people objecting to the sale are pushing ahead with plans for a protest rally against the sale.

Roydon Hartnett, managing director of NZ Pure Blue Ltd has outlined his plans to create a water bottling plant at the business estate that would create more than 100 jobs.

It is unclear, however, how this disclosure that the land and the water will not move into overseas ownership will affect the rally planned by the Waimaori Lot 9 Action Group led by Jen Branje.

Under the banner Bung the Bore the rally is set down for 10am on Saturday and it will see protestors march from the Ashburton Domain to the council chamber in Baring Square west where they will be addressed by several speakers.

The Waimaori action group is objecting to a water consent being included in the sale of Lot 9 and that New Zealand water is “being gifted for commercial gain”.

Promotional material about the rally says it is an opportunity for people to be informed about the consent so they can decide if the deal is in the best interest of the district.

Included is a statement that says there will be a ‘broad spectrum’ of speakers to help inform people.

Neither Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay nor Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew have been invited to speak.

While the potential buyer of Lot 9 has decided to speak publicly, Mr McKay says he is still unable to comment on the deal because all negotiations have

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Effectively nothing changes in terms of the water we are using. The only cost for ratepayers will be some plants.

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The council’s business estate was developed with just two objectives – selling sections and attracting new businesses to the district, he said.

“The previous council established the business estate.

When I became mayor it was all set up and my job was to sell the land as quickly as I can to pay off debt and for the best possible price because it’s ratepayers’ money. This is about reducing debt.”

The water consent on Lot 9 allows the owner to take up to 45 litres of water per second with the condition that 60 litres per second is discharged to land.

There have been reports in several media suggesting that

ratepayers would be footing the bill for water that would be used to recharge aquifers. But that water was already consented and already flowing into the aquifers through the council’s water race system, Mr McKay said.

To fulfil the discharge part of the consent, the water race will be diverted into a large pit already owned by the council.

The race from the Winchmore intake is consented to take up to 790 litres per second from the Ashburton River; habitually it takes less.

The council is closing most races on its network and when the business estate consent is activated, the race will no longer run its full distance but will terminate in the council pit.

This area will be planted and grass swales will be created.

“Effectively nothing changes in terms of the water we are using,” Mr McKay said. “The only cost for ratepayers will be some plants.”

The partial closure will be part of the council’s districtwide race closure project that would ultimately boost flows in the Ashburton River, he said.

“Yes, the water comes from the river and it’s feeding the aquifers at the moment. Part of the process of closing a race is digging a pit in the ground for the water to flow into. This pit is already there.”

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■ INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE

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Ashburton Borough School is well on its way in the process of becoming accredited under the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme.

The school received confirmation last year that it was ready to be assessed and if approved will become the first state primary school in the South Island to be accredited.

Principal Sam Winterbourn

said they have now completed all the paperwork which will be sent to Singapore today and will have accreditors coming to assess the school on June 13 and 14.

The school has worked hard to get to this stage and, if approved, it would be an incredibly exciting opportunity, he said.

A professional development session with people from the IB programme for Ashburton Borough School teachers will be held at the school in the mid-year hol-

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Accreditation progresses

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idays. The school currently has some staff vacancies and what has been fascinating is that there has been interest in the positions from New Zealand teachers in the IB world overseas who are wanting to come back home so it is a bonus for Mid Canterbury, he said.

“It’s a really positive place to be.”

The school had started looking into the programme nearly 10 years ago but needed to en-

Tully sentence delayed

sure they had sustainable income streams.

The initial membership cost was about $12,000 and other substantial costs included professional development and resources.

Funding has come from a number of businesses in the community.

Once approved Ashburton Borough School will be one of 4000 world-wide to be part of the programme.

Sentencing for the man who shot dead two women in the Ashburton Work and Income office in September 2014 has been delayed.

Russell John Tully, now 50, was to have been sentenced for the murder of receptionist Peggy Noble and caseworker Susan Leigh Cleveland and the attempted murder of their colleague Kim Adams on Friday. He was further convicted of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition in relation to the shooting rampage.

No alternative sentencing date has been set.

Hosing trial a success A hosing restrictions trial that ran in Ashburton during the summer, has been hailed as a success by the Ashburton District Council.

The trial was run ahead of the council’s rewrite of its hosing policy later this year as a way to obtain an accurate picture of water consumption over the summer months. An Irrigation New Zealand education programme ran alongside the restrictions-free trial.

Ashburton was the only town prepared to run with the education programme. Over the summer, the upper limits of water consumption were not breached and only one day came close to the upper limit.

Patient airlifted The Westpac rescue helicopter was called to the Rakaia area on Saturday about 6.40pm, to transport a patient who had suffered a medical incident.

The patient was transported to Christchurch Hospital’s emergency department in a serious condition.

The Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to the area in order to create a landing site for the helicopter.

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Memorials get a spruce-up ahead of Anzac Day Eleven Mid Canterbury war memorials were cleaned by the Ashburton Cadet Unit during a volunteer day on Saturday.

The unit also conducted a short parade at each memorial

which included a wreath laying, ode to the fallen, lowering and raising the flag to the last post and placing of a poppy.

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The memorials visited were in Hinds, Peel Forest, Mayfield, Mt Somers, Lauriston, Barrhill, Rakaia, Dorie and Chertsey.

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■ PAROLE BOARD

Life ban on child contact

By Kurt Bayer Convicted child killer Elizabeth Mary Healy has been banned from having contact with children for the rest of her life.

Healy was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1998 for killing 17-month-old Shae Hammond and poisoning another child in January 1997.

She was first granted parole in March 2013 but was recalled in November 2014 after her behaviour while on parole “became

abysmal”. Healy was accused of breaching her parole conditions by babysitting a neighbour’s young child.

Hutt Valley District Court Judge Chris Tuohy dismissed the charge after he was not satisfied to the required criminal standard.

However, the Parole Board found it was “abundantly clear that there was a failure to keep in mind to faithfully adhere” to her parole conditions.

She has now been granted pa-

role for a second time.

In a decision released yesterday, the Parole Board said Healy had changed her attitude and behaviour after receiving psychological treatment over the last year.

“The treatment has focused on identifying and exploring the internal barriers that impeded Ms Healy putting her safety plan into practice following her last release,” the board said.

“Her plan has been updated to reflect this work. Overall, the

treatment seems to have been positive, resulting in identifiable changes in Ms Healy’s attitude and behaviour, which she was able to discuss with us today.”

The Parole Board also noted she had a “very strong support network” and had proposed to live with a long-term supporter and friend on her release.

The board also asked that upon Healy’s release she is banned from entering Christchurch and from having contact with children.

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Computer coding classes prove popular By ruBy Harfield

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Mid Canterbury children are fast becoming ICT whizzes with the help of after school coding classes.

Code Club Aotearoa has been running the Mid Canterbury Code Club at Ashburton College for students from around the district since Term 4 last year but other schools are starting to take up the initiative.

Code Club Aotearoa cofounder Michael Trengrove said this year Allenton and Mayfield schools have started their own clubs.

“I think there’s a really great uptake in Ashburton.”

Learning coding gives children a foundation to adapt to an increasingly ICT-reliant environment, he said.

“The kids are not just learning how to use the technology but they are creating the technology.”

Code Clubs are popping up all over the country with nearly 200 already and Mr Trengrove said he hoped more Mid Canterbury schools would want to start their own.

Code Club Aotearoa can provide support and professional development for any teachers undertaking the lessons, he said.

The Mid Canterbury Code Club is being run by Business Mid Canterbury (BMC), Code

In brief Assault charges Marcus James Anderson, 40, of Nelson, was sentenced to 12 months’ intensive supervision in the Ashburton District Court yesterday on charges of assaulting a woman and assault with intent to injure. Anderson attacked the woman after drinking alcohol.

He put his hands around her neck, hit her and pushed her to the ground and kicked her when she tried to call police on a cell phone. Judge Joanna Maze said intensive supervision was the only sentencing option which would not impact on the victim but warned Anderson he would be looking a prison sentence if he appeared in front of her again on domestic violence charges. Warrants were issued for the arrests of: Ashlee Statten and Mana Teare Tuakoi.

Council uses Facebook The Ashburton District Council will, for the first time, use social media to encourage residents to comment on its annual plan and draft budget. The council is joining a growing number of local authorities who will use Facebook as one of their tools to encourage people to comment and make submissions on the spending plan.

In its draft form, next year’s annual plan indicates a rate rise of 3.3 per cent and it itemises key areas where the council will be spending money. While the council preferred submissions to be made on official submission forms, Facebook comments would be collated and would form part of the community feedback, community consultation manager Vincie Billante said. The council will adopt its draft annual plan shortly. A series of community meetings will be held around the district where people can question councillors about its content will start on April 26.

Brand battle Coding is becoming a popular pursuit for Mid Canterbury students.

Club Aotearoa and the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association with help from local businesses in providing tutors.

BMC business development manager René Artz said the Mid Canterbury Code Club sessions are going well, with 25-30 students aged between 9 and 12, attending each week.

The students have learnt Scratch 1 and 2 and are now learning HTML. They should finish all modules by the end of Term 2.

It is hoped that more classes can be created for other students wanting to learn coding after this, he said.

Technical tutor Matt Harris

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said the classes are very important for the students because children are entering a different world nowadays and need to be more technologically savvy.

There is also shortage of people in the industry and these children will be able to get jobs in the future with these skills, he said.

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A cold-blooded battle between two fashion labels over which one can lay claim to a crocodile trademark in New Zealand has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal. An ongoing tussle between Lacoste and Crocodile International came to an end in New Zealand in February when the Court of Appeal upheld a previous decision in Lacoste’s favour.

Crocodile International has also been ordered to cover costs for the appeal. Both clothing companies use a logo with a picture of a crocodile and have argued around the globe about who gets to lay claim to it in various countries.

The two companies have battled for decades here and abroad, with occasional truces.

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Car, tractor collide A motor vehicle accident between a car and a tractor on the outskirts of Methven yesterday saw police and ambulance attend. St John confirmed it was alerted at 11.01am, however, noone had to be transferred to hospital as the accident was a non-injury event.

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Whanganui 4x4 truck driver Hamish Auret did not even hesitate. The former national champion had one goal in mind for the second annual Suzuki 4x4 Extreme Challenge at Turakina on Sunday – become the first New Zealander and only the second person ever to complete a full 360 degree flip. The rest of the drivers did not try for glory but Auret, with his new 7-litre LS7 engine in the Pirtek Wanganui Corvette, gunned straight up the climb and got the surge he needed to go right over and land back on his tyres.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Community work on driving charges The following people appeared before Judge Joanna Maze in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Jason Donald McLaren, 43, of Ashburton, admitted charges of reckless driving and failing to stop for police signals. He was disqualified from driving for nine months and sentenced to complete 120 hours of community work.

The court was told a highway patrol officer clocked McLaren overtaking other vehicles on a passing lane on State Highway One near Bankside.

The officer activated the blue and red lights and performed a U-turn but rather than pulling over, McLaren turned on to a side road and drove at speeds of up to 172km/h in his unregistered, unwarranted car in his attempt to evade police.

He turned back on to State Highway One and was seen to be weaving in and out of traffic as he drove north. At one point he crossed double yellow lines into oncoming traffic and the officer abandoned the pursuit for safety reasons.

McLaren did not have a cur-

rent driver’s licence.

Taka Eruiti Bronson Burton, 34, of Netherby, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for two assault charges.

Burton was awaiting sentence for assaulting a woman when he attacked his second victim.

The court was told he had unintentionally hurt the woman while attempting to wrestle a mobile phone off her.

The assault with intent to injure charge was laid after Burton came across a person who had assaulted his 13-year-old son a few days earlier. The boy required hospital care for his injuries.

Burton did not go out looking for the victim but accosted him while he was sitting in his car. His first three punches missed the mark, but when the victim got out of the vehicle Burton shoved him into a fence and head-butted him twice before others intervened to stop the beating.

Matthew Robert Gilchrist, 32, of Methven, admitted a charge of drink driving (EBA 630mcg/l) – he was sentenced to nine months’ supervision, 80 hours of

community work and disqualified from driving for 13 months.

Jason John O’Brien, 28, of Allenton, was convicted on a charge of drink driving (EBA 599mcg/l). He was disqualified from driving for six months, fined $500 and ordered to undertake nine months’ supervision.

Ashley Rose Newton, driving while disqualified, fined $200 and disqualified for six months.

Wayne John Major, 67, was fined $300 on a charge of possessing firearm ammunition. He had been permitted to trap possums on a property but his firearms licence had been revoked.

An order for the destruction of the ammunition was made.

Patrick Minhinnick, 40, of Allenton, was sentenced to three months’ community detention, 12 months’ supervision and disqualified from driving for 12 months on a charge of drink driving (EBA 704mcg/l). Minhinnick has two previous drink driving convictions.

Damien Lars Gomez, 24, of

Netherby, was sentenced to 40 hours of community work for cultivating cannabis and possessing drug paraphernalia.

Hemi Witehira, 42, of Netherby admitted two charges of driving while disqualified. Circumstances persuaded Judge Maze to step back from disqualifying Witehira from driving. Sentencing him to 90 hours community work instead.

James Allan Webster, 19, of Ashburton, admitted a charge of drink driving (EBA 459mcg/l) and driving while his licence was suspended. He was convicted, disqualified from driving for six months, fined $600 and ordered to pay court costs of $130.

Martin Craig Laffey, 46, of Allenton, admitted a charge of drink driving (EBA 920mcg/l).

He was convicted and fined $900, disqualified from driving for six months and ordered to pay court costs of $130. He will also be under supervision for six months.

Judge Maze listed the aggravating factors of Laffey’s offending, which included having a child in

the vehicle with him at the time.

Royce Cole-Taylor Morgans, 27, of Allenton, was remanded on bail for sentencing on June 26 on a charge of burglary. Morgans broke into a garden centre and made off with the cash box.

It was his second assault on the same business.

Gareth John Tod McKegg, of Ashburton, was sentenced to six months’ supervision for possessing a knife in a public place.

Dylan Terrence Maher, of Ashburton, admitted driving while his licence was suspended – he was disqualified from driving for six months and fined $200.

