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FABULOUS FRIENDS Friendship is one of the most rewarding experiences a person can have, say (from left) Alasdair Freeborn, William Glassey, Jock O’Connor, Russell Small and Stu Chesmar.

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Sometimes it can take years to build a genuine friendship, other times it takes only a few weeks.

Volunteers at Ashburton IHC generally experience the latter as they get to know service users under the branch’s volunteer programme.

They say spending time with someone with an intellectual disability is a very special thing, there are no airs and graces, just living

in the moment and enjoying activities and connections.

“You can form a friendship so quickly because it’s so real,” said volunteer Alasdair Freeborn.

“It’s amazing how quickly you build real friendships, and you get quite close, you are there for each other.”

The former dairy farmer had to take early retirement for health reasons, and about three years ago found volunteering was just what he needed.

“I was struggling back then, I had to give up my job,” Freeborn said.

He was paired with service user Mark Rushton.

“I was a people person and always had been, and that was something that got taken away from me with my illness. Mark was a really special guy, we really did form an instant connection.

“It gave me a reason to get up and get out of bed in the morning and go and do something.”

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Freeborn and Rushton enjoyed many activities together and in particular liked to visit Freeborn’s friend’s lifestyle block.

Sadly, Rushton passed away about two years ago, and today Freeborn has a lasting connection to his late friend as he cares for his cat Henry.

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■ BEEHIVE

Spat over late-comers

By Matt MarkhaM and nZME matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

A parliamentary select committee meeting which collapsed yesterday morning has seen the Rangitata electorate’s two MPs go head-to-head in a classic case of the blame game.

The National MPs attending the meeting walked out in protest and accused their Labour counterparts of failing to get out of bed in time, while Labour threw back that National was being childish by standing outside the room and refusing to take part in the meeting.

Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern later admonished her Labour MPs and said that they should have been on time to the meeting and that they wasted submitters’ time.

Under Standing Orders, a meeting cannot take place unless a quorum of at least half the members are present within 10 minutes of starting time.

Caught in amongst the crossfire between to the two parties were Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon and Labour List MP from Rangitata Jo Luxton.

Both Falloon and Luxton were late substitutions into the meeting to replace colleagues.

Luxton was called in to replace an ill committee member and joined 30 seconds after the cut-off time. Falloon was there to replace Amy Adams who had another engagement at the same time.

Luxton was the first to fire up yesterday afternoon and in a statement to the Guardian said the whole situation was “disappointing”.

“It is disappointing that the most affected by the cancellation of this Select Committee meeting were submitters who had flown to Wellington from all over the country to have their say on the Budget Policy Statement,” she said.

“Had the National MPs, including Andrew Falloon, stepped back inside the room, the meeting would have proceeded and submitters from groups such as the Mental Health Foundation

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon (left) and Labour list MP Jo Luxton traded words yesterday after a select committee meeting collapsed. and Child Poverty Action group as well as Alzheimer’s, could have had the opportunity to make their submission.”

Falloon could at least agree with Luxton on the fact the whole outcome of the collapsed meeting was disappointing, but he didn’t find any other common ground with his contemporary on the subject.

“The Clerk assessed the situation at 8.10am, and after receiving further advice from a senior colleague decided to adjourn the meeting, following Standing Orders. It was her decision to make and not National’s.

“It’s incredibly disappointing that Government MPs would not turn up to the meeting when they are required to do so.

“I spent two hours on Tuesday

night preparing for the meeting and turned up early for it, as did those waiting to make submissions.

“It’s disrespectful that Government MPs wouldn’t give submitters the courtesy of doing the same.”

Ardern criticised Labour MPs for not being at the committee on time.

“They’ve made mistakes. We need to own that,” Ardern said.

“My expectation is they do their jobs. There’s no excuses. I’ve made it very clear this is not acceptable.”

National MP David Carter continued his attack on Labour in the wake of the news and said if anyone should apologise to submitters, it should be Labour and NZ First MPs.

“It’s not the Opposition’s job to maintain quorums at select committee.

“Labour members are lazy and disorganised. We’re fed up with being there on time as National members, and watching Labour members saunter in there 5, 10, 15 minutes late.

“This is a lazy, disorganised Government. They don’t read their papers. They ask inane questions. This is the most important select committee in Parliament.”

He said National MPs had warned the committee that they could walk out if Labour members did not show up on time.

“They are still so disorganised, they could not get their members out of bed to a select committee.

Get out of bed and be there,” he said.

Seeking more friends at IHC From P1 “You don’t have to overthink, I remember when I first started I wanted to plan everything, but sometimes I don’t know what we are going to do when I pick him up.”

Playing pool at the Tinwald Tavern is a regular activity, but it generally proves frustrating for Small as he always gets beaten.

“I’m not very good at it,” he said.

A highlight is taking Chesmar to Burger King for an ice-cream sundae on the way home.

Chesmar is a creature of habit, and sometimes Small will joke with him they are going to McDonald’s instead, but would never actually do this.

Jock O’Connor, a dad of two and foreman at a steel cutting plant, is another volunteer, and agreed on the value of the programme.

“You get great personal satisfaction out of it, it’s just like hanging out with a mate.”

The three volunteers would like to encourage others to participate, as there are many opportunities to build further new friendships at the organisation.

Volunteer co-ordinator Ashburton/Timaru Belinda Brand said there were 21 volunteers altogether on the programme, including just five men. She wanted to encourage both men and women to join, although in particular could do with a few more males on board.

Anyone interested can email Brand at belinda.brand@ihc. org.nz

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Library ideas gathered from the best

By Sue NewmaN

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With the construction of the district’s new library in mind, Ashburton’s district councillors, mayor and staff spent Tuesday afternoon checking out New Zealand’s newest library, Christchurch’s Turanga.

It was both a fact-finding mission and a visit designed to inspire, said mayor Donna Favel.

“We went to see the Mercedes of libraries and then we went to Riccarton to see the Mini Cooper that’s perfect for their community,” she said.

While Ashburton’s library plans are still in their very early stages, Favel said it was important councillors and council staff had the opportunity to take a look at what was being built – large and smaller – in other parts of the country.

“It’s about embracing technology and we also talked about corporate-council partnerships.”

Christchurch City is working towards achieving green star sustainability for its library and the council was looking to see how it could work towards this also, within its budget, she said.

The district’s new library will be part of a multi-million dollar project that will see the district with

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a new library and new council administration headquarters by 2021. The complex will be built in Baring Square East on land currently occupied by the Meth-

odist Church hall and by the old Ashburton County Council building.

Consultation on the project is likely to begin in mid-March.

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Members of the public are now banned from lighting fires in the Mid Canterbury high country after Fire and Emergency New Zealand declared a prohibited fire season, also known as a total fire ban.

This means that all current permits for the area have been put on hold, and that nobody is permitted to light outdoor fires.

The Ashburton coastal fire district remains in a restricted fire season, requiring anyone who intends to light a fire to first apply for a permit on the Fire and Emergency New Zealand website checkitsalright.nz.

The Timaru and Waimate coastal areas are now also under a restricted fire season after previously being in an open fire season.

The shift to a total fire ban comes in the same week as all land covered by the Christchurch City Council was placed under a prohibited fire season, including Banks Peninsula and the Port Hills, which were the centre of a massive blaze two years ago.

Authorities say non-essential, spark-hazardous work should be rescheduled after forecast rainfall.

■ CLIMATE CHANGE

New crops likely as farmers adapt to weather

By Sue NewmaN

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Climate change might alter the agricultural landscape in the Ashburton District, but it will also create new and exciting opportunities, says Ashburton’s deputy mayor Neil Brown.

Discussion on the impact of a changing climate were all around the negatives, but there would be some significant positives in there for agriculture, Brown said. There would be new opportunities to grow new crops if it was warmer,

dryer, and there was less snow.

He was commenting on an Ashburton District Council draft climate change policy that councillors saw for the first time this week.

And while that policy was a good starting point, greater understanding was needed of the direct impact on the Ashburton District and on the positives that could come from a warmer climate, he said.

“We don’t know what we don’t know but as we do warm up we

may grow more North Island crops, grape varieties from a warmer country, new apple varieties, hops; as time goes on we’ll find this out. There will be some stuff we’ll lose but the climate will tell us.”

Council senior policy advisor Richard Mabon, author of the report, said the document was just the start of the district’s conversation about the impact on the district’s economy and lifestyle from a changing climate.

“Today is not the last word on

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this, it’s the first, the paper is the start of the conversation. This is a statement of where we are, what we’ve been doing and it’s a glimpse into the future but that’s uncertain because the Government needs to do a lot more around the legal framework in this area,” he said.

From an Ashburton perspective, Mabon said, the greatest risk appeared to be related to drought.

Sea level rise was less significant.

Ashburton, like many districts, wanted to know how climate change would affect its own patch,

rather than looking at the issue from a national or regional perspective. It was more difficult to get such fine detail information, but it was fair to say that climate change would bring both opportunities and threats, Mabon said.

Last year councillors indicated they were keen to see the district develop its own climate change policy, one that would reflect local needs, views and aspirations.

The first draft of the policy will now be refined and will then go out for public consultation.

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Local socks off to Nelson firefighters

By Linda CLarke

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Ashburton’s specialist sock-makers, NZ Sock Company, is sending hundreds of socks north to help firefighters on the ground in Nelson.

A massive wildfire has been burning in the area since Tuesday and Fire and Emergency New Zealand say it is not contained yet.

At least 200 firefighters, many volunteers, have been working in tough conditions at the fire front and NZ Sock Company sales manager Paul Sparrow said their feet would no doubt be suffering.

So when Sparrow saw a request on social media for socks for the firefighters, he was quick to respond.

The Ashburton company makes specialist socks, designed for a range of conditions – from freezing arctic conditions to ocean racing yachts and jungles.

“They were screaming out for all sorts of things in Nelson and socks were on the list. So we answered the call.”

Sparrow said the company was sending cartons of heavy-duty outdoor working socks that could be worn with work boots, steelcapped boots and gumboots.

“They’re a mix of sizes because there are men and women fighting the fire so we’ll be sending small, medium and large socks to cater for everyone.”

Sparrow said the family company had friends in Nelson and his father Euan was once a volunteer firefighter in Ashburton. They sympathised with those affected by the wildfire.

The company has turned sock-making into a science, sourcing home-grown wool and using special technology. Their socks are sold the world over and are designed for high-stress activity.

NZ Sock Company sales manager Paul Sparrow folds socks that will be dispatched to Nelson firefighters.

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Woman’s study experience shared Ashburton woman Megan Wordsworth will have her moment in the spotlight today when she is guest speaker at Ara’s graduation ceremony.

Equipped with a background in administration, but following a few years out of the workforce looking after her children, Wordsworth approached Ara as an adult student to brush up on her skills.

When she talked to business lecturer Frina Albertyn she was advised to step up and study at a higher level.

“That set me a bit of a challenge which I decided to take up,” Wordsworth said.

She enrolled in the diploma of business before discovering she had an interest in health and safety that led to her shift into a diploma of human resource management.

Her hard work has really reaped the rewards for Wordsworth who was named top student in three of her courses and given a special award for taking on an additional paper.

She studied from Ashburton via video conference and said that was very similar to being in the classroom face-to-face.

“I really enjoyed studying through Ara and I thought the tutors were just awesome because

they’re so supportive and committed to their students,” she said.

Wordsworth said she was enjoying her new role as health and safety co-ordinator for Ashburton Contracting Ltd, which is “very challenging and people oriented”.

Knowing the impact of studying on her own life, she’s now encouraging others to keep their minds open to the possibility of further education.

“Just go for it,” she said.

“Education can open doors for people. It gives people self-confidence and I really believe it changes lives. And I think it has mine.”

Important to talk about dying – Hospice Hospice Mid Canterbury is urging Mid Cantabrians to talk about death more, in the hope they might worry about it less.

It is part of Hospice New Zealand’s We Need to Talk About Dying campaign, aimed at helping communities reclaim their familiarity with dying.

Hospice Mid Canterbury general manager Jane Wright said a lack of information often resulted in fear.

“Death seems to have become a difficult topic for a lot of people.

Many of us have lost the knowledge about what happens, what to say to each other, and the options we have for care,” Wright said.

The campaign aims to provide information about death and dying and to encourage people

to talk about it more, including about any concerns they may have, what sort of care they want, and what a “good death” means to them.

Hospice Mid Canterbury manager Christine Wilson said she hoped that improved conversations would also make people feel more ready and able to support friends and family who were grieving.

“Dying involves a whole community, not just an individual, and we all have a role. We think it’s important to learn to talk about it while we’re well, so we don’t have to learn that difficult lesson as someone we love is dying.”

Video clips from the campaign can be viewed on Hospice Mid Canterbury’s Facebook page.

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Ashburton Methodist Church stewards Brian Reesby and Judith Crozier sort through more than 50 years of items from churches around the district ahead of Saturday morning’s garage sale.

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Church clears deck for demolition

By Sue NewmaN

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A huge collection of furniture and equipment representing more than 50 years in life of several of the district’s Methodist churches is up for sale.

As members of Ashburton’s Baring Square Methodist Church prepare their church hall for its date with demolition crews, they have been scouring shelves, cupboards and under-stage hiding places for items that will no longer be needed.

It’s been a big job, church steward Brian Reesby said, but one that was well overdue.

The church struck a deal with the Ashburton District Council

that will see its church hall and hall land pass into council hands for cash that will kickstart the Baring Square church’s restoration and strengthening project.

As well as releasing funds that would go towards the restoration of the church, the sale netted council additional land on which to build the district’s new administration building and district library “It’s definitely the end of an era,” Reesby said.

And while there might be some sadness at the loss of the hall and the sell-off of items that represent decades of Methodist life around the district, it’s time to move forward, he said.

There’s a container sitting in front of the church that will be used to store items that will be used in new meeting rooms and offices that will be part of the restoration project, but the rest has to go, it no longer fits in with the modern-day church’s needs, Reesby said.

Old hymn books, damaged prayer books, boxes of kitchen equipment, furniture and more than a few quirky items are now lined up in the church hall waiting for the doors to open for Saturday’s garage sale.

Boys’ Brigade members were recruited for the under-stage clear out and that yielded more than a few surprises – a vaulting horse,

stained windows from the Willowby Church and a miscellany of odd and interesting items.

“Every bit here tells a story but it’s got that way with the way our numbers have gone a lot of it hasn’t been used for a long time now,” Reesby said.

Some items with historical value will be placed in the Methodist Church of New Zealand archives, others will go to the Ashburton Museum, but church members are hoping the remaining items will find a new use in homes around the district.

The Baring Square church has been closed since the February 2011 earthquakes and over that time members of the parish had

Ashburton Water Zone Committee

Let us know your thoughts on the Ashburton River mouth The Ashburton River/ Hakatere is a popular spot for locals and visitors who enjoy things like fishing, walking, boating and bird watching.

Over the years there have been many discussions about the ecological, cultural and recreational values of the river mouth, and how to protect them.

Environment Canterbury is developing a plan for how to manage and enhance the River mouth and undertook a survey to find out what is important to recreational users.

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A second ecological survey was also undertaken to get a better understanding of vegetation in the area.

The community is being invited to find out about the survey results and share their own ideas for the river mouth at a meeting on Saturday 16 February at the Hakatere Hutholders Hall. If you’d like to attend please email Donna Lill, dwoodley@hotmail.com

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been through a lot of soul searching over its future, he said.

