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1080 threat angers An Ashburton mother is confident the formula she buys for her daughter is not contaminated, but the threats FULL STORY P5 over 1080 poisoning have left her furious.

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Ashburton College’s principal has defended his school against claims of a “bullying problem” after a student was threatened with violence during an incident filmed by a student at the school on Friday.

During the incident, students covered the head of another student and told him they belonged to terrorist group ISIS. Three Year 9 and 10 boys were

stood down for five days.

College principal Grant McMillan yesterday confirmed a wide range of abuse and comments were hurled at the student during the incident, including threats of sexual and physical violence.

He also confirmed the college had screenshots from a video of the incident, which was voluntarily handed to the school by a student.

The Guardian was contacted

by family of some of the alleged bullies yesterday, as well as one of the students stood down.

The student said the incident had been blown out of proportion; that he thought it was a joke and that, at the time, he did not know what ISIS was.

“We’re not ISIS, and now we’re menaces of the community,” he said.

The father of one of the students told TV One news his son’s actions were accept-

able and that the incident didn’t worry him in the slightest. The bullied boy deserved it, he said.

Mr McMillan said he was “extraordinarily surprised” that a parent would think that bullying was ever acceptable. He had a “deep concern about what their child is actually learning from home”.

He was also disappointed the student that visited the Guardian thought the incident was a game.

“I am disgusted the student thinks this is a game, and he clearly hasn’t learned his lesson yet.”

News of the incident prompted a flurry of online activity with dozens of readers claiming there was a bullying culture at the school.

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Fans rally behind Top Gear’s Clarkson Fans are rallying to have suspended Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson reinstated following a “fracas” with a producer, reportedly over an argument about catering.

As news of Clarkson’s suspension started to spread, an online petition was created to have the 54-year-old reinstated. So far more than 135,000 people have signed the petition on change.org. Clarkson was suspended after a run-in in with a producer who the Daily Mirror claim is Oisin Tymon.

A BBC spokeswoman said: “Following a fracas with a BBC producer, Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended pending an investigation.

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Stiller, Wilson hit the catwalk To deafening cheers, Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller stormed the Valentino catwalk during Paris Fashion Week yesterday in a headline-grabbing stunt to announce the decision to make Zoolander 2. The two Hollywood stars reprised their roles as male models Derek Zoolander and Hansel, immortalised in the hugely popular 2001 movie, on the catwalk for Valentino’s ready to wear autumn/winter 2015-16 show. The sequel will hit US movie theatres in February 2016, Paramount Pictures said in a statement.

It said Stiller and Wilson will again star in the movie, which will be written by Justin Theroux and directed by Stiller. Stiller appeared in a dark electric blue suit-and-tie ensemble with a navy trenchcoat. Wilson, sporting shaggy long blond locks, strutted in a shiny light blue pyjama print outfit with blindingly white sneakers, topped off with an eggshell blue trench coat. It was such a surprise that the audience immediately whipped out their phones to catch the moment.

Napier is New Zealand’s most prolific cricket-watching city during the Cricket World Cup, according to figures compiled

by Statistics New Zealand. Figures showed more than 10,000 people attended the Black Caps game against Afghanistan at Napier’s McLean Park last weekend, which was about 7.5 per cent of the city’s population – the highest attendance proportionate to population of any city during the World Cup. The next biggest contender was Wellington, thanks to the Black Caps-England game it hosted, which drew more than 30,000 people – or about 7 per cent of the city’s population.

Gold Coast authorities are weighing a novel solution to the pongy problem of people peeing in the city’s streets. The local council is considering whether a special type of paint – designed to splash urine back on sneaky leakers – might encourage people to do the right thing. The German city of Hamburg is already using the paint in the St Pauli nightclub district, where walls in urination hot spots have been coated and signs erected warning: “Don’t pee here. We pee back.” Gold Coast councillor Lex Bell said the water repellent paint is an interesting idea and he’ll take it to council officers for consideration. “I shall pass that on to the officers for consideration and we well might write to Hamburg and ask them about it too,” he said. But the paint, also used in shipbuilding, doesn’t come cheap.

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A right royal account A gilded manuscript based on a bestselling book by Queen Victoria – in which she reveals her thoughts on surviving a carriage accident and tasting haggis for the first time – will be exhibited in Scotland.

Compiled from the monarch’s diaries, the book – entitled More Leaves From The Journal Of A Life In The Highlands, From 1862 To 1882 – provides a glimpse into royal life at Balmoral. It became an instant hit with readers after being published in 1884 and the following year a Persian translation covered in dazzling gold illumination was created for presentation to the Queen. That handwritten translation will go on display in Scotland later this month at the Queen’s Gallery in Edinburgh. Her diary entries include numerous anecdotes, from opening the Aberdeen waterworks in 1866 to visiting Mary Queen of Scots’ apartments at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.

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■ ASHBURTON DISORDER

Solution sought to violence

By Sue NewmaN

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Violence on Ashburton streets might not be widespread, but the ramifications of that violence reaches across the community, says mayor Angus McKay. He’s leading a community team formed to find solutions to stem Ashburton’s increasing late-night, inner-town violence, but finding those solutions will be a long and complex process, he said.

In recent months there have

been several violent incidents that have prompted Mr McKay to call a meeting of business, hospitality, law enforcement and health representatives.

That 14-member group met this week, came up with a raft of ideas and will now develop those further before a second meeting next month.

“There’s no one answer. It’s a case of us having a number of initiatives to work through.

We’ll flesh out some options and see how viable they are. Nothing really innovative or new came

up, they’re all ideas we have now, what we know about, but maybe putting them together in a different mix might be the answer,” he said.

The ultimate answer to cleaning up violence on the street was community responsibility, Mr McKay said.

“That’s about mate saying to mate ‘we could be getting into a difficult position here, let’s move on’.”

The group was focused on finding solutions, but realistically finding those solutions would

be a long-haul process, he said.

“We’ll be reliant on the community, not just the people sitting around our table. This one’s a total community solution.”

Mr McKay said he had looked at solutions used in other communities, but all were facing the same problems with the same difficulty in finding answers.

“It’s a New Zealand wide problem, but I still believe Ashburton is one of the safest places to live. Violence, however, creates a feeling that it’s not safe to do certain things and that’s some-

■ ANZAC DAY

thing we do not want.”

Timaru District Council has installed new, high tech security cameras in its inner town. These will run on a digital system and can be monitored from the Timaru Police Station.

The cameras use new technology that will allow clear images to be captured from incidents as far away as 800 metres to one kilometre.

Mr McKay would not indicate whether new CTV cameras were in the violence solution mix for Ashburton.

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Crosses to remember our fallen soldiers Principal

defends college

By Sue NewmaN

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The soldiers who fought and died on the battlefields of Europe in World War One will be remembered in a special way on Anzac Day this year.

As New Zealand marks the centenary of the allied landings at Anzac Cove on Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula, the RSA has launched a project that will see a white cross planted at a cenotaph for every soldier who died during the war or from wounds postwar.

The names of each soldier will be inscribed on a cross, along with their service number and those crosses will be available for ‘sale’ to a sponsor.

Over the past three months members of Ashburton’s Compulsory Military Training (CMT) have assembled the crosses and are working through the laborious job of inscribing more than 500 names.

It’s a project the Ashburton RSA is right behind, said chairman Maurice Baker, and one he hopes will attract the support of descendants of those soldiers.

The soldiers’ names have been copied from war memorials around the Ashburton District and descendants of those soldiers can become sponsors of their family member’s cross, Mr Baker said.

“We are offering family members the opportunity to come into our office and sponsor a cross and after that we’ll give the opportunity to the public. We’re leaving it up to family members to come to us and confirm their sponsorship and once you’ve done that you’ll be given a ticket you need to keep so you can claim your cross in 2018,” he said.

The crosses will be planted at cenotaphs around the district for Anzac Day this year and each Anzac Day until the centenary of the war’s end on November 11, 2018 is marked. Ownership of each cross will then transfer to the sponsor.

The white cross project is running across New Zealand, marking the deaths of 18,200 New Zealanders killed during World War One. Ashburton’s 520 crosses will be planted at cenotaphs in Hinds, Mayfield, Methven and Ashburton.

Crosses will also be planted at Rakaia by the Ashburton branch although this branch is part of the Christchurch RSA.

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Planting a cross in memory of a fallen soldier, RSA president Maurice Baker with one of the 500 white crosses that can be sponsored ahead of this year’s 100th commemoration of Anzac Day. PHOTO DONNA WYLIE 110315-DW-077

A mother, who asked not to be named to protect her daughter, said she started the Ashburton College Bullying Awareness Facebook page after her daughter came home and “cried for two hours” after a bullying incident.

The woman believed the college had a significant bullying problem.

Mr McMillan strongly denied the school had a problem with bullying and encouraged parents with concerns to let him know. He urged parents to take concerns they would ordinarily air on social media to the school.

He was confident the school was right to stand the students down.

Only the school’s board of trustees could exclude a student, and no decision had been made about whether the students would appear before the board.

It was “highly likely” the Ministry of Education would direct the students straight back into the school if they were excluded, he said.

The incident became a national news story after a member of the school community approached TV One with a “fanciful story” which had caused negative attention for the students involved, he said.

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■ BABY FORMULA THREAT

Hunters condemn threat

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on the West Coast a few years ago, about the same time there were reports of keas killed by the poison.

“It kills everything from the ground up,” Mr Geddes said.

Locally, there had been a protest from hunters when the Department of Conservation were planning a 1080 drop into the upper Wilberforce and Mathias catchments on the north side of the Rakia River, to target Tbcarrying possums, about two years ago.

The department had given in to hunters’ concerns to some extent, by putting deer repellant on the bait.

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Mid Canterbury hunters against the use of 1080 are condemning the eco-terrorist threat to contaminate milk formula.

New Zealand Deer Stalkers’ Association Ashburton branch member and past president Corey Geddes said the threat was “absolute idiocy”.

Mr Geddes had seen firsthand the effects of 1080 on the environment, and like many hunters he was opposed to its use. He had seen non-target species of chamois dying from ingesting bait while hunting

opposition to the poison, he knew of no-one who would take things to the extent of eco-terrorism.

“Basically it’s just an idiot who I would assume is acting alone, because it’s definitely not the view of local deer stalkers and stuff,” Mr Geddes said.

“There’s ways of dealing with problems, we are getting somewhere I guess through the proper channels. To threaten the whole country basically isn’t the way to do it.”

The anti-1080 movement was successfully raising awareness of the issue, such as via campaigns being undertaken by New Zealand hunters and trap-

pers the Graf Brothers, who made the documentary Poisoning Paradise.

New Zealand Deer Stalkers’ Rakaia branch member and hunter Andy Kent was similarly disgusted at the eco-terrorist’s actions.

“I can’t see where they are coming from, it’s a silly, stupid thing to do,” Mr Kent said.

“It would go against everything that we really stood for.”

He was opposed to the blanket use of 1080, as it was an indiscriminate killer.

While its target was pests such as possums and rats, it also killed game such as deer, and wildlife.

Formula moved from shelves

In brief Road smash avoided Keeping his eye on the road may have prevented a contractor from being involved in a road smash yesterday morning. The man was travelling along Chertsey Road towards the intersection with Christies Road when he noticed an obstacle in the centre of the road and light glinting off what appeared to be strands of wire. He stopped his vehicle to check and discovered a roll of electric fence tape had been wound around rails on either side of the intersection, across the road several times and then fastened to a road sign. The drum it was attached to was left in the centre of the road. The wire was strung at waist height. He notified the Ashburton District Council who removed the wire and notified police. And while the incident may not have resulted in an accident, what seemed like a prank to someone had the potential to create an accident that could have cost a life, council contracts manager Brian Fauth said.

Info on e-cigarettes A meeting on the threats and potential opportunities of e-cigarettes is being held this week by the University of Auckland’s Centre of Addiction. Regulators and policymakers, as well as consumers will attend the meeting, the first of the kind held in New Zealand.

Police notebook - Ashburton police had no incidents to report yesterday.

Bodies found Police are investigating the discovery of two bodies at a rural property near Foxton. A man in his mid-fifties and a woman in her late forties were found dead in the house by a family member, around 9pm on Tuesday. It’s understood no-one else was at the property at the time.

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Countdown Ashburton manager Jeremy Samuels is taking no chances with the safety of infant formula in his store after the threat of a possible 1080 contamination of the product.

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Infant formula has been taken off open shelves in supermarkets around New Zealand as security precautions are amped up in the wake of threats to contaminate formula with the poison 1080.

Late yesterday staff at Countdown Ashburton relocated formula to an area behind the service counter and Lotto desk where it is constantly under the eye of staff and can only be accessed by staff.

A Countdown spokesperson said the removal of formula to a secure area was about taking every possible step to ensure the product was safe.

“We know these security measures may be inconvenient and frustrating to customers at times, but they mean more eyes on the product and consumer safety has to be our absolute priority,” the spokesperson said.

Online shoppers are being asked to check

product when it is delivered and if they are unhappy they should return it to the driver for a refund, she said.

“We’re just focused on doing what we can to keep infant formula safe and importantly, reassure our customers that there is product for them to buy for their babies and toddlers.”

It’s the same across town at New World where staff moved all formula late yesterday afternoon from open shelves to office lock-up.

A member of the ownership team Emma Sheppard said the relocation of formula was done to ensure parents knew that everything possible was being done to ensure their baby’s formula was safe.

Customer inquiries about formula should be made at the customer services or Lotto counter and staff would then locate the product required, Ms Sheppard said.

“I know it’s a bit of a hassle for parents, but it’s about ensuring the product is kept safe.”

A man is dead after the truck he was driving crashed into a large norfolk pine tree yesterday.

Emergency services were called to the crash on State Highway 2, Awatoto, Napier at about 3.15pm. It happened about 400 metres south of the intersection of SH2 and Ellison street, Napier. The man died at the scene.

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Cyclone upgrade?

A category 3 cyclone could be upgraded to a supercyclone before it reaches New Zealand.

Cyclone Pam is slowly moving towards Vanuatu and Fiji, and forecasters fear it could be upgraded to category 4 or category 5 supercyclone in coming days. NaDraki Weather of Fiji said cyclone Pam was expected to reach its peak intensity on Friday, and WeatherWatch.co.nz predicts the cyclone will reach New Zealand late Sunday or early Monday. Philip Duncan, senior weather analyst for WeatherWatch.co.nz, said current weather models were predicting the cyclone wouldn’t pass over New Zealand. Today the cyclone is forecast to be getting closer to New Zealand, but won’t be noticeable.

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■ BABY FORMULA THREAT

Raw milk to be double tested

By Sue NewmaN

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A double testing regime is now in place for raw milk as all gates are closed against a possible contamination of infant formula with the pesticide 1080.

While the testing regime of product did not start until late January because laboratories needed to gear up for the work, food safety minister Jo Goodhew said more than 45,000 samples of formula and raw milk had now been tested.

“We’ve tested samples of product that’s been on the shelves since September and no

traces of 1080 were found and we’ll continue testing until it’s no longer needed,” she said.

Milk collected from on-farm vats was now tested for contaminants as well as for quality with further testing for contamination carried out after it was manufactured into formula, Mrs Goodhew said.

