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A growing group of Litter Free Volunteers are keen to see a cleaner Ashburton (from left): Jeanette, Nicky Dunn, Murray Early, Bev Skates, Shirley Falloon, Marion Guise and Allan Guise.

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Smoke-free breach costly An Ashburton hospitality business has been fined $1000 for breaching smoke-free laws.

The operators of Braided Rivers Restaurant and Bar pleaded guilty to a charge brought by the Ministry of Health in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

The government department said they had written repeatedly to the licensee from March last year until February this year re-

garding breaches of the Smokefree Environments Act 1990, but was ignored.

The operators were charged with failing to take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that no person smoked in the walledin area with a bricked archway to the right of the premises as faced from Burnett Street.

It is considered an internal area.

Crown prosecutor Heather McKenzie said health officials had voiced their concerns about the area several times and set out the remedial action required for the business to be compliant.

They had supplied signs to mark it has a smoke-free area.

She said the purpose of the legislation was not to create areas that were dense with smoke but to ensure that no-one in the li-

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censed premises was affected by passive smoke.

“Even if one walks past the open area in a licensed area, they are not to be affected by passive smoking.”

The business said it was difficult to make patrons comply and some moved ashtrays back into the area.

They were now waiting for the building’s landlord to engage

their preferred builder to remove the area altogether.

Judge Joanna Maze said the charge carried a maximum fine of $4000 and there was little guidance from the few other charges that had been prosecuted.

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Local litter warriors declare war on rubbish

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A growing community of litter-loathing locals are taking a stand against what they see on the streets of Ashburton.

Where rubbish and mess line the gutters and grounds, Ashburton Litter-Free Volunteers are pledging to do their bit by picking it up – and they’re hoping others will join them.

Netherby grandmother Bev Skates said she started the group after she read about the Scandinavian trend of “plogging” – picking up litter while jogging or walking – and wondered if locals might want to get on board.

Ashburton is in a shabby state, she said, so it’s high time residents started taking responsibility.

So far, Skates said she is thrilled to bits with the number of people pledging their support.

“If we all do a little bit, it will make a big difference towards

the litter problem we have.”

The group meet on the chessboard on the second Monday of each month to share their ideas and thoughts, and Skates is working with local businesses and Ashburton District Council to plan litter-free events in the future.

She is also hoping schools might get on board.

With single-use plastic bags on the out, Skates encourages people to use reusable containers when picking up rubbish, which can be purchased for minimal cost from hardware stores.

Although she’s keen to see Ashburton’s litter hotspots dealt to, volunteers can pick their own area to pick up rubbish – therefore, the more people on board, the better the outcome, she explained.

“And it’s something you can do with no time frame … the most important thing to do is if you’re out on your own, and you see rubbish, pick it up.”

Ashburton Museum director Tanya Robinson (right) and archivist Kathleen Stringer know a thing or two about preserving treasures, and now locals can learn to care for their own.

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Caring for your treasures at home

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Ashburton Museum are calling on locals to dust off their family heirlooms and relics – quite literally.

In a bid to help locals care for their own treasures, they are hosting practical workshops on June 18 and June 25.

Museum director Tanya Robinson said they will be a great way to pick up a few techniques to care for treasures at home – from war stories to wedding dresses.

“I think we all have treasures at

home that we hope to save for the future and pass on to others,” she said.

The first workshop, Remembering your Soldier, will introduce easy ways to research family members who served, by caring for wartime letters, books, postcards and diaries.

Attendees will learn how to store medals for future generations, and how to extend the life of important family treasures.

The second workshop, Fabrics of History, will look at ways to pre-

serve treasured textiles and clothing.

Attendees will learn tricks for storing, labelling and recording family heirlooms, and are asked to bring any small garment or textile to practice with.

The museum are expecting the workshops to be very popular, Robinson said.

Numbers are limited and both workshops will run from 9.30am to noon on June 18 and 25.

Bookings can be made by contacting the Ashburton Museum.

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St John braces for busy flu season

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St John is bracing itself for a busy flu season in Mid Canterbury, after a surge in call-outs related to the viral illness last winter.

The emergency organisation is especially concerned following a “catastrophic” Northern Hemisphere flu season, particularly in Europe and the United Kingdom.

St John has responded by undertaking a thorough data analysis nationwide, showing peaks,

troughs, hotspots and demand surges, so it can allocate extra resources in the form of more ambulances or rostered officers.

Canterbury is considered one of the hotspots, along with Auckland and Waikato.

Christchurch is the main hotspot area within Canterbury, however Mid Canterbury is also on the radar after a surge in callouts last year.

For the winter months of July, August and September 2017,

there were 38, 60 and 25 flu-related callouts respectively, compared to 30, 30 and 18 in 2016.

St John medical director Dr Tony Smith urged Mid Cantabrians to get vaccinated, engage with GPs and pharmacies early in the case of becoming unwell, and treat minor symptoms at home.

“Each winter the surge of 111 ambulance calls continues to increase, which despite St John’s best efforts to triage and treat

people in-home, places a lot of pressure on the ambulance service and the hospital emergency departments,” Smith said.

This year was the first year that the St John 111 Clinical Hub had been in place nationwide, helping triage emergency 111 calls to make sure callers received the most appropriate advice and treatment.

“Likewise, this helps us to ensure that the patients in the most urgent need are receiving an ap-

propriately urgent response,” Dr Smith said. Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Dr Ramon Pink said influenza-like activity was currently low in New Zealand, so that was a good sign.

However, he agreed with St John in that the flu, particularly the H3N2 influenza A strain, had had a significant impact in the Northern Hemisphere, and also Australia.

This was a good reminder for people to get vaccinated.

Flu vaccine urged under ‘duty of care’ for health workers The Canterbury District Health Board is aiming to have 80 per cent of employees vaccinated against flu to help stop transmission to vulnerable patients.

Medical officer of health Dr Ramon Pink said staff in hospitals being vaccinated combined with other factors such as members of the public looking after their health, and getting vaccinated, to reduce the transmission of influenza.

“As a duty of care to their patients, as well as for their own wellbeing, health care workers should play their part and get the influenza vaccine annually,” Dr Pink said.

However, figures released last month show the initial uptake has been relatively slow in Mid Canterbury, with only 42 per cent of Ashburton and Rural (includes Ashburton Hospital along with rural facilities throughout Canterbury such as Waikari Hospital, Rangiora, Oxford) reported as having had free vaccinations offered by the board.

This compares to 67 per cent on the main Christchurch Hospital Campus and at Community and Public Health.

Ashburton Health Services general manager Bernice Marr said she anticipated the next report-

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Health workers in particular should get the flu jab, says the CDHB, just v like Dr Esther Avnit did before winter.

PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN ing period would produce a more positive result, and the number recorded only represented vaccinations completed at work.

“We are also mindful that our

employees also have the opportunity to receive their vaccination at their local general practice, some will choose to do this,” Marr said.

The rate is still a lot higher than

in the general population, with the current average coverage across all age bands at 17 per cent in Canterbury and 13 per cent nationally.

St John has issued five key messages to the public to help them look after themselves this winter: ■ Choose well – immunise against flu, treat minor symptoms at home.

■ Seek help – if symptoms persist, call your doctor, Healthline or visit your pharmacy or health professional early for advice.

■ Prepare – if you have a medical condition such as asthma or COPD or something where symptoms exacerbate during the colder months, keep on top of your routine medication ■ Self-care – common colds, coughs, sore throats can usually be very well managed at home with the assistance of your local pharmacy ■ In an emergency – call 111, and we will find the most appropriate help for you through a clinical assessment. This may not be an ambulance or transport to an emergency department, but you will get the right care, at the right time.

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Methven township set for winter sparkle

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Methven is the jewel in the crown of Mid Canterbury, and needs to be sparkling accordingly.

So says Methven Action Committee (MAC) chairman Richard Sheppard, who is determined to keep the town’s winter lights project going.

The annual project was launched in style in 2015, with a turning-on-the-lights ceremony in the town centre attended by about 400 people.

Three years later the lights are still turning on, albeit a little more gradually, with no launching ceremony.

Sheppard and fellow MAC member OJ Dodson have been working behind the scenes this month to decorate the town centre with the LED rope lighting, and plan to have the project completed by the July school holidays.

Already the lights are on outside the Brown Pub and Blue Pub, and this is to be extended along Main Street to The Dubliner and along Forest Drive to the Green Parrot.

Sheppard said it had been fantastic to get positive feedback when the lights were switched on outside the pubs on Friday night, the same day the skifield opened for the year.

“We have had comments it was brightening up the cold winter nights in the town,” Sheppard

MAC is reinvesting in the town’s winter lights to ensure the project continues. said. However, it was a project requiring electrical expertise and funding in order to continue, with some of the original LED lights beginning to malfunction.

For example, one of the ropes lasted just one month last year after a problem with one of the connectors.

This was repaired, and the

rope lit up on Friday as expected, however, it was not going overnight Sunday.

Sheppard said MAC had applied for a $5000 community grant to ensure continuation of the project into next year.

The funding would enable renewal of the rope lights with more modern versions, which

had a 10 to 15-year life span.

The funding would also enable outsourcing of the maintenance job to an electrician, and further decorating of the town centre next year with skier figures.

Running the lights themselves was cheap, as they were efficient and EA Networks paid for the little electricity they did use.

Three vehicle incidents Katie.t@theguardian.co.nz

Three car incidents kept emergency services on their toes in Ashburton at the weekend.

Early on Saturday morning, a 52-year-old male was fortunate to escape injury, but not police charges, after his car rolled off the road and travelled through a fence.

The driver was travelling along

White powder in letter An envelope containing white powder sent to Paul Eagle’s electorate office in Wellington sparked a police call-out yesterday.

But it turned out to be an innocent letter from an elderly constituent.

Police and Fire and Emergency were sent to Labour MP Paul Eagle’s electorate office on Riddiford St in the suburb of Newtown after an envelope with what was thought to be white powder inside was delivered.

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Dawsons Road, Eiffelton at around 3.50am when his car left the road and rolled into a paddock. Police said the man was processed for excess breath alcohol and careless use of a motor vehicle, and will be appearing in court.

Later on Saturday afternoon, two cars collided in Grove Street, Tinwald, between Manchester and Johnstone Street.

Three police cars, two ambulances and a fire appliance rushed to the scene.

Only one occupant had sustained “very minor” injuries and was treated at Ashburton Hospital, however police reported that a tow truck was needed for one of the vehicles involved.

On Sunday evening, a vehicle ablaze on Cochranes Road, Elgin also came to the attention of

emergency services.

Fire and Emergency volunteers worked to put out the flames, however chief fire officer Alan Burgess said the car was completely totalled.

Police contacted the registered owner and discovered that the car had been stolen.

A police spokesperson said that enquiries into the incident are ongoing.

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A former member of a popular Kiwi music group has denied a charge relating to domestic violence. The entertainer was kicked out of the band last month after allegations of the assault came out on Facebook.

He appeared in a court in Wellington yesterday and pleaded not guilty to a charge of male assaults female. The defendant entered a not guilty plea. An interim suppression order continues for the case. The matter has been remanded to June 25.

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Trust issues Kiwis trust the government more than they trust churches and charities, new research shows. A Colmar Brunton survey asked 1000 people across the country how much they trust key groups such as government ministers, police, medical practitioners, churches, charities, small businesses, the media, and bloggers. Asked whether they trust government to do what is right for New Zealand, 65 per cent now answer yes, compared with 48 per cent in 2016.

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Peters takes fresh aim Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has begun new legal action seeking $450,000 for alleged breach of privacy in relation to the leaking of details of his superannuation overpayment, including against the Ministry of Social Development. He is going after the chief executive of the Ministry of Social Development, Brendan Boyle, State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes, the Attorney-General and Paula Bennett.

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Racers head off in the second in a series of two Ashburton Duathlon races at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds on Sunday.

PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 100618-RH-001 Above - A young participant prepares to head off on the bike leg in the Ashburton Duathlon race on Sunday.

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It was a busy sporting weekend and Guardian photographer Robyn Hood was out and about chasing the action with her camera.

Among the events she covered were the final meet of the season at Ashburton Speedway, and the Ashburton Duathlon.

Mud covers both Grant Dempsey and his car after a race at Ashburton Speedway on Sunday.

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Ashburton’s Mike Hanson was among those taking part in the Ashburton Duathlon on Sunday.

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Cars take part in the demolition derby at Ashburton Speedway on Sunday.

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The Canterbury ATV Club were invited to take part in Sunday’s final meet of the season at the Ashburton Speedway.

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Go-karts went for a spin around the track at Sunday’s Ashburton Speedway meet.

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The bike leg of the Ashburton Duathlon race took competitors down Seafield Road.

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Ashburton Speedway finished their season with a demolition derby on Sunday.

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ATVs raced around the track at the Ashburton Speedway on Sunday.

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Zoe Knox is ready to race at Ashburton Speedway on Sunday.

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OUR VIEW

Lessening the impact at the pumps I

know exactly how many kilometres my car can get with the petrol light on – and I’d be shocked if I was the only one.

Watching that little transparent fuel pump light up on the dashboard can be like a dagger being stamped into your heart, but with its arrival can also come an excellent little personal challenge.

Getting as far as you can, for as long as you can with that little orange light blissfully staring back at you can be an interesting experience – but it’s a common occurrence now for so many as the price of petrol again is starting to really hit people in the pocket.

With prices undoubtedly on the rise, something needs to be

done to ensure we don’t get back to the insane levels we have had in the past.

But now, with Air New Zealand hiking the price of their fares by up to 5 per cent to counter the surging price of fuel it is starting to hit us in other ways too.

As you stand at the pump, watching the dollar value rise rapidly and the amount of fuel go considerably less quickly, it’s hard not to ponder what it

would have been like to live in a day when $10 would cover a week’s worth of driving around town.

Now, $10 is unlikely to get you from one petrol station to the next in most places around this district.

And so, never before have the promotions and discount measures like the AA Smartfuel card or the Smiles Card at Mobil been quite so critical.

The ability to, over time, work up enough of a saving to take a significant portion off the cost of your visit to the petrol station is quite literally like liquid gold for many everyday people in the community.

There are other options too, of course – with the likes of a Mobil

Card or even a RuralCo card offering consistent discounts each time you pour petrol into your car, truck, motorbike or scooter.

I would highly recommend signing up for one of the benefits-based cards if you haven’t already.

I know that if I can put $40 worth of petrol into my car on four occasions during the course of the month, plus take advantage of some of the super savings days using my AA Smartfuel card that I can get between 50 cents to a dollar off one full tank of fuel a month.

On face value, that might not seem all that much – but when you’re looking at a saving of close to $50 – it is actually quite significant on the bank balance.

