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Ford returns ‘home’ He has starred as the US president, swashbuckling Indiana Jones and a heroic CIA analyst, but Harrison Ford says it was when he stepped back on the new Star Wars set that he really felt at home. “It felt like being home, to an extent. It felt good. I like to work. It was fun,” the Hollywood legend said in Sydney where he is promoting the hotly anticipated new instalment of the franchise, The Force Awakens.

The 73-year-old, who was 35 when the first Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope movie was released in 1977, reunites with original cast members Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) in resuming his role as Han Solo. Ford said while Solo was “much the same in aspect”, new elements of his character would be revealed in the latest addition to the saga, directed by JJ Abrams.

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Furry callout for firefighters For firefighters, the cliche callout is “cat stuck up tree” – but when the call comes in that there’s a kitten stuck in a car engine, they respond with all they’ve got. “I’ve been in the job 31 years and it was probably one the most interesting jobs I’ve been on,” said Ellerslie station officer Ian Richards after responding to a call for help after a cat was found stuck in a car’s engine compartment. Mr Richards said the kitten was discovered by a woman who had driven about 1km to her local Briscoes store on Mt Wellington Highway and “luckily” heard meowing coming from under the bonnet.

Nicki backs her man Nicki Minaj said she’ll keep boyfriend Meek Mill on the straight and narrow as she testified during the rapper’s latest parole violation hearing in Philadelphia. Minaj took the stand for about half an hour in an effort to keep Mill out of jail. She told the judge she’ll help Mill stay organised and work with him to fulfill his community service requirement.

“He’s not perfect but I can’t believe how much he’s changed,” Minaj said. Common Pleas Judge Genece Brinkley is threatening to send Mill back behind bars.

Prosecutors say the 28-year-old rapper violated parole in a 2009 drug and gun case by repeatedly changing his court-approved travel schedule. Minaj and Mill recently attended the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, where Minaj picked up two awards. Defence lawyer Frank DeSimone said the music industry is chaotic, and Mill is not trying to disrespect the judge. He also said Minaj and Mill are serious about getting married.

Michelle Obama raps for education Striding out of the White House in slow motion, sporting oversized sunglasses, Michelle Obama lays down a rap track aimed at raising the star power of maths majors and engineering students. “If you wanna fly jets, you should go to college. Reach high and cash cheques? Fill your head with knowledge,” Obama rhymes as comedian Jay Pharoah, known for his Saturday Night Live impression of her husband, President Barack Obama, makes a stack of bills rain on to the floor of the White House. The video is a funny and affectionate send-up of the celebrity culture that Obama has said she wants to turn on its head to try to get more American kids thinking about higher education.

Obama’s Better Make Room campaign, targeting students aged 14 to 19, encourages them to go to college by giving them a brush with fame on social media with help from celebrities like Pharoah and basketball great LeBron James.

The campaign is part of a larger White House effort to address slipping US college graduation rates.

Mrs Obama, who grew up in a working-class family in the South Side of Chicago, often speaks to students about how she worked hard to get good grades.

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Hoverboards banned Hoverboards may be on many people’s Christmas lists but they present a conundrum for airlines, which are mulling the best way to transport the popular devices that could present a fire risk. The three largest US airlines, American Airlines Group, United Continental Holdings and Delta Air Lines, each said they are banning hoverboards starting this week in carryon and checked baggage out of safety considerations. American spokesman Casey Norton cited an ongoing investigation into hoverboards by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. The federal agency is looking into at least 10 reports of hoverboard fires in nine states, said spokeswoman Patty Davis.

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Gunshots heard One person is critical and another injured after an incident in Rotorua where gunshots were heard.

Police were called to the Western Heights suburb of Rotorua at approximately 2.40pm yesterday after multiple reports of disorder near a primary school. Twelve people were seen brawling in the street around Turner Drive and Leslie Avenue. There were also reports of gunshots. It is understood the incident was gang-related. Police spokeswoman Kim Perks said initial inquiries indicated a large group of men were involved in the incident.

“Two men are known to have been injured and were taken to Rotorua Hospital. One has critical injuries and the other has left the hospital,” she said. “Four men have been arrested and inquiries are ongoing.”

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Methven Primary School kapa haka students performing during the school’s end of year Christmas Celebration picnic on Thursday evening.

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■ COMMUNITY HOUSE MID CANTERBURY

Renovation on target

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The renovation of Community House Mid Canterbury’s new premises is now only mere months away from completion.

Earlier this year Community House Mid Canterbury Trust raised the last of the money to buy the Cass Street building, once home to Work and Income New Zealand.

Its purchase ensured a positive future for a building with a tragic past.

Now, with the refurbishment work well under way Community House members are set to move into their new building in just over three months’ time.

Trust board chairman John

Driscoll said the building, set to open in mid-March, will boast 25 rooms including offices, two meeting rooms – one of which is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Ashburton and the other by the Road Safety Committee, a child’s play area, staff room and amenities.

Everything is tracking to schedule with painting due to be wrapped up shortly and carpet set to be laid early in the New Year, he said.

Following that finer details such as electrical and fibre optic internet access will be finalised.

Not only is the interior undergoing a facelift, so too is the exterior.

No longer accessible via Cass

Street, a new entrance has been built in the carpark.

A porch in the new entranceway is under construction and the building’s primary feature, a memorial to the victims of the Winz tragedy, will be located on the Cass Street side of the building.

Late last month Mr Driscoll called for donations for the memorial and said already the community had come forward.

Leen Braam has offered to do the landscaping and other groups have donated funds, he said.

While a lot has happened renovation wise, the building is not being fully revamped.

Community house manager

Kathryn Barr said some areas, including the staff room, a meeting room and amenities will remain intact and the heating system is being left as is.

The anchor tenant is Safer Ashburton but already 19 other tenants have signed on, both permanent and temporary.

Ms Barr said because of the great interest only four office spaces remain available to lease.

Both Mr Driscoll and Ms Barr said the support from the community throughout the renovation process had been unbelievable.

“The community has been fantastic,” they said.

“It’s just great…everyone is so excited to move in.”

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The cause of Thursday night’s inferno at a Takapuna office tower remains unknown – and photos from inside the scorched building show the extent of the damage.

However, details about the manpower involved in containing and extinguishing the fire at the BDO building on Como Street have been released. Fire Risk Management officer Michael Upton said more than 100 firefighters and 23 appliances were required to fight the blaze on the fifth floor of the building. Mr Upton said the Fire Service was alerted to the fire at 8.49pm by an automatic fire alarm activation from the building.

It was brought under control shortly after 10.30pm.

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Passport demand high Kiwis are proving anything but flightless, by flocking to obtain new 10-year passports for overseas holidays this summer.

The Department of Internal Affairs says demand for passports is more than 60 per cent higher than normal for December, with 31,372 applications having been received since the beginning of the month.

That was when 10-year passports became available for the first time since 2005, when New Zealand introduced five-year documents in response to security concerns sparked by the 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. - NZME

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Argentinian brings Spanish lessons to town

Christmas is a time for reunions, for family returning home and for long lost friends catching up.

If your Christmas will be extra special this year because someone who has been absent from your family circle for several years is returning home, the Guardian would love to share your special time with its readers. We’d love to hear from people who are having special reunions or special events, people for whom Christmas will be just a little bit different because it will be a time of reunion. If you have friends or family coming home after a long absence - from overseas or other parts of New Zealand, or if you are celebrating Christmas or new year in a different or quirky way and you are willing to share your special event, please, contact Sue Newman at the Guardian – sue.n@ theguardian.co.nz or phone 3077958.

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Mid Cantabrians will be able to learn the second most widely spoken language in the world next year.

Ashburton resident Gisela Cuadrado, who is originally from Argentina, will be holding a small number of Spanish classes in 2016.

Mrs Cuadrado said now that most of her children have started school she wanted to do something for the community.

She had taught a few classes when she first moved to Ashburton but had not had time for a number of years.

Learning a language helped improve people’s minds, enabled people to travel more easily and was fun, Mrs Cuadrado said.

She wanted to see what sort of demand there was before offering the classes.

Each class would only have a small number of people and if there was enough interest she would offer different types of classes such as Spanish for travel, beginners, advanced or children, but spaces would be

Police would like to remind people not to leave valuable items in their vehicles after five cars were broken into in the Winter Street area overnight on Thursday.

People also needed to remember to lock their vehicles and always report suspicious activity to police. A 24-year-old Ashburton man was arrested and charged with failing to stop and dangerous driving on State Highway One, Tinwald, on Friday afternoon.

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Yet another American doctor is making their way to Ashburton, this time to Moore Street Medical Centre.

Dr Dale Abbott, from Washington, is taking up residence at the practice in January for an 11-month stint.

The fifth American doctor in Ashburton – three work out of Allenton Medical Centre and another is based at Sealy Street

Medical – Dr Abbott will take over Dr Charlotte Cox’s former room. Dr Cox departed the Moore Street centre in August this year and opened Ashburton Health First on Havelock Street.

Originally she and husband local dentist Justin Wall intended to build their own dual practice, however the slow process resulted in Dr Cox opening a solo practice.

Following her departure a locum worked out of Moore

Street. Moore Street Medical Centre practice manager Greg Baker said enrolments opened up after the departure of Dr Cox, and with the inclusion of Dr Abbott the books opened up even further.

“We’ve had some adverts in and so we will just see how it goes,” he said.

Not only is Dr Abbott looking for patients, Dr Chris Ryan and Dr Peter Sparks also have their books open, he said.

Dr Abbott arrives in New Zealand on January 16 but Mr Baker said before he gets to seeing patients he will undergo an orientation.

“We’ve got a bit of orientation to do first with him, the medical side of things here as far as hospitals and everything is totally different than the states,” he said.

People looking to enrol with a GP in Ashburton can contact Moore Street Medical Centre.

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Vehicles collide St John Ashburton sent an ambulance and the first response unit from Methven to a vehicle collision between two cars on Havelock Street at 1pm on Thursday. Two people, one a boy aged under 12, were transported to Ashburton Hospital in moderate conditions.

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Farmers needed to give students a helping hand

Alford Forest Rural Fire Force were called to a tractor fire on Alford Forest Cemetery Road at 3.54pm on Thursday. Chief fire officer Graeme Smith said because it was put out quickly there was little damage to the tractor. ethven Rural Fire Force had been dispatched but were stood down because they were not needed.

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Ashburton College is looking for farmers to help students next year by offering work placements.

As part of the school’s Agricultural and Horticultural Academy, Year 12 and 13 students

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Gisela Cuadrado hopes to start teaching Spanish next year. limited.

Wakanui School was also hoping to have her take lessons

need to spend time during the year doing work experience.

Principal Grant McMillan said each year they would get a number of farmers happy to take a student on board.

The best ambassadors for an industry were the people who worked in it and no matter how

with their seniors, Mrs Cuadrado said.

Anyone interested in taking

much students learnt about agriculture in class, nothing beat being there, he said.

“It can make all the difference.”

The work placement would involve either one day a week (or up to 30 days in holidays and weekends) for a Year 12 student

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classes can contact Mrs Cuadrado on 027 218 4640 or fliacuadrado@hotmail.com.

or 60 days (one day per week and weekends or holidays) for a Year 13 student.

Anyone interested in offering a place for a student can contact Stephen Millichamp mh@ ashcoll.school.nz or Claire van Polanen at vp@ashcoll.school. nz.

A teenager accused of murdering a Christchurch pensioner will stand trial next August. Taniela Kotoitoga Waitokia was 16 when he was charged with killing 87-year-old Harold Richardson at his Owens Terrace home in Upper Riccarton in August.

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■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE

Finally, an old pupils’ association

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Ashburton College may have celebrated its 50th birthday but it is probably one of the few secondary schools in New Zealand that does not have an old pupils’ association.

That’s about to change, with a group of ex-students putting the wheels in motion that will see the launch of the Old Collegians Association.

Peter Gluyas is one of the s drivers behind the project. He has identified a group of like-minded former students and they’ve al-

ready laid the groundwork on which the new association will be built.

Rather than reinvent the wheel, Mr Gluyas said he had talked to people involved with similar associations at a range of schools.

“We’ve seen what they do and how they do it and we’re picking the eyes out of their experiences and adapting it to what will work for us,” he said.

Ashburton’s challenge was that it had 50 years’ worth of students to catch up on, but once the association was formed, the idea would be for students to join as

they left school, Mr Gluyas said.

“We’re fortunate the college has really good records and as the first step we plan to establish ‘peer groups’, using one person as the key contact for each year.”

The association will not only be for past students, it will be for staff and board of trustee members too.

And it will be open to ex-pupils from the college’s two founding schools, Ashburton High School and Hakatere College.

Alister Argyle is also a member of the team driving the new association and believes it will take time to build the organisation to

a point where it can be launched successfully.

Next year will be spent spreading the contact net as wide as possible and encouraging people to join. He anticipates the association will be officially launched in early 2017.

“We need to develop enthusiasm and interest, our success rises or falls on this. We’re very conscious that it will take some time to get it going. It needs to be done very well when it’s officially launched,” Mr Argyle said.

The organisation would run at arm’s length from the college and

would have its own identity.

“This is about keeping people in touch with the school and with one another. The community needs a strong college and the college needs strong community support,” he said.

People interested in learning more about Old Collegians can signal their interest by emailing OldColls@ashcoll.school.nz or through the Ashburton College website www.ashburtoncollege. school.nz.

An Old Collegians website and Facebook page will be launched shortly.

Cadet unit wraps up a successful 2015

It’s been dry and also hot

BY RUBY HARFIELD

The Ashburton District was part of an eastern coastal band of New Zealand that emerged from spring with a significant soil moisture deficit.

The National Climate Centre climate summary for spring shows the district as part of a large eastern area of the South Island that had a rainfall that was around 50 per cent below normal and where sunshine hours were high.

Ashburton might have been dry but in some parts of New Zealand record lows for rainfall were recorded, including Blenheim and Orari Estate in South Canterbury.

While sunshine hours were high in the Ashburton District, we also recorded some very low temperatures, with Winchmore having a mean air minimum for the month of just four degrees, its third lowest since 1928 when records were kept.

On November 27 Ashburton is on record has having its third highest minimum spring air temperature since 1928, 17.9 degrees.

The hottest day for spring occurred in Cheviot on November 26, 31.3 degrees and the lowest in Hanmer Forest, 2.7 degrees. The highest spring sunshine hours were recorded in Blenheim, 777, its sunniest spring since 1947.

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The Ashburton Cadet Unit (ACU) topped off a successful year by receiving the National Efficiency Title at their end of year parade on Thursday night.

The ACU, which was assessed on November 12, competed against two other units for the title of being the best run unit in the country.

Unit Commander Major Andrew Kenny said they had no idea they were going to find out on the night of their final parade.

They were not due to be told until after December 12 when the last unit was assessed but that had been moved forward.

The whole unit was really pleased to have received the award, which they had not had since 2010.

“It’s good to be back on top again.”

It was a direct reflection of the effort of the whole unit, he said.

“They’ve put in a lot of hard yards.”

This title topped off a “phenomenal” year for the unit which received a number of other awards and also competed in the National Area Skills Competition for the first time, Major Kenny said.

Ashburton Cadet Unit members Cadet Sergeant Scott Kelland, Cadet Sergeant Harrison Boulton, Cadet Corporal Pania Waata, Cadet Lily Hewson, Cadet Leanne Walsh, Cadet Tori Kelland, Cadet Corporal Emma Simonsen, Cadet Meg Dudley and Cadet Lieutenant Corporal Jayden Lefeber at the end of year parade.

PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 101215-TM-098 “We’ve entered in every competition we could this year.”

Their success would not have been possible without the support of family, friends and the en-

tire community, he said.

“Hopefully we’ve done them proud.” Next year the unit would try to do even better and would also try to grow their numbers.

■ ADVENTURE PLUS PROGRAMME

Scouting group offers holiday programme with a difference A new adventure holiday programme promises to keep kids on their toes for a week in January.

Experienced scouting leaders will keep the group of 10 to 13-year-olds safe and share their knowledge across a range of activities.

Mania-o-Roto scout leader Phillip Crozier said the Adventure Plus programme includes a day of water sports at Lake Hood, a cycling tour, pioneering, sporting activities and an overnight camp over at the scout park.

“We won’t have Bear Grylls there and we won’t be dropping them off on a desert island or feeding them huhu grubs but it will

be a lot of fun,” Mr Crozier said.

It is the first time the scouting group have offered the programme, which is intended to fill a week of the school holidays for an age group too young to be left at home alone, but beyond the age of requiring a babysitter as such.

The programme is open to both scouting and non-scouting youth and costs $200 for the week. It will run from 8am to 5pm from Monday, January 18 to Friday, January 22.

For registration or more information contact binghamfamily@outlook.com or office@croziersturkeys.co.nz Registration closes on December 16 and spaces are limited.

During the parade Major Kenny was promoted from captain to major and Second Lieutenant Hayden McGready received his commissioning parchment.

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■ MID CANTERBURY EDUCATION

Licence plan ‘no big deal’

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A new initiative to encourage students to get their driver’s licence by offering NCEA credits has been met with little enthusiasm in Mid Canterbury.

Education minister Hekia Parata and associate transport minister Craig Foss announced the incentive on Tuesday.

Mrs Parata said schools and tertiary education providers would not be obliged to include driver training in their curricula, but

many would find doing so would make learning more relevant for students.

Mount Hutt principal John Schreurs said he would consider including it in the curriculum but he did not feel it was a big deal.

“If it makes a difference to some students then it is good.

“I don’t see it as a big game changer.”

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said he was not sure if the school would look into the possibly of adding it to their

curriculum. It seemed as though the initiative had been created as a response to more young people arriving in the workplace with no licence following a change in legislation in 2011 which saw the minimum age for someone getting a learner licence change from 15 to 16.

However, it was more of an issue in cities where it was easy for people to walk, bike or use public transport.

In rural places people needed to learn how to drive early to be

able to travel, he said.

Students will be able to gain two credits towards NCEA Level 1 by passing the learner licence theory test, four credits towards NCEA Level 2 by earning a restricted licence and a further two credits towards NCEA Level 2 by gaining a full licence.

The administrative systems to support this change will be in place from April 1 next year.

The granting of licences will remain the responsibility of the relevant driver licensing agents.

■ CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK

Kicking the festive season off in style

By Sue NewmaN

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The festive season will be kicked off in style tonight when Ashburton turns on its big summer party, Christmas in the Park.

Each year thousands of people flock to the Ashburton Domain to be entertained, to picnic, to party and to have fun.

And each year the party gets bigger and better.

Promoter Carmen Lye and her team have been hard at work for months preparing for the event that will showcase the best from Ashburton’s entertainment scene along with top line musicians from around New Zealand.

Topping the list of entertainers are Stevie Tonks, fourth in last year’s X-Factor and Christchurch musician Dan Hitchens.

They’ll be supported by more than 40 other entertainers including locals Julia Bell, Luke Glendinning and Layna Hunt.

Ashburton’s Danceworx performers will also be on stage.

This year’s event has been moved to a Saturday night and Mrs Lye anticipates this will attract an even larger crowd.

The challenge, she said, is to top last year’s record breaker of 8000.

Also on the list of entertainers is Santa who will arrive during the evening.

Just the main role of Oliver remains unfilled following Variety Theatre Ashburton releasing its cast list for the show this week.

Tinwald School principal Peter Livingstone has agreed to play the part of the cruel villain Bill Sikes, after director Alice Sollis went shoulder tapping when no-one auditioned for the role.

“He intimated if I thought he could do the part, he would,” Mrs Sollis said.

The ultimate in temperature control has arrived at Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre. Summer sun had turned the centre’s pool area into a sauna, making it unpleasant for people sitting pool side, but thanks to technology the problem has been fixed, said centre manager Steve Prescott. Electronic blinds that adjust according to sun and wind have been installed and these drop down automatically to cut out heat and glare, Mr Prescott said. “We’re getting heaps of positive feedback about them and how much nicer they have made the pool area,” he said. “It’s a winwin for everybody.”

Crash causes backlog Traffic was backed up on State Highway 1 north of Dunedin following a four-vehicle crash yesterday. The crash, involving two trucks and cars, occurred 1km north of Porteous Road on the Kilmog Hill. It is understood one of the trucks involved was transporting cattle. The northbound lane was blocked and resluted in delays. It is believed no one was seriously injured. - NZME An injured Israeli tourist was rescued from Goat Pass by dusk on Thursday following a search and rescue operation. The man suffered moderate head injuries and a broken leg after slipping about 30m while climbing with two other Israeli men. Police described the group as “not well prepared” for the environment they were in.

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When you’re staging Ashburton’s biggest event of the Christmas season, setting up is a huge undertaking. Stage crews were on site yesterday in the Ashburton Domain Oval making ready for the event that will attract thousands and work will continue this morning ahead of onstage action starting at 7pm tonight.

PHOTO AMANDA KONYN 1112-AK-075 While there will be hot food and drink available, Mrs Lye said people can pack their own picnic tea. The only rules are, glass is not allowed.

Ashburton’s Christmas in the Park will be held in the Ashburton Domain oval with entertainment starting at 7pm.

Concert-goers can arrive at

any time to set up their picnic spot for the night. The evening of entertainment will wrap up with a fireworks display, starting at 9.30pm.

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She was pleased his talent would add to what she considered was a strong cast.

Playing Fagin is Dayle Stoliker, an Ashburton Canadian who has no trouble putting on the English accent required for the show. Megan Hamilton, who played the main role of murderer Velma Kelly in Variety’s Chicago last year, is to play the part of Mr Sikes’ wife Nancy. Variety show stalwart Gavin Templeton landed the role of Mr Bumble, while Big Little Theatre Company student Ethan Green, 12, will

play The Artful Dodger.

Mrs Sollis said three to four boys interested in playing Oliver had come out of the woodwork, and they would be auditioned next week.

She said two complete families would be part of the large Oliver cast, with Mr Stoliker and Mr Livingstone both having their wives and children in the show.

Mr Livingstone said he was looking forward to getting into the role of the murderous Mr Sikes, although was in no doubt

it would not be easy to play such an evil character.

“I don’t know how you get in that persona,” he said.

“For me I have it in my head ‘Game on, let’s see what I can do with this’.”

Mr Livingstone has the singing and acting experience behind him, after successfully playing the role of Vince Fontaine in this year’s Variety production of Grease. And as a primary school principal he regularly finds himself picking up his guitar and singing with children.

A failed magazine publisher who defrauded Heartland Bank and fleeced his own sister has been jailed for three years. Victor Clarke, 62, appeared at Auckland District Court for sentencing before Judge Claire Ryan after pleading guilty to charges of obtaining by deception, using a forged document and false accounting. While some of the offending related to his business, MediaWeb, another part involved him deceiving his sister, which meant she has now lost her Devonport home and been forced to move outside Auckland. She was later diagnosed with breast cancer, the court heard.

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Close call with train A KiwiRail train driver has been stood down from duties after a near miss with a child at Levin Railway Station. The driver of the Northern Explorer train heading to Auckland through Levin about 9.30am yesterday slammed on the brakes after he saw a child run from the platform in front of the train. A KiwiRail spokesperson said the driver saw the child run close to the train. “Initially the driver thought the child may have been struck.” Following a search of the area and under the train by police and Kiwirail staff, it was determined the child had not been hit and officials were treating the incident as a “near miss”. The spokeperson said the driver would be stood down until they were ready to return to work. “This is a strong reminder of the serious dangers and people must only cross the track where it is safe for them to do so,” the KiwiRail spokesperson said.

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■ EDUCATION

Students enticed into arable sector

By RuBy HaRfield

Ruby.h@theguaRdian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury students are being encouraged to pursue careers in the arable industry through a scholarship programme.

The Ashburton Grain & Seed Association has been offering a scholarship programme for Year 12 and 13 students in Mid Canter-

bury for the past three years.

President Tony Henderson said they created the programme to get more school-aged children interested in the arable sector.

In Mid Canterbury students tended to favour the dairy industry and it had been a struggle to recruit younger people into grains and seeds.

However, over the past three years their programme had been a success with a number of students being swayed to study it at a tertiary level, he said.

“The focus is always on trying to get people into the arable industry.”

The association offers the programme to 20 Ashburton College

and 10 Mount Hutt College Year 12 and 13 students each year.

All students complete a two-day workshop and submit a project which is in line with the NCEA curriculum.

Students are given hands-on experience in the field and undertake industry related assignments covering five major components

of the industry – vegetable seeds, small seeds, grain and cereals, forage and services to the industry.

As part of the programme students can receive scholarships and awards.

The association is a non-profit education and support association for people working in the arable sector in Mid Canterbury.

■ ENVIRONMENT

Watch for cling-ons, boaties warned

Scouts bring festive vibe to East St Scouts from all over the district converged on East Street earlier this week, belting out Christmas tunes. Scout zone leader Lori Rusbatch said the event was the scout group’s last hurrah for 2015.

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■ HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Ashburton to host Mindful Mum workshop By eRin TaskeR When you become a mum, the word busy takes on a whole new meaning.

However, a former Ashburton woman believes she has the answer to ensuring busy doesn’t equal stress.

Victoria Hood is the Mindful Mum, and in January she’s bringing one of her workshops to Ashburton, with the aim of growing happiness and gratitude among Mid Canterbury mums.

Mindfulness, she says, keeps her sane, and she’s used it at home, and at work.

She has a post graduate degree in psychology and has worked in the mental health field – including for the Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service (ACADS) – but now lives in the Waikato, and is a mum herself.

Victoria Hood – the Mindful Mum. PHOTO SUPPLIED She has three children and got pregnant with her first when she was just 18. Today, her children

are nine, four and two and she cherishes every moment with them despite holding down two jobs where she takes mindfulness to mums, and into schools.

“Life is not busy, it’s full-on in a meaningful way. I get to the end of the day and think ‘yes, we did this and this and this’ and I remember the expressions on their faces when we did something they liked,” she said.

Too often these days, mums don’t do this, she said.

“I feel as though with mums these days, and me being one of them, that it’s become trendy to be busy,” Mrs Hood said.

“To say my kids do this, and my kids do that, and after school we are so busy. It’s actually like, how is that promoting our happiness? How is that looking after our wellbeing, and how is that creating a settling and nurturing

environment for our kids?

“It’s like people are so busy doing things that they don’t stop and look at that for a second.”

Being a successful and nurturing parent from the inside out is what she teaches, and what she believes is of critical importance.

“When we are more mindful, we are more aware, and when we are more aware we can give more to our kids, our partners and our work,” she said.

It was about small changes, for big impact, like focusing on only one thing at a time, she said.

“It’s about being fully there when you’re doing things, and being present and enjoying every moment.”

Mrs Hood will host a Mindful Mum workshop at the Hotel Ashburton on January 24. More information can be found on the Mindful Mum Facebook page.

Recreational water users are being reminded that their mantra for the summer every time they head home from a day spent fishing or boating is to check, clean and dry their clothing, boats and aquatic equipment.

By following that three-step process, Environment Canterbury regional manager biodiversity and security Graham Sullivan said people will be doing their bit to keep freshwater pests from spreading from lake to lake.

“While having fun you can also be a responsible water guardian, leaving your favourite spot as you found it,” he said.

“Freshwater pests like didymo spoil recreational activities and can affect plant and animal habitats. They also undermine the community’s efforts to keep their waterways clean and improve water quality.

“So remember to check for cling-ons, clean your gear, or if this isn’t practical dry your clothes and equipment, before entering and leaving the water. We don’t want people to stop enjoying waterways, just to make sure they’re not having an impact on the environment.”

The post-water clean up was not just about didymo, it was also about taking the right steps to stop the spread of other freshwater pests such as lagarosiphon, egeria and hornwort, Mr Sullivan said.

“Many of our waterways are still free of these pests and we want to keep them that way.”

The process involves checking all gear for cling-ons, washing, soaking or spraying it in a detergent or nappy cleaner solution and then rinsing gear in clean water before thoroughly drying it.

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Not the greatest season for asparagus

By Michelle NelsoN

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A long cold spring followed by a very hot spell has taken its toll on this season’s asparagus harvest for one Mid Canterbury business.

John and Helen Cunliffe have been growing asparagus on their Tinwald farm for more than 40 years, following in the footsteps of Mr Cunliffe’s parents’ 23-year reign.

Like any other farming pursuit, you have your good and your bad years, Mrs Cunliffe said.

On Thursday morning the pickers cut the last of this year’s crop.

Mrs Cunliffe said it was a labour intensive business for six to eight weeks

of the year. The freshly-cut spears are washed, trimmed and packed before 95 per cent of the crop is dispatched to local markets.

“We get great support from New World and the Green Grocer – we wouldn’t be able to keep going without them,” Mrs Cunliffe said.

The asparagus plants will now be left to their own devices until next spring, when they will get a nutrient boost with a “special organic brew” and lime, before the growing season starts again.

Meanwhile, the team will turn its attention to the courgette, pumpkin and gherkin crops, which will come online after Christmas.

Left - Chotika Chomprasert tends to the last of this season’s asparagus crop.

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Ashburton College junior prize lists Year 10 prize list, 2015 Subject and Special Awards Simon Aiken-Wheeler, Top Student in Year 10 Science, Excellence in Year 10 Technology Wood, Application and Effort Michael Baker, Top Male Student in Year 10 Physical Education (The Physical Education Prize) - Joint Award, Application and Effort Diana Barbu, Top Student in Year 10 Mathematics (McLean Cup), General Excellence in 10L, Excellence in Year 10 English, Excellence in Year 10 Food and Nutrition, Excellence in Year 10 German as a second language, Excellence in Year 10 Materials Fabrics, Excellence in Year 10 Science, Excellence in Year 10 Social Studies, Application and Effort Mackenzie Boulton, Winner of the Year 10 Speech Competition, Application and Effort Jack Bubb, Top Student in Year 10, Drama Top Student in Year 10, Music Ashburton Society of Performing Arts Trophy for a student participating to a high standard in the Performing Arts, Application and Effort Annemieke Burgerhout, Top Student in Year 10,Art - Joint Award, Excellence in Year 10 Graphics, Excellence in Year 10 Japanese, Application and Effort Jonathan Cabanatan, Top Student in Year 10 English as a second language, Application and Effort Chrizia Cayanan, Top Student in Year 10 Food and Nutrition, Top Student in Year 10 Social Studies, Top Student in Year 10 German as a second language (German Embassy Prize) - Joint Award, General Excellence in 10X, Excellence in Year 10 Mathematics, Excellence in Year 10 Music, Application and Effort Matthew Clough, Junior Boys’ Sports Cup – Joint Award, Top Male Student in Year 10 Physical Education (The Physical Education Prize) - Joint Award, Excel-

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Jessica Windhorst, Karate Matthew Clough, Multisport Brendon Johnston Rodeo Lanelle Millar McArthur Smallbore Rifle Shooting Matthew Harford Swimming Ashburton High School Centennial Trust Top Scholar of Year 10 Diana Barbu

Year 9 prize list Subject and Special Awards Emily Armstrong, Top Student in

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Night of hilarious entertainment Ashburton Intermediate School was full of song on Thursday night as 130 students competed in the annual lip sync competition.

Arts teacher Rochelle Cooney, who was in charge of the event, said they had the most entries this year that she could remember.

“It was great, they all did a really fantastic job.”

All awards, apart from the class item, were won by students from class 8/6.

Winners:

Solo – Penny Stigloe-Rooney.

Duo – Andy Melrose, Roi-rawhiti Matuku.

Small groups – Andy Melrose, Lochie Stockdale and their teacher Nadia Van Vliet.

Large groups – Nadia Van Vliet, Harriet Leverton, Abbie Wallington, Andy Melrose, Lochie Stockdale, Zoe Beckley.

Class item – 8/5.

Best dressed – Harmyn McLean and Brittany Gare.

Overall lip sync trophy 2016 – Penny Stigloe-Rooney.

■ PEACOCK PROBLEM

Noisy neighbours overstay welcome

By Sue NewmaN

Sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

By doing what comes naturally, a flock of peacocks have turned a neighbourhood upside down and created a problem that no one seems able to solve.

Peacocks might be pretty to look at they’re a nightmare when they’re sitting on your fence, calling to one another at 2am.

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The Ashburton District Council has fielded a complaint from a property owner about the noise a few renegade peacocks are creating in the small hours of the morning.

They’ve investigated, and found the problem was genuine. Now council staff are faced with a thorny problem of their own, finding a solution.

The difficulty council environmental monitoring manager Rick Catchpowle faced was finding the peacocks’ owners and then finding an agency that would deal with the problem.

The peacocks were outside the council’s animal control policy; they needed to be dealt with by pest control, which was not a function of council, he said.

To try to find a resolution, the council had tried to mediate between the people who were believed to be the peacocks’ owners and the complainant.

“It’s a delicate situation. We’re sending them out some advice on pest controllers who can help and we’re hoping they can talk to one another and come to an arrangement.”

The peacock situation was similar to a recent problem with inner town pigeons fouling buildings and footpaths, where the council was the intermediary but the building owners dealt with pest control, Mr Catchpowle said.

“Here we’re dealing with pigeons that have been residing there for around 14 years. We’re mediators in a situation where we’re trying to find a happy solution for everyone – including the peacocks.”

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Woman arrested for Hornby stabbing

Altrusa cash buys ESOL students new books Hampstead School was given a $500 cheque from Altrusa to buy books for their English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students yesterday.

Anjali Savaiinaea, 11, (above) received the cheque from Altrusa literacy committee

members Rosemary Moore and Gwen Clucas on behalf the other ESOL students. ESOL coordinator Sue Wood is pictured in the back.

Principal Peter Melrose said the 63 ESOL students, mainly from Tonga, Samoa and Fiji, at Hampstead were a valued part of the school.

The money will be used to buy dictionaries in the students’ first language and books to assist with their development of English.

Altrusa will also be giving money to ESOL students at Ashburton Netherby School.

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A woman has been arrested after allegedly stabbing her partner in Christchurch.

Emergency services were called to a house in Hornby on Thursday night, where they found a 46-year-old man who had been stabbed.

Police said a 48-year-old woman was arrested and due to appear in Christchurch District Court.

The victim was taken to Christchurch Hospital where he underwent surgery overnight and was now in a stable condition.

Detective Sergeant Geoff Ruddick said the couple were in a relationship.

“This was a domestic violence related incident,” he said. “It is always concerning that relationships deteriorate to this level, and there are a number of agencies to help if people have issues.”

Police officers examined the scene yesterday, but anyone with any information was asked to call Christchurch Police on 03 363 7400 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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■ CROZIER TURKEYS

New twist on turkey tradition

By Michelle NelsoN

michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

For the first year in decades, Phillip Crozier won’t be wrangling turkeys this Christmas – but the business is in good hands.

Kyle and Monique Smith have leased the Crozier operation with the intention of buying it in the future.

Mr Smith has extensive experience in the poultry industry spanning 12 years. He has managed a turkey hatchery and worked as a livestock manager on a turkey, duck and quail unit.

As former hairdresser and beauty therapist, Mrs Smith’s knowledge of all things turkey is more limited, but the couple jumped at the chance to take on the wellknown free range business, under the watchful eye of Mr Crozier.

“We are really grateful to Phil and Judith for giving us this opportunity,” Mr Smith said.

The free range aspect of the business was the big attraction for the Smiths, with the turkey poults turned out into paddocks at about four weeks of age.

“The way turkeys are farmed here goes above and beyond the accredited standards for free range poultry,” Mr Smith said.

“We plan to continue with the same model, we will slowly change some things but the concept and the brand will remain the same.”

Mr Smith said the evolution of free range poultry in more intensive operations was driven by consumer trends, but the practice at Croziers is centred on the welfare of the birds.

“The birds get to roost and act according to their instincts – they have lots more room than they would in an accredited operation, where the outside area only has to be one and a half times the size of

Monique and Kyle Smith, with daughters Isla and Ruby, check out the six-week-old Croziers turkey flock.

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the shed,” he said.

By contrast the six-week-old turkeys at Croziers have well over a hectare and the choice of several shelters.

They spend the day outside and are ring fenced into the shelters at night to protect them from the

weather. “Because of the lower intensity we have less disease risk.

The genetics in these birds mean they are slower growing and have time to develop more immunity,” Mr Smith said.

Even the breeding flock is free range, only going indoors at night.

‘Black Widow’s’ son the driver in Wednesday’s fatal collision The driver of a car that crashed, killing one man and injuring a woman, is the son of Christchurch’s infamous “Black Widow” murderer.