Nicole Marlene Rountree, 27, of Ashburton admitted drink driving (EBA 828mcg/l) and intentional damage. She was sentenced to 100 hours’ community work, disqualified from driving for six months and ordered to pay reparations of $400.

Patrick Hohepa Marshall admitted possessing a knife in a public place and was sentenced to six months’ supervision.

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■ SKIRT LENGTHS

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Praised for speaking out Women’s advocacy groups are praising a group of teenage girls who raised concerns after being told they had to wear their skirts at knee-length – so as not to be a distraction to male students and staff.

The Women’s Refuge and the Te Ohaakii a Hine – National Network Ending Sexual Violence Together group say the teenagers have helped to create dialogue about an important issue.

Henderson High School, in West Auckland, made headlines over the weekend when a group

of Year 11 students revealed they had been called up about their uniform skirts being too short.

Although students were happy to stick to the rules, they were unhappy about the reasoning behind it – in order to “keep our girls safe, stop boys from getting ideas and create a good work environment for male staff,” they said.

Year 11 student Sade Tuttle told MediaWorks: “The problem is when these codes target girls specifically because their bodies are sexual and distracting.”

The Women’s Refuge shared the issue on its Facebook page; telling its followers society needed to “shift the blame and stop the shame”.

“Keep our girls safe, stop boys from getting ideas and create a good work environment for male staff? Ah – or you could just have a chat to the boys about objectification, respect and sexualisation?

“If your male teachers are being distracted by hemlines on students’ skirts, they probably shouldn’t be teaching,” the post, which has garnered dozens of

supportive comments, said.

Spokeswoman for TOAHNNEST, Sandz Peipi Te Pou praised the young women for raising the issue publicly.

Ms Peipi Te Pou acknowledged that it was probably a mistake on the school’s part to give the reason it did to its female students.

However, “victim blaming” was something that society needed to stop doing, as a whole, she said. “[Women] are at the most risk for being victims and to make them out as the perpetrators is contradictory.

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Blackball woman terrorised A Blackball woman was left terrorised late last on Sunday night after two people, one a woman, arrived at her home with bats and smashed the windows.

Acting Senior Sergeant Paul Watson, of Greymouth Police, yesterday appealed for witnesses and information about the destruction, which happened at about 11.30pm.

“Two persons have arrived at an address there, both have been armed with bats. They smashed windows at the house and also a vehicle at the address,” Mr Watson said.

“They didn’t enter the residence.”

At least one of the pair who visited the property was a woman and both arrived in a vehicle, but at this stage police had few leads.

Mr Watson said the victim had no clue as to who they were or why she had been targeted.

At the very least they were investigating an incident of wilful damage and threatening behaviour, and possibly home invasion, he said.

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Corn pinched An apparent taste for corn by a group of tourists travelling through the West Coast in Jucy Rental vehicles has resulted in them being dobbed into police.

Greymouth police said a member of the public had observed the group, travelling in two separate vehicles along State highway 7 in the Grey Valley, stopping on the roadside on Thursday and jumping the fence into a paddock of maize, grown as stock food, and helping themselves. The incident was only reported at the weekend and inquiries are continuing.

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Gored by bull A man has been airlifted to hospital after being attacked by a bull north of Auckland yesterday.

The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter was sent to Dairy Flat about 8.30am to treat the man, aged in his 40s. A spokeswoman for the rescue service said the man was working when the bull “gored him” in the leg. He was transported to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition, she said. - NZME

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Enhancing student achievement Every Friday afternoon for the past few weeks Hinds School students have been trying out different activities as part of a trial extension programme.

Pictured above are Ashley Bryant, 11, Jacinda Irvine, 10, Emma Becroft, 10, Lauren Con-

de, 8, and Charlotte Addison, 9, playing the ukulele on Friday.

The programme is part of one of the school’s strategic goals to enhance student achievement and progress.

In preparation for this students were asked to submit

areas of interest and based on the feedback they have been participating in cooking, movie making, building, gymnastics, Filipino language, ukulele, coding and environmental gardening with the help of parents.

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A pristine, remote landing site high in Fiordland National Park is about to have its daily limit of helicopter landings soar from 10 to potentially 80 a day. The Department of Conservation is looking to increase the number of tourist helicopter flights landing on the Ngapunatoru Ice Plateau. There are currently nine helicopter companies that have an ability to use the glacial landing site. But moves to raise the limit has recreational mountaineers and trampers fearing the worst, saying if all companies take up their allotment there will be the non-stop buzz of helicopters.

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■ INDIA

Fireworks display deadly The Hindu temple in southern India was packed with thousands for a religious festival early Sunday when the fireworks began - an unauthorised pyrotechnic display that went horribly wrong.

Explosions and a massive fire swept rapidly through the Puttingal temple complex about 3am in the village of Paravoor, killing 102 people and injuring 380 others, officials said.

Scores of devotees ran in panic as the massive initial blast cut off power in the complex, while other explosions sent flames and debris raining down, a witness said.

Many people were trapped inside.

“It was complete chaos,” said Krishna Das of Paravoor.

“People were screaming in the dark. Ambulance sirens went off, and in the darkness no one knew how to find their way out of the complex.”

Das said the first deafening explosion occurred as the fireworks display was about to end and as he was walking away.

It was followed by a series of blasts, he added.

The fire started when a spark from the fireworks show ignited a separate batch of fireworks that were being stored in the temple complex, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, the top elected official in Kerala state.

Most of the 102 deaths occurred when the building where the fireworks were stored collapsed, Chandy told reporters.

About 60 bodies have been identified so far, he added.

Das said six ambulances had been parked outside the complex as a precaution.

They carried the injured to

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Damaged structures at the spot where a massive fire broke out during a fireworks display at the Puttingal temple complex in Paravoor village in India.

PHOTO AP hospitals in the state capital of Thiruvananthapuram, about 60 kilometres south of Paravoor, as well as the city of Kollam.

Villagers and police pulled many of the injured from under slabs of concrete.

TV channels showed video of huge clouds of white smoke billowing from the temple, as fireworks were still going off in the sky.

One of the explosions sent huge chunks of concrete flying as far as a kilometre, said Jayashree Harikrishnan, another resident.

Firefighters brought the

blaze under control by about 7am, officials said.

Rescuers searched the wreckage for survivors, while backhoes cleared debris and ambulances drove away the injured.

Thousands of worried relatives went to the temple to search for loved ones. Many wept and pressed police officials and rescue workers for information.

At one of the main hospitals in Thiruvananthapuram, Dr. Thomas Mathew said that judging from injuries, a stampede was also likely to have occurred.

The temple holds a competitive fireworks show every year, with different groups putting on displays for thousands gathered for the end of a seven-day festival honouring the goddess Bhadrakali, a southern Indian incarnation of the Hindu goddess Kali.

This year, however, authorities in Kollam district had denied temple officials permission to hold the fireworks display, said A. Shainamol, the district’s top official.

“They were clearly told that no permission would be given for any kind of fireworks,” Shainamol told reporters. - AP

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TV crew to face court over alleged abduction The Nine Network 60 Minutes TV crew and Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner are expected to face a judge in Lebanon over their involvement in the alleged abduction and recovery of Faulkner’s two children.

Over the weekend, Lebanese authorities split up the detained Australians, sending Faulkner and 60 Minutes star reporter Tara Brown to a female-only detention centre and the male members of the TV crew to another detention centre.

Nine’s European correspondent Tom Steinfort told the Today Show that Channel Nine had hired a well-respected local criminal lawyer to represent its staff members at their first hearing overnight.

“We are likely to find out whether or not they will be facing charges and perhaps what those charges may well be.

“It is a tricky legal process here and it’s one that is likely to take some time,” Steinfort said.

The crew and Faulkner were arrested by Lebanese authorities with members of an international child recovery agency last week following an attempt to kidnap Faulkner’s children Noah, 4, and Lahela, 6, from her ex-husband Ali elAmien.

CCTV footage aired in local media and on Channel Nine appeared to show Noah and Lahela being snatched from their paternal grandmother on

a busy Beirut street by a group of masked men and bundled into a car.

The children were handed over to Faulkner but the agents and a film crew from the Nine Network’s 60 Minutes, including reporter Tara Brown, were arrested just a short time later.

Authorities found Faulkner and the children shortly after-

wards, arresting the Brisbane mum and returning the kids to their father.

Faulkner claims her children were taken to Lebanon by her ex-husband without her permission.

The 60 Minutes crew have spent five days in custody so far, and were visited by some Australian consular officials over the weekend who reported them to be in good spirits given their predicament.

Channel Nine says its director of news and current affairs has also just arrived in Beirut.

“The last thing our team wanted was to be a subject of their own story,” the network said on 60 Minutes on Sunday night.

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Taika Waititi’s runaway local hit The Hunt for the Wilderpeople is running away even faster. It has pipped its strong opening weekend box office with an bigger take on its second weekend - and its gross ticket sales have sailed past $3 million in less than two weeks at the cinema. The film pulled in $1,324,274 on its second weekend, after an opening weekend take of $1,319,365.

After a first-week box office of $1,745,090, the film has passed $3 million in total earnings, meaning it is already the country’s seventh top-grossing locally-backed film.

Wilderpeople follows the pattern of Waititi’s Kiwi box office champ Boy. It kicked off with a relatively modest $600,000 opening in 2010 but increased its take on the following four weekends. Boy ended up with a local box office gross of more than $9 million, which is still the biggest take for a New Zealand film at home. Waititi’s previous local feature, 2014’s What We Do in the Shadows, grossed slightly over $2.5 million at NZ cinemas. Wilderpeople had a reported production budget of $3 million.

Pugh slams internet trolls TVNZ Breakfast host Alison Pugh, currently on maternity leave, says she is enjoying being away from the internet and social media trolling aimed at local TV personalities.

Speaking to Woman’s Day, the 29-year-old mum said it had been “really refreshing” to have a break from the scrutiny that comes from being on TV. “The trolling on the internet and social media at the moment is insane. I try and avoid it anyway, but you still know it’s there and you know in the back of your mind that people will be saying nasty things about you.” Pugh told Woman’s Day that it was “disgusting” what gets said and that she was glad TV personalities like Teuila Blakely and the girls from The Bachelor New Zealand had spoken out about it. The presenter still has a few months left until she returns to television, after she delayed her return to work in favour of spending more time with her five-month-old daughter Thea and her fiancé Jo Barus, 40.

Cohen ‘not right’ for Freddie Queen guitarist Brian May has branded Sacha Baron Cohen an ‘a***’ - and says he is now looking for a “real actor” to replace the Ali G star in a new film about his band’s legendary singer Freddie Mercury.

Baron Cohen had claimed he pulled out of the role, and criticised the remaining members of the band. But May says that the controversial actor was dropped from the film, declaring: “He wasn’t right for it.”

May reveals the fall-out in an exclusive interview in The Mail on Sunday’s Event magazine. The guitarist, 68, says: “Sacha became an a***. We decided he wasn’t right for the role for very good reasons, which will become apparent if you watch what he’s done recently. It’s obvious that it wasn’t going to work, him playing Freddie.”

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Water issue far bigger than just Ashburton

Sue Newman

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ith the owner identified of lot 9 at Ashburton’s business estate, will the steam go out of Saturday’s water protest rally?

When the Ashburton District Council’s land deal with a water bottling company hit the headlines, there was public uproar as people feared the worst – the land would be sold off-shore, local water would be sucked from the earth and sold off-shore.

There would be no local gain, the company would ship its own staff in and ship bladder-filled containers of water out.

In an effort to calm the waters, local lad Roydon Hartnett has put up his hand and staked his claim to the land and water right deal.

He might live in Auckland now, but he’s locally born and locally educated. I guess that makes him one of us.

His company has big plans for the site. Yes, water will be bottled, but that’s all he’s saying until the minefield that is due diligence is completed, then he’s promising he’ll roll out his business plan.

And it promises big things. At least 100 jobs will be created and because the company will be a big user of rail transport, this deal could be the catalyst we’ve been waiting for to move Ashburton’s much-hated rail head out of town.

For KiwiRail the deal always hinged on having a big player as a partner in the relocation.

It appears to have found one and if the rail yard goes we’ll all be winners – far fewer across town hold-ups and goodbye to the inner town stacks of containers.

How will this new information affect the rally organisers’ plans?

It all depends where their objections lie – if it’s overseas ownership, that’s gone; if it’s that the perceived deal had no wins for our district, gone, 100-plus jobs are in the wind.

The only objections now can be around the water itself. Yes 45 litres per second will be taken, but this will be replaced from an existing water race with an existing consent at the rate of 60 litres per second.

All that remains is the emotional argument around the commercial use of water and that’s a far, far bigger issue than just Ashburton or this deal.

YOUR VIEW Water is public In the low rainfall, droughtprone Canterbury Plains, the Ashburton council’s decision to sell rights to an overseas corporation to extract 45 litres of water a second, flies in the face of environmental common-sense as well as democracy.

The refusal of the council to say for how much, or to whom, is an affront to democratic principles.

Despite the cavalier shrug from PM John Key that “water belongs to no-one”, water by heritage belongs to the people, ie public. This is private profiteering from a public resource.

Ashburton council has an indisputable moral obligation as a publicly-elected body to willingly reveal facts and figures.

The only fact known is that an overseas corporation will drain 40 billion litres of the pur-

est artesian water from their [Ashburton] aquifers over the next 30 years. Their [Ashburton District’s] council made the sale with no consultation.

The council’s attitude is symptomatic of a developed bad culture to the finite public water resource.

LGNZ is telling the public “We listen”. The Ashburton council is telling 16,000+ concerned New Zealanders “We don’t”.

While rivers have ceased to flow, while corporate dairying exploits water from aquifers, while controls are lax and the remaining water below and above ground is contaminated by nitrates and other pollutants, the future for free-flowing, clean, clear rivers and the life they sustain is bleak.

Ken Sims Spokesman NZ Federation Freshwater Anglers

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CONTACTS News tips Call 03 307-7958 After hours news tips sue.n@theguardian.co.nz Advertising Call 03 307-7936 emma.j@theguardian.co.nz At a dairy meeting Rick Powdrell attended recently a dairy industry representative commented that at under a $6 payout it was more economic to put the milk into a calf for the beef industry.

