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Laurel and Hardy letters up for auction A collection of letters in which Hollywood legend Stan Laurel (below left) expresses his grief over the death of his comic partner Oliver Hardy (right) is being put up for auction. British born Laurel, who alongside Hardy became one of the icons of early Hollywood, wrote 41 letters to Nellie Bushby, his cousin in Cumbria, England. In one letter, penned shortly after Hardy’s death on August 7, 1957, Laurel writes, “Deeply appreciated your kind sympathy over the death of my dear pal, it was a great shock to me even though I had been notified the day before that the end was near. I miss him terribly and feel quite lost – can’t realise that he has gone. He suffered a great deal these last few weeks due to a cancer condition, so I feel it was a blessing he was taken out of his misery and pain.”

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Seventies singing trailblazer Grace Jones has dismissed the new generation of provocative pop stars, like Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj, as a “passing phase”. She says young artists have copied her style and have no “long-term plan”.

Jones, who is famous for her raunchy onstage antics, makes the claim in her new book, I’ll Never Write My Memoirs. She discusses the current state of the music industry ... “Trends come along and people say, ‘Follow that trend’. There’s a lot of that around at the moment: ‘Be like Sasha Fierce (Beyonce). Be like Miley Cyrus. Be like Rihanna. Be like Lady Gaga. Be like Rita Ora and Sia. Be like Madonna.’ I cannot be like them – except to the extent that they are already being like me,” she writes, in an extract, obtained by Time Out magazine. “I have been so copied by those people who have made fortunes that people assume I am that rich. But I did things for the excitement ...”

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Bankrupt former teen idol David Cassidy’s Florida home is under contract for $US1.8 million ($NZ2.85 million). The Sun Sentinel reports the 650 square-metre waterfront home at Fort Lauderdale was auctioned on Thursday. There were four bidders. The deal must be approved by a judge next week.

Cassidy filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case earlier this year.

He purchased the house in 2001 for $US1.1 million ($NZ 1.74).

The five-bedroom, six-bathroom house was appraised at $1.9 million. The 65-year-old Cassidy starred in 70s TV series The Partridge Family.

Kiwi stars team up Lorde, Sir Peter Jackson and Jemaine Clement have joined forces with the All Blacks for a hilarious song with a serious charity message. Team Ball Player Thing will also double as the All Blacks’ supporters’ song at the Rugby World Cup and features more Kiwi celebrities than you can shake a stick at, including Taika Waititi, Gin Wigmore and Dave Dobbyn. While the video includes jet packs and unicorns shooting laser beams from their eyes, it’s an effort aimed at raising money for charity Cure Kids for the battle against Batten disease – a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorder. The project is a second go for producers Brooke Howard-Smith and Jesse Griffin, who in 2012 raised over $NZ1 million for charity with the group song Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That).

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Gaga’s meat dress Lady Gaga’s meat dress, which sparked intense controversy when she wore it to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, is back on display in a museum exhibition. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland says the dress will be on display until the end of the year to mark the fifth anniversary of one of fashion’s most-discussed recent incidents. The dress – sewn from several layers of Argentinian beef in a design by Franc Fernandez – was bought by the museum after the awards and preserved in a meat locker. “It was then placed in a vat of chemicals and, while still pliable, was put on a body form and allowed to dry,” the museum said in a statement, adding that the dress was later painted to make it look fresh. Lady Gaga wore the dress as she accepted the Video of the Year award for Bad Romance, sparking debate on whether she was making meaningful commentary or simply seeking to shock.

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■ ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY

Creek Rd Dairy staff traumatised

By Daisy HuDson

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An Ashburton dairy owner risked her own life to protect a “terrified” staff member after a knife-wielding man tried to rob her store on Thursday night.

The man was caught by police and security guards shortly afterwards but not before exacting an ordeal that left the victim fearful and her employee traumatised.

The man entered the Creek Road Dairy shortly before closing. He asked if the store stocked a certain type of lolly: owner Maria Martinez thought nothing of it.

However, when he returned half an hour later brandishing a large knife and demanding money, the situation had drastically changed.

“I thought that might be it,” she said candidly yesterday, describing the moment the man grabbed her from behind and pressed a knife, believed to be 20cm long, into her stomach.

“I thought ‘oh my God, this is serious’.”

The man allegedly demanded cash, and Ms Martinez told him he could take what he wanted from the shop till.

Not satisfied with that, the man, believed to be in his 20s, told her he wanted her to open the store’s safe. She did not have the key on her.

The man escorted her through the door to the shop’s back room. A teenaged employee, who was working out the back, was there and was “terrified” by

‘I just wanted someone to come and help’

Creek Road Dairy owner Maria Martinez feared for her life during an attempted armed robbery on Thursday night.

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what was unfolding.

Fearing that the man would hurt both herself and her employee after accessing the money, Ms Martinez decided to take the only action she could to keep the employee safe.

She reached up and pressed a

large panic button on the back wall, instantly setting alarms blaring in the shop.

“I thought he would stab me, but at least the girl would have time to run away,” she said.

“I just wanted someone to come and help.”

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Further reductions in Global Dairy Trade quantity forecasts

By Jamie Gray Fonterra is further reducing its GlobalDairyTrade offer quantity forecasts for the next 12 months, the dairy giant says.

The move follows Fonterra’s announcement last month that it would significantly reduce its GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) offer.

Forecast offer volumes over the next 12 months for New Zealand products have been decreased by a further 22,050 tonnes, Fonterra said in its latest statement.

A 15,200 tonnes decrease is planned to occur over the next three months and 7850 metric

tonnes of planned volumes being removed later in the year.

“This further reduction is the result of lower forecast milk supply in New Zealand and a change in product mix away from base milk powders,” the co-op said.

Wholemilk powder prices offered by Fonterra on the GDT auction is the main contributor to the change with an 8400 tonnes decrease over the September to November period and a further reduction January to March of 7500 tonnes.

Skim milk powder is the second largest contributor with a 6000 tonnes decrease from October to

January 2016.

Anhydrous milk fat is also being reduced 1150 metric tonnes from September to August 2016.

While its GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) offer quantities and forecasts were “genuine estimates” of product availability, Fonterra said, “they can change as our view of future events or trends in supply and demand factors change”.

GlobalDairyTrade prices have rallied since Fonterra’s August announcement on August 13.

At the last sale, wholemilk powder prices rose by 12.1 per cent to US$2078 a tonne. - NZME

After realising what had happened and that the authorities were on their way, the man left the store.

However he was apprehended by police and security guards shortly afterwards, she said.

The ordeal has left Ms Mar-

tinez fearing for her safety, while her young employee was “traumatised” and did not want to return to work.

Details of the alleged offender and his possible court appearances were not available by deadline yesterday.

Lighter dairy cows prompt animal welfare complaints

By Koren allpress Underweight dairy cows on the West Coast have prompted animal welfare complaints to the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI).

Some cows were lighter than farmers would like for this time of year and animal welfare officers had been investigating complaints made by the public, said MPI animal welfare manager Peter Hyde.

“These cows are definitely light, but not to the point where it would be considered to be in breach of Animal Welfare Act,” Mr Hyde said in a statement.

Animal welfare inspectors had a good understanding of the difficulties facing Coast farmers, he said.

“Farmers are dealing with a prolonged spell of bad weather. MPI is not there to persecute farmers who are up against it. We are looking for solutions and seeing what can be done in the short term to assist with the care of stock that are struggling.”

Animal welfare officers could liaise

with Federated Farmers to see what supplementary feed was available, and put owners in contact with the Rural Support Trust, he said.

MPI was encouraging West Coast farmers short of feed to seek help early if stock are struggling.

Westland Milk Products shareholder services manager Tony Wright said weather conditions had made the start of the season challenging, but most farmers were managing well.

“Our observation is that it is only a very small number of farmers, less than 10, who have been particularly caught out and might need some help with accessing additional feed.”

Mr Wright said support was available to farmers through a number of avenues. “Westland itself has staff who can work with farmers to help them find the additional support they need.”

Federated Farmers president Peter Langford said the organisation and the dairy company were being proactive and looking after members. - NZME

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In brief Ashburton house prices The median price of houses sold in the Ashburton District took a significant tumble in August. The median sales price was $331,250 in July, but this dropped to $310,000 last month. This was up, however on the median in August last year, $305,000. Ashburton was not alone in the Canterbury-Westland region in having falling house prices, with the region’s median also down. Sales volumes in the district rose 36 per cent on August 2014 and across the region they rose by 16 per cent. Real Estate Institute of New Zealand regional director Jim Davis described the current market as “the new reality” for the region. The market is well balanced at the moment with good levels of stock available and a steady stream of new homes becoming available. Demand is steady and prices are now starting to reflect this,” he said.

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Closed and shuttered today, but now looking to a new future, the building that housed the Ashburton Trust’s nightclub The Shed is about to move into new hands.

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The Shed has new owner

By Sue NewmaN

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For eight years it was the hottest nightspot in town, but since February The Shed in Somerset Lane has been shuttered and barred, its customers gone and its future unsure.

This week, however, its owners the Ashburton Trust signed off a deal that will see the elderly brick building pass into new hands and a new future. Just whose hands and what that future will be is unclear.

Trust acting chief executive

Robert Reid confirmed the sale but would release few details other than to say the property had been sold by deadline private treaty to a local buyer who wished to remain anonymous.

Settlement takes place on October 2.

While he could not release details around the buyer, Mr Reid said he believed there were no immediate plans to develop the site.

The trust had no plans for the cash released by the sale.

There were a number of projects on the drawing board and

with those in mind it was good to have extra cash available, but in the interim, proceeds from the sale would probably be used to reduce debt, he said.

There was limited buyer interest in the property, but the trust was happy with the price received, Mr Reid said. He indicated the sale price was below its current valuation. The building has been sold with most of the trappings of the nightclub still in place, including the bars.

The gaming machines, however, are likely to be relocated

out of the district. They are the property of the Lion Foundation.

The trust has owned the building for many years, acquiring it when it bought the Somerset Hotel in the early 1950s. It was used variously as a storage shed, a base for wholesale liquor sales and later as a nightclub.

In its early years the building is believed to have been a livery stable owned by F. Bossenberg and later J. Newman. As horses replaced motor vehicles, it became a garage.

Crackdown on drivers using cellphones

By DaiSy HuDSoN

daiSy.h@theguardian.co.nz

As the number of Mid Cantabrians using cellphones while driving continues to climb, police are launching a nationwide operation to crack down on distracted motorists.

Police say they are frequently coming across people putting on makeup, shaving, reading, and being distracted by passengers while driving.

With modern vehicles becoming increasingly easier to drive, the district’s AA spokesman says it is all too easy for drivers to become distracted.

The number of motorists caught using cellphones while driving in the Mid/South Canterbury district rose from 262 between January and June last

year to 297 this year.

AA Canterbury-West Coast district council chairman John Skevington said drivers using cellphones was still prevalent, particularly on the road between Ashburton and Christchurch, despite the practice being banned in 2009.

“Because newer cars are so

much easier to drive than older cars, it’s easier to be distracted than it used to be,” he said.

“You’ve got cruise control, you’ve got lane-assist, so it’s easier to become distracted by other things.”

Police will launch an operation on Monday in a bid to keep motorists focused on the road.

National manager of road policing Superintendent Steve Greally said the total social cost of crashes involving diverted attention was about $297 million.

“However, that is nothing compared to the devastating human cost of the broken families and friends that are left behind when someone is needlessly killed in a crash that could have been prevented,” he said.

Police are concerned that the number of people caught using cellphones while driving has been increasing.

“Given that the law has been in place for more than five years now, there really is no excuse for drivers to keep offending,” he said.

Sixteen Corrections workers were the subject of criminal investigations in the first three months of this year, according to new figures released yesterday.

TV3 News reported the number last night citing documents released to the network under the Official Information Act. The figures don’t include people working for under-fire private prison operator Serco but they also show that last year 12 employees were dismissed for criminal or conduct issues and 16 staff under investigation resigned. Twenty-one employee received warnings, five of which were final warnings.

The Department of Corrections employs 7700 people and the Green Party corrections spokesman David Clendon told TV3 he would like to see an independent prison inspectorate.

“We have some serious problems in our corrections system.” - NZME

Driver charged Police have charged the driver of a vehicle in which a Taiwanese tourist was killed in a crash on Monday morning. Yi-Chieh Feng was a passenger in a rental car that crashed on State Highway 6 in Westland. Yesterday police said the 31-year-old man driving the car, who was also from Taiwan but was not injured in the smash, has been charged with careless driving causing death. He will appear in the Christchurch District Court next Wednesday.

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Keeping it family It was a case of like mother like daughter in the Greymouth District Court on Thursday as two members of the same family were convicted of shoplifting. Megan Valerie Muir and her daughter, Joelene Ngahuia Harris, were jointly charged with two counts of shoplifting from the Countdown supermarket and Gibson Interiors.

Both were sentenced to two months’ community detention, six months’ supervision and 120 hours of community work.

Lawyer Richard Bodle said Muir had an addiction to stealing, which she was finding “very hard to overcome” as she had an “irresistible urge to take stuff”.

However, for the latest offending she had ended up assisting her daughter.

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■ ASHBURTON WINZ SHOOTING

Victims remembered with tree

By Sue NewmaN

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In a very low-key ceremony, one of the blackest days in Ashburton’s history was marked by the simple act of planting a tree.

A young rimu was planted in the Ashburton Domain yesterday at 12.15pm, mirroring the exact date and time a memorial service was held last year for the two victims of Ashburton’s Work and Income shootings, Peggy Noble and Leigh Cleveland. The two women were killed when a gunman entered the Cass Street building and opened fire. A third woman, Lindy Curtis was injured.

Russell John Tully has been charged with their murder.

The tree was planted by the Ashburton District Council as a permanent memorial to the two women. It will be marked with a plaque.

Councillor Donna Favel said it was difficult to believe that a year had already passed since the shootings, but that the community would never forget the event nor the contribution the two women had made to the community through their work.

Four Work and Income staff members from the Ashburton office were at the tree planting, with Alison Kermode saying the two women were amazing staff members who were highly valued and who would always be

Ashburton District councillor Donna Favel, plants a tree of remembrance in memory of Peggy Noble and Leigh Cleveland who were killed in September last year in Ashburton’s Work and Income office shootings. Watching proceedings are their workmates (from left) Katherine Vallance, Alison Kermode, Lynda Connolly and Lindy Curtis.

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missed. The choice of site in the domain, near the duck pond and in sight of the town would have been one both Peggy and Leigh

would have liked said their workmate Lynda Connolly. For her friends, family and fellow workers, the domain would be a

quiet place to come and remember, she said.

The young rimu tree was donated by the Tedbri Char-

ity Fund and has been planted near the wrought iron gates on the corner of West and Wills streets.

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Social media prompts Brutal brawl between girls made their principal feel sick fights at school

By LaureN PrieStLey

By DaiSy HuDSoN

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A principal is warning of the perils of social media after student “banter” escalated into organised fights.

Several male students at Mount Hutt College are being dealt with by staff after verbal sparring online turned physical, principal John Schreurs said.

Two groups of students had been engaging in online “banter” that had got out of hand, leading to a “ruckus” at the school this week involving about six students, he said.

Another fight had also been organised online, but school officials stepped in before it could occur.

While he remained tightlipped about the specific nature of the incident, Mr Schreurs said the school would not tolerate any kind of violent behaviour.

“Any physical altercations in the school environment cannot be accepted,” he said.

“Anything physical is not tolerated, and is serious.”

“It was a scrimmaging sort of situation, but that said, we’ve made it very clear that can’t happen.”

Taking disagreements onto social media could prove inflammatory, and it allowed far more people to get involved than there otherwise would be, Mr Schreurs said.

“One of the frustrations is students using social media, that provokes things a little bit,” he said.

While he confirmed that some action had been taken against the students involved, Mr Schreurs declined to discuss their specific punishments.

“I’m certainly pleased with the way some students behaved in terms of trying to de-escalate it,” he said.

The principal of a South Auckland school where a vicious brawl between school girls broke out has slammed the brutal event, saying it made him feel “sick”.

Shocking footage of Manurewa High School girls stomping and punching each other, as police try to break it up, has gone viral on social media.

Manurewa High School’s Pete Jones said it looked like “red mist” had descended on the pack as they fought.

Watching the video was horrific, he said.

“I’ve seen the footage ... and it’s horrible. As a parent, as a teacher, as a member of the community you just don’t want to see that happening.

“You see them when they get into that state, that red mist, it’s very difficult to break someone away from that and you saw that by the things that we’re happening on the video.

Horrible, and it makes you sick.

I’m really sad to be here in these circumstances.”

It was exam week at the school when the fight broke out, he said.

There would be serious consequences for the students involved – which could possibly include suspension – but it was up to the Board of Trustees to work out what that would entail, Mr Jones said.

“Our seniors have been on exam week this week so ... it’s a bit harder during that type of a week to keep track of everyone.

“Once we’ve worked with police to identify exactly who they are then there’s processes within the school, so they’ll be referred to the board of trustees. There’s a consequence to actions,” he said.

“We do everything in our power as a school to make sure our students are safe and where they’re meant to be.”

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Area Commander Inspector Julia Lynch said it was the latest in a string of “absolutely disgusting” behaviour organised by young people on social media.

Police were working hard to identify all of the young people – which could add up to 50 – involved in the fight, she said.

“It is concerning that these things are happening. We’ve got young people on social media ... organising crimes, looking at stealing cars, doing ram raids, aggravated robberies and obviously organised fighting as well.

“It’s absolutely unacceptable.

The behaviour is disgusting and shouldn’t happen.”

Police were extremely concerned about the growing trend of organising crimes via social media.

It was happening around New Zealand, but difficult to quantify exactly how often, she said.

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■ ASHBURTON GENERAL PRACTICE

Dr Cox settles in to new surroundings

BY CAITLIN PORTER

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One Ashburton doctor believes the relationship between medicine and oral health is so intertwined the district needs a joint practice.

Dr Charlotte Cox and her husband, local dentist Justin Wall, had plans to build their own dual practice on Burnett Street earlier this year.

“Dentistry and medicine are very much symbiotic … there are plenty of examples of GPs and dentists working well,” Dr Cox said.

“I see patients who are very much in need in terms of oral health.”

Unfortunately the process was slow, so instead Dr Cox decided to depart from Moore Street Medical Centre and open Ashburton Health First on Havelock Street.

The new premises is temporary, she still hopes to one day open a joint practice, but all of Dr Cox’s registered patients have been given the option to move with her.

A drop off is to be expected, but that leaves a gap for people who needed to register with a GP, she said.

“You always have a fall off of patients … they prefer a certain doctor or building.”

In terms of after hours, she is still on the roster and averages around 535 hours (or three and a half months) of after-hours work each year.

While Dr Cox said she was excited for her new venture, it’s not been without its challenges.

Still in the process of transferring medical records and advertising for another fulltime doctor, she has a lot on her plate but remains optimistic.

“Where there is a will, there’s a way,” she said.

“I’m determined to make it work.”

To help with the transition Dr Cox also has the added help of another of Ashburton’s solo GPs – Dr Penny Holdaway.

“We are two strong feisty women, we have agreed to help each other out,” Dr Cox said.

“That’s very reassuring to have.”

Feedback from patients has been positive too and they like the new premises.

“They really like it, the patients are happy, that’s mostly what matters.”

Right - Dr Charlotte Cox in her new practice, Ashburton Health First, which operates out of the old Red Cross building on Havelock Street.

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Ashburton man Roger Farr has given up on connecting his home to the ultra-fast broadband fibre optic cable running past his gate.

Mr Farr registered for an upgraded internet and landline package with his internet service provider 2degrees late last month, but then lost his landline and internet.

This was due to 2degrees inadvertently disconnecting his line before he was connected to the fibre optic cable.

He made numerous phone calls and spent hours on hold, finally resorting to messaging the company through its Facebook page. His landline all of a sudden started working again by last Friday, two weeks after it had been disconnected. It had taken less time to get his internet connection restored – four days.

Mr Farr said he was so relieved to have the landline and internet back, he was just going to leave the process of connecting to the fibre until later.

He had instead upgraded his connection to VDSL, which was faster than the previous ADSL. “We will definitely change eventually, but I was just over it at the time and just wanted to get a phone line and internet back on,” he said.

Police investigating a serious car crash in Christchurch yesterday are calling on the public for help.

A person - whose gender has not been disclosed - was left with serious injuries when the small hatchback they were driving lost control on Ryans Road, in Yaldhurst, near Pound Road.

The vehicle crashed into a fence and emergency services were called to the scene about 4.30pm.

The driver was in a serious condition in hospital last night.

Officers are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.

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Norman resigns as MP Former Green Party co-leader Russel Norman will resign as an MP to head Greenpeace New Zealand.

Mr Norman, who stepped down from the co-leader position in May and was replaced by James Shaw, will leave Parliament next month. In November he will become Greenpeace New Zealand’s executive director, taking over from Bunny McDiarmid, who has been in the role for 10 years. Dr Norman said he would also resign from the Green Party.

“Greenpeace’s staunch position on political independence is one I have always had huge respect for and it is for this reason that I will [resign],” he said. “I’d like to acknowledge the superb job that Bunny McDiarmid has done as head of Greenpeace over the past decade.” Dr Norman’s resignation will see Marama Davidson become the party’s 14th MP. Ms Davidson, from Manurewa, Auckland, is a political commentator who has worked at the Human Rights Commission for 10 years. - NZME

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Saturday, September 12, 2015

In brief Warning for bars Kaipara police are warning bars to check properly for underage boozers after two were nabbed selling alcohol to under-18s in an undercover sting. In a covert exercise by police and the Northland District Health Board, minors attempted to buy booze at four bars or pubs, two of which served them. Kaipara police alcohol harm reduction officer Sergeant Howard Clement said the latest result was disappointing. “[It] has shown lax systems and considerable improvement is required. The bars that failed may have their alcohol licences suspended or cancelled.