Adam Kearns, 24, was on home detention when the Subaru he was driving crashed into two parked vehicles on Wairakei Road, Christchurch, at about 7.45pm on Wednesday.

He is the son of convicted murderer Helen Milner, dubbed the Black Widow, who was sentenced to life in prison for murdering her husband Philip Nisbet in 2009 by poisoning him with the allergy drug Phenergan.

Wednesday night’s crash killed 24-year-old Nicholas Brent Mor-

wherever possible, and processing takes place in the Crozier factory.

“That gives us total control of the product,” Mr Smith said.

Croziers Turkeys are available at the Ashburton Farmers Market and local butcheries.

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■ CHRISTCHURCH CRASH

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“I don’t think any other breeding operations run birds outside,” Mr Smith said.

The breeders also get two laying seasons, which is contrary to common industry practice.

All the feed is manufactured on farm, using locally grown produce

rison and injured a 25-year-old woman, who remains in a serious but stable condition in Christchurch Hospital.

Corrections district manager Lisa Taitua confirmed Mr Kearns is currently on home detention for previous offending.

“During the time of this incident he was on an approved absence.

“Corrections is unable comment further on the individual management of this offender.”

Mr Kearns received moderate injuries in the crash.

Police reported yesterday afternoon that the car driver was recovering at home.

Detective Sergeant Geoff Ruddick said the cause of the crash was being investigated, but it was

believed speed was a “significant contributing factor”.

This is not the first time Mr Kearns has hit headlines.

In April, he appeared in Christchurch District Court after being arrested late last year on suspicion of dealing drugs.

He pleaded guilty to selling cannabis, possession of cannabis, and unlawful possession of a gun.

He was sentenced to eight months’ home detention and 150 hours of community work.

Then, in July, he was sentenced to four months’ home detention and 250 hours of community work after he was found guilty of punching and stomping on former All Black Justin Marshall outside a Queenstown bar on Good Friday in 2013.

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Measles warning issued by authorities Health authorities have issued a measles warning after an infected tourist visited parts of Wellington, Marlborough and Canterbury this week.

The 28-year-old European man is thought to have contracted the highly infectious disease while visiting Australia.

He first noticed measles-like symptoms on Monday and later checked in at a doctor’s clinic in Kaikoura two days later. Tests on Thursday confirmed he had measles.

Canterbury medical officer of health, Dr Alistair Humphrey, said he was now in a private house near Christchurch. All other residents staying there are immunised against measles.

Dr Humphrey said it was important for people to get immunised.

“The measles virus spreads

easily from person to person through the air, via breathing, coughing and sneezing.

“It starts with fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, and sore throat. This is followed by a rash that spreads over the body.”

Dr Humphrey said the infected man had taken all precautionary steps needed when he realised he had the symptoms.

“Once the case realised he could have measles he did all the right things. By isolating himself he has greatly reduced the likelihood of further spread, and possibly saved lives as well.

“The case is one of a relatively small number of people who for medical reasons aren’t able to be vaccinated. Their protection relies on those of us who can get vaccinated to do so. The more people who get vaccinated, the safer everyone will be.” - NZME

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aylee Campbell isn’t an artist; she calls herself a creator.

Almost three years after carefully handpainting her first stones gathered from a beach, her increasing array of creations can be found in gardens, and on doors and walls, of countless homes.

But it’s a path she never dreamt her life would take. Early 2012, Haylee was in a bad place. She fell unexpectedly pregnant and her only brother was dying from cancer.

The news that she was expecting now three-yearold Luka came the day before her brother Jamie’s funeral; two massive life-changing events had turned her life on its end.

Luka was a great sleeper from day one, and still is, and while that was good news for the single mum, it also meant she had a lot of time on her hands during the day. Haylee needed to do something, and that thing turned out to be painting stones.

“I just started it for something to do while he was sleeping,” Haylee said.

“It started from ladybirds and just went from there.”

Stones painted as ladybirds has grown to stones painted carefully with outdoor paint – many to order - under the banner of Creeationz. The ladybirds have been joined by penguins and strawberries, the odd Minion, and larger stones featuring inspirational quotes or greetings, among other things.

“I just go with other people’s ideas of what they want. People have their own quotes and things they want,” she said.

Haylee takes her creations to markets in the summer, sells them through Facebook, and welcomes people into her own home to browse.

Her home is overflowing with her creations.

There’s painted stones, wooden name boards for kids’ doors, painted markers for vegetable gardens, stone art on canvas, and you don’t need deep pockets to own some, with the cheapest stones costing just 50 cents.

“I just want to hit every market. Everyone should be able to afford it. People shouldn’t have to spend a lot of money to get a token Christmas present,” she said.

People have told her she should put her prices up, but she doesn’t want to. She only wants to cover her costs.

“I’m not a business, it’s just a hobby.”

Other people ask if she gets sick of painting stones, but Haylee said for her, it was like a form of therapy.

“For me it’s my outlet. It’s my way of dealing with things I guess, and it keeps my mind on the straight and narrow,” she said.

She goes to the cemetery to visit Jamie’s grave and sees stones she has painted sitting next to headstones. Painting the stones not only helps her, but it also helps others. They’re something small, but they can mean a lot.

She can make stones for all occasions and can personalise them with names, or special quotes or knick-knacks.

It’s not what she originally set out to do – the first time she went to the beach she was looking for stones to stack together as a sort of sculpture. But then someone said they’d seen a ladybird painted on a stone being sold for $12. She decided she could do better for less, and she did. Her big ladybird stones sell for just $4.

With Luka in tow, she started scouring beaches for stones – preferably flat ones – and she’s become such an expert that now, rather than seeing stones on those beach visits, she sees ladybirds and Minions lying on the ground. She knows exactly what size stone she needs for each project, and has a pile sitting at her door waiting to be transformed.

During the summer months she gets a good production line going when Luka’s asleep, and at night, and with markets booked for every second weekend and orders to fill for Christmas, she’s kept on her toes.

It’s a lot of work, but Haylee said she’s yet to miss a deadline, and doesn’t plan on doing so any time soon.

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Julia Crosson helped her dad Kees Schikker compile his story, which has been published as a book to be launched today.

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Late Mt Somers farmer Kees Schikker had an interesting life. It included growing up in wartorn Holland and escaping the Nazis by hiding in an attic.

It is all recorded in his autobiography, to be released this weekend. Susan Sandys reports.

‘I hid from the Nazis’ M

t Somers farmer Kees Schikker would have been proud to see his autobiography in print, says his daughter Julia Crosson.

The 156-page soft cover book is to be publicly launched today and will be available at Paper Plus, ATS and PGG Wrightson from next week. The launch will be at the Mt Somers library at 10am, before a second function tomorrow at 3.30pm at St David’s Church in Allenton.

Mr Schikker began writing his life story in 2001.

“I asked him to write a few things down and it poured out into a book,” Mrs Crosson said.

“He’s a bit of a storyteller.”

She helped him compile it ready for publishing, and he was able to see it all typed up in a ringbinder before he passed away in February at the age of 88.

Mr Schikker certainly had material to work with, having had an interesting life, which included surviving World War Two in his home country of Holland, and immigrating to New Zealand.

He describes the Nazi invasion of his home town and Jewish friends and fellow residents being sent away to concentration camps. As a teenager he hid from Nazis on the lookout for young men to put to work. In an attic at his parents’ house, he would average one book per day, paint and listen to the BBC at 6pm on an illegal radio he had wired through the ceiling.

“I wrote down the news of the war, which was getting better by the day and took a note down for the family to read and burn

promptly.”

He describes a dismal time as people living on rations and produce from blackmarket sellers, died from cold, lack of food and disease.

During a raid on his home as Nazis were looking for blankets and anything else they could find, he feared they would discover him in the attic.

“I thought that they could hear my heart banging and thumping.

A plus was that it really showed that Germany was getting to its last gasp. People thought ‘Hang in there, it won’t last long’.”

Allied air drops of parcels of bread, flour, butter, bully beef and milk powder really signalled the end of the war.

“It was literally ‘manna from heaven’,” he wrote.

“Surprisingly there was no uncontrolled bun rush for it.

Quite organised, the goods were distributed through the normal ration system. Interestingly, I recently got talking to a fellow Ashburtonian, Tiny Baynes, who was an RAF pilot dropping the food parcels. He said it was the most exciting experience he has ever had, dropping food instead of bombs.”

Mr Schikker’s story goes on to tell of leaving post-war Holland for Indonesia as part of the Dutch Army, and an unexpected migration to New Zealand in the 1950s.

He moved south from Te Aroha to become a sheep farmer and raise his family at Mt Somers.

He and wife Mary had four children – Julia, Stephen, Victor, and Robert, who remains on the Mt Somers family farm today.

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Ma’a Nonu, once unwanted by any New Zealand franchise, has added to his list of incredible achievements in 2015 by being named Rugby Player of the Year.

The block-busting midfielder also won his 100th cap this year.

Dan Carter was strongly fancied to take out the top award at a red carpet ceremony in Auckland last night, however, the judging panel felt Nonu’s form over the year had to be acknowledged.

Nonu’s destruction of the Wallabies at Eden Park was spectacular and it was fitting that he scored a dynamic solo try in the World Cup final.

After thanking coaches and players, he had a special word for fans.

“Very grateful that you guys always supported me over the years and I thank you very much.”

New Zealand Rugby Age Grade Player of the Year Akira Ioane (Auckland) Charles Monro Rugby Volunteers of the Year Tania Karaitiana and Vio Ugone (Wellington) New Zealand Rugby Referee of the Year Glen Jackson (Bay of Plenty) Pink Batts Heartland Championship Player of the Year Lindsay Horrocks (Wanganui) NZ Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Year Tyla Nathan-Wong (Auckland) Crawshaw Memorial Sevens Player of the Year Scott Curry (Bay of Plenty) Sky Television Fans Try of the Year Samu Kubunavanua (Wanganui) ITM Cup Player of the Year George Moala (Auckland) Investec Super Rugby Player of the Year Lima Sopoaga (Highlanders) Tom French Memorial Maori Player of the Year) Nehe Milner-Skudder (Ngati Porou/Tapuika) New Zealand Rugby Women’s Player of the Year Kendra Cocksedge (Canterbury) Steinlager Salver for an Outstanding Contribution to New Zealand Rugby Mike Eagle (Canterbury) New Zealand Rugby Coach of the Year Steve Hansen (All Blacks) adidas Team of the Year All Blacks Kelvin R Tremain Player of the Year Ma’a Nonu (Wellington, Hurricanes and All Blacks)

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In brief Paris debut for Carter Former All Blacks first five Dan Carter is set to make is debut for French club Racing 92 tomorrow. The World Rugby player of the year has been named in the Racing squad to face Northampton Saints in a European Rugby Champions Cup clash. “There’s always going to be pressure, that’s part of the game that I love,” said Carter said on his arrival in Paris. “I don’t think there’s going to be any more pressure playing here than before most test matches.”

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Richie’s new career?

Jesse Houston was named in the BNZ Condor Sevens National tournament team last week.

Despite confirming his retirement from rugby last month, Richie McCaw is not letting his skills go to waste. On his trip to South America, he gave a coaching session to children in schools of Argentina and Chile - leaving a new generation of players inspired with a passion for the game. “You realise the quality of person he is,” explained Cristian Gonzalez, sports co-ordinator of Santiago College. “He takes the time to meet everyone. There were many children asking for autographs and Richie wanted to be with each of them.” - NZME PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 101215-TM-070

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Rakaia resident Jesse Houston recently added to his growing list of accolades by being selected to the BNZ Condor Sevens National tournament team, after helping Christchurch Boys to victory in the plate final last week.

Houston, who attended Mount Hutt College until year 11, will be studying agricultural commerce at Lincoln University next year, after earning a rugby scholarship.

Houston has enjoyed success in the 15-man game and sevens, making 48 appearances for Christchurch Boys in an accomplished 1st XV career and turning out for the Canterbury and Crusader under 18 sides.

After earning a place in the Canterbury sevens team, the loose forward started four of his side’s five matches at the Southern Regional

Sevens Qualifiers in Timaru last month, scoring two tries against Mid Canterbury in the process, to help his side qualify for the nationals next month.

Houston followed his senior sevens success up with some fine displays at the Condor Sevens National tournament team last week.

Christchurch began pool play with wins over Wanganui High School (29-5) and St Patrick’s College Silverstream (28-19), to the surprise of the locals, and earned a spot in the tournament’s top 16.

Houston’s team then rolled Nelson College 25-12 to book a place in the quarter-finals, but lost against Rotorua.

CBHS bounced back from that defeat in style, toppling hosts Kelston Boys’ High School 26-0 in the playoffs before downing old enemy St Bede’s, after trailing 12-0 at half time, 21-17 to win the

plate final and secure a fifth place finish overall, the school’s highest ever position.

Houston’s efforts saw him selected as one of 12 boys, and the only South Islander, to the prestigious Condor Sevens National tournament team.

The former deputy-head boy reflected positively on his teammates’ performances, but was modest and unconvinced by his own displays, after falling ill just before the tournament began.

“All the boys stood up and performed to the best of their ability for the plate final,” he said.

“I went down with the flu last week.

“I went up there pretty tired and knackered, all the medicine took it out of me, and I didn’t think that I’d played to the best of my ability.”

With one eye on the national

sevens next month, Houston was hesitant to look too far ahead, insisting he will concentrate on “what’s in front of him” while reflecting warmly on what, and who, helped him to where he is today.

“Everything’s developed (at Christchurch Boys’), education and my abilities for rugby and leadership,” he said.

“It developed because of the environment I was in and the opportunities at Adams House and the people that were around me.”

As for the national sevens tournament, Houston is confident Canterbury have the components to perform well against the country’s finest.

“We’ve got some good players, I reckon our chances are quite high.

“We’re training hard, our goal is making top eight for a start, but I think we’ll go pretty well.”

Faletau crosses the border to join Bath Wales No.8 Taulupe Faletau has joined Bath from Newport Gwent Dragons, the English Premiership club announced on Thursday after being rebuffed in an earlier attempt to sign him.

The 25-year-old, who has played 52 times for Wales and featured in the British and Irish Lions’ victorious 2013 tour of Australia, will arrive at the Rec-

reation Ground next season.

Faletau, who has won three Six Nations titles, including two grand slams, had been due to join Bath in October, but the move was blocked by Wales head coach, New Zealander Warren Gatland, who wants his players to play in Wales.

“When we talk about this club being ambitious, we are not just

paying lip service,” said Bath head coach Mike Ford.

“Signing a player of Toby’s calibre is evidence of that.

Tonga-born Faletau made his Wales debut in 2011 and had been at Dragons since 2009.

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) said they were disappointed by Faletau’s decision to cross the border.

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Cheap jerseys They may have been on sale for only three days, but the 2016 Super Rugby jerseys are already on offer on AliExpress. com for a fraction of their retail price. Jerseys for the Blues, Chiefs, Crusaders, Hurricanes and Highlanders were listed for sale on the popular Chinese e-commerce site a mere two days after the new designs were unveiled by adidas. They are selling for US$22.09 ($32.63), a bargain compared with the official jerseys which sell for $150.

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Kings ‘in a mess’ The Southern Kings franchise is being described as an “unmitigated disaster” as it struggles to put a side together for the new Super Rugby season, which kicks off in 10 weeks.

Tony McKeever, who headed a previous incarnation of the embattled Kings franchise, also claimed this week that the province’s financial and administration crisis “will tear rugby apart across South Africa” and said the turmoil involved a racial divide. The Kings’ players detailed financial and personal hardships after months of failing to be paid, threatening strike action.

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Rugby beats football It’s not fair - you like rugby more than football. That’s the bleat coming out of Wales’ Football Association over the BBC Wales’ Sports Personality of the Year award. The Welsh roundballers are boycotting the awards because they regard BBC Wales as being rugby obsessed and sneering towards football. The FA of Wales decided that their 12-strong group of invitees would snub the awards ceremony in Cardiff. - NZME

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In brief Third for under 17s At the under-17 age-group cricket tournament, Mid Canterbury fell to a 66-run loss to Christchurch Metro Black on Thursday, before defeating South Canterbury by five wickets yesterday to finish third. On Thursday, Metro Black posted 242 for four from their 60 overs, but Mid Canterbury were all out for 176 in reply. Mid Canterbury bounced back well yesterday to see off the old enemy, after winning the toss and electing to field, they restricting South Canterbury to a paltry 62 all out and chased down the total in the 13th over.

Records smashed

Methven back for round six

Australian batsmen Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh rewrote the record books against the West Indies yesterday. They set a Test record for the fourth wicket, overtaking 437 made by Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera in 2009.

It is the second-highest Test partnership by Australia, trailing only Sir Donald Bradman and Bill Ponsford’s 451-run secondwicket stand against England in 1934. It is the sixth-highest Test partnership ever. The pinnacle is 624 by Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene in 2006. It is the highest Test partnership against the West Indies, surpassing England’s Peter May and Colin Cowdrey’s mark of 411 set in 1957. Voges set a Hobart Test record for highest score, overtaking Ricky Ponting’s 209 against Pakistan in 2010.

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Windies reeling

Tech’s Jason Morrison will hope his side can post another victory over Methven today.

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The penultimate Pritchard Shield round before the Christmas break will see Allenton host Coldstream and Methven entertain Tech, while Lauriston have a bye.

In last Saturday’s action, Coldstream took a 12-run win over Lauriston while Tech posted a

more convincing 46-run win over Allenton.

Coldstream batted first in fine conditions against Lauriston and were all out for 98 in the 33rd over.

In reply, Lauriston were all out in the 26th over for a paltry 86, as Richard Print produced a singlehanded demolition job of the

home side with six for 24 off nine overs.

In the round’s opposite fixture, Allenton made the short trip to shield holders, Tech.

The Stags won the toss, elected to bat first, and were all out for 188 in the 44th over.

The visitors’ reply got off to a solid start with Matt Tait and Jeff

Naish recording 23 and 50 respectively, but after Jordan Bird was dismissed for 20 runs, there was little further contribution from the rest of the batting lineup.

Allenton were eventually all out for 142 in the 29th over.

Today’s fixtures will begin at the usual time of 12.30pm.

Sri Lankans keeping test hopes alive Sri Lanka are battling hard to stay in the contest after two days of the first test against New Zealand at University Oval.

