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A crime ring involving up to 11 young suspects is being linked to a string of break-ins around Ashburton during the weekend. Hampstead and Netherby homes were heavily targeted in the spree, with reports of thefts also in Tinwald and the CBD. Ashburton police revealed last week they had up to 11 people aged 16-24 on its radar, who are believed to be separating into smaller groups and breaking into homes and vehicles. Three people linked to the group have already been arrested for their involvement in an Oxford Street bur-
glary that resulted in them attempting to set fire to a stolen car near the Ashburton River. Sergeant Janine Bowden, of Ashburton, said police were now investigating five break-ins at separate addresses from the weekend. “In follow-up to the story last week related to 11 young people, we are seeing burglaries and property theft from vehicles, clearly these people are after easily obtainable items to on-sell and often for youth it’s for drugs,” Ms Bowden said. “Police are aware of a group operating in the Netherby and Hampstead area and we are appealing for any information about suspicious activity
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so we can locate and apprehend these people.” Vehicles parked at properties on Brucefield Avenue, Chalmers Avenue and Nelson Street were broken into, with items including CDs, cash and GPS’ taken. Also during the weekend, a Honda Accord was stolen from a Wills Street house and later found on Russell Avenue, stripped of its speakers, subwoofer and a laptop. In McMurdo Street in Tinwald, a garage was forced open and a car rummaged through overnight Saturday. Ms Bowden said police had a strong idea as to who was responsible for many of the incidents, and had con-
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Nanny wanted for prince in NZ The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are on the lookout for a nanny to look after baby George on their trip to New Zealand and Australia in April, Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper has reported. The royal couple’s current nanny, Jessie Webbm, 71 – who looked after Prince William when he was a child and came out of retirement to tend George – has reached the end of her contract. Prospective candidates would need to be experienced, discreet, trained in paediatric first aid and demonstrate an ability to cope in stressful situations, Janine Bayley of nanny recruitment agency Rock mybaby.co.nz said. – APNZ
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Revolution going to the dogs Venezuela’s socialist revolution is going to the dogs – literally. President Nicolas Maduro has ordered aides to study extending price caps to dog and cat food as part of the government-funded Mission Nevado campaign to rescue an uncontrolled population of street animals in Venezuelan cities. At an event in Caracas with animal rights activists yesterday, the president adopted a grey and white calico cat. He said taking care of neglected animals represents the noblest sentiments of the revolution started by his predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez. – AP
Peter Parker returns In this image provided by Marvel Entertainment, shows the cover issue of The Amazing Spider-Man comic book by writer Dan Slott and illustrated by Humberto Ramos. More than a year after Peter Parker had his body inhabited by the mind of the villainous and hyper-intelligent Otto Octavius, aka Doctor Octopus, Marvel Entertainment’s web slinger is getting back inside his own skin. Writer Dan Slott penned the swap that saw “The Amazing Spider-Man” end with issue number 700 at the end of 2012. With that in place, the long-running book was replaced by Octavius’ adventures in the twice-monthly Superior Spider-Man. Now, said Slott, Parker is returning to a world that never knew he was gone, which, he said, is both a blessing and a curse. “We’ve been watching Doc Ock knock over all the dominoes and that’s part of the fun, too, trying to imagine what kind of world Peter is going to Rip Van Winkle in to,” said Slott, whose tenure writing Spider-Man has stretched for years, often to critical acclaim. The first issue of Amazing Spider-Man, illustrated by Humberto Ramos, is due out in February. “When he comes back it’s going to be a whole new world for him.” – AP
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Bieber being an egg? Sheriff ’s deputies are investigating Justin Bieber for yet another dispute with his neighbours that could land him in court. Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s spokesman Steve Whitmore says Bieber has been named as a suspect in a misdemeanour vandalism and assault crime report for allegedly throwing eggs at a neighbour’s home in their gated Calabasas neighbourhood on Friday. The 19-year-old pop star allegedly egged the house while his neighbour and neighbour’s daughter were on the balcony. They videotaped the incident, Whitmore says. Whitmore says Bieber won’t speak to deputies. Depending on the damage estimate, a charge could rise to a felony. – AP
Anderson remarries ex Pamela Anderson has remarried her ex-husband Rick Salomon. The 46-year-old actress and Salomon were married for less than 10 weeks in 2007 before Anderson filed for divorce. However, after revealing the pair were on good terms last year Anderson arrived at a gala in Beverly Hills on Sunday wearing a sparkling diamond ring on her left hand. When quizzed whether she and Rick were husband and wife again the blonde star couldn’t contain her excitement. “Yes. We’re very happy,’’ she smiled. – CM
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■ LOCAL ROCK THROWERS STRIKE AGAIN
Truck driver fourth victim By Myles HuMe
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A truck driver passing through Ashburton on Sunday night was the fourth motorist in a week to have his window smashed by a thrown rock. Police condemned the actions of those responsible for pelting two trucks and a car with rocks at the Walnut Avenue and West Street roundabout last Thursday. They expressed disappoint-
ment another driver has been left counting the cost. Sergeant Janine Bowden, of Ashburton, said a truck driver was heading south through Tinwald along Archibald Street about 11.45pm on Sunday when a rock connected with the left-side front window. She said the driver was uninjured and decided to continue driving despite the damage. “We suspect it was a large rock that was thrown, but no one was spotted in the area at
the time,” she said. Police are investigating all four incidents, but the culprit/s remain at large. Throwing rocks at vehicles can land offenders with a charge of intentional damage, but has the potential to cause serious crashes, and incidentally, heavier charges. Ms Bowden said it was highly likely the incidents could be linked. “This is rather concerning,” she said following Thursday’s
incidents. “Given the circumstances, any of these drivers could have been injured or had their vision obscured and lost control of their vehicles.” In 2005, Ngatai Rewiti, 15, was found guilty on manslaughter charges after throwing a concrete block through the window of a car being driven by Chris Currie on a trip from Taupo to Auckland. The block fatally injured Mr Currie, who slumped over the steering wheel before the car
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he was in with three others crashed 200 metres further up the road. Ms Bowden urged the public to contact police immediately if they suspect someone throwing rocks in urban Ashburton area. She said that could include seeing people ducking or diving behinds walls or bushes. Ashburton police can be contacted on 307-8400 or anonymously on Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School participants (from left) Hannah Austin, Marjenta Chatterton and Abigail Austin. Photo Donna Wylie 130114-DW-064
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Melodic tones ringing out from the walls of the Ashburton Trust Event Centre is music to the ears of Jo Castelow. The Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School musical director and producer has a huge task on her hands this week. She has to turn 105 students into stage material in just five days. “I’m always relieved when we start,” Mrs Castelow said
yesterday of the quality of her students this time round. Throughout the school’s 14year history she has time and time again found the students are up to the task. “We have some very talented young people in our district,” she said. One thing that has changed is the number of students undertaking the school, that has grown over the years. This year there are students from not only Mid Canterbury, but also Timaru, Methven,
Dunsandel, Rolleston, Wellington, Christchurch and even Australia. They were students with big voices and big personalities to boot, Mrs Castelow said. “They make really good friends (with each other), as you can hear they are not the shy, retiring type.” They were voices and personalities perfect for the stage, where they would find themselves later this week when they put on three musical theatre performances at the event
centre. There are two summer school classes each day this week, one for juniors and one for seniors. The performances will be based around songs from popular films including Les Miserables, The Lion King, The Wizard of Oz, Pitch Perfect and James Bond films. Concerts will be at 7.30pm on Friday, and 2pm and 7.30pm on Saturday. Tickets can be purchased at the event centre box office or on-line.
IHC will investigate the death of a disabled teenager who drowned in a bath at a Palmerston North respite care facility. Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Sheridan said the 15-yearold boy drowned at the facility last Friday evening. “Despite everyone’s best efforts to resuscitate him they were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead at Palmerston North Hospital ... about 12.50am,” Mr Sheridan said. “The police are investigating on behalf of the coroner. That includes a few things including interviewing all the people that were present and involved with the care of the young man.” It had yet to be determined who found the boy, Mr Sheridan said. His family weren’t doing well and were being supported by Victim Support, he said. The Ministry of Health spokeswoman said the boy was in the care of Idea Services, an IHC subsidiary, when the incident occurred. The ministry was notified of the death on Saturday morning and was awaiting the results of the police investigation before deciding what, if any action to take, she said. IHC spokeswoman Paula McArthur would not say whether an Idea Services employee was supposed to be looking after the boy when the drowning occurred. IHC would be conducting its own investigation into the incident, which occurred at a respite home, she said. - APNZ
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■ CHERTSEY FIRE
Talks over cause continue By Myles HuMe
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The Ashburton District Council and KiwiRail are working to get to the bottom of what caused a large blaze in Chertsey last week. The two organisations clashed last week after Ashburton principal rural fire officer Don Geddes said he would pursue the rail authority for the cost of resources tied up at the fire he believed was caused by a train last Monday, but KiwiRail rejected the blame, saying it had no involvement. Mr Geddes said firefighters from three volunteer brigades and four rural fire forces turned up to find four fires along a 1km stretch of the railway lines shortly after a northbound train passed through the area. Yesterday, Mr Geddes said he was talking with KiwiRail, as investigations continued to pin-point the cause. “We haven’t reached a result yet, but I have found KiwiRail to be extremely co-operative and helpful, I have no complaints,” Mr Geddes said. “We have been out to Chertsey and had a look around and
Man missing? Police want to speak to a group of people who were camping south of Whiritoa beach at the weekend following the reported disappearance of a man believed to have fallen from rocks. A person was seen entering the water off rocks shortly after 5pm on Sunday. A search failed to find any sign of the man and was scaled back. - APNZ
Water crisis eases The Gisborne city water crisis has eased but water restrictions will continue. A week ago the city’s main water pipe was snapped in two by a landslide. Gisborne District Council deputy chief executive Peter Higgs said people achieved fantastic water savings over the weekend. The pipe had been reconnected but its capacity was still being tested. - APNZ
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Investigations and talks continue to determine the cause of the large blaze near Chertsey on Monday, December 6. photo myles hume
discussed a few things, but at this stage nothing has been confirmed.” Mr Geddes said authorities were investigating the fires
that spread into a nearby wheat crop along State Highway 1. He said they would look for indicators into how the fire spread and link that back to a
point of origin. He expected results from the investigation to be released within the next one to two weeks.
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Driver clocked at 207km/h near Timaru A policeman’s speed gun went into overdrive as a driver was clocked at 207km/h just north of Timaru. Senior Constable Alister Doonan said he was parked on the side of Seadown Road when he spotted a Nissan Skyline hurtling along, about 3.15pm on Saturday. “I saw him coming and I knew he was going for it,” Mr Doonan said. “But I wouldn’t have picked him at this speed.” Mr Doonan said the radar locked in on the Nissan and recorded the incredible figure - more than twice as fast the road’s 100km/h limit. It was the fastest speed the veteran of more than 30 years had recorded. The previous highest was 196km/h and he also recalled a few drivers in the 170km/h range. Mr Doonan said Saturday’s incident happened on a flat section of a regional road where he often parked with the speed gun. The driver pulled over, Mr Doonan said. There were two passengers in the car, but neither had the correct licence to
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At 207km/h it was the fastest speed the veteran constable of more than 30 years had recorded.
take the wheel. So he followed him home and handed him a 28-day suspension of his driving licence. A 21-year-old local man will appear in the Timaru District Court next week on one charge of driving at a dangerous speed. He faces a minimum six-month ban from getting behind the wheel.
Elderly woman fights off intruder By Kiri Gillespie An elderly Greerton woman fought off an intruder in her home in an early morning attack, sparking police warnings for people to take extra precautions to ensure their safety at night. The home invasion early yesterday followed at least two burglaries in Papamoa on Friday night where a burglar rummaged around homes as the occupants slept. Sergeant Tristan Murray said detectives were investigating the Greerton incident, which happened in the “early hours” of yesterday. “The aggravated burglary involved an 84-year-old woman who was disturbed by an intruder in her house,” he said. “There was a bit of a struggle.” The offender fled the property. No arrests had been made yet, Mr Murray said. “So if anyone knows anything about it, if they can give us a call, we’d like to get him.” The incident follows the knife-point robbery of a 77-year-old woman, who was tied up by a masked man in her Papatoetoe home on Wednes-
day last week. The woman feigned death to scare off her attacker. Mr Murray was unable to say if the 84-year-old woman involved in the latest incident was hurt. St John ambulance staff said they were not called to treat the woman. Tauranga Age Concern chairwoman Angela Scott said she was sorry and concerned to hear of the incident but was impressed with the woman’s bravery in confronting her attacker. “I think older people are very brave and respect their own privacy and their own possessions. The thought of somebody violating that brings out their spirit. I think sometimes these people don’t really know who they have taken on,” Mrs Scott said. “Perhaps we’ve got the old war spirit coming through. A lot of people in their late 70s and 80s have taken it hard at times in their life.” Mrs Scott said she hoped the incident would not scare other elderly in the area. “You can’t stay a prisoner in your own home. You have to carry on your ordinary business.” - APNZ
One person was injured in a crash involving a tractor and two cars in Te Teko, near Rotorua, yesterday afternoon. A witness said he arrived to find the tractor on one side of the road, with the two damaged cars on the other. He thought the tractor belonged to an orchard in the area. - APNZ
Search suspended The search for a boatie who disappeared after falling into Wellington Harbour a week ago has been suspended. Uikilifi Peniamina and a companion were in a small dinghy off the mouth of the Hutt River when they fell into the water last Sunday. They were retrieving a fishing net that had been set 20 metres from the shore. Mr Peniamina was not wearing a lifejacket. - APNZ
Oil drilling protest Oil Free Otago has established a “rapid response” team of up to 260 people to take to the waters around Otago to hinder Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s deep-sea drilling operations. Oil Free Otago spokeswoman Niamh O’Flynn hinted the team may be used to block the shipping lane in Otago Harbour to stop Anadarko vessels from using Dunedin as a servicing port. - APNZ
Shark warning Cage diving operations may be changing the behaviour of great white sharks off Stewart Island, a shark expert says. Fishers have warned sharks are now approaching and following boats, putting paua divers and other water users at risk. But cage diving operators deny the claims, saying fishing boats do more to attract sharks. - APNZ
Hit with branch An 8-year-old girl suffered a head injury when she was hit by a falling branch while tramping with her family in the Rimutaka Forest Park yesterday morning. The Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter responded to a call to the park about 10am and airlifted the girl to Wellington Hospital. The girl was part of a family party tramping in the Goat Hut area of the Orongorongo River when the accident happened. - APNZ
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■ CYCLONE IAN
Local Tongans keen to lend a hand By Myles HuMe
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An Ashburton Tongan community leader says he is keen to launch an appeal for friends and relatives left devastated by Cyclone Ian. Ashburton Methodist Parish minister Tevita Taufalele last night met local Tongan community chairman Matangi Hala’ufia to plan to ask the community to donate goods and hold fundraising events for thousands of people left homeless by the cyclone during the past three days. Online news reports showing the aftermath of the storm spurred Mr Taufalele into action. “Certainly something came to mind, I think the Tongan community here should get together and talk about whatever we could possibly do however small it may be. We can stand up and do something for our folks in the islands.” Mr Taufalele said 70 to 100 Tongans lived in Mid Canterbury. He said he wanted to wait for the Tongan government to give confirmation on how much aid was needed before gathering essentials such as clothing, food and shelter. “But I think the most important thing is not the immediate
Pangai Hospital has lost part of its roof. Pangai is the administrative capital of Ha’apai on the island of Lefuka. photo NZDF
response, but the long term effect on poorer families in Tonga who will struggle to get back on their feet,” he said. Mr Taufalele said he hoped
to establish Tongan community fundraising events including a dinner within the next few months, with all money going to help individual families in af-
fected areas. “We would consider the immediate aid too if it’s needed, but I was brought up in Tonga and I know the reality for those who have and those
who have not, it’s vital we help the poorer families.” Mr Taufalele hoped to have further details of his appeal today.
