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A new goodwill agreement has been reached between Talley’s Group Ltd Ashburton and Fairton School. Hayden Reed (left) and Aaron Chudleigh from Talley’s presented a framed copy of the agreement at the weekend to Fairton School principal Rebekah Clement, watched on by Simon Carson from the Road Transport Association New Zealand.

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Big trucks and schoolchildren share the road safely at Fairton.

The students arrive at school on foot, on scooters, by bike or in cars and often share Fairfield Road with heavy trucks and trailers leaving or going to Talley’s nearby vegetable processing plant.

The two parties signed a goodwill agreement at the weekend aimed at keeping everyone safe. A formal framed copy of the deal was handed over to Fairton School principal Rebekah Clement.

Talley’s group freight and logistics manager Aaron Chudleigh said the deal was brokered by Simon Carson from Road Transport Association New Zealand and the bottom line was “working together for safety”.

He said only one other agreement existed, between North Canterbury’s Woodend Primary School and transport operators taking refuse to the Kate Valley landfill.

Chudleigh said at least 20 heavy trucks were based at Talley’s Ashburton plant and they regularly passed by the school, as well as other company vehicles.

While the drivers obeyed the speed limit, they were extra careful around the school, mindful that a child could run out on the road in front of their vehicle.

The modern vehicles were equipped with the latest braking technology.

Chudleigh said Talley’s trucks were also fitted with GPS technology that monitored the speed of its vehicles and

the company was serious about road safety.

The road safety agreement with Fairton School is reciprocal: The school community is able to complain about unsafe driving, and drivers are also able to report students acting dangerously on the road or pedestrian crossing.

Chudleigh said the company and the school had enjoyed a happy and safe existence and the new road safety agreement was formal recognition.

The framed copy was handed over at a driver education session run by Talley’s for 35 of its drivers on Saturday. The session covered drug education and how to prevent laden trucks and trailers rolling over.

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■ ASHBURTON CIVIC CENTRE

Council responds to concerns Ashburton District Council says it is pleased with the community’s interest in the Opus Architecture Administration and Library Facility consultation and have noted a number of issues requiring clarification. Council business support group manager Paul Brake says the public engagement with the consultation has been wonderful to see, but is concerned some commentary arising from the discussion is creating confusion.

“Council strives to achieve strong community engagement in decision-making and it has been fantastic to see the public being so involved in this consultation. We are concerned there has been some confusing information coming out and would like to provide the community with some clarity over these issues.”

Commentary surrounding the heritage of the Methodist Church, how the Opus consultation document has been prepared and the suitability of each option in the

document are some of the issues council wishes to address.

Round two of the Administration and Library Facility consultation closes on September 19.

How did the Methodist Church site become an option?

The Methodist Church site option was not originally on council’s list of options and did not feature in Stage One of the consultation. The site came into the mix as a result of public feedback, and its inclusion as an option is supported by the Methodist Church representative. They had received advice that repairing the church’s earthquake damage may be uneconomic.

Heritage status of the Methodist Church and old county council building.

Neither the Methodist Church nor the old county council building are heritage listed. Heritage New Zealand do not recognise any heritage or cultural value in the buildings.

Cost of the build

The proposal of a 2700m² administration building, and 1080m² library is based on a space assessment that was peer reviewed. The administration building space was based on 120 employees and provides 22.5 m² per employee. This includes all the common areas, public areas and council chambers. Cost estimates have been prepared on the basis of this space and the assessment is conservative, which means there may be opportunity to reduce the space required during the design stages of the project. Any savings as a result of a reduction in space required will be the same across all options. No site option presents a cost saving greater than any other site.

Evaluation of the current buildings Evaluations on the current condition of the existing library building, administration building and the old county council building were undertaken by a registered quantity surveyor

with expertise in this area. This ensured a comparison of costs associated with structurally upgrading, modifying and refurbishing these buildings to an equivalent new build standard.

The costs associated with the existing library and old county council building options exceed the cost of providing new purpose-built facilities of equivalent size.

The existing administration building has a “very marginal” cost saving compared with a new purpose-built facility of equivalent size, however there are also significant design compromises due to the existing building’s layout, and financial risks associated with upgrading a building due to unforeseen structural issues.

Parking The provision of on-site car parking was one of the evaluation criteria applied to each site option. Some sites assessed met the requirement and some sites did not meet that requirement. If

a site is chosen without sufficient vehicle parking, consideration would need to be given to any additional costs that may be incurred in providing parking alternatives.

Why a preferred option at this stage?

Opus were commissioned to develop an evaluation criteria that each site option would be scored on.

This led to a score for each site and the highest scoring site became the Opus preferred site.

The purpose of this consultation is to show how Opus arrived at their preferred option, and to allow the community to say whether they agree or disagree with the site evaluation options.

Currently, council does not have a preferred option, as council will consider all feedback and submissions before making a final decision. The consideration of the feedback and the final decision will be made by the new Council, elected in October.

■ SACRED HEART COLLEGE

Sacred Heart College reunion well attended

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Sacred Heart College’s reunion was well attended with 139 former pupils reminiscing at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre yesterday.

Sacred Heart closed in 1971 after opening its doors on Havelock Street in 1904.

The eldest of the ex-students to attend was 96-year-old Molly Crequer (nee Sullivan) while former staff member Sister Amelda was

also among the guests.

Reunion committee member Jenny Beach said the day was enjoyed by all with photos from throughout the college’s history on display.

“It’s been absolutely fantastic, it’s a great venue and we’ve had nothing but good, positive comments about the day,” she said.

“It’s good to get people together and everyone has enjoyed it,” she said.

Right - Ninety-six-year-old Molly Crequer (nee Sullivan) cuts the cake during Sacred Heart College’s 45-year reunion.

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■ METHVEN

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Methven’s turn to meet the candidates

Call for action on village

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It might not have a binding agreement but the Ashburton community does have a moral obligation to ensure the Allens Road Chinese village is restored and maintained, says Ashburton District councillor Don McLeod.

The council was given stewardship of the settlement and its historic buildings in 2013 but apart from a rudimentary tidy up and the restoration of a Chinese oven, the complex has simply been left to deteriorate, McLeod said.

He told his fellow councillors at Thursday’s finance and business support committee meeting that the buildings in the settlement could best be described as dilapidated.

A report was presented at the meeting that looked at a number of options for the settlement’s future. Three options were given – status quo, which is to do nothing, to renegotiate the agreement with the Chinese descendants to limit the financial commitment of the council by putting the burden of the

restoration back in their hands or to establish a working party to scope the project to determine costs around restoration.

While a scoping exercise might be the best option, the council had to be aware that any recommendations could come with a hefty price tag, said councillor Russell Ellis.

“We talk about putting money into this, but if we need $100k, where does this come from?” he said.

Upping maintenance on the buildings in the settlement needed to be treated with urgency, councillor Darryl Nelson said.

“Every time we get a decent wind we watch more of those buildings disappear. We do or

we don’t do something about this. If we do, then we need to get on with it,” he said.

Councillors decided that the working party should be a job for the new council formed after the October local body elections. It also agreed that $20,000 from the council’s own heritage grant fund should be set aside for work in the Chinese settlement.

The council’s agreement with the descendants of the Chinese families who owned the site is to manage the property and protect its heritage values through restoration. The site has a total area of 2.3 hectares and has two dwellings, a number of timber structures and sheds and a large cylindrical Chinese oven.

HISTORY The land was the site of a Chinese market garden owned jointly by some of the district’s first Chinese settlers. The structures and on the site were once used as accommodation, shops, storage, food preparation and packing, laundry and other businesses.

It was established in the 1920s and grew to include about 12 houses and as many as 80 occupants in the early 1950s.

The council took stewardship of the property in 2013, signing a nonbinding agreement with descendant Yep Ng and 33 descendants of the land’s registered proprietors.

Church fair a success St Paul’s Church’s annual fair was well supported in fine weather on Saturday.

Convener John Tyrrell said the day was enjoyed by all and the turnout was pleasing.

“We appreciate that the community always rally around and that was no different this year,” he said.

“The turnout was pleasing and we’re very pleased with the result.”

Of the $5300 raised $280 will be donated to Mid Canterbury Youth Charitable Trust.

Foloina and Otto Mareko enjoyed St Paul’s Church’s annual fair on Saturday.

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Methven people and those that live in its surrounding area are being encouraged to attend a meet the candidates evening in the lead-up to the local body elections in October.

Mary Ralston has organised an event at the Methven hall on September 19 with candidates for the Methven Community Board, the western ward of the Ashburton District Council, the mayoralty and the Mid Canterbury ward of Environment Canterbury expected to attend.

Ralston said most candidates had indicated they would attend and there were a couple of “maybes”.

They will each be given two minutes at the meeting to introduce themselves, then some questions will be taken from the floor. There will be a chance for some informal chat over a cup of tea afterwards.

Ralston said an issue for Methven township was the reinstatement of their townsman, who kept the town tidy, and water quality in the wider area. She expected questions on both issues.

The meeting starts at 7.30pm.

Standing for the five spots on the Methven Community Board are Russell Currie, Tammy Dickson, Hamish Gilpin, Sarah Lock, Sonia McAlpine, Dan McLaughlin and Ron Smith.

In the western ward, the contest for two seats will be between Tammy Dickson, Liz McMillan and Peter Reveley. Donna Favel and Angus McKay are running for the Ashburton district mayoralty.

Environment Canterbury’s one Mid Canterbury member will be chosen from John Foster, Nicky Snoyink and John Sunckell.

The Ashburton Citizens’ Association will hold a similar evening for the 13 candidates in the Ashburton urban ward and the two mayoral candidates in Ashburton on September 22.

Voting papers for the elections will begin to be posted out to voters from September 16.

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Mayoral candidates front up From Monday to Thursday this week Ashburton’s two mayoral candidates, Angus McKay and Donna Favel, will answer some of the questions that are on Guardian readers’ minds.

