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As police investigate a vicious Rottweiler attack on an autistic Southland man on Sunday, local dog owners are also being prompted to keep a close eye on their canines.

An Ashburton woman, who wished not to be identified, said she too suffered a dog bite on Sunday, while running on Middle Road, Allenton.

A dog was standing alone on the footpath when she attempted to run around it and avoid any eye contact.

“But I felt it on my arm and thought – it’s just bit me,” she said.

After she didn’t respond, the dog then proceeded to run alongside her and bark at her for 10 metres or so.

While the bite was not hard, it was definitely “not playful”, she said.

“And I like dogs, so I probably handled it differently than if it had been someone else.”

She had posted about the incident on Facebook to warn others, and intended to report it to Ashburton District Council.

“I guess from the dog’s perspective I was running into its territory … but mostly I’m just a bit annoyed at the owner.

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“I just want them to be aware,” she said, “I don’t want it to happen to someone else.”

Ashburton District Council were unable to comment on the incident, but advised that they will be investigating.

They advise that any dog owner who fails to comply with Dog Control regulations may be issued with an infringement notice and fined.

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■ HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL

Crossing moved ‘for safety reasons’

By Colin WillisCroft colin.w@theguardian.co.nz

An Ashburton man questioning why a pedestrian crossing has been moved from outside a school to in front of his property has been told it is for safety reasons.

Matt Curtis, who has owned and lived in a property next door to Hampstead School on Wellington Street for more than 15 years, said neither he nor his neighbours were consulted over moving the crossing.

“Without any consultation from council I have had all my parking space removed and this crossing erected outside my property,” Curtis said. Prior to the crossing being moved there was a single parking area outside his house, he said.

“This is a school crossing and therefore should be over school property. No other Ashburton school has a crossing away from its own property.”

He said moving the crossing has had a negative effect on the value of his property and he would like to see either the crossing moved back so it is located outside the school or he should be compensated for the loss of property value that has come as a result, either through a rates reduction or a straight payout.

Ashburton District Council roading manager Brian Fauth said the pedestrian crossing was moved last month to improve safety for children at Hampstead School.

The school had requested a kea crossing, he said, and a road safety audit last year recommended that it be updated.

“The crossing was also moved five metres up the road to take it off the corner, as crossings can be dangerous when located on cor-

The recently moved pedestrian crossing outside Matt Curtis’s house on Wellington Street. ners.” However Curtis said moving the crossing towards his property still leaves it on the corner of Wellington and Church streets – it’s just now on the other side of the intersection – and if that was a real consideration then it should have been moved in the other direction – towards Trevors Road.

Fauth said other locations for the crossing were considered but the current position was found to be the safest and most appro-

priate, adding that build-outs on the new crossing were installed to help reduce traffic speed past the school.

He also did not believe onstreet parking was worsened by the crossing’s move.

“As the road either side of where the crossing had been located was marked with a yellow line – indicating that parking is not permitted – we had no reason to believe moving the crossing into this area

would impede on-street parking.

“After listening to feedback, if on-street parking is compromised in the future we would seek to keep the community more informed as a courtesy and to continue to consult where appropriate.

“While we appreciate the convenience of having access to onstreet parking outside homes, this type of parking is not a given and indeed neither the footpath nor

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“In this instance, the benefit of providing a safer crossing for school children outweighed maintaining a section of road where parking was already not an option.

“We take our responsibilities to provide safe roads for people very seriously and it’s unfortunate that some residents feel they have been disadvantaged.”

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■ ASHBURTON NURSES

Nurses vote on pay offer

By SuSan SandyS

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Ashburton Hospital nurses are voting on whether to accept a new pay offer this week.

District Health Boards (DHBs) almost doubled their previous offer to nurses around the country late last month in a bid to avert planned strikes.

Nurses say they are struggling with an underfunded public health system and staff shortages.

The New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation (NZNO) is holding ratification meetings from June 5 to June 15 for its 29,500 members in all 20 DHB areas, where attendees will vote on whether to accept the offer.

The meeting schedule for Canterbury DHB employees includes today at 3.30pm in Ashburton, and yesterday at 1.30pm in Ashburton.

An organisation spokesperson said yesterday there would be no

media comment regarding the meetings, however, the result of the nationwide vote would be announced on Monday.

Leading up to the meetings, industrial services manager Cee Payne said the revised DHB offer was forged out of the solidarity of NZNO members’ determination to achieve safe staffing levels and, in turn, to see patient care improved in all of New Zealand’s public hospitals.

“The negotiating team did its utmost to ensure member voices were heard, and equally nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants have been hugely visible – by holding rallies around the country with a clear message.”

Ashburton nurses held their rally in early May, where they held placards and got toots and waves of support on the East Street chessboard, and spoke of staff shortages, long shifts and pressure on the local health system.

Dog bite sparks warning From P1 Failure to keep a dog controlled or confined can incur a $200 fine, while dogs that have been classified as a Dangerous Dog or a Menacing Dog in accordance with the Dog Control Act 1996 can incur higher fines.

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A total of 742 complaints of wandering dogs were received by the council.

Any locals that see a dog roaming are encouraged to call dog control immediately.

Suffrage topic to inspire writers

By SuSan SandyS

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Women were granted the vote 125 years ago, but it did not come easily, they had to fight for it.

And as hard as it is to imagine what that must have been like, that is exactly what Ashburton Writers’ Group is asking children aged up to 13 to do – imagine.

The group has a special section in its annual short story and poetry competition this year.

It is entitled Kate Sheppard’s Dream for the 21st Century, and has been introduced to celebrate 125 years since Sheppard succeeded in swaying parliament to allow women to vote.

Group secretary Rae Magson said she hoped to see the topic inspire young entrants.

She is grateful to Mid Canterbury Suffrage 125 member Jean-

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ette Tarbotton, who approached the group suggesting the special section.

Tarbotton, an Ashburton Rural Women life member, said it was in discussing ideas for marking the 125 year anniversary with other rural women that she came up with the idea of involving young people and holding a writing competition.

However, then she realised Ashburton writers already held an annual competition, so it made sense to jump on board with that initiative.

She hoped youngsters would be inspired to put pen to paper, considering the landmark battle which had unfolded 125 years ago.

In addition, Ashburton had a historical connection with the suffragette movement, as MP for the local Selwyn electorate Sir

John Hall led the parliamentary fight to have Sheppard’s dream translated into legislation.

“I think it’s good that people know that it did happen, you just don’t take it for granted, women did have to fight for it,” Tarbotton said.

Tarbotton was involved in 100-year anniversary suffrage celebrations 25 years ago, as chairperson of the Ashburton branch of the National Council of Women.

Ashburton Writers’ Group members hold their short story and poetry completion annually, and last year they attracted a record 129 entries.

“In the last week the entries usually pour in,” Magson said.

The deadline is July 6, and a prizegiving will be held and the winners announced later in the month.

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Jumping to SPCA’s rescue

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Animal lovers will be jumping out of an aeroplane in Ashburton this weekend to raise money for the SPCA. And if they are feeling a little jittery, there will be a comforting canine on standby to calm their nerves.

Twenty brave men and women will be participating in the Jump to the Rescue event at Ashburton Airport on Saturday.

The nationwide event is also being staged in Auckland and Taupo.

At Ashburton there will be 20 jumpers, mainly from Christchurch, jumping tandem with Skydiving Kiwis.

They have already raised more than $26,000 from their friends and family members sponsoring them.

Events and community fundraising co-ordinator Jacqueline Campbell said the fundraising level was now $81,000 nationwide, and money was still coming in as the event approached.

“We are getting money in all the time, our target was $60,000 and we have smashed that,” Campbell said.

Chief executive officer Andrea Midgen said the annual event was traditionally a huge success. It was formerly only held in Auckland, and has raised more than $142,000 since beginning in 2014.

“The day is a lot of fun and there’s always a really positive atmosphere – we’re there to support our jumpers, and there’s usually an animal around for them to cuddle if they need calming down,” Midgen said.

Canterbury operations manager Rebecca Dobson, based in Ashburton, will be there with her dog Piper for this task.

“She just loves being around people and getting cuddles and pats, she’s a very calm dog,” said Dobson of her eightyear-old golden retriever.

Lost property Ashburton Police are hoping to reunite some owners with their lost property. A camera has been handed into the station after a walker found it in the Cameron Valley in the Hakatere Conservation Park. Several bicycles have also been handed in over recent days. If you believe the property may belong to you, please contact Ashburton Police on 307-8400 or drop by the station to identify it.

Bashed with a bat A man has been hospitalised after being bashed with a baseball bat during an armed home invasion in Christchurch on Monday night. The 24-year-old was taken to hospital with what police say are serious injuries after the burglary at Garvin Road in Hornby. Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Worner said three offenders broke into the home at around 9.30pm. They fled the scene after the assault, Worner said.

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Driver still not found The driver of a car that caused a crash while travelling the wrong way down a motorway near Wellington still hasn’t been found.

Police are looking for information about the small white car that drove an estimated 2km the wrong way on SH1 near Tawa on Saturday night.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Man jailed over drug equipment A 37-year-old man found with items related to the manufacture of methamphetamine was jailed for 20 months when he appeared in the Ashburton District Court this week.

Joshua Eli Orchard had admitted drug equipment and materials found in a bedroom at his address belonged to him and described himself as an addict.

He has a previous conviction for manufacturing methamphetamine in 2007.

Orchard admitted two charges of possessing the drug equipment, one of robbery, threatening to kill and assaulting a woman.

The robbery happened on January 9 in Timaru when Orchard and three associates were in the complainant’s vehicle. Orchard became angry toward the complainant and hit him in the head several times; he then dragged him from the vehicle, stood over him and demanded the keys and his phone.

Orchard then got in the vehicle and drove away.

Judge Joanna Maze said the jail term would be followed by six months of special release conditions. Probation officers said he needed help to address drug issues.

Brendon John Pethig stole a $42,000 boat to pay a methamphetamine debt.

Pethig, 42, pleaded guilty to burglary and unlawfully taking the boat, which was parked up a long driveway at an Ashburton address on February 20.

The Oamaru man had been visiting friends in Ashburton and spotted it; he said he stole it in a spur of the moment decision because he had drug debts to pay.

At Oamaru, he could not back it up his driveway so left it on the road, which sparked neighbours’ interest – they said the boat and vehicle towing it “did not match”.

The owner of the boat used social media to advise it had been stolen and one of the neighbours spotted the post and called police.

Pethig was remanded to August

heim Road, Christchurch, in the early hours of April 22, when a group of car enthusiasts was in the area.

Police said people who lived in the area complained about the gatherings and police saw Wood spin the wheels of his blue Commodore for six seconds before bringing the vehicle under control.

Wood has one previous conviction for driving with sustained loss of traction, from 2011.

“You are at a stage in life where I would have expected you to outgrow that behaviour,” Judge Maze said.

She fined him $350 and disqualified him from driving for six months.

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Jim Navarone Shepherd, 24, was sentenced to six months community detention and disqualified from driving indefinitely after admitting two charges of driving with excess alcohol.

He was stopped on March 23 and then on April 7, both times with high readings. He has two earlier convictions for drink driving.

Shepherd’s lawyer Paul Norcross said Shepherd needed to get his drinking under control before “something truly horrible” happened.

Judge Maze said Shepherd’s blood alcohol was 189mg/100ml on March 23 and he blew 915mcg on April 7, when he was also driving while his licence was suspended because of the earlier incident.

“You are an extremely heavy social drinker and you need to reduce your consumption,” she told the defendant.

Any more drink driving charges would likely result in jail for him, she said.

She added a sentence of six months supervision and said the only way Shepherd would be able to drive legally again was if the director of Land Transport New Zealand eventually allowed him to have a zero alcohol licence.

Quentin Robert Coyle, 22, of Tinwald, was fined a total of $950 and disqualified from driving for nine months after police told the court he drove drunk and dangerously on State Highway One on his way to Christchurch Airport to pick up his grandfather on May 26.

Coyle pleaded guilty to driving dangerously, driving with excess breath alcohol (544mcg) and failing to stop for police lights and sirens. He was also ordered to pay $130 court costs.

Sergeant Ian Howard said Coyle was reported overtaking in passing lanes near Dunsandel at 8.30am, crossing the double yellow line in the centre of the road to be three-abreast and forcing

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oncoming south-bound traffic to take evasive action.

He was clocked at 130km/h at Burnham overtaking vehicles and police activated lights and siren to follow him. He accelerated again, overtaking on double yellow lines at Rolleston and eventually pulled over.

Police breathalysed him and found he was driving with 544mcg – he said he had been drinking the night before.

served four months of the sentence but frequently breached the electronic boundaries and was outside the curfew time for five hours and nine minutes on April 19.

Judge Maze said Fraser now had three months to go, and reinforced the 7pm to 6am curfew at his Mt Somers property.

Hamish Gregory Eden, 20, of Ashburton, was fined $400 and disqualified from driving for six months after being caught driving while his licence was suspended.

Eden was driving to the dairy to buy cigarettes on May 15 when police stopped him on Andrew Street. His licence had been suspended because of excess demerit points.

It was Eden’s second conviction for driving while suspended and Judge Maze said it appeared he had not learned from the experience.

A couple who stole lead and copper from an empty building and sold them to a scrap metal dealer for $68 admitted charges of breaking and entering. Sharna Marie Lynn Meaclem, 22, and Shane James Dennison, 29, were jointly charged and will now go through a restorative justice process with the building’s owner.

Police said the pair entered into a secured area around the former Bruce Printing building on Burnett Street in April and took 75kg of lead and copper.

Duty solicitor Paul Norcross said the couple were struggling financially. They will be sentenced on July 30.

Michael Robert Fraser, 28, had a month added to his sentence of community detention after he admitted breaching curfew rules relating to his six-month sentence.

Corrections said Fraser had

Nicholas Norman Wood, 33, should have grown out of driving like a boy racer, Judge Maze implied.

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Shane Alex Graham was jailed for nine months on 15 charges, including 11 of dishonestly using a document.

Graham had admitted the 11 dishonesty charges, stealing a handbag and a phone, possession of morphine and possession of a knife.