Ashburton family desperate for news of relatives By Myles HuMe
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Facebook is the only link a desperate Tongan family living in Ashburton has to contact their relatives in cyclone-hit Tonga. Aki Hala’ufia has been tirelessly attempting to contact her uncle Tevita Ali and cousin Saiki who live in the worst hit region of the Ha’apai islands,
where a woman has been confirmed dead and thousands of homes have been flattened by Cyclone Ian. Mrs Hala’ufia, the wife of Ashburton Tongan Community chairman Matangi Hala’ufia, has taken to Facebook to contact her relations, but is having to rely on news reports to find out how they may be faring. “I am worried about them,
I’m sure they will need help,” she said. “I’m definitely keen to help them out because they will need money, and other stuff like food and clothing.” Mrs Hala’ufia said her uncle worked at a local hospital in the islands, which is home to about 8000 people, while her cousin does bible studies, training to be a reverend.
She said her uncle’s house was a small wooden building, but she was doubtful that it would have withstood the storm. Wind gusts of up to 270km/h swept across the islands, with estimates up to 70 per cent of homes had been damaged on two islands within Ha’apai. Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully announced New Zealand would assist with
the immediate response effort. “An RNZAF P3 Orion arrived in Tonga to assist with aerial assessments following Tropical Cyclone Ian. We will also make $50,000 immediately available to respond to specific requests for assistance,” Mr McCully said. The ministry said 144 New Zealanders were registered as being in Tonga.
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Fonterra recalls NI cream Fonterra is caught up in another contamination scare, this time recalling fresh cream over fears it may contain the E.coli bacterium. Fonterra Brands NZ yesterday conducted a voluntary recall of 300ml and 500ml bottles of Anchor and Pams fresh cream with a best before date of 21 January 2014, distributed in the North Island from Northland to Turangi, including Gisborne. The recall involves 8700 bottles of fresh cream that had been distributed to retail and food service outlets. Fonterra Brands NZ managing director Peter McClure said the voluntary recall was being done because quality tests had shown E.Coli may be present in some Anchor and Pams bottles of cream with a best before date
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of January 21, 2014. “We are sorry for the inconvenience and concern this recall might cause but food safety and quality are our top priorities, Mr McClure said. People were advised not to consume the product and to return it to where they bought it for a refund. If they require further information, they should contact Fonterra Brands’ customer service centre on 0800 256 257.
E.Coli bacteria normally live in the intestines of humans and animals and can be carried in faeces. Although most are harmless, several are known to produce toxins that can cause diarrhoea. In August last year, Fonterra caused panic after it suspected that 38 tonnes of whey protein, some of which was used to make baby formula, had been contaminated with a botulismcausing bacterium.
It was later found to be a false alarm but not before Fonterra customers had recalled a huge amount of baby formula products worth millions of dollars and New Zealand dairy imports were banned or restricted by China and other markets. New Zealand’s reputation as a safe source of dairy products was tarnished during the botulism fiasco, particularly in China which is a big consumer of New Zealand-made baby formula. Danone, the parent company of baby formula-maker Nutricia, has begun legal proceedings here seeking compensation after it recalled infant formula products in eight countries during last year’s scare and put the cost of the recall at $576 million. - APNZ
Golden Globe win for Top of the Lake star Actor Elisabeth Moss has won a Golden Globe award for her role in Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake. The six-part series, filmed in New Zealand, earned the Mad Men star the Golden Globe for best actress in a mini-series. She seemed truly shocked by the announcement and opened her acceptance speech with an expletive. “Oh s***. I really didn’t expect this to happen. I’m totally shaking,” she told the starstudded crowd in Los Angeles yesterday “The idea that I would ever be in the same breath as any of you is really a dream come true ... This is for you mum.” Top of the Lake was also nominated for Best TV Miniseries or TV Movie but lost to Behind the Candelabra. - APNZ
Rogue wave sinks boat A pleasure boat towing children on a car tube sank on Saturday afternoon in the bay at Castlepoint in Wairarapa after it was apparently hit by a rogue wave. No one was hurt and the children being towed had been wearing lifejackets and made it safely to shore, as did the people on the boat. It is understood the boat was able to be salvaged on Sunday and brought back to shore. - APNZ
Kayaker missing A search has been launched for a man who went missing after he and a woman fell out of their kayaks while paddling off the north of Gisborne yesterday afternoon. The man, believed to be in his mid-20s, and the woman got into trouble about 1km from the beach near Turihaua Point. A nearby boat rescued the woman but the man disappeared, police said. The incident was reported to police at 4.40pm. The Eastland Community Rescue helicopter, a plane and surf lifesaving boats from Wainui were searching for the man, who was not wearing a life jacket. - APNZ
Fatal crash One person has been killed and another seriously injured in a head-on crash at Karaka yesterday afternoon. Witnesses reported that three cars were involved and at least two people were trapped in the vehicles after the crash just after 3pm, police said. First responders confirmed one person died and at least one other was seriously injured in the crash on Karaka Road just east of Whangapouri Road. - APNZ
Hooton not standing Political commentator and lobbyist Matthew Hooton has ruled out standing for Act in Epsom at this year’s general election. In a column published online on the National Business Review yesterday afternoon, Mr Hooton also said he would not set up a new right wing political party as had also been speculated. - APNZ
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■ GETTING ASHBURTON ACTIVE
Chance to try out low level, low impact activities A new fitness programme is coming to Ashburton aimed at people who need low level, low impact activities. The programme is a new relationship between Rural Canterbury PHO and Sport Canterbury and is run by Sport Canterbury’s green prescription team. A green prescription is a
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health professional’s written advice to a patient to be physically active, as part of the patient’s health management. The programme runs over eight weeks and provides participants with an opportunity to try out a range of activities such as low impact exercise, aqua jogging or aquacise, gym, sports and dance.
It also provides opportunities to discuss topics that support a healthy lifestyle such as motivation, exercise types, healthy eating and managing stress. All activities are suited to people who are returning to being active. They are aimed at people who are currently inactive but who want to become more ac-
tive and for people who are medically stable and who are able to participate in activities. Ashburton’s Be Active Course starts on February 12 at the Seniors Centre in Cameron Street. More information is available from Sport Canterbury’s green prescription advisor, Mid Canterbury, Jacqui Welch on 307-30475.
Tissue donation numbers increased 54 per cent last year, new figures show. Fifty-seven people donated their eyes, heart valves and skin, up from 37 in 2012, Organ Donation New Zealand reported. Twenty-two of the 36 donors donated tissues as well as organs. As a result 108 people received an organ transplant, including 18 who received a lung transplant - the largest number for a single year since lung transplantation began in New Zealand in 1993. - APNZ
Banned from trains A man accused of exposing himself to other passengers on Auckland trains has been banned from riding the city’s rail network. Before a registrar in the Auckland District Court yesterday, Conrad Shannon Courtney, 36, entered no pleas to two charges of performing indecent acts on KiwiRail trains. The charges carry a maximum penalty of two years’ jail. He was bailed until next month and, for now, cannot travel by train. “That’s fine I can catch the bus,” Courtney said. - APNZ
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$1000 cat flees from cattery Law change part of Craig’s condition list By cheRie TayloR
By ReBecca Quilliam Political hopeful Colin Craig has made repealing a controversial anti-smacking law a condition of his support for a National-led Government after the election this year. The Conservative Party leader told RadioLive yesterday he smacked his 8-year-old daughter if she misbehaved, even though it could be considered against the law. The so-called anti-smacking law which came into effect in 2007 removed the defence of reasonable force for parents prosecuted for assault on their children. A 2009 referendum showed an overwhelming number of people did not believe a smack as part of good parental correction should be a criminal offence. Mr Craig, who in 2009 funded a “march for democracy” in Queen St, in part to call for the legislation to be amended, said a change to the law would be a negotiating tool if the Conservative Party was in a position at the next election to form a coalition with National. Mr Craig told APNZ the referendum “overwhelmingly” pointed to changes being needed in the law. “I can’t think of too many other laws that have ... had such an overwhelming vote by the public to get rid of it.” Mr Craig said most of the physical discipline he carried out on his child was a “flick of a finger on the back of a knuckle”. He said he did not believe that other people should break laws they did not agree with, such as people smoking canna-
bis. The bill’s architect, former Green MP Sue Bradford, said it was shameful that an aspiring politician was running an election campaign based on hitting children. “I’m not surprised on his position on re-legalising child violence, but I am really saddened by the fact that he appears to be going into this election with changing the law on Section 59 as one of his main election platforms. “He has even gone so far as to almost boast about hitting his own daughter. I think that’s incredibly sad.” Prime Minister John Key, deputy Prime Minister Bill English and Justice Minister Judith Collins were unavailable for comment. Child protection advocate organisation Jigsaw said it was opposed to any violence against children, even minor physical correction, which could escalate to child abuse. “Frankly we’re against any abuse, smacking or violence towards any child - it’s just simply not acceptable,” chief executive Sunny Wikiriwhi said. The 2007 legislation was a “line in the sand” about how parents were to correct their children’s behaviour, she said. A police spokesman said they were satisfied that Mr Craig’s comments on radio yesterday morning did not amount to disclosure of an offence. University of Auckland Associate Professor of Law Bill Hodge said even if police did not prosecute anyone could bring a private prosecution against Mr Craig if they believed he was breaking the law. - APNZ
SECTION 59 OF THE CRIMES ACT * Every parent of a child and every person in the place of a parent of the child is justified in using force if the force used is reasonable in the circumstances and is for the purpose of: ■ preventing or minimising harm to the child or another person ■ preventing the child from engaging or continuing to engage in conduct that amounts to a criminal offence ■ preventing the child from engaging or continuing to engage in offensive or disruptive behaviour ■ performing the normal daily
tasks that are incidental to good care and parenting. * Nothing in (the above section) or in any rule of common law justifies the use of force for the purpose of correction. * To avoid doubt, it is affirmed that the police have the discretion not to prosecute complaints against a parent of a child or person in the place of a parent of a child in relation to an offence involving the use of force against a child, where the offence is considered to be so inconsequential that there is no public interest in proceeding with a prosecution. Source: www.legislation.govt.nz
A missing cat worth $1000 has meant a holiday cut short and heartbreak for a family and a Masterton cattery. The Haglund-Turley family were a day into their annual break when they were told their 11-month-old Bengal Asian leopard cat, Echo, had escaped from the Ladymead Boarding Kennels and Cattery north of Masterton. The family have spent the past 10 days traipsing across paddocks, searching kilometres of bush, railway lines and the roadside looking for him.
Ross Turley, his wife Sarah Haglund-Turley and their four children, Sophia, 9, Quinn, 7, Alexi, 5, and Reid, 4, are distraught but they hope the cat will wander through the door any day now. In the meantime, they will keep searching and placing flyers in shops. Cattery owner Barbara O’Byrne said Echo escaped after an oak tree branch put a hole in the roof of the cattery during a storm. Mrs Haglund-Turley said they trusted the animals were in experienced hands. Their dog and another cat have stayed
there previously. “It’s devastating to think you drop your animal off to be taken care of and they lose it.” Mrs O’Byrne has offered to reimburse the family for the cost of flyers and advertising and to pay for the cat. Mr Turley said: “I’m frustrated ... they told us they have had this breed of cat before and they would be safe. They guaranteed they would be safe.” Mrs O’Byrne said she was gutted the cat had escaped. “I’m absolutely devastated as I know Ross and Sarah are ... It’s horrible. I understand how they feel.” - APNZ
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Methven Resort’s new owners Michael and Margaret D’Oliveira feel fitter than ever after a leap into the hospitality industry. Photo Donna Wylie 130114-DW-034
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Methven Resort’s new owners say they felt like a challenge when they recently bought the hotel. As Michael and Margaret D’Oliveira leave behind a lifetime of various careers, ranging from midwifery to vineyard management, they have taken a leap into the hospitality industry. “It’s a very big business, that’s why our daughter and son-inlaw will become involved as well,” said Mrs D’Oliveira yesterday. She and Mr D’Oliveira, who are still several years from retirement age, are looking forward to the family members soon joining them as they take on the ski town’s largest hotel. They have been there about
six weeks, and are so far enjoying becoming new members of the Methven community. “We have really enjoyed it, we have enjoyed meeting all the people of Methven, there is some lovely people around,” Mrs D’Oliveira said. The business itself was wellestablished, thanks to the hardworking efforts of the previous proprietors Mark Smith and Ann Tillson. “They built it up very well.” Mr and Mrs D’Oliveira had already hosted several bus tours, two Lions Club dinners, a wedding, a birthday function and the Ashburton Swim Team in the facility’s outdoor swimming pool, since arriving there. There is not even a hint of the bad times the hotel went through prior to Mr Smith and Ms Tillson taking it over, when the Dynasty company owned it
and it closed down and went up for mortgagee sale. Mrs D’Oliveira is a midwife by profession. She has worked in Southland and North Canterbury, delivering at Rangiora and Christchurch Women’s, where she is still practising part-time. The couple ran a vineyard at Swannanoa to 2008, after shifting from Invercargill in 1999, where they lived for 20 years. Mr D’Oliveira worked at the aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point and set up an MDF plant south of Gore in about 1995. The couple say they were reasonably fit before moving in to Methven Resort, but after having to walk up and down the four-storey hotel’s flights of stairs each day, feel they are now fitter than ever. “I was reasonably fit beforehand, but gosh the calves of my legs were aching for ages,” Mrs D’Oliveira said.
