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Armistice Day – a time of reflection for many

BY LINDA CLARKE

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Mid Canterbury families who sent their sons to war were remembered yesterday at an Armistice Day service in Ashburton.

On November 11, 98 years ago, the Allied nations and Germany signed an armistice agreement to bring World War One to an end.

Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel said one-tenth of New Zealand’s population at the time served overseas and the war had long-lasting impacts for all families, including those who lived in Mid Canterbury.

A local widow Harriett Sutton sent five sons to fight in the war, only three returned. A tree planted in the Ashburton Domain commemorates her sons and all those who fought in the war.

“It is hard to comprehend sending five children into an intense war zone knowing there was a high chance they might never return,” Favel told the 60 people who gathered before the Ashburton cenotaph in Baring Square to mark Armistice Day yesterday.

“This day commemorates the bravery of families like the Suttons and their contribution to world peace.”

She said the fact that young people continued to visit battlefields of past wars showed they were interested in history and the sacrifice

Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel and RSA vice-president Allan Johnstone lay a wreath at the Ashburton Cenotaph to mark Armistice Day yesterday.

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An exhibition in the foyer of the Ashburton Heritage and Arts Centre proudly displays the names of 500 Mid Canterbury residents who lost their lives in the war; around 19,000 New Zealanders were killed and another 40,000 wounded.

Returned Services Association vice-president Allan Johnstone said the servicemen and women would not be forgotten.

Amongst those commemorating the occasion was Tinwald man David Best, who was dressed in a replica World War One uniform

– the same uniform worn by his great grandfather who fought on the Somme and in Belgium during 1914-1918.

His relative, John Mitchell Dickie, is buried in the Ashburton Cemetery.

Best has researched his family’s

Doctors to strike again

BY COLIN ENGELBRECHT COLIN.E@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

A second strike is planned in the coming weeks as junior doctors are still not satisfied with their work hours.

Resident doctors will once again walk off the job for 48 hours, starting at 7am on November 23 and finishing at 7am on November 25.

The doctors are striking to protest unfair work hours.

Currently they can work up to 12 days in a row or 10 consecutive nights, and a shift can last up to 16 hours.

The New Zealand resident Doctors Association is asking for the

maximum consecutive days to be lowered to 10, and night shifts lowered to four.

David Meates, Canterbury District Health Board (DHB) Chief Executive said the Canterbury Health System is preparing for the second planned strike by members of the NZRDA. During the last strike, all eight of Ashburton’s resident doctors participated, Canterbury DHB employs 487 Resident Medical Officers across the district and during the last strike only 145, or about 30 per cent, came into work.

The last strike between October 18 and 19 resulted in Canterbury DHB having to postpone and re-

book 181 elective surgeries and procedures, and 444 outpatient appointments.

“Like all District Health Boards, the Canterbury DHB is in the early stages of contingency planning with the focus on ensuring safe care during the 48-hour strike period, when most RDA members are expected to withdraw their services,” Meates said.

Meates said providing safe care for patients during the strike is the highest priority for people working in the Canterbury Health System.

“The DHB is prioritising essential and acute services, and so some elective surgeries and out-

patient appointments are being rescheduled.”

“People with appointments or surgery booked during the strike period can expect to hear from Canterbury DHB about whether they are affected or not,” he said.

During the strike the Christchurch emergency department will remain open, for other instances the DHB is asking people to phone their doctor first, unless it is life threatening.

For after-hours calls, people are advised to still ring their GP, where they will be put onto a nurse who can offer free health advice and can tell you what do if you need to be seen urgently.

military history and visited France and Belgium to walk in his great grandfather’s shoes.

He said it was important young people took time to understand the brutal conditions of war 100 years ago and appreciate the sacrifices made.

National’s Muller and Kuriger to stand again Todd Muller has been re-selected by National to contest the Bay of Plenty electorate and Barbara Kuriger MP will again contest the Taranaki-King Country electorate for National.

Muller was first elected in 2014. He’s currently the deputy chairman of parliament’s education and science committee and is a member of the foreign affairs, defence and trade committee.

Kuriger was first elected in 2014. She is deputy chairwoman of parliament’s health committee and is a member of the primary production committee.

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Local farmers taste success at Canterbury A&P Show

By LiNda CLarke

Mid Canterbury’s Stuart Sinclair (right) presents a Cheviot ewe hogget in the main sheep judging ring.

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Mid Canterbury farmers were amongst the stars when the Canterbury A&P Association held its 154th show over the past three days.

Sheep farmer Stuart Sinclair and dairy farmer Peter Gilbert both took home ribbons for outstanding stock; the Sinclair family breeds Suffolk, South Suffolk and Cheviot sheep while the Gilberts run a Jersey herd and stud started in the family four generations ago.

They were among a host of Mid Canterbury rural folk helping showcase the best of farming in the region to around 100,000 largely city-based visitors.

Amongst the special guests were Prime Minister John Key, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and All Black legend Richie McCaw. Guy said the show played a huge part in connecting rural and urban communities.

He had more good news for drought-affected North Canterbury farmers, who were smiling about rain that had recharged the top 25mm of soil on their parched properties.

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tries has also committed another $125,000 to help them with challenges that still lie ahead.

Guy said technical workshops on regrassing would help farmers

plan for the future and the Hurunui water project would eventually deliver more water for irrigation in dry times.

Ahead of a discussion about

farming in the future, Key said the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) may be a dead duck with Donald Trump now president elect in the United States, but it was not the

only game in town.

He said India and the Gulf States were among potential markets as middle income earners there consumed more protein.

India, with a population of 1.26 billion people, represented an opportunity for farming exports. “If they can grow their economy over time, that is a lot of people to buy products out of New Zealand and they cannot be self-sufficient because they don’t have the climate or the capacity.”

He told farmers there would be a huge amount of protein needed around the world.

Methven farmer Craige Mackenzie was part of the future farming presentation, talking about how precision agriculture – using technology to apply water, fertiliser and other farm inputs at the right time and at exactly the right amount – would be an important tool in making sure land and waterways were preserved and enhanced for now and future generations.

Climate change hits aquifer levels

By Sue NewmaN

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Farmers are being unfairly blamed for the declining levels in Mid Canterbury’s aquifers, says IrrigationNZ chief executive Andrew Curtis.

That reaction is an overly simplistic response to a larger, climatically induced problem, he said.

Mayfield residents have blamed the proliferation of wells for onfarm irrigation for the rapid decline in water levels in the well that supplies their village with water.

The Ashburton District Council put the village on level four water restrictions about two weeks ago.

This means hoses cannot be used.

Water use is limited to cooking and bathing.

It also told residents that it

would be moving a mobile water treatment plant on site. If the well level dropped below a usable level, water would be taken from a nearby creek, treated and then pumped to homes.

While some residents were satisfied that New Zealand drinking water standards would ensure the water was free from contaminants and safe to drink, others were outraged that people would be forced to drink the same water used by animals.

John Moore, who paid to have the village well sunk, said when the bore was put down four years ago to 118 metres, there was a good supply of water. Mass irrigation around the district had been responsible for dwindling well levels, he said.

He believes people are looking at the problem from one angle only and not getting the bigger picture.

“We’re sucking the district dry,” Moore said.

Curtis, however, believes the killer for the aquifers has been three winters of little rainfall and low snow levels. While late spring saw increases in rainfall, the months preceding this were very dry and the cumulative impact of three winters of low recharge is now showing underground, he said.

“People look at the recent rain and think the aquifers should be bouncing back, but it doesn’t work like that. Aquifer recharge is a relatively slow moving process. For the Mayfield area it’s very much driv-

en by winter rainfall. With three dry winters behind us, we were always going to have to be careful about water use coming into this season. In fact, local groundwater irrigators are also facing exactly the same issues.”

Farmers in the Mayfield area were not using ground water; their supply was alpine water from the Rangitata or Rakaia rivers, Curtis said.

“The bigger picture is that we have been close to drought for three years and many water resources are under pressure.”

Irrigation NZ had developed a programmed called SMART Irrigation practice and technology and by using this some irrigators are actually reducing the water they applied, he said.

“We advise irrigators only to apply water when necessary, to ensure they manage their water allocation sensibly. We certainly don’t want to see anyone wasting water and want to reassure the public that with careful and prudent use, irrigation within current allocation levels can be sustainable.”

There had been a slow start to this year’s irrigation season because of colder and wetter conditions and that meant lower demand, he said.

“We can understand that people are upset about the decline in their local aquifer but the bigger picture is we need to plan for climate change and the likely impacts on aquifer recharge. We need to be looking at how we use science to provide us with solutions.”

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Head students take time to reflect

By Colin EngElBrECht Colin.E@thEguardian.Co.nz

With exams under way, a successful year is drawing to an end for the head students of Mount Hutt College.

Head boy and girl Bailey Kinvig and Brooke Sandys reflected on their last year of high school and how it will affect them going into their careers.

The head students are appointed through a student and teacher vote then interviewed by the previous year’s head students and the principal and represent their fellow year 13s.

Head girl Brooke Sandys said she had mixed emotions because she was happy with her awards but also it was drawing closer to the end of the school year.

She said she felt that way because she was sad that school was ending but she was also excited going into next year.

Sandys won Best All-Round Girl, Merit in Statistics, the Principal’s Award for Head Girl, the Diana Limbrick Family Cup for Excellence and the Snowfed Prize for English during Monday’s prizegiving.

Sandys will be starting at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts in August 2017.

She said she believes the new head students will be great next year.

“I know that they’re going to do an amazing job and I hope

Compost on fire Hinds firefighters had no chance of a sleep in yesterday when they were called to a fire in a large composting operation. Fire chief Dave Kinsgbury said heat generated in the composting process had caused a fire, which members of the unit put out.

Ewes in short supply Prime ewes were in short supply at the Tinwald sheep sale this week with farmers making the most of an abundance of grass to carry lambs to heavier weights. Those that did sell fetched up to $128, with mediums up to $114 and light lambs between $85 and $100.

Heavy shorn lambs made $120-125, mediums $111-118 and lights $104110. Woolly ewes made up to $120, with mediums making $89-98 and lights $75-87.

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Mt Hutt College Head Boy Bailey Kinvig and Head Girl Brooke Sandys at Monday night’s Prizegiving ceremony.

PHOTO AMANDA KONYN 071116-AK-016 that they’ll have the best year and that they enjoy it, because it goes really fast,” Sandys said.

Head boy Bailey Kinvig said he was really proud of his Principal’s Award for Head Boy, Excellence in Biology and award for Best All-Round Boy.

Kinvig said he was most proud about just how well this year has gone.

“I have had a great year and being head of the school was a great time,” he said.

He plans to move down to Dunedin to begin his first year

at Otago University studying health science and he plans to complete a degree in medicine.

Kinvig said his best advice for the next head students is just to enjoy the year and do their best, even if they don’t get everything done.

Woman’s injuries mystify Police investigating how a woman was critically hurt say she had injuries that weren’t consistent with a car accident.

Inspector Mark Rowbottom said police were sent to an address in Waiuku yesterday morning after several members of the public called police to say they had seen a car in a paddock.

Responding officers were the first to spot the woman lying near her car, a white Subaru Leg-

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acy station wagon.

The surrounding farmland was desolate when police found her.

The car appeared to have run off the road and down a small bank, coming to rest against a fence.

Rowbottom said investigations would continue and police were speaking to the woman’s family and friends.

“We’re trying to track down her movements.”

The woman, in her 20s, lived locally in Franklin, Rowbottom said.

It’s understood the woman had stab wounds.

She was in a critical condition when she was airlifted to hospital.

Rowbottom said police were seeking sightings of the woman’s station wagon.

“Our investigation is still in its early stages and we are also

trying to piece together the circumstances of how she came to be in the paddock and how she sustained her injuries.”

Forensic staff were looking at the car when the Herald arrived at the scene. They were also searching the paddock.

Police said the incident was not linked to a search for a man in the same town Thursday night.

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Two men have been charged with the murder of South Aucklander Clayton Ratima. The men appeared in court yesterday.

Clayton Ratima was dropped off at Middlemore Hospital on February 21 by Tribesman Motorcycle gang members. He had injuries consistent with having been severely assaulted. He died three days later. “The family and friends of Mr Ratima have been told this morning about the arrests we’ve made,” said Detective Inspector F’aa Vaaelua, Counties Manukau Police. “They’re appreciative of the result achieved by the investigation team.”

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Gang member in court Tribal Huk Waikato gang leader Jamie Pink has appeared in court after being charged with possessing offensive weapons.

Pink, whose full name is Allan James Pink, was arrested last Saturday and charged with unlawful possession of an axe and a studded baseball bat. He was remanded on bail without plea to reappear in court on Wednesday.

He was ordered not to posses any weapons in a public place. Pink and his gang have been in the news recently after Pink declared he was going to rid Ngaruawahia of P. The gang are also known for their making of sandwiches for Waikato school children.

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Diabetes not a life sentence This month is Diabetes Action Month, reporter Colin Engelbrecht speaks to Ashburton people about their struggles with the disease.

BY COLIN ENGELBRECHT COLIN.E@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Living with diabetes is not the end of the world for one Ashburton local.

Graham Woodham, 75, has been living with the disease for the better part of seven years, and said it doesn’t hold him back.

He was diagnosed with Type Two diabetes at 68 and said while it was initially a shock to him, he now is able to control it.

Type Two diabetes is the most common form of diabetes and is usually diagnosed later in life however there are more and more teenagers getting the disease.

Woodham takes insulin injections as well as oral medication to manage his blood sugar levels and

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he said some days his levels are high and some days they’re low.

However he said he doesn’t tend to feel much of a difference from normal when the levels fluctuate.

Woodham also has to have a check done on his eyes every year as well as a three-monthly lab test

to make sure everything is still working properly.

The disease doesn’t stop him leading a normal life he said, he can still enjoy going to the pool club at the RSA and eat what he wants, as long as it’s in moderation.

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Woodham said with diabetes you have to cut back on alcohol but he was never much of a drinker in the first place.

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“It’s a thing of balance, but I’m managing because I’m retired, I found it a bit difficult when I was working,” Woodham said.

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He might no longer be mayor but Angus McKay says his heart and his soul are still very much in the Ashburton District.

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Angus – moving out, moving on

By Sue NewmaN

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Four weeks after losing the Ashburton mayoralty, Angus McKay is well on the way to carving out a new path in life for himself.

He admits not retaining the position was a disappointment, but when you’re a politician of any persuasion, that’s an eventuality you have to prepare for each and every election.

A month down the track he says he’s happy just being Angus McKay without the mayoral title and said he’s busy catching up on the dozens of jobs he’s left undone for the past six years.

He’s also busy reinventing himself and is finding new challenges are coming his way. Most of those he’s not ready to talk about and is only willing to say … “I’ve been asked to do some work for two entities but right now that work

has to remain under wraps …”

McKay is no newcomer to personal reinvention. He spent 12 years as an Environment Canterbury councillor, losing that job when commissioners were appointed to run the organisation.

At that point his reinvention was a return to the life he knew best, as a Methven farmer.

“I put two irrigators on the farm into production, pulled out fences and started re-fencing,” he said.

This time round he doesn’t have the option of on-farm projects.

His property is leased to a cousin and while he’s been happy over the past few years to lend a hand when needed, he doesn’t see his future back as a hands-on farmer.

“At the moment I’m doing the little things I’ve put off for years, sorting and bundling pallets of steel standards, putting wood

in the shed that’s been out there drying for six years, but as for the future? I reinvented myself last time and I’m doing it again.”

Options and opportunities are coming out of the woodwork. A phone call here, another there and McKay says he’s far from out on a limb.

“How much cash will be involved, I’m not sure, but it’s keeping my mind very active and that’s important.”

Looking ahead to next year, McKay says he’s confident his life will be sailing down a new path.

“I’ve moved on. I know I don’t want to go back into farming, being tied to the management of a farm – that’s a no.”

He’s not looking back and wondering what he could have done differently. There’s no future in that and it’s the future McKay is more concerned with.

“For me this has to be a clean break from the council.”

As his life begins to reshape itself away from council, McKay is non-committal about a return to local body politics in the future.

“I haven’t even asked myself if I’d ever stand for local government in any shape or form in the future; I haven’t even thought about it.”

When ECan’s councillors were replaced by commissioners and McKay went back to the farm he said he had given no thought to standing as mayor.

“This time, let’s say, it’s not on my bucket list.”

And perhaps surprisingly, his bucket list is not long. It doesn’t include traditional items such as overseas travel or playing more golf. For McKay, the bucket list is mundane – catching up on all the jobs he’s shelved for years.

He’s not looking back with regrets; rather he looks back at his six years leading the district as a time when he gave the best of himself to his community. And there’s a lot of satisfaction in that, he said.

“I can always sleep straight in bed knowing I put in all the effort I could. It’s similar to growing crops on the farm, you can put everything into growing that crop and still it can fail. You don’t go into an election to lose it but if you’re realistic, you know it’s a possibility.”

The disappointment of not winning a third term as mayor is well behind him and McKay says he’s busy getting his feet on the ground and looking forward to a bright future.

“I’ve actually cooked dinner three times in the last fortnight.

And yes, I can cook. You should see my sponges.”

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Getting in to the rhythm When it comes to moving to the music Ashburton Plunket believes you’re never too old to get into the rhythm with mums and youngsters gathering weekly in the Tinwald Memorial Hall to dance the morning away.

Guardian photographer Amanda Konyn went along to check out the action.

Right - Twenty-month-old Angus Moore solo dances while twoyear-olds William Carr and Sophia Beams dance with Shona Parson.

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Forty per cent victims of break-ins More than 40 per cent of Kiwis have been the victim of a breakin, a report by ADT Security has found.

Of the 1013 New Zealand renters and homeowners surveyed

by Perceptive Research for the report, 43 per cent said they had their home broken into during their lifetime.

When ADT Security compared this data to the results of its 2014 survey, it found the number of reported break-ins had increased by 34 per cent.

And according to Statistics New Zealand, nearly 18 per cent more break-ins were reported to police in the year to September 2016 than in the previous year.

Ben Clement, a spokesman for ADT Security, said Kiwis’ relaxed attitudes to home security could be contributing to the spike in break-ins.

“The warmer weather is a time when many people open up doors and windows to cool down the house. Yet, open doors and windows can also be an open invitation for burglars, so it is important to remain vigi-

lant and try to reduce a home’s appeal to thieves.”

Half of the 2016 survey respondents admitted to leaving windows and doors unlocked and nearly a third said they hid a spare key outside their house.

In addition to those who reported break-ins, 37 per cent of people surveyed said they had items stolen from outdoor areas on their properties.

Clement said Kiwis needed to be vigilant to prevent themselves from becoming victims of burglary.

“Security can often be reactionary with many people only considering home security after an incident. With such high burglary rates, we are urging New Zealanders to be proactive about their home security rather than waiting until it is too late.”

He recommended Kiwis ensure they locked their windows and doors before going out or going to bed, locked their sheds and garages and performed a security audit every six months.