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s we experience the severe downturn in dairy payout we’re seeing the flow-on effects becoming very evident.

In areas where dairy is the prominent industry all members of those communities, whether on farm or off, are now feeling and sharing the results of the lack of payout.

In some regions where dairy is only a smaller portion of the primary industry mix, the flow-on effects will be more easily handled as other industries continue to operate in a positive market environment.

For those who play a supporting role to the dairy farmer through grazing stock, supplying feed and leasing land, they are now experiencing changes as dairy farmers reassess how they conduct their business.

We all need to understand, that while not being ideal, it is a necessity for many as they negotiate a path to survive this challenging period.

Support farmers should remember they have other options for their land, which admittedly will take some serious planning and possibly capital, but they

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are in a far better shape than the workers whose contracts are not being renewed.

For many, they will have to leave the industry for now to find work and, that will not be necessarily easy.

It will be vitally important that dairy and dairy support farmers communicate early and clearly about any changes to grazing, leasing and feed supply arrangements.

If decisions are made early, articulated clearly and amicably, then outcomes for both parties will be manageable.

It should be remembered that this downturn will not last forever so at some time in the future parties may wish to resume an arrangement similar to that of today.

If a change of arrangement in this present climate has not

been handled amicably, then the likelihood of a future business agreement between the parties is highly unlikely.

While most changes of arrangements are of the type where dairy farmers are reducing their involvement with a non-dairy supply, I see new opportunities for both dairy and drystock farmers.

At present in New Zealand many farms are understocked as a result of drought, high dairy cow cull and the destocking on the predicted severe el nino.

To what extent the dairy cow numbers will increase is an unknown as until there is some firm evidence of a return to a sustainable payout many dairy farmers will farm with fewer numbers.

I suspect the number will more than likely not return to the high stocking rate, high input regimes that they had adopted in the past.

One thing more certain is the requirement for additional animals in the meat and fibre sector. One avenue for this is by the retention and rearing of more calves from our national dairy herd.

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One of the hurdles at present is the percentage of jersey bulls used for ease of calving with the resultant offspring being unwanted by the beef industry due to the problems of downgrading with fat colour.

In my view there is scope for many dairy farmers to tail their friesian and crossbred herds with an industry-desired beef bull and broaden their income stream.

The ideal would be to form a relationship directly with the beef farmer, discuss the breed requirements and who will rear and at what point the ownership will change.

At a recent dairy meeting I attended a dairy industry representative commented that at under a $6 payout it was more economic to put the milk into a calf for the beef industry.

That figure would be influenced by both beef schedule and dairy payout and no doubt challenged by some.

At the end of the day, remember, often opportunities arise in challenging times.

Rick Powdrell is Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairperson

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■ PANAMA PAPERS

Key: ‘I’ve nothing to hide on tax’ Prime Minister John Key said an independent review of the legislation around foreign trusts is likely to go ahead.

Key told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking Breakfast he was going to ask Cabinet for an independent expert to review New Zealand’s rules around foreign trusts.

“We will go and get an internationally recognised expert to go away and have a look at the disclosure rules in New Zealand and make sure we’re ticking all the boxes.

“We have nothing to hide so at the end of the day New Zealand should have the best international practice in this area.”

Green Party co-leader James Shaw said National were in damage limitation mode.

“He hasn’t admitted that there is a problem, he said that they are hiring an international expert to tell us if there is a problem. I think we are past that stage.

“Last week we had the unedifying spectacle of the Prime Minister denying that New Zealand was being used as a tax haven, whereas everyone from Inland Revenue, Transparency International and a

John Key is going to ask Cabinet for an independent expert to review New Zealand’s rules around foreign trusts. whole group of international experts were saying that there was [a problem].”

Shaw said he hoped meaningful changes might come from any expert’s review, however the Green Party wanted an open inquiry into the issue.

Labour leader Andrew Little said a full, independent inquiry was needed. New Zealand’s reputation was being “sullied around the world” because of the revela-

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tax sheltering vehicles,” he told RNZ. Little suggested the Prime Minister might have something to hide, saying he was “far too cagey” when asked by media if he had ever used a tax haven for his finances.

“He needs to clear this up and quickly. He must come clean if he has directly or indirectly benefited from funds in a tax haven.

The last thing our international reputation needs is for rumours to swirl around our Prime Minister’s tax affairs.”

His remarks follow revelations in the Panama Papers leaks that law firm Mossack Fonseca bragged to clients how easy New Zealand laws made it for foreign investors to hide their tax-free profits.

The 11.5 million documents leaked from Panama-based Mossack Fonseca showed how the world’s elite hide assets in offshore accounts. New Zealand was identified by the law firm as a good place to hide money in trust accounts because of its relaxed laws around foreign trusts, the documents revealed.

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tions, Little said.

“One tax expert isn’t going to solve this, especially one appointed by a Prime Minister who doesn’t think hiding their finances behind tax free funds is morally wrong.

“A full inquiry must instead assure New Zealanders that everyone pays their fair share and that we are not part of an international tax evasion racket.”

New Zealand First leader Win-

ston Peters said the expert used by the Government would need to have the respect of both Transparency International and the UK Tax Justice Network.

“The PM announces this review at the same time asserting again the integrity of the New Zealand trust laws when it relates to taxation. If our system has any integrity this review would not be required.

“Clearly from expert international comment our system doesn’t have integrity anymore and information emerging from the Panama Papers should suggest to the PM and his Cabinet that political damage control measures won’t fix this cancer on our reputation as a country.”

Key told Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report he doesn’t believe he has ever used an offshore account to hide money, but did have a superannuation fund in Singapore after working and living in the country.

Key said he has no intention to release his tax records publicly.

“I’m quite comfortable and very confident of my tax records. I’ve used the best people, I don’t use

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growth spending, which is sitting around a whopping 12 per cent.”

Yesterday’s figures show spending on consumables, the biggest component, increased 0.2 per cent in March, and was 6.6 per cent higher than a year earlier at $1.81 billion. Spending on durables edged up 0.1 per cent in the month, for a 6.2 per cent increase on the year to $1.16 billion. Apparel spending dropped 2.3 per cent in March and was up a more modest 3.5 per cent on the year to

$292 million.

Spending on petrol rose 0.3 per cent in the month, ending two months of declines, and was down 1.7 per cent from a year earlier at $598 million. Expenditure on vehicles shrank 0.5 per cent in the month and was 6.5 per cent higher than a year earlier at $160 million.

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New Zealand retail spending on credit and debit cards rose in March, led by increased expenditure at bars and restaurants as they continue to enjoy the tourism boom.

Retail spending gained 0.1 per cent, seasonally adjusted, in March from February, while actual sales were up 6.2 per cent to $4.95 billion from the same month a year earlier, Statistics New Zealand said.

Stripping out spending on fuel and vehicle, core retail spending was up 0.2 per cent in the month.

Hospitality led the monthly gain, rising 0.4 per cent, and was up 12 per cent from March 2015 at $924 million. Retail and accommodation spending was one of the major limbs of economic growth in the December quarter as record visitor arrivals bolstered the country’s tourism spend.

“The surging tourism sector continues to shine through, even in this softer month,” ASB Bank economist Kim Mundy said in a note. “This strength is particularly evident in annual hospitality

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Confidence at five-year high New Zealand manufacturers are the most confident they’ve been in more than five years, spurred on by a gain in exports, according to the latest survey.

February net confidence rose to 45 from 12 in January, according to the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association survey of business conditions, which was completed in March.

That’s the highest level since May 2010, when the survey had a net reading of 50.

All three sentiment levels improved. The current performance index, which measures profitability and cash flow, increased to 106 from 99.3 last month; the change index measuring capacity utilisation, staff levels, orders and inventories gained to 104 from

97; and the forecast index, which measures investment, sales, profitability and staff rose to 107.67 from 102.83. A reading above 100 indicates expansion.

The survey showed export sales increased 74 per cent in February from the year earlier, although the association noted February last year was a particularly low month for exports.

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All hands on deck for Harvest Ball It was all hands on deck last Saturday night for the annual Pendarves Young Farmers’ Harvest Ball. Held in Methven this year, the event continued to be a popular social highlight on the farming calendar and included the Pendarves Rural Fire Force who have run the bar since the event began.

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Things just get drier after another week without rain although there is some moisture predicted for this week.

A significant recharge will be needed soon and it will take a long rain period to wet the subsoil after last year’s dry winter.

Winter feed prospects look sound for off farm cow wintering with dryland crops having just enough rain to show respectable yields. More fodder beet and irrigated crops make up the balance.

Pressure is on biosecurity officials to find all the velvetleaf weeds before they shed seed as this border indiscretion is bigger than first thought.

Another dairy auction last week and still little indication the market has moved off the bottom as the small rise was negated by a firming currency.

Analysts are issuing conflicting reports about when this price downturn will be reflected in lowering global supplies, with the influential European milk growth still unabated even at these unsustainable returns.

NZX plans to offer milk futures to its existing dairy product offerings and if farmers believe the risk of price volatility is too great on their business they may have to learn the skills to manage trading in this area.

Fonterra shareholder shares dropped nearly 30c this week, showing further signs of lack of confidence in the sector and maybe more selling by farmers changing companies and releasing capital to survive.

The single South Island wool auction saw prices lift on better quality offered and an easier currency on the day.

PGGW wool reveals they are selling more product via fixed contract than they did years ago, especially in the finer micron area and this system now totals 12-15 per cent of all wool brokered.

Lamb Still the big processors keep the lamb schedule at the bottom as market prospects improve, but only slowly.

Supply lines are predicted to tighten in May, and hopefully the global market will respond to this as sheep farmers are very disappointed about how this season has turned out.

South Island local trade prices fell again last week but saleyard values of both prime and store lambs have lifted off the bottom as quality and supply have lifted values.

Ag Research has initiated a project looking to improve the fertility of hoggets as the importance of improving the returns from this area grows, especially while returns are low.

Beef Beef schedules were steady this week as the big cow kill continues, but demand is still strong for prime cuts.

The volume of cow product has dragged down imported beef prices in the US, but an active herd retention is now under way in that country and NZ producers should keep that in mind as they chase the beef boom in this country.

Calf sales got into full swing in the Canterbury region and the returns followed northern values in the $3.50-$4.00/kg lwt area with some farmers $200/hd above last year.

Deer Another week of stable schedules as the industry starts its programme to push summer eating of chilled venison in Europe.

If successful, this will reduce the seasonality of prices and allow more production of chilled product later in the spring and early summer when grass is plentiful on most NZ farms.

Optimism is returning to deer breeding and demand for in-calf hinds should be strong this spring and the reduction of females in the processing chain should keep supply tight and prices strong.

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 69 - 71 Prime 87 - 90 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 193 - 260 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 277 - 300 last week

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Left – Pendarves Young Farmers’ Club member Athol New is one to watch this weekend at the Aorangi regional final of the FMG Young Farmer Contest Right – Sam Bryan from Hinds will be looking to go one further at the Aorangi regional final this weekend in Ashburton and make it to the grand final in Timaru in July.

■ FMG YOUNG FARMER CONTEST REGIONAL FINAL

Mid Canty looking strong for final

By NadiNe Porter

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Mid Canterbury looks set to continue its outstanding run at the FMG Young Farmer Contest when the Aorangi regional final takes place this weekend in Ashburton.

Pendarves member Athol New, Methven member Sam Bryan and Hinds member Stephen Blain will be flying the district’s banner proudly at the contest and all will be hoping to make it to the grand final in Timaru in July.

The trio will join John Mehrtens and Arjan Van’t Klooster from Glenavy, Matt Dalziel from Five Forks, Cole Harns and Troby How from Milford and William Green from Mackenzie.

On paper Sam looks to be the

most likely to make it to the grand final following his second place to eventual overall New Zealand winner Matt Bell last year at the regional final.

With a strong theoretical ability, Sam was the top scorer in the Agri-business Challenge, but also showed he had all-round ability by taking out the Agri-sport challenge last year.

Adding to those abilities, Sam will compete in his sixth and final regional final as at 30 years old he has reached the cut-off entry level of the contest.

With a home region grand final guaranteed in Timaru, Sam could be very hard to beat, although he hasn’t had much time to prepare as a busy sheep and beef farmer,

casual musterer and shearer.

Based in Darfield, Sam leases a small block of land and wants to eventually graduate to farm ownership. “I’m doing what I can to get ready.”

Sam says competing in regional finals with 2011 grand final winner Will Grayling and last year’s winner Matt Bell has enabled him to learn a lot and has been a great experience.

However, hot on Sam’s heels is Athol New – a dairy farm manger north of Rakaia, near Dunsandel who finished third in last year’s regional final.

Athol has been undertaking a “reasonable” amount of study prior to this weekend’s final, including attending the Tasman regional

final to help fill some gaps in his knowledge.

Athol was the best practical competitor last year, but is no slug when it comes to the theoretical side of the contest having completed a Bachelor of Commerce in Agriculture at Lincoln University in 2006.

Milking 2300 cows on a Synlait supply farm keeps Athol busy, but he, along with his wife Jane, have been visiting a number of people and soaking up as much information as possible.

The third Mid Canterbury finalist, Stephen Blain from Hinds, was in his first year of competing in the contest. The 28-year-old Longbeach/Flemington arable farmer had been busy harvesting, so had

very little time to study, but hoped to use this year as a chance to gain experience in the contest.

With a Bachelor in Agricultural Commerce from Lincoln University, a diverse range of skills and an expected large contingent of Hinds Young Farmers’ Club members to support him, Stephen could well be the dark horse of the final.

The final begins at 8am on Saturday at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds and will wind up at the Collegiate clubrooms at night for the nearly sold-out question and answer part of the contest where the Aorangi champion will be crowned and will then go on to represent the region at the national final in Timaru in July.

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Invasive plant findings rock Canty growers

Excellent prices at Methven calf sale

By NadiNe Porter

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By NadiNe Porter

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The Ministry of Primary Industries is continuing to find more velvetleaf contaminated fodderbeet crops nationwide with 85 confirmed sites in Canterbury alongside the latest blackgrass seed detection in the same region.

