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Trust sells off Braided Rivers

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Almost six years to the day since it opened its doors, with huge fanfare and a $1.15 million price tag, the Ashburton Trust has sold its restaurant and bar, Braided Rivers.

Over those years the business earned itself a place on the trust’s list of under-performers and a decision was made that both it and the trust’s night spot The Shed, had to be either closed or sold this year, said board chairman Alister Lilley.

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cating some hard decisions had to be made, Mr Lilley said.

“Selling Braided Rivers is the right business decision for the trust. This establishment needs more skin on the ground to run.”

The trust closed The Shed in late February and has since sold the building, but the Braided Rivers business sale, won’t see the trust with money to invest.

“This doesn’t signal we’ll be going out and doing something else. There will be some write-offs as it was an expensive venue to set up, but in the bigger picture this was the right thing

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“The board looked at it, said we can’t carry on sustaining losses in some of our establishments and now we’ve dealt with them.”

Braided Rivers was established with a DB loan for bar fit-out, but Mr Lilley said the trust had signed off its contractural obligations and all marketing incentives had expired.

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Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly engaged Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly engaged to girlfriend of four months, actor and model Kelly Rohrbach. According to OK! Magazine, The Wolf of Wall Street actor proposed to Rohrbach during a dinner at an Italian restaurant in New York City. “It wasn’t planned,” an insider told OK! Magazine. “It just happened. They were enjoying a bottle of red wine and engrossed in conversation as usual. “Leo convinced her that he meant it, and she agreed with a kiss.” The couple have yet to confirm their engagement publicly.

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Charlie Sheen booted out of US bar Charlie Sheen was booted out of a bar in California on Saturday night after he allegedly damaged a woman’s phone while in a drunken daze. The former Two and a Half Men star was downing drinks at Hennessey’s Tavern in Dana Point, where fans began to approach the actor and ask him to pose for pictures. According to editors at TMZ.com, a woman attempted to film a video of him on her cellphone, but Sheen disapproved, and allegedly knocked the device out of her hand. In video footage obtained by TMZ, a security guard is shown grabbing Sheen and dragging him out of the establishment.

Swift unrecognisable on cover You might not recognise her, but apparently Taylor Swift is on the cover of Vogue Australia’s November issue. Dressed in a blue Schiaparelli haute couture dress, Swift is barely recognisable with straight ‘bronde’ hair and a fringe. In the accompanying interview, the 25-year-old said she doesn’t take her success for granted. “I am so lucky that people seem to like me right now but in no way, shape or form, is that a permanent thing. I think being aware of that is what keeps you on the game,” Swift told Vogue Australia.

The Grammy winner will bring her 1989 world tour to Australia in December.

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Second bite at pageant glory Masterton woman Becky Hingston has her fingers crossed to be representing New Zealand in the Miss Universe beauty pageant. The 25-year-old is one of 20 finalists in the running to win the Miss Universe New Zealand competition, happening on October 24. Last year she came third in the competition and “is a little bit blown away” to have made it into the finals a second time. “It’s a really unique experience and it’s something you can’t come to terms with until you have done it. I’m trying to take it as it comes and not relate it to last year.” Ms Hingston said she had gained more confidence in herself since competing in 2014. “I was shy and naive the first time. This time I knew what I was getting myself into.” She is currently finishing up her last year studying marine biology at Otago University, and will move back to her family home in Masterton next week.

Although hoping to have a career in marine biology, she said after obtaining her degree she would take over her family property development business. Born in Wanganui, Ms Hingston moved to Masterton when she was 11, as a boarder at Solway College.

Since leaving high school and attending university down south, she has been coming back to Masterton for her study breaks and summer holidays. If Ms Hingston won the Miss Universe title, she said she would use it to promote animal welfare and women’s health and wellbeing – two causes she felt passionately about.

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Extra concert flights Extra flights will be scheduled to and from Dunedin for next month’s Fleetwood Mac concert as the city pushes to ensure the event is a sell-out. Additional tickets for the concert, at Forsyth Barr Stadium on November 18, were released three weeks ago, after the initial allocation was snapped up. Since then, stadium manager DVML, Air New Zealand and Dunedin Airport have been working to ensure those ticket sales were not hampered by a lack of travel options. “This really shows the city being able to work together with things like this,” Air New Zealand marketing and communications manager Megan Crawford said. Three extra flights to Dunedin had been scheduled for concert day, and two additional outbound flights the day after, Ms Crawford said. The flights, each with 168 seats, will arrive from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, and depart to the latter two cities.

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■ SUSPICIOUS FIRE

Fire leaves woman homeless

By RuBy HaRfield

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Housing New Zealand has no “suitable properties’’ to offer an Ashburton woman who was left homeless after a suspicious fire on Sunday.

The fire, which started in the bedroom, caused considerable damage to a Housing New Zealand (HNZ) property on Trevors Road at 1.17am on Sunday.

The tenant was not home at the time.

A HNZ spokesman said they had no suitable properties available to offer the tenant at this stage.

She has been staying with friends in the meantime and they would be discussing her ongoing housing needs this week, he said.

“Our staff have been in close contact and offered our support to the tenant.’’

HNZ had also arranged for contractors to board up win-

dows and make the site safe.

The adjoining property was not affected by the fire although there was a slight smell of smoke detectable, the spokesman said.

However, the tenants of the adjoining house had advised HNZ they would be trying to find alternative accommodation in the private rental market.

Police and fire investigators completed their initial scene examination on Sunday morning

and were continuing their investigation, with several enquiries made yesterday morning.

Detective sergeant Ashley Millen, of Ashburton, said he could not confirm what caused the fire but their examination indicated that it might have been started deliberately.

“We are treating it as suspicious at this point.’’

The investigation was still in the early stages but he hoped it would be completed as soon as

possible.There were no suspects at this stage, detective sergeant Millen said.

This incident should also act as a reminder to members of the public to be vigilant and observant of any suspicious activity in their neighbourhood, he said.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Constable Nathan Forbes at the Ashburton police station on 3078400.

■ ASHBURTON TRUST

Ashburton Trust sells off Braided Rivers From P1 The garage turned gastropub opened in October 2009, creating what the trust anticipated would be a complementary trading partnership with its sister hospitality business across the road, the Speight’s Alehouse.

Today the same business decision would not have been made, Mr Lilley said, because the trust had a very different focus. Rather than spending money and expanding it was driven by a desire to consolidate, pay down debt and ultimately make money that could be returned to the community, he said.

“This is a good decision for a community organisation. We’re a community organisation and we need to be transparent in the way we work. We need to be responsible with the community’s money.”

Well known local hospitality couple Michael and Angela Kelly have bought Braided Rivers and will take over the business on October 27.

The couple established and

ran Kelly’s Café and Bar and later leased the Lake House at Lake Hood. After a break of four months, Mr Kelly said they were looking forward to rolling up their sleeves and getting back into business.

“Braided Rivers will give us the opportunity of bringing together all our original crew from The Lake House together with the best of the crew at Braided Rivers to create what we hope will be a very successful operation,” he said.

While they won’t be “turning Braided Rivers upside down”, Mr Kelly said they would make a few cosmetic changes and would have menus and wine lists that will be similar to those they had at the Lake House.

“Angela and I intend to be hands on as usual. We’re looking forward to working with the ALT and building on what they have already achieved at Braided Rivers. We believe that what we will endeavour to achieve at Braided Rivers will complement what the trust is already doing in Ashburton.”

The Ashburton Trust has sold its Braided Rivers Restaurant and Bar to well known local hospitality couple Michael and Angela Kelly.

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Shooting devastates Reporoa Reporoa’s tight-knit community has been left devastated by the news an 11-year-old boy has been shot dead.

Police confirmed yesterday that the person who died in an incident in the Kaingaroa Forest near Taupo on Sunday afternoon was Reporoa boy, Connor Brian Phillips.

An adult member of a hunting party was unloading a firearm at the end of a hunt when Connor was shot.

Connor was a pupil at Reporoa Primary School.

A spokeswoman at the school confirmed it had a trauma team on site and the school’s flag was flying at half-mast.

In a media statement, the school’s Board of Trustees said they and the community were “saddened at the tragic loss of a valued student”.

“This young man was admired and

respected by his peers. He was a great school leader and an amazing sportsman,” the statement read.

Taupo mayor David Trewavas told the Rotorua Daily Post the news was “absolutely devastating”.

“Our heart goes out to the families dealing with this tragedy. Any death in these circumstances is devastating, but especially given the age of the boy.

“It was a beautiful day, the end of the school holidays and there were lots of people out and about so it is heartbreaking to have this happen.”

Mr Trewavas said he had no doubt the district would “rally around the community to do everything we can to help during this hard time”.

A post-mortem examination was carried out yesterday.

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■ FAMILY VIOLENCE

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Vulnerable people at risk

By Caitlin PoRteR

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Family Violence Co-ordinator Sergeant Jim Sole’s departure from Ashburton will leave vulnerable people at risk, says Restorative Justice co-ordinator Toni Sowman.

Mr Sole was seconded from his role as supervisor for the Christchurch police Family Safety Team to work in Ashburton for 14 months, but that was further extended to 18 months.

Prior to that he worked as sergeant in Ashburton until 2007.

In his position Mr Sole looked at the district’s response to family violence and the relationship between police and agencies tasked with dealing with family violence and its victims.

Following his departure Mr Sole will return to his role at Family Safety.

Mr Sole said he has enjoyed his time in the district, and will miss the community spirit as well as working closely with other professionals. “[You build] relationships with people affected by family violence and the professionals you get to work with as well, they are a very dedicated

Only about 25 per cent of family violence incidents are reported to police ■ About half of all homicides in New Zealand were committed by an offender that is identified as family ■ New Zealand police recorded a family violence investigation on average every five and a half minutes in 2014 ■ Over 100,000 family violence investigations were recorded

by New Zealand police in 2014, up seven per cent from 2013. * Statistics taken from areyouok. org.nz ■

Sergeant Jim Sole will finish up his role as Mid Canterbury’s Family Violence Co-ordinator next Friday, October 23.

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bunch of people,” he said.

However, his time in Ashburton was not without its challenges. On average, there are around six to eight family violence incidents in MidSouth Canterbury each week, he said.

While the figures were alarming, Mr Sole said family violence incidents were still hugely under reported in New Zealand.

“The more people reporting the better, we should feel proud.”

Ms Sowman said she valued Mr Sole’s input and his departure would leave a “big void” for the victims who would not have the same continuity and trust.

“You are leaving those vulnerable people at risk,” Ms Sowman said.

She said Mr Sole was “second to none” and she would miss his input.

When asked if Mr Sole would be replaced Canterbury police district prevention manager Inspector Richard Bruce

Ashburton police have confirmed their criminal investigation bureau are investigating an alleged rape and a possible street robbery that occurred over the weekend.

Man hurt in fall An Ashburton man, aged in his late 30s, was transported to Ashburton Hospital with minor injuries following a fall on Saturday. St John sent an ambulance to the private residence on ValettaWesterfield Road at 6.31pm.

Consents declining Ashburton may have reached building saturation point, with the number of consent applications consistently trending down since March. In August, 73 building consent applications were lodged with the Ashburton District Council, down from 90 last year.

For the six months from March, consents issued dropped 8 per cent, from 907 to 832.

Southbridge 150th said police were “exploring options to ensure how the needs in the Ashburton will be met in the future”.

He said there were currently 17 family violence officers in Canterbury and Canterbury police were committed to addressing and preventing family violence in the district.

While police continue to explore their options Christchurch’s family violence team will continue to support the Ashburton area, he said.

■ ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH MEN’S GROUP

Free lunches momentum slowly building

By RuBy HaRfield A new initiative to offer free lunches to the Ashburton community is slowly gaining momentum.

The third fortnightly lunch, organised by the Ashburton Baptist Church Men’s Group, was held yesterday.

Co-ordinator George Rendall said they only had four people at their first lunch but the second jumped to 11 and yesterday’s group of six showed the numbers were slowly building.

“It may take a wee while to gain momentum.’’

He hoped more people would feel comfortable enough to come along because there were a lot of people struggling to afford meals in Ashburton.

“I know there’s people who need it.

“We don’t want people to feel ashamed. We are here if they want a meal.’’

They would be offering the lunch as long as they could and would also like another group within the church to help run it on alternate fortnights to en-

Rape, robbery inquiry

Southbridge is set to celebrate 150 years of settlement on Labour weekend. The event promises to deliver three days of entertainment, with a cycle race, a sports day with a country theme, historical displays and tours and a street parade. Music for Saturday night’s Still Blue & White Ball will be provided by Shambolic.

Sunday’s programme opens with a church service and ends with a book launch with Stephen Wright, and is packed with entertainment in between. On Monday the gates will open to the village market and a vintage machinery display, with music provided by Tom Batchelor and the River Jesters and local artists. For more information visit www.southbridge150.co.nz

Gas bottle blast A man is in hospital in a serious condition after a gas bottle explosion. St John ambulance South Island spokesman Ian Henderson said ambulance crews were called to the site at Maddisons Road in Rolleston at 2.43pm. The man, in his 30s, was taken to hospital to be treated.

No one else was injured in the explosion. A spokesman for the company that owns the property would not comment on what had happened. “We are in the early stages of our investigation.”

A Christchurch Hospital spokeswoman said the injured man was now stable. She was unable to elaborate on the nature of his injuries or when he was likely to be discharged.

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Les McPherson (left) and Kevin Kleinschmidt dig into the Ashburton Baptist Church’s free lunch yesterday.

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able it to be a weekly meal, he said.

They would also appreciate any food donations or offers of discounts from businesses in

the community, he said.

A variety of soup is available but the menu would be changing as the days got warmer.

The lunches are held every

second and fourth Monday of the month at the Ashburton Baptist Church, corner of Cass and Havelock streets from noon to 1.30pm.

A motorcyclist killed in a crash in rural Waikato on Saturday was a German man living in Auckland.