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■ NIWA ANNUAL SUMMARY
2013 third warmest on record By Brendan manning New Zealand sweated under its third-warmest temperatures on record last year, according to Niwa’s annual climate summary. The country also suffered one of its worst droughts on record. Niwa’s principal meteorology scientist Dr Mike Revell said the national average temperature last year was 13.4C, 0.8C above average and the third warmest on record since 1909. The hottest year was 1998, followed by 1999, he said. “I think it indicates that
there’s been a significant upward trend in the temperatures. “There’s no guarantee that next year will be warmer again, but we are expecting temperatures to continue to increase. “The general drift of temperatures over the past 100 years ... I think you could probably fairly safely associate that with global warming.” Above average northerly winds last year, bringing warm air from the tropics, contributed to the warmer average temperature across the country, Dr Revell said.
“The winter was the warmest we’ve ever had, so although the year itself was the third warmest, the actual winter was the warmest that we’ve had since 1909,” he said. The southerlies which hit Wellington in June were some of the worst on record, while the big drought which crippled farmers for the first three months of the year was alleviated in April by heavy rain, Dr Revell said. “That was one of the worst droughts we’ve experienced for a long time.” Of the six main centres,
Auckland was the warmest last year, Tauranga was the sunniest, Christchurch the driest, Wellington the wettest, and Dunedin the coldest and cloudiest. Last year was the warmest year on record for Tauranga, and the third warmest year on record for Dunedin. Over 2013, 11 tornadoes and four waterspouts occurred, from as far south as Mid Canterbury to as far north as southern Northland. While they didn’t cause any injuries or deaths, they caused
considerable damage to individual properties and vegetation. 2013 was the driest year on record for Dargaville, Toenepi (near Morrinsville), Taupo and Turangi, with these locations each recording between 67 percent and 72 percent of normal annual rainfall. Above normal rainfall was recorded in parts of the eastern South Island including Marlborough, North Canterbury and North Otago. Ranfurly, Alexandra and Lumsden all had near-record high annual rainfall totals. - APNZ
■ SURGERY WAITING LISTS UNDER FIRE
Hospitals ‘overwhelmed, unable to cope’ By Toni Williams
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Ashburton man Baron Gordon suffered, and lost thousands of dollars waiting for elective surgery he could not afford privately. His story is one of thousands around the country as hospital elective surgery waiting lists come under fire from a health insurer calling for a more realistic approach. Accuro Health Insurance CEO Geoff Annals said New Zealand’s hospitals were “overwhelmed” with urgent and acute admissions that left them unable to cope with hundreds of elective surgery cases. His comments followed a report by Health Funds Association and Private Surgical Hospitals Association that estimated one in 16 people, or 280,000 required elective surgery but 170,000 were not on a waiting list. Those people had to “grin and bear it”. The report surveyed 1830 people. Mr Annals called for the Government to treat public and private health as one combined resource to the best advantage of New Zealanders. Sixty-one year old Mr Gordon waited more than 15 months to get orthopaedic surgery on his hip. It was his second hip replacement. “I’ve been through this twice and know what it’s like. The pain is terrible; you don’t sleep at night and grab sleep when you can. “It all just gets to you in the finish.” A freezing worker, he estimated he’s lost earnings and
superannuation contributions totalling $25,000. It was “unrecoverable”. “Everything is at your own cost. I haven’t tried to claim anything back. “I was just happy to have it done.” Mr Gordon was full of praise for the Burwood Hospital staff but questioned the hurdles people were forced to go through. He suffered but carried on working with the aid of painkillers and anti-inflammatory tablets. He finished the season in 2013 but has not been fit to return. Between doctors visits he wrote to opposition MP Annette King for help and appeared in the Guardian. Following that article he was contacted by other Ashburton residents in despair, themselves starting the waiting list process. “I told them to keep hounding them and write to opposition MPs.” “Basically that’s what I did, I don’t know if it worked or not but it made me feel good.” A spokesperson said the Canterbury District Health Board was one of the largest public health providers of elective surgery in the country and the number of people in the system at any one time varied from day to day. Specialists assessed 4205 people at the end of last year, who were expected to be booked for surgery within five months. There were also 7676 people in the system due for their first specialist assessment within five months. They did not record the number of people not on a waiting list.
Baron Gordon had to fight a 15-month-long paper war to have a hip replacement operation. photo donna wylie
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admission appointment and tests done. By November no more heard – interview with the Guardian. December 2, 2013 contact from occupational therapist regarding surgery due week later. December 3, 2013 CDHB confirmation letter of surgery for week later. December 9, 2013 surgery “first cab off the rank … woke up in time for lunch”. January 23, 2014 first follow up appointment due with surgeon.
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■ QUEENSTOWN
Bloomberg dines with Chch mayor
By steve Deane anD CHristina MCDonalD He may be one of the world’s richest men but American multi-billionaire Michael Bloomberg couldn’t do much about Queenstown’s unseasonable summer weather. The former mayor of New York, with an estimated for-
tune of US$31 billion ($37 billion), was snapped flying out of Queenstown airport on his private jet less than 24 hours after he arrived. Mr Bloomberg was on a 10day golfing and kayaking holiday to New Zealand and Hawaii. With New York gripped by a polar freeze, the 71-yearold would have hoped to catch
some sun Downunder. However, the weather for his abbreviated Queenstown stay - a combination of heavy rain and low cloud - was described as “horrendous”. Mr Bloomberg and long-time partner Diana Taylor arrived in Queenstown at 1.30pm on Saturday. They were then whisked away by a waiting helicopter. Christchurch Mayor Lianne
Dalziel dined with Mr Bloomberg, at the exclusive Matakauri Lodge, between Queenstown and Glenorchy. Ms Dalziel said it was a “privilege to be able to meet the former mayor of a great city so early in my term of office”. “It was an informal dinner so it would not be appropriate to comment further other than
to say I have extended an invitation for him and his partner to visit Christchurch. He faced major challenges as mayor post 9/11 and in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, so there is a lot we can learn from his experience.” Matakauri Lodge is owned by Mr Bloomberg’s friend Julian H. Robertson III. - APNZ
■ ASHBURTON STUDENTS AWAIT EXAM RESULTS
NZQA confident it has it right this year By Myles HuMe
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Mid Canterbury secondary pupils can be confident they will not run into the same technical difficulties as last year when NCEA results are released tomorrow, the exam authority claims. NCEA examination results are expected to be accessible online tomorrow, but it was this time last year when thousands of pupils could not log in to an overloaded New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) computer system. To add to the woes, some pupils were able to access their results a day early. NZQA deputy chief executive Richard Thornton assured the Guardian yesterday that it was unlikely to happen again. “As part of our annual review of the NCEA examination cycle, NZQA considers changes or improvements to our systems and processes for the benefit of learners and we have been extensively testing all our IT systems to ensure maximum performance on results release day,” Mr Thornton said. He said NZQA had also advised pupils to do practice runs using the Learner Login section of the website in the lead up to the results release, so they were not held up having to change login details or passwords.
Ashburton and Mount Hutt college pupils can expect to see how they went in NCEA last year with results expected to be released online tomorrow. Photo Myles huMe 111113-Mh-035
“If students find that on results release day they are experiencing delays logging in due to heavy loading at particular times during the day, our advice is to try again later.” Either way, tomorrow will mark an important day for all with the results having a major
■ OAMARU
Historic sex charges A 71-year-old man will appear in court on 95 charges of historical sexual offending against 10 boys. Police are seeking more information about Leonard James Mulholland, from Palmerston, after his initial appearance in Dunedin District Court in December. He will reappear in Oamaru District Court on January 29 on
the charges, which related to alleged indecent assaults between 1980 and 2010 in Dunedin and Otago when he was working as a washing machine repairer serviceman in Dunedin, police said. Anyone with information can contact Detective Warren Duncan of Oamaru police on 03 433 1400 or their local police station. - APNZ
bearing on what courses pupils will be allowed to take at school and in tertiary study this year. About 143,000 pupils across the country sat exams during the three week block late last year, with about 1000 of those from Mid Canterbury. Mr Thornton hoped pu-
pils would get the marks they wished for, but if unsatisfied he said they could apply for reviews and reconsiderations before February 21. Already, Ashburton College had received a spike in pupils applying for derived grades, set aside for those who feel their
performance was affected by illness, death or other events. If approved, their results would be determined by their performance during practice exams. For urgent queries NZQA can be contacted on 0800 697 296. Scholarship exams results will be released mid-February.
Ring resurfaces after 30-year absence By luCy iBBotson Mystery surrounds the movements of a long-lost wedding ring which recently resurfaced in a Dunedin garage, nearly 30 years after it went missing several kilometres away. Ian and Pieternella Shore, were stunned to receive an email at the weekend, asking if they were the owners of a piece of jewellery they had thought was lost forever. Mr Shore recalls taking his
wedding band off for a game of touch rugby at Hancock Park and leaving it with his gear. When he returned to the same spot after the game, the ring was gone. He and Mrs Shore searched the grounds for about a year before giving up and buying a replacement ring. However, just over a year ago, Dunedin man Simon Higgs was cleaning out the garage under his house when he spotted the ring among some other scrap bits of metal and rubbish.
He found a website the Shores had set up last year for their Wanaka bed and breakfast accommodation. “I have located a wedding band with the name “Pieternella” engraved inside it with a date, and you are the only Pieternella that I can find on google in the Otago region! Have you lost one?” Mr Higgs wrote to the Shores. Mr Higgs was looking forward to returning the ring to its rightful owner. - APNZ
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To smack or not to ... Coen Lammers EDITOR
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he smacking debate has reared its ugly head once again. Most parents in Mid Canterbury will have faced the dilemma of how to control their child without getting a visit from the police, but it is unclear whether the anti-smacking law has made any changes in our behaviour. Recent statistics show that the number of people investigated for smacking their children has dropped by a third over the past financial year, to 176 compared to 277 the year before. Over the first five years of the new legislation, the police only prosecuted eight parents in the country. Opponents of the bill claim that this number proves that the law is a waste of time, while supporters will tell you that the low prosecution rate demonstrates the success of the legislation. We all want to reduce our terrible child abuse statistics, but the number of abused children continues to rise, despite the anti-smacking law, and abusive parents can be dealt with through other assault charges. The Government refuses to review the bill, but lobby group Family First has vowed to turn the debate into an election issue. And with the Conservative Party shaping up to be a possible kingmaker for another National Government, leader Colin Craig is likely to demand a review of this legislation. The law hopefully has raised awareness and possibly even changed attitudes among families where severe beatings have been a part of life. At the same time it has created confusion and even fear among the majority of parents who would never hurt their children, but who still need to be able to discipline them. I would like to meet any parent of teenagers or pre-teens who has never grabbed, held, dragged, pushed or clipped their child in a domestic stand-off. Technically, these actions can all be criminal offences, but few people with any common-sense would follow the letter of the law. Judging by the number of prosecutions, this includes the police. The anti-smacking law draws a philosophical line in the sand for anyone who considers hurting their child, but it is doubtful whether it has helped Kiwi families and their children.
YOUR VIEW Bridge submissions To all residents of the Ashburton area. Urgent this affects you! Second urban bridge submissions are due January 17. Act now! This is your last chance to have your say on this matter. Do you realise there will be approximately 14,000 vehicle movements per day along the proposed route. The safety of children and adults will be compromised. There will be additional traffic noise to cope with, pollution from vehicles to endanger your health, higher rates to pay for this second urban bridge (which should be an NZTA problem – not ratepayers). Communities will suffer severance. There are other options available. I am not against a second bridge but it must be situated in the best possible place not
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Free marketing A little disturbed that this business in Rakaia has just received free marketing advertising their ability to sell these horrific products, really? Does this deserve pride of place in your newspaper? Jane Griffiths
Greenpeace opinion How refreshing to read today on page 11, the opinion piece,
by David Fletcher
which was a rightful criticism of Greenpeace. It always has been a showy, loud and rather fraudulent complaining group whose actions are that of child complainers whose actions never achieve a result but generate publicity from a generally meek and complaisant media. Today’s article was a refreshing journey to the truth. Greenpeace activities are only publicity stunts with no regard for the law nor the safety of others aimed mainly at generating funds. Their association with the Sea Shepherd mob claiming to protect the whales was in direct contravention of the Law of the Sea and could well have been answered by legitimate gunfire. The Japanese were acting legally having been licensed to do as they were. Surely the licence could have been questioned in the courts?
It is to be hoped that each and every one of the current and future activities are questioned and the media actually leads this examination, without money the level of concern can easily be assessed. M. N. Richards
No hooning To the male driver of the old white Ford that resides on Thomas Street, Allenton. I would greatly appreciate if you did not hoon around the corner of Thomas Street and Creek Road anymore. I do not want another beloved pet run over.
Cling wrap Can’t recall being told we were returning to the old cling wrap for the Guardian after the big fanfare about the introduction of the much better wrapper Russ
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hen it comes to court battles there’s only one absolute truth. The lawyers always win. With the news Fonterra is going to “vigorously defend any proceedings” taken by Danone against it for an eye watering $US400 million, only the lawyers will be smiling all the way to their nearest BMW dealership. Being a Fonterra shareholder myself, whatever the outcome there will be a cost and that will fall on the already slashed dividend, the milk price forecast, or both. Yet I won’t be too worried about this season if the bigwigs at Fonterra let their lawyers run this show. It will potentially drag on for years and that’s the rub. One of our staff members at Federated Farmers used to manage contentious issues in the United Kingdom. He passed on to me some wisdom a former client gave him when negotiations had slammed into a brick wall: “There’s no issue a chequebook cannot solve.” I am not saying Fonterra should roll over and let Danone tickle our collective tummy for large sums of cash, but there’s got to be a commercial settlement. From the outset, I hope this case never sees the inside of a courtroom. In fact, I wish the word court had never made an appearance at all. When you go to Fonterra’s website you read, “We have generations of dairy expertise behind us and generations of dairy innovation to come. Every day, our knowledge, people and products combine to bring the best of dairy to the world and the best returns back to our farmers.” How does that square with a former major customer now saying to Fonterra “see you in court”. How does that look to our other customers? Danone, like any company, is answerable to its shareholders and the food scare hit them for six. I am certain if the shoe
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was on the other foot then we’d be baying for action too. I am just not sure legal belligerence is the best response. When the non-botulism scare broke I told the media that the customer is always right because trust is the biggest asset we have. We are trusted to produce products with integrity and honesty. That means standing by our products when things don’t go well. It was Fonterra who rightfully passed on information and pulled the red-card on WPC80. The Independent Fonterra Board Report into the nonscare revealed a catalogue of things to be fixed as did the Government’s own report. We’ve got to take all the lessons on board and move on. The big concern I have is that commercial realism is
going out the back door once the lawyers enter through the front. A legal red mist has come down. While it’s a different country and a very different issue, back in the 1980s, McDonald’s learned the hard way what happens when you unleash the lawyers. Known as “McLibel,” the case turned into a 20-year running sore that became a text book example of how to lose control and your good name. Okay, the Fonterra one won’t because it’s corporate on cooperative battle rather than a bunch of activists. That said, the resulting case could still run away with Fonterra’s reputation as I have taken media calls on this from Europe to China. To my mind we must reach a commercial settlement.