Judge Maze said the dishonesty was no doubt linked to a credit card in the handbag he stole, but Graham had a significant previous history of dishonesty offences.

He told police at the time he was under pressure to pay debts.

The judge said Graham had to learn how to live in the community without resorting to crime to redress issues that arose.

He must pay $376 reparation for the stolen handbag and $500 for the stolen phone.

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Christopher Leon Weir, 27, was jailed for seven months after he admitted four charges of dishonestly getting into vehicles, two of driving while suspended and two of theft.

Weir has been in custody awaiting sentence and his lawyer said he had a new focus in life.

Judge Maze said Weir needed to stay clean from methamphetamine and address his drug problem as that was the source of his offending.

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■ ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY

Asbestos removal no risk to public

By Colin WillisCroft

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Environment Canterbury has assured anyone who saw its Ashburton depot cordoned off with tape bearing an asbestos warning on Sunday, and a worker wearing a blue safety suit complete with mask, that there are no issues with safety from the building.

Ashburton zone manager Janine Holland said staff growth had driven the need for a minor interior refurbishment of the McNally Street depot.

“Accordingly, we have temporarily relocated our staff so that we can complete the works as quickly as possible,” Holland said.

“While the staff are off-site, we have elected to address other maintenance work. This has included replacing some of the ex-

terior materials that have been externally tested and assessed as being of low asbestos risk.”

Holland said those materials were not friable (easily crumbled), were well contained and did not pose a risk for occupants of the building as could have been managed via an asbestos management plan, adding that there were no issues posed by the asbestos, either now or in the past, for ECan staff or people in the surrounding area.

She said staff will return to the depot in early July.

ECan’s Ashburton staff are available to customers at 252 Moore Street, Ashburton, while the refurbishment is under way.

A sign outside the McNally Street depot also has a couple of contact numbers for staff.

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Gerrard next science adviser to PM Scientists have applauded the appointment of respected biochemist Professor Juliet Gerrard as the next science adviser to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

She takes over the role from Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, whose decade in the position has involved reporting on everything from climate change and freshwater issues to youth suicide and asbestos exposure.

His final reports have investigated the justice system, youth offending, digital education and, most notably, supposed meth contamination of homes.

After stepping aside at the end of this month, Sir Peter will continue his widely-recognised work in science diplomacy overseas.

At home, he will returning to academic life at the University of Auckland, where he will help launch a new public policy institute and spend more time at the centre he helped found, the Liggins Institute.

Sir Peter said he was delighted Gerrard – a leading biochemist and a fellow University of Auckland academic – was stepping into the role.

“The system is in great hands.”

There would be one last report before he departed, “arising from work that spans both our tenures”.

Scientists have applauded the appointment of respected biochemist Professor Juliet Gerrard as the next science adviser to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Gerrard planned to use her first few weeks in the role to meet the Government’s departmental science advisers and other key figures.

“I am very much looking forward to connecting with a cross section of scientists from all types of institutions, especially emerging scientists.”

Scientists have welcomed the announcement. Physicist and science commentator Professor Shaun Hendy described Gerrard

as a “brilliant choice”. He noted how she’d worked across both the university and Crown Research Institute sectors, as well as with the Government as chair of the Marsden Fund Council.

“At least in terms of policy advice, Sir Peter Gluckman has proved much more effective under the current government than the last so there is an excellent opportunity for Professor Gerrard to build on this,” Hendy said.

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Samoa’s miracle baby dies aged 10 A little girl born with severe deformities and whose story touched many around the world more than a decade ago, has died.

Miracletina Julie Nanai, known as Baby Miracle, was not expected to survive even a few hours after she was born in Samoa on September 1, 2007.

She had a number of birth defects that saw part of her brain missing, her eyes sealed shut, a bilateral cleft palate and spina bifida.

Her story was widely publicised after her parents, Mikaele and Sefulu Nanai, went public when doctors in the island nation offered little hope of her survival.

It was later revealed that the couple were told their newborn daughter’s facial deformities were so severe she could not be fed.

However, Mikaele Nanai refused to believe his daughter could not be saved and started to sneak milk into the hospital room where his baby girl stayed; secretly feeding her.

They decided to name her Miracle, reflecting her miraculous survival and will to live.

Speaking to local newspaper Samoa Observer, Nanai said his daughter died peacefully on Sunday, without warning.

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took it in to feed her,’’ he told the publication.

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He acknowledged that the past almost 11 years had been at times difficult; not only dealing with their daughter’s medical conditions and many surgeries in America, but also the ridicule the family received from some of the public.

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“This face is what Miracle grew up with.

A lot of statements have said it’s a face of an animal.”

Nanai said those who ridiculed his daughter failed to see that she was still a creation of God and therefore very much loved.

The family paid tribute to those who had loved their daughter unconditionally and without judgment.

They included benefactor Papali’i Carol Ah Chong, who became a second mother to Miracle and who cared for her for much of her life; as well as the head of Thorn Ministries, Kristin Taylor, who started a worldwide fundraising effort in order to get Miracle the medical help she desperately needed.

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Action on cathedral long overdue I

f you’ve been into the centre of Christchurch recently you will have noticed the rapidly growing landscape that is starting to fill the empty spaces littered around the CBD. Progress is being made, and there’s every chance of a rejuvenated heart in the South Island’s biggest city when things are completed – whenever that might be. But still, there is that one sore point.

Standing desolate right in the very heart of the city, the ChristChurch Cathedral remains unflappable.

The initial, and quite immediate, remedial work that was done on the once magnificent building is literally all that has been done since the deadly earthquakes struck Christchurch back in Feb-

ruary of 2011.

Steel beams are visible as they hold up the old stone walls, while also offering the perfect resting place for the many pigeons that inhabit Christchurch’s CBD. Deals have been struck and money has been received, but there’s not a hard hat in sight.

In fact, in the nine months since the church accepted some hefty offers of financial support, there’s been barely a boo from

those in the know – suggesting that not all are still happy with where things are headed.

When I first went back in the CBD after the February earthquakes, the sight of the damaged cathedral was the most harrowing of the entire experience.

To see that once majestic building that had literally given the city centre life, severely broken was hard to look at.

My initial reaction was to keep the building as it was – and effectively what it has been since the quakes.

There is serious attraction to ruins around the world and the thought of something as significant as the ChristChurch Cathedral, which had been plastered on every bit of marketing information about Christchurch

for decades, was actually quite appealing.

But things have got absolutely out of control.

Any decisions that were or are going to be made should have been made, and actioned, by now.

The war of words behind closed doors, and sometimes out in the public has to stop.

It’s time to move on and get on with life, one way or another.

The rest of Christchurch is trying to put the past behind them and move forward in a new modern fashion, moving right away from old-school style that Christchurch used to give you when you entered the city centre.

Buildings that held the really impressive old look to them have been replaced with sharp and

shiny versions giving the place a real upmarket feel.

And tourists still seem to love flocking there.

Whether it’s to the new-look Crossing, or the slightly more traditional New Regent Street which is one of the only spots in town that seems to have the real old Christchurch feel about it.

But everyone still makes their way towards the cathedral.

They peer in and check out the state of the building as kids count how many pigeons they can see nesting in the rafters.

What needs to be decided however is whether these people are going to continue to look at a piece of Christchurch history, or look at the cathedral once more as the majestic and magnificent building it once was.

Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system as it crossed the orbit of Neptune.

In 1993, Canada’s Progressive Conservative Party chose Defense Minister Kim Campbell to succeed Brian Mulroney as prime minister; she was the first woman to hold the post.

Ten years ago: Pope Benedict XVI took President George W. Bush on a rare stroll through the lush grounds of the Vatican Gardens during the leaders’ third visit together. R. Kelly was acquitted

of all charges in his child pornography trial in Chicago, ending a six-year ordeal for the R&B superstar.

Five years ago: The White House said it had conclusive evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime had used chemical weapons against opposition forces seeking to overthrow the government.

One year ago: A comatose Otto Warmbier, released by North Korea after more than 17 months in captivity, arrived in Cincinnati aboard a medevac flight; the

22-year-old college student, who had suffered severe brain damage, died six days later.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Bob McGrath is 86. Artist Christo is 83. Magician Siegfried (Siegfried & Roy) is 79. Actor Malcolm McDowell is 75. Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is 74. Comedian Tim Allen is 65. Actress Ally Sheedy is 56.

TV anchor Hannah Storm is 56.

Actress Lisa Vidal is 53. Singer David Gray is 50. Rhythm and blues singer Deniece Pearson (Five Star) is 50. Rock musician

Soren Rasted (Aqua) is 49. Actor Jamie Walters is 49. Actor Chris Evans is 37. Actress Sarah Schaub is 35. Singer Raz B is 33. Actress Ashley Olsen is 32. Actress MaryKate Olsen is 32. Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson is 28.

Thought for today: “What intellectual snobs we have become! Virtue is now in the number of degrees you have — not in the kind of person you are or what you can accomplish in real-life situations.” — Eda J. LeShan, American educator (1922-2002).

Matt Markham

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, June 13, the 164th day of 2018. There are 201 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On June 13, 1978, the movie musical “Grease,” starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, had its world premiere in New York.

On this date: In 1525, German theologian Martin Luther married former nun Katharina von Bora.

In 1789, during the French Revolution, the National Assembly convened.

In 1842, Queen Victoria became the first British monarch to ride on a train, traveling from Slough Railway Station to Paddington in 25 minutes.

In 1911, the ballet “Petrushka,” with music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Michel Fokine, was first performed in Paris by the Ballets Russes, with Vaslav Nijinsky in the title role.

In 1927, aviation hero Charles Lindbergh was honoured with a ticker-tape parade in New York City.

In 1935, James Braddock claimed the title of world heavyweight boxing champion from Max Baer in a 15-round fight in Queens, New York.

In 1942, a four-man Nazi sabotage team arrived on Long Island, New York, three days before a second four-man team landed in Florida. (All eight men were arrested after two members of the first group defected.)

In 1957, the Mayflower II, a replica of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620, arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts, after a nearly two-month journey from England.

In 1977, James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was recaptured following his escape three days earlier from a Tennessee prison.

In 1983, the US space probe

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here are many things to celebrate about being a part of the Ashburton District.

Among them is our people.

Our community is well supported by numerous sports groups, service clubs and community organisations. The volunteers and members all put in a tremendous amount of work into organising events, sourcing funding, creating opportunities, and helping those in need. It was therefore no surprise that we had four local recipients named in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

The Topp Twins, Lynda and Jools Topp, were named Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the entertainment industry.

They have been an integral part of Kiwi culture for more than 30 years and we’re very lucky to have Dame Lynda Topp living in Staveley.

From recording and releasing numerous albums, sold-out tours, television and comedy shows, and a record-breaking documentary, the Topp Twins are incredible ambassadors for our country.

Dr John McGettigan received the Queen’s Service Medal for services to rural health.

Before his recent retirement he had worked as a GP in Methven for 40 years and helped to establish the Methven Medical Centre.

Over the years he accepted sixth year trainee doctors from The University of Otago to gain an understanding of rural medicine, and has helped train staff at Mt Hutt and assist in emergencies.

Matthew Hall was named a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to

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conservation and fishing.

Since 1991, he has been a member of the Central South Island Fish and Game Council and was the inaugural chairman of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy Ashburton Zone Committee.

He is a life member of the South Rangitata Reserve and last year he organised a salmon symposium which attracted international speakers.

The New Zealand Order of Merit was also awarded to Ian Begbie, for services to aviation and motorsport.

He has been a member of the Mid Canterbury Aero Club since the 1980s and was president of the Ashburton Motorcycle Club from 1968 to 1993.

He personally constructed 115 hangar door sections at the Ashburton Airfield and has been involved with the Ashburton Aviation Museum since the 1970s.

Following the Kaikoura earthquakes, he helped to establish an air-link so local pilots could fly emergency aid to Kaikoura.

It is a tremendous achievement to receive an honour.

From services to the cheese industry, bonsai and quilting, through to conservation, athletics and medical technology, each person on the honours list contributed significantly to their respective sectors and is an integral part of our country’s

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Lynda and Jools Topp social fabric.

Their commitment and dedication is highly valued and I would like to congratulate them and say thank you for all they do.

I would also like to acknowledge the New Zealand Indoor Bowls 69th National Championships that have been under way in Ashburton at the EA Networks Centre since June 9 and will conclude on June 16.

More than 750 players from across New Zealand have been competing and it is the first time the championships have been hosted here.

I was delighted to be invited to attend the opening and speak about our district.

If you haven’t given bowls a go I would highly recommend it. It is a fantastic sport for people of all ages and abilities.

Our local bowls groups around the district do an amazing job

and should be congratulated for the effort that has gone into hosting this tournament.

In particular, Michael Lawson and his team of helpers who worked incredibly hard to ensure the event has run smoothly.

As a community, each of us is an ambassador for our district and it is up to us to roll out the welcome mat to our visitors and showcase the best of our slice of the country.

We should be proud to call Ashburton our home and actively champion it on both the national and international stage.

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The world is changing President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un concluded an extraordinary summit yesterday with lofty promises by the American president to take care of a “very dangerous problem” and Kim forecasting “major change for the world”.

They signed a document that Trump described as “pretty comprehensive,” but he declined to describe it, saying the details would be revealed later.

The document signing followed a series of meetings at a luxury Singapore resort.

Meeting with staged ceremony on a Singapore island, Trump and Kim came together for a summit that seemed just unthinkable months ago, clasping hands in front of a row of alternating US and North Korean flags, holding a one-on-one meeting, additional talks with advisers and a working lunch.

Throughout the summit that could chart the course for historic peace or raise the specter of a growing nuclear threat, both leaders expressed optimism. Kim called the sit-down a “good prelude for peace” and Trump pledged that “working together we will get it taken care of.”

In advance of their private session, Trump predicted “tremendous success” while Kim said through an interpreter that “we have come here after overcoming” obstacles.

Aware that the eyes of the world were on a moment many people never expected to see, Kim said many of those watching would think it was a scene from a “science fiction movie”.