Police yesterday said Daniel Aretz, 37, died in the collision between his BMW G650 motorbike and a motorcyclist in a group travelling in the opposite direction. The crash happened on Makomako Rd between Kawhia and Raglan about 3.25pm. Acting Waikato road policing manager Senior Sergeant Steve Ambler said family of Mr Aretz, a New Zealand resident, had been informed with help from Interpol and the German consulate.

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■ METHVEN VANDALISM

Town Watch patrols for Methven?

By SuSan SandyS

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The Methven Community Board will investigate whether town watch patrols may work in the town following incidents of petty vandalism.

Board members discussed security patrols, security cameras and the idea of town watch patrols at their eight-weekly meeting yesterday.

In response to a question from board chairperson Liz McMillan, Ashburton District Council community relations manager Vincie Billante said the council’s contracted security firm did not have time to visit Methven during evenings, and it did not perceive Methven had a “critical need” for such patrols, based on police reports.

Ms Billante also said the patrols were only used in public spaces, and not around private property.

Ms McMillan asked about voluntary town watch patrols similar to that which operated in Rakaia, and confirmed she would get in touch with Safer Left - A bicycle atop a ven street light has there long enough, say ven Community Board bers.

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Ashburton on the issue.

After the meeting yesterday, Ms McMillan said there were several people in Methven who would be willing to staff such patrols.

“I think someone in a car driving round would probably be the best option,” she said.

The board has previously suggested a security camera on Main Street, and the council is undertaking a report on this as part of a wider security investigation.

However, Ms McMillan said that she believed voluntary town watch patrols would be an even better option than a security camera, as a camera would not record those committing crimes in other areas.

Meanwhile, one of a few bikes which were placed on town centre roofs and street lights over one week ago remains, much to the dismay of board members. The bike is atop a street light near the BNZ bank on Main Street.

“The joke has gone far enough I think,” said board member Martin Nordqvist.

He considered putting a request for service in to the council, and Ms Billante said if it was a street light pole, the council would flick the request onto EA Networks.

Extreme care urged when dealing with burn-offs

By RuBy HaRfield With dry windy spells forecast people need to make sure they properly extinguish burn-offs, Ashburton District emergency management officer Don Geddes says.

Mr Geddes said he had been concerned about a number of fires that had occurred in the past couple of weeks from burn-offs reigniting after several weeks, and even months.

People needed to use their common sense and either bury the remnants or pull the stack apart then thoroughly wet everything, he said.

“That’s the only way of guaranteeing fires will be out.’’

People needed to take responsibility and make sure they checked their fires, Mr Geddes said.

They also needed to be aware they probably would be given suppression charges.

The most frustrating thing was these fires were avoidable and when strong winds occurred like last week, resources

needed to be used on unavoidable fires that might ignite, he said.

These fires could cause so much damage if they got out of control and sometimes could not be stopped until they burned themselves out.

If anyone had material they needed to burn off, it would be better to do it now (weather dependent) rather than waiting until everything got even drier, Mr Geddes said.

Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade deputy chief fire officer Tyrone Burrowes said they were called to a large hedge clipping burn-off, which was threatening to get out of control on Rakaia-Pendarves Road at 9.15pm on Sunday.

They extinguished the fire due to concerns of wind picking up, he said.

If anyone was thinking about lighting a fire they needed to check the weather forecast and make sure there was no chance of wind, Mr Burrowes said.

The Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade also attended a farm vehicle fire which occurred on Pannetts Road, Mitcham at about 6am yesterday.

Michelle Copland’s daughter Arnica, 6, has been doing yoga since she was born but sees it more as “playing”.

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Yoga classes for kids

By Caitlin PoRteR

caitlin.p@theguardian.co.nz

Kids all over the district can stretch into yoga poses thanks to a new class developed by an Ashburton woman.

Pendarves resident Michelle Copland has taken it upon herself to run yoga classes targeted at Ashburton youth.

“Yoga is pretty popular in the North Island and lots of other countries but the South Island doesn’t have many classes for kids,” she said.

A 20 year yoga veteran, Mrs Copland recently became a qualified yoga teacher for toddlers to teenagers.

To introduce Mid Canterbury kids to yoga, Ms Copland will hold a free family class on October 26 at the Ashburton Seniors’ Centre.

However, yoga for children differs from yoga for adults,

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she said. “They don’t sit on a mat and do a bunch of poses.”

Children’s yoga works through games and play, rather than static mat stretching, she said. The kids can tell “yoga stories” and also learn about deep breathing and how their body moves.

Following the free family session Mrs Copland plans to run a six-week yoga workshop for children beginning on November 2.

While the targeted age for the classes is five to nineyears-old Mrs Copland is qualified to teach toddler aged children to teenagers.

All going well Mrs Copland said she would look into school holiday workshops too.

For more information on how to sign up for children’s yoga contact the Ashburton Seniors’ Centre.

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In brief Real estate cooling The heat appears to have gone out of Ashburton’s housing market with prices showing little increase over the past few months. In September the median selling price was $308,000, down $2000 on August and well down on the median of $334,750 of September 2014. Forty-two houses changed hands in September, a similar number to August and September last year. Ashburton was out of kilter with most of Canterbury, where the median price rose by $8000 over August.

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■ CHILD MOBILITY FOUNDATION

10-10-10 Walk for Kids a success

By Caitlin Porter

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With the support of the Ashburton County Lions and Childs Play Preschool nearly $700 has been raised for the Lions’ Club of New Zealand’s Child Mobility Foundation.

The two groups came together at 10am on October 10 to walk 10km in an effort to raise money for children who are unable to walk.

Staff, parents and children from the pre-school walked in honour of Jaxon Smith, a fouryear-old Ashburton child with a complicated neurological condition that affects his ability to walk.

Cindy Wilkins, who organised the event on behalf of the pre-school, said a team of 14 children and nine adults took part, raising over $500.

The participants took turns

walking one kilometre stints, covering nearly 50km in total.

“We were rainbow coloured with rainbows on our faces because that’s the Childs Play logo,” Ms Wilkin said.

“Our wee mate Jaxon joined us on the walk and did a great wee walk himself while holding his mum’s hand before riding out the rest on her shoulders.”

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club member Coleen King said around 18 people turned out on behalf of the Lions raising just under $200.

The Child Mobility Foundation’s 10-10-10 Walk for Kids was designed to help raise not only money, but awareness, for children who cannot walk.

The foundation helps to fit kids with a bracing system known as a Hart Walker which provides hands-free mobility.

■ NATIONAL SAUSAGE COMPETITION

■ WAITARERE BEACH DEATH

Ashburton loses best banger title

Alex’s funeral today

Ashburton will soon be forced to take down one of its celebratory banners – home of New Zealand’s best bangers.

As this year’s New Zealand sausage competition reaches the final judging stages, winners of gold, silver and bronze medals have been decided from the more than 400 entries in this year’s event.

The country’s top sausage, winner of the supreme award will be found among the 22 gold medallists. And this year, no Ashburton sausages have made that final line-up.

Last year, a beef and blue cheese sausage from Allenton Meats made the gold medal list, taking out the supreme sausage title.

Ashburton, however, has not missed out on being mentioned in dispatches with Netherby Meats winning a silver medal in the pre-cooked/BBQ category and a bronze medal for its saveloys.

The national sausage competition has been running for 22 years and while they may not always feature among the gold medal winners both Netherby and Allenton Meats are regular silver or bronze winners.

Sausages are judged on visual appeal, aroma, flavour, texture, shrinkage and composition, with categories ranging from traditional beef or pork through to continental and gourmet.

New Zealand’s top sausage will be revealed on October 21.

Family and friends of Alex Fisher will gather in Levin today to say goodbye to the 10-year-old who was found dead at Waitarere Beach last week.

His funeral will be held at the Salvation Army Worship and Community Centre on Durham St at 1.30pm.

Harvey Bowler Funerals is taking the service, which a notice on its website calls “a celebration of Alex’s life”.

It says Alexander Michael George Fisher, his full name, was “taken suddenly” and describes him as a “beloved and cherished son of Mike and Sandra” and “loved little bro of his brothers and sisters and much loved uncle”.

A private cremation at the Horowhenua Crematorium, Levin, will follow the service.

Yesterday his schoolmates returned to class after a two-week break.

As they arrived at Ohau School, just off State Highway 1 south of Levin, they were met by three men –

parents with children at the school – at the gate.

“We just want to get through the day,” said one.

“Our priority is the children.”

Last week principal Kathy Trevena-Brown released a statement, recalling Alex’s enjoyment of kapa haka, softball, basketball and water polo.

She said the school had “lost a lovely member of our family”.

“Alex was a delightful student who did find some aspects of school life challenging, but he was up for it.”

The school was “so proud of him”, she said.

A Ministry of Education traumatic incident team was at the school last week.

Ministry head of sector support and enablement Katrina Casey said the team met staff to “ensure they felt confident to support children as they returned to school today”.

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A fleeing driver who crashed into a police car near Whakatane yesterday morning had been in a stolen car, police have revealed.

The man failed to stop for police near Edgecumbe about 7.20am and was pursued along a number of rural roads, heading towards Whakatane. Police deployed spikes but the vehicle continued driving on its rims, police said.

The car collided with a police car and another car belonging to a member of the public a short time later at the Coastlands roundabout on State Highway 30. No one was injured. Police have since confirmed the fleeing vehicle had been stolen from Taupo over the weekend. A 23-year-old Taupo man has been arrested. He is being held in custody before an appearance in Whakatane District Court today. Police are yet to confirm the charges he will face.

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Quake rocks Pongaroa A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has rocked the lower North Island last evening. GeoNet said the 35kmdeep quake struck 20km east of Pongaroa, on the east coast between Wairarapa and Manawatu, at 9.05pm. The quake was described as strong.

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Flag move ‘disgusting’ The Wellington mayor’s decision to fly five alternative New Zealand flags above the Town Hall on the anniversary of Passchendaele, New Zealand’s worst wartime disaster, has been labelled “absolutely disgusting”. Ted Lang, whose grandfather served in World War One, said Celia WadeBrown’s decision to place the five alternatives on a level footing with the flag under which 845 Kiwis died at Passchendaele in 1917 was breathtakingly offensive. “It’s a real kick in the guts for the old soldiers,” he said. “It’s absolutely disgusting. It’s more than offensive.”

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Knocked unconscious A man was knocked unconscious in a serious assault in Waikato on Sunday. Police said emergency services were called to a property on Thomas St in Ngaruawahia shortly after 7.20pm. Investigation head Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Whitehead said: “On their arrival they found a 50-year-old man unconscious but breathing.”

The man was taken by ambulance to Waikato Hospital, where he remained yesterday. “While the victim’s injuries are serious, they are not considered to be life threatening,” Mr Whitehead said.

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■ TURKEY

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In brief

Turks rally against president Thousands of Turks have filled the streets of Ankara to vent their anger at President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after 97 people were killed in the country’s worst-ever terror attack.

Flags flew at half-mast across Turkey on the first of three days of national mourning declared by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, as questions grew over who ordered the weekend bombings on a peace rally in Ankara.

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), one of the groups that had organised the rally, said it believes the death toll now stands at 128.

The attacks have raised tensions in Turkey just three weeks before snap elections are due on November 1 and as the military wages an offensive against Islamic State jihadists and Kurdish militants.

With the country on edge, Erdogan issued a statement condemning the “heinous” bombings and cancelled a

Mourners gather around the coffin of Sarigul Tuylu, 35, a mother of two who was killed in the weekend bombing attacks in Ankara, Turkey.

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planned visit to Turkmenistan but he has yet to speak in public since the attack that shocked the nation.

Yesterday, thousands of demonstrators thronged central Ankara’s Sihhiye Square, close to the blast site by the city’s main train station, to pay trib-

ute to the victims.

Many of those gathered accused the government of failing to provide security at the ill-fated rally and several antigovernment demonstrators shouted “Erdogan murderer” and “government resign!”

The premier’s office said 97

people were killed when the bombs exploded just after 10am as leftist and pro-Kurdish activists assembled for the rally.

It added that 507 people were wounded, with 160 still in hospital and 65 in intensive care in 19 hospitals.

In an emotional address to the mourners in Ankara, the HDP’s leader Selahattin Demirtas said that rather than seeking revenge people should aim to end Erdogan’s rule, starting with the upcoming legislative elections.

Even before the attacks, the president was under immense political pressure after his Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its overall majority in June 7 polls for the first time since it came to power in 2002.

Coalition talks failed and Erdogan called new elections for November 1. But to the disappointment of the AKP, opinion polls show the outcome may be little different to the previous ballot.

- AFP

Hinch forms party Veteran broadcaster Derryn Hinch will run for the Senate in Victoria after forming his own political party. Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party will stand candidates in all states and territories in the federal election in 2016. “The timing is right. Australians are fed up with the quality, or lack of quality, in our judicial system,” Mr Hinch said.

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Chopper crash Two British Royal Air Force personnel have died in a helicopter crash which has killed five mission personnel in “a non-hostile incident” in Afghanistan. The British defence ministry said the helicopter crashed yesterday while landing at the headquarters of the Resolute Support international NATO coalition in the Afghan capital Kabul. “The incident is currently under investigation but we can confirm that it was an accident and not the result of insurgent activity,” the defence ministry said. Those killed were from the 230 and 33 Squadrons of the Royal Air Force, the statement added. The deaths bring to 456 the total number of British forces, personnel and defence ministry civilians killed serving in Afghanistan since Britain joined a US-led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001.

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Cutting costs in trust sell-down Stu Oldham

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elling a high-profile restaurant and bar will further focus the Ashburton Trust on making money for its community rather than trying to limit the under-performance of a costly asset.

The licensing trust has sold Braided Rivers to an Ashburton couple well-versed in bars and restaurants. It won’t say what it sold for but there seems a palpable sense of relief that it sold at all.

The trust has made no bones of the fact Braided Rivers has struggled since it opened nearly six years ago. At the annual general meeting in July, its performance was called “challenging”.

Ironically, the venue’s performance was far from enhanced by the success of its closest restaurant-bar competition, the trust-owned, ever-busy Speight’s Alehouse directly across the road.

The Speight’s Alehouse is earmarked for refurbishment and development as Braided Rivers is shuffled off the trust’s balance sheet, over to private enterprise and real market competition.