When the Government was first made aware of the 1080 contamination threat in November, Mrs Goodhew said the various agencies galvanised quickly to mount investigations and to put in place checking processes.

The contamination threat was kept under wraps until product

tests had been carried out and a public information strategy was developed. That the information had remained under wraps for so long was a credit to the commitment of every person who had been involved, she said.

“We wanted to be able to give the public an understanding of what they could do to look for signs that any product had been tampered with and we wanted to make sure we had a good support system in place. If we had gone out to the public from day one we wouldn’t have been able to given them assurances or information,” she said.

Throughout the testing pro-

cess and into the future, the health and wellbeing of consumers was at the forefront of everything that was being done around the contamination threat, Mrs Goodhew said.

“Of course there’s been outrage at this despicable act, at the threats to our most vulnerable our infants. That’s absolutely despicable.”

What the impact of the threat would be on the international market was difficult to predict, but reactions would be carefully watched, she said.

“The message we’re sending to New Zealanders is we are confident they can continue us-

Threats anger Ashburton mum

By CaitliN Porter

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When Mid Canterbury mum Chantelle Hickman first heard about the threats to infant formula yesterday, she wasn’t scared, she was angry.

Mrs Hickman feeds her 12-week-old baby girl, Lyla, formula and has for the past six weeks.

“I was angry we only found out yesterday … but people overseas found out before we did,” she said.

She wants to know why that happened, and is waiting for someone to front up.

Mrs Hickman didn’t think the infant formula supply had been contaminated, as it was only early on in March but come April she said she would be careful when buying formula for Lyla.

She will no longer purchase online – as she does for most of her groceries – but will instead shop in store, just so she can thoroughly check the containers for any oddities.

As for if Mrs Hickman thinks the threats are of a real concern, she said she it’s “50/50”.

“You’d really like to think they wouldn’t do it,” she said.

Another blow for dairy famers

By Sue NewmaN

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Chantelle Hickman is not concerned for the safety of 12-week-old baby girl Lyla.

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CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD ADVICE The Canterbury District Health Board is assuring people that infant formula is as safe as it was before the threat. The CDHB has provided the following information for health professionals and parents: Ill babies: If a baby appears unwell, but has not consumed infant formula, they are not at risk from this threat. It recommends parents follow the usual practice, including calling HealthLine, PlunketLine or your general practice for advice.

If a baby is being fed formula and they are well, then parents are encouraged to continue with normal feeding practice. If parents have concerns, discard the current tin of formula and purchase a new one and confirm it has not been tampered with.

Symptoms: The early symptoms of poisoning related to this threat are similar to those seen in sick infants and adults. Howev-

ing the product and we can’t send a better message than that to our international markets.”

The Government was dealing in facts with the information it was providing around the 1080 scare, but it had no control over the messages that were being delivered through social media, Mrs Goodhew said.

Over the coming weeks investigations by police into the source of the threats would continue, the Government would continue to provide the public with information and a rigorous testing regime of both raw milk and infant formula would continue, she said.

er, testing by the Ministry of Primary Industries, coupled with precautions by retailers and checks for tampering means the risk of infant or other formulas being contaminated is very low.

Treatment: Anyone poisoned with 1080 will need hospital treatment, and health services will report any poisoning to the police and Medical Officer of health.

The Ministry of Primary Industries and police have been working closely alongside health services and key health agencies have been briefed about the threat and the actions being taken to minimise it. A series of teleconferences have taken place with key health agencies and testing for poisoning is now being arranged.

Plunket: Plunket chief operating officer Andrea McLeod said Plunketline, the 24-7 helpline for parents and staffed by nurses, is there for parents to use if they

have any concerns.

Tips from Plunket: The risk of the contamination of baby formula is very low and to reduce risks further: Check all packaging carefully Look for tears, rips, holes, significant bulging or other signs of tampering Check the entire can or package, including the bottom and sides Ashburton Parents Centre: Parents Centre co-president Emma Prichard said she had received no complaints, concerns or queries from any parents in regards to the threat.

She recommends parents check tins thoroughly and if anything looks suspicious to take it back to where it was purchased from.

If people have information that could help the police investigation, call 0800 72 36 65 or email opconcord@police. govt.nz or people can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 55 51 11.

The threat of 1080 contamination of New Zealand produced infant formula was one more blow dairy farmers did not need, says industry leader Willy Leferink.

With a low dairy payout anticipated and an ongoing drought, farmers were already facing a pretty tough year, he said.

“We had an inkling of hope that things were getting better but there’s no hope now.”

Dairy farmers would be anxiously watching the reaction of international markets to the contamination threat but initial indications were that the industry’s major market, China, remained supportive, Mr Leferink said.

“I think they’re starting to appreciate us not hiding this but right now we just have to wear the pain.”

A threat of contamination struck at the heart of the dairy industry, but it also struck at the heart of the community when the health of children was placed at risk, he said.

The next global dairy auction is on Wednesday and that would be the ultimate test of the world market reaction, Mr Leferink said.

“We’ll be watching that with interest but the storm will hopefully be over by then and they’ll have caught the bugger.”

Any threat to the New Zealand’s food products – real or not – had the potential to damage its reputation for food quality and safety, Grow Mid Canterbury chief executive Rob Brawley said.

“Hopefully this will be sorted out quickly and we’ll find it’s just some misguided individual. I’m hopeful it’s just a storm in a teacup but we have to treat it very seriously because anything that threatens our economy is a real concern,” he said.

New Zealand already had strong testing regimes around infant formula and that gave a degree of comfort but with the 1080 threat the more precautions that were put in place the better, Mr Brawley said.

“This is the last thing dairying – or New Zealand – needs at the moment. We’ve had a tough enough time already.”

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■ INFLUENZA VACCINE

■ GLORIAVALE

Influenza vaccine delayed

A new life in Timaru

By Caitlin Porter

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There’s no need to worry about the delay in the arrival of the influenza vaccine, says Ashburton’s GP spokeswoman.

Following a global delay in the vaccine, the Ministry of Health is working closely with Pharmac, vaccine suppliers, district health boards and primary health organisations throughout New Zealand to make sure

this year’s influenza campaign rolls out smoothly.

Ministry of Health chief medical officer Dr Don Mackie said the Southern Hemisphere’s vaccine this year contains two new strains, to give better protection against the influenza strains that have been circulating.

“We hope the improved South Hemisphere vaccines will avoid the difficulties the US, United Kingdom and Europe have

had,” he said.

Dr Charlotte Cox said she was unaware of any delays, and was not concerned.

“Our nursing staff do the vaccinations and vaccine ordering,” she said.

The vaccine is now expected to arrive early next month – two weeks later than usual.

The Ministry of Health said the delay would mean general practices would be busier than usual in April and May, but Dr

Cox said this was not of concern.

“When the vaccines arrive there is always a massive flurry of activity and energy, and we cope.”

There is no need for anyone to panic, and no need for any extra staff, she said.

The Ministry of Health’s target is 1.2 million doses of the vaccine over the course of the influenza season which generally ends on July 31.

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Two trucks rolled into the Ashburton Domain yesterday, carrying one of the key pieces of equipment for this weekend’s Ashburton College jubilee.

Slab Inc structure managers Will McJorrow and Nathan Spring got to work unpacking the massive stage for the jubilee concert, to be held on Saturday

night. The stage has previously been used for the Rhythm and Alps event in Queenstown and the Gibbston Valley Winery Tour. The concert will feature

internationally renowned tenor and former college student Simon O’Neill, as well as the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.

■ STALKER JAILED

Country’s most prolific stalker back behind bars The country’s most prolific stalker has been jailed for two years after being found guilty of harassing another woman – and a judge has ordered his address book and phone be destroyed.

Glenn Green, 44, had only been out of jail a matter of days in June when he started texting a woman he had stalked sporadically for 20 years.

She told him his advances

were unwanted in 1994 but that had not been enough to deter him. The new conviction was yesterday added to more than 200 others, many of which were also for harassment and breaching court orders.

Police questioned him about three text messages the victim received over the course of one evening shortly after he had been released. “[The victim] told us that

you used to stalk her, constantly phoning her and leaving messages on her car,” police said.

But Green said she was just someone he knew “from a mutual friend” and their relationship was not personal.

Green defended the charge of criminal harassment at trial earlier this month and yesterday Judge Gus Andree Wiltens released his decision finding him guilty. He sentenced the

defendant to two years in jail – the maximum term on such a charge – and also signed off on destruction orders for Green’s address book, unsent letters and his cell phone.

Defence lawyer Peter Broad objected to the confiscation of the address book, which contained about 100 contacts, and the judge ruled only the details of family members could be preserved.

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A Timaru couple say they are preparing a store of supplies given the possibility of more “imminent departures” from the Gloriavale Christian Community.

The Timaru Herald reported on Tuesday that a family of two adults and 12 children, known as the Ben Canaans, had just left the isolated Lake Haupiri community for a new life in South Canterbury.

Timaru woman Liz Gregory and her husband Graham are currently looking after the family as they make the transition from their time at Gloriavale to a new life in Timaru.

Ms Gregory yesterday declined to comment on why the family chose to leave. She said they had requested no publicity about their new life. However a Facebook post circulated earlier in the week said the family had come to “believe they were in a false system and left 500 of their family and friends”.

In the post, the family were said to be “very excited about starting life out here”.

A team of people is helping the family with donations of clothes, furniture and money.

Mrs Gregory was also quoted in the Timaru Herald saying it was possible more people from Gloriavale would be “coming out, so if there is any excess [supplies] we will store it for them”.

Gloriavale Christian Community has responded to the family’s accusations by saying that “no one is here against their will”.

Yesterday, Gloriavale said it was “entirely their choice” to leave.

“If they want to go and live in Timaru, well, that’s their choice and that’s what they need to do.

No one is here against their will.

We only want people who want to be here,” said Fervent Stedfast, a community brother who’s been a Cooperite since 1970.

“We’re here simply and entirely because we want to be here.

“If you decide to change your house, or change your religion or job, that is your choice, and you do it. Somehow or other when we do that... it puts us in the news.”

Brother Stedfast wouldn’t discuss details of what led to the Ben Canaans’ sudden departure.

When word of their bold move went around Timaru on Monday, donations soon began flooding in.

The family are said to have been “blown away” by the generosity of the local community.

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■ ARGENTINA

Branson speaks out Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson says he wants to speak to Indonesian President Joko Widodo in an effort to save those facing the death penalty in the southeast Asian country. The Virgin founder, who’s also a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, said he was willing to go to Indonesia in an effort to save those facing execution. “What we would love to do is speak with the president of Indonesia and try to give them a way forward, a positive way forward for its country,” the British entrepreneur said. “We have written to the president saying if he will have us we would love to come and talk ... we want to be as constructive as possible. All we’re saying is there is a better approach.”

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Bridge blown up

A civil aviation accident investigator stands at the site of the wreckage of one of two helicopters that collided in mid-air, near Villa Castelli, in Argentina’s La Rioja province, yesterday.

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ground. It was the worst accident in the history of reality television.

“The whole of France is in mourning,” said Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

Arthaud, 57, was considered one of the best sailors in the world, a woman who conquered what had been a strictly male-dominated sport. Her titles included the 1990 Route

du Rhum, the most prestigious transatlantic solo race.

Muffat, 25, was one of the top swimmers in French history, winning three medals at the London Olympics in 2012, including gold in the 400-metre freestyle.

She shocked the sporting world in June 2014 by announcing her sudden retirement at the age of 24, saying she was

exhausted by the long hours of training and wanted to pursue new endeavours.

Vastine, 28, won a bronze medal at the Beijing Games in 2008 in the light welterweight category.

His death came just two months after his sister was killed in a car crash aged 21.

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■ BRITAIN

Old skeletons dug up in central London Archaeologists in London have begun digging up some 3000 skeletons, including those of victims of the Great Plague, from a burial ground that is set to become a new train station.

A team of 60 researchers will work in shifts six days a week over the next month at the Bedlam burial ground to remove the ancient skeletons, which will eventually be re-buried at a cemetery near London.

Crossrail, the company building a new east-west train line in London, said the dig near Liverpool Street station was being carried out on its behalf by the Museum of London’s archaeology unit.

In a statement yesterday it said the bones would be tested to “shed light on migration patterns, diet, lifestyle and demography” of Londoners at the time.

“Archaeologists hope that tests on excavated plague victims will help understand the evolution of the plague bacteria

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Probe into reality TV tragedy Argentina is investigating what caused two helicopters filming a French reality show to collide, crashing in a ball of fire and killing all 10 people on board, including three of France’s best-known athletes.

Under a sweltering late-summer sun, investigators combed through the ashes and mangled wreckage of the five-passenger Eurocopters, looking for any clues on what caused them to smash into each other in the rugged mountains of La Rioja province.

The crash killed champion sailor Florence Arthaud, Olympic champion swimmer Camille Muffat and Olympic boxer Alexis Vastine, as well as five French TV crew members and two Argentine pilots.

Emergency workers removed the victims’ remains from the wreckage near the small northwestern town of Villa Castelli, taking them to the morgue in the provincial capital, about 300km from the crash site.

The victims’ bodies were burnt beyond recognition, provincial security secretary Luis Cesar Angulo said.

There were no survivors in the crash, which authorities said happened in good weather conditions.

Video taken from the ground showed the two helicopters flying extremely close together, then their rotors clipping and both aircraft plummeting to the

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Skeletons lie next to each other on the archaeological excavation site at the 16th and 17th century Bedlam burial ground, uncovered by work on the new Crossrail train line next to Liverpool Street station in London.

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strain,” Crossrail said.

The Bedlam ground was used between 1569 and 1738 - a period that spanned Shakespeare’s plays, the Great Fire of London and numerous plague outbreaks.

The excavation is also ex-

pected to further uncover the remains of an ancient Roman road, where Crossrail said that several artefacts such as horseshoes and cremation urns have already been found.

The area was London’s first municipal burial ground and

was named after the nearby Bethlem Royal Hospital or “Bedlam” - the world’s oldest psychiatric institution, which has since relocated outside London.

The burial ground was used

by Londoners who could not afford a church burial or who chose to be buried there for religious or political reasons.

Members of the Levellers, a 17th-century political grouping that advocated popular sovereignty and religious tolerance, are believed to be buried there. Following excavation, constructors will build a new ticket hall for Crossrail’s Liverpool Street station.

Crossrail is one of Europe’s biggest construction projects and the company said that more than 10,000 artefacts have been uncovered so far in multiple excavations at some 40 sites.

Preliminary excavations at Liverpool Street in 2013 and 2014 uncovered more than 400 skeletons.

- AFP

The Islamic State group has blown up the only bridge over the Tigris river in the entire Tikrit area as Iraqi forces continued to seal off the city, security sources say. “The bridge was blown up by Daesh,” a police colonel said yesterday, using an Arab acronym for the jihadist organisation. “A whole segment at the western end of the bridge collapsed.” An army lieutenant colonel said: “Their goal is to slow the advance of Iraqi troops because the bridge is the only way into Tikrit from the east.”

- AFP

Jumpsuits canned The orange jumpsuits worn by cleaners in Jordan’s capital Amman will be replaced because they look the same as those of hostages murdered in Islamic State group videos, city authorities say.