Major parts of New Zealand are in a better situation than us.

Yes, their fuel prices might be higher at the pump, but they have the added bonus of public transport to get them from A to B each day – a luxury which we aren’t afforded here in little old Ashburton.

But we make do and the more chance that there is for saving six cents off a litre here and six cents off a litre there, the better it is for everyone.

Of course, walking would be the ultimate option.

But I’m sure, like me, that there’s not too many out there who are keen to play a game of Russian roulette with the weather on a daily basis at this time of the year.

home. (OJ Simpson was later acquitted of the killings in a criminal trial, but was eventually held liable in a civil action.)

Boeing’s new 777 jetliner went on its first test flight.

In 2016, an American-born Muslim opened fire at the Pulse nightclub, a gay establishment in Orlando, Florida, leaving 49 people dead and 53 wounded before being shot dead by police.

Ten years ago: Three heavily armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints, The Painter and

the Model and Minotaur, Drinker and Women, plus two paintings by other artists from a museum in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (The works were later recovered.)

Five years ago: Ariel Castro, 52, accused of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for about a decade, pleaded not guilty to hundreds of rape and kidnapping charges. (Castro was later sentenced to life plus 1000 years and soon after committed suicide in prison.)

One year ago: Tens of thousands of protesters held anti-corruption

rallies across Russia; more than a thousand were arrested, including opposition leader and protest organiser Alexei Navalny.

Today’s birthdays: Former President George H.W. Bush is 94. Songwriter Richard M. Sherman is 90. Jazz musician Chick Corea is 77. Sportscaster Marv Albert is 77. Singer Roy Harper is 77. Pop singer Len Barry is 76. Actress Jenilee Harrison is 60. Rock musician John Linnell (They Might Be Giants) is 59. Actor John Enos is 56. Actor Rick Hoffman is 48.

Actor-comedian Finesse Mitchell is 46. Actor Mel Rodriguez is 45. Actor Jason Mewes is 44.

Actor Michael Muhney is 43.

Blues musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd is 41. Actor Timothy Simons is 40. Actor Wil Horneff is 39.

Thought for today: “A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.” — Pearl Bailey, American entertainer (1918-1990).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, June 12, the 163rd day of 2018. There are 202 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On June 12, 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers, 37, was shot and killed outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi. (In 1994, Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of murdering Evers and sentenced to life in prison; he died in 2001.)

On this date: In 1550, the city of Helsinki was established through a decree by King Gustavus I Vasa of Sweden.

In 1665, England installed a municipal government in New York, formerly the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam, and appointed its first mayor, Thomas Willett.

In 1898, Philippine nationalists declared independence from Spain.

In 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.

In 1942, Anne Frank, a Germanborn Jewish girl living in Amsterdam, received a diary for her 13th birthday, less than a month before she and her family went into hiding from the Nazis.

In 1967, the US Supreme Court, in Loving v Virginia, unanimously struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriages.

In 1968, the Roman Polanski horror film Rosemary’s Baby, starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes, was released by Paramount Pictures.

In 1978, David Berkowitz was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for each of the six “Son of Sam” .44-caliber killings that terrified New Yorkers.

In 1987, President Ronald Reagan, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, exhorted Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.”

In 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were slashed to death outside her Los Angeles

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Federated Farmers is heartened that the difference between short (methane) and long-lived (carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide) greenhouse gases is recognised.

Greenhouse gas differences finally gaining recognition C

limate Change Minister James Shaw has said he won’t be talking so much about the topic over the next six weeks, instead he’ll be listening.

That’s because the Ministry for the Environment has just released Our Climate, Your Say, a consultation report that urges Kiwis to have their say on The Zero Carbon Bill, and how New Zealand should cut greenhouse gases and meet the commitments we gave under the Paris Agreement.

Federated Farmers is heartened that, as with other recent government and scientific reports, including from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, the difference between short (methane) and long-lived (carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide) greenhouse gases is recognised.

The methane burped by ruminant sheep and cattle on our farms is a recycling, not accumulating, greenhouse gas. Methane has a half-life of around 12 years, whereas carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere for hundreds of years.

When one of my cows has a mouthful of grass, and then has a burp, that methane goes up into the atmosphere, hangs around for a decade or so, breaks down into carbon which grows the next mouthful of grass that her grand-daughter likely eats to generate another burp, and so

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the cycle repeats.

So if livestock numbers remain static then the methane level in the atmosphere can remain static.

The alternatives the Ministry for the Environment has called for feedback on includes the valid and practical option of stabilising emissions of short-lived gases, including methane, while pushing for net zero long-lived gases, by 2050.

Keep in mind that since 1990 the amount of methane produced by New Zealand agricultural livestock has only increased by 4-5 per cent, but carbon dioxide from transport has risen by 82 per cent.

Professor Dave Frame, director of the Victoria Universitybased NZ Climate Change Research Institute, has said the way we have been accounting for the impact of greenhouse gases masks important differences between short and long-lived gases.

A just-published study Prof.

Frame co-authored with colleagues from Victoria, Oxford and Reading universities in the

UK, and Norway’s Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research, concluded that the CO2 equivalence model exaggerated the long-term effects of methane on the climate.

As he told the NZ Herald earlier this month: “If we make trade-offs that favour reductions in agricultural methane instead of fossil carbon, then we will be making a mistake from a climate change perspective.

“We think the new way of making comparisons opens up some interesting possibilities for policy innovations: better and fairer budgets, two-basket approaches, and so on.”

The Zero Carbon Bill consultation document notes that Kiwi farmers have responded to constant land use and other change over the past years and, as a result, our agriculture sector is considered leading edge, globally. New Zealand’s worldleading research into reducing emissions on our farms is also acknowledged.

I’ll be attending the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock in Mongolia, June 11-15, where the latest thinking on responses to global warming will be shared.

Research into mitigations is ongoing but we are yet to produce any ‘silver bullet’ options that will create a dramatic change in emissions beyond the incremental gains we have been making year on year.

So while this work is extremely positive we can in no way bank on the fact that farmers will have available to them options to reduce their methane and nitrous oxide emissions in a dramatic fashion.

The Federated Farmers standpoint is that it’s global warming we are all talking about not New Zealand warming. We need to bear in mind that actions in New Zealand could have unintended consequences at an international level.

That’s because the per kilogram carbon footprint of our meat and milk production is far lower than most overseas producers. If we cut production here, we run the risk that those competing producers step up to fill the gap, and more greenhouse gases are put into the atmosphere.

In terms of global emissions, the biggest gains that could be made by us aren’t in changing how we farm, but helping other nations to change how they farm.

Andrew Hoggard is Federated Farmers Climate Change spokesperson. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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Port shut to rescue ship A private rescue ship carrying 629 migrants remained at sea after more than a day of not receiving permission to dock in either Italy or the small Mediterranean island nation of Malta.

Aid group SOS Mediterraneee said the passengers on its ship, the Aquarius, included 400 people who were picked up by the Italian navy, that country’s coast guard and private cargo ships and transferred.

The rescue ship’s crew itself pulled 229 migrants from the water or from traffickers’ unseaworthy boats, including 123 unaccompanied minors and seven pregnant women.

The Aquarius and its passengers were caught up in a crackdown promoted by the right-wing partner in Italy’s new populist government, which has vowed to stop the country from becoming the “refugee camp of Europe”.

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte said he personally contacted Malta’s prime minister, Joseph Muscat, to “explicitly at least take on the human assistance of persons in difficulty aboard the Aquarius”.

But Muscat, “while comprehending the situation,” rebuffed him, Conte said in a Facebook post. That stance “confirms the latest unwill-

Pixar co-founder steps down John Lasseter, the co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios and the Walt Disney Co’s animation chief, will step down at the end of the year after acknowledging “mis-steps” in his behaviour with staff members. Disney announced that Lasseter will stay on through the end of 2018 as a consultant. After that he will depart Disney permanently. Lasseter in November took what he called a six-month “sabbatical”. He apologised “to anyone who has ever been on the receiving end of an unwanted hug” or any other gesture that made them feel “disrespected or uncomfortable”.

Rescued migrants are stranded on the Aquarius after being denied port access. ingness of Malta and, thus, of Europe, to intervene and take care of the emergency.”

Like Malta, Italy didn’t appear to be budging.

Italy’s firebrand interior minister, Matteo Salvini, who leads the anti-immigrant League party in the governing coalition, has long railed

against what he depicts as Europe’s failure to show solidarity with Italy during the migrant crisis in recent years.

“Starting today, Italy, too, begins to say NO to the trafficking of human beings, NO to the business of clandestine immigration,” Salvini tweeted.

After leading an hours-long meeting with his coalition leaders at the premier’s office, Conte said Italy was sending two motorboats with medical staff aboard in case the migrants needed help but he made no mention of how the Aquarius might ever get into port.

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■ SINGAPORE

Final preparations begin for summit Final preparations are underway in Singapore for today’s historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. US and North Korean officials met yesterday at the Ritz Carlton in this island city-state to negotiate before a sit-down meant to settle a standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal.

It comes as officials are revealing more details about the meeting – the first between a US president and North Korean leader.

A US official said yesterday that after a handshake scheduled for 9am today, Trump and Kim will first meet one-on-one with translators in a session that could last up to two hours before they open the meeting to their respective advisers.

The American president tweeted yesterday: “Great to be in Singapore, excitement in the air!”

Still, even as he turned his attention to the summit, Trump continued his blistering attacks on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday, saying “Fair Trade is now to be called Fool Trade if it is not Reciprocal”.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, (centre left), is greeted by Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan at the Changi International Airport ahead of a summit with US President Donald Trump.

PHOTO AP Again accusing the longtime US ally of unfair trade practices, Trump added: “Then Justin acts hurt when called out!”

Trump and Kim arrived in Singapore hours apart on Sunday. Trump descended from Air Force One into the steamy Singapore night, greeting officials and declaring he felt “very good” before being whisked away to his hotel via a route lined with police and photo-snapping onlookers.

Trump travelled to Singapore

from Canada, where he attended a meeting with other world leaders.

A jet carrying Kim landed hours earlier. After shaking hands with Singapore’s foreign minister, Kim sped through the streets in a limousine, two large North Korean flags fluttering on the hood, surrounded by other black vehicles with tinted windows and bound for the luxurious and closely guarded St. Regis Hotel.

Kim smiled broadly as he

met with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

“The entire world is watching the historic summit between (North Korea) and the United States of America, and thanks to your sincere efforts ... we were able to complete the preparations for the historic summit,” Kim told Lee through an interpreter.

Trump has said he hopes to make a legacy-defining deal for the North to give up its nuclear weapons, though he has recently sought to minimise expectations, saying more than one meeting may be necessary.

The North has faced crippling diplomatic and economic sanctions as it has advanced development of its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.

Experts believe the North is on the brink of being able to target the entire US mainland with its nuclear-armed missiles, and while there’s deep skepticism that Kim will quickly give up those hardwon nukes, there’s also some hope that diplomacy can replace the animosity between the US and the North.

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Gosling plays Armstrong The trailer for First Man, the biopic that tells the story of the first man to walk on the Moon, Neil Armstrong, has landed.

Film fans got their first look at actor Ryan Gosling playing the astronaut during the two-and-a-half-minute clip, which studio Universal Pictures released in the early hours of Saturday morning. The trailer for First Man begins with a shot of Gosling starring wistfully at a rocket as it blasts off from a launchpad. He is then heard saying “Are you sure?” before viewers see him link hands with on-screen wife Claire Foy. The star who portrays Armstrong’s first wife, Janet Shearon, replies: “Yeah.

(It’ll) be an adventure.”

Vaughn caught drink-driving Vince Vaughn’s wife was spotted entering a California police station just hours after her husband was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated.

Photos show Kyla Weber entering the back entrance to the Manhattan Beach police station. She later left with a police escort with Vaughn believed to be hiding in shame in the back of her car. The Wedding Crashers actor was arrested in Hermosa Beach for driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest. He was caught at a checkpoint, according to police. A source told TMZ that Vaughn had a passenger in the vehicle.

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■ TEGEL

Tegel profit slides $8.1 million Tegel Group Holdings, the poultry group which listed on the NZX two years ago, posted a 24 per cent drop in annual profit and recommended shareholders accept a $437.8 million takeover offer from Philippines poultry company Bounty Fresh Foods.

Auckland-based Tegel posted net profit of $26.1 million in the 52 weeks ended April 29, down from $34.2 million a year earlier, after a one-time pre-tax costs of about $9.9 million due to industry compliance, excyclone Gita and organisational restructuring.

It said underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, excluding one-time costs, fell to $70.2 million from $72 million, due to a decline in exports.

Tegel said its results were within its guidance in March for ebitda of $70 million to $72 million, and net profit of $25 million to $27 million.

The company said it disagreed with its auditors PwC, which estimated the company’s $264 million of goodwill on its balance sheet should be written down by about $31 million, and issued a qualified audit report on the earnings due to that issue.

Last month, Bounty launched a full take-

over offer for Tegel, having already secured the support of the company’s cornerstone shareholder Affinity Equity Partners for its 45 per cent stake.

The independent directors of Tegel said yesterday that they unanimously recommend shareholders accept the Bounty offer,

saying the offer price is fair and Bounty’s likely majority holding in the company will introduce uncertainties for minority shareholders who reject the offer. The offer is set to close August 25.

Tegel chief executive Phil Hand said yesterday it had been a demanding year for the business but underlying performance remained strong and the company had made a number of investments for the long-term benefit of the business.

The company achieved record poultry volumes of 99,908 tonnes during the year, up from 98,036 tonnes, with total revenue up 2 per cent to $615.4 million, and domestic revenue up 3.9 per cent to $467.1 million due to a higher proportion of free-range and value-added products.

“While it is pleasing to be able to deliver results within our updated forecast range, there is no doubt that it has been a demanding year on several fronts,” Hand said.

“We have stayed focused on delivering a strong operational performance, and our increased volumes and revenue reflect this.

Tegel has a very strong domestic position, and we are determined to achieve strategic and sustainable export growth.”

Hand said growth in free range products remained strong, and the company is align-

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Rolls-Royce is struggling under an estimated £1 billion ($NZ1.9b) bill to manage the problems with its new Trent 1000 engine. being cut as duplicate roles are eliminated as the number of divisions is reduced.

“We would not be surprised if Rolls announces a headcount reduction of about 10 per cent,” analysts at the broker said, following examination of restructurings at similar companies over the past decade and interpretation of Rolls’ management’s recent comments.

The broker put a £350m ($NZ668m) to £400m ($NZ763m) price-tag on such a restructuring but said it would expect a “net payback of 50 per cent of the upfront cost, implying £200m ($NZ381m of recurring savings by year three to four”.