- NZME

Ex-All Black recovering

Ashburton’s Victoria Street Triangle, once a thriving business community is today a place where a lack of foot traffic means it’s tough to make a living.

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■ ASHBURTON’S SHOPPING CENTRE

Triangle dying by degrees

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton’s historic shopping precinct in the Triangle is dying by degrees.

One side of Victoria Street is a mix of new buildings, old buildings and vacant sites; the other houses a strip of shops with a dilapidated, seedy charm, bookended by a demolition site and a sign shop.

Tenants come and go. Those that stay the distance usually look out on empty parking spaces and untrod footpaths.

It’s a place of potential, possibilities and often as not shattered dreams.

Laurie Seeley and Mike O’Hare saw that potential, bought bulk food retailer SimpliFood, but are now leaving.

They bought the bulk food retail business two and a half years ago, built the business, watched it grow and watched it decline. In less than a week they’re shutting up shop and moving south.

“There’s simply not enough people coming down here.

The odd person comes in and they’ll say, oh, we forgot you’re

here and that’s typical of the triangle,” Ms Seeley said.

Like many people she sees the potential of the triangle but admits it needs a serious spruce up.

“It’s a place that’s been ignored for a fair while,” she said.

Because farmers buying goods in bulk made up a significant slice of their business, the downturn in the dairy sector had played a part in the business slow down, Ms Seeley said.

Shutting up shop will hurt them financially, but she’s philosophical about having to walk away counting the cost in cold hard cash.

“You don’t win at anything if you don’t try, but it’s really hard,” she said.

And it will be hard for their older customers, some of whom count their visit to SimpliFood as their outing and social contact for the day.

“You build up a relationship with people, it’s not just a business.”

For years the Triangle’s potential has been discussed, ideas have been floated for its re-

vitalisation. A brighter future was dangled tantalisingly in at least two of the Ashburton District Council’s town centre development plans. In 2007 and 2009 it was tipped for redevelopment as a pedestrian precinct.

The shops fronting the street were seen as worthy of restoration and redevelopment to create a cultural hub.

It was also seen as a critical link between the new proposed town centre in Baring Square east and the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

None of that has happened.

A lack of cash put the town centre plans on ice and the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes created an uncertain future for the elderly buildings lining that section of Victoria Street.

There was an attempt by one landowner, David Williams, to pull together a collective plan for the Triangle’s development.

He had the council onside, but the project failed to win the hearts and minds of other property owners.

The prospect of a revitalised

Triangle did catch the attention of council environmental services group manager Jane Donaldson. She’s been involved in the giant collaborative Eastfield development planned for land bounded by Burnett, Tancred and Cass Streets and could see the potential for a similar development in the Triangle.

She believes the project failed to fire because both owners and tenants were a different demographic to the inner town Eastfields.

“They’re not developers, these guys are more building owners and they know there are cheaper rentals in this part of town.

“If they spent a large amount of money doing all the buildings up they know they’d have to charge more rent and probably lose their tenants,” she said.

“There just wasn’t the appetite for this like there was at Eastfield.”

The Triangle might be rundown and it might have potential, but the council was powerless to step in and order it to be tidied up, Ms Donaldson said.

Death no longer being treated as suspicious

By Peter de Graaf The discovery of a man’s body in a car on a Far North beach is no longer being treated as a homicide after a post-mortem found he died of natural causes.

Police launched a homicide investigation after the body of Kevin George Harding was found about 10.30pm on

Tuesday on Tokerau Beach, near Whatuwhiwhi. They had been speaking to a 61-year-old woman in relation to his death.

However, a post-mortem examination, completed on Thursday, showed Mr Harding had died of natural causes.

Detective Senior Sergeant Rhys Johnston said an incident that evening had preceded Mr

Harding’s death, but police were now confident there was no criminal liability.

In relation to a serious assault, a Kaikohe man who suffered a life-threatening brain injury last week is showing “encouraging signs” of improvement, police say.

The 58-year-old underwent two emergency operations, one

of which involved removing part of his skull to reduce pressure on his brain.

Meanwhile, a 51-year-old man appeared in Whangarei District Court charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, one of trespass, and another of wilful damage. He was remanded in custody.

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An elderly ex-All Black who vanished from one of the world’s busiest airports as he made his way to the Rugby World Cup is recovering with his family in Scotland. Former midfielder Terry Lineen, 79, who wore the black jersey in the 1950s, went missing at Heathrow Airport between his connecting flights from Auckland to Edinburgh late on Thursday night last week. His son Sean Lineen, 53, is a former Scotland rugby star and now coaches Scotland’s U20 side. His father was meant to join him for a seven-week World Cup holiday.

- NZME

Yachtie rescued A 78-year-old sailor on board a leaking and “storm-battered” yacht between New Zealand and Australia has been rescued by the New Zealand Defence Force.

NZDF Commander Simon Griffiths said the yacht got into difficulty on Wednesday when it started to take on water after a leak near its rudder. The yacht’s masts were badly damaged after a storm and the skipper - a 78-year-old man who planned a two-week sailing trip just out of Brisbane - had run out of food by the time he was rescued. Defence force ship Te Kaha was sailing to southeast Asia at the time to take part in an international maritime warfare exercise when it got the call. It raced towards the stricken yacht - and got there just in time. The leak was repaired by the NZDF engineer and the group stocked the skipper up with 10 days’ worth of food and diesel.

- NZME

Registration suspended The principal of a south Auckland private school to be closed by the Government is not a registered teacher, documents reveal. Pacific Christian School, which caters to mainly Tongan students in Mangere, has had its registration suspended and will close in two weeks’ time, after teachers were found to be hitting children.

Police and social workers were called in to investigate after a serious incident at the school last year in which an 11-yearold student reportedly stabbed another in the head with scissors.

The Ministry of Education said there were “serious and ongoing concerns” about the safety and welfare of the students. Some of the teachers came from secondary backgrounds, which did not always fit with primary learners. Few had recent qualification.

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■ NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION AWARD

$17,000 donated to heart research

By Caitlin Porter

Caitlin.p@theguardian.Co.nz

Jane and Trevor Hurley are passionate about heart health and organ donation.

The couple have donated a substantial amount of money to the National Heart Foundation over the years and earlier this week they received an award in recognition.

Since 2006 the pair have donated $17,000 to research in Canterbury, with a contribution made from every sale at Real Estate New Zealand.

The reason being – heart disease, or more specifically hypertrophic cardiomyopathy runs in Mrs Hurley’s family.

It is a condition which thickens the walls of the heart, affecting its ability to pump blood.

If left undiagnosed it can cause congestive heart failure.

Mrs Hurley’s father had the disease, but it went undiagnosed.

Since being made aware of it Mrs Hurley and her siblings and subsequently her children,

have been tested for it.

The couple’s three children all have the disease to “very varying degrees” but now one of their daughters is facing a heart transplant at only 40 years of age.

Her symptoms first presented themselves when she was 23, and had a job that involved heavy lifting.

It was not known then that she was affected by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at the time, but a couple of years later the family were told it was the genetic disease.

“The cardiologist said she was the worst person he had seen in her age group,” Mrs Hurley said.

After having an assessment and making various trips to “Hearty Towers” – the rehabilitation unit for transplant patients at Auckland’s Green Lane Hospital – their daughter is now on a waiting list and is expected to have to undergo a transplant within the next five years.

As a result of how heart dis-

Trevor and Jane Hurley received an award earlier this week to recognise their consistent and substantial contribution to the National Heart Foundation.

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ease has affected their family, both Mr and Mrs Hurley plan to continue making consist-

ent contributions to the Heart Foundation.

“It’s just about awareness of

the illness and the importance of organ donation,” Mrs Hurley said.

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It was World Suicide Prevention Day earlier this week, prompting one Ashburton woman to tell her story of loss to the Guardian’s Caitlin Porter, in the hopes of reducing the stigma around suicide and mental illness.

Depression – it’s not a dirty word, talk about it I

n his late 50s when he died, Donald Petrie had a beautiful family, a boat, a bach and a prosperous vineyard.

He was a cheerful, rugbyplaying, farm-loving man’s man, and from the outside his life appeared to be filled with happiness.

It’s now been five years and nine months since Donald took his own life – a term his wife Linda prefers much more than “committed suicide”.

Linda said when the news of his death hit home she was rocked by shock and heartbreak, but at the same time there was embarrassment.

“How could this be happening to us?” she questioned.

While Linda would admit to those close to her what happened to Donald, with the wider community it was much more difficult.

“I didn’t tell the truth,” she said.

“I didn’t know how.”

“There were 700 people at the funeral all wondering what had happened.”

But the truth was Linda didn’t know. Perhaps depression, she said. Another one of

those “dirty words”.

“It took me probably 10 months to a year to accept that he must have been depressed to take his own life,” she said.

The idea that suicide is shameful or dishonourable isn’t a school of thought Linda subscribes to. But the self-professed “eternal optimist” did have dark days. Days when she wished Donald had just crashed his Maserati – a more honest way to go, she said.

Days when she wished he showed signs of depression, not getting out of bed, no longer excited about life – but that wasn’t Donald.

“In Donald’s case I didn’t recognise it, I didn’t have the experience. But how do you look for experience, how do you know to recognise and pounce on things?

“Hindsight is 20/20, but none of the things seemed big enough because of the guy he was.”

Struggling to talk about what happened with Donald is something Linda has only overcome in recent years.

Even when she returned home to Canada she had a line

she would feed people if they ever asked about her husband passing. But now, nearly six years on, she can talk about Donald more freely and encourages others to do so too.

“This can happen to anyone … you need to talk about the possibilities,” she said.

“Suicide and being aware … that isn’t something to be embarrassed about.”

The ability to talk openly is so important, she said.

Within a few weeks of Donald passing a woman whose husband had taken his own life six years earlier phoned Linda.

The two met up over coffee and for Linda it was about seeing how someone in the same situation was faring six years on.

When asked if she would do the same for someone else, Linda answered “yes” without hesitation.

The outreach of support from others in the community and the ability to talk has fostered fierce friendships for Linda.

“You wouldn’t trade this community for anything,” she said.

“I have had great support and friendships have grown because

of it.”

For Linda talking and being open has played a big part in helping her to celebrate the memory of her late husband and in turn, ebb away at the stigma around suicide. Faith too, has helped her.

“I sometimes wonder how people manage without it … it’s something to hold on to, a reason for being.”

While Linda now knows more about mental illness than she ever did before, it’s still a grey area for many people – a topic that’s never broached.

Being more open has seen Linda think about mental illness in a different way.

“When a person is depressed do they know? Does somebody have to tell you?” she questioned.

“Maybe he [Donald] had always suffered, but had always managed to get on top of it and this time, he just didn’t.”

It can be difficult to look for signs of depression when so many New Zealanders have that “she’ll be right” attitude, she said.

A close friend of her late husband’s did try, in his own

way, to reach out. Living with depression himself, he talked openly about his battles with mental illness in the hopes Donald might want to talk too.

He didn’t. Wouldn’t or couldn’t, who knows?

His friend didn’t come out and ask directly, but that again is the stigma, the awkwardness rearing its head.

In regards to the recent dairy crisis and subsequent financial downturn many farmers all over New Zealand are facing, Linda believes awareness and chipping away at the social stigma is even more important.

“If we are thinking of the dairy downturn and what might happen then we can put a reason to it, but are those people already suffering?” she questioned.

“Do we all have moments of depression?”

In thinking about these questions and in turn talking more about depression, suicide and mental illness, Linda hopes that over time the stigma that surrounds them like a dark grey cloud, will slowly fall away.

“We have to break down those barriers.”

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■ ARMED INCIDENTS

Police ‘should stay unarmed’ Despite the number of armed incidents recently police should remain unarmed, the Police Commissioner says.

Mike Bush’s comment comes after Pera Ariki Smiler was shot dead by police after brandishing a rifle in Upper Hutt, Wellington on Tuesday.

In a blog released yesterday, Mr Bush said the incident highlighted the unpredictable and dangerous events police officers sometimes face.

“No officer ever wants to be confronted with situations like this.”

Although there had been a number of armed incidents in recent weeks, it was important to remember these events were extremely rare, Mr Bush said.

It was also rare for police to have to use lethal force, he said.

These incidents should never be used as a reason to arm police, he said.

The police and the public were safer if they were not armed with guns, Mr Bush said.

“They recently have been equipped with Tasers at all times, which are not lethal and function at close quarters. Guns reduce the options in tense situations.”

Referring to an editorial in the New Zealand Herald, Mr Bush said it was “heartening” to see the professionalism of police staff acknowledged in these events.

“Among other things, it says: ‘It may be that just about everybody now recognises the risks we ask police officers to take in situations where offenders are, or may be, armed. The more these dangerous situations occur, the more grateful we should be to those prepared to put themselves in harm’s way for the public’s protection’.”

- NZME

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■ AUCKLAND HIGH COURT

Life sentence for murder By anna LeasK

The man who murdered Connor Morris during a street fight last August has been sentenced to life in prison.

Michael Thrift Murray, 34, must spend 10 years in prison before he can apply for parole.

He will be kept in isolation for the entire time given Mr Morris’ connection to the Head Hunters gang and threats to his killer’s life by associates.

Details of his criminal history were also revealed for the first time in court yesterday, including a conviction for common assault in 2007 and another for possession of an offensive weapon a year later.

He had a number of other convictions but all were “minor” and he had never been to prison before his fatal attack on Mr Morris.

On August 3 last year a street fight broke out between two groups on Don Buck Road in Massey.

Mr Morris, 27, was involved in the fight. Murray saw Mr Morris attacking his younger brother and hit him in the head with a sickle-like tool he had run to his nearby home and retrieved earlier.

He admitted killing Mr Morris but denied the charge of murder saying he acted in defence of his brother.

After a two-week trial a jury of eight men and four women found him guilty.

In the High Court at Auckland yesterday Murray was sentenced. Mr Morris’ mother Julie and sister Cymmion were in court supported by

Michael Murray . . . sentenced to life in prison

other family and friends.

His father Chris did not attend. His partner Millie Elder-Holmes is overseas, but her mother Hine Elder was at the hearing.

The Morris family and Ms Elder-Holmes wrote victim impact statements ahead of sentencing but they were not read out loud in court.

Prosecutor David Johnstone said the statements outlined a “deep and inevitable” ongoing personal impact as a consequence of the offending.

He described Murray’s actions towards Mr Morris as “drastically inappropriate”.

“When he went to go and get his weapon, the proposition that it was simply to have available for scaring people … is fanciful. There must have been some awareness,” he said.

A life sentence with a minimum non-parole period of 10

years was appropriate, he said.

Defence lawyer Marie Dyhrberg said Murray had read the victim impact statements and the Crown submissions.

“It is beyond question that the grief and the loss by the four persons that wrote those is profound,” she said.

“Those feelings are feelings that may ease but they are never going to be taken away at all. He understands all the matters raised.”

Murray was remorseful and maintained that he never meant to kill or even hurt Mr Morris. He acknowledged his actions were reckless and even excessive in terms of defence – but there was no murderous intent.

She outlined how, since being jailed, Murray had obtained high school qualifications and was now looking at tertiary study.

He was a model inmate but was struggling with being in isolation and Ms Dyhrberg said his mental health would suffer if he was given a life sentence.

“He has no real way … of defending those (threats to his life). The are very real to him.”

She asked Justice Edwin Wylie to consider a fixed sentence rather than one of life.

However, Justice Wylie agreed with the Crown.

He had to hand down a sentence that would deter others from committing crimes similar, he said.

Murray had other options the night he killed Mr Morris, he said. He could have called police or stayed at his home.

But he “premeditated” the attack and armed himself with the sickle.

“You were, putting it bluntly, old enough to know better,” Justice Wylie told Murray.

Outside court Ms Dyhrberg said Murray’s sentence was fair. However, he may appeal his conviction.

“We are still considering whether there are grounds for an appeal,” she said.

“We have 28 days to do that.

If we find grounds, we will appeal.”

Murray was mellow, calm and accepting ahead of sentencing, she said.

He was remorseful and understood the seriousness of his offending and the consequences.

“Obviously it’s not a good thing to have to live with day by day,” she said.

- NZME

■ NETHERBY SCHOOL

Special cultural performance Hundreds of people packed into the Netherby School Hall for a special cultural performance yesterday afternoon.

Pupils from both Netherby School and Ashburton Intermediate School performed for about 250 early childhood pupils, Netherby principal Phil Wheeler said.

While the cultural groups practice hard, there were not many opportunities for them to perform for live audiences, he said.

Inviting the district’s early childhood centres to watch the performances gave them that opportunity, as well as showcasing their talent to the public, he said.

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Victim’s family left shattered

By Merania Karauria The whanau of a 13-year-old girl have spoken of how her death last year has left them “with shattered dreams, struggling, broken, and torn apart”.

Victim impact statements from the family of Te Rihira McGhie, 13, were read to Justice Simon France in the High Court at Palmerston North yesterday as Richard Wani Adlam, 31, was sentenced for her manslaughter.

Adlam was given four years and six months in prison for the manslaughter of Te Rihira, who was a passenger in his car, and for dangerous driving causing injury to Paul McMahon, when he drove and crashed his unwarranted and unlicensed vehicle on November 10 last year.

Adlam’s licence restricted him from carrying passengers.

Adlam was subjected to the three strike law with the first strike on the manslaughter charge, disqualified from driving for four years on his release from prison and forfeiture of his vehicle.

Adlam bowed his head throughout the reading of the four victim impact reports from Te Rihira’s parents and her older sister, who also read a statement from Te Rihira’s grandmother.

Te Rihira was described by her sister as “a beautiful young lady with a big heart who cared deeply about people”.

Justice France told Adlam he had an appalling driving record and numerous driving offences that spanned 12 years.

Adlam drove 11 times while disqualified.

Adlam had swapped a playstation for a Subaru Legacy a month before the November 10 crash, but was told to tow it because the right front brake had seized.

He attempted to fix the brake hose with a clamp and continued to drive the vehicle.

On November 10, Adlam who was a neighbour of the McGhies, had offered to drive Te Rihira to a friend’s and then back to school.

He drove his vehicle between Otaki and Levin on a road where the tar seal ended.

Adlam’s vehicle slid down a bank and into oncoming traffic.

His vehicle collided head-on with Paul McMahon’s vehicle.

Te Rihira died at the scene and Mr McMahon continues to suffer health issues from the accident.

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Ashburton Korean War veteran Ian Campbell (right) and Malayan Emergency veteran Jim Leak are looking forward to a special war commemoration church service in the town tomorrow.

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Proud of NZ’s service in wars

K

orean War veteran Ian Campbell, 84, and Malayan Emergency veteran Jim Leak, 77, are looking forward to a special church service tomorrow.

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church is holding a war remembrance service at 10am.

It will commemorate 75 years since the Battle of Britain in World War Two, 70 years since the end of World War Two, 65 years since the beginning of the Korean War, 55 years since the end of the Malayan Emergency, and 40 years since the end of the Vietnam War. The parish is inviting members of the public to attend.

Those who may have lost family members or served in the conflicts may be particularly interested, and are invited to bring war medals and photographs.

A candle will be lit for each of the conflicts and, prior to the service, there will be a PowerPoint presentation on local men and women involved in military service.

Mr Campbell and Mr Leak will be among those participating. They each have their own stories of war that they live with each day, but are pleased to be able to say they are not traumatic memories.

Mr Campbell was just 19 when he began serving as a

This year is 65 years since the beginning of the Korean War and 55 years since the end of the Malayan Emergency. Guardian reporter Susan Sandys talks to veterans involved in the conflicts.

New Zealand Navy able seaman on a frigate patrolling the west coast of Korea, for 12 months to March 1952. New Zealand military forces were taking part in the United Nations police action to repel communist North Korea’s invasion of its southern neighbour.

“We were a minor cog in a big machine,” Mr Campbell said.

His job was a radar operator, working on IFF (identification friend or foe), picking up ship and aircraft signals.

“One instance we could remember a (allied forces) plane got shot down and we could see the parachute drifting down.

We anchored to go round there, but we didn’t have to because a float plane picked him up.”

Another time the ship’s crew tried to blow an enemy train off its coastal tracks.

“But that didn’t work, it got into the tunnel too quick.”

There were a number of skirmishes with fire from hostile forces on land and there had always been the threat of enemy submarines and floating mines. But generally the frigate had been on the sidelines and

Mr Campbell’s memories of his part in the Korean War were mostly good ones.

“I enjoyed the camaraderie.

There was only 125 men on a frigate and you sort of knew everybody’s name,” he said.

Mr Leak served in the Malayan Emergency from 1961 to 1963, and it was an experience recalled moreso for its encounters with deadly wildlife in the country’s jungles, rather than with enemy forces.

He was in the New Zealand Army’s 1NZ regiment and in two years travelled about 20,000 kilometres as a driver, often leading convoys as he drove an army head figure.

The Malayan Emergency arose out of an attempt by the Malayan Communist Party to overthrow the British colonial administration and involved 12 years of conflict with 15 Kiwi servicemen losing their lives.

However, in the two years Mr Leak was involved, stability generally reigned.

His regiment headquarters was at Terendak, and soldiers would set off for various training exercises and camps.

He saw most of the country, and at one point even walked across the country’s border into neighbouring Thailand.

Pythons and other snakes were never far from soldiers’ minds.

