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An $8.7 million investment by the Government and several local charities has secured Ashburton Hospital’s future.

The multimillion dollar upgrade of the hospital was announced yesterday and will see seismically unsafe buildings demolished, a new theatre and procedure room built, an extension to the current Acute Admitting area and earthquake strengthening and refurbishment of the ward blocks.

Demolition starts in August and within 18 months the hospital will be a facility that will take health services in the Ashburton District well into the future, said Canterbury DHB chief executive David Meates.

“We considered a range of options and we’re confident that this is the right decision for now and for the future. We’re not just replacing the theatre suite, we want other facilities that are fit for purpose too. We were determined not to just replace the past, we’re building for the future,” he said.

Since earthquake damage forced the closure of the hospital’s operating theatres and outpatient areas there has been unease over future hospital services but that would be laid to rest by the upgrade announcement, Mr Meates said.

The work will be funded as a joint venture between the CDHB, $7.2 million and a group of local charities facilitated by the Advance Ashburton Foundation, $1.5 million.

And it is that local funding that clinched the rebuild deal, he said.

“The community trust has helped get this over the final hurdle. This has been a very, very important part of the project. Through this we’ll get to a far better outcome than many would have thought.”

Advance Ashburton Charitable Foundation chair Neil Sinclair said that uncertainty over the hospital’s future had been a constant worry for the community.

“This was especially so when the earthquakes forced the closure of the surgical theatres, but by working with a number of local charities the foundation has been able to offer the CDHB a significant fund

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Rangitata MP and Associate Minister of Health Jo Goodhew, with Canterbury CDHB chief executive David Meates, announce the $8.7 million upgrade for Ashburton Hospital. towards the rebuilding of new theatre suites.”

Funds from the Frampton estate along with significant contributions from the Lochhead Charitable trust, Wilson Bulk Transport, MacKenzie Charitable Foundation and the Ashburton Trust made up the community fund of $1.5 million.

“This is the first time we’ve all come together as a whole group of charities, but what is more important than the hospital in a community? We were told earlier on this wouldn’t have happened if we hadn’t been in, they wanted to see an element of community funding.”

The local money was tagged for a day surgery unit, but the community was getting much more than this with the rebuild, Mr Sinclair said.

Securing the future of surgical services at Ashburton Hospital was crucial for the local community, said mayor Angus McKay. “We have one of New Zealand’s fastest growing rural communities and securing a future for Ashburton Hospital will provide services vital to our community and is a clear show of confidence in our future,” he said.

It was important for residents to have access to day surgery and emergency services because travelling to Christchurch and back for

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minor surgery could be difficult for many people, particularly the elderly, Mr McKay said.

“I have been impressed with the way all parties have worked together to get the right result for the Ashburton District community. The CDHB has been positive about finding hospital service solutions that meet the needs of our community and the Advance Ashburton Community Foundation and its local funding partners have pulled together a financial package that provided a compelling case for retaining hospital services in Ashburton.”

He described the decision to reinvest in Ashburton Hospital as one of the most important for the district for many years.

Associate Health Minister and Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew said the redevelopment was a significant step for Ashburton, Canterbury DHB and Canterbury towards their recovery from the effects of the earthquakes.

“This is an important step forward for the people of Ashburton and it reconfirms our commitment to the retention of services on the hospital site. I understand the concerns the people of the district have had but with this announcement those concerns can be laid to rest.”

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By Michelle Nelson The supreme winner of the district’s prestigious community awards is the Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network.

The group took the top accolade for their Multi Cultural Bite event, from the biggest pool of entrants in the TrustPower Ashburton District Community Award’s history.

Torika Patterson, Sue Van Den Heuvel and Lyndal Lane collected the trophy and $1500 on behalf of the newcomers’ network.

More than 13,000 people attended the group’s fourth annual Multi Cultural Bite, which celebrates the district’s cultural diversity on Waitangi Day with 16 ethnic food stalls, multicultural performances and an interactive children’s area.

Mrs Van Den Heuvel paid tribute to the many volunteers who work behind the scenes to make the event such a success.

“We are looking forward to next

February – but obviously we will need a bigger area to showcase the community.”

Representatives from the newcomers’ network will go to Invercargill in March next year for the national awards.

Seventeen groups were recognised for their voluntary contributions at a function at the MSA last night, from a record 56 entries.

Ashburton College student Abbey Marshall won the Youth

Spirit Award for her services to her school and the wider community – most notably St John.

Abbey collected a cheque for $250 and another of the same value, to donate to her chosen voluntary organisation, which of course was St John.

Alice Todhunter, from Mount Hutt College, was runner-up in the youth category.

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The Sport and Leisure prize was collected by the Longbeach Coastal Challenge committee and the Education and Child/ Youth Development award to the Mid Canterbury Children’s Day committee.

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Schoolboy farewelled

By Matthew Theunissen The family of Auckland schoolboy Stephen Dudley hope his death will serve as a constant reminder of the tragic, unintended consequences that violence can have.

Thousands turned up yesterday to farewell the 15-year-old Kelston Boys’ High student, who died after an alleged assault following rugby training on Thursday afternoon.

His family spoke of a kind and generous young man with a love of playing his Xbox and sport, indicated by a pair of still-muddy rugby boots and ball placed atop his coffin.

Family spokesman Albert Dudley said after his funeral at Kelston intermediate School yesterday that the huge numbers who turned out showed how many lives Stephen touched in his short life.

It was also indicative of a concern in the community about violence.

“It became quite apparent on the second day that there was more to this than just the passing of a relative and there were implications of significance to the community,” he said.

“It is time for us to look at where we are up to in terms of violence and the family’s view is that violence is not okay in any form in any place, whether that be on the football field or in the home or in the community. There’s an emphatic no to violence coming from the family. Stephen will represent that sentiment and we intend to follow that through.”

Mr Dudley said it was not a time for anger or retribution, but a time to honour Stephen.

His family wept as his coffin was carried into the hall at the intermediate school, where Stephen’s father Brent is the caretaker.

111 diary Incidents attended to by the Ashburton Police and Mid Canterbury volunteer fire brigades recently.

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• Ute on fire The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to attend to a burning ute in Hinds yesterday afternoon, but the crew was turned back before arrival. It is understood volunteer firefighters in Hinds managed to contain the fire and no longer required backup, just after 1pm.

He said he wanted to focus on the positives of Stephen’s life and not the tragic consequences of his death.

“If we did that my son would have died in vain,” he said.

“Stephen was quite simply the best son a father could have.

“Some people just weren’t meant to be here long. Some people are just too special.”

Mr Dudley said more than 1000 people had visited the family’s home in the past few days to pay their respects to Stephen and offer their support to the family.

“We thought we knew our son before but there were things we found out in the last few days that we never knew and we are even more proud of him now.”

It was initially going to be a private ceremony “but Stephen was all about community”.

“We are in the month of Matariki – I believe he’s in those stars now.”

Stephen’s sisters Talita and Lisa struggled to hold back their tears as they spoke of their “idyllic brother”.

“He was known as Stephen the rugby player, Stephen the basketball player, Stephen the mate, one of the bros, Stephen the gentleman ... but to us he was just Stephen,” Talita said.

“We love him so much and I’m trying not to be sad because I know he lives on in my siblings and me and I’ll hang onto that forever.”

Stephen’s Kelston Boys’ High schoolmates lined the road and performed a rousing haka as his coffin was carried to a hearse.

He will be buried in Waikumete Cemetery in a spot overlooking his family’s home.

“He looks down on us and rightfully so. He deserves to be up there,” Mr Dudley said.

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• Minor domestic Ashburton police attended to a domestic in Ashburton overnight Tuesday. No arrests were made and no further details were available.

• Crushed to death A man crushed to death as he tried to remove the oil filter from his car in Timaru on Monday night has been named as Kenneth Arthur Wood, aged 65. Police said Mr Wood’s Nissan was on a slight slope and propped up with only a scissor jack. The car toppled off the jack and fell on Mr Wood, who called out for help. However his flatmate was unable to lift the vehicle off him. Emergency services were called to the address on Grants Road, Marchwiel about 10.30pm. Firefighters used equipment to lift the vehicle off the man, but ambulance staff were unable to revive him.

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Would-be thief slips up George Siaosi Ioapo slipped up in his attempt to steal a vehicle in Ashburton last month.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Paul Scott recounted the events of April 7 in the Ashburton District Court yesterday, where Ioapo, a 21-year-old freezing worker, appeared before Judge Joanna Maze and pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempting to get in a stolen vehicle.

On the afternoon in question, Ioapo and three associates were driving around town wearing gang-style bandannas tied across their faces; one of the men was carrying a pistol.

They pulled up behind a car, while its driver was using an ATM. Ioapo and another man got out, but while attempting to steal the car, Ioapo slipped over and his friend sped away, leaving him at the scene.

The victim watched from across the road, but made no attempt to intervene for fear of reprisal.

The car was found across the other

side of town with a replica pistol inside it. When spoken to by police Ioapo claimed he had done nothing wrong, as he did not get in the stolen vehicle and the gun was a fake.

Defence lawyer, Paul Bradford, said his client was getting a ride home with his friends, and claimed the bandanna was around his neck – not his face as stated in the police summary of facts.

In summing up, Judge Maze said the gang-related aspect was an aggravating factor, pointing out Ioapo and three others were wearing bandannas to indicate gang affiliation or connections.

“I note (today) you are wearing blue,” she said.

“One of the group of four of you was holding a replica pistol, with the purpose of creating fear.

“I accept that it was a frustrated effort in that you fell over and you were left behind.”

Nonetheless, Judge Maze said a deterrent was necessary, and sentenced Ioapo to 150 hours of community work.

Accused has outburst before court After yelling and swearing at police officers outside the Ashburton District Court yesterday, Joshua Aaron Bettle fetched his large-breed dog from a nearby vehicle, threatening to set it loose on them.

Others with an appointment in court stayed well clear, preferring to stay inside the complex during Bettle’s outburst.

However, he had calmed down by the time he stood in the dock before Judge Joanna Maze later in proceedings.

Bettle, 27, was charged with breaching the conditions of a community detention sentence.

An hour-and-a-half before he was due to be released, Bettle removed his electronic bracelet and unplugged the monitoring equipment. He took these to the Ashburton probation services offices and left them on the counter.

His lawyer Marilyn Gilchrist said Bettle had then gone directly to Christchurch Hospital to support a friend who had sustained serious injuries in a vehi-

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Countdown Ashburton store manager Jeremy Samuels is excited about the new home delivery service, to be launched in Ashburton next month.

Local store goes online

By Sam Morton Countdown Ashburton is creating six new jobs through its new online home delivery service, set to launch next month.

The initiative builds on the success of its metropolitan counterparts in places like Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland – where online operations have already been well established.

Next month, Ashburton will join the online revolution and offer door-to-door service to Mid Canterbury residents – in a move store manager Jeremy Samuels says is a direct response to the demand shown by customers in recent months.

“In Ashburton, we appear to have quite a few metro people who have been used to online shopping in the past, so it’s fair to say they have been quite vocal in their support,” Mr Samuels said.

“It’s (online shopping) been

something I have been asking for since I arrived, so it’s something I am quite passionate about and I am more than confident there is a strong demand for the service.”

The service will require six personal shoppers, who will rotate shopping duties in store and driving the delivery truck.

In other areas around the country, online shopping is delivered through courier services, but Mr Samuels is keen to keep it local and has arranged for a truck to join the crew.

“We want to personalise it and we want to be able to have flexibility and ensure quick delivery times.

“It’s going to be based around a set delivery schedule, but I am confident we will be able to deliver to most areas of Mid Canterbury from as far north as Rakaia and as far south as Hinds,” Mr Samuels said.

Mr Samuels expected the service would run Monday to Friday

and half of Saturday – but pointed out rural areas such as Hinds and Rakaia would likely be several times a week, rather than daily.

The new addition will also include a Click and Collect feature, which will allow residents to shop online, but instead of having their groceries delivered – the items will be bagged and ready to collect at any time.

“It’s all about saving time and giving the customer the option.

I would expect a lot of people would still prefer to come in store and choose their groceries, but this service gives them a choice and provides convenience, should they want to use it,” he said.

“It’s exciting times ahead and we’re thrilled to be moving with the demand.

“We hope we can save people a lot of time and make their lives easier,” Mr Samuels said.

The service will officially launch on Monday, July 15.

Night of stealing ends in court

cle smash, and had told people at probation services of his intentions.

Judge Maze acknowledged that while it was Bettle’s second breach on the same sentence, he had generally been compliant. In March Bettle admitted breaching community detention orders by leaving his designated address for

Not suspicious The death of a woman, whose body was found in a central Wellington apartment, was not suspicious, police say.

Zimbabwe national Senzeni Tamarah Mlotshwa, 33, known as Tamarah, was found in the apartment on Webb St about 6pm on Friday.

Initial toxicology reports from a post mortem examination were inconclusive.

But further tests and results from the scene examination have found her death was not suspicious.

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10 minutes to retrieve his 74kg Dogo Argentino dog – he received 60 hours of community work on the matter.

Judge Maze said his history of breaching sentence conditions had “toned down considerably”, since previous offending in 2004 and 2007, before fining Bettle $400.

CRUMB

A night of stealing and arson ended in a date yesterday in the Ashburton District Court for a teenager.

Michael Rana Lough appeared before Judge Joanna Maze to answer two charges of theft, three of wilful damage and one of arson.

In the early hours of December 14 Lough and co-offender 17-year-old Tyler Daniel Croll-Davis stole newspapers belonging to the Guardian and the Press, left for delivery on East Street.

They carried them to the railway lines, where Croll-Davis set fire to them. They returned to get more newspapers, taking a bundle to the clock tower. These were also set alight. The fire brigade was called to extinguish fire, which damaged a wooden bench and nearby foliage.

Croll-Davis was sent to prison in March on these charges along with burglary and intentional damage charges, and breaching prison release conditions.

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Yesterday defence lawyer Vicki Welsh told Judge Maze that Lough admitted participating in the theft of the papers, and the wilful damage charges – relating to graffiti offending, and damaging the door to an aviary in the domain, but denied the arson charge.

Ms Welsh said Lough, who no longer lives in Ashburton, had strong family support and was at a turning point in his life, undertaking training and looking

forward to gaining employment.

Judge Maze said the pre-sentence report provided by probation services was “not particularly positive”.

She sentenced Lough to nine months supervision, 120 hours of community work and ordered him to make reparations of $467 at $20 a week – and issued a warning to think of his cooffender’s fate every time he considered breaching the conditions of the sentence.

Queenstown has proved irresistible for at least one Australian import spotted during the seasonal surge of non-native visitors arriving in the resort. Hiding on the bottom of a dented 200-litre drum, an Australian redback spider was discovered yesterday by Queenstown man Scott McDonald at the Queenstown Transfer Station in Frankton.

Mr McDonald works for a cooking oil company and was moving empty drums when he discovered the spider.

Curator of Natural History at Canterbury Museum Dr Cor Vink said although Central Otago has a preferable climate for the spider to live and reproduce in, Frankton is not a common place for the redback to be found in. - APNZ

• Lotto and party pills New Zealand Lotteries has demanded that 600 retailers stop selling party pills and synthetic cannabis alongside Lotto products. The organisation has written to independently owned stores across New Zealand selling Lotto products asking them not to sell legal highs from July 1.

The move has been praised by Internal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain and new Associate Health Minister Todd McClay.

Mr Tremain said selling the psychoactive substances was not compatible with the sale of - APNZ lotteries products.

• Arrest over attacks A man has been arrested after a spree of random paintball gun attacks from a car in Christchurch at the weekend. One cyclist, at least three pedestrians and numerous bus shelters were hit by paintball pellets from a black sedan in Riccarton on Friday night and early Saturday morning.

Police said a 22-year-old man has been charged with reckless discharge of a firearm and would appear in Christchurch District Court on Thursday.

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Fonterra sets milk price for season

By Myles Hume Fonterra has set a pilot guaranteed milk price at $7/kgMS for the approaching season, something that will turn the heads of Mid Canterbury dairy farmers in search of financial stability, local industry insiders say.

Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, set its first ever guaranteed milk price which will begin in the 2013/14 season at

$7 per kg of milk solids (kgMS) for three-quarters of a farmer’s milk supply.

It means dairy famers who opt into the pilot scheme will be able to accurately calculate finances for their business and potentially leave them in a better position to plan for the future, Fonterra says.

The $7 rate matches Fonterra’s recently announced milk price forecast, the only payout option previously available, which is

subject to the global economy.

Fonterra paid $5.80 per kgMS this season.

PGG Wrightson Ashburton livestock dairy rep Victor Schikker said the guaranteed milk price would grab the attention of Mid Canterbury dairy farmers.

“I think it could possibly appeal to those carrying out newer conversions, at least you know what you are going to get, I would say everyone would be pretty happy with that price,” Mr Schikker

said. He said it came down to individual farmers if they wanted to opt into the pilot scheme or “take their chances” with the forecast milk price.

“It really depends on the level of doubt, and how comfortable you are. Some would say it’s nice to have a guaranteed price and others would say put it on the open market and you might get more.”

Hinds dairy farm owner Graham Thomas, who oversees

1800 cows, was surprised to hear the guaranteed milk price when contacted yesterday, saying it was higher than he predicted.

“I have been following it to see what was going to happen and I’m surprised to find it’s $7 ... they must be extremely confident about the season ahead.

“I might try a proportion of our milk on the scheme.”

Fonterra commodity risk and trading director Bruce Turner hoped about 200 farmers would

adopt the fixed priced scheme.

“Certainty can be particularly important for farmers at times when they are considering investing in new equipment, expanding or undertaking a new conversion.

It enables you to know exactly where you stand with a percentage of your production and this can help with future planning.”

Dairy farmers who want to take part in the pilot have until 5pm on June 21 to hand in their application.

Just two years ago Mid Canterbury principal Neil Simons remembers exiting a national standards training course with fellow teachers and principals, lacking confidence and disappointed.

He said he was left none the wiser, and the course facilitator “didn’t know any more than we did ourselves”.

Fast forward to yesterday, and Mr Simons’ staunch opposition to pupil-grading system remains, as the Ministry of Education released the 2012 national standard results.

Education minister Hekia Parata said she was pleased with yesterday’s figures, with an increase in the number of pupils achieving at or above the standard in all three aspects – reading, writing and maths.

“This data is extremely powerful for both identifying and providing support to all children, and targeting professional development to teachers to continue to improve their overall judgements against the standards,” Ms Parata said.

But Mr Simons, the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president, disagreed, saying the figures are flawed and “ambiguous at best”.

The ministry says it will provide reliable data on pupils and schools’ achievement, but Mr Simons says it is mainly reliant on teacher judgments and does not provide an accurate picture of the progress of a pupil or a school.

“Imagine if you had a school of 50 children and 10 Filipino students turn up that don’t speak English, the data doesn’t show

that or the progress they may have made.”

With the “inconsistent data” Mr Simons feared it could be damaging for schools who did not rate well against the national average when individual school results are released later this month, with parents comparing schools to one another.

“That’s human nature, that’s what people do, but they are not getting the full story, an ERO (Education Review Office) report is much more reliable.”

The national standards found there was a 1.2 per cent increase in reading achievement compared with 2011, 1.4 per cent rise in maths and a 2 per cent improvement in writing.

Ms Parata put the improvements down to pupil achievement.

However, Maori and Pacific children were still over-represented in underachievement.