“The point was, did we knock the building down or try to do it in such a way it’ll become a great community facility for the council to use as a concert venue and for its meeting rooms.”

The decision was made to restore and strengthen the church using a mix of insurance payout and proceeds from the hall sale.

Tenders for the work are likely to be called towards the end of this year.

The church hall was built in 1956 and will pass into council ownership on March 1. The council is yet to issue a permit for its demolition.

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■ UNITED STATES

Border funding agreement US congressional negotiators say an “agreement in principle” has been reached on border security funding, potentially averting another round of federal shutdowns.

Speaking after a meeting of negotiators, US Republican Senator Richard Shelby did not give an outline of the tentative deal.

But three people familiar with the deal told Associated Press the accord would provide $US1.375 billion to build 55 miles of new border barriers.

That’s well below the $5.7 billion President Donald Trump demanded to build over 200 miles of wall along the Mexican boundary. The money will be for vertical steel slats called bollards, not a solid wall.

Democrats, meanwhile, dropped their proposal to limit the number of detained immigrants caught inside the US to a daily average of 16,500.

Bargainers agreed to fund 40,520 beds to detain immigrants entering or in the US illegally. That’s the same number funded last year, though the actual figure held is around 49,000.

The negotiators had worked into the night in hopes of striking a deal on funding border security through September 30.

Now they will need the support of President Trump, whose signature will be needed ahead of the deadline at midnight Friday.

If lawmakers don’t act, hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be furloughed for a second time this year.

Negotiations had broken down over the weekend over funding for immigrant detention beds and physical barriers that

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Boys look through an older section of the border structure from Mexico, alongside a newly-constructed, taller section, (left), in California.

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The lawmakers wanted to reach an agreement to allow time for the legislation to pass the House and Senate and get signed by President Trump.

Trump agreed on January 25 to end a 35-day partial US government shutdown without getting the $US5.7 billion he had demanded. Democrats oppose a wall, calling it ineffective, expensive and immoral.

Instead, a three-week spending deal was

reached with congressional leaders to give lawmakers time to resolve their disagreements about how to address border security.

Trump, who said in December he would be “proud” to shut the federal government over border security, took a different tack.

“It’s up to the Democrats,” Trump told reporters at the White House when asked whether the government was headed toward its second shutdown of the winter.

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Britain seeks to speed up Brexit ratification The British government will seek to speed up the ratification of its Brexit deal with the EU if time gets too tight to pass legislation before the March 29 exit day, Prime Minister Theresa May said.

May told ministers that parliament, which last month roundly rejected her Brexit deal, would not vote on a revised deal this week.

Media have reported a fresh vote is not expected until late February at the earliest.

Parliamentary experts have said that even if May succeeds in getting a deal approved by MPs, Britain may need to request an extension to the Article 50 exit negotiation period in order to approve

necessary legislation.

After it has voted to support her deal, parliament must also pass a law – the Withdrawal Agreement Bill – formally ratifying the agreement.

Asked by an MP whether an extension was now inevitable due to a legal requirement that the government lay a treaty before parliament 21 sitting days before it can be ratified, May said the government may fast track that process.

“While we will follow normal procedure if we can, where there is insufficient time remaining ... we will make provision in the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, with parliament’s consent, to ensure that we are able to ratify on time to guarantee our exit in

an orderly way,” May said on Tuesday.

The 21-day period is usually intended to give parliament time to study an agreement but it will already have had plenty of time to do so as the deal was reached last year, May said.

Several previous major bills on Britain’s relationship with Europe have taken more than 30 sitting days to pass. After this week, there are just 26 sitting days left before March 29.

“I am sure that when a meaningful vote has been agreed in this house then every member ... will want to ensure that they are able to operate on a timetable that enables us to leave at the end of the two-year period agreed,” May added.

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Speaking angrily after two days of backlash, Smokey Robinson said that those protesting Jennifer Lopez’s Grammy performance are “trying to set us back a hundred years” while forgetting that Motown set out to break racial barriers.

“Stop hating,” he said. “Motown united people, not divided them.” Talking during rehearsals for the Grammys’ Motown tribute show, the Detroit-born star was heated and emphatic as he read a prepared statement. “Don’t call yourself (a Motown lover) if you’re a hater and spreading the same bigotry that you so strongly oppose coming at you from others,” Robinson said.

Flintoff crashes on Top Gear Former England cricketer Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff lost control of his ute and smashed into a stall during a highspeed race shot for British motoring show Top Gear. It was a bumpy start to Flintoff ’s Top Gear career as he was speeding through Mansfield in an electric Subaru ute when he hit a market stall.

The show’s segment, called Le Mansfield, was a time trial challenge around the market town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is believed to be a spoof on the Le Mans 24 hour race. Filming was taking place with Flintoff, and co-hosts Paddy McGuiness and Chris Harris.

Venezuela’s Guaido sets date for aid entry Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has told a huge rally of supporters that humanitarian aid would enter the country on February 23, setting the stage for a showdown with President Nicolas Maduro who has refused to let supplies in.

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans again protested in the streets nationwide to demand that Maduro allow aid into the country, where food and medicine shortages are rife.

Guaido invoked a constitutional provision to assume the presidency three weeks ago, arguing that Maduro’s re-election last year was a sham.

Most Western countries, including the United States, have recognised Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate president, but Maduro retains the backing of Russia and China as well as control of state institutions including the military.

An aid convoy supplied by the US and

Colombia arrived in the Colombian border town of Cucuta last week, where it is being held in warehouses. A Venezuelan opposition envoy has also said Brazil’s government would try to get humanitarian aid to the border.

Maduro has denounced the aid as a US-orchestrated show to overthrow his socialist government and said it will not be let into the country. He has demanded instead that Washington lift economic sanctions.

On Tuesday, Guaido said he was issuing a “direct order” to the armed forces to allow the aid in, though so far there are not clear signs the military will disobey Maduro.

Guaido did not specify from where aid would enter, but said the opposition would go in a convoy to safeguard the supplies.

“Put yourselves on the side of the constitution, but also on the side of humanity,” Guaido said, in a message directed

at the military.

“February 23 will be the day for the humanitarian aid to enter Venezuela, so from today we will have to get organised.”

Guaido, who has galvanised the opposition after several years of in-fighting and government crackdowns, vows to keep calling protests to pressure Maduro to step down so new presidential elections can be held.

Meanwhile, Russia has said it is ready to facilitate the start of dialogue between Venezuela’s government and opposition but warned the US against intervening in Caracas’ internal affairs.

“We have been maintaining very important contacts with the government of this country and stand ready to provide a kind service in order to facilitate the process of finding ways out of the situation,” Tass news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

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No Instagram for Cardi B Cardi B has deactivated her Instagram account after defending her Grammy Award win. The Bodak Yellow hitmaker took home the Best Rap Album prize at the Grammy ceremony for her debut LP Invasion of Privacy, and after the show she took to social media to defend her win when some people claimed other nominees were more deserving of the gong. Shortly after posting her rant, in which she highlighted the extensive work that went into creating her album, the 26-year-old rapper made the decision to deactivate her account entirely. Cardi originally posted two rants in defence of her win.

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OUR VIEW

National’s grandstanding backfire I

n a war of words is there ever really a clear winner?

And when it comes to one side of the fence blaming the other and then vice-versa, then surely, it’s a recipe for a stalemate.

However, events subsequent to a truly bizarre situation in Parliament would actually suggest that there can be a clear winner – although, how beneficial that outcome is for them is still quite vague in its appearance.

On one side you could easily see how National MPs were being a little petty in their decision to stand outside of the select committee meeting yesterday morning.

All for the sake of a few minutes and, in the end, a whole day wasted for many people.

Then on the other hand you could understand their point.

Parliament is a place of professionalism, or at least it’s supposed to be.

Rules are there to be adhered to and it is the job of an opposition party to push the boundaries and ensure that their contemporaries are being held to account for their actions.

What will, and does frustrate

voters, is the ‘he said, she said’ games that tend to follow.

Neither side will accept responsibility for their own part, instead choosing to deflect.

But, if you had to choose a winner of the overall battle of the heavyweight parties during yesterday’s escapades, perhaps, somewhat surprisingly, it was our Prime Minister who settled the score and declared a victor.

Her admonishment of her own MPs after they were late to get to the select committee meeting suggested that the blame should rest solely with Labour MPs and that National were, in fact, doing things by the book.

Which is all well and good, but an element of ethics surely needs

to come into the equation in these circumstances.

Irrespective of the lateness situation, there were a number of individuals, organisations and groups there in attendance, many of whom had travelled to be there for the meeting which was expected to last up to five hours.

Their time was effectively wasted. And for what? A few brownie points and a bit of a political grandstanding?

I wouldn’t for a minute like to suggest that it is a case of anything else, but MPs would do well to remember that at all times they are there to represent the people of this country.

We ultimately don’t care if they are 10 minutes late to a meeting

– we just want what’s best for us done in the best possible fashion.

Political point-scoring can be entertaining, as usually anything goes when it comes to firing barbs across the table as we saw yesterday, but it’s not what they are there for.

Yes, hold your opposites to account for their decisions but do so in a way that doesn’t impact on the country.

That way everyone wins.

Politicians still get to have their moments in the sun when they can stand on top of the hill and point at those below them, but they also get to keep the moral high ground too and ensure that what’s being done, is being done for all the right reasons.

(she lived until November, 1990).

In 1998, New Zealand’s Te Papa museum opened.

In 2013, double-amputee and Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, at his home in Pretoria, South Africa; he was later convicted of murder and is serving a 13-year prison term.

In 2017, a former store clerk was convicted in New York of murder in one of the nation’s most haunting missing-child cases, nearly 38 years after 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared while on the way to a school bus stop.

Ten years ago: Savouring his first big victory in Congress, President Barack Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address to celebrate the just-passed $787 billion economic stimulus bill as a “major milestone on our road to recovery”.

Five years ago: Drawing a link between climate change and California’s drought, President Barack Obama said the US had to stop thinking of water as a “zero-sum” game and needed to do a better job of figuring out how to make sure everyone’s water needs were satisfied. An

attempt by the United Auto Workers to organise employees at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, fell short in a 712-626 vote.

One year ago: Stormy Daniels’ manager said the porn star now believed she was free to discuss what she said was a sexual encounter with Donald Trump; she believed that Trump lawyer Michael Cohen had invalidated a non-disclosure agreement.

After initially appearing to cast doubt on allegations that former aide Rob Porter had abused two ex-wives, Trump declared

that he was “totally opposed to domestic violence”.

Today’s birthdays: TV personality Hugh Downs is 98.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is 77.

Journalist Carl Bernstein is 75.

Magician Teller (Penn and Teller) is 71. Stephanie Leonidas is 35.

Actor Jake Lacy is 33. Actress Tiffany Thornton is 33. Actor Brett Dier is 29. Actor Freddie Highmore is 27.

Thought for today: “To find a man’s true character, play golf with him.” — P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, February 14, the 45th day of 2019.

There are 320 days left in the year. This is Valentine’s Day. Today’s highlights in history: On February 14, 2018, a gunman identified as a former student opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, killing 17 people in the nation’s deadliest school shooting since the attack in Newtown, Connecticut, more than five years earlier.

On this date: In 1663, New France (Canada) became a royal province under King Louis XIV. In 1859, Oregon was admitted to the Union as the 33rd state.

In 1903, the Department of Commerce and Labour was established. (It was divided into separate departments of Commerce and Labour in 1913.)

In 1912, Arizona became the 48th state of the Union as President William Howard Taft signed a proclamation.

1n 1915, A New Zealand a Maori Contingent of about 500 men left Wellington for Egypt aboard the SS Warrimoo.

In 1929, the St Valentine’s Day Massacre took place in a Chicago garage as seven rivals of Al Capone’s gang were gunned down.

In 1949, Israel’s Knesset convened for the first time.

In 1876, inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray applied separately for patents related to the telephone. (The US Supreme Court eventually ruled Bell the rightful inventor.)

In 1979, Adolph Dubs, the US ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped in Kabul by Muslim extremists and killed in a shootout between his abductors and police.

In 1984, 6-year-old Stormie Jones became the world’s first heartliver transplant recipient at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

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t’s been another superb summer here in Mid Canterbury – I hope you’ve all enjoyed it!

It’s been a busy start to the year for Labour and we’re getting right back into things at the Beehive this week.

This summer, I was lucky enough to recharge by spending time with family and friends, I hope you have managed to do the same.

Last year, the Government ticked off some major achievements, like getting overseas speculators out of our housing market, starting the big job of fixing up our schools and hospitals, and protecting our strong economic growth while paying down our debt and presiding over the lowest unemployment in a decade.

Locally, we’ve had the announcement of the regional skills shortage list for the area, and other immigration changes.

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I am currently in communications with Minister Iain Lees-Galloway’s office to see how we can make this happen.

Ashburton is a natural choice for refugees to settle, so I am hopeful that we can work together to get that sixth location!

A big focus for the Government this year will be the

Budget; always a major point in the political year.

For the first time ever New Zealand will have a Wellbeing Budget. This means that, alongside important economic indicators like GDP, we’ll also measure how the economy is delivering better standards of living across New Zealand.

Around the Cabinet table, the Government will be looking at making significant progress on a tax system that is fairer for everyone.

We’ll be making sure the justice and welfare systems are really effective at making the

community safer and more prosperous for all. We’ll be introducing the Zero Carbon and Emissions Reduction Bill, and we’ll introduce Bills aimed at controlling synthetic drugs and loan sharks.

People on minimum wage will have more money in their pockets from April, and so will those on New Zealand Super.

We’ve achieved a lot and have a long way to go, but we’re on the right track.

We’ve aspired to do great things for New Zealand and this is another year of delivering.

2019 is going to be a great year.

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reen Party co-leader James Shaw has gone full noise on a Capital Gains Tax, saying we need to question whether the Government deserves to be re-elected if it doesn’t implement one.

We’re still waiting for the Government’s decision on this.

The tax working group was one of the first commissioned big working groups, and yet it’ll be April before we know definitively on any CGT. Which leads me to another commissioned inquiry – mental health. That inquiry handed in its report last November, off the back of more than 400 meetings around the country and about 5000 submissions.

So what’s happened since then? Well, a new working group’s

been appointed.

Why? Good question.

Because there was criticism that the original 21-member group tasked with advising the Government on how to act on these findings was stacked with too many officials.

Too many people with vested interests of DHBs, but not enough people actually living with any grass roots experience of mental illness.

So it’s been replaced. With what? Well, more working groups. Are we not just repeating the exercise? Will this not just be a duplication of the work already done?

More concerningly, will this now delay any implementation of the recommendations? Is this more bureaucracy for the sake of it?

You can change the makeup

sure, but let’s be honest, we’re just adding more working groups here.

Which begs the question: when does this Government stop talking and start doing?

It’s due to formally respond to the inquiry in March – so in a matter of mere weeks, but it needs to act on advice.

Where is that advice now coming from – and will it get to them in time? The timeline on the recommendations being implemented is between March and June of this year.

Mental Health Foundation chief executive Shaun Robinson’s raised concerns. He says it looks a bit like going back to the drawing board.

He puts it down to “a learning curve from the ministry in re-engaging with these issues”.

As reported by Jessica McAllen

for RNZ; “there’s also confusion among those in the mental health sector around why the Government needs to seek more answers – when that was the whole purpose of the inquiry in the first place”.