Senior Communications Adviser Jim Flack confirmed as of Friday last week 148 properties had been confirmed as contaminated nation-wide with 57 per cent of them found in Canterbury.

MPI are continuing to inspect the 350 properties growing the two varieties of fodderbeet to be found contaminated with velvetleaf nation-wide and had identified two imported seed lines as the possible source of incursion, but was currently investigating other seed lines as well.

Meanwhile Federated Farmers and other arable industry groups, including Foundation of Arable Research and New Zealand Grain & Seed Trade Association, are working with MPI in their investigation and response following the detection of blackgrass seeds during a routine sampling of rye grass seed in Canterbury last month.

Federated Farmers Arable Industry Chair and member of the Blackgrass Governance Group Guy Wigley says it’s disappointing to have another incursion when farmers are still coming to terms with the potentially devastating

Blackgrass is an invasive plant that is difficult to contain once it spreads. It competes with winter crops for light, nutrients, space and water, resulting in yield loss and increased cultivation costs. impact of velvetleaf.

“We are concerned about the potential implications of blackgrass for New Zealand’s worldleading seed production and multiplication industry.”

He said an inspection of paddocks where the rye grass seed was grown has not found any further blackgrass plants.

“We reiterate that this is an isolated finding and investigations are under way to establish the source of the contamination. Federated Farmers urges a thorough investigation is undertaken to trace all potentially contaminated material.”

Mr Wigley said MPI had assured them all practical steps have been

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taken to isolate and contain the blackgrass incursion.

He congratulated them for finding three seeds among a 62,000 kilogram shipment.

“However this is another reminder that we must be vigilant in maintaining New Zealand’s biosecurity and protecting our agricultural sector from unwanted pests.”

Blackgrass is an invasive plant that is difficult to contain once it spreads. It competes with winter crops for light, nutrients, space and water, resulting in yield loss and increased cultivation costs that could be potentially devastating to the New Zealand arable industry.

A strong Methven calf sale indicated calf prices are at the same level if not above North Island prices at around $3.70 per kilogram.

PGG Wrightson Ashburton dairy representative Victor Schikker said it was a great sale with the calves fetching excellent prices.

The annual calf sale is the first large one of its type in Mid Canterbury for the season with many farmers anxiously waiting to see if strong prices up north would hold up here.

Calves were presented in good condition considering the dry summer, according to PGG Wrightson with a larger gallery of buyers present including interest from the North Island.

Steer calves averaged $3.73 per kilogram with prices ranging from $3.60 to $4. This was similar to recent North Island sales with one at Rangiuru fetching $3.60 to $4.24 at an average of $3.60.

The eastern calf sale up north recently had a lower average of $3.51.

Meanwhile, heifer calves averaged $3.34 per kilogram with prices from $3.10 to $3.50/kg.

This compared to the average of $3.14 fetched at the eastern calf sale in the North Island.

Prices included: Mt Arrowsmith Station; 141 angus and angus cross steer calves $590 to $975 per calf, 80 angus and angus cross heifer calves $520 to $685 per calf.

Bluff Station; 39 angus and angus cross steer calves $600 to

$670 per calf, 17 angus and angus cross heifer calves at $540 per calf.

T. W. and R. M. Marett Partnership; 64 angus steer calves $710 to $965 per calf Mt Alford Station; 22 angus steer calves $620 to $700, 51 angus heifer calves $550 to $675 per calf.

D. A. Newton; 26 angus steer calves $800 to $940 per calf, 18 angus heifer calves $670 to $765 per calf.

G. S. and W. P. Sim; 61 angus and angus cross steer calves $535 to $780 per calf, 30 angus and angus cross calves $520 to $670 per calf Peak Hill Station; 90 angus cross steer calves $535 to $985 per calf, 47 angus and angus cross heifer calves $630 to $760 per calf W. D. and T. M. Wilson; eight angus and angus cross steer calves $1035, three angus and angus cross heifer calves $1000

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Smoked chicken, spinach and lemon oven-baked risotto 1 x Tegel Original smokehouse chicken breast (300g) 25g butter 2T olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 2C Arborio rice 4C chicken stock (heated) 1/2 C white wine 2 bunches English spinach, finely chopped 1/2 C finely-grated parmesan cheese Finely grated zest of 1 small lemon Extra parmesan cheese to serve ■ Remove the skin from the chicken and shred into bite-sized pieces. Refrigerate until needed.

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Add the wine and allow to bubble and reduce before adding the chicken stock.

Cover the dish and bake in the oven for 20 minutes until the rice is just tender.

Add the spinach, parmesan cheese, lemon zest and chicken to the pan.

Stir gently to combine, season to taste and then cover and leave to sit for five minutes before serving with extra grated parmesan cheese.

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We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

By Tanya Zoe RoBinson

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his week we are continuing our theme of commemoration, in the lead-up to Anzac Day. At this time of year, many people will wear a red poppy.

We also see poppies around the district in displays, at memorial sites, and even large ones designed to attach to cars.

From red poppies seen flowering on the battlefields of Belgium, France and Gallipoli during the spring of 1915, to their use today, the red poppy is a poignant reminder of wartime loss.

The red poppy is a symbol of remembrance that reminds us of service and sacrifice during war.

Yet while the poppy is recognised around the world, in many countries the poppy is worn near Armistice Day on November 11, rather than Anzac Day in April.

In Australia for example, people usually wear a sprig of rosemary as a sign of remembrance during April, and wear a poppy in November. Why the difference?

The answer is simple and practical, yet also became the beginning of a tradition that stays with us today.

In 1921, the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association (today known as the Returned Services’ Association) planned to follow the lead of other countries, and hold its first Poppy Appeal for Armistice Day. There were 350,000 small poppies and 16,000 large silk poppies ordered from France. As happened recently, New Zealand’s first red poppies were made offshore.

These early poppies began as a fundraising project, led by Frenchwoman Madame Anna E. Guérin. Madame Guérin was founder of the American and French Children’s League. She thought the manufacture and sale of red poppies would benefit orphans affected by war. She organised teams of French women, children and war veterans, to make the artificial poppies from cloth. Proceeds from their sale would provide much needed funds for the Children’s League.

Red poppies had earlier been used as a symbol of war remembrance in the United States of America. There, another woman, Moina Michael, had worked hard to ensure the red poppy be adopted as a national symbol of remembrance. From France, Madame Guérin was keen to promote the idea to the Allied nations Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand. It was her representative, Colonel Alfred Moffatt, who suggested the idea to the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association in September 1921.

The poppies were soon made and ordered, and the first Poppy Day Appeal was planned for November 1921.

Above – A variety of poppies from the Ashburton Museum collection, made from paper, fabric, wire and plastic.

But all did not go to plan. The ship carrying the poppies from France to New Zealand arrived too late for the appeal to be properly publicised. There would be no Red Poppy Appeal before Armistice Day that year. A decision was made to hold over the red poppies until Anzac Day the following year, April 1922. This began the tradition we know today.

That first Poppy Day Appeal in 1922 was a huge success.

Many sellers sold out early in the day. Over £13,000 was raised. A proportion of this was returned to the French and American Children’s League. The remainder was used by the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association to aid the welfare of returned soldiers in New Zealand. By 1945, 750,000 red poppies were sent across New Zealand each year.

This equals one in two people wearing a red poppy.

Today, the Christchurch RSA is responsible for the manufacture of red poppies. They are now made of paper rather than cloth. They remain a powerful reminder and symbol of remembrance.

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he Ashburton Museum holds a very special military collection.

Among the many items are delicate handmade red poppies from a range of decades. These are now on display in the foyer atrium of the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre on West Street, along with other World War One items from the collection. The display is part of a larger project, led by the Ashburton Art Gallery in collaboration with the Ashburton District Family History Group. Titled, Their Name Liveth: Commemorating Our Fallen the installation includes a two-storey high Roll of Honour – a sobering reminder of the many locals who lost their lives during World War One. Visitors are invited to make their own commemorative paper poppy. Materials are supplied, along with instructions. Take your poppy away or add it to the wall.

We encourage everyone to take a creative approach to honouring those fallen.

Above left – Delicate handmade red poppies from the Ashburton Museum colelction, now on display in the foyer atrium.

Above – Handmade poppies made by visitors, displayed on the foyer atrium wall.

National Register Paper, and Active Service form, with red poppies on display at Ashburton Museum.

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RESULTS ■ Basketball NBA results Collated NBA results yesterday (home team in CAPS): LA CLIPPERS 98 Dallas Mavericks 91 WASHINGTON WIZARDS 113 Charlotte Hornets 98 HOUSTON ROCKETS 130 LA Lakers 110 DENVER NUGGETS 84 Utah Jazz 100 PHILADELPHIA 76ERS 108 Milwaukee Bucks 109 OT SAN ANTONIO SPURS 86 Golden State Warriors 92 INDIANA PACERS 129 Brooklyn Nets 105 MIAMI HEAT 118 Orlando Magic 96 NEW YORK KNICKS 89 Toronto Raptors 93

■ Bowls MSA Bowling Club Skip 2It Flooring Xtra MSA Outdoor Bowling Club Friday Triples held April 8: 1st R. Neilson, R. Petrie M. Sunbeam 3 wins 14 ends 26 points 2nd J. Ryk, M. Anderson, D. Kinvig 2.5 wins 16 ends 37 points 3rd C. Tubb, N. Atkinson, A. Johnston 2.5 wins, 16 ends, 35 points.

Thanks to all teams for their participation throughout the season.

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by Murray Young Property Brokers April 10: 1st P. Whinham. R. Tonks, J. Drayton, G. Clarke 4 wins 2nd W. Blackwell, R. Greaney, B. White, M. Reid, 3wins 27 ends 3rd T. Inwood, J. Rush, B. Williams. L. Muir 3wins 24 ends

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By W. J. Kellet Builder 1st: Graeme Bishop, Alex Crawford, Bob Holdom, Rowen Tonks 4 Wins, Ends, points; 2nd: Rodney Greeny, Bruce White, Bob Harrison, Jill May 3 Wins, 27 Ends, Points; 3rd: Murray Smallridge, Warren Hyndman, Jarrod Davies, Graeme Clarke 3 Wins, 23 Ends, Points

■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club March 29 Robinson Salver N/S 1 Rosemary McLaughlin - Jan de Jong, 2 Mary Buckland - Trish Downward, 3 Mike Holmes - Rewa Kyle. E/W 1 John Fechney - Kay Robb, 2 Maureen Kolkman - Beth McIlraith, 3 Pauline Fergus - Elaine Lattimore March 30 Duplicate N/S 1 Rosemary McLaughlin - Rewa Kyle, 2 Melva Stowell - David Sewell, 3 Pauline Fergus - Paul Fergus. E/W 1 Kay Robb - Mary Buckland, 2 Val Palmer - Bev Macaulay, 3 Amanda Gray - Elaine Lattimore March 31 All Grades N/S 1 Mary Buckland - Peter Downward, 2 Bertie Holmes - Mike Holmes, 3 Jan de Jong - Martin de Jong. E/W 1 Sue Rosevear John Fechney, 2 Kay Robb - Mike Holdaway, 3 Audrey Rooney - Jim Rooney April 4 Flaxmere and King Trophies N/S 1= Mervyn Jones - Joyce Johnson, 1= Ruth Logan - Pauline Scott, 3 George Brown - David Fisher. E/W 1 Val Clemens - Colin Clemens, 2 Ann Gilbert - David McCormick, 3 Fiona Williamson - Sheila Lyons April 5 A Ladder N/S 1 Mary Buckland - Trish Downward, 2 Kay Robb - Rosemary McLaughlin, 3 Beth McIlraith - Bev Macaulay. E/W 1 Sue Rosevear - John Fechney, 2 Perry Jowers - Elaine Lattimore, 3 Lois Rose - Rona Brownlie April 6 3rds diff ptnr each rnd N/S 1 Mary Buckland - Paul Fergus, 2 Johnny Wright - Rewa Kyle, 3 Zilpha Earl - Beth McIlraith. E/W 1 Trish Downward - John Irwin, 2 Maree Moore - Arthur Maude, 3 Edna Segers - Elaine Lattimore April 7 Mary Mulligan Trophy N/S 1 Martin de Jong - Jan de Jong, 2 Lois Rose - Audrey Rooney, 3 Perry Jowers - Melva Stowell. E/W 1 John Fechney - Mike Holdaway, 2 Bev Turton - Trevor Coulter, 3 Elaine Lattimore - Rona Brownlie

■ Cycling Tinwald Supervalue Supermarket

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant will end his glittering NBA career on Thursday at the Staples Centre and the asking price for tickets to the game and merchandise are astronomical. For starters, ticket prices are predictably insane, with third level seats going for over $1175, and the high-end tickets for multiple seats together on StubHub going for over $44,000 a pop. We are talking about one of the greatest basketball players of all-time playing his final game, and he’s played every single one of them – over 20 seasons – with the Lakers (and won five titles with them).

April 10 Wakanui Beach Block Training. 7 riders turn out for the first ride of the Winter Series 16km 1st Peter Restieaux F/T. 36min 31sec. 32km.

1st & F/T. Sam Letham 49min 01sec. 2nd & 4f/t. Jeff Flatt 58min 50sec. 3rd & 2f/t. Alex Crawford 56min 41sec. 4th & 3f/t. Bruce McClelland 56min 42sec. 5th Ryan Jackson 66min 52sec, 6th David Shurrock 63min 26sec.

Next Training ride April 24, see you all there.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club April 9 Highlight of the day was a Hole in One for Ian Rive on #8 hole.

The best score in the stroke round played from the Blue Tees was by Ray Lambert 8420=64. Other winning scores: Chris Robertson and Dave Gill 68; Josh Ackerley, Gavin Douglas and Don Houghton 69; Tufuga Sa and Lindsay Stoddart 70; Greig Sparrow, Bruce Ferriman and Brent Clarke 71 on c/b.

Nearest Pins: Braided Rivers: Rhonda Gallagher; Rothbury Insurance: Jeff Williamson, Netherby Meats: Paul McFie, South Island Seeds: Ian Rive (an Ace), Charming Thai (longest putt) Peter Morgan.