The new owners have bought a business in which the trust made a significant capital investment – likely more than $1 million – when it was pitched as a major addition to the trust’s portfolio in 2009.

That not-insignificant investment was always made with the express intention of making money which, in turn, would boost the trust’s ability to return money to the community it serves.

As it turned out, this was an optimistic hope that fell short of reality. With the benefit of hindsight, current board chairman Alister Lilley says the same business decision would not be made today.

Selling the business will further sharpen competition in downtown Ashburton’s hospitality scene and the trust will want to ensure it retains a sharp focus on its investment across the road.

The sale has not filled the trust’s pockets with masses of cash for reinvestment but it has helped avoid a future of costly graft for little gain, when community money could be spent more wisely.

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Good practice – good farm T

he Sustainable Dairying: Workplace Action Plan launched last week at Lincoln is the roadmap to achieving the work environment objective of the 2013 dairy industry strategy.

It was developed by Federated Farmers and DairyNZ and aims to encourage good employment practice by dairy farmers.

Whether we like it or not the dairy industry suffers from a perception problem when it comes to employment practices.

Some of that perception is based on the fact that it’s a dirty job and you need to get up early. We can’t do much to change that.

The reality is if you like to have clean hands and sleep in till 10am you won’t survive on a dairy farm.

However, there’s negative spin about how you won’t get time off, work excessive long hours, not be paid well, and generally be treated bad.

Unfortunately, some of those perceptions are based on what some people have experienced in our industry. While they

Andrew Hoggard FROM THE FARM

are the minority, for others the regular experience may not be enough to help us retain and attract the staff we need.

It is a competitive labour market out there.

If we want to attract the best and brightest to work on our farms, then as the catchphrase from the action plan goes – we need to lift from being good employers to being great employers.

That said I’m not suggesting you all go and spend more money on either extra staff or increased pay – it is definitely not what you should be doing in the first instance.

The first thing we want farmers to do, is to read the action plan, consider the five areas of focus we have, and then run a critical eye over your business, thinking about how things are being done and

whether they can be done any smarter.

It’s not just all about hours and pay as well.

We heard from a farm employee at the launch; the big things that matter to her are the simple things like saying hello and thank you.

Many of us, myself included, often communicate via grunts, and expletive laden mumbles.

It costs nothing to say hello, or good job.

Yet simple things like that can mean all the difference to the people working with you on farm, and form a critical part of what we refer to as team culture.

If you have read the guidelines, don’t feel you have to do everything as described in the action plan. Every farm is different so pick a few things that you can work on relevant to your farm, and when they are done move onto some others.

Last week saw the signing of the TPP trade deal, while overall the deal was good for New Zealand, the gains for dairy were not as good as we all might have hoped for.

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It is a real shame that certain countries didn’t read the front cover of the document and work out that it was supposed to be a “FREE” trade deal, not a continuation of a protectionism trade deal.

Regardless though we have still got a few a little gains out of it. I remain hopeful that the consumers and taxpayers in these countries will, over time, start questioning why exactly their dairy farmers need so much protecting.

Especially when the arable and red meat industries, and pork farmers, seem able to handle the big wide world without the need to clutch to their respective government’s apron strings.

By all accounts though our negotiators gave it everything and tried their best to secure a decent deal.

Unfortunately the forces arrayed against them this time were just too entrenched. We can all but hope for the next time.

Andrew Hoggard is Federated Farmers Dairy Industry Group chairperson

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■ NORTHLAND FARM PURCHASE

Chinese firm cans farm deal A Chinese company backing out of a $42 million investment in a large Northland farm is proof of the chilling effect the Lochinver Station decision has had, the Act Party says.

Dakang’s decision to scrap a Northland farm application showed the ongoing, negative effect of the logic behind the rejection of the Lochinver deal, Act leader David Seymour said.

“People will always say, ‘well, most deals get through the OIO [Overseas Investment Office], therefore it must be okay’. But this is a perfect example of how people are discouraged from applying or completing the application process in the first place,” Mr Seymour said.

“As I understand it, these guys [Dakang] are basically a Chinese investor. And you’d have to wonder if they haven’t made a decision that while the rules that are out in public are very clear,

they are concerned that because they are Chinese they are likely to face a political backlash.”

Dakang New Zealand Farm Group and Pinny Farms said the sale and purchase agreement for seven dairy and three support farms in Northland had been cancelled.

The deal would have covered 3300ha of land in the Bay of Islands’ Mangakahia Valley and 3900 cows.

Dakang is controlled by Shanghai Pengxin, which owns around $500 million in New Zealand assets and made the controversial $200 million purchase of the former Crafar Farms - the largest foreign acquisition of New Zealand land by value.

Chief executive Gary Romano said the company signed the sale and purchase agreement in January and sought approval from the Overseas Investment Office

in April. “We lodged an application ... believing five months would be sufficient time to enable a rigorous and objective review of our plans for the farms, compared to the 70 working day guideline the OIO has for turning around applications,” he said.

“However, to date we have not received any advice that the OIO has considered the sale and/or made a recommendation to the ministers.”

The decision to cancel was partly based on the Lochinver Station purchase, which the Government vetoed last month, Mr Romano said.

Pure 100 Farm Ltd, a subsidiary of Shanghai Pengxin, had its $88 million investment in the 13,800ha station near Taupo rejected by ministers, despite a recommendation from the OIO that it should be approved.

Associate Finance Minister Paula Bennett said at the time

the application did not meet the criteria of “substantial benefit” because it did not create enough long-term jobs.

Mr Romano said the sale and purchase agreement for Lochinver had to be extended 11 times, “each extension causing frustration and pain to the vendors and uncertainty for everyone involved”.

“We simply are not confident enough of a favourable outcome to warrant putting the Northland vendors through a similar experience,” he said.

“The purchase of the farms and significant further investment would have had a positive impact on both the local and wider New Zealand communities and we are very disappointed that this will not happen.”

The Pinny Farms website said 50 people were employed on the farms.

All foreign investments in

farmland larger than 5ha are screened by the OIO, which decides whether the investment is of benefit to New Zealand before making a recommendation to ministers.

The OIO’s website says it aims to complete the most complex consents, known as Category 3 applications, within 70 days.

This could be extended if it needed third party advice, and the timeline did not include days where the OIO was waiting for applicants to provide information.

Ms Bennett, who is responsible for the OIO, said she would be asking why the Pinny Farms application was taking longer than others.

“The Government welcomes foreign investment that supports economic growth,” she said.

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Guardian Shares & Investments Compiled by

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

82 270 3116 106.5 481 270.5 68.5 494 554 1314 712 727 541 555 180 118 119 300 151 130 1495 214 417 140 245 422 96 352 49 1690 116.5 150 392 715 142 503 400 307 273 375 190 362 730 318 172.5 260 3350 1602 634

Last sale

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13m 736.6 9.47 194.3 1.3m 2.8m 665.6 3.0m 141.0 192.7 1.0m 890.7 483.9 40.03 1.6m 813.3 1.6m 362.3 57.70 597.2 39.22 3.4m 489.5 47.34 1.9m 95.11 86.28 20.92 98.46 23.18 815.1 69.77 29.10 207.1 211.1 1.1m 477.7 4.3m 53.63 448.8 83.46 2.4m 64.74 77.82 76.47 47.65 6.95 305.4 1.6m

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 5720 5690 5660 5630 5600 5570

9/10 12/1 0

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Buy price

25/9

Company CODE

At close of trading on Monday, October 12, 2015

18/9

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents

p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

5,689.83 +51.05 +0.91%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

4,135.73 +37.92 +0.93%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

6,106.13

+54.0

+0.89%

p Rises 74 q Falls 16

WORLD MARKETS

q S&P/ASX 200 index

5,232.9

–46.8

–0.89%

At close of trading on Oct 12, 2015

p Dow Jones Indust.

17,084.5 +33.74 +0.20% At close of trading on Oct 9, 2015

p FTSE 100 index

6,416.2

+41.34

+0.65%

At close of trading on Oct 9, 2015

p Nikkei 225 index

18,438.7 +297.5 +1.64% At close of trading on Oct 9, 2015

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

p Gold

1,156.40

London – $US/ounce

+16.4

+1.44%

p Silver London – $US/ounce

15.82

+0.21

+1.35%

5,319.0

+159.0

+3.08%

p Copper London – $US/tonne NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm Oct 12, 2015

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

0.9278 0.8834 4.5253 0.6037 1.4764 0.4454 82.39 1.8608 9.0924 24.16 0.6843

TT sell

0.8965 0.8506 3.9709 0.5774 1.3603 0.4297 78.92 1.6215 8.758 23.03 0.6596

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■ TIMBER SHIPMENT

Huge log shipment bound for India The largest ever shipment of logs and timber from New Zealand has left Northland on its way to India.

On Saturday, the logging ship SBI Maia left Northport at Marsden Pt with more than

52,000 Japanese Agricultural Standard (jasm3) logs and timber products aboard, bound for India.

Northport chief executive Jon Moore said it was believed to be the largest shipment of logs and

timber products to ever leave New Zealand.

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■ MANUKA HONEY

Maori interests support manuka trademark The Miere Coalition, which represents Maori honey interests, supports the UMF Honey Association’s bid to trademark Manuka Honey and says the industry group needs to work with Maori to make it successful.

Last week, the industry-based manuka honey lobby said it was filing for a certification trademark covering “Manuka Honey” which will be free to use on New

Zealand honey made by bees foraging on manuka flowers. The association is seeking to protect the use of the name because imitations are damaging the brand at a time when demand in markets such as China is growing.

Victor Goldsmith, spokesman for Miere Coalition, which represents a consortium of Maori landowners, beekeepers, retailers and various iwi interests in

the honey sector, said the group supports the move to protect the name of manuka honey, but wants the association to work with Maori to gain support.

“Maori have a long association with manuka, which has numerous uses,” Goldsmith said. “Maori need to be involved in any discussions in respect of trademarking the name.”

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■ ONIONS NEW ZEALAND

Group joins biosecurity fight Onions New Zealand has become the first vegetable group to sign the Deed of the Government Industry Agreement (GIA) for Biosecurity Readiness and Response. ‘’We are pleased to join the GIA partnership to help deliver the best biosecurity outcomes so that we can protect our sector,” said Onions New Zealand CEO Michael Ahern. “The onion industry is an important primary industry exporter with 85 per cent of New Zealand onions shipped and sold in global markets. Onions are New Zealand’s third largest fresh horticulture export crop with an average Free on Board (FoB) value of $80 to 100M.”

About 215,000 metric tonnes are produced from 5000 hectares in the regions of Franklin/Pukekohe (52 per cent), Waikato/Bay of Plenty (13 per cent), Hawke’s Bay (15 per cent), Canterbury/ South Canterbury (14 per cent) and Manawatu/Horowhenua (6 per cent).

“This partnership will see us working closely with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to make joint decisions on readiness and response to manage priority biosecurity pest risks impacting our sector,” Mr Ahern said.

GIA secretariat manager Steve Rich welcomed Onions New Zealand to the partnership saying biosecurity is a shared responsibility.

MARKET REPORT

Dairy More warm nor-westers this week has lifted ground temperatures but at the expense of soil moisture. Irrigators are up and running as managers look to maximise pasture growth rates so animals are fully fed and surpluses can be conserved into silage.

Lack of rain issues has spread to North Otago and South Canterbury where irrigators on the Opuha dam scheme are under 50 per cent restriction even though it is nearly full, with water managers keen to ensure at least some supply is available all season.

Rotation lengths are now under 30 days and reducing, as pasture growth rates climb into the late 20kg of dm/ ha and every endeavour is being made to maintain high quality feed so milk flows can be maximised for as long as possible.

Mating preparation is occurring with heat detection via tail painting, cows checked for mineral levels and backup bulls fed for fitness and vaccinated for BVD. Last week’s dairy auction prices rose for the 4th time in a row and with whole milk powder on the way to $3000/tonne all predicted payout talk now starts with a $5.

Not so buoyant news from the Trans Pacific Partnership deal for dairy, but still some progress in reducing tariffs and protectionism from the strong dairy lobbies in the US and Canada.

An industry plan to improve employment standards has been formulated by the dairy sector as they look to improve their practices and make working in this business a worthwhile and long term profession.

Lamb Lamb schedules rose again in the south and are now at yearly highs on strong

demand for chilled product especially for the Christmas trade.

The TPP trade deal has been seen as a real win for NZ meat with $72 million dollars worth of tariff savings and more access into countries able to pay high prices for quality meat cuts.

As the deadline for voting by Silver Fern Farms shareholders on the Shanghai Mayling deal draws near, opponents urge a no vote based on losing control of their co-operative, a sketchy “white knight” proposal, and a call for more capital from existing owners.

Wool This week’s South Island auction saw values ease mostly on the finer end of the clip as the currency firmed and some vendors refused to accept the lower prices as only 75 per cent of the offer sold.

The next sale has seen 30 per cent less wool offered than was anticipated on the roster as the falling sheep numbers have tightened wool supplies out of this country.

Beef This week’s beef schedules were once again stable for prime animals but fell again for manufacturing bull and cow beef as in the US prices for this type of beef are easing and a full NZ quota has processors storing product for the new year.

South Island local trade schedules have been stable at just under $6kg CWT for weeks now, but saleyard prime steer values are still climbing with some animals selling for $3.30/kg LWT at Canterbury Park last week.

Deer Venison schedules are stable again this week and are $80/head better than last year at levels all in the sector are pleased about.

Positive vibes are coming out of the Cervena marketing trial into Europe during the summer period as the industry tries to reduce its reliance on the game season and promote venison as an all season’s meal.

The first signs of tariff reductions for velvet out of the Korean free trade deal should be evident for the early harvest with more easing of taxes early next year that should encourage buyers from that country to deal direct from NZ.

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■ DAIRY INDUSTRY

■ FORESTRY

Plan aims to improve conditions for workers

By NadiNe Porter

NadiNe.P@theguardiaN.co.Nz

The Sustainable Dairying Workplace Action Plan has been launched at Lincoln University last week with Federated Farmers Dairy Chairman Andrew Hoggard saying it was vital employees had a good experience working on farms.