“You didn’t go looking for them.”

The worst things were leeches, he said. Most were flicked off before they had slithered their way up his body, however, there were those that latched on and were not noticed until they were a good three inches long.

Mr Leak became well used to quickly borrowing a cigarette so he could burn them off his arm.

Another time a tiger was heard nearby.

“We heard a crash in the bush, our Iban tracker said to me ‘tiger’. Nothing came through. It was a tiger with a sore foot, he could tell by the tracks.”

Mr Leak was stung by a venomous man of war jellyfish while on leave in Penang. The venom made victims sick for days. A friendly local rubbed sand on it to help get the

venom out, which did seem to help. One of his Kiwi comrades fathered a child over there, a girl, who visited New Zealand many years later. However, her father had sadly passed away by that time, but she had at least been able to talk to those who knew him.

One time Mr Leak was driving a convoy lead vehicle through a “black area”, that is where communist terrorists were known to be present. He was quick to spot signs on the landscape which told of the potential for an ambush, so quickly diverted the convoy’s route to avoid it.

Mr Leak is proud of New Zealand’s service in the various wars and campaigns it has been involved with over the years and believes the country should mark its own identity by changing its flag, something which goes against the opinion of many of his fellow war veterans.

“It’s a British flag, would Britain come back and save us now? It was our flag at the time, but now time has moved on,” he said.

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lthough foreign investment in SFF may thwart Meat Industry Excellence’s (MIE) proposal to create the very best farmer-owned red meat processing company in New Zealand’s history, MIE remains convinced and firmly believes Newco is visionary and the catalyst to seriously start the reform of the red meat sector.

Unfortunately it hasn’t been fully understood and grasped hold of by farmers for several reasons. For example, when MIE initially floated the concept, it felt obliged to keep its powder dry until, out of respect, it had in fact engaged with the two co-op boards, namely SFF and AGL groups.

This we did.

Newco is the game-changer to create an entirely new co-op, owned by its supplier shareholders, and ultimately provide the vehicle into which SFF and AGL could be eventually amalgamated. Farmer shareholders asked the question of MIE that if a solution to create one wellresourced co-op, capable of attracting the vast majority of supply, would deliver the global scale needed to achieve the international leverage required to improve farmer returns.

The critical element to this new entity is committed supply.

Contracted supply of livestock for a minimum three-year period will ensure that Newco is bankable from the outset. Committed supply to Newco will address the fundamental differences of a straight merger of the two co-ops, in that the new entity will not have its suppliers cherry picked by opportunist or opposition companies.

After establishment Newco would move carefully to address over capacity. This issue is not something that is going to go away. So sooner or later, if viability and financial success are to be achieved, a rationalisation of capacity must occur. Note, the supply and capacity issues have all been fully accounted for in our financial modelling.

It is MIE’s advisers’ considered view that a joint working party would oversee the entire amalgamation process. Newco would be open to all shareholders, including store farmers, but would initially issue shares to existing AGL and SFF shareholders based on agreed independent valuations, so that the entities, “shareholders” equity, assets and liabilities, would be ultimately transferred to Newco upon amalgamation using these fair and independent valuations.

MIE have access to one of NZ’s top commercial Queen’s Counsel and former appeal court judge, who is prepared to ensure fair and impartial resolution to any issues that arise

The Meat Industry Excellence group has been pushing for consolidation of the country’s red meat industry for two-and-a-half years. With whispers of foreign investment on the table, MIE’s Mid Canterbury spokesperson Blair Gallagher explains what the alternatives are. to focus on its customers and company profitability.

But above all else, three-year contracted supply provides the confidence boost needed by the banks and processors to invest in this industry. Ultimately it will give farmer shareholders the confidence to invest in their farms.

Why is Newco different to a SFF and AGL merger?

‘during the process. This would avoid costly legal battles involving teams of lawyers from both sides arguing over historical and entrenched views and/or positions.

A key component of Newco, and one that will resonate with farmers, is that after four years, return on capital (ROI) will be close to 14 per cent, against historical 10-year return averaging 0.01 per cent. These figures are not MIE’s, but fully pressure-tested by some of New Zealand’s leading business leaders, accountants and bankers.

Newco anticipates applying a modest per head levy on livestock supplied from former AGL and SFF shareholders to ensure the new co-operative is well capitalised from the outset.

New suppliers would have to share up accordingly. However, of huge significance is that after four years, should farmers elect, Newco is in a position to repay farmers (in full) for all monies taken out via any levies so collected.

Trust, transparency and loyalty (commitment) are all principles shareholders in this new co-operative can expect at all times and will resonate with Newco shareholders. Reward for volume, premiums for supply on shoulders of the season, supplying on time and specification will be totally transparent

and available to all shareholders.

Frequently asked questions I need “space” because I need to get my stock killed if I get hit with two weeks of nor-west in Dec/ Jan? Although we are anticipating having to close plants initially.

We have fully accounted for the costs of closure in our budgets. More importantly, we have made provision of $35 million annually for plant upgrades, modernisation and the introduction of the very latest high-speed technology in the world to ensure Newco is not only efficient, but will be able to handle any pressure points that its shareholders may face.

Why would I commit to Newco with threeyear contracts?

Three-year contracts are the circuit breaker that the industry desperately needs to break out of its current destructive predatory procurement system.

This existing situation has been a disaster for farmers over several decades and has consigned the industry to the lowest cost commodity trap. Three-year contracts allow the new co-op

The reason we have been strong advocates of Newco is that time and time again farmers have told us they will not “pony up” money for the existing co-ops. Farmers are sick and tired of the appalling behaviours of these companies over the past decade and in by far the majority of cases, believe that the Newco concept offers a new beginning. A new dawn that they can swing in behind with confidence that under a new leadership group, farmer shareholders’ interests will be at the very top of the priority list for Newco’s company directors. Cannibalistic and, quite simply, poor treatment of farmer shareholders will no longer be tolerated.

You won’t be able to get rid of third party traders. They will just take their stock elsewhere?

Yes and good luck to them.

With three-year contracted supply, your stocks aren’t going anywhere, but to support your new co-operative. That’s the whole point, the new co-op can now focus on marketing, product development, research and branding, instead of having to worry about whether you are going to get bought off for 10 cents a kg every second Sunday night. Of even greater significance is that long-term we know we can extract more out of the market under this model, a lot more.

The banks won’t support SFF now, so why would they support Newco?

Because the banks see in Newco a completely new set of principles. They see a new “charter” that delivers farmer commitment through threeyear contracted supply. They see a company dedicated to putting its farmer shareholders first, but predicated on the premise that this will be a customer-focused company and not simply production led. These three-year contracts underpin a level of confidence they haven’t witnessed in this industry for three decades.

How will Newco be financed and how much will farmers have to put their hands in their pockets?

In the short term some $10 to $15 per lamb equivalent spread over three years, but repaid in full after year four.

What is the biggest hurdle that this Newco model has faced?

The biggest hurdle to a successful merger of the two co-ops is the very boards, chairs and executive teams themselves on both companies. AGL in particular has thwarted any attempts to seek farmer support for the Newco proposition.

Although SFF, through their actions, have also effectively stonewalled Newco.

The incredible thing is that the cost of polling farmers in a genuine attempt to get farmer shareholder views was in context minimal. And yet either co-op was prepared to spend the $200 to 300,000 needed that it would have taken to find out this fundamental of questions.

Put this number into context; this equals 0.00005 of 1 per cent of the turnover of these entities combined. It is estimated that SFF alone will have spent $5 million with Goldman Sachs to come up with a completely unpalatable share placement that will effectively be a disaster for farmers in the long run.

To conclude Newco offers the only viable alternative to foreign dominance of our supply chain. It can only occur if farmers demand it.

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In brief No ‘specific’ threats The Federal Bureau of Investigation says it has picked up no “specific or credible threats” linked to the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. FBI director James Comey said it was closely watching for threats from al-Qaeda or Islamic State, but told a conference on intelligence “there are not any specific or credible threats”.

Today is the 14th anniversary of the attacks that brought down the World Trade Center in New York and destroyed part of the Pentagon, killing nearly 3000 people. The attack by al-Qaeda militants flying hijacked airliners was the deadliest ever on US soil, and propelled the United States into an era of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Power poles tilt damaged after floods hit Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. The sun came out a day after a raging river washed away houses and forced people to rooftops as dozens of residents were airlifted out by military helicopters.

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City assesses flood damage Houses lean forward, knocked partially off their foundations.

The worst-hit are gone, their still-intact blue-tiled roofs left sitting on debris-strewn mud.

The floodwaters have receded somewhat, but a vast area of the Japanese city of Joso remains inundated by a sea of brown water.

As the sun came out yesterday, shocked residents and officials began to take stock of the damage wrought the previous day when a rain-swollen river burst through its eastern bank, pouring in water so rapidly

that many people could only clamber upstairs or to their roofs to escape.

“We survived but it looks like some of our soybeans and rice didn’t,” said Keiko Iita, 70, who spent the night with her husband and son on the second floor of their house.

She wore gloves and covered her face with a towel as she helped clean a neighbour’s mud-coated barn. Farmers were clearing the mess in their fields and assessing the damage to their flattened soybean plants and other crops.

Two days of torrential rain caused flooding and landslides across much of Japan this week. At least two people died, a woman in her 60s who was found after a landslide hit houses in Kanuma city, and a woman in her 40s who was in a car that washed away in Kurihara city.

Some 300 kilometres north of Joso, another river overflowed into the city of Osaki yesterday morning, swamping homes and fields and stranding at least 60 people, according to media reports.

But the hardest-hit place appeared to be Joso. The fast-rising waters in the city of 60,000 people led to a series of dramatic rescues by helicopters.

Police and other emergency workers fanned out the next morning to search for the missing, while helicopters and boats brought in more of the stranded. More than 280 people have been airlifted out since the serious flooding began.

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Scant sympathy for refugees in East Europe When Latvia last month decided to accept 250 of the tens of thousands of refugees seeking shelter in Europe, hundreds of protesters including elderly people and families with children rallied outside Parliament with placards warning that the foreigners would bring doom upon the Baltic country.

A smattering of slogans spoke darkly of a threat to “white nations.”

A similar demonstration featuring anti-Muslim slogans was held in neighbouring Estonia against plans to receive about 150 refugees from the Middle East and Africa this year.

While eastern Europe’s new EU member states are being asked to absorb the fewest, they are putting up the fiercest resistance to plans to spread the refugees more evenly across the 28-nation bloc.

Even mainstream political leaders in these countries have described refugees and migrants as welfare opportunists, terrorists and carriers of disease.

The Baltic countries, as well as Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, have all rejected mandatory refugee quotas, often with the argument that they don’t want their relatively homogenous socie-

ties to become multi-cultural.

EU officials and human rights groups say they’ve been disappointed by the animosity toward asylum-seekers in countries from which hundreds of thousands of people fled communist dictatorships just decades ago.

“We are struggling to understand this hardening of attitudes,” said Babar Baloch, the Budapest-based spokesman for U.N. refugee agency in central Europe.

“They have been through this themselves.”

He emphasised that there’s been an outpouring of generosity from volunteers helping

migrants and refugees in Hungary, despite the government’s hard stance.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government is refusing to accept a single refugee under the EU plans and resisting their attempts to cross the country to reach more welcoming countries like Germany and Sweden. Slovakia has offered to accept 200 people – as long as most of them are Christians.

The president of the Czech Republic, which has offered to receive 1500 refugees, has warned that asylum-seekers might bring terrorism and infectious diseases.

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Twelve suspected Islamic militants were convicted yesterday for the bombings nine years ago of seven Mumbai commuter trains that killed 188 people and wounded more than 800. The trial in India’s notoriously slow justice system lasted more than seven years. It concluded in August last year, but Judge Yatin D. Shinde took one year to write the verdict. He found 12 defendants guilty of murder and criminal conspiracy charges and acquitted one person for lack of evidence. Shinde said he would announce the sentence on Monday after hearing arguments from the prosecutors and defence attorneys.

They face the death penalty or life in prison.

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Dad ‘people smuggler’ A woman on the same boat as Alan Kurdi says the boy’s father is a people smuggler who begged her not to dob him in. Zainab Abbas said Abdullah Kurdi had lied to the world after the image of his dead three-year-old son on a Turkish beach sparked a global outpouring of support for Syrian refugees. “Yes, it was Abdullah Kurdi driving the boat,” Ms Abbas told Network Ten through her cousin Lara Tahseen yesterday.

Ms Abbas also lost two children when the boat capsized shortly after leaving Bodrum for the Greek islands. After the tragedy, Mr Kurdi told the media he took over steering the boat after the captain panicked and jumped ship. But Ms Abbas said Mr Kurdi was the driver of the boat, and the man she paid to book her passage told her it would be safe because the driver was taking his wife and two children.

- AAP

Major engine failure Jet engine parts found on the Las Vegas runway where a British Airways flight aborted takeoff as the engine burst into flames indicate a rare catastrophic failure, experts said as investigators released preliminary findings and began analysing flight data and cockpit recordings. Early findings show the failure occurred where the engine was under the highest pressure, though there was no immediate indication of what caused it or the fire that forced 170 people to evacuate at McCarran International Airport as smoke poured from the aircraft.

- AP

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■ MOTOR RACING

Paddon slips off the pace Finnish ace Jari-Matti Latvala will go into today’s second day of Rally Australia with a twosecond lead as his Volkswagen team fights for a triple hat-trick of World Rally Championships.

Starting second on the road yesterday behind double world champion Sebastien Ogier, he struggled in his Polo R WRC in slippery, abrasive conditions with loose gravel.

In the afternoon’s second pass, Latvala surged from fifth to first on cleaner, faster surfaces, overtaking previous leaders Kris Meeke (Citroen) and Dani Sordo (Hyundai).

The first three stages were run in the Taylors Arm area, west of Macksville, and home to the famous Pub With No Beer.

Latvala hit the front only on the final stage of the day, but the advantage of clean roads will be short-lived as the same starting order applies for today’s stages.

Meeke, frequently one of the fastest non-Volkswagen drivers

Hayden Paddon in action in Rally Australia yesterday.

this season, was happy with his performance after disappointing recent rounds and holds a 4.6 second lead over Ogier.

Ogier is hoping to wrap up his third straight drivers’ championship during his Australian visit, while co-driver Julien

Ingrassia and the Volkswagen Motorsport team are both aiming for their own hat-tricks.

The third Volkswagen driver, Andreas Mikkelsen of Norway, came home fourth ahead of Sordo and New Zealander Hayden Paddon.

Latvala, recent winner at Rally Finland, admitted he’d had a soft start.

“This morning, I didn’t have the spark and lacked the last two per cent to attack, but I attacked in the first three afternoon stages.

“In the last stage, I didn’t have the best feeling because my tyres were used.

“I calculated if I didn’t lose more than five seconds, I’d be happy. I dropped only 4.7sec to Ogier, but was faster than Meeke.”

Meeke led for four stages in Citroen’s DS 3 but was hampered by hanging dust in the final test.

“I couldn’t see the end of the bonnet. Driving in sixth gear when you can’t see anything isn’t easy,” he said.

Paddon, cheered by almost 100 Kiwi supporters, held second initially but slipped to sixth after handling problems in his Hyundai i20.

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Ford’s young guns show the way at Sandown V8 Supercar drivers old and new took centre stage at Sandown yesterday, helping set the stage for an intriguing start to the Enduro Cup. Old hands Marcos Ambrose and Russell Ingall made successful Supercar returns but were both upstaged by the No.6 Falcon, with two drivers young enough to be their sons.

Chaz Mostert, 23, and co-driver Cameron Waters, 21, stole the show with super practice drives that had the Prodrive Racing Ford as the only car in the top two of the timing charts across three practice sessions.

Mostert was second to Jamie Whincup in the morning’s sole practice session for series drivers.

When the co-drivers took to the track in the afternoon, Waters showed pace beyond his inexperience in the impressive FG X. Waters was quickest in the first of two co-driver sessions, and was narrowly beaten

by Pepsi Max stablemate Steve Owen in the second.

Mostert said if he kept this pace up over the three endurance races, they’d be opponents soon enough.

“He’s definitely in the hot seat

for a main series drive at one point, hopefully next year, because he’s quick enough to do it - which is disappointing for me because he’s a nice co-driver,” he told AAP. Mostert, who sits second in the championship behind Mark Winterbottom, said he enjoyed making the way for young drivers in the sport.

“Me, Scotty McLaughlin, Scotty Pye, Nick (Percat); us four guys that have come through; really have opened the door for younger guys coming through to the main series,” he said.

“Cam’s doing a really good

job, it’s exciting having a young team and hopefully we fire up the front this weekend.”

Despite the Ford pair’s speed, the performances of Ambrose and Ingall show there’s life in the old dogs yet.

After stepping aside from his DJT Team Penske drive earlier this year, Ambrose, 39, was back behind the wheel of the Falcon with great success.

The Tasmanian roared to third place in the last practice session of the day, demonstrating that he and Scott Pye in car No.17 would be a factor in Sunday’s race.

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Neesham, Anderson do battle for all-rounders spot Let the contest for the No.6 test all-rounder spot between Corey Anderson and Jimmy Neesham begin, ahead of the New Zealand cricket team’s three-test series against Austalia in November.

Both have been selected in the 15-man squad named yesterday.

The key question lies with how many overs Anderson or Neesham can muster as the fifth bowler behind Trent Boult, Tim Southee, spinner Mark Craig and Matt Henry or Doug Brace-

well. Anderson and Neesham have battled recent back stress injuries but need to prove a fitness level where they could be called upon to deliver 10-12 overs per innings. Neesham was rested as a precaution from the final two one-day internationals in South Africa.

Tellingly, neither player has had the opportunity to enjoy the pace and carry of Australian test pitches with bat or ball.

Statistically, Neesham has the edge. In eight tests his batting

average is 43.28 with two centuries and he has 11 wickets at 32.81 with the ball.

Anderson averages 31.35 in 11 tests, combined with 13 wickets at 38.46.

Hesson said the pair’s ability to offer bowling value persuaded the selectors to carry four, rather than five, front line pace bowlers after seven consecutive series without defeat.

“A lot of our recent success has been based on the value of our No.6 batsman bowling some

overs, and we’re comfortable continuing in that vein,” Hesson said.

The impact of two all-rounders on the rest of the 15-man squad was that Neil Wagner missed selection after going in the squad to England.

Black Caps test squad to Australia 2015: Brendon McCullum (captain), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Mark Craig, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, James Neesham, Luke Ronchi, Hamish Rutherford, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson.

Boycott slammed Pull your heads in. Wayne Bennett has delivered a blunt message to NRL stars such as Johnathan Thurston, saying their boycott threat is damaging the game. Tipped to win a record fourth Dally M, Thurston lit the fuse when he refused to rule out leading a player boycott of the award ceremony over a welfare and pay dispute with the NRL. “I don’t think they have put much thought into it to be honest with you,” Bennett said. “I don’t think they want to deliberately damage the finals but that is what they are doing. I just hope they pull their heads in and not damage the product they talk so dearly about.”

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Cook ‘has X factor’ Canterbury coach Des Hasler believes rookie hooker Damien Cook can have a similar impact upon the NRL finals to the likes of Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Michael Morgan and Anthony Milford. Ahead of the the Bulldogs’ elimination clash with St George Illawarra today, Hasler says Cook is among a number of youngsters set to make their mark in September.

Cook, 24, has played just a handful of top-grade games after taking over from first choice rake Michael Lichaa, out with an ankle injury.

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Parker gets all clear Broncos coach Wayne Bennett has cleared recovering backrower Corey Parker to play tonight’s NRL qualifying final against North Queensland at Suncorp Stadium. Parker ran strongly at yesterday’s session, allaying fears over a troublesome hamstring complaint that forced him to leave training early on Wednesday. Brisbane have also been boosted by fellow veteran forward Sam Thaiday re-signing for another three years, all but ensuring he is a Bronco for life.

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Fifita ‘strike weapon’ Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan has confirmed Andrew Fifita has recovered from a leg strain in time for tomorrow’s NRL elimination final, but the Sharks mentor is unsure how he will use his strike weapon.

The former NSW and Kangaroos representative shapes as a key player in attack for the Sharks, who struggled badly to score points in their upset loss to Manly last weekend. - AAP

Dragons riding high Former Kiwis captain Benji Marshall says the St George Illawarra Dragons are riding high ahead of today’s elimination final against the Bulldogs, despite leaving it late in their final round clash with Wests Tigers to secure their eighth place finish. Marshall admitted relief was the overriding emotion after the Dragons needed a penalty goal to claim a 32-30 golden point victory over his former club. With that patchy result behind them, he insists the Red V are now brimming with confidence.

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Steph Polson will be involved in her first senior Hanan Shield tournament today, and is looking forward to facing the old enemy after returning from studying at the University of Otago.

Polson, who can operate at wing attack, centre and goal attack, impressed coach Ange Leadley during Mid Canterbury’s preseason wins over Nelson and an invitational team at the EA Networks Centre Stadium a fortnight ago and is now looking forward to making her competitive debut.

“We played 60 minute games, that increased the intensity on its own, competition here is usually only 40 minute games so 60 minutes was way better,” said Polson.

“I’m really excited about it.

“I think it’ll be good fun, I know some of the girls on the other teams so it should be good.”

Mid Canterbury coach Ange Leadley will deploy Polson at wing attack, and believes the 23-yearold’s versatility and understanding of different positions makes her a major asset to the team.

“Steph has a real thinking game, so I’ve enjoyed watching her season in the different positions.

“She’s been a shooter in her club side but I’ve been utilising her skills in the mid-court to feed the shooters,” said Leadley.