We asked for you questions and we’ve now put those questions to the two candidates. On Saturday, to coincide with the arrival of ballot papers in voters’ letterboxes, the Guardian will be publishing a voter guide. This will contain profile statements and photos of each candidate for all issues at stake across the district.

Question: Tourism is now New Zealand’s largest export earner.

What initiatives will you put in place to help drive tourism investment in the region to help create a destination for visitors?

Angus McKay: We need to continue attracting more international flights into Christchurch and promote both Canterbury and Ashburton as a top destination. I support the Canterbury Mayoral Forum which is doing just that. Two exciting future projects I’m working towards are an Agrodome and a new hotel in Ashburton.

Angus McKay

Donna Favel: We are a destination! The Ashburton Aviation Museum, two gardens of national significance.

Hot air ballooning, whitewater rafting, golf, the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre, the Plains Museum, Lake Hood, Skydiving Kiwis, Methven, Mt Hutt, Methven Heritage Centre and many more.

Question: The Christchurch City Council, with a two-year timeframe, will give all low paid council workers, eg contractors, cleaners etc, a living wage. Will either candidate do the same for low paid Ashburton council workers?

Donna Favel

Angus McKay: I have and will continue to encourage the chief executive to employ the best possible staff for the job.

We will have to offer competitive

remuneration to all staff to achieve this.

Donna Favel: As mayor, I will be just one of 13 votes. That decision belongs to the council as a whole.

We hire just one person, the chief executive – I would see it as his place to ask in the first instance. We do want to be “good employers” and I’m not opposed to the suggestion.

Question: Does the council value paintings more than human life as they were prepared to put additional air conditioning in the museum but not the EA Networks Centre.

Both lots of air conditioning should have been included originally anyway – oversight?

Angus McKay: Advice to the council at the time was air conditioning was not required at EA Networks Centre. Further research is under way to revisit this. If air conditioning is the best solution, I will vote in favour of it being installed.

Donna Favel: We accepted the advice of experts in the air conditioning of both buildings, my understanding is the remedial work on the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre, was poorly performing and was fixed under warranty and was not paid for by ADC. The design of EA Networks Centre air conditioning was a recommendation by the Stadium Complex Build group to council.

Question: What changes would you like to see in the areas of housing, irrigation and environment in the next 10 years in the Ashburton District?

Angus McKay: I will continue to support the development of affordable rental housing for the district’s aging population, along with new housing concepts like the proposed Methven House development.

Availability of stored water sources to provide very reliable efficient irrigation water for all the irrigateable land in this district is a must.

The major environmental change I want to happen is to see less water taken from the Ashburton River by the council, giving us a more attractive and ecologically better river.

The farmers of this district have spent a lot of money to make their irrigation systems and schemes more efficient. It is up to the council to providing 100 per cent reliable stock water while using less water from the river.

Donna Favel: Working with community to improve all three.

Housing, there are large number of varied types of sub divisions under way and planned for the future – I see the sustainable features of Albert Street subdivision as a trend that will gain in adoption. Farmers are well along with techniques to minimise water use at their own cost, this I applaud. Swimmable rivers at least seems an aspirational goal.

In brief Sister city anniversary Ashburton and Japan will be joining forces next year to celebrate the 30th anniversary of a sister city relationship. Shiozawa in the Niigagta Prefecture and Ashburton have shared regular cultural, educational and sporting exchanges over that time. An Ashburton District Council working party will be established to plan and finalise the celebrations. unds for the event, $15,000, will be carried over from this year’s sister city expenditure account. The relationship was originally forged between Methven and Shiozawa and over many years groups of Japanese students have visited the area to ski and to learn about the New Zealand way of life. These visits were led by Noboru Tanaka for more than 30 years. The sister city celebrations will be held in Ashburton and will include a formal banquet.

Amberley house fire One person is dead after a house fire in the Canterbury suburb of Amberley. Fire services were called to the Church Street address, north of Christchurch, about 9am yesterday. They arrived within five minutes of taking the call but the house was already engulfed in flame, a spokesman said. One person was removed from the house but had already died. It was understood no one else was in the house.

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Pedestrian killed A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a vehicle on a Marlborough highway, closing the stretch of road yesterday morning.

Emergency services were called to the crash on State Highway 6, between Pelorus and Havelock, just after midnight on Sunday.

The stretch of road was closed in both directions as police investigated, but was fully cleared by about noon.

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■ WHITE RIBBON DAY

It’s not OK to ignore family violence

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White Ribbon Day has gained international traction since its inception in response to the massacre of 14 women students at the University of Montreal 25 years ago.

This year Safer Ashburton Families without Violence co-ordinator Jeff Withington is heading up the White Ribbon Day campaign for the first time.

He said there was an increasing awareness that family violence was a serious problem in the Ashburton District resulting in more than 20 police callouts a month, but the majority of incidents go unreported.

Withington has been on the White Ribbon committee in Ashburton since 2009.

While acknowledging women and children are more likely to be victims of family violence, Withington became involved because he had been a victim both as a child and in a previous relationship.

“Violence is not always slaps and punches – victims are also subjected to emotional, financial, psychological and increasingly cyber violence,” he said.

Victims are often isolated from family and friends and all aspects of their lives controlled, making it very difficult to speak out or ask for help.

“For the past couple of years we moved away from tackling the problem head on to encouraging members of the public, workmates or neighbours to speak up,” he said.

“If you feel safe enough you can intervene, but if not, notify the police.”

Withington said attitudes within police ranks and the courts had changed markedly in the past 25 years and incidents of family violence were treated more seriously.

Support for victims had also improved with greater societal awareness, partially due to campaigns such as White Ribbon Day. This year the campaign will kick off with a quiz night at the Hotel Ashburton on November 24, followed by barbecue on the East Street chess board the following day.

Enter a team of 4-6 people for the quiz night by calling Safer Ashburton on 308-1395 and do your bit to help fight family violence in your community.

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Classic Days in Classic Cars

Every week, the Guardian will be talking to Ashburton locals about the stories behind their classic, vintage, unique or interesting cars, in a series called Classic Days in Classic Cars. If you or anyone you know owns something that fits the bill, call Emma on 307-7969 or 021-797-736 or send through an email.

1959 Austin Healey 3000

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arry Quantock still has the receipt for the purchase of his formerly-rust-filled Austin-Healey 3000, which he brought from Turners Auction in Auckland.

He said this is the first car he has fixed up and said he had to do it more than once.

“The vehicle inspector put his screwdriver through the door and I had to pull it apart and fix it, took me two years,” he said.

Barry’s Healey 3000 has a 3.0-litre V6 engine and while fixing up the car Barry said he imported almost everything, from the idler arms to the lower door panels, from England.

“Except the dash, I imported the dashboard from Australia,” he said.

Barry said he gets a reasonable amount of interest from people

when he takes the Healey 3000 out for a spin but said it doesn’t get as much attention as some of the other cars in the Ashburton Vintage Car Club, but it doesn’t bother him too much.

“We love it, we brought it as a drive around car, we haven’t been too far in it but we have been to Timaru for the national car rally and things like that,” he said.

The Austin-Healey 3000 doesn’t have a roof, which is why Barry refers it as he and his wife’s fine weather car.

Barry said the Healey 3000 is an English classic car and said it is well sought after in England and is often used as a race car.

Also sitting in his work shop is a Jaguar and a hay baler, which he is also working on.

“It just depends on the day really, if we use the Jaguar or the Austin,” he said.

Right - Barry Quantock at the wheel of his 1959 Austin-Healey 3000, which he had fixed up twice, once after buying it and once after someone put a screwdriver through the door.

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She’s had first-hand experience of a scam involving a person claiming to be from IRD. The caller was quite believable, well spoken and gave every reason why she should believe his reasons for calling. He told her he was calling from Takapuna.

The woman, who does not want to be named, said the caller told her the IRD was looking at deceased estates to see whether there were still outstanding tax debts. They knew her full name, address and the name of her deceased husband. If the death had been recent, she may have been less suspicious but when more than 15 years had passed since his estate was wound up she

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The caller then asked what he needed to do to convince her.

“Write me a letter I can take to my solicitor,” she replied and hung up.

She’s concerned that others may be taken in by the scam.

“It’s a very sensitive subject and they could get people at a very vulnerable stage,” the woman said.

In June, the IRD was inundated with calls from people who had received bogus calls from people claiming to be from the IRD. Over a period of two weeks more than 500 incidents were reported.

The IRD’s recommendation is that anyone receiving a call of that nature should hang up. If they had concerns then they should email phishing@ird.govt.nz.”

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Robbie Giddens releases album Last week saw the release of MidCanterbury musician Robbie Giddens’ album Yellow Comes To Mind.

All the songs are written by Giddens who has been gathering songs together for the Yellow Comes To Mind project over the last three years while living in Nelson and Christchurch.

The seven track album features performances by Andy Genge (guitar), Liam Ryan (Hammond organ and piano), Robbie Carpenter (bass) Joe

Bennett (drums) alongside mid-Canterbury musicians Tom Taylor (pedal steel) and Amelia James (vocals).

Giddens’ music career began at an early age living in a household steeped in country music.

Over the last two years he has spanned blues and rock with his High Street Blues Collective project but has settled squarely in new-country for this recording.

The Yellow Comes To Mind songs consider the evergreen

themes of country music – the fall and rise of relationships, the road, music and the landscape.

Giddens prepared the charts for the songs and called in handpicked musicians to record the songs Nashville-style in one take. The result is an authentic album of quality songs, real-time playing and singing by Giddens and his band.

“I recorded this album live at ARA’s Doug Caldwell studio. We just sat down with our instruments and began creating. Tak-

ing two hours to track all seven songs in live takes was a challenge. But the sound was something that everybody was happy with”.