In the run-up to the meeting, Trump had predicted the two men might strike a nucle-

Tate coming here It’s been 10 long years since The Catherine Tate Show was last on air, but a new stage show will allow fans to see old favourites like Lauren Cooper and Nan once more. British comedian Catherine Tate is bringing her show to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch later this year. While in New Zealand last week to promote the tour, Tate said she was surprised to be bringing the show all the way to the other side of the world. “When I did the show in the UK and the promoter said ‘what do you think of going to Australia and New Zealand?’ my first thought was, ‘does anyone know me?’

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump prepare to sign a document at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island yesterday in Singapore.

PHOTO AP ar deal or forge a formal end to the Korean War in the course of a single meeting or over several days.

But in the hours before the summit, the White House unexpectedly announced Trump would depart Singapore earlier than expected – Tuesday evening – raising questions about whether his aspirations for an ambitious outcome had been scaled back.

Giving voice to the anticipation felt around the world, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said yesterday he “hardly slept” before the summit. Moon and other officials watched the live broadcast of the summit before a South Korean Cabinet meeting in his presidential office

The meeting was the first between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader.

After meeting privately and with aides, Trump and Kim moved into the luncheon at a long flower-bedecked table.

As they entered, Trump injected some levity to the day’s extraordinary events, saying: “Getting a good picture everybody? So we look nice and handsome and thin? Perfect.”

Then they dined on beef short rib confit along with sweet and sour crispy pork.

And as they emerged from the meal for a brief stroll together, Trump appeared to delight in showing his North Korean counterpart the interior of “The Beast,” the famed US presidential limousine known

for its high-tech fortifications.

Critics of the summit leapt at the leaders’ handshake and the moonlight stroll Kim took Monday night along the glittering Singapore waterfront, saying it was further evidence that Trump was helping legitimize Kim on the world stage as an equal of the US president. Kim has been accused of horrific rights abuses against his people.

Trump responded to such commentary on Twitter, saying: “The fact that I am having a meeting is a major loss for the US, say the haters & losers.” But he added “our hostages” are back home and testing, research and launches have stopped.

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Actor found dead, aged 20 American actor Jackson Odell has been found dead at his home in Tarzana, California. No cause of death has yet been announced. Best known for his roles in the family comedies iCarly and The Goldbergs, Odell also starred in the 2011 feature film Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer, and made supporting appearances US sitcoms Arrested Development and Modern Family.

Confirming his death, his family said: “The Odell family has lost our beloved son and brother, Jackson Odell. He will always be a shining light and a brilliant, loving and talented soul.”

Bodyguards? Check. Personal toilet? All packed North Korean officials have secured all aspects surrounding leader Kim Jong Un’s visit to Singapore – from his bulletproof limousine surrounded by running bodyguards to the use of two decoy airplanes to protecting his stools.

Ahead of Kim’s arrival for his historic sit-down with US President Donald Trump came an IL-76 transport plane loaded with items to keep Kim safe – his own food supply and a personal portable toilet that “will deny determined sewer divers insights into the supreme leader’s stools,” reports Korean news site Chosun Ilbo.

That may seem security to the extreme, but the CIA and other spy agencies have been known to gather intelligence through faeces in the past.

During Mikhail Gorbachev’s visit to Washington DC in 1987, his decision to stay at the So-

viet Embassy instead of Blair House – the residence across the street from the White House where visiting foreign dignitaries are hosted – ended CIA plans to try to collect the Soviet dictator’s stools after MI6 failed to collect similar intel during the Gorbachevs’ visit to London.

Jack Anderson reported on the attempts in his syndicated column and also wrote that Blair House has at least one toilet with a special collection function.

A similar waste-gathering mission was made against King Farouk of Egypt when he visited Monte Carlo.

And French intelligence reportedly had success in collecting a urine sample from Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.

Retired French spy Alexandre de Marenches told Time magazine in 2001 that “our

people rented the suite under his and dismantled all the plumbing. They intercepted his toilet flushings and sent the samples to Paris for analysis.”

American presidents can enjoy the same personal protection when it comes to their bodily functions.

The Secret Service reportedly brought a portable toilet for then-President George W. Bush’s use on his 2006 visit to Austria.

Stools can provide valuable information about a person’s health. A doctor can analyse a person’s waste to learn about their colon health, the state of their gastro-intestinal tract, test for some diseases, and see if they are on any medications.

Additionally, North Korea used two decoy airplanes to leave observers unsure which plane Kim was on.

Three planes took off in

North Korea at about an hour’s interval on Sunday – an IL-76, an Air China Boeing 747 and an ancient Ilyushin IL62, Chosun Ilbo reported.

Kim arrived on the Air China flight after dispatching the two decoy flights as a diversionary tactic given the leader’s fears of assassination during the summit.

The North Korean leader also brought his running bodyguards to Singapore.

His suit-clad security detail were spotted running alongside his black limousine shortly after he touched down at Changi Airport.

His convoy included more than 20 vehicles, including an ambulance.

His trip to Singapore is the furthest he has travelled from his home country since assuming the mantle of Supreme Leader.

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Drunk three weeks straight Lily Allen says she was “drunk for three weeks straight” while on a tour that included New Zealand. The 33-year-old singer rocketed to fame with the release of her debut record Alright, Still in 2006, and has revealed the fame brought with it a string of raucous partying that saw her stay drunk for almost a month, as well as develop “bratty pop star behaviour”. In an interview with Remix magazine, which comes out today, she said: “I don’t know how I got through those Big Day Out shows in Australia and New Zealand because I was drunk for three weeks straight.

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■ HOUSING NEW ZEALAND

Dismay, shock over land sale spokesman Trevor Reader said the residents were left “shocked and dismayed” to hear the land had been sold to Housing NZ. “The community came to this meeting prepared to be flexible and consider what a best fit might look like but it was clear only one party was prepared to be flexible and it wasn’t Housing New Zealand,” Reader said.

“Puriri Park is a community asset. To have it snatched away like that, it was underhanded.”

Reader said residents felt as if Housing NZ was “not valuing the park and what it provides to the local community”.

Residents had previously raised concerns to the Northern Advocate about the loss of a green space, “unsavoury” behaviour and the devaluation of properties if the development went ahead.

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residential — not as a reserve or park.

However, because it is next to 22,000sq m of park land owned by the Whangarei District Council, the land has been used as a park since the 1960s.

As a result of the meeting, Reader said the steering committee would be looking into the process which saw Housing NZ acquire the land.

He said if Housing NZ was going to pursue the plan, the residents wanted to be able to have some input and influence into the site.

“We strongly suggest NZTA (the New Zealand Transport Agency) undertake an analysis of the traffic delays and congestion right from 7am in the morning and 4pm at night. Turning from Puriri Park Road on to Maunu Road is almost impossible and carries great risk already, let alone with vehicles from another 60 households,” Reader said.

NZ Transport Agency Northland system manager Jacqui Hori-Hoult said the agency was unable to comment on Housing NZ’s plans to build state houses at the park.

“When HNZ provides details of how many houses will be built, the Transport Agency, through the planning process, will be able to respond,” Hori-Hoult said.

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Reader said residents questioned Housing NZ vigorously at the meeting and suggested alternatives such as buy-back of houses, and affordable or retirement housing options but claimed the department would not consider them.

The Northern Advocate asked Housing NZ whether it would consider affordable or retirement housing as alternatives to state housing.

The newspaper also asked questions about the meeting and the status of the sale. In response, Housing NZ asset-development group general manager Patrick Dougherty provided this statement: “Housing New Zealand appreciated the opportunity to talk to people on Saturday and explain what the next steps would be following settlement [yesterday] and confirmation that we are now the legal owner of this piece of Crown land.

“We’re now looking forward to getting on and planning what state housing we could put on the land and sharing these details with both the people in the Maunu community and the broader Whangarei community as soon as possible.”

Housing NZ now owns 32,730sq m of land formerly owned by the Ministry of Education that, at first glance, appears to be part of Puriri Park. But the land is zoned

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A contentious state housing development on a popular park in Whangarei is a step closer to reality with the purchase of the land.

Housing New Zealand is now officially the owner of a piece of land at what has been known as Puriri Park in Maunu — a site of much debate in recent weeks.

Anger has mounted in the area after residents learned in April that Housing NZ was planning to convert part of what was believed to be a public park on Puriri Park Road in Maunu into state houses.

However, while the area was known as Puriri Park, the part Housing NZ has now bought is former Ministry of Education land zoned as residential. What remains of the land is officially a park and owned by Whangarei District Council.

But nearby residents were annoyed the government department had not consulted them over the plans.

At the time, Housing NZ said it would engage with residents once, and if, land purchase contracts were signed.

More than 300 people, mostly locals, with some extended family members from as far away as Hamilton, packed into Barge Park at Maunu for a public meeting about the future of Puriri Park on Saturday.

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aking muffins is one of the easiest baking tasks, but for many people it seems easier to buy ready made than to go to the trouble of baking their own.

That’s a shame because making muffins is a treat for more senses than just taste.

There’s nothing more tempting than the smell of muffins baking or sitting cooling on a cake rack.

And if you’re honest, there’s nothing nicer than a muffin still warm from the oven, served with a dab of butter or a little yoghurt on the side.

Date and ginger muffins 1¾ C self-raising flour 1 t baking soda 1 t ground cinnamon 2 t ground ginger 100g butter 1/3 C brown sugar 1 C dates, finely chopped 1 egg, lightly beaten 1 C natural yoghurt ■ Heat oven to 190°C. ■ Grease a 12-hole standard muffin tin.

■ Sift flour, baking soda, ginger and cinnamon into a bowl and make a well in the centre.

■ Place butter, sugar and pitted dates in a saucepan over a low heat.

■ Stir continuously until the butter melts.

■ Pour the date mixture into the dry ingredients.

■ Add the lightly beaten egg, yoghurt.

■ Stir until just combined.

■ Spoon mixture into prepared muffin holes.

■ Bake for 25 minutes or until a skewer that is inserted in the centre of one muffin comes out clean.

Chocolate chip and banana muffins 3 bananas, ripe, mashed ½ C sugar 100g butter, melted 1 egg 2 T milk 1½ C flour 1 t baking soda 1 t baking powder 1½ C chocolate bits ■ Heat oven to 190°C (170°C fan bake).

■ Grease a 12-hole standard muffin pan or line with paper cases.

■ In a bowl, place mashed bananas, sugar, melted butter, egg and milk and stir to combine.

■ Sift flour, baking powder and baking soda onto banana mixture and stir to just combine.

■ Stir in chocolate bits.

■ Spoon mixture into prepared pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.

Lemon and white chocolate muffins 2 C flour ½ C sugar 1 t baking powder ½ t baking soda 100g white chocolate bits 3 T melted butter zested rind of 1 lemon ¼ C lemon juice 2 eggs 225-250g of citrus yoghurt 2 T sugar ■ Preheat the oven to 190°C. ■ Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and chocolate bits.

■ In another bowl mix melted butter, lemon rind, about 2 tablespoons of the juice, eggs and yoghurt.

■ Add the wet ingredients to the dry.

■ Stir until just moist – don’t over mix.

■ Spoon mixture into well greased muffin tins. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

Lemon glaze: ■ Combine the rest of the lemon juice with the 2 tablespoons of sugar.

■ Boil in the microwave, stopping to stir and check.

■ Cook until slightly thickened.

■ When the muffins come out of the oven brush with the glaze.

■ Keep applying as the muffins cool until it is all used.

Breakfast muffins 1 T olive oil 1 onion, diced 4 chorizo sausage, finely diced 8 cherry tomatoes, cut into quarters 2 T parsley, chopped 2 C self-raising flour 1 C tasty or cheddar cheese, grated 1 t smoked paprika

½ t sea salt and cracked pepper 3 eggs 1¼ C milk

1 C frozen blueberries

■ Preheat the oven to 185°C on fan bake ■ Line 12 hole muffin tray with baking paper squares large enough to come up the sides.

■ Heat the oil in a frying pan ■ Saute onion and sausages for 3-4 minutes until the onion is soft.

■ Set aside to cool.

■ In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, parsley, flour, cheese, paprika and season.

■ Add the cooked onion and Kransky sausage, and stir to combine.

■ Whisk together eggs and milk and fold into other ingredients gently until just combined.

■ Spoon into prepared trays and bake for 1215 minutes until golden and puffed.

■ Pre-heat oven to 180°C. ■ Line a 12 cup muffin tin with muffin patty pans and set aside.

■ Sift flour and cinnamon in a bowl.

■ Combine lemon zest, juice, sugar, egg and melted butter together.

■ Pour wet ingredients into dry and gently fold to combine.

■ Spoon into patty pans and bake for 25-30 minutes.

Yoghurt and peach muffins ¾ C caster sugar 3 C flour 1 t baking powder 1 t baking soda 1 t ground cardamom 2 eggs 1 C peach yoghurt 410g can peaches in clear fruit juice 100g butter, melted

Cheese and bacon muffins 6 rashers streaky bacon, chopped 1 small onion, finely chopped 2 courgettes, grated 2 C flour 3 t baking powder 1 C grated tasty cheddar cheese 1 egg, whisked 50g butter 1½ C milk ■ Preheat the oven to 200°C. ■ Place the bacon, onion and courgettes in a small frying pan and cook over a gentle heat until the onion is tender.

■ Place the flour, baking powder, bacon mixture and cheese in a bowl and make a well in the centre.

■ Pour in the egg, softened butter and milk and gently mix until just combined.

■ Spoon the mixture into muffin pans and bake for 12-15 minutes until puffed and golden.

■ Preheat oven to 220°C. ■ Sift the sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda and ground cardamom into a large bowl.

■ In a blender or food processor, mix together the eggs, yoghurt and peaches and juice ■ Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in the yoghurt mixture.

■ Fold together with a holed spoon, folding in the melted butter as you go.

■ Divide between 12 well greased muffin tins.

■ Bake for 15-20 minutes.

Simple blueberry muffins 2 C self-raising flourt 1 t cinnamon Juice of 1 lemon and zest ½ C castor sugar 1 egg 100g butter, melted 1 C milk

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In brief Day clicks into gear Jason Day says his US Open instincts kicked in the minute he arrived at Shinnecock Hills for a measured preparation he hopes will finally deliver victory. Day has compiled an impressive record at the US Open – with two runner-up finishes and three other top 10s – without tasting success. But this year, former world No.1 Day is determined to be the last man standing on Long Island’s iconic Shinnecock Hills.”