Which is not dissimilar to the tax working group which reported back, and was then told to go away and try again on Capital Gains.

So what have we got?

Working groups still working, new working groups replacing working groups already put in place, and more chat around whose in the working groups.

Surely in this, the PM’s self proclaimed ‘year of delivery’, the rhetoric, the talk, the working groups and inquiries, need to start wrapping up.

And we need to see some definitive action.

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‘Barking’ drones helping shift stock

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Mustering stock has just got easier with the release of a drone by a New Zealand company that can be adapted to make it bark like a sheepdog.

The latest drone by DJI Ferntech has new features assisting Kiwi farmers in their daily operations, including an audio option.

DJI Ferntech spokesman Adam Kerr said a siren feature with a loudspeaker on the Mavic 2 Enterprise model had the audio ability to add barking noises.

“We have already seen success stories from farmers who have added sirens to larger Phantom craft. With the Mavic 2 Enterprise, DJI has now provided a superior tool which not only integrates this siren feature into a loudspeaker, but you can now record any audio you please to play back at a sound level able to be heard from hundreds of metres away.”

He said farmers had embraced drone technology the past two years to help with jobs that were dirty, dangerous or dull. The latest model was designed to make farming operations more efficient and safe.

For farmers to fully use drones for shifting stock, they needed to be modified with a siren. A port on top of the craft allows the addition of accessories, such as loudspeakers and spotlights.

The model also has a 12 megapixel camera with optical zoom that can capture video footage.

Farmers have been using them as an “eye in the sky’’ for checking stock, examining troughs and assessing hard-to-reach fence lines.

The addition of a zoom for closer inspection, spotlight for low light operations and a loudspeaker, able to be customised, makes the operations easier than before.

In cold climates, self-heating batteries help the drones perform in

sub-zero temperatures.

Bay of Plenty farmer David Rowlands said the drone had made his days a little easier.

“We use [it] on our farm to carry out stock surveillance, especially around lambing and calving time.

We can fly up to our mob and see if there are any sheep or cattle needing assistance in no time at all.”

Kerr said farmers were using the craft and reducing their risk of injury.

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Bovis couple now pushing for Nait When it comes to livestock disease management and on-farm biosecurity, Nait should be a priority for every farmer, Southland beef and sheep farmer Bernadette Hunt says.

“Whether it’s your farm, the farmer next door or at the other end of the country; recording all livestock movements in Nait is essential and protects us all,’’ she said.

Being at the centre of a Mycoplasma bovis scare was a traumatic experience for Bernadette and husband Alistair and reinforced the value of livestock traceability, after they introduced 13 bulls on to their grazing block, unaware they had originated from an infected property.

While the slaughtered bulls tested negative, a movement notice was placed on their farm until all the animals were tested for M. bovis.

After a few months the restriction notice was lifted, and they were able to open their farm for business.

In hindsight, Bernadette said this highlighted examples of when livestock movements had not been recorded and as a result, changed their mindset around the importance of traceability.

“We were grazing stock for a dairy farmer who had sent the bulls to get those animals in calf.

“We farm over several locations, and although some of our properties had no

contact with those bulls or any connected animals, our entire farming operation was implicated.’’

The Hunts have since decided to register all their farm locations separately to avoid the stress and inconvenience of having their entire business locked down in the event of a livestock disease outbreak.

“We’re currently offloading stock and introducing new animals. This is a good opportunity to ensure the animals coming onfarm are registered at the correct location.

“We had a situation where a stock agent recorded cattle in Nait being moved to one of our locations, but not the right one.

“The Ospri contact centre managed to sort it out and without much fuss.’’

The Hunts believe there is a sea change in farmer attitudes to Nait.

Rather than ignoring their Nait responsibilities because of past indifference or negativity about the system, farmers are now realising the benefits and how important it is.

“It’s the system we have, and it may not be perfect, but when the sender and receiver record and confirm all animal movements in Nait within 48 hours, it builds the system’s capability and that helps us all.’’

All farmers are required to update their contact details in Nait and register all the locations where they keep animals before March 31, 2019.

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Farmer focus on Kirwee field days A hint of rain is unlikely to faze organisers about the farmer turnout for next month’s South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD).

The March 27-29 event is a busy time of the year for farmers who juggle the demands of harvesting with a day off.

Committee chairman Rodney Hadfield said he wouldn’t be too bothered if snatches of rain interrupted the event which usually attracted 30,000 visitors over the three days.

“If it rains a wee bit it’s better because [farmers] can’t do any harvesting so they come to the field days. They tend to turn up and come around a second day.’’

Hadfield said a team of 22 committee members from Waikuku, Lincoln, Springston, Kirwee, Dury, Sheffield and other Canterbury districts were putting in a lot of effort to make the event a success.

The satisfaction for them was putting on an event that farmers valued to see the latest farm and agricultural machinery, he said.

Hadfield is on his second term as chairman of the committee which runs the field days every second year and he has been a volunteer for 16-18 years.

“You meet a lot of people and we catch up with a few people too.

The volunteers probably couldn’t do it every year and we would have to have a full timer because it’s a busy time of the year with the harvest. Once every two years is okay though.’’

He said the field days brought together farmers, manufacturers, retailers, and technical experts

and provided an environment for them to network, meet customers and view new machinery.

With the exception of a salaried secretary, the March 27-29 event is run entirely on the goodwill of farmers.

This is the third event held at the purpose-built field days site at Kirwee. Previously it was run at Lincoln.

Among the attractions, the tractor pull will make a welcome return.

The event promises to be a crowd pleaser with each team pulling a sledge and trying to make the winning distance.

Hadfield said the tractor pull was last run about 10 years ago and had been reintroduced because it was popular among visitors and exhibitors.

He said the organising committee had concentrated on improving the site and was now in a position to refocus on the programme.

The first two days of the field days would be practice days for teams and the competition would be held on the final day.

Tractorpull NZ Inc general manager Vaughan Coy said there would be three classes of competitors – standard, modified and pre-1985.

He said tractors in each of the three competition categories would pull a sled that weighed a percentage of its weight, which would mean tractors of different horsepower ratings could compete against each other.

“Already a number of people have said they will bring their

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modified tractors from different parts of the South Island, so it should be an exciting event.”

More trees had been planted leading up to the event and the extra shingle tracks put in the site would make it easier for visitors if it got wet.

Hadfield said exhibitor space was virtually sold out with more mid-sized sites added and they

were close to full capacity.

“All the major brands are there and they have bigger sites this year to display their machinery.

This year they have wanted more area.’’

At the last event a lifestyle section was trialled and this will be repeated with more exhibitors showing their wares. Lifestyle section co-ordinator Michaela McLe-

od said there would be more than 100 lifestyle stalls.

“They will showcase a wide variety of products – from garden sculptures and outdoor furniture to jewellery, clothing, art, plants and food products.’’

The field days began more than 65 years ago and are one of the oldest and largest agricultural events in the South Island.

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Nelson fire costs industry, workers A total fire and equipment ban in the Nelson area has thrown up to 240 forestry contract workers out of jobs and closed two sawmills, with more closures threatened.

Forestry Minister Shane Jones said industry sources estimate the cost to the sector of lost production and earnings is $2 million a day.

About 1900 hectares of plantation forest is within the fire perimeter and expected to have been affected by fire.

Jones is expecting to have more information about the exact area, age and condition of the forest within the next 48 hours.

The fire and equipment ban is preventing forestry crews from working in forests outside the fire perimeter, he said.

“The impact is on the whole forestry supply chain as logging and silviculture are halted, affecting sawmills, wood processors and log exports. This affects around 1500 people across the region,” Jones said.

The two sawmills that have closed have insufficient logs to operate.

Across the region other sawmills have enough logs to work until the end of the week and are then ex-

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pected to shut down, Jones said.

This was not a direct result of the fire but because of the fire and equipment ban across the whole region.

About 30 forestry crews in the Nelson region have been stood down, affecting an estimated 210240 contract workers.

The cost per crew was about

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Forestry industry members and Ministry for Primary Industry staff have met with the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM) to discuss access issues and whether the fire and equipment ban will allow any

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$10,000 per day in wages and overheads, Jones said.

Affected employees can apply to the Ministry of Social Development/WINZ for financial support for loss of livelihood. This will be asset and means tested and is not available to employers and companies, Jones said.

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work to start outside the fire perimeter.

“We understand the ... ban has 48 hours to run at which point a decision will be made to extend it or alter the conditions,” Jones said.

There is potential for industry outside the fire perimeter to start limited work under a special code protocol, which would put stringent controls on activities, hours and safety conditions, including a requirement for public liability insurance.

The industry estimated working under the code would allow operations at about 80 per cent capacity.

The forestry industry was working with MCDEM to replace section 91 prohibition with a set of conditions under which limited forestry, agriculture and rural activities could recommence in the next 48 hours, Jones said.

Once it was safe, access to forests within the fire perimeter was needed to assess salvage potential.

Salvage needed to be carried out within one month before affected wood deteriorated, insects colonised the wood and any residual economic value was lost, Jones said.

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An outdoor clothing brand created in memory of Sir Edmund Hillary has opened the doors to its first store and is gearing up for global expansion.

The social enterprise, which donates half of all sales to various charities and philanthropic causes, opened a store at Queenstown Airport at the beginning of the month and plans to open five more this year.

Auckland will become the second home for another New Zealand store, likely in the Commercial Bay precinct currently under construction, followed by two in England.

Edmund Hillary clothing first launched at New Zealand Fashion Week in August last year. Its products are now sold through wholesale in other retail stores throughout New Zealand and the UK. Edmund Hillary co-founder and CEO Mike Hall-Taylor said Queenstown was an obvious location for

its physical debut.

The brand has global ambitions for expansion, including opening standalone stores in some of the world’s most affluent ski areas.

“Our initial launch markets are the UK and New Zealand, a bit like the original 1950 expedition – it was a New Zealand-UK thing, it was a British expedition with a Kiwi that climbed to the top,” Hall-Taylor said.

“Having our own stores is quite a key strategy for us,” he said.

Sir Edmund Hillary’s son Peter Hillary and Hall-Taylor began seriously developing the high-end luxury brand together around three years ago.

“We give a pretty large per centage of our sales back to philanthropic causes as Ed would have done,” he said. “We created our own trust, which a per centage of sales goes into, and we decide how to allocate it. It goes to causes in Nepal

but also causes in New Zealand and the UK, helping under-privileged kids in particular who wouldn’t normally get the opportunity to go on certain adventures.”

Millions of dollars to date had been invested into the brand, Hall-Taylor said.

Airports are also a focus for the brand, he said. Edmund Hillary clothing from next week will be sold in the Merino Collection store in Auckland Airport’s international departures terminal.

Hall-Taylor said the brand was looking at ways to spread the production of its clothing to Nepal to help the communities there.

At present they are made in New Zealand, Ecuador, Latvia, Italy and Britain. Its merino beanies and T-shirts are made in Auckland and Dunedin.

Edmund Hillary clothing employs seven full-time staff.

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Genesis Energy brings back door-knocking In 2014, with much media fanfare, Genesis Energy stopped doorto-door selling. The energy retailer, New Zealand’s largest, said its research had suggested Kiwis didn’t like salespeople turning up on their doorstep – so Genesis wouldn’t.

“We’ve found four out of five don’t like door-knocking, find it intrusive,” the company said at the time. “So we’ve made the decision to take the leadership and stop.”

Now almost five years later, and with no media fanfare at all, the company has caved to market forces and started door-to-door selling again.

James Magill, the firm’s executive general manager of customer

and innovation, says door-to-door is a good “channel” for getting a message across to customers.

One big problem for Genesis is that although customers and consumer organisations applauded its “do not knock” stance, its competitors didn’t follow its lead.

And as the market share of the major players – Genesis, Contact Energy, Mercury NZ, Meridian Energy and Trustpower – continues to be shaved by smaller new entrants, Genesis decided to go back to door-knocking.

Genesis has seen its electricity market share fall from almost 27 per cent in 2013 to 23.7 per cent last year, according to Electricity Authority figures. Number two

electricity retailer Contact has fallen from 22.3 per cent to 19.3 per cent over the same period, Mercury from 19 per cent to 18 per cent.

Trustpower’s share has gone up from 11 per cent to 12.7 per cent, and Meridian’s has remained at 14 per cent. Back in 2014, Meridian told 3 News it had no plans to stop door-to-door selling, which brought in half of its new signups.

Magill says the way the company does its door-knocking now is “very different” to how it was done in the past, “and we have processes in place to monitor it carefully”.

Six of the seven members of Genesis’ senior executive team have changed since 2014.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – How many numbers are there on one line of a Lotto ticket? a. Five b. Six c. Seven 2 – DCI Barnaby appears in which UK TV series? a. The Bill b. Death in Paradise c. Midsomer Murders 3 – Phnom Penh is situated on which river? a. Chao Praya b. Mekong c. Ganges 4 – If you drank a pint in a UK pub, how much beer would you drink? a. 0.35 litres b. 0.46 litres c. 0.57 litres 5 – Which New York suburb is south of Manhattan? a. Brooklyn b. Queens c. Harlem 6 – Which gem is the hardest after a diamond? a. Amethyst b. Emerald c. Ruby 7 – Manassas was the site of two battles in which war? a. American War of Independence b. American Civil War c. Vietnam War 8 – Where is Lake Waikaremoana? a. East of Lake Taupo b. West of Lake Taupo c. North of Lake Taupo

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elled to Alexandra to compete in the South Island Men’s Tournament.

Playing in hot windy conditions both days saw the MSA team of Wayne Smith, Brent Smith, Richard Thompson and Bruce Day taking out the Gross Trophy.

The MSA team of Robin Simm, Roger Irvine, Ray Wards and Bryan Donaldson finishing in 5th place after leading on the first day. Roger Irvine took out the best net over the 2 days and Richard Thompson taking out the best net on the Sunday. Well done to them all.

Great job done by Brent Smith on his organising of the teams and the weekend.

We held our Toyota Friday Triples last week with Gavin filling two greens. The greens played well after a big effort from the green staff keeping the water up to them in the heat.

Highlight of the day being long time stalwarts of the club Gladys Body and her team of Alison Gibbs & Ursula Crack gaining second place with 2.5 wins and 17 ends; just being edged out by T Inwood, T Caldwell & J Moffat with 3 wins.

Third was M Reid F McKnight & A Reid 2,5 wins 14 ends: 4th D Gutberlet, O Collins & R Gutberlet 2 wins 15 ends 30 points , 5th G Eder, W Lee & D Taylor 2 wins 15 ends 29 points, 6th B Harrison, D Thorne & M Foggo 2 wins 15 ends & 27 points.

These games are always played in great spirits and enjoyed by all. In the Green Keepers Triples Wendy Suttie’s team gained a Second at Ashburton also Raymond Suttie who was a late entry at Hampstead in the T Caldwell’s team gaining a second then in the playoffs gained 3rd over Wendy Suttie’s team, it would have been a quite tea table that night!.

Saturday roll overs Trever Watson & Robin Ford taking out the honours with 2 wins.

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Ashburton Golf Club Well he must have licked a leprechaun’s head or tickled a fairy under the chin, but at long last Ashburton’s unluckiest golfer had a change of fortune.

We have all heard the stories over the years of how good a golfer he is, fair to say he tells most of them himself. He is never short of advice, if you actually ask for it or not, they do say that those who can’t, will teach.