The plan was developed by Dairy NZ and Federated Farmers to assist businesses within the dairy industry to adopt good workplace management practices.

It outlines five pillars farmers should be working towards to have a quality workplace, including balanced and productive work time, fair remuneration, wellness, wellbeing and health and safety, effective team culture and rewarding careers.

“We need to be able to tell the public at large how our industry is working together.”

Mr Hoggard said having a good experience on farm was key to attracting future employees.

“If we’re throwing a whole heap of money at stuff and people have a bad experience on farm they are going to tell their mates and it will turn people off dairying.”

The dairy industry had faced “more and more” pressure over the past few years around labour

Alister Body

issues, similar to the dirty dairying campaign of 1998, he said.

“The one thing I think we did wrong as an industry back then was sit back and defend too long and not get on the front foot …

It’s always important to be on the front foot. I hate playing catch up rugby and too often I feel like what we do is play catch up rugby.”

The plan aimed to improve everyone’s life on farms and would help encourage better labour supply, he said.

DairyNZ director Alister Body told those attending the launch that people were a farmer’s most important asset in both

good and challenging times.

“Regardless of the business environment it’s people that determine the success of our business.”

Dairy farms need to be enjoyable, safe and rewarding places, he said.

Minister of Primary Industries Nathan Guy applauded the action plan, calling it a “significant document”.

“Industry needs to do more and I support what Feds and Dairy NZ are saying. Collectively they are providing the services and documentation to make it easier for farmers to make a change because we need to make a change.”

Farmers needed to do more to connect with the community and needed to be seed as great employers, he said.

“I sum it up as the social license to operate.”

Agriculture needed to attract another 50,000 employees in the next 10 years with over half needing to have tertiary or level four qualifications to meet the increasingly sophisticated technology present in farm systems, he said.

“We think this is a great first step. We all need to get on board and do more in this space and collectively it’s hugely important for the NZ economy that we do.”

SFF disse

By Michelle NelsoN michelle.N@theguardiaN.co.Nz

Just days out from the voting deadline Silver Fern Farms (SFF) shareholders are at loggerheads over the proposed partnership with the Chinese-owned company Shanghai Maling – and playing out the dissent in public.

SSF chairman Rob Hewett said the board remains unanimous in its endorsement of the deal which would see a cash injection of $261 million into the beleaguered meat company’s coffers in a transaction which values Silver Fern Farms’ equity at $311 million.

He is confident the co-operative has

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er between the two big players in the industry, SSF and the Alliance Group, by forming a new mega meat company, Newco. Members of the group are adamant control of the co-operative should remain in New Zealand hands.

“I am disappointed that this is the only option presented to the company

by SFF bankers and Goldman Sachs, when there is a cast iron alternative,” Mr Hyland said.

“When wrapped in the Meat Industry Restructuring Bill now sitting in the parliamentary ballot, then Newco is the only other proposal that easily matches or betters the Shanghai Maling cash.”

South Otago SFF shareholder John Cochrane has also waded into the debate with outspoken criticism on the partnership proposal. He too wants the company retained in New Zealand ownership.

Mr Cochrane claims to have a counter-proposal of a $100 million underwrite, but is unable to provide firm details of where the money would come from. It is understood the proposal is for a $90 million rights issue underwritten by New Zealand agribusinesses with the support of a major bank.

Mr Hewett and SFF chief executive Dean Hamilton have released an attack

on opponents of the deal.

“Mr Cochrane, although well-meaning, is playing a very dangerous and irresponsible game in advising shareholders to vote down the Shanghai Maling partnership without providing details of the alternative,” Mr Hewett said. He said last time SSF attempted to raise capital from shareholders it achieved just $22 million of the $100 million it sought.

“If shareholders do not elect to invest new capital, then the underwriters will own nearly 70 per cent of the company. If the shareholders invest a similar $22 million, then the unknown

underwriters would own 57 per cent of the cooperative,” Mr Hewett said.

“There is no visibility as to who these underwriters are; for all we know Alliance could be in the mix.”

Mr Cochrane has also mooted SFF shares are issued at 40c each, which is one-seventh of the fair value opined in the Grant Samuel report and oneseventh of that being paid by Shanghai Maling, Mr Hewett said.

“A no vote will place the co-operative’s future in a very uncertain situation. We have financing for the coming season based on a yes vote, but not for a no vote.”

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■ ASHBURTON MUSEUM

Photo deserves a second look G iven the district’s strong rural roots, it’s not surprising the Ashburton Museum has a number of images focusing on farming activities.

Harvesting images abound, and unless they are named they are only worth a second glance if the viewer is interested or knowledgeable about old horse drawn

reapers, binders etc.

Occasionally, however, you come across an image that really does merit a second look.

Here is an average looking scene until you spy the horse on top of the pile of hay.

You have to ask: how, and why, did it get there!

Right - Making hay in the Coldstream district are (from left) Bob Evans, Chris Harris, Sandy Dunlop and Trixie the acrobatic pony. Front left is Haxby Abbott, the other two are unknown.

Memories of Jock McLeod

BY MICHAEL HANRAHAN

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recent Heritage Page article about former Ashburton veterinarian and blacksmith Jock McLeod brought forward a lot of interest from people who remembered him.

Trevor Ashton had an hour with the vet that left a deep impression. His father, when he was 13 or 14, used to go out with him on his rounds and open the farm gates for him, so when Trevor needed a vet to perform a minor operation on a dog it was Jock McLeod he contacted.

When he arrived Jock was fiddling with a piece of string and he kept that up while they chatted. Then, suddenly he reached down with the string and put it on the dog – he had just made a muzzle for it.

He gave it an injection and the operation was soon done. While he was there a lady came in from the Eton Street entrance with a cat she wanted neutered. She said she was going away and asked him to deliver the cat home. He agreed but after she left Jock quickly carried out the operation, opened the door and chased the cat out, saying it would find its own way home.

At one time he received a call from

the railway station saying a dog that had been imported and was being shipped south had had a litter of pups and wasn’t well. Jock diagnosed distemper and destroyed all but one of the pups, which he gave to Trevor’s father. It became a favourite dog and was very clever. One of its tricks was to bump over a toddler who was in the habit of escaping from the garden, then bark until the child’s mother came.

Bernie White, nee Day, is someone else who had vivid memories of Jock McLeod. She remembers him working into the late 1940s when he used to visit her father-in-law’s farm in Greenstreet, just opposite the Greenstreet School.

Alan McQuarters recalls living at 47 Eton Street, immediately behind Jock McLeod’s house in Chalmers Avenue, in a house his family leased from him. It gave Jock McLeod a back entrance to his surgery and a way of getting heavy material, such as firewood, in.

Most of the action took place in the blacksmith’s shop, which was between the two houses, Alan said. It was there that Jock built the rotary clothes lines and hay stackers he had invented. Alan, as a schoolboy, would often get the job of painting them.

He would also be called on to work the forge blower in the blacksmith’s shop, and he would also go with him

on his calls. He was a clever man, Alan said. He would design and make his own veterinary instruments and send them away to be chrome plated.

Other vets would see them and ask for some to be made for them. Next door to his house in Chalmers Avenue Jock owned another old house. He decided to build a new house on the section. It was to be built of concrete blocks and he decided to make the blocks for it himself. He designed special moulds that would make 48 blocks at a time. After each batch Alan got the job of cleaning and oiling the moulds, ready for the next batch.

A party phone line was installed for the McLeod and McQuarters houses and Alan’s mother would take calls when the McLeods were away. She had the key to the dispensary and Alan would be sent to pick up medicines from the dispensary, referred to as ‘The Dope House’.

Jock always had a good car because of the distances he had to travel on his farm calls. He usually owned a Chrysler and would remove the back seat so he could put his equipment in through the boot. He always had a patriotic transfer on the back window.

When he got older he went to Australia for a holiday and that knocked him about as far as his health was concerned, Alan said. It wasn’t long after that he died, in 1956.

This small wooden display case, once owned

by Ashburton veterinarian J. P. McLeod, is part of the Ashburton Museum’s collection.

Honouring the Fallen During the period of the First World War, 1914 to 1915, many men from the Ashburton District signed up to fight for the Empire against the German army. Many did not return - almost 450 from Ashburton were killed. The first Ashburton men were killed on April 25, 1915 - the first Anzac Day. Ashburton philanthropist and patriot Frederick Ferriman presented a special flag and a flagpole to the families of those men. The Ashburton Museum, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton, has erected in front of the museum one of the original Ferriman flagpoles, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. An original flag is on display in the museum. This week the Ashburton Museum honours: October 15: Roderick Hugh McKay

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RESULTS ■ Athletics Chicago Marathon Results from the Chicago Marathon yesterday: Men: 1. Dickson Chumba (KEN) 2hrs 9mins 25secs 2. Sammy Kitwara (KEN) 2:09:50 3.

Samuel Ndungu (KEN) 2:10:06 4. Birhanu Girma (ETH) 2:10:07 5. Luke Puskedra (USA) 2:10:24 Women: 1. Florence Kiplagat (KEN) 2hrs 23mins 33secs 2. Yebrqual Melese (ETH) 2:23:43 3. Berhane Dibaba (ETH) 2:24:24 4. Kayoko Fukushi (JPN) 2:24:255. Mulu Seboka (ETH) 2:24:40

■ Bowls Aorangi South Canterbury Golf October 9 Women’s Division 9 Hole Pennants Best 3 Stablefords: Pleasant Point 53, Temuka 51, Lower Waitaki 48, Ashburton 52, Timaru 38, Waimate 49, Tinwald 47 Final Results (Total Stablefords): Pleasant Point and Temuka 201, Ashburton and Lower Waitaki 188, Waimate 181, Timaru and Tinwald 162

Ashburton Bowling Club October 10 Ingold Tray - Drawn Teams 1st G Taylor, M Quinn and C Rooke 3 wins 15 ends 31 points. 2nd T Watson, C Andrew and G Sparks 3 wins 11 ends 27 points. 3rd W Suttie, W Porter and C Brake 2 wins 1 draw 11 ends 26 points 4th G Eder, S Maw and J McLay 2 wins 1 draw 10 ends 33 points.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club Midlands Seed Friday night teams October 9 Top Team: Read Rammers 88 – A Read, C Geddes, H McLeod, T Parker Ladies: More or Less 87, Brandy Slice 84.5 Men: X Cockies 84.5, Cunning Studs 84, Hit n Hope 81, Mikes Mob 81, The Seed Guys 81 Mixed: Gabites Swingers 87.5, Stroke n Putt 85.5 Top lady: Gaye Lane 32. Top man: Ken Power 32. Nearest the Pins: Templeton Motors – Jason Morrison; Paul May Motors – Wendy Bruce; Mac & Maggies – Not Struck; BP Ashburton – Catherine Trott Gabites Lucky Player – Perry Hunt, BP Lucky Player – Marilyn Cross Twos: Paul Morrison, Jason Morrison (Eagles), B Nuttall October 10 Semifinal round winners in the Watson Cup were: Ken Clucas & Paul May and Terry O’Reilly & Kevin Smith.

Winners from the Newton Trophy were: Vince Carr & John Dudley and Paddy Bradford & Brian Hawksby.

Best score in the Stableford round was John McArthur 41pts (by c/b) from John Power 41; Shane Beavan and Bryan Donaldson 39; Peter Bain and Jordan Green 38; Richard Leith and Paul Greer 37.

Nearest The Pins: Robbies: Gavin Johnson, Braided Rivers: Dave Gill, Rothburys Insurance: Mike Cotter, Netherby Meats: Ken Clucas, Charming Thai Restaurant (Longest Putt #9) Joe McGrath.

Twos: Gavin Johnson and Dave Gill.

Birdy Jackpot: # 2; Nett Eagles: # 11

Mayfield Golf Club October 7 Mid-Week Stableford Competition Jeff McNeily 39 Stableford Points, Arnold Rushton 37, Steve Cross 36, Bill Allan 35, Ian Beach 35.

Nearest the Pin: Steve Cross.

Rakaia Golf Club October 7, Ladies Division LGU, Scott Trophy, Hidden Holes Bronze A Sally Smith 94-22-72, Bronze B Sue Martin 102-30-72 J. Watts Trophy: Sally Smith and Sue Martin jointly.

Railway Tavern 2nd shot no 3: Jill Burrowes; Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot no 6: Sally Smith; V Bell Nearest Pin no 8: Sue Martin; Chertsey Spraying 2nd shot no 15: Sue Martin; S. Quinn 2nd shot no 17: Sue Martin

Tinwald Golf Club October 8, Twilight, Par

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates after winning the Formula One Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom, in Sochi, Russia, yesterday. Second placed Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany is just coming down the straight.

AP PHOTO Leading scores in the par round played on Thursday were: 0-6: Michael Thomas 3 up, Brent Smith 2 up, Brock Peddie 2 up. 7-10: Mata Kamate 2 up, Lucas McGee 2 up, Paul Lane 1 up, Justin Smith 1 up, Wayne Mellish square, Cameron Miller square, Gordon Rennie square, Kevin Bishop square b/l.

11 plus: Jeff McNeilly 3 up, Craig Campbell square, Arthur Pawsey square, Andy Rattray square, Selwyn Munro square b/l.

Women 0-14: Pam McAndrew 1 up.

15 plus: Karen Young 1 up, Debbie Boon square, Cynthia Bonnington 1 down.

Bayley’s nearest the pin: # 2 Richie Watson, # 12 Gordon Carter. Radio Hokonui longest drive; Mitch VanderKrogt.

Two’s: Wayne Lloyd, Gordon Carter. Holein-one: Matt Fine on # 16.

October 10 Stroke Leading scores in the stroke round played on Saturday were: Senior: Gordy Kenton 66, Brock Peddie 70.

Intermediate: Poko Parari 60, Kevin Bishop 65, Lucas McGee 69, Bruce Collins 72 b/l.

Junior: Leo Johnston 68, Kerry Whiting 71, Wayne Ross 74, Lindsay Jackson 74 b/l.