They will start the third day today at 197 for four, still trailing New Zealand by 234 runs.

Wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal was unbeaten on a fine 83 with Kithuruwan Vithanage on 10.

Vithanage had a life on six, Kane Williamson spilling an uppish drive at short cover off Doug Bracewell late in the day.

New Zealand added 22 to their overnight score to be dismissed for 431.

Bracewell had time to make his highest test score, 47, before being last man out.

Sri Lanka were in difficulties early with Kusal Mendis and debutant Udara Jayasundera giving catches to

wicketkeeper BJ Watling, the first of which took him to 100 test dismissals, the fourth New Zealander to the mark.

However Chandimal and opener Dimuth Karunaratne batted throughout the second session, adding a further 65 runs.

Karunaratne would have been eyeing a century but at 84 he tried to cut left arm spinner Mitchell Santner and gave Watling a third catch, to end an impressive performance.

Their stand had been worth a valuable 122 runs.

Captain Angelo Mathews, the key batsman, went cheaply, getting a faint edge to a leg glance off Tim Southee, and falling to a third umpire call.

It was a day of toil for the bowlers, with Trent Boult, Southee, Neil Wagner and Santner each getting a wicket.

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The West Indies are in deep trouble in the first Test at an overcast Hobart after finally ending Australia’s Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh’s record stand. Offspinner Nathan Lyon (3-19) has celebrated his 50th Test with quick wickets to leave the Windies reeling at 4-81 by tea on yesterday’s second day. They trail by 502 runs.

Lyon had opener Rajendra Chandrika caught behind for 25 before snaring Marlon Samuels (9) and Jermaine Blackwood (0) in the space of five balls. Veteran Darren Bravo was not out 32. - AAP

Wagner hits 160km/h Black Caps bowler Neil Wagner was clocked bowling 160km/h yesterday morning by the speed radar at University Oval in Dunedin. The Otago leftarmer was bowling to Dinesh Chandimal on day two of New Zealand’s test against Sri Lanka when he apparently hurtled down the fastest delivery in the history of New Zealand cricket, but skeptics have been quick to point out it was most likely a technological error. Wagner’s normal bowling speed is somewhere between 130-135km/h, meaning he would have to make a increase of at least 25km/h to get anywhere near the record breaking reading.

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In brief Ko to defend title World No.1 Lydia Ko will defend her women’s Australian Open golf title in Adelaide early next year. The New Zealander, still just 18, became the youngest winner in the tournament’s history when she saluted at Royal Melbourne this year. She will be joined on The Grange Golf Club’s West Course by Australia’s topranked players, LPGA Tour winner Minjee Lee and fivetime national champion Karrie Webb, as the tournament returns to South Australia for the first time in 21 years. - AAP

Surgery for McIlroy World No.3 Rory McIlroy is recovering after undergoing laser eye surgery to correct his vision ahead of the 201516 season. The 26-year-old posted a picture on Instagram showing himself with a pair of protective glasses taped to his face, alongside the caption: “Human version of the dreaded K-9 cone....

Only for sleeping though!

Laser eye surgery went well yesterday.”

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Spiranic in tears Catherine Bell and her Canterbury team will be gunning for Interprovincial glory today.

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She may be donning the red of Canterbury, but Mid Canterbury can boast of one semi-finalist, and potential finalist, on the last day of the 2015 Women’s Toro Interprovincials at the Ashburton Golf Club today.

Catherine Bell and her Canterbury team will take on a formidable North Harbour side today, the last team to win the tournament in 2010 before Auckland’s fouryear dominance.

Bell has won all of her matches so far and her young team have been in fine form throughout the week, with an unblemished record, having defeated Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay, Southland, Aorangi, Waikato, Auckland and Tasman to secure a semi-final berth.

The former Ashburton College student said she has enjoyed playing on the familiar course, and confidence has grown throughout the team, particularly after seeing off reigning champions Auckland (3-2) in a nail-biting encounter.

“It’s been great, I’m comfortable and relaxed, I know the course, but the greens are a lot quicker,” she said.

“The game against Auckland, it was such a tight game.

“We were all down at one stage but we all fought back, which is a really good achievement, it almost felt like the final to us.”

The 21-year-old has also been keeping one eye on Aorangi, who she last played for three years ago.

Aorangi, who will play off for seventh and eighth place against

Northland today, have surpassed all expectations, collectively winning 13 out of 30 matches.

“It’s great to see, I still support them (Aorangi).

“Everyone from their team supports us and we do them, it’s brilliant how well they’ve done,” she said.

Should Canterbury win this year’s tournament, it will be the first time since 1988, with the closest they’ve come since being a final defeat to Bay of Plenty in 2006.

PGA top man ‘far from finished’ PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem jokingly said he was relieved to see Tiger Woods still alive after reading such gloomy reports from his press conference in the Bahamas about his back issues.

Finchem didn’t come away with a feeling that Woods was finished.

As for his own future? That’s equally vague.

Finchem’s latest four-year contract will expire in June, which would complete 23 years as the commissioner.

But even with a succession plan in place - he named Jay Monahan the deputy commissioner in March - it didn’t sound as though Finchem was counting the days.

Far from it.

“It’s a little ill-defined at the moment,” Finchem said.

“We have a great succession plan in progress. There are a couple of three major kind of projects I’d like to get pushed a little bit.

The timing of what that means is still up in the air.

“The board is very comfortable about that.”

Finchem turns 69 next year, though the PGA Tour policy board recently extended the age limit of board members to 75.

So that’s not an issue.

Of greater interest are the projects to which he refers.

Finchem didn’t indicate that he

wants to close the book on them, saying later that he wanted “to get at least a little momentum.”

Among the possible projects: — The policy board at its last meeting approved a massive capital campaign project for improvements to The Players Championship and TPC Sawgrass. For all that Finchem has done in his two decades, The Players always has been among his highest priorities.

— Golf returns to the Olympics next year in Rio de Janeiro for the first time since 1904, though the work is not done. Golf will be part of the Olympic program in Rio and in Tokyo for 2020. But the

big hurdle is securing its place for 2024 and beyond. The IOC will decide that in 2017, though it helps that most of the top stars plan to compete.

— Most intriguing is the possibility of a global tour. Finchem first mentioned it five years ago.

He didn’t have a clear view of what form it would take other than to say that “at some point in time, men’s professional golf will become integrated globally.” This constitutes a long-term project that he would like to “get pushed a little bit.” It also requires plenty of co-operation with other tours, particularly in Europe and in Asia.

- AFP

American internet sensation Paige Spiranac was left in tears as the harsh realities of professional golf struck when she missed the cut in her debut appearance at the Dubai Ladies Masters. At the Majlis course, she followed a first-round 77 with a 79 and failed to make it to the money-making rounds in the season-ending championship of the Ladies European Tour by eight shots.

- AFP

Tiger explains all Tiger Woods says he has a “fantastic” relationship with his ex-wife and he has taken steps to explain to his two children what happened to their marriage. In a rare and extensive interview with Time magazine, Woods also shared the same sentiments about his future that he did at the tournament he is hosting in the Bahamas. He still wants to play golf at the highest level, though he is resigned that it might not happen if the nerve damage in his back doesn’t allow for it.

- AFP

Donaldson leads Jamie Donaldson of Wales enjoyed a sizzling opening round of 9-under-par 63 to take a three-stroke lead over three players including 2013 winner Sergio Garcia in the Thailand Championship on Thursday.

Donaldson, who hasn’t won in 16 months, birdied his first four holes and the last two at Amata Spring Country Club, and said, “I couldn’t really do things wrong. I never really missed any fairways. The good par save on nine was the key to keep the momentum going after pushing the tee shot a little bit. I got up and down there from about 20 feet.”

Garcia, who lifted his 23rd career title in Vietnam last weekend, was at 6 under. - AP

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In brief

■ GOLF

Cantabs fly SI flag The final four have been decided for the 2015 Women’s Toro Interprovincials.

After Canterbury, North Harbour and Bay of Plenty all made it through on Thursday, Waikato joined them yesterday.

The semi-finals will see Canterbury lock horns with North Harbour and Waikato face Bay of Plenty in what will be an exciting final day at the Ashburton Golf Club.

Yesterday’s action was always about the fixture between Auckland and Waikato, which lived up to all the hype and more.

After winning four Interprovincials in a row, Auckland have bowed out just short of the finals.

Waikato number two Brooke Hamilton showed class under pressure to be the standout performer defeating Rose Zheng 4/3.

“It feels awesome, best feeling ever, especially beating Auckland who have won it four years in a row,” said Hamilton.

Playing in only her second interprovincial, Hamilton certainly didn’t show it, as she came out of the gates on fire.

“I won a few holes early which relieved some pressure and allowed me to cruise in the back nine but finished it off well.”

“We were all ready to win as soon as we teed off.

“We knew it was going to be hard, but wow it was awesome,” said 17-year-old Hamilton.

“The girls just have to take the same attitude into tomorrow and hopefully next time we talk I will be even happier.”

For Auckland there was only ever one goal in mind, and that was to win a fifth title in a row.

They have been slightly off the pace this week and it showed again yesterday.

The defending champions had the early lead against Waikato which they held through 13 holes, to then let it quickly slip away.

Warriors culture ok Warriors prize recruit Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has shot down suggestions his brilliance will be dulled by the Auckland club’s allegedly unprofessional culture. The New Zealand Test fullback arrives from the Sydney Roosters saddled with the expectation of recreating his stellar 2015 form and dragging the club out of the mire.

The Warriors were forced to defend their culture after they fell from the top four to finish outside the eight following eight consecutive losses to end the season.

- AAP

Burgess in NFL trials South Sydney prop Tom Burgess has continued his push to play in the NFL, reportedly trialling with the Seattle Seahawks. USA Today NFL writer Tom Pelissero said on twitter that the English prop trialed with the 2013 Super Bowl winners yesterday. The Rabbitohs have described Burgess’ trip to the US as a fact-finding mission and played down the possibility of losing him before his contract expires at the end of the 2018 season.

- AAP

Bird: I’ll be good Bay of Plenty’s Emmalee Morrel in action yesterday.

Hana-Rae Seifert showed her eight-year experience at this level, coming home strong with multiple fist pumps to boot, defeating Siyi Keh 1up.

Waikato number one Chantelle Cassidy is eyeing up Player of the Tournament, remaining unbeaten thus far.

Cassidy will have to continue this form and anchor her Waikato girls in a blockbuster semi-final today.

Their opponent is the exciting Bay of Plenty team, who completed a dominant week by defeating an inform North Harbour side 3-2 and finishing top qualifier in division two.

Meanwhile, finalists Canterbury turned a half day off into nearly a full day off, wiping the floor with a tired Tasman team.

Canterbury claimed the full

quota of points in commanding victory with scores of 6/5, 7/6, 9/7, 7/5, 4/3 respectively.

Today, teams will playoff for every position outside the semifinals, followed by the standalone final in the afternoon which will commence at 12:30pm.

Round Seven results: MANAWATU WANGANUI 3 NORTHLAND 2 Maraea Durie def Brooke Kingi 6/5, Leanne Brown lost to Alayna Cox 4/3, Tara Raj def Soktaera Sean 2up, Katherine Paskins lost to Kylie Jacoby 7/6, Tania Hook def Sam Dangen 3/2.

BAY OF PLENTY 3 NORTH HARBOUR 2 Alanna Campbell def Vyan Park 4/3, Emmalee Morrell lost to Ela Grimwood 3/2, Rotana Howard def Krystal Hu 1up, Jodae Ngaheu halved with Shani White, Heather Keefe halved with Vaha Fapiano.

WAIKATO AUCKLAND Chantelle Cassidy def Munchin Keh 2/1, Brooke

Hamilton def Rose Zheng 4/3, Fai Tongdethsri def Brittney Dryland 1up, Hana-Rae Seifert def Siyi Keh 1up, Kelly Nicholas lost to Shantael Ligaliga 1up.

HAWKES BAY PB 3 SOUTHLAND 2 Kate Chadwick def Robyn Pullar 4/3, Janie Field lost to Angela Gerken 4/3, Jaimie McIvor lost to Olivia Frost 4/3, Kathy Olsen def Helen Baird 1up, Sara Deam def Anne Osment by withdrawal.

CANTERBURY 5 TASMAN 0 Momoka Kobori def Eve Clarke 6/5, Amelia Garvey def Emily Stenhouse7/6, Catherine Bell def Tracy Bary 9/7, Juliana Hung def Sue Murray 7/5, Hillary O’Connor def Michele Reardon 4/3.

TARANAKI 3 WELLINGTON 2 Holly Winter lost to Te Rongopai Clay 2/1, Tyla Winter def Amy Austin 3/2, Rochelle Keegan def Sam-Maree Brown 1up, Melanie Wilson def Emma Hayward 2up, Joanne McDonald lost to Chelsea Sharp 3/2.

■ SPORTS FUNDING

Cycling, triathlon take big financial hits A switch in focus headlines Sport New Zealand’s community sport budgetary announcement for the next four years.

The hardest hit national sporting organisations include cycling (down from $350,000 to $180,000 next year and 75,000 by 2017-18), gymsports ($650,000 to $530,000 to $250,000), snow sports ($300,000 to $214,500 to $15,000) and triathlon ($310,000 to $232,000 to $50,000).

Among the investment rises are waka ama (from $50,000 to $165,000 next year), touch rugby ($250,000 to $340,000), basketball ($450,000 to $590,000) and badminton ($115,000 to $290,000).

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Table tennis, volleyball, golf, softball and tennis were other beneficiaries.

Geoff Barry, Sport NZ’s general manager of community sport, says the change aligns with their 2015-20 strategy. $43m will be invested per annum for the next four years.

“It’s about $150,000 less than the status quo.

“It is not a move away from competitive sport and what takes place on Saturday mornings.

It’s just a broader way of looking at it, so we stay relevant.

“Our new strategy focuses on responding to the wants and needs of today’s participants, par-

ticularly young people. We want to sustain traditional sports that Kiwis love, but need to respond to the growing interest in less formal active recreation.

“If we lose our active, sporty lifestyle, there will be a high price to pay for us as a nation.”

Tri NZ expressed disappointment with the decision.

“We did not expect the level of reduction from Sport New Zealand towards our community initiatives,” chief executive Craig Waugh said.

“The full reduction will not take effect until mid-2017.

“In the meantime we look forward to further discussions with

Sport New Zealand to better understand their thinking.”

The fear among NSOs is such decisions could result in job losses and weaken the respective sports’ influence in fostering inclusivity and talent at grassroots level.

Contrary to the NSO cuts, Barry said investment into Regional Sports Trusts had been preserved, because of their role delivering to local and regional communities.

A sum of $18.1 million per annum is directed into initiatives which impact on young people, local delivery in low participation communities, and competitive sport.

- NZME

A contrite Greg Bird says he is trying to earn back the Gold Coast captaincy and promises to make amends for his wayward behaviour. Bird is in the running to lead the Titans next season just 12 months after being stripped of the role for off-field misdemeanours. The NSW State of Origin star was dumped as co-captain after urinating in public while on honeymoon in Byron Bay. Bird was also embroiled in the club’s cocaine scandal but had his charges thrown out of court because of a lack of evidence.

- AAP

Black Sticks in semis The Black Sticks Women scored in the final minute to beat Great Britain 2-1 and move through to the semi-finals at the FIH World League Final in Argentina. New Zealand dominated much of the game but were in for a tense finish after Great Britain were awarded a penalty stroke and equalised six minutes from fulltime. With the game looking destined for a shoot-out, Olivia Merry delivered the killer blow with less than a minute on the clock courtesy of a stinging reverse shot which squeezed past the goalkeeper’s chest.

- NZME

Rousey-Holm rematch Fans will have to wait another eight months but a rematch between Holly Holm and Ronda Rousey is being targeted for July 9 in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White has confirmed that Holm’s next fight will be against Rousey, who she defeated for the bantamweight title in Melbourne last month, ESPN reports. Rousey, who suffered a concussion in the defeat to Holm, has been given a six-month medical suspension by the UFC due to the extent of her injuries.- AFP

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In brief Slam in doubt Rafael Nadal says he is unsure whether he will be able to win another grand slam title as he looks to make it past Pete Sampras and into second on the all-time list with 15 slam titles.

“I don’t know when I’ll be able to win another grand slam, or if I’ll be able to win one,” Nadal said in New Delhi, where he is competing in the International Premier Tennis League. - EFE

McEnroe speaks out

Phil Crozier fell to defeats in his doubles and singles matches last Saturday, but his Fairton side will hope to return to winning ways against Allenton today.

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Warriors on a roll

■ TENNIS

Vital points up for grabs

BY JAMES FORD

JAMES.F@THEGURDIAN.CO.NZ

After winning round one without loss, Methven will look to kick off round two of the A-grade interclub tennis season in similar fashion at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre today.

Today’s fixtures will be the last until the competition resumes on January 30, but are set to produce some exciting matches as South-

ern lock horns with Hampstead, Fairton face Allenton and Methven take on Tinwald.

Last weekend’s action saw wins for Methven, Hampstead and Allenton.

Methven posted a 4-2 win over Fairton, Hampstead matched that with a 4-2 victory over Tinwald and Allenton recorded their second win of the campaign, toppling Southern 4-2.

Methven’s clash with Tinwald is expected to offer some competitive match-ups.

The division leaders were pushed right to the end by Tinwald as the two sides couldn’t be separated in a 4-4 draw in week one.

Allenton will be hoping to add another win to their tally, but fell to a 5-3 loss the last time they met Fairton, who will have as-

pirations of climbing further up the ladder following last week’s loss.

Hampstead will be determined to keep the pressure right on Methven at the points table’s summit with a victory over last placed Southern, and will be strong favourites after thumping today’s opponents 6-0 at the start of the season.

Play will begin at 1.30pm.

■ OPINION

Sevens gold not quite a foregone conclusion W hen it was announced that sevens rugby would be at the Rio Olympics next year, an awful lot of people happily put a tick in the ‘gold’ box for New Zealand’s medal tally.

Timing is everything, and perhaps a decade ago, when our sevens side was overflowing with premium quality players that Sir Gordon Tietjens had unearthed, nurtured, tutored and turned into champions of the game, combined with the fact that not every country was yet convinced that sevens was a serious sport in itself, New Zealand would have been the hottest of hot things.