The jumpsuits have been worn by hostages killed by the IS group in grisly videos, including a Jordanian pilot burned alive last month.

Starting from March 20, Amman’s more than 6000 street cleaners will trade in their orange jumpsuits for turquoise uniforms, city authorities said yesterday. - AFP

Men beheaded The Islamic State group has publicly beheaded three men in northern Iraq, two of them for allegedly engaging in homosexual acts, according to photos shared on social media. The jihadist group, which controls swathes of Iraq and neighbouring Syria, has carried out hundreds of executions as it has imposed its brutal version of Islamic law. The latest images, published yesterday, did not show the claimed beheadings and their authenticity could not be independently verified.

- AFP

Jet forced to land A bomb threat to a Hong Kongbound flight with nearly 300 people on board forced the jet to make an emergency landing in China, Hong Kong Airlines says. “Hong Kong Airlines was notified of a suspected bomb threat onboard its flight HX337 from Beijing to Hong Kong, after the plane had taken off,” a spokeswoman said yesterday.

The captain of the Airbus A330200 decided to divert “in order to ensure the safety and security of the passengers and crew” and landed the plane at Tianhe International Airport.

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OUR VIEW

Bullying demands exposure Stu Oldham

EDITOR

T

he Ashburton Guardian published a front page story about bullying at Ashburton College because our community should know that it happens and about how the school responds.

It was on the front page because what happened was shocking and because the school is so central to the lives of so many families in Ashburton. It was on the front page because it mattered.

Certainly, it mattered to the boy who was confronted by a group of students, had his head covered with a bag and was threatened with physical and sexual violence, ISIS-style.

And it mattered to the college, whose principal was frank and open – if constrained by education policy, the Privacy Act and victims’ rights – about the school’s approach.

It was debated on the Guardian’s Facebook page, where readers said such incidents needed to be aired in the open. Others said the newspaper was sensationalising a simple playground joke.

But the fact remained the incident was reported to teachers, investigated by the school and ended in three boys being stood down for what the principal called bullying.

A boy who said he was one of those stood down bravely (arguably) visited the Guardian yesterday to confirm what happened and to say he accepted his punishment – but that it started as a joke.

Meanwhile, the father of another told a TV reporter that he supported his son and that the victim deserved what he got.

Another’s mother said the Guardian did not have the truth, then refused to reveal it.

It is natural for a parent to protect their child and it makes sense that the media, the victim and the school would be blamed for lifting the veil over what happened.

However, the overwhelming community reaction – including from a mother who started a page highlighting bullying at the school – was that bullying should be tackled head-on.

They will expect an incident that lasted a few moments – and which someone close to what happened felt aggrieved enough to pass on to national media – will have a lasting, positive impact.

YOUR VIEW Bullying On the Guardian’s Facebook page, readers were discussing bullying at Ashburton College which resulted in three students being stood down.

“ISIS is no joking matter.

Clearly these students have no idea of the horrible things ISIS is capable of.”

Trina Garnett “Feel so sorry for this kid who ever it is poor dude. And the kids who done it are only getting stood down. So they’re gonna be back at school probably to bully this kid again.

They should be expelled and sent somewhere else. And the police should be involved! I really don’t get how some people think it’s a joke!”

Egypt-Rose Bartlett “This is disgusting, do something proper about it, not just stand them down for crying

CRUMB

out loud!”

Emma Jayne Ritchie “Bulling in any form is not ok, pleased the school took action on this one.”

Christine Hoseason

Your

“Seems like a misunderstood joke. I’m not trying to defend these students’ actions but they probably thought they were being funny and are feeling pretty stupid now. Correct punishment imo, probably good kids and many apologies in order to the victim.”

Tom Sexton “Kids will be kids. If they suspended everyone who has done something at that school they would have no students left there.”

Les Ritchie “Stood down? Shouldn’t doing something like that call for them being expelled?”

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Are you heading along to the Mayfield A&P Show this weekend?

No 84%

Nick Lindo

Yes 16%

EYE ON POLITICS

W

ell, would you believe? The “cuppa”, real or metaphorical, is now, apparently, acceptable across the political board.

Neither does it seem to need a handily-placed, “left-on microphone to record the secret agreements or deals to which such sinister assignations are supposed to give birth.

What’s more “strategic voting”, so recently reviled throughout the land, seems also to be enjoying a democratic come-back as a perfectly suitable method for exercising that right.

And I know all this via the by-election now well under way in the far, far, Far “Winterless” North.

It may never be the “leafy suburb” of Epsom where, for many elections past, National, despite often fielding a more than adequate candidate of its own, has invariably urged – “ordered” – its supporters to cast their vote for the frequently less impressive Act representative but Northland also has its own lengthy political pedigree, which is now being thrust, controversially, before the nation.

After all, a coalition partner of any hue is worth his weight in anything.

Hence, as Mr Patrick – simply “Paddy” to those ingratiating members of parliament looking for some less aggressive questioning – Gower, TV3’s answer to Machiavelli, has intimated this week, Mr Andrew “Cut the Crap” Little, the latest leader of the Labour Party, has been engaging in some breathtaking, height-defying verbal aerobatics to avoid having to endorse his own candidate in this by-election, the evocatively named, Willow Jean Prime.

A name like that suggests an irresistible mix of wisdom and beauty.

However, for Mr Little, the political realities must prevail and they are that should many voters actually give their cross to the talented but doomed Ms

Today’s online poll question Q: Has bullying become better or worse since you were at school?

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If Winston wins the electorate, he will bring another List MP with him into the House as well as the next on the party list.

If Winston wins the electorate, he will bring another List MP with him into the House as well as the next on the party list, thus making it almost impossible for National to bring in anything but the blandest of legislation during its third

Prime, the opposition to National’s Mark Osborne will be irretrievably split which will, in turn, see him despatched to the Beehive where National’s hand will be further strengthened, the last thing Mr Little would want. So come on you good

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The best way of making this a non-National seat is to elect that old parliamentary mayhemmaker, Winston Peters

Labourites, face the fact – the best way of making this a nonNational seat after March 28 is to elect that old parliamentary mayhem-maker, Winston Peters, and let him cause for the arch enemy John “I only have friends” Key, the maximum discomfort.

If it can”t be Labour, better it be NZ First.

term.

Down the track, a Northland loss - long a blue-ribbon seat – might turn out to be an epoch-changing moment leading, in the end, to the demise of National’s “permanent” reign.

So the stakes are high, high, high. Andrew Little is appreciating rapidly that leadership isn’t merely a matter of

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“cutting the crap” and moving on but that there are subtleties involved which call for some delicacy and finesse.

As for the unexpectedly “beleaguered” John Key – and we don’t often use that word to describe our normally “happygo-lucky” leader, he would be well advised – and I don’t doubt that is exactly how wise Mr Joyce is now advising him – to treat Winston with utter seriousness for the threat he is quickly becoming.

And on the little matter of leadership, I hear the Greens are talking of taking a leaf (green) from the Maori Party and relinquishing their hitherto rigid link with the Left and being prepared actually to do limited business with the Right.

With Mr Norman’s pending departure, it might therefore just be the Greens are at last getting the message that being permanently in opposition will never bring them policy progress.

Flexibility is the name of the game these days.

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■ SOLID ENERGY

More job cuts loom at Stockton State-owned coal miner Solid Energy is preparing for more redundancies at its Stockton mine, near Westport, as slumping global prices for coking coal threaten its long term viability and force it anew into talks with its banks to restructure its borrowing.

Plans under way to stem those losses were in preparation and “reductions will be inevitable on the basis of those plans,” chief executive Dan Clifford told parliament’s finance and expenditure select committee at the company’s annual review hearing.

Staff were being kept informed of the company’s difficulties and decisions were “not a matter of days or of double digit months,” Clifford said.

In an hour-long grilling by MPs, acting chair Andy Coupe would not speculate on whether the company might fail, but said there were “a number of potential outcomes” from current dis-

cussions with its banking consortium and that Solid Energy was “expecting no further support from the Crown”.

Finance Minister Bill English yesterday questioned whether Solid Energy remained commercially viable.

Clifford told the committee the company was running $30 million ahead of plan on a cash operating basis, thanks to costcutting already undertaken, which had rendered it “neutral or slightly negative” on an earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation basis, compared with negative Ebitda forecasts previously.

However, a substantial full year statutory loss is still forecast and Coupe confirmed the board had sought advice, but had made no decisions, on options to sell parts of the business.

The North and South Island domestic thermal coal operations were profitable and capable of sale, although they had

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pointed. Solid Energy has said it risks breaching its banking covenants in September 2016.

“There are no immediate cashflow problems and marginally positive equity,” said Coupe.

“But it’s unlikely to be enough to overcome the September 2016 issues. My view is that we cannot see the refinancing of our debt facilities is realistic absent

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constrained growth potential because there was no growth in demand for coal in New Zealand and imported coal competed with local product.

“The export business would be the most difficult,” said Coupe, who said that indicative valuations for the parts of the business had been sought, but that no sale agent had been ap-

a restructure of our liabilities.”

The government helped bail out Solid Energy in 2013 with $130 million of preference shares and a funding line for operations in a deal that saw taxpayers treated as secured creditors and forced banks lending to Solid Energy to take a $75 million collective writedown and become unsecured creditors of a company that lost $517 million in the previous two years after global coal prices fell dramatically.

That exposed the fragility created by heavy, debt-backed investment in experimental new fuels, none of which were profitable and all of which have now been closed or sold. Just ahead of the general election last September, the government also extended a $103 million indemnity to Solid Energy to cover the cost of remediating mining sites in the event they were abandoned, to shore up its balance sheet further.

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CERA bullish on city’s anchor projects The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, which was tasked with overseeing the rebuild of the country’s secondbiggest city, is upbeat about the prospects for anchor projects in Christchurch’s central business district, but won’t provide business cases for the developments until commercial contracts have been signed off.

Acting chief executive John Ombler told parliament’s finance and expenditure committee the CBD projects are worth an estimated $1.1 billion, and more projects are being announced to rebuild the heart of Christchurch. CERA’s initial focus was on ensuring residential properties were rebuilt and repaired, and in recent years it’s put greater emphasis on key CBD projects to renew the South Island’s major centre.

“One of the questions on people’s minds after the central city was demolished and people moved out to the suburbs was ‘would they move back?’,” Ombler said. “What we’re seeing here is that for many people they’ve got confidence and are investing in that central city.”

Last year, a survey of senior leaders in Christchurch was critical of the way major projects were being procured and

managed, something Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee took on the chin, saying he would work to ensure stakeholders had confidence in the rebuild.

When asked whether CERA would release business cases for anchor projects so the public could have input, Ombler said the agency wouldn’t publish those reports until commercial terms had been agreed with partners.

“I would be surprised if we were able to release the business case with full commercial details prior to any commercial agreements being finalised,” he said.

Deputy chief executive of implementation Warwick Isaacs

told policymakers all of the projects and horizontal infrastructure, such as water and roading, were assessed to ensure the taxpayer received value for money, but that quality was also a concern.

Under questioning from Green Party MP Eugenie Sage, Isaacs defended the procurement process for the proposed public private partnership to build a convention centre in Christchurch, which he said would help reinvigorate the city as a tourism hub for the South Island.

Ombler had earlier said it was too early to provide an updated estimate on the cost of the centre, which had been flagged at about $284 million.

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MAYFIELD A&P SHOW Thursday, March 12, 2015

Advertising feature by

Judy Fielder, President

The Bands are booked, the animals are being groomed, the Pigs are in their Sty and being fed and the Wolf is on the prowl.

It’s time to Celebrate our District and our 90th Mayfield Show.

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, is the theme for this year’s Show and our Convenors have added ‘Special’ Classes to some Sections.

We have Side Saddle classes in the Horse Section, a Blade Shearing Class in the Shearing Competition, along with a Blade Shearing Demonstration. We have added a Class in the Produce Shed that was in the 1924 Schedule, called ‘Thrift’. This is a garment made out of Recycled Material.

Our District over the last 90 years has changed dramatically.

This was helped by the establishment of the Rangitata Diversion Race and Scheme, also

by the changes in Machinery and Vehicles. We have a small ‘snapshot’ of what has evolved over this time, and then our loyal Trade sites will demonstrate where we are today and into the future with the Machinery and Electronics available.

With the support of Farmlands we also have the Gulf Ford GT40 being displayed, this has won many prestigious race events more than any other road race car in history.

At our former Shows there was Highland Dancing, we are fortunate that we will have some of our local Dancers demonstrating this over the Lunch hour. We will also have some of Children from the Ladybank School of Music to entertain us. There is the usual Inter School Masterchef Competition, Pig racing, and nine Decades of Show Day Outfits to peruse. We look forward to you spending the day with us on March the 14th.

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MAYFIELD A & P SHOW PROGRAMME - Saturday, March 14

Morning 7.45

District Hack & Riding Classes Group A Ponies Saddle Hacks 8.00 Dog Trials start Park Hacks Saddle Hunters followed by Working Hunters Cobs & Side Saddle Miniature Horses Group B & C Pony Classes 8.30 Unity Classes First Year Ridden followed by Lead Rein Ponies 9.00 Harness and Clydesdales Judging of Sheep Judging of Classes in the Produce Shed 9.30 Judging of Poultry 10.00 SHOW OPENS with address by the President Machine Shearing starts Judging of Goats 10.15 Blade Shearing Demo (Beside Shearing Shed) 11.00 PIG RACE 1 (FMG Advice & Insurance) Judging of Hunters Judging of Pony Hunter Approx – FEI Horse & Pony Jumping

11.10 Gift Calf Prize Giving at the Pig Racing 11.15 Highland Dancing (Village Green) Blade Shearing Demo 11.30 Lady Bank School of Music Carrot & Pickle Roving (Village Green) Harold the Giraffe Roving

Afternoon

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“The aim of the research was to identify alternative categories of primary product that could be commercially viable.

The research focused on products that could also support increased processing activity adding further value to the regional and city economies.”

Pharmaceutical crops, sheep milk, honey and blackcurrants were among the products investigated.

“It is important for the rural sector as a whole to have as wide a range of options as possible available, as well as the traditional areas Canterbury is known for such as crop, sheep farming and, in more recent years, dairy farming.

“Diversification will help minimise the risk to the economy as a whole if certain sectors are under pressure, such as the dairy industry at present with low milk prices and the effects of the drought starting to hit.”

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The opportunities for agricultural diversification in Mid Canterbury have been highlighted in a new report.

Canterbury Development Corporation (CDC) investigated the suitability of a wide range of land uses through the Potential for Diversification of Rural Production in Canterbury report, prepared by the AgriBusiness Group.

Diversification of Canterbury’s rural production sector will help keep the region’s economy resilient and growing in a sustainable way, and Mid Canterbury is well placed to take advantage of the opportunities, CDC chief executive Tom Hooper said.

“Mid Canterbury already has much of the infrastructure and technology in place – this report looks at a wide range of crops which could be added to the list already grown there,” he said.

“We already have one of the most technologically advanced agricultural sectors in the world. Our soils and irrigation mean we are capable of very high yields of high quality

Top woolly lambs fetched between $125 and $140 at Tuesday’s Tinwald stock sale, led by a line of halfbred lambs sold on account of Matakanui Station in Omakau.