“Her vision is what we’re impressed with and her movement and support for the shooters and understanding the role of a shooter is always very helpful when feeding them, so that’s what she’s bringing to the team at the moment.”

Leadley said the United player transitioned well from club netball to playing at senior representative level and was a standout in the preseason fixtures.

“There was no issues, she’s just stepped in to it, in fact she was one of the players that stood out in our warm up games,” she said.

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Right - Steph Polson will make her senior Hanan Shield debut today.

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Roulston, Ellis named in Oceania squad Double Beijing Olympic medallist, Ashburton’s Hayden Roulston will return to the New Zealand squad for the Oceania champs.

Roulston, who has not competed on the track for seven years, has been named in a 17-strong New Zealand team.

The championships will provide direct entry for winners to next year’s world championship, a vital stepping stone towards the Rio competition.

Roulston will be the experienced hand in a young combination in the team pursuit with Manawatu’s 2014 junior world

champion Luke Mudgway, Nick Kergozou and 24-year-old former junior world champion Cam Karwowski.

NZ team: Men, sprint: Matt Archibald (Southland), Eddie Dawkins (Southland), Ethan Mitchell (Auckland), Simon van Velthooven (Manawatu), Sam Webster Auckland). Endurance:

Aaron Gate (Auckland), Cam Karwowski (Southland), Nick Kergozou (Southland), Hayden Roulston, Luke Mudgway (Manawatu).

Women, sprint: Natasha Hansen (Southland), Katie Schofield (Otago).

Endurance: Lauren Ellis, Kirstie James (Southland), Alysha Keith (Otago), Liz Steel (Canterbury), Pip Sutton (Waikato).

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Mid Canterbury will face old enemies North Otago and South Canterbury in the first Hanan Shield played at the EA Networks Centre Stadium today.

Ange Leadley’s side will look to dethrone North Otago after losing the title last season, but the shield holders have a strong blend of experience and youth.

Stalwart Petra Aspros will return for this season’s competition with Briar Wilson and Renee Macauley, while New Zealand Secondary Schools’ trialist Jennifer O’Connell will spearhead North Otago’s attack.

“I have quite a new team this year, with a nice mix of youth and experience.

“North Otago over last few years have changed their senior structure for reps which is attracting more players and therefore giving us more to choose from,” said North Otago coach Abbey McKenzie.

McKenzie said she is expecting physical encounters against both teams.

“Like always, we expect both teams to be exceptionally tough and physical,” she said.

“Last year was the first time in a number of years we have won the Hanan Shield, so I would expect them to be hungry and want the shield back.”

South Canterbury will be out to win the shield for the first time since 2008 and coach Cindy Robertson will hope this year’s team has what it takes to end the barren spell.

“Due to departure and unavailability of most players from last year’s team, there are many new faces in the South Canterbury lineup this year,” said Robertson.

“Whilst there are many new faces this year, the side offers a wealth of experience and height at both ends of the court with most players having represented the union at some point.”

South Canterbury: Jacinda Robertson, Aliesha Chitty, Vanessa Greenwood, Juliet Ward, Juliet Scott, Stacey Grant, Mel Rowland, Kate Tiffen, Courtney Robson, Sarsha Wightman, Ellen Walsh.

North Otago: Rihi Salter, Petra Aspros, Mikayla Cleveland, Nicky Wallace, Briar Wilson, Lisa Dyer, Jennifer O’Connell Sara-Jayne Lind, Renee Mcauley, Aysha Hirama, Meme Rabitu.

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■ RUGBY

Williams sidelined fo

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

M

urray Williams will miss today’s Heartland Championship clash against West Coast in Greymouth after failing to recover from a hamstring injury.

The 33-year-old picked up the injury against Wanganui a fortnight ago and was replaced by Ewan Scott against King Country last weekend.

“Hopefully it’s not too serious.

“It’s one of those injuries that if you push it too early you could do more damage and be out for longer,” said Williams.

Williams said he is working hard to return to fitness as soon as possible and is pleased with the Hammers’ progress so far this term.

“I think we are tracking reasonably well,” he said.

“There is plenty to work on which is a positive, and we can definitely get better.

“We just need to stop drifting in and out of games because when we do it’s costing us points, and we are letting teams back into the game.”

Scott has performed well at first five-eighth in Williams’ absence.

The 24-year-old scored a try from a determined charge-down and kicked two penalties and two conversions during Mid Canterbury’s 25-17 victory over the Rams last Saturday, and Williams believes the depth of Mid Canterbury’s squad will be key in retaining the Meads Cup for a third successive year.

“I think we have the squad to complete the three-peat, but it’s going to take a lot of hard work,” he said.

“I think we have more depth this year than previous and I think that has showed in the impact we have seen from our bench this season so far.

“The competition continues to get stronger and stronger and we have to realise everyone wants to beat us, so we have to make sure our attitude is right every time we run out onto the field and be prepared to work harder than every other team.”

The stalwart first five said he expects a tough outing against West Coast today, and stressed the importance of having the right attitude heading in to the tie.

“West Coast over there is going to be tough, like in Wanganui, it’s a hard place to win,” he said.

“The past couple of seasons they have been strong up front and pretty physical and I don’t think it will be any different.

“We just need to make sure our attitude is right, we don’t get complacent and concentrate on what we need to do.”

Mid Canterbury will also be without prop Adam Williamson through injury, midfielder Fa’aitu Tuamoheloa due to sickness and Sam Watt, who will be competing at the Canterbury boxing championships.

Right: Murray Williams is unavailable for today’s tie due to a hamstring injury picked up against Wanganui two weeks ago.

Little enjoyment awaiting McC

By Kris shannon

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orld Cups can be more about enduring than enjoying - a feeling with which Richie McCaw is more than familiar.

Having arrived in England for what will likely be a final farewell in black, McCaw was preparing for an influx of emotions in the next six weeks.

He’s excited by the challenge, certainly, and relishing the chance to once again perform on rugby’s biggest arena.

But enjoyment?

That’s a sentiment which will remain on the sidelines until, he hopes, McCaw becomes part of the first team to retain the Webb Ellis Cup. Having experienced the depths of despair in 2007 and the extreme elation of 2011, McCaw remembers the tournaments sharing a number of similarities.

The weight of expectation was allencompassing and, while that’s a burden every All Black carries, the load is always magnified for the captain.

So even if the achievements of four years previous lessened some of that load, McCaw was hardly expecting his time in the United Kingdom to be akin to a spring getaway.

“You don’t walk around with a big grin on your face and say, ‘this is pretty cool’,” he said before the team left for London. “I always say that playing sometimes isn’t all that enjoyable but that feeling afterwards, if you’ve put a good performance together, that’s what you do it for.

Richie McCaw holds up the Webb Ellis Cup four years ago at Eden Park. He’s currently preparing for his fourth Rugby World Cup tournament, aiming to become the first skipper to defend the cup.

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“[2011] was pretty hard work but you take enjoyment out of doing the job right and working hard.

“At the end of it, if you’ve done what you set out to do, that’s where

you get the satisfaction from and have a grin on your face.

“I enjoyed [2011] afterwards - and that’s pretty much what I’d like to repeat.”

The lack of pleasure he derives from the act of playing is something that may surprise, given the length and scope of McCaw’s illustrious career, but that’s not to suggest the

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HEARTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP Week four: West Coast v Mid Canterbury, Rugby Park, Greymouth, 2.30pm.

Mid Canterbury: Mark Andrew, James Annabell, Tama Tuirirangi, Maikeli Mudu, Adaam Ross, Scott Vessey, Jon Dampney, Tevita Ula, Will Mackenzie, Ewan Scott, Gideon Lambrechts, Nete Caucau, Seta Koroitamana, Ashton Tuck, Matt Thatcher.

Replacements: Jackson Donlan, Simon Fleetwood, Logan Bonnington, Eric Duff, Mavae Tomasi, Andrew Letham, Christian Vainere.

West Coast: Mat Jeffreys, Troy Tauwhare, Lolesio Lavea, Francis Auwerda, Brad Houston, Dylan Nel, Josh Hill, Brogan Watt, Nick Makea, Nik Cumming, Regan Stanton, Andrew Connors, Kevin Moore, Maleli Mudu, Josh Costello. Replacements: Ben Campbell, Jesse MacRae, Isei Lewaqui, Logan Winter, Hugo Torres, Nathan Smith, Jason Wright.

Makos hammer Lions A battle of unbeaten sides saw Tasman top Welling- the Wellington players’ resolve.

Tasman scored 30 unanswered points in as many ton 36-17 in the capital last night, but both teams minutes as they overturned a 12-6 second-half deficontinued to resemble potential title-winners. cit, with their sudden attacking spark overwhelming While Tasman notched a fifth straight victory to a Wellington side who were good value for their remain on top of the ITM Cup Premiership, Wellington’s efforts for 70 minutes showed early advantage. the vast improvements they have made The home side shaded an opening half following their disastrous 2014 camthat featured the type of rugby perhaps paign. expected from two teams without a loss The Lions remained second in the between them, with enterprising attack Championship, unable to overtake scuppered by excellent defence.

Hawkes Bay after being undone by too The only man able to break free from many errors and an opposition that were the shackles was Wellington flanker Vaea too clinical in minimal opportunities.

Fifita, taking another large stride in his Having conceded only one try this seabreakout campaign and laying on Wellington’s opening try for Frae Wilson. son, Wellington’s line was finally puncBut that was as good as it got for the tured after the halftime break at Westpac hosts, who turned over the ball far too ofStadium, snapping a 315-minute streak ten and were made to pay for their errors of the kind of solidity that will be the by a rampant opposition. basis for any title charge.

But the home side could keep the high- Lions’ Vaea Fifita Wellington 17 (Wilson, Garden-Bachop, Goosen flying Makos at bay for only so long, tries; Bentley con). Tasman 36 (Samu, Fonotia, Kotze, Christie with moments of individual brilliance turning the tries; Banks 2 pens, 2 cons, Havili 2 pens). HT: 6-5.

- NZME match, and periods of pressure eventually breaking

Brotherly love put on hold for the day

By CampBell Burnes

time they have played against each other, the first earlier this year ou might expect some when Matt’s Blues Development banter but Matt Vaega XV opposed Cardiff ’s Chiefs Desays very little will be said velopment XV. around the breakfast table this “I didn’t play too well. He played morning as he gears up to play his well, but we ended up winning in big brother Cardiff Vaega. the end,” says Matt, who turned 21 Matt will wear the North Haron Monday. bour No 13 jersey and, as luck Celebrations are on hold until would have it, so will Cardiff for later tonight.

Counties Manukau in this after“It’s my cousin’s birthday, so noon’s ITM Cup crossover clash in hopefully we’ll do something with Albany. the family!”

This will be just the second Father To’o Vaega, the great

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Manu Samoa centre, is often sideline, though Matt says his mum generally comes to the closer games involving Cardiff, himself and little brother TJ, who is in the NZ Schools camp this weekend.

The older brothers may not clash too often directly, due to the oneout defence, but Cardiff carries a bit more size, so Matt and second five Michael Little will do well to not give him much room. Little’s father, former All Black Walter Little, has come into the Harbour setup as a technical advisor. - NZME

Burgess ‘scared’ Former England lock Simon Shaw said yesterday he was bewildered that inexperiencied, code-hopping centre Sam Burgess had made the final cut for coach Stuart Lancaster’s World Cup squad. Shaw, a veteran of three World Cup campaigns, said the league convert looked “scared” when he came on as a replacement in England’s final warm-up game against Ireland. “I’m completely perplexed,” Shaw said. “He’s not been given enough of a chance to prove himself. He’s played 80 minutes and come off (the bench) again at the weekend and that’s it. He looked scared and like he didn’t know what the hell was going on.” - AFP

Sun shines on ABs Of all the things the All Blacks were expecting to encounter on arrival in England, glorious late summer sun was probably not one of them. Warm beer, bad food, angry taxi drivers and not particularly athletic types wearing athletic gear ... that’s the London these All Blacks know. They also know it as a city with dull grey skies, chill winds and horizontal rain. They usually only come to these parts in November and encounter the savagery of winter. Some of them have been coming to this part of the world for more than 10 years without once clapping eyes on the sun. But, for the next few weeks, London will be an entirely new experience for the All Blacks.

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Hooper ‘excited’ Wallabies star Michael Hooper is excited about stepping into the unknown at the upcoming Rugby World Cup, but far too busy to reflect on his extraordinarily rapid rise through the ranks. At the time of the last World Cup four years ago, Hooper was still at the Brumbies and yet to make his Test debut. Now the 23-year-old NSW Waratahs flanker has accrued 46 Test caps, captained his country, played in a Super Rugby titlewinning side and is one of the prime movers in a Wallabies squad focused on securing the nation’s third World Cup. The speedy openside is joint vice-captain of the current squad and has won a stack of individual awards and accolades, but doesn’t spend time reflecting on everything he’s achieved. “Right now it’s such an exciting time you’re not thinking about other things, you’re thinking about what’s ahead.”

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Skipper Michael Hooper.

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In brief Eventing kicks off Eventing action will return to the National Equestrian Centre at McLeans Island tomorrow with the long-awaited Canterbury eventing season getting under way. Hosted by Eventing Canterbury, the event has attracted massive interest boosted by many New Zealand Pony Club Associated members looking for a final hit out before the prestigious Springston Trophy teams competition next month with more than 200 entries from across the South Island competing from CNC2* down to CNC80 level.

Brady back on track

Former club member Nicki Webster and Rakaia ladies club captain Rachel Hart.

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Ladies squash back on court

BY JAMES FORD

JAMES.F@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

More than 50 matches will be played at the Rakaia Squash Club today, with 35 players expected to attend the first all-ladies tournament.

The competition will be host-

ing players of all levels of ability and will also include spot prizes, goodie bags, a complimentary dinner and wine tasting.

Ladies club captain Rachel Hart said she is expecting an enjoyable day.

“It’s an opportunity for all levels of players, and we’ve got squash beginners coming in from all over the place,” she said.

“It’s about reconnecting ladies to the sport that previously played.

“I think it’s a really good introduction for ladies to come and play in a tournament and get to know faces in the district.

“The idea of this weekend is to have fun, meet people and enjoy your squash.”

■ OPINION

Time to get down to the real business

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our years is up, time to do it all again.

The All Blacks are in England, all set to start their defence of the most important trophy in world rugby.

Delving into history a little, Sky Sport has been re-playing games from the ‘87 World Cup, and it’s fascinating to see the differences between then and now.

Two main ones: Firstly the scrum.

They were put together faster than a league scrum with time up on the board, and a more motley collection of huge men bashing into each other with apparently few or no rules to guide them you wouldn’t see anywhere but the ball invariably shot out straight away, and the action continued at the cracking pace the whole game was played at.

So, were they better or worse than the current versions, which while a whole lot tidier, still collapse, and still require constant re-setting, despite having had hundreds of new rules thrown at it?

The other was the commentators. In the big final of ‘87

Messrs Quinn and Kirton were truly awful. Both gentlemen are undoubtedly scholars of the game (Kirton was the premier No. 10 of his day, playing in an All Blacks team that boasted Brian Lochore, Chris Laidlaw, Ian MacRae, Colin Meads and Fergie McCormick), but their brief in ‘87, which surely was to educate, enlighten and entertain the viewers on what was happening on the footy patch, was painfully unfulfilled.

Kirton went back to doing informed comment on post-match programmes, where his vast knowledge and experience was put to far better use after he’d thought a bit about the game.

It wasn’t just that commentators were different back then; listening to the mellifluous tones of the Pommy and Welsh commentators was a delight, even if they were all as biased as Phil Kearns.

But there’s a new lot in the box nowadays.

Should Justin Marshall be there describing the action for us? For many he’s still like an over-excitable puppy, getting

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carried away with what he sees happening, and leaving reality far, far behind; too far say some.

Let’s see.

We’ve got Nisbo as the supersolid anchorman, TJ will be roaming around somewhere, bringing his own talents to the mix, and Smithy is simply the best sideline comments man in the business, for any team, anywhere, so you can afford to carry a hyped-up raver buzzing around and adding the hysterical element to liven things up a bit.

So, we’ve got the commentary team sorted.

Aren’t you glad the pollies are there on their junket? Oops, sorry, parliamentary rugby team, holding up our honour and glory as they fight it out with all the other duly elected representatives, and then, hey look, special tickets to all the top games.

Don’t give a toss? Good.

So, that leaves the only bit that actually matters, the players on the patch, the ones who are going out to do the business and create history by winning the Webb Ellis back-to-back.

All the hard luck stories (Cory Jane and Charles Piatau playing ITM Cup while a bloke who has played 60 minutes of test rugby and has just had a broken leg healed by a witch doctor runs out for the ABs) doesn’t matter any more, it’s all focus on the job at hand.

Of course they CAN do it, no question the firepower is there.

But history proves that World Cups are a different beast, and while the All Blacks are the best team in the world, it’s not by a hell of a lot, and that margin decreases rapidly when it’s a one-off, knockout match in enemy territory, at the vagaries of injuries, referees and the erratic bounce of the rugby ball.

But all of those doubts and questions will of course be erased when Richie hoists the Cup in about eight weeks’ time, won’t they.

New England quarterback Tom Brady put a tumultuous year behind him and opened the new NFL season in convincing style, throwing four touchdown passes as the defending Super Bowl-champion Patriots beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 28-21 yesterday. “It was a pretty special night,” said Brady, who threw three of his four TDs to favorite target Rob Gronkowski. With last season’s deflated football scandal behind him, the star quarterback was back to his unstoppable self, going 25 of 32 for 288 yards.

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Hayne debut unlikely The man known as the Hayne Plane could be grounded when the San Francisco 49ers take on the Minnesota Vikings in their NFL season opener. Head coach Jim Tomsula and special teams co-ordinator Thomas McGaughey did their best to dampen the hype around Jarryd Hayne yesterday and repeatedly pointed out he was a rookie who still had plenty to learn about American football. “I don’t want to take anything away from what the man has achieved but all he’s achieved was an opportunity to be in the locker room,” Tomsula said.

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Awake from coma Belgian cyclist Kris Boeckmans has been woken from an induced coma and is recovering well from injuries sustained a fortnight ago in a crash during the Vuelta, his team Lotto Soudal said yesterday.

“Lotto Soudal is very happy to announce that Kris Boeckmans is no longer kept in an induced coma and that the recovery is evolving positively,” the team said. Boeckmans suffered injuries to his lung and face and broke ribs in a mass crash during the eighth stage. - AFP

Strong start for Lydia Kiwi golfer Lydia Ko has made a strong start in the final women’s major of the year, the Evian Championship in EvianLes-Bains, France. The world number two fired a two-under 69 to sit three shots behind co-leaders Mi Hyang Lee and Lexi Thompson. Ko had five birdies on the opening day, as well as three bogeys, to sit in a share of 12th. The 18-yearold is bidding to becoming the youngest ever winner of a major.

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The fight nobody wants

Cornelius Grobler will fight for the 69kg open male elite Canterbury title in Christchurch today.

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■ BOXING

Grobler gunning for title

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Cornelius Grobler is ready to rumble for the Canterbury title in the 69kg open male elite division at the Cashmere Club in Christchurch today.

Grobler, who stands at 183cm, has recently made the step up to 69kg from 64kg and feels he is more suited to the heavier category.

“I feel more comfortable at 69kg.

“I don’t have to lose the weight, I feel probably the best I’ve ever felt because I don’t have to worry about losing the weight,” he said.

“Losing that weight, you lose a lot of water, a lot of energy, it drains you.

“I was really tall for that weight division and I had the reach advantage, but at the end of the day it takes away my strength.”

The 29-year-old believes he is fitter than ever after focusing on cardiovascular training and is ready to impress in Christchurch today.

“I’ve prepared myself pretty well, I’ve done a lot more running and a lot more bag work.

“I feel my fitness is much better than it’s ever been, I need-

ed to show myself that I’m fit enough and deserved to be in the ring.”

Grobler will not find out if he will fight twice or once until this afternoon.

His potential opponents are Richard Robinson and Graham Clooney, but Ashburton Boxing Club coach John Leath has plenty of confidence in his boxer, re-

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“He’s quite flamboyant, he’s passionate about his boxing and he’s got a bit of an unorthodox style.

“He’s comfortable boxing anywhere in the ring and he’s committed.

“He’s got good reach, good ring skills and he looks after his fitness,” he said.

“He’s a competent all-round-

I predict we’ll come home with the title

gardless of who he fights.

“He’s got a very good chance of winning the Canterbury title,” he said.

“We’ve seen them fight, and they’re competent boxers.

“I’d like to have both fights, then when you win both of them, there’s no questions.”

Leath said that the South African has plenty of ring nous and is able to keep his opponents at bay with his rangy jab, but is also capable of fighting on the inside with plenty of power.

er, he’ll jab off and move around and he’ll go toe-to-toe as well.

“I predict we’ll come home with the title.”

Grobler, who has a record of 23 wins from 31 fights, has beaten Clooney twice before, coming off better in a gruelling battle in their first meeting before outclassing the Papanui fighter in the second.

“It was a pretty brutal fight.

“I won, I won a title, but I didn’t really think I deserved it because it was a really horrible, scrappy fight, so my second

time against him was much better, much more technical boxing,” Grobler said.

Grobler believes Clooney will attempt to smother his style, but is confident of scoring the win if the two fight for a third time.

“I know he knows how I box, and he knows my style.

“I expect him to change his style and stop me from getting my combinations off by holding me and trying to keep me away from him with big punches,” he said.

Grobler hasn’t fought Robinson before, but expects the Waikuku fighter to be the tougher of his two potential opponents.