Women; (Stableford) Kirsty McAuliffe 37, Joyce VanderHeide 32 b/l.

Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liqourland # 2; Bruce Collins. Gluyas Ford # 6; Alex Millar.

Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Kevin Bishop.

Two’s: Wayne Mellish, Kevin Bishop, Simon Ross, Matt Walker, Bruce Collins, Warren Eddington.

Net Eagle; # 1 Not struck.

LPGA Malaysia Final round scores from LPGA Tour event, the LPGA Malaysia (par-71).

266: Jessica Korda (USA) 69 67 65 65 270: Stacy Lewis (USA) 72 66 65 67, Feng Shanshan (CHN) 66 69 69 66, Lydia Ko (NZL) 71 65 68 66 271: Tseng Ya Ni (TPE) 66 68 71 66 272: Jang Ha-Na (KOR) 67 65 71 69 273: Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 71 67 70 65, Mika Miyazato (JPN) 68 69 68 68, Lin Xiyu (CHN) 65 68 71 69.

Xiamen Open Final round scores from Ladies European Tour event, the Xiamen Open yesterday (par-72).

272: Yeom Hye-In (KOR) 71 68 65 68 277: Kusuma Meechai (THA) 68 69 67 73, Cheng Ssu-Chia (TPE) 72 73 64 68 279: Gwladys Nocera (FRA) 67 68 71 73, Nanna Madsen (DEN) 71 72 66 70, Lin TzuChi (TPE) 72 69 68 70 280: Ashleigh Simon (RSA) 75 70 69 66, Beth Allen (USA) 71 69 69 71, Nontaya Srisawang (THA) 73 69 70 68 281: Elizabeth Young (ENG) 70 68 72 71, Zhang Weiwei (CHN) 72 67 72 70, Nicole Broch Larsen (DEN) 70 72 70 69, Chien Pei-Yun (TPE) 71 67 72 71

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Results from the GP Russia yesterday (53 laps): 1. Lewis Hamilton (ENG/MER) 1hr 37m 11.02s 2. Sebastian Vettel (GER/FER) +5.953 3. Sergio Perez (MEX/FOR) 28.918 4. Felipe Massa (BRA/WIL) 38.831 5. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/RBR) 47.566 6. Felipe Nasr (BRA/SAU) 56.508 7. Pastor Maldonado (VEN/LOT) 1min 1.0 8. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/FER) 1min 12.3 9. Jenson Button (ENG/MLA) 1min 19.4 10. Max Verstappen (NED/TOR) 1min 28.4 11. Fernando Alonso (ESP/MLA) 1min 31.2 12. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/WIL) DNF 1 lap 13. Roberto Merhi (ESP/MAR) 1 lap 14. Will Stevens (ENG/MAR) 2 laps 15. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/RBR) DNF 6 laps Not classified: Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/TOR) 7 laps Romain Grosjean (FRA/LOT) 42 laps Nico Rosberg (GER/MER) 46 laps Marcus Ericsson (SWE/SAU) 53 laps Nico Hulkenberg (GER/FOR) 53 laps

Bathurst 1000 Collated results and standings from the Bathurst 1000, the tenth round of the series, at Mount Panorama - Bathurst (circuit 6.213km) on Sunday: Race 1 (161 laps - 1000km) 1. Craig Lowndes (Holden) 6hr 16m 7.70sec 2. Mark Winterbottom (Ford) 6:16:09.07 3. Garth Tander (Holden) 6:16:11.65 4. Fabian Coulthard (Holden) 6:16:12.12 5. Scott McLaughlin (Volvo) 6:16:17.42 6. David Reynolds (Ford) 6:16:18.68 7. Jason Bright (Holden) 6:16:19.71 8. Shane Van Gisbergen (Holden) 6:16:22.01 9. Lee Holdsworth (Holden) 6:16:22.42 10. James Moffat (Nissan) 6:16:27.89 11. Jack Perkins (Holden) 6:16:28.90 12. Will Davison (Mercedes) 6:16:29.33 13. Michael Caruso (Nissan) 6:16:37.28 14. Tim Slade (Holden) 6:16:39.29 15. Dale Wood (Holden) 6:16:39.68 Championship Points 1. Mark Winterbottom (Ford) 2491 2. Craig Lowndes (Holden) 2092 3. David Reynolds (Ford) 2059 4. Chaz Mostert (Ford) 2017 5. Fabian Coulthard (Holden) 1934 6. Garth Tander (Holden) 1892 7. Shane Van Gisbergen (Holden) 1800 8. Jamie Whincup (Holden) 1688 9. Scott McLaughlin (Volvo) 1434 10. Rick Kelly (Nissan) 1415

■ Petanque Ashburton MSA Petanque Club October 10 Mixed Drawn Doubles Trophy Winners: Bev Attewell and Richard Browne; Runners up: Mick Little and Marion Harrison.

October 3 Masterton Flock 8 flyers entered 74 birds Winners Flying Time 6 hours 2 minutes 2 seconds.

1st T. Drummond 1284.030 mpm 2nd N. Martin 1282.048 mpm 3rd S. Davidson 1281.012 mpm 4th M. Davidson 1279.330 mpm 5th L. Davidson 1279.272 mpm 6th L. Wilson 1278.743 mpm 7th N. Martin 1277.092 mpm 8th L. Quinn 1276.988 mpm Masterton Pairs Cup 8 flyers entered 16 birds 1st L. Quinn 1262.077 mpm 2nd S. Davidson 1248.297 mpm 3rd L. Davidson 1235.373 mpm 4th L. Wilson 1216.592 mpm 5th M. Davidson 1110.322 mpm Masterton Flock & 300 mile cup & 1st leg of Fransen Shield October 11 8 flyers entered 77 birds Winners Flying Time 5 hours 29 minutes 20 seconds 1st M. Davidson 1391.078 mpm 2nd L. Davidson 1387.987 mpm 3rd M. Davidson 1385.328mpm 4th L. Quinn 1381.622 mpm 5th L. Quinn 1381.273 mpm 6th N. Martin 1368.408 mpm 7th N. Martin 1366.858 mpm 8th T. Drummond 1349.120 mpm 9th L. Wilson 1340.422 mpm 10th L. Wilson 1329.336 mpm 11th L.Davidson 1328.742 mpm 12th R. Cornwall 1322.732 mpm 13th T. Drummond 1306.403 mpm 14th S. Drummond 1303.667 mpm 15th S. Davidson 1302.385 mpm

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from the first round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league competition: Mick Hooper lost to Ed Harrison 1-2, Phil Andrew drew with Chris Thompson 2-2, Jock O’Connor beat Pat Summerfield 2-1, Rebecca Abernethy lost to Marie Kennedy 1-2, Craig Campbell beat Jock O’Connor 2-1, Marie Kennedy beat Chrissie Stratford 2-1, Kyla Murphy lost to Charlotte Smith 1-2.

Brendon Adam beat Lawrence McCormick 5-0, Ben Kruker beat Sam Harrison 3-0, James McCloy beat Mark O’Grady 3-1, Rob Beale beat Pete Blacklow 3-1, Kendra Hall lost to Ange Harris 1-4, Marie Kennedy beat Robbie Kok 3-1, Jordan Hooper drew with Cath Blacklow 2-2.

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis Twilight Tennis October 7 Section 1

Tridents 16 v Get A Grip 17, A N Other 17 v Tradies 16, Famous Grouse 17 v The Hackers 16, Don’t Blame Me 12 v Electric Donkey Bottom Biters 21, High Raters 19 v Brophy Knight 14, Spare Parts 16 v Misfits 17, ADC Aces 13 v Council Crew 20.

Section 2 Sapphires 11 v The Racquetters 22, The Twilight Ferns 14 v Rob’s Mob 19, The Unknowns 12 v TBC 21, Hit 4 Brains 20 v The Racketeers 13, Baseline Bandits 19 v Vegue & Co 14.

October 10 A Grade Fairton beat Allenton 54 games to 52 T. Brosnahan & P. Crozier lost to R. Cromie & B. Looij 1-6, 4-6, D. Taylor & M. Tyne beat H. Dargue & N. Thomassen 6-2, 6-2, T. Brosnahan lost to R. Cromie 2-6, 0-6, P. Crozier beat B. Looij 7-6 (8-6), 6-1, D. Taylor beat H. Dargue 6-3, 6-0; M. Tyne lost to N. Thomassen 5-7, 5-7.

Southern lost to Hampstead 6 matches to 0: G. Feutz & C. Murdoch lost to A. Mitchell & Connor Brosnahan 2-6, 2-6, O. McKeown & C. Stock lost to Christal Brosnahan & A. Reid 2-6, 1-6, G. Feutz lost to A. Mitchell 6-7 (4-7), 1-6; C. Murdoch lost to Connor Brosnahan 3-6, 1-6, C. Stock lost to B. Donaldson 4-6, 4-6, O. McKeown lost to Christal Brosnahan 2-6, 1-6.

A Reserve Methven lost to Hampstead 5 matches to 1 I.Talbot & L. Muckle lost to J. Brosnahan & T. McCaw 0-6, 0-6, R. Taggart & J. Molloy lost to L. Schikker & J. Aschen 0-6, 4-6, I. Talbot lost to J. Brosnahan 2-6, 1-6; L. Muckle lost to T. McCaw 2-6, 1-6, R. Taggart lost to L. Schikker 6-7, (3-7), 0-6, J. Molloy beat J. Aschen 6-1, 6-1.

Tinwald beat Allenton/Wakanui 45 games to 44 D. Scott & J. Millar lost to M. Looij & R. Twamley 1-6, 0-6, J. Jones & S. Millar beat C. Paul & J. Settle 6-2, 6-1, D. Scott beat M. Looij 6-1, 6-0, J. Jones lost to R. Twamley 1-6, 1-6, J. Millar beat C. Paul 6-3, 6-1, S. Millar lost to J. Settle 3-6, 3-6, B Grade Rakaia Blue lost to Tinwald Orange 5 matches to 1 H. Helem & A. Bassett lost to H. Tawatoa & L. Scott 4-9, J. Helem & T. Bassett lost to C. Donaldson & M. Langley 5-9, H. Helem lost to H. Tawatoa 0-6, 2-6, J. Helem beat L. Scott 6-7, 6-4, 1-0 (11-9), T. Bassett lost to C. Donaldson 1-6, 2-6, A. Bassett lost to M Langley 0-6, 3-6.

Dorie lost to Southern Warriors 6 matches to 0 L. Pye & F. Pye lost to A. Watt & R. Watt 8-9 (1-7), H. Sloper & C. Tamakana lost to A. McKeown & L. Adams 1-9, L. Pye lost to A. Watt 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 0-1 (4-10), F. Pye lost to R. Watt 3-6, 4-6, H. Sloper lost to A. McKeown 1-6, 2-6, C. Tamakana lost to L. Adams 1-6, 1-6.

Hampstead lost to Methven 6 matches to 0 T. Wilson & Z. Diedricks lost to J. Sheridan & C. Hollings 5-9, L. Prendergast & Z. Aschen lost to N. Alombro & J. Sheridan 4-9, T. Wilson lost to J. Sheridan 6-7, 2-6, Z. Diedricks lost to N. Alombro 6-7, 6-2, 0-1 (7-10), L. Prendergast lost to C. Hollings 1-6, 5-7, Z. Aschen lost to J. Sheridan 3-6., 3-6.

Junior B Hampstead beat Dorie/Rakaia 6 matches to 0 O. Bubb & A. Spicer beat M. Veix & J. Slater 6-2, J. Williams & J. Barry beat M. Hopkins & M. Helem 6-1, O. Bubb beat M. Veix 9-3; A. Spicer beat J. Slater 9-1, J. Williams beat M. Hopkins 9-6, J. Barry beat M. Helem 9-0.

Junior C Dorie beat Hinds Southern Stars 5 matches to 1 B. Sloper & S. Pye beat S. Hansen & J. Furrer 6-5, B. Surridge & S. Kingsbury beat C. O’Connell & S. Sheppard 6-2, B. Sloper beat S. Hansen 6-3, B. Surridge beat C. O’Connell 6-4, S. Pye beat S. Sheppard 6-4, S. Kingsbury lost to J. Furrer 3-6.

Southern Sting beat Allenton 33 games to 29 K. Olawale & R. McKeown lost to A. Amos & I. Harris 5-6, S. Kingston & E. Kingston lost to D. Gilbert & A. Harries 5-6, K. Olawale beat A. Amos 6-3, R. McKeown beat I. Harris 6-5, S. Kingston lost to D. Gilbert 5-6, E. Kingston beat A. Harris 6-3.

Grade Unknown Wakanui/Southern Wild Slammers beat Methven Red 4 matches to 2 L. Peck & W. Copland beat J. McDonald & M. Hydes 7-6 (7-3), J. Adams & G. Austin lost to G. Holdsworth & M. Farrell 2-6, L. Peck beat J. McDonald 9-4, J. Adams beat G. Holdsworth 9-6, W. Copland beat M. Hydes 9-5, G. Austin lost to M. Farrell 0-9.

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Eye on the ball . . .

Hayne goes close Jarryd Hayne was stopped just short of a first touchdown and the San Francisco 49ers came agonisingly close to a badly-needed NFL victory against the New York Giants yesterday. The 49ers led 27-23 with 21 seconds left in the game and appeared set to break their three-game losing streak. But the Giants stormed back to win 30-27.

Giants quarterback Eli Manning led his team to the match-winning touchdown on an eight-play, 82-yard drive capped off with a pinpoint pass to tight end Larry Donnell in the end zone.

- AAP

Nine ‘not possible’ Six-time Bathurst 1000 winner Craig Lowndes believes it will be impossible to catch mentor Peter Brock’s record nine titles. But he now has his sights firmly set on overtaking leader Mark Winterbottom to claim a fourth V8 Supercars title - and first since 1999 - this season. A day after joining Larry Perkins and Mark Skaife on six Bathurst wins, Lowndes was keenly anticipating the battle with his Holden rival over the remaining four rounds of the championship. - AAP

What was he thinking?