This could mean that East’s £1b ($NZ1.9b) annual cash target

could be increased to £1.2b ($NZ 2.29b) by 2021.

Speaking on background, another analyst said: “It’s pretty much seen that Warren’s £1bn target for 2020 will be achieved and now the market wants to know what he can do to increase the value of the business to get it close to rivals like Pratt & Whitney – jobs cuts could be one way.”

Speaking at Rolls’ annual results in March, East said that the restructuring would likely to come in support functions for the business, adding that he “didn’t really expect any significant reduction in the skilled operational and engineering roles”.

Rolls declined to comment on the content on the capital markets day.

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Rolls-Royce set to slash jobs Rolls-Royce is expected to cut thousands of jobs this week as chief executive Warren East details how the engineering giant’s latest restructuring will work.

Up to 10 per cent of the FTSE 100 company’s staff could go in plans East will outline at a capital markets day on Friday. This is equal to 4000 jobs.

Rolls is struggling under an estimated £1 billion ($NZ1.9b) bill to manage the problems with its new Trent 1000 engine.

Airlines have been forced to ground planes over concerns the engines could cut out in flight.

Teams of Rolls engineers have been mobilised to inspect almost 400 affected engines and make repairs where necessary.

The company has slashed nonessential spending and began to look for cheaper head offices in London to help offset the cost of the work. Rolls also faces the prospect of compensation claims from airlines for the cost of aircraft being taken out of service.

East was parachuted into Rolls in 2015 tasked with getting the company back on track after a run of profit warnings. He launched an immediate review that resulted in the removal of layers of management among other efficiencies and set the company a target of generating £1b in cash a year by 2020.

In January he announced another shake-up, reducing the number of divisions in Rolls from five to three and plans to sell off the under-performing marine business.

In a note ahead of this week’s investor day, JP Morgan raised the prospect of as many as 4000 staff

ing the business for further increased free range demand.

“Consumers are continuing to move toward free range product options, and the business is responding to this,” he said.

“Over the last 12 months we have increased free-range capacity by 169 per cent.

This represents an additional 80,000 square metres of farm capacity. In future all new Tegel grower farms will be free range.”

The company is seeking to establish a greater presence in Australia and introduced 41 new products in the market over the past year.

Tegel will pay a final dividend of 4.10 cents per share on July 13, taking the total annual dividend to 7.55 cents.

Investors who accept the Bounty offer after the June 29 record date are still entitled to the final dividend.

In response to the Bounty offer, Tegel produced an ebitda range for the current 2019 financial year of $65.5 million to $70.2 million, but said this wasn’t a forecast as it was early in the financial year and there were many uncertainties which could materially impact its results.

Tegel shares last traded at $1.19 on the NZX, compared with the Bounty offer of $1.23 per share.

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■ ARABLE FARMING

Industry honours two of its finest A leading advocate for biosecurity and a 30-year contributor to organisations that support growers were honoured at the Federated Farmers Arable Industry conference last week.

Former Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) chief executive Nick Pyke was presented with the Federated Farmers Arable Biosecurity Farmer of the Year Award, while Selwyn farmer Syd Worsfold was named Federated Farmers Arable Farmer of the Year in recognition of his contribution over the past three decades to the arable industry and stakeholder groups, Federated Farmers, FAR and United Wheatgrowers.

Newly-elected arable chairperson Karen Williams said Pyke has always been a strong advocate for farmers and growers over biosecurity at three borders: national, regional and the farm gate.

“He has been involved in the velvetleaf, pea weevil and blackgrass responses, sitting on both the governance group and in a number of industry stakeholder groups. He’s also been actively involved in developing a strong and viable GIA (government industry agreement) framework for the cropping industry.

“Nick has a strong sense of what are the right management decisions to make for the overall industry, but also has a lot of empathy for growers and how decisions will affect them on the ground,” Williams said.

Federated Farmers national biosecurity spokesman and outgoing arable chairman Guy Wigley said Pyke was outstanding in each of the responses the arable industry was involved in over the past three years and the award acknowledged his efforts.

“Nick was able to provide cred-

ible scientific information to aid in the response decision-making and ensure the best outcomes for arable farmers were achieved,” Wigley said.

The Arable Farmer of the Year Award is about recognising excellence in the sector, acknowledging someone who balances production and profit drivers against environmental, sustainability and other compliance requirements.

Feds arable vice-chairman Brian Leadley said Worsfold fitted the bill, adding that Worsfold has worked extensively “not only for the betterment of his own arable farming business but also his peers and future generations of arable farmers”.

Worsfold, who farms 400 hectares at Greendale in partnership with his son, has been involved with Federated Farmers as North Canterbury Arable chairman (1992 to 1994) and then sat on the arable council.

He has been involved with United Wheatgrowers for the past 30 years, first as an electoral college member and then as a director. He was also part of the first committee that looked at establishing the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR), and a member of the Northern South Island Arable Research Group (ARG). He has also been a member of the Arable Industry Marketing Initiative Committee (AIMI) since its inception.

Wigley said Worsfold is a quiet, unassuming and effective leader.

“This award is in recognition of his achievements, leadership and contribution to the arable industry, which despite contributing around $750 million to the nation’s GDP, typically flies under the radar in New Zealand,” he said.

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■ PLOUGHING COMPETITION

‘Perfect’ ploughing at Wakanui competition The winners of the horse category at the Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club’s annual ploughing competition on Sunday turned in a performance that had the judges wondering whether it could have been any better.

John and Sharon Chynoweth, of Oxford, won the category with ploughing that organising committee member John Hall said was “top quality” and “perfect”.

“You’d have to go a long way to see ploughing as good as that,” he said.

Runner-up in the category was John Booth.

Other results from the event were: Case IH Farmlands Fuel Silver Plough: S. McKenzie, 1; R. Casey, 2 (qualifies); G. Reid, 3.

Vintage qualifying: G. Carter, 1; P. Watson, 2; R. Weavers, 3.

Vintage open class: I Bulling, 1; C. Begg, 2; D. Ross, 3.

A day earlier a ploughing competition at Hinds, where ground conditions were good, attracted 33 entries.

Results: Silver Plough (non-qualifying): S. McKenzie, 1; J. Burnby (reversible), 2; R. Casey, 3.

Vintage qualifying: J. Stalker, 1; D. Hight (qualifies), 2; P. Watson, 3.

Open vintage: I. Bullins, 1; R. Smith, 2; C. Begg, 3.

Young Farmers Club: D. Stanton, 1; S. Lowe, 2.

Horses: J. Chynoweth, 1; J Booth, 2.

John and Sharon Chynoweth won the horse section at the Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club’s annual ploughing competition, held at Wakanui on Sunday.

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■ INFLATION

Sheep, beef input prices up Sheep and beef farm input prices rose moderately in the year to March 2018 with onfarm inflation at 2.0 per cent, according to the latest Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Economic Service Sheep and Beef On-Farm Inflation Report.

The report identifies annual changes in the prices of goods and services purchased by New Zealand sheep and beef farms.

B+LNZ Economic Service chief economist Andrew Burtt said an increase of 0.3 per cent across the three largest expenditure categories – interest; repairs, maintenance and vehicles; and fertiliser, lime and seeds – moderated greater price increases of smaller categories.

“Of the 16 input categories, prices were up

to some degree in all categories except for fertiliser, lime and seeds – the largest category of expenditure – which was down 0.6 per cent.”

The most significant price increases were for fuel (+12 per cent); insurance (+6.7 per cent); and electricity (+5.8 per cent), however, on average these input categories only account for 5.7 per cent of total farm expenditure. The large increase in the fuel price followed a 19 per cent increase in 2016-17, but this was after considerable decreases in 201415 (22 per cent) and 2015-16 (13 per cent).

“Excluding interest, on-farm inflation was 2.2 per cent – the second year of increasing input prices after four years of relatively little change previously,” Burtt said.

“It highlights the significance of current low and relatively stable interest rates because interest expenditure accounts for 14 per cent of total farm expenditure, which makes it the second largest category of expenditure.”

In contrast, consumer price inflation, which is measured by the consumer price index (CPI) that measures the rate of change in the price of goods and services purchased

by New Zealand households, was up 1.1 per cent in the year totMarch 2018.

Over the last decade, the CPI has increased by 7.1 percentage points more than on-farm inflation. The overall on-farm inflation rate is determined by weighting the changes in prices for individual input categories by their proportion of total farm expenditure.

B+LNZ Economic Service chief economist Andrew Burtt

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MARKET REPORT Farmers have been quietly nervous about the Government’s aspirations of zero net Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.

With agriculture’s GHG emissions making up about 48 per cent of the nation’s total emissions, most farmers recognised that they would be dragged into the programme at some time.

So, it should have come with considerable relief to hear the report expressed by Professor David Frame from Victoria University. In research he has been involved in along with Oxford and Reading universities and Norway’s Centre for International Climatic and Environmental Research, he stated there was clear evidence that methane, which makes up the bulk of agriculture’s emissions liability, needs to be reviewed.

Methane makes up around 42 per cent (under current measuring) of New Zealand’s GHG emissions and for livestock farmers has been the more difficult of the gases to reduce.

The new research promotes the view that methane in the New Zealand livestock context is a “flow” pollutant, i.e. as fast as it goes into the atmosphere a similar amount is coming out and so has not been responsible for the build up of GHG stocks in the atmosphere since 1990, which is the time frame legislation is concerned with.

CO2, for example, is a stock pollutant and over 40 per cent of CO2 emissions remain in the atmosphere for 1000 years.

Methane has a half-life (reducing to 50 per cent) after about 10 years.

Farmers still have to deal with nitrous oxide which makes up about 30 per cent of livestock emissions, but as this requires going through the soil before volitsation occurs there is more opportunity to act upon and reduce its impact.

Not all interest groups are going to welcome this news, but for a change some of the heat should be coming off farming, at least in the environmental context.

Sheep Some lifts in the lamb schedules this week, closing the gap between advertised schedule returns and what saleyards are paying.

A small lift, again, in saleyards with top lambs exceeding $200 in several South Island saleyards and with lighter lambs being pulled up also.

Wool The Christchurch wool sale last week was close to the previous Christchurch sale, however the better lambs’ wool that remains experienced a small lift in prices.

Cattle Given the upward trend of the US dollar and increase in cow kill from the mycoplasma bovis cull it was a pleasant surprise to see some processors lifting the price for cows. No movement on the prime front with local demand dropping off.

Deer No change to the venison schedule. However, minimum price schedules are now out from one company. It will be interesting to see how these compare to the advertised schedule.

Dairy There was a Global Trade Auction last week which included a small drop, included in that was the whole milk powder price.

For most dairy farmers the season is now over and a well-earned rest from milking due. Moving day appears to have come and gone with no more dramas regarding mycoplasma bovis although two more infected farms have been identified in the South Island.

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Heritage 14 Ashburton Guardian

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

A group of men in front of what is believed to be the drill shed in Burnett Street.

A Mounted Rifles Band, unknown date.

Remembering soldiers

By Brian W Pritchard

REMEMBERING YOUR SOLDIER

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n 1918 Ashburton’s third Anzac Day was commemorated. The Ashburton Guardian anticipated it would “differ slightly” from previous celebrations.

Indeed, the government had declared Anzac Day 1918 a whole day holiday.

A free day meant more time for more people to be involved, and more time for more expansive demonstrations.

The proposed re-introduction of independent morning commemorative church services – one at St Andrew’s, another at St Stephen’s, had caught the newspaper’s attention.

But the first indication of real difference was the type of service at St Stephen’s – a church parade, meaning a march of uniformed military personnel, such as territorial units, regimental bands and sometimes senior cadet units to the church for the service.

Now Ashburton had its first church parade in connection with Anzac Day. Its official status was confirmed by inclusion in the exceptionally detailed Special Area Orders for the day, issued by Lieut. MWP Blathwayt, Officer in Charge of the Ashburton Military District.

Two parades The day was now a two-part affair. A lunch break separated the new church parade from the

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Local officers, Capt Dr William Mullin and Lieutenant Murray Blathwayt (right). customary afternoon parade and service at the domain.

Both parades were unmistakably military affairs.

The military involvement of the previous year had grown, changing considerably from the first commemoration of 1916.

The intention, as Blathwayt’s orders made clear, was that “all concerned recognise their duty in commemorating, in a fitting manner, the services rendered by the New Zealand Forces on the shores of Gallipoli on April 25, 1915”.

With the morning service at 11am, the 10.30am assembly at the drill shed was devoted to full

Part of an Anzac parade lined up and ready to go. Commanding officers mounted, 8th South Canterbury Regimental Band with instruments, a portion of territorial units in single file.

parade ground procedures – setting the markers for the units, the men marching on into position, open rank inspection, reports of readiness to the Commanding Officer, Lieut-Colonel Millton, and the finicky adjustment from parade order of precedence to column position of units for the march. It was quite a spectacle.

The 8th South Canterbury Regimental Band headed the mounted, foot, and reserved territorials, officers, returned soldiers, three companies of senior cadets, soldiers on leave, and the scouts.

So numerous were the ranks that many of the public who “attended the impressive service in large numbers had to be content with standing room”.

At 1pm (earlier than usual) all the morning’s manoeuvres were repeated in readiness for the march to the domain service. An even longer column set off. The Scottish Society Pipe Band and members of the Fire Brigade had joined.

Officers were to carry swords, territorials to shoulder rifles, and medals be worn.

A fitting manner Blathwayt was concerned that the commemorations be held in

earching for your soldier’s story?

Ashburton Museum is hosting a free workshop on how to care for and record wartime letters, books, postcards and diaries.

It will also introduce easy ways to research family members who served.

This hands-on workshop is a great way to learn more about these important family treasures.

Attendees are welcome to bring original items. Facsimiles to practice with will also be provided.

The workshop is at the museum on Monday, June 18, 9.30am to noon. Bookings essential.

Phone Ashburton Museum on 3077 7890 to book.

“a fitting manner”.

In conjunction with the whole day holiday they must have contributed, at least in part, to the increased attendance at the domain and to the hundreds who lined the afternoon’s parade route.

But Blathwayt also stressed that remembrance focused on Gallipoli was the essence of the parades.

The bluntly-worded telegrams announcing family members killed, wounded or, equally disturbing, ‘missing’, were reaching more and more homes. Particularly after Passchendaele’s huge toll in October 1917.

Ashburton’s crowded streets and the large attendances at church services and the domain perhaps represented the everincreasing number of Ashburton folk affected by actions beyond those of 1915.

Parades and services, alike, gave opportunity for personal remembrance of particular corners of foreign fields.

Remembrance of sacrifice and its challenge was pointedly addressed at the domain service.