We do not want to undo the good work Fonterra did by using the red card and keeping public safety paramount despite the fallout. This work will all but be forgotten when we enter the courtroom. For Danone this PR is golden because it says to their customers they were wronged. For Fonterra, it will knock the scab off a wound time and time again that farmers want healed. While I believe Danone only accounted for a small part of Fonterra’s revenue and may be easy to replace given demand, this cold economic analysis misses the point. They were a customer and a customer I wouldn’t mind getting back. Willy Leferink is Federated Farmers Dairy Chairperson
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■ SYRIA
By Omar Hasan
Memorial for Sharon A state memorial took place yesterday for late Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon at the parliament in Jerusalem in the presence of Israeli and foreign dignitaries. The ceremony, in the plaza outside the Knesset, began with the singing of a traditional Jewish memorial prayer, with a funeral to taking place later in the day at Sharon’s ranch in southern Israel. “You never rested in service of your people, when defending your land and making it flourish,” Israeli President Shimon Peres said in a eulogy delivered at the start of the service, carried live on Israeli television. - AFP
Rodman apologetic
Destroyed buildings, including the Dar Al-Shifa hospital, lay in ruins following airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria. ap photo
a “very serious ... and critical” level, Ban said in an interview with KUNA. “Almost half the population has been affected ... 40 per cent of the hospitals have been destroyed and another 20 per cent not functioning properly. “This is a very sad situation. “I sincerely hope that member states will come (to the Kuwait conference) with generous
helping hands” for the Syrian people inside and outside the country, he said. UN humanitarian operations chief Valerie Amos said in a statement the money would be used to assist civilians affected by the civil war. “We are doing our utmost to support the children, women and men affected by this bloody conflict.
“The funding that we need is unprecedented,” she said. The first donors conference in Kuwait in January last year led to participating nations pledging $1.5 billion but only about 75 per cent of the pledges were fulfilled, according to a Kuwaiti official. Ban has affirmed to KUNA that the UN is experiencing “serious funding gaps”. - AFP
■ CHINA
Sinopec to pay pipeline compensation Chinese state-owned oil giant Sinopec will pay compensation over a pipeline explosion at its facility in the city of Qingdao that killed dozens of people and caused losses of more than $US100 million ($A111.49 million). Sinopec is listed in Hong Kong and in a filing to the stock exchange there, said yesterday an official Chinese government investigation determined that “direct economic loss” from the accident totalled $US124.3 million. The company said it “will pay its share of the compensation”,
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UN out to raise $6.5bn Delegates from 60 nations met in Kuwait at a UN donors conference aiming to raise a whopping $US6.5 billion ($A7.25 billion) in aid for more than 13 million Syrians affected by war. The UN described the appeal as the largest in its history for a single humanitarian emergency. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will chair the one-day ministerial-level Second International Pledging Conference for Syria, which will be opened by Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. UN humanitarian co-ordinator Nigel Fisher told Kuwait’s official KUNA news agency that the funds will aid 13.4 million Syrians whom the UN estimates will be affected by the Syrian civil war by the end of 2014. The UN would need $US2.3 billion to support 9.3 million people inside Syria and $US4.2 billion for Syrian refugees, expected to nearly double to 4.1 million by year’s end, the UN official said. The conference comes a week before the so-called Geneva II peace meeting aimed at finding a political solution to the 34-month conflict, which has killed 130,000 people. The Swiss talks have been organised to try to revive a framework for peace involving the creation of a national transitional government that could involve figures from the present regime and the opposition. Ban warned called-on donor nations to help meet the target. The situation had reached
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although it did not say how much that would be, or what proportion of it would go directly to victims of the disaster, which killed 62 people and injured 136. Sinopec said in the statement yesterday that its pledged compensation would come mostly from company insurance policies, adding that its “production, operation and financial position are currently stable”. Citing the probe by China’s State Administration of Work Safety, it said the direct cause of the explosion was vapours
from oil that was leaking from an underground pipeline, which were ignited by sparks produced from a hydraulic hammer. The investigation also found that Sinopec and its subsidiaries’ failure to ensure safe operations contributed to the accident, as did local authorities’ failure to properly conduct safety inspections and identify risks, Sinopec’s statement said. The huge blast ripped roads apart, turned cars over and sent thick black smoke billowing over the city.
The explosion happened seven hours after an oil leak was first spotted, and questions remain as to why local residents in the area were not ordered to evacuate in the intervening period. According to state media 15 people, including unspecified numbers of Sinopec employees and Qingdao city staff, have been detained in connection with the explosion. Sinopec issued an apology for the pipeline incident, but denied that it was slow to respond to events. - AFP
An emotional Dennis Rodman appeared to break down as he apologised on his return from a controversial trip to North Korea, where he sang Happy Birthday to regime leader Kim Jong-Un. The former NBA star was widely criticised for refusing to bring up human rights abuses or the plight of a US missionary detained in North Korea during his week-long visit. He was also accused of pandering to North Korean authorities during the trip, which featured an exhibition basketball match involving other NBA stars to mark Kim’s birthday. “I love my country, America, I love it and I will never trade it for nothing in the world,” the pierced and heavily tattooed Rodman told reporters at Beijing airport on Monday. Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson described Rodman’s actions as “treason”. - AFP
School blast wounds 24 A suspected improvised bomb attack at a university campus in the Philippines, has left 24 people wounded - many critically - including students and teachers. Police said yesterday it appeared a fire was deliberately started in a school building housing security personnel at the state-run Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Technology, before the blast occurred Sunday night. “The fire drew responders, including firemen, teachers, and students, and they were among the injured,” explained Senior Inspector Rolly Oranza of the local police force in the troubled Mindanao region. He said 17 of the wounded remain in a critical condition. - AFP
Fire message not heeded The loss of 46 homes in Western Australia’s latest catastrophic bushfire is another sign some homeowners are not prepared for the worst, the state’s emergency services minister says. Four people were unaccounted for yesterday, after the chaotic blaze swept through Parkerville, Stoneville and Mount Helena on Sunday. Emergency Services Minister Joe Francis admitted he was frustrated that the fire preparation message was not getting through. “Absolutely I am frustrated everyone must have been sick of me saying ‘are you ready?’“ Mr Francis said. “A lot of homeowners have done that, but some people don’t do the right thing.” Fire Commissioner Wayne Gregson said there were homes throughout the state that were “indefensible”.- AAP
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In brief
Boat builders ‘reeling’ By Daniel lynch The Government’s decision to award a $8 million ferry-building contract to a Bangladesh company is another blow to a New Zealand industry already in survival mode, a local boatbuilder says. Twelve shipyards from Australia, Bangladesh, China, New Zealand, Poland and Singapore submitted tenders for the 43-metre vessel destined for the New Zealand territory of Tokelau. The ferry, a replacement, is capable of carrying 60 passengers and 50 tonnes of freight. Bangladesh firm Western Marine Shipyard was picked by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to build the ferry. The executive director of NZ Marine, Peter Busfield, said the Government’s new procure-
ment rules ignored any economic gain from having the vessel built in New Zealand. The new rules, which came into effect in October last year, were designed to make it easier for smaller New Zealand companies to tender for government contracts and give better value for money for taxpayers. Busfield said that during 18 months of talks between NZ Marine and Mfat, government officials confirmed the new regulation did not require the Government to consider any economic gain to New Zealand for buying kiwi-made. “What really concerns us as taxpayers and representing one of New Zealand’s largest manufacturing sectors, is that the New Zealand Government is not considering the total picture for the procurement of the Tokelau ferry,” he said.
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Several New Zealand companies had the capability the build the ferry, he said. Nelson-based AIMEX Ltd believed it could build the vessel in Nelson for $14 million to $15 million. That would have generated an additional $9 million in GDP and the equivalent of 127 em-
■ HONG KONG
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Peter Busfield in conversation with Prime Minister John Key
ployees for a year, Busfield said. The New Zealand marine industry has been in survival mode since 2008 and some companies were walking a economic survival line. “We think the New Zealand Government needs to amend its procurement policy to ensure that the potential economic gains to New Zealand are considered when making major equipment-purchasing decisions,” Busfield said. The Tokelau ferry contract was the first agreement with a government for the Bangladesh boat-building industry, said managing director of Western Marine Shipyard Md Sakhawat Hossain. “By securing an order from New Zealand for the first time, the industry has stepped into the market for the Pacific,” he told local media. - NZH
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The timing and pace at which the US Federal Reserve unwinds its money-printing programme was identified as the single largest threat to global economic growth in 2014 in a vote from the floor of the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong. The annual global gathering of a record 2300 business leaders and senior government officials saw 31.7 per cent of delegates voting electronically from the conference floor nominating so-called “tapering” of the US quantitative easing programme as the biggest global economic risk this year. However, a clear majority of 52.1 per cent saw potential for problems in emerging economies to be the biggest threat, following an extended period in which emerging market growth has underpinned the global economy while developed economies tackled the fallout of the 2008 global financial crisis. That total was divided between 29.1 per cent who put fear of a “hard landing” for the Chinese economy at the top of their risk list, and 23 per cent who nominated the more nebulous potential for “structural issues in emerging markets” to be the biggest risk this year.
Whereas recent Asian growth had been the result of economic “tailwinds”, including quantitative easing by the US, “things are changing,” Asian Development Bank president Takehiko Nakao told the twoday conference, which opened yesterday. “Tailwinds are becoming headwinds,” he said, although he remained optimistic that the Eurozone would continue to recover, Chinese economic reforms would underpin its long term outlook, and that Fed tapering would be well-managed. Global economic growth of 6 per cent was estimated for last year, with 6.2 per cent forecast for this year. “Despite moderation, growth remains robust by anyone’s standards,” Nakao said. While global financial markets had gyrated earlier in 2013 at signs of early Fed tapering, moves before Christmas had seen less volatility. “I think governments are more prepared now,” he said. A comparatively low 16.2 per cent of those who voted in the conference floor poll saw a relapse of Eurozone countries into economic crisis as the most serious threat, although in a later vote, only 54.8 per cent thought Europe was now “on the right track.” - APNZ
Trade Me ‘growth stock’ Trade Me should still be judged as a growth stock despite its growth slowdown, according to a Morningstar analyst. Nachi Moghe said in a note that Trade Me’s shares had been weak of late as investors fretted about a slowdown in its growth but he wasn’t expecting any major changes in the company’s projections. “Our projections remain largely unchanged, and take into consideration headwinds in the firm’s marketplace business and increased investments required in developing new businesses.” Moghe said he expected the compound annual growth rate for operating earnings to be around 9 per cent over the next five years driven mainly by classified advertising. “We believe Trade Me deserves a wide economic moat due to the ‘network effect’, as the number of buyers and sellers continues to rise due to the website’s popularity.” - NZH
Port site at Rolleston Port of Tauranga, which acquired a half stake in Timaru’s PrimePort last year, has extended its South Island reach with the acquisition of land south of Christchurch it plans to develop as a freight hub. The nation’s biggest export port has conditionally agreed with the Selwyn District Council to purchase 15 hectares of land in the Izone Industrial Park at Rolleston about 12 kilometres south of Christchurch, it said in a statement. The park is being developed for manufacturing, warehousing and logistics businesses and has “excellent road and rail connections,” it said. The intermodal freight hub will receive, pack and distribute containerised cargo, the port company said. “Establishing an intermodal freight hub at Rolleston will provide South Island exporters the option to efficiently access Timaru and similarly, importers in the Christchurch area will have the option to ship through Timaru,” the company said. - APNZ
More R&D required New Zealand businesses are calling for more research and development incentives from the Government, according to research by advisory firm Grant Thornton. Of the 75 business leaders surveyed, almost 90 percent said providing research and development incentives would best aid growing their business. Grant Thornton partner, Peter Sherwin said that with elections looming this year the incentives the respective political parties offer businesses around R&D is likely to become a big issue. Labour has already indicated they will offer a tax rebate incentive so that for every dollar a company invests in R&D, they could claim back $1.50 to $2.00, Sherwin said. - NZH
Rubicon ‘top prospect’ Rubicon’s companies are tipped to have good prospects this year. Listed forestry investment company Rubicon is potentially worth more than twice its share price, according to research firm Edison. Rubicon shares, which are thinly traded, last sold for 37c. But in a note released Friday Edison researchers Toby Thorrington and Roger Johnston put Rubicon’s potential value at 86c to 90c based on valuations of the two companies it owns. - NZH
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Market Price Trends Week beginning January 13, 2014
L A M B ($) Including 1 kg Shorn Pelt this week 13.0kg YL SI 13.5kg YM SI 15.0kg YM SI 15.0kg YM NI 15.0kg YM Market Indicator 17.5kg YX SI 19.0kg YX SI 19.0kg YX NI 21.0kg YX SI 21.0kg YX NI 23.0kg YX SI
last 4 weeks 3 months week ago ago
1 year ago
41.09 61.09 77.52 81.59 61.30 92.02 99.17 103.79 108.70 114.77 110.14 41.09
40.42 60.60 76.93 83.22 64.38 92.17 99.30 105.85 108.81 117.05 109.02 41.09
41.77 62.01 80.44 84.22 61.33 93.08 100.29 107.13 109.90 118.46 111.41 41.09
46.11 66.43 85.37 86.60 61.52 98.84 106.55 110.14 116.83 121.79 119.01 41.09
35.19 54.78 72.24 70.94 57.48 83.58 90.01 90.00 98.58 99.53 99.05 41.09
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2013/14 Low High 40.42 60.60 76.93 81.59 60.35 92.02 99.17 103.79 108.70 114.77 109.02
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6.72 *
48.89 69.41 88.66 92.79 64.68 102.67 110.70 117.98 121.41 130.45 124.02
2012/13 ave 37.30 56.79 74.59 74.56 59.57 86.29 92.93 94.72 101.79 104.75 105.47
6.72 *
6.74
M U T T O N ($) Including 0.5kg pelt 21kg MX1
Peter Yealands pruning bales.