If he could call on the likes of Amasio Valance, Christian Cullen, Dallas Seymour, Eric Rush, Rico Gear or Karl Te Nana to pad out his squad, things would indeed be looking golden.

But things change, and it would be a brave punter who has put already put the house on an All

John McEnroe, sport’s original superbrat, is advocating the radical removal of umpires in a bid to liven up tennis. McEnroe made his stunning proposal while also recommending tiebreaks at four games all in the fifth and deciding set - rather than at 6-6 - in an effort to keep fans interested. But it’s the former world No.1’s call to get rid of chair umpires that is sure to spark furious debate. “There should be no umpires as well.

That would maybe be a major innovation as well,” McEnroe told Tennis Podcast when asked what changes he’d like to introduce. “That could excite things along with a tighter format, quicker format.” - AAP

Black Sevens win next year.

Overall, the New Zealanders are still the best team in the world, but the Olympics is a one-off deal, and the All Black Sevens simply don’t win that many tournaments any more; they win championships by being constantly in the top three or four and winning by sheer consistency.

Losses to the United States (yes, more than one, in a couple of days) highlight exactly how much the minnows have caught up, with the attraction of the big prize next year as the carrot, pretty much a parallel with the Rugby World Cup, where suddenly every team is a threat to be taken seriously.

A few injuries and the New Zealand camp was in total disarray last week in Dubai, that’s how fragile the team’s position at the top of the ladder is.

It’s a huge challenge for the man who has already produced

Steve Devereux MY SHOUT

many a miracle in the game; can he go to the well one more time, with pressures unimagined 10 years ago and dredge up two or three more absolute matchwinners to top off his stellar career as the best sevens coach ever?

The fans are certainly keeping their fingers crossed. * * * * Is anybody bothering to pay to view the latest two or three Joseph Parker fights?

If so, why?

He’s been lined up with a series of patsies, who all provide him with a minute or two’s punching practice, while all the time he’s

talking up his chances against the current weirdo who holds the world title.

It’s all reminiscent of David Tua‘s efforts of a few years ago, which came to nought when it really mattered, being found out when it came to the big, big time.

Parker’s camp claims that a long list of top boxers are avoiding their man; is boxing really in such a pathetic state that nobody actually wants to fight anybody else?

Boxing managers must rate right up there with car salesmen, TV evangelists and street-side drug dealers as the least respected professions anywhere.

What would the champs of old, who regularly faced each other several times a year, think of the current circus?

Parker looks like he has the goods to, at the very least, frighten the top guys, but how will we ever know?

Australian centre Andrew Bogut says it is going to take something very special to snap Golden State’s record-breaking start to the NBA season. The Warriors have made a remarkable beginning to their title defence and will take a 23-0 record into their clash against the Boston Celtics. Led by MVP Stephen Curry the Warriors have been killing the opposition this season, averaging 115.8 per game.

- AAP

Auckland outplayed Auckland City coach Ramon Tribulietx was left lamenting a missed opportunity on Thursday night. It wasn’t that the New Zealand side should have won - Sanfrecce Hiroshima were clearly the better side but Auckland City didn’t get the chance to test the J-League champions to the limit. After being almost flawless defensively in Morocco last year the Oceania champions gave up two soft goals. “That early goal set up the perfect game for them,” said Tribulietx.

“It was always going to be difficult from there”.

- AAP

Ban for hit on Reid Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has been banned for three matches over an off-the-ball incident with West Ham United’s Winston Reid, the Football Association announced yesterday.

Germany captain Schweinsteiger caught Reid in the throat with his left elbow as they jostled for position while awaiting a free-kick in the first half of last Saturday’s 0-0 draw. The incident was missed by the match officials, but a panel of former elite referees decided that Schweinsteiger had indeed committed a red-card offence.

- AFP

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■ LOCAL WOMEN WIN BIG

Santa delivers two new cars

BY MICHELLE NELSON

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Countdown store manager Maria Henley (left) hands Rosgen Thompson the keys to her new car.

PHOTO AMANDA KONYN 091215-AK-0142

Rosgen Thompson has something to smile about this Christmas – a brand new Volkswagon Polo!

She was one of five to win a new car in the Countdown Glorious Christmas Giveaway and the second person from Ashburton to take a major prize in the competition’s three-year history.

Mrs Thompson, a meat worker for Anzco, picked up her new ride on Sunday, having learned of her good fortune three weeks ago. At first she didn’t believe the news, but she’s been smiling ever since it sunk in.

“It’s very exciting, I love it – especially because it’s free,” Mrs

Thompson said.

The shiny silver vehicle is her first new car and will replace her trusty 2004 Suzuki, which she plans to sell.

Meanwhile, Tina Hayman also has a set of new wheels courtesy of Finesse Fitness Ashburton.

She was rapt about the chance to drive the stylish Ford Fiesta Trend for the next three years, or for 60,000km.

A regular at the gym for two years, Mrs Hayman’s name was drawn from about 1000 entries in the competition.

It was the first time Finesse Fitness has run the promotion which offered a car at each of the company’s four gyms.

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Finesse Fitness Ashburton co-owner Carol Moore (left) shares the good news with car winner Tina Hayman.

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■ OPINION

Investments market update Global Equity Markets While equity returns were flat (in New Zealand dollar terms) over the quarter, the last two months have provided positive returns as investor interest has returned to equity markets.

Reviewing the individual equity markets Forsyth Barr monitors, the weakest quarterly performers were the United Kingdom, France and Hong Kong. The Hong Kong equity market was impacted by concerns surrounding mainland China growth rates while France reflected the recent terrorist attacks. German equity markets however have recovered and performed well since the issues surrounding their automotive industry surfaced.

Selwyn Sloan and Michael Coleman MONEY MATTERS

the economy. The banking sector appears to have bottomed, having been repriced for higher capital requirements and with banks now undertaking out of cycle interest rate rises to recover their profitability. Resource sectors remain out of favour.

New Zealand equities performed the strongest over the quarter. Healthcare, electricity and transport companies provided the best of the returns.

Australian and NZ Equity Markets

Fixed Interest Market

Australian equities recovered strongly over the last month after the Reserve Bank of Australia revised higher its expectations for

Short-term interest rates were slightly lower over the quarter to the end of November as the market judged the probability of

another cut in the New Zealand Official Cash Rate (which has subsequently been enacted as of 10 December when the OCR was reduced by 25 basis points to 2.5 per cent).

Longer-term interest rates were largely unchanged although corporate bond rates rose as the interest rate gap between corporate and wholesale bond rates widened. New Zealand spreads had been lagging international trends but with the recent increase in issuance, investors have been able to be more discerning, influencing the yields on offer. For further information contact an authorised financial adviser.

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S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents

p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

6,069.94 +29.39 +0.49%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

4,391.34 +25.41 +0.58%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

6,535.9

+31.06

+0.48%

p Rises 53 q Falls 67

WORLD MARKETS

q S&P/ASX 200 index

5,029.5

–8.2

–0.16%

At close of trading on Dec 11, 2015

p Dow Jones Indust.

17,574.8 +82.11 +0.47% At close of trading on Dec 10, 2015

q FTSE 100 index

6,088.1

–38.6

–0.63%

At close of trading on Dec 10, 2015

p Nikkei 225 index

19,224.5 +177.9 +0.93% Snapshot at 7pm on Dec 11, 2015

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

Gold q

London – $US/ounce

1,071.0

–10.0

–0.93%

14.17

–0.1

–0.70%

4,572.0

–48.0

–1.04%

Silver London – $US/ounce q Copper London – $US/tonne q NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm Dec 11, 2015

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OUR VIEW

Flatting for seniors top lifestyle option Sue Newman

ACTING EDITOR

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arlier this week the foundations were laid for a project that could revolutionise aged care in the Ashburton District.

People working in the district’s social agencies are concerned at the growing number of older people who are becoming socially isolated or who are unable to afford warm, secure accommodation.

Pensioners who own their own home and who have money invested are set up for life, but for those who do not, with increasing age, life becomes pretty grim.

If you have very little in the way of assets you may qualify for housing options provided by a local authority or a government and if you’re at the top end there is the option of homes in lifestyle villages.

In the middle, however, there is a large group of people, some of whom are hanging on in the family home, struggling with maintenance and living costs and others who are struggling to pay their rent. Both groups often have one thing in common, a growing sense of social isolation and the constant worry of what their future holds.

This week a project that offers new living options and new social opportunities was unveiled in Ashburton, the Abbeyfields concept of house sharing, flatting for seniors.

It’s simple and it’s commonsense. One house, several en suite bedrooms, a large living area and a housekeeper who prepares meals. All that is available well within the average pension.

The advantages are obvious – affordable living, companionship on tap and, and apart from looking after your own room, freedom from housework and home maintenance.

The AbbeyfieldS houses are run by residents, managed by a community group and owned by the AbbeyfieldS parent company. The initial stumbling block is finding the land and funding the house build.

The concept is a winner. The houses usually have between 10 and 12 bedrooms, but they can be built to suit the needs of a community. Methven or Hinds might opt for five or six bedrooms, Ashburton for more. The one thing that does not change is opportunity for an affordable, socially connected lifestyle.

As a district, we owe it to our elderly to take a long, hard look at this concept and find a way to make it happen.

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?

Yes 75% No 25%

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ndulge less, or at least mindfully, keep moving, take on water, kip longer, pack condoms, watch your budget, listen, cover up and stay off the kids’ pressies.

Massey University experts have released their 12 days of Christmas summer survival tips to help everyone stay sane, healthy and, at the very least, alive this festive season.

Assistant lecturer in sport psychology Warrick Wood’s top tip was to keep moving. Exercise helped with mood, increased energy and was a fun way to hang with friends and family, he said.

“Find fun ways to get your heart rate up – exercise shouldn’t be boring. Play backyard cricket, get out in the garden, head down to the beach. If you do something you enjoy, you’re much more likely to maintain that behaviour throughout the holiday period.”

And, to help keep the kilos off, go easy on the kai.

Nutrition and dietetic centre dietitian Miriam Mullard said on average people gained between one and two-and-a-half kilograms over the silly season.

Healthy choices – such as starting each day with a healthy breakfast of wholegrain cereals or breads – kept hunger pangs at bay for the first half of the day.

Five-a-day could be helped by lashings of seasonal fruit.

It was easy to overindulge at Christmas, but little tricks could help, she said.

“If possible, keep treats out of sight, and have healthy options on hand to keep temptation at bay. Try a handful of unsalted nuts, dried fruit, plain popcorn, wholegrain crackers or pretzels.”

As for pouring down the throat, the message was less and more.

Less booze, more water. And if you must indulge, make sure you’re on the solids as well.

Professor of Public Health and Social Research, Sally Casswell, said the time had come to

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“Why do we live in a country where hangovers are so ordinary, even funny. Where radio hosts and companies use them in advertising? Hangovers are a sign that so much alcohol was drunk the neurotransmitters in the brain stopped working normally, the stomach lining was inflamed, blood pressure increased and the body’s ability to fight of infections was reduced for 24 hours.”

Other tips included making sure enough shut-eye was had, especially before long drives, always having condoms with you, setting a firm cut-off time for gift buying to avoid last-minute budget blowouts and supporting the bereaved.

University Meditation Service Manawatu director Virginia Goldblatt said the gift of peace also had a place under the tree.

Negotiation and conflict resolution skills learned in the workplace could be used on those nearest and dearest to us

who showed up late, or lacked gratitude for the time and trouble taken with the Christmas celebration, Ms Goldblatt said.

“Prepare well but instead of putting all that preparation into the meal and buying presents, put it instead into relaxing, being tolerant, avoiding sensitive topics and thinking about the good qualities of your family and friends.

“The cheapest gift we can give anyone is taking the time to listen to them. So make it your seasonal resolution to listen first and listen well, and you may be more likely to find peace and love over the next few weeks.”

Twelve days of Christmas survival tips 1. Exercise in disguise – playing with the kids or tackling the garden make keeping fit fun.

2. Don’t let the party turn into the hangover from hell – drink in moderation, and with food.

3. Avoid a Christmas drought or drowning by drinking plenty of water. If your pee is clear though,

pull back, you’re taking on too much fluid.

4. Savour your food and be aware of what you’re eating – only eat what you want to eat, this is the time to enjoy your favourites.

5. Remember the 3 Cs for a food poisoning-free Christmas – cook, chill and clean.

6. Rest those weary eyes. Get plenty of sleep, especially before driving.

7. Practice safe sex. No one wants an STD for Christmas.

8. Avoid the holiday debt trap by budgeting for gifts and ban last-minute buying.

9. Don’t put on a brave face this Christmas. Support those struggling with grief or depression.

10. Give the gift of peace by avoiding conflict.

11. Stay sunsmart, but get some sun in the early morning or late afternoon to keep vitamin D levels up.

12. Grown-ups, leave the kids’ toys for the kids and avoid a summer injury.

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Are we really in control of the world?

T

his is the season of advent.

A time of looking back at the first coming of Christ into the world and also a time of looking forward to his future coming into the world.

Both of those momentous events have to do with God’s great purpose in restoring a ruined world. Both deal with the “hopes and fears of all the years” as the Christmas carol reminds us.

Today, it seems, more people might be looking to Paris rather than Bethlehem for the source of hope to allay our fears. By that I mean the global get-together to thrash out an agreement on climate change.

If religious fervour is to be

David Bayne

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

found flourishing today, then global warming is surely the nursery where it is propagated most enthusiastically.

Strident claims are made - and to doubt them is to be cast into the realms of The Deniers.

There is, it appears, no room for further questions, no time for reasoned debate.

The seriousness is so great, the urgency so overwhelming, that we must act instantly and boldly - perhaps even giving unprecedented powers to the State to

control our lives.

Such sentiments echo those who want much greater powers to deal with terrorists (though perhaps from another part of the political spectrum).

In both cases there is the assumption that “we” are in control - and if things go wrong in this world, then “they” are to blame. Once we have found who to blame we can revile them and legislate them out of existence.

This assumption - that the world and all its events are under final human control is an illusion.

Worse still, it is an illusion that becomes idol worship and in our fanatical devotion to it we sow the seeds of our own destruc-

tion. Whether overtly religious like ISIS or overtly atheistic like North Korea, this idol worship of control leads to misery at every level of human existence.

Perhaps it is time to cease from raging at “them”, who are to blame for all that is wrong, and to make peace with Him who is the Prince of Peace.

Could this be the time for you to step back from the illusion of control? Time to respond to the One who came in person to set a troubled world to rights?

Time to set aside the affairs of other people and to get right with Him yourself? To know God is to have eternal life.

By Reverend David Bayne, Grace Presbyterian Church

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In brief Whoops, wrong plane When crew members of a passenger plane reported sparks coming from an engine while taxiing at an airport in southern China, eight fire trucks responded within minutes. Then they covered the wrong plane with white foam.

The mistake at the Fuzhou city airport was quickly amended and the firefighters turned their attention to the correct plane, but the other one — with passengers aboard — was delayed 10 hours and the entire incident delayed 30 flights, the airport said in a statement. The Air China flight had reported the problems in a right-side engine of a Boeing 737800 for a flight headed to Beijing.

By the time firefighters arrived four minutes later, engines were switched off. However, a Fuzhou Airlines plane of the same make had exhaust fumes coming from its tail. The firefighters sprayed the Fuzhou Airlines plane with foam until the airport’s control centre alerted them to the mistake, and then they sprayed the right plane, the airport said.

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People attend a climate conference at the US pavilion during the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference in Le Bourget, north of Paris.

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Draft climate deal emerges Negotiators from China, the US and other nations haggled into the early morning yesterday over how to share the burden of fighting climate change and paying for a trillion-dollar transition to clean energy on a global scale.

Some delegates said an elusive climate pact was in sight heading into the final scheduled day of talks outside Paris while others said a new draft presented by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius allowed rich nations to shift the responsibility of fighting global warming to the developing world.

“We are going backwards,” said Gurdial Singh Nijar of Malaysia, the head of a bloc of hardline countries that also includes India, China and Saudi Arabia.

They have put up the fiercest

resistance against attempts by the US, the European Union and other wealthy nations to make emerging economies pitch in to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and help the poorest countries cope with climate change.

The issue, known as “differentiation” in United Nations climate lingo, was expected to be one of the last to be resolved.

US Secretary of State John Kerry zipped in and out of negotiation rooms as delegates broke into smaller groups to iron out their differences.

“We’re working on it,” Kerry said as he emerged from one meeting room with an entourage of security agents and State Department aides.

Nijar said it was unreasonable

to expect countries like Malaysia to rapidly shift from fossil fuels – the biggest source of man-made greenhouse gas emissions – to cleaner sources of energy.

“We cannot just switch overnight ... and go to renewables,” he said, on a coffee break between meetings at 1.30am. “If you remove differentiation you create very serious problems for developing countries.”

Diplomats from 196 governments are trying to forge a global pact in Paris to slow global warming by collectively slashing emissions. It’s the first time all countries are expected to pitch in – the previous emissions treaty only included rich countries.

The 27-page draft – two pages shorter than a previous version – included a long-term goal of

keeping global warming “well below” 2 degrees Celsius, while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C. The draft also said governments would aim to peak the emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases “as soon as possible” and strive to reach “emissions neutrality” by the second half of the century.

That was weaker language than in previous drafts that included more specific emissions cuts and timeframes. Emissions neutrality wasn’t defined in the text. Previous versions have included similar terms that are generally understood to mean no more emissions than the Earth can naturally absorb.

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■ CANADA

First plane-load of refugees arrive in Canada The first Canadian government plane carrying Syrian refugees arrived in Toronto late yesterday where they were greeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is pushing forward with his pledge to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February.

The arrival of the military flight carrying 163 refugees stands in stark contrast to the US, which plans to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year and where Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump caused a worldwide uproar with a proposal to temporarily block Muslims from entering the US. The flight arrived just before midnight carrying the first of two large groups of Syrian refugees to arrive in the country by

government aircraft.

“This is a wonderful night, where we get to show not just a plane-load of new Canadians what Canada is all about, we get to show the world how to open our hearts and welcome in people who are fleeing extraordinarily difficult situations,” Trudeau said to staff and volunteers who were waiting to process the refugees.

All 10 of Canada’s provincial premiers support taking in the refugees and members of the opposition, including the Conservative party, attended the welcoming.