“He’s a very tight boxer, his defence is very tight and very good.

“He fought a New Zealand champion this year and an Australian champion last year.

“He’s a really good boxer, and I’d rate him in the top three of New Zealand at the moment.”

“I went to the nationals with him (Richard Robinson) last year.

“He’s actually a friend of mine, I’d prefer not to fight my mates, but that’s the way boxing is,” he said.

Floyd Mayweather steps into the ring overnight for what he says will be the last time, but the final defence of his welterweight world titles has been overshadowed by accusations he violated anti-doping rules.

The unbeaten pound-forpound king was forced onto the backfoot yesterday after it emerged he had received an injection of vitamins and minerals on the eve of his superfight with Manny Pacquiao in May, breaking World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) regulations.

The United States AntiDoping Agency leapt to his defence and the man himself said he was “very proud to be a clean athlete.”

It is hardly the buildup the American would have wanted for his showdown in Las Vegas against the unheralded Andre Berto, with Mayweather going for the magic 49-0 - equalling the record of Rocky Marciano.

Mayweather, 38, is the heavy favourite for the bout as Berto has lost three of his last six fights.

Mayweather says he wants to write his name in the history books before he hangs up his gloves - not that many believe he will really retire and there have been growing rumours of a rematch against Pacquiao.

Mayweather’s critics - and there are plenty of them accuse him of talking up the quit angle to drum up interest in a fight that has threatened to become a box-office flop. They have rubbished the fight as just another example of him simply embellishing his record.

The alarmingly slow ticket sales, however, and poor pay-per-view orders suggest many have had enough of a man who has never been shy to show off his immense wealth and has spent time in jail for domestic violence.

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■ MARTON

Filly back to her best Cambridge trainer Murray Neal says The Filly is a different horse heading into today’s Gr.3 Merial Ancare Metric Mile at Awapuni.

The Ishiguru seven-year-old mare was a shadow of her best form with a below-standard 15th in the Gr.1 Makfi Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Hastings last month.

But Neal said there were genuine excuses for her failure that day and with the prospect of a heavy track combined with her featherweight 54kg impost, he expected her to turn that form on its head in today’s Marton Jockey Club feature.

“She came into season just prior to the Makfi,” Neal said.

“It caught us off guard a bit and she might have held her breath as well. Nothing went right but she’s a different horse going into this.

“She’s pretty well and we’ll be right in the fight this weekend.”

A winner of 10 of her 45

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starts for earnings of more than $260,000, The Filly won the Gr.3 Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Hawera last season and was promoted to third in the Gr.2 Foxbridge

Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa last month.

That run, under weight-forage conditions, is a great recommendation for her chances reverting back to handicap

Bounding, a stunning last start winner of the Gr.3 Heath Stakes in Melbourne, heads the nine horse field for today’s Gr.2 Sheraco Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens. The five-year-old’s chief rivals are multiple Group winner Catkins, who resumes from a three month spell, and the promising Peeping, who scored first-up over 1200m at Rosehill on 15 August.

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Guineas prospects Two leading Gr.1 New Zealand Bloodstock 1000 Guineas hopefuls will be put through their paces at Ashburton today.

The Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards-trained Windborne and Special Memories will gallop between races as they prepare for a tilt at blacktype racing.

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Melbourne visit Turn Me Loose will be on trial for a trip to the Melbourne carnival when he makes his second appearance for the season at Hastings next Saturday. He finished sixth behind Kawi in the Gr.1 Makfi Challenge Stakes last month, his first start since he won the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas last spring.

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Ashburton gallops Today at Ashburton Raceway

Ashburton CRC Venue: Ashburton Meeting Date: 12 Sep 2015 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.35pm PGG WRIGHTSON RATING 75 $10,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 940x5 Sadlers Rock d (6) 59 .....................D Walsh 2 62712 Kodema tdh (5) 58.5 ...............A McKay (a3) 3 x9935 Absolution tdm (4) 57 .................. C Johnson 4 3068x Southern Sav tb (7) 56.5 ........H Bennet (a4) 5 164x4 Edensong td (2) 56 ...................S Wynne (a) 6 85237 Dominio (1) 56 ............................L Callaway 7 3030x Coup Secrecy h (3) 54 ..........R Cuneen (a2) 2 1.05pm JOHN GRIGG STAKES 19 OCTOBER MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 2100m 1 x8033 Tycoon Class (6) 58.5 ...............R Black (a1) 2 05542 High Commissioner h (5) 58.5 .....K Williams 3 64826 Location b (2) 58.5 ....................S Wynne (a) 4 70954 Royal Chance (7) 58.5 ............. J Lowry (a3) 5 40x70 Brother Bowman (3) 58.5 .............T Moseley 6 x8420 She’s Riveting (1) 56.5 ...................R Bishop 7 6468x Belen (4) 56.5 ............................. C Johnson 8 Buttons ‘N’ Bows (8) 56.5 ..........A Chan (a4) 3 1.35pm ASHBURTON SECURITY R75 $10,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 1716x Brah Spring d (5) 59................. J Lowry (a3) 2 48152 Rivertaine Coup td (2) 57 ............ C Johnson 3 07822 Alice Webb Ellis d (4) 56.5 ...........K Williams 4 5120x Ash td (8) 56 ..........................C Barnes (a1) 5 18247 Back In The Day dm (6) 55 ............R Bishop

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The Filly, with Mark Hills aboard, goes through her paces.

company this weekend.

“She’s a class above some of these horses and we think she’ll get the mile no problems,” Neal said.

“She’s only had two goes on the track for a win and a placing.

“You can be an inch off your game in Rating 65 grade and still win by a neck but if you’re an inch off your game in Group One company, you will only run ninth.

“We just had a nightmare Makfi day, so we’ve just put a line through it.

“She’s back to her old self and hopefully that’s good enough to see her win this one.”

The Filly, who will as usual be ridden by Mark Hills at Awapuni, will head back to Hastings after this weekend to tackle the Gr.3 Spring Sprint (1400m) on October 3 before backing up a week later at Hawera to defend her crown in the Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes.

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Bounding upward

6 011x Whackomaco (3) 55 ..................R Black (a1) 7 62201 Springwater dm (1) 54.5 .......R Cuneen (a2) 8 49x01 Agnus Brown dm (7) 54 ...............T Moseley 9 120x4 Maia’s Angel td (9) 54 ...............S Wynne (a) 10 04830 Tallyho Tui 54 ............................... Scratched 4 2.05pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES F&M MDN RACE $12,000, MDN F&M, 1200m 1 022. Backhand (9) 57.5..................H Bennet (a4) 2 22247 Urban (12) 57.5 ........................... C Johnson 3 6x83x Carinata h (5) 57.5 ................... J Lowry (a3) 4 5x Scarlet Pimpernel (7) 57.5 ...........T Moseley 5 6x Go Go Tinker (14) 57.5 ..................R Bishop 6 2x6 Risque (13) 55 ................................D Walsh 7 39x Cantilena (15) 55 ......................S Wynne (a) 8 Presentatie h (8) 55 ..............R Cuneen (a2) 9 Enzedjewel (4) 55 ................... G Jogoo (a3) 10 Shockette (2) 55 .....................C Barnes (a1) 11 Minerva (11) 57.5 ........................L Callaway 12 Agent Anna (10) 57.5 13 68 Prosperity 57.5 ............................. Scratched 14 006 Its No Secret (1) 57.5 15 490x7 Noidea h (3) 57.5 16 0x00x Pop Hit (6) 57.5 Emergencies: Minerva, Agent Anna, Prosperity, Its No Secret, Noidea, Pop Hit 5 2.38pm RD PETROLEUM RATING 65 $8000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 23251 Tomm Jones d (9) 59 ............K Mudhoo (a4) 2 30575 Vitesse Rose tdm (10) 58 .....R Cuneen (a2) 3 432x1 Czarista d (7) 57.5 ...................... C Johnson 4 0x75x Madame Jamai d (6) 57 ..... D Prastiyou (a2)

Chris Johnson is out to improve his massive tally of wins at Ashburton today.

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7596x Milk It m (11) 57 ..........................L Callaway 1660 Carpathia d (5) 56.5 ................ G Jogoo (a3) 93042 Flossy The Cat d (2) 56.5..........S Wynne (a) 1620x Peggy’s Choice dh (1) 56.5 ..........T Moseley 7539x Miss Mack b (4) 56 .........................R Bishop

10 244x3 Zeina d (3) 55.5......................H Bennet (a4) 11 x9370 Twist Of Fate m (8) 56.5 Emergency: Twist Of Fate 6 3.12pm GARY MCCORMICK TRANSPORT MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 23002 Jigger Inn (16) 58.5 ...................R Black (a1) 2 352x Hirakimata b (18) 58.5 ....................D Walsh 3 739x2 Adequate h (8) 58.5 ................. J Lowry (a3) 4 6054x Mr Gus h (4) 58.5 ....................A McKay (a3) 5 Pongo (14) 58.5 ..........................L Callaway 6 66 Luke (15) 58.5 .......................R Cuneen (a2) 7 Izsmart (17) 58.5..................... G Jogoo (a3) 8 Patricktheunicorn (6) 58.5 ...............T Direen 9 44333 Emergency Call (13) 56.5 .. D Prastiyou (a2) 10 5 St Lamour b (12) 56.5 ................. C Johnson 11 x7950 Eyes Wide Shut (1) 56.5 ..............T Moseley 12 34 Born A Royal b (7) 56................S Wynne (a) 13 7x The Young Pretenda (9) 58.5 14 7 Shantahlia Express (5) 58.5 15 0 Hi Yo Ugo (2) 58.5 16 37008 Your Honour (3) 58.5 17 08x0 Ruby Ashley h (10) 56.5 18 6x83x Carinata h (11) 56.5 Emergencies: The Young Pretenda, Shantahlia Express, Hi Yo Ugo, Your Honour, Ruby Ashley, Carinata 7 3.47pm PREMIER EQUINE VETS OPEN HANDICAP $15,000, OPN HCP, 1400m 1 546x3 Dr Dee Bee tdh (4) 59 .............A McKay (a3) 2 21335 Jack’s Run mh (1) 58 ...................K Williams 3 66056 Chapel Star m (7) 57.............R Cuneen (a2) 4 10003 Electronic Motion tdm (3) 57D Prastiyou (a2)

5 52x23 Madam Victoria dmb (2) 56.5 .......T Moseley 6 58x04 Homeland td (5) 56.5 ................R Black (a1) 7 95524 Tacticall m (6) 54.5 ...................... C Johnson 8 4.27pm HOTEL ASHBURTON RATING 65 $8000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 612. Pepper Mill h (6) 59 ......................K Williams 2 83x21 Tommyra dh (4) 58 ....................S Wynne (a) 3 19. Court Order td (5) 57.5 ...................D Walsh 4 27521 Tukawa t (7) 57.5....................C Barnes (a1) 5 540x7 Rosheen dm (2) 57 ...............K Mudhoo (a4) 6 345x1 Sheez All Heart td (9) 57 ..........R Black (a1) 7 24100 Keentorule (11) 57 ................... J Lowry (a3) 8 37310 San Michele 55 ............................ Scratched 9 005x7 The Bird Of Prey (3) 55 ............... C Johnson 10 88406 Keynote d (10) 54.................... G Jogoo (a3) 11 48526 Shadow Player (8) 54...................T Moseley 12 0x00x Haidee Dawn t (1) 54 ......... D Prastiyou (a2)

Blinkers on : Hi Yo Ugo, Ruby Ashley (R6) Blinkers off : Your Honour (R6) Winkers off : Belen (R2), Ruby Ashley (R6) SELECTIONS Race 1: Kodema, Edensong, Sadlers Rock, Southern Sav Race 2: She’s Riveting, Royal Chance, Brother Bowman Race 3: Rivertaine Coup, Alice Webb Ellis, Maia’s Angel Race 4: Risque, Backhand, Urban, Cantilena, Carinata Race 5: Madame Jamai, Flossy The Cat, Tomm Jones Race 6: Emergency Call, Born A Royal, Jigger Inn Race 7: Madam Victoria, Dr Dee Bee, Jack’s Run Race 8: Pepper Mill, Court Order, Shadow Player

Whangarei gallops Today at Ruakaka Raceway

Whangarei RC Venue: Ruakaka Meeting Date: 12 Sep 2015 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.15pm NEW FORD RANGER 2YO 880 $17,500, 2YO SW+P, 880m 1 Caorunn (6) 57 ...........................M Cameron 2 Pierian Spring (3) 57 .........................L Innes 3 Masters Choice h (4) 57.................. R Jones 4 Retallick h (2) 57 ............................. C Grylls 5 Minori h (1) 55 ............................D Chin (a3) 6 Tennessee (5) 55 ............................ S Spratt 2 12.45pm THE RUDOLPHS DRAG RACE CLASSIC R65 2100 $17,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 07263 Caduceus h (9) 59 ......................T Thornton 2 93040 Bachelor’s Dream (10) 58.5 ............ S Spratt 3 62804 Bill Breaker h (8) 58 ...................M Cameron 4 87001 Katy O’Beel td (1) 57.5...... U Holmquist (a3) 5 7x029 Skylla b (6) 57.5 ..............................S Collett 6 36510 Ice Cool dm (4) 56.5 .......................A Collett 7 75259 Labels (2) 54.5 ................................ C Grylls 8 x2863 Eva Quick Steph (3) 54 ................. R Norvall 9 9x800 Harvest Maid (7) 54 ...................J Whiteside 10 54697 Riva Ballerina (5) 54 .................J Oliver (a2) 3 1.15pm MANCO BIG BELLY SPRINT R65 1000 $17,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1000m

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81838 Al Pacino td (8) 59...................S McKay (a2) 54x10 Admiral dm (3) 58.5 ..........................L Innes 23x21 Saber dm (9) 58.5 ......................R Elliot (a4) 21547 Counting House 58 ...................... Scratched 0x51. Elegant Lad m (11) 58 .................T Thornton 5153x Kaharau h (4) 58 ........................D Chin (a3) 4850x Alter Ego (6) 57.5 ................A Schwerin (a3) 9190x Kolaman h (2) 57............................. R Jones 631. Rule The World t (10) 56 ............. D Johnson 47718 Offspring m (7) 55.5 ..................J Oliver (a2) 2189x Dazzling Lady (5) 54 ....................... S Spratt 1100x Ilikai d (1) 54 ................................... C Grylls 4 1.45pm STIRLING BLOODSTOCK 3YO MAIDEN 1400 $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1400m 1 2 Ujumpijump (11) 57.5........................L Innes 2 39627 Brigadier (4) 57.5 ....................S McKay (a2) 3 4 Beacon Of Hope (3) 57.5 ...........M Cameron 4 9x872 National Asset (5) 57.5 ..............G Cooksley 5 64. Mongolian Warrior bh (10) 57.5 .....V Colgan 6 0x Classic Warrior (9) 57.5 ..................S Collett 7 50x Cadi (7) 57.5 ................................... C Grylls 8 6 Thunder Down Under (2) 57.5 ... Z Moki (a3) 9 Icecold (12) 57.5 10 Stage Diving (14) 57.5 ...............M Coleman 11 9x Triumph (6) 57.5 ..........................T Thornton 12 4 Dangerous Pony (8) 55.5 ............ D Johnson

8 19x5x The Justice League db (9) 56.5 .M Coleman 13 x7764 Infiraaj (15) 55.5 ..................A Schwerin (a3) 9 01490 Stella Di Paco d (3) 54.5 ................V Colgan 14 4x Poetic Affair (13) 55.5...................... S Spratt 15 9x Call Me Maina 57.5 ...................... Scratched 7 3.22pm MALLET ANGELO QUINN CHARTERED ACC16 08 Agave 57.5 ................................... Scratched OUNTANTS 1200 $25,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 17 6x677 Rapid Rise h (1) 57.5 1 1697x Shuka dm (7) 61.5 .....................M Cameron Emergencies: Call Me Maina, Agave, Rapid Rise 2 15565 Antonio Lombardo tdm (5) 59 .S McKay (a2) 5 2.16pm NEW ZEALAND BLOODSTOCK FINANCE 3 0130x King Krovanh d (1) 56.5 ....................L Innes R85 1400 $20,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1400m 4 71455 Bechtolsheimer tm (4) 55 .. U Holmquist (a3) 1 01x5x Bellino (6) 60.5 ........................... Z Moki (a3) 5 87526 Guevara dm (2) 55 .......................... S Spratt 2 24303 Vincent Street (1) 58.5 .................... C Grylls 6 2326x Miss Foxwood 54 ......................... Scratched 3 2504x Coachline d (3) 57.5........................A Collett 7 0375x Hannah Mary d (3) 54 .....................S Collett 4 11122 In Flight tbh (5) 57 ......................M Cameron 8 4544x Sierra Beel td (6) 54 .......................V Colgan 5 1218x Vavasour (4) 56.5 ........................ D Johnson 6 22214 First Class td (7) 56........... U Holmquist (a3) 8 3.57pm THOMSON WILSON R85 2100 $20,000, Rat7 6730x Duquesa (2) 54.5 .......................M Coleman ing 85 Benchmark, 2100m 1 54716 Canterino td (2) 60 ..................S McKay (a2) 8 24575 Lucky Feather dm (9) 54 .........S McKay (a2) 2 90558 The Jungle Boy tdm (4) 60 .L Magorrian (a1) 9 60016 Charlie Farley td (8) 54 ................... S Spratt Loves The Show h (3) 58 .. U Holmquist (a3) 6 2.47pm TAVISTOCK NORTHLAND BREEDERS 3YO 34 72237 81975 Uncle Shayne tdmh (6) 57 .......... D Johnson STAKES $50,000, 3YO SW, 1200m 5 111 Hasselhoof th (10) 56.5..............M Cameron 1 1141x Marky Mark d (6) 56.5 .......................L Innes 6 23844 Smedley tdm (1) 55 ......................... S Spratt 2 2131x Dal Cielo d (8) 56.5 ......................... S Spratt 7 60461 Kidnapped tdm (8) 54.5 ..................A Collett 3 1132x Rocanto d (2) 56.5 ...................... D Johnson 8 20x38 Malcolm td (7) 54 .......................... R Norvall 4 x1114 Amarula td (5) 56.5 ...................S McKay (a) 9 34734 Radar tdh (9) 54 ..........................T Thornton 5 3226x Selfie b (1) 56.5...............................A Collett 10 83413 Royal Sceptre tdmh (5) 54 .............V Colgan 6 815x Billy Mojo (7) 56.5 ........................... C Grylls 7 1x Xtravagant (4) 56.5 ....................M Cameron 9 4.37pm SUPPORT CANCER SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF

DEAN LOGAN $18,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 9x732 El Pescado (4) 59.......................M Cameron 2 43271 Martiniz Special m (9) 57.5 ........ Z Moki (a3) 3 x0114 Fiamette tdh (6) 56..........................S Collett 4 10x35 Chop Chop db (1) 55.5 ............... D Johnson 5 119x0 Chenille (2) 55...................................L Innes 6 54116 Warzone tdh (7) 55 ........................V Colgan 7 62138 Zafrenzy tdh (3) 55.......................... S Spratt 8 42646 River Raider th (5) 55 .................. C Dell (a1) 9 5x031 Emerald Lady t (8) 54.5 ..............T Thornton Blinkers on : Kolaman, Offspring (R3), Brigadier (R4), Lucky Feather (R5), The Justice League (R6), Chenille (R9) Blinkers off : Ilikai (R3), Rapid Rise (R4), Vavasour (R5) Winkers off : Brigadier (R4) SELECTIONS Race 1: Pierian Spring, Caorunn, Tennessee, Retallick, Minori Race 2: Katy O’Beel, Caduceus, Bachelor’s Dream, Ice Cool Race 3: Rule The World, Admiral, Al Pacino, Dazzling Lady Race 4: Mongolian Warrior, Ujumpijump, National Asset Race 5: In Flight, Vincent Street, First Class, Coachline Race 6: Amarula, Selfie, The Justice League, Marky Mark Race 7: Antonio Lombardo, Shuka, King Krovanh, Hannah Mary Race 8: Hasselhoof, Canterino, Radar, Royal Sceptre Race 9: El Pescado, Chop Chop, Chenille, Fiamette, Warzone

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■ NZ INTEREST RATES

Kiwibank cuts all its interest rates Kiwibank has moved to cut all its interest rates, a day after the Reserve Bank cut rates and signalled that more reductions were to come.

The state-owned bank cut its floating (variable) rate from 0.25 per cent to 5.9 per cent on Thursday.

It is now offering six-month rates at 5.19 per cent and its cheapest rate is 4.59 per cent for a two-year term.

Other major banks have all moved to cut rates over the past week or so – pricing in the continued reductions in the Official Cash Rate expected from the Reserve Bank.

■ ANZ on Thursday lowered interest rates on its floating and flexible home loans, also by 0.25 per cent – bringing its floating home loans rates

down to 5.99 per cent and flexible home loans rates down to 6.1 per cent.

■ ANZ’s new rates for new ANZ Floating Rate Home Loan customers would take effect from Monday, September 14, and for all existing Floating Rate and all Flexible Home Loan customers from Monday, September 28.

■ Westpac lowered its floating mortgage rate to 6 per cent, which it said reflected to “competitive” home loan market.

■ ASB Bank matched the 4.35 per cent special oneyear rate the BNZ unveiled last week. It was the lowest home loan rate New Zealand has seen since the 1960s.

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their brands in a space where they are spending their time, and increasingly spending their money.

Whether you are still contemplating your approach to social media or some way advanced, it is common to be both apprehensive and optimistic.