Mr Simons said there would need to be considerable changes to the way national standards were reported if they are to be accurate.

Methven Primary principal Chris Murphy said national standards were useful for internal use for schools, and he used them the gauge in-house progress in reading writing and maths.

However, when schools were listed against one another “it did not compare apples with apples”.

He hoped a new ministry tool called PaCT would help standardise national standards and improve the system.

Individual school data will be released later this month on the education counts website along with regional and territorial local authority analysis.

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Titan band members (from left) Hayden Lawrence, 17, Dean Williams, 17, Nirvana Edgecombe, 17, and Zac Milne, 18, are amping for the Rockquest regional finals to be held in Timaru next week.

Titan hoping to rock their way to victory

By Myles Hume A heart-felt poem written by an Ashburton College rocker when she was a young teen will hold the key to the success of her band when they take centre stage next week.

Titan lead singer Nirvana Edgecombe, 17, wrote the poem entitled Never Leave a Girl Alone when she was 15 and in next week’s Smokefree Rockquest regional finals in Timaru it will be played as a rock song in front of hundreds of screaming fans.

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est members, which includes fellow Ashburton College pupils Hayden Lawrence, 17, Zac Milne, 18, Dean Williams, 17, and another member they are yet to practice with from Hagley Community College.

Self-descried “metallers”, the group are excited about the song and how it is sounding, even though practice time is hard to come by around school and work commitments “It’s a wee bit different, we are metallers usually, but this song is different and I think we have tapped into something original,” Zac said.

Hayden and Zac were the origi-

nal members of the band with Dean joining the fray almost two years ago.

Last year the trio were involved in a different looking Titan band which claimed fourth spot in the Timaru regional finals, missing out on a top two spot to take them through to the next phase.

Hayden said they were looking to draw on the feedback from the judges back then, and feed it into this year’s performance.

The band had hoped to perform at the regional heats in Timaru scheduled for May 24, but that was cancelled due to a lower number of contestants than expected.

But it meant they gained automatic entry into the Timaru regional final where they will join four other performers from Mid Canterbury at the Theatre Royal on Saturday, June 22.

From the Timaru region, two bands and two solo or duet performances will be selected to advance on to the next stage where they submit a 15-minute DVD with national judges determining who goes through to the national final in Auckland.

The top two national solo or duet performances will go through to the Auckland final on September 28, along with the top six bands.

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Anxious wait on hospital services over T

he Mid Canterbury community can rest assured the future of the district’s hospital is secured; with an $8.7 cash injection, long months of anxious waiting are over.

Parts of the earthquake damaged building have been under threat of demolition, and the hospital service has been at risk of losing surgical services since February last year.

But our never-say-never community said no way! As a district, this is not the first time people have stood firm to protect

OUR VIEW the right to retain hospital services in Mid Canterbury.

Long before earthquakes wreaked havoc across Canterbury, the future of the hospital has been in jeopardy.

And each time it looked shaky the community rose to the challenge – literally joining hands to surround and protect the service in one instance.

With a tsunami of ageing baby boomers on our doorstep,

and living in one of the fastest growing rural communities in New Zealand, we can only be grateful for their efforts.

Yesterday’s win can be largely attributed to a conglomeration of local charities, headed up by the Advance Ashburton Foundation, who worked together to contribute a massive $1.5 million to the cause, offering the Canterbury District Health Board a significant incentive to

Michelle Nelson

Yesterday’s win can be largely attributed to a conglomeration of local charities who worked together to contribute a massive $1.5 million to the cause

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contribute $7.2 million to the cause.

The Frampton Estate, Lochhead Charitable Trust, Wilson Bulk Transport, MacKenzie Charitable Foundation

and the Ashburton Trust all stepped into the breach to keep our hospital services safe.

CDHB chief David Meates acknowledged this yesterday, saying the community contribution helped clinch the deal. And Rangitata MP and

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Rural roads I suggest council take a drive down or better still, ride a bike down there. Also note the mess from stock truck effluent on the intersection of South Street/Chalmers Avenue.

Not a pretty sight or smell. What about using dump stations provided for this? Motorhomes are required to.

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Council I noted two more comments by text message regarding this subject. (Guardian

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It is quite clear that our mayor or councillors have no intention to even consider the possibility of holding council meetings in the evenings, even though it would facilitate two very important aspects of local body participation.

First of all it would allow “wage earners” to stand for election without jeopardising their day jobs.

Secondly, it would allow more ratepayers to attend meetings, to see and hear how our district is governed. The stubborn refusal by this (and previous) councils, to accommodate such scenario can only be explained by an unwillingness to open the door to anyone who is not a farmer, a retired person, or a person who is not dependant on a weekly wage.

In other words, the council’s stance on this matter effectively excludes about half of the Ashburton population of participating in local affairs.

Come on mayor and councillors, get yourself into the 21st Century, and show us how democratic you really are.

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Associate Minister of Health Jo Goodhew reiterated that at last night’s TrustPower Ashburton Community Award celebrations at the MSA. When put in the spotlight to present the supreme award, Mrs Goodhew acknowledged she had

prodded for the result on the parliamentary stage, but gave the credit to a tenacious community who was not prepared to sit back and lose something they had fought long and hard for.

Demolition work will begin in August, and the project – set to deliver a hospital to take us into the future – is scheduled to deliver a new theatre and procedure room, an extension to the acute admission area, earthquake strengthening and ward refurbishment within 18 months.

Provincial authorities in Thailand have shut down a biomass power plant following the deaths of New Zealand engineer Michael Coppins, 51, and a Thai colleague.

The men died of suspected gas poisoning after trying to rescue a couple from a gas leak at the plant.

Department of Industrial Works (DIW) director-general Nattapon Natthasomboon issued a closure order on the Plan Eco Energy plant, the National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT) reported.

“The plant has been ordered to halt mechanical operations until repairs are completed and improved safety measures are implemented,” the report said.

The men had been rushing to the aid of a husband and wife who they saw unconscious in a three-storey ventilation chimney, the Bangkok Post reported earlier.

The unconscious couple, who were believed to have inhaled ammonia, survived along with three rescuers, two of whom were seriously injured.

NNT reported the pair passed out after inhaling a mixture of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and methane.

Thai police said emergency services were called about 5am on Monday (NZ time).

“The New Zealand engineer ... and Thai employee Rod Singkham, 31, saw the incident and entered the chimney to bring the unconscious couple out to safety. Instead, both rescuers died.”

Mr Coppins’ brother Phil told Radio New Zealand his brother would act first and think of the consequences later. Phil had first learned of what happened when he was contacted by one of his brother’s colleagues.

“They hadn’t mentioned at this stage that he was going to rescue anybody – he’d gone into a restricted area and breathed in some pretty deadly gas and had been taken into hospital in a pretty bad way, and had a pretty low prognosis that he would survive.”

He struggled to get clear information, and it was only later that it became clear his brother had died.

Michael Coppins had recently returned to New Zealand for nine weeks for the first time in about five years.

“We had a really good catch up, so we’re pretty grateful that we got that time with him,” Phil Coppins said.

The family will liaise with authorities to either return Michael’s body to Malaysia, where his wife and children were, or to New Zealand.

In a statement, the family said Michael was originally from West Auckland and went to Henderson High School before completing a three-year theology diploma at Laidlaw College.

He had gone to Malaysia in 1993 with a team from Glendene Baptist Church, where he helped to repair a long house for the Eban people of Sarawak.

He remained in Malaysia and married his wife, whom he has three children with. Mr Coppins had managed and worked on a number of projects in Malaysia and adjoining countries, most recently for Kuala Lumpur-based Renewable Energy Plus, which was working on the biomass power plant in Thailand. - APNZ

Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce confirmed Education Ministry staff member Anne Jackson, who resigned yesterday, had been one of two senior staff being investigated by the ministry.

Last week, following the release of a Ministerial Inquiry, Acting Education Secretary Peter Hughes said two senior staff members would be investigated.

Mr Joyce said after Ms Jackson’s resignation that not all of the responsibility for the Novopay failures could rest on her shoulders.

“A number of entities and people have fallen short of what’s required, but I certainly respect the fact that she’s decided that it’s an appropriate course of action for her to take.”

No decision had been made on the second person being investigated at the ministry, Mr Joyce said.

Ms Jackson’s resignation follows a report on Novopay that found Cabinet ministers who signed off on Novopay received misleading information from officials.

Ms Jackson was the tertiary, international and system performance deputy secretary, and was formerly schooling deputy secretary.

“The report identifies shortcomings in areas for which I was responsible as deputy secretary of schooling, a position I held until July 2012. As a result, I have decided to tender my resignation.

“I hope my resignation will help the ministry put the Novopay issues behind it. I am truly sorry for the extra pressure and stress put on teachers, staff and pay administrators during its introduction,” Ms Jackson said in a statement.

She said the decision to resign was hers alone, and there was no pressure put on her.

“I remain deeply committed to

education and the principles of public service. That is why I have taken this step.”

Acting Secretary for Education Peter Hughes said Ms Jackson had made an outstanding contribution to the public service over the past 25 years, particularly in education.

Ms Jackson was previously schooling deputy secretary responsible for curriculum, assessment, teacher employment, industrial relations, schooling funding and school infrastructure.

She was originally from England, and started at the ministry in 2005 as senior manager for tertiary education outcomes and strategy group.

She has also been general manager of the Centre for Social Research and Evaluation at the Ministry of Social Development, manager of strategic projects at the Education Review Office, and an education adviser with the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

The June 5, 2012 paper to ministers was sent by the ministry’s chief information officer Leanne Gibson and recommended the project should proceed as planned, but said there were 147 defects which had not been solved.

Despite the two staff being in the firing line, a memo in April last year showed the ministry considered dumping the troubled payroll system.

The confidential memo, again from Ms Gibson, sent to Anne Jackson, gave detailed problems with the development of Novopay, and recommended options including terminating elements of provider Talent2’s contract and moving to a hybrid system incorporating Novopay and the previous Datacom system.

Ms Jackson’s resignation follows that of former Secretary for Education Lesley Longstone as a result of a poor working relationship with Education Minister Hekia Parata.

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Child in school rampage

By Sophie Ryan A 7-year-old pupil armed with scissors went on a windowsmashing spree, causing a lockdown at a Northland school.

It is believed the boy, a student at Mangakahia Area School, became upset in class and smashed a number of windows.

Principal Jacqui Tyrrell said the school, with a roll of around 130, was forced into lock-down during the incident.

She said staff followed protocol for any situations where the safety of students and staff were at risk and called police.

“When there is concern for safety it is a ‘better safe than sorry’ situation.

“We were dealing with broken windows and broken glass,” she said.

No one was injured.

Northland police communications manager Sarah Kennett said the issue was resolved between teachers and the boy by the time police arrived.

She said the boy was returned to his caregivers, and there would be ongoing discussions between the school and the caregivers about his future at the school.

Ms Tyrrell said the boy was new to the school.

She would not comment on whether he had lashed out before at the school.

A counsellor would be brought to the school for students to talk to.

The case comes after Northland principals raised concerns in recent weeks over increasing numbers of violent students in schools and a lack of resources to deal with them.

Hora Hora Principal and Tai Tokerau Principals’ Association president Pat Newman recently voiced his frustration with the lack of resources to deal with a violent 6-year-old at his school.

Mr Newman said the Gateway programme, which is designed to provide wrap-around resources such as social workers and child psychologists for troubled youngsters, was not doing enough to help schools deal with children like this.

“It’s another case of ‘Let’s have meetings, let’s write endless observational notes’, but nothing actually happens,” he said.

Police were also called to Tikipunga High School on May 28 after a 14-year-old student became aggressive and staff at the school needed assistance to subdue the teen.

Principal Peter Garelja said it was out of character for the student.

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Police officer charged with five counts of indecent assault

By Anna Ferrick A Hawke’s Bay police officer has been charged with seven counts of indecently assaulting five different women when he was a volunteer lifeguard director at Ocean Beach.

Adam Dunnett, 37, a constable

who has worked in the Flaxmere community, appeared at Hastings District Court yesterday and entered no plea to the charges.

He also lost his bid for name suppression yesterday.

Arguing for name suppression, Dunnett’s lawyer Jonathan Krebs said the publication of Dunnett’s

name and photograph would cause extreme hardship for him and said in at least two of the cases there was dispute over the identity of the offender. Judge David Cameron said Dunnett had denied it was him. Mr Krebs said publicity would hinder Dunnett’s ability to return to his community based role as a

police officer. Mr Krebs also said the publication of in-court photographs could influence victims and witnesses before a trial stage is reached.

Sergeant Toby Morgan represented the police in court yesterday, he said other police officers had been through the courts without name

suppression and had managed to maintain careers in the police if they were acquitted.

He said it was possible Dunnett, who has been with the police for 10 years, would be redeployed in the event he is found not guilty.

Judge Cameron acknowledged the wide public interest in police

officers as enforcers of the law and said Dunnett would have been aware that any offending as a police officer would attract “intense public scrutiny and media attention”.

The court heard the alleged offending took place between May 20, 2011 and December 31, 2012.

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Bid to prevent thefts from schools

By Myles Hume A police-led initiative created to deter thieves from targeting schools is being backed by Mid Canterbury principals.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Neil Simons said schools were popular targets for thieves, particularly with the growing presence of technology in the classroom.

That’s why he is throwing his weight behind the Safer Schools programme, which will deliver kits to schools throughout the district, allowing schools to apply an invisible solution to laptops and other expensive equipment.

The solution contains a “unique DNA sequence” for each school, so if stolen equipment is recovered, police can put the

Neil Simons product under the microscope and determine if it was school property, and which school it belonged to.

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the programme will be rolled out school-by-school in Mid Canterbury in the coming weeks after it was launched in Timaru yesterday.

The programme, developed by BNZ, police, Crimestoppers and SelectaDNA, was attributed to the 61 per cent drop in burglaries during a six-month trial in a South Auckland school.

“Schools can be a target, yes, we are fully alarmed and monitored but people can do a hit and run, I know in the big centres schools are regularly targeted.

“I know of one school in Palmerston North that was targeted every week for technology equipment,” Mr Simons said.

He said schools already ran tight budgets and that was exacerbated by the increasing reliance on tablets and computers.

to sign up and get hold of resources that promote positive support on the sidelines.

Abusive supporters on the sideMr McGirr predicted many clubs lines of Mid Canterbury rugby would be interested, but signs games appear to be keeping their reminding parents “to zip it up” at opinions to themselves this season, Mid Canterbury rugby clubs were leading the referees’ boss to praise already making a difference. the behaviour of local fans.

“It just serves as a reminder Mid Canterbury Rugby Referees’ around the grounds, and we are ropUnion president Ant McGirr has ing off the fields too so when there’s seen the ugly side of passionate a bit of tension they aren’t so close supporters in his long to the players or refs.” career as a referee, He said online with supporters facabuse usually did not ing judicial hearings play on the minds of ‘I think this and banned from local experienced whistlefixtures. blowers but for new season has But with camreferees it was intimibeen one of the dating. paign drives such as the Zip it Up proHe believed “90 per better ones’ gramme, he said Mid cent” of abuse came Canterbury officials because spectators - Ant McGirr have gone through the did not know the 2013 winter relatively rules, and reminded unscathed by vocal supporters referees spectators. usually knew rugby “I think this season has been one laws better than anyone else. of the better ones, I’ve been reffing When wandering the touchline, Mr for 24 years and when I first started McGirr said he sometimes tapped it was quite bad and over the years supporters on the shoulder and we have lost refs to so called abuse. asked them to become a ref.

“And even the players are starting “And sometimes that’s all it takes to get better, the attitude is much (to keep them quiet). better in Mid Canterbury, but some “We have training sessions on a teams from Ellesmere and North Tuesday night every two weeks and Canterbury could improve.” have invited coaches to come down This week, the New Zealand Rugby and have a look at any time.”

Union launched its APPLAUD proThe rugby season is set to end mid gramme, asking clubs and schools August.

Canterbury Police District Commander, Superintendent Gary Knowles said the Safer Schools initiative helped “deal with crime before it happens, and stopped people becoming victims of crime”.

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said he rarely dealt with theft, and schools worked hard to ensure pupils had the best technology.

He was supportive to apply the DNA-like solution to the college’s technological equipment, and wondered if it could be extended to pupils’ belongings too.

“Students should be able to put their bags and things down and know it will still be there when they come back,” he said.

“Theft is bad for any school, and it has a negative on the overall environment.”

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A significant Lions Foundation grant is set to benefit 100 Mid Canterbury families.

The Ashburton Parents’ Centre recently found they would have the year rent, power, insurance and rates-free after the Lions Foundation granted them $15,000.

The centre, which has been

part of the community for more than 20 years, needs to raise about $24,000 to function each year, to cater for the 100 families that use the organisation.

They would look to hold raffles and apply for other grants to make up the remaining $9000.

Secretary Emily Cooke said the contribution took “a huge

weight off their shoulders” for the voluntary organisation, which helps support young local families.

“Most parents’ centres have to find their own rooms, but it can be hard to find places to run courses, but this means we can keep our centre,” Mrs Cooke said.

She said it was a strenuous process applying for the grant, with the committee gathering documents on rent, insurance, rates and power from the past 12 months.

“The great thing was we applied for $15,000 and that’s what we got, so that was fantastic,” Mrs Cooke said.

Elderly housing units get big tick

By Sue Newman People living in the Ashburton District Council’s elderly housing units have given their landlord a good report card.

The council surveys its tenants annually to ensure that what it is providing in the way of accommodation and services is up to expectations and this year there was just one area where its performance had slipped – day-to-day maintenance of the units’ grounds.

Per for mance had improved significantly in all other areas with 97 per cent of tenants saying they were satisfied with the overall standard of their accommodation; 96 were satisfied with the overall service provided by the council.

The day-to-day maintenance of their grounds was a recurring complaint with many respondents, particularly the frequency of lawn mowing and the trimming of shrubs and trees that are close to units.

Some suggested they would be happy to help keep gardens and lawns tidy around their units and the council is now looking at an option of providing a pool of gardening tools and equipment for tenants to use.

Over the past few years the council has installed heat pumps in many units and they have drawn high praise from tenants, but many have requested the council also investigate double glazing their units.

Another suggestion was for a room where residents could hold social gatherings.

The council owns more than 100 housing units in Ashburton, Methven and Rakaia and demand for tenancy is high.

Over the past 12 months they have been running at 100 per cent occupancy with a growing waiting list for units.

With demand anticipated to increase even further in the future, the council intends to look at ways to plan effectively for future scope and management of its housing stock.

Drink-drivers face the court The following people appeared before Judge Joanna Maze on driving related matters in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Glenn Darryn Meager, 49, of Hinds pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated drinkdriving. In September Meager was found to have been driving with an excess blood alcohol level of 198 milligrams per 100 millilitres, when the legal limit is 80 milligrams. He was pulled up again in February, this time driving with a level of 400mcg.

Judge Maze noted these were Meager’s second and third convictions for drink-driving in five years, but took his major health issues and his engagement in services into account before sentencing him. He will serve six months on home detention and will be supervised for six months post detention.

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Blair Stewart Frater, 23, of Southbridge was convicted of drink-driving (EBA 887mcg/l) and careless use. On the former charge he was fined $700, ordered to pay court costs of $130 and disqualified from driving for six months. On the careless use charge he was ordered to pay reparations of $900 at $100 a fortnight.