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Well rewarded for a year’s worth of hard work, members of Ashburton’s cadet forces, back row (from left) – Lieutenant Hayden McGeady Team Manager, Cadet Corporal Varley McLean, Cadet Lance Corporal Meg Dudley, Cadet Warrant Officer Class Two Hayden Adams Team Leader, Cadet Sergeant William Brett and Cadet Sergeant Jack Thomson. Front (from left) – Cadet Lance Corporal Josiah Penno, Cadet Corporal James Forbes, Cadet Corporal Tianna Waaka and Cadet Lance Corporal Tori Kelland.

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Cadets gain national placing The awards and accolades just keep coming for Ashburton’s cadet forces.

Last year the group won the cadet forces national competency trophy and now they’ve earned themselves a second placing in the organisation’s national skills competition.

Teams from the northern, central and southern areas competed over 12 activities, with the Ashburton corps winning five of these. Deciding the winner from runner up was down to the wire with the drill event seeing Ashburton pipped by less than a point.

The team’s leader Major

Cezarne Rodgers said the skills event was very physical and very challenging mentally for the cadets, but they had performed superbly.

Out of the 12 events they won navigation practical, navigation theory, general service knowledge, tug of war and shooting.

Suicide rates among Maori, young people still high There were 508 suicides In 2013 the Ministry of Health has confirmed yesterday, publishing its latest data on the issue.

The age-standardised suicide rate was 11 deaths per 100,000 population, down from the peak rate of 15.1, which was in 1998.

In 2013, the highest rates of suicide were for males, Maori - especially Maori youth - people aged 15 to 24, and those living in the mostdeprived areas.

The total number of suicides reported for 2013 in the ministry’s

annual report on suicide and hospital admissions for intentional self-harm, out yesterday, is unchanged from last November when the ministry released a summary of the 2013 data.

The ministry found that the health districts of Lakes, Bay of Plenty, MidCentral and South Canterbury had significantly higher suicide rates than the national rate when the data for 2009 to 2013 was aggregated.

The ministry’s tally of suicides is lower than the number counted by

the coroners, whose data is more recent but is based on provisional suicide statistics and contains cases in which intent is yet to be established and may later be found not to be suicide.

The coroners’ provisional statistics reported 541 suicides for 2012/13; and 529 for 2013/14. Their latest tally, for 2015/16, is 579.

On hospital admissions for intentional self-harm, the ministry found there were 7267 cases in 2013 - a rate of 176.7 per 100,000 population.

The rate rose by 4.6 per cent from 2004 to 2013.

The female rate was more than twice the male rate. Among females, the highest rate was for those aged 15 to 19.

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“They indicate there is a need for targeted suicide prevention

efforts to be continued and expanded.

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NZ could be Trump-era ‘Athens’ A world-famous thinker says New Zealand could be the “Athens of the modern world” in a post-election love letter urging our country to gobble up the globe’s brightest minds amid fallout from the US election and Brexit.

Writing for Scientific American alongside other prominent scientists in a piece reacting to Donald Trump’s election win this week, Richard Dawkins wrote our “deeply civilised small nation” should try to lure top scientists from the UK and US eager to escape their countries.

The British ethologist and author of the book The God Delusion wrote how “the two largest nations in the English-speaking world have just suffered catastrophes at the hands of voters – in both cases the uneducated, anti-intellectual portion of voters”.

Science in both countries would be hit “extremely hard”.

“In the one case, by the xenophobically inspired severing of painstakingly built-up relationships with European partners; in the other case by the election of an unqualified, narcissistic, misogynistic sick joke as president.

“In neither case is the disaster going to be short-lived: in America because of the non-

Richard Dawkins retirement rule of the Supreme Court; in Britain because Brexit is irreversible.”

Dawkins wrote there were top scientists in the US and the UK – “talented, creative people, desperate to escape the redneck bigotry of their home countries”.

“Dear New Zealand, you are a deeply civilised small nation, with a low population in a pair of beautiful, spacious islands,” he wrote.

“You care about climate change, the future of the planet and other scientifically important issues.”

He suggested the New Zealand Government should write to all American and British Nobel Prize

winners, Fields medallists, Kyoto and Crafoord Prize and International Cosmos Prize winners, the Fellows of the Royal Society, the elite scientists in the National Academy of Sciences, the Fellows of the British Academy and similar bodies in America.

“Offer them citizenship,” Dawkins wrote.

The contribution that creative intellectuals could make to the prosperity and cultural life of a nation was out of all proportion to their numbers, he argued.

“You could make New Zealand the Athens of the modern world.

“Yes, dear New Zealand, I know it’s an unrealistic, surreal pipe dream.

“But on the day after US election day, in the year of Brexit, the distinction between the surreal and the awfulness of the real seems to merge in a bad trip from which a pipe dream is the only refuge.”

The letter comes as major media outlets like Time magazine and The Guardian are reporting a surge in people showing a fresh interest in moving to New Zealand.

Within just a 24-hour period, the Immigration New Zealand website received 56,300 visit from the US – up 2500 per cent from its daily average of 2300 visits.

Science commentator and Auckland University physicist Professor Shaun Hendy said many people were trying to “look for hope” in the developments that had happened in the UK and US in the last six months.

“If you’re a scientist, it’s quite bewildering, really, that large parts of the Western world are backing candidates and voting for things that most scientists say are not based on evidence,” Hendy said.

“It really does seem like the use of evidence, the scientific process and the role of experts has been put on the scrap heap to some extent.”

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In brief Arson charge A man has been charged with arson in relation to a fatal house fire in the suburb of Mt Roskill in Auckland on Tuesday. Police said the 25-year-old man was known to fire’s victim and had been charged with one count of using a document as well as the arson charge. He will reappear in Auckland District Court on Monday, November 14. Linda Winifred Edwards, 58, died in the blaze. A post-mortem had been carried out, but investigations were ongoing and further testing was needed to determine how Edwards died, police said.

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Firearms charges Two men with gang affiliations have been arrested on firearms charges after an inquiry into the burglary of guns and ammunition.

The men, aged 56 and 57, were arrested after police searched a vehicle and address on the outskirts of Dunedin this week.

The searches came after the burglary of a Dunedin address on October 25 where a large number of firearms and ammunition were stolen. Both men have been charged with unlawful possession of a pistol, three charges of unlawful possession of militarystyle firearms, and one charge of receiving stolen firearms.

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Murder accused not guilty A jury has found Dustin La Mont not guilty of murder and wounding a man after he stabbed two men from a neighbour’s noisy party.

After five hours of deliberations, the unanimous verdict was that the 26-year-old was not guilty of murdering Whangarei man Nathan Pukeroa and not guilty of wounding Pukeroa’s friend Devaray Junior Cole-Kurvaji in Mt Albert in December last year.

When the verdict was read, La Mont stood quietly in the dock as Pukeroa’s friends and family gasped.

Cole-Kurvaji got up and slammed the glass barrier of the dock with his hand before leaving the courtroom. Family swore at La Mont and a woman called him a “murderer”.

Justice Rebecca thanked the jury for their service and told La Mont he was free to go as his family cried behind him in the dock.

During the two week trial, the Crown alleged La Mont grew increasingly frustrated at his neighbours, said to be noisy and gang-related, in the 21 months leading up to the attacks.

He made surveillance videos of some of their movements, in-

Dustin La Mont faced charges of murder and intent to cause grievous bodily harm. cluding hitting a punching bag in the back garden, and filing numerous complaints to the police, noise control, animal control as well as his and their landlords.

On the night of Wednesday December 3, the jury heard how during another loud gathering over the fence, La Mont went out to see what was going on armed with a knife and ultimately ended up stabbing the two men then tried to hide his involvement.

His lawyers said La Mont acted in self-defence and took immediate action when faced by two men who were much bigger than

him and said he acted in self defence. Cole-Kurvaji said on the evening of the attacks, they were having some drinks and ColeKurvaji did a tattoo – later on he went outside to urinate when he saw a man looking intently at the property. He said it made him suspicious.

He and Pukeora went to see what the man was doing when he swung at them with a knife, killing Puekroa and wounding Cole-Kurvaji.

The jury also watched La Mont’s police interviews a week after the attacks.

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In the first interview, he appeared calm and denied any part in the incident.

However, after spending a night with his girlfriend in a motel which had been bugged by police, La Mont confessed the next day to having stabbed the two men.

La Mont said he was cornered by two men at the end of his street, after he was seen looking down the driveway at the party next door.

He said he continued walking down the street and “hoped they’d leave me alone”, but could see them staring at him.

They had then walked towards him, asking what he had been doing on the street, La Mont said.

“One, as I tried to walk past grabbed me by the shirt and pulled me back,” he said.

He said the men had said something like “should we smash him cuz” and he had warned them that he had a knife in his pocket.

They then advanced towards him and one of them swung a punch, La Mont said. After that, all he could remember was the sound of his knife opening, feet thumping on asphalt and a light shining in his eyes when he ran away.

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Two pregnant sisters caught drink-driving Two pregnant sisters will appear in court after being caught drinkdriving – one after driving to collect her sister from the booze bus, police say.

A heavily intoxicated teen was stopped by a police booze bus in Hamilton and found to have a breath alcohol level of 303mcg.

The limit for drivers under 20 is zero.

A child and the teen’s drunken father were also in the car, and police were stunned when the teen’s 23-year-old sister, also pregnant, arrived to pick the family members up. The older sister blew 594mcg – twice the legal limit of 250mcg, Senior Sergeant Gill Meadows said.

The pair put not only themselves and other motorists at risk, but also their unborn babies, police said. Police had referred both cases to Child Youth and Family.

Meadows called for drivers to use commonsense.

“When someone is ringing to have you come and pick them up because they are over the limit the first question is ‘have you been drinking?’ and if they have they shouldn’t be getting behind the wheel.”

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Food out of date? You may not need to chuck it A

bout a third of the food produced in the world is thrown away needlessly every year – that’s 1.3 billion tonnes.

The statistics are shocking, but we’re often so scared of getting food poisoning that we would rather throw away perfectly good food than risk it, even if it looks and smells okay.

Dailymail.com has revealed exactly what can and can’t be eaten after the best-before dates – and what to watch out for if your food is on the turn.

Alcohol Alcohol takes years to go off, but most hard spirits such as vodka and whiskey won’t make you ill if you drink them after their best before date has expired.

Beer is also safe to drink once it’s gone off – but it probably won’t taste very nice.

Watch out though: Cream-based liqueurs and anything that’s been in the sun for too long may be dangerous once they’re past their expiry date.

Chocolate Praise be, you can indeed eat that old Mars Bar you’ve found slightly squashed down the side of your sofa.

Old chocolate may grow white spots – called ‘bloom’ – where the sugar has crystallised but it’s perfectly safe to eat.

It may not taste as good as the day you bought it, but it won’t make you ill.

Potato chips They may not be as crispy as when they were newly bought, but old crisps aren’t going to make you ill.

That’s all thanks to the salt that often coats many potato snacks but it’s still best to eat them within three weeks of the expiry date passing.

Eggs A report by food scientist Dana Gunders states that eggs can last for three to five weeks but they have to be kept at a temperature below 5°C to prevent the growth of salmonella enteritidis.

One way to check if your eggs are safe to eat is by putting them in a jug of cold water, according to Cosmopolitan magazine. If they sink, they’re fresh; if they don’t, throw them away.

If they sit on the bottom but point upwards, they’re on the turn.

Milk Thought all dairy products were risky to eat once their use-by date is up? Not so.

Sour milk isn’t going to make you ill and you can actually use it

in a few recipes, such as scones, spice cake and pancakes, to use it up instead of needlessly wasting it.

But if you want to keep it fresher for longer, store it in the coldest part of your fridge at the back rather than in the fridge door.

Biscuits Biting into a biscuit only to find it’s gone stale and soft is surely one of life’s most disappointing moments.

But the preservatives in these treats mean they’re safe to eat long after the sell-by date has passed – up to two months after, in fact.

And there is a way to make them crunchy again. Try popping them

in the oven, and they should be crisp in no time.

Honey and jam You may well have thrown away jars of honey when the bottom has formed a large sugary lump.

But the spread is still perfectly safe to eat, despite any crystallisation that has occurred.

The same applies to jam – the high levels of sugar preserve these items.

Tinned Food Have you still got that tin of artisan beans from years ago that you’ve never had a reason to use at the back of your cupboard?

As long as it’s been in a cool and dark place, it’ll be fine to use for years and years.

Meat Controversially, you can eat meat if it’s past its expiry date for at least two days – but it is always worth having a smell to see if it’s gone off before using, as off meat can make you incredibly ill.

Make sure it’s been stored in a very cold part of your fridge, however.

Packaged salad leaves Packets of salad seem to go off so

quickly, leaving you with wilted and often slimy leaves at the bottom of your fridge.

But don’t throw them away too soon – they can be revived with some ice cold water.

They’re safe to eat as long as there’s no mould – otherwise they can be dangerous to consume.

Dry pasta It doesn’t matter how long you’ve had those packets of spaghetti and penne in the cupboard, they’ll be fine to use indefinitely.

The trick is to make sure you store it in an airtight container if you’ve opened a packet – that way, no moisture can creep in and make it go off.

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Ten signs that your relationship may not last I

f you’ve just started dating someone new and are keen to know whether your new partner is in it for the long haul, experts have shared the tell-tale signs that your relationship may not last.

From getting matching tattoos to having a ‘textbook perfect’ romance, two experts have shared the signs you need to pay attention to if you’re concerned your new partner may not be The One. If you can tick off at least eight of the below 10 points then you may want to rethink your new love interest.

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You’re not friends on Facebook: Even if the person says they’re not really active on social media, you should be virtual friends. If the person is ready to commit, the first step will be to let you connect on all their social media networks ... unless they have something to hide, like another person he or she might be dating or might want to date.

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There are no signs about moving in together in the near future: If you haven’t spoken about it and still don’t allocate space for each other in your respective homes, it’s not looking good.

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Getting matching tattoos within weeks of knowing each other: This isn’t a com-

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When it’s textbook perfect: When they’re saying how amazing you are every morning, arranging dates, giving compliments (more than one a day), you need to watch out. Perhaps it is a carefully orchestrated plan.

Even if the person has serious intentions towards you, the same person also has

You don’t spend most Fridays together: Let’s just be clear, Friday night is date night

mitment but demonstrates irresponsibility towards life and towards you. As easily as they agreed or suggested a tattoo, the more easily they will fly away from you to the next person.

serious intentions about hiding his or her ‘other’ life from you, the one that does not involve you.

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You don’t spend most Fridays together: Let’s just be clear,

Friday night is date night.

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They won’t travel to you: Someone who wants you will travel to you. Men travel hundreds of kilometres for their favourite sports teams, and they will happily travel to see their favourite girl. If you’re travelling to him and he’s unwillingly to travel to you, your relationship won’t last. Men always want the ‘hard to get’ girl. Be the ‘hard to get girl’. Let him travel to you.

You haven’t met their friends or family: People that are into you introduce you to their family and friends early on. In fact, you’ll find that when you do meet their family and friends, they already know all about you, including what you look like, what you do and where you live.

They don’t call you their boyfriend or girlfriend: The pet name they use to refer to

you and how they introduce you to others is another way to tell if your relationship will last. If you’re dating for a while, and they haven’t given you a title, it’s because they don’t see a future with you.

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They don’t buy romantic gifts: People who want to build a relationship don’t forget important dates like your birthday. They are never ‘busy’ on your birthday either. Gifts are often a great indicator of whether your relationship will last.

10. They haven’t asked for

exclusivity: Do you know if he or she is dating you and only you exclusively? Have they asked for exclusivity or is their profile still active on dating sites or apps? Generally, when a person starts a new relationship and when they are sure about you, they ask for exclusivity fairly quickly.

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Introducing The decision to amalgamate the Polaris franchise with our Marine division was an easy and exciting one to make. By bringing these two divisions of our business together we saw an opportunity to create a new retail environment for this specialised “outdoor equipment”. This new division of our business will be known and branded as D&E Outdoors and is located at 153 Moore Street.

combination of strength, stability, safety, comfort, performance and unbeatable usability, Stabicraft prove their worth no matter what’s thrown at them.

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It won’t be until early 2017 that we will have the opportunity to have the Polaris service department being able to work out of the Moore St workshop, this also includes the large range of Polaris parts that we have in stock.

Currently we are sharing our retail space with the Gluyas Motor Group until the new home for Nissan is developed and ready for them to move into in early 2017. This will then give us the opportunity to expand our retail space to create one of the largest “outdoor equipment” shops in the South Island.

So call in and see the team at D&E Outdoors, 153 Moore Street for all of your marine requirements and for your Polaris sales enquiries. For Polaris parts and service enquires please continue to call in and see the team at D&E, 832 East Street.

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Rieko Ioane was a star at the Sevens, and there’s many commentators expecting him to make a huge impact against Italy tomorrow morning.

Ponies keep churning out All Blacks When Rieko Ioane runs onto the Stadio Olimpico pitch some time after 4am tomorrow morning he will become the 45th All Black out of the famous Ponsonby club and the 52nd out of Auckland Grammar School.

Both are records for club and school All Blacks.

The 19-year-old Ioane follows in the footsteps of 44 other Ponies men, including tomorrow’s starting lock Patrick Tuipulotu, the 44th national rep out of the 142-year-old Auckland club.

Ioane also follows in the footsteps of some classy threequarters who made the All Blacks out of Ponsonby.

Consider Eric Boggs, Malcolm Dick, Bryan ‘Beegee’ Williams, Va’-

aiga Tuigamala, Craig Innes and Joe and Jeremy Stanley.

Ioane’s long-awaited debut almost came in August when he was called into the All Blacks squad to face Australia in Wellington, but he did not make the match-day squad.

Now, after playing for the Maori All Blacks in their decisive win over the USA Eagles in Chicago last weekend, Ioane will get his opportunity off the bench, either at centre or on the wing.

He looked destined for the top when he left Auckland Grammar at the end of 2014, wowing the crowds, at 17, with the All Blacks Sevens and averaging two tries a match in his limited but telling appearances for Ponsonby.

“He has been earmarked for some time,” says Ponsonby life member and another All Black at 19, ‘Beegee’ Williams.

“He had a promising junior career, and captained NZ Schools.

It’s great to see him come through.

“He’s a talented kid and he’s a good kid. As a club, we’re absolutely rapt for him and his parents.”

Such was Ioane’s busy schedule in 2016 that he did not play a match for the Ponsonby premiers, but his link to the club is strong and nigh on unbreakable and he was seen sideline in support at Western Springs Stadium on occasion.

His mother Sandra is now the club manager, while father Eddie

– a former Manu Samoa lock – is a constant presence at Ponsonby in support roles.

Of course, his brother Akira, another Ponies man, on tour with the Maori, is tipped to make the All Blacks sooner rather than later, as is loose forward Blake Gibson, when he can shrug off his bad luck with injury.

When Ioane junior’s full All Blacks status is confirmed, it will see Ponsonby move past Otago University into first place on the overall list.

This is the first time that has happened, though there has been some doubt over the status of some players in the past.

Ponsonby men such as, for example, Keith Nelson and the late

Lin Colling and Noel Bowden, were not technically All Blacks out of the Ponsonby club.

Nelson, a Ponsonby life member, first made the All Blacks out of Otago University, while Colling from Otago’s Pirates club and Bowden from the New Plymouth HSOB club.