For many businesses there are still concerns about security, control and risk, but you are better to be part of the conversation than have your head in the sand.

Attention is now turning from basic engagement to innovative ways of using social media to gain competitive advantage.

Properly used social media is an efficient vehicle to engage with a wide range of audiences and enhance business credibility and reputation.

It is also important to provide the right support and resource. Businesses often underestimate the effort required to establish and maintain social media initiatives.

The most effective way to

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become active with social media is to listen. You need to understand your audience, hear unfiltered views of your business and gain a greater insight into their needs.

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To get social media attention you need to offer value. Audience retention can easily change and must be continually earned.

To be effective you need to have a clear strategy and plan for what you want to implement.

It is also important to accept that mistakes and complaints will happen. The key is how you respond – be genuine, open and honest.

Social media is still very young and continually evolving.

It remains a journey of learning and is not risk free with predictable outcomes.

However, the greatest risk is avoiding the journey all together.

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espite the fact that social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter are less than a decade old, it is difficult to remember life without them.

Social media has fast become critical to the way businesses network, build brands and connect with customers.

It is also difficult to comprehend that there are still businesses that have underestimated the influence of social media and chosen to avoid, rather than embrace it.

What is undeniable is that social media, as a business tool, is growing rapidly.

Studies of quantifiable business value highlight that those embracing social media are 50 per cent more likely to gain market share against competitors and higher profit margins than non-networked organisations.

Increasing customer satisfaction, coupled with reduced marketing costs, as well as reduced time to market for products and services, are also benefits associated with the use of social media.

Social media simply shouldn’t be ignored, especially by businesses claiming to be customer focused.

Like it or not, customers are talking about businesses and

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Opinion 26 Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, September 12, 2015

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OUR VIEW

Is it really time for an arts festival?

Stu Oldham

EDITOR

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roponents have some work to do if Ashburton is to have an arts festival to rival others in South Island centres.

District councillor Rod Beavan pitched what he hopes is an idea of endless opportunities this week and by yesterday had the tacit support of the art gallery and the event centre.

Gallery curator Shirin Khosraviani says the district has the cultural richness to support it and event centre manager Roger Farr says it is feasible with good planning and timing.

Mid Canterbury has some very creative people and previous endeavours show many could contribute to the artistic success of a new festival. It also has some great venues: the event centre, the new art gallery, cafes, bars and the district’s many local halls could host myriad events.

Untested acoustics and concern for the playing surface aside, even the EA Networks Centre could host something big and bold enough to anchor a festival worth going to.

So, if venues and talent aren’t a problem, you have to wonder why a sustainable arts festival hasn’t grown organically out of the many events Ashburton hosts on any given year.

After all, professional operators are usually quick to leap in when they have plenty of natural advantages to exploit.

Groups come together when they sense strong mutual benefit.

Ashburton is near a city whose arts, fringe and buskers’ festivals funnel talent to other festivals around the country, but this has not spawned an offshoot arts festival here.

It has some good events and it has had others. The Woollymunchers music and food festival went gangbusters for two years before poor attendance contributed to its demise.

All up, though, the good starts and the false starts have yet to yield a sustainable arts festival. Talk of starting one must come with talk about what has been holding one back.

YOUR VIEW Troublesome tree I would like, if I may, to comment on the news about the refusal of the Ashburton District Council to remove the [blue gum] tree next to the fire station (No compromise on station site, September 10).

I am writing this as an ecologist and also as someone who has had very long associations with Ashburton.

I urge the council to use ecological criteria when assessing the “value” of a tree.

A single specimen exotic tree has no ecological value because it has been taken out of the context of its ecological community and the ecological interactions.

Given the desperate plight of New Zealand native trees and given the fact that over 99 per

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cent of native vegetation has been gone from the lowlands of the Canterbury Plains, the highest priority should be to replacing the [blue gum] with some native trees.

The [blue gum] may look very nice, but so can native trees look very attractive. The added advantage is that native wildlife such as birds, insects and lizards will benefit from replacing the [blue gum] with native vegetation.

As it is, that single tree is displacing native vegetation and has no ecological value.

I am the Patron for the Te Ara Kakariki Greenway Canterbury Trust.

That trust is there to foster the use of native plants for all reasons across the working lands of the plains. Ashburton could make a worthwhile con-

by David Fletcher

tribution to the aims of the Trust by using ecological criteria to value trees.

Ian Spellerberg Emeritus Professor of Nature Conservation, Lincoln University

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Council service delivery manager Neil McCann this week said the tree would help with the dispersal of waste water from the fire station, rugby club and toilet block.

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T

he Farmer is a secondhand bargain junkie.

He likes to go to the odd clearing sale, kick the tyres, chew the fat and, above all, buy some junk for what he calls “an absolute steal”.

And then Trade Me came along and suddenly the Farmer could access so-called “bargains” at all hours of the day and night. I have lost count of the many and varied rusty bits of vital equipment he, resplendent with a victorious grin, has arrived home with over the years.

Let’s be honest here – Trade Me is farmers’ porn. There are just too many shiny rundown machines calling for a gullible cocky to give them new life.

And therein lies the problem … the Farmer is a jack of all trades – meaning that he (as do most farmers) over-emphasises his abilities to fix dilapidated equipment.

I have now learnt to add 100 per cent on to the cost of purchase to get the true idea of what his latest great find is going to cost us.

There was the $100 seeddressing wooden antique that he proudly plonked in the paddock a few seasons ago. It would be a wonder, he enthused, describing how great this machine would be at stripping some of the rubbish out of the seed straight from the combine harvester.

I looked at it and tried to feign passion for the clunking dinosaur that looked ready to shake itself to pieces. When I inquired later on in the day as to how it was working he was still enthused, but reported that it “might need a few repairs here and there love”.

A few repairs turned out to

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Email us! editor@theguardian.co.nz Things like clearing sales and Trade Me has a lot to answer for with far too many shiny, rundown machines calling for a “gullible” cocky to give them new life

be quite a largish bill (some 21st century augers and hydraulics) and a lot of labour, but who was I to question in the face of such a great bargain?

And so it was that this week, after many years of deliberation, the Farmer decided we would buy a second-hand spa for a “bargain” off Trade Me. It is fair to say, I was a little reluctant – particularly when he showed me the spa in question that he had found for an “unimaginable bargain”.

He was not impressed at the

first question that passed my lips – “What’s wrong with it?” and even less impressed when I demanded to see the listing.

“It needs a little work,” he prefaced before he let me see.

“Not much though – and look at the price!”

I wasn’t listening, I was too busy scanning the description, and just about choked when I read that the spa’s heater went “every now and then”, the pump had problems and there was a few minor cracks. The seller went on to say it would make a very nice garden water

feature!

“Superficial,” the Farmer scoffed when I protested. “A new pump doesn’t cost much!

And the heater … well … it goes sometimes.

“And what do we do for the rest of the time?” I stupidly asked.

To which he grinned and said: “It’ll be fine love. I’ve bought another spa for the same price. Between the two of them I’ll soon have it up and running.

“Better go dig out that bikini.”

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Based at the Briscoes Ashburton store, a part time Retail Sales Assistant and a fixed term (three months) Store Person vacancies currently exist. Exceptional customer service skills are a MUST in these roles along with the ability to thrive in an extremely fast-paced retail environment (so being able to multi-task is a must!).

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To be driven and motivated to achieve To be a customer service SUPERSTAR and you will appreciate the importance we place on our customers A can-do / will-do attitude To be able to work without supervision An understanding of what it means to be flexible in a retail environment.

A desire to sell to customers.

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Previous retail experience is preferred however it is not essential.

Store Person (fixed term) Previous experience in inwards goods A full (clean) drivers license. An F endorsement (Forklift license) is preferred • To have exceptional attention to detail • To be driven and motivated to achieve • To have excellent customer service skills as you will be dealing with other stores, carriers and suppliers • To be physically fit • A can-do / will-do attitude • To be able to work without supervision • The ability to cope well under pressure Our team is the driving factor behind our success, so we understand the importance of looking after our staff. For the right person we offer full training, incentives and staff product discounts along with plenty of opportunities for career development.

If you are confident that you can be our next retail sales/store person superstar then either email your CV and covering letter to paul.brohan@briscoegroup. co.nz or drop your CV and covering letter in to our store on Tancred Street.

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Daily Events Saturday

permitting. Behind St Andrew’s Anglican Church, 157 Thomson St, Tinwald.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings www.toylibrary.ashburtononline.co.nz/ Methodist Church Hall, Baring Sq East.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 12.00pm VINTAGE CAR CLUB.

Sunday

Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

10.00am HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, 1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, A great selection of many aircraft from Methven. the past to the future. Seafield Road.

12noon - 1.30pm 1.00pm - 4.00pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Every 2nd and 4th Monday, entry of Cass ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Street. Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

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

10.00am - 12.00pm ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Preloved clothing bargains. St Andrews Anglican Church, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street. Tinwald.

10.00am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, all welcome, West St. 10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

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

12.45pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association doubles and singles. The Domain, Philip Street.

1.15pm GOLF CROQUET WAIREKA. Golf croquet doubles. the domain, Philip St. 5.00pm ASHBURTON MASTERS SWIMMERS SOCIAL EVENINGS.

A social group for Masters swimming. E A Stadium, River Terrace.

6.00pm HOLY NAME PARISH. Mass, Holy Name Church, Havelock Street.

7.30pm LAMB OF GOD COMMUNITY. Prayers for healing (Ecumenical – all welcome). Ashburton Parish Centre, Cnr Winter and Burnett Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON MUSICAL CLUB. Spring celebration - visitors welcome. $5 at door. Sinclair Centre, Park St, Ashburton.

9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 8.00am Morning worship, Spring Flower Sunday ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. led by Rev John Coutts, all welcome. 65 Holy Communion, Park Street.

Oxford Street.

8.30am 9.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Service and worship with Rev Tevita Tinwald.

Taufalele. Baring Square Church Lounge.

9.00am Baring Square East.

FUNDRAISER FOR THE SOUTH 10.00am CANTERBURY WOMEN’S REFUGE. ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Exhibition of Weddings. 130 years of Radio controlled aeroplane flying, history. 43 Studholme Street, Temuka. weather permitting. Lovetts Road, off 9.30am Maronan Road.

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. 10.00am Worship Service with Kidz Church. 48 METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. Allens Road.

New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture

Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives.

63 Princes Street, Netherby.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

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

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

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

4.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Messy Church in the hall, 48 Allens Road.

4.00pm - 5.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Youth group meet at the church. 48 Allens Road.

7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

7.00pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church Service with Rev David Brown in the Sinclair Centre, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

Monday

New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, East St. All welcome.

6.00pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Circuit training, 1st time free. St Andrews Church Hall, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

6.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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

9.00am FUNDRAISER FOR THE SOUTH CANTERBURY WOMEN’S REFUGE. Exhibition of Weddings. 130 years of history. 43 Studholme Street, Temuka.

9.00am - 11.00am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church Fair, 65 Oxford Street.

9.30am ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH TINWALD. Community garden working bee and fellowship, each Saturday, weather

6.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE.

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Marketing Development Role Part Time/Fixed Term The Mid Canterbury Rugby Union is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated person to fill this new and important role in the Union’s fundraising activities.

Reporting to the CEO, the Marketing Development Manager will be responsible for managing and growing commercial relationships which generate value for Mid Canterbury Rugby. This will include fundraising events, merchandise, hospitality, memberships and sponsorship.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate the necessary attributes including; • Good organisational skills with the ability to work unsupervised and the flexibility to handle a broad range of tasks while working to deadlines.

• Good communication and people skills and, ideally, customer relationship management experience • Experience in event development and management.

• Experience in Sponsor procurement and servicing • Good computer skills including word processing The position will be fixed term and is based in Ashburton. It is envisaged the position will involve approximately 10 hours per week. Some flexibility in working hours would be an advantage For further information please contact Ian Patterson on (03) 308 8718 or via email at ceo@midcanterburyrugby.co.nz Applications should be made in writing to:

− Timely receipting, packing and dispatching of orders − Record all stock movements in job management software − Liaising and problem solving with suppliers, customers and staff − Accurately fulfilling internal store requisitions − Forklift operation including safe loading and unloading of orders and deliveries − Light assembly of irrigation parts and components − Processing of inwards goods including quality checks and stocking shelves The successful applicant will have the following skills and attributes: − − − − − − − − −

Experience in warehousing Forklift licence (F endorsement and OSH) High level of computer competency Follow instruction and work unsupervised Self-motivated and able to work in difficult situation with a can-do attitude Punctual, reliable and safety focussed Physically fit as the role involves manual handling and lifting Current drivers licence Customer focussed and excellent communication skills

Please direct all enquiries to: Rainer Irrigation Ph 307 9049 or email lucas@briggs.co.nz

Casual Position We are a Hygiene Cleaning Company.

Applications close Wednesday, September 16, 2015.

Key responsibilities:

We are looking for a very special person to support our Family Store. Duties will include collection of donated goods and delivery of purchases and other store related tasks.

This is a paid position for 10 hours per week.

Please contact Ken Smith at the church office, Cnr Cass and Cameron Streets for full job description, hours of work and job application form.

Applications close September 30, 2015

Ecowize NZ are after Casual Staff.

The Chief Executive Mid Canterbury Rugby Union P.O. Box 98 Ashburton 7740

Storeman Wanted

Family Store Van Driver/Store Worker Ashburton

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Cleaning ANZCO Ashburton immediate start needed.

Training and P.P.E gear all supplied.

Night Shift 7.30pm-1pm Contact Suzie Lee 021 841 356

Herringbone shed Excellent accommodation provided Experience required Must have full drivers license Please ring between 6.30pm and 8.00pm Phone 03 303 7539

Ashburton District Council seeks tenders for the construction of a Fire Shed at Hinds, Isleworth Road being part of the Hinds Domain, Ashburton District.

The work involves the construction of a single storey timber framed building with steel cladding, comprising two vehicle bays, a meeting room, kitchen and ablutions. Total floor area is approximately 215sqm. Council will obtain all necessary consents for the construction prior to commencement.

Conditions of tender, contract for service, working drawings and specifications can be obtained from the Receptionist, Ground Floor, Council Administration Building, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton or by phoning Council’s Property Department on 307 7863.

Tenders are to be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Hinds Rural Fire Shed” and received no later than 4.00pm Friday 20 October 2015.

Tenders for the property close with – The Chief Executive Officer Ashburton District Council PO BOX 94 Ashburton Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Officer for enquires, James Webb,Commercial Manager.

Andrew Dalziel Chief Executive

Full-Time Cleaning Position available in the Bankside / Rakaia / Dunsandel area.

Applicants should possess an eye for detail, experience in the cleaning industry, a strong work ethic and a positive attitude. The successful applicant will be required to be a responsible person who is capable of working closely with our client..

Apply at the Christchurch Spotless Offices, 16 Magdala Place, Middleton, Christchurch.

Or email: jock.mackay@spotless.co.nz

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Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

SPORTING NOTICES

Mid Canterbury Cricket Junior

Mid Canterbury Junior Cricket registrations will be taking place for all junior grades next week at the following locations: Wednesday, September 16 - Ashburton Domain Pavilion on Walnut Ave from 4pm to 5.30pm (Richard 027 298 7401 or Dayle 027 438 0684) Tuesday, September 15 - Lauriston Cricket Club from 3pm to 4pm (Barrie 027 414 8844 or Caron 027 445 4873) Monday, September 21 - Methven Cricket Club, from 3.30pm (Mark 027 433 4539) Registrations are for all grades. For further information contact Sean Reilly 302 6095

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PROFESSIONALS

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Apply with covering letter, CV and names of two referees to: Rebekah Clement Principal principal@fairton.school.nz

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PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICE

PLAN CHANGE 4 TO THE CANTERBURY LAND AND WATER REGIONAL PLAN

Pursuant to Clause 5 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991, the Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) gives public notice of proposed Plan Change 4 to the partially operative Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan (“proposed Plan Change 4”).

Proposed Plan Change 4 seeks to amend sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 16 of the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan, and the Canterbury and Christchurch Land and Water Regional Plan Map Series (the Planning Maps). The changes proposed as part of Plan Change 4 seek to address implementation issues and other resource management matters identified following the implementation of the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan. These changes give effect to Environment Canterbury’s functions as set out in section 30 of the Resource Management Act 1991.

Legal effect of rules in proposed Plan Change 4

In accordance with section 86B(1)(a) and (3) of the Resource Management Act 1991, the rules contained in proposed Plan Change 4 have immediate legal effect on and from the date of public notification of proposed Plan Change 4 (12 September 2015).

Inspection and availability of proposed Plan Change 4

A copy of proposed Plan Change 4 and the Section 32 Report is available for public inspection at: • The offices of Environment Canterbury at:

• 17 Sir Gil Simpson Drive, Christchurch; • 75 Church Street, Timaru; and • 73 Beach Road, Kaikoura.

• All open public libraries in the Canterbury region.

• The Environment Canterbury website: www.ecan.govt.nz/lwrp-pc4 Paper copies of proposed Plan Change 4 and the Section 32 Report are available from Environment Canterbury’s Customer Services for a cost as set in the Long-Term Plan 2015-2025. The documents can be downloaded free of charge from the Environment Canterbury website, or alternatively a CD can be provided free of charge by contacting Customer Services on 353 9007 if you are calling from Christchurch, or on 0800 324 636 if calling from outside Christchurch, or by email to ecinfo@ecan.govt.nz.

Submissions

Submissions on proposed Plan Change 4 may be made in the prescribed form (Form 5) by any person; however, if the person could gain an advantage in trade competition through the submission, then the person may only lodge a submission if the person is directly affected by an effect of proposed Plan Change 4 that: • adversely affects the environment; and

• does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition.

Submissions must include:

• the specific provisions of proposed Plan Change 4 that the submission relates to; • whether you support or oppose the provision or wish to have them amended;

• the precise detail of any relief sought (including the changes to the provision(s)); and • whether you wish or do not wish to be heard in support of your submission.

Submission forms can be obtained from: • Offices of Environment Canterbury

• The Environment Canterbury website: www.ecan.govt.nz/lwrp-pc4

• Customer Services on 353 9007 if you are calling from Christchurch, 0800 324 636 if calling from outside Christchurch, or by email to ecinfo@ecan.govt.nz.

THE CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS 5:00 PM MONDAY 12 OCTOBER 2015.

Please email submissions to: mailroom@ecan.govt.nz or post to: Freepost 1201 Plan Change 4 to the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan Environment Canterbury PO Box 345 Christchurch 8140

The process for public participation in consideration of proposed Plan Change 4 is as follows:

After the closing of submissions, Environment Canterbury will publicly notify the availability of a summary of all decisions requested in submissions, and will allow a period for further submissions in support of, or in opposition to, those submissions already made. Only the following persons may make a further submission:

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• any person representing a relevant aspect of the public interest;

• any person that has an interest in proposed Plan Change 4 to the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan greater than the interest that the general public has; and • Environment Canterbury itself.

All submitters giving notice of their wish to be heard will be advised of the Council hearing. Environment Canterbury must give its decision on the provisions and matters raised in the submissions (including its reasons for accepting or rejecting submissions) and give public notice of that decision within 2 years of notifying proposed Plan Change 4 and serve it on every person who made a submission.

Bill Bayfield CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Southern Rugby Club Expression of interest for the job of building new changing shed on an hourly rate.

From Foundation to lock up stage.

Building commencing October 2015.

SERVICES:

Hay covers, farm truck seat covers, upholstery repairs, shade sails and blinds, marquee and event hire.

Please send expression of interest to Phil Cushnie 027 439 9555.

AUTO TRIM, CANVAS & SHADE

Call Toni & Peter May on 03 308 8893 to find out more!

151 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton Visit us at www.petermay.co.nz

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PLANTS, PRODUCE

MUSICAL

Beckley Coachlines Programme

Aust Strawberries 2 for $6 N.Z Tomatoes 500gm Kiwifruit 1kg Yams 500gm Spinach

$3.99 bag $1.49 bag $1.99 bag $2.49 ea

Specials available from 8/09 - 15/09

OPEN 7 DAYS Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

COLLECTOR pays top prices for old bottles, old petrol or oil company items or old metal advertising signs. Phone or text 021 034 9001.

TRADES, SERVICES

MOTORING WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

HOME handyman available.

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

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

PEA straw for sale. Medium We also sell pet food. Call square bales (4ft x 3ft) $40 Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 each, pick up Wakanui area. 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

Phone 302 3857.

PUBLIC NOTICES Ashburton MSA Bowling Club Opening Day Saturday, September 12 1.30pm Racecourse Road Wet or Fine All members old and new intending members welcome.

Plate for afternoon tea, please

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

The next meeting of the Ashburton Trust Board will be held in the

◊ Senior Citizens Variety Concert October 14 @ 2pm La Vida Centre, Christchurch.

Tickets $40 ◊ Evita Theatre Royal Timaru September 20 @ 2pm ◊ Neil Diamond Concert Dunedin day trip October 24. Coach departs 1.45pm

Head Office Boardroom, Level 1 - Somerset House, Cnr East + Burnett Streets, Ashburton

on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 3.00pm

For bookings phone 308 7646

tools, outdoor furniture, dolls house, tables, China, toys, HIRE BBQ, car parts, all household FLOAT hire - single, double items. Sat - Sun 8am - 2pm and tandem. Reasonable both days. Grove Street. Sign rates. Morrison’s Saddlery & out.

Feed. Phone 308-3422 anytime.

GRAZING

GRAZING required for 400+ store lambs. Grass preferred.

Please phone Ian on 027 230 2188.

GRAZING wanted for store lambs. Phone Steve Sim 027 321 6060.