The court was told Frater had been drinking before driving north on May 26. He failed to notice road works signs and a queue of vehicles that had been stopped; he ploughed into the back of the vehicle at the rear of the queue, shunting it into

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Clete Spicer, 35, of Hakatere, was convicted of aggravated drink-driving (third or subsequent charge), refusing to give blood for alcohol analysis and aggravated driving while disqualified. He was sentenced to six months community detention on the latter two charges, to be served concurrently, and ordered to comply with intensive supervision for 12 months.

On the drink-driving charge Spicer was disqualified indefinitely, and ordered to obtain a zero alcohol licence for three years if he obtains a licence.

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Billy Joel Irving, 21, of Netherby, was convicted of drink-driving (EBA 608mcg/l).

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Alice Maria Williams, 28, of Tinwald, appeared to face a charge of driving while forbidden in Muriwai in 2003.

However, Williams claimed she was living in Ashburton at the time. Prosecutor Sergeant Paul Scott said police were unable to withdraw the charge, and the case was set down for a status hearing on August 6. *

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After sleeping in his car on North Park Road on May 22, Dean John Blaze, a cleaner of Hampstead, found two vehicle wheels. He later tried to sell them; as a result he appeared yesterday in the Ashburton District Court on a charge of receiving stolen property. The tyres and rims had previously been stolen from a business premises in the industrial estate.

The court was told Blaze had a significant history of dishonesty offences, but he had not appeared since 2010. He was convicted and sentenced to complete 80 hours of community work. *

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James Thornton Doyle, a farmworker of Ruapuna, was convicted of driving outside the terms of his limited licence. He was fined $250, ordered to pay court costs, and disqualified from driving for six months.

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Dotcom papers cited as spy link

By David Fisher Top secret papers showing Kim Dotcom’s details were passed to an international spying network have been cited as proof New Zealand is complicit in a surveillance system based on information sourced from some of the largest internet companies in the world.

The documents show strings of data being fed into a spying system which has links to the Five Eyes network, of which New Zealand’s GCSB is a member with Australian, Canadian, UK and US partners.

It is the same information used to match personal detail harvested by the Prism system, revealed in the Guardian newspaper as being set up in 2007 to monitor people outside the US by sifting through massive amounts of data collected from Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and other internet giants.

The revelation rocked the US, forcing President Barack Obama to defend the system as a “modest encroachments on privacy”, and then the UK, after it emerged its partner in the Five Eyes network had access to the Prism scheme for at least three years.

While UK Foreign Secretary William Hague was expected to address the House of Commons overnight, Prime Minister John Key yesterday refused to be drawn on whether New Zealand’s spies used the system. A GCSB spokesman also refused, saying: “We don’t discuss that kind of information pub-

Kim Dotcom licly.” The revelation comes as the Government attempts to expand the GCSB’s spying powers after a review of the bureau found it had potentially repeatedly broken the law – including with the supply of the “metadata” which powers Prism.

Mr Dotcom, who faces extradition to the US on charges of copyright violation, said he believed the GCSB sifted through Prism data with his details prior to the arrest. “It certainly did involve Prism. GCSB relies heavily on

US spy technology. The Five Eyes have one brain and it sits in the US.” Papers released in the Dotcom court case support the links to the Five Eyes network but crucially have the name of the intelligence system doing the actual spying deleted.

The papers were released after it emerged the GCSB illegally spied on Mr Dotcom in the lead-up to the unlawful raid in which he was arrested.

Documents show analysts tasked with organising the spying marked it as associated with the Five Eyes network. One document, classifying it as “Secret”, listed the five member nations and stated: “Please enter into [name of system redacted] and mark as priority.” The accompanying list is called “Selectors of Interest” and details a long string of information similar to that used in Prism.

It includes cellphone numbers, driver licence details, email addresses, passport numbers, internet protocol and real world addresses.

Another document was headed up “Top Secret” and “rel to NZL/FVEY” (New Zealand/Five Eyes). It referred to “traffic volume from these selectors”, showing information was intercepted.

Mr Dotcom said silence from the GCSB was “an ongoing cover-up” which would be “challenged in court”.

“We intend to present our own information and expose the real conspiracy.” He said the GCSB’s spying was “broader and longer” than already known.

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New life for historic site

By Susan Sandys Arthur Wells of Ashburton is taking a stronger interest than most in the construction of a modern two-storey commercial building on East and Burnett streets.

That is because his association with the site goes back over 50 years, to when he first set up an electrical repair shop on East Street.

That was in one of Ashburton’s first buildings, a two-storey wooden construction built in 1878.

Mr Wells then saw the building in

which he had repaired many a washing machine and other appliances, as well as operate a retail site, receive serious damage in the Canterbury earthquakes.

Its demolition followed, and Mr Wells sold the site to his daughter and sonin-law Jennifer and Mark Holmes.

It is on this site, and the neighbouring Burnett Street site where the former historic Friedlanders building stood, also owned by Mr and Mrs Holmes and demolished after the earthquakes, that the new two-storey commercial building is being erected.

Despite the difficulties the Canterbury

earthquakes presented, the new building represents new life to Mr Wells, who is enjoying seeing it take shape as teams of construction workers are on site daily.

He has been a regular visitor to the site and Somerset House across the road, from where he gets a good view from the third floor.

The building, which he believed would be completed by October, was coming along well and would provide space for several offices and retail sites.

“It’s a complete new construction covering the whole area,” Mr Wells said.

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By Sue Newman Age Concern Ashburton might have a large number of people using its services but like its counterparts around New Zealand, it struggles to secure funding.

Each year the organisation walks a financial tightrope to make the funds it secures from COGS and Lotteries Commission funds last the distance and each year its executive keep their fingers crossed there will be enough money in the bank to pay the bills.

Vice-president Trish Small said securing funds for the year was always an issue and there were no guarantees that what was received one year would be received the next.

“We have to secure funds for everything we do, our day-to-day running and our costs keep escalating. We just go year by year,” she said.

Age Concern has about 200 members and provides exercise classes, runs a thrice weekly social gathering, the 206 Club, is involved with Total Mobility and runs a courtesy driver service. It trialled a visitor service for the housebound elderly but could not afford the cost of employing a co-ordinator.

The group also receives donations from community groups and charges its members a small annual fee. To provide a wider spread of services to the elderly, Age Concern works alongside Presbyterian Support.

“But what it comes down to is, if we

don’t get the funding for the year then we can’t provide the service,” Mrs Small said.

And Ashburton is not alone as an Age Concern association to be feeling the funding pinch.

Whangarei’s organisation fears it will soon have to start slashing vital services because it is facing a $250,000 funding shortfall.

Ashburton had not reached that point but was running each year on a very tight budget, Mrs Small said.

Like Whangarei, Ashburton has one of the highest ratios of people aged 65 to people of working age, more than 16 per cent. The difference was Ashburton was already running a smaller number of services than it would like, she said.

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Palestinian terms ‘insurmountable’ Palestinian preconditions for peace talks make a return to negotiations impossible for Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says.

“To me the setting of preconditions is an insurmountable obstacle,” Netanyahu told the foreign affairs and defence committee, a parliamentary statement said.

The Palestinians say they will only return to negotiations if Israel stops building on land they want for their future state and if the Jewish state agrees to negotiate on the basis of the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war.

Israel demands talks “without preconditions” and refuses publicly to freeze settlement building.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has postponed an expected trip to Israel and Palestinian territories to attend White House talks on Syria, US officials told AFP on Monday.

The visit had not been formally announced but a tentative

Abbas more time to decide whether to drop his insistence on a settlement freeze.

Last week, Kerry warned that if his efforts to kick-start the peace negotiations, frozen since 2010, fail now, there may never be another chance.

Israeli news website Ynet quoted Netanyahu as telling a meeting of senior members of his Likud party last Tuesday that he had received no US request for a settlement freeze.

It also reported him as saying that continued settlement building in the occupied West Bank “has no effect on a peace agreement.”

But he told the parliamentary committee that the alternative to statehood for the Palestinians would be for them and Israelis to share one country, and that was not an option.

“If we go into direct negotiations, it is likely to be very hard but the alternative of a binational state is one we do not want,” he – AFP said.

Benjamin Netanyahu schedule from the office of Israeli President Shimon Peres had said the two men would meet on June 11.

Israel HaYom, a newspaper considered close to Netanyahu also said Kerry had been due to arrive on Tuesday.

It said he delayed to give Palestinian president Mahmud

• Malkovich to rescue A US tourist says actor John Malkovich played a starring role in coming to his rescue when he fell and gashed his throat on scaffolding in Canada. Seventy-seven-yearold Jim Walpole fell in Toronto while on a trans-Canadian trip. Walpole tells the Toronto Star that Malkovich, who was appearing at a local theatre, applied pressure to slow the bleeding until medics arrived.

The injury required 10 stitches.

Ben Quinn held Walpole’s head.

He said by phone yesterday that Malkovich “had everything under control” quickly, didn’t want attention and called later to check on Walpole.

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The remains of a crashed World War Two Dornier bomber, the only surviving German Second World War Dornier Do 17 bomber, rests on a barge after being raised from the English Channel off Deal, southern England, yesterday.

German bomber raised from sea A British museum yesterday successfully recovered what could be the last intact model of a famous German World War Two bomber from beneath the English Channel.

The aircraft, nicknamed the Luftwaffe’s “flying pencil” because of its narrow fuselage, was shot down off the coast of Kent county in south-eastern England more than 70 years ago during the Battle of Britain.

It is believed to be the only known complete example of the German Dornier Do 17 bomber.

“It has been lifted and is now safely on the barge and in one piece,” said RAF Museum spokesman Ajay Srivastava. The bomber will be towed into port today, he added.

The museum had been trying to raise the relic for a few weeks, but the operation was delayed by

strong winds. In 2008, divers discovered the undamaged aircraft submerged in 15m of water.

Experts say the bomber is remarkably undamaged despite the passage of time.

Museum officials plan to conserve the relic and put it on exhibition next to the wreck of a British Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft that also was shot down during the battle.

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Mandela remains in ‘intensive care’, but stable Nelson Mandela remains in serious but stable condition while being treated in intensive care for a lung infection, the South African government says.

The 94-year-old was rushed to a Pretoria hospital at the weekend, in the latest health scare that has prompted South Africans to come to terms with the mortal-

ity of their anti-apartheid hero.

“He is receiving intensive care treatment,” presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj, who served jail time with Mandela, said.

He “remains in hospital, and his condition is unchanged”, the presidency said in a statement.

The government had described Mandela, South Africa’s first

black president, as being in a “serious but stable” condition on Sunday.

Yesterday, Mandela was visited by his former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and their daughter Zindzi.

The former president’s two other daughters paid him a visit on Monday, while his current wife

Graca Machel has been by his bedside since his admission to hospital.

Little information has been released about his condition, but he has a long history of lung problems since being diagnosed with early-stage tuberculosis in 1988.

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A bank economist has warned of consumer spending sprees and widespread economic fall-out if house price rises continue, just as QV showed the sector continuing to rocket ahead.

Felix Delbruck, Westpac Institutional Bank senior economist, said borrowers could remortgage, “effectively using the house as an ATM”.

QV this week released data showing house prices nationally rose 1.7

per cent in the three months to May and 7.1 per cent in a year.

They’re now 5 per cent above the 2007 peak.

Mr Delbruck said a rising housing market could boost domestic spending, putting further inflation pressures on the economy and sparking more interest rate hikes than the Reserve Bank was indicating.

The International Monetary Fund has already warned that New Zealand’s housing market is overvalued by as much as 25 per cent and economists are awaiting the Reserve Bank’s Thursday announce-

ment, looking for further details of the new loan-to-value ratio regime to quell the riskiest end of the lending market.

QV said Auckland and Canterbury were showing the strongest price growth, reflecting low supply levels.

Auckland prices are up 3.5 per cent in the three months to May and 12.7 in a year and are 17 per cent above the 2007 peak, while Christchurch prices are up 10 per cent in a year and are 10.8 per cent above the 2007 peak.

Areas outside Auckland and Canterbury showed modest price

rises, reflecting the gradual lift in demand over the past year but with a more balanced supply. Mr Delbruck worried about the effects of a rocketing market, saying it was true that, about two years ago, people had been paying down debt, but that trend now appeared to have reversed.

Mortgage growth had picked up since early last year “and indeed now seems to be growing slightly faster than household incomes”.

“Every house sale will add to the economy’s total mortgage debt if the buyer takes on more debt than the seller pays down.

“Provided that this increase in debt isn’t reinvested in housing, it’s potentially available for spending on consumer goods and services,” Mr Delbruck said, predicting house prices to rise nationally 18 per cent over this year and next.

QV operations manager Kerry Stewart said Auckland prices were still very high and a “somewhat desperate” feeling was emerging among buyers searching for good houses at reasonable prices.

The speed with which people had to make an offer had seen some forgo the usual due diligence.

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Prince Philip will celebrate his 92nd birthday in hospital where is recovering from exploratory abdominal surgery. The colourful royal is said by Buckingham Palace to be “progressing satisfactorily” after undergoing the operation at the London Clinic on Friday. The palace won’t reveal if the Queen, 87, and other members of the family will visit the duke, who is expected to spend up to two weeks in hospital while his results are analysed.

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just pray that he recovers,” said Kennedy Moraga outside a private specialist heart clinic in Pretoria, where he is believed to be receiving treatment.

Meanwhile, access to the revered statesman has been restricted to close family members in a bid to reduce the risk of further infections.

– AFP

Former Coronation Street actor Andrew Lancel has left a Liverpool court a free man after being cleared of child sex charges. The 42-year-old, who played Frank Foster in the popular soap, was found not guilty of four counts of indecently assaulting a 15-year-old boy, dating back to 1994. Lancel, who also had parts in British television shows Casualty and Heartbeat, was said to have “used his status” to “flatter and gain the trust” of his alleged victim.

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The African Union Commission chief, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said she has heard that Mandela is “responding positively to treatment”.

“He has done his part. We

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By Anne Gibson Housing has become a battle between old and young, a new report says.

Priced Out – How New Zealand Lost Its Housing Affordability, from public policy thinktank the NZ Initiative, argues that home ownership in a large part depends on your age.

If you’re young, you are more likely to be locked out of housing and may never be able to climb the first rung on the property ladder.

Authorities such as the Auckland Council, who thought a rural-urban boundary would work to the advantage of ordinary people, save transport costs and restrain unnecessary local authority outlays, were wrong, the report claims.

It says that fears Auckland would sprawl over farmland are exaggerated and opening up more rural areas for housing would ease house price pressures.

Less than 1 per cent of New Zealand is built on “even after including landfill and roads”, the report says.

Artificial land restrictions, antidevelopment attitudes, over-powerful planners, tight building regulations and gun-shy councils have all been blamed for New Zealand’s housing crisis in the report written by former Local Government Minister Michael Bassett and research fellow Luke Malpass.

Auckland’s rural-urban boundary had been almost completely shut for many years, the principal cause of rising land values.

“The MUL (Metropolitan Urban Limit) favours the old and the rich and it punishes the younger and poorer,” the report says.

Dr Oliver Hartwich, initiative executive director, said: “It is scandalous that ordinary New Zealanders are increasingly priced out of the housing market.

“We need to restore housing affordability to improve social mobility.”

Hugh Pavletich, the Christchurchbased co-author of the annual Demographia Housing Affordability

survey, agreed with the report, which draws on Demographia data to show the median cost of a house in Auckland is now 6.4 times the city’s median income.

“New Zealand has 270,000sq km of land area of which only 1800sq km is urban. Auckland takes up only 530sq km and Christchurch 188sq km.

Only 0.7 per cent of all land in New Zealand is urbanised. We have about the same land area as the United Kingdom which has a population of 63 million,” Mr Pavletich said. He advocates building on farmland and abolishing city limits.

“There is no need to constrain our cities. We couldn’t urbanise a further half a per cent of our land area over the next 50 years even if we met all the demand for all the housing that’s needed,” he said, praising the Government for its aim to have 39,000 houses built in the next three

years.

The report shows land prices in Auckland make up more than 60 per cent of the cost of a home.

Auckland Council’s draft Urban Plan advocates 70 per cent of all new development be constrained within the city limits, sparking a widespread outcry from many communities.

The report found that when Auckland rural land is freed up, it is always “too little and too late” and said there was nothing approaching a free market in housing: “It is a market largely created and manipulated by government – whether from Wellington or by local councils.”

Spreading on to farm land would ease pressure fast.

“Even if New Zealand were to double its built footprint, less than 2 per cent of the country would be built upon. Settlement patterns in comparable cities in other countries show

that doubling built-up areas produces a capacity to house far more than double the population.”

Urban sprawl fears had resulted in restrictive, prescriptive zoning which had conferred a virtual monopoly market power on landowners near the city fringes, the report said, further blaming councils for high levies, fees and development contributions.

These had been “death by a thousand cuts” to housing supply, pushed up by the leaky homes crisis as councils sought to protect themselves against claims of negligence and passed on more costs.

“Nothing was done to rein in the agendas of planners,” the report said, blaming councils for their “hopelessly conflicted position” as the sole provider of infrastructure while also deciding on where the urban boundaries should be.

If people did not like the service

from a council or council-run company, there was little choice but to grin and bear it, the report said.

“In the Auckland region, where an estimated 13,000 new houses are required each year, absurdly high prices are being paid each week for very ordinary homes while only 4000 new houses are being added to the total housing stock each year,” the report said.

Auckland’s rural-urban boundary favoured those who owned houses and made it more difficult for people to make the first step on to the ladder.

Someone who bought an innersuburb Auckland house for $70,000 in 1975 could find it worth $1.5 million today.

US cities, with fewer zoning restrictions, had not experienced New Zealand and Australia’s sharp house price upturn.

Expectations about housing have changed too as people demand bigger places and many first-home buyers have an unrealistic expectation of what standard of house is available at what price.

Home ownership rates are now around 1916 levels, before large-scale Government intervention, the report says.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown defended the draft Unitary Plan and said urban sprawl was not the way forward.

Auckland would be a sustainable city with a balance of going in, up and out and simply advocating building on farmland was not an option, he told the Herald.

Getting more affordable housing was crucial for Auckland and people often forgot just how many houses had been built in the previous boom last decade, he said.

The city must plan for growth and do that responsibly, Mr Brown said.

“The type of house we have now will be a different house to what we have in five or 10 years time.

Aucklanders are renowned for looking for different housing types, whether or not they are renting, and/or owning,” Mr Brown said.

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Turkey PM to meet with protest leaders Ankara, defying Erdogan’s threat that they would “pay a price” for the unrelenting unrest, the biggest challenge yet to his Islamicrooted government’s decade-long rule.

Riot police fired tear-gas in the centre of Ankara yesterday to disperse hundreds of protesters on the 11th day of mass demonstrations against Erdogan’s Islamic-

rooted government. “Our prime minister has given an appointment to some of the groups leading these protests,” said deputy premier Bulent Arinc, adding that the talks would take place tomorrow.

“They will be briefed on the facts and our prime minister will listen to their thoughts,” he told reporters in Ankara after a six-hour

cabinet meeting on the crisis.

Despite the conciliatory gesture, he warned: “Illegal demonstrations will not be allowed anymore in Turkey.”

The unrest first erupted after police cracked down heavily on a campaign to save Istanbul’s Gezi Park from demolition on May 31.

The trouble spiralled into nationwide displays of anger against

Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), seen as increasingly authoritarian.

Nearly 5000 demonstrators, scores of whom are young and middle-class, have been injured and three people have died, tarnishing Turkey’s image as a model of Islamic democracy.