It needed some assiduous work from Ponsonby club historian Paul Neazor to ensure the numbers were correct as far as can be ascertained.

The last of Otago University’s 44 All Blacks was Adam Thomson at Rugby World Cup 2011.

Ioane will be All Black No 52 out of Auckland Grammar, extending the national record. No 51 was Benson Stanley in 2010. - NZME

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In brief Marsh under attack In a major swipe at the maligned Mitch Marsh, former test quick Geoff Lawson says Australia will “never” win a test with a No.6 batsman averaging in their 20s.

Lawson has backed Callum Ferguson to replace Marsh in the second test against South Africa, saying the allrounder’s poor form has been the catalyst for Australia’s four-game losing streak. Marsh is under pressure after his 0 and 26 in Australia’s 177-run first Test loss in Perth. His batting average has dipped to 23.18 after 19 tests.- AAP

Give Maxwell a crack

Mid Canterbury missed the batting efforts of Richard Print yesterday, who steadied the ship with 47 off 57 deliveries against South Canterbury last month.

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■ CRICKET

Batsmen fail to fire A reshuffled Mid Canterbury team fell to an eight wicket loss to Canterbury Country at Rangiora’s MainPower Oval yesterday.

Country won the toss and sent Mid Canterbury into bat, which proved a fine decision.

Early wickets cost the visitors as Mid Canterbury struggled on a green surface that suited the bowlers and were all out for 92 after tailender Scott Punselie top scored with 34.

Country then chased down the total in the 25th over for the loss of only two wickets.

Yesterday’s fixture was Mid Canterbury’s third outing as they continue to prepare for their Hawke Cup campaign which begins against South Canterbury on December 4.

In their first warm-up match of the season, Mid Canterbury were lucky to escape with a draw against Nelson last month.

Nelson were sent into bat and skittled for 111 in the 47th over with Deon Biggs finishing the home side off, taking his four wickets for 33 runs.

However, like yesterday, Mid Canterbury’s batting performance left a lot to be desired.

Nelson’s Felix Murray played the role of chief destroyer, taking five for 22, as Mid Canterbury were restricted to 87 all out from 49.2 overs.

Ryan Cockburn was the only Mid Canterbury batsman to show resistance with his 30 run contribution.

Mid Canterbury continued

to bowl well and it was Hayden Sinclair that spearheaded the attack with four wickets for 17 runs off his 13 overs and had Nelson 150/8 before they declared.

Nelson had set Mid Canterbury 178 runs to win but it was not within their reach as they were reduced to 77 for nine with Ryan Cockburn again top-scoring with 19. Mid Canterbury managed to hold on to their last wicket and survive the two days to end the match in a draw.

Mid Canterbury then played host to South Canterbury on October 30 and secured the Ron Biggar Memorial Trophy with a 28-run victory.

Richard Print, who was absent yesterday, steadied the ship in the second warm-up match with 47

off 57 deliveries after Mid Canterbury were 4-65. Print struck three fours and three sixes before he was stumped by keeper Adam Beck.

The innings did not start well for South Canterbury as Print opened the bowling and struck Phil McGregor on the pads to remove him lbw with the first ball of the innings.

McGregor was just one of five wickets Print claimed as Mid Canterbury chipped away at their line-up to eventually bowl South Canterbury out for 131 in the 45th over.

Mid Canterbury will play their fourth and final pre-Hawke Cup match against North Otago on November 27, before locking horns with South Canterbury a week later.

South African legend Barry Richards has backed Glenn Maxwell to help turn around Australia’s poor recent Test cricket record. Allrounder Maxwell is considered out of the selection picture for the series against the Proteas as Australia endeavour to overcome 1-0 deficit, starting with the second Test in Hobart today. “I know that he’s a bit of a maverick in terms that he plays T20 cricket too often and hasn’t learnt how to play in test cricket. But he’s certainly got the ability.”

- AAP

Tickets selling fast Tickets for Joseph Parker’s WBO heavyweight title fight against Andy Ruiz at Vector Arena next month have been selling at a rapid rate, which has seen the lowest ticket price jump $170 in less than 24 hours. As it currently stands, the three cheapest categories for the fight have all sold out, with tickets valued at $99, $149, and $199 all now unavailable. The most expensive tickets on offer for the first world title bout to take place in New Zealand are currently selling for $799, which would give buyers a ringside seat.

- NZME

Connor fashionably late Skipping in 13 minutes late, Conor McGregor took upcoming opponent Eddie Alvarez’s lightweight title belt and placed it on the table bearing his name.

“Sorry I’m late. I just don’t give a f***,” declared the Irishman, sporting a white mink coat. The pre-UFC 205 press conference in New York yesterday descended into mayhem - perhaps predictably given almost anything involving McGregor does.

- NZME

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Saturday, November 12, 2016

In brief

■ HALF MARATHON BID

It’s all becoming a bit real I

t is real now.

It is really happening.

On Tuesday, I received a letter from the Air New Zealand Queenstown International Marathon Event Team with: * My official race number – number 7513.

Hopefully the number 13, part of my race number, will bring me luck next Saturday. Crossed fingers. * My timing chip – I didn’t know I would have one of these.

I guess my time will be registered online with all the other participants.

I can’t lie about my final time then. Haha. * A compulsory ‘invitation’ to athlete check-in at the Queenstown Memorial Centre the day before the race to complete a series of must-dos: - Activate my timing chip.

What would my final time be I wonder?

I know it won’t be less than 2.45 hours but I hope it will be a lot less than eight hours, which is the maximum time.

I am praying I feel good on the day.

- Collect my official race tag to be able to use the bag drop system from the start line to the

finish line the letter specifies.

I don’t think I’ll have a bag with me, but who knows.

- Collect my safety pins.

What are these? It must be something like a GPS tracker I guess. I definitely need one of those.

I was joking with my colleague and friend Lisa the other day telling her I could see myself going off track and getting lost!

Well, at least people will know where I am if I do.

This thought reminds me that I really need to go on the Queenstown Marathon website to look at the map of the race.

I can’t believe I haven’t done it yet and haven’t read any information about the race as such.

I have just been focusing on my training, nothing else.

I will definitely study the race over the long weekend.

EMMA ON THE RUN

- Pick up any pre-purchased official Asics merchandise.

When I go to places or do something special, I always buy a souvenir. I ordered myself the black Asics Everyday Run cap a few months ago that I will collect then and probably wear at the race.

I am still undecided about wearing a Guardian cap.

What do you reckon? Which one should I wear? (Guardian of course – Ed) - Visit the Sports Expo.

Will I? Not sure yet, however my curiosity will probably drag

me to have a look at it.

- Collect my bus sticker to put on my race number as I purchased a shuttle bus ticket from Queenstown (somewhere – I am not sure yet from where exactly) to the start line so Henry and a couple of friends, who are coming down to support me, don’t have to get up early to drop me off and can sleep in if they want to.

Plus it will take the stress away of being worried about not finding the start line.

Oh my … I am really doing this.

This letter makes it all too soon (next week) and too real.

My heart is beating like crazy as I am writing this column and thinking about the race.

I must admit I have avoided thinking about the big day and only cared about my preparation runs.

I must calm down.

Breathe Emma, breathe.

You will be fine.

PS: I can’t believe I feel like I’m about to pass an exam! If you’re in Queenstown that weekend, please come and cheer me on … or pick me up if you find me flat on the ground playing a dead ant.

■ MOTOR RACING

Rosberg eyes maiden F1 title in Brazil German Nico Rosberg will claim his first Formula One world championship this weekend if he wins his third consecutive Brazilian Grand Prix.

While Australian Daniel Ricciardo secured third spot in the championship with his controversial third-place finish in Mexico a fortnight ago, Mercedes teammates Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton remain in a battle for top spot with two races remaining.

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Rosberg, who has led the title race since the Italian Grand Prix in early September, holds a 19-point lead over Hamilton and will secure the title at the penultimate race of the season if he outscores his team-mate by six points or more.

Along with a win, Rosberg would also claim the title if Hamilton fails to finish and the German comes at least seventh on Monday.

Any spot on the podium would also be good enough for Rosberg if Hamilton fails to finish in the top five.

“I love the track.

“It’s a great track, feels good and I’ve always gone well here,” Rosberg said.

“But at the same time, this year we all start from zero.

“Those past wins are not going to help me get the win this weekend.”

Hamilton is yet to win in Brazil, but the track is the site of his most famous championship miracle in 2008, where he overtook Timo Glock for fifth spot in the final race of the year – claiming his first world title by one point.

“It is a real challenge to come here and try to win for the first time,” Hamilton said.

“That is my goal and I have got nothing really to lose.”

- AAP

McGlinchey out The All Whites will be without one of their most experienced players for the next stage of their football World Cup qualifying campaign.

Wellington Phoenix midfielder Michael McGlinchey will miss both the home and away world cup qualifying matches against New Caledonia with a knee injury. They play the first match in Albany today.

All Whites coach Anthony Hudson says McGlinchey is a huge loss. He’s the fourth front-line player to be forced out of the matches against New Caledonia, joining Winston Reid, Tommy Smith and Rory Fallon on the sidelines.

- NZME

Scots surprise package In the history of the Four Nations tournament, Scotland is undoubtedly the most unlikely participant.

The Bravehearts, who will face the Kiwis in Workington, represent a country that has only amateur league competitions. All of their players are based in England or Australia, and the vast majority qualify for Scotland through ancestry. But Scotland beat both Celtic countries and then had a narrow loss to France which saw them qualify by the narrowest of margins. They were expected to be whipping boys coming into this competition but have performed with credit.

- NZME

Warriors face Dragons The Warriors are set to open their 2017 NRL campaign with a home game against St George Illawarra.

The schedule of round one matches has been leaked to the Daily Telegraph with the Warriors hosting the Dragons at Mt Smart on March 4, however the NRL told AAP the draw has not been finalised. Premiers Cronulla are understood to kick off the season with a blockbuster home clash with Brisbane on Thursday March 2.

- AAP

Hodgson tips England Canberra NRL hooker Josh Hodgson is convinced England can end a 10-year wait for a home win over Australia when they meet in London.

Not one of Wayne Bennett’s 24strong squad know what it is like to beat Australia, whose last defeat by anybody but New Zealand was in 2006 when Ricky Stuart’s men went down to Brian Noble’s Great Britain in the Tri-Nations.

- AAP

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■ RUGBY

Playing his own game sive campaign with the Chiefs to earn the All Blacks No 10 jersey.

It was the moment he’d long waited for, to be the rightful No 1, to no longer be the understudy, to not be relying on injury to someone else to get his chance.

But he had only one full test before he damaged his neck early in the second and, while Cruden was recovering, Beauden Barrett emerged out of his cocoon all beautiful butterfly.

The year has belonged to Barrett since that second test in June.

Cruden has, once again, found himself as the No 2. He waited six years for his chance, the door opened and in rushed Barrett ahead of him.

Lesser men would have fallen apart if forced to accept similar circumstances.

Not Cruden.

He seems to be at peace with how things Aaron Cruden have gone.

Life has thrown a fair bit of bad luck at Aaron Cruden but he always finds a way to cope.

He’s a fighter, a believer – the sort of bloke who can absorb fate’s cruel blows and yet never lose confidence in himself, never doubt what he can do on the rugby field.

Given the year he had in 2015, when injury saw him miss most of the season including the World Cup, he had grounds to imagine his fortunes would improve in 2016.

In some part they did when he enjoyed an injuryfree and impres-

He has no sense of entitlement, despite his wait and, as far as he is concerned, the landscape is no different now to how it has ever been.

It’s the All Blacks.

There will always be a monumental battle for the No 10 jersey and he can’t assume anything.

“I know what type of person I am and I always want to be in the starting lineup but the reality is that only 15 guys can do that at one time,” he says.

“For me, it’s about making sure I am clear in my role whether that is in the starting lineup or not.

“I think in a professional environment you have to be competitive, otherwise you will be found out pretty quickly and you won’t last that long.”

It is the art of channelling that competitiveness which has enabled Cruden to become such a valued and valuable member of the All Blacks.

He’s never been one to overplay his hand when his chance comes.

He’s never been guilty of trying to run through his entire repertoire in the first 10 minutes of a test, just to show what he can do.

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His greatest strength is arguably that ability to stay composed and clear-headed and to play for the team and not himself.

That’s what he will do in Rome tomorrow morning when he starts his first test since playing Wales in June.

In his head it won’t be about emulating or going past Barrett, it will be about playing his game.

He won’t get caught up trying to impress, knowing that doesn’t work.

He’ll instead be all about the next task, building his game from one play to the next knowing the picture has 80 minutes to form.

“Beauden has done really well in patches this year and I don’t know if I would see it as inspiring or frustrating,” says Cruden.

“I can’t control what others do.

“I can control me and how I respond and how I react if I get an opportunity regardless of who has gone before me.

“It is about keeping your emotions in check and being really clear and decisive when you get out there.

“Sometimes it is better than others but you just try.” - NZME

In brief Forward clash likely The Wallabies are preparing for a Scottish ambush at Murrayfield, with coach Michael Cheika picking a monster bench as the prospect of a rain-affected forwards battle threatens to derail their grand slam bid. Rain is forecast for tomorrow’s clash, with the temperature around kickoff unlikely to threaten double digits, and Cheika and his players predicting a forward-dominated dogfight. Both sides are scrambling for underdog status in the scrum – with the hosts likely snatching that tag due to the fact their starting props boast one cap between them.

- PA

Irish ring changes Ireland changed its entire starting XV from the historic win over the All Blacks in Chicago for the home match against Canada on Sunday.

Lock Donnacha Ryan was the only starter to make the matchday lineup, and he was in the reserves.

Meanwhile, seven players who were reserves in Chicago last weekend were starting at Lansdowne Road in a test of Ireland’s depth. Flanker Peter O’Mahony, who captains Munster, will lead Ireland in his first test since the Rugby World Cup, where he ruptured right knee ligaments, and didn’t play again until last month. Ireland beat New Zealand 40-29 for the first time, and has never lost to Canada.

- NZME

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■ RUGBY

Fringe ABs get their shot All Blacks boss Steve Hansen has completely revamped his side for tomorrow’s test against Italy but expects his wares to produce the same high standards.

More than three quarters of the side that ran out in last week’s loss to Ireland will sit out the Rome clash, with only lock Patrick Tuipulotu, winger Waisake Naholo and flanker Sam Cane retained.

Yet Hansen, who will look to the game as a chance to test out several fringe All Blacks on the big stage, nevertheless said he wants a better performance than that seen in Chicago.

“We’ve always had this plan to pick this side for Italy.

“This is the team we thought would be right for Italy and nothing that happened in Chicago has changed that,” Hansen said.

“Whilst it’s not the same people playing, it’s the same jersey and same expectations, so this group has to go out and get back to the rugby we want to play.”

Livewire Rieko Ioane and hooker Liam Coltman are likely to make their test debuts off the bench, while the front row, halfback pairing and midfield duo have all been switched up.

The entrants to the squad include last week’s four Maori All Blacks ring-ins, with Ioane, fullback Damian McKenzie, loosie Elliot Dixon and halfback Tawera Kerr-Barlow all in the mix.

Kerr-Barlow will line up at No.9 alongside Chiefs team-mate Aaron Cruden, while young guns Anton Lienert-Brown and Malakai Fekitoa make up the midfield.

Cane, 24, will captain the side in the absence of incumbent Kieran Read and is joined in the loose forward trio by Dixon and Blues gun Steven Luatua.

Hansen said the Chiefs co-captain, leading the side for just the second time, would need to radiate calm amongst a green squad.

“The expectation is that he’ll play well, calm and assured under the pressure of the game and making sure the people around him are responding,” Hansen

Malakai Fekitoa in action against Ireland.

PHOTO AP said. “But he’s learning as a leader so it won’t be perfect and we don’t expect it to be.”

In the tight five, Tuipulotu will be paired with the young Scott Barrett, making his starting debut, while Wyatt Crockett, Codie Taylor and Charlie Faumuina make up the front row.

Hansen said he expected the five to come under considerable pressure from the Italians at the set-piece after the side struggled

at lineout time against Ireland.

He’d watched plenty of Italian rugby on the television and during his stint coaching Wales in the early 2000s.

“They have a big, strong forward pack and some really exciting backs, (and) they’ll look to drive their maul and be as disruptive as possible,” Hansen said.

“They’ll kick the ball a fair bit and blitz us on defence.”

ALL BLACKS Damian McKenzie, Israel Dagg, Malakai Fekitoa, Anton Lienert-Brown, Waisake Naholo, Aaron Cruden, Tawera KerrBarlow, Steven Luatua, Sam Cane (c), Elliot Dixon, Scott Barrett, Patrick Tuipulotu, Charlie Faumuina, Codie Taylor, Wyatt Crockett. Reserves: Liam Coltman, Joe Moody, Ofa Tu’ungafasi, Brodie Retallick, Matt Todd, Aaron Smith, Lima Sopoaga, Rieko Ioane.

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Mum won’t accept Joe’s apology Ireland’s Kiwi coach Joe Schmidt has admitted that his mother may not have accepted his apology for his role in defeating Steve Hansen’s All Blacks in Chicago.

“She thought my apology was false and she was right!” Schmidt joked with the Irish press this week in the lead-up to their test against Canada.

“But I was delighted we won the game and I suppose she was as well.”

Schmidt used a sideline interview with Sky TV after Ireland’s 40-29 victory to apologise to his Mum who watched the game live back in New Zealand.

The 51-year-old former schoolteacher’s daughter Abby has also joked that she is now a converted Irish fan.

Schmidt was speaking as he named a side to face Canada featuring a raft of changes from the side that beat the All Blacks at Soldier Field.

“This is a genuine opportunity for players to put their hands up,” Schmidt said.

“It is open-ended in terms of selection.

“They need to do their jobs to get that opportunity this week.

We won’t want to underestimate Canada either.”

A number of players will make their debuts including midfield back Garry Ringrose and 31-yearold Billy Holland who has been a long-time understudy to a clutch of veteran locks including Paul O’Connell and Donncha O’Callaghan.

“Garry was really close to playing last week, he has trained well and given us confidence that he is ready and we have no doubt that he will be,” said Schmidt.

“He has experience either side of him so it is an outstanding entry to international ruby for him.

“Garry is a natural player, he reads the game and can be ahead of it.

“And being lean and strong, he can slip through tackles and get over the gain-line and he is astute in defence.”

- NZME

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Saturday, November 12, 2016

A perfect 12 months

BY MATT MARKHAM

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Mid Canterbury quinella: Ricky May gets hotpot Monbet down to the line ahead of Gerard O’Reilly driving Quite A Moment.

■ OPINION

Circumstances conspire against All Blacks T he perfect storm.

That’s what every seaman fears, and that fear should extend to sports coaches as well.

You know, when things just gang up and turn bad on you; one thing compounds the other and suddenly you’re in serious trouble.

If you’re out on the deep blue sea you’re probably dead; if you’re a coach it probably just feels like it.

Just like Steve Hansen would have felt last week, after a series of circumstances led to all sorts of mayhem; but at least him and his charges lived to tell the tale, and get the chance to rectify the result of those circumstances, and in the very near future.

The circumstances?

For a start, the engine room.