Guest speaker, JJ Dougall, lawyer and former mayor of Christchurch, stressed the “present crisis” in the war – the big German drive west in March and early April.

While allied forces now had the mechanical means, success required the “human means ... every man who was fit must serve ... and answer the appeal for men”.

Dougall was echoed in the Guardian’s forthright Anzac Day editorial.

The commemoration was “a ghastly farce if it means mere verbal glorification of the Empire’s heroes ... It is the sacrifice of the soldiers more than their gallantry that we should remember, and strive to emulate ... when the Empire is in crisis, the need for selfforgetfulness is more imperative.

Those called up must respond.”

Respond they did. By the next Anzac Day, the Armistice had been in effect for six months and the Treaty of Versailles was only weeks away. Anzac Day, 1918, had gained another difference – as the last commemoration held during the war years.

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RESULTS ■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club June 4 Mixed grades N/S 1st Trish Downward & Fiona Wilkinson, 2nd Ann Richards & Joyce Johnson, 3rd Julie Hampton & Mike Holdaway. E/W 1st Pauline Scott & Ruth Logan, 2nd Heather Sim & John Shearer, 3rd Wendy Parr & Jackie Chisnall June 5 A Ladder N/S 1st Maree Moore & Rewa Kyle, 2nd Melva Stowell & Pauline Fergus, 3rd Bill Kolkman & John McDonald. E/W 1st Pat Jordan & David Sewell, 2nd Trish & Maurice Small, 3rd Sue Rosevear & John Fechney June 6 Valetta Trophy N/S 1st Rosemary McLaughlin & Judith Edmond, 2nd Trish Small & Mary Buckland, 3rd Melva Stowell & Val Ferrier. E/W 1st Rewa Kyle & Trish Downward, 2nd David Wilkinson & Val Palmer, 3rd Bev Turton & Rona Brownlie June 7 Duplicate: N/S 1st Melva Stowell & Mike Holdaway, 2nd Edna Segers & John Shearer, 3rd Wendy Parr & Elaine Lattimore. E/W 1st Trish Downward & Mary Buckland, 2nd Sue Rosevear & Anne Reid, 3rd Pauline Fergus & John McDonald

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers June 9 27 riders 16km 1st Ronnie Campbell CT.31.05. HT.2.50m.

RT. 28m 15s. 2nd Shane Gerken CT. 31.06.

HT. 2.50m. RT. 28m 16s. 3rd Dave Shurrock CT. 31.07. HT.30s. RT. 30m 37s. 4th Pam Harcourt CT.31.07. HT.1.50m. RT. 29m 17s. 5th Lucy Kirwan CT.31.07. HT. 1.50m.

RT. 25m 17s. 6th Andy Skinner CT.31.08.

HT. 1.50m. RT. 29m 18s. 7th Brian Ellis CT.31.08. HT. 30s. RT.30.m 38s. 8th Emma Hudson CT.31.08. HT. 30s. RT. 30m 38s.

9th Brent Hudson CT.31.09. HT. 30s. RT. 30m 39s. 10th Janette Hooper CT.31.10.

HT. 30s. RT. 30m 40s. 11th Liz Wylie

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton County Ladies Vets Golf June 15 At Ashburton, 9.30am for 10.00am tee off 9 Hole players welcome Please bring own lunch and small gift for raffle

■ Hockey Mid Canterbury Hockey June 17 Town v Country: Year 6-8 9:00am Water turf 10:00am Yr 6 Boys Town Gold v Country Silver 2 x 20min with 3min half time ½ field 6 aside plus goalie Turf 1 [Grace Austin & Lachlan Adam] Year 6 girls Town Gold v Country Silver: 2 x 20min half with 3min half time ½ field 6 aside plus goalie Turf 2 [Georgia Muir & Rebecca Kidd] 10:50am Yr 6 Boys Town White v Country Black 2 x 20min with 3min half time ½ field 6 aside plus goalie Turf 1 [Georgia Muir & Lachlan Adam] Yr 6 Girls Town White v Country Black 2 x 20min full field with 3min half time ½ field 6 aside plus goalie Turf 2 [Grace Austin & Rebecca Kidd] 11.35am Yr

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 CT.31.10. HT. 30s. RT. 30m 40s. 12th Dave Knight CT.31.26. HT. 7.00m. RT. 24m 26s.

F/T. 13th Paul Macfie CT. 31.27. HT. 7.00m.

RT. 24m 27s. 2f/t. 14th Richard Kirwan CT.31.27. HT. 7.00m. RT. 24m 27s 3f/t. 15th Brad Hudson CT. 31.28. HT. 7.00m. RT. 24m 28s. 4f/t. 16th Ross Templeton CT.31.28.

HT. 7.00m. RT. 24m 28s. 17th Neil Wylie CT. 31.28. HT.7.00m. RT. 24m 28s. 18th Kristine Marriott CT. 31.29. HT. 4.50m. RT. 26m 39s.

19th Matthew Clough CT.31.29. HT. 4.50m.

RT. 26m 39s. 20th Shona Proctor CT.32.26.

HT.4.50m. RT.27m 36s. 21st Don Morrison CT.32.26. HT. 4.50m. RT.27m 36s. 22nd Ross Proctor CT.32.31. HT.1.50m. RT. 30m 41s. 23rd Debbie Skinner CT.32.38. HT. 30s. RT.32m 08s. 24th Nigel Chatterton CT.33.03. HT. 2.50m. RT. 30m 13s. 25th Kerry Clough CT.33.04. HT.1.50m. RT.31m 14s.

26th Tom Malcolm CT.36.24. HT. 4.50m.

RT.31m 34s. 27th Alan Johns CT.36.25. HT. Go. RT.36m 25s.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club June 9 Watson Cup Winners: Terry Molloy & Robert Pawsey who defeated Bill Hetrick and Jeff Williamson.

Newton Trophy Winners: Charlie Alexander & Noel Sutton who defeated Brent MacGregor & Hamish Niles.

In the Combined Stableford competition the Radius Care Players of the Day: Ryan Stoddart & Tom Blacklow with 78 pts.

Other winning scores: Richard McKernan & Barry Jury 76; Josh Ackerley & Beavan Wilson 74; Blair Franklin & Pat Turton 74; Brendon Davidson & Jason Overend 74, Ken Clucas & Jason Overend 74; Tufiga Sa & Brian Rouse 70.

Twos: Charlie Alexander, Alan White, David Gill, Brent MacGregor, Bruce Day, Richard McKernan, Josh Ackerley and Jason Overend.

Nearest The Pins: South Island Seeds: Brent MacGregor; Rothbury Insurance: Hamish Niles; Allenton Meat Centre: Natasha Wilson; Braided Rivers: Ian Rive; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Phill Kerr; The Stables Family Restaurant Lucky Draw: Jason Overend.

Birdie Jackpot: #18, Nett Eagles: #12 Nine Hole The winners of the team competition were: 7 boys 2 x 25 min half full field 11 aside [Jed Cameron & Daniel Baker] 12.30pm Water Turf 12.45pm Yr 8 boys 2 x 25 min half full field 11 aside [Daniel Baker & Michael Baker] 1:40pm Yr 7 girls 2 x 25 min half full field 11 aside [Jed Cameron & Michael Baker] 2:40pm Yr 8 girls 2x 25 min half full field 11 aside [Erin Connelly-Whyte & Karen Dalgety] Town teams to wear white; country teams to wear black Please arrive 20mins before your game starts

Mid Canterbury Hockey Association 15 June 15 to 20 Playing Times Grade Teams Umpire 1 Umpire 2 Friday 15 June Small Sticks - Duty Club: Allenton 3.45pm - 4.27pm Kiwi Sticks [Yr 5] Tinwald Mayfield v Wakanui [T1] [Georgia Muir & Lucy Ellis] Tinwald Emmily Harmer v Tinwald Smith & Sons [T2] [Grace Austin & Lachlan Adam]; 4.30pm - 5.12pm Methven v Allenton [T1] [Rebecca Kidd & Emma Begg]; 4.30pm - 5.12pm Kiwi Sticks [Yr 6] Wakanui v Bye [T2]; 5.15pm - 5.57pm Rakaia v Hampstead [T1] [Grace Austin & Lachlan Adam] Methven White v Tinwald Mayfield Transport [T2] [Georgia Muir & Emma Begg]; 6.00pm - 6.42pm Allenton v Tinwald Read Farming [T1] [Hampstead SW & Hampstead SW] Tinwald The Tool Shed v Collegians [T2] [Hamp/Collegians

Dick Hansen, Oliver Prince and Hughie Murchie with 44pts.

Methven Golf Club June 8 Methven 9 Hole Golf & Putting Bottle 5th Stableford & 5th Mary Fahey Trish Pedofsky 60-27-33, 22s, Kevin Thompson 51-15-36, 18s, Alister Goodwin 55-18-37, 18s Best Stableford: Trish Pedofsky, Methven Travel 2nd Shot No. 13: Trish Pedofsky, PGG Best Player: Trish Pedofsky June 7 Putting Bottle Competition between Methven/Tinwald/Mayfield 1st Methven average 16.2, 2nd Tinwald average 17.25, 3rd Mayfield average 18.8

Plate winners: Rosemary McLaughlin (Ashburton) Neville Bensdorp (Ashburton) Janet Wilkinson (Ascot), Runners up: Wendy Barrett (Ascot) Ron Paterson (Ascot) Marjorie Vincent (Papanui), Bowl winners: Shelagh Field (Ash) Karen Bensdorp (Ash) Tilo Petschick (Ascot), Runners up: Rewa Kyle (Ash) Jonathan Crum (Ash) Alice Maguigan (Ascot)

■ Rugby league NRL collated results

June 9 Winter Drawn Triples - At Ascot Championship winners: Richard Browne (Ashburton) Gladys Norrie (Ascot) Bill Garth (Papanui), Runners up: Ellen Pithie (Ashburton) Brian Monks (Ascot) Bruce Cameron (Papanui),

PENRITH 23 (T Peachey 2 D Whare tries J Maloney 5 goals N Cleary field goal) bt CANBERRA 22 (N Cotric J Rapana E Whitehead tries J Croker 5 goals) at GIO Stadium. Referee: Henry Perenara, Chris Butler.

SOUTH SYDNEY 18 (A Doueihi A Johnston C Walker tries A Reynolds 3 goals) bt GOLD COAST 16 (R James 2 P Sami tries M Gordon 2 goals) at Cbus Super Stadium.

Referee: Phil Henderson, Grant Atkins.

Crowd: 11,833.

NZ WARRIORS 34 (D Fusitua 3 T Harris S Johnson I Papali’i tries S Johnson 5 goals) bt MANLY 14 (B Kelly A Koroisau tries T Hodkinson 3 goals) at AMI Stadium. Referee: Gavin Reynolds, Chris Sutton. Crowd: 17,357.

SYDNEY ROOSTERS 18 (B Ferguson 2 L Keary tries L Mitchell 3 goals) bt NEWCASTLE 16 (S Mata’utia K Ponga tries K Ponga 4 goals) at McDonald Jones Stadium.

Referee: Alan Shortall, Jon Stone. Crowd: 18,029.

PARRAMATTA 20 (J Hayne 2 M Jennings G Jennings tries C Gutherson 2 goals) bt NORTH QUEENSLAND 14 (K Feldt M Scott E Tuala tries J Thurston goal) at TIO Stadium. Referee: Gavin Badger, Peter Gough.

Crowd: 8,393.

CRONULLA 24 (P Gallen V Holmes E Lee J Ramien tries C Townsend 4 goals) beat WESTS TIGERS 16 (T Lolohea E Taylor tries E Marsters 4 goals) at Southern Cross Group Stadium.

Referee: Adam Gee, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski. Crowd: 13,093.

MELBOURNE 32 (J Hughes F Kaufusi C Munster Y Tonumaipea S Vunivalu tries C Smith 6 goals) bt BRISBANE 16 (D Boyd J Isaako J Kahu tries J Isaako 2 goals) at AAMI Park.

Referee: Ben Cummins, Matt Noyen. Crowd: 17,006.

SW & Hamp/Collegians SW]; 6.50pm 7.55pm 1st Grade Women Collegiate v Methven White [Methven Black & Tinwald Combined]; 8.00pm - 9.05pm Methven Black v Tinwald Combined [Collegiate & Methven White] Hampstead [Bye] At Nunweek Park 2 Connetics SSL Boys Div 1 St Andrew’s College 2nd XI v Ashburton College 1st XI [Umpires supplied] June 16 Small Sticks - Duty Club: Allenton 9.30am - 10.05am Mini Sticks [Yr 3] Allenton v Collegians D & E [T1] - Coaches Collgegians Green v Hampstead [T2] Coaches Rakaia v Tinwald Mayfield [T3] Coaches Tinwald Engineering Solutions v Wakanui [T4] - Coaches 10.10am - 10.45am Mini Sticks [Yr 4] Rakaia v Tinwald Bonnington Painting [T1] Coaches Methven Black v Methven White [Methven] - Coaches Tinwald Skip-2-It FX v Wakanui [T4] - Coaches Allenton [Bye] 11.00am - 12.00noon Fun Sticks [Yrs 1 & 2] Wakanui v Tinwald Black - Coaches Allenton [M] v Tinwald Orange - Coaches Allenton [G] v Tinwald/Mayfield - Coaches Wakanui [A] v Methven - Coaches Rakaia v Hampstead - Coaches At Ashburton 2.40pm Senior Women Hampstead v Hampstead/Collegians [Chris Watson & Matt Marshall] At Timaru 1.40pm Senior Men Wakanui v Tainui

[Timaru Umpires] June 17 4.00pm 1st Grade Men Tinwald Black v Wakanui Black [Stephen Mealings & Rex Turnbull]; 5.15pm Hampstead v Allenton [Tinwald Black & Wakanui Black]; 6.30pm Tinwald v Tinwald Lowcliffe [Hampstead & Allenton]; Wakanui Blue [Bye] 2nd Grade Girls Opuke-Hakatere v [Bye] June 18 At Ashburton 6.15pm 2nd Grade Boys Allenton/Methven v Geraldine Red [Rachel Law & Erin Connelly-Whyte] At Timaru AE 6.15 pm St Kevins 1st XI v Wakanui [Timaru Umpires] June 19 10.45 am 1st XI Girls Ashburton College v Burnside [Brent Gray & Rachel Law]; 12 noon 1st XI Boys Ashburton College v Burnside [James Tavendale & Rex Turnbull]; 3.45pm Kwik Sticks [Yrs 7 & 8] Tinwald/ Mayfield v Wakanui 7s [Karen Dalgety & Erin Connelly-Whyte]; 4.45pm Wakanui 8s v Allenton Hornets [Michael Baker & Jed Cameron]; 5.45pm Tinwald Black v Allenton Vipers [Andrew Quigley & Daniel Baker]; 6.45pm Collegians v Methven White [Tinwald 1st Men & Tinwald Lowcliffe 1st Men]; Methven Black [Bye] June 20 At Ashburton 5.45pm Connetics SSP Boys Champs St Andrew’s College 1st XI v Timaru Boys’ High School 1st XI [Jacob Gray & Brent Gray]