He usually pairs himself off to club legends like Kay Fox and Kenny C, but on Saturday the stars aligned and good old Lefty May won an individual title. He shot a glorious 2 under gross to snaffle himself a superb 43 points, just pipping young Josh Cochrane on countback to pick up the Blacklow trophy.

There is talk that he has approached Mayor Favell and asked for an open top bus parade around the town centre, and she told him that as long as he chops down a few overhanging branches on the way round then he can knock himself out, so watch this space.

Well done Paul, but you might feel a little “snip snip’ before the classic, I’m sure Charlie will be watching closely.

Well done to the Ashburton team for bringing home the Aorangi Waitangi day Trophy played at Rakaia last week, a very strong team of Sally Lemon, Vicki Moore, Sharon Bradford, Tom Blacklow, Terry Kingsbury and Murray Wackrow did the club proud.

All focus now at the Brandon turns to the Harvey Norman classic, next weekend. Spaces are filling up fast, at last count we were in excess of 85 pairs, and with a cap being set at 100 pairs, if you have not already entered then you had better contact the club very soon. Poster and forms are on the club website.

This Saturday, Matt is holding one of his wonderful Pro shop days, usual start times, get yourself down there and support our hard working professional. Until next time good golfing.

Ashburton Writers’ Group Vice-President Stacey welcomed mem-

Branch members at the Multi Cultural Bite giving out free cups of water. From left: Malana Ngametua, Brenda Whittaker, Lynette Lovett and Judy Skevington.

Tinwald Red Cross Branch The first meeting of the year was held at Waipuna Studio located on Henderson’s Road north of Hinds.

Owner Tina Yeatman spoke about the studio and her work of many amazing and creative pieces, which were admired by all, and some resulting in being purchased.

Tina also told us of their house built of wood and tin, nestled into the landscape.

Tina was warmly thanked by Jill Bennett and given a fruit tray.

bers to the first meeting for 2019 of the Ashburton Writers’ Group held recently.

Stacey read a quotation – “A writer only begins a book, a reader finishes it.” By Samuel Johnson The assignment for the meeting was “I stood by the graveside. We were burying Uncle Eric – again!” Members wrote of picture in box, an accident, the witch and goldfish.

The instant exercise was to begin with the words –“My life was boring until”.

Members wrote of microphone singing, extrovert, accident, school and Writers’ Group.

The meeting concluded at 2.45pm with the serving of afternoon tea and a grammar exercise, which proved to be too easy.

The March assignment is “There is something about him/her”.

Visitors are welcome, contact Rae on 3088927.

Mid Canterbury Choir Mid Canterbury Choir rehearsals begin on Monday February 25 in the Bradford Room at the Ashburton Trust Event

A meeting followed where President Pat O’Brien welcomed members and new member Jill. The Red Cross Principles were read.

Members stood for a minute’s silence in honour of Averil Cleland who passed away in January.

Averil was a member from 1975 and was a very active and loyal member.

Birthdays and a wedding anniversary were acknowledged. Minutes were read by Secretary Margaret Blair and the Treasurer Audrey Bruce gave the financial statement.

Details on the branch involvement at Multi Cultural Bite with four members

and members of the Disaster Welfare Team from Timaru assisting. A Combined Areas of Canterbury and the West Coast is holding a Forum at Darfield on February 23 with 7/8 members attending from our branch.

Red Cross Rose Day is being held on Thursday March 28 and arrangements are being made and a roster is available for helpers.

A programme for the year has been determined and copies handed out.

Members were thanked for their attendance and a cup of tea followed bring to a close a wonderful visit to a delightful creative studio.

Centre.

If you would like to join the choir, contact choir manager Carol Gunn on 027 287 2468.

We rehearse every Monday evening from 7.15-9.15pm. Choir members hail from Methven, Geraldine and Ashburton. We are a community choir who perform 2-4 concerts each year.

We encourage you to come for a few rehearsals to check us out and then after a short audition, you become a member of a choir which has been singing for audiences for 15 years.

Our first concerts for 2019 are on Saturday June 22 in Ashburton and then repeated on Saturday June 29 at The Piano venue in Christchurch.

We are combining with the Selwyn Community Choirs for these concerts with the theme being songs of Love and Life.

There will be another concert in September/October and of course our Christmas Concerts in Ashburton on December 6 and Geraldine on December 8.

Why not come and check us out – choir singing is a great way to meet others in

your community and work together to perform a wide range of music.

by Betty Wilson and Katrina Mensen nett 67, Joan Stocker nett 69, Joan Johns nett 70, Lal Mulligan nett 70, Ruth Keely Nett 73, Judy Fielder nett 73.

Marilyn Cross 2nd Shot 2 & 11; Christine Ross, Jan Clucas. Sim’s Bakery Nearest Pin 5 & 14; No 5 Katrina Mensen, No 14 Ruth Keely.

door Adventure (2nd Shot) #16 Marilyn Bennett.

9 Hole Competition Combined Stableford Betty O’Neill and Diana Wellman 17.5, Cath Carr and Denise Wells 17.

Euromarque Longest Putt #18 Di Lowe

MSA Golf Section On the weekend of February 9 and 10, 8 men from the MSA Golf Section trav-

Netherby W.I. started the 2019 year with their 55th birthday lunch at Speights Ale House where 20 members enjoyed a delicious lunch.

From there we trundled back to the Senior Centre for our February General meeting where President Denise Clark welcomed 24 members.

Golden Threads was an article from the Ellesmere Guardian, April 9, 1937 about strict husbands in Wales and Roll Call was what members did for Christmas and the holidays.

The raffle was won by Adrienne Hodson.

Competitions were well supported with Valmai Mitchell winning the Moyland Trophy and Nancy Christey the Northchurch Trophy.

Annual General Meeting Denise Clark read a full report of the year’s activities and Patsy Huggins gave the Financial Statement, both of which were adopted.

Election of Officers for 2019: President: Denise Clark Secretary: Catherine Thomas Treasurer: Valmai Mitchell Committee: Adrienne Hodson, Barbara Burst, Barbara Danielson, Nancy Christey, Patsy Huggins, Pauline Palmer and Sharon Kelly.

Annual competition results: Floral: 1st Barbara Burst, 2nd Valmai Mitchell Cooking: 1st Adrienne Hodson, 2nd Nancy Christey Craft: 1st Barbara Burst, 2nd Nancy Christey Photos: 1st Catherine Thomas, 2nd Barbara Burst Jean Turton Trophy for Most Points: Barbara Burst Afternoon tea completed the meeting.

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SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS RESULTS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club February 12 LGU, Round 1 Betty Adios, Round 2 Tucker Trophy Silver: Shirley Elliott 69, Bronze 1: J Welch 70, J VanderHeide 72, Bronze 2: E Porter 76 Nearest the Pins: No 4 Gabites: Bev Turton, No 8 House of Travel: Jeanette Montgomery, No 12 Lynn’s small Salon:

Bev Chinn, No 14 Todds of Ashburton: Shirley Elliott, No 4 Somerset Grocer 2nd shot: Barbara Davidson, No 18 2nd Shot to Green: Win Carter Twos: Vicki Moore – No 8, Shirley Elliott – No 14 February 7 Nine Hole Rnd 1 Jean Drummond Putting Trophy Gordon Clinton 11 Tonee Hurley 13 Laurence Hanrahan 14 (by lot from Lorraine Hansen)

Mayfield Golf Club February 12 Ladies Division Opening Day, King Vase Best Nett; won

Tinwald Golf Club February 12 Ladies Division Stroke Round June Bruhns 69c/b, Lyn Bird 69 Murray Young Property Broker (2nd Shot) #2 Judith Smith, Sims Bakery #6 Carol Shanks, Mac & Maggie #12 Marilyn Bennett, Out-

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club

February 16 Weekend Ladies Saturday Rnd 1 Bonnington Cup Pro Shop Tournament Report 8.15am Convenor - B Fechney - 0211305366 February 19 Mid-Week Ladies Tuesday Rnd 1 Longbeach Cup - qual Report 8.30am Starters - D Hinton, M Watson February 21 Nine Hole Men and Women Rnd 1 Medal - Stroke Report 9.15am Secretary - M Morgan - 0279645380 Club Captain - S Lemon - 0274054910

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Bozzone, Siddall to defend titles The 35th hosting of Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironman New Zealand on March 2 in Taupo has attracted a stellar cast of pro athletes, with the best New Zealand talent lining up against a host of international stars heading down under to compete in the longest running Ironman event outside of Kona.

Returning champion Terenzo Bozzone (Auckland) heads an allstar men’s lineup that features 12time champion Cameron Brown (Auckland) and 2017 champion Braden Currie (Wanaka) and lightning quick cyclist Andrew Starykowicz from the United States.

Add to the mix another strong biker in Matt Burton and 70.3 legend Tim Reed (both Australia) and you have the makings of a fascinating and fast race that will not take any prisoners.

The supporting cast is impressive too, with any number of potential podium athletes lurking in amongst Dylan McNeice (Wanaka), Mark Bowstead (Waiuku) and Mike Phillips (Christchurch), with Phillips still boasting the fastest ever Ironman debut when winning in Barcelona in 2017 (7:50).

The women’s field is similarly stacked, with popular 2018 winner Laura Siddall (GBR) returning to defend her title but will face one of the all-time greats in Meredith Kessler (USA) as the American returns to New Zealand for the first time since she welcomed her son into the world in late 2017.

Kessler was unbeatable around Taupo from 2012, winning five consecutive titles.

Jocelyn McCauley (USA) the 2017 winner returns looking for a three-peat on the podium after finishing third last year, with 2018 runner-up and surprise package Teresa Adam (Auckland) also heading back to Taupo, looking to back up that incredible debut over the full ironman distance.

Race director Wayne Reardon is delighted at the quality and depth of both men’s and women’s fields.

“This being the 35th anniversary of Ironman New Zealand, it is appropriate that we have two fantastic races in prospect, with any

Terenzo Bozzone (above) and Laura Siddall (right) are returning to defend their titles at Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironman New Zealand on March 2 in Taupo. number of potential champions.

The men’s features three of the best New Zealand has ever produced in what promises to be a fascinating battle, with a clutch of internationals capable of upsetting the local hopes.

“The women’s is equally high quality with the added interest around the return of Meredith (Kessler) and whether she can return to the podium after dominating for so many years.

Both Laura and Jocelyn love it in Taupo and often deliver their best performances here, while Teresa will be looking to go one better than last year.

“But as always with any ironman, you must respect so many athletes who might just put to-

gether the perfect day, we see it most years with Joe Skipper having the race of his life for second last year.

“The incentive to do well is heightened even more by the 35-year celebrations, they will all want to be a part of history on a special day.”

The 35th anniversary hosting of the event will see a number of celebrations and special events planned for ironman week, including the return of the popular Undie Run on the Thursday morning, as participants are urged to shed their inhibitions and put on their best underwear to have some fun and raise money for the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter, based out of Taupo.

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■ MOTOR RACING

Reynolds: Did Homer design new Supercar?

Craig Lowndes has picked David Reynolds to win the 2019 Supercars championship, and the sport’s larrikin outsider admits he’s in with a chance.

But whether he wins it might depend on whether he’s racing against a beefed-up Ford Mustang or Homer Simpson’s Frankenstein car from the hit TV show.

Anticipation has grown around the two-door coupe ahead of today’s testing on Phillip Island, where the field will begin to gauge its competitiveness.

Reynolds said he had no idea how it might travel, but hoped it would be better than a memorable car built by one of his cartoon favourites.

“Homer’s long-lost brother, Herb Powell, owned a massive car company, remember ‘Powell makes a pow-pow-powerful car’?” he began, singing the theme tune.

“He got Homer to design a car and it kind of looked like the Mustang.

“Then I saw it again, it looked nothing like it. But it had a big wing on it like the Mustang. It

was funny.” Reynolds, memorably pipped by Lowndes to last year’s Bathurst crown, is seen as next-best shot outside the top three title hopefuls for the new campaign.

The past three champions – Scott McLaughlin, Jamie Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen – are universally seen as the major challengers.

But Lowndes, 44, told the sport’s official website that Reynolds would step up this year and join the elite.

“Lowndesy knows what’s going on,” Reynolds told AAP with

a grin before snapping back into serious mode.

“It’s a fair comment but he’s also maybe trying to be controversial. He maybe didn’t want to pick his own team – he picked the outsider which is me. That’s okay. I pride myself on being the outsider.

“We’re in with a chance. We’re all on zero points at the moment. It depends on so many factors – how the linear spring is, how the Mustang rolls out and if it’s going to have an edge.

You never really know.”

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In brief Ioane at No. 10 Josh Ioane has been given the nod.

With questions surrounding who would replace Lima Sopoaga in the Highlanders No. 10 jersey this season, Ioane will get the first opportunity to make it his when the side travel to Hamilton to meet the Chiefs on Friday. With Bryn Gatland and Marty Banks both joining the team this season, there was no standout contender to step into Sopoaga’s shoes, but the 23-year-old Ioane will get the opportunity to do so. Ioane featured sporadically throughout the Highlanders’ 2018 campaign at fullback and first five-eighth, and has spent the preseason getting familiar with the starting role.

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■ HOCKEY

Masters keep going through summer On Thursday nights over summer, a group of Mid Canterbury’s more experienced hockey exponents come together for a game at the Ashburton Hockey turf. They’re part of a Mid Canterbury masters’ team that plays in a Christchurch masters’ hockey competition that runs throughout summer – a competition Mid Canterbury has been involved in for a number of years now – and pictured moving the ball up the turf during last week’s game is James Tavendale. The competition has a few more rounds to run this summer, and in a few weeks a number of members of the Mid Canterbury side will head to the nationals as part of a Canterbury masters’ side.

■ BASKETBALL

Finals fate in United’s hands Melbourne United don’t need to worry about the many NBL finals permutations heading into the last round of the regular season, they just need to win.

Twice.

United will set up a clash with Perth for the minor premiership and finals home court advantage at Melbourne Arena on Sunday if they defeat lowly Cairns at the same venue tonight.

Dean Vickerman’s defending champions are second on the ladder, with Perth on top and Sydney third with all teams on 17 wins.

United can finish top, second or third but Vickerman is urging his players to focus on the immediate task in front of them.

“It’s our job as management to plan for the playoffs and their job is to try to win a regular season championship,” he said.

“The goal last weekend was to try to secure a top-two spot (with two wins) and we weren’t able to do that ... the Kings played very well and got over us.

“But we got the one win which puts us in a pretty good spot.

“If we go and win our two games we’ve pretty much secured

England captain Joe Root has stood by his decision to challenge West Indies bowler Shannon Gabriel after the paceman was charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for on-field comments during the third Test.

Root was on his way to a century on day three in St Lucia when he responded to an inaudible outburst from Gabriel by responding: “Don’t use it as an insult. There’s nothing wrong with being gay”. Gabriel was warned about his language by the on-field umpires Rod Tucker and Kumar Dharmasena, who later decided to lay a formal charge against the 30-year-old.

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Golf ‘too stuffy’ Karrie Webb is appealing for Australian golf clubs to relax stuffy traditions which scare off young players. Australia’s most-successful golfer says “intimidating” club rules risk the future of the sport.

Webb still remembers, as a teenager, having to pick at the hem to lengthen her golf shorts to comply with one of many stickling rules at golf clubs. “I think we have to soften a little bit in golf to encourage kids to play ... golf needs to get out of these traditions.”