It’s not called that for nothing, and I suspect that the All Blacks family (yes that includes you and I sitting watching on the couch) have been lulled into a false sense of security on that score for a couple of years, watching as

our guys eventually out-muscle allcomers and finish over the top of wilting opposition, all the while showing off dextrous ball skills and astonishing tacklebreaking running, while the Flash Harrys out the back get the kudos for scoring breathtaking tries.

Sam Whitelock and Brodie Retallick, with Luke Romano as back-up, are the best in the business, and no matter how the second tier stack up, take away the top three and alarm bells, large ones, should have been ringing.

The fixit? Shift Jerome Kaino into lock.

Bad. Bad bad call, as positionshifting All Blacks coaches have repeatedly found out to their detriment over the years.

Suddenly there’s a massive gap on the blindside; all Kaino’s vast skill-set are negated as he’s dragged into the tight stuff, leaving just enough space for the men in green to exploit.

Again and again.

Dane Coles’ impressive lineout throwing abruptly disappears,

Steve Devereux MY SHOUT

without his normal targets in operation – the All Blacks lose a vital weapon, both on attack and defence.

Halfback – You have TJ Perenara, in magical form after being told last year to go away and improve in Super Rugby (you may recall his team won the chocolates with him running the show), but instead you go with Aaron Smith, whose head is, well, somewhere else.

If all that’s not enough to blunt the ABs’ attacking game, you mix-and-match the midfield, and then put on two wings who are brilliant but flakey.

Julian Savea has got severe Jonah syndrome – a match-winner and a match-loser all in the same

80 minutes – do you have him in your team?

You might be kind and say he received a couple of ropey passes, but isn’t the alleged best winger in the world supposed to be able to catch and hang on to such passes?

And getting caught and bundled out behind the try-line – there used to be a fella called Christian Cullen to whom the ingoal area was just another place to start a piercing attack.

Of course the opposition had a fair bit to do with proceedings, but a little glance at history might have suggested that it was going to be the case all day – just a couple of years ago the All Blacks used their biggest get-out-of-jailfree card ever, and Joe Schmidt has had his team humming, it wasn’t exactly a state secret.

If you were astute enough to gather it all together, and see that perfect storm hovering over the ABs’ camp, then the juicy 9-1 odds on Ireland would have looked very inviting, to be sure.

There was a time, not all that long ago in fact, that Greg and Nina Hope were not a lot more than casual observers just taking in the action during Cup Week at Addington.

Good trainers, without serious horsepower, the Hope combination might have been lucky to line up one or two horses across the two, or as it was back then, three days of racing.

Life’s a little bit different now.

And yesterday, on one of the biggest stages of Canterbury’s showpiece week, the Woodend Beach trainers went next level when they produced the quinella of the Group One Dominion Handicap courtesy of champion trotter Monbet and bonny little mare Quite A Moment.

“It’s a pretty special moment for the both of us,” Greg Hope said.

“To see the colours going at it down the straight in a race like that was something else.”

It was reigning Horse of the Year Monbet who emerged on top, completing a dominating 12 months in the trotting ranks in New Zealand that has seen him win every major trotting race the country has to offer.

Backed into near unbeatable odds, after his arrogant win in Tuesday’s Trotting Free-For-All, Monbet was given every opportunity by regular pilot Ricky May who had his charge in all the right places at all the right times, before unleashing him at the top of the straight.

“We got a few favours out there and to be fair I think we needed them. It’s a bit of a relief, he’s definitely not 100 per cent at the moment but his class pulled him through.”

Monbet stopped the clock at a staggering 4.00.7.

Quite A Moment’s effort for second in the hands of Gerard O’Reilly, was huge after she galloped away. She tracked Monbet from the 800 and looked momentarily like she was going to give her stablemate a run for his money.

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■ 1000 GUINEAS

In brief

The blinkered approach Shaune Ritchie will try something different at Riccarton today with Bella Gioia in his quest for a first Gr.1 gavelhouse.com NZ 1000 Guineas title.

“She will have the addition of blinkers this weekend,” Ritchie said.

“She travelled down here well and had no issues with the flight at all so we’re very happy with her condition.”

A two-year-old winner, Bella Gioia doubled her tally when she was successful at Taupo before she got home strongly for fourth in the Gr.3 Gold Trail Stakes at Hastings.

The daughter of Swiss Ace then finished seventh in the Gr.2 James & Annie Sarten Memorial at Te Rapa.

“She has improved since the Sarten,” Ritchie said.

“We expected a little more and I’ve got to put my hand up.

“I left her a bit pretty.”

Bella Gioia is currently a $7.00 chance in the Guineas behind the $2.80 favourite La Diosa.

“I think they’ve got it right – the So You Think filly deserves to be at the top of the market, but if my filly brings her A Game then La Diosa will need to be at her top,” Ritchie said.

Meanwhile, stablemate Bee Tee Junior will be given his chance

Confidence in Kiwi-bred Desleigh Forster believes this season will bring out the best in the New Zealand-bred four-year-old Cylinder Beach. “He has come back a much bigger and stronger horse,” she said of the son of Showcasing. Third in the Gr.2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes at two and the winner of last season’s Gr.3 Gunsynd Classic, Cylinder Beach will open a new campaign at Doomben on Saturday in the hands of Brad Pengelly. “This is the perfect race for him and Brad has been getting to know him in trackwork,” Forster said.

- NZME

Winx the wonder mare Winx has been ranked the world’s best racehorse on turf. Third overall behind dirt performers Arrogate and California Chrome in the Longines Worlds Best Racehorse Rankings, the dual Gr.1 Cox Plate winner has earned a rating of 130 for her eightlength win over Hartnell in her defence of Australia’s weight-for-age championship last month. Arrogate leap-frogged California Chrome when he beat him in the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Classic last weekend to earn a mark of 134, with California Chrome on 133. - NZME Bella Gioia will have blinkers on when she tackles the 1000 Guineas today. in the Gr.3 Christchurch Casino New Zealand Cup. “Initially, I was going to run him in the 2500 metres race on the undercard, but Bloodstream paid up and it looks his race,”

Ritchie said. “If it rains, and it’s looking ominous, then I know Bee Tee Junior will run the two miles.

“He’s in great order and in on the minimum.

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“If it does rain and it becomes testing then he’ll keep plugging away.

“He’s a longshot and he’s entitled to be, but he’s a longshot that can win.”

- NZME

■ WAVERLEY

Surprise story for Lewis Caroll at Waverley Ngaire Fraser got more than she bargained for when she settled on Waverley as the venue for Lewis Caroll’s seasonal debut.

“I was hoping it was going to be a nice and easy Sunday out for him, but it’s quite a strong field,” the Cambridge horsewoman said.

“The trip away will help him though and I’m happy with the way he has come up.”

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Lewis Caroll, who will resume in the Tony Wilson Livestock Handicap, was unbeaten in his first two starts at New Plymouth and Matamata.

He was then given a break before he finished runner-up at Te Rapa and he was spelled again after he ran third behind the subsequent Australian winner and Group placegetter Shillelagh.

“He probably should have run

second that day and we’ve been following Shillelagh since then,” Fraser said.

“My fellow hasn’t grown at all, but he has lengthened and he looks more like a race horse now,” Fraser said.

“He’s had a jump-out, but no trial, and he’s been working nicely. He’s as well as he can be.

“There was a race at Te Rapa for him, but he coughed a couple

of times and I was over protective of him and didn’t run.

“He’s a very talented horse and he would have been snapped up for Hong Kong if it wasn’t for a few issues, but we’re happy and having a lot of fun with him.”

Lewis Caroll will be ridden by apprentice Shaun McKay, who has been aboard the Darci Brahma gelding in all four of his races.

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Frustration may lead to a Group One celebration for Nigel Tiley today.

The Pukekohe trainer was forced to head south ahead of time with his gavelhouse.com NZ 1000 Guineas hope Midnight Gossip, who has thrived in her new surroundings.

“I was absolutely stymied by the wet weather so I put her on a plane and sent her down south early,” the Pukekohe trainer said. The winner of one of her two starts last season, Midnight Gossip made her first appearance for seven months at Riccarton in October when she accounted for her older rivals over 1200 metres.

- NZME

Cup punters spend up Wagering turnover on the Melbourne Cup carnival has hit $600 million for the first time, an increase of 10 per cent. Racing Victoria said data from approved domestic wagering service providers showed total turnover for the four Flemington meetings was more than $657 million. Japanese punters bet $8.73 million on the Melbourne Cup. - AAP

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In brief

■ RICCARTON

Confidence sky high Glamour jockey Danielle Johnson is confident Nymph Monte is the horse to give her a first win in the New Zealand Cup. Johnson guided the Grant Nicholson-trained five-year-old to a comfortable two and a-half length win in last Saturday’s Listed Metropolitan Trophy (2500m) at Riccarton to ensure favouritism for this weekend’s Gr.3 Christchurch Casino 153rd New Zealand Cup (3200m) at the same track.

TAB bookmakers have made Nymph Monte a $2.20 favourite despite drawing out in barrier 17 for the Cup in the wake of his Metropolitan win and Johnson was just as confident.

“It was huge, his win,” she said.

“He couldn’t have been any more impressive and I’m looking forward to the Cup on Saturday.

“If he turns up in the same form, he’s going to take some beating.

“From when I first rode him to getting back on him Saturday, you could just feel the difference – and he’s maturing as a racehorse too.

“He was so dominant last weekend.”

Johnson, who rode three winners on the first day of the carnival, will also shoot for Group One success at Riccarton today when she partners the Shaune Ritchie-

M2

trained Bella Gioia in the gavelhouse.com 44th NZ 1000 Guineas (1600m).

A winner of two of her five starts, Bella Gioia finished strongly for fourth in the Gr.3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings but was below her best when seventh in the Gr.2 James & Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa last month.

“I worked her last week and her work was phenomenal,” Johnson said.

“I was a little disappointed with her run at Te Rapa but it seems they have resolved the issue from that race and she’ll be a whole lot better chance going into this race judging by her work.

“She’s been at the beach all week and with this forecast rain coming, that might play right into her favour.”

Johnson’s other feature mount at Riccarton is the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Lady Rossa, who is unbeaten in two trials appearances ahead of Saturday’s Listed Barneswood Farm Welcome Stakes for two-year-olds.

“She’s trialled quite nicely and she’s definitely quite speedy,” Johnson said.

Johnson has six rides at Dargaville on Friday, with the Sir Peter Vela-bred and raced pair of Quintessentially and Schiaparelli her picks of the day.

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Rain a concern The distance isn’t expected to pose any problem to the Gr.1 gavelhouse.com NZ 1000 Guineas favourite La Diosa today, but the Riccarton track might be a worry.

“She’s given every indication that a mile-plus would be right up her alley, so we’re very happy in that regard,” said Matt Brown, who trains the filly with his wife Mandy. However, the threat of rain is a concern for La Diosa, who is from the family of the 2002 Guineas winner The Jewel.

“We’re not sure how she would go on a rain-affected track, I expect a lot of the others are the same,” Brown said.

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Chances aplenty

Nymphe Monte in winning form.

New Zealand apprentice Lee Magorrian won’t lack for opportunities during his stint in Sydney with Chris Waller. The Irish-born jockey is gaining experience with the champion trainer and following in the footsteps of Jason Collett and Rory Hutchings as past winners of the Northern Racing Apprentice Scholarship. “He’s outridden his claim in New Zealand but because not all New Zealand races are classed as metropolitan races we’ve found a loophole that he can, within the rules, ride with a three kilo allowance,” Waller said.

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Tauranga gallops Today at Tauranga Raceway

Racing Tauranga Venue: Tauranga Meeting Date: 12 Nov 2016 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.25 GARTSHORE CONSTRUCTION 1600 MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 22342 Kamikaze Rebel (16) 58.5 ..........C Lammas 2 45204 Road Trip (5) 58.5 .......................T Thornton 3 247x8 No Loitering (9) 58.5 .................S McKay (a) 4 63 Ru’mar (4) 58.5 .......................... L Satherley 5 0200x Run Forrest Run (10) 58.5 .........R Elliot (a2) 6 4 Flagstaff (2) 58.5 ........................M Cameron 7 6376. Kakahu Stalker (1) 58.5 .................. S Spratt 8 9 Shine On (3) 58.5...............................M Hills 9 67 Plutonium (14) 57..........................M McNab 10 447x2 Polar Secret (8) 56.5 ..................M Coleman 11 85432 Happiness Is (15) 56.5 .................... R Jones 12 96025 Star Ella (18) 56.5 ....................A Jones (a1) 13 4x8 Morals 56.5 .................................. Scratched 14 22x22 Gata (6) 55 .....................................V Colgan 15 907 Brat Pack (13) 58.5 ........................ J Parkes 16 79x08 Right Here Waiting (11) 58.5 17 x699x Markwood (12) 58.5 18 900x0 Duke Street h (7) 58.5 19 x2676 Sir Harold (17) 58.5 Emergencies: Brat Pack, Right Here Waiting, Markwood, Duke Street, Sir Harold 2 1.00pm MAINFREIGHT TRANSPORT TAURANGA 3YO SW+P $20,000, 3YO SW+P, 1400m 1 0x446 Xiong Feng (3) 59.5 ........................ S Spratt 2 12175 Barcelo (2) 58.5 ........................S McKay (a) 3 11x1 Volpe Veloce tm (1) 57.5 ................ J Parkes 4 x9x14 In Position 57.5 ............................ Scratched 5 1 No Fuss Gus (11) 57.5...............M Cameron 6 1 Royal Mojito (8) 57.5 7 0x137 Georgethefifth dm (10) 57.5 ........T Thornton

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8 140x6 Lord Ascot (6) 57.5 ....................R Elliot (a2) 9 31 Cascata (5) 55.5 .................. T Johnson (a2) 10 1 Shez Swanky d (7) 55.5 ..............C Lammas 11 5521 Tiffany’s Time d (4) 55.5 ................M McNab 12 35. Shesallraaj (9) 54 .......................V Gatu (a2) 3 1.35pm O’CONNOR WARREN INSURANCE BROKERS 1400 OPEN HCP $30,000, OPN HCP, 1400m 1 622x7 Trojan Warrior td (7) 60 ...............C Lammas 2 34615 Ohope Prince tdh (10) 59.5........R Elliot (a2) 3 126x1 Aide Memoire dm (6) 58.5 .........V Gatu (a2) 4 870x2 Matimba dh (3) 58.5 .................A Jones (a1) 5 81169 Eletist tdm (2) 58 ........................M Coleman 6 43346 Elusive Gold tdm (5) 56.5...........M Cameron 7 71030 Rocknrolla tdm (4) 56 ........... T Johnson (a2) 8 23200 Late Decision d (8) 55 ..................... S Spratt 9 32331 Stradivarius m (9) 54 ................... E Farr (a3) 10 383x4 Neala d (1) 54 ....................................M Hills 4 2.10pm IXOM 2100 RATING 75 $22,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2100m 1 12126 El Luchador tm (4) 59 ....................V Colgan 2 x5337 Sky Idea (8) 59..............................M Tanaka 3 58558 Banbury Lad dm (5) 58.5 ................ R Jones 4 06354 Diesel 58.5 ................................... Scratched 5 181x0 Notabadrooster tm (12) 58 .......... E Farr (a3) 6 77722 Hayley Grace t (2) 57.5 ...............T Thornton 7 2x233 Chequered Flag db (9) 57 .........S McKay (a) 8 30x16 Lizzie L’Amour b (7) 56.5............M Cameron 9 01037 On Parole tmh (1) 56.5................C Lammas 10 65x47 Realta (3) 56.5 ............................... J Parkes 11 95514 Heeza Dreimer dm (11) 56 ........R Elliot (a2) 12 04658 Beyond Reach mh (10) 54 .......A Jones (a1) 13 04609 Stocktake m (6) 54 ..................... L Satherley 5 2.50 DOMINATOR GARAGE DOORS TAURANGA 1200 RATING 85 $25,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1200m 1 33730 Mr Knowitall tdm (13) 59.5 ..A Schwerin (a2)

2 26386 In Flight d (12) 59 ....................B Hutton (a1) 3 927x9 Abaddon (10) 57 ............................V Colgan 4 5012x Rocanto db (1) 57 .................H Marzuki (a4) 5 0x849 Brighton td (4) 56.5 .......................M McNab 6 10x44 It’s Bianca td (5) 54 .....................T Thornton 7 113x3 Go Nicholas d (2) 54 ...........................C Dell 8 63127 City Boy dm (14) 54 ...................M Cameron 9 217x2 Cinematic db (11) 54...................C Lammas 10 618x5 De Niro db (6) 54 ......................S McKay (a) 11 08313 Good Lookin’ Gal dm (9) 54 Z N Azman (a3) 12 19x24 Light Shadow td (8) 54 ...............M Coleman 13 0160x Suggestive Heights tdm (3) 54 ... L Satherley 14 76670 Rich Billie Marsh tdm (7) 54 ............ S Spratt 6 3.24pm PRESTON ROWE PATERSON PROPERTY VALUERS WFA (G2) $100,000, WFA, 1600m 1 0340x Volkstok’n’barrell d (9) 59 ...........M Cameron 2 27x60 Julinsky Prince tdm (2) 59.............. J Parkes 3 62534 Antonio Lombardo tm (5) 59 ........... S Spratt 4 x1254 El Pescado dmh (3) 59................C Lammas 5 211x4 Sound Proposition td (1) 59 .......M Coleman 6 x1212 Amarula (4) 59 ..........................S McKay (a) 7 292x3 Abidewithme d (6) 57 ....................M McNab 8 4x828 Mime tm (8) 57 ...............................V Colgan 9 58004 Celebrity Miss dm (7) 57 .............T Thornton 7 4.02pm VERTICAL HORIZONZ GROUP 1600 RATING 75 $22,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 21x09 Cursive (3) 59........................H Marzuki (a4) 2 11716 McCullum tm (12) 58...........Z N Azman (a3) 3 75026 Seconds Out tdm (6) 58 ...........A Jones (a1) 4 8x343 Te Hana dm (15) 57.5 .................... J Parkes 5 11x94 Highland Park d (2) 57.5 ............M Cameron 6 15x03 Endean Rose td (9) 57 ............B Hutton (a1) 7 74825 Curious d (8) 57 ........................S McKay (a) 8 110x2 Stylish Attack td (1) 56.5 ................V Colgan 9 x4415 Animator d (5) 56.5 .............. T Johnson (a2)

1600 R65 $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 609x0 Zacada (7) 60.............................M Cameron 2 7746x Douro b (11) 59.5 .......... I Fraser-Hayes (a4) 3 86781 The Chief d (1) 59 ...............A Schwerin (a2) 4 6x424 What’s Up Alf m (14) 59 ....... T Johnson (a2) 5 34120 Gumboots mb (4) 58.5 ............B Hutton (a1) 6 2x005 Sacred Galaxy (12) 58.5 ................V Colgan 7 6051x Teena Rox (6) 58......................... E Farr (a3) 8 421 Swinging Skirts (10) 57 .............S McKay (a) 9 06076 Lamason (8) 57 ..........................V Gatu (a2) 10 65357 Dahls Delight dm (2) 56.5 .......... L Satherley 11 057x1 Keep Carmen Carion td (13) 56.5 .. J Parkes 12 638x8 Ekarosa dm (9) 55.5 .....................M Tanaka 13 x0756 Volts (15) 55.5 ............................R Elliot (a2) 14 067x4 Sacred Wind 55............................ Scratched 15 0x0x9 Jesdemona 54 ............................. Scratched 16 9x096 De Kensington Oval (5) 54 .......A Jones (a1) 17 0x137 Georgethefifth m (3) 56.5 -

Em: Jesdemona, De Kensington Oval, Georgethefifth Blinkers on: Happiness Is, Right Here Waiting (R1), Barcelo (R2), Animator (R7) Blinkers off: Road Trip, Plutonium (R1), Chequered Flag (R4), Teena Rox (R8) Winkers Matt Cameron has the ride on Volk- on: Road Trip (R1), Notabadrooster, Chequered Flag stok’n’barrell in the $100,00 Preston (R4) Winkers off: Markwood (R1), Barcelo (R2)

Rowe WFA at Tauranga today.