Suffolk cross lambs realised from $44.50 to $49 while halfbred wether lambs sold from $40 to $54.50. There were only a handful of crossbred store lambs on offer, with the best fetching $65.

Medium woolly lambs made $110-$118 and lights $85-$94.

Heavy woolly ewes made $105-$123, medium, $80-$92 and light, $65-$75.

Tuesday’s market was steady on the previous week with a medium sized yarding.

A quality yarding of 116 prime cows made between $1.26 and $1.67 per kilo liveweight, equating to $478 to $1124 per head with the top for pens of cows selling between $1000 and $1124.

A smaller yarding of heifers realised $1.16 to $2 per kilogram of liveweight, equating to $327$1040 per head. One Hereford bull fetched $1329.

PGG Wrightson staff, knocking down the bids at this week’s sheep and cattle sale at the Tinwald Saleyards.

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Lincoln University enrolments booming Lincoln University is experiencing strong growth in new student enrolments across all areas of study, latest figures show.

New enrolment numbers have returned to levels similar to 2010, before the university experienced a drop in enrolments between 2011 and 2014, the university’s deputy vice chancellor international and business development Jeremy Baker said.

Official enrolment figures show postgraduate programmes are faring especially well, attracting 60 per cent more new students as at March 3, than they

did at the same time last year.

There are also 20 per cent more new students at the diploma and certificate level, and 5 per cent more new undergraduate students compared to the same time last year.

“People are wanting to upskill in land-based areas and our focus and specialisation in this regard allow them to do that.”

New international student enrolments have also risen sharply, with a 46 per cent increase in numbers compared to last year.

Key programmes have expe-

rienced significant growth, with the Bachelor of Agricultural of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees attracting 20 per cent more new enrolments than last year.

Overall, equivalent full-time student (EFTS) have increased from 1484 in 2014 to 1506 as at 3 March this year.

Based on the new student enrolment growth in Semester 1, Mr Baker says the University expects to exceed last year’s total EFTS of 2984.

“We are now on a growth track,” he said.

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Closing in on the Glammies Following stringent scientific testing, over 150 entries have been narrowed down to 20 in the search for the nation’s most tender and tasty lamb.

The 20 finalists in the Beef and Lamb New Zealand golden lamb awards, aka the Glammies, will go before six judges at the Grand Final to be held at the Wanaka A&P Show on Monday.

Farmers submit their lamb leg entries hoping to take home $2000 in prize mon-

ey and the Glammies Grand Champion Trophy.

Retailers are also hotly contending for the title of Retail Champion.

Among the finalists are Andrew Paterson, Omakau, polworth, processed at Fairton Silver Fern Farms, in the best of breed class, traditional class and Robbie Gibson, Cromwell, Merino/Southdown processed at Ashburton Meat Processors.

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Beef and Lamb NZ awards Top sheep farmers in the Ashburton District have an opportunity to be recognised in the fourth Beef and Lamb New Zealand sheep industry awards.

Nominations for the annual event that champions the country’s top performing sheep farmers, breeders, and industry innovators are now open across a range of categories.

The awards recognise top performance in the sheep industry and the increasing standards reflect the improving productivity levels achieved over the past 20 years said Beef and Lamb New Zealand chief executive Dr Scott Chapman.

“Lambing percentages are 20 per cent

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The awards will take place in Invercargill on July 1.

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3 T olive oil 1 T honey ■ Combine the lemon pepper seasoning, thyme, olive oil, cider vinegar and green peppercorns in a sealable bag or lasagnestyle dish. Add the lamb steaks, toss to coat, cover and leave to marinate for 20 minutes. Alternatively, refrigerate overnight.

■ Heat a dash of oil in a non-stick pan and cook the steaks on a high heat for 3 - 4 minutes on each side. Alternatively, cook the steaks on a moderately hot BBQ plate. Rest, before serving with the couscous salad.

For the Couscous Salad ■ In a small saucepan, bring 1 cup of water to the boil with the oil and salt. Stir in the couscous, turn off the heat, cover and leave for 2 minutes. Add the butter and stir with a fork to separate the couscous. Cool.

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he walk out to, and the views from the Nugget Point lighthouse are to me the best of the myriad of highlights encountered on any road trip to, and through, the Catlins.

What’s more, five of us (complete with an easily stowed weekend’s luggage) recently did this in the comfort of the latest Outback 2.0D (diesel).

This closely followed a twoday drive about the Mackenzie country in the also new, 3.6R Premium.

So here’s how we found them!

But an intro to the range first.

There’s two 2.5 litre, 129kW/235 Nm four-cylinder petrol models (Sport and Premium), two 2.0 litre, 110kW/350Nm diesels (2.0D as driven and a Premium version), plus the also Premium 3.6R with the 191 kW/350 Nm, sixcylinder Boxer petrol engine.

All have 7-speed “Lineartronic” CVT autos with manual over-ride and useful paddle shifters.

Visually they’re unmistakably Outbacks!

Now just a little longer, wider and taller, Subaru has done a neat job of refining the exterior styling to give them an even better on-road presence. In this respect it was quite surprising how many people recognised them as being new models and commented favourably on their looks.

Pricing ranges from $44,990 for the 2.5 litre Sport to $59,990 for the 3.6R. All are well equipped with dual climate air, reversing cameras/rear sensors, touch-screens, EyeSight driver assist (except for the diesels) and more.

The Premiums add more including leather furnishings, heated front seats, sat-nav, and smart key, while the 3.6R also gets a sun-roof, 12 -speaker Harman-Kardon sound system.

So it was interesting to start at the top with the luxurious 3.6R and then finish with

the more utilitarian 2.0D. Of course both share the now even more spacious cabin, with its soft touch surfaces, clear dials, easy to use controls and new infotainment system with a wide array of functions, including speech recognition.

I really appreciated, and recommend the “EyeSight system”. It uses two windscreen mounted cameras and image processing for its adaptive cruise control, forward collision alerts and lane departure warning. Liked the clear sat/ nav too! It was perhaps these two features that I missed most in the 2.0D. While for long term ownership (especially if grandkids are involved) I’d prefer the leather furnishings and seat heaters of the 3.6R, the 2.0D’s cloth coverings have a nice feel to them and will undoubtedly be long wearing.

Irrespective of their coverings, the seats in both cars proved to

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be both very comfortable and supportive for the long haul!

And there’s so much space both front and rear (our benchmark 1.90m Canadian was most impressed when riding in either). As with most vehicles, the middle person in the rear seat had less comfort, but a great view forward.

While both develop 350Nm of torque, they react differently. They both accelerate very smoothly and the 3.6R with its selectable sports modes is naturally the most urgent.

Subaru say it’s capable of reaching 100kmh from standstill in 7.6 seconds, while the 2.0D takes 10 seconds.

Economy wise for the respective lengthy drives, the 3.6R’s computer showed 10.3L/100km overall and the diesel’s 6.8, both of which are close to the claimed figures and no doubt attributable to the very efficient CVT that

takes immediate advantage of the torque available.

Liked the feel of the electric power steering too, it’s light about town but firms up at speed. The constant all-wheeldrive system, is as always totally unobtrusive, effective and ever reassuring to know its doing its thing.

We reckon, this, plus the low centre of gravity and firmer suspension deliver an ideal handling and road holding package for the ever changing road conditions we drove. Then for rougher stuff and steep hills there’s now an X-Mode button to push. This activates a special off-road programme which further enhances traction and the torque split, which means together with the 213mm ground clearance Outbacks are ideal for weekend adventurers.

If you intend to frequently load an Outback up with five adults, their luggage and as well tow a large boat over the Lindis, the 3.6R deserves consideration.

Otherwise either of the four cylinder engines will be an excellent choice.

SUBARU OUTBACK ■ Pricing: As driven 2.0D $47,990 and 3.6R Premium $59,990.

Others from $44,990 to $54,990 (all plus ORC) ■ Transmission: 7-speed CVT auto. AWD. ■ Quoted Economy: 2.0D 6.3L/100km, 3.6R petrol 9.9L/100km, 2.5 petrol 7.3L/100km

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Allenton Croquet Club There was an excellent attendance of members for our last meeting.

As reported last month we had a successful garden walk and our Easter raffle is selling well at the moment.

The club extends a big thank you to Sim’s Bakery for their generous donation.

Allenton were second in the B grade Flag matches. The Gala Cup competition sadly didn’t go our way this year.

The Town v Country match is in Timaru on the March 24.

The South Canterbury Teams event is in Timaru on March 31. The club closing day is the April 18. The annual Quiz is on the May 1.

Start getting your teams of four to five members together. $5 a member. Our AGM.is on the May 7 at 10am Next meeting is the April 9 at 9.30am.

Allenton Bowling Club It has been a busy fortnight at the club, with championships, catering, and tournaments, all being well attended by our members with great success.

Friday Triples February 27 1st. Bob Holdom, Jill May and Sandra Holdom. 2nd.

B. Williams, C. Dennis and. Smart. 3rd.

John Drayton, Brent Mason and Mike Quinn. 4th. Murray Smallridge, G. Sparks and M. Grice. 5th. Graham Bishop, Bruce White and Noeline Woods.

J10 Pairs: March 2 sponsored by skyline garages and Tinwald Tavern. 1st. Dawn Bruce & Pip Kiddy. 2nd. Wendy Watson and Rose Johnston. 3rd. Sandra Holdom and Maureen Knox. 4th. Noeline Woods and Bev Officer. 5th. Janet Kingsbury and Judy Ryk. This was a great day and the juniors all played well enjoying the day immensely.

Progressive Pairs: March 7 Leads. 1st.

Ken McLaren 2nd. Millie Foggo Skips: 1st.

Barry Molloy 2nd. Brian Marsden Still tournaments and games to play but our season is nearly over. There will be winter bowls $30.00 sub so come along and join in.

Ashburton Golf Club A lovely weekend just gone, where our great friends from Property Brokers, sponsored our stableford tournament. A strong field turned out and some wonderful scores were lead by Eleanor Sullivan, in the ladies and Terry O’Reilly in the gents.

We really are very lucky to have such wonderful sponsors, through out the club, and we do appreciate all of them.

This Saturday sees us back into club champs qualifying, with round number 2 out of 3, don’t forget, only the top 8 players in each division will make it into the knockout stages, so you will need to score well to get in. T his Saturday is also a 15 point game for the RMF cup, the league table is now posted in the bar and everyone can see where they sit and how they are looking for the $1000 prize.

Sunday is White trophy and plate semis, everyone is welcome to come along and join in the game, come on down and enjoy one of our great mixed days.

Mount Hutt College athletics champions (back row, from left) Issac Huddleston, Hamish Dewhirst, Juliette Lewis, Declan O’Neil; (middle, from left) Ben Nordqvist, Jayden Kershaw, Aimee Elliott, Amelia Holmes; (front, from left) Courtney Elliott, Chloe Small, Brea Roderick.

Ashburton Ladies Probus Club The February meeting of the Ashburton Ladies Probus Club was held in the Doris Linton Lounge. Members were welcomed and sang the National Anthem.

Two new members were inducted, June Abbott and Marilyn Cross Mini speaker was Ann Bell who spoke of her lifelong love of sewing. She showed us some of her work, beautiful patchwork articles.

After morning tea, Andrew Sibbons, a travel agent from Christchurch, gave a very interesting and different illustrated talk “101 reasons why you shouldn’t leave your front door”. This sounded strange, but he explained why you could. He was thanked and given a fruit pack. After the meeting, 20 ladies went to The Stables for lunch.

Ashburton MSA Petanque Club Members have been busy this year, laying extra pistes which will give us the opportunity to host tournaments and inviting other clubs.

Our first All Clubs tournament is planned for Saturday March 14, and already interest is being shown by other clubs.

We now have some much needed shel-

ter from the wonderful hot weather we have been experiencing.

Some of our members have taken part in 4 tournaments so far this year. Summer drawn triples at Ascot in January resulted in Rewa Kyle and partners taking third place in the championship. In the plate Stephen Kyle, Richard Browne and partner came second and Marion Harrison and partners finished third.

Waitangi day Tournament at Christchurch Club in February saw Richard Browne and partner win the Trophy and Marion Harrison and partner runner up.

Third place was Rewa Kyle and partners.

More challenging games were played in the South Island Triples at Christchurch Club in February where Richard Brown, Emily Hickman and Shannon Crequer came sixth in the championship and Rewa and Stephen Kyle and Marion Harrison came third in the plate.

Also in February the three Ashburton members who took part came away with prizes, Championship runners up Richard Browne and partners, Plate runners up Mick Little and partners, Bowl runners up Jonathan Crum and partners.

MSA Outdoor Bowls Recently the M.S.A. Bowlers held their Annual Ladies Triples Tournament sponsored by Joanne Chapman. The day was

fine and enjoyed by all, with some great bowls being played. 1st Rosemary Bennett, 2nd Maureen Sullivan, 3rd Wendy Watson, 4th Margaret Eder. Ditch to Ditch winner was Shirley Thomas.

Many Bowls are being played with Champion of Champions being finalised each weekend, in Fours and Triples, with Singles and Pairs still to come.

Last weekend proved busy with Men playing the Gala and Challenge games at MSA, while the Ladies took to the Methven green to play the Premier and Prestige games. Our ladies had a first round bye and then met Rakaia who had a good win earlier. MSA played well and beat Rakaia to play themselves into the final against the well drilled Allenton.

No one would think they were the same team who had played so well in their first game, however Allenton shot well into the lead and after 8 ends Allenton were ahead 10-4. Space does not allow to print excitement that followed but an extra end had to be played and with the last bowl to be played MSA were holding 3. Then disaster! Allenton Skip Noeline Woods played her last bowl and took the win with a most beautiful draw shot.

Congratulations Allenton and Poor Us, three times Bridemaid-never the Bride.

Noeline could have used that shot on another team and let us enjoy a win.

Rakaia Garden Club Ashburton Bridge Club The optimum contract for N/S is 4 Spades, but the few in 3N.T. faced a host of challenges. In Spades 11 tricks will make nicely as long as declarer places the Spade Q correctly.

In No Trumps declarer, South, will get a club lead taken by the singleton A in dummy. He makes good his 4 Diamond tricks and now takes stock. His Heart K and Club Q are both vulnerable and the big problem is the Spade Q! If he finesses towards the Spade K, 10 in dummy and finds the Q with East his contract will be 2 light. As the cards lie that does not happen and a relieved South will make his 3 No trumps.

However, should he finesse towards the Spade A, J in his own hand, West takes the Spade Q and now must make the switch to a heart (he will have already discarded 2 hearts on the Diamonds), putting East on lead to come through the Club Q – 2 light again!

Look what happens if West cashes the Club K instead of the heart switch – the Club Q is established in South’s hand and the 4th Spade gives South his 3 No Trumps without touching the Hearts. Should West make the Heart switch after playing the Club K, as long as South plays low from dummy, his contract is safe.

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Our March get together was a bus trip on Monday the 9th to visit two gardens.

The first stop was at “Silverwood”, Jo Free’s garden in Leeston. Jo started the garden over 25 years ago and now it is nearly three acres of various garden rooms via interconnecting paths. Everything looked amazingly healthy and in peak condition despite the long dry, hot summer. Jo said shelter and consistent watering and lots of it was the key. There were plants for sale and almost everyone took something back onto the bus!