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Cheatle returns Lauren Cheatle will return to Australia’s one-day squad, after a two-year injury absence, for the three-match one-day international series against New Zealand starting this month. Cheatle is the only player selected not to have been part of the World Twenty20 winning group, with Elyse Villani given time to overcome a hamstring strain to face the White Ferns in Perth on February 22.

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Gibson re-signs

The Kings upset United’s plans last week, making this week’s task that much tougher. top spot ... it’s in our hands right now.”

The Taipans, who will finish a distant last with just five wins for the season so far, haven’t managed to defeat United in three attempts this campaign.

“They’ve finished the season strong and they’d love to com-

plete their season with a couple of big wins against finals teams,” Vickerman said. “We’ve just got to treat it as a game that we have to win if we really want top spot.”

Fourth-placed Adelaide can seal the fourth and final finals’ berth if they can defeat the Wildcats in Perth on Friday night.

If the 36ers lose Brisbane can leapfrog them with a win over New Zealand in their final game of the regular season.

The Kings can steal second spot with a win over the Taipans on Saturday if United or the Wildcats lose their last two games.

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NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson will go into the Super Rugby season this week with his contract extended to the end of 2020. New Zealander Gibson took over as head coach from Michael Cheika after the 2015 campaign and three seasons as an assistant coach.

Gibson’s extension provides NSW with stability and consistency as the 2014 champions aiming to make the finals under his reign for the second year in succession, having been eliminated in the 2018 semi-finals by the Lions. “It is a real privilege to continue to serve NSW rugby for another season,” Gibson said.

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■ FOOTBALL

Durante close to the final curtain?

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■ FUTSAL

Futsal competition kicks off for term one Methletics’ Jan Piotrowski puts the boot in during a game against the Has Beens on the opening day of the Mid Canterbury Football Futsal competition for term one at the EA Networks Centre on Sunday.

The competition got under

way with 12 teams from Years 1 to 9 taking part along with five social senior teams and five senior premier teams, and Mid Canterbury Football’s Roger Dakers said there had been interest from further teams keen to enter.

Futsal is played on Sunday afternoons/evenings and runs from school term to school term.

While it had run all year in the past, whether it would continue through the winter terms this year depended on interest, Da-

kers said.

A have-a-go day aimed at young players was held the weekend before competition got under way and Dakers said the turn out was good, with about 95 per cent of those who turned up signing on to play.

■ RUGBY

Chiefs’ bizarre selection The Chiefs have named a shock lineup for their Super Rugby opener against the Highlanders on Friday.

Orbyn Leger a 21-year-old midfielder will make his debut at No.10 in place of injured All Black Damian McKenzie.

Leger, a Counties Manukau player who wasn’t even named in the initial Chiefs squad of 29, will play out of position in the biggest surprise in the squad which includes three other debutants.

All Blacks Sevens star Etene Nanai-Seturo, Auckland centre Tumua Manu and Tongan-born Japan international winger Ataata Moeakiola will join Leger as the other debutants on Friday.

Leger, who played for the Blues last season, would have been behind Damian McKenzie, Marty McKenzie, Tiaan Falcon and Jack Debreczeni as the Chiefs’ first-five options, but with injuries ravaging their squad, Leger got the nod, with the returning Stephen Donald named on the bench.

our debutants when they run out with the team on Friday,” Cooper said. “It is a privilege to wear the Chiefs jersey and as a team we want to demonstrate to our whanau and supporters how proud we are to represent our region and club.”

Counties player Orbyn Leger will make his debut for the Chiefs at No. 10.

Damian McKenzie would have been the first choice, but was a late scratch due to an ankle knock, his brother Marty will also miss the start of the season with a hip injury, Falcon is out for the season with an Achilles injury, and Debreczeni has an abdominal strain.

An otherwise vastly experi-

enced line-up includes returning All Blacks Nathan Harris, Brodie Retallick, Anton Leinert-Brown, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi and Angus Ta’avao.

In naming the side, head coach Colin Cooper touched on the privilege of playing for the Chiefs jersey for the young men.

“It will be a proud moment for

Chiefs team: 1. Atu Moli (29) 2. Nathan Harris (44) 3. Angus Ta’avao (17) 4. Brodie Retallick (98) © 5. Michael Allardice (34) 6. Mitchell Brown (21) 7. Lachlan Boshier (30) 8. Tyler Ardron (10) 9. Brad Weber (57) 10. Orbyn Leger* 11. Etene Nanai-Seturo** 12. Anton Lienert-Brown (55) 13. Tumua Manu* 14. Bailyn Sullivan (1) 15. Shaun Stevenson (33) Reserves: 16. Samisoni Taukei’aho (9) 17. Aidan Ross (13) 18. Nepo Laulala (17) 19. Taleni Seu (34) 20. Jesse Parete (9) 21. Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi (17) 22. Stephen Donald (104) 23. Ataata Moeakiola** * Chiefs debut ** Super Rugby debut

If this is to be Andrew Durante’s last season in the A League, he’s going out in the best possible way.

The Phoenix captain indicated yesterday that this campaign could be his final bow, so it’s appropriate he is ending on a high.

There are some parallels with Simon Mannering at the Warriors, who signed off with success in the air last year after multiple seasons of struggle.

Like Mannering, Durante has carried the club on his shoulders over the last few years, as the franchise tackled constant issues on and off the field.

Tired of the constant dramas, the 36-year-old had decided early last year to hang up his boots, before having a change of heart.

It has proved a great decision.

As part of a central back three, and with more solidity and structure around him, Durante has enjoyed something of a renaissance, playing some of his best football of the past few seasons.

“I decided to stay on and give it one more crack and I’m really enjoying it,” said Durante. “If this is to be my last season, this is the way I want it to be, enjoying it, the team doing well, [the] supporters and fans being really positive. If it is my last season, then I will go out really happy.”

Durante added that he had yet to make a final decision, just focused on making the most of current campaign.

“I just want to enjoy it, I want to concentrate on playing well,” said Durante. “That’s my main focus at the moment – helping the team achieve what we want to achieve.

We have some pretty high targets.

When I decide to let people know, when I have made a firm decision, you guys will all know.”

With his unassuming nature, as well as his position on the field, Durante doesn’t always get the profile or acclaim that he deserves.

But he’s one of the most important players in the club’s history.

Since making his debut in August 2008 the Australian has been a virtual ever present, racking up 265 matches for the Phoenix (257 in the league), the vast majority as captain.

He’s had six different coaches, countless defensive partners and more than 100 teammates.

He credits part of his form turnaround this season to the switch to a central defensive trio, making the most of his strengths.

“I love it,” admitted Durante. “I know it really well from playing with the All Whites and at some previous clubs. It suits me to a tee. It’s a position where you need really good organisation skills and reading of the game and it is something I believe I possess.

[I’m] enjoying the season, enjoying my own form at the moment.”

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Thursday, February 14, 2019

Siblings in pleasing return Savabeel siblings Hasahalo and Hasabro made a pleasing return to the track on Tuesday for Ardmore trainer Stephen McKee at the Cambridge trials.

Group One-winning mare Hasahalo hasn’t been sighted on raceday since her unplaced run in the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) last year and McKee is keen to make up for lost time with his mare.

“Hasahalo hasn’t raced for about 11 months now, apart from a trial in the spring,” McKee said.

“I am very happy with the way she finished off her trial. She went nice and felt good for Sam (Spratt, jockey).”

McKee said Hasahalo will likely make her raceday return over the Auckland Cup carnival, with an eye towards Australia over winter.

“She’ll probably race at the Cup carnival at Ellerslie and we will just assess her from there as to which way we go,” he said.

“She has missed nearly a year, so she’ll be able to race somewhere in Australia right through the winter.

“Queensland is a possibility and we have nominated her for a couple in Sydney as well, so we’ll just see how her form is in these early stages.”

Hasahalo’s full-brother Hasabro, who was on a path towards

Hasahalo winning the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m). the Gr.1 VRC Derby (2500m) in the spring, also made a return to the track on Tuesday where he finished unplaced in his 800m heat.

“I am really happy with him,” McKee said. “He hasn’t raced since Geelong in late October.

“He just had a bit of a leg inju-

ry that day, so he has had to bide his time. He has come back well, it was only a half-mile trial and the day out has done him well.”

McKee is unsure of what path he will take with the three-yearold colt and hasn’t ruled out a potential Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) tilt with his charge.

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to just lob along somewhere in behind them on the speed and we’ll work it out from there.”

Robinson’s only concern heading into Saturday is the amount of travel the son of Nadeem has completed in his six-race career.

“He’s done a lot of travelling, it’s his third trip down south,” he said.

“He’s only a three-year-old but he’s handling it really well, so there’s no reason why we shouldn’t go, but the travelling does concern me.”

Despite such concerns,

Robinson hasn’t ruled out a northern start for Air Max this preparation.

“If he raced well on Saturday and he came through it in good order, there’d be a good chance that we would push on for the Wellington Guineas,” he said.

Air Max has been patiently handled by Robinson for a large syndicate of owners including his breeders Cheryl Wilson and Bruce Sheat.

A former jockey, Robinson has 18 horses in work at Riccarton racecourse and he credits his staff for his recent success.

Consensus needed Ardmore trainer Stephen McKee is setting his Group One-winning mare Consensus a black-type target this month, he is just unsure where yet. The seven-year-old mare made it back-to-back Group One wins last start when taking out the Gr.3 Taranaki Cup (1800m) and McKee is keen to add more black-type to her record before she heads to the broodmare paddock. McKee is weighing up between starting his mare in the Gr.1 Haunui Farm WFA Group One Classic (1600m) at Otaki, which she finished runner-up in last year, on February 23 or send her across the Tasman to line-up in the Gr.2 Peter Young Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield on the same day. “It will either be Saturday-week for the Haunui Classic or the Peter Young Stakes at Caulfield, that’s over 1800m and is two weeks before the Australian Cup (Gr.1, 2000m).

“She could go with one of those two options. We are pretty much keeping our options open at this stage.”

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“We are probably a bit behind schedule, although the Brisbane carnival could be okay,” he said.

“We are in the same position as we were before (in the spring), we have to get a rattle on as far as wins and stake money go.”

– NZ Racing Desk

Air Max on track for Guineas cleansweep Riccarton trainer Lance Robinson can’t fault Air Max ahead of Saturday’s Listed ILT Ascot Park Hotel Southland Guineas (1600m) in Invercargill.

The southern feature race is the third and final leg of the Southland Guineas series, of which Air Max won the first two legs, the Listed Gore Guineas (1335m) and the Listed Dunedin Guineas (1500m).

“He’s come through in fantastic order and we’re really happy with him,” Robinson said.

“He’s drawn five, which is a good draw, he should be able

In brief

“They’re all really good people and the results are coming through them and a team effort, so I take my hat off to them.

Without them we wouldn’t be going as well as what we’re going.

Robinson also reported that his stable star Boots ‘N’ All is on track for the Gr.1 Haunui Farm WFA Group One Classic (1600m) on Saturday week.

“He’s all good, he’s come through his run in the White Robe (Gr.3, 1600m) really well and we’re happy with him, so he’ll go to Otaki in terrific shape.”

– NZ Racing Desk

Group One performer Ever Loyal is a strong chance in the Dunstan Feeds 1200 at Ellerslie on Saturday according to trainer Tony Pike after his recent performance at the Auckland track. The four-yearold gelding finished runner-up to Ardrossan in the Gr.3 Concrode Handicap (1200m) last month and he could be set for an Australian campaign if he performs well on Saturday. “He was very impressive fresh-up in the Concorde,” Pike said. “He was off the scene for 12 months and I couldn’t be happier with his run. “We are just using Saturday’s race really just to make sure he is at the top of his game.

If he runs well again on Saturday, there’s a chance he could head to Sydney. “There’s a nice race there called the Liverpool City Cup, a Group Three 1300m race at the end of the month.” One person that will be pleased to see him cross the Tasman is his Sydneybased owner, Rob Ferguson.

“Rob Ferguson, who is based in Sydney, he owns the horse and he is quite keen to take him over there for the carnival, or possibly Brisbane should he come up well,” Pike said.

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Manawatu harness Today at Manawatu Raceway

Manawatu Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 14 February 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 5.26pm (NZT) MANAWATU ITM MOBILE PACE $9000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2500m 1 75546 Sheikh Yabooty (1) fr .................A Poutama 2 44472 Downtown Babe (2) fr............... P Ferguson 3 76x3 American Delight (3) fr ...........T Macfarlane 4 93508 Raging Thunder (4) fr ......... S Tomlinson (J) 5 67580 Velocette (5) fr .........................S Abernethy 6 x8706 JR’s Jem (6) fr ............................K Marshall 7 8539 Trooper Cooper (7) fr ...................... J Curtin 8 0x002 Dixie Jazz (21) fr ......................... B Orange 9 42354 Mhai Uptown Girl (22) fr ..............Z Butcher 10 55255 Ideal Tiger (U1) fr .........................S Phelan 11 74907 Blake (U2) fr ................................N Chilcott 2 5.51pm ANNE MCBETH, KEVIN & SHIRLEY FARRIER MOBILE PACE $9000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2000m 1 73983 Maria Kirilenko (1) fr ................ J Abernethy 2 5 Sport Mental (2) fr ....................... B Orange 3 70630 Cool And Calculating (3) fr ........A Poutama 4 52544 Milner (4) fr ...................................S Phelan 5 86648 Carse O Fern Tom (5) fr .....S Iremonger (J) 6 27 Sporting Miss (6) fr .................T Macfarlane 7 03 Ideal Lincoln (7) fr..................... P Ferguson 8 06 Khal Drogo (21) fr ........................... J Curtin