■ Motor racing Canadian Grand Prix Results from the Canadian Grand Prix yesterday: 1. Sebastian Vettel (FER) 1hr 28m 31.37s 2. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/MER) +7.376 3. Max Verstappen (NED/RBR) 8.360 4. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/RBR) 20.892 5. Lewis Hamilton (ENG/MER) 21.559 6. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/FER) 27.184 7. Nico Hulkenberg (GER/REN) 1 lap 8. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/REN) 1 lap 9. Esteban Ocon (FRA/FOR) 1 lap 10. Charles Leclerc (MON/SAU) 1 lap 11. Pierre Gasly (FRA/STR) 1 lap 12. Romain Grosjean (FRA/HAA) 1 lap 13. Kevin Magnussen (DEN/HAA) 1 lap 14. Sergio Perez (MEX/FOR) 1 lap 15. Marcus Ericsson (SWE/SAU) 2 laps 16. Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL/MCL) 2 laps 17. Sergey Sirotkin (RUS/WIL) 2 laps Not classified: Fernando Alonso (ESP/MCL) 28 laps Brendon Hartley (NZL/STR) 68 laps Lance Stroll (CAN/WIL) 68 laps

■ Petanque Ashburton MSA Petanque Club

Ashburton Guardian 15 Ladder 1 Penrith 2 *St George 3 South Sydney 4 NZ Warriors 5 Melbourne 6 Syd Roosters 7 Cronulla 8 Brisbane 9 Wests Tigers 10 Canberra 11 Newcastle 12 Gold Coast 13 Manly 14 N Queensland 15 *Canterbury 16 Parramatta

P W D L B PF PA PD Pts 13 10 0 3 1 300 190 110 22 12 9 0 3 1 301 192 109 20 14 10 0 4 0 338 235 103 20 13 9 0 4 1 266 248 18 20 13 8 0 5 1 297 205 92 18 14 9 0 5 0 282 212 70 18 14 9 0 5 0 278 247 31 18 13 7 0 6 1 248 296 -48 16 14 7 0 7 0 218 217 1 14 13 5 0 8 1 284 284 0 12 14 6 0 8 0 256 364 -108 12 13 4 0 9 1 234 345 -111 10 14 4 0 10 0 292 332 -40 8 14 4 0 10 0 227 281 -54 8 12 3 0 9 1 183 238 -55 8 14 3 0 11 0 194 312 -118 6

Top try scorers: David Fusitua (NZ Warriors) Valentine Holmes (Sharks) Joshua Addo-Carr (Storm) Robert Jennings (Souths) Cody Walker (Souths) Nick Cotric (Raiders) Blake Ferguson (Roosters) Jamayne Isaako (Broncos) Kyle Feldt (Cowboys) Euan Aitken (Dragons) Matthew Dufty (Dragons) Elliott Whitehead (Raiders) Ken Sio (Knights) Jesse Ramien (Sharks) Greg Inglis (Souths) Edrick Lee (Sharks) Phillip Sami (Titans)

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■ Shooting Target Rifle Shooting June 4

Mt Somers Rifle Club Archie Rooney 85.1, 87, Jess Heaven 87.2, 88.2, Hunter Lill 87.2, 88, Warwick Lill 91.2, Hayden Dove 83.2, Brent Frame 97.4, 94.1, Dave Millichamp 97.2, 93.2, Stephen Millichamp 96.4, 194.9, Eddie Millichamp 89.2, 95.2, Mark Smith 88.1, 90.1, Katie Barry 90, 87.1, Brenden Ridgen 91.1, 91.1, Kevin Fews 93.3, 93.1, Julian Evans 95.3.

Mayfield Rifle Club Robert Spencer 88, 91.2, Fernando Torres 89, 94.2, Steph Dechecchi 87, 83.1, Ben Nordqvist 90.2, Hamish Dalzell 93.2, John Fleming 99.7, Martin Fleming 98.5, Andrew Donaldson 96.3, Gonzalas Vallejos 75, 75, Carl Nordqvist 97.6

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s winter league competition: John McDonnell beat Pete Summerfield 3-0, Ed Harrison beat Eelke Dijkstra 3-0, Phil Andrew lost to Craig Donaldson 2-3, Kirsty Clay beat Shane Muckle 3-2, Riley Wilson lost to Blair Horrell 0-3.

Nick Marshall beat Ben Kruger 3-0, Adam Clement beat James McCloy 3-1, Pete Blacklow lost to Nathan Forbes 2-3, Rebecca Abernethy lost to James Bowker 2-3, Tim Kuipers beat Mike Keen 3-1, Kyla Clement beat Hannah Mowat 3-1.

Brendon Adam beat Mick Hooper 3-1, Julie Smith beat Jordan Hooper 3-0, Brendan Clark lost to Melissa Wilson 2-3, Hamish Trott beat Robbie Kok 3-0, Sam Kuipers beat Jane Kingan 3-0.

Paul Cousins lost to Chris O’Reilly 0-3, Jimmy Hunn beat Harry Stanway 3-0, Ron Carlson beat Nathan Forbes 3-1, Chris Thompson lost to Harry Stanway 1-3, Charlotte Smith beat Jan Lee 3-2.

The competition takes a break as the club championships will be played over the next couple of weeks, but currently Chrissie Stratford’s Team 4 leads on 118 points from Charlotte Smith’s Team 8 on 115, with Kirsty Clay’s Team 3 in third spot on 104 points.

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In brief Ferns get in the runs The White Ferns passed 400 for the second straight game over Ireland before winning their second ODI by a staggering 306 runs. New Zealand didn’t quite match the heights of the 490 they scored in the opening game, being bowled out for 418 overnight in Dublin.

They knocked the Irish over for 112 for another convincing win.

Sophie Devine blasted the fastest ODI century by a New Zealand woman, scoring 108, her fourth ODI century, from 61 balls including 13 boundaries and six sixes. - NZME

Lacklustre loss There are two options you could take when playing an international friendly against a team ranked nine places higher than your own. You could throw everything at them and attack with all you have. Or, you can line up in an ultra-defensive formation. Football Ferns coach Andreas Heraf opted for the latter in his side’s 3-1 loss against Japan in Wellington. Without a win in eight previous encounters against Japan, the Ferns never looked like breaking that duck.

- NZME

Park takes Stockton

Methven’s Alan Magson returns a shot during the Methven Squash Open on Saturday.

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■ SQUASH

Chch raider takes title A huge field of around 70 players took to the courts at the Methven Squash Club at the weekend to contest the annual Methven Squash Open.

The big title on offer, the men’s open title, was won by a Christchurch-based player – Simon Slade – who proved too good for Steve Leckie in the final, while the open women’s final was an all Mid Canterbury affair with Julie

Smith taking it out over Christine Lima.

The only other women’s grade contested was the women’s A grade and it was won by Katia Shields, with Rebekah Humm the runner-up.

Methven players made the most of the home court advantage in some of the other grades, with two Methven players – Simon Fleetwood and Jeremy

Robinson – fighting it out in the A grade men’s final, which Fleetwood won.

There were seven men’s grades contested all up and the men’s B grade was won by Bruce Leslie with Phil Pavletich the runnerup, while in the C grade it was a battle of two Methven brothers in the final.

Chris Gibbs took that title, beating his brother Tim Gibbs.

Two Methven players also met in the D grade final, with Hamish Stoddart proving too good for Cameron Glass, while Rodringo Resende was the victor in the battle for the men’s E grade title, beating Methven’s Hamish Irwin in that final.

It was another all-Methven affair in the F grade final, where Mark Cudmore defeated Matt Collins.

■ GOLF

Johnson hits top spot again Dustin Johnson is the hot favourite for the US Open after he emphatically reclaimed the world No.1 ranking.

He holed out for eagle from 170 yards on the final hole to seal an emphatic six-stroke victory at the St. Jude Classic yesterday.

“What a cool way to end the day,” Johnson said.

Johnson shot a four-under 66 to finish 19 under for his second PGA Tour victory this year and 18th of his career.

He swaps places with fellow American Justin Thomas at top of the rankings, a spot he had held for 64 straight weeks before

falling to No.2 a month ago.

“It means a lot,” Johnson said of reclaiming the No.1 ranking.

“It was a long way to get there, and I held it for a long time and obviously JT took it from me for a little while.

“It was nice to finish like that and get it back.”

Andrew Putnam started the final round with a share of the lead for the first time in his career but he opened with a double bogey on his way to a 72 and finished at 13 under.

“I feel like I steadied the ship a little bit after a rough start,” he said.

J.B. Holmes (67) was third, 10 shots adrift of the winner at nine under.

Phil Mickelson had a 65 yesterday and was at six under in a tie for 12th in a group which included Australian Stuart Appleby, who closed with a 69.

Appleby’s countryman Cameron Percy had a 68 to be tied for 26th at four under while Aaron Baddeley (71) and Matt Jones (73) finished tied for 37th and 51st respectively.

Preparing for the US Open, which he won in 2016, Johnson cruised to victory in Tennessee and now heads to Shinnecock

Hills after stringing together rounds of 67, 63 and 65 before wrapping up a final 18 holes that felt almost like a practice round, with the only real question remaining how low Johnson would go.

At least until his final dramatic shot.

No golfer has ever won on the PGA Tour and followed by winning the US Open but Johnson sees no reason why he couldn’t be the first.

“I know what it takes,” he said.

“I’m going to have to play a lot like I did this week if I want to win next week.”

- AP

American Annie Park claimed her first LPGA Tour victory by a shot, closing with a bogey-free 8-under 63 yesterday. The 23-year-old Park had an eagle and six birdies on a cloudy day over the Bay Course at Stockton Seaview to complete 54 holes at 16-under 197, a stroke off the tournament record.

Sakura Yokomine, the winner of 23 events on the Japan LPGA Tour, flirted with a 59 but parred the par-5 18th for a 61 to tie the course record.

- PA

Thumbs up from Scott Adam Scott believes US Open organisers have got the balance right with tweaks to the Shinnecock Hills layout ahead of this week’s major.

The Australian knows the historic course well, as one of only 19 players returning who played the US Open here in 2004, and having shot a then course-record 63 from the championship tees in 2013.

Shinnecock underwent a restoration which widened the fairways to about 65 yards and restored the angles and shot values architect William Flynn intended.

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In brief Future still undecided Cronulla captain Paul Gallen insists he’s yet to decide whether to play in another NRL season despite a vintage performance in the Sharks’ NRL win over the Wests Tigers. With his team trailing by eight with half an hour to go on Sunday, Gallen sparked his team with a solo try from close range. “I saw (Tuimoala) Lolohea there and the hooker, I saw the same two in the first half. That’s when I passed back inside to Jack Williams but unfortunately we came up with an error,” Gallen said. “So I wasn’t going to pass this time, just ran and thankfully got there.”

- AAP

Sin bin questions

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Ashburton gives soccer on wheels a whirl Ashburton Speedway ended its season with a bang on Sunday. The speedway’s final meet of their season featured a full card with 70-odd cars racing along with quad bikes from the Canterbury ATV Club and some grass-karters from Christchurch, before finishing with the first-ever appearance of speedway soccer in Ashburton, and a demolition derby. The idea of speedway soccer was that the cars were the players and another car was the ball, and by the end of it, that car was scrunched up and almost resembled a ball. Ashburton Speedway president Graham Ackroyd said it was the first time he’d seen speedway soccer. “There’s only a handful of tracks that have ever done it and I don’t really know where it originated, but we just thought we’d give it a whirl,” Ackroyd said. The next season at Ashburton Speedway will get under way in September.

■ MOTOR RACING

Hartley crashes out

By Dale BuDge New Zealander Brendon Hartley says he is fit and healthy after crashing heavily on the opening lap of the Canadian Grand Prix after tangling with the Williams of Lance Stroll.

The Le Mans winner qualified well, putting his Toro Rosso Honda on the 12th spot of the grid but was squeezed by the local driver shortly after the start on the outside of a right-hand corner.

He made heavy contact with the wall and his car nearly flipped over before coming to a rest.

“Yeah I’m fine,” a disappointed Hartley said to his team over the radio. “He just ran me out of room.”

Despite walking back to the track’s medical centre on his own, Hartley went to hospital for precautionary scans.

“I’m definitely fit, healthy, and ready for the next race,” Hartley said in a press release.

“I’m really disappointed for Toro Rosso and Honda, because we’ve been quite strong all weekend with a good update from the power unit,” he added.

“I think we definitely had the

Kiwi driver Brendon Hartley hit the wall in Canada. pace to challenge for points today.

“I had a good start, similar to the drivers around me, but I got left a bit on the outside of Turn 2 which lost me a position.

“I got a good run on Lance out of Turn 4 on the outside, but he lost the car which put us both into the wall. It’s very disappointing as there was room to make the overtake, and I was looking

forward to a strong race.”

Stroll was disappointed to miss out on completing his home event and explained the incident as he saw it.

“I had a good start and gained a few positions,” the Canadian said. “I was up to 13th.

“Going into turn five I was side by side with Brendon – the car got loose on me.

“I corrected it but it was too

late and I touched him. There wasn’t enough room for both of us so into the wall.

“It is racing – things like that happen. First lap, you are close, side by side and that is how it goes some time.”

It is a cruel blow to Hartley’s Formula 1 hopes. He had been under serious pressure to keep his seat with rumours surfacing this week that Toro Rosso approached Formula 2 star Lando Norris to take over the drive.

Hartley’s improved pace in Montreal came at a crucial time as he out-qualified team-mate Pierre Gasly with a new engine package.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel led the entire race to take the lead of the championship standings.

“Perfect is a good way to describe it,” Vettel said. “I said yesterday how much this place means for Ferrari. To have a race like we had today was unbelievable. After a long stretch that Ferrari didn’t win here, I looked around and the people were happy.

“There’s still a long way to go so I’m not too bothered. [Getting to the lead of the championship] is a good side-effect.”

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Wests Tigers coach Ivan Cleary has questioned this year’s dramatic increase in sin bin use, suggesting the game could turn into touch football as teams come to terms with the penalty crackdown.