Twos: Adrian Hopwood (2), Ian Rive, Ray Lambert and Tufuga Sa. Nett Eagles: # 12; Birdies: # 14 Nine Hole: Winner Mike Smith 31 nett.

Other good scores: Evan Waters and Geoff Cantrell 35; John Easton, Peter Greening, Anne Fleming and Robin Bennett all 36.

Twos: Chris Anderson at #5.

April 10 White Trophy Semi-final Winner: Wendy & Adrian Hopwood and Heather Robertson & Paddy Bradford.

Plate winners were: Sharon & Ron Carlson and Robynne Nicol & Joe Mc Grath (on the 20th). Top scorers of the day were Heather Robertson & Paddy Bradford 84-17=67. The only two of the day was scored by Paddy Bradford (from long range).

Finals will be played on 1 May.

Mayfield Golf Club April 6 Mid–week Stablefords competition Steve Schmack 40, Stableford points, Gordon Duthie 38, Jack Allan 38, Ian Hopping 38.

Nearest the Pin: Gordon Duthie; Two’s Steve Sckmack and Jack Allan.

April 7 9 Hole division Best Nett Ladies 1st B Morrison 58:22:36, 2nd T Gallagher 55:18:37 Nearest the Pins: Greg Sim Excavators and Builders 2nd Shot No. 2 – T Gallagher, Mayfield Transport Ltd No. 5 – B Morrison

Methven Golf Club April 6 Ladies Golf Division Gwen Cook Trophy & Margaret Lilley Trophy Ellen Kemp91-24-67 Ruth Smith 93-2370 Jan Lane 97-27-70 Sandra Marr 97-27-70 Putting Lynn Worsfold, Jan Lane, Lynn Schott & Erna Smith all 31 putts Cinema Paradiso Best Net Ellen Kemp 67

Nearest the Pins Silver # 4 Arabica-Sara Gallagher Bronze A # 6 Methven Supervalue-Sonia Allen Bronze B 2nd Shot # 17 Methven Foursquare- Flora Lowe Open # 13 Methven Travel-Gayle O’Duffy Two’s & Net Eagles- Lynn Worsfold x 2 Naomi Fairfull, Jane Helmore x 2 Margaret Kelk & Sara Gallagher April 9 Men’s Division Medal Round, Club champs qualifying.

Senior: Matt Mason 75-5-70; Intermediate: James Anderson 81-13-68; Junior A: Gavin Santy 89-22-67; Junior B: Rodger Callaghan 96-25-71 Other Good Scores: 69 Jeremy Johnson. 70 Tim Robinson, Geoff Kelk. 71 John Mcgettigan, James Rooney, Dave Gorman, Chris Pannett, Mark Gorman, Ross Breach. 72 Dave Marsh, Peter Harper, Russell Currie, Grant Hargreaves By lot.

Two’s: Michael Kemp, Athol McAlpine, Matt Mason, James Anderson, Alan Smith, Simon Wareing.

Dubliner Best Nett: Gavin Santy 67. Topnotch Foursquare Second best nett: James Anderson 68. Methven Travel Best Gross: Matt Mason 75.

Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Phil Elliott; Hunters Wine No 6: Phil Elliott; Ski Time No 13: Dave Puckett; Green Parrot No 17: Athol AcAlpine; Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Richard Leith.

Next Week April 16, 1st Round Duff Trophy.

Rakaia Golf Club April 6 Ladies Division LGU - Bryant Cup - 1st Putting Round Longest Drive F. Bierema 102–31–71; V Bell 99-26-73; S Smith 97-22-75 S. Smith 30 Putts Longest Drive Bronze A: S Quinn; Bronze B: F. Bierema J Watts Trophy—Best nett over field: F. Bierema 9 holers: Stroke and Putting - Sue Bunt 2nd Round M. Lloyd Railway Tavern 2nd shot no 3: T Booker; Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot no 6: J. Burrowes; V Bell Nearest Pin no 8: T. Booker; Chertsey Spraying 2nd shot no 15: V. Bell; S. Quinn 2nd shot no 17: B. Oakley Twos: J. Burrowes

Tinwald Golf Club April 9 Medal1st Championship qualifying.

Leading scores in medal and 1st qualifying round of the club championships played on Saturday. Senior – 12; Dave King 68, Gordon Rennie 69, Wayne Smith 69, Snow Pierce 69 b/l. Intermediate -13-18; Richard Thompson 68, Gary Lee 69, Isaac McDonald 72, Tony Clarke 72 b/l.

Junior -19 Plus; Alan Anderson 68, Clarrie Whiting 71, Owen Everest 71, Keith Bonnington 71 b/l.

Women: (Stableford) Sally Lane 36 c/b.

Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liqourland # 2; Brian Rouse. Gluyas Ford # 6; Tony Clarke.

Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Greg King.

Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Justin Smith. G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Nigel Heney. Two’s:

Owen Miller, Greg King, Gordy Kenton, Nigel Heney, Graham Hortin, Tony Clarke, Roger Bruce, Michael Thomas, Brock Peddie.. Net Eagle; # 16 Roger Bruce. Eagle # 14 Wayne Smith.

Masters Tournament Final round scores from Masters Tournament at Augusta yesterday (par-72).

283: Danny Willett (ENG) 70 74 72 67 286: Lee Westwood (ENG) 71 75 71 69, Jordan Spieth (USA) 66 74 73 73 287: Dustin Johnson (USA) 73 71 72 71, Paul Casey (ENG) 69 77 74 67, J.B. Holmes (USA) 72 73 74 68 288: Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 69 74 74 71, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 71 72 72 73, Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG) 71 76 74 67 289: Daniel Berger (USA) 73 71 74 71, Justin Rose (ENG) 69 77 73 70, Brandt Snedeker (USA) 71 72 74 72, Jason Day (AUS) 72 73 71 73, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 70 71 77 71 291: Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 72 72 77 70, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 72 77 71 71 292: Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 71 75 74 72, Rafael Cabrera (ESP) 74 73 75 70, Danny Lee (NZL) 68 74 79 71, Billy Horschel (USA) 70 77 73 72

■ Petanque Ashburton MSA Petanque Club April 9 Autumn Drawn Triples played at Ascot Championship runners up: Mick Little (Ashburton) Grace Kangjuchoi, Pauline Fowlds.

Plate runners up: Irene Herron (Ashburton) Ellen Pithie (Ashburton, Tony Wilkinson.

Third place: Wil Nuberg (Ashburton) Karen Bensdorp (Ashburton) Art Vernon.

Bowl winners: Betty King (Ashburton) Marion Harrison (Ashburton) David Scottorn.

Runners up: Rewa Kyle (Ashburton) Bev Attewell (Ashburton) Brian Ramage.

Saucer winners: Jan Guilford, Janet Wilkinson, Xavier Nicolas.

■ Pigeon racing Ashburton Racing Pigeon April 9 Karatane Flock 8 flyers sent 244 birds Winners Flying Time - 3 hours 14 minutes 29 seconds 1st L. Wilson 1097.270 mpm 2nd M. Davidson 1095.715 mpm 3rd L. Davidson 1095.622 mpm 4th S. Davidson 1094.437 mpm 5th T. Drummond 1089.638 mpm 6th L. Quinn 1071.392 mpm 7th N. Martin 1055.292 mpm 8th R. Cornwall 1055.278 mpm Karatane Oaks 8 flyers sent 132 birds. Winners Flying Time - 3 hours 14 minutes 40 seconds 1st M. Davidson 1095.715 mpm 2nd L. Davidson 1094.590 mpm 3rd T. Drummond 1089.638 mpm 4th L. Quinn 1071.392 mpm 5th S. Davidson 1068.023 mpm 6th L. Wilson 1058.535 mpm 7th N. Martin 1055.292 mpm 8th R. Cornwall 1055.278 mpm

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby April 9 Senior Division 1 – Luisetti Seeds Combined Competition

Section One PWL Methven 18 Kaiapoi 23, Southbridge 45 Saracens 26, Glenmark 40 Lincoln 12, West Melton 3 Burn/Duns Irwell 52, Rolleston 5 Devon Tavern Hampstead 25, Section Two Waihora 20 Stuart Tarbotton Contractor Southern 0, Ashley 42 Prebbleton 8, Hornby 27 Darryl Phillips Motors Company Celtic 45, Darfield 50 Ohoka 14, Oxford 19 Railway Tavern Rakaia 17, Senior B - Michael Duff Memorial Trophy – Round 2 Allenton Grieves Construction 12 Hampstead 20, Collegiate 19 Southern 21, Methven 14 Celtic 54, Mt Somers 57 Rakaia Railway Tavern 24, Combined Competition – Colts Waihora 5 Darfield 18, Lincoln Red 22 Kirwee/BDI 6, Celtic 17 West Melton 34, Lincoln Black 35 Springston 18, Prebbleton 23 Rakaia/Methven 27, Combined Competition - Under 18 Ashley/Oxford 22 Waihora 22, Malvern 23 Lincoln 22, Methven 7 Pegasus Bay 55, Rolleston 0 Celtic 60, Bye: Prebbleton/West Melton Combined Competition - Under 16 Section One Ashley 55 vs Lin/West Melt 52, Malvern 14 vs Hampstead 24, Waihora 43 vs Pegasus Bay 12, Bye: Southern Section Two Hurunui 50 vs Saracens 0, Methven 24 vs DILS 38, Oxford 19 vs Celtic 35, Rolleston 22 vs Prebbleton 17, Combined Competition – Under 14.5 Section One: Duns/Irw/Soub 19 Waihora 33, Springston 53 Celtic/Rakaia 10, Rolleston 5 Hampstead 48, Section Two: Leeston 46 Allenton/Tinwald 24, Prebbleton 55 West Melton 10, Darfield 7 Methven 50,

Super Rugby Round 7 CHIEFS 29 (Aaron Cruden, Mitchell Graham, Brodie Retallick, Shaun Stevenson, Seta Tamanivalu tries Damian McKenzie 2 cons) bt BLUES 23 (Rieko Ioane, Melani Nanai tries Ihaia West 2 cons 3 pens) at FMG Stadium.

Referee: Jamie Nutbrown.

CRUSADERS 20 (Mitchell Drummond, Johnny McNicholl, Jordan Taufua tries Richie Mo’unga con pen) bt FORCE 19 (Ryan Louwrens try Peter Grant con 4 pens) at nib Stadium. Referee: Ben O’Keeffe.

STORMERS 46 (Sikhumbuzo Notshe 2, Juan De Jongh, Jean-Luc du Plessis, Scarra Ntubeni, Louis Schreuder, Kobus van Wyk tries du Plessis 4 cons penalty) beat SUNWOLVES 19 (Riaan Viljoen 2, Yuki Yatomi tries Yu Tamura 2 conversions) at Newlands Rugby Stadium. Referee: Nic Berry.

HURRICANES 40 (Julian Savea 3, Beauden Barrett, Dane Coles, Ben May tries Barrett 5 cons) bt JAGUARES 22 (Martin Landajo, Matias Moroni, Leonardo Senatore tries Nicolas Sanchez 2 cons pen) at Westpac Stadium.

Referee: Nick Briant.

QUEENSLAND REDS 28 (Nick Frisby, Liam Gill, Samu Kerevi tries Jake McIntyre 2 cons 2 pens drop goal) bt HIGHLANDERS 27 (Malakai Fekitoa, Aaron Smith, Lima Sopoaga tries Sopoaga 3 cons 2 pens) at Suncorp Stadium. Referee: Glen Jackson. Crowd: 17,119.

LIONS 24 (Andries Ferreira, Lionel Mapoe tries Elton Jantjies con 4 pens) bt SHARKS 9 (Joe Pietersen 3 pens) at Kings Park Stadium.

Referee: Angus Gardner.

BULLS 38 (SP Marais 2, Jamba Ulengo 2, Jan Serfontein, RG Snyman tries Tian Schoeman 3, Francois Brummer cons) bt KINGS 6 (Louis Fouche 2 pens) at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. Referee: Shuhei Kubo.

Bye-Brumbies, Waratahs, Cheetahs, Rebels NZ Conference P W D L PF PA PD BP Pts Chiefs 7 6 0 1 277 163 114 5 29 Highlanders 7 5 0 2 198 141 57 3 23 Crusaders 6 5 0 1 188 134 54 2 22 Hurricanes 6 4 0 2 172 136 36 4 20 Blues 6 2 1 3 137 152 -15 2 12 Leading tryscorers: 7: Damian McKenzie (Chiefs) 5: Charlie Ngatai (Chiefs), James Lowe (Chiefs), Akihito Yamada (SUN) 4: Jamba Ulengo (Bulls), TJ Perenara (Hurricanes), Martin Landajo (JAG) 3: Ngani Laumape (Hurricanes), Julian Savea (Hurricanes), Malakai Fekitoa (Highlanders), Ben Smith (Highlanders), Matt Faddes (Highlanders), Edgar Marutlulle (Kings), Lionel Mapoe (Lions), Ben Meehan (Rebels), Sam Cane (Chiefs), Sergeal Petersen (Cheetahs), Brad Weber (Chiefs), Ryan Crotty (Crusaders), Nemani Nadolo (Crusaders), Johnny McNicholl (Crusaders), Mitchell Drummond (Crusaders), Richie Mo’unga (Crusaders), Bjorn Basson (Bulls), Shota Horie (SUN), Israel Folau (Waratahs), Jed Holloway (Waratahs), Lwazi Mvovo (Sharks), Sikhumbuzo Notshe (Stormers)

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In brief

■ BOWLS

Getaway wraps up season

Bird, Lewis in trouble Representative back-rowers Luke Lewis and Greg Bird each face at least a week on the sideline following Sunday’s brutal NRL match between Cronulla and the Gold Coast. Titans star Bird has been charged by the NRL match review committee with a grade-two careless high tackle on Cronulla No.6 James Maloney, and will cop a week on the sideline even if he accepts an early guilty plea. Both Bird and Lewis are hurt by the fact they have been found guilty of non-similar offences in the past two years. Dylan Walker has also been charged for tripping Tuimoala Lolohea in Manly’s win over the Warriors on Saturday.

- AAP

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

The MSA Getaway tournament rounded the club season off in style with a high level of play throughout the day in fine conditions on Sunday.