1 01195 Starry Star (1) fr ........................A Poutama 9 44227 Ain’t Nothing Bettor (22) fr ...........D Butcher 2 13456 Jetenara (2) fr ..............................Z Butcher 10 28200 Mr Incredible (U1) fr ....................Z Butcher 3 6.16pm FRASER MEMORIAL HANDICAP TROT 3 069x9 Port Delight (3) fr ............................ J Curtin $9000, r50+ discrhcp, stand, 2500m 4 21373 The Bandit Queen (4) fr...............D Butcher 1 44998 Commando One (1) fr .................... J Curtin 5 61634 Onedin Punter (5) fr................. J Abernethy 2 x47P9 Mekong Princess (U1) fr.............. B Orange 6 x1498 Cyclone Banner (6) fr .............T Macfarlane 3 11356 Laura Bush (1) 10M................S O’Reilly (J) 7 43002 Anna Barclay (7) fr ...................... B Orange 4 37254 Caitlin’s Surprise (2) 10M ..........A Poutama 8 21218 Sweet Maggie Ryan (21) fr...........S Phelan 5 12202 Zsa Zoe (1) 20M .................S Tomlinson (J) 9 31453 Afortunado (U1) fr....................S Abernethy 6 37443 November Guy (U1) 40M ............D Butcher 6 7.39pm SPEIGHTS ALE HOUSE MANAWATU CUP 7 34115 Majestic One (1) 50M ..............S Abernethy MOBILE PACE $12,000, r82., mobile, 2500m 4 6.41pm CARTOWN MOBILE PACE $9000, r49., 1 46603 Spirit Of Anzac (1) fr...........S Iremonger (J) mobile, 2000m 2 33805 Jenora (2) fr .............................S Abernethy 1 38452 Lincoln Moment (1) fr .............. J Abernethy 3 377P4 Bettor Sensation (3) fr .................... J Curtin 2 09203 Rock N Joy (2) fr.................S Tomlinson (J) 4 03432 Mister Harris (4) fr ........................S Phelan 3 L5747 Contractual Issues (3) fr D Ferguson 5 13156 Ally Mae (5) fr ..............................N Chilcott (J) 6 70121 The Night Hawk (6) fr ..................D Butcher 4 06386 Waingaro Mara (4) fr ..................K Marshall 7 64671 Shillelagh (7) fr ............................ B Orange 5 10208 Jack Bates (5) fr ..........................Z Butcher 8 351P7 Bill Haley (21) fr ....................... J Abernethy 6 00590 Julie Johnston (6) fr ................T Macfarlane 9 66111 Westar Sam (22) fr ......................Z Butcher 7 7P083 Jack’s Shadow (7) fr .................... B Orange 7 8.06pm T MARKET FRESH MOBILE PACE $9000, 8 71450 Phillydotcom (21) fr ......................S Phelan r40-r47., mobile, 2500m 1 53709 Amaro (1) fr .............................. P Ferguson 9 83272 Dana Dawn (22) fr .....................A Poutama 2 89387 Itsokbeingbetter (2) fr .................K Marshall 10 25775 Franco Empire (23) fr ..................... J Curtin 3 29636 Bettor Trenz (3) fr..................... J Abernethy 11 81540 Fortune Smiles (24) fr..............S Abernethy 4 98440 Red River Dash (4) fr ..............S Abernethy 12 04469 Our Wicklow (U1) fr .................. P Ferguson 5 7.12pm NAYLOR PALMER OPTOMETRY MOBILE 5 35752 T C Business (5) fr ...................... B Orange PACE $9000, 3yo+ r53-r59., mobile, 2500m 6 60674 Express Play (6) fr .....................A Poutama

7 17300 Pure Desire (7) fr .........................D Butcher 8 09890 Lincoln Lovely (21) fr ...................... J Curtin 9 03965 Marrera (22) fr .............................Z Butcher 10 37074 Rozzano (23) fr...................S Tomlinson (J) 11 02P08 Mister Mighty (24) fr ............D Ferguson (J) 8 8.31pm NAYLOR LAWRENCE HANDICAP TROT $9000, non-winners & up-r49 & r52 w/c spechcp, stand, 2500m 1 63707 Mackali (U1) fr ................................ J Curtin 2 0x609 Bet’s Commando (1) 30M......... P Ferguson 3 37786 Danke (2) 30M...............................G Martin 4 88395 Shona Mary (3) 30M ...................D Butcher 5 60173 Caroline Wozniacki (4) 30M .... J Abernethy 6 04158 Leesa Castleton (5) 30M ..............S Phelan 7 65334 Awa Cathrine (6) 30M....................D Moore 8 x4022 Flying Taine (7) 30M ....................N Chilcott 9 66057 Dauntless (8) 30M .......................Z Butcher 9 8.56pm TREVOR HARRIS MEMORIAL MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ r48-r53., mobile, 2500m 1 01867 Atom Hanover (1) fr ............S Iremonger (J) 2 04102 Maddisons Desire (2) fr ............... B Orange 3 71548 The Kapiti Express (3) fr........... P Ferguson 4 77327 Hezaluckygrinner (4) fr ................N Chilcott 5 21666 Uncle Drew (5) fr .........................D Butcher 6 41809 Kotare Costa (6) fr ..............S Tomlinson (J) 7 14793 Fancy Schmancy (7) fr ................... J Curtin 8 09774 Scelta Uno (21) fr ........................Z Butcher 9 19395 Peter Forsberg (22) fr .............. J Abernethy

10 3189P Wicklow Star (U1) fr ............D Ferguson (J) Pacifiers on : Spirit Of Anzac (R6) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS: Race 1: Ideal Tiger, Downtown Babe, American Delight, Dixie Jazz Race 2: Milner, Maria Kirilenko, Khal Drogo, Ain’t Nothing Bettor Race 3: Zsa Zoe, Majestic One, November Guy, Caitlin’s Surprise Race 4: Rock N Joy, Lincoln Moment, Dana Dawn, Franco Empire Race 5: Afortunado, Anna Barclay, Cyclone Banner, Starry Star Race 6: Shillelagh, Spirit Of Anzac, Bill Haley, Mister Harris Race 7: Rozzano, T C Business, Bettor Trenz, Red River Dash Race 8: Flying Taine, Dauntless, Leesa Castleton, Caroline Wozniacki Race 9: Maddisons Desire, Atom Hanover, Fancy Schmancy, The Kapiti Express

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M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 14 February 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 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 4.12pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR DASH C2, 295m 1 84216 Smash Ocean 17.50 ................ D Kingston 2 32615 Another Cold One 17.40 ..............J Jopson 3 23728 Gotcha Zena 17.48 ................ J McInerney 4 26234 Cornali 17.47 ...............................J Jopson 5 58766 Know Sweat 17.33 ...................... G Cleeve 6 18555 Know Respect 17.28................... G Cleeve 7 72321 Know Logic 17.21 ....................... G Cleeve 8 63464 Lisa’s Boy 17.24........................... R Casey 9 34272 Nippa Eel 17.52 ..................... J McInerney 10 28357 Chop Shop 17.32 ................... J McInerney 2 4.31pm DURASTEEL STRUCTURES PH 033796195 SPRINT C4, 295m 1 x1274 High Return 17.29 ........................M Grant 2 81664 Princely Gold 17.19 ............... J McInerney 3 15882 Danziger 17.10 ...................... R Blackburn 4 71515 Sozin’s Blue 17.31 ................. J McInerney 5 13558 Dizzy Banjo 17.12 ........................... C Weir 6 54441 Nozzno Fear 17.16 .................A Bradshaw 7 61471 Hear This 17.30 ............................M Grant 8 44422 Smash Reward 17.23 ...................M Grant 9 36475 Cawbourne Britty 17.26 .............C Roberts 10 37858 Mitcham Faye 17.22 .............. J McInerney 3 4.52pm FOX & FERRET @ THE PALMS DASH C3, 295m 1 24158 Jaded Affair 17.35...................... L Waretini 2 85453 Barellen Panther 17.44 ..............C Roberts 3 63876 Eyrewell Tango 17.32...................H Cairns 4 25536 Hi Ho Tonto 17.38 .............................A Lee

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 5 26452 Disobedience 17.36 S & ...............B Evans 6 81773 Nippa Martino 17.49 .............. J McInerney 7 75668 Lightning Crash 17.27.................R Adcock 8 12688 Cosmic Richie 17.30 .............. J McInerney 9 56876 Reign Of Fire 17.49 ............... J McInerney 10 58877 Homebush Tasha 17.44 ......... J McInerney 4 5.11pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH SPRINT C3, 295m 1 82332 Jitterbug Jewel 17.36 .................C Roberts 2 28326 Dunk It 17.36 .................................B Dann 3 18688 Homebush Fued 17.42 .......... J McInerney 4 23112 Go Gunna 17.25 ...........................R Wales 5 41583 Sierra Delta 17.34 S & ..................B Evans 6 21634 Vasterbottenost 17.47 .......................A Lee 7 34378 Black Dan 17.60 .................... J McInerney 8 15763 Botany Alan 17.85 ................. J McInerney 9 56876 Reign Of Fire 17.49 ............... J McInerney 10 58877 Homebush Tasha 17.44 ......... J McInerney 5 5.41pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK STAKES C4/5, 520m 1 61442 Dyna Weslyn 29.81 ....................C Roberts 2 42314 Bertie Allen 30.03 ......................C Roberts 3 37835 Mina Allen 30.08 ........................C Roberts 4 63525 Goldstar Ashton 30.35 S & ...........B Evans 5 43766 Goldstar Marvely 30.17 S &..........B Evans 6 31411 Avenger Bale 29.82 ...................C Roberts 7 14243 Eyrewell Turbo 30.25 ...................H Cairns 8 21322 Dyna Dave 29.73 .......................C Roberts 9 77733 Barge Bale 30.20 .......................D Roberts 6 6.09pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO SPRINT C3, 295m 1 83275 Kalonga 17.36 S & ........................B Evans 2 61544 Boston Powers 17.36 ..............A Bradshaw 3 33673 Broken Penniless 17.45 .............. G Cleeve 4 62368 Goldstar Jay Jay 17.25 S & ..........B Evans

5 78884 My Bro Michael 17.29 .............M Robinson 6 73741 Dahteste 17.24 .................................A Lee 7 57861 Cosmic Jase 17.42 ................ J McInerney 8 13552 Homebush Comet 17.55 ........ J McInerney 9 56876 Reign Of Fire 17.49 ............... J McInerney 10 58877 Homebush Tasha 17.44 ......... J McInerney 7 6.29pm ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE DASH C3, 295m 1 53385 Cosmic Marty 17.65............... J McInerney 2 35354 Culvie Jay Dee 17.40 H &................ Taylor 3 71511 Goldstar Trooper 17.16 S & ..........B Evans 4 56453 Opawa Waihemo 17.33 ................R Wales 5 73276 Know Approval 17.32.................. G Cleeve 6 88356 Joe Bonanza nwtd ................. J McInerney 7 78376 Ohoka Angel 17.41 .................... L Waretini 8 66481 Aussie Hoon 17.21 S &.................B Evans 9 56876 Reign Of Fire 17.49 ............... J McInerney 10 58877 Homebush Tasha 17.44 ......... J McInerney 8 6.49pm KAISA EARTHWORKS PH 0272073323 DASH C4, 295m 1 45523 Sunlit Johnny 17.13 ........................ C Weir 2 14327 Mertz 17.47............................ J McInerney 3 82743 It’s That Fresh 17.29 S & ..............B Evans 4 726x5 Billy Frost 17.45 ............................M Grant 5 65877 Shanly Star 17.26 .................. J McInerney 6 65341 Elodea 17.39 ......................... R Blackburn 7 x8332 Fiery Jen 17.19 ..............................B Dann 8 26168 Smash Damage 17.24 ..................M Grant 9 65775 High Dreamer 17.24 .....................M Grant 10 8x857 Smash Attack 17.22......................M Grant 9 7.04pm VALENTINE’S DAY DASH C5, 295m 1 32341 Custom Paint 17.06 ........................ C Weir 2 51626 Mitcham Reado 17.24 ........... J McInerney 3 21211 Dusky Brew 17.32 S & ..................B Evans 4 12238 Botany Cold 17.22 ................. J McInerney

5 41371 Edge Of Town 17.04 ...................R Adcock 6 F1572 Wheelie Wheels 17.18 .................... C Weir 7 12281 Flora Dora 17.16 .........................R Adcock 8 31265 Fired Up Jed 17.23 ........................B Dann 9 18x72 Dyna Kushida 17.00 ..................C Roberts 10 63177 Rocket Raccoon 17.01 ................... C Weir 10 7.29pm I PAVE CONCRETE R/A FEATURE R/A, 520m 1 43481 Ringside 29.84 ............................R Adcock 2 18741 Go Brat 30.14 J & .........................D Fahey 3 14116 Double Speed 30.28 ...................R Adcock 4 86332 Cosmic Ruben nwtd............... J McInerney 5 66543 Mr. Matt 30.11 J &.........................D Fahey 6 22223 Opawa Viking 30.81 J &................D Fahey 7 11234 Lacko Allen 30.09 ......................C Roberts 8 84416 Zefside 30.23 ......................... J McInerney 9 42825 Manooka 30.47 J & .......................D Fahey 10 13731 Our Brad 30.12 J & .......................D Fahey 11 7.56pm FLAIR R/A FEATURE R/A, 520m 1 2415 Opawa Lyn 30.31 ..........................R Wales 2 11813 Ophelia Allen 30.10 ...................D Roberts 3 31473 Bashful Buffy 31.09 ............... J McInerney 4 11413 Von Strass 29.94 J & ....................D Fahey 5 Box Vacant 6 35514 Go Glow 30.24 J &........................D Fahey 7 33162 Busy Flash 30.41 J & ....................D Fahey 8 66615 Elland Road nwtd .................. J McInerney 12 8.21pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C4, 295m 1 12157 Smash Bomber 17.23 ...................M Grant 2 33246 Homebush Boden 17.47 ........ J McInerney 3 6188x Crotty 17.43 ............................A Bradshaw 4 68743 Dove Love 17.15 ............................. C Weir 5 21635 Debbie Baxter 17.11 .............. J McInerney 6 31326 Ring Clown 17.19 .........................M Grant 7 13826 Come A Guster 17.33 ...................M Grant

8 46817 Saraya Jayde 17.25 ................... L Waretini 9 37557 Beck Eleven 17.42 ......................R Adcock 10 78565 Sergess 17.28 ....................... J McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Know Logic, Lisa’s Boy, Another Cold One, Gotcha Zena, Know Sweat Race 2: Danziger, High Return, Smash Reward, Dizzy Banjo, Nozzno Fear Race 3: Jaded Affair, Barellen Panther, Disobedience, Eyrewell Tango, Lightning Crash Race 4: Jitterbug Jewel, Go Gunna, Dunk It, Homebush Fued, Sierra Delta Race 5: Dyna Dave, Dyna Weslyn, Avenger Bale, Bertie Allen, Eyrewell Turbo Race 6: Boston Powers, Kalonga, Dahteste, Cosmic Jase, Broken Penniless Race 7: Goldstar Trooper, Aussie Hoon, Cosmic Marty, Opawa Waihemo, Joe Bonanza Race 8: Sunlit Johnny, Fiery Jen, It’s That Fresh, Mertz, Shanly Star Race 9: Flora Dora, Custom Paint, Edge Of Town, Wheelie Wheels, Dyna Kushida Race 10: Ringside, Lacko Allen, Go Brat, Double Speed, Mr. Matt Race 11: Von Strass, Ophelia Allen, Go Glow, Busy Flash, Opawa Lyn Race 12: Dove Love, Smash Bomber, Homebush Boden, Crotty, Beck Eleven

Canterbury gallops Today at Riccarton Park

Canterbury Racing - Canterbury Jockey Club Venue: Riccarton Park Meeting Date: 14 February 2019 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.13pm (NZT) RICCARTON PARK FUNCTION CENTRE $11,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1200m 1 00010 Mr Typhon tdh (3) 63 2 12373 Strowan tdh (5) 58.5 ................ D Prastiyou 3 0x718 Fly To The Sky tdh (1) 57.5 ........ T Moseley 4 6x224 Suggestive Loox tdh (4) 54.5 .K Asano (a4) 5 75086 Way Too Easy tdm (2) 54........ B Hong (a3) 2 12.48pm PUNTERS CHALLENGE 6 APRIL - ENTER NOW $10,000, 2&3YO Set Weight, 1200m 1 x00x2 Devious bh (3) 57 ......................... S Collett 2 48458 Whatacracker h (4) 57 .............. L Callaway 3 55 Alonzo h (6) 57 ............................. D Turner 4 09x12 Tee Cee Coup dbh (5) 56.5 5 5x60x Thunder Bay h (2) 55.................C Johnson 6 5080 She’s Foxy h (1) 55 .............R Mudhoo (a3) 3 1.23pm NZB SOUTH ISLAND SALE 29 APRIL MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 02963 Retort (15) 58.5 .................... T Jonker (a2) 2 00 Billabong Billy (8) 58.5 .................. D Turner 3 59x00 Chorister h (9) 58.5 .............B Morgenrood 4 x00x0 Titanium Jack h (2) 58.5 .......... D Prastiyou 5 Jay Pee Bee (1) 58 ....................C Johnson 6 62x70 Switch Pitcher (4) 56.5 ........S Toolooa (a4) 7 4x456 Rita Aura (11) 56.5 ................... L Callaway 8 x958x Savelle h (13) 56.5 .......T Comignaghi (a2) 9 She’s A Beauty (3) 56.5 ......R Mudhoo (a3) 10 00x60 Cinto Bay h (12) 56.5.....................J Morris 11 4660x Langbein h (5) 56.5 ........................ L Hemi 12 8780x Show Cloud (10) 56.5 .................... J Lowry 13 83432 Spring Blossom h (14) 56 ............. S Collett 14 x720x Norma Jean h (7) 56 ................. T Moseley