After a weekend of record crowds

Erdogan said on Monday more than 600 police officers have been hurt.

The leader has faced international condemnation for his handling of the crisis in Turkey, a country of 76 million at the crossroads of East and West and a key strategic partner in the region for the United States and other Western allies.

– AFP

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Thai man with 14 rare lions arrested Thai police found 14 albino lions imported from Africa and hundreds of other protected animals in a warehouse near Bangkok and have arrested a pet shop owner.

Birds, meerkats, tortoises, peafowls, capuchin monkeys and other species from overseas and Thailand were found at the warehouse, police Col Ek Ekasart said.

They said Montri Boonprom-on, 41, faces charges of possessing wildlife and carcasses and could face up to four years in jail and a fine of 40,000 baht ($1300).

Ek said Montri owns an exotic pet shop at Bangkok’s renowned Chatuchak weekend market and was previously convicted of wildlife trading.

Montri told reporters the lions were shipped legally and were to be transferred to a zoo in Thailand’s northeast. He did not explain why only 14 lions remained at his warehouse, while the documents showed he had imported 16.

Thailand is a hub of the international black market in protected animals. While the country is a member of a convention regulating international trade in endangered species, Thai law does not extend protection to many alien species.

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of tens of thousands in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, the epicentre of the unrest, protesters packed the music-filled, flag-festooned area and nearby Gezi Park for an 11th night.

The national doctors’ union says the unrest has left two protesters and a policeman dead so far while almost 4800 people have been injured.

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Lions rest inside an enclosure after a raid at a zoo-like house on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday. Thai police and forestry officials searched and seized a number of imported and endangered animals including 14 lions from Africa and arrested the house’s owner.

“The truth is, I never thought to step outside and take a look at my chimney. Turns out it was smoking far more than most people’s chimneys.

So I started taking more care with the way I burn. Now I have a cleaner, hotter fire (and happier neighbours too). I want to do the right thing. And I am!”

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has disappeared as US lawmakers demand his immediate extradition from Hong Kong over his sensational leaking of an internet surveillance programme.

Snowden, a 29-year-old technology expert working for a private firm subcontracted to the US National Security Agency, checked out of his Hong Kong hotel after revealing his identity to the British-based Guardian newspaper.

The private contractor has become an instant hero for transparency advocates and libertarians around the globe following his exposure of the NSA’s worldwide monitoring of private users web traffic and phone records.

But the US government appeared to be gearing up to take action against Snowden yesterday with senior lawmakers branding his actions as “treason” and saying he should be extradited from Hong Kong as quickly as possible.

California’s Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein – chair of the Senate Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence – declined to go into specifics but said US authorities were vigorously pursuing Snowden.

“All the departments are proceeding, I think, aggressively,” Feinstein told US media, describing Snowden’s actions as “treason”.

Hong Kong has had an extradition agreement with the US for

more than a decade.

Lawmakers from across the political spectrum lined up to demand Snowden’s speedy return to America as a Washington Post poll indicated that public opinion placed a higher importance on investigating possible terrorist threats rather than protecting an indidivual’s personal privacy.

Florida’s Democratic Senator, Bill Nelson, said Snowden should be prosecuted for treason.

“This is not a whistleblower, I think this is an act of treason,” he said.

President Barack Obama’s spy chief, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, has described Snowden’s leaks as gravely damaging to US security, and referred the matter to the Justice Department, which has launched an investigation.

The White House declined to comment on the case, citing the ongoing probe.

But a spokesman confirmed that Clapper will carry out an assessment of the damage allegedly wrought by the leaks, and confirmed that Obama had been briefed by senior staff over the weekend about the revelations.

The case has also turned the spotlight on the United States’ widespread use of outside contractors for sensitive intelligence work; Snowden is a former low-level CIA employee now employed by private outfit Booz Allen Hamilton.

– AFP

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with protest leaders whose mass antigovernment demonstrations have rocked the country, in his first major concession since the deadly unrest began nearly two weeks ago.

The surprise olive branch came as thousands again took to the streets of Istanbul and the capital

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Don’t under-rate the humble leek I

t might be one of the more humble vegetables, but the leek is a vegetable that easy to under-rate and under use.

It’s mild oniony taste goes well with just about anything that’s savoury and it can be substituted for onions. But it can also be a star in its own right, never overpowering the main event but adding its own subtle shades of flavour.

1 leek halved and sliced thinly 2c of Arborio rice 2c of peas (frozen are fine) 1/3 c of tasty cheese 1/4 c of grated parmesan 1 1/2 T of finely chopped mint leaves • Bring the stock and rice to the boil in large saucepan.

• Lower the heat, cover and simmer for approx 15 minutes.

• Remove from the heat and stand covered for 5-10 minutes.

• Melt the butter in a large fry pan and add the garlic when the butter is melted.

• When the garlic has just cooked add the zucchini and Leek and stir until both are soft.

• Add the peas (defrost frozen peas first) and stir to combine.

• Remove from the heat and set aside.

• Combine the zucchini, leek and garlic with the rice in the large saucepan used to cook the rice.

• Top with tasty cheese, grated parmesan and mint leaves and gently stir together.

Creamy cheesy leeks 1T vegetable oil 2T butter 4 leeks, trimmed, washed, halved and sliced 200ml cream 100g cheddar cheese, grated salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste • In a large frying pan, heat the oil and butter together over medium heat.

• Add the leeks and sauté for at least five minutes, so that they start to soften.

• Add the cream and cheese, stirring thoroughly.

• Reduce the heat to low and cook gently for another 10 minutes until the mixture is thick and all of the cheese is melted.

• Season with salt and pepper.

Allow to cool slightly for a couple of minutes before serving.

Leek and potato soup

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60g butter 2 leeks, chopped 3c chicken stock 2 good sized potatoes peeled and cubed 1/2 c milk Salt and pepper Melt butter in a large pot on the stove.

Add the chopped leeks – cook until soft.

Add the chicken stock and chopped potatoes.

Bring to the boil for 15-20mins until potatoes are tender.

Remove from the stove – stir in milk.

Season with a good amount of salt and pepper.

Allow to cool and then puree.

Reheat if wanting to serve hot.

Serve with garlic bread.

Leek and potato bake

50g butter 4 leeks, finely sliced 1T seed mustard

Leek and potato soup

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Salt and pepper 1.5kg floury potatoes 300ml cream 1/2 c grated tasty cheese Preheat oven to 180ºC. Melt butter in a frying pan and then gently cook leeks until tender.

Mix in seed mustard and season to taste.

Peel potatoes and thinly slice.

Butter a 20 x 30cm baking dish and layer potatoes and leeks in it, seasoning as you go.

Pour over cream and then bake for 30 to 40 minutes until potatoes are tender.

Remove from oven, sprinkle with cheese, then return to oven until cheese is golden and bubbling.

Mushroom and leek tart

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2 garlic cloves Salt Black pepper, freshly ground to taste 1 c tasty cheese, grated 2 leeks, medium, washed and sliced into rings (white part only) 4 rashers streaky bacon, chopped (optional) 450g pre-rolled flaky pastry olive oil extra virgin white button mushrooms Preheat the oven to 200°C. Heat the oil and butter in a frying pan.

Sauté the leeks, garlic and bacon, until the leeks are tender.

Add the mushrooms to the pan and cook for a further 5 minutes.

• Season with salt and black pepper.

• Cut the pastry into 4 rough circles and place on a baking tray.

• Cover each circle with the mushroom and leeks, leaving free a 3cm edge of pastry.

• Fold the pastry edges in towards the centres to contain filling.

• Sprinkle with grated cheese and bake for 15-20 minutes, until pastry is puffed and golden.

Roast leek and lemon chicken

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6 large leeks, roughly sliced 4 large carrots, peeled and roughly sliced 8 chicken thighs 10 cloves garlic, unpeeled 6 bay leaves 4 sprigs thyme 1T olive oil 1 lemon, zest and juice of 150ml white wine salt and pepper Preheat oven to 180°C. Place leeks and carrots in the bottom of a roasting tray.

Arrange chicken, garlic, bay leaves and thyme on top.

Drizzle over olive oil, lemon juice and zest and wine.

Season with salt and pepper.

Cover with tin foil and bake for 45 minutes.

Remove from oven and increase heat to 220°C. Remove foil and return to oven to brown for 15 to 20 minutes.

Roasted kumara and leek soup 1.5 kg or 5 medium sized kumara 2 large leeks 1T butter 1 litre vegetable stock 1/8 tsp nutmeg 3c water salt cream • Peel, chop and roast kumara at 180°C for 1 hour.

• Whilst kumara is roasting, finely slice leek and add to large soup pot with butter.

• Cook leek very gently (sweat) on lowest heat for 20 mins stirring occasionally.

• Leek should brown a little and caramelise.

• Remove from heat until kumara is roasted.

• Blend roasted kumara and vegetable stock until smooth then add to cooked leek in soup pot.

• Add water and nutmeg and mix well.

• Cook covered on low heat for 30 mins.

• Serve in large bowls with a splash of cream swirled through, enjoy with fresh toasted bread.

Leek, pea and mint risotto

1 litre of salt reduced chicken stock 30g of butter 2 zucchini’s quartered and sliced thinly 2 cloves of crushed garlic

Lamb chops with leek mash and mustard sauce

500g floury potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks 1 leek, halved, rinsed and finely sliced whole milk butter 4 lamb cutlets 150ml lamb or beef stock ½ T redcurrant jelly ½ T wholegrain mustard • Boil the potatoes in salted water until tender.

• Add the leeks to the pan for the last 5 minutes cooking.

• Drain and return to the pan with a splash of milk and a knob of butter.

• Mash, season and keep warm.

• Season the cutlets.

• Heat a non-stick frying pan, then add another knob of butter and let it foam.

• Fry the lamb for about 3 minutes on each side or until golden and still pink in the middle.

• Take from the pan, leave to rest on a plate.

• Add the stock and jelly and simmer for 5 minutes until syrupy.

• Add the mustard, simmer for a few seconds more, then season to taste.

• Add any resting juices to the sauce, then serve with the chops and mash.

Photo Jacqui Beardsley

The hit of the evening at a recent Braided Rivers and Gibbston Valley degustation dinner – house-smoked Chinook salmon matched with a La Dulcinee Pinot Gris.

Degustation dinner delivers in every way Gibbston Valley winery and Braided Rivers joined forces last week to wine and dine a group of locals, treating them to a slice of one of the best experiences the culinary world has to offer, the degustation dinner.

The five-course meal was one of several the Ashburton Trust has held over the past year aimed at demonstrating how wine and food can be perfectly matched to create the perfect dining experience.

Winemaker Christopher Keys gave a brief overview of his wine philosophy and then introduced

each course with a quick run down of the characteristics diners should expect to experience with each course.

The evenings wine and food pairings were: Caramelized onion tart with Gibbston Valley Le Fou Riesling; Chinook Salmon house smoked with La Dulcinee Pinot Gris; Duck Liver Pate with Schoolhouse Pinot Noir; Pouissin stuffed with garlic spinach with China Terrace Pinot Noir and Gluten Free Chocolate Fondant with Late Harvest Gibbston Valley Riesling.

dining out

New Winter Menu Chefs top dishes

Potato crusted fish served with buttered leeks and a bacon and balsamic dressing.

Vanilla crème brule served with an almond biscotti.

Hazelnut crusted sautéed lambs fry served with a trio of onions crispy pancetta and a Windsor blue cheese glaze.

Feeling like a good Thai curry?

Fresh Vibrant Local New Winter Menu

This multi award winning cafe is now open for dinner Wednesday to Saturday.

With delicious new meals to warm your heart and soul and its relaxing atmosphere, Nosh Cafe is the perfect place to sit back and relax with family and friends.

Ashford Village Ashburton 03 307 0070

Charming Thai Restaurant is an excellent and unique Thai restaurant in Ashburton. In our menu, you will find a variety of distinctive tastes, ranging from the north to the south and from the west to the east of Thailand.

Brewed coffee at the peak of freshness served by experienced, friendly staff

Seating between 6 pm - 9 pm

Bookings essential phone 03 307 8887

148 East Street, Phone (03) 308 5885

to advertise in this directory, please phone desme on 027 468 8186

Mitre 10 Complex, Ashburton 03 308 1749

Classifieds FOR SALE

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Wednesday, June 12, 2013

JOBS

To advertise here call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

REAL ESTATE

landscape supplies

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tHURsday’s open Homes

Receptionist / Service Advisor

SCOTT AND SHARON BOWERS

Gluyas Motor Group has a well-established automotive repair workshop on the corner of East Street and Kermode Street. We have a busy professional team and we offer on-going training to enhance your skills. We pride ourselves on having a long standing and loyal customer base built on excellent relationship management and exceeding customer expectations.

GRAZING

Grazing Wanted

• Thursday 13 June, Thursday 27 June • Thursday 11 July, Thursday 25 July

5 Kerr Street 12 noon - 12.40pm

$259,000

• Renovated throughout • First home or investment • Superb spacious outdoor living • Quiet cul-de-sac close to town

Use your smart phone to scan me for more details

View at www.ashburton.harcourts.co.nz AS250313

A representative will be available on site to offer advice, provide guidance and answer any questions that you have relating to Clean Heat Ashburton and the funding that is available to home owners who live within the Ashburton Clean Air Zone.

Dairy heifer grazing required From September 2013.

R 2's. Numbers to suit.

have added their business

We offer: • on site maintenance and repairs • hydraulic hose / fittings and repairs • specialise in rotary milking platform installations services and repairs

Cle an He at libR aRy SeSSion The Ashburton District Council would like to invite Ashburton Residents to a public information session about the Clean Heat Ashburton Programme. This will be held at the Ashburton Public Library between 11.00am and 1.00pm on the following dates:

ASHBURTON FORKS ENGINEERING RT INSTALLATIONS LTD (20 years experience installing rota-tech milking platforms)

12 June 2013

Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

1823 Ashburton Staveley Road. RD1 Phone: 03 303 0802 Cell: 027 756 6139 Email: scottbowers2009@gmail.com

TENDERS

Together – Let’s clean up our air R CatCHpoWle, environmental monitoring manager

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

25 Bird Street 12.50pm - 1.30pm

CloSURe of Roa dS to oRdinaRy VeHiCUl aR tR affiC

HINDS - Family home 5 bedrooms.

Wood burner/wetback.

Pony paddock available $320 per week. Phone Abby 03 318 0033.

Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that for the purpose of allowing Ashburton District Council Road Safety to hold the Ashburton College Road Crash Day the following roads will be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic (with the exception of emergency vehicles) for the period indicated hereunder.

Road to be closed: • MIDDLE ROAD, from Belt Road to Creek Road, Ashburton

A LOVELY new Asian, hot and sexy, really friendly, sensual massage. Phone Amy 021 100 3539.

Period of Closure: • Tuesday 18 June 2012 from 7:30 am until 10.30 am It will be an offence under the above regulations for any person otherwise than under authority of an authorised permit to use the roads for ordinary vehicular traffic during the period of closure.

MINDY, available everyday, genuine calls only, no texting please. Phone 021 0233 9259.

b leSteR, Chief executive

NEW - ladies in your town, aged 30-60yrs seeking companionship or intimate liaisons.

Anonymity for everyone assured. Listen to a recording on 028 255 27060 then contact Kate for preview of www.privatearrangements.co.nz

I’m in ChCh and will travel to Nth Canterbury districts Wed, Thurs, Fri, Monday 17 Nelson. Ph 027-437-8345.

for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available for delivery. – Wilson Bulk Transport, Phone 308-7772.

CONTAINERS

Visit the Road Safety page of the Ashburton District Council website for more details or contact Rachael Chapman, Road Safety Coordinator at rachael. chapman@adc.govt.nz

FIREWOOD, dry hot burning Macrocarpa / Old Man Pine hot mix, 6cu m $450, 50/50 mix. Ph/text 027 958 0053.

1989 HONDA CITY as is where is, goes well.

103,000kms.

Automatic W.O.F. + Rego, pink. Ideal runabout. Make an offer.

Phone 03 308 3659.

HOLDEN Astra 1995. One owner, genuine 49,000kms.

Excellent condition. $4,000.

Ph 307 8189, 0274 354 705.

WANTED to buy: car, around 1600cc, tidy condition, up to $3,000.

Phone 308 8666 or 021 053 0602.

Give notice of resolution to appoint two Parent Representatives to the Board of Trustees.

Any objections must be registered with the Board of Trustees within 28 days of this notice.

RURAL TRADING POST

KWILA DECKING Available in 90x19 and 140x19 with large choice of lengths available. Stocking all your timber requirements for under your deck as well Adams Sawmill, Malcolm McDowell Road, Ph 308 3595 - Eftpos/credit card.

5 Baring Square West, Ashburton 7700 p (03) 307 7700 e info@adc.govt.nz

POP UP STORE.... Famous homeware brands. For one week only. Up to 70% of famous homeware brands.

Starting Monday, June 10.

10am til 4pm week days, Saturday 10am til 1pm. In The Arcade, Burnett St. Limited stock. Get in quick.

PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740 www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

TENDERS

HIRE

ASHBURTON, EA NETWORKS SPORTS AND AQUATIC CENTRE Tenders close 5pm, June 19, 2013 Registrations of Interest and Tender Submissions to; nick.cournane@naylorlove.co.nz Ph: 03 442 2889 Fax: 03 442 2886 Site Safe passports mandatory.

Drug and alcohol testing undertaken.

VERSASPA School Ball Spray Tan Special, 25% off all School Ball spray tans.

Configure Express ph 307 7030.

MOTORING

Board of Trustees

Design a picture with a “safe speed� safety message and you have a chance of being in the road safety calendar for 2014!

Guardian Classifieds

Phone 307 7900

Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

Birthday Greetings Cake Tin Hire

20 novelty shapes

$15 for 7 days

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287

LET OR LEASE

Ashburton Borough School BoArd of TruSTeeS Casual Vacancy for An elected Trustee

Export Quality Woodchip Guaranteed untreated.

Ideal for calf sheds and wintering barns.

Post peelings also available.

Quantities to suit all requirements.

Ryal Bush Transport

Phone 307 9500

QUALITY conventional lucerne hay for sale $10 + A casual vacancy has GST. Ph 027 439 9322. occurred on the Board of Trustees for an elected TRADES, SERVICES parent representative.

The Board has resolved HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc. under section 105 of the Ph 027-677-1952.

Education Act 1989 to fill the SUN CONTROL WINDOW vacancy by selection.

TINTING, UV, heat, privacy If ten percent or more of etc. Vehicles - Homes eligible voters on the school Commercial. Phone your roll ask the Board, within only local applicator Craig Rogers 307-6347, member of 28 days of this notice being Master Tinters NZ. published, to hold a byelection to fill the vacancy, then a by-election will be held.

Guardian Classifieds Phone 307 7900

LARGE office room with adjoining reception area Any eligible voter who wishes available for lease. Ground to ask the Board to hold a byfloor and central location. election should write to:Phone Julie 027 688 4334.

Chairperson Board of Trustees LIVESTOCK, PETS Ashburton Borough School Winter Street BUYER of unwanted ASHBurToN 7700 animals.

Cattle, bobby By Wednesday, July 10, 2013. calves, horse and all farm animals. We also sell pet To promote your business in any of the food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272-101-621 A/H 03-322- Ashburton Guardian products, call me now 7626.

ASHLEIGH FRASER

from

CALF SHED BEDDING Premium woodmulch chipped from our slabwood.