10 x2191 Cantare dmh (14) 56 ....................... S Spratt 11 12x00 Richie McHorse d (10) 56 ...........C Lammas 12 2735x Lady Kalimara d (13) 54.5.............M McNab 13 11758 Ultimata m (11) 54 .....................M Coleman 14 02610 Viva La Jour tdm (7) 54 ......................M Hills 15 00x16 Moderation t (4) 54......................T Thornton Emergency: Moderation 8 4.37 PRO STEEL STAINLESS STEEL FABRICATORS

SELECTIONS

Race 1: Kamikaze Rebel, Kakahu Stalker, Gata, Polar Secret Race 2: Georgethefifth, Volpe Veloce, No Fuss Gus, Barcelo Race 3: Trojan Warrior, Aide Memoire, Neala, Matimba, Race 4: Chequered Flag, Diesel, El Luchador, Lizzie L’Amour Race 5: Mr Knowitall, Brighton, Rocanto, Cinematic, In Flight Race 6: Julinksy Prince, Volkstok’n’barrell, Sound Proposition Race 7: Te Hana, Curious, Stylish Attack, Ultimata, McCullum Race 8: Teena Rox, Swinging Skirts, What’s Up Alf, Zacada

Auckland dogs Tomorrow at Manukau Stadium

Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Sta- 3 3.12pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT C1, 318m 4 32433 Mr. Mumbles 18.55 R &...............N O’Regan dium Meeting Date: 13 Nov 2016 NZ Meeting number: 3 1 86658 Scott No Value 18.51 ........................G Hunt 5 1676F Skyler White 18.60 ............................B Craik Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 2 88263 Fortis Fiona 18.65 U & ......................Cottam 6 82F38 Hows Your Mum 18.62 ......................B Bond Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 7 53321 Kapai Lana 18.83 U & ...........................Bliek 3 54655 Cookie Monster 18.63 .......................B Craik 1 2.38pm (NZT) GREYHOUND FUNCTION CENTRE 4 84651 Simply Yeti 18.56 ............................. T Green 8 78283 Red Rascal 18.66 R & ................N O’Regan 9 44158 Scott The Looks 18.90 U & ...............Cottam 5 5F475 Tepirita Amber 18.58 R & ............N O’Regan SPRINT C3, 318m 6 27777 Opawa Poppy 18.51 B & .................... Steele 10 21445 Obstinatus 18.25 R & ..................N O’Regan 1 12317 Hot Star 18.61 ...............................A Cleaver 7 35577 Lloyd Attack 18.69........................ M J Lozell 6 4.04pm STITCHES UPHOLSTERY STAKES SERIES 2 87274 Just As Gentle 18.50.................... M J Lozell 8 76F47 Allegro Cody nwtd ............................. D Hunt HEAT 2 C1q, 527m 3 32158 Rockin’ Fancy 18.57 ...................D Schofield 9 73888 Here Without You nwtd R & .........N O’Regan 1 3551 Bonus Lotto 31.32 G H & ........ PC Ferguson 4 42837 Diva Pose 18.64 M & ....................... J Smith 5 85281 Let’s Go Sprite 18.53 .......................L Ahern 4 3.28pm STITCHES UPHOLSTERY STAKES SERIES 2 71557 Wong Way nwtd U & .........................Cottam 3 28212 Bobanuska 30.92 ............................ L Martin 6 21133 Umaga Rama 18.61 B & .................... Steele HEAT 1 C1q, 527m 4 86787 Miss Bunnythorpe nwtd U &..............Cottam 7 36855 Sandor Glegane 18.37 .................... T Green 1 13 Thrilling Berry nwtd ......................... K Walsh 5 14547 Golden Ivy nwtd W &.......................T Steele 8 32118 Myrniong Girl 18.62 ........................ T Green 2 53641 Rocky McAwesome nwtd U & ...........Cottam 6 86368 All Hail Caesar nwtd U &...................Cottam 9 53885 Macjam 18.33 ............................D Schofield 3 34533 Opawa Paul nwtd W & ....................T Steele 7 32445 Opawa Harry nwtd B & ...................... Steele 10 21747 Bigtime Moola nwtd U &........................Bliek 4 57673 Idol Leanne 30.71 B & ....................... Steele 8 24854 Kitty’s Shiraz 30.55 H & ..............L Laagland 2 2.54 DELI’S SPORTS BAR CLENDON INN SPRINT 5 27762 April’s My Mum 30.57...................... T Green 9 56678 Golfing Buddy nwtd R & ..............N O’Regan 6 51PPP Sassy Song nwtd .......................D Schofield C0, 318m 7 52627 Fortis Flier 30.74 U & ........................Cottam 10 86658 Scott No Value nwtd ..........................G Hunt 1 73732 Ms Rubble Double nwtd ............... H Mullane 8 x2265 Tron Bradman nwtd G H & ...... PC Ferguson 7 4.22pm MCGHIE PLUMBING SPRINT C3/4, 318m 2 6 Bold Sassy nwtd ........................D Schofield 9 86658 Scott No Value nwtd ..........................G Hunt 1 36664 Cyclone Lusi 18.62 U & ....................Cottam 3 1 Saint Sassy nwtd .......................D Schofield 2 13578 Cranky Pants 18.64..........................L Ahern 4 63626 Miss Shellac nwtd ............................M Black 10 56678 Golfing Buddy nwtd R & ..............N O’Regan 5 67788 Minute Sixteen nwtd..........................G Hunt 5 3.47pm HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C2, 318m 3 44565 Ekali 18.42 ..................................... G Farrell 4 37118 Costing Money 18.52 ..................... I George 6 56574 Bigtime Sassy nwtd...........................B Bond 1 54354 Zipping Kasey 18.83 ..................D Schofield 5 11366 Baymax 18.50 ...................................B Craik 7 6588 Mighty Artemis nwtd .........................G Hunt 2 31471 Gimme Hot Chips 18.56 U &.............Cottam 6 35111 Don’t Brag 18.44 .......................... H Mullane 8 77785 Alex Attack nwtd U &.........................Cottam 3 53742 Zipping Jane nwtd ............................. D Hunt

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75438 Fantastic Sid nwtd ......................D Schofield 11544 Zipping Steve 18.41 ...................D Schofield 22645 Our Sambo 18.78......................... M J Lozell 66786 Waerenga Star 18.63 U & .................Cottam 8 4.39pm PUMP AND ENGINEERING LTD STAKES C2/3, 527m 1 35256 Nangar Gem 30.75 ....................D Schofield 2 44762 Untraceable 30.19 ......................D Schofield 3 486x1 Calypso Star 30.68 G H &....... PC Ferguson 4 23513 Blazing Spirit 30.32 ....................D Schofield 5 x5646 Ruby Murray 30.49..........................P Green 6 12575 Jinja Heart nwtd W & ......................T Steele 7 32626 Miss Velocette 30.36 ...................L Laagland 8 76743 Multicam Ranger 30.80 ..............D Schofield Emergencies: 9 65314 New Look 31.00 .........................D Schofield 10 53322 Zimmer Frame 30.87 U &......................Bliek 9 4.57pm TROPHIES PLUS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 81745 Willi Gas It 18.86 ........................ G Pomeroy 2 72224 Missing Allegro nwtd ........................L Ahern 3 76454 Lord De Air 18.52 .............................M Black 4 77878 Silent Partner nwtd............................J Black 5 1 Mega Munchies 18.70 U &................Cottam 6 36424 Stainless Knocka nwtd U & ...................Bliek 7 41454 Sacred Can You 18.54 R & .........N O’Regan 8 57557 Frankincense 18.59.......................H R Scott

9 73888 Here Without You nwtd R & .........N O’Regan 5.14pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT C3/4, 318m 1 48x77 Brown Eye Boy 18.43................... H Mullane 2 26722 Made Time 18.31 ..............................B Bond 3 82318 Allegro Lass 18.65 ...........................L Ahern 4 23628 Idol Gee 18.68 B &............................. Steele 5 55562 Effective Power 18.45 ......................L Ahern 6 57876 Unileven 18.64 ...........................D Schofield 7 14564 No More Debt 18.46........................ T Green 8 17532 Stylish Fancy 18.39 ....................D Schofield Emergencies: 9 15446 Scott Tied Up 18.63 U & ...................Cottam 10 14766 Formation 18.64 ................................B Craik 11 5.32 JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS C1, 318m 1 15863 Just About Ready 18.92...................M Black 2 27377 Asta 18.74 .....................................A Cleaver 3 55626 Deceptive Lad nwtd...................... M J Lozell 4 56678 Golfing Buddy 18.64 R & ............N O’Regan 5 82327 Highland Laddie 18.68 ................. H Mullane 6 51328 Tuff Star 18.66 U &............................Cottam 7 56671 Uncomplicated nwtd......................... S Clark 8 54465 Pat Not Plait nwtd...........................P Henley 9 73888 Here Without You nwtd R & .........N O’Regan

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■ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Alliance profit defies market “However, the weather conditions across the country have also became more favourable as the year progressed, which has provided a significant boost for our farmers,” Taggart said in a statement.

The co-operative’s business transformation strategy was resulting in tangible benefits that had exceeded expectations, delivering gains of $56m compared to the budgeted $34m, Taggart said.

Alliance, which is New Zealand’s biggest sheepmeat processor, said its debt fell from $129m to $41m and that it carried no seasonal

debt. “Although we’re still in the early stages of a transformation, our strengthened balance sheet and a fitter business means we’re on track to take advantage of global opportunities as we continue to build a stronger, more resilient co-operative, for the benefit of our farmer shareholders,” Taggart said.

Chief executive David Surveyor said the weakening of market prices and global volatility over the year reduced group revenues but that the co-operative was able to act as a buffer and absorb some of the impact on its farmer shareholders.

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■ COMMENT

Compiled by

Equity Markets – More restrained in recent months Reviewing equity market returns over the three months to 31 October, returns were mixed.

Currency changes continue to impact UK returns, while US equities appeared to largely ignore the presidential election, with the reporting season positive enough to offset interest rate

Michael Coleman and Selwyn Sloan MONEY MATTERS

concerns.

Australasian markets, which have been the strongest performers over the year, were the worst performing markets in the three months to 31 October.

While stock specific news impacted a number of companies within the markets, the bigger driver appears to have been the increases in interest rates that have occurred during October in response to higher inflation expectations.

New Zealand and Australian markets were impacted the most, given the higher yielding nature of these markets.

US studies have shown that interest rates rising from low levels have not traditionally been negative for equity market returns.

However to the extent fixed interest markets become more attractively priced, this may impact asset allocation decisions towards risk assets, so remains a longer-term consideration.

Fixed Interest Markets – Back Central Bank support for longer While domestically the Reserve Bank of New Zealand has again (November 10) cut the Official Cash Rate, longer-term interest rates are being driven by global Central Bank policies.

Recently some of the stimulus provided by Japan and Europe has been lower than the market expected and the US Federal Reserve is also closer to raising its official rate.

In the meantime, low absolute interest rate levels have prompted further corporate issuance.

More recently this has been largely subordinated debt, but the greater choice and probability of more issuance should allow investors to be more selective and to use new issues to improve the overall quality of their portfolios.

Selwyn Sloan and Michael Coleman are Authorised Financial Advisers with Forsyth Barr in Ashburton. This column is general in nature and should not be regarded as personalised investment advice. Disclosure Statements are available on request and free of charge.

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This has led to some speculation that longer-term interest rates could be nearing an inflexion point.

Market commentators are also again talking about inflation re-emerging and even in New Zealand the December reading for consumer price inflation is expected to rebound toward 1 per cent p.a.

As a result, longer-term interest rates increased over the three months to 31 October and markto-market returns were flat for corporate bonds.

Looking further out, while longer-term interest rates may have reached an inflexion point, existing government indebtedness does require interest rates to remain low if authorities want to adopt the fiscal stimulus being talked about.

This suggests that Central Bank policy should continue to remain accommodative and therefore cap longer-term interest rate increases.

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Global environment – low but broadening growth he International Monetary Fund recently updated its global growth outlook, leaving projections unchanged at +3.1 per cent this year following +3.2 per cent last year. Next year’s estimate remains +3.4 per cent.

This has led commentators to again focus on the weak economic expansion relative to prior periods. However, this ignores the positive factor that the current expansion is shaping up to be one of the longest in history.

Growth in advanced economies of 1.6 per cent this year and 1.8 per cent next year reduces the overall averages.

We are however seeing improvements in manufacturing indices, with these indicating an expansion in Japan (the first reading since January 2016), Europe and stronger expansions in the UK and US economies.

Importantly for Australasia, Asian economies continue to grow at robust levels; 6.5 per cent this year and 6.3 per cent forecast for 2017.

Globally, growth is still being supported by accommodative monetary policies and with further support now more reliant on fiscal stimulus this may see more volatility in sentiment, but we maintain that a lower growth for longer environment is not a bad outcome.

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Invercargill-based Alliance Group said its pre-tax profit rose by 26.7 per cent to $10.1 million in the year to September, despite difficult market conditions.

Chairman Murray Taggart said the year had been challenging for farmers, but that the co-operative had strengthened its balance sheet considerably.

“Global market prices have been at their most difficult in the last five years and any recovery in prices since May has been more than offset by the foreign exchange levels, in particular, sterling and US dollar,” he said.

q S&P/NZX 50 Gross

6,697.78 –35.93 –0.53%

S&P/NZX 20 index q

4,668.64

–25.5

–0.54%

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7,248.45 –37.96 –0.52%

p Rises 52 q Falls 56

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p S&P/ASX 200 index

5,370.7

+41.9

+0.79%

At close of trading on Nov 11, 2016

p Dow Jones Indust.

18,807.9 +218.2 +1.17% At close of trading on Nov 10, 2016

q FTSE 100 index

6,828.0

–83.9

–1.21%

At close of trading on Nov 10, 2016

p Nikkei 225 index

17,381.0 +36.59 +0.21% At close of trading on Nov 11, 2016

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1,267.50

London – $US/ounce

–13.9

–1.08%

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18.75

–0.06

–0.32%

5,619.0

+284.0

+5.32%

p Copper London – $US/tonne NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

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0.9354 0.9572 4.5873 0.6487 1.407 0.5651 75.37 1.6544 9.9483 24.65 0.7111

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Clinton has shown the way James Ford

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here’s been social unrest across the United States since Wednesday’s election result.

My editorial in yesterday’s edition of the Guardian questioned the way in which some have reacted towards those that voted for Donald Trump, before taking note of their reasoning.

This election has been abhorrent at times.

From FBI investigations to accusations of sexual assault.

The way in which both candidates presented themselves to the world couldn’t have been more polarising, from their demeanour, attitude and more obviously, appearance.

And from this we can take a very important positive from what has been the most aggressive and dividing race to the Oval Office.

At one end of the stage you had a man in a suit.

Granted, Donald Trump’s appearance is slightly different to what we’re used to.

The tangerine skin and gravity defying hair does set him apart from his predecessors.

But, what many young women will have seen would have been just that – a man in a suit.

Like every other presidential candidate before.

While on the other side of the stage was Hillary Clinton, a 69-yearold woman making history, again.

When it became apparent that her second charge to the White House had progressed further than her last, but still fell short, her concession speech may have been the most dignified moment of both campaigns.

Rather than continuing to question Trump’s credentials, she insisted Americans must give Trump an open mind and a chance to lead.

She then moved on to the obvious, another attempt and ultimately failure, to become the first female president of the world’s only super power.

“I know we have still not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling. But someday, someone will, and hopefully sooner than we might think right now,” she said with glassy eyes.

But in an election in which both candidates’ reputations have been left in tatters, Clinton can take solace from what she has achieved.

Granted, she won’t be president, but as the first woman nominated by a major party for the presidency and having served as Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, she has certainly shown the way.

If any good can be taken from how this presidential race was fought, it can be that young women will not feel as though they can’t go one step further.

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hat wealthy feline frightener, multi-millionaire and self-promoted controversialist, Gareth Morgan (GM), has announced he is in the process of founding a new political party up to which, at the last count, one thousand fresh-faced members have already signed.

Thus the basic five hundred needed to qualify as a party has been safely negotiated. Morgan wishes, he says, “to light a fuse” under what he feels are the inertia-ized (my word, but one which gives you an idea of from where Morgan is coming) parties of our country, namely National and Labour.

To those two dinosaurian groups, and, at the other extreme, our pygmy parliamentary tailwaggers - from whom, periodically, so much is expected , will be added, The Opportunities Party (TOP).

My first reaction to this grand initiative is to wonder, “what about the bomb” that is invariably attached to the fuse and without which the exploding fuse will barely disturb a slumbering member on a parliamentary back bench in the Beehive or elsewhere.

We are all familiar with the phrase, “I’d like to put a bomb under him” but, only a fuse?

That surely won’t lead to political upheaval and unrest amongst the masses. Even Guy Fawkes had all the right gear with him when he was apprehended before he could use it as intended, to deliver his

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coup de grace and blow up the Houses of Parliament lock, stock and barrel.

As one might expect, the new political leader is forming his own brand of leadership which apparently rules out any suggestion of TOP going into coalition with anyone else, tail-waggers or not.

What’s more, the opportunists will sit in a little huddle on the cross-benches showing their disdain for attaching themselves to any other group. Of course, it may be a very small huddle indeed as only list seats are on the opportunists’ menu and it’s hard to see why they should get past the five per cent qualifying mark, a seemingly small total maybe, but one which has defeated most of our would-be mavericks since MMP made its contentious debut in 1996.

And, in a quirky finale to his slightly longer-term goals, Morgan has declared that having given his list men the opportunity to discuss specific topics on the floor of the House and, presumably, found solutions to most of the single issues raised with a good dose of Morgan Common Sense, the opportunists will, after

next year’s election, simply fade away to become merely a page in the history of the Kiwi political experience.

Morgan may be onto a winner but it’s hard to see quite how. It might be more realistic if GM were to come clean on his party.

TOP is clearly a means to keep the other b..... ds honest” and only the latest in a long line of such groups.

Elsewhere, the scrap over housing between National and Labour continues along its predictable path, with each side throwing more and more money at the problem in the vain hope that somehow more houses at affordable prices will magically materialise by this time next year, for which either the busy Bennett or the earnest, if more expansive, Phil Twyford will be able to claim a stirring victory. The idea of resource pooling and a combined initiative is still, apparently, in the realms of political fairyland.