■ FARMER OF THE YEAR
Field day celebrates innovative farming One of the country’s most successful primary producers will share ideas on learning and innovation at the Lincoln University Foundation’s South Island Farmer of the Year winner’s field day next month. Peter Yealands, of Yealands Wine Group, won the prestigious title for the 2013 season and will host the field day at the Yealands Estate Winery near Seddon, Marlborough, on February 13. Lincoln University Foundation chairman Ben Todhunter says the informative programme planned for the field day will have practical relevance for farmers and other producers across the primary industries. “This field day is not just about wine making,” Mr Todhunter said. “It’s about the clever thinking, entrepreneurship, business strategies and people management that have gone into this business.”
Participants will get an insight into how Yealands, during a period of only some five years, has become New Zealand’s sixth largest wine exporter; collecting along the way a fistful of industry awards for the wines and for such things as tourism, business achievement, environmental management and sustainability. Mr Todhunter said Yealands justifiably won the ‘famer of the year’ title for the way they had looked at all aspects of their business, often finding better and more environmentally sustainable ways to do them. “Whether someone is growing crops, wool or meat or producing milk there will be learning opportunities of real value to their business at this field day. We encourage all farmers and people from allied primary industries to attend,” he said.
Growers invited to pre-harvest tour A pre-harvest tour will be held at the Foundation for Arable research site at Chertsey on Thursday evening. Senior FAR staff will conduct the walk, with no formal agenda. Rather, the event will enable growers to evaluate a range of cropping trials as harvest approaches. It is hoped Sam Trengrove will deliver
SI
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68.29
68.29
67.43
53.28
P2 Steer SI (296-320kg) NI P2 Steer Market Indicator
396 420 399
396 428 412
401 426 397
416 432 406
386 392 372
M Cow SI (160-195kg) NI M Cow Market Indicator
262 298 303
262 304 314
265 304 309
270 307 303
Bull SI (296-320kg) NI Bull Market Indicator
391 389 376
391 395 387
396 395 376
406 401 378
66.10
70.49
57.68
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a short informal session on precision agriculture developments in Australia. The event will get under way at 6pm at the FAR Arable Site on State Highway 1, south of the Chertsey village, finishing around 8pm. For more details contact Nick Poole on 021 544-411, or the FAR office on 03 345-5783.
416 437 414 * 270 311 315 *
382 395 388
280 304 312
396 * 420 * 397 * 262 * 298 * 294 *
386 399 387
391 * 389 * 372
406 401 389
372 388 381
260 292 299
Based on announced schedules with levies & charges deducted and published premiums included. For a valid comparison between the Islands, add $1.20 in Lamb and 7c/kg in Beef to the North Is values, because North Is Cos pay freight.
V E N I S O N ($/kg - gross) AP Hind 50kg AP Stag 60kg AP Stag 80kg
6.31 6.40 6.01
6.41 6.50 6.11
6.56 6.65 6.26
7.43 7.53 7.13
6.63 6.73 6.33
6.31 * 6.40 * 6.01 *
7.43 7.53 7.13
6.86 6.95 6.56
1380 970 785 690 505 495 495 495 530
1380 970 780 705 485 450 450 470 530
1400 1010 800 670 570 570 570 535 510
1420 1070 850 690 441 393 385 375 505
1285 910 780 670 485 450 450 450 490
1500 1010 850 740 630 625 625 600 530 *
1475 1047 848 714 440 399 386 372 501
275 420
391 420
403 418
434 415
473 443
415 422
4990 5880 6210 5780 13630
4940 5530 6270 5300 13500
4110 4150 4030 4590 11960
5450 6050 6570 5990 14550
4258 4446 4502 4926 11572
W O O L Data: WSI Fine (21 microns) Medium (25 microns) Medium (27 microns) Medium (29 microns) Coarse (35 microns) Coarse (37 microns) Coarse (39 microns) 2nd Shear (37 microns-85mm) Lamb (31 micron-75mm)
W H E A T ($NZ/Tonne) ASW (Aus standard White) NZ Free (12.5% protein)
275 * 408
DAIRY PRODUCT PRICES Butter (NZ$/tonne) Skim Milk powder Whole Milk Powder Cheddar Cheese Casein
5270 6000 6060 5940 13580
4630 5370 5800 5240 13190
Prices are indicative only. They are compiled from an assessment of sales made worldwide on one-off basis in US $. Quota market sales and contracts are excluded. The prices are then converted to $NZ/t FOB at current exchange rates.
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MEAT
UK PM Lamb (p/kg) CIF US Bull (USc/lb) CIF US Cow (USc/lb) CIF Venison Bone-in leg (E/Kg)
PRICES 430 206 197 6.40
430 208 202 6.40
0.825 0.501 0.607 3.82
0.818 0.500 0.599 3.85
400 204 193 6.40
330 223 212 6.40
395 202 192 6.40 *
430 * 209 202 6.40 *
355 209 194 6.43
FINANCE US Dollar UK Pound Euro 2 Year Wholesale Rate (%)
PROCESSING
D A T A (000)
Lamb SI Mutton SI Beef SI Information provided by NZX Agrifax
193 51 11.9
0.849 0.841 0.525 0.526 0.621 0.629 3.54 2.82 (Estimates only) 179 52 160 19 9 44 10.0 3.4 10.4
0.776 0.497 0.586 2.76 101 8 5.3
0.863 0.561 0.659 3.85 193 * 51 * 12.0
Note: * denotes a new low/high for season.
0.809 0.511 0.630 2.74
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Federated Farmers has released a paper discussing major options for reforming New Zealand’s $6 billion red meat export industry into the public arena. The paper has been available to the federation’s members since last month. World meat exports are predicted to increase by 19 per cent by 2022, according to a report delivered by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). “The OECD-FAO said last year that meat prices would remain high in real terms over the next decade. “This was due to changing market fundamentals of slower production growth and stronger demand and represents the opportunity we have,” Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairperson Jeanette Maxwell said. “What New Zealanders need to understand is that red meat could be so much more. “A central message of our paper is for greater co-operation – while we fight each other we’re missing the point that global protein competition comes from white meat.” Mrs Maxwell said Federated
Jeanette Maxwell
... if we are to take a leaf from the dairy industry it is not from Fonterra but Tatua Farmers had given the industry ample time to reform, but falling stock numbers combined with more attractive land use options had prompted action. “This is what our paper is about. “It has generated discussion internally among our members but now is the time to take that
discussion wider into the media, academia as well as with the analysts.” Federated Farmers is not yet pushing for a preferred option, but is seeking guidance by way of feedback from members and from the wider industry. “That said if we are to take a leaf from the dairy industry it is not Fonterra but Tatua. Our industry has its own version of Tatua because big is not always beautiful,” Mrs Maxwell said. “It is easy to confuse a commodities wave for genuine value-add performance. “Our industry rode the post-war commodities waves for meat and fibre but crashed on to the beach in the 1970s. All because we’d failed to develop a value-adding surfboard to ride it out. “That’s why I am personally enthused by the possibility of one of our options which would need legislative support. That’s adopting a Uruguayan style INAC to provide precise information about the industrial and trading activities of our national meat chain.” With the Red Meat Profit Partnership looking inside the farmgate for better farm performance, Mrs Maxwell said the paper proves farmers are looking off the farm for ways to boost the wider industry.
An Ashburton possum trapper is calling for a bounty to be placed on the marsupials to help improve the “boom and bust” fur harvesting industry. Hayden Breakwell is among Mid Canterbury possum trappers recently sought after by Hokitika’s The Possum People as it sought to fill an order of fur for China. He is also among Mid Canterbury possum hunters who are coping with a dwindling number of the pest species after increased trapping due to higher fur prices, as well as 1080 drops. Mr Breakwell said he had hunted throughout the possum season, which was May to September, between the Rakaia and Rangitata rivers, and sold the last of the fur he had in October. He undertook trapping as a sideline to his job as a carpenter. He said the Government spent between $25 to $30 to kill one possum with 1080, but if it put a bounty of just $3 on the head of each possum it would incentivise trappers to kill more of the pests. “Instead of spending money tipping poison on New Zealand, put a bounty of $3, I would quit my job and go possum trapping,” Mr Breakwell said. Fellow Mid Canterbury trapper Daniel Watson of Dromore, also spoke about the difficulties of the industry. A “really good block” could yield up to $1000 per day in fur and skins. “Blocks that are viable are hard to come by now,” Mr Watson said.
Two winters ago he and his friend trapped in the Mathias and Wilberforce catchments, but that had since been “pretty much nuked” by 1080 drops. He had a little bit of possum fur in his garage, but he expected trappers which had any left over would want
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LAMB
Export returns from traditional European markets have slowly improved during the last half of 2013, and there are improving signs of increased shipments to European markets outside of the main UK, French and German markets. French rack cuts are proving to be harder to sell and price improvements lag behind those of the other cuts. There is hope pricing will improve with increased signs of economic recovery in the US as lamb regains its place on restaurant menus. Demand for lamb out of China is looking to remain firm out past the Chinese New Year period at the end of January. However, NZ exporters continue to take a cautious approach to the Chinese market, due to ongoing trade challenges in this market. Demand from other Asian markets is also strong however China is the major driving force in this region.
BEEF
The US domestic lean beef market has rocketed up over the past few weeks, reaching its highest ever level for the month of January, however that hasn’t flowed through to import prices. At US217c/lb, current domestic 90CL cow prices are 4 per cent higher than a year ago and a whopping 25 per cent higher than the five-year average. Domestic 90CL meat is proving difficult to source in large volumes now, which supports the theory that this market will continue to firm in the medium-term. The fact that the import market hasn’t lifted as well has come as a surprise to many, but it’s not uncommon for import prices to lag the domestic market when sharp rises occur. If domestic 90CL remains near current levels or firmer it seems somewhat inevitable that import prices will trend higher in the coming weeks.
GRAIN
to wait until next winter before selling it. “The price always drops off this time of year.” However, Peter Gray at The Possum People was late last year urging any trappers with leftover fur to sell it. While the price might not be to their liking (it
was $110 per kilogram) it was better than storing it where it could lose weight through moisture evaporation. The peak price earlier in the year was $125 per kilogram, while the high of recent years was $145 per kilogram three
years ago. Mr Gray had three quarter filled a one ton order from China, where the fur is blended into a yarn for clothing with merino wool, and “urgently” needed more fur. One ton represents about 17,000 possums.
Feed grain markets have held relatively steady towards the end of last year and the beginning of 2014. Reasonable pasture growth for this time of year has helped to contribute to a relative lack of urgency in the market. The NZX Dairy Pasture Growth Index, is much higher than last year, and forecast to continue to higher than normal figures for this time of year. Deliveries of contracted grain have been relatively slow lately as well. This is likely to pick up through January, as the weather typically starts getting drier. The earliest indications for the 2014 harvest are showing reasonable yields across the country. Weather conditions have not been perfect, but good amounts of moisture and temperatures will have helped to bring a lot of crops to average or better yields. There will be a high amount of regional variation, with storms in Canterbury hitting some parts much worse than others, with isolated hail damage and flooding in some areas. This early on no real indications of harvest sizes can be given, except to say that it seems unlikely to be at the extreme end of the scale, on the high end or on the low.
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the posts) to a new location where new holes have been pre-dug by hand. More than 40 men were involved with actually moving the pens to their new location. If you have any thoughts about where these photos were taken, when, and what the occasion was, please contact the Ashburton Museum on 308-3167.
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Paceman Chris Jordan insists under siege England captain Alastair Cook is relaxed and determined to “leave Australia with some respectability”, despite his poor form with the bat. Cook has averaged just 22.72 in his 11 innings against Australia this summer. His captaincy style has also been questioned by former international cricketers, such as Andrew Strauss, Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott, Ian Chappell and Shane Warne. Yet despite leading England to a sixth straight loss against Australia in the first ODI in Melbourne on Sunday, Cook has the full support of his players, Jordan says. “Cook’s been pretty relaxed, and probably one of the most favourite people in the dressing room at the minute,” said Jordan. - AAP
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Heat ‘no big problem’ One of the worst things a tennis player can do to overcome the scorching temperatures at the Australian Open is to drink too much. And for fans concerned about the health of the world’s best players slogging it out in the extreme heat expected in Melbourne this week, the message is simple: It isn’t that bad. “We can play in these conditions and not be too concerned ... the risk to health is relatively low,” said tournament doctor Tim Wood. “We have never had anybody die from dehydration on a tennis court. We have had players almost die from drinking too much. So the danger is overdrinking, not under-drinking and becoming dehydrated.” - AAP
Lee looking to fire up Former Test tearaway Brett Lee is intent on making life as “tough as possible” for an England side low on confidence when he captains the Prime Minister’s XI in Canberra. The last time Lee zeroed in on an Englishman it ended in bruises, a broken rib and a battered ego. And the 37-year-old former Test quick hopes to extend the misery for Piers Morgan’s countrymen at Manuka Oval today. “We don’t want to let England back in the game for the Australians,” Lee said. - AAP
Tough times for Thunder Without a win from six starts this summer in the BBL, could things get much worse for Sydney Thunder? Yesterday’s announcement that paceman James Pattinson and in-form opener Aaron Finch have been released from Australia’s oneday international squad to play for the Melbourne Renegades against the Thunder tonight can hardly have helped morale. The Thunder are sweating on the fitness of Sri Lanka import Tillakaratne Dilshan, who has a back injury. Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis is keen to test himself against Finch at Etihad Stadium where the straight boundaries are long enough to offer a bit more protection than his home ground at ANZ Stadium. But the Renegades have a Sri Lanka spin wizard of their own in Muttiah Muralitharan who will play a key role in deciding if the Renegades can keep their semi-final hopes alive. The Thunder have lost 19 matches in a row, despite 38-year-old skipper Mike Hussey’s 228 runs at an average of 38 this season. - AAP
Caleb Burgess gets some big air on the Mt Hutt Bike Park in what is a huge season for Bike Methven, hosting the Oceania championships in March. Photo tetsuro MitoMo 120114-tM-020
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Bike Methven continue to fine tune their main trail and cross country course on the Mt Hutt Bike Park ahead of hosting the Oceania Championships which will be held in March. The club held one of their regular shuttle days on Sunday, a day which provided an opportunity for around 40 riders to test their mettle on the championship track, and
more for the club to determine what work still needs to be done before the top riders from Oceania converge on Methven to compete from March 13-16. “Most of the riders took to trying out the Oceania trail, which is exactly what it needs to bed it in,” said Bike Methven president Daniel Burgess. “Its crucial that we get some high level riders going very fast on the track so we
can see what areas still need work.” The club will be running two more shuttle days, February 9 and March 1, as well as hosting a Gravity Canterbury Enduro race on February 22 and the annual Diggler Downhill race on March 2, the last use of the track before the Oceania Championships riders begin practice sessions on the downhill and cross country courses on March 14.