Trudeau was also joined by the ministers of immigration, health and defense, as well as Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor John

Tory. In the US, several Republican governors have tried to stop the arrival of Syrian refugees in their states in the wake of the deadly attacks blamed on Islamic extremists in Paris and California.

The first flight arrived in Toronto before midnight and another will land in Montreal today. The planes, both military aircraft, will carry a total of about 300 Syrian refugees.

Canadians eager to show their support for the newcomers weren’t deterred by the fact that they couldn’t do so face-to-face as the refugees were processed in a secure area.

A handful of people gathered at the international arrivals gate at Pearson airport bearing signs and gifts. Andrew Harris, 51,

said he wanted to counter the fearful messaging about Muslims that has circulated since the Paris attacks.

He held up a large yellow sign that read “Welcome to Canada,” saying that even if the arriving refugees don’t see it, the positive words won’t go unnoticed.

The headline on the front page of Toronto Star, Canada’s largest circulation newspaper, read: “Welcome to Canada,” with the Arabic translation below: Ahlan wa sahlan. “Welcome.”

The front page included an editorial. “You’ll find the place a little bigger than Damascus or Aleppo, and a whole lot chillier.

But friendly for all that. We’re a city that cherishes its diversity; it’s our strength,” it reads.

- AP

Eat order issued A federal judge ordered a California man suspected of trying to aid the Islamic State group to eat dinner or be force-fed. The order from Judge David O. Carter was given to 24-year-old Muhanad Badawi, who has been refusing to eat for three weeks. “Mr. Badawi, this is going to end today,” said Carter, who pulled out his own money to pay for the meal before the marshals in charge of Badawi said they would take care of it.

Badawi has not made it entirely clear why he’s refusing to eat, insisting he’d not on a hunger strike and saying he wants to fast on certain days.

- AP

Ex-cop found guilty A former Oklahoma City police officer was convicted yesterday of rape related to accusations that he victimised 13 women on his police beat in a minority, low-income neighbourhood. Daniel Holtzclaw, 29, faces a possible sentence of life in prison because of the conviction. He also faced more than 30 counts, including sexual battery and forcible oral sodomy.

The allegations against Holtzclaw brought new attention to the problem of sexual misconduct committed by law enforcement officers.

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Body on beach The body of a man, whose hands and feet were believed to be bound, has been found off a Perth beach. The man in his 50s was found face down in the water north of Trigg Beach during a jet ski patrol yesterday around midday. Detectives are working to identify him.

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Charged with murder A former Northern Territory police officer has been charged with murdering his wife. Louis Mahoney, 42, was charged this week with the 2009 murder of Lainie Coldwell in Charleville in Queensland’s south-west. NT Police Commander Michael Murphy confirmed Mr Mahoney had served in the Territory’s police force for five years as a general duties constable.

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■ UNITED STATES

IS finance chief killed in air strike The Islamic State group’s finance chief has been confirmed killed in a coalition air strike last month, US officials say.

Abu Saleh was killed in late November, US military spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said in a videoconference yesterday from Baghdad, calling him “one of the most senior and experienced members” of the group’s financial network.

The US government’s envoy for the anti-IS fight, Brett McGurk, said on Twitter that Abu Saleh was killed along with two associates “as part of coalition campaign to destroy ISIL’s financial infrastructure”, describing him as the group’s “finance minister”.

Abu Saleh’s real name is Muwaffaq Mustafa Muhammad al-

Karmush, described in a State Department terrorist blacklist as a 42-year-old Iraqi.

“Killing him and his predecessors exhausts the knowledge and talent needed to co-ordinate funding within the organisation,” Warren said.

The military spokesmen said two other figures in IS fundraising networks were also killed in coalition air strikes in late November.

They were identified as Abu Mariam, an enforcer and senior leader in IS extortion networks, and Abu Waqman al-Tunis, who Warren said co-ordinated IS’s transfer of people, weapons and information.

In London, the US Treasury’s acting under secretary for terror-

ism and financial crimes, Adam Szubin, said IS derived most of its funding from economic activity in the territory it controls.

It has reaped more than $US500 million ($A690 million) in black market oil sales, looted bank vaults captured in Iraq and Syria, and raised millions more through extortion.

But to run what amounts to a mini-state, it needs steady and renewable sources of funding, and to do that it needs access to the international financial system to move money and import supplies, according to Szubin.

“We are targeting both of these dependencies - ISIL’s ability to generate revenue, and its ability to use that revenue,” he said.

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■ CHINA

Prominent tycoon missing The Chinese conglomerate that owns Club Med suspended trading of its shares yesterday following a news report that its chairman, one of China’s most prominent business leaders, is missing.

Fosun International employees were unable to contact Guo Guangchang beginning at midday Thursday, the magazine Caixin said on its website. It cited what it said were messages on social media that Guo was last seen with police at an airport in Shanghai.

Guo’s disappearance comes in the midst of a sweeping anticorruption crackdown led by President Xi Jinping in which dozens of executives at stateowned companies have been detained or questioned.

Businesspeople in previous investigations have been held for weeks for questioning with no public notice.

Fosun and its pharmaceutical unit suspended trading of their shares in Hong Kong. They cited the pending release of an announcement with “inside information”.

Phone calls to Fosun’s media and investor relations departments weren’t answered.

Guo Guangchang, one of the country’s most prominent business leaders, is missing.

Guo, 48, is one of China’s biggest investors abroad. Fosun, which he co-founded in the 1990s, has businesses in real estate, steel, mining and retailing.

The Financial Times dubbed him “China’s Warren Buffett” for following the legendary American investor’s approach of using the cash flow from insurance operations to buy other businesses.

Fosun won a bidding war this year to take over Club Mediterranee, the French resort opera-

tor. Last year, it paid 1 billion euros for Portugal’s biggest insurance company, Caixa Seguros. In 2013, it bought the 60-storey tower at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza in New York City for $725 million.

In the United States, it owns Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. and 20 per cent of insurer Ironshore Inc. Guo had denied earlier he was the target of a graft investigation.

- AP

1956 Ferrari fetches $28m at auction A 1956 Ferrari sold for $28 million at an auction that also featured top bidding for Janis Joplin’s psychedelic Porsche, a 1963 Pontiac owned by Roy Rogers decorated with silver dollars and guns and a kid-sized Ferrari.

RM Sotheby’s offered the vintage cars in its Driven by Disruption sale.

The 1956 Ferrari 290 MM, chas-

sis 0626 was built for Formula One racing legend Juan Manuel Fangio.

The car was specially designed for the five-time F1 world champion and was one of only four 290 MMs to be built. It has never crashed despite a racing career that lasted until 1964.

The $28 million to $32 million pre-sale estimate made it one of

the most valuable cars to come to auction.

A Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta that sold for $38.1 million at Bonhams in 2014 holds the record for any car at auction.

Fangio raced the 3.5-litre, V-12 engine car in the 1000-mile Mille Miglia event, finishing fourth overall in a race that wound through Italy.

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Members of the FBI Underwater Search and Evidence Response Team work in Seccombe Lake.

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Officials search for missed red flags ahead of shootings The US government appears not to have picked up on extremist messages exchanged during the online courtship two years ago between the American-born man accused in the California shootings and his future wife in Pakistan, according to closed-door briefings to Congress provided by federal officials yesterday.

American officials say Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, discussed martyrdom and jihad online as early as 2013.

But the couple never surfaced on law enforcement’s radar and Malik was able to enter the US on a fiancée visa last year despite having professed radical views online, raising concerns among lawmakers about whether any red flags were missed in the last two years.

Meanwhile, the investigation into the shootings that left 14 dead last week continued in San Bernardino, where an FBI dive team searched a small, urban lake about 5 kilometres north of the shooting site.

FBI Director James Comey and other senior American officials briefed members of Congress on Capitol Hill about aspects of their continuing investigation into the terror attack.

One official said information that the FBI has been able to glean about the couple comes from an examination of their electronic devices, rather than intercepts.

“Everyone’s asking the same questions about how it is that law enforcement didn’t know, or intelligence officials didn’t know — that they could have flown under the radar and nothing gave an indication

that they were a threat,” said Rep. Jim Langevin, a Rhode island Democrat and member of the House Homeland Security Committee.

Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said it was understanding that Malik was subjected to an in-person interview during the application process for a visa.

Republican Rep. Will Hurd of Texas, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, said there’s currently no evidence Malik’s radicalisation would have been readily apparent when she was evaluated for a fiancée visa.

“I don’t think there was missed information,” he said.

“It appears that there was not any evidence that would have been discoverable during an interview for a visa.”

He declined to discuss what specifically led investigators to conclude that the couple had radicalised independently as early as 2013, but suggested the information did not come from intercepts.

New revelations show a much deeper connection between Farook and Enrique Marquez, his friend who bought the assault rifles used in the shooting, than previously was disclosed. Marquez has not been charged with a crime.

More than three years ago, Marquez purchased the highpowered weapons that Farook and his wife used to open fire on a holiday gathering of Farook’s fellow health inspectors December 2, killing 14 people. Farook and Malik were killed hours later in a shootout with police, leaving behind a 6-month-old daughter.

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New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture 9am - 12noon Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main CRAFT MARKET. Street, Methven.

Good variety of crafts, West Street Car Park.

10am - 12noon 9.30am - 12.30pm VINTAGE CAR CLUB. ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Pageant. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am 8am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. ASHBURTON MASTER SWIMMERS. Service and worship with Rev Tevita Adult swimming, over the age of 20. EA Taufalele. Baring Square Church Lounge.

Networks Centre Pool, River Terrace.

Baring Square East.

8am 9.30am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

Morning worship and Nativity Play, all 8.30am welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, 10am ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Tinwald.

Radio controlled aeroplane flying, weather 9.30am permitting. Lovetts Road, off Maronan Road.

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. 10am Kidz friendly Christmas with Christmas

Sunday

Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road. Tinwald.

10am - 1pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, all welcome, West Street.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10am HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

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

10am

A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm GOLF CROQUET DOUBLES WAIREKA. Golf Croquet Doubles, Waireka Croquet, Philip Street.

1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and golf croquet, new member

ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Third Sunday in Advent Choral Service and Holy Communion. Havelock Street.

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

10.30am EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

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

12noon - 1.30pm Methven.

ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. GROUP. 10am 6am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Every Monday, entry of Cass Street. Cnr Cass New rooms open for research. Ground floor ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. and Havelock Streets.

Heritage Centre, East St. All welcome.

Real women circuit training in hall, 48 Allens McKenzie shield. End of year day. Tinwald 1pm 3pm Golf Club.

1.30pm Road, Allenton.

ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. 10am - 4pm 10am A great selection of many aircraft from the Association and golf croquet. New members ALTRUSA TREE OF REMEMBRANCE, METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. welcome. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish available until Thursday 24 December. In the past to the future. Seafield Road.

New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, Street.

1pm 4pm Arcade, off Burnett and Tancred Streets. interactive fun for all ages. Main Street,

Monday

welcome. Allenton Sports Club. Cavendish Street.

5pm ASHBURTON MASTERS SWIMMERS SOCIAL EVENINGS. A social group for Masters swimming. E A Network Centre Pool, River Terrace.

6pm HOLY NAME PARISH. Mass, Holy Name Church, Havelock Street.

1.15pm GOLF CROQUET, DOUBLES WAIREKA. Golf Croquet, doubles. Waireka Club, Philip Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club and family day, everyone welcome.

M.S.A. Grounds, 115 Racecourse Road.

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

7pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Havelock Street.

6pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Circuit training, 1st time free. St Andrews Church Hall, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre . Holy Name Parish Hall, Winter Street.

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Sales Consultant Are you ambitious, driven, and looking to succeed in a sales role?

You are?

Then we have the perfect role for you!

For over 135 years, the Ashburton Guardian has been market leaders in the specialist field of delivering news to Mid Canterbury.

We require a motivated, results driven sales professional who will achieve sales, whilst securing new business opportunities.

You will be selling into our daily newspaper, farming publications, exciting monthly lifestyle magazine YOU and also digital platform.

We are looking for a team player with a competitive spirit, driven by achieving results and targets. This role will be based between Christchurch and Ashburton.

The key skills for this position include: • Sales experience and drive is vital, along with a high degree of professionalism • Confident in making outbound sales calls and closing a sale • Hunting, building and maintaining valuable customer relationships • Experienced in building new relationship channels.

• Enjoy a career opportunity and lifestyle that is flexible and allows you to work around your customers’ needs • Good planning and organising abilities • Professional phone manner and a high level of professional presentation • Focused on meeting and exceeding targets • Have an excellent command of the English language • Great computer skills In return we will provide: • Full time position • Attractive base salary + OTES’s (circa $60k - $80k pa) • Great and enthusiastic business culture • Social Club You will be reaching for the stars in this role.

If you think you have what it takes to excel, join us on this exciting adventure!

Please send your CV and cover letter to:

Desme Daniels General Manager PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740 Or Email desme@theguardian.co.nz

Contract Manager

Work where you play The EA Networks Centre, boasting four indoor pools, four indoor courts and a gym, has now opened and demand is surpassing expectations.

We need more staff to join our team to ensure the centre continues to deliverthe highest quality experience for our community.

Lifeguards (casual) As a Lifeguard you will ensure our customers are safe in the pools and ensure the aquatic area is maintained to a high standard. If you are 16 or older, able to swim 200m within 4 – 6 minutes, hold or are willing to obtain a first aid certificate and able to work evenings and weekends, then we want to hear from you.

Earthworks Aoraki Ltd is a medium sized civil construction company located in Geraldine, South Canterbury.

Joining our team as the Contract Manager you will have experience working across a diverse range of civil construction projects.

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for a driven & motivated individual.

Reporting directly to the General Manager you will be responsible for: • Contract & Operations Management • Estimation - Preparing tenders and proposals • Leading from the front in Health and Safety • Business Development

Group Fitness Instructors (casual initially)

In return you will receive a competitive remuneration package.

Are you passionate about health and fitness and enjoy helping others to reach their goals? We’re looking for Group Fitness Instructors to train on the job in aquasize, dance, body combat and body step classes.

You’ll need to be able to relate with a wide range of people and provide enthusiasm which is contagious.

To apply or for further information, please contact

Receptionists (full and part time) Could you be the smiling face which greets the community into our new indoor stadium, gym and pool complex? We’re looking for full and part time Receptionists with outstanding customer service and administration skills to join the Sports Facility team at the brand new EA Networks Centre.

Learn to Swim Instructors (casual initially) Working in our purpose built facility, you will help us deliver quality swim instruction to a wide range of customers from babies through to adults. We’re looking for outgoing individuals who are creative, motivating and have the ability to coach others to achieve results.

To find out more about these vacancies and what the Ashburton District Council has to offer you - go to our website.

Applications close 3 January 2016.

Applications close Wednesday, December 16.

Kate Kirkman on 03 693 8585 or email kate@earthworksaoraki.co.nz

Head Teacher Ashburton Baptist Preschool are looking for a permanent full-time, registered and experienced Head Teacher for our busy centre.

If you are energetic with great leadership skills and enjoy working as a part of a dedicated team ensuring quality education and care for our precious children, whilst embracing our special character Christian centre, then we would love to hear from you.

Please send your CV along with a cover letter in the first instance to Ashleigh Grant at abelc@xtra.co.nz or feel free to drop your CV into the office at 8 Eton Street, Ashburton.

Applications close Monday, December 14, 2015

Phone: 03) 308 2325 Applications close Sunday, January 3, 2016

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WANT A Painting Apprentice CAREER? Wanted We can provide good remuneration, varied job sites and training for a trade that will provide you with many career opportunities.

You must be reliable, have good communication skills, be able to work in a team and have pride in your work. call into www.bradfords.co.nz Please Bremners Road

our office on to pick up an application form or email painting@bradfords.co.nz

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Farm Worker Position Due to the retirement of a long serving employee, we have available a part time position supporting our assistant manager on our arable and lamb fattening farm.

The role is varied and includes • Responsibility for stock work and break fencing • Harvesting and tractor work • General farm maintenance • The ability to fix things would be a bonus.

If you are a ‘no problems’ person who has flexibility around their hours, we would like to hear from you.

Ph Bruce and Heather Sim 03 30 21831 / 027 3487 484 or email: brsim@farmside.co.nz

Raspberry Pickers requied immediate start Please phone 308 1338 Southberry 56 Tinwald Westerfield Mayfield Road.

We design, we build, we innovate.

Truck Driver Needed

We require someone for the up and coming Harvest to operate our Foden Lift out side split tipper truck and trailer unit.

• Must have appropriate licence • Must have a tidy appearance • Must be prepared to work unsociable hours during the peak times

Contact Andy 027 249 0722

Real Estate New Zealand ashburton

211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton (03) 307 6130 www.calderstewart.co.nz

24/7 Appraisals 308 6173

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TRUCK DRIVING POSITION Rural Transport is a locally owned transport business with its head office located in Ashburton and with branches operating in Kurow and Fairlie.

Bull Truck Driver– Previous experience in the live-stock industry is a prerequisite for this position as the welfare of the stock on board is paramount.

This position requires the driver to operate a 2015 K200 Kenworth 50 Max unit between Ashburton and Blenheim return daily.

Apply in writing or E Mail your application to: Jim Crouchley PO Box 104, Ashburton 7740 03 308 4079 or 0275 554 364 jim@ruraltransport.co.nz

CBD Caretaker

Healthcare Assistant Tuarangi

3 days per week, 6-8 hours per day

Tuarangi Home is a residential care facility that provides hospital level and dementia care at both rest home and hospital levels. We’re looking to build a skilled and dedicated workforce within our dementia and hospital unit to provide quality care in a friendly environment.

To find out more about this vacancy and what the Ashburton District Council has to offer you - visit our website.

Applications will be accepted online or at the Administration Building no later than 3 January 2015.

Martin Seed Dressing

Apply online, or to find out more information, please contact Kathryn Clark, Recruitment Specialist Nursing, Phone: (03) 337 7923.

Full time, permanent opportunity now available

Operation of machinery and some heavy lifting is involved.

Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote.

We have 20 hours per week available for (ideally) an experienced Healthcare Assistant who is interested and passionate about the care of older persons and people with dementia, are a motivated and good team player with excellent interpersonal skills. You will be working morning and afternoon four hour shifts across seven days a week.

RACEMAN

Experience is not essential as full training will be given to the successful applicant.