Oliver McKeown returns with a forehand during his singles match against Christal Brosnahan at the Mid Canterbury tennis centre on Saturday during his 2-6, 1-6 loss.

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■ CYCLING

Harcourt takes cup honours John Harcourt timed his charge to the line to perfection to claim victory and lift the Wakanui Cup in Tinwald Cycling Club’s 35km handicap around the Wakanui-Hakatere block on Sunday.

Harcourt and his co-markers never let off chasing down the front markers, catching them in the dying stages of the race.

Liz Wylie pulled out a top

DRAWS ■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club October 16 Toyota Friday Triples The following skips have entered teams:J Argyle, N Atkinson, T Blain, L Connell, G Crack, J Dennis, G Eder, M Eder, D Gutberlet, B Harper, B Harrison, G Hawkins, R Herriott, B Holdom, T Johnson, C Leech, J Smart, B Marsden, J Martin, E Maw, B Neilson, M Quinn, M Reid, J Ryk, N Sharplin, M Smallridge, A Smith, G Taylor, W Watts, B White, B Williams, B Saussey.

Inquiries to J Ryk Phone 3087907. jandjryk@xtra.co.nz

Bowls Mid Canterbury October 18 Representative Teams to play the Triangular Tournament - 9.30am start.

All players $15 per player for catering.

Men – Playing at the Ashburton Bowling Club.

Seniors: Team 1 Singles: B Mayson Pairs: B Mayson, M Anderson Triples: G Bishop, G Eder, C Youngman

shelf effort to secure the second place spoils with newcomer Gerard Morrison showing he is a quick learner to take the final podium position.

Ben Sutton, Don Morrison, and Lucy Kirwan rounded out the top six.

Chris Karton covered the course in 50.04secs to take fastest time honours with co-markers Tony Ward and Steve Hands

securing second and third time.

The juniors and division two contested a 16km handicap event. Matheson Colquhoun continued his strong early season form to secure the win in a hard fought sprint to the line with second place getter Maddie Lowry.

Ethan Titheridge carried on from his sterling efforts at the recent Yunca Junior Tour of

Fours: G Bishop, A Crawford, G Eder, C Youngman Team 2: Singles: M Bassett Pairs: R Greaney, M Bassett Triples: A Crawford, P Whinham, D Kinvig Fours: R Greaney, P Whinham, M Anderson, D Kinvig Reserves: R Holdom, G Clarke Development: Team 1: Singles: R Kane Pairs: R Kane, J Drayton Triples: R Coyle, J Lattimore, B Redmond Fours: R Coyle, J Drayton, J Lattimore, B Redmond Women – Playing at the Allenton Bowling Club Seniors: Team 1: Singles: C Bassett Pairs: M Sullivan H Goodall Triples: M Middleton, C Bassett, V Bell Fours: M Sullivan, H Goodall, M Middleton, V Bell Team 2: Singles: N Woods Pairs: R Bennett, W Blackwell Triples: N Woods, R Isherwood, W Herriott Fours: R Bennett, R Isherwood, W Herriott, W Blackwell Reserves: R Head, L Spargo Manager: S Holdom Development:

Team 1 Singles: W Suttie Pairs: W Suttie, D Bruce Triples: J Ryk, J Kingsbury, A Reid Fours: D Bruce, J Kingsbury, J Ryk, A Reid Team 2: Singles: D Vanderweg Pairs: W Watson, S Doig Triples: S Mellish, D Vanderweg, R Davies Fours: W Watson, S Mellish, R Davies, S Doig Reserves: A Sargisson, O Collins, J Harris Managers: S Holdom, J Hammond

■ Golf Ashburton County Ladies Vets Golf October 16 At Ashburton. Cost $8.00. Please bring something for raffle table. We buy our lunch as Ashburton have a caterer.

Ashburton Golf Club October 17 The finals of the Watson Cup and Newton Trophy will be played. For those not involved in the match play a Stroke round will be played.

Number 1 Tee 12.00 P May & K Clucas vs T O’Reilly & K Smith 12.07 V Carr & J Dudley vs P Bradford & B Hawksby.

Starting Time: Morning 8.00am; After-

Southland to take third place.

Abe O’Donnell also built on his successful trip south to take fastest time honours from Mitchel Fitzsimons and Caitlin Titheridge.

Janette Hooper took the division two win with Kerry Clough in second position.

Next week the club contests a handicap event around the Dawsons Road block. noon Report at 11.30 for an 12.00 start.

Saturday Starters: Starting from the Pro Shop. Results Match Committee October 18 The Ashburton Golf Club Leftis Tournament will be held with a starting time of 11am (report at 10.30). Open to all Left handed golfers, morning tea at 10.30am

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis Junior, October 17, Round 2 All games to start at 9am sharp. B Grade - played at ATTC. Duty Team Hampstead Tinwald Orange v Dorie; Hinds Southern Warriors v Hampstead; Allenton v Methven Green; Bye – Rakaia Blue.

Junior A & Junior B Combined Grade Longbeach/Willowby v Allenton at Allenton; Methven Silver v Dorie/Rakaia B at Methven Domain; Hampstead/Tinwald v Hampstead at Hampstead; Wakanui Southern Wild Slammers v Hinds Southern/Allenton v at Hinds; Bye – Methven Red. Junior C Hinds Southern Stars v Hampstead at Hampstead; Rakaia Rascals v Methven Black at Rakaia; Allenton v Methven White at Mt Hutt College; Hinds Southern Stingers v Dorie C at Dorie Hall.

Please phone any defaults through to Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis 308 3020 as soon as possible.

A devastated Jamie Whincup has tried to answer the glaring question that emerged in the aftermath of a Bathurst campaign that may have killed off his V8 Supercars title defence. Whincup quickly became the butt of cruel social media jokes after ignoring team orders while in Great Race contention then bombing out - for the second straight year. Even Holden rival Garth Tander couldn’t resist when Whincup’s teammate Craig Lowndes was asked postrace how their Red Bull boss Roland Dane would deal with the debacle. “Refer to last year’s notes?” Tander interjected. - AAP

Hamilton cruises in Lewis Hamilton took full advantage of Mercedes’ team-mate Nico Rosberg’s mechanical misfortunes to seize a commanding victory in the incident-filled Russian Grand Prix yesterday. The defending two-time world champion started second on the grid, inherited the lead when Rosberg retired after seven laps with throttle pedal problems, and claimed his ninth win of the season and 42nd of his career with ease. That lifted the Briton up to 302 points in the world championship, with Sebastian Vettel, who took second in his Ferrari, now on 236 points, 66 adrift, and Rosberg on 229. -AFP

Djokovic dominant Novak Djokovic has crushed his ageold rival Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-2 to seal his sixth China Open title. The world No.1 underlined his superiority as he thrashed a fading Nadal in Beijing for his 29th win at an event he also won in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Djokovic won three of the four grand slam finals this year and shows no signs of slowing down at the end of the season after losing only 18 games in his romp to the Chinese title.

Djokovic is also closing on Nadal’s record for winning starts to a tournament after he racked up 31 before his first defeat at the French Open.

- AFP

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■ CRICKET

Preseason hiccup for 1st X1

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Ashburton College’s 1st XI fell to a seven wicket loss in their final preseason fixture against Waitaki Boys’ High School at Milner Park in Oamaru on Sunday.

College won the toss and elected to bat first in fine conditions, but faced the wrath of Nathan Smith.

Smith, who plays for Otago A, bowled at pace with an away swing which cut back and hit Michael Burton’s off stump.

Josh Gill and Tom Ravenscroft dug in and survived Smith’s barrage before the latter was dismissed by seamer Dallas Mahuika.

Mahuika then removed Ben Niles for five, before Josh Gill’s patient knock was ended with a feathered nick to the wicket keeper.

Zach Naldrett didn’t last long, clipping one off his pad straight to square leg, leaving College at 55 for 6.

Liam O’Connor and Gareth Hunt showed some resistance, putting on 36 in quick time before O’Connor was caught at

deep mid-wicket for 30 and Hunt quickly followed after being beaten for pace by Smith.

Local boy Glen McClea then helped Waitaki with his left arm over deliveries, accounting for Sam Hall and Scott Punselie.

The innings was completed with the loss of Josh Buchanan who couldn’t quite clear mid-off with College all out for 103 in the 36th over.

O’Connor (30) was College’s best with the bat while Mahuika was Waitaki’s most economical bowler taking 3 for 13 from his seven overs.

Hall claimed College’s first wicket but Smith and Mahuika then took the game out of Ashburton’s reach.

Mahuika fell at 48 off 34 balls to a good catch at mid-wicket by Thom Graham.

Punselie managed to claim Smith’s wicket with a sharp piece of keeping by Zach Naldrett, who stumped Smith fractionally out of his crease for 37, but WBHS chased down College’s total in the 13th over.

Ashburton College will next be in action against Riccarton High School on Saturday.

Test for Ali Baba Ali Baba’s performance at Te Rapa on Labour Day Monday will determine whether he heads to Christchurch for the Gr.1 Sothys NZ 2000 Guineas. “He’ll go to the Sarten Memorial and if he puts his hand up again there then he’ll have a crack at the Guineas,” said Nick Fairweather, racing manager of trainers Michael Moroney and Chad Ormsby. Ali Baba emerged as a black type contender at Matamata on Saturday when he broke his maiden in three-year-old company at his second appearance. - NZME

Hover out for a spell Talented but erratic galloper Hover has been sent for a break to allow Mother Nature to take its course.

“He’s gone to the paddock,” trainer Allan Sharrock said. “At his last start he just didn’t want to be there so he’ll have a couple of months off and hopefully all the bad traits will go away.” An impressive winner of two races at Trentham last season, Hover’s barrier and racing manners have let him down in a couple of subsequent runs.

- NZME

Group One goal The Gr.1 Hong Kong Mile is the target for the impressive New Zealand-bred Packing Pins. Unbeaten in his last five starts for trainer Ricky Yiu, the five-year-old has a career record of six wins from nine appearances and the son of Pins will make his next appearance in the Gr.2 Sha Tin Trophy. “We will throw him in the deep end, he can run there and then three weeks later in the Jockey Club Mile to prove himself worthy,” Yiu said. “The aim has always been to go for the Hong Kong Mile, but he still needs to get his rating high enough.”

- NZME

Liam O’Connor top-scored for Ashburton College with 30 during the seven wicket loss in Oamaru.

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■ SELFIE

Guineas start in the balance for Selfie Distance doubts with Selfie have cast a shadow over earlier plans to target the Gr.1 Sothys NZ 2000 Guineas with last season’s Karaka Million runner-up.

The Pukekohe three-yearold might be steady at $14 in the market for the November 7 mile classic, but the odds of him getting to Christchurch have drifted.

M3 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 13 Oct 2015 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.02pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C1, 295m 1 27823 Culvie Godfather 17.53 H & ................Taylor 2 13888 Homebush Fine 17.65 ............J T McInerney 3 34455 Bizarro 17.59 S & ............................ B Evans 4 45455 Opal Jewel 17.51 .........................C Roberts 5 37466 Sam’s Flyin Norm nwtd ...................J Tanner 6 56226 Pukeko Thunder nwtd ....................C Healey 7 22617 Lucas Scott 17.77 ........................ L Waretini 8 36842 Wally Baxter nwtd ..................J T McInerney 9 86378 Morning Gypsy 17.75 C & .................. Fagan 10 78x46 Air Flow nwtd ............................ M Robinson 2 12.22pm DOGZONE DASH C1, 295m 1 25122 Whip Uppa Storm 17.77............ G T Bennett 2 27564 Kyla Rose 17.32 .....................J T McInerney 3 75562 Ohoka Coby 17.13 ....................... L Waretini 4 16417 Theseus 17.59 ..........................R Blackburn 5 x4624 Sonny Will nwtd......................... M Robinson 6 36777 Hat Trick Chaos nwtd .......................A Joyce 7 52534 Know Fault 17.24 ...........................G Cleeve 8 65575 Memphis Girl 17.42 S & .................. B Evans 9 67368 Foxy Babe 17.87 C & ......................... Fagan 10 46648 Glory Hog 17.55 .....................J T McInerney 3 12.42pm KOLORFUL KANVAS STAKES C1, 520m 1 64525 Unova Bale 30.45.........................C Roberts 2 24562 Elwood Sensation nwtd.............R Blackburn 3 14625 Know Thanks 30.96 .......................G Cleeve

Selfie was unplaced last time out in the Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas and while he has taken no harm from the run, it has raised questions.

“He’s eaten well since and he’s as good as gold,” trainer Richard Collett said.

“He was a little bit above himself in the birdcage and he just over-raced and didn’t relax.

“I may take the blinkers off him at his next start and try him again at 1400 metres.”

The race in question is the Gr.3 James & Annie Sarten Memorial at Te Rapa on Labour Day Monday.

“I don’t want to close the door on him getting 1400, but he might be better suited at 1200,” Collett said. “In the

Trainer eyes Millions Star sprinter Buffering has raced in four Australian states and travelled to Hong Kong but has never travelled down the highway from Brisbane to the Gold Coast.

That could change this season with trainer Robert Heathcote eyeing the Magic Millions carnival in January in preference to the Perth summer sprints. Buffering will have his next start in the Group One Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday week.

- AAP

Sires’ Produce last season he had his chance and didn’t run it out and the other day at Hastings he didn’t relax. It’s one step at a time and we’ll look at the all the options.”