Guaranteed 100% untreated wood/bark NO CONTAMINATION OR DEMOLITION MATERIALS. Sawdust also available - Adams Sawmill, Malcolm McDowell Road. Ph 308 3595.

TEL FAX EML ADR WEB

BirthdayGreetings Greetingsare are freefor for those those aged aged 12 and under only.

Free Birthday 12 underdays only.before Free birthday greetings greetings must mustfree be received received at least least two twoand working birthday be at working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear date of insertion, otherwise there noavailable guarantee thatground it will appear theday dayrequested. requested.

Photos willisbe be at ononthe Photos will available atour our groundfloor floor office for collection after notice has appeared in the office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.paper.

HAY for sale. Small bales, suitable for horses, shed stored. Taits Road. Phone 03 308 0137.

Guardian Classifieds Phone 307 7900

Eleanor Ross Happy 5th Birthday!

Lots of love Mum, Dad, Jackson, Jonty & Gretchen. xxx

ADVERTISING CONSULTANT MOB

Use your smart phone to scan me for more details

Phone 308-6497 View at www.ashburton.harcourts.co.nz

Fairton School We want your artwork in our road safety calendar!

GENERAL hire.

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

All your DIY / contracting work, Call and see U-Hire Ashburton. 588 East Street.

Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8am - 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 8061 A/h: 308 7460 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

View at www.ashburton.harcourts.co.nz AS090213

PUBLIC NOTICES

FOR SALE

Offers over $338,000

• Three bedrooms, three car garaging • Spacious open plan living • Updated throughout, new log fire • Private outdoor living

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.

Roa d Safet y C alenda R Competition

The following role requirements would be an advantage for the successful person: • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Enjoy interacting with people The ability to build positive rapport Good people skills Effective listening skills Efficient organisational skills The ability to work in a team environment Current New Zealand drivers licence Excellent command of English Ability to work without supervision Professional standard of work and attention to detail Good computer skills Ability to handle pressure in a positive way Reliable, fit and healthy

Experience as a service advisor or receptionist would be an advantage, however the ideal person will be a real people person with ability to understand and implement effective systems and a good comprehension of basic computer systems.

If you are looking for a great place to work, variety in your role, are selfmotivated then Gluyas Motor Group wants to hear from you!

For further information visit www.cleanheatashburton.org.nz or call (03) 307 7700.

Please phone 027 436 9316

Happy Birthday

TRADES, SERVICES

the new owners of

• Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302

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021 892 425

03 307 7975 03 307 7981 ashleigh.f@theguardian.co.nz Level 3, 161 Burnett Street Ashburton www.guardianonline.co.nz

Guardian Classifieds phone 307 7900

Hawkins Construction

Email your CV to Peter Gluyas: peter.gluyas@gluyasgroup.co.nz Or phone 307 5800

Ashburton EA Sports and Aquatic Centre

GLUYAS MOTOR GROUP

Closing @ 12 noon, Friday 14th June P O Box 42127 Christchurch 8149 P: 379 3691 F: 379 8025 E: g.daeche@hawkins.co.nz Please contact Hawkins to access documentation via TenderLink www.tenderlink.com/hawkins

DAILY DIARY TODAY - WEDNESDAY JUNE 12

9.00am. ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Stroll tracks and cross country. Rangiatea Hut. New members welcome 308 6826. Meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West.

9.00am-4.00pm. ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street Consultancy House.

9.30am - 1.00pm. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around op shop. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

9.45am. MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

10.00am. ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

10.00am - 4.00pm. ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, non members welcome. Upstairs in the Old Polytech Building, 254 Cameron Street.

10.00am - 7.00pm. ASHBURTON ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM Open, Baring Square East.

10.30am. LADIES PROBUS. Coffee morning, Cafe Central, Tancred Street.

10.45am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Exercises for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock St. 1.15pm. TINWALD 500 CLUB CARDS. Come join in and play cards, all welcome. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

1.30pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre, all welcome, Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip St 7.00pm. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing.

Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7.00pm - 9.30pm. MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, followed by beginner/intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Phone 307-7138 a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm. ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Workshop with Matthew from Photo-Video. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

7.30pm. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women walking group. 48 Allens Road.

7.30pm. ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness and fun. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm. ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLING CLUB. New members welcome. Allenton Hall, Harrison Street.

TOMORROW - THURSDAY - JUNE 13 9.00am-4.00pm.

ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street Consultancy House.

9.30am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Beginners class, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am - 11.30pm. MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime section, new players very welcome. Sports Hall, Tancred Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm. ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open today. Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am - 1.00pm. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time round op shop. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Street.

10.00am. ST DAVID’S UNI0N CHURCH. Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.30am. MID CANTERBURY NEW COMERS NETWORK. New Comers coffee morning group. McDonald’s Ashburton.

10.45am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Qigong exercises, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

12.30pm. M.S.A. PETANQUE. Petanque has started, everyone welcome, Racecourse Road.

1.00pm. ASHBURTON SCOTTISH SOCIETY INDOOR BOWLS. Bowls afternoon new and old members welcome.

Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

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

1.15pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - beginners welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip St. 7.30pm. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe band hall, Creek Road.

KERMODE STREET, ASHBURTON

We are a large, modern, family-owned seed processing and storage company, based in the heart of Ashburton. Due to increased workload, we have the following position available:

Clerical/Sampling Assistant We are looking for a person to become part of the team in our main office Duties would include: • Sampling of inward trucks • Moisture testing of seed • Computer processing • Certified seed sampling, leading onto Pre Export Inspections • Clerical assistance • Outward seed documentation The successful applicant will require: • Good communication skills • Accuracy with numbers • Computer literate • Be a team player Full training will be given to the successful applicant. This is an opportunity to become part of a vibrant and exciting industry.

Applications close Friday, June 14, 2013 For more information on this position please contact: Brent Clarke – Director To apply, please forward a copy of your CV and references to:

South Island Seed Dressing & Storage Co Ltd P O Box 404 Ashburton 7740 Or email: brent@siseed.co.nz

We are a large, modern, family-owned seed processing and storage company, based in the heart of Ashburton. Due to increased workload, we have the following position available:

Processing And Planning Co-Ordinator We are looking for a team focussed person to become part of our office based processing and planning team.

The successful applicant will assist with the day to day organising of seed cleaning and treatment.

Key attributes will be: • An ability to think ahead and plan • Accuracy with numbers • Be a team player • Have good communication skills • Computer literate Full training will be given to the successful applicant. This is an opportunity to become part of a vibrant and exciting industry.

Applications close Friday, June 14, 2013.

For more information on this position please contact: Brent Clarke – Director To apply, please forward a copy of your CV and references to:

South Island Seed Dressing & Storage Co Ltd P O Box 404 Ashburton 7740 Or email: brent@siseed.co.nz

PRINCES COURT REST HOME

Activities Aid After 15 years we are losing Lanae who has recognised peoples potential and kept them busy and entertained. So, we are looking for an outgoing, caring, team player. An interest in music, exercise and having fun would be an advantage.

Hours of work: Tues - Fri 9am - 12noon and 2pm 4pm. Occasionally 6pm-8pm.

On the job training will be given.

For further details and an application form, please contact: Chris Lill, 58 Princes Street, Ashburton 7700 Phone 308 0302, Monday to Friday,

To promote your business in any of the Ashburton Guardian products, call me now

SUZANNA MACILQUHAM

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EA Networks - we’re hiring!

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EA Networks has several vacancies available for enthusiastic individuals looking to join a stable and successful locally owned company. Take the next step in your career and apply today.

• Sales Representative – Fibre Communications Network

o Are you ambitious, target driven and love to meet new people? Help grow our fibre communications network and support its development.

• Systems Administrator – Information Technology

o Are you experienced in the world of IT? Bring your technical skills to support our large IT infrastructure and diverse systems.

• Management Accountant

o Are you looking for an interesting, analytical role that provides business intelligence and supports our finance department and wider business?

• Technical Services labourer

o Are you looking for a multi-functioned role working outdoors and in? Utilise your varied skills in our Technical Services department.

• Underground Services labourer

o Do you enjoy being part of a team working outdoors across the district? Do you have proven infrastructure skills? Come and talk to us.

To apply for any of these roles or for more information; • Visit our website www.eanetworks.co.nz/careers • Email

recruitment@eanetworks.co.nz

• Phone

(03) 307 9800

Applications close Friday 21 June 2013 at 4pm.

All applications will be treated in confidence.

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If you're a carpenter looking for more from your workplace, Bradford Building can offer you: » A secure future » Skill based pay rate » Varied technical challenges » Advancement opportunities

With a reputation for high quality, technical innovation and sheer hard work, Bradford Building plays a well-deserved major role in the construction industry throughout Canterbury.

You could be a part of this. Build yourself a better future with Bradford Building.

Please contact Lynn Whyte for more information: Phone: 0276 984 176 Email: lynn@bradfords.co.nz

www.bradfords.co.nz

Part time Digger Driver Required

Stockperson Full Time Position Five Star Beef is a large scale beef feedlot, in the heart of Mid Canterbury, which finishes up to 30,000 head of beef cattle annually.

Part of the ANZCO Foods group, one of New Zealand’s largest exporters, Five Star Beef is recruiting a Stockperson role which has become available in the livestock team. This position is tasked with covering the health and welfare of the cattle, including the areas of inspection and the treatment and sorting of animals. Most of the stock work is performed on horseback.

Our successful applicant will be conscienious, reliable and a competent horse rider with the ability to work effectively within a small team.

Ideally they will also possess the following attributes: • Animal husbandry experience • Excellent organisational skills • Have the ability to work unsupervised.

Stockpersons are required to supply two of their own horses which the company will feed, stable and maintain. This role requires the successful applicant to work rostered weekends.

If you want to make a difference with a growing company, please apply online at www.careers.anzcofoods.com.or post your CV to: Emma Collett, Five Star Beef Ltd, PO Box 42, Ashburton 7700.

Phone 03 308 1599.

Applications close 24 June 2013.

Could become full time.

Experience preferred.

Phone Gary

0274 332 798 Blackwell Contracting Methven

Au Pair or Person required for live-in position for 6 weeks.

Starting end of July 2013 Phone 03 307 8255

Guardian Classifieds

Terry Chmiel and I Ching (outside) made a finishing flurry to take the third on the card at the Chertsey Trotting Club’s trials in Ashburton yesterday.

Trials action fast and furious

Gee Bee Frost might have made all the running from the barrier, but Ian Cameron’s three-year-old gelding ran out of steam, conceding line honours in a qualifying pace at yesterday’s Chertsey Trotting Club trials to the four-year-old Real Desire-Red Electric Moon mare I Ching (Terry Chmiel).

Metalcorp NZ Ltd is a scrap metal recycling facility based in Tinwald.

A Metal Processor is required to work in the yard as part of a small team.

The varied roles include: • Operation of machinery including guillotines and balers • Sorting and identification of various metals • Use of hand tools The position requires someone with the following attributes: • Ability to follow clear instructions • Physically fit • Reliable and motivated • Able to work as part of a team • Good customer service skills Experience within the industry is not essential as full training will be provided.

The vacancy is a full time position of 42 hours per week.

There is also rotating Saturday morning work.

Applicants must be able to pass a drug test.

To apply • Please contact Jane on 308-6930 during office hours • Email: Ashburton@metalcorp.co.nz to obtain an application form • Or, apply in person with your CV

Guardian Classifieds Phone 307 7900

Gee Bee Frost, trailed by Eros, made the running for most of the distance with Jennalee, driven by Dexter Dunn and I Ching happy to sit back and bide their time. At the 900 metre mark Jennalee made her move, taking over the lead and 450 metres from home was joined by I Ching.

The pair, with a fresh burst from Gee Bee Frost fought it out to the line with I Ching finishing half a head ahead of Jennalee, with Gee Bee Frost pushed back to third.

I Ching ran the 2400m in 3.07.9, last 800m, 58.4secs, final 400m, 28.3 secs.

Whangarei RC fields, form amd riders Whangarei RC Venue: Ruakaka Meeting Date: 12 Jun 2013 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 11.10am (NZT) COWLEYS HIRE CENTRE MAIDEN 1200 $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 3x Spare The Moment (1) 58.5.......... O Bosson 2 384x Airman (3) 58.5................................ S Spratt 3 x47x0 Skydiver (9) 58.5.............................. C Grylls 4 0 Spare One (10) 58.5................... L Satherley 5 0x Sugar Daddy (4) 58.5..............R Smyth (a3) 6 x24x2 Zest Princess h (17) 56.5................. L Innes 7 x903x Third Rate Romance (13) 56.5...M Sweeney 8 3x0x Our Kismet (12) 56.5........... R Hutchings (a) 9 0550x Ransomlass (14) 56.5.................... R Norvall 10 Azerbaijan (11) 56.5................ P Turner (a1) 11 Ceebeel (16) 56.5...................... M Cameron 12 6x90 Chaussette (15) 56.5.......................S Collett 13 96x09 Clubs Choice h (8) 56.5...............T Thornton 14 Pernickety (5) 56.5............................. M Hills 15 Saint Piran 58.5............................ Scratched 16 6x8x8 Domestic Goddess (2) 56.5 17 34x Lady Hauraki b (7) 56.5 18 River City (6) 56.5 19 Magic Grey 56.5........................... Scratched Emergencies: Saint Piran, Domestic Goddess, Lady Hauraki, River City, Magic Grey 2 11.40am THE NORTHERN ADVOCATE MAIDEN 1200 $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 280x Lucky Orphan (14) 58.5...............T Thornton 2 545x One O Eight (1) 58.5.................... O Bosson 3 Eezemoova 58.5........................... Scratched 4 22x55 Maiden Warrior (12) 56.5...............M McNab 5 6x38x Hannah Mary (3) 56.5...................... S Spratt 6 7300x Rattle And Hum (13) 56.5........B Hutton (a3) 7 5x Candle In The Wind h (6) 56.5.. M Cameron 8 African Star (8) 56.5...................M Sweeney 9 Cav In The Castle (7) 56.5.......... L Satherley 10 8x Fanta 56.5..................................... Scratched 11 0x09x Gidget The Midget (2) 56.5......R Smyth (a3) 12 Sister Wendy h (11) 56.5................. C Grylls 13 7 Strada Lass (4) 56.5................ P Turner (a1) 14 8. Troia (5) 56.5..................................... L Innes 15 Saint Piran 58.5............................ Scratched 16 6x8x8 Domestic Goddess (9) 56.5 17 34x Lady Hauraki b (10) 56.5 18 River City 56.5.............................. Scratched 19 Magic Grey 56.5........................... Scratched Emergencies: Saint Piran, Domestic Goddess, Lady Hauraki, River City, Magic Grey

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The third race on the card started cleanly but driver Bronson Monro and Playaway soon ran into trouble, with the three year old filly appearing to tangle with her harness and fall, taking Monro with her.

The pair were uninjured but took no part in the race.

3 12.10pm CAPTAIN RIO 2YO CHALLENGE HANDICAP $8000, 2YO HCP, 1200m 1 1 Pappa Ragazzo t (3) 58.5............. O Bosson 2 23x31 Orbity m (4) 56.5........................ M Cameron 3 27x58 Code Duello (12) 56.5......... R Hutchings (a) 4 37 First Class (11) 56.5.......................... M Hills 5 48 Babilloni (5) 56.................................R Jones 6 Beauty’s Beast (14) 56..................M McNab 7 Sardios (13) 56................................ S Spratt 8 Simbaah 56................................... Scratched 9 Speedski (1) 56........................... L Satherley 10 Wazungu (15) 56........................M Sweeney 11 Thornbird Lass h (6) 54...............T Thornton 12 9x6 Sun Haven (9) 54...................... K Joyce (a4) 13 Dalcatrazze (8) 54.......................D Johnson 14 Emmuska (7) 54..............................S Collett 15 Stand Your Ground h (2) 56............. C Grylls 16 00 Sister Susie h (10) 54 Emergencies: Stand Your Ground, Sister Susie 4 12.45pm JLT BLOODSTOCK 3YO MAIDEN 1200 $7000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 53x23 Hennessy Black (2) 57.5.................. S Spratt 2 35 Twist Of Fate (6) 57.5......................R Jones 3 Plays Until Dark 57.5.................... Scratched 4 Benghaazi Burner h (1) 57.5.R Hutchings (a) 5 El Guapo (14) 57.5.......................... C Grylls 6 Late Decision (12) 57.5................ O Bosson 7 48x2 Satanico (10) 55.5............................. M Hills 8 34x Lady Hauraki b (13) 55.5 9 0x408 Holly Rose (15) 55.5................B Hutton (a3) 10 5 Rustana (11) 55.5..........................M McNab 11 So Danso (8) 55.5.......................D Johnson 12 0x6 Scorching (7) 55.5...........................S Collett 13 Magic Grey (3) 55.5.................... L Satherley 14 River City (4) 55.5...................... M Cameron 15 Saint Piran (9) 57.5.....................M Sweeney 16 6x8x8 Domestic Goddess 55.5............... Scratched 17 384x Airman 57.5.................................. Scratched 18 African Star 55.5........................... Scratched 19 7 Strada Lass 55.5........................... Scratched 20 0 Spare One (5) 57.5 Emergencies: Saint Piran, Domestic Goddess, Airman, African Star, Strada Lass, Spare One 5 1.20pm CARTERS YOUR BUILDING PARTNER MAIDEN 2100 $7000, MDN, 2100m 1 6x345 Sunset Pass (14) 58.5......... R Hutchings (a) 2 80x38 Arise b (9) 58.5...........................M Sweeney 3 0x654 Duel Of Honour (12) 58.5............T Thornton 4 60737 Good Will (15) 58.5............................ M Hills 5 Cajero (2) 58.5........................... M Cameron 6 0x776 Roman Rascal (7) 58.5............. A Taylor (a3) 7 0x076 The Last Star Way (13) 58.5............R Jones 8 07 Zah Big Boy (11) 58.5...................... D Nolan 9 9x422 Let’s Divorce (4) 56.5...................D Johnson 10 633. Candy Girl (10) 56.5..................... O Bosson 11 57443 Manacor (5) 56.5............................. S Spratt