And now the US election has come and gone and, in the process, thrown up the most unlikely winner since America became an independent nation.

Having broken every rule in the candidate’s manual, committed gaffes of gargantuan proportions, revealed an astonishingly cavalier approach to women, just at a time when respect for women has become a global catch-cry for politicians of all persuasions even the NZRFU has been obliged to acknowledge such strange people really do exist (and that

actually includes Tew himself), and finally, insulted and bullied his female opponent, Donald Trump now has the key to the White House.

It is almost a speechless-making moment. Presumably, we can, nevertheless, soon expect to see the hurriedly-established panel hard at work investigating with all due diligence, Trump’s oft-repeated allegation he was facing an already rigged election procedure.

Could it now be that for him to win it, Trump might just be prepared to acknowledge it wasn’t?

Others are already saying it has to have been if Trump really has become the next President of the United States!

Hold onto your hats and make sure the fridge in your nuclear shelter is well provisioned.

And, as a last thought, there is the little matter of Key’s coalition administration’s after-dark announced agreement with the Maori Party over significant changes to the RMA (Resource Management Act) greatly empowering Maori involvement in local government.

This long-brewing bombshell, vehemently opposed by opposition parties everywhere, was blatantly slipped through under the deep cover of the American elections, with Dr Smith, the minister involved, feigning injured innocence that he could have had any such motives.

In the last few hours the political parameters have undergone yet another shift.

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Spice Girls recording The Spice Girls are back in the recording studio. Geri Horner and Emma Bunton – who make up two of the original five members of the girl group alongside Mel B, Mel C and Victoria Beckham – have taken to Instagram to share an image of the two of them in a studio ahead of the 21st anniversary of their debut single Wannabe. The photo, posted to Geri’s Instagram account, was simply captioned: “In studio,oooooh @ emmaleebunton (sic)”. But any new music to come out of the studio sessions won’t be branded as Spice Girls music, as Mel C and Victoria are refusing to take part in the reunion.

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump shake hands following their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, yesterday.

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■ UNITED STATES

Trump visits new home President-elect Donald Trump took a triumphant tour of the nation’s capital yesterday, holding a cordial White House meeting with President Barack Obama, sketching out priorities with Republican congressional leaders and taking in the majestic view from where he’ll be sworn in to office.

Trump’s meeting with Obama spanned 90 minutes, longer than originally scheduled. Obama said he was “encouraged”

by Trump’s willingness to work with his team during the transition of power, and the Republican called the president a “very good man”.

“I very much look forward to

dealing with the president in the future, including his counsel,” Trump said from the Oval Office. He’ll begin occupying the office on January 20.

While Trump noted that he and Obama had never met before, their political histories will forever be linked. Trump spent years perpetrating the lie that Obama was born outside the United States. The president campaigned aggressively against Trump during the 2016 campaign, warning that his election would put the republic at risk.

But at least publicly, the two men appeared to put aside their animosity. As the meet-

ing concluded and journalists scrambled out of the Oval Office, Obama smiled at his successor and explained the unfolding scene.

“We now are going to want to do everything we can to help you succeed because if you succeed the country succeeds,” Obama said.

Trump was also beginning the process of putting together his White House team. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who worked his way into Trump’s inner circle during the election, and top campaign official Kellyanne Conway were emerging as possible picks for White

House chief of staff, according to two people familiar with the transition planning.

A third person said conservative media executive Steve Bannon was also in the mix, though others insisted Bannon would not have a White House role.

First lady Michelle Obama met privately in the White House residence with Trump’s wife, Melania, while Vice President Joe Biden saw Vice President-elect Mike Pence.

Trump’s team was said to be sketching a robust role for Pence, an experienced Washington hand, that would include both domestic and foreign policy responsibilities. - AP

A new Kardashian Baby Kardashian is here! Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna have welcomed a baby girl. They resisted giving her a ‘k’ name but did pick something unusual.

E! reports they have named their little bundle of joy Dream Renee Kardashian and she weighed 7 pounds and 5 ounces when she arrived at 9.18am (3:15am NZDT yesterday). Chyna, real name Angela Renee White, had been booked in for a caesarean yesterday. “She is gorgeous and has tons of hair!” a source told E! News. The couple were planning on having the birth filmed for their reality TV show.

■ UNITED STATES

Singer songwriter Leonard Cohen dies Leonard Cohen, the Canadian poet and novelist who became a singular international presence as a singer-songwriter, has died. He was 82.

“It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away,” a statement on his official Facebook page said.

“We have lost one of music’s most revered and prolific visionaries.”

A memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later date, said the statement, which requested privacy for his family “during their time of grief”.

Only last month, Cohen released his final album, You Want It Darker, a deeply introspective work that focused

Leonard Cohen thematically on mortality.

His elegantly penned songs, authored during a musical career that spanned six decades, won him comparison with such other songwriters of his

era as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon.

His best-known song, Hallelujah, has been recorded more than 200 times. Cohen never recorded a chart single and didn’t place an album in the top 10 until he was in his 70s, but his ardent fans and musical peers viewed him as a musical craftsman with few equals. As a songwriter, his themes encompassed love in all its manifestations, religion, faith and the tenuous state of the world.

Like Hallelujah, many of his tunes – his breakthrough composition Suzanne, Bird on the Wire, Tower of Song – became much-covered keystones of the popular songbook.

His longtime accompanist Jennifer Warnes recorded several of his best-known works on her 1987 Cohen recital Famous Blue Raincoat.

He was a well-known womaniser whose many romantic partners included fellow Canadian musician Joni Mitchell and actress Rebecca De Mornay.

Yet he would famously reject the world of the flesh: Torn by depression and doubt about his life and career, he withdrew to spend more than five years in a Buddhist monastery; he later studied at a Hindu ashram in Mumbai.

He is survived by a son and daughter from his relationship with Suzanne Elrod.

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Hunter’s house for sale Rachel Hunter is putting her West Hollywood home up for sale for the third time. According to Variety, the Make Me A Supermodel star bought the house in April 2004 for $3.37 million and in August she listed it for $6.5m. Now the 47-year-old supermodel is renting it out for $26,000 a month. Rachel had previously listed the house in 2006 for $4.7m but took it off the market the following year. She had tried to stoke up more interest by dropping the price to $3.9m, and in February 2008 she listed the property once again but for $4.2m.

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Bomber hits German consulate Germany’s consulate in northern Afghanistan was attacked yesterday when a suicide car bomber rammed the compound, a senior police official said.

The car exploded at the gate of the consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif city, destroying the gate and wall around 11.10pm local time, said Abdul Raziq Qaderi, head of security for Balkh province. He said three police were wounded.

“Police have surrounded the area and our forces are inside the compound,” he said.

The Taliban issued a statement saying they had sent suicide attackers to the consulate.

Sher Jan Durrani, spokesman for the police chief of Balkh province, said a gun battle was going

on at the consulate.

The German Foreign Ministry said in a statement there was an “armed attack” on the consulate but didn’t specify the nature of the attack or mention any casualties.

The statement said there had been fighting outside and on the grounds of the consulate and that Afghan security forces and troops from the international Resolute Support mission were at the scene.

Mazar-i-Sharif is the capital of Balkh province and one of the most important cities in the country. Residents in the city reported hearing a huge explosion near the consulate that shattered windows in buildings nearby. - AP

Troops slow advance as they clear neighbourhoods inces. Amnesty International reported allegations against security forces of arbitrary detention, forced disappearances and ill-treatment of prisoners, including an account that up to six people were “extrajudicially executed” in late October over suspected ties to Isis.

The London-based rights organisation said the alleged killings took place near the area of Shura and Qayara outside Mosul, and it urged the government to investigate.

In brief Whoops Everyone from pollsters to pundits got the result of the US presidential election wrong.

But few can have made it in such an expensive manner.

Newsweek and a partner that prints up special commemorative issues has been forced into an embarrassing recall, after it sent out 125,000 copies of its Madam President issue designed to celebrate Hillary Clinton’s win.

Although Topix Media had also prepared a Donald Trump version it thought it was safe to dispatch only the version detailing “Hillary Clinton’s historic journey to the White House”, as the cover put it.

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Taking on protesters

■ IRAQ

Iraqi troops fired at positions held by the Islamic State group in and around the northern city of Mosul yesterday but did not advance as they regrouped and cleared neighbourhoods once occupied by the extremists, military officials said.

Troops are screening residents fleeing from Mosul, searching for any Isis militants trying to sneak out among the more than 34,000 civilians fleeing to displacement camps and host communities in nearby prov-

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“Men in Federal Police uniform have carried out multiple unlawful killings, apprehending and then deliberately killing in cold blood residents in villages south of Mosul,” said Lynn Maalouf, deputy director for research at Amnesty’s Beirut office.

“In some cases the residents were tortured before they were shot dead execution-style,” she said, adding that it was “crucial” for Iraqi authorities to bring those responsible to justice.

“Without effective measures to suppress and punish serious violations, there is a real risk that we could see war crimes of this kind repeated in other Iraqi villages and towns during the Mosul offensive,” Maalouf added.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi denied the report, calling it “incorrect information,” and saying in a statement that Isis fighters were the ones responsible for the killing of civilians.

- AP

President-elect Donald Trump is back on Twitter, taking on the protesters who have gathered in cities across the nation since his election. Trump tweets: “Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting.

Very unfair!” Thousands have been gathering in cities from New York to Dallas to San Francisco to voice opposition to Trump’s election. Trump’s complaint yesterday about the media echoes the rhetoric of his campaign, when he railed against the press as “disgusting” and “dishonest”. A few minutes earlier, Trump was more positive about his trip to Washington, tweeting: “A fantastic day in DC. Met with President Obama for first time. Really good meeting, great chemistry. Melania liked Mrs. O a lot!”

- AP

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10am - 1pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street. (Closed this weekend).

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1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet doubles. Waireka Philip Street.

5pm ASHBURTON MASTERS SWIMMERS. Open to all level of swimmers over 20 years followed by coffee and chat. E A Stadium.

Service led by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allen’s Rd, Allenton.

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Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

Better than a beach in your own backyard Swimming pools / Spas

Painting – Wallpapering – Plastering “NO JOB TOO SMALL”

• Interior • Exterior • Professional • Prompt • Competitive

For every lifestyle and budget, see our range!

Servicing / Advice

We service pools, spas, pumps, water filters etc.

Now Stockist Of BioGuard chemical range.

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Email: paintitash@yahoo.co.nz – www.paint-it-ashburton.com

HEAT PUMPS

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We can refit your existing wardrobe or fit out your new one.

HEAT PUMPS Perfect all year round

• Wall or floor mounted available • Most models will continue to heat even with outside temperatures of minus 15°C

For a free measure and quote phone 308 2966

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Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems phone 0274 362 362 or 308 4573.

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EXECUTIVE HOME CLEANING & GARDENING LIMITED

New Pure Water System Enjoy spot and streak free windows!

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03 307 8184 or 027 292 0180 Professional service and a friendly team for a job well done, qualified gardener.

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Chiropractic for improved health, injury prevention and nutrition.

ACC Registered.

Debra Curtin Chiropractor Mon, Wed, Thurs: 8.30am-5.30pm Fri: 8am-2pm

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Hours: 11am - 4pm Tuesday to Saturday

Denture Problems?

Come see Life Dental! (previously The Timaru Dental Lab) Every Wednesday at Dr Peter Rumping’s Dental Surgery Serving South Canterbury, Oamaru and Ashburton for the last 40 years Free Consultation Mr Rafik Hanna Clinical Dental Technologist B.Dent. (Otago) PG. Dip. C.D.Tech (Otago)

Starting price for full dentures $1700 inclusive of GST

1st Floor, Smith + Church Buildng Moore St, Ashburton

André Grob Chiropractor Tues: 9am-5pm

PH 03 308 9516

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Plants for all projects.

- Landscaping Plants - Ornamental & Specimen trees - Native plants for all purposes - Hedging plants & Topiaries - Fruit & Nut plants.

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1133 Main South Road - Call 0800 800 352 - www.southernwoods.co.nz

NEW SEASON’S IN STORE NOW East Street, Ashburton - Phone 308 5771 - www.sparrows.co.nz

House of Hearing

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To advertise here contact Trisha on 021 836 543 or 307 7963

Birthday Greetings 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.

Logan Bartlett Happy 9th Birthday.

Lots of love Mum, Dad and Brooke. xxoo

Logan Bartlett Happy Birthday mate.

From your best friends Daniel and Mitchell.

Lily Hulme Happy Birthday.

Have a great day.

Love Nanna and Grandad.

Ella Rose Reed Dear Ella wishing you a very Happy 10th Birthday.

Hope it’s a happy day. With lots of love Grandad and Grandma Murchie.

Today’s construction is tomorrow’s legacy  Housing  Commercial  Farm  Renovations Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote on 03 308 9936 or 027 432 3258

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Positions Available Now Our business continues to grow so we are looking for more great people to join our teams.

1. PARTS JUNIOR - John Deere (Apprentice Opportunity - School Leaver) 2. PARTS SALES PERSON - John Deere 3. PARTS SALES PERSON - Polaris / Yamaha Marine (Parts - Adminstration/Computer Prowess - Technical Focus - Customer Service Excellence)

4. HARVEST TECHNICIAN - SPFH / Combine (Qualified or Experienced, Great Rates, Experienced Team) 5. SMALL ENGINE TECHNICIAN - Lawncare / Gators (Qualified or Experienced, Specialist Workshop)

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Me now - or visit our website www.dne.co.nz or call Courtney Hyde on 027 486 7773 or courtney@dne.co.nz for a confidential discussion.

Photographer We are seeking a creative and motivated photographer. This is a contractor position, working some evenings and weekends.

The position is to cover local events and news stories providing photographs for a range of Ashburton Guardian publications.

Experience in photographing people on location is necessary. A passion for the local community, including sports, will be helpful. The ideal candidate must be able to work as a team member in a creative group environment but also to work solo and self-driven, as necessary. They must also be able to follow tight layouts and directions but be able to improvise on demand while remaining critical, creative and polite. Good verbal, written communications and organisational skills are also essential.

To apply, please send your CV and accompanying letter outlining the hours you can work, through to desme@theguardian.co.nz Closing date for applications is Friday, November 25.

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Ashburton Factory has 2 positions available Factory Team Member You will be: • Competent with use of sheet metal roll-formers, cutting and folding equipment would be advantageous. Alternatively, applicant should have skills and experience in a related trade.

• Reliable and punctual • Calm, courteous with a friendly manner.

• Someone that has experience with overhead gantry cranes (desirable not necessary) • Position is permanent, full time (40 hours) Factory Team Member/Truck Driver You will be: • Someone who enjoys interacting with customers • Class (2) truck license holder • Hi-AB crane operators ticket holder • A reliable and courteous team player • Someone with sheet metal skills (preferable but not necessary) • Position is permanent, full time (40 hours) If this sounds like you, send a brief cover letter and CV to: Bevan@roofing.co.nz If you would like more info about the role call: Bevan on 027 430 7057.

Hairdresser / Stylist

Gardener Working as part of our Open Spaces Team proudly managing and maintaining 86 parks and reserves; our specialist Gardener vacancy will provide challenge, job satisfaction and the opportunity to learn.

Team fit and a strong work ethic is important to us, so if you want to be part of a successful team, work Monday to Friday while enjoying your weekends off, go to our website to find out more and apply online.

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

Applications close Monday, 21 November 2016.

We are looking for a qualified hairdresser to join our friendly and professional team. This position is on a full-time or part-time basis in our modern fast paced salon.

We are looking for • A fully qualified and experienced hairdresser/stylist • A reliable and friendly team player • A good communicator with excellent customer service skills • A professional who takes pride in their work If this sounds like you we would love to hear from you.

Please contact us at:

dnahairdressing@xtra.co.nz DNA Hairdressing 160 Burnett Street Ashburton

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers

Applications close November 18.

Please note only NZ residents and people who have prequalified for a NZ working visa will be considered.

FLOORING Call today for an obligation free quote East to Burnett St, Ashburton • Phone 03 308 5269

We Help Save Lives We help save lives every day through the research and development of improved diagnosis, be er prediction and treatment of heart disease in our hospital and community.

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Please contact Ricky Taylor on 0274 369 317

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Contact 03 302 6030 or 027 363 6168 PUBLIC NOTICES

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Required for 303 Ha dairy farm. The farm is well set up with a 60 bail rotary shed, milking 1000 cows, we are located at the base of Mt Hutt.

Applicants must have some experience in NZ dairy farming but we will consider someone who has the right attitude and enthusiasm.

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We are looking for someone who • is driven • has clear communication skills • motivated, as you would be studying and working simultaneously • uses their initiative • has a passion for the hair and fashion industry • is willing to go the exra mile

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 At Mayfield Clubrooms Starting at 8.00pm All welcome Enquiries Dave Bleach (President) 027 226 9450

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PLANTS, PRODUCE

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Asparagus $1.99 bunch Tomatoes 500gm Broccoli Strawberries Egg Tray 30’s

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TRADES, SERVICES

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For prompt reliable service.

Contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Phone 308 8989.

30 years local service. Same day service if possible.

SUPERGOLD discount card welcomed.

PUBLIC NOTICES Allenton Rugby Football Club Inc.

The Annual General Meeting Will be held at the clubrooms on Monday, November 28, 2016 7.30pm Secretary, Alister Glassey.

HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

RURAL TRADING POST

AMSOIL SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS - All oils, 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.

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LIVESTOCK, PETS

BROWN shaver chickens.

Healthy, free range, point of lay pullets for sale, $25 each.

Phone Joe: 302 8244 or 027 424 4345.

BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all MUSICAL electric heating. Sky, all mod LADYBANK Learning School cons, short walk to village. of Music - Vacancies for Phone Brian 307-8000 or adults during the day and 308-6180. vacancies after school for keyboard/piano - ukulele singing - guitar. Barbara 027 HIRE 474 2003.

GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

MOTORING All your DIY / party hire, call WHEEL alignments at great and see Ashburton U-Hire. prices. Maximise the life 588 East Street. Open Monof your tyres with an Fri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am alignment from Neumanns - 5.00pm; Sunday 9.00am Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills 2.00pm. – Ph: 308 8061 Street. Phone 308-6737. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

AUCTION SALES Do you have a son or daughter interested in horse riding?

We run horse riding courses every weekend and all school holidays throughout the year.

Fully supervised, fun and educational.

Complete beginners to advanced riders welcome.

Shuttle from Christchurch and accommodation available.

Stay for 2, 5 or 7 days.

Specials available from 08/11 - 14/11

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For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline 0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

GARAGE SALES GARAGE sale, 306 Beach Road east, Saturday, November 12 at 9am. Farm tools, Prattley yards, pipe gates, wood lathe, band saw, welder, water blaster, compressor, sundries. Sign at gate.

GARAGE sale - Large variety of household items, workshop items and tools. Friday and Saturday, 19 Tuarangi Road.

Anytime phone 308 1979.

FOR SALE

DRY old man pine $180, green old man pine $130, green blue gum $150, green larch $140, all 3.6m³. Spilt and delivered. Phone Shane James Firewood 303 7063.