- AAP

Cochrane hits back

Hannah Digby (left) and Mylee Williams.

Finleigh Glanville (left), Jamie Glanville (middle) and Lily Jessep.

■ GYMNASTICS

Young gymnasts shine A handful of members of the Dynamic Gymnastics Sports Club put their club colours aside to represent their schools at the Canterbury Primary and Intermediate Schools’ Trampoline Competition in Rangiora on Sunday.

Competing against schools

from across the region, they produced some outstanding results, head coach Nicci Glanville said.

In the primary school section Wakanui School’s Finleigh Glanville, 9, was first in the C grade girls, while Ashburton Borough School’s Lily Jessep, 9, was second in the C grade.

In the B grade girls’ section Jamie Glanville, 10, from Wakanui School won, and together with Finleigh Glanville won the team trophy for Wakanui School for their combined scores.

In the intermediate schools’ section Mylee Williams, 11, from Wakanui School won the C grade

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girls while Hannah Digby, 11, also from Wakanui School won the B grade girls’ section.

“A fantastic result to bring home the top placings and team trophy to Ashburton,” Nicci Glanville said.

The competition was held at ICE Trampoline in Rangiora.

In an emotional defence of his struggling AFL club, Gold Coast chairman Tony Cochrane admits chronic errors have been made and that the Suns need more help.

The Suns have won just 43 of their 164 games and have never played finals in their eight seasons. Six straight losses and some damning statistics have again put the club in the sights of critics.

- AAP

Rioli gets time off Cyril Rioli has been granted personal leave from Hawthorn with no set date for him to return to the AFL club. The four-time premiership player had been set to return from a knee injury which has sidelined him since round four. However, the Hawks announced that the indigenous star had asked to return to the Northern Territory, manager Graham Wright said.

- AAP

■ CRICKET

Bairstow braces for Aussies Jonny Bairstow is prepared for Australia to provide a real challenge in this month’s ODI series as his England team-mates look to bounce back from their humbling defeat to Scotland.

The world’s top-ranked ODI team, who play the first of five matches against the Aussies at the Oval in London on Wednesday, were beaten by the Scots by six runs for the very first time in Edinburgh on Sunday.

England captain Eoin Morgan put on a brave face saying the shock reversal will act as perfect preparation for the series.

And Bairstow agreed that facing an Australia side going through an uncertain period following the suspension of star players Steve Smith and David Warner and a change of leadership under new coach Justin Langer could present new problems.

“It’s a completely different challenge and a completely different team that we will be playing,” Bairstow said.

“It’s a team that has a lot of new guys in, without (Mitchell) Starc, (Josh) Hazlewood, (Pat) Cummins, (David) Warner, (Steven) Smith, so there are guys wanting to compete for places and we know just how dangerous that can be when people are pushing for a permanent place.”

The defeat to Scotland meant Bairstow’s own personal feats have been somewhat overlooked, but he was once again in scintillating form at the top of the England order as he hit a 54-ball century to mark his third ODI ton on the bounce.

It is the first time an English batsman has achieved the feat – only Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara has more with four – and it was his fifth ton in his last 16 innings.

“To score three on the bounce is really pleasing considering 12 months ago people were questioning whether I should be playing or be opening the batting or be in the middle order,” he said.

Jonny Bairstow is well aware of the threat the Australians bring, despite them losing a few stars.

“Twelve months down the line, to score five hundreds and three on the bounce, I am pleased with where I have gone.”

The loss to Scotland was England’s first outing since rising to top of the ODI rankings, but Bairstow does not think that tag will affect the team or their opponents going forward.

“It’s part and parcel of the game,” he said.

“You get to number one and people are going to want to beat you, but you want to be number one in the world.

“We set our stall out to be number one in the world and that’s where we are, whether we were number one in this game or not, and Scotland would still be delighted to win, it’s not just because we are number one.”

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In brief No Super Rugby break Sanzaar has released the draw for the 2019 Super Rugby season.

Being a World Cup year there will be no international break in June meaning the competition will run for 21 uninterrupted weeks. The Chiefs and Highlanders will face off in the opening game of the season on Friday February 15. The Blues host the Crusaders the following night. The Crusaders begin the season with four local derbies in the opening five games.

- NZME

Game plan for France Philippe Sella believes France’s best shot at defeating the All Blacks is by rediscovering their French flair that devastated teams in the past. The rugby legend said the current team needs to get the little things right before they can reinvigorate their attack. “We need to have basics always for everybody and after we can have inspiration to kick again and to recover again the style we got [sic] in the past,” he said.

- NZME

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Celtic upsets the Southern men in senior B Celtic started Mid Canterbury Rugby’s senior B Centennial Mug competition with an upset win over Southern on Saturday. Southern finished the season-opening Michael Duff Trophy competition runners-up behind Rakaia, and well ahead of a Celtic side which only picked up three wins in the Duff Trophy round. But on Saturday, in front of their home crowd Celtic started round two on a high, beating the Southern men 17-8. Meanwhile Rakaia picked up where they left off with a big 62-17 win over Allenton, and Methven held on for a 22-19 win over Mt Somers. Collegiate picked up the easiest five points of the day though, thanks to a late default by Hampstead.

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Mannering pulls the pin Former Kiwis skipper Simon Mannering has retired from the international game.

The Warriors veteran made the announcement on the eve of New Zealand’s clash against England in Denver later this month.

Mannering has played 45 tests for New Zealand including three World Cups.

Fellow forwards Ben Matulino (23 tests) and Russell Packer (seven tests) have also announced their international retirements.

Mannering made his debut in 2006 and was a World Cup winner in 2008. He also won Four Nations titles in 2010 and 2014.

“Going into the World Cup last year I sort of had it in the back of my mind that it would be my last campaign playing for the Kiwis,” he said.

“It still doesn’t make it an easy decision to make it official even though my days of being selected in the team are getting behind me.

“The idea of taking a test to the United States is great for the game and it’s exciting for younger players to be given an opportunity that I wish had been around when I started.

“I was honoured to wear the Kiwi jersey every time and it’s been a huge privilege having the

The Wallabies, including Israel Folau, will be invited to celebrate after Sydney Convicts won gay rugby’s Bingham Cup in Amsterdam. The Convicts A team clinched the title at the world’s largest rugby tournament by beating New York Gotham Knights in the grand final, while Convicts B took out the second-tier Bingham Shield. It’s the fifth time the Convicts have won the Bingham Cup. - AAP

Easing up on penalties The NRL will ease up on its refereeing crackdown with the game’s whistleblowers told not to go looking for penalties. CEO Todd Greenberg and referees boss Bernard Sutton have been heavily criticised after the referees were instructed to closely police the play-theball and 10 metres, resulting in a substantial increase in the number of penalties blown. But Greenberg yesterday said he had instructed officials not to nit-pick and to find a better balance.

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Gubb tackle ‘disgusting’ Penrith prop Trent Merrin says Canberra’s Charlie Gubb should have been sent off for his “disgusting” tackle on team-mate Nathan Cleary.

Gubb was handed a grade-two dangerous contact charge for his late dive straight into Cleary’s legs midway through the Panthers’ 2322 win. An early guilty plea will keep the Raiders forward’s punishment at a one-week suspension but Merrin felt his carelessness had put Cleary in danger while in a vulnerable position.

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Dragons find edge

Simon Mannering won’t be playing for the Kiwis in the Denver test later this month. chance to play alongside so many outstanding players.

It was also a special honour to captain my country.

“There have been so many great memories along the way like being involved in the World Cup win in 2008 and also the Four Nations victories in 2010 and 2014 but now I want to be able to focus on

the Vodafone Warriors who have supported me throughout.”

He started his test career against the Kangaroos in the 2006 Tri Nations while his 45th match was the quarter-final loss to Fiji Bati in Wellington at last year’s Rugby League World Cup. Mannering was in the centres when the Kiwis beat Australia 34-

20 in Brisbane to win the World Cup for the first time in history in 2008 and was again in the centres in the 16-12 Four Nations final win against the Kangaroos at Suncorp Stadium in 2010.

In 2014 he captained New Zealand to a 22-18 victory over Australia in the Four Nations final at Westpac in Wellington. - NZME

They lured over a star halfback.

Picked up a front-row warrior on the cheap. But arguably the biggest change to St George Illawarra this season is finding a premiership edge. The Dragons reclaimed top spot on the table after edging Canterbury by two points on Monday in a game coach Paul McGregor admits they would’ve lost last season. “It’s something that we’ve worked on as a group,” McGregor said. “We certainly weren’t thinking clearly enough in the second half but we were still good enough to find something.” - AAP

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■ BIT LIPPY

Group winner returning

Bit Lippy has a classic season in front of him.

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Talented two-year-old Bit Lippy will be back in Wayne Hillis’ stable next week to begin preparations for his classic season.

The Showcasing gelding raced exclusively in black type company during his last campaign and his talent was evident with placings in the Gr.2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1200m), the Gr.3 Eclipse Stakes (1200m) and the Listed Ashford Lodge Stakes (1100m).

His campaign was brought to a halt after he posted a deserved win in the Gr.3 Phoenix Park Classic (1200m) at New Plymouth in February.

“He had a chip removed, that’s why he’s had a good spell,” Hillis said.

“He’s really well now and he’s definitely grown and strengthened.”

The trainer has yet to map out Bit Lippy’s spring calendar, but it will revolve around further feature age group events.

“We might be a little bit late to get to the 2000 Guineas but there’s still the Levin Classic and other races,” he said.

Meanwhile, the stable will rely on Alphastar to fly the flag at Te Teko today when she steps out in the New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Pearl Series Race (1600m) with Liquid Inspiration an unlikely starter in the NZI/Sweeney Townsend Insurance Brokers Ltd 1200m.

“I probably won’t run her – she’s drawn out at 18 over 1200m,” Hillis said.

“Alphastar went pretty well last start and I’ve gone with a senior jockey (Shaun McKay) so hopefully that does the trick.

She has trained on well.”

- NZME

From the TAB Friday – Nelson

Another quiet meeting for big bets @ Nelson but a well placed $50 on The Jandel Machine @ $81 provided a $4000 profit. Some decent collects provided by Pembrook’s Passion @ $9.50-$7.50.

Friday – Auckland

A good old plunge came off on Friday.

Alta Leonie was strongly backed as soon as the markets opened. $900 @ $5.50 and $2500 @ $2.80 were the best of a heap on bets. Also strongly backed was Classie Brigade @ $1.95$1.50. The best bet on him was $8500 @ $1.70. Saving our bacon were a $10,000 bet on Megamind @ $2.40, $5000 Geena’s Girl @ $3.60.

Sunday – Nelson

Punters had the midas touch on Sunday. The best bets were $5000 Change Is Good @ $2.70 and $10,000 on Saddlecloths in R5 @ $1.71. Saying Grace @ $2-$1.75, $2000 or $3000 bets @ each of $1.90, $1.80 @ $1.70 & Johnny White @ $3-$3.30 was hit late @ $3.30.

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Whakatane gallops Today at Te Teko Raceway

Whakatane RC Venue: Te Teko Meeting Date: 13 Jun 2018 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.00pm McROBBIE CONTRACTING LTD MAIDEN 1400 $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 0x037 Off The Grid (2) 58.5 2 48x85 Toodaloo (3) 58.5 3 9x7 Deucalion (11) 58.5....................M Coleman 4 68x57 Stole the Show (12) 58.5 .......... R Scott (a4) 5 0 Swiss Haze (5) 58.5 ....................... S McKay 6 90x0 Arapaho Prince (4) 58.5 ........... D Danis (a3) 7 Banks Road (10) 58.5 ..................... R Jones 8 53 Carreleur (7) 56.5...................... T Miles (a4) 9 554x The Final Fling b (1) 56.5 ................J Riddell 10 Piaget (6) 56.5 ................................S Collett 11 05x99 Regal Assassin (9) 56.5 .................. S Spratt 12 09x08 Zabeelious (8) 56.5 ....................A Sims (a3) 2 12.34 GOLDEN GRAIN LTD 3YO MAIDEN $10,000, MAIDEN 3YO, 1200m 1 4 Time To Fly (17) 57.5 .........................M Hills 2 9x Taimanu b (15) 57.5 ........................ T Harris 3 English Gambler (12) 57.5 ..............J Riddell 4 Gazzara (5) 57.5 ........................ L Satherley 5 3222x Pink Graffiti b (16) 55.5 ..............M Coleman 6 60x65 Akoya Pearl (13) 55.5.......S Weatherley (a1) 7 3400 Toffee Pop 55.5 ............................ Scratched 8 Back In A Flash (2) 55.5 ................ A Calder 9 5x Red Senna (3) 55.5..................... D Johnson 10 006 Marji’s Gold (14) 55.5 ................ T Miles (a4) 11 Bayamo (4) 55.5.............................. R Jones 12 Craftyaffair (9) 55.5 .................E McCall (a4) 13 Lowprofile (8) 55.5 ..........................S Collett 14 Oh What Fun (6) 55.5 ..................... A Jones 15 9 Arenaruler (1) 55.5 16 0x900 Lectric Lexi 55.5 ........................... Scratched

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Race 1: Carreleur, The Final Fling, Deucalion, Banks Road Race 2: Back In A Flash, Come Back Tiger, Craftyaffair, Bayamo Race 3: Naval Brigade, Mofara, Sheeznoteasy, Goodnight Irene Race 4: Kanumiss, Magic Cannon, Twin Spinner, Taazman Race 5: New Crown, Bella Blue, Avec Moi, Electric Aura Race 6: I Am Queen, Ritani, Beale Street, Ricky Baker Race 7: Yamuna, Sweet Nineteen, Fly To The Moon, Dream On Race 8: General Sherman, Stevie’s Surprise, Queen El Jay, Plazabeel