12 x5563 Sheena O’Reilly h (1) 56.5.............. C Grylls 13 844 Dee I Why (6) 56.5............................ L Innes 14 74x05 Mangaroa Miss (3) 56.5...................S Collett 15 0x00 Skai Ruler (8) 58.5 6 1.55pm FELL ENGINEERING R65 2100 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 3531x Desert Beau (3) 59.....................M Sweeney 2 93214 Ryan John (9) 59.......................... O Bosson 3 07x00 Noosa Blue td (4) 58....................D Johnson 4 52230 Affaire D’Honneur (13) 57.5.R Hutchings (a) 5 710x0 Bally Duff tdh (15) 57.5.............. M Cameron 6 52x70 First Response d (1) 56...................R Jones 7 63189 Table One (11) 56............................ S Spratt 8 42079 Cops ‘N’ Coyote (12) 56..................... M Hills 9 15x70 Imagine d (8) 55.5........................... C Grylls 10 50105 Smuckers (7) 55.5.................... K Leung (a3) 11 26x30 Centara h (5) 55.5.......................T Thornton 12 47036 King Piccolo (14) 55.5...................M McNab 13 3x905 Spicey As t (2) 55..................... A Taylor (a3) 14 74067 Wairaka (6) 54.5......................... L Satherley 15 69x07 Candidly (10) 55 Emergency: Candidly 7 2.30pm CARTERS CHIPPIES MAIDEN MILE $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 433 Cee Tee Are b (1) 58.5........ R Hutchings (a) 2 402 The Force (16) 58.5.......................... L Innes 3 3 Paco Kid h (18) 58.5.................. M Cameron 4 0x603 Zephyros (20) 58.5..................B Hutton (a3) 5 45038 Assassin (15) 58.5................... P Turner (a1) 6 3x9 Don’t Stop Me Now bh (12) 58.5.L Satherley 7 0x985 High Road (19) 58.5........................S Collett 8 56 Hurikin (13) 58.5..............................R Jones 9 3x2 Giovanna Bella (10) 56.5.............T Thornton 10 5x226 Pentarose h (6) 56.5........................ C Grylls 11 x0543 Zabinella b (9) 56.5....................... O Bosson 12 4x4 Rulaline h (8) 56.5............................. M Hills 13 x6630 Shades Of Gold (7) 56.5..............D Johnson 14 4x78 Perfectly Clever (14) 56.5...........M Sweeney 15 996 Goin To The Chapel (11) 58.5 16 8 Diamond Thorn (17) 56.5 17 0x Lucy Bee (4) 56.5 18 7 Hochhaus (2) 58.5........................... D Nolan 19 800x9 Caradonna (5) 56.5 20 0x809 Tommy Riki (3) 58.5 Emergencies: Goin To The Chapel, Diamond Thorn, Lucy Bee, Hochhaus, Caradonna, Tommy Riki 8 3.05pm 92.4FM LIVE SPORT NORTHLAND MAIDEN 1400 $8000, MDN, 1400m 1 x4x26 Another Edition b (12) 58.5..............S Collett 2 280x3 Coogee Flyer (16) 58.5...................... M Hills 3 8x20 Loot ‘N’ Lust 58.5.......................... Scratched 4 275x5 Royalty (13) 58.5.............................. S Spratt 5 4 Packing Express b (2) 58.5........... O Bosson 6 040 Djokovic (5) 58.5.........................M Sweeney 7 5 Mitcham (4) 58.5........................ M Cameron 8 x752L Gisela b (6) 56.5...........B Hutton (a3)

9 3425x Lady Privateer h (1) 56.5................. C Grylls 10 4x620 Senatorial 56.5.............................. Scratched 11 98x52 Clareville Flight 56.5..................... Scratched 12 x6752 Kansas (8) 56.5...........................T Thornton 13 4 Pink Diamond (10) 56.5...............D Johnson 14 9x460 Riva Ballerina 56.5........................ Scratched 15 8x6 Emilio (3) 58.5................................... L Innes 16 566 Lady Phoenix (7) 56.5 17 80x57 Red Storm (14) 56.5............ R Hutchings (a) 18 0x06 I Dream Of Jeannie (15) 56.5 19 Big Picture h (11) 58.5 20 Mitzi Mitosis (9) 58.5 Emergencies: Emilio, Lady Phoenix, Red Storm, I Dream Of Jeannie, Big Picture, Mitzi Mitosis 9 3.40pm WHANGAREI BUS SERVICES R65 1400 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 7x031 Denmark d (1) 58.5.......................... C Grylls 2 52285 Gold Rock d (15) 58.5............. K Leung (a3) 3 215x8 Coachline d (8) 58............... R Hutchings (a) 4 20103 Smedley dm (14) 58....................D Johnson 5 4x618 Tremain (12) 58................................. L Innes 6 88350 Big Rocket d (16) 57................B Hutton (a3) 7 x7382 Captain Scott (3) 57...................... O Bosson 8 28370 Fieldofdreams th (7) 56.5.................. M Hills 9 x1656 Pipeline (9) 56.5............................... S Spratt 10 x76x0 Princess Leia dmh (5) 56.................R Aukett 11 194x0 Prince Of Thrace (6) 56................. R Norvall 12 43018 Lasting Touch (17) 55.5...................R Jones 13 28x39 Perfect Katch th (2) 55.................T Thornton 14 7x100 Lady Grangelea m (11) 54.5.......M Sweeney 15 44054 Miss Kimbra 54............................. Scratched 16 498x5 Mytsharp h (13) 54 17 44385 Poppas Delight (10) 54.5 18 70730 Aimees Gold th (4) 54 Em: Miss Kimbra, Mytsharp, Poppas Delight, Aimees Gold 10 4.15pm A’FARE CAFE CATERING R65 1400 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 80x70 Nazeer tdh (14) 59............................ L Innes 2 401 Banderas t (13) 58.......................T Thornton 3 3x1 The Rich Lister t (4) 58................. O Bosson 4 96x80 Freedom (1) 57......................... K Joyce (a4) 5 5250x King Zeus th (2) 57.................... M Cameron 6 353x1 Aimees Babe th (5) 56................M Sweeney 7 53281 Hardtaluva td (12) 56.......................S Collett 8 29x64 Shanstar 56.................................. Scratched 9 30x41 Stars Of Jiro td (11) 56...................... M Hills 10 77326 Sumotori (15) 56......................B Hutton (a3) 11 82244 Blooming Hell (9) 55................... L Satherley 12 77x10 Mt Eden d (8) 55.............................. S Spratt 13 64168 Anakela 54.5................................. Scratched 14 60953 Impy Luis d (6) 54................. M Cheung (a4) 15 44054 Miss Kimbra (3) 54............... R Hutchings (a) 16 498x5 Mytsharp h (16) 54 17 44385 Poppas Delight (7) 54.5 18 70730 Aimees Gold th (10) 54 Em: Miss Kimbra, Mytsharp, Poppas Delight, Aimees Gold

Wanganui greyhound fields, form Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway Meeting Date: 12 Jun 2013 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14; 15 and 16 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 14, 15 and 16 1 12.01pm (NZT) ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 520m 1 46536 Billy Holmes nwtd.......................G M Clarke 2 Cool Heir nwtd U &..................... McCracken 3 43343 Tepirita Tuiteka nwtd......................B Mitchell 4 74553 King’s Legacy nwtd............................J Black 5 63744 Coyote Caught Ya nwtd......... E S Duganzich 6 35465 Mighty Baxter nwtd....................J McInerney 7 222 Sue Sews Socks nwtd.............. T Mischefski 8 54537 Gucci Rush nwtd L &.......................... Morris 9 38862 Tepirita Jazil nwtd........................ C D Brider 10 44785 Jimmy Buffett nwtd K &......................Phillips 2 12.19pm HARRISON HIRE MASTER HEAT 1 C0q, 305m 1 65386 Homebush Smoke nwtd............ S Gommans 2 233 Snuffalopogas nwtd..........................L Ahern 3 86444 Homebush Sting nwtd................J McInerney 4 2 Almost Got It nwtd U &............... McCracken 5 57446 Cuts Deep nwtd............................P Blanche 6 87475 Big Job Jonesy nwtd K &...................Phillips 7 45623 Where’s Rican nwtd...................J McInerney 8 6T254 I’m A Catch nwtd L &.......................... Morris 9 65677 Sedgebrook Glory nwtd.......................F Kite 10 76758 Go Russel Go nwtd.....................J McArthur 3 12.37pm J P PRINT PETONE C0 HEAT 2 C0q, 305m 1 Hook ‘Em nwtd.......................... S Gommans 2 7 Sunday Driver nwtd...........................P Taylor 3 34645 Another Another nwtd................J McInerney 4 55267 Sydenham Jade nwtd.................G M Clarke 5 Thunder Time nwtd........................... G Ross 6 543F8 Ruthless nwtd..............................J McArthur 7 7546x Summertime Bobby nwtd..........S M Gardner 8 44843 All For One nwtd........................J McInerney 9 787 Ranger Chick nwtd................... S Gommans 10 65687 Looptastic nwtd..........................J McInerney 4 12.54pm GUTHRIE BOWRON C0 HEAT 3 C0q, 305m 1 78836 Alamein Dream nwtd K &..................Phillips 2 24578 Dixie Queen nwtd....................... B Johnston 3 44547 Groovy Leo nwtd........................J McInerney 4 22455 Sydenham Opal nwtd.................G M Clarke 5 T48T2 Genia Haka nwtd............J McInerney 6 36283 Another Stone nwtd...................J McInerney 7 73876 One Ear Poised nwtd................ S Gommans

8 Crazy Katie nwtd....................... S Gommans 9 33858 Go Max nwtd.................................K Jackson 10 57748 Intense Zoom nwtd......................J McArthur 5 1.12pm GARY ROSS DECORATOR HEAT 4 C0q, 305m 1 445 Boot The Cash nwtd...................M Goodwin 2 53476 Judy In Disguise nwtd.................R N Maisey 3 72455 Ello Elle nwtd....................................P Taylor 4 Px842 Homebush Churro nwtd.............J McInerney 5 33575 Another Drink nwtd....................J McInerney 6 Kiribati Girl nwtd....................... S Gommans 7 Lockett In Eddie nwtd.......................L Ahern 8 72486 Tarryn’s Pride nwtd F &..................Turnwald 9 56737 Charlie’s Pal nwtd......................J McInerney 10 48676 Opawa Jen nwtd..............................S Maher 6 1.29pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION C1 C1, 520m 1 5457x Noaki Hurricane nwtd K &.................Phillips 2 82358 Uno Green nwtd...............................S Maher 3 64743 Botany Kevin 30.65....................J McInerney 4 66473 Big Girl Welshy 30.23................J McInerney 5 35266 Darby Lane nwtd L &.......................... Morris 6 76265 Rijeka nwtd....................................M Gowan 7 26356 Armistice Day 30.45..........................L Ahern 8 13274 Smile For Daddy 30.35....................H S Kite 9 77126 Homebush Lestat 30.47.............J McInerney 10 64677 Ghost Chips nwtd....................... T M Furner 7 1.47pm MICKEY’S SUPER LIQUOR C1 C1, 305m 1 85668 Sydenham Sam 17.73................G M Clarke 2 36342 Rebel Joe nwtd................................. A Clark 3 54423 Yeah Nah 17.89...................................L Udy 4 45867 Morning Light 17.81...........................D Hunt 5 66565 Monkey Queen 17.99.........................W Kite 6 44855 Opawa Prince 17.91................... B Johnston 7 72135 Found Roman nwtd............................ R Udy 8 36886 Cawbourne Brooke 17.83..........J McInerney 9 76676 Gunna Excite 18.03 L &...................... Morris 10 37775 Uno Orange nwtd.............................S Maher 8 2.05pm BROAD ROOFING C1 C1, 305m 1 46477 Kiwi Ranger 18.15...............................F Kite 2 56444 Kate Rose 17.96.......................... C D Brider 3 76778 Cullen’s Impact 17.64...................... M Black 4 45356 Jolokia 17.89................................R J Murray 5 26575 Opawa Charlie 17.77.......................... R Udy 6 84665 Your On Fire 17.89...................... B Johnston 7 32421 Tenkay Down (c2) 18.08............. S Drysdale 8 67187 Homebush Diamond 18.13........J McInerney 9 64677 Ghost Chips 17.76...................... T M Furner

10 65848 Caruba King nwtd..............................J Black

9 2.23pm CROMBIE LOCKWOOD (NZ) LTD C1 C1, 305m

1 68473 Blair Ninety 17.97 G &........................Denby 2 65664 Another Street 17.67..................J McInerney 3 63346 Runs Like Al nwtd........................ C D Brider 4 113 Hat Trick Chaos 17.78......................L Ahern 5 25654 Sydilicious 18.06................................. R Udy 6 57575 Opawa Gift 17.81.............................S Maher 7 38577 Calm Rita 18.17.......................... B Johnston 8 75766 Rhyme In Melody nwtd.................... M Black 9 76676 Gunna Excite 18.03 L &...................... Morris 10 27628 Cawbourne Tobes 17.65............J McInerney 10 2.40pm RENOWN BAKERY C1 C1, 305m 1 11 Stunt Double 17.73...........................L Ahern 2 84541 Sectioned 17.90..........................M Goodwin 3 75484 Cawbourne Darcy 17.65...................... L Bell 4 53176 King’s Mistress 18.14.........................J Black 5 73775 Red Hot Dutch 18.26.................. S Drysdale 6 67615 Botany Craig nwtd.....................J McInerney 7 77801 Judge To Excel (c2) nwtd.................... R Udy 8 22664 Nuts For Sure 17.83................... B Johnston 9 64677 Ghost Chips 17.76...................... T M Furner 10 88548 Kurohara nwtd G &.............................Denby 11 2.58pm WANGANUI SECURITY C1 C1, 520m 1 86543 Thrilling Cloud nwtd.................T McCracken 2 38273 Double Tapp 30.77.........................M Gowan 3 66523 Botany Pete nwtd.......................J McInerney 4 66265 Homebush Limbo nwtd..............J McInerney 5 77536 Pandemonium Paws 31.29 K &.........Phillips 6 66752 Summer Tension 30.58......... E S Duganzich 7 31733 Uno Charm nwtd...............................L Ahern 8 45282 Hair He Is 30.63.................................. R Udy 9 76547 Botany Molly nwtd......................J McInerney 10 37775 Uno Orange nwtd.............................S Maher 12 3.15pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 C1, 305m 1 13128 Botany Jessie 18.06..................J McInerney 2 78x16 Jager 17.94.................................G M Clarke 3 55642 Cawbourne Tina 17.86......................... L Bell 4 67664 Sub Silentio nwtd.........................B Goodwin 5 2722x Masonyx nwtd..............................A Turnwald 6 64324 Black Mercedes 18.04.............. S Gommans 7 77438 Sisal nwtd..................................... D Craigen 8 74477 Inner Beauty 18.03..................... B Johnston 9 47583 Another Pizza nwtd....................J McInerney 10 44886 Dolly Wind 18.08 13 3.33pm BOX 9 CATERING C1 C1, 305m

1 66485 Nina Be Good 18.04............................ L Bell 2 32433 Liquorice Whip 18.05.................J McInerney 3 17853 Blue Rush 18.24 L &........................... Morris 4 4458x Red Herring 17.90.......................J McArthur 5 26767 Bullabakanka 17.94.................T McCracken 6 57x74 Opawa Miata 17.96......................A Turnwald 7 66424 Azure Dreams 18.07...................G M Clarke 8 x4856 Flossy Haka 18.00........................P Blanche 9 47583 Another Pizza nwtd....................J McInerney 10 78547 Working Camarade 17.86............B Goodwin 14 3.50pm KEENAN CONCRETE C1 C1, 520m 1 54462 Botany Seaton 30.64.................J McInerney 2 53332 Time For What nwtd.......................M Gowan 3 26321 Fastback King 30.79......................... A Clark 4 61637 Opawa Patch nwtd.....................J McInerney 5 22278 Coarsair nwtd U &...................... McCracken 6 74458 Jag You Are nwtd........................ B Johnston 7 65741 Amy Wineglass nwtd.................A Duganzich 8 84257 Alamein Gus 30.50 K &.....................Phillips 9 57847 Baby James nwtd......................J McInerney 10 76866 Otewa Bella 30.99....................S M Gardner 15 4.08pm MID WINTER CHRISTMAS AT THE RACES 5 &12 JULY C1 C1, 305m 1 26554 Supreme Shelleen 17.95...........J McInerney 2 33688 Working Waikato 17.75.................. D Donlon 3 52632 Scarilicious 18.03 L &......................... Morris 4 62777 Amicus Curiae nwtd.................T McCracken 5 16878 Go Dolphin Power nwtd F &...........Turnwald 6 73P38 Alamein Rip 18.17 K &......................Phillips 7 46888 Mrs. Bouquet 18.22.....................G M Clarke 8 77475 Belle Cadeau nwtd...........................H S Kite 9 57576 Armour 17.83....................................G Quirk 10 67587 Face The Demon 18.24.....................R Hunt 16 4.25pm WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB C1 C1, 305m 1 14383 Go With It 17.77................................G Quirk 2 54566 White Legs nwtd........................J McInerney 3 72714 Black Hennessy nwtd F &...............Turnwald 4 85577 Nelly Flaherty 17.98....................G M Clarke 5 37637 Ya Laughin’ nwtd............................B Mitchell 6 36821 Regina Haka 17.78.......................P Blanche 7 31213 Flirt Academy 17.77 U &............ McCracken 8 1 Zippit Sweetie 18.14.........................L Ahern 9 68566 Sedgebrook Lad 18.06........................F Kite 10 76866 Otewa Bella 18.20....................S M Gardner LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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By Nick Tolerton All Blacks playmaker Aaron Cruden has put the boot into himself as he looks ahead to Saturday night’s second test against France at AMI Stadium.

The 24-year-old, in the home domain of Dan Carter whose mantle he is assuming, was sternly critical yesterday of his goal kicking - he missed three of his seven attempts and tactical kicking in the 23-13 first test win at Eden Park on Saturday.

The All Blacks didn’t put the French under enough pressure with their kicking game and when they did kick it was pretty poor, he said.

That’s something he’s been working to fix this week.

He knows his kicking could be even more important than it was last Saturday if it’s a wet night.

“You never know what the winter going to throw at you in New Zealand, so if it does get a little bit greasy or wet, I think being able to apply pressure [through] our kicking game is pretty important for both sides,” he said.

He had not felt pressure replacing Carter, he said.

“I suppose the media and the public probably see it that way, but for me, I’m not Dan Carter, I’m not trying to be Dan Carter.

“I’m Aaron Cruden. I’m just trying to go out there and play to the best of my ability and do the jersey proud.”

Cruden mentioned that when his third kick wobbled over in Auckland after he missed his first two, Carter, the tee-man, said “Mate, we’ll take that all day.”

The adidas test balls were different to the Gilbert balls used in Super rugby, and it had taken him a bit longer than he’d have liked to get used to their flight.

“They’re a little bit softer so you have to really strike them pure and true ... They do seem to travel a little bit further, they feel sweeter off the foot. Hopefully I’ll send a few over the black dot if I get the chance on Saturday.”

It was a matter of trusting his technique and getting back to what he was doing well last year, he said.

“I’ve still got a couple of days to do more practising, and just practising

the whole game plan so that we’re ready for what the French are going to throw at us,” he said. “They really came hungry in that first test - they were physical and aggressive at the breakdown and we just need to be better in a lot of areas.”

The All Blacks’ new plan relied on ball retention and they had probably let themselves down in that area after conceding 24 turnovers in Auckland.

A lot of players carried the ball into contact and the ball that came back was pretty slow or lost in the tackle, so it was an area that they had to focus on, said Cruden.

The vigorous French performance surprised some fans, but he said the All Blacks knew they were always going to fight to the bitter end.

“We were probably just a little bit slow to react,” he said.

“We probably expected them to may be kick a little bit more and they surprised with running it, and trying to counter a lot.”

Meanwhile, he might not be regarded affectionately by local footy fans after his feats for the Chiefs, but All Black lock Brodie Retallick is enjoying being home in Canterbury to prepare for Saturday’s second test against France.

An All Black debutant against the Irish last year, Retallick is currently the All Blacks senior lock with 14 caps given Ali Williams and Sam Whitelock are out of the picture, although Whitelock will return from injury shortly.

Rangiora-born, Retallick left North Canterbury when he finished school looking for more rugby opportunities in the North Island.

Last night he was back home with his parents in Amberley enjoying mum’s home cooking - heading off from All Black training with his fingers crossed it would be a roast.

The Retallick family are turning out in force for his hometown test appearance - probably something not many envisaged when he made his Super rugby debut last year.

“It will be exciting to play in front of them all,” he said.