Meanwhile, Selfie’s stablemate Untamed Diamond is likely to make her next appearance in the three-year-old sprint at Rotorua on Saturday. - NZME

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway

1 38827 Zulu Deb 17.51 ...............................J Tanner 4 76633 Opawa Gavin 30.63 L & ..................... Wales 9 67368 Foxy Babe 17.87 C & ......................... Fagan 2 83778 Mulberry Brook 17.45................... K Cassidy 10 27557 Big John Canon 17.54 ...........M K Dempsey 5 25145 Rushcuter Action 30.89 S & ............ B Evans 3 54766 Grayson Blue 17.63 .........................S Stone 9 2.42pm OPAWA BOWL JACK TAVERN STKS C1, 520m 6 64825 Pukeko Bolt nwtd ...........................B Healey 4 45561 Brindee’s Bro nwtd .........................C Healey 7 33483 Goldstar Rosie 30.67 S & ............... B Evans 1 31131 Opawa Zena 30.64 J & ...................D Fahey 5 32457 Baduzzi 17.51 ........................J T McInerney 8 76255 Infernal Majesty 30.98 M & ...............Jopson 2 22267 Jinja Billy 30.68 ............................ L Waretini 6 3F235 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M &..................... Smith 9 3578x In The Boot nwtd J & .......................D Fahey 3 3117F Dinero Action nwtd S & ................... B Evans 7 55463 Summer Love 17.53 .........................A Joyce 10 76718 Solstice 30.57 .................................. B Dann 4 65315 Goldstar Archie nwtd S & ................ B Evans 8 55367 Ohoka Faith 17.44........................ L Waretini 4 1.02pm GLENBYRE TAVERN DASH C1, 295m 5 57352 Luminary nwtd...........................R Blackburn 9 67368 Foxy Babe 17.87 C & ......................... Fagan 1 77438 Sasha McBell nwtd ................J T McInerney 6 27178 Opawa Minstrel 30.94 L & .................. Wales 10 45776 Know Struggle 17.34 ......................G Cleeve 2 44253 Uno James nwtd L & .......................... Wales 7 56644 Hip Hop Sofia 30.78 .................. A Bradshaw 3 41785 Zippora Blaze 17.43 M &...................Jopson 7 2.02pm CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO STKS C1, 520m 8 87343 Nina Baxter nwtd....................J T McInerney 1 75748 Lagoon May 30.57 .......................C Roberts 4 12286 Another Charm 17.75.............J T McInerney 9 3578x In The Boot nwtd J & .......................D Fahey 2 72516 With Pride 30.51 .............................. B Dann 10 16458 Candid Angel 30.88 ......................... B Dann 5 44848 Cawbourne Pirate 17.38 ....................C Weir 3 12665 Know Worth 30.72..........................G Cleeve 10 3.00pm CAROL’S TAB SPRINT C1, 295m 6 64468 Skillz Taylor 17.51 ........................ L Waretini 4 8758x Girl Magic 30.65 M & ........................Jopson 7 42324 Technic nwtd .................................R Adcock 1 43188 Harsesis 17.76 ..........................R Blackburn 5 22644 Long Stockings 31.37 ............... A Bradshaw 8 35351 Mandi Mae 17.50 C & ........................ Fagan 2 76688 Fair Cruzin 17.38....................J T McInerney 6 52382 Opawa Gumisie 30.99 L & ................. Wales 9 86378 Morning Gypsy 17.75 C & .................. Fagan 3 31232 Captain Shazz 17.62 C &................... Fagan 7 43224 Private Action 31.14 S & ................. B Evans 10 67865 Slingo 17.75 .............................. M Robinson 4 78732 Tilt nwtd.........................................R Adcock 5 1.22pm GREYHOUND AS PETS STAKES C1, 520m 8 24317 Acamas 30.71 ...........................R Blackburn 5 32443 Hayley James 17.69..................... L Waretini 1 76433 Maudie’s Babe 30.84 C & .................. Fagan Emergencies: 6 71421 Mighty Mac 17.48...............................C Weir 9 3578x In The Boot nwtd J & .......................D Fahey 2 41 Midnight Action nwtd J &.................D Fahey 7 48577 Homebush Spike 17.45 ..........J T McInerney 10 58F55 Opawa Rocky 30.50 L & ....................

Wales 3 46174 Opawa Born 30.43 L &....................... Wales 8 51624 Max Brainstrain 17.58 M & .................. Smith 4 67336 Jewel Apache 30.66 S & ................. B Evans 8 2.22pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO DASH C1, 295m 9 86378 Morning Gypsy 17.75 C & .................. Fagan 1 35632 Peyton Sawyer 17.61 ................... L Waretini 10 78756 Katie Ate It 17.94 ...................... M Robinson 5 16416 Spine Chilling 30.62 ......................... B Dann 2 55475 Ohoka Too Soon 17.77 ................ L Waretini 11 3.18pm CTV DASH C1, 295m 6 71856 Pukeko Prowler 30.64 ....................B Healey 3 47334 Our John 17.60 ............................S Hindson 7 45135 Opawa Peaches 31.03 L &................. Wales 1 37836 Another Key nwtd ...................J T McInerney 4 37238 Verbatim 17.66 ............................. K Cassidy 8 33232 Know Clown 30.80 .........................G Cleeve 2 42764 That’s A Wrap 17.45 H &.....................Taylor 5 33242 Giganaire 17.41 S &........................ B Evans 9 3578x In The Boot nwtd J & .......................D Fahey 3 37452 Tayla’s Friend 17.61 ..................... K Cassidy 6 1678 Magic Dozer 17.71 .................... G T Bennett 10 34567 Goldstar Coco 30.74 S & ................ B Evans 4 21183 Royal Action 17.37 S & ................... B Evans 6 1.42pm GARRARD’S HORSE & HOUND SPRINT 7 8x8x1 High On Vee 17.94 .......................A Williams 5 3221 Ohoka Billy 17.77 ......................... L Waretini 8 71846 Another Russ 17.71 ...............J T McInerney 6 75543 Car Bootle 17.62 ....................... M Robinson C1, 295m

7 8 9 10

x4712 Cosmic Chelsea 17.36 M & ............P Binnie 68757 Opawa Viv nwtd L & ........................... Wales 86378 Morning Gypsy 17.75 C & .................. Fagan 55767 Hooray For Hazel 17.56 M & ............... Smith 12 3.34pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 16854 Lin Baxter nwtd ......................J T McInerney 2 84221 Archies Dijon 17.56 M & ...................Jopson 3 7787x Mega Volt nwtd......................... A Botherway 4 8x772 Star Apache nwtd S & ..................... B Evans 5 53766 Ohoka Hope 17.38 ....................... L Waretini 6 23473 Candyboy 17.66 C & .......................... Fagan 7 75771 Belfast Eejit 17.52 ..................J T McInerney 8 74554 Will Excite 17.28 .......................... L Waretini 9 67368 Foxy Babe 17.87 C & ......................... Fagan 10 75776 Billy West 17.18 .....................M K Dempsey

SELECTIONS

Race 1: Culvie Godfather, Opal Jewel, Pukeko Thunder Race 2: Ohoka Coby, Kyla Rose, Know Fault, Sonny Will Race 3: Elwood Sensation, Rushcuter Action, In The Boot Race 4: Zippora Blaze, Mandi Mae, Technic, Cawbourne Pirate Race 5: Midnight Action, Know Clown, Opawa Born, In The Boot Race 6: Baduzzi, Coleridge Jim, Ohoka Faith, Zulu Deb Race 7: With Pride, Private Action, Lagoon May, Know Worth Race 8: Peyton Sawyer, Our John, High On Vee, Magic Dozer Race 9: Opawa Zena, Jinja Billy, Luminary, In The Boot Race 10: Mighty Mac, Tilt, Hayley James, Fair Cruzin Race 11: Cosmic Chelsea, Royal Action, Ohoka Billy, Car Bootle Race 12: Archies Dijon, Will Excite, Ohoka Hope, Candyboy 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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■ RUGBY

North v south battle looms

By Darren Walton Ireland’s defeat of France has raised the alluring prospect of an all-southern hemisphere semi-final line-up for the first time in Rugby World Cup history.

In an intriguing scenario, all four quarter-finals this weekend will be north versus south affairs, with New Zealand, Australia and South Africa - winners of six of the previous seven World Cups - all well fancied to advance to the last four.

The All Blacks tackle France in a sequel to their 2011 final in New Zealand, the Wallabies take on Scotland and the Springboks face Wales.

Argentina, surprise semi-finalists in France in 2007, have the chance to reach the penultimate stage again when they square off with Ireland.

Only this time it would be no shock to see the Pumas, a vastly improved outfit since gaining Rugby Championship exposure in 2012, in the semi-finals of the global showpiece.

Despite the long-time dominance of New Zealand, Aus-

tralia and South Africa, 1999 is the only time three southern hemisphere sides have featured in the Rugby World Cup semifinals.

All four making it in this edition will be another hammer blow to the home nations following hosts England’s humiliating pool-stage exit from the tournament.

But it is certainly on the cards.

Three-time runners-up France have a history of producing World Cup boilovers, particularly against New Zealand, but it is hard to see Les Bleus pulling off any such upset this time around.

After an unconvincing opening to their title defence, the All Blacks are starting to warm to the occasion, a 47-9 destruction of Tonga in their final pool match reaffirming their World Cup favouritism.

France couldn’t manage a try in a Pool D-deciding 24-9 loss to Ireland and their insipid attack is a huge concern heading into their quarter-final showdown with the top-ranked All Blacks in Cardiff on Saturday.

Happiness is avoiding the All Blacks: The Irish celebrate beating France yesterday.

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Australia have lost two of their past three clashes with Scotland but coach Michael Cheika has moved quickly to nip any complacency in the bud, saying it would be foolish to look beyond Sunday’s clash at Twickenham.

“They’re all tough games now.

They’re all knockout,” Cheika said after the Wallabies secured top spot in Pool A with a courageous 15-6 denial of Wales on Sunday.

With their strongest side available, third-ranked Wales would ordinarily fancy their chances of toppling the fourthranked Springboks.

But Warren Gatland’s injuryravaged Red Dragon will need to conjure something special to keep their World Cup hopes alive at Twickenham in Saturday’s first quarter-final.

Ireland against Argentina looks the tightest of the four quarter-finals and the tantalising prospect of the Wallabies needing to complete a grand slam sweep of the four home nations to make a fourth World Cup final remains a distinct possibility.

Ireland, though, also are a battered outfit and will likely need to conquer the Pumas without inspirational captain Paul O’Connell (leg), flanker Peter O’Mahony (knee) and goalkicking playmaker Jonny Sexton (ribs and groin). - AAP

Finishing on a high Japan ended their stunning World Cup campaign yesterday by beating the United States 28-18 to become the first nation to win three group games but fail to reach the quarter-finals. The Brave Blossoms have already caused the biggest sensation in World Cup history by beating South Africa 34-32 in their opening Pool B game. But the simple victory over the Americans gave a fitting sendoff to coach Eddie Jones, who now leaves the post having said Japan would be the “team of the tournament” if they got three wins.

- AFP

Hard road for Wales Wales will have to “do it the hard way” if they want to overturn World Cup history and lift the Webb Ellis trophy, lock Alun Wyn Jones says. Wales’ 15-6 defeat by Australia at Twickenham gave them a runners-up finish in Pool A, facing a tricky quarter-final against twotime champions South Africa rather than a less challenging clash with Scotland. Should they get past the Springboks, Wales could well face reigning champions New Zealand a team they have not beaten since 1953 - in the semi-finals.

- AFP

2015

September 19 - November 1

Sam Warburton and Alun Wyn Jones.

NZ TIMES SHOWN - WATCH ON SKY TV

RESULTS - Monday, October 12

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Pool C, Match 37

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Pool D, Match 39

64 ARGENTINA

9 FRANCE

NAMIBIA 19

IRELAND 24

Leicester City Stadium @ Midnight Monday

Millennium Stadium @ 4.45am Monday

Pool D, Match 38

Pool B, Match 40

32 ITALY

18 USA

ROMANIA 22

JAPAN 28

Kingsholm Stadium @ 8.00am Monday

Sandy Park @ 2.30am Monday

QUARTER FINALS - Sunday, October 18 & Monday, October 19 SOUTH AFRICA

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BY PATRICK MCKENDRY The All Blacks are favourites for the quarter-final clash between the two old World Cup rivals on Sunday, France coach Philippe Saint-Andre says.

Both Saint-Andre and skipper Thierry Dusautoir were extremely disappointed at the team’s performance after their 24-9 defeat to Ireland at the Millennium Stadium - the first time they have lost to the Irish in a World Cup - but know only too well they are not out of it yet.

“New Zealand are favourites, but in a game of rugby you never know,” said Saint-Andre.

“What is important for us is to stick together and to accept that today we didn’t perform well. We have to be ready for a huge, huge, huge game against the All Blacks.”

He added: “Ireland deserved to win, so no, we don’t have a choice [of opponents]. We know it’s a tough game but we’re not out of the competition.

“We need to get the spirit back and prepare to play much, much better than we did today.”

Dusautoir, who scored a try in his team’s famous quarter-final victory over the All Blacks at the Millennium Stadium eight years ago, just as he did in the 8-7 defeat in the final at Eden Park four years ago, looked like a man keen for a challenge.

“I have played 11 or 12 times against the All Blacks and not once was I in the favourites, but that did not stop France from beating them,” he said.

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the disappointment, because that’s the main feeling tonight.”

Dusautoir, named man of the match in the 2011 final before taking out player of the tournament, said: “We’re extremely disappointed.

“At halftime we were still able to win because we were only down by three points ... but then it’s true that we did not have enough continuity. There were a lot of handling errors and we were not good enough in the rucks.”

Asked if he would offer advice to his team-mates about beating the All Blacks in a World Cup, Dusautoir said: “Every match is different.

“It was a different context in 2007, a different team.

“This team today has a different history, a different experience ... we don’t need always to look back at what others did eight years ago.”

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SUMMERFIELD, Donald Francis – On October 11, 2015. Aged 81 years. Beloved husband of Barbara and father and father-in-law of Michael and Vicki, Paul and Fiona, Patrick and Wendy, Donald and Marie, Mary and Rob, and Trish. Grandy of Angela and Ross, Kent and Rachelle, Rachel and Mark, Mark and Anna, Clare, Michael, Kate and Ryan, Debbie and Cawte, Peter and Emma, Lynda and Richard, Ben, Scott and Ross, Kendra and Brendon, Angus, and great grandfather of Nico, George, Samuel, Beau, Brady, Scarlet, Lachie, Max, Ruby, Lilly, and William. The family are grateful for the outstanding care given by the staff at the Ashburton Hospital. Donations in Don’s memory to the Ashburton Palliative Care Unit would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. A Requiem Mass to celebrate Don’s life will be held at the Church of the Holy Name, Sealy Street, Ashburton WEDNESDAY, October 14, commencing at 11.00am.