In October Giddens takes his album and his band on tour in Europe with dates in Austria and Italy.

“I am looking forward to seeing how the band and the songs travel,” says Giddens.

Yellow Comes To Mind was released through the Torch Music label on iTunes on September 9.

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September 16-18 - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm Friday and Saturday, 2pm Sunday.

September 19 – Hammers and Horsehair at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

September 28 – Under the Same Moon at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

October 2 – Opening of Yesterday and Today at the Methven Heritage Centre, 2pm.

October 6 – Beyond the Barricade at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

October 7 – Beatlemania on Tour at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 8pm.

October 9 - Chillingham Voices on Tour supported by the Mid Canterbury Choir at the Sinclair Centre, 3pm.

November 6 – Messiah by the Mid Canterbury Choir at St Andrew’s Church, 5pm.

November 8 - Album release for Robbie Giddens.

The Gruffalo at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 11.30am and 1.30pm.

November 17- Alpaca Social Club open hat night at Ashburton Trust Event Centre at 7.30pm.

November 24 – Grease! The Musical at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 8pm.

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Upcoming events at the Event Centre The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe September 16 to 18

This year let the Big Little Theatre Company transport you to a world of mystery, danger and enchantment! The Narnia Chronicles are an internationally treasured classic series written by C. S. Lewis and Ashburton will have the absolute pleasure of watching Narnia come to life.

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four children who stumble across a mystical land. This is a journey that will amaze everyone in the family!

Cinderella Kids and Xanadu September 30 to October 2

The Mid Canterbury Children’s Theatre entertains in this double bill.

Cinderella Kids - first half: The well-known tale begins with the beautifully natured Cinderella being cruelly treated by her step-

mother and stepsisters. Her eccentric but very kindly fairy Godmother comes to the rescue to help Cinderella’s dreams to come true. A happily ever after ending!

Xanadu - second half: Sonny Malone, an artist trying to complete a mural of nine Greek Muses, becomes frustrated and storms off. The 9 Muses then come to life and hatch a plan to inspire him to great artistry. Includes the music I’m Alive, Evil

Woman, Suddenly, Strange Magic, and Xanadu.

The Alpaca Social Club, an open hat performance November 17

Caitlin Smith, the story singer and song poet with a voice that imagination created, is joined by Beyondsemble’s Jon Sanders and Craig Denham to present to us a night of skill, humour, passion, adventure and most important of all, fabulous music.

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Above - First five Jarred Percival scored his fourth try of the season in another fine individual display at the Ashburton Showgrounds.

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Above - Celtic’s Hushdon Tohovaka was in fine form during Mid Canterbury A’s 31-24 victory over South Canterbury Development in Saturday’s curtain raiser.

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The fine weather played its part for St Paul’s Church’s annual fair on Saturday.

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Right - Colleen Priest (nee Emery) looks through old photos at Sacred Heart College’s reunion yesterday.

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Russell Anstiss manned the chocolate wheel at St Paul’s Church’s fair on Saturday.

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Driving and texting never a good mix Michelle Nelson

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hy are we not getting the message about the danger of picking up that mobile phone with one hand while our other is on the driving wheel?

It’s a habit which is guaranteed to raise my ire, as many of my friends and family have learned over the years.

You wouldn’t get in a vehicle with a drunk behind the wheel – why would you tolerate a driver using a phone?

Over the past decade I have attended more smashes attributed to mobile phone use than alcohol, both in New Zealand and Australia. That’s a frightening statistic all things considered!

A drunk driver texting is probably the ultimate hazard, but lets stick with one thing at a time here.

One of the saddest cases we have covered was a couple killed by a distracted driver sending text messages – distracted enough to sail right through a controlled give way sign. The deceased were returning home after celebrating their 60 wedding anniversary.

Another young man ran a red light while embroiled in an argument – via text messages. He never regained consciousness and the family he broadsided all suffered traumatic injuries.

A young father collided with a tree outside his family home; the children sat inside listening to the jaws-of-life cut their father’s lifeless body free.

Hundreds of lives have been irrevocably changed because someone couldn’t bear to wait 10 minutes to find out some trite information – who actually cares what Suzie made for dinner anyway.

In today’s FOMO (fear of missing out) culture it seems we are shackled to our mobile phones.

We cannot bear to ignore that alluring beep even for a second.

Texting aside, talking on mobile phones – even on handsfree sets, while driving, is well recognised by police as amping up your chances of catastrophe considerably.

Employers would do well to insert clauses in health and safety policies banning mobile phone use in company vehicles.

As for the rest of you, turn the sound off and put the phone in the back seat if you’ve not got the willpower to ignore it. If necessary pull off the road and take the call.

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I joined the team at CanInspire Trust putting together jewellery and beading kits for upcoming workshops. CanInspire help those experiencing illness, trauma and loss through offering beading and fly-tying workshops which are great social and support opportunities.

I was also planning to join another group of BNZ staff working at the Cancer Society for the day.

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The trial is expected to cost $3.2 million and will be available to around 1000 people each year.

Spirit of Gold- New Zealand Paralympians take on Rio I’d like to wish New Zealand’s Paralympians the best of luck as the Paralympics get underway in Rio! The Paralympics are being held from September 8-17 in Rio, and feature 528 medal events across 23 sports. Around 4350 competitors from more than 170 countries are expected to attend.

Our athletes will compete in events across six sport disciplines - para-sports, para-athletics, para-cycling, para-sailing, paracanoeing, para-shooting and para-swimming.

The Paralympics are a chance for us to get behind our athletes and to show the extraordinary things disabled people can accomplish through their hard work and determination.

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■ BANGLADESH

Factory fire kills 24 A fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh that killed at least 24 people and injured more than two dozen others spread into the storage area of the building.

“We could not start search operations as it took until late into yesterday night to control the fire in the building,” Ajit Kumar Bhoumik, a senior official of the fire service said yesterday.

“At night the fire spread to other floors where huge amounts of chemicals and other flammable items were stored for use in packaging,” Bhoumik told Reuters from the site by phone.

Fire officials said they had been unable to enter the building and search through the debris, amid fears that the death toll could rise further.

The cause of the fire in the Tongi industrial zone about 20km north of the capital, Dhaka, was not immediately known, but officials said a boiler explosion probably triggered the blaze. It happened as workers prepared to swap shifts in the morning.

The fire is the latest in a series of industrial accidents in the South Asian country, which is the world’s No. 2 garment exporter behind China.

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■ TANZANIA

Michael Hutchence

New Hutchence song The final 11 seconds of a previously unreleased Michael Hutchence song called Kik It have been released online.

The song will be the first single from the 15 previously unheard tracks Hutchence recorded shortly before he died that are set to be put out next year by Sydney businessman Ron Creevey and LA producer Danny Saber. “He (Hutchence) named it and this was his favourite song.

Kik It is very rock,” Creevey said. “It’s going to be the first single. We’re still playing around with it and will release it between November and January.”

Creevey said the documentary he is producing about Hutchence’s life will be finished by November.

- AAP Firefighters work to put out a fire at Tampaco Foils Ltd factory in Tongi industrial area outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, at the weekend. A boiler exploded and triggered a fire on Saturday at the packaging factory.

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■ UNITED STATES

Tanzania US commemorates attacks quake kills at least 11 A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has shaken the Lake Victoria region of East Africa, killing at least 11 people in Tanzania, a police official says.

The country’s president said that many were dead after the quake on Saturday.

The quake was felt as far away as western Kenya and parts of Uganda, which share the waters of Lake Victoria. Tremors were also felt in Kigali, Rwanda.

The 11 who died in Tanzania were in brick structures in the town of Bukoba, said Augustine Olomi, regional police commander for the Kagera region.

A statement from the Tanzanian president’s office said that he was “shocked by reports of the earthquake that caused the death of many people, injury to others and destruction of property”.

The statement didn’t provide specific figures on casualties.

The weekend quake was shallow, occurring at a depth of 10 kilometres.

Shallow quakes generally tend to be more damaging than deeper quakes.

Seismic waves from deep quakes have to travel farther to the surface, losing energy along the way, while the shaking from shallow quakes is more intense.

Recent earthquakes in the area have caused secondary hazards such as landslides. The last notable quake in the region was in 2004 and measured 4.7.

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Families of victims were set to gather in New York City and elsewhere in the United States today as the country marked the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

During the main memorial service at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, the names of victims were to be read starting at 8.46am local time, which marks the time the first hijacked aeroplane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Centre.

Extremists on suicide missions carried

out the 2001 attacks, hijacking four passenger jets and crashing them into the two World Trade Centre towers in New York and the Pentagon defence headquarters outside Washington.

Services will also be held in Washington and a memorial site just outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the fourth plane crashed after its passengers apparently rose up against the hijackers and crashed it in a field, thwarting an attack on Washington.

The attacks killed 2977 people.

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■ SYRIA

Airstrikes after ceasefire truce Deadly violence raged in several areas of Syria, shortly after the United States and Russia sealed an ambitious agreement aimed at reducing violence in the country and relaunching a UN-sponsored peace process.

At least 90 civilians were killed in a series of airstrikes at the weekend on rebel-held areas in the provinces of Aleppo in northern Syria and Idlib in the northwest, a monitoring group reported.

The deadliest strikes were in Idlib, capital of the province of the same name, where they targeted a market, leaving 58 civilians including 13 children dead, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Two more civilians were killed in airstrikes against rebel-controlled areas in the town of Jisr al-Shughur in the same province.

At least 30 civilians, including nine children, were killed in air bombardment of opposition-held areas in Aleppo and its western outskirts, according to the observatory.

The airstrikes in Idlib and Aleppo are believed to have been mounted by government jets or those of allied Russia.

Aleppo, a major battleground in Syria’s conflict, has seen intensified fighting between government forces and the opposition in recent months, worsening the humanitarian situation there.