He felt he and Luke Romano went “pretty well” in the second-row in the first test. “We made a few mistakes and especially in the ball contact area we lost a bit of turnover, but it started to develop well before the end.” - STAR

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2.30 NRL Fulltime.

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6.55 Resident Evil: Retribution. (2012, 16) Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory.

8.30 Salmon Fishing In The Yemen.

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10.20 Source Code. (2011, M) Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan.

11.55 Shark Night. (2011, 16) Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan.

1.25 Demon Hunter. (2005, M) Sean Patrick Flanery, Billy Drago.

2.45 Resident Evil: Retribution. (2012, 16) Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory.

4.20 Shark Night. (2011, 16) Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan.

5.45 Biography: Jack Black. (2008, PG).

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9.00 Dawn Of The Dead. (2004, 16) Sarah Polley.

10.40 Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason.

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12.30 Hostage. (2005, 16) Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak.

2.25 Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (2008, 16) Jason Segel, Kristen Bell.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Wednesday, June 12, 2013

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Storytellers produce great yarns I

n the last few days two very interesting publications have come into our household.

At first glance they appear to have little in common.

To start with they are in different formats, one is a book and the other a magazine.

The book has little to do with motoring, while the magazine is all about it.

But look a little deeper and do a bit of reading and it becomes obvious that while they are undoubtedly different, they also share certain things.

The book is called “A Final Read before Lights Out.” It’s a selection of some of the 581 - yes that’s right 581 - weekly

columns which Jack Ross contributed to this newspaper over a period of 12 years ending in February 1998.

I’m sure many readers will remember those columns, I certainly do and it’s been fascinating to re-read them.

They bring back memories, not just of the topics which Jack covered but of the stories themselves.

The introduction to Jack’s book describes him as a clever person with a unique sense of humour, who provided intelligent comments on a range of subjects.

Spot on!

It’s not recorded in the book, but I recall once being at a meeting where Jack couldn’t lay his hand on a particular piece of paper.

You’ll know what I mean, it’s happened to many of us.

But in his unique way Jack covered his predicament by saying “pity I didn’t bring the fridge.”

Someone of course asked the obvious question, “What’s the fridge got to do with it?”

To which Jack responded “Last time I saw that paper it was on top of the fridge.

“If I’d brought I’d have the piece of paper”.

In his last column Jack spoke about his experiences as a columnist, and he mentioned a rather poignant response to one of his stories.

On one occasion Jack received a call from an elderly gentleman who

was an invalid.

The gentleman, who Jack didn’t actually know, was an avid reader of his stories and he phoned to say how much a particular story had meant to him.

They spoke for an hour, and sadly a few weeks later the elderly gentleman passed away, but for Jack it was a reminder of the effect storytellers can have, and of course of the value of life.

If you haven’t already done so try and get a copy of Jack’s book, its full of interest and its available at Paper Plus.

However I have to warn you it may be titled a final read before ‘lights out” – I’ve found lights out has been somewhat later because of it!

Now when I tell you that the other publication which arrived is Beaded Wheels, the historical motoring magazine of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand, you may well wonder how it and Jack’s book compare.

Like Jack’s book Beaded Wheels is full of interesting stories too.

And in this edition one of those stories is about the incredible Operation X, a local military-styled night trial organised by Vintage Car Club member David Oakley and other like minded - or should that be mischievously minded - comrades.

Somehow my colleague Roger Hart and his crew survived.

According to the despatch penned

by David Oakley for Beaded Wheels in fact everyone survived.

Well, that’s at least as far as he knows.

Beaded Wheels even went as far as to suggest “Move over Dad’s Army, the Ashburton Branch of the Vintage

Bernard Egan

MOTORING AND OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

Car Club is on manoeuvres”.

David’s record of those manoeuvres is one of several interesting and fascinating articles in Beaded Wheels including historical snippets, technical details,

members comments and reports of all sorts of activities.

And some of those activities have taken place right here in Ashburton.

The magazine is a reminder vintage motoring can be fun.

And speaking of fun, some of us made fun of the Lada.

In his regular and always fascinating time lines column in Beaded Wheels Graeme Rice recorded that 30 years the Russian-made Lada Niva was acclaimed as the most intriguing new model arrival of 1983.

Those promotions gurus certainly have a way with words!

Maybe it was summed up as more of a hill climber than a social climber, but the Niva came with quite a few features that cost a lot more in

its so called smarter competitors.

And the thing is many examples of the humble little Lada are still great hill climbers, few if any of the others are still social climbers!

In a column which appeared on 14 November 1995, Jack Ross explained he was often asked where he got ideas for his columns.

He explained they normally started as a thought or an idea.

To be exact he said well more or less that’s what happens.

That in turn gave me an idea.

To write this column about two really great reads!

The Lada Niva: 30 years ago it was acclaimed as the most intriguing new model of the year.

Johnson switches to Mercedes V8

By Laine Clark

Steven Johnson in high-speed V8 Supercar action last year in the Jim Beam Racing Ford.

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ARIES (Mar 21st Apr 20th) Venus is caught up in a T Square with both Uranus and Pluto.

Because Uranus is in your sign, this may have the tendency to make you more impetuous than usual, and the vicelike grip of this planetary aspect can see you buck anyone’s attempt to soft soap you into doing what they want. Dialogue, ultimately, will unlock any solutions.

TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) If push comes to shove today, some old resentments or wounds could be reopened. It may be you who suddenly feels connected to a previous sense of injustice, or it could be a partner. This may relate to past financial misdeeds such as the abuse of credit cards or secret spending. Things could get heated to say the least.

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GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) Friends and business can actually mix a lot better than the old maxim goes. Why? Well, simply that we generally prefer to work closely with people with whom we feel comfortable.

Equally, workmates can be close confidants because of the amount of time we spend with one another. Yet today, no, they may not mix so well.

A name synonymous with Ford in Australian motorsport has linked with newcomers Mercedes for this year’s V8 Supercars endurance races.

Steven Johnson - son of five-time touring car champion Dick - has jumped ship to tackle the three enduros including the event that made his dad famous, the Bathurst 1000.

Johnson had been itching to return behind the wheel after being forced to ditch driving duties and take up the general manager role for the financially embattled Dick Johnson Racing (DJR) team this year.

“It’s going to be very interesting for me to see how another team operates and I’m hoping this will help me further develop as a driver,” said Johnson, who will codrive with Maro Engel.

“Working with new

people and forging new relationships in such a short time is going to be an enjoyable challenge.”

Johnson will combine with German driver Engel in the Sandown 500 (September 13-15), Bathurst 1000 (October 10-13) and the Gold Coast 600 (October 25-27).

Johnson’s previous 18 Bathurst 1000 starts had all been in DJR Fords.

He opted to take the paid drive with Mercedes rather than race with DJR again in the enduros this year in order to blood a youngster.

“Of course my decision not to drive at DJR was a big one, but I believe the opportunities the team has to develop young talent will be a big focus as DJR re-emerges,” said Johnson.

“It is important that they capitalise on these objectives and in turn I can concentrate my attention more on the long distance races.

“I will have no other hats on and I can concentrate 100 per cent on doing the best job I can with the Erebus team and with Maro.”

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LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) Love plays can seem very intense today.

Emotions can be rawer and if you are currently going through a difficult time in a close tie you may wonder when this will ease. What you can do is look at things from a welfare and friendship viewpoint.

Feelings may be heightened but try to step back and get above your ire.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) Pluto continues to hold sway over planetary proceedings and although the square with Uranus is no longer exact as it was for half of last month, the two are activated by Venus today.

This could stoke the flames if jealousy or possessiveness are issues in your love life. If you’re creative, ensure you receive full credit for your work.

LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) Relationships continue to be to the fore.

Then again, they are often so very important to you. If there is one in your situation that is seriously out of sync at this current time, you will want to use all your energies to try and get things onto an even keel. Just don’t put maintaining superficial pleasantries above making a lasting point.

develop their talents.

Last Saturday night that was showcased.

The performance included solos, duets and a band and the artists ranged both in age and experience.

But they had at least three things in common, they all did well, they all entertained us and they all made us glad we could be at their concert.

Can’t wait for the next one!

And as well as enjoying the show it was great to be reminded our town has a great depth of talent.

“It’s why more people are choosing McGregors”

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CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) If you find yourself powerfully drawn to someone new, it may be best not to take the approval of loved ones, especially someone older, for granted. Someone may throw something of a wobbly when they hear how things may be about to pan out. Then again, it could be you who is unhappy about an offspring’s love choices.

Now this really has nothing to do with motoring but it has got a whole lot to do about talent.

Last Saturday night we attended a concert organised

by Janet Glassey and others involved in The Hutt View School of Music.

Some years ago Janet’s mother Fiona started a music school; Janet and her sister Kim have taken over the mantle and thanks to the support they receive from so many people have been helping young people

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SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) You can find yourself feeling very restless and this may see you suffering with an intense case of boredom. In such a situation it would be easy for you to try and make something happen in order to enliven your day. This could see you agitate with a partner or friend just to add some spark and passion to your existence.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) Events could prove unpredictable today, yes even in astrology.

There is the potential for switchbacks, changes of plans, intense discussions or even a fabulous attraction.

What today is likely to be is full-on, and that can bring its challenges.

If you would prefer the quiet life and a hassle free time, it may be best just to tune out.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) This is probably not the best of days to make snap decisions about anything that will affect your future.

Decisions could impact in time to come. This could be particularly true around close relationships. There is a turbulent planetary alignment which can bring real problems. This won’t be the cause in itself but it may exacerbate existing binds.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) You might find yourself feeling more nervous today.

Personal relationships could be baffling. If you chat to someone discreetly it could perhaps leave you with a dilemma around an existing involvement. There is also the chance that you can be told something that could put a completely different slant on your outlook.

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PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) There could be an unplanned cost that crops up today. A loved one or a friend may ask for help or your longer-term hopes might be knocked off course due to an unforeseen development. However this is probably not the best of days to make an impromptu purchase, especially if it’s anything expensive. If possible, keep a tight grip on expenditure.

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By Michael Brown John Ackland’s departure from the Warriors at the conclusion of the season will bring to an end an era that ushered in one of the most successful stints in the club’s history.

It was confirmed by the Warriors yesterday that Ackland won’t be seeking an extension of his contract, and he follows the departures in recent times of former coach Ivan Cleary, former director of football John Hart and former assistant coach Tony Iro. Ackland was part of the club’s coaching staff for their first season in 1995 and returned to Mt Smart Stadium in 2004. He was Cleary’s assistant from 2006-09 and then coached the Junior Warriors to backto-back titles in 2010 and 2011.

But Ackland has felt increasingly marginalised under the new regime of coach Matt Elliott, and the new ownership structure of Owen Glenn and Eric Watson and didn’t feel he had a future at the club.

Ackland sought a contract extension in February but was told by chief executive Wayne Scurrah to wait so Elliott could get to know him better, but Ackland and the new coach haven’t always seen eye-to-eye.

Elliott has made significant changes since his arrival and is clear on where he wants to take the club.

“When Matt Elliott was appointed last October, he had some definite ideas on how we could further improve our overall recruitment and development structure,” Scurrah said. “Matt and [general manager football] Dean Bell are reviewing the current structure and future plans.

“As well as announcing the new NYC coach, we will also be in a position to reveal details of this in the near future.”

The timing of the announcement is interesting.

It’s understood Ackland informed the club a few weeks ago he would be leaving but it wasn’t confirmed until yesterday morning, a couple of days after the Warriors won their third-straight game.

They also announced the resigning of five players later in the day - props Sione Lousi, Suaia Matagi and Charlie Gubb plus utility Pita Godinet until the end of 2014 and forward Sam Lousi until the end of 2015.

It’s not clear what Ackland will do next but it’s possible he will return to his former job as a New Zealandbased scout for Australian clubs.

He is a popular figure in New Zealand league circles and was seen as a link to the local game.

He has long promoted local talent and is understood to be concerned about the direction of the club and its identity.

The Junior Warriors are on a run of four wins from their last five games and sit fourth on the under20s table.

The senior side have won their last three and Elliott has named the side originally picked to play the Manly Sea Eagles for Sunday night’s game against the third-placed Roosters in Sydney.

Kevin Locke has been named to start at fullback after missing last weekend’s 18-16 defeat of Manly because of a hip injury, meaning Glen Fisiiahi who was so impressive in that game reverts back to the wing.

Controversial prop Russell Packer (sternum) also returns but, with captain Simon Mannering (calf) also under a cloud, Elliott has named an extended seven-man bench.

The match carried special significance for Elliott, given it is his 250th as an NRL coach, but he’s more interested on the Warriors claiming their fourth win on the trot to make more progress up the ladder.

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• Fight worries Barry Joseph Parker looked relaxed ahead of the biggest fight of his short professional boxing career on Thursday night but the same couldn’t be said about his trainer Kevin Barry. Barry joined Parker’s camp two months ago after the 21-year-old agreed to take on Francois Botha and Barry isn’t happy about Parker’s choice of opponent. Fledgling boxers, particularly with Parker’s potential, normally work their way through the grades against no-names and never-will-benames, not 44-year-olds who have been in the ring with the likes of Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko. It will be Parker’s sixth professional fight but a considerable step up from his previous four. “I will be happy when this fight is behind us because the downside is far greater than the upside,” Barry said.

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Swim coach Jeremy Duncan addresses the Jenian Homes Ashburton swim team at its AGM on Sunday.

‘All you need is a dream’

By Ben Irwin A small-town beginning is no obstacle to an Olympic dream.

This is what Olympic and Commonwealth Games swim coach Jeremy Duncan told the Jenian Homes Ashburton swim team at their AGM on Sunday.

The former Mid Cantabrian told the young swimmers that anything was possible if they set their minds to it.

“All you need is a dream and some water,” he said.

Duncan said the path to elite level sport required clear goals when young.

“Don’t spread yourself too thin.

Focus on one or two sports and master them,” he said.

Duncan grew up in Ashburton, attending Allenton Primary and Ashburton Intermediate, before leaving to Christchurch at the age of 13.

He said local swimmers should be grateful for the facilities they had, praising the Walnut Avenue community pool and the planned new aquatic centre.

While eventually becoming an accomplished swimmer in his own right, one of Duncan’s first swimming experiences in Ashburton at the age of five was memorable for all the wrong reasons.

“Funnily enough, I almost drowned feeding the ducks at the domain,” he said.

This didn’t deter him, however, as he soon became involved in local after-school swimming programmes.

During his teenage years he held several national age group records and titles, before moving into coaching out of necessity while studying at Lincoln University.

“Being a uni student I needed something to finance my social life,” he said.

Initially teaching learn-to-swim courses, Duncan quickly rose through the New Zealand swimming coaching ranks.

Highlights included being assistant coach of the New Zealand swim team at both the 2012 London Olympics and the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games.

It was during his time in London that he made one of his greatest swimming memories, witnessing legend Michael Phelps in action.

“Even though he wasn’t in the

best shape of his life, it was quite amazing really,” he said. “No one could touch him.”

Ashburton swim team coach Carl Gordon, who trained with Duncan in the past, said Duncan’s humble beginnings resonated with the young swimmers.

“You don’t need to come from one of the major centres to get there [elite level],” he said.

Gordon said it was not a surprise that people from the area were achieving highly in sport.

“There are a lot of talented people here in Mid Canterbury,” he said.

Duncan also presented the Ashburton swim team with a tracksuit he wore at the London Games, which will be placed in the new aquatic centre when it is completed.

Title eludes Lawson End would justify means

By Sam Morton

By Dana Johannsen

Ashburton indoor bowler Michael Lawson narrowly dipped out on a national title yesterday, teaming up with Stephen Preddy as beaten quarter-finalists.

Lawson, who earlier this month won the South Island pairs with Preddy, was all class in his fight for the title – beating champion singles exponent Richard Caddy in the last 16, 7-3, paired with North Island representative and accomplished skip Paul Wright.

After an impressive showing at the Energy Event Centre in Rotorua, Lawson finally came unstuck against Wellington’s husband and wife combination and eventual winners Trevor and Lisa Gould, who accounted for the local bowler 5-4, in arguably the closest tussle of the tournament.

Lawson, who also dispatched the powerhouse pair of Grant Harvey and Tim Veale, will now team up with Preddy and Nelson’s Nigel Warnes to contest the triples, while skipping Preddy and fellow Ashburton bowlers Alex Crawford and Russell Ellis in the fours later this week.

Other Ashburton bowlers to make the cut for post-section in the pairs were Ellis, Crawford, Maurice Berkeley, Rosemary Bennett and Paul Berkeley, all bowing out in the earlier rounds.

Qualifying rounds for the triples will begin today (Wednesday), while the fours will be played tomorrow (Thursday).

The national championships run through until Saturday, marked by the final of the fours.

When the Government announced they’d be chipping in $36 million to get Dean Barker and his crew on the startline in San Francisco, there were howls of protest across the country, with many believing it was time New Zealand abandoned their quest for the America’s Cup once and for all.

But yachting commentator Peter Lester believes the country can’t afford not to be involved with the America’s Cup. “The knock-on effects are huge,” he says. “People always say we can no longer afford to be in the game.

I don’t think we can afford not to be in the game.”

Lester says the benefits for the country by far outstrip the money the Government has invested.

As a business, the America’s Cup has proved lucrative for New Zealand - never more so than over the last three-year cycle, with the super-fast, high-tech catamarans in this year’s regatta showcasing the talent and skill of our marine industry.

Team New Zealand cites examples of companies that have survived and flourished during the global economic crisis due to the business they’ve had thrown their way.

There’s Cookson Boats, who say they would have had to shut their doors had they not been involved with two major Team New Zealand projects - building their Volvo round

Right: Ashburton’s Michael Lawson.

SCOREBOARD Results Bridge

Ashburton Bridge Club June 7 Tuesday Evening – 3 round Duplicate N/S 1 I M Buckland and J Knight 2 W and M Kolkman, 3 R Kyle and S Rosevear E/W 1 J Rooney and P Fergus 2 R McLaughlin and K Robb 3 M and T Small Wednesday Afternoon - Duplicate N/S 1= M Stowell and J Edmond and R McLaughlin and K Robb, 3 B Smith and M Buckland E/W 1 R Brownlie and E Segers, 2 A Maude and I Taylor, 3 Z Earl and P Scott Thursday Evening – 3 round Duplicate N/S 1 V Ferrier and E Segers, 2 M Buckland and J Knight, 3 S Rosevear and M Stowell E/W 1 R Bownlie and P Scott, 2 C King and A Maude, 3= I Taylor and P Jowers and J Irwin and B Turton June 9 Winners of the Conlands Trophy were Judith Edmond and Mary Buckland, Runners-up were Bev

Smith and John Knight with Rosemary McLaughlin and Lois Rose 3rd.

Intermediate prizes went to Edna Segers and Trish Small, 2 Annette Blain and Rona Brownlie, 3 Jill Browne and Trevor Coulter Junior Prizes went to Shirley and Arthur Harris, 2 Hilda Blee and Lynette Leadley, 3 Joyce Johnson and Perry Jowers.

Golf Aorangi South Canterbury Golf Women’s Open Pennants June 10 Zone 1 (Ashburton) Geraldine 1 13.5 versus Ashburton 1 3.5; Mayfield 1 15 versus Rakaia 1 2; Tinwald 1 15 versus Methven 2 Zone 2 (Ashburton) Tinwald 2 8.5 versus Rakaia 2 8.5; Mayfield 2 10 versus Geraldine 2 7 Pleasant Point 1 16 versus Ashburton 2 1 Zone 3 (Maungati) Maungati 10 versus Timaru 7; Pleasant Point 2 14.5 versus North Otago 1 2.5; Temuka won be default from Fairlie Zone 4 (Lower Waitaki) Lower Waitaki 14 versus Waimate 3; Gleniti 10 versus North Otago 2; St. Andrews 10 versus Tokarahi 7.