A combined Allenton and Hampstead team of Graham Clarke, Peter Whinham, Rowan Tonks and John Drayton took the spoils with four wins from four.

MSA outdoor bowls committee member John Argyle said the tournament was highly competitive.

“It was very good.

“It was the last tournament of the season in Mid Canterbury and it was a very high standard,” he said.

“One team got four wins, but it was very competitive.”

Turn to page 16 for the tournament’s results.

Fortress Brookvale Manly know Brookvale Oval needs to be a fortress again if they’re to be a force under new coach Trent Barrett, starting with Thursday’s clash against Parramatta. Brookvale has traditionally been one of the toughest away trips in the NRL but that hasn’t been the case over the past two seasons. Manly were 6-6 at their suburban home last year on their way to missing the finals for the first time in 11 years. This season they’re 1-2 at home, their sole win over Cronulla. “The senior guys in our teams have definitely made mention of that and that fortress mentality that has been built over a number of years,” said back-rower Tom Symonds.

“Winning at home is definitely a priority for us.”

- AAP

Right - Joe Ryk looks on as Allenton’s Rodney Greaney takes aim during the MSA Getaway tournament on Sunday. Greaney’s team eventually placed second with three wins.

PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 100416-TM-0002

DRAWS ■ Bowls Ashburton Indoor Bowls April 24 Rep team to play North Canterbury in Rangiora M. Lawson, D. Hawkins, J. Stewart, G. Laird K. MacKenzie, K. Smith, W. Lee, H. Mitchell G. Wilson, G. Chapman, M. Nordqvist, N. Atkinson R. Ellis, M Sheard, M. Sunbeam, C. Tubb M. Markham, Mat Bassett, G. Hurst, B. Laird C. Talbot, R. Bennett, R. MacKenzie, G. Smith Car $12, meal cost to be advised If unavailable contact John Cuthbertson 3037032 or 02040686151

Hampstead All Sports Club April 9, Bowling section Sandy Keith - Proudly Sponsored by Sue Cooper, Ray White real estate Start 9:00am Location Hampstead bowling green Skips: D. Gutberlet, B. Marsh, D. Muir, B. Mayson, M. Skilling, G. Bishop, J. Ryk, M. Smallridge, C. Leech, W. Suttie, G. Eder, S. Keith, J. Moore, B. White, J. Drayton, P. Whinham

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club April 16 The qualifying round for the Watson Cup 4BBB match play competition will be played. Starting Times: Morning 8.00am; Afternoon report to the Pro Shop at 11.30 for a 12.00 start. NB The earlier start time for the Autumn/winter.

■ Hockey Mid Canterbury Hockey April 15 Played at NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf Kiwi Sticks (4th Grade) Duty Club: Hampstead 4.00pm turf one: Tinwald Skip 2 It v Tinwald Mayfield Transport (T B A) turf two: Collegians White v Allenton Thunder (H. O’ Reilly & TBA) 4.50pm turf one: Methven White v Methven R & R (S Harrison-Le &

TBA) turf two: Hampstead v Allenton Storm (H. O’Reilly & TBA) 5.40pm turf one: Wakanui Black v Methven Black (S. HarrisonLee & TBA) turf two: Rakaia v Wakanui Blue (TBA) Collegians Green Bye 1st Grade Women 6.50 pm Collegians/ Hampstead v Hampstead (Collegiate & Methven 1st gr W) 7.50 pm Collegiate v Methven White (Collg/Hamp & Hampstead 1st gr W) Bye: Methven Black April 16 Small Sticks Hockey - Duty Club: Hampstead Mini Sticks (5th Grade (Coaches to Umpire) 9.30am turf one: Tinwald Smith & Sons v Hampstead, turf two: Tinwald Mayfield v Allenton Eagles, turf three: Tinwald Bonnington Paint v Tinwald Latitude, turf four: Rakaia Blue v Allenton Hawks; 10.10am turf three: Wakanui Wasps v Tinwald Aotea Electric, turf four: Rakaia Black v Wakanui Warriors ; Collegians BYE No fun sticks until May 7 Senior Men at Ashburton 3.00pm: Wakanui Blue v Northern Hearts (C. O’Neill, C Watson) Wakanui Black Bye Senior women at Timaru 2.30pm: Hampstead v Cambridge 4.00pm: Hampstead/Collegians v Geraldine April 17: 1st Grade Men 5.00pm Allenton v Collegians (S. Reith, A. Kelland) 6.15pm Tinwald v Wakanui (S. Mealings, Collegians 1st gr M) April 18:No 2nd grade Girls or Boys (Holidays). April 19: No Kwik Sticks (3rd grade) (Holidays)

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby April 16 Senior Division 1 – Luisetti Seeds Combined Competition Section One Glenmark v PWL Methven, Omi 1, 2.45pm, K Fitzgerald, J Le Gros, G McGiffert Devon Tavern Hampstead v West Melton, Hamp 1, 2.45pm, S Laird, G Shaw, J O’Connor Lincoln v Kaiapoi, Lin 1, 2.45pm, R Goodman, A Brosnahan, G White Saracens v Rolleston, Sbroook 1, 2.45pm, A Stead, D Taylor, R O’Loughlin Burn/Duns/Irwell v Southbridge, Burn 1, 2.45pm, G Peddie, J Currie, G McMillan Section Two Railway Tavern Rakaia v Waihora, Rak 1,

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2.45pm, K Opele, G Clement, M Southby Prebbleton v Hornby, Preb Oval, 2.45pm, C O’Malley, H Cook, A McMillan Ohoka v Ashley, Man 1, 2.45pm, A Stokes, R Lane, R Hyde Darryl Phillips Motor Company Celtic v Oxford, Celt 1, 2.45pm, M Gallagher, C Kelland, D Gray Stuart Tarbotton Contractor Southern v Darfield, Mayfield 1, 2.45pm, K Hancox, K Pottinger, P McKnight Senior B - Michael Duff Memorial Trophy – Round 3 Allenton v Methven, Allen 1, 2.30pm, P Hunt, Celtic v Hampstead, Celt 1, 1pm, C Kelland, H Grant, G Barr, Mt Somers v Collegiate, Mt Som 1, 2.30pm, D McKibbon, Southern v Rakaia, Mayfield 1, 1pm, P McKnight Combined Competition – Colts Darfield v Prebbleton, Dar 1, 1pm, D Sullivan, C Banks, S Corcoran, *Kirwee/BDI v West Melton, Burn 2, 2.45pm, B Ward, *Lincoln Red v Lincoln Black, Game Deferred, Rakaia/Methven v Celtic, Rak 1, 1pm, G Clement, Springston v Waihora, Spring1, 1pm, M Hanson Combined Competition - Under 18 Celtic v Ashley/Oxford, Celt 2, 2.15pm, J Bond, *Lincoln v Rolleston, Linc 3, 1.30pm, R Amyes, Pegasus Bay v Malvern, Wood 1, 1.15pm, S Adamson, Prebbleton/West Melton v Methven, Preb 1, 1pm, P O’Brien Bye: Waihora Combined Competition - Under 16 Section One Hampstead v Pegasus Bay, Hamp 1, 1.15pm, G Shaw, Lin/West Melt v Waihora, Lin 4, 1pm, R Busch, Southern vs Malvern, Mayfield 2, 1.15pm, K Pottinger. Bye: Ashley Section Two: Celtic v Prebbleton, Celt 2, 1pm, G Casey, Oxford v Hurunui, Oxf Oval, 1.30pm, R Eder, Rolleston v Methven, Roll 1, 1pm, M Quinlivan. Saracens v DILS, Sbrook 2, 1.30pm, TBA Combined Competition – Under 14.5 Section One: Waihora v Celtic/Rakaia, TT1, 12.30pm, G Schwass, Rolleston v Duns/Irw/Soub, Roll 2, 12.30pm, C Wootton, Hampstead v Springston, Hamp 2, 1pm, J O’Connor Section Two: Allenton/Tinwald v Darfield, Tinwald 1, 1pm, S Bennett. Prebbleton v Leeston, Lin 3, 12pm, D Morrison, Methven v West Melton, Meth 1, 1pm, B Frame ACL JAB Seven A Side: Venue: Allenton Report: 9.30am – Games start 10am

Under 10, 11, 12, 13 ACL JAB Seven A Side: Venue: Celtic Report: 9.30am – Games start 10am Under 7, 8, 9

■ Netball Mid Canterbury Netball April 13 Social Netball ACL: 6.30pm: United KFC Colonel’s Chicks v Rakaia B, Heath Lyttle and Letitia Thompson; 7.30: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Social A v Southern Wastebusters, Heath Lyttle and Shannon Vidler Vetent: 6.30pm: Celtic Dragons v Methven Professionals, Julie McCleod and Debbie Summerfield; 7.30pm: Methven LH Farms v United KFC Zinger Chicks, Bridgit O’Sullivan and Andrea Fox Carrfields: 6.30pm: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Social Gold v Southern Clucas, Mikayla Cromie and Sarah Tait; 7.30pm: Celtic White v Methven Black, Daniel Binstead and Lauren McPhearson Ashburton Trust: 6.30pm: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Social Blue v Tinwald South, Sheree Adkins and Pip Dixon; 7.30pm: Rakaia C v Mt Somers Social, Maree McNally and Seni Lafoou Bye: Southern Align Farms April 14, ACL Premier Netball ACL: 6.30pm: Celtic Auric Energy A v United KFC A, Vicki McArthur and Kiani Smith; 7.30pm: Rakaia A v Methven Wareings A, Kiani Smith and Aleisha Whitehead Vetent: 6.30pm: Ashburton College Finesse Fitness A v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton A, Jan Lee and Irene Anderson; 7.30pm: Allenton A v Ashburton College Y10A, Kevin Opele and Aimee Elliott Carrfields: 6.30pm: Ashburton College Senior B v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U18, Kevin Opele and Wendy Hopwood; 7.30pm: Southern Livestock Exchange v Celtic B, Sophie Beveridge and Eartha Scott Ashburton Trust – Warm Up Court April 16 The Stables Junior Netball Competition ACL: 8.45: Hampstead Blue v St Josephs Celtic Red, Cathleen Anderson and Ellie Lawn; 9.35: Hampstead C v Southern Hayden Mackenzie, Amber Kennedy and Charlotte Blundell; 10.25: Methven Carrfields v Borough A, Katie Danielson and Grace Bleach; 11.15: Hampstead A v Hampstead B, Lauren Pluck and Julie Mushonga;

12.05: Longbeach A v St Josephs Celtic Gold, Lara Alves and Poppy Kilworth; 12.55: Allenton Junior A v Methven Trucking, Jemma Donnelly and Lauren Pluck Vetent: 8.45: Allenton Diamonds v Mt Somers 1, Sophie Watson and Jasmin Strawbridge; 9.35: Methven Bayleys v Borough B, Taylah Burrowes and Alex Howden; 10.25: Hampstead Gold v Rakaia A, Emma Lake Hill and Faith Scott; 11.15: Southern Taylor Groundspreading v Wakanui, Mia Pearson and Tenielle Booth; 12.05: Methven Tricroft v Allenton Crusaders, Willow Diedricks and Courtney Elliott; 12.55: Allenton Junior B v St Josephs Celtic Blue, Sophie Adams and Monique Johson Carrfields: 8.45: St Josephs Celtic Green v Hampstead School A, Aleesha HaselmoreSmith and Ines Forster; 9.35: Longbeach B v Rakaia B, Victoria Binnie and Rangikore Makutu; 10.25: Netherby Magic v Tinwald A, Jasmine Sturm and Jessica Baron; 11.15: Waka Waves v Fairton ACS, Tamaki Nishioka and Emily Milner; 12.05: Allenton Eagles v Hampstead School B, Olivia Lill and Sophie Innes; 12.55: Borough C v Southern Hyde Brothers, Victoria Pupuke and Anabel Dolan Ashburton Trust: 8.45: Borough Magic v St Josephs Celtic Purple; 9.35: Borough Y5 Tactix v Longbeach C; 10.25: Methven Hammer Hardware v Waka Shots; 11.15: Netherby Diamonds v Southern Harrison Spraying Ltd; 12.05: Allenton Firebirds v Mt Somers 2; 12.55: Hampstead School C v Rakaia C New World ACL: 2.00: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton B v Celtic Green, Karilyn Witterick and Jaimee Carrodus; 3.00: Ashburton College Y9A v Methven Euro Agri, Danielle McArthur and Jemma Rotch; 4.00: Ashburton College U18 v Ashburton College Y10B, Vicki Pluck and Charlotte Waddell Vetent: 2.00: Ashburton College Y9B v Soutehrn Mayfield Service Centre, Abbie Wallington and Zoe Beckley; 3.00: Methven Shearmac v Hampstead Hotties, Caroline Polson and Zoe Diedricks; 4.00: Celtic C v Methven R&R Spreading, Paige Jones and Mikayla Griffin Carrfields: 2.00: Ashburton College U15 v Methven Crossroads, Lynne Hands and Tegan Barry; 3.00: Allenton C v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Blue, Lynne Hands and Kerry Aspin Ashburton Trust – Warm Up Bye – Allenton B

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■ CHASING BLACK TYPE

Frustration for Hughie

Change of plans for Rose Jackson is also the breeder and part-owner of the well-performed Pins mare Decorah, who will be offered at the Sydney Broodmare Sale, but with one regret.

“When you looked at the Sydney Cup and there was $A37,500 for eighth with only 11 of them there it would have been nice to see Decorah in it, especially on a wet track,” he said.

“But she has been an excellent mare to us and had to carry big weights. She was out the back in the Auckland Cup – if she had run fifth or sixth we might have had a look at the Sydney Cup.” Prepared by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, Decorah won seven races including the Gr.3 City of Auckland Cup, in which she beat Rose Of Virginia, and the Gr.3 Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes.

“We’ve got a half-sister to her by Iffraaj and a full-brother who is a weanling so there’s a bit of the family yet to come,” Jackson said. - NZME

A multitude of black type opportunities in Australia is likely to lure Rose Of Virginia back into action.

The Thorn Park mare, who finished runner-up in her last appearance in the Gr.1 Auckland Cup, is entered in next month’s Australian Broodmare Sale.