Weekend Services

ENTERTAINMENT

Beckley Coachlines Programme

Honda TRX 420 & 500 Quad Bikes Assorted Side x Sides and Two Wheelers Toyota Hilux Utilities • John Deere & New Holland Tractors

◊ NUTCRACKER BALLET Auctions held in conjunction with Turners Online Trademe Store.

27 November, South Island Auction Commencing 11 November Isaac Theatre Royal, Prior Inspections welcome at Turners Auctions, Christchurch @ 2pm.

1 Detroit Place, Christchurch ◊ CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD TOUR North Island Auction Commencing 21 November 06 January, includes Prior Inspections welcome at Turners Auctions, Sumner.

112 Avalon Drive, Hamilton ◊ SCOTTISH TATTOO 04 February, Aurora South Island Contact: Ruth McFarlane 027 807 8926 Centre.

North Island Contact: Elton Wells 027 294 8416 ◊ DANIEL O’DONNELL 03 March, Horncastle CARAVANS, TRAILERS ACCOMMODATION, FOR SALE Arena, Christchurch.

CARAVAN 4-5 berth wanted. RENTAL For bookings phone Don’t mind repairs. Phone THREE bedroom house, two 308 7646 FIREWOOD - Old man pine, 027 938 5344. bathrooms, two living areas, green $140. Old man pine, double garage, internal FOR SALE dry $180. Dry blue gum $250. access. Allenton area. $400 FIREWOOD - Green old man Dry macrocarpa $250. Split per week. Phone 0274 372 pine $140, green blue gum and delivered per cord 3.6m³. ADULT 212. $150, dry old man pine $180. Phone Peter Nicoll 027 2012 ENTERTAINMENT All per 3m³ loads delivered. 777.

TO LET, two bedroom sunny ALBA, 28 year old, Chinese flat, good location, walking All deliveries in November go lady, 36 D cup, busty, size distance to shops. $285 per in the draw to win their wood 10.

Good personality. week. Phone 021 324 529. for free. Phone 303 6280 Tim Professional massage. In/out Boyd, Elite Firewood Ltd. SCOOTER’S - new and calls. Phone 021 163 2328.

VIDEOS: Rediscover your secondhand three and four special memories trapped in wheel electric scooters and PHONE 021 044 0698 your VHS. Convert them onto wheel chairs. Call Fred Sophia. Attractive and busty, a DVD at The Photo Shop, Reddecliffe at Electric no tattoos, non-smoker. In/out The Arcade. Phone 03 307 Mobility Ashburton today. calls. Enquiries welcome. 021 044 0698.

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Phone 308-3602

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

MAIL CLOSING TIMES 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message.

FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm DUTY DOCTORS STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE For all urgent medical calls phone 0800 POST DELIVERY CENTRES Call us free on (0800 787 797).

ASHBURTON REST HOMES 700 155 at any time. IN EVENT OF AN Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 This service is for emergency medical care ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS unrestricted visiting. only. Please bring your Community Services Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm OMMUNITY ERVICES Card. All non New Zealanders should bring EMERGENCY DENTIST Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm their passport with them, New Zealanders If you do not have or cannot contact your RESOURCE RECOVERY PARKS INFORMATION CENTRES should bring some form of ID. regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

Parks will be closed on: Friday (Anniversary Sealy Street Medical Centre, Sealy Street, will for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Day), November 11, 2016 be the duty doctor for Friday (Anniversary Day) 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

Sundays and Public Holidays. and Saturday until 8am Sunday. They will hold METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public ART GALLERY surgery from 10am - 1pm and 2pm - 5pm both Holidays 10am until 3pm.

327 West Street, phone 308 1133.

ELPLINE ERVICES days. Please phone for an appointment from Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm 9.30am. Surgery phone 308 1212.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Tinwald Medical Centre, Archibald Street, will Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY BUS DEPARTURES Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. be the duty doctor for Sunday until 8am Monday. 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm They will hold surgery from 10am - 12 noon and org.nz for more information.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

6pm - 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery ASHBURTON MUSEUM MENTAL HEALTH - Call free on 0800 Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm. phone 308 6565.

327 West Street, Asburton.

Ph 307 7890.

222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

Weekends 1pm 4pm.

Research facilities METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA NIMAL ERVICES weekday afternoons.

SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual For doctor and emergency details, please DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Assault Crisis Support.

Ph: 03 364 8791 telephone - Friday (Anniversary Day), Saturday EA NETWORKS CENTRE - POOLS Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24h/sce. and Sunday the Methven Medical Centre, ph 20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 302 8105.

MEDICAL SERVICES

PHARMACIES

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 10am - 1pm Friday (Anniversary Day), from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday and from 5pm - 7pm all three evenings.

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WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - John Keeley - 308 4432 or 0274 342 646.

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact - President 021 1356 969.

VETERINARIANS

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies: Large: Jane Sykes, Toni Johnston. Small: Lynlee Kueh.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies: Large: Izzy Cassan. Small: Ref Vetlife.

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterhours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country 6am Paw Patrol 3 0 Calendar 0 7am Rural Delivery 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata 0 6:35 The Octonauts 3 Pasifika 9:30 Four In A Bed 0 0 6:45 Elmo The Musical 0 Noon Who’s Doing The Dishes?

6:55 Thunderbirds Are Go 0 1pm Humble Pie 2pm Kiwi 7:20 The Jungle Bunch To The Living 0 3pm Border Security Rescue! 0 7:45 Ninjago – Masters International PGR 3 0 3:30 Rapid Of Spinjitzu 0 8:15 Star Wars Response PGR 3 0 Rebels 0 8:40 Marvel’s Avengers 4pm Robson Green – Extreme Assemble 0 9:10 Adventure Fisherman Robson Green travels Time 3 0 9:35 Lab Rats 0 to South America to tackle sport 10:05 N Crash And Bernstein fishing’s greatest challenge, catching 0 10:35 Blossom 0 11:05 Full three different species of billfish in House 0 11:35 Baby Daddy 0 one day.

Noon Australian Survivor PGR 3 5pm Chasing Monsters 0 2:30 Once Upon A Time PGR Inspired by Hemingway’s famous 0 3:30 Young And Hungry PGR novel The Old Man and the Sea, Cyril 4pm Food Fighters 0 wants to try fishing in the same way 5pm Cupcake Wars 6pm Black-Ish 0 as the Old Man by hand-lining a 6:30 The Middle 3 0 huge billfish.

6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Country Calendar 7pm M Harry Potter And Lease of Life. 0 The Goblet Of Fire PGR 2005 7:30 Posh Pawn 0 Adventure Fantasy. In Harry’s 8pm L Lotto fourth year at Hogwarts The Lotto draw.

School of Witchcraft and 8:05 Posh Pawn Continued. 0 Wizardry, he is selected to 8:30 Around The World With compete in a multi-wizardry Manu Feildel 0 school competition. 0 9:35 Coronation Street PGR 0 9:45 M Swordfish AO 2001 10:35 Winter AO 0 Action. 0 11:30 Devil’s Playground AO 3 0 12:30 Betrayal AO 3 0 1:20 Emmerdale 3 0 3:20 Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

Silent Witness

9:30pm on Prime

BRAVO 10am Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 3 10:45 Millionaire Matchmaker 3 11:35 Million Dollar Listing NY – Ryan’s Wedding PGR 3 12:30 Wahlburgers (Starting Today) 3 1:30 Hoarders 3 2:30 Hoarders 3 3:30 Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition 3 4:30 Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition 3 6:30 Flipping Out PGR 7:30 Millionaire Matchmaker Patti’s client is a pole-dancing instructor who has been divorced three times. She wants to meet a good man, but her personality gets in the way.

8:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 9:30 Shahs Of Sunset 10:30 Kourtney & Khloe Take The Hamptons AO 11:30 Snapped PGR 12:20 Infomercials 3

11:45 M Taking Lives AO 2004 Crime Drama. An unorthodox FBI agent is called in by the Montreal police to profile a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims.

0 1:50 M Celeste And Jesse Forever AO 2012 Comedy Drama. 3:25 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 5:10 Mystery Girls PGR 3 0 5:30 It Is Written 3

Bondi Vet

5:30pm on Choice

THE BOX 6am Wild West Alaska M 6:50 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 7:15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 7:40 Gator Boys PG 8:30 Modern Family PG 8:55 Last Man Standing PG 9:20 Counting Cars PG 9:45 SVU MVS 10:35 NCIS MV 11:25 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 2:25 Last Man Standing PG 2:50 Law And Order – UK MV 3:40 Elementary MV 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7:30 Modern Family PG 8pm Last Man Standing PG 8:30 Counting Cars PG 9pm Call Of The Wildman PG 9:30 Gator Boys PG 10:30 Smackdown MV SUNDAY 12:15 Raw MV 2:40 Storage Wars – Texas PG 3:05 Storage Wars – Texas PG 3:30 Storage Wars – Texas PG 3:55 Modern Family PG 4:20 Counting Cars PG 4:45 Gator Boys PG 5:35 Call Of The Wildman PG

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6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Pukana 2 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation 10:30 F Survivor – Brawn v Brains v Beauty 3 11:20 America’s Next Top Model PGR 3 12:20 Face Off PGR 1:20 F Wedding Town 3 1:50 Smokefree Rockquest 2015 3 2:25 Fresh Off The Boat PGR 3 2:55 New Girl PGR 3 3:25 The Goldbergs PGR 3 3:55 The House That £100K Built 5pm Grand Designs New Zealand PGR 3 Building with shipping containers seems a creative way to create a home, but construction falling a year behind is only the start of a Christchurch family’s building problems. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The X Factor Australia PGR 0 8:30 The X Factor Australia PGR 0 9:30 Big Bash Boxing An IBO Oceania and a NZPBA Super Middleweight title fight between Jordan ‘The Terror’ Tai and Jonathan Taylor.

6am Home Shopping Noon Rugby League – International New Zealand v Scotland.

2pm Mythbusters PGR 3 Accidental Ammo.

3pm Terror In The Skies 3 0 4pm Horse Racing – New Zealand Galloping Cup New Zealand Cup and Show final day, the New Zealand Galloping Cup. 4:30 Football – English Premier League 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm University Challenge Canterbury v AUT. 0 6:30 MasterChef USA In the mystery-box challenge, the home cooks must create a dish using coffee as the main ingredient; during the pressure test, they team up to replicate an elaborate party platter.

7:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries PGR 3 0 9:30 Silent Witness AO (Part 2) The sniper plays a game of cat and mouse with the police; Jack forms a friendship with the teenaged son of one of the victims, offering sympathy and support. 0 10:40 The Hunters’ Club PGR

6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Avatar 7:30 My Mokai 3 8am The Zoo 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Playlist 9:30 Kaitangata Twitch 10am Hoiho 3 10:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 11am Kawe Korero – Reporters 1:30 Te Po Mekemeke 3 2pm Toa Hunter Gatherer PGR 3 2:30 L Basketball – College National Championship 3:30 Rugby – International 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 M The Boxcar Children 2014 Animated Adventure. Four siblings take to the road after their parents die, and make a home in an abandoned boxcar. Voices of Illeana Douglas, Mackenzie Foy, Zachary Gordon.

8pm Iti Pounamu PGR 3 Sonny My Older Brother.

8:30 Iti Pounamu 3 Nine of Hearts.

9pm M Revanche AO 2008 Thriller. A former convict plans to flee with his girl after a robbery, but something happens that makes revenge seem inevitable.

Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust.

6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Oceans In Glass 8:30 The Get Growing Roadshow 9am My France With Manu – Brittany 10am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 11am The Liquidator 11:30 American Restoration Noon Barn Hunters 12:30 The Get Growing Roadshow 1pm Gardeners’ World 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm Brother v Brother 4pm Beverly Hills Pawn 4:30 Salvage Hunters 5:30 Bondi Vet Documentary series that follows Dr Chris Brown’s daily life as a veterinarian in a busy urban environment, at zoos, and in rural communities.

6:30 Natural World – Kangaroo Dundee 7:30 American Pickers Series that follows two skilled pickers as they look for objects with historical, collectible, and pop-culture value.

8:30 The Tropic Of Cancer 9:30 Auction Hunters 10pm The Auction House

Midnight Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

11:10 60 Minutes PGR 3 Current affairs from New Zealand and around the world.

12:10 Home Shopping

11:10 Te Kaea 3 2 11:40 All Talk With Anika Moa AO 3 Anika goes gaga over writer, blogger and over-sharer, Queen Constance Hall. Actor Rachel House drops in and Tami Neilson, Canadian born country songstress sings live in studio.

12:10 Closedown

11pm Beverly Hills Pawn 11:30 Brother v Brother 12:30 Auction Hunters 1am Bondi Vet 2am Natural World – Kangaroo Dundee 3am American Pickers 4am Salvage Hunters 5am The Tropic Of Cancer

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6:45 The Gift MVL 2015 Thriller. Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall.

8:30 Unfriended 16VLSC 2015 Horror.

Shelley Hennig, Renee Olstead.

9:50 American Ultra 16VLC 2014 Comedy. Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart. 11:25 Run All Night 16VLC 2015 Action.

Liam Neeson, Ed Harris.

1:20 The Gift MVL 2015 Thriller. Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall. 3:05 Demonic 16VC 2015 Horror.

Frank Grillo, Maria Bello.

4:30 Mortdecai MVLS 2014 Crime Comedy. Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor. 6:15 Star Wars – The Force Awakens MVC 2015 Sci-fi. Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher.

8:30 Mission – Impossible: Rogue Nation MV 2015 Action. Ethan and the team take on their most impossible mission yet, to eradicate a rogue organisation committed to destroying the IMF. Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson.

10:45 The Secret In Their Eyes MVL 2015 Thriller.

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julia Roberts.

SUNDAY 12:35 Would Be Kings 16VLS (Mini-series) 2:05 Would Be Kings 16VLS (Mini-series) 3:35 Demonic 16VC 2015 Horror. Frank Grillo, Maria Bello. 5am Star Wars – The Force Awakens MVC 2015 Sci-fi. Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher.

7:10 Love Actually MLS 2003 Comedy. Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth.

9:25 One Missed Call MV 2008 Horror. Edward Burns, Shannyn Sossamon.

10:55 Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas 18 1998 Comedy Drama. Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Torro, Christina Ricci. 12:55 The Rock 16VL 1996 Action.

Sean Connery, Ed Harris, Nicolas Cage. 3:10 My Sister’s Keeper MC 2009 Drama. Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin. 5pm Salt MVL 2010 Action. Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor.

6:40 Forgetting Sarah Marshall 16LS 2008 Comedy.

Jason Segel, Kristen Bell.

8:30 The Mechanic 16VLS 2011 Action. An elite hit man teaches his trade to an apprentice who has a connection to one of his previous victims.

Jason Statham, Ben Foster.

10:05 The Hitcher 16VLC 2007 Horror. Sean Bean, Sophia Bush.

11:30 Killing Them Softly 16VLSC 2012 Crime. Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta. SUNDAY 1:05 My Sister’s Keeper MC 2009 Drama. Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin. 2:55 The Mechanic 16VLS 2011 Action.

4:25 The Hitcher 16VLC 2007 Horror. 5:50 Salt MVL 2010 Action.

SKY SPORT 1 6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 L Basketball – NBL New Zealand Breakers v Cairns Taipans.

7am Cricket – International (HLS) India v England – First Test, Day Three.

7:30 Rugby – International (HLS) All Blacks v Ireland.

8am World Rugby 8:25 L Rugby – International Munster v Maori All Blacks. 10:30 Basketball – NBL (HLS) New Zealand Breakers v Cairns Taipans.

11am Curling – Men’s Pacific-Asia Championship (RPL) Semi-finals.

2pm Pure Fly NZ 2:30 Rugby – International (HLS) Munster v Maori All Blacks.

3pm Rugby League – Four Nations (RPL) Kiwis v Scotland.

5pm #SkySpeed 5:30 Rugby – International (RPL) Munster v Maori All Blacks.

7:30 L Basketball – NBL Adelaide 36ers v Illawarra Hawks.

9:30 L Basketball – NBL Melbourne United v Sydney Kings.

11:30 Rugby – International (HLS) Munster v Maori All Blacks.

SUNDAY

Midnight L Rugby League – Four Nations England v Australia.

2am World Rugby 2:30 L Rugby – International Italy v All Blacks.

5:30 Rugby – International (HLS) Munster v Maori All Blacks.

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

SKY SPORT 2 6am Fox Sports News 8am Rugby League – Four Nations (HLS) Kiwis v Australia.

8:30 L Rugby League – Four Nations Kiwis v Scotland.

11am SKY Sport News NZ 11:30 Pure Fly NZ Noon Basketball – NBL (HLS) New Zealand Breakers v Cairns Taipans.

12:30 Basketball – NBL (RPL) Brisbane Bullets v Sydney Kings.

2:30 Sky Sports News UK 3pm SKY Sport News NZ 3:30 #SkySpeed 3:50 The F1 Show 4:20 Cricket – International (HLS) India v England – First Test, Day Three.

From Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot.

4:50 L Cricket – International India v England – First Test, Day Four.

Coverage of the morning session from Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot.

7:05 Football – International (HLS) New Caledonia v All Whites.

From QBE Stadium, Albany.

7:35 L Cricket – International India v England – First Test, Day Four.

Coverage of the afternoon session from Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot.

SUNDAY

12:30 Sport TBC 1am UFC 205 Countdown 2am L Darts – Grand Slam Day One, Session One. 12Nov16

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG Half Pipe Dreams.

6:30 MythBusters PG Blind Driving. 7:30 MythBusters PG Viral Hour. 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:25 World’s Biggest Shipbuilders PG Mega Yards. 10:20 The Last Alaskans M Winter’s Edge.

11:15 Sydney Harbour Patrol PG 12:10 Bering Sea Gold PG Virgin Ground.

1:05 American Tarzan PG Enter the Jungle.

2pm How The Earth Works PG 2:55 Devonport – Inside The Royal Navy PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch Special PG Sig Hansen Legacy.

4:45 Alaskan Bush People M Driving Miss Rainy.

5:40 You Have Been Warned M Man v Nature.

6:35 Bering Sea Gold PG Virgin Ground.

7:30 Treehouse Masters PG Home Tree Home.

8:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG Welcome to the Jungle.

9:30 Deadliest Catch Special PG Sig Hansen Legacy.