Activist Yasin Abu Raed, who is based in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, said the situation inside the local hospitals there is “miserable.”

“Most of the injured are in critical conditions due to severe injuries they have sustained and a shortage of surgeons,” Abu Raed said.

The surge in violence came hours after the US and Russia’s top diplomats announced the agreement after more than 12 hours of talks in Geneva.

The accord includes a truce to start across Syria today, the first day of the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival. The agreement envisages joint US-Russian military strikes against militant groups in Syria, including the Islamic State movement.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said the deal could provide a “turning point” in Syria’s conflict if the parties implement it “in good faith”.

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Jeremy Clarkson

Clarkson blows up house Jeremy Clarkson has made way for his new six-bedroom “gentrified” home in the Cotswolds by blowing up his old $7.24 million farmhouse. The former Top Gear host was granted permission to demolish his five-bedroom home near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire and build a new property in July. But instead of calling in the bulldozers, 56-year-old Clarkson hired a demolition firm and razed the property to the ground in a massive explosion, which a neighbour claimed happened while a funeral was taking place in the local village. All that remained of the house, which he bought in 2012, was an enormous pile of rubble and wood.

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Craig Busch

Lion Man rejects claims The Lion Man has hit back at new claims he abuses his animals at his big cat sanctuary in South Africa, saying “you cannot abuse a lion”. Craig Busch said he was firm with the lions but did not abuse them. “You cannot abuse a lion. If you abuse a lion and then want them to be your friend, that does not work,” he said.

The allegations have come from local current affairs show Carte Blanche, which features former workers claiming Busch mistreated his animals and nearly killed a baby giraffe during filming for his Animal Planet show.

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - The Jura mountains are on the border of which two countries? a. France & Switzerland b. France & Spain c. France & Germany 2 - The Book of Kells is a 9thcentury illuminated manuscript.

Where is Kells? a. Belgium b. Norway c. Ireland 3 - What is the maximum number of clubs a golfer can carry in their bag? a. 14 b. 18 c. 20 4 - The movie sequel to Home Alone sees Macaulay Culkin’s character lost where? a. In the Jungle b. At Sea c. In New York 5 - Where in the world might you drink a rakia brandy? a. Greece b. Jamaica c. Japan 6 - What letter represents 50 in roman numerals? a. L b. D c. V 7 - What is 25% of 20? a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 8 - Which annual sporting event was first staged in 1903? a. Wimbledon tennis b. Tour de France cycling c. US Open golf

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■ UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Make believe brought to life A man puts a small boy on his shoulders to look at an animatronic dinosaur at the IMG Worlds of Adventure amusement park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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s summer temperatures soared outside, the world’s largest indoor theme park, featuring popular Marvel and Cartoon Network-branded rides, opened its doors to the public recently in the Middle East’s tourist hub of Dubai – the latest in a myriad of new attractions here.

The first visitors at the 140,000 square metre park reflected the diverse crowds that visit and live in Dubai, home to the world’s tallest skyscraper, the Middle East’s largest mall and a man-made island in the shape of a palm tree that is dotted with luxury hotels.

Saudi women dressed in abayas, the traditional loose black robes, and full face-veils, rode alongside tank-top wearing British tourists and Indian families on the park’s roller coasters and attractions.

Several families said they were thrilled by the adventure park’s indoor boulevard, which leads visitors through Marvel and Cartoon Network zones, a Haunted Hotel and a Lost Valley Dinosaur zone.

IMG Worlds of Adventure has opened an amusement park in Dubai.

Aya Batrawy went along to the opening to sample what’s on offer.

Ali al-Subai, a visitor from Saudi Arabia, said he was happy the Gulf region has a place like this to visit during the summer. The 26-year-old said he visits Dubai at least four times a year and hopes his country too can one day open similar theme parks.

“It’s very, very nice. Better than I imagined,” he said. “We wish for this in Saudi Arabia – the rides, the cinemas.”

Dubai ruler and United Arab Emirates Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid toured the more than $1 billion park earlier on opening day.

The adventure park is one of two major theme parks opening this year in Dubai, part of an effort to attract 20 million tourists annually by 2020, when the emirate is to host the World Expo.

Last year, some 14 million people visited Dubai, according to the

Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing. The highest share of visitors came from neighbouring Gulf countries, with Saudi Arabia topping the list.

Teens Abdullah Jameel and Sultan al-Suweidi, both from Dubai, said they enjoyed the park more than Universal Studios in Singapore. They said the IMG Worlds of Adventure park wins because of shorter lines and more exciting rides.

They beamed after riding the Velociraptor roller coaster, which swoops through the indoor park, then juts out into the Dubai desert before going back inside.

Another main attraction is the Predator roller coaster, with its sharp, vertical drop.

Spider-Man too has his own ride, a spinning roller coaster that propels riders through a New York City skyline, soaring much like

the fictional superhero would as he fights to save the city from the sinister Doctor Octopus. A Cartoon Network-themed Powerpuff Girls scrambler glides and spins riders upside down, while a 5-D theatre experience takes guests through an animated Ben 10 battle scene.

The park aims to attract up to 30,000 visitors on peak days.

Along with its 22 rides and attractions, the park offers visitors 25 retail outlets and 28 food and beverage outlets that are expected to contribute to nearly a quarter of the park’s overall revenue.

At the high-end Marvel Vault store, an extravagant Hulkinspired gold display that holds a pen with precious stones costs almost 115,000 dirhams ($42,730).

Despite thrills at every turn, British tourist Tariq Collins said the entry ticket cost of 300 dir-

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hams ($111) for adults and 250 dirhams ($93) for children was “a bit pricey”. He said there were not as many attractions for his fiveyear-old daughter as he’d hoped there would be.

“Apart from that, great. Very nicely done,” he said.

The park’s Chief Executive Officer Lennard Otto said the park plans to add five more attractions in the coming five years. It’s “definitely a new feather in Dubai’s cap,” and helps fill a gap in the Gulf market for quality entertainment destinations, he said.

In October, a $2.8 billion theme park is slated to open on the main highway connecting Dubai with Abu Dhabi, the UAE seat of government.

Dubai Parks and Resorts will feature a Six Flags, a Legoland waterpark and roller coaster, Bollywood-themed rides and shows, and a Motiongate movie-themed park with a Smurfs village.

Abu Dhabi is already home to Ferrari World and is planning a Warner Bros.-themed park.

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■ HALF MARATHON BID

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eek one is all done and dusted and week two is nearly over!

What a great feeling!

Oh, but it was hard …

Be assured, it was really hard!

My 5km run on Sunday was terribly tough.

I wanted to quit and stop running a hundred times as my legs were painfully heavy (they haven’t been that heavy for a long time!) and my achilles were very sore.

But I kept fighting the urge to quit and told myself “keep going, keep going” a hundred times back.

And so I did!

I ran the 5km without stopping.

It really is a lot about fighting in your head, isn’t it?

The bad Emma, she wanted to stop, walk and not feel the pain.

The good Emma wanted to succeed, run the 5km, work through the pain and do it.

I’m glad the good Emma won that day, but I know it will be a fight between these two in every run and for a while …

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Until I get fitter?

Until I get addicted to running?

Will these mixed feelings ever go away?

Six runs so far and I had fights in my head for every one of them.

I am not sure it will ever go away but I am motivating my mind, believing that my body will follow.

Have a strong, positive mind and no matter how tired and exhausted my body is, it will keep running if my mind is telling it to.

Every run I have done since the start of my training has shown me just that.

On top of this mind play while I’m running, there are also the excuses I give myself to not go for a run.

I am very good at finding excuses to not exercise.

I have practised this art for the past few years!

I don’t know if you are like me but everything is a good excuse…

“There is a party tonight so I

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can’t go for a run as I need to get ready and don’t want to be late”, “I am really tired after today’s work so I don’t have the energy”, “I’m too busy to exercise”, “It is raining” - oh, I used this one on Wednesday!

I was meant to do a half an hour run that day at 6am with Zara and as it was raining (probably more like spitting if I am being honest!), I called her and said it was raining and wet outside and that I didn’t want to run in that weather.

Really Emma?!

And so we didn’t run that morning …

Henry made fun of me saying “Well, wouldn’t you run in the rain if it was race day?”

“Hmm, well, honey, it isn’t race day today so I don’t have to!” (arghh!) And yes it was that easy to not do it!

I’m happy that, in the end, we ran on Thursday instead, which should have been a rest day.

There is a silver lining!

So I am fighting my mind and my excuses.

I admire those people who are so dedicated to fitness that they won’t ever have an excuse not to exercise and will work out through the pain “happily”.

Will I ever become one of them?

Will you?

Let’s keep fighting our mind and excuses together!

PS: To the person who wrote me a letter this week following my last column.

I wanted to call you, however couldn’t find your phone number.

I would like to say to you that I really appreciated reading your letter and that it helped me run this week.

You said “keep up the good work” so I did, thanks to you.

■ PARALYMPICS

Pascoe’s second medal at Rio golden New Zealand swimmer Sophie Pascoe has won gold in the women’s 100m backstroke S10 at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Pascoe, who took silver in the 50m freestyle S10 on Saturday, clocked 1min 07.04sec to beat Hungary’s Bianka Pap by nearly a full second.

The 23-year-old Kiwi had earlier posted the fastest qualifying time in the heats, although her 1:07.23 was well outside her personal best of 1:05.9.

Pascoe has amassed 11 Paralympic medals in total, winning three golds and three silvers in London four years ago, and two gold and a silver at Beijing in 2008.

New Zealand’s Paralympic medal tally at Rio to date sits at seven, comprising three golds, two silvers and two bronzes.

Mary Fisher, who earlier set a world record to earn gold in the women’s 100m backstroke S11, finished fourth in the 400m freestyle yesterday.

Long jumper Anna Grimaldi won New Zealand’s first gold medal of the Paralympics two days ago with a personal best 5.62m in the women’s T47 event.