Cleary’s comments come after second-rower Michael Chee Kam was marched for repeated infringements during the first half of Sunday’s loss to Cronulla. “I feel like the context has gone out a bit,” Cleary said. “When we originally started the sin bin thing, it was originally for lots of penalties on your goal line, ones that were deliberate in trying to take the proverbial, if you like.”

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Smith’s value on show Melbourne are already starting to see the rewards of skipper Cameron Smith retiring from representative football, with coach Craig Bellamy saying they may not have beaten Brisbane if he’d played in State of Origin I. Smith was integral to the Storm’s 32-16 win on Sunday, and Bellamy raved about his performance as well as his contribution through the week when he’d usually be away with the Queensland team. “He was outstanding and I thought his kicking all day was outstanding,” Bellamy said.

“I don’t know what he’s thinking but I’m sure he’s made the right decision with Origin.

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Reynolds finding groove Wests Tigers star Josh Reynolds finally has a chance to show why the club signed him on a long-term deal after veteran Benji Marshall was ruled out for up to six weeks with a calf problem. Reynolds had his first start at five-eighth in Sunday’s 2416 loss to Cronulla after Marshall succumbed to the injury during the captain’s run. Tigers coach Ivan Cleary described Marshall’s latest setback as a “decent injury”. “We’ve got a couple of byes coming up so probably decent timing in that regard. He’s been carrying a few niggles for a while now. It’s going to be a decent stint, six weeks possibly,” he said.

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Fine likely for stomp Brisbane lock Josh McGuire is facing a maximum $1500 fine for treading on the foot of potential Queensland Origin team-mate Tim Glasby. McGuire was yesterday charged with a grade one contrary conduct offence stemming out of Brisbane’s 32-16 loss to Melbourne.

The 78th minute incident went unnoticed at the time but the match review committee spotted McGuire forcibly step on Glasby’s foot as he attempted to get up from a tackle.

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In brief Loss for Combined side Mid Canterbury Combined are now alone at the bottom of the table in Canterbury secondary school rugby’s UC Championship after a 17-6 loss to Timaru’s Roncalli Combined on Saturday. Heading into the match Mid Canterbury and Roncalli’s combined sides were both yet to record a win and Roncalli’s win put them two points clear of Mid Canterbury. Mid Canterbury Combined are now last with just two bonus points to their name. Their next opposition is Shirley Boys’ High School, a team which is mid-table after winning three from six so far this season. It’s a home game for Mid Canterbury Combined and will be played at the Methven Domain at midday on Saturday.

Ferns finish on a high

Sidney Jackson, 5, and Alex Jackson, 6, were among those taking part in Run and Walk Ashburton’s Norrie Cup cross country on Saturday at the Tinwald Domain.

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■ RUN AND WALK

Brunel backpedals

Tackling the Tinwald course

By Erin TaskEr

Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz

Runners and walkers went cross country on Saturday as Run and Walk Ashburton held their annual Norrie Cup event.

A total of 25 runners, six walkers and 15 children gathered at the Tinwald Domain for the annual cross country championships, with Run and Walk Ashburton members joined by athletes from Timaru and Geraldine running clubs.

They took on a 2km loop which included one creek crossing, with the competitor’s age determining how many laps of the track they did.

The winner of the 6km senior women’s race was Ashlea Mulligan while James Katene won the 8km senior men’s race.

In the age group races Toresa Hooper and Steve Anderson won the 30-39 age groups respectively, Nicole Jackson and Graeme Wall won the 40-49 age group,

Leann Allnut and Joe Ford won the 50-59 age group, while the 60-65 year age group was won

by John van Polanen and the 70plus age group was won by Phil Crozier.

For the kids, who ran over the 2km distance, the under 6 winners were Florence Black and Zac Anderson.

Sophie Ackroyd and Alex Jackson took out the under 8 section, the under 10 winners were Sarah Peters and Rio Anderson and the

victors in the under 12 section were Margaret Peters and Thomas Peters.

There were only girls in the under 14 section and Madi Thomas took that out, while the under 16 titles went the way of Jessica Gray and Kahn Ashton.

There was a 6km option for the walkers too, with Judith Crozier and Bill Hood taking out those titles, while it was Colin Phillips who did best in the veteran section.

■ RUGBY

The player the All Blacks fear the most

By PaTrick MckEndry Before the 2011 World Cup semifinal against Australia, the All Blacks brains trust got together to discuss the problem that was the Wallabies No7 David Pocock.

Apart from No10 Quade Cooper, whom the All Blacks also targeted, the then 23-year-old Pocock was seen as a serious threat with his ability to turn the ball over; better perhaps than even Richie McCaw. The All Blacks decided to run at Pocock as much as possible – the reason being if he was the tackler he wouldn’t be on his feet to effect turnovers.

The other tactic was to throw numbers into the breakdown

The Black Ferns Sevens have beaten rivals Australia in the final of the Paris Sevens but have still finished second in the series. New Zealand won 33-7 to claim their third title of the sevens series, one more than Australia, however they finished two points behind the Olympic gold medalists on the series standings. Portia Woodman and Michaela Blyde both scored doubles while Sarah Goss also crossed over in the final. “Very proud but didn’t expect anything less,” New Zealand coach Allan Bunting said.

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and if Pocock was there, use the combined weight of the All Blacks to either push him backwards or force him to the ground.

It worked – Cooper was pressured from the outset after his first act was to kick the ball out on the full, and Pocock was effectively nullified; to the relief and pleasure of the All Blacks coaches who had gone into the test with a real fear of failure.

Now 30, and despite 18 months away from the international game – some of which he spent in his native Zimbabwe – Pocock is still a major threat and is perhaps still the best in the world at putting his head in dangerous places and winning possession.

He remains a special player,

David Pocock one that in tandem with the dynamic Michael Hooper will give an extra spice to the Bledisloe Cup this year.

A unique individual who isn’t afraid to make a stand on environmental issues or gay rights, Pocock made his comeback from

his international sabbatical in the Wallabies’ 18-9 victory over Ireland in Brisbane on Saturday and was an inspirational as ever.

This time last year he was staring down a bull elephant in Zimbabwe and receiving occasional updates on the Wallabies via text message, at Suncorp he took on the might of the second best team in the world and looked very much at home.

“It was good to be back out there,” said Pocock, who scored Australia’s crucial second try.

“Good to start off with a win but they’re not No2 in the world for nothing. They will be a much improved team in Melbourne.

We have to be better in the second game for sure.”

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France coach Jacques Brunel has retracted his statements in an aggravated rant following his side’s loss to the All Blacks on Saturday.

Brunel said that he saw one image that made it look like a dangerous tackle and another which made him think it was accidental. “On the first image, I said illicit. On the second, I think it’s accidental.

Although, in the same vein I think Gabrillagues’ yellow card is hard,” he said.

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Force sign Thrush Coach Tim Sampson says the Western Force have received a boost as they prepare to welcome former All Blacks lock Jeremy Thrush into the fold. The Force put up a brave fight against the Melbourne Rebels last Saturday, leading 5-0 after 30 minutes before losing 28-12 in wet conditions. The level of competition will go up another notch next week when the Force take on New Zealand powerhouse the Crusaders at nib Stadium on June 22.

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Clean sweep targeted Wales coach Warren Gatland has targeted a clean sweep of victories on Wales’ summer tour after watching his young side seal a hugely impressive 23-10 win over Argentina. First-half tries from man of the match James Davies and George North laid the platform for Wales’ success as flyhalf Rhys Patchell kicked 10 points.

Against an experienced Argentina side – whose match day squad was entirely made up of players from Super Rugby outfit Jaguares – Wales’ young pack stood up impressively. “We’ve just spoken in the changing rooms about being two from two and wanting to make a clean sweep of it,” said Gatland, whose team also downed South Africa 22-20.

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In brief

■ SUNSHINE COAST

Pike makes it a treble Cambridge trainer Tony Pike enjoyed a red-letter day at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday with a winning treble that included victory in the feature race, the Listed Daybreak Lover (1200m), with The Bostonian.

Pike was delighted with the performance of his team, although disappointed he couldn’t be on-course.

“I busted my wrist a couple of weeks ago and it needs a plate to be inserted in it,” he said.

“They had me scheduled for surgery on Saturday so I decided I’d better get it done and cancelled my flight to Australia.

“As it turned out I went into hospital and had to come home again as there was an issue that meant my surgery was cancelled and will have to be rescheduled.

“All I could do was head home and watch the racing on TV.” What Pike saw pleased him immensely as The Bostonian overcame a frustrating few weeks to score a narrow victory, his second at stakes level after taking out a Listed event at Hastings

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 12 Jun 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 3.46pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR DASH C1, 295m 1 45567 Verbena 17.52 .............................. K Cassidy 2 43243 Homebush Pansy 17.69 ............J McInerney 3 54557 Sparkling Terra 17.12 ......................R Casey 4 47463 Goldstar Bindi 17.89 S &.................B Evans 5 72748 Zephaniah 17.45 ....................... A Bradshaw 6 17775 Cut The Ribbons 17.44 ...................J Tanner 7 26563 Come Sunday 17.35 ...........................A Lee 8 75355 Knocka Rush 17.95......................... M Grant 9 88887 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 10 66888 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler 2 4.06 SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STKS HEAT 1 C1q, 520m 1 221F2 Oh So Nitro 29.98 J & .....................D Fahey 2 44277 Cossie Cooper 30.70 .........................C Weir 3 77287 Know Courtesy 30.89.....................G Cleeve 4 83F44 Opawa Pam nwtd ............................R Wales 5 158x4 Moonshine Boy nwtd S & ................B Evans 6 34474 Goldstar Hemi 31.16 S & ................B Evans 7 35368 Smash Rebel 30.58 ........................ M Grant 8 88755 Eyrewell Lucy 31.14 ....................... H Cairns 9 84x86 Fab Action 30.62 ........................D Stapleton 10 18767 Know Leave 30.73 .........................G Cleeve 3 4.21 CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN DASH C1, 295m 1 56465 Dapper Danny 17.56 ................... J McMillan 2 21826 Taieri Terra 17.61 ............................R Casey 3 25175 Fiery Jemma 17.83 .......................... B Dann 4 78666 Opawa Poppy 17.37 ........................R Wales

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Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 12 Jun 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.12pm (NZT) OGRC MAIDEN SPRINT C0, 310m 1 44648 Chasing Great nwtd ..........................S Keen 2 52 Dream Stone Jade nwtd ...................S Keen 3 5574 Pretty Keen nwtd ...............................S Keen 4 3 El Happy Jack nwtd....................J M Jopson 5 76854 Homebush Izzy nwtd .................J McInerney 6 3 Smokey Dodger nwtd ............... P Hammond 7 31 Flying Canary nwtd ...................J McInerney 8 752x2 Zara Nixon nwtd ........................J McInerney 9 488 Homebush Nesbo nwtd .............J McInerney 10 82788 Homebush Satara nwtd.............J McInerney 2 12.30 BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS SPRINT C1, 310m 1 62434 Zefside 18.71 ............................J McInerney 2 67653 Southern Fantasy 18.90 .................B Healey 3 56653 Zip Zap Zoe 18.92.....................J McInerney 4 15228 Cosmic Marty nwtd ...................J McInerney 5 77864 Uncle Jock 19.12 ..................... P Hammond 6 44647 Homebush Scribe 18.66 ...........J McInerney 7 73711 Epic Rose 18.69.........................J M Jopson 8 31874 Homebush Patriot 18.77 ...........J McInerney 9 12337 Chasing Fame 18.79 .........................S Keen 10 15578 Sergio Star 18.86 ......................J McInerney 3 12.47 BRAMWELL SCAFFOLDING STKS C0, 545m 1 24524 Sefton Jill nwtd ................................R Wales 2 21 Mr. Matt nwtd J & ............................D Fahey 3 88687 Kowloon Lights nwtd ......................J Guthrie

The Bostonian makes a winning start last September before finishing second in the Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m).

“It’s fairly well documented we’ve had some issues with him over there with wide draws and the like. I’m just delighted for his connections as we all know he has plenty of ability and he deserved to be able to show that.

“Now he’s got that run under his belt we can press on with him to the Sunshine Coast Guineas at the end of the month.”

Also headed down a similar path is fellow three-year-old Sacred Rebel, who scored in a lower-grade 1200m event earlier in the day.

“Sacred Rebel had been trial-

$1.1m up for grabs The already lucrative Queensland Winter Carnival just became even more attractive for Kiwi raiders.

There are four Group 1 races across 10 weeks and more than $1.1 million up for grabs. Now you can throw in another $120,000 in bonuses across the biggest races thanks to Ubet (Queensland TAB).

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ling brilliantly of late but with his aversion to wet tracks there was nothing for him here at home,” Pike said.

“We decided to roll the dice and head to Brisbane and as luck would have it he struck a wet track again. Luckily it wasn’t a great field and he has done enough to get a win.

“He will have another run at Doomben in a fortnight and then will tackle the Sunshine Coast Guineas as well.”

Pike was also left ruing a missed opportunity with staying filly Terra Sancta, who won over 1800m after missing a start in Saturday’s Queensland Derby.

“She is thriving on her trip and was very unlucky not to finish closer than sixth in the Oaks at her last start,” he said. “I was hoping she might sneak into the Derby on Saturday as she would have been a great chance with a little luck. As it was, she couldn’t make the field but got a consolation prize today.

“I think she can snatch another win at short notice.”

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Sociable in hot form Kiwi filly Sociable looks set to be a key player in that Queensland Carnival after her easy all-theway Redcliffe Oaks win on Friday night. John Caldow took the reins for trainer Andrew Stuart and buzzed Sociable out of gate four to find the front, dictate the terms and win easily by 5.1m from local glamour pair Fame Assured and Aqua Miss in a 1min59.5sec mile rate for 2040m.

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Celestial Arden wins Former Kiwi pacer Celestial Arden snared his biggest win so far when he thrashed a good open-class field in the Group 3 JD Watts Memorial at Menangle. And, just for good measure, he blazed a scorching 1min53.9sec mile rate for 2300m to win by 12m over rejuvenated veteran Ultimate Art with the in-form Match In Heaven third.