HOGGET grazing wanted.

Please phone 027 297 5002.

LAMB AKAROA - CHARMING, mobs spacious holiday home, 3 grass. bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all 1320. electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village.

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

GARAGE SALES

RENTAL

FAMILY friendly, tidy, three bedroom home, open kitchen/dining, single garage, well fenced ¼ acre section.

Pets neg, long term. $350wk.

Ph 027 517 6726.

FOR RENT - Two bedroom FOR SALE unit, attached garage and SCOOTER’S - new and storage room, very private. secondhand three and four No pets. $285 per week. Ph wheel electric scooters and 027 480 5662. wheel chairs. Call Fred TINWALD - Two bedroom Reddecliffe at Electric unit, large living and dining, Mobility Ashburton today. single garage, lovely section, Phone 308-3602 pets negotiable, $300 p/w. Ph Adelle 0210 480 210 or 307 6487.

ADULT

ENTERTAINMENT

WANTED by retired couple.

House to rent while building grazing wanted for 300 plus, preferably CINDY, Kiwi attractive, late in Ashburton from early Phone Mitch 027 313 30s, size 8. Ph calls only 027 November until late February approx. Double garage 363 7916. preferred. Careful tenants.

Contact 03 332 6525.

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10am Morning Service

Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison

Finale of 40 Days Of Community Followed by a shared lunch Life 2 da Max (Kids Church)

Creche available Refreshments to follow 6.00pm House of Prayer 7.00pm Karen Allen from Wycliffe ALL VERY WELCOME

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

Find out how you can help by visiting: www.otago.ac.nz/ chchheart

Jubilee Christian Fellowship

Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ 10am Sundays@10.00am Every Sunday Including All welcome Children’s Church There is no hope in this world but the believers future is Everyone is welcome. assured.

See you at Cnr Cass & 206 Cameron Street Cameron Sts Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062 Ph 308 7511

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES (Ashburton) Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting

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Church Services

9.00am @ 8 Somerset Close, Allenton. Items include: solid rimu TV cabinet, rimu free standing wardrobe near new, king single bed and base, near new, student desks (2), dining chairs, steel frame (6), La-Z-Boy chairs, leather (2), couch, three seater, Masport BBQ enclosed unit, children bikes, speakers, photocopier, coffee table, planter drums, open to realistic offers on all items.

Robert Reid Acting Manager

ARAGE SALES ACCOMMODATION, 308-1095 G MONSTER sale - Furniture,

Fresh Fruit & Vege

WANTED

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Ashburton Guardian

10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

Havelock St. Worship 10am & 7pm

Call Kieren to tend to all your rural electrical needs . . ElectraServe, for everything electrical 24/7 Breakdown Service Dairy Effluent Irrigation Generators

Industrial Commercial Residential

the ElectraServe guarantee

Blair Watson, General Manager personally guarantees ElectraServe’s tradesmen’s workmanship. If you are not 100% satisfied with the quality of the work, ElectraServe will put it right . . . every time, or your money back.

a 166 moore street ashburton p 03 308 9008 e service@electraserve.co.nz w www.electraserve.co.nz

Weekend Services

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

Methven Pharmacy, 101 Main Street, Methven MENTAL HEALTH will be open Saturday, from 9am - 1pm.

Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 Team.

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual ASHBURTON HOSPITAL WARD 1 - DAILY, 10 - 11.30am & 2 - 7.30pm. Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791 DUTY DOCTORS VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP This service is for emergency medical care Children must be accompanied by an adult.

WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment & 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 only. Please remember your Community 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. Services Card.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm.

Allenton Medical Centre, The Mall, Harrison -Husbands and patient’s own children may visit 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message.

Street, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Monday. They will hold surgery from the patient from: 7am - 10pm.

ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE 10am -12noon and from 6pm - 7pm both days. TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, Call us free on (0800 787 797).

-unrestricted visiting.

No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

9139.

ASHBURTON REST HOMES LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS Saturday, and Sunday doctor and emergency and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, OMMUNITY ERVICES details - please telephone the Methven Medical unrestricted visiting.

ART GALLERY Centre, ph 302 8105.

EMERGENCY DENTIST 327 West Street, phone 308 1133.

Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT If you do not have or cannot contact your Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm provide an accident and emergency service. regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Except in cases of emergency persons requiring for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. medical attention must consult their own or the in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently Sundays and Public Holidays. requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must ASHBURTON MUSEUM have a general practitioners note of referral.

327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890. Open ELPLINE ERVICES weekdays 10am - 4pm, weekends 1pm - 4pm.

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

Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous. from 10am - 1pm Sunday, and from 6pm - 8pm org.nz for more information. both evenings.

DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL hours small animal emergency service. To use

MEDICAL SERVICES

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PHARMACIES

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Research facilities weekday afternoons.

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

INFORMATION CENTRES

ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until 3pm.

Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org

BUS DEPARTURES

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ANIMAL SERVICES

EA NETWORKS CENTRE - POOLS Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020

hour service.

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

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

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021 1356

969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS

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

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

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

Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Olivia Sutton, Rajiv Balbharan. Small: Shannon Reeve.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 999, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Katie Kent. Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Patrick Taylor, Jen Closey. Small: Ref Vetlife.

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterthis service please phone your vet as usual.

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Saturday, September 12, 2015 TV ONE

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TV TWO

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6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 9:30 Come Dine With Me PGR 3 0 Noon Cook Me The Money 3 1pm NZ With Nadia Lim 0 1:30 Kiwi Living 3 0 2:30 Highway Cops PGR 3 0 3pm Rapid Response PGR 3 0 3:30 SCU – Serious Crash Unit PGR 3 0 4pm NZ Story 0 4:30 The Game Chef 0 5pm Monster Fish 0 6pm One News 0

6am Sooty 0 6:10 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:15 Transformers Rescue Bots 0 6:40 Paw Patrol 3 0 7am The Jungle Bunch – To The Rescue! 0 7:25 Thunderbirds Are Go 3 0 7:50 Pokemon XY 0 8:15 Transformers Robots In Disguise 0 8:40 Beware The Batman 3 0 9:05 Breadwinners 0 9:35 Lab Rats 0 10am 2Kaha PGR 10:30 Step By Step 0 11am Full House 0 11:30 Family Matters Noon M Inspector Gadget 1999 Family. 0 1:35 N Melissa And Joey 0 2:05 Pretty Little Liars AO 0 3:05 F Malibu Country PGR 0 3:30 The Neighbours PGR 0 4pm The Amazing Race 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 My Wife And Kids 0 6pm Wipeout 0 7pm M The Chronicles Of 7pm Country Calendar 0 Narnia – The Lion, The 7:30 Outback Truckers PGR 0 Witch And The Wardrobe 8pm L Lotto This week’s Lotto PGR 2005 Fantasy. When draw. siblings Lucy, Susan, Edmund 8:05 Outback Truckers PGR and Peter discover the Continued. 0 magic of Narnia by entering 8:30 Coronation Street PGR 0 through a wardrobe, the 9:30 Mr Selfridge AO 0 stage is set for a battle of epic 10:30 F Word Up PGR 3 0 proportions. 0 9:50 M Dredd AO 2012 Sci-fi Action. 0 11pm F Best Bits AO 3 0 11:30 F Love Child PGR 3 0 12:30 Doc Martin PGR 3 0 1:20 Emmerdale PGR 0 3:15 Neighbourhood 0 3:50 Infomercials 4:15 L Football – English Premier League

CHOICE TV 6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Eco Home Adventures 8:30 Love Nature – Monkey Thieves 9am Atlantic Edge 9:30 Destination Flavour Down Under 10am Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – Cosmopolitan Cook 10:30 Buying Alaska 11am House Crashers 11:30 Auction Kings PGR Noon My Dream Derelict Home 1pm Beyond River Cottage 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm American Restoration 3:30 Yard Crashers 4pm The Apartment 5pm 10 Years Younger UK 6pm Travels With The Bondi Vet 6:30 Baggage Battles 7pm Shark Man 7:30 Love Nature: Natural World – Killer Bees Of Africa 8:30 Guy Martin Industrial Wonders – How Britain Worked 9:30 Toy Hunter 10pm NZ Hunter Adventures PGR 10:30 American Restoration The team at Rick’s Restorations in Las Vegas takes rusty, beat-up items and restores them.

11pm The Apartment

SUNDAY

Midnight 10 Years Younger UK 1am Guy Martin Industrial Wonders – How Britain Worked 2am Shark Man 2:30 Travels With The Bondi Vet 3am Zen AO 4am NZ Hunter Adventures PGR 4:30 Yard Crashers 5am Toy Hunter 5:30 American Restoration

11:45 M The Other Man AO 2008 Thriller. 0 1:35 M End Of Watch AO 2012 Crime Drama Thriller.

3:25 M Death Clique AO 2014 Mystery Thriller. 4:55 Regular Show 3 0 5:05 2Kaha PGR 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

TV THREE

FOUR

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Gone Fishin’ 3 7am Outdoors With Geoff 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation 10:30 Smokefree Rockquest 2014 3 11am Survivor – Caramoan (Starting Today) 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 3 1:30 Child Genius 0 2:30 MasterChef New Zealand 30 4pm MasterChef New Zealand 30 5pm Outdoors With Geoff 5:30 Storage Hunters (Starting Today) 3 6pm 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 8:25 Sidekick 3 8:50 BeyWheelz 3 A peaceful city becomes the site of a battle between good and evil.

9:15 Power Rangers – Megaforce 3 9:40 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Mr Young 3 5:30 Victorious 3 6pm iCarly 3 6:30 M Free Willy PGR 1994 Family Drama. Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Jayne Atkinson. 0

7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 American Ninja Warrior The top 30 contenders from the Miami qualifier compete in the Miami finals course. 0 8:30 Blue Bloods AO 0 9:25 SVU AO 0 10:20 Hannibal AO 3 0

8:45 M Jaws PGV 3 1975 Thriller.

A man-eating great white shark terrorises the seaside community of Amity Island.

Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss. 0

11:20 Bouncers AO 3 Following five bouncers who work along Queen Street, the hub of Colchester’s latenight drinking scene. 0 12:25 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

11:15 Entertainment Tonight Weekend 3 12:10 90210 PGR 3 Annie and Vanessa look for Liam after learning the truth about Ashley; Naomi’s wedding ring is stolen during her trip with Adrianna.

1am Infomercials

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Home Shopping 11:30 Rugby League – NRL Fulltime (Highlights) Noon The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 All the shows from the past week replayed.

2:30 Celebrity Wife Swap USA PGR 3 Wrestlers and friends Ric Flair and Roddy Piper live very different lives.

Ric’s extravagant lifestyle contrasts with Roddy’s low profile, homebody approach.

3:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Wellington v Tasman.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 3 6:30 Great British Food Revival Italian food writer Antonio Carluccio sets out to revive the fortunes of the British beetroot, looking at different varieties, and finding novel ways to cook them.

7pm Storage Wars – Texas 3 7:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries PGR 3 9:35 Silent Witness AO The team goes to Afghanistan to investigate human remains found on a water supply project.

10:45 The Robert And Sheepy Showcase PGR

8:30 Cycling – La Vuelta (Highlights) Stage 19.

9am Golf – Big Break Palm Beaches.

10am Golf – Feherty 11am Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Wellington v Tasman.

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Noon Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Wigan v Hull KR. 12:30 Sport 365 1pm Mainfreight Rugby 2pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Wellington v Tasman. From Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

2:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup North Harbour v Counties Manukau.

4:30 World Rugby 5pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Wellington v Tasman.

5:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Bay of Plenty v Taranaki.

7:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Canterbury v Hawke’s Bay. From AMI Stadium in Christchurch.

9:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Wellington v Tasman. From Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

10:05 Cycling – Grand Prix Cycliste De Quebec (Highlights) 10:35 L Cycling – La Vuelta Stage 20.

11:15 The Moaning Of Life AO 3 Now 40, and still lacking the instinct to reproduce, Karl embarks on a comical journey through Japanese fertility festivals and natural-birthing centres to see what all the fuss is about.

12:10 Home Shopping

4am Fox Sports News The latest sports news and previews of sporting action still to come.

4:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Bay of Plenty v Taranaki. From Rotorua International Stadium.

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Dora Matatoa 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 8am Tribe 8:30 Te Kaea 2 9am The Fit Club 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Toku Reo 2 2pm The Big Hit 2:30 Homai Te Pakipaki 3 3:30 Pacific Games 2015 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Marae Kai Masters PGR 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2

THE BOX

SKY SPORT 2 7:30 M The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen PGR 1989 Comedy Adventure Fantasy. An account of Baron Munchausen’s supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley.

9:50 M The Winslow Boy 1999 Drama. Nigel Hawthorne, Gemma Jones, Jeremy Northam.

11:45 Te Kaea 3 2 12:15 Closedown

DISCOVERY

The Chronicles of Narnia – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 7pm on TV2

MOVIES PREMIERE

6am The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

8:30 Last Man Standing PG 8:55 Modern Family PGL 9:20 Survivor – Marathon PG 12:40 Alaska Off-Road Warriors PGL 1:30 Shearing Gang PG 1:55 Smashed Palace ML 2:25 Duck Commander ML 2:50 Wild West Alaska M 3:40 SVU MVS 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 7:30 Last Man Standing PG 8pm Modern Family PGL 8:30 Duck Commander ML 9pm Counting Cars PG 9:30 Alaska Off-Road Warriors PGL 10:30 Shearing Gang PG 11pm Smashed Palace ML 11:30 Crossing Lines MV

6am Auction Kings PG Pink Cadillac; Baseball Memorabilia.

6:30 Mythbusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Catching Monsters PG 10:30 River Monsters PG 11:30 100 Miles From Nowhere PG 12:30 Naked And Afraid XL M 1:30 Naked And Afraid XL M 2:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Auction Hunters 5:30 9/11 – After The Towers Fell M A look at the aftermath of 9/11, examining first-hand accounts, and visually documenting the scenes from various vantage points. 6:30 What On Earth? PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Flipping Ships PG 9:30 Treasure Quest – Snake Island M 10:30 Auction Hunters PG 11pm Hour China – How China Works PG

6:35 Allegiance MVL 2012 Thriller.

Bow Wow, Seth Gabel. 8:05 A Common Man MVL 2013 Thriller.

Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross. 9:30 The Reckoning MVLS 2014 Thriller.

Jonathan LaPaglia, Luke Hemsworth.

10:55 A Walk Among The Tombstones 16VLS 2013 Thriller.

Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens.

12:50 Last Call 16VLS 2012 Comedy.

Travis Van Winkle, Tara Reid.

2:20 Allegiance MVL 2012 Thriller.

Bow Wow, Seth Gabel. 3:50 Fugly!

16VC 2014 Drama. John Leguizamo, Radha Mitchell. 5:15 Fright Night 2 16VLSC 2013 Horror. Will Payne, Jaime Murray. 6:55 The Giver MV 2014 Drama. Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep. 8:30 RoboCop MV 2014 Action. Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman. 10:30 Out Of The Furnace 16VLC 2013 Thriller.

12:25 Raw MC 3:10 Crossing Lines MV 4am Last Man Standing PG 4:25 Modern Family PGL 4:50 Duck Commander ML 5:15 Survivor – Fiji PG

Midnight Aeroplane Repo PG 1am Crimes That Shook The World M 2am Ice Cold Gold PG 3am Ice Cold Gold PG 4am Ice Cold Gold PG 5am Mythbusters PG

12:25 Twixt MVC 2011 Horror.

1:55 Fugly! 16VC 2014 Drama.

3:20 Fright Night 2 16VLSC 2013 Horror. 5am The Giver MV 2014 Drama.

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

Silent Witness 9:35pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 7:15 I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry MLS 2007 Comedy.

Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel. 9:10 Spartan MVL 2004 Thriller. Val Kilmer, Derek Luke.

11am Fantastic Four PGV 2005 Action. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Julian McMahon. 12:45 Ace Ventura – When Nature Calls PGS 1995 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Simon Callow. 2:20 Mystic River 16VL 2003 Drama. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon.

4:35 Edge Of Darkness 16VL 2010 Thriller. Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone.

6:30 Spider-Man MV 2002 Action.

Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Defoe. 8:30 The Time Traveler’s Wife MV 2009 Drama.

Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams.

10:20 The Last Samurai MV 2003 Drama.

6am Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Castleford v St Helens.

6:30 L Rugby League – Super League Wigan v Hull KR. From Mend-A-Hose Jungle, Castleford.

9:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Qualifying Final One – Roosters v Storm.

10am Sport 365 10:30 The F1 Show 11:30 Cycling – La Vuelta (Highlights) Stage 19.

Noon Motorsport – British Touring Car Championship Round Eight.

1pm Equestrian – Burghley Horse Trials (Highlights) 2:30 Golf Central 3pm Rugby League – Holden Cup (Replay) Elimination Final One – Roosters U20 v Warriors U20.

5pm L Rugby League – Holden Cup Elimination Final Two – Panthers U20 v Sea Eagles U20.

7pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Qualifying Final One – Roosters v Storm.

7:30 L Rugby League – NRL Elimination Final One – Bulldogs v Dragons.

9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Qualifying Final Two – Broncos v Cowboys.

SUNDAY

Midnight Rugby League – Holden Cup (Delayed) Qualifying Final Two – Cowboys U20 v Broncos SUNDAY U20.

12:55 Exorcist – The Beginning 2am L Rugby League – Super 16VLC 2004 Horror. 2:45 Biography – League Hull KR v Bradford.

Matt Damon PG 2011 Documentary. 4am L Rugby League – Super 3:40 Mystic River 16VL 2003 Drama. League Catalans Dragons v Leeds 5:55 Spider-Man MV 2002 Action.

Rhinos.

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6am Fishtronaut 0 6:25 Art Attack 3 0 6:45 Henry Hugglemonster 3 0 7:10 Fish Hooks 3 0 7:35 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 8am What Now A child-sized Meccano robotic, the Meccanoid, is live in the studio; Nano Girl, Doctor Michelle Dickinson; the winners of the minions competition are announced.

10am ANT Farm 0 10:25 The Bachelorette PGR 3 Noon Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 2:30 Selfie PGR 0 3pm Hot In Cleveland PGR 3 0 3:30 Home And Away Omnibus 0 6pm Hart Of Dixie 3 0

11:40 Q+A 3 Local political affairs programme. 0 12:40 Attitude 3 0 1:10 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:05 Marae Maori current affairs show. 2 3:35 Infomercials

12:25 The Walking Dead AO 3 0 2am Scrubs PGR 3 2:45 Infomercials 3:20 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:10 It Is Written 3 4:40 Hart Of Dixie 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Baggage Battles 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Love Nature: Natural World – Killer Bees Of Africa 8am Toy Hunter 8:30 Guy Martin Industrial Wonders – How Britain Worked 9:30 The Apartment 10:30 10 Years Younger UK 11:30 Travels With The Bondi Vet Noon Shark Man 12:30 Yard Crashers 1pm Travels With The Bondi Vet 1:30 Love Nature: Natural World – Killer Bees Of Africa 2:30 Full Frontage 3:30 Better Homes And Gardens 5pm Thai Street Food With David Thompson 5:30 Sarah Beeny’s How To Sell Your Home 6pm Garage Gold 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 Penn And Teller – Fool Us 8:30 Driving Lessons AO Living with his overbearing mother has taken its toll on young Ben. However, his world is turned upside down when he’s employed by an eccentric retired actress.

10:30 Sarah Beeny’s How To Sell Your Home 11pm Garage Gold 11:30 Being Erica PGR

MONDAY

12:30 Driving Lessons AO 2:30 Buying The Bayou 3am Full Frontage 4am Better Homes And Gardens 5:30 Thai Street Food With David Thompson

TV THREE

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 8:30 Turning Point 9am Three60 9:30 Re-Think 10am The Nation 0 11am Missing Pieces PGR 3 0 11:30 Prison Families PGR 3 0 11:55 Family Secret 3 0 12:25 Crime Exposed PGR 3 0 12:55 Hamish And Andy’s Gap Year – South America PGR 3 0 2pm Motorsport – Hydroplanes NZ Hydroplane and F1 Tunnel Boat Championship, round three.

3pm Motorsport – NHRA 4pm Motorsport – FIA RallyCross Sweden 5pm Big Angry Fish 6pm 3 News 6:30 3D Samantha Hayes and Duncan Garner present the major news stories of the week. 0 7pm MasterChef New Zealand 7pm F Repeat After Me 0 With a big travel prize to be 7:30 F I Can Do That USA won, the top six contestants PGR The celebrities perform cook dishes featuring New with Snoop Dogg, the Dallas Zealand clams. 0 Cowboy Cheerleaders and performance art group Tell-a- 8pm M Water For Elephants PGR 3 2010 Drama Romance.

Vision. 0 Reese Witherspoon, Robert 8:30 M Click AO 2006 Comedy.

Pattinson, Christoph Waltz. 0 Christopher Walken, Adam 10:30 The Blacklist – Behind The Sandler, Kate Beckinsale. 0 Blacklist III AO A look behind 10:40 M Hostel – Part III AO the scenes of The Blacklist in 2011 Horror. Kip Pardue, Brian a special mini-episode. 0 Hallisay, John Hensley.

6:30 Fishy Business 3 0 6:50 Sunday 0 7:40 Tagata Pasifika 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Waka Huia 3 10:30 Marae 2 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 11:55 River Monsters 0 1pm The Life And Times Of Temuera Morrison 3 0 1:30 Radar Across The Pacific 3 0 2pm F George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3 0 3pm F Tricked PGR 0 4pm Off Their Rockers UK 0 4:30 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs 3 0 5pm Biggest And Baddest 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 8pm Topp Country 0 8:30 N Winter AO Detective Sergeant Eve Winter investigates a chilling murder. 0 9:30 N Ordinary Lies PGR 0 10:40 A Place To Call Home AO 3 0

11pm M Inglourious Basterds AO 3 2009 War Drama.

Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Samuel Jackson.

0 2am Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

FOUR 6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Strawberry Shortcake 3 7:25 Care Bears 3 The animated adventures of the friendly bears who teach lessons at the same time.

7:45 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8am Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 8:10 Max Steel 3 8:35 Rocket Power 3 9am Lalaloopsy 3 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm M Lassie 3 1994 Family. Tom Guiry, Helen Slater, Jon Tenney. 0 7pm Glee PGR 3 Will takes a stand, and teaches a lesson in tolerance to bullies; Rachel discovers her childhood home has been sold.

8pm Community PGR 3 8:30 M Our Family Wedding AO 3 2010 Romantic Comedy.

Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera.

10:35 Parks And Recreation PGR 3

11:05 Entertainment Tonight Weekend The biggest entertainment stories of the last week.

Midnight Infomercials

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

Noon Secret Life Of Dogs 3 Documentary exploring dogs’ behaviour, loyalty and relationship with people.

1pm Mayday PGR 3 Moments after take-off, a flight is hit with a series of electrical failures and warnings leading to a fatal fire.

2pm Storage Wars – New York PGR 3 2:30 Mainfreight Rugby 3:30 Animal Airport 3 4pm Deal Or No Deal 3 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm Polar Bear – Spy On The Ice 3 7pm Storage Wars PGR 7:30 Top Gear – Ambitious But Rubbish PGR 8:35 Weekend Murders – Midsomer Murders PGR Barnaby and Nelson investigate a death from a booby-trapped roulette wheel, and the theft of a newly discovered novel manuscript.

10:35 Psych PGR 3 11:30 Vegas PGR 3 When Rizzo hires a singer for the Savoy, Savino realises she is his former mistress; the Sheriff’s department shares jurisdiction with the military over a murder at an Air Force base.

12:30 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 2 2pm Whanau Living PGR Chef Des Harris is in the kitchen with a quick and delicious two-course meal.

2:30 Code 3:30 Rugby World Cup 2011 (Replay) The 2011 Rugby World Cup final, New Zealand v France.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia 6:30 Paepae 7pm Rugby League – NRL Preliminary Final.

THE BOX

12:30 Cycling – La Vuelta (Highlights) 1am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) 1:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) 2am Cycling – Grand Prix Cycliste De Quebec (Highlights) 2:45 L Cycling – Grand Prix Cycliste De Montreal

SKY SPORT 2 8:30 M Only Lovers Left Alive AO 2013 Drama Horror Romance.

A depressed musician reunites with his lover, but their romance, which has already lasted several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of an uncontrollable younger sister.

Tilda Swinton Tom Hiddleston.

10:50 Both Worlds AO 11:20 Te Kaea 3 2 11:50 Closedown

DISCOVERY

6:05 Survivor – Marathon PG 8:35 Crossing Lines MV 9:25 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

11:55 Raw MC 2:40 WWE Main Event MC 3:40 SmackDown! MC 5:25 Shearing Gang PG 5:50 Smashed Palace ML 6:15 Counting Cars PG 6:40 Alaska Off-Road Warriors PGL 7:30 Longmire 16V While Branch and Cady travel to Denver to search for a lead that might help Henry’s case, Vic is given an ultimatum by Sean.

8:30 Texas Rising 16VLSC 9:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 10:30 Cleaners MVLS 11:30 Longmire 16V

6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 Mythbusters PG 7:30 Mythbusters PG 8:30 9/11 – After The Towers Fell M The Day After is a definitive look at the aftermath of 9/11. 9:30 Flipping Ships PG 10:30 Incredible Engineering Blunders – Fixed PG 11:30 Naked And Afraid XL M 12:30 John Eales Reveals – Life After Sport M 1:30 River Monsters PG 2:30 Catching Monsters PG 3:30 Chaos Caught On Camera M 4pm Chaos Caught On Camera M 4:30 Treasure Quest – Snake Island M 5:30 Naked And Afraid XL M 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Attack On The Pentagon M 8:30 Somali Pirate Takedown – The Real Story M 9:30 Alaskan Bush People M 10:30 Flipping Ships PG 11:30 What On Earth? PG

12:30 SmackDown! MC 2:10 Cleaners MVLS 3am Texas Rising 16VLSC 3:50 Hawaii Five0 MV 4:40 Counting Cars PG 5:05 Longmire 16V

12:30 Mythbusters PG 1:30 Ice Cold Gold PG 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Yukon Men M 5am Bering Sea Gold PG

MONDAY

6:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) North Harbour v Counties Manukau.

8:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Sandown 500 – Sprint Races One and Two. 9am Rugby – ITM Cup Saturday Highlights.

9:30 Cycling – La Vuelta (Highlights) Stage 20.

10am Sport 365 10:30 Sky Sports UK News 11am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Elimination Final One and Qualifying Final Two. 11:30 Sport 365 Noon L Rowing – Gallagher Great Race 2pm Golf Central 2:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Auckland v Otago. 4:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Manawatu v Northland. 6:30 Rowing – Gallagher Great Race (Replay) 8:30 Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

9:30 Football – Arsenal TV Arsenal v Stoke City.

MONDAY

Ordinary Lies

9:30pm on TV One

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:35 RoboCop MV 2014 Action.

Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman.

8:30 Twixt MVC 2011 Horror.

Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning. 10am Out Of The Furnace 16VLC 2013 Thriller.

Christian Bale, Casey Affleck.

11:55 Fright Night 2 16VLSC 2013 Horror. Will Payne, Jaime Murray.

1:35 The Giver MV 2014 Drama.

Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep.

3:15 RoboCop MV 2014 Action.

Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman.

5:15 Inbetweeners 2 16LS 2014 Comedy. James Buckley, Joe Thomas.

6:50 Carrie 16VLS 2013 Horror.

Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Gabriella Wilde. 8:30 Let’s Be Cops MLSC 2014 Comedy. Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans jr. 10:20 3 Days To Kill MVL 2014 Action. Kevin Costner.

MONDAY

12:15 Wild Card MC 2014 Drama.

Jason Statham, Michael Angarano.

1:45 Inbetweeners 2 16LS 2014 Comedy. James Buckley, Joe Thomas.

3:20 Carrie 16VLS 2013 Horror.

5am Let’s Be Cops MLSC 2014 Comedy.

3D

6:30pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS 7:55 The Making Of Fast And Furious M 8:25 The Time Traveler’s Wife MV 2009 Drama.

Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams.

10:10 Edge Of Darkness 16VL 2010 Thriller. Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone.

12:05 The Last Samurai MV 2003 Drama. Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe. 2:40 He’s Just Not That Into You MLS 2009 Comedy.

Jennifer Aniston, Bradley Cooper, Justin Long. 4:50 The Impossible ML 2012 Drama. Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor. 6:45 Your Highness 16VLS 2011 Comedy.

Danny McBride, Natalie Portman.

8:30 Mercury Rising MVL 1998 Action Thriller. Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride. 10:25 Don’t Say A Word MVLS 2001 Thriller.

Michael Douglas, Brittany Murphy.

MONDAY

12:20 He’s Just Not That Into You MLS 2009 Comedy. 2:30 Mercury Rising MVL 1998 Action Thriller.

4:20 Your Highness 16VLS 2011 Comedy.

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

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6am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Elimination Final One and Qualifying Final Two. 6:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Qualifying Final Two – Broncos v Cowboys.

8:30 Soccer Saturday UK football action.

10:30 Cycling – La Vuelta (Highlights) Stage 20. A 175km ride from San Lorenzo de El Escorial to Cercedilla.

11am Tennis – US Open (Replay) Men’s Doubles Final.

1pm Sunday Footy Show 3:15 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Qualifying Final One – Wests Tigers U20 v Raiders U20.

5:30 L Rugby League – NRL Elimination Final Two – Sharks v Rabbitohs.

8pm L Rugby League – NSW Cup Qualifying Final – Warriors v Bulldogs.

10pm Rugby – ITM Cup Sunday Highlights. Featuring Auckland v Otago and Manawatu v Northland.

10:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Elimination Final Two – Sharks v Rabbitohs.

11pm Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Elimination Final Two – Sharks v Rabbitohs.

MONDAY

1am Tennis – US Open (Highlights) Day 13.

1:30 L Cycling – La Vuelta Madrid Challenge.

3:30 Rugby – ITM Cup Sunday Highlights.

4am Cycling – La Vuelta (Highlights) Stage 20.

4:40 L Cycling – La Vuelta Stage 21.

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Lesley and Greg. Thank you Dearly loved husband and Waimate soul mate of Karen for 60 to all involved.

Wind km/h Saturday, 12 September 2015 NZ Situation years. Loved father of the late less than 30 A disturbed southwest flow over the country eases Stewart, the late Alastair, and DEATHS fine mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers tomorrow as a ridge develops over New Zealand. A fine showers clearing showers Joan, Penny and Paul Dewar, 30 to 59 and Liz and John Baldwin. front approaching the far south late Tuesday moves Loved grandfather of Amy ANSELL, Lila Margaret MID CANTERBURY over the lower South Island on Wednesday.

FUNERAL SERVICES and Leon Finn, Matt and (Margaret) – fog isolated snow sleet thunder rain snow hail 60 plus thunder flurries Emily McIntyre, Daniel On September 5, 2015, Galbraith’s provide choice! peacefully at Christchurch McIntyre, Michael, Hamish, We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and Galbraith’s overnight Hospital, aged 88 years. and Phoebe Dewar. Loved celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, Canterbury Plains NZ Today Canterbury High Country max low and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering.

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We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to Sabastyan; Eliza, Chloe, and Lundberg, most precious Auckland showers 13 8 TODAY TODAY FZL: Rising to 2000m reflect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and Call us on mother and mother-in-law of Bonnie; and Ethan. Loved your family.

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Call us on 308 3980 Uncle of all his nieces and Katherine and David Hamilton fine 13 3 308 and visit 3980 our new premises atFine with a frosty start. Light winds.

McKimmie (Dorie), David and nephews. Messages toor call in 246 Wind at 1000m: Mainly light, W 30 km/h in Havelock Street McIntyre Family, P O Box Patrice (Ashburton), Heather or call in and visit Napier showers 13 1 exposed places. and Paul Spearing 472, Ashburton 7740. Funeral our new premises at TOMORROW Wind at 2000m: SW gale 75 km/h. details to follow.

(Christchurch), Beth and Palmerston North fine 12 1 Eion McKinnon Rob Cope-Williams David McPherson Paterson’s Funeral Services Cloud increasing. A few showers and 246 Havelock TOMORROW FZL: Lowering to 1400m FDANZ Ashburton Wellington showers 10 5 (Christchurch), Helen and southwesterlies developing.

Street Ph 307 7433 Cloud increasing and a few showers Don Lord (Christchurch), and fine 13 4 Ann Turner, treasured VARLEY, Stewart William, Official Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm developing, especially towards the foothills. Nelson MONDAY grandma of her 22 (Reg No RNZAF 4210016 FUNERAL Wind at 1000m: SW 30 km/h dying out.

Blenheim fine 14 0 grandchildren, and 25 great- NA 11322) – Wind at 2000m: SW 40 km/h easing. grandchildren, and fondly On September 8, 2015 at FURNISHERS Fine or becoming fine. Northerly breezes.

Greymouth showers 13 5 remembered by Stan Ansell. Christchurch Hospital. Aged MASTER MONDAY Much loved daughter of the 91 years. Dearly loved MONUMENTAL MASON TUESDAY Christchurch fine 13 1 late Bert and Lila Thomson, husband of Beverley and the Fine or becoming fine. Northwesterlies much loved sister and sister- late Marion. Loved brother in E.B. CARTER LTD Fine with high cloud. Northwesterlies. developing at low levels, southwesterlies Timaru fine 14 2 in-law of Alice and Ken, Bert law of Margaret and Ted For all your memorial about higher ground. and Claire, Val and John, West, Ken and Faye, and the requirements Queenstown fine 14 3 Harold and Margaret, and late Shirley. Loved brother New headstones and designs WEDNESDAY TUESDAY much loved by all her nieces and brother in law of the late Renovations, Dunedin fine 14 7 Fine with high cloud. Westerlies rising to Additional inscriptions, and nephews. Heartfelt Rob and Athol, the late Len, Showers developing with a southerly Cleaning and Concrete work thanks to the staff at The the late June and Mervyn gale, possibly severe gale change.

Invercargill showers 15 7 Carried out by qualified Oaks, Upper Riccarton, for Coutts, Maureen and the late tradesmen. their wonderful care and Lindsay Townson, and loved support over the past 7½ uncle of all his nieces and 620 East Street Ashburton Forecasts for today River Levels cumecs World Weather years. Messages may be nephews. Messages to the Ph/Fax 308 5369 Y showers 26 20 Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:10 pm, yesterday cloudy 24 10 New York Adelaide fine 25 14 Frankfurt 4.95 addressed to The Family of Varley Family, P O Box 472, or 0274 357 974 showers 19 15 fine 24 14 Paris Amsterdam rain 21 10 Geneva the late Margaret Ansell, c/- Ashburton 7740. Donations to ebcarter@xtra.co.nz showers 18 11 drizzle 19 10 Perth Bangkok rain 30 25 Hobart showers 25 16 Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 132.4 showers 31 26 Rarotonga Berlin fine 23 12 Hong Kong PO Box 39001, Christchurch the Ashburton SPCA would NZMMMA Member cloudy 29 17 rain 31 23 Rome Brisbane fine 24 15 Honolulu 8545. You are invited to bring be appreciated and may be 25 16 Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday fine 36 23 San Francisco fog Cairns showers 27 18 Islamabad 5.64 nc a spring flower to place on left at the service. A service ENGAGEMENTS rain 23 17 fine 34 23 Seoul Cairo fine 37 24 Jakarta Margaret’s casket. The to celebrate Stewart’s life will fine 33 26 Sth Ashburton at 12:00 pm, yesterday 23 12 Singapore Calcutta fine 35 27 Johannesburg fine 9.51 nc service to celebrate be held Our Chapel, cnr East PRIEST - SPROTT – fine 19 13 33 25 Stockholm Canberra fog 21 4 Kuala Lumpur rain Margaret’s life will be held in and Cox Streets, Ashburton Jeremy and Holly announce Colombo Sydney fine 25 12 London rain 19 12 rain 31 25 56.0 our Westpark Chapel, 467 on MONDAY, September 14, their engagement in Paris. Darwin drizzle 30 24 Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday fine 31 24 Taipei fine 34 21 Los Angeles fine 36 24 fine 27 17 Tel Aviv fine 37 25 Madrid Wairakei Road, Burnside, commencing at 1.00pm. Much to the delight of Delhi their parents, Alister and Dubai fine 29 21 Waitaki Kurow at 12:40 pm, yesterday fine 21 12 Tokyo fine 40 32 Melbourne 442.4 Christchurch, on MONDAY, Followed by private rain 29 17 fine 15 7 Washington fine 15 8 Moscow September 14, at 10.00am, cremation at the Ashburton Mary Sprott, Ashburton, and Dublin Derek and Yvonne Priest, Zurich fine 24 12 Source: Environment Canterbury Nadi showers 29 17 Edinburgh showers 14 12 private cremation thereafter. Crematorium.

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Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing Canterbury Readings to 4pm yesterday Margaret will be held at the FDANZ Ashburton Ashburton Methven Christchurch Timaru Rockvale Gardens (formally Ph 307 7433 Saturday Sunday Monday Airport Airport Airport Parkside Gardens), Airedale m am 3 6 9 noon 3 6 9 pm am 3 6 9 noon 3 6 9 pm am 3 6 9 noon 3 6 9 pm 3 Road, Weston, Oamaru on Temperature °C Please note all late death TUESDAY, September 15, at At 4pm 10.7 8.9 11.3 10.6 2 notices or notices sent 1.30pm.

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 1. Skiff 4. Aquatic 8. Landing-stages 10. Ruler 11. Romp 12. Ford 16. Evoke 17. International 19. General 20. Notes Down 1. Salad dressing 2. Inn 3. Friary 4. Angels 5. Utters 6. Tightrope 7. Custardapples 9. Simpleton 13. Terror 14. No ball 15. Region 18. Nut QUICK Across 6. Gateway 7. Bored 9. Box 10. Secateurs 12. Self-assured 15. Irrevocable 17. Influence 19. Bad 21. Aloof 22. Married Down 1. Wagon 2. Men 3. Same 4. Hopefully 5. Learned 8. Nausea 11. Rebellion 13. Fooled 14. Wrangle 16. Dazed 18. Clad 20. Era

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QUICK ACROSS 7. Overjoyed (6) 8. Tune (6) 10. Betrayer (7) 11. Stretched tight (5) 12. Average (4) 13. Drive back (5) 17. Unhappily (5) 18. Trail behind a boat (4) 22. Cultivates land (5) 23. Tell a story (7) 24. Water or wine container (6) 25. Audacity (6)

DOWN 1. Permitting (7) 2. Mounted troops (7) 3. Fatality (5) 4. Climatic conditions (7) 5. Discovered (5) 6. Cowsheds (5) 9. Arduous (9) 14. Alter document so as to mislead (7) 15. Extremist (7) 16. Retribution (7) 19. Unable to move (5) 20. Watchful (5) 21. Wide (5)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): If you speak up, you’ll get the attention you seek. Maintaining the attention will depend on how well you know and serve your audience. Your allies: Sagittarius and Pisces.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): It’s weird, but you’re so busy that you might have to schedule unscheduled time. It’s important for your well-being that you do.

Otherwise the world will quickly get in your way.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’ll be in the mood to investigate and dig deep. Just be careful where you put your shovel. When you’re digging in garbage, you get what you get.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Your open-minded views don’t seem the least bit out of the ordinary to you, and yet there are others in your midst who have remained (inexplicably) immune to the harsh realities of the world.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The stuff that was here when you were born seems normal to you. The stuff coming in now ... it’s all exciting and fun and new.

It’s also a potential income source.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The concept of “enough” will come into play. What’s enough, and what’s not?

You and a close loved one may disagree on the matter, and that will be the major conflict of the day.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You’ll share in another’s suffering. They’ll find it comforting to know that they are not alone and that they don’t have to act as if they are feeling any certain way. Whatever reaction they are having, you will make it OK. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’ve witnessed many walking the same path you now traverse who were ultimately diverted from their goals. Learn from them. If need be, put on a horse’s blinders and keep looking straight ahead.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Civilised society began with mud as a writing tool. Whatever you are up against, just know that there is a way to proceed, even if you have to create the needed tools.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You have the charm of a fairytale character. With a sparkling smile and an air of magic, you spread joy and take great delight in filling out the plot by following your heart to its inevitably good ending.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Things won’t go nearly as planned, but not all is ruined. Try to see twists of fate as lovely surprises instead of cosmic scheme of jokes.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Miscommunications, long lines and unanswered calls could actually be a wonderful thing for relationships. Some bonds could use a little shakeup to find out how much one party appreciates the other.

SATURDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 18 Connor Place, Ashburton

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SUNDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 103 George Street, Ashburton

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Lake Hood 6 Halston Close

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Enjoy Uninterrupted Sunsets - LAKE HOOD

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There’s something quite special about living beside the water. Here you’ll enjoy private uninterrupted sunsets all year round. This 2005 Stonewood (brick) home, at Lake Hood, is thoughtfully designed to capture the sun. Extensive paving and a private jetty beckons for outdoor living.

A shadesail offers protection during the warmer days. 3 bedrooms, master with ensuite and twin robes, family bathroom, office.

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Hinds, 125 Peters Street

For Sale $259,000 Open Home Sat 11:00am - 11:30am

For Sale $469,000 Open Home Sat 11:15am - 11:45am

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Auction 3pm 18th September Open Home Sat 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Ashburton 16 Oak Grove

Ashburton 29 Chalmers Avenue

Ashburton 15 Westaprk Close

Plenty of scope for all to enjoy

Offers Over $495,000 Open Home Sat 1:00pm - 1:30pm

For Sale $ 299,000 Open Home Sat 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Offers Over $699,000 Open Home Sat 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Offers in the vicinity of $315,000 Open Home Sun 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Ashburton 16 Bridge Street

First home buyers don’t delay as this rejuvenated red brick home has been found and is ideal for someone who is looking for an easy care Three bedroom home with double garage, plenty of off street parking, near new Kitchen, new carpet and great location to shops and schools.

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This place is for YOU. This 3 bedroom family home sits in the heart of Allenton. Easy walking distance to local shops and school. Get on the property ladder now.

Enquires over $259,000

This home needs a family!! The fire and capret has already been done, and the rest is up to you. This property is currently tenanted, so this could be a great investment property for you. Two double bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, and one single bedroom that gets all day sun and could be used as an office. The compliant fire sits in the middle of the living areas to keep this home warm and cosy.

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* 3 Spacious bedrooms including Ensuite and WIR in Master Bedroom * Near new condition * Huge open plan living and kitchen area * Large computer nook/office

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This stunning property comes to the market offering up to 6 bedrooms, or 4 bedroom plus Study and Rumpus Room.

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An amazing opportunity presents itself here with this large family home coming to the market TO BE SOLD. The owners have invested a considerable amount on upgrading this lovely home to now include a New Double internal access garage, New Separate large laundry, New Separate wet room Bathroom, which compliments the existing bathroom.

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* 3 bedrooms with ample storage * Kitchen, dining area spacious * Separate living area with compliant log fire * Good garaging with hobby room

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