The second garden was “Frensham”, Margaret Long’s garden on Old Tai Tapu Road. This has been designated a Garden of National Significance by the New Zealand Gardens Trust and was started

by Margaret over 22 years ago. It was a generous country garden and consisted of a sequence of well thought out spaces. We had afternoon tea when we arrived and then took our time wandering around the garden. Once again there were plants for sale and yet once again there were numerous bags of plants loaded onto the bus!

Special credit has to go to our bus driver for managing to get the rather large bus

turned from a narrow road into the very tight gateway and drive to Frensham!

We arrived back at Rakaia at 5.30pm having enjoyed an inspirational and very enjoyable afternoon out.

The April meeting will be on Monday the 13th 2pm at the Rakaia Community Centre. The topic will be Dahlias.

Tinwald Garden Club The February meeting had 33 members in the Tinwald Memorial Hall beginning with Phyllis Hydes and Barbara Newton’s account of a visit made last November to the Akaroa Garden walk. Heritage homes and beautiful gardens were photographed by our two members and displayed. A card celebrating our Patroness’ 100th birthday was signed by members and will be delivered with flowers to Betty on her special day.

Our floral judge Alison Donald gave members valuable tips on showing dahlias along with explanations of various varieties of the species. Our speaker for the day was Sharon Breakwell from Wastebusters who advised of the importance of recycling and had examples of articles made by school pupils under the guidance of wastebusters employees.

Next month’s meeting will be in the form of a bus trip around our local area.

Competition Results: Stem of lily H Mitchell K Ross Hybrid Tea rose V Johnson H Mitchell Florabunda Rose P Hydes M Robinson H Mitchell Full Blown Rose M Robinson V Johnson Med Dec Cacti Dahlia V Johnson H Mitchell M Robinson Waterlily Dahlia S Lamont A Truman Mini Dec Dahlia J Johnson H Mitchell S Lamont Miniature Bloom G Quelch A Scammell H Mitchell Miniature Rose J Johnson A Truman P Hydes Spike G Quelch M Robinson A Truman Cluster K Ross A Scammell Branch Flowering Shrub M Robinson A Truman P Hydes Bloom any variety rose S Lamont Flower N O S S Lamont A Scammell H Mitchell Ball Dahlia H Mitchell M Robinson Fruit & Vegetables 3 Tomatoes H Mitchell K Ross M Robinson 3 Runner Beans K Ross Basket Salad Vegetables M Robinson H Mitchell 3 Strawberries M Robinson Young/O Keefe Trophy H Mitchell

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Adore Me had the racing world at her feet

BY MATT MARKHAM

HARNESS RACING NEW ZEALAND

Harness racing can be such a fickle beast sometimes.

Only a week ago all the talk was centred round champion mare Adore Me and her blistering 1:47.7 mile at Menangle and how she was seemingly unbeatable in the upcoming Auckland Cup. Fast forward to now and she is in the paddock with fractured sesamoid and will never race again. I repeat - harness racing can be fickle.

It appeared as though Adore Me had the world at her feet.

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No one was arguing any longer that she was one of the greatest, if not the best, mares we have produced in New Zealand.

She answered that in one blistering mile.

The prospect of a return tilt at the New Zealand Trotting Cup in November was already being spoken of, as was a shot at the speed feature of Australasian harness racing – the Miracle Mile.

Now however, the talk is based on who Charlie Roberts will mate her with in the upcoming breeding season. As gutting as it was to hear of her demise as a racehorse, at least she went out with her head held high. Her second in the Auckland

Cup was, especially now, unbelievable.

To falter at such a high speed with just a short distance of the race remaining before picking herself back up to go down fighting was something only one of the best would be able to achieve.

She leaves a massive hole in the open class pacing ranks – but as is always the case the machine rolls on and as our breed continues to improve, the chance of something coming through the ranks to rival her grow stronger by the day.

Let’s also not forget the effort of Christen Me at Auckland either. He was sensational.

Unsighted, other than an Australian trial, since the soul-searching Hunter Cup, he looked fresh and vibrant and produced a quality performance to win – racing against his usual patterns.

I’ve got no doubts that 12 months ago, he would have been beaten on Friday night. He would have strode to the front as he did, but 100 metres short of the post he would have closed up shop and let the others get past him.

Not now though. This is a tougher, more versatile version of Christen Me we are seeing. Dexter Dunn clearly has something to do with that.

Timaru harness Today at Addington Raceway

Timaru Harness Racing Club’s meeting Addington Raceway on March 12. NZ Meeting number: 8. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11.

1 5.20pm (NZT) HONDA CARS MOBILE TROT $6000, 2yo mob. trot, mobile, 1950m 1 Anna Kate fr ................................. Scratched 2 87200 Dark Ops (1) fr ................................. A Clark 3 Motu Great Sensation (2) fr ............ G Smith 4 Star Pride (3) fr ......................... M Edmonds 5 Wilma’s Mate (4) fr ............................. D Butt 6 3 Aldebaran Ay M (5) fr ..................C DeFilippi 7 6 The Fox (6) fr ................................. D Nyhan 8 21 Arannalea (7) fr ...............................M Jones 2 5.54pm NEVELE R FILLIES SERIES HEAT 4 MOBILE PACE $20,000, 3yo fillies, mobile, 1950m 1 85432 Changeover A Flyin (1) fr .......... M Edmonds 2 33258 Change The Rulz (2) fr............ S Golding (J) 3 75072 Katy Perry (3) fr ................................ D Dunn 4 21341 Rocker Band (4) fr .............................. R May 5 016x3 Nikita Maguire (5) fr ..................... S McNally 6 19009 Bird Of Paradise (6) fr ..........M Anderson (J) 7 81075 It’s All Over Now (7) fr ......................S Ottley 8 02183 Champagne Dreams (8) fr ..............M Jones 9 224 Mighty Empire (9) fr .......................T Chmiel 3 6.24pm TEMPLETON PANELBEATERS LTD MOBILE TROT $7500, 3yo+ c1 to c2, mobile, 1950m 1 53189 Star Commando fr........................ Scratched 2 48775 Price Of Fame (1) fr .........................S Ottley

3 90304 Visualise (2) fr .................................... R May 4 42401 Brookside Colt (3) fr ........................... D Butt 5 8614D Cyclone Jeter (4) fr .....................N McGrath 6 40504 Danke (5) fr ...........................J Anderson (J) 7 20x13 BD Love (6) fr ................................. K Barron 8 63616 Millicent (7) fr ..............................C DeFilippi 9 x3487 Thebestlove (8) fr ............................M Jones 10 08402 All Royal Gal (21) fr ...........................J Dunn 11 426x1 K D Muscles (22) fr ................... M Edmonds 12 36724 Sunny Ruby (23) fr .......................... G Smith 13 51500 Saint Michel (U1) fr ........................T Chmiel 14 21034 Hazel Alice (U2) fr ............................ D Dunn 4 6.54pm TIMARU SOUTH COSMOPOLITAN CLUB MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ c1, mobile, 1950m 1 2163 Major Stride (1) fr ......................... S McNally 2 33710 Royal Caroline (2) fr G O’.....................Reilly 3 96266 Marshal Star (3) fr ............................J Curtin 4 21784 Danny Del Vito (4) fr........................M Jones 5 03109 Fabuleux (5) fr ..........................N Purdon (J) 6 92841 Best Defence (6) fr ..................... R Close (J) 7 46676 Bhappy (7) fr .................................R Jenkins 8 32985 Franco Salisbury (8) fr............. S Golding (J) 9 4x074 Johnny Mick fr .............................. Scratched 10 10x34 Livura (21) fr................................... K Barron 11 40532 Little Lion Man (22) fr ................M Purvis (J) 12 39x15 Romanite (23) fr ................................. R May 13 10915 Go Collect (24) fr............................T Chmiel 14 84243 Storm Maguire (25) fr ....................... D Dunn 5 7.24pm MORRISON’S SADDLERY & FEED MO-

BILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ c2 to c3, mobile, 2600m 1 1319 On The Town (1) fr ........................... D Dunn 2 31600 Music (2) fr ..................................C DeFilippi 3 21228 Nero Star (3) fr ................................M Jones 4 29102 Rapid Mach (4) fr ..........................R Holmes 5 25255 Joey Maguire (5) fr ...........................S Ottley 6 2324x Boom Gate (6) fr ...............................J Dunn 7 687x2 Mr Franklin (7) fr.....................N Rasmussen 8 31422 Eva Sophnally (8) fr............................ R May 9 77626 Dynamic Party (9) fr .......................T Chmiel 6 7.54pm PGG WRIGHTSON NZYSS SOUTHERN GRADUATE MBL PACE $25,000, 2yo, mobile, 1950m 1 Vanquished (1) fr.............................. D Dunn 2 12 Alta Las Vegas (2) fr..........................J Dunn 3 5 Sparkling Delight (3) fr G O’ .................Reilly 4 111 Chase The Dream (4) fr .........N Rasmussen 5 32 Motu Premier (5) fr ........................M Purdon 6 Chittybangbang fr......................... Scratched 7 8.24pm BROSNAN TRANSPORT MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ mares c1 to c2, mobile, 1950m 1 280x1 Idolise (1) fr .................................. S McNally 2 21844 Ask Me Mach (2) fr...........................S Ottley 3 35228 Buzkil (3) fr ....................................J Geddes 4 02210 Culinary Delight (4) fr ................M Purvis (J) 5 05394 Tubbys Sister (5) fr .......................... G Smith 6 28937 Little Tess (6) fr...............................T Chmiel 7 25759 Digital Art (7) fr................................. D Dunn 8 71332 Secret Lotion (8) fr ............................J Dunn 9 47224 Perissa (9) fr....................................M Jones

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10 11336 Sicilian Secret (21) fr.................. T Quate (J)

8 8.54pm EQUINE VETERINARY SERVICES HANDI-

CAP TROT $8500, 4yo+ c3 & faster trot, stand, 2600m 1 62118 Xmas Joyella (1) fr ....................... S McNally 2 0x011 Belles Son (2) fr ............................... D Dunn 3 0135P Zachary Binx (1) 10...................A Tomlinson 4 20001 The Bog (2) 10 ............................N McGrath 5 60x13 Majestic Time (3) 10....................... K Barron 6 53983 Tart N Tights (4) 10 ........................T Chmiel 7 48668 Quality Invasion (U1) 30.................G Archer 8 26873 King Of Strathfield (1) 40 ..................J Dunn 9 13897 Vulcan (1) 50 .......................................B Butt 9 9.24pm BISHOPDALE/BUSH INN TAB&TAVERN HAREWOOD MBL PACE $5000, 4yo+ c0 to c2, 2600m 1 299x7 McArdles Smooth (1) fr ..............P Anderson 2 45063 Smokin Chick (2) fr....................... R Sissons 3 04224 Billy Jack (3) fr...................................A Edge 4 080x3 Stylish Babe (4) fr ....................J McDermott 5 564x0 Artys On Fire (5) fr ....................... P Wallace 6 25257 Selester (6) fr ...................................S Blake 7 0x030 Batini (7) fr ..................................... M Hallett 8 33232 Mighty Peruvian (8) fr ......................G Johns 9 90909 Winstone P (9) fr ..............................A White 10 39336 She’s Got It (21) fr ..........................R Reekie 11 78771 Nikola (22) fr ...............................D Reardon 12 16888 Franco Harrison (23) fr ............... M Maynard 13 90800 Iwannabebig (24) fr .......................... R Earle 14 03080 Donegal Cam’s Card (U1) fr........M Stratford 10 9.54pm MONARCHY MOB TROT0, 3yo+, 1950m

1 69440 South Coaster (1) fr ........................... R May 2 0PP22 One Yankee Hall (2) fr .................. S McNally 3 70052 Time For Success (3) fr.................... C Ward 4 07 Alvira Hest (4) fr ............................... D Dunn 5 07544 Natives Lasting Love (5) fr ......... K Cameron 6 080 Rocknpop (6) fr ................................. C Ford 7 79x86 Harley (7) fr .................................. P Wakelin 8 24537 Roydon’s Jewel (8) fr.........................J Dunn 9 Here We Are fr ............................. Scratched 10 46253 Zsa Zara (21) fr .........................A Tomlinson 11 20332 Need Success (22) fr .......................J Curtin 12 30559 Johnny Alexander (U1) fr ...............T Chmiel 11 10.19pm CHANGEOVER & LION BEVERAGES MOBILE PACE $6500, c0 with cond., mobile, 1950m 1 26442 Party Rage (1) fr ..............................J Curtin 2 069 Gabby’s Star (2) fr .........................R Holmes 3 00x32 Ohapuku Eyre (3) fr ........................... R May 4 42044 Fernleigh Hannah (4) fr ..............N Harris (J) 5 0 Millwood Lanoch (5) fr.................... K Barron 6 5x Classie Stonebridge (6) fr .......... K Cameron 7 85 Windfall (7) fr .................................... D Dunn 8 00P7 Extremo Velocidad (8) fr............... S McNally 9 38452 Beale Street Boy (9) fr....................T Chmiel 10 00556 Sarah P (21) fr .......................S Hickman (J) 11 Bank Girl (22) fr....................... S Golding (J) 12 0090 Scott Higgi (23) fr ................ J Harrington (J) 13 Antioch (24) fr ..............................I Cameron 14 03000 Lavros Cash fr.............................. Scratched 15 5 Ashdal Maid (25) fr.................... M Edmonds

Today at Addington Raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway. NZ Meeting number: 10. 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 4.28pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 84173 Know Fault 17.24 ...........................G Cleeve 2 66364 Mary Marlow 17.14 ......................... M Grant 3 86356 Neddy Seagoon 17.29 ........................A Lee 4 46535 Little Midnight 17.24 ...................D Stapleton 5 35522 Chaimbo 17.21..........................J McInerney 6 58545 Opawa Opal 17.21 L & ....................... Wales 7 22676 Question Bale nwtd ...................J McInerney 8 88813 Another Groom 17.38 ...............J McInerney 9 x5465 Laudable nwtd............................D Stapleton 10 65775 Know Mayhem 17.42 .....................G Cleeve 2 4.47pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE ROBBIE DASH C4, 295m 1 12285 Bellwave 17.20 ...........................D Stapleton 2 41322 About Town 17.30 ...............................A Lee 3 68633 Whitey’s Gone 17.30 .................J McInerney 4 66323 Opawa Idol 17.35 L &......................... Wales 5 21476 Ohoka Coby 17.13 ....................... L Waretini 6 32122 Flying Swan 17.16 ....................J McInerney 7 31664 Increasing 17.33 ............................. M Grant 8 214x7 Run For Sophie 17.30 ........................C Weir 9 32773 Starburst Terry 17.24....................... M Grant 10 17167 Cawbourne Danial 17.53 ...................C Weir 3 5.04pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C3, 295m