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway

1 588x7 Roo Baloo 17.79 ........................D Stapleton 5 55234 Smash Gator 17.51 ......................... M Grant 2 54873 Mamma Rose nwtd .........................R Casey 6 46533 Senorita Julie 17.44 ..................J McInerney 3 14745 Ohoka Pheobe 17.62 ................... L Waretini 7 31865 Goldstar Power 17.65 S &...............B Evans 4 25666 Smash Damage 17.30 .................... M Grant 8 77743 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M &..................... Smith 5 61487 Goldstar Tu Puc 17.50................J M Jopson 9 88887 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 6 14576 Culvie Chairman 17.47 H & ................Taylor 10 66888 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler 4 4.42 MURRAY WIGLEY@RAY WHITE PH 021480250 7 88675 Trendy Blake nwtd.....................J McInerney 8 38456 Auros Advantage 17.67 S & ............B Evans DASH C1, 295m 9 88887 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 1 87813 Okuku Terra 17.61...........................R Casey 10 66888 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler 2 56656 Matariki nwtd ....................................A Joyce 3 35454 Sozin’s Emperor 17.54 ..............J McInerney 7 5.36 SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STKS HEAT 2 C1q, 520m 1 53187 Sly Carl 31.11 .................................R Wales 4 26386 Jinno Gino 17.51 ......................... J McMillan 2 12565 Dig Dig Dig nwtd ........................J M Jopson 5 345F2 Gordy Junior 17.51 ....................J M Jopson 3 31175 Eyrewell Ebony 30.75 .................... H Cairns 6 88678 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 4 52177 Where’s Snoopy nwtd H & ..................Taylor 7 15666 Smash Ocean 17.50 ....................... M Grant 5 16355 Stompin’ Ground nwtd S & ..............B Evans 8 5814 Rocky Vincitore 17.66 ...................... B Dann 6 5545x Kelly’s My Name nwtd .................... H Cairns 9 88887 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 7 76665 Goldstar Jagger 30.80 S &..............B Evans 10 66888 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler 5 4.57pm STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH 8 22624 Know Shame nwtd .........................G Cleeve 9 84x86 Fab Action 30.62 ........................D Stapleton 0272719588 DASH C1, 295m 1 x3466 Opawa Janet nwtd ..........................R Wales 10 68875 Opawa Shay 31.13..........................R Wales 2 76167 Twizel Storm 17.95.......................... M Grant 8 5.52pm GLENBYRE TAVERN DASH C1, 295m 1 26265 Poetik 17.59 S & .............................B Evans 3 622F1 Unfounded 17.43........................J M Jopson 2 74321 Culvie Lass 17.45 H & ........................Taylor 4 12848 Okuku Billy 17.49 ............................R Casey 3 34225 Jealous Much 17.67 ..................J McInerney 5 77364 My Ginger Kiss 17.80 S & ...............B Evans 4 73144 Camside Rose 17.84 M & ................... Smith 6 86227 Ohoka Magic 17.45 ...................... L Waretini 5 3373x Homebush Indi 17.55 ................J McInerney 7 86358 Homebush Ellie 17.39 ...............J McInerney 6 T2817 Astro Tipple 17.53............................J Tanner 8 56567 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37 .......................A Joyce 7 45535 Broken Penniless 17.49 .................G Cleeve 9 88887 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 8 34221 Ana Dior 17.40 .............................C Roberts 10 66888 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler 6 5.17pm ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE C1, 295m 9 88887 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy

10 66888 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler

9 6.12 SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STKS HEAT 3 C1q, 520m

1 76781 Eyrewell Bentley 31.20................... H Cairns 2 34322 Dream Kay 30.29 ............................R Wales 3 57463 Jinja Ellie 31.40 ................................A Joyce 4 68F64 Goldstar Renee 31.73 S & ..............B Evans 5 52632 Verta Bale 30.65 ..........................C Roberts 6 72351 Know Flare 30.35 ...........................G Cleeve 7 756x4 Goldstar Whitey 31.16 S & ..............B Evans 8 14661 Smash Calling 30.56 ....................... M Grant Emergencies: 9 75587 Extra Salsa nwtd S & ......................B Evans 10 68875 Opawa Shay 31.13..........................R Wales 10 6.27 ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 1 54658 Cee Ash nwtd.................................G Cleeve 2 84828 Just James 17.43 .......................H Anderton 3 57572 Tikao Jackie 17.63 M & ....................... Smith 4 87873 Mr Black Magic nwtd S & ................B Evans 5 46426 Butterface 17.51 ..............................J Tanner 6 24772 Cathy Maree 17.17.......................... M Grant 7 33354 Koroibete 17.92 H & ............................Taylor 8 35776 Little Snicko 17.54 .....................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 88887 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 10 66888 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler 11 6.44pm THE TURF BAR SPRINT C1, 295m 1 47724 Chippy Jordy 17.37 .........................J Tanner 2 58827 We Rocking 17.52 H & ........................Taylor 3 64617 Running Freer 17.28 ..........................C Weir 4 64647 Genetic Marlow 17.42 ..................... M Grant 5 64253 Jinja Cody 17.65 .......................J McInerney

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212 Ketchikan Kim nwtd...........................J Dunn 48365 Homebush Sloan 17.53 ............J McInerney 22374 Venetia 17.53 ............................... K Cassidy 88887 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 66888 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler 12 7.02pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 35532 Holly Grace 17.92 ........................... M Grant 2 77673 Dunk It 17.62.................................... B Dann 3 23633 Dime Diva 17.55..............................J Tanner 4 x35F2 Sozin’s Treasure nwtd ...............J McInerney 5 32435 Sea Spray Elsa 17.47 .................B Freeman 6 24887 Homebush Hundy nwtd .............J McInerney 7 2878F Inky Lord 17.53 ............................S Hindson 8 51467 Disobedience 17.74 S & .................B Evans 9 88887 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 10 66888 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler SELECTIONS

Race 1: Sparkling Terra, Come Sunday, Verbena, Cut The Ribbons Race 2: Oh So Nitro, Cossie Cooper, Opawa Pam, Smash Rebel Race 3: Taieri Terra, Opawa Poppy, Smash Gator, Coleridge Jim Race 4: Okuku Terra, Sozin’s Emperor, Gordy Junior, Smash Ocean Race 5: Unfounded, Opawa Janet, Okuku Billy, Rum Gin Mixer Race 6: Smash Damage, Auros Advantage, Ohoka Pheobe Race 7: Know Shame, Eyrewell Ebony, Sly Carl, Goldstar Jagger Race 8: Ana Dior, Jealous Much, Broken Penniless, Poetik Race 9: Know Flare, Smash Calling, Verta Bale, Jinja Ellie Race 10: Cathy Maree, Cee Ash, Tikao Jackie, Mr Black Magic Race 11: Running Freer, Genetic Marlow, Venetia, We Rocking Race 12: Dunk It, Dime Diva, Sea Spray Elsa, Sozin’s Treasure LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Otago dogs

Today at Forbury Park Raceway 1 82516 Gotcha Penny 18.66 .................J McInerney 4 6323 Idol Ben nwtd ..................................R Wales 9 5F755 Homebush Ragna 33.00 ...........J McInerney 2 53513 Wong Box nwtd ..........................J M Jopson 10 78768 Pianissimo 32.49......................... B I Conner 5 44365 Pam Arising nwtd .......................J M Jopson 3 88x81 Game Controller 18.50...................G Cleeve 9 2.39pm GREEN ISLAND BARBER STKS C1/2, 545m 6 6234 Idol Jan nwtd ...................................R Wales 4 34222 Mitcham Reado 18.68 ...............J McInerney 7 67437 Springheel Jack nwtd .....................J Guthrie 1 64153 Shift The Blame 32.60...............J McInerney 5 66251 Black Dan 18.86........................J McInerney 8 54566 Amy Boy nwtd .................................R Wales 2 62255 Classy Witch 32.71 ........................G Cleeve 6 11766 Homebush Cherico 18.71 .........J McInerney 9 52 Sefton Stan nwtd.............................R Wales 3 74371 Malaga Molly 32.90 ...................J McInerney 7 56717 Idol Georgie nwtd .............................. J Rush 10 8 Know Burden nwtd .........................G Cleeve 4 42516 Opawa Sophie nwtd ........................R Wales 4 1.05pm PRESIDENT’S NOVICE STKS SPEC, 545m 8 77721 Homebush Tasha nwtd..............J McInerney 5 35556 He’s All Power nwtd J & ..................D Fahey Emergencies: 1 55355 Gotcha Rocky nwtd ...................J McInerney 6 76743 Botany Alan 32.81.....................J McInerney 9 71184 Mulberry Minx 18.96 .....................R Adcock 2 78576 Tartan Watch nwtd .........................J Guthrie 7 75143 Zipping Jen 33.01 ....................... B I Conner 10 23175 Half Silver Fern 18.75 ...............J McInerney 3 26286 Archie’s Ranger nwtd .................J M Jopson 8 85651 Valyrian Steel nwtd ...................J McInerney 4 78788 Sacred Opera 33.88.......................J Guthrie 7 1.57pm ALL FENCING SOLUTIONS STKS C3, 545m 9 51764 Know Dollars nwtd .........................G Cleeve 1 76672 Know Answer 32.70 .......................G Cleeve 10 888x8 Opawa Richie 32.79 ........................R Wales 5 45763 Elland Road nwtd ......................J McInerney 2 13467 Opawa Racer 32.44 ........................R Wales 10 3.06 KEYOSK SERVICE BAR SPRINT C3, 310m 6 84235 Zipping Ripley nwtd ..................... B I Conner 3 11873 Storming Mack 32.87 .................. 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Brazil dares to dream Brazil striker Neymar insists the five-time champions are dreaming again of winning the World Cup in Russia.

The Paris St Germain forward scored his 55th international goal to go level with Romario and sit joint-third in Brazil’s all-time scoring charts during their 3-0 win over Austria on Sunday.

Gabriel Jesus and Philippe Coutinho also netted in a comfortable victory ahead of Brazil’s opening World Cup game against Switzerland next Sunday.

“You have to trust, you dream,” Neymar said.

“You can talk, you’re Brazilian and you can dream; we’re dreaming more and more.

“Dreaming is not forbidden.”

Manchester City striker Jesus

Neymar also insisted Tite’s side are ready for the tournament.

“All the games before the World Cup were important to reach this level of performance,” Jesus, who now has 10 international goals, told the Brazilian FA.

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Neymar struck just after the hour as he sensationally bamboozled the Austria defence to score and Coutinho wrapped the victory up minutes later.

Brazil also face Costa Rica and Serbia in Group E in Russia as they look to hit back from their shock 7-1 semi-final defeat to Germany on home soil four years ago. - PA

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Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS 1. In such a story animals and objects may be humanised (5) 4. I’d turned to those working for firm on Mother’s side (7) 8. Echo, relax grip, get broken up: he’ll find words for it (13) 10. ‘It was _____, ______, all the way’ (Browning) (5) 11. Clock is that shows time before it’s due to go without (4) 12. There’s no going back to capture both ends at one time (4) 16. The way one goes out, re-embraced (5) 17. Stamp and sit around for an artist (13) 19. Red nags run riot in places with beds in them (7) 20. Ronald, I am returning as the younger brother at school (5) Down 1. Chap, being sensible of something, shows sympathy (6-7) 2. Bovine leader, bovine creature and transport for horses (3) 3. Some Flamenco requires a repeat performance (6) 4. Deal with food intake like a summary (6) 5. Manage to do without taking in sulphur, there being little of it (6) 6. Followers who stick – nuts, if non-u (9) 7. Being in favour of melody, chaser is seeking wife with money (7-6) 9. Paint canine sickness (9) 13. Lament the wrong rig being given to Woman (6) 14. Nothing missing from stages of meal but the imprecations (6) 15. Shape again a school for correction (6) 18. It’s a little bit charged when number one turns up (3)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Many scientists believe that in human evolution, the ability to communicate musically came before the ability to use complex speech. Today’s pleasure will be a piece of music that takes you to a primal place.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Someone has disappointed you. You may relegate this person to a lower status in your heart and offer up less attention than you would have before. Maybe it’s to heal or is it a just punishment?

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): The day will roll out on wheels of complex beliefs and tendencies. The spiritual part of you will be looking to science for a guide to reality, and the scientific part of you will turn to the spiritual for meaning.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’re drawn to the same thing as others. Among them will be kindred spirits. You’ll only know that if you open up, start shaking hands, talking and asking questions.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): That thing you once thought was disastrous is now a rather trivial matter, or maybe even a fond story. You might find this comforting, as something that’s really bugging you now won’t seem so big tomorrow.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Something you thought you needed to do idn’t get done and the consequences have been largely unnoticeable.

Decide today if such things really matter or if they can safely be left out of your repertoire.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Slow things down so that you can deliberately pay attention to your sensory experience of them. Otherwise, the fun will be like a short and expensive carnival ride instead of like a day at the fair.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You can identify what a feeling is without attaching your identity to it. You can accept a feeling without acting on it. You can feel a feeling instead of fighting it.

These are all power moves.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You get to choose how you engage with the world, which includes the choice not to engage, too. To push pause in the face of stimuli coming from all directions – this is a kind of freedom.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): There’s a point at which altruism becomes excessive. Altruism involves giving what you have to give, not giving until it puts you in a precarious and needy position.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Ideally, spiritual seeking will connect you with a power source already inside you. Beware of those who would rather have you believe that the power can only be accessed through their particular group.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Even though you think you understand what’s going on, talk to all people involved and you’ll learn more. You’ll find out what each party wants so you can broker a plan to allow you to work happily together.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian

VAN ASPEREN, Hank – Passed on in peace, surrounded by family and friends on June 9, 2018 at Ashburton. Aged 70 years.

Dearly loved and cherished by wife Annette. Loving father and father-in-law of Kelvin and Iris, Murray and Amanda, Peter and Rachel and Glenn and Grace. Adored Opa to Anthony, Levi, Lilly, Asher, Noah, Daniel, and Nathan.

Loved brother and brother-inlaw of Eddy and Joye, Jopie and Theo and Bill and Alison.

Close friends of Jock and Jenny, Alister and Gaylene, and Dick and April.

For he was gracious and compassionate, a righteous man who will be remembered forever.

Gone now to be with Paul Timothy. Messages to van Asperen family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. In lieu of flowers donations to COPD Ashburton Hospital would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A funeral service for Hank will be held at the New Life Church, 58 Melcombe Street, Ashburton on THURSDAY, June 14, commencing at 1.00pm.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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8:01 2:18 8:32 2:42 8:49 3:10 9:24 3:32 9:42 4:02 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

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FZL: Becoming 2100m

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rain

Cloudy. Occasional rain or drizzle.

Wind at 1000m: S of Lake Coleridge: Light winds. N of Lake Coleridge: SE 60 km/h, easing to 40 km/h in the morning, then tending SW in the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: E 60 km/h, easing to 40 km/h in the afternoon, then turning S 30 km/h in the evening.

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Auckland

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overnight max low

Palmerston North rain

Mainly fine. Southwesterlies.

Mainly fine. Northerlies.

Tuesday

NZ Today

FZL: 1200m, rising to 2000m in the north

TOMORROW

Drizzle clearing early and becoming fine.

Southwesterlies dying out.