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sooty 0 6:40 Sofia The First 3 0 7am My Little Pony – Friendship Is Magic 0 7:25 Matt Hatter Chronicles 3 0 7:55 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 8:20 The Octonauts 0 8:35 Tiki Tour 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Cougar Town PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle USA AO 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Tashi 0 4pm Jessie 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 N Highway Cops 7:30 My Kitchen Rules New PGR Series following New Zealand In New Plymouth, Zealand’s Highway Patrol in sporty mates Laurence and the course of their work. 0 Paul host the second instant 8pm Piha Rescue PGR A suspected restaurant, cooking a threespinal injury in Raglan; a course meal for the judges family of six are stuck in a and four rival teams. 0 cave; a search for two missing 8:30 Step Dave AO Cara endures infants. 0 school camp; Dave is left in 8:30 The Player 0 charge of the teenagers. 0 9:35 Battle Creek AO 0 9:30 Empire 0 10:35 One News 0 10:30 2 Broke Girls PGR 3 0

6am Paul Henry 9am Rachael Ray Fashion professional Stacy London gives a tour of her closet, and reveals her top essentials for summer.

9:55 Story 0 10:30 Infomercials Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage AO 1pm Dr Phil AO A woman claims her husband uses his position as a professor to manipulate women emotionally and financially.

2pm The Ricki Lake Show AO People whose lives changed in an instant discuss their experiences.

3pm The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills PGR 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:30 Million Dollar Minute 3 5pm Top Chef 6pm 3 News 7pm Story 7:30 The Block NZ – Villa Wars PGR 0 8:35 The Blacklist AO Liz escapes to the Russian embassy as the FBI corners her and Red. 0 9:30 7 Days Of Sport AO 10:35 Newsworthy

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Scaredy Squirrel 3 7:55 Rugrats 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:35 Hi-5 House 3 9am The Moe Show 0 9:10 Peppa Pig 3 9:15 Fireman Sam 0 9:25 Thomas And Friends 3 9:35 Bob The Builder 3 9:45 Wonder Pets 3 10:10 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Big Time Rush 3 5:05 Victorious 5:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 3 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 0 7pm The Simpsons 3 0 7:30 America’s Next Top Model PGR 8:30 M Lake Placid AO 3 1999 Comedy Horror.

A man-eating alligator begins picking off tourists in a quiet lake town. Bridget Fonda, Bill Pullman. 0 10:15 Burn Notice AO 3

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2pm MasterChef USA 3 The contestants must work individually, each catering for a table of 10 at a southern-style charity volunteer luncheon hosted by Paula Dean.

3pm Bondi Rescue PGR 3 When the Rooster NRL team goes surfing with lifeguards, someone is critically injured; a rescue proves difficult when Luke learns his female patient is deaf.

3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Life Flying amongst one of the largest migrations in the world; sprinting with the tiny, extraordinary-looking sengis; the biggest fight on Earth.

8:35 M Volcano PGR 1997 Drama. Tommy Lee Jones, Ann Heche, Gaby Hoffman.

10:50 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6am World Cup Weekly 7am Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) All Blacks v Tonga.

7:30 Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Day 18.

8am Rugby – World Cup (Replay) France v Ireland.

10am World Cup Weekly 11am Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Week Four.

Noon Rugby – World Cup (Replay) Samoa v Scotland.

2pm Roof Top Rugby 2:30 Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Day 18.

3pm Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Week Four.

4pm World Cup Weekly 5pm Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Day 18.

5:30 Rugby – World Cup (Replay) Australia v Wales.

7:30 World Cup Weekly From New Zealand House in London.

8:30 Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Day 18.

9pm Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Day 17.

9:30 Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) All Blacks v Tonga.

10pm Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Week Four.

11:05 American Crime AO After being freed on bail, Carter attempts to flee jurisdiction with Aubry. Midnight Perception AO 3 12:55 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 1:45 Infomercials 5:05 Faith In Action 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11:05 F Awake AO 3 (Part 2) Britten faces his conspirators as the entire police force moves in on him.

12:05 Infomercials

11:05 Entertainment Tonight 11:30 Infomercials

11:50 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:20 Home Shopping 1:50 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:20 Home Shopping

11pm World Cup Weekly From New Zealand House in London.

Midnight Rugby – World Cup (Replay) England v Uruguay.

2am Rugby – World Cup (Replay) Italy v Romania. 4am Rugby – World Cup (Replay) All Blacks v Tonga.

6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 11am The Chase 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Bob prepares to face the music. (NB. Emmerdale will be off-air for the rest of the week, returning Monday 19). 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 Faye is on borrowed time; Tina supports a worried Peter; Steve goes AWOL with his new friend. 0 1:30 Come Dine With Me PGR 3 0 2pm Four Weddings USA PGR 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Expedition Burma 7:30 Candice Tells All 8am Carter Can 8:30 Love Nature – No Ordinary Women 9:30 Jamie At Home 10am Poh’s Kitchen 10:30 Salvage Hunters 11:30 Beverly Hills Pawn Noon Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers – USA 1pm Getaway 1:30 Kindness Diaries 2pm Expedition Burma 3pm Candice Tells All 3:30 Carter Can 4pm Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 5pm Hugh’s Three Good Things 5:30 Rachel Allen’s Cake Diaries 6pm Live Here, Buy This 6:30 Buying The Bayou 7pm Auction Hunters 7:30 Location, Location, Location 8:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers A team of experts helps home owners take their next step up the property ladder.

9:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 10:30 Auction Hunters 11pm Hugh’s Three Good Things 11:30 Rachel Allen’s Cake Diaries

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Midnight Kitchen Crashers 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Candice Tells All 1:30 Carter Can 2am Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 3am Live Here, Buy This 3:30 Buying The Bayou 4am Location, Location, Location 5am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers

11pm F Devious Maids AO 0 11:55 Embarrassing Bodies AO 3 0 1am NY ER AO 3 1:30 Infomercials 2:30 The Real PGR 3 3:15 Pretty Little Liars PGR 3 0 4am Regular Show PGR 3 0 4:15 Shake It Up 3 0 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Dora Matatoa 3 2 7:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 8am Pukana 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Matika 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm Tangaroa With Pio 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Dora Matatoa 2 4:30 Penguins Of

THE BOX 6am The Glades MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Storage Wars PG 7:40 American Daredevils M 8:05 Survivor – China PG 8:55 CSI MV 9:45 Criminal Intent MV 10:35 CSI – New York MV 11:25 Helicopter Heroes – Down Under PG 11:55 Crash Investigation Unit M 12:20 CSI MV 1:10 Pawn Stars PG 1:35 CSI MV 2:25 The Glades MV 3:15 Survivor – Micronesia PG 4:05 Storage Wars PG 4:30 American Daredevils M 5pm The Simpsons PG 5:30 CSI MV 6:30 Pawn Stars PG 7pm Storage Wars PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV 8:30 Elementary MV 9:30 Suspects MVLSC 10:35 Criminal Intent MV 11:30 CSI – New York MV

WEDNESDAY

12:30 Survivor – Micronesia PG 1:20 American Daredevils M 1:45 The Glades MV 2:35 Criminal Intent MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:50 Elementary MV 4:40 Suspects MVLSC 5:35 Pawn Stars PG

SKY SPORT 2 Madagascar 3 5pm Pukana 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #HakaNation PGR 3 8pm Waiata 8:30 M The Price Of Peace AO 2015 Documentary.

10:05 Te Iti Kahurangi 3 10:35 Te Kaea 3 2 11:05 Mataora 11:35 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Bering Sea Salvation. 7:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Greener Pastures. 8:30 Mythbusters PG Dodge a Bullet. 9:30 NASA’s Unexplained Files PG Top Secret Terror. 10:30 Mythbusters PG Jato Rocket Car – Mission Accomplished?

11:30 Deadline Crime With Tamron Hall M Bones of Contention.

12:30 Deadly Sins M Papa Don’t Preach. 1:30 Most Evil M 2:30 How It’s Made PG 3pm How It’s Made PG 3:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 4:30 What On Earth? PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG 6:30 Ed Stafford – Into The Unknown PG 7:30 Ed Stafford – Into The Unknown PG 8:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 9:30 Ice Lake Rebels M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M

WEDNESDAY

12:30 Evil Kin M 1:30 Lone Star Mystery – A Disappeared Special M 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Dirty Jobs PG 5am Dual Survival M

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MOVIES PREMIERE 6:10 Close Up – Leonardo DiCaprio PG 6:40 Odd Thomas MVL 2014 Horror. Anton Yelchin, Willem Dafoe. 8:15 Haunter MC 2013 Horror. Abigail Breslin, Peter Outerbridge. 9:55 Kid Cannabis 16VLSC 2014 Comedy.

Jonathan Daniel Brown, Ron Perlman. 11:45 Smiley 16VLS 2012 Horror. Caitlin Gerard, Shane Dawson. 1:20 Wolves 16VLS 2014 Action. Lucas Till, Jason Momoa. 2:50 The Mystery Cruise M 2013 Crime. Gail O’Grady, Michelle Harrison. 4:15 Santorini Blue MLS 2011 Drama. Ice-T, Richard Belzer, Coco Austin.

6pm Prisoners 16VLC 2013 Crime.

Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal.

8:30 Think Like A Man Too MS 2014 Comedy. Adam Brody, Meagan Good. 10:20 Texas Chainsaw Massacre 18VLC 2013 Horror. Alexandra Daddario, Trey Songz. 11:50 Assault On Wall Street 18VLC 2013 Action.

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1:30 Suddenly 16VL 2013 Action.

3am Texas Chainsaw Massacre 18VLC 2013 Horror. 4:35 Santorini Blue MLS 2011 Drama.

6am Surfing – WSL World Championship (Highlights) Hurley Pro at Trestles. 7am Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Grand Final – Leeds Rhinos v Wigan Warriors. 7:30 Rugby – World Cup (Replay) All Blacks v Tonga.

9:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Saturday, Week Nine. 10am Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Hawke’s Bay v Waikato. 10:30 Rugby – ITM Cup The Blacklist (Replay) Wellington v Manawatu.

8:35pm on TV3 12:30 Boxing – AIBA World Championships (Highlights) SemiMOVIES GREATS finals, Session Two. 1pm Football – A-League (Highlights) 6:30 Groundhog Day PG Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle 1993 Comedy. Bill Murray, Jets. 1:30 Football – A-League Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliot.

Highlights Show 2pm Golf 8:10 Biography – Matt Central 3pm Surfing – WSL Damon PG 2011 Documentary.

World Championship (Highlights) 9:05 Defiance MVL 2008 Drama.

Hurley Pro at Trestles. 4pm The Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Cup Runneth Over 4:30 Football Jamie Bell. 11:20 50 First Dates – Champions League Weekly MS 2004 Comedy. Adam Sandler, 5pm Football – A-League Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider.

Highlights Show 1pm The Rainmaker MV 1997 5:30 Darts – World Grand Prix Drama. Matt Damon, Jon Voight, (Replay) Final.

Claire Danes. 3:15 Groundhog 7:30 Fox Sports News Day PG 1993 Comedy. Bill Murray, 8pm The Crowd Goes Wild Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliot.

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Sport Will the All Blacks still be celebrating after battling Les Bleus next weekend?

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All Blacks facing old nemesis

BY CHRIS RATTUE Forget 1999 and 2007.

It’s 2011 which should scare All Black supporters.

Sports lovers, hold on to your hats.

The quarter-final match against France in Cardiff, and all the history that goes with it, is what great World Cup contests are all about.

Sport is a movable feast but in the rugby tournament we keep coming back to the same delicious table.

The All Blacks may claim that the past is just that, but not the rest of us.

France and World Cups equal glory and disaster. And if you love an epic, and can get over the notion that the All Blacks have to win every World Cup, it’s time to revel in what we are

about to receive, whatever the outcome.

Make no mistake - meeting France in a World Cup quarterfinal is among the worst possible draws for the All Blacks.

The French have a history of upsetting the All Blacks, and will be charged up after ordinary efforts in the pool games.

The All Blacks meanwhile have not been tested properly while allegedly fiddling about in third gear, and don’t know the French the way they know their southern hemisphere opponents.

This clash in Cardiff is a 5050 call for my money.

In days past, and their 1999 World Cup blitz against the All Blacks is the prime example, outbreaks of blistering attack typified French rugby.

Sweeping moves would appear from under the carpet. Backs

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and forwards united, guided by something French that we don’t totally understand.

But that was before bus loads of coaches, mental skills development psycho-analysis life gurus, Olympic class weightlifters and laptop junkies got hold of rugby players.

The chances of anybody launching the sort of sustained assault that France conjured out of nowhere against the 1999 All Blacks are close to zero.

Top level test rugby can’t be played like that anymore.

But France are still more than capable of disorienting the World Cup favourites in other ways.

And the previous so-called disasters will help fertilise the seeds of doubt in the New Zealand camp and on the field especially if things don’t go their way.

France are being portrayed as a team in decline, but so are the All Blacks.

Nehe Milner-Skudder has added fizz, and Ben Smith looks raring to go. But many of their starters are veterans over the hill or not in best form.

History, history, history.

It is all over this game, and the 2011 final victory hardly calms the nerves.

Many thought the 2011 showdown would be a cake walk for the All Blacks at Eden Park, a ground where opponents fear to tread.

This view was largely reached because France were out of form and in open disarray.

There was a well-publicised split between coach Marc Lievremont and the squad he even criticised players as “spoiled brats” for going out on

the town after beating Wales in the semi-final. “(They are)always complaining, always whining and they’ve been at me for four years,” he said.

His next words are more significant though.

“It seems to be our way of functioning.

“I also told them I have a lot of affection for them,” he said.

Despite the setting and the build up, France turned up with tremendous, unforgettable force and were not even disrupted by an early All Black try at Fortress Eden Park.

Maybe the French will conjure up an argument among themselves this week. But don’t be fooled.

The All Blacks often draw the best out of France, whatever the circumstances.

- NZME

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