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City wins derby clash Pep Guardiola got one over his old rival Jose Mourinho as Manchester City won a derby clash against Manchester United 2-1 to go three points clear at the top of the Premier League. The victory maintained City’s 100 per cent start to the season. City’s Kevin de Bruyne returned to haunt Mourinho, his former manager at Chelsea, by opening the scoring. He then created City’s second goal when his shot deflected off the post.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic reduced the deficit but City held firm to hand Guardiola first blood.

- Reuters

Celtic thumps Rangers Moussa Dembele has bagged a hat-trick to lead Celtic to a crushing 5-1 win over arch-rivals Rangers in Scotland’s first topflight Old Firm derby since 2012.

Rangers’ spiral into financial chaos and demotion to the lower divisions left the Scottish Premiership bereft of its standout fixture and it returned with a bang on Saturday at a rocking Celtic Park.

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Quintana on brink of win Nairo Quintana effectively clinched his first Tour of Spain title after holding off a series of Chris Froome attacks in yesterday’s decisive mountain stage. The Colombian has not officially won the race yet but takes a one minute 23 second lead into the processional final stage to Madrid with only an accident or some other calamity standing in his way of victory.

Froome had taken a huge chunk out of Quintana’s lead in Friday’s time trial and knew his last chance was to launch a devastating attack in the final climbs, but he could not break his rival and ended up no closer.

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Fisher leads charge

Sophie Pascoe takes a breath as she sits on the edge of the pool at at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium after winning gold in the women’s 100-metre backstroke.

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Saturday’s golden girl Mary Fisher continued her campaign by setting the fourth fastest time in the heats for the Women’s 400m Freestyle S11 yesterday. Earlier on, 16-yearold Paralympic debutant Hamish McLean made his first foray into the big leagues, setting a personal best time of 34.81 in the Men’s 50m freestyle S6. McLean finished 19th overall in a time of 34.81 and will not contest the finals. Across at the Velodrome, para-cyclist Byron Raubenheimer was on track, setting a time of 5:08.570 in the Men’s 4km Pursuit C4.

Raubenheimer finished 10th and will not contest the finals. While at the Deodoro Stadium para-shooter and Paralympic debutant Greg Reid has shot to 7th place in the R3 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 after coming into the event ranked number 11 in the world. During the qualification rounds earlier today, Reid shot from 30th in the field to 7th overall, earning him a slot in his first ever Paralympic final. - NZME

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By Vince RugaRi

Mid Canterbury lock Eric Duff looks for an opening against Wairarapa Bush at the Ashburton Showgrounds on Saturday afternoon.

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■ RUGBY

Second loss hurts Hammers

By James FoRd

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Wairarapa Bush struck a major blow to Mid Canterbury’s Meads Cup aspirations after downing the Hammers 26-16 at the Ashburton Showgrounds on Saturday.

Former Mid Canterbury halfback Nick Webster refereed the ill-disciplined affair, which featured six yellow cards and a penalty try.

The loss is Mid Canterbury’s second in as many outings after falling to a 34-32 defeat to Buller in Westport on match day two.

Craig Dunlea and James Jowsey’s men now sit in seventh place on the ladder after failing to pick up any points against Bush.

Mid Canterbury drew first blood as wing Seta Koroitamana set off on a mazy run before releasing flying first five Jarred Percival with a slick offload to cross over under the posts unchallenged.

The try was Percival’s fourth of the campaign and he converted

to put Mid Canterbury 8-0 up before being the first player sent to the sin bin seven minutes later.

But Bush had little time to take advantage of having an extra man with openside flanker Eddie Cranston soon joining Percival for a no-arms tackle.

The visitors then levelled proceedings as fullback Sam Monaghan’s elusive running provided an opening for wing Cameron Hayton to touch down for a wellexecuted try in the corner.

First five Tim Priest added the extras with 10 minutes of the first half remaining before Bush were reduced to 13 men when lock Andrew Smith joined Cranston in the bin.

Priest then slotted a penalty with the last kick of the half to push Wairarapa into a 10-8 lead at the interval.

Lock Kody Nordqvist looked to have put Mid Canterbury back in front early in the second half.

Nete Caucau broke through two tackles on a bulldozing run and released Nordqvist, but he

was ruled to have been held up over the line.

The Hammers did go ahead moments later, though.

From the resulting scrum Percival showed his class and vision to float a perfectly weighted kick out to left wing Koroitamana, who dotted down in the corner.

Percival made light work on the conversion as Mid Canterbury went 16-10 up.

Hooker Abe Haira then became the fourth player sent to the bin on the 50 minute mark, but that didn’t stop Bush from piling on the pressure.

Smith made a charge to the line but the ball was dropped at the death with a definite try beckoning.

Bush were camped on the Hammers’ line before Webster awarded the away side a penalty try for repeated infringements.

The eight points put Bush 1816 in front and things went from bad to worse for Mid Canterbury.

Half back Will Mackenzie was sent to the bin and soon followed by wing Koroitamana.

With time ebbing away, Mid Canterbury were outgunned and stretched as Bush poured phase after phase on the tiring defence.

Centre Koli Tamainitoakula then pulled up with an injury, and, while receiving treatment, Bush’s numbers became overwhelming as halfback John Ika crossed over under the posts.

Priest easily converted to push the score out to 26-16 and condemn Mid Canterbury to their second successive loss of the season.

The Hammers will now turn their attention to next weekend’s clash with Horowhenua Kapiti in Levin.

Mid Canterbury 16 (J. Percival, S. Koroitamana tries; Percival 2 con) Wairarapa Bush 26 (C. Hayton, J. Ika, penalty try, tries; T. Priest 1 pen, 2 con). Halftime: 10-8 Wairarapa Bush Heartland Championship week three results: Thames Valley King Country 22-22, North Otago Horo-Kapiti 36-36, Poverty Bay Buller 18-30, Wanganui South Canterbury 32-30, West Coast East Coast 36-30.

Skipper Stephen Moore has hailed the character of the Wallabies after they emerged from a fortnight of fierce criticism with a morale-boosting win over the Springboks.

Australia won 23-17 in Saturday night’s Test against South Africa at Suncorp Stadium to snap a sixmatch winless run.

It was a long way from the finished article but a buoyant, sometimes gritty performance they will hope to build the remainder of their Rugby Championship campaign around.

“There’s been plenty of people outside the group giving their two bob on everything,” Moore said.

“I’m just really proud the way that everyone’s hung tight and worked hard and kept preparing as best they possibly can.

“The way we’ve stuck at it throughout the campaign is probably the most pleasing thing, when it’s been tough.”

The Wallabies were 14-3 down at one stage in the first half but recovered through tries to rookie lock Adam Coleman and inside centre Bernard Foley, who also slotted five penalties.

Moore said the intense scrutiny of his own form had not bothered him in the lead-up to the match, which came on the back of two limp Bledisloe Cup defeats to New Zealand.

“I think it’s part of the game, isn’t it?

“Particularly in a leadership role, coach and captain, you’re open to that and that’s fine,” he said.

“Everyone has their opinion.

I’ve got no issue with that at all.”

The only sour note was a possible knee injury to reserve prop Allan Alaalatoa, who was seen leaving the stadium in a knee brace and will have further scans today.

Alaalatoa helped swing the match Australia’s way when he came on in the second half, at one stage even squaring up to giant Springboks lock Eben Eztebeth in an off-the-ball scuffle.

Team officials are confident it’s not a major setback for the youngster, who was making his third Test appearance.

The Wallabies take on Argentina in Perth on Saturday in the Rugby Championship’s fourth round.

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Otago hangs on to perfect Mitre 10 Cup record Otago’s unbeaten Mitre 10 Cup run continues after they downed the Tasman Makos 30-27 at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday.

Facing their first premiership opponent of the season, Otago shot out to an early lead thanks

to converted tries from Paul Grant and Craig Millar in the first 15 minutes.

Their attack then stagnated and Tasman took advantage, capitalising on Otago’s eight first half handling errors.

The boot of Marty Banks put Tasman on the board, and a try close to the line from wing Alex Nankivell helped close the gap.

Otago first five eighth Fletcher Smith would be the only scorer in the second half, as another pen-

alty capped a perfect night from the tee and put Otago in front for the first time since late in the first half. In front is where they would stay as time expired and Otago maintained their perfect record.

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In brief Ardie not a lock-in A decision that many thought would be simple in the wake of Sam Cane’s hamstring injury may not be clear cut, with Steve Hansen suggesting there is a bit of thinking to do around the vacant No 7 jersey. Cane will be out for at least a month and the door appears to be open for Ardie Savea to win his first test start with Matt Todd a contender for a place on the bench against South Africa this week.

That’s probably where the selectors will end up, but not definitely as while Savea is a crowd favourite through his electric performances with the Hurricanes, Hansen cautioned against making assumptions.

- NZME

It it game over?

Lepani Seitava dots down during Mid Canterbury A’s 31-24 victory over South Canterbury Development at the Ashburton Showgrounds on Saturday.

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Praise for Savea

■ RUGBY

A-team see off the old enemy in style

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

The senior side may have had a disappointing day, but Mid Canterbury A were in fine form to

register a 31-24 win over South Canterbury Development in the afternoon’s curtain raiser on Saturday.

Meanwhile Mid Canterbury’s

under-18 team had a less memorable outing in Timaru, falling to a 38-0 thumping.

South Canterbury also took a win at under-16 level, seeing off

Mid Canterbury 29-13, but the under-14s flew the green and gold flag high with a 56-25 victory over their South Canterbury counterparts.

ABs survive early storm

By Patrick mckendry The All Blacks had to overcome several challenges against Argentina, most notably the pressure the Pumas put them under and the loss of flanker Sam Cane with a hamstring injury which will keep him out of the game for up to six weeks.