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

60 plus

Cloudy with patchy drizzle. Rain gradually spreading from the north from afternoon, with snow to 1000 metres.

Wind at 1000m: E 30 km/h, but SE gale 70 km/h north of Lake Coleridge.

Wind at 2000m: Becoming E 60 km/h everywhere in the morning.

Cloudy. Patchy drizzle, gradually turning to rain from afternoon. Southeasterlies.

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A deep sub-tropical low off to the east of Auckland is moving southwest and crosses the North Island to be just to the west of Taranaki tonight. A large high well to the southeast of the South Island maintains a firm ridge back over the south of the South Island.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

THURSDAY

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 8.5 9.2 Max to 4pm 7.1 Minimum 7.2 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 5.0 16hr to 4pm June to date 22.4 Avg Jun to date 23 2018 to date 576.4 305 Avg year to date Wind km/h S4 At 4pm Strongest gust SE 24 Time of gust 6:30am

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information.

9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale 0 1pm Coronation Street CatchUp 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 0 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Funny You Should Ask Comedy game show featuring a panel of stand-up comedians who interact with contestants for prizes.

4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6:30 The Wot Wots 3 0 6:40 Takaro Tribe 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:25 The Zhu Zhus 3 0 7:50 Zak Storm 3 0 8:15 Art Attack 3 0 8:35 Goldie And Bear 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Heartbreak Island PGR (Starting Today) 3 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle 1pm Judge Rinder 2pm Home Improvement 3 0 2:30 Home And Away 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 3:35 N Dog With A Blog 0 4pm Fanimals 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Dog Squad 0 8pm The Force 0 8:30 N I Am The story of Maori humanrights advocate Marama Mullen, whose life changed when she contracted the HIV virus after a one-night stand with musician Peter Mwai. 0 9:30 Coronation Street 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0 11pm Sunday A weekly in-depth current affairs show. 0 Midnight Major Crimes AO 3 0 12:50 Secrets And Lies AO 3 0 1:40 Te Karere 3 2 2:05 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Heartbreak Island 0 8:30 The Resident 0 9:30 Grey’s Anatomy 0 10:20 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 10:50 Mom PGR 3 0

I Am

8:30pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 10:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 10:55 Catfish 3 11:45 Escaping Polygamy PGR 3 12:40 Below Deck AO 1:30 Sell It Like Serhant 3 2:30 Back With The Ex PGR 3 3:30 Dance Moms 3 4:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 5pm Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 6:30 Catfish 3 7:28 The Dish 7:30 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover 3 8:30 Botched Terry and Paul learn about ‘bimbofication’; a high-risk patient seeks a seventh breast augmentation; a twin has nose surgery to look like his brother again.

9:30 The Real Housewives Of New York City 10:33 The Dish 10:35 Killer Couples AO 3 11:30 Escaping Polygamy PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

11:15 Scandal AO 3 12:05 Beyond 12:50 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:15 Infomercials 2:20 The Mysteries Of Laura AO 3 0 3:05 Jeremy Kyle 3 4am Judge Rinder 4:50 Regular Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

Grand Designs UK 7:30pm on Three

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Scorpion ML 8:05 MacGyver M 8:55 Counting Cars PG 9:20 Pawn Stars PG 9:45 NCIS PGV 10:40 SVU MV 11:35 Jeopardy!

PG Noon Raw Live MVC 3:15 Limitless MV 4:05 The Simpsons PG 4:35 Jeopardy! PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Pawn Stars PG 6pm Counting Cars PG 6:30 Border Security M 7pm Hardcore Pawn PG 7:30 Supergirl MVS 8:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:30 NCIS PGV 10:30 SVU MV 11:25 Counting Cars PG 11:55 Pawn Stars PG

THREE

PRIME

MAORI

6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm Dancing With The Stars 3 2pm Wipeout 0 3pm Celebrity Name Game PGR 3 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm Susie Nordqvist presents comprehensive coverage of global and local news.

4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm Family Feud Australia 5:30 Modern Family When Mitch’s former boyfriend, a successful doctor, invites the family to a fundraising event at a roller rink, Phil teaches Gloria to skate and Haley helps Alex talk to boys. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 6:25 Ben 10 – Ultimate Alien 0 6:50 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 7:40 Trulli Tales 7:55 Atomic Puppet 8:05 Batman – Brave And The Bold 3 0 8:30 The Thundermans 3 8:55 The Moe Show 0 9:20 Jeopardy 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Flog It! 12:40 Ed PGR 1:35 Married With Children PGR 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm American Restoration 3 0 6:30 Pawn Stars 3 7pm The Project 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Grand Designs UK PGR 7:30 Inside Windsor Castle After 15 years of saving and PGR 3 0 planning, ecologist Fred and 8:30 The Sixties PGR 0 communications manager 9:30 World’s Wildest Flights Saffron start building work on AO 0 their new family home in a 10:30 F Superior Donuts PGR village in the Peak District. 0 An armed robbery at the 8:35 NCIS AO 0 donut shop leads Arthur, 9:30 SVU AO 0 Franco, and Sofia to make 10:25 NewsHub Late important decisions about 10:55 Chicago PD AO 0 their futures. 0 11:55 Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS 7:30 Anger Management MLS 2003 Comedy.

Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson.

9:15 Mystic River 16VL 2003 Drama. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon.

11:30 Quartet ML 2012 Comedy. Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon.

1:10 Contagion ML 2011 Thriller. Matt Damon, Kate Winslet. 2:55 Anger Management MLS 2003 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson.

4:40 American Pie 2 16LS 2001 Comedy. Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth. 6:25 The Ghost Writer MVL 2010 Thriller. Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan.

8:30 Underworld Awakening 16V 2012 Action.

When human forces discover the existence of the Vampire and Lycan clans, a war to eradicate both species begins. Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman.

10pm Sweet Home Alabama PGL 2002 Romantic Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey.

11:50 Waterworld MVL 1995 Action.

Dennis Hopper, Kevin Costner.

WEDNESDAY

12:15 Lethal Soccer Mom WEDNESDAY MV 1:40 Escobar – Paradise 12:20 Limitless MV Lost 16V 2014 Crime 1:20 Hardcore Pawn PG Drama. Benicio Del Toro, 1:50 Ice Road Truckers PG Josh Hutcherson, 2:40 Supergirl MVS 3:30 SVU Claudia Traisac. 3:40 Fist MV 4:20 Border Security Fight 16VLSC 2016 Comedy.

M 4:45 NCIS PGV 5:35 The 5:10 Patriots Day 16VLC 2016 Drama.

Simpsons PG

CHOICE

6:30 Zoomoo 6:40 Dora Matatoa 2 7:10 Te Mana Kuratahi 7:40 Pukana (HLS) 2 7:50 Huritua 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am Taha Tauiwi 3 9:30 Best Of Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Real Pasifik 10:30 Waiata 3 11am Survive Aotearoa PGR 3 Noon Code PGR 3 12:30 The Laughing Samoans 1pm F On The Ladder 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Zoomoo 3 3:10 Dora Matatoa 2 3:40 Te Mana Kuratahi 4:10 Pukana 3 2 4:20 Huritua 3 4:30 Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2 7pm KaweKorero 7:30 F Cam’s Kai 3 8pm Matau PGR 8:30 Piri’s Tiki Tour PGR Piri hunts wild ram and weka in the Chatham Islands with local man, Big Jase.

9pm Toa Hunter Gatherer PGR 9:30 Real Husbands Of Hollywood 10pm Whawhai – Fight Night 10:30 SmackDown PGR 3

11pm The Late Show With 11:30 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s Stephen Colbert PGR The best of daily news programme. 2 Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, Midnight Closedown discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more.

Midnight The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

12:30 Closedown

6:15 The Space Between Us MC 2017 Drama.

Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield.

8:15 Nightmare Wedding MC 2016 Thriller. Nicola Posener, Evan Henderson. 9:45 A Few Less Men 16LS 2016 Comedy. Dacre Montgomery, Xavier Samuel.

11:15 Moonlight MVLSC 2016 Drama. Mahershala Ali, Trevante Rhodes. 1:05 The Edge Of Seventeen MLS 2016 Comedy. Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson. 2:50 The Space Between Us MC 2017 Drama. Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield. 4:50 Dance Academy PG 2017 Drama. Xenia Goodwin, Jordan Rodrigues.

6:30 Escobar – Paradise Lost 16V 2014 Crime Drama. Benicio Del Toro, Josh Hutcherson, Claudia Traisac. 8:30 Fist Fight 16VLSC 2016 Comedy.

When he mistakenly crosses his universally feared colleague, a meek English teacher is challenged to an after-school fight. Ice Cube, Charlie Day. 10:05 Patriots Day 16VLC 2016 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon.

WEDNESDAY

2:05 American Pie 2 16LS 2001 Comedy. Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth.

3:50 Underworld – Awakening 16VC 2012 Action.

Kate Beckinsale, Michael Ealy.

5:20 Sweet Home Alabama PGL 2002 Romantic Comedy.

SKY SPORT 1

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6am Find It, Fix It, Flog It 7am Wild France With Ray Mears 7:30 Love Nature – Wild Brazil: Land Of Fire And Flood 8:30 Brother v Brother 9:30 River Cottage Autumn 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 The Last Days Of Pompeii 12:30 WWII Great Escapes – The Freedom Trails 1:30 Heritage Rescue 2:30 Vienna – Empire, Dynasty And Dream 3:30 Love Nature – Freddie Flintoff Goes Wild 4:30 Jamie’s Comfort Food 5:30 My Welsh Sheepdog 6pm David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 6:30 Cash Cowboys 7:30 Inside Balmoral At Balmoral, the Queen and Prince Philip were able to enjoy quality time with their growing family, with Philip placed in charge of the major family decisions.

8:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY 9:30 My Dream Home 10:30 My Welsh Sheepdog 11pm David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 11:30 Jamie’s Comfort Food 12:30 Wild France With Ray Mears 1am Cash Cowboys 2am Love Nature – Freddie Flintoff Goes Wild 3am Heritage Rescue 4am Inside Balmoral 5am Escape To The Chateau – DIY

SKY SPORT 2

8am Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Tactix v Steel. 8:30 Fox Sports News 9am The Crowd Goes Wild 9:30 Triathlon – ITU World Series (RPL) Leeds – Men’s Race. Noon Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Pulse v Mystics.

12:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Tactix v Steel. 1pm Rugby – International (HLS) Argentina v Wales – First Test.

1:30 Rugby – International (RPL) South Africa v England – First Test. 3:30 Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Paris – Day Two. 5pm Rugby – First XV (RPL) Tauranga Boys’ College v Rotorua Boys.

6:30 Rugby – International (RPL) All Blacks v France – First Test.

8:30 The Breakdown 9:30 The 1014 Rugby Show 10pm Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Tactix v Steel.

10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Rugby – Pacific Nations Cup (RPL) Tonga v Georgia.

6am Rugby – First XV (RPL) Tauranga Boys’ College v Rotorua Boys.

7:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Bulldogs v Dragons.

8am Big League Wrap 9am NRL 360 10am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Warriors v Sea Eagles.

Noon Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Bulldogs v Dragons.

2pm Athletics – IAAF Diamond League (HLS) Stockholm.

3pm Tennis – Roland Garros (HLS) Day 15.

4pm Squash – PSA Dubai World Series Finals (RPL) 6:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Tactix v Steel.

7pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Sea Eagles.

From AMI Stadium, Christchurch.

7:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Bulldogs v Dragons.

From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

8pm Super League Fulltime 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 The Fan 10pm Queenslanders Only 10:30 NRL Try Time 11:30 Golf – On Par

1:30 Rugby – Pacific Nations Cup (RPL) Fiji v Samoa.

3:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) St Jude Classic. 4:30 Golf – European Tour (HLS) Shot Clock Masters. 5am Golf – LPGA (HLS) Shoprite LPGA Classic – Round Three.

5:30 AFL Weekly Highlights (HLS)

Midnight Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Eels v Cowboys.

2am Rugby League – NSW Cup (RPL) Western Suburbs Magpies v Blacktown Workers.

4am Rugby League – Queensland Cup (RPL) Burleigh Bears v Northern Pride.

WEDNESDAY

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

WEDNESDAY

12Jun18

DISCOVERY 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Hard Road Home.

10am Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Pickup the Pieces. 10:50 Diesel Brothers PG Race Against the Machine. 11:40 Web Of Lies M Episode 13. 12:30 Blood Relatives M House of Lies.

1:20 A Crime To Remember M 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG 4:45 MythBusters – The Search PG Fast and Furious Ejector Seat.

5:40 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 6:35 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Pickup the Pieces. 7:30 BattleBots PG Robots Activate – The Qualifying Round 2/2.

8:30 MythBusters – The Search PG Painting with Explosives Revisited.

9:25 What On Earth? PG Lost City of Goliath.

10:15 Naked And Afraid M Swamp Queen.

11:05 Naked And Afraid M Eye of the Storm.

11:55 A Crime To Remember M

WEDNESDAY

12:45 Blood Relatives M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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Sport

Rowena Mackenzie is a study in concentration as she sends another one down that mat at the EA Networks Centre yesterday.

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Locals eye big prize A strong contingent of local Ashburton indoor bowlers will start today in the hunt for national pairs glory at the New Zealand Indoor Bowls championships at the EA Networks Centre.

Yesterday’s pairs qualifying stage saw four combinations featuring Ashburton players make it through the first stage of the championship in the open event, while a further four combinations qualified in the Masters competition for bowlers over 60 years of age.

The Willowby husband and wife combination of Ken and Rowena Mackenzie

breezed through the qualifying stage with four wins from their four matches yesterday.

The strong pairing registered impressive wins which will have them in good stead for today’s knockout phase where they play brothers, Daniel and Nick Sinclair from Otago.

Another Willowby player, Murray Bassett will also be in action.

He’s teamed up with Tauranga’s Fiona Keegan after taking the place of Grant Wilson who is unavailable to play.

Methven brothers, Matt and Jeremy

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Markham make up the other local players in the mix.

Matt is playing with Canterbury’s Blair Spicer while Jeremy has teamed up with James Sullivan from Upper Hutt Valley.

In the Masters section, Martin and Jenny Nordqvist qualified with four good wins from their matches.

Sunday’s Masters singles winner, Mark Sheard will have a chance to drive for a second national title too.

He’s teamed up with Helen Rennie and they went through undefeated yesterday also.

Baring Square players, Graham Ranson and Ken Johnston will also be on the mats in the knockout stage of the competition having also qualified courtesy of three wins yesterday.

Wakanui’s Kevin and Gaylene Smith make up the fourth combination in the Masters division.

The won three of their four qualifying matches.

Play begins at 8.30am this morning and will flow through most of the day.

Tomorrow will see players back on the mats for action in the triples.

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