TRAIL CHALLENGE The Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club has thrown out the challenge to all riders, elite and social, to take part in their race series on the Ashburton River Trail tonight. Scott Albon is the favourite to take out the elite event, but up and coming riders Bailey Kershaw and Jamie Smitheram will push him hard to take the win. The social race will start after the elite riders are under way, and all new riders are welcome to ride the new track at their leisure. Registration at the Ashburton bridge northern rest area, (town side) before 6.15pm for racing to start at 6.30pm.
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Venus vows to rise again after first round exit By Mike hedge Venus Williams has already made one final this year, her illness worries are behind her, her world ranking is at a respectable level and she still loves playing tennis. But a first-round exit from
the Australian Open yesterday renewed speculation that one of the greatest talents of the past 20 years might be nearing the end of her career. Williams, whose sister Serena is the Open’s top seed, has now suffered three first-round losses from her past six grand slams af-
ter falling to Russian 22nd seed Ekaterina Makarova 2-6 6-4 6-4 on day one at Melbourne Park. After battling illness and injury for the past three years, Williams’ game isn’t anywhere near the level that won her seven grand slam singles titles and took her to No.1 in 2002.
Williams is now fending off speculation of retirement. “Obviously it was disappointing to not win the first round,” the 33-year-old said. “The last 12 months I have had issues, but this year I definitely am looking forward to having a good run and feeling well.” - AAP
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■ BOWLS Skip Michael Lawson sends signals up the green to his team-mates during the Milsom Cup fours tournament at the Ashburton Bowling Club, which was won by Roger Gutberlet’s four that included John ‘Bigsy’ McLay (inset) who upon winning the trophy emulated his famous nephew Richie McCaw and posed up with the silverware. The win was also special for McLay, a Mid Canterbury rugby centurion in the 80s who suffers from Huntington’s Disease, and has only played bowls for three seasons, but now has his name on a prestigious men’s trophy. The four of Gutberlet, McLay, Murray Anderson and Mike Quinn came close last season, and on Saturday they had four wins on the day as did Graeme Bishop’s four of Bob Holdom, John Drayton and Greame Clarke, but with more ends it was Bigsy lifting the cup. Third place went to the quartet of Dave Muir, Guildford Lane, John Argyle and Larry Neil. The tournament is the only open club tournament that is men’s only left on the Mid Canterbury bowls calendar.
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Top Team: Mayfield Magic – 88 by lot - Val Mulligan, Trish Corbert, Val Schmack, Jan Clucas Ladies: Periwinkles 1 86, Mrs B’s Girls 85.5 Men: Fairlie Flyers 88, Wez-R-Good 86.5, Trying 81, Cunning Studs 80.5 Mixed: TGIF 85.5, Gabites Swingers 85, InAshburton Bowling Club gold Builders 85 January 8 Top lady: Val Schmack 35.5 Top man: GraeAussie Pairs me Behernes 31 1st Roger Gutberlet and Janet Kingsbury Nearest the Pins: Templeton Motors –Lesley 3 wins 20 ends 41 points. 2nd Alastair and Blain; Paul May Motors – Ron Carlson; Mac Noeline MacKenzie 3 wins 17 ends 29 points. & Maggies – Corey Smith; BP Ashburton – 3rd John Smart and Margaret Lloyd 3 wins Alison Hunt 16 ends 28 points. 4th Alex Crawford and Gabites Lucky Player – Lindsay Williams, BP Cait Bassett 3 wins 16 ends 37 points 12 Lucky Player – Keith Gunn against 5th Gavin and Margaret Eder 3 wins January 11: 16 ends 37 point 16 against. Final round of the Summer Stableford and There were 9 teams with 3 wins. qualifying for the Hydraulink Best under Mid Canterbury Bowling Umpires Pressure Shootout. Best scores were Kevin Turner 45pts, Bev Association Tournament Chinn, Ron Carlson and Graeme Behrnes Monday 13th January at Ashburton Bowling all 42; Helen Argyle, Michael Miernicki, Kyle Club Brown, Mike Holmes and Nicky Gill all 41; Results: Peter van Vollenhoven, Tony Gimblett and st 1 Bob Harrison (Skip), Bob Holdom, Sandra Sheryl Reid all 40; Brent MacGregor, Bruce Holdom, Janet Kingsbury 3 wins 23 ends Day and Tufuga Sa all 39 by countback. 2nd Brent Mayson (Skip), Wendy Suttie, Ivan Winner of the Summer Stableford with 126 Syme, Eric Maw 3 wins 19 ends pts was Rhonda Gallagher. 3rd Leonie Spargo (Skip), George Crack The 19 qualifiers for the Hydraulink best un(Substitute Barry O’Sullivan), Ursula Crack, der Pressure Shootout in qualifying order Rosemarie O’Sullivan 3 wins 17 ends are: Rhonda Gallagher 89, Mary Lou Watson 4th Rosemary Bennett (Skip), Diana King, 85; John Power, Tony Gimblett and Helen Dianne Vanderweg, Shirley Thomas 2 wins Argyle all 84; Bev Chinn 82; Robynne Nicol 1 draw 15 ends. and Paul Greer 81; Ron Carlson, Kyle Brown, Mike Holmes and Nicky Gill all 80; Michael Miernicki, Brent MacGregor and Eddie Chilton all 79; Sheryl Reid and Dylan Stoddart Tinwald Cycling Club 78; George Brown and Pieter van Vollenhoven 77 (on countback from Tufuga Sa, January 10 Calder Stewart, McDonalds, Tinwald Super- Jeff Williamson and Paddy Bradford). Any player who cannot make the final on value Velodrome Racing A. Grade W.W. 1st. Madison Clark 12pts. Sunday 26 January should contact Paddy 2nd. Maddie Lowry 10pts.3rd. Harrison Rus- Bradford ph 3089022. sell 8pts. B.Grade W.W. 1st. Ashlan Barlow Nearest The Pins: Robbies Bar & Bistro: Jeff - Todd 11pts. 2nd. Jenna Moore 10pts. 3rd. Williamson, Braided Rivers: John Dudley, Rothburys Insurance: Kevin Smith, Netherby Simon Moore 9pts. C. Grade W.W. Charlotte Russell 12pts. Meats: Grant Smith, Robilliards (Nearest pin 2nd. Luke Rhodes 10pts. 3rd. Joel Moffett #18): Daniel Green, Charming Thai Restau8pts. D. Grade W.W. 1st. Emily-Jane Elliott rant (Longest Putt #9) Grant Smith. 10pts. 2nd. Emma Lowry 9pts. 3rd. Isla Mof- Twos: Daniel Green(2 – 18 and 12), Don Houghton, Chris Lovelock, Tony Bennett, fett 8pts. 4th. Briar Clark 6pts. E. Grade W.W. 1st. Ilam Elliott 12pts. 2nd. Eddie Chilton, Richard Leith, Rhonda GalRiley Stevens 7pts. 2nd.= Jayne Bryon 7pts. lagher, PK Ngutu and Bill Hetrick. Birdie 3rd. Ella Colquhoun 5pts. 4th. William Car- Jackpot #5, Nett Eagles #3 nen 4pts. Open and U17. 1st. Sam Cullimore 12pts. 2nd. Tinwald Golf Club Tristan Loev 11pts. 3rd Jessie Banks 4pts. January 11, Stroke 4th. =Andrew Colquhoun & Shona Proctor Men: 0-15; Steve Johnson 66, Richard Hew3pts. B. Grade. 1st. Jacob Kilworth 13pts. 2nd. son 68 Shane Moore 69, Rod Harris 69. 16Connie Davidson 7pts. 3rd. Ethan Titheridge 21; Wayne Mellish 64, Chris Hart 66, Malcolm 6pts. 4th. Conner Loev 5pts. 5th. Caitlin Tith- Fechney 67 Brian Rouse 67. 22 plus; Ben McOmish 66, Ian Kennedy 66, Colin Sheeeridge 4pts. han 69,Clarry Whiting69.Women; Sonja Mee 70, Joyce VanderHeide 71. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liqourland # 2; Michael Thomas. Gluyas Ford # 6; Sally Lane. Bedrock Bar Ashburton Golf Club and Stonegrill # 12; J Schofield. Ideal ElectriJanuary 10 Nelson Building Society Friday night teams cal Supplies # 16; Jason Feutz. Two’s: John Schofield, Arthur Pawsey, John Harris, Cam-
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Manning in top form Peyton Manning powered the Denver Broncos to within one victory of the Super Bowl and the San Francisco 49ers advanced as well beating Carolina in yesterday’s NFL playoff games. In Denver Manning threw two touchdown passes to lead Denver over the San Diego Chargers 24-17 while Colin Kaepernick ran for one touchdown and threw for another to lift the 49ers over host Carolina 23-10. Denver will now host New England and San Francisco visit sSeattle in next weekend’s playoff semi-finals, with the winners to meet in Super Bowl 48 on February 2 in New York.
Ferns crush Thistles
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eron Miller, Gordon Rennie, Clarry Whiting, Evan Pearce, Michael Thomas, Ray Wards, Adam Marshall. Eagle; # 14 Cameron Miller. Net Eagle; # 13 Ray Kirdy Twilight January 9, Stroke – 4 clubs 0-6: Greg Hubbard 33, Jeff Hewitt 33, Michael Thomas 34, Chayne Mapu 35, Johnny Moorren 35, Brock Peddie 36 b/l. 7-11: Neil Rayner 32, Ray Wards 33, Steve McCloy 34, Brent Green 34, Pete Marshall 34, John Schofield 35 b/l. 11 plus: Roger Bruce 31, Steve Kircher 31, Greg Prendergast 32, Luke Spence 33, John Harris 34, Kieron Gray 34. Women 0-16: Joan Undy 32, Shirley Young 33, Amanda Gray 34, Diana Wellman 34. 17 plus: Valda Johnstone 32, Nancy Costin 32, Verna Hampton 34. Nearest the pin; # 2 Bernie Walsh. # 12 Neil Rayner. Two’s; Adam Marshall, Steve Kircher.
■ Softball Hampstead Softball Club December 13 Nosh Café Slow-Pitch Nosh Café Marines & Angels 18 - 10 As Good As It Gets S & Giggles 20 - 13 Hawks TGIF Sluggers 17 - 8 Beasties
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Methven Bowling Club January 18 Doug Hood Open Fours 9 am start. Skips entered: M Smallridge. C leech G Taylor G Clarke S Holdom D Guberlet M Skilling T Inwood Gene Pagey Bruce Harper Craig Carter Ronnie Thomas Ruth Smith N Atkinson. T Taylor Gary Eddington Inquiries To Bruce Harper 3087623 or Wendy Blackwell 3028834 Sponsored By Plains Irrigation Don Smith Motors And Rainer Irrigation
Ashburton Bowling Club January 17 Toyota Friday Triples Skips entered teams: R. Anstiss, N Atkinson, B Brasell, R Cockburn, L Connell, G Crack,J Dennis,, G Eder, M Eder, D Gutberlet, B Harrison, G Hawkins, R Herriott, S Holdom, T Johnson, D Kiddey, C Leech, M Smallridge, A MacKenzie, J Martin, E Maw, B Neilson, S Robinson, J Ryk, N Sharplin, A Smith, G Taylor, A Waddell. T Watson, W Watts, B White, B Williams. 12:30pm Start (whites to be worn) Inquiries to J Ryk Phone 3087907.
Bowls Mid Canterbury Sub Centre January 19
Men’s Representative Teams Report at 9am for a 9.30am start. $15 per player for catering. Senior Men at Amberley: Pairs: Craig Carter, Simon Fleetwood Triples: Alec Crawford, Bruce White, Adrian Kemp Fours: Graeme Bishop, Dion Kiddey, Mike Quinn, Eric Maw Senior Men at Greta Valley: Pairs: Michael Lawson, Darryn Turner Triples: Murray Smallridge, Pete Whinham, Craig Fowles Fours: Jo Ryk, Gavin Eder, Murray Anderson, Doug Kinvig. If unavailable contact Graeme Bishop 3087378 Junior Men at Cheviot Singles: Rob Fensom Pairs: John Drayton, Larry Neal Triples: Kenny Lynn, F McCormick, Cecil Tubb Fours: Ivan Syme, Anthony Holmes, Dave Callaghan, Jeff Limbrick Reserves: Russell Lowe, Noel Bilby If unavailable contact Bruce Harper 3087623
■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club January 18 Club Opening Day Mixed pairs playing for the AC Browne Cup and men’s pairs playing for the Smith Salver Starting Time: Morning 8.00am Afternoon Report at 11.30 for an 12noon start. Saturday Starters: Morning Bryan Donaldson. Afternoon Steve Richards and Paul May. Results Paddy Bradford and Mal Trewavas.
Tinwald Golf Club January 18 Summer Closing drawn partner combined stableford Draw for the summer closing drawn partner combined stableford to be played on Saturday will be at the clubhouse for 8am and 12.30pm start. Players are asked to report 15 minutes prior to tee off times. Starters:am B Collins. pm L Jackson, P Marshall. Cards. Committee
■ Softball Hampstead Softball Club January 17 Nosh Café Slow-Pitch 6.00pm: D.2 As Good As It Gets V S & Giggles D.3 Hawks V Beasties 7.10pm: D.2 Nosh Café Marines & Angels V S & Giggles D.3 TGIF Sluggers V Hawks
Mid Canterbury Softball January 18 1:00 D1 Fairfield Marines v ADC Rebels, Renegades to umpire; D4 Bedrock Panthers v Nosh Hampstead Hawks, Rustys to umpire; 3:00 D1 ADC Rustys v ADC Renegades, Fairfield to umpire.