 Housing  Commercial  Farm

Healthcare Assistants are instrumental in the provision of care to our residents.

In this role you will work closely with the Registered Nurse, Diversional Therapists and other Healthcare Assistants to support the needs of residents.

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers

A full time permanent position is being offered to assist in our small seed dressing plant at Lyndhurst, 10km from Methven and 27km from Ashburton.

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In this independent position you will regularly clean, stock and check our CBD public conveniences and ensure they remain in good repair by undertaking minor maintenance jobs. We’d love you to have previous cleaning or maintenance experience and in return the flexible nature of the position will enable you to easily accommodate other commitments.

www.ruraltransport.co.nz

Please contact John Phone 302 1777 (wk), 027 388 6004 or 302 1839 (a/h)

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The Rangitata Diversion Race Management Limited (RDRML) is a successful regional irrigation scheme “putting water to work for Mid Canterbury”. Rangitata Race is 67km long extending from an intake on the Rangitata River at Klondyke to a discharge at Highbank on the Rakaia River.

This role reports to the Operations Manager. The RDR operates a 24 hours per day, 365 days a year operation and therefore this position is in part a rostered position. The role requires the ability to be on-call on a weekly roster To be successful you will ideally have: • A working knowledge of the Irrigation industry and experience in farming • Relevant experience in a mechanical / electrical activity • A current full driver’s license (an endorsement or ability to operate heavy machinery is desirable (Rollers, Tracks and Wheels endorsement) • A knowledge of being compliant in Health & Safety in an operations environment

Administrator Ashburton

We are looking for an experienced Administrator to join our friendly team in the Home Support Team at Ashburton Hospital.

Your role will be to provide clerical assistance and data entry for the fortnightly payroll, as well as provide relief coordination and general clerical duties to support and assist the Home Support Service within the Hospital and Rural Health Service This role is part time 16 hours per week and works to a fortnightly roster.

Hours can be negotiated.

To apply or to view a job description please go to our careers website https://cdhb.careercentre.net.nz/

At a personal level you will have: • Excellent communication skills and be a team player • Be able to use your initiative and solve problems on the spot • Excellent self and time management skills • There is an expectation that the applicant lives within 45 minutes driving time to Mayfield

To find out more contact Kylie Brocket, Recruitment Specialist, kylie.brocket@cdhb.health.nz.

If you want to make a difference with a valued organisation in our region, please send your application by email to Ange Rowe - ange@theadurogroup.co.nz For further information on our scheme visit our website www.rdrml.co.nz or to view a copy of the position description, please visit www.theadurogroup.co.nz/jobs

Ph 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258

Applications will be considered as they are received up to December 23, 2015.

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Birthday Greetings Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

Kyosuke Hunt

Happy 2nd Birthday for tomorrow, Kyo-chan.

You have brought such a happiness into our family for the last 2 years. Love you always and forever. Papa, Mama, Chinatsu and all family.

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Welcome to the World Quality Preschool TLC for your VIP

Monday - Friday 7.30am - 5.30pm Ph 308 2959, 25 Main South Rd, Tinwald www.childsplaypreschool.ac.nz

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Rubbish and Recycling – Christmas and New Year collections

Resource Recovery Parks The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks will be closed on: • Friday 25 December 2015 • Saturday 26 December 2015 • Friday 1 January 2016 • Saturday 2 January 2016 Methven Recycling Drop-off Facility The Methven reusable household items drop-off facility will be closed on: • Friday 25 December 2015 • Saturday 26 December 2015 • Friday 1 January 2016 • Saturday 2 January 2016

Baling

New MacDon Windrower

Massey Fergusson 2170 XD high density baler

Operating 4x3 Massey Fergusson 2170 XD 3x3 Massey Fergusson 2150 Roto Rake, Vee Rakes, Wrapper Family owned & operated business servicing the district for the past 15 years Silage straw and hay “We bale, you sell” “Quality workmanship, full accountability’

Call Ross Tait Contracting

James Hamish Ross

027 558 7205 027 430 5885 027 430 5884 302 5872

Operating in Ashburton and surrounding districts this season...

◊ 16’ specialty ryegrass auger front ◊ 15’ draper front ◊ Family owned and operated contract windrowing with 20 years’ experience ◊ Experienced seed growers ourselves ◊ Fully kitted with double knife drive, stub guards, crop roller, forming rods and side knives ◊ Gps auto-steer guidance ◊ Reliable service, quality job

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Rubbish and Recycling - Kerbside Collection If your collection day is a Friday or Monday there will be a change for Christmas and New Year.

Collections normally scheduled for Friday 25 December 2015 and Friday 1 January 2016 will be collected on Thursday 24 December 2015 and Thursday 31 December 2015 respectively.

Collections normally scheduled for Monday 28 December 2015 and Monday 4 January 2016 will be collected on Tuesday 29 December 2015 and Tuesday 5 January 2016 respectively.

There are no changes to any other collections.

Please ensure all rubbish and recycling is placed at kerbside by 7.30am on collection day.

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SUPERGOLD experienced leaders MARAE 5 Drawn under Police • Organic compost Discount card welcomed.

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TEMUKA For registration forms and/or more information please email: Ticket 4835 027-677-1952. binghamfamily@outlook.com or office@croziersturkeys.co.nz Plus much more Subcontractors and Ashleigh Robertson Head on in and have coffee at PLUMBER / DRAIN LAYER Suppliers pricing 2nd - Christmas Cake FREE loan trailer available! or find us on facebook at Mania-O-Roto Scout Park Peter Young 03 3077 582 / Cafe Macaroon the above contract, Ticket 4670 - Di Thomas From a shovel load to 027 2800 889. Bathroom and lab l ted by: please submit your Suppor a trailer load.

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To register or for queries Don't delay as spaces are limited contact: quotations by 12 noon kitchen renovations, hot water Fo r Veronica O’Reilly Excludes merino and existing specials Dobson Street West cylinder replacements, Wednesday, December repairs. binghamfamily@outlook.com bin g Ph: 307 8302 Winners notified.

More information out soon The Merino Story, Cafe Macaroon 16, 2015 (Limited spaces available) Hours: Mon-Fri: 19 Peters Street, Hinds (SH1) To Timaru Construction RURAL TRADING POST Supported by: 7.30am - 5pm Supported by: P0 Box 850, Timaru 7940 DEAD LINE SALE - January PLANTS, PRODUCE 03 303 7621 Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon LOCALLY grown Nadine new 27, 2016 at 4.00pm. 25.039 Phone 03 684 7053 OPEN 7 DAYS ha Liddles Rd, Hinds. potatoes, order and collect.

Fax 03 684 7213 81 Elizabeth St. Christmas Property #4952, RDR water Email shares 125, stock water, two orders taken digging daily timaruconstruction@ bay hay shed, stock yards. from 11/12/15 $2.50 per kg. xtra.co.nz Take over date September Ph 308 3195 or 027 531 Answer phone 21, 2026. All offers to White 9103.

Fox & Jones. Inquiries to available.

Nathan Sim 307 3073 or 027 NEW potatoes. 17 Pudding 928 2256.

Hill Drive, Methven. Freshly CENTRAL SOUTH ISLAND REGION HOUSEHAM SPRAYER dug. Contact David on 027 ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING FOR SALE 2005 AR3000, 459 6094.

24m boom with full boom TO BE HELD AT FISH & GAME Wrong! Over 2.7 million Kiwis read recirculation and Trimble MOTORCYCLES the newspaper every week.

GPS auto-section control. YAMAHA Christmas kids BOARDROOM If you’re going to believe Excellent Condition. Phone bike. Promo now on at Mckay 32 RICHARD PEARSE DRIVE, TEMUKA. everything you read, make sure Steve 027 321 6060. and Donaldson Motorcycles.

7.30PM THURSDAY you’re reading a newspaper.

Up to $600 in free gifts with 17 DECEMBER 2015 every kids bike sold. Offer 211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton Guardian Classifieds ends December 16. Limited Supported by: availability. Ring Cliff on 308- Licence holders and members of the public are (03) 307 6130 invited to attend the public meeting at which 307 7900 7982. www.calderstewart.co.nz APR31324

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Council will present its Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2015.

Mark Webb will give a presentation on the Upper Waitaki Fisheries.

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PLANTS, PRODUCE

MUSICAL

Beckley Coachlines Programme

Strawberries $1.99 ea New Potatoes Royal Gala 1kg Kumara 1kg Carrots 1kg

$2.99 kg $1.99 bag $2.99 bag $1.99 bag

Specials available from 8/12 - 15/12

OPEN 7 DAYS Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

Fresh Fruit & Vege

REAL ESTATE

To Rent

Office space on Tancred Street (west side). Approx 25m2. Includes the use of shared common facilities – meeting room, staff room, bathrooms.

Affordable monthly rental plus a share of monthly outgoing costs. Enquiries welcome.

Phone Sally: 027 622 7748

LIVESTOCK, PETS

REAL ESTATE

To Rent

Warehouse / storage space, approx 75m2 located on Cass Street (at south end).

Affordable monthly rental.

Enquiries welcome.

Phone David: 0274 346 264

MEETINGS, EVENTS Ashburton Performing Arts Theatre Trust Notice of Annual General Meeting

MOTORING

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

308-1095

To be held at Ashburton Trust Event Centre Bradford room on Thursday, December 17 at 6.00pm.

BROWN SHAVER PULLETS. Healthy, free range brown shaver pullets, hand raised and nearly ready to start laying. Ph 302 8244 or 027 424 4345.

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

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

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village.

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

MEETINGS, EVENTS

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CHURCH SERVICES

Church Services

◊ Akaroa Day Trip Monday, January 4 ◊ Rebuild Trip Christchurch, Sunday, January 10 ◊ Mackenzie Country Tour - January 16-17, overnight at Omarama Hotel Great Christmas present ideas For bookings phone 308 7646

Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ Sundays@10.00am Including Children’s Church Everyone is welcome.

See you at Cnr Cass & Cameron Sts Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

GARAGE SALES

CLEARING house, bring a trailer and get some bargains.

Household items, clothing, books, games, farm equipment and vehicles.

Saturday 12, Morris Road.

Sign out at 8.30am -1pm,

Jubilee Christian Fellowship 10am Every Sunday

FIREWOOD - Green old man pine $140 per 3.6m³. Old man pine, blue gum and wattle for $160, split and delivered.

Phone Shane James Firewood 303 7063.

All welcome

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

SATURDAY, December 12, Main South Road, Hinds. Wet or fine, 8.00am start.

Antiques and collectables, household items, clothing all sizes, car parts, furniture.

The next meeting of the Ashburton Trust Board will be held in the suite

FOR SALE

FOR SALE: Rimu, recycled.

Average length 2.4. $130.00.

Ph 021 0277 3545.

SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today.

HIRE GENERAL hire.

Lawn- Phone 308-3602 mowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / contracting work, Call and see U-Hire Ashburton. 588 East Street. ashburton Open Mon-Fri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8am - 5.00pm. – Ph: 308 24/7 Appraisals 8061 www.ashburtonuhire.co.

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ALLENTON, three bedroom, two showers/toilets, double garage, no pets, $340 per week. References required.

Available late December. Ph 307 0526.

TWO BEDROOM unit with single garage. Reference and credit check required. Nonsmoking, no dogs. Would suit mature couple. Call me 021 217 7501 $290 per week.

Walking distance to town.

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10am Christmas Family Service

Fear binds you but the truth will set you free.

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison Creche available Refreshments to follow 6.00pm House of Prayer

ALL VERY WELCOME

Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting 10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

ASIAN - New, sweet, sexy, pretty and a bombshell, playful, hot, lingerie. Good massage. Ph 020 4068 7352.

Needing a new staff member?

SAVANNAH. 24/7. Genuine callers please, no texting.

Would suit mature gentlemen.

Ph 021 044 0698.

Call the Guardian today for your situation vacant advertising 307 7900 requirements.

Call Jonny to tend to all your rural electrical needs . . ElectraServe, for everything electrical 24/7 Breakdown Service Dairy Effluent Irrigation Generators

Industrial Commercial Residential

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

DUTY DOCTORS

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please remember your Community Services Card.

Sealy Street Medical Practice, Sealy Street, will be the duty practice for Saturday and Sunday until 8am Sunday. Surgery will be held from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 1212. All non New Zealand residents must bring their passport to the surgery.

Blair Watson, General Manager personally guarantees ElectraServe’s tradesmen’s workmanship. If you are not 100% satisfied with the quality of the work, ElectraServe will put it right . . . every time, or your money back.

a 166 moore street ashburton p 03 308 9008 e service@electraserve.co.nz w www.electraserve.co.nz

Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

the ElectraServe guarantee

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS

ASHBURTON HOSPITAL WARD 1 - DAILY, 10 - 11.30am & 2 - 7.30pm.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm.

-Husbands and patient’s own children may visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm.

TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, -unrestricted visiting.

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

TINWALD POOL

VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message.

ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353

Saturday & Sunday: 12noon - 7pm ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021 1356

969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton.

ASHBURTON REST HOMES Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS emergencies: Renate Haveman.

INFORMATION CENTRES OMMUNITY ERVICES and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, unrestricted visiting.

ART GALLERY Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

327 West Street, phone 308 1133.

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

EMERGENCY DENTIST Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm Saturday and Sunday doctor and emergency METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public If you do not have or cannot contact your emergencies: Large: Toni Johnston. Small: details - please telephone the Methven Medical regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 Refer VetEnt. ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Holidays 10am until 3pm.

Centre, ph 302 8105.

Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 111, in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm BUS DEPARTURES 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Jo Sundays and Public Holidays. provide an accident and emergency service.

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

ASHBURTON MUSEUM Except in cases of emergency persons requiring Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

ELPLINE ERVICES 327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890. Open BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, medical attention must consult their own or the weekdays 10am 4pm, weekends 1pm 4pm.

1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

- 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Neroli requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 Research facilities weekday afternoons. have a general practitioners note of referral.

Wall. Small: Patrick Taylor.

NIMAL ERVICES 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous.

EA NETWORKS CENTRE - POOLS PHARMACIES org.nz for more information.

20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterWises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East hours small animal emergency service. To use WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 MENTAL HEALTH Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, this service please phone your vet as usual.

Public Holidays 10am - 5pm. hour service.

Call free on 0800 222 955.

Ask for the Crisis from 10am - 1pm Sunday, and from 6pm - 8pm Team. both evenings.

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TV THREE

6am Sooty 0 6:10 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 3 6:35 Paw Patrol 3 0 6:55 The Amazing World Of Gumball 3 0 7:20 Gravity Falls 3 0 7:45 Pokemon XY 0 8:10 Transformers Robots In Disguise 0 8:40 Adventure Time 3 0 9:05 Breadwinners 0 9:35 Lab Rats 0 10am 2Kaha PGR 10:30 Step By Step 3 0 11am Full House 3 0 11:30 Family Matters Noon Red Band Society PGR 1pm M Thunderstruck PGR 2012 Family Comedy. 0 2:55 Regular Show PGR 3 0 3:05 Black-ish PGR 0 3:35 The Neighbors 3 0 4:05 The Amazing Race 3 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 My Wife And Kids 3 0 6pm F Wild Things 0 7pm M Mr Magorium’s 7pm MasterChef Australia 0 Wonder Emporium 2007 8pm L Lotto This week’s Lotto Comedy. Dustin Hoffman, draw.

Natalie Portman. 0 8:05 MasterChef Australia 9pm M The Wolf Of Wall Continued. 0 Street AO 2013 Drama. True 8:15 Doc Martin PGR Martin story of Jordan Belfort, a decides to move out of the young stockbroker whose surgery to give Louisa space; hunger for wealth saw Penhale helps Janice babysit. him succumb to greed 0 and corruption. Leonardo 9:15 Coronation Street PGR 0 DiCaprio, Jonah Hill. 0 10:15 Vera AO 3 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Outdoors With Geoff 3 7am Gone Fishin’ 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 American Dream Builders (Starting Today) 3 Team Red and Team Blue tackle redesigns in two Tudor-style homes. 0 10:30 Survivor – Caramoan 3 11:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 3 1:30 America’s Next Top Model – Guys And Girls PGR (Starting Today) 30 2:30 N Flipping Out 0 3:25 The Block NZ – Villa Wars 30 5pm Gone Fishin’ 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6pm 3 News 7pm M Home Alone PGR 3 1990 Family Comedy.

Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern. 0 9:05 M Up In The Air AO 2009 Romantic Drama. A corporate downsizing expert’s life on the road is threatened just as he is about to reach 10 million frequent-flyer miles, and after he has met the potential woman of his dreams. George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Jason Bateman. 0

12:05 F The Doctor Blake Mysteries AO 3 0 1:10 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:10 Neighbourhood 3 0 3:40 Infomercials 5:20 The Key Of David 5:50 Rural Delivery 3

11:25 Blue Bloods AO As tragedy links apparently random victims, Danny must find a common thread among the cases. 0 12:20 Hannibal AO 0 1:15 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 Becca got her first working dog at nine years old, and ever since, has wanted to be a farmer. Now she has achieved her dream. 0 7am F Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 9:30 Come Dine With Me UK 3 Noon Who’s Doing The Dishes? 3 1pm Meet The Frockers 3 0 1:30 There And Back 0 2pm RPA PGR 0 3pm The Force PGR 3 0 3:30 F Border Patrol 3 0 4pm Renovation King 4:30 Miguel’s Feasts 5pm The Fishing Show – Classic Episodes 0 6pm One News 0

CHOICE TV

12:35 M Bucky Larson – Born To Be A Star AO 2011 Comedy.