M3 Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 14 February 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.04pm (NZT) AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES SPRINT C1, 375m 1 18672 Yella Ella 21.54 R & .......................... L Udy 2 16455 Don Morocco 21.33 P & ..............J Cleaver 3 75663 Thrilling Arnold 21.48 ................... S Codlin 4 88864 Bright Boy 21.72 .......................... S E Hunt 5 62322 Barossa nwtd ...........................A Lawrence 6 28233 Kai Nan nwtd ................................G Farrell 7 72388 Jay Grim nwtd...............................G Farrell 8 31276 Go Home Harry 21.58 ....................S Clark 9 47675 Secret Babe nwtd W & ................. T Steele 2 12.22pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C2, 375m 1 66427 Gao Gao 21.54 .............................G Farrell 2 73817 Finkle Foot Hero 21.52 .....................D Ray 3 61118 Unconscionable 21.45 R & ............... L Udy 4 36265 Grouch Pawset 21.57 ................... P Green 5 66x73 Jinja Stinger 21.40 W & ................ T Steele 6 32147 Bigtime Monty nwtd ....................H Mullane 7 12726 Typical 21.51................................... S Ross 8 52316 Gotcha Millie 21.58 .....................H Mullane 9 71348 Secret Lily 21.56 W & ................... T Steele

2 983 I Am A Rock (8) 58.5 ..................... J Lowry 3 89x37 Louvres (12) 58.5 ........................C Barnes $10,000, MDN, 2000m 4 x0448 Jiminy Cricket h (10) 58.5 .......... T Moseley 1 34378 Producer (4) 58.5.................. T Jonker (a2) 5 70x78 El Campeador h (1) 58.5 .......K Asano (a4) 2 60045 Bannock (1) 58.5 .......................C Johnson 6 96392 El Bee Jack (17) 58 ...................C Johnson 3 0x846 Skedaddle Skedoo (7) 58.5 ...... L Callaway 7 80864 Letzpartyon (16) 56.5 4 58 Nathan Detroit h (2) 58.5 .....B Morgenrood 8 68730 Lil’ Roka h (4) 56.5.................. B Hong (a3) 5 08869 Tacktheflag (6) 58.5 ............... D Bothamley 9 0x55x Sebring’s Delight h (11) 56.5 ........ S Collett 6 0P348 Adventuress b (8) 56.5 .T Comignaghi (a2) 10 00605 Nifty (7) 56.5 ............................. L Callaway 7 67240 Hard But Fair h (5) 56.5 .................. L Hemi 11 70990 Sichuan Dragon h (6) 56.5 .R Mudhoo (a3) 8 5 Hokitika Sunset (3) 56.5 .....R Mudhoo (a3) 12 45806 Cee Sharp h (14) 56.5 ..T Comignaghi (a2) 5 2.33pm A & L BROWNE BLOODSTOCK $10,000, 13 5068x Latasso h (5) 56.5................S Toolooa (a4) Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2000m 14 22700 Lunar Lady h (2) 56.5 ................... D Turner 1 x0351 Roc The Cradle h (8) 59 .......... D Prastiyou 15 00090 Realm (15) 56.5 ....................... D Prastiyou 2 0x205 Baban (2) 58 ................................... L Hemi 16 0x8 Sumpin Leica Dad (13) 56.5 .....J Anderson 3 104x4 Abraxos (9) 57 ........................... T Moseley (a4) 4 0x798 The Lustre (5) 57 ........................... J Lowry 17 7x963 Sulu Sea h (9) 56 5 93300 Coup Dreamwood h (7) 57 ........... D Turner 8 4.17pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO MAIDEN 6 50618 Remedy th (3) 56 .................S Toolooa (a4) $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 8x058 Bogatyr (18) 58.5 ........................... J Lowry 7 37284 Lady Byron t (4) 56 ....................C Johnson 2 90346 Bluey’s Chance (20) 58.5 ..... T Jonker (a2) 8 40565 Run Forrest Run (1) 56.T Comignaghi (a2) 3 6936 Raff h (5) 58.5................................. L Hemi 9 20059 Advent m (6) 54 .................... T Jonker (a2) 6 3.08pm SPEIGHT’S $11,000, Rating 72 Bench- 4 05578 Lincoln Zephyr (19) 58.5............C Johnson mark, 1600m 5 82 Rivaldo h (9) 58 ........................ L Callaway 1 36956 Forged tdmh (6) 59 .............R Mudhoo (a3) 6 74673 Sharp ‘N’ Silver h (16) 56.5 ....K Asano (a4) 2 30131 Showpin tdm (8) 59 ......T Comignaghi (a2) 7 65x26 Smart Garden (6) 56.5 ..... R Beeharry (a3) 3 07298 Longford tdh (1) 58.5 .................... S Collett 8 78346 Reliable Glow h (15) 56.5 ............. D Turner 4 30714 Our Teddy Boy dm (4) 58.5............. L Hemi 9 5398 Lively Interest h (13) 56.5 ............C Barnes 5 70311 Abrahams th (5) 57.5 .................C Johnson 10 5x649 Vouch h (4) 56.5 ........................... S Collett 6 135Px Speedy Jax tmh (2) 56.5 .....S Toolooa (a4) 11 x0409 Snowbelle (11) 56.5.......................J Morris 7 44428 Pinup Coup tdh (3) 56 .................. D Turner 12 Elva h (8) 56.5 ......................... D Prastiyou 8 09809 Red Tiara h (7) 54..................... L Callaway 13 Quick Kiss (10) 56.5 ...........R Mudhoo (a3) 7 3.43pm FORD CONTRACTING MAIDEN $10,000, 14 5 Llovizna (12) 56 ............T Comignaghi (a2) MDN, 1600m 15 58 Succoso Segreto bh (3) 56 ........ T Moseley 1 47x24 Just Push Play (3) 58.5................... L Hemi 16 Casa Cavassa h (7) 56 ....G Saejorhor (a4) 15

17 Hillersden h (1) 58 .................. B Hong (a3) 18 85600 Stirling Lady (2) 56 19 0x070 Firestarter h (17) 56.5 20 x00x0 Titanium Jack h (14) 58.5 Emergencies: Hillersden, Stirling Lady, Firestarter, Titanium Jack 9 4.47pm RACECOURSE HOTEL & MOTOR LODGE $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 02468 King Kane dh (4) 59................K Gundowry 2 57270 Opihi Ranger tdm (3) 58.5 ...... B Hong (a3) 3 15009 Highly Xcited dh (1) 58 .............. T Moseley 4 35320 Splendior (10) 57.5 ........................ J Lowry 5 03177 Ride The Storm dh (9) 57.5 6 75484 Perfidia d (6) 56.5 ......................C Johnson 7 360x0 Saronic Miss tdh (11) 56.5............ D Turner 8 3430x Thailand (8) 56.5 .......................... S Collett 9 46650 Flash Suggestion (7) 56.5 .............. L Hemi 10 2100 Sure Is d (2) 56 .............T Comignaghi (a2) 11 x8800 Tantella 55 ..................................Scratched 12 37643 It’s Pandemonium db (5) 54.... G Saejorhor (a4) Blinkers on : She’s Foxy (R2), Lincoln Zephyr, Firestarter (R8) Blinkers off : Billabong Billy (R3), Forged (R6), Realm (R7), Raff (R8) Winkers on : Fly To The Sky (R1), Sure Is (R9) Winkers off : Bogatyr, Lincoln Zephyr, Firestarter (R8) LEGEND: Runner Form b - Beaten favourite at last start c - Won at this distance on this course d - Won at this distance on another course h - Home track m - Won in heavy going t - Won at track X - Spell of three months Race Information

hcp - handicap mdn - maiden nmw - no metropolitan wins opn - open r80 - rating 3yo - nominated age 3yo & up - nominated age and up 3yo f - nominated age and type 3 & 4yos - combined age groups c&g - colts and geldings cg&e - colts, geldings and entires e&g - entires and geldings f&m - fillies and mares hwt - high weight sw - set weight swp - set weights and penalties spa - set weights, penalties and allowances wfa - weight for age wlt - welter weight wfp - weight for age with penalties and allowances

42537 Billy Bright 26.15 ..................... P Ferguson 4 58472 Powerful Lomar 21.29.....................B Craik 38546 Hua Hua nwtd ...............................G Farrell 5 42212 Just One Smile 20.89 .....................B Craik 53757 Platinum Tears nwtd .......................S Clark 6 12265 Suspicious Minds 20.94..................B Craik 48642 Jinja Liv nwtd U & ........................... Cottam 7 57117 Raging Demon 20.99 R &................. L Udy 11122 Thrilling Trev 25.73 ........................K Walsh 8 27x72 Alyeska 21.31 .................................B Craik 132 Thrilling Vice nwtd .........................K Walsh 9 44533 Reality Check 21.43 ......................K Walsh x13x7 Shooters Hill nwtd.......................... S Lozell 10 6x516 Jimmy’s Rocket 21.00 .....................S Clark 48468 Odnoc Ankie 25.85 .................. P Ferguson 8 2.07pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD STAKES 77656 Talkabout Ziggy nwtd ........................D Ray C2/3, 457m 6 1.32pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMMA POTTS C3, 1 37571 Jetsun Swan nwtd ....................... G Wilson 375m 2 18364 Bear Claws nwtd W & ................... T Steele 1 2756x Zipping Ringo 21.48 .........................D Ray 3 34871 Salvarotti 25.99...............................B Craik 2 72357 Jetsun Woody 21.52 .................... G Wilson 4 55385 Cosmic Barwon 25.67 ................. C Henley 3 7x152 Bigtime Alldone nwtd ..................H Mullane 5 27478 San Tan Samson 26.25 .................T Green 4 48264 Pat Tama 21.35...............................S Clark 6 23452 Finkle Foot Fred 26.04......................D Ray 5 24673 Bigtime Jacob 21.24 ...................H Mullane 7 64437 Go Angel nwtd ..............................G Farrell 6 28348 Subzero Princess nwtd ................ C Henley 8 54FxF Millie Prince nwtd .................... P Ferguson 7 22246 Botany Wayne 21.31..................... P Green 9 48468 Odnoc Ankie 25.85 .................. P Ferguson 8 72448 Vikings nwtd ................................... E Potts 9 2.24pm FARMLANDS VIRKON STAKES C4/5, 9 46444 Retired Mouse 21.34 .....................T Green 457m 1 53221 Heart Shaped Box 25.97 ................B Craik 10 57754 Zugzwang nwtd ............................S O’Neill 7 1.49pm HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY EKALI SPRINT 2 75787 Yooldome 25.81 ............................G Farrell C4/5, 375m 3 84378 Bigtime Phantom 25.86 ..............H Mullane 1 22531 Ekali 21.28 ....................................G Farrell 4 14377 Sue Zooki 25.70 ............................T Green 2 86233 Botany Esmay 21.58 .................... P Green 5 15232 Talkabout Missy 25.68 ...................K Walsh 3 24136 Fancy Fox 21.25 .......................... C Henley 6 24112 Thrilling Talk 25.42.........................K Walsh

7 63855 Opawa Jimbo 25.91 W & .............. T Steele 8 21515 Tianyu 25.68 .................................G Farrell LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

7x7 Overcoat (6) 56....................... B Hong (a3)

4 1.58pm CANTERBURY EQUINE CLINIC MAIDEN

SELECTIONS: Race 1: Suggestive Loox, Strowan, Mr Typhon, Fly To The Sky, Way Too Easy Race 2: Tee Cee Coup, Thunder Bay, Devious, Alonzo, Whatacracker Race 3: Savelle, Spring Blossom, Norma Jean, Retort, Jay Pee Bee Race 4: Nathan Detroit, Tacktheflag, Hard But Fair, Producer, Adventuress Race 5: Lady Byron, Remedy, The Lustre, Run Forrest Run, Baban Race 6: Pinup Coup, Forged, Showpin, Abrahams, Longford Race 7: El Bee Jack, Cee Sharp, Jiminy Cricket, Lil’ Roka, Sebring’s Delight Race 8: Sharp ‘N’ Silver, Raff, Lincoln Zephyr, Rivaldo, Vouch Race 9: Splendior, King Kane, Perfidia, Saronic Miss, Opihi Ranger

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway 10 21674 Thrilling Dexter 21.39 .................... S Lozell 12.39pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 375m 1 36744 Agistri 21.37 ................................ S E Hunt 2 57753 Tilly’s Silly nwtd R &.......................... L Udy 3 66424 In Focus 21.72 P & ......................J Cleaver 4 38884 El Hefe 21.67 ..............................D R Laing 5 88374 Opawa Loyal 21.27 .........................S Clark 6 47412 Opawa Big 21.76 ..........................G Farrell 7 47642 Jinja Lad 21.72 ..........................R McPhee 8 65283 Just Maddie 21.72 ......................... M Black 9 47675 Secret Babe nwtd W & ................. T Steele 4 12.57pm GARRARD’S HORSE & HOUND SPRINT C1, 375m 1 35488 Rockin’ Robyn nwtd ......................S O’Neill 2 86577 Home Bound nwtd R & ..................... L Udy 3 15867 Twelve Gauge 21.70 ...................... M Black 4 86788 Seven Sharp 21.70 ......................... S Ross 5 24457 Smoochie 21.37.......................A Lawrence 6 58578 Mighty Mezz 21.73 R & ............N O’Regan 7 7x486 Sings Like Elvis 21.67 ....................S Clark 8 76578 Peekay Shout nwtd U & .................. Cottam 9 16455 Don Morocco 21.33 P & ..............J Cleaver 10 38884 El Hefe 21.67 ..............................D R Laing 5 1.14pm FARMLANDS VIRKON STAKES C1, 457m 1 83418 Little Trilise nwtd ......................A Lawrence

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SELECTIONS: Race 1: Barossa, Kai Nan, Don Morocco, Go Home Harry, Thrilling Arnold Race 2: Typical, Jinja Stinger, Gao Gao, Gotcha Millie, Bigtime Monty Race 3: Opawa Big, Opawa Loyal, Just Maddie, In Focus, Agistri Race 4: Smoochie, Seven Sharp, Sings Like Elvis, Twelve Gauge, Home Bound Race 5: Thrilling Trev, Thrilling Vice, Little Trilise, Billy Bright, Jinja Liv Race 6: Vikings, Botany Wayne, Pat Tama, Bigtime Alldone, Zipping Ringo Race 7: Just One Smile, Suspicious Minds, Ekali, Powerful Lomar, Botany Esmay Race 8: Finkle Foot Fred, Jetsun Swan, Salvarotti, Cosmic Barwon, San Tan Samson Race 9: Thrilling Talk, Talkabout Missy, Opawa Jimbo, Bigtime Phantom, Heart Shaped Box

Pack a picnic for a fantastic day WHAT’S ON out at the Boxing Day Races

Fun and games for the kids BOXING DAY RACES and music

by Nyree

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TRADES, SERVICES

CERAMIC tiles - tile quality guaranteed - Tile Warehouse selection available at Redmonds Furnishing and Flooring, Burnett Street.