The frustration of halfback Aaron Smith – the best No 9 in the world by some distance – was also something new for them to contend with, but they found the answers in the end, cruising to a 57-22 victory.

Ardie Savea came on for Cane and did what he has been doing all year, and Smith’s replacement TJ Perenara, who came on in the 49th minute, was a minor revelation with his accuracy of decision-making and passing.

“We always wanted to give TJ some serious game time in this championship and tonight was the night because Nuggy [Smith] wasn’t probably having the night that he wanted,” coach Steve Hansen said.

There’s a possibility the All Blacks could be crowned Rugby Championship winners next weekend in Christchurch. If they beat the Springboks with a bonus point victory and Australia beat Argentina, that will be it. Game over – the All Blacks will have won after four rounds which may end up saying more about the standard of others than it does about them. Since the new format and the arrival of Argentina in 2012, the All Blacks have won three of the four championships - winning after five rounds in 2012 and 2014 and on the last weekend in 2013. - NZME

“He was frustrated and, at one point, [referee] Craig [Joubert] had a wee chat to him so we thought, ‘let’s just take him out of it, let’s let him think about it and learn from the experience’ which he will do.

He’s the best halfback in the world for a good number of reasons but tonight wasn’t his night.

“It was good for TJ to come on.

“I thought he was outstanding.

He played really well.

“He cleared the ball quickly off the deck and that was probably the turning point of the game once he started delivering ball which was crisp and clear and he wasn’t caught up in the 50 minutes before.”

For his part Perenara, playing in his 22nd test, was pleased with the extra time.

He normally enters tests much later, but at Waikato Stadium the game was still very much in the balance.

He said it was important for the All Blacks to continue doing what they were doing.

“That’s something that we

Aaron Smith: Replaced by TJ Perenara much earlier than usual.

drive in this team – stick to the processes that we train,” Perenara said.

“We know we’re going to come across a lot of different situations on the field, with regards to the scoreboard or the different teams’ tactics, but we’ve got some pretty good players out there.

“A lot of the times we did things accurately and created opportunities for the likes of the Bus

[Julian Savea], [Ryan] Crotty or [Israel] Dagger out there.

“The Argentine team are a very good team. If we can slowly break them down and go through them it gives other people opportunities.

“I don’t think they ran out of gas.

“I think they still showed a lot of passion, a lot of willing and determination to play some good footy.

“A few little things stuck for us.

We got the bounce of the ball now and again and that made a difference for us.

“It’s nice to get out there and play a few minutes and try to make an impact where I can.

“This team prides itself on numbers one to 23 week in, week out. My job is to come on and be accurate and try to make an impact.”

Hansen said Cane’s injury didn’t look good.

“He’s in a bit of pain so that’s not a good sign when you’ve got a hammy [injury],” he said.

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All Blacks fullback Ben Smith says there’s no outside back in the world more fearsome than an on-song Julian Savea. The Bus appeared back to his barnstorming best against Argentina, producing five line breaks. He also made 116 metres in 11 carries. Savea, 26, endured a torrid 2016 Super Rugby campaign after coming in overweight and producing several listless performances. He was later dropped for his side’s successful tilt at a maiden Super Rugby crown. But All Blacks vice-captain Smith said yesterday that Savea had obtained a lot of confidence from his work on the training paddock. - NZME

Cantabs run riot Will anybody beat Canterbury in 2016? The seven-time champions have been perfect through four games of the Mitre 10 Cup, collecting their full allotment of points as they sweep would-be contenders aside. Hawke’s Bay became their latest victim yesterday, with Canterbury running in eight tries in a 63-7 rout. First five Richie Mo’unga was the catalyst of their free-running game, while winger George Bridge and centre Rob Thompson found sizeable gaps in the Magpies defensive line as the defending champions again manufactured a mammoth scoreline.

- NZME

Waikato 35, Auckland 32 Waikato have regained the Stan Thomas Memorial after an actionpacked Premiership clash at Eden Park yesterday. For large periods, the Mooloos were the better side, on top at the set-piece and sparked by Damian McKenzie. They scored five tries and were all over Auckland for the first and third quarters. In between there was some energy from the home team, mainly provided by No 8 Akira Ioane, but too often there was a dropped pass or a missed tackle.

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In brief Eligibility rules tweaked Rugby league players will have to wait five years to represent their adopted country after the game’s international federation changed the eligibility rules. The RLIF board has extended the qualification period from three years. The residency ruling has been a bone of contention since New Zealandborn Rangi Chase switched his allegiance to England in 2011, after spending three years with Castleford and went on to play in the 2013 World Cup. - AAP

In defence of Hayne He came up with a crucial blunder and once again failed to make a dent when it counted however Gold Coast have leapt to the defence of superstar Jarryd Hayne.

Talked up as a possible differencemaker, Hayne once again had an off night as the Titans were dumped from the finals in their 4428 loss at Suncorp on Friday night.

After his side took an 18-16 lead into halftime, Hayne spilled the ball with Alex Glenn crossing a minute later. It proved a turning point and from there the Broncos opened up the floodgates. However coach Neil Henry defended his charge, saying it was always going to take time to find his feet.

- AAP Zoe Beckley won gold at the Kaikoura Recreational Gymnastics Competition on Saturday.

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Golden girl adds to haul

By James Ford

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Dynamic Gymnastic Sports’ Zoe Beckley’s already impressive medal collection has a new addition after winning gold in the

gold level section at the Kaikoura Recreational Gymnastics Competition on Saturday.

The 14-year-old competed in floor, bar, beam and vault events to make it a hat-trick of

gold medals this year. Beckley won gold medals at the Greymouth Gymnastics Competition last month and the West Melton Gymnastics Competition in May. It was a fine day for the local

gymnasts as five-year-old Aidan Bungard of Methven collected a gold medal in the Gym Fun section, closely followed by his sister Emma who took out silver at grade two level.

North Queensland five-eighth Michael Morgan said the Cowboys’ finals equation remains the same despite suffering a 16-10 NRL qualifying final loss to Melbourne.

The Cowboys will regroup and host Brisbane in Townsville next Friday in an elimination semi-final, still requiring three victories to secure back-to-back premierships. “We came into the finals series needing three wins and that’s still what we need,” Morgan said. “We’ll take it one game at a time. It sounds boring but at this time of the year, that’s what we have to do ... it’s do or die.”

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Overcoming injuries

■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Sharks in brave comeback win A James Maloney penalty goal has sealed a thrilling 16-14 comeback victory for Cronulla over Canberra that puts them within a win of the NRL grand final.

Without injured skipper Paul Gallen and after losing Wade Graham to concussion minutes into Saturday night’s contest, the stunned Sharks were staring into a 12-0 hole at GIO Stadium.

“I thought I’d killed a Chinaman,” Sharks coach Shane Flanagan said.

“I thought our bad luck had come at the wrong time of the year.”

But the visitors bravely fought their way back, managing to keep their line intact for the final hour and crossing the Raiders’ twice before Maloney calmly slotted the 75th-minute kick to silence the sellout 25,292 crowd.

Cronulla now get a week off and wait for the winner of next week’s semi-final between last year’s grand finalists Brisbane

and North Queensland.

The Raiders host the winner of yesterday’s Penrith-Canterbury elimination final, however nervously await the status of star hooker Josh Hodgson who came off with a second-half ankle injury.

Coach Ricky Stuart said he would name Hodgson along with injured pivot Blake Austin this week but it would be “unlikely” Hodgson would take his place.

Canberra were relentless for the opening half hour and seemed destined to equal a clubrecord 11 straight wins.

The Raiders’ big men Josh Papalii, Shannon Boyd and Joey Leilua made plenty of early inroads, including one Leilua run that left Graham dazed in the seventh minute.

It was the Raiders’ little men however that had the Sharks in a spin, with Hodgson poking through under the posts in the 13th minute and Jordan Rapana

James Maloney racing 80 metres five minutes later.

The white-hot Raiders had the chasing Sharks at their mercy.

But Cronulla slowly stemmed the tide, defending numerous raids on their line and pegging the advantage back a minute before halftime through the most unlikely of sources in trades-

man-like forward Matt Prior.

Veteran Luke Lewis got the Sharks within two when he grubbered through for Valentine Holmes’ 19th try of the year before Maloney set up a grandstand finish with his 66th penalty shot.

Raiders pivot Aidan Sezer had a chance to nail a field goal in the 73rd minute but fired wide and soon after, Canberra second-rower Elliot Whitehead’s high shot on Ben Barba delivered Maloney his opportunity to steal one of the Shark’s most famous wins.

“The try before half-time was a soft try. We let ourselves down in that moment,” Raiders coach Ricky Stuart lamented.

“The conditions probably played a big part and didn’t let us play a lot of the footy that we have been playing of late.

“But that’s all about experience and working to the scenarios and environment.

“We probably could’ve handled it better but we didn’t.”

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Melbourne are living proof of the adage that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Celebrating an NRL preliminary final berth after their 16-10 win over defending champions North Queensland, captain Cameron Smith said it was all the more special given his team’s horror injury run through the season.

The Storm lost fullback Billy Slater (shoulder) for the season in round one while Will Chambers was out for almost three months with a fractured foot. The Storm also had to bring in replacements for fiveeighth Blake Green (calf), fullback Cameron Munster (ankle), winger Marika Koroibete (ankle), prop Jordan McLean (ankle) and centre Curtis Scott (broken leg).

- AAP

Roberts could miss semi James Roberts could miss Brisbane’s NRL semi-final next week after being charged with kicking in his side’s elimination final win over Gold Coast. The match review committee slapped the Broncos’ centre with a grade-one contrary conduct charge for lashing out at Titans forward Ryan Simpkins in Friday’s sudden-death clash. A previous offence lifts the points penalty to a minimum 140, meaning Roberts will have to beat the charge at the judiciary if he is to play for the Broncos next weekend.