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- 9 x4F76 Homebush Shea nwtd...............J McInerney 3 3.38pm LASER PLUMBING C1 C1, 305m way Meeting Date: 13 Jun 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 10 75846 Go Mark nwtd..................................... N Udy 1 78678 Hardaway Chief 17.93...............J McInerney Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 2 3.21 BOOK YOUR FUNCTION@HATRICK C0D C0d, 2 76878 Kiwi Baxter 17.74 ......................J McInerney 3 56545 Mini Mansion 18.06 ...........................M Flipp 1 3.03pm (NZT) HATRICK DASH C1 C1, 305m 645m 4 68624 Tiger Uppercut 17.89 .......................... L Bell 1 83888 Britt Baxter nwtd........................J McInerney 1 16162 Bigtime Vanessa nwtd ........................L Cole 5 x6333 Cawbourne Mack nwtd ...................L Doody 2 51321 Bigtime Charlie 17.91.................... M Gowan 2 57677 Cawbourne Zayne nwtd J & ................D Bell 6 56485 Bacon My Heart 17.97 ....................... N Udy 3 16862 Shakti 17.89 ......................................M Flipp 3 87736 Cawbourne Taylor nwtd ................M Roberts 7 62248 Bigtime Hannah 17.88 .......................L Cole 4 64482 Was Just Saying nwtd R & ..................L Udy 4 34721 Quistis Bale nwtd .........................M Roberts 8 12748 Roketto 17.83....................................D Edlin 5 77577 Ace Star 17.92 ...........................B Goldsack 5 15632 Cawbourne Palmer nwtd .............A Turnwald Emergencies: 6 58324 Uno Again 17.71 ................................ N Udy 6 66564 Classy Delta nwtd ...........................C Morris 9 88674 Homebush Bailey 17.70 ............J McInerney 7 33373 Cawbourne Chops 18.14 ......... K Gommans 7 23623 Gray Bale nwtd.............................M Roberts 10 66854 Grace Slick 17.94 ............................C Morris 8 64465 Leo’s Son nwtd..........................J McInerney 8 28688 Fusion Cronulla nwtd ..................A Turnwald Emergencies: 4 3.56pm MAX REFRIGERATION C1 C1, 305m

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5 60102 Simply Impeccable dm (13) 59...M Coleman 6 03910 Amazing Banker 58...................... Scratched 7 371x9 Just For Kicks (17) 58 .............. D Danis (a3) 8 1x4 I Am Queen (6) 57 ...................... D Johnson 9 1 Ritani dm (14) 57 ............................ T Harris 10 8x271 Veine D’Or d (15) 57 ........S Weatherley (a1) 11 40614 Politely (11) 56.5 ....................... R Scott (a4) 12 8x957 Liquid Inspiration dm (18) 56 ......C Lammas 13 550x0 Sapphire Sky dm (5) 56 .........J Fawcett (a2) 14 810x0 Enjoy The Ride dm (1) 55.5 ............S Collett 15 137x9 Icing On The Cake tm (9) 55.5 ....... S McKay 16 4x850 Colorado Bay m (10) 57 17 4798x Embraceable You dm (12) 55 18 60x02 Bewitched (2) 54.5 19 0x80x She’s Flossie dm (16) 54.5 ............. A Jones Emergencies: Icing On The Cake, Colorado Bay, Embraceable You, Bewitched, She’s Flossie 7 3.29pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE MAIDEN $12,000, MDN F&M, 1400m 1 3726x Adis (5) 57.5................................C Lammas 2 6x82 Dream On (8) 57.5 .......................... T Harris 3 2 Fly To The Moon (14) 57.5 ............. S McKay 4 2 Judith (16) 57.5 ..............................V Colgan 5 642 Sweet Nineteen (9) 57.5 ............. D Johnson 6 24 Yamuna (1) 57.5 .................................M Hills 7 34. Pop Diva (12) 57.5 ...................J Nason (a2) 8 3 Robusto (11) 57.5 ...........................J Riddell 9 30 Bangles (7) 57.5.............................. R Jones 10 64 Codecracker (2) 57.5 .................M Coleman 11 9450x I’manood Lass (13) 57.5 ................. S Spratt 12 5 Dawon (3) 57.5............................T Thornton 13 x3090 Fleur Delacour (15) 57.5 ..S Weatherley (a1) 14 0 Swoon (6) 57.5 15 60x65 Akoya Pearl (10) 57.5 16 Oh What Fun 57.5 ........................ Scratched

1 84653 Watch Your Back 17.86 ......................W Kite 2 86426 Pip Baxter nwtd .........................J McInerney 3 26578 Kushka nwtd H &............................... Woods 4 32676 Manhattan Style nwtd ...............J McInerney 5 31283 Empty Pocket 18.28 ........................... N Udy 6 44658 Star Secret 18.26 .........................K Williams 7 37427 Homebush Kazzy nwtd .............J McInerney 8 54642 Culvie Den 17.80 ................................ L Bell Emergencies: 9 17456 Snippy Pippi 18.18 R & .......................L Udy 10 78657 Eight Oh Three 17.99 ........................M Flipp 5 4.13pm BOOK YOUR WORK FUNCTION@HATRICK C1 C1, 305m

1 55612 Rocky’s To Much 17.94 ................K Williams 2 45877 Reedy Set Go nwtd ...................J McInerney 3 75343 Zara Daiken nwtd ............................... N Udy 4 84654 Lavarno nwtd ...................................S Stone 5 34664 Slick Star 17.74 ...........................B Hodgson 6 76438 Homebush Flutey nwtd .............J McInerney 7 88741 Bigtime On Track 17.77 .......................F Kite 8 26568 Yankee Foxtrot 17.84 .................... R Maisey Emergencies: 9 7F674 Naharis 17.88....................................D Edlin 10 85858 Nippa Joy 17.93 ........................J McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway 8 1 65531 Cawbourne Ridge 30.42 J & ...............D Bell 3 Epic Spark nwtd ................................ B Hunt 5 1.18pm J P PRINT PETONE C1 C1, 305m Meeting Date: 13 Jun 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 9 25453 Hurricane Al nwtd............................C Morris 2 8xF43 Bigtime Tyson 30.45 ...........................L Cole 1 73413 Alamein Dip 17.95 K & ......................Phillips 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 10 64241 He’s A Sharkie nwtd ................. K Gommans 3 43188 Lucky Mick nwtd ................................. N Udy 2 17372 Bigtime Ivo 18.50 ...............................L Cole 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 4 86684 Trendy Mind 30.26 G & .......... S Fredrickson 3 85486 Nicky Baxter nwtd .....................J McInerney 3 12.43pm AON CPF C0 C0, 520m 5 74471 Tuna Speed nwtd .....................E Duganzich 4 81565 Jakalberry Jewel 18.03 ...................L Doody 1 12.08pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0, 305m 1 6223 Hashtag Blessed nwtd .................M Roberts 6 22432 Judge Me Jackie nwtd.................... L Pearce 5 42136 Cawbourne Rob 18.02 ............. K Gommans 1 75 Kylie Jean nwtd .................................M Flipp 2 2543 Djay Dynamix nwtd ............................L Cole 7 31321 Dream On Dreamer 31.14 ..............M Olden 6 82232 Brighteye’s Soul 17.79 ....................... N Udy 2 365 Idol Fancy Pants nwtd .......................M Flipp 3 78874 Bigtime Bridget nwtd ....................... C Brider 8 67872 Pepper’s Choice nwtd ..................K Williams 7 46878 Kinetic Shadow 17.85 ......................... L Bell 3 246 Night Howler nwtd ....................E Duganzich 4 5 Lady Jellybean nwtd ....................M Goodier 9 38775 Jelani nwtd ........................................D Edlin 8 74632 Nippa-A-Spot nwtd ....................J McInerney 4 Cawbourne Moss nwtd ................M Roberts 5 52464 Bigtime Dean nwtd .......................K Williams 9 46278 Lil Diva nwtd ..............................J McInerney 10 67868 Tammy’s Fire 30.54 ...........................M Flipp 5 878x8 Ponder Rosa nwtd......................B Goldsack 6 64241 He’s A Sharkie nwtd ................. K Gommans 6 76 Flying Dewy nwtd ........................A Turnwald 7 Midnight Molly nwtd ....................B Hodgson 10 78648 Chaos Theory 17.83 .......................M Olden 8 2.09pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 HT2 C1q, 520m 7 56688 Shark And Tayty nwtd ................B Goldsack 1 84373 Bigtime Ronnie 30.65 G & ..... S Fredrickson 8 87887 Knock Knock Mary nwtd G R &....... S Voyce 6 1.35pm WANGANUI TOYOTA C1 C1, 305m 8 25453 Hurricane Al nwtd............................C Morris 4 1.00 ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS WANGANUI C0, 305m 1 67522 Cawbourne Sandy 17.79 ......... K Gommans 2 73765 Pacific Sunrise 30.56 ........................M Flipp 9 58678 Classy Baxter nwtd ...................J McInerney 3 78178 Go Slick 30.73.................................... N Udy 2 32751 Spot Woodstock 18.06 K & ...............Phillips 1 44 Alamein Simba nwtd K & ..................Phillips 10 26877 Bigtime Bart nwtd...............................L Cole 4 51635 Cawbourne Zulu 30.56.................M Roberts 3 65347 Bigtime Redo nwtd G &.......... S Fredrickson 2 Ello Treacle nwtd ..........................M Goodier 2 12.25pm WANGANUI CHRONICLE FINAL C0f, 305m 3 33265 Subway Kay nwtd.......................B Goldsack 4 32656 Sozin’s Roar nwtd .....................J McInerney 5 12334 Bigtime Acacia 30.73 .........................L Cole 6 26654 Take Action 30.84.........................M Goodier 5 174 Fishing For Lisa 17.91........................L Cole 1 54743 Spot On Hearty nwtd ...............E Duganzich 4 67 Cawbourne Agar nwtd .................M Roberts 7 62476 Milly Rivers 31.26 ........................B Hodgson 6 58858 Brad Baxter nwtd ......................J McInerney 2 45F26 Bigtime Eyore nwtd ............................L Cole 5 8375 Idol Nifty nwtd ...................................M Flipp 8 72458 Cawbourne Muzza 30.42 J & ..............D Bell 7 84258 Bigtime Moola 17.70 R & ....................L Udy 3 55332 Bigtime Winnie nwtd.....................K Williams 6 63 Flying Lachie nwtd ......................A Turnwald 9 58673 Iris Allen nwtd..............................A Turnwald 8 36488 Shadow Girl 17.75 ..........................C Morris 4 55652 Bigtime Polly nwtd ......................... M Gowan 7 56767 Bigtime Claws nwtd ......................K Williams 9 86583 Epic Style nwtd ................................. B Hunt 10 88868 Stormy Sunday nwtd .................J McInerney 5 23x12 Cawbourne Liz 18.08 ...................M Roberts 8 TT857 Captain Kate nwtd ...............C Morris 6 66221 Killer Frost 18.47 ..............................P Taylor 9 77884 Flying Koko nwtd ..............................S Stone 10 75468 Homebush Demi 18.31 .............J McInerney 9 2.28pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION 7 2x314 Dyna Bentley 18.12......................M Roberts 10 5788 I’m a Vikker nwtd ...............................M Flipp 7 1.53pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI HT1 C1q, 520m C1 HT3 C1q, 520m

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23232 Retail Mayhem nwtd....................... L Pearce 54761 Bigtime Sam 30.52 G & ......... S Fredrickson 76673 Opawa Mine 30.72 ............................. N Udy 36236 Bigtime Alldone 30.70 ........................L Cole 88613 Zara Zara nwtd..................................M Flipp 67478 Thrilling Eddie 30.13 J & .....................D Bell 52788 Bigtime Joshy 30.48 ...........................L Cole 65856 Yella Ella nwtd R & ..............................L Udy 48658 Cawbourne Bettsy 30.99 J & ..............D Bell 88868 Stormy Sunday nwtd .................J McInerney 10 2.46pm FIRST SECURITY C1 HT4 C1q, 520m 1 74465 Bigtime Nibbles 31.17 .....................B Marsh 2 42257 Bigtime Clyde 30.66 ...........................L Cole 3 25867 Cawbourne Web 30.23 J & .................D Bell 4 55427 Go Show 31.45 .................................. N Udy 5 64761 Bigtime Sandy 30.43 G &....... S Fredrickson 6 166 Idol Dude 31.12.................................M Flipp 7 85485 Goldstar Holly 30.58 ......................... B Hunt 8 11 Fare Dodger nwtd ........................M Goodier 9 58673 Iris Allen nwtd..............................A Turnwald 10 67868 Tammy’s Fire 30.54 ...........................M Flipp 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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■ OPINION

Rakaia feel their time has come R

akaia has a shot at rugby redemption on Saturday.

The Rakaia Rugby Club’s senior side will head to Tai Tapu to play Waihora in a second consecutive Luisetti Seeds Combined Country Cup final, with the memory of what it feels like to come out on the wrong side in a final still fresh in their minds.

Their 13-12 loss in last year’s final at the hands of Southbridge was devastating.

That result should fuel the Wayne Foxcroft-coached side this weekend. They won’t want to walk away from a game with that feeling again.

If Rakaia can win this weekend, it will be huge. Since the competition expanded to include North Canterbury sides in 2007, only one Mid Canterbury side has taken the title.

That team was Methven, who beat Waihora in the final back in 2015.

In fact, just making the final is a massive feat. At the start of the season there’s 22 teams lining up to put their best foot forward, in the hope that those feet will lead them to the final, and the title.

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But, since 2007, only seven teams have made it to the big show and only five have won the title.

This year’s final will only be Rakaia’s second, while Waihora has previously made three finals – they won in 2016, beating Southbridge in the final, but lost to Methven in 2015’s final and Lincoln in the 2014 final.

Way back in 2007, when North Canterbury joined Ellesmere and Mid Canterbury in the combined country competition they’d been playing since 1998, it made it one of the biggest senior club rugby competitions in New Zealand, both in numbers and with the geographical area it covered.

In that first year, Leeston and Lincoln met in the final.

Lincoln won that, and added further titles to their name in 2011 and 2014, but Leeston no longer has a team in the competition.