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33615 Cronk Went Plonk 17.46 ................. D Voyce 16756 Dillmanstown 17.30...........................J Dunn 43714 Homebush Bruno 17.34 ............J McInerney 18842 Van Gerwin 17.51 ......................H Anderton 13438 Jasper Haka 17.27 ....................J McInerney 43444 Wee Terra 17.34 C & .......................... Fagan 45561 Rattle Ya Dags 17.29................. R Cockburn 21368 Blazing Hot 17.58.......................D Stapleton x5465 Laudable nwtd............................D Stapleton 57627 Know Magic 17.34 .........................G Cleeve 4 5.38pm SKY HIGH SCAFFOLDING STAKES C3, 520m 1 22566 Botany Richie 30.30 ..................J McInerney 2 32174 Homebush Howard 30.62 .........J McInerney 3 32163 Lagoon Twist 30.78 ......................C Roberts 4 23647 Runaway Taxi 30.21 M &...................Jopson 5 12554 Lena Allen 30.44 .......................J McInerney 6 37175 Lagoon Mytye nwtd ......................C Roberts 7 62452 Flip Flippa 30.80 L & .......................... Wales 8 377x5 Opawa Stretch 30.33 L & ................... Wales 9 27548 Cawbourne Bright nwtd................M Roberts 10 58865 Cover To Cover 30.62.................D Stapleton 5 6.09pm NZ RACING SERIES SPRINT HEAT 1 NZRSq, 295m 1 47337 Tee Time 17.24 .............................R Adcock 2 23174 Norman Jewel 17.16 ....................C Roberts 3 85413 Dee 17.31 .................................A Bradshaw 4 87283 Stirling Dann nwtd C & ....................... Fagan 5 43266 What I Like nwtd .......................J McInerney

6 42661 Soumillon 17.65 ................................J Dunn 7 22257 Homebush Kelso 17.14 .............J McInerney 8 65484 Chokehold 17.38 ........................D Stapleton 9 77487 Rick’s Terra 17.25 C & ........................ Fagan 10 56x87 Know Certainty nwtd ......................G Cleeve 6 6.38pm NZ RACING SERIES SPRINT HEAT 2 NZRSq, 295m 1 21813 Homebush Chopper 17.25 ........J McInerney 2 14187 Opulent 17.46 .................................J Tanner 3 24533 Wunzee 17.39 ...........................J McInerney 4 18488 Another Colt 17.19 ....................J McInerney 5 88167 Star Dreamer 17.21 C & .................... Fagan 6 75521 Rodriguez 17.10..................................A Lee 7 35x58 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith 8 21311 Bo’s Business 17.27........................ M Grant 9 77487 Rick’s Terra 17.25 C & ........................ Fagan 10 56x87 Know Certainty nwtd ......................G Cleeve 7 7.08pm NZ RACING SERIES SPRINT HEAT 3 NZRSq, 295m 1 33236 Sleeper Agent 17.16 .................A Bradshaw 2 42544 Abound 17.23................................R Adcock 3 41153 Homebush Paige 17.33.............J McInerney 4 62443 No Leaf Clover 17.15 .........................C Weir 5 13285 Puma Pants 17.15.....................J McInerney 6 68x11 Sophie’s Terra 16.99 C & ................... Fagan 7 12636 Smash Rumour 17.19 ..................... M Grant 8 65177 Know Jealousy 17.22 .....................G Cleeve 9 77487 Rick’s Terra 17.25 C & ........................ Fagan 10 56x87 Know Certainty nwtd ......................G Cleeve

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8 7.38pm NZ RACING SERIES SPRINT HEAT 4 NZRSq, 295m 1 18551 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 2 42112 Angel Noir 17.15 .......................J McInerney 3 56376 Big Muddy 17.29 M &.......................... Smith 4 42665 Impersonator 17.27 ...................A Bradshaw 5 54343 Opawa Colin 17.19 L & ...................... Wales 6 21F84 Quedrago 17.22 C & .......................... Fagan 7 78368 Homebush Ariel 17.42 ..............J McInerney 8 53254 Token Stu 17.18 ................................ J Rush 9 77487 Rick’s Terra 17.25 C & ........................ Fagan 10 56x87 Know Certainty nwtd ......................G Cleeve 9 8.09pm NZ RACING SERIES SPRINT HEAT 5 NZRSq, 295m 1 31614 Clone Your Own 16.87 ........................A Lee 2 8168x Terra Annie 17.22............................. B Dann 3 46455 Sprinkles 17.23 .........................J McInerney 4 62813 Homebush Zane 17.37 .............J McInerney 5 34461 Zorba The Greek 17.26 ................... M Grant 6 74622 Plagiarism 17.02 ...............................J Dunn 7 31414 Botany Win 17.32 ......................J McInerney 8 11285 Inspector Spot 17.07 .................A Bradshaw 9 77487 Rick’s Terra 17.25 C & ........................ Fagan 10 56x87 Know Certainty nwtd ......................G Cleeve 10 8.39pm HAMPDEN TAVERN STAKES C4, 520m 1 825x8 Opawa Michelle 30.44 J & ..............D Fahey 2 75347 Opawa Zara 30.37 L & ....................... Wales 3 35546 Karen’s Magic 30.69 .....................R Adcock

67775 Jinja Turtle 30.43 .......................A Bradshaw 62172 Cawbourne Witch 30.34 ...............C Roberts 25313 Wears The Gold 30.58 .................C Roberts 31847 Cawbourne War 30.22 .................C Roberts 33273 His Lordship 30.29 ........................R Adcock F4868 Culvie Magic 29.92 .......................R Adcock 55878 Game Girl 30.58............................R Adcock 11 9.09pm CTV SPRINT C5, 520m 1 43175 Jessie Surfs 30.35 .......................C Roberts 2 31132 Fast Archer 29.86...............................C Weir 3 15175 Magic Emily 30.15 H &........................Taylor 4 62583 Elephant Gunn nwtd .....................R Adcock 5 81424 Opawa No Ear 30.18 L & ................... Wales 6 51127 Cawbourne Philip 30.34 ............J McInerney 7 35522 Botany Blake 30.38 ...................J McInerney 8 1 Izzey Bale 30.21...........................C Roberts 9 55251 Botany Kevin 30.49 ...................J McInerney 10 16176 Trust Issues 30.04 J &.....................D Fahey 12 9.39pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C5, 295m 1 23332 Zebidiah 17.02 ..........................A Bradshaw 2 43155 Irish Blue 17.01 J & .........................D Fahey 3 21132 Sozin’s Comet 16.94 .................J McInerney 4 11131 Little Regus 17.01 J & .....................D Fahey 5 15112 Aiden Baxter 17.12 ...................J McInerney 6 51146 Cawbourne Buttsy 17.21..............C Roberts 7 41228 Collecting Money 17.27 .................. M Grant 8 62111 Grand Apache 17.14 S & ................B Evans 9 34551 Barnicle Bullet 17.33 ....................... M Grant 10 71426 Keramus 17.09 ...............................G Cleeve

4 Nisaean (10) 58.5 ...................B Hutton (a2) 5 Tiny Bit Big h (8) 58.5 ................ Z Moki (a3) 6 2x22 Harbour Beau b (2) 58 ...............M Coleman 7 Arezzo 58 ..................................... Scratched 8 8x Foxburrow Hill (18) 58 ..................... S Spratt 9 5034x Call Me Blondie b (7) 56.5 ..........T Thornton 10 Lucky Affair (13) 56.5 ..................C Lammas 11 Milly May (15) 56.5 ..............A Schwerin (a4) 12 27. Astrid b (6) 56 ............................M Cameron 13 x8727 Offspring (4) 56 ..................L Magorrian (a2) 14 9x047 Lady De Lago h (12) 56 .......... R Smyth (a1) 15 A Tad Leica 56 ............................. Scratched 16 Secluded (14) 56....................... M D Plessis 17 8 Licavoli (11) 58 18 280x6 Reset The Turbo h (9) 58.5 19 3746x Jouet Cuvee 56 ............................ Scratched 20 7x9. Atua b (1) 58 21 Elegant Lad 58 ............................. Scratched 22 Summalucky (5) 56 Emergencies: Licavoli, Reset The Turbo, Jouet Cuvee, Atua, Elegant Lad, Summalucky 6 4.57pm PIAKO RURAL SERVICES RATING 65 1200 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 x0090 Gold Hunter tdmh (14) 59 .......B Hutton (a2) 2 x3551 Maestro (2) 59............................M Cameron

3 28x1 Harbour Star d (5) 58.5 ..............M Coleman 4 73162 Bachata (7) 58.5 ................L Magorrian (a2) 5 x7485 Alter Ego d (11) 58 .............................M Hills 6 2210 Fully Funded t (1) 58 ...................T Thornton 7 69x18 The Real Deal d (3) 58....................S Collett 8 0x100 Fighter Class (9) 57.5 .......................M Chui 9 x31x5 Moccona Mist h (12) 57 ...... R Hutchings (a) 10 810x7 Gardone d (13) 56.5....................C Lammas 11 x090x Diorella (4) 56 ...............................M McNab 12 x8160 Labels (10) 56 ........................... M D Plessis 13 168. Sworntomylover td (6) 55.5 ...........P Holmes 14 4059x Thatz It (8) 55............................. L Satherley 7 5.33pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RATING 65 1600 $12,000, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1600m 1 2312 Maid Of Steel b (6) 59 ......... R Hutchings (a) 2 18274 Vive La Difference (7) 59 ...........M Cameron 3 61 Blue Flag d (2) 58.5 ........................ C Grylls 4 6x251 Capriella td (4) 58.5 .................... D Johnson 5 47391 Promises d (8) 57.5................... M D Plessis 6 71570 Endean Rose (3) 57.5 .............B Hutton (a2) 7 1097x Silver Minx (1) 57.5 ............L Magorrian (a2) 8 40x30 Running Scared d (5) 56 ..........A Jones (a2) 9 83047 Our Serafina d (9) 55.5 ............... R Hannam

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Today at Te Aroha Raceway

Racing Te Aroha’s meeting at Te Aroha on March 12. NZ Meeting number: 2. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7.

Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7.

1 1.58pm (NZT) GRAND TAVERN MAIDEN 2200 $7000, MDN, 2200m 1 75444 Big Meadsy (7) 58.5 ...................V Gatu (a3) 2 20840 Cruiseo h (4) 58.5 .......................C Lammas 3 x0408 Sino Heights (3) 58.5 ..................T Thornton 4 45828 Sir Sava (1) 58 .......................... M D Plessis 5 46633 Centre Stage (9) 56.5 ................. D Johnson 6 67653 Bahrella (8) 56.5 ......................A Jones (a2) 7 83598 I Candy (5) 56.5 .......................... R Hannam 8 74. Frock (2) 56 ................................M Cameron 9 83646 Hot Property (6) 56 ........................V Colgan 2 2.33pm CHALKY’S 65TH BIRTHDAY MAIDEN 1600 $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 3443x The Talisman (11) 58.5 ................. R Norvall 2 459x5 Lucky To Be Cool (7) 58.5 ...............S Collett 3 Leif Erikson (4) 58.5 ................ R Smyth (a1) 4 6x770 Zah Off (10) 58.5........................M Cameron 5 86423 All Jokes Aside b (5) 58 ...... R Hutchings (a) 6 7882 Etonett (9) 58 .................................. C Grylls 7 3 Bee Tee Junior (6) 58 .................. D Johnson 8 83 Furuvik 58 .................................... Scratched 9 637x3 Naughty Knuckles (16) 58 ..........M Sweeney

10 03. Skyscraper (15) 58.............L Magorrian (a2) 11 96 Eddie Gilbert (3) 58......................... S Spratt 12 0 London Pride (8) 58 ....................C Lammas 13 06860 Abbey Rose h (13) 56.5 ..............T Thornton 14 0 Zeeqah (1) 56.5 ......................... L Satherley 15 55 Voldini (14) 56 ........................... M D Plessis 16 658 La Novice (2) 56................ U Holmquist (a3) 17 09x29 Right Said Fred (12) 58.5 ...............V Colgan Emergency: Right Said Fred 3 3.09pm DAVE & JANET D’ABO MAIDEN 1400 $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 2437x Charlie Pride b (1) 58.5 ..............M Cameron 2 2445 What’s Up Alf h (5) 58 ..................... C Grylls 3 60x73 Adequate (7) 58 .............................. S Spratt 4 Howland (11) 58.............................V Colgan 5 Pacorus (12) 58..................................M Hills 6 x3303 Go Teena b (16) 56.5 .................M Coleman 7 6x8x5 Mezzaluna (10) 56.5 ................... D Johnson 8 45x Victoria Heights (9) 56.5 ...............P Holmes 9 4x0x7 Moneymakehersmile 56.5 ............ Scratched 10 0x Max A Miss (2) 56.5 .................A Jones (a2) 11 x677x Sakhee’s Star (6) 56.5 ........A Schwerin (a4) 12 4. Candelabra (14) 56 .........................S Collett 13 x38x0 Fort Street Dancer (13) 56 .L Magorrian (a2) 14 Candara (8) 56 ............................C Lammas

15 9. Gale Force Sun (15) 56 16 Summalucky (3) 56 ................... M D Plessis 17 509x6 Twickenham (4) 58.5 ...................T Thornton 18 09x29 Right Said Fred 58.5 .................... Scratched Emergencies: Twickenham, Right Said Fred 4 3.45pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES F&M MAIDEN 1600 $12,000, MDN F&M, 1600m 1 75222 Rubee (7) 57.5 ...........................M Cameron 2 x64x4 Excitar (6) 57.5............................ D Johnson 3 68x67 Maurral (3) 57.5 ......................B Hutton (a2) 4 07078 Panamba (9) 57.5 5 0x042 Iffitel (2) 57 ..................................T Thornton 6 083 Jane’s Secret (8) 57 ........................ C Grylls 7 9803 You Are Amazing (4) 57 .............M Sweeney 8 0x94 Tickle Me (1) 57 .............................. S Spratt 9 3759. Lady Pimpernel (11) 57............. M D Plessis 10 55 Midnight Hour (10) 57 ................M Coleman 11 6 Tangible (12) 57 12 Bixby (5) 57 .....................................S Collett 13 60 Plenteous (13) 57........................ R Hannam 5 4.21pm AXIS AUTOMOTIVE & ELECTRICAL MAIDEN 1200 $8000, MDN, 1200m 1 6x03 Classic Emperor h (17) 58.5 ...........S Collett 2 President Tomado h (3) 58.5 ...S McKay (a3) 3 Marchero (16) 58.5 ..................... R Hannam

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In brief Big guns back For the Crusaders, the waiting is almost over. Not only is Dan Carter about to return from injury, but big guns Kieran Read, Sam Whitelock and Nemani Nadolo are also about to be unleashed against a Lions team probably still on a high from beating the Blues. Forwards Read and Whitelock, back from their All Black-enforced rest, and big wing Nadolo back from a stint in Japan, will add much needed punch to a team which has looked below par this season – first half against the Highlanders excepted.

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■ RUGBY

Flying start for college

NZ Open wide open The more we know, the less we know. We know Ryan Fox is the sort of male version of Lydia Ko, Michael Hendry and Mark Brown are out of form but play well here, and Josh Geary is ready for a breakthrough win. But we don’t know which unheralded Australian will choose this week to fire, nor how some of the Japan Tour golfers will perform. To put it bluntly, tipping a winner of the $1 million New Zealand Open at The Hills and Millbrook is about as simple as predicting the weather in these parts.