COMPUTER PROBLEMS??

For professional computer servicing and laser engraving, see Kelvin at KJB Systems, 4 Ascot Place. Phone 308 8989. Locally owned and serving Ashburton for 30 years. Same day service if possible.

Supergold discount card welcomed.

PLANTS, PRODUCE

SMITHFIELD FLOWERS VALENTINE'S DAY BOUQUETS 211 Smithfield Road, Ashburton.

Shop open every day for $20 Valentine's bouquets and on Thursday, February 14 until 7pm.

If more expensive bouquets required for the occasion please phone or text 027 695 0992 to talk to Jo.

HEALTH & BEAUTY

SHELLY, Open Chinese Phone

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9am 9pm. lady, Ashburton.

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ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

TWO beautiful Asian ladies, $200 for 30 minutes, $300 for one hour. Full service.

Special Chinese massage.

Phone 021 046 4314.

CELESTE, mature, massage, fun times. No texting. Kate available Friday from 7pm.

Phone 021 146 1596.

NEW Asian, beautiful, busty 38DD, friendly, nude massage. Ph 021 0883 7229.

“It’s an institution”

$10 entry, under 18 FREE First race starts at 12.30pm

Pack a picnic for a fantastic day out at the Boxing Day Races

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Pakeke Lions Annual Monster Charity Garage Sale 03 307 7936 9am – 1pm Saturday, March 2 | Ashburton Racecourse

The Proposed Plan Change 2 to the Operative Ashburton District Plan consists of six distinct proposals addressing identified gaps and deficiencies to the Plan. The proposed changes are meant to improve the efficiency of the District Plan by clarifying, making additions or removal of the identified ambiguous provisions. The proposed changes cover the following areas: A. Protection of salmon spawning areas B. Farming Activity/Intensive farming activity building size limit C. Roading Hierarchy D. Plains Museum land use zone boundary extension E. Livestock farming in Residential Zones F. Hours of operation of Licensed Premises in the Business Zone Details of the proposals and accompanying evaluation reports in accordance with section 32 of the Resource Management Act (1991) are available for inspection at the following sites; • • • • •

• Cash or Eftpos on sale day.

• Donations of household, garden and workshop items gratefully accepted.

• Cake stall, also surplus fruit or vegetables for resale • Children’s entertainment – sausage sizzle – craft stalls No heaters, computers or TVs accepted.

Donated Items can be collected from Wednesday February 27 to Friday March 1 or may be dropped off at the Racecourse from 9am to 4pm on those days.

Contact Dave 307 4349, Trevor 307 2629, George 307 2243 or George 308 8231

Council Offices at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton; Ashburton Library; Methven I-site; Rakaia Mobil Service Station or Download from Ashburton District Council website: www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/districtplan

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Anyone may make a submission on the proposal by sending a written or electronic submission titled ‘Plan Change 2 – Ashburton District Plan’ by post to Ashburton District Council, P.O. Box 94, Ashburton 7740, by hand delivery to Council offices at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton or by email to info@adc.govt.nz.

All submissions must use prescribed RMA Form 5 and must state whether or not the submitter wishes to be heard. Copies of Form 5 can also be obtained from the locations stated above.

For further information, please contact Simon Mutonhori on 03 307 7875 or by email: simon.mutonhori@adc.govt.nz

Tutus on Tour Dancers will perform classical favourites and contemporary works suitable for all ages. A fantastic opportunity to see your critically-acclaimed national ballet company.

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

9.30am AGE CONCERN EXERCISE CLASS. Weekly classes. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Join our friendly group for fun exercise.

Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings for toy hire. Victoria Street, The

FRIDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road.

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Affordable Theatre made easy. Pay what you believe the show was worth following the show

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Direct from Melbourne Bloom brings you songs from two amazing artists, Adele and Amy Winehouse. Bloom has just returned from shows featuring John Farnham and John Paul Young along with many more, her pitch perfect and powerful voice will have you singing along.

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MARCH

The Adele and Amy Songbook

One of the world’s best-loved musicals is coming to our stage. This is a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s masterpiece and it is going to be a big one. Tickets are selling fast so don’t miss out.

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Feb 14 & 15, 2019 Triangle.

10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz 48 Allens Road.

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

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares.

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10am - 4pm TROTTS GARDEN. Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts.co.nz or phone 027-640-4094. Racecourse Road.

10.15am MSA TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for arthritis. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street. (not school holidays).

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities.

MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street. (not school holidays).

11am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome, Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Holy Spirit Church. Thomson Street, Tinwald.

1.00pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD.

New members welcome. Bring your work and join a friendly group. Senior Citizens Centre, Cameron Street 1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome, Phone Age Concern 308-6817. St Peter’s Church, Allenton.

1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome, Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street.

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

Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Social play, newcomers welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIORNET. Subject - Pop in problem day. Venue MSA Reading Room. Havelock Street.

Cost $2 Topic - Pop in and away session.

Opportunity to bring your queries, concerns, etc to this pop in afternoon where tutors will endeavour to help you.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. Learn to dance. everyone welcome. Allenton Scout Den, Melrose Road.

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Zumba. 48 Allens Road.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10am - 4pm TROTTS GARDEN. Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts.co.nz or phone

027-640-4094. Racecourse Road.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares.

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Ashburton Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

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Thursday, February 14, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Love really does require a sense of humour. When you bring that to the table, you can find the other person’s quirks, gaps of knowledge and errors in approach to be a source of endearment and mirth.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The paradox of love is that it can at once feel comfortable and thrilling, right and dangerous, inevitable and yet completely up to you. Take a breath and luxuriate love’s opposites.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’re keenly aware of what the people in your life need, especially your nearest and dearest. You’ll save up those three little words and drop them when they’ll mean the most.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Among love’s many gifts will be the sort of temptation that seduces you in a positive way, so that you want nothing more than to do something wonderful instead of wicked, generous instead of selfish.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): People have described love to you, but that didn’t teach you what it was any more than poets or songs or movies did.

Experience is the only way, your experiences just get deeper and more meaningful.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Love isn’t something that happens because two descriptions of it match up well. It’s more complex and nuanced than that. You know what love is when you come across it, which is why you keep diving in.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Marilyn Monroe famously said that anyone who couldn’t handle her at her worst didn’t deserve her at her best. This flies against Libran logic. Reward those who love the full spectrum of you by giving your very best.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You are decisive and sure, which makes it all the more impactful when you declare your love. It will be easier for you to give than receive, so make extra efforts to receive well.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’ll be understood the way you’ve longed to be, in a way that is in some regards beyond your understanding of yourself and in other regards barely scratching the surface of your deep mystery.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): In love, not everything makes sense immediately, but you’ve a sense of patient optimism about it that makes uncertainty palatable, if not entirely pleasant.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Soul-driven connections are happening for you – some in the form of coincidental meetings or unlikely and whimsical connections that nonetheless feel somehow correct, fated even.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Because you’re willing to take on the challenges of love, you’ll be, in the moment you least expect it, seized by a thrilling sense of soaring adventure, followed by a comforting rush of relief when you find a soft place to land.

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O’REILLY, Pauline Edith Ermenalda (nee McKendry) – On February 13, 2019 at Princes Court, Ashburton.

Passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Aged 91 years. Much loved wife of the late Pat. Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Patrick and Lyn, Aileen and Murray Straight, Maree, Kerry and Debbie, Janine, Denis and Wendy, Kathryn, Leo and Angela, Gerard and Jane, and Irene and Philip Duff. A much loved Nana and great Nana. Messages to the O’Reilly family, c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A Requiem Mass to celebrate Pauline’s life will be held at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, Methven on MONDAY, February 18, commencing at 11.00am.

Followed by interment at the Methven Cemetery. A Vigil Service will be held at Our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton on Sunday, February 17 commencing at 4.30pm.

Our Dear Wee Soul.

O’REILLY, Pauline Edith Ermenalda (nee McKendry) – On February 13, 2019.

Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Kerry and Debbie, and loved Nana of Megan and Adam, and Liam.

O’REILLY, Pauline Edith Ermenalda (nee McKendry) – On February 13, 2019.

Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Patrick and Lyn, loved Nana of Kim and Graeme Mills, Susie and Geoff Soal, Louise O’Reilly and Jason Laking, and great Nana of Jack, and Harry Soal, Maddie, Hazel, and Georgia Laking.

O’REILLY, Pauline Edith Ermenalda (nee McKendry) – On February 13, 2019.

Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Aileen and Murray Straight, loved Nana of Nick and Dave Kempton, Claire and Graeme Peters, Michael and Kate (Australia), Andrew and Amanda and great Nana of Olivia, and Shaun Kempton, Joe, Sam, and Molly Peters, and Donnacha, Roίsin, and Kitty.

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O’REILLY Pauline Edith Ermenalda (nee McKendry) – on February 13, 2019. Dearly loved mother and mother-inlaw of Denis and Wendy, loved Nana of Christina and Chris Blythe and great Nana of Brianna, Jaime, and Jenna (Brisbane, Australia).

O’REILLY, Pauline Edith Ermenalda (nee McKendry) – Passed away peacefully on February 13, 2019. Aged 91 years. A wonderful and caring mother and mother-in-law of Gerard and Jane. Devoted Nana of Simon, and Sarah.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.

Rest in peace.

O’REILLY, Pauline Edith Ermenalda (nee McKendry) – on February 13, 2019. Dearly loved mother and mother-inlaw of Irene and Philip Duff and loved Nana of Reilly, and Patrick.

O’REILLY, Pauline Edith Ermenalda (nee McKendry) – On February 13, 2019.

Dearly loved daughter of the late Archie and Edie McKendry and loved sister of the late Dan, Irene, Rita and their families.

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Thursday, 14 February 2019

A ridge retreats to the north as a front, preceded by strong northwesterlies and followed by cooler southwesterlies, moves northwards over the South Island.

Another front moves over the South Island late tomorrow and Saturday followed by strong cool southwesterlies.

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TODAY: Morning cloud then fine.

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Auckland

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Cloudy increasing then rain spreading north from afternoon. Wind at 1000m: NW rising to 60 km/h afternoon. Wind at 2000m: NW gradually rising to gale 75 km/h afternoon.

Hamilton

fog

Napier

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TOMORROW FZL: 3000m, lowering to 2500m in S

Wellington

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Nelson

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Blenheim

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Cloudy with showers and southerlies developing early, clearing in the afternoon and southerlies easing.

Morning cloud and isolated showers, then becoming fine. Wind at 1000m: NW easing to 35 km/h morning, but rising to 60 km/h evening. Wind at 2000m: NW easing to 50 km/h morning.

Greymouth

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Christchurch

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Timaru

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Queenstown

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Invercargill

rain

Fine at first. Cloud and scattered rain developing from the south in the afternoon and evening. Northerlies change southerly in the evening.

TOMORROW

Showers clearing in the morning and becoming fine. Southerlies dying out, northerlies developing in the afternoon.

SATURDAY

Often cloudy, with isolated showers near the foothills. Light winds, with northeasterly breezes about the coast.

Mainly fine, some morning cloud. NE.

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Fair fishing

Set 12:54 am Rise 3:46 pm

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Fair fishing

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Set 1:33 am Rise 4:54 pm

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New moon

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:30 pm, yesterday 129.7 Nth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

3.33

Sth Ashburton at 2:10 pm, yesterday

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Rangitata Klondyke at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 2:13 pm, yesterday

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Forecasts for today

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 23.7 25.4 Max to 4pm 16.0 Minimum 14.2 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm February to date 0.8 Avg Feb to date 23 2019 to date 30.0 81 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 19 At 4pm Strongest gust E 31 Time of gust 3:44pm

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Going for the big one Neil Thakar from the Ashburton Borough School 2 team prepares to send a ball to the boundary during the Mid Canterbury Cricket Year 5 and 6 schools’ tournament at the Ashburton Domain yesterday.

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BY ERIN TASKER

ERIN.T@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Mid Canterbury’s primary schools came together for a full-on day of cricketing fun at the Ashburton Domain yesterday.

A total of 21 teams from schools around the district took part in the annual Mid Canterbury Cricket Year 5 and 6 tournament, with 13 boys’ teams and eight girls’ teams

taking to a number of smaller than usual pitches dotted around the Ashburton Domain Oval.

It was country’s day in the girls’ section, with Mayfield winning and Mt Somers Springburn the runners-up, while one of two teams from Ashburton Borough School – Ashburton Borough 1 – and Carew Peel Forest were both unbeaten in the boys’ section.

Both sides went through all five of their games without being beaten, but Borough’s runs aggregate was a massive 619 runs compared to Mayfield/Carew Peel Forest’s 398, so the Borough side took it out thanks to their superior aggregate.

Mayfield School and Carew Peel Forest School weren’t the only schools that joined forces for the

tournament, with Ashburton’s Netherby and Methven’s Our Lady of the Snows also combining after both were keen to enter teams, but were low on numbers.

Mid Canterbury Cricket coach Garfield Charles said it was an awesome day, and a big shout out had to go to the parents and teachers who volunteered their time to umpire each game, and

Kathryn Clark who helped mark out the many fields and pitches.

South Canterbury Cricket’s development team of Shane Gilkinson and Phil Lill were also in town to lend a helping hand on what was a big day of cricket.

A Year 7 and 8 tournament was also due to be held earlier this season, but bad weather meant it didn’t get off the ground.

Mills stars in Spurs’ NBA win Australian guard Patty Mills scored a season-best 22 points as the San Antonio Spurs halted a four-game NBA losing streak with a 108-107 away win at the Memphis Grizzlies yesterday.

Mills made six of eight three-pointers.

Six Spurs scored in double figures.

Avery Bradley scored a season-best 33 points for Memphis.

San Antonio shot just 41.9 per cent from the field but were a scorching 13 of 21 from 3-point range.

Gordon Hayward scored 26 points off the bench to lead the visiting Boston Celtics past the Philadelphia 76ers 112-109 in a game full of playoff atmosphere.

Al Horford scored 23 points while Jayson Tatum added 20 points and 10 rebounds as the

Celtics snapped a two-game losing streak.

Joel Embiid had 23 points and 14 rebounds for his league-leading 47th double-double and Australian Ben Simmons had 16 points, five rebounds and five assists.

The Sixers had their two-game winning streak halted and lost their first game since acquiring Tobias Harris in a trade-deadline deal with the Los Angeles Clip-

pers. Rookie Trae Young had 22 points and 14 assists as the Atlanta Hawks defeated LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 117113.

The Hawks snapped a threegame losing streak despite a triple-double from James, who had 28 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic had 25 points and 17 rebounds as the visiting Orlando Magic belted the

Chiefs have named a shock lineup for opener

reeling New Orleans Pelicans 11888.

The Pelicans fell short of that total and lost for the eighth time in 11 games.

All-Star forward Anthony Davis, playing his third game since the trade deadline passed and he returned from a finger injury, had only three points on 1-for-9 shooting for New Orleans.

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