Glenmark has also won the title three times, taking a hat-trick of titles between 2008 and 2010, while Southbridge won the 2012 and 2013 titles.

For the past four years though,

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the titles have been shared around.

Southbridge claimed their third title last year with that win over Rakaia, while the year before that Waihora won, beating Southbridge in the final.

Methven won in 2015, while Lincoln won in 2014.

If Rakaia can win on Saturday, it will be special. They’re the youngest of Mid Canterbury’s senior rugby sides.

At a time when the number of senior teams was going down after the withdrawal of Allenton and Collegiate from the Mid Canterbury senior rugby scene in the seasons prior, Rakaia – buoyed by the success year after year of its senior B team – decided to make the step up.

And step up they did. For the

past few seasons they’ve consistently been one of Mid Canterbury’s top contenders.

They won three straight Watters Cup finals – the jewel in the Mid Canterbury Rugby crown – before being held to a draw in a thrilling final against Southern in 2016.

Last year though, it wasn’t their year. Not only did they lose the Combined Country Cup final, but they also went on to lose the Watters Cup final to Southern.

Losing two finals in the one year was tough for any team, and Rakaia will be eager not to do it again.

The road to making amends starts on Saturday and it won’t be easy. Waihora have been a tough opposition this year and have just had three players named in the Canterbury wider training squad. But they can be beaten, and have been beaten.

It will all come down to who can put the full 80 minutes together on the field. Anything can happen in finals footy, but fingers crossed for Mid Canterbury Rugby the cookie crumbles in Rakaia’s favour.

Lisbon in tatters Four more Sporting Lisbon players have rescinded their contracts with the troubled Portuguese football club. Portugal internationals William Carvalho, Gelson Martins, Bruno Fernandes and Dutch striker Das Bost all filed notice with the Portuguese Securities Market Commission yesterday that they were breaking their contracts with Sporting. They all claimed “just cause” in emails sent to the commission and are now set to leave for nothing after terminating their contracts.

- AP

NZ boss ‘archaic’ Top-flight soccer in New Zealand is in turmoil after the national women’s captain quit because of her coach’s primitive methods. Coach Andreas Heraf has been widely panned for his reaction to a 3-1 loss to Japan, when the home side spent the majority of the game defending. His comments proved too much for former captain Abby Erceg, who retired in March after a training camp under Heraf. Erceg, whose 132 caps is a national record, revealed why she walked out in a searing social media post, describing Heraf’s methods as from the dark ages. “I want to play to win, every time, coming onto that field swinging punches, kicking and screaming if I have to before I concede anything,” she said. - NZME

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In brief Croatia eyes cup glory Croatia international Luka Modric says that after winning multiple titles with Real Madrid the last challenge he faces is to help his country make a good showing in the 2018 World Cup. “A great result with the national team is the only thing I still want to achieve,” the midfielder said as he accepted the award as Croatia’s best player for the sixth consecutive year. He said that the squad’s first objective is to make it out of the group stage and into the round of 16. “But I believe we will achieve it in Russia,” Modric added.

- EFE

Battle of the ‘likes’ The Golden Ball and Golden Boot are the coveted individual awards of the World Cup, but who will win the unofficial competition to snag the most social media “likes” during the tournament? More than eight billion digital interactions are expected during the FIFA World Cup in Russia, equal to every person in the world liking content or commenting on social media. With more than 128 million followers on Instagram, Cristiano Ronaldo is the most followed World Cup player and is a strong contender for most popular post.

- PA

Robbie in the spotlight

Helen Rennie keeps a very close eye on her bowl on her way to the semi-finals of the New Zealand Masters pairs yesterday.

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■ INDOOR BOWLS

Females take the lead Female skips led the way on the fourth day of the New Zealand Indoor Bowls Championships yesterday at the EA Networks Centre, with both national titles in the pairs going to sides skipped by female players.

Mark and Shelley Jacombs from Hutt Valley claimed the open title after they defeated North Taranaki father and son combination, Mark and Sean Ridley in an enthralling 10-end final.

In the Masters event, former New Zealand player, Lyn Brittain from Northland and Gra-

ham Brittain were victorious.

Locals weren’t far away from the action in both events either.

Mark Sheard, fresh off his New Zealand Masters Singles success, teamed up with Helen Rennie to finish as one of the two beaten semi-finalists, losing 6-8 in his semi-final against the eventual runners-up.

Ashburton’s other remaining teams in the Masters Section were beaten in the last 32 or final 64.

In the open event, Methven brothers, Matt and Jeremy Markham, both made it through

to the quarter-finals before they were knocked out of the tournament.

Jeremy, playing with James Sullivan, was beaten by defending champions, Paul Wright and Richard Caddy while Matt, alongside Blair Spicer, were defeated by the Ridley combination who went on to finish runnersup.

Markham and Spicer beat Willowby’s Ken and Rowena Mackenzie in the last 16 while Fiona Keegan and Murray Bassett also made it through to that same stage.

A strong number of local players will be back on the mats again this morning for the qualifying stage of the triples.

This afternoon will see the championships side of the tournament take a step back with players taking to the mats for the annual South and North Island Academy and Masters fixtures.

The Mackenzies and Chris Talbot will represent the South Island in the Academy fixture while Sheard, Bernice Laird, Graeme Chapman and Martin Nordqvist will compete in the Masters event.

Steel run down Tactix Defending champions Southern Steel continue to claw their way back towards the top of the ANZ Premiership table, now just one point behind the Central Pulse. The Steel claimed a vital two points after defeating the Mainland Tactix at Horncastle Arena, a day after securing a gritty 63-60 victory over the Northern Stars.

- NZME

RESULTS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club

■ HOCKEY

Tarrant back to lead Black Sticks on tour Black Sticks captain Blair Tarrant is to make a welcome return to the turf on New Zealand’s men’s tour of Japan and India next month.

Tarrant, 28, has recovered from a back injury which sidelined him during the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April.

The decision to book Robbie Williams to perform at the opening ceremony of the World Cup has raised eyebrows, with a song called Party Like A Russian among the former Take That star’s back catalogue. The track, which appears to criticise the excesses of Russian oligarchs, was the lead single on his 2016 album The Heavy Entertainment Show. It features lyrics such as: “It takes a certain kind of man with a certain reputation to alleviate the cash from a whole entire nation.

“Take my loose change and build my own space station, ain’t no refutin’ or disputin’ – I’m a modern Rasputin, act highfalutin’ while my boys put the boots in.”

- PA

The veteran of 179 tests is back to lead a group of 20 to Japan for four internationals against the hosts and one against Germany from July 4-15.

Eighteen of the group, minus newcomers Dominic Dixon and Dylan Thomas, will then go to Bangalore for three tests from

July 15-24 as preparation for December’s World Cup. The cup is being staged in Bhubaneshwar but that turf is not ready for next month’s matches. The trip offers strong reconnoitre opportunities for both the 2020 Olympics and the World Cup. “To have the ability to spend

time against very challenging competition gives us a chance to test our on and off-field systems ahead of the World Cup and Olympics,” head coach Darren Smith said. “He is a very important cog for our squad as an outstanding player and the leadership role he undertakes.’’- NZME

June 9 and 12 Women’s Section Rnd 1 MacKay Trophy (Saturday players): Sheryl Reid 40 Rnd 2 Bermaline Cup: Sheryl Reid 40, Sue Hastie 40, Alison MacGregor 40 Nearest the Pins: No 4 Gabites: Pam Feutz, No 8 House of Travel: Mary-Lou Watson, No 12 Lynn’s small Salon: Marilyn Walker, No 14 Todds of Ashburton: Wendy Parr, No 4 Somerset Grocer 2nd shot: not struck, No 18 2nd Shot to Green: Brenda Whittaker Twos: Wendy Parr 12 and 14, Marilyn Walker 12 June 7 9 Hole 3rd Round Medal Stroke: Kay Miles 37, Mike Smith 38

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In brief Humble UFC winner New Zealand-born UFC champion Robert Whittaker has taken to social media to praise his team, family and rival Yoel Romero following his UFC 225 victory. Romero, of Cuba, was tipped to defeat Whittaker in the abandoned middleweight title showdown but lost due to a judge split decision. “Let me start with showing respect to @yoelromeromma and his team. That was the hardest fight of my career and it was a war,” he said.

- NZME

Kyrgios reopens feud Nick Kyrgios has reignited his feud with Australian Olympic legend Dawn Fraser, labelling her ‘racist’ in a tweet after she was honoured by the Queen. Fraser, 80, who won four Olympic swimming gold medals, was recognised for her services to sport with Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday honours. The row dates back to 2015 when Kyrgios was castigated

by Fraser in an interview following his ignominious round-of-16 exit from Wimbledon.

- AAP

Tomic back on court Bernard Tomic has received an early grasscourt season boost, qualifying for the tournament at Rosmalen in the Netherlands.

Struggling to re-establish himself in tennis’ upper echelon, the 25-year-old Australian beat Germany’s Dustin Brown 6-4 7-6 then overcame American Tim Smyczek 6-4 6-2 to reach the main draw. He’s expected to move back inside the top 200 rankings this week as he prepares for Wimbledon, where he will likely also need to qualify.

- AAP

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Duathletes tackle the showgrounds The second of two races which formed this year’s Ashburton Duathlon series, was raced in fine winter conditions at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds on Sunday. The long course event’s overall title was won by Jason Hunt in a time of 53.42 minutes, with Sam Letham second in 57.53 minutes and Mark Sissons third in 59.18 minutes. Sam Hall was the fastest individual around the short course, finishing in 36.43 minutes, while the team of Fred Ripo and Dan Tetau recorded the next quickest time of 37.28 minutes.

Daily Events WEDNESDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. An easy stroll around the Geraldine Downs, all welcome, phone Jenny 308-6862. meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Steady As You Go Exercise group. Meet at 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 4pm(winter hours) ASHBURTON MENZSHED.

June 13 & 14, 2018 public holidays).

9.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. ALLENTON - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. St David’s Church, Allenton.

9.45am MID CANTERBURY LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton lounge. R.S.A. Cox Street.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL.

Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship, make/fix something on our new workshop. 8 William Street. (not

NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

THURSDAY

All ages and abilities welcome, racquets available. E A Network Centre Stadium, 20 River Terrace.

9.30am - 12.30pm THE ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC.

8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship, make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street.

9.30am and 10.45am (2 sessions) ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz for 0-5 year olds and caregivers.

Mixed ages, gold coin donation. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am - 11am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Join our friendly group for fun exercise during term time. Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB.

10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN 206 CLUB.

afternoon tea. Waireka Croquet Club, The Domain, Philip Street.

Monday Tuesday and Wednesday each week, 60 years and older. More information ring Age Concern 308-6817. Cameron Street.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES.

10.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. CENTRAL TOWN - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. (excluding school holidays).

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB.

CENTRAL- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton.

MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance (7pm), beginners/ intermediate(8pm-9pm). Instructor Annette phone 307-7138 a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB.

6pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON.

Fitness Fun and Friendship. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

5km town circuit. All walking abilities and fitness levels catered for. Leaves from Philip Street beside the croquet lawn at 6pm sharp.

7.30pm ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLING CLUB.

7pm BOOTCAMP. Catering for all levels of fitness. Hinds Domain. Contact Georgia 0276888686 or Aleisha 0278489309.

Club night at the McNally Street Stadium.

7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAHPIC SOCIETY INC.

7pm - 9pm

Practical learning, low light, table top. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. (excluding school holidays).

Weekly Mahjong - non counting and beginners table. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI.

1pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB.

Open for toy exchange, 106 Victoria Street, in the Triangle.

Stretching exercises for all abilities. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. (excludes school holidays).

9.30am - 4pm (winter hours) ASHBURTON MENZSHED.

11am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES.

ALLENTON- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. St Peters Anglican Church, Harrison Street, Allenton.

Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship, make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10.15am M.S.A. TAI CHI.

Weekly Euchre with cash prizes and

TINWALD - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Holy Spirit Catholic Church rooms, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

1pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERS GUILD. Stitch and chat, Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

1pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB.

1pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. CENTRAL- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

Social games, everyone welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. Apple I-phone and I-pad user members only.

Know your email address and password.

M.S.A. Reading Room, Havelock Street.

5pm - 7.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Kidz Club, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7pm ASHBURTON R.S.A. DARTS. Players of all experience who are interested are urged to come along and have a go. R.S.A. Cox Street.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Administration Officer (Receptionist) OFFICE MANAGER/ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATOR We have a rare opportunity for an experienced, motivated and positive team player to join the team at Ashburton New World. It’s a busy role with loads of variety, responsibilities and deadlines.

Key responsibilities: • Accounts payable and receivable • Bank reconciliation • Cash flow reporting • Month end reporting • Banking and general administrative duties Skills and experience: You will need: • Accounting knowledge and experience in processing and reconciling accounts to Trial Balance.

• To be computer savvy with the ability to pick up new systems and software.

• To have proven office administration and staff management experience in previous roles.

• To be a trustworthy person who is friendly in nature with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.

• To be driven, vibrant and have a good sense of humour.

• To be able to take the lead in decisionmaking around administrative processes and efficiencies, supporting the overall function of the office.

• To have good time management skills, the ability to multi-task, to prioritise work and demonstrate good problem-solving skills or improve existing processes.

• To be accurate and have a good attention to detail.

• A proven can-do attitude, to be proactive and have excellent initiative.

Immediate start |Permanent Full time position | Previous administration experience essential

We are looking for a friendly, enthusiastic administration officer to join our team at McIntosh Group. This is a permanent, full time position that involves being the first point of contact for all incoming calls and visitors, so a welcoming personality and can-do attitude are a must!

Previous administration experience and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications is essential, and your organisational and time management skills will be vital to the ongoing smooth running of this busy, dynamic office.

In accordance with the Company’s Drug and Alcohol Policy, the successful applicant will be required to undergo a pre-employment drug test.

SITUATIONS VACANT

Mixed Arable position A position has become available on an intensive mixed cropping/seed potato farm in Barrhill district.

We are looking someone with experience to work with: • Shifting irrigators • Operation of tractors and other farm equipment • Loader work • Maintenance of machinery • General farm work and maintenance • Sheep work A Heavy Traffic licence would be an advantage.