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Phoenix foxing?

Wellington Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick might be foxing but he insists that a handful of players could miss Saturday’s top-of-thetable clash with the Glory in Perth.

The Phoenix, who have bounced back to form with wins over Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United in the past two weeks, have conducted light training sessions this week. Many of them returned from Melbourne following the triumph over the Victory with tight calf muscles due to the firm AAMI Park turf, while the Adelaide game was a draining experience.

Ben Sigmund, Michael Boxall, Alex Rodriguez and Nathan Burns all skipped training or took on minimal work at Newtown Park in Wellington yesterday due to a variety of ailments.

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Foot surgery for Foley Richmond midfielder Nathan Foley will miss the start of the AFL season after undergoing foot surgery. Foley, 29, recently reported soreness on the bottom of his foot and will be sidelined for around six weeks after having an operation to rectify the problem.

“Axel had a bit of an issue with his plantar fascia ... so he needed a small release done to help alleviate that,” physical performance manager Peter Burge told the club’s website.

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Packer’s return closer Former jailbird Russell Packer has moved a step closer to returning to rugby league after meeting with the NRL. NRL Integrity Unit chief Nick Weeks travelled to Wollongong on Tuesday to meet with Packer and St George Illawarra officials.

Packer is involved in community engagement work with the Dragons as they prepare him for a return to the NRL. The 25-year-old former Warrior was released from prison in January after serving a one-year term for assault.

The Dragons are yet to lodge Packer’s playing contract.

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Ashburton College First XV lock Ashton McArthur secures the ball at a line-out during his side’s early-season hit out against a Celtic Under 18 selection at Celtic Rugby grounds last night. The school side, under new coaches Dave McCrea and Dave McLeod, has been working on fitness prior to the start of the University of Canterbury Cup competition for First XVs in late April. Their pre-season work paid off, the side running in plenty of tries to win by 50 points.

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SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS DRAWS

Rnd 1 Heather Smith trophy-stableford.

Report 9.15 am. Convenors Ann Fleming 3084005 and Joy Nicholas 3086464.

Tinwald Golf Club

■ Bowls Hampstead Bowling Club March 14 Histon triples 9:00am start. Skips: M Skilling, B Holdom, D Gutberlet, J Drayton, W Kellet, B Marsh, M Grice, G Clarke, J Ryk, D Muir, G Taylor, C Leech, B Mayson Please note Scott Memorial is now a half day open triple competition Entries please phone M Berhns on 3072838

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 14 Weekend Women Aoteoroa Cup, Coroation Medal, Senior Vets Trophy, Junior Links. Report 8.20 am.

All women players welcome to join weekend ladies. Club Captain – Jenny Williams 3082081 March17 Mid-Week Women Aoteoroa Cup, Coronation Medal, Senior Vets Trophy, Junior Links.

No.1 Tee. 9.00 S. Lemon, V. Moore, P. Bell. 9.06 F. Williamson, J. Guilford, L. Wackrow. 9.12 B. Turton, W. Parr, A. Hewson. 9.18 C. Trott, J. Welch, M. Watson. 9.24 H. Hawksby, D. Hinton, A. Grant. 9.30 G. Lane, K. Green, J. Ackerley.

No.7 Tee 9.18 R. Bennett, R. Fail, S. Simpson. 9.24 J. Montgomery, H. Trott, M. Bean.

No.10 Tee. 9.00 M. Urquhart, H. Ward, K. Read. 9.06 T. Cates, H. Robertson, L. Small. 9.12 K. Robb, D. Engelbrecht, D. Simmons. 9.18 B. Watkins, A. Hunt, J. Dunlop. 9.24 F. Matsinger, J. McKeown, K. Shaw. 9.30 J. Early.

Tuesday Starters: A. Grant and J. Early.

Draw Steward: Kathryn Green 3085393.

March 19 Nine Hole Men and Women’s Section.

March 14 Medal round (T score) Morning players: clubhouse draw for 8am start.

No 1 Tee 12.30, B Kirdy, J Smitheram, W Lloyd, P Hefford. 12.36, R Kirdy, R Harris, G Rennie, P Marshall. 12.42, B Collins, W Scott, A Pierce, S Kircher No 10 Tee 12.30, D Gill, W Eddington, C Miller, S Anderson. 12.36, R Wards, A Barrie, L Jackson, A Millar. 12.42, C Whiting, A Pawsey, D Green, M Fechney No 13 Tee 12.30, E Tulip, R Bruce, O Everest, D Allan. 12.36, S Lane, J Beardsley, W Stevenson, J VanderHeide Starters; am B Collins pm B Collins, S Kircher. Cards; S Anderson March 17 Women’s Pat McLauchlan all irons All players to report by 8.45 for 9.00 start.

No 1 9.00 J. Smith L. Bird V. Prendergast 9.05 P. McAndrew B. O’Neill T. Clarke 9.10 M. Bennett R. Kinvig K. McAuliffe 9.15 A. Dwan M. Kennedy P. Ellis No 7 9.00 H. Argyle L. Glassey V. Cartney 9.05 J. Bruhns B. Harris D. Sharplin 9.10 P. Bell I. Divers M. Pawsey No 10 9.00 C. Linney M. Colville B. Cochrane 9.05 J. vander Heide C. Shanks S. Vucetich 9.10 D. Bell V. Hampton D. Wellman M. Reddecliffe No 13 9.00 S. Young M. Smith M. Moore 9.05 J. Undy P.Bishop S. Gutsell 9 Holes Sue Bunt Salver (GNZ) No 1 9.30 M. Sherriff B. Irvine R. O’Brien 9.35 D. Mitchell I. Ross J. Cartwright 9.40 C. Carr K. Young N. Costin Starters M. Kennedy P. Ellis Cards V. Prendergast S. Young Tea duty P. Bell M. Moore Draw steward J. Bruhns Ph 3089438

■ Softball Mid Canterbury Softball

March 14 Semi-finals T Ball 9:00- T2 Allenton Strikers v Borough Bashers, T3 Hampstead Gold v Tinwald Dolphins, T4 Hampstead Pitchers v Wakanui Wackers, T5 Hampstead Catchers v BNZ Rakaia Rangers. Longbeach Stars bye.

T Ball 10:15- T2 Hampstead Strikers v Longbeach Strikers, T3 Allenton Tigers v Borough Black, T4 Wakanui Wrecking Balls v Hampstead Blue, T5 Hampstead Fielders v JFM Rakaia Royals, T6 Netherby Nomads v Allenton Blue Jays.

Little League Div 1 9:00- D2 Elite Panthers v Pearsons Rakaia Red Sox, Panthers to umpire. D3 Metalcopr Hampstead All Stars v Quigleys Contracting Tinwald Black Sox, Renegades to umpire.

ADSC Cubs have finished 5th in this grade and have no further games.

Little League Div 2 10:15- D2 Fairfield Juniors v ADSC Tigers, Rustys to umpire. D3 Rookie Panthers vResolve Tax Rakaia Ravens, Hampstead to umpire.

D4 ADSC Cardinals v Rakaia Bridgestone Battlers, Renegades to umpire.

This will be the final game for the Rakaia Bridgestone Battlers and the ADSC Cardinals as this is the playoffs for 5-6.

Seniors 1:00- ADSC Rebels v ADSC Rustys, Renegades to umpire.

Seniors 3:00- Nosh Cafe Hampstead Hawks v ADSC Renegades, Rebels to umpire.

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis Open Grade Tennis March 14 At the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre Open Grade A Grade 1.15pm Dorie/Fairton v Hampstead; Methven v Allenton; Tinwald v Hinds/Mayfield. * A Grade prize giving at conclusion of days play A Reserve 12.15pm Hinds/Longbeach v Hampstead; Methven v Lowcliffe; Allenton Green v Allenton Blue; *A Reserve prize giving at conclusion of

your play Junior Tennis Round 14: All games to start at 9am sharp B Grade - played at ATTC Duty Team Rakaia Blue Rakaia Blue v Hampstead; Methven Green v Tinwald Red; Methven Bronze v Wakanui Southern Stars; Tinwald Orange v Tinwald Purple.

Junior A Hinds Southern Smash v Dorie A at ATTC; Hampstead v Allenton at Hampstead.

Junior B Allenton v Hampstead at Allenton; Methven Silver v Tinwald at Tinwald; Methven Red v Longbeach/Willowby Southern Strikers at Longbeach.

Junior C Methven Black v Allenton Indigo at Mt Hutt College; Hinds Southern Stingers v Methven White at Methven Domain; Hampstead Gold v Longbeach/Willowby Wakalong Wolves at Hampstead; Allenton Maroon v Dorie C at Dorie Hall; Hampstead Blue v Rakaia at Hampstead. Mayfield Silver Racquets has the Bye. Please phone any defaults through to Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis 308 3020 as soon as possible.

RESULTS ■ Rifle Shooting Mt Somers club 2 March - Eddie Millichamp 72, 75, Stephen Millichamp 94.3, Rebecca Joseph 65, Meg Dudley 79, Alex Barnaby 74, Jake Dudley 95.3, Richard Joseph 82, Greg Barnaby 72, Kevin Fews 78, Mark Smith 89.1, 86.1, Sid Stewart 96.1, Wayne Tubb 93.2.

9 March - Stephen Millichamp 96.4, Eddie Millichamp 80.1, Hunter Lill 81, 83.1, Patrick Duff 52, 58, Dave Millichamp 95.4, 190.4, Fergus Wakelin 84.2, Brent Frame 91.3, 91.1, Jacob Smith 86, 84.1, Mark Smith 87, 93.1, Kevin Fews 81, Sid Stewart 95.4, Wayne Tubb 91.1.

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

■ CRICKET WORLD CUP

‘We have plans for him’ Bangladesh spin coach Ruwan Kalpage delivered a courteous sledge to New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum yesterday, saying he expected him to be out early in tomorrow’s final World Cup pool game for both teams.

“He hasn’t proven himself starting against spinners,” Kalpage said. “It’ll be tough, but we have plans for him.”

The former Sri Lankan offspinner, who played 11 tests and 86 one-day internationals, is familiar with Seddon Park. He took his first two ODI wickets – John Wright and Rod Latham – on the ground at the 1992 World Cup. He’s right to take confidence from Bangladesh’s 2010 and 2013 performances against New Zealand ein Bangladesh. They have won the last seven completed one-day internationals and are coming off a 15-run victory over England in Adelaide which guaranteed them a quarter-finals place.

The next best record by another international team over seven matches against New Zealand is South Africa’s five wins.

Conversely, New Zealand won 3-0 against Bangladesh during the last series at home in 2010.

Kalpage hinted spin would get more of an opportunity for Bangladesh, having played four of their five World Cup games on faster-paced Australian pitches.

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Black Caps including (from left) Adam Milne, Tim Southee and Trent Boult took time out from their Cricket World Cup campaign with a midweek visit to horse racing’s Waikato Stud.

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The success of India’s Ravi Ashwin and Ravi Jadeja on Tuesday night will have spurred them, with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni saying, “I think this [the Hamilton pitch] is the slowest New Zealand wicket we will see.”

Bangladesh have used veteran spinners Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah regularly, but left-arm orthodox Arafat Sunny (eight overs), off-spinner Nasir Hossain (five overs) and leg-spinner Sabbir Rahman (14 overs) have had limited chances.

Kalpage’s jovial slight against McCullum has merit, albeit it’s

been said about a player with three 50s, an average of 49.80 and a strike rate of 193 at this tournament.

But the New Zealand captain has had limited success against Bangladesh. In 17 ODI innings, he averages 20.18. He’s passed 50 against them only twice but the problems have tended to come against pace rather than spin. Incumbent opening bowler Rubel Hossain has dismissed him three times in seven matches.

Bangladesh can also expect to have challenges with the bat against a New Zealand at-

Man of many talents This is getting greedy, but as Graeme Smith, Faf du New Zealand fans might Plessis, Ian Bell and Maconsider asking captain hendra Singh Dhoni.

Brendon McCullum to “Once it (my bowling) bowl Kane Williamson in was taken away, it made one-day internationals. me want it more,” WilIt only has to be an over liamson said upon his reor two but, since Williamturn in December. “It’s son remodelled his action still important I get opto remove illegalities, he portunities in matches to has averaged 88.50 with put the action under presthe bat at a strike rate of sure so it becomes more 93 in matches he bowls, natural.” compared to 65.67 at 90 in Williamson’s one for matches he doesn’t. He’s 117 from 19 ODI overs at Kane Williamson bowled one over for seven an economy rate of 6.15 runs at the World Cup so has had minimal impact far. since renewing his ‘bowling licence’, Williamson spent five months modi- mainly because specialists are delivering. fying his action to be less round-armed Another factor to consider is every and more over-the-top. He remains on time Williamson bowls is an opportunity probation until July 21, 2016, two years lost in the field – his work rate, particuafter the date of his first suspension and larly as a catcher and pinball within the will be suspended from bowling in in- 30m circle saves numerous runs. ternational cricket for a minimum of 12 Bowling might have been far from months if he’s charged again.

Williamson’s mind today as he shrugged His 24 wickets at 34.50 have been a off the remnants of a gastro bug which, useful ODI wicket-taking option. His much to the envy of several international economy rate of 5.57 is relatively expen- bowling attacks, had ripped through him. sive but he has dismissed batsmen such - NZME

tack in their ODI pomp. Trent Boult (13 wickets at 13.69 and economy rate 3.86) and Tim Southee (13 wickets at 16.84 and economy rate 4.76) are the most successful bowlers at this World Cup with Daniel Vettori chasing on 12 wickets at 11.33.

Luke Ronchi described his wicketkeeping role as “the best seat in the house” today.

“Every game, one particular bowler is doing well,” he said.

“It’s awesome seeing the swing in action, and keeping to Dan is fun when you watch him work batsmen out.”

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Daily Events Thursday

9.00am ASHBURTON KIDNEY SOCIETY. Free blood pressure checks, ex Kumps shop in the Arcade off Burnett and Tancred Street.

9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning next 9 moves. Social hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am BALMORAL HALL LINEDANCERS. Balmoral hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime section, great exercise, new players welcome, rackets available. Sports Hall, Tancred St. 9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST

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PARISH GOODWILL SHOP. Sale of Pre loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, cnr Archibald and Jane Street, Tinwald.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around Op-shop.

Cnr Cass Street and Havelock St. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main St, Methven.

10.00am ST DAVID’S CHURCH. Fit kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.30am RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, 1st time free. St Andrews Church, Bridge Street Rakaia.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI.

Cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

6.00am 10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

Agriculture Encounter. Main 9.30am - 11.30am Street, Methven.

ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN 1.00pm - 3.00pm CHURCH. Drop in for a cuppa, clothing sale. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. St Andrews Anglican Church,

March 18: South Africa v Sri Lanka, Sydney March 19: India v Bangladesh, Melbourne March 20: Australia v Pakistan, Adelaide March 21: New Zealand v West Indies or Ireland, Auckland Group A is the far more straightforward of the two pools. New Zealand and Australia cleared out early, with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh filling the minor qualifying spots _ provided Sri Lanka beat Scotland last night and Bangladesh do not beat New Zealand tomorrow night.