However, her connections have now had a rethink and Rose Of Virginia is poised to cross the Tasman as a racing proposition.

“She’s out spelling at the moment and we’re talking to a few trainers in Sydney given the plethora of Group Three and Listed cups around for good stake money,” said part-owner Dr Alan Jackson, who also chairs the board of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing.

“It’s not 100 per cent yet, but 95 per cent likely. She hasn’t won a black type race yet.”

Trained by Lance Noble, Rose Of Virginia won six races and has placed at Group One, Two, Three and Listed levels.

M5

Rose of Virginia: Australia trip likely.

By Michael Guerin A season that started so well is set to end on a disappointing note for Hughie Green.

The four-year-old who pushed Have Faith In Me so close in the Auckland Cup is likely to head to the paddock after a shock and expensive failure at Alexandra Park on Friday night. The exciting pacer led but then dropped out when challenged in the Kumeu Stakes, won by Hug The Wind.

Hughie Green’s trainer Brian Hughes was having blood tests done on the son of Art Major but believes he has failed to recover from an ongoing viral complaint.

“Clearly that wasn’t him last night and Tony (Herlihy) said he was doing his best at the 600m.

Unless the blood tests suggest it is something we can fix quickly, he will probably go to the paddock.”

The timing couldn’t be worse as in peak form he would have been favourite for the Taylor Mile (April 22) and Messenger (April 29) at Alexandra Park.

- NZME

PHOTO TRISH DUNELL

Manawatu harness Today at Manawatu Raceway

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76335 Must Desire 18.47 ..........................G Cleeve 84461 Homebush Rocky 18.33 .........J T McInerney 64358 Opawa Opal 19.08 L & ....................... Wales 1 32175 Kava Blu nwtd J & ...........................D Fahey 27x72 Calinda Girl nwtd.......................A Bradshaw 2 42213 Boston Billy nwtd H &..........................Taylor 3 76311 Goldstar Avery 32.89 S &................B Evans 12 3.50pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 26TH APRIL 4 23331 Know Decision 32.17 .....................G Cleeve C4/5, 310m 1 22846 Homebush Paige 18.69..........J T McInerney 5 51125 Know Mention nwtd........................G Cleeve 2 17248 Aiden Baxter 19.08 ................J T McInerney 6 12254 Trust Issues 32.41 J &.....................D Fahey 3 26782 Black Crow nwtd .......................A Bradshaw 7 76623 Mystic Action 32.54 S & ..................B Evans 4 21162 Wheelchair Norm 18.36 .........J T McInerney 8 71157 Know Hero 33.43 ...........................G Cleeve 5 24375 Opawa Colin 18.22 L & ...................... Wales Emergencies: 6 22311 Dirk The Jerk 18.53 ...........................J Dunn 9 55316 Goldstar Po nwtd S & ......................B Evans 7 71522 Mickey Tee 18.20 ..........................R Adcock 10 63243 Southern Lights 32.53 .................R Hamilton 10 3.06pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE SPRINT 8 33355 Technic 19.08 ................................R Adcock Emergencies: C3, 310m 9 15468 Opawa Lean Meat 18.88 L & ............. Wales 1 43333 Alex Rumble 19.20 .................J T McInerney 2 78474 Homebush Rufus 18.69 .........J T McInerney 10 33657 Chokehold nwtd M & .........................Jopson 3 46624 Goldstar Bomber 19.37 S & ............B Evans SELECTIONS 4 21422 Timely Reminder nwtd M & ...............Jopson Race 1: Botany Alan, Uno Again, Celtic Warrior, Dan Blue Blood 5 14212 Paua Shot 18.93 J & .......................D Fahey Race 2: Know Struggle, Rob’s Mate, Star Apache, Deborah Bay 6 35167 Harden Faster nwtd M & ...................Jopson Race 3: Goldstar Boomer, Goldstar Dallas, Amino Trouble 7 71114 Definer 18.86 ................................R Adcock Race 4: Punch On Jaime, Freckle Flyer, Pianissimo 8 85361 Earn Me Some 19.19 M &.................Jopson Race 5: Definite, Apollo King, Opawa Libby, Red Hot Action 9 525x7 Know Cheers 18.79 .......................G Cleeve Race 6: Adrenalin Kick, Thunder Storm, Giganaire, Air Express 10 44365 Royal Action 18.82 S & ...................B Evans Race 7: Another Fan, Baduzzi, Know Energy, Go Tommo 11 3.25 GREEN ISLAND BARBER SPRINT C4, 310m Race 8: Opawa O’Grady, Opawa Alex, Zipping Sonny 1 81588 Rand nwtd ..............................J T McInerney Race 9: Goldstar Avery, Kava Blu, Trust Issues, Know Hero 2 51123 Wally Baxter 19.10 .................J T McInerney Race 10: Alex Rumble, Homebush Rufus, Earn Me Some 3 73747 Homebush Gru 18.76.............J T McInerney Race 11: Rand, Wally Baxter, Know Knowing, Must Desire 4 51561 Ultra Action nwtd S & ......................B Evans Race 12: Dirk The Jerk, Mickey Tee, Homebush Paige, Technic 5 56734 Homebush Ariel 18.71 ...........J T McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd 6 64432 Know Knowing 18.48 .....................G Cleeve - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track 10 22241 Know Laughing 32.77 ....................G Cleeve

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■ NETBALL

College setting the pace

By James Ford

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Week two of the New World senior netball competition produced some exciting clashes at the EA Networks Centre Stadium on Saturday.

Ashburton College Y9A added another win to their tally and handed Celtic Green their first loss of the campaign in a tightly contested 31-28 battle.

College Y9A downed College under-18 43-13 in their season opener 10 days ago and will now look to make it three wins from three when they lock horns with an in-form Methven Euro Agri this weekend.

Methven posted their first win of the season, and did it in style in a 50-3 thumping of Ashburton College Y10B. Meanwhile, Hampstead Hotel Ashburton B remain unbeaten after taking another convincing victory.

Janene McDowell’s ladies dealt Ashburton College under-18 their second loss in as many weekends in a one-sided 38-6 encounter.

In the senior reserve grade, Methven Shearmac continue to set the pace with another win, this time over Celtic C 30-12 after seeing off Allenton B in their last outing.

Allenton did put their season opening loss behind them, though, to down Methven R&R Spreading 23-14 in the 3pm fixture.

The second grade also offered up some entertaining matchups.

Allenton C were dominant throughout in a 27-2 hiding of Ashburton College under-15 while Southern Mayfield Service Centre recorded a 30-11 win over Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Blue.

To round off the afternoon’s play, Ashburton College Y9B bounced back from their loss in week one to beat Methven Crossroads 35-17.

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Hoggy still has it Brad Hogg is showing no sign of slowing down as the veteran Australian spinner produced another masterful performance on the opening weekend of the Indian Premier League. The 45-year-old was almost unplayable on the Eden Gardens wicket, taking 3-19 to help his Kolkata Knight Riders to a ninewicket win over the Dehli Daredevils.

“There were dry patches there as well as the grass and it added that natural variation,” Hogg said of the wicket. “So if you got it on the grass it skidded on and if you got it on the dry patch it turned.

God knows what the batsman’s thinking.”

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Van Gaal defends tactics Louis van Gaal had Manchester United fans scratching their heads with a baffling halftime substitution and his post-match suggestion the Red Devils are still ahead of Tottenham despite being crushed 3-0 by the London club. The Dutchman replaced young striker Marcus Rashford and played winger Ashley Young as a centre forward in the second half at White Hart Lane yesterday.

Tottenham scored three goals in six minutes through Dele Alli, Toby Alderweireld and Erik Lamela to keep their Premier League title hopes alive and leave United struggling to finish in the top four.

- Reuters

Leicester march on

Ashburton College Y9A’s Poppy Kilworth looks to make an intercept against Celtic on Saturday.

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Valeri wants a double

Massive choke hands Willett the green jacket

By Ben everill

Danny Willett tries on his nice new green jacket.

PHOTO AP

Leicester City have continued their inexorable march towards the Premier League title as Jamie Vardy’s brace earned them victory at Sunderland. Vardy’s late goals in a 2-0 win at the Stadium of Light yesterday sent Claudio Ranieri’s side 10 points clear and judging by the way the Leicester fans reacted they have clearly started believing in the impossible dream. The visiting supporters, some of whom have already bought scarves embossed with “Premier League Champions”, gave a rousing rendition of “We’re going to win the league” at fulltime.

- Reuters

England’s Danny Willett has won the Masters after benefiting from a spectacular back nine collapse by defending champion Jordan Spieth.

Willett became just the second Englishman since Nick Faldo to claim a green jacket, thanks to a final round five-under-67 to be five-under 283 for the tournament for a three-shot win.

World No.2 Spieth led Willett by five strokes when he made the turn at Augusta National yesterday, before an monumental implosion in which he dropped six shots in the opening three holes of the back nine.

After four straight birdies to close the front side,

he made bogey on the 10th and again on the 11th, but it was an incredible quadruple bogey seven on the famous par-three 12th at Amen Corner that drowned his charge.

Two balls in the water and another into a bunker threw the doors wide open and Willett was the man to step up.

Not since Greg Norman’s epic collapse in 1996 and Rory McIlroy’s 2011 meltdown has the Masters been so gut-wrenching for a leader.

Willett won by three shots over Spieth (73) and countryman Lee Westwood (69) who finished at two-under.

Paul Casey (67), another Englishman, joined Americans JB Holmes (68) and Dustin Johnson (71) in fourth at one under.

World No.1 Jason Day shot 73 to finish at one over as the leading Australian in a tie for 10th.

Starting on the same score as Willett, Day was unable to muster a similar charge.

He opened with a routine par but then failed to birdie the very gettable par-five second hole when his approach fanned way right into the crowds.

A bogey on the fifth hurt his cause and while he made birdie on the par five eighth, a sloppy bogey on the 10th left him well off the lead pace.

A late birdie on 15 was cancelled by a final hole bogey.

Kiwi Danny Lee fired a final-round 71 to finish on 292, nine shots off the winner.

- AAP

Melbourne Victory skipper Carl Valeri believes his side could have a psychological edge over Brisbane Roar after denying them the premiership on Saturday night.

The two sides meet again to open the finals series on Friday night at Suncorp Stadium, six days after Brisbane failed to crack open Victory at AAMI Park. Valeri hopes the wounds they inflicted on the weekend will be still raw when they meet again.

- AAP

Ace makes history South African Louis Oosthuizen has delivered an incredible holein-one after his ball ricocheted off his opponent’s at the Masters.

Oosthuizen became the third of the day on Monday to hit an ace on the 16th hole joining Irish Shane Lowry and American Davis Love III. It was the first time in Masters history that three aces had been sunk on the same hole during the same round. Fans and spectators cheered as the balls fell celebrating the 25th, 26th and 27th holes-in-one in Masters history.

- Reuters

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The hardest criticism to take is honest criticism. Only the strong (that means you) can handle it – there’s something just beyond your usual awareness that’s helpful for you to know.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Moments in which you feel happy, healthy, safe shouldn’t be rare. If those moments are not abundant, why not? Today is a fine time to turn the trend around.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Life will make you change for the better, and there’s nothing you need to do about that now. Just relax and believe. If you can’t believe, at least relax.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Those who know you well are expecting you to succeed, and so are those who don’t know you. That’s because success is your vibe these days! Anyone who isn’t rooting for you in an obvious way doesn’t belong on your team.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): When the music of your thoughts mixes with the music of a compatible individual’s thoughts, the result will be a beautiful, layered symphony you both can dance to.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Stressful moments have a way of constricting your creativity and thought processes. Laughter is an experience of opening up and getting everything flowing again. You’ll be at your best when you keep looking for the humour.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Maybe it sounds harsh, but the fact is that some people in your life nourish you while others deplete you. Recognise this reality and plan your day accordingly to stay buoyant.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Take a moment to gently acknowledge the feeling you’re having; it’s human. Whatever you feel, it’s acceptable. Does that help you soften into the moment instead of resisting?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Address your concerns about your image. It’s not selfish to want to put your best foot forward. This is the moment to nip a problem in the bud or make an improvement.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You get to decide just how close you want people to be to you. Sure, they may have their own ideas, and there is a bit of negotiating to do (most of it informal and implied), but ultimately you’re in charge. Don’t forget that!

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): It’s as though your ordinary mind and personal identity have dissolved into a dream. How much of this dream are you able to influence? Test it out. Assert yourself and see.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You didn’t go wrong; you went right. Anyway, it’s best not to think about it now. This is different from the original plan, but assume that it’s different in a good way and move forward.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS ASCHEN, Donald Grenville, (Don) – On April 6, 2016, at Ashburton. Aged 84 years.

Dearly loved husband of Margery for 60 years.

Treasured father and father in law of Pauline (Melbourne), Helen and Lindsay Copland, and Barry and Alison. Loved grandad of Rachel, and Jake; Amanda and Ryan, Greg, Michael and Michelle; Jamie, and Zoe. Great grandad Don of his 8 great grandchildren.

Messages to the Aschen family, c/- P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A private family service for Don has been held.

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ASCHEN, Donald Grenville –

At Ashburton on April 6, 2016. Loved brother and brother in law of Jeanette and the late Colin Cooke. Uncle Don of Nicola and Garry Brown, Susan and Nigiel Harvey and families.

At peace.

CASEY, William Desmond (Des) – Passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at Anthony Wilding Hospital Christchurch on April 10, 2016, in his 85th year. Much loved husband and soulmate of Madeleine (Tisch) for 45 great years.

Best friend, father and father in law of Maria and Keith Richmond, and Martin.

Adored grandad to Zoe, brother and brother in law to Mick (deceased) and Cecily, Gerald (Digger) (deceased), Mary and Bill Newsome, the late Gladstone and Eileen Fitzgibbon, and Denise and the late Jim Stewart, Rosemarie and the late Brian O'Carroll. A well-loved uncle and great uncle to all his nieces and nephews.

May he rest in peace.

In lieu of flowers donations to the Cancer Society would be appreciated and may be made at the Mass. Requiem Mass will be celebrated at Christ The King Catholic Church, 90 Greers Road, Burnside Christchurch, on FRIDAY, April 15 at 11.00am followed by interment at the Lincoln Cemetery.