Remuneration based on experience.

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

If you are motivated, have attention to detail, willing to learn and enjoy working in a team environment, but are also capable of working unsupervised.

Please apply to: Leslie, Annette or Grant Maw 03 302 1735 Or email a CV to creeside@scorch.co.nz

Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand.

ASHBURTON COLLEGE ‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’

Please email cover letter and CV to: jobs@mcintoshgroup.co.nz or alternatively you can collect an application form from our offices at: 38 JB Cullen Drive.

SPORTS CO-ORDINATOR

Talk to Smallbone Ashburton today to get your car winter ready Main South Road Tinwald 03 307 9028 www.smallbone.co.nz

PUBLIC NOTICES FESTIVAL OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC sponsored by Ashburton Silver Band Charitable Trust and Ashburton Musical Club

Sunday, August 14, 2018 at 2pm, Sinclair Centre Entries invited from solo instrumentalists under the age of 18 years on 14/08/18.

Five Distinction rewards of $100 Five Merit rewards of $50 Six Playing rewards of $25 Conditions of entry and entry forms available from Ashburton Musical Club c/o pearlted@actrix.co.nz

TRADES, SERVICES

The successful applicant will have a high level and variety of skill-sets, and an interest in young people and sports administration.

Employment is under the Support Staff in School’s Collective Agreement, Grade C. Initial payment step commensurate with experience.

LET OR LEASE

Applications close noon, Friday 22 June 2018.

Information package enquiries and applications please contact:

Jodee Ross, Principal’s Secretary Phone (03) 308 4193 ext 809 Email: rj@ashcoll.school.nz Ashburton College, PO Box 204, Ashburton 7740

73St, Burnett Ashburton Members I.B.A.N.Z && Brokernet Ltd. NZ Ltd. LevelSt, 2, 73 St,|Ashburton Members of NZBrokers I.B.A.N.Z & NZ Brokernet 2, 73Level Burnett Ashburton | Members of|of I.B.A.N.Z Level Level 2, 73 Burnett St,2, Ashburton |Burnett Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd.

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TRADES, SERVICES

DENTURES. Dr Peter Rumping, retired dentist, continues to provide full dentures. Repairs to existing dentures also available.

Phone 027 220 9997.

Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd.

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Quality window films for privacy, UV (fading), heat, safety and security. For cars, homes and offices.

Phone Craig Rogers 307 6347 or 0800 TINTER. www.tinter.co.nz. Facebook.

Member of Master Tinters NZ.

FIXED TERM CLASSROOM TEACHER TERMS 3 AND 4, 2018

Considering Selling? Call Mike who has proven rural expertise and the marketing reach to achieve the best result for your property.

Mike Preston M 027 430 7041 | B 03 307 2400 mike.preston@bayleys.co.nz | mikepreston.co.nz

For all subscriber enquiries, missed deliveries, new subscriptions, temporary stops – text, call or email:

Text 021 271 3399 Phone 0800 274 287 Email circulation@ theguardian.co.nz

This is a permanent 32.5 hours per week, term-time only position for commencement 23 July 2018.

Applications close on June 28, 2018.

Applications close Wednesday, June 20, 2018.

No bookings necessary

Effective working relationships are required with a variety of personnel and groups – locally, regionally and nationally.

If you believe you have the passion and energy for this position, please apply in writing including a covering letter and full CV to:

Expressions of interest in the form of a current CV and covering letter may be sent to: The Principal at principal@ashinter.school.nz

Free Antifreeze Test

We are looking for a skilled person to lead, manage and enhance the College’s Sports Programme.

Applications close Friday, June 15, 2018.

Days and hours of work will be discussed during the interview process but may be tailored to suit individual situations.

To commence at the beginning of Term 3, we seek a dedicated, experienced and competent practitioner with a passion for Y7-8 and building relationships that lead to learners being actively engaged. We are a friendly, energetic and supportive team and would be interested to hear from you.

Is your car ready for winter?

Single accommodation available but if prefer to live off farm allowances are negotiable.

A proven level of confidentiality is expected in this position.

Human Resources Manager Ashburton New World P O Box 444, Ashburton 7740 Email: donalda.hartley@newworld-si.co.nz

MOTORING

WANTED to lease, Ashburton. A blue chip tenant is looking for a ground floor commercial space of approximately 300 square metre to lease. Must have good access to public transport. Contact Colin Depree, Catalyst Consulting 027 412 2214 or 093 795 333.

GRAZING

GRASS/finishing feed wanted for lambs. Phone Mitch 027 313 1320.

FOR SALE

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

RURAL TRADING POST ADULT AMSOIL SYNTHETIC ENTERTAINMENT

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

ATTRACTIVE and busty.

Ready for your pleasure.

Short skirt and high heels.

Available all day. Discreet central location. Phone Cindy 021 257 1972 new number, same great service.

NEW to town. Asian sweetie.

Sexy body. Slim size 8. Big WHEEL alignments at great busty 42DD. Friendly, good prices. Maximise the life massage. Phone 021 257 of your tyres with an 1703. alignment from Neumanns TINA Chinese lady. Proper Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills massage. Good service.

Street. Phone 308-6737.

In/out calls. Phone 021 046 4314.

MOTORING

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

Find Us On Facebook @MikePreston.Bayleys

Looking for a new person to join your business?

Call the Guardian today for your situation vacant advertising requirements.

307 7900

LIVESTOCK, PETS

BUYER of unwanted ACCOMMODATION, animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals. RENTAL wanted price We also sell pet food. Call BOARD Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 negotiable. Please ring 0204 156 3101.

621, A/H 03 348 9439.

03 307 9028

WANTED to rent. Farm house plus shed. Able to look after farm holiday times.

Crop, sheep, beef. Phone 027 535 0565.

Puzzles

Puzzles and horoscopes www.guardianonline.co.nz Cryptic crossword

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Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

WordWheel

WordBuilder

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ACROSS 1. Cartoons (5,6) 8. Sceptic (7) 9. Compel (5) 10. Young men (4) 11. Set aside (7) 12. Harden (3) 13. Against (4) 15. Expel (4) 17. Mongrel (3) 19. Attain (7) 20. Minor argument (4) 23. Goods depository (5) 24. Highest (7) 25. Took back (11)

DOWN 1. Embrace (6) 2. Pile (5) 3. Attractive (4) 4. Objective (6) 5. Of lower quality (8) 6. Exceed (7) 7. Impudent (6) 12. Avoid (8) 14. Useless individual (colloq) (2-5) 16. Scarcely (6) 17. Population count (6) 18. Be present (6) 21. Print media (5) 22. Church recess (4)

Previous cryptic solution

Across 1. Fable 4. Distaff 8. Lexicographer 10. Roses 11. Fast 12. Once 16. Route 17. Impressionist 19. Gardens 20. Minor.

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2 Digest 6 Down 1. Fellow-feeling 2. Box 3. Encore 5. Sparse 6. Adherents 7. Fortune-hunter 2 6 9. Distemper 9 8 13. Grieve 14. Curses 15. Reform 18. Ion

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Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’ll be caught in the shuffle of shifting priorities and redistributed responsibility. Indecision at higher levels will influence your destiny. Even so, the main determinations of the day will be yours.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Emotions are invitations to greater strength and power. Every time you accept and stick with an emotion through its lifespan (which can last months or minutes), you increase your capacity to manage feelings.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): What’s left undone is left out of fear. There’s no pleasant way to face it, but if you don’t face it eventually, the result will be most unpleasant indeed. It won’t be that bad. Just dive in and get it done.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): History has lessons it can only teach the willing. The tendency is to say, “That was then; this is now.” But the correlation will be obvious to the awake people of this class.

It always repeats! Who’s ready?

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You may engage in frivolous pursuits, but solving sartorial problems of the day isn’t among them. Clothing choice matters. It requires thought and discernment.

Dress for style and respect, not attention.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You speak kindly of yourself and those around you; say thank you and return favours; and make time for those who need a friend. These habits will be their own reward, and other rewards spring forth, too.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): There are those who can’t help but think of finding a scapegoat. To own up to their own faults would cause unbearable shame.

They fear being cut off for their mistakes. But mistakes are lessons, not death sentences.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The most ingenious comment repeated in an annoying tone will start to sound like idiocy. Even the brightest insights come across as wrongheaded to those predisposed to think of them as such.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): The new rule of thumb for those seeking to reach their maximum attractiveness is to cultivate at least three hobbies that do not involve a screen. Energy spent in this direction quickly repays you.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Not only teenagers are prone to thinking that a problem is the worst thing ever in one moment and then in the next moment finding that it’s not even worth thinking about. This is human, bear with it.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): It is said that essence and life cannot be seen, but today you feel you can see it – and hear it and dance to it. There are certain people and places that occur to you like springs, gushing pure vitality.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Thanks to the internet search it’s easier to know what millions of people around the world think about a subject than it is to ask your own mom. But ask your own mom (or maternal influence) anyway.

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ACROSS 1. A thousand pounds given to Ma for Nana (11) 8. Before midday, a little scope can be found (5) 9. Motors seen somehow to consume spirit (7) 10. Church adept at getting things mended thus (7) 11. In a rotten sense, it gets strung-up (5) 12. Plays idly with liquor when in the streets (6) 14. Gait one is able to make half faster (6) 18. Toff: finally he dresses suitably (5) 19. Dreams of half-a-dozen offences with nothing in them (7) 21. A different form claimed for examination by doctor (7) 23. Lear’s daughter caused former President a loss (5) 24. In expenses, beat car for a change: it makes it worse (11) DOWN 1. One puffing politician argues East was lost in uproar (7) 2. Judge a tribe to be wrong, but it’s right in the end (7) 3. It is cut along the way, so one should get rid of it (5) 4. It will be too lavish to be finished by the party (6) 5. Meal makes one inebriated, having the cup that doesn’t (4,3) 6. The number of copies printed will quickly disappear (3) 7. Beats it out, only to pour hot fat over it (5) 13. Cane can bring about a calm, roughly (7) 15. Pondered on it, in spite of being on the table-top (7) 16. Begrudges gifts being quietly dropped (7) 17. Develop nothing on court, backing Victory in Europe (6) 18. Boy is given up by Scotsman (5) 20. Something growing like a bush might be about right (5) 22. Ought now to be paid if performance by two isn’t concluded (3)

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

FINCHAM, Marjorie Ann (neé Drummond) – On June 6, 2018 at Christchurch Hospital. Dearly loved wife of the late Noel, much loved mum of George, Philippa and Grant, Nicky and Alister, Angela, and Richard; treasured grandma of Lydia, William; Sophie, Lily, and Jack, and a loved daughter, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, and friend. Messages may be addressed to the family of the late Marjorie Fincham c/- PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. At Marjorie’s request, a private service has been held.

Patersons Funeral Services and Ashburton Crematorium Ltd

Ph 307 7433

deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz

to ensure publication.

To place a notice during office hours please contact us on 03 307 7900 for more information Any queries please contact 0800 ASHBURTON (0800-274-287)

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McFARLANE, Robert E.B. CARTER LTD Alexander (Bob - Bobby) – For all your memorial At Hospice Southland on requirements June 10, 2018, aged 71 New headstones and designs years. Loved son of the late Renovations, MID CANTERBURY Bunty and Bob Anderson and FUNERAL SERVICES Additional inscriptions, the late Bert and May Cleaning and Concrete work McFarlane. Loved brother of Galbraith’s provide choice!

Carried out by qualified We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and Galbraith’s Ann and Graeme Craig, Ron tradesmen. celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, and Deirdre McFarlane, Sally and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering.

620 East Street Ashburton provide choice!

Anderson and Tony Daly and We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to Ph/Fax 308 5369 reflect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and Joe and Marie Anderson.

Call us on or 0274 357 974 your family.

Uncle of Tania, Debra and Call us on 308 3980 ebcarter@xtra.co.nz 308 visit 3980 our new premises at NZMMMA Member the late Andrew; Rochelleor call in and 246 Havelock Street and Anthony; the late Tristan, or call in and visit James and Jessica and Kim our new premises at and Susan. Great and great Eion McKinnon Rob Cope-Williams great uncle of their families.

246 Havelock Private cremation. Messages Street to 45 Grove Street, Ashburton, 7700.

McINTOSH, Colin Ian – Peacefully at Terrace View Retirement Village, Ashburton on June 12, 2018, aged 85 years. Dearly loved husband of Nancy, much loved father and father-in-law of Heather and Graham, the late Rob, Ally and Diane, Lindy and Ross, Pam and Ken, Deirdre and Steven, Maree and Darryl, and Julie and Gary.

Loved grandad Mac of his 16 grand-children and his 20 great grand-children.

Run don’t walk.

Messages to: c/- the McIntosh family, PO Box 6035, Ashburton 7742. A service to celebrate Colin’s life will be held at the Ashburton RSA, 12 Cox Street, Ashburton on FRIDAY, June 15 at 1.30pm.

Followed by private cremation.

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Wind at 1000m: SE 40 km/h dying out in the afternoon. Wind at 2000m: Light wind, but SE 60 km/h N of lake Coleridge in the morning.

TOMORROW Cloudy, with early morning drizzle about the coast, becoming fine from afternoon.

Southwesterlies dying out in the evening.

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Wind at 2000m: SW 40 km/h developing.

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Becoming cloudy with patchy drizzle.

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information.

9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale 0 1pm Coronation Street CatchUp 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 0 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Funny You Should Ask Comedy game show featuring a panel of stand-up comedians who interact with contestants for prizes.