In group B, the West Indies are two points behind Pakistan and Ireland in the three-way race for two spots. However, they have a superior run rate to the Irish. That means if they beat the UAE in the final round robin game in New Zealand, at Napier on Sunday, they will move ahead of Ireland into fourth place – unless the Irish get up over Pakistan in Adelaide.

If Ireland beat Pakistan, they cannot miss out on a last-eight spot. Pakistan and the West Indies’ net run rates are similar. Should Pakistan lose, and the Windies beat the UAE, Ireland would finish third and the West Indies could jump above Pakistan.

The criteria for deciding final group positions in the event of teams being level on points is the number of wins, followed by net run rate _ and the chances of two identical NRRs is highly remote _ with the head-to-head result when those teams met being the final splitter.

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Stretching exercises for all abilities. Social Hall, Havelock St. 1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Stitch and chat, all welcome, Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Welcomes regular and new players. M.S.A. Sports Grounds, Racecourse Road.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time /Sequence dancing.

Learn to dance, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research.

Ground floor, Heritage Centre, West Street.

WHAT’S ON Saturday, March 14

Super 15 Crusaders v Lions Kick-off 7.30pm

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Notice of Closure of half of Lake Hood The Northern half of Lake Hood will be closed from 5pm on Friday 13 until 7.30pm on Saturday, March 14, 2015 for the Aoraki Dragon Boat Association’s “2015 South Island Dragon Boat Championships”.

The public are invited to come along and enjoy the colour and excitement of this free event.

For enquiries contact Noel Anderton, phone 03 358 1633 or 021 392 665”

Birthday Greetings Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

Zavier Quinn Happy 2nd Birthday to our favourite wee boy, we love you to the moon and back.

Love Mum, Dad, Ella and all your family.

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

Number cake tins $15 for 7 day hire

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

RAFFLES Ashburton Anglican Parish Fair Raffle Results 1st - Ruban Whanau 2nd - C. Davison 3rd - K. Hanara 4th - K. Muscroft Taylor 5th - W. Grieve 6th - Murdoch Thank you all for your support. The winners have been notified

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CERAMIC tiles - tile quality LOST, FOUND guaranteed - Tile Warehouse LOST: Three standardbred selection available at brood mares, Seafield area.

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COMPUTER PROBLEMS? For Prompt Reliable Service Contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Ph 308 8989.

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Professionally and personally this is a day for reaching out, ensuring the communication lines are open and having the talks you need to have.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Mercury’s last full day in your career sector is all about having your head in the game, communication lines open and ideas on the table.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Whether it’s plans for future journeys or opening your mind to chances to move out of your comfort zone, freedom really is a state of mind.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) As Mercury spends his last full day in your financial sector make the most of a smart head for money and 20/20 hindsight while you have it.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) Mercury’s last full day in your relationship sector is all about doing whatever it takes to ensure communication lines are open and authentic.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) There’s a chance today to give your relationships and your emotional responses a voice, just a day before help was due to arrive anyway.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) This is not only a day for working to keep the spirit of romance and playfulness alive, but a balance between work and play as well.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) More important than any one conversation or game plan is the choice to make home and family matters and work/life balance a priority.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) You’re able to draw on your intuition and sixth sense keeping your head in the game and maintaining a strategic edge.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) As he spends his last full day in your income sector Mercury approaches income matters with a smart head for money and 20/20 hindsight.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) While your birthday month ended several weeks ago, the push to finalise everything into a game plan is only just coming together now.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) It’s those moments when you step back from the business of the day and take time to hear yourself think that are likely to be the most valuable.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian HAWKEY, Rev. Graham Earl – On March 10, 2015, after a short illness. In his 78th year.

Cherished husband of Margaret, devoted father of Rosemary, Sharon, Rachael, and Andrew and loved fatherin-law of Nicholas, Greg, and Sarah. Dear Pop to Angus, Brendan, Sean, Reuben, Liam, Emilie, and Cole.

Adored brother and friend of Fay and Grant, Helen and Mervyn. A kind and loving man of deep faith. Messages to Hawkey family, P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. In lieu of flowers, donations to Christian World Service would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Graham’s life will be held on SATURDAY, March 14, at St. Paul’s Church, Oxford St, Ashburton commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am Whanau Living Vegetarian recipes; tips for growing vegetables; Jenny May has advice for keeping children confident and safe around animals.

10:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 11:30 Coach Trip PGR 3 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Chrissie is rattled; Marlon and Laurel are nervous for their date; Nicola feels embarrassed. 0 1:30 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm Come Dine With Me Couples 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 F Shed Of The Year As the competition to find Britain’s best shed reaches its climax, the judges look at the final groups of shortlisted sheds. 0 8:30 Offspring AO 0 9:30 Best Bits 0 10pm Was It Something I Said? AO 10:30 One News Tonight 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 3 6:52 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 6:55 My Little Pony 0 7:20 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 7:50 Rated A For Awesome 3 0 8:15 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 8:40 Dinosaur Train 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle AO 1:30 Judge Rinder 2:35 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Numb Chucks 0 4pm Shake It Up 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Police Ten 7 A man tries to head butt the police; another man tries to evade a night in the cells. 0 8pm Highway Patrol PGR A man is suspected of driving under the influence of drugs. 0 8:30 The Flash AO 0 9:30 Arrow AO 0 10:30 Police Ten 7 3 0

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6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 12:50 The Test PGR 3 1:45 The Manor Reborn 3 Avebury Manor’s reinvention has problems with the wallpaper held up in customs, and a bed that does not fit. Will the National Trust accept the Manor’s new schemes?

3pm Jamie At Home 3 3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3

7pm Campbell Live 7:30 Top Gear PGR 0 8:40 Backstrom AO An arson investigator enlists the SCU’s help after a firebug’s latest crime is escalated to attempted murder. 0 9:40 Motive AO 0 10:40 3 News

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7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 60 Minutes PGR 3 8:30 Madam Secretary PGR Elizabeth pushes for the prosecution of a Bahraini diplomat caught holding a maid hostage in his home; Henry’s father visits.

9:30 American Idol PGR 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon A celebrity chat show.

11pm N Trauma – Level One AO (Part 1) Documentary going behind the scenes at a specialist trauma unit at University Hospital, Southampton. 12:05 Crime Secrets Of … AO 3 0 1:05 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:40 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

11pm The Originals AO 11:55 Monday Mornings AO 12:55 Highway Patrol PGR 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:25 Scandal AO 3 0 3:20 Army Wives AO 3 0 4:05 Regular Show PGR 3 0 4:15 Zeke And Luther 3 0 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

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11:30 Entertainment Tonight 11:55 Infomercials

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

Midnight Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

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CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 By Any Means 7:30 Catch And Cook – US 8am Barter Kings 8:30 Sophie In The Home Countries 9am The Cook And The Chef 9:30 Candice Tells All 10am Carter Can 10:30 Lonely Planet – 1000 Ultimate Experiences 11am Buying Alaska 11:30 Toy Hunter Noon Walking The Nile 1pm Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge 2pm By Any Means 3pm Barter Kings 3:30 Catch And Cook – US 4pm Beyond River Cottage 4:30 Clodagh’s Irish Food Trails 5pm Beat My Build 6pm Lonely Planet – 1000 Ultimate Experiences 6:30 Buying Hawaii 7pm The Liquidator 7:30 Rick Stein’s Spain Rick embarks on a culinary journey through Spain.

8:40 Thai Street Food With David Thompson 9:10 Rachel Khoo’s Cosmopolitan Cook 9:35 The People’s Cookbook 10:30 The Liquidator 11pm Beat My Build

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Midnight Lonely Planet – 1000 Ultimate Experiences 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Catch And Cook – US 1:30 Barter Kings 2am Beyond River Cottage 2:30 Clodagh’s Irish Food Trails 3am Buying Hawaii 3:30 Auction Room 4am Rick Stein’s Spain 5am The People’s Cookbook

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Team Umizoomi 3 7:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 8am Pukana 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am It’s In The Bag 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Korero Mai 3 2 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Team Umizoomi 4:30 Penguins Of Madagascar

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6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 #SkySpeed 7am Rugby – The Breakdown 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 9am NRL 360 10am Sterlo – On The Couch 11am Rugby – The Breakdown Noon Cycling – Tirreno-Adriatico (Highlights) Stage One. 12:30 Cycling – Paris-Nice (Highlights) Stage Three.

1pm Football – A-League Highlights Show 1:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Blues v Lions.

3:30 Motorsport – V8 Life 4pm Legends Of F1 5pm Motorsport – V8 Xtra 6pm Cycling – Paris-Nice (Highlights) Stage Three.

6:30 UFC 185 Countdown 7:30 Rugby – The Breakdown 8:30 Golf – New Zealand Open (Highlights) 9pm Motorsport – V8 Life An insight into the Holden Racing Team.

9:30 L Football – A-League Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners. From Coopers Stadium in Adelaide.

11:30 UFC 185 Countdown 12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 1am Fox Sports News 1:30 Golf – New Zealand Open (Highlights) 2am L Cycling – Paris-Nice Stage Four. 4am Football – A-League (Replay) Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners.

SKY SPORT 2 6am Rugby League – Holden Cup (Replay) Knights U20 v Warriors U20.

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8am Cycling – Paris-Nice (Replay) Stage Three. From Saint-AmandMontrond to Saint-PourÁain-surSioule.

10am InCycle A preview of the the week’s upcoming races with historical insight and tactical analysis.

10:30 Tennis – Davis Cup Backstrom (Highlights) First Round.

8:40pm on TV3 11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Noon Fox Sports News MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS 12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Golf Central 7:15 X-Men MV 2000 Action.

6:30 The Fifth Estate MVL 2013 2pm Golf – New Zealand PGA Drama. Benedict Cumberbatch.

Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, (Highlights) From Remuera Golf Club 8:35 Think Like A Man Too Halle Berry, Ian McKellen. in Auckland.

MS 2014 Comedy. Adam Brody, 9am Rumour Has It MS 2005 2:30 Sky Sports News UK Meagan Good.

Comedy. Jennifer Aniston, 3pm Squash – PSA World Tour 10:20 The Haunting Of Bryan Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine.

(Highlights) Windy City Open. From Becket ML 2010 Thriller. Tim Daly, 10:35 I Now Pronounce You Tom Arnold. 11:50 Elysium Chuck And Larry MLS 2007 Comedy. Chicago.

4pm L Golf – New Zealand 16VL 2013 Action. Matt Damon.

Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Open Round One. From 1:45 Cubicle Warriors 16LS 2013 Jessica Biel. 12:30 Spy Game Queenstown.

Comedy. Michael Seater, Joe Dinicol. MVL 2001 Action. Robert Redford, 6pm #SkySpeed 3:05 The Fifth Estate MVL 2013 Brad Pitt. 2:35 Knocked Up 16LS 6:30 InCycle A preview of the Drama. Benedict Cumberbatch.

2007 Comedy. Katherine Heigl, week’s upcoming races with 5:10 Breakaway PGVLS 2011 Seth Rogan. 4:40 Demolition historical insight and tactical analysis.

Comedy. Rob Lowe, Vinjay Virmani.

Man MVL 1993 Sci-fi Adventure.

7pm NRL Fulltime 6:50 Hummingbird 16VLS 2013 Sandra Bullock, Sylvester Stallone, 7:30 Super League – Boots ’n’ All Action. Jason Statham.

Benjamin Bratt. 6:35 Pineapple 8:30 NRL 360 8:30 Transcendence MV 2014 SciExpress 16VL 2008 Comedy.

9:30 Big Weekend With Matty fi. Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany.

Seth Rogen. 8:30 X2 MV 2003 Johns 10:30 The Best Man Holiday Action. Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, 10:40 L NRL Footy Show MLS 2013 Comedy. Taye Diggs, Hugh Jackman, Anna Paquin, Terrence Howard.

FRIDAY Halle Berry. 10:45 Paul MVLS 2011 1am Cycling – Paris-Nice FRIDAY Comedy. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost.

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12:30 Blood Ties 16VLS 2013 FRIDAY 1:30 Motorsport – V8 Life Thriller. Clive Owen, Billy Crudup.

12:35 The Face Is Familiar PG 2009 2am InCycle 2:35 Breakaway PGVLS 2011 2:30 L Cycling – TirrenoComedy. Rob Lowe, Vinjay Virmani. Documentary. 1:30 Knocked Up 16LS 2007 Comedy. Katherine Heigl, Adriatico Stage Two. 4:15 Hummingbird 16VLS 2013 4:30 Netball – ANZ Action. Jason Statham. 5:55 Blood Seth Rogan. 3:35 Demolition Championship (Replay) Pulse v Ties 16VLS 2013 Thriller. Clive Owen, Man MVL 1993 Sci-fi Adventure.

Firebirds.

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5:30 Paul MVLS 2011 Comedy.

5pm N Swagger A series where youth become the directors and storytellers of their own stories.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Toi Whakaari 3 8pm Hoiho 8:30 Hei Kinaki 3 10pm Te Po Mekemeke 2 10:30 Te Ara Wairua – A New Shed of the Year Hope AO 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30pm on TV One 11:30 Closedown

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1:30 Beauty Queen Murders M 2:30 Aeroplane Repo PG Flying Blind. 3:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Thanksgiving on the Homestead. 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG See-saw Saga. 6:30 Dirty Jobs Down Under PG Lost in Aboriginal Land.

7:30 Gold Rush PG Colossal Clean Up. 8:30 Gold Rush PG Grandpa John. 9:30 Alaskan Bush People M 10:30 Alaska Monsters M 11:30 Cry Wolfe M

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Mid Canterbury footballer Ryan Feutz has his bags packed for Spain.

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Feutz starts pro journey

BY JONATHAN LEASK

JONATHAN.L@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar … Feutz?

Ryan Feutz will follow the path of New Zealanders such as Winston Reid, Chris Wood and Rory Fallon – heading to Europe to chase the dream of becoming a professional footballer.

But Feutz is the first to go via Spain.

The 13-year-old striker finally departs for Spain on Tuesday bound for the Cracks CF football academy in Valencia.

“I’ve been ready to go for weeks,” Feutz said.

“Things out of my control, like obtain-

ing my visa, have delayed things but I’m just itching to get over there and start playing.”

It has been a frustrating wait for the youngster.

While the red tape and paperwork delayed his departure he had to bide his time at home, spending his days training or working on his correspondence school work, a concept he is still adjusting to.

It has all been worth the wait.

In Spain awaits his dream, the road to becoming a professional footballer.

Thousands of hopefuls get turned away every year and Ryan knows how much is

riding on this rare opportunity.

After being invited to trial for the academy in November – he was offered an extended stay after impressing the right people.

In the high stakes environment he produced the goods to be offered a place at the academy this year.

He’s under no illusion that he has to keep impressing the ‘right people’.

“The pressure is still on but it’s a different kind now.

“In the two months I was there last year it was pressure on every day, all the time because I knew they were looking

at me. Now that I’m in the academy the pressure is on to keep performing and develop to prove I deserve to be there and should stay there.”

Ryan knows what to expect, what is expected of him and just what’s on the line in Spain.

It’s a daunting prospect a world away from his family, who won’t see him again in the flesh until December, but he can’t wait to get stuck in.

“It’s a long time but I’m looking forward to it.

“I just want to get over there and start kicking a ball around.”

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