The Silver Ferns have shaken off any effects of jetlag with a commanding performance over the Scottish Thistles in the first of two exhibition matches in Glasgow. The two games are being used by the Ferns to familiarise themselves with the venues and city ahead of this year’s Commonwealth Games and they showed they had settled in well as they dominated play, eventually beating Scotland 72-18. Coach Waimarama Taumaunu used the game to get 14 of her 16-strong touring party on court with Casey Kopua and Bailey Mes the only two players not considered due to injury recovery. - NZH
Hayward misses out Ashburton’s Susie Hayward couldn’t quite pull off a big win in the Bayer FEI World Cup final (New Zealand series) at Woodhill Sands on Sunday. Katie McVean – a three time series winner – won the final aboard Dunstan Springfield but it was Samantha McIntosh (Cambridge) taking the series at the Waitemata World Cup Final Festival. McVean was also third on Dunstan Kiwi Iron Mark while Hayward and Andretti was outside the top six. As winner of the New Zealand series, McIntosh now has the opportunity to ride at the world final, in Lyon, France, in April. Hayward finished the series third on 67 points.
NZ tour ‘good experience’ Indian captain MS Dhoni expects his team’s New Zealand cricket tour to give his younger players a good learning experience ahead of next year’s World Cup. While several of the squad who arrived in Auckland yesterday for five ODIs and two tests, have played in New Zealand, plenty haven’t. Dhoni hopes the ODIs give those players valuable information to be used in a year’s time when India will be defending the World Cup they won at home in 2011. “It’s good exposure for them,” Dhoni said. “The grounds here are a very different shape and it’s difficult to exactly pinpoint the fielding positions. They are quite different to where you usually place your fielders. Overall it’ll be a fantastic tour for all the guys.” Dhoni is expecting high scoring in the ODIs, as that is a trend in the world game. - NZH
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In brief Avdulla at Trentham Sydney jockey Brenton Avdulla has been booked to ride Trepidation in this Saturday’s Gr.1 J&N Berkett Telegraph Handicap at Trentham. Trainers Kris and Paul Shailer have secured his services for their in-form mare after casting the net far and wide for a replacement for regular rider Kelly Myers, who has a commitment to Nashville. Avdulla celebrated his first Group One success in 2010 aboard Secret Admirer in the Flight Stakes and also added the Epsom Handicap on the Grahame Begg-trained mare the following year. - APNZ
Mofeed targets World Cup Hong Kong Cup winner Akeed Mofeed will head to Dubai instead of Sydney this autumn. Trainer Richard Gibson confirmed yesterday that Akeed Mofeed would target the Dubai World Cup meeting in preference to The Championships at Randwick. After Akeed Mofeed won the Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin on International Day in early December, Gibson flagged the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) on April 19 as a definite option for the horse. Gibson said the deciding factor in the decision had been more favourable quarantine conditions. - APNZ
Paximadia set for Guineas Peter Snowden’s former multiple Group winner Paximadia is likely to make his debut for Godolphin in next month’s UAE 2000 Guineas. Paximadia, a winner of the Gr.3 Carbine Club Stakes and Gr.2 Sandown Guineas during last year’s Melbourne spring carnival, is being set for the Guineas at Meydan on February 13. The colt won three of his four starts during the spring after being placed in the Gr.1 JJ Atkins Stakes at Eagle Farm behind Romantic Touch and Zoustar as a two-year-old. Not only will it be Paximadia’s first start for Saeed bin Suroor, but the three-year-old will also have his first start on the Tapeta surface. - APNZ
Trackside moves to Sky As part of planned improvements to the content of the two TAB racing channels, Trackside will be moved off Freeview and onto SKY from April 14, 2014. This will allow Trackside and TAB TV to broadcast new and improved racing content, including magazine-style features, extended pre and post-race coverage for feature events and additional races which are not currently shown on television. The TAB is offering a special deal to customers who do not have SKY, with free installation of a satellite dish and SKY digital decoder and a free SKY package valued at $18.70 per month. This SKY package gives customers access to the free-to-air channels and the two racing channels. - APNZ
Bounty Hunter sold The lure of a start in the Karaka Million wasn’t enough to halt the sale of The Bounty Hunter to overseas interests. The promising Any Suggestion juvenile followed up a debut third with a runaway seven and a-half length win at Ellerslie that attracted a serious and successful approach from Hong Kong interests to secure the youngster. - APNZ
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Cropp’s southern move a winner Matthew Cropp is hoping his successful move to the South Island will be instrumental in achieving a longer-term target. The 22-year-old made the shift to further his flat riding career and at the same time give him an edge in his more favoured role. “I’m second on the jumps premiership and my goal is to try and win it,” Cropp said. “I’ve got five wins over fences this season and Isaac Lupton has got six – it will be a hard job to take him down, but I’ll give it a go. “Hopefully by riding on the flat it will give me more of an
advantage when the other jumps jockeys come back.” Cropp shifted south from Cambridge two and a-half months ago to continue his apprenticeship with Tarsha and Michael Stokes and on Saturday he was successful on the stable runner Captain Todd in the Kumara Gold Nuggets. “I’m getting great opportunities with Tarsha and Michael,” he said. “I said to Ralph Manning, who I was originally apprenticed to, that I wouldn’t mind making a move to get a few more rides until the jumps racing came around.
“I was then talking to Ben Foote about it and he put me on to Tarsha and Michael and it’s been good ever since. “Last year I got down to 53kg right at the start and then I took a break and my weight shot right up. I’m back down to 56 and I’ve had a wicked start and people like Danny Frye have also been so supportive.” Cropp has won both the Grand National Steeple (El Patron) and the Grand National Hurdle (Joint Effort) and he is confident he can add to his Riccarton record during the winter. - APNZ
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Wyndham Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Young Quinn Raceway Meeting Date: 14 Jan 2014 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 12.28pm (NZT) HOKONUI HONDA TROT $5000, 3yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2400m 1 0x008 Starcola (1) fr ..............................M McAuley 2 35x34 Phil’s Folly (2) fr.....................R McIlwrick (J) 3 Another Crusher (3) fr ........ B Williamson (J) 4 65P70 Sundon Invasion (4) fr .................G McEwan 5 00607 Apollo Mission (5) fr ................ M Williamson 6 000 The Sweedish Filly (6) fr ................C Barron 7 Blink (U1) fr ...................................... D Dunn 8 302P3 Cum Laude (U2) fr ........................ B Barclay 9 45727 Cool Son (U3) fr ..............................R Swain 10 75240 Winfield Monarch (U4) fr ................... J Bond 11 5 Hazel Alice (U5) fr .........................C Buchan 2 12.58pm MLT / PIONEER TAVERN MOBILE PACE $5000, claimers 4yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 2400m 1 09x08 Little Joe (1) fr .................... B Williamson (J) 2 58586 Infrequently (2) fr...................R McIlwrick (J) 3 31582 The Witch Doctor (3) fr ............... S Ottley (J) 4 49659 Tic Tac Bromac (4) fr ........................ A Black 5 58618 Kaylea Bolter (5) fr ........................ A Armour 6 61737 Cullen’s Finest (6) fr ................ M Williamson 7 11364 Montecrengle (7) fr.................. N Williamson 8 49x05 Elusive Flight (8) fr ........................... D Dunn 3 1.23pm PANSPACIFICFLIGHT@MACCA LODGE PACE $5000, 3yo+ c0 pace, stand, 2400m 1 00256 Special Delight (1) fr .............R McIlwrick (J) 2 0x75 Still Shakin (2) fr.............................C Barron 3 Lis Is Fine (3) fr .................................A Beck 4 0x50 Rylin Summer (4) fr .............. C Ferguson (J) 5 x5700 Phin’s Twin (5) fr ............................ A Armour 6 28007 Royal Cynic (6) fr ............................. D Dunn 7 P Wozniacki (7) fr 8 8678x Chapel Lane (8) fr ..........................K Larsen
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Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 14 Jan 2014 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 12.01pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C0, 310m 1 27735 Ohoka Faith nwtd ......................... L Waretini 2 875 Hammock nwtd ..............................J Guthrie 3 78658 Zulu Deb nwtd ............................D Stapleton 4 21 Punch On Jaime nwtd ...............J McInerney 5 88 Ozarks Daughter nwtd ...................J Guthrie 6 66 Admiral Adam nwtd P & ................ B Conner 7 345 Miss Selfies nwtd ......................J McInerney 8 38 Ohoka Too Soon nwtd .................. L Waretini 9 87364 Max Steel nwtd .................................M Flipp 10 86346 Summer Love nwtd ..........................A Joyce 2 12.18pm BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS SPRINT C1, 310m 1 1476x Business Boss 18.81 ........................S Keen 2 86468 Cosmic Bolero nwtd P & ............... B Conner 3 82688 Gracy Racer nwtd C & ....................... Fagan 4 15723 No More Beersies nwtd P & .......... B Conner 5 14814 Quedrago 18.63 C & .......................... Fagan 6 25414 Go Bridie nwtd ...............................G Cleeve 7 541 Castle Eden nwtd M & ..........................J Hill 8 x3427 Fancy Spice 18.66 P &.................. B Conner 9 22381 Sandi Claws 18.42 ............................S Keen 10 41761 Thiago 18.88 ..............................D Stapleton 3 12.35pm BRAMWELL SCAFFOLD STAKES C0, 545m 1 72377 Goldstar Bomber nwtd S & .............B Evans 2 83844 Speedy Swede nwtd L & .................... Wales 3 23 Cawbourne Impact nwtd ............D Stapleton 4 2252 Ambilight nwtd J & ..........................D Fahey 5 72224 Opawa Tom nwtd L & ......................... Wales 6 62636 Casy’s Raida nwtd .....................D Stapleton 7 866 Sailors Collar nwtd .........................J Guthrie 8 33473 Shez Keen nwtd ................................S Keen 9 23763 Totally Toasted nwtd ..........................J Dunn
9 37873 Lively Jendi (9) fr ..................... M Williamson 10 48 Scherger Royal (10) fr .....................J W Cox 11 48476 Trusting (11) fr ................................H Hunter 12 0097 Elma Fitz (12) fr ............................. P Hunter 4 1.53pm LAMB DRIVE FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE $5000, 3yo+ f&m c0 mob. pace, mobile, 1609m 1 06507 Vedika (1) fr ..................................... E Swain 2 x3947 Tisbury Hardlife (2) fr .................... A Armour 3 0x629 Newmans Jet (3) fr ........................ K Barclay 4 87302 Jadaki (4) fr .....................................J W Cox 5 24644 Megie May (5) fr ................... C Ferguson (J) 6 43364 Bryleigh Jewel (6) fr ....................B McLellan 7 67625 Miss Pembroke (7) fr ......................C Barron 8 Palace Playmate (8) fr............ S Walkinshaw 9 0x Matai Katie (9) fr ........................ S Ottley (J) 10 57553 Dazzling Arden (21) fr .......................A Beck 11 8 Picobello (22) fr ............................T Williams 12 43356 Pay Me Quick (23) fr ........................ D Dunn 5 2.18pm ALABAR KINDERGARTEN STKS 22ND FEB MOBILE PACE $5000, 3yo+ c0 pace, mobile, 2400m 1 47456 Sock It To Me (1) fr ........................ A Armour 2 084 Pat’s Legacy (2) fr .................. S Walkinshaw 3 338 Ever So Clever (3) fr..........................A Beck 4 87 Deadly Mark (4) fr ......................... B Barclay 5 6x003 Billy Klondike (5) fr .................. N Williamson 6 58555 Acting Up (6) fr ........................ M Williamson 7 Bad Kate (7) fr...................... C Ferguson (J) 8 937 Heretic Franco (8) fr ........................R Swain 9 88989 Matai Maddi (9) fr ....................... S Ottley (J) 10 8 Bettor’s Hot Shot (21) fr ........R McIlwrick (J) 11 3000 Caesar Rocks (22) fr ..................... K Barclay 12 6665x Franco Synergy (23) fr ...................K Larsen 13 8x64 Rainbow Romance (24) fr ..............C Barron 14 4 Deathbeforedishonour (25) fr ........... D Dunn 6 2.48pm WYNDHAM WORKOUTS COMMITTEE HANDICAP TROT $5000, 3yo+ c1 to c4 discrhcp trot, stand, 2400m
1 09298 Face Value (1) fr ............................C Buchan 2 80031 Veecewah (2) fr ..............................C Barron 3 x0210 Reserve Banks (3) fr .........................A Beck 4 x4510 Mokosun (4) fr .............................B McLellan 5 5P088 City Courage (5) fr ..................... S Ottley (J) 6 6x176 Danny Cool (6) fr................ B Williamson (J) 7 65x21 Rocky Six (7) fr ................................ D Dunn 8 01Px Easy Option (U1) fr ................. N Williamson 9 60507 Chiola Belle (U2) fr..........................J W Cox 10 x9810 Overcast (U3) fr............................. B Barclay 11 69760 John Henry Galleon (1) 10 ............ A Armour 12 78900 Idle Eyre (2) 10 13 52500 Marchesa (3) 10 ........................... B Norman 14 373PP Anothersuperstar (4) 10 ...............R Norman 15 97499 Royal Squeeze (5) 10 ............. M Williamson 16 73336 Starlight Invasion (6) 10 ......... S Walkinshaw 17 48459 Given (U1) 20 .................................K Larsen