- AAP

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Trials-watchers rewarded Punters who followed the form out of the Avondale trials late last month were well rewarded on the weekend when the Graeme and Debbie Rogerson trained Te Waewae Bay struck at outside odds at Ruakaka.

The lanky four-year-old had led all the way in an open 1000 metre trial that day in a heat that featured Group One performers Marky Mark and What’s The Story.

Rider Ryan Elliot adopted similar tactics on the weekend that once again proved successful as he held on to down his rivals in the day’s rating 65 1200 metre contest.

The Shamoline Warrior gelding had broken maidens on the course back in May but was put aside for a spell after a lacklustre performance on what was a difficult Trentham track later that month.

“He’s shown us a bit this horse and won well here last time,” noted Rogerson after Saturday’s victory.

Ryan Elliott gets the best out of Te Waewae Bay on Saturday.

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“I then took him to Wellington in the mud but he didn’t go any

good, however he trialled enormous the other day.”

Rogerson admitted he had some reservations about the tactics proposed by rider Ryan Elliot when he mentioned them to his boss on the way to the races.

“To be fair to the kid he did say to me he’d lead but I said from the 10 alley you won’t be leading!

“He did it though and it was a good ride.

“He’s a kid who is going to make the grade as he did everything right and he got the money.”

While very pleased with the win on Saturday, Rogerson is of the belief his charge can only get better as he steps over more ground.

“He’s owned by a syndicate in Perth who are great blokes,” he noted.

“I’ve said to them we should be patient with him as I think he’s a staying horse and when he gets over a bit of ground he could turn out to be quite a handy horse.”

- NZME

In brief Dunn takes Hannon John Dunn produced a superb drive to take out the Hannon Memorial with Franco Nelson in Oamaru yesterday. Tiger Tara made a brilliant start and led throughout, while Cullect A Guinness moved around the field and put pressure on the leader, and Franco Nelson sat quietly in the trail for the entire journey. Franco Ledger caused havoc when he broke while looking promising at the 800, Cullect A Guinness couldn’t quite go on with it, and Dun brought Franco Nelson through on the rails to grind down Tiger Tara and eventually win by three-quarters of a length.

Mirabelli dreams big A return to winning form on her favourite track has Saturday’s impressive Ruakaka winner Big Dreamer in line for a tilt at greater riches over the coming months.

The hardy five-year-old mare had hinted she was ready to step back into the winner’s circle with two tidy efforts to commence her spring campaign. Trainer Paul Mirabelli was confident of a good showing and so it proved as his charge dominated a small but quality field of rating 75 gallopers to register her fourth career victory and her third at Ruakaka. - NZME

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■ AWAPUNI

Trainer heaps praise on jockey’s ride Allan Sharrock was moved to all but break a golden rule at Awapuni where his gifted mare Gypsy Fair won the feature event, courtesy of a flawless ride.

The New Plymouth trainer devised a pre-race plan and delivered his instructions accordingly to Samantha Wynne ahead of the Gr.3 Merial Ancare Metric Mile on Saturday.

The southern jockey then played her part in guiding Gypsy Fair to a defeat of the favourite Platinum Command.

“I don’t give 10s to riders, but that was a nine and three quarter,” Sharrock said.

“I told her to take off at the 500 and put them to the sword and

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she rode her perfectly.”

Gypsy Fair jumped well to be outside the early leader Kindaleica before Wynne allowed the six-year-old to stride to the front and she turned up the pressure across the top.

The daughter of Falkirk was well clear on straightening and she stuck to her task grimly down the straight to have a neck on Platinum Command, who came from the tail of the field, at the post with New York Minute also making late ground for third.

Sharrock said he rarely asked his horses to step from 1200 to 1600 metres, but in Gypsy Fair’s case it was an opportunity he couldn’t afford to miss.

“She’s out of a Zabeel mare so I thought she’d stick on and we’re running out of wet tracks for her,” he said.

“She’s a genuine heavy track horse with a good pedigree and now she’s got black type.

“I think those fillies and mares’ weight-for-age races in the autumn will beckon her.”

The winner of six races, Gypsy Fair is a grand-daughter of the Group 1 Queensland Oaks winner Round The World, who was also Group One placed in the AJC Oaks and the Sydney and Brisbane Cups, and the family of the recently retired Group 1 H. S. Dyke Stakes winner Valley Girl.

- NZME

Jockey Larry Cassidy admits he was sceptical when Brian Smith steered him into an unusual aid to try to help with his crippling knee pain.

Cassidy rode his first winner after a lengthy injury lay-off aboard the Smith-trained Sony Legend at Doomben on Saturday. Smith has played a big part in Cassidy’s comeback, in particular urging him to try a “Wellcell” which is now his constant companion. It is a small plastic device which emits electromagnetic light frequencies.

- AAP

Colt still undefeated

Jockey Samantha Wynne

Heroic Valour has taken up as a three-year-old where he left off last season following a tenacious performance to triumph on his Ruakaka return. The Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards-trained son of Fastnet Rock showed admirable fighting qualities to maintain his unbeaten record with his defeat of a competitive line-up in Saturday’s Northland Breeders’ Plate. - NZME

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

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S Gommans 6 87555 Meat Damon 21.75 K &.....................Phillips 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 7 21712 Kirkham Kylie 22.00 .....................M Roberts 8 35547 Cawbourne Morris 21.85..............M Roberts 8 44236 Homebush Lucifer 21.59 ........J T McInerney 9 36484 Lip It Up nwtd .........................J T McInerney 1 1.30pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY 9 38654 Shinzigzag 21.56 .......................B Goldsack 10 18882 Apatche Ajay 21.89 ....................B Goldsack MONDAY C0 C0, 375m 1 42445 Making It Up nwtd L & ........................ Morris 4 2.20pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C4, 375m 10 18466 Tracey 21.77.................................. R Maisey 1 21243 Fall From Grace 21.55 ................A Turnwald 7 3.17pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C3 C3, 375m 2 5634 Cawbourne Muzza nwtd ..............M Roberts 1 42427 Gossip Queen 21.83 ................. A Bradshaw 2 71538 Lady Zeena 21.71 ........................ T Downey 3 34553 Fill Ya Boots nwtd J & ..........................D Bell 2 54688 Cawbourne Matty 21.41 ...............M Roberts 3 63177 Box Of Fluffies 22.25..............G Fredrickson 4 6273 Cawbourne Toddy nwtd................M Roberts 3 75184 Feel The Force 21.71 ............... S Gommans 4 53516 Impersonator nwtd .................... A Bradshaw 5 Double Brew nwtd .......................A Turnwald 4 58532 Air Express nwtd ....................J T McInerney 5 48231 Bigtime Redfoo nwtd ..............G Fredrickson 6 33642 Cawbourne Jacko nwtd ................M Roberts 5 43477 Sheer Miss nwtd ..............................L Ahern 6 26218 Robins Zarr Hood 21.74..............A Turnwald 7 3 Niamh’s Way nwtd ........................P Blanche 6 1111F Spare Some Time 21.34 ..................L Ahern 7 75415 Enhancer 21.51...........................B Hodgson 8 62272 Cawbourne Lyns nwtd..................M Roberts 7 61112 Allegro Runnings 21.72....................L Ahern 8 61112 Sopoaga nwtd ...........................A Bradshaw 9 8 Loco Amigo nwtd S &................C Blackburn 8 32688 Cawbourne Rowan 21.65 ...............L Doody 9 75537 Vito Baxter 21.97 ...................J T McInerney 10 Cruz Away nwtd S & .................C Blackburn 9 68471 Scooter’s Rose 21.46 .............. T McCracken 10 18486 Pure Lee 21.79 D & ...................J MacAuley 2 1.47pm J P PRINT, PETONE C1 C1, 375m 10 37634 Cawbourne George 21.63......J T McInerney 1 46637 Belfast Eejit 22.24 ..................J T McInerney 5 2.37pm BUCK FEVER AT STUD C2 C2, 375m 1 64684 Miss Mowhawk 21.50 ................... P Denbee 8 3.40pm BROOKS TIMING C1 C1, 457m 2 23Tx1 Funky Town 21.86 .......................A Turnwald 1 24243 Cawbourne Jazzy nwtd ................M Roberts 2 8541x Banshee Boy 21.82 ....................B Goldsack 3 48221 Big Wonder nwtd ........................... M Gowan 2 44863 Private Action nwtd ..........................S Stone 3 17283 Goodtime Lady 21.72....................... I Moore 4 42674 Repeat Visit 21.97 ............................... L Bell 3 23652 To The Bank 26.32 ....................... P Denbee 4 87488 Homebush Tiare 21.55...........J T McInerney 5 14185 Tammy’s Fire nwtd .................. T McCracken 4 147 Hilton Open nwtd ...................... A Bradshaw 5 74245 Ear’s Boris 21.97 ...............................M Flipp 6 23x33 Cawbourne Martin nwtd ...............M Roberts 5 13354 Cool Rythm nwtd.........................B Hodgson 6 24444 Stormy Days 21.57 ..........................L Ahern 7 38668 Terra Trip nwtd.......................... 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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Since you really believe in something, all you have to do is talk about it and you’ll sell it more convincingly than someone who doesn’t believe but is employing every sales method known to man.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ll prove your worth through discretion while others try to prove it by spilling all they know. Just guess who will win the trust of others? The spoils go to the one with the cool factor – so you.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Solitude will appeal to you as you’re not in the mood to lead and neither do you feel like following. If you have any social inclination it is to walk beside one who can do either and has no preference.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’ll experience a change that seems trivial, but the way you handle this little surprise will be indicative of how you’ll handle the big boom of an action the “triviality” will set off. Stay on your toes.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): When you have no idea what they’re talking about, just say so. Take the quick shot of embarrassment in stride and quickly get yourself up to speed. The knowit-alls live for these moments, after all.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Some say true love needs no explanation, and yet without those words how will the other person know? Those words will help solidify the feeling and connection in this bond? Don’t let it go.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): In a professional setting, the priority is how well you fit the job, not how well you “do you.” First you’ll strip away any factors that might distract others from seeing you in the role. Then you’ll advance.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The ones you helped want to show gratitude and may go overboard or just in a wrong direction to this end. You get the intention, and the effort will make you smile if the result doesn’t.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): While it might be exhausting to spend hours in the grip of some emotion, it’s also what makes this day a great motivational source for you and the springboard for some astounding creativity.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): People have to sort through the information they are given, and this can be a lot of work. In today’s important moments, giving less information will be better than giving too much.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): The project you’ve been building is at a frustrating point. Part of you wants to start from scratch. A change will happen to show you the big picture.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): At this point, plan B would make you just as happy as plan A, if not more so. Plan C is not so bad, either.