4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

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6am Impact For Life 6:30 The Wot Wots 3 0 6:40 Takaro Tribe 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am Ranger Rob 0 7:25 The Zhu Zhus 3 0 7:50 Zak Storm 3 0 8:15 Art Attack 3 0 8:35 Goldie And Bear 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Heartbreak Island 3 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle 1pm Judge Rinder 2pm Home Improvement 3 0 2:30 Home And Away 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 3:35 Dog With A Blog 0 4pm Fanimals 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Kirstie And Phil’s Love It Or 7:30 Heartbreak Island 0 List It 0 8:30 The Big Bang Theory PGR 0 8:30 Doctor Doctor 9pm The Mick 0 The homestead is struck 9:30 This Is Us PGR 0 by tree thieves; when Jim 10:30 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 unexpectedly needs a kidney 0 transplant, Hugh searches the family to find a donor. 0 9:35 Coronation Street 0 10:35 1 News Tonight 0 11:05 Code Black AO 3 The Angels Memorial doctors treat victims caught in a landslide; children come in from a camping trip with measles, putting the ER at risk. 0 Midnight Queen Sugar PGR 3 0 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

Doctor Doctor

8:30pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 10:25 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 10:53 The Dish 3 10:55 Catfish 3 11:45 Escaping Polygamy PGR 3 12:38 The Dish 3 12:40 Below Deck AO 1:35 The Real Housewives Of New York City 3 2:33 The Dish 3 2:35 Botched 3 3:30 Dance Moms 3 4:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 5pm Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 6:30 Catfish 3 7:30 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover 3 8:30 Love After Lockup Alla fears she may be pregnant, and the tension increases when she withholds her pregnancy-test results from James.

9:30 Stripped USA 10:28 The Dish 3 10:30 Killer Couples 11:25 Escaping Polygamy PGR 3 12:15 Infomercials 3

11pm Mom AO 3 0 11:25 Imposters AO 0 12:10 Private Practice 3 0 1am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:25 F The Mysteries Of Laura PGR 3 0 3:10 Jeremy Kyle 3 4:05 Judge Rinder 4:55 Regular Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away, 9:30pm on Prime

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Ice Road Truckers PG 8:05 Hardcore Pawn PG 8:30 Border Security M 8:55 Counting Cars PG 9:20 Pawn Stars PG 9:45 NCIS PGV 10:40 SVU MV 11:35 Jeopardy! PG Noon SmackDown Live MVC 2:10 Supergirl MVS 3:05 Limitless MV 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy!

PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Pawn Stars PG 6pm Counting Cars PG 6:30 Border Security M 7pm Hardcore Pawn PG 7:30 The Flash M 8:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 9:30 NCIS PGV 10:30 SVU MV 11:25 Counting Cars PG 11:55 Pawn Stars PG

THURSDAY

12:20 Limitless MV 1:20 Hardcore Pawn PG 1:50 Hawaii Five-0 MV 2:40 The Flash M 3:30 SVU MV 4:20 Border Security M 4:45 NCIS PGV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

THREE

PRIME

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6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon Dr Phil AO 12:55 M Language Of A Broken Heart PGR 2011 Romantic Drama. Juddy Talt, Kate French.

3:05 Celebrity Name Game PGR 3 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm Susie Nordqvist presents comprehensive coverage of global and local news.

4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm Family Feud Australia 5:30 Modern Family Phil gets a new RV for a fun family road trip; Jay and Gloria search for Manny’s backpack; Lily’s gymnastics meet brings out Cam and Mitch’s competitive spirit. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 N Buying Blind PGR 0 8:55 NCIS – Los Angeles AO Sam goes undercover as a day trader after an investment banker with ties to Russia is murdered; one of Callen’s aliases is a victim of credit-card theft. 0 9:55 Hawaii Five-O AO 0 10:50 NewsHub Late

6am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 6:25 Ben 10 – Ultimate Alien 0 6:50 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 7:40 Trulli Tales 7:55 Atomic Puppet 8:05 Batman – Brave And The Bold 3 0 8:30 The Thundermans 3 8:55 The Moe Show 0 9:20 Jeopardy 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Flog It! 12:40 Ed PGR 1:35 Married With Children PGR 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm American Restoration 3 0 6:30 Pawn Stars 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 World’s Wildest Weather PGR 0 8:30 The Selection AO 0 9:30 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away AO 0 10:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR

11:20 SVU AO (Starting Today) 3 Benson adjusts to being a foster mother to baby Noah, whose life is in danger after Amaro does some undercover work linked to Noah’s deceased biological mother. 0 12:15 Infomercials

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

Midnight Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7:20 Lethal Soccer Mom MV 8:45 Dance Academy PG 2017 Drama. Xenia Goodwin, Jordan Rodrigues.

10:25 Escobar – Paradise Lost 16V 2014 Crime Drama. Benicio Del Toro, Josh Hutcherson, Claudia Traisac. 12:25 Fist Fight 16VLSC 2016 Comedy.

Ice Cube, Charlie Day. 1:55 Patriots Day 16VLC 2016 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon. 4:05 Lethal Soccer Mom MV 5:30 Double Mommy MC 2016 Drama.

Morgan Obenreder, Griffin Freeman. 7pm 3 Generations PGL 2017 Drama.

Three generations of women must confront their sense of identity when one of them decides to transition from female to male. Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts. 8:30 The Lost City Of Z MVL 2017 Action. True story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who disappeared while trying to prove the existence of an advanced civilisation in the Amazon. Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller.

10:55 Skiptrace MVC 2016 Comedy. Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville.

7:05 Waterworld MVL 1995 Action. Dennis Hopper, Kevin Costner.

9:20 The Ghost Writer MVL 2010 Thriller. Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan.

11:25 Underworld – Awakening 16VC 2012 Action.

Kate Beckinsale, Michael Ealy.

12:55 Sweet Home Alabama PGL 2002 Romantic Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey.

2:40 Waterworld MVL 1995 Action. Dennis Hopper, Kevin Costner.

4:55 What Just Happened MVLS 2008 Comedy.

Robert De Niro, Sean Penn.

6:40 The Bank Job 16VLS 2008 Drama. Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows.

8:30 Tropic Thunder 16VLS 2008 Comedy. A group of selfabsorbed actors, who set out to make the most expensive war film, are thrown into a real-life situation in the southeast Asian jungle. Ben Stiller, Jack Black.

10:20 In Time MVLC 2011 Sci-fi. Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried.

THURSDAY

12:40 Goodbye To All That 16LS 2014 Drama. Paul Schneider, Melanie Lynskey. 2:05 3 Generations PGL 2017 Drama.

3:35 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 3:55 The Lost City Of Z MVL 2017 Action.

THURSDAY

12:10 My Bloody Valentine 18VLS 2009 Horror.

Jensen Ackles, Jaime King.

1:50 People Interview – Hugh Grant 2017 Featurette.

2:40 The Bank Job 16VLS 2008 Drama. Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows. 4:35 Tropic Thunder 16VLS 2008 Comedy.

Ben Stiller, Jack Black.

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6:30 Takoha 3 6:40 Nga Papara Kapi 3 7:10 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 7:40 Pukana 2 7:50 Kids’ Kai Kart 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am F Taha Tauiwi 9:30 Best Of Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Real Pasifik 3 10:30 Waiata 3 11am Survive Aotearoa PGR 3 Noon Code PGR 12:30 The Laughing Samoans 1pm What’s Up With The Tumoanas? PGR 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 Nga Papara Kapi 3 3:40 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 4:10 Pukana 3 2 4:20 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 4:30 Kaitangata Twitch 5pm Marae PGR 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2

6am Find It, Fix It, Flog It 7am Wild France With Ray Mears 7:30 Love Nature – Freddie Flintoff Goes Wild 8:30 My Welsh Sheepdog 9am David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 9:30 Jamie’s Comfort Food 10:30 Cash Cowboys 11:30 Inside Balmoral 12:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY 1:30 Full Steam Ahead 2:30 My Dream Home 3:30 Love Nature – Animals Behaving Worse 4:30 Food Safari – Earth An exploration of the many possibilities of fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, and more.

5pm Tasting Tasmania 5:30 American Pickers 6:30 Collectors’ Candy

7pm KaweKorero 7:30 Hangi Pit Masters Rewi meets Ben Bayly, head chef at The Grove, who talks about his international cooking career, and what he has planned for Taste of Auckland.

8pm The Puna 8:30 F Haka At Home 9:30 Ahikaroa AO 10pm Haati Grassroots Rugby

7:30 Jeremy Wade’s Mighty Rivers With the Ganges, the world’s most revered river, in trouble, travelling to India to discover the truth, Jeremy’s investigation goes into the mountains to find a rare predator he first met over 30 years ago.

8:30 Alone AO 10:30 American Pickers

11pm Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:30 KaweKorero 3 Inside news from at home and around the globe.

Midnight Closedown

11:30 Food Safari – Earth An exploration of the many possibilities of fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, and more.

Midnight Tasting Tasmania 12:30 Wild France With Ray Mears 1am Collectors’ Candy 2am Love Nature – Animals Behaving Worse 3am Full Steam Ahead 4am Jeremy Wade’s Mighty Rivers 5am Alone AO

SKY SPORT 1

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6am Super League Fulltime 6:30 The Fan 7am Queenslanders Only 7:30 NRL Try Time 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Warrington Wolves v Castleford Tigers.

11:30 Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Catalans Dragons v Widnes Vikings.

1:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Sea Eagles.

2pm NRL Try Time 3pm Fight Night Leo Santa Cruz v Abner Mares II. 5pm Rugby – International (RPL) All Blacks v France – First Test. From Eden Park, Auckland.

7pm Wayne Smith – Rugby’s Professor A documentary that celebrates the incredible rugby life of one of New Zealand’s greatest coaches.

8:30 NRL 360 9:30 League Life Inspiring and remarkable stories in rugby league.

10pm Michael Ennis The Greatest A look at some of rugby THURSDAY league’s defining moments.

Midnight Golf – PGA Tour 10:30 Super League Champions (HLS) Principal Fulltime Charity Classic. 1am Netball – 11pm NRL Try Time ANZ Premiership (RPL) Magic 11:55 L Cricket – v Stars. 2:30 Netball Zone International England v 3am Tennis – Roland Garros Australia – First ODI. (HLS) Day 15. 4am Squash THURSDAY – PSA Dubai World Series 3:35 New Zealand Press Finals (HLS) 5am Athletics – Box 4:05 L Cricket IAAF Diamond League (HLS) – International England v Australia – First ODI. Stockholm.

6am The Back Page 7am The Breakdown 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 9am Golf – European Tour (HLS) Shot Clock Masters.

9:30 European Tour – The Challenge Series 10am Golf – PGA Tour Champions (HLS) Principal Charity Classic.

11am Golf – Live From The US Open 2pm Tennis – Roland Garros (RPL) Women’s Singles Final.

4:30 Tennis – Roland Garros (RPL) Men’s Singles Final.

7pm First XV Rugby Revision 7:30 L Netball – ANZ Premiership Magic v Stars.

From ASB Baypark Arena, Tauranga.

9:30 Netball Zone 10pm The Crowd Goes Wild 10:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) St Jude Classic.

From TPC Southwind in Memphis.

11:30 European Tour – The Challenge Series

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

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Gold Rush PG Episode 5. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M A Very Kilcher Christmas. 10am What On Earth? PG Lost City of Goliath. 10:50 MythBusters – The Search PG Painting with Explosives Revisited.

11:40 Web Of Lies M The Sick Boy. 12:30 Blood Relatives M 4 Women and a Funeral. 1:20 Murder Comes To Town M Open Door Policy. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG 4:45 MythBusters – The Search PG Painting with Explosives Revisited. 5:40 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 6:35 Deadliest Catch – Legend Of The Saga PG Legend of Jake Anderson. 7:30 Deadliest Catch PG 8:30 Bushcraft Build-Off PG Double or Nothing. 9:25 Homestead Rescue PG Honey, I Torched the Homestead. 10:15 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 11:05 Naked And Afraid M 11:55 Murder Comes To Town M THURSDAY 12:45 Blood Relatives M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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Sport

MAN

Braden Currie on his way to winning the Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship at the weekend.

Methven multisport machine Braden Currie has won the Cairns Airport Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship, holding off legendary triathlete Javier Gomez as well as a field of ironman stars from across the globe.

Currie crossed the line in a time of 7:54.58, smashing Josh Amberger’s course record of 8:02, and sneaking in under the magic 2:40 mark in the marathon – something that has rarely been achieved in Ironman history.

“I can’t really believe that I have pulled off what I did.

“This is a huge stepping stone for me and it feels great to have a great race and prove myself again. It is great to come back feeling fit and strong and have a great race.”

A warm, winter’s day greeted competitors as they assembled at the ‘Ironman in paradise’, ready to put it all on the line for the Asia-Pacific Championship, and valuable

points in the race for rankings. Currie had priors with race day favourite and legend of the sport, Gomez, who got the better of him at Challenge Wanaka earlier in the year.

Interest in that match-up was high.

Currie and Gomez were shoulder-toshoulder until deep in the race, having both hovered around the top five throughout the bike.

But after just 5kms of road running, Currie had taken the lead with Gomez hot on his heels. At the finishing line, a jubilant Currie was clearly stoked – not just with his performance, but with the experience overall.

“Racing a field like this is kind of what we live for.

“Javier Gomez is the world’s best, and an eight-time world champion.

“We all knew it was his first time racing a full distance, but we also knew he was go-

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ing to give it all and that he wanted to win.

“I just had a good moment at the right time.

“At about the 34km mark, after I had had a few Red Bulls and a bit of caffeine I started to feel really good and I saw Javier starting to drop off. I just knew that was my only moment, because if I didn’t take that moment, he probably would have crushed me at the end.”

Having finished third in Cairns last year, Currie was confident he could do better in 2018 thanks in no small part to the level of support on display from the Cairns locals coming down the Captain Cook Highway.

“The whole event is fantastic.

“It’s a great location, a beautiful place. I love coming here to race. And I think that’s what got me over the line in that run. The noise from the crowd makes such a difference.”

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After what was being called the toughest race day, and highest quality field Cairns had ever seen, Currie’s reaction to the result was understandably one of elation and relief.

“I feel like I’ve had a pretty tough 12 months in a way, with Kona being a big disappointment.

“It was great to just lay it on the line and crush it.”

The Ironman circuit heads to the Philippines next for another regional championship event, followed by Cape Town, and then the big one – Kona: the Ironman World Championship.

“I feel like I’m in at least as good shape as I was for Kona last year. Some technical issues got in my way last time around, and that’s the nature of the sport. But everything is heading in the right direction to make a really serious go of it at Kona in 2018.”

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