Christina Ricci, Nick Swardson. 0 2:30 M The Mechanic AO 2011 Action. 0 4:05 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:55 Regular Show PGR 3 0 5:05 2Kaha PGR 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

PRIME

6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Dora Matatoa 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 8am Tribe 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Fitness In The Whare 3 9:30 F Joe’s World On A Plate 10am Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Kina’s K9s 3 2:30 Hoiho 3 3pm Fitness In The Whare 3 3:30 The Rugby Show 3 5pm Native Kitchen 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Taniwha Rau 3

Midnight 10 Years Younger UK 1am Extreme Fishing With Robson Green PGR 2am Talk To The Animals 3am Mad Dogs AO 5am Kitchen Crashers 5:30 Auction

SUNDAY

THE BOX 6am The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 8:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 8:55 Pawn Stars PG 9:20 Survivor – Tocantins Marathon PG 12:40 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 1:30 Helicopter Heroes – Down Under PG 2pm Border Security PG 2:25 Hardcore Pawn PGL 2:50 Biker Battleground Phoenix PGL 3:40 Law And Order – LA MV 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 8pm Pawn Stars PG 8:30 Hardcore Pawn PGL 9pm Shipping Wars PG 9:30 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 10:30 Helicopter Heroes – Down Under PG 11:05 Border Security PG 11:30 Played 16VLSC 12:25 Raw MC 3:10 Played 16VLSC 4am Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 4:25 Pawn Stars PG 4:50 Hardcore Pawn PGL 5:15 Survivor – Tocantins Marathon PG

SKY SPORT 1

6am Home Shopping Noon The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 2:30 Keeping It Pure 3 A look at how climate change is affecting the world, its implications for New Zealand, and how it can be slowed down.

3:30 British Gardens In Time 3 A look at four gardens created during four very different eras, each giving a window into a different century, and the people who created it.

4:30 Sachie’s Kitchen 3 5pm Addicted To Fishing 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Airline 6:30 Animal Airport

7pm Top Chef Masters PGR (Starting Today) 3 Thirteen chefs arrive in Los Angeles to participate in culinary heats, cooking outdoors for a professional skydiving team.

8pm American Ninja Warrior 3 The finalists go to Las Vegas, where they tackle a fourstage obstacle course.

9:55 South Park AO 3 10:25 F 90210 PGR 3

7pm University Challenge Waikato v Lincoln.

7:30 New Tricks PGR Miller is trying to whip the team into peak fitness for a charity five-a-side when the arrest of an illegal Turkish immigrant reactivates a case from 2009.

8:40 Weekend Murders – Lewis PGR 3 10:40 Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Sri Lanka.

11:15 Infomercials

11:10 60 Minutes PGR 3 Current affairs from New Zealand and around the world.

12:10 QI AO 3 12:50 Home Shopping

MAORI TV

6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 iFish Paul Worsteling presents this fishing show that travels to all corners of Australia and abroad.

8am Carter Can 8:30 Natural World – Monkey Thieves 9am The Water Brothers 9:30 Jamie’s Food Escapes 10:30 Buying The Bayou 11am House Crashers 11:30 Auction Kings Noon My Dream Derelict Home Simon O’Brien follows people who have the vision and stamina to turn a derelict old house into the modern home of their dreams.

1pm Gardeners’ World 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm Auction 3:30 Kitchen Crashers 4pm Liberty Of London 5pm 10 Years Younger UK 6pm Travels With The Bondi Vet 6:30 Talk To The Animals 7:30 Natural World: Victoria Falls – The Smoke That Thunders A tale of life on the Zambezi River, set against the backdrop of Victoria Falls.

8:30 Mad Dogs AO A British black comedy and psychological thriller.

10pm Extreme Fishing With Robson Green PGR Robson takes to the waters with some of the world’s most daring fishermen and women.

11pm Liberty Of London

SUNDAY

FOUR 6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 8:35 Sidekick 3 9:05 Beyblade – Metal Fury 3 Animated series in which teen heroes face an evil organisation vying for world domination.

9:30 Power Rangers – Dino Charge 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Mr Young 3 5:30 iCarly 6pm iCarly 3 6:30 It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3

6am Basketball – NBL (Replay) New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings. From Auckland’s Vector Arena.

8am Cricket – International Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – First Test, Day Two. The last two hours of play from University Oval, Dunedin.

10am L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – First Test, Day Three. Coverage of the morning session at University Oval, Dunedin.

12:35 New Zealand Rugby Awards (Highlights) 1:05 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – First Test, Day Three. Coverage of the afternoon session at University Oval, Dunedin.

6pm Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Qualifying Final – Otago Volts v Auckland Aces.

6:30 The Cricket Show 7pm L Cricket – Super Smash Elimination Final – Canterbury Kings v TBC. From Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth.

10:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – First Test, Day Three. From University Oval, Dunedin.

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Cricket – International 1:30 Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) 2am Tennis – New Zealand Nationals (Highlights) 3:30 Rugby Sevens (Highlights) 5am Football – Champions League Weekly 5:30 Football – A-League (Highlights)

SKY SPORT 2 7pm The Zoo 10 7:30 M Wondrous Oblivion PGR 2003 Family Comedy. In 1960s England, when a boy who is mad about cricket, but has no skill, befriends his new Jamaican neighbours, he soon finds himself in the middle of petty gossip and racial tension. Delroy Lindo, Sam Smith. 0 9:25 M The Puzzle AO 3 2009 Drama. María Onetto, Gabriel Goity, Arturo Goetz.

10:55 Te Kaea 3 2 11:25 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6:30 Great White Bite M 7:30 Air Jaws Apocalypse PG 8:30 Monster Hammerhead M 9:25 Zombie Sharks M 10:20 Voodoo Shark PG 11:15 Sharkageddon PG 12:10 Sharkzilla PG 1:05 Lair Of The Mega Shark M 2pm Shark Trek M 2:55 Alien Sharks – Close Encounters PG 3:50 Sharks Of The Shadowlands PG 4:45 Island Of The Mega Shark M 5:40 Tiburones – Sharks Of Cuba PG 6:35 Mythbusters v Jaws M 7:30 Monster Mako M 8:30 Shark Alley – Legend Of Dynamite M 9:30 Shark Island M 10:30 Spawn Of Jaws M 11:30 Shark After Dark M

SUNDAY

Midnight Shark Trek M 12:55 Alien Sharks – Close Encounters PG 1:50 Shark Alley – Legend Of Dynamite M 2:45 Shark Island M 3:40 Great White Highway PG 4:35 Spawn Of Jaws M 5:30 Jaws Comes Home PG

The Wolf of Wall Street 9pm on TV2

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:45 Mr Art Critic M 2008 Comedy.

Bronson Pinchot, Toni Trucks.

8:15 Non-Stop MVL 2013 Thriller.

Lacey Chabert, Veronica Cartwright, Betsy Russell.

10am Taken 3 MVL 2014 Action.

Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace.

11:45 Grudge Match MVL 2013 Comedy. Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone. 1:35 Lucy 16V 2014 Action. Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman. 3:05 Clown 16VL 2013 Horror. Eli Roth, Andy Powers.

4:45 Bad Words MLS 2014 Comedy.

Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn.

6:15 Unbroken MV 2014 Drama.

Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson.

8:30 The Equaliser 18VLS 2014 Action. Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas. 10:45 Think Like A Man Too MS 2014 Comedy.

SUNDAY

12:30 Joy Ride 3 – Road Kill 18VLSC 2014 Horror. 2:05 The Equaliser 18VLS 2014 Action.

4:15 Clown 16VL 2013 Horror.

5:55 Bafta: A Life In Pictures – Ron Howard PG 2013 Documentary.

9am Cricket – International (Highlights) Australia v West Indies – First Test, Day Two. 9:30 Basketball – NBL (Highlights) New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings.

10am Sport 365 10:30 Rugby Awards (Highlights) 11am Motorcycling – Road Racing Series Macau Grand Prix.

Noon Sky Sport 365 12:28 L Cricket – International New Tricks Australia v West Indies – First Test, 7:30pm on Prime Day Three.

2:35 The Cricket Show MOVIES GREATS 3:05 L Cricket – International Australia v West Indies – First Test, 6:35 Captain America – The Day Three.

Winter Soldier MV 2014 Action.

8pm Cricket – International Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson.

(Highlights) Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – 8:50 The Making Of Get Smart PG First Test, Day Three. From University 9:05 The Rocky Horror Oval, Dunedin.

Picture Show MS 1975 Musical.

8:30 Fox Sports News Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry.

10:50 Captain America – The First 9pm Rugby Awards (Highlights) Avenger MV 2011 Action. Chris Evans, 9:30 L Basketball – NBL Adelaide 36ers v Townsville Crocs.

Tommy Lee Jones. 12:55 Captain From Adelaide Arena.

America – The Winter Soldier 11:30 Basketball – NBL (Highlights) MV 2014 Action. Chris Evans, New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings.

Scarlett Johansson. 3:10 The Upside Of Anger MLS 2005 Drama.

SUNDAY Joan Allen, Kevin Costner. 5:05 The Midnight UFC Fight Night Mask MVL 1994 Comedy. Jim Carrey, (Replay) Finale. 2am Fox Sports Cameron Diaz, Peter Greene.

News 2:30 Football – A-League 6:45 Disturbia MVL 2007 Thriller.

(Highlights) Brisbane Roar v 8:30 Ghosts Of Girlfriends Wellington Phoenix. 3am Cricket Past MS 2009 Romantic Comedy.

– Super Smash (Highlights) 10:15 Good Will Hunting MVL 1997 Elimination Final - Canterbury Kings v Drama.

TBC. 3:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – SUNDAY First Test, Day Three. 4am Cricket 12:20 Freddy v Jason 16VLS 2003 – International (Highlights) Australia Horror. 1:55 The Mask MVL 1994 v West Indies – First Test, Day Three.

Comedy. 3:35 Biography – 4:30 Tennis – New Zealand Anthony Hopkins PG 4:25 The Nationals (Highlights) Finals.

Upside Of Anger MLS 2005 Drama.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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6:20 L Football – English Premier League Bournemouth v Manchester United. From the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth.

8:30 Praise Be 9am F Attitude 0 9:30 Going Going Gone 3 0 10am Waka Huia 10:30 Marae 11am Neighbourhood 3 0 11:30 The Claim Game 3 0 11:55 F The Zoo 3 0 1pm F The Politically Incorrect Guide To Grown Ups PGR 3 0 1:30 Radar Across The Pacific 3 0 2pm Building The Dream 3 0 3pm F Collectaholics 4:05 Gadget Man 3 0 4:35 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs 0 5:05 F River Monsters With Jeremy Wade 0 6pm One News 0

6am Doc McStuffins 3 0 6:20 Art Attack 3 0 6:45 The Octonauts 0 7:05 Fish Hooks 3 0 7:30 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 7:55 M Scooby Doo! Stage Fright 2013 Animated.

Chicago is home to the hit TV show, Talent Star, in which songwriting duo Fred Jones and Daphne Blake are finalists. Isabella Acres, Troy Baker, Eric Bauza. 0 9:10 M Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas!

2011 Family Comedy Drama.

Bridgit Mendler, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Bradley Steven Perry. 0 10:25 My Kitchen Rules New Zealand 3 0 Noon Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 2pm Home And Away Omnibus 30 6pm Thunderbirds Are Go 3 0 6:30 Star Wars Rebels 0 7pm Christmas In The Park 0 7pm Border Security PGR 0 8:30 M 50 First Dates AO 7:30 F Life Story David 2004 Comedy. A Hawaiian vet Attenborough highlights who falls for a woman with some of the stories from the short-term memory loss finds series chronicling the journey that he must woo her every through life. 0 day all over again. Adam 8:35 Call The Midwife PGR The Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob maternity home sees two Schneider. 0 school friends reunited, and their lives become intertwined 10:30 Constantine AO John enlists an unwitting Manny to in an unexpected way. 0 investigate an ancient evil AO 0 9:45 Love Child that has resurfaced in a 10:50 Happy Valley AO 3 0 hospital. 0 11:25 M Dead Calm AO 1989 11:55 Mr Selfridge AO 3 0 Thriller. Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman.

12:50 Attitude 3 0 0 1:20 Jeremy Kyle USA PGR 1:20 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 0 2:10 Ten 7 Summer PGR 3:20 Infomercials 2:35 Infomercials 3:05 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:05 Posh Nosh 3 0 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 Hart Of Dixie PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Buying The Bayou 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Natural World: Victoria Falls – The Smoke That Thunders 8am Liberty Of London 9am Auction 9:30 10 Years Younger UK 10:30 Extreme Fishing With Robson Green PGR 11:30 Talk To The Animals 12:30 Kitchen Crashers 1pm Travels With The Bondi Vet 1:30 Natural World: Victoria Falls – The Smoke That Thunders 2:30 Great British Garden Revival 3:30 Tropic Of Capricorn 4:30 Made In Italy With Silvia Colloca 5pm Cook The Books 5:30 Kirstie’s Crafty Christmas 6:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 7:25 Dara And Ed’s Pan-Am Road Trip 8:30 M The Kite Runner AO 2007 Drama. After years living in California, a man returns to his homeland in Afghanistan under the Taliban’s rule to help his old friend whose son is in trouble. Shaun Toub, Khalid Abdalla.

11pm Made In Italy With Silvia Colloca 11:30 Vexed AO

MONDAY

12:30 M The Kite Runner AO 2007 Drama. Shaun Toub, Khalid Abdalla.

2:30 Cook The Books 3am Great British Garden Revival 4am Tropic Of Capricorn 5am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces

TV THREE

FOUR

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 8:30 Turning Point 9am Both Worlds 3 0 9:25 Bondi Vet 3 0 9:50 Re-Think 10:20 Food Glorious Food (Starting Today) 3 11:10 Native Kitchen 3 0 11:35 Whale Adventure With Nigel Marven 3 0 12:30 Storage Hunters PGR 3 1pm Motorsport – Car Culture 1:30 Motorsport – Jet Sprints Round Six – Superboat Final.

2pm Motorsport – New Zealand 1000 3pm Motorsport – SRS Round Three – Hampton Downs.

4pm Motorsport – NHRA Indianapolis Round 18. 5pm Ice Road Truckers 3 0 6pm 3 News 7pm M Stardust PGR 3 2007 Fantasy. In a country town bordering on a magical land, a man makes a promise to his beloved that he will retrieve a fallen star by entering the magical realm. Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Claire Danes. 0 9:30 F Satisfaction AO 0 10:25 M The Book Thief AO 2013 War Drama. Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Heike Makatsch. 0

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Strawberry Shortcake 3 7:25 Care Bears 3 7:45 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8am Tree Fu Tom 3 8:20 Julius Jr 3 8:45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9am As Told By Ginger 3 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Entertainment Tonight Weekend 6pm iCarly 3 6:30 It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3 7pm Beauty And The Geek Australia 3 8pm Community PGR (Starting Today) 3 The Study Group returns from summer break ready to tackle the fourth year of Community College.

8:30 M Made Of Honour AO 3 2008 Comedy.

Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd. 0 10:35 Entertainment Tonight Weekend

1:05 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

11:30 Infomercials

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

Noon Death In Paradise PGR 3 When a bird-watcher is murdered in the Saint-Marie jungle, the team have a puzzling conundrum to solve.

1pm Mayday PGR 3 Polish President Lech Kacsynski is en route to Russia when a landing attempt ends fatally.

Could this have been a planned assassination?

2pm The Odd Couple PGR 3 2:30 Dogs – Their Secret Lives 3 3:30 Bondi Rescue PGR 3 4pm Great British Food Revival 3 4:30 Country House Rescue 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Taste 7pm Storage Wars PGR 7:30 Coast Australia 3 8:30 Rick Stein – From Venice To Istanbul Rick Stein’s final destination is the legendary Istanbul, just in time for bluefish season. He also cooks kofte kebabs with pistachios, and the much-loved Black Sea dish, kapuska.

9:35 Bones PGR 3 10:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Sri Lanka.

11pm Psych PGR After a woman dies from what appears to be a plastic-surgery mishap, Shawn and Gus believe the killer is her doctor, who happens to be an old flame of Henry’s. Midnight Vegas PGR 3 12:55 Home Shopping

MAORI TV

6am Fox Sports News 7am Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Elimination Final Canterbury Kings v TBC. 7:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Australia v West Indies – First Test, Day Three. 8am Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – First Test, Day Three.

10am L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – First Test, Day Four.

12:35 The Cricket Show 1:05 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – First Test, Day Four.

6pm Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Qualifying Final - Otago Volts v Auckland Aces.

6:30 Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Elimination Final Canterbury Kings v TBC. 7pm L Cricket – Super Smash Grand Final. From Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth.

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Snowboarding – Dew Tour (Replay) 2:30 Football – Champions League Weekly 3am Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) 3:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) 4am Cricket – International (Highlights) 4:30 Football – A-League (Highlights) 5am Cricket – International (Highlights)

SKY SPORT 2 8pm My Country Song Show that presents emerging songwriters and singers from small-town New Zealand.

8:30 M Everything We Loved AO 2014 Drama. A shy magician coaxes his wife back to life with his greatest illusion, a little boy, but the loving family they create is threatened when they are accused of child abduction.

Brett Stewart, Sia Trokenheim, Ben Clarkson.

Life Story 10:20 Te Kaea 3 2 7:30pm on TV One 10:50 Closedown

6am Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – First Test, Day Three. 6:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Australia v West Indies – First Test, Day Three. 7am Motorcycling – Road Racing Series Macau Grand Prix.

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Some find the treasures of others to be more interesting and exciting than their own. If those “treasures” can be stolen or seduced away perhaps they weren’t so precious after all.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Thinking about what you’re going to do may be even more important than doing it today. Visualisation will pump up your energy and help you understand the “why” of your actions.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You may do what’s appropriate when you’re around others, but when you’re alone you will bare your soul, examine it, know it, accept it. This practice of coming clean you-to-you is basic hygiene for the spirit.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): It’s said there are no bad jokes, only jokes badly told. This point could be argued, but you can’t bother with that now. You’re too involved in figuring out how to tell your “joke.”

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Styx is the name of a mythological river that runs between Earth and the Underworld. The river is named for a goddess with miraculous power. Today your own miraculous power will be found along the boundary of two worlds.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’ve been fantasising about having more people on your side, and truly this is something you need in order to take your life in the direction you’ve been dreaming about. Get out there; make more friends, and get more fans.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): It’s possible someone is falling in love with you. It’s also possible that this is more attention than you want right now, but what’s to be done? You’re lovable, and you can’t help that!

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): There are things you write down to remember later, and then there are things you write down to enforce them now. Writing strengthens your intention and focuses your life force.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Sir Winston Churchill defined success as “the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”

Optimistic spirit will attract amazing good fortune.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You are the best witness around now, and if you suspect that your version of an experience goes deeper than others, you’re right. No one sees the intricate details the way you do or feels the undercurrents so acutely.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Bad experience is your teacher, more valuable and costlier, too.

Generally people pay more to be educated than they would pay to be merely entertained.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): As for the one who always seems to call you with some kind of personal agenda, you’re feeling bold enough to have a little fun with this. Make it known you see what’s going on.

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