Brainstorm to your heart’s content: You have everything to win and nothing to lose.

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Rain developing near the Main Divide in the afternoon. Dry with high cloud farther east, however a few spots of rain south of the Ashburton Lakes at night.

Wind at 1000m: NW 40 km/h, rising to gale 65 km/h in the afternoon.

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Wind at 2000m: 45 km/h easing.

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10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm M Picking Up And Dropping Off PGR 2003 Romantic Comedy. Scott Wolf, Amanda Detmer, Eddie McClintock.

2:55 Entertainment Tonight PGR 3:25 Sticky TV 4:25 Minute To Win It Hosted by chef Guy Fieri, competitors take on a series of seemingly simple tasks, which they must complete in under a minute.

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11:55 The Mentalist AO 3 0 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

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11:30 Football – English Premier League Swansea v Chelsea.

From Liberty Stadium.

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

2am Home Shopping

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Chris Murray, Brit Shaw.

9:55 Mad Max – Fury Road Wentworth This Means War 16VC 2015 Action. Tom Hardy, 8:45pm on TV2 8:50pm on Three Charlize Theron. 11:55 The 5th Wave MVL 2016 Action.

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16VS 1:05 The Force MC 2:30 Botched PGR 3 1:30 SVU – Special Victims Abigail Breslin, Sean Bean.

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5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Dora Matatoa 2 6:30 Pukana 2 6:55 Aroha Bridge Twins Kowhai and Monty Hook, the futuristic sound duo Hook Ups, set out to succeed while growing up in a bicultural, eclectic whanau.

7pm Ahorangi Next Generation 7:30 The Game Chef Wanaka-based Chef Angelo Georgalli climbs the hills of Mount Cardrona in Central Otago to catch a hare.

8pm The Big Hit 8:30 Try Revolution PGR 9:30 Toa Hunter Gatherer AO 10pm Whawhai Fight Night 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 Getaway 8am The Liquidator 8:30 The Million Pound Property Experiment 9:30 Jamie’s Food Escapes 10:30 Tiny House Nation 11:30 Heritage Rescue 12:30 Equator With Simon Reeve 1:30 Getaway 2pm The Living Room 3pm The Million Pound Property Experiment 4pm Journey To The Edge Of Nowhere 5pm Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – Melbourne 5:30 Donna Hay – Fast, Fresh, Simple 6pm Junk Gypsies 6:30 Buy It, Fix It, Sell It

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7pm Auction Kings 7:30 The Silk Road 8:25 Rome – Empire Without Limit With Mary Beard Mary Beard reaches back to the myths and legends of the origins of Rome to gain an insight into the deep-rooted psyche of its inhabitants.

9:35 Great Continental Railway Journeys

SKY SPORT 2 6am Sailing – America’s Cup World Series Toulon – Day Two. 7:30 Canoeing – Slalom Slovenia – Day Two. 8:30 Rugby Nation 9:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Week Four Sunday. 10am Fox Sports News 10:30 Netball – International Silver Ferns v Jamaica – Game One. Noon Equestrian – Burghley Horse Trials 1:30 Rugby League – NRL Panthers v Bulldogs – Elimination Final Two. 3:30 Rugby League – NRL Storm v Cowboys – Qualifying Final One. 5:30 Golf – US PGA Tour BMW Championship – Round Four. 6pm Ten-pin Bowling – Weber Cup USA v Europe.

7pm Tennis – US Open Men’s Singles Final. 7:30 Rugby League – NRL Storm v Cowboys – Qualifying Final One. 8pm Rugby League – NRL Panthers v Bulldogs – Elimination Final Two. 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Monday Night With Matty Johns 10:30 Rugby League – NRL Raiders v Sharks – Qualifying Final Two. 11pm Rugby League – NRL Broncos v Titans – Elimination Final One. 11:30 Cycling – La Vuelta Stage 21. TUESDAY Midnight Aussie Rules – AFL 3am Rugby League – NRL 3:30 Rugby League – NRL 4am Monday Night With Matty Johns 5am Mountain Biking – Whistler Festival 5:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup 12Sep16

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Falling Down. 7:30 Gold Rush PG The Resurrection.

8:30 MythBusters PG Rocketmen. 9:25 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman PG Can We Resurrect The Dead? 10:20 World’s Biggest Shipbuilders PG Emergency. 11:15 Swamp Murders M 12:10 Deadly Affairs M Love Thy Neighbour.

1:05 Obsession – Dark Desires M There’s Something About Mary Lynn. 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG Battle Bought.

3:50 Gold Rush PG Fantasy Land. 4:45 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman PG Can We Resurrect The Dead?

5:40 MythBusters PG Tanker Crush. 6:35 Gold Rush PG Golden Bombshell.

7:30 Auction Hunters 8pm Auction Hunters 8:30 MythBusters PG Supernatural Shooters.

9:30 You Have Been Warned M Punked?

10:30 How It’s Made PG 11:30 Gold Rush PG Fantasy Land.

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12:30 Deadly Sins M 1:25 Nightmare Next Door M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG 5:05 Dirty Jobs PG

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Comeback in doubt Former Kiwis international Kieran Foran’s plans to return to the NRL may be in jeopardy as the New South Wales Crime Commission’s Strike Force Narulda continues their investigation into alleged match fixing. Foran is hoping to make a playing comeback next season and is considering a oneyear deal with the Warriors, while Melbourne and Canterbury are also believed to be chasing his signature.

However, a Sydney Morning Herald story suggested Foran’s association with controversial betting identity Eddie Hayson might scupper any immediate plans of a comeback which could force him to consider switching codes.

Geitz taking time out

Angelique Kerber, of Germany, kisses the championship trophy after beating Karolina Pliskova, of the Czech Republic, to win the women’s singles final of the US Open tennis tournament.

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Stunning year complete

BY STEVE KEATING Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber began her reign as world No.1 by battling past a determined Karolina Pliskova 6-3 4-6 6-4 to win the US Open final on Saturday.

Kerber, who officially takes over from Serena Williams as the world’s top ranked player today, won five of the last six games – after trailing 3-1 in the third set – to overpower the 10th-seeded Czech in a gripping decider at Flushing Meadows in New York.

The 28-year-old German began the grand slam year beating Serena Williams to lift the Australian Open title and celebrated again on Saturday when she became the first German to win the US Open in 20 years.

Second seed Kerber fell onto

her back when a wilting Pliskova hit a forehand into the net to end two hours and seven minutes of compelling high-quality tennis.

“It’s just amazing,” a beaming Kerber, told an adoring crowd after being handed the winner’s cheque of $US3.5 million ($NZ4.58 million).

“I won my second grand slam in one year.

“That’s the best of my career.

“Actually just incredible.

“When I was a kid I was always dreaming to be the number one player in the world and win grand slams and today is the day I won my second grand slam here, especially in New York.

“I’m the number one player on Monday.

“All the dreams came true this year.”

Pascoe strikes gold in Rio P15

Kerber admires compatriot Steffi Graf, but is blazing her own trail.

Comparisons, though, are inevitable after Kerber became the first German to win the US Open since Graf claimed the last of her five Flushing Meadows crowns in 1996.

“She was always my idol and I told her so many times,” said Kerber, adding that Graf had sent her a text wishing her luck.

“For me it’s really important to go on my own way.”

Pliskova, who arrived at Flushing Meadows with the reputation of grand slam under-achiever having never before been beyond the third round of the major, shed that label by making it all the way to the final and taking on back-toback world No.1s.

After beating top ranked

Serena Williams in the semifinals to end the American’s record-equalling 186 consecutive weeks stay at the top of the rankings, the big-hitting Pliskova, who has led the WTA Tour in aces the last two season, attacked in the final but could not break down the tireless German’s defence.

“You cannot compare those two (Serena Williams and Kerber),” explained Pliskova.

“The game is totally different.

“The persons as well. Serena is going for every shot.

“With Angie, you cannot wait for mistakes.

“She doesn’t give you anything. I have to be the one who is aggressive.

“I beat very good players.

“It was always my goal to pass the third round and I made it to the final.”

- Reuters

Australian captain Laura Geitz won’t play netball for at least the next year after it was announced she’s pregnant with her first child. Netball Australia revealed yesterday that Geitz will miss the upcoming Constellation Cup against New Zealand and next year’s new national netball season. The 28-year-old two-time world champion is putting her career on hold to have a baby, due in March. Geitz captained the Firebirds to a double extra-time trans-Tasman netball league grand final win over the Swifts when she was nine weeks pregnant.

Burling earns his keep Olympic gold medallist Peter Burling’s starting skills in light winds have boosted Team New Zealand to a solid start in the America’s Cup world series racing in Toulon.

Burling read the light and puffy Mediterranean breeze well, crafting two strong starts at the windward end of the line in the first two races of the day. The Kiwis finished with two second placings and a sixth from the three racesand are third with 380, well clear of fourth-placed Japan – skippered by Dean Barker – on 347.

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