JR -John RhindPh: 03 379 9920 DALY, Terrance William (Terry) – Passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, April 10, 2016 aged 88. Loved son of the late Michael and Muriel Daly (Ashburton). Much loved husband of Natalie.

Treasured father and father in law of Kevin and Carol, Fiona and Paul. Much loved grandfather to Elton and Lizzy, Leon and Nikki, Leanne and Steve, Rayden, Sheree and Lyndon. Adored great grandfather to Maddison, Morgan, Thomas, Connor, Fynn, Tristan, Susan, Sophia, Jeremy, Rachel and Oliver. A Rosary for Terry will be held at his home Thursday night at 7pm A service for Terry will be held at St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Thames Street, Morrinsville on FRIDAY, April 15, at 1:30pm followed by private cremation. In lieu of flowers, donations preferred to Morrinsville St John. All communications to the Daly family, C/- 358 Thames Street, Morrinsville 3300.

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EDMONSTONE William Bruce, (Bruce) (RNZAF 4310878) – On April 10, 2016 at Ashburton. Aged 90 years.

Dearly loved husband of Peg for 65 years. Loved father and father in law of Ross and Kathyrn, Susan and Neil, and Pam and Perry. Loved Granddad of his 10 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Also a loved brother in law of Ayleen and the late Jack Beatty.

“Will be sadly missed by us all.

At peace” Messages to Edmonstone Family, P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Donations to Ashburton St John would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Bruce’s life will be held in the Doris Linton Lounge, Ashburton RSA, Cox Street, Ashburton, on THURSDAY, April 14, commencing at 11.00am.

Followed by interment at the RSA section, Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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KYLE, Alan Watters – Loved son of the late Tom and Ella Kyle, loved brother and brother-in-law of Jan and Roy Clements, Hamish and the late Doreen Anderson and loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews.

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82 years. Loving husband of Bro Bob White the late Bernadette, father Wor. Master and father in law of Carmel and Paul, Maria and Dean, Edwin and Debra, and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bernard. Special grandpa of WHITELAW, Beryl – Michael, Mia and Declan. A Deirdre and her family offer Requiem Mass will be their heartfelt thanks for the celebrated at Our Lady of messages of sympathy and Fatima Catholic Church, love on the recent death of a mother and 4 Lucia Glade, Meadowbank, dear Auckland on THURSDAY, grandmother. Thank you to all who attended Beryl’s funeral April 14, at 11am. service, sent cards, letters, Rest in Peace Eddie flowers, and expressions of All communications to Sibuns Funeral Directors sympathy. Lovely memories shared. Please accept this as and Advisors. personal acknowledgement of KYLE, Alan Watters – our thanks and appreciation.

On April 10, 2016 at Dunedin.

A loving and dearly loved IN MEMORIAM partner and best friend of Shona. Much loved father and father-in-law of Ross and Bec, and Jan and Rodney.

Loved papa of Sophie, Ailsa, Holly, George, and the late Jack. Caring friend of the late Kelly and Marnie and loved SCOTT, Merle Ann – Poppa Kyle of Tilly, and Max. 12-04-2004. Twelve years “A loving man, now at peace.” today. We miss you. With In lieu of flowers, donations to love, Don and family. the Alzheimer's Society would be appreciated and may be FUNERAL left at Alan's service. Special thanks to the lovely nurses FURNISHERS and carers at Yvette Williams MASTER for your kind and loving attention of Alan over the last MONUMENTAL MASON few years. We thank you for E.B. CARTER LTD that from our hearts. A For all your memorial celebration of Alan's life will requirements be held at the Ashburton Golf New headstones and designs Club, Golf Links Road Renovations, on FRIDAY, April 15, Additional inscriptions, commencing at 11am, Cleaning and Concrete work followed by private cremation.

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 10am The Chase 0 11am Coach Trip In Budva, Montenegro, the group tackles a tree-top rope course, and a prank almost leaves Brendan grounded; a cocktail-making competition sees some surprising results.

11:30 Come Dine With Me PGR Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1:30 Coronation Street PGR 0 2pm Our First Home 3 0 3pm Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Our First Home 0 8:30 F Autopsy AO 0 9:30 The Boy Who Wants His Leg Cut Off PGR Documentary about an 11-year-old boy with an aggressive disease that has caused his leg to grow out of proportion to his body. 0 10:40 One News 0

11:10 Stalker AO After the mayor is victimised by a stalker, the TAU must determine whether it is one of his angry constituents or a secret from his past. 0 12:05 My Baggy Body PGR 0 1am Te Karere 3 2 1:25 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 32

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Secrets Of Great British Castles 7:30 Reno v Relocate 8am Better Homes And Gardens 9:30 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – Cosmopolitan Cook 10am Poh’s Kitchen 10:30 Selling New York 11am Home By Novogratz 11:30 Beverly Hills Pawn Noon Secrets Of Great British Castles 1pm Indian Ocean With Simon Reeve 2pm Rome – Empire Without Limit With Mary Beard 3pm Reno v Relocate 3:30 NZ Food Culture 4pm Salty Love 5pm Food Safari 5:30 Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 6pm Decks, Docks And Gazebos 6:30 Buying The Bayou 7pm Auction Hunters PG 7:30 Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea 8:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 9:30 Project – Restoration 10pm Kitchen Crashers 10:30 Auction Hunters PG 11pm Food Safari 11:30 Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:52 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 6:55 My Little Pony 3 0 7:20 Back At The Barnyard 0 7:50 The Day My Butt Went Psycho 3 0 8:15 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 8:40 Sofia The First 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Hope And Faith 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle 1:30 Judge Rinder 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Angry Birds Toons 0 3:35 Kung Fu Panda 0 4pm Dog With A Blog 0 4:30 The Adam And Eve Show 0 5pm Friends 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 The Big Ward Kimiora’s recovery is affected by dizzy spells; Maria bares all at the beach; is it second time lucky for Veronica’s surgery? 0 8pm RBT PGR 0 8:30 Filthy Rich 0 9:30 Empire 0 10:30 Mike And Molly PGR 0

6am Paul Henry 9am The Café Hosts Mike Puru and Mel Homer present a local lifestyle and entertainment show with cooking and special guests.

10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon NewsHub Midday 12:30 Dr Phil AO 1:30 M Kidnapped – The Hannah Anderson Story PGR 2015 Crime Drama Thriller. Jessica Amlee, Scott Patterson, Brian McNamara. 0 3:25 Rachael Ray 4:25 American Ninja Warrior (Part 2) 5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

11pm How To Get Away With Murder AO 0 11:55 Rizzoli And Isles AO 0 12:55 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:25 The Real PGR 3 3:15 Pretty Little Liars PGR 3 0 4:10 Over The Garden Wall 3 0 4:20 Pair Of Kings 3 0 4:45 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

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6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors 12:55 The Paradise PGR 3 Tom’s behaviour is disturbingly spiteful, and a frightened Katherine confides in Moray; Tom and Katherine attempt a truce, but the good intention unravels.

2pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 3pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country

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11:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR A celebrity chat show.

12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 1am Home Shopping 1:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 2:05 Home Shopping

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6am Aussie Rules – AFL (Replay) North Melbourne v Melbourne. From Blundstone Arena.

9am Triathlon – ITU World Series (Replay) Gold Coast Women’s Triathlon.

11:15 Triathlon – ITU World Series (Replay) Gold Coast Men’s Triathlon.

1:30 Golf Central 2:30 Football League Show 3pm Football – A-League Highlights Show 3:30 L Football – OFC Champions League Lossi v Team Wellington.

5:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round Six Sunday.

6pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Storm v Bulldogs.

6:30 Monday Night With Matty Johns 7:30 UFC Now Experts discuss the most important fights and controversial topics in the UFC. 8:30 Fight Night 10:30 UFC – Road To The Octagon

11:30 Football – OFC Champions League (Replay) 1:30 Fox Sports News 2am The Crowd Goes Wild 2:30 Back Page 3:30 Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series (Highlights) 4:30 Motorcycling – Superenduro World Championship (Highlights) 5am Inside Supercars

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10:30 Media Take 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Kawe Korero – Reporters Midnight Closedown – Whakamutunga

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6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 8:30 Mythbusters PG 9:25 What On Earth? PG 10:20 You Have Been Warned M 11:15 A Crime To Remember M 12:10 House Of Horrors – Kidnapped M 12:35 House Of Horrors – Kidnapped M 1:05 Sinister Ministers – Collared M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 Mythbusters PG 5:40 Mythbusters PG 6:35 Alaskan Bush People M 7:30 Arctic Rescue M 8:30 Naked And Afraid M 9:30 Dual Survival M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Deadliest Catch PG

12:30 Survivor – Redemption Island PG 1:20 Call Of The Wildman PG 1:45 CS – NY MV 2:35 CSI MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 The Interceptor MVLS 4:45 Da Vinci’s Demons 18VLS 5:35 Shipping Wars PG

12:30 The Perfect Murder M 1:25 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Destroyed In Seconds PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 Flying Wild Alaska PG

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MOVIES PREMIERE 6:10 Hours ML 2013 Thriller.

Paul Walker. 7:45 Innocence AO 2000 Adventure Fantasy Horror.

Sophie Lane Curtis, Kelly Reilly, Graham Phillips. 9:25 Close Up – Denzel Washington PG 9:55 The Curse Of Downers Grove 16VLSC 2014 Horror. Kevin Zegers, Bella Heathcote. 11:25 Devil’s Knot MVLC 2014 Crime. Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon. 1:20 Spy 16VLS 2015 Comedy. Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne. 3:20 Innocence AO 2000 Adventure Fantasy Horror.

5pm The Opposite Sex 16LS 2014 Comedy. Mena Suvari, Geoff Stults.

6:35 Black Sea MVL 2014 Thriller. Jude Law, Scoot McNairy.

8:30 Paul Blart – Mall Cop 2 PGV 2015 Comedy. Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez. 10:10 The November Man 16VLSC 2014 Action.

Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurylenko.

11:55 The Cobbler MV 2014 Comedy.

WEDNESDAY

MOVIES GREATS 7:45 Love’s Labour’s Lost 2000 Romantic Comedy.

Kenneth Branagh, Alicia Silverstone.

9:20 Making Of We Own The Night PG 2007 Featurette.

9:35 Speed MV 1994 Action.

Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper. 11:30 Liar, Liar M 1997 Comedy.

Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper. 12:55 Contact M 1997 Sci-fi. Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Angela Bassett. 3:20 Love’s Labour’s Lost 2000 Romantic Comedy. Kenneth Branagh, Alicia Silverstone. 4:55 The Whole Ten Yards MVS 2004 Comedy Thriller. Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet. 6:35 District 9 16VL 2009 Sci-fi. Sharlto Copley, William Allen Young. 8:30 2012 MC 2009 Action. 11:10 Heartbreakers MLS 2001 Romantic Comedy.

WEDNESDAY

1:10 Kiss The Girls 18VL 1997 Crime 1:35 The Opposite Sex 16LS 2014 Thriller. 3:05 The Whole Ten Comedy. 3:15 Paul Blart – Mall Yards MVS 2004 Comedy Thriller.

Cop 2 PGV 2015 Comedy. 4:50 The 4:45 Heartbreakers MLS 2001 November Man 16VLSC 2014 Action. Romantic Comedy.

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12Apr16

6am Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Mystics v Fever.

6:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Firebirds v Pulse. 7am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Storm v Bulldogs.

7:30 Monday Night With Matty Johns 8:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Force v Crusaders.

9am Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Hurricanes v Jaguares.

9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Reds v Highlanders.

10am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Sharks v Lions.

Noon Snooker – World Tour (Highlights) Snooker Shoot Out Two. 3pm Football – Chelsea TV (Replay) Swansea City v Chelsea.

6pm Football – A-League Highlights Show (Highlights) 6:30 Football League Show 7pm Motorcycling – FIM Superenduro World Championship 7:30 Broncos Insider 8pm Super League Fulltime 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Back Page With hosts Tony Squires and Kelli Underwood.

10:30 Inside Supercars 11:30 NRL Fulltime

WEDNESDAY

Midnight Super League Fulltime 12:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Warrington Wolves v St Helens. 1am Broncos Insider 1:30 Motorcycling – FIM Superenduro World Championship (Highlights) 2am Football – A-League (Replay) Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets. 4am Football – A-League (Replay) Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar.

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24 Ashburton Guardian

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Double gold for Courtney

Sport

BY JAMES FORD

JAMES.F@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

A small group of college athletes made big waves at the recent New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Triathlon, Open Water Swim and Aquathlon Championships in Queenstown.

Students from Mount Hutt College and Ashburton College competed in the individual and team triathlons before taking to the water for the National Open Water Swimming Championships and the National Aquathlon Championships at Lake Hayes and Jack’s Point on Friday.

Courtney Elliott was Mount Hutt College’s standout performer.

The 13-year-old was crowned a double national champion after winning the under-13 girls’ open water swim and the aquathlon on Friday.

Fellow Mount Hutt student Bree Middleton also produced a sterling performance to place second, behind Elliott in the open water swim.

Meanwhile, the Ashburton College under-19 girls’ team stormed home to take the silver medal in the teams’ triathlon.

Lucy Clough gave her team the best possible start by emerging from the water one minute clear of the field following the 750m swim.

Cyclist Jessie Banks then fought bravely in the 20km cycle as her lead was attacked by strong competitors from Mt Aspiring College and King’s College, but the 15-year-old held on to second place heading in to the final transition.

Maddie Evans took over in the 5km run, and, although unable to challenge the winner, put considerable gains on third placed to bring her team home for the silver medal behind Mt Aspiring College.

Ashburton College’s Clough was unlucky not to add a second medal in the under-19 girls’ 1500m open water swim after being overtaken at the death, but did claim fourth place.

Similarly, Aimee Elliott of Mount Hutt College produced an exceptional run leg in the under-16 girls’ aquathlon event, charging through the field for fourth spot, having previously finished sixth in the 1000m open water swim.

Courtney Elliott was Mount Hutt College’s standout performer, taking two gold medals at the under-13 girls’ open water swim and the aquathlon on Friday.

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