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Women’s Section June 8 and June 11 LGU, Rnd 3 Bonnington Cup, Rnd 2 Mildred Doak Silver: Wendy Parr 75 Bronze I: Maxine Carter – 76 Bronze II: Madeleine Stoddart – 79 Bronze III: Heather Trott – 84 on c/b from Jenny Kean Nearest The Pins: No. 4 Gabites: Not Struck, No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Daphne Hinton, No.12 Lynn’s Small Salon: Not Struck No. 14 Todds of Ashburton: Hilary Lovett, 2nd Shot to Green: Fairlie Matsinger.

Netball Mid Canterbury Netball U14 June 9 Mid Canterbury 31 - North Canterbury 24; Mid Canterbury 31 - South Canterbury U15 Dev 29; Mid Canterbury 20 - Selwyn U15B 27.

Rugby league NRL results standings Round 13 SYDNEY ROOSTERS 38 (D Tupou 2 M Kennedy S Kenny-Dowall A Minichiello R Tuivasa-Sheck

tries J Maloney 7 goals) bt PARRAMATTA 24 (J Hayne J Mullaney K Sio P Terepo tries C Sandow 4 goals) at Parramatta Stadium. Referee: Gavin Morris, Adam Devcich. Crowd: 12,135.

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 14 (J Dugan 2 tries J Dugan 2 C King goals) bt NEWCASTLE 8 (J Leilua try T Roberts 2 goals) at Hunter Stadium. Referee: Jason Robinson, Henry Perenara. Crowd: 19,214.

BULLDOGS 36 (B Barba 2 M Brown G Eastwood T Hodkinson T Williams tries T Hodkinson 6 goals) bt NORTH QUEENSLAND 26 (C Greenshields D Johnson R Lui B Tate tries R Lui 5 goals) at 1300SMILES Stadium. Referee: Matt Cecchin, Adam Gee. Crowd: 12,775.

WARRIORS 18 (G Fisiiahi K Hurrell E Taylor tries S Johnson 3 goals) bt MANLY 16 (P Hiku J Horo S Matai tries J Lyon 2 goals) at Mt Smart Stadium.

Referee: Ben Cummins, Brett Suttor. Crowd: 11,142.

WESTS TIGERS 20 (D Nofoaluma 2 A Seumanufagai T Simona tries B Marshall 2 goals) bt PENRITH 18 (M Masoe D Simmons D Whare tries L Walsh 3 goals) at Centrebet Stadium. Referee: Jared Maxwell, Phil Haines. Crowd: 16,827.

MELBOURNE 38 (M Blair T Harris R Hoffman J O’Neill K Proctor B Slater G Widdop tries C Smith 5 goals) bt CRONULLA 6 (B Ryan try T Carney goal) at AAMI Park. Referee: Chris James, Ashley Klein. Crowd: 16,231.

Team NZ skipper Dean Barker the world entry Camper, and then winning the contract to build major components of its AC72.

Then there’s the Salthouse Boatbuilders of Greenhithe, recently taking its fifth order for the 14m catamaran RIB Team New Zealand commissioned for their chase boat to keep up with their super-fast AC72.

Or at the other end of the scale, Trimac Machining - a small six-man operation in Onehunga - that produced components from titanium, aluminium and plastic.

It’s not only Team New Zealand’s business the industry has benefited from.

With the Kiwi syndicate sharing their design of their first boat with Luna Rossa, much of the compo-

CANBERRA 30 (J Croker J Edwards E Lee J McCrone J Thompson tries J Croker 5 goals) bt BRISBANE 18 (M Dodds M Gillett S Prince tries S Prince 3 goals) at Canberra Stadium. Referee: Gerard Sutton, Luke Phillips. Crowd: 10,419.

Bye - South Sydney, Gold Coast

Shooting Coronation Smallbore Rifle Club June 10 Some very good scores in the tyro grade this week Connor Hydes, Conor Power and Adriann Dupris showing out.

Individual scores were: Hamish Sheate 77.1, James Sheate 72.0, Connor Hydes 90.3, Liam Hydes 89.2, Jarrod Ward 82.3, Nathan Olsen 85.0, Conor Power 90.1, Morgan Smith 86.1, Liam O’Reilly 88.1, Adriann DuPris 90.1 & 68, Tom McKendry 75.0, Ben Wakelin 86.1, Dirk Hughes 46, Shannon Thomas 81.2, Josh Bradley 83.0.

The graded shooters on Monday hosted Seafield club who came out victorious in the matched grades competition.

Mark Stewart top scored in the seniors although Steve McArthur and Coby Snowden both scored well on their second attempt. Sandy Collett was

nentry for the Italian team’s boat was also built in New Zealand.

Oracle also had a significant portion of their boat built in Warkworth.

But for every example of a New Zealand-owned company that has been able to remain afloat in uncertain times, detractors of the move will offer numerous examples of where $36 million would be better off spent: the Christchurch rebuild for one, or providing food for the thousands of kids going to school hungry, or towards providing lifesaving medical equipment in our hospitals.

While Emirates Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton is confident Team New Zealand has delivered the tax-payer bang for their buck, he accepts there will be many out there who will remain unconvinced.

“Whether we have or haven’t, there will always be a significant element that would say it’s not worth it,” he says. “Honestly, that’s a fight I can never win - I can’t change people’s minds if they think it’s a waste of money, and that’s fine.”

Others are prepared to fight that battle for him. Bob Field, the former chief executive of Toyota New Zealand, and long-serving adviser to the Kiwi syndicate, points out the money came from Trade and Enterprise New Zealand’s budget.

But the real pay-off, Field says, will be if Team New Zealand bring the cup back to Auckland, and with it the massive spin-off effects that would come with hosting the next event.

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top lady and Hailey Beevor the top junior. Neville Martin top scored for Seafield closely followed by Robbie Hewitt.

Individual scores were: Sandy Collett 97.3 & 96.4, Steve McArthur 98.2 & 99.5, Graham McLaren 90.2 & 92.1, Erin McLaren 94.1 & 77.0, Graham Hunter 95.2, Coby Snowden 92.3 & 99.5, Bill Rankin 91.1, Kate Taylor 80.1, Dean Smith 98.4, Bryan Hunter 96.2, Heather Ross 88.0, Murray Cook 81.2 & 91.1, Alex Watson 83.1, Shirley Herridge 92.1, Nick Squires 94.2, Hailey Beevor 93.4 & 94.3, T.J. Stewart 96.2, Mark Stewart 99.4. Seafield: Robbie Hewitt 97.3, Peter Wilson 87.1, Neville Martin 97.3, Les Mattingly 76.0.

Mayfield Rifle Club June 10 J Fleming 99.6; A Wakelin 97.3; C Nordqvist 96.5; M Fleming 99.9; S Bartlett 97.3.

Volleyball Robbies Bar & Bistro Volleyball June 10S & Giggles v Scared hitless 3-0, 4 Play v Silver Fern Farms 3-0, Team Havoc v Ssaalltt 0-3, Wondars v Set, Play 0-3, Team Mega v Misfits 1-2, Social Quads v Atomics 1-2. Player of the night is Amy from Scared Hitless.

Marina Erakovic has eased into the second round of the AEGON Classic in Birmingham following a straight sets win yesterday.

The world number 71 thrashed Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina 6-0, 6-1 in her opening round clash at the $US220,000 pre-Wimbledon event. She will face world number 22 Ekaterina Makarova, the tournament’s second seed, in the second round after the Russian earned a bye in the opening round. Erakovic lost to Makarova in the third round of the grass court tournament last year. She will open her doubles campaign with partner Cara Black tonight against American Lisa Raymond and Briton Laura Robson.- APNZ

• Sorenson new coach Softball great Mark Sorenson has been named as the new coach of the Black Sox. Sorenson takes over from Eddie Kohlhase, who stepped down from the role after winning the World Championships in March, having held the role for nine years.

Sorenson captained New Zealand from 1989 to 2001, and again in 2004, leading the Black Sox to three successive world championship wins. His previous coaching experience has included a stint as Junior Black Sox coach.

Sorenson’s immediate challenge is to marshal his troops for the next world championship in 2015.

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• T-Rex back to best?

Tony Williams says the birth of his first child has been a huge help in his rediscovering the form that made him one of the most feared players in the NRL. Williams became a father last month and returned to the Canterbury side in style last Saturday with a try in the win over struggling North Queensland in Townsville. The giant NSW and Australia representative was sidelined for two games due to knee and ankle problems. “A couple of more games and I should be there.

I like to put more pressure on myself and I haven’t played my - AAP best this year.”

• Jail for match-fix ref A Lebanese football referee has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to accepting free sex from a gambling-linked syndicate as an inducement to rig a match in Singapore. Ali Sabbagh, 34, was described by a district court judge as the most culpable of three Lebanese football match officials charged with corruption in the city-state. Assistant referees Ali Eid and Abdallah Taleb were each given three-month sentences. Judge Low Wee Ping said Sabbagh’s sentence had to be a “multiple” of his assistants because he was the one who persuaded the two linesmen to accept the sexual bribe. - AFP

• ‘Not ready for Origin’ Glenn Stewart admits his NRL form doesn’t warrant a place in the NSW side for the remainder of the State of Origin series. The Manly back-rower was widely praised for his honesty when he told Blues coach Laurie Daley last month he didn’t feel his body was up to playing game one. Stewart played in the first two games last year but missed the decider in Brisbane due to a knee injury.

The 29-year-old sat out the first seven rounds of the season after undergoing knee surgery and although he has not missed a game for Manly since his return, he believes the Blues would be better off without him. - AAP

• Warnings over KP Former England captain Andrew Strauss warned there are potential dangers in rushing Kevin Pietersen back for the Ashes, despite the star batsman on track to be fit for the first Test at Trent Bridge. Strauss said Pietersen, who was last summer sensationally dropped for sending offensive text messages about team-mates to rival South African players, should only play if England are comfortable their dressing room - AAP will remain tight.

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Formidable French give a lesson defence on the night was huge.

For most of the Super 15 they have played with a similar passion, Who knows whether test places refusing to concede soft tries and were on offer for France after their working extra hard on their techsolid showing at Eden Park. nique and teamwork. They repeated However the “dirt trackers” deliv- that with great scrambling defence ered a strong display last night in the opening 40 minutes when which should send coach Philippe they were under enormous heat.

Saint-Andre into some lively debate The Blues lost starting five eighths with his selectors before he reveals Baden Kerr to concussion after 18 his side for the next international minutes and one penalty success in Christchurch. but got to the break only 12-3 France claimed the 38-15 vic- behind. They had held strong but tory in this historic duel at North that was the gain before the pain.

Harbour Stadium in a match with a Centre Gael Fickou and wing much higher entertainment quotient Noa Nakaitaci, twice, scored in the than the weekend international. opening 12 minutes after the break The midweek Tricolores domi- as the Blues resistance started to nated much of the match and the crumble.

Blues only got out of Any thoughts of a their territory on rare famous hometown occasions. victory in this historThey had an early ic first match in New chance when they chose Zealand between a a lineout drive rather Super 15 side and than goal. But as the an international Blues discovered, France side, were fading, were a formidable defenbut not gone as the sive force at the set-piece.

Blues responded They filched that linwith two tries of eout and cleared their their own. line. They repeated that One to skipper pattern often while they James Parsons was also dominated the few dubious but referee scrums and the break- Maxime Medard: A menace Jaco Peyper thought down where they had it was fine before collected double-figure turnovers George Moala cleared a track in before the end of the first spell. midfield past a feeble tackle from Test wing Maxime Medard was replacement Frederic Michalak. an attacking menace from fullback, The weather was fine but cool running great lines on the counter while the surface at North Harbour as he linked with his loose forwards Stadium was a little soft but did led by captain Yannick Nyanga who not appear to impede the visitors’ had been a replacement during attacking menace. the test.

France rested the bulk of those Medard had a disconcertingly lazy who started test at Eden Park while running style which concealed a step the Blues had six players away and change of pace, to often make with the All Blacks and captain Ali a mess of the first line of defenders. Williams and Luke Braid sat out Occasionally, not often, he kicked the contest. and found great space with that They did have another six - Frank skill too.

Halai, Jackson Willison, George The other central figure in the Moala, Peter Saili, Culum Retallick French thrusts was halfback Jean and new skipper James Parsons Marc Doussain, who brought a who have played a fair chunk of the range of attacking ideas while he Super 15 season. also showed his nifty goalkicking.

That proved to be little match for As much as France probed and the physical thrust that came from battered at the Blues line, or shifted the French, but it was an invaluable the ball to the flanks, they could not lesson for the Blues future and find a way to the tryline. one to remember for the 10,071 Doussain kicked four penalties vociferous spectators who turned from five shots at goal, but the Blues up.

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Who said it?

“If you think you can or you think you can’t, either way you are right.”

Today’s sports trivia question Eric Rush was the number one name penned in the NZ sevens side for years - how many years?

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Thomas O’Brien warms up with some one-handed shots as the Canterbury Country under-15 and U17 boys basketball players take part in a weekly skills session at the Mid Canterbury basketball stadium. U17 boys’ assistant coach Kimberly Sexton said the sessions were about developing the “strongest possible players”. Many of these players will take part in nationals in July, lining up against teams from Tasman, Otago and Canterbury Metro, among others. The U15 tournament takes place in Wellington, while the U17s go to Auckland. Both teams will take part in a day of warm-up games in Timaru on Sunday.

Black Caps out to beat the odds Australia’s batting potency shapes as the key determinant in how they fare tonight against a New Zealand side boosted by a one-wicket Champions Trophy escape against Sri Lanka and a series victory over England.

Based on one-day international career records, Australia’s top five look world-beaters. Shane Watson, Phil Hughes, George Bailey and Adam Voges average well into the 40s. David Warner averages 29.81 but his appetite for destruction at the top of the order is established.

The statistics may disguise a lack of confidence.

Australia never grasped enough momentum at 127 for four in the

33rd over chasing 270 to beat England in Birmingham on the weekend. They faded to 221-9.

The top order couldn’t provide the necessary impetus. That hasn’t been helped by Michael Clarke’s on-going back injury which could see him miss the tournament and the problem has been compounded by Australia’s capitulation for 65 in the 243-run warm-up loss to India and the omnipresent Ashes hype.

No one, least of all the betting agencies, is prepared to start New Zealand as favourites.

That makes perfect sense. It’s the world’s second-ranked team playing the new No 7 - New Zealand have won two in 14 tournament matches against Australia in their history (the last was in Cardiff

during the 1999 World Cup) and the teams have played six times since Australia’s win in the 2009 Champions Trophy final with Australia winning four of them.

Yet contrary to past form guides, New Zealand expectations are high. Kyle Mills has an exemplary record against Australia in four Champions Trophy matches, despite the team losing on each occasion. His most recent showing was 3-27 in the 2009 final.

“They’re going to be hurting from defeats to England in the last game and India in the warm-up,” Mills said. “It’s a must-win situation for them so they’re going to feel pressure. Our path is one more win and we’re into the semi-finals so it’s going to be a ding-dong battle.

“I’m not too sure of the conditions

we’ll encounter [at Edgbaston] but they’re a bit short on spinners and, as tourists, they don’t really play spin that well. Hopefully our attack can bowl 30 overs of spin.”

That seems unlikely. Daniel Vettori is struggling with his Achilles tendon injury but Nathan McCullum and Kane Williamson will be warming up.

Mills sees the top order as an area to be exploited.

“I’d like to think so. Any Australian line-up where a batsman is under pressure sees others champing at the bit to take their spot. That’s the nature of cricket in their country and they have the depth to bring in someone else.

They will be feeling the heat to not only win the game but also hold their spots.”

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Canterbury High Country

TOMORROW: Occasional showers and southerlies developing.

12

LINCOLN

Canterbury Plains

TODAY: Morning fog or low cloud, then fine. Northeasterly.

13

CHRISTCHURCH

13

Ashburton Forecast

30 to 59

Auckland Hamilton Napier Palmerston North Wellington Nelson Blenheim Greymouth Christchurch Timaru Queenstown Dunedin Invercargill

60 plus

morning min max

showers fine showers fine drizzle fine fine fine fog fog showers showers showers

12 7 11 10 11 6 7 4 0 -1 -2 5 4

17 17 16 16 13 16 14 14 13 11 9 11 11

Fog or low cloud, clearing late morning and becoming fine. Light winds.

TOMORROW Occasional showers developing with a southerly change.

Fine, apart from low cloud or fog in some valleys. Rain developing about the Divide south of Arthur’s Pass at night, falling as snow above 1800 metres.

Wind at 1000m: NWlies developing in the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: W rising to 35 km/h.

TOMORROW

FZL: Lowering to 1400m

FRIDAY

Mostly cloudy with scattered rain, snow lowering to 1200 metres.

Wind at 1000m: SE developing.

Wind at 2000m: W dying away.

Showers clearing but remaining rather cloudy. Southerlies dying out.

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

NZ Situation

FZL: 2000m

High cloud increasing, scattered late rain.

Light winds.

A trough moves north over the country during Thursday and Friday, while a ridge spreads over SUNDAY southern and central New Zealand behind it.

The ridge moves off to the east on Saturday, as Rain, may turn to snow about higher ground. a moist northeast flow spreads over much of the country ahead of a low pressure system.

Southeasterlies developing.

Rain and snow clearing but remaining rather cloudy. Southeasterlies at low levels dying out, northerlies developing about the tops.

SATURDAY High cloud increasing, scattered late rain, with snow to about 1000 metres. Winds becoming light at all levels.

SUNDAY Rain, may turn to snow at all levels. Southeasterlies developing.

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11 12 25 12 15 21 24 26 0 25 23 25 10 13 11 10 7 24 23 26 25 2 25 12 17 16 10 14 15 29 20 14 8 21 14 11 20 25 10 11 25 21 21 19 12

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River Levels

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 3:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 3:15 pm, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

140.9 6.60 13.6 67.2

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

Temperatures °C

max

to 4pm yesterday Ashburton Airport

min grass 16 hour Jun 2013 min to date to date

9.9

4.4

Christchurch Airport 10.1

7.3

Average

11.6

Average

11.6

Average

11.3

Timaru Airport

Rainfall mm

7.7

0.2

38.0 369.8

W 15

7.8

0.2

16.0 223.0

SW 24

–

0.2

21.6 215.8

S 15

-1.8

1.0

-1.6

4.6

22

304

22

265

14

216

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3

Wednesday

6

9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

max gust

4.6

1.2

-0.2

Wind km/h

Thursday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

Friday

9 noon 3

6

9 pm

2 1 0

12:01 6:07 12:15 6:31 12:44 6:52 1:00 7:14 1:30 7:39 1:46 7:59 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 8:04 am Set 5:01 pm Fair

Fair fishing Rise 10:07 am Set 8:21 pm

First quarter 17 Jun

5:25 am

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Rise 8:05 am Set 5:01 pm Fair

Fair fishing Rise 10:39 am Set 9:20 pm

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Rise 8:05 am Set 5:01 pm Fair

Fair fishing Rise 11:09 am Set 10:21 pm

Last quarter 30 Jun

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

4:55 pm