10:30 Auction Hunters 11pm Impossible Engineering PG SUNDAY Midnight The Last Alaskans M 12:55 World’s Biggest Shipbuilders PG 1:50 Dirty Jobs PG 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:10 Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 MythBusters PG

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6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am UCKG 8:30 Turning Point 9am R And R 9:30 The Hui 0 10am The Nation 0 11:05 Shark Tank 3 0 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR 1pm Motorsport – NHRA DragRacing Series 2pm Motorsport – Aussie V8 Utes 2:40 Motorsport – Formula E Magazine Show 3:05 Motorsport – Monster Jam 21 4pm Motorsport – World Endurance Championship 5pm Highway Thru Hell (Starting Today) 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm F House Rules PGR 7pm Sunday 0 7pm Australian Survivor 0 The final two must complete 7:30 Our Big Blue Backyard 8:30 Lethal Weapon one final challenge before New Zealand’s remote The investigation of a model’s one of them is crowned the Chatham Islands attract murder leads Riggs and year’s champion. 0 predators from all over the Murtaugh to one of LA’s 8:35 F Grand Designs New South Pacific, but the resident wealthiest families. 0 Zealand PGR 0 blue cod and brown skuas 9:30 The Day I Almost Died 0 9:40 Best Of Graham Norton might be the most ferocious 10:30 Dead Of Summer Show AO 3 0 of all. 0 10:40 Humans AO 0 8:30 Victoria 0 9:30 Broadchurch AO 3 0 10:35 Call The Midwife PGR 0 11:40 M Cradle Of Lies PGR 11:40 Q+A 3 11:25 The Exorcist 0 2016 Mystery. A woman goes into a Local political-affairs programme. 0 12:20 M Clown AO 2013 coma while pregnant, and wakes five 12:50 Attitude 3 0 Horror. Eli Roth, Andy Powers. years later to find she delivered her 1:20 Emmerdale 3 0 2:05 Supernatural AO 3 0 baby, but it is gone. Nicole de Boer, 3:20 Infomercials 2:50 Infomercials 3:20 Jeremy Lochlyn Munro, Gina Holden.

Kyle AO 3 4:15 It Is Written 12:45 Infomercials 3 4:45 Hart Of Dixie 3 0 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong 5:30 Infomercials TV 3

6am Rural Delivery 0 6:25 The Fishing Show 0 7:10 Sunday 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Waka Huia 10:30 Marae PGR 2 11am F Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 11:55 Biggest And Baddest 0 12:55 Storage – Flog The Lot! PGR 0 1:55 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3 0 2:55 Intrepid NZ 3 0 3:55 More Tales From Northumberland With Robson Green 4:25 Fishy Business Adam Clancey leads a team of anglers and divers on fishing adventures around New Zealand and the world. 0 4:55 Fierce 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

Our Big Blue Backyard 7:30pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 6am Hoarders 3 6:45 Hoarders 3 7:30 Million Dollar Listing San Francisco 3 8:15 Million Dollar Listing San Francisco 3 9am Hoarders 3 9:45 Millionaire Matchmaker 3 10:40 Below Deck 3 11:30 The Real Housewives Of Melbourne 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of Atlanta 3 1:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 3 2:30 Shahs Of Sunset 3 3:30 Million Dollar Listing San Francisco 3 4:30 Million Dollar Listing San Francisco 3 5:30 F Million Dollar Listing San Francisco 3 6:30 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 7:30 Millionaire Matchmaker 8:30 Dance Moms 9:30 Botched 10:30 Mother Funder$ PGR 11:30 Snapped PGR 12:20 Infomercials 3

6am Art Attack 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 The Octonauts 3 0 6:45 Little Monstar 3 0 6:50 My Little Pony 3 0 7:10 Looped 0 7:35 Jamie’s Got Tentacles 0 8am M Pokemon The Movie – Diancie And The Cocoon Of Destruction 2014 Animated Adventure. Voices of Ikue Ohtani, Sarah Natochenny, Haven Paschall. 0 9:15 Mako Mermaids 0 10:05 Dog With A Blog 0 10:30 The Bachelorette 0 Noon Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 0 2:35 Samantha Who? 0 3pm Uncle Buck PGR 3:30 Home And Away Omnibus 0 6pm Black-Ish 0 6:30 The Middle 3 0

Victoria

8:30pm on TVNZ 1

THE BOX 6am Storage Wars – Texas PG 6:25 Storage Wars – Texas PG 6:50 Storage Wars – Texas PG 7:15 Border Security M 7:40 Helicopter Heroes – Down Under PG 8:10 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG 10:45 Call Of The Wildman PG 11:10 Border Security M 11:35 Helicopter Heroes – Down Under PG 12:05 Hooten And The Lady MV 1:05 Raw MV 3:50 Smackdown MV 5:35 Main Event MV 6:30 Scorpion MV 7:30 Hooten And The Lady MV 8:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 9:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 10:30 Main Event MV 11:30 Scorpion MV MONDAY 12:30 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 1:20 Storage Wars – Texas PG 1:45 Storage Wars – Texas PG 2:10 Storage Wars – Texas PG 2:35 Border Security M 3am Helicopter Heroes – Down Under PG 3:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 5:10 Scorpion MV

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10am Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 Talent show that gives random people the chance of winning up to $1000.

10:30 This Is Piki PGR 11am Native Affairs 3 11:30 The Political Game 3 Noon Waka Warriors 12:30 Ahorangi Next Generation 1pm Finding Aroha PGR 1:30 Play PGR 2:30 L Basketball – College National Championship 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Tangata Taumata Rau Kahurangi Maxwell returns home to Ohinemutu to meet kaumatua Pihopa Kingi and discuss whanau, Te Reo, and the lifestyle of those who live in the pa.

7pm The Laughing Samoans 7:30 Marae DIY 8:30 M Mr Turner PGR 2014 Biography.

An exploration of the last 25 years of eccentric British painter JMW Turner’s life.

Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson.

6am Buying Alaska 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Monkey Thieves 7:30 Natural World – Kangaroo Dundee 8:30 Auction Hunters 9am The Get Growing Roadshow 9:30 Beverly Hills Pawn 10am American Pickers 11am Brother v Brother Noon Buying Alaska 12:30 Bondi Vet 1:30 Salvage Hunters 2:30 The Tropic Of Cancer 3:30 Extreme Frontiers South Africa 4:30 Jamie’s Great Britain Jamie Oliver travels over the Severn Bridge to South Wales, where he learns about the effect the Welsh coal boom of the late 19th century has had on Welsh food culture to this day.

5:30 Restoration Man 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 British Treasure, American Gold Jesse McClure receives a brief from his father and sister to find Union Jacks, royal memorabilia, and Beatles records.

8:30 M Age Of Heroes AO 2011 Action.

10:30 M Middle Men AO

11:40 Al’s Fish’n With Mates AO 11:15 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s Al McGlashan visits banjo country, daily news programme. 2 where the terrain is difficult, and bass 11:45 Closedown fishing out of canoes is considered a contact sport.

12:10 Home Shopping

11:30 Extreme Frontiers South Africa Charley Boorman tackles adventures in South Africa.

12:30 Decks, Docks And Gazebos 1am Jamie’s Great Britain 2am M Age Of Heroes AO 2011 Action. Sean Bean, Danny Dyer.

4am British Treasure, American Gold 5am Restoration Man

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box Noon Rugby – International Italy v All Blacks. 0 2:05 The Crayfishers PGR 3 0 2:35 Coastwatch Oz PGR 3 3:05 The Millers PGR 3 3:30 Storage Wars – Canada 3 4pm David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 3 The owl and the giant squid have adapted to life in the dark, owl eyes being so large they cannot move them within their sockets, while the giant squid has the largest eyes of any known species. 0 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great British Bake Off – Revisited A look back at the best and worst moments of the series.

7pm Storage Wars – Texas PGR 7:30 Prime Planet – Attenborough At 90 0 8:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries PGR 0 10:35 Psych PGR

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7:15 Mission – Impossible: Rogue Nation MV 2015 Action. Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson.

9:25 The Secret In Their Eyes MVL 2015 Thriller.

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julia Roberts.

11:15 Mortdecai MVLS 2014 Crime Comedy. Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor. 1pm Star Wars – The Force Awakens MVC 2015 Sci-fi. Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher.

3:20 Glass Chin 16VLS 2014 Thriller. Corey Stoll, Billy Crudup. 4:50 Amy MLC 2015 Documentary.

Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson.

7pm The Runner MLS 2015 Drama. Nicolas Cage, Sarah Paulson, Peter Fonda.

8:30 The Revenant 16VS 2016 Drama. A frontiersman on a fur-trading expedition in the 1820s must survive after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter.

11:10 Absolutely Anything MVLS 2015 Comedy Sci-fi.

Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Sanjeev Bhaskar. MONDAY 12:35 The Pyramid 16VLC 2014 Horror. Ashley Hinshaw, Denis O’Hare. 2:05 Glass Chin 16VLS 2014 Thriller.

Corey Stoll, Billy Crudup.

3:35 The Revenant 16VS 2016 Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter.

7:30 My Sister’s Keeper MC 2009 Drama.

Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin.

9:15 Forgetting Sarah Marshall 16LS 2008 Comedy. Jason Segel, Kristen Bell. 11:05 Killing Them Softly 16VLSC 2012 Crime. Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta.

12:40 Patch Adams M 1998 Drama. Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter.

2:35 Mission – Impossible MV 1996 Action. Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart.

4:25 Mission – Impossible II MV 2000 Action Adventure.

Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames.

6:25 Mission – Impossible III MV 2006 Action Adventure. Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Laurence Fishburne.

8:30 Date Night MLS 2010 Comedy. A typical suburban couple’s date night becomes much more than they expected, due to a case of mistaken identity.

Steve Carrell, Tina Fey. 10:15 Almost Famous MC 2000 Drama.

Frances McDormand, Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson.

MONDAY 12:15 The Hills Have Eyes 18VS 2006 Horror.

2am The Directors – Adrian Lyne PG 2:30 Mission – Impossible MV 1996 Action.

4:20 Mission – Impossible II MV 2000 Action Adventure.

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby League – Four Nations (HLS) Kiwis v Scotland.

6:30 Rugby – International (RPL) Italy v All Blacks.

8:30 UCL Magazine Show 9am Sport TBC 11am Cricket – International (HLS) India v England – First Test, Day Four.

11:30 Sky Sport News NZ Noon Rugby – International (RPL) Italy v All Blacks.

2pm Motorsport – Formula One Championship (RPL) Brazilian Grand Prix.

3:30 Sky Sport News NZ 4pm Sport TBC 4:30 Rugby – International (HLS) Munster v Maori All Blacks.

5pm L Basketball – NBL Cairns Taipans v Brisbane Bullets.

7pm Golf Central (HLS) 7:30 Fox Sports News 8pm Rugby Nation 9pm L Basketball – NBL Perth Wildcats v New Zealand Breakers.

11pm Rugby – International (RPL) Italy v All Blacks.

From Stadio Olimpico, Rome.

MONDAY

1am Pure Fly NZ 1:30 Sport TBC 2am Rugby League – Four Nations (HLS) Kiwis v Scotland.

2:49 L Rugby League – Four Nations England v Australia. 5am Cricket – International (HLS) India v England – First Test, Day Five.

5:30 Rugby – International (HLS) Italy v All Blacks.

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

SKY SPORT 2 6am Fox Sports News 7am Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v South Africa – Second Test, Day One. 7:30 Football – International All Whites v New Caledonia. 8am Cricket – International (HLS) India v England – First Test, Day Four. 8:30 L Darts – Grand Slam Day One, Session Two. 12:30 Sky Sport News NZ (HLS) Australia v South Africa – Second Test, Day One. 1pm Football – A-League (HLS) Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix. 1:30 Football – International (HLS) All Whites v New Caledonia. 2pm Sky Sport News NZ 2:30 Sky Sports News UK 3pm Golf – PGA European Tour (HLS) Nedbank Golf Challenge – Round Three. 3:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (HLS) OHL Classic at Mayakoba – Round Three.

4:20 Cricket – International (HLS) India v England – First Test, Day Four.

4:50 L Cricket – International India v England – First Test, Day Five.

7:05 Rugby – International (HLS) Italy v All Blacks.

7:35 L Cricket – International India v England – First Test, Day Five.

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Family Notices 38 Ashburton Guardian GREETINGS

PORTER, Norma Elizabeth Joyce – On November 8, 2016 peacefully at Stokeswood Rest Home, Lower Hutt, aged 89 years. Loved daughter of Harvey and Sadie (Ashburton) and sister to Marie Downes and Robert Porter (deceased). A dearly loved friend of Helen and David Watana (Wellington) and special friend of Cecilia and family. A service for Norma will be held in Cornwall Manor, cnr Knights Road and Cornwall Street, Lower Hutt on MONDAY, November 14 at 10.30am followed by private cremation.

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Happy 18th Birthday Ethan.

Have a fabulous weekend. We’re so proud of the man, son, and brother you have become.

Lots and Lots of Love Mum, Dad, Trinity, Anya and Marcus

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fine showers clearing showers ROSS, Neville Robert – 30 to 59 On November 9, 2016 at Ashburton Hospital. Aged 75 fog isolated snow sleet thunder rain snow hail years. Much loved husband 60 plus MID CANTERBURY thunder flurries FUNERAL SERVICES of Joan for 50½ years. Loved father and father in law of Galbraith’s provide choice!

Ann-Maree and James Canterbury High Country We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and Canterbury Plains Galbraith’s Blissett, Janis and Darren celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering.

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TODAY TODAY FZL: 1800m in the north, to 1200m in the south We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to Dearly loved grandad of reflect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and Rain with heavy falls, falling as snow above Rain, easing to showers during the morning, Call us on your family.

Matthew, Samuel, and Adam 600m for Arthur’s Pass southwards, and then retreating to the foothills in the Call us on 308 3980 Blissett; Logan, and Laura 308 and visit 3980 our new premises atafternoon, but remaining mostly cloudy.

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Massey, and Quarteah. morning. Wind at 1000m: S 30 km/h. Wind at Loved son of the late David our new premises at 2000m: SE 40 km/h, turning SW 20 km/h later.

TOMORROW and Mabel (Girlie) Ross and Eion McKinnon Rob Cope-Williams loved brother of Les, and the 246 Havelock TOMORROW FZL: Rising to 1600m Cloudy periods, and the odd shower. late Percy. Loved uncle of all Cloudy periods, isolated showers.

Street Easterlies developing during the afternoon. his nieces and nephews.

Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: NW. Messages to 104 AlfordOfficial Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm MONDAY Forest Road, Ashburton FUNERAL MONDAY Cloud increasing, scattered rain developing 7700. Special thanks to the Rain about the headwaters, heavy falls late afternoon or evening. Northeasterlies staff of Ward 1 Ashburton FURNISHERS possible. Scattered lighter falls elsewhere by freshening.

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Happy 18th to an awesome nephew, Ethan Adam.

Have a wild time this weekend.

Love from Aunty Zoo, Uncle James, Ione, JJ, Archie, Ossie and Tabitha.

Who would guess!!

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SHIERLAW, Donald Graham (Graham) – On November 5, 2016. Eldest son of Beatrice and Andy, much loved brother and brother-in-law of Bev and Murray Meadows, Jenny and Norm Catlow, Wayne and Gillian Shierlaw, loved uncle of his nephews and nieces.

These two young lads are to be celebrating their th 70 birthday today.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 11.8 13.5 Max to 4pm 9.9 Minimum 7.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 3.4 16hr to 4pm November to date 14.0 Avg Nov to date 23 2016 to date 496.8 595 Avg year to date Wind km/h SE 15 At 4pm Strongest gust SE 24 Time of gust 3:03pm

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Puzzles and horoscopes www.guardianonline.co.nz Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS 1. Such an angle may have been a bit thick (6) 8. Utterly defeats the suitor one left bewildered (5) 9. On which hermit lies, his writing being indecipherable (7) 11. See a trap that one might take apart (8) 12. A rapid number of cars on a firm’s business (5) 15. Shepherd who was the first victim of fratricide (4) 16. Verse that may be taken on in the theatre (3) 17. Be the first batsman, to be frank (4) 19. Smith, being concerned here, will strike a false note (5) 21. A barrow, and chart prepared for it (4-4) 24. Longed to have some time with a boy (7) 25. Written instruction as to neatness (5) 26. Wig men use, sounding catty (6) DOWN 2. A green stone for this girl (5) 3. What goes up when it comes down (8) 4. In two ways you and I can find the sheep (4) 5. Money that’s needed for the staff of life (5) 6. A cougar putting back up at Mother (4) 7. Actual existence may be either way up (4) 10. Journal, as written by one in office? (4,5) 12. A stable junior (4) 13. 24 hours from now, it never comes (8) 14. Beatnik needed to be seen around the joint (4) 18. Get one run or twenty (5) 20. Olive, for one, is inexperienced (5) 21. An owl’s cry one wouldn’t give, uncaring (4) 22. Shows one agrees as one starts falling asleep (4) 23. Call it school time (4)

WordBuilder

WordWheel Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Your home should be a refuge, and yet you tiptoe around people and circumstances relating to the domestic lately.

That’s not peaceful! Make a move to improve this before it spoils your well-being.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Don’t hold on to secrets or shame out of fear of being judged. Often people are so into their own dramas they could care less about yours. Tell, don’t tell – it doesn’t matter. Let it go and be free.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): What’s in the stars for you now is a love as pure and all-consuming as a mother’s love for a child, only not from your mother and not for the childish part of you.

This is a full-grown affection.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): To join another person’s world requires you to leave your own for a while. Do you find this scary or adventurous?

Probably both today, though you might be calmed by your accompaniment.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): When you’re in that bubbly, break-the-ice kind of mood you’re liable to say things that bring people together, make them giggle and also possibly ruffle feathers.

If that happens, it’s par for the course.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Celebrities lend their endorsements to products for financial gain, but you have something much more integral at stake. You make recommendations for what you believe in, a habit you’ll repeat today.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Since you’re in such a hurry this week, here’s a time-saver: Learn as much as you can about where you’re going before you take the first step. See your desired result in action.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Whatever you want to accomplish today, it will happen through networks. You’ll see where you could add a few people with different skills who are thrilled to be aligned with your specialness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Your friends might falter. It’s up to you to uphold the values of kindness and decency, which, paradoxically, you do in humorous and irreverent manner.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Your whole being leans toward one primary aim – to raise the energy around you wherever you go. It’s a secret intention, perhaps an unconscious one, and a noble purpose for sure.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): How do you get better?

The answer is really simple. Live consciously.

Pay attention. Attention is love. If you seek improvement, you’ll tend to it, which is the same as loving it, eventually becoming it.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Do you know someone who already has what you want? This will be most helpful. You need to analyse the qualities and know all there is to know about them.

Previous Cryptic solution

Across 1. Girth 4. Disturb 8. As white as snow 10. Eagle 11. Ibis 12. Ring 16. Photo 17. Reprehensible 19. Needles 20. Negus Down 1. Grappling-iron 2. Raw 3. Hailed 4. Dredge 5. Sister 6. Unnerving 7. Bowling alleys 9. Principle 13. Appeal 14. Covers 15. Poison 18. Bag

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Previous solution: ably, alb, bad, badly, bald, baldy, bay, dab, dal, day, lab, lad, lady, lay.

Across 1. Wild 8. Oppression 9. Barefoot 10. Reap 12. Adopts 14. Dinghy 15. August 17. Poetry 18. Used 19. Rerouted 21. Depressing 22. Even Down 2. Ins and outs 3. Dome 4. Spooks 5. Netted 6. Estrange 7. Snip 11. Abhorrence 13. Plunders 16. Thrust 17. Permit 18. Undo 20. Urge

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DOWN 1. Timid (5-7) 2. Scrawny (7) 3. Severe (5) 4. Put together (7) 5. Strides (5) 8. Last possible moment (8,4) 9. Already claimed (6,3) 14. Portable light (7) 15. Suitor (7) 18. Glad (5) 19. Wander off (5)

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