2 L2170 Pure Christian (2) fr..............J W Cox 3 21935 Master President (3) fr ........... S Walkinshaw 4 015x8 Double Oh Seven (4) fr ........... M Williamson 5 00470 Jerry Fitz (5) fr...................... C Ferguson (J) 6 45102 Curragh’s Princess (6) fr .............B McLellan 7 x5619 Belle Delight (7) fr ......................... A Armour 8 88244 Ultra Shok (8) fr................................ D Dunn 9 03377 Shards Of Myross (9) fr................. B Barclay 10 980x6 Farmer Dons (21) fr........................C Barron 11 56x79 Del Sur (22) fr .................... B Williamson (J) 12 0x734 Classiemahon (23) fr.........................A Beck 13 0x707 Bricky McGowan (24) fr........... N Williamson 9 4.08pm MLT / THREE RIVERS HOTEL MBLE PACE $5000, 4yo+ c1 mobile pace, mobile, 2400m 1 42193 Sharpenuff (1) fr ..............................J W Cox 2 63572 Vera’s Delight (2) fr............... C Ferguson (J) 3 65233 Rosie Lindenny (3) fr........................ D Dunn Emergency: Idle Eyre 4 05800 Ganesh Bromac (4) fr ................... B Barclay 7 3.13pm ALABAR MOBILE PACE $5000, 3yo+ c0 5 14444 Go The Stags (5) fr ...........................A Beck mobile pace, mobile, 2400m 6 60708 Sly Courage (6) fr................... S Walkinshaw 1 77427 Eli Lowe (1) fr ....................... C Ferguson (J) 7 0x967 Pennyana (7) fr................................R Swain 2 0x06P Hadrian (2) fr ........................... N Williamson 8 27741 Machinegun Kelly (8) fr .............. S Ottley (J) 3 05850 Doves Veecee (3) fr.........................B Morris 9 48003 V C Dell (9) fr ........................R McIlwrick (J) 4 Gabby’s Knight (4) fr ........................ D Dunn 10 76x44 Nod d’Or (21) fr .................. B Williamson (J) 5 76030 Carletta (5) fr ...................................J W Cox SELECTIONS 6 70087 The Intimidator (6) fr ......................C Barron Race 1: The Sweedish Filly, Cum Laude, Phil’s Folly, Cool Son 7 95967 Adriatic Coast (7) fr .........................R Swain Race 2: Montecrengle, Elusive Flight, The Witch Doctor 8 0 Lochalsh (8) fr ................................. E Swain Race 3: Lis Is Fine, Scherger Royal, Special Delight 9 09540 Northview Gambler (9) fr............... A Armour Race 4: Jadaki, Miss Pembroke, Pay Me Quick, Tisbury Hardlife 10 x9450 Party’s Over (21) fr .........................K Larsen Race 5: Pat’s Legacy, Ever So Clever, Sock It To Me 11 840x0 Fizz Bang (22) fr ........................... B Barclay Race 6: Easy Option, Given, Chiola Belle, Idle Eyre 12 38863 Tartan Trilogy (23) fr ................ M Williamson Race 7: The Intimidator, Northview Gambler, Tartan Trilogy 13 0x05 Domino Denario (24) fr ..................H Hunter Race 8: Curragh’s Princess, Classiemahon, Master President 14 9929x Attack Mac (25) fr ...............................M Kerr Race 9: Nod d’Or, Vera’s Delight, Rosie Lindenny, Go The Stags 8 3.43pm KINA CRAIG STUD WYNDHAM CUP 22ND LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired FEB MOBILE PACE $5000, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace, mo- (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginbile, 2400m ner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver 1 1880x Gambler’s Dream (1) fr ..................K Larsen which allows horse to start one class down
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Today at Forbury Park Raceway 5 11618 Fireman’s Legacy 18.82 ....................J Dunn 6 53784 Cosmic Galaxy nwtd .....................R Adcock 7 66523 Star Dreamer 18.61 C & .................... Fagan 1 414 Grunt Rodgers nwtd ..................J McInerney 8 78777 Rule Judge Judy 19.42 ....................A Joyce 2 42662 Moon And Sea 34.08 .........................J Allen 9 63333 Jed Norton 19.01 ...........................G Cleeve 3 66236 Tanto’s Whisper 33.68 ....................J Guthrie 10 63144 Yaldhurst Edward nwtd..............J McInerney 4 54442 Opawa Tania nwtd L & ....................... Wales 5 88712 Jibbajabba Jewel nwtd .................C Roberts 8 2.06pm OTAGO NEW YEAR STKS HTS C2/3q, 545m 1 23617 Andrea 33.04 ................................R Adcock 6 57424 Bizarro nwtd S & .............................B Evans 2 27228 Adulterous 32.68 ..........................C Roberts 7 F8876 Miss Ozark nwtd ............................J Guthrie 3 86588 Opawa Midnight 32.99 S & .............B Evans 8 24562 Toddy’s A Flyer 33.33...................C Roberts 4 67362 Botany Seaton 32.68 ................J McInerney 9 28662 Tepirita Snoop nwtd B &................... T Shaw 5 42431 Mr. Jimmy 32.97 ............................R Adcock 10 25772 Mr. Johnny nwtd ..............................J Goode 5 1.11pm GREEN ISLAND BARBER STKS C2, 545m 6 61681 Cawbourne War nwtd...................C Roberts 7 11232 Kin Nikki nwtd .............................. L Waretini 1 21621 Harlem Haka 33.36 ...................J McInerney 8 43758 Beadman 33.13.................................J Dunn 2 88465 Gogo Rioli nwtd.................................J Dunn 9 28575 Opawa Bomb 32.88 L & ..................... Wales 3 36718 Opawa Cuddles nwtd L &................... Wales 10 67875 Black Emily 33.28 L & ........................ Wales 4 17635 Know Security nwtd .......................G Cleeve 5 65523 Rocky Baxter nwtd ....................J McInerney 9 2.25pm BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING STKS 6 48516 Opawa Marg 32.53.......................M Roberts C5, 545m 7 43515 Okuku Dreamer nwtd C & .................. Fagan 1 55512 Opawa Casper 32.84 L & ................... Wales 8 15114 What I Like nwtd .......................J McInerney 2 26125 Pindari 33.04 ................................M Roberts 9 63247 Blushing Belle nwtd L & ..................... Wales 3 44164 Know Attempt 32.40.......................G Cleeve 10 48575 Waimak Dave nwtd ...................J McInerney 4 67715 Charlie’s Choice nwtd ...................R Adcock 5 12173 Cawbourne Witch 32.75 ...............C Roberts 6 1.30pm SPEEDPRINT SHOP SPRINT C2, 310m 6 12234 Raw Energy 31.85 ....................J McInerney 1 46231 Team Dream 18.50 C & ..................... Fagan 7 83171 Opawa Webby 33.55 L & ................... Wales 2 18683 Bank Roller 18.98 .............................M Flipp 8 64284 Finn McMissile 32.35 ......................L Philips 3 78452 Botany Pete 18.67.....................J McInerney 9 25636 Opawa Rapid 33.08 L & ..................... Wales 4 73582 La Fontaine nwtd........................D Stapleton 5 88761 Cawbourne Plunge nwtd ...........J McInerney 10 81448 Not A Know nwtd .........................A Waretini 6 4376F Another Snazza nwtd ................J McInerney 10 2.42pm OTAGO NEW YEAR STKS HEATS C2/3q, 7 75477 Sarah’s Domain nwtd ................J McInerney 545m 8 58582 Blickling Bridge 18.62 ......................A Joyce 1 56853 Fear Go 32.92 ................................G Cleeve 9 53644 Phat Pants nwtd M &.........................Jopson 2 43477 Mega Girl 32.66 ............................R Adcock 10 75546 As Far As 18.78 .........................D Stapleton 3 76785 Criniti’s 32.49 ....................................J Dunn 7 1.47pm PRYDE ENGINEERING SPRINT C3, 310m 4 11165 False Notion 32.58 J & ....................D Fahey 5 31F32 Idol Girl nwtd L &................................ Wales 1 77858 Another Jewel nwtd ...................J McInerney 6 38441 Cawbourne Crazy nwtd................C Roberts 2 72624 John Dory nwtd .........................J McInerney 7 53357 Banbit nwtd B & ............................... T Shaw 3 78213 Sea Spray Tich 18.70 C & .................. Fagan 8 64833 Homebush Iris 32.33 .................J McInerney 4 58567 Marmalade Skies 18.92 ....................J Dunn 10 2557 Broken Pedro nwtd S & ...................B Evans
4 12.52pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS STAKES C1, 545m
9 78356 Game Girl nwtd .............................R Adcock 10 77876 Maximum Jewel nwtd S & ...............B Evans 11 2.58pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS SPRINT C4, 310m 1 65642 Elki 18.50 .....................................M Roberts 2 58778 Another Gon 18.41....................J McInerney 3 54615 Jumpin’ Julia nwtd .....................J McInerney 4 83533 Bugsy Bangles 18.45 B & ................ T Shaw 5 58676 Secret Sprite 18.46 B & ................... T Shaw 6 58375 Homebush Mayhem 18.41 ........J McInerney 7 48413 Opawa Wally nwtd L & ....................... Wales 8 46313 Opawa Rufus 18.68 S &..................B Evans 9 17738 Taieri Plains 18.36 C &....................... Fagan 10 47724 Sosan 18.45 .................................C Roberts 12 3.23pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 21ST JANUARY C5, 310m 1 48614 Homebush Churro 18.80...........J McInerney 2 11214 Cawbourne Queen 18.22 .............C Roberts 3 11237 Arkaden nwtd ................................R Adcock 4 11212 Keramus 18.51 ...............................G Cleeve 5 33513 Know Charity nwtd .........................G Cleeve 6 11114 Ronrose Hill 18.46 M & .........................J Hill 7 71788 Another Colt nwtd .....................J McInerney 8 66714 Homebush Edith 18.37 .............J McInerney 9 52246 Know Thought nwtd .......................G Cleeve 10 71774 Cawbourne Burn 18.69 ................M Roberts SELECTIONS
Race 1: Punch On Jaime, Ohoka Faith, Miss Selfies, Max Steel Race 2: Quedrago, Business Boss, Castle Eden, Go Bridie Race 3: Ambilight, Cawbourne Impact, Totally Toasted, Shez Keen Race 4: Toddy’s A Flyer, Grunt Rodgers, Jibbajabba Jewel Race 5: Harlem Haka, Know Security, What I Like, Opawa Marg Race 6: Team Dream, Botany Pete, Blickling Bridge Race 7: Star Dreamer, Fireman’s Legacy, Another Jewel Race 8: Andrea, Mr. Jimmy, Adulterous, Cawbourne War Race 9: Raw Energy, Know Attempt, Opawa Casper, Pindari Race 10: Idol Girl, Homebush Iris, Mega Girl, Fear Go, Criniti’s Race 11: Opawa Rufus, Elki, Bugsy Bangles, Opawa Wally Race 12: Cawbourne Queen, Keramus, Ronrose Hill LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track
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Player’s word not enough says Murali By GreG Buckle
the centre of controversy in Sunday night’s opening one-day international clash at the MCG. England wicketkeeper Buttler claimed a low catch off David Warner and Warner was happy to go after Buttler indicated the ball had carried. However, the on-field
Sri Lanka spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan says umpires have to use technology on low catches rather than taking the word of the player. Muralitharan’s Melbourne Rengades’ teammate Jos Buttler was at
umpires referred the incident to third umpire Kumar Dharmasena. The Sri Lankan official viewed video footage before instructing his colleagues to recall Warner. “You can’t take the word, because at the moment everyone is very, very competitive,” Muralitharan
said yesterday. “They are not cheating but almost everyone feels that I took the catch. But sometimes that’s not the case. So you have to go by the technology.” Warner was on 22 at the time, and Australia went on to reach their target with six wickets to spare. - AAP
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Showers. Cool southwesterlies.
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Becoming fine. Northeasterlies developing about the coast and northwesterlies inland.
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FZL: Above 3500m
Fine. Wind at 1000m: NW developing, gale in exposed valleys from evening. Wind at 2000m: W rising to severe gale 100 km/h in the evening.
Rain and southerly winds spreading from the south.
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Fine, but a few showers about the foothills. Light winds at low levels, SW about the tops.
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Last quarter
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31 Jan 10:40 am
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Nelson
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Blenheim
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Greymouth
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Christchurch
fine
Timaru
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Queenstown
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Dunedin
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Invercargill
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Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 12:00 pm, yesterday 432.9 Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday
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Rangitata Klondyke at 1:00 pm, yesterday
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Waitaki Kurow at 9:00 am, yesterday
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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 16.3 17.3 Max to 4pm 5.2 Minimum -0.4 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.4 16hr to 4pm January to date 3.0 Avg Jan to date 24 2014 to date 3.0 24 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 22 At 4pm Strongest gust E 41 Time of gust 3:43pm
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Mainly fine. The odd shower about the divide, and isolated afternoon or evening showers in the north. Wind at 1000m: W 60 km/h easing to 45 km/h from the south. Wind at 2000m: Gale W 75 km/h, easing to 50 km/h by midday.
Fine with light winds.
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A westerly flow over southern New Zealand spreads over the rest of the country tomorrow and early Thursday. A cold front moves north over most of New Zealand on Thursday and Friday, followed by cold southerlies. During Saturday, a high over the Tasman Sea moves onto northern regions, while winds tend northwest over the South Island ahead of a front approaching from the west.
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Bailie Perriton prepares to take a corner at Levels Raceway in Timaru during round two of the New Zealand Superbike Series at the weekend. PHOTO JDAS PHOTOS
Speed king conquers Levels BY JONATHAN LEASK
JONATHAN.L@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ
Bailie Perriton got the better of European Junior Champion Jake Lewis in all three races in the 250 Production Championships in the New Zealand Superbike series second round at Levels raceway in Timaru at the weekend. After being pipped at the post by Lewis in all three races at the opening round in Ruapuna a week earlier, Perriton turned the tables on the 17-year-old Rangiora rider, claiming his own clean sweep to take the overall
lead at the midway point of the series. In what was a world class field with Lewis and Australian champion Luke Burgess, also the defending 250 production New Zealand champion, everyone was left chasing the Ashburton 16-year-old. Perriton set the pace in qualifying to sit on pole in race one and delivered a lap-record performance, his second lap record of the series after setting a new mark at Ruapuna, to win by 4.4 seconds from Lewis.
He then took race two by a smaller margin, but was still comfortably in front of Lewis before he completed the clean sweep taking the chequered flag by from Burgess with Lewis third. Perriton (137) is 40 points clear of Burgess (97) with Lewis set to finish on 131 as he will return to Europe and will miss the final two North Island rounds, meaning Perriton only has the 20-year old Australian Burgess to worry about in the race to the title.
As well as the clean sweep of the national series races, Perriton also won the Alan Ramage Memorial, a series of three races where the riders start from the front, middle and back of the grid with the best aggregate taking the trophy. To complete a perfect weekend Perriton won all three races from all three rows on the grid to take the prestigious trophy. The stellar performance has also set in motion the push to get Perriton along the same road as Lewis, racing in Europe.
Perriton wasn’t the only local success story in Timaru. In the development series Ashburton’s Lewis Dray won race one and race two before having a third place finish in the final race, but was not the first junior. Fellow Ashburton racer Sam Goulter got the better of Dray in race three, coming in second to Ashburton’s Jeff Marshall. Dray’s efforts at Ruapuna and Timaru mean he was the top